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CHAPTER XVII

Presently the door opened again, aud
portiy nurse. laden with n gorgeous
ly-clad baby. waddlcd In. speedily fol-
lowed by the owner OF the gay voice
and bogemmed fingers. namely. Mrs.
Dennya OF Colworth a stately we'll
conditioned lady. on whose lovely
blooming face not the faintost trace OF
shame. romorsc. regret llngcred-n face
that was the embodiment OF supreme
solf-satlsiactlon and unshadowed pros
pcrlty. Helen looked into Il long and
deeply with hungry eyes. then turned
to the wall. when shower OF hot
tears dimmed her sight.
Il tell you. Halpin. the box n semo-
whore In the station; the porter dis
tlnctly saw u being lifted ont OF the
last train, and I won't leave the sta
tlon until II Is found I really never
met such n helpless and stupid woman
as you, Il Is unbearablei" cried Mrs.
Donnys angrlly, stamping her foot.
"Hullo, Hullo. wife. what's the storm
about7" lnterposed mans voice. "ls
half you're nursery missing or what"
MY bonnet-box from Elsies Is miss
Ing. MIR. Dennys. and I am tolllna Hal
pin that I won't leave the station until
Il Is forthcoming: I'll not have the his
tory OF my emerald bracelet repeated
Mr.. Dennys made hali-soothing,
halt-banterlng reply; at the sama time,
SELLING his littlo girl. he perchcd her
on his shoulder. The child elung 10
him fearfully, her eyes Fixed upon the
dark figure. which nobody seemed TO
notice.
Helen's lips moved In lncoherent ter
rife prayer, her hands pressed to her
eyes.
Help ne. help me. o Heayeni" she
prayed "Oh. do not desert me after
seven years struggle, don't let my sac
rlnco be all In vain have suffered.
have struggled Oh. for PHYS sake
help me now. or II ruln-ruln bim I
loyel Paul, fIul. n you love your
wife, your children, your happy home,
go-go quick before my strength
leaves me. before look at you-beforo
look at you again"
She leaned forward rocking herself
TO and fro In the fever OF temptation,
moaning fcebly, until some one touch
ed her upraised arm. aud her hand fell
lnstlnctlyely. Edlth's husband was
standing beside her, speaking to her.
IL beg your pardon, madam, there
II q parcel under your seat Would you
allow me to see II II II the one we are
looking for No. Il Is not; thanks. I
am sorry for disturbing you"
He moved away. not a CLEAN OF rec
ognltlon In his face and she looked
after him dumbly. her haEds lying on
her lap.
AZ FIRST she could not see him plain
~ for red mist shrouded her eyes;
but Il passed away, and he stood clear
before hor man In the prime OF lifei
stalwart and shapoly. with handsome
sunny face as insouclant, free from
remorse and care as Edlth's own. .
man whom the world used we'll who
had obeyed her last request In tho
spirit as we'll as the letter. Changedi
oh. 80 little changed since the summer
days long ago when she watched him
died on her lips. the tumult In her
her god among men-a little fuller
In tho body and redder IN face. out
otherwise unchanged Unchanged
ITO be Contlnued.l
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Washington, April 3.-It was roiter-
ated last night by two members OF the
cabinet that no consideration would be
paid 20 any proposition for money for
the Cuban army outside OF the ~ ZOO, :
900. now awaiting their acceptance,
and. furthermore, Il "a hinted that n
too much trouble and deliberate delay
occurs preliminary 10 that amount be-
lng turned over 10 10 Cubans, the g.,
00e 900 may be withdrawn and no pay
nieut OF any sort will bo made By this
government on account OF the Cuban
troops.
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Len Washington.

