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CHAPTER XVIII.

Joyce, on the whole, had not enjoyed
last nights dance at the Court. Barbara
had been there, and she had gone home
with her and Monkton after 1t, and on
waking this morning a sense of unreality,
OF dissatisfaction, is all that comes to her.
Joyce, however, had not been the only
one to whom last night had been a dis
appointment. Beauclerk's determination
to propose to her-to put his fortune to the
touch and to gain hers-failed. Either
the fates were against him, or else she
herself was in a willful mood. She had
refused to leave the dancing room with
him on any pretevt whatever, unless to
gain the GOODNESS of the crowded hall out
side, or the still more inhabited supper
room.
He was not d%ismayed, however, and
there was no need to do things precipi-
lately. There was plenty of time. There
could be M doubt about the fact that she
preferred him to any of the other men of
her acquaintance; he had discovered that
she had refused Dysart not only once,
but twice.
Well, she shall be rewarded now, dear
little grill He will make her happy for
life by laying his name and prospective
fortune at her feet! To-day he will end
his happy bachelor state and sacrifice him
self on the altar of love.
Thus resolved, he walks up through the
lands of the Court, through the valley
filed with opening fronds of ferns, and
through the spinny beyond hat again un-
til he comes to where the Monktons live.
The house seems very silent. Knocking
at the door, the maid comes to tell him
that Mr.. and Mrs. Monkton and the chill
dren are out, but that Miss Kavanagh is
within.
"Ahi How good of you" says he as she
enters, meeting her with both hands out
stretched. II. feared the visit was too
early!"
"Early!''' says Joyce, with a little laugh.
"W1M y might ave found me chasing
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those detestable Blakes. Tommy" turn
ing sharply to her first-born. "if you and
Mabel stay here you must be good. Do
you hear now, goodi You are not to ask
a single question or touch a thing in the
room, and you are to keep Mabel quiet.
am not going to have Mrs. Blake go
home and say you are the worst-behaved
children she ever met in her life. You will
stay, Joycer' a%nxiously to her sister.
"Oh, suppose so. l couldn't leave you
to endure their tender mercies alone"
That's a darling grill You know
never can get OF with that odious woman.
All! how dye do, Mrs. Blake? How sweet
OF you to come, after last nights ~fatiguey"
We'll, l think a drive a capital thing
after being up all night" says the new
conner, a fat little ill-natured woman, nest
ling herself into the cosiest chair in the
room. II hadn't quite meant to come
here, but l met Mr.. Browne and Mr..
Courtenay, so l thought we might as well
join forces, and storm you in good earn
est. Mr.. Browne has just been telling me
that Lady Swansdown left the Court this
morning. Got a telegram, she said, sum-
moning her to Worcestershire. Never do
believe in these sudden kilograms myself.
Stayed rather long in that ante-room with
Lord Baltimore last night"
Didn't know she had been In any ante
room," says Mrs. Monkton, coldly. 81
dare say her mother-in-law is i'll again.
She has always been attentive to her."
mot on terms with her son, you know;
80 Lady Swansdown hopes, by the atten-
ton you speak of, to come in for the old
lady's private fortune. Very considera-
BILE fortune, I've heard"
who told your asks Mr.. Browne, with
a cruelty lively curiosity. Lady Swans
DOWN."
"Oh, dear, mop
Pause! Dicky still looking expectant and
Mrs. Blake uncomfortable. She is racking
her brain to try and find some person
who might have told her, but her brain
fails her.
Have you heard" asks Mrs. Blake,
that Mr.. Beauclerk is going to marry
that hideous Miss Maliphant? Horrid
Manchester person, don't you know! Can't
think what Lady Baltimore sees in her,
exeept'-with a g~iggle-"her want of
beauty. Got rather too much of pretty
women, l should say"
Tn really afraid" says Dicky, that
somebody has been hoaxing you this time,
Mrs. Blake.n gepially. 81 happen 70 know
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At the Public Expnse.

