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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
She had watched him out of sigh

She had watched him out of sight.
Away back in her childhood a maid
en- relative had so strongly impressed
her mind with the malevolent influ-
ences of such an act that she could
never, despite her Common sense, get
rid of the belief.
But she was cheered the next mo-
ment by recollecting her tower. She
sped quickly upstairs, then along the
corridor and to another flight. This
brought her to the foot Of the tower,
which was built at one side of the
house, and rose fifteen feet above it.
There we're windows in it on all sides,
and it gave a commanding view Of the
country, romantic and unusual, for the
house itself was built on high ground.
Constance went straight to the win
dow overlooking the street which led
to the station. Far adown there was a
spot where her husband would cross
the street (unless he had crossed it
already to go to the train. Fronting
the crossing was a hotel known as
the Essex House. She might see him,
Sup luOuSll, dI lllS punt IL 81, ohS
would just take one look to counteract
the malignant effect of having watch
ed him out of sight.
With expectant eyes and half-parted
lips she eagerly watched the turn in
the street which he might, or might
not, have passed. All! there he was,
just as he left her, walking briskly.
With a sign of relief Constance was
about to turn away when a woman
stepped out from the hotel door, and
coming quickly down the steps, ap-
preached her husband. What could
she want of him, she a stranger? or
was it some one else down the street
she was coming to greet? No, it was
Mr.. Hamilton. Constance was breath
less now with interest and curiosity.
The woman was evidently a stranger
in Grovedale, young and pretty, if
the distance did not lend undue en-
chantment, and she greeted her hus-
band as if she knew him well-better
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
His Reference.

In the course of a conversation be-
tween two men at the club last night
one of them jokingly remarked that
a mar with a CHECK" could get any
thing he desired, and he backed up
his statement with the following
story:
One of his friends, a merchant, had
advertised for a porter. A big, burly
Irishman applied for the job. After
looking him over the merchant was
satisfied with his appearance; the
only objection was the question of
references, and the Irishman did not
seem to have a very good one. Can
you get no better reference than
this?" asked the merchant. 20 yis,
Sor; | kin git We the very best kind
of a wan, if that's all we want, Sir;
and | don't have to go far for it, either.
Me farther and me morther, Sor, live
down the sthrate, and they've known
me all me life
And he landed the job.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

lack lin a museuml-"This collec-
ton of stuffed animals is said to lie
valued al thousands of dollars" Flo
"Js it possible? What are the.i
stuffed with New Yorker.
The smallest range of temreratuIs
in one place in the world is at Sur
nam in Dutch Guiana. Here, in SUM-
mer, the average is IS, and in winter
it is 771s degrees.
Sir Frederick Treves, surgeon 10
Edward VII, asserts that alec
hol is assuredly a poison, and that its
! use ought to be limited as strictly as
any poison.
If you think life isn't worth living
YOU should take something for your
liver.
Most of the worlds supply of elder
| down comes from Iceland, the annual
| sales there amounting to over 1000
| hounds. Nearly all of this is shipped
to Copenhagen, and commands from
S2.41 to $3.50 a FOUND.
The Memphis Commercial has a
poor opinion OF the metropolitan de-
tectives. 1t asserts that New York
| has some old sleuths who couldn't
| rack an elephant with its throat cut
across Central Park, with a foot Of
snow on the ground"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
a Penurious Deacon.

The late Rev. DR.. Fay, once settled
at Leonminster, when in charge OF
another parish had a close listed dea-
con who occasionally loaned money
when he could get exorbitant rates Of
interest.
A poor widow who owned a email
homestead applied to the deacon for
a loan, and he let her have IL. The
interest mentioned in the note wgs 0
per cent.
DR.. Fay heard of the TRANSACTION
and took the deacon to task for .he eI'
orbitant demand.
When the Lord looks down fr1m
heaven, deacon, and sees that aote,
how can you justify your act"' he
asked.
CDR. Fay, i: the Lord shoui] laos
down from heaven, that 8 will irok
like a g."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

