WOMAN «=== WOMAN By Mary E. Holmes. $ and you shall remain. ‘will answer for it. you into his power, wretch!” Alice bent and Kissed her brown hands. “Has he wronged you?” she whis- “Wronged? aye, most shamefully. But pores se and them to sleep.” wed a few mouthfuls of ed, pee a ome ‘and stood ff The fair, Nae Wess ae pea ee ps touched her Bie womanly heart with pity; she icine had entered this other girl’s tite sche is to bear much,” she tooaetedtyr peers shal I do with her? she may think differently in the morn- a, I must rest.” lung herself into a chair. She wen oe (Alabaat Alice! cate murmured; “my stilled. She hes ite I—Oh, George— yw cruel you have been; and She covered her face with her hands, ‘and choking sobs broke from her lips. lee stirred uneasily in her elas but her fatigue w: e did not waken, and by-and-by pail: racer tak ot wis died, power, Cpe she too See ‘The two ss arere safely fot be waited. came nearer, his eye saw the outline of some object. ‘He strode forward a fittle with am of delight, put away iis Ce was the pony and cart Myra had deserted. The pony waiked on slowiy,| thi browsing the grass as he weat. Count Jura ve embraced was thoroughly worn ont with tree and ater few mite Wan In the kitchen, and away from her sharp eye the lend- Jord found many an ih sof with easy a Ga ties fae occupa’ a Daaun gue go (ak atie Gace be sure.” The farmers nodded, and slouched away, all but one mai 19 was rub- bing down his pony with some hay. ey landlord!" he cried, stopping the innkeeper, yu.” I, one’s a pcor, pale, weak thing, and the ones a bold black-eyed wench, 00d to look at.” Count Jura’s brows met; he thought for one “The pal , thin one is my wife,” he said bony” “at last, “and the other fs her maid; ae had enticed her mistress to run away. “Lawks, you don't say?" ejaculated the eal in astonishmen' sesh they say they were going Let th is et pounds; it shall be pad iE you do as I wo: When the train is pp going ie stat, call the maid back about som stake in the Wil, and T call get may wie safely a’ Ee a “Aye, sir, quite. I'l he ip Fou. and most willing. Lawks, to see Lk a-bold hussy into my house!” eS station.” is pony across the Te was teontyt Fre same cera “su ae Cer ae on vant Jura put the piers safely eee os the seat and sat bordel the curtain to see the two wo She is my wife.” The porter men He stow Allcds slender form, the eee came over her golden hair, — iyra’s pale, the indo followed them, Getainiog arguing. ‘lice aia hae Seems) 2 his moti sensation of sharp and awful ant Myra sank to the platform insensible, as the train with her betrayer and his vic tim away. CHAPTER XVIII. . he train moved away, Alice start- to her fect and screamed wildly. Stan daca penoed iad Te swift, she scarcely realized ¢ happened; but the sight of Count Jun 's dark face, roused her man pushing her down into a comer, and drawing her ik across “Another word and I serve you as I served her!” Alice shrank LS bales es words and grew faint ch * muttered Jura_as he se jerstand one they Ep Bers “Great Heayens! I never thougtt of thet. ‘They will trap me like — What shali I do—what shall I He gazed ont of Cs window, as they whirled alonz swift! He saw they were pe EE smail village. sis an instant his determination was SIH touched the sia to stop the gain, then ra abruptly. “We must litt he “What is it?” demanded the guard excitedly. “She fers from is a sort of es train ae that’s Hehe, ‘We have no lug- bore away Alice’s motion- le frowned at first, dismissed his yexation atckife eg was yet at “Where do you stop next?” he asked Uxton—a good stay to hel pene caper 'y ip you. Hope your good lad: will soon be all right. Good-day, sie.” Gone Jura watched it eagerly. a bold move,’ rer he mut- eed ut dt was the andy thing. Now, what to do next? Let her faint on; it is the safest thing that could happen. She ill seresin perhaps, If 9, must: sug ‘An ugly look passed over his face after bending over Alice once ASE ie d ed the mime vise sccuat deserted; but wile ing it wor ona her Gea bgt: ne sacking at the bot- of Posen ag placed his precious dia- monds poise. gts sree br pases and very mbering along elas ie vwatehed Alice like = pas ai rank away from his Sonne te “all nat ae had undergone strength; the Soles cee walking of the night before ane ke Would no one come to her a prayer for