The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 4, 1888, Page 7

OUR TREASURE. ‘We've got a cra“le in our house And we've got semething ia it | _ That's just as cunning as 8 mouse— ‘We love it every miaute Sometimes ite round, bive seulful eyes Straight inte yours are peeping: ‘With smiles tte dimpled hands reech out ‘To mamma when she’s nigh it; Its trembling lips so sweetly pout If mamms rashes br tt. Sometimes ite pink aad pearty tees Right ia its mouth are sticking: Sometimes, all by its sett, it crows And coos while gaily kicking. If, when {0 hides on mamma's breast In loving arme that fold tt, ‘We try te coax it frem its nest To but a moment bod it. Its knowing head terns as if to say: “No, thank you. Here my dilss is;* Then mamms fn her tender way Quite smothers it with kisses. All day it plays with laughter eweet And gives us such 8 pleasure; We think our home was not complete Before we had our treasure. ‘What's in this cradle that we owal ‘You'll never guose it, msy be, It is an angel baby. —H. C. Dodge. in Detroit Pres Press. pected Ending. * (Warrren yor Tas Parzr } ~ Bis Cheaply Without Publicity, “ABSOLUTE DIVORCES without publicity for parties residing in any part of the United fates, for desertion non-support. intemper- gace, cruelty, insanity Blank application for er, ace Vv W. Barnes, 346 Broadway, orl LADIES AND CHILDREN. ‘You’ ll tind it zood to regulate The organs of both sma'l and great: It checks Sick Headache, and the woe That 81 Dvapeptics ever know. Jn TVRRANI?S SELTZ* B peeple find Aremedy and treat combined. have exhibited concerning her.” the burden of their importunities, TONIC Sa cTpenniaale gue es hpamninele a ‘strength vee tone and at ine Cj bw an dangerous acements at lari. tisofgreat valne in change of life. use ot BELL'S FEMALE TON tC during pres; ly relievesthe pains of: ‘speedy recovery. It asetvte pature to ly make the eritieal change from girlhood to womanhood. Itispleasantto the taste and may be taken at alsimes with perfect cern A ae R RALR BY ALL DRUOGITS, ©.8.MEREELL DRUGCO..BolePrup..5T-LOUIS. bali is Wealth! make him fairly oconspucious things. : ry luxuriovna, bore evidence of matter of artisiic eu As& your retailer eres tm ia i OFeT be original NOW let!) tastefully-arranged vases of lilies. Hee Tiowuinc watees beardug iste t AMES MEAS 4.33 SHOE Our celebrated factory produces a larger quan! of Shoes of this prade than any o her firetory ta ne World. | Thomanda who wear Urom wilLtell youwk thom. J.J we Ns BNO le bare ucappruscted in Durabai Fall lines of the above shoes for sale in Batler by. { SAN’L LEVY & co whisper. ‘And you, Rithven, Send six cents i APRIZE.utcr postage, and Ce aces Gee Co * receive free, a costly box of goods which will help all, of eithersex, to more mon- ye right awav than anything else in the world, Fortunes await the workers ab- Yeoutely sure. At once addresss True & Co., Augusta, Ma‘xe, Uy-tyr® ANSY GAPSULES + @ THR LATEST DISVOVERY. Dr. Laparie’s Oslebrated Always Bells en eer for Sealed Circular. * GALUWET CHEMICAL C8, Chea, os: but of graceful outline ey : either way. i fuctant admiration, the 4. | weiets jtitude and request for A SYMPHONY IN LILIES. | A Complex Flirtation and Its Unex- y ELL, I will go with flower-se'ling wid- ow,” finallyassonted excuse for the on- thusism you impressionable fellows His capitulation was hailed with all the more satisfaction by his friends for the reason that it had been so longde- layed. They had pestered him on the subject every night for a week past and were quite ready to b lieve him when he presently asserted that his only ol ject in yielding was to escape Buthven, on the whole, was rather to be envied, thought his frienda A man who possessed sufficient of the world’s goods to afford a simple solu- tion of the problem of existence, and at the sume time sufficient of talent to in the arena of letters was rather a novelty,and: Buthven's courteous bear- ing, yroverbiat generosity and uao- failing wit easily procured him par- don for the protty cynicism with which he regarded or affeoted to re- gard the general run of men and They were at his rooms now—light, airy rooms, whose equipment, if not the tenant’s exceptional taste in the effect — and waited rather impatiently while he ruined three cravat: in the effort to arm down s qaict street psused. at a signal from the youngest of the trio, whom Ruthven addressed as “George.” before a amall shop, in the windows of which were displayed a number of RRA ea “Eater,” sad *George,” in a balf yourself in the rear and observe her, while I purehas» me 4 boutonniere.” They paseod in. Ruthven, who did grave-faced woman, with a face of waxen whiteness, and large, penctrat- ing gray eyes. Her figure was full, She was ar- ranging ano-her vase of lilies, and Ruthven fell to comparing the hue of the flowers to that of the lady's hands, without being able to render a verdict Hs notel, also, with re- wonderful blue veins that served to enhance tho | brilliance of two very delicate white | asmile that exhibited a set of gleam- ing \eeth, rather too large, perliaps, for perfect beanty, but still effective. When the geranium had been pinned in place George turued to his conr ponions: “Mra. Fx" he said, with deference, ‘‘let me present my friend Mr. —Mr.