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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

away my prettiest partner at Mabille,
could never funk! I'll hear of you yet.
Here, SAM" he called to the negro ad-
vancing with the wine cooler, "bring
another glass!-Peyton, old fellow, I'll
take just one drink to your coming
shoulder straps"
The clock on the mantel chimed
eleven as the two men drained their
glasses. The Virginian's black eyes
shot one anxious glance at the dial;
then, rs they rested on the frank, rudy
face of his companion, something crept
into them that was not all pity, nor yet
wholly contempt. For Meredith smacked
his lips, crying with laugh:
"A-ahl that goes to the spot! Ry
George! it's like rain after drought!
It's your play. Here, Sam, fill this up"
And he drained another foaming goblet
of the ice-cold wine.
Somehow Fitzhugh played very bad
billiards, missing easy shots under his
friends good-natured banter.
Hang it, my nerves are out of gear"
he cried, as he lost simple carom
Finish that fizz, Carroll; it's a wom-
ans drink at the best. want q
bracer. Here, Sam" - he struck the
gong on the mantel-"bring me some
cognac"
Finish nothing" the other player
retorted. THAT bottles empty already.
Bring two cognacs, Sam. Damn It'll
bring the bottle!"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
CHAPTER VI.
TRAITOR AND TRUE.

If Peyton Fitzhugh really desired to
take the midnight express for Washing
ton, his were certainly very leisurely
movements to reach it.
He lounged into the Maryland club
unusually empty, as it CHANGED, lit a
cigar, and sat down with an evening
paper, glancing over its margin at every
one entering the hall beyond. Men
passed in or out, occasionally, until, at
last, tall, athletic man, bronzed and
careless in dress, entered the club and
strolled into the billiard-room.
Laying aside his paper, the watcher
!ounged into the same room, carelessly
taking cue from the rack and testing
the balls on the nearest table.
Hello! Peyton, old boy!"
"Why, Carroll Meredith! Is that you?'
The greetings were simultaneous, as
their eyes met; and the last conner
grasped Fitzhugh's hand warmly, as he
queried:
Where in thunder do you come
from? Haven't heard of you since we
parted in Paris last year"
"Yet I've been over here three
months, and been a good deal in socie-
ty-"
Damn society" calculated Carroll
Meredith, with perfunctory profanity;
adding, with largely-lacl1ing respect:
whats in it, anyway? A lot of green
girls and greener ships, or, worse yet,
old boys and girls playing young.
hate mutton dressed lamb fashion, Pey-
ton. Got sick of it long ago. By George!
you're old enough to know it all through,
too"
"Stop! No allusion to my age" Fitz-
hugh laughed. Come, let's have glass
of wine to the jolly days in Paris"
"Um-umy" Meredith shook his head
rather ruefully. Cant do it, old boy.
Nerer drink anything now. Why, I've
tasted nothing but coffee since / got
home. You know my love for it? Well,
I'm tie moral bachelor of the club now"
You always were; but now you look
it, the other laughed back.
That's exposure. Just back from a
duck hunt" Meredith retorted, with a
quick glance in the mirror. That con-
founded nose of mine colored like a
meerschaum years ago; but I an a regu-
lar Father Mathew, now"
"Well, try a carom game while we
talk" Fitzhugh proposed. 81 suppose
your morals won't blush if drink a
glass of champagne? I've been at a
swell musicale; but it was too union
there to suit my taste, so l slipped off
before supper. Carroll, why does Mrs.
Gray"
The other man had crossed to the
rack. At the name, the cue he grasped
hung half suspended, as he wheeled
and stared at the speaker.
Pardon me-" the other continued,
courteously. 81 had forgotten that
Gilmor Gray was your cousin. But,
really, to us the bluecoats must CRATE a
bit. suppose there's good reason for
it sometimes-diplomacy, CONVEYANCE,
or what not; but | don't care for too
much Of it myself"
Carroll Meredith glanced cautiously
and quickly about the room, then into
the hall, approaching the table as
though about to say something serious.
Then, suddenly changing his mind, he
asked, bluntly:
why didn't you 60 across, then?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

