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12 THE PITTSBUKGH POST: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1888 ceive others. You confess you have not THAT GERMAN CHORISTER. THEY WILL WEARUNIFORMS Anna Boyd delights with a sweet singing, her finished acting and all her girlish fun. "Zig Zag" will be played all Christ- CRESSY said sternly, "stolen from my desk. Who has dared to do this?" But Uncle Ben had, as if accidentally, interposed his elbow between the master and Seth's spoils.

"Then it's all right?" he returned deliberately. "I brought em here because I thought they mght give an idee where my wife was. For them letters is in her own handwrite. You remember ez I told ez how she was a schollard." The master sat back in his chair white and dumb. Incredible, extraordi nary, and utterly unlooked for as was this revelation, he felt instinctively that it was true.

A STORY OF WESTERN PIONEER LIFE. FRANCIS BRET HARTE, Author of "Luck of Roaring Camp," "M'liss "Tennessee's Partner," Etc. COPYRIGHTED, 1888, BY THE AUTHOR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. desk and the same look of childlike perplexity and struggle that he had worn at his allotted task.

Unheroic, ridiculous, and no doubt blundering and idiotic as then, but still vaguely persistent in his thought, he remained for some moments in tnis attitude. Then rising and taking C.VCLK BEN'S WIFE'S LETTER. yet decided upon your career, and you are always looking forward so hopefully, dear Jack, for a change in the future, but you are willing to Delieve that far more serious things than that will suffer no change in the meantime. If we continued as we were, I who am older than you and have more experience might learn the misery of seeing you chance toward me as I have chaneed toward another, and for the same reason. If I were sure I could keep pace with you in your dreams and your ambition, if I were sure that I always knew what they were, we might still be happy bnt I am not sure, and I dare not again risk my happiness on an uncertainty.

In coming to my present resolution I do not look for happiness, bnt at least I know 1 shall not suffer disappointment, nor involve others in it. I confess I am growing too old not to feel the value to a woman a necessity to her in this couutry of security in her present and future position. Another can give me that. And although you may call this a selfish view of our relations, I believe that you will soon if you do not, even as you read this now feel the justice of it, and thank me for taking it." With a smilft nf VA mi vu 1 11 1 buo etter, in what he fondly believed was the Ditterness ot an outraged trustful nature, lorgetting that for many weeks he had scarcely thought of its writer, and that he himself in his conduct had already anticipated its truths. to be continued.

SUNDAY 8jSKVIC.ES. Topics for Discussion in the Various Pulpits To-Morrow. Bethany Lutheran Church, corner of Center and Hiland, East Liberty, Rev. I. L.

Hamm, pastor. Services at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.

Third Presbvterian Church, Sixth avenue, 10:45 A. M. and 7:45 P. Rev. E.

P. Cowan, D. pastor. Eveuine subject, "The Beneficial Influence of Fear." The Sons of Temperance will hold their usual meeting at No. 70 Ohio street, Allegheny, to-morrow evening.

Mrs. ii. H. Jones will deliver an address on constitutional amendment. A delightful program of Christmas music has been arranged for the services at St.

Andrew's It. C. Church, Manchester, to-morrow, and will doubtless be enjoyed by a large audience. Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, corner Ross street. Rev.

Howard B. Grose, pastor. Children's Christmas service at 10:30 A. M. Evening sermon to young men.

"The One Model of Young Manhood." The Gospel Temperance Union No. 1 will hold its usual weekly meeting in Curry University Hall, Sixth street, tomorrow evening, commencing at 7:30. Charles F. Kellenborger will preside and deliver the opening address. Rev.

David S. Kennedy, pastor First Presbyterian Church, Arch street, Allegheny. Morning theme, "The Rock Whence We Were Hewn and the Pit Whence We Were Digged;" evening theme, "A Visit to Bethlehem." Preaching in Fulton Street Evanzelical Church, between Wylie and Center avenue, at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P.

M. by the pastor, Rev. A. J. Bird.

Evening subject, "The Annunciation." Christmas exercUes on Tuesday evening at 7 P. M. Free to all. Rev. F.

W. Conrad, D. will preach for English Lutherans of Liwrenceville, in Arsenal Bank Hall, corner Forty-third and Butler streets, Sunday at 10:45 A. lecture on "Lutlier, the Great Reformer," at 2:30. Rev.

I. Irvine will preach in the evening at 7. Rev. J. H.

Barnett, morning and even-ine, in the Uuion Park Chapel, North and Grantavenues, Allegheny. Mornina sub ject, The Date of Christ Nativity an ucertainty, but liis Birth and Benefits a Glorious ality;" eveniug, "The Transforming Effect of Christian Temperance." In response to the request ot the English Lutheran Church, Lawrenceville. Rev. F. W.

Conrad, D. of Philadelphia, editor of th Lutheran O'tserrer, will de liver his famous lecture oa Martin Luther, the Great Reformer," in Arsenal Bank Hall, corner Forty-third and Butler streets, Sunday at 2:30 P. M. Services at the new Mt. Washington Methodist Protestaut Missiou, in Deit-rxh's Halt, morning and evening.

Rev. James bison will preach in the morning aud Rev. A. V. Robertson in the evening.

