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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

Immediately after, had also seen il "
ing there.
I had no suspicion Of the chamber
maid. I did not ike the butler, 0ut
that perhaps was because he did not
betray any great Partially 1or me-
though he was forced 70 show me some
respect as the new tutor who han come
10 educate and look after Master Regl-
maid.
] discovered that lie was not above
opening a bottle Of wine and lmolDlng
It's contents. and that occasionally ne
might be found a. a public house IN
rbe town. Yet I did not on this &C
count jump az conclusions Tie man
Who would steal bottles Of vine ana
drink them was not the thlet OF
watches. rings. plates and valuable or
newents. Of which things quite large
number had disappeared.
In two more days two valuable or
naments had been taken from the
drawing room
Mrs stanton" 1 said, u think u
VIII be necessary 70 make q thorough
search through the place. and INTO eN-
CIV servants box in the house
What really struck me was that on
~-i-ber of these occasions had any ser
want auparently left the house or been
visited bv ANYBODY from the onislle-
.OF course 10 allay suspicion, ID!
rovss shall be searched as well, i SAID.
..3s Won viii" she replied, perhaps
l,oz-avar 7 ought 70 tell YOU that TINS
hos 9~ei1 ans nEain been done, ana
80 no servants have themselves so
Frs~--enl1v urged il. and almost forced
IT to he done. that al last j salo II
should not be repeated
i think. perhaps. madame 1 moo
ee-iv urged. that my knowledge o.
l.ovss and their sometimes secret ways
may be Of service.
-rba examination was made. No sec
~ rleoes we're found. A few articles
-rl~e aiken to Mrs. stanton to see Il she
,,-,-,1s law claim 10 them, but they were
7 had never before so utterly ial-ea.
the course Of as many weeks Two
orbe~ thefrs had taken place. ana Is
1gf-ba- could detect the culprlt nor
-,sta The least suggestion. IN order 70
r-s- away from the place. 4 thought II
- time 10 get back to London
Ona dav. soon after my return 10
- whom should 1 see pass into a
v-aI1-known paWnbro6er shop IN the
west End but 1T. Stanton. IoiloWeo
him in and spoke 10 him, oul ne seelileo
in no way 10 know ne.
NY name is Trevelyan Of Scotland
yard. and I have been in your house
- winchester striving to detect thefts
that are taking place there.
I have no house al Winchester and
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"On1y. I think. in two ways-either
he needs TO raise money for business
purposes. or he has an hallucinauon-
He is not short OF money, for he IS
certainly very wealthy, and his 5usi-
ness is exceedingly prosperous. As TO
an halucinati0n. he once did suffer
from a very peculiar one indeed. He
thought that his right arm was OF; but
be was cured Of that
Il think, I said, you had better con-
suit the doctor again.
The doctor was Immediately sent for
and he advised that nothing should at
present be said. but that first Of all the
black bag day By day should be exam
ired 10 see # any articles from home
could be found in il. and perhaps it
would he better for that TO be done by
the head clerk al the once. Who, OF
course. must be let into the secret That
was done. and many articles supposed
10 be stolen were recovered IN that
way.-London News.
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the roadway. And if the Danish skate
IS used IL is best 10 place ones figures
upon the skater every time.
in Central Park. where great games
are % be PLAYED this winter, q force IS
gathering 70 care for the ice. Each
morning tx must be swept and the
creeks filed with water. a roller must
smooth them down and another water
ing takes place. The water is poured
from the mouth Of an ice watering pot
@ tiny stream running into every crack
and crevice. At times the lake IS
flooded after an awful Jhaw with quick
freeze that leaves the ice all ripqles and
ridges. An ice-scaper is also used
that suoothes the surface down Ike
q board under q carpenters plane.
