Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1894, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES. [ORENCE (Copyrighted.) Chapter L—Woman's Wi Whew-w-w-w! how the wind blew! How It swept along the Kentish fields, driving the snow into drifts, whistling through the bare branches of the trees, and hurrying the black clouds along in the lowering sky! The mail train was speeding along to Dover, and the passengers, blinking out of the windows, shrugged their shoulders and shivered at the prospect before them. “If it's like this inland,” said one pros- Perous-looking old gentleman, tucked up in rugs in the corner of a first-class com- partment, to Ms opposite neighbor, “what will it be Ike at Dover? Ten to one tie boat won't cross tonight At the further end of the carriage a young man was sitting, who seemed much disturbed by this remark “Do you really think so?” he asked anx- jously, joining in the talk for the first time. “It takes a great deal to stop the mail boat.” ‘The tirst speaker replied with the calm and pompous assurance of an experienced traveier. “Well, and what do you call ‘a great deal,’ if you haven't got it there?” And he pointed with his finger to the snow-covered landscape just as a fresh blast came howling round the flying train, covering the window with a thick white sheet of driving snow. ‘The young man looked more anxtous than ever. He was a clerk in the employ of a firm of stock brokers, and had been intrusted for the first Ume with a duty of great importance. He was the bearer of a large amount of negotiable securities, which, for safety, it was thought advisa- ble to send by hand, and he had to deliver them in Paris on the following day. When the train stopped at Dover station, therefore, George Liewellyn, for that was the young fellow’s name, was among the The Detective Came Up to Him. Arst of the passengers to spring on to the platform and to ask eagerly whether the Mail boat was going to cross. , sir. She won't cross tonight. The storm's too high,” was the disappointing answer of the official. Liewellyn, however, would not give up hope at once. He had no luggage but his hand bag, and he waited about, refusing all offers ot the porters to carry it for him, and made further inquiries, in the vain hope of at length hearing better news. At last he became aware that something about him had made him an object of sus- two men, whom, by their boots, sed to be detectives; and as, recog- nizing this, he was about to leave the sta- tion, one of these men came up to him very quietly and requested him to step in- to the superintendent's office. Llewellyn saw that it was best to comply quietly, and, on finding himself shut in with the defective and a couple of police- men in uniform, he gave at once the full- est details as to his name, his residenc his place of employment and his present errand. He also gave up his keys, so that the detective could inspect the documents he was carrying. ‘The examination lasted a very few mo- ments. “Quite right, sir; thank you," said the man, touching his hat, with a smile, “and now you must excuse me for having de- tained you, but we've just had a wire tell- ing us to be on the lookout for two well- known thieves, a man and a woman, who re supposed to have come down by this fain with a number of stolen securities. So you see, sir, although it was a bad shot in one way to suspect you, on the other {t was a good one, for you were traveling with securities, although they didn’t hap- pen to be stolen ones. George Llewellyn accepted the apology and explanation good-humoredly and ask- ed if it was by order of the police thit the boat was stopped. “Oh, no, sir. The weather's responsible for that,”” answered the man, shaking his head. “Though I don’t say it won't = us to have a little more time to lool around. And he opened the door, saluting George respectfully as the latter passed out. Out in the little squalid street outside the station, with the wind whistling round the corners and the snow melting into a dirty slush at his feet, Llewellyn asked himself what he should do. Should he put t a hotel in the town? Or should he i ‘0 the house of an old friend of his father's, who lived, as he knew, a little way out of Dover, off the high road over the cliffs? © decided on the latter course. Dr. was not a man who kept early hours, » Who remem:tered in what di- loy, although he had re his boyhood, decided that he would be able to reach it in an hour, allowing for the state of the weath- er. it a this time twenty-five minutes lock, and the snow was falling It did occur to Liewellyn lition had its risks, consid- alue of the property he was but on the other hand a night as by en O° thickly the ex es that spent at a hotel was not without its dan- gers in th ances. So rge, who was young, muscular, and provided with a started on his way of the waves as yon the beach; he had to fight wind when he reached the et. Lut on the whole the ong young man, had its Jeasures, for the snow had ceased to be linding, and a battle with the wind stirs ‘ung biood into pleasurable excitement, In a very short time he had got clear of the town, and was on the high road in the open country. liere the snow impeded his progress ore than he had expected; for there was Nothing in this high bleak spot to check the caprices of the wind, which swept al- + most bare great patches of the open land, and swirled the snow into heaps In unex- pected places. It was a lonely walk enough, an George began to be puzzled as to whether he was keeping the right way. There were so few hedges or trees, and the featureless character of the coun- try made it easy for the snow to blurr its outlines