Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1888, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY f 7, 1888-DOUBLE SHEET. A TRUE LOVE'S KNOT. CHAPTER 1, Life then lov gone, Tt was a rock that I pon. —C. Roneetti. “First in the race that led to glory’s goal They won, and—" I won't quote the rest, mother; but look here, do look.” “You shouldnt peep in at windows, Chris!" % too splendid’ said the girl. “Mamma, you can’t resist sach a tablean vivant.” Evidently Mra. Annesley could not, being fairly Young and of a fun-loving nature; she left ber Seat on the lawn under the drooping acacia, and ‘Stole up to her daughter's side, in view of the ‘big bow-window that belon sed to ber own dining- room. The tableau vivant inside was rather a pretty ove. Against a dark background formed by polished oak mantelpiece and somber ol} palntings ‘Stood a young Iady ina pale blue dress, She had her hands clasped before her, and her pretty face, With its melting biue eyes, was all aglow with some feeling that quite transfigured It, Her eyes ‘Were bent on the other person in the room, @ tall, Droad-shouldered young man, who was dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant in a line regiment, and who was pacing down the floor in measured ateps, executing some martial maneuvers with his sword meanwhile. He dropped tt rather suddenly as he came near fo the ‘Window ud ‘rauct a gumpse of the two laughing faces outside, and he Ulushed so violently that his fair face almost rivalled the bue of his tunic. “It is too bad of us, Chris,” sald Mra Annesley, ‘withdrawing hurrie, ‘He is showing Patience bow he looks tn unt forma, that's all,” said Chris. “It would be too bad for her togo away without Seeing bim in tt. Oh, Mama, isa’t it deliciously romantic?” “Fools and apnoying Im the extreme,” said Mra. Antesicy, though her cheek dirapled as she spoke, “Doo't laueh, chris, I aru in terror of what MF. Cotterill Will say. Here we have had Patience With us only three weeks, and she has coptrived to fail a iove and get engaged—" “Not really absolutely engaged, mama, ‘They mean to ask Mr. C s consent, Jack 1s sure to get an extension of leave and Patience will put it so nicely to her father; then he'll allow Jack to ‘and see her, and it will all end like @ story ok.” “Stil” said Mrs. Annesley, “I wish he had waited untii she got howe. Ininst go and hurry her now—break into the tete-a-tete—for she must go to-day.” “<f can’t understand her having no letter from ame. Certainly some may be following: you sald Jou didn’t cail at the post-office at Ostend.” “No; Dut they expect Patience at once, I know. Mr. Cotterili would have written If sme was to prolong her visit. Has Jack had time to retire?” He had. When Mrs. Annesley opened the din- Ing-room door, Which she Gid with much prelimi- nary shuffling, she found only one of the per- formers in tie tableau present. Patience was ‘standing by the window now looking out intently on the swaying trees and flower-beds clothed in sunshine. “Has tay graceless nephew gone?” asked the elaer lady. ‘Then she put her arm round the girl's waist and kissed her. After all it was Very sweet, this earnest rehearsal of the old, old Story, and’ the lovers were both so young’ and eful—and Why, as Chris sald, should tt not end happily? Nevertheless, Mra. Annesley sighed, simply be- cause the future Is always uncertain, and she had & mother’s love for the motherless itl beside her. “My dear,” she said, “I am 50 sorry to let you £0, Dut we must be true to our bargain, and re. turn you, now that our foreign trip tg over. If Your father complains that we have shown you too much, why he. will remember that. the scuarmed ‘portal’ must fall back for us each to enter once in a lifetime.” Patiene been so like a dell- clous dream, ¢ wanderinc in an en- ehanted lan, with the prince out of the fairy tales for_her cicerone. When Jack Annesiey had Joined them durt his summer leave, it seemed at frst only as if everything grew inore beautiful in this world of sunshine ‘and fair scenes. Then, before tey Knew how It happened, the crisis the day they returned to England, fore Jack must rejoin his ‘hurry to her home in the Noi ment, and Patience h, decording to & tory command laid down by MF. Cottertll Rite beginutay ot He Was a man of so ‘Was trained in such ut Occurred to her to po Wonder that she recei pected arrival. tour. w words and his daughter T obedience, that It never jone her departure, nor w ed no reminder of ‘her ex- made her faithful compact ‘with her lover, She was to inform her parent how matters stood, and wasto“run down North” ‘at the shortest interval consistent with duty. He came back as Mrs. Annesley stood taiking, his dress changed to one of sober hue and severe simplicity, but he biusied again and laughed as De met his aunt's eye. “She bothered me so to put it on,” he sald. “She Wanted to wee how [ looked, and it 1 could draw mus sword! 1 wouldn't have done it for any one else.” “We know that,” sald Mrs. Annesley. An hour or two later the lovers hail parted, and the crue! swift train was bearing Patience away, Dat th spite of all the tugving at her heart she ‘Was happy with a strangy sweet happiness. Had she not promised to love him—and him alone—all the days.of her lite? It seetied such au easy ise to make, and the path looked clear Sheed "ier tather was peculinr bat taduigeats must be possible to such love as thet Abd 30 the long Journey passed like a dream: U2 looked out of the window, Dut her happy eyes ‘Were seeing Other Visions than those of the trees and hedges and towns tioating bs, and at last she ‘Was at home, at the familiar little roadside statiun, where herself and her trunks were well-known @bjects, and the faces of the station master and ‘Mhe solitary porter were as the faces of friends. It Was curious that the portly station-master should hurry forward with a certain ctful pity in bis air that she was too absorbed to Rotice, It was more curious (and she awoke from er reverie to notice this) taut there should be a face peering out of the window of her father’s '& woe.begone face that stirred in her At once feelings of intense alarm. She got into the carriage hurriedly. “What vs the matter, Stratton” she said. “My colored—dress!" gasped Patience. She Seemed to take it in at a ¢asj—the biack garments of the maid, the woe-begone face, the terrible laystery that hung around ber arrival. Patience had read a foolish lttie novel, called “From Gloom to Sunlight” during her summer tour. She found its title floating vaguely im her head now, only she was reversing the words, ‘From ‘Sunlight to Gloom,” she seemed to be murmuring to herself, as the carriage rolied along. ‘The earth seemed to have become suddenly dark: ened. It Was @ Warm evening, put she shivered Miolently, and that dreary voice was going on at ber ear, Fords of couerence, ut ‘surely s statement the was make lug a8 vo her father’s death. ‘Sue had missed her letters, she had had no news frou home {oF @ good many Ways, but it was a rare Ceearrenoe Soe MF_ Cotterill to, put _pen to paper. She heard, almost without comprehending, how Stratton Usd written, and Dr. Saaresbrook—who ‘Was there to the last—had written, and how they'd Wondered not to receive any otuer communication {han that briet, happy littie letter announcing her homecoming. Jack bad been beside her when she