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to engage In any such business"
You refuse?" echoed Dillson, nngriiy
And pray what becomes of your bar
gain? You'll transact my business my
way. young man. Or
"Stop!" commanded the other. I've
managed your property here. Mr.. Dill
son. to lift The mortgage from mine
Your profits have more than doubled. as
YOU know. But when 1t comes to dis
tilinS liquors in my name-and In un.
derground distillcries-you can count me
out. have ordered back your pipes
and stills
"Ordered them backr' shouted Dill.
son, And what right had you. you
meddlcsome --?'
THE right every man has TO protect
his neighbors," cut In the clearer tones.
d"-significantly-"to check dishon.
esty."
"Dlshonest!' faltered Dillson. appar-
entity choking,
Yes. dishonest. And you thought ]
could be bousht-a tool for your i,iici;
gains! You sec, l know you. Dillson.
No dist!llery OF yours Will be put on my
land while | can prevent H."
son was seemingly. gathering strength,
for he burst out with. Your land
When the very roof that covers you Is
yours on sufferance! That last note OF
yours, young straight-laco, Is overdue.
III teach you TO balh me! It's my
money or my farm, Thursday. you beg
Bar-without mercy"
"Bah"' acornci the other. "Your
mercy! II put the widow Brown out 10
shame, didn't IT," The speaker went on
with = tide that somehow cHr"i,d con-
vlction with IL. And robbie the .Iorrcl
childrcn-and closed on poor old Giles
when he was sick! II rrl 10 be beg
;Tarcd. too, Hugh Dilison. by the gods,
what j have is mine now, and YOU
hustle"
Evidently the yolngc: man was no
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by doSwood blossoms-spurred through
a forest where last years pine tags car
peted the way ana the new-leaved trees
overarched. and she came out she knew
not where. No feature of the landscape
was familiar. Instead. were only the
nearer mountain slopes Jagged and bro
ken. and the rich strips of field and
mcadowlani at their base. Suddenly 1t
grew dark. A rumble Of thunder and n
flash OF lightning came. Then another
revcrberating peal startingly close. The
first big drops Of water splashed on her
lifted face. and binding. driving gusts
OF wind and rain-the quick gathering
Of mountain storm. Media looked
around for shelter. Across the fields OF
wheat and corn was large mansion.
half hidden by orchard trees. Towards
this she urged her horse, leading for a
barn near the house. There was n
dazzling flash and terrific thunder clap
Just as che gained the refuge of II shed
at Its back. Too thoroughly frightened
to think of vcnturins further. Media
patted Retus's trembling neck. took of
her dripping wet cap and retreated as
near the inner barn wall as possible.
The storm was at its height rs TO rain.
bat the flashes came presently at
longer intervals ana the thunder rolled
sullenly away among the rocas.
In the lull. through the wooden parti-
ton. she heard voices. And. to her Won
der tho name OF Hugh Dillsoa, fol-
lowed directly by Dillson's own voice.
Thinking gladly OF his protection, she
was about TO assert her presence. when
something in hin tones restrained her.
- waiting too long" he Was saying.
Sorry you waited" answered II coo!
voice Couldn't lose n.y. best load"
"!!last your loads!' grambled Dlllsoa.
"Frctty Akin the storm, I've come out
here 10 know what this means" with
the rafting of paper.
"Means!" was the firm reply. means
what It Gays. OF course. That ] refuse
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visitors were here"

visitors were here"
There are none as yet" Mr.. Dillson
exclaimed. II am looking up some land
claims, and" he added. may remain
some time" Hugh Dillson had been
kindly attentive to Medals father the
previous Summer. A man OF fine pres
ence. fluent in conversation. and OF
party affiliation with the aristocratic
old Colonel he was soon high favorite.
Media also had liked him. No one else
had been SO often singled out In the
mild gayeties of the mountain place
no other escort so frequently invited
when she drove about with her invalid
father.
These first sad days of her return to
Ridgeway, Media, who had brought her
own riding horse. passed In long ram
bles among the wooded hills; every ia
mi!!ar nook that connected her thoughts
with her father filling her heart with
bitter-sweet memories. Always unat-
tended-a far-away, spiritual look deep
ening on her lovely facc-Mr. D!llson
watched her with growing interest.
