Evening gazette, Saturday, December 12, 1896 · page 6

 

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ROCKER—TONS LOVE.

Alpheus Munro had made his pile as
a speculator, principally in rails but
he still amused himself by do..l.n-.
now and again to the extent of one mil
lion dollars or so, although for gen-
eral business he had practically re-
tired from ’Change. He was a wid
owor, with an only daughter, Dora
Munro, aged twenty—a line, ham.
some blonde, who had taken up thr
study of science.

Dora had, of course, heaps of offers.
eligible and otherwise, but she had not
met the man whom she cared to mar-
r'y, and, at her urgent desire, her fath-
er had sent her to Harvard to enable
her to pursue her studies.

She went to the university with a
mind fully made up to devote' her life
to science and to abjure matrimony.
In fact, as she herself put it, she had

= locked up her heart and thrown away
the key.

But we'are told that “Love laughs
at locksmiths,” and, in confirmation
thereof, she had not been long at Har-
vard when she found herself head over
ears in love with George Stanislaus
Rockerton, who was studying law
there. . ~ .

iYoung Rockerton came from a good ~

family, was rich, good-looking, and in
every way eligible; but when Dora
wrote to her papa informing him of her
tender passion and asking his consent
to her engagement, she received a. tele-
gram (he was so urgent that he would
not wait for the post to carry his rc-
fusal):——

. “No. Come home at once.”

Her father received her kindly, but
with a firm-set countenance, which
she knew from her observation of his
dealings with others indicated that his
mind was made up, and that nothing
could alter it.

She, of course, burst into tears to be-
gin with; but that had no visible ef-
fect on her parent. ., >

“My dear Dora,” he said, “you can-
not imagine how it pains me to be
obliged to run counter to your desires,
but when I have explained matters to
you I hope you will agree with me and
give up the idea. of marrying this
young Rockerton.

“When I_was a lad my father had a
farm out West, the adjoining farm to
which belonged to Ralph Rockerton,
the grandfather of the young man you
have met. I need not go into details;
it will suffice you to know that my
father and old Rockerton had a bitter
quarrel, and that a feud arose between
the two families which can never be
healed.

“I would rather see you in your cof-
fin,” he added melodramatically, “than
see you the wife of one of that brood.”

“But, papa,” urged Dora, “it is a
very long time ago, and I don’t think
that a quarrel between my grandfather
and his grandfather should be any rea-
son why Geo—I mean Mr. Rockerton
—should not be a good husband to me.
He is rich. I have always done as
you have wished; and now, when I
feel that my life’s happiness is at
stake, you make this stupid objection.”

“It must have been a very dreadful
quarrel, papa, for you to harbor re-
.venge all these years. Tell me more
about it. If my life is to be blighted,”
she said, sighing deeply, “I should like
to know why.” ' -

"It was about a stream, my dear,
which ran between the two estates.
01d Rockerton insisted that the water
was all on his land, whereas it was the
boundary, and we had the right on one
side of the stream and he on the other.
But it really distresses me to think of
that dreadful time when for two whole
years I walked about with my life in

my hand, so to speak. I beg you will.

say no more on the subject.”

“\Vell, just one question, papa,”
asked Dora, with an eye to future con-
tingencies. “Was any one killed?”

“No. No one was killed, but your
grandfather was shot in the arm, and
I can never forgive them—never—
never!” ,

Her father then insisted on her prom-
ising him that she would never marry
without his consent, which she did
readily enough, but she saw it was use-
less arguing with him any further, and
for the time the matter ended.

It sobn became evident to Mr. Mun-
ro that Dora was really fretting and
making herself ill about “that con-
founded fellow, Rockerton,” as he
said to himself. He was a man of
aption and determined to give her a
thorough change.

“Dora, my girl,” he said the next
morning at breakfast, “how. would
you like to go to England for a bit?”

“Oh, papa!” she exclaimed, with the
most brilliant look on her face that he
had seen there for a long time. “That
would be delightful! You know I’ve al-
ways wanted to go across and see the
Old World. But can you spare the
time?”

“Well, no, my girl, I can’t just now,”
he replied. “I am obliged to remain
here for a time, as I have a specula-
tion on which requires my presence on
the spot, but Mrs. Laking is going over

‘ by the next Cunarder, and she would
chaperone you to your uncle’s in Man-
chester, where you could stay and
amuse yourself till I arrived, which
probably would be in about three
months or so.”

