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, 1891-09-06

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:. BARN PARTY.
On Wednesday evening the first barr
party of the season was given by Mis-:
Elsie Myers, in the immense barn on the
premises Of her fathers residence on
Eighteenth street.
The guests on arriving at the house
were directed to proceed to the barn
which was lighted with electricity and
decorated with flags and bunting. The
dancing and dressing rooms were on the
second floor. The first floor was covered
with canvas and used as a reception room.
In the reception room the Cheyenne club
punch bowl was kept brimfuli OF Lemonade
ior 'ne guests ihe nan ieaui"s iroi' 'ne
room 70 'ne stairway was
iu'V decorated win oan'"k
urawui ro" inc s'ues u 'ne conc
uenhpS "neie
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u uA'ous n'o &C.
ieo.s ~ ~
n'snsa tue "usio . ~ uA''eS "n
were kept up un'ii ii.'o' "nen ,he guests
were taken INTO 'ne mouse ana gi'eo an
elaborate repas'. Danc'ng was .nen re-
ne"eu anu continueu uutn Low ihose
present were MISS niaee,e moore WIS
nuecnner MISSES h'sie anu minie meyers
mrs. meyers bessie ereeianu' E""a
u.n'n, 'ne MISSES D nu.
n''naruSon' n's SEVERE oer'e HhS'
Oorhie van, among 'he gentlemen
were riann 'ree'anu, noo."oo rieoaiu'
rred oaahn, marry ur'm'n, Joe Arus''
arthur opau,aing' onatie draper, .. A.
u; ohener', Lester Daker' WIZ walker
'ieVer FRANK Leslie ono"' O~ari'ohnson
LITERARY FEAST.
On Wednesday afternoon the members
of the Queen Anne club were the guests
of the Wednesday Afternoon club, both
entertained BY Mrs. Judge Riner. The
programme was a character sketch by
Mrs. Fl. B. Patton, a song by Mrs.
Glover, a recitation by Mrs. j. o.
Churchill and a question Tor discussion,
"Resofued. that Fedeima was the highest
example OF self remuneration as taught
by deorge Elliot The leaders In the
debate were hrs. dioson CLARK and Mrs.
Powelson.
At 9 o'clock an elegant supper was
served AT each plate was a dainty
bouquet OF golden rod the club hover oil
the hosts. A medley OF words written
upon cards IN which were concealed
proverbs furnished perplexing fun dur
ing the repast. lhose present were MIS-
Patton MRS. foweison' Mrs Potter, Mrs.
Lacey, Mrs marsnah Johnson Mrs. j.
" onurchin' MISS augn' MISS
BAKER MISS smith MRS oaxter' Mrs.
hgoert' Mrs' oiover. MRS "ioson oiark
ana MIS- II. MASON smith,
hhohrIioS ~ COL roLANp:
Inc most orihanl party ~h'cn mas
oeen gwen was 'nA. oi rfiaay evening
al ror' nuSSen' tne oeoas'oh oeing a
MI DI
gwen " 0oc oa"u, .ne ne"
W " o'' anu "''es vi
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'"S' "o 'ne ,e'p,'0u was
ne''' was os nSn'eu anu nanu
sone,s ue'Ur'eu WIN nags anu pun'ns'
o"u' Vi sk m' anu ao'o
"e'o II VO'neS' auu
'ne oe easy 'nN' rugs
A"u p'e''' ' "mp' i"e 'onE
po,ou "a wiz" '''A' An'
"er,eu WIZ O"'ue'e 'A'.uS
ine s,ase was Da'Aeu win pants anu
mo"efs "'uinS iio" view Tue musi'ians,
ine rraneenieh' was 'ery pretty anu
artistic ana renec.eu erea. credit upon inc
taste oi'he committee oi iad'es VINO mao
'he DECORATIONS IN charge
ihose VINO heiped receive win ooi'
roisna were MAJ ana Eurs. Eeoert' ooi
ana MIS- nraoy. oap., ana MIS- bennett
ano Lieut. ana "rs' noacn'
panc'nR was eoJ'seu ior several hour'
, 1891-09-06

Our new fall stock has arrived and Monday morning,
August 31st, we will open to the public a line of Fus and
Cloaks almost monumental in its proportions. Every fabri
known to the modern loom is represented.
The combined aggregation of allied competition won't
show a more Cosmopolitan and comprehensive collection.
, 1891-09-06