—.” and he hecitated. Ruthven.” rather sternly injected that young man, advancing to the the counter. He felt, he did not know why, that if George had attempted to oon- ceal his identity under an assumed name he could have found the energy tokick him. Mrs. Pox slightly inclined her head, with its massive colts of ‘inky hair, in fal salutation. He chovse to leave the selection of a “button-hole” to her, be said, and felt strangely gratified when she ignored s pyramid of brilliant rose- buds and adjusted a tiny spray of lilies of the valley in his dre-s-eont, at the same time pinning back the lapel of his light overcoat in order te protect the flowers. H: looked down as she did so, and noted the tapering fingers and wonderfully polished rosebud nails at their extremities. A few remarks on ordinary topics and the two left the shop, George lin- gering behind an instant, as his cus- tom was, for an individual adieu. Ruthven, glancing back, experienced a thrill of unaccountable annoyance on beho!ding the young man in an- other extremely devotional attitude, and the widow's carnation lips parted again in her same dazzling smile. *Well.” asked George, expectantly, linking his arm in that of his compan. ion, “what do you think of her, hey?” “She is hardly beautiful,’ vr. joined zi-ly . 3 eee fs and languor; “but | Ruthven, slowly, after a lovg pause, | of bs widow that now s-emed charged a Iwill wager clams | ‘and Ido not like masculine women. | with deepest meaning, theugh at INVALUABLE = and absinthe for the | And yet—she preferred liiies to roses. | the time they were uttered he | DKEW A SMALL BOOK FROM AIS POCKET. for AP three of us after the Yes, I think tat in strict j er aa had not accorded them a serious |) paid, who is coming home on furlough a 2, See SH aS opera, that I find no | 00 ine ae and SILOS f " jel thought. HH» reme mbered that her} jext month, To wham do I owe this call your friend asymphony in lilies. eves were noist last night, that her] qy y you speak of? Or, in other wonts, SCHWENCK & OLDEAKER, At the opera that night Rithven was rather more cynical and ab- sen‘-minded than — usual. after appointing a rent zvous with his young friends fx midnigh’, he avoided them. The many acquaint- ances whom he visited in their boxes during the evening rallied him on his apparent indiff-reace to the dual charm of Ssmbrich and Scalchi, something he was never known to have exhibited before. Usually on such nights his giance was hxed immutably upon the stage. and the expression of his face one of unconcealed delight, music Deing the one thing he permitted him- self to grow enthuaastic about To- night his eyes searcely left the pearl . iw the center of his shirt-front, and his brow wore an abstracted, pussied ns- pect that gave evidence of some intri- cate problem under consideration with- in. To his betrothed, a sweet-faced, yel- Jow-haired girl who sat with her aris- tooratic mamma in the center of the parquette, he was as usual deferen- tial, yet gay; witty, but sublued. She had always, as a matter of courss, con- sidered him the moet brilliant, as well as loveable of men, and found no reason to change her opinion to-night. When he stood bareheaded at the carriage win- dow and bade the two ladies good- derful 9 nile. HL: was well-known in the neighborhood, and the florist, who had read h’s verses. and hal heard of his repeated refusals to be led thither, was alittle surprised. When the next day passed without his sppearance, however, sho coucluded that was the last she would se of him, whiei conclusion was vory rudely shattersd the ensuing evening, when he walked in and or- dered six or seven dollars’ worth of lilics for his sweetheart. And the next day, and the next, he came, quiet, synical and self-posa aio.l a8 ever. He ordered flowers at every visit, and the most punctilions of critics could not have dis -overed the vis:ige of son- timent in his demeanor toward the widow. And she? Well, she had not hith- erio numbered among her regular cxstomers any one quite so distin- gu sted or quite eo handsome, and she was flattered. Ay thing like famili- arity on the part of the young men about town who