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Open TO Engagement.

mister" said the greasy wayfarer
at the back door, plaintively, cant
you do somethin' fur pore man ~
My friend" replied the man Of the
house, II aiu poor man myself"
II don't pose YOU know what ii i
to 90 ull over the country huntin'
work >"
"No."
''The trouble with me-" said the
pilgrim, wiping his perspiring brow
with the remains of what had once
been a handkerchief, '.is nerves. L
can't do heavy work. If You was 70
ask me to hoe in the garden 10 pay fur
ms breakfus' couldn't do it. / want
deceive YOU, mister. just couldn't do
il. But I'm willin' % DO light work. 1
won't stand back fur no man alive
when il comes 10 light work An if
you've got any easy job that can do
comfortable like, - n To stimulate
my appetite 'thout weak'nin' my
nerves
Il have told you, M friend" inter-
rupted the man Of the house, that I
am a poor man. sympathize with
You, but / am not able To do anything
10 help you, and certainly don't know
of any light work you coIld do. am
lecturer and l make only a bare
living
Would You mind tellin' me what
YOU lecture about -
'No. The subject Of the lecture I
am delivering this season Is The In
dustrial Crisis. "
Mister said the caller, eagerly,
"D0n't yol want a feller 70 travel with
yoJ u horrible example Of the effects
Of idleness Chicago Tri5me.
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III

On the night Of November, -, 1893,
about three weeks after his first appear
anca in the street, the solitary tenant
of No. II Cambridge street, entered his
room i'm q cheerful mood. There was
a grin on his thin lips, for that day he
had made Il lucky stroke which netted
him a snug sum.
His keen eyes swept the bare room
with grim delight, and again he gloat-
cd over the chance which had thrown
such bargain in his way. What did
il matter if the place was deserted and
crumbling to decay? He had no call
ers aud wanted none. 1t served his
purpose hy giving him Il shelter at the
smallest possible outlay, 81 that he
could place his money TO advantage in
the market, and double, aye, perhaps
treble it. He had rarely failed To place
it to advantage during the thirty-five
years which he had spent in specula-
ton.
Outside the night was swiftly coming
on, 50 he touched match To the coal
oil lamp on the table, and at the sud-
den glare troop of rats scampered
across the floor and disappeared. He
laughed harshly and sat down. All 1t
once his spasm of mirth grew stronger
and peal after peal rang out on the still
air 1t was Il strange thing, truly
this cruel-faced old man, alone in his
solitary and cherries home, swaying
to and fro in paroxysm of harsh, I'M
musical laughter which shook the era
Nv timbers beneath him and ratified the
discolored plnes of glass in the window
behind him. The shadow east on the
wall by the flicSering lamp-light rock
ed in unison with him and lent more
ghastly effect to the uncanny scene.
Suddenly he ceased, wiping the water
from his eyes then he drew from his
pocket a thick leather book and open
in. it at the first leaf was in a moment
absorbed i'm it, contents. 1t was a
closely-written record of events-evi-
IDENTITY a diary-lnd the date stood oat
in little gilt letters on the cover-lSjo.
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This ended the days record. The
old man lifted his eyes ali mIrmIrcI:
"And twenty-five years have gone -
He was shaking from head to foot
now with sort of supcrstitious fear,
and.he no longer trihcd with his con-
science. "H)w true his words were"
ne said, and yet, at the time. fancied
that had done no uncommon thing" :"
He started up and looked around,
flncying he heard a noise. y draught
of air swept up through Granny in the
flor and llIttered the leaves of his
book. Even at this ne started. Then,
with another harsh laugh, he called
him self coward and went on with his
reading. The next few leaves contain
ed only dry records of the action of the
stock market and he passed them
quickly. Suddenly he gave 4 great
start and read aloud:
April Is. Tonight a bad thing hap
peled. He shot and killed his wife
anu iliGI tllilliittttl 7AiAtl'lI-
I'll :" muttered the old man." that
means Robert Trent" and he shudier-
ed. Was il fancy or echo? The words
seemed 10 come back 10 him in anOth-
er voice from a corner of the room. The
lamp ha I gone low and he was seized
BY great shiveFing ~ he rose and
peered into each corner. Except for
tn rat he was alone. Again he went
back to has book and read
have decided to have nothing on
M conscience, although even now
know / am free from blame. | will
senl the child away 10 be educated.
II shall 90 through college, if he cares
to, but he shall never know who i his
benefactOr. The papers have called
me IL benevolent gentleman. | will
prov, my title. All the arrangements
have been made. He il To be reared in
Il pr,vat. school and when old enough
shall go 20 college. The money has al
read; been paid into the hands of a
trustee. \ pity that - much money
should 20 fOr-but | ,CH have a clear
conscience. Now my work l. done.
H. closed the book and wiped the
perspiration from his brow. At the
same instant the mysterious voice again
sounded in his ears-lgain it sounded
the nam of Robert Trent. He shook
from head To foot and a dread of hor-
rible evil seized him. He sank into
his chair and buried his face in his
hands as if To shut ont some fearful
sight-he, vino had never before known
"a moments weakness. He distinctly
heard low muttering of vague, mean
ingless soonds, ever and anon punctu-
ated by sharp, clear sound that AZ
sImed shape and Conference.-The sound
of name that made his very marrow
cold, coming as it did from the silence
ola quarter of a century to reprOach
him in his lonely hOme-the name OF
Robert Trent. H. could not lift
his eyes. Fear, abject fear, had com
plcte control of him. Thc lamp flick
cred and went out. Braith was not
superstitious, but the dread which hung
over him could not be shaken off. The
bare old room seemed To h i'm people,
with phantoms OF wretched, wicked
past. Ii came To him with full forc'
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A 444CAMBRiDGE STREET
The Story of the Ghost OF Robert Trent and
Its Silent Revenge. By Albert Hunt
From the Philadelphia Tins.

