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PEELED to admit that she fulfilled this
know so many jigs and hornpipes fire.
quently interfered with an Overlooking
water bucket, and in trying moment
my respected ancestor. Nine. Schuyler,
observed that it would give her great
satisfaction II Damaris should happen
to get drowned in the well. This aacci-
dent really occurred. the active little
mulatto being discovered dead in the
water within twenty-four hours after
Nine. Schuyler had thus relieved her
mind. 1t wasn't good-by to Damaris,
however. Soon the servants began Ia
make complaints among themselves. and
it coming to the ears of the mistress,
she summonded them to her in body,
and by strict questioning heard some
strange stories. Damaris still danced
about the well o. nights, and the living
feared TO go for water Some had seen ,s
house; others had not seen her, but
had heard her familiar double shuttle
rapping over the oaken floor and her
loud, rapid giggle night after night,
"Those who saw her said she was a
most unpleasant person to meet sud
denly on a dark night especially II one,
conscience wasn't quite easy. Tier
garments dripped, her eyes goggled and
rolled. her complexion was an ashy pur-
pie, and her incesslnt dancing was ac-
companied by threatening and beckon-
didn't believe word of IT, but never,hc-
less she took to burning night lights
and had a servant sleep in her room.
Oneday she took a water pitcher and
went to the well herself and was not
seen to return and when search was
made the old lady was found at the
bottom bf the well. When the dead
woman was drawn from the water, II
being then dark, Damuris's malcvolcnt
chuckle and giggle We're heard by the
workers, and, OF course, it was said
that she had pushed her mistress INFO
the well. For many years 1t was ru-
morCd that the mulatto's light fantastic
toe haunted the wei, and a little later
schuyler dug "A new well and MI ]
up the old one, 10 destroy the superst!-
ton of Dancing Damaris'
That was most unkind I'm sure,
when we meet with so few really re-
liable haunted places" breathed WinI-
fred regretfully.
And here is the house" said Chris
topher, drawing rein suddenly
1t mad indeed been n fair mansion OF
yurc. 1t was large, II was lofty, many %
Widowed, and with ample wings cN-
tending to the sides and rear. The fro [
entrance was sim imposing, for the
great door, swinging open 10 admit its
many occupants, showed a deep hall,
with 0akcn beams and a wide and wind
Ing staircase, with hollow steps. which,
once trod by bellies and beauX I'm the
olden time, now Te-echoed TO the heavy
tread OF the weary millhand or his
hard working wife, At this time OF
day the place swarmed with children,
some OF whom bloomed with a beauty
not exceeded by any Schuyler OF them
all.
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viii you get out and go through the
,",Nxno. think not, family answered
] can now imagine anything I like about
IL. Drive on, do. Oh. what anem-?" and
she buried her face in her handkerchief
From within the handkerchief came a
to tell me any more stories about it|'
There are no more, my dear"
Why ! know better" said Winifred
den treasure, concealed diamonds, boxes
OF gold, gems rich and rare, secreted fol-
some lucky hell. to discover"
by George! said Christopher sud
denly, ~ wish / could find Uncle Johns
There. didn't say there were other
legends that you could remember II you
but this" explained her husband. "ls
distinctly modern. II only dates back
forty or fifty years"
"Well?" was Winifred's only reply, in
her most eager. CoaXiug manner and So
winsome was she that Christopher first
looked around to see II there was any
danger OF detection, ana then took a
hasty kiss.
You see he commenced. much re-
freshened by the lntcrlude, my grand
father had a halt-brothcr, Everybody
called him Uncle John, Most Of his lie
nearly sixty years old he came, poor
and sick. to grandfather for home
Uncle John was physical wreck, No
body supposed he could live more than a
care and attention prolonged his life for
fifty years. When he lay dying he called
my father then a boy uf twelve or So
and COnhled 10 him the fact that he hai
my fathers property at Uncle John
death, But this WAS absolutely all he
tod. TGe whereabouts ~ the money he
failed TO communicate, for some reason
or other. DCrDlDE ne had kent II secret
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den dug and the nearest pond ragged, -
interrupted Christopher with a great
laugh, as they stopped In front OF their
own door. and he lifted his wife out OF
the carriage with the same formaltiea
which were observed in putting her in.