until they were quite undistin- guishable. He felt rather relieved when he caught the sound of human voices. He waited, as they seemed to be behind him. He heard them again in the roar of the wind. He hailed the unseen persons, but then the voices ceased. He presently went on again until he was startled to see in the dark- ness between him and the sea the dim outlines of two figures keeping pace with him at a little distance. He hailed them again, and the figures promptly vanished. Without giving way to any cowardly fears George began to wish that he had been mere discreet and that he had stay- ed at a hotel. There was nothing to do now, however, but to go forward as quick- ly and carefully as he could, for more than two-thirds of the distance must have been traversed by this time. Unfortunately, however, soon after this incident he lost his way, hopelessly, unde- niably. He found himself floundering, knee-deep, in snow, over something which might be a freshly-plowed field or which might be the ruins of a house, but which was certainly not the open road. After a few fruitless struggles to get on firmer ground George again caught sight, a little way to the left this time, of two figures, which he perceived to be those of a man and a woman. Just at the mo- ment of his discerning them the figures parted, that of the man disappearing from view, while the woman held on her way. As she was evidently on firm ground George made towards her at once, not calling out, lest he should frighten her. Before he came up with her he saw, by her walk and by her figure, that she was young; and when he addressed her, saying that he had lost his way, she turned her head quickly, and showed him that she was adorably pretty. So entirely was he thrown off his balance by the unexpected sight of such a lovely face thac he stopped short in the middle of his speech and left her to answer a question which he had not finished asking. “You are on the high road—to St. Placid’s,” she sald quickly. “Keep straight on. And then she glanced, with a sudden change of expression, at the bag he was carrying. Before he could do more than raise his hat and thank her she had bh ried past him like a hare, with just one more look, penetrating, intelligent, ftom his face to the bag in his hand. George remained for a moment stupe- fied; he stared at the retreating figure before him and fancied he saw her turn, with a gesture of invitation to him to foliow and catch her up. Acting on the im- pression he started forward and then there flashed into his mind the words used by the detective at the station: “Two well- known thieves, a man and a woman,” had traveled down by the same train as him- self! He was at once ashamed of his mo- mentary suspicion that the beautiful girl he had just spoken to could be anything but the angel she looked, but her furtive and eager glances at his bag recurred again and again te his mind. The wind was still blowing very hard and the snow, which had for some time almost ceased, began to fall again in great flakes, so that the landscape was soon entirely blotted out from view, and George found more difficulty than ever in keep- ing the road. At last he saw a large, dark object in front of him, which he recognized as the clump of trees which me~ked the spot where there were cross roads, and where he should have to take the road on his right to get down into the vil- lage, where Dr. Lowe's house stood. The cross roads were at the highest point of the neighborhood, and George could scarce- ly keep his feet, much less choose his way as he approached it. Just before reached the turning he came to a fair-sized house of only two — And Closed the Door Behind Him, stories, shut in hy a garden inclosed by a high wail. Just as George got under shel- ter of the wall a door in the middle opened and out of the darkness tke voice of the girl he had just met spoke to hirn: “You will never find your way Into the village through this snow. Won't you come inside the house until it has left off a little?” George stepped. He could hardly see the girl's pretty face in the darkness and the blinding snow, but the voice was al- luring in its sweetness and the tempta- tion to look once more upon such excep- tional beauty as hers decided him. hank you. It is very good of you, very good of you, indeed. If I am not intruding I shall tndeed be glad to accept your kind offer for a few minutes.” She stepped nimbly back, opening the door for him, He passed throuzh on to a stone-flagged path, which led, under cover all the way, to a deep porch, unde pl the lamplight streamed brightly and in- vitingly through the open door. The curtains of a large window on the right of the porch were drawn; but those on the left were still cpen, and allowed George to see into a dining room made cozy by the shaded light of lamps, and by the glow of a bright fire. He caught glimpses of armor, helmets, spears, shields, shining on a dark’ rich wall; and of flowers and sparkling silver on a white-covered table. George, who was half dazed by his strug- gle with the wind, and by the action of the snow upon his eyes, thought vaguely of the story of “Beauty and the Beast,” as he staggered up the stone path, There was something mysterious, almost uncanny about the shut-in house and its curiously hospitable inhabitant, which made him change his mind as he realized it,and turn, with an excuse upon his lips, to go out again. ‘At that moment he heard a key turned in the door by which he had come, and he knew in a moment that he had done wrong in entering. He made two rapid steps back, and was met by the young girl. “This way.” she said, as, passing him quickly with a smile of