Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1887, Page 6

CHOLSON A CHRISTMAS STORY, Ix Tarr Pants, By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, nor of “Treasure Island,” Ete., Ete., Ete. (Copyright, 1887.) CHAPTER IN WHICH JOUN SOWS THE WIND. john Varey Nicholson was stupid; yet, stupider nem than be are RoW sprawling In parliament and wding themselves as the authors of their own distinction, He Was of a fat habit, even from boy- you, and Inclined to a cheerful and cursory read- of life; and possibly this attitude as the origiaal cause of his misfortunes, 3 hint philosophy 1s silent on biscareer, and st.perstition steps in with the more ready ex. planation that he was detested of the gods, His father, that iron gentieman, had long azo enthroned himself on the eights of the Disruption Principles. What these are (and in spite of their Besond t rim name they are quite tnnocent) no array of terms would render thinkable to the merely Eng- lish intelligence, but to the Scot they often prove ‘unetiously nourishing, and Mr. Nicholson found in ‘them the milk of lions. About the period when the churches convene at Edinburg In their annual assembiles, he was to be seen descending the mound !n the company of divers red-neaded clergy men; these voluble, he only contributing oracular nods, brief negatives, and the austere spectacle of his stretched upper lip. ‘The names of Candlish and Begg were frequent in these tnterviews, and occasfonally the taik ran on the residuary estab- lishment and the doings of one Lee. A stranger | to the Ught littie kingdom of Scotiand might have listened and gathered Mterally nothing. Mr. Nicholson (who Was not a dull man) knew this and raged at it, He knew there was a vast world outside, to Whom Disruption Prinetples were as the chatter of tree-top apes; the paper brought him chil! whiffs from it; he had met Engitsh- nen who had asked lightly if he did not belong to the Church of Scotland, and then had failed to be much {interested by ‘his elucidation of that hice point; st was an evil, wild, rebellious world, lying sunk t9 doz jor nothing short of & Scots word will paint this Scotsman’s feelings And when he entered his own house in Randolph | resent (south side), and shut the door behind him, bis heart swelled with security. Here, at least, was a citadel impregnable by right-hand defections OF left-hand exiremes. Here was a family where prayers came at the same hour, where the Sabbath literature was untmpeachably selected. where the guest Who should have leaned to any false opinion was instantly set down, and over which there reigned all the week, and grew denser on Sundays, silence that was” agreeable to bis ear, and a gloom that he found comfortable. Mrs. Nicholson had died about thirty and left him with three children—a daughter, two years, and a son about eight years younger’ than Jou, and Jobn himself, the unlucky bearer of a hame infamous tn English history. The daughter, Maria, was a god girl—dutiful, pious, dull, but so easily’ startied that to speak fo her was quite a perilous euterprise. “Tdon't think I eare to talk about that, if you please,” she would say, and | Strike the boldest speechless by her unmistakable pain. This upon al! topies—dresa, pleasure, mo- Fality, polities, in whte ormula was changed to “Wy papa thinks otherwise,” and even religion, unless it Was approached With a particular whining th tone of voles. Alexander, the Younger brother, was sickly, clever, fond of Books and drawing, and Mull of satincal Temarks In the midst of these Imagine that natural, clumsy, uuintelligent, and mirtatul antinal, Joka—mighty well behaved in comparison With other lads, although not up to th {the house tn Randolph Creseent; full SShich were, never: Wary warmly’ rooetvede Tull ot iden and loud laughters, which rang out tn that house like curses. Mr. Nicholson himself nad agreat fund of humor of the Scots order—intel- lectual, turning on the observation of men; his own character, for instance, if he could have seen itin ancther. would have been a rare feast to hit, and etapty, almost light-headed remarks, struck hit With pain as the tndices of 4 weak min outside the family John had early attached him- | ‘self (much as a dog may follow a marquess) to the steps of Alan Houston, a lad about a year older ‘than himself, idle, a trie wild, the heir to a good state, whieh was still in the hands of a rigchoes trustee, and so rovally content with himseif that be took John’s devotion as a thing of course. The intimacy Was gall to Mr. Nicholson; it took his Sen ress ths hier, sad howas's joniows snes Mt Kept bim frum the office, and he Was a martinet: jastly, Wr. Nicholson was ambitious for his taimily @b which, and the Disruption Principles, he en- ‘Urely liv and he hated to see a son of his play second Nddie to an idler. After some hesitation he ordered chat the Irieudship should cease—an unfair command, though seemingly inspired Ly the spirit of prophecy; and John, saying nothing, conunued to disobey Ube order, under the ros Jobn was nearly bineteen When le was one day Gismissed_ ratner earlier than usual from his father’s office, where he was studying the practice Of the tow, icwas Saturiays aud excoptanatice had a matter of £4001n his ket which it was bis duty to hand over to the British Linen Com- pany’s Bank, he had the whole aiternoon at his disposal. He went by Prince’s street, enjoying the mid sunshine and the little thrill of easterly wind tbat tossed tue Mags along that terrace of Palaces and tumbied the green trees In the garden. The band was paring, down in the valley under the esse; and when it came to the turn of the pipers he heard their wild sounds WIth @ stirring of the blood. Something distantly martial woke in bit, and he thought of Miss Mackenzie, whom he was to meet that day at dinner. Now, it ts undeniable that he should have gone directly to the bank, but right in the way stood he billiardervom of the hotel whee Stew wast most certain to be found, and the temptation proved too strong. He entered the bill room, = immediately greeted by his friend, cue in “Nicholson,” sald he, “I want you to lend me a pound or two ull Monday. * . “You've come to the right shop, haven't yo returned Joba; “I bave twopence. “Nonsense,” said Alan; “youcan get some. Go air] Dorrow at your tallor’s; they all do it, Or, ru ‘tell you what; pop your waten.” “U, yes, I daresay,” said Joon. “And how about my fader “tow ts he to know? He