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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-06
Mr.. EDITOR.


am delighted with my success selling soap.
Icleared IS the first day. Every person is anx-
ious to buy. when they see how good and cheap
it is. Ihave. sold 800 pounds day. easily this
makes ME profit of IS a day. which is big
wages for girl Ny brother In law is selling
soap. and doing splendid. This is a grand
chance to make money, as anyone can get 800
mounds of elegant soap, by sending s. to the
Ohio Soap Co, New Concord, Ohio. Write them,
and they will no doubt assist you, as much as
they have me- as they are very accommodating.
This letter may seem foolish to YOU MIR Editor
but times are hard. and there may be hundreds
of your readers, glad as was, of chance to
make money and every person can sell, what
every person wants to buy
- LAURA LEWIS.
Miss Mary Ellen Williams, one of the
best known and most popular ladies OF
Lynchburg, died Wednesday.
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Underground Travel by the Greathead
System

The cars are supplied with longitudinal seats,
lit by electricity, and iuxuriously cushioned The
passengers facing each other. The locomotive
is an electric motor, picking up its electricity
from a central rail through which the electric
current is conducted by copper wire: and in
asmuch as for each track IL ere is separate
tunnel only trifie larger than the train (which
fills almost the whole of the annular space. eX-
cept only at stetfons> each train acts piston.
driving, 0ht, from station to station. the air
through which the preceding train passed. The
stations: ARE connected with the open air and
are not more than three quarters Of mile apart
any foul air which gathers in the tunnel is thus
expelled by each passing train. Indeed the air
in the taf1nel is of more equable temperature,
and is kept more constantly moved and fresh
ened, than the air the surface and frenuent-
" on dark and murky days it has been noticed
that the air and atmosphere, strange as it may
appeag, are far more pleasant in the tunnel
than on. the street surface.
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..
Train AS connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving at 107 p.
H. arriving at Columbus at 3.23 a. NJ, and
Chicago no a. m. next morning, with train
leaving at 4.59 p. M, arriving at Cincinnati
at s:45 a. m, st. Louis at $50 p. M, and con-
meets at Weaverton with train arriving at Hag-
erstown at 200 p. M, and at Washington juno
ton with train arriving in Frederick at l So p. M
STrain 4l6 connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper's Ferry at 1000 p. IN. for Pittsburgh;
lol5 p. m, for Chicago, and LOS s.. for Cincin-
natl and ST Louis. Arrive at Pittsburgh at zoo
a: m; Chicago at 945 p. M; Cincinnati at 500 p.
H.; and ST. Louis $50 a. III.
Trains 4i7 and 4l8 have Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars between SGauntOn and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburg on
all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to
any office of the B. & o r. r., or to C. E. DUD
ROW, Travelling Passenger Agent Winchester
Va. j. L. ODELL,
CHAS. o. SCULL General Manager.
Gent Pass. Agent may22
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FoR SALE.

A No Saw Mill and Engine, all in the best
IN repair and in operation at this time The
contract I have already taken to saw about
100000 feet of lumber. Terms to suit the right
purchaser. Call on or address CHARLES A.
ALEXANDRA HARRISON Augusta Co., Va.
apr "a 1t
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CONNECTIONS.