wrote tt; his Impatient presence had caused its brevity. ‘That ‘and the feeling that her heart was too fuli to pour out its thoughts in words, aud besides, ne had not spoken then. All this confused medley of memory—ot Jack, and the letter, and the lawn at the Manor, which ‘Was flooded with sunlight, dnd the parting and the Journey—and then this crushing weight, this hor- Hdie nightmare of pain. When the carriage drew up to the house amid that strange silenee that falls on closely shrouded easements, she felt as if she Wag too stupetied to speak. She was conscious only that gentle hands heiped het to alight, and a low-toned, manly voice made some pitying remark. It sounded lke “My Poor Patten And It Was uttered so tenderly hat It broke inon herduilears Then she was 1 into a room Ww ook off her thi there Was tea, and Stratton while Dr. Saaresbrook—the owner of the k nd a Well-known friend— Made ber drink of tea, and spoke now aud again a word of sympathy. It Was all so dreamlike. to recover tts t OUR Were passe Stairs and kis: ‘with a white Her mind did not seem e3 at all until some Untii after she had been up brow that was covered wed at the inanimate kh Loth, and | form, into whose "living ear she had meditated pouring her tale of youthi The shock of it ll seeiied to throw that quite into the backxround. > guly when she broke down and a had prostrated be beautiful hope rt. Once recol- ing to it, Jack would Fr in this sudden pang an Id not be alone, And se st she fell asieep, and in her dreams Was carried back (0 the sunny garden, under the Shadow of whose over-arcuing trees ler lover Was Standing to greet her. : 23 Jp the morning be ail U that she could turn to for co lected, 1€ seemed natural to help ber; Jack would co bunding sorrow, and Was calm enough to ask Stragpn a few ¢ < Th ess had been awrully sudden, id Said, and Mr. Cotteriil knew he was dying. He knew ‘also that he could Bot hope to linger until lis daughter reached his side. He had left a letter for her, a letter that he had written With much pain afd difficulty, and That must contain somett, ery important, be Was so bent on writing it. Dr. Snaresbrook told her to give the lecter to her young mistress When she awoke, It was here now beside her. Patience took It feverisuly. She had been wish- Jog so ardently that she haagtound courage togive hint in Ler letter, the last letter be had re ceived from her, about the new Joy that had fallen Ww her lot. Perhaps this letter was to bewail her desolate Condition; he would have been eomforted to know that she lind found—Jack, She opened the letter slowly; there wns a strange odor about it, that mingling of perfumes peculiar Vo 4 sick-room, and then she read: Mr Deas DavourEm: You will recetve this l sfter wy death, Thave no space or strength te apoek ip it of my love for you, oF to thacribe a farewell. What 1 write mast be abort—you will see that it tw of 1uowent to your welfare. Tam cuntent tode, but Ihave one Eig that ie Jour future, and God in tie ven owL mea way uf provi (lo Suagesbrook is everything that could desire as fon. and he loves you with s mauly affection. I will leave hus to pieed his own eatiee, only laying 18 Uy 1 a9 wy last injunction that you do not refuse bint seca aoa heart trom and therefore {ay this Command upon you, knowing that so Tar as earl ‘welfare i concerned’ you wifi, be provided for, You must not disappoint we in this luatter: a father's SIGE ines Ste aacred, “and “thie world ie full of The letter ended abruptly; the handwriting was almost liegtvle. Patience ‘laid it down and sat stil, staring before ber witu great awe-struck CHAPTER IL The posubility of interpretat the ident of ever with the vtucrved = Bmerwn se “it you please, uiiss, Dr. Suaresbrook wishes to know if you will see Lisi” it was the day after the funeral, and Patience sat in her room by the open window, silent and motionless, Just as she had sat for the past three days Was it only three days since the blow had fallen? It aay bap Pipi ae be no possible way of marking out Ume during which darkness had usurped the place of ight. Those days of sunshine and love and hope seemed far away, almost obliterated by ‘the biank curtatn of despair that had closed over the past and future. ‘She was stunned, not only by the immensity of her trouble, but by its hopelessness. Life bad all on a sudden become a whirling vortex, in which there Was nO calm, a hopeless conflict between love and duty, a confilet thrice terrible because it was not in the girl's nature to run counter to what she believed her duty, and that command laid on her by her dead father seemed to her one lunpossibie to evade. She remembered how she had said to Jack that until father’s approval was secured she could oaly pt_his love with timid reluctance; but e Knew, with the passionate knowledge’ ot a warm-hearted woman, that she had given hers Irrevocably. When first she read her father’s letter she Seemed unable to comprenend it, By-and-by, as the hours passed on, her senses cleared, and she began to ry and consider what her course must be. And before the worn-out brain was capable of this there came to her a communication from her lover, which changed again the current of ideas, She tad the letter open how on her lap. _ She had been gazing at it until every word was imprinted on her memory; most of all the tenaer words With which tt conciuded— “From your own Jack.” oWn two—three days ago, her own true separated from her now by a most ter- rible" barrier, “A father’s dying wishes are sacred,” ‘The Wish wasone there was no appeal agatnst— solemn in its unanswerableness. Ifit had been a question of pleading against a stern decree, faciog even wrath and opposition; Dut there was hothing to beat against excepting the blank silence of the letter was of importance, and was written under stress of great emotion. ‘The shifting ying tide of lite had swept su upon Ais plans and Purposes. A change in that bissful program Be ad lad down Was inevitable. BY one of the strange chances that control des- tiny, a letter that should have reached hita during his furlough had followed him from place to place, “of course. Shall we turn back, and get into my tent for a smoke?” “It might be pleasant, but my own i nearer. Shall we ae eee 80 they "turned into the nearer of the two musbroom-litke erections, and Lieutenant Annes- Tey sank upon » low foidlog chair ‘with a aigh of re ‘His host busied himself in getting out cigars and cooling drink. —getngl gn penbe ent eee ere, ae Aenea fat neat little thing,” he said, “How does wt nm? Oh!” ‘He had touched the s ing, and the bag being unlocked {t opened rather rapidly, and Its con- vents bulging over were scattered at his feet: & miscellaneous collection of papers, and fairly large plush ph: ph frame, That fell face upward, disclosing the lkeness of & very Retty gi, whose tace was so familiar to him that e started up with a wild exclamation, and stood ‘Staring down upon it. Dr. Snaresbrook had not observed the accident until he heard the exclamation; when he looked round he saw bis private lying in 8 con- fused mass, and he looked from them to the other man’s face, puzzled at what he read there. Annesley’ stooped and picked up the photo. “Wao ts she?” be asked in a@ hoarse voice, With an indescribable catch in bis breath. “That,” said the doctor calmly, “that 1s the girl Tam