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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

came TO a cottage. He started to enter
the arched gateway. Then he paused for
a carriage was coming down the road
He stepped quickly behind a hedge until
IL had passed. AS the people got out TO
enter the house he heard someone call
GLADYS"
Then he rapidly walked back TO the ho-
tel with downcast eyes. When there the
clerk handed him letter which had just
come. Davaris put II In his pocket and
quickly went TO his room, lighted the gas,
threw himself In a chair, and opened the
letter with trembling hands. he knew
the writing; he had seen IL many times
before. He read the letter; his face grew
pale as he proceeded and grim lines
shaped themselves around his mouth.
When he finished reading he threw the
paper down.
$50 she has come to New York, has she?"
he said. "And she is coming here, and is
going TO surprise me- Bah! But what
can l do? Nothing--nothing
For a long time he sat there, his face
covered with his hands. Then he picked
up the paper from the floor and burned IL
oyer the gas Jet. He watched the letter
shrlvel and turning from white 10 brown,
glow and drop in ashes; he saw the smoke
curled up. and at last, when the paper
was completely destroyed, he slowly pre-
pared for bed.
Langford did not see Davaris until they
met the next morning for a late break
fast. The September sun was shining
brightly into the windows OF the long din
ing hall when Langford, who was already
seated, was joined by his friend.
Good morning, old man." was his
greeting. You are looking tremendous
ly pale"
Am II" returned Davaris, languidly.
He sat down and was silent.
Tell me about those people I am to
meet this morning. he said suddenly.
'Tell you about them? What do you
want to know They are quite the regu-
lar thing-with one or two exceptions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

Montague. II he had planned and connived
most skillfully TO take Davaris OH his
guard ho could not have been more sue
cessful. For when he first saw her. he
stopped short, clinched his hands tightly
together and recoiled little; not notice
able, but to Langfords eyes he seemed to
shrink back. For an instant In the silence
all three stood there and Langford could
hear Davaris breathing loudly and 1t
seemed to him that he could almost hear
the beating of his heart. Then the girl
turned; looked slightly surprised, and
came forward with cordial smile, saying
Il am very glad to see you, Mr.. Lang
ford. Aunt Mary will be here in mo-
ment," and she looked as II she was going
TO leave them there, when Langford re-
piled to her greeting and stepped 70 rward,
Miss Montague, may present Mr.. Da-
varis," he said.
And Davaris-what did he do? Instead
OF smiling and saying some easy polite
nothings, he was bowing there, pale, ST.
lent and evidently striving to retain his
self-possession.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

Here is an original design by Edward
Lee Young. II represents compound fit
mcut of library mantel and bookcase.
As will be seen the mantel is made by a
facing of two tall book leases, and the
connection with the mantel by bevel
containing mirrors, which take away the
woody effect. Under the mantel shelf
this bevel makes two closets, triangular
in shape, and useful for holding the
shovel, tongues, dust brush and other
thing pertaining TO the care OF q fire.
Above the mirrors is a connecting shelf,
and above that again beveled work cover
ing the breast and return to connect the
whole. The idea OF having books so con-
venient to ones hand when seated by
the fire will be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and Furnisher.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Dararis started up from his chair aud be.
gan pacing up and dolrR the floor.