were her patrons—such as George, for instanee—she rebuked with such unerring distine:noas a3 to guard against any possibility of its repetition, But Ruthven’s indifference pique: her, an-l, of course, as any womans will under such circums:ances, her manner unbent to him just a tr fis on that account, the co sequences of which was that Rathven him- s-If unbent, fractionally ad seriously, He came ofiener still, His betrothed grew Ured of lilies, and bade him send her roses fur achange. Hz sent her roses—so maty of them thatshe de- clured she was tired of all sorts of flowers and begged him to cease send- ing her blossoms of any sort and come oftener himse’f. inst-at. To thia day Ruthven can not account post tall, George’s extremely devotional at- ‘for the fascination the widow cxer~ & ge- | cised over him. Her conversation was ranmm spray was rewarted with | not exceptionally brilliant, } free from platitudes. It was her smile, | poasibly, or perhaps, her good taste— | the good taste which hal led him to ! bestow upon Symphony in Lilies” It was not strange that his conduct should give rise to comment Hs two particular friends laughed huge:y, and | | then grew grave as they thought of | home. cases, the tale wae 80 horrible, in the guise that it reached her gentle ears, yellow-haired sweetheart ten | he strote to his telephone and called | .idely recognised, blocks away o. the same street, | for 2007. Bey lor propertion in treciugene : Nor was it strange thate tale should | “Hvilof" he remarked, composedly, soted. Bescemell. i come to the ken of the young lady her- when the desired connection had been Sela t self But as often happens in such , made. ‘That you. Burtoa? Ail right. : arable, t Ask Mies Grace if she wall kindig etop | Cece SO Surewy SE, Serer arty, t that, being s young Indy of impulsive A long pause ~Then— <a L “Hello!” very softly. “Yea itis L kerish integrity of purpnee,she hes:tat- | No, pray don't go away.” (His eyes ed not an inatant but wrote Ruthven a letter in this way: “I have long noticed the change in your demeanor toward me, and bave been at a loss to account for it until now. Jearned it all from a source that could noterr. Whether you love her or not there is adu'y you owe to her beside which that of yourself? to me is very slight. ever that duty may be. To know you false to me may kill me; but I would rather lose you, knowing you to be false, than to retain you, knowing you to be a villain. ‘marry her—that she expects it. you have broken your vows (to mo, at least keep faith with her.”’ Poor Ruthven! Hi: elevated his handsome eyebrows, drewa devp breath and emitt-d along, low whistle. eral little matters he had not hereto- fore noticed. H- recalled certain words acknowledgment of Buthven’s grace- — as well as almost Qua hand trembled as—H avens! not vain, but—the woman loved him. How s‘upid it all was, to be sur ! He sit and ponder -d for a fall hour. He did not of en display emotion, but at the end of that time his face was very stern and his teeth were clinched. Then he sud lenly arose and went out. He sauntered into the flower-shop. As usual, he was scrupulously dressed, and the widow thought he had never looked s» distinguished or so band- some. Then he noticed that her lips were trembling and that her sof!, white checks were wet with tears. H:» grew deathly pale, but alvanced steadily to the counter. she was trembling, trembling violent- ly, in the effort to eonceal her tears. which she grasped firmly eneugh. Then he spoke: “Mrs. Fox." he said. calmly, and very softly, “am 1 right in believing that you love me?” characterized the widow's demennor until to-night deserted her wholly. She simply gasped. ‘‘What!'’ she almost screamed. Buthven's self- roents atinv earthen fluwer-pot that he had been fingering nervously. I thought," amazeilly, —a widow." replied, still kindly. lives who docs not pity a case of hope- leas love, particularly when she herself isthe obj-ot of it. ried six years frontier with G:neral Crook's com- mand. [expect him home in My.” heart for him suddenly vanished ut- ora thorgh amount, and, turning upon his heel without waiting for a receipt, left the shop. And, even in her joy at the re- moval of her difficulties, fair Mra. Pox | could not stifle the reflcction that for a | disapointed lever Rithven bore his | teer:ble news with re-uarkable equa- {| nimity. Biuthven langhed softly all the way When he reached his rooms her that title of “A Tutt’s Pills timulates the atrougtiee a! regulates (he eaaqn ts the ui to the telephone, will you" grew a little dim, for he distinoly heard the sound of a smothered sob come quivering over the wire] “Now, listen,” added thie unmitigated rascal. “I've read your note, and