On the morning of tho lith of April,
1858, the newspapers of Philadelphia
chronicled fearful crime. Early the
night before = young man named Rob
ert Trent had murdered his wife and
himself. They had been married only
observed their unflagging devotion to
each other during that time had made
pretty little romance out of it. They
were both from the ''c)Iutry
name applied to a thriving town in the
interior of the State. Trent had in
harited few thousands from his faith
cr and, as he had been given a course of
chemistry and medicine, he brought
his bride to the city and established a
drug business on small scale. They
Were intelligent and, to degree, REIN
ed, bIt they were also eminently un-
sophisticated and they fell into tempta-
ton. One day Trent left the store in
town. That night he jubilantly told
| his wife that he was on the high road
t. fortune. Such terms as margins"
and ri e in the market, were n Greek
| to her and she heard listlessly. Her
| interest then was centered in needle
work-tiny knit socks, caps, lace5 and
what not, such as brides of not quite
year generally work upon. Unfortu-
nately, Trent had made profit with
his shares of stock, with the usual re-
suit. In the space of a few months
time, there remained no inheritance :;
no prosperous little business--nOthing
except a chubby little affair in n cradle,
whose feeble walls brought tears to the
mothers eyes and muttered oaths 10
the fathers lips. Trent adoTed his
yoang bride and he was weak. The
almost illegible scawl found on the
dressing table declared that he lacked
courage to face the prospect of unmiti-
gated privation. The Coroner's jury,
in one of lis usual attacks of wisdom,
decided that he was temporarily in
sane. When the bodies were found
that night, the one witness lay placid
ly asleep in its cradle. Trent, in his
| despair, had either forgotten or inten-
tionally spared that little life.
Then stories were told and rumors
circulated. \ wiseacre of the neigh
boorhood asserted that Trent had been
duped. 1t was only a supiciOn and it
was quickly dissipated by certain be-
neyolent gentleman who had often
been seen at the house of the Trents
and who was known To have been their
valued friend. He announced that
Trent had been seized with the fever
in the ordinary way-he wanted to get
rich. The benevolent gentleman had
done everything in his power to dis
suade him, but without avail, and the
end was a he had feared. It was the
old story.
Next, plans for the welfare of the
child were suggested, for the tragedy
had attracted much sympathy. Again
the benevolent gentleman came T. the
front. He would take care Of the or
phan for friendship and PHYS sake
Nobody knew anything about the be-
nevolent gentleman, but everybody, in
his or her secret heart, was glad that
the responsibility had been removed
and they applauded his conduct with
unfeigned admiration.
When the applause had died away
the sensation had died with it, and the
tendered-hearted guardian, with his
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-05
Grains Of fGoli.
D)a't speak impItiently 10 children

