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Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, Manager. 111 11111115. Don’tgo out of town to have your Awnings madewhen' you can get them right here at home just as cheap. If you want a canopy for a party or a wedl (ling. I will supply it at two hours’ notice. 'A letter "or postal card willreceive prompt at. tention. ' P.‘E. CALLAHAN, Awning Maker, 53 Cross so, Norwalk. ‘ ' tily, THE EVENING GAZETTE A HIGHWAYMAN. The man in the corner, who up to this time had not moved from his seat all day, now rose and walked to the other end of the car. Zona trembled with fear. .He reached under the seat and took out a small handsatchel which he opened. Was he going to get a revolver? No It would be a knife. Zona put her hand to the window and made a des- . perate effort to open it, that she might be ready to call the guard. The man heard and turned; he came quickly for- ward: “Allow me,” he said. “Oh, no, thank you," said Zona has- She felt sure he had designed he1 purpose and that there was covert me- nace in his tone. He settled down in his corner again and Zona cast furti;e glances at him, and always when siie looked he with- drew his gaze from her. “What a powerfully built fellow he is,”‘went her thoughts. “What a vil- lainous countenance. One can see he is a desperate fellow. How foolish ]' was to let my watch and ring be seen! I am sure he is looking at 'my ring.” Now-the ring was a beautiful dia- mond, given to Zona by her mother, and Zona, with a disregard of conven- tionality, wore it on her finger which is usually set apart to carry the signal of engagement. Therefore, his thoughts were, “Engaged! Well, I don’t won- der, she surely is the loveliest girl 1 ever saw. I wonder who the happy fel- low is. I beg you pardon,” he said aloud. “You look wearied. Do you go much further?” “An Englishman wouldn’t speak without an introduction,” thought Zona “if he hadn’t some design.” “I don’ t know, sir.’ “You have never been in this part of the country before,” he said tenta- tively. She answered in brief monosyllables to this and several other remarks, and he perforce, relapsed into silence. “He wants to make me talk' and throw me off my guard,” thought Zona; again attempting to open the window, and this time with success. All at once she felt a sharp sting, and a' shriek from her mingled with the yell of the engine, as it gave vent to its joy of emerging into daylight again. The man was at her side. “I beg pardon for intruding; are you hurt?” he asked anxiously. Zona thought his anxiety was caused by fear lest the guard might have heard her scream. At the same time she became conscious that the pain was in her right eye. open window had lodged in it. “If you would let me,” said the - stranger, producing-from his pocket 11 handkerchief. “ Chloroform ! " flashed through Zona’s brain, and she shrieked out, “No! don’t come near me.” “Poor thing!” thought the would-be Samaritan. “She must suffer dread. fully.” Then aloud, “I am sure if you would only—” “No, I tell you ” said Zona, vehe- mently, with a stamp of her foot. The can subsided into his corner and Zona, with her eye fast swelling, bit- terly repented her temerity in taking the journey. ' “I’ll 'never travel alone again! Oh, dear! I don’t suppose I'll ever travel at all again. I have laughed at dear mamma, and thought her fussy. I ought to have considered that she knew the world better than I. " And then came a long whistle. The man in the corner rose, snatched up his satchel, the guard unlocked the door, “Newcastle, ma’am; you’re at your journey’s end,’ ’and he picked up her valise. Will Zona Sheldon ever again know such a sense of relief or will any other face ever be so welcome to her as was that of the 'burly guard, as he made this announcement to her? She was safely on the platform, and a coach- man narrowly watching the passen- gers, stepped up to her, saying— “Mr. Mowbray‘s carriage for Miss Sheldon.” “I am she,” she said in a voice which her mother would not have recog- nized. “Let me have your valise, then,” the coachman, extending his hand. He opened the door, and Zona, step- plug into the carriage, sank back on the cushions and burst into hysterical tears. The man who had been in the corner, standing with his satchel in his hand, gave a low whistle as the sight met his gaze through the window; Walking forward to the coachman he said, —— “Give me a lift, Riley; I guess I’ll 1ide with you.’ “All right, Mr. John,” said'the coach. man, lifting up the. satchel. “Cbme down from Edinbro, sir?” “Not directly, Riley. Let me down at the gate, and' don’t tell them I've come. I want to have a bit of a joke with: them.” ' “Hall right, sir. “So that is the travelled young lady, who is to be bridesmaid to-morrow, and stand up with me! If In1 not mistaken, she will be in no condition to stand up.’ He swung himself lightly down at the gate. The carriage was driven up to the hall. Zona was helped out and warmly greeted by her friend, Louise, while. Riley, to avoid answering ques- tions, drove away. The first greeting over, Louise look-ed about her. “Where is Riley? Didn't Cousin John come? I thought maybe is would come with you: he went dawn to London a few days ago.