Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1877, Page 6

a a EE FAITH IN FAIRY-LAND. | . THAT DEAD Lerrer. HOLIDAY GOoDs. ESENT THAT WILL ‘The most attractive e city is the celebrated ITH Ac . 2% first-class timekeeper HOLIDAY GOODS. ARGAINS IN HOLIDAY GOODs. ‘ou can save money by buying your ” she said at last, | 2 bg A chike. "You Te es ere aiekt 4 STORY IN THREE CHAPTERS. phat one true country sweeter than this honey, aoe Were iittle poopie surely i about CHAreER LeFrne AND THIEF : agg et 1 sone. Dinner-hour In the manufacturing ‘Which they, indesd. tie footish Ens eal inowey ddietouipon-Irit; a hot summer's days Believe. while out of broken bits of dow, s upon = anes, something you caanet se— narrow, tortuous Bowething that never wasa Wird--ts peeph ag. ‘our ‘new town And whispering what you cannot hear to you, Miaeesontane are Jette stud. a shad ow, where some food okl tree, Tio by. tis friendly waseh and ward is Keeping. e Consort, who, in ** Who have believed in it?" Why all the men Te the worid--amd all the woosen too, holding’a Bevause it is so pleasant ty tataae ce an The: re so many pret ” Tight to laugh and dance int yes. aid then Puch lonesome. rainy wouds for one to grieve in, areal qoeerted, Betieve in it. Until he sailed from Spain ' 3 Ay gp Cotambus did, (But keep i oat of sight.) among found Fairy-land, and found it surely Went model thers gone who had aright)?” ‘June, the day after _ HOLIDAY PRESENTS no address just sell of our stockof DRY GOODS — and CARPETS to close February Ist. i mouth, day of the month. and day of the work” A One axcortment NS, 42 Oh st. aw pd silver taken in exchange |} paaeteg L BOLIPAY PRESENTS POR GENTLEME 5 | G if i E 5 yards or so, sew- consign 5 Shawls, which will be sold for 25 por cent. Fy sual prices, Cail and examine our stock. GEO. J. JOWN: Fil Market Space. ILL OFFER PURLY cases Gents’ Calf Boots, $3; a Ba’ alt at Three Pi “T don't think, Ts ployer would a) man: it Tooks | NS. ad | the furst, and mi said at last, “that my em- | Teddy. Owld piace, at rove of iny sending for this t cried Kate ike being over-anxious about | no light coming te me in the process, | envel in the portfolio that ith the notes PO “Yes; there certainly were stamped with my name and address on the seal. “Then that letter is from the thief, and the ten thousand yards of calico are the uotes, and he is going to meet somebody on the first, that when I tad’ fathead =f | co I looked over at Kate, who at once took the | lere was a bicw that almost overpo' 2 ition to the loss of money, loss of What a pretty sort have to tell, of a robbery in thieves had not left the sii of their operations, where the objects were notes of which I had retained none lam sure my husband would not do if you, my dear Mr. would follow. 23 BOWS, MUFFLERS and iS, $3.50: worth $3. 2 = o know what a temper ptain White is here id pay for the room and tino and Red Flannel anything abe t ; ec eS But reached his hand wit — for which he has Which in his coffin be can keep ‘Then ns have believed in It and gone 0 yrds (i swidiers there to it for it, atu tir their plumes and spoited Uhelr scarlet | HVolve the sacrifice of my E+ mended matters for us searce a . on, , Gus Sere—7e now,—from kitchen smoke and | ence, I hope eventually to be pro’ ashes! a | Red and Blue Shaker, Cotton and M is to-morrow, to get rid of them.” Howe There was no doubt that Kate was right. and hugged her on the spot at the joy of But, after all, when the first it Was over, how were we the imark was Mid- in the letter itself to But if we could Those who knew me best lieve me. but certainly no one else | would. Ten thousand pounds abstracted from an unlocked safe, the numbers ne no signs whatever of any unauth having entered the premise: myself told of any third person? occurred to me. It was had kept the oo Misses" Py 48 pairs Chins it. ‘s aced and Bation, id be so much obliged to y in Gents” and Ladies" Slippers, hs Heel Protectors given in, 4. W. SELPY’S, het. 19h & Bch sts nd subdued by the power of b Vil do anything F and went out to dis; PorvLaR ONE Prick Store th, betrcen Land te ally s | better for the dleton ; there was nothin, ‘ive any clue to the writer. nd out the person to whom it was addressed and keep a wateh on him? * Why cinderella, her glass slippers account as a solicitor. and, throt Gec22-tr 1914-1916 Pa. av. \HRISTMAS Never did hot elapsed while we were w The post office