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done il! If / have managed to convey
either the idea that you are penniless
orphan or that 1 have official inforrna ton
that you are suspected of dynamite con-
splracy-dont blame mel And now" he
SAID as l have excused myself on the
ground that l must devote myself to this
dreadful business of yours. perhaps you'll
tell me what it really Is"
Not a word more" said Miss Desbor-
ough, "except"-she added, checking her
smile with a weary gesture-'except that
L want to leave this dreadful place Of
once! There! Don't ask me any more -
There could be no doubt of the girls sim
cerity nor was 1t the extravagant caprice
of petted IDOL What had hannened ,
he might have believed in lovers QUAR-
rel. but he knew that she and Lord Aiuer-
non could have had no private interyieyv
that evening. He must perforce. accent
her silence, yet he could not help saying:
You seemed to like the place SO much
last night / say, you haren't seen the
prtory ghost, have your"
The prtory ghost" she said quickly,
whats that?'
The old monk who passes through The
cioisters with the sacred oil, the bell and
tEe smell or incense whenever any one
IS 10 ole here. By jove: 1t woulti have
peen good story to tell instead of this
eook-and-5ull Che about your pronertr
And there was death here today. Yousd
nave added the SYPHILIS gifts TO your other
charms"
Tell rie about that old man.. che said
looking past him out of the window 81
was at his cottage this morning But. moi
FIRST let US 90 out. You can take me for :
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THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS.
PART II.
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY BEET HARTE.
Copyright, 1898, by Bret Ha@te.)

guish nothing in the pouring rain above the
wind-swept meadow. He must have gone
nome. Relieved for moment she turned
ana hurried on toward the priory.
But at every step she was followed, not
by the old mans presence, but by what he
had said to her, which she could not shake
OF as she had shaken off his OBTAINING fin
gers Was it the rawlings of insanity or
mad she stumbled unwittingly upon some
awful secret-was 1t. after all. a secret?
Perhaps it was something they all knaw, or
would know later. And she had come down
here for this. Fer, back of her Indignation
back even of her disbelief in his insanity
there was an awful sense of truth. The
names he had flung out, of 'Debs," Deb
bans and 'Debbrook," now flashed upon
her as something she had seen before but
had not understood Until she satisfied her
self of this she felt she could not live or
breathe! She loathed the priory. with it's
auStere exclusiveness, as it rose before her
she wished she had never entered it-but It
contained that which she must know, and
know at once. She entered the nearest
door and ran up the grand staircase Her
flushed face and disordered appearance
were easily accounted fer by her exposure
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somewhat uneasy evening under the fire of
questions that assailed him in reference to
the falr deserter. But he kept loyal faith
with her-adhering even tos the letter OF
her fnstructions-aEd only once was soaded
into more active mendacity. The conversa-
ton had turned upon "Debs," and the con-
sui had remarked on the singularity of the
name A guest frem the north observed
however, that the name was undoubtedly
a contraction. Possibly 1t might have
been Debbcrough, or even the same name
as our fair frieEd."
But didn't Miss Desborough tell you last
night that she had been hunting up her
people-with family tree or something
like that?' said Lord Agernon. eagerly.
l Just caught word here and therefor
you were both laughing"
The consul smiled blandly. you may
well say so--for 1t was all the most de-
hghtful piece of pure invention and utter
extravaganza. 1t would have amused her
still more IL she had thought you were
listening and took it Seriously
OF COURSE see, said the young fellow,
with laugh and a slight rise of color. Il
knew she was taking some kind of rise
out of you-and that remark reminded me
of it."
Nevertheless within year Lord Alger-
non was happily married to the daughter
OF South African millionaire. whose
bridal offerings alone touched the sum of
half million. 1t was also said that the
mother was Impossible and the father
unspeakab}e,' the relations 'inextinguish-
ape but the wedding was an occasion"
ana IN the succeeding year of festivity it is
presumed that the names of "Debs'' and
Desborough'' were alike forgotten
But they existed still in a little ham
let near the edge of a bleak northern
moor, where they were singularly exaIt-
ed on soaring shaft of pure marble above
the submerged end moss-grown tomb
stones OF simple country church yard
80 great was the contrast between the
modern and pretentious monument and
the graves of the humber forefathcrs OF
the village that even the Americans who
chanced to visit 1t were shocked at what
they believed was the ostentatious and
vulgar pride of one of their own country
women. For on its pedestal was inscribed:
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dress uponsit, handed 1t to the girl and
gently pushfd her from the room.