So reprehensiblc was Christopher's in
difference that several avs elapsed be
fore 1t occurred to him to say to Wini-
fred who was hanging about him. press
ing his hair disarranging his desk, put
ting flower in his button-hole, and
otherwise distractng his attention from
the manuscript he was attempting 20
J JOINS desk es '"s way '"'S was '"'''
And you never told me before!" cried
which she had temporarily perched,
How do you know that Uncle Johns
money isn't in II, in some secret drawer;
perhaps, opening with a concealed
II went through all that nonsense
when | was boy" replied Mr.: Scluy-
Ter loftily, II, too, fancied ! should be
the hero to solve the mystery, and
begged my father TO let me search for
secret springs and hidden drawers and
the rest Of the trash but, OF course,
gsyer SgRd .Sat E@hsr oTn eer
what he said" he added musingly.
yet there may be secret In the old
desk which h. y2 o. haven d,S r3,nt 10
desk with a gaze ns fixed as II she eN-
pected a secret drawer TO fly out at
She sat down on the floor and began
TO pull out the drawers one by one.
Each was palpably honest and con-
tanned no hidden receptacle, though she
searched above below, behind all. She
restored them TO their places with a
sigh, and sat down In front Of u.
CHRISTOPHER looked at her and laughed.
" How mcrcenary!" said he. What
cupidity'
"Merccnary! Indeed | am! l would
walk "A mile for S3.OO,"
Now my feelings are quite different
I would indeed like To know the fate OF
the shckols, but only in the spirit OF the
Yankee who lost cent and spent three
days hunting for II. ana when twitted
about It. said he didn't care nothin'
bout the cent. but he'd Ike to know
whore the d3rncd thing went to-"
Chris" said Wnifrci, porting over a
large picture which was glued 10 the
inside of the desk III, isn't This
funny See this loug-waistod lady talk
ur TO the sworlcd EIlllnts; her hair
isn't much longer than theirs, and see
This horse walking with his hind legs
nj trotting-no, Eallop!ng-with his fore
legs And see the ship IN the back
ground, apparently stranded iu sylvan
grove, but l suppose We are expected to
understand that this brook In the fore
ground winds round through those
" GODS and in the course Of few min
utes' walk becomes many miles side
and deep enough to float "A large ship.
And what an odd old inscription;
a view OF ENton Park, belonging 10 the
RI Honble. the Earl OF Gainsborough,
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to whom this plate is inscribed by his
Lordships most dutiful and most obedt
servt, /. smith / suppose this is T.
Smith sitting on the bank with a
at his leisure the lovely effects of the
deer the waterfall. the rowboat on the
river, and the castle in the background.
! see that the fashion Of docking horses
tails Is not at all modern. for these
poor things have their tails docked, and
the picture Is dated October, 1904 Do
you ysgPpgIisEs It Is really as old as that?
chris" continued she, this picture
is a curiosity. Let's have 1t framed"
Certainly, II you wish
Il will unglue / tcarefully and you
shall take it in town for a suitable frame
and glass. and | will hang it-let
me- see-in the upper hall between the
His lady forthwith pleased herself by
ordering hot water and various cloths
and towels and sponges, ard with these
appliances went through a process of
soaking and lOoSening the picture,
which left its old quarters with some
reluctance. She finally lifted IT daintily
by its moistened edges and laid 1t, time
stained, yellow, but unhalm med, on the
saw another paper, also yellow and
time-stained which the removal OF the
picture had broggght to light
what Is that inquired Chris
Ninifr"d carefully smoothed out her
picture before CHANGING at her husband
He was standing entirely mot!cnless
looking at the paper,
"Ninilred' said he, 81 believe you're
a witch"
Certainly" said Winifred; ''can you
doubt re-"
This paper unless | am attacked by
softeuinE OF the brain, which seems to
me very probable, was secryted by
Uncle John and tells he whereabouts OF
the deha table money
Really, Chris? Really? l don't be-
Nrvr II"
Listen TO what the old gentleman
says; AS | have comfortable home
and am IN no present need Of money,
| shall put S,O0O in gold At the bottom
OF the well OF Dancing Damaris, which
my hllf-hrOthrr Is now engaged in NIL
ing up. At my death. when this paper
" in he found the money shall go 10
Christopher schuyler Signed, John Van
dewutrI SyhuE Ter The spelling is pho
urtIc. Can this be authentic? Wini-
fred, is. this hoax you have arranged
fpr NV hcuoht?'