Washington. April a.-senors Vllla-
Ion and Hovia. the representatives OF
the Cuban assembly who came here ia
ON effort 90 secure more funds 10 be
distributed 10 the Cuban army when
disbnnded. left Washington for the
south. They expressed themselves as
disappointed with the result OF their
visit and stated that having cabled 10
Havana the n refusal Of the admins
istratlon 20 increase the sum intended
for the army they would not be SUR
prifed az the early dissolution OF the
assembly and the dlsbanding OF the
Cuban army.
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Vienna, April "A serious collision
has taken place between nulgarluns
and Turkish frontier guards az Kozyl-
Agoh. between Iamboli. eastern Rou-
the Toonia. iifty-slx lies south OF Jam
bolt.
According 10 a dispatch from Sofia,
capital Of bulgaria. the Turks attack
od n weak bulgarian outpost -but the
Dulgarlans. aided by armed inhabi-
tants. ropuleod their assailants after
n tour hours nEht.
Both Sides suffered losses OF killed
and wounded
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WAR hM ANf-N NluNilNNtNiI
My dear boy, wait a moment, just n
moment" pleaded my uncle. his hand
graaping my arm. we will give you
At the particulars We have CLEANED.
Don't-don't be afraid Unfortunately
up 10 the prorent we've have no re-
liable clue 10 your wlios whereabouts
more than the letter has probably
given you; but We hope"
There's her hat-the hat she NJ.
ways wears IN the garden; u looks all
wet and muddy-shc must have drop
ped u IN the grass. Give u TO me
give Il to mol Einlay. what on earth
have you ilngling there? lit Soks
"
Il don't know what Il ~. do you
recognize H. Mr. Dennys?" no an
HWercd. holding up block of bruised
metal from which hung a light rusted
chain ontanglcd In a rag OF blue RIB
bon.
THAT rubhlsh7-no. At FIRST In the
shade there ! thought Il looked not un-
like a steel glrdlo aud chatolalno my
wife wcara-one that ! bought her at
The Palais Royal last spring. IL don't
know what put II into my head. Give
mo the hat Where was it found? An
swer me, answer me! Are you all
struck dumb?"
Then they told me. two or three OF
them taking up one another nervous
". that the hot was picked up the
morning before by the children OF tho
Grange lodge IN q bed OF rushes down
tho river. that tho chain and mass OF
metal had been found twisted round
tho big wheel Of the Red Mil. and that
Il Was recognized by Carter. my Wlfos
maid. as part Of the chatolalno she un-
dOubtodiy wore the day she d.sap-
pcarcd.
"You-you wish me 90 understand
that my wife went down the river un-
der the mill machinery like the girl
long ago? You-you want me to be-
lieve that? Great heayens"
MY dear boy no. no. As long as
there Is no further confirmation. OF
course we've must hope for the best;
but-but you see. unfortunately the
nigh: was dark, and the river unusual
iy swollen; Il is 20 dangerous down
By that broken bridge. 30 easy 10 miss
ones footing In the-the-I say. catch
him. catch hlm Oh. poor fellow, he's
fallingl"
saw their faces crowdlng round me.
tho room seemed 10 hoaye conyulslye-
~. and then ! remembered nothing
moro fC many Weeks.
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Monthly statement.

washington. April 8,-The monthly
statement OF comptroller OF the cur
rency shows the total circulation OF na-
tlOnal bank notes on March 81, 1888,
year OF siS,Csi ,29s. and an increase for
the month OF sii9,950. The circulation
based on United States bonds amount.
cd 20 t20a 925 ,9S9. an increase for ths
year Of tiS.3ii,3S9 and a decrease fol
ihe month OF tl,22g,02s.
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what wnibs Done.

