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. “Aren't you dylng to hem- all about flit Mysterious 0ne'?‘ ' she asked 01 he? patron as soon as they had retired nu together. 7' '1». yes. certainlyâ€"tint Is. I am on- m in how u: you wm: to hell mo." "Only fancy.” continued Carmen. "Webb says the reason Uncle Frederic has taken such a fancy to you Is be- aune you are something like that pic- hre. Isn't he a qweer old fellow? Quite cracked. I always told you so." And Carmen laughed one of those maze. unhealthy laughs she some- times lndulged In. “Hiring. glanced at the Mace Indi- cated. and saw a heavy. velvet curtain drum across the wall. "Them In the picture I used to to." you nbout.” said Carmen to Margaret. on they stood In the draining-room. "I I“! made two more attempts to get a look at It since coming home. but It‘s of no use. He keep: It looked up more securely man ever." Bk Male displayed a slight mm: of the emotion which Md elected his a the In! eight 01 Innate! on meet- ” not min; but It was not ancient to be observable. Ind he "honed hthven with pculhr 'Imlh to Aliâ€" bot-ville. He Millet” him personi- ly through line whole of lhe Ine old Mine. and was delighted with the evi- dent ulna his collection of painting: and other specimens of arl held for Buthven. The girls accompanied the gunmen on this (our of inspection. which extended even to Sir Frederic's ”in (e Ipartinenls. And when Ila-rot, to who. m n no: can-ed Hie annoy-9. lacked any“. Carmen laughed aloud and “flared no believed she had detected MI In | Dove ulcer ill-my. ad that ‘0 had nly [mulled the confidence .5. III at.“ u hunt on her. And It. would live gone on with the joke I! the MM tun that runs to her that“ on. had not checked her. at WM I'M I mouth.“ firm. I“ m. nil-mam you-a vo-n. cut ln lumen tau-u. «ton; will. no! mum Inuit-I. mud to In u «to a rumour on! M which to an. IN,- cnonmty 0! null: gnu: a "on mm m Ilka-hm db: brunt" ‘Iy In". I mam you". not mm in“ on: Inl- l- but cm: ll- 1 “I Una “may." all! whispered II W's on on (M m mutiny; “I should. I en la" you. Be «our: hot Ilka I guttin- II no text 00- ~57 not in ad mind-Mb. with M. an Rune. um. pin-ll Wilma. In ltd M. I. you; n. In pol-boll... ‘11 it :- unable lo you-on. I in. I any (or you; thh In“ all fine. you In" teld u no my“ umL" “oi: an -m be cur-nu!" ma Inn-tn. delighted". "I null MM .1 vial! no noel ”I" 1.4 no In I luv dun now may lm finial W for “mum. acllAP‘l'ER x.â€"Ooxnxusm. “Uncle is writing to Mr. Ruihven himself on the subject; but you must do All you can to pursuadc him to come," wrote Carmen. “(or ii is the peach and mulberry season, and we girls will have such a lot 0! fun while the guardians amuse each other. Uncle in most anx- ious in know Mr. Ruthvon, of whom he hu heard so much. And I am dying to too you. I hive such I story to tell you of ‘The Mysterious 0ne.’ There was an awful row just before we left. Uncle caught him “It!“ with me in t lulmny. altar every one had gone to bod. and wanted to give him in custody for a burglar. However, they explained nation and made it up again, uni l hilave The Mysterious God has been invited to Abbot-ville. but i am not sure. I don't know how it will III and. no I don't an. By which. I suppose, you will judge tint my heart in not very dmdlully olectod. Well. my door. l'vo Iol nude up mind at: that “bloc! yet. no I can unruly be expected to inform you. But he" very nod looking. as I know you um snow who: you no In photograph.” "sun to so or not?" asked Ruth- m with n Inna. n he handed 8|: Mark'- hunt to Inn-urn. 'wm you come. loo?