can not un- derstand it. Mra Fox, whois a very cultivated woman, notwithetanding her ocenpation, has a military hos I know every thinz—have Do your duty by her, what- They say vou are to It Then he remembered sev- wa xr BY DRUGGISTS. he was | gid your friends tell you I was engaged te him or to her?” We. being at this end of tho wire, do not know what the reply was, but Ruthven, after listening for some four minutes, sent back Lut two words, They were “at once,” and long afer he had vanished out into the street, the girl in the telephone «fice was trying to ring him up to ask him why on earth he coulln't ‘have politeness enough to ‘ring off when he was through?” Vers St. CrELB ——— : = — —— = Beots and Shoes made to order The best of leather used. Shop aerth side ot Square. Boot & Shoe Makers BUTLER, MO. *Good evening, Mrs. Fox." *Good evening, Mr. Ruthven. aa tf SANFORD Thon he noticed that He held out a prettily-gioved band, Thisis the Tor of the GenuInE Pearl Top Lamp Chimney. Allothers, similar are imitation. This exact Label ison each Pearl TopChimney. Adealer may say and think he has The perfect setf-possession that bad — ma ene —— INVIGORATOR = It is te be feared that of ion desaried him -_) Eeyereed este? athe Aes Moe con a ans night, the big blue eyes of the younger | also. But he had set himself his tack others as good, | E'tnnaen .; —_ t, Bathven observing plaintive- shone in the glare of the street lamp | and Itke the gentleman that he waa BUT HE HAS NOT. : we pram Nesve ax. ‘Tagat. ape closed the door behind him hard by with all that a lover would | prepared to go through with it tothe] Insist uponthe Exact Labeland Top. ! " . oni that. be was “ready for the sacrifice."” dkave thom do; and as the vehicle | end. For Sace Evenvwuces. Mass omy sv FOR ALL DISORDERS OF 125 Brmtecte Recrous Pr doef rolled awav, leaving him there, the | “I believed (be did not say ‘hoped.’ | GED, A. MACBETH & CO. Pittsbargh, Pa. s oF bo . His companions laughed lightly ; je ” fermion, Bofentna ot inin-| og set matches to ci: The: yellow cur's went down on the you will observe) that you did; and— totins t4, misery, and death, | | comapbanaen a a Ji mother's willing breast, as their ownor | = short pause—I came.to ask you to . ary si orth the customary: ‘Oh, | Murry me.” i sania So = — ay can you wonder that I love The widow's face wae still the : eal B.OnA — = Bowsls Spe eee ciisa CUNT kee hen ee picture of astonishwent, bat she oof | @pATADDE SAMILE TERATMENT PREB .2--- 5 ; matkes ake latter, however, show- Unaceountable as it seemed to him- | lected herself, and smiled on him vince, B. 3. LAUD CH & 0O., ing by ‘ste saa that he enjoyed self, the following day found R ithven kindly. pityingly; “I thought you knew, 7i3 Broad-st Newark. N. J. Bole sari Tt was not loug he- at tho flower-shop on the litle side | Mr. Rithven,” she said, ‘that I was F_A. LEHMANN fore they tacnot and strollin; bd ij strect inwardly critic'sing that wou- married alceady."” TENT Washington, 1.C. ss te a ae Ruthven’s hand crashed to frag- Send tor Vircular, sTRicTiy VEGETABLE. “Bat he finally hazarded, “that—that you were s—a E Be agents wanted for Electric Corsets Quick Seles. Egos eee Dr. Scott, 44 Bway CURE "ia DEAF Peck’s Patent Improved Cushioned Ear Drame Perfeetly Restore the Hearing. whether deaf- ness is en by colds “You have been mistaken. air,”” she What woman ARBUCKLES’ 1 “I have been mar- My husband is on the Whatever of pity there was in her terly. Somehow she felt, after a scrutiny of his face, that Ruthven conld dispense with it. “Then may I ask,” he sad, with gentle courtesy, ‘‘to what I am to a'- tribute your display of emotion as I entered a few moments ago?’ A good deal of ber sorrowful ex- preseion returned. ‘Oh, it is nothing very much, sir,’ she answered, weart- ly, “only I must have $150 to-morrow to pay two months’ reat Mr. —— Goorge (I don't know his other name). owes me $230. and I took the liberty of sending to him for it to-night 1did not like to du it, because I know he'll pay me in his own time COFFEE whee te the ete, Bithe haa gone to Canada to hunt sa-LLEBIG COMPANY’S-@e and won't be back for two mon ha, they tell me. I'm sure I don’t know & T what todo. I bave no other bills that fe) I can collect." OXLY 80RT ‘lhen it was that Mr. Ruthven aban- done a‘! conscience and all principle, and disburdened himself of this coles- sal lie. «{had a letter from George this morning,” he anneuneed. calmly. “sad he commissioned me to hand you the sum."" He drew ssmall bock from his pocket, filled out 4 check for the Highly recommended ee ineteed of Genuine only with fac-simile of} Baron Liebig’s sigcature in cae across label. i & Goooes an Droesiete- Szid Morekeercss.