Did I believe In Fairy-land? I do. chant of our rising town, and one of ¥ fellows in the world, enterprisi o jeve in it less than the old. acer ‘ew blind and heads grow white and | lative—perhaps rather too. mu hi Pigeons for the unknown thie he in and out, doing his best to be c about horses and h: jee upon this race people had not been able though Sam White might hav dress, there was no doubt that he was still in His advertisements appeared in Ts constantly, although the crusade of against betting men compelled him find him; but al- 0 definite ad- six miles away ; I might me. Howbent was only be there and back before the hours of business: commenced, in ample time, too, to telegraph BY PURCHASING asking for ad’ GILT-EDGE N wntil I was afraid h 1918 Pennayloania econue, the numbers to the fead difficulty I found a cab, andstarted to drive nxious drive it was. g banks. After some CHEAPEST STORE IN THE CITY, to keep out of the w: Bob lived in a row, whiter. but there is a cool confidence about him that (The heads that dreamed about it in their gold), nerally brings him out right inthe end. He we change its name to heaven, That es It no idren of his own, but has anothe: ari Hight of al the stars grew lighter ward, a niece of his wife, one Kate Bre Madd all (be Lig! ale hg He tween whom and myself, I ma saws anattachment of fong stam seems eae! practice brings in a sufficient THE SIXTEEN MIXED BABIES ,OF | 401 are to be married : NEBRASKA. Fi the sleepy aspect of things Hackberry precinct is a town in Nebraska. rye wantin, caused by I isnot & very large town. and the inhabit. | Call to dinner, 1 felt as ha ants are rarely visited by the traveling lec. | Well desire to be; the fut My former experience ead.” T found out a man, it, Who knew all about him. said the man. “why hi led this blessed morning.” te went on to inform me that White was Woman with a lot of ig to retire from vul- nd for the future h little stone cottage, on of land tn the outskirts SD asad WITH HIGH PRICES: CONNOLLY'S. | stood me in good Sethe ee an oceasional te of the village of Rowbent, I was already astir ; I could see him through the window, cross-lezged on his board, busily at work, stitching away at a cow-skin waistcoat ; even in the overpowering anxiety of the mo- | ment, I could not help a feeling of wonder at his employment, the rest of his apparel stood more in need of his labor. i 1 i ibs, White Snger.... Early as it was, he Rest Brown Sugar, per Ib. w crop New Orleans M | 608 Ninth Street, ve o'clock struck from the church-clock | N te; time erept slowly ot Another hour struck, an it was useless to wait longer bell ring. and G Altogether, in spite of the dusty, sultry atr, and the sense of per gallon. Our Whisky + gallon ts as good as you can buy elsewhere Splendit OLD WHISKY hese prices represent a reduction of $1 per gallon the neglected about to marry a turf business altogether turer. the cirens, or any other amusement of | 484 cheerful, and (EB that sort. They are thrown on their own re. | Present to cause me the s Sources, for, amusement, and their principal But something in my unc recreations are social parties and little * diffi- ly with the aristoc pit was too soft to give warning of my approach. to Paris for his ross the window made € on our W hiskies but my shadow falling S LINEN AND SILK HANDK ERK SENT S CLOTH AND KID GI step upon the stairs gave me a kind of presentiment of com- S. HARE & SONS, Grocers, 1213 7th street northwest, d conference deadly palor came over his face. the corners of pp i Not very | ing misfortune. He came in, and threw him- anes Hack bere mechan istered iS | sell into a chair: flung his hat upon. the floor, eee iar te whieke nit (eaerinined to | And wiped his face with his handkerchie the piace. without distinction of sex or rank, | U2aceustomed air of weariness and chagrin should be invited. The largest available | UPON his face. hen we heard something on the stairs thump, as if a heavy picce wd out to be in the sENTS FANCY HOSIERY ADIES SILK AND LINEN HANDKED ADEs: CLOTH AND KID « TIES AND RUCHPS his mouth began to RISTMAS GOODS, SEFUL HOLIDAY doorway regarding A the cunning mistrust, then hiseyes ibied whether L w i appearance a ed into a first- house was rented for the occasion; a superb | All well at home?” I asked. band of music, consisting of a colored man | Tight, and Kate? with a violin, was employed, and a magnif- le nodded in an abstract cent supper. of which sandwiches at Whisky were the leading features, vided. Preparations on so grand a d never before been made for any Hac berry | Sowa? recinet ball, and it was expected that the . = ir would preve a magnificent success. 