The imperial character of our Plush garments has placed
in our possession the confidence of the farmer purchasers and
we mean to retain the same by guaranteeing every garment
sold bearing our trade mark.
, 1891-09-06

In the first club No. As drew a 800
diamond pin. In the second club No. 80
drew a $50 watch. In the third No. 27
drew a $50 watch.
, 1891-09-06

Shoes we're made for service as we'll "a
Tor show and we do not tolerate any slip
shod methods. The last ought not to be
the only lasting feature with which they
are identified. Thev should look well, wear
we'll and they should not cost too much.
Our 50 shoe may be matched in quality
but you will have a hard time duplicating
it anywhere else for the money. 1t is the
most durable. the most presentable and
the most economical article hat ever left
a shoe store. Just as much of a bargain
are all of the new fall goods we have Just
received and marked at Eastern prices.
Come and see the new styles all widths
from A to EE
, 1891-09-06
Reflect for a moment, reader, O the merits of the Cloak Department of E.

Our competitors know that it is away ahead of any in the
state but just reflect on the why and the wherefore thereof
lis this; We're the leading and largest cloak and fur dealers
ks West.
, 1891-09-06

Theo. T. Woollens & Co., offer 100
boxes of as handsome California peaches
as ever came into Cheyenne for sl.25 per
box.
, 1891-09-06

Now IL the Time
To get cheap fruit of all kinds at A
Underwood 4 Bro.
, 1891-09-06

Full line of school books at Cheyenne
news depot, opposite post office.
, 1891-09-06

Having purchased the North Side store
of the Cheyenne Commercial company,
on Monday, Sept. 7. we will commence to
do business on a cash basis. This method
10 Cheyenne is a new one. but we believe
it is for the best interest of both ourselves
and our customers, and will give it q fair
trial.
Give us a trial and bring along the cash
and see how much it will buy. Sincerely
Yours, VREELAND & SHIEK.
, 1891-09-06
A GAY WEEK.
A Brilliant Reception in Honor OF
Col. Poland.
Miss Elsie Myers Gives a mooe'
Barn Party.
Afternoon Luncheons and Parties
Enjoyed by the Ladies.

The past week has been a very pleasant
one in society circles, some delightfully."-
enjoyable events being provided for the
festively inclined of Cheyenne.
, 1891-09-06

