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thumpcd for the first time, he threw
open the curtains. There WIS only
decent old cap with white borders. and
face turned away into the pillows.
For an instant he looked down compass
sionately and with a sense of relief, the
next instant he saw at the foot of the
bed among the bedclothes, which wore
strangely disarranged, the large muddy
riding boots of man. Poor old gram
ny!" he laughed aloud, as if he were un-
conscious of being besieged, and were
growing more foolish and comfortable
every moment with his drink "A lit
tie grOg wont do zee no harm. III rouse
the old mother an give her taste o
gin. She looks a bit blue and cold.
Too old anyway to be on the road such
weather" He brought the bottle hasti-
ly from beside Rogers, and bent down
close to the cap. Rise up now, gran
ny, an take a taste" he counselcd her,
persuasivcly. Twill warm 'ee, dear"
There was moment of hesitation,
and Weymouth lifted the becapped
head and held the bottle to the lips.
The attack was too sudden and uncX-
pected; the watcher was. for some rea-
son, not ready to declare himself or to
F. provoke an open quarrel; the light was
dim, and with much choking and spill
| ing the liquor went down an unwilling
. throat.
As the peaceful fqurc with its grand
nothcrly cap recognized the bitten
| dram and rose with fury. STRAIGHT
blow from Wcymou'h's fist and two or
three more that followed, laid the dis
! olranr"l hcadgear back amonr tho
pillow. and stunned its wcarer into
| larmlessncss. Then Wevmouth pulled
| the net from its shelf after droppinr
the bottle as if it had fallen from a
tipsy manshand. and. catching ,hc.tout
tongs from the fireplace. he hurried to
the window and opened II softly If
looked far to the ground. but he hastily
pushed out the loose armfnls Of fine net
band heard them dron softly tlon met
cning a stout twist Of fine nnd ohnnt t,,o.
bars of the tonps and .brac;,,, cham
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DIR. Patton on the Bible.
THE END.

A few ultra conservative Presbytcrians
arc startled and alarmed at "A recent utter
ancc of DIR. Patton, VIII" has always been
looked upos as one of the most able of all
the conservative leaders in the church In
speaking of the Bible he said; Tho great
question Of our time is simply this What
is the Bible? There ARE two ways of deal
ing with this qucstion--one is the cccle-
yastical way; one is the way of scholarship
1t is the prcorgative of the court of last
resort to say whether this or that utter
ance does or does not contraVcne our con-
fcssona statements regarding inspiration
Tho church, in her judicial capacity can
not settle the great debate upon this qucs-
tiun. She cannot stop it. The debate is
going ON and will 60 on and ii must be in
the hands of men who have special apti-
tude for tho work. New York Tribune
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then ono pebble was tapped against am
other as be still crept downward. His
heart seemed to stop-a gust of wind
caught the light net and swished it
to and fro against the house. He fat
tened himself against the ground rnd
clutchcd the sod with his fingers, then
he dropped ono foot slowly over the
edge to find the shelf below. The bur
den Of the wallet hindcrcd him so that
he longcd to get rid of it. Suddenly
he heard an cGger whispers:
This way! Come this wayl Wcy-
mouth"
The dim shape shove. itself palmer
now above him. a woman knclt at the
wall above, reaching down to give him
a hand whose touch he we'll knew. He
quickly found his footing now and WIS
helped MP the steep scramble and stood
with her in the road.
Come. come" shc urged in whis-
per, "they will be keen after usl It's for
your life
She started off instantly down the
hill toward the water and he followed.
They were running on turf, not gravel,
and made no sound. As he ran by her
side She pushed him back impaticn'ly.
Keep away, don't come near she said.
"iurry. for heavens sake
As they reached tho how ground the
light figure that fitted before Wer-
mouth led him into a path that ran low
down on the laudward side OF the dyke,
which must layo hccn made partly by
cattle and partly by men who shielded
themselves from the force north winds
Of winter which blow across the water.
Two figures could easily have been
seen in the smooth path that ran along
the dyke top, bHt here they were shell
tered and the silent guide took a slower
pace as they passed some thiclcts OF
Osiers. Once She stopped and lnotioncd
to him and crept up the dyke side.
, Weymouth followed. and they saw that
they were nearly abreast Of the fishing
smack or smuggler If such She were.
( There was 4 boat just leaving her, a
lantern was held for an instant over the
side and then was hidden again Wey-
mouth looked back at the house on the
! height; they were now perhaps half IA
mile away. There were no lights IL
the windows, even in that which he
had left, bat by this time the wretchej
guttering candle would have mclt"C
and sucked itself into extinction. With
ont a word they both stepped back tc
! the path again, and ran on until tho
leader turned from the dyke across I
wide ditch which was hridocd by som,
unsteady plani.s. The meadow was we
/ under foot thew lost and found J:roir
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must wait for explanation, but, for his
part, he could not wait long to see his
dcliverer again. 1t was wonder that
he was not under the Severn like
the rest. But for the woman he
loved best; but for Elizabeth Brent,
he might indeed be drifting and sway
ing under the tide, the treasure stolen
and he himself charged with the rob
berry. As he rode he made the whole
plot clear to himself with its clever I'M
doing; he could never forget the look
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every husband, and she and Weymouth
We're lovers, and so She began to pity
him.
Il brought bit of bread and cheese,
dear, here in my apron she said. II
almost forgot it, but don't stop to eat
it now. Twas poor housing for You,
God pity me'
lie had left her stern and cold two
days before, and the wistful love she
now betrayed was more to Weymouth
than any danger, past, present or to
come. IT must be that she had for
Eotten nor un!Sind decision, but at the
first word Of an eager question she left
his side and hurried up the long slope
Tho heavy leather pouch chafed and
famed its carriers side, but, worse than
that, unhappy forebodinFs took the
spirit out Of his heart, The whole add
venture seemed unreal, danger and as
sistauce were both alike strange events,
play which developed itself before
his eyes Weymouth was liPht-headcd
for the moment, and neither his own
safety nor the Colds appeared to be i'm
portant, while the whole happiness of
his life was at stake.
A mile or two away the old inn stood
up against the dark sky like a dismal
prison. There were lights about it
now, as if there some stir and excite
mcnt. The escaped man drew a long
breath and hastened forward to over
take his companion.
"What shall do?' he asked. 81 have
no horse, and | must reach Bristol
by dawn. | have spent my life with
horses, but this one was like brother.
We'll | must leave him to their mercy.
We should have been in Bristol now,
for tho slilinr If q shinn
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What Did 1t.