1 gw ag ealmly t so happened that sixteen of the youngest thin Ted je merle and most popular matrons of the town were in | _ am, Jem, wi the peed ye babies under thirteen months | Were ope ig in cotton tog of age. These ladies were extremely anxious fee oe te attend the bail, but inasmuch as bottles— Wythe except the use of mature citizens—were not to be h: in Hackberry at any price, there was a pract eal dificnity in leavin a hun! night. In this emergency, a man of rai Ventive genius. who was one of the mai Of ‘the ball. proposed that, the sixteen my him by Gill: rowd of admir n the most rowd in did not see: eing only the empty eal vad, a hundred yards off, recovered his self possession and inquired. my | him, eagerly, if he had kept dpa OLLARS. AND CUFFS FANCY STOCKINGS POCKETBOOKS, SUAPS AND PERPUMERY ue with his bine cotte hot | # telegram across the table tom from his London correspondent :— Co.'s acceptances returned: reg | everybody connected with them it it was a very good hg at thismoment prompted Tt_stryck me that audy to give infor Iready possessed 0 be lost, and ju step, I thrust the dead letter ing him that it was a matter of life and death, begged him to say what he knew about the ping upon the carriage i ECEMBER 2isr, 1877 eee Iwas Dd T have the numbers,” [replied e to compare my ‘list you've got a list then,” e drawn upon me for a big I EADERS OF FASHION He snatched the letter from my hands, 4 & nd flung it out of the wine | dow, bidding me begone for an impudent ras- - " elusive felt that this was bad news, and T did not the variety stated cxchasively for | .now what to suagest. But presentiy Uncle eet _ peas = — bee: - ~ : ng the babies at home in | though this would no doubt hit him hard, yet ¥ - ire | he could Weather it, as long as his connection ad macthoriows ctate during am entire | Win the backrapt ‘arm was unknown. bills that were now maturing, drawn upon Co., were payable in London. NEW APVERTISEMNENT crumpled it up corner of the notes have. been stolen,” L said, oh EOE went on to deseribe the circumstances Robert listened with a_ sareasti ereduious smile that was ver i specially as I felt that this me toward the stor: table, and lay there “It Was not 4 time for thin ties, and I had no seruples al. The train moved off amid a salvo of cheers GET YOUR CARD PLATE NoW FoR dimirers, and I seon came to a big nd opened it, but the ind the missing m 636 Pennsylrania a ai Hed up to me agai NEW YEAR'S CALLS her rough with you, did San Should take their babies to the ball with them | He must raise £10,000to meet them, and this at and deposit them in a room, where they would | B¢e, and with the utmost secr A thorough seareh only SOUTH SIDE, Nwan 71 revealed in his possession be easily accessible. This plan was adopted | 0, this easily enough on the security of the with much enthusiasm, and at 8 o'clock the | Uitle-deeds of the sixteen babies were brought tothe ball and | 4nd neighborhe ed on a large bed in the second-story 5 € room. to his banker. He ‘wo 3 ECEPTIONS, forlorn hope, Lshowed the man the let- - s ‘ked him if he could ding that it mi; ten pounds in his Pocket if he could find out. i ¢ to Spoil sport. ‘There's if they took my n it, how do you come took a copy, of cour: in with ye, I'm not o one lee'to begin ve with the num pperty he had in the town his banker would advance the amount at once, but he did not want to d_not have it know KIND OF HOLIDAY Go« MEROUS TO MENTION IN 1 And see Specimens at SOLOMONS & CHAPMAN'S, ny ¢ ht be five or | know ‘em now i - <t eareful mother | for the world that he was raising money on that ‘ihe Infants should. be-eheeked, co-that | Property. "Better pay a heavier pereentage (or each mother could be sure of recovering her | the loan, and deal with a money lender un- own at the end of the festivities. Unfor- ___ 911 Pennsyteani \HRISTMAS FURS. dl in Robert's me three hours and jor the moment stuimed by the fall, v ng his senses. known to the world of commeree. ‘Could I find mpare it with you the numbers, Mr. Hargre: an appointinent to meet esent of a Set of FURS. tunatety, no checks could be procured, and it | him some one to advance the money at once Was, therefore, resolved, that