You're virginian, a great rider and q
crack shot Mosby needs nea; so does
Stuart, But perhaps my question is"
Not the least in the world" Fitz-
hugh replied, suavely. I've only
been back awhile, and I'm so deuced
lazy, you know. Besides, there's moth
ing doing across just now. In the
spring ] will be in my native state.
And, CarToll"-he drew closer, looking
steadily in the others eyes, and his
voice grew vibrant, with solemn ring
in it-'H the end does not show me
worthy Of my name and race, may you
all-may God Himself-curse the trail
tors grave in which lie."
The Marylander extended frankly
his strong, brown hand, as he said,
warmly:
Pardon my awkwardness, Peyton.
I'm a blunt, rough fellow, not one of
you society men, but I'm man enough
to recognize another when ] meet him.
l know you're all right, old boy. The
fellow'that out-boxed, out-wrestled and
outran me at Charlottesville, that took
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
a French Physician Gives a Formula for
Putting Doubt Mt Rest.

\ French Physician Gives Formula for
Putting Doubt Mt Rest.
Probably ninety-nine people out of a
hundred have terror lest they should
be buried alive, and numberless have
been the cases where dying person ex-
acted a sacred promise that a vein
should be cut, or some means adopted
by which death could be assured. From
time to time we are Mortified by learn
ing that some person has been buried
alive after assurances have been given
OF death. Under these circumstances
the opinion Of rising French physician
upon the subject becomes of worldwide
interest, for since the tests which have
been in use for years have been found
unreliable, no means should be left I'M
tried to prove beyond doubt that life
is actually extinct before conveying our
loved one to the grave. DR.. Martinez
asserts that an unfailing test may be
made by producing blister on the hand
or foot of the body by holding the fame
of the candle to the same for few Sec
onds, or until the blister is formed,
which will always occur. If the blister
contains any fluid it is evidence of life,
and the blister only that produced by
an ordinary burn; if, on the contrary,
the blister contains only steam, it NAV
be asserted that life .sextinct. The ex.
PLANTATION is as follows: A corpse is moth
ing more than inert matter, und er the
immediate control of physical laws
which cause all liquid heated to a GER
tain temperature to become steam;
the epidermis is raised, the blister pro-
duced; it breaks with little noise and
steam escapes. But if, in spiteof appear
ances, there is any remnant of life, the
organic mechanism continues to be gov
erned by physiological laws, and the
blister will contain Serious matter. as
in the case Of any ordinary burns. The
test is as simple as the proof is conclu.
sive. Dry blister, death; liquid blister,
life. Anyone may try it, there is no
error possible.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
4 Woman's Hair on Fire.

In a compartment Of a train running
from Bologna to Florence, Italy, a
spark from the locomotive few through
the open window on the golden hair Of
a lady, setting it afre. There was great
CONSERVATION, none of the company
knowing what TO do. The afflicted lady
was the only person that did not lose
her self-possession for a moment She
raised her hand to her head. seized hold
Of the burning hair, which a moment
after had made the journey through the
window into the open air. Her splen-
did golden hair had been an artificial
headdress.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

