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s'I should say not. They are about
as big as a commodious coffin" re-
turned her husband, with cold, cynic.
al laugh.
The next fiat was only few blocks
distant. They walked there, and Mr..
Westside took occasion to comment on
how noisy the neighborhood was.
But 1 dare say there will be SO
many children in the house that, after
all the quietest part of the house viii
exasperating smile. His wife merely
gave him one of her looks, which, how.
ever, spoke whole library.
The janitor did not smoke, nor did he
wear a coat or vest, but he calmly
picked his teeth while reluctantly inn.
parting his information. He also
yawned YEARLY from time to time.
''How do you like it?" asked Mrs.
W
''Oh, it's gem! The Croton bugs are
holding conventions on the floor and
running races up and down the walls;
but, to Offset that, just come to this
window and see what a lovely view we
will have of the neighbors' shirts, petit.
coats and underwear
The janitor explained that the Crotou
bugs were really beneficial as they ex.
terminated the moths, but even this
enticing inducement did not have much
effect on the fiat hunters.
''Now let us try some other locality
said Mrs. Westside, with determined
expression.
lam willing to keep this up all day."
said Mr.. W, resignedly. Pm like the
man who killed a skunk. After he
killed the first one, he got desperate,
and killed six more. Now for the next
little gem with a hardwood finish.'"
The janitor at the next fat was
colored man, whose tongue made two
thousand oscillations to the minute. He
explained in glowing language how
there was miraculous attachment to
the kitchen range by which all tho
smells went up the chimney, while the
heat warmed the rooms and dark
winding labyrinth which he called a
hall, but which reminded Mr.. Westside
of the Chamber of Horrors" in the
Eden Musee.
There is only one objection to this
fat" said Mr.. Westside, land that is
that the ceilings are too low and the
rent is too high. Now, if. the landlord
would only raise the ceilings and lower
the rent we would move in on the 1st.'
The janitor was not sanguine that
the landlord would seriously entertain
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crows feet that had begun to show at
the corners of her eyes three years
before were perceptibly deepening.
Thus he deliberately remarked the
ravages of time on her pretty face, as
he had invariably done on the rare oc-
casions when he encountered her, for
more than a score of years. Did she
note the small bald spot on his head,
or the slight limp where the rheuma-
tism had laid hold of him, he won
dered?
John Sexton could not'hav told why
he made this cold-blooded examination
of the vanishing charms of her who had
once been his ideal of all womanly
worth and loneliness. It may have
been unconscious revenge for the man
ner in which she treated him. 1t may
have been to prove to himself that his
heart was hardened against her. 1t
may have been the innate savagery
that turks in all men.
Marching along the weary road to
the cemetery he recalled the rest In
those days of his weakness and despair,
others, men and women, had sought
him and endeavored to cheer himS She
had never come. When he met her at
the houses of mutual friends she had
treated him with a rigor that had
taught him only too well the changed
relation that he, a cripple, occupied
toward her. Other problems confront
ed him He had found himself a use
less, helpless man, depending upon a
brother, and barely tolerated in the
house by his brothers wife. He could
perform no active labor, was incapac-
itated for trade, and had not the
means to fit himself for a learned pro-
fession. He drifted about from one
light vocation to another, filing each
indifferently. more and more oppressed
with sense of his uselessness- he, a
young, ambitious man, filed with
energy and industry that he could
find no means to apply. He taught
himself to write with his left hand, and
to write rapidly and well, and the gov
eminent for which he had sacrificed so
much at length took pity on him and
gave him place in the land Office of
the district. Withdrawn from society,
with few friends and 40 intimates, he
led the life of recluse. Miss Mehit-
able, on the other hand, kept pace
with the world and all good works
Years had s;lenced her girlish gayety,
and lent her a certain gravity and Sc
verify of demeanor that in no wise de-
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pale, silent, her eyes intent upon him
with an expression that he could not
then understand, but that he afterward
construed into shrinking horror of
the wreck he had become. A crowd
of people had surged in between
them-neighb ors, friends, Indifferent
acquaintances, the majority with
hearty words of sympathy on their
lips; a few moved by idle curiosity to
see how foully the accidents of fortune
had plundered him. One old woman
whose son had fallen on the battle
field had cried over him in the place of
his own mother, whose frai1 thread of
life had snapped in the tension of the
first few months after he had gone to
the front.
