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eight weary. toyless years-and neither
Hilda nor Andrew had sought to break
through their pact of silence. Abou;
with typhoid. then rife in the village,
and for an anxious space she dwelt on
the very border-iine of here and here
Ing his word that the great mans fees
should be forthcoming-Abe called in
DIR. Ratcliffe, Of Morperland, under
whose care Hilda slowly began to mend,
anCcs for cOmpany-that the truth
stripped itself before Hilda 10 torture
and aiilict her with its hooking ghastli-
ness.
As yet she was not able to leave her
bed, but lay there with Dinched face,
her hair tangled on the pillow, her thin
blue fingers twitching idly at the gar
ish patchwork quilt her eyes wandering
to the half-open lattice through which
was borne the distant souSh Of the
waves, and whence she could see their
sun-necked crests far out beyond The
Fork Rocks. Then she would turn to
answer some question put. 10 her by
her little niece, Mary-Absl,s eldest
into the sick-room. Presently, the lttla
maid fell to babbling, ch!lllik" of the
doings and sayings Of hCr school friends.
I'd Ay; 1Ht ysr be IL e. gs'u9 w me Sr IN
thing for the welns when I pdrson
opened school l wish II had been done
long sin,
ut was our 'Xam'nation to-day" re-
piled Mary. eager with fresh news, Mr.,
Harvey heart me read an plttel me o.
the head. out OF a newspaper-Aard
words they was too"
IAN maybe ye can read writIn,'
Mary"
"Oh. yes" said she, nowise disposed to
belittle her attachments, when you
get any letters, Aunt Hilda, I'll read
them all through to you-every word
I'm sure ! could.
Well I'm going to try ye," SAID
drawer-no; the second one-ar' bring
the little black box 20 me. Yes, that Is
it,"
Tenderly picking out the finery with
which the box was filled, Hilda placed
the various articles by her side ON the
bed. Underneath, untouched since that
DAY. lay the very letter which had told
her its sad tale through Andrews mouth
Now, what names that?' said She
pointing to the signature.
Mary screwed her eyes into beads,
hung her head sapiently on one side and
spelled the words under her breath
"B-e-n, Ben; Webb, Webb" she an
nounced at last with a ring OF triumph.
TITS main bad writin', but"
mo, nor cried Hilda, rising exeitsdiy
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result Is that the little fellow is con-
siderable Of man when he reaches his
tcens-all of which Is in keeping with
the velocity of the age.
There never was a time when boys
were as we'll dressed as they are to-day
improvements made in the last two
years have raised the manufacture OF
small clothes to the dignity OF profess
ional tailoring or dressmaking Here
tofore nice cloths were not handled.
for the reason that II seemed a waste
of raw material. The regular stock was
limited TO a small lot of coarse fabrics
usually domestic. that wore foxy"
shrank, lacked warmth and made clumsy
garments. Then, too, the designs were
monotonous, and all the boys were
dressed alike
Now that Is all changed.
Clothiers follow the seasons. Sum-
mer goods in every line are designed
for Summer weather. The sale of duck,
galatea-cotton, sailcloth, serge and
sailor flannel suits during the last two
Summers was unprecedented in the his
tory Of trade. Clothing for middle sea-
sons Is pertinent; special qualities char
acterized the suits for indoor wear, I'M
dreamed Of a generation ago; and in the
selection of Winter wear choice of
goods, cut, fit. style and service are as
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II ! adhered to his exact words, with
his numerous digressions and irrele-
vancies, uttered with quaint burr of
tongue. and. moreover. as his modesty
saw fit to gloss over certain facts.
which I heard of later in other quar-
tiers I venture to set 1t forth after my
own fashion.
We bark back a full half century.
Port st. Bede-no vast size at this pres
ent-was then a mere nest Of sand
stone, shale-roofed cottagers. planted
at the foot of the hill, and struggling
disjointedly up to II from the street"
Later improvements have displaced or
rebuilt most OF these one-storied dwell
ings, and filled in the gaps; but the old
| "Trawlers' Inn" looks just as 1t looked
fifty years ago. 1t lies back some ten
PAGES from the roadway, the shingled
space thus obtained being highly IA
vored of loungers and gossips. The
spot served an identical purpose 30 far
back as the oldest memory goes.
A little knot of fisher-folk. men and
women. forgathered there one "Wednesday
morning to await the arrival of the Nor
Wednesdays and Saturdays, ne trudged
the ten miles to deliver his meagre pack
age OF letters. He always made his way
first to the Trawlers', where II had be-
come customary for the populace-those
who did not expect letters alike with
those who did-to assemble and waylay
him. In that manner the cannie souls
got news from the outside world without
being put to the expense OF a postal fee,
while the official on his part was quit
OF his letters all the sooner. On this
particular morning, however, the gayety
Of the group was under eclipse. They
talked together in hushed tones. full OF
concern, every row and then preferring
a question to the bronZed, middle-aged
seaman in their midst.
AN ye're sure we've got the reights
o. t. Jake?' queried big-faced woman,
whose skinny petticoat showed her am
Pile brogues and shapeless ankles. "Itll
kill t'lass II she hears o. t."
"Oh, I'm moan mista' en-not me-" an
swered the seaman positively. II seed
him mysen 4 Grlmsby not. three days
back, an / card II read out 4 church
the second time o. akin 1t were-last
Sunday"
Poor maid-poor maid An her wait
| In for him here as patient an lovin' as
onybody could wish. All. them men
them mem"
While The frOwsy old crons was shak-
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ANDREW COPLEY'S LIE.
He Thought 1t for the Best, but 1T Did
Sad Mischief.

