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criminals were dashed through the thorough
fare behind carts to which they were
fastened. That street has seen the corona
tiou and the burial of ten thousand fortunes.
The abode Of Just the opposites-unswerving
integrity and tip-top scoundrelism. Heaven
descended charity and bloodless shylock-
ism. The present story shall tell OF one
Wall street mans commandments OF the
New Years of 1880 and 1889.
The mans name was Abel Mayne, and he
was CLERK in brokers' Office. At the age
of 30 he was seemingly no nearer to that
miIlionairism which all Wall street men
aim at than he had been st %, when ne first
entered the district of Mammon. During
the intervening quarter Of century ne hao
risen in fortune to a speculative business OF
his own, and had droDped back to employ
ment on a salary. His income was luiiy
sufficient for comfortable support ana,
awav from the fever of Wall street, ne
n,gbt have been quietly content But in
the midst of the excitements of great and
ouick gains and losses, he was too sorry
over his own failure Of enrichment to be
hannv with his fair measure Of success.
On the dav before Christmas in 1880, ne
omitted his desk for ten days, for be had Sc
cured SO much of holiday vacation as was
involved in an easy and leisurely errand In
New Orleans for the firm which employed
him.
| New Year to You, Morris, he said to his
deskmate, as they were making ready 70
leave the Office.
ssThanks, and the same to you" was the
cbeerv response of William Morris. As
for me, I'm pretty sure of them. am 50
chock full Of holiday feelings-what with
Christmas trees. New Years calls and lots
| of thinps-that I'll be as far away from
/ Wall street as you'll be, even it do spend
/ the week here at the desk. :.
"You've fortunate disposition, Morris.
Nov. INV mind will be struggling here
though nv body will be down in Dixie"
| isI trust you're not in the sort of bother
that almost spoiled Dickson's Christmas
| How's that? Well, he got his accounts en-.
tangled. he knew he was honest, and YET
he could not make his figures come ou
] rioht. and he toiled at them day and nigh
until he was nearly frenzied. 1t seemed bJ
those books that something had been mis-
appropriated, and he knew before God h
was honest He kneWif he could not fix th'
matter before the end of the year he woult
90 into disgrace and into Punishment iron
the establishment. He came over here verl
earlv. before there was anybody in the plac
and he knelt down at the desk and said
IOh. Lord, Thou knoVest I have tried 10 b
honest, but cannot make these things com
out right Help me to-day-help me thI
norniuel Then be arose, and hardly know
inc why he did so, opened book that LAY
on the desk, and there was leaf containinI
line of figures which explained everything
That's what will make Dickson's Christina
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CHAPTER II.


THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW YEAR.
Under the twelfth stroke of the brszsn
hammer of the city clock the year 1879 fell
dead, and the stars of the night were the
funeraI torches. 1t was in New Orleans
that Abel Mayne heard the midnight bell.
He thrust his hand under the pillow and
felt that the s., 900 were there's as he had done
many times during each Of the nights OF the
week that the money had been in his posses
sion. BE repeated to his accusing con-
science the quieting argument that ne had
s.olen the money from nobody, because il
owner was dead, and she had left no heir.
Then he fell to planning speculations with
this capital, and so scheming fell asleep.
Next morning his desk mate, William
Morris. arrived at the hotel, to help through
the business on which he had been sent
south. and which had proved more import
ant than had been expected. So be had
eompauionship for New Years Day, when
in New Orleans is very festive Tor the resi-
dent. but not social for lone stranger.
Thew had dinner together, and they talked
OF their prospects for the just commenced
year.
"vho estimate their life on earth By the
amount of money they have accumulaled.
They say The year was wasted. WHY
Made no money. Now, 1t Is all cant and
iusincerity to talk against money as though
II had no value. It may represent refine
ment and education and ten thousand
blessed surroundings. It is the spreading
of The table that feeds your childron's
hunger. It Is the lighting Of the furnace
that keeps Won warm. It is the making ol
the bed on which you rest IRON care an1
anxiety. It is the carrying out at last Of
you to decent sepultnre. and the putting up
Of the slab on whicn is ehiselled the story OF
your Christian hope. It is simply h{pocrlsy,
/ this TRADE in pulpit and lecture hall agninli
money"
SIN clad 10 hear you preach 20 senslpili.
Mayne responded, deriving more eomton
from the words than their utterer imagined.
