‘ ls II new lawn tune, but onlyu sli ht acquaintance with it is needed to prove its fusel-
nution. AI II own game it is similar, but much superior to croquet, for many reasons.
You must see this game it you want to keep up with the times. We have it III all sizes
but only one quality -—'l‘lll:‘. BEST. New lines of line ,
St'uflordshirc ware, handsome decorations and ovu‘ basins, .5 (III per St I. Another in-
voice of
to pretty designs, Ioc per yard, or $3.50 per roll of .Io yards. lt'inr jointlese I: in: and
cotton warp, Iec yurd. ()m L
takes the lead this season it Is the lightest running, (lul'tkt‘. t IIItting, doub'e .Iction,
ball bearing machine on the market. Iz-inch e3. oo; I4- ith. #3 so; to inch, .4. oo; It’-
in. 04. so. Gasoline stoves refrigerators, baby carriages, cream freezers, hammocks, cro-
quet, lawn seats, porch screens, screen doors waterIoolers IvIItI-Iing pot», poultIy net-
ting oil stoves and ovens, gurden hose, hose reels and g Irden tools.oieverydacription.
.S.STURTEVANT,
3:-..
NORTH MAI°N AND ANN
sTRI-zI-zrs. »
Iouth Nora-"I. Connecticut
BARGAINW.
.1.“
GREATEST
do“ he III
Gout.
he thol
on
Easy
Terms.
well stocked with fresh goods.
Harnesses, Robes, Blankets and Whips.
Repairing a Specialty. Also as fine alinc of Carriages and Wagons as to be louud any
where m the state to select irom, and prices right. The place Is
IGHT’S ”°'°“.;:.II.1.::°.-:1;Ie1::
T ONE WORD
SOUTH NURWALK - t‘tINNM.‘ 'i‘lt' ll'l‘.
For Ing‘rain,
Tapestry,
Brussels or
Moquette.
Then there is utyillarucss Department, which 1‘
.CARPETS!
Oil Cloths, Linolcums and Mattings, go to
A. Dickerman 8: Son,
South lorwalk, Connecticut.
,/KeépYbur
Weather
~ ’ - .
‘ " When buying tobacco, see that you get a brand that exactly suits your
taste and temperament. If you appreciate a tobacco of high quality—enjoy II.
cool, sweet, delightful smoke, get
7. onILLAIIots
the height of tobacco perfection; a tobacco that neitherh bites the ten
fouls the pipe. Delights the young smoker, thorouh
smoker. It's all tobacco prepared by the LORIL A
field everywhere, 2 oz. for so. Try it.
e, or
satisfies t e old
S—that’s why. ,
‘lf on“ flldwnstutenoo.
IIIII IIIIIII I Illa now that In hove done.
And vomitin- Ind
"no M! Ilehyl'ltfl al' I, one word
.IuII eunotl tlw hunt or him who heard;
Hue gimme moot ltlnd,
that fell like sunshine when It went.
then we our count IIIIII. doy well-pot.
‘ But if. through all the llvolon‘ do],
We‘ve coiled no I e In by m army:
it through it all
We‘ve done no thing that we can "one ,
i‘IIut brought the Ilillnlllll' to II lures
Nu m't IIIIIIII "null.
That helped mum until and nothing «not.
limit oquIt lhot on m worse than loot."
I 1 I V
lllS it lllS’l‘ ll ll 11..
I'ynthln unfilled the flashing little
I-irelet with evident delight It Was
oua of many that sparkled on her deli
cola whitohund but It hora II stimuli
I-Ince beyond the ollmfl. It mount. the
of the homage dIIII lo a lmutifulund
often made the suhjm-t of lltlln'llllll wit.
win over oeeIIptml nnd acceptable, it
meant the roliflI-ntion of unmet and
binding contract with the chosen one—m
the Inuit towhom wealth moo no ob
ject. nod nult no allurquI-nt. Inn]. for
that reason. It dnulod eyes futullinr
with the rndlnnce of germ.
’l‘ho fingers that hnd just. lIIIItowr-d
the gift. IItlll I'lnsped burn with tender
pressure. and. for the first time, the
noticed thnir vinyl» mountain on oddly
shaped Wild ring, that found fuult in
her fuutIdluuo ("ny,
' Why do you We." this?" she asked.
with It curl of the lip.
“ Because i value iI."rI1pliI-II liul’ lover,
m retly revealing the little sneer.
llur enrioIity win rIIIIIIeIl.'l'lIou1,;lI
IIIIII felt thut for Home reason he Ivould
prefor not to talk about. it. anI per-
eluted.
"Did you buy it?"
"No; it. was given to me.”
"lly II friend?"
"By tho bunt friend i ever hm."