Too well-brcd, II not too polite, to pre-
sumo on his former privileges. he was
yet unobtruslvcly polite. and showed his
solicitudc for her comfort In nu,nbericsa
little ways.
'It is not well that you should be so
much alone" he demonstrated one even
Ing as he helped her dlsmount.
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saint. There was rush and a scufiie,
oaths and horrid threats Of vengeance
from Dlllson. and the banging of a
heavy door.
Media couched close to Retus. Not
for worlds would she have been dis
covered there. Her chaotic feelings
were beyond description. Doubt-then
certainty--and then It's after revulsion.
For the first time she realized the
abnor,nlty of her situation. The weak
ness OF her morbid grief, and the self
exilement from other friends which had
turned her to Dll!s1n. first with the
liking OF propinquity, but which his
sympatheti devotion was fast soften
ing to warmer feeling. With wo-
mans intuition her heart OWNED the
question D!llson waited 10 ask. Hot
drops OF modification brimmed her eyes
as she admitted to her conscience that
this astute lover might have read his
favorable answer In the trusting in
tlmacy OF these last few weeks.
And whose voice was the other?
Somewhere Media seemed TO have
heard Its full. manly rlng-changei
though 1t was.
She looked out. This was a fertile
country, green and luSurlant as Gar-
den, with picturesque old homesteads
dotted nbout-the road she had LETT
winding among them.
The rain was stlll falling gently.
Anywhere but here" thought Media as
she rode swiftly through the open farm
gate and on towards the nearest house.
A portly old farmer answered her hal
loo,' and two pretty girls, as like as
peas, met her at the open door.
why. it's Miss Cabcll"' they exclaimed
In surprise.
"Yes, Il is" said Media. And you
! know you. but
1--WE met you last Summer" said one.
"At the picnic OF Bubble SPRING" fin
ished the other
"oh. yes!' smiled Media. u know-I
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RETURNED AFTER 40 YEARS.
Gsskin Found His Wife Remarked
ana . 0randm other.

A story containing many OF the funda-
mental requisites for a melodrama was
brought to public notice to-day.
Over forty years ago George G. Gaskin,
an industrious sailmaker of Brooklyn,
kissed his pretty young wife and his
eight-months-old baby and left his COM
Portable home for a days fishing down
the bay. Weeks and months rolled by.
but no tidings of the husband reached
disappearance a son of the missing man
came into the world and was named
The wife and mother hoped in vain for
her husbands return, but finally gave
was welded to william Bridge. rising
young politician, who shortly after the
union became Postmaster OF Long Island
city. Ten children blessed this union
which has been happy in every respect,
The supposed posthumous child George
9. Gaskin, jr.. became a rover, and q
few months ago in saloon in San
Francisco met a tall, gray-haired man OF
the same name. They discovered they
were father and son.
The. long missing man came East a
few days ago and found that the baby
he left in the cradle was Mrs, Arthur
Finney. Of Long Island City. and the
mother of family. He made no ex-
His former wife is living witt, her hus-
band at Locust Valley, where her second
husband is engaged In the fruit canning
business.
t., aaskin intends. It is said. to engage
some means. He will not interfere with
the wife he deserted. but will live with
his daughter. Mrs. Flnney.
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"I do not feel alone" Media answered,
"and nature Is such comforter that l
am happier In Its solitude"
yet human sympathy should not be
repelled. /, too, admired--loved your
father" D!llson said touchingly.
do you remember the day in Dohy's
G!enr' he asked. "Or the morning VIC
climbed the Knob and your papa waited
at the gray rocks?'
"Oh, yes," she sighed with falling
tears. Glow could l forget? Though I
have not ventured 10 far away as yet"
Recalling places known to each other
and incidents happily shared together. 1t
came about that Mr.. Dillson was once
again Medals companion. His easy
friendly attitude cheered her without
startling. AS the weeks passed she
frightened. The hopeless weariness
gave way to a look OF interest chastened
but real, and the fresh winds brought
the light to her eyes and the roses to
her cheek.
Mr.. Dillson noted. and trusted to
youth, and the sweet Springtime. and
golden opportunity, to do the rest.
One sunny evening. when the early
verdure was yielding to the Summers
softer lrXuriance, and tho air was
fre!shted with sweet scents and sounds.
