Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1871, Page 2

AUTUMN Woops. Ere in the Nor: Ty summer tresses beginas soon as you like; Iam ready and will- That's a dear daughter, if you —" jon’t be sentim=ntal, father; you were mded to be,” said she. left out of your composition, you know, so don’t try to manufacture a spurious article Ve. Poetry was ‘The mountains that unfold, In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round, Becms group of gio in as in varpie.cnd in gold, shall miss the train, my dea ted ground. matter-of-fact reply. | ‘That's common sense,” said Mary. | last look at our future home—ch, father | and with a strange revulsion of feeling, Miss | Ashton turned away to hide the tears that | rushed to her eyes. ack under the though the lane they went, taiking busily now; | the father spinning like a hopeful spider, webs ‘hall the unwary flies in the market; the danghter, with her st r sense, inwardiy grieving over his obst uacy and weakness, yet forbearing to b | slender fabric away that looked so captivating, ragile gossamer bright with morn- Troam the woods thi ‘The upland, where Where brs Sy In these bright walks shadows and And far in heaven, the whi ‘The sun. that sends the gale t- ut on the fair earth b y where mang bi | as we spare 1 ye th ck with b Mr. Ashton had not been one of the listeners had kept him back st made him for- h the past summer nditions of the will, t its existence; he ary’s entreaties had been in Ashton Court c ich Mary's mother was jaid at rest under the daisies, was given up and obtained a situation as r Ashton Court, and n why so a00n cy the furniture sold; M overness ina family ne er father took up his abode in London. The dust grew thicker in the rooms of Ashton Autumn winds whistled drearily and thick upon the damp, cold gi mer came again, crowning the year with glad- d Autumn placked one by one the garlands from his brow, and flung them ey and withered betore the throne of Winter. Shristmas—the second Christmas sines Squire was drawing near remained in her situation, and her father toiled of wealth and power; Ashton’s death. ASHTON COURT. Cuarter IT. tly burning inthe low, sch Mary sat by it with the cl nd her, telling them a story. ‘The lit- tle andience raised a murmur of disapprobation when the door opened, and their mother came to the cheerful woods around Ashton Court were glow- with the first deceit c y of the ancient p m casement to casement, vainly trying pierce the close shutters, and ‘peer into the dreary rooms where costly furniture lay mould- | ering in the darkness, as precious treasures | laden with the dust of earth Ie hidden in hearts | that close their portals to the lig! darkness, though the sunshine shines for all. ‘The silence of the Court had been unbroken through all the glorious Summer-tide ever since the tenth of April, when the solicitor of the is own hands closed the shut- barred and k and wan- | Miss Arden is telling us what be- came of the princess with the silver wand; go + pl “: Very sorry, little ones,” she replied, “but I Want Miss Arden, if she willcome. There are wing-room, my dear,” leasant mistress of the house. * Will at duet with Polly “Certainly, Mrs. Gay,” said Mary, rising. good, and I will finish to- story of the princess.”” knew most of the visitors, but Mrs. Gay rT, tall, handsome and Miss Arden some visitors in the “Children be ve morrow evening ed her to a stran young man, who followed | to the pianoforte, in the endeavor to satisty himself whether the quiet governess was really as plain ashe thought at t stood there watching with curious, admiring he changing expression of that wonderful Well, Miss Arden,” asked Mrs. Gray, after g Was over, “what do you ueubdued voices, as though within each darkened window some ghostly thing were tening te their words. The squire had been an old bachelor who, troubled all bis life by poor relations, had cun- | devised a plan for revenging himself af- ter his death. ‘The will was read in the library to a group of 1 around the great table where the spiders promenaded now. between their dizzy teats among the lotty shelves; and if the lawyer had been a man of humor, he might have gained intense amasement from the faces ot his listeners, as in legal langnage the long- expected document informed them that Ashton Court was left in the charge of trustees to be the numerous relations of the squire who should earn by hisown exertions five thousand pounds with he first glance, anit Sothing in particu! “A fair spec of the genus humo, vid you know he is a connection of the Ash- ? Gray, somewhat abruptly. thing about him, Mrs. my dear, and ransa very fair ng Ashton Court. ears, and got on very well. knew him well when his mother was living, and as he is now staying at Haberton, he eam» over Poor fellow, he hasn't @ near reiation in the world.”” cky young man,” said Mary, willfully renowned for kindne chance of wi. five years of the testa- it of any of the said re- conditions of the will, Ash- art was to be sold, and the proceeds but for five years nd lett to the ten- Te and rats. “the ouly I > fulfilting th County Hospi “The Ashtons are to their tesh and bloo: sad to he alone in the y the by, John is on Lever saw in my ly good-looking ¢ thousand pounds? expectant