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THE HAjgHVXLLE MONDAY MQBma. JULY 1897. TRACK LAYING COMMENCED. WINCHESTER, TENN. NASHVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

NASHVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rose and opened It, divining the Identity of my visitor. am dellglied to see. you, Dolorltas," I said, as in truth I was, for I had been much 1 AfflOS NOKES, An Episode by Night. By MAUDE MASON AUSTIN, Author of It was a difficult matter to find pleasant Iiartmcntu In Chihuahua, but, alter an exhaustive search, we discovered a delightfully quaint casa, not too jn.I-Ifke, though the front wlndown, which opened directly on the street, bud the conventional Iron barn.

It was ait ciiarmingiy foreign. never tired oi the sweet-scentod patio where fragrant roses swung their weighted tips, spicy pinks pervaded tho air and trailing madreselvas entwined the unresponsive oleanders and1 flg trees. The owner, a painfully old man, had "only stipulated that some rooms opening into the patio on the cast side should be reserved for his own use and that of his orlada a witchy old woman, dark as an In- 1 dlan and shirvelled as a last season's pippin. "There did not seem to be any one else. I did not object to this reservation, as Clarence's mining interests continually called him into the interior.

Heretofore I had ac-' eompnnicd him; but it seemed a pleasant prospect to settle down Into tho real responsibility of housewifery, and in the flush of anticipation I promised myself to abandon these improvident excursions. We had scarcely settled in our new quarters when the opportunity came for testing my now resolutions. Clarence tD)d me at tea that he must go to Sombcrote on the late train. "Senor Escandon is within call, and the old servant is so- obliging, my doar, if you need anything," wore his last words'. I am not a timid woman; I must confess to not unwomanly fear of midnight incursions from some Jack Sheppard, but I had only to glance at my stout iron gratings to feel my domain impregnable.

When evening cumo I mulled a solitary cup Df cocoa and placed Clarence's chair at a noclable Angle to my own, just for the comfort oi it so easily seduced is woman's imagination but the isolation" began to tell as I replaced the tea things and opened my book. I found it Impossible to read; my mind kept running upon many a wild and uncanny experience of lone strangers in foreign lands. I finally laid my head back upon the upholstered sllla, reBtfully determining to doze till a permissible hour for retiring. I must have slept heavily, for the next thing-of which I was conscious was the deep tone ot a clock striking 12. Some people so pervert tho truth as to say they enjoy a nap in a chair.

I am not one of them, My vertebrae had snarled themselves into the most painful tangles, and I was' dazed as with the effects cf a blow upon the head from some miscreant while I slept. The old Spaniard's heavily carved furniture, which had heretofore filled my soul with satisfaction, and bespoke aristocratic environment, now looked ugly and inartistic. I felt a sullen revulsion of feeling for the whole situation, as I stared dispiritedly at the whitewashed walls. Why must Mexicans need build a wall thick enough for a fortress, and gloomy as a prison? Why did this old fellow want so much bouse for himself and that withered old Ore-eencla? I was wondering where a door at tup end of the room led, when I was stortled to see It open slowly and a figure In white fill the aperture. Good heavens, a ghost! and Clarence in Du-rongo by this time.

It was a' female ghost, thank fortune. Surely I could hold my own with a spook in petticoatsperfectly conventional petticoats' too, I observed, with a bias flounce at the hcim She had a very material expression of dismay upon her face which steadied my nerves wonderfully. She glided Into the room so silently, eo lightly, that I was beginning to chill again, when she hesitated, stopped, and gathering some lleecy wrapping more closely about her face, said in a peculiarly musical voice in Spanish: "Pray excuse mo, madame, I did not know anyone was here." She looked so timid, so frail, bo pretty, as she poi.sed hestltatlngly between the black space of the open door and the light, that I felt myself a perfect barbarian. "Won't you bo seated, I said In my best SpanlBh, rising and pushing a chair toward her. I don't think she had any intention of remaining, but Bhe looked so young, so abashed, that 1 threw my whole heart into my tardy honpitalltjs, unit she sank reluctantly Into the big chair.

I gathered from her diffident replies that she was Senor EBcandon's niece and ward; for some ocult reason she did not know Hint the rooms had been let. '1 will not disturb you again, eenora," she promised with the flicker of a pale little smile on her llpn. 1 assured her I was wretchedly lonely, and that nothing would bo so delightful as to foster this acquaintance so oddly begun. There was such a pathetic little air of sadness about her; of a subdued girlish spirit evident in her quiet face, in the uurelaxed pose of the slight Ilguro, that my heart went out to her in a woman's spontaneity of sympathy. "Poor, frail child, no wonder the youthful Bplrit was forsaking the frail tenement in the dally usBoclatiou with those two wilted clan os.

"Have you friends?" I ventured prosontly. A vivid rush of color lined hor delicate- face like marks from the stroke of a hand, and her dark eyes fell before mlne. Her agitation was so painful that I was eonsclous-Ptrlcken. Divining iny confusion, she bravely replied: "Only one, Senora," and with a woman's Intuition I mentally decided "a man." Before further words could be said, Crccencia's mum-ifonn figure appeared In the dorway. "Vlrgen santlslma, you are here, aro you, child? You did give mo a fright." The girl ruse instantly In sonic trepidation, and moved toward tho door.

"You will come again, senorlta?" I pleaded, detaining hor as sho seemed about to depart without ever salutation. "Don Mateo does not permit Dolorltas to visit," Crecencia answered for her, but her tone was sorrowful rather than officious. So she was called Dolorltas! a lit ting name, truly. "Hut, surely ho can't object to her coming here. I am so lonely," I Volunteered, hoping to excite sympathy for myself and secure a trifling recreation for tho girl.

"It Is useless, madama, he cannot bo changed! I flatter myself I havo changed tho convictions of a few people in my day; and I laid a very dertermlned head upon my pillow a llttlo later. I would turn the battery of my fluent Spunish upon the old boor to-morrow. Next morning I felt cheerful and very active under that industrious spirit which attacks womankind spannodlcally. I busied myself all day rearranging tho numerous nmhcganfr furniture, which was indeed very handsomo, and what with a cheerful letter from Clarence at 1'eralta, and tho anxiety to finish a particularly dainty tea-cloth by his return, the day was gone before I realized it. I hadn't the courage to beard the lion in his den at the dispiriting hour of twilight, so I MONT MILLER HOTKL.

Dr. J. L. JONES Proprietor, AJcllgrlttful Summer Reriort. LEXINGTON, TENN.

Til If. SCOTT HOUSE, C. 11. SCOTT Proprietor. Sample UooniN Free.

Rntort. IFl.no tier JACKSON. TENN. SOUTHERN HOTKL. FlrHt-Clntot in Every HeNpeet.