‘ said ”No, there was no one with me only .g...” ... ... A cinder from the; 11 horrid—” and here hysterics again threatened her.‘ “My dear Zona," said Louise, notic— you are positively trembling . with cold. ” ‘Oh, yes; do let me get up- -stairs a while! I had a dreadful time! I’ll tell you all about it. And in Louise’s snug room the pros- pective bridesmaid recounted her woes, and was pitied and comforted, and as- sured that she should not be allowed to go back alone. “Cousin John Pierpont, who is going to be best man, is going down, and he will see you safely back. You know, he is an American, a graduate in med- icine, and has been studying in Edin- burgh. He is going to spend this win- ter in the London hospitals, and I know you will like him. I hear a bustle now. I believe he has come. Will you ex— cuse me till I go down and see?” Of course Zona would, and Louise soon ran up again. “Yes, it is he; and now, dear, dinner is ready. Let me help you.” “Oh, Louise, dear, you must excuse me from, dinner. I can’t go dowu with this horrible black eye.” Thus Louise went down alone to dinner," where she related in full the sad journey which her friend had. “Would she recognize the villain, do you suppose ?” asked Dr. Pierpont, who had listened with much interest to Louise’s recital. “I don’t know indeed,” said Louise. “She says he was a tall, powerful fel- low—very sinister looking.” “You had better let me see her eye, at all events,” said her cousin. “If you don’t. she will not be fit for duty to- morrow.” “Zona,” said Louise, as she came in after dinner, “Cousin John thinks you had better let him examine your eye- He says it is dangerous to let the in- flammation run on, and he thinks it will be quite well to-morrow if you get a good night’s reef.” “Well, if you wish it. I don’t want to spoil your wedding, 'after all.” “Miss Sheldon, my cousin, Dr. Pier- pont,” said Louise as she ushered in the doctor. Zona, whose vision was much impaired by the sore eye, did not recognize him as the man in the cor- ner. He merely bowed. “A clean. pocket handkerchief, Lou- ise,” he said cheerfully. At the sound of his voice Zona looked 11p quickly. A twinkle shone in John Pierpont’s blue eyes. “Now, Miss Sheldon, one moment, and it is out,” he said. “What instant relief. Zona. “Thank you, doctor,” ‘ “You arequite welcome,” he replied. "By to-morrow I hope you will have quite forgotten it.” There was little sleep that night for Zona Sheldon. Sleep came at last,~ and Zona woke radiant as ever. She dressed and went into the park to settle how she should meet Dr. Pierpont. But it was settled for her, a sudden turn in the path brought her face to face with him. A moment’s confusion—a flush that dyed her whole face, and then the smile on his became contagious, and she burst into a peal of merry laughter, which he echoed. “Dr. Pierpont,” she said, “I hope you will be.merciful and keep my se- cret.” “I am not likely to tell a secret so much to my disadvantage. What was it? VillainOus—” “Please doctor,” she implored, “I did not notice your looks at all. I had parted with my senses.” “Very well, then,” he said. "It is a compact. Let us go bacn to the house for breakfast and say no more about it.” Had not the whole house-hold been absorbed in the wedding that there was a secret understanding between the compatriots which quickly ripened into intimacy. “And Zona is to go back to London under your escort, John?" said Louise. \“Provided she is not afraid to travel with me,” he said, with a laughing bow to Zona. '9! exclaimed A smile was her only ans‘wer. They were seated—the sole occupants] of the compartment. “Will you tell me one thing?” said , Zona. “What was it you took out of your satchel, and put in your side pock- .et?”_ “So you don’t wholly trust me, eVen yet,” he said, with a smile. “It was a mirror. You looked at-me with such a horrified face that I thought there must be something wrong with my looks. Now will you answer me,a ques- tion? Had you made up your mind what to'doif the worst came to worst?” ~ “Yes,” She said laughing. “I was god ing to take off my watch and ring and offer them to you, as well as my purse. I fancied you looked at my ring, par- ticularly.” - “I did,” he said, after a pause, “be- cause you know thefinger you wear it on. May I ask, Miss Sheldon. "if there is any particular significance in it?" “It was given me by my mother," she said simply. “Then,” he said, the right to put one on‘ that finger?” “I am very grateful, indeed, Dr. Pierpont,” said Mrs. Sheldon, late in the evening, as the three sat in her parlor, “that my daughter has had your company. I never feel safe to have a lady travel unattended in a com- part—v” Hei auditors glanced at each other and bui st into uncont1 ol able laughter. —Atlanta Constitution. ._ Tlte happiest man that walks this earth ls he who earns his living; Receives God’s bounties with one hand, While with the other giving. " -Da'nsville Breeze. ing her agitation, “let me take you in; “will you give me *, sAsnss soeso' WITH FBILLS. Lace Skirts Shaped to Fit the Hips by the Lace Maker. (By Special Arrangement with the N.Y. Sun.) The fichu, and especially the Marie Antoinette fichu With a suCcession/of frills acress the ends, is wow with ..