engaged to.” He would have taken her portrait into his own keeping again, but it was held in too ught a 5 gasp. “It—it 18 Patience Cotterill,” said Annesley, still in that strained voice. “Her name,” answered the doctor, “is Patience Cotterill. Is that sufficient for your” He succeeded this time In detaching the photo- raph, and, kneeling down, restored it to its place in the’ valise. He performed this action with so much deliberation that his companion had almost ‘time to recover himseif if he had devoted his ener- ges to that end, but he had not; on the contrary: 2 Seemed to have worked himself up tnto a still greater heat of emotion, When Dr. Snaresbrook stood up again, his face was red with stooping, his voice had a peculiar intonation. “Do you know—her?” he asked, “I @id,” said Annesley, “before I left Engianc iat ‘There Was silence again. ‘The atmosphere of ne Little tent was oppressive. Dr. Snaresbrook jas the first to break that pause, He tried to And at last returned to him at his quarters, con- taining news that, before its receipt, he had learned. from his brother officers, The regiment was under orders for the Soudan; almost all the time allowed for preparation had been consumed during bis absence; there was & pressure of duty, prospect of a few days’ or at most & week's active preparation, and then they Would embark. ‘It Was absolutely out of the question that pro- longation of leave he had reckoned on so confi- dently. He wrote in rather a despairing strain to his newly betrothed, enclosing a letter vo be given er to her father. “Probably he will’ resent my speaking to you under the circumstances,” he wrote; “he may even Insist on the Whole Uning being deferred Uli iny re- turn. ‘The fortune of War in this instance bits me hard, my darling.’ Ani then followed some words of manly hope. If there was to be no absolute engagement, as on his side he hardly dared to hope, still she knew that her Image would go with biin, the sweet as- Surance of her love wouid be hls guiding star until he could return to claim her. “Write to me just a word of comfort,” he con- cluded. “My brother officers think my furlough has done me no good. 1] used to be the lightest hearted fellow in the regiment; now I tind {t hard to think of duty, and if it were not that 1 know neither time nor absence can ebange us, I should be down-heatted indeed.” Asyet she had not written. What could she say?” ‘Tell bit her father was dead! He would immediately conclude that she was free, He would long the more ardently to protect her," ‘Tell him she loved him so that no ume, nor distance, nor lengthened separation could affect her constabey; tuere Was her father’s dylug Wish to check the Ut terance of the words. ‘So she sat, in a Whirl of emotion that left her outwardly liapassive, and by-and-by Stratton came to her with Dr. Snarésbrook’s request. She went down stairs almost mechanically. There seemed no room for thougut about this mat. ter, any more than about that Uresome one of obeying the njunctions of the servants to eat and drink at stated times. ‘She went down, and the dining-room door being open, Dr. Snaresbrook saw her, a ghostly little Ng- ure ip her trailing black garments. He made a step forward—it Was all he could do to resist the impulse to take her cold hands in both his own and draw her seared, white face to his breast, But he did resist, respecting the sanctity of her Joneliness, and having the hope of being able to Claim the Tight be fain would exercise. Patience shivered a little as she came in; the famiiiar figure by the fireside, with {ts erect,’ man- ly bearing and kindly brown’ eyes, was presented now under a new aspect. She Nad known Dr. Suaresbrook so long; he had been a bright, genial influence always in her life; unt this tine she had faucied she liked him, "A few short weeks ago the expression of her father’s desire that she should marry him would not have seemed so terrl- Die a thing. He seemed terribly embarrassed now to speak, and she did not help him; but at length he got out an exclamation, “You kuow, Patience,” he said, “how I grieve for you.” ‘She looked at him with those wistful blue eyes, out of which ail clear expression seemed to have vanished, leaving behind a tangled labyrinth, to wiicu he had no clue. “It 1s such an awful shock for you,” he said. “If only I could have spared you it” by’ telegraphing, Dut ft was so sudden —" “It seems,” she sald at last, “tke a dream.” She looked at him as sh¢ spoke with an odd strange sensation that perhaps he would be able to tell ner tt Was not real, this dreary nightmare under wulch she labored: Shg fancied there were tears in bis eyes; if she had only known it, there was a depth of emotion concealed in thé quiet manner Which threatened every moment to break down his barrier of reserve. He spoke in a breatuless kind of yolce soon. “You must not stay here,” he sald. “My sister buds ine ask you it you will come to her—to us— until— “Ob, 0,” said Patience, “I could not come to ou.” His face flushed red up to the brow, “-You—have read the letter?” he asked in @ low voice. “Yes,” Said Patience, “I have read it.” She seemed to be repeating the words mechani- cally. ‘To ber own mind she was conscious of no sensation at all, just a dull blankness throug Which sbe could hear his vowe. But her apatuy was dispelled next moment, for, with a look of passionate love that made her | shrink and Uremble, he stepped toward her. “He thought IC right,” be sat thought tt might make It easter for you to know that he ap- proved. “T'spoke to him of my love and hopes, be- cause at the point of death bis mind was intent on you. I”—he caught bis breath quickly.“ Ueuce, how I love you; it 1s no sacrliege to speak i near enough to take both her hands in his own. His passionate clasp should surely have made theta quiver, the desperate emotion with which his face was working should surely have awakened response tn hers, But she Was white still, and passive, and her Due eyes only looked up at itn entreatingly, as if Unable to read the language of his own. He tried then to force back iy emotion, alarmed by the aspect of her face. He led her gently to a sofa and stood beside her until he Was calm, And presently she spoke. “I read the letter,” she said. “I will try to do as, he wished; but not yet, not yet. Will you go ‘awas, please, frst, for a long time?” “Go away,” he ‘Said blankly, “fora long time? ‘My darling, i—” A little cry of pain intercepted him. Thea she broke down ana buried her face tn both hands and ented despairingly. For sowe mowents the stlence in the room was only broken by the sound of her sobs. When he moved from her side it was to pace to the window and to stand With bis face to the glass looking out on the trees and grass, all glistening after beavy rain. “I suppose Iam speaking too soon,” he said, 1n @ hurried undertone, “She 1s shaken and un- nerved. When the sobs had ceased he went back; he had made up his mind what to say. “Look up, dear Patience,” he sald, “It shall be Just as you’ wish. I will go away, and not speak to you agaln—since you wit bear your grief one.” “Will You promise me,” sald the girl, desperately, ot wo apeax to me for'a year "i year?” “There Was no time fixed," she went on. “He— he will know that I should waite litle, and I Shall have time to forget.” He thought he understood, but _he was