We have sold the store corner of Capt..
toll avenue and sixteenth street to Vree-
Ian & Shiek, who will bust.
ness Monday morning, Sept. I, at tho old
stand.
To you who have seen fit to put your
trust in US IN the past we thank you
kindly. and bespeak for our successors a
share, at least, of your liberal patronage.
All our bills will be collected and paid By
US. CHEYENNE COMMERCIAL Go.
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restored before h. should see her, and
the diSea,,. was obliged 20 run lis course.
Anne liked 10 arrange the procession for
her people down To the most minute de-
rails She kept full knowledge OF the
Ichnd's condition from him, and l be-
/ leve it was Just only before her last Ill
ness when the possibility Of cure was at
hand. that she took him into true conf
dence. And as in luck would have it,
that letter did not reach John for
months after il was written"
"Why did she make that ubiquitous
will?" demanded Royal, who felt that
here he also had cause Of complaint.
God knows, think, however, that
it was made just before John sailed for
Europe. and while the engagement was
fresh with them all. and the young peo-
pie very much in love. Perhaps her idea
was TO keep John true by making his
cousins future dependent on his con-
Stancy. When a copy of the will was
sent hin, after his aunt's death, and
some indignation was expressed, John
wrote us that he had been aware OF its
contents for years. None Of the other
friends were. They might have cOaXed
some reason and justice into Anne Royal
if they had been. Like a great many
women. she never talked about wills;
she seemed TO have feeling that TO
make or even mention such a thing
would be TO prop the door open for
death"
No one more than Hart Royal could
APPRECIATE the importance of satisfactory
adjustments between physical and men.
tai relations in cases like the present
He talked the matter over with Mrs.
Hart, and, out of pity for the girl and
an unconscious adaptation OF their
thoughts TO the lines indicated by John
Royals conduct in regard TO her, they
decided that they would continue TO
shield her from knowledge of her be-
reavement until the operation should
have been performed. Ii would be but
for "a short time. they thought, and no
living being would be injured.
OF the property there would be no oc-
caSiou 20 think for three months yet, as
that time must eiapSe ere the executor
would render his account And OF
Royals kindred there was none acceSSi-
NIrr ANAltA yuan N , MS lis PNA IA -
had entered into rest many years be-
fore, and of his two sisters one had died
i'm childhood. and the other had married
d missionary and gone away with him
20 some impossible place. where letter
would be months in reaching her.
They removed Phyllis TO another
hotel. where there would be no chance
of her accidentally acquiring more
knowledge than they desired for her.
She had been told of the death of the
stranger. aud also that he was really
kinSman and alone in the world,
which sufficiently explained the
fact that John and Nina should decide
TO remain in Motoacca until after the
funeral.
They followed him alone, those two,
well knowing that if the still heart and
quiet brain conld respond TO Sentient
thought or emotion John Royals decis-
ion would be that il were better the
guerdOn OF tears should be withheld
from his memory forever than that the
falling Of the drops should dim one
chance Of light for the eyes Of his be-
loved.
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by process Of pure reason, which one
of the four corner saloons set out the
best free lunch. He had no data but
the appearance of their exteriors, and
the feeling OF his own interior, which
naturally predisposed him toward the
nearest one. lent him a dollar, and
received his blessing as collateral secu-
rity.
Well, | haven't time TO follow Brown
down into the dismal dungeons of de-
spondency, whittier an experience Of not
more than four months in the metrop-
oils led him. He came here weighing
one hundred and sixty-seven pounds,
and pulled up with confidence. In a
few brief moons his weight had gone
down TO one hundred and forty and his
confidence to zero. He had told me on
the first day that he would never go
back TO his home in Maine except as
distinguished visitor. OF course he
didn't phrase it just that way, but his
meaning was obvious. He had reached
a great center of culture and literature
He felt great forces steaming within
him, and they were bound TO drive hin
head first through all obstacles. Fam
beckoned him, and he was willing Ia
shout LET her 90, Gallagher, and joiT
the procession at the front end.
1t took, as l have said, about foui
months to knock all this out of him. At
the expiration of that Christening ex-
perience he came to me and said: "Mr.
Fielding, my uncle in Goose Falls, Me-,
has died, and left me sole heir Of h
provision store. Think of it-a pro-
vfon stored At this moment there are
barrels of crackers and pounds of cheese
waiting for me at Goose Falls. And
they are all mine. / can eat, and eat,
and eat, and il my own yoracity drives
me to BANKRUPTCY shall at least have
had square meal. Lend me enough TO
pay my fare. will mortgage the store
as soon as | get there, and send you the
money. | don't want TO ride in parlor
car. Four months ago should have in
sisted upon it, but now | am willing to
go as freight. Do not talk TO me Of
blighted ambition or blasted hopes.
The thought of that cracker barrel in
Uncle Jabez's store sustains and COM
forts me.
HOWARD FIELDING.
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Were YOU brothers? Excuse me for
asking. but the name is the same for
both on the register" laying his hand
on the book. They've put the same
initials. too. But that's mistake. l
reckon"
No. Royal explained. there was no
mistake The names were the same
and they were kinsmen. but not
brothers. He cast his eye on the regis
ter. as he spoke, and read beneath the
name Of Mrs. Walter Hart that Of Mrs.
John Hart Royal. Itsurprised him, for
be had no recollection whatever of hay-
ing placed il there. Then he remem-
bered that i'm the excitement and hurry
of the arrival he had neglected TO regis
ter the ladies at all. II was probable
that the clerk had supplied the omis-
sion from information obtained ut the
fountain head.
Ills wife, suppose, the young ply
s'cian hazarded.
Ia the second which elapsed before he
replied Hart Royals mind seemed To
work over the whole case. from start. TO
finish, like an electric flash. He APP
peared suddenly confronted by point
OF view the instantaneous absorption of
which by his consciousness made it seem
something which he had known all
along. only failed TO give it due promi-
nence. The pause ere he spoke was 50
slight that it passed unheeded by the
bystanders. but during it Royals whole
mental position, and a good part Of his
external circumstances. had been shift
ed.
No" he made answer quietly. The
young lady is his cousin and next Of kin.
She is my wife.
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have thus been led to return the ter
dollars he borrowed Of me in the fall OF
1881. But no; he wrote in a cheerful
vein, and the shadow of remOrse did not
darken the page. 1t gave him great