gan pacing up ana dopR he floor.
Langford started to leave the room. but
his foot caught in the coat that was lying
on the floor. He stopped to take it up,
and sheet Of paper fell from a pocket.
He picked IL up mechanically, saw that 1t
was dated Paris. He was about to put It
back, when his eye caught certain name
on the paper. But he suddenly dropped
Ii. He heard step on the stairs, voice
he we'll knew in the hail, and he hastened
into tho outer room just in time to meet
Davaris. He looked at him little curl
ously, for he had seen in the letter from
Paris the name OF Gladys Montague, not
once, but many times. Langford's face
was flushed, however, and his eyes did not
return Davaris' frank gaze. 1t is tho first
time he has ever acted the Paul Pry.
It was very wrong Of Langford. OF
course, but his curiosity had been greatly
aroused and be had acted on the impulse
OF the moment. He thought for an in
stant, the letter would have been replaced
in the coat pocket unread. AS it was,
however, he had merely glanced at the
sheet, but il had told him a good deal
There could scarcely be any doubt about
Davariss acquaintance with Gladys Mon
tague.s
The next day they left New York for the
Berkshire Hills. They arrived late in the
evening and took their rooms at the one
hotel in the village.
This resort was not summer resort In
the ordinary sense OF tho term. IL was
merely New England village which had
been taken possession OF by certain set
OF New Workers, who when In town formed
very exclusive circle OF their own. They
had built their country houses. they had
their own house, parties, their own dances
and dinners. and hotel people and birds Of
passage Jared very poorly indeed.
But most OF tho hotel people who came
here were intimate friends OF the cot
tagers; the birds Of passage stayed a Gay
or week as IL might lie. and went away
in disgust. The place was scarcely five
hours from New York. and the last Of
August aud the month Of September was
the height OF the season. Frequently the
cottagers stayed until late in October,
aud some even kept their country houses
open all winter
Davans managed TO shake OF Lang
ford late in the evening. and after max
ing few inquiries at the hotel Office. went
out OF doors. IL was bright moonlight;
everything was quiet and still excepting
at times tho distant barking OF dog. or
the rumble OF carriage as 1t came down
the street.
lie walked rapidly and presently
stopped on tho summit OF a small hill. To
the south was Mount Everett. but how
changed IL looked In the night. mist
was in the valley covering the tops OF the
smaiier f1ftis, aud making tho SUBMITS OF
the others look like islands In the sea.
The two lakes one on each SIDE were as
silver and so near did they seem that Da-
varis bent his head to olistcn. thinking that
he could hear the sound ~ the water on
the shores. Then heYalked ON until he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

girl whose praises had been sung all win-
ter in far away San Franclso. the girl who
was 10 spend the summer East, arst at
Bar Harbor, then at Newport, and finally
at Lenox. The instant her name was
mentioned Davaris started up from his
chair and began pacing up and down the
floor.
Ibid you say Montague?" he asked.
Langford watched him with half shut
eyes. and sent stream OF smoke upward.
"Yes.-know herr"
IL don't" said Davaris, firmly. 81 want
you TO promise me one thing. Langford.
For very particular reason must meet
that girl. want to know IL IL she is the
daughter OF certain Col. Montague, who
died abroad ten years ago"
LaEgford looked at him in wonderment.
His eyes flashed as he spoke and he
clnched the back OF chair with his fin
gers.
Lots OF men are in the same box"
Langford said, laughing. "Thoy must
meet Gladys Montague. they must love
her. and they must be rejected. / tell you
what I'll do. old fellow. Wen go on a still
hunt for her, if you like. It's about right
for Newport now, and we'll go up there IL
you say So"
The outcome OF the thing was that the
following day the two friends We're In
Newport. But Miss Montague was not
there. They dawdled about and went to
Bar Harbor, but she was not TO be found.
Every time they missed her Davaris be-
ipan
Finally they went back TO New York.
Langford ran into his friends rooms one
day shortly after in high glee. He had at
last discovered the girl they were looking
for. But he did not find Davarls there.
The doors were open, so he went In and
wandered about. Down stairs he thought
he heard Davaris' voice in the rooms OF a
fellow artist-Compton.
Langford strolled into the room Davaris
used for studio. A chair in front OF an
easel was overturned; near It was Da-
varis' painting coat, daubed with many
colors. Here and there were bits OF paper
or canvass. Langford looked idly about
the floor. and saw that ono OF the bits of
paper was telegraph blank. Al
most without thinking OF what he was
doing. he picked IL up, and in an instant
had read:
"Come at once. Important discoveries.
HELENE"
The message was dated Paris. Could it
be that had called Davaris away for those
five weeks? Langford crushed the paper
and dropped IL. He felt sense of guilt in
prying into his friends affairs. Who was
"Helene" Could it be that Davaris had
a love affair abroad?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
A HANDY Hall Seat.