towards her that Andrew held his down.
bent head. A wan. frail-looking Great
ure she was, dressed in black. with a
close-fitting. old-fashioned bonnet tied
under her chin in a bow Of broad black
ribbon. Her hair, smoothed evenly upon
her forehead, shimmered silvery as the
new churned foam in the bay. She
moved haltingly. even with the aid Of an
oaken stan and the helping arm Of her
companion.
Withdrawing her arm. she paused In
the pathway, and pointed her stick to-
wards the bare-headed old fisherman. In
thin quavering tones, as II the words
were said by rote, there being no vehe-
mence in her utterance, she cried: "Ah,
I knaw ye-I knaw we. Ban We, for no
speakin' me fair" With no more pas
sion than If she were repeating some
soulIess formula, she added: Course ye.
Andrew Copley! 1t was lie! Curse we
fort"
Come AVA" the other woman put in
eoaxingly: come thee ava home.
then"
Unreslsting, the old lady allowed her
self to be led away. Through 1t all,
Andrew did not stir a limb, but stood
there with dotted hat, his head bowed
and his name OF gray hair ruffiing in
the breeze. We had left the church
behind, the deep-rutted lane, the narrow
stone style that gave upon the fields:
we had traversed half the length OF the
meadows themselves before he spoke.
Eye asked me how twas l never
| mn rried said he slowly. That is the
reason"
30 he began upon his life-story. But
as his narrative would be hard 70 follow
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X IPe" yd nsr sure sre0 Mary Not sen-Ben Webb
Ben. Ben; Webb, Webb" repeated
her niece.
:, Hlda sent up choking cry. He said
lated gaspingly. He lied to me, It's fro
atremble, she turned to Mary with: Be
gin at the first. Read it all to me. Can
Mary at all events was willing to try,
ana although she blundered often and
painfully under the task, between them
they managed to piece the words into
sense.
Dear Hilia,' it ran. 81 didn't mean
TO say word, but | can't do II without
telling you first. Don't hate me, for
dld love you, and do, more nor her. Any:
about Polly Barcley-how We was to be
married. and how il was broke of. Well,
me and her have made il up again. Her
I,jncIe,s dead and left her everything
bank, You see. didn't have a free
hand: SO YOU can't blame me. Besides
there's ANDY C9pley only too glad TO
have YOU; and the banns has been read
twics In Grimsby Church. | think things
are best LETT alone, and no fuss made.
especial as don't ask the presents back.
Mary had plodded through the letter
so far, when Hilda. with a loud shrek,
dropped back upon her pillow. Abel and
his wife FASTENED ups tairs to find her
again sitting up in bed, round-eyed, and
G@auculltlng with clnched asts. II
miEht ha' won him back-l would ha',"
she, cried, shrily, "a lie. Andrew Cop
leyi u was a lie"'
In this fashion she raved all through
the night and long into the next day.
Dr Radcliffe said it was brain fever;
and although he eventually brought her
back to bodily health. her mind never
recovered its sanity.
Poor Hilia. She knows not that for
the bread she eats, for he shelter
above her mead, for the Fery clothes
upon her back, she Is behu l1en to the
man whom she, for forty 'ears past.
has daily CNeCrated
She never secs me but size throws
them awful words / mS face" said An-
drew to me. II thowt ] were actin
for t best when | did as / did, thowt
so. truly"
suppose you have never met this
Ben Webb sluce2"
"Oh, but l haze; I went to GrImsby
o. purpose to spoil his beauty. II he's
Twin now, he's liyin' wi the nose o.
him all askew; That prank cost me .
years O. lookup for the comfort that Job
gave ne" -Chambers's Journal. ~
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or the old folk Of the bleak little sea-
port Andrew Copley dwells most WV
Idly In my memory. AS prosperity is
gagged at Port st. Bede. Andrew-the
owner OF some half-dozen fully equipped
nshing smacks-was accounted pros
porous man. / recall him now-his kindly
face, tanned and Melted In wrinkles;
ms long hair. grizzled this many a day;
MS stuoby gray beard; his light blue
eyes bespeotacled for reading-yes. there
ne sits. Many is the "crack" have
mad with him. Yet there was one story
ne chose to leave buried in silence-and
that his own. 1 never dared breach the
topic' albeit / inwardly burned with i'm
panent curiosity. One day, however. the
HISTORY became mine unsolicited, Some
remark CHANGED to let slip anent his
Hieiohs bacherlorhood caused an infre-
quent far-away look to settle upon his
Yves. we were walking up the steep,
eoopie-paved street" at the time, past
ue hhe-Washed front of the "Trawlers'
nm 10 the higher ground, from which
"e old Norman Church tower kept ward
Eer the siumberous village.
why haze l never married, say YEP
the old man exclaimed. after a long
speN OF silence. Like enow. ven hear
'Ore long an I don't see what should
Isup me FRO tellin' we mysen, II so be-"
.'eoiy stepping into the roadway,
nurew whipped OF his broad-brlmmed
49, anu stood motionless. Turning into
o he sahded lans that zigzagged past the
sih' we had well nigh jostled two
ahon, paced women. the younger of them
voo ' ntty years of age. the elder twenty
go or SO older. II was the latter that
Ae'ed my marked regard, for Il was
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TAILOR MADE BOYS.
New Styles for the Little Swells
Of New York.
Lsng Pants and Refer Coats for
Gentlemen Of Three Years.
Kennel Coats Worn with Kneo
Brooches and Elton Jackets.

