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The man made no answer. but twisted his
whip about his arm and started toward the
door.
Il suppose she couldn't get over the way you
got the old place."
THAT was just what was the matter. squire"
said the other earnestly, pausing by the door.
1T wasn't any of her fault-she just didn't
know"
"Of course: and none of the money paid for
the place being found, it certainly did look rather
strange"
$50 it did," said the old man candidly. 81
never blamed Susan a bit-not fo- that, at
least"
''And your failure to produce the deed until
his death naturally aroused her suspicion
But had the deed and receipt, with a
good witness, too"
Her husband?"
The other nodded.
"He claimed to have been drunk when he
signed it,
HE never swore to that. did hep"
81 never heard that he did; and don't know
as anybody would have believed him if he had ~
II do" said the old man, almost fiercely,
''the lynn, white-lvered skunk! I'd give a
years work TO have seen him do it. an then
have heard you ask him. in your very grandest
way, just to please wipe his eyes on O certain
other paper you'd have handed him. You'd have
enjoyed it, too squire. 1t would have been
worth remembering by every one that heard it. ~
The mans vengefnl glee though very quiet,
was apparent enough.
"What paper was that, Joel?" asked the
senior. He was not to be diverted from his
object by the other's anger.
mo matter-he knew"
There wasn't any love lost between you
two?'
IF you knew about half as much as you
think you do. squire, You wouldn't wonder"
I" don't know much" was the confident
reply, but can guess at things pretty close -
No doubt of that, squire. You can see into
milestone rs far as the man that picks it, no
matter who he is-and guess a deal farther In
some cases guessin' is jest ez good as KNOWN,
which is the reason, suppose, why people
generally hev more confidence in what they
guess at than in what they know
"Wen, how could you expect one not to
guess the secret OF such a transaction? If
you'd nothing to be ashamed of, why didn't
you come out and make clean breast of the
whole matter?"
'.rhere wasn't but one person had any right
to know about it,
"iou mean Mrs. Harrington"
81 mean Joshua Gedney's daughter"
"Of course; did you tell herr"
"She never asked"
"You would il abe had, suppose?''
~ don't know a. I would, squire; guess
twas best she shouldn't know-untl the end -
"You mean when abe died?''
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The Too Enterprising Book Collector.

From the Pittsburg Bulletin
There used to be book collector in this CITY
writes our New York correspondent, who was
the terror of all who knew him. He was well.
TODD and a very learned man. He was a great
buyer of books and owned fine library, but
nobody else's library was safe if it contained q
book he coveted. For long time his victims
did not suspect him. He would call. spend an
hour or two among their books and go away.
Finally one bibliomaniac, who had suffered
most severely, had his suspicious aroused.
Even then he dared not utter them, SO he
went to his lawyer about it. The lawyer had
him make out list Of the volumes lost. They
were all of extreme rarity and great value.
Armed with this list the lawyer called the sus-
pected man and introduced himself as a collector
from the west. He had heard of the gentleman
as bibliophile of authority and wished to con-
suit him about some books which had been Of
fered him before he concluded upon their pur-
chase or rejection.
''what were the books?" his host asked.
He ran off the titles Of several Of the stolen
volumes.
ssNonsenser' said his host. "Nobody can sell
you them. own the only copies in the coun-
try"
Next day the lawyer wrote letter, which re-
suited in the restoration Of the spoil 10 its right
full owner. How many rare books belonging TO
other collectors remain in the collection-for il
has never been sold, for obvious reasons-no
one can cay. At any rate, when this learned
bibliophile visited other bibliophiles thereafter
they kept their bookcases locked and showed
him what he wanted to see volume by volume
making sure to get one back before they passed
another to him. They recognized his perilous
mania as an incurable weakness; and while they
tolerated him on account Of his erudition, they
DID % - one accepts necessary evil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
CHAPTER III.