Rati- S2 Per Day. TRENTON, TENN. HOTEL IlitiELOW. Centrally Located, Convenient BnnkM, PoKtolue.e and IliisIaenH. Court Houne Scumrc.

JOHN W. 11IGELOW, Prop. BOWLING GREEN. KY. MOREHEAU HOUSE, ARMITAGE HEIHIMAN, Props.

Boit-linjr Green Ivy. LEBANON, TENN. WEST SIDE HOTEL, Lebanon, J. W. TALLY Proprietor, Terms, $2.00 per day.

HICKMAN, KY. COMMERCIAL HOTEL. A. Douglas, Proprietor. H.

A. ATWOOD, Clerk, Rellttteu ana reopened. Special nttelitlon given to travcline men. DECATUR, ALA. AMERICAN HOTEL.

Druiumcr' Headquarter. Rates 9- J. H. BROWN, Prop. NEWB15RN, TENN.

THE NEW HOTEL GILMORE. Ncwweril, Tenn. Newly fitted np. Hot and cold baths. Best accommodations given to traveling men.

MRS. H. M. JONES, Proprietress. HUNTINGDON, TENN.

EASON HOUSE, W. H. EASON Proprietor, Rates, $2.00 per day. LE1VIS11UHG. TIIE McCORD HOUSE.

LewlshurK, Tcnn, J. F. T. JONES, PROPRIETOR. Just Overhauled and Renovated.

Everything First-Class Rates $2 per Day. CARTHAGE, TENN. FISHER. HOUSE, J. M.

Proprietor, Sample Rooms Free. Rates, Sl.OO per day. PULASKI, TENN. THE ARLINGTON HOTEL, West oldo Public Square, KERSEY STACY Proprietors. Rates, $2.00 per day.

BiutTHKRK HOTEL. Droiuiucrs' Ueuduuurtcrs. Rates f-2 Per Day MBS. DAY. Prop.

WAVERLY, TENN. McCUTCHEON HOUSE. North side Railroad, near Depot. W. .11.

Proprietor. Good Sample Rooms and First-Class Accommodations. Special Rater) to Drmniiici's. FLORENCE, ALA. ALABAMA HOTEL, Florence, Alu ALONE Proprietor.

Sample Rooms. Hntes. 2.00 per day. MARTIN, TENN. BOWDF.N HOUSE.

Martin, Tenn, Rates 92 Per Day, WILLIAMS DAVIS, Props. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. NEW SOt'i'll HOTEL. ChntfonootiU, W. O.

Mauascr. Best in the City. Rates $2, 92.GO and $.1 per day. STANTON HOUSE, D. J.

JUMIS Proprietor. Bate. 2.00 per day. FRANKLIN, TENN. NEW MASON HOUSE, Franklin, Tcnn.

R. II. MASON Proprietor. Rutes, $2.0 per day. First-CluKN Sample Roams.

MANCHESTER. TENN. GARY HOTEL, Prot. C. W.

GARY Proprietor. Rates, f2.0U per day. SPRINGFIELD, TENN. SPRINGFIELD HOTEL, Sprlniclleld, CHAS. Proprietor.

Relltted nml Reopened. Special attention given to Traveling Men. DYEIISDUKG, TENN. THE NEW T. I'.

A. HOTEL, The only metropolitan hotel in the eity. R. B. FRANK Prop.

HENDERSON, KY. NEW HOTEL HENDERSON, Henderson, C. F. L. P.

Kleiderer, Proprietors. The only Flrst-ClasH Hotel in City. Building mid Furniture New. Fire Plugs and Fire Escapes on Each Floor. MURFRUKSIIOHO, TENN.

CITY HOTEL, Southwest corner Square, Murfreeshoro, Tenn. M. F. BARTON Proprietor. T.

J. BYROM Clerk. Rules, l.no per day. Commercial Travelers solicited. BROWNSVILLE, TENN.

PYTHIAN HOTEL, Y. C. BUMI'ASS Prop. Rates, $2 Per Iay M'cEWEN, TENS. THE McE WEN IIOUNIC.

GEO. F. FENTRESS. Prop. Good sample room tree.

We meet all trains. Opposite nepot, McEweil, 'I'ciin. ARLINGTON, KY. ARLINGTON HOTEL. A.

W. HOWARD Newly and completely furnished throufi'hout. Rates, per any. PARIS, TENN. TenneMNee Northern JHln Built From Jackalioro to LiiFoIluttc.

CHATTANOOGA, July 18. (Special.) Track; laying has been commenced on the Tennessee' Northern Railroad from Jackfr-bc-ro, CumpUeil County, to LaFollett'e. Seventy-pound rails are being used and thare now seems to be no doubt that the company intends to complete the linV -''V RAILROAD NOTES. There' wro tickets Bold by the varl-otiii lines-on account of" the meeting of the National1 Educational Association at Milwaukee. Mexican Central Railway Company 6a to the Rogers Locomotive Vorks an order for -ten ten-wheel passenr Rer locomotives.

The same company, has also gljen an order for ten copsolidated locomotives, with 21x2G-lnch cylinders. Tho-iGeneral Passenger Agents -of St. Louis-have established regular bureau to pass on all applications for reduced fair tor charity's sake. Many abuses had sprung up under the old system, and it was thought- best refer the whole subject to one source. The rpcelver of the Cincinnati Southern has.arrangcd with accident Insurance companies to insure employee of, the, road at regular rates, premiums payable monthly.

Receiver Felton also announces that he will furnish 45 per cent, of the premium as long as, the employe remains in the service of the road. This arrangement goes1 into effect Aug. 1. Railroad men aro getting sick of making low rates for big meetings. Heretofore the big meetings have been scattered, but this year thoy.have come all In a heap.

he great objection Is that persons who would otherwise go to some summer resort or on a visit, traveling at' tourists' rates, take advantage of the cheap rates and take that trip, instead of the regular outing. A great loss of revenue results to the. roads, as there is absolutely no profit on the fare to big meetings, while the tourists rates are acceptable. OBITUARY NOTES. "HOPKINSVILLB, July 18.

Special.) Mrs. Emma Moriis Johnson, wife of Johnnie Johnson, a leading young farmer, died at her home near this city last night, after a brief illness of fever, aged yoars. PRANtdlN; "July 18. death oiMiss Sallie J. Hodge occurred at 7:30 -Ji'dlpck last evening, at the home of her fatr( Jas.

R. Hodge, two miles east of Franklin, on tbe Liberty road. Tho fufjeral was preached at the home at 4 o'clock this; afternoon by Rev. H. B.

