H of the proper length is placed fiend wherethe belt fastens. If it ‘ . m therebyennblod 'lto odor there to our tingle attire! regain out can on deem of case: this: sect you so; the satisfaction of. knowing that they m «is very lacs shspos end decorations, sud cooling from‘tbe “Old Hell" pottery, rigors; they are the but to be 1 had, . s; if youlbrcajir any part of your set you can replscclt at once, or you may buy it dinner-set, piece by piece. ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ We are showing the handsomcst “Flow Blue" dinner and too were evcr'hrou Another greet foetus-smite. carry the stock pettcrnoi th and see it even though you do not care tobuy. ya. , , Our new stock comprises 18 didcrent shapes and decorations. any pert of the set. , . _ OPEN EVERY EVENING. has; , Kroc spongy ”is... , . . ‘ _ . on, profit and iobb‘ing'epricc. In addition to savings, sued th ”middle . _ Wonder as s leader for this deck, us piece dinner set, from “Old Hall” pottery, handsome decorations variety of colors, latest shepc,$usrsntccd not to craze for $7.29, and we have the matchings if you break Dresden china, after dinner coffees, 15c pair; can't be duplicated here under 4cc.‘ FREE DELIVERY. so. NORWALK, . . . . . Carriages, Wagons. Bicycles OF EVERY DE$CRIPTION [ w. s. STURTEVANT, " ll. Ifhin‘end Ann Streets, Willi be sold for the *ddtssuuums gilt to this coun'ry.' Come CONNECTICUT. a... "m... > so; VflhfieMuvfleemmm 5 . mortmj .... J osmm mm “.m,» to your mm humbled (My me so» to , msmmwmmm Religions-Mum». thetoliwcrnflsln : a“palm awhile to lurk your wheellnl And mem'ry's our use quick to catch sgsln routs-cm, mingling shout-c! mnddcllght. ’l‘he mother's eyes grow moist u round sash soc Endowed by tender line you circling saw. It loathed her grief to think ye ne’er form Thugs? familisr scones your childhood e . . " "I‘wss there." she milled. “their tinybsnds did weave The mutant comlip bell. the dsisy chain. "1%”:th they wondering watched st Illut e o . ’ 'l'he glowwonn light his lantern in the lane. " Roch oisht they sought their rostfivoll pleased to kn w 0 Their derliugs 'neeth the thatch were une- tling near. , Fond love their lot did me of hell its won. And sympathy eye sweetened sorrow 's tour. Then welcome. swallows, to my homely wells! Tidings of comfort to our sires yo told. And still to run your coming now recalls Like memories to those it brought of old. For orig a well loved child my dreams have i ‘ I' s Whom young ambition did of hope beget. And 20:33 ersldyiug now. Some long since to , . With you. sweet birds, return and greet me yet. —-Wiii Hill in Chambers' Journal. DUVAL’S ESCAPE. ‘ Itwss a red latter day in my life when Isms first put in charge of n “pmscuger.” I'd worked my way up ' by successive stages from the postof cleaner in the sheds, and. being always , cell slrssdy my mind, as we bestow for, s moment through the filial light, I“ “in Mill pm W Gutter from the dctsotlve’s bend. Th0 .tllllclnls would understand the signlilosooeof that scribbled memo. sud unless Providence mirscuioosl in» imposed tho/m wesdootuod. To vs the train as it flow through the night at the role of 50 miles an hour was Impot- sible. One man had done so once, but his, body was found. msughd beyond recognition. lying on the truck in the morning. There was no escape, and with such passing thoughts I dismisged the matter and concentrated. my sites. tion on the work in hand. _ Suddenly I was startled by an ejpcu- lotion of horror from my mate. “Look, Ben,” he shouted, his eyes starting from his band as he gazed into, the dim light which surrounded the train like a bone. “The fool will kill himselfl” I turned, and. though I prided myself on my steely nerves, the sight that met my eyes sent scold thrill down my buck and made me lean against the brake for “W . , The man had swung himself out of the end carriage and was ondcnvoriug to work his way in face of the terrible back draft toward us. Every moment Inspected to see him torn from his pro- carious hold and dashed to pieces on the lines, but with the tenacity of n leech he clung to the handle of the door, while he leaned forward to grasp some new support. Suddenly a distant roar burst on our terrified ears. My mate turned. his face as white as milk and the per- spiration stmrding on his forehead. “Merciful powers. ” he screamed in a harsh, discordant voice, "tho up until! Heaven have mercy on him!" And he hid his face with his hands as with a deafening shriek we flew toward each other and crashed past in the darkness. But above the din I fancied I heard the wild scream of terror as the wretched sleeps. WI will “give ”circumc— l’vs ~ anything you Mill” And be pulled out s humid of glittering gold. “It onu’trbc done. I tell youfi,’ I re- plied. shaking myself free from his grasp. “Get no end he n ma. You've meds your had and you will have to lie on it. lilo mm on this north could get you out of this scrape. So