doesn’t wind {t up for you at night, does he?” inquired Alan, at whic Jobn guflawed. “No, seriously, I am ‘in a fix, econUbued the tem; . “Lhave lost some money to @ man here. ll give it to you w-1 ht, and Jou can get the heirioom out in on Monday. Come, It'S 4 sinall service, after all I would dos geod deal more for you.” Whereupon Joba went forth and pawned his gold ‘Watch urder the assumed name of Joba Fi Pleasanea. ‘But the nero eae 8S At the door of that inglorious haunts tateehe find the effort necessary to Latene Cee (ehich, somehow, scowed to bers aceon of the procedure), had taken more time than he imagined, and when he returned to the billiard- po A ‘Spoils the bank had already closed ms ‘This was a shrewd knock. “A piece of business ad been negiected.” He heard these words in ‘bis father’s trenchant Votce, and trembl and then dod; the thought, Arter all, Who was to Know? ie wust carry £400 about With him ull Monday, When the neglect could ve surreptitiously red: and meanwhile he was free to ‘the erboon On the encircling divan of the billiard Toom, Smoking bis pipe, si} enjoying to the must-hea: of admiration, None can admire Youth's passions ping a pint of ale, and the modest pleusures Uke a young man. Of all and pleasures this 13 the most Alan's Diack eyes; every aspect of his curly head; SES Fracetul eden, every easy, Stand-of att tude of waiting; ay, ‘and down to his suirt-sleeves snd wrist-links, were seen by John through a lux- Mootle Gory. [He ‘valued himseit by the posses sion of ts yal friend, hugged bimself upon the thought, and swam ih warts azure, Lis own, ike Vanquished dificulties, home. The night was chill and starry. All the OF JOHN | Way eastward the trees of the different gardens rustled and looked black. Up the stone guily of Leith Walk, when they came to cross it, the breeze made @ rush and sent the flames of the street lamps quavering; and when at last they had mounted to the Koyal Terrace, where Capt. Mac- Kenzie lived, & great salt (resiiness came tn thelr faces trom the sea. These phases of the walk re- mained written ‘on John's memory, each em- phasized by the touch of that light hand on bis arn, an‘t bebind all these aspects of the nocturnal city he saw, tn his mind's eve, a pleture of tue lighted drawing-room at home where he had sat Lalsing with Flora; and his father, {rom the other end, had looked on'with a kind and ironical smile. Joun had read the significance of that smile, which might have escaped a stranger. Mr. Nicholson had remarked hfs son’s entanglement with satis faction, tinged by humor; and. his smile, if it still Was a ‘thought contemptuous, had implied con- sent. At the captain's door the girl held out her hand with a certain empbasts; and John took it and kept it a little longer, and said: “Good-night, Flora, dear,” and was instantly thrown into much fear by bis presumption. But she only laughed, Tan up the steps and rang the bell; and while she Was Walling for tue door to open, kept close in Uhe porch, and taiked to him from that point as out of a fortification. She had a knitted shawl fher head, ner biue Highland eyes took the light from the neighboring street lamp and sparkled; and when the door opened und closed Upon her John felt cruelly alone, ‘He proceeded slowly back along the terrace tna tender glow; and when he came to Greenside chureh be halted tu a doubtful mind. Over the crown of the Calton Hil, to his left, lay the way to Colette's, Where Alan would soon be looking for his arrival, ‘and Where he wouid now have no more conseuted” to go than he would have wilfully WalloWed in @ bog; the touch of the girl's hand on his sleeve, and the kindly ligt of his father’s eyes, both loudly forbidding. But right before him Was the way home, which pointed only to bed, a place of little ease “for one whose tancy was strung to tue lyrical pitch, and whose not very ardent heart Was just then tumultuously moved. The hill top, the Cool air Of the night, the company of the great monuments, the sight ‘of the city under his feet, with tts hills and valleys and crossing files of lamps, drew him by all he had of the poetic, and he turned that way; and by that quite innocent deflection, ripened the crop of his venial errors for the sickle’ of destiny. ‘On a seat on the bill above Greenside he sat tor perhaps half ap hour, looking down upon the lamps Edinburgh, and’up at the lumps of heaven, Wonderful Were the resolves he formed; beautiful and kindly Were the Vistas of future life that sped before lim. He uttered to himself the name of Flora tu so many touching and dramatic keys that he became at length fairly melted with tenderness, and could have sting aloud. "At that juncture & certain creasing in lis great coat caugiit lis ear. He put his hand into his pocket, puiled forth the euvelope that held the money, ‘and sat stupetied. ‘The Calton Hill, about this peltod, had an til-aame of nights; and'to ve sitting there with £400 that one side of Lim, apparently looking at tle scener’ from a little on the other a second night-wal Was drawing very quietly m ‘The envelope fell trom his ha! 3 Up jumped Jonn. 7 he stooped to and closed with him. A little after he got to bis feet_ very sore and shaken, the poorer by a purse Which cotained ex- actly obe penuy postage stamp, by a cambrichand- Kerchies, and by the ail-tmportant envelope. Here Was a young man on Whom, at the highest potnt of loveriy exaitation, there had fallen a blow Yoo sharp to be supported alone; and not many hundred yards away his greatest Iriend was sit- Ung at Supper—aye, and even expecting him, Was it wotiu the nature of man that he should run there? He went in quest of sympathy—in quest of that droll article that we all suppose our- selves to Want When in a strait, and have agreed tocall advice; and he went besides with vague but rather splendid expectations of relief. Alan Was rich, or would be so When he came of age. BY a stroke of the pen he might remedy this mis. fortune aud avert that dreaded Interview with Mr, Nicholson, from which John now shratk in imag uation as ihe hand draws back from fire. Close under the Caiton Hill there ri certain narrow avenue, part street, part by-road. ‘The head of it faces te doors of the prison; its tail de- scends into the sunless slums of the Low Calton. ‘On oue hand It Is overhupg by the cragsot the hill, on the other by an old graveyard. Between these two the roadway runs in a treneh, sparsely lighted at night, sparsely