Sunday cchonl at 2 P. after which an electiou of officers will be held under supervision of Riv. D. Joii'is, D. President of the General Conference.

Rev. David S. Kennedy, pastor-elect First Presbvterian Church, Arch street, Allegheny, will be installed next Thursday evening. Rev. Herrick Johnson, 1).

of the McCormick Seminary, will preach the sermon, and Prols. Robinson, McClelland and Rev. I. N. Hays will perform the other duties incident to the installation exercises.

Meetings will bo held for one week in the Central Presbyterian Church, Anderson street. Alb-gheny, under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (Swift L'nio'i) by Wil red S. Bailey, of Connecticut, beginning Wednesday. December 26, at 7:45 P. M.

Afternoon meetings for prayer will be held from 3 to 4 o'clock, and daily erenins meetings. All are most cordially invited to attend these meetings. Services ou Fourth Sunday in advent at Trinity Episcopal Church, Sixth avenue. Rev. Samuel Maxwell, rector, as follows: Administration of the holy communion at 8:40 A.

morning service and sermon at 10:30 o'clock, and evening choral service with sermon at 7:30 o'clock. The Sunday school will meet in the chapel at 9 A. and the roung People's Bible Class at 2:30 P. M. Christmas day services as follows: First celebration of the holy communion at 8 A.

and morning service with sermon followed by second celebration of the holy Jin-muniou at 10:30 A. M. Services also on the following holy days: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 A. and Sunday xchool festival with carol singing and distribution ot eifts at P. M.

Holy Innocents' Day. CHRISTMAS MUSIC. At the morning and evening services to-morrow iu the Smithfield Street Methodist Church, the music will oe rendered by the quartet choir, consisting of Dr. W. T.

Euglish, tenor; Miss Ella B. Young-son, soprano: Mrs. George Noble, contralto; Mr. Dick Geiger, bass. The following are the selections: Nazareth," Gounod; "Praise Ye the Father," Gounod, (march Roumaine): ''Christmas Song," Adolph Adam; duett, "Star of Bethlehem," Reese, Miss Y'oungson and Dr.

English. The pastor, Rev. Charles Edward Locke, will preach nermons appropriate to the Christmas-tide. Cups ana Saucers. We have just opened an elegant line of fine and medium teas, A.

D. coffees, etc, in all the latest designs. We sell them iu dozens, to match, single or harlequin sets of 6 or 12 different designs to the set, at Reizeustein's, 153, 154, 156 Federal street, Allegheny. TT3-tc Christmas Mexican Onyx Table. Terheydex'3, No.

530 Smithtield street. Buy It for your witX ttsm Get a catalogue and price list of Max Klein; it will inform you of many kinds of cordials, wines and liquors of all kinds not to be fouud in any other establishment in the State. tts Imported cigars for the holidays. G. W.

Schmidt, TTFS 95 and 97 Fifth avenue. mas week with a special Christmas day matinee. Harry Williams Academy of Music will present a first-class vaudeville attraction in the person of Harry Williams' Own Company. This is an organization composed of clever people in their line of business. Bobby Gaylor is the chief man of the troupe, and everybody in Pittsburgh knows who Bobby Gaylor is and just how funny he is.

Leclair and Leslie, Charles and Lillian Morrttt, Mulleu and Magee and many others constitute the cast. Barlow Brothers' Minstrels come to Harris' Theater next week replete with bright and taking features. A genuine minstrel iroupe has not been seen in Pittsburgh for some time pant, and the welcome change from drama will be duly appreciated. Barlow Brothers' Minstrel Troupe is said to be an exceedingly meritorious aggregation of burnt cork artists capable of indulging in the most side-splitting pranks Imaginable. Two performances daily will will be given.

The Casino Museum has a lot of new and novel features underlined for next week. Barnello will remain, as will Zuratteite, the magician, and all the other clever attractions. In addition to them a number of new curiosities have been added. The stage show will be remarkably strong. Notes of the Stage.

The engagement of the New National Opera Company this week at the Bijou was remarkable. The week before Christmas is considered the worse in all the year, but the opera company made money and drew big houses, Lizzie Maonichol, the clever mezzo-soprano has made a lasting impression in Pittsburgh. When she comes again she will be assured a most hearty welcome. The New National Opera Company will play one night stands in Ohio and Kentucky next week. The choruses and sones in "Zig Zag" are said to be exceedingly bright and catchy, and Miss Anna Boyd sings the "King of the Swells" delightfully.

The mythological minuet danced in "Zig Zag" is said to be a beautiful performance. The stage is draped with handsome black portieres. Mr. Alfred C. Wheelan appears as Roaring Bill in "Zie Zag," and, it is said, sends his audience into yells of merriment.

The minuet music in "Zig Zag" is said to rival that delicious composition in "Erminie." SHORT AND TO THE POINT. It is stated that Robert Garrett's relatives will take him back to Baltimore soon. Inspector Andrews, of Scotland Yard, is reported at Montreal looking for "Jack the Ripper." The detective left that city for New York. Mayor Hewitt has vetoed a bill of $616 ordered paid by the New York aldermen for expenses incurred in attending President George H. Forstor's funeral.