10" said Winifred. Indignantly. Glow
can YOU say such thing?'
How absurd i would be for me 20
go hunting up a well that disappeared
from SIGHT nifty years ago
NO matter. you must do it," cried
Wuifrei. But suppose there has been
a house built over II! All sorts Of things
may have occurred since them
Il happen 10 know that the site OF
the old well Is nearly II not quite in
the middle Of old Mr.. Murphy's potato
patehc'
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At THE BROOKLYN THEATRES
The Men of'76' to Be Presented
at the Park Next Week.
BLACK Crook" "About Gotham,
aud Other Attractions.

THE Men Of 20" by Henry Guy
Carleton, viii have It's first Brooklyn
production at col Sims Park Theatre
next Monday night. Edgar l.. Daven-
port will play the part of the hero, a
young American officer, suspected but
finally vindicatcd: Miss Maud Edna
Hail. the heroine; II. +. McClennln.
Edward j. Morgan Alex Vincent, Grace
Atwell, Lillian Andrews. Alma Aiken.
Charles Charters and others Will COM
plete the cast
Eugene Tumpkins's famous BLACK
Crook" which had such run at the
Academy of Music, in New York. is to
be taken to the Amphion Theatre for
"A weeks engagement. The principal
dancers will be Signoras Tornaghi and
StaCCiOni. as prcmicres, and Sig. Rlan-
chori, better known rs the Human
Top, Is the principal danseur. The
march or the AmaHunS down the cleo
trio staircase VIII be one of the strong
features.
Charles r. Ellis comes to the Grand
OperaIlouse next Monday evening. with
Il revival of the late VIII Carleton 4
comedy dramas, Casper the lodler. "
The piece will be frightened consid-
crably by the introduction of new songs
which will be sung by Mr.. Ellis and a
seXtet of male and female voices
During the performance Mr.. Ellis viii
sing "Hush-a- Baby-By," pretty Soon,
N. Love n You A." "IEEy E yGF 6 amt
Again" Mr.. Ellis's company this sea
son includes James Vincent, Charles
Prev, Frank Il. Clayton, clara Moore
Matte Grier and little Florrie O'Brien
The women patrans will be presented
with bouquets at each performance, ant
toys viii be given to children.
George Thatcher's MInstrels and Farce
coming attraction at the Bijou Theatre
whore they will be seen in a new play
called About Gotham" The piece. Il
is said. will disclose. several score Of
novelties. Mr.. Thatcher Will he sup
ported by Carroll Johnson, William Grit
fin. Fred Oakland. j. n. Binkley, JOIN
Jalyi Cora Carlisle. henrietta Byron
mann And h!Sn n6d nVS and G' SShtrs e East
MANAGER Edwin KNOWLES announces
be continued at the Columbia Theatr,
another week. on oct 10 the Boston
ians will begin an engagement for two
! weeks.
Dion Boucicaults' THE Shaughraun'
will be taken to Williamsburg next Mon
day night and presented at the Empir,
Theatre. Manager SanfOrds stock com
pany, headed by Miss Victory Bateman
| will interpret It,
! the Gayety Theatre next week. and tn,
/ managers promise "A store Of entertain
| ing acts \ farce, called "a Colder
| Boot" will be given by tho company.
A play witch has been seen in New
/ York and Philadelphia is announced n!