invitation on her face, she led the way into the hall. He followed reluctantly, lured by the wish to see the attractive countenance in the full lght,but resolving as he went that he would make an excuse to leave at once. She went so quickly and he so slowly, that she had entered the dining room by the time George reached the hall. She held the door of the room invitingly open, and spoke again £8 he stood, hat In hand, on the threshold of the house. “Won't you take off your coat and shake the snow off before you come in? Then, when this storm has passed, you will b able to start cn your way again quite dry. “I am deeply obliged to you for your “Kindness,” said George, who was utierly bewildered by the situation in which he fourd himself, so that his words came haltingly from’ his tongue. Seen in the bright light of the lamp which hung from the hall ceiling, his un- conventional hostess was even more beau- tiful than she had looked outside in the darkness. She was tall and falr, with a figurs move suggestive of strength than is usual In young women, almost masculine, indeed, in its unpinched, natural waist, and rather square shoulders. A masstvi young woman, with long white hands an. quick, the movements, and with a certain frank simplicity of manner which suggest- ed that she did not live the cribbed and narrow life usual with the women of the middle classes. The very straightforward spontaneity of her welcome to this har ger god was what one would have expected of a man, rather than of a young woman. But the freshness, the unexpectedness of this was only ancther charm in the dazzled eyes of George Llewellyn. He found his heart beating faster, his tongue faltering, as he looked at her shyly, and forced himself to make an excuse. It may be noted that his first vague suspicions had melted suddenly in the glow of her —_ and of her gracious, smiling man- er. “I thank you, I don’t know how to thank you enough.” he stammered, already wav- ering in his intention of going on; “but I really ought not to take advantage of your kindness. The fact is I am traveling with some valuable securities A sort of sickness seized George when he got as far as this, and made him sud- denly stop. For as soon as he mentioned the securities he saw a flash of light on his hostess’ face. As he paused, she took up his speech for him. “If you have anything of much value about you, that is all the more reason why you should not stuinble about blindly in the snow, as you were doing when I first met you.” And she stepped out quickly from the dining room into the hall, drew him in- side the house by an unexpected move- ment of a strong arm, and closed the front door behind him before he had recovered from the amazement into which the rap- idity and decisiveness of the movements had thrown him. “Really, I must beg you to let me go on said he, in a low voice, as he made a strong effort to pull himself together, and to resist the pressure which he knew she was going to put upon him to stay. “And I must beg you to be more reason- able, and not to reject the good fortune the gods send, just because it happens to be offered by a stranger.” “I am afraid I must seem ungracious—* said George quickly, as he put his hand upon the handle of the door. But she, laughing rather nervously, turned the big key in the lock, and pulling it out in quite a leisurely manner, thrust it into her pock- et, and sprang, almost at one bound, back to the dining room door. “If you say no to a woman, you know,” she said as she once more invited him, by a gesture, to enter, “she finds some way of circumventing you after all.” *° Chapter 1.—Man’s Revenge. The young man felt himself torn as if by sharp thorns, with keen feelings, of passionate attractions, of repulsion as keen, and by a sense of imminent danger. He followed the girl into the dining room, holding his bag with a firm hand, and looked at her with an expression which “If You Follow Me Pil Fire.” caused the blood to rush to her face, and her eyes to droop suddenly. The table was between them, for she was standing by the fireplace at the opposite end of the room, leaning against the man- telpiece in an attitude which showed off the lines of her fine figure to unstudied advantage against the red glow. Her blush, the womanly ‘bend of her head at his look, caused a revulsion of feeling en- tirely in her favor in the young man. And even as he gazed at her, bending a little forward to get a better view of her face by looking under the hanging oil lamp with its red shade, he saw that her ex- pression of modest shame gave place to one of doubt, of fear. She looked up quickly, and their eyes met. In a moment he felt satisfied, as ah old- er man would not have been, that the sus- picions her strange conduct had aroused were unfounded. He heaved a sigh of re- lief. He felt so much, however, that he had to put a constraint upon himself which made his manner abrupt, and his voice harsh as he spoke, “[ must go now," he said, ruptly. “Open the door, please. He had turned his back to her, to avoid the strong influence he felt she had upon him. In the silence which followed his words, he heard her rapid and labored breathing. His doubts awoke again. even glanced sharpty round, as if in doubt whether she was not approaching him with some sinister purpose. And he saw that she had indeed come a little nearer, and vhat her large gray eyes were wide with doubt and fear. “Why do you wish to’detain me?” he asked, so sharply that she was taken aback, and gave a little forced laugh while she prepared an answer. “Surely that is a singular way of ac- knowledging hospitality,” said she, with- out looking at him, “to question the