The consul was lingering on the terrace
beside one of the carriages; at a little
distance groom was holding the nervous
Thoroughbred of Lord Algernon's dogcart.
Suddenly he felt touch on his shoulder.
and Miss Des5orough's maid put a note in
MS hand. 1t contained only line.
Please come and in the library,
nut without making any fuss about tat
once--S. D.
The consul glanced around him; no one
had apparently noticed the incident. He
slipped back into the house and made his
way to the library. 1t was long gallery;
at the further end Miss Desborough stood
cioaked, yelled and coquettishly hated.
she was looking very beautiful and ami
mated. Il want you to please do me a
great favor" she said with an adorable
smile, ''as your own. countrywoman, you
know, for the sake of Fourth of July and
pumpkin pie and the old flag! / don't want
to so to this circus today. l am going to
leave here tonight l am. Honest Injin. /
want you to manage it. 1 want you to
say that as consul you've received import
ant news for me-the death of some rela-
tive, if you like-or better, something af-
1eetins my property, you know"-with a
little satirical Taught guess that would
fetch 'einl So go at once"
But really, Miss Desborough do let US
talk this ever before you decider' i'm
plored the bewildered consul. Think what
a disappointment to your host and these
ladies. Lord Algernon expects to drive
you tkere-he is already waitingI The
party was gotten up for you" Miss Des-
borough made slight grimace. Il mean
you ought to sacrifice something-but I
trust there is really nothing serious-to
them!"
IF you do not speak to them 1 willr'
said Miss Desborough firmly IF you say
what l tell you it will come the more
plausihly from you. Come! My mind is
made up. One of us must break the newsi
Shall it be you or I?'' She drew her cloak
over her shoulders and made a step for
wards.
The consul saw she was determined
Then wait here till l return, but keep
yourself out of sight," he said, and hur
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$4,000 to $4,000 and up.
The Neccssnry Talent.
BRISKLY COMPANY.

Ii engaging leading ladies great stress Is
laid upon their dressing well, and the item
of costuming part properly may make a
considerable difference in the salary paid.
No member of the company is finally en-
gagged until she or he has shown the ability
to play the part assigned at the rehearsal
These latter begin as soon as the cast of
the play is filled, and they are held at one
of the theaters or in a hall hired for the
purpose, frequently even in hotel rooms.
In smaller companies the ''old man Of
the play acts as stage manager and his
orders as regards the technique of the play
are supreme.
Salary When the Show Opens.
1t must not be supposed that, although
finally accepted, the members Of the COM
pany are paid during the time of rehearsal.
Their salary only begins with the first per-
Torrance and yet the heart of each player
beats easier. once the coveted contract is
signed. because it can be made the basis
of such advances on the part Of the man
ager or Of money lenders to enable the
party of the second part" TO tide over the
weeks that are yet TO elapse BEFORE the
opening night.
ent companies are fitted out annually in
New York. A number of firms send out
anywhere from five to fourteen companies
to present many different productions.
In some cases many as four companies
play one and the same piece on different
circuits, which are booked ahead at the
beginning OF each season. The larger firms
find it more profitable to engage their peo-
pie without the aid of the theatrical agent
who exacts q percentage for his services.
The commission paid by the player to the
agent for securing an engagement Is one
half of the second weeks salary.
All summer long rehearsing goes on; COS
tunes are prepared and changed to fit all
exigencies of the play: Autographs are sent
out; advance agents work the newspapers
and prepare advertising matter to be used
on the road. All is hustle and hurly-burIy
Just before starting out full-dress rehear-
sal is held in the complete stage setting
that go with the play. and finally the fate
fui oay arrives when the baggageman hired
by the advance agent calls at the boarding
hou or hotel Of every member 10 take
away the road trunk, plainly marked with
the full name of the owner and with the
name Of the company of which he is a
member.
With hopes beating high In their hearts.
with the prospect of comparative plenty
ana with pieasurable anticipation and ex-
ctteraent of fun to come, these light-heart-
ed folk, as they board the train, find vet
place in their souls for little touch Of
sadness at leaving the metropolis that 70
them is. alas. too often a city of starva-
ton. NJ DE LIPMAN
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CThe End.)
MARRIAGE AND GENIUS.
Girls Warned to Beware of Very
Talented Men.