In the midst of this tumult Of pity
and sorrow he had again had glimpse
of Hetty, her gaze withdrawn from
him, calmly penciling some memoranda
In a little silk-bound book that she
carried, and he had wondered if she
were making note of some fnery she
intended to wear at the next party
or church festival or was taking down
the date of an engagement she had
made for boat ride or dance, bitterly
contrasting her gay life of pleasure
with the heavy burden of care and per-
plex:ty that had descended upon him.
Yet few seconds later there had been
a moment, a strange, bewildering mo-
ment when she had paused before him,
looking into his eyes again with a
mute, beseeching look, striving to
speak, her trembling voice dying away
in broken utterances. One instant she
had put up her little hand to re-
arrange some trifing disorder in his
dress, as a loving womaD might have
done for her disabled hero; in the next
she had slipped away out of his life
forever.
He had taken his place with his com
rades, behind the VIII eezy string band
that led the procession, preceded only
by the high dignitaries of the village
and the carriage containing the orator
of the day. Citizens were grouped on
the platform, watching the line form
while waiting for their carriages. For
the instant the old soldiers, whose
services were forgotten for the rest of
the year, were the center of attention.
John Sexton saw Miss Mehita BILE
Plympton standing on the church
steps. He lifted his hat courteously,
albeit somewhat awlwardly, with his
left hand, and calmly regarded her.
She was really very well-preserved
woman for her age, but there was a
wrinkle forming on her forehead, be-
tween her eyebrows, and her hair was
getting grayer on the temples The
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any such proposition, so they consulted
the memorandum and moved on. The
next fat on the list could only be seen
by permit, so they went to the real
estate office. A very pompous little
man with bald head told them very
impressively that he would expect
frst-class references. He went on at
some length to tell about how high.
toned his tenants had to be. He
seemed to regard his visitors with sus,
picion. This nettled Mr.. Westside, who
was already exasperated over the ex,
periences he had undergone at the
hands of janitors, so, assuming very
naughty air, Mr.. Westside asked:
Il hope the neighborhood is a very
aristocratic one, otherwise it would
hardly be worth while for us to ex.
anime the apartments"
''The neighborhood," replied the real
estate agent, somewhat taken aback,
sis all that could be desired by the
most fastidious."
"Ah! indeed! Any of the -Four Hun
dred' live in the immediate vicinity?"
The agent was obliged to admit that
while some very distinguished people
lived in the neighborhood, none of them
actually belonged to the highest order
of New York aristocracy.
''I'm sorry to hear that" said West
side, shaking his head.
''What do you mean by such tallx?"
said Mrs. Westside, when they reached
the street.
sit means I am tired and Disguised
hunting fats, and if there is any more
of it to be done, you can do it by your
self. However, / will look at just one
more gem with hardwood fnish.'"
''This elegant apartment" said the
janitor, who was natural-born orator,
sis close to everywhere. It is only
short distance to the lordly and pictur-
esque Hudson, within sight of the
majestic Palisades"
Hold up, there said Westside, ''ac-
cording to your advertisement this fat
should have southern exposure.
Where is it?'
The janitor tried to hedge by saying
that the advertisement was written by
the owner.
'sWe11, he Is patriot. He knows no
south and no north, and I guess he is
little shalry about the east and west.
However, what was it you were saying
about thisf being centrally located?"
