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NORWALK, CCNNEC’FICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1880.

 

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VOL. LXIILuNUlfBEB 49

 

Those Dreadful J ups.

It was a rrsadfully hot season, and let me
tell y on that heat is heat in the Stat as. I was
coming from Canada to sail the next day for
home. I took the train at Niagara Falls, and
had a long sixteen hours’ ride before me.
The nasty _white dust sifted through the
window blinds and sashes; the sun glared in
fiercely, spite of the shades prOVided by the
company; the car was crowded, and every
moment the atmosphere grew more and more
oppressive, until breathing became absolutely
painful. As things reached this crisis, a
brilliant thought struck me, emanating from
sheer desperation. Why not get off at
Albany and take the night boat down the
river to New York ? I should arrive in
plenty of time for the sailing of the Russia,
and escape the further misery of six hours
in the train. Surely, on the beautiful
Hudson, a comparatively cool breeze could
be found.

We were already nearing Albany ; so
hastily thrusting my scattered belongings
into my portmanteau. I stood ready and
waiting as the train entered the large railway
depot. Two hours la.er, behold me tranquil
and triumphant, after agood dinner,and with
an excellent cigar, pacing the deck of one
of the finest river steamers in the world.

It was a beautiful night, the moon at its
full; the stars all out in their lesser glory.
As I roamed up and down I passed the door
of the ladies‘ saloon, and my attention was
caught by a figure sitting silent and alone, in
the moonbeams. -When I passed again, I
caught a glimpse of a bended brown head,
and two ungloved hands loosely clasped to-
gether ; a pretty, quiet figure, with feminine
grace in its attitude. She did not look up
as I stood between her and the moonlight,
but moved a little impatiently as if only half
conscious of the obstruction, When I came
by a third time, she had vanished.

Shortly after, as I was still wandering lazi-
ly to and fro, I heard the sound of the piano
in the saloon. For a moment I felt annoyed ;
the night was too perfect in itself to be
marred by any of the popular war songs of
the time, and what else could be expected
from a performer on boards river steamer.
My displeasure, however, soon gave way to
astonishment and delight, as I listened to the
strains of the “Moonlight Sonata.” My love
for music amounted to a mania, and when
this delicious melody, rendered with all the
passion of its composer’s mind, floated away
over the moon-washed waters, I stooped in
amazement. Instinctively the thought,
formed by desire, took shape within my
mind: “She who thus plays must be the girl
that sat half hidden in the shadows.”-

Throwing away what remained of my ci-
gar, I stepped within the gilded apartment
from whence the sweet sounds issued. The
room was comparatively empty, for most of
the passengers were on deck. As I had sus-
pected, at the further end, seated before the
grand piano-forte, her back towards me, I
saw my Incognita. Her head was a little
drooped, and ihe fine curves 'of her figure
well defined against the crimson gorgeous:
ness of walls and furniture. ‘ She was ab-
sorbed in the music. I approached quietly,
and stood by her side looking down upon her.
Her face thus seen was very charming, softly
tinted, and delicately cut ; a drooding mouth,
half melancholy, half determined; and braids
of nut-brown hair rolled high upon a shapely

head.
As she finished I made some appreciative

remark, to which she responded gravely, but
with a certain dignified politeness that mark.
ed her as one used" to the world.

With two true lovers of music,conversation
soon sprang into life; so in a few moments
we were in full swing over our favorites, she
argumenting, differing, and illustrating,with
sudden touches of the keys in a manner
dangerously charming, while her eyes met
mine fearlessly. Handsome eyes they were
—gray, with black lashes, and finely penciled
brown.

In‘ the midst of a lengthy .argument over
Chopin, in which she was displaying consid-
erable fire and spirit, a shrill, pining voice
cried out “Mamma, mamma,” folio wed by a
long and valuable explosion of Hindostauce
or any one of the languages of the ten lost
tribes, as far as intelligibility was concerned.
-My companion replied in the same incom-
prehensible form of speech; the result being
the appearance from one of the adjacent
state—rooms, of two of the most astonishing
figures I had ever beheld,

They were the most ultra-ugly children
imaginable,sallowed-faced, with dark almond-
shaped eyes whose heavy lids unclosed with
difiiculty, black brows and lashes, and hair
growing loose upon their foreheads, brushed
back and braided into long tails upon their
shoulders. On one these heavy tails were
about black, on the other of a common light
brown that added greater plainness to the
yellow skin and thin, sharp features.

These two strange little folks ran toward
my pretty incognita and laid hold of her
with their skinny little paws, gabbling all the
time in their unreasonable jargon. She
answered them in soothing tones, and taking
the little girl upon her lap, drew. the boy to
her side as she continued her consolatory re-
marks. Feeling decidedly an outsider in this
domestic scene, I made a movement to leave.
them. She raised her eyes over which a
shadow had come and dimmed their charms,
she said: . ,

“You must forgive my little Ones; they
are Japanese and understand but a few words
of English.” I took this as my dismissal,
and left her; but, as I looked back from the
doorway, I saw her still bending over those
fearful imps, caressing their horrid little faces
with her soft white hands. I resumed my
promenade.

“Good heavens," I thought. “Her little
ones! She an Eilglish woman and they—
Japanese ! Then—horrible, unbearable
thought l—her husband—the father of the
children—what was be but a, Japanese

also !”
Indeed, was there not a curious blending

of the two nationalities in the little ’faces, the.
brown hair of the girl, the gray eyes of the

boy—like her, yet rendered unlike by the

unmistakable stamp of their race! , But how

could such an alliance have come about?

Were such things ever done ? Was there no

law to prevent such marriages ?

An hour later, as I approached the door of
the saloon, I came face to face with the mys-
terious subject of my thoughts. She was
coming out for a breath of the evening air,
she said, before consigning herself to her
comfortable quarters for the night. I fancied

 

she met my glance less calmly as she'broke‘

into a rapid flow of words, fearing perhaps I
should ask some leading question.

Leaning over the railing, glancing now at
the gliding water, now at my companion’s
face, about whose finely cut features the
moon’s rays lingered tenderly, we grew
more friendly. But all my efforts, put with
my greatest finesse and delicacy, failed to
draw from her any confidence regarding her
name, her station, her past, present or fu—

ture.
She was dressed in mourning, I noticed,

and the wore on the third finger of her left
hand a heavy gypsy ring with a single stone
—a diamond of great beauty; otherwise her
attire was plain in the extreme. As it grew
later, ,she turned from gaZing at the quiet
river below us, and fixing E'er tearless eyes
on mine, held out her hand and said :
“Good-by, and thank you for a pleasant
evening.”

“Good-by," I echoed. “But I shall 80!!
you in the morning; I have promised myself
the pleasure of waiting upon you in New
York. Seeing you to an hotel, or-or your
house.” > _ . _ .

r

D “You are most kind," she returned quick-
, 1y; “but I am quite provided for, and Isliall
. require no assistance.” Then bowing she
’ withdrew, and I was left lamenting,

I did not see her again, though I lingered
I about the next morning, walked through the
saloon many times, touched the notes of the
piano invitingly. All to no purpose : she
would not appear. To be sure, the elder o .
the Japanese horrors, the girl came out and
played upon the floor with a. Japanese doll so

fearfully like its owner. that [fairly shudder-
ed. Overcoming my repugnance, I approach-
ed this small specimen and asked insinuat-
ingly for "mamma." '

The child squinted her sharp black eyes at
me, and began in her high, shrill voice a
voiuble harangue in her native tongue, ges-
ticulating with her elfin hands as she con-
cluded ; but, though she grinned and chatter-
ed, and winked her eyes, so like those of the
doll she held, I could make nothing of what
she said. Finally, I left the brat with no
more accurate knowledge of my mystery than
I possessed when I first saw her sitting amid
the moon’s shadows.