So it was settled, and the folloWing
week Dora, having first informed
young Rockertdn, with whom she kept
up a secret correspondence, of her de~
parture and destination, stepped on
board the mail steamship under the
care of her lady friend and in due
course arrived at her uncle's in Man-
chester.

She‘was warmly
English relatives.
her late mother's brother, had a large
business in the cotton spinning trade
in Manchester, and resided at Birk-
dalc, going backward and fm'ward to
his business, so she had the benefit of

reCeived by ..her

Thomas Spanderb. . ,
“George is not sucha bad chap, after

 

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tiie sea air. What with that and the
sea voyage over and her new surround;
ings she in a very short time resumed
her old healthy looks, and, as. Mr.
Spander wrote to Mr. Munro “she
seemed to have entirely forgotten her
love affair.”

She also, of course, frequently wrote
to her father. In one of her letters she
said.—— ' ' -

“I am awfully comfortable here.
Everybody, seems to do everything
possible to make me happy. Uncle
’I‘homas’ son George is at home from
the university where he is studying
for the church. He seems a very nice
young man, not at all solemn, as one
would think, and he plays tennis love-
ly. He returns to Cambridge to-mor-
row.” .

“Um!” reflected old Munro, as he
read this letter. “That’s more like it,
now; But I’d rather she didn’t marry
a parson. Still, if they knock their
heads together, I won’t stand in the
way. I‘ll give her plenty of money
and,” he had rather vague ideas of
church matters. “I’ll get him a dean-
ery or a bishopric or something.”

Dora had been in England for two
months, and everything had settled
down quietly, when Mr. Munro was
electrified one morning to receive a
cablegram from her:——_

“George has come all the way from
Cambridge. Wants to marry me im-
mediately. Do consent and make‘ me
happy. DORA.”

“\Vell, this beats cock fighting!” mur-
mured Mr. Munroe, as he stared at the
message. “He must have fallen very
deeply in love with her indeed. Oh, I
consent! But how about the settle-
ments? I suppose tha't Tom Spandex
reckons on my doing what is right,
and I will. I wish I could get over,
but I’m stuck fast with that confound-
er speculation for another month and
I might lose me a million if I left it,
and I can’t afford that. W’ell, here
goes!”

And he sent this telegram:—

“Don't understand the hurry, but ]
consent. Am very happy. Wish every
happiness. Cannot leave here for a
month. Tell uncle I will arrange
handsomely. A. MUNRO.” 1

Ten days after this message, on the l,
arrival of the Cunard steamship at!

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New York, Mr. Munro was sitting in

his private office when the door was

opened and in walked his daughter,

leaning on the arm of a very well set

young man—of course her husband.
The old man jumped up.

“IVéll, this is a surprise!” he
shouted. “What on earth made you in
such a hurry to get married? Ah,

well, I was young myself once, and I
know.when I fell in love with your
mother I was in a deuce of a hurry to
get married.” '-

,“Oh, papa!” murmured Dora, as she
threw her arms around his neck and
kissed him. “It was so kind of you to
give your consent. I am so happy. I
thought you would, though, when you
knew what a long way George had
:ome to seek me!” ’

“Oh,rwell, I guess it’s not such a
very long way, after all,” replied her
father. “England’s only a little place
altogether. you know.” '

“Well,” said George, “that’s true; but
it’s nigh upon four thousand miles be-
fore you get there.”

The elder man stared at this observa-
tion, which, like some of the redoubt-
able Captain Bunsby’s he coudn’t un-
derstand theapplication of. However,
he passed it over.

“Well, George, my boy,” he said as
he shook his hand in a hearty grip,
"I’m truly glad to have you for a son—
in-law. And how’s your father?”

“My father?” echoed George. “He's
been dead these ten years or more.”

“‘W’hat does all this mean?” cried Mr.
Munro in amazement. “Am I mad,
or what is it? You have just left your
father, my brother-in-law, Tom
Spander, in England, haven’t you?”

Dora threw up her arms, and with a
Wild shriekfell down on the thickest
part of the soft fur rug that lay be-
fore the fireplace, in what appeared to
be a dead faint. '

The two men bent down at the same
time to attend to her and bumped their
heads together, and everything was
confusion. '

“My name’s not Spander,” ‘ said
George, hurriedly, as he rubbed his
head with one hand and supported
Dora with his disengaged arm. “My
name’s Rockerton, and I went all the_‘
way from Harvard university, in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, to England to
secure your daughter.”

For about five minutes the place
would hardly hold him, and his anger
was such that he took no means to
restore his daughter, leaving her new
found husband to “bring her round”
as best he could.