he =, and looked wit es of his hiner, y calculation almost a proverb ” replied Mra. ¢ ad, all engaged ‘There was a the country, my dea “but here I aia, chattering, keeping you out of in the same dren! strong tamily likeness between present; all were lean, that, hike all ms tiow-eyed, with months their features save their noses, their sandy hair re- | arting each one from his ike so many ting. fi C . Gay bustled away, satisfied she first foundation of «'plan she had was to result in a marriage be- | tween the possible lord of Ashton and her gov- posts, | ernesss, noses | dunghter. Mary was sorely troubled, and yet retleved, by oF now, Surely, whom she Lad loved almost like a ¥ looked ap instead of having | anything noble or celestial about them, were fit companions to the low, narrow foreheads and small, downcast eyes that at the contents of that dreadral will. thousand pounds!—a groan of unanimous | wrath and dismay fell from their lips, as they | eogitated the awful comlition of the will, and } istence of rushed away to hide their disappointment in the | forever. Losoms of their several familic again the dreary what Mrs. Gray had told her, her father would give up his w leamed so dusper- | — back to the old, t velved inthe whirlpool of city basiness, wou! never be the sume again, and that their old ex- ace and happiness was indeed lost Yondering how she could discover the y's surmises, she formed many stratagems; but by a suc prtune, she gain'd without trou! sired information next day. In the atternoon she was walking with her ly across the frosty common, so Sommer. so blank and then they came on Mr. Bilis, of the great boulders, and looking m» li- nthe woods of Ashton in the valley and go over | truth of Mrs. ¢ nm of their talents and oppor- tunities, in vain hopes to tind the golden key — good te that would unlock the coffers of the world’s It was balmy spring-tide then; primroses were blooming in the hedgerows. and young lambs | be ddaisies,in blissfit! ignor- f life. The roses playing among t ance of the serious business of The harvest sheaves were garnered but the Asbtons had nearly all given up the hope of | jook very inviting to- calling the fertile corn-te! 2 The old lady doesn’t ki «ch, Miss Polly,” he answered. ds of Ashton theirs, ned the Court in envy, hated, and all bleness towards every one ye to reign a» master in its stately home. But | ntleman and lady ar- and walked together Ashton. The like- rmer tothe family of the Ashtons d by the expression of a The young lady was like noone but ‘self; from the strange tinge of her gleaming eopper-colored hair, to the willful, peculiar le Was perfectly original. had a bonnie face, neither pretty nor handsome, nor beautiful, but one that would haunt you in your dreams from the very inten- sity of its wonderful expression. aiked on in silence through the woods jell sottly around them like spirits | thin whose missions are performed, foldin Wings to rest. Out of the trembding ne on the lawn, whereasun-dial marked | y tof Ume upon its dawed and broken 1 two stopped there, and the man ne! pointed silently to the no- Ler Winter cloak of russet brown, Mr. Eltis, and the fairies are trimming it with silver fringe,” said Mary gaily, « a Winter landscape when I am walkin, and sue went quickly on, with them, to the great amusement of the little She bas on one glowing evening. «+ Ashton looks very lovely, even now,” said evidently following his own lonely thoughts, as he glanced beneath them. * Very.” said Mary; “it is a dear old place. The owner will be very fortunate in hi such a beautiful home.”* “Will be, Miss Arden?" he ought to be: but—heigho, [ don't care much Seeing a strange look pass over his ‘stace, he added gravely, * Do [should be happy as master of Ashton, their Miss Arden?” “Taiat would depend on the use you made of our wealth, Mr. Ellis. You wonld be expected ple who ought to be so very the young ma to be happy, but rarely are, 1 th’ “Why, Miss ? « You will sunile at my philosophy, I daresay,” at when I hear people lucky she is, she never & sorfbw in her life,” Lcan never person isreally happy, for she doesn’t know the value of her blessings. It is only after gloom and storm that shine and feel bow beautitual it “Then I ought to be very happy, Miss Ar- den,” said Mr. Ellis; “tor after maw wand ring, after loss of home and tri find myse t w althy, with friends ad infinitum at my command. Dear me, when a fellow gets ight side of the world’s sed hix hand, ing beyond, jim airy rings’ around the ivied chim- nil che Setting sun gleamed redly on the ‘The fragrance of hidden fi around them like spirit veices from some unseen world, and the dash of distant waters sounded she replied, smiling: joy the sun- murmured the yonng lady, “but apr Gs = reply, “but as your *y perchance, , with haman pres- eaking its silence!” “she interrupted eagerly, “1 want ly mension for my home, we have been | face turns toward him.' rich, how soon the bri; happy in our simple Hit with your wild dre h plans and hoy Why break its peace |“ Ah, Mr. Ellis,” said the governess, “don’t begin by doubting poor humanity, for you will I fear, by turning Ashton Court into a pri- vate lunatic asylum.” She spoke so quaintly that Mr. Ellis could not ing, and the