a bowed female form before the fire
raised suddenly at the sound, from the
hands that covered it a pale face
crowned with glossy coils of ruddy hair;
and the eager eyes ofCarolyn Clay ques-
toned hungrily those Of her friend.
"Oh, Bess! thought you would nerer
come! Has he succeeded? Can get
Off"
Yes, Caro-; all is ready"
Thank Godl Thank God!' Miss Clay
murmured, with choking sob. "Oh,
Bess! had anything stopped me again |
should have despaired-brcken down!
Never before have ! been so nervous
so oppressed! If anything has hap
pened over there-if Fairfax"
For answer Bessie Westchester drew
from her bosom the crumpled note. The
other girl clutched it eagerly, rushed to
the table lamp, and devoured, with
burning eyes, the hastily-scribbled
words, without address or signature:
only a moment to write. Am al
most wild with doubt. She should be
back, but has not even been heard
from. Fairfax no worse; his fever per-
haps lighter. Messenger waits. God
guard you-and her."
Miss Clay reread the words, twice.
thrice, and pressed them to her
trembling lips ere they formed the
words:
Poor, dear mother How anxious
she must be! But our baby is better,
thank God! How did it Gomez"
willie Mckee brought it to mamma.
Carroll Meredith met old Pete at the
Ferry"
Again the older woman read the let
ter; then, with deep sigh, she stood
erect, thinking And fair contrast
were the women, seen, thus: Bessie
Westchester plump, fresh, petite, her
low ball dress showing the perfect neck
and bust and softly-rounded arms of
lately-budded womanhood, her bright
face grave and softin sympathy, and its
dark eyes tender through unshed tears;
Carolyn Clay tall, majestic, defiant, her
grand head thrown back, the supple
curves of her form well relieved by the
rough riding-habit, its skirt turned in
and sewed lightly, to be used at need.
At length, with a sigh-more of decis-
ion than of discontent,-she dropped
into her low chair again, with the quiet
query:
"At what hour, dear?"
Eat two this morning" the other an
swered, promptly. willie is supposed
to be going ducking; he has passes, il
needful. You will reach the Ferry by
dawn; the moon will be late tomorrow
and the river is clear"
Again Miss Clay's lips moved, but
only the half-audible sound came:
'Merciful God! thank Thee!"
Then, gliding to her side, the other
girl slid softly to the floor, resting her
head in her friends lap, while the
round, white arms cleaned fair in the
freight against the rough habit, as
they clasped Carolyn Clay lovingly. And
her naughty head bowed over he1
friend, till it mingled itsspun gold with
the dark curls upon which she pressed
her lips.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
A MUSICIANS CORNER.

A VALUABLE collection Of Wagner
manuscripts, which were lin great dan
ger of being sold 10 America. to the det-I
riment Of German research" was re-
Gently bought in Berlin by the German
Wagner society for $1,000 marks.
THE pope is anxious to bring into gen.
eral use severer and more ecclesiastic-
al style Of church music. He is op-
posed to the modern operate style, and
an allocution and an order on the sub
ject are said 10 be in preparation.
GILBERT and Sullivan have become
reconciled, and new Gilbert-Sullivan
opera is to be produced in London next
fall. Mr. Gilbert has already outlined
the plot Of his new work, and he has
gone to Monte Carlo to join Sir Arthur
Sullivan for the purpose of settling de-
tails
NEARLY nine hundred competitors
for admission into the Paris conserva-
tory came forward last year; two hun
dred and twenty-six were young pian-
lists, and one hundred and thirty-seven
violinists. Of the pianists only sixteen,
and of the violinists only twelve were
admitted
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, the composer,
says that there is no place where he has
50 many inspirations to composition, as
in railway-carriage. The rapidity Of
the motion, the changing of the iron
and the whirring of the wheels excite
his imagination and furnish material
for host of harmonies.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
The March Wide Awake

Is a vigorous and breezy number.
Rose G. Kingsley tells about the quaint
Rag Market at Bruges," Marion Har.
land has one Of her characteristic
stories, Miss Butterfly" Mrs. NJ. E. NJ.
Davis has New Orleans Carnival story,
"Judy's Mardi-Gras;" Tello d'Apery,
the boy editor, tells about his labors
Among the Barefoots" of New York;
Frederick A. ODER continues his Co.
lumbus papers in ION the Shores OF
Cathay," and Annie Sawyer Downs
tells, in young Folks at the Eddy"
how children can act as real hosts.
Wide Awake Athletics has brief paper
on Handling and Training College
Baseball Team" by Captain Laurie
Bliss, Of Yale, and a description OF
"Hare and Hounds Runs" by David W.
Fenton, I'd, of Harvard. "The Real
Casabianca," the hero of Mrs. Hemans
poem, as told by Henry Bacon. Mr..
Bacon's picture of Casabianca and his
father is splendid frontispiece.
Price 20 cents number, 2.4O a year.
On sale at news stands or sent post.
paid on receipt of price, by D. Lothrop
Company, Publishers, Boston.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
MRS. FIFTHAVENoo's POODLE.