The Union Pacific Railroad Passen.
ger Department has put before the
public folder of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition at Portland. 1t is wonder
fully neat and attractive, colors hav-
ing been employed in the printing.
Contents embrace a very complete de-
scription of the exposition and its at
fractions, including a bird's-eye view
of the beautiful grounds and buildings,
done in numerous colors. Scenes in
and around Portland are strikingly
portrayed, and all contemplating visit
ing the exposition this summer should
have a copy of the folder in order that
they may know of points where the
greatest enjoyment and satisfaction
may be found.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

than her husband knew her, for he
stepped back a pace or two as though
surprised or not we'll pleased. There
appeared to be but few words between
them, and then the woman with slower
step returned to the hotel, and Mr..
Hamilton turned the corner, but not
until his wife, remembering her object
in coming to the tower, shrank back
until he was out of sight.
The fulflment of her design did not,
seem to have given Mrs. Hamilton I'M
m]itigated satisfaction, for she sank
into a seat beside the telescope while
her thoughts few backward to the be-
ginning of her married life, slowly re-
viewing the years until now-years of
mystery, every n of them. It's en-
tity impressed her at this moment as
never before.
Eight years ago when a girl of TWEEN
ty-two she married Vane Hamilton.
How well she recollected the first time
she met him! She, the niece of the
wealthy mill owner, Mr.. Carter, who
had but lately come to Grovedale; he
ocOLl " HohC vi lAllClIoI III liz puiiC
business. though he did not know it
then.
In a year from their first meeting
they were married. Vane's mysterious
| Journeys began the spring after their
marriage. and they took place always
IN May. How well she recollected her
own chagrin at % being invited to
accompany him; she, almost a bride,
to be left while he went alone on his
trip!
Worst of all, he never told her
where he was going, nor his object in
going, and from that time until now
it had been a mystery. Among the
tOwnspeOple they were looked upon as
business trips to Boston, but she her,
self knew that he went elsewhere,
And he stayed from home two weeks,
Once he left her quite i'll, though out
of danger, the physician assured him
Another time she asked him to take
her with him and he refused. Always
there was an air of secrecy, a grave
abstraction, an intangible difference
in his manner, as if called about ar
irksOme business.
Meanwhile, Clare and Perley were
added to their home, and they ha(
been happy through the eight years
Of their married life despite the mys
terry of his yearly trips. For she
trusted him. She was sure that HI
loved her; but each time as the middle
of May approached she grew nervous
and in various indirect Ways tried t.
; hinder his going.
Just at that moment tbs sun burs
out. The most unbelieving could no
call the weather into question, blu
j still the cloud sat on Mrs. Hamilton
brow. Some women she whispered
for she was quite alone, would suE
pect their husbands of wr%ong-doing, t
}, go away as Vane does every year s
I mysteriously'; and then she wen
slowly downstairs to her own room
Y pausins on a stair to listen to tn
ch%ildren's voices in the dining ROOF
6 II have them at all events" sh
thought.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
CHAPTER l..
A Mysterious Journey.

y mysterious Journey
It is the middle of May, 1879. Like
a living creature the sentient earth is
pulsing with the rush Of vitality so
long withheld by the reluctant season.
The buds are ready to burst, the grass
is u~nshcathed, while white-limbed
birches and brown-skinned naples are
losing their distinctive Aryan and Sc
mitic types under the green robes May
is weaving for all. Contradictory ele-
ments are abroad this morning in the
weather; at all events here in Grove
dale, New Hampshire. There is a stiff
northwest wind, a ~low-reaching fog
with the sun struggling to look
through it, and a sky that looks like
rain. If the sun comes out it will not
be directly, and it is nearly time for
the seven o'clock train whistle. After
that a half-houT, and then Mr.. Hamil-
ton must go, if he go at all this morn
ing.
Meanwhile, his wife is trying to con,
vince him that he would better wait
until tomorrow, it looks so much like
rain. A fair, handsome couple. not
yet middle-aged, they stand at the win
dow of the dining-room looking out,
rather than at each other. A packed
velise rests on a chair, and the break
fast table is let to the children, a boy
and a girl. Mr.. Hamilton carries a
light overcoat on his arm, his hat and
gloves in his hand, and yet his wife
declines to see that he is ready to go,
but talks idly about the weather. He
answers in the same way, though it is
evident to both that underneath their
words there is deeper meaning, which
neither wishes to make apparent.
Must you, when it looks so much
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(To be ~continued.)
COULD NOT BREAK AWAY.
F~ascinations Of Baseball Shown ~
New York Incident.