sorely averse Lo giving the promise. That ring of despera- ton in her voice warned him not to wreck his chances of happiness, “so be 1t,” he said. “Twill walt; desperately as Tove youl will promise Wustever you desire. If 1 may not be near you In trouble —" Pabience rose from her seat on the sofa, hen that is settled,” she said with @ faint smile. “Good. bye—tor a Year.” She had left the room before he could say m left htim bewildered, almost angry. Ste “This 18 4 Womai's way of recetving comfort,” he said. “Iam to wait, and break my heart for’a year, While she mourns’ the father who left her in imy charge to comfort her.” CHAPTER IIL. “isa hard kaot, this coil of life,and none may untieit. ‘Toward theend of the year 1X8— two young men were walking Uogether one afternoon across the dreary waste of Sand that les somewhere tn the region of the third cataract on the Nile. They had left the tents behind them—you could see these from afar, like a group of mushrooms glistening in the burtiing sun—and had strolled to Apart of that dreary desert where at least the sight and sound of water might refresh their weary eyes, “ris isu't much like England,” nger J yada Eng! said.the you “is your taste for f service satiated?” ihe man addressed, Who Was In civilian garb, “It's a question of passt) away the time,” he said "As well this foutine as auy other. "f was lucky Uo get the chance of comming out,” “And Twas unlucky nol voget the chance of staying at home,” said the other. He wore undress uniform, and, though the Scorching sun and not winds of the desert had baked skin toa uniform brickish hue, you could the features of the young leuten- ant who had igu.ed in the pretty little tableau in Mos, Aunesicy’s drawing-room, not iinproved in appearance. His tace looked ‘thin and strated, ant his eyes. had a rest less, eager expression, ahd bus step liad lost Its elasticity —a tact little’ to be wondered at consider- Ing the kind of life he was preset “It's rather strange,” he rem: s ‘that you and Ihave seen so Httie ot cscs ounee 1 When We intended to make friends, 's the heat, and the difticulty of getting Uh gues, work,” makes it ‘impossible wo be 80 vee “Aud [ve spent so much of pital said the other gravelys une 3 She os make a jocular remark. “You Ought to apologize,” he said, “for prying into my secrets. 13 a warning to me not to leave my vallse unlocked.” ‘The other laughed harshly. “I—I think I'l go,” He walked he said. « afternoon.” The doctor watched him unsteadily across the space between the two tents. “I suppose she refused him,” he said. “Poor fellow he seems hard bit, and Patience never men- ‘oned his name to me.” Later that evening he was tossing onfhis hard couch, seeking in vain for coolness and repose. After’he fell into uneasy slumber he dreamed strange dreams, kaleldoscope-like visions, in which the forms of Patience and Lieut, Annesley chased each otuer through and through his brain. ‘They seemed always to elude him, and to dance will-o'- the-whisp-like before his eyes, and he had a sense of peering Into troubled ‘and hearing strange voices, But when morning broke there was much work to be done—work of a nature before which all private and personal considerations failed. Dr. ‘Suaresbrook had considered himself lucky n hav- ing galned the appointment that had enabled bim to bass his year of probation away from England, and had sufficient love of aaventure to make this chance of sharing the compaign in the East an at- traction, But now it was growing to be weary work. ‘The one or two regiments stationed in this Fegion had been too long «x; to evil, climatic influences; sickness was doing dire work among the troops: Men, especially the young and unsea- soned, Were dying daily, and he found himself called upon to Wrestle with a disease against which medical skill proved powerless. Once or twice the chill fancy had smote him, What tf he should not live ta return to England, where all his hopes were centered? What if this year of wandering, which he looked on merely as & probation, should be the fnale of jife? So many men ‘had lain down to die in that weary desert; the most of them died uncomplainingly, being Worn out beforehand by the insidious dis: ease. He rose that morning unusually depressed and unrefreshed by that troubled sleep, and proceeded tothe hospital, distant a mile or so'away. As he passed Annesley’s tent he thought he would look in, Dut he resisted the impulse. “Poor beggar!” he thought. “We were just becoming friends, but I Suppose that’s at end!” If he had jooked in he would have found the tent empty. When he did arrive at the hospital he heard that Lieut. Annesley was among the fresh batch of patients ordered in by the chiet physi- clan. He was very Ill—there was no question of that; in another day he Was pronounced in mortal danger. Dr. Snaresbrook had not seen him; curt- ously enougit, when he bad prepared to enter the wari where he lay he was stopped by the other physician. “Tat sorry,” he eald,, with a perplexed expres. sion, “and it Seems @ strange hallucination, bat the hurse who is tending Lieut. Annesley tells me that he made her promise not to allow you to ap- proach his bedside.” “A curlons hallucination, indeed,” said Dr. Snaresbrook, Dut his face grew so white that the other doctor noticed it. “Were you great friends?” he asked inquisitively, “Enemies? No, We were almost strangers, had seen very little of each other.” “An, then you Will not mind; {t must be a fancy of deitrtum: but the nurse, who 1s a conscientious person, deciares that she gave her solemn promise not to admit you, so we must humor him.” Later in the day the news went forth to the regi- ment that one of the most popular and dearl loved of its members was dead. Dr. Snaresbrook, sitting alone in bis tent, recetved the news Witt stunned dismay; Why, he hardly knew. Sul less could he analyze his own sensations when a small package was handed in to him, left addressed in 1s naine in Lieut. Annesley’s tent. Tt contained a tiny parcel with Patience’s name upon it, and a note for Dr. Snaresbrook himself. ‘A short, enigmatical note, “Will you give her this; and assure her of my Tt was spring agin tn England, the spring after Mr. Cotterili’s death. Dr. Snaresbrook had re- ‘turned from his sojourn in the East, Once again the summons reached Patience’s ear that he, her friend and her father's appointed guardian of ‘her, waited for an tnterview.. She came slowly, as be fore, down the broad staircase—as betore, he saw her coming, but this time he made no eager step forward, he stood with one clenched hand resting on the table, waiting to know his fate. He had written to sm her of bis return, and in bis letter ne had enclosed the package ven him by Lieut. Annesley—urged thereto Emotive he could not define. id Sothat when he came in he looked very anxi- ously into herface. She had not recovered her loom, she Was a sad, distrait looking girl now— but there was an air of resolution around her that he was not slow to perceive. She came straight toward him this time and of- fered her hand, but he shrank from tt, and trem- bled, strong man as he was. NOTES OF THE FASHION. Cor Sree. Jswetar is again in favor. ‘Tunquowms, Orais, xD PRanis are in high fashion. ‘THE TOURNURE NOW appears merely asa dress extender, minus the bunched-up appearance of Past seasons. A ‘Tar Newest Onaxor