conversation dropped, ad reached Mrs. Gay's ntieman declared that he ing Over to call at Fairleigh that afternoon; so he walked in, and with a very little persuasion, stayed the evening. Betore Mary slept that night, she wrote to her m the news, aud begging him leave London and come ‘ho She did not receive a then he wrote so wild ary was alarmed for his reason, him another long letter, telling him how nd hopes were now, as John Ellis med Ashton Court, ani ¥ s that will never succeed?” <” he replied. ughty hall, lady | h ct shall sts md witl i ¢ Ashton Court yet. my child. «TL would rather be mistress in our own little home, my dear old father, vudly to bis art. she said, clingin “ What's the mtit be the same a hundred whether you die master of Ashton, or the modest ov ner of two aczes of leasehold?” “ Child, I tell y “Then unmal years hence, w Ihave made up my mind father, telling eit father; there's nothing > “ Mary, will you be s-rions?” “1 am, father,” she replied. k as though you were,” said her | 2 ut yeu I will win Ashton Court, or cise leave my bones to bleach on the highway of te “The road-surveyors won't allow that now-a-days, hes be sentim na a ly, 80 incoherently, that | all his plans ai bad clal was already though tor five years bed. “ this, my hour of — refuse your help “ Idon't see any need of it, father. Toquote crown an old song, ‘you ve Ha Ashton . that would spoil else. as one thing puts its neighbors to the blush.” «You shan t make me mach you may will win Ashi my capital in a busiuess that with care yield five thousand than five years; but to do & He Ei z i you want me to give it to Telation you Rappen to stared with blinking eyes at John’s langhing at me, John Ellis: but I mawbat want en 5 ®e2 78) 3 Fllis; “« but Tdectine your offer, sir. These ison!y one F somger 1 couid marry in the world; and a+ she not happen to be your daughter, you see I can't do as you wish; but if you want any pecuniary help, or if Ican do anything to help }02, I shall be most happy.” ‘Mr. EMis had somewhat scornfully, but he ended in a of deep pity and com- tace, but he never expected what followed; he net and fell, a stream of blood dabbling his brown curis and forming little pools among the leaves. 's father stooped With a wild, eager glance Mar; toward the young, handsome growing darkne each twisted trun we, ghastly above as the wind swept by. Mr his handkerchief a Banaged to reach h gh, where F With herown gentie hands bound up his head, and persuaded him to stay the night. He would not go to bed, but lay down by the study fire, and be i to be ni Miss Arden bei t the only good reader in the house, her services Were called into request. The invalid was now | wlof the blow that procured him the pines, im to lie » flushes come and goon the Teader, to listen to the strange, sweet voice with its wonderful intonation of every thought and | fecling in the words. In the evening he told her and Mrs. ¢ story of his brok metition it again must stfler enc from me.”” should be afraid of my life ¢ her and loved her, this evening's wi enongh to drive every feeling of 2 y But that man’s daugh besides—" jored. what?” asked Mrs. Gay. John laughed nervously, as he replied, «1 Wus going to say how tly imposible it would be for me to like her if she were a para- om”? Mrg. Gay smiled contentedly, and, with an | facts connect excuse about some letters, lett the room. Miss Arden had sat by the fire, looking steadi- lyinto the glowing embers, her face perfectly hidden from Mr. Filis. She did not move Mrhen | mantic, w t like a statue, her hands tightly locked, and all the | beauty gone from her white, drawn features. so much as to promote her happiness, but she | the master of Ashton wasn't going to lose | was of a romantic turn and non Mrs. Gay went out, or speak, but this opportunity, weak and ill though he and too eager to’ say much. In a few simp words he asked the governess to be his wi She did not speak or move, and an utter silence fell oy the room, ti!l John repeated his question, | struck wit concluded that she was t the position in society which he intended his | future wife to occupy. dishked him than otherwise, and had not the | htest idea of marrying him, adding, ‘*Miss Arden, answer me; for p let me see your face, for I cannot rise to keep me in suspense She rose now and stood by the table, the light Qf the chandelier falling clear and full upon her face, speaking slowly wordtallingon John’s rt like a lump of lead. “No, Mr. Ellis, refuse now and forever to be your wife. Forget me, for we shall never meet again. Good-bye.” cruel it she left alon alone, without a hope; nothing but mi pain gnawing} at lis heart, burning his brain! je strove bravely with those demons of grit despair, bnt they were strongest, and drove rea- son from her honored seat. When Mrs. Gay returned she found Mr. Ellis | and shortly alter readix tossing on the s0 Miss Ay ed, a state of deliriam, and t was carried to and 6. Ga RB reetly; that a dear hers was supposed to be dying, and she time to cateh the last train to London. . Ellis was very ill, but at length youth and A th came back to his t to his eyes; but he never smiled glad at his recovery, and the motherly [ Mrs. Gay sorely grieved over the change that had sud fallen on