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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

He was blushing as deeply as she;
but he struggled for self-control.
"Oh, Marguerite. you torture mol"
he said, with a groan. "And you are
not content that l am fallen so low
Listen-listen! The other day you
urged me to confess-to atone! II
was not too late for some poor sort of
atonement. / can set you free; and
meanwhile-meanwhile"-- falterlng -
there is something l would tell you.
Will you hear me?'
YES" she answered, weeping. az
win hear you. do not want to be un-
merciful."
she sat down in the porch seat. VAL
dane leaned against the pillar and bent
over her.
i should like to tell Won here" he
said. in a low tone-"here, where we
nrst met. What want to say is this
-tnere is no need for you to punish
me; my punishment has overtaken me
already. The retribution is peculiarly
just and fitting. The woman wrong
ed so is the woman love. Do in
suit you by those words? Hardly.
Love is free to all. love you as l
never thought to love any woman
with love which nothing can tear
from my heart. Is that not punish
ment bitter enough-that the one
woman | would make my wife should
be the woman whose greatest sorrow
is the shadow tie that binds her to
myself"
She shuddered. There was a fire of
passion in his voice which terrified and
astonished her
See, he said, when break that tie
when that marriage of ours is dis
solved, l break my heart, too! 1t is
a poor sort of atonement. Such as it
is, lay it at your feet"
She could find no words in which to
reply to him. A feeling of pity was
stealing over her. She knew the bit
terness of a love that was not re-
turned.
II would give worlds" she faltered
presently, "for it to have been any
one else but you. But--but-"
But 1t was l." he said, ito my
everlasting degradation"
There was silence, only broken by
an occasional sob from Marguerite. A
lark shot up into the sunny sky, and
sang rapturously. The branches rus
tied softly in the breeze; and Valdane
longed to prolong each minnie that
went blythe last minute he should
spend with her. At last she stirred.
Il will go back again." she said.
There were few moments of hesita-
ton; then with an effort she said,
"Good-by."
The pain seemed too great to bear.
He leaned imploringly over her as she
sat.
ITO be continued,)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07


A little rustic bridge crossed the
stream; and in the distance. behind
clump Of dark trees, thin line OF
blue smoke went up, showing where
the house lay.
Marguerite let herself into the
meadow, and wandered across it like
one in a dream. She went and stood
on the bridge, and stared down at the
clear water. Little incidents came
crowding upon her memory. 1t was
here she had sat so late, absorbed in
her book, on the evening Of her at
tempted escape. She remembered how
she had watched the sun behind that
very clump Of trees; she recalled the
splendor of the sky; she heard again
the cav of the rocks as they few home
in long graceful lines, looking 80
densely black against the glowing SKY:
che almost felt the dampness of the
dew on the pasture as her small feet
threaded the misty meadow as she
went homeward.
Yielding to the impulse of the mo-
ment. she left the bridge and went
wandering on, making for a small
white wicket, which appeared in the
dark private hedge. Step by step she
traversed the very way she had gone
that evening when she saw her uncle's
guest leaning against the porch. She
would approach the house this way,
not by the drive and front gate Dam
iel Brandon was anywhere was no
one to say her nay
The wicket clicked under her light
touch. A deathly stiffness reigned
around. Was the watch dog dead, she
wondered-the dog whose name she
had so often tried to remember? In
path between high clipped walls of
privet she paused.
His name was Sultan Of course"
she said. 81 remember it we'll
enough"
Her heart beat with a strong agita-
tion as she reached the end of the
privet walk. She knew she had but
to turn the corner of that clump of
Towering shrubs, and she should see
the white columns of the heavy porch.
Her steps faltered. For a moment she
stopped and held her breath. A sort
of superstitious fear seized her. She
felt as if, once she turned that corner,
the solution Of her difficulties would
stare her in the face. 1t took but
moment to conquer the feeling. Slow
iy she passed round the thick barrier
OF laurel, yew, and holly, and there
flashed upon her sight the same pic
ture which had presented itself that
evening long ago; and her heart al
most ceased to beat for an instant, and
her mind was filed with CHASTITY con-
seriousness of delusion.
A man was leaning against the white
pillar of the porch-a man with his
arms folded and his head bowed; his
whole attitude was expressive of the
most hopeless and absolute detection.
He had not heard her footstep; he
remained perfectly motionless. but the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
CHAPTER XVI