Faunueroy styles are almost extinct.
The romantic collars and curls did not
survive the decade; but, then, fads are
short lived.
Only few mothers have the bad taste
to make caricatures of their small boys
nowadays. Curls are recognized as
exclusive attributes OF girls. The baby
boy Is not only shorn OF his glory. but
he begins to be manly before he leaves
his cradle, and at the tender age of
half-past-two he is put In pants. The
The evening world., 1894-09-15
THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING: SEPTEMBER I5 1894

There is no such thing as fashions"
Tor children Every manufacturer has
his own styles, which he creates in his
own way Then, too. women are very
Intelligent, and in giving orders for out
flts or alterations unwittingly set the
fashions for the season.
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PADDOCK COAT AND kNrcKERBocKERs

The artist is one Of the lndispensa BILE
members of the boys tailor shop. In
stead of going to Paris or London he
goes up Broadway Saturday afternoon,
down Fifth. avenue Sunday morning
when church Is out, and through the
Park any afternoon that he needs in
spiration. Ladies' tailor-made dresses
are the most fruitful sources of ideas.
The cloths are fine. the colors are gen.
teel and the models are graceful and
adaptable. Children require roundness
or fulness of drapery; between the ages
of nine and nineteen the average youth
is awkward and rather elongated.
To utilize mems styles would be TO
call attention to shapes that taste and
charity would conceal Shipboard Is
another field for observation, and the
ladies'. the middies and the officers are
levied upon for the beauty and comfort
of Liliput. Anything that smacks of
the sea captivates the small boy. There
seems to be an instructive love for blue
flannel, and the. chevron on a sleeve,
worked with a few bright stitches, or
a touch of gold, will sell n suit every
time. Mothers like velvets. braided
trimmings and lace ruffies, but more
or less coercing Is needed to infatuate
the manly boys fancy.
Boys clothing Is put upon the market
at such low figures that II does not pay
mother who has anything else to do
TO make over big suits. All wool out
fits of good style are sold by all manu-
The evening world., 1894-09-15
MAX 0'RELL'S NEW BOOK.