the light- hearted young m Mary who was still in g friend, and Mrs. G trouble was in some way connected with her governess. One d covered, she gave him Mary's letter t did not’give it back to her till next then it was blurred by something ve like tears; but Mrs. Gay kept her own ters take their course, hoping fur the best. Mr. Filis got well at last, and the first use he made of Lis strength was to go to London; and fervently wished him God specd on bjs journey, thongh his purpose had never been mentioned between them. He left Fairleigh, loved by every onc; the children, who had neve known their father, save in Mrs. G dhood, looke upon Lim as the incarnation of all that was | future husband. allthe careand at- manly and good; and yet w tention he received there, h hated Ashton, hated himself, mind that, if he failed in the to London, he would leave En, Cuarrer IL. Jon was very dreary in the March mist and d the addiess of Mary's | dreariest part of Lone his way through siush and mud, and after sun dry mistakes found Carston stre: a pile of lofty warehouses, shut out from light and air, yet bearing an ait o , almost tor: gotten respectability that n erty appear more horribh Mr. Ellis shuddered as he made his way down Let; he forg the middie, he courteously asked a woman with a baby in her arms, standing at one of the little | doors, if she knew a person by the name of | Sitations Arden there. “No, I don't sir,” she replied; “but thore’s a party of the name of Ashton that lives in the front rooms up stairs; and if you're a bailiff 1’d thank you to goup atid get my rent by hook or by crook; for, if I can’t get it by asking, Pl | minke ‘em pay it.” Al this the woman had spoken in a voice | pitched loud enough to reach the front rooms up | stuirs of every house on the street, including, of course, her refractory lodger’s. * Hush !” said Mr. Elli * You shall be paid; I will go up and sce them,” for he half bel that he should meet theold man who had struvk him down in the wood, and it seemed to hima curious coincidence that Miss Arden and this Mr. Ashton and his daughter should both be living in this dismal! spot. With his heart full of pity for the lodger, he ascended the ricketty stairs and entered the frcntroom. It was perfec'ly neat and clean, and an oid man, very near déath, was ly the wretched bed, and sitting by the window was a stil! female form, her face hidden by her hand. Mr. Ellis crossed the room and came to the bedside. r. Ashton,” he said, “what can I do for y ~ A sickly flush came across the dying face as the visitor was recognized. ** Forgive me, Mr. Ellis,” he replied; * it was my wicked m, and I’m very sorry.” ‘Hush, Mr. Ashton, you didn't hart me much, and it was ali forgiven long ago. You will let me ig 2 Pose Mr. Ashton glanced at his daughter and said. “1 would, sir, but M won't. I'm afraid sh@s proud. Heaven pity her, but she’ She must. I will persuade her, John in the same tone, and he crossed to the window where Miss Ashton still sat, her face hidden in her hands. “Miss Ashton, as a friend and relation, will you let me speak to you fraakly, let me help you ‘as a brother mht?” «You are very kind,” she replied softly, taking her hands from her face. ‘The shadows hid it from Mr. Elis; but that voice, the peculiar, beautiful voice that thrilled through every nerve, and sent the blood in glad | face, was thisa solution to the | — Li mystery’ **Mary—Miss Arden,” cried the young man, Te . ieee neoaened uietly ris “T am'Miss Ashton, known as Bile Arden at Fairleigh, but really the daughter of” “Husl me by speaking so? Oh don’t send me away without a word of hope; tell me if ever I may teach you to love me?’ «Do you remember who I am, Mr. Ellis?” she apked proudly, theagh her eyes were dim with 87 Customer—* I say, last week ts all coming to pleces taking it out and g it wet, sir, I think!” Germany the barbers have struck for taame for haly-cutting, and two and a half | vent wells and cisterns from freez’ cents for shaving. They sre now receiving | his money, and received the answer: “ and oue and a half cents are or cistern on cold nights, and three and a half cents respectit iy. A WOMAN WITH NO HEART. | WHAT NEW YORKERS ARE WEAR- A ROWANCE OF THE GREAT CHI- —— | ine. | CAGO FIRE, Strange Romance of Life in Wash- ington, Of modification ‘les or dress, that the time en further changes were im- possible, and the devotees of fashion could rest trom her exactions. But not so. inexhaustible: invention not to be calculated; and follow are kept on the alert for the change in her countenance. STREET DRESSES. evident extravagance and ac- d inconvenience, the demi-train pre- the most fashionable, for the watking costume; though this, we fecl, can be but of short duration, and the elegant robes now made up in will be reserved for the house or car- For such purposes they are high!y ap- Cast pon the Panes nce | Pt N “» Mory— Trains that ‘are Straager than Fiction. ws Lows. M One of the most beautiful women in Washing- ton and anacknowlediged Jeader of society there, is Her husband, says paseion, as he marked the traces of passion and | York Star, is @ man of 1 revengeful hatred in the old man's withered | very wealthy, Her resources sive part of much of their iar profestion, oiding no