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the more talkative one, asked me great
many questions about myself, all with
f1attering interest that made me Ioqua.
cious. Finally he proposed that we go out
and get cigar. Mr.. Fowler declared that
he did not smoke, and SAID that he would
remain until We should return.
at the cigar-stand Mr.. Martin began the
narration of thrilling experience OF his,
and this delayed our return. We found
Mr.. Fowler reading when we went back.
l thought intercepted swift signal from
Mr.. Fowler to Mr.. Martin, but before 1
could ponder it l was amazed at a sudden
change which came into Mr.. Martins
manner. WitE polite insolence he stunned
me with this speech:
II must inform you, sir, that the note
OF Introduction was a forgery and that
instead of being gentlemen travelling for
pleasure we are detectives attached to the
United States Secret Service. Il desire you
to produce a valise which you have in
your possession"
My heart sank. ''I-I-don't under
stand you" stammered.
"Of course not. Bring it out. Fowler"
'And so" l said, furious and indignant.
while you 1nveigle me out of my rooms
Mr.. Fowler ransacks them"
1T won't do you any good to lose your
temper" said Martin. "In dealing with
sharpers we ourselves have to be sharp"
Fowler produced and opened the valise,
and one by one removed the articles there.
from. L was overcome with dismay, for.
little as l knew ABOUT such things, 1 real
lied that 1 was beholding a complete out.
fit for manufacturing counterfeit mon ey.
l stood speechless and aghast. Martin
watched me narrowly. The valise yielded
also some coins.
Now" said Martin, "let's see if we
can't match these coins. Turn out all you
have in your pockets"
felt so outraged and angry that l was
about TO refuse, but, rejecting that this
would only make matters worse for me.
complied. / still had the money which
the woman's husband had given me, ex-
cept two pieces which l had spent. They
were S. gold coins. Martin examined
them and said:
'Yes, these are counterfeit and were
made with this outfit. You have been
rather reckless in showing them, as we
! have found Two or three around town
that you had disposed of. Now, sir, you
ara under arrest and can do your think
ing behind bars" He regarded me with
a smiling, cynical, mocking admiration.
| And go it was youp' he exclaimed; land
posing here as writerI 1t is no wonder
that when men of your caliber go into
the business we have to go without sleep.
! Get ready, for we must CO."
l was in despair. Did 1 still love the
woman, after realizing how deplorabIe a
dupe she had made of me?
Il want few minutes to think" l said,
sinking into a chair. II may decide 10
! make statement"
You ought to have had that ready long
| ago, you disappoint me-" said Martin,
! To be continued negt meek
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ing the entire week by Miss Lincoln,
with whom the management expressed
great satisfaction.
Miss Lincoln is at present considering
the acceptance of one out of several offers
from Eastern managers.
Among the young women much to be
commended in respect of histrionic ability
IS Miss Ethel Hornick of Oakland. Dur
ing the past few years her work at the
Emerson School of Oratory, in Boston,
has been eminently successful. Then.
too, as instructor at Dean Academy, she
has gained a considerable reputation. But
1T is as leading lady of the Criterion Club
that Boston knows her best. Here she
has scored immense successes in diverse
ro.es, and it was here that her versatility
was allowed full scope.
Despite the fact that Miss Hornick was
offered large increase of salary to remain
in Boston, she yielded to her impulse to
travel, and accepted Mr. DaIy's offer to
go abroad, and played Celia to Miss
Rehan's Rosalind on the banks of The
Avon.
1t was Miss Hornick'S birthday and
perhaps fitting time for her debut be-
fore an English audience. However that
may be, the fact that she was chosen
(out of ten) to play Celia at the opening
performance surprised and pleased her.
Her Celia is spoken of by the Standard
as being "both pleasing and graceful"
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WOODSlDE, the New House /" La
Grande Casa Butt on the Rancho
Canada de Raymundo by the Mira
montes Family Some Two Hundred
Yards From the Old Adobe.
property of our family con sisted of the
Copinter grant. In those DAYS everything
in the way of land was purchased by
grants. The ranch comprised IA, 445 acres
and was known as La Canada de Rey-
mur do. We had great many cattle,
several immense bands of horses and
countless sheep.