each | infant on these securities? ould be carefully marked with a - teen babies. with their hunger | SUCh a person at once. Some iz bows, were laid sixteen mothe Liverpool meeting, a good assault and rob- tittle of evidence against Select your Holiday Pr My stock is now comp . He had found out tha nthe habit of meeting sc not connected with the turf, on ness at the Three Pigeons, a publie house one of the lowest quarters of the tow! quented by thieves a what'd be the use of work enow to gather it and one. by one, without bother . Fm no scholar either, for that It was not without embarrassment that I re- it > ack Cashmeres, 33 in t out of this as fastas “Mr. Hargreaves h 1d foolish h I had been ear to - set | iy hot and foolish yout been led into id their dresses (leco- | betting a good deal on races, and losing, one deal more than I could’ pay, was recommended to-a money MUFFs AND boas, CHAS, RUOFF, (Successor to Willett & Ruoff), 905 Pennsylrania avenue. All at the lowest prices, red Cashmeres, dont th that he slammed the door in my fs L other disagreeable to his board, but I saw 1 lord of the inn, one Tr, Was a flerce st one chance retired prize-igh collected infants Were one | lender—one Bob Hargreaves, of Howbent— who had relieved my pressin: ~, and absorbed the | Sufficiently exorbitant rate o <dtoone of the moth- | of of a little luncheon, or might desire to express | SUCh courses for the future. its views in regard ns and things i eral. According! drew from the ballroom, that she would return almost immediately. . WHITAKER & SON, M1 PExx YLVAN | ( Invite the attention of erous fellew, d that a misunderstanding ab disputed debt had made him afraid to ve ih bs could gather no furth c, . ii | Henry had subsequently very zenerously paid racer steer bag y a my debts without any questions, only | 1 i ‘: exacting from me a promise to abstain from nt might perhaps be in want Bob, it was well point in a kind of sullen re the last gleam of hope I possessed, could not give it up without anot “I'm sure you could tell me som eried to him th where you got them from, some *“L teil thee what,” said Bob from his board, “I swear my Bible oath I Know naught more passed away, and nothing Kate Jooked despair. e as I told her what had passed. Captain White had gone out of our ken, and out of English jurisdiction altogether ; his cor- respondent was still a mysterious nothing. consisting in part of elegai Books. Standard Poets ani Toy Books, Alb Handkerchief and Glove Boxes, Jewel Boxes, Dressing Cases, &c. | Fancy Goods ‘and’ Novelties to suit the taste of known —- een poet money ‘atron With. | tO any amount e could see his way to a cellent matron with- | good profit, and I had no doubt that he would : jump at the prospect of gettin more could be don r m1 - tate of interest and unexceptional security. mother who Tell the balkroom. with a like | __Hargreaves was an eccentric kind of nan, promise also failed to return. Gradually the | !ominally a tailor, living the life of a recluse. Mothers, one by one. as they recollected the | 2nd ee apprehensive of havin, existence of the babies, retired to attend to | derstood tha’ about thy notes, so go thy w There Was nothin more time over Robert, and I drove awa homeward, still more wretched than before. we reached Middleton, business The clue that had been so marvelously re- vealed to us, all came to nought. enough to make us despair, every one design 419-2w 941 Pennsyleai NFISERRE PARISIE / DRE GAUTRON, 86 1 make Holiday Presents, at HITAKER & SON'S, nia ace.,Vernon Row. NE. — ALEXA lined by wasting " tion for the slight a ig—a damage w had_any money at ail of his mn Be Sed any memes st ales kis raft would enable him to repa their supposed wants, until ten mothers had | OWN. There was no fear of any want of se- ‘thus vanished, Carrer II—THe THrer PIGeoNs. There was a dinner party at my unele’s that C. M. TOWSON & 00., Me Of eae hers bad | cresy on his part. He did not bear the best need at my uncle's Warehouse, nothing more of him till the end ¢ and 9th, manufacturer of fine French i : character in the world, it is true, and it was no romntaton agate who were prob- | Sid that he had acquired his money in a way ably exceptionally fond of dancing, entirely | that wenit Basaly bear investig ot their babies until the approach of dawn, | then, you don’t ask the charac the fixed determination of the band to go | Who ls going tolend you £10,000. rk, he was there months, when a favorable aranteed alway 8 fresh and pure. abled my unele to re Hem, PRESENTS. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. 636 Pennsyl ‘ . night—a yery grand one. Pennsyloania avenue, Hensy more gi ever saw uncle ‘aranee in bet- ten of affairs en. pself busily océu n with interest. , or, to all app yet three*days a ruined man, guests was Major Smith, the Chief Constable he business, but of reproach, and evidently fully believed my account of the matter. Stil, as he paced up and down the room witha gloomy, feeling that answered the same purpose, and Fo" THE HOLIDAYS. telegraphed he confessed to me that he had stolen the notes ea iti: . | to Hargreaves to come over and see me, and Big to brea ape Eine ahs maori ant aesrin | next morning, at the appointed hour.I heard 2 a body to the second story back bedroom, | tremendous thumping on the stairs, as if a ‘whence loud shrieks and wild demonstrations | heavy bedstead or something of the kind was immediately bony A Every one — to as caut certain What was the matter, and, in response s to their inquiries, were informed by a distract. | Peared in the opening. that we had so fortunately recovered. The | devil had tempted him, he said; for he had no | ticed that, when I locked up the safe, I made use of a key I took from a nail over the fir Mace, and that I returned It tothe same plac rhe temptation to clear £10,000 a $ He watched me out of the WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY BRONZES, &., Iu Great Variety, at W.S. TAPPAN’S, 905 F street n.w., _(Masonie Temple) of the town, a bache! was still rather a ladies’ man, and not. averse to making himself agreeable to Kate. her down to dinner, and I kept a W upon them. A great epergne of fle between us, but in the lownl and bon vivant, who saw that the di MASSEY’S PHILADELPHIA ALF, SCHLITZ’S MILWAUKEE LAGER, KELLEY’S ISLAND SWEET CATAWBA, ied: “Lam now bert Hargreav you have not. make the best of it. being dragged up. Presently the door was fously held ajar, and a wizened face ap- lulls and pauses in the Seeing that I was all alone, Bob—for he it co mother that the best bables ‘nad all Deen | was—whisked dexterously into the room, in. trieably mixed up. owing to the loss of their | Cumbered as he was by a-cruteh-handled stick distinguishing bows in each hand, and It ape rs that no Sooner had the infants | 00 his feet. ‘The amount of tim! a word to anybod you may trust her; NEW YORK REFINED CIDER, had no difficulty in shooting bac Th On hand and for sale in Casks or Bottles by my door with hi risk, for, had h would have had a of the loss, except Kate but not another living soul.’ My uncle was right, I could see; hard as it was, to keep quiet. The tale of such a loss under these suspicious circumstances, at this ra ut the great i LL°°x ovr FOR THE HOLIDAYS; and had Laid indulgin; awe CHR. RUPPERT, Hriss Kringles Headquarters, ple he knew, been found in 1 ind wooden clogs ber he carried se eyof the safe hanging i in possession Kate brought him SAM'L C. PALMER, down to the common level by the question, ud left it, and Was Deen left to themselves than the bright-colored aeeuened for the noise up the staii gook were prosecuted with so much zeal tha 1} mind I'm a poor man. ll, I'm here to oblige you, especial juncture, would be fatal to his credit. tely under- | Ber: ~~ if it's brass you want, you'll bear i it was, he might be able to tide over his culties. He would go to London at once, and try to get the bills held over. ney he had so reeently parted with. He took my portfolio, too, for he had seen me He would have gone to Lon- n, had he not Depot 57 Green street, ene Smith, do you kuow a Captain meee? _ Georgetown, D.C. cried the Major, rather nettled at cut short, * White! of what regiment?” No. 403 and 405 Seventh Street, ut the list there. Between D and E northwest. jon next day and cashed the imably brief time every bow was torn “Then you are no Et to me," ea. The first mother who arrived at the scene, brusquely, “and you'd unmar! al Sonslomerated infants, ave wisely acleeredthe | deal of Bob ves. learry on my © go heard from me that I had a copy of ter go the numbers—may I be forgiven for the falsehood I told on the oceasion!