Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
y fas LY i thirtyesin, Shetia, and you're he sald, slowly. “lve ween Who ‘thoughe they never CHAPTERS Drought hone be (Copyright. 1901, br ¢ “] HARDLY know Yeu means 1 stammere wt woe ther ta tell -exeen iow edroad?” Roger jooke vt ak 1 taken 1 SIR ul Micieieiicinieisininin Bs eos Os os Oe I SPRANG UP WITIDT A FAIN I PANTED. he said; “perhaps—the nix You did not seem to wish what passed bet n you int ecene. And I thought she mi “She sald nothing coherent at al broke In. “She only murmured a few strange words which I could not under- stand. Are you—xoing to tell me any- thing, Roger? “By and b “Before we come to things to ask. Shella @ month ago, weren't 5 "Yes," T replied “You are almost a clilld still, my poor little cousin. Yet Aunt Ermyntrude was married before aho was m older. Did she ever si the time when you wot “Oh, yes, mhe spoke of Gometimes. 1 suppose all mothers do, “And the man you would one ¢ Had she anything to say he sald, smiling faintly 1 have ce: uowere eleh I felt myself, grow scarlet, “1 4on't wee that you have any right to ask me such things," I sald. “They were be- tween mother and me. “I think I am answered, Shetla!’ he exclaimed. “Well—you know what her wishes were, and you won't be surprised to hear that mine are the same. I hav always loved Qvtiowanted you, dear, since I saw growing from a bewitching child into a beautiful young woman.” had been sitting In a chutr op- the sofa where I had tuken a ut he rose, and, coming to me we jown on one knee, not in a the: atrical, dover-like way, but as a big er might do with a little sister. ‘And very gently he laid his hand over my. two, that were clasped tightly to- gathersin my lap. i You are #0 young, such a child still, he went on, before I souta speaks and Jealsting my efforts to draw my hands fom under his, “that you need some one to take care of you. I want to oe u @, dear, And she who Is gone we rou know, If it were not XY would not have spoken yet. fahe would not have wished me to Pe delay. tAttle girl, what have you to say to ? You have lost the one you loved ‘on earth; but here ls one who loves nge!" 1] at that fake it his to-day! water prowgit up wae hisiness t this ts de the sim! rage from his stood before me. pone there wes a girl who ri Staldenty they changed ROG truth, him, for] a time: ns H if she would at least, 1 tomed too the ny i © Roger | ty arched Yvdy ming ow? m the edge Ake ft was stand moe, Knows th: over and T should not are sertousr ie. ix \ at the last of t e ances of your birth: her miud, when she would ‘mak learn to care for me." ay it at try to break tt 1 xatd, my Nps very dry, everything y will, if you c brought. ts happy If you Bently, “Tell rit.) You have helleve that) you That Is not the to born abroad, ot important nt Cope, AN my mother twice mar- Ermyntrude Was not your up wit ry Tt Is not true “It te true, and tt faint, wanted. Hl 1 be eusily proved. | Tam not the only one who Knows tt. | There are other witnesses in whose mouths the truth shall bo established There {s not a drop of Cope blood In your veins, poor jittle, desolate Shella.” “Desolute, Indeed! “HC tt be tru: hn, T if you cnaoue—why was I ui Why was T left to hear it from Why should T not be the one to tell you, as tenderly as such a hard thing ean’ be told. Had Aunt Ermyntrude lived you would have been kept In tg- horance at Jeast unti! your. marriage. Then It would have been ax your hi: band thought best. Ah, would have protected and if you would Nave let me! choking } Sheila, how 1 Ua even more than she did. Will you me for a lovor instuad of a cousin? Roger, L cant—[ can't!" 1 ox: How T wish yout hadn't, sald tt You aL we Must are very kind, Ko more." \asome fi 7 ho perals cousins, and—nothin, te hardened ni little. ited. “You don't dis. sponded dublourly, “But 1 foro," I vt love y' “P don't expect love at first—not the ‘of tore I feel for you," he sald, wi ‘ou are almost too young to know what love means, Trust yourself fo me, dear, nd trust me to teach you ptaning.” FT hook my head and £ was beginning to grow Tmpedient “You couldn't,”* | sala, "t Know enough lova, by ‘instinct, to be sure that You could never teach tt to me, You might try for a hundred years and it ‘ould be Just the vame at the end aw tt ML One Knee by any aide, tht tat te into my, strange Weak . ghtelded you aver ret ttt not too late. Look at me; I'm out my arms to you, Dont? Into the world “homelesy, Stay In -this shelter and you. will miss anything that was ever yours.’" “Homeless—pennileas!" 