She had walked few PAGES away
from him; now she came back. and
stood looking into his face.
ooh, say you did not do it~ she
cried.
at would be useless to say SO; you
know / did It," he returned mournful-
ly "You remember me; saw it in
your eyes just now. You called me
'Val' as taught you to do in those
old days. stand convicted. I ask
for no mercy"
Mercy! Did you show me mercy
when l was helpless and in your
power?" she cried, burning blush
creeping into her face. ooh, to think
of it all! To think of how you Used
to deceive me.-of how l used to-
to-" She hid her cheeks with her
hands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
The Difference OF Clothing.

How much more toughness and en-
durance the average woman has than
the average man when 1t comes to
question OF the cold! One would have
a sort Of pity for man who should
venture out on the chilly days Of au-
tumn with no overcoat. Yet the extra
coat that the woman dons is no thicker
nor warmer than the ordinary inside
coat that a man wears within doors,
and in which he looks peaked" In the
outer air. But the woman, on the
other hand, wears that little coat over
a cotton shirt waist, and is warm and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
He has been employed in the B. & o.
for so years.
w. II. GREEN.

hearty old man, with keen, undimmed
eyes, and a springy step that has been
In the continuous employ OF the COM
pany for so years and is still better
than many men half his age
w. II. Green is his name, but every
body on the line calls him Captain
Harry" and he has record that any
man, in any station in life, would be
more than proud of.
Captain Green is probably the old
est passenger conductor in the world.
If he is not he has the best record, for
not once has he been suspended from
duty for any cause whatever. And
then, too, he has never been injured.
Green was born on September IL. 1927.
in Cockeysville, Baltimore county. Md.
and entered the b. & 0. service March
3, 1850, as a freight brakeman. He was
promoted in two years to freight con-
ductor and in 1857 was given a pas
senger train and has served In that
capacity ever since. He is now run
ming through trains between Baltimore
and Cumberland, Nd, and wears ten
service stripes on his right arm.
For many years Il. & o. train en-
ployes have had an enviable reputa-
ton for politencss to passengers and
attention to duty, and the adoption of
The service stripe system will give the
travelling public an opportunity to rec
ognize long and faithful service.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

girl reeled and staggered back pace
or two in feeling OF helpless terror
The man was there-it was the same
1t was the last man whom she would
have expected to see.
1t was Mr.. Martineau!
The rush of ideas was too quick, too
instantaneous to enable her to rea-
son; she only fell back as II suddenly
struck in the face, and, as it seemed.
without her own volition a name spas
medically left her lips.
'Val" she cried.
The short syllable appeared to ring
out like bell. so startling was the
sound.
The man who heard 1t started; his
eyes met those of Marguerite, and for
some moments they remained so-eath
staring at the other with the terror
of the first surprise written on their
haggard faces. Through the girls
mind was stealing the awful convic-
ton that this was no deluslon, but
horrible reality-a thing that could not
be rejected. Twice it seemed as if he
would speak-twice he made an una
vailing movement towards her; then,
with despairing gesture he turned
away. and covered his face with his
hands.
Slowly, with compressed lips, Mar
guerite approached him. She went
nearer and nearer; and at last, with
strong effort of will, laid hand upon
his arm. .-
He stared again, and raised his face,
gazing at her with look OF dumb,
despairing appeal.
II wanted to see," she said, huskily
eff you were real, or whether you were
a nightmare. You are sreal-you are
a man-oh, most unmanly! Oh, cow
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