—but, assuming that the notes would be stop} hite, who, from his ntinent and his habit of dealing with la! ton would only spring a little! Alre: Uncle Heury was over his misfor- ing about his business alert and But vet me. = — I bear = probable ruin, disgrace even, upon my friend and bene- had seen him off on the Oh, I don’t know that, but he lately lived at nd’s row.” The Major's eyes at once assumed the keen ito the betting- is a dangerous TI YOU DESIRE TO MAKE A SUITABLE PRESENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Cail and examine our Immense Stock of HEATING STOVES, Zz tune, and goii Importer of all kinds com, NEW TOYS AND FANCY GOODS ADAPTED For nows. There's man’ he wrote to Capt. uent visits to t twinkle of the C] “Have you been plungi thought of the hay ring, Miss Brown? Sam Td take Bi I'm worth nothin; Jargest and best baby of the lot. and carried it | Vil? T Cary, oath, I'm He has the character, too, of being a | SUMS of money, was a convenient ee eee hurried off to Kate to Bine mothers. one of whom outa According to the appearance that was very & i : i z i ry e 3 5, NET COST. to close secret ‘fence.” January Ast, 1878, ‘was dressed in threadbare clothes, vable misfortune, and to get | “phat was all I could hear, for the tide of con. | dealings with him before of a like nature, al- |," RUPPERT takes tell of the a little comfort, Bin ite The resuk was ihat the ix motte. | Of @ dirty snuff-brown color; pate great where only comfort was pos- he solemnly affirmed that he had fest be ue Sat ceahien one yersation rose once more, and drowned all bert said, he was no s and that would have advanta, individual voices. sible, from woman's sym, Together with the finest assortment of Kate, when I first tol pathy. lar, and had her my news, was me! weet agree ne to any method of satisfactorily borne still more patching and me: I did not enjoy m: not noticed, in using one of my"envel felt that we were on ak s—for the sake of economy—that there was any but an ordinary device on the seal. If he had he COOKING and HEATING RANGES overcome with grief and dismay. recovered presence of mind and courage, and tried to re-establish mine. and dinner that evening. I y and New Year's indi black cloth cap was on his head, a1 among which we enumerate in part— ignation was nat- | frei solid t him was a heavy - Dolls of every description, It was possible to Each insisted that thing al Bea irvage eg ‘waisteoae, strangely out of keeping h was alone worth more Chun the | With the sultry weathe would have thought nothing of it; and he was task of hauling us | still in wonder as to the wa Jn witch we found do something in the matter. If we could take of fraudulent con- LATROBE STOVES, iT. entire six that still remained, and each insist- | | After chaflering awhile—for Bob's impecu- @d that she should be allowed to make the first | Mlosity was only assumed to no other measures to find out the thieves, we might try secret negotiations. ose Who had stolen the n- wh be afraid to cash them at once ; per- out his appointment with ed the notes up in his cowskin waistcoat the day after he stole them ; in fact, that was his occupation on the mornii cealment of property. my aunt—most women—and of it would become of” ood-natured and helpless of The thought was un- our ST. GEORGE ELEVATED OVEN and SOCIAL FIRE PLACE HEATER, beautiful in design and first-class in every respect id the money— S—dl ehoice. In these circumstances, with a view | Percentage—he consented to fo check the further effusion of hairpins and | #0 Pen cent, for three months“down upo eurls, Judge Doolittle proposed that, inasmuch y ye hey would be open to an offer, and ap- HOUSEFURNIS| After the guests were gone, Kate and I had =~ ail I sent for Uncle Henry to come and ratify the as the ladies unacquainted with euchre, - the matter should be settied by throwing dice. | atgain. A simple memorandum of deposit This was done, and each © inher tern | © Sue Goede ease) ry Kked out a baby and went home, asserting | this 1 was notlong in preparing; so that the affair was concluded at once, it she had been atrociously eheated, but ments handed over to Robert | preciate the advantages of a good round sum, and safety therewith. Without loss of time I ed ‘an advertisement in all the local papers and the London dailies, offerin, ward of £1,000 for the recovery of the missing notes. But no result followed. in possession of the treasure made no sign. Next day came back Uncle Henry from Lon- is waistcoat on his way to meet as pee ee White. iter all, Unele Henry made a lot of money, through being obliged