shade 1s eae este and 18 a ric! Unt, which combines effec rely wien seal brows.” ‘THERE IS A Tage at present for fancy jewelry in fine gold and solid, silver. both piain and oxiatzed. ‘The dainty patterns are wholly novel. Lone SuREves of twilled silk to draw over the arm in the carriage while coming from td baits come inal nts anasuaaes Tar Pavontrs Coors for plain cloth promenade tollets are dark and light mouse gray, dark Diue- \yrtle copper claret and dark Lea cos, Ted, Lack vor Fvri-Dress occasions still prevails, Dut it 1s used more for petticoats and underdresses than for entire tollets, though these, made of lace of rarequality and design, are quite fashionable. Casmaere Woot Groves in jersey shape have entirely superceded cloth gloves. They are made im tan, black and dark shades of color. Fine soft Ego loves begin in prices as low as 25 cents @ pair. Boxwers composed entirely of ostrich feathers are new, and very soft and pleasing In effect. The crown and brim are often covered with feathers of contrasting colors, and loops of ribbon strings are the only trimmings, ‘Tuk Most Luxvriovs UnpEnweAR 13 of white silk, Refined women do not use the various tints and colors shown in stk garments, and the most exclusive stores in New York do not keep them in stock unless as display goods, MANY Ontentat effects and much Oriental color- ing 1semployed for the handsome indoor dresses worn this season, and she rare and costly Eastern Ussues, flower-brocaded and wrought with beads, are extensively used for eveuing tollets. Amoxo THE IpgAL CLorH costumes are. those in Princesse style, made in elegant simplicity and Deautifully fished. The bodice portion and the Dreadths in front and over the hips fit without a WEinkleand sre absolutely devoid of puif or oop- Lack axD PAINTED Gavze Fans with sticks of mother of pearl are carried with the light ball dresses, The painted designs are exquisite, repre- senting pastoral scenes, cuplds or butterfles, Dees OF other winged creatures hovering over banks of ‘Tue Hare for the street is dressed in quite broad, full braids, which are worn in the center of the head at the back. The front hair 1s dressed in a “Am I—to take It, Patience?” he asked. Then he saw that she had in theleft hand his letter andthe packet he had enclosed, “If you will,” she answered gravely. “There was—ihis—between us Defore—and it was all so puzzling. Now that he is—dead” (with a lttie sob) “I have no need to puzzle over it any ond Dr, Snaresbrook was conscious that a re red flush rose in his own face—he looked at the girl through a mist of pain and dismay. “Was—that it?” he sald slowly, “Yes,” sald Patience. “I loved him—and then there was my father’s command—and I could not see my Way atall. Now” (with a faint smile“there 48 no problem at all, ts there?” ‘The dry-eyed misery of her face was too much ben ead to witness. She bad not said all her say ye “The worst of it was,” she went on, “that he thinks I changed—that I'did not care. ‘This letter —ts to forgive me for getting engaged to you. He wishes he had known.” teyrs face rose before him in its desperate hagyard 's face rose before him in ard misery. “Didn't you ever write?” — “1 did not know what to say,” sald Patience, “1 felt as if It must clear itself—but I wrote and told hin—at last—that my father was dead, and the letter came Dack tome, 1” (she laughed hysteri- cally)—“I had put the Lge | address on it.” The Doctor sat down and lafd is head on his ‘two hands with a groan, He was startied by the girl's next words, ‘"You need not mind—tf you still want mo to you,” “You see fear Of wait BOC seedaak ge em ter of wae ike a flash bis memory went back to the day when he had nto her—when he had ac- cepted her flat of separation, He had been 80 afraid then of forcing himself upon her, and he — her mind was full of her father and her great loss. “Why didn't you tell me, Patience?” he said at last, looking up at her. “{ would have doue so,” she answered, “but tt seemed no use, no one could have helped ine; and I wanted time to think. I” (with a flush) “never intended to marry you without your know- 10 ic remembered the letter he had written to her before his departure, saying that pr pe nd pata Bo her with his love He had toought ne was Golng ‘= geucrous (ning f ny thus denying himself, and he ‘bad felt utterly? se- cure in bis own powet of making her happy What a biti world it is! How firmhy rooted {hig tendency to be the “providence” vo those we iy -it.as all been a terrible mistake,” he said. He had risen as it to go—and something in girlish, lovely ttle gure before him made him swerve. “I think we must at any Fate bear this together, Patience,” ne Sree “I cannot leave you again alone; and {fam older than you, and have Jearned that itis possible to go on living—even “tite Smiled'a little’ sadly. Older as he same blast that had shattered A arenes 8 A San Francisco book agent seems to have found pelly’s cipher theory refuses to until the it proves: Sse en at A sh a Seen EE Sree be oe fourth umeto marry him. — small, LA ne or “eed as ox = perenne Tanged tn small, sl curled tresses fromthe center.” et STRIPED MOIRE AND Sarty, the satin striped em- proidered in gold and sliver, 13 one of the rich ma- tertals recently imported ‘for evening dresses, Another effective material has alternate strij ot faille, brocaded with single flowers in garlands, and moire antique, in strongly contrasting colors. Oxp Cor-Worg, which 13 still wrought in the Irish convents, 1s imported in long scarts for bu- Teaus and buffets. This was first made in Venice and was the link between an embroldery and a lace, and was a favorite needle-work with French ladiés in the Regoncy of Catherine de Medic! and ALL EveNtNa Dresses this winter have sleeves, ‘Those of black lace and gauze for matrons have gen- erally alittle arrangement of the gauze, puffei and be-ribboned and.called by courtesy a sleeve, which comes down halt way between the shoulder and the elbow. Others have a puff of the material for the sleeve which is caught upto the suoulder-strap on the outer side of the arm, of which member they conceal but a very small portion. YUM-YUM AS SEEN AT HOME. ‘The Pretty Girls of Japan, Their Smil- ing Faces and Winning Ways, Tokio Correspondence New York Tribune. Where is there @ prettier picture than the little Japanese musume as she stands greeting you with asmile at the door of her chaya? And what a smile she gives you! From those dark eyes of hers 4t seems to come as much as from the full red lips, It 13 such a comforting smile; so promissory of tea and daintles; 80 kindly and full of good-felowship with a dash of coyness to enliven it, yet free trom the stereotyped grin of the barmaid of civilization. ‘You feel as if your coming alone had caused the real pleasure you see; that after all you must be quite a desirable person, else why should you be so welcomed by such dainty beauty? It is not the smile of one about to receive a favor, but seems rather greeting to an old friend afterlong absence. ‘You are not beguiled by any empty smile, for, make your little bow in as courteous a manner as to the proudest queen of christendom and with all fitting seriousness; sit ye down upon the steps of the Yerandah ahd two neat and comely hanémaidens will divest you of your shoes and replace them With soft fur slipplers, Enter then the