Uiris warned to Beware of Very
Talented Men.
From the Philadelphia North American
Mr.. John Gilmer Speed warns girls of
narriageable age to beware of men of ex-
ceptional talent, and if they would seek
safety to choose husbands from the class
OF Industrious mediocrity. But take the
TWO most conspicuous literary lights of our
own day Stevenson was an invalid and
nomad. a man of genius, with every ap-
parent excuse for being an Indifferent hus-
band. instead of which he seems to have
bee a delightful man to live with. fairly
pfoYldent. always kind and industrious be-
yond the limits of his strength. So report
represents Mr. Kipling as a man who finds
is chief pleasures at home, and as a kind
sober AID di1igent citizen.
Mr. peed's imp essions to the contrary
notwithstanding, there does not seem TO be
sufhcieat reason for wise maidens 10 dis
cflfnlnata against men who have nothing
worse the matter with them than that they
are exceptionally clever. Ability won't
make up for serious defects of character
Don't marry brute, however clever he is
Tor a man more selfish than Is proper in a
man. nor any sort of bad man wha over.
Dut don't discriminate against intelligence
even when it exceeds the usual limits a
nan OF sense will make his wife happy If
ne can. More women suffer from a lack
of intelligence in husbands than from an
excess Of it. Intelligence helps a. man 10
n AXE a living, helps him to make himself
agreeable and helps him to appreciate the
Importance of doing both
/. Girls about to marry should guard nor
haps against choosing men who are so
clever that they won't care for their wives
but they must take thought also against
choosing men who are SO dull that living
with them will be uninteresting It IS lust
as bad-worse, perhaps-to marry a man
who does not interest you as to marry one
whose thoughts you cannot share
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town so eddie II you can US me drop
leaf me Chock."
He will do, I guess, If he will keep
sober dryly comments the manager.
After some further talk, the list on the
agents desk looks something like this:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

A lawyer in a Boston court the other day
after a close cross examination of an il
Hterate Irish woman in reference to the
position of the doors and windows etc., in
her house, asked her the following ques-
ton:
And now, my good woman. tell the court
how the stairs run in your house, To
which the good woman replied: How do
the sthairs run? Shure. whin I'm oop-
sthairs they run down, and whin I'm down
they run oop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
The Fly I'm the Ointment.

Dusty Rhodes-"Say, Weary. I'm eoln'
to dem Ffllypener Islands Dey say DAT all
de food yer need grows right on trees"
Weary Walker with look of scoru)-
Oats Just like vert Yer amt got no far
sightedness Don't yer know dat dem peo-
pie as lives In der tropics are SO blamed
lazy det yer wouldn't be able ter lit no ons
ter pick II on fer yerf"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11
humboldt lionors the Dead.

There was an immense crowd in
Humboldt Sunday afternoon to at
tend the funeral of w. f. Waggoner,
and to witness the unvei ling cere-
monies OF the Byron Cushman mon
ument. Mr.. Waggoner was an old
resident of Humboldt and many Of his
old friends wished to pay their re-
spects to his memory. Others went
to see the unwilling, but all combined
and attended the funeral and later
the unwilling.
The Humboldt band headed the
procession from the church where the
sermon was preached, to the ceme-
terry. The funeral was conducted by
the Masons of which lodge and the
Odd Fellows, the deceased was a
member. The Woodmen conducted
the unwilling and the combined lola
and Humboldt camps swelled the
line. The ceremonies were impress
sive and beautiful, Mr.. j. b. Atchi-
son, OF lola, delivering the GRAFTON.
The monument given by the Wood
men, Is q handsome shaft.
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A Busy Place.