"Of course, when / married my husband
things had changed very much. Litiga-
ton with neighbor, which but for their
rascally agent would never have been
commenced, had already swallowed up
much of the property. There are 10 600
acres under litigation to this day at Wash
ington. Should it ever be decided in nv
favor it will make big difference to me.
l shall be rich woman again."
But won't the lawyers get that, tool"
was suggested.
mo. slrr' asserted the lady with spirit.
81 have an arrangement with tie lawyer
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dozen times after that meeting to make
you recognize me on the street, but the
conte mptuous glances that you gave me
showed that you thought l was another
kind of woman. Don't you remem Der
anv thing about it now?"
Indeed l did, for those wonderful eyes
could never have been forgotten. She
saw it in my face and hers beamed charm
ingly.
'Oh it does seem to me that the clever
est men are the stupicest, and those most
worth knowing the hardest 10 reachw
Ny patient regarded me wistfully and
waited for me TO speak.
l was deeply troubled. The whole
affair had a bad complexion and 1 still
felt humiliation and anger.
"Fhis is very interesting" said. SIS
that all?"
She looked at me steadily, then, turning
her face away, she added some what
wearily:
II believed that if you should find a
helpless and suffering woman in distress
you would cheerfully aid Eer, counting
the risk as nothing, and glad of an oppor-
tunlty TO oppose your intelligence and
manliness to the dangers which beset her
She turned her eyes upon me again and
added: at IS not possible that l have
mistaken you. You are angry, that is all,
but it may be sufficient 10 defeat every
thing"
al will do all that man may do under
the circumstances" | said.
'All that | want is your assistance 20
escape. have planned it thoroughly, but
you are not in frame of mind 10 hear it
now, and it might be dangerous 10 tell you.
See what great confidence 1 have already
reposed in you! Even if you disclose
what you already know l shall be ruined. Z"
A strangely hard and determined look
now came into her face.
well" she said, rising menacingiy
upon her elbow, II know that in time you
will come to trust and like me, and you
compel me 10 force that opportunity upon
you. Furthermore, sense of my own
safety demands 1t. So you may under
stand that l have decided 10 keep you
here with me as long as l please!'
Although l could no: believe that she
meant it, still her worls filed me with
terror. 1 glanced around as might a
trapped animal.
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singu ar witchery, the tenderness of my
nature awoke, my anger was dissipated.
and 1 made the most earnest promises TO
be her champion. II all seems foolish as
l look back upon it now, but believe me,
she made me her slave ompletely.
1t was finally agreed that should re-
turn 10 my apartments that night blind
folded; that l should see her in similar
fashion every night until her supposed
wound had healed and plans for her es-
cape been matured; that at present l was
to know nothing of the identity OF the
persons of the household; and that this
night should take with me some of her
more valuable jewels and small articles OF
wear in valise, which l should deliver to
her after her escape.
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atier you and wait till | call YOU"
In short while she summoned me, and
then l saw that she had made all the de-
sired changes and had arranged her pretty
hair most becomingly.
NOW" she commanded, scatter some
OF that medicine about the room and
make the place smell like a hospital
That will do. Come, now, and sit beside
me and listen TO my story. How is my
pulse? On, you needn't be afraid! L
won't bite you!'
I'm the meantime" interrupted,
what has become of your friend?"
That girl who brought you? oh"
laughed my patient, ~ sent her home
she doesn't live far from here. What DO
you think? She came in here blubbering
like baby and told my husband that it
broke her heart to have TO treat you that
way. really believe that she fell in love
with you. So l sent her home"
"Oh %
Now for my story. l was an orphan in
convent, and this old reprobate, my
precious husband, was my guardian. /
had large property, and he had nothing.
When had finished school he made me
marry him-the old beast! When l think
OF The way he has made a dog and pris-
oner of me can you wonder that 1 am
gloating over my victory tonight? Well,
we were married three years ago. He
very soon began to practice his contempt
BILE tyrannies- For Two years my life has
been torment. So, recently 1 began to
look around for means of escape, for in
tend TO leave him. knew that | could
never succeed without the assistance of
some loyal and Chivalrous man. of whom
he would stand in fear. Doyoure-
mem Der when you and l met several
months ago?"
