vrs PLOT VS.. PRINCIPLE, She went direct:y to Mr. Conant's office as soon as she reached the city, but here a heavy disappointment awaited her, for a. was tod that the gone to Chester, some ane Mage not return till evening. was very wi urbed, for bod nos fully Saulaved that he would ve set some epg ei watch Seog pas Gere ter and had him ar as poscel gen he shou:d take the letter from the office. ss to do anything ly make upset. to go to her then returned gpa rain, and the evening * closed in gloomy and dismal enough. fortabie --- , library grate. Gordon and Ruby repaired, the for- mer with her work, the jatter with 'a book: for, if she read, she need not talk. But a half-hour had not elapsed when the ball and Edmund Coreen was ushered into their Mrs. Gordon greeted him with evi- } while Ruby flushed crimson arose from her chair as if about to leave the room. oat | ou wil] not disturb your- self, Miss Gordon," the young man said, with sarcastic bitterness. * retreat rather than have you >; but," turning to Mrs. Gor- don, "it was such a lonesome, hom gick night that I thought. I should enjoy a game of chess with you.' "j am glad you came," the lady responded, with animation was upon the point of ito a fit of the biues myself. Come into the parlor--the table is there --and I will beat you with plea- eure * Won Estelle 7 a it would be selfish to let them go away from the cheerful fire. "No, I am thorough.y warm, indeed the room has been getting rather close, and I shall be glad of Raises air," Mrs. Gordon answered, and t they went away, leaving Ruby In sol- itary possession of the 'ibrary a d the ----, ere much to her reliéf. She niy been pretending read eetone "Baisaad Carpenter came in, but now the book dropped fro her hands and she fel into a fit troub.ed musing. Presently Timot a handsome ma.tess cat, of which she 0 8 15 50 fur, he ma low, satisfied noise, " and settled himself cozily in her She ep C 'her arms about him with > comfort, and somehow did = ies quite so lonely or friendless with -- there. She thus for a long time, until the fire wm byrned low and the charring embers dropped apart, and, one by one, went our. The house was very -stiil, and she cou:d not hear a sound, save now and then a low, brief "check" from the other room, where the chess p-ayers were absorbed in thelr-game, and the gentie ticking of the marble clock on the mante: above her. Suddenly she was startled by a strange sensation upon her foot, and, glancing down, she espied a 'tiny mouse upon the toe of her s-ipper. She started invorinbectiy, and the ics, ghey little fellow sprang down d flew over the carpet, ppear- tee behind the great, old- Cone writing desk on the oppesite :a e of the room. "Timothy, wake up! a Ruby said, arousing the cat from his qoaingntin nap. "There's a prize | for you here, if you wilf look sharp." She put him down upon the floor; then, rising, went over to the desk to route his mouseship from his hid- ing Lrrag ane give the cat a chance to catch The Soak was a cumbersome piece of furniture. it it was on rollers, and, by exerting her strength, Pssingy in pushing 1 "4 a little way out rom the side of push, and it acs at oat still Bu knee was "Lastars su marge f and pent down out tie mouse, however, ha ture, she drew forth the broken panel with a view to see how it could be replaced. As she did so; her hand came in con- hr with a eal which appeared to ~~ slipped down behind a drawer. e drew this ous neon and found it envelope, webs, and containing quite a bulky document, There was some writing on the x Brushing the dust from: it, she held it toward 7 light and read: Last Wil and Testament RALPH CARPENTER, Oct. 15th, 18-- All' the color 'faded instantly from the young girl's face, and a wild, starical look came into her blue eyes significa: of those words. She knew at once that she had found the missing will, over which-- or rather, over the absence of which ere had been so much _ specula- as she comprehended the had it been eeined inte its biding-place by a pair of guilty hands? What should she do with it now that she had found it ? Should she call Edmund Carpenter and deliver it into his posvession, or should she keep her own counsef until she could confer with the gentleman who | pad been Mr. Ralph Carpenter's lawy 1 would seem that Simund had the best right to the dccument, and she would not have hesitated a moment had she believed him to be an honor- able man. The fant that a will existed proved to her that Mr. Ralph Carpenter had bequeathed a share of his property to Walter, and knowing how Edmund hate@ him, how he had begrudged him even a home, not