The REGIsTER;presses made $4,000
impressions last week AN amount of
work being turned out that very few
country offices are equipped to do.
Eight printers were kept busy, and
several outsiders were employed at
different times aud in various ways.
This week the Office is to get out
ten thousand two page circulars
pages the size of the REGIsTER-for
Mr.. +. s. Bennett. 1t will also begin
work on hundred page book. This
job, by the way, was awarded to the
REGISTER in competition with print
ing houses in Missouri, Iowa, and
two or three of the. larger towns OF
Kansas.
Along with other things there is
going to be printing office build up
here in lola that the town need not
be ashamed Of.
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A Formerly of lola Girl WEEDS.

The following clipping from the
Lexington, Ky, Herald, will be Of
interest:
At Christ Church Cathedral, Tuesday
afternoon, Lieutenant David b. Arell of
Company /, First Territorial Regiment, was
married to Miss Pearl Jones' of Guthrie, Ok
lahoma, by Dean Lewis. The wedding,
which was a very quite affair, was romantic
to say the least.
Lieutenant AreIl, who is on the staff of
General Andrews, came to Lexington with
his regiment, the First Territorial, and soon
after arriving here was transferred to Gener-
al Andrews stair He and Miss Jones had
been aweethearts for some time and the
wedding day was decided on In the latter
part Of october. Miss Jones' who lived in
oklahoma, came TO Lexington. where the
ceremony was to be performed. On the very
day of her arrival her soldier sweetheart
was ordered sway with his General but
there was a meeting before the lovers part
ed, and 1t was arranged that when Lieuten-
ant Arell returned the wedding should be
solemnized. He returned Tuesday morning.
In heafternoon the license was issued and
the wedding ceremony was performed at
O'Clock. The couple will make their home
at the Clarendon Hotel while the regiment
Is here.
The bride ia a very pretty young lady and
Is member OF an excellent family in the
territory, while Lieutenant Arell is one of
the most popular officers in the volunteer
service.
Miss Pearl Jones grew up in Ioli
and is daughter of A. G. Jones ant
a neice OF Mrs. w. G. Jones. She wa
onelof the most popular young ladie
of the city and in the public school
had wide'circle Of friends who will
be delighted with the happy news.
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Council Heeting.

The city council met at the council
room.tThursday with all members
present and transacted routine bust
ness and some other business.
Building permits were issued to
Lance a. Jones for shed on the north
side, to Il. f.. Bridgman to build, and
to Sleeper Il Son for hearse shed.
The acceptance by the Rapid Tran
sit Co. of the terms imposed by the
city was received.
The levy of the school board was
approved.
The report of the street commission
er for September was read and APP
proved.
Bills were allowed az follows: J.D.
Mann, salary and killingatwo dogs,
$3.50; ID H Brewer, salary, $35; &C
Lucock, salary and fixing calaboose
stove, $3.50; g. II. Wheaton, salary,
$3.50; G. II. Scott, sidewalk corner,
SLY; w. f. Phillips, burying two
dead horses, $500, o. ID. Myers, rock
crusher, $4.S2; Gabe Warren, wash
ing for jailbirds 98 cents; r. II. Brown,
sidewalk, So. 81; T.. f. Seniff, stone
for crusher, $25.66; j. II. Book, side
walk, $l,55 Hall u O'Donald, print
ing election books, SI4,35; w. III.
Root, plumbing 60 cents; lola Brick
Company, brick, $24,O0; j. 1. Camp
bell, 500 So.
The following bills were referred
Teats & Shafer, printing, $4,000: If
w. Williams and s. A. Wickard
coal $4.85.
In the matter of the City VS. Sugg
a brief costing 81 the printing Of
which was included in Teats q
Shaefer's bill was accepted and the
city attorney allowed $40. to go tc
Fort Scott and plead the case before
the Appellate court.
The placing of lamp at the steps
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11
Two Stores Entered.