“ no exclaimed. i' Input; smiling. "You’re rind!” Mn, II'I you», Car- “I think I am‘. He is very m mm: son of mu; CHAPTER XI .pfi'm “M ‘0 HY HIV rm "calm 5y I]: “do": ”we! and In who cut Ibo ol- nou Mal-lily. Our-n. who am. Io CM lulu. M an: a... «not Runyon run an mum and «Intr- mq. Ho ya II 5'“: a l mu In! The girls were not to occupy the same lroom together this time fiarxaret beâ€" Em; placed on the opposite side at the ‘eorrtdor. As soon as Carmen had left her nione. she burst into a flood of tears. It was hard to learn that llam- iiton had so soon forgotten her and all the promises he had made; still harder to find that he had deserted her for her holom friend. Yet how glad she felt in the midst at her tears to rrmemher that. she had not confided her own blt- ter disappointment to Carmen; a secret whleh she now resolved should be lor- erer looked in her Breast. No one knew it but Mr. Rnthven and herself, and she could trust Mr. Rnthren. As the remembrance oi his goodness and gentleness to her come into Margaret’s nind. s warm feeling of‘ gratitude stole over her. Even at that moment oi wounded pride. she wbuld rather be with Rnthven and without Hamilton than me vol-n; Ind. drying her tmn, she retired to rest. content in the be; lief that her guardian was fond of her, and would let her remain his compon- ion to let flte’n end. eye- ” one does one’n self. Now I thought Mm the handsomest fellow I had ever teen: but uncle says be Is anly a lolerahly good looking boy: and you don‘t appear to think much more rot him. Well. goodnlglnl, dear. I see I have nearly talked you to sleep. so 1 ill] reserve the rest of my news [or to-morrow‘ Only don't repeat what 1 mm to Mr. Rmhven till uncle has broached the subject to him." "And amine?" , "7““ "How funny I: In that other people never come to see things with me name "AM ya should have a lam like Ila-mo- to make you well lulu. I my one or hm terrible headache- a! Rom. and be Ind Io all hence he. led In me by the hour. It was awful- ly jolly. Don't you think he's very luau-e. Poul?" "Very Madame} "And amusing?" mud u that" h an old or m In. car." cried Ctr-OI. In "cram-m, ”may. u m M: ”for “do I: Mani-ed to p by Ir. Rmm'l ”lulu. Have you w 1 mm. Poul?" phat-ed with "all”. “My." '0‘. u m, It be can III." unit In no runway unveil-g. I! never do. mm mm In." "Car-v.3" Ibo net-Inca. urn-(l7. "lover harry II- uhu you an gum Inn to um b tro- lo you." “Who? Ill-Illa. Show!" "Who: did you ‘1?" «lad lawn. “Tim. not! I‘m In: the on! an o! the nu who. I tum! you to m and M ml you won (Ind. and the In It all not won you In a “man." "Why. ”he Ilnuflou Ou‘ In your (nub-'- m. Hamilton M. I own luv II In." (Ill IMIO «um m. In If "nun no I“. ml I h- Almu H: I“ m- llo you; an cu mum. in all cm... to am I. in ml “-0 and “am; lug-rot. II, do"! no “an? out n- III-l: fluent m-mu m loo luwouu lo so mum-Q. or an n. M .II‘ and. um i- am at It: Mu "0.. no! why should he in" "Am‘: m M III-nun hunch?“ "Prom MI; “at bâ€"nnâ€"ol m n-nzmifi-ulmvnllr. Rum“ vm m to the Inn. II II Mature! listed and leaned out of the open winder. The moonlight “rum do" II n flood of radium. an lighted up all 01th. «landed w- an. at tho urn. klfll‘ no mm. m tum. vim the «at land to mu lion. 0- nun. Do I“ (bl-Mu o! “lumen. and hi randy It. I“ been to bind nor-0|! don to I. MIN-fl to u- unhllh More no know u raw In such. "Oh. I do CI" In I menu". ll‘l always nice to hare I good- looking you; (allow hanging after you: but I hue no notion of Nadia: nun" do" to marry him. or Inytltu 01 um "It you don't care (or him why should you will: to "no?" "I believe so. and he said he would mm; but. meanwhile. I am not al- lowed to "Ito to bun. which Is hor- ribly turd." the wdenwall: and no It vent ml uncle found It out. and bundled me on home again/f “But he has asked Min to Abbot» ville?" "Without bola: Introduced?" "How particular you are; well, yrs, without belng Introduced. except by ourselves: then he followed me home. and the next day he threw a note over “You may have heard it before. or men him; who can tell In a his place like Landon." “Does he llvo In London. then?" "Yes: he was traveling. like our- selves. I met him first out walking, and we struck up a kind at acquaintâ€" I "II“ It An M An Underground no. lo- “ I. “to Country? Importation: of those precious none: have you away down. in is" they dropped to n lower point than for many years. only 8.768.000 worth Being brought to this country. The growth of luxury in the United State: is fairly mounted by the imports of til-month, nhieh in 1887 amounted to barely more than 81.801000. in 188’ they had reached nearly "1.000300; in typo. 313.