The witty Frenchman Has Seen
More Funny Things Than Punch.
Max o'Rell has a new book in press,
and the Sunday World" has obtained
the advance sheets. This clever writer
has been travelling extensively, and he
describes what he saw.
The evening world., 1894-09-15

DIR. Frederick A. Cook,
the Survivor of the
Miranda" Expedition
to the North Pole,
Will Tell of the Party's
Thrilling Experience in
The Sunday World
Tomorrow.
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The style Is Max O'Rell's own. No
one can Initiate II, and world read
ers will have treat. Perhaps you
have not forgotten the sketches he
wrote about America and Americans
when he was here.
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onal cloths. The Tuxedo suit, like
the mems, Us worn with a dress shirt,
white vest and patent leather boots.
The coat Is short and finished with re-
vers of satin.
Bath robes and golf coats are among
the luxuries for little men In high life.
The robes are eiderdown flannel, hooded
like affairs garb and girdled with a
silk cord and tassel. In the wardrobe
list. issued by colleges and boarding
schools. the bath robe is one OF the es-
sentials. Hence the fashion.
The golf-coats are made with capes
and plain. of impression cloth. double
faced macintosh and rubber. Nothing
that a university man or society beau
has in his outfit Is too good for the
Mr. Little Boys, as the Japanese say.
BEST & co.
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constables--oi different political parties
and as they are only allowed one dol
lar day for their services, the addition
al expense of another clerk or copRta-
BILE would be more than compensated for
by the additional assurance OF fairness "
The insignifcance of the fee en-
sures the securing OF the worst Dem
ocratIc "scrub" In the neighborhood
Ii concludes
="Unquestionahly the effect OF this Au-
stralian system is to discouragei lliterate
voters, and that has been shown by ex-
perience elsewhere"
The Richmond, Va. DISPATCH
gives forth this buncombe
''In Tidewater and Southside Virginia
particularly it has required great cour-
age on the part of a colored voter to
vote Democratic ticket. He is expect
ed to take his ticket out of the hands of
| a local boss, and is SO watched that to
slip that ticket into his pocket and take
out Democratic ticket instead is we'll
nigh impossible
This is great reason why a colored
man should want to vote the Demo
cratic ticket when members of that
Party are even now engaged In ef
forts to disfranchlse him.
The following from the DIsPATCE
would indicate that they are de
manding a measure by which they
can cheat without effort
\ s'The Negro belt OF the State. Of Vir
ginia is entitled to our sympathy 49,
, help. II the people of that section
, this bill they should have it. II a..
fearful exaction upon their time aud pa
thence that they should have to rise al
I year after year and make q might,
effort to keep off Negro domination"
We do not believe that any meas
ure can be devised which will NOR
effectively rob Us than the one nov
on the statute books. The new la'
= is designed TO make thievery easier
We shall see what we shall see.
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FL RST BAPTIS T CHURCI-Collee
Il 4th) street, between Broad and Ma
shall. School, $50 An; preacl
ing-summer months excepted-11:3t
A. M, $3.50 and 8 p NJ summer seaso'
11:15 A. M. and 4 4. M. Communion
the second Sunday in each month; bust
ness-meetings, first and third MOnda.
nights in each month; prayer-meetine
every Wednesday evening at 8 O'Clock
Sunday-school practice every Thurs a,
evening at O'Clock choirpraci &c ever,
Friday evening at &C. :lock; registration
before and after Sunday services.
J. II. Holmes, B. p. Vandervall,
Pastor, Clark.
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COLORED DEMOCRATS FORGOT.
TEN.

We have waited long to see what
would be done In the matter of the
appointment of colored men to re-
preventative positions, but as yet
no word has come from the White
House that any of the plums which
are fast disappearing will be left for
the colored brother.
1t is manifestly impossible TO Sc
cure the confirmation of any colored
man who has been nominated to a
position held by a white one.
We do not see how the colorC d
Democratic contingent can reconcile
itself to the situation.
1t seems that money and patience
has ebbed away. Even the indefati
gable, Hon. c. H. j. TAYLOR has
grown weary, and settled down to
the task of fighting the Jim-Crov
Law of Kentucky to while away thu
time.
The Liberian Mission Is still va
cant. No white man seems to wan
| it.
As TO who will succeed Hon. B. X
BRUCE as Recorder of Deeds is I
matter OF conjecture.
If colored man is appointed, th
I. -vo1shipp-r uf Mr. CLEVELAND an,
his principles-Hon. G. H. J. TAY
LoR will surely loom up as a sur
} winner. He is q man, who canno
be gotten rid OF by promises or de
Lag.
His fat, rotund figure must be ell,
waited to a position with good ia
! salary attached.
We shall watch the outlook wit
s much interest, knowing as we d
that Negro Democracy is much de
q pressed in spirit and even now
: washing the earth with its tears.
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