Doa't speak impltiently to children
Anybody can 90 to heaven on a toIab-
stone.
The man who loves his dlty will not
slight it.
The feet Of truth are slow, bat they
never slip.
Don't 20 where You woIld not lie
willing t. die.
D,l't - to sleep until yoI can for
give cverybody.
There arc 10 many people who never
pray until they have to.
D5n't give advie, to others that yol
are not willing to follow.
five would speak kind words we
must cIltivase kind feelings.
Some m.a join church with no bet
ter motive than o,hcrs rob bank
Ifm.l hal u b, judged b. one an
other nobody c)Ild get t. heaven.
The quickest way for man - faI
o1t what others think OF him il . rIl
fOrOfiicc.
Don't do anything today that yoI
wouldn't want t. be foand doingol the
judgment day.
II i MT what You PIT into your
p1cSet, BY what yo1 tallc oIt that will
make you rich.
Happiness consists in virtIOus aud
honest life, in being content with
c1mp,teIcy Of outward things, and in
using them temperItely.
Ii conversation b, an art, like paint
ing, sculpture and literature, il owes
its most powerful eiIrm y Mature;
aud the least shade OF formllity or ar
tiiice destroys the effect OF the best e1l-
lection OF words.
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At first grin Of evil satisfaction dis
tOrted his lips, but as page after page
was passed, and he Travelled into the
body Of the diary, the words he read
seemed 10 trouble him. Here and there
he paused and glanced fcarfuily over
his shoulder. He told himself that his
nerves were playing tricks, but it was
the first time he had admitted the pos
session of nerves. The grin left his lips
and his brows grew together. Once, u
rat boider, than the rest, struck against
a leg Of the table, and the old man,
with a sharp cry, half started from his
seat. Then he looked towards the win
dow. Outside il was black and utter
ly silent. Night had come on, but he
raised his hand TO shade his eyes, he
suddenly found that ne was trembling
"Been reading too long he said, but
he knew that it was something else.
He knew that although ne had again
and again read the record of that event
ful year until the sylIables stood out
plainly in his brain, it had never be-
fore effected him as it did tonight. 1t
had always given him sort of pleas
urc. He loved To read how sharp-wit-
ted men amassed fortunes by their cum
ing and at the expense of other men,
but when the achievement was his
own the joy was two-fOld. Yet he was
undeniably nervous tonight, and he
felt a triile ILL., His head throbbed
painfully, but he went on with his
book. At last he came to page which
set his lips twitching, and almost un-
consciously he read the chronicle aloud:
April l. To-day he came TO me and
demanded money. | told him was
not his banker and then ne used harsh
words. You got NE into this" he
said, ''and You must get ne out. /
mdst.haye money and yoI must give
it 10 me- Really, l almost lost my
temper. Give it TO you" I said
"My dear young friend, am 1 to blame
because, like 50 many other fools, you
Thought to get rich sIddenly?''
II was fool he answered hotly,
''to trust niy last dollar to such as you.
lie was speaking loudly and / wanted
no scene, so | said: ''Let us have no
trouble, Robert; Use your common
sense. You gave me the money 70 in
vest for you according 10 my Judgment.
Unfortunately, a. frequently happens,
my Judgment miscarried ana your
money went. If YOU had any more
We might Try again, but you say"
More" he cried, ..mOre? If / only
had-bIt, my God, it is all gone
every penny-the business ard all
OH, my wife" and he began 10 cry like
= baby, like the baby that lie IS. j
shrugged my shoulders and repeated
that il was hard. At this lie burst into
another of his furies. ''IIaTd you can
stand there and say that, with my
money in your pocket, you seOundrel |,
| know-smile away know you have
ME that / can't prove il, but also
know that as true rs | stand before you,
that yoa have cheated me and myVife
and child and you know it." Ii was
most trying 10 me, out | saw that he
was agitated and | really pitied him.
You may say what YOU please, Trent,
| told him. II would help you if
coald, but have lost in this sudden
turn, too. Now, you are excited. Go
home and say nothing and wc'il see
what can be done Tomorrow He
looked ut me strangely for Il mament
and then went out.
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Anarchy and Authority.