Meda-who had not intended riding
felt sudden longing for the saddle and
the eXhiiaration of a galiop.
She mounted Retus and shook out his
rclns with q touch of her old buoyancy
as she cantered down the long valley
The road was red and beaten and the
Ne.da and woods .ndescribably beautiful
In the tender green of their young
foliage.
When he- horse Jagged to walk
Media rode droamlly on. watching the
shadows on the mountain eides change
with the moving clouds; nad she lei,
Rctus so his own free way. Che chRtted
with an old nanny IN cabin by the
MRyside-turned into q lane whitened
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remember now-you're the Watson
twins!'
And I'm the twins papa" laughed
the old man.
How It all came back to Media as the
pretty twins ministered to her with hot
tea, and dried her habit by the blazing
lide!
That happy day-and then like a flash
came the recollection of the puzzling
voice.
But she quietly asked. "Whose place
Is that-with the big. gray house?'
"Tavenor's" replied the farmer. Med
Tavenors"
And then she remembered Ned Tave-
nor tall and handsome. sun-burned and
square re-shouldered-her especial cavalier.
who had won the filters prize and
crowned her queen that jolly picnic day.
Even now, little blush crept to her
curly bargs as she thought Of Ned
Tavenor's jests on his remembered gal
lantIy.
Media resisted all ertvcaties to pass
the night. mo, no." she reiterated. II
cannot stay but II your papa will guide
me TO the road-forks l promise to come
again when | am not lost"
She waited on the porch while Mr..
Watson saddled his horse.
II have seen no country so fair as
this" she declared. For the skies had
cleared, and between the shifting clouds
the setting sun dyed the close mountain
ranges with fervid crimson. and turned
the raindrops on the trees and flowers
TO scintillant rubies
When Mr.. Watson parted with Media
at the crossroads, she ended serious
conversation with some few last injunc-
tons.
''lt saves trouble that you know the
amount. Go over in the morning and
ofre? the whole sum In your name.
Come to me Wednesday evening at the
Ridgeway. and will have the mohey
reaR,."
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CONSUMPTION MAY Be CURED.
By the Hopeless History of Failure There Is
Placed an Undeniable Record of Success.

NOb. hcxc becu "a doetors," hmm. .
,;cn,Iy rcuii.. The .vccrcr. urged by
,rIcnd. IN .rcL the aid of tho spcc,oiis,,
"Tbcy c.uno, d, nnythius for me. 1
hnyc tried Them. Nobody can do any
,h,pu for mc,o
And 40 perhaps the sufferer nexlcc,s
bir ,roubIe until it IL TOO late, until tho
djscu.o In Bronchial Cnt;irrh no longer,
hut Cousumptiou In Its most hopeless
form.
struuso yyhrt a world or disnppoiut.
meut thcro II in the saa, total OF failures
of enart to relieve tho sick. Not strange
at all that the sufferer shouid bc out Of
puticnce mud out OF hope. He has tried
aud he has been disappointed again and
again. tie has spent his time. hts
strcsEth and his money, and ne fecis
perhaps that no hns bee - defrnuded OF
nll. IIe has not very kindly feeling Tor
tho doctors Who cnn blame hsms
But. listen. out OF 10000 printed tean'
mouinis. authentic ana easily vcrined,
testify tnG TO tho success OF tho Cope.nha
work, there are hardly dozen IN whicn
thero 10 not 'hi" same ps."euc s'"'e.
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Mr.. Watson promised. Med Tave-
nor's a fine fellow" he said. THE Tav.
enors were powerful big folk In the old
times. an that boys worked an paid
off every cent but this. ] know Hugh
Dillson! He's been a-hankerin' after
that place ever since old Dave give the
NOR gage. He's a willy coon Is Dillsons
but we'd scotch him this timeP'
And the old farmer chuckled.
No traces Of Hugh Dillson's storm OF
passion remained when he met Media
and tenderly chided her for being out
SO late, with more than usual earnest
ness confessing his own loneliness.
1t was a little ominous that Miss Ca
bell took tea in her rooms that night.
and that she ignored the private tsbio
Mr.. Di!lson had appropriated for them
selves, and Joined the few other board
ers at breakfast the next morning.
And after-when she sent short note
in response to Mr.. Dilison's card. beg
ging to be excused from receiving him
In the hotel parlor.