‘great effect by the right woman, who undetstands how to arrange it coquet- £15111? in a soft knot and fasten it in place with jewelled pins. Fichus are decidedly pretty with the low evening bodice, and they can be purchased all made of various soft materials, and the ruffles headed with a spangles. row of A turquoise grehadine is made very pretty with a white chiffon fichu bor- iered with Valenciennes lace frills, a white moire vest, and lace edged frills of grenadine on the skirt. Another pretty idea is a pale blue muslin trim- rned on the skirt with broad tucks al- ternating with insertions of Valen- ziennes lace to the knee. The bodice has a little coat of lace and a vest of aream net embroidered with a design in blue baby ribbon. Pretty bodices are made of white lisse bands, alter- nating with lace insertion sewn on with white or colored satin baby rib- bon, and tucked bodices are very com- mon with the flounced skirts and a pretty sash, the latest of which is made of hemstitched ribbon. Sashes of taf. feta silk“ or ribbon, edged all around with a frill of chiffon or the material of the gown, and striped across the ends with lace insertion, are worn with the organdie gowns and pretty lace grenadines. The latter material is one of the choicest of the season for iressy goWns. It comes in a. variety 1f colors, which are very effective over he silk linings. " Lace dresses, too, are very fashionable, and the most elegant ace skirts are made and shaped ll' :he lace makers to fit the hips, and fall ’n the fashionable fulness at the bot- :om, the absence of seams being a great advantage in- this sort of gown. Another material which is very pop» ~1lar is gaze diabolique, a gauze with a :oarse canvas ground and am open- work pattern. One of these gauzes ir slack and white is mounted on. yellow ;ilk with a very curious effectfi White ahiffon frills and vest are the finish. Jones asked his wife: “Why is a husband like dough?” He expected she would give it up. and he was going to tell her it was “because a woman needs him,” but she said it was because was “hard to . get off her hands.” Then Jones was silent for the rest ’ of the evening. : CAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE- THE -LEGHORN HAT. A Difl‘ereut Thing in Sunny Italy What We Know It Here. The Leghorn hat in the land of its birth would liardly know for its twin the rose-wreathed chiffon-adorned af- fair whose brim dances at every fash- ionable garden party from Maine tc California. In Italy the Leghofin hat is one of the important crops front Siena on the south to beyond Florence on the north. Children begin to braic‘ straw as soon as they kick off the queer swaddling clothes in which they are wrapped and strapped 'in infancy. Young girls take rank asto marriage eligibility according to the number 01 fancy weaves they know. W'omen walk the streets with their aprons stuffed full of straw, as if they were about to bed down cattle or start a juiep factory. The plump, round 'ball of braid is pinned at the left side 01 the waist and the clean white straws twinkle in the busy fingers like knit- ting kneedles. In every‘doorway sit: a group sewing braids. If you rap a1 a gate a half-finished hat hangs from the apron-string of the white-headed crone, who opens it. Fashions change from year to year from in the last straws, and other fancy: braids, such as are made, for example, at Friesole, Where the wealthy Floren- tines for centuries have made theii summer homes; but the Leghorn hai endures. The peasant girls of Siena wear it_as constantly as the women 01 Southern Italy their gay handkerchiefs Tilted well back upon the head and untrimmed or circled with a bright plaid ribbon, ts broad brim flaps at every step, and a troop of girls stir up more than their customary breeze. The brim is never wired, but changes shape like an animated flapjack, or a lively flounder just out of water. Long earrings, Leghorn hat and shoulder kerchief are all that is left 01 the peasant costume of that part 01 Italy, but they form by themselves a picturesque ensemble. ' The Leghorn is part of the “costume de pension” of some of the convent schools of Southern France, and It never seen in better advantage than when trimmed with the long, white os- trich plumes and worn with the sim- ple frock of the little French school- girls—New York Tribune. The smallest. Pis‘ii‘ce Fo‘f-ce. There is one country in the world, according to the_Boston Globe, and probably only one, which gets along with a single policeman. That is Ice- land. ' Iceland is peopled by the descendants of Vikings, including many famous warriors and heroes, but they are “so law-abiding that they have no need of policemen. The solitary officer, in spite of his apparently great responsibility, has