Irequented by day, and bordered, When If has cleared the place of tombs, by dingy and ambiguous houses. One of tiese was te house of Colette, and at his door our {ll-starred Joln was presently beating for admittance. In au evil hour be satisfied the jealous inquiries of the contraband hotei-keeper; in an evil hour he penetrated into the somewhat unsavory intertor, Alan, to be sure, Was there seated in a room Mt by noisy gas jets, Deside a dirty tablecioth, engaged on a coarse meal, and In the company Of several Upsy members of the Junior bur, But Alan was not sober; he had lost a thousand pounds upon a horse-race; bad received the news at dinner time, and Was now ih default of any possible means of extrication drowning tie memory of his predica- ment. Heto heip John! ‘The thing was impos- sible; he couldn't help himself, Ifyou have @ beast of a father,” said he, « can tell you I have a brute of a trustee.” “I'm not golug to hear my father called a beast,” said John, with beating heart, feeling that le risked the last sound rivet of the chain that bound nlm to lite, But Alan was quite good-natured. “All right, old ieliow,” sald he, “Mos’ respec'able man your father.” Abd he introduced his (riend to hiS companions 4s “Old Nicholson the what- @'ye-call-um’s sou.” John sat in dumb agony. Colette's foul walls and maculate table linen, and even down to Col- ette’s Villainous casters, steined like objects In a nightmare. And just then there came a knock and a scurrying; the police, so lamentably absent from the Calton Hill, appeared upon the scene; and the party, taken flagrante delicto, With Unelt glasses at their elbows, were seized, marched up Yo the police oftcer and’all duly suminoned to ap- pear as witnesses in the consequent case against Uhat arci-shebeener Collette. IU was a sorrowful and a mightily sobered com- pany that came forth again. ‘The vague terror of public opinion weighed generally on them all; but there were private and particular horrors on the ininds of individuals. Alan stood in dread of bis Urustee, already sorely tried, One of the group Was thé sou Of a country iinister, another of 4 ; Join, the unhepplest of all, hed David Nicholson to father, the fdea of facing whom on Such a scandaious Subject was physically sicken- ing. ‘They stood awhile consulting under the but Uresses of Saint Giles; ence they adjourned to the lodgings of oue of tue number in North Castle street, where (for that matter) they might have had qitite as good a supper, and far better drink, than in the dangerous parddise trom which they had beeu routed. There, over an almost tearful glass, they debated their position. Each explained he had the world vo lose if the affair went on, and he ap a a witness. It was remarkable ‘what bright prospects were just then in the very act of opening betore each of that little company of youths, and What pious consideration for the feelings of Lheir families began now to well from Them. Each, thoreover, was in an odd state of des- Utution, No one could’ bear bis share of the fine; not one but evinced a Wonderful twinkle of ho That each of the others (in succession) was the Yery man Who could step in to make good the de Heit. One took a high hand; he could not pay his Share; If it Went toa trial he should bolt; he had alway’s felt the English bar to be his true sphere, Another branched out into touching details about gs family, and was not listened to, John, in the midst ot this disorderiy competition of poverty and In€anhess, sat stunned, contemplating the moun tain bulk Of his misfortunes, ‘At last, upon a pledge that each should apply to his faunily with @ common frankness, this conven- ton of unhappy young asses broke up, Went down tne common stair and tn the grey of the spring ning, with the streets lyirg dead empty about tiem, the lamps burning on into the day- light 1m duutnished tuster, and the birds begin- ning to sound promonitory notes from the groves of the town gardens, went each his own Way With bowed head and echoing footialy, The rooks were awake in Randolph Crescent; but the windows looked down, discreetly blinded, om the return ot the prodigal. Joun’s pass-key Was a Fecent cat this was the frst time it had been used; Of with what a sickening Sense of bis unworthiness, he now inserted it into the well-otled lock and entered that citadel of the roprieties! All slept; the gas in the hall had things on which to plune himself. Only when he Uhought of Miss McKenzie there fell upon his mind # Shadow of regret; that young lady was worthy (Of better things than plain Joun Nicholson, stil ‘khowD among schoolmates Uy the derisive name of “Patty ;” aud he felt, if he could ebalk a cue, or stand at ease, with such a caries grace as Alan, he could approach the object of his sentiments With a less crushing sense of inferiority. ‘Before they parted Alan made a Proposal that Was startling in the extreme. He would be at Co- letie's that night about 1, he sald. Why should not John come there and get the money? To go {o Colette's was to see life, Indeed: it was wrong; it Was against the laws; it partook, in a ver dingy manner, of adventure. Were it’ known, It Was the sort of exploit that discousidered a young 4uan for c00d WIL Ube more serious classes, but SSE a Standing with the riotous Aud yet Colette's was not a bell; it could not come, with- ont vaulting hyperbole, under the rubric of a Hfided salou; aud, if It was a sin to go there, the sia Was merely focal and municipal Colette (#hose name I do not know how to spell, for I was hever in epistolary communication wita’ that hos- pitable outlaw) was imply au unlicensed publican, Who gave suppers after 11 at night, the Ediuburgh hour of closing. If you belonged toa club you could get a much better supper at the same hour, and lose nets jot im public lucked Ubat qualification, aud were an hungered, oF inclined toward conviviality at unlawful hours, Colette's was your only port. You were very tll: Supplied. ‘The company Was not recruited from tue senate or the church, though the bar was very well ted om the’ only occasion on Which { ‘Dew in the face of my country’s laws, and, taki ly reputation in my penetrated into that rim supper-house. And ‘Colette's frequenters, thrillingly conscious of wrong-doing, and “that ‘o-banded engine (the policeman) at the toclined. tos w ‘ ‘of ‘excursion Out of the safe 1 aews of lite into the wild and arduous, stirred ~- 10:30 It was John’s brave good fortune to ‘ache lo Miss Mackenzie, and n Jeft faintly buruing to light his return dreadful stillness reigned, broken by the Uclnng of the eight-day clock.