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f Irv tHe Fowler's ByN. & MAN WELL •5>' • ft?\ ; #|l' CHAPTER IX.--(Continued..) Looking on, thankful for his wife's glfamporary brightness, was Gervis. too encumbered by his robes of icl snow to Join the dancers, and molding his hanjd was little, misshapen )t;l|p3yb~she, toq, perforce, being a spec- ;j(|tator and never an actor in the merry ® jjEames of life. ff' "It's a pretty sight, isn't it, little ^^yb?" heartily said Gervis, determined his honest, manly fashion to be d of the wife he had won. Gladdy, light as a sprite, was dart Ids »P and down In the old-fashioned jlanoe, and every eye was fixed upon |tsr dainty figure, in its dress of ail jrery brocade. She, too, had blood-red perries fastened in the folds of her wedding gown and a great bunch on per left shoulder. i "If Leila had on a drew of silver feroeade, and diamonds on her neck, would look a thousand times pret than that thin girl!" was Syb's reply, as she glowered at the jhlnlBg little figure dancing up and j iftown the middle. L'.' Before the startled Gervis could col- . . * ject himself, to reply a disagreeable, low laugh made both 8yb and he torn oickly. Temple-Dene was liberty hall, and ihe scientist .had again shut himself in his room all day, deep in some Abstruse calculations, doubtless. But ie music and laughter had drawn le hermit from his cell, and he stood behind them, with a strange, locking smile on his thin lips. 'Little missy hM distinct powers of liscrlminatlon, evidently," Paul Ans- lell said, fixing his black eyes full on % $he frowning face of the deformed | fhlld. At the same time he lifted his y fight hand, but, on second thought, ^ propped it at his side furtively. & "You ought to have been among the te jlaerry dancers, Ansdell," said Gervis, pyjj|> little puzzled by his new friend. ^ "The merry dancers?" repeated the jcienttat quickly. | "Why, do you know Vhat you are saying? The merry ,|'T|ancers are the famous northern If-ftehts,. and we folk across the herring pond have a superstition that they ,,'Ajbre never seen save before some ter- f;^|»ole calamity." r While Paul was speaking his gase .figrew more intent, and his dark eyes teemed to be drawing out the soul l|f the deformed child. The frown had fhded from her uplifted face and in • |ts stead an expectant look leaped. It /Iras as though she were saying dumb- "I am ready! What would you have • ijrtth me, my master?" , ' "Well," retorted Gervis, whose eyes . X pandering back to the quaint old dance had lost the byplay, "If the mer- •;VA> *ry dancers are to bring a calamity, V ; ' It must be upon yourself, Ainsdell, see- we have no such superstition tjT ' r Among us that I know of." And he ~ ' , ' fttoved off, with a train of clamoring ^\ 'jfhildren at his heels. ' • '? The dance was over, and laughing, ; shattering and fluttering, the dancers, '• Hw and young, gathered around Lady J JFane, who, determined to have a va- V*."".1 Jrtety -of entertainment at her Christ- iv/- mas party/ was urging a shrinking, - jtihy boy to recite "The Mistletoe " •. Bough."* "You know/ Bobby, you can do it \ '• beautifully, and Mrs. Templeton ; " Would like to hear it so much!" Bobby Vane was the big brother m from Eton of the small li6per in blue * f#ltelvet who. clung to Gladdy's skirts .irhen he could. Bobby was a born reciter, but, un- ||>rtunately, shy--horribly shy. j: However, at last, cajoled, hustled goaded, the boy, with his ears and his knees knocking together ;,,-?ri'or he had never faced so large an audience--rushed at his task. After the first line Bobby felt his flet. His voice was good, clear, sweet round as a bell; it showed no hint breaking as yet The gay company, breathless and In­ tent, closed round the youthful reciter •S the o'.d legend in verse fell in clear, dropping syllables from his lips: ; ®he mistletoe hung in the eastle hall, i *§|nd the holly-branch shone on the old :• *1 oak wall, '#nd the baron's retainers ware blithe and gay, Keeping their Christmas holiday. | And as the poem went on all were t|rcibly impressed by the curious simi­ larity of their present surroundings ttt those detailed by the reciter. The old world ballroom, with its dark oak rafters, its rows of glittering armor--for Temple-Dene was noted for its armor--the "goodly company" of gallants and fair dames, the merry children, the old paneled walls blush­ ing red with lavish wealth of scarlet holly berries; while here and there and everywhere, in the most unex­ pected places, large bunches of mistle­ toe hung to tempt and entrap the un­ wary And, above all,' there was the :«iUef feature, the bride-- | The star of that goodly company. "I think we ought to carry it out the letter!" excitedly cried Gladdy, When the recitation was over, and the deafening applause cause shame-faced Bobby to flee for shelter behind a suit of shining armor. "A dear, wild child, this new daugh- tifr of mine/' blandly said Lady Jane to her dowager cronies, as Gladdy sped through the hall to the distant stair- footstep come behind him. So light w*s Its patter that Paul did not hear it, "You?" As he turned he faced a little figure in gleaming silver robes with patches of crimson here and there--blood-red berries--and at her throat a dazzle of diamonds.