In lecture recently delivered be-
fore the Franklin institute Prof. Cleye-
land Able said that all great station
airy engineering structures illustrate
the perfection to which the arts have
attained and the physical problems
that must be solved. The tubular
bridges over the Menai straits and the
ST. Lawrence, the suspension bridges
over Niagara and the East river, the
Eiffel tower at Paris, and the Ferris
wheel at Chicago were only possible
after machinery had been devised for
rolling the iron and steel, cutting and
bending 1t, punching and twisting 1t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

comfortable. Often in this climate the
addition of fur collarette is the only
concession she makes to the colder
days when mans light overcoat is
banished by the coming of the heavier
winter garment. In summer 1t is as
much of a mystery how the man can
smilingly endure the eternal coat
while his sister, or wife, or mother,
covers her shoulders with the ARREST
Of muslins-New York Evening Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
CHAPTER XIV

It was midday by the time she reach
ed the village; and being very faint
she ventured into the quaint little inn
and asked for a glass Of milk. To
eat seemed impossible; but the mis-
tress OF the inn, noticing the frail
form and evidences of WEAKNESS,
brought homemade bread and butter,
and suggested that she had better
keep UP her strength. Little as she felt
inclined for it, the food did her good,
and, when she had finished, the people
directed her to Mr.. Brandon's.
Gould you tell me" she asked tim
idly. "if Mr.. Brandon is at home just
now?"
The woman giggled, and looked at
her daughter, who also giggled.
mo, he amt" she said.
Hes got married." giggled the
daughter.
And he's gone for his wedding
trip" added the mother.
Dear metz said Marguerite, in as
constituent.
Eyes. He's married the doctors
daughter. She was a deal too young
and pretty for him; but her father,
they do say, he made her. The old
mans pretty well rolling in money"
"Yes-rolling in my money" inward
ly thought Marguerite, as, inspired
with fresh resolution, she paid her
modest reckoning, and started onwards
once more. .
Full of thought, she walked rapidly
forward. and hardly noticed where she
was going, till suddenly she stopped
with start; for she was in a place
which she remembered
1t was a large, level meadow,
through which ran a stream, shaded
by alders and fringed with river weeds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
ONE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE
Three Trained Nurses ON tho Niger Are
Not to lie Envisd.


Not to lie Enviod.
The unpleasant experience OF three
trained nurses 500 miles up the river
Niger does not lead anyone to envy
them in their situation. They are the
only white women that have ever been
seen there, and are. therefore, objects
OF curiosity to the natives. One o!
them says: I'VE are out in a clearing
In the bush--the hospital Is one large
wooden hut, and our house Is another,
patients are officers and non-commls-
stoned officers of the West African
frontier, and are all white men, and
the cases are mostly malaria, for this
climate Is a deadly one. We took
more than six weeks getting here, as
the river was so low that we stuck
halfway, and had to be taken off to a
little station. We stayed there over a
fortnight, till the river rose enough for
us to continue our journey. This Is
altogether the toughest life one can
possibly lead. We lived almost en-
tlrely on timed foods. but now we are
on short commons, as the river has
been so low they have not been able
to get the stores up. We have no fur
niture, except camp bed each. and
some packing cases as tables. At the
termination of the rainy season our
men expect to have good deal OF
fighting with the natives, so suppose
we shall have heavy work then. A
great many OF the natives are cannl-
balls, and after a fight they dig up hui
man bodies and eat them. "-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
Marshal Lances was carpenters son
and himself an apprentice.
For Al Years Railroad Conductor.

Early this fall the management OF
the b. G. o. Il. X. decided that the uni
formed force should be provided with
service stripes. and on the winter uni
forms each man has one or more gold
stripes on his right sleeve II he has
been In the service for five or more
years. The gold stripe stands Tor nve
years continuous employment by tho
company and glance over the iist
develops an interesting and instructive
condition OF affairs.
The ordinary man, In n peaceful ana
uneventful vocation, Is seldom In con-
tinuous service for forty years, yet or
the b. & q. X. Il. there Is hale and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

the heart and lungs and the least
change in the action of the diaphragm
can be watched and studied in the liv-
ing subject: So easy Is this investiga-
ton that some day 1t is probable the
examination of a patients chest with
the fluorescent screen will be consid-
cred as much matter OF routine and
as little to be neglected in all doubt
full cases as an examination with the
stethoscope at present. There is
scarcely any change in the lungs,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
chIorororm won't work.