Bicycling is claimed 20 be the cheap
est Of sports. but skating is less eXpen-
sve. You can get a pair OF skates for
ca silver cart-Wheel. and then the frost
and snow 90 the rest, with the assis-
-arce Of the Park Commissioners 70
help out. which costs The skaters moth
trz- CLARENCE :. RUSSELL
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How startlingly like her walk, BAH
how stupid and morbid / grow in my
loneliness, / am always imagining
see Kate-always, always imagining
but never realizing What has be-
come Of herr" The girl was walking
back very slowly and with dragging
sort if step, as if she expected some
one, thought Mr.. Armitage. She came
opposite the house, and be could then
see that she held her handkerchief 70
her face as If TO protect il from the
night air. She looked up and down the
roadway, but if she expected some one
there was no one in sight. And then
she did a curious thing. She held her
handkerchief in her mouth. and stood
a moment. only a moment, with clasp
ed hands, looking towards the upper
windows OF the house. Then she huT-
ried across the road, dropped her hand
kerchief and stopped to pick it up,
turned one swift glance up again 10
the house and ran quickly down the
servants entrance Of the house next
door
Z believe that's Kate, believe it's
Kate, It is, it is
Daylight had glinted over the house
tops before Clarence Armitage left his
vigil-ground and stole softly back 10
his dressing chamber.
Next morning he was in a feverish,
restless condition, uncertain what 10
do. what To think, what TO determine.
He could not go to his Office he could
not remain at home, he could not go
out. What would happen, that night?
Could he get TO speak 10 her? This
was the cry that arose in his heart and
kept upleaping there all the dreary day
long
At last the day was done; at last all
were gone TO their rest. and q full hour
before the last post time he took up his
position just within the gateway OF the
square garden and just opposite the pill
lar box Of the postman. Would she
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JACK LOVED PENELOPE.


penelope" said Jack. moving uneasily
i- his seat and b.ushine. 4 have some
-1.r- 90 say 10 YOU tonight that is very.
ve-y serious" Here he stopped.
TIC boys an expect Pen 10 do most o.
-le -1-k1-. in fact. she expects 70 her
SELF she knew what was couiug. though.
ana i- WAS NOT hey purpose TO talk very
much ol this occasion.
-JNeu." she said with the utmost com
roz--e. as she ahse1tly turned over The
leaves OF Loves old Sweet song" and
-.---uel al occasional bar. What is
l--r
.1-c- ought 10 know. II have been
calling upon you q great deal Of late. and
< ind thar I want 70 call more In fact.
lc--- want 20 so away az All. and"
.I.va often noticed that. said Pen. hem
ulu- tle pl-t that goes oft in the dear.
5. days beyond recall.
.,,ow. don't taTs ike that. You make
ne miserable You know what I want.
You know tha- the only thing IS this world
tha- want is-'
aYes-ro. Of course uot-I don't mean
thing. mel1 woman is"
-o-ow. II you're goin- 20 ask me 70 pro-
nose 20 Neu Setemup. for you. IN ten you
ri-at here rhat I'rn not going 70 20 f. I'm
-.-t.-- tired cC making love Tor olrer
r.---e~
-er-T don't mean that Pen. said Jack.
WITH real agony IN his voice you dosi' 2
understand me ~ ALL
q don't. CD. 7 understand everybody
.V-eu why don't you help me-
Here Pen wheeled quickly a-oun1 OF the
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piano stool and said Look here. Jack
Barry. do you suppose that an going 10
propose for you 10 myself"
NO: Of course not"
Well. then. why don't you speak cut
Ike man? Al you've got 10 say is, 7
love yop. Pen, with all my hear and soul
and always VIII. and n always CO Just
what you want me 10. and think myself
mighty lucky in getting you. and here is
the pretuest solitaire ] could ind 81 Tif-
fany's. Now. say it.
"Wen, I say it-but II haven't got the
solitaire yet"
Wen. then. you take your hat and get
into hack and so down there Just as fast
rs the police viii let you travel. Get that
solitaire and be back here just before 6
o'clock, for In going TO the theatre.
Vow hurry-and be sure 70 make ar
fragments so that can change IL Il 7
don't Ike L. III tell you whether I'll ac-
cept y0u or not when I've seen the ring.
Goodbye. '-Cheisea Freen Lance.
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perhaps the dreary silence Of the reply
10 them tells as strongly upon the
nerves of others as it did upon those
of Clarence Armitage. He bore 1t all,
though, silently and apparently IN
moved. His life was very methOdical.