It is stated that one mor1ng recently
a young fellow who had Just secured a
clerkship in a Governmen Office was
considerably startled by a%little scene
which he witnessed. An lderly man.
one of the senior clerks / the room,
suddenly rose from his disk, dragged
the comfortable chair on which he had
been sitting into the middleDf the room.
seized a poker, and. attacklg the chair
with great vigor, suceeede6in breaking
one of it's legs. When it vas done the
official gave a sigh of relit, and flung
the chair into a corner of tb room. The
budding juniors first thouht was tina.
his senior had suddenly taen leave Of
his senses, and he almost dpected that
his colleagues would forth,th put him
under restraint. But, to is a%stoniSh-
ment, the other clerks hrdly raised
their eyes while the worlof destruc-
ton was in progress. Beffe the office
work was over the newcomer sought
information from one ofhis fellow =
clerks. "Can you tell m" said Jhe,
'why Mr.. Dash carried olin thai ex-
t%raordinary fashion? | med of course,
when he broke a perfectly lundleg off
the chair in which he had hnEitting:''
"oh. that was all right!lfplied the
other. with a meaning hugN "A
caster had come off one okhei EGGS of
the chair. and, you knowImA lords
will not provide us with Nv &terS;
they will attend to nothinJess hAn a
broken leg. so Dash had break pne
Of the legs in order to get Is chair pIi
right at the public expense
If a man is a coward b is scoAned
and abused; If a womanb a cowArJ
che 10 Dattad md ancou~sd1
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OAA1AH
bound to go to Tisdown this morning or ]
should have been dead long before this"
"Ahr' saws Beauclerk. AND then with
Increasing tenderness. 5 glad they
were removed; it would have been too
much for you, wouldn't itT'
.'Yes-I dare say. On the whole, | be-
neye | don't mind them" says Miss kaya.
nagh. "Well-and what about last night
1t was delightful, wasn't itT Secretly
she signs heavily, as she makes this most
~untruthful assertion.
"Ah! Was it?" asks he. 81 did not find
it SO. How could l when you were so un-
kind? ?" Then he precipitately launches
INTO a proposal and is as precipitately re-
jeeted.
"Ah. you'll regret this" he bitterly ex-
claims.
81 shall not regret it." says she, coolly.
mot even when Dysart has sailed for
India. and then the girl he left behind
him is disconsolate?' asks he, with an
insolent laugh. "Hah! That touches you!
It had touched her. She looks like a
living thing stricken suddenly into mar
BILE. as she stands gazing back at him,
with her hands tightly clinched before
her. India? To India? And she had
never heard.
Extreme anger, however, fights with her
grief, and overcoming it, enables her to
answer her adversary.
II think you, too. will feel regret says
she. g~ravely, when you look back upon
your conduct to me to-day"
There is such g~entleness, such dignity,
in her rebuke, and her beautiful face is so
full of mute reproach, that all the good
there is in Beauclerk rises to the surface.
He Aings his hat upon "A table near, and
himself at her feet.
"Forgive me!' cries he, in a sti1ed tone.
s4Have mercy on me, Joyce! / love you
T swear il! Do not cast me adrift! All |
have said or lone l regret now! You
said / should regret, and | do"
Something in his abasement disgusts the
girl. instead of creating pity in her breast.
She shakes herself free of him, by a sharp
and Mortified movement.
lyon must go home,'' she says, calmly.
vet with a frowning brow, "and you must
NOT come here again. / told you it was all
useless. but you would not listen. No, no;
NOT a wordr' He has risen and would
have advanced toward her, but she waves
MIN from her, with a sort of troubled hat
red in her face.
.You mean-"b begins he hoarsely.
zone thing-one thing only" feverishly,
shat | hope ! shall never see you again.
Two hours later Barbara has returned
and has learned the secret of Joyce's pale
looks and sad eyes, and is now standing
on the hearth-rug looking as one might
who has been suddenly awakened from a
dream that had seemed only too real.
And you mean to say-you really
mean. Joyce, that you refused him."
Yes. / actually had that much com.
mon sense" with a laugh that has some
thing of bitterness in it.
But | thought was sure
Il know you thought he was my ideal
of all things admirable. And you thought
wrong"
but if not he
Barbara says Joyce. sharply, was il
aot enough that you should have made
one mistake? Must you insist on making
anotherF'
eWell, never mind says Mrs. Monk.
ton. hastily. In glad made that one
at all events: and I'm only sorry you have
felt it your duty to make your pretty eyes
wet about it. Good gracious!" looking out
of the window, ''who is coming now
Dicky Browne and Mr.. Courtenay, and
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After the Proposal.