III ttSiaCUls
Baseball has a charm all its own.
Last Saturday at noon a promoter
started down Wall street to take a
steamer for British Guiana. With him
a an E~nglishElan who had never
seen a ball game, having lived all his
life on his estate bordering the Esse-
GUIDO river. The promoter was going
down to buy from him for a syndicate
a vast tract of forest land.
A pack of youngsters from Water
street, chased by a policeman from
their native heath. began to play base
bail on narrow Hanover street, just
when the promoter and his friend
should have been increasing their
pace. So they stopped along with
hundreds of others, from bankers to
push cart men.
The field vas a narrow one; the
~eight-year-old batter faced the City
bank; right field was blocked by
Brown Brothers, and left field by the
Custom House. The catcher's back
stop was the United States Lloyd's
building.
The play was scientific. The Eng
lishman was an apt student and
joined in the roar as a three-bagger
into an iron shutter of the Custom
House cleared the bases. Then fCi-
loved a home run into an apple cart
on Wall street; those who chose to
celebrate the play by picking up ap-
pies and eating them did so.
The promoter finally dragged the
Rritisher away. They missed their
steamer at that, and it took a lot of
persuasion plus a yellow note to get
a busy tug BOAT captain to give chase.
Off Bay Ridge they boarded their
liner-talking baseball.-New York
Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

Ike rain?' she asks negligently, re-
tying the ribbon which confines her
morning dress, and picking out the
bows before looking up.
Like rain, Constance! Why, who
ever knew it to rain, with the wind in
the northwest"
That is the way it m lately. 1t
has been remarked, Nane, by a great
many people; and if you should get
wet you would get cold, and with your
weak lungs"
"Pshaw, Constance! my lungs are
as strong as a horse, and so am L.
"But your mother died with con-
sumption"
Very true. But it isn't going to
rain, mark my words; the sun will be
out in less than an hour, and, if it
should rain, l am neither sugar nor
salt, to dissolve with the first drop.
Oh, you may depend l shall be all
right"
But you are not as we'll as usual.
You are more nervous. You talk in
your sleep, and your appetite has fail
ed lately"
The more reason why | need a
change. The fact is, my business is
too much for me this facilitating
spring weather. suspect am a little
bilious, and since Mr.. Henderson and
your uncle have chosen to leave the
mill business so much to me, that
with my duties at the bank, has worn
me down. They will have to take the
reins in my absence, and Tony will dc
very well at the bank for the two
weeks | am away"
Always two weeks" murmured his
wife.
Yes; and I am sure it seems like
year"
Then why do you go?"
Because l must. You would not un
derstand. 1t is best that l do not ex
plain at present. There goes tn,
whistle. What shall I bring you
Claire?" going to his little girls sid,
and STOPPING to kiss her.
A small face, framed in golden hair
with big, dark eyes looking out from
under fluffy. bangs, was raised to hi
as she sprang to her feet.
ooh, a ring, papa gold ring"
"All right. l wont forget. And yol
Perley?"
"A writing book, If you please
Mine is all written through"
VERY WELL" kissing the boy as b
had his sister.
"And what shall l bring you Col
stance?" he asked. returning to h
wife's side.
Just yourself, and let it be soon
looking eagerly and earnestly into h
face.
II shall be back soon, never fea
Constance, you are more beautif
than you ever were, and | love "
better" he whispered. Il wish l we
at home again. ! will be soon," Al
kissing her hastily he took his wallis
after putting on his hat, gloves, q;
o~yercoat, and left the house.
His wife stood by the windc
watching him until he was out
sight, when a thrill OF superstitic
fear shot through he..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
ATAX|A FOUR YEARS
FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTEDI IN
sPANISH-AMERIOAN WAR.
Victim Had Become Helpless When Ee
Tried DIR. Williams Pink Pills, but
Was Cured in Four Months.