How dear to her soul is the fat little poodle
Which Mrs. Fifthavenoo keeps for a pet
How easy to see it has blue blood and Doodle
And strictly belongs to the -Four Hundred"
set
How aristocratic it looks when fits lying
Upon her soft lap as she rides through the
park;
How it sticks up its nose while disdainfnlly eye
ing
The common dogs. walking, who will at it
bark
How perfectly proper in form and in bearing
Its weak little bOwlegs go trotting behind
A string when the maid takes il out for an air
ing,
With cautions to guard it from pups unre-
fined
How boldly it barks at an incoming stranger
From under sofa where quick it retreats,
But, o, how it sQueals when, unconscious Of
danger,
Amore frightened rat in the cellar it meets.
It's fond mistress battles it in warm water
scented,
And tenderly combs its long hair on her
knees
To see If her darlingis meanly tormented
With nasty, rude, vulgar ridiculous feas.
When poodle is Ill from surfeit OF candy,
The family physician is sent for with haste,
And after prescribing pills, pOtions and brandy
In bed under blankets the patient is placed.
How dreadful to see 1t there suffer and Ian
guish;
Its mistress, she nurses it daytime and night,
And prays, with heart well-nigh broken with
anguish,
That dearest" won't die and her happiness
blight
Aregulsr dude among puppy dogs this is;
Sometimes overwhelmed by its angelic
charms
Its mistress will baby talk to 1t with kisses,
And sing it TO sleep in her motherless arms.
Too fat to turn round when the naughty heas
bite it,
The poor little fellow gives piteous looks
TIP mistress runs quickly to scratch and delight
it
With lily-white fingers bent inward like
hooks.
Too lazy to move, it Is stepped on. To hear 1t
Then howl out its agony brings all around
Tofeel where it's hurt and caress it and cheer
It
And weep Joyous tears If no damage Is found
Each one 10 her taste-but it's only noodle
Has taste like what Mrs FifthavenOo shows
Who fondles and kisses and carries poodle
In place Of baby wherever she goes.
H c. Dodge, in Goodall's Sun
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
BY T. C. DE LEON.
CHAPTER v.-CoNTINUED.

"You are the priestess of simplicity
tonight, Cousin Bessie" he said, easily.
81 really believe you have discovered
that the judges grandmother was
Scotch; though he has dropped the Nc,
which clings to me-"
"You are mistaken, sir" the digni-
tary answered, rather frigidly, at inter-
ruption of his tete-a-tete.
beg pardon, really" the young man
retorted, blandly. Il thought | had
read that about you in something some
where; but we're making history so
fast, nowadays, that really a fellow
can't pretend to keep accurately to it"
where do you come from, Willie?"
Miss Bessie asked, her quick tact catch
ing the boys pert tone. you are dread
fully late, sir"
Not bit of it, COZ. Been here an
hour-in the conservatory with la belle
Nina, from Philadelphia. Was routed
out by your mammals Roman regard as
she strolled in on the arm of Peyton
Fitzhugh. Handsome dog, that fellow;
and deep, too"
That swarthy, handsome man lust
now at the door?" the secretary queried
quickly, as he caught the flush deepen
ing on the girls cheek.
eyes" she replied.
"a friend of yours, Miss Bessie?"
81 know Mr. Fitzhugh, she answered.
quietly; but she shot quick, meaning
glance at her cousin, as she added,
but we have seen very little of him of
late"
From the name he should be a Vir-
ginian," the judge said.
"Or Scotch, ike-me," Willie Mckee
added, nnocently, coming to the res
cue.
The minister only smiled at the per-
sistent badinage of the youth; the wife
OF another great man-herself a bril-
liant musician-approached the piano,
surrounded by an admiring group. and
as the secretary joined it Bessie West
chester slipped her arm into her cous-
ms and passed into the deep bav win
dow
Anything more?" she asked, eager
~, as the shadow of heavy curtains
yelled them from the buzzing throng
without.
Eyes; everything is ready" the boy
answered low. Carroll Meredith got
back from Prince Georges this evening
Old Pete recrossed last night; the river
is clear, and am going down ducking at
two o'clock in the morning"
81 am 80 gladr the girl murmured.
feelingly. "She is so wretched at the
delay"
There is no moon; and no picket. that
l know OF, =" Mckee went on. still 7
thought it safer to get passes for myself
and boy had that dapper Yankee,
Maj. Bond, for supper, to get them.
That is the reason | was late"
"You dear, good boy!" The girl held
out her hand warmly. But what a risl,
for you"
The clear face of the boy grew grave,
but he retained the little hand gently,
as he answered, with earnestness:
Risk for me! Bess, you forget the
grave peril for her. You forget too
that would risk something really Sc
rious-ten times this-for vouw His
other hand covered the little one he
held.
Her face was turned away, and she
withdrew her hand-but very gently
as she answered, in half sigh:
Hush, Willie. We are not speaking
Of that now. But do thank YOU. with
all my heart. Tell me,"-she inter.
rupted herself suddenly,-"was mamma
really talking seriously with Peyton
Fitzhugh?"
Seemingly In deep earnest" Mckee
answered. Coming suddenly on Miss
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