My voyage home was a dull one. The ship
had few on board, and among the few no
sensible man to make a pleasant hand at
cards, no pretty girl to keep one up in scien-
tific fiirting. Consequently my thoughts of-
ten dwelt tenderly upon La Mystere, as I
called her in my heart, and her strange, weird
ugly children.

‘ A Season spent inLondon, however, threw
her somewhat into the shades of memory, and
when I did recall her, it was but with a
momentary interest coupled with a slight
feeling of disgust for the small Japs, The
deeper sentiment she had excited in me I
fancied dead, _and thought I often caught
myself comparing other gray eyes with hers
I was in no way hard hit. and did not waste
a thought on the possibility ofiour meeting
again. '

Life, however, is stranger than fiction; and
so I found it.

I was again in the States, and again on my
homeward journey; the Russia this time was,
full to overflowing, but as I had a jolly com-
panion with me in the person of my old col-
lege chum, Arthur Harford, I felt above my
chance acquaintance. We sailed late in the
day, and after dinner Harford and I sat
smoking, comfortably at our casein our deck
chairs. As the sun went down into the sea
on one side and the moon rose from it on the
other, I was reminded of that evening in the
past, when, under just such a sky with just
such a moon above, I had listened to Bee—
thoven, as I never before had it been my good
.fortune to hear him rendered.

I felt communicative, so told the story to
Harford, adding as I finished:

“I would give a goodish bit to see La
Mystere again. She was pretty and she
could play—ah I how .she could play Bee-
thoven l”

"Bah I" said Harford sententiously. “You
have dined to your liking. You are always
sentimentally inclined, Phil, after a good din
ner; I have remarked it often. Go and talk
to that slim girl over by the wheel-house;
she may like your rhapsodiea better than I do.

‘You are a heathen, Arthur,’ I politely re-
marked. Nevertheless I did get up, and stole
in the direction of the long figure bending
over the railing. '

She was enveloped in a loose wrap ‘of
some kind, pulled well up about her throat

 

. and ears, and as she bent upon her crossed

arms, a view of her countenance was rather
difficult to obtain. With invention born of
necessity, I threw myself forward and tossed
my lited cigar into the gliding waves. It
gleamed for an instant in the shadows of the
keel ere it went out, but my object was ac
complisbed; the sudden flash as it pasaed
before her eyes caused her to start from her
meditative posture; and throw back her head.
The dark drapery dropped from about her,
and,as she turned full upon me, I beheld once
more,under the moonlight,the finely cut face
and honest, earnest eyes of :La Mystere.

A sudden thrill at my heart told me the
meeting was anything but unpleasant to me.
Was she equally pleased? A slight flush
spread over her brow and lost itself in the
waves of her brown hair; then she held out
her hand in the same old fearless manner,
lifting her handsome eyes to mine,

“History and life are forever repeating
themselves,” she said. “Is it not so?”

I took her outstretched hand, I looked into
her happy eyes, and in that moment fell hope-
lessly, helplessly, unwillingly, but eternally
in love with the mother of the two Japanese
infants.

Of the ten days that followed I will give no
minute description. Anyone will easily un-
derstand how dangerous ten days at sea pass-
edlin the presence of a pretty, fascinating,
cultivating, incomprehensible woman may
prove. The evenings worked the most mis-
chief; never were such moonlights, never
such summer weather! We three—for Ar-
thur succumbed to the glamor—sat hour after
hour in the full be'auty of an almost tropical
moon, while she would sing to us; for La
Mystere possessed a voice of such power and
sweetness, that even her incomparable play
ing faded into insignificance before it, So
she would charm us both, until even prosy,
steady old Arthur lost his head, and de—
clared that, but for me, he would have
placed his,heart and fortune at the incognita’s
feet. '

You will scarcely believe me, yet, during
all this time, neither Harford nor I had learn
ed if she were. maid, wife or widow. There
was the black dress, and the horrible little
Japs whom in my presence she had caressed
and loudly addressed as her “litle ones,” for
proofs of her widowhood ; while, on the
other hand, her innocent fearlessness, her
absolute belief in the good of , this evil
world, her almost childish trust, implied a
maiden's heart and nature not yet tried or
moulded. Her name was Sandwell; we al-
ways addressed her as one entitled to the
prefix of Madame, and as she never correct—
ed us, we had, consequently, to believe her
a widow—anything less dignified was impos-
sible. '

As we neared our journey’s end, I began to
understand that I was deeply interested in
hep—so deeply and so truly, that my future
seemed a wilderness of unrest without her
’figure in the foreground. But how present
her to my stately lady mother, with all the
proud blood of the Grantlys distilled into a
double essence in her veins? How say :
“This is my chosen wife! I knew nothing
about her family, or her past. 1 met her on
a river steamer in America. She has two
Japanese children—but-I love her! A pret~
iy statement of facts,'and one synonymous
with a cut-down of my present allowance, and
the loss of Thorny Grange, in my mother's
gift, in prospective. ,

So the days glided by; I loved her more
and more desperately, and, as I told myself,
more and more hopelessly. -

Once only we spoke of the future. 1 had
made some senseless remark as to the blank-
ness of life after our parting, and the prob-
able do-nothing state I should sink into. She
lifted her ached brows a trifle scornfufly and
her lip curled a little though she did no,
make me any answer. .

“And you," I asked, “ what will you do ?"

She flashed her handsome eyes upon me
as she replied: “Simply my duty. You
forget—I am going home to my littte ones.”

Oh, those horrid J apsl They had not been
mentioned between us, and I had, piously
hoped that a merciful Providence had remov—
? ‘cd them from this sphere, and that neVer

more should I encounter their ugly faces.
The dathc landed ' was a forlorn ending
to our summersailing ; it rained copiously ;
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.ment and they were gone.

some mistake there was no one to meet her,
so she allowed me to take her to the train,
see her comfortably placed in a first—class
carriage, booked for London, and did not
refuse the miscellaneous collection of litera-
ture I ihrust upon her.

-I was very miserable at seeing her go from
me, yet I had not the courage to try and win
her. Japs and all. I could love her distract-
v-dly, but ,not her accessories.

The guard rang the hell: I put out my
hand. “Good-by," I said, and some of the
mournfulness of my heart echoed in my
voice. “Good—by, I shall not easily forget
you 1"

She loosed her hand from mine, the last
bull rang, the train moved, she smiled, and I
turned away. Looking back for a farewell
glance. I saw the bright brown head sink on
her clasped hands, and I :felt the gray eyes
were filling fat with willful tears. She,
too, then felt this parting! It was some
slight compensation for my own wretched-
ness, and I gloated over it as I walked
toward the hotel, until the miserable idea
dawned upon me, that I had let her go
without obtaining any information concern-

‘ingher ultimate destination. Questions in-

numerable had often suggested themselves
during our ocean life, but a certain dignified
reserve on her part completely repelled any
advances on personal subjects. So to the last
she had preserved her incognita.