“ He put the gas ou and sat on a chair in the hail, waiting and count tng the minutes, longing for any huinan counte. bance. But when at last he heard the alarm spring its rattle in the lower story, and the servants begin to be about, he instantiy lost heart, and fled to Lis own room, Where he threw biluselt upon the bed. CHAPTER IIL. IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME. Shortly after breakfast, at which he assisted with a highly tragical countenance, John sought | #82 his father where he sat, presumably in religious meditation, on the Sabbath mornings The old gentleman looked up with that sour, inquisitive expression, that came so neat to stuiling and was so different in effect. “This 18 @ tlme when Ido not like to be dts- turbed,” he said, “I khow that,” returned Jobn; “but 1 have—1 want—I've made a dreadful mess of it,” UL, and turned to the window. Ir. Nicholson sat silent for an bie time, while his unhappy son surveyed the poles tn thé Lehane sti tna | min John as | sinking in back green, an ered upon the wal, and he serfs or his misdeeds that lay beind them! “Well,” sald the father, but in very quiet tones, “what is tt?” “MacLean gave me £400 to put in the bank, sir,” began Joba, “and I'm sorry to say that I've "been “Kobbed of itr” erled Mr. Nicholson, with rising Infection, “Robbed? wet ean't bay'anything else, tr 1 was just robbed me any’ . 1 was of it,” sald desperation, sudueniy. “And where and when did this event take ir sat Uy 1 dreadiul did not belong to hitu was hardiy wise. He looked | evidence—shedeening it is, up. ‘There Was a man ira very bad hat, a littleon | to tell you; but for my | into tears, | | i jit hy, silence settled on father and son. it was broken by Mr. Nicholson up the pawn ticket. “John Fi 8 he | read, and then turning upon John with a’ brief Froggs?” he eried. “Nobody,” sald John, “It was just 9 name.” “An allas,” his father commented. “ol [think searcely quite that,” said the cul- prit. “It's a form; they all do to ; We had a great deal offun over the name—" He paused at that, for he saw bls father wince atthe picture like & man physically struck; and rain there Was sllence. “Ido not think,” said Mr. Nicholson, at last, “that Iam an whgenerous father. 1 have never grudged you Money within reason, for any avow- able purpose; You had Just to come to me and Spe nd how I find that you have forgotten all decency and all natural feeling and actually pawned—pawned—your mother’s watch. You must have had some temptation. I will do you {he Justice to Suppose it was a strong one. What did you want with this money?” “I would rather not tell you, sir,” said John. “It will only make you angry.” “L will not ‘be fenced with,” cried his father. “There must be an end of disingenuous answers, What did you want with this money?” man’ es, sit,” said Johu; “but I only met him.” ‘Where? came the deadly question. And “in a billiard-room,” was the damning an- sre Thus, had Joun's stiigie departure from the truth brought instant punishment. For no other purpose but to see Alan would he have entered a lard-room; but ‘he had desired to palliate the fact of his disobedience, aud now tt appeared that he frequented these disreputable haunts upon bis own account, Once more’ Mr. Nicholson digested the vile tid- ings in silence; and when John stole a glance at his father's countenance he was abashed to see ‘the marks of suffering. “well,” sald the olf gentleman at last, “I cane not pretend not to be simply bowed down, I rose ‘his morning what the world calls a happy man— happy, at least, in a son of whom I thought I could be reasonably proud” — But it was beyond human nature to endure this longer; and John interrupted almost with a Scream. “Oh, wheest!” he cried, “that’s not all that’s not the worst of tt—1t's nothing! How coul I tell you were proud of me? 0, I wish that I had known; but you always said "I was such a dis- grace. "And ihe dreadful Uning 1s this; we were ailtaken up last night, and we have to pay Colette's fine among the six, or we'll be had up for They made me swear art.” he erled, bursting ‘I just wish that | was dead!” And he fell on bis knées before a chatr and hid his face. Whetuer lus father spoke, and whether he re- msined long in the room or at once de] are getit, and at the same moment both men rau in | Points lost to history. A horrid turmoll of mind and body; bursting ‘sobs, broken, vanishing thoughts, how ot indignation, now ‘of remorse; broken elementary whiffs of consciousness, of the smell Of the horse-hair on the chair bottom; of the Jaugling of church bells that now began to make of the hard floor that bruised his knees, of tie taste Of tears that found their way into his'mouth; for a period of time, the duration of which Icannot guess, while I refuse to dweil longer on its agony, these Were the whole of God's world for Joba Nicholson, When at last, as by the touching of a spring, he returned again'to clearness of consciousness, and even a measure of composure, the bells had’ but Just done ringing, and the Sabbath silence was Stull marred by the patter of belated feet. By the clock above the tire, ly MIht count On near two hours of only comparative unhappiness, With hisfather the superlative degree returned infallibly. He knew y shrinking fber in his body; he knew it by the sudden dizzy whirling of his brain—at the ere thought of that calamity. An hour and a half, pertaps ap hour and three-quarters, if the doctor was long-winded, and then would’ begin again that active agony from which, even in the dull ache of the present, he shrank ‘as trom the bite of fire. He saw in aviston the family pew, the somnolent cushions, the Bibles, the psaim books, Maria with her smelling salts, ‘his father sittin Spectacled and critical, and at once he was struc with indignation, not unjustly. It was Inhuman to go off to caurch and leave a sinner in suspense, unpunished, unforgiven. And at the very touch of criticism the paternal ‘sanctity was lessened; yet the paternal terror only grew, and the two Strands of feeling pushed hin “in Ue same direc- ion. And suddenly there came upon him a mad fear lest his father should have locked him tn. The notion had no ground in sense; it was probably no more than a ritniniscence of similar calamities in ehtldhood,gfor his father’s room had always been the chamber of inquisition and the scene of pun- ishment; butit stuck so rigorously in his mind that he’ must instantly approach the door and prove its untruth. “As he went, he struck upon & jrawer left open in the business table. It was the money drawer, a measure of his father’s disarray; the money dra'wer—perhaps a pointing,providence! Who is todecide, when even divines differ, between @ providence ahd a temptation? or who, sitting calmly under bis own vine, ts to pass a judgment on the doings of a poor, hunted dog, slavishly afraid, slavishly rebellious, like John Nicnolson on that pardcular Sunday?’ His “hand was in the drawer, almost before his mind had conceived the hope; and rising to his new situation he wrote, situng in bis fatuer’s chair and using 'ils father's Diotting-pad, is pitiful apology and farewell: ‘My dear father, Ihave taken the money, but I Will pay tt back as soon asI am able. You will never hear of me again. I did not mean any hart by anything, 30 T hope you will try and forgive ine, i wish you Would say good-bye to Alexander and Marta, but not if you don’t want to. 1 could uot walt to see you, really. Please try to forgive me. “Your affectionate son, JouNn Nicolo: ‘The coins abstracted ‘and the missive written, he could not be gone too soon from the scenes ot these transgressions; and remembering bow Dis fatuer had once retirned from church, on some Slight illness, in the middie of the second psalm, he durst not even make a packet of @ change of clothes. Attired as he was he slipped from the paternal doors, and found himself in the cool spring air, the thin spring sunshine, and the great Suby bath quiet of the city, which was now only pointed by the cawing of the’ rooks. ‘There Was not a soul in Randolph Crescent, nor a soul in Queens-ferry street. In this outdoor privacy and the sense of escape John took heart again; and with a pathetic sense of leave-taking he even ventured up the lane and stood awhile, a ‘strange perl at the gates of a quaint paradise,’ by the west end of St. George's church. ‘They were singing within, and by a strange chance the tune Was “St. Géorge’s, Elin burgh,” which Dears the name, and was first su tn the'chotr of that church, “Wino {3 this King of Glory :” went the voices frow witht this Was like the end of all Christi for he was now to be @ wild man like Ishmael, an his life was to be cast in homeless places’ and With godless people. It Was thus, With mo rising sense of the adven- turous, but in mere desolation and despair, that he Larned bis back on his native city, and sét out mn foot for California, with a more immediate e; to Glasgow. ge sand, to Job aE CHAPTER IV. ‘THE SKCOND SOWING, It ts no part of mine to narrate the adventures of John Nicholson, which were many, but simply his more momentous misadventures, which were more than he desired, and, by human standards, more than he deserved; how he reached Caitfornta, how he was rooked and robbed and beaten and starved; how he was at last taken up by charita- bie folk, restored to some degree of gelf-compla- cency, abd installed as a clerk ina bank in Ban Francigo, it would take too long to Vell: ‘nor in ese episodes were there any marks of u Mar Nicholsonte destiny, for ‘they were just wach matters as befell some thousands of other young adventurers in the same days and places. But ‘once posted in the bank, he fell tor a into a justry, game at playtuing ot Between eleven ‘as he reckoned it, dollars. day horrible throughout the confines of the city, | this business it was the last that came to be ne- giected. ee found him not only equipped with own, but once more (as on that former occasion) saddled with a considerable sum of other peopie’s. Now it chanced there lived in the same board- ing-house a fellow clerk of his, an honest fellow, with what is called a weakness for drink—th¢ ‘It might, in this case, have been called a sti for the victin had been drunk for weeks together Without the briefest intermission. To this unfor- tunate John entrusted a letter with an enclosure of bonds addressed to the bank manager. Even ashe did so ne thought he ved a certain haziness of eye and speech in trustee; but he was too hopeful to be stayed, silenced the voice of warning in his bosom, and with one and the same feSture committed tie money to the clerk and self Into the hands of destiny. L-dwell, even at the risk of tedium, on John’s mi- nutest errors, his case being so perplexing to the moralist; but we have done with them now, the roll ts closed, the reader has the worst of our’ hero, and f leave him to judge for himselt wuether ‘he or John has been the less deserving. Hence- forth we huve fo follow thespectacle of a nan Who ‘was a mere whiptop for calamity, on whose up- merited misadventures not even the humorist can look without pity, and not even the pholosopher without alarm, ‘That same night the clerk entered upon a bout of drunkenness so consistent as to surprise even his intimate acquaintance. He was speedily ejected from the boarding house; deposited bis portmanteau with a perfect stranger, who did not even catch his name; wandel he knew not where, and was at last hove-to, all standing, ina hospital at Sacramento. ‘There, under the impene- trable alias of the number of his bed, the crapulous being lay for some more days unconsc,ous of all Hulngs, and of One thing tn particular, that the po; lice Were after him. Two months had come and gone before the convalescent in the Sacramento hospital was identified with Kirkm: the ab- scolding San Franctsco clerk, Even then there must elapse nearly a fortnight more till the per- fect stranger could be hunted up, the portmanteau recovered, and Joun’s letter carried at length to its destination, Uhe seal SUll unbroken, the inclos- ure still intact, Meanwhile, John had gone upon his holidays without a werd, which was Irregular; and there had disappeared with bim a certain stim of money Which Was out of all bounds of palliation. But he was known to be careless, and believed to be hon- est; the manager besides "had a regard for him; and little was sald, although something was no doubt thought, ualll the fortnight was finally at an end, and the time hadcome for John to real pear. ‘Then, indeed, the affair began to look black; and when inquiries Were made, and tne penniless clerk was found to have amassed thousands of dollars, and kept them secretly in a rivalestablish- ment, the stouvest of bis triends abandoned him, the books were overhauled