ST mean to get rich yet, see If / don't
"Has somebody capitalized you, Abelf'
aYes-no-that is. Well, have some
I new schemes for $780,"
sHonest ones, I trust
What makes you say that"
s'sMy dear fellow, you seem 70 take TIE
1 question personally. was born for !
/ preacher. You often tell me, and Wall street
l Is full Of texts Remember that the man
| who gets his gain BY iniquity Wili soon I61,
/ it all. One moment after his Departure from
| life he will not own q certificate OF stock b.
will not own one dollar OF Govefnment
curit1es. and the poorest boy that siandI
the street with cent in his pocket, look
atthe funeral procession Of The dead choa
Il goes BY, will have more money than
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ARE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN HAPPIEsT'
A Cited Writer Answers the Question in
the Negative.

A Gifted Writer Answers the Question In
the Negative.
Anna Katherine Green writes in the
Lodies' Home journal: In my life have
known many women well. Among them is
fair majority Of what the truly appreciative
would call happy, for which fact I thank
God, as it has helped me to take, on the
whole, hopeful view of life, as well as
human nature Now, are those women,
blessed as many of them are with devoted
husbands, cheerful homes, cultivated soci-
ETY., and leisure for the exercise OF any
special talent they may possess, beautiful
women? With one or two executions, no.
Indeed, more than few Of them are posi-
lively plain, if feature only is considered,
while from the rest I can single out but two
or three whose faces and figures conform 70
sny Of the recognized standards OF physical
perfection. But they are loved, they are
| honored, they are deferred to.
While not eliciting the admiration Of
every passer-by, they have acquired through
| the force, the sweetness, or originality Of
their character, the appreciation OF those
whose appreciation confers honor and happi
ness, and, consequently, their days pass IN
an atmosphere of peace and good will
| which is as far above the delirious admira-
tion accorded to the simply beautiful as the
| placid shining of the sunbeam is to the phe'
uomenal blaze of an evanescent fame.
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the same instant a stalwart man laid hand
on Dickson's shoulder.
you've caught me, (" the young man said.
ct will 90 back to New York with you, and
make no trouble"
"What is the matter, Dickson" Mayne
asked.
"I'm a defaAlter-that'S all" was the
dogged reply.
The captor turned to Mayne, and Whisp-
cred: Don't worry him. He is tempor-
arily insane-crazed by hard work, and
laboring under delusiou that he has stolen
money from the bank where be works. To
day be got relieved Of his strain, and q
mental reaction crazed him. am q physi-
clan and the bank president sent me to
oVertake and capture the poor fellow"
The whistle blew, and Mayne had to
hurry into the train. In his berth he
mused on the curious affair and could not
fall asleep. He thought Of the tive thous-
sand dollars, and coveted them; of the pal
pably dying owner, to whom they would
not much longer be Of use; Of the absence
of natural heirs, if what the cashier had
said of her family isolation was true; of the
singular circumstances winch had made the
innocent Dickson seem a fleeing criminal;
and he was Eill awake when the porter
touched him.
''Beg par don, sir. said the porter; ''but
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remainder Of the trip. He assured her, too.
that he would ride in the same train,moss OF
the way, and that he would be GLAD 70 k.eep
n defensive oversight. By this time
thew we're in the Philaielphis station. She
peered out through the window into what
was suddenly changed from darkness into .
lighted enclosure.
man."
The fugitive was skulking in the shadow OF
A post. with his eyes fixed on the window
Mayne recognized him as Lloyd Dickson
the same Dickson, bank clerk, Of whom
William Morris had that afternoon spoken
as having been distracted BY supposed de-
felt. The exhausted Mrs. Blakely was TOO
weak to be further talked to. and MsTne
left her in the attentive care Of Nancy,
while he went hurriedly to Dickson Az
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ers are employed. During each term some me
of the most distinguished men IN London
lecture on their specialties before the classes.
In addition to these night classes, there Is 2
course of day instruction which is largely
attended.
But it must not be supposed that 1t IS AN
work and no play" at the Peoples Palace.
There are amusements on every hand. Inc
concerts in the Queens hall, the gymnasium
and the swimming baths have been spoken
of but these do not cover all the entertain,
ments. There are shooting galleries; ball
and bowling alleys, billiard rooms, flying
horses, switchback railways, peep shows,
punch and judy, tennis courts, and eacn mas
It's crowd Of attepdants.
