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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

%, Agnes! Agnes!' ne answered.
wildly.
NV conscience troubled me. I felt
that Fernshaw would accuse me OF
treachery, and prepared for & scene;
CHAPMAN, Barnes and the President all
looked alarmed.
you mean Miss Upton, said the lat.
ter, rising hurriedly. WELL what
about herr"
She's eloped, cried Fernshaw, burst
ing into tears. "Eloped with an Italian
count.
1T cant be-" returned.
Its false. Fernshaw," said the Pres
ident angrily. shes engaged to me.
She gave me her promise Yesterday"
Absurd" cried DR.. Chapman, waving
letter in the air. Il got this from her
this r. ,rning. She has promised to be
my wife.
You are all wrong" exclaimed
Barnes. She accepted me this after
noon.
And mo this evening"" I put in.
Fernshaw, recovering somewhat,
stood up: r,
"She a false-hearted woman. She
told me she love-love-loved me two
weeks ago to-night-after the meeting.
Again his sobs came over him.
But how do you know she has
eloped2" asked one OF the lucky out
siders.
Il just came from there, explained
Fernshaw. Her father is nearly fran
tic. She left note for him, saying she
wanted to be countess and liked the
romance Of runaway match. o, it's
horrible.
Barnes, who was the coolest man In
the room, had been quietly filling the
wine glasses.
Il have q toast to propose, brethren,
he said. Let US drink to the welfare
of our club, and may tho brethren long
remain bachelors.
We pledged the sentiment with a
shout of acclaim, and not one WAC
drank that toast has again disturbed the
peace Of our club by a confession OF love.
THE END
Copyright. 1893.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
A MAN FEELS MEAN.
when He Gives Street Car Con-
ductor a Button for His Fare.

when He Gives Street Car Con-
ductor a Button for His Fare.
lie felt meaner and smaller than
any other man within a radius of SO
miles of Chicago
He knew that it was not his fault,
but if he could have slipped down
through the floor of the street car he
would have gladly taken all chances
Of being run over.
He knew positively that he was an
honest man, but if there ever was a
pickpocket who felt as bad as he did
at that moment the chances are that
the pickpocket committed suicide.
He was a rather solemn and digni-
fed man, and he disliked to pose as
the point of joke for 20 or 80 peo-
pie, while he felt the scornful gaze of
the conductor penetrating him with
an X ray.
When the suspender button came
off he had caught it with a feeling of
triumph. Time and again he had
come home with button off, and in
answer to his wife's inquiries had
been obliged to admit that he had not
the faintest idea what had become of
the button. And each time he lost
button thereafter he invariably re-
called his wife's remarks ON the pre-
ceding occasion and wished that he
could find the button.
"You must think / ana made of
buttons" she had said once, as she
hunted through her button box for
something that would take the place
Of the one he had lost.
"No," he answered, as he thought
Of some of the intricacies of the femi-
nine toilet; mot entirely"
But this time he had actually
caught the button Just in the act of
slipping away from him, and he felt
proud Of himself.
Then he slipped it into the change
pocket of his overcoat.
That was the trouble.
The conductor held itup so that ali
could see it, and then handed it back
with the suggestion that he had bet
ter get a new "die," as the old one was
evidently worn out.
Then it was that he had looked to
see if the flooring of the car was laid
loose enough so that he could slip out
between the boards, and cursed his
luck when he found that it was not
Chicago Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
THIS AND THAT.

The British government owns
over $4,000 camels.
---All of the mummy cats unearthed
in Egyptian tombs have red hair.
Lake Washington, near Seattle,
8 to be surrounded by bicycle track
so miles in extent.
The horseless wagon is being
made into a railroad freight car in
order to try it on some of the French
railroads.
Almond raising in California has
caused the using of $4,000 acres Of
land and tie expenditure Of 100000
900 capital.
In Norway girls are ineligible
for matrimony until they have earned
certificates for proficiency in knit
ling, baking and spinning.
Turin, Italy, will have a worlds
fair in 1898, and the whole country
promises to join in and help and urge
the rest of the world to help.
Two hundred thousand steel UNI
brella tubes per month are made by
one firm alone. And yet some people
think it does not rain enough.
The street piano, with a crew of
two, calculates on an income Of SIS
day-fve to each manipulation, and
five to the instruments owner.
1t is said that the rat has never
been appreciated, and that he makes
a fine docile family pet, and can be
taught to fellowship with what Victor
Hugo calls his proof Sheet" the cat.
-Whistlipg trees are not uncom-
mon in Nubia, the Soudan, and the
West India islands The wind in pass
ing through their peculiarly-shaped
leaves gives a shrill and startling
sound.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
A WIFE, AND DIDN'T TELL
Miss Frake and Frank Rice We're
Married Sixteen Years Ago.