for traces of ancient and artful fraud, and though none were found, there still prevailed a general impression of loss. ‘The telegraph was set in motion; and the corre- Spondent of the bank in EdinUurgh, for which piace {0 Was understood that John had’armed titm- self withextensive credits, Was warned to com- Municate with the police, Now this correspondent was a friend of Mr. ‘holson’s; he Was Weil acquainted with the tale of John’s calamitous disappearance from Edin- burgh; and putting one thing with another, hast- ened with the first word of tis scandal, not to the police, but to lis friend. The old gentieman had long regarded his son as one dead; John’s Place had been taken, the memory of his faults had already fallen to be one of those old aches, Which awaken again indeed upon occasion, but which we can always Vangiush by an effort of the will, and to have the long lost resuscitated in a fresh dis- grace was doubly bitter. “Macewen,” said the old man, “this must be hushed up, if possible. If I give you a cheque for this sum, about which they are certain, coud you take it on yourself Lo let the matter rest?” “I will,” said Macewen, a “[ will take the risk ete ‘You understand,” resumed Mr. Nicholson, speaking precisely, but with ashen lips: “I do this for my family, not’ for that unhappy young man, If it should turn out these suspicion are correct, and he bus embezzied large suins, he must lie on his bed as he has made It.” And then looking up at Macewen with a nod, and one of his strange sintles, “Good-bye,” said he, and Macewen per- celving the case U6 be too grave for consolation took himself off, aud blessed God od his way home’ that he was childless, (To BE conTINUED.) pee peiisias ‘Too Uualy Utta, ‘I'm called an esthetic young mam, And wude people say-1 ain silly’; I carway a wose and a fan, And dine on the scent of a lily: Thm touched with the bwic-a-bwac cwaze, A plaqne sets my hesrt ina fiutt I *m sweet and wenttied in iny way In fact, Pm decidedly utta,” es, uta, In fact, I’m decidedly utta, Idwess in a pictuweague style, My costume is simple and svulful; My face wealis ant esthetic ‘hat’s half-idic half-dolefnl ; I've nothing in common with those Wude people who spwing froin the gutta; But that’s too absurd to suppose— 1m quite tov decidedly uta e3, utta, I'm quite‘too decidedly uta, On wising I pwactice awhile In fwont of my miwow each mawning, To catch the expwession end suiile That ignowaut people are seawuing, And when through the city I pass 1 set the gurls’ hearts in a Mutt Though some of then call me an ass, What muattans i¢ while Lan atta? ex, nite, ‘What mattahs it,while I am utta —Somervitle Journal, ~ see A Cough-Drop Dict. From the Philadelphia Press, Bernard Schrack, who has traveled a gagd deal all over the world, sat in the Girard House at din- ner the other day. He ordered blanc mange for dessert, and when it came onthe table he said: “This reminds me of a most remarkable experi- ence I underwent in Montana in 1877. I reached Edmuné’sranch in Forty-Foot Gulch one day in February. Nobody was at home, and I sat down towalt. Pretty soon a big storm came up and, sir, in less than two hours the snow had almost cov! ered that shanty. It was a terribly hard winter in the Northwest, you may remember. ‘Thousands Of head of cattle perished and hundreds of Tanchmen lost thelr lives. I was” twenty- one days in that shanty. ‘There wasn't much to eat when I went in, and by the tenth day I had exhausted everything in the cabin that seemed likely to sustain life. On the fifteenth day the pangs of huuger became so great that I attacked a ig box of cough lozenges that the ranch-keeper Kept for customers. I ate:seventy packages of fifty lozenges each. Directions sald ‘take one every three hours until relieved.’ T took them by the handful and still found little relief. Next 1 found a box of used by cigarmakers in tip- Ping the ends of cigars. I lived on that paste for sx days, and when they dug me out I was suffer. tug from a terrible cold—trom the cough lozenges, T suppose. Well, this blanc mange that I am eat ing now reminds me of the cigarmakers’ paste— they taste very much alike, anyhow.” Tue Isccnastz Coren: Horxinsvitxe, Ky., Feb. 24, 1887, pany es Gentlemen Seven yee sume rom say pat E, eld. I grew Worse every year for seven had’ erage eancer: Over a year ago thought 1 i i 8. 8..and th ia urn Se ts Atver Pad fusiabea the ui i indamned more viruent inaleted edlcine, persisted ‘of two Stter a vers red, Tat ‘once now that is also thin 8.3. 8. ‘the doctors: | Serpent Blue, handsomely triumed with, Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of acentury. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed by the heads is of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest, Tiel docgot contain Asiuoate Lime. or Aiea Sold iat dors not contain e, oF Alum. only in Cans. ‘sed-law18t prem e sas, HAM, % Sere ass a” B i percep i] ema ts Stripes and ‘Checks, at a i A a is ee. SAE S85 EE RERA ALLLL U UE a uv Eee S58 $29 canna by eadaled in Washington, ial SEAL PLUSH ‘Wra] ‘and ‘are madi ninbed Ifke at LONDON NEWMARKET. This latest style of Wrap ts shown. in new cloths and colors.-Ox-Blocd, Light and Dark Browns, Black and ‘Exclu- fur. sive style. reduced from 82 FOSTER KID GLOVES, 1 por pair and upward. alo B01 ELAR SELPARER AVENUE, rr Cs Litto Sass ReeRe £ CT at gs SS Sgy8 be FINE DRESS SHIR1S TO ORDER. FOR FULL DRESS~AND Da¥ WEAR WE. EMPHASIZE THIS BRANCH OF OUR BUS- INESS. IN THE EXERCISE OF DETAIL AND FINISH WE ACCOMPLISH SATIS- FACTORY RESULTS WHEN YOU NEED SHIRTS REMEMBER THIS, BF, WOODARD & CO., ‘MEN'S FURNISHINGS, 15TH AND F STS. o26-1m Tue “COLUMBIAN ORATOR” Discourses grandiloquently upon the peculiar peculi- Atitien of & Parliculss Overcoat witch be ells kt B15. The Eagle yooks his eyrie, and there, far above the cotamon fverd, with diguitied abien and contemptuous siluuce, cv lnly yazes apo the frantic, Jet futile ef forts of avabitlcus sparrows to reach lis proud perch. ‘The honse over which Adler (Eagle) keeps watch and ward sells: Fifteen, Dollar Overcoat Overooats worth girtseoranda Hate Dollars § ‘at 810.75 eacl Overcosts worth Eighteen Dollars ‘at 8153.25 each. Overcoat wort twenty Doane st g147 Overcoate worth Twenty-two-stid-s Half Dollars Overcoats worth ‘at $16.75 eacl Overcoats worth Thirty Dollars at $18.75 each. Overcoats worth Thirty Ave Dollars ‘at 85.87 each. For Absolute Proof of the Above call st VICTOR E ADLER'S ‘Ten Per Cent Clothing Housa, 927 and.929 7th st. nw, commer Massachusetts ave, Strictly One Price, Open Saturday until 12 pm, Ya7~ Tue tricksters of the trade no doubt consider it ‘master ly stroke of strategy to “scoop in,” through their he: ‘a few of our 810.75 Overcoats and ‘to their customers at $18. The discovery, thereof renders and it necessary for Ehvse etiterprising Marplots to seek green-aF ‘eld, for Bint ier Foon SEAL SKIN SACQUES FROM $125. UP. SEAL SKIN JACKETS FROM 890 UP. SHOULDER CAPES, IN BEAVER, NUTRIA, AND OTHER FURS. COLLARS IN BEAVER, NUTRIA, MONKEY, AND OTHER FURS. ‘BOAS, 3 YDS. LONG. IN BEAVER, NUTRIA, LYNX, HARE, AND OTHER FURS. MUFFS, IN BRAVEK, OTTER, NUTRIA, SEAL. LYNX, AND OTHER FUKS. RUSSIAN HARE MUFFS, FROM 75 CENTS uP. LADIES' SEAL CAPS, GLOVES, AND FUB FUR TRIMMINGS OF ALL KINDS. DETACHABLE FUR COLLARS AND CUFFS BOYS’ SEAL SKIN CAPS FROM $1 TO 85. CABRIAGE ROBES AND COACHMAN CAPEA HEAVY CLOTH CAPS FOR GENTS AND Boys. GENTS DRESS SILE HATS, 85,96 AND 88. SOFT AND STIFF HATS, IN ALLTHELAT- EST STYLES, AT 61. $1.50, $2, $2.50,83, EDUCATIONAL. _ PIANOS AND ORGANS. _ f RAILROADS. IGNOR FABIAN. PROFESSOR OF THE NEW Be Bhan STAND UNRIVALLED | FOR PIEDMONT ATR LINE. vemer 2 8 ITALIAN METHOD OF SINGIXG, vole SUL; | BB Tone, Beilliancs: Touch. and Finish etre | Is a orem from that of the oid Tiallan masters, or ong eprn ‘Cpraee Fiabe, Beary "nes or Charlottes soe ‘be- | tne #180. ‘weet Alcuandrin at aw. | ments of renowned Soren Abertay Reriagm a Tow SES Montgomery’ New Onesie. NY EARNEST STUDENT CAN ACQUIRE IN A ere) eft Mead Deals or Warrenton, Chae inking tn French, and in | Sand’ 0c Sfaie th fetergile, Gontonacila statous Chea tie Route, French | Hous x 2 Suter Lo nchtoury’ and Dan ville, Greausborn. aes “Weanes | PIANOS AND ORGANS OF THE MOST RELIA- 3-2 man sleeper makers. musical instruments, sheet mi asto, ‘td music-books, also « full line of fine Piano Covers Sole agente for the celebrated “Steck” yaled for their Great’ Power, Rich Siamcinue Absolute Durability. Agevts for the ioek® Piano. Cehich rank high Misa he this country) and the Peloubet “St ‘sold on inatalments, rented, and exchanged. Tuned and Kepatred. satisfaction du CARTWRIGHT & REILEY, STEAWAY & soNe GRAND SQUARE AND UP. 6 ot osha. Vicksburg sed Surevepore References, trains Washington to AUanta Due not conbect ot Sots = Sundays ™ i Abd Intermediate tations. Commack Gordonsville, Charlottes | and Summer’ resorts on ai Sod Obio route. Pu Fst. now pre MONT PaASOS Washington to Loulavilie- als tor benett D TION TO ONE OR TWO | pAJsHe sstortment constantly ou band. Termeand | Chattanoowe, Menmihis, Latte Kock and all SXCLUSIVE ATTENTION “TO ONE OR TWO | prices easouahile. The line of other Sret-ciaos | Western rointe Through Pullmas Slecpere Waahiog Eevee Waadaston for sale or Foot Prices raatiar | #3 Me i ot = a Exrene, Daily ure. ville, sud Topairing aapecialty and attended toby | Bure. aiken Ang EDWARD F. DROOP, Sole Agent, (Late W.G. Metzerott & Co.). 2S. - At the old stand, 925 Pa ave AYE YOU HEARD THEM? WE MEAN THE H Este: as “e bid om, rich tome touch: superior workmanship: St tor artista, aud the e Also for rent. SANDERS & STAY- O34 Fetnw ere) GKER BROS. PIANOS, THEIR RANK AS THE ee ane Sells s STAR 834 F st. nw. 5 ‘and D.G. HUBBARD, | from #25 to o22-law6t* East Bridgewater, Maia saan an Signor: ANNOTTA, MASTER Shai Situ od the Art ot Ss om and Obi di 2AM Daily M’ Daily. arrive Rouns Hill M., Returning leave Round Mill 1-20 P. M ‘D—A GEN lessons in Greek, Latin, English German conversation.” Terms testimonials, Box No. 4, Star office. 0 AM Dai Dally except Sunday, arriviiig Wasbis Day < at Wasbigtoe 8:30 A. Mand! 6 SHAFTESRURY METHOD ia the pest in the went it tenclnen NAT! 4 DIPLOMAS AND re tiyncbe Ui ESS. TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES ISSUED. Su, pete, | P\HE FISHER PIANO HAS A LARGE FOLLOW: | Suasbum io O4s aM” at eR PIAS 3 any Tac ae CHeREE' YS, Ube TeeM Met fe'pe | Dupe mtesrurunatieting matatcatat ears | SEG sicqitess fatration wot fcareation aE genes: Hou, Ae. Caciniile Bell, end hundreds | #0lid worth and reliability Sold on easy termaane for | furnished, aud eked at oftee, 1300 Peom of others. MARTYN COLLEGE OF ELOCUTION | Tent! & STAYMAN, 934 Fat.nw. 013m | sylvania 9 a, eh eee N 313 half a block east of | “4 NOTHER MOZART. WEBER PIANO IS ene te TALL OF So mi6-om | A Need in his ainotiean tout by ued Homes femeral Passeaiger Aut, ‘howe cae talents, only comparable to those of the immortal 01 AND ONTO RAILROAD. Mozart: The Weber is tne choice uf the cS ra [RE ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE HAS OPENED oO. 4 ‘SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 20, 1597, Classes in Life, Portrait, Still-Life, Water-Color, and Antique, at Its’ Studi ea yt 1118 eusiylvatia ere! | at am DEUS & STAY MA feasts AG HEATON DELaNoy | 223m Agents, Om. PRO ATION, cc Cr Steen ADAMS “ant syLvesten chara: | FESTET GROANS. NEARLY 290,000, 18 ae. | DEAT es FOE Ne ae Rawque, 83.00." — Dist | enay aud‘ for rent. hang ‘pianos and | Ror Chicago and Northwest, Exp. daily 10:30 8am, EY! tessoxg SUSE anes arse, " eatmTigetaegae™ | OHr” ncnnatt and St Lowe, Exp. daly 2 30a 0) . SANDERS & STAYMAN pm JOHN R. CROGGON, 1814 15th st. mw. as Pittsburg and Cleveland, Exp. daidy 10.55 amy Ben, Pitman'saystem, Terms reasouable. D12-aW.8.4* | 9 Haltithors, Ai", Tots Main we Redlnecay Ve m. ‘Bath Md; 1217 altimors, 8.40pm. 0 ; COLL Fo stioms, (8-40 a.m, COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. Fox Leterme and, Leal Gtations, °8 40 a.m ME SSS ns = | For Phi a, Newark,aud Wiiruituton, 7:30 313 6th st. n.w.. near City Post-Office. ENRY F. MILLER PIANOS—GRAND, SQUARE | m. p.m. apd pom, daily, F xpress. ‘The Highest Stangard Business College in Hit prigh Dew itiful abd pe. uediate points between Baltimore and Phil Tieoty, Hentical and Banking Depertineute, Day'aid | jransmagPeB The mt besuatal abd prio, Sem snd ism. Evening Sessions, o28- Lin 927 Pennsylvania ave. near 10th at, UILD SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS; TUB ‘0. F. ELLIS & CO. 028-1m__ 937 Pennsylvania ave i.w., near 10th st, ACADEMICAL COURSE. AnthmeticcAlvebra’ The studies tu tiie apuree elec” cs ‘Studies dive. Cataldgues treo on application at College Ofice, first floor, from 9 a, m, to § Pp. by maa NEW PIANOS. SQUARE, UPRIGHT AND GRAND, FRANCIS RTYN, President. at moderate prices and easy terms; old instruments | pan. On Sum 40 pin. Leave Aunap- C.K. URNER, ©. E., A.M, Principal. 