YES" resumed the janitor, at is
close to the principal theaterss there
are three saloons IN the neighborhood,
all of which keep open ON Sunday. You
are close to Central park, and there is
savings bank right across the way"
sYes, that is all very nice, but as
you want $50 a month rent, the savings
bank cuts no figure. After we have.
paid the rent, we win have no earthly
use for a savings bank. Good morn
| ing"
And this ended the first day 'seffort OF
Mr.. and Mrs Westside to rent, and it is
| just snch an experience as nine fat
hunters out of ten have to 70 through
ALEX. E. SWEET.
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tracted from the esteem in which she
was held. Sexton watched the growth
of this tendency as dispassionately as
he had witnessed the fading of her
youthful bloom.
''She has rounded forty now" he
said to himself. ''Soon her evesight
will begin to fail. When she puts on
spectacles her temper will begin to
grow acid
The graveyard was on little knoll,
crowned with naples, which were be-
ginning to leaf. AS they moved up the
long avenue the sun broke through the
clouds, sitting down through the deli
cate green foliage and pendulous clus-
tiers of seed pods, heightening the bril-
liant co1ors of the national flags that
marked the soldiers graves, and kiss
ing the purple violets and shell-pink
anemones, natures own tribute, that
crept close to the mounds. The warmth
and rejoicing of northern spring lift
ed the pail from each heart Neighbor
looked kindly sympathy to neighbor.
The tragedy and woe of the great con-
f1ict were put resolutely from sight.
Valor and glory became the topic of
the hour.
John Sexton remained silent and pre-
occupied. A slight incident had dis
turbed him and aroused in him a sense
of anxiety and discomfort which he did
not attempt to analyze. Toiling up
the steep ascent, Mehitable Plympton
had stumbled, and his arm had saved
her from falling. How thin and wasted
the hand that had chung to him for
moment; how slight the weight that
he had sustained. With grim satisfac
ton he had watched the tokens of fail
ing youth in her keep pace with his
own accommodating infirmities.e Beyond
this he had never looked until now.
She had seated herself upon the bank
and insisted that he should go on. Her
painting breath as she leaned against a
tree told how her frail strength was
exhausted. A nameless foreboding op-
pressed him as he left her.
comrade observed his depression
and approached him, addressing him
geniaHy, touching the burnt hole in
his sleeve, in mute recognition of its
import, then lifting his hand to smooth
down the pocket lapel on the breast of
his old military coat. A paper rustled
in the pocket.
Important dispatches" queried the
other, in smiling recognition of the
service in which the old coat had been
worn.
IF they were, I'm afraid their use
fulness would be past" returned Sex
ton lightly, idly thrusting his hand
into the pocket and wondering what
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celestial mansions described In the
Bible"
''Of course, you must try and see
how disagreeable you can be-" replied
Mrs. Westside.
When they reached the house they
found it was a tumbledown sort of
structure, situated near Harlem river.
"Why, the cellar is half full of water, ,
exclaimed Mrs Westsjde.
Eyes, mum, but only at high tide"
explained the owner, who was showing
them over the premises. Sat all other
times it is as dry as bone"
Taking the cable cars over to the OPP
posfte side of the city, they next in
spected IAN elegant fiat with all light
rooms" The janftor did not remove
his pipe while talking. It was only
when he expectorated that he made
that concession. Most of the rooms
received dim, religious light from a
dark, mysterious dungeon, which was
called "a we'll" The janitor explained
Chat there was 'fantail" gas burner
in each room in case more light was
needed.
Mr.. Westside remarked that the
clothes presses were very dark, and
pretended to be very much astonisheo
when the janitor explained that they
were bedrooms, not Clothes presses.
''Why, of course, they are bedrooms,
although they are not very large" said
Mrs. Westside.
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relic of army days would come to light.
He drew out couple of tiny sheets,
gilded on three edges, a jagged line
on the fourth showing where they
had been hastily torn from a binding.