*Daliy except Sunday.
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once or twice myself, and not just cas-
lily, though itwas all in the game"
"Idon't understand you, said Russell,
coldly.
Don't, my dear boy, don't use that
tone of voice. 1t makes me feel badly.
I'm glad decided to do this thing"
''What is it?"
s'Why, you see, the amount your
father lost in that little deal with me
was about 100000. I've kept the ac-
count, and I'd often had it in my mind to
look you up before chance threw you in
my way. was glad to see you then;
doubly glad when found what a splen-
did fellow you were; trebly glad when 1
saw how you and Alice were getting on
And now Pm quadruply miserable to see
you give up every thing and go moon
ing round the streets, as if you couldn't
decide whether to drown yourself in the
East river or the Hudson. Now, what 1
want to do is to restore that money to
you. 1t isn't much; it won't affect me
in the least financially; but it will make
me feel a great deal better in my mind.
1t will give you chance to go off and
take pleasure trip. You need one
badly. had thought to make the
money present to you on certain
very interesting occasion, but it can't
wait. Idon't believe in hanging on till
Christmas with barrel of flour for
poor man who may starve during the
fall. Russell, here's my check. Don't
let any foolish scruple prevent your
taking it It's yours, and feel in CIV
ing it as if you were my own son."
The world spun round before Russell's
eyes. 1t was not the idea of the money,
but of what its possession would give
him. AS to his right to it he had very
little doubt. If the events had been of
such a nature as to weigh upon the busi-
ness conscience of Gilbert Ray, perhaps
it would be better for the old gentle
mans soul to relieve 1T of burden such
as that.
''Mr Ray" said he, 81 ought to tell
you that Alice"
II know all about 1t, my boy. You
have had my consent and her mothers
for many day."
81 would take this money" said Rus
sell, rising excitedly, "for, though 1
thank you deeply, will not feign to
doubt that it is rightfully mine. Some
rumor of that old story must have
reached me, for find that it is not new
to me, though your name was never con-
nected with it. would take this money,
as have said, and ! would also accept
the priceless giftyour daughter offers me,
but there is something between us. Mr..
Ray, l was made to know her by my friend
who loved her l thought him dead
when made my mad confession to her.
To-day |. have seen him alive. How
shall face him having stolen the love
he coveted, the prize he worked for in
the heat of Africa, Drawing a separation
for her sake?"
II don't know" said Ray, looking up
from a card which boy had brought
him, "but you might try it in advance.
The man is here"
And he handed Russell card which
bore the name of Walter Brown. A
minute later and the owner Of that
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own machine. He would take the mat
ter into the courts. Russell had no
heart for such contest. He promised
that in weeks time he would deliver
over all his title and his books. and with
this promise Deering grumblingly- con-
sented to be satisfied.
And so Russell was brought face to
face with his destiny. If it had come
naturally at the time which he had kept
in mind, he might haye met it with res
ignation, but this hurry OF fate seemed
like a personal injury, and it embittered
him. In this emergency his mind turned
to Alice, not gently as he had often
thought of her in their last days when
his better impulses were awakened, and
all seemed tFaoeabie to her, but in a
way of which he was inwardly ashamed.
He thought of her as a means of escape
from his troubles. He Withdrew into a
wretched corner of his own soul, and
counted her money, like miser who
knows the love of it to be sin. but can
not shake himself free of it. Death had
removed his obligation to his friend. lie
fixed his eyes upon this little myth and
did not see the great falsity of his posi-
tion when he should offer a love that
was half covetousness.
A thousand sophistries rose to his aid,
and helped him oVerthrow the weakness
OF his resolution. He had loved her for
herself; he would strive all his life to
make her happy; If she loved him what
dia the motive Of hia proposal matter9
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been cut off SO suddenly. But there wa
something in her words which mad,
RusselPs heart beat strangely. Surel,
not thus would she have heard what HI
had told her if she had ever loved o.
could have loved his friend.
The following days brought no new
facts regarding the death of Brown, ex
cept o general confirmation of the re-
port There was no ground for hope
and Russell reflected sadly that he had
lost friend in the hour of his utmost
need.
For all things were not well with him
He had been making a strong effort to
stem the tide, and could make some
headway, but the time was short, and
the debts which must be met were
heavy and pressing. However, he had
had good fortune in one or two invest.
ments recommended by Ray, and with
care might hope to make an even show
ing In his personal accounts before long,
But after that, whats He did not
knows and, if the truth must be told, at
times he did not care. Yet now and
then the life he had been leading, with
its luxury and leisure, would take hold
upon him. True, he had found little
satisfaction in it, but could he not do
better with q longer opportppitys He
shuddered to think Of a return to the
monotonpps existence he had led two
years before, and yet, in all his ponder
ing on the problem which confronted
him, he was conscious of a feeling that
all things were uniting to push him
back into the old way. At such times
he would remember the wish he had
made TO borrow this luxurious life for
two years, and the thought that he
should be ready to deliver it up when
the time expired. Had that wish been
granted, and was the creditor, fate, to
call him to speedy account? He hoped
he might be ready to meet the demand,
but there was still much to be done.
1t has appeared to some men that an
attempt to turn over new leaf was a
signal never neglected By the spirit of
malevolenee. Russell had often exper-
fenced this sensation. And now, when
he had hope that the time allowed him,
though short, would suffice to enable
him at least to free himself from pecuni-
ary obligations. came the crowning mis-
fortune of all. Deering demanded the
invention. He accused Russell of GER
tain manipulatians Of the stock for
which, in reality, Ray was respon-
sible. Deering said that such operations
would ruin the company, and he inti-
mated that such was the intention, in
order that the interest which would
soon revert to him might be cheaply pur-
chased.
In vain Russell endeayored to show
him the tfpe state Of the pase. The man
was as hfarda as 2 east.steel pipion in his
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NO. 26