- 000.030; in is”. 314.000.4100. This was the high water mark. They have inllen oil to lean than hall that iignre since. it seems more than mrprislng that no dinmond mines have ever been (”8va ered in the l'nltevl Staten. remarks the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Orcarionnl ‘ gems of this kind have hr-cn picked up in various states. the conclusion drawn ‘trom such discoveries being that they are rrstricted almost wholly to a belt along the eastern base of the southern Alleghanirs in Virginia anti Georgia and to another belt along the western . base of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. it is a melancholy fact that this country hardly produoes an average or $100 worth of diamonds annually. And yet there is hope ahead. Nobody can say with certainty that diamond mines rivaling those of South Africa may not be struck some day within the limits of I’ncle Sam's domain. Within the last few years some "finds" have been made which cause the experts of the gm- graphicai survey to shake their hcmls thoughtfully. in 1876 it well digger at Eagle. “19.. found a diamond or iii- tcon carats. Another one. wine yellow in color. was picked up on a farm bo- iouglng to Henry Endlich at Kohlso ville. Win. it weighed twenty~tour carats, being nearly as largo as 21 pi- geon’s egg. Mrs. Endilch kccps it as a memento of her deceased husband, Many other diamonds have been {mind in the same neighborhood. and geolo- gists are certain that they have boon brought down from the north in glacial drift. When ht “scored an 'Ncric'n amnion. It In to III: pflrgl. , "To dvfldo that not: of u husband I by at Mum- wm note In a 410ml! I‘ll"; but Nnmmn Show In - Ion. find when be clean lo an» us! at It. .34 A keen eye to thq nun chum. I do not um: tron IN! I luv of II- an be 'm nuke ducks All drake- ol your man'- proper"; but u to the can mun. l aha-kl this! one would judge {or her!!!" ”You would put no obstacles. than. I- the V" of (heir augment?” ll vu on the (I. at Rlzbna'l loam louilfllrmmvhokmol Hamilton Ellen'l cream"! at Inmr- u. but In rdnluod. A an any can on (M m and another to”; If rum to no wool at M. «our. "I! u u- hruon (or III- Plover. and aunt II- M “Mum‘- (mun pus-mu. lo: I! no Ila In fully a-waflay. lot the. Ild u at m monk". u to I“ 400-. am! no MIC! ”partway could to ulna“ than that «m which brought no you“ (“not In. mine: with the cm ho had unmet! “a (I. am he I“ aim devotion to at on. m It. um Nut. 80 he MM to anor (to pin 0! Hum "l-Iltfl'l mu Io Abbot-vim n Incl .- u, m N- nm. and In" the mull lo "I MIMI. "infill“... The A. R. U. rm take In (chambers. "In: no. I- he I you“ nu Iltcly Io unto the girl a no“ huh-Id. and no cum I and: nut-r?“ "Not It he In study and honoulm. My ntcco will have I consult-now tor- tune. Bho Inherits not only the united portion- ot her [other and nine". but also the house not! grounds 0! Abbots- vmc. "or bublnd. therefore. I1" have no need to work for her. and one II no Inlet-nun. poor 3m. In her n- prlcel nod mien. that I should be that“! to no hot unwind bolero ny- thlu upm- to lye-It." "And Id you want to ban my ooh Ion o! my I’MI. "unmo- Shun?" “You would not object. than. to bl- namlnx )llu Flower?" i "Not very well, begging your pain ‘don. He got up a clandestine cormâ€" spondence with Carmenwho in extreme- ‘ly thoughtless and undisciplined. and I should never have heard anything about it. i suppose, unless I had hap- pened to catch him. one evening, climbing up the posts oi the wrench. i thought he was a thief. and was about to collar him no such when he told me his name and address. adding he was a nephew to Mr. Ruihven." “i hope you kicked him well." Sir Frederic smiled deprecntinsly. "Kicking is not much in my line, Mr. Ruthven, but I examined the young fellow. and finding him to be h