Washington Aprll 3.-Gen. Otis has
been asked for his plan OF campaign.
Upon Il will depend the military plans
OF the president
The provisional army OF regulars ig
10 be recruited up e. 60 900 force.
Gen. Otis says Il would be danger.
Gus 10 send home before six months
clapae the remains OF Americas dead
heroes
flo has been ordered 20 make graves
aud take especial pains 10 preserve the
identity OF the dead.
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Anslce's Magazine for April has n
distinct flavor Of original investigation
and discovery The editors have
thougi Il timely 20 present 20 the pub
llc the man who built the wonderful.
fast-saillng Oregon, Irving ri. Scott,
How he rose from poverty to wealth
and how he organized the great system
which turns out vessels like the Ore
gon Is related In charming narrative
fashion and illustrated most profuaely.
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One cold gusty evening IN October.
seven years after the pen had fallen
from Paul Donnys hand two women,
wearing ne garb OF the good Sisters
of Nazareth, wondol their way across
tho little country churchyard OF Col
worth and stood silently before a white
marble cross bearing the following in
scription-
Sacred TO the memory Of Helen.
the beloved wife OF Paul Donnys OF
Colworth. who died 22nd Of July. lS7--.
aged no.
"it Stood q few yards away from tho
hugo stono monument under which
generations OF Donnyscs slept. the
reeds and rushes from the river. how-
inE close by. rustllng mournfully
around H. making tho spot so dismal
aud ghostly that the elder sister. n
woman Of vigorous and unlmasln-
atlye disposition, shuddorod inyolun-
tariiy and exclaimed half-pottishly 20
her silent companion
swell. sister. ~ our Journey az an
era7 Il this the spot wo have travelled
over two hundred miles TO ylsit7"
'Yes. / wanted 10 know II this
IIelon Dounys was buried here and
nnd she is. am ready 20 go back now
slaior Agatha when you wish" lh,
stopped 20 pick q spray OF lyy grow
inE round the cross. held II Ia her hand
irresolutcly for moment. then hun'
Il into the river ana moved hoayil'
away.
mo: wait moment and rest your
self you look quite exhausted Don
st on The grass, child; do you wish d
cet your death 0f cold2 so here ol
tho slab beside me, cried sisto
Agatha. laying motherly hand on ho
eompaninna shoulder
she oboyed. tossing back her hcayl
erapo veil. and lifted wan listlea
face to the low murky sky.
"poor Holoni' she sighed presently
with a scak laugh. They haven
given her a very dry bed have they
Thcy might have moved her a ilitl
farther. even though q were only he
memory moulderlng there"
Sister Agatha made no reply. bu
read aloud the inscription. comment
tag softly. aged nlnteon. That wa
young 20 bid good-by 90 earthly hap
plneaa Was this Helen relation
ans one you loved Sister Clothlldo2
Il knew her an her lIfe; though sh
died young In years. she was old
HorroW"
"And yet she was holoyed?'
80 the stone snya-ao the ston
saya ON. sister sister" burst out "a
young nun. with a suddor. bitter crl
-af al the lies. uttered or recordo
In this world of lies. thtro are none
aone. ! rayso shameful 30 bar,
facod az those that dehle the gray,
yards of our landl'
-Hunh. hush, my dear Hlsterl' n
proved the elder. Ia a shocked voic
"Pray. pray compose yourself you d
uoi know what you are saying no
unbec0ming
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me-dont look at me again. ana you
are safe. Go-Eol"
They went; and Helen Donnyu. who
was supposed 70 have been drowned
seven years ago, sank back into her
seat and covered her face with her
hands In n passion OF despair and
stormy revolt. almost as fierce ne that
which swept her the morning she tried
TO take her husbands life.
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WHEN roLsroI WRITES a nook

Count Leo Tolstoi Is such an original
author that II IS not In the least SUR
prlslng that his modus operandI when
writing a book "a equally so, As soon
as he has decided what the plot of a
new novel Is TO be he makes a rough
sketch OF the whole. leaving out de-
tails. using for the purpose quarto pa
por Of the commonoat description,
prohably from motives OF economy, as
his handwriting Is 80 large that he
uses an enormous amount Of paper for
very little work; this he gives TO his
wife or one OF his daughters TO rewrite
and reduce 10 something like ncatness.
AS soon as the first manuscript Is ready
he works up the plot and hlls In some
Of the details, writing his own COM
ments and ideas. for future alteration.
ON the margin.
From the first copy a second and
third are made. each Ia the same way.
n there ls any part with which Count
Tolsol Is very much dissatisfied no
win take the trouble 10 write and re-
write Il as many as eight or nine times,
sooner than pass anything With which
he is not quite pleased. he very seldom
succeeds nt once Ia describing any
very remarkable scene, and when any
great dlmculty presents itself he adopts
the highly original way OF getting over
a and collecting his ideas oy playing
IA game of Patience.
Critical as he Is about his own work.
Count Tolsol meets with stlll sharper
criticism from his wife an 'amily. and
AS he places great reliance on their
Judgment and good taste In all things
relating 10 literature, as soon as new
novel Is completed ho reads Il over 20
them. In order that they may suggest
surh alterations as they think advisa-
HE, some OF which suggestions be acts
upon. when the prooisheets are sent
Ina their correction abaorbs his whole
time and attention. aud Il Il said that
mo- ilvlng author gives hls publisher 80
much trouble. owing 20 the numberless
alterations he Insists upon.
] rh,u,ragna was frat made bv moufa
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Kipiins's Good i.ush.