/ the attraction at Walter Sandford's Stal
! Theatre next week. Ii Is the comedy
drama called THE Great brooklyn
| Handicap" Among the scenic effects ar,
| Broadway by moonlight, with cable cars
passing up and down, and reproduction
! of the last Brooklyn Handicap, in which
| fourteen, thoroughbred horses will par
| ticipate.
Living pictures enter upon the SIKH
J week OF their production at Huber &
| Gebhardts Casino.
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SECRETS OF THE WELL.
Or HOaU a Brides Rich Young Blood
Vas almost COnge0led.

curls about. above and around her ears
to arrange in a more orderly but not
less coqrcttish manner
You hear the whispered words she
hears.
You little ringlets round her ears"
chanted her bond slave, and lifted mis-
mistress to her seat in the carriage. be-
slowing hug and receiving a pinch en-
the way.
where shall we go, sweetest" said
hs
Let us go where you have often
faithless man" she answered. ITO the
ancestral halls Of the Schuylers."
"As you Ike, but / warn YOU, Win
fired, they are now the ancestral halls
of the Murphys, Sullivans, ORIOLES and
O'Bri.rs. The Schuylers haven't lived
! there for fifty years, for when the mills
were built In Schuylertown the hands
! took pos session OF all the waste land
anywhere about, and erdcd by swarmins
. ilto the mansion Itself"
mo matter, | want to 90 there, just
the same And On the way You can tell
ne all the legends connected with the
| old house. Dldnl S'I say IL WAS ="
"Or thereabouts," said Ire, declining to
commit imseli
eide or something equally shocking In
~ Come, freeze my young blood at
cree with the most unpleasant TRADITION
Sru can think Of! Wasn't there a bloody
crime and somebody hanged"
~ schuyler Was ever hanged that
lknow OF" said Christopher " hut doubt
less ere are many, even aUw, Mhe
rlchly deserve Il, Concerning legend >
| can tell YOU about pahtIhs D'i''"i 10
@'Dancing Damaris! How delicious!
"And about old Syrena schuyler; VINO
was "A witch in the days wh"h Wi'ches
were fashionable ,t,,o
""Ahi my blood Is already Z, mmencine
IN CONCEAL" said Winfield, comfort
ably settling back. H., Ia a..
,5ou ,,Tsre we are going. She mus
h hSvs been w1st an uncomfortqble person, b,
III accounts, Her neighhors each sldt
OF her had TO give up tying their calu'
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two very, well sketchcd characters In
In "a kentucky,. which Is far above
tcrlretCd 10y very good company,
The programme at Keiths Theatre
next week viii include thc four Rich
ards, who will make their American
debut at this house; Ellison aud Enrol,
prummond, Staloy and BrheCk, Alruy.
me lusGler; Ward and Lynch Toner
ana lfuhal William COPYRIGHT, Bart
lett and May .Ritch!e and Richie, Ma
ME conway, Dixon and Lang, Celeste,
TINS Marionettcs, and the clipper Quar-
tet.
De Wolf i5Iopgers hur!esquc of o." Sing
one OF the happiest things In " br.
SyntaN' at the broadway Thea
i iTTee;nnort is capitally rendered, and
dethrqned -" pr Syntax" is doing ex-
tremely well. The amusing schuul-room
scene appeals not only to adults. but to
ChiIiren, aud the Saturday matinees at
the Broadway are splendilly patroui2cd.
AZ the STANDARD Theatre Arthur
I;aw 5 , eom s,i}, farce" The New
better now than it did at first People
laugh but not as uproariously as they
did at Charlcy's Aunt" MIR. Froh-
and other companies will be organized
to present the farce out Of town.
what's the good OF anything? Moth
,ng'i Us pert saying that seems to APP
The attractions ~ SHstor G. pi,Is com.