mo- tives of it. Out here in the country we are not like the people in towns, who look shy- ly and coldly upon strangers. On the con- trary, we offer them fire when they are cold, and light when they have lost their way. If you're so suspicious, why did you accept my direction as to the road you were to take?” He paused before answering. It was not easy to tell her the reasons for the change in his attitude, although he could not but suppose that she knew them already. He had seen something of the world, and was not particularly diffident with any class of women. But there was semething about this girl, an air of innate refinement, the accent of a gentlewoman, a sugsestion in her look and manner that she was playing a part for which she was not sulted, which prevented his putting upon her outrageous conduct the construction he unhesitatingly would have done in the case of another woman. He was hopelessly puzzled. He notea that the room, comfortable as it was, was shab- by ond worn as to furniture; that the girl's dress was severe in its inexpensive sim- plicity; that the glass and silver which had looked’ so imposing from the outside were exceedingly old-fashioned, He noted also that the table was laid for two persons. And, finally, he remarked to himself upon the fact that since he entered he had heard no sound indicating the presence in the house of any person besides himself and his mystertous hostess. Just as he came to this point in his ie- flections, however, he saw in the lady's eyes a look which showed him that she was listening for some sound outside, rath- er than waiting for the answer to her turning ab- ~ Stooped Down and Picked It Up. question. So he made up his mind rapidly and walked quickly to the window, which about three feet from the ground. ou can see nothing from there but the w faling,” sald the girl, in a which was not without a tremor of anxiety. “We are shut in here by a wall, as you may have seen, as a protection from the gales we feel bere so terribly.” Without answering, George put up his hand to throw beck the catch of the win- dow. “Oh!” cried she, In a higher key; “you are not obliged to go out that way. If you 's of wine to make amends for your doubts of my hospitality, 1 will open the door for you immediately.” Without waiting for an answer she left the room, and returned in a very few moments with a decanter of wine, which she placed upon the table. Without heed- ing the fact that he had opened the window and was evidently on the point of making his escape by that way, she poured out a lass of wine, and offered it to him with er own hand, coming round the table and holding it close to him. will take a gli He# “You won't refuse it, will you?” George, with one searching look into her face, took the glass, and put his lips to the wine. Then he put the glass, with a firm hand, down on the table. “You must excuse me,” said he, shortly. “This wine is drumged.’? She was very near to him as he spoke. The next moment shé had snatched the bag from his hanit an@.sprung to the door. In the second which followed the seizure she had got such a goad start that she was able te slam the door in his face as he pur- sued her. By the timy he had opened the door she had reached the extreme end of the long, narrow‘hall!iwhich ran through the house from the frant to the back, and Was pointing a re¥olvev at him as he dart- ed after ker. 2 “If you follow me I'll fire,” she shrieked. He attempted to follow, not heeding the warning. Ping! Ping! He heard two shots, and felt himself hit in the right arm. Notwithstanding this, however, he darted after her. But he was too late. She dis- appeared through’ the ‘door at the end of the hall, and he heard‘the key turn on the other side. $ He threw himself with all his force against the door, but with no result. Then, finding that he ‘was wasting his time, he ran back to the dining room, and leaped out of the window into the snow-covered flower border underneath. The snow was falling as fast as ever, and he sank in It inches deep as he looked for a way out. But he found that he was caught in a trap, indeed, for the wall, which was too high to climb, inclosed the house, with its stables and garden, the whole way round. He made for the wooden door in the wall by which he had first entered the premises, and as he did so he trod upon something hard, which was lying in his path. Look- ing down, he saw, to his surprise, a bag, so thinly covered with snow that it had evidently only lain there a few seconds, With a momentary absurd hope that it might be the bag which had just been stolen from him, Llewellyn stooped down, picked it up, and was about to examine it from the light from the dining room win- dow, when there suddenly broke upon his ear the sounds of human voices within the house. And first of all he heard the voice of the girl who had robbed him. She was sobbing and crying in a voice full of distress: “Oh! papa, papa, I had to shoot him, and I'm afraid I hurt him! I couldn’t help lik- ing him all the time, and oh! it was dread- ful, dreadful! And now I've got his bag, I want you to find him, and do all you can for him, if he ts really hurt!” George Lilewellyn did not wait to hear more; he put his hand on the window-sill and vaulted into the room. The relief he felt on discovering that he had now a man to deal with was so great that, disregarding the fact that he was wounded, and that the blood was trick- ling down through his sleeve, he raised his revolver and turned to the newcomer. The young girl screamed and threw her arms around her father’s neck. But before another word was spoken George Liewellyn’s arm had dropped to his side, and he