atrium Where all the ladies of the house sitting about a large square box sunk in the floor, half full of snowy ashes, euch With a small vase of tne sam ashes by her side, a cup of i tea and a tiny- Dowied pipe that gives but two or, three pulls at each filling. You are given a cushion, your t pipe and vase of ashes tn which you find’conceal urning charcoal—this is the Oriental substitute for a luctfer—and then you are at liberty to use your tongue to the best of your ability. One of the classes of Japanese women that in many ways ts particularly interest Is that of Une gaisha girls. These are said to be the only really virtuous women in Japan. They are the famous dancing girls of the Land of the Shogun: and anything more graceful than these bundles o bright colorsis not incivilization. They are mostly very petite and generally young, sometimes not more than ten years old, yet they’ have an alr, dignity, a certain solemn stateliness, that seems a part of themselves, and is heightened by their rich costumes, ‘They pose, they walk, they use thelr tans, they ogle, they frt, they go ‘through all the first part of the national dance Chou Nugi, or Chou Kina, in a way and with pe apr that would bring ears of envy fo the eyes of a court beauty of many seasons. Thelr clothes are always of the richest: stuffs and the embroidery is often rare and costly, ‘They take great pride in their obiis, or sashes, and frequently you see a little three-foot nothing mor- sel of Soe femininity with an obii so large that. ‘the upper end of the bow appears above the head ‘With inost comical effect. Between these delicate, attractive little creatures and the big, coarse, obese wrestlers, there seems to exist a strange Kind of admiration. Every gaisha girl, pearly, bas her favorite, and for him she works her finest embrota- ertes to grace him if he be a victor or console him if he be defeated. It resembles the feeling of the feudal maiden who worked her knight's colors and watched him bear them well and bravely in the merry joust. Beyond this there ts no romance in the life of a Japanese girt, no love-making as we understand it; and consequently the Japanese novelist is rather atadisadvantage. For lack of other-matertal he falls back upon the only caste where intrigue and adventure are ible—the dem!-monde; and here he finds plenty, to inspire his bamboo pen and cur- die the blood of his readers. He 1s not forced to to stay his words from any fear of the blush of shame to the most dainty cheek; he can give free expression to his story; for in Japan a woman s not considered an outcast because she has fallen from grace, nor does she lose her own self-respect; it is not'looked upon as in any way ‘wrong or immoral. Sometimes even a young gitl 1s apprenticed to evil ways so she can see more of ‘the world, and, it 18 supposed, have her wits sharp- ened, her experience enlarged and, in fact, finish her éducation, more readily than’by staying at home—and then, being a woman of the world, she ‘will be more likely to attract men and make a good marriage. These girls often do marry extreiely ‘well and become gvod Wives and mothers for the Test of their days, ‘The Local Ballet in Omaha. ‘From the Omaha World. “Indeed, you are right,” said an Omaha ballet- dancer at Boyd's last night as she stepped over on the other foot to rest, “thts job ain’t no sinnycure, and you can bet your last red cent on that. The girls that sit in the fifth story and make white shirts for s’teen cents aplece may think they has a hard time, and p'raps they does, but we have it harder. Somebody told me that the telephone Finis didn’t ike thelr Job; I'd like to trade with mn, “Tell_you something about the life of a bail girit, Course, Looky, here now! Bota olks inks that a girl can’t be a baliet dancer and be honest. It may be different in New York or Chicago, but one can be just as honest in Omaha as anybody. I have been a ballet girl here for two years, an’ I'm just as good as Queen Victoria, if I do say it. Had two engagements, too. Worked eight ‘nights in the two years ballet dancing. fore four different costumes. I don’t see novi demoralizin’ about the business. Waitin’ for en- gagements might be kind 0’ weartn’ an’ i I i ei H) iat att Wa EEE a # Hi 3 E 5 38g & : i i 5 g f Hi i it i i fi ‘4 5 5 i : i FH i ie i i A i é i i HE A i I i Be Er 3 & i; 3 R POWDER Absolutely Pure. ‘This powder never varies. A marvel 5 strength and wholesomeness., More ecosorsical thea the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition Seen Sey teed seeking mtr in cars HovaL, Da: Eixe'Powpnn Co. 100 Wail street NX ja Tur- Crowns Coun Ix AND THE GOODS GO OUT. ‘The Grest Bargains attract the Immense Throngs, and the combination of Splendid Goods and Low prices daily reduce the Stock more and more, The ASSIGNEE’S SALE AT THE BBB BB rary RNY BS 83 Fe Epp oo =6N XN MM ue 4 PP. Pe Be Be PYG AA PE hs PEE MMAA ER 5 cco it EEE ‘Ie the Talk of the Town and the Delight of the Ladies, THE GOODS MUST BE 80LD, Profits live only in the mist of memory, and original cost is lost to sight, COME WHILE IT 18 YET TIME, And PICK UP BARGAINS WHILE YOU MAY, For I MUST DISPOSE OF THEM FOR WHAT THEY'LL BRING ISADORE SAKS, ASSIGNEE, THE BR 0% NNN . BBB O O NNN Bae © 0 NNN oo N NN MM MM A Pa 8 03 On Es Bat £4 Bee Bo ea MMM S“AS HE Goo HH : Ja2-6t 316 AND 318 7TH ST. Soirs Axo Ovencoats ‘For Men and Boys Cheaper than ever at the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE ar OAK HALL COR. 10TH AND F STREETS, 300 Suits for Boys from 4 to 12 at fifty (50) cents on the dollar. 150 Overcoate for Boys from 4 to 12 at 50 cents on ‘the dollar, 500 Suits for Boys, 12 to 18; the prices at 66%. on the dollar. 300 Overcoats for Boys, 12 to 18 years, at 66%c. on the dollar, 1,000 good, well-made Suits; suits for dress or work, at 663,c. on the dollar, este oor’ Men and Youths at 663sc. on the lotler. 5.000 pair Odd Pants at one-third off. ‘This is without doubt the best chance to buy good clothing cheap in the city, 00. A KK HHA - gg he Hall & E Ro PAR GE AS EL Bae ne COR, TENTH AND F STS. Prices Revvcev. Prices Reovczn. FURS and LADIES’ WRAPS, ALASKA SEALSKIN and FINE SEAL PLUSH SACQUES, JACKETS, VISITES and FUR-LINED CIRCULARS, MUFFS, BOAS, CAPES and ‘TRIMMINGS. (Our Holiday Sales have been beyond our expectation ‘In addition to our present stock we are adding what is new and attractive in Wraps. BH. STINEMETZ & SON, 427 1237 Pennsylvania Ava, next tocor. 