She looked a me coquet:ishly. l hesi-
tatingly replied that 1 must have for
gotten.
"Of course you have, and that's what
hurts. II was ct the horse show. l had
to work an hour to Cring a bout the intro
due ion. but l was determined to know
the man who had writtan those wonder
full things. But how cool and Indifferent
you were! l made Gp my mind that l
would make you know me better and like
me sooner or later. And then, what more
natural than that L should come 10 regard
you IS my possible deliverer? l tried a
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CCopyrighted J
CHAPTER III.

Swept off nv feet ov her yifIle Will.
her beauty and he b ntering, put none
the less desperate earne,tness, and half
siIencing nv conscience with dread that
some terrible peril must have driven her
to these extraordinary measures, l obeyed
her blindlv. She first had me turn the
light very low again, and l was just IN
time. for her husband, pale and anxious,
came softly in. He glanced at the bel,
but my patient had covered herself up
and was moaning. The tall old gentle
man took my orders and had them
promptly filed. Then I informed him
that his wife was suffering seriously un-
der a shock, and that no one-not even
he-should enter the room until l rang.
Have you made an examination2" he
eagerly asked.
'Yes. The bullet entered to the right of
thejsternum. 1t cleared the heart, but it
may have grazed the aorta or penetrated
the lung. / judge that it lodged near the
sDine for she appears to have paralysis of
the lower limbs. But this may be the
efLSct of shcck, and therefore only tenn
6oTary. The wound of course is serious
as are all penetrations of the thoracic
cavity, but she is young and healthy and
will make hopeful fight"
You will ring if change occurs?"
} 81 certainly will"
He went away, bis head bowed on his
breast, but he did not forget to lock the
door. She looked up at me mischieyously
and softly laughed, in that nirthiul, girl
ish, naIf-gurgling fashion, which no ordi-
nary man can resist.
The old hYpocrite!" she then cried in
dignantly. "He abuses me shamefully,
and now pretends 10 be anxiousl I'll
teach him that so long as there is one true
man in the world he can't always make
me the victim of his cruel whims"
She regarded her blood-stained garment
ruefully.
'Ughr she cried, ''this is horrible
Look in the closet there, in the bottom
drawer on the right. Thatsit. Bring me
two sheets Thank you; you are kindness
itself. Now look in the bottom drawer of
that chiffonier and get me a nightdress.
That's the one. Thank you. Now step
into the dressing room, close the door
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a timid man. | felt the blood distendinc
the veins OF my neck and face, and an
impulse TO murder the woman became
almost res:stible. She watched me
closely; her breathing was quick, her
fingers twitched. What might have hap
pened had she not burst into tears | do
not dare consider. She protested through
her sobs that she would not harm me 10
save her life; that she had been talkiD g
wildly, spurred thereto by my contemptu-
Gus treatment cf her. Her speech issued
more and more rapidly, half incoherent
but wonderfully eloquent, and l am un-
able now to repeat single sentence OF it.
Its purport was pleading and protesta-
ton, SO that soon, under the spell of her
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Where once they owned vast
tracts of land and countless herds
of cattle, they now possess little
stock and less land.

This is a quotation from a current news
item which applies to the Miramontes
family OF San Mateo County.
(Mrs. NJ. c, de Miramontes recently COM
IkenCed insolvency proce edings in the
S<Perior Court of the county above men
toned, with total liabilities amounting to
over $4,000 and assets consisting Of per-
sonal property valued at 1925.
Mrs. Miramontes does not like lawyers.
This premise is hardly necessary IN view
OF the lady's remarks on this head 10 the
representative of this paper. who called to
Sffer condolences and learn the cause of
Siis descent from affiuence to bankruptcy.
In all fairness, the antipathy to the
legal fraternity alluded to can scarce be
termed OF fanciful nature or due to wo-
mans capriciousness. For the expert
ences which have been the lot of the
Miramontes family are not calculated to
instil love OF legal lore in the breast of
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HON0RS WON BY TWO PRETTY CALIFORNIA GIRLS.