His eyes had a dull unintellisont stare,
He staggered and turned from the desk in .
daze.
Bewilhoringly through his dsordored hair
His fingers lac ran, while he uttered such
phrase
As only lettering mind would invent.
Was he drunk Had he rashly and recklessly
tried
Some knockout connection, with deadly iutent'
Oh, mol He'd been reading Travellers
Guido.
-Richmond Dispatch.
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TOLD BY FAMOUS MEN.
SENATOR HILLS EXPERIENCE IN A
MURDER CASE.
Congressman Reed Recalls His First Speech
In the Bouso-liow lie Succeeded In
Commanding Attention Effect of the
Address.
LConyrlght. ls5l

fCopyright. lso51
Senator Mn or Now, Yorl, had n worry
interesting ,nurdnr co.n ina torar, I,o Lc.
came governor Of New S,rl II i, mot en
mucb Tho cnsn that undn il ir,aras,i,,,, nc
tho story that rrr,v ont. ,f IL !, ,,a, H.,
1854 Mr. nm wa. tbcu lio,,trn,,,t ,,,,,.,.,.,,-
ar nf Nav, Vnrl. A., r,,.n,,m,t ,,.',. ,,,,,.-
cruor and had inst bnc,, clnc,r1 ,,r,,.i,i-,,,t
AZ Iiartcnont ,,nvcrnor NJ Itil rn,,iu,,nd
tn nr.,tirn ln,y and in Derrn,h.-, 1854
,v,s cngn,,od IN ,,.iet tI,, ,,r,-o.,,tir,,
tnrnnv i'm o,itn n cclobr,tcd r,urdnr c,.o
M ....'t - ~ -, :,
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Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss she chung TO Castoria.
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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY AUGUST I5 1898


