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‘A WINTER’S EVENING.
The short December day was clos- -
ing in. The twilight mingled pleasant-
ly with the ruddy glow of the fire, and
thegirl at the window couldtno longer
see to read. She leeked, instead, into
the neighboring garden, bounded by
low hedges and wind~bowed fir trees,
sharply outlined against a glowing
crimson sky. The thin, rasping voice
of a mother roused the girl from the
wintry thoughts which had saddened
her large, dark eyes
“Maisie,” she began, hesitatlngly, “I
want to speak to you again about—
(the girl knew the particular tone of
voice, and broke in quickly with “Oh,
mother, please not that!”)
girl,-'it’s positively ridiculous the way
you always interrupt me and refuse to
listen to reason,” and, with a whine,
“it makes my position exceedingly
awkward and unpleasant*, What am
I to do with you? Do you realize your
age, Maisie? Nearly 24. .Why, your
sisters were all married before they
were your age, and Connie had two
children.
“At present,” the mother went on
relentlessly, “I am besieged on all sides
by men who wish to marry you, for
you are a pretty girl, Maisie—prettier
than any of your sisters, and more like
your dear grandmother, who was quite
a belle in her time—but in a few years
nobody will look at you, your chances
of happiness and of making a good
match will be over forever. Percival
Sutton”—(“Ah, I knew that was com-
ing,” sighed the girl)—said he would
come to tea this evening, and he is
veryoanxious to speak to you."
After'a pause she went on. “I want
to know what stands in your way of
doing as the others had sense enough
to do—of Setting my mind at rest about
you, and of taking up a position In
life as the wife of a good man."
“You mean of a rich man,” the girl
said languidly, folding her hands and
again turning her eyes to the gar-
den. .
A tall man, with bowed head and
hands clasped behind him, was walk-
ing restlessly over the little lawn, a
few nches of freshlyfallensnowdead-
suing the sound of his quick footsteps,
and the girl watched with unconscious
fascination the daik shadowy prints
left in the flat whiteness. The tall
stranger with the grave face and 21th
letic, though now stopping form, had
never shown the slightest desire to
make friends; indeed, had seemed de-
termined to avoid any chance or risk
of doing so. Years ago; when the
girl’s mother had called upon the
lonely newcomer, she had found him
at home. and he only acknowledged
the visit-by a politenote of thanks ex-
plaining that he never made or receiv-
ed calls, and lived a life of study and
unbroken solitude. To-night‘, as her
mother talked and the girl's attention
wandered to the growing number of
blue-gray footprints in the show, an
unusual circumstance arrested her
thoughts and ,drew; her still farther
from the sordid and wearlsome con-
versation. A servant came out of the
house andhandedJ to the man an or-
ange colored envelope, which he did
not open till he was again alone. Then
he disappeared.
The girl returned 'to consciousness
with a slight start,,and became dimly
aware of a question in her mother’s
face and voice. She risked, at ran-
dom, the first answer that occurred to
her: “Oh, yes, if you like. mother!"
The reply was evidently appropriate.
“My dear good child, this is sweet
of you! That poor young man will be
so happy"
‘And will you tell him so yourself.‘
dearie; or shall I see him alone first?
I expect you will both feel a little shy
and constrained.”
“I shohld like you to see him by
yourself, mother,” said the girl, rising
and wondering with complete disin-
terest what would be the outcome of
her mental aberration and wandering
response.
“And I may tell
mother, eagerly.
“Anything you like,” her daughter
answered as she disappeared.
. The servant; entered with a tea tray.
him—" said this
'made 11p the fire, and lowered the
blinds, The girl passed swiftly
through the hall, wrapping a soft gray
cloak about her as she went, and
then, opening a side door and closing
it quietly behind her, she slipped out
into the snow covered garden. In the
low hedge which divided it from the
neighboring patch there was a broken
space large enough to squeeze through
and a moment later she was skimming
across the very lawn where she had
just seen the. owner’s footsteps multi-
plying in the snow. As she'had ex-
pected, he had left his garden door-
open, and through this she made her
way into the hall, and thence into the
only room from which as yet a light
emerged. A cozy fire and a red-shad-
ed lamp showed her a charming study.
lined from floor to ceiling with books,
and in a deep arm-enair before the
fire she beheld her tnree years’ neigh-
bor, the owner of this delightful sanc-
tum.
On the threshold she stood still with
astonishment. From what she had
seen of his face she had not thought
him remarkable in a1pearance—this
man was Without doubt singularly
handsome. She had believed the
bowed form belonged to a man of 50
at least, whereas this man could not
have been more, and was probably
less than '35. A vague sense of vexa-
tion filled her, and she wished she had
not yielded to the ridiculous impulse
which had brought her thither. Then,
in a moment, a revulsion of feeling
made her. glad, with a great throb of
gladness, that she had obeyed the dic-
ytates of her folly He looked up from
I the fire, gazed at her abstractedly for
half a second, and when he spoke his
voice showed no surprise. ' 1
“My dear '
said faintly.
“Come in and shut the door," was
his greeting. "l have been waiting for
ywou y, \ ' .
“You are alone. as usual, ” she asked.
drawing nearer
“I am always axons.
world did you come?”
“You had a telegram, just now, in the
garden,” she explained; “I feared it
might be bad news.”
He gave a little hard, mirthless
laugh. “Bad news has long ceased to
be possible in my life,” he said, cold-
.‘y. Was that why you came?”
div?“ H
“Reason 131011541 1.. keep most peo-
ple away, ” he remarked, d1 11y At last
she asked: “Why do you walk round
and round your lawn every evening ?"
' He shrugged his shoulders. "Force
of habit, I suppose; it is the way i
think.”