GER Hall next Week VIII he I'm, ErrtoI II
the contoriInnist. FaIknwsl,v thr nnin II
lmitator and mimic. Mile NInrietP, ~
bio, who VIII sing a new Encijsh sonu.
the grotesnuc U,VtNrs cs bhon,|s -
an act cliI1i "GSbiins, GSn,.n ,SiS'S ,b h,
Martinetti brothers Mile t!mpenIa lrnu.
gcre, Ivan Tsch6rr n Win his trnnna -,
trained dogs ana thn Iving nic,,rcs VI
e. II Holmes known rs Tho "S,r
Francisco Wonder" win Inc seor nov,
week st Huhnr's NiuseI,tn il, lie sofa =,
be A Young man of nrlIum siyo hut he i,
the possessor of hands eigbie.n incbas
long, and feet twcntv-three Inches LONG
The skating horse will ROMAN NJ III
houre. and other fentnrcs wIiI ho RipiS
Wells Life baldwin. Albert Stadier n ~
"A vaudeville cnmnanv inrInIin" ~,
Weston sisters. the I,am5nts Davs Cen,
arc. Tom Johnson and others
There win he new lIyIng nicturas
Proctor's Theatre next we"i, 'tbcJr Ii,,aa.
beInR sally in on iicv" gn,,, S,,,' :
"Grnce Dnrlinr "VanIis and r,t,nr
haIsnr 'Hrbn Vul,gn G.,1th. " a,,
"lTIG :" Amonr tho vo,sietv ,r,fs,S' ,i,i H.,
Georgle p3rker TGrtainda nrS S''' b ~,
trouba 1ours. tha DuIons Tho imn,or 81,
Morrisev ana Rich Crad,c Hin, CO n -, 80
Cuiby Vanetta ana Einn Hem, IN Sm.
goyne and Cecil Lane NM i'u'
< new version ~ ''I-rc,o Town, coht,,
will he n,rerad ,t Doris's I,iybtb s, nD,m
Museum ncyt WOOL T., ~ ~ "a 'S, ~
viii he The l"on'rd girI Rnwe Nh ~
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bower they became Embossed as fast
as the farmers lied them. Once she
was far away from home, and found
cloth 81 uee she had left behind her. She re,
traced her steps and was gone only a
few minutes. bringing the cloth: An
other time some boys near the Schuy.
they had ever seen; they shot at II
a number of times, but failed to hit
it. Finally they left 1t ana were go,
Ing a%ay d when dtH large Striped Su
cat. The cat ran before them and
they began to pelt 1t with stones. but
the stones made no more impression on
rel. The cat ran through closed
window into the Schuyler house, and
Immediately after old Syrena looked
took to their heels with great unanim-
ity. The theory is, OF course, that
syrena took the form of both squirrel
Dear old syrenaw murmered wlnI-
" But that isn't all about syrena. She
might have lived In ease and comfort,
her rents or any other bills, and when
people called to pay her, she either
would not let them into the house, or
she would throw the money out 81 fhs
always do, you know, except for
cats"
And squirrels" amended Wlnifred.
"All .t person going to see her one
col dyV found her starved, frozen and
d,fns Tie reighbors came 70 care for
her aui sue died that night, but in the
miu,. of Il terrible racket loud voices
aul Yr. ters were heard, shouts In the
Wood. near by, and echoes of horses
IaIuuHE. and in the house dishes rat
tl,I us rang, the tongs and poker
COM sed, and whispers, mysterious rat
things and rustlings continued TN Door
old Syrena was laid In her grave, where
she has peacefully rested ever since,
And doesn't her ghost appear, beg
leave TO Inquire"
" Never dll, l believe. That was re-
served for Dancing Damaris."
OH delightfull Now, tell me all
about Dancing Damaris."
Il think ptnclng Damaris first APP
reared on the scene more than 100 years
ago. She was an active little mulatto
girl and where the Nine. Schuyler OF
that DAY got her m sure | don't know,
but she must have frequently regretted
tns acquisition. She danced, danced
every where. on her way to church
ana no such solemn dances as David
danced before the ark, either-bringing
In the dinner, on the lawn In front OF
the Wing-room windows when illus
trious guests were assembled, and on
her way to the well-for Dancing Da-
maris's principal duty was fetching In
"As a faithful biographer am COM
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The study door opened softly. Chris
TOPPER Schuyler finished the sentence
he was writing, and then looked up.