likely lad. and that Carmen had carried her flirtation rather in with him. i In- vited him to Abbotavllle. always sub- ject to your approval. that i might see something more of him helm I made any dot-lllon, one way or the other." "Mr. Ruthven.” said Sir Frederick. otter apaune,"mu¢-.h no I dealt-eel to see ' and become ac- quainted with om of whom the world talks so [oval-ably. I had another motive In asklng you to Abbotsvllle besides the hope of num- bering you amongst my lrlenda.” "Indeed. llr Frederic!" "And not an unnatural one. as 1 think you will acknowledge. When I was abroad with my neico last month. we met at Rouen your nephew. Mr. Hamilton Shore." “You did? What did you think 0! him DIAMONDS IN AMERICA. {pa (to In continua.) CHAPTER xn. l a EANWHILE the DOWNERS GROVE ' diEPORTER. two gentlemen were occupied In earnest converse below. fur. Gmpol. What men want today Is the pure Oospek not sensational arrmons or fun- ny "mien-34!“ H. 1!. Watson. DR. WILLIAM SALMON. When he flrat joined the Masons he was a member of the Jerusalem lodge of London. 6r. Salmon outâ€"liver! all his mule-.1:- poraries. "is old friends. who knew him intimately. all passed away long. long ago. His chlldron. with the ex- ception of one daughter. are all daad, although be 1m many grandchildren. who. to him. seemed in belong to anâ€" other world. [‘9 to the last Dr. Sal- mon retained most at his facnlilea. His sight was bad, but his hearing was only sllghtly affected. His memory was clear in ancicnt matters. hut poor for things of the last half century. Ullll a short nae More Illa death the patriarch o! Mllyn court 1m well In health. He “o well, slept well and felt "hsle and hearty." He runs at non. dined u C. and reured at 9. He need tobacco anlll he was on. Ild then gave It up. But he never gave up hln port. of vhlch he drunk two glasses dally. He was compelled to abandon Illa drlven over In: heantlful estate In Ills 100th year. 0: III: last birthday he melred commando" fro- )lr. Gladstone. -who expressed slnrcrr wlghes {gr Mm [zero egg! hereaftgr. the downfall of Napoleon. Ills cum: (I It. army mt"! not! by I torm- uu marriage 'an (he daughter of In" m. "a llherllnl from me In)" (M he (stale on whkll be Ilved for slow: a century. Ind on '3ch he filed. In. Salmon dletl at the an o! 75 you: In ms. It: last. For ten years he has lived in ‘ retirement on Ms Welsh 95mm and [or the past two years he has not been out of the two rooms in which he slept and ate. attended by two female relatives. There is no doubt whatever as to 1115 age. lucontestlble documentary proof exists that Dr. Salmon was born in 1790. He belonged to the ancient and honorable family of Salmons of 3lar~ ket chkham, Sul'olk. His father was I practitioner and a country gentle‘ man of rank in the llttle English town where the dead centenarlan was born. Dr. Salmon was the oldest member at the College 0! Surgeons. and that body has the proof 0! his great use. In' his )ouih he nus I sparkâ€"a (land)â€" and at onetime a surgeon in the army. He was not in the battle of Waterloo. but was on the field a let clays nner A Inn-hr of th- Human intern-“y (or "on Thu. Eighty You" â€"- ll.- -a-Inm III- [hula or Wncotlou- Wu 0- III. Wold Aflcuunlu. WONDERFUL AGE ATTAINED BY DR. \V- R. SALMON. HE LIVED 106 YEARS. freemasan in the world, died on ills estate at Peullyn court. Cawbrldge, G l a morganahlre, South Wales, re- cently, aged 106. The 55rd physician ‘completed his [06!]: birthday on March 11. William old ‘-‘ :mon. DR. C. C. lcCABK. Reyn~ oldest [may to Popular .2 Home. James Whiicomh Riley is immensely popular with every Indiana boy who knows him, and those who enjoy an lu~ timate acquaintance with the poet call him "Jim," just as it he was "one of their crowd." Mr. Riley made his debut as a platform talker before a group of boys who gathered in Indianapolis one evening with their parent; to hnar him tell some hear stories. That was eight- een year- or so ago. MARION W'Envnn. Marion McKeever. at New York. ller cast