Dillson's chagrin was deep. As wen
as the egotism Of his nature allowed. he
loved the orphan GIRL whose beauty ana
fortune propitious fate had seemed To-
hold in allegiance for him. He had lost
how. he never knew.
Ned Tavenor's note was paid In fuil
Thursday morning. and Mr.. Watson
kept Medals secret.
The pretty twins drove in to Ridge
way and carried her home with them.
There were tennis parties. ''protracted
meetings and Sightseeing. and Ned
Tavenor was Medals constant attendant
More than once Hugh Dillson travelled
In a circuit to avoid these excursionistz.
as they returned from some delightful
expedition. And, out In Witches Glen
one day, where the summer sun threw
breexes stirred the umbrageous pines.
Ned Tavenor told his love. So u calne
to pass before many months that AeoS
ssss s%a'a ~ EnssRss Free fIss sss
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moro contests that have been draws
than any pugillst extant, did really win
AZ last. He got the decision over Jerry
Sanford. of Brooklyn, in eleven rounds
Monday night, In Brockney, Pa.
j.. d. johnson and Emmett Burke,
both co,ored. fought at the Gloucester
!N. ID a. - Monday night and Burlee,
known as the Skewball, was knocked
out; H. was unconscious all day yes
terday, and is under a doctors care in
q dangerous condition.
The New York A. c. will give the first
series OF boxing entertainments 8
az the clubhouse Saturday night, and six
specials have been arranged They
look to be first-class affairs on paper.
Austin Gibbons and his cohorts at
tempted to mob Frank Craig, the Har-
lem Conee" Cooler, in Paterson last night
because Craig challenged Gibbons pub
ncly from the stage Of theatre In
To Constant Reader.-The Clippers
annual record gives Roberts's largest run
with tn spot-stroke barred as 600, made
March IL, 1883, In England.
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SEVEN MADE MlLLIeNAIRES.
Woods Hoirs Win tho Litig alton
Over His Estate.

DENVER. Col, Oct. 25.-By the de-
clsion Of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the case of the heirs of
William j. Wood against Jerome B.
Wheeler and the Aspen Mining Com
pany. seven hitherto poor people are
made millionaires.
who lives at Chicago; Maggie Cavener,
widow Of the Oldest son, George Wood,
living In Canada; Hiram A. Wood, living
Wood, supposed to be in Alaska; Mar.
garet Billings, widow of VIM. ]. Wood,
and w. s. Scott. husband of Matilda
Wood.
$4,000 in cash and a share of the
original one-third interest In the mine,
The income from the mine will make
them each worth a million in a few
years,
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The new lUNG TREATMENT.

"sss vs. ~ ~
Tho now lung treatment OF Doctors
Copeland aud Gardner II II certain caro-
for that stnge Of consu mption known ns
bronchial cntnrrh.
1t Is adopted nrd can be used 10 great
advantage In all bronchial diseases and
incipient lung troubles. 1t should be
uScd when there Is a cough and soreness
In the lungs, when there II a difficulty
In breathing aud n feeling Of oppression
through the chest, when there are shoot.
Ing pains through the back and lchcst
aud under the shouidcr.binde, when
there is n show of blood In tho sputu m;
when night swcats come on and thcre Is
increasing wcRknrss aud loss Of flesh.
These arc symptoms that forcbode dis
asier, and there should he no delay In
attempting to stop theI progress Of tho
diseasc.
A burning pain directly behind breastbonc.
Also shooting pains through chest to shoulder
blades In region Of heart and around the ribs.
Sharp stitching palms in the sides.
A tender spot In upper portion OF chest.
Cough. which varies In different stages.
Sometimes the cough is loose, the patient raising
great quantities of mucus.
At other times the cough s dry, tickling, rasp-
ing, Epasmodic and very annoying to both patient
and friends.
The breath Is short upon exerton.
There Is a wheeling sound with each breath
drawn.
The breathing is worse In damp weather and at
nights.
A feeling Of tightness across the chest.
Grndual loss Of strength and flesh.
As the trouble extends evening fevers and night
sweats set In.
The mucus becomes strcaked with blood.
The appetite fails
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contents were widely circulated in some
way or other, and that very soon after
its adoption, there Is no doubt, for
widespread rejoicing promptly followed.