For several minutes the young man
did not speak. His heart was too full.
It was enough for him to know that this
glorious creature loved him; hat she
had promised to share his fate. With
a new and delighted n of owner
ship he Toasted his eyes once more upon
her beauty, and as he realized that
henceforth it would be his privilege to
provide for, her, welfare and happiness,
be could have almost wept. with joy.
His good fortune seemed incredible.
Finally he whispered, tenderly:
How did 1t eve happen, darling.
that such a bright, shining angel as
Yourself fell in love with a dull, stupid
fellow like meY"
Goodness knowsi' she murmured,
~absently; II must have a screw lOoss
somewhere ."-Tit-Bits.
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Wakes me
=

at least az T movements,
you and she VIM s. ~vfeY
"Well, you will be disappointed as far
as she is concerned. 1t appears she
doesn't think it worth while to accompany
me-"
"You mean that she refused to go with
your"
I'm the very baldest language, / assure
you. 1t left nothing to be desired, believe
me, in the matter of lucidity. No. she
would not go with me. You see there is
not only one, but two ONE in the world
who regard me as being utterly without
charm"
81 commiserate your says she, with a
bitter sheer. "If, after all your attention
to her, your friend has proved faithless,
="
Don't waste your pity" siys he, inter.
rupting her rather rudely. ION the whole,
the decision of my friend asyou call her,
was rather a relief to me than otherwise.
l felt. it my duty to deprive you of her So
ciety"-with an unpleasant ~laugh-"and
so | asked her to come with me. When
she declined to accompany me she left
me free to turn to sport"
"Ahl you refuse to be corripted? says
she, contemptuously.
"Think what you WILL" 'ays he, re-
straining himself with determination. at
doesn't matter in the least to me now.
Your opinion l consider worthless, be-
cause prejudiced-as WORTHLESS as you con-
slider me. l came here to tel you of my
determination to go abroad.
ITO be continued
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CHAPTER XIX.

1t is far into the afternoon. still the
spring sunshine is streaming through the
windows. Lady Baltimore. in a heavy
tea-gown of pale green plush. is sitting by
the fire reading a book, her little son upon
the hearth-rug beside her. The place is
strewn with blocks, and the boy, as his
father enters, looks up at him and calls
to him eagerly to come and help him. At
the sound of the child's quick, glad voice a
pang contracts Baltimore's heart. The
child He had forgotten him.
II can't make this castle" says BERTHE,
land mother isn't a bit good. Hers al
ways fall down; come you and make me
one"
mot now.' says Baltimore. mot to-
day. Run away to your nurse. want to
speak to your MOTHER
There is something abrupt n jerky in
his manneF-something strained, and with
sufficient temper in it to make the child
cease from entreaty. The very pain Bal
timore is feeling has made his manner
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A Ua0ful OIL