to hold on to his cotton’; for it rose suddenly a half-penny a pound, on Mf disastrous news of He behaved very handsomely to Kate on the oceasion of our wedding the other day. @ long and serious consultation the next day bringing somet Itogether. ‘It was by Pewning ti And also states, that in order ers incresed advant nation of my Stock iment in the where we will in waiting upon those over our heads without larewell to hope ikely, indeed, that he unknown criminal would keep the ap. pointment he had made, as he had received no reply to his letter. Still, there was the chance that he would. REISSNER & JEN 17 Seventh st. nw. and the parch in exchange for £10,000 in Bank of England notes, ali soiled and limp, as if they been a long while in Whoever was may favor me with Ladies contem fairs would do to examine my nck Eotone pescanaing anywi the new crop. ‘The affair happened three weeks ago, and as | Cit¢ulation. It gave me a great deal of trou- t no redistribution of infants has been made. don, having succeeded in renewing his bills for lays. It was now the midd of July the delay would e: ble to make a list of them, for they were of all ssible to get somebody to rep- another fourte resent Sam White, and keep the appointment of June ; on the all our prospects for life by a mo- ment’s carelessness; and, under Providence r ‘Just received, 500 the Genuine ‘Those who wish to avoid the usual erowd are es- | JUGLA amd Bt AM KID GLOVES on his behalf? mothers who, by going home early, se. | denominations, and none of the same dates. a eured the choicest profess to be per- | OF of consecutive numbers. feetly certain that they t satante: and the remaining ers, while ¢lamorously resen necessity whic! = ‘compelled them to put up with cheap nd com. , UP his parehments in an old paratively worthless babies, confess that they €annot prove to the satisfaction of a jury pre- That was out of the question. Then, although Pigeons was the lead letter, yet ily invited to make Pecially Inv their and next to my_ wife, K: thank so much for getti ‘ate, I have nobody to ing me out of the seray a Majesty's Postmaster General, who sent me that unopened dead letter. White was too well known. assumed that the Three “old place” mentioned in the just as likely to be wrong altogether. — face lighted up, and I saw that ‘a You say that the bride of Cay "3 task after a while, and slipped the list into my k their own private | Portiolio.. ‘The notes I placed careful 6 my safe, and locked them up. Bob wrapped jue cotion hand- kerchief and hobbled off, castin, gretful look behind at my safe, as if it had been All the newest shades, at from $1 per pair up; also line of i for things were ae White Lace s failure had caused uni want of confidence if cotton only sprang an eighth per pound all would be well. Cotton did not spring, however, but fell a ¥ DOUGLASS’, versal mistrust an 9TH AND F sts. 98TH AND F sTs. The Housekeeper. GRAND OPENING OF NOVELTIES tain White | (By @ Lady in the Germantown Telegraph.) sda &c.. e., suitable Presen eisely to whom the half dozen best infants res. 2,Sareophagus where his heart was enshrined. tively belong. ‘The husbands, whotakethe | That safe, by the way, was a. pre: .feneral ground that ove fifant is about | Cucle, Henry, 3 really pleased to have some- Snails only to probable thug anaettere: | thing valuable to put in It. Hitherto a simple Hackberry babies yl never K now their real inane ave answered my purpose mothers, that irown identity w a - zzie to them for the Temainder of their lives |, 488000 as Bob was gone, Unele Henry gave is tragedy shows the necessity of branding | Meiustructions as to the disposal of the mone of otherwise permanentlymarking babies and | Trius¢ remain in my safe till the next morn: sts the question whether the managersof | }¢m™ ‘f Lond If he Hackberry ball are not legally responsible | ing When I was to take it up to London myself, fo the dinsatichied mothers anal caumotioe coms, | and go ag age Ra Bg retire Le ake good the losses which the latter | Ue, and get back the Bove sustained 3. ¥. Times, "Me latter | much pleased that I had tifle instead. Failures were rife at Middleton, The strongest firms were talked about, and Uncle Henry did not escape. Still, he carried on matters’ bravel, but when the fourteen days had elapsed, there should happen no favorable change in the markets, things would be bad with him. now iony reerened, that the loss of the notes uncle’s ereditors, if he had them together—all the more im; too, as this would be the first time had been heard of it. But it was too laie now. To say anythin, was a good deal like me. not make believe to be Mrs. Sam go to keep the appointment on his behalf?” I hada great many objections to urge to but one by one Kate overruled her to make this addi. that I should accompany er husband's clerk, or see- | grown exte we made an appointment to | Wurzel,” which translated ‘k the following morning, and | root, USEFUL KITCHEN RECEIPTS. Pickled Beet Root.