pleasure to introduce his young friend
Thomas Brown. Hes a thoroughly
good fellow" the letter went on. "He
deserves everything you can do for him.
Treat him just as you would me-"
glanced up at Brown and wondered
how he would look il he realized that
his friend had requested me to kick him
downstairs.
"Hes been highly educated" said the
letter; 81 should think you ought to get
him the editorship of something. Ii
would be right in his line, for he has
already shown great literary ability"
Granting this to be true there could
be no doubt that Thomas was distinctly
superior to most of the editors | knew,
but | could not Immediately call to
mind any OF those who would resign in
Thomas favor on having the fact laid
before them. The assistant sporting
editorship of the Pictorial Police Record
was temporarily vacant owing to little
trouble at the Gilligan-Smith mill, but
understood that the bullet had been
extracted, and that the distinguished
Journalist was expected to be out OF the
hospital within a few weeks. | men
toned this vacancy to Thomas, but he
said that he would prefer something
permanent.
at would seem WISER" said he, "to
select at the outset some position where
my superior mental attainments will
insure my success and advancement. "
"Mr. Brown" said l, sin these days a
college education is OF no account what
ever except when you haven't any, and
then it is a tremendous disadvantage. y
"But many of our college graduates
have made money in New York." he
persisted. "Take your own case, for
example"
my dear young friend" said l, ''in
the rural districts from which some oil
us emanate our careers are seen through
glass darkly. When we come to the
metropolis news of our death by starva-
ton is anxiously awaited during the
first few months. This expectancy is
relieved from time to time by rumors
that we are coming home to live on the
old folks. When we don't do either oil
these things it is reported that we are
making untold wealth and spending il
in wild, uncanny orgies so that the gid
ed dens of vice resound with the din OF
our unhallowed mirth. In reality 1t /:
our landlord that is getting rich, while
we rub along in twenty-ive-cent reversi
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her curiouSly of her husband. Her eyes
sollened and smile came to her lips.
She had seen the look before during the
days that they had been together, and
always with mute, willful acknowledge
ment of the tie between them. After
all, he was Phil Royals son and of their
own peopie-which fact, in the lady's
mind, considerably ameliorated the sit
uatiOn. What would have been her at
titude toward Royal if, instead of being
member of the family with blood right
of interference, he had turned out sim
ply a laundering stranger, whose tender
nature had ruled his reason to such dis
aStrous effect, it is difficult to imagine.
Fortunately for Royal she was not put
TO the test. A kinsman, like the shape
of a nose, can be accepted and endured
with the pleasing consciousness that, eX-
ternally. the worst is known of him,
while the introduction Of stranger into
ones life may be attended with as
grave risks at those incident to the
French nOtary'S experiment.
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Nothing that he wrote got further than
the waste basket during the first two
weeks; and then, inspired by hunger
and modification. he wrote personal
letter to the editor which was full OF
the most bitter denunciation. BY mis-
take he mailed it to another newspaper
Office, and it was printed, with some
slight alterations, in the peoples
column" 1t was really mastery
effort at defamation of character, and it
led to his being engaged at small sal
airy to abuse the editors OF esteemed
contemporaries and certain members Of
the city government, but this triumph
filed Brown so completely with the
milk of human kindness that he couldn't
have said anything derogatory Of the
devil, and so he lost his place.
met him few days after this dis
appointment and lent him five dollars
with which to ''stand OFF, his landlady,
who was becoming importunate. He
had not yet begun to despair, but he
was getting impatient and was inclined
to rail at New York as place where
the recognition Of genius was disgrace
fully slow.
During the following week, by great
good fortune. | secured a place for
Brown in the employ of firm of pub
fishers. Rags & Co. had been looking
for a man who had a wide acquaintance
with literature and an empty stomach.
The former would enable him to fill the
position and the latter would induce
him TO take it at twelve dollars a week.
Brown was to read manuscripts. The
idea delighted him. He had every sort
of confidence in his literary Judgment,
and felt so sure of rapid advancement
that he borrowed ten dollars more OF
me, and agreed 10 settle up within two
weeks. On this occasion he had great
deal to say about the value of being
surrounded by literary atmosphere |
thought OF the stuff which Rags K Co.
publish and shud iered.
| saw Brown quite frequently during
the first week; once during the second,
and not at all in the third. At the end
of that time | called at the Office Of
Rags Il Co., to see what had become Of
him-and my fifteen dollars. | met old
Rags himself.
"Well, he amt here any more" said
Rags, in that classical English which
long familiarity with ten-cent detect
i've stories has given him command Of;
81 had TO fire him. He came near re-
jecting the best thing ever offered to
me. Look at that"-and he showed me
the proof of title page, bearing a
picture Of woman coming down lad
der in a gale of wind-"there's the best
title / ever saw. Anybody reading it
would think that the story was the
most corrupting that ever was issued,
whereas there isn't word in it that
Comstock could fasten his paws onto.
Why, sir, | paid the author over fifty
dollars for his novel, and yet your man
Brown said the story was utterly worth
Less. What do you think OF that for
literary judgment"
/ admitted that IL was fearfully bad,
whatever way you looked at it. | met
Brown shortly after leaving Rags &
Co.'s office. He was standing at the in
tersection of two streets, and he frankly
confessed that he was trying to decide
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A decision once reached, Royals mind
clarified, like a pool in the quiescence
which follows a violent stirring up.
His difficulties were by no means dis
solved or dissipated, any more than is
the mud at the bottom of the pool but
for the moment they sank out of sight.
The day following was the one APP
pointed for the operation, and when that
should be over he would 60 away for a
time, so as to leave Phyllis in the state
of absolute calm which would be es-
sential to complete the cure. He had
already exceeded the limit he had al
lowed himself for holiday making, and
his affairs in the west required his
presence. His practice had been in
trusted to a brother physician on whose
time and courtesy he felt he could no
longer trespaSs, and, as he had assumed
new responsibilities, and was, moreover,
a man by no means independent of his
own exertions, it behooved him to re-
turn home and look after his interests.
Phyllis must remain in Alexandria to
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CHAPTER VII.