'l‘hII lttI1I‘uIiI: ropllrm IInonyed her. I‘ll».
dropped his hnnd. aoylng: "Well. I
don't admire it.“ '
lle III-copied the diIInIlIII-Inl of the sub
juet without II word, and tho comma
lion drilled into another channel-lone
of the winding tributaries of love. l1'u
Were fixed, to II running accompaniment
of just and laughter.
I‘luddunly the ring caught her careless
Itinuco again.
"There," Idle said, |IIIinIiIIg,III it im
putiemly; "it fem-inane: me. I am sure
it has a history. Tell Ine."
till-I npokuus one who in tho-d to com
muud, nnd certain of compliant-e, Lean
mg buck rho elowd her eyI-s lunguidly
IIIId wuiud.
“'Uoun, 'she said III. lust With some
Ilnrprise.
And still he henitptml
“Is it at end one.“ ’1 on Would not I'm
to ltuow ll. "
She not eretl, inttneel) Iurious
' indeed I would, now that you are
III) Iuystet ions
in il. u Mnnonic nanlIIl‘.’
nullm wriId sign of wu. iII~ ~ry. '1"
For once her guy-II y jarred on hiui.
and he WM tumble to answer . In the‘
mute hantering IIIrnin.
"My dear." he said. gently. it wnn
given to me by one who is dend."
She was momentarilysilent, thou be
gun again;
" l have never noticed it. before.
”And yet I always wear it."
“Why?" '
”Uh, Cynlhin, you asked me llial’
one». Because I value it more than
anything I possum,"
1v
quaint. and with an Ul'lgllldl im'nption
. «will you weur it for me?"
“(If Izourms i will."
she flushed II little. 'I mean, will
you wear it instead of ”tin.”
‘;No fI'nImot promise ih; It "
liiII ILnIIwer stnrllwl her;
grave and resolute. Him YrBTIGWt'ilfllt'
ntluek: "But. don't you see. if I gnvv
it you, it would be your mmt preciom
porneueion. Don‘t you cure for me but
for than any one in the World?"
lie drew her to him fondly.
."YeI; IItnu IIIIIIWer that with truth.
but you would not have me break my
promise?"
"Whttf prmuise'!"
"I vowed to \WIII' it as long; as i live.
if it be possible, it shall be buriel with ‘
Inc."
"The dying hertl no right. to extort
ouch promises from the living." she re"-
Inarked, III1n'tentiously. “Your liiond
was oxtt‘en'II-ly selfish."
"Uh, ('ynl‘hiu, she was an angel!"
tlwtono. He did not look for much
depth of feeling in Cynthia-«ho had
been too «will. it. wne his limit to bring
out the lovable points in her nature:
that her luxurious life had lelt undo-
veloped, and 'in which his love dimmed
eyuII had foreseen great and noble pouni
btlities
position to retract her former opinion.
"You; the ring had been in her family
for many generations.
it a kind of taliunan.‘ and wore it al1
ways, till, dying. Idle bequeathed it. to
me. There is my story."
"it seems impossible that you can fail
me in so email a. sacrifice," ehe rejoined,
with a bitter little laugh; "Itill, you
' see. such things may happen."
More" of calm resolution was mad
dening. yet he. felt inItinetively that no
wurd ol reproach or anger would help.
Assent WM dishonorable, denial was
difficult; there was no way am of the
dilemma.
"A little time." he pleaded.
“Till III-night." Rho Raid, hurriedly.
"You must let me. lmow your decision
by then. Remember. nothing can alter
mine. louly claim my right. But, .
IIlIe added. poruuoeively, "you can easily!
decide now. Leta. have my way.
Ah. do, and end our flrlf. and lost qua:
rell"
MHAWWbMIm
l ennui
clipping of button fly wings; the waning‘
nmrriugeublo hfill'l'ml, nnd which. though ‘
tIIrII plane were Ilisrttouml. and dates,
Does ll. contain poison.
HI‘ peglrups‘
"Well. I will give you one. quite an .
”or pretty IIII,1.;I~~rrII-,II.I made him smile. 1
it 'was My‘
There was more sorrow than anger in'
. "She wau~your first wife'r' asked“
Cynthia, slowly, and showing no dis
She considered ,
l‘hero woe II subtle fondness in has
our that Itwoyotl
hulk”. but the [olden token on hi
““9“!th him under her elinxim
hood, audits IIlIIIoII his head
'NU. dour, IIIII1II II vow III not to b
lightly broken lmnvt «nrnmtly II n
sidet- your requead. I wish you lI:1I
asked me anything but title." he wen
-on wistfully. seeking sympathy in III1
l mil. dnrlt I1.yIIII
Butt ynthin’ II Intricate-shod vanished
Him drew buck, piqued, ill III ease. in
lmr IIIIppllnnt attitude; on ominoun
frown durkouinx but fair forrheud I"
she turned away.