Joel Pike gazed steadily into the open door Of
the stove as if oblivious of the other occupants
of the room, buckskin glove in either hand,
the fringe mittens hanging down on either side
and his black whip coiled like a snake on the
floor beside him. With his face lighted up by
the fire, the great surtout thrown wide open,
its big collar coming up behind his head until
the stiff-brimmed felt had seemed to rest upon
it, he seemed like picture out of some quaint
past which had somehow missed its proper sur
roundings and become mixed up with the
fashion plates Of a less fastidious age. As I
glanced at him past the stove l could not but be
impressed as / had often been before with the
classic regularity Of his features, the composure
of his manner, the intentness of his look and the
singular softness and sweetness of his express
sion. II seemed quite impossible that this
should be the Joel Pike Of whom 20 many talked
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ut isn't true that You told the man who was
working for her he might put it in the barn and
say nothing about it?'
Still no answer.
ut isn't a fact that you were seen Juggling
corn out OF your own field at night and setting
it up in hers, until the shocks stood most as
thick as the hills had been. is it?''
Inc man moved uneasily in his chair, and
drew the collar of his great coat around his
neck as If about to depart.
They do Soy" continued the bGdgering law
yer, that her little bit of poor land raised the
biggest crops ever known in this country after
her husband died, though it wasn't half tended
They even say her chickens laid two eggs apiece
every day in the year.
''She needed 'em bad enough" was the logged
answer.
mo doubt of that" said the senior. coming
back to his seat by the stove but it was auee
thing for you to do. Joel, wasn't it now?'
Il don't know as there's any harm in helpin'
them tina. needs it, replied the other, Begin
ming to button his coat.
"And after all the widow wouldn't even look
at him! Poor Joell'
The questioners eyes shone with satisfaction
and his face twitched with merriment. He was
accustomed to roast witness and could not
resist the temptation to tease client whose
business, though profitable was hardly credit
able to one of his distinction. Suppose he did
get angry? What did Harmon Kuggles care?
His patronage WIGS not of much importance
as 1t had been twenty years before The VIC
tins patience was finally exhausted and there
was hint of fire in the steel blue eyes as he
replied
esquire Harmon. never had any more idea
of marryin' the Widow Harrington-than YOU"
He laid especial stress upon the name.
Then what made you do such silly thngs?"
The lawyer was quick to note the change of
temper and did not care to go too far
"Perhaps-it might bel 'spose-that was
ba In No, no,
many friends: an them that claimed to be her
friends peared to have pretty much forgot that
she was alive"
The hit was palpable one and the lawyer
WINGED.
Then why didn't you come out and say it
was meant for charity, instead of sneaking
around as if you were ashamed of it?''
The old man turned on his questioner and
said with reproachful emphasis:
Squire, you knew Susan Gedney? You used
to claim to be her friend. Do you think she d
have taken anything from me if she'd known
it,"
''She said she'd go to the poor house before
she d eat crumb you had touched. believe
Yes; and she'd have died there, too. if Joel
Pike hadn't befriended ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; an
you know it, squire"
"0h, not so bad as that, guess" answered
the lawyer little confused by the directness of
the accusation.
II never heard of anybody else crowdin'
favors on her-did you?'
"Well-no; but for you-Joel Pike-to do
such things-now wasn't it queer?'
Its been good while sence came Of age
Squire Harmon, said the other as he picked up
his whip and mittens.
And then to think it was all lost-all
wasted! Poor Joel Pike.' continued the
lawyer, regardless alike of his victims words
and acts. ''One who had waited until your time
OF life to begin his counting deserved better
luck oh JOel2''
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The other made no answer.
you're queer man. JOEL They say you
wanted TO marry the daughter after the mother
was gomez"
II offered her home. told her if she'd come
and live with me I'd give h-r the best education
to be got and leave her everything when l was
through with it,"
You wanted daughter, then, not a wife?"
sarcastically
II wasn't Particular didn't want her to
to go-to the folk down eaA.'
Her fathers people?"
The other nodded
"You would have married her rather than
have that happen, l suppose?"
1T might have been for the best" said the
other simply.
1T was good offer. and she ought to have
accepted it, with a covert sneer. II should
like to have seen her mistress of the old place.
Somehow have always thought Stephen Ged-
ney's heir ought to have it."
$50 she ought-so she ought" said the old
man earnestly. cts more n pity it ever We mt
out of the family"
1T mus. have been hard for Susan con-
tined the lawyer suggestively. He was leading
his client like an unwilling witness to confess
what he believed to have been wrong. One
could see the professional instinct living in
wait for am lapse-any weak place in the old
man guard. 1t was not that he meant him
any harm. He would have scorned to take adj
vantage of anything he might have admitted.
Dut ne could not endure a mystery. He had
tried a hundred times to probe this one, and it
irritated him that he could get no nearer its
solution than he was when he began.
1T was awful!' said the old man, looking
down at the floor with q long sigh. lawful! II
I'd dreamed of half the trouble and worriment
1t would bring lit seems to me as eff 1 wouldn' t
have done it, squire; but l would know 1
would There seems some things a man can't
help doin'."
Harrington was never any account after
that"
"After?" His voice trembled with scornful
emphasis.
well, he wasn't worth much before. It
must have been hard for Susan Gedney, drag
Slng out life with that drunken brute"
spasm of pain which was terrible in its in
tenslty passed over the old mans faultlessly
chiseled features.
Squire" he said huskily. "a man don't
, never know how much it costs to try to smuggle
up wrong-till-till he's tried it-never"
He turned back to the stove. took his leather
mittens from his pocket. held them to the fire q
moment and then drew them on slowly, one
after the other. The fireligh: shining ON his
eyes gave the appearance OF tears. He took off
his mittens. drew out spotless handkerchief.
blew his nose vigorously and turned again
toward the door. 1
Good mornin, gentlemen" he said, as he
paused with his hand on the knob. There was
hint of something very like a sob in the I'M
wonted huskiness of his voice.
ITO be cOncluded newt vaek
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SO bitterly, but whom none seemed to know
or cared to know.
The senior turned his head and glanced quiz
zically at the imperturbable client. Then he re-
sumed his inspection of the scene. without and
continued the monotonous tapping with his
nail upon the window pane.
How about the Widow Harrington, Joel?''
he asked at length, in bantering tone.
The Widow Harrington" answered the old
man, with severe dignity, sis dead. sir''
The lawyer did not seem to note the rebuff
though one was evidently intended.
Are those the cattle that ran away with O
load Of your wheat and upset it over in her
field?'' he asked, looking around and pointing
with his thumb over his shoulder toward the
street.
They might be-"
You were too mad to pitch it on again, they
tell me?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
The Money Value of Pure. Water.