The Declaration was formally pro-
claimed to the Continental army July
8, SO that, certainly, no later
than this its tenor was publicly
known. The best authorities declare
that it was not printed, though, until
January, l777. Congress was then in
session at Baltimore, and one Mary
Katherine Goddard, who managed her
brothers. business for him, had the en-
terprise to publish the document. Since
then 1t has probably been republished
In more languages and has had wider
reading than any State document in the
worlds history. OF the sixty or more
names which were written ON It, not
more than ten can now be read, and
they have faded to pale, sickly color.
During recent years the priceless docu-
nent has been jealously garded in the
library Of the Department OF State, and
precautions taken to prevent any
further injury. 1t is now between two
large plates Of French glass, inclosed
In hardwood case, all OF which is herr
metically sealed so a. to keep out air
o I'd dust,
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window Of the room and . crowd about
them, are published in some histories.
As matter OF fact, writes Edward b.
Phelps, the committee, doubtless, met
alone and quietly and deliberately at-
attended to the grave task imposed
upon them. Though the deliberations
OF Congress- upon the subject had been
secret, the public was we'll aware OF
what was going on, and as the day for
vote upon the resolutions Of Mr.. Lee
approached the greatest interest in
the result was manifested. II was, OF
course, known that bare majority OF
the States had instructed their dele
gates to vote for Independence, and the
mere passage of the resolutions was
assured. But nothing short Of abso-
lutte unanimity on SO important Z
measure would suffice. The step had
been thoroughly canvassed in the
interim between the appointment
Of the committee to draft the Declara-
tion and the announcement Of Its re-
port. The committee first reported 10
Congress as n committee on the whole
on June q. Mr.. Harrison, of Virginia,
the great-grandfather Of ex-President
Harrison, occupied the chair. Adams
and Franklin suggested certain changes,
and the draft was thoroughly discussed
and somewhat amended by the Con-
gres5. On July the vote on Mr.. Lees
resOlution-which was practically tho
Declaration Of Independence--was to
have been taken. The question went
over until the following day. however,
and all the colonies but New York
voted for the adoption Of the resolu-
tions. At first Pennsylvania and Della
ware were divided on the issue, but
afterward cast their unanimous votes
in its favor. On the 4th OF July the
Declaration, having been canvassed
section by section and clause by clause,
was ratified by Congress rs amended.
Some say that President Hancock
alone signed the original draft; others,
that all the tifty-eight delegates except
John Dickinson, OF Pennsylvania. APP
pended their names. Jefferson is cred
tied with the statement that, after it
had been adopted by the unanimous
vote of all the States, John Hancock, as
President, signed it, and the following
morning it was shown to each member
of Congress as he entered the hall, and
then and thus received his signature
without formal order OF Congress. Be
that as 1t may, an engrossed copy was
prepared, and by August every MEM
ber OF Congress, except Dickinson, who
had been retired, had signed it.
There is no little conflict among his
torians regarding the method OF the
announcement to the people of the
adoption OF the Declaration. One
time-honored old story tells us that as
soon as the draft was adopted the old
bell in the tower OF Independence Hall
was joyfully rung for some little time
and that the bell thus fulfilled the COM
mand of its motto upon its cracked sur
face: Proclaim liberty throughout all
the land. unto all the inhabitants
thereof. This story is pronounced
sheer fable, pleasant though it is.
Again, it is said that Colonel John Nix
on read the contents Of the Declara-
tion to the waiting throng in Chestnut
street from the window OF Indepen-
dence Hall. The authenticity of this
assertion is questioned, too. That its
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hundred years ago has over continued
% give forth large blaze, until now
.he American republic is lighting the
,eoples OF the earth on to higher
civilization. Despotic governments
,ave fallen before its majestic glare.
The nations Of the whole earth trem-
Die before its researches.
When the Congress OF 1776 convened
n Independence Hall war with the
mother country was in active progress:
the colonies had been prescribed as
rebels: further submission and hesita-
tion were useless. The issue was square,
ly met In Congress June Z, when Rich
ard Henry Lee, Of Virginia, introduced
these resolutions:
Resolved, That these United States Colonies
are, and ought be. free and Independent States;
that they aie absolved from all allegiance to
the British Grown: aud that all political con-
pectiOn between them and the State of Great
Britain is. and ought to be. totally dissolved.