they blag “utters obi-mil hire. made the comm. home . it own, lion plexus of. her drzdh till n friend in him 2i t'tmvspzunrr contain- t‘siinmunmoum of it. This new! followed by letters telling of Will and lntlmuting that the _ not crumbled uWuy by her use Minimum reported at the that Wot a paltry “00,. “ill mince what mpmeutod "till my millions tlutt had (seine inhcrltunm and her two mar- i Will: is a well known banker in, and his family is one of bum. in Holland. lie cesium Messed find out the truth for lie arrived here on the Nether w. n liner ‘ts‘puurndiun a week ‘ He brought letters to - We as of Amsterdam houses, , h them a law firm has been en‘ to‘luv’cdtigutc the circumstances of ,, . ' of the will and to bring the an. Grommclln has berm enjoy- was: in New York in a social way now on a sightseeing tour in Wash- The papers will probably be served . a few days. mmmm was born in Surinam, , it» Guiana, in 1827. Her great-grand- was Sir Francis Runabout, on Eng- tlemun, who two centuries ago got won 12 miles long. and 9 miles ,7 to built sides of Flshklll creek. parts , have since been owned by such ark families as, the Kips, V‘an laudts and Schencks. aired a fortune 1- Dutch Gulauu. their son, married a Miss Wiltse. daughter Adeline was the mother of Hicks-Lord. Her father was Unico Wilkins, whose sister was the ances- of Hiecontestant. Crommelin Wilkins, ., hm of Mrs. Hicks-Lord, was a rich / , planter, who acquired' a fortune in Guiana. The family returned to j wan, where the father died. ., . As a young and pretty girl Annette Wil- ' the married to Henry Hicks, a New shipping merchant, many years older W. He died in 1860, leaving her , fortune, including a mansion at 10 Fourteenth street and valuable lands TOW. Kri.’ Hicks was married later to Thom- » W, a New York millionaire, nearly 80 ' Old, who had four sons and two ” litre. Among the sons was Frank rIlltlfarnons pistol shot, who is even known in Europe than in America. , Lord lived at 35 West Seventeenth ficwas the youngest of seven broth- = “the hadcome to New York from l-hist ‘ .Buddam, Conn. The wedding took place at Matteawnn line. 31, 1877. The Lord family made a m -‘ row, for the old mun was worth “000,000.1‘liestrnngt-‘ly assorted couple ‘ Win hiding for u long time. Detectives scorched for them in the south. and they , Were finally found living in her West Four— , with street mansion. At night they did - not venture to have lights. ‘ On Jan. 3, 1878, Justice Vun Brunt signed an order forbidding Lord to dis— ~ pose of his property, and it wus shown that . he had given his wife $2,000 a week for offline time before their marriage. The suit , was settled during that. year by Mr. Lord giving his mperty into the hands of trus- md his u .r‘.‘ twilnrjn‘fehing her dower llo til. :l‘ n \i-m' Him loill.‘ of hi- may Hrs. Hioksolmrd's Lavish l‘.-. pun-1i. mm. film. flick. lmu mos" l.» .. .zii‘«l|.vll ..-L .311 West. \\ mldouwn up. l‘l‘. \lilii'll for three winners had been tonunu-d by donor- _ .al George B. McClellan and his fumily. [She gave there such cntcrtuinnu-nts us Now i , ark had never seen und always wore hm- ”0,000 stomachor of diamonds. There, in hcr‘brsukfsst room, hung the maps of her property, and there she did business with a Was that was the marvel of her friends. c “There shedicd on the night of Aug. 5 lactof carebralapoplrxyund was hurled in the Schenck plot. at. Flshkill, In her house was a great collection of paintings. jowols and priceless enamels. It was rrportml lift at llfl' death that she had sold the house and was living in it at u rental of $4,000, also that her property had dwindled from million! to hundreds of thousands. Her will, which is now to be (‘flflll‘f-lll‘ll, was read ontScpt. 23. The rosidunry entitle was left to her nephew, Jefferson Fletcher. and to her cousin, Sarah E. Townsend. Tho bequests which excited comment. wore them made to the few trusted si-rvunts. who had been long in her employ and bud wood by her through thick and thin, To her colored maid, Moria Miller. who had been with her lib ymrs, shc lbft an annuity of .100 a week for life. To 'l‘hom. . a; Dyer, bar oouchmun, who bud been in . ‘ labs-employ Bil years, she left 82.”