stood staring in bewilder- ment, first at the old man and then at his daughter, For if he doubted the possibility that the beautiful, smiling girl could be an accom- plice of thieves, how could he harbor a suspicion about the stout, elderly gentle- man, with the gold spectacles and the stamp of British respectavility on every homely feature? “Why, who what— The word died away upon his lips, as the elderly gentleman, siarting and staring at him in his turn, suddenly exclaimed: “Little Georgie! Henry Llewellyn's son, by all that’s marvelous! Why, why, what's this? George Llewellyn, little ‘George, turned thief! Why, what does it mean?” George had by this time grown accus- tomed to a sudden change from the dark- ness outside to the light of the room, and he staggered in amazement against the table. “Doctor—D1 Lowe! he exclaimed hoarsely. “Was it—was it your daughter that took my bag qnd—and shot me There was a Mioment’s pause, during which the girl, with @ cry, and a look of horror, sank down into a chair, with a deadly white face. The doctor took pff hig glasses and wiped them. “ “There has bech sotne mistake, some desperate blunder!" sid he, decidediy. “What were you doing in this part of the world?” “Coming to see Fol," replied Llewellyn, promptly. ‘I was to have crossed to Calais tonight, with some securities which I was taking for our firm to Paris. Find- ing that the boat couldn't cross, I thought I would find you out afd ask you to give me a night's shelter. I lost my way, and—" He was interrupted at this point- by a moan of distress; fyom the young girl, who burst into tears and hid her face in her hands. The doctor, who was by this time ex- amining Liewellyn’s arm, to see the ex tent of the harm done, smiled rather grim- ly into the young fellow's face. strong-minded daughter has brought f into a nice mess this time,” said are you? What—w-w- hers he. ‘The girl herself sprang up at there words and ran to the door. . “Is he—have I-is he—badly hurt?" Jerked out between her sob: “Well, he won't die of it,” answered the doctor, with a twinkle In his eye. George was so much excited and relieved she The Doctor Took Of 1 Wiped Them. by the discovery he had just made that he answered in a tone which showed him to be in the best of spirits “It's nothing at all; it's a mere scratch, Miss Lowe. Please don’t make yourself unhappy. The girl turned slowly round, reveal- ing a most woe-begone and grief-stricken countenance. She looked anxiously at her father, and seeing by the expression of his face that she had really not done much harm, she began to dry her tears, although still carefully avoided meeting Llewel- "3 eyes. “My dear,” said Dr. Lowe, “go into the surgery and get me the box where I keep my bandages. I can. finish this business here, for it won't take me a minute, and it’s cold in there.” As soon as his daughter had left the room the old doctor burst Into a fit of laughter. “[ shail break her heart if she hears me laughing,” sald he, wiping his eyes. “Just now when I came in by the back way, as I usually do at night, I found her waiting for me, waving a black bag in triumph over my head, and telling me she had caught a thief, And she was so proud, poor child, of having inveigled you in here and detained you so long. She said she was in an agony of fear lest I should be late and you would get away, bag and But,” asked George, when the doctor had finished another roar of laughter, “what made her take me for a thief? Sure- ly a man may carry a bag without and dis- honest intention?” “She's an operator at the telegraph office, and she was at the instrument when a message came through to say that two thieves with stolen securities were coming down.” George stared for a moment in silence at the doctor and. then began to laugh. It was annoying to have gone through all the revulsions of feeling of the past hour for nothing, as it were. “But what made her decide that I must be the thief?” asked he. “Well, she met a policeman on her wa: home, who told her that the thteves ha‘ been seen to come In this direction.” Then George put a practical question which betrayed the interest he felt in his fair captor: “And do you let that young girl walk home by herself late at night over this wild country?” The doctor shrugged his shoulders. “She's as self-willed as ever she be. In fact, she's getting too much me,” said Dr. Lowe with a sigh. “I meet her in the town when I can and bring her home. But the gypsy won't wait for me, and she carries a revolver, as you have reason to know. Here shé comes again. For goodness sake say something to her so that she may not see me laugbing.”” Glasses and can for Fortunately for everybody in the rather strained state of affairs a violent rin; and knocking at the front door startl them all, and diverted attention from the awkward occurrence. Miss Lowe ran to the outer door, for the one servant had long since gone to bed, and when she re-entered the dining room it was with a policeman. “I beg pardon, doctor, but I've got a job for you here outside. We've caught the thicf; he had got about a mile be- yond here, when he found us close be- hind, and he jumped over a wall to get away from us, and broke his leg, not know- in’ there was a drop on the far side. He mvst have thrown away the bag he car- ried with the swag, for he left the town with one, but had none when we picked bim up.” “Is this it, by any chance?” asked George, producing the bag he had found in the garden outside. An examination of the contents proved that was indeed the case, and the thief, when he was confronted with it, confessed that he had thrown it into the garden of the doctor's house as he ran past, thinking