Over our late dinner I told Arthur of our
good-by. He growled at the tears in her eyes,
and added savagely :

“No sign that she cares a button for you—
no doubt she was laughing at you the next
moment. Tears indeed, thought you could’nt
see her—very prctty little trick that—Bah l
I tell you it’s nonsense, all woman do that
sort ’of thing—I have seen them scores of
times.”

After this rather depressing statement I
kept my own confidence, and ere long La
Mystere died out of our conversation, though
not out of my heart. Indeed I found my
thoughts constantly roving off to those brave
gray eyes, and the proud mouth, as I had last
seen her. look from the window of the railway
carriage. All the confusion, hurry, and
bustle of a gay season could not clear from
my memory that one face, grown so inex-
prassibly dear during the summer days when
we sailed together over the blue. Atlantic.

I never attended a dinner, ball, or drum
that the thought was not present with me,
Will she be there? As the weeks flew by
and I never once met her, I waxed furious
at my own stupidity in letting her go,
without a clew by which to discover her.
Various schemes formed in my busy brain ;
I would look up all the Sandwells. in all the
different countries, make raids upon their
homes, and unearth in some way my beauti—
ful, tantalizing mystery; but all to no pur—
pose. What I strove for so eagerly, Fate
alone could obtain for me.

I was at the opera one night when Patti, as
Margarita, was charETn’g everyone, though
to me even her delicious voice brought no
solace; th‘e entrancing music fell flat upon
my ears and heart for the lack of one woman
face. Yet even as I urged with myself
against this useless passion, I felt her
presence near me. I raised my eyes; the:
occupants of one of the large boxes on the
grand tier were moving about in a subdued
manner ; I heard a low cry; and then, as the
group parted, my glance met the beautiful
gray eyes of La Mystere I

At that moment the curtain went down at
the end of the fourth act, and a crowd of
men stringing out from the stalls, prevented
my reaching the box before the "occupants
had left it. I caught a glimpse of a white
gown in one of the passages, and rushed
blindly after it, though it seemed that all the
men I had ever known in all my life, con-
spiredat that particular moment to keep me
from flying to the assistance of my' unknown.
When I did reach the corridor, she was
standing half supporting a lady, so beautiful
and yet so ethereal looking, it seemed as if
even the breath of the summer night would
blow her away.

The moment La Mystere’s eyes caught
sight of me they lost their anxious look, and
the little troubled frown disappeared from
her brow. She put out an eager hand, from
which she had drawn the glove, saying im_
petuously, as though we had parted but yes-’
terday :'

‘Ob, Mr. Earnsford, we are in such trouble;
the carriage has not come, and see, she must
be taken home immediately.‘

To offer my brougham, which was luckily
in waiting, to put myself, horses servants,
everything at her little feet, was the work of
a moment. She accepted the first calmly
enough; but just as l was depicting to my —
self the bliss of escorting her home, a tall;
distinguished, and rather cross-looking man
joined them, apparently very much heated
and disgusted.

‘ ot a cab to be found anywhere,‘ he said
irritably, but she interrupted him.

‘Never mind, George, Mr. Earnsford has
offered us his brougham, so we can get Cora
home comfortably without delay.’

George looked at me with an air of ‘And
who the deuce is Mr. Earnsford ?’ but before
he could put his look into more polite words,
La Mystere seized him by the arm, whispered
something in his ear,and pointed to the other
lady, who was growing rapidly more and
more pale. George turned to me.

‘You are very kind,’ he said, ‘I accept your

ofier without hesitation; here is my card.’
He held out the bit of pasteboard whicth
thust into my waistcoat pocket; then, almost
lifting the elder lady in his arms, he passed
down to the carriage, followed by La Mys-
tere, whose only sign of ihanks was a quick
look toward me from her handsome eyes.and
a slight fiush on her fair face. Another mo-
With it feeling
of triumph I went back to my stall and lis-
tened in calm serenity to the final act of the
opera. ,.
Had I not secured the right and the means
of seeing her again ? The man’s card was in
my pocket, he was evidently some relation,
and from him I could find her address, go to
her and tell her—what ? That I loved her,but
not the little Japs; that she must love me
and forget the little Japs; in fact, that With
me she could not need the little Japs.

I sauntered home to my chambers, happy
in the thought of what the day would bring

man, but—the card was gone.

I searched every available 'portion of my
clothing, pulled my pockets inside out, but
with no good result; it was not to be found.
Then I sat down and sulked over it; what a
fool I was not to have read the name and
address before putting it away! now there
was no possible chance of seeing her. In
short, I was in despair until it suddenly oc-
curred to me that at least I could ask the
coachman Where he landed the party. If he
had not caughl their name, he would remem-
ber their address.

The next morning I summoned Peters
earlier than usual." Did he remember the
two ladies and the gentleman he took from
the opera last evening? Oh, yes, he remem-
bered perfectly. Where did he put them
down? Could he tell me that? Undoubted—
ly; the gentleman had given him half a'sov-
ereigu; of course he remembered. It was
No. — Eaton Square. ,

Peters retired, and I, once more triumph-
ant, prepared my mjpd for the happiness in
store for me. My inclinations advised me to
seek the lady of my heart immediately, but
my obstinacy, though I dubbed it propriety,
urged me to wait until the approved hour
for visits; overa cup often one grows so

 

much more intimate and confidential.

me, put my hand in my. pocket for my talis-

A little after 4 I strolled into Eaton
Square, and rang the bell of NO. —. The
door flew open. ‘Not at home,’ said the . ir-
reproachable Butler.

‘1 called to inquire———,’I began, when he
resumed in a most respectful tone: “Was I
Mr. Earnsford ?‘ ‘Yes.’ ‘Then my lady had
left directions that should Mr. Earnsford call
he was to be told they had all gone to the
country, that my lady was better, and very
much oblidged for Mr. Earnsford ’s kindness.

‘To what part of the‘ country ?’ I asked
insinuatingly. -

‘To her ladyship’s father’s,’ replied the
manservant, implying by his manner, of
course you know where that is, or, if you do
not, you know nothing, and are unworthy of
enlightenment. As I stood hesitating what
more to say, a door at the end of the hall
was pushed back, and within the room thus
revealed, I beheld the elder of the two 'Japs
—the girl with the wild, yellow hair and
black eyes. She caught my unwilling gaze,
and pointing her finger at me, commenced
jabbering something in her mother tongue.
I lingered no longer; another instant the
door closed, and I st’ood outside the wide
portico, in silent rage.

So near and yet so far I

A week went by. At, the end of that time
I found,‘ one Sunday morning, with my Other
correspondence, a letter to this effect:

Sr. Mauv CRAY, Kent. June, 186—.
MY DEAR Sm: The ladies of my family
have reported to me your kindness and po—
liteness to them the other night at the opera.
Their hurried manner of leaving town pre-
vented their thanking you in person when
you called. Will you do me the honor .to
pass a few days at my house in this old-fash-
ioned village? It will give me great pleasure
to receive you, and to show my appreciation
of the kind services you rendered one of my
daughters some months ago, to which you
have added another to the list. I inclose the
trains; pray take which best suits you.
Yours sincerely, HENRY KENDALL.

