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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-25

only it was thirty-five dollars, not
! twenty-five | paid that flat-iron chap!"
THE man was swindler, after all!''
said l. But what did he do with his
trousers?"
Beats all, don't it?" said nv friend.
II never saw more innoeent-looking
chap Scared, too, most to death l
can see him now, shivering in his uls-
ter"
Suddenly my friend stopped; light
broke over his face. He brought his
hand down heavily on my knee, and
said:
81 see how he did iti He didn't have
no pants on at all the last time he came
into the housed His ulster reached to
within two inches of the ground. He
must a gone out with his pants under
his coat and hid 'em somewhere
dropped EN- into the river, likely, then
came back in his drawers, and made be-
ieve he was robbed"
That is it," said I. "a cute trick,
simple enough when you understand
it. He did it WELL
Travelling over the country on a sal
ary," said my friend. ''and making five
dollars day besides board out of ho-
tei-heepers. is pretty good business,
even If he didn't make nothing out of
fiat-irons. But didn't he fool us hand
somely? Well! Well! l wish he would
come round again. I'd fit him out with
suit of clothes that would be hard to
take off, if there is any stick in tar"
1t Is not likely that either of us will
see him again" said i. ''and il we
should, it is not likely that we would
recognize him after SO long time. We
have got to own up heat"
However, | did see Brown again
last month l could not be mistaken
In him 1t was in q city much further
west, where some professional business
called nc l made some inquiries about
him, and learned that he was a prosper
ous and highly-resp spected citizen, es-
teened for business shrevdaess and
squareness, aud one of the oldest resi-
dents
Now, this Mr.. Brown nay hare re-
formed entirely; still, If hear of a
large defaicatbon IN his Rel S0rhooa
-A@AA ACSa - Sc% II us daIiN IS Dot
mentioned. But IL this meets his eye
beg him 10 remember that / am the
only man who knows Of his early
performances. For the sake os
his wife and children shall
keep silence as to els trs1e name and
residence. ! hope he wlll rene a1ber
that ms talents for legitimate business
are quite as great as for Ingenious
s'FlzclI11. and much safer u spplic2-
ton AZ the same time I think BE- Las
mistaken his vocation. lie oaght 10
hare been IA actor, for in r7aklsr De-
here - be scared Ae IS w2y ahead 0:
JeflerscD IN Rob Acres" The Us2a
W 10 cS.a impose on New York aetec- T
tive and . western botel-}eeper IS al
histrionic genius His assumed terror ,
IN tie night. and has boldRsss Ia TIE
morning - his apparent relzsc.a aca a. (.
giving up the idea Of wiring % = -syvs- 4
paper. and The ezgcrness with xshsch 70 1
sought n.y socsefy-yverc al debate 4
touches q a great arezs.. for zaSss:
faiter myself tsat nozas bat an a-t{ss L. 4
deception eossl2 take Iae n SC coE.-
plet-ly
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and 1t has grown almost into n proverb
that no one leaves his possessions as he
likes There is much To be said in
favor of distributing ones effects while
still living. but in cases of sudden talk
ing-of this is impossible, beside there
is the objection that one may live
many years and. having given away
everything, find il extremely unpleas-
ant to be dependent even upon those
who have been enriched by once be-
nevolcDce.
IT is quite likely that the simplest
imagina BILE form of will would stand
the best chance of holding. A plain.
comprehensive and simple declaration
of ones wishes put upon paper and
signed by several competent witnesses
would unquestsonably be allowed TO
stand under all ordinary circum-
stances; 1t is better to employ n law
yer for such a purpose For though
there are many attorneys who draw up
wills as they do patent claims. in such
a way that n loophole for litigation Is
readily found. mos. lawyers are entire
ly honest and reliable.
It's great pity that our laws cannot
be simplihed and that certain provis-
ions cannot be made by means of which
one may give ones possessions as one
sees fit and without feeling that ones
wishes will be entirely set at naught
by some ill-natured or disaffected iudi.
viduaL-N. y. Ledger
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her castle ID North Wales, Mrs. Forster
had hailed the invitation with delight.
Not only would it give her pretty sister
the chance of inheriting an enormous
fortune, but the intolerable lullness of
the place might lead her to regard Sir
George with some tenderness on her re-
turn.
six months" says Nellie. do you
think six months are nothing? You
speak of them as though they were six
days No, shant ge'
What nonsense, Nell! To give I'D a
large fortune for the sake of few
months endurance. grant YOU it viii
be bad. ] know Aunt Maria as well as
anybody But what a glorious posi-
ton, If she makes you her heiress. You
will be one of the richest girls in Eng
land"
Il don't want to be-"
MY good child, that is rubbish!
Every one wants TO be the richest per-
son in the world
Il DON'T petulantly. ~ only want
to be allowed to stay here quietly
But" she pauses. ard casts a sudden
angry glance at her sister-''you want
10 get rid Of me-" says She.
4? ! want 70 set ria Of you? Why,
I'm quite sacrificing myself, cries that
lively widow, in sending you away.
You are my right hand. YOU are IN
fact SORT of pro,ection!'
Nell gives q scornful laugh. She has
quite recovered from her tears now.
and only a pretty plaintive pinkness
round her eyes shows that she has been
crying.
Il Ike that" says she.
W ell IFS true. ii chaperon YOU
You ehSperon me too. Perhaps you
VIII pardon my saying 81" says the
youthful widow. when" regarding
herself co5np,aeently II . fuu length
mirror set into the wall on he~ ricAt,
You look Al ne. an still yonns. !
belong to the right sid. # thirty ]
an still live years away from shal de-
testablc AGE: and Il ! were to receive
my men friends solus-vou wou.d see
ule in the Hue and Cry in a week.
Therefore keep you as a safeguard g
Thank you, says Nell. with a tilt OF
her pretty chin
Thank YOU for nothing, IS what YOU
ought 10 have said; / keep you for my