Few people know how useful oil of
peppermint Is as a remedial agent. A
little rubbed over a sensitive corn elm
mates the soreness in q miraculous
manner
Two or three drops of oil of pepper.
mint mixed with an equal amount Of
suet rubbed over a baby's chest gives
instant relief in case Of a cold on the
lungs or a cough.
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haps," with a sharp glanN
mistook the name of the youEsN
tainly heard he was going to be mdifsSc
$50 am l." says Mr.. Browne, ''some
time or other; we are all going to get mar
ried one day or another. One day, in
deed, is as good as another. You have
set us such a capital example that we're
safe to follow it."
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake being a VIGOROUSLY
unhappy couple, the latter grows rather
red here; and Joyce gives Dicky a re-
p%roachful glance, which he returns with
one of the widest bewilderment. What
can she mean?
"Mr. Dysart will be a distinct loss when
he goes to India" continues Mrs. Blake,
quickly. Wont be back for years, /
hear, and leaving so soon, too. A disap-
pointment, I'm told! Some obdurate fair
one! Sort of chest affection, don't you
know, ha, ha! India's place for that sort
of thing. Knock it out of him insno time.
Thought he looked rather down in the
mouth last night. Not up to much lately,
1t has struck me. Seen much of him this
time, Miss K~avanaghT'
Eyes. A good deal" says Joyce, who
has. however, paled p%erceptibly.
Thought him rather zone to seed, eh I
Rather the worse for wear"
II think him always very agreeable
says Joyce, icily.
A most uncomfortable silence ensues.
Barbara tries to get up a conversation
with Mr.. COurtenay, but that person, new
err brilliant at any time, seems now strick-
en- with dumbness. Finally Mrs. Blake
rises and takes her departure. She car
ries off Mr.. Courtenay. Dicky goes, too,
and Barbara, with a sense of relief, turns
to Joyce.
You look so awfully tired" says she.
"Why don't you go and lie DOWN."
Il thought, on the contrary, l should
like to go out for a walk" says Joyce, in
differently. Il confess my head is aching
horribly. And that woman only made me
worse"
..Wha a woman! | wonder she told SC
many lies. l wonder if"
IF Mr.. Dysart is going to India" sup.
plies Joyce, calmly. Very likely. Why
not? Most men in the army go to India
True" says Mrs. Monkton, with a sigh
Then. in a low tone, II shall be sorry for
him."
why If he goes'-coldly-"it is by
his own desire. l see nothing to be sorry
about"
"Oh. | do" says Barbara. And then
well, go out, dearest. The air will dc
you good"
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p pc C m'lsu s. IS su ussss%isnft' 70 give 1--WE
a net increase population each year
of almost 1000, 900 souls.
-Amputation of the our lesser toes
of each foot of a lady patient has con-
WINGED DR.. Heather Bigg, an English
surgeon, that these toes have no use
except for feeling, as only the great
toe Is of n advantage in walking or
even dancing.
The whirling winds of Arabia some
times excavate sand pits to a depth
of two thousand feet, the rim usually
being three times that depth in diam
eter. A sand pit thus made may be
entirely obliterated in a few hours, and
another excavation made within a
short distance of it.
"A Russian officer has been making
experiments with very successful re-
suits, in the use of falcons instead Of
pigeons as carriers. 1t seems that they
can fly very much faster. A pigeon
covers ten to twelve leagues in an hour
whereas a falcon can do fifteen. 1t can
also carry with ease a fairly heavy
weight.
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Impressions or a Great Man.

Politics." said Senator Sorghum,
has made me what 1 am"
NO" said the ear relation, who
doesn't always express himself clearly,
politics has made you what you amt,
but what people think you are."-Wash-
NgtoD Star.
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JACOBS
OIL
ST..
JACOBS
OIL
Entitled to a Fair Trial.

Irate Customer-That bug extermina
tor you sold me the other day is no
good. The cockroaches fatten on It. |
Afable S~alesman-Yes, sir. That'e
the first stage. They get fat on Il and
then they die Of apoplexy. Come around
next week and report again. Anything
I can do for you, ma'am?-Chicago
Tribune.
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Mu.t Have Been-

"I see that an Iowa preacher has got
into trouble for engaging himself to ff-
teen different girls"
what was the matter, were the
stones in some of the rings larger than
IN others? ?"
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The theory that malarial fevers are
by the punctures of mosquitoes
Is gaining more and more acceptance
I European medical circles.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
Savors of Dis1oydlty.

To the HERALD;-R. F. Campbell,
called "Bob" for short, the postmaster
at this ga ewsy to the land of tomor-
row, and colonel of some regiment, the
number and arms of which are not of
record at the national capital or at
Austin, and whose fame as chieftain
was made permanent by his leadership
of the ''3lack and Tan" allies of the
democrat party in the county election
of last November, is again in arms for
the ''ring" democrats, and eager TO
marshal his cohorts for his sancient
friend and neigh Dor. Joseph Magoffin,
whose unwise action, regarding the
contract granted by the city council in
regard to street lighting, has been for
some days the topic of conversation in
this city. ''Bob's'' interview in this
mornings, (Thursday's) Chimes" is all
that his honor. the mayor, could ex-
poet from his devoted henchplsn. He
not only, as it were, slaps "Joe" on the
back, in approval of all his official &C
tions, but proffers him his very valu-
able moral support and the BLACK and
Tans" in the coming municipal elec-
ton. This political pledging by one
protesting to be republican, and at
the same time an Office holder, has, to
say the least,s color of oisloyalty to the
party hOuoring "Bob."
REPUBLICAN.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
When Birds Begin to Sing.

