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Huttig News for $1 a year.
Old papers for sale at this offke
100 for 15 cents.
Dr. H, A. Mayfield was a visitor
to Strong last Saturday.
For Sale - A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
Mrs. J. W. Perritt is with rela
tives in Strong for a few days.
Mrs. A. P. Richardson and chil
dren are on visit to her sister in
Warren.
Miss Mary Holeman left Monday
for her home at Fayetteville, Tenn.,
to spend the summer vacation.
Mrs. Tom Millstead left last Sat
urday to spend several months
with relatives at Caney. Kansas.
For Sale, at a bargain seven
acres of land suitable for truck
farming and fruit raising adjoining
Huttig,
Mrs. M. H. Claybaugh left Sat
urday morning for Caney, Kan§..
to spend the summer with her par
ents.
Be sure and vote at the school
election Saturday May 17, ard
vote for county superintendency if
you want better schools.
Mrs. Yarnell and little Caroline
returned Saturday from an extend
ed visit to relatives and friends at
Kensett and other points.
Rev. W. T. K^ng reports a good
meeting in progress at Camp No. 1
He has been conducting services
at that place sincefirst of the week
The editor attended the meeting
of the Arkansas Press Association
at Marianna this week and his wife
visited her parents at New London.
For Sale, second-hand piano,
kitchen range and sewing machine
All in good condition. Terms to
suit purchaser. C. B. Wood, Hut
tig. Ark. 2t
The Missionary Tea will be held
with Mrs. Brown at the home of
Mrs. C. T. Thompson Tuesday af
ternoon. Everybody cordially in
vited. _
Miss Mary Pope left Monday for
Birmingham. Ala., where she wiil
visit for a month before going to
her home at Pulaski, Tenn., to
spend the summer at home.
The Union County Teachers' In
stitute will be held at El Dorado
from June 2d to 6th this year and
promises to be a most interesting
one. Every teacher who fails to
attend will be doing themselves an
injury.
D. F. Collett, J. E. Ball. L. G. j
Gibson, C. T. Thompson, C. R.
Duncan. T. L. Ellis. J. B. Crockett I
and H. O. Gatewood were at Mon- ;
roe last Friday night attending a
meeting of the Masonic lodge at
that place.
Cyrs Sunken With Pain
Three years ago I had neuralgia;
which caused my eyes to become !
sunken and bloodshot with pain. |
Hunt's Lighting Oil was recomend-.
ed and after using, the pain left
and has not returned, says A. M.
Coffey. 316 Van Buren Street.
Letchfield, 111. This wonderful
medicine is sold by all druggists
everywhere.
__
Gene Farrar and Pye Mulkey,
former employes of the Mercantile
Department, after a short visit
with their parents and friends at
their former home. Lewisville, Ar
kansas. arrived back in Huttig on
Monday of this week. Botn have
taken up new duties in the car
loading department preparatory to
gaining knowledge of the lumber
business. Quite a change is no
ticeable in their retiring hours since
they returned.
Cemetery Working.
AH partiis interested are re
quested to meet at the Harpetl
Springs cemetery on Saturday
May 24th, bringing necessary tool
etc., for cleaning the graves tf
! loved ones and friends and puttint
j the burying ground in good shap
generally. Those who cannot at
tend may deposit with the yount
ladies composing the comrmtte
amount sufficient to employ helf
i in their stead. The committee is
: as follows: Misses LiMa May Go •
Nora Wooley, Minnie Schon, Min
nie Nixon and Eula Ghambliss.
Everybody invited to attend an
co-operate with the ladies in thi
work.
W. P. Whaley, Presiding Eld r
of the Camden District preachec
morning and evening at the Churc
Sunday. On account of having t(
return to El Dorado to assist in s
protracted meeting, the Quarter!
Conference of the Methodist churcl
was held Sunday afternoon.
Not Ml For Ladies
Public sentiment should1 be
against it. and we believe it it,
there can be no reason why ladi-1
should have to suffer with heac
aches and neuralgia, especially
when Hunt's Lighting Oil givpi
such prompt relief. It is simpfy i
question of getting the ladies to tr
it. All druggists.sell Hunt's Light
ing oil in 25 and 50c bottles.