or horror on that face in the shadow of
the scttee, when the man whose rob
berry was planned had proved to be
himself. What pity grew in his heart
for that young creature; an angel, as
she seemed to him. lost among thieves!
The first thing to be done was to
make his report TO those who had sent
him out on the crrapd, and then to
take the quickest of journeys TO find
her again and make sure that they
should never be parted. So he rode in
short time from Bristol, grudging each
minute, but planning his return with
eagcrness.
When he reached the bank and told
his story and asked for help, he was
listened to with surprise and almost
with incredulity. Rogers had not re-
turned and the tale OF his craft and
dishonor seemed to be questioned. The
wrong road; suspicious den towards
which Weymouth believed himself to
be cnticed and which for purposes of
his own he refused for the moment to
describe); the strange liquor with its
deadly drug meant for him, all which
Rogers had got by mistake; all this
sounded even in the DAYS of greater
lawlessness like very strange story.
The senior partner was again heard 10
rrurnblc that Rogcrs was the best
clerk they over had, and grew more
and moro inpatient.
"Wcro Won robbed them" he demand
cd, arroQantlt, as if he believed the
worst of these excuses and was ready
TO take vengeance. but tho squire
nodded shrcwdlv at Weymouth. as if
they two kept an understanding.
Weymouth spranp to his feet and
,1. 4s p p; : ,s {: :. 4 s'. s
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not the man to give mp There was some
difficulty in getting an operator who was
skillful man to properly handle the cleo
trio machinery, but finally one was found.
Then began u pressure upon Governor
Hill for admission to the execution. From
| his past experience he was aware that the
electric companies would make every effort
to have men inside who would try to mako
such report of the affair ~ might turn
public sentiment against the method Of
execution one prominent editor Of New
York, who had been standing by the cleo
trio companies with great vigor and had
used all the power of his paper to defeat
the law and to assist the electric cumpa-
MES in preventing execution Ivy such
means, wrote a personal letter 10 Governor
liill asking the privilege Of having a re-
porter present Governor Hin denied this
request The law provided that a certain
number of persons should he present, and
the governor allowed man from each Of
the press associations 70 be there II is
probable that the New York senator i'm all
his experience with newspaper men has
met with but that one instance of a mem
Der of the profession disappointing him.
Ono of the men got sick AT the execution,
and his report was not in favor oAthc new
method of execution.
Since then there seems To bc q general
acquiCsccncc in the new form of death
penalty, and even the electric companies
have become rcconCiled to the Use OF cleo
tricity as "A means Of killing nurdcrcrS
They are now found willing to supply tho
state with the best improved dynamos for
generating electricity and to put i'm tho
different prisons requiring them all the
electric machinery necessary for first
class clcctrocution.
As some one has previously remarked,
/ nothing succeeds like success even if it ia
in dealing with such a CHASTITY thing az
death for the greatest crime.
Ex-Speaker Reeds First Speech.
Fx-Spcakcr Reed tells an interesting
story about his first speech in congress. Il
had served few months in the house, -
said Mr.. Reed, and had been waiting an
opportunity 10 rise to my feet and have
/ something tosay. Finally the William and
Mary college bill came up foDEonsidcra-
tion. All the sout hern people were rnthu-
siastic in its favor, and they induced DR..
LorinE of Massachusetts, to make very
patriotic and eloquent speech in its behalf.
/ When he bad finished the southern people
purpu,ciy organized procession to march
. through the aislce and up to DR.. Iorngs
scat for the purpose Of presenting him
their congratulations. While all this was
going on sat waiting There was a great
deal of confusion in the hail, and you can
imagine how anxious / became as the mo-
mcnts slipped by. The wonder to me is
that | had GOODNESS enough to wait but
did and after the congratulations had
/ been about all offered aud the house had
been quoted down somewhat | raised my
voice. But hu one appeared to see me, and
l would have sold out my chance very
cheap l think it was one Of the bittcrcst
moments Of INV life standing there sur
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The rest of the story might be long
tale by itself.