The best thing to keep india rubber
shoes in is a well made box, lined with
zinc, and perforated at the back to admit
air. To make presentable hall seat, the
box may be upholstered with cretonne,
being padded across the top with little
excelsior or hair and tufted down. The
india ubbers OF the household may just as
well be kept together, and they should be
placed somewhere near the entrance, as
no we'll hammered person wears them after
entering the door.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Interpretation of Dreams.

To dream of milestone around your
neck is sign OF what you may expect if you
ret an extravagant wife. When young
ady dreams of a coffin it betokens that
she should instantly give up lacing her
stays tightly and always go warmly and
thickly shod in wet weather. To dream
of fire is sign that, if you are wise, you
will see that the lights in your house are
all safely out before you go to bed. To
dream that your nose is red at the tip is a
warning that you had better leave OF
brandy and water.-City and Country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

able proportion OF those who fall victims
to the disease.
The Bonaparte family furnishes re-
markable example OF the hereditary trans
mission of cancer of the liver or stomach.
He himself died OF cancer of the stomach,
which also proved fatal to his brother
Lucien, and to his sister, the beautiful
Pauline Borghese.
A hereditary tendency TO disease may
not show itself till an advanced period OF
life; as Prof. Huxley, in his charming
photographed sketch, has lately told
us that peculiar movement of the hands
which was habitual in his mother has re-
Gently shown itself in him.-Sir Morell
Mackenzie.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
uEREDITY.
II should be Carefully Guarded Against.
Notable Instances.

Readers will remember the horseshoe
vein on the forehead which was the badge
OF all the tribe OF Redgauntlet, and there
is a well-known family in the South VI
France which for more than three centu-
ries has boasted a white lock OF hair. The
Bourbon nose and the thick lip Of the
Hapsburgs are other instances in point.
Consumption, gout, insanity and cancer
are the diseases which show the greatest
tendency to run in families. or the
hereditary transmission OF gout nearly
every noble family in Europe can show
the most conclusive proof With regard
To cancer the case is not 80 clear, but
statistics prove that heredity can be more
OF less distinctly made out in . conader-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
fro BE coNTINUED.l
A CLEANSING FLUID.
Easily Made, and Better Than One
You Could Buy.

Easily Made, and Better Than one
You Could Buy.
A most desirable article for every
household is a really good cleansing
liquid. The lapels and collars, of gentle
mems coats; the entire suit of the small
boy, to say nothing OF your own after
noon dresses, will all be the better for a
weekly removal OF spots and thorough
sponging. So-called cleansing fluids and
pastes are expensive, and often unsatis-
factory. 1t is much better and cheaper TO
make your own. Shave two ounces of
white CASTLE soap into a pint OF water,
and set over the fire until it has dis
solved; then add two more quarts
OF water, two ounces OF ammo
MIA, and one ounce each of glycerine and
ether. Let it cool, and cork up tightly in
bottles. When you wish to use it shake
up, and put teaspoonful into six quarts
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
To Remove Grease spots from Carpets.

The best thing to remove grease spots
from carpets is gasoline. II the carpets
have been down for some time, they
should be taken up and thoroughly shaken
free from dust. A perfectly clean cotton
cloth should be laid under the grease
spot, gasoline should be poured over it,,
and it should be rubbed with clean cloth
till it disappears. AS the cloth you are
rubbing with becomes soiled, change it
for clean one, or rub in a clean place OF
the same cloth. In this way the most OBJ
stinate grease spots may be removed by a
few minutes hard rubbing. There should
be no light or fire in the room, and the
windows should be open when gasoline is
used, as it is otherwise a most dangerous
and infiammable article.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Pressed earned Reef.