13th st Fos’ Axo Wrurs AT REDUCED PRICES, ‘We have twenty-seven Seal Skin Garments in stock, consisting of SACQUES, VISITES, JACKETS, AND ULSTERS, which we offer at lower prices than can be obtained to-day in any house in New York city. SACQUES FROM $100 UPWARDS. ‘Muffs and Boas, Fur Trimming, Coschmen’s Capes: Gloves and Mufflers, Children’s Furs st prime cost. Dunlap’s New York Hate, ‘Fine presentation Umbrellas and Canes, WILLETT & RUOFF, BATTERS AND FURRIERS, 905 Pennsylvania avenue, n18-3mr Gases: Graces: Guaesn HOME AMUSEMENTS! HOME AMUSEMENTS! Games for Old and Young. AUCTION SALES. FP HOMAS DOWLING, anctoneer. CATALOGUE SALE OF A CHOICE AND ELEGANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE CERAMICS, EMBRACING SUPERB SPECIMENS IN LARGE AND SMALL VASES, CURIOS AND PARLOR DECOR- ATIONS, LUNCH, DINNER, TEA, AND DESSERT PLATES, AND OTHER ‘TABLE WARE OF BEAUTIFUL DESIGN AND FINISH, ‘THE WHOLE FORMING A RARE AND TEMPTING COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE WARES, BOTH USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL, To BE SOLD AT MY AUCTION ROOMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JANUARY ELEVEN AND TWELVE, 1888, AT ELEVEN A M. AND THREE P. M. EACH DAT. ON EXHIBITION MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 AND 10. Oat THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘Opposite City Post Office. DESIRABLE COLLECTION AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF FINE LOT OF SINGLE AND DOU- BLE CARRIAGE AND BUGGY HARNESS, LADIES’ AND GENTS' RIDING SADDLES, TRUNKS, LAP ROBES, HORSE COVERS, FUR ROBES, WHIPS, TRAVELING TRUNKS, SATCHELS, BLANKETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR GooDs NOW IN SEASON, ALL FIRST-CLASS STOCK, AND WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE WITHIN OUR AUCTION-ROOMS, COMMENCING ON MONDAY MORNING, JANU- ARY NINTH, AT HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK. a-62t LEY, Auctioneer. I will sell at 1239 11%h street southeast » lane stock of Crockery, Glassware, lamps, Tin and Wooden- Ware, Cooking Stoves, Ranges. Parlor Stoves, a lange quantity of Toys,a large line of Cutlery. of the best Inauufacture, aud quantity of other goods usually found in a crockery, 1d tinware 3 Thi sale will commence MONDAY, JANUARY ‘H, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. M. aud SEVEN P. M., snd will continue day and eveting until all the stock is sold, stove, Dealers and private buyers are requested to attend ‘Thy sale, us the goods are to be wold without reserve, p™ "ANSON BROS, Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SAL OF UNDIVIDED INTFREST IN HEAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. By virtue of deed of trust, duly recorded in, Liber No, 1180, follo 437, et seq., one of the land! Tecords of the District of Columbia we will sell TUESDAY, the SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JA: AD. 1888,'at 0: Kooms of Duncanson Bros. corner of 9th and D strests Rorthwest, Washingtou, D-C.,all the interest of Cua. Ht MeBiaiz and wite in’ the ‘following-described real estate m the city of Washington, D. C. iu and to Lots humbered eight (8), nipe (9), ten (40), eleven (11), twelve (12), and south half of thirteen (13), in square pumbered seventh eight (7S), wineh they quay have am heirs of John “Gadsby, deceased, and all their interest in and to ‘suid estate of John Gadsby, deceased, both Feiland personal, which dey may have aud may here- After acquire, together with ail’ the huprovements, Naps, eavementt riehta, privileges, hereditaments and sppurtenances to the samme belonging, oF iu any” Wise appertaining, &e. Terms cash, of which ® deposit of $200 must be made at timo of sule, the balance within ten days, otherwise the Trustees reserve the right to resell at the Fisk and cost of the” defaulting purchaser after Bve dave’ public notice of such reaule iu some newspaper published io Washington, D.C. WILLIAM A. GORDON.) trustee, ja6-d&dbs CHAS, W. DARE, EREMPTORY SALE OF TWO NEW COMFC BLE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELLINGS AT INTERSECTION OF VER- MONT AVENUE AND BOUNDABY STREF1 On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY, ELEVENTH, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, ‘we will sell i8 front of the premises | ‘Sub Lots 44 and 45. in square 358, frontiite 15 feet each, and running back 16 an alley. ‘howe lots are improved by two new brick dwell nee, substantially built concreted under basoment foo fix rooms, and ‘bath each, ‘couveniences, located well for & good investment or comioriable Rome. ‘Terms: One-third cash: balance in one and two year notes, to bear interest from day of sale, and to be secured by deed of trust, or all cash, at option of pure chaser: conveyancing at purchaser's cost: a deposit of $100 required on each house. ‘Terms to be complied with in ten days. otherwise right reserved to resell at Tiak and cost of purchaser after five days’ public notice of such resale in some Mewspaper, published in, Wash- NC. ington, D.C. SON BROS., o0-d&da ‘Auctioneers, T |HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. BUSINESS WAGON, HORSE, AND HARNESS, AND THE ENTIRE BOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, AT AUCTION. Qn MONDAY MORING, JANUARY NINTH, 1888, Accutduae hounclecpiuye No. 500) 439 stneet southwert ix housekee} 0.7 Ef ruth wes 1*Shail sell the entire Furniture aud Edfects, includ ng the Horee, Wagon and Haru ARY, 'HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. E O'CLOCK P.3L,within the Auction | ‘S810 12th st nw. ND PAINTING ACADEMY OF FINE passers who! bag had 1 media LOCUTION AND DRAMATIC ART. ESE es ew 2 _Private Lessons and Clannon, ste ARTYN'S COMMERCIAL 313 st. n. judeute canenter at any tire, ACADEMICAL COURSF. Pm o Oy tual PRANCIS'G MARTER, Proagent CoA M, Principal e te bot adtinittede s16-4:0 ASHINGTON SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION AND Wontig. 008 ast nog voles Cutan Fisutee fopetrons ints city hud eleewheee Sire Mt SES >patroi city eee ; Vis HART, Principal eer GUEEMAN LESSONS GIVEN BY A FTST-CLASS instructor, a native of Germany and highly fecomn- mended ad ot Her LOUIS HL reese BuNEiDER 1880 Gece Ty “*Exccortox Asp Onsrony> LESSONS TN CLASS OR PRIVATE. Winter term of Colicinte Course cor | ary 4, 1688. S2-pane Catalogne frees menos Sane MARTYN COLLEGE of ELOCUTION and ORATORY, 313 Oh at. nw. halfa block east of city post-office.) ja4-2m_ ANTED—A GENTLEMAN WISHES TO GIVE | Jessons in Greek, Latin, English branches, and | German conversation. Terms reasonable and hutrest | testimonials, Box No. 4. Star office. F ARIND'S DANCING ACADEMY, 9TH AND a Marini’s ‘second term “will commence 5 january ISSN. For Misses and Masters, so Me s. Tuesday and Seturday. For Ladies and Gen‘lemen, Tuesday and Thursday eveningn. for particular send | forcinediar. E 00D" COMME JAN. 3 Book-kee) House, Her French System of Sound, simple and attractive, is acknow! the best and Guickest rettiod for 8: Qi ‘4 good pronunciation and conversational idio- thatic French, Price of work, complete, 82; single part, 35 centa, Call Monday, Wednesday or Friday, or send name ‘and address to Box 308. References: Hou. and Mra. 8. 8. Cox. HE MISSES KERR'S LONG - SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS, 1223 15th stn Rey. PT, Chapelle, BB kere Wine’ A. Bartlett, 0. ev. P pelle, DD. Kev. Win, . D.: Mr E Frances Rigws, ot Riggs & Co.: W. W. Jobn- ston, M.D.; ZT. Sowers, M.D; Mr. Frances A | Bobi, C.Colliere, Mr. Win. & Thompeon, Mz LE. HE McDONALD-ELLIS SCHOOL, Corner Massachusetts ave, and 17th at. Endglish and French Boarding and Day School Young Ladies and Little Girls Primarifth Year bevins September 2s, 188 mary, Intermediate, Academic, ley Prepar- atory. Artand Musical Courses taught by a corps of nineteen teachers. Tuition includes instruction, $m English, French, Latin, Penmanship, Class Drawing and Class Singing. “A special herdic is employed for | fhe une of pupils in distant parts of thecity. For cir culars a dress the prine a6-im MISS ANNA ELLIS. WW‘ VERLY SEMINARY, for | W nando Mameachasets uve, carding and Day Schoci for oun idiom, ainim” Miss LIPSCOME, Principal. | ((oLuERE HOME AXD, DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS under 14 yea | A fow pupils taken in the PubCIEN E. ¢ Washington, D. C., Hotel. Opens October IANO LESSONS, ‘MISS CLARA HARRISO! Pupil of Wm. Mason, N.Y. | 8 Grant Pisce, bet. Sth, 10th, Gand Hats, BORVHLE ACADEMY—HOME ScHooL FoR | SD Bovs.