Reams, of the Methodist Church, after which the remains were interred in the new cemetery at this place. Miss Hodge bad been invalid for some' time, though her expected so soon. She was in the 29th year of her age, and was" a roost estimable young lady. UNION CITY, July 18. haps no death ever occurred In this city' that has created such universal sorrow as that of Rev.

J. E. Beck, which sad event was announced at an early hour this after a lingering sickness 'of six months. Mr. Beck had been a Methodist minister for many years, though not inactive sorvlce for the past few years.

He was one of the pioneers of this clty'an'flV perhaps had dono more for the upbuilding, of Union City than almost any other ot its citizens. At the time of his death. he was in the manufacturing business, and up to five years ago was an extensive man ufacturer of furniture, and gave employ- ment to- a number of poor people in this--city, whose friend he was, ana all lovcpV and respected him for his manly nobility of heart and mind. He was Masoa'and belonged to the Knights of 'Pythias, add' Knights of Honor. The funeral was this' afternoon, from his late residence, at the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev.

O. IT. Martin, after which his remains were laid to rest In the City Cemetery in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends. He leaves a wife and several small children, who have the tendereBt sympathy of the entire IIADLYCB'irA6tT THE HEAD. Gray Goe After John Htark-With It- "A dlfllcultycccurred yesterday aftefiioon-between two negroes in Nbrthwest Nashville which almost ended fatally for one of the parties concerned.

The scene of the difficulty was the front of the saloon op-. poslte the Chemical Englno-house on West Jefferson street and the participants were Ben Gray and John Stark. Gray went after the other man with a knife and cut him up painfully about the head and shoulders. Stark responded by firing two shots at his enemy which, however, were without effect. After cutting up Stark, Gray left tho Bcene, to give the officers' a long chase.

Stark was carried to his home on Mount Nebo, where his wounds were dressed. His condition is pot considered dangerous PERSONAL. A. Lawson Baxter, of Chicago, is registered at the Tulane Hotel. Dr.

J. D. Rorex, of Scottsboro, after stopping a few days with his son, at 31C Euclid avenue, has returned home. Mrs. M.

L. McClure and daughter, Bessie, of Memphis, who have been visiting Mrs. Walker, 715 South Summer street, left las't night for Columbia, where they will spend a few weekB. No More Guoil' Liquor. Two weeks from to-morrow will witness the last or the whisky business as a licensed traffic in Decatur County.

The repeal of tho charter of Pcrryvillo takes effect on the 31st inet. Decatur' Herald. DlclcenH In Cninp. Abo'ye tho pines the moon was slowly drifting, The river sang below; The' dim Sierras, far beyond, uplifting Their minarets of snow. The roaring campflro," with rude humor painted' The ruddy tints of health On haggard and form that drooped and Tainted In tho fierce rapo for wealth.

Till one aroso and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards woro drdpfied from hands of listless To hear tho, talo anew. And then, while round them gathered faster. And the firelight fell, Ho rend aloud the hook wherein tho maBter Had -writ of llttlo Noll. Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy for the reader Was yaungest of them nil But 'as ho read, from clustering pine and cedar A siionco seemed to fall. The pine trees, gathering closer Jn tho shadows, Listened In every spray, While the whole camp, with "Nell" on English meadowB, Wandered and lost their way.

And BO Jn mountain solitudes, o'ortaken 1 As by, some spoil diviuo. Their 'cares dropped from them Ilko tho necdlos shaken From out tho sturdy pine. Lost .1 that camp and wasted all its fire; And ho who wrought tho spell7 towering plhc and stately Kentish spire, Ye havo one talc to tell. Lost is that camp! But let its. fragrant story Blend with the heart that trills With hopvlne'a Incense all tho pcnslvo glory I.

That fills ho JKentlBh hills. And on that gravo where Eugllsh onk and holly AnMaurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a- too presumptuous folly This' spray of western pine. Bret Harte. DETECTIVES. CO-OPERATIVE DETECTIVE AOENCY.

ESTABLISHED -1SS0. P. J. HANIFIN. SUPT.

BEST OF REFERENCES FURNISH ED. TELEPHONE 741. NASHVILLE. TENN. DRESSMAKING.

MISS HATTIE DAVIS. 411 UNION STREET; FASHIONABLE MODISTE. PRICES REA SONABLE. FUNE11AL DIRECTORS. WILSON CARNEY.

TELEPHONE FOR CARRIAGES AT ANY HOUR. 237 NORTH CHERRY STREET. TELEPHONE MRS. EMMA KRAMER. POLITE.

ATTEN. TION GIVEN FUNERAL BUSINESS. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS. FINE OPEN CARRIAGES. 322 NORTH CHERRY ST.

TELEPHONE 904. FURNITURE. HARRIS BARBOUR. DEALERS IN NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE, STOVES AND RANGES, GENERAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS. 412-414-410 CEDAR ST.

'PHONE 703. HOT AND COLD BATHS. THE DUNCAN BARBER SHOP. EN TRANCE ON CEDAR STREET. BATHS OPEN ON SUNDAY.

G. LOUIS LEHNING, PROPRIETOR. HAHNKS9 AND SADDLES. DCP.NS BLAKE, MANUFACTURERS HORSE GOODS OF ALL KINDS. NO.

312 NORTH MARKET ST. HUMAN HAIR GOODS. ORNAMENTS OF ALL KrNDS. SIDE COMBS. ETC.

HAIR-DRESSING AND MANICURE PARLORS. MRS. M. M'INTYRE, 025 CHURCH STREET. HAIR DYES.

SIDE COMBS. WIGS AND BEARDS TO RENT FOR AMATEUR THE ATRICALS. C. H. BADOUX.

22G N. SUM MER STREET. JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS. HERMAN ADLER. SPECIALTY.

DIAMOND SETTING. RE PAIRING NEATLY DONE. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 310V4 UNION STREET. JISTICE OF TIIE PEACE.

JAKE LEV1NE. 324 N. CHERRY STREET. NOTARY PUB LIC. 7 A.

M. TILL 6:30 P. M. RESIDENCE 011 MCOAVOCK. PIANOS AND ORGANS.

JESSE'FRENCH PIANO AND ORGAN CO. CALL AND SEE US. NO. 240 AND 212 NORTH SUMMER STREET. F.

B. OYVINGS. MANAGER. PHOTOGRAPHS. W.

S. MAHON, PHOTOGRAPHER. FOR ALL STYLES FIRST-CLASS WORK. 321 COLLEGE STREET, CORNER DEADERICK AND SQUARE, NAfcHVILLE, TENN. PRINTERS AND BINDERS.

PRINTER AND BINDER. JAMB'S T. CAMP. 235 NORTH COLLEGE STREET. LETTER HEADS', CATALOGS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS.