CLUBS GALORE.
There are the Peoples Palace Chess Club,
Cricket Club, Choral Society, Volunteer
Fire Brigade, Rambling Club, Military
Band, Debating Society, Dramatic Society,
Minstrel Troupe and Literary Society. the
president of the latter being Walter Besant.
This is the Peoples Palace and its work
During the first year after its opening, over
million people availed themselves OF Its
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ricidity and pallor of corpse. From time
to time she glanced toward him. He was
about 20, extremely handsome, and with
all the appearance Of genfeman.
The train hastened on, sending out
through the darkness its shrin cries, some
times slackening its speed and again start
ing swiftly forward. At last its pace mod
Grated, several whistles sounded, and every
thing came to q stand-still. Camden,
across the river from Philadelphia, had
been reached.
"I am more grateful to you than I can
tell" the young man said Goodnight.
He slipped out Of the room, and Mrs.
Blakely saw no more Of him. Her aid had
been passive, yet she could not convince
herself that he was q guilty runaway, an q
50 she was not sorry that she had helped
him.
Here Nancy restored herself to her mis-
tresS, and that had scarcely been accom-
plished before Mrs. Blakely encountered q
slight acquaintance in Abel Mayne. II
CHANGED that she had an account ct his en-
ployers' banking Office and he had witnessed
the exchange Of other securities into the
notes and silver tor her journey. he had
heard the cashier advise her to take DRAFT
on Florida bank, instead, and carry only
cash enough to meet the requirements o.
the journey; but she had obdurately in
sisted upon her less safe method. The
cashier had privately remarked to his com
rades, after she had gone: II don't know
| that il would matter if she lost it, for shi
| has plenty, and I'm told she is without /
relative in the world to leave her fortune to. :
| In passing the door of Mrs. Biakely's cal
room, Just as Nancy was holding it open
| Mayne saw her.
Twill you come in. sir?" shes called
recognizing his face. 81 have had an ad
| venture with the money / drew from you
/ Office"
1 Then she told him Of the young stranger
| Intrusion, and he oounssled her 70 keep th
treasure carefully Qlt Of sight during th
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ness Of bricks and mortar, remote from
parks, gardens, libraries, theaters, concert
halls and the other means for healthful
recreation and innocent enjoyment which
the inhabitants Of more favored parts OF the
city have aT their command. The houses
are small and mean, the streets narrow.
Whole families live in two or three rooms,
sometimes in but one. Social gatherings
are out Of the question. The pavilion thea
Ter and one concert hall are about the only
places Of amusement in Whiteehapel. The
museums and picture galleries are too far
away 10 be enjoyed. The only pleasures OF
fhe people of that section must be gathered
on the streets or at the bars OF the public
houses which, abound in great numbers.
Surely nowhere in the world was there g
wider field for practical philanthropy than
Ia East London. Nor has it been neglected,
for. from the seed sown BY Walter Besaut,
IN tbe ssPalaee of Delight" /" which, IN his
novel. he puts into the heart OF Angela
messenger, the heiress, to erect has sprung
fhe palstial building called the People,
Palace. which was built By funds subscribed
~ re public, the Drapers' Company hav
ne alone contributed $500, 900. It fronts on
fhe Nile End road, the great highway o.
halfa million people, and when the vast 70
tunda' viii the piliared ffont and two tai
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vho j. vlllIng to tats 4 little troubIs

who is willing to take little trouble
about it.
But to return to courtship. Beware how
you exhibit your captive to your friends
until you are quite sure that the letters are
fast about him; keep your own counsel ABOUT
attentions which may lead to nothing. Tnis
does not apply to your father, mother, SIS
ter, or to any member OF your immeolaee
family who has personal interest in your
affairs. but to the halEdozen intimate girl
friends who will be quick enough to spy out
vour secret without your conhdlng 1t to
them; silence is golden indeed In such mat
ters.
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
fthe world is to know that, Horace is
court1ng Harriet, it is from Horace that the
information must come. All men are not
Orlandos, and even he might have been
much ANNOYED il Rosalind and not himself
had spread the news of his attentions over
the trees Of the forest.
Once Harriet and Horace understand each
other. all the rest is 50 easy. There IS no ad-
vice so good as the two short words: Be
happyl Avoid lovers quarrels; even the
bliss Of reconciliation does not quite wipe
out the sting of sharp words given and re-
turned.