Needless to say, I accepted the invitation

by return of post. Two days later, the 4
o'clock express saw me speeding on my way,
this time with every assurance of meeting
La Mystere face to face, and learning at last
somewhat of her history, past and present‘
and may be form for both of us some possible
future. .
At St Mary Cray I alighted. A groom
came forward; a moment more and we were
bowling along over a fine country road, past
the old, gray church with its graveyard,
nestled in the very heart of the poorer cotta-
ges; past the rapid river Cray, dear to the
followers of old Izaak, and down the pretty
winding road toward a large group of trees
at the extreme end of this quaint Keutish
village. A drive 'of less than half an hour
brought us to the lodge gates, then a moment
more, and the Priory stood before us: a dear
old-fashioned latticed windowod house, with
an overhanging roof, and triple chimneys of
the Tudor period. The door stood open; it
always was open, and the door, testifying
mutely to the hospitality of all who dwelt
within.

A. fine, handsome old man came out to
meet me, with snow-white hair, crisp and
youthful, standing about his head.

‘So,’ he cried in a ringing voice. ‘This is
Mr. Earnsford! We have you at last, and
are delighted to see you, sir.’ Then turn
ing to some one within, he called: ‘Here,
Weasel, tell Cora and Dorothy, Mr. Earns—
ford has come.’

Some things come to one by instinct: I
knew that ‘Weasel could’ be no other than
one of the Japs, and my instinct proved
correct. Presently there appeared the deli-
cate, fragile-looking lady I assisted at
the opera, and at her side the Japanese boy,
his sailow complexion, black hair and eyes,
looking more dismal than ever beside her
flower-like fairness,

‘This is my daughter, Lady Dinsmore,’
said Mr. Kendall; ‘and this—is my grand—
son.’ ‘5 .

I thought the old man’s happy face cloud-
ed somewhat as he acknowledged the-last
relationship; and I experienced a horrible
sensation of the invitahle creep over me, as
I found, here at the threshold of her owu
home, evidence of Dorothy’s being the
mother of these children. La Mystere must
of necessity be Dorothy, for bad I not heard
them all address Lady Dinsmore as Cora,and
then, too, had she not just the face for a
Dorothy, not beautiful, but bright, and fair,
and proud?

The day waned and no Dorothy appeared ;
it was not until dinner time that I saw her.
.She came into the drawing room last of all,
wearing some kind of thin black gown that
showed her white arms and neck, with a
bunch of roses at her waistband. Mr. Ken-~
dall simply said:

‘You and Dorothy are old companions; no
need to introduce you. What makes you so
late, Dolly?’

‘Angel would not go to sleep,’ she answered
in a low voice. ‘I had to sing to her until
she did.’

The same look of annoyance passed over
his face that I had noticed when he spoke of
Weasel. He said a little sharply:

‘You take most too much care of those
children, Dorothy. Leave them more to the
nurses.’

‘I cannot, papa.
‘him.’ .

‘Well, well, never mind, my dear; we

won’t discuss it. Mr. Earnsford, will you
give your arm to Lady Dinsmore—Dolly,you
come with me. Sorry George wasn’t able to
[come down to—night, but an M. P.’s always
busy nowadays.’ .
' A most agreeable dinner followed, and one
I should have better enjoyed had I not been
haunted by the all—pervading presence of the
two absent Japs, and by the half sad expres-
siOn upon Dorothy’s face, that had settled
there after her mention of him. Could it be
possible that this swoet Englishwoman re-
gretted her Japanese husband l

Only one circumstance gave me hope, her
name; Sandwell hada truly English ring,
and could not be orientalized. Shortly,how-
ever, that faint consolation was destroyed by
my servant, who, a worse gossip than any
fe me—de-chambre, poured out to me the
facts that she had taken the name of Sand-
well from an old aunt whose property she
had inherited, the name being part of the
legacy. ‘They do say, sir,’ continued Jack-
son, ‘as her own name was a monstrous,
queer sounding one. She’s always called

You know I promised

only been’ home a short time—only since my
lady’s marriage: and when she. did come,she
brought them fearful blacks with her. It’s
shocking to hear them a-calling her mamma,
and it don’t seem natural as they should be
hers.’

Alas! my fears and surmises were rapidly
becoming certainties. I felt that, ere long.
I must look the matter squarely in the face,
and make up my mind that in loving Doro-
thy I must love the J aps as well. In choosing
her for my wife, I must accept her past, and
her little ones With it. _

A week, two weeks, were gone, and still I
lingered at the Priory My passion for
Dorothy had become the prominent part of
my being. Day by. day, hour by hour, it
became more obvious to me that I should
part from her either as her future husband,or
a badly-wounded, unsuccessful suitor. Yet,
during these two’ weeks not one word had
ever come to my cars regarding her past life.
She was still young—too young for her to
have been anything more than a slip of 'a girl
when the heavy cares of life apparently
became hers. She spoke seldom of herself,
never of her life in the States. Yet she was
open-hearted as the day, and talked Well and
earnestly on all subjects; was most affection-
ate to Mr. Kendall, and devoted to the little
ones. The latter, by a lucky accident, were

 

leaving her.

Mistress Dorothy through the houSe, and has .

confined to the nurseries with some childish
ailment. She was never addressed save as
Mistress Dorothy,or Dolly; I adopted, natur-
ally. the former ; these was a fitness in it that
pleased me; was she not my mistress, and 1
her liumblest servitor ?

Well, to cut it short, we were walking
home one evening from a lawn party—tennis
had not come into fashion in those days—
given at one of the neighboring houses; Lady
Dinsmore, her husband, Mr. Kendall in
front, Dolly and I lOitering behind them. It
was a lovely moonlight night; the little
river rippled like a silver thread at our feet ;
the trees cast down shadows before us; the
air was sweet with a thousand flowers. The
influence of the night was not to be resisted.
Another moment and—she knew it all.
Knew how I loved her, how I had fought off
that love, and how it would not be conquer-
ed, but grew stronger and stronger 'until it
held me captive, and made me sue for her
love in self-defence. . '

N o Lovelace could have pleaded more
warmly, and no Clarissa listened more coyly.
The beautiful color stole over her face, her
slender hands held each other in sweet con-
fusion, and the proud handsome eyes were
lowered beneath the ardor of mine.