LEGAL BLANKS, EVERYTHING PRINTABLE. p-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-E-S. N. P. CATLETT.

ROOM .113, JACKSON BUILDINC. NASH VILLE, TENN. CORRESPONDENCE SO LICITED: LAWYERS. EDW. E.

BARTHELL. JOHN B. KEEBLB. BARTHELL KEEBLB. 0 AND 7 VANDERBILT BUILDING.

HAMILTON PARKS. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, 63 AND 64 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NASHVILLE, TENN. TELEPHONE 1424. REAL ESTATE AND RENTAL AGTS. HOWELL E.

JACKSON. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. 207 JACK-SON BUILDING. TELEPHONE 1186. MACHINISTS AND BRASS FOUNDERS.

NASHVILLE MACHINE COMPANY. 121 N. COLLEGE STREET. DEALERS IN PIPE FITTINGS AND VALVES. MILL ROLLS GROUND AND CORRUGATED.

MODEL-MAKING AND BICYCLES. W. T. WOOD i CO. 171 N.

COLLEGE STREET. SPECIAL MACHINERY TO ORDER. BICYCLES AND REPAIRING, NICKELING AND ENAMELING. BEST WORKMEN. FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER.

GUARANTEED. MRS. J. WELLS, 612V. CHURCH STREET.

PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING. M. D. SULLIVAN. 183 N.

COLLEGE. TELEPHONE 1560. SOLE AGENT NATIONAL WATER PACKED PUMP. PROMPT AND REASONABLE. RESTAURANTS.

C. II. A. UKItDlitu. FOR LADIES AND GENTS.

MEALS AT ALL HOURS. MANUFACTURER OF ICE CREAM, CAKE AND CANDIES. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 415-417 UNION STREET. 'PHONE 201. CENTENNIAL RESTAURANT.

OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. MEALS LUNCHES. LODGING. 900 CHURCH STREET. II STARK, PROPRIETOR, REAL ESTATE.

YARnROIIGH. MADDUX DAVIS. GENERAL AGENTS. NEGOTIATING LOANS A SPECIALTY. 217 UNION STREET.

'PHONE 30. BAXTER. BLAIR CO. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN SALES. OITY PROPERTY.

SUBURBAN HOMES, FARMS. TIMBER LAND. LOANS. NO. 30 UNION STREET.

SEEDS. SWEET PEAS. FRITH Ai Ill NORTH MARKET STREET. LEADING- HOTELS, FRANKLIN, KY. HOTEL 1IOISSEAU, Friilikllii, j.

J. C. HARDY, l'lll CLARKSVILLE, TENN. MICHEL'S EUROPEAN HOTEL, ClnrfCMvllle, Tcmi. Newly opein'tl nml in cv ery renpect.

Sneetul attention nuld tlie traveling imblle. MICHEL Propn COOKEVILLE, TENN. HOTEL RICHELIEU, MRS. A. A.

REAGAN. ProprlctrcHN Rate Sl.OU Per Day. Near S. E. Corner Pnlillv Hfjuarc, Cookvville, Tenn.

MADISON VILLE, KY. HOTEL LUCILL. The only Flrnt-Cla, Hotel In tho olty with ltK own Elet'trle nlnnt. J. V.

Prltehctt, Prop. JniacN A. Franeeway, Cleric. COl! RT LAND, ALA. COURTLAND HOTEL.

F. T. NEELY Rate, 2 Per Day. STENCILS, ETC. DURY FINNEY.

TCKET PUNCHES. METAL ETC. NEAR MARKET, i PHONE 1573. SHOW CASES. NASHVILLE SHOW CASE COMPANY.

167 N. COLLEGE STREET. MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW CASES. ORIGINAL AND ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS. STEAM DYE WORKS.

ALDRED'S. STEAM DYE WORKS AND CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT. 306 NORTH SUMMER STREET. TELEPHONE. 783.

mlll-lyr STREET. TELEPHONE 783. STEAM LAUNDRY. MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY, ED. LAURENT, PROPRIETOR.

BEST WORK AT REASONABLE RATES. 100 NORTH FRONT STREET. TELEPHONE 1209. SARATOGA. THE LARGEST AND ONLY EXCLUSIVE STEAM LAUNDRY IN NASHVILLE.

01 AND 409 NORTH CHERRY STREET. 'PHONE 1149. BEST SET TEETH $0.00. WARRANTED GOLD ALLOY; FILLS E0o: TEETH EXTRACTED 260. TWIN CEDAR ST.

TURKISH AND RUSSIAN BATHS. W. C. RAESFIELD. TURKISH BATHS OPEN DAY AND WIGHT.

BEST IN THE CITY. BASEMENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. WHISKIES. H. M.

STARK. SELLS STRICTLY 4-YEAR-OLD TENNESSEE SOUR MASH WHISKY AT 60 CTS. PER QUART. 817 CHURCH STREET. WINES AND LiauORS.

SOUR MASH, LINCOLN COUNTY 60! QUART CASOADE 76c QUART: NUMBER 7, 90c QUART; PRIVATE STOCK 85c QUART 7, 90c QUART; PRIVATE STOCK, 85c QUART. W. W. PARM1NTER BROAD AND MARKET, STREET RAILWAY. TAKE GREEN CARS ON CEDAR STREET AT DUNCAN HOTEL FOR THE EXPOSITION.

NO DELAY. SHORTEST ROUTE. KEY FITTING. B. S.

WILLIAMS, 501 UNION STREET. SPECIAL' ATTENTION TO ELECTRICAL WORK, BELL HANGING, MONEY SAFES. LOAN OFFICE. IKE HIRSHBERG. 220 NORTH CHERRY STREET.

MONEY LOANED ON ALL GOODS OF VALUE. BARGAINS IN UNREDEEMED WATCHES. LUSKY'S. MONEY LOANED ON WATCHES AND DIAMONDS AND ALL ARTICLES OF VALUE. BUILDING, NO.

310 CEDAR OYSTERS, PISH, GAME. CHASE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS. HOTEL SUPPLIES. 221 NORTH CHERRY STREET.

TELEPHONE 683. MAGNETIC HEALER. DR. B. M'MILLEN.

OFFICE HOURS MONDAY AND THURS DAY A. M. TO I M. TUESDAY AND WF-DNBSDAY, 8 A. M.

TO 12 M. FRIDAY JUHJ SATVHUAT, 8 TU V. Bl. HUHUAY, to 2-P. 60614 CHURCH STREET, THIRD FLOOR.