own good. ! send you away for yours
What l want - explain TO you is that
IT Is pure unscltishness on my part this
lending You - oar auRt-our dear r.u.
married aunt l shall be Gesolated
while yen are away. But let rae bs
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ever, gave Brown. who remained in the
same state of pitiful terror, pair OF his
own trousers. and when dressed the
victim seemed 10 regain some command
OF himself. He sat il a chair IN my
room till daylight. directly under gas
light | Law down on nv bed, and pre-
tended TO dose. that / might observe
him; but no expression % satisfaction
or intelligence came over his face IL
the nornin- he seemed rather proud OF
his adventure. and boastfully regretted
that he had no. walked sooner that ne
might have ''grarpled with The thief,
whom he now described as small man
with a light naastze ae-Ea tae night be
had called him a large. hrriy man, with
a revolver In his hanG-and assured rs
that he could easily have rnsstcresl A3z-a
If he had been q second earlier.
To the landlords question ne replied
that he had about tyventy dollars IN
his pocket. and . railroad ticket worth
about FIVE dollars more No words can
give on idea of the silly nafuralness of
his talk. The biggest fool ever
saw" the landlord said he seemed TO
be entirelv ignorant % his legal rights
as a hotel guest ard never ogace AlnteG
that the proprietor was benna 10 make
his loss good lie said saas be had
been ''oB a newspaper" and thxt he
could make = column out Of his ass-
venture, for which be would get a. least
Twenty-Five dollars" THIS, OF course,
dld DOt meet the views of the pr0rrae-
tor as all, for the story tsa. robbery
had been committed IA MS house would
he certain TO injsare his business he
hastily made Brown promise secEec,-.
snt ezsc Ei.a tzySaig i've dollars An1
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won't go there. l hate her."
my good child, we all hate her. But
what does that come to? She has made
her little pile, and some one of US must
! be the better of it. She'll do all she
knows about it, but her very best ef-
! forts won't keep her alive forever. Now
me she detests, and Mary she abhors,
and
"She was simply beastly to me the
| last time / saw her"
Certainly. l can quite understand
that. She is beastJy to everybody.
You had better forget that word, when
you are with her; she doesn't like the
phraseology OF the present day, as she
told Mary, when Mary said her italian
greyhound was 'spook. 1t was GER
tainly awfully thin - starved! But
she's got money, my dear Nell, and you
haven't"
''Tve enough" says Nell.
''To starve on! OF course, I know.
Nellie, that I've got enough for you and
me. Poor john" stroking her beauti
full black silk dress, covered with jet
(she is in second mourning for her hus-
band) with a reflective hand, left me
all he could; but, honestly, Nell, even
if / had more, I could not bear the
thought of Aunt Maria's money going
out of the family. Come, cheer up.
She has only asked you for six mont tbs
after all"
After all" Nellie L'Estrange re-
peats the words in high disgust. She
raises herself and opens her eyes and
begins to look out upon the world
again. It is not the thought of having
to stay with her old maiden aunt for
six months that has brought the tears
to her eyes. There is something more,
far more than that, though she would
have died rather than confess it, even
to herself. She would have to leave
George-Sir George Mayfair!
And yet Sir George has never yet said
one word to h-r that could make her
think he felt even the smallest par
ticular interest in her. On the con-
trary, indeed, he had seemed to be
rather special in his attentions TO Iss,
bel, her widowed sister. Poor little
Neil, waiting-rniserab bic,
George and Isabel Forster had sat out
dance in conservatory, or fingered be-
hind shrubs at flower show, or got
lost in the crowd coming out from the
theater. She had never suspected that
these stolen interviews had been
arranged by Mayfair with view to
learning from Ncllie's sister if Nellie
herself had the smallest, faintest re-
gard for him.
So we'll did the girl guard her secret,
that Mrs. Forster (who would have en-
couraged a marriage between her sister
and Sir George with all her heart,
never suspecting the love lying N the
girls heart, was afraid to put it to the
touch, by asking her plainly of her
feeling for Sir George-lest she should
by precipitancy destroy the hope at
once; and indeed when old Lady Ber-
wicli-Aunt Maria, of dreaded mem
ory-wrote to ask Nellie on a visit to
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an order on 4 clothing house for pair
of trousers. Brown took the money
with apparent reluctance, saying that
it was all his fault for not waking up
and ''grappling with the burglar"
When / remembered his pitiable state
OF fright the night before, was il
clined to smile, for he certainly would
not have grappled a ten-year-old boy.
He stayed three more days IN the
town, diligently selling his patent fat
iron, and when he went away ne had
no hotel bill to pay. | had taken the
precaution to have some inquiries made
about h sn at the city where the manu-
featuring firm he represented was sit
uated, and received a telegraphic re-
port that there was nothing against
him and that he had at one time been
newspaper reporter.
/ never discovered the truth about
this clever irnpostor till about three
years ago. So long time had elapsed
that l felt that l might honorably
break the promise of secrecy I had
given, and over an after-dinner cigar l
told the story to d friend in Cleveland,
O., who had once been proprietor OF
hotel His interest wasso marked that
| felt my powers of narration were re-
ceiving an unusual compliment, for he
became so absorbed that lie dropped his
cigar on the floor, and his eyes
rested on my face in unfeigned aston
ishment. When had finished he broke
out:
who told you that?"
"Who told me?" said I. Nobody told
me. 1t happened.
1T happened to me-" interrupted my
friend, sixteen years ago this winter;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-25
MAKING A will.
l. 1t Possible TO Leave Ones PoS.es.ions
in the Way H~ f>estress