. a week milk. The maid ulso got moon of tho 7 most valuable furniture. The parlor mnld, Hargant Vlnmnt, got. 005 u Wi‘i'k for lilo. Young Fletcher got an annuity of Moo a month for life, valuable lands at llloka- Ville, 0., and furniture. Anna Ward got ‘ Irvl'llcksolnrd's famous yellow diamond m and Sarah E. ’l‘ownscnd her and bric-u-brao. 'l‘be Audubon g ’ with silver bindings. the stuffed , Wand the volumes on antic explore. We went to the inner library and her fitnoue Crawford paintings to the Metro polls-u museum. , . 5. Panama of us Wall street , m; will, of which the executors are 9%, land Thomas H. Townsend. W....l. AA. “45-..“..- .. l. brim: I 5w .1) in l‘lA- u;....w “In.“ an." flopanlcon Dead. ,8“ Yeas, row. n.—-e. v. N. Wu»... ‘0 u; Republican of New Jersey, died . . cg Branch of typhoid pneumonia. ,W.;Wllsonwasmsrshal of the big mus ’ coma. Hobart and Gov- m m on the occasion of their visit itinerant”. A day or two altru- this man Ir. Wilson was taken ill. ,flllo W's board-r: Watts. If, x. Y” NOV. llrwnfim Kd‘ of thisoltyand (icing- C. liar- ‘ef flan W were carried bars. Amati useful and ornamental arti es of nearly irritants married a Schenck, and Ab- ‘ ; When called in a, case of La . 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They contain no grit acid or poisons. will keep your silver bright as new with— out scratching or injuring it in the least. Samuel Comstock, Sole Agent for Norwalk, North Main Street. South Nor-walk. Did you ever gettlred of see ing the word AGETON-nn’ --é--AGETON ? ? ? If you are troubled with headache, Rheumatlsm, laurel- gls, Bad Golds, to. Try a few powders, and you will'never tire of recommend- mng it to your afflicted trieud. gives the following prescrlp hon: B. doctoral dr. n. FtJ’ulvNoJI. m . e'l‘alle outs swan half hour. till 90ml)”- . ll . DGVQI'Y Oil!“ 0 I'll A. L.“ D this disease is world wide. Aceton can be obtained at R. H. Plalsted’s. W l. Y.,Isw Haven l Hartford I‘ll-ROAD. Trains Leave South Norwalk as follows: For Nuts! Vorlv. Ml. IBIJWJlI “ii rot. m. In. I snowman". p . is “its“ m.no.su.uo.cw.sm.1n.nmcao. scum“. 1.1!. Instant. nu. tonal. Insane. d. I. 0&1”. RI. 000.11”. Luv. Iouth Hamill: for New Haven. A. . I l 0 ll wit.” llfiolel’ljl .Ifih I“ .10 I%. ‘0 I m.uavu.w.nu. “MM... have .0. Honour. smith. REIAOIJIIJII. ms”. in. El. fl. Leave Dunbar). unwound». I‘ll. It. comm. "I. it]. let. A. I. LU. A. I. A. I. ' present with her was a sense of upprcben~_ This success in the cure of (l M. Lo-v. NovVork for Damion-tolls. 11:th :81”. smzf‘ofiflg ‘fwmmfillfi the county of lsmdon, which is saying IMOWINJMIOOJIOJRM. "mull. to has." Christina on that, stricken um mumps “0mm Tbs-inmrcmnchcvm to homeless. Christina Phlllipsnn m” can lie! nursing will: a keen sense of disc-tor uv-‘ in her. ' . , . , Shcdrew the blind a back. The, spring sunshine flooded the little suburban street in which she lived. Quiet and woeful it mixed, accrual: so that a passing milk- man. wonderful to relate. retrained tram disturbing it with his yells and clatter—- st least Christina did not hear him. Slowly she proceeded to diets, and still lion and anxiety. She did not feel very well either, and there was a faint buzzing at the back of her head. Her movements the fancied were singularly noiseless that morning, 0!" also shows- very much ab- stracted. She did not even remembcrto have heard the plush of the water as it fell from the jug into the basin. She wondered for a second or tho with an idle half formed wonder, and then passed down in softly falling felt slippers to her little sit ting room. There was a conspiracy of silence abroad, it. scanned, for even the stairs of the ill built house forgot once to stock. Christina rang the bell for breakfast, and rang twice, for she did not catch the first faint. tinkle. The servant who brought . in the tray looked cross, and Christina no. tlced that she did not respond to her “Good morning!” . With afulnt sigh over the capricious- ncss of servants, Christina poured herself out some tea. There was a queer feeling upon her, such a feeling as might well be experienced by one under a spell or suffer- ing from that impairment of consciousness which attends the bewildered, and ever at the very back of her head there went on a busy, ceaseless buzzing. “ What a depressed fool I am,” she thought to herself and laughed aloud. And her laugh seemed to her to sound no if it come from her brain. ”Really," reflected Christina again, "I never remember to have felt so odd in my life before. I will play a little to set my nerves in order." She moved toward the pretty little plane that stood in the corner of the room, but stopped with her hand on the lid, seized by a sudden and unaccountable four. With a quick, resolute movement shc flung the lid back and struck a full chord with both hands on the keyboard. There was no sound, and although she struck again and again the dreadful silence of the room remained unbroken. Then Christina recognized that she had become stone deaf and sat down with a scared face to try and realize what it meant for her. It meant a good deal—in fact, so much that she considered seriously whether un- der the altered conditions it would be worth while to continue living. Music had been to her the central foot of life around which everything else in her World revolved. Now the center bud been torn uway, (-bnos was come again. Never to hour music more! Harmony, melody, rhythm, the exquisite cadence of the human voice, the witchery of the or- chestra, the divine solcmnity of the organ, oven the sounds of nature—tbs whisper of the wind, the waves beating on the shore—— all to be henceforward but a fantastic mockery. She could not. bear to think of it. Her very soul seemed to be stifled. Then coins It glimmer of hope. The sen- trwre might not be final. She would con- . '. u «to lull-t at once. lly chum-o slu» Lou hcurd of such a one. Gathering to. gather her snmll stock of ready money she dressed hastily and set forth. The streets as she passed through them were u nightmare. Hurts, rurrluges, cubs passed without n sound; n horrible noise- lessncss had fallen upon the noisy thor- oughfares. The failure of one slight link in tbcmoohnnlsm of sense had in u not mont redumd the World to a dumb show. Home one in the omnibus swim to (‘hrls- find, and she tiuslicd painfully and touch' -d her our. She got very little consolation from the expert who examined her in exohungo for the two gulneus she paid him. He gave her to understand that there was mum ul- fcctlon of the auditory nerve. The trouble might perhaps be localised on a “vault of on operation. Whether tboowrntlon would be surrmsful was unm-rtuln, but it. was bonml to be dangerous and expensive. Christine immaml the [lf'l'lloilllll horror of physical phin which an often and not. quite worthily distinguishes tho nstistlo tenumrumcnt. Hho shrunk from having this doubtful experiment practiced upon herself and left the gltslmyhouso in llor icy stmt as despairing s damsel us muld be found at thut particular moment In llurlng the next few days of hummus misery Christina under-ml incredibly. The piano muted to mock her. The few friends who called tortured her almost to distraction by shaking their heads and writing mndolcmm on scraps of pom or by using the dull and dumb alphabet to many bald platitudes comm-ulna enigm- lion. In the extremity of hm- despalr pom (Ibristlna determined to isolate her life from all the ties that. had grown up arouml it. i-lbc felt that she would be mommlmtsbls in amuntry «name than in london. Them ut least she med not be shocked and dlstmml by having her mlamlty brought home to her at ovcrv turn. it was mdlfllrult for her to no color bar adults as to stump the mlltuds she as» sired. A mean unlucky sulllml for tbs llfunbc intended to, lead, and death had [read her from all obligations of relation. ship. list than was one its which it bun be! to break. This was nothing less than a marriage engagement of a yum": stand» log with u young engineer, who was at that time seeking in Mutt! Africa the masoctomaks matrimony feasible. For wmmisumimpombk. mm well hurts hermglovsr she minim humscatklspdstsndbsdchmmr— marmosets convenientlycoald. price i l!