However, by the time he had roared
himself out of ‘breath he saw the futil-
ity of his further opposition and resent- .
ment and, like the good business man
that he was, he veered round'and met
the wind as it blew.

“Well, well,” he said, “I’ve been
done, but what‘s done Can’t be helped.”

IIe‘then turned to assist Dora, but
by a strange coincidence that young
lady had just come to, and in a burst
of hysterical tears begged forgiveness
for the little misunderstanding.” ,

“I forgive you, you little witch,” her
father cried. “But I have my suspi-
cions about the misunderstanding.”

And Mr. Munro has never been, able
to decide in his own mind whether it
was accidental of malice prepense
on Dora’s part that the misunderstand-
ing occurred; He has on several occa-
sions tackled his daughter on the sub-
ject, but She. has always. managed
most skilfully to evade the question,
and as she and her husband are the
happiest couple imaginable, and,

.1;;‘-‘«..5-.1r. Munro has long since ceased
tr-‘intl are into it, and has also, of

course. buried the hatchet with the
Rockers Emily, .,

 

ADIEU, THE BICYCLE.

A ,Brooklyn Inventor to‘ Links Horselesr .

Carriages to Sell for 8500.

Are the days of the bicycle suprem-
acy numbered, and the poor horse
threatened with extinction? A Brook-
lyn genius has perfected the horseless
carriage, in which all the objections

to the old “freak” of that name have . '

been Overcome. _ It is as light as a vic-
toria, noiseless as the bicycle, fast as
an express train and can be handled
with case, he claims.

The carriage looks exactly like any
ordinary carriage, the electric storage
battery being completely hidden. By
merely turning a! handle bar, the car-
riage can be turned in any direction
and the speed regulated. The great
fault of the old horseless carriage was
the difficulty in turning, but in this in-
stance this has been successfully over-
come.

Most horseless carriages are run by
petroleum or gasolene. These motive
powers gave the passengers the feel-
ing of being on an engine, and when
not noisy there is invariably more or
less of a disagreeable odor. But in
the Brooklyn invention electric power
will do away with at least the odors.

Then again a higher rate of speed is
attained—the limit being thirty-five
miles an hour. There is little danger
of running out of electricity, for by
simply attaching a drop wire to a
neighboringtelegraph or telephone line
the storage battery can be recharged;
it would be difficult to prove that any
electricity had been borrowed. Another
method of supplying _the storage bat-
tery is by an ingenious contrivance
which restores electricity to the bat-
tery from the motors whenever the
carriage is going down hill.

An invention in itself is the combina-
tion lock on the motor lever. It is an
ordinary lock, so far as working it
goes, but when locked it is impossible
to move the carriage by electricity.
The owner can safely leave the car-
riage alone in the street while bask-
ing in the smiles of his lady friends,
and feel no anxiety about losing it.—
New York Journal.

The New “'oman’s Newest Idea.

Everybody lift his hat to Chicago—
she has made the woman barber a “go."
And she is barbering as if she means
to stay.

The lady knights of the strop and
razor have founded in Chicago a trade
in which soft hands and a deft touch
and pretty faces, and the dainty neat-
ness of womankind are an irresistible
attraction for the bearded army by
the lake. Added to this is skill in
manipulating the razor not surpassed

by and often superior to that of the

most accomplished barber of the
French school. So it happens that the
the up-to-date barber shop in Chicago
has been forced to employ the petti-
coatrd, w'hite-aproned barbers or go
out of business. In one Washington
street shop, where a few weeks ago
six men presided over as many chairs,
four of the same chairs are guafded
by tidy yodng barberesses. Submit
your face to their mininstrations and
you will learn how the new woman
has gained a foothold in this newest of
female occupations, since ancient
times employing only men.

The girls get the same wages as .the
men, but their natural independence
forbids so unwomanly a thing as the
acceptance of a tip, and when you rise
from the chair. refreshed and spick
and span, you do not find them around
expectant of a dime—New York
Journal.

 

The Electric Dance (”Ballet Girls.