1 echoed, ‘Wna- aly; “E don't understand,” gen “It Aunt Ermytrude had left aw she would, dou! stie aaa Saved 4a daughter,” Roger went on, “Had she done so it, Yor 1 ed ‘all | have was her lawyer and bustnesy matters for her CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Hava Alwajs Bought Boars the m4) “BY MRS: C- N- WIL (ees ai eS eeteintentnr | pu ‘ “No, but eBut whi oa SUN a 1 exel ww 1 onaid the po wa. (1 stopped tus h selfixh, utterly une Tis AT THE GARDEN. lives at No noo i volunteerest Nd Ls attempt the f who he foolhari with night, “kone Living Mack has gaines diver and he is a fair bi s experimental trip w of a score of with im Shela. 1 ne. hew loop eA similar duliy to one torn down several weeks ago Mut of erying Outt latter Inspector Thompson had f den 4 publle performance of the oun feat The new in dlumete steep incline, Was supposed to ride at speed that the momentum wor alm around Incline path ooner th ldop about vd in ts s by the had struck me, I e—. hypocrite. a such which would stop had been ment over the question of compensa’ repasation asa high faigned in court, Yer: made feat after ulver- iy act to. man » dan, irty 1 ty 1 abd furt by hint Win ment nan Wich Diver Pitt j Him for the Task. Joseph Mack, whe tried pop the! yop" on a bleyele in Square y aware. Once or] Garden yesterday, is in Bellevue Hos ane miroly MUMMCUILY | pital dangerously injured. One tex ts qivige her tg broken in two places, he haw painful b: bru his body, and internal injar Mack {< twenty-flve years old and 21 Hast Fourteenth street y loop and up another her igh- was provided for AL ne m bin if ; progrees 1 vt yet fully realize what the iy eon ected bh rev Is morning must mean] A specially constructed bl oy {WR about M4 pounds fry Tonty felt the pain ef Knowing | the trid Mack, aecompanted the beautifal woman Thad wore] gtoan, climbed to the top of the incline urned on Rog (T. ned and feaved had never belonged minery. I caught J bite th > Re where ts a platform had been st hed within the protection, In case the perfe fall when he had re of the ineline, sy Ming were greatly excite ed himeeif an instant, sten the signal to « 1 i-int The moment the neavy forward on th it leaped downward by a spring. Witnesses saw a dart toward the loop, le pathway and fall ewt an Uh and the heavy Mack through the canvas net floor, The ponderous whe: atop of the man. fe ambut, roe Mummoned So, 3 aa Smita, nine: unconsclous so nye irool oshe ts ministered a of danger, She had cautions to prevent ing known, having re Iry marka from her ¢ For several hours any account of hers toll ver name and with her mother, stepfather wretched ny lin- reat trap, nd neal tinued.) In-er-seal Package n invention for preserving the goodness of delicate baking in all kinds of stores; in any kind of weather. dM, ark up TOOK POISON IN PROSPECT PARK YOUNG WOMAN SWALLOWED DOSE OF CARBOLIC ACID. morning in the Rose den wot Park Was taken to the physt now un 4 and A strip of canvas loop as mer should hed the top of the loop. When Mack mounted bis wheel and supported fy Sloan advanced uters in. the ack then gave wheel Upped narrow wooden pathway h impelled ob: the ftly to the tteyele crashed and fell ty the came down as picked up unconsicous and an wis alter midnight) tn 1 elaborate pre- her identity efused to mive but she hat she ally ved two cuit sold in In-er-seal