to mention his re- cont persecution, made her feel that the man might even now dco some- thing desperate to prevent 'him from com'ng into his share of the property. Something seemed to tell her that it would not be safe to give it to him --that he might, in a moment of pas- sion, and reckless of consequences, destroy it before any one could ascer- tain ita contents, and then the wrong that o been done would never be I: righ cubelding | Ehtec oo thoughts, and many otliers, passed rapidly through her mind as she stood there holding that sacred | document In her ands, her eyes eted upon those thrilling words, ris t you be cold in the parior, ! « Last t Will and Testament," ete. Ruby asked, feeling that ! "What shall I do?" she said, over go ' and over, to herself, while she kept ' glane'ng toward the door, as if feur- ful some one would enter before she could decide the important question. At last she lifted her head with a resolute alr. "I do not dare to give tt to him to-night," she murmured. " I will con- ceal it somewhere: then I wiil call him, and tell him I have broken his sk. If he knows of anything about this having been hidden there he will betray some anxiety and conscious- ness when he di:covers the mischicf I have done. If he does not, I shall feel sure that he ig tnnceent of having concealed it, and I will give it to him, to his a "4 _ ce-or fear of the law to do w right. t where shall I hide =" r she looking anxious and perplex Her eyes wandered around the room in seareh of eome safe place, until it finally fell upon a picture hanging over the mantel. The thin board which he gu the canvas on t back h become warped a littie on one side, and stood out a trifle from the frame. She deftly Bie pre the envelope be- tween this and the canvas, pressed the board tightly back into place, ere h a excited nerves somewhat before at- ily to La next act in the thrill: ing dra CHAPTER XXXVIL Mr. Carpenter's Suspicions. At last Ruby arose i an air of determination, an eded di- rectly to the Santor. approached the chess players, who ap; to be 'wholly absor in their game and entirely unconscious that any- thing unusual had been transpiring in gl es She ooking down upon the board tor mag moments without penne ~ hardly knowing how broach the subject on her mind. ™ Is an vtner the matter, Miss uby ?" Edmund Ca ter. asked, Ruby suc- , ' gence voluntarily; % nearly glancing up at her with some sur- prise, for, it was an unheard-of for her to come into hig pre- while. something ressed him strange " Finish your game--I see you are --then I will -- tell you," she answered, without i/{ting ; her aye from a which her: drew back a trifle, 'put contin- iF reaching forward Into the a aper- | into in anything that I real- % doing." Ruby, nmand me; to be at "at eer. a young '® girl, while both hiss a and tone softened into something of derness as She thonght. his boastful ras 1, and she you Ss Peotean my desk? . Well, a do ently,as he deposited the last pawn in = box and slipped the cover t "A" little mouse ran behind it, and des! I broke a panel out of the back of it. I Bh vy sorry "----- But Ruby did not have a chance to finish her sentence: Edmund Carpenter sprang guy to his feet when she said s ad "broken a panel out .of ng Tack of with aburried tread, pass- ed into the library. He pee ie behind the desk, dropped u hi ees, and peered into the aerheae where the panel had been, with a face which Ruby, who had quickly followed him, was sure wore a very anxious !ook. He inserted his hang and felt all about, but only drew. out the panel that had fallen within "Did the motse get in here?" he askea "On, no, he only ran behind the desk, and Timothy caught him im- mediately after I had moved.it out." a 'Did--did you find | carne in here, Miss Rub Edmund Carpenter in- quired, feeling boat once the hoie. par s heart leaped at the ques- tio! more in He never would have asked it, she thought, if he had not known some- thing about the will being there, while his anxious, flurried manuer condemned him in her opinion. How could she answer him? For an instant her lips were powerless to move. She could not tell a falsehood. She would not give up the will. X ira she said, with uppar- ent surpris "Why, wast should I find, Mr. Car- penter ? Have you lost anything down no; of course not. Only sometimes, In these old desks, valuable papers out of sight, and are lost for Wears," he answered, hur atts, and + mad away to hide the flush on his face. "Now, I am " confident that he it." Ruby rapidiy beating knew something about thought, with a heart. But she said quite calmly. and as if she were