“ viii MLWM that letter willie, ' 01¢!le M in all its intensity “ troubl- ol the nu- rsed-oust. and can: more Christina _ m aduil Meir be sympathetic, place, himself an sotcmplished musician and» such. haul! of the calamity that bad . installs» llbrls- llua. bought .‘her cm: ‘91 this nun she acquired thefpltlful skill of reading words by the motions of the lips. “You must infirm," she could perceive be m ‘u as to unflsudmkusd " v “Wont you be! “I almnldtry,” Ml guns, "and with ‘bclppcrbaps succeed. ” Christina mulled and shook her head. “You are not the only one, you know,” continued the vim; discouccrtcd and blundcriug in his“ effort at conmlation. "There have been and here is what that Icould not shepherd singing gulch, a submit life—nothing but composition. Ills. " ’l‘ho vicar tried “it's very sad, tale have against care I may make She spoke with good clergyman, more. to reproduce the deaf too. wife and all th and the blue am more olmnged th pole checks. sbc Wondering o 1 her little room. “ lluvid'.’ ' she “i have found out his hands. lint tho girl spond. nod for gnrdi-d oowh upon Christina. she broke into it his opportunity. "(llirislinufi‘ otlu-r, you and l nothing. My ll fomulntlous. ii on it. " lie struck the pity, oommsslou. " memorial fushlo O I I than not with arms, rows nodding in n moment her like u flash And then in mood in com ward the. child. grew firmer, Holt huslmud of our child 2" litreml Mltllllltll fin Wit W l‘ " ' , summon-mussel m. .. a. ma. was “Beethoven!" broke in the girl hotly. “I have been reading about him lately, I humiliation when any one standing be. side we could beer at a distances flute brought me to the brink of despair, and had well‘nlgb made me put an and to my That is how Beethoven felt about it, and he had his art, you sec—the consolation of But what have I? mechanical skill and a passionate love for music—now Moms a curse to me. you candidly, vicar, that it is sheer cow- ardice that prevents me from taking my partially succeeded. patience is the only Weapon we poor mor- “And deadly, dreary Weapons they on. But by all means let, us console ourselves with our own impeg'fcctions—tbe imposai- .bu.ltval,ssuislnue stamens!) our lul- prussions. In time perhaps I inay'beccnic dull enough to forget that there is such n thing as music—or heaven. Possibly with Word vegetation." anything of her mood,beat a retreat. He was not it man, down easily under a rebuff. Christina Pbillipson interested him personally, and the problem of her life interested him still He determined, if possible, to find some tolerable solution of that problem. It was under the , advice that the forte practice. The movements of her finv gers over the keyboard helped, she found, she took to playing for hours at a stretch until the old Dovonshiro dame who kept the‘house was nlmost lain to wish she were But, in spite of this solace and in spite of the helpful vicar and his admimblc rural life, Christi more restless and unhappy; und when the landscape grow while under a hard winter iron gray she fell into so dcspondent n state that her friends at the parsonage be» mime seriously concerned for her. And then an event happened which once Returning one afternoon from a brisk walk which llllfl lent- u touch of color to her by her old duennn.” ’ “There's :1 visitor to see you, miss," she rcnmrkcd, with n bull smil this afternoon caller, Christina passed into A man cut with his unu resting on the table and his head bent. turned toward her, but she realized in on instant tbut here was her lover returned. David Frusrr sturtcd to his feet. other with mutual pity. Fraser was wasted by