The Society for the Suppression of Vice of Baltimore reports 1,758 saloons, 31 3 houses of ill-repute and 93 sambling dens, which it proposes to go alter iu that city. The soft coal men met at Philadelphia yesterday. Steps were taken to get in the Beech Creek shippers, who have spoiled many schemes of the pool in the past. The Western Union Company has been successfully robbed by Boston employes through false entries, etc. Some of the boys made as much as a week through their schemes.

Y'esterday Jacksonville celebrated the arrival of Iroquis, the first steamer 51 nee the quarantine was established, with booming cannon, music and crowds of shouting people. At Port Townshend, W. yesterday Jailer Thomas Hunter was in a cell with five noted prisoners. Suddenly they seized, bound aud gagged him, and with his keys and pistols, made their escape. Several National bank notes once redeemed, cancelled and.

as supposed, destroyed by maceration, have appeared a second time at the treasury department for redemption. It is a clever job and the authorities are without auy clue. Ttie school children of Grand Forks, have recently been subject to insults from bad women while intoxicated. The Board of Education has ordered the schools closed until the city council shall rid the city of houses of ill repute. The large boiler in the spoke factory of Emmett Sons, at Mt.

Vernon, exploded yesterday, instantly killing James Lett, of Columbus, Ind. James Lee, Joshua E. Low, Andrew Jones and Charles 'Reed were fatally wounded. The "race war" in Barnwell county, South Carolina, iu which armed posses have been hunting for the black murderers of Robert Morris, ended ridiculously yesterday, Morris being found in the woods dead drunk, a big but empty jug beside him. A Sarnia, dispatch says a new opium smuggling syndicate lias been formed there.

Three of the most daring sniugclers are now in that village, and one is Captain Henry W. Durant, who had an encounter with government officers in Michigan last week. Another is known as George Rockwell and the third as Charles Weitzel At Chicago yesterday the jury in Jndge Clifford's court returned a verdict of in favor of Miss Lerotia Alexander against the widon and brother of the late E. S. Alexander, the paint manufacturer.

Miss Lerotia is the sister of the deceased and she claimed remuneration for 20 years' service in tending the aged parents of Mr. Alexander, Samuel, Joseph and Robert S. Pattison, of Philadelphia, have been laughed out of Washingtou for trying to get to see the president under assumed names. They created a sensation when the broad countenance of Mr. Joseph was pointed out as belonging to Mr.

I. G. Johns and the wide stomach of Mr. Pattisou as being part of R. I Pluramer.

TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. Public Sale Business Property, corner of Filth ave. and Dinwiddie on line of Fifth ave. cable cars. Particulars from A.

J. Pentecost, Real Estate Agent aud Auctioneer, 413 Grant st. Somebody Will fSurely Be Disappointed as four different parties havetbat dainty and beautiful Diamond Necklace under consideration that is shown by Hardy Hayes, and it will be impossible to duplicate before Christmas. Somebody will be sorry. Hardy Hayes, Jewelers, 533 Smithtield st.

Bet. Cth and 6th aves. Open every evening. ws Catholic Prayer Books, largest stock in the city to select from. Prices low.

Keating's Book Store, 127 Fifth avenue, del8-5t Above Smithfield. Holiday Goods. The only place in the city to buy your holiday goods the largest stock in the United States. G. W.

Schmidt, TTF3 95 and 97 Fifth avenue. Delay is fatal to Your Chance of getting just the silverware, watches, diamonds, clocks, bronzes, that you want so much from. George W. Biggs corner Sixth avenue and Smithfield street. Go to G.

W. Schmidt for cooking wines and brandies, 95 and 97 Fifth avenue. TTFS HE LOOKED POETICAL BUT ATE CHEESE AND DRANK BEER. How Two Allegheny Misses Were Grossly Deceived A Few Hints And Suggestions to Theatrical Managers in the City General News. Young ladies, as a rule, are impressible creatures, and nothing excites their keen scrutiny and anxious inquiry so much as the theatrical Apollo Belvidere.

The statuesque young men who attitudinize in opera or essay heroic roles in drama are the average young lady's especial objects of attention. This statement is undoubtedly superfluous as far as the belles themselves are concerned, for they well know their little weaknesses. But the sterner sex may not be quite so well posted about the girls' adoration of the actor with the marble brow. A little illustration occurred the other day. It was on an Allegheny car and only a few persons were aboard.

Among them were two silly little geese who chatted and giggled in the sweetly idiotic way of the girl of seventeen. During the trip to town two haughty, noble looking men took seats in an upper corner of the car and conversed in an earnest and soulful manner. They were members of the opera company that has been singing in the city during the week, and the girls in question knew it. The girls were pretty as blushing roses, and the noble vocalists were interesting and kingly looKing fellows. One wore a pallid brow and picturesque hair; a blonde mustache curled its graceful way over a handsome dreamy gray eyes covered with long lashes swept his faintly pink cheek.

While having a preoccupied air and a magnificent cluster of diamonds on his left hand he still was absorbed in quiet conversation with his companion. The girls stared at the vocalists hard. The fair creatures were deeply sm tten and looked longingly at Adonis' sweeping moustache as it anxious to daily with its flowing points. "Isn't he sweet?" inquired one damsel of the other after an ecstatic survey of the actor. "He's just too lovely," gurgled the other foolish thing.