Packages are always fresh and full of flavor, no matter when or where you buy them. ontrolled exclusively by the National l Its use insures the quality of Soda, Milk, Graham, Oatmeal, Butter Thin and Saltine Biscuit, Vanilla and Banquet Wafers, Ginger Snaps, Sultana . Biscuit Company. Fruit and Sea Foam. Look for this trade mark design n fown which the performer terrife LB. ‘DON'T LOOP (CARRIE ATION LOOP. FOUND. MACK’S DISASTROUS ATTEMPT | SENTENCE CUILTY. SUSPENDED IN CONEY ISLAND COURT. clin Hed | Convicted of Disorderly ( Smashing Cline Cane— An McKinley in Lecture. Nation was of disorderly Istand Court, Carrie charge Coney conv conduct in before Magistrate Furlong to-day. The Magistrate sus- mended sentence and allowedl her on her pledge that she would leave the Island at once, On Saturday Mre, Natlon smashed a cigar case Vatued at $150 contet@ing clgars costing $10, and then fougit the | Police who arrested Your Honor,’ her. 5 sald she when ar- what I did arrested me were dr All of the polleemen who nk. ‘| wmell beer. or whiskey now w York as soon ae she led declaration Nation's anti-canteen zeal Into intemperate igainat Park, Coney Isiand, turing last night, her lecture she sald: ves to die. brewer t ic ‘eVes jUFl wi xt he got and interrypted % comments where she the were FIREWORKS MEN STRIKE. Employees of n Staten Intand Firm Object to a Redaction of Wages. All of the employees of the Nordlinger- Charlton Fireworks Company, at Port Richmond, 8. 1, went on strike to-day because of a 10 per cent. reduction in thelr i employs about company atty Th was made would begin alked out of the wreed to whut down uncement np to-day factory, aL once, As this Ley busy season in the fire. { d t worke indus he strike will t ime. The etrikers 3 ry, CHILD KILLED BY WAGON. Two-Year-Old Roy Ran pown by Driver, Who Escapes, ear-oll Philip Diamond, of Was run over and ay at Bayard and NO KNIFE. Mrs. Hinkley, Indianapolis, writes: “The doctor said it must be an operation costing $800 and little chance to sur- vive, I chose Pyramid Pile Cure and one 50 cent box made mesoundand well.” All drug- gists sell it. Book on Piles, cause and cure, free by mail. Pyramid Drug Co. Mar- shall, Mich. on the ends of the package, be) “1 had a right to do They are a lot A of big-nosed, Satan-faced devils 1 be- eve every one in this court room has President McKinley at Bteeple- He and the; TOL. 3 AAATASESENAG! £155, 157, 159 East 3 | 3 dealer. Here are a few j not less than $€0.00; eale price.....-- Golden Oak Sideboards, sy Neatly carved. French bevel mirror, 2 awell top drawers, brass trim- 5 mings, actual value $15.00; sale price, 5, PY Morris Chair, in (2 carved golden oak, ps brass rods, adjustable =m backs, re- versible v our cushions arilaticcolor- ings, really worth$12.00; ¥ sale price, $7.99 a * LaLa wae ; back, drawers and com- designed and constructed. Estimates partments, actual value ‘given on xpplication. A complete and 2 Large, Handsome Tufted Ve-}s12.00; enie price....+++ $6.99 52 line o! Oriental Draperies on four Couches, like cut, in assorted colors and of latest designs, have pat- ent buttons (the kind that will not pull out), fine heavy fringe; realty wort) }quality, beautiful $10.00 cach; one to a pur- hacer; during valo....... ho ooh hepa nade dhabnenannnnnnanianadananinnannaant Two Doors West of 3d Ave. Fine Furniture at Lowest Prices. We carry the largest and finest stock of Modern Housefurnishings, both domestic and imported, to be found in any store in New York at the present time, and we can supply the same for less money than any other sale which we deem worthy of your consideration: Long Credit |75c.Weekly Opens an Account! Long Credit Artistic 5-Piece Mahogany Frame Parlor Suits, handsomely carved and polished, cord finish at edges, tufted backs, tinely upholstered, covered inexquisite figured eat n dames! ffects; regular price $1.10 $5.99 de; reduced tO coeesececvecee 23d St. | 207,2072, 209 Park Row. Just Below