II has been found that an apparatus
for killing animals with chloroform in
England would not work in India, be-
cause the high temperature prevented
the concentration OF the chloroform
vapor. That this was the cause was
proved by the fact that by placing ice
in the box the animals were readily
Killed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
A SHOWER OF METEORS

care OF the machines, and a system OF
ticketing, similar to that In use at
hotel cloakrooms, was adopted, each
cyclist being provided with check
ticket. The housekeeper was intrusted
with the care of the bicycles and the
issue Of the tickets, and as they ar
rived the machines were carefully
stored and labeled, so that there would
be no difficulty when they were re-
CURED again. But the housekeeper
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

was not a cyclist, and did not under
stand the mysteries of the pneumatic
tire. She pinned the tickets on the
front tires of the machines, where they
could be best seen, and took good care
that the pins were stuck well into the
tire. When the guests came TO take
their departure the pathetic scene may
be imagined. Invention
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
CLIPPED FROM NEWSPAPERS.

In casting about for a suitable gift
by which to acknowledge Miss Helen
Gould's kindnesses to the soldiers dur
ing the late war, Gen. Joseph Wheeler
hit upon a novel plan. He had pre-
pared for her a scrap-book containing
clippings from ali the newspapers and
other publications which mentioned
ner work. These clippings were taste
fully arranged and handsomely bound.
The volume, now in Miss Gould's
hands, shows what the American peo-
pie think of her praiseworthy work.
For persons in public life, few things
are more interesting, md perhaps gen.
timely instructive, than such a set of
clippings. 1t is true that, coming as,
they sometimes do from biased news
papers and from publications repre-
senting the most irreconcilable opin-,
ions, they frequently present the same
act in very different lights, but taken
altogether, they give a person
chance to see himself as others see
him. .a
So desirable is this that it has be-
come quite a business to clip from the
newspapers every reference to certain
men, books, ventures and SO forth,
and to sell these clippings to regular
subscribers. Many senators and other
public men in Washington and else
where are subscribers to one of these
clippings bureaus, and SO keep them
selves informed of everything that is
said of them in printers ink.
Speaker Reeds little Office at the
hotel in Washington, where he used
to live, was decorated with newspaper
cartoons in which the speaker him
self was caricatured. One of President
McKinley's clerks keeps a scrap-book
Of newspaper references to the ad-
ministration and its policies, and this
the president frequently peruses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
Money In swiizeriand.

Two years ago 1t was easy in Swift
erland TO borrow money on good Sc
curity Tor t. 3Az per cent. Since then
money has become so scarce that and
even per cent is often asked
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
Why Not Them

Philadelphia North American. Petey
--"Say, pop" Father-'Well what
now?" Petey-"If de pen is niightier
AN de sword, why don't dey give our
fellsrs IL de Fillypines fountain pens?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
Taken InaMnre.

Philadelphia North American: He
you seem surprised that l have
asked you to marry me-" Shelves;
I've been proceeding all along on the
theory that you hadn't the courage to
do such a thing"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
Roentgen Rays In Medicine.

In an address before the Roentgen
society Dr. Mansell- Moulin, the presi-
dent, said the fiuorescent screen has
now reached such degree OF perfec-
ton that the minutest movement, OF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07
A snrprIsed nIcycle Partr.