Il 1T Possible TO Leave One's Po&.es.sons
in the Way He Desiress
: Once upon time women bad little
occasion for making wills They
owned nothing ia their own right.
and the husband coald appropriate
everything, even to the hosiery and
stays
Bat al this Is changed. and women
can buy. seL. devise and manage prop
erty with as 5nseh froesfona a. can their
fathers. brothers or husbands Almost
every woman has special trinkets og
Aeep- -sakes that she would prefer 10 be-
STOW in ccrtssia directions. - SAP uo.h-
Ing - ,se more iaps-o~sa ~ r,oNsc@sions.
su tbc way o. realty and persona.
estate.
fhe question sftsa arises whether IL
Is v>sssesl be - ssaa@ q VIII that car not
DC broken Tacre - alsne,sa slssz~s
s@srne legal egiot.s or tsehniaality.
Esaose.s tAe pstY. whleA permits thsa-
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cation an environment, forces strong
and tense. above her eyes is dewel-
oped that sense Of form and color
which means good taste, beneath her
eyes is readiness OF speech and a keen
desire for appreciation. 4 long chin
suggests firnaness of villa will
which Strengthens with the friction of
opposition, bat is faettul when AT ease
in its play. The eyes are direct but
not confident: in their depths is ever a
question. pause. Her heart is warm.
her aspiration nigh, bat touch of
sadness fingers over the whole, a
shadow OF disappointment which
probably disappears with the dawn Of
animation, and is suggested rather
than expressed.
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desoIated; you will come back to me a