Mount Holly, N. j., can boast of a
woman who has kept a secret for 16
years. This wonder of femininity is
Miss Lizzie Frake, or, more properly,
Mrs. Frank Rice, for she has been a
wife for 16 years, while everyone in
town, and even her sister Rebecca,
with whom she lived, supposed she
was a spinster.
Frank Rice was in love with Lizzie
Frake, when, as youngster, he drove
Il butchers wagon in Mount Holly.
Finally he announced that New Jer-
sey was too slow for him; that he was
going west to make a fortune. Miss
trake consented to marry him, but
declared that the marriage must not
be made public until Rice had secured
the fortune he was going to seek.
Rice agreed, and one day the two went
over to Philadelphia, where they we're
welded. Rice went on westward while
the bride returned to her home. She
took up dressmaking and lived in
comfort with her sister. The young
men of the village, unaware Of the
marriage, tried for years to win the
dressmaker's heart, but she told them
firmly that she could never be more
than a sister to them, and at last she
was left in peace.
Rice landed in the silver region of
Colorado at the time when the gold
and silver mining boom there was
growing fast. lie joined the army Of
treasure seekers and set to work with
q will He made money and put it in
bank, and he wrote many letters to
"Miss Lizzie Frake," telling her of
how he could soon return home to tell
the world that she was his wife. The
good time did not come as soon as ex-
pected, for there were backsets and
consequent heartburnings both in the
west and at Mount Holly.
1t was not until the present year
that Rice reappeared in the village.
lie had all the money he needed, and
he told his old friends of his good
fortune. He also gave it out that he
and Miss Frake were to be married.
No one was surprised, therefore,
when Rice and Miss Frake returned
from Williamsport, Pa, recently and
announced thatthey had beenmarried.
Then Mrs Rice confessed to her sis
ter that she had been married for lG
years, and the romantic story was soon
over the village.-N. Y. World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
CIRCUIT COURT DIRECTORY

rnreo First Monday in February-term
three weeks third Monday in May-tefm two
weeks first Monday in September-term three
weeks.
HRIsrIAN Fourth Monday in February
term six wceksi First Monday in June-teim
four weeks; Fourth Monday in september--
term six weeks.
CAIIowAv.-second Monday in April--term
three weeks First Monday In August-term
TWO weeks; Second Monday in November
term three weeks.
LyoN.--First Monday in May-term two
weeKe; first Monday in August-term two
weeks first Monday IL September term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
Some Appropriate lnterjections.
For the lumberman--Gosh all hem

For the lumberman--Gosh all hem
lock!
For the inebriate-Great snakes!
For the agriculturist-Good land!
For the old bachelor-Alas!
For the widow-Man alivel
For the tailor-Oh, scissors!
For the novel reader-Great Scott!
For the bellicose statesman-By
jingo!
For the cyclone suiferer-Well, Pm
bowed!
For the image vender-By Jupiter!
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
Domestic Economy.

1t is an old-fashioned story that
one girl in every family should learn
how to do sewing, in order to econo-
mize. An Atchison man, who is very
progressive, argues that instead q
girl in every family should be com
PEELED to take a course in dentistry
Atchison Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
Tales From Town TOPICS

izaoI zGo pages, Quarterly Magazne Of Fiction,
June, September and December IVY - -'
leads eacP iets novel by some wsl-known author
consists OF stories, burlesques, poems witticisms
e,Si from TOWN TOPICS, SO far back as 10
cents; 81 90 per year N'9' N'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
The Care of Pearls.

Pearls, says the London Queen,
should always be allowed to see the
light from time to time, and on other
occasions they should be safely
slowed away in their cases. 1t was
Disraeli's theory that pearls should
be always worn, and should be from
time to time put in the sun and
rubbed afterward,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27
oost Of CIeanIng ParIs streets.