Boil corned beef slowly till the bones
will slip out. Shred up the meat and mix
the fat through it so as to give it mar
bled look when cut. Moisten with lit
tie OF the water it was boiled in and pack
the meat into deep pan, put a cover over
il and weight it over night with fiat irons.
Turn out the next day and serve sliced.
The water in which the meat was cooked
can be used for soup with tomatoes and
spices IL not too salt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Cinnamon as an Antisep.,e.

No living germ OF disease can resist the
antiseptic power OF essence of cinnamon
for more than few hours. In destroy
ing microbes it is not less effective than
corrosive sublimate. Even the scent kills
them. A decoction of cinnamon should
be drunk in localities where typhoid fever
or cholera prevails. Ages ago, in the va
rious proventatives used to avert plague
and other infectious diseases, cinnamon
was a leading Ingredient.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08

OF water; sponge with piece OF flannel,
and rub dry with clean piece. To clean
very dirty garment, with many grease
spots, use a cupful OF the fluid TO quart
OF water, and sponge afterwards with
clean water. This Is a most excellent
washing mixture in the proportion of one
part of the fluid TO twelve parts OF water,
for wooden and flannel dresses.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Reef Rroth In the Morning.

Physicians now often recommend each
morning bouillon TO convalescents recov-
ering from depressing illness. The
great mistake which cooks make in pre-
pairing broths of this kind is TO use too
little material. Two pounds OF meat to a
pint OF water is none too much for q
strong bouillon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Kitchen Outfits.

There have been Kitchen Outfits and
Kitchen Outfits, but our S87 Kitchen
Outfit is so complete and comprises so
many articles that we have no room To
picked out and on exhibition at our store.
Come and see it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
The News

DO you want Room or a Tenemen .
Watch the columns of the News" or. bet.
tcs stili, inserta io-eent Advertisements
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
CARPETS.

There has been drop and a rise on
CARPETS this year We bought on the
drop, and are ready to give our customers
the benefit of the purchase. We sell all
kinds and grades of Carpets, and our as
sortment is unsurpassed, and our new
carpet hall is the best place on earth to
see them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
A NOVELETTE,.

Uopyrisht 1891. by Globe Press AssocintiOn.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
SidebOardS.

Sideboards have gradually dropped in
price until now they are no longer an ex-
pensive luxury, but are low-priced piece
of useful furniture that ought to occupy
place in every dining room. From SIS
TO $50 now you can obtain some handsome
boards, lit to furnish almost anybodys
house.
Our S22 and S25 Boards are of
special note.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-08
Chamber Suits.

Our Grand Rapids Chamber Suits for
1892 are marvellous in style and beauty for
the prices We sell them for $50, S35, $40
and S45, and when finish is considered
they beat the world.
For lower-priced Suits we have them in
Antique finish, SD, s23, S24. s25, S26, S2s,
thus giving a good assortment to select
from We show 100 different sets.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-04

because we attended the race, out we
expected that. The people here under
stand our position exactly. As editor
and proprietor OF great family newspaper
price two dollars per year in advance
we were obliged to take an insignificant
looking mule on an advertising contract OF
fourteen dollars. We offered him for ten
dollars cash, but no one would buy. We
were riding him out in the country one
day 10 look for spot to bury him when
the Clinch Valley cowboys got after us.
Then that mule astonished us by striking
a gait which would have made a common
flash of lightning look sick. AS the editor
and proprietor Of great weekly news
paper we could own him and match him
for n race, and also be present as a specta.
tor, while the foreman Of our Office could
ride him. In the affair the other day we
were present as an editor who is privi-
lodged TO go anywhere. We were on the
grand stand as the mayor OF this town. AS
the newly elected state senator from this
district we bet $3.50 on our mule, and rs u
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-04
lie Lost His Bulge.