make the best of it. " , ‘ fleeing that 1 one immovable. he turned his attention to Billysnd I saw ‘ him proffer a handful of gold. My lire- msn turned his back sud busted himself with his duties. “Its no use. matey." I heard him say. “If Ben snysit can’t be done, it csu't. and that's the end on if. I'm sorry for you, for you’re a rattling good plucked uu.” ’ The despairing creature detected the tone of commiscrstiou in Bill's voice and sodas bled his wild shire ”ties. “If it could be done. Pd 0 it,’ Bill murmured. “I’ve got a wife d six kids to look after at home, and that brass would come in useful, but thecrl". And be cast his eyes around the tender. Suddenly they lit up with a peculiar light. and. turning to me, be said upolo ogeticnlly: “Ben, I don't ask you to have any band in this' at all. You knows nothing about it. If the worst comes to the worst, we forced you to silence, but all Isays is this—will on give me a chance to get the beggar off? I think I can do it without danger to you or me. All I asks you to do is to know nothing about it. What say now?" “Well, Bill,” I remarked, “I bear the fellow no love, as you can see, but if by keeping silent I can do you a good turn to the tune of £50 you can depend on me, though I must say I don‘tseo how you can possibly do the trick. " “You put your money on me." he returned smilingiy as he Rfippfli my hand and retired to the end of the ten- der with Duval. , We had left Stafford behind some time since, and, if nothing happened. should run into Crown in another 25 minutes or 50. Having to do Bill’s work as well as control the engine. I had my Next Ten ‘ Days‘ .at I Your Ouut_ ,Prico. The cause of it, “Hard Times.“ Cure for them, “Gold Cure" cost. “the back, it is tucked to the bud- t at the top, bottom and in the filth invisible stitches to hold it ‘ If it closes in front, it is similar- W‘hfihlud. If it accompanies n bo fl m be wide enough to meet the ‘ all!!!“ the latter; otherwise it may ‘ ” ng to the taste and figure of f. A short waisted woman should It comparatively narrow and let it , [little below the waist line, while wnlsted person may wear it much " or let it stop exactly at the waist. picture is given of a pretty silk and costume. The skirt is of old red wool tiroly plain. The bodies, of silk 7 some color, is gathered on o yoke of ‘ k velvet under three rallies of silk With white lace. The close silk use cops composed of two wide I . with lace. The folded collar ileum of red on. A block felt hut With black plumes and rod rib- o stvady going young fellow, bad reach- , ed the topmost rung of thelsddor sooner" . than most. There was perhaps an bxtrn incentive in my case, us I was courting a little girl who Was. she had told me. only waiting till I earned enough to make mo the happiest of men. , To be sure, I had a rival, Ernest Du- vul by name. who was “something in the city" and possessed the showy at- tractiveness and the art of insidious flattery which sometimes lure fickle minded women to forsake the true metal for the glittering dross. I must own he occasioned me some slight cause for joul- ousy. Still, secure in the knowledge of our mutual love and knowing Alice to be a sensible little girl. I was. on the whole, as happy as most chaps who see their sweethearts but once or twice a man realized his horrible peril. It was it full minute before I could turn my throbbing head to look behind. , With a feeling of sickness that was new to me I pct-red through the gloom. “Thank God!” I ejaculated fervently us the blood rushed through my veins once more. There. with his body pressed flat against the oscillating surface, still- stood the man who bud been so near to an awful death. Slowly he moved his head in our direction, and with an ex- pression of grim resolution he pulled himself together. With bated breath we wondered what he would do next. As for as we could see his way was stopped, but. undetsrrcd, he steadied himself, and reaching forward felt round the cor- ner of the couch. Unexpectedly his hand encountered one of the steps by which hands pretty full, and during the next ten minutes I was fully occupied. At the end of that, time Bill rejoined mo and throw open the furnace doors once more. I looked round the engine. Duval bud disappeared! Kot a vcstigc or sign of his visit remained. but Bill’s pocket bulged considerably and his grimy face \vus expanded in a. broad grin. A few minutes later we slowed up at our destination for the night. There they were. just us I had expected—one policeman at the station gates and five or six stationed along the platform. Bo- forc we had quite stopped out jumps Jobsou and rushes up to the train. As the sergeant throw open the door of tho compartment Duval had occupied we saw an expression of consternation cross the face of the bewildered detective, wompeniesthc gown. ~ J onlc Cuomr. BUTTONS AND BOLEROS. Come and sec at. week. . She had told him on more than