der. At that time Miss Lincoln personated
Queen Caroline most acoeptably; and
later, when the company went to New
Orleans, and Miss Kidder was so ill, the
part of Nine. Sans Gene was filled dur
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All remember the beautiful picture pre-
sented in the person of Miss Francesca
Lincoln familiarly known here in her
old home as Miss Frank Wakeman) dur
ing her engagement with Kathryn Kid
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owned large portion oft. 1t is located on
the otker side of the mountains-the
place they call Halfmoon Bay.
Yes, it is true. l once owned a great
deal OF property. But with an expressive
shrYg) the lawyers have got 1t all. The
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You are my prisoner if 1 choose" she
added in that hard, relentless manner.
II had prepared for it, for the windows
ere barred and the door is guarded. You
would betray me 10 my hus band! Bah
How do you know that he is my husband,
or that there IS a word of ruth in what l
have been telling you? You have not the
least idea of my identity or power. For
that matter. you might drop out of the
world silently to-ni-ht and none of our
friends be the wiser"
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| Y

Invested, as 1 knew l was. with extra
ordinary dangers and terrors, l neverthe-
less felt moving within me violent spirit
of re bellion-!he stubborn desperation of
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To be continued neat qoeek. I
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Del, Lacka. and Western,

I-IteCl MOHudS, OCTOBER ~, 1870.
trains leave Scranton as follows: EX.
press for New York and all points East
d'd0 zoo 5.l5, $50 and 9.55 a. m; l.l0 and
S.3j p. m.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel-
pAia and the South, 5.l5, 500 and 0,j5 a. m
l.lQ and 1888 p. m.
washington and way stations 3.45 p. m.
IoDyhanna accommodation, 6.lO p. m.
Express for BinShamton, Oswego, Ell
MIRA Corning, Bath, Dansville. Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 1920, 2.35 a. m, and 90
p. m, making close connections at Buffalo
Southwest.
Bath accommodation, 9.l5 a. m.
ljlnShamton and way stations, los p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, 5l5 p m.
Blnghamton and Elm!ra express, 5,55
p. m.
Express for Utica and Richheld Springs,
2.5o a. m. and ljj p. M.
Ithaca 2S5 and Bath 9,l5 a. m, and lbs
p. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
BaIre Plymouth, Bloomsbury and Dan
Nlle, making close connection at North
umberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg,
BSitlmore, Washington and the South.
northumberland and intermediate sta
uons, 500, 800 a. m, and Loo and 500 p. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations, sos
and 20 a. m. Plymouth and intermediate
stations, $40 and S.47 p. m.
pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains
For detailed information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to NJ. l.. Smith, city
ticket office, 32S Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket office.
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mo, never"
"How sad"
But / mean to make up for it! l see
now that nothing on earth Is so inter-
estlng, so absorbngly interesting and
important, as Etruscans. or,
at least, hardly anything. / shall brush
up my classics--I never had much of
them-just enough to help me through
Smalls, don't you know-but / shall
take to them now in earnest And /
shall go to Italy. | shall begin over
again-on an Etruscan basis"
Miss Frewen laid down her proofs.
"If you do" she said, with great seri-
ousness-for this was really import
ant, "let me earnestly implore you to
begin with Corneto. Don't read much
about it till you go there; see the OBJ
jeCts first: and don't be persuaded to
start with Nolterra or the Tombs of
the Volumnii, as too many people do,
1t is a fatal error. 1t puts you at once
on wrong, backward track. Begin
with the fountain head! Go straight
to COrnetoi'
you think so?" the young man said
with pathetic interest
II am sure of it," Miss Frewen an
swered, with the conviction of an
evangelist. "Ive been studying there
for two years. ever since / took my de-
gree, and I'm quite convinced it's the
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WHITNEY'S BUDGET.
Farmer Thomas Discovers New Kind
of Food for COws-sSaw and
Gist Mil Burned.

Special to The Tribune.