Tho FIRST story that kipllng writes
after his illness will bring fabulous
price. 10 will be sought as eagerly by
progressive publishers as Hostottor's
stomach Bltters Il by all who suffer
from stomach Ills OF any nature. No
matter whether II DO indigestion. con-
stipation, blliousness or nervousness,
the Bltiers will cure IL. 10 Is an un-
oqualled spring medicine.
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"He Who Rhrspes Twc
Hares Catches Neither. I"
Safd a HueN knozun ponnq

Said a 4veH known young
man about fown, "I tried
for years TO burn the candle
at both ends, In the pGrsGH
of pleasure SUhiie trying to
attendto business. Ny blood,
stomach and Kidneys got into
a Ivretched state and It
seemed that I could not carry
the burden any longer.
But now my rheumatism has gone,
my courage has returned. and all on
account Of that marvel, Hoods sarsa.
parilla, which has made me picture OF
health. Now I'm In for business pure
and simple"
Roay Cheeks -aI have good heAits
and rosy cheeks, thanks 10 Hoods Saraapa-
rlli@ u builds me mp and saves doctors
bills" MARY A. BURKE, OOf East Clair
Street, indianapolis, Ind.
impure Blood - Aoooese -" An ab-
scess formed ON my right side, caused BY
impure blood. Hoods sarsaparllla has
made mo as sound as a dollar and the cure
&od3. SalIGb0aM
4Z9a 7llIUD|
--
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"eYs," said the young doctor 20 his
wife, II felt greatly worried until the
climax was passed"
"Will he be out aoonw
No said the young doctor, mot
until the day OF the funeral"
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Archbishop Temple the other night
iropped In upon On East End. London,
Revival service and had Joined IN sing
ling q Moody and sankoy hymn when a
sailor seated next him whispored
Ere. dry up, mister; you're aplling
the 'ole ahowlr
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Allco-What makes you think Mr..
Perkins means business.
Bertha-lIo Just asked me why
didn't attend cooking school.
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Shake into your shoes, Alieu's Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. Il makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunlona, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 2bc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
Happiness is women's greatest
beauther.
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There Is nothing that grows faster In
a household than the stock Of medl-
cine bottles.
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DO Your F.st A.h. and nnrnf

II is easy to be happy and amiabls
when things come our way.
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Champagne was drst made by moafS
10 tie seventeenth century.
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Hoods iFiis cure liver ills the nonlrrilating and
eny eathAlno 10 take with lioods salsapafllai
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qualities and traits and characteristics
OF the tribes. Judge Speer makes the
contention that among negroes in south
land there Is fully as much difference
as to ancestry as there IS as to the
whites. OF course the south has people
descended from many nationalides-En-
glish, Irish Scotch, WEIGH, Germans,
French, Italians, etc. Judge Speer
says, and he is justly ap~preciative OF the
good qualities of the better part of the
negro "a
While some Of our negro population
are descended from degraded tribes, and
yet preserve in -exaSperating perfection
their ancestral vices, others spring
from those gentle and manly races who
kindly administered to the helpless
Livingstone in his long wandering
across the dark continent. These wor-
thy men have the confidence and good
will of the southern states. Indeed, the
negro is largely the peasantry Of the
southern states, and his labors add
enormously to h aggregate wealth I
feel that after all hat has Eel said
the colored farmer Is no friend
OF the state, with all of its advancing
civilization. There are Missionaries who
talk about the colonization of the negro,
but unless he chooses to go himself this
Is utterly impractcable. Ny word for
it, ne will not choose to go. No race
has stronger, more loyal attachments
than the negro. Way down in our
hearts We do not want him to 60"
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HOME FOLKS.

w are asked by a correspondent if
there are two Goodwin Smiths ?He finds
contradiction in quotations from him.
There is but one and he is a distin-
guished English author and professor
now resident in Canada. He writes
with the narrow prejudice of an En-
glishman who favored the war upon the
south. When he denies hat the ne
groes CONT rapes he shows his STU
pidity. and that he writes of facts oe
which he is inexcusably ignorant. He
is able, scholarly, gifted bu, IS blinded
by fanatlcism. It is just sucn writer's
as he is who do infinite harm to the ne
gro race in the south, and provoke the
whites to rid themselves at last Of the
negroes. There are two classes of ne
groes in the south. One is composed of
well behaved, Industrious, fairly intel
ligent people who do not hate the
whites. The other is made up of the bad
vengeful, lazy, dangerous. The south
ern whites understand this.
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Ess EXsTBErA