"Observe that brow," said the first speak-r with a pensive sigh. "Those dreamy eyes," murmured the other. "Notice his softly modulated voice," remarked the prettier cirl of the two. "I wish I could hear him," whispered her companion. "He looks like the descendant of a noble French family or an Italian Medici." These remarks were whispered and possibly only one other person heard them and the car rolled on with the young ladies entranced, the actor unconscious.

But he had reached his destination, fer he arose and prepared to leave. Turning to his friend the poet's dream said, in an unmistakable voice and accent: "Say, Cbake, I wand to git oud to git a beer; coom along and hef one ou me. Oh, dot's all righd, you paid for dose cheese send-wiches dot lest dim." Horrible realization. The girls had heard him and looked at each other horror stricken. "The horrid thing," they both faintly easpd, and the German chorister took his departure and his friend along, shaking out the delightful aroma ot cannibal sandwiches as he passed down the aisle.

M'lle Rhea, who has delighted cnltured people in every large city of the United States, came to Pittsburgh and was worsted. Her performances are good, her company is excellent, the costumes and equipments handsome. Yjt the attendance at the opera house dining the week was wretched. Several nights there were not more than 150 people in the eutire auditorium. now was tnat ine explanation is simple.

M'lle Rhea is not appreciated in Pittsburgh in the first place. The aesthetic denizen of the Gas City must see an actress whosrt association with lords and dukes has been delightful, if not proper. Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Potter may draw, but Rhea will not.

The inference is obvious. That is one element that entered into Rhea's failure to secure patronage which her merits deserve, and there is another and. we fear very much, it is faulty management on the part of the Opera House lessee. With a few exceptions the business at that theatre, this season, has been light, in some instances positively bad. Notable cases were this week's, the "Ar.ibiau Nights," Efhe Ellsler.

"He. She, Him and iler," and the "Dark Secret" engagements. In three ot these instances the cause of the poor patronage extended the attraction was nothing more than the utter worthlessness of the aggregation. People will not go to a place amuse ment and fl admission when the value ot the performance is 2j cents. It is to be regretted that the theater of Pittsburgh having th prestige of location, appearance, interior arraogemeut, and everything else advantageous, should be so suicidally couducted.

While this fact is to be regretted there does not ap pear to be an effort under way to roform For instance the 'Arabian Nights," and "He, She, Him and Her," what mongrel exhibitions they were to be sure. The presumably best and most fashionable theater iu the city booking attractions the equal of which may be seen at Harry Williams' Academy of Music at greatly reduced prices is truly the exhibition of a remarkable business policy. The amusement loving public will not be duped more than once. Glittering bills and windy promises may gull ou one occasion but the trick cannot be repeated twice with profit. A manacer may complain that the fashionable people do not patronize his house.

No wonder when his shows are idiotic hodcre-podges in many cases, few of them rising to the level of second class. A change, we fear, must soon be instituted or the "fasaionable theater" playing variety engagements will find itself in as bad a plight as it ever was. There will be no war on "Zig-Zag" by Manager Wilt. He states that he never intended to enter a law suit against Mr. Tiilotson and last evening the difficulty was amicably arranged.

It appears that the duplicate contract prepared by Mr. Wilt, and held by Manager Tilloton was lacking in an important detail. On this agreement the date "1888" was missing, and Mr. Tiilotson argued that he was free to play in Pittsburgh this year even if he is to p'ay at the Opera House next year. Mr.

Wilt's contract possessed the date "1888" and when the discrepancy was discovered yesterday the engagement for "Zig-Zag" at the Opera- House next year was cancelled, Messrs. Tiilotson and Wilt destroying their documents. Next Week's Attractions. That funny comedy "Zig Zag" is the big card at the Bijou Theater Christmas week and enters on its merry course on Monday night. Full of glorious jollity and rattling music "Zig Zag" recommends itself to this season of the year with every right.

It is a festive production at all times. Its elevating choruses are said to possess the glittering sparkle that alone comes from the romantic imagination of the French composers; the grotesque and negro dances are the origination of some of the brightest per-forraers on the American stage and of Mr, Tilloson's "Zig Zag" Company. Such artists as Tieruey and Wayne keep the audience in shrieks of laughter. Miss COURT HOUSE OFFICERS TO DON THE BLUE. Judge Collier Commends tbe Change.

Bedillion's Creditors Recover Their Claims A Gambler Convicted The F. M. Bank to Sell Its Property. The officers and probably the tipstaves throughout the new Court House are to wear uniforms. The county commissioners have decided to uniform the officers that are on duty, but have not yet selected the style to be worn.

This measure has been adopted for the accommodation of the public. Strangers seeking information will have no trouble In finding an officer under the new arrangements. The chief engineer and janitor are also to wear uniforms. It was reported around the Court House yesterday that the tipstaves were also to don the blue. Judge Collier was spoken to about the matter, and he said nothing definite bad been done.