Across these was scraw1ed a message:
Twill marry you tonight, if you want me,
John. Your empty sleeve is more to me than
all the epaulets in the world"
There was no date or signature, but
he knew Hetty Plympton's hand. What
did it mean? When had she written
it? How did it come there? He re-
manned standing, stupefed, bewildered,
while the rest moved on. Suddenly
the explanation flashed upon him. He
remembered the scene at the railroad
station on the day of his return from
the south; how she had turned aside to
write in the little book; her light
touch on his breast when she had stood
before him.
1t was well for Hetty Plympton that
the place where she had sat down to
rest was by-path, away from the line
of march. John Sexton would not
have hesitated or delayed his errand if
there had been a thousand people
about her. She rose at the sound of
his quick tread. He held out the little
scraps of paper to her.
''Hetty, have but just found this.
never saw it before. My darling,
what must you have thought"
Can love and joy find resurrection,
full and perfect, after they have been
entombed for quarter of century?
Aye, if clean hands have laid them
away, and purity and faith kept guard
over them. Swift came the awaken
ing, gathering force and strength from
all the years through which they had
slumbered. Miss Hetty's face bios
somed into something so like its girlish
beauty that she was as one transfg-
ured to John Sexton, whose eyes lost
their tired, strained look and recovered
their youthful fire, while his figure
Strengthened, and he seemed in mo-
ment to renew his lost estate of youth
and courage.
Yet they accepted their happiness
reverently, as becomes those who re-
ceive precious gift, long withheld.
With low exclamation, like the cry
of some hurt creature, long suffering,
that has at last reached covert. Hetty
laid her head upon his breast, and he
folded his arm about her.
Sweetheart" he said, gently, ''your
pledge has been slow to reach me. The
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There were II. ia punches of
bananas consumed in the United States
last year. Jamaica, Cuba, Honduras
and Colombia supply most of the fruit.
Il Is within the easy memory of people
of middle age when bsznana was q
great rarity.
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SEARCHING FOR A FLAT.
Eighty Edifying Experience Of Mr.
and Mrs. Westside.
To Find Suitable HabitDtiOn In New
York Is Task Requiring Tireless
Energy, Unlimited Patience
and Some Cheek.
Especial New York letter.

Eight or ten years ago it was the al
most universal custom in New York to
move on the 1st of May. This custom
has, to great extent, become obsolete,
and now there is quite as much moving
done on the 1st of October as there is
on May day. In fact most tenants no
longer sign leases for any stated time,
but rent by the month. This arrange
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HE both of May was
raw and chill in Au-
rora, a small village
near the edge of the
northern pineries.
The sun had hidden
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day has been long and lonely. Will
you keep your promise tonight"
The shadows were frightening when
they turned their faces homeward, but
the radiance of the setting sun was in
their faces.-Flora II. Longhead, in
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
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~ 'tlIHliihD W 0OSOA obS
And lay the sweet perfume
OF flowers that bloom around our homes,
Upon the soldiers tomb.
This sad, sweet hour brings to our minds
The parting and the pain,
And all the sad heart-breakfng days
Ere we should meet again.
All! those were days when parents heart:
Seemed breaking with their grief,
When hair grew gray and toiling hands
Shook like the failing leaf.
When wives and children toiled by day
And wept and prayed at night,
And sisters knelt with blanching cheek.
Prayed: God defend the right"
The war is DER; we purchased peace,
But oh, at what prtcel
All DER the land the mounds are proof
OF freedoms sacrifice.
But while we place earth's fairest flowers
Above our home-brought brave,
Our hearts go out in sympathy
To many an unmarked grave
In honoring one we honor all
Brave soldiers of our land,
For Just as dear are those who rest
Beneath the southern sand
Then place the flowers with gentle hand
Upon the velvet sod,
And pray that all may meet again
Around the throne of God.
Mary w. Tucker, in Ohio Farmer.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
RAILROADS.
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND 6 ROCHESTER, L. R.