At last she spoke. : I

‘The children I’ .‘s ‘

‘Ah, Dolly, Dolly ll‘I answered; ‘do you
suppose I would separatethem from you ? I
must love them, ‘fuifl:ygiir=swcet sake. I
confess,’ I added impatiently, ‘I wOuld rather
they were not yours, and not Japanese.‘ Of
course I have no doubtsyour husband was no
end of a good fellow, but that’s neither here.
nor there; they are yours. and that’s enough.
I love you, I want you 3 and naturally must
take thechildren withyou. I am not such
a savage as to ask a mother to part from her
little onesl’

‘Husband I —father l—me l—my own child-
ren l’ faltered Dorothy, her gray eyes full of
indignant surprise; then on a sudden break-
ing into a ringing pealitof laughter. ‘Oh, my
poor, misguided, credulous Philip! And did
you think me the mother of Angel and
Weasel ?‘I married! my husband a J apanesc!
0h, forgive me, but it is too delicious I’
Dolly, however, was merciful. She saw
my confusion, and choking back her merri-
ment as best she could-‘—though it would crop
forth every moment inlittle spasmodic bursts
—-she took my arm and related the following
incidents. __

‘Mr. Kendall is my stepfather. My
mother, an English lady, was the widow of a
Spanish Don, who, being on the unfortunate
side of politics, at his death left my mother
very poor, and with two little babies. My
twin brother,Guy, was always a wild, harum
scarum boy, and, as, he grew older, never
could agree with either' my mother or her
husband, though a kinder father could not
be. Guy ran away at the age of sixteen.
We heard nothing of him for four years.
Then, two years ago,a letter reached us from
the clergyman of a Japanese settlement in
the far West of the United States, saying
Guy was very ill. His wife, a Japanese lady
of royal birth,.;had died, leaving two little
ones to his care.“ The clergyman stated that
he had performed the- marriage ceremony

between them, she having previously become

a"'Christian, and added, if we wished to see
Guy alive, we must lose no time.

‘Of course, there was no end of a scene,
and my poor mother, long a sufferer of
heart disease, died in consequence of the
shock. Mr. Kendall was thus rendered
totally unfit for travelling, even if my step
sister’s health would have permitted his
I persuaded him to allow me
to go‘tb America—I used ‘to go about, and
did not fear the journey. I reached San
Francisco in time to see. my poor brother
before he died, and to promise him as a last
request, to take care of his little ones and be
a mother to them. I was bringing them
home when I first met you, and our second
meeting came about by my being obliged
some months later, to go back to the States
and take possession of their property as their
guardian, my brother having left them with
a handsome fortune.’

‘But why not have taken a maid with
you?’ I interrupted. ‘Why travel so far
alone?’

‘Because,’ returned Dorothy, ‘I have learn-
ed that maids, since I was the age of twelve,
especially where a sea-voyage is concerned,
are far more trouble than anything else.
They are simply incumbrances. No. I had
no fears at going alone. I am used to it. 1
went each 'season to my great-aunt SandWell
in France, and, as we travelled considerably,
I soon learned to manage for the entire party.
When my aunt died,she left me her property
with her name, and this ring’——holding up
her pretty hand, where blazed the diamond
in its gypsy setting that Arthur and I had
speculated over—‘because,’ she said, ‘I was
the only one of the family that would put up
with her vagaries.’ At Mr. Kendall’s request,
I added to my name the prefix due only to a
married woman,as a safeguard in my travels,
though .he sobriquet of “Mistress Dorothy”
was given me long ago, after the famous
Dorothy Fox of Chatsworth Hall.’

She paused,thcn added a little breathlessly,
but with a dignified movement of her proud
head:

‘1 have never been married.
Dorothy del Balbo.’

‘Oh, Dorothy!’ I cried in an agony of
ahame—‘Will you,can you forgive my stupid
mistake? I was a fool, a blind, idiotic fool l
But do forgive me my darling! Show your
Christianity by heaping coals of fire upon
my unworthy heady-say yes to, my plead-
ing!" i '

‘If you wish it,’ she replied tenderly, and
lifted her proud eyes to mine, proud nu.
longer, but full of truest love.

And there, inithej shelter of the woods.
with only the bright moon to look down
upon us, I took herrin my arms and sealed
the contract thatjpiade me then, and has
made me ever since, the happiest man in the
world. ' ,

, And the little Japs, you ask? Guy, morr
familiarly known [as Weasel, is a fine young
fellow now at Cambridge, and carrying all
before him. And Alice? L’)0k at that tall,
slight girl now entering the room, in white
fieecy drapery that clings closely about a
finely moulded figure; masses of golden
hair twine about ller shapely head; black,
pencilled brows and deep, almond—shaped
eyes complete the beautiful apparition. To-
morrow is her wedding day, and looking at
her as she stands there, you hardly wonder
that she is making one of the best matches
in Kent.—-[A. de G. Stevens. .

-—'_—

An Irish barrister, who was ready to take
a small fee and who was ready to dine wuh
anyonwwho invited him, said, Dmpousiy,‘
in a sense: "‘1 appear for the town, my
Lord." “Oftener for the half-crown,"

whispered a wag, ,

. as
A Wisconsin cow with a persistent enough
that bafiled the skill ‘of a veterinary surgeon
to cure died, and upon opening her windpipe
to discover the cause of the irritation there
was found in the upper part of the lung alive
striped frog of ordinary size.

A wicked Connecticut man being recently
taken ill, and believing he was about to die,
told a neighbor that he felt the need of prep
aration for the next world and would like to
see some proper person in regard to it... Im-
mediately the friend sent for a fire insurance

agent. ‘

Gilhooly got come up with yesterday. He
had bought a barrel of apples from De
Smith’s grocery,3which did no» give satisfac-
tion. “What is the reason,” said Glihooly,
indignantly, “that the further down i go in
the apples the worse they get?" “The rea-
son for, that is that you didn’t open the bar
.rel at the other end. If you had only don
that the apples would be getting better allth-.
time.”—-Galceston News.

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CHARLES W. MAIN}

Surgeon Dentist,
NIOBWALK. CONN.

mice content-Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxlde Gasadministered

 

ALEX. S . GIBSON.
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
- Teacher of ‘
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.

Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.

Hurlbutt & Relyea, _
tunnels and Counsellors at Law,

Boom No.4, [up stairs.)
GAZETTE BUILDING.

w. E. (lUlll—TARD,
leueral Fuiuisliuu, Uuluiialei,

OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPOT

Q'Ordersattended to day or night. ltesldcn r
ifainStreet.3 doorsfrom Union Avenue.

{lie liniwalk Fire Insurance 80..
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,

And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.

I“ SIIUID EOMPAIY IISIIRES A'l’ lllWEll BAT

V is. 0.8T3EE1‘, Pres., S. E. Onusrnan, Tress.
GEO. R. Cownns,Scc’y.

 

 

 

 

' Err! A l usunaucn Co.ofHABTFORL

Charter Perpetual
$6,716,893.77

acorporated 1812.

Capital and Assets,

lnsuresalgainsilossand damage by Firemuterms
adoptedto thehazardandconsistent with the laws
ofcompeusation. COWLES'& MERRILL ,-
iole Agentstor Norwalk and vicinity

l 1HAIILESS. LOCKWOOD,

fashionable Diaper and Iailti

AND

awms' FURNISHING nMPoRIU‘h.
Main Street .Norwalk, Conn.

BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,-

wuums Burnnmu, wan. ST.
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths,

oi the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitiugs. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 40

FRANK BUTTBRY.

Dealer in

PIANUS all CABINET URGANS,

. =11var Mine, Conn.