A germ laden fly can bring dir
ister in the most scrupulously neai
home. The fly is said to be the
flying express for disease germs,
one fly carrying six million germs
and depositing the germs on the
children's food. It is not the food
but the germ that gives baby sum
mer complaint. And so mothers
owe it to their children to see that
manure piles and other fly Breeding
filth within five hundred yards of
their homes is abolished.
Speaking of ' disasters” of note,
we refer you to a quintette of val
ued Union Saw Mill employes. It
! happened Sunday afternoon last
however no fatalities resulted -
meiely a case of competition to the
talh tub trust. Messrs. Fowler,
Maye. Cook, Craigand Taylor, whilt
out rowing on the pond struck a
snag with above results.
Notire of Sih ml nation
There will be school election held
in the Incorporated Town of Huttig
on Saturday May liTthatthe City
Hall for the purpose of electing twt
directors for a term of three years,
t voting on a school tax and for or
against county superindency oi
schools.
Polls will open at 9 o’clock a. rr.
and close at sunset.
F. W. Scott, Pres.
W. H. Moore Secy.
Huttig School Board.
No. 666
Thi» it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER, i
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not i
return. It acts on the liver better than :
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c ;
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to anv
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1 rt, day of February. 1 906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
Catarrh Cannot Bg Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS., as they
cannot roach the scat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood <.r constitutional disease,
and in order to cure il you must take in
ternal remedic s. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acta directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is nat a qua-k medic'ne. It
was prescribed by or.o of the best phy
sicians in tlds country fen years and is
a reTUlar prescr'ptlon. It is composed of 1
the best tonics known, combined with tho :
best blood p irificra, actin'? directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combine.- j
tion of the two ingredients is what pro- I
duces such wonder’’ul results in curing i
catarrh • Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O.
f d ty Preexists, price 75c.
Take Uall’a Family Fills for constipation.
I
: by ANNA KATHARINE GREEN 1
Author of “the Leavenworth case”
THE FIUG8EE BALL" ftiE HOUSE Of THEWHISPERING mts"
ILLUSTRATIONS f>Y
cHACLEs.w nossm
COPYRIGHT 1911 by STREET * SrtlTIf
v. corrwioHT 19U r>y ponn. meap a co
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-George Anderson and
ife gpe a remarkable man come out o'
ne Clermont hotel. look around furtively
•aj-li his hands in the snow and pass on
ommotion attracts them to the Clermont
'here it is found that the beautiful Miss
dUh Challoner has fallen dead on the
Mezzanine floor.
CHAPTER II—Anderson describes the
ari lie saw wash his hands in the snow
he hotel manager declares him to be
Brotherson.
< ’11 a nTR TIT Physicians And that
'■^s Challoner was stabbed and not shot,
hich seems to clear Brotherson of sus
c'on.
<’!i \PTER TV—Gryce. an a Red detee
\ c. ai d Swe 'water, his assistant, take
•D the case. They believe Miss Challpncr
tabbed herself.
»TT “ i"i—A paper cutter found
•ear ttie scene of tragedy is believed to
*e the weapon used.
CHAPTER VI Mr. Challoner tells of a
•atch of letters found in his daughter’s
esk, signed with Initials strange to him
‘ i! are love letters except one which
diows that the writer was displeased
CHAPTER VII This letter was signed
v Orlando Brotherson. The others bore
• itials which lead to the conclusion that
• rotherson wrote all of them.
CHAPTER VIII—Anderson goes with
weetwater to identify Brotherson. who
> to address a meeting of anarchists,
•’he place is raided bv the police and
’rotherson escapes without being identl
:» d.
CHAPTER IX- Brotherson is found liv
ing in a tenement under the name of
Hum. .He. I? an inventor.
CHAPTER X Brotherson tells the for
mer of his acquaintance with Miss Chal
• »ner and how she repulsed him witr
-' "in when he offered her his love.