W. 'Hi JACKSON. thttity vplAna STREET. Vf BfAlKa. SKCOINU LUUK 21 A1ISTRACT9.

KAlKtRU: -TITLE COMPANY. SAFETY. BOXES IN OUR MAMMOTH A TTT.T FOR RP1MT A HKTR ACTS OF TT- ON SHORT NOTICE. COLE BUILDING, 328 UNION BTK1SET. 'IBLiiiirttUr, 33 ARCHITECTS AND RUILDERS.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISH ED FREE FOR ALL WORK UUHIi 1JY ME. JAMES H. YEAMAN, 123-125 NORTH CHER- RY STREET. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS. BAXTER HUTCHESON.

ED. BAXTER, W. G. HUTCHESON. PERKINS BAXTER, JACKSON BUILDING, 'PHONE 27.

J. BAILEY BROWN, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY. ROOMS 61 AND 52, CHAMBER COMMERCE BUILDING. HENRY C. LA8SING, ROOM 50, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING.

NATHAN COHN. ROOMS 45 AND 46. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. JOHN B. DANIEL.

ROOMS 65 AND 00, CHAMBER OF COM MERCE BUILDING. SAMUEL N. HARWOOD. ROOM 34, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. TELEPHONE NO.

1121. BICYCLES. J. S. ROLER, 1S1 N.

COLLEGE STREET. HIGHEST GRADE WHEEL MADE AND SPECIAL ORDERS, 00. RENTING AND REPAIRING. DUNCAN R. DORRIS.

DEALER IN BICYCLES-" "PIERCE," "GENDRON." SUPPLIES, REPAIRS, RENTING. SPRUCE STREET, NEAR CHURCH. 'PHONE 04. THE MAXIM CYCLE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE WHEELS "THE MAXIM." "THE SPY BICYCLE SUPPLIES.

EXPERT REPAIR ING. NEW WHEELS RENTED. RETAIL KTUKIfl, 340 NUKtll UliUKKY STREET. BOARDING AND LODGING. MRS.

B. F. DOWELL. 140 N. CHERRY STREET.

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concerned as to ner late, urecencia naa declared that she was dead, and I had neither seen nor heard anything further. She looked more ethereal than before, and there was a.teitfeuesa in her expression which disturbed me. "My dear little girl, you need some one to pet and spoil you, and put roses into your cheeks," I said cheerily as I pressed her into a capacious chair. She drew her white reboso about her face and burst into violent weeping. I had not expected this, but I felt It would help her so only stroked lier "You are so good and I am so unhappy." sho faltered at last, pushing her soft hair back from her face and dropping the shawl behind her.

"1 know It, dear, and if you only would tell mo how to help you I would so gladly: try. You don't know me very well, and I don't know you any better; but Cod makes heart good and true to. keep confidence and sympathy and all good gifts alive In this sad old world." Tears threatened ta overcome her again, but she struggled bravely and oven forced a wait little smile athwart her pale face. "I know. I would not be afraid to trust you, amiga mai, but it is no use.

You coiild not help me." "I might, anyway you would feel better to talk it over with some one. I had a little talk with Senor Aranda, but we were Interrupted," I ventured boldly. She turned startled eyes, big with tears, upon me. "You have seen him? You have spoken to him?" she usked incredulously. "Si, Dolorltas, you see I am not such a stranger after all.

Hewas going to tell me a little story, I fancy, a little story which I already can guess," 1 went on, not looking at her, but holding lier small, childish hand in mine. It trembled like a frightened bird A moment than clung about jny palm. "It is true. We love each other," she said hi a voice so low could scarcely catch the words, "Of course; and he Is such a delightfully handsome fellow and I suspect, as good as handsome thaf. a certain little girl I know ought to bo very proud and haoDv." Her only reply wa a long-drawn, tremulous sigh, too heart-weighted for her years.

"Now that I know this beautiful secret we must be the very best of friends. Perhaps your uncle won't object to your going with me to tne piaza to near tiie music; i ll promise to be a fierce duena. and you can tell nm your little troubles. Perhaps, our friendship may be a mutal benefit; I'm so lonely." Tho prospect 1 had conjured up did not seem to cheer her; on the contrary her head drooped dejectedly; hopelessness clung tenaciously about her, "I used to meet him here," she confessed, looking comprehensively about the great room," but tince you havo come" "Ah, I see, And this accounts for that little informal visit to me tho other evenine." Rh only blushed. "Crecencia had not told me, good Crecencia, she was hoping to make some other plan (or So Crecencia was not tho ogress I had fancied her! She gave no'inffnmtlon of confiding the other trouble, the bondage to the eccentric uncle; I might not have another opportunity, and if I was to bo a real help to this girl, I must havje no half confidences.

"Tell me, Dolorltas, why are you so much in fear of your guardian? Why do you not come boldly forward and make some one happy?" Her face had gradually assumed a sweet, restful expression while we talked of her lover, but now horror and fear distorted It, and her eyes widened pitifully. Oh, dear senora, do not ask me," sho returned breathlessly, covering her face with her hands and rocking herself despairingly to and fro. "Child, child, you are doing very wrong. Does Senor Aranda know?" "Oh, no," she hastily replied, "ho would kill me If I told." Oh, you cannot understand," sho wailed, bowing her head upon her knees. "NoW, Doloritap, "I was beginning sternly, when Crecencia rushed into tho room, and catching the girl's hand, said: "Come, nlna, he Is looking for you.

Hurry, child. Mother of God, If he should find you here!" And she hurried her away without a word to rao. Well, well, it seemed to be a hopeless tangle. I could do nothing that vras evident, so I weut to bed exhausted with the strain of these strange proceedings. Again I was awakened by a mysteriously felt companionship.

Again Dolorltas Escandon, or her Vraith, hold beesechlng, tremulous hands out to me, pltecusly begging for some help beyond my ken. It was growing unbearable. I started at light noises aud felt suddenly unaccountable chills of animal foar traverse my body. At noon I received a letter from Clarence saying he had found the superintendent at Pacheco and that he would reach home the next night which was this very night. Wonderfully comforted and cheered, 1 cut long-stemmed roses, odorous chavelltna.

and crimson verbenas In the patio, and filled the rooms with them. Ten o'clock that night found mo in the solemn parlor waiting for the sound of wheels at the door. Never had this great desolate hoUBe seemed so wlerd; never had tho stllluess so oppressed me. I kept watching the door, which led I know not where, hoping that the pretty protege, or even tho impetuous lover, would Invade my solitude. I did wIbU that un happy young man had a uttie American piucK.

Heavens, what a pounding! Clarenco must have great confidence in the panels. Hut it was Crecencia, frantic, unhappy, Crecencia. "Dlos mlo. there will bo murder, murder, say!" she shrieked, clutching wildly at me as I opened the door, and frantically dragging me into tho patio. She hurried along tho line of light which fell before us from my window, and openpd Seaor Escandon's door without knocking.