Ag’t for DECKER BROS’ celebrated Pianos.
And Organs of the best makers. Orders left at
Spencer 5 Jewelry Store will receive prompt ai-
ention. ' 6m22

ilIlWllll) S. BETTS,
IIIIIIGBISI s. PHARMACIST,

(Successor to C. S. PROWITT,)

 

 

 

 

Dealer in

TOILET AND FANCY GOODS, COMBS
BRUSHES, SOAPS, &c., FINE AS-
SORTMEN’I‘ OF HANDKER—
CHIEF ’EXTRACTS BY THE
OUNCE, PURE DRUGS

_ AND MEDICINES,
WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICI--
NAL USE.

Prescriptions Carefuly Prepared.
Night Bell at Main Street Door.

Smith’s Medicated PRUNES

Are a certain CURE for

Constipation, Z’ilz'oumeu, lat/er
Yraubles, f’iles, Indzgestz'on,

. Sick Headaclze, and Dyspepsia.

Thai“ cleansing action on the liver and di—
gestive organs removes all impurities from
the system, purifies the blood, relieves the
over taxed kidneys, and establishes regular
and natural action of the bowels. Pleasant
to take, free from all unpleasant and debilita-
ting action and can be used freely with per-
fect safety. For sale by all druggists in half
pound glass jars. Price 50 cents.

JAMES L. rsaais.
Hand Made Harness,

QUl N TARD’S BLOCK. 26

A T
.luintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befouuua complete; sscrtmeh lo ..

Purim-rims, 3.0..

acluuingevcrything nan ullyro and in a i rst-class
establishment, at Pricesto suittlic Timer also .
... largeassortmen to f:

- u "l ‘3
.saonos. PICTURE; FRAMES,
- LOOKING GLASSES. Arc.
alias sPlatesc uttoany size . depairingdonc‘i lithe
lest manner,at short notice . Also.old Hai r \i at-
trasse smadeover asgood nsn cw .5,

E. Olllll'l'lillll’s SON.
EXCELSIOR LIVERY.

[HIE Subscriber having greatly added 'to his
accommodations by the purchase of the large
.irick Stable, rear of the Adams House.and added
very largely to his already fine stock of Horses.
aas also entirely refurbished and newly e nipped
his full stock oi Couches, Carriages, arness,

J. M. POTTER,

DEALER IN

 

Cabinet Organs, Vio-
l’ms, Banjos, Fifes,
Drums & Sheet

Music.

Pianos and Organs to Rent.

PIANOS,ORGANS AND MELODEONS TUN—
ED AND REPAIRED.

Instruments sold on monthly Instnlements.

old Instruments taken In Exchange
for New.

REMQVED To
QUINTARD’s BLOCK. oppo-
site Horse Railway Depot.

MELVILLE E. MEAD,

Commissioner for Connecticut in N.Y.

Real Estate and Insurance Dice,

21 Park Row 0 osite Post Office N. .
Also at Dnricn, Ct. ’ pp ‘ Y

. SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES Of NORWALK.

The undersigned has opened a
RetailD epar Iment

' in the
Factory on Hoyt St., near Main,

Where LADIES’. MISSES’ and CHIL-

DREN’S .SHOESL of our own make,

can be obtained at a slight advance from whole-

sale prices.

Measures taken and Shoes made to
order.

T.‘COUSINS.

C. II. llcnilttll, ill. I).

DENTIST,

Norwalk, Conn.

Office second
door. west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot. Dental

 

 

 

operations in all

branches as for-
» merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
L AUGHIN G
GAS a specialty

 

N. B.—Dr.Kendall spends Mondays in Ridge-
field. _ 42

 

DENTIST.

.- RANK '1‘. llYAT'l‘ would respectfully
call the attention of the public to the fact
that begs now prepared to execute all orders ap-
pertaining to dentist! , having had 13 years prac-
tical experience wit the late Dr. Frank Brady
is a guarantee that none but the best of work and
perfect satisfaction will be given Call and see
im ut his residence adjoining the Methodist Par-
sonage. 27tf

 

LACKSMITH OB CARPENTER SHOP to
let on Mechanic Street. Enquire of
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Norwalk, May 15th, 1880.

For Sale.

HE Good Will,Fixtures and Tools. as well as
a small stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, &c.,
the remains of the busmess formerly carried on
by William St. John, at New Canaan, Ct. ' All
will be sold on very reasonable and accommoda-
ting terms. Small capital only needed. To a good
mechanic. sober and industrious man, this is be-
lieved to offer unusual opportunities for a steady
and prosperous business. Ill health was the only
reascn why the owner gave it up. For further
particulars enquire or address the undersigned at
New Canaan, Conn. Y. ST. JOHN.
New Canaan, May 20, 1880. 2ltf

 

 

”rough the courtesy of the
JVorwullc .M ills Company, ice
are at liberty to invite inter-
ested parties to inspect the
operation of the Improved
"JVorwul/c Steam Pump,” of
our manufacture, which is
at work in their" Mill.

THE. JVOR WflLIf' IRON
WORKS 00.,

South JI/orwallc, Conn.

 

People’s Market,

N0. 19 MAIN STREET,

HE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal,
Lamb, Mutton, Pork, &c.,ut the nest
Market Rates. Vegetables and fruits a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily receiyeu. Market

wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMES E. WIXSON.

A. o. BENEDICT & 00.,
JEWEL-E RS,
No. 28 Bowery, New Yoi'k,

Invite an inspection of their large and carefully
selected stock of

GOLD & SILVER WATCHES,
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY AN 1) Sim euwann.

The quality of every article is guaranteed
Prices extremely low,and marked Ln plain figures
Particular attention paid to repairing Watches
On! careful and thorough workmen employed.
2’ is house has no connection with any other
bearing the name of BENEDICT.

ESTABLISHED 1818.
Solicitor of Claims.

GEN ERAL—B—USINESS.
OFFICIAL IN l”0RllI.-'1TION .

1.. A. GOBEJ Gar,

office 1,42 7 F Street N orihwesi, near
18111., WASHINGTON, D. C.

Y former connection with J ournalism for a

long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
ment and all exce tional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to at Orders requiring personal ser-
vice ut the National Capltol,which may be for.
worded through the office of the Noruva Lir Ca-
zn r'rE. all

GLEAIIIIESS l8 IEXT III SOMIIESS.

C. A. FRANKE’S
Slaiiuu and Hair Guiiiuu Saloon!

'0! A

 

6m39

 

Pleasant Shave, _
Artistic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo‘
can. AT

Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.

FParticuiarnttcntion given to Ladies andChild-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooning.“

AT HOME TO EVERYBODY. '

Hot and C‘cidWater Baths
Wanted.-- New jersey Midland Ban-

way Bomls,:lll kindsdor which
I will pay the highest New York price. .
S. E.0LMSTEAD.
February, 2!, 1880.

 

66a week in our own town.Terms and soout
ilti'ree.Ad ressH.Halleti&UO.Portland,Me

Mineral, Gilli and Elder Mill in
full Bluitl

'l‘lic Aisling Mineral Mill Co.
AVING remo vcd their .Ilincrhl Works from
South Noi-wuik to the premises known a.
Gregory’sMiils. \Viiiuipauk, have made repair:
and built additions, put in new bolts and bolting
cloths suitable for grinding wheat or any other
grain, and are now read y 101' customers. In ocu-
uection are ready and in order I orgriridiug upplcr
and making into cider It desired,0ii application.
apples will be sent lor and elder returned at a
reasonablecompensation. The grinding of wheat
a speciality. ._ ‘ 10 ‘T,
Supt. 0! Grain Department.
HARVEY FITCH, Manager.
Norwalk,Scpt. 6, 1880. 3m36

$5 20pm day at home. Samples worth 85
t free. Address STINSON a 00., Port

aluu. _

 

 

 

WIS}.