one occasion that she wanted nothing to do with him, but in spite of her obvious the men mount to the roof, and,»thongh we could not see his face distinctly, we Indicted ho sot his lips in u terrible smile of accomplished purpose as he clutched but, quickly regaining his composure. he super-intended the examination with practiced eye. My mate had unfastencd the couplings, and we wore just off to it and with a despairing effort pulled himself to the cud of the foutbosrd and round into comparative safety on to the couplings between the tender and the coach. “By Jove!" Bill exclaimed when at last. the tension removed from his nerves, he could speak.» “He'su good plucked ’uu amino mistake. But what’s his game. I wonder?” "The madman is coming on to the engine, " I burst out excitedly. divining his intention as I saw his bond appear for a brief instant above the coal. “Anyhow. we can't see him commit suicide without raising a hand to stop him,” he returned and began to scram- blc over the cool, whom I saw him presently stoop down and grasp tho mun. dragging him with on almost su- perhuman effort on to the tender. where he sunk down utterly exhausted. Coming forward. my mate throw open the stokeholo, with the intention of rc— plenishlng the fire. and tho ruddy glow from the raging furnace within lit up the sheds, when Jobscu approached the engine. “Ben,” be queried anxiously. “did you see anything extraordinary on the way down? I’ve been sold nicely and no mistake. " “I don’t have time to see anything except signalsuhcud when I'm in charge of an express,” I returned unceremoni- ously. “Did you see anything, Bill?" “Can’t any as I did,” Bill answered urtlcssly. "Have you lost your man, Mr. Jobson?" “I have so, replied the officer. “1 ex- pect he dropped off somewhere. " “If he did, he's agoncr, for certain." said Bill. “Wu were never under 50 since we left Willesdcu. ” “I’ll look along the truck for him going back,” I remarked. “Are you going on or buck with the morning mail?” “I hardly know." he returned disap- poiutcdly. “Well. thank you, anyhow. Goodnight, or rather good morningl” And he made his way to the telegraph h of Art Are the Former and Costly . ‘ us Jewels'. , Still the topic "of buttons comes upper- most Buttons are at present one of the tidbit-important detnfls of the toilet. They ' worn on cunts, copes. wraps, sucks. nuns and even skirts. No expense is mud to make them eflectivo and bounti- ful. Designs of the Louis Seize per-iodine carefully imitated and are genuine works art. There are minlaturcs, enamels. combinations of gold‘snd sliver, lncmstu- lions of steel on pearl and ivory, artificial Mall of all kinds in all varieties of set- tl‘ng. Buttons of this costly kind are a charming finish for vest or wrsolct and Ye a fashionable effect to the entire cos- dislikc he persisted in pcrsecuting her with his attentions, and only the day before the incidents happened which I am about to relate. I had found-it neccs. sary myself to display the finger of Alice to him with my ring upon it. to his ill concealed chagrin and evident rnortilicutiou. On the next night I was, as usual. or- dered to take out the sleeping saloon cx- press to the north. My mate hurl secured the couplings, the old engine was punt- iug and snorting like u thing of life, as if cagcr fortho coming journey. and the bustle on the platform lmd subsided. The signals were right, and I had my hand on the throttle, only waiting for the “Right away!” when. just as tho green light was displayed, a cubmttlod into the station, from which nu~oxcitod man hustily jumped. Flinging some money to the driver, be rushed uloug thoplutform and sprung into the first compartment of the train, the one next to the engine, just as I pressed the lever LUTHER M. WRIGHT’S Factory and Repository, Franklin and Madison Streets. - - - ..- ..-.- __ v. V” Winter Underwear! South Norwelk. some. . .It In dlfllcultto describe all the forms which the ubiquitous bolero assumes. Jim often it ls’squnre and fitted at the with like u bodice, showing the bolt only Womb: as the wearer moves. Its oth- ‘C litmus are figura. Spanish jucket, ori- cutslor Olrcnssisn vest, but in all cones it .Iflm’pmutlcolly the some abbreviated, close ’ Q. Thomson—thistle, thosercnoh- f0 thewslst lino—ere ofcloth, voivetor FOR GENTS, LADIES AND CHILDREN. In large variety and excellent value at , our or soon concur. short ho tsrminstin “Minibike the gown. They use - with scutsehs, motlfsof velvet lid per revere or a collar of t, is made entirely of or}: : author of velvetsntinly cov- sensruentstton. Its out men? be or» M Wesbington Street, - - - A. Diokerman 8: Son’s, South Iorwelk. connecticut. EVENING SENTINEL [JAMES GOLDEN. seen-um. FINE PRINT- Wo'rk Donn ' me. ”II“. ' and my fireman had loosened the brake. We had hardly begun to more when another mun, who had been waiting on the station, in the shadow of a pillar. and whom I know us Detective Jobson