He had heard isome talk abont the matter and was li avor of uniforms, but did not know how soon the change would be made. There are about 20 tipstaves in all the court rooms. It is thought that if all these were to wear uniforms it would have a good effect on the crowds that sometimes fill the court rooms. AGAINST BEDILLION. Creditors of the Former Jeweler Recover Thetr Claims.

The suits against J. N. Rose and Hannah Bedillion, garnishees of Thomas P. Bedillion, the Fifth avenue jeweler, were decided yesterday in favor of the plaintiffs. The suits were in the shape of attachments ou judgments given by Mr.

Bedillion to his wife and J. N. Rose as preferred creditors. Tbe verdicts rendered were, E. Howard Watch Company, for $426 97; Simpson, Hall, Miller $486 17; William Rodgers Manufacturing Company, $845 22; Falman, Oppenheimer $1,698 21.

In the suit of James W. Tufts against Alex Dorrity, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $84. Dorrity, it was claimed, bad leased a soda fountain from Tufts and afterwards sold it. The case of Daniel Rech against Baldwin township is on trial before Judge Magee. Rsch claims damages for injuries to his horse which fell into a trench aloneside tbe public road.

John A. and Mary B. Murt-land received a verdict for $35.82 against Emanuel Weiller, iu a suit for rent. The Beynon Will Contest. Register Connor had a hearing yesterday in the William Beynon contested will case.

Mr. Boy on was a resident of Elizabeth and was twice married. By his first wife he had five children. About six years he married a young woman to whom he left his entire property. His children protested against the will ou the ground that it was procured by means of undue influence.

The testimony showed that the will had been written by 'Squiro Graham, of Elizabeth, at a time when Beynoa was so weak he could not speak above a whisper, and that in writing tbe will tbe 'squire did not consult with the sick man but with Mrs. Beynon. Another hearing will be held next week. Will SeU the Bank Property. J.

H. Scrg, H. Berg, and L. S. Cunningham, assignees of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of East Biiming-ham, yes'erday presented a petition in court, asking permission to sell som property belonging to the bank.

Thi property it was desired to sell consists ol lO.lots on Pius aud Maple streets, titc lots on the northwestern corner of Carson and Eighteenth streets, upon which tin bank is situated, and a house and lot ot: Gregory street. The petitioners statct1 that they believed it best for the bank tc sell the property. An order of court made authorizing the sale to take place or the ground, on January 29, at 10 A. M. Criminal Court Casss.

In the criminal court yesterday, Will iam Williams was convicted before Judg Collier of aggravated assault and battery, selling liquor ou Sunday, without license, keeping a gambling house, ant with being a couimou gambler. Williami is a colored man, and lives on Bedfoit aveuue. Neary Broderick was the prose cutor. George Harris pleaded guilty larceny, and was seut to the werkhou for five months. Henry Thornton wa sent "to the werkbouse for a year on flu same charge.

Henry Mahor va acquit ted on a charge of assault and battery and Georje Cricks pleaded cu'11? selling liquor in a local option district. Grand Jury Indictments. The grand jury, yesterday, returne the following true bills: John Connell. and Frank Cordell, larceny and receivin; stolen goods; John James and Harrj Fleming, fornix et William Most seduction; George Foster and Michae Known, assault and battery; Alphonn Gule, forcible entry and detainer; Home Upderatf and Charles Updegrafl, poir ing firearms; Angust Steinikai, liquor without liceuso. The ignored bill were: Maud Chester, keeping a bawd; house and selling liquor without a license Richard Fewer and Mary Malarkey, sell ing liquor without a license; Ed wan Clifford, larceny and receiving stolei goods; John Dunn, larceny by bailee John Kinlin, assault and battery.

Captain Clark's Case Again. Attorney Bird made au application Judge Collier yesterday for the release Captain Lew Clark, whose term of im prisonmeut for illegal liquor selling ei pired yesterday, under the insolvent lawt Captain Clark was sentenced to pay fint aggregating $750, which have not bee paid, and which the captain says he i unable to settle. Judge Collier agreed, consider the application, which it refuse will cause Captain Clark to remain in jai until the court thinks he has been puniahe sufficiently to make up for the fine. Holiday Presents. Collar and cuff sets in leather and plush cabinet frames, 100 styles; calendars cigar sets, cribbage boards, candlesticks crumb trays, card receivers, dressinj cases, ladies' and gents' desks, leathei plush and wood; dominoes, easels, i bamboo, cherry, brass, ebony, Christma cards.

Jos. Eichbaum 48 Fifth avenue. Open evenings until 10 o'clock. dt-20-21-22-24 Special Low Prices ow in Our Cloa Room. Don't wait until after the first of Jai uary for low prices as we have mac great reductions here now and we are sel ing fine quality long cloth Ulsters an Newmarkets very cheap the carmen-will speak for themselves come and these "mark downs" now.