Poor child. Poor Phyllisw
Mrs. Harris face wore compassionate
expression, and her voice had tender,
commissioning infections. She stood by
the window, looking out into the street
with eyes which conveyed to her mind
no image Of that on which they rested.
Royal paused in his restless walk and
silently gazed at her. Her tone made
him vince like the touch OF nettle.
he was too much oppressed by the re-
suit of his own precipitation not to be
sore and irritable. InvOluntarily he re-
sented the implied depreciation.
81 am not bad man. as men 60" he
demonstrated. "A blundering fool, if
you will, but no william. Your tone i'm
plies that I have been both"
Mrs. Hart turned toward him. As
she did so she caught an expression on
the young mans face which reminded
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CHAPTER VII.

Royal had about completed his ar
engagements for leaving the hotel in
which so much Of import had occurred,
when a chance remark caused his own
position in this affair of his nameSake TO
assume proportions and q compleXity
which well nigh overwhelmed him.
He was standing in tho hotel Office.
near the clerks desk, on which lay the
open register. The young doctor stood
at his elbow, the same to whose hedgling
care John Royal had been committed.
They had been speaking Of the case and
of It's uutoward ending. and had gone
into details of interest aud Importance
20 no mortal soul save members of the
profession. Suddenly the young fellow
nut d question:
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TAIN CURE. Ado
The Peabody Medical
Institute, No. 4 Bull
fnch St, Boston, Mass.
or Post Office Box 1895
The Peabody Medil
qtors but no equaL-~I
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AT A DISCOUNT.
SAD STORY OF A MAN OF CULTURE WHO
OAMB TO NEW YORK TO GET RICH.
Hs Had a University Training and Lofty Aspira-
tons, But BE is Now Running Pro-
vision Store in Goose Falls, Ne.
A Sustaining Thought.
ICOPYRIGHTEn.l

He had drifted into New York, as so
many young men do, with a general
notion Of getting rich, and no particular
idea about it except that the sooner his
friends and enemies at home Especially
the latter were made aware Of his dis
tinguished success the better he should
feel about it. His capital consisted of
S13 and college education. He had no
fear Of hard work because he didn't
know what it was.
Perhaps l should have included in my
schedule OF his assets a letter of in
PRODUCTION to myself. The writer OF
this valuable document was man whom
had forgiven and forgotten. The
sight of his handwriting upon the en-.
velope recalled his existence to me, and
awakened faint hope that Le might
have experienced change Of heart and