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V ' nothing to do but strugle on as best I
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’“r! “0 l 5 e9:
It occurred thus! I: w m the lowest
of low water. I. a playwright whose
pieces message-10g that the author at‘
ledd't' was automate poser .11
drawing largo Jim! from the pockets
of tho multitudihmse pleasure-seeker!
of the metropolis. Alas! I had 1161
convinced the managers that l a rank
"boulder." whose o ly dramatic fame
rested upon thb production of a farce
at a suburban. church entertainment
could possiblytwrite. ar‘three-act com-
edywhich should' make the ‘ boxes
smile. the stalls tiller. the dress circle
min. the pit max-911.111 the ' gallery .
scream with unrestralnable merrimept.
I was. as I have said. in low water.
I hadiscnt my that causally,
. sides. the Eunhy Min.” to the actor-
manager of the 'l'heaplan. and was a
little there that! council of the result
With "Soberfldm! the Funny Man."
pigeon-holed at the 'I‘heaplen, i had
could on tho ndnlrnum of cash ob-
tained by doing awasted reviewing for
a; suppdsed respectsble journal. One
day When I had scampered through ten
19.4,:
Velvets,
Moquettes,
fixmmsters,
ets,
Oil
in $15?ng Clethes,
“1 .
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No
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memes-111W
wish every man in Norwnll: could see this New Spring
stock. All that's new in up-fo-date Clothes for Milli
and
skimping in make-up. but all the essential points of
true workmanghip and bust material are embodied in
Boy is here.
land better com
with the very est
iifioleum,
Mmttings, 1
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Cloth" ” '
Portieres,
Drapery,
searched the best markets of the country for
choicest products. and there's not a store in the
99pm! than this for all
roductions of t
signers and tailors o our country.
our clothing
trouble to show you this stock. and we‘ll surely please
the most fastidious.
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till! Blot.
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Wholesale and retail dealers in
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_ bonaanimlllll-lllt
m milluds wllb her almost! father-i
H o R . I ' ‘ D I . H took their mlmionablp for granted-
m9“ he. who scarcely over while they Vere
Hotn- Oe.’e lulled looses.
llllhl d Ztiillf
RAILROAD DWI.
Volumes. out I“.
Kplyiug you
a best de-
volumes and written notices of them
for the princely remuneration of half
as many shillings. I was surprised
(and not altogether agreeably) by a
visit from my uncle. A worthy button
merchant of Birmingham. he would
never forgive me having quilted the
position which he had found for me in
his office that I might seek to earn a
“beggarly subsistence" by my pen.
“Pens.” he would say. "are made for
bgokkeeplng~liot for bookmaklng."
And bookmnklng In Fleet street was
to his mind no less disreputable than
bookmaklng on the race course. ‘
Well, Uncle Joe came. and If I did
not exactly"wclcome the coming. I was
certainly delighted to speed the part-
ing guest. Ill-fore he left I had decid-
ed that he was not so bait after all. for
he treated me to an excellent dinner
and gave mc—(' ‘Od‘e bank and bull-
lonli' as Sir Lucius would have saidl~
a fifty pound note.
I went to Boston to sec the old boy
off. softened toward him almost to the
degree of offering to return like a pro-
digal to Birmingham and its buttons.
Au lilo train vms m the point of start-
ing Uncle Joe threw me an envelope.
saying. "I was fool enough‘to buy that
when I was in Brussels. You may
have it. Jack. for all its worth."
The envelopc. much to my amuse-
ment. containnl a ticket in the Brus-
sels Grand lulvrnuilonal Lottery.
0n the way to my lodgings I revolv-
ed the question: What shall I do now?
.1 determined to husband my means so
that i might live on the £50 as long as
possible. while making further efforts
111. original work. Strong in my now
capitalist conceit. I wrote to the editor
whose sweater! rmlcwcr-in-chlcf I had
been. and threw up my connection
with his paper; and then. having no
lies of work to bind Inc to London. I
determined in llvu 1m ibc coullncul 11.1i
lbs-«ply as pmsllllc until i wrote an-
other play. A happy tlloiullt struck
Inc: wily not go lo llrusscls wbib1
working and walling for something to
turn up? (We 11111 all more or loss in-
llmuiely comm-ml with tho grout
faintly of “it IUHlN l I look-1d again
at. the loticry ibk 111 and learnt-d illni
till1 drawing was .1l lllc beginning of
July. Eycr n crcuiuro of Impulse. l
was by noon llu- following day in
Ilrllsacls. _
I Illid 11111111 I11 tllc llclgllul capital be.