Susquehanna,' February 23.-Farmer
Thomas, of Great Bend, had quite an
experience with is cattle. His stock of
hay ran out, and, being unable to get
more in time he gave the COWS some
of the leaves he had collected for the
bedding, and he was surprised to see
that they appeared to enjoy them. The
leaves went 50 we'll that he concluded
that he wouldn't get any more hay for
a while, and in fact. leaves We're the
only thing that the six cows and two
horses lived on for a month or more.
While eating hay the COWS had given
twelve quarts Of milk weekly, yielding
five pounds of butter After being put
on diet of leaves the quantity and quail
ity of the milk increased until they
gave fifteen quarts of milk, yielding
seven pounds Of butter. Mr. Thomas re-
grets that he didn't sell all of his hay
last fall and fill his barn with leaves.
JONAH AND THE WHALE.
Samuel More Phi. D., @, @. D., etc,
editor of the Great Bend Plaindealer,
closes the controversy concerning
Jonah and the Whale, as follows:
some ministers seem to catch the
| shadow OF doubt in the Jonah and
| the Whale miracle. The Bible says the
Lord created a great fish to swallow
! Jonah. Now when the Lord created a
! fish for this special purpose he could
| just as easily create a specially large
| mouth and throat, Some of these mer
| who cast doubts as to the Bible, have
! been. created with peculiar mouths
| which Is a miracle we all acknow.
| ledge"
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Great Bend fears an epidemic of
| scarlet fever.
An inquisitiVe newspaper wants tC
| know If there are any great men who
| We're not born in Susquehanna county
A few of them We're born in Lacka.
! wanna.
The Great Bend Ancient Order OF
Hibernians INDUCED in their annua
parade last evening.
Muntruse viii probably have camI
of the Patriotic order Sons of America
Aliens saw and grst mill at Soutl
Montrose burned on Friday night.
William A, Ellsworth, of Montrose /,
a Republican candidate for Prothono
tary of the county.
Montrose, tired of the tellow dill
and kerosene, is moving for electric
lights.
Editor Taylor, of the Montrose Re
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Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Uehigh and Susquehanna Diyision.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively. insur.
ing cleanliness ana comfort.
TINE TABLE IN EFFECT JAN. 25, 1897,
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes-Ba etc, at $50, 9.l5, 1870 a. m,
12,i5, 200 3,0j, 500, 40 p. m. Sundays 900,
a. m. 100, 2,15, 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City, $50 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth.
$50 (eXpress) a. m, 12.45 express with Buff
fet parlor carr, SO5 (eXpress) p. m. Sun
day, 2l5 p. m. Train leaving l2,45 p. m
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Termin'
al, 5.22 p, m. and New York 800 p. m
For Mauch Chunk. Allentown Bethle-
i2.45 8,o5, 800 Iexcept Phliadeiphia) D. m, M
Sunday, 2.l5 p. m.
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove, etc., al
$50 a. m. and l245 p. m.
For Lakewood, $50 a. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg
via Allentown, $50 a. m, l245 500 p. m
Sunday, 2 10 p. IN.
For Pottsville, $50 a. m, 12.45 p. m.
Returning leave New York. foot of Lib
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Your anxiety is for your
delicate child; the child
that in spite of all your care
ful oyer-watching, keeps
thin and pale. Exercise
seems to weaken her and
food fails to nourish. That
child needs Scott'S Emulsion
with the HypophoSphiteS-
not as a medicine, but as
a food containing all the
elements of growth. 1t
means rich blood, strong
bones, healthy nerves, sound
digestion. No child refuses
SCOTS Emulsion. 1t is
pleasant and palatable.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
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pennsylvania RAILROAD,

scheduls in Effect November IS, 1876.
Trains Leave Wilkes-Barre as Follows
$50 a. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, and for Pitts
burg and the West.
IO.!5 a. m., week days, for Hazleton,
PottsviIe, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun.
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burg and the West.
3.I5 p. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington and Pttsburg
and the West.
3I5 p. M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphi a,
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M, week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. r. WOOD, GenI Pass. Agen!.
J. b. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.