Seven of the prettiest ballet girls in
New York appear nightly before hun-
dreds of people apparently clad chief-
ly in light. They are enveloped from
the tops of their heads to their
toes in a myriad of little elec-
tric lamps, which shine and disappear
with the music to which' they dance.
During the past week these seven
girls have commanded nearly as much
attention as the equine exhibition, and
from a spectacular view far exceed
any of the recent novelties introduced
on the stage. Incased in a costume of
wire and lace, the girls give a daz-
zling exhibition, which at any moment
might be cut short if the slightest ac-
cident happened to bring them in con-
tact with several thousand volts of
electricity which they cavort around
with. ‘

“The Strange Adventure of Jack and
the Beanstalk” has racked the brains
of electrical inventors as well as cos-
tumers to such an extent that the elec
tricdance, which the seven maidens
perform nightly at the Casino,_wexhibi1
such a bewildering rhythm of burning
fire that the audiences almost always
are silent from wonder.—-New York
Journal. '

Truth Crushed to Earth.
Two fair young girls sat in a dainty
boudoir gazing into each other’s eyes
“We are such good friends, Marcia,’
said one, “and we can afford to say tc

each other just what‘ we think. Now
I have such a splendid scheme. Sup-

pose we start out to-day by telling
each other the exact truth, without re
gard to any Question of politeness.’

“How perfectly lovely, Lobelia,’
cooed the younger girl of the two
“Let‘s begin right away. What dc
you think of me?” .

[“1 think.” said Marcia, “that yor
are almost as pretty as you think yor
are, and when you don’t try to be you
are the most charming girl in the
world.” _

“How awfully good of you," re
joined the other, “and do you know
that when you came in I was think
ing that you looked just like one at
those big feather dusters which had
taken a. notion to walk? Only you)

feet are so very large that the music:

was not quite ple'rfett.”---New 1‘01!
Herald. .' ~

 

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..,.Lama.
' Kabaosa Encampment, I. O. O. F.
metnlast evening and conferred the
second degree ‘on two candidates. Of-
ficers were also placed in nomination.

”It Was voted- to hold a special meeting

next Thursday at which time the third
degree will be conferred. »

Glad Tidings.
The grand specific for dispepSia, liver
complaint, Rheumatism, costiveness,

general debility, etc., is Bacon’s Celery
King for the Nerves. This great herbal
ronic stimulates the digestive organs,
teguates the liver and restores the system
to vigorous health and energies. Sam-

ples free. Large packages 50c and 25c. .

Sold only by Edward P. Weed, Norwalk,
and George C. Stillson, South Norwalk.

District deputy Readman will install

the officers of Nelson Lodge, Sons of

St. George; at Danbury, next Monday
night.
Baby’s Bess Friend—Moilwr,_Next Dr,
Hand’s Colic Cure.
HARTFORD, CONN., Oct. 26 ’95—The
Hand Medicine Co.—“By request of my
wife the undersigned writes you fthat
baby’s best friend is her mother,’ and
next best is Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Used
same for past months. it is impossible
to write our appreciation of your prepa-
ration and do most cheerfully request; all
mothers to use same for their little ones.
Our baby is now teething. 'W. Lincoln
Barnard.” Sold by all druggists, 25c.

B njaniin h‘isb, Mrs. Callias Bey’s
brother s ..s that it is not true that she
Wu. return to Bridgep at to reside.

 

1)" Every Mother: Knew Her Lilgle Ones
‘ Would be Saved.

ITRIDGEPORT, CONN., May 3, ’95.——Dr.
Hand—Dear Sin—“I have used . Dr.
Hand’s Teething Lotion and found it all
it is represented. I have had no trouble
at all with baby during his teething; it
has helped him so much, he teases to
have it used on his gums. If every
mother would use it they would save the
little ones a great deal of suffering.
Yours respectfully, Mrs. Harry Browne,
614 State street.” Dr. Hand‘s Teething
Lotion sold by all druggists, 25c.

There was a cock fight on Spring
Hill, Wednesday night. Several bat-
tles were laught.

Relief in Six Ham's.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
eases relieved in siz hours by the “New
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceeding prompt,
ness in relieving pain in the bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in pass-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. analk,
Conn.

‘ 1 $2,000 Damages.

The Supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the Superior Court in
awarding $2,000 damages to Mrs. Kate
Spraguc by reason of the death of her
husband in a collision at Danbury on
the NewiEngland road five years ago.

How to Cure a Severe Cold.

A few weeks ago the edito'r was taken
with a very severe cold that caused him to
be in a most miserable condition. It was
undoubtedly a bad case of la. grippe and
recognizing it as dangerous he took imme-
diate steps to.bring about a. speedy cure.
From the advertisement of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy and the many good recom-
mendations included therein, we concluded
to make a. first trial of the medicine. To
say that it was satisfactory in its results, is
putting it very mildly, indeed. It acted
like magic and the result was a. speedy and
permanent cure—The Banner of Liberty,
Libertytown, Maryland. The 25 and 50
cent sizes for sale by E. P. \Veed, Druggist.