fore and libido my my loan unobtrus-
ive lloicl In 11 side street oil the flue
do In Mudolienc. in the “(DIN oilirunco
‘I saw it illuulug bill about the lottery.
giving the 111111111 llllll' of the drawing
“Jilly t A happy uugury. thoulhl I.
for that will be Ilulcpcnilcncc day! The
first. prlze roormniml an enormous
sum. the Very consideration of which
gave me the drums of 11 millionaire. I
began to consider my ticket as a really
valuable possession. almost as though
It were an actual draft for 1b!1 amount
of the first prise. and at the very least
as u kind of illlismuu that was to pass
moon the road 1o good fortune. Such
llulccd It was lo prove in 11 manner I
could novur lmw lluuglncil,
During lny slay l was 11111111111111.1111 to
do Brussels thoroughly. l spent my
warnings in work. my eflcrnoous in
wamlaring In llll parts of the! oily. llliil
my evenlnta ul Wuuxhail. (lay with
llgbl.,llfc and lilllnll'. the popular Nisan
eaertlsml 11 111111111 fuel-Insulin over me
On my llrsi Vlllll my eye was taken
by an obviously English couple who
sat near tae— an old man and a sauna
woman. The latter it was .who attract»
ed me. Her :1an face was full of char-
acter and lit up by large. river are!
eyes. her whole expression being one
of somewhat llatletll sadness. I found
Itself speculating as to who she was.
where she llvlyl and why she llved. as
l mu decided that theme-1.111 nasal
within ray ban addressed a word to
her.
light after night I well to Wall!-
hall. nilravm---1ttmuali i would not than
have “admitted lt-«hy a pelt of clear.
ray eyes. There the lllo'aeaarteli sou-
ple sat. scarcely ever speaking to one
mother. she llsmlhl sbstrsctls to
’tbe music. Ila mostly readies a news-
.Aeihelaetliuoatllepro-
me was begun M feverishly
“ Sober- ‘
“waifewll rel. 11mee‘tt1’lt
be'ru. altho I‘apmrdph‘lsed' int
s‘elf for a blanked fool for doing so. I
a penniless playwright—d liked the
name. though still among the great
unplayed! Suppose I met them. sup
1 pose my lnfstu . ion for a pathetic pale
face with scare lug gray eyes should
develop Into real, passion’gte love for
the living. pulsing personality to which
they belonged: what could i dlr—i'
whose worldly possessions consisted a;
about £40 sterling. a few unacted
plays; and some unpublished stories?
’l‘hus I reasoned with myself but
reason has little to do with governing
a man' a actions in these matters; and.
besides. i argued.4probably I shall bi
promptly disillusioned as icon as 9 I
have spoken to "Miss Gray Eyes. "
The very next evening my opportu-
nity occ‘mred. nor was I slow to siczt
It I reached Wauxhall early and took
my plate close to the table when: the
.unknown ones were In the habit of sit
‘tihg. Presently the man arrived alone
y heart sank within'mHhe was not
.omlng-d’1ld then rebounded to!
lhare Would be no difficulty in tackling
lhe man when by himself I pleten9d-
91! to bc. earnestly reading a paper.bi11
ill of the tail of my eye observed the
low comet take his accustomed seat.
he band struck up a lively tune. and
was wondering how i should tutu?-
llce myself when a voice at my ab 1 -
iltr said:
“Sir. when you have done wlth youl
‘npcr may i glance at it a moment?"
‘ I started at‘belng thus'suddenly ad-
reseed looked up and found the bent
gure of the father of “Miss Gray
yes' 'siunding by {no Here was luck!
I diplomatically offered the paper at:
co. and before the evening was over
h (i had some talk with Mr. Mortimer:
w d fairly accurately did I gauge his
1: aractcr'as that Of a man premature
aged and deeply smitten with the
gi mbling mania. So far as I would
plrmlt him. his whole talk was of
stocks and shares. of odds and chances.
hen he rose to go I proffered him my
111 111. lie glanced suspiciously at me
a (I then took it. Before we reached
h 3 home I ventured. timorously
c ough, to ask after his uaual compan-
iry . and to express a hope that she was
not ill. No: she had stayed in on no-
uni of a headache.
was not slow In pressing my ad-
\ ntngc The next evening I boldly
approached the Mortlmors and grudg-
ln ly the old man introduced me Now
as d I to myself. now for disillusion-
m nt. What self-deceive” we arc, for
‘ either wanted nor expected to be
disillusioned.