 

to" and is now prepared to furnish the very best
Livery turn~outs in the county in either single or
double teams. _
rals. &c..lurnishcd with the best oi coaches with
careful drivers, at the lowest miccs in town.
Single teams by theduy or hour. '1 lie veteran,
fly. Scollcld can be founl at, the late bl‘egory
Stable rear of Adams Ho ise. Public patronage

 

is solicited. W. at. DANN. Proprietor.
Norwslk, Mayll 1880., '

Weddings, Balls, Pili‘tys, r‘unc- -,

Mucous?

Indtonbw the ill. ’

are” whlcli have diam-ad. the victims for years.

power. ham
m‘mY-WOBT andhcalthwlnbo oklyrecained- Cetit 1’ our Druzelrt Price 1
(will ”Emmi ' . tralums, mostannso§ayco., Prob-’3 fiulnutuiIvt:

’manding linc vicwsof' Long Island Sound and the

REAL ESTATE.

-\,'\/\,. .,"\.r\/ WVV‘ANVWWM/x

For Sale or to Rent.
A House on Fair Street.

Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.

For Sale or to Rent. I

THE well known property of WiLLiAu C.
STREET, situated on High Street, in the Bor-
ough of Norwulk, containing one acre of ground
fronting on Iligh and Main Streets. with commo-
dious Dwelling House, with all the modern im-
provements, large Barn and outbuildings, and
one-hall 91 small house on Main Street. For lur-
thcr particulars enquire of BURR SMITH, Agent.

N orwulk. Oct. lltr. 1880. - 4ltl‘

 

 

Desirable House to Let.

SUITABLE forone‘ or two lamilies; rooms very
_ nice and convenient, with Borough waterin-
side and a never fallingwell of excellent sol't wa-
ter outside; good cellar, nice grounds, pleasantly
situated grounds in a good neighborhood. Con-
crete and flagging walk to Church. Schools and
Post Office. ltcnt reasonable and immediate pos-
session given of W. R. NASH, 193 Main St.
Norwuik, June 28, 1880. 26

FOR SALE.

EVEltAL very desirable Building Sites for
‘ Business purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of f‘. W.'M1TCHELL, Real Estate Agent

 

 

 

HEAD RENT—7A house near Broad River
Bridge. Will be rented at a low price.
Apply at the GAZETTE or FICE .

7 lo LET.—Apilrtmcnts in the House on the
corner of Cross Street, Apply to

16 JAMES FINN EY.

 

f 0 flENT.—A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

For Sale.

I HE Homestead ol the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It is 'very eligibly located in the
Borough of Norwalk, is two stories and basement,
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a large
family or a boarding house; lot 60x200 feet. has
Borough Water, Fruit, kc. Situated on Franklin
avenue,w1thln three minutes’ walk of PostOfiicc,
Depot. die, Will he sold on accommodating terms.
For iurther particulars enquire of

24 JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.

FOR SALE.

r ‘I W0 verydesirabl wuiluingLotson WeslMaln
Street Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .

DWELLINGS

AND

Building Lots.“

SEVERAL dwellin s,varions_prices in differ-
ent portions of" .orongh, either to let or for

sale at reasonable rices. Also several places

outside of Boroug limits—one in Winnipank.

Also several Buildingiots in and out of Borough.
till) Enquire at this Office.

A -
12p

 

 

 

 

For Sale or Exchange.

FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Biooklyn, E. D., Within 5minutcs walk of

4 ferries. Good location. For particulars apply

to RANDALL,

Box 63, Norwalk.

Farm for Sale.

BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center

of' Norwalk. ‘ Good situation, good house.

built of best material and by days work. About

80 chorcc An le trees with other fruit, good aro

den, good we 101‘ water, and fine shade trees. usl

the place for a man Wishing toraise Strawberries.
etc. Price 87,000. Enquire at this Office.

For Sale.

A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthepleas-

antest streets in town, within five minute:-
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold an
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 87.000. En-
quire at this Office.

.8.

 

 

 

:a

NE W MARKET!

No. 6 Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
run near or .

Beef, Tea, Mutton, Lamb. Pork,

RAMS, POULTRY .10., alwa 8
lowest market priceii. GAMEyoloalll $123313

season. T me; Iqut ‘ .
6m45 W. F. LOCKPWOOD, late thtOAadun‘rtnl Bros

N OVELTIES IN

Beaded (lauds.

rassmnrunm nuannn mums nr mums.
CENT AND vanmca'run snaps.

ALSO,
BUGLE-BEADED EMBROIDERY, omrmnms,
eanus, soucuuams, cc.
SPECIALTIES FOR THE COMING WEEK .-

GIMPS reduced from 256. to 10¢ yard.

from 76c. to 50¢. yard.

FBINGES reduced from 00c. to 26¢. yard.
. from $1.50 to $1 yard,

Special attention to orders by mail.

DUNCAN A. GRANT,

No. 879 Broadway, N. Y. “41

MRS. J. P. CROSSMAN’S, .

29 Main Street.

 

 

. FASHIUNABLE DRESSMlKI-NG'

BANKING the Ladies of Norwalk for their

list patronage I now take pleasure to say
that have enlarged my business and am ready
for my Fa] trade. All orders Will receive rompt
attention. 1 have also opened Pattern ms,
and have on hand

The latest Styles of Paris Patterns

arid in connection with my former business I
teach Dressmaking by one of the latest improve-
ments of the age, the Improved Square. Call and
see it before learning any other. I have secured
a first-class (‘loak Maker and Will pay particular
attention to the Cloak Department.

Fall and Winter Styles now Ready.

'1‘ MISS E. NEI‘TEBFIEM’SJQ Main
Street, over Scofield s: Hoyt’s Dry Goods
store. Hats in all the Fashionable Shapesdn ,
Felts, Beavers, and Velvets. » Satins, Silks,
PlushesLBrocaded Satins. Ribbons. Feathers and
Birds. ll elt Hats Dyed and Pressed in the Latest
sales, All orders promptly attended to at short

cc.
Norwalk, Oct. 18th, 1880.

 

 

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Highest Medals. lndorsed and Prescribed by
Medical Men of all Schools.
Professor Duncan Camp-

bell, M.l)., LLD., President B at
College of Physicians and Sur eons, etc., o c.,
realeed my expec-

says: “It has more than
tations.” ,

Professor J. M. Cmochan,
MJL, Professor of Surgery New York Medi-
cal College, says: “ My patients derive marked
and decided benefit from it.”

' Professor ll. Gnullon,
Mel)” Physician to the Grand Duke of
" 1?an of the Holy Gross, etc., says:

 

Desirable Property for sale.

Ver ydesirahle place on Ens iAvenuc. '
A. , Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Av_enue,f‘orsule cheap.