"Undcr floods that are deepest
Over rocks that are stecpest
Love will find out the way
But Weymouth's way was long one,
lie lost no time in starting on his quest
and pilgrimage, and his business of
horse dealing made an excellent excuse
for riding hither and yQn through the
newly settled part of the country, find
ing what faint traces he could of the
emigrants, from the day of their land
ing, but after many months had passed
he kept what patience and hope ne
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"You were ~ astray," said she,
speaking over her shoulder as he
walked close behind.
"By whom, then"
"Bv Rogers; they have trusted too
long Mt the bank; he has been waiting
his chance, aud hos been in league
with-with these people" she faltered.
"Lct us make haste
81 thought you meant to hail the
vessel said Weymouth. They could
have set round into Bristol"
"Do you not see that the wind has
fallen?" answered his companion.
"'ollks have been dropped overheard
from that craft before now. The
Severn is deep and wide enough to hide
many a man with a stone fast to his
neck"
Again they walked on for some time
without speaking, but az the foot of a
long ridge of land with hedge at the
top, she stopped onoe more and Wills
pered in his car.
eve must do something bold now"
she said; that is the road above us"
Weymouth stood like soldier wait
ing for his orders.
There is an inn close by us at tho
paths end. 'Tis no palace, yet not a
den of thieves like that" and she
pointed back to the shore. ITO let you
escape may bring down the law on their
heads. If they have not sent some one
hero already, they will do it soon.
They will not let You get away
so easily" she said. faltering
again "No one has escaped them
yet who could tell tales" and she
sobbcd in spite Of herself and let him
take her into his arms. Her strength
had broken at last Promise mo some
thing" she said, and he promised in
love and pity
1T is my shame and DOOM" she said,
VISA she could speak. II cannot marry
an honest man. They are my own peo-
pie. my nearest kin. these murderers
and tslicvcs. En-; they are going to
America, their passage is already taken.
Next wcclt all will be at an end. Let
them 90 free; they took ne an orphan
and bred me up kindly. lis as good as
any Punishment. l have promised to
go with them: it is my only hope and
prayer TO help them save their souls BIZ
honest living in new country.
She was wild and piteous now with
her kisses and cntrcaties. ooh, my
man, cannot be Your shame she cried
like one whose nerves were ailing and
whose distress was moro than could be
borne. You do not lSnow-you DO not
know; twas worse with them while
had gone away!"
Then l must follow YOU said the
troubled man, trying to comfort her
you are more than ever the wife fol
me-
Her face shonc in the dark witt
Wilderness: she stood before him anC
pushing him back with firm hand hcl
manner wholly changed.
Listen to mc"-she stopped a mo
ment while they both heard horse
tread coming along the highway
"Whatever horse that may be. if th'
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CHAPTER ".

There was no time for farewclls,
bat all the way the thought of the
lonely figure behind him in the road
was like a sword in Weymouth's heart.
AS day broke he rode into Bristol a
weary but not hopeless man. Through
ell the hurry and business of the morn
ing the experience of such a night
shimmercd in his mind, full Of unreali-
ty, like the remembrance of a bad
dream. In spite Of his promise he
must see that such horrid business
was stopped. This thought possessed
him at one moment, and at the next he
only desired 10 rescue the woman,
whom he now loved more than ever,
from such surroundings and from
the sense which so prayed upon
her of responsibility. 1t was necc s.
sary to act with discretion. He
knew now the reason of her withdrawal
from her promise made when they were
together in n distant part of England,
and while she for some reason had felt
free and light-hearted. Why she had
come back to the old shame, or to new
certainty of shame? All these things
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could IN the midst OF encouragement,
and believed at last that fate would
lead him where plots and plans had
failed.
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The disappointed riders called for
supper and made the most Of the poor
comforts OF the roadside tavern, but it
being then after niqhtfall Weymouth
slipped ont alone and crossing the road
followed the foothpath down toward
the Severn. lie was at heart like a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-22
WOOL
Rradstreets.

moderate business is reported, WIN
domestic woods dun for most kinds. buy-
ars are waiting for the new cup oei .',, y
making any extensive purchases, dl ~
tnai- present necessities are kept W!llllti
conservative limits. although macnlIlSl :, y
IS generally well employed. FleeCe WCO,9
.,-s moving slow and the market is easlyI j.,
,,rb for fine and medium grades. Sal'S
,f N[ and above Ohio are noted AT Wv
and \. Xxx and above Ohio at Toe. ADou'
',. fe am outside price for No. l comoihs'
while Vase uuwashed combnss are easy
iGpl-c. owing TO competition OF lo5 v,- u
,yools Territory woods are well reduced
Inn stock. but choice long, Slous slapte
warn woods of fine medium ana me lUdiLI,
.tv are quoted ON the secured p9sIs OF oolg
rs. with medium at Sc. ON lots range
DOWN from these figures. AuStranah
woods are firm and are meeting win a
steady demand Most sales Of good WOODS
M g5linc secured. Australian cross
breeds are selling at 26QSlc secured tor a
and b bloods. with some finer lois up W
s.Tg5c. Gthar foreign woods quiet OaT-
not woods move slow.
Antwerp. April 20.-There was an lII-
-ro,s5 0uaItv offered at the wool 3uc-
liz, sales to-day. The demand was bet
r.r lint prices were unchanged. Inc mum
NOR off bales offered was 2.2w, OF WhlGH
50D were Withdrawn. Following are inc
sales I'm detail; ,-.l.ett,l ,,o-
no EqioGg1iievideo-5a bales at S4Qc7sd per
pound.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-22