The old man had just come out Of the
posto0ice, where he had been to inquire for
a letter for George Washington Thompson,
when he met young man Of twenty and
stopped him to inquire;
"Han't / dun seed 20 befo' sumwhar
round yere"
"Of co'se yo' has" was the reply.
"Hain't yo' de pusson dey calls Abraham
Scotti"
"Sartinly."
"Jess so. Yo' keeps pie stand down dar
by de bridge believes"
"Of co'se I does. Why, Uncle Jason,
yo's knowed me fur five y'arsN'
Yesterday, when | was standin on de
co'rt house steps talkin wild Deacon Spooner
on relig'us matters, yO' dun come along"
continued the old man.
Eyes"
ode deacon had said dat Noah was a
Baptist, an had said he was n Methodist,
an had dat ole crank wound up so tight
he couldn't holler when yo' dun stopped an
axed me if I'd sell yo' my dawg for four
bits?"
eyes, wanted to buy dawg"
"Young man, do yo' know what yo' did"
81 Jess axed yo' bout yo'r dawg."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-04

THAT MULE ASToVrSHrp ira
free ana enlightened citizen or this glorious
republic we stood up and yelled and waved
our hat when be came in four lengths
ahead without wettn9 hair. Our narrow
minded and jealous pated contemporary is
too ignorant TO define our position and too
Internal mean TO state it if he could, and
we therefore make the above explanation.
We know the exact amount of dignity 10
an ounce attached to our proud positions
as editor, mayor and senator, and no one
need fear that we shall demean oursel in
public.
ALMOST A TRAGEDY-Major Short, the
genial proprietor Of the Gem saloon, has
been a nearsghted man for the last fifteen
years, but the fact has been concealed
from ali but his intimate friends. This
misfortune almost led to tragedy Mon
day afternoon. While on the street in
front of the postofllce the major squirted
mouthful of tobacco juice at hitching
post, as lie supposed. The post turned out
TO be a wild haired teamster named Jim
Simcoe, and Of course he out with his gun
and began blazing away to avenge the
deadly insult. Fortunately for the crowd
he had been temporarily blinded, and his
bullets all went wild. 1t took nearly an
hour to calm him down, but he eventual
agreed 10 forget and forgive. The major
wishes Us TO state the fact Of his misfor-
tune. that other mistakes of the kind may
not occur, and we do so with pleasure.
While he has mean way OF diluting his
whisky and charging fifteen cents for
mighty poor cigar, we do not believe there
is anything really low down in his com
nOeitiOn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-04

sold. Tn the season 1889 100 barrels
OF oysters were sent from the port OF
New York to Europe. Fully two-thirds.
probably three-fourths. OF the shipments
OF the season 1859 were Long Island
Sound oysters. raised In Connecticut
waters" (See page los, Connecticut Blu
reau of Labor Statistics. 1907
There is no part OF Chesapeake bay
and It's tributaries that has not, during
the oyster season, cheap and frequent
transportation facilities. The difference
In freight on a barrel OF oysters to the
Northern and Western markets reached
by Connecticut is small compared with
the value OF the product TO be sold. Ger
tainly. IL Connecticut can afford to send
yearly almost 100000 barrels OF oysters
across the Atlantic to find market,
Virginia can afford to send her oysters
TO Boston and New York.
Thus we see that there Is no great
natural cause beyond the power Of leg
islative bodies TO have controlled TO ac-
count for an advance in the short period
OF eight years in the one case OF about
300 per cent, in the other a decline Of
almost so per cent.
No Virginian can believe that this great
difference has been due to the superior
energy and enterprise Of the Connecticut
FISHERMAN. State pride will not permit
this hypothesis. How then shall we ac-
count for It, unless we regard 1t as hav-
ing been due to a difference in the oyster
laws Of the two States?
In one State oyster planting has been
encouraged; in the other it has been,
until recently, persistently discouraged.
In another article / shall have occa-
sion to compare the oyster legislation OF
the two States, the apparatus used III
the oyster industry, the method or pro
pagation, the profits Of oyster planning
per acre, and the rate OF interest rear
lied on the capital invested
]. =. BAYLOR.