the high wall would mark the spot Gare 4 for him to return and re- cover it if he should evade his pursuers. When asked what had become cf the woman who had accompanied him down in the train, he explained that he and she had parted on finding themselves pursued and that she had made for the village of St. Placid’s. George Llewellyn remained at the doc- tor’s house that night, and, although there was a shyness between Lily, the daughter, and himself, he had a very pleasant chat with his host, who explained that they had left his old house in the village for the one which they now inhabited. And the shyness between the young people wore off before George went away on the following day, for this little bit of dialogue passed between them: “It was very stupid of me not to recog- nize you.” “Recognize me! How absurd! Why, when you came here last, fifteen yeu ago, you were only ten and I was five!’ “Do you think you will recognize me next time I come? “What, in another fifteen years?” “No, in less than that.” “Perhaps I may.” And George Llewellyn came again 60 soon and comes so often that the doctor feels sure it will end in his taking Lily away with him. ———— A CHINESE JEWELER. His Methods of Working the Gold Are Unique. From the Chicago Times. One of the business enterprises in Clark street, near Harrison, is indicated by a sign bearing inscriptions in two languages. The Knglish reads: ‘Lung Fan, Chinese jewel- er.” A translation of the other announce- ment makes it: “The Lung Fan company, makers of the ornaments of yellow gold,” which, though more discursive, practically amounts to the same thing as the senten- tious English statement. If the visitor or customer has the good fortune to gain an entrance he will be welcomed by an urbane, polished Mongol, who kowtows like a court official and talks in a soft, suave, musical voice. “Hola! What you want? Want buy some lings for girl? Have cheap! Look here, two ling of gold, very fine. Yin Ling he order for his girl Sadie two week ‘go. Ling play sometimes too much fan-tan; some- times have plenty money, sometimes bad luck, no money; he come back by’m-by sometime.” Lung’s custcmers are mostly Chinamen, although sometimes a white man drifts in in search of a bizarre bijouterie, but as a rule his clients are the weaithy Chinese gamblers, most of whom have either wives or sweethearts. Lung never keeps his trinkets in stock, but works only on order, and what few bracelets, rings, pins, ete., he has on hand are the orders left by Chinamen who were in big luck and who “went broke” before the completion of the desired articles. The method of working the gold is unique. First, the werkman puts the rough piece of metal into @ soft black gum, which al- most immediately hardens to the consist- ency cf cement, holding the gold as in a vice, enabling the artisan to carve and file with ease. The workmenship is of the finest quality, both in regard to design and finish, and marvelously cheap, hardly anvthing being charged for the days end days of patient labor, ———-+e« DONE FOR REVENUE ONLY. And the Chinaman Justified His Hy- pocrisy by Citing American Examples From the New York Herald. The “ways that are dark and tricks that aro vain” of the “heathen Chinee” are rot exemplified alone in familiarity with the resources of the card sharper’s trade. I will acknowledge that my determination to employ Hop Sing as my laundryman was largely Influenced by the fact that conspicuously displayed about his little shop were sundry Christian mottoes,*such as “The Lord giveth and the Lord tuketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord; “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord;" “God bless our home,” and so cn. From this I inferred that Hop Sing was a brand plucked from the burning. I grew to quite like the fellow, and often had oc- casion to reproach myself that I fell so far short 6f his standard of imperturbavle good nature and untiring industry. I never doubted the sincerity of his conversion un- til the other day, when happening to drop in with my weekly bundle of collars and cuffs for the wash, I found him tacking up some chromos of sacred pictures. “Why, Hop,” I said, delighted, “if this thing goes on you will soon be holding a Sunday school class of your own here.” I thought for a moment that I detected Hop in the aot of winking his other eye at his companion, but I was probably mis- taken, “No,” he replied, with an expression of infantile candor, “me no teachee Sunday schoolee; me takee tlade good. “Why,” I said, when I comprehended him sufficiently to take in the purport of his answer, “do you mean to say that you put up these things simply to attract cus- tomers?” “Allee same likee Melican man,” he ro- plied, with a grin; “allee same.’ Mellzan man ‘takee Chinaman’s joss signs, put ‘em on tings, make um sell; make ‘em tink Chinaman make um. Why for not China- man puttee Melican man’s joss signs round um shop; makee Melican ‘man feel good; makee Melican man give Chinaman work?? I knew that Hop Sing was guilty of gross hypocrisy, but for the life of me I could not think’ of anything to say that would convince him of the heinousness of his of- fense. And though I have lost confidence: in him, X still let him wash my collars and cuffs. soe The Trick of Resting. From the Chicago Tribune, Few women know how to rest as they should. ‘hey think that they must un- dress and go to bed to be thoroughly com- fortable, ‘This 1s a mistake, provided there 1s a tabouret or Iittle footstool in the room on which the feet may rest while the other part of the body 1s supported by a chair. You can read and rest comfortably in this fashion, and let it be whispered