A Liverpool paper is responsible for
the following story: At party in the
border district, to which many guests
rode on their bicycles, the hostess
made elaborate arrangements for the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

in all directions, and finally testing
every portion OF the structure as to its
strength and expansion with stress
and temperature. The modern bicy-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

In the new Telephone Companys
Exchange of Indianapolis is large
tank filed with sand. 1t is so arrang.
ed that the sand can be sifted to any
part of the, building to effeetually
smother firt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Denver Is to have new state
ormory to cost $4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Gle illustrates the fact that at every
turn our knowledge Of physics Is OF
rpSg
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

Paris is to have autobile fire-engines
and hose-carts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-07

heart and great vessels which cannot
now be seen and photographed.
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The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

club is; Marry widow" Young girls
and old maids alike are barred. says
the New York Herald.
One explanation of this rule. given
by member. is: I'VE consider il the
part of wisdom to marry some one who
has already discovered that men are
not angels"
Another member gives this philan-
thropic reason. Young girls always
have the best chance with their fresh,
blooming faces. and We think the wild
ows ought to be given a show. as their
lives have been In a measure hlighted,
as 1t were. Anyway. they seem TO un.
derstand a man better"
Another view OF the case ls the fact
that anything forbidden suddenly ae-
quires wonderful interest. A lot Of
bachelors who pledge themselves TO
marry widows are sure 20 discover the
hitherto unappreciated charms of all
the maidens in town. No marriages 10
widows have yet been announced, but
several engagements OF members 10
young gira1 have been confessed. The
ruleS of the club provide for this con.
tingeney by demanding a fine of Eve
dollars and loss Of memberzhip
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21
DOLLAR Or 1904 IS A MYTH
This Is the Assertion of Well.
Known AmericnH Authority
ou NamIsmaticE.

Is there an American dollar Of the
dafs of 1904? II there Ia, II is worth
for sBne. for II is one of the jack o.
lanterns of numismatics. In recent
issue the American journal Of Numis-
maties goes into an interesting account
Of what IT terms the myth Of 1904 dol
lars" and denies that any such coin,
struck in that year, isin existence. Like
comets, these alleged coins have been
turing up in most unexpected placesfor
nearly a century. Recently coin deal
ers were excited by story from Ra-
cine, Wis, which told how woman
went into dry goods store TO buy a
spool of thread and rendered in pay
ment worn silver dollar, saying that
she did not know whether 1t WIS good
or not The clerk saw the date 1907
on the coin, put IL into his pocket, and
threw a new silver dollar into the cash
drawer. He was offered $500 for the
old coin by dealer, but refused to sell.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

woman. but her eyes had never left hia
face. They were fixed ON him now with
a curiously intent gaze that be might
have found II hard to read.
"Ralph-not word for me 7''
The low. full-toned voice thrilled him
into a sudden passion OF pain; he turned
TO her with gesture of utter hopeless
ness. but Of hopelessness that had some-
thing of defiance in il.
Not one-that you would care to
hear. | have failed
"But-hast done thy best?'
MY best?" he laughed; o the misery
of that laugh 3"Ay, lass; have done
my best. Whatever put my hand to
fell to pieces; whatever undertook
failed. | went up and down through
the states to the gold felds-wherever
money was TO be made or won. Other
men made fortunes, but Phoebe. l
did my best; but to starve and struggle
is not enough. and that's about all am
good for. II one day ! seemed TO gain a
step In the race for wealth, lost IL the
next went under in the crowd. am
a failure"
"But-thou hast come back 2" His
sensitive pride was quick TO hear re-
proneh where perhaps none was in
tended.
But not to be a burden on thee. lass, .
he said, slipping back unconsciously
into the old familiar form of speech.
II have come baek-yes, for thought.
maybe. ] owed 1t 10 thee TO own myself
beaten--but--I shall not stay--long. I
am broken man; broken. body and
mind; and / have good hope now that
soon, very soon"
what, Ralph2''
my wife will be my widow, and--a
free woman"
And you think--I shall be glad!" she
said. in a dull, tonelcss voice, most un-
like her own.
Think / know IL; and do not
blame thee for 1t. blame none but my
self. was no III mate for thee. should
have seen that thou hndst ALL naught.
Thy father did thee an i'll turn, Phoebe,
the day he married my mother, and
brought such bcggarly brat home to
be "A brother TO thee"
The passion had died out OF his hag-
gard face long since. and nothing but
the hopelessness remained. A strange
apathy was creeping over him. After
all. was II worth while chafng against
fate? lie had done his best. MS he said,