a million for US two if that fool hadn't
stepped in to ruin his own prospects
and yours. For, mind you, although
his machine is good thing, it can't
sell itself, and he is such an uncommon
ly queer sort of fellow that he never
can do any thing with it. I'm done, of
course, as soon as you step out, and the
consequence is that Deering will be just
where he started from in no time"
81 am sorry for it" said Russell; she
is an honest man and has home of
which anybody could be proud. have
seen him in it."
"Well, that's neither here nor there"
continued Ray. 1--WE heard about your
squaring up accounts and putting every
dollar you've got into your debts. Now,
that sort of thing really can't approve
of. If it should spread, it would ruin
the street. But that's not to be feared,
although I NOW the malady's conta-
gious. know it, because I've caught
it myself. There's little debt, almost
thirty years old, which I'm going to pay
to-day. Do you remember your father?"
''My father" said Russell, startled by
the question. 81 can scarcely say do.
He died when was a little boy"
''Well, remember him. knew him
here in this city. He was good man,
but not too sharp in business. He had
accumulated some money, but he lost
most of it at the last"
81 knew that" said Russell; ssI felt
the effects of it during my boyhood.
What he left sufficed only for my bring
ing up, and for such education as /
have"
"Did you-that is, you didn't actually
want for any thing?" asked Ray, moving
uneasily in his chair. while he regarded
the young man anxiously.
''No; I had food, and clothes, and
shelter. The things wanted no money
could supply. They were ideals. far too
high for me-"
Ray seemed relieved.
''The truth is" said he, ssthat if your
father hadn't known me, he might have
kept his money. Now don'tbe alarmed;
l didn't exactly rob him. We were on
opposite sides of little business affair.
One of us had to go down. 1 was going
up, just at that time; persistently going
up and nothing could stop me. He had
strong tendency in the other direction.
Perhaps some of my methods at that
time were a little-well, not what so
vigorous moralist as you would ap-
nrove of. have thought of that affair
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CHAPTER XVI.
E END OF BoRRowED YEARS.


1t was May again. Russell had spent
some days in putting his affairs in order.
And now he had paid his last loan, and
had come to the end of such business as
had occupied him. He had no prospects;
no money; nothing to do. He found
himself by chance at noon upon the
very spot where he had stood, and
thought for the first time that life of
activity in the pursuit of money might
have some interest. Ho had tried it.
The two years he had asked for had been
granted him, and they were ended. 1t
was the twelfth of May.
He had taken from the interview with
Alice some fresh hopes, which had all
faded now. Courage to renew the bat
tie would not come at his call. He even
meditated ending it by his own hand,
as he had thought of doing two years be-
fore. AS to his love, he was filled with
the insane idea that that, too, had been
lent to him and had gonc, with the years,
beyond recall
He stod in a doorway, looking out
upon Wall street, but seeing nothing of
the hprrying throng, until at last he
was conscious that one face, not moving
like the others but standing immova-
bly,, was growing clear upon his vision
out of the general confusion. lie looked
again; it was the face of Walter Brown.
There could be no doabt about it; the
wanderer had returned from
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the grave il almest seemed, for months
had passed since Russell had believed
him dead. Yet there he stood talking
with an acquaintance whom he had
stopped at the edge of the pavement~
81 can not meet himl can not look
him in the face" murmured Russell, and
he turned hastily to lose himself in the
crowd. He nearly ran into the arms of
Gilbert Ray.
"Hold on, my boy" said the man of
millions. grasping Russell's arm. 81
haven't had talk with you in many q
day, and I've got something almighty
important to say. Come TO my office at
once"
He dragged Russell away in spite of
all resistance.
"In the blues again, see," said Ray.
as soon as they were seated in the Of
flee. ''Well, SO are your friends when
they view your conduct, What did you
mean by letting that lunatic, Deering,
cut you out of every thing in that way?
1 know what you'll say The invention
was his; you deceived me-and all that.
OF course you did, and mighty shrewd-
ly, too. don't care a cent about that.
I've more than got my money back out
Of the motor already, and I'd have had
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I. O.. y
BY HOWARD FIELDING.
.oHApTER x11r.-continued.