Ilfl L was not. Night after night I
cd to Grace—l had heard her fath-
1all her so. and thence forward she
_.
I
la! ed the more we found we had
run y tastes in common. I became
its y more dcvolcd to this girl oi
c cxlslcncc 11 short month ago I
kn w.nothlng. Oh. if I could only so-
c1111. the first prize in the lolicry. or
if nly my comedy were to be produc-
cd t the Thcepian. then l might dare
——wll1nt might i not dare?
c morning I went to (he'l'toianlc
gar on. for (Irncc sold the morning be
for! that she oftcn spent an hour
lhi‘ at noon. A colitis of 1111111” chil-
VilH'l came. plnylng near whore I 11111.
Thu began chattering to one another
lil I‘rg-urll 1111 lhcy gathered up stones
fro the path and arranged lbs-111 on
lilo. urdcu soul I tricd 1o 1qu lo the
youllgnlcra.1nul they promptly bcglui
trill sfcrilug the pebbles flom the seal
to ly kucca.l11uglllug mcrllly the
will 11. l was 1111 taken up with thorn
that I did not notice buy our approach.
lllid‘u'us ainrilcd 111 Ill-tiring 11 sweet.
fllul liar \‘illt't‘ any:
". r. llrunllnolld.
l’hlll reu dolllg'f"
I lose at onu- lo the dlslurbnncc of
thl-l playthlugs. "flood mornlng. Miss
Mortimer. this 111 1111 uncxpcciml plclis
lire."
8|! blushed at my remark—causing.
I sulposed. with feminine sharpness
that ‘l was there lllt'l‘t'ly on the chance
of eating her. The two little chil-
dren ovldonlly 1|chde that l was an
unsalafactory comrade. and returned
to t l' garden seat as n more! stable
fouuallorl for illelr'bulldlngs. When
addr sling my companion they called
her i“Moon Mercer." and l suppose
that looked surpllml (on who until:
“I l as about to lcll you. 1dr. Ilrnln
mom. that my name is not Mortimer
Mr. . urlllner ls my stepfather. Those
are y pupils." she added. "whom I
brl 9 out here every morning as 11
re... praise for halllng made them try
to 11v at their little mouse .lalo speak-
llls r'lanluslc." 0
no lug this moraine and some sub
mum 1 ones-4m- ii is curious how
often‘ a happened to 1mm in the seals
plat-1111 l learned much of my choral-
or's lletory. llor stepfather was a re
ill-ed 9illccr. whose mains had all been
swalliwed up in a notmloua bank fail»
on o a low yours earlier. They had
11111 t 00 a year. and built belag with-
out 1! er relativm. had sons to brus-
aola 1 be able to "yo cheaply: aha
Illllf‘llltfl their income by giving les-
sons 1 mush. I la illrll told her
everyi ‘9 lug illere was to tell at my 1111-
evetli I history: llllcfill'ng.h perhaps.
that all which is fatbarte the
t. l9lolaflseaes1aymiofille
abs . of as! "users success
It is 1911mm new sites aeaiesletam
rinses late 1111 is sad Will
to 9 late is people
of a - m Wm mother II
ill but are those
mam-111.9
Dru... . .tlf 01139
that! I certainly will 11th”:
ry at all it would be because I cared
for you. and not for a ‘reaeonablc
chance of a comfortable home.’
"How can I ask the woman I love 11
share pcsible beggary with me?"
"How? In very much the same we;
53 you would ask her to share a pas
llble dukedom. "
\‘But, Grace. Will you marry me'!”
J‘d’ck'h—for the first time my bap-
:ie‘mai name seemed to have some-
:hlng of good In lt——"wbat‘ever I may
promise I‘ cannot hind myself without
my father's consent: for l promised
my mother to always look after hi
and I certainly cannot leave him
igainsthis wish. and, besides. my
£100 a yenr,—vyou' did not know the
princely income is mlnewis all he has
0 live on. so that if I marry—cyan see.
Jack. I am going‘to use if‘s now—l
must leave that to him."