Her Sight Restored.
Miss Helen Beers 50 years old, a resi-
dent of Newtown who has been blind
from her birth with “congenital catar-

act," was operated upon by Dr“ F. M. '

Wilson at the B'idgcport. Hospital re-
cently and she can now see as well as
anyone whose sight has been restorei
by an operation. The fact that she has
been blind for so long makes the case a
remarkable one in the annals of medi-
cal history. Miss Beers was educated
at the Perkins’ Institute for the Blind

at Boston.

n Earache is about as
painful an ache as
anything that

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has to deal with. But it
Stops it immediately." Big
pains—little pains—it
stops all of them.
' Salva-cea is the quickest
to relieve and cure

- Dolls,
‘ -chailngs,
, Ulcers,

Piles.
catarrll,
‘ . Sore Throat,

colds, flhoumtlsm,
"Son Muscles. Bums.

. Two :i—rcs, '25 and 50 cents.
At dragging or by mail.

Tu: Its/immoral (M, 974 CANAL 51.. N. Y.
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of every desmpuous.

dress;

it) THE PEOPLEOF NORWALK ,

' The undersigned “boning purabosed Ibo Plumbz‘nguud Tin-
m’ug business formerly‘ conducted by Wm. P. Holmes at W0.
7 Water sreet, and fitted tbe some as a first-class Plumbing,
Steum-fittzug. Gas and 7z’nm'ug Estoblzkkme’ut, respectfully
Solz'ozt u sbure of public patronage ' '

All work will buve our personal supervision and zhtpeot-
ion, and be executed wife prompluess and thoroughness. aim)
rue wuutz'ugfirst—oluss work done "at the lowest prices, will do
well to give us u call. 14/5 will cheerfully estimate" on all
Plumbing, Gus-fitting, Stezzm-fittmg, Yin and Sheet Iron work

PHILLIPSONE

Practical Plumbers, SlBfllll & Gas Fitters, Tin and Sheet Iron Workers.
1 Water Street, florwalk. ‘

, uqll jabbing will be attended 2‘0 promptly. Hot air and
' steam boaters cleaned dud-put z'u thorough repair.

Call or ad-

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Christmas.

South Main Street,

NewYur an waal leig line

DAILY.

PROPELLERS

‘0in of Nniwalk. Earle and Vulcan

Will Leave Pier 23, E. R., N. r.” (Beedman St.). a.

NURWALK AND 30

AT 5 P.
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l'l‘H NORWALK

Leave N Ol‘Wfllk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M.

A BICYCLE FREE. '

We shall give away a High Grade .Bicycle on
the evening of December 24th,just in time for '

 

Every. cash purchaser of 25 cents’ worth will
receive a coupon. ‘

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so. lilOl-‘illillllili HARDWARE ”00.,

Smith Norwalk.

 

0U read this advertisement.

yours and others had read it, how much

good it might have done.
and we will do the rest.

If it had been

Send in your adv
Rates on application.

 

 

Mrs. hair’s...
“sonnet.

WILL REOPEN

ALL
APPLICATIONS

For admission should be
made at Hillside at an
early day.

CHEAP FUEL

Owing to many of the factories having

 

, Kbeen shut down, we have a large accumu-

lation of first class coke. c" .

e We offer the same during the month
of December at six cents per bushel at the
Works, ’2 or eight cents per bushel delivered
within either city limits, in not less than

~ twenty-five bushel lots. Extra for car-

rying in. ’
The. llorwalk Gas Light company.

 

Raymond. d‘r Son.

. Successor-eta GeorgeH.Baymcnd.

Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
- Directors.

16 and 48 Main sneer Norwalk cs
Residence, Berkeley Plano.
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noum Goons.

D.‘ FEINBERG.

DEALER IN

5.0L19.'%2l9.i.9.°”3*

Loan Office», -’ i

Repairing of mm ‘Watchc-s' and Jewelry"
' Neatly Done.

164 Washington Sit, SouNorwalk;
[on the Bridge]

10 Day’s sale Unredeemed Pledges. Clocks.
Jewelry. Clothing and“ Musxcal Instruments.

 

, Piano “Lessons.
.ononen w. BRADLEY. (din: tor
.t. of the late Win... . Nash.) mus e cent
on satisfactory instructiongéon the Plumes .
her home No. 193 Mamet". - . .

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