office resent administration, bas no small did not understand the intense maddening envy | influence in high political cireles. Mrs. —— that neryed the weak arm, and, breaking down | is a woman best deseribe ail the boundaries between right and wrong, made the dissppointed dreamer an intended murderer. Fullom Mr. Eilis’ head fell the blow 0 with the stick, and the young man stagzered | f (From the Chicag: ‘The remark that tr b is stranger than fiction corroboration is an inei- dentoceuring In the | 80 far as personal earance is concerned, by the appellation of iticent brunette. moved hither Elmira, N. Y., accompanied by his wife and family, and engaged in business in this city. beauty is of the of the dark, lustrous covered with luxu masses of hair of a blue-black hue and glossy a the rayen’s wing. as well as the haughty expres- sion of the full crimson lips, would seem to indi- pirit that has held itself proudly aloof or degrading. No ever dream of the MOURNFUL SCRE ted with her past lite, which has made t she is—a woman dead to all tender and liviny ouly for the gratitication of he iy noted in soc ness and Imy thing save dis; ment of her own and her hus views. But the title of the w ion, and conduc crockery store on State street, widow the hea lived on Allin ois stre ady money, which, wi ed a moderately 7 nthe | cate a One look and he tled away, ued into anavenging Spirit whose voice echoed tierceiy in the boughs | A heavy Mack gros-grain bonnet silk, made | demt-train, had around the skirt a plis headed by side H that is dishonorab) one looking at he ten inches de other trimming: fiy was richly emt plaitings and | videred around the bottom. sides, On the front breadth tronts. which were left « ered strips six ine was rich Chantilly la lis romsed from his swoon, and tying ard to every with a mere imy familiar so ¥ Mother The effect was elegant. ottee-brown silk skirt plaited flounc intimate acq though a wite and entirely devoid wend or child: t brown drap en the fatal Ked Monday came and swept away our city, leaving blackened ruins and the h ed of any tender emo- It is known to a very few that a little over | three years ago she resided for about two months Nevertheless it is th : ps of desolation where ther i assels of the darker brown. Price ot «i been twenty thousand honses. 200, | inSan Franc ntered and wrecked in thy and daughter wer arted in the whirlof a, uit, of very fine, soft On October 12th, tunic and half-fitti rimmed with box-plait of the Same woven in stripes. T) novel, elegant, aud exc and sought each ot ring of ever aga inglish waterproof made with ski Taking rooms with a sthe two led during th making a few g le with society. One of the few | gentleman well known on a recent visit to the E ‘ during his stay in the n person of the brilliant society queen, the beauti- he had met in th him we obtaine They were, in part. : i m, now one of | Helen, save ax left Chicago, with a sorrowful some distant relatives at Here her pitiful story was made local prints, and ap juaintances and mingling ngly comtortabl a public in the al made to any person atlording any intelligence as to the fate 1, to forward such news, wh to the bereaved mother. 1 was widely copied—at that tin room for nothing but incide ud aresponse came from the re . to whom the daugh « the goods heretofore noticed, we have | ut material for stres : called satin-meri ake of the quality of both the merino. Various shades of color have been in- troduced, and the material i BREAKFAST DE We have not before noticed the useful morn- t though, perforce, often ignored, wardrobe is complete without it. A robe of a delicate shad colored cashmere, was trim: | of the same, laid on fiat, and each side | by a bias told of crimson cashmere. The front 4 | was eutin Gabrielle; the back, which wasen ¢ girl found | was cut bias, with a seam in the middle, hit side breadth had a Watteau fold, which reached the right shoulde fastened and trimmed with a rosette of the ashes ef-rose color, bound with the crimson. This lined white glace si wadded and quilted. It was open in trout, belted in at the waist; the belt trimmed with a | rosette on the left side. Black cashmere morning robe was cut a loose Gabrielle, en train, belted in at the waist, and ‘Trimming —embroidery of | Mexican blue, with an intermixtare of yellow, for the hearts of the flow Black cashmere dr | round, loose sacqu | had a’ showy embroic flowers and their foli: Mr. Ellis stopped and | he papers hid dulges js for $1 per yard. aid committe onnection with the business of one clients, and who was cognizant ted with the stay of the beautiful | oR URR MOTHER, helter and food. of ashes-of-rose 1 with bias bands | 0} ged on each 10 welcomed her Last week they re at they had saved from the wreck in which so many prouder argosics had been involved. They found their prope: j Dut who would buy it, or, i, where would the money j ance was almost worthicss, the tradesmen could uot be | 1. since they bi day before yesterday, ho UNHAPPY Woman Naturally enough, the then ro- m-hearted and impulsi | time hang heavily on her hands. | than one suitor, it is true, She ‘had more , desirous of nothing | where it was | BRANCH OFFICE, 517 It. | realized her ideal of what a lover should be Among the