But one day towards the end of it all
he was approached by shrewd old fell
low whom he had met in the course of
his brief political career, and for whose
Judgment he had learned to have a
great respect. Old Pat Casey was a man
who knew politics and loved it, but he
never had tried to get any thing but
amusement out of it
"Young man." said he, 81 do be sorry
to see ye made fool Of"
"Thanks," said Russell. ST should
be sorry myself if could see it,
can don't ye know thin that Rooney's
sold yc out? Why, it's plain as the nose
on yer face. That's all he ever wanted
av yez. l know Rooney down to the
sole of his feet, and that's his game.
take me wurrd for it.
Russell was surprised but he was not
shocked. He had never doubted that
Rooney would play him or any other
man false if there was enough in it, but
he had not seen the motive in this case.
HE wants to be deputy commissioner
of mud-scows under Tammany," said
, Casey. "He's been after the job ever
since he dropped out through the bot
tom of tho Eighty-ninth street railway
affair. He's never before had man
strong enough to trade on, but he's got
him now, an the deal is sure to be
made"
On the strength of this information
Russell made careful investigation
under Casey's direction, and he was not
long in satisfying himself that Rooney
had indeed sold him out. When the
truth had fairly found its way into his
brain he sauntered down to the King
headquarters, where he. had talk with
several district workers of Tamnany.
The next day he wrote letter with
drawing in favor of King and in the
interests of Democratic harmony in the
district.
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4 AOOAA
upon it, seems to have contained no act
that was better than half-honest. Part OF
it, admit, has been up to the standalj
OF the ethics of business, and when
say that another part has fallen below
that standard, l use language which
could hardly be stronger. There is this
that l may say: l have SO arranged my
affairs that I can right every financial
wrong that have done, but shall have
nothing left. The two sides of the ac-
count balance with an accuracy that is
little short of miraculous. But when l
have done that, shall have nothing
certainly, shall have neither courage
nor opportunity to begin any life bu
the dullest of salaried drudgery."
.'My father
HAS already been too kind. I could
not permit him to help me. Come,
Alice, say goodbye. The time has come. %
William Russell, have confessed to
you the most intimate secret of a
woman's heart. If you now tell me that
your poverty must separate us because 1
am rich, you do me deep injustice. If
your past has not been all it should, I,
at least, have confidence in your future,
and am willing to wait till it develops
what know lies in it,
Russell was only man, and rather a
weak one after all, as has appeared. He
was not proof against the beauty and
the love OF this sweet girl. He took
her in his arms with tenderness
that reverence exacted of passion,
and kissed away her tears, though
he did not confine his attention wholly
to the source of them.
Il dare not ask you to wait" said he,
releasing her, at last; ~ can not find
hope to share with you. can plead no
more than my most deep sincerity.
can promise only such endeavor as my
weakness has often made to fail, though
never with such inspiration as has come
to me in your love.n
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pleasant anticipations to Browns re-
turn, in spite of the thoughts that
would come when the face of Alice en-
tered into such fancies.
Evidently it was his duty now to carry
the news to her. He closed his desk,
and took train uptown at once. The
unusual hour and the serious look in
Russell's face alarmed Alice at once.
She feared that some mishap had be-
fallen her father. When she learned
the truth, she expressed great sorrow,
and spoke with deep feeling of her high
opinion Of the man whose career had
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

name entered the room. Russell would
have turned away, but Brown sprang
forward, grasping his hand.
"Dear old fellow" he exclaimed,
"why don't you speak to me? Do you
think Pm ghost? That seems to be
the prevailing impression among the
men I've met to-day. 1t all grows out
of the fact that there was another Walter
Brown with the company, but he had
middle name which l haven't. 1t seems
the papers omitted to state it."
Il can't look you in the face" said
Russell; 81 have been false to you."
what does he mean?' asked Brown,
turning in surprise to Ray.
"He means that he has been falling
in love with my daughter" said Ray;
dryly.
Brown laughed.
Console yourself, my good friend, /"
he said, pressing Russell's hand again.
81 was married in Cape Town to the
sweetest woman in the world.''
1.-THE END.
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Poor Birdyi

Miss Larkin-Oh, the poor little birdsl
What will they do, seeking shelter in
this snow-storm?
Mr.. Robin A. Dare-T can tie my hand
kerchief over that one you have in your
hat, dear, if you think it needs pro-
tect.on,-Puck.
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Thus he reasoned, but in reality fear
of poverty was stronger than love; his
steps were urged by cowardice when he
turned them towar.. her. Well, it was
not the first time that the little winged
god had had to stop his ears to shut out
the Jingle of gold.
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Flattery.

Tom-That photographer wanted me
to sit for my picture. He said he had
taken pictures of number of great
men, and he urged me to sit for mine.
Jack-And you did?
Tom-Oh, yes!-Puck.