I back, uncertain what to do. Rafael Aranda stood In the centre of the room, his face pale and tense, his fliie black eyes flashing dangerously, as he poured forth accusations, threats, contumely, upon tne little; old man before him. "I say you are a dastard, a fool, and I will no longer respect your gray hairs. You shall explain to mo; you shall give Dolorltas to ine, do you hoar, or I'll" His excitement choked him. "Take her, get her, help yourself," the other snarled maliciously.

"She is In there, pointing to a door, "call her to you." Heavenly Father, what a sneering, malig nant, devil's expression distorted hie facel It held me spellbound, scarcely breamed. "You fiend!" cried the younger man. Beside himsolf, he lunged at his hoBt and thrust him tn tho wnll Senor Escandon had been standing, as it surprised in the position, Just as be had stood that other night when he ordered me so cavalierly from his presence. His talon-like fingers guarded some treasure as then; When Aranda so unexpectedly fell upon him clutched wildly at some object under his hand. Hn now leaned against tho wall with a demo niacal expression, a small curious box in his hand, and a suffocating cloud of pungent dust pervading the room.

"Gone!" he shrieked. "Dost, wasted, after all these years of toll! Get the gJr) Jf you can, Tool, ensto: you navo' spinea my polvo mlsterloso that I havo labored all these years to perfect. Sho can never eomo backl" and clutching his head wildly, ho fell upon the. floor, foamlug at the mouth. We three spectators stood petrified with horror.

"It Is true, Seno. He has experimented upon this poor child for months. Josuscristo, it Is truo, she can never come back," cried Cre-eencla. shaking the young fellow violently, "Look at him, he is dead. Dead, and the secret with him.

Dolorltas! Dolorltas!" she screamed In a piercing shriek. Sho rushed wildly at a closed dor on.tho left, tore It open and disappeared. In a moment, she returned half dragging, half carrying the, lifeless figure oi uer young mistress. Aranda only stared. Conviction, then de-snnir.

slowly convuled his face. I saw him, as in a dream, stagger forward and drop upon knees btwwio tne coucn, Then I knew no mora till I heard Clarence's voice questioning some one who stood beside me. fnlt. itrifntcelY dazed ana frightened. "Oh, Clarence, is it truo?" I cried In dire "Is what true? That you have slept in your chair till dawn, and tnat nearly pounded the door down, and never should hafo sroufied vmi if this old fossil," Indicating Senor Bs tfandoti's ancient handmaiden, "had not lot me in? Quite truo.

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rage His Wife and HAnk, the Victim of a uomraae'S rranK. .7 NASHVILLE. July 17 Mr. Bill Tallypoosy, O. Dear Bill I didn't come lume last Tuesday.

I staid horn to git even, and now I want to tell you now i got even, I do. I was going along the street (they don't call em roads up hear) 'tother day, and fust thing I knowed I was walkin" along sioe oi me feller what went to Atlanty to see his mother on tnv mnnov. Ami nnmd It to him that lie was going to gimme a chance to git even, and he said being as I was from nis oio aiate oi G. A. and a friend of hls'n he wood not reck-enhend me to git into enuther game without I had plenty of money, cause luck' might run agin mo for Bome time to come, It might, and I told him that 1 had plenty to run -ma tlU mv luck changed, if I could gist Kit your old friend "Skid" to help mo like he hope me before.

Ho said that was all right; he, didn't think "Skid" wood mind playin' enuther llt tlo game just to help me. out, cause Skid thot a heap of Bill Slmpklns (It was you as ho was talkin' ahout, unu, ana no uiuugui Skid" wood help mo on your account, i nvna iiim whnt tlmn I miint come 'round to his house, and he said "Skid" couldn play till mighty lato at ulght, as he was workln out about the Centenniel, and he said we might git him off arll'er if we wood all go out thar, me and him and Mandy and Hank nil together. And then I said to save tlmo and trubbel I wood go by my bodln' house and git my monoy to git even with so I woodn't haye to go hack thar when i come Dacit, i wouun And I got the last cent I had ccpt'n what I had done give Mandy to keep for all uv us to git back to Tallypoosy on. And then me and Mandy and Hank and our Atlantv friend, we all went out to tho Cen tenniel to hurry up ''Skid" so I could git even, and as We was going along talkin' about tho grate state or Ten. anu ino grate suite yi Av, tho Atlanty man axed was I ever in tho newspaper bizness, and I lowed naw, but I had writ lettors for the Tallypoosy Stump-sucker off'n on for ten year 'bout the planks being so loose on the bridge crost Orlmsley's Creek, and then he axed me if I didn't find the bizness mighty flaxinatlng, and before I could answer whether or naw he lowed he did, and then I up and-axed him what paper he was a runnln now.

And he said he was on the Atlanty Lonstltushion and was goln to oe mighty busy, he thought, goin' around with the A. "Skid" couid git off and then he would git a lot of the editors and take 'em an Dacit to tne oio u. a. aura? unu we wood all have a good time together, wo wood, wneti I got evem 'Bout that time we como In sight of a bodln' house on the-' Centennial grounds and the lAtlanty CoustttuBhion man lowed he was hon-gry and Mandy said she wuz, too, and of cose Hank cause he is alius honitry. name is.

we, all four of us, went In the porch ot tho bodln houee and stood thar waltln for a when two nice couples got up from a itable and went out mad, they did. They said they'd been thar a hour. So we sot down, and we naun more man got our seats Deiore uiu waiter was. thar with the finest supper, you ever seen, BUI'. I couldn't befgln to name all the things he.

sot down In front of us, and he give us jilt knife and fawk and a pocket hankercher. I got 'mine yet, but Hank he hist And. when we done et all that up1' he planked down some more in front of us, pies and frozen milk and ono thing onuther, and wc ull et and et and et till we gist couldn hold no more. You see I never had no dinner that day, none of us, and when we got up wc felt like wo woodn't want one next day nuther. When we was all through tho nigger stuck a llttlo piece of paper at me with $9.35 marked On it and I fifced him what that was.

He said that was what I owed for the -suppers. I told him I never had paid more than a quarter, for suppers har I boded at and he said that didn't make no dlffunce about that. Then told him I dldn order no supper and he said that was so, but we all had done et what the others what went away had ordorcd, and paid tho bill and then I never had but ten dollars left to git oven with. Tho constltushlon man wos mighty anxious to pay me the prico of the suppers after got out. but I wouldn't let him.