right here between ourselves that if we want to gain a maximum of rest in a min- imum of time we should copy that inele- gant but healthful trick of the masculine drones and put our feet occasionally high- er than our heads. Fashionable women, to whom the necessity of never showing fatigue and of ever looking their best has taught this knack, fall into this posture whenever they are in the seclusion of their own apartments. ——__+-2+—____—__ “Tobey or Not Tobey.” From Life. PASKOLA VINDICATED Gross Ignorance Exposed Its Value and Healthfulness Fully Established. The results obtained by certain professed chemists in an attempt to analyze Paskola are so far from the truth that we have every reason to believe the perpetrators to be in the employ of rival manuf: turers (possibly people interested in“ prepara- tions of cod liver oil), Whose business bas been injured by the merited Popularity of Paskola. is suspicion ts strengthened by the fact that the untruth- ful enorta ag to the ‘com, of Pas- Kola have been widely eirculated through the mails and otherwise. Ai the things the 80- called “chemists” have stated ts that Pas- Seas eel otis lucose Fle acid, ‘the ridiculous: ness of ‘which assertion will be made clear bj the following experi ment 7 two pint bot- flea and in one place a blespoon: glu- cose und in the other a like quantity of Pas- kola; fill them with water, shake thorough- ly and add to each for- ty drops of muriatie or hydrochloric acid, in order to. imitate’ the acidity of the natural gastric juice. Having previously finely mine- ed a quantity of rare or raw lean beef,chick- en, the white of hard- bolled eggs or sinilar foods, put into each Bottle one ounce, Im- merse the bottles in warm water and carefully maintain the contents at a temperature of 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenbelt, frequently shaking in order to thoroughly expose the food to the action of the solution, In the course of a very short time the contents of the bottle containing Paskola will be seen to un- det ‘hange, and in two or three hours the food will have become entirely dissolved or digested; its of the other bottle ———— lucose and acid will show no change bey the a slight difference in appearance. If you have neither the facilities nor the inclina- tion ito make the test for yourself, we have no doubt that your druggist will be giad to try the experiment. The tubes herewith show the results of a test made in our own laboratory, the cuts be- ing from (a photogiaph. No. 1 contained glucose and No. 2 Paskola. What are we to conclude? One of two things; either that the so-called “‘chem- ists” are ignorant or dishonest. Glucose no digestive properties. This is a well-known fact, whereas Paskola ix giving relief to thousunds of dyspeptics, @ truth attested by the unsolicited testimonials that pour in upon us. The presence of digestive ferments in Paskola cannot determined by chemical test. No one has ever seen digestive ferments in a pure form, and the only way to determine thelr presence is ‘by obsey- ing the effects which they produce upon food. This is a fact recognized by every authority, and will be found stated in Foster's Physiology and other standard works, ther thing whlch these rant and Jealous riv: ve said about Paskola is that inasmuch as its basis is pre-digested starch, it 1s calculated to encourage diabetes. We ‘cannot better answer this charge than by noting a ragrapt wa & report mai to Mayor Gitroy of Rew York by Dr. Cyrus Edson, ‘commis: sioner of health for the city of New York and for the state of New York: “Pre-digested starch is starch in the exact condi. tion that we find it prepared by the digestive or ins for assimilation. It fs pre-eminently a fat- forming, heat-producing food. ‘Under a diet of pre- divested starch or glucose a man can perform more uuscular work than under any other single article of food. Pre-digested starch not only {is not in- Jurious, but it 1s an essential article of food, with- out which in some form man canuot enjoy life ‘This letter from Dr. Edson was written in answer to an inquiry from the mayor as to whether or not pre-digested starch was healthful. Paskola contains a special form of pre-dl- gested starch as well as digestive ferments, and js not alone a fattening food, but it aids the digestion of other foods in the stomach, Just as you may see ‘ta the Above experiment. ‘The tired, feeble stomach of the ‘dxspeptic ts | too weak to do its di It needs a little 4 ‘This help Paskola <i Its use is at once fi lowed by a sense of well - being, strength, vigor and courage. ‘The appetite improves ond the sufferer can cat with comfort where be- fore distress followed every meal. Paskola corrects emactation and thin sufferers in weight its use. Con- tives will expe- rience a thousand thunes more benefit from it than from the uw: disagreeable, na ing cod liver of often does more harm than good. — Consump- tion need “not prove fa- tal, if we can arrest the loss of flesh, for Its victims virtually die of starvation, . Send for our interesting pamphlet and learn about this wonderful preparation. 