I have said word about long engage
ments, which are, ] think, always 70 De
avoided. except-and this is the most i'm
portant exception--where Harriet and Horace
are almost strangers to each other. A veal
is then not too long in which TO learn eact
others characteristics. 1t is good thing II
know how the different seasons affect Horace
! He NAV be gentle in June and fierce In
! February. II our lovers know each othe
well. then the sooner they marry the better
| in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred
| Do not be afraid of beginning Housekeeping
on a small income. Horace will learn t.
make it larger one all the sooner witt
Harriet by his side, and Harriet will b
none the worse for learning the lessons
economy, for, as the Scripture saith;
"Better dinner Of herbs where love II
than stalled OK and hatred Herewith"
MAUD HOWE.
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towers, is completed, it will be one Of the
architectural sights Of London.
rrcHr m THE PALACE.

NIGHT IN THE PALACE.
Night is, of course, the time to visit II,
for then those for whom it was DESIGNED
are there enjoying its pleasures. At y
O'Clock the scene is at its best A penny
admits us to the courtyard, which IS
thronged with Young people listening to the
Palace band discourse popular airs, ana
scores OF couples waltz around on the
smooth asphalt in unchecked gayety.
Threading our way through the merry
crowd. we enter the Queens Hail. mag
nifcent auditorium 130 feet long, 70 feet
wide and 60 feet high from the hoor to the
center of the roof Around it are the statues
of % queens, while throned above the en-
trance. Victoria, in robes and crown, scepter
in hand, gazes with marble smile upon ner
humble subjects.
The hall is filed with strange company
MANY of them are neatly and even well
clad but the majority wear their working
clothes, There are great many old men
and women, their bent forms and wasted
figures showing how bitter has been the
struggle of life with them. Mothers with q
whole brood of children, men with naro
hands and broad shoulders, and, OF course,
the Young 'chaps and their girls" are there
In great numbers. 1t is, indeed, typical
East London audience.
An organ recital has Just closed, ana sne
Scots Guards band is playing march, ioi'
lowed by rattling medley of Sullivan
airs. The applause dies away and 9 youne
Iady comes out on the stage and sings an
Italian song. It might be thought tha'
such music would be above the tastes OF INT
audience, but the prolonged cheers anC
handclapping shows this to be mistake
and in response the singer comes back ane
sings "Home, Sweet Home" Perhaps fev
audiences ever had so few among them wn'
knew what a home, as all that the wort
should imply, meant, as has this one, Du
as she sings they think, not, perhaps, OF tn
/ dingy tenement where, amid poverty a.
most suuaiid, they fight that battle 10
bread which is like the savage's hunt 10
food, /" but of the home everyone builds 10
himself in his heart and hopes, and WneI
the last strain dies away there goes up sucl
a burst of applause as almost makes tn
marble queens tremble on their pedestals.
| Near us sit two old women, poorly clad
whose worn faces and gnarled hands tel
that their lot is not an easy one. beneat
the eve of one is a discolcration whic
speaks, perhaps, of drunken husband Q
an unflial son. Their bonnet strings ar
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70 be changed and society trans
formed by some mysterious process, and who
are clad to note any step toward improve
ment, there is encouragement in the knowl-
edge that the cardinal feature in Besant's
dream, the "Palace of Delight" /" that grand
and beautiful gathering place for the poor.
the tired, the sad, the heart-hungry of that
great hive of industry, East London. has
had its partial, if not complete, realization in
the Peoples Palace, magnificent structure
facing the Mile End road, and which was
opened to the public by Queen Victoria in
her Jubilee year of 1887.
ssThe Joyless City, is the name that has
been given to East London. 1t includeF
Whitechapel, Mile End Road, Stepney
Bow, Shadwell and the adjoining districts
Nearly two millions of people inhsbit East
London. IT is the home of
A THOUSAND SMALL INDUSTRIES.
Here is furniture making, gold beating,
glass blowing, cigar and cigarette making,
hsndloom weaving, match and matchbox
making, brewing, tanning, sugar making,
lam making, chemical manufactures, comb
making, mat making, walking stick
making. feather dressing, pewterers, cork
cutters. workers in sealing wax, shellae and
zinc. and numberless others-the larger in
dustries furnishing employment to a score
or hundred hands in single establishments
the smaller to six or dozen, or sometimes
carried on by individuals. Much of thu
work is done at the homes of the toiler
Competition is keen, the smallness of thu
establishments and the diversity of indus
tries prevent combination OF the workers
and cheapness is gained at the expense o
bodies aud of souls. Here the sweating
system fourishes in all its odiousness, ant
between the upper milestone Of necessit!
and the lower one of competition unfortun
ate women who must earn their bread ar
ground to powder.