Jos. Horne Fenn Avenue Stores. Seen by Thousands. A universal advertisement, seen thousands, and reaches all classes, ia card displayed by Locklia's sciopiico-corner Sixth and Liberty streets. Offic 541 Liberty street.

de22-2t Ladies do not hesitate for a mcmen to visit the establishment of Max Klei aud supply yourself with the good thini I selected from his im mease stock. tts "WOT everybody says," said the frightened Seth, gaining a cowardly confidence under his adversary's emotion. "Wot every cap that sets yer, tinder his cantin' teachin', and sees 'era together, knows. It's wot you'ld have knowed ef he -and Iioop Fil- gee hadn't played ye fer a softy all the time. And while you've bin hangin" round yer fer a flicker ot Cressy's gownd as she prances out school, he's bin lying low and laffin' at ye, and while he's turned Roop over to keep you here, pretendm to give yo lessons, he's bin gal-livatin' round with her and hujgin and kissiu her in barns ana in the brush and now you want to quar'U with me." He stopped, panting for breath, and tared malignantly in the grey face of his hearer.

But Uncle Ben only lifted his heavy band mildly with an awkward gesture of warning, stepped softly in bis old cauticus hesitating manner to open the door, closed it, and returned gently. "I reckon ye got in through the winder, didu't ye, Seth?" he said, with a labored affectation of unemotional ease, "a kind one leg over, and one, two, and then you're is, eh?" "Never you tnind how I got in, Ben Dabney," returned Seth, his hostility and insolence increasing with his opponent's evident weakness, "ez long ez I got yer and sot by what I kem here fer For whiles all this was gcin on and whiles the old fool man and old fool woman was swallowin what they did see and blinkin at what they didn't, and huggin' themselves that they'd eot high-toned kempany fer their darter, that high-toned kempanv was playin' them too, by Yes, sir that high-toned, cantin' school teacher was keepin' a married woman in 'Frisco, all the while he was here honey-toglin" with Cressy, and I've not the papers yer to prove it." He tapped bis breast-pocket with a coarse laugh and thrust his face forward into the grey shadow of his adversary's. "An you sorter spotted their bein in this yer desk and burated it?" said Uncle Ben, gravely examining the broken lock in the darkness as if it were the most important feature of the incident. Seth nodded. "You can bet your life, I law him through the winder only this afternoon lookiu' over 'em alone, and I reckoned to lay my hands on 'em if I had to bust him or his desk.

And I did!" he added with a triumphant chuckle. "And you did sure pop!" said Uncle Ben with slow deliberate admiration, passing his heavy hand across the splintered lid. "And you reckon, Seth, that this yer showin' of him up will break off enythtn' betwixt him and this yer this yer Miss Miss McKinstry?" he continued with labored formality. "I reckon ef the old fool McKinstry don't shoot him in his tracks thar'll be white men enough in Injin Springs to ride this high-toned, p'zenous hypocrit on a rail outer the settlement!" "That's bo!" said Uncle Ben musingly, after a thoughful pause, in which he still seemed to be more occupied with the broken desk than his companion's remark. Then he went on cautiously, "And ez this thing orter be worked very fine, Seth, p'r'aps, on the hull, you'ld better let me hv them papers." "What! You?" snarled Seth, drawing back with a glance of angry suspicion: 'not if I know it!" "Seth," said Uncle Ben, resting his elbows on the desk confidentially, and speaking with painful and heavy deliberation, "when you first interdooced this yer subject you elluded to my hevin', so to speak, rights o' pre-emption and interference with this young lady, and that in yeur opinion I wasn't purtectin' them rights.

It 'peaTS to me that, ailowin' that to be gospel truth, them thar paper orter he in my possession you hevin' so to speak no rights to purtect, bein' off the board with this yer young lady, and be-in moved gin'rally by free and independent cussedness. And ez I sed afore, this sort thing havin' to be worked mighty fine, and them papers manniperlated with judgment, I reckon, Seth, if you don't objeck, I'll hev--hv to trouble you." Seth started to his feet with a rapid clance at the door, but Uncle Ben had rtseu with the same alarming expression of completely filling the darkened schoolroom, and of shaking the floor beneath him at the slightest movement. Already he fancied he saw Uncle Ben's powerful arm hovering about him ready to descend. It suddenly occurred to him that if he left the execution of his sriieme of exposure and vengeance to Uncle Ben, the onus of stealing the letters would fill equally upon their possessor. This advantage seemed more probable than the danger of Uncle Ben's weakly yielding them up to th master.

In the latter case he, Seth, could still circulate the report of having seen the letters wnicb Lncle Ben had himself stolen in a fit of jealousy a hypothesis the more readily accepted from the latter's familiar knowledge ot the school-bousejand his presumed ambitious jealousy of Cressy in his present attitude as a man of position. With affected reluctance and hesitation he put his hand to his breast-pocket. "Of course," he said, "if you're kalki-latin' to take up the quar'll on your rights, and Cressy ain't anythin' more to me, you orter hev the proofs. Only don't trust them Into that hound's hands. Once he gets 'em again he'll secure a warrant agiu you for stealin'.

That'll be his game. I'd show 'em to her first don't ye gee? and I reckon ef she's old Ma'am McKinstry's darter, she'll make it lively for bim." He handed the letters to the looming figure before him. It seemed to become again a yielding mortal, and said in a hesitating voice, "P'r'aps you'd better make tracks outer this, Seth, and leave me yer to put things to rights and fix up that door and the desk agin to-morrow morn-ln. He'd better not know it to onct, and ao start a row about bein' broken into." The proposition seemed to please Seth; he even extended his hand in the darkness. But he met only an irresponsive void.