We agreed that Grace should excuse
‘l'erself from accompanying her father
to Wnuxhnll that evening, and I
lliould tackle him on the subject of our
engagement. ' ‘
)l'd man slot med—411! would never 'con-
sent: Grace was doing this because ebé
was tired 0f him; he Would starve!—
lnd so on. It was as much as I could
do. to restrain my indignation. I point-
ed out that far from letting hlmatarve
Grace would let him use her income
LS long as he lived. and this partly
mollilled him. If she would lend him
the capital instead he would double it
In six weeks by a certain investment. I
mznrdcd thc childish suggal‘lon that
'.f I secured the lottery prize1 I would
lend him £500 to Invest in that stock.
which he. with all a gamhlcr's super-
stitious pertlnaclty. declared would re-
store his fortunes.
My imbecile reference to the lottery
lld what reason could not do .
"You have a ticket in the lottery?
What is Its number'."
" It is 0058. 310. "
‘ \l'hai!‘ ' he exclaimed with fevcrlsh
energy "What?”
I repeated the number.
"Why." he began. mummuring to
himself. “fifty-eight. Just my age; thir-
ty-one. the number of our house. and
three “alklllil—“thdre's luck in three."
We were now approaching his apart—
meals and I seemed no nonrcr gain-
ing his consent. 11 hen clutching me by
the arm. he said:
"In my hands the ticket must be a
lucky one. Give it to me and you may
marry (lrnce tomorrow.“
The proposal was a shocking one-—
it seemed susplciollsly like buying and
rolling; but there was little time to
lhink find I said with barbarous
promplliudc. "I will."
On the last day of June Grace Mar-
'1 ncr became Mrs. Jack Drummond.
I called at the pimtolllcc for letters
on the evening before our simple worl-
.llng. Tllcrc was a note from the1
great man of the 'l‘hceplan saying the
most flattering things about "Sober-
sldce. the Funny M1111." and asking me
to call. as he Would like in put thi1
ulccc in Immcdlulc rcllcllrsllll l lei-
graphed that I would be in town in
two days.
When wo wort! speeding flom llrus-
sell! I l‘llOWNl my now-l) mmlc Mfr ilu1
lcilcr. and she sold. wliil llffccicd In-
if lgnatlon .
"I am afraid illni I have married a
colulnrlablc homi- after all!"
Two or lbw-c days llfll'l' W11 rollrhcd
London I got 11 letter from l'111~|1.1.loc !
I had announced lny rciurn. but lloi
my marrlzlgcrasnylug: "Congratula-
liona! i kept Illl' number of lhul lick~
ct I gave you. and now see by lllf‘ pn-
pt-r that you have won the first prize."
i wruic 1111 spawn—brief lull 1n the
pnhnt
“pour l'nclo .loc- 'l‘hl! loiicry ilckci
which you kindly guvl- 11111 how can
I ever be grateful enough" ~an
brought me aomciblng bollcr than a
1 prlze~l1 has also" m!- u wlfc."
lit. for lbl- flm- of my comedy. cvory
edvcrilacmcnl hunting in lamdou In-
forum you that ii in "still running."—
ldoyil‘a Wockly. '
EASILY IDENTIFIER
"'l‘hcrc." sl‘w “till. 1111 Illt' finally got
the check promriy lilllorscd and bomb
Oil 11 lo the paying icilcr. "I’d like to
have lht' mouuy. plrliac"
The young ninn nrullnml l1 curl-fully.
and thou look-11! 111 bur.
”In there allyillllut wrong with it?"
she lilqulrod apprcllvuelvcly.
"No: i am sure We all right. only
we have our rules pure. and below an-
nan lot you haw ilw liloncy you will
have to be ldeullflml"
"but the friends I am vlalillls took
a trip out lulu 1hr muulry with my me»
llicr ihla moraine."
"'l‘hea you will have to wall lilllll
tomorrow."
"Hill I mod the money to do some
shopplaa wltbt 1bl9s «rial-boon. ”
"I 111 very sorry"
"Is It absiiluiely 111111 nasty to be blon-
tlflrdl‘.‘ she asked ulnlnllw-ly.
“Absolutely."
"Well. i ellpposc I can menses it.
Will the ballll be open for an hour?"
"Y”...
"Thea l'll hurry healsaad 11111 on
all! evening am. It's a deal of
trouble. but its the only G l‘iel
glad I them of ll."
"1 don’t quite doomed."