The dlmpled, rosy and altogether
welcome face of his bride of week
confronted him.
You said you would be ready In half
an hour," said she, reproachfully, ana
IT'S more than an hour"
Dimples and roses then betook them
selves outside the door once more, and
Mr' Schuyler, suddenly remembering
mat he had promised TO drive with his
wite that afternoon, wiped his pen on
.he wiper which nature provides all
out bald-headed men, turned his manu-
script face down, Slammed a paper
weight upon II, and rushed hastily after
'he departed one, shouting:
All right, darling; soon as / find my
hatr'
propose not to have a hat-tree In
every room in this house" observed
.he young lady, while Mr.. Schuyler wa
"ahucally institutlng an unavallln3
ee1rd for some kind, any kind of head
scar She then contemptuously bent
vi" niger at a bust of Schopenhauser
~ schuyler, with an exclamation OF
e"e' capture from the philosoph",
syIe felt hat and adorned his Owl
with 1t without loss of time.
49,, does any one suppose that III,
Pelarations were over?
=, button my glove" ordered the hea'
nl "e family and her husband obeyeI
dr, oih my veil! Chris, dear, it's on thu
s,.,,s'hs-case, and Chris, dear. vent up
,n' TWO steps at time after 1t.
W.T. Guy That isn't the right one, Chris
would you hav. me wear a terra colt.
's I'll With a Nile green hat? Heavensy'
stn catastrophe averted. there wa
rLh,a porasol 10 subdue. a wanderinI
TO reduce to order. and variou
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He Could Take His Time.

From the Pail Mall BudgetD
Good-Looking Young Doctor feeling
pulse of pretty patienD-H'm, yes; soon
put that right. You won't want me for
long.
Pretty, Patient-Oh! there's-there's no
hurry, doctor
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What He Meant.

CFrom the Indianapolis Journal)
"Can see you apart for moment?"
you mean alone, don't you?"
YES, a loan-that's 1t exactly. I wan
to borrow FIVE"
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WORK OF THE FIRE BOARD.
Powder In the Old Beii-iIoase-To Elect
pbvsician June nth.

ro,,,,or meeting OF the Board OF fre
r..,,.a,o,srs was held In their room In
tho CITY Hall last evening. Mr. ''nn -
r,,scbkorn. president. and Messrs. r. r.
y,,,,a I, Levy. J. X. sheppa,u,
nu' ~ :, Tavlor. and q. Watt. Iayiot
"e'e ot,,,est from the Virginia Boat Cup
Co.. thirty feet of old hose was erah'eu
Two members Of the department VIZ
m charged with violation OF ruieS' 'ls
s,az excused and the other dePilF'u VI
bis day or until July LIST.
The contract for paving IN 'front.' OF inc
quarters for the new chemical engine WIS
awarded to Mr.. n. RICK as the lowest
bidder.
The Board did not purchase Indicators
,or the engine-houses last night. as one
bidder failed to submit sample. He was
given until next meeting 20 furnish SAM
ple at which time the Board will pur-
chase.
Mr.. r. w. Stubbs. now ~ No. Engine
Company, was transferred to the Chemi-
cal Company. and Mr william Hays.
now with No. 3. was made extra man 10
the Chemical.
This arrangement furnishes the Chemi-
cal enough men 10 work IT without In
creasing the general payroll OF the de-
partment.
The Boar1 decided 10 elect the physl-
clan for the department on Monday. June
| 18th. and will revise the present manual
Of the department on the second Monday
| in May.
The Chief was instructed to confer
with the State Superintendent OF Build
ings with reference TO storage Of powder
IN the old bell tower In the Capitoi
Square.
Advertisements were ordered for TWEEN
~ miles. more or less. ~ cOpper-line wire
for the Fire-Alarm Department.
After transactIng n great deal or other
business Of no special public interest the
Board adjourned