willing = be helpful: "Let me go and a rs. Coxon for a. small lamp, 60 rfacg: you can examine the place more thoroughly. Perhaps you fowl find somethin turned and looked at her sharp- ly, pormis- threateningly. The almost unconscious emphasis which she et sai upon the pronoun m i t her. vShe saw {t, and gazed stead'ly' back at "Oh 1, NO; pray do not trouble your- self,' he aad, after a moment, "aad do not worry about th special damage done to it. The glue had become old and the panel warped, 80 that It ' not stran bY gave way when you pressed a it," i, as if not eatistied even yet, he ched own again Into the hole and felt all about very carefu He knew it was the very place where the will ought to be unless someone had removed it, and he was growing very much d'sturbed not to find any traces of it; but lie only drew se some cobwebs and dust, at which ooked exceedingly disgusted an an oyedL He a arose, pushed the desk back to its place, and then sat down by the grate, looking moody and thoug)stful. Ruby picked up her book, seated her- self by the table, and began to read again, hoping he would soon take his ithe ane ae ee pid ae gen she cou a Poon n oO the important Rein _ ae t Mr. Carpenter evidently was in o hurry to go. He soon began to tatk to Mrs. Gordon, and kept her en- gaged for some time Ruby was sure, though she did nok once look up at him, that he was watching her intent:y The it struck ten, then the half- hour, --* stil the master of Forest- vale sat Ruby Poel to grow very neryo and hed now that she had pombe ed the wid about her person ; could wey wisest quietly up to her room and f elt perfectly safe about (To be Contimaed.) _ Miller' fita in| '8 Worm Powders cure D 4 e desk. There is no then 1 known 'tar and' whip" solicitude and readiness to render all 'aasistance In her power to all who need it, especially in sick- ness. 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Out in Ashland avenue, within sight of the gas houses, stunas a long, low, ramshackle building that might be taken for a cowshed or an abandoned coal yard--anything, in fact, but what it really is, a manufacturing es- tablishment. At one side is a large cabbage garden, where thousands of heads of that old-fashioned vegetable hold themselves up stiffly in unbroken rows. To the north is a large pasture, where a num cows browse in- dustriously at tne close grass or gaze curiously out of their soft eyes at the passerby, and, chickens roll over and over in the soft dirt by the sidewalk. It is a small piece of the country transplanted to Chicago, even to the yellow dog that stands guard beside the gate and marke at everybody who enters. Ten years ago Christ Sievers, com- ing 'odes the Old Country. was drawn this spot. He r at five, Chicago is a sea elty aud many cabbages are consumed in the ore of a year, but many are r the truck farms about the city aon the price that may be procured for them is very low. So this man sized up the situation and sent to the Old Country for machinery and started in to make sauerkraut out Be the cab- bages which he raised. The business grew and grew until a he cannot supply the trade which the product of the cabbages grown on his own little truck farm, but is compelled to y also from his neighbors to enable him to fill his orders. AN Aden eh conga SMELI.. The smell 'a block away is inde- ecrivable. It titeht be the stock yards or the Chicago River, or a combina- tion of the two, but a nearer ap- proach decides the matter, for visions of Germany into view, and sauerkraut is the ter. thing that finds a place in the mind--or the nos- trils. To enter the premises it is necessary first to pass the yellow cog before mentioned. He barks vocifer- walk until help com Entering the shed white the sauer- kraut is manufactured, the stranger finds of Bisel surrounded on oe sides by immense casks, each holding 125 barrels of Tkekak: A platform is built eight ner pest the floor around three sides of the shed, and all the mete tn ery roe loca' above. Ascending by means of a short ladder the Tattor cene. Seven .syomen ns fast as they can boys are passing to four other boys chine. ily to the mind that the poor horse must' eventually become a victim of paresis on account of this dreary treadmil) work. The cabbage falls as it i. eut Into shreds into a jarge box a truck. As 800 filled it is taken awa nto one of the casks and another one is shoved in to take its place. TRAMPING DOWN THE KRAUT. 'About the casks another busy scene is taking place. The cabbage is packed in thin layers, with layers of fine salt between. 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