The Georgia Baptist negroes are to
build a college at Macon for the edu-
cation of their children. The teachers
will all be of their own race.
Think of riding a bicycle a mile in
less than fifty-eight seconds. A man
by the name of Murphy in the north
did it.
Angus Cannon, a leading Mormon
at Salt Lake City is to be prosecuted
for polygamy. The list of witnesses is
extensive and includes many prominent
Mormons.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis intends to take
UP her residence near Montpelier,
Vermont.
There are reported to be IL, 1000, 900
Filipinos instead of $1,000, 900 as re-
ported. The work of killing will have
to be more prolonged.
The condemning Of mobs by negro
conventions and Sunday schools con-
tinue. The remedy is simple-let the
causes cease. Stop rape.
Six in one family were killed at a
railroad crossing at Columbus, Ohio.
Crossings are always dangerous, and
should be made less so.
The German press comments unfav-
orably on McKinley's 10 for an in
crease of army of invasion and con-
quest in the Philippines. 1t thinks it
is not hopeful of American success.
There is immense travel by Ameri-
cans abroad. On 4th July 1000 Amer
lean women attended a banquet at the
American embassy in London.
1t is said that really there are but
five cities in which confessional boxes
will be found in church OF England
churches. They are London, Chiches-
ter, Exeter, Oxford and Southwel. At
the same time, there are scores of
churches, especially in London, where
confessions are heard at the altar rails
or in chairs placed in defined positions
in the nave.
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people. Sir William Jones, the great
Oriental scholar of England, long ago
asked-"What constitutes a staten
The reply was-"Men, high minded
men," Today the population OF this
state would be more than $500. 600 IL
all her people had abided al home, and
her roll Of eminent men would perhaps
among the states be only second to
Virginia.
In the great war several distinguish
ed generals Of other states were ina
tive here" Among them were Polk,
Bragg, Mccullough, Zollicoffer. Bed
ford Forrest, a very great soldier Gen
eral Joseph E. Johnston held he was
the greatest genius in war Of either
sections and armies, as you will find in
General B. T. Johnson's work on Cen
eral Jo.) was born in Tennessee, but bis
parents went from North Carolina. In
the late unfortunate val some OF the
heroas were North Carolinians born or
born of North Carolina parents.
After visiting some eleven or twelve
states and residing in three, we would
rather live and labor and wait and die
in this beloved North Carolina than in
any other state. Possibly elsewhere
we might have had more money and
more of recorded honors." We might
possibly even have been a politician
and sought the transitory honors that
fade with the gathering.
We repeat we love North Carolina.
When the CLOSING scene" comes to us
as it must come to all of the children
of Adam, and possibly not long hence,
we hope the crumbling tenement in
which the immortal spirit has long
dwelt may be laid away by friendly
hands beneath its native soil, and if
some kind hand shall ever lay a flower
upon the silent grave that it shall be
done in memory of one who while in
life here loved sincerely, and in a quiet,
unobtusive, faithful way tried to serve
North Carolina. AS we near the edge
of the dawn, we have a more ardent,
honest wish to be able to say with
the truth of a sincere soul:
Il live for those that love me,
For those that love me true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And waits my coming too:
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrongs that need resistance
For the future in the distance,
For the good that | can do"
That is a noble aspiration ever
though one should fail in it. We have
not considered the many noble and
prosperous ofthe younger members of
1.-THE dispersed abroad"
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A NENs view OF Vhs. NEGRO
HAI4.

We do not remember to have seer
the precise view presented before of the
negro ace in the United States that is
given by Judge Emory Speer, a Georg-
ian, we think, as reported in the New
York Tribune. All southern people of
observation and intelligence have known
all along that there was a marked diff
ference in negro character as there is
among whites, but We do not remember
to have seen the precise view as pre-
sented by Judge Speer. We do not
doubt its correctness. Within two or
three years we have read two books on
South Africa of real interest-one by an
educated American traveller and the
other by a distinguished historian and
NJ. P. of Great Britain. We have read
two reviews of works on Central Africa
by other writers, one an officer in the
French army. They all testify alike,
and certainly authorize the distinction
made by Judge Speer as to the
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Glorious NeWs

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New York, July 13.-Other reduc-
tons in fancy prints bring Pacific par
theurs, cocheco, amaranth and omar
cashmeres and Manchester amazons
to DC basis and cocheco medal to 43c.
General print situation is somewhat
disturbed by these changes, but most
Lines are SO well sold that no further
important changes are looked for. Ex-
port demand for brown cottons shows
signs OF revival. More demand exists
from home trade for brown and bleach
ed cottons, at steady prices. Coarse
colored cottons are quiet and un-
changed Good demand for cotton un-
derwear for next spring and fair bust
ness in cotton hosiery. Worsteds for
mems wear are selling freely, dress
goods in fair demand.