"Why t have a strawberry laerk
are right would". and everybody was
has; read “it!!!" at all knows that
than is as better way of Mutilation
than a strawberry laarlt.“
if I mar- '
11 was 11111151111 indeed. At first the '
HOW‘S THIS! " ‘
We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any epic of oatnrrh that capnot‘ be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
9 EDI. CHENEY & 00.. Pruitt. Tols-
' 0, . 1
We the undersigned, have ham 3‘.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen! years,
and believe 111m perfectly honorable
In all business transactions. and Mt!
anclnlly able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WES'I‘ & TRUAX, Wholesale drug-
gisla, Toiedo.0 .
WALDING, KINMN it humus!
wholesale druggists. Toledo, 0. ' 1
Hall“ 11 Cntarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the hi
and mucous surfaces” of the system“.
Price 75 cents per bottle. ‘Sold by all
druggista. Testimonials free.
Hall's family Pills are the beat.
7 1
Mahymd soldiers now feel the eff
of the hard service they endured dur-
ing the war Mr. Gen. 8. Anderson, of
Rossville. York county. Penn. who saw.
the hardest kind of service at the front.
matlsm. “I had a severe attack late-
'he says. “and procured a bottle of
lChamberlain's Pain Balm. '11 did so.
much good that I would like to know
what you would charge me for one
dozen bottles." Mr. Anderson wanted
it both for his own use and to supply
it to his friends and neighbors, as 9every'
family should have a bottle of it in
their home. not only for rheumatism. '
but lame back. sprains. swellings. cuts,
bruises and burns. for which It is un-
equalled. For sale by‘ G. C. Stlli'son
Bomb Norwalk. and E. P. Weed, Nor-
wa k.
. case's-cam.
lash .
stalls ¢—-—"' lea!
- m
we" . . M. ....,..
Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading mer-
chants of this village and one of the
most prominent men in this vicinity.
—-W. G. Phlppln. editor Red Creek
Herald. For sale by G. C. Stllison,
South Norwalk, and E. P. Weed. Nor-
walk.
a
WHOOPING COUGH.
I had a little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack of whooping
cough. My neighbors recommended
(‘hnmhcrlain's (tough Remedy. Idld
not think that any medicine would help
him. but after glvlhg him a few doses
of that remedy I noticed an improve-
ment. and one bottle cured him entire-
ly. It is the best cough medicine I
evcr had In the house—J. I1. Moore.
South Blirgotlsiown. I’a. For sale
by (. ('. Stillson. Sloth Norwain. and
E. I’. Weed. Norwalk.
N
The farmer.’ the mechanic and the
bicycle rider are liable to unexpected
cuts and bruises. Dertt’s Witch Ha-
zel Salve is the best thing to keep on
hand. It heals quickly. and is a well
known cure for pllas. E. P. chll.
Norwalk; 0. C. Silllaon. So. Norwulk.
—Aeeton cures headache.
lame foolish People
allow a cough to run until it gets be—
yond the reach of medicine. They of-
ten eay “Oh. It all! wear away.” but
ln most cases It will wear them away.
Could they be induced to try the suc-
ceseiul medicine called Kemp's Ital-
eam. which Is sold on a positive guar-
antee to cure. they would immediately
see the excellent elicct after taking the
first dose. Price 2511 and 5011. Trial
also free. At all drugglsts.
WORTH KNOWING.
Thousands have found a friend in
Bacon a balmy King. If you have nav-
er used this great specific for the we.
valllng maladies. Dyspepsia. Liver
Complaint. Rheumatism. Coetlvellees
Nervous Exhaustion. Nervous Frustra-
tion. bleeplcesneea end all diseases ar-
lslug from derangement of the atom-
Mall!!!» and kidneys. we shall be
pleased 1o alvo you a package of this
nerve tonic free of charge. barge
packages. tile and 860. Edward I'.
Weed.
casronla
leehhatseadnhllltes.
ems
messes-less
W
caterer II A WDNflllflll. PLANT
lied is new ualvereallr muscled by
anteatlsts to be the only llerb which
«actually cum all astvoaa mites.
Celery tame the principal part It
Cleveland valet-y (to. ad ‘I‘ea. the
great notable for aarraas
Malina. amassea series. are!
all“. i la-
aeuesuea. was
"disclaim”!!! the
nomaJleereaaalaasss. belles
Is now frequently troubled with rhen- 1 .
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