He wos going to' gimme a chance to git even, and I wos willing to pay for the suppers, because he wos so clever to me, he wos. Ho said wo ougnter go down and ride the camlls and as we wos going along; mo. and him and Mandy and Hank, a fclier come up and laid his hand on the man's shoulders, and Bald he wos his prisoner, and fust thing I knowed he had handcuffs on him. ve been watchin this man follow you all about," said the officer, a detectfve; "he Is a crook, and l's after your money." ivo, he is not, says mad as a hornet, 'cause Mandy and Plank had done run away. and wos hollering "Murder, murder! Help, help!" He is a 'porter on one of our G.

A. papers," says "and Is up here with the G. A. editors seeing this big Centennual. You glHt let him loose.

Ho Is a friend of mine, and Amos Nokes km take keer ot hlBse'f without any of your help." "That's right, Mr. Nokes," says a man coming up. "Stick to your friends. Me, too, Is a member of the G. A.

Press Association, and I know this man will. He oujrbt to be turned loose, and I' demand his release. That is no way to treat a U. A. newspaper man.

And I looked around and thar was your old friend "Skid." And he made the detectives turn our Atlanty friend, loose. And then we went onto the Streets ot Kyro Mandy calls It Kayro, but sho don't know no gramnier nor jogerfy nuther and all the way thar "Skid" and the gernallst was thankln' me for standing by era, and I tell you, Bill, you don't know how good they made me feel. The. moro I wont away tho madder 1 got, and wanted to go backward, whip the detective, but they lowed I better not, as it might cause more trubblo to them. So wo went on in the Streets of Kyro, me and Mandy and Hank anS the gernallst from G.

A. "Skid" was with us, too, and nothing wood do the gernal-ist but he must have Mandy ride the camel with him. This gist suited Mandy, cause I told you before Bill women was curlus, and Mandy, she liked to ride Holy Moses, the one" she wants to buy, and she rid several times. And while she was rldln' with the gernallst, "Skid" lowed we mout be rldin' too, so v.e got up on the one they called Napolyon Bony-part, and me rid and rid and rid. And then him and the Constttushion 'porter lowed they had some editors they wonted to go git and bring thar and ride the camel, and told us to stay thar till they come back.

And we staid till nigh on to nine o'clock and they never come. And whllo wo was waiting. Hank ho fell over and went to sleep and a little donkey run over him and woke him up, but Mandy ahc gist kept on riding of tho camel gist like she was a camclito. And when they made her git off she axed me fur money to pay the Turkish fellor, and I felt In my pocket whar I knowed I had ten dollars in paper and a little change and the change wa thar, but the paper was not. It took the last cent I had to pay for Mandy'B camel rldln', so all we could do was to wait for "Skid" and tiro gernallst to come bark, cause one' or the other uv them must gist took the money outen my pocket when wo was ricHn' the camel, just to play a prank on mo.

I know "Skid," Bill, as well as you do. So and waited and "Skid" nor the gernailBt never come back nuther. What become of us that night I ain't got no Mmo to tall you now, but I will whdn I write agin. kin, I want to git home next Tuesday and then I will tell you more about tho Centennial. I like it more and moro ever day.

i Rut don't tell nobody about my luck iti losing my money, speshly none of Slg Hull's loafers. Next tlmo I'll, i some 'mazing secrets to tell you If you won't say nothln' about It to noboddy. How's crapfl M0 NOKES. Site Doubted It. have been told," said she, as they sat In a sliady corner of the porch, "that you have rather a grasping disposition." "You don't believe It, do you?" he asked.

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I have always felt that. any woman, properly endowed, can turn a glance of such confidence-inspiring Interest upon a would-be connoanto as fills his heart with faith unbounded. The glance I now fastened upon this unknown cabfillero invitingly, and ihe result was beyond my expectations. uii, aear lady, lie began besoechingly, and though I shrank hack abashed, he continued excitedly, "do something to help this poor child before it is top late. There is something she-will not tell me, a woman may help her," no muBneo, nasumg els intense, sombre eyes upon me.

1 This was Hettinc I was ton bewil dered to stir. Here was a strange man entreating me to interfere aud protect a strange girl. In a strange land, and I all alone and perfectly ignorant of their hlatoriPR. llf-frim could frame a reply he suddenly' turned and vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. I heard a slow step ond'the click of a cane, and, seeing Senor ICscandou's thin fltruro ap proaching along the central walk of the court, i neu us precipitately as my erratic visitor.

qo not deny it. I was uDsot. nenmnd to have falleii into the midst of a mystery, and my sleep did not promise to be of the sweetest. I sat quite late in the shadow-shifting parlor, uupiug uiui mis gin, wno was beelunlne to interest me so deeply, would come to me and explain it all. If Indeed 1 could help her, as her handsome champion intimated, I would gladly do- it.

1 went to bed consumed with a loncinrr for Clarence's return. did not feel equal to handling all those mysterious leaders which miirht grow into something serious. it was past midnlKht when I was startled from a deep sleep and sat bolt upright, cold and trembling with fright. wno IS merer" I called out tnvo nntnrtlv. the sound of my own voice starting tho dampness on my forehead.

It was painfully still. -My heart throbbed tumultously, thouirh havn always thought, myself a fearless woman. oomctuing white, somethlne illusive and airy, floated, rather than 'by the door. As I gazed, stupefied by the apparition, it lifted its arms desparlngly, then extended them entreatlngly tow.ard me. it was the ilcurb of tho Mexican ulrl I had scon In the safa.

Thero waB no mistaking the wfllowly grace of tho pose. i must oe losine my senses: I must, have thought of the girl until In my isolation I had conjured up this fancy. But I was sure'v awake. Never did I feel clearer of head than at this moment, as I gazed through the dark ness at mis perrecuy palpable Uolaritas. What is It?" I asked In a sluzhtlv trembling voice, and sho glided toward me then there was a dreadful pounding and walline at the outer "Open the door, senora.

Madre de Dins. why don't you cx-me?" wailed Crecencia, and I leaped from tho bed and'unbolted the door. What is the matter. Crecencia?" I cried. trembling violently and cold with fear.

vaiganic utos: she is none. He has killed her at last," she cried, wringing her hands frantically. Who? Who? The girl? Who did it?" Don Mateo," she sobbed. "She has not come back, I cannot find hor." Que disparate! she haii eloped." I declared firmly. But my meaning of my Spanish was obscure, and she could not understand.

Come to him. he is in one of his fits." rIib begged. what shall I do? Poor Dolorltas!" wait a I said, striking a icht and hurrying into gown and slippers, hadn't the nerve to step outside alone now. We closed tne aoor and tne poor old creature hurried silently on before me. When we reached Senor Escanuon'o room.

wo found him lying livid and contorted a ine rocm was a queer piaco. run or bottles and queer retorts, and stacks of those prliultlvo handmade books of cumbrous parchment covered with red'and' black hieroglyph ics, sucn as i naa seen in toe curio noons. There was no bed in the room; it seemed to be a kind of study, or laboratory, such as tba studious provide for themselves. Ho looked so pinched, so repulsive, that It required au effort to touch him. I had brought Clarence's flask, aud I forced Borao of its contents between his teeth, and held my lavender salts under his nose.