sickness, and the scnlof n grout sorrow had left its murk She had borne her trouble dry eyed nu til then, but the symputhyexprcsml in hot lover’s fuco was loo much for her, and David Framer was not the mun tonogloct but that wot-chest tho Wurllu form on his lips and hope uroso in but heart. ”Are you sure you wont luv?" she naked, and uddul hastily, “hotfor both ourmkcs, for heaven's who, do not any ‘yvs' out of And l‘ruaor made homer in the hu- Elghttsm months bod puma! and Chris imugtlidly slut wutcllml the June then her «you fell upon the sleeping child. "‘ My God i" absorbs! in delimit. "Never to hear his voltmwnm‘or. buvt'rl" there arose a line thmul of sound. Christina “etched with portal lips and eyes tillaWd-«llstenml with hurwholc mul. Hbe rose to hot fest. bur lam turmsl to- lts shssp. ’l‘lia trembling hope in her boast “DIV“, David," she whispered. hold~ log the child toward him, “i been theory And so Christina perusal once more into the world of wand-«ac. ll. Pointer in Trouble tor film. “Talk allout the technical dl'lllcultirs of lAsst's ‘Hnogarisn Rhapsody No. 2,’ ” eselaimml the little musician with the curling hair and the high forehead. "They not“ exist for uni“ And with dreamy, mucus-m ' -muslc revived again kindly'vlur of the amateur annuals. tits ." use asked. he huswmd,‘rticking to emery-Beethoven. " he said himself. ‘What hear or any one hand a and I, could not distin- Stlch circumstances my art held my hand.’ A little I tell to look shocked, but. only " he said simply, “but fate—that ind tllnegit even further progress to- grset bitterness, and the not being able to make however, to sit assure of his urgent gl l resumed her piano score in her mind, and s fiethlng influences of became more and nmdr seas changed to an a course of her life. was! gust at the doorway lttlcns tolhe identity of liis buck nus excision-d involuntarily. you," he cried and held did not. immcdlutely re- d moment they two re» flood of tours. lio tool; horhund in his. be said, "we wont ouch . Your dmfncss muttors in has boon shaken to Its .ood your help to strength- rigbt note, not the notoof of uppvul. (‘hrlntlno ll. 0 t I her firstborn child in her at the own window, and the old trouble swept over lutly, fwbly. far away, it o dltn court of her main which moved untimely in oulcml the room ”annulus. l. 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And, although the (lav cleivc- words had not been woken, she know well the svowui tbutliud been train» bilng on his lips so often. more than ‘not. trouble, child?” 1"?” friends would wonder when the, bananas Ibo "forecasts the was waiting tomato sonic great, choose some She loved Mark Warren and When he bud protested against being sent sway that morning, she had bade him “come this evening," and from the ex- pression of his eyes she knew what words he would speak. ‘ *‘ Ah, she was so happy! A maid met her at the door and handed , her a little parcel, saying, "From Miss Arden.” ' Miss Charming opened it. “Oh, the menu cards-l ordered. But they are not all here. She was to have painted two dozen.” “The boy who brought them, Miss Eliz- abeth, said that Miss Arden is sick," on- swcred the maid. “indeed! I’m sorry. Tbutis the ren- scn l have not soon her for so long, poor little girl! around, Jane. and see her. comcs in not to await luncheon." Have them bring the carriage I will drive into the city 'l‘ell Aunt Mary when she All along the way down town Miss Charming felt quite rcmorscfui that of late she had been so absorbed in her new happiness that she bud not given her usual attention to this little protegee of hers. But she would mukcnmends. Some of her overhounding joy should overflow into kindness to others. She found Ruth Arden in her poor, lit- tle room, pole and won, feebly trying to finish painting the remaining curds. Elizabeth was startled as she saw the grant circles under the dark eyes and the lines around the mouth. “ My dear Ruth, what is the matter?" “I have not been well," withnn attempt to smile. “Why have you not sent for me?” asked Miss Charming reprouchfully. There was an expression in the young artist‘s face and anubnndcnmcnt in her manner that struck Elizabeth with sur- prise. She had always seen her such a bright, happy little worker. The girl, utter receiving her visitor, had sunk listlessly back into her chair, but did not resume her painting. ning drew her seat near to her and took her hand. Miss Chun- “llutb, what is it? There is something well.’ Have you any The girl burst into tears. “Oh, Miss Ciiunniug, 1 am so miserable! I can't bear it." “What is it, Ruth?" putting berarms around the slight fonn. 7 . . The girl yielded to the gentle, persua- sive voice and poured out her trouble—the old story of o young girls love and the men’s curelcgsness of it. "I love him so.” she subbed. “He was everything to me, and now he’s leaving me for this beautiful rich woman; lnniso poor and obscure." Elizabeth let her cry on for some time, and then, soothing her into calm, drew from her the whole story. Ib'bo had met him at the art school, where they were both students, and bed loved him. They had been much together. Their affection bud not been avowed, but. she knew he had loicd hcrund would have continued fuithful if he had not met this other. She had noticed the change in him and had heard that he wus often in the company of this beauty und belle whom he bud met at an art reception. Some puintings of his had won favoruble notice from the critics und that had led to his. being engaged to paint the portraits of smno wealthy people. At- first be bad brunus poor and unnoticed us she. He llllll continued his visits to Ruth until the lust few weeks. “0h, Miss Charming, I. bud only him, and she bus everything! Why should she take him from int 2" "Who is she, Ruth?” "1 don‘t know. 1 1:..vc rcxcr heard her limbo. " "'l'ukc morngc, child. a llllslillll‘." “Uh, Miss (thumbing, if only Musk were not to sin lu'r unuin; i know he is only dumb ll ly l.ll‘. l'mmm- lmlows lllt‘, l“——- “\Vlaut is his tonne?" Elizabeth‘s voice was bushy. “Musk \i‘urron. " ’l‘lu- bond with which Miss (llmnning bod ii on snumtbing Ruth’s Inuit full to her side und :«iu‘ moved nwny us if struck. film it \i'urrcu! llu- own hour! The mun whom she wus (expecting thut oven- ing to promim to worry! A lillnllll of emotion swopt over her. First a fouling of ntfm‘ iolm-ry, then one of contempt and disgust for this mun, fol~ luwml by u grout whvc of indignutlou and pity for the forlorn figure ut. hot- side. Hho arose hastily. “or resolve was taken. She Would no longer be the mum of un- buppincss to this poor child. No doubt luter she herself would suffer, but now she would only think of lluth. The latter wus lying buck in her chair oxllaulwdly. Elisabeth laid her hand on her shoulder. “lion't rry any more, lluth. it will all come right; l am sure of it. He will come book to you, and when he does motive him as ustml. Do not reproach him not men‘- tlen the other wumnn to him. l sin leav- ing for blow York tonight. June will have my address Whoa you are happy again, write to me." ’ ' ‘ A ml, shunning, abs kissed the girl's clicek all! was gone. (in reachlsg home, silo sent the follow- ing lines to Mark Wan-Ci: “l out leaving for. the cast this evening and will probably not no you again. 1 wish you all possible future success and happiness. ' ’-~ Exchange. V aw»..- m», .r....... Mrs. var-mt. labwlsdgb. it count have been mine vsrylnfsrlor and Jealous novelist who invented the awry tllnt altar the publication of Mn. Ward‘s former novel, ”David Grieve," which shows mul‘i‘lllf‘lllll insight into the psychologyof lloholnlon life in For“, I friend asked the gifted anthems how on earth she had aequlml In much knowledge of that lurid phase as latches. "0h,” mum nanny ink g drum ga' Reincarnation o film «.3 Perhaps it isull n: .. “=2. , at. you by so. 0. sun»... sand Nor- ”as over to Paris tor a track‘s holiday to find am out Ill about it Wfll'mm
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