was cured In -Four IlOntlS.
Because he did not know that there is
a remedy for ataxia, Mr.. Ariel endured
four years of weakness, pain and the
misery of thinking his case incurable.
Sat the outbreak of the Spanish
American war;" he says, Il went with
Company B, Eighth Regiment, M. VIM,
into camp at Chickamauga, and while
there my system became thoroughly
poisoned with malaria. When 1 was
mustered out, I carried that disease
home with me. After O while locomotor
ataxia appeared"
"How did the ataxia begin"
81 first noticed a pain i'll my ankles
and knee joints. This was followed by
a numb feeling in my legs. At times I
had to drag myself around; my legs
would shake or become perfectly dead.
I had constant trouble in getting about
in the dark. I kept a light burning i'll
my room at night as l could not balance
myself in the darkness. Even with the
aid of a light I wobbled, and would
reach out and catch hold of chairs to
prevent myself from falling?"
HOW lOnS WeTe you u sulLeIeI
"Four years in all. During the last
three years l was confined to bed, some
times for a week, again for three or four
weeks at a time. When / was lying
down the pain in my back was fire.
~quently so severe that l had to be helped
up and put i'll a chair to get a little re.
lief. I had considerable pain i'll my
bowels and no control over my kidneys.
The worst of all was that the doctor
could give me no hope of recovery"
"How were you cured?"
81 read that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and
one or two friends spoke to me about
them. In the fall Of 1903 1 began to take
them for myself and / had not used
more than one box before / found that
the pains in my knees and ankles Were
greatly relieved. -Four months after
wa,d / became a perfectly well man, and
1 am today enjoying the best of health. y
Mr.. Edward H. Ariel lives Mt No. 43
Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every
sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills witholt celay.
Amy druggist a supply them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
TO (
Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.

Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.
A minister speaks of the curious eff.
feet of Grape Nuts food on him and
how it has relieved him.
You will doubtless understand how
the suffering with indigestion with
which | used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden,
and why it was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed, sleep was
a stranger to my pillow till nearly day
light.
81 had to be very careful as to what
I ate, and even with all my care | ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
after meals, and my food never salts
fed me.
"Six months have elapsed since |
began to use Grape-Nuts food, and the
benefits | have derived from 1t are
very definite. / no longer suffer from
indigestion, and | began to improve
from the time Grape-Nuts appeared on
our table. / find that by eating a dish
of it after my Sabbath work is done
land / always do so now my nerves
are quoted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me. | feel that |
could not possibly do without Grape
Nuts food, now that | know it's value.
1t is invariably on our table-we feel
that we need it to complete the meal
and our children will eat Grape
Nuts when they cannot be persuaded
to touch anything else" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the famous little book, THE
Road to MELVILLE in each pkg.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Memorial TO Ernst Ahhe.

II Is proposed to erect in Jena a me.
mortal to Prof. Ernst Able, says Ma.
ture, so that all who see it may be re.
minded Of his great services to optical
science and industry and his sterling
qualities as a man. Abbe's work and
influence are appreciated wherever
physical science and sociology are
studied, and there should be no diff
Guilty in obtaining sufficient funds to
raise a noble monument to his mem
DRY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Ban on Barrel Dreams.

In their ~endeavor TO get a "quieter,
cleaner, safer and healthier London"
the Bettermert of London Association
and its auxiliary body, the street
noises abatement committee have sue
ceeded in inducing the authorities to
prohibit barrel organs in forty-two
roads, squares and streets in the West
End, while thirty-eight others are at
present under official consideration.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
The Spider and the FLY.

We'll" said the spider to the fly
who had accepted his invitation and
walked into his parlor, what do you
think of it? Doesn't it remind you in
some way of the old lines: oh, what
a tangled web we weave when first
we practice to deceiye'?"-Detroit
Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Lion Refuses Whisky.