of Scotland Yard, sprang to the carriage, and ejaculating, ‘ ‘Thought I should nub you here, my beauty!" endeavored to enter. I was busy getting under way, but my mom told me that the man in tho currisgo struck the detective in the face and thrust him off the footboard. Ills but saw oi! in the struggle and fell between the platform and the moving train. but tho oilicor, determined not to ' ‘Ioso his quarry, was up ngnin in an in- stant, and. though the carriages were flying past him. ho had sprung upon the footbourd of the last coach, heading not the cries of the excited porters and tar rifled onlookers. and just es the train cleared the platform we saw the guard lean forward from the open door, and, grasping the men by the anus, assist him into the you. The fugitive in the first coach saw the detectivc's disap- pearance also, sud his bloodless fsoo blsuched it shade paler. "Grout snakes!" cxolsimod my fire- mnn, drawing in his breath with a sharp hiss. “That was ansrrow shave. Johnson menus to have that chap some- how. and hero him he will. I wonder what he’s wanted for. He'll never ranch the lending stage this journey, thst’s a deed cert!” "No.” said I. "They’ll have him at Orewu right enough. Pear beggar! He rustle s desperate light for it, nuyhowl", The “sleeper." so we coiled it, was timed straight through to Crews with- out a stop. doing the 153 miles in I hours end 3 minutes. There we left it to mother .engine which would be waiting to take it on, but we should to turn with the “up” express inter in the the tender from end to end. “Good heavousl” I ejaculated as my gaze met the haggard face of tho rescued delinquent. “Ernest Duval l" And my ucrvcloss hand fell from the polished lover. “Ben!" he gasped wonderingly, his wild cycs encountering mine as he struggled toward us. My lips refused to frame the questions that tumultuously cross to them. and my mate silently bunded'mo his can. “Take a drink, " he said curtly, “and pull yourself together." I compiled readily. The cool draft brought me round somewhat, and I re- sumod control of the engine. “Now. Mr. Duvsl." I shouted hotly, ”perhaps you will be good enough to explain the meaning of the little game you‘ve been playing tonight. But let me tell you, if you think you've furthered your chances of escape, you're wrong. ” "ch, mate.” Bill sleruly remarked, “you haven‘t done a lot for yourself by coming here. " ”Ben!" he at last jerked forth, gasp. log for breath, his bloodth eyes Wall- dorlng round the cab and into the dark- ness as we flow along. “Ben-—I’ve been a fool. You sew the detective on my truck—he’s in the train now. I’ve been betting-4nd, you known-the books at the allies-Jesuit out thismoruing-«I’vc dad for my life—but yod'll help me to give them the slip, Ben?" And the shiv- ering wretch fell dowu helplessly and clsspcd my knees. “Don't talk nonsense, men." I sn- swsrcd roughly. “Wlist you ssk is an impossibility. fly duty as s servitnt of the company is to bend you over to the scthcrlties. who will benefiting for you st Grows. Besidu your corn sense shonldteilyc‘stheroisuopiscetohide office. We returned his solutaiion steamed off to the sheds. “What did I tell you?" said Bill joy- ously. “We drop him outside and let him take his chance. ” "Then he is on the engine?" I rushed as We pulled up. ,, For answer Bill got off and wont in see if the coast was clear. Returning in five minutes, he proceeded to the roar of the tender and carefully lifted up a large piece of coal. Underneath was the bond of Duvull Bill bud artfully walled him in against tho side, and in such it manner as to defy suspicion. little bits being souttcrcd about in the most untu- rul murmur possible. Quickly ho was rescued from his uncomfortablc position and stood up as black as a sweep. Bill govc him a drink from his pannikiu. and then conducted him OK the engine and round the book of the sheds. Did I ever hear of him ngniu? 0h, ycsl About two years afterward o inim- rcuched mo one morning from Colom- bic, inclesing a Bank to! England note for £100. It was from Duvnl, and in it he told how he had sacuoodod in dou- bling on his tracks to Birmingham. and thence hurl worked down to Southamp- ton in disguise and got clear ow sy. He expressed the hope that Allcu and myself were happily wedded and begged us to keep the note and give it as a present to our firstborn chlid.--Loudcu Tit-Bits. Wood or the Cross. The people of the different countries have their various traditions concerning the wood of which the cram was made. In England the peasants say that it wssof eldsrwood, and that lightning never strikes that tree. been French, and m hil " i note to his "floored Latin Poetry," Prontptly. .. '“m ‘10” 1.3 I know “I“ as soon so we . I" d hers. dissent thst it was mode of the wood of them. sndtbst since thcdsyof tho crucifixion the lumcfthsttree MWMMW «it. WW i 'Wul¥- J m. .
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