1t costs Paris 81, 100000 a year to
keep its streets swept clean, each
sweeper receiving about seven cents
per day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27

For further information, address
II. q. MORpUR, A. g. p
or Louisville Ky.
Greensboro. Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-27

1t is said some wag posted many
OF the raider notices in Garrard coun
ty, but 1t may prove very costly fun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10

to-day. We have all loved Kate Carne-
pie because she was bonnie and true and
kind. and we have all respected John
Carmichael for his work, and his hon
Fsty, and his warm heart. Our friends
have united their lives, and our hearts
ere full Of goodwill TO them both, and
sver will be while any of us are living.
Wherefore l call upon you, men and
women, oil together and with all you
might, TO give three cheers for the bride
and the bridegroom"
With this checr-the heart of Drum
lochty in it-they drove away. and as
hey went along the avenue the younger
folk standing on either side pelted them
with flowers. They drove down 10 the
Tochty. halting for a time on the
bridge, and up the other side till they
same TO that place where the departing
traveller gets his last view of the Glen.
From that spot they could see the
woods round the Lodge, and the people
waving to- them from n knoll. Then
they plunged into the cover of the frs.
drawing nearer TO one another as the
shadow of the unknown fell upon them;
but when they came out into the sun
shine on the other side they found q
white rose lying between them, and
Kate fa stened IL on her breast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
LEGAL NOICES.
by ROBERT l.. WALKER, Auctioneer.
20 Wey bosset street,
Mortgages Sale.

URpAY' the estS Gy' day Of NAY, a. b 5. IS isd.
r. Robert T. 2'9sG Walker mn number hs The Sesso. Sis Of
street room "a, in the city and county
Of Providence, State OF Rhode Island by
virtue OF the power of sale contained in n
certain mortgage deed made and executed by
Peter German and Malvina German, dated
October l, A. ID. 1894, and recorded IN The
town of Lincoln, r. l., in book No. Z. page
5ls; also in the records of mortgages OF real
estate in the town Of Burrillyille, r. l., in
book No. p, page so, the conditions of said
mortgage having been broken:
That certain parcel of land, with all tho
buildings and improvements thereon, situate
in the village of Central Falls, i'm said Lincoln,
fronting ON Broad street, on which II meas
ures fifty feet, and holding that width ex.
et-ef land laid out and designated lot
thirty -siA tIB) on the plat Of lots in Central
Falls belonging. TO Nathaniel G. Is. Dexter,
surveyed and plated by Gushing tS Dewitt,
May, 1864" which said plat is upon record in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Lincoln
aforesaid; being also the same premises con.
veyed to these grantors by deed from Lucy
W. Fletcher ct AL, dated July q, 1898, and
corded in deed book No. 80, page 45, Of the
land records in the town clerks Office of said
Lincoln. Also a certain tract OF lsnd in the
northerly part of the town OF Burrilville, in
Providence county. with all the buildings and
improvements thereon, situate IN place call
Commencing at stake and stone at the
southeast corner of said lot in the line of the
olu DouRlaS ROAD, So-calleu, tnence running
northerly by ana with the westerly line OF
said road until IL comes to land of Kate Fisk;
thence turning and running wotserly by and
with said Kate Fisk's land until it comes TO
n corner bound; thence turning and running
with said Fisk's lard southerly until IL comes
To the end of said Fisk's land; thence still
southerly 10y and with the fence as IL now
stands until IL comes TO the northerly line Of
the road leading westerly to Ara Paine:
thence turning and running easterly by and
with said road 10 the aforementioned bound,
containing by estimation about five acres of
land, more or less, being the same premises
conveyed to said Peter Germain by deed from
Anson Ingraham and wife, dated June 4, 1890,
and recorded in the deed book in the town
clerks office Of said Burrillville
BY order Of assignee of tn, mortgage, who
hereby gives notice of his intention TO bid
upon said property at said sale and at any adj
iournment or continuance thereof insist
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Commission on the Constitutional Revision
Will Hear It's Advocates.

The commission TO revise the state Con-
stitution give public hearings in the
State House, Providence, every Tue sday
afternoon at . o'clock. Tomorrow the
hearing will Inc devoted To the considera-
tion OF amending the Constitution so as
To secure suffrage 10 women upon the
same terms with man. Rev. Anna
Garlin Spencer will conduct the hearing
In behalf OF the Rhode Island Woman
Suffrage Association and the secretary,
Mrs Ellen NJ. Bolles says that women
from all parts of the state who believe in
the enfranchisemcr Of their sex are
urged to ho present and IL is hoped that
many OF them Will speak "A few words in
their own behalf.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10

Hobson-I sent half dollar to that concern
which advertised an appliance for keeping gas
bills down, and got II this morning.
Dobson-What did they sond your
Hobson--A paper weight.-New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
There would be deal loss disturbance in
this world IL when man had nothing TO say
he would be silent about it--Boston Tran
script.
doctor, / am poet. and" began the
marble browed youns rhyme smith. inn
portantly.
"Ah! And you wish treatments" inquired
the eminent physician. promptly. New York
World
Mr.. birmingham (timidly)-Mr. Millyuns,
wh-whether you are aware of IL or not d.
don't know, but your daughter Elsie loves
me, and l.
Old Millyuns dnterruptingl-oh never
mind that. She always brings home every
stray puppy that she finds and feeds him.
Half an hour later they found the dazed
young man still walking around in circle
Cleveland Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
THE NEW ENGLAND R. R co
Passenger Train Service, Week Days,
Corrected to Nov. 30, 1896.