Mrs. HoUGH, Jay Gould's sister, who
receives by his will gift of sc5, 900, and
$1,000 yearly, is the wife of a retired
Methodist minister. She and her hus.
band have always been active in char.
table work, so far as their slender
means Would hermit
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
SAYINGS OF PHILLIP BROOKS.

NEVER fear to bring the sublimest
comfort to the smallest trouble.
If anybody has ever felt that his life,
with its little woes, was easier to bear
because there were great men living
the same human life with him, he can
understand it perfectly. The men Of
larger life of whom he knew never came
near him, never touched his life, never
spoke to him, perhaps never knew Of
his existence.
ST. PETER felt dimly that the life Of
Jesus was opening into something so
large that all which had gone before
would be seen to have been only the
vestibule ard preparation for what was
yet to come He vaguely felt that his
death, in whose shadow they were sit
ting, was the focus into which all the
lines along which they. had Travelled
were converging, only that they might
open into larger and more wonderful
fields Of experience.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

This representative man is a man
who sees all material things only as the
means OF spiritual culture, to whom i'm
mortality is a first fact of human exist
ence, to whom God is more real than
his brethren, to whom sin is the one
evil OF all the groaning and complain
ing world.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

VIII make me late. am booked for a
duck hunt at dawn, so must tear N.Y.
self away now"
A moment later Bessie Westchester
with unusual awkwardness for her.
caught her founce upon a carved chair
and fed upstairs to repair damages.
Passing her cousin in the hall, she whis-
pered:
Ready at two, sharp"
The ladies' dressing-room showed no
occupant to the girls glance through
Its door; and, passing up the dark stair
way beyond, to the third story, she
tapped softly at closed door, entering
without pausing for reply.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

Perhaps after all the children are
our greatest patriots. They are so fond
of their native soil that they get it all
over their faces.-Washington Star.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
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CAg, White House for Presidents Cleveland and Aythny

An upright judge needn't be ashamed Of
MS sentences even in the presence Of the
strictest grammarians.-Troy Press.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

BEEcHAM's PILLS cure sick headache, dis
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24

"WHEY a man humps himself at business
he usually comes straight out Of debt.ns
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-24
INFALLlBLE SIGN OF DEATH.

fro BE CONTINUED. |
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The Mid Winter Fair

The Mid-Winter Fair ut San Francisco
will soon be opening. The management
have very carefully selected the best Of
the Worlds Fair exhibits 30 that those
who were unfortunate in not seeing the
Chicago Exposition will still have an
opportunity to inspect the far foreign
exhibits at San Francisco. The Rio
Grande Western Railway in line with
its usual progressive spirit will, in con-
nection with tie SO. Pac. Go. put in
effect a low round trip rate during the
existence OF the Mid-Winter Fair. The
r. G.. W. Ry. as you know runs through
o San Francisco without change both
ourist and first class Pullman Sleeping
Cars. Two trains daily.