—This school, 20 miles from Waxhington, | *9-4m* Luuited ‘to 30. For circulars NELSON, suply 20 Bev. Dr. Ci dv-ttedi Principal, Brookville, Montgomery Co, Md. | gilkand Lysihburg arrive, in Waniitet via will reop-n on January’ 4, 188%, Boys in the house | fu | xiv: Lock Haven, and Elmira, at 9 50a, except Suh For kew York ap the ast, 7:20, 9:00, 31.00, and ee eI aia except 2-00 p m. every day. Touch tale Coll me Rebate ear City with boats of Brookiyn annex, ef firect trameter. te, ‘ 3700, 4 106 00. 10-0 am, 2-00, 4 10. 6-00, 10.0 fin are. 040m, week tapes’ d ioe mn, wee For baltimore, 8:37 30. 8 UO fad 1140 aan, 2 . 3°50, 6-00. 8 70, 10-00, and day. 9-00, 9-05, 0:50.14 345,410 ‘Dd, 8:10, 10°90, aud 1180 p an For pope's Crock 146, 7 20 aan, dud 440 pom daity, im, 7 20.and 9:00 am. 12-05, 4:20, and 6 OUT ia “Aas, except Sunday. Sundays, + 00 q m.. 4:10 pam, ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG | RATI+ WAX, AND ALEXANDKIA AND WASHING TUN RAILROAD For Alexandria, 6 00 12:0 noon, 2-05, 10-09 and 12-37 10-57 am 8 ation for Quantico, ond and the South, 6.00, 10 D1 pau. daily. excops Sunday Trains ieave Alexandria for Washington, 6.05, 7 $200, #10 20:15. 12-07 am. 1 20. 3.00. 3.2 310 S32 loge and 103 po Sunday at" 10 and Wh.OF ame S00. 5 Ae and 10°42 p.m. 2 jortuation at tbe office, northeast Mth street and Pennaylvania avon tation, where orders can be pee AE eee n 8:30 A M—East Tenn Mail Daily for Ws Gordonsville, Charlottes re and Iwtweet Alsaandrig "and bag ive as Calera,” Montgomery and "New Orleaue Pullana Sineper W ou to New Orleana. 1135.0 M—Fant. Mil Daily for Warren Jottesville, Gordonsvilie. lone Chea & Ubio. = Lynchb Rocky Mount, Ville aud Stations te pag oe ‘Urieaus, Texas and Californi Pullman New York to Atlanta in contection, with Pullmaty Adanta to New Orieana, and Mapn Boudotr. Si for Birmingham, Vickabure snd Shreveport. Souk traisa Washington to Atlanta” Does not connect for (lxod 6 "Toute points Sundays, 335 \P. M.—baily, except Sunday, for Strasburg. and intermediate stations,“ Commecte et Auverton with 8. V. KR. for arriving 810 ptm ‘BO P. M— Western B: ly for Warrent niomeville, Charlot ‘Louisville, Cinerns ‘Sumer’ resorts on and’ pear line of C ‘Aud Ohio route.” Pullman re and Solid teeta Washington to Louisville. also bare. Beastou, uecabomMcmphin (2he ocho. out ee ~~ apres, Daft cigar, pp. M—Southern burs,” Danvilie, ‘Raleigh » Ashevills, “Chadistim Coftinba, allen A New Orleans Dexae oo P.M. b epins from the South via Charlotte, Dag fon and 8:23 P.M; via East Tennessee, Bristol and Lynch> 45.4. Mand 9:40PM via Chesapeake id Charlottesville at ¥ 40% ML; ata AM , 0 Penne Pounayte vauia Railroad, Oth aud Bate SAR 1. TAV LOK. i General Passeuger Aout, burg at 10. fi S'S KINDERGARTEN AND? axp ANNS ERIMALY SCHOO.” j A3 DERGARIEN NOKMAL TRAINING CLASS. 1918 Sunderland Place,south of Dupont Circle. d1-3m SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7TH Mand Dsts. nw. Entrance on D st.-eatabliahed Jeara Thorvuchly equipped. Voune wes and women ed for basiness of official positions. “Three cout Practical Business: Stenorraphy. Typewriting an Graphophone: Rapid Writing. Students may enter at ‘any time. Year scholarship, quarterly or monthly in- stallment rates. Graduates always itt demand. Hlus- trated circulars free at Coll wor by mail H.C. SPENCE! SARA A. SPENCER, Vice-Principal. RIVATE LESSONS IN ALL GRADES OF STUDY, to adults confidential: prepares for college, AD- Dapolis, West Point, all examinations V¥ INSTITUE, x w. cor. Sthand K sta mw. Tae nentrzz scnoot oF LaNovaces, WASHINGTON, 723 14TH ST. N. W., Boston, 154 Tremont St.; Brooklyn, 40 Court St: New York, 23 W. 23d St; Phila. 1523 Chestnut St. Thoroukh trainine in French, German, Spatuel. ee Conversational knowledge in ONE or TWO TEEMS, 10 in small classes; also private lessons, | Highest references. Teri begin Lo _ 16 IRENCH LESSONS, PRIVATE OR IN CLASSES, MADAME A. PELE dfrom Paris) will. ive’ lessons her residence and at pupils’ homes, Excellent pro- | Dupciation and thorough thetruction, O10 15th wLuiw, oldu SS ee 2s ° Aiseen duguire of Mit JAMVIS BUTLER, 5 Fst. BOOKS, &. Troms DowLine, THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD DI ao 3 o ELEVE HAMBER AND DIN r AND KITCHEN REQUISITES. SEVENTEEN VOLUMES AMERICAN CYCLOPE- DIA. On TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY TENTH, 1888, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK. 1 ball sell, at fhe above residence. all the Furnitire therein con tained, t ath seventeen volumes of Anes Gyelpadla, UF ND ere TAD DOWLING, jeo-at ‘Auctioneer OBERT VOSE & CO., Auctioneers, 300 B st. ne. a MONDAY, JANUARY NINTH, at FOUR, QCLOCK V.M,; we will sell, at auction, “Three Brick Houses,* nearly new. with 1,200 feet of ground, each situated in square 597, Mi st. aw., bet.2d tach, with water fa the yards, "A good opportunity for each, wi a ‘opportunity for investinentis here offered. Terms at sale: $50 on each Bouse at sale pos ROBERT VOSE & CO.. Auctioneers. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. RUSTEES' SALE OF A FOUR-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, No. 1200 G STREET, BETWEEN TWELFTH. AND THIRTEENTH’ STREETS SORTHWEST. Was of a deed of trust, dated of prik, 1885, and duly recorded ta iuor Tt ington Countst'in the District of Coluubia. sm n County of Colca Ginection of theparty secured thereby. the un trustees will offer tor sale.on TUESDAY, JANUALY TENTH, 1896, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M." In front of the presiines, the following described real orate, aita- ate finthe city of Washinuton, District of Columbia, to wat: Partof Lot No. 2, inaquare 285, beginning for the saume at the southwest ‘coruer of said lot, thence north pinety-six fect. thence east twenty-two (22) foct, theuce south ninety-six (90) fect. thence west twenty-two (23) feet to the place of bogiunina, to- gether with the improvements, which conalst of a four- Story brick residence, coutaiuing ten rooms belng No, SSeS, een oe eet ernie: One-third ‘cash: ine, yiments, at six and twelve inomibs, with notes be interest at 6 per centum per annum wndl paid, and sccured by s deed of trust on the oF ail'cash at the option of the purchaser. All convey Ancing and recording at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $200 will be required at the timeot sale. if the terms Of sale are not complied with in teu days the trustees it to resell the property at the risk and Auctioneer, EFFECTS OF RESI- TH STREET NORTH- MBRACING PARLOR, yM FURNITURE, Soeaeeeee BENJ, (NP. SNYD! PROPOSALS. ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED raerote Tor rca tae ington, D.C. and. he FOURTEEN. ee ie tha i i ik i He i WHE EXCLUSIVE AGENCY IN THIS CITY FOR the sale of the Edition de Lux of Les Miserables, BS vola.; superbly illustrated. ‘Diaries and Physicians’ Visiting Lists for the new year. Peloubets’, Vir it's, and Penticost's Select Notes on the Sunday School’ Lessols, Class Books, Hecuria, and Lesson Papers at WM. BALLANTYNE & SON'S, 428 7th Street. KET DIARIES AND JOURNALS, CALE! 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