a very easy time. He is maintained more for ornament and dignity than for use. The Icelanders think it would not do to have a capital without a pc. liceman, and so they keep one. The Iceland police force is large in one sense. Its single member is six feet high, broad-shouldered, handsomely uniformed. Pa perhanging by Machinery. Paper can now be hung by machin- ery. The device has a rod on which a 1011 of paper is placed, and a paste 1eseivoir with a feeder placed so as to engage the wrong side of the paper the end of the' paper is fastened tc ‘ne bottom of the wall, and thema- ‘11111e started up the wall, being helr‘ in place by the operator. A roller fol- lows the paper as it unwinds and press es it. against the wall. When the to; ’:f the wall is geached, the operato: ..ulls a string which cuts the paper of zl'Ofll the roll.—London Weekly. Not. Up On'the Game. Reuben—“Gosh! Cynthy, thar‘s swifi embution for ye—a man dies jist af— ter committin’ thievery!” Cynthia. —-“What does it say, Reub?" Reuben (reading account 01 ball game).—“ ‘Murphy was struck on the head by the, pitcher, went to first, stole .1. base. but died while napping.’ ” and , THE ORIGINAL Stamped ll Boss. 5! Always the Same UPSET BY‘ A LEMON. Its Remarkable Effect Upon a Band 0 Sheet Musicians. Did you ever, in a spirit of friskines: . suck a lemon in full gaze of the mem ber: of the Electric Band, while the: were engaged in rendering those swee 11nd seductive strains for which the: have become noted? Well, don’t. No. before any other band, for it may no be such a scathless escape as a ho: met with who figures as a principal. ii a K‘estory a friend relates, says the Mo eespgrt Times. KIt was when the little German bani. was playing for drinks before saloon and incidentally picking up some smal coin of the realm‘at other busines houses. In front of a Demmler she] they started to tear the “Wacht An Rhine” to pieces. They fared prett; well, and had switched off to “Swee ' Rosy O’Grady” when a small boy, whx had evidently been put up to do thr trick, made his apeparance and stom near the band. He was sucking a. lem on, and at his appearance a look 0 disgust spread over the faces of all th. members of the band. One by one thu musicians gradually dropped out of thy game until at last there was left out: the bass horn player. He had to qui after a little while. It was raining and this, with the lemon episode, rath er combined to put the bass horn play er in a bad humor. He walked ove: to the boy, and, catching him by thu ear, he said: “Vat for you come aroun here mit a lemon and kveer der wholu tam pand? It’s tough luck to shtam apout in der rain mitout bein’ kveerec .\ py a poy mit dot tam lemon.” There was subdued'laughter in 1 store near by as the German band let for other worlds to conquer. It i: a fact slightly known that the pres ence of any one sucking a lemon i1 front of a band will cause a panic. Th1 musician’s mouth fills so rapidly witl saliva he cannot play. Strategic Movements. First Boy—See here! didn’t I see you 1-unn'ng down street yesterday with Bill Bounce after you, wantin’ tc "ck "ou? Second Boy—Y—e-s. “What did you run for?" “I—I was only running so as to get him away from home, so his mother couldn’t see him fighting; but by the time he was out of sight of his house we got in sight of our house; and then, as my mother would see me if I Stopped to hit him Fwent in, so as to be out o’ temptationl”—NeW York Weekly. . 1., .. :.:.-; ' .1. . up... ' W“ . The "Beincarnating~Dago.” There is in the family of one of the- \' leading Theosophi‘sts of Toledo a very bright 4-year-old boy who has imbibec many of the ideas of his parents. The other day he astonished his mother by saying: “I wish I were a man, St I could be a Theosophist, like papa’ “What would you do then, my son?" inquired his mother. “I would talk to people about 'their souls, and the reincarnating Dago,” was the surprising reply. It was a short time before his mother could make out that the child meant the “re— incarnating ego.”——Toledo Blade. .. Precaution. “Say, missus,’ said Meandering , Mike, “do you wa'nter hire anybody?” “No ’) “Ye don’t think yer husband wants ter hire anybody, do you?” _ “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I am sure he does not.” ‘ “’Tain’t no disapp’intment. I jes wanted de assurance dat I could go ter sleep in dis next lot wit’ out bein’ dis- turbed by offers of work ”—Washing- ton Star. ' To Be Congratulated. “Yes,” said the man from the West, “he was very lucky. He went to a newly discovered gold country, and in less than three weeks come home with $1, 000. ” e “That paid him well for his time.’ “N- no. I won’t go so far as to say that. You see, .he had the $1,000 when he started. But he was mighty for- tunate to be able to hold onto it ” Washington Star. lights the way and stays lighted. All braSs. nickel-plated—no tin; outside oil- tiller; cotton packed oil taunt; double convex ground photo- lens: burns kerosene. throws a light 90 it. and weighs but 12 ounces. 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