With a slight shrug of his should ers and a grunting farewell he telt ma way to the door and disappeared. For a few moments it seemed as if Uncle Ben had also deserted the school house, so profound and quiet was the bush that tell upon it. But a the eye became accus tomed to the shadow a greyish bulk ap peared to grow out of it over the master desk and shaped itself into the broad It cure of Uncle Ben. Later when the moon rose and looked in at the window, it saw him the master had seen him on the fir.it day he bad began his lessons in the school house, villi tis face bent forward over the I advantage of the moonlight that flooded the desk, he set himselt to mend the broken Iock with a large mechanical claspknife he produced from his pocket, and the aid of his workmanlike thumb and finger. Presently he began to whistle soitly, at first a little artificially and with relapses of reflective silence.

The lock of the desk restored, he sacured into position again that part of the door lock which he had burst off in his entrance. This done, he closed the door geutly and ouch mote stepped out into the moonlit clearing. In replacing his knife in his pocket he took out the letters which had not touched since they were handed to him in the darkness His first glance at thehandwritingcaused him to stop. Then still staring at it, he began to move slowly and automatically backward tothepnrch. When he reached it he sat down, unfolded the letter, and without attempting to read it, turned its pages over with the unfamiliarity of an illiterate man in search of the signature.

Tnis when found apparently plunged him again into motionless abstraction. Only once he changed his position to pull up the legs of his trousers, open his knees, and extend the distance between his feet, and then with unfolded paies carefully laid in the moonlit space thus opened before him, regarded them with dubious speculation. At the end of ten minutes he rose with a sigh of physical and mental relaxation, re-folded the letter, put it in his pocket, and made his way to the town. When he reached the hotel he turned into the barroom, and observing that it happened to be comparatively deserted, asked for a glass ot whisky. In response to the barkeeper's glance of curiosity as Uncle Ben seldom drank, and then only as a social function with others he explained: "I reckon straight wnisky is about ez good ez the next thing for blind chills." The barkeeper hare interpose that in his larger medical experience he had fouud the exhibition of ginger iu combi nation with ein attended with effect, al though it was evident that in his business capacity he regarded Uncle Ben, as a drinker, with distrust.

Ye ain seen Mr. Ford hanging round yer lately?" continued Uncle Ben with laborious ease. The barkeeper, with his eye still scornfully fixed on his customer, but his bauds, which were engaged in washing his glasses under the counter, giving him the air of humorously coinmuuicating with a uidilen confederate, had not seen the schoolmaster that afternoon. Uncle Ben turned away and slowly mounted the staircase to the master's room. After a moment's pause oa the landing, which must have been painfully obvious to anyone who heard his heavy ascent, he gave two timid raps on the door, which were equally ridiculous iu contrast with his powerful tread.

The door was opened promptly by the master. "Oh, it's you, is it?" he said shortly. "Come in." Uncle Ben entered without noticing the somewhat ungracious form of invitation. "It war me," he said, "dropped in, not finding ye down stairs. Let's hare a drink." The master gazed at Uncle Ben who ov7iti2 to his abstraction had not yet wiped his mouth of the liquor he had imperfectly swallowed, and was in consequent more redolent of whisky than a confirmed topr.

He rang the bell lor the desired refreshment with a slightly cynical smile. He was satisfied that his visitor, like many others of humble position, was succumbing to his good fortune. "I wanted to see ye. Mr. Ford," he.

began, takine an unproffared chair and depositing his hat after some hesitation outside the door, "in rectard to what I onnet told ye about my wife In Mizzouri. P'r'aP3 you disremembei?" "I remember," returned the master, resignedly. "You know it was that arternoon that fool Stacey sent the sheriff and the Harrisons over to McKinstry 's bam." 'Go on!" petulantly said the master, who had his own reasons for not caring to recall it. "It was thet arternoon, you know, that you hadn't time to hark to me hevin' to go off ou an engagement," continued Uncle Beu with protracted deliberation, "and "Yes, yes, I remember," interrupted the master exaspnratedly, "and really unless you get ou faster, I'll have to leave you aain." "It was that arternoon," said Uncle Ben without heedinz him, "when I told you I hadn't any idea what had become o' my wife ez I left in Mizzouri." "Yes," said the master sharply, "and I told you it was your bo unit en duty to look for her." "That's so," said Uncle Ben nodding comfortably, "them's your very words, on'y a little more strong than that, ef I don't disremember. I reckon I've got an idee!" The master assumed a sudden expression of interest, but Uncle Ben did.

not vary his monotnous tone. "I kem across that idea, so to speak, on the trail. I kem across it in some letters ez was lying wide open in the brush. I picked 'etn up and I've got 'em here." He slowly took the letters from his pocket with one hand, while he dragged the chair on which he was sitting beside the master. But with a quick fl.ish of indignation Mr.

Ford rose and extended his hand. "These are my letters, Dabney," h. SETH IAVIS SURRENDERS THE LETTERS. "I couldn't read it myself- ez you know. I didn't keer to ax any one else to read it for me you kin reckon why, too.