MHgHZlhe.
Aside from all sentiment and duty, the i'm
portance Of pure water may be considered
from pecuniary standpoint. All sanitarians
agree that majority of typhoid fever cases
come from polluted water, while some eminent
authorities claim that the disease is transmitted
only by this agent. A conservative estimate to
the value Of an average individual to the state
is at least 81 600, SO when we consider that
about 40, 900 persons die annually in the United
States from this disease, loss of more than
$40 000, 900 to the nation Is clearly shown. Be
sides there are about 4OO, 900 cases Of this dis
ease each year in our country, which costs the
people many million dollars more. Add to
are transmitted by impure water and the esti-
mate will be swelled to enormous proportions.
Every city and town using impure water should
consider these facts and hasten to supply its
citizens with pure water from public works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
Her Style Of Beauty.

From Judge.
Trivvet-"Imt Mrs. Chinner . handsome
woman?''
she h painted"
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Th- Hat Had Some yalue.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Fweddy-"Cholly. I'm feeling wocky.
think III soak my head"
Cholly-.'I; won't fetch anything, deah boy,
unless the hat goes with it,"
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POOR JOEL PIKE
WRITTEN FOR The EVENING STAR BY
ALBION W. TOURGEE.
CHAPTER /.
r WAS A STINGING

T WAS A SINGING
midwinter n ornin g.
The day before the
earth had been covered
with sleet. which had
fallen upon n foot Of
hard-beaten snow; then
the wind died away. the
mercury crept below
zero and the light flakes
of frosty network came
softly, wayeringly out
of the dull. leaden sky
tbr,.r,c,b tba S.iII Traaz
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THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Recollections of a Massachusetts Sol.
der Who Came to the Capital.
WASHINGTON CITY IN 1862
A Boys First Experience Under Arms-In
the Forts Around the Federal Citv--The
Spirit That Animated the volunteers-The
Coming c. A. Il. Encampmcnt.
Written for The Evening Star.

!, T WAS THE 18TH OF
September. 1862, when
the 40th Massachusetts
regiment rolled into
Washington and were
dumped into Soldiers
Rest to spend the night.
The next day we were
at first ordered to Fort
ress Monroe and after
having been cooped up
in the cars for two DAYS
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Well Preserved.

From the Clothier and Furnisher
Cleverton-'.Youw wouldn't think I had had
that dress suit eight years, would your"
Dashaway-"0h, I don't know, old man.
You don't hsve oceasiou 70 wear u vUgy oe>sn."
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a FORGED CHECK

How the Ingenious Convict Made a Light.
ming Change.
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THE CALVARY BAPTIST SCHOOL AND ITS ELEVEN
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-06-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-sEcoND CONGRESS.