All this time Crecencia was roaming distractedly about the apartment, and as 1 saw the msucles of his face beginning to twitcn, i motioneu to nor to nolo tue salts, as I feared my presence might xcite hlra. He opened his eyes ar.L-r a moment and faintly asked: "Dolorltas, where Is she?" "The saluts ouly know," the aid woman replied, bursting into renewed grief. "Hush, fool, she is the other room. Just get me up from hero, idiot, 1 wax taken so pudden this time He narttallv raised himself and saw me. and hia look of malevolent fury froze my blood.

'Begone! he shrieked, staggering to his feet and rushing to the table where a bright light burned. He spread his bands something near tho light, and glared at' me like a tiger. Come, chula. he is all right now. Come away so he can go to herl" And Crecencia led me outside, uteu ciosca mo ooor ana imi against the adobe wall, sobbing convulsively.

'Crecencia, my poor woman, tell me what, 1b the matter. Where Is your senorlta? Perhaps I can help you, Crecuncia, perhaps I might help her. Tell me about it." "No. No. Ho would give mo a black dose if I did.

No, no one can help while ho Uvea." "But the young man, can you go to nimv" "Rafael Aranda? Ay do mi, no senora. He won't let his name be mentioned, and the poor child loves him to distraction. liut Wliy on eartn aueeu nu uurry ucr off?" I asked impatiently. Ah, Madre de la IjUZ, you cannot under stand. It Is" then rcmoraberlng, she chocked herself and led the way back to my room.

"All those years I have staid by tho child, as I promised Dona Ynes, but the Virgin knows, how helpless I am to stop it," ihe sobbed, as she tbarked me and went weeping away. Thorn was no more Bleep for mo that night. I felt that this girl whom I knew so slightly, but In whom I was beginning to bo so sincere ly Interested, was in airo neeo ot neip, out ir tho stalwart lover. could not interfere, how much less could I. II.

Tho next day dragged wearily by, and, I saw none of tho persons who seemed to bo weaving ino Into the mysterious tangle of their tnlt an rmnrcfcsed In the afternoon that I donned my hat and walked toward the plaza. Tho bund was playing ija r.ieuia in cue nnr! Rented mvself near the fountain where I could watch the picturesque water hearers fill their oIIub. Their banter anu cueeriness, tneir language and costume, always Interested ino. Tlio women were so saucy, despito theJr big pathetic eyes; the audacious exposure of their brown breasts was so flagrant; their undisguised loitering to chat with the indolent men In big sombreros waB so naiveto. I envied them a nature whose deepest emotions could be whiffed away Jn tho fumes of a cigarette It was all io peaceful, so restful the sound of the water, tho rustle of tho foliage, the mii.denl lancuaea.

The beautiful music sobbed and sighed, and came and wont, in dashing erecendos and vfl-raiu aiminuonaos, uoaring always caressingly against my face upon the soft breeze. 1 saw a line figure and a hand-bome pale face, which looked strangely familiar, but I could not place, them for a rno- lneiit. Yes, It was he, Senor Rafael Aranda. If he would only coino to mo and explain overy-thtuti I would feel so relieved. I do not think ii wns niintretker Idle curiosity which prompt ed me to wish this; I really felt a deep and holiest Interest in tills fair, awcet girl who seemed to bo so unhappily hedged about He must have felt my eyes upon mm, icr he turned and looked at mo, and came a few steps in my direction, then suddenly turned about and disappeared behind some strollers.

It was Inexplicable. Ot eourBe I was not going to feel outraged because a strange man did not come boldly forward, accost me, and confide to me the deepest secrets ot his life; but tho man had voluntarily appealed to mo and thou persistently acted as if his only object in lite was to mystify me. My Indignation was suddenly checked when I rose and faced, tho cathedral. There, hobbling painfully from its doors, came Senor ICscandon; I would muoh havo preferred meeting Cerberus with all his heads. His emaciated figure moved along the pavement, accompanying its marionetto-llke motions with the methodical tap, tap of a cano.

Of course, this accounted for my whilom conflador taking to flight; Senor Aranda probably had excellent reasons tor not wiBblng to be soen by my landlord conversing familiarly with his tenant. 1 had no such Bcruples; It waB simply blind antipathy and fear which made me make lor a friendly oloarder tree, N'lne o'clock seemed as If It would never come that night. I was growing low-spirited and staring dejectedly at my closed book, when there was a guiUlc tap at tho door. I fumitorcd Into the pat'o, half hoping to meet Dolorltas among the flowers, bitver-voiced linnets, with strawberry-colored splashes upon tlu'lr twittered in reed cages by tho wall; seine one, liutl watered tlic uowors, and their heavy tiweetnesa strove with tho fresh odor of the niolstered earth for supremacy. I sat upon a bench under a yellow rosal en-loylng the shower of delicious fragrance which fell upon me Willi tho crystal drops from tho rosea Hearts.

i fear that I nm an imaginative creature 1 the spell of the hour and place was upon me, and 1 seemed transported to garden In where guitars jnid mandolins filled tho air with seductive sweetness, and plaintive voices chanted rnyiuie, melodies in tend labials. Twilight was gently wrapping the flowei'B In shd( wy, deceptive shrouds, which made ot tho young fig tree in the corner portly monk in wimhre cowl, and of the hlos-om-welghted'adelfa and an ethereal maiden in nhlte. I wbb preparing to go Indoors, when there suddenly appeared before mo a tall figure In the meturosquo Mexican costume, for moment 1 could not decide whether he was flesh or fancy, and only stared at him. "I fancy you ore an American," said the most refined voice, in exceptionally well ar ticulated English. The Intonation cenainly challenged a reply, "I am." I returned valorously.

"Pardon my abruptness," ho said apolo-uetieallv. "lUit It Is so hard to get any natis- faction at this house that I must throw myself nun ur mercy. stranger here," made bold to pny, "I jOen in tne nouse omy a lew day tut 1 will gladly serve you in any way possible," I I no longer thought him ghostly, and nddUlonul affability hu-lmi- ted itself Into my voice as recalled my mys-terlfV W-ir of last night, and her reluctant "ontf aw." Now, of course, this was he, this "only one. gift vouchsafe tc femininity, which doch not have to await evidence, mid inn, and tallamaiifi, but nlniply knows! "Seuorit Kficaiidtm is a dear trlcud of NEW CARTER HOUSE, G. H.

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