“M you will." she sold. coldly.
Memorial lbutt "ynthiIIII prI-IwIII- II Imti
l Ilium] for many Inonthwrowdml \l\ id
ly into the widower II mind fl!‘ IIII nll‘tlll I:
‘ on. handles: of din or lrullir or lite Iii
friction to be panned iler words at
anger and oppmition had invented the
ring he had ulIIIoIII grown to rvunrd
Willi the unthinking gaze of t'llfiillllll
with now unil startling IIi,aIiliI 11IIuI I1. it
nltllply rlvetvd him to tho punt. lie
mightdlneard it, Mill boiling its pm
pow in lth llrmfl hut the tho: min ww-
Is hum one; he knew that his dIIIIl II We
would Inwu lmruo IIII-h u vow to the
“atom of Heaven, and that no nutritive
'Would have ItlI-Itml tho ltll'l‘lllflll and
multtrnuce of tho love which he dared
not weigh with t‘yuthin'n, impnlnvv
panda”. lie 1th b Idly dwelt on ll
nllIItII IIluI bud linen ta tell from him - .tl
lll'sl lwranm it mmut hoped-"II thI‘I
uI'h 1, bitterly lII-I1IIIIIeI'tIII1I1nII1l Ill -ltI}‘.’ti
tn ills betrothed; but now, It! IlIiI turn
lug point. ll" fault/Ml lIiI lo-IV Itfrwlz
and won?1rmlthnt the I‘I1uII1tan'.In 1.
hull hula-I erur Ito little in tin‘1 radiation
of t 'yntbtu'II I-milm.
Yet ullegiutwo to the llt'llll’l’ll dead
mount tho fueling of the old honwhsI-I
life. the return of that morbid Ilupru.
slim which Cynthia; inlm-Iimt- WU”)
and pretty. petulant wuyn alone had
pom1 r in Illupo I
"II had wnlkml on. IlfI-III time. for be
‘ pond his original tll' afinaltou the I1 hwy
set of rooms presided over by iii-I faith
fnl vulnl. hudda-uly Im rtuppa-d. Willi
an involuntary t‘ll‘lltlltili lot). for ho- Itood
at the wry thrrnludd ol lilaltltl hum:
What iIIIpIIlIII1lIIIIl Iml lIiI nitrous-clone
foolItIIp-I along tho oft-1n travel le road
ht! knew not. or how he ram-1th look
upon the lion»! hi1 lIIIII shunned since
the duyof mourning. IIIII lun'lnz come.
i he was triad, for the wrmu h of porting
was not the pre sent pain; he you able
to recall the grim old to “In on H JIIVllll,
“Wells“ mrrownt. a-um inttom. For
the fir-It Illtw wince his ljt'l'a'in‘I'lllt'lIl he
felt the III-ore nnd s‘rmaglh lo welt the
room within that had lrmn III1I1~‘. unai-
wl'ml. tut sh» lmd 1an ll, till f'ynfhitt.
romlute in her band Illlllt III of rivuil‘Ing
remdlamtinm. vhould cornice-1y nciollrl‘
Ind rmrruuzo.
1 The old llulleoln'ttlwr. started from her
.lethurgy of idle mrutakinu. an-wrn-d
l'IlII mtnlttom wilhmtmny :IIIII1rity. and
i
’notmlm Mood at tho lII‘Il-dllt' when,
‘mrne years ago he hml flung1 him-' 11f in
an agony of grief and subbed out .I list
" farewell.
the curt IiIIId wmww 1‘10 II aim;
1 dainty, fulfilllnl' fttruilurv the lIIIiI1 lI’
knack» they had pun howl to1 with r in
odd I11ormrn of the w-Irld,tiI-1 pi111t.III1I .
she had Ill III n. in r favorite I1 hair the
(tlrllt' h on whir iI Id. .. h III lztin IllplI'IIsP
him, Wlfll it llimlzltf of r: I'III'I1 r" “I,
,1 now throughu mist of tear-I. for :I gnaw
l in“ hunger had or»; t into his heart in
‘ thI1I1 hill and tiff-Ir lultrtilItI1-1-ufflte mom
. onIo bright" 1Iu1d by her Ilt'tf presence.
illow happy the 1)‘ had b1 I n lhI-re was
no death for Mltll .I lovenI their». It
iwalkedund throbbml in him again in
1. Illis room. where It‘ll“ lt;t'l breathed out
he! blntuerlm» life. an lilll that had come
,1 between them seemed to him like It
dream.