Then, hastily changing the subject.
he inquired: “What will your mother
say when you tell her where you’ve
been?”
“I don’ t think it will occur to km to
ask. Her thoughts are taken up at
the present moment”-—she glanced at
Way In the
the clock—“in accepting an offer of-
marriage on my behalf. She is’ an ac".-
mlrable woman; I am her sixth daugh-
ter, and when she has disposed of me
we shall all have been married before
the age of 24.”
The girl was gazing at him steadily
and without flinching; vaguely she
found herself wondering if there had
ever been a time in her life when she
had not known him—when, in fact this
stranger had not been her first and
greatest thought, the supreme interest
which completely filled the emptiness
of her world. So bad love come to her
unsought, and as yet she knew it not
by that name.-' When she spoke her
voice was low and appealing: “Well. It
can matter little how one Works out
one’s destiny: If in the end all will in-
fallibly turn out well. For instants.
I shall marry; this man of my mother's
choice. and perhaps for a few years
ne will be miserable together: but at
last death wi ‘1 free one of us and thou
lfe’sobiect will become clear and I
will view; it from the Impartialitv of
my last hour, from the standpoint of
age, experience or resignation, as a
charming picture in a circular frame,
and shall smile to see how well the
colors blendc.." She
lessly.
“Poor little girl!" he muttered, ris-
ing, and leaning against the mantle-
piece. he looked'down at her with
yearning, dreamy eyes. “Shall ,I tell
you the riddle of my life?" he asked.
She assented
“Ten .years ago 1 named the girl
my father, chose for me—an heiress.
the only; child 0! rich and indulgent
parents- We «lad notv‘lovc each 'other—.
a punishment which I doubtless de-
served. Less than a year after our
marriage I first noticed a. strange ex-
pression in my wife’s face, which day
by day became more apparent, and
then she began to talk strangely and
to say senseless things. Vainly I
strove to fight the fear which was fast
growing to certainty, till at last the
violence of a mad woman left me in
doubt no longer as to the terrible
thing which had come upon me.
“I won ’1: describe to you the horror
of the next few months, when the best
brain doctors in London pronounced
her case hopelessly lncurable,. and
when .I had done all I could to restore
the balance of her disordered mind,
without avail. I did not want to send
the poor thing away; but. the matter
was taken out of my hands. When I
was recovering from a. knife wound in
my left temple—you see I am destined
to carry. a reminder of her .to my
grave—the doctors insisted on remov~
ing her to an asylum, andthere I have
been obliged to leave her ever since."
‘ The girl had drawn nearer to him;
his story had been a shock. to her, but
her thoughts were not of herself.
“How dreadful!" she said, “and how
lonely you must often be! Why have
you never let me know you all these
years?"
“I—I dared north-cue turned away.
He did not see the glory of love and
suifering that shone in her soft. dark
eyes. Maybe he heard both in her
voice, for there stole into his eyes the
light of happiness.
“It was unkind of you,” she said; “I
might have been better than nothing."
She crept close to him, and shyly
put her hands in one of his; he bent
over them, holding them to hls'brow.
“Little girl," you don’t understand,”
he said softly.
——it was just because you are better
than everything that I could not say
to you, ‘Comell’ Every day since I
first came here I think I would have
given my soul to see you come In at
that door as you did to-night. VI was
often lonely, but it satisfied me to
know that you were near. It amused
me to wonder what we should say to
each otherif we ever met.”
“Yet,” said the girl, "‘I wonder that
you can hold such happy theories
about life! Do you really believe'that
your riddle will be solved?”
“I think,” he answered gravely, “it
was solved by the telegram you saw
me open in the garden; it brought me
the news of my poor wife’s death-
and you came .to saw: me from the
, horror ofmy thoughts.”
The girl would have drawn away
her hands, but he detained them; she
swayed a little, and/he supported her
withhis arm. “1‘ must go back,“ she
He folded her cloak
about her tenderly. “I am going to
take you home,” he said—Max Ham-
ilton in St. James’ Budget.
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THE JOSEPH LADUE’
GOLD MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF YUKON.
. 11111: or SHARES 111 1115111111155 1113113131, 1191.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, the pioneer of the Klondike, and founder of
Dawson City, aided by some of the most Conservative and successful finan-
ciers of New York, is operating the strongest company yet formed for
mining and trading in the X ukon gold fields
To this Company he has transferred placer claims on Bunker and
, Gold Bottom Creeks, the “ Marguerite” Quartz Mine, his Saw Mill,
his Timber Lease, that virtually monopolizes tne saw timber on the
Klondike, and large holdings of Choice Town Lots in Dawson City.
The Company also owns the S. S. “ Morgan City ” now earning $20,000 per
month, and has shipped up the Yukon several hundred tons of merchandise,
for trade, upon which a very large profit 15 assured. The U. 5. Government
:rcports certify that the saw mill produces about two million feet of lumber
in the open season, sales price of which 15 from $140 to $240 per 1,000 {set
according to class. n - .
.3 CAPITAL OF THE COMFANY. .
Preferred Stock, 65 cumulative, .' $1 $100,000
Common Stock, 4.000.000
Total Capital,‘par value. $20 per share, $5,000,000
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and on the assets of the Company for its par value, and after all the
stock of the Company has received 6 per cent, the su 'plus earnings are
i shared pro rats. by the preferred and common stock.
f Thus the preferred stock practically offers the safeguards and advantages
of a first mortgage bond, coupled with an earning capacity as great as that of
the common stock.
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August 315:, 1898, after which the price of the preferred stock will be . ;
5 advanced by the Company to $12. 50 per 51. are. ’ I " _
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