An English orpithologist, having inves-
3igated the question of at what hour in
summer the commonest small birds wake
up and sing, states that the green finch is
the earliest riser, as it pipes as early as
half past l in the morning, the blackcap
beginning at about half past 2. It is near
ly O'Clock before the first real songster
appears in the person of the blackbird
He is heard half an hour before the thrush
and the chirp of the robin begins about
the same length of time before that of the
wren. Finally, the house sparrow and the
tomtit occupy the last place on the list.
This investigation has altogether ruined
the lark's reputation for early rising
That much celebrated bird is quite slug
gard, as it does not rise until long after
the chaffinches, linnets and a number Of
hedgerOw birds have been up and about
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
Entertainment Tonight.

A musical q. d elOcutionsry enter
tainment will be given at the First Me-
thodist church this evening. Follow
ing is the program:
PROGRAM.
1-Piano duet, "Charge Of the Ulhans''
Carl BOhm
Mrs. Brown and Miss Irwin.
2-Duet, vocal, GAS Night Serene"
Mrs. Fink and Mr.. Mold.
3-Piano solo, Rhapsodie Hongroise
No. 2.
Mr.. A. D. Avirett.
4-Recitatiou, "Jvney". .......
:.........J James W.itcomb Riley,
Miss Eva Kneeland.
5-SolO, vocal, The Message.
Blumenthal,
Mrs. Georgia M. Msgei.
6-Violin solo, Hungarian Polonaise,
-. dAns Oett
Miss Smith.
piano solo. ...............S Selected
Mrs. Gillespie.
8-Mandelin selection, lie Petit Bal"
The Misses Windsor.
9--SolO, vocal, "Queen of the Night"
Mrs. Newell.
lO-TriO, vocal. Selected
Mrs. Fink, Mrs. Howe and Miss Doane.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
All She Lacks.

Last nights Mexican Central train
brought to the city half dozen deer,
consigned to local meat markets. Deer
and game of all kinds have been plen-
tiful this season. Quail were SO thick
in southern New Mexico counties that
it was necessary to do away with the
game laws to allow hunters to thin
them out. for they were q MANAGE to
crops.-(El Paso HERALD New Mex
leo is the place for lunch. All that
is lacking there now is The warm toast
and the cold bottle to go with the bird.
New Orleans Picayune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
WHERE is HE?
J. M. Smith Missing In Mexico.

The U. S. consul at Juarez, Charles
w. Kindrick, ia in receipt of inquiries
concerning the Whereabouts of }. M &.
Smith. an American citizsn.
Mr.. Smith entered the service of the
Mexican Central railroad on the 29th
of December last, but the consul has
learned that be never went to work
and disappeared without giving any
notice to his employers. He was
given employment IS fireman at il
mulco, on the chihuahua divisiun.
The consul is making every effort to
locat the missing man with the aid OF
Supt. Hartman and other officials of
the road. Mr.. Smiths wife Is most
anxious to learn of him as she has
never heard q word from her husband
since he went to Mexico last December.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., 24O Wabash
ave.. corner jackson ST., one of Chi
cago's Oldest and most p ointment drug
gists, recommend Chamberlain g Cough
Remedy for Ia grippe, as it not only
gives prompt and complete relief,
but al so counteracts any tendency of la
grippe to. result in pneumonia. For
sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best ga We in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles,o no pay re.
uuired. It Is guaranteed to give per-
ect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box, For sale by W.
A. Irwin & Co, wholesale and retail
agents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

culous, and ths: IL the council was
giving options he was here to take one.
After further discussion council ad-
journed until 10 o'clock this morning
when the bODds-will be- awarded.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

AIderman Stewart Recommended
that the clerks report for December
be received and filed.
The clerk presented the report of
Fire Chief Powers on the new fire ap-
paratus. The report recommended
that the city accept, saying that the