Cynthia was right,- lll‘ltlllrt always be
3 making useless I1oIIIp.IrI.>on-;. for some.
thing mud over I»: wanting in his life
mmmrlhing lltnl newr could he le-
plaeml
ills brimming m IIII sought the spot
wherethe Ioflin rI 1:1 I] lit: could see
her now. lying there, as ho had loolwd
for the last time. while and serene. her
folded hands ltt’l of llon or“ the vyct-I
that had rc-tlm IIII his lot In" gale pili-
lInI-ly yeah-d, .I strum, '11 smile on the lips
that often met llin in yieldtng sweep
new. .-\h.' if he might lwnr that low
and gmlle voice again; if he might pil-
low that weary. szoiIlI-u' bend on his
breast. and. asking l“l;.fl\'tfllt'o’i for It
fleeting fancy, repeat lilo row with all
the fervor of the Imi‘.
llonat down. hiding .bi~' face in his
hands. \Villt the rI-II;II1IIIII;.5 of this uu
healed wound I: too: It r1 Nil-Ila“ of {URL
lug, f’epflmt'll for the k1 if sought forget-
fnlnms his want of fortitude had made
desirable. remorse for the fillilllklll';
from pain that made him swerve from
so dear n memory. and for the wrong he
did Cynthia in clinging to it.
But he hesitated no longer. The silent
hour of retroI-Ipwt I had brought him
, very near to his first love. and uith the
. bittlr ache of longing1 came at strange-
seumof security and rut.
Unchanged she awaited him. fair and
lovelyas he had known llt‘l‘. this dear
“angel. awaiting through the silence of
Heaven, to hold hint to bus VUW.
For Cynthia lll! had no fears. That
Idle had been able to make their engag-
tnent condition on this breach of trust
led him to hope its dimolution would
:eame her little IIIIflIering.
A porting pans: needed him as he
penned the brief message of farewell. II
dread of the crowing. gloomy years be-
yond which his brightest hope beckon-
ed. but be lined the Ialiuuan that wed-
.detl bins to his dead bride. pressing it
«Jilly l0 his “pit. and lite nltfllluw fled.
Cynthia cmhml the note in bet hand.
the was hurt; she was indignant; she
was reornlnl; a hundred sensations.
mingled with no thought» of surrender.
struggled for mastery In her breast.
But the futnt. unwnfeeml regret. that
etmggled lwmththe angry tumult. the
feeling that lip no deep in some souls
that only agony may wring it forth. the
deadened walling of love that. will not
he milled 4th were among the bitter
en tears she shut-Hilda Newman, in
l
A tnvlnngitrdy lizl I ~lrII.1..'lI1Il through 3
the '
III Suit IIIIII l8 III.
000'! t of] your wit buying
much/009011.11): flu ”in. be up'
to- date, you're going to have one. My
ear/y III/Ion you can mire your ulce-
tion flour a new full line.
We have every new che for
1896--mt banana in mi (mun
mixtures, dent fancy confirm“,
Scotch cheviatv m headroom pic/He,
over-plaids, checks, mixtume. wanted:
and verges, 88.50. 370. 812, 813.50.
815. 818 and 820-41127)» regulars 0/1
steals, every shape man can find a
suit marb-to-put-on.
lalbiiggan Undemeat, 29c.
Underwear that Ive bought in
lavye quantifies, bought it under ”fee
and we give you the benefifof our pun-
chase. [nether lot in Egypflhn all]
fibre, 48c.
Negligce Shins, 48c, 69c,97t.
_ Fast black Bicycle Star/rings, 25
and 50e.
You always have the privilege of
etc/ranging or your money back if you
are not satisfied wit/I your pure/me.
MEITGSiKQl
Open Monday, Hide} and Saturday Evenings.
' Bridgeport, Conn.
OLD AND RELIABLE
ally Direct F reight Line
1.,
New York,$outh Norwalk and
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS.
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
Will leave Pier 23, Ii. R., Beekmau street, Sew York. at
5 p. m. Leave Norwalk, 5 p, m ; South Norwaik (I p. In.
Freight Received from 7 a, m., tog. p. m.‘ VIM" Appli.
cation to agents the City of Normrlh’, bugle and VIII-nu
will be sent for spaniel lots of freight anywimc in New
York or its vicinity.
All persons are. forbid trusting any of the employees.
of this boats of theline on account. of the owners then-of.
M . .
'o of .
A Dainty GI t.
After all mid and done II floe, well mud:-
stylish, We‘ll filling pair of plum» an M warpl-
, able 1’ R 11} H II. S 'I' on anything you
can think of. If there III any quentlou I'H
\ to where the very best of EtII kind can be pur
chased, lI’II mily answereddt
"H.$.BIR0WN’S
‘ so wssmcron eraser,
vconn.
South Norwolk,
PERHAPS YOU DON’T,
But if you should want any
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry or
Silverware!
Or your W'atches, Clocks; and jewelry Repaired and Clmnml‘, mil III'
sendlat once to, .
A." w. A USTIN,
NORWALK, GT.
L...» .
pporo Hens. Sleek,
Norwalk Chronicler