* , ^ It was Gladly, on tiptoe. ¥' "I have come to Ijide--to hidel& u* Her voice abruptly died away, tor Paul Ansdell's eyes held her. Her whole figure drooped, the joyousness died out of her small face, and her eyes grew large and dilated as they gftsed back, almost glued to those of the scientist * Motionless, immovable, she waited while he drew nearer to her. There was for her the fascination of the vie tlm for the rattlesnake. And while the two--master and tool --came closer and closer, there came floating up from below the sounds of music and revelry and gay laughter. The dancing had begun again, and there was a flash of changing' color as the couples whirled round, In the gallery a Strang* silence reigned. One little watcher, hidden close be­ hind a bank of ferns and festoons of holly berries, could hear her own heart­ beats. It was Syb, the deformed girl, who had stolen away from the throng of merrymakers an hour since. Something strange and uncanny ,had befallen Syb, some inscrutable influ­ ence held her prisoner. Her will was chained up, she was powerless to come and go as she would. But only so far was she dominated. Every other sense she had was alert. And she watched with wonderment the bride, whom she hated for standlnlg in the place that should have been Leila's, droop visibly before the slowly waving hands of Paul Ansdell, the sci­ entist* The strain not to lose any- tning in the strange scene being en­ acted before her was too much for Syb even to wonder why the long, lean hands went up and down, up and down, slowly and methodically. The gay music from below rose and fell,land between its bursts Syb's sharp, young ears caught the hiBsed out com­ mand as Paul Ansdell bent over the little crouching figure in silver bro­ cade: "Go! Do'my will!" With a faint, almost inarticulate cry Gladdy straightened herself, and, turning, went slowly along the gallery. Paul' Ansdell's eyes followed her until she disappeared on the opposite side. The music below ceased with a crash of Qjiords, the dance was over, and in the lull Syb heard a sharp click. So did Paul Ansdell, for he quickly lifted his head, and a gray pallor crept over his face. Then he hurried away in the direc­ tion of the bachelors' wing, where he had been located on his arrival. I hate him, too!" irritably said Syb. In truth, the poor, misshapen girl hated most people. As if some baleful thing had depart­ ed, she rose and shook herself. The holly had scratched her thin, bare arms, and there was a trickle of red that dropped on her white muslin frock. "Ugh! it's all torrid!" she shud­ dered impatiently. "I wish Leila and could run away from it all, and live in a cottage by ourselves," she mur­ mured, as she went wandering round the horse-shoe gallery. For to this afflicted child all the music and brightness and Cnristmas Joy in the hall bel'ow was gall and w< Pacific railway, over the snow-coverad prairiafc Gladdy had been a bewilder­ ing posala to her husband. Her vagar­ ies had made him secretly wonder at times If In had married a lunatic. Than again a great fear would loom up that bis Wife had inherited some terrible waatyng disease, and w*s about to slip through his fingers and out of life Itself. ' But this catastrophe on Christmas night eclipsed all that he had even dreaded. Gladdy gone! She who had been the merriest, gladdest, happiest of all the "goodly cdmpanie!" It was inscrut­ able, horrible, maddening! Out into the freezing night went parties of searchers. Not a man un­ der Temple-Dene's roof, gentle or simple, save two--its master and the American guest, Paul Ansdell--but Joined the anxious hunt All Was in vain! "Nothing more can be dona until the daylight comes," hoarsely said Gervis, as he strode into the still gayly lighted hall, and stamped the hard iced snow off his boots. His face was gray, and a strange look of age had crept oved it Which made it startllngly like that of his mother. Lady Jane, worn out and spent crouched down beside the great yule- log, that crackled and roared, the only cheery thing around. ° She and Gervis gazed blankly at each other. What had they done, the two were asking one another silently, that this disgrace should (have come to shame them? "Can anybody tell ma who aaw- or spoke with my wife last?" There was a catch in the young husband's