of features is essentially Ameri‘ can. She is tall and dark, and she brushes her soft hair all (mm hnr white brow. The modeling of lur figure is suave 1nd beautiful; her carriaze grace- ful. She nude her debut last winter at the first Patriarch hall. When she entered the ball room she was the cyno- sure of all eyes. she was exquisitely gowned. and from that night she has been a great hello, and she is considered one of the handsomest women who have ever made their debut in America. Miss {\feKeever Is a daughter of Chann- cey McKeever. a prominent clnh man in New York. Her brother married last winter the charming daughter or the eminent Dr. Draper. o! ”0.000 (mm the netmpomn elm-tn II manna». no II u “no“. ml- m. vlrlle nan. tum-unread u a child And gentle on I won-n. A Mod-In! loamy. The (Inna! sum new has prover slonl mum. Among the. n was Wu Dusted to tho meteoric by In (novel-III Collin-eo- No man in the entire range of the Methodist ministry presents ochnrncter fuller or color than Rev. Dr. c, C. Me- Cabe. whom the recent conference at Cleveland has invested with tho evin- copney. That he was to be a bishop every one of his brothers helioved. and Methodists will be well satisfied with the decision 0! the conference. He is now rounding his 6021: year. and is a native of Ohio. In 1800 he was a minis- ter. and wishing to take the port or s patriot-churchman. he became the chop- lsin of an Ohio regiment and marched to the war with his teliow citizens. it 'was at Winchester that he was shot and captured by the enemy, only to be sent to Libby prison, where utter four months' captivity he was let go. He rejoined his regiment, which was then at Brandy Station. but his health had tailed. and he was sent to the hospital He continued his work as a speaker for 3 the Christian commission in runny cities 0: the country. and returned to the minwtry when the war was at an end. He was new seat to Portsmouth, Ohio. where he improved his opportuni~ ties by building a handsome church. Later he took up church extrusion work and traveled for sixteen years in that cause. As secretary oi the mission board his work was nothing short oi marvelous. He has an absolute genius (or collecting money for missionary purposes. and was sent back to his is- bors in that ileld in last. and still holds that post. He predicted when first he entered the missionary service that the Methodists should have 51.000; 000 tor missions. ills prophecy is now a tact. in [our years he raised 1 deht BISHOP M'CABE: ham-mu and flame n to rum-mm or b. mum. and [or “lm-entnrs' flame. or “0'” M. M PATRICK o'nmmu. Wuhlnnon, n. a. an "HIV I I. .1 "lfl'm ‘ {BOLD ($3,000.. m ml nu. 1hr In" In... Cum. "II. In no." to Inn-m. I. 3!... I‘I‘All “mums. Inkkla. I... «norm. nu. PATENTSJRADE MARKS opium: om WE HAVE)! Beforc deciding on your Summer Outing. consult the "Four-Track Series." the New York Central's beautiful book of travel. mum-nudes eunuch-ea, ‘onrceel stwmtstzzg Wham. “madman!!- m" ' VAT" menace.“ It: In Yet h 9.3.3:. Irotllooikaoa 1618-. :8..- 63-3‘!‘ 8* Rhea... . {I to, 9% I... mil- 8. :31: l 3. Fl... 20'. TIE-25.8 39.38.91.» ,3D’?.V.O.'u§l.¢.s. Tim? 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Indigo-t sour stomach, mnstlpn . el’ow sklnw ayes tired leolh . in In ck and “do. norv'onn Ind wnlgfn . headache and dial- mn. bloating o! bowels and Ilmln. than drywluhwlnlllu uul fever. Dr. Kay‘s Reu- ovnlor has removed these a mum» and 1 ice! new min. (loll bless r. Kn ‘I Ran- onlor." It in cold bydrugxlsu at Is. and SUI) or sent by mail by Dr. B. 1. Kay Medlell 00., Lmahl. Nell. fiend sum]! (or large ample and booklet ' v'rrm 15: 56:7,..." mun man: A In. m an. 00.. Inna, '. 3. Fun. m. Ill. Only Smaparilla "cultured. F. t. mm. thou-um. run-M ‘ raw-xv. am! v "mt l-‘nIu‘l’nu. smer .., m. In .Qulmy.lh|. ml W’H'SKY MM" own. In. an Inn. Mr. n. n. “mun. flush.“ V VBLVEI‘EEN sxurr BINDING 'm an am: comm m» the” m hip nywtm-alormm- “in before me Every “hlnmfl. mm a! I‘m I _- NO AGENTS. noun. LIVER O lLAom