CHAPTER XI—Sweetwater recalls the
ivstery of the murder of a washerwom
n In which some details were similar to
he Challoner affair. Brotherson was a
*nant of the building adjoining the on<
n which the woman died.
cHAPTETt XT7 TurOier comparison of
he two cases spurs Gryce and Sweetwa
er to renewed activity.
CHAPTER XIII Challoner admits his
laughter whs deeply interested, if not In
Dve with Brotherson
CHAPTER XIV Brotherson gives the
police a plausible explanation of his con
tact. Gryce and Sweetwater are given
permission to pursue their investigations
independently.
CHAPTER X V—Sweet water plans to
iisguise himself as a carpenter and seek
lodgings in the same building with Broth
rson.
CHAPTER XVI Hp watches the inven
tor at work at night ami Is detected by ,
• he latter. The detective moves to a ;
room adjoining Brother-son’s.
CHAPTER XVIT He bores a hole in
*he wall to spy on Brotherson. He visits
I him and assists the Inventor in his work
CHAPTER XVUI -Repetition of the
une played by the orchestra the Jitght of
Miss Chalioner’s death arouses the sleep
in«f Jiro.ibers«>n to uneasy muttering*.
CHAPfl^R XIX gi^I sent bv Sweet
water with Edith Challoner's letters is
ordered out by Brotherson. He declares
the letters were not written to him.
CHAPTER XX—Sweetwater is un
masked by Brotherson, who declares he
recognized him at once.
CHAPTER XXT Sweet Water gets a
message that Oryce has made a d’♦•ev
ery which changes the whole situation.
CHAPTER XXII — Closer inspection
‘ shows that tire letters signed “O B ”
vv. r# written bv two different men Sweet
waiter gees to Derby in search of the sec -
ond “O B.,” whom he expects to And
through one Doris Scott, mentioned In
Miss Challoner’s letters.
CHAPTER XXIII Doris Is found act
ing as nurse for Oswald Brotherson, who
•<* critically ill from typhoid fever, and
• •alls in his delirium the name of Edith
TP* Is the manager of the local works
and Is idolized by the people.
CHAPTER XXIV Oswald passes the
crisis ami the doctor says he will recover
CHAPTER XX V—Sweetwater comes
across a peculiar hut in the woods. He
sees a load of boxes marked “O Broth
erson,” taken into the but under the su
pervision of Doris Scott.
CHAPTER XXVI -Sweetwater returns
to New York and reports to Oryce. but
omits mention of the hut in the woods
the sole discovery of Importance.
CHAPTER XXVII—Challoner appears
In Derby
CHAPTER XXVIII Doris tells Chal
loner of seeing in a dream t!** fate of
the man who killed Edith. The door bell
rings and she recognizes In the visitor
tlie man of her dream.
CHAl'tKR S.xTx Ti is Orlando Broth
•ersnn. who nquests an Interview' with his
brother. It is denied. He seems greatly
perturbed when Doris tells him the
boxes have been safely placed In the hut.
CHAPTER XXX -Orlando is greatly
agitated at the realization that he has
fallen In love with Dor’s He demands
to he present when Oswald is Informi d of
Edith’s death.
CHAPTER XXX! It develops that Or
lando Is working on a dying machine
will- h Sweetwater, who has atTived again
on ‘lie scene, declares will revolutionize
air flight.
CHAPTER XXXII Oswald Is toid of
Edith's death.
CHAPTER XXXIII -Orlando tells hts
brother of his repulse by Miss Challoner.
CHAPTE® XXXIV—Orlando asks his
brother to assist in tests of his ait car.
B.s he can trust no one else. Oswald re
fuses owing to his weakened condition.
(' llAi * cT. *7~oolor. ng "ijvt I Ttte
near approach of the lest of It's machine
and the lack of a suitable assistant, Or
lando is startled by a knock at the door
of the hut and admits Sweetwater.
CHAPTER XXXVI-Sweetwater nft'i rs
his services as an assistant and shews he
knows something of Itrotherson'a Ido*.
CHAPTER XXX' II—The air car proves
a success.
CHAPTER XXX .III Oswald declares
his grief over Edith’s death rendets him