number was her present husband was then ona brief visit to this coast. | ake her aequai S| bearing, and’ at once | © very woman to grace stylish dress was ver, Mra. 3. re- | TRE POLLOWING LETTER, which had been forwarded after her from Bai- | falo, where it had arrived after her departure: | © OvFicE or —-, — & —,} KA, Kas., Nov. —, 18 | Promiment and safe companive 's sake She, however, rather babe Glee with atrain skirt, and wide towing sleeves, of roses and age, with crimson braiding oT and ealmly, every M. J. —, Buffalo. ave made inquiries which have | satitied us that you are the person to whom our client has directed the letter inclosed to t and the money herewith forwarded to You will please National Bank of Chic: on a fortune t for a small consi: with regard to t Mapame: We Any perso un could obtain full in- | the contrite -colored drab «'efr, cut a loose Gabrielle, & | was trimmed with a quilting of cherry silk, one” fourth of a yard deep around the bottom, and a width wp the fronts, and flowing sie placed under a se on which ran a hy was wadded, and I elegant and_ comfortable. wh i lopen, and trimmed up the fronts. ave grown to be a necessi- divertisement | her fortune to — | thing of the kind, but like m: ry and | sensible persc F 0 tor SD), receipt of m, and it might be pro- ita Home Company ed with white on presentation at the letter close iu the comman: ove. Mrs. S. we porter of the Republican yout | with you honestly, and to give y for your money." See one of its policies and | terms, | at, she gave no allusion was mai g the advertisement found herself alone with the ESSOR OF OCCULT MYSTE | y are made loose or balt-itting, round | or slashed, and of cashmere, merino, or silk, generally lace or fringe. seactacke, OF Draid embroide mbroidered audt arniture of these sac ues y, in gilt or high | Crane a ine 20.6 i hdd GEKEAT CHICAGO FIRE ents practically 1s About fifteen or sixteen years ago, when Mr. S. was in business in Elmira, and my here, wassome ve Trequently seen. acque, of cafe au lait shade, had ry of the same sh persons who may be aptly y, adding to ber occu telling ‘a muc trimmed aroun | with heavy twist urse knew nothing struck with her visitor's ap, long and earnestly at her be: quisitely proportioned form, usual professional argo: an asylum in x . chine Agent ly wide flowing sleeves; braid, filled in with necdi Very gay and piguant. | LIGN LADL the world. and we all took 4 | how to read and | new how to do a little when she we almost made as mach nd shutting of greasy Yr expectation the visitor was told she must come the the picture of her future hnsband. ‘The next day, accordingly, she procured the | ed home, conscious of hav- ne a fuolish thing, but thinking no harm could come of it, espe troduced, they are extre form a ‘popular gar colt at times, but I never , ere was anyth: day she disappeared. ided that the young squire’s | stograph and ty Price trom $12! ir. 8. lectured her severely In the morning for some fault or other, and She seemed sullen or suiky all d: Tu the cvening she went to bed at the itsual hour. but next morning when I went up stairs te call herasshe was late in getting up, [found that She must have got up in the night and dressed herwelf, ant got oat by the window on to the roof ofthe porch and down that way. What was worst of all about $290 belong- S., which was in a little work-box in room, Was missing, so we concluded that she itaken it. We advertised her,and informed of her absence, but we never could find her, though we found that she had goton a ‘d bound train that night. ard a word from her or ot hi letter. [twas from Nancy herself. It seems th she went to Buffalo when she ran away, going to Chicagoon a propell with an old couple goi THEY WERE CHILDLESS, g just lost an only daughter, an that Nancy resembled rn he was nearly re- | read. He | r perfectly secret. 1 the eyes that bad watched her last interview with the sorceress : ed curtain which she the den, nor of the in unseen by her, to the place where she was residing, with her’invalid father. wo days afterward, whil y street, a hand touc! id turning round she saw GINAL OF THE PHOTOGRAPH n to her as that of her held in bis han: he sail she had just dropped. 1 the place, She had dropped none, but it gave him a pr up his | text for exchanging a few words with hy was much start | She did not know ounsel, | her during for tunics and polonai z ey are altogether new in this market; stylish and elegant. aw at one end she warn't there. had followed her, ceasional piercing nor'-westar dor fail to remind us ot the help to our como the assistance to fashion, tound in th coating of various littl es, and bids uslook out where the nost approved styles. staple fars—those most celebrated uty—the sable must for both useful aysstand atthe head. The prese style of making up furs a, though, for « preterred. Sets kerchief, wh until 1 got this 1 ladies, the Lat what seem: collar is sometim: from $115 to 1,000. ly thought the great eanor, and had e: a perfect gentleman. daily, in stores and street car [alee plage sactagongey furrier in New York, we are jetter was in the | it John bravely made | m the streets— red him in forming and his own tact ripened it down behind | \ NORTHE er aequamtane sewed together