A story, with a moral. comes from
Uganda. A lion, thinking 1t about
time to lunch, seized a white, man and
bit him. His teeth went through a
bottle of whisky which the man IVES
carrying in his pocket and this gave
him such a shock that he turned
tail.-London GLOBE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

A gentleman in Newark, N. J., at the
have a little sense, married a dashiI.g
and handsome widow of f~orty-seven.
The elderly benedict tried to keep the
matter a secret, but it leaked out
about half an hour after the ceremony.
He suspects the bride whispered it
to a female friend.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Drove the Question Home.

Remarkable was the sermon OF the
Rev. Andrew Clarke, delivered a few
years ago, in Chicago. Il waited pa
tiently for the Lord" was his text;
and this was his sermon: Now, my
brethren, | put it to you, if David could
wait patiently and found it worth
while, why can't you?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Silk Manufacture Exhibit.

A San Francisco dry goods firm ex-
hibits in one window of its store the
complete process of silk manufacture,
from the worm to the perfected fab
rio. The worms are from China and
we're procured through the influence
of Minister Conger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
The Psychological Moment.

Yes" said the married man, medi-
tatively, when you see a woman
hanging out a line of clothes. and the
line slips and lets the blessed lot
down in the mud. that, my boy, is the
psychological moment in which to
leave that woman alone"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

Football is frequently played by the
officer was watching one of the games,
when the ball ST. uck him in the dia-
phragm. After he had recovered, he
wrote a letter home to his parents, in
which he feelingly described the SUI
periority of the Japanese to
the American jackass.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

think a cold "a responsible for the
whole trouble. 1t seemed to settle in
my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
rooted it out. 1t is several months
since | used them, and up to date
there has been no recurrence of the
trouble"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents per box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Prefers a Heavy Tombstone

Mrs. Hanks-What sort of tomb
stone shall we get for dear mother
something elaborate or plain one?
Mr.. Hanks-Well, | think something
good and heavy will be best.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

a Kidney
Pills relieve and
cure it:
III. B. Car
yer, of. 201 Cherry
St., Portla n d,
Ore, inspector Of
freight for the
Trans Continental
Co., says: Il used
Doan's Kidney
Pills for back
ache and other
symptoms of kid
ney trouble which
had annoyed me
for months. T
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

Young Lady repeating conversation
to dear old gentleman)-"Miss Frills
says it gave her such a fright" Deaf
Old Gent-"Eh? l didn't quite
Young Lady-"Such a fright Deaf
old Gent-"Ah. yes-I agree with you
so she is."-Punch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

"Perkins-you know Perkins-enter-
ed into an agreement with his wife
soon after their marriage. twenty years
ago., that whenever either lost temper
Or stormed, the other was to keep ST.
Ience." "And the scheme WORKED"
Admiralty. Perkins has generally
kept silence for twenty years."-Tit-
Pits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Sounded That Way.

Yeast-"I see a Russian ice-break.
ing boat is called the RyeshtFinkoff-
witch"
! Crimsonbeak-'Did you say an ice
breaker? Sounds more like a jaw.
breaker, doesn't it?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

Bank Cashier-"You have o~verdrawn
your account, madam Lovely Lady
THAT is just Ike me. My husband
says l am always eXaggerating every
hing.'-Somerville Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
BABY's TERRIBLE SORE
Body Raw With Humor-caused I'm
told Agony-Doctor Did No Good
-Cuticura Cured at Once.

my child was a very delicate baby.
A terrible sore and humor broke out
and causing the child untold agony.
My physician prescribed various rem
edies, none of which helped at all.
became discouraged and took the mat
ter into my own hands, and tried Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Be-
n was gone, not leaving a trace
OF anything. Mrs. Jeanette FL. Block,
Isl Rosedale ST., Rochester, N. Y"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13
Mobilization Abandoned by Russia.

St. Petersburg. July 6~.-Japan has
another proof that Russia has decided
on peace in the abandonment Of fur
ther mobilization in the st. Peters-
burg and other districts where in
spite of the deplorable internal situa-
ton such a step would not have been
taken If the government seriously
contemplated a continuation Of the
war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

Per.ysburg, Ohio. is to have a vast
,eedless-apple nursery. The Spencer
Seedless Apple Company has purchas-
ed a tract of land there, which will be
planted with 1875, 900 seedlings.