1t is an unlovely section-an ugly wilder
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fad is the doctrines enunciated in Looking
Backward" /" and who find it no trouble to
believe that in the year OF grace 1000, So
ciety will be constituted and run on the
Bellamy model, Besaut's impossible story
should seem very possible, for it certainly
does not propose to inaugurate such radical
changes as does the Boston iconoclast. But
70 that other portion of the people who,
while recognizing and deploring existing
evils do not expect human nature
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it was appropriately called Wall street.
Short, narrow, unarchitectural. and yet
unique in its history, and, excepting LOm-
bard street, London, the mightiest srreet in
the world. There the United States Gov
ernment was born. There Washington held
his leyees. There Mrs. Adams, and Mrs.
Arnold, and Mrs. Caldwell, and Mrs. Knox
and other brilliant women of the Revolution
displayed their charms. There preached
Witherspoon, Jonathan Edwards and
George Whitefeld. There DR.. John Mason
chided Alexander Hamilton for writing the
Constitution without any God in it. There
negroes were sold in the slave mart. There
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the lady 1 saw you with is very sick
She wants you"
Mavne hastily dressed himself and went
to Mrs. BIakely's private compartments.
The distracted Nancy was supporting ner
mistress, but it was q ifeless form WHICH
she held. The woman was dead. :.
SIT was the robber that killed hers
Nancy sobbed; 'he scared her 50.
All that Mavne had thought about the
matter now returned 10 his mind. and 90
condensedly that, in an instant, be realized
that he might take the s., 900 in safety.
SEQ and fetch the porter" he SAID %
Nancy.
She obeyed, leaving him alone for two or
three minutes with the dead woman.
Later, when the handbag was opened,
not dollar was in it.
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APOOR MAN PALACE
How Besant's Dream Was Re-
allied in East London.
LIFE IN THE JOYIESS CITY
Frightened and Elevated by a Temple
of Music and Art
POPULAR CONCERTS IN ENGLAND
rwurrr1x rOn 4zr Drsr1rcH.'

n Impossible Story.
This is what Walter
Besant calls his
novel, "All Sorts
and Conditions of
Men. /" To those
easy going people
who are disposed to
accept things as they
are merely because
they are, and to be-
lieve that because
certain conditions
always. have been
they always will be-
the story does seem
an impossible one,
To those social op-
49,. -ho.o IaRasi
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HELP YoURsELF.

The woman Of my acquaintance who has
accomplished more than any other IN her
life has for her motto these words: II You
want a thing done, you must do it yourself.
/ take this to have, first, literal meaning,
and. besides, a aseeond. broader Significance.
If there is something that is of great i'm
portance to be attended to, there is no way
so sure as to do 1t yourself, We must never
think that other people will take more
trouble for US than we will take for our
selves. for this is very, very rarely the case,
The second significance Of this most wise
device is that it you want anything well
done. you must be able to do it yourself
II you know how to make bread and your
cook knows that you know the difference
between we'll and badly baked bread, you
stand q better chance Of always having
good bread.
The same Is true Of pie-crust, soup ana
coffee. Though this advice may be some
what premature, I wish to lay certain stress
on the matter of coffee-that huge rock on
which so many domestic barks are wrecked.
No matter how magnanimOus man may be,
there is one thing he cannot forgive the
woman he loves, and that is cup Of bad
coffee. Whatever else is beyond your reach,
GOOD coffee is not; any woman can give her
husband q cup Of seed cqfee t0E bEeAktas
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CHAPTER I.
ABEL MAYEr's HoI1nAY VACATION.

CROSS the island Of New
York in 1886 q wall Of
earth and stone was built.
It was cannon-mounted to
keep back the Indians.
Alongside this wall ran a
street, and as the street
.kent the line of the wall,
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OF NEW YEARS.
TWO ANNUAL COMMENCEMENTS
By A FORTUNE SEEKER.
WRITTEN FOR The PIrTsBURe DISPATCH
2Ev. T. DEWIrr TALMAGE AND MARIAN WHITE.

rhs .tai D this story The plot and
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