Trains leave PROVIDENCE as follows;
For Boston-o:SO. IL 20 a. L.: hEiUhS 2:oIp. m,
b;27 Up. m
wALPoLE-5:S5, I:05 m.
FRANKLIN-5:55, IL SO a. m. IS 30 o. l.
NLFoRD-5:55. IL: a. m.; $50 p m
ARLINGToN-Fl2. .O5. 5:3I, $3.50 pm.
WEST ARLINGToN-Fl2;O5. 5:35 F6;so .. m.
KNIGHTsvILLE-- Fla %, 6:s5, 6:3) "Fli;iO p. m.
MEsHANTICUT-i2;OS Si5 s:sl. "ll:io p. m.
NATICR, RIVER POINT. oENTREvILLB
wAsHINGToN-s;4O 300 e. m; i::Oa 4;2O. 0:3a
6:3O,7:i5. "Ii;f5 p. m
CRANSToN, oAKLAWN-s;+o. $500 a mi i::oa
4:2l b;35, $3.50, 7;l5, -.il;lO p. M.
PoNTIAC-64o am-i i2;oS. 4:2o, 6:s, $3.50. F7:ih
"ll:iOp p. IN.
ARCTIC AND QUIDNICK-s;u q m 1905 4:2a
, b:3j. $780, F7:io."li:io p. IN.
ANTHoNY-sao $500 - m; i2:1s 4:ao. 5;sk ei3l
7:l5 ell 10 p. m
sTERLtN0-sa $500 a. M ';n 7il6 p. m
COVENTRY, GREENE, oNECo, MoosUP.
PLAINfIELD-e:iO. 300 O. IN; t!D. 7;lS p m
The 7:ii p II. train connects at Plsinnsld for
New YORK.
sUMMIr-siE. 900, a. M; t;2o. 7i5 p m.
JEWETT CITY. CANTERBURY. SCOTLAND
VERSAILLES BALTIC, SOUTH WlNDAAM .
$50 $500 a. NJ; t:2o. 7ii6p m.
wILLIMAETIC-6to $500 a. m; $40 7ii5 p. IN
HARTFoRD-s;to. 900 a. m. 4;2o 1;l5 p IN
FIsHKILL& a NEWBURG-s:oo a. m.
NoRwICH--e;4o, 800 a m; 4;2o, 7:i5p m.
WATERBURY, DANBURY-9.OJ a m.
CHICAGO AID THE WEST VA NEwBURo
AND ERIE R'Y-9iO0 a. m.
PAsCoAG AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS
EXCEPT FIELDS sTArIoN-t:i5 s:3J a. M;
4nJ e:3i, and "li:t5 p. m
Fields station-5:b s:l0a m; t;tl s:N pm.
Leave Pascosg at b;la. isS a. M; i2.,l
b:25and ''s:oS p. IN.
All trains leave IRON west end OF Union Depot
Providence.
..saturday. only ,s,op, on notice
W. r. BABCoCK. o.P.A
JN. KING. supt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
PROPOSALS FOR
STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE.

Office Of Commissioner of Public Works,
aty Hall Proyldence' P~nh T. J.; April "a 1887;
Commissioner of Public Works. City Hall,
Providence, II. l., will he received until
nishing steel highway bridge over the Provi-
denos river, TO replace the present Weybosset
bridge
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
City Engineers Office. City Hall, where
blank forms of contracs, proposal and bonds
may be obtained.
bond or certified check for two thousand dol
lars.
The right to reject any or all bids Is re-
served. ROBERT E. SMITH,
a21-l6t Commissioners of Public Works.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

Providence, April 90 1897.
The undersigned, executors of the last will
and testament of Henry A. Rowland, late OF
the city of Providence, deceased which will
has been admitted TO probate by the Munici-
pal Court of the city Of Providence, hereby
give notice that they have accepted s,id trust
and have given bond according to law.
All persons having claims ~ ainst said es.
tate are hereby notified to present them to
the undersigned or file the same in the Office
Of the clerk OF said court within six months
from the date OF the first advertisement
thereof.
JAMES NJ. SAwIN
IDA A. ROWLAND.
G. II ROWLAND.
a26-mon-9t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10