voice as he put the question to the circle of anxious-eyed searchers round him. "She said she was going to hide. Don't you remember?" Bobby Vane, who had recited, craned his neck for­ ward to say. Then everybody did remember what they had forgotten--Gladdy's wild pro­ posal to enact the bride in the "Mistle­ toe Bough," and a gasp of relief came. "Why, she's in the house somewhere, safe and sound, laughing in her sleeve at us all; and we've teen for the last hour tearing our clothes and the off our hands in that thicket of holly- bushes round the pond!" "Let's go all over the house again," suggested somebody else. "Perhaps she's, fcrept inside one of the suits of armor," suggested Bobby, with protruding eyes. What a tale It was going to be to carry back to school! Another hour was spent In but all fruitlessly. • (To be Continued.) TIME TO GO SOUTH* For this present winter aeaaoa the Louisville * Nashville Railroad Com­ pany has Improved its already nearly perfect through service of Pullman vestibulad sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati, Louis­ ville, St Louis and Chicago, to Mo­ bile. New Orleans and the Gulf coast. Tuojfaaavitle, Ga.. Peasaeola, Jackson­ ville, Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in Florida. Perfect connections made with steamer lines for Cuba, Por­ to Rico, Nassau, West Indian and Central American ports. Tourist and home seekers' excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C. L. Stone, Gen­ eral Passenger Agent Louisville, Ky., for particulars. H ' 1 au»r-SMt Suktt aivlM. Oh account of so many countries having turned their attention to the cultivation of beets for sugar, the mar­ kets of the world are becoming glutted. The European producing lands are Germany, Austria, Russia, Franca^ Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Switzer­ land, Italy, Greece and Spain. Persia is Just entering the field, and Bgypt la realizing that her soil is adapted to the cultivation of the beet s * * •<*' OAME KILLING. Dmtct Tli I*m Danger la Alla*la| iMbu latitude. There Is a curious disposition among the people to make sport of Gov. Thomas' crusade against tha Indians who are said to be killing game out­ side their reservation and within the boundaries of this state. That It has a comic side is probably not to be de­ nied. But it may also have a vary serious side. The border country *»»• not had any Indian experiences of late, and the American people show an astonishing facility in forgetting unpleasant things. Those who know anything about the Indian know that the kind of movement now begun may very easily incite him to acts which will have a very serious significance to outlying settlers and possibly small villages. The Indians know as well as Gov. Thomas does that the federal power is not behind this movement They rarely forego a chance for im­ mediate revenge because of the pos- sibility of a remote reprisal. That tha state can prevail In the end nobody doubts, perhaps, but aside from tha harvest of trouble and loss of life we may have to reap, citizens are also looking to the harvest of debt that must follow, though we are now at our wits' end to devise means for paying what we already owe. Some of them are Inclined to suspect the governor of a kind of "after us, the deluge" polkf. --Denver Times. / , IMTII *MM I iltf.'.lLiU"; We offer One Hundred Dollars rewsfdforfc&jr ssse of Catarrh that cannot be cur«6 by Ball's CatanfcCum _ p. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, g We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney tor the last Ik years and believe htm perfectly honorable in all business tranaaet Ions and financially able to carry but any obliga­ tion* made by their firm. West A Truax. Wholesale DmtttsU.Tolede, O.; Waiding, Kin nan a Mama, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohlo> Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken Internally, aet- btg directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. TeAiamlali sent £ree> Prioe lie per bottle. Sold by all druggists Ball's Family Pills are the beafc Salaries f Dead (MBriaU Appropriation of public money to pay the widow, heirs or legal represen­ tatives of a person who died in office the salary for any unexpired part of his term is held, in opinion of Justices (Mass.), 49 L. R. A., S64, to be within the power of the legislature, where the public good will be served by the grant of such a reward, but not where the only public advantage is such as may be ind^t. $ i;eJig| _of ^gv»te "ri!? A Remedy lor the Grippe. Physicians recommend KEMP'S BALSAM for patients afflicted with the grippe, as it is especially adapted for the throat and lungs. Don't wait for the first symptoms, but get a bottle today and keep it on hand for use the mo­ ment It Is needed. If neglected, the grippe brings on pneumonia. KEMP'S BALSAM preventa this by keeping the cough loose and the lungs free from In­ flammation. All druggists, 25c and 60c. j: FHArtwInbB In New York, i recent census shows that whfile In the city of New York the popula­ tion has increased from 1,529,301 In 1890 to 2,050,600 in 1900, there are now only 52 Presbyterian churches In the city, while in 1890 there were 56. Vw Cm OM AUm'i Foot-Case Free. Write to-day to Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet Makes new or tight shoes easy. A cer­ tain curt for Chilblains and Frost-bitM. At all druggists and shoe stores; 25c. If Gladdy had not been the great American heiress she was, her escap­ ade would have been promptly frowned ffcwn. they knaw vary wall;} Upstairs, In the gallery that ran found the hall, Paul Ansdell was pac­ ing up and down, with folded arms Md deeply frowning brow. Tonight meant for this man other things than it did for the Wierry- nakers below. The crucial moment had come when he was about to stake Ms all. Either he would be In a po- altion to grasp a fortune, or he would ted himself la a prison celL That ••hasw. - Aa he paced alpa* the gallery a light TOO BXTRAVAQAIflV CHAPTER X Even the maddest, merriest of rev­ elers must grow weary. The Cnristmas merrymakers flagged, the gay music dragged a little slowly; here and there a tired child-guest yawned in a corner, then nodded, and finally was carried away in a deep sleep. Outside, under the stars, a long line of carriages waited, and the hostess, with tired eyes, wondered why people did not go. It had been a fatiguing day for Lady Jane and for Leila, who had not spared herself In helping. She and Lady Jane, side by side, ran the gant­ let of the interminable good-byes from exhausted ' but delighted guests. The Christmas gathering had been the greatest success the county had known for years, and Lady Jane was excited by the flatteries and of the departing guests. Where's your wife, dear? She ought to have fbasn here to see the guests off." Lady Jane laid her hand on her son's arm. She was, in her tired state, ready to be cross even with the heiress. Gladdy? I'm mire I don't know, mother dear." Gervis yawned. He was pining to get off his Santa Claus trappings, and to have a quiet pipe by himself. A quarter of an hour later nearly every soul under the Temple-Dene roof was echoing Lady Jane's ques­ tion. Where was tha brtde? Not in her own room, not la tha hot deserted ballroom; she was not In the upper gallery, where the lights were already being put out All sense of fatigue was put to flight by a vague terror of some evil hang­ ing over the house of Temp'e-Dene. Under the ancient roof only two persons did not share the terrified ex­ citement when it was discovered that Mrs. Gervis Templeton was nowhere to be found--its master and the Amer­ ican guest Gervis himself waa petrified. He had brought all his strength of will to bear on nobly doing his duty to the woman he had won for his wife. No one but he would ever know how hard the fight had been. And now it was all in vala, for Gladdy had gone--where, no one knew. Once the Journey on the Canadian The London News says that in Eng­ land the consumption of tea exceeds that of all other European countries and of the United States together. It you have had la grippe, a few doses of Garfield Tea will cleanse tha system of all impurities and hastan recovery. The highest church steeple in tha world is that of tha Cathedral of Ant­ werp, 476 feet Coo's Cough Balsam olde«t snd best. It will break up >ooM qslokK than anything else. It is always reliable. Trf It. Merchandise was first admitted to the mails in 1861. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. If a woman's face is a poem it ahould be a lineless one. A PoftMlHmg Cs*kln Ate Ohsmpscsa The manner in which one defaulting cashier was detected was rather pecul­ iar, says the Louisville Times, it was all due to the curiosity of the women of his neighborhood. He went to no expense In the way of dressing, they never heard of his gambling or drink­ ing to any extent he was a model hus­ band, but he loved a good table. There was no tiling unusual in this, but one day when the ladies of the vicinity were discussing the best methods of cooiting meats the wife of the cashier declared very innocently that her hus­ band doted on ham, but he would not eat It unless it had been boiled in champagne. "Boiled in champagne!" exclaimed tae listeners. "Heavens, how expensive; we couldn't afford to have ham- on our table often If we cooked It that way." It was soon noised all around the neighborhood that Cashier Blank was a high liver, indeed, and the men began telling of his uplifted ideas of cookery. 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