Sometime after closing hours Sat
urday night two stores on the south
side were broken into and thefts com.
mitted, just the extent of which has
not yet been learned. A back win
dow in the lola Racket was cut out
and the burglar had the entire stock
to choose from. Nothing has been
missed yet but people do not take so
much trouble for nothing and the loss
Will be discovered soon. Contants
hardware was alec entorod from the
rear, and the elevator left half way
bet ween floors. Mr.. Contant looked
over his razor and revolver stock as
soon as he discovered that an entrance
had been made, but he failed to dis
cover any loss. The safes had been
tempered with in neither place and
no clue loft a. TO the Identity or in
tention of the parties.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11

took them home to her. Before she had
taken all of the first box we noticed
change for the better.
"She gained strength daily.
"Every one noticed the change, l
bought two more boxes. When she had
taken them she was strong enough to
leave her bed, and in less than six months
was something like herself.
"To-day she is entirely cured, and is a
big, strong, healthy girl, weighing 100
pounds, and has never had sick day
SINCE.
III know DR.. Williams Pink Pills saved
my daughters LIE and ] am glad to re-
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To further verify this statement Mr..
Trout made affidavit to its truthfulness
before Robert z. HILL, Jr., Notary Public.
The last decade Of the nineteenth CEN
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The evidence is irrefutable. The fact
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on suffering humanity.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
druggists throughout the land.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11
AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK.

~ was troubled with boils and sick
headaches. 1 began taking Hoods
Sarssparilla and 1t gave me immedi.
ate relief from headache and purified
my blood. 1t has also built up my
system generally. | do not get 80
tired after a hard days work as
did before taking Hood's.n HELEN
KERN, Powhattan, Kan.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
Mailed for 25c by G. L. Hood Il c.,
Lowell, Mass.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11
YOU SHOULD KNOW

What Hoods Sarsapsrilla has pow
er to do for those who have impure
and impoverished blood. 1t makes
the blood rich and pure, and cures
scrofula, salt rhem, dyspepsia, ca
tarrh, rheumatism, nervousness. If
you are troubled with any ailment
caused or promoted by impure blood,
take Hoods Sarsarparilla at once.
Hoods Pills are prompt.and efficient,
easy to take easy to operate.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-11
ANOTHER SHELTER.
Work at Last Begun ON the Great Cherokee
Lanyon Zinc Smelling Plant.

Work began Saturday on the
great Cherokee Lanyon Smelling
Works at Gas City, three miles east
of lola. The Missouri Pacific sur
veyors are stalking out the eide
tracks, and Mr.. A. b. Cockerell,
general manager, is on hand with
his superintendent, head carpenter
and head stonemason, stalking out the
buildings and furnaces. Work will
be pushed hard from this time on,
Mr.. e. X. Taylor reports, and unless
bad weather prevents the factory
will be in operation soon after the
first of the year.
The REGISTER announced several
weeks ago that the Cherokee anyon
Company would build smelter here,
but work has been delayed on &C.
count of some hitch in the freight
rates. These matters have at last
been adjusted however, - owing
largely to the efforts of Mr.. l.. l..
Northrup and Mr.. f. X. Taylor who
made several trips to st. Louis for
that purpose, there will be no
more delay.
The Cherokee .Lanyon Company
controls q very large amount of cap
itsl and has been operating
several large zinc smelters. If
they should concentrate all
their works here the result
would be one of the largest zinc
smelling plants IN the world. And
they are very likely to do that thing.
They have secured forty acres of
ground here to be used exclusively as
site for their factory buildings,
and while they are not under contract
to cover all that ground with build
ings, yet there Is the best of reason
for thinking that such is their in
tention. AT any rate there can be no
doubt that the plant will be fully
equal in extent to any now in the
field.
Of course all this means boom for
our little suburb, Gas City. Mr.. Tay-
lor, the proprietor of the town, says
the lots will be on sale in about two
weeks and he says there will be
sixty houses on the townsite within
sixty days.
And that is the way we grow!