Chatham Square, sample offerings for Tuesday and Wednesday’s 1 Golden Oak Bookcases, fine- ly carved & pol- ighod—shelves ba large deep draw- ers; actual value § $10.00 ; snle price, ; 5.99 sold cleewhere for | Oak Wardrobe, highly polished, } bas ehelf & cloties hooks, finely carv- | | ed top piace; actuat $14.00; sale 8.49 Massive Solid Oak Extension Tables, clegantly polished, with massive, stylish round legs and handsomely carved centre pieres, best workinanship; really $7.99 worth $1 sale price only White Enamelled Iron Beds, extended foo. rails, brass mounts, brass vases, brass rods and brass apin- «les on head and foot, complete, with gool sot top mattress, double weave woven wire spring, two odorless, feather pillows, compl [eae fea her pillows, complete $7.85 Golden Oak Table Desks, set worth $12; sale price 8 fect G inches long, panel tides and}Cozy Corners, Turkish Chand. PRAT Brussels Car No Mail Orders Filled for Specials, 69c!OrEN SATURDAY EVENINGS, ts, double extra! styles und color THE ies Amusements al Amusements. Coward e2s.c00 ary sap EVENINGS, $99. ONLY MAT. SATUNt SALE OF SEATS FOR THB... Sense SHOe For Children, It wouldn't pay us to keep on advertis- ing a childs shoe year after year unless | had special merit. if there were no hing in it, people woull find ito} But the more is Known about the Good Sense Shoe. the mare Jt sells And,why| _sonter—cen. tobe. sun eiber Cerzme— | DEW cY! RENTZ SANTLEY soma: : | Girden Thoutre, [sseesvclaiaa ence rauew it ‘Underage Menehcosalan foraduiie ||| RICHARD 10¥ AMES S. COWARD, | Murai, tris 4 ete x Teeorg Greenwich Sta, nr. Warren st, S.¥. UWDoaneliy tack O- TBS e,- and rae SVeRy : Brooklyn Amusements. Troudles You ~ ‘ ] —-——- MATS: Amusements De OR eee cata Sutin teat i sti _| IME Pk ty ARTES THE ONLY ROOF |TO-NIGHT 222 yes cARNAL: ANOWSESR ate rosea,’ GARDEN | si. airees th tate ie soectal Weatares: | Trt, tony 0 ) OPEN | WALDLACK'S ton so) stats sats 215.1 Coy MONTAUK 2722 HM wey a Teh ave, | JAMES ry Ra {irs SAT. ONLY. ADISE |" MAGN Lrsc ULERSHS RUN FRANCS WILSON 3s u THY, STROLLERS HEYGEU MM tetanen yea | COLUMBIA} ST Patty Ex 1% of the LAD WHEK OF | | Vietort: and Republic Theatres, INTERAATIGNAL VAU i DVLL cH il ; ALS POM, Ave Moats CHINA & PAIN S FIREWORKS opm, Fasten ble Vaudeville ¢.s¢t i 7 win. ge F te i rs PROCTO! WOR a Sm ae $i Si. t (25iN SL! ig Ce R’ Mt sito ~ 20 ANY) & : NAT WILLS. O ROURKE & DURES Inthe 2 PRIRZKOW, MUDOx a MORTON HICH, ar HOWAHD @ WLAND WDRIDE STEWANT & GL EDEN “HEY WUSKE | And dpecial Attracts: AX. New Nroanar K Atenas WM. FAVERSHAM A ROYAL RIVAL EMPIRE Theatre. Evening:, $20. Matinee Saturday, 2.15. | | Nicht at, 250, JOHN OREW | The Seoond in Command, PRICES: =s'sisbd"weatatttges st The Rogers Brothers in Washington. GARRICK THE T 8. HoITy-TOITY Wert ah Revenant 2 DORA ; : TILs nEASON's NOW. Haves : i id ele Vi WILD SIOUX ee ay ACADEMY or MUSIC IZON A. 7 é % ‘ MANHATTAN BEACH. Ast. }] °° : AR echt HURTIG & AMERICAN 8251, 2suaye | ALINE Grand BEGINS TO-DAY AT 9 ASML $i y and 4th St INAL 38th St 1. ICKERNOCKER. trout = Kvenines, 6.15, Matinee Batunday at TEAL, 234 et.. near 6th ave, MERLY Koster & Blal's, ADEE ES ery Sunday Evening. MATINEE TO-DAY. HATRE. 3 LAST MATS. WED. & BAT. RE YOU A MASON? | Concert ax Mints x NIG 18: ack A °° UNDER TWO FLAGS. BERTH A Corts EBER & FELD QP atest way JO watt, & sEOIS Excursions. Amusement and Education Combined, DIPLOMACY. ' T erque ot UR’: ers, Glen Istat vake, nirreion Including Adeeson AT AQrostigon, BY RAIL TO THE SEA. MANHATYAN, BEACH. AVE On A! r s SHEN ANDO D Nat who Ane MIL ay w the K ne. ORMON W UP YORK STA 1 x XY MONDAY Neil Burgess” THE Caunty Fair) IQ Way CONCINUOUS SIL) W aad WENT IN POWs tarns PRICES, 236, Se. AND SD AVE ETROPOLIS ue LAM Hrenlogs 81K. Only Matinee “4 A ¥ » ovens tts BRIXTON BURGLARY, | O88 OF THE AAvest, . EWE wire nniNee beret MATS, WED. AND SAT. | Dalace trv BavMoTAS [The DEVIL'S DOINGS, UFgeare, ANDREW MACK More! caae Wyss n 2A a Ae Dayan.