916-4. _ | taken in payment for new. Ppa Bag ATEN gins 40.608 3.50, 6-50 pan. Bundays, asniNGTON — i ~ KINDER i . * a on WASHINGTON NORMAL, KINDERGABTES | cog 1m 937 Pennsylvania ave. .w- near 10mhat._ moet Wag, Statlo For the training of teachers with model Kindergarten WEEE, WARE PIANO, IN GOOD CONDITION, | 427140 jm for children. 9 41,6 Mrs, Louise Pollock, Principal, 1017 10th st. 4% The ediication received at this institute is s pi tion for life und its duties. No lady can afford to yo without it, ‘Teachers! cotirse, $100; children, $12 a ith stool aud cover, at s bare jOHN F. 028-1m_937 Pennsylvania ave. nw. 2 yEBER BABY GRAND PIANO, IN GOOD CON- quarter. ‘Mothers: lectures ‘free every Weduesiay ition, with stool, ot 5 SPE +135 & 00, Mithersbane and intermediate pointe, 1 30 a, 0 40 4:30 v clock ©28-1m 9:57 Penneyleaninave in weteat SOehat_ | m1 30 ets cA NO ee OS CLARA HARRISON, UtEGHE, FANGS. A LANGE ASSORTMENT | y10"00 = Fapit of, wim. Meson. FFs, Very litle used 810% FFF. ELLIS & CO. 120 par ctupine et ell cistsons "sa Moctopation 20-Sm_8 Grant Fines, bet. 910, 10th: G sat ete | .28-1m 937 Feansyivaniseveu vous lone | bcd oP QLOCUTION LESSONS. MISS EMILY F. FRECH, E Lessons riven at pupila’ huis if desired. n8-1m* ENE JARGER, SOLO, FLUTIST OF THR MA; For FREDERICK, +840 am. 12:90 p.m, 15.309, m, Sundays. 1:10 pa For HAGERSTOWN, +8 40 ‘Trains arrive from’ Chicago, dnil: 5 om Cincinnati and St. 12. HANGS FOR RENT AT, MODERATE PRICES. Also Moved, Tuned. a0 TF ELLIS & CO. _028-1m_937 Pennsylvania ave. n. w., near 10th st. 6.20 amand daily. 620 jand, rest instruction on the Flute = () WEBER PIANOS. ROSEWOOD CASE; | a.m. and pa, from Pittsburg, daily, 7:00 wun, awe syteia) Shay be encased fur soe and icone | SBebOOO) carved tee: 74 seta rth handeous | wndS'¥ png a coe certs, &c., for the coming season. Residence, 15 4th st, | stool and cover NO. F Fro tledelphia, Chester a dimington. 10.45 = o28-Iin 037 Pennsylvania 10 and 1:30 p ly. and 11-50 pan. ISS ROSA RAND, TEACH 82 STEINWAY & SON'S ROREWOOD CASE, | gnore 1000 ene dally Pts north ot Bal Mista oice culture: prepares indies and geutietes 7 octave, with stool and cover. Trains leave Baltimore for Wasbington at 5.20, for the dramatic stage, "Particular attention ts given a JNO. F. ELLIS & 00, me 20S 1a So coaching amateurs for private Sheatrirale, Pistorm ,028-1m_937 Pennsylvania ave. n.w., near 10th _ | 3 00, 4:10. 3,00. 6, y ‘ome circle. Miss Rand can be seen on URTV = wore day's, nd Baturdapa at 1808 Hat: bw en cl $200 I 1:35, €:10, 5:00. 6 30, 7-30, 8.30 and 1100 4: SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7TH | andcover. || _ 4X0. F'ELLIN & 00. TEncept Sanday, “Dally. § Gundays enly. and D sta. nw. Entrance on D st established 22 | - O28-1i 937 Pennsylvania ave. n.w., near 10th ot. Bagrage called for and checked at botels and rest dences on orders left at Ticket Uftica, O1¥ and Lak Pennsylvania avenue, BRADBURY, EMERSON AND OTHER wars, Thorvtrily equipped. ot meu and women Yrninea ¢ Pianos, with stool audcover lor business oF official positions. Tree cout $15 Practical Business, Stenography. Typewriting sn JOBN F. ELLIS & 00. W.M. CLEMENTS, Menacer, ag a a PES 957 Penne. ave, near 10thet. | poy CRN LGRD, General Passenger Agent. Supine, Wear sebolarsiipe br 77 = - Suwa : demand Hus: FISCHER AND OTHER PIANOS. = GREA Spee ROVE | TE eraanocre H. C. SPENCER, Principal, 37 Pennsylvania ave, nw. TO THE NOKLH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice-Principal. o13_| _028-1m near 10th at, DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY. ASON & HANLIN, Ry ey STANDAR] Organs u ror) from @22 ward. tock, MOH INO. F ELLIS & OO, 7-3 __937 Penna. ave., near 10th st. GMITH, AMERICAN AND PACKARD ORCHES- tral Orvaus, beautiful designs. moderate prices “ae 937 Penna. ave. bear 10th IVATE LESSONS IN ALL GRADES OF STUDY “ip wiia Goufdential: prepares for collewe, Au Vest Point, all examination Sn IWY INSTITUE, « w. cor. Sthand K stam. ae Tne sentstz scHoon oF LANGUAGES, WASHINGTON, 723 14TH ST. N. W. ton, 154 Tremont St.; Brooklyn, 40 Court St.; Rew York £3 W250 St: Phila. 1333 Chestout Se. BLE ‘RAILS. MAGNIFICENT PQULPMENE, STEEL HY Ei ¥EcT ROVEMBER 1S 18s ve corner of 6th and B strecta, ae follow For Pittsbune aud the West Chicago Limited Express ‘of Palace’ lecbing Cars ‘at B50 am. daily Fost Line, 9 50 am. daily to Cincinnati and st’ Louty to Cincianaty with Si and But Mestern Express, at 18 pm. aati. with coh training iy Freven, Gepwen, Spenat ee | Oty Ta. Wav & Bros r RET FR hE Conversational knowledge in ONE or 1WO TERMS. | | ”200 7th st, nw. Established 1864. | Sort gatas, Harrisbuntts iersland soimethig 10 in small classes; also private lessons. Kranich & Bach and other fine os and organs Sally os oie ‘through rv Highest references. Terms begin Bow. ik ca \Pianow and oneate movel exchanged, or | Loulevilleand Meus. pacii: Sens. 10 00 INGTON B6HOOL OF ELOCUTION Tun! repairing honestly done. 02 yianer — ‘Oratory, 208, M ston, wa Mike M. BEB = 2 Sleeper Harriaturs to Cl ART, ‘ipal, Voice Culture, Elocution, Laws of | Grrtery.” Hleekive, ‘Ruslish, sud College Preparatory. odin" QTAMMERING CUR HA: & DAVIS PIANOS IMPROVED BY NEW bavente, Uoriehte © specialty. fare for our Washibptou agent, and which wil be wold mt st the lowest powitte raten aiid Metall BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RATLROAD. Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Huffalo, Ni my 00, pedal re ese emanay. wilh ; beater Williamnaports La ‘and Elmira, at 950e REFERENCE TO RESI- 1 - : liainaport, Lock Haven, S eats of Wantitaton and others who bave been per | Menta.” H Davis Ta mehentiy cured. Scientific methods. Sire. Mt SE. | ments HAL) m. dally, Sunday VENS HALL, Principal Washinton School of Eloce: | Vso op Bec For New Xork se etal Ada ae . BATS SRG oe ag | Exes Toning and Sunday, "00 Patna 2-00, 4.10. 16.00,a0d W ND PAINTING TAUGHT BY COM- | gens: 25 years’ exj 11.20 p.m. Limited Express of Pullinan Parlor Diipetent teachers, Terme 39 permonth, turee Jon: | EAM ae Yepre experience and Dibing Cars, 40am daily, except Sunday sons week, Special classes for children Om Saturday | tesye Warerootna SOL bub hd 3:45 pan. daily. S¢81-50 per mouth. Studio S21 11th st mw. o3-2m" — For Boren witout chaen, 2:00 pmevery ag. Ex SR3 J EST oe TS Plano, Gngan, Voler Violitn Flute, Corn RX XS poe, diswot transfer te. 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