STATION FOOT OF pkEBLE STREET

D. on and after Sunday. October 2s, 1894.
PASSENGER trains viii Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua. Windham and Erping at 7.3O a.
For Manchester, Concord, and points North
, dt I.So a. m. and 1890 p. m.
for Rochester, Springvale. Alfred, Water.
noro and saco River at 7.3o a. m. 1880 and
4.26 p. m.
For aorham at 7.3o and 9.45 a. m. 1880
300, 4.25, and $50 p. m.
FOR WestbrOoh, Cumberland Mills, West
brook Junction and Woodfords at 7.3O,
9.46 a. m.. 1890. 500. AIS. and
For Forest Avenue Deering), 6.2op. m.
Tho 1890 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver junction with "Hoosao Tunnel
Route for the West and at Union Station.
Worcester, for Providence and New York,
via Providence Line" for Norwich and
New York, via "Norwich Line" with Boston
New York ALI Rail via "Springfield."
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 80 p. m. from Rochester at $50 a. H.,
l.3o and 6.50p. M; from Gorha,n
Alb, anG 55O p. N.
South, apply to f. Fl. COLLINS. Ticket
). W. PETERS, supt
ie3s att
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04

Boston & Maine e. r.
In Effect April 20, 1895.
WESTERN DIVISION.

Trains leave Union Station, tor searboro
Crossing. 905 a. m. els, 6.2o p. M,
Srarboro Beach, Pine Point. 100. 9.o5 a. m.
$50. 5.15 $50 D. m.. Old Orchard Beach,
saco, Biddeford. 700. s. O5 a. M, I2.4O,
330 5,15, GO p. IN. Kenn chunk. 100.
a. IN. 124o, $50. BIO, 6. 20 p. m. Wells Beach.
ZOO a. M. $50, 5,15 p: m; No. berwick,
$50. 5.15 q. m.; Rochester. Farmtngton,
Alton Bay, 12.4o. $3.50 .. m.; Woifboro.
$50 p. M; Worcester (via somersworth
Concord 100 a. M. $50 p. m; South New
market junction, Exeter. Haverhill, Law
renee. Lowell. Boston, t7.ooa. H.. s12.40.
$50 p. m. Arrive Boston, 1925 a. m, 4.27
Boston for Portland. $50 a. H.. 1.co
4. 10 D. m.; Sundays. 3.45 a. m.
Sunday trains 70. Boston and Way Stations,
1895, 4.15 p. m. Arrive Boston, 5.26 and
EASTERN DIVISION.
From Union Station For Cape Elizabeth,
Deg S.45 q. m.; Saco, Conway junction,
Rochester, Pennington. Alton Bay, Wolf
Amesbury. Newburyport, Salem. Lynn,
Boston. ZOO 10 90 a. M. 81 90, 1000 p. M;
arrive Boston, 8. SO a. m.. 12.66, 4.26 and 9.2b
p. m; Boston for Portland 80. 800 a. M,
1890, 100 p. M; Sundays. 1900 a. NJ. TOO
p. nn.;
Sunday ~ trains for Bid1eford. Parts-
ton. ZOO a. M, LOO p. m.. arrive Boston,
&c connects wv With ae Rail Ii Lines for New YORK
South and West
sConnocts with Sound Lines for New York
aWestern Division from North Berwick Sun
days only.
sB-Connects at Scarboro Crossing with
train for Boston via Eastern Division.
1Connects at North Berwick tor all stations
on the Western Division.
Through tickets to all points
South and West tor sale at Union Station.
D. j. FLANDERS. G. P. and I. A.. Hoston.
Sept2S dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
Domestic Markres.