He was after everything himself. In
the morning he was down early enough
to see that the three younger children
had their breakfast properly and to af-
terward speed them on their way TO
school, then to greet his two elder boys
as they set out for University College
He was q reserved man, and yet there
was a world Of affection for his four
boys and little girl. youngest and daint-
est of them all The children seemed
to recognize it. for they loved their
father. After settling with his house
keeper the necessary details Of the day,
he proceeded TO his Office, and then, al
O'Clock, upon his return, he had high
tea with his children, helped them in
their lessons, sometimes saw them IN
their bath, and always at the last, when
all the house was quiet, went up 10
their bedside and saw that they were
comfortable for the night.
Once, about three months after Mrs.
Armitage had become free from the ties
Of wifehood, he had said good night
and had gone 10 his study. when up
stairs there arose a screaming from
little voices. and harsh, angry notes
from the lips of boys who were not con-
trolled yet by the worlds heavy hard
Of repression. Mr.. Armitage flung his
cigarette down and rose to go upstairs,
when the door was thrown open and
Ralph Amitage stood there painting and
raging in his youthful heat
Father" he cried out you have
not forbidden Katie and
The poor boy burst into tears. Some
thing had turned his first fash Of in
dignant defiance Of his father into
burst Of heartfelt grief.
well, Ralph, what does all this
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Gomez That was the eternal question
asked and answered during this slowly
moving hour. Yes, at last the black
figure and white. flowing cap came
along in the direction OF the pillar box.
Clarence Armitage trembled and al
most shook in his excitement But
q new event Gained him. AS she ap-
preached the letter box and just after
posting the letters she held in her
hands a man came around the corner.
mis- evening dress showing beneath his
half-open overcOat, his step unsteady
and gay. AS he approached the girl
he seemed 10 recognize her.
"Ah, Annie" he said, lis It you, my
dear? Come for a walk"
No sir-certainly not"
Clarence gave a fearful start, for It
was his wife's voice.
"Bosh and nonsense" replied the
man. You must come. You are a
devlish good-looking girl. Annie
Re had got up 10 the girl and had
taken hold OF her arm-rOughly. too.
NO sir; you mustn't talk like that
and YOU hurt ne.
Hurt you? Nonsense was the re-
ply. thickly spoken. partly from pas
sion. partly from drink.
Let me so. You must let me co.
Clarence ArmitaEe stepped forward and
as the fellow took hold Of the girls
bodice in q rude. rough fashion. he
struck him full in the face and then
turned 70 his wife and hastily whis-
pered:
Don't cry out. darling Ihave been
watching for you so long. Come home
10 me again-come home, Come now,
while there is yet time to get in quiet
ly.'
Kate Aruitage stood dazed. but al
lowed her husband 10 carry her, rather
than lead her. toward the house. For
tunately no one was about Hastily
opening the door with his key. he drew
her inside and shut the door.
"Oh. Clarence. / cannot. 1 cannot, -
she cried. as she covered her face with
her hands and slide down on the floor
OF the dining-roOm where he had taken
her. You have found me ont and now
you are going 20 torture me. 70 send
me away from my watchhouse next
door. Oh. don't do that Be merciful,
dear. for our old loves sake, for or
children's sake.
Katie. dear, be calm, be calm" he
replied soothingly; you shall never
their children
Only one thing he insisted upon: that
they should be remarked al once; that
she should change her dress, and he
would take her 70 hotel as soon as
the day had begun, that she should 20
down into the country the day after
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THAT BLESSED MOSQUITO.

D those mosquitoes"' I exclaimed
aloud in an outburst Of indignation. where
upon my guide and servant Mat. a CHEEKY
and Intelligent Malay. calculated con-
armatory "tuan," which means master"
but is frequently used as an Affirmative
in conversation by the Malays. as II be
thought he ought 70 agree although. as
a son Of the country. the cooperating lit
tie insects had not the power 10 prosecute
him as they did me.
I had taken a few days leave after SOHO
weeks Of hard work. end had started on
a journey Of discovery across some IN
known jungle country. hoping TO bag scme
game en- route. and fetch up az fnends
bungalow. who was ui-tr.c, Office in tee
State adjoining my own. we had trufscd
far and had made q flir bag. consisting OF
some snipe. wild pigeon and jungle foNl-
IN traversing the path through which ~
times We had been compelled 10 cut our
way. we had seen tracks q deer and big
ger game bat the underground was TOO
dense 10 follow them. And now We had
spread our MATTRESSES and set Up our
curtains. intending 20 settle down 10 rest
for the night. ] was so tired that / would
have slept. in spite o. high temperature.
but for the incursions o. these worrying
pests. that had made their way by some
stratagem under the frame Of ny netting
hence the expletive which had escaped
me and had called forth reiteration from
my follower. Mat. J have slumbered
through a heavy thunder storm and an
earthquake and even frantic yelis Of
wakeful infant have failed 20 disturb me
when once was safely in the arms Of
Morpheus. but the ping Of persistent
proboscIs-armed monster. has peculiarly
rousing effect upon my nerves and inson-
MIA reigns supreme.