Also,a mcelylccnted Houseand Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar-
gain . Enquireof

S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenne,
tfll or to D .W.FITCH,WestAvenue'.
r HE valuable residence of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high lground on East
D

Ave., in the Borough of Norwa is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-

 

surrounuiiig country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e, and the same from South Nor-
walk depotg ouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filleu in With brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, With all. modern improvemciits,bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, Beebec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The celluris dry, having stationary furn-
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and rooi‘tiuned. Thehouse is in excel-
lent order beingcomfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do
ing business in New York and returning thesame
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
outiu luwn,i‘ruit trees, and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, RealEstate Agent, or-
walk, or to the subscriber, ‘

A. S. HAMERSLEY
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y

For Sale.

.. -. AHonseandLot,inauealth)locationcn
‘ @ FairStreet,above Catharine. The Houseis
' ' nearly new,wellbuilt,convcnicntlyarrang-
ed, and will make a. comfortable and leasant
home f’oral‘amilyol average size. The at runs
back to the river. There ls'u. wellofexccllent
water on the place, and Borough waterln the
Street. Price low,aud partof the money can re
main on mortgage. A fine chance tosecnre
homc. Apply atGAZETTEOFFICE. 3

GEO. WARD SELLECK

Has in hisNew Store,

 

 

flurdenbrook’s New Block, Wall Sh,

A complete assortment of the best class of

GROOEHIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS.

&c., for family use. at Popular Prices. His stocl- .
is at all times fresh and good, and will stand com

parison with those of any Grocer in town. Call in
and leave your orders. 28M

Siberia.

Dr. FITOE’S

Fa ii auullui Suiuul

For Boys.

HE Fall Term will commence Septem-
ber 6th, 1880. Pupils received at an)
age over six. Young Ladies are also admitted to
the Day Department,both inthe Primary and Ad-
ruuccd Course. Sessions arranged to accommo-
date pupils wishing to commute pn the cars.
Penmanship and Bookkeeping, a specialty,
taught by teachers of large experience. Evening
Classes will be formed if desired. Young Ladies
and Gentlemen fitted for College.
Rcierence: any lormcr patron. Call or sendf or
circular. .vAppl cations may be made to
' Dis. J. C. FITCH, Principal,
3m30

Norwulk,Conn.
N 0R WALK LATIN SCHOOL.

Belden Ave. near West Ave.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, A, M., Principal.
MISS it. M. NORTHROP, LOUIS J.SEYMOUB.
Assistants. '

The Boys’ Department meets in the‘ Belden
Homestead.at 8:30 A. LL, and 1:30 P. M. It wrll
prepare boys for College, Seieutific School. or Busi—
ness Terms 340 per year; Latin, Greek,Germun and
Higher Mathematics, $7.50 each, extra.

The Girls’ Department meets in the rooms lately
occupied by Miss Carter, at 8:45 A. M. Terms 340
without extras. A limited number of _ iris may
board with the Principal. Special terms w be made
for young children, either as day pupils or as board-

ers. .
Both Departments are under the Principal’s person-
al instruction.
First Quarter opens September 6th, 1880. _
References and further information will be‘found
in circulars, for which address the Principal,

REMOVAIILI!
a. s. BLASCER,

Has removed to Leckwood’s Building, Wall Street
cot of Main, which has been refitted and turn-
ished with a choice stock of

Groceries, mockery, Glass, &0.,

He gives his personal attention to his business
and invites public patronage.

MME. BllAlll’S GREAT AMERICAN

Embroidering and Stamping Co.

limbs-older! rig,srnmpl "2.1% lining and
llc-Ignlng done to order.

Lessons taught free in uri'wol. Arasenc, Kenning-

ton, Gold, Silk Uutlir c and ltusriuu Embroidery.
353 Gill .1 venue. New York.

Bet. 21st and 22d 51.5.. '.’d door from 22d St.

Black Enameled Carl Buaiu,

Carmine aau iiillfi l0| Fauti flail!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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”DISEASE

cued the use of max-worm. remedy
sale in allporlnd offhe 00mm try, workson natural principles. It rector-gs
an ‘ ‘ em .

mo -xldneydlm Fm earssmndlngj have been cured also Plies Constipation, Rheumatism
h a. o y We have volum'ca cftcsfinduy arm wonder-ml curative.

No longoruscAlchollc Bitters, which do more

-. A H. BYfEii’l‘CN & CO

GONSTIPATION
AND PILEgfiou

the system of accumulated and. poisonous

or d:.'.‘»-‘ic pills, but use natural

:7 It glles more tone than anythingI have ever
191.11.;

prescribed.”

Sir Robert Clarispison,
LL.D., F.II.S., Physician to her Majesty
the Queen ; President Royal British Associa-
tion‘, etc., etc., says: “The properties of the
Coca are the most remarkable of any known to
the medical world. From repeated ipersonal
trials I am convinced that its use highly
beneficial and tonic.”

Valuable in malaria; ague; malarial debility;
dumbague; low fever' marasmus; paralytic;
spinal and nervous afiections; female weaké
nesses ; bilious and liver afiections ; weak
throats; palpitation and other affections of the
heart; epilepsy or falling sickness; weakness
of the voice of actors,singers, publicspeakers
and clergyman; colic ; fiatulency; seasickness °
falling out of the hair; asthma; shortness o
breath; wasting diseases ; etc., etc. It is grate-
fully refreshing and restorative after prolonged
mental and physical strain. Itis leasantand
agreeable, and is readil retained y the most
delicate stomach. Dr. cBean (British Medi-
cal Journal) found it of great service in con-
sumption. Baron von Humboldt says he
has never known a. case of consumption or
asthma among those accustomed to its use,
and that they live to a. great age, retaining their
mental an physical faculties to the last

(Cosmos).
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Price One Dollar Per Bottle.
rig-PREPARED ONLY nines

The Liebig Laboratory & Chemical Works (30.,
, new YORK, rams, AND LONDON.

FOR SALE.

2 5 FARMS ranging from $1,000 to $20,000,
100 Residences ranging from 8800 to $100,000.
500 Building Lots rangin from 850 to 810,000,
Also Hotels, Foundries, irery—Stables, Tone
ment Property. Quarries. Saw and Grist-Mills.
Oyster Claims, 85c" &c,. the
LET—Apartments and Whole Houses at
prices ranging from $5 to $50, per month.
0 LOAN—Money in sums of l.000,$l,500.and

$2,000.
NSIJBANCE.— At lower rates then ever of-
fercd before and in the best Com anies. Full
particulars by DENJ. J. TURGES.
No. 4, Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn.

Wiu uS- .

Wall. Paper

The Latest Designs
.ofthe Season now
on exhibition
at

J. T. meitt’s,

47 Main Street. ,

 

'llaily Messenger.

W. B. Newcomb,

OULD announce that , makin ‘dail tri s to
New York. he is prepared togact nsyMespscii-
ger to trans: ct any errands or business in the oily.
and to purchase. and bring up small articles, for
21113:: $011313)in e‘gslho rgarem I’lfimfl‘tal attention
. era can 0 c at store oi

J. LESTER GREGORY, 63 Main St., Norwalk.

some n. sun-n,-
FLORIST.

 

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or RAILROAD,
City of South Nos-walls, s . m...
Plants and Flowers at all 32 :‘ . us,

- flower-tor l‘uhgnls to m :3 he as = i. d

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