Near Milan recently, the laborers on
the estate Of a riel proprietor named
Nal drove up 10 his house with the
harvested ejTn- Tley were met by
his son, youth of twenty-three, who
made them a speech telling them that
the grain they had sowa and cut was
theirs by natural right, and bidding
them take il home and shout ''LOng
live Anarchy" After some pressure
they obeyed, and on the fathers re-
turn the help of the police was requir-
ell 10 make them give up the corn
again. The son thought it prudent TO
leave the country.
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Harper's Magazine
IN 1895.

The Simpletons, a new novel by Thorn
as hariy, viii be begun in the December
number, lSji, and continue to Novembe
1870. Whoever may bc ones favorite
among English novelists. il viii be con-
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stands foremost as "A master artiS: i'm iic-
uon-and The Simpletons may he expec: ed
% arouse enthusiasm not inferior in de-
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northern Africa * attracting more at
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there VIII begin in the January number
the first chapters IF a thrce-part Novelette,
by Richard Harding Davis-the longest
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VIII continue To be a feature of the -Hagd-
-IaP.
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JES' FORE CHRISTMAS.

Father calls me William, sister calls me VIII,
Mother calls me wIllie-but the fellers call
me BIZ.
Mighty glad amt sirl-ruthar be "A boy
Without them sashes, eurls an things that's
worn By Fauntleroy.
Love 20 chawnk green apples an go swimmln'
In the lake
Hate TO take the csstor-ile they give rr belly
ache!
Most ali the time the hull year rOun' there
amt no flies on ine.
Blu; Jes' fore Christmas I'm as good as can
be.
Got yelier dog nsned spor;-sic. I'm on
the eat;
Fust thing she knows she doesn't know where
she is at,
Got cllpper-sled, an when Us boys goes out
| 10 slide
| nde
But, sometimes, when the grocery man Is
| Worried and cross,
He reaches at me with his whip, and larrups
| up his hoss;
An then laf and hollcr: "oh, you never
toched sie -
But jes' fore Christmas I'm ar good rs / can
be.
Gamma says she hopes that when / git to be
man
| I'll b. a missioaercr like her oldes' brother
Dan,
! As wuz ct up by the cannib'ls that lives in
Ceylon's isle,
Where every prospeca pIcases an only man
! Is vile
Bat grsn'ma she had never been 10 see Wild
West show,
| Or read the life NV Daniel Boone, or else guess
shed know
| fr me
ExccD' jes' fore Christmas, when I'm good as
kin be!
| Then OF Sport he hangs around, so sollum
like an still
HIS eyes they seem a-sayin' =: whats cr mat
Ter, little Biil."
The eat she sneaks down OIL her perch, a.
wonieriE' what's become
w iuein Two enemies Nv Ecfu tudt use Ter
make things hum!
| But an so peTlite and stick 20 earnestlike TO
biz,
| That mother says TO father; How improved
our Willie is -
But father, liavin' been a boy hisself, suspic-
ions me,
When 'ies fore Christmas, I'm as good as l
kin b0
For Christmas, with its lots an lots Nv candies,
| cakes an toys,
wuz made, they say, rr proper kids, and Hoi
rr naughty boys.
| 80 wash yer Eiee, and bresh yer hair, an mind
yer p's an qs,
An don't bust out yer pantaloons, an don't
wear out ser shoes;
| Say yessum to the ladies, an yessir to the
men,
An when they's company don't pass yer plate
fr pie again;
But thinkia' Nv the things you'd like TO see
upon that tree,
Jes' fore Christmas be as good as you kin
be!-
EUGENE FIELD in December Ladies Home
JoHgaaL
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425 Main ST., SOMERSET, PA.

