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rw " : CER ps s2z3vys HE i i : 2 7 £ g 1 # 8 = 8 8g i i 3 : alg 88s i 25! 5 ¥ 32 f k £ i sn 3H ! SE SUR SS Three of us were sitting in an inne apnrtaent of the small frontier' host | 3 i ad. packed with yon elry, The barroom miners, and, we | n to | our supper served by ourselves, as wef had ppointed to go on to Ouster City in| mpany. © Tt was in 18--,' she began ; 'T had open just made the acquaintance of Captain Boswell, as he, having some 'business matters to arrange with father. had oulléd at, our place several times. Fin- "ally, there caine a rare day in autumn, and he and father were closeted to: i gether the greater part of the day, overhauling papers, mbmoranda, deeds | &, and receipts. My father, at the time, was doing a great deal of business as an attorney. , 'At tea time father said to me: 'Bess, you wow't mind an evening alone, so long as Thomas is about, will you? * ¢ 1 said no, for although there were many robberies being committed in - | the. neighboring cities, private faniilies 2 | in the suburbs felt no fear, .Qur;hoyse was a mile from the city proper, and a half a mile from neiglibors either way. 'We find, he_eontinn eh up. [a fire. as that from warmed the sitting- this 'mild' weather. gold fashioned, very, jo the sitting-room |? ficient capacity for | We bad cheerful, on; but the house, be- tr trol pile, was getting some- ed, 'and' the partion Raes had fallen in.-- nt to clean out the make repairs, but the ne was suspended on beh arrival of Captain Bos- rtant business affair. 8 enjoyed immensely to v sparkling fire in the place, but as affairs 80 I mused in the I took no heed fall approashing peousin Milly, absent when her called and returning downto stay with me. ith a sie to answer her t jealous of her 'came, and with sonorous peals, to strike 11.| Under cover of ita echoes there 'w , soft steps in the hall, and the bolt of the outer door was withdrawn. The huge flue must have acted like a telephone, 'for I heard every. sonpd with fearful distinctness. First there was a pause by the door of the sitting. room, then breathing init, then whisper " I heard Thomas distinctly, when he said : } ¢Bhe ig'nt here ; she's gone to bed ; but the money is in the library.' ¢Be cautious,' advised a strange voice, 'and. wo may not have to hurt her.' t They carefully retreated, and my heart struck off the seconds against my ribs in n way that was suffocaring, for I knew their search would soon be over, and what then! +n less than five minutes they were whispering in the room again, *Oonfound her I" aspirated Thomas, ¢ghe took the money with her.' ¢ Then we'll have it if -- The pause meant all .that words could convey, ¢The cold sweat was coming out of every. pore; of my body. The dust of the creosote had penetrated my mouth and nostrils, and I had to take one hand from the rope in their absence and place a finger upon my lips to. pre- vent sneezing, . "Come, hurry, called my distressed father; and both men dashed from the library,' "1 now strove to descend, but the movement brought bushels of 'mortar and broken brick from #ll sides and closed up the flue, T ae me of the .rope, and by sticking my toes in here and there 1 went up the chimney hand over hand. in . ¢ Agile as a cat, when I reached the top of the low chimney I sprang down upon the roof and began ealling loudly for father ~ Gf 'You should have heard them run through the house and haloo before they' located my voice. At last the captain came out of doors. * Will you get me a ladder. please,' said I; 'I want to get down here.' A ladder, Jason,' shouted the cap tain, ' the little girlis on the roof' « For the love of heaven, how come you there,' said my father, as I Janded upon the ground and began shaking the soot from my clothes. "1 went up there through the chim- ney, papa. But you had better put up the horse--you will have to groom him yourself to-night--and then 1 will tell you all about it. 'The captain led me into the honse, for I was trembling violently. * 2g 4 Now, # able chemistry as der d applied by Thomss Hollo-, way have proved equal to this mighty task. His famous remedies, impart £4 the stream of life a disinfecting pring ciple which 'freés the sybtemn from all impure and poisonous elements: Thiy powers of chemistry are almost beyond. caloulation, and us he has brought 'them 'to bear upon all the jatil disease in those invaluable | vegetable. compoundsknown as HoLrowaAx's Pints AND OINTMENT, they have compassed their hights and holiest object. Steam, as the great motor, is a. sub- sidiary agent. Its usefulness consists, mainly, in conveying substantial benefits, with speed and certainty, to the fields in which they are to operate, It is simply the bearer of blessings, not their origingtor.. Ofall the freight, which it carries over land and sea, there there is perhaps nono so precious 'as Holloway's remedies. It is scarcely a figure of speech to say that whitherso- ever it conveys them it flies "with heal- ing on its wings." "i 'i, Under the influence of the Ointment; the skin, however disfigured by erupt-, fons or exorescences, becomes a fabula. rasa, pure, spotless, and transparent ;