April 5ol4q5o2.c; June 5lq5l'4c; July 9l4
0ais. l.ql.c higher; No. white April
36i iu559!c; May S6A05674c' June 0''-4''0'
IgtIer steady; fancy western creamery
Pie. DO pennsylvania piIl'S w. w
'' So steady; fresh nearby 1252alSc do
western l-'2ttl5c.
Cheese. quiet but steady.
Refined sugars, urln.
IalloW, unchanged.
eeipis1Fiour. 1884 barrels and 1863
sacks. wheat SUO bushels, corn fVo0 puS"-
els. oats l3,UOO bushels. 800,
-uirmtuts-Wheat. 1000 bushels coIh'
8.0cU bushels; oats, 1850 busheIs'
Cincinnati. April 2O.-Flour, active and
ln.at. active. stronger and higher No
red ac: receipts $500 bushels snip
meuts. $3.50 bushels. . ,,i,.,,1
Corn. active and higher; No. IhlNeu
oats. easy. No. mixed SlQSl'ac.
rive. strong and higher No. '0c.
Pork firm at $l3 o.
Lard. steady at 81 SD.
Bulk meats, firm at SO %.
Bacon. active at S, 90.
Whisky. duh at 81 ~.
Butter, firm.
Sugar. steady.
Elss. firm at lOc.
Cheese, urn.
Toledo. April 2o-Wheat, active anu
.,i.-rar- No cash and April b2c, May,
July and August 62l4c. D ,t...,,,
Corn. active and higher; no. : Ini i,s'
1910. May 41c; July 4'4ci No. IhlAeu
Oats. steady; No. mixed Sic; No. ?
white 33c. 90. ..-.,,,;,,,1
Cioverseed. easier; prime cash % w.
t,,t,e-cteints-Nheat. 1850 bushels; corn
5000 bushels; oats, 1000 bushels clover
seed 90 bags. 900, ,....,,.. ,,.boo+
Sh,pmeuts-Flour, $500 barrels; Wn lel.,
tt,ln bushels: cloverseed 1yS bags.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-22
DRY GOODS

Fail River. Mass, April 2o.-The bust
ness i'm the print cloth market Inns Inns Wen
I'm r3me i'm The early market. Inc ac.lE-
i,, inf last week continued strong through
saturday ana made some Sho| sn6is AT WENT Snf
49,, % m fGs 10 ya,c where contracts al
ready were and the demand ieH IN away az
There wag not much drierenct IN NJ
5r1ot,nt of odds and regulars solI. ne
T,"rl.f is now firm al 2+c ana the ue-
-gnd is light for everything
New York. April 2l.-With the clos =
51v of me week and succeeding, ".
, -Is sales of brown and bleachei cot
IONS wide sheetings cotton Hannelis anu am.
blankets. colored cotton, staple slliE NAM,
l-.I @8mbrics. printing cloths ana STAPLE
minis S The tone of The market is very
5trone. i'm which respect il is Wen ven, SG g6,.
.1. II, other departments there IS
an mcreasius inquiry , f9r 2g5gm" s6 anT
more doing Printing cloths, Qulel , DH'
4-T ut Ss'c sales for the week over $780,
900 pieces.
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LIVE STOCK

chicago. April 2o.-In cattle; as the re, re
csints we're only about 800 mead, th ere
y,ere not enough 10 make a nlarhSS', '.it
IIoEs. irmer and higher; healE%, M nos IS
sold nj 81 1913 no. largely az az - I'M 5'' 49, ,,
and light weights So'" "' ''
c'., ,nS, steady hut lower; native sheep
..l5 M s,5all .. mostly at S '7ai 3D. ana
lam0s a., - 2CattIe 800 head; calves 81
g. IN. Nos 1000 head. sheep. 5.0N heau.
'' fqst liberty April 2o-Catue' about
steojy mt unchanged prices - o-ly-,o.
Hogs steady vdr, ,s,,'y :, 5oa5 on: roughs
s. sgs at '' quiet: extra 81 sat 4o fair TO to
- 4 e53i =: fair 10 good lambs y ''a
! ~, ;,,,,j April 20.-Hogs. strong and
,.,..i,r,' nj 81 2505 -. receipts, l2O mead
sbinments, 500 head.
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PROPOSALS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Plans and specifications for proposed
"Wetzel County Bank building Will De "a, az
Chas. r. Goetzes Drug store. cor; W t-l
and Market streets. Wheeling. w. d h ,o-
sealed bids will be received until + p M
April both. 90. ut the Wetzel County LAM l,
New Martinsvile. Bids will be received on
bniIdin~ compIete. and separate bids on
st,5c 5rick and woodwork including glass.
The right is reserved reject any or 81. 81. 6lHS.
ap1 yeudQ AOdaII ! ! =,