Men. BOYS and Children's finea cheap
Suits and a large line Of Oyercoats for
Men. Boys and Children nderWe'lr'
over Shirts. Laundried Shirts, Night
Shirts. Overalls, Pants, Hosiery, Gloves
Nittens, Suspenders, Braces, Guns Col
lars, etc. Hats. Caps. Muiiiers aud Hand
kerrhiefS. etc. will sacrifice all goods
that have been in stock over one year
Am closing ont my entire line of Boots,
Shoes. Carpets & OIL Cloths at Reduced
Prices
buy for Cash; sell for Cash or APP
moved Notes at short time; and 'conse-
onentlv can afford Small Profits
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-12-05

The Grand Duchess Catharine, for
whom tine Russian court is i'm MOURN
ing was the cleverest and most popular
member of the royal family. She was
very handsome woman, almost gi-
gantie in her proportians.
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Hour after hour fled swiftly by un-
needed the rats, emboldened by the
silence, emerged from their holes and
made little excursions across the floor,
and the light in the lamp gradually
waned, bat still the old man bent over
his book and read with eager eyes.
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Harper's Weekly
IN 1895.

HagpcI's Weeklg is a pictorial history
of the times Ii presents every import
an. event promptly. accurately and eN-
bauStiVely in illustration and descriptive
text of the highest order.
The manner in which, during lSf. Il
has treated the Chicago Railway Strikes
and the ChinO-Japanese War, ana the
amount of light ii was able To throw on
Korea the instant attention was directed
To that little-kRown country, are exam
p!eS of its almost boundless resources.
Julian Ralph. the distinguished writer
and correspondent. has been sent to the
seat of war. and there Joined 10y {. D.
Weldon, the well-kIsOwn American artist
now for many years resident in Japan,
who has been engaged to corporate with
Mr.. Ralph in sending to H1rper's Week
IN exclusive information and illustration.
During lSs5 every vital question VIII he
discussed with yigoT and without preju-
dice in the editorial columns, and also in
special articles by the highest authorities
in each department. Portraits of the men
aud women who are making history, and
powerful and caustic political cartoons
will continue to he characteristic features
This Busy World, with its keen and kind
" comment on the lesser doings of the
iay. will remain "A regular department.
Fiction. There will he two powerful
serials. both handsomely illnstraied-The
Red Cockade. a stirring romance of Olden
days bv Stanley J. Wayman. and a novel
of New York. entitled The Son of Iii.
Father. by Brander Matthews-se"era
noveieiies, and many short stories 10y
popular writer's
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Ole night there was mild excitement
in the street. Moving lights had been
seen on the first floor of No. "A. The
ghost story was retold and the children
quaked, but one hardy youth, with
Wanted courage bat throbbing heart,
investigated to his everlasting glory.
And the ghost developed into nothing
more supernatural than a band of
noisy medical students who had hired
the first floor of the old tumble-down
house as "a fit place to make experiments
without disturbance After that they
came and went at odd times, and the
neighborhoOd had grown accustomed
to them when another thing happened.
The house received regular tenant
not ghost, but u Breathing, human
personality real tenant in common
with the legions of rats which had
gnawed passages through the floors
ami built nests in the crazy timbers.
The new tenant was a suggestive of
mystery as was his dreary dwelling
place. He was apparently on the
shady side of 90, lean and gaunt, with
pair OF shifty eyes and a hard, firm
mouth. Even the denizens of street
such as this felt their resources fail
when they tried to find him out. They
learned, in that occult manner in which
secrets always leak out, that his name
was Kingston Braith, and they said
that he was rich and miSer. Who
bat lniser would live in such hole?
Uunconsciousiy they hit the truth.
Mr.. Braith had money and he loved
and guarded it jealousy. He lived on
the second floor they knew, because
the band of students still came on Oc-
c:,sions tO the first, but they were less
noisy now, having been warned eyi-
IDENTIFY of the rights of the upstairs
tenant Not from him, however.
Whatever was his solitary occupation
it must have been of absorbing interest
for they never heard sound from
above. As matter of fact the old man
knew but vaguely that mt intervals a
certain group of men assembled below,
but for what pIrpo,e he neither knew
nor cared.