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WESTERN. EXPIRISS—Pullman Sleep- ing Car to Chicago and Harrisburg to Cleveland. Dining Car to Chic 7:0. PAM” SOUTHWESTERN EXPRESS—Pail- man Sleeping and Dining Cars to St. Louis and Sleeping Car Harrisburg to Cincinnati, 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS—Puliman Sleep- ing Car to Pittsburg. {50 A.M. for Kane, Cananaizua, Rochester and Niagara’ Falls daily,’ except Sunday, 10:30 A.M. for Elmira and Renovo, daily, ex- cept Sundey. For Williamsport daily, 3:1 p.m. 210 P.M. for Williamsport, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with Slesping Car Washington to Rochester, 10:40 P.M. for Erie, Canandal Philadel Ne York Kast. Paslor Cats SS DI emo tant more, Yi Tat stor Pal nts, week 08, (ining Gaye tbo, 8300 (Ot Tal Calrillee dt 5, 4: 6: E 7:05 (ining ‘car }» 7:20, 11:00 (ining Gar) 200. end Tt cos ys 1D, . Past Express 7:50 am. week days. m. daily. Baltimore, 7:05, 7: 10:05, 00:90, Tito and 165 am aSI8; ar Lim! 11:00, 00 Limited), 10, 10:00, 10:40 and 11:33 20 a.m. and 4:36 p.m. For Annapolis, 7:20, 9:00 and 11:50 a.m. and p.m. For Pope’s Creek Line, daily, except Sunday. 20 p.m. duily, except Sunday. Sundays, 9: um did 3) pin ue press basen otic it ine x] for Ri Jacksonville and Tampa, 4:30 350 "pm Gaily. Richmond and Atlanta, -m. daily, Richmond only, 10:51 a.m, week ‘Accommodation for Quantico, 7:48" a.m. Aaily and 4:25 p.m, week days. For Alexandria, 4:30, 6:35, 7: 10:57, 113 F 8:40, 9:45, 20, 4:25, 5200, 1 140, 3: 10:10 and i1:39°p.m. On ‘Sunday 3 Be and Bs 45, 9:45 a.m, 2:45, 6:15, jexandria for Washington, 8: 9: 10:15, 10:28 a.m, 1 80, o: 9: a.m., 2:15, 10. ‘Ticket oftices, northeast corner of 13th street and Pennsylvania avenue and at the station, Gth and B streets, where orders can be left for the check- ing of baggage to destination from hotels and residences. 8. M. PREVOST, 3, R. Woop, pgyenerat Maniger, General Passenger agent. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD, Schedule in effect November 18, 1594. Leave Washington from station corner of New Jersey avenue and C street. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited — trains, 11:30 a.m., 8:00 p.m. Cinclanati, St. Louis ard tg Vestl- Pn eh rg ai evel ex] . a “Jor Latiagtos and) Gtamatos ‘or on a unt 11:30 a.m, For Winchester and vat a For Luray, Natural B: Chattanooga, “Memphis 1428 N. Y. Ave. 22-284 VOWDOSVA GOETHE THENTOOO p.m. daily: ‘sleeping cars through, For Luray, 8:80 pm, daily, For Baltimore, week x7:10, x7: 45-mioutes) 45-nilnute),3: and 41588 pat, amines 235 p.m.” Sundays, 45-minutes), x9:30 a.m., x12:00, G00 sS-minutes), “25, 4:81, 230, x8:00, x9°0 sie m), 10: : p.m. 8:30 a.m. in. es roaaies 19:00, ali:3) a.m. D115, 04:90, For Hagerstown, a11:30 a.m. and 15:30" p.m. For Boyd and way pricts, *7:00 pn. For Gaithersburg and way points, 26:00, 28:00 BiTido PigO% 88:00, “94:83, *5:80," #7208," B0:40, For W Junction and way points, b9:00, £ Exprese ‘tress stoping at principal only, 04:30, a5:80 p.m. ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the east, Tock, Saye. 2:20, 8:00, 0:00 a.m. Dining Car), (12:00 Dining Car), 3:60, ©:00 Dining Car), 8: (2:80 p.m. Sleeving Car, open at 10:00 o'clo- Sundays, 4:20, (9:00 a.m. Dining Car), (12:00 Dining 8 00, (5.00 Dining Car), 5:00, (11:30 Slee] ag gor ot emaenac Je pm) For Atlantic City, 4:2) wan 12: noon. Sundays, aExcept Sunday. xExpress: trains, @ called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co, on orders left at Hcket offices, 619 and 1351 Pa. ave. and at depot. RB. CAMPBELL, “CHAS. 0. SCULL, 219 Gen. Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Wiedmont Air Line.) Schedule in effect November 18, 1894. trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania Passenger Station. una 8:00 A.M.—Daily—Local for Danville. at Manassas for Strasburg, daily, sowed yt and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk Westera, 01 A.M.—Daily—The UNITED STATES FAS MAIL rries Pullman Buffet Sleepers New aay and Washington to J: cksonville, uniting at Char- lotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Pull- man Sleeper New: York to Montgomers, with con- pectlon for New Orleans; connects at Atlanta with jeeper for rmingbam, ne el Tenn, and Kansas City, ae 343 P.M.—Daily for ‘Charlottesvil roUg! train for ‘Strasburg, daily, except. cat = - 10:05 P.4.—Dally NEW YOKK AND FLORIDA SHORT LINE LIMITED. | Pullman Sleepers New York and Washington to Augusta and Tampa acd Pullman Double Drawing Room Compartment Car w York to St. Augustine. First-class day coaches Washington to St. istine without change, 10:43 P.M.—Daily— WASHINGTON AND SOUTH: WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers and ' Dining Cars, Pullman Sleepers New York ‘to Asheville aud Hot Springs, N. C., via Salisbury, New York to. Mem- is via Birmfagham and New York to New Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery. Dining Oar from OTRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND INS ON WASHING AND OnK 5 VISION leave Washington s 2 P.M. daily, except Sunday, and 6:53 P.M. Sundays ‘only, for ill, and 6:33 P.M. datiy for Hera- dou.” Returning, ariive at Washington 8:34 A.M. and’ 3:00 P.M. ‘daily Round Hull, and AM. dally, except from Herndon only. ‘Through trains from the ‘South arrive at Washi ton 6:42 A.M., 7:42 A.M., 2:25 P.M. Pal daily. Manassas Division, 10:28 A.M. daily, Sunday, and 10:28 A.M. daily from Charlottesville. ‘Tickets, Sleeping Car ‘reservation and informa’ furnished at offices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania ue, and at Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Sta- tion, W. H. GREEN, W. A. TUR! General Manager. —_ General Passenger it. nid L. 8. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass. rt, CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Schedule in effect May 13, 1804. Trains leave daily from Union Station (B. and P.), Oth and B sts. ‘Through the grandest scenery in America, with the handsomest and most complete solid train sery- ice west from Washington. 2:25 P.M. DAIL’ ‘Cincinnati and St, Louis Special’’—Solid Vestibuled, newly Equipped, Elec- tric-lighted, Steam-! ed Train. 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