—Ther are several spe- cies of beet root, Which are used for different Sicilian beet, from yield- ine matter, is chiefly cul- HOLIDAYS. i and choice Cn en HOLIDAY PRESENTS, DOUGLASS’, ‘St. Cloud Building. Unele “Henry, a caplial one Dy a first-rate | Were talived aten 1207 F st., bet. i1th urposes. The white ig the most sacchari tivated in France for ugar and spirit. omar Goons. PERRY @ BROTHER the man Another kind of vely by farmers, called “mange! means *famine’s it which should more properly ive of plenty, for many of the hirty and even sixty have to speak of tion to her scheme, and F Sts, oar nm retty story for my meetat ten o'e! 0 to the Three Pigeons. open the swiny & Strong waft —beer and spirits, flavored wi name indicati: doors of the | roots weigh eonty t about it would only managed the business promptly, and gave me a c! for £50 for so mm BuvRiOUsNESS OF HiIGH-HEELED SHOES.— Cotton had < within the centre of ity produces a direct | married as soon as we liked. Seamer eerie s | arent oe memo Reese am ment them plac . itis = ng mae — ‘vague but pleasant dreams of future ta omen waddle Ness, Ww! most ungraceful manner when they attempt | wife. "But just at dawn lawoke in a horrible ‘to walk. destroy their comfort to follow | fri pel out allover me. and i no it. Peo} een tent shee, sed nthe it of Wakil w 5 a to follow fou that their er wi “ upon me that I had left the duplicate key of te matters, indeed, and destroy Unele | tp eed y 2 eee suspicion of jocose, maudlin, ick and got behl was not pane Me ye poet of people, ¢ women, acters it would be com; ful, were clustered about a covered counter, 3. He was in excellent spirits now. harder ie that day’s ‘ate shrank | that ind me; for a moment she an ordeal as this. a afl rovement in the state o rs. e day of the month ; on the third of next month, if no help came, my uncle would have I was sifting at my desk, the tter drop into hi in my hand, broodin eg edna eee misfortunes, when my box, and the quick rap of the postman. It was only a dead letter at ter [had misdirected, no doubt ; another piece or stupidity Ca 0 to mm! Rg thousand pounds! ry would not be an I flung the dead letter from me in returned to my dismal reverie. There it lay, however, looking at me re- ee on ean seen tale rid of rer etter within was not in but goa! in that of knew nothing about. ddressed to “Cay {ter all—some let- toward us. The the yolks and l jourUL ling by ever so solid froth sadd tothe inst me, Te rind of a a lemon and six whit meperate es . Ten grated a whole life’s slave y two | yolks the ow e flour; then add the nd the juice of the lemon ; “J | when these are well-beaten in, put it immedi- ately into tins, and bake it about an hour in a rately hot oven. Sweet Apples.—Place them in a with a very littie Water, that the juice may barn, if they are to be cooked ina brick oven les in a jar, cover them close. bake them five or six hours. Sweetapples hand whites of the eggs a1 it. But on tearin, jo you want?” he said to me lay. | bur reateniny Jouiow Kate. “You've naught | aud ine—its seal embossed a = it was barely fc oars ag i oe mast sak deat, re "ieee i Hoes me in & men and women in way : “ware was uncalled ro 3 among the Temotest any evil inte the between healthy, related per- likely to ‘Mr. Darwin's views are in a measure no ‘orni’s inquiry iate the com- by trying Batz is a rocky, secluded, was firm of the Loire In- ng containing over 3,000 people. don't 5 and commit and then go png ol oosutned of de- oo ehildren born is above out, and the streets i it it te 5 E L | Fre confirmation of this, she handed ie Se It it over with a cautious but | know of nothing right. no doubt,” he said.“ y this at once ; rod, iE if oe 3 EB age I] ve ystem. —W. Theumatism, and as soon as | for é E Fr FE i i Z f i # i i i i : tk Ee oF F H ; a i H i ; ag i; H 1888 3 i f ae i i é é 1 & i $