desolated; You will come back to me
millionairessr'
Pm not going!" says Nell, with sud-
den vehemence Nothing shall take
me there! Rather than go Pd-Td mar
~ the first man that asked me.@
Neither of them has heard the door
open. 1t is with a most obvious start
that Isabel Forster. turning, sees Sir
George Mayfair coming up the room. It
is quite impossible but that he must
have heard that last threat,
''Yor, Sir George?" says she, with
charming grace, covering her confusion
with an even greater degree of cordial
ity than usual, fact which makes poor
Neil's heart sink. 1--WE are having
such an argument, Nell and l. Our
aunt, Lady Maria, has asked her to
spend the winter with her, and Nell
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advice or support of an English resi-
dent minister is as absurd as to say that
the French cabinet should govern
themselves by the manifestoes Of the
Comte de Paris. These men are not
barbarians nor despots; they have not
gained their place in the world by in
heritance. Their homes are as rich in
treasures of art and history and htera-
ture as are the homes of Lord Rose
berry or Sir Henry Drummona Wolff,
and if they care for their country and
the authority of their khedive it is GER
tainly hard that they may not have
the right of serving both undisturbed.
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A man. with a painful expression Of
countenanee. sat ON "a dry goods box
Are you ll?' some one asked
''No."
''Have you lost anythingy"
''Never had anything TO lose"
whats the matter, thcny'
I'm sitting on a wasp"
why don't you get upr"
"That was my first impulse; but goa
% thinking that | was hurting the
wasp as badly as he was hurting me,
and concluded to sit here awhile. -
Boston Globe.
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Frozen Macedonia Take one pint
OF canned pears. one pint o. canned
plums, one of cherries and one of pine.
apple; drain off all the sirup from the
fruit, mix, and II not sweet enough add
more sugar. Mash the pears and pluIns
till smooth; mix with the sirup and
freeze until hard. Remove the, stones
from the cherries, If not already stoned.
and when the fruit pulp is frozen star
in cherries and drained pineapple. and
pack it in the freezer or mold Let il
stand one hour Boston Herald
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While seated 90 b~rcss - cep<-xf
PARK. Gns sroheriy noticed "a LADY ~
ting quite near him He spsesvsvv<
IA engage her u co1Teesatiaa - 80
ing.
y srppose. madam. ron s<e w~e1ena
for voysr hussanxsa'
Tea ] have beea waiting ssr Al.
for tee years and he hasa. eorn= y~.. =
SIC replied, sadly --Isxs-s sss,sxa
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Affer Macy I,nr<.

She lin the course of conversational
I suppose every one commits soma act
Of supreme folly al leas, once in his or
her lite.
He-Yes, indeed nob's You remeTr-
eer saying: NO" when proposed last
scasoa?-Ircta
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MISS PAUNCEFOTE.
Pace Stndy of the Dsushtor of the Brit
ish Minister at Washington.

Face Stndy of the Daughter of the Brit
ish Minister at Washington.
This young lady, who is most popu-
,lar in Washington society, possesses a
face suggesting at first glance strong
individuality and ready intuitions,
writes 'Stiletto" in Leslie's Weekly.
She is reflective, but yet neither a
dreamer nor student. She is am
bilious, is mentally quick. cultivated
and refined. Her lips indicate a warm
temperament, appreciative, and proba-
bly, sympathetic. Emotion comes to
her easily, she possesses a strong degree
of sentiment, but, since the lips are
lightly but firmly pressed together,
the outward evidence of these is thor
oughly controlled. Not easily under
stood by the superficial observer, she
possesses beneath a dignifed and self
contained exterior, the result OF edu-
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PIT Tn EILGHT

all the peculiar troubles that beset wo-
man. Tire only at,Granteed remedy for them
is DR. Pierre's Favorite Prescription For
women suffering from any chronic :. .fernala
complaint y or weakness; for women who are
rundown aad overworket:; for women e1-
pecting TO become mothers, and for mothers
who are nursing and exhausted; az the
change from girihood TO womanhood; and
later, as the critical "change OF life = 1t
Is medicine that safely and certainly builds
up. strengthens, regulates. and cures.
II it doesn't, If it even fails TO benefit or
cure, you have your money back.
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Her Preference.

''So, which kind of music do you de-
sire TO become proficient IMP said the
professor 70 the nosv pupil
20, classical. by all means" replied
the young woman
Il am glad 10 near yoa express this
preference.
Yes when ron play clsssicai
music hardly anybody knows whether
yon make a mistake or not 7-HSsls.
iIgton star.
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rrnrrnssfre S4ares.