again eflect of thr ; stripes appear, it. shows that the s1 ¢ two animals being re- 2. bat she was roman- ntrol of her own ny another well-meaning strange pleasare in the present pov- | tic, w y with interest, in a letter that | She had seen my papers and sent me the ced bread cast upon the waters. more singular than s told a Kepublican reporter, by Mrs. S. but yward girl, found the street, hideous even in the softening twi- | RU Sayward gitl, fou ot the number, and stopping about | soo y. There is no need of delaying the She soon learned to by placed implicit faith in his repre- She kept their acquaintance a_per- fect secret, because it was romantic. | another girl has done the same, and suffered She became madiy in Such an acquaintan nitely more dangerous to a young and suscepti- ble girl's heart than one of the ordinary kin | Secret correspondence and stolen inter One evening she met him BY APPOINTMENT, at the corner of 2d and Market Streets. corners are favorite trysting places who cannot meet otherwise. lieved | an apparentiy casual manner they along the streets and en to at least a degre: 3} the same thing before withou night she was trapped into a low house and | ruined by the man to who she had given tl first and only love of from $15 to $15); twe and three-qus }0 $40; black mariin, 's the name of Alaskasable, cost ‘The finest of these furs of honor, and A Night on Vesuvius. A PLEASANT PLACE TO SPEND THE EVENING. The Louisville Journal has a Naples corre. spondent who writes: I spent the night with dds on the top of Vesuvius, freezing on boiling on the other. We kept our- selves awake by the amusement of dodging th About once in ten minutes the 2) 60 $30, the set. similar consequences. love with him. ertheless a valuable purchase to our 'y; and not the least, in consi its diamonds. * be as well to say, needs very careful not only thoroughly to deodorize to insure against worms, which, we are told, are | mpt to generate in the felt,and in a disgu ing manner to destroy the fur unless | carefully dressed; th tractive to moths. the skins, but falling stones. cid mountain gave forty thousand my ed cannon, if ever there was | such athing. Ateach burst, a cloud of black shape of an inverted haystack, times the size of the Galt House, air, followed by a mass of ed the country for leagnes look out for stones; wot tons are thrown hundreds of feet high | them falling into the crater, but many, varying in size from igeon’s egg tw x tobacco hogshead, land out- | Iso peculiarly at- is fur, however, is very handsome and durable, if proper precautions are observed in the purchase. Seal skin sacquesor jackets, plain, sell at from | $(5 to $175; trimmed with otter, at $200 and up- wards, and with sable at S200. skin, inlaid with the natural color, was $175 Seal shin muffs cost from $10 to $15, and boas from $8 ts $15. Persianer or Persian lamb is an exceedingly ular fur, particularly for ladies in mourn- |-born lamb makes thesfinest sacq is beautifully watered, and has a beautiful i handsomest moire antic silk. Sacques of this fur sell at from $75 to $1 the coarser Persianer, from from £12 to #15, boas at the same price. The Russian lamb or Carracul, which is ordinarily ealled the Astrakan, i nsacques, sells at from $25 to $50; and in muffs at $6 to $12. 'y furs, the black fox takes the nt tur, and sets upwards. The silver fox. which is one of the most stylish and beautifa! furs now in use; sets of this sell at from $75 to — $350. Blue fox greatly resembles stone martin; sets sell at from $28 to $30. or Swiss duck, sell at trom $15 to $20. the cheaper varieties above noticed, are children’s sets, and at figures proportionately ‘These we shall notice at anoth: The fitch, Siberian squirrel, and stone martin are rarely ‘ever used at the present time. The lynx—than which there is searcely a more beau- tiful fur—is again becomi for ladies who wear blac! Lady's Journal. Society Small-Talk. ht-colored silk edged are the latent invention in feminine ¥ one another's soviety had frequently done harm, bat that A colored seal ter heart. Almost mad- into the a: dened when she fully realized her situation, she entreated him on ler knees to marry refused. ad coolly told her what wis his real ; fessional gamb! ‘omplice, who vied in inds in his power. h,as they are of a white heat, and show They tumble down the tortune-teller an a ng victims of ditterent ‘was no longer able to refrain from revealing r father, and in the PAROXYSM OF RAGE which ensued he broke a blood vessel, and died | Most women would have way under such an accumulation of calamities, ent metal. Summoning will to her aid, she erashed down all her terrible secret, hould have no effect | as plain as a rock . the steep cone, hissing and steaming in the snow—the big ones breaking in flying like a bursting shell. ten minytes interval. We rush up to the very | edge of the abyss and look down; for farther particulars see “Dante's Inferno;” but you spoil You singe your moustache; | And you wish you were safely out of it; I You turn away sneezing, as it yi - | cidentatly ignited a’box of locofocos ul nose; for a momeut all is dark; then the | twinkling row of gas lamps in the strects of out of the ground under vour feet. though miles away; then you see