After a short Wrestle with the two IN
vaders Of my privacy and vain attempt
Al slaughter. I sat up "a a spirit q resig-
nation and proceeded 20 fn and Hight ny
pipe. al the same time addressing space.
or my faithful Nat. II be happened 70 be
awake.
7 have always been taught from the
years Of my earliest childhood that every
creature on Gods earth was created for
some good and useful purpase- VIII any
human being tell me what's the use Of a
mosqulto2"
To which remark ] received an unexpect-
ed reply. Mat crawled from under his cur
tain and approached quite near to where
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N THAT BLACK BAG.

4 want you said our superinten-
dent one day, TO 60 down TO Suandon
hall. Some mysterious thefts are TAX
ing place and the local police can
make neither head nor tail OF the al
fail"
found that I had been announced as
the new tutor 10 a boy Of - years Of
age. who. however, was not 70 com
mence studies at once. as his holidays
we're not Yet concluded
The thefts had been going on for
some time, and only three days after
I had arrived the superintendent
wife's gold watch had disappeared She
had wound IL up the last thing before
she had gone TO bed. and when she and
Mr.. Stanton had gone down stairs 10
breakfast they had both observed that
it lay upon The dressing,able. The
chambermaid, too, who had gone in
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mean. and what is all the crying and
noise upstairs about?"
"Oh. father, dear little Katie was say
ing her prayers, and she said-she said
God bless dear mother, and-and-"
The boy stopped abruptly and Mr..
Armitage turned deadly pale.
well, Ralph. he said kindly, tell
me all about it, ny boy. Forbidden
her TO pray for her mother? No, Ger
tainly not"
"Oh. I thought not. But Mrs. Cook
son said she mustn't do So and that it
was wicked 70 think anything more
about mother and that Katie nor any
of them were ever 10 mention her, and
that you would be angry"
Mr.. ArmitaFe put his hand on the
bows shoulder and went upstairs.
There was still crying going on there.
still hot. defiant words Of the raging
bows. and then Mr. Armitage stood II
their midst he took his little daugh-
ter in his arms and kissed her again
and again.
We'll. Katie. darling" he said. SAY
your prayers over again, dear, Will you,
and let me hear it?"
But. father. Mrs. COokson says its
wicked" said the child, lOking over 70
the housekeeper. who stood folding up
the children's things.
NO. my dear. It isn't wicked. so let
me hear il"
The child began at the beginning Of
the old. old prayer. said by how many
generations Of children. but with an
additional and pathetic sentence N this
case.
Mr.. ArmitaCe kissed his little one,
and put her into bed himself And be
told Mrs. Cookson never 10 speak 70
his children again in the wav she had
done. and be learned from his eldest
son. Ralph. that little Katie had said
this PRAYER al 10 herself for long
time. and that afterward he and his
brothers always came upstairs 10 hear
her.
Father" said the lad. breaking
down. why cant you let mother come
again."
Yes. this was the biggest stab be had
had. and It took him some time 70 re-
cover. Il was all so real And one
bright moonlight night, after he had
saen all the lights out and the house
locked up. he had descended into the
drawing-rOom to fetch a book. but
stood in the darkness Of the room look
Ing out into the square garden. The
figure Of a girl dresser in the black and
white costume Of a housemaid. appear
cd crossing the road from the house
next door. Evidently she was going 10
the post.
"Well, that Is curious" he unused.
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TALE OF A LONDON DIVORCE.
From the Sketch.

From the Sketch.