II was Kate's idea that she and Car
michael should GO down to Kildrummie
in that very four-wheeled dogcart in
which she had driven him up year ago,
and IL was at his request she wore q
trim little hat with white birds wing
in the side thereof, as he had first seen
her, although whether the same hat
and wing no man could tell. When
the bride and bridegroom came down
the stone stair and appeared in the deep
doorway, Drumtochty was gathered IN
the courtyard with eager expectation,
and DIR. Davidson knew for what they
waited.
People of Drumtochty," he said,
standing out in relief against the bridal
group, "the bride must not leave the
home of her family, with her husband.
without some one wishing Nhem both
godspeed, and / would be your mouth
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
PART III.

III 5 SuIe, nue. uOOt, he explained 10
st. Bede's, IAN it MIGHT be easier tae
keep yir man quiet here"-f, vi Car
michael he took no more notice than n
babe in ar1ns-''but a maun haze we ar
my mind afole the creetical time comes,
for there's a leemit tae ony mans Cd
pacity.
'Ye see, am advised that the PARTY
fIae the Lodge ill reach the gate at the
oor exact, an we may trust the General
for time. an the Doctor an me hev tae
leave the Manse tao IA in afore them at
the Kirk door. Ave paced it an cal
culatcd il. an ken tae twa seconds when
NC maun come roond the hedge, for tho
doctors pace is fixed, an it Gamma be
broken or hurried. Dor step is thirty
year auld, an it's fixed.
"Gin ye got in the road wi yir mon.
OF he took tae wanderin' at the last
minute, il wud be fcarsome; just talk
him doon"--regarding the Free Kirk
minister with pity, and without
sign of recognition. Hes an awfu'
sisjaskit condeetion, an ill be a care
tae we. When We git him intae the
Kirk he'if no be responsible, an he
micht try tae escape. Keep grup o
him, an for ony sake dinna let him
ret amang t'ss fouk, or he micht hide
himsel. an II wud be afne business gin
Miss Kate and the General cam doom
here and he wesna here tae meet them;
n wud never enter Drumtochty hirk
again wi onv satisfaction"
The best man gave John TO under
stand that the bridegroom was in safe
hands. Carmichael regarded them
both with a CLASSY stare, and only whis-
pered softly 10 himself in different ex-
perimental keys. II WIFI" but it was
not really necessary TO keep him sep
srate from the congregation. They
were strongly under the influence of the
funeral analogy, and. treating him as
chief mourner. affected not 10 see him,
and would hold no intercourse with him
in any form. Netherton actually avert
ed his face when Carmichael, as last
resource of nervousness. would have
spoken 10 him. and gave all men to un-
derstand he had not provoked such un-
eeemly frivolity.
Perhaps we did not glorify John over
much afterwards, but let it be our eX-
cuse that when the two professions met
there was not six feet between them;
and this was how they came into Kirk
John first. who crossed the open space
before the prccentor's desk. and then
wheeling round looked before him with
amazing composure; next the Doctor,
in his velvet court dress, black gown
and bands. and hood of white satin and
purple-so happy was his face we try to
remember the expression now that he is
Conc; then the General, erect and
proud. with Kate on his arm. serious
but und.smayed. with q smile for the
people aHA tllie bennes;- BLUSH Tor the
Bridegroom. vino was visialy trcrn-
bling: close behind her gallant maids.
Us nervous and abashcd as two boys.
lrt determined TO 90 their Part ur-
N:uchipgly. Many arc tle pleasant
tal,s wk.cA arc ted Lg the fire s.des in
the w.rteT time OF what Happened;
how the Doctor carried himself with the
i-iost gracious statcliueas; how Kate
answered in voice heard all over the
kirk-Elspeth MGcfadyen had her own
doubts about the obeying: how Car
michael disgraced himself beyond be-
Lcf and even beyond the defense OF the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-10
Mortgages Sale.

Will be sold at Public Auction on the 18th
day Of MAY, 1897, at 10 o'clock forenoon, on
the premises, the stock, consisting of Dry
Goods and fixtures in the store IL Mill street,
in Providence, Il. l., by virtue of the powers
Of sale contained in IA mortgage deed made
and executed by Thomas Hoffman, and re-
corded in personal property mortgage book
er Of Deeds in the city of Providence, r.. l.,
the conditions of said mortgage decd haviSs
been broken. n 30-l0t