the lights in the little towns above the usin allsaveone,and thatone j at old temple, magniticent theaters, close-built streets and yast arena, is rim skeletons lying in, their ashen ‘cep their vigil there; their eveless | sockets need no light. No sight that ever I wit- | nessed can equal a clear | No one can imagine its grandeur; but you must | try to, for I dare not attemy we stood gazing down on tl ti, the sun lighted its gay- del Greco, with its earth fragments. and fer,as rich as the Now in the time— to $10; mutts in a few hours, your boots; 1 did. but she was of a ditt hat might betray and determined that it upon her future life. Shortly afterward she ac- | cepted the suitor whom she had hitherto repelied, e they went to Washi ton, where they have since resided. Her betray. was killed not a year ago in a shoot aba. The woman mentioned as vealed the facts here narrated was the, fore and after they occurred, and is city. Such is the story of the woman whom her acquaintance deem heartless,—Phila~ delphia Star. and boa cost $400 an Naples seem to sprit and after their marri: Sets of the grebe, Pompeii—with its rise from Vesuvius. Pruning Arborvites. ‘When is the r time for pruning arbor vite hedges? aaa ei the cut -! ited, take root and produce E. M. J. W. Arborvitwe hedges should be pruned at least twice a year—the first of June and last of S a description. As | rootless houses of if rly good plants? Mary,” he interrupted; “why torture | ' aze ae £ 4 I & % B i rE ‘f PH EI ie i 6 z é Hi i ¥ rE i F Bee ruby mig bough ni ecaing Hl You must have beea H -s 87 A farmer saw an advertised recipe bottom of the river must be th: than it was in the river Was found to be two foet three inches higher than it wae ten ? HE laws sidkt ane ali civilized countries would be overrun w! : = card for the English repubfle » if they bring into their straggie, that will soon come, the infid-lity and even bias: phemy, which Bradtangh, the revolutionary ater, sanctions, and which forms an of maseau and V ir free-theaght wares, w With the political viewsof the fickie Frenchmen, and served with a grace which a Frenchman likes to have accompany om, were per- tectly irresis ishing. but moral doa cause other- aren. nr riches flow! r Ss Praise it ye “ncbs —a mighty host Praise Fa mand Holy Ghost utoreel, r.Son and Holy Ghost And that is not the worst, tor, not satistied they thus parody the © pregnant canse The Bible. sm in England, they must get rid of republic their poets at once oN is the order in Tit nt for knowledge is a a oolm xtreme, ue conception of he young ideas, tm- pleasant practice of burning pses of her pupils. A com- to investigate the matter, matches under t mittee, appointe Drought in the lucid verdict of + Improper, but | severe rue ANCHOR LIFE INSURANCE MPany, OF NEW JERSRY HOME OFFICE, 175 BROADWAY, N.¥ B. 0. FISHER, President. h street, op. Post Oftive, LE, Gon) Mausgers LIGHTER & MA Invites Particular Attention to tts Special and Pop- ular Feateres First_—Its Bates are lower than those of most inthe Tnited A OE UNIRR Second —It was the xt compan: «which enaran weN v Micy hot Fig th Loans the surrender value of ite Poli of ite Policies are ab F fin —Its Dividends are 5 Non claret Annually apom feitatle ite Charter perm! ¥ section of the General A. ite it te « Ninth.—It ins tte Composing its Board of Directors for this city and rict of Columbia « our best busts: wn. Talk with them you insure in any D NOT DsTROY Tae MaNcractoRy of Tax GOODRICH TUCK MARKER. and all orders, with th be alled w w nt improvements. will tay All THAN it, nud MO HAD USE IT, because it ts the best im ease to remit theamount, H.C, GoopRTON, noll-eat 40 Hosne street. Chicago. Mt. igo BONDS. DURING THE PAsT FEW WEEKS THE DEMAND FOR 'a30 NORTHERN PACIFIC GOLD BONDS Tas been daily increasing. and holders of FIVB- TWENTIES continue to manifest the fullest conf dence ia N PACIFIC SEVEN THIER TIES By the exchange of large amounts of Governments called in for redemption, into these securitiva. The Bonds are sceured beyond all qnostion by a first and only mortgage on the Road, its entire roll ing stock and $0,000,000 acres of the finest land in the world. We do not hesitate to commend these Bonds to our friends and the public, and no stronger proof of their popularity conld be offered than the sales during the first weck of the present month, which, notwithstanding the disturbances in monetary ef faire, EXCEEDED THOSE OF ANY SIMILAB PERIOD. All marketable securities received in exchange. Full particulars furnished by _ 0¢30-tE ____ JAY COOKE & CO. :=——s 4 NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK or BUILDERS’ HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, SPORTING GOODS, | POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY. PRICES VERY LOW GEORGE P. Gore, 1009 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, Between lath and ith, acdieotf __ WOODWARD'S BUILDING. LADIES’ and MEN'S SATCHEL, LADIES’ DRESS TRUNKS, SOLE LEATHER TRUNKS, WH Saar Be, TPS. SADDLERY and CARRIAGE ROBES, &c., Be. in @ ‘Tt 1E’ Low BEAT ARIFTY, at LOW PRICES FOR MANUPACTORY WANHING oan eae appr eS aes W*HEGES Sarnia sae" POOLE & HUME, Sr oe ee Ann or cet oP Oolmmabie 1 Wa. e aes 2 al abe se wed We peepecttery tee ade to 5 ase