Lawver-W hat change did vou first
notice il the patient as result Of his
acquiring the cigarette and morphine
habit?
WitpeSs-Wen. az first he began 70
talk incoherently and then he took TO
wearing pink shirts. Chicago Record
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What vou are sure of. if you use Dr..
Sage,s Catarrh Remedy. is either {: per-
feet and permanent cure for your Ca
tarrh, no matter how bad your case may
be, or $500 in cash. The proprietors OF
the medicine promise TO pay you the
money, if they can't cure you.
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TIE Yys.ax Id~~ ss,,fs

The Sisters Beau 10. JOHNNY
YOU re going ~ be chemist Ike papa,
ehf And cid you ka0s~ this aiaEssad
OF mine was the same substance -
caaTcoaie
J0hnzy-So.
5. B.-hnd hasn't paPs ts,d yos
sLat2
Joazsy-so. he said Il w.s pssis---
Life
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Nother-So you have been fighting,
nv sona
,Iohnnie-I had to- Tommy Brown
hit me in the face.
Mother-But, my boy. you should
have turned the other check.
johnnie did. and then ne hit that,
and by Hokey, / couldn't stand il no
longer, and licked the stpffin out OF
him in about two minutes
Free Press.
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-"fou set out Of this kitchen or I'll
call my husband" screamed the hard
faced women You amt got no hus-
band retorted Hungry Higgins If
sech lookin' woman as yon had a hns-
band he'd be in here dong the coo.,iu,.a
indianapolis Journ.
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ELEVEN YEARS IN CHARGE

OF the package department, Boston and
Maine depot, Boston. Mass, Miss Helen
Jones says: II was a sufferer from general
debility, bliousness and water brash for
several years, and life seemed almost a
burden to me- After using almost every
thing, Sulphur Biiters cured me-"
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who have en-
tered on a life
OF crime dc not
change uni e S S
they re arr
rested by the
law, and then
the change is in
most cases only
TEN pora ary-
lasting no long
er t an til G
period of con-
fnem ent be-
hind Pr S o n
walls Tn mv
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 24-The feature of
the international bicycle races run here
soday was the winning of the information
mile championship by Zimmerman i'll
,cl2 4 D, breaking the worlds record for
mile in competition, reducing 1t 20 D
seconds
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DR.. TerriI Has Returned From Chicago

Where he has been taking another
course of lectcres at the post gradu-
ate school.
In shIs course the Docto- had the
benefit OF hearing lectures from sc ME
OF The. mot renowned. speriaiist, of
the world. such as DIR. Award of
Paris. Ff.esierick Schauta of Vienna,
DR.. ihos. Moare Matlsien OF Dublin.
Ir. Joseph Price OF Phil;ade.niis., D...
Howard A. r elley of John hopkins
University. Baltimore, and many oi IL
er ie2diAg Specialists too numerous
10 meniion,
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CHOLERA.

VIENNA. Aug. 24-It is officially de-
slared that cholera is disappearing slowly
rom most of the infected districts OF Aus
Ti,. and Hungary.
RFRJIy. Aug. 24-The two daughters !
a hargernan in suburb of Berlin fell III
with Aslatic cholera today, and were
taken to "A hospital.
BERLIN, Aug. u There were in Oreal
last week AGO new Cases Of cholera and 243
deaths.
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l. &c Oh '-1o NA
I'm afraid you
w ill have to
go."
The speaker
"a fashionably
dressed young
woman of about
twenty-n
STOPPING over a
S l i G h t girl,
whose head is
upon her knees,
and who is cry
ing bitterly.
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SHOOTING ELEPHANTS

An kx~sifas asv~-tare Ia sas vIsas Of
ss sadkAa Y~re.x.
a srarele- ID insilA says thz: .aFre
e3epllasaiss, rI2any % sehIeh 5e n~ed IN
goTs&az ssags . Ersszs dsnad - w5iz
oaes ~ SUNDAY II sas customary 20
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A NEW WHEEL RECORD.

For sick nervous ard neuralgic headache US
The sure ure-Bromo-SeltZer.
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NELLIE'S DILEMMA.
BY MRS. uUNGERFoRD.

Copyright, 1873, by the Author.)
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A DETECTIVES FAILURE.
BY CHARLES F. JOHNSON.
[Ccpyright, 1893, by the Author.]

- S a rule. men