June is not delightful except to those
who can be delighted, and Clarence Ar
mitace. Of L Somerset square. was not
man TO whom June OF any other
month was delightful He had just
seen his three little shildren OF TO
their school close 10y. watching them
across the square. and he came back 10
the dining-TOOm. where breakfast was
laid for him. and where his letters. a
great heap Of them. awaited him. He
YEARLY stood sorting them out. and al
last picked out one written IN a law
ve~'s handwriting. and bearing the
monogram Of Messrs. Clark & Russell
He waited m0tionleSs almost while the
servant brought in lot coffee. bacon
and eggs. and. replying 10 her ques-
ton that be wished for nothing else,
he took mp the letter and slowly open
ed II as the door was closed upon him
II read as follows:
Twenty-Five LincCln's Inn Fields, ".
C. June I. 1S-.-Dear Sir: We hasten
10 inform YOU that the rule was made
absolute this day in court, and that
therefore. the case is now finished in
your favor. We are dear sir. yours
faithfully. CLARK & RUSSELL.
Clarence ATmiuage. Esq.
@Oh. nv poor wife, poor. darling
Kate. he cried ont TO himself. why
did I 60 these lengths? What is my
life worth 10 ne? Why did you leave
ne? Why did you leave me?'
Perhaps these questions are asked
more often than one would suppose;
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leave me again, never again, swear.
Oh, how have longed for you, There,
now, do not cry, darling. Be quiet, and
all will yet be WELL"
He took her all over the house, point
ed out that everything stood just as it
used TO stand; took her into her bed
room and showed her her dresses still
hanging in the wardrobe; her jewel
case, her hair brushes. her linen. Just
as she left them. Finally. after a
night OF such painful JOY as is not
known 10 any but such as these, he left
her to say her prayers over her sleeping
children. And then he once more fold
ed her in her arms. led her downstairs
10 the study, where OF old they general
ly sat, and talked of the practical side
of the question that remained TO them.
She had assumed the position of do
nestle servant next door, because she
wanted 10 be near; she had preserved
her secret all these months and had
seen and known his watchful care OF
and he would bring the children 10 her
for their summer holiday.
Yes, my love. my love-" he said, as
he held her at arms length and sur
veyed her in her black dress. my beau
tiful love. We Will keep this dress sacred
10 this night
And while he her tears flowed fast
and ii seemed impossible TO make the
throbbing heart peaceful again. he rev.
erently put on her one Of her old dress
es, and then once more they talked Of
their old, old love, and he once more
declared she must never leave him.
They left the house before the servants
began 10 stir and their strange wooing
ceased until once more they were hus-
band and wife.
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Of the ocean. IS the ice race" This is
skaJed by the Royal girls. and was
learned by them from their mother, The
Princess Of Wales. The Princess is de-
vo-ed 20 the race and was display
irg her skin with it the day OF the
birth OF the delicate Duke OF Clarence.
The skate Tor this is the Danish skate.
II IS very long and has three steel stills
that hold the foot six inches above the
ice. The skate fastens by screwing
into the heel OF the shoe and Swapping
over the instep.
The game Of ice race takes place be
tween the skater and a feet horse side
by side, one on the ice, the other on
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A Popular Remedy He-"I think
Dr. Jenkins will very soon have a large
practice" Why" He-"He
has just had a case in which prescribed
millinery for hysteria Puck.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-02
Warlike Indiana.

An island in the Gulf of California 10
inhabited by queer human beings, The
Ceris, without doubt. are one of the
most interesting tribes of aborigines to
De found on this hemisphere. They
are said to have fair skins and hlue
eyes and bear no resemblance whatever
TO the Indian tribes of the mainland
or Of the peninsula. In former DAYS
they made excursions upon the main
land, spreading havoc along the coast
but in later years they have kept close
iy to their island home They are ex-
tremely fierce and warlike and use
venomed arrows in fighting.
The island Is known 10 he verv
mountainous, with innumerabIe rup-
ged canons and gorges, where the In.
dams ambush and which renders sinh
dung them almost an impossibility.
Beyond the fact of the existence of the
Ceris tribe very little Is known. Their
habits and language are said 10 be no.
culiar to themselves. while their origin
Is subject OF conjecture. The is,ap1
shows no sign of vegetation from the
gulf and their method of gaining a sub
sistence IS unknown. Shippers cruis-
Ing in those waters carefully avoid this
island peopled with blue-eyed savaycs
and its rugged outlines. which loom I'D
in tie gulf. shrouded in mystery
Oakland tCal) Echoes.