(By Telegraph,

JUNE 5. 1885.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
24,O67 packages; exports 1865 bbls and 1899
sacks: sales $500 packages; dull and easy the
close.
rIour quotations extras at 27oa3 40:
cIry mills extra at oO@4 40: CITY mills patents
90 0G5 15: winter wheat low grades at 2 70G
so fair to fancy at 75iI4 25: patents at 25
"A I'd; Minnesota clear 8 20@3 60: straghts
do at 80d4 15: do patents A. 1895 20: dorv
ne at ssa southern aafane -four a1 and
easy; common to fair extra at 2 e5G3 40; good
to choice at 5o@4 %. Rye -four firm. Corn
meal quiet and steady. Rye nominal. Wheat
10000 bush: dull, lower and weak; No 2 Red
store elev at 8OIbc; afloar at S0s4 0S1c; o b
at 8OSs @S1A No Northern at "a. Corn-re-
$1,000 bush; dull and easier, closing steady
No 2 at 56tAc in elev, 5714c aloat. Oats-re-
cepts 200 bush: exports = bush; sales H.
600 bush; No at 324 a33c; do White 3s1sc: :
White Sc. Mixed Western at 33034c;do White
and White State 36@421a. Beef dull and easy;
beef hams inactive; tierce beef quiet ana WEAK !;
cut meats are quiet and steady; picked bellies
12 TBS at 5s4 0e; do shoulders at ht051A; do
hams at Ss4 @914: middles nominal; Lard is
dull and lower; Western steam closed at 75;
at 7 5o compound at 5a55ac. Provisions
Pork dull and steady; mess at Sl3 759lA 80:
extra prime nominal. Butterin moderate de-
mand fancy firm; State dairy l1@171ac; do
12918c: do factory at S@11sAc; Elgins l71a
@l8. Cheese is quiet and about steady: State
large at 5G7c do fancy at z; do small at 5lA a
@7Nc. Petroleum nominal-united 81. Cof-
fee-Rio quiet and steadv sugar-raw dull
and steady; market for refined uuiet steady;
Noe at AGA 3-16c; No 7 at 37kD4 1-16c;
No 10 at ss4 0s 1916: No IL at 1l-l6@3B !;
No 12 at 9-16c@3s4 No 13 at 3sac; off A
at 41s @Asa C: Mould A at 11-16GD41s stand
L 10. 1IIfI q nd K 4 .t,oyrT
dered at 4s4 "a 15-16c: granulated at 7-161
asa c: Cubes 11-16@47sc.
Freights to Liverpool dull and nominal, grn
4Y steam ID.
quiet. steady. unchanged. Wheat-No Spring
at 7S5s@sl1sc; No Red at 1855 @sI sac
Corn-No at 511sc. Oats-No 2 at 29A q
2a1se: No o. Rye re-, at s5dsc; No Barley 81 tzc
mess pork S12 5O@12 621s Lard at 6 571s !:
Short rib sides 25@e 30. Dry salted meats
shoulders at s71s@5 SO; short clear sides at
Receipts-Flour, l1,7oo bbls: wheat 5000
rye. $500 bush; barley. 10000 bush.
bush; corn. 100 bush; oats $4,000 bush;
We. 1900 bush: barley. $500 bush
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and steady; patents at 1904 25; extra
fancy at 3 ao@4 90; fancy at 6ota3 10: choice
at 25@3 35. Wheat strong. Corn lower. Oats
firm: June at 29c. Provisions-Pork IL 621a.
Lard-prime steam 37ts@e 521a. Bacon
shoulders at 6L longs at 6Ts clear rib at /;
short clear at 71s. Dry salt meats-shouders at
5hc: longs 6as ; clear ribs at 61s short clear
6M.
Receipts-Flour 4.5o0 bbls: wheat "a, 900
bush: corn 81 900 bush; oats $4,000 bush; rye
bush.
shipments-Flour 1,1oO bbIs: wheat 1877. 900
bush ;corn 3,4oo bush; oats 6.7oO bush; rye
- bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red at sac; No
White at 35c. Corn-No at 521zc. Oats-No 2
White 341ac.