Ir the senate on the l3th, no business was
transacted, but. after the introduction OF peti.
tons, memorials, few reports and fewer bills,
Mr. PETER made some remarks on one Of his
financial measures and the senate adjourned.
In the house the session devoted to the
discussion OF measures affecting the District
Of Columbia, many Of which were passed.
IN the senate. the 18th, the session was
prolonged only long enough to transact some
routine business, after which. out OF respect to
the memory Of Hon. K. T. Stackhouse, de-
ceased, the senate adjourned ....In the house
Immediately after the call to order DIR. Till
man announced the death of Hon. Il. 7. Stack
house, and after the adoption of tho customary
resolutions and the appointment of a commit
tee to accompany his remains to his home the
house as a further mark OF respect adjourned.
In the senats. on the 18th, Mr.. Morgan, of
Alabama, delivered an able address in favor OF
free coinage of silver. no business was trans
acted. -. In the house the fortincations ap-
preparation bill was passed. The measure Ap-
propriates 81 4l2, 375 or 81 382 427 loss than was
appropriated by the last congress- Authority
is given to make contracts for certain works,
involving n further expenditure OF 8, $4,000.
The bill reducing the duty on tin plate, terne
plate and tagger tin to one cent q pound after
October i. 1892, and removing all duty thereon
after October 2, 1894, occupied the remainder
Of the day. :
II tho senate, on the 10th, Mr. Morrill,, the
venerable chairman of the committee on
finance. delivered an able aud exhaustive
speech m the question OF free coinage. He was
in good voice, although his tones were not
loud, and he was listened to with close atten-
tion by IDS colleagues. The anti-option bill
was Jailed up from the table and referred to
the sommittee on the judiciary. The senate
agrcsd TO insist on it's amendments to the river
and 6arbor bill and ash further conference.
In the house the tin plate hSl Secupied the
timr. although but little interess was mani
Tested in the debate, members paying no alton
tion to il.
THE senate was not in session on the 18th .. :.
In the house. after n contest for precedence
between the Siblcy tent bill and the tin plate
bill, the conference report of the committee on
the river and harbor bill came up, and the
house insisted upon its disagreement with the
senate amendments for a ship railway around
The Dalles. and the canal connecting Lake
Washington with Puget sound, The Sibley bill
was laid on the table.
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EXAGGERATED ESTIMATES.
The Fatalities by the Minnesota Storm
Not SO Numerous as Reported.

The Fatalities by the Minnesota Storm
Not SO Numerous as Reported.
WELLS. Mimi, June 17.-To-night for
the first time since the great storm of
Wednesday struck southern Minnesota
a correct estimate can be made of the
loss of human life. Happily the num-
Der of dead is very much smaller than
the exaggerated estimates of last night
would indicate. The daughter of Chas.
Melchart died this morning, bringing
the death list up to an even half
dozen for the three counties in which
the tornado struck the earth. Nobody
was killed except at Minnesota Lake,
five miles northwest of here in Fari-
bault county, and east of that point in
Hartland townhsip, Freeborn county.
At the latter point over a dozen people
were injured, but only Andrew Han
som, farm hand, was killed. He
stopped in a barn which blew over and
crushed him.
The dead at Minnesota Lake are John
Brown, Mrs John Latusck, Henry
Pietrus, and Alice and Mary Melchert.
The exaggerations of Thursday were
quite natural owing to the railway and
telegraph chaos occasioned by the
storm. For twenty-four hours trains
were unable to move and for longer
period telegraph service was in state
of paralysis. AS soon as the trains be-
gan to move, the trainmen began to re-
late what they knew and what they
had heard and those who heard the
stories told them to others and they
gained rapidly in their travels. Cores
pondents of the Twin city papers sent
out accounts from Sherbourne, Fair
mount, Jackson, Wells, Blue Earth
CITY, Mankato and Albert Lea. Each
had only hearsay evidence and their
lists referred in the main to deaths in
the same localities, although the names
were often so garbled as not to be
recognized as referring to the same
people. The aggregate made up list
of nearly fifty dead and with the rumors
a list of nearly 100 was made up. In
all of the early reports it was stated
that a schoolhouse had been blown
down in Martin county and that o
teacher and sixteen pupils had been
killed. This story was, for the most
paat a gross exaggeration.