And that's why I'm troublin' you tonight, Mr, Ford ez a friend." The mast-r with a desperate effort recovered ls voice. "It is impossible. The lady who wrote those letters does not bear your name. More than that," he added with hasty irrelevance, "she is so tree that she is about to be married, as yon might have read. You have made a mistake: the handwriting may be like, but it cannot be really your wife's." Uncle Ben shook his head slowly.

"It's her'n there's no mistake. When a man, Mr. Ford, hez studied that hand write hevin', so to speak, knowed it on'y from the outside from seein it passin like between friends that man's chances o' bein mistook ain't ex great ez the man's who on'y takes in the sense the words that might b'long to everybody. And her name not bein' the same ez mine, don't foller. Ef she got a divorce she'd take her old gal's name the name of her fam-merly.

And that would seem to allow she did get a divorce. What inowt she hev called herself when she writ this?" The master saw his opportunity and rose to it with a chivalrous indignation, that for a moment imposed even upon himself "1 decline to answer that question," he said angrily. "I refuse to allow the name of any woman who honors ma with her confidence to be dragzed into the infamous outrage that has been committed upon me and common decency. And 1 shall hold the thief and scoundrel whoever he may be answerable to inys If in the absence of her natural protector." Uncle Bon surveyed the hero ot these glittering generalities with undisguised admiration. He extended his hand to him gravely.

"Shake! Ef another proof was wan-tin', Mr. Ford, of" that bein' my wife's letter," he said, "that high-toned style of yours would settle it. For ef thar was one thing she did like, it was that sort of po'try. And one reason why her and me didn't get ou, and why I skedaddled, was because it wasn't in my 'ine. EC's all in trainin'! On'y a man ez had the Fourth Header at his fingers' ends could talk like that.

Bom" brought up on Dobell ez i nowhere it sorter lets me out of you, ez it did outer her. But ailowin' it ain't the square thing for you to mention her name, that wouldn't be nothiu' agin' my doin it, and calliu her, well Lou Pr ice, in a keerless sort o' way, eh?" "I decline to answer further," replied the master quickly, although his color had changed at the name. "I decline to say another word on ie matter uutil this mystery is cleared up until I know who dared to break iuto my desk and steal my property, and the purpose of this unheard -of outrage. And 1 dmnand possession of thosH letters at once. Uncle Ben without a word put them in the master's hand, to his slight surprise, and it must be added to his faint discomfiture, nor was it decreased when Uncle Beu added with grave "irete and a patronizing pressure of his haud on his shoulder "la course ez your taken' it on to yourself, and ez Lju Price aim got no further call ou me.

they otter be yours. Ez to who got 'em outer the desk, I reckon you ain't got no suspicion of any one spyin' round ye hv ye? in an instant the recollection of Seth Davis' face at the window and the corroboration of Rupert's warning flashed across Ford's mind. The hypothesis that Seth had imagiued that they were Cressy's letters, and had thrown them down without reading them when he had found out his mistake, seemed natual. For if he had read them he would undoubtedly have kept them to show Cressy. The complex emotions that had disturbed the master on the discovery of Uncle Ben's relationship to the writer of the letters were resolving themselves into a furious rage at Seth.

But before he dared revenge himself he must be first assured that Seth was ignorant of their contents. He turned to Uncle Ben. "I have a suspicion but to mak it certain I must ask you for the present to say nothing of this to any one." Uncle Ban nodded. "And when you hev fouud out and you're settled in your mind that you kin make my mind easy about this yer Lou Price ez we'll call her, bein' divorced squarely, aud bein' so to speak, in the way o' getting married agin, you might let ma know ez a friend. I reckon I won't trouble you any more to-nizht onless you and me take another sociable drink together in the bar.

No Well, then, good night." He moved slowly toward the door. With his hand on the lock he added: "Ef yer writin' to her agin, you might svy ez how you found me lookin' well and comt 'able, and hopin she's enj vin' the same blessin'. 'So long." He disappeared, leaving the master in a hopeless collapse of conflicting, and it is to be feared, not very heroic emotions. The situation which had begun so dramatically, bad become suddenly unroman-tically ludicrous, without, however, losing any of its embarrassing quality. He was conscious that he occupied th singular position of bein? more ridiculous than the husband whose invincible and complacent simplicity stung him like the most exquisite irony.

For an instant he was almost goaded iuto the fury of declaring that he had broken off from the writer of the letters forever, but its inconsistency with the chivalrous attitude he had just taken occurred to him in time to prevent him from becoming doubly absurd. His rage with Seth Davis seemed to him the only feeling left that was genuine and rational, and yet how that Uncle Ben had goue even that had a spurious liai. It was necessary for him to lash himself into a fury over the hypothesis that the letters might have been Cressy's, and des-fcrated by that scoundrel's touch. Perhaps he had read them and left them to be picked up by others. He looked over thm carefully to see if their meaning would to the ordinary reader appear obvious and compromising.

His eye fell on tha first paragraph. "I should not be quite fair with you, Jack, if I affected to disbelieve ia your iaith in your love for me and its endurance, but I should be still more unfair if I didn't tell you what I honestly believe, that at your age yon are apt to deceive yourself, and without knowing it to de.