help and re- than He talked to the driver leisurely, and aged to to extract the icenteded he The town they were approaching was some forty miles from Moretown, and branched off the line that led to Uxton. a train that would abroas reckoned at the rate they were go- in it would be quite mid-day before they reached the town, but he was well e whole man see, and he would get fortably a’ Not gne shred of pity was in his hea: strangely throush i picture rare Necbatdl's tender: tact sa he loo ed at her the last night they were to ‘A faint thrill of happiness went throngh her pu id and ite she eres: spre and oe love on thro aoe was Aston from her dreams Count To ur, drew ter cloek and oars Specs to pie her. She was in a maze of fear and weak- ness again; the driver, catchin; pse of her white face, exclaimed, sym- pathetically: “Laws, be she so bad as that, poor Daisred Many y to the tiesed round and addressed Ts there am hotel ake he asi an Srasping the diamonds tienty. ere, sir.” the man en- “anak tees aoe ly 7 (Zo be continued). trip and qocha. ne pepinie prs th (he me of cutting apart a lot ¥ just received -from Washington. Tt was in sheets of $100 or 20 notes each, Ak : Bernie apm just 4 pale of me ey, cash, boodle, long green,’ I “Give me the scissors, and ’ll cat, you off a piece to remember me by. “Not much,’ he said firmly. ‘You'll ve to work that off on somebody tried to explain, be oe wouldn’t a convinced, and ’po! word I believe he would have pea oe a them.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat rifty Dam: A a ae Be was own Ls a young woman wh sundry boxes cat bundles. young person came in at the next sta- tion and reco; “Oh, my, who is to be married?” “Well, that’s right; the wear and tear is worth a quarter surely.”—Ob- The Cause of His Delight. SELF-FEEDING BOX. A Labor-Saving Contrivance Where Pige stalls are simply boards ana onn tt aber Jong, nailed the side of the box, and reaching down into the feed-trough to keep the pigs out trough the fe SELF-FEEDING BOX FOR PIGS. through; B, bottom- ugh. iasrion. Ties see xe be an} aotied iines. Seals should Teach down to tl rhs sizes run together. chance they w: it feeds down only as fast as iv is ea: away. We do not fill the bor full and then go ee iaderiag’ the ten hbor made one of these We made ours in half a day.—Country Gentleman. Self-Registering The cut shows a nest for confin each hen as she goes on to lay. Sev. times a day the nests cam be examined id those hens which have laid can be Hors tat ac abet te colis must he an ae crockae eh ta \eias ruin a horse by overeating. A horse that is watered the 's right, them there in aaitite oe ae had yesterday.—Richmond Times. ri ‘ IAN WOMAN THE CHRIST ‘Rev. Dr. Talmage Discourses on the Rights and Privileges of Women. er Dominion in Home, and There She Shouid Rightly Rule-- Director of the Spiritual Life of the Household --Comforter Wosbington, Sept. 10.—In this dis- course the opportunities of usefulness for Women are sot forth by Dr. Talmage. ie many sympathies are stirred ai led. The text is ravine + Songs superlative right of pecite aoa agen the sick, ire and partly in compli- Oh, woman, in our hours of ease, ighly they Tously thoy talk! Bow ro Jong forshe me! 0 qeho wont away aay ane eat "es Ibrtghiess of homes for seve absence in the west. A aegans midnight that he was on his hs deathbed ng ips a road the oon rest re promises of J ‘war men cast the cannon, ied A iH i : b B renal SETHE nl of the Sick. ya ery?” Soaiehs while we men are bee pet ror. beds ne rope bade a care of the of thousands of ‘There do for Tittle barefoot ‘enaeen ce D tho dour of the \s Soo to be clothed and provided for. ‘Which of tele directors of banks would know h it would take S aes ara A ai a dress? Which of could fit a bat = rey Little any i pena? Which of the ies ue would aoe how is st a that net es gives "e dhaty!aa/a rough is a it with an insult while penpormiie: oy Christian errant ape “Neve Ge said, “never” ‘That young waman who has her father by her i, cvalkingdown the wh Into the haunts of iniquity, carrying the Bibles and bread. God, with the red oan aes s iis wosth oma any ond, who should oer andignleyiee 2 ber. ‘He a smite hism ith “Tghinines | and Tocowe chink bat and damn in- dignation,” Bore ane mld "Ny GisliKe very uch to see that Christian ing those bad boys in the mission school. 1s best sheitered Lord God Alm! fear going anywhere where God you to go. Jk seems as if the Lord had ordained woman for an especial work in the solici- Tice oc charter Benton a ik i Hal i are QFE A ges i pass through the street ferryboat. You felt everybody would be blaming you and your affairs without blamin; You, locked upon what ‘yea 'shought Dealing or ‘Marie Antoinette or Ji ees Weme: Again, ‘woman's right te Dring to us the Tingdom Sy 8 Is is in to ce) me You say. she is Her is more responsiy Tithe pleadings ot divine love, Bs {8 35 it she can I prove ree-fourths of mmontration of God's ‘A sailor came alipping down the rat- lines one night as though something had happened, and the sailors ee that" the matter?” mother prayer haunts me fakes ghost." rc eae won wish ¢ the Donediotions of a Christian mother. tay track’ Biberian sows, they, many Plunge in African jungles. they ae flee ‘to the earth’s end—they ‘and so fast but the prayers esiwil iroop with them. Power fer Good. T speal salvation ap thelr pacer? me, bot Pag lowest thou shalt save thy husband?” ‘and he said to bis 2 “What, makes you think he is ‘stingy ras a think it, He proves it every day! old sabes ee eth fog Po ee gs ”, athe e ee THE CRY OF THE DREAMER. 1 am tired of planning and toiling And the child etd choked pith woot The daughter's heart grown willful, ‘And the'father’s heart that bleedst the street’s rude bustle, But the toiler dies in a day. ‘ —John Boyle O'Reilly, IT RAINED METEORS. y That Was Seen A Wonderful Displa: by On! wae Man, “strange the papers didn't say any-|, ‘Strange t thing about the great seismic ue ance and shower of m day,” remarked W: miter cote Hobart taking boxing cae for some months to reduce flesh, and it has worked like a charm. It's Sod rt, too, and, thao Lisag tt miyselt, mt pay clev- sears Om oe a strecton come! dowe Auge week, and we had some rating one ; I can tell a “But it to be rather slow after Lr ‘The wan had alae me ee all he knew. was up to all hi tricks, as he sins couldn't ee me. I saw I'd haye to get a more a aa inatracton, sy told the man and I felt so sorry for him that I said we'd ee the gloves anyway for one last g “Te was ik tae extraordinary ia I mentioned took eady to show him a trick or two when the world seemed to made the most brilliant pyrotechnic display I have ‘ever bhi sed. “Somehow it didn’t seem to affect ettled."—San Francisco Argo- i Charm and Kill Robeson nd, ei rhile bi numerous were the fied to his house aiid eeeren his tight the of # fa and over the body of his horse, which was dead, while many reptiles escaped in a wounded condition. He believes that his horse, which was a’ magnifi- cent animal, weighing 1,000 or more pounds, had been charmed by the rep- tiles so that he was powerless to es- | cape. ‘His Mistake. A parrot, in a remote English coun- ped from its cage and. utiful plumage ie tached a ieee Politely touched his “I beg your pardon, sir; I thought ay bird?” A POPULAR MISTAKE. ‘The ey keane Pee Aes cu eS with their psi especially farmers, are apt to ene harass ae men have an ‘Gey of it,” said a lawyer of this city. ‘he farm he crersbay else. pable of ae icine endeavor for over an hi a stre “Watch a day lal ies anh 0 seems ee be Modding along like a machine, and you'll find wee i. really rests more than half the ¢ looks at some well dressed ice lawyer, broker oF affairs and says imself: —New JESS AND THE BEAR. Bruin Saved the Man, ‘but Lost His Life In the Bargain. There is a story connected with last bear killed about here which tana tol the shell of an As he began shaking the neighbor. ing limb the stump to which he was li euge rates straight down ithe Pen the animal turned about and backed down the inside of the stum; Hardly knowing oe to do, Uncle Jess put up his hands in protection and Noe it was ee bear’s to be frightened. peace up again, while the auree hung on ey Bhi life and was carried with safet; Pagal ee he bears real trouble began, eavy a weight it was im- patie bs him to beast, and he fell with a heavy thud “to the ground below an is killed, while Uncle Jess went home and told the truthful tale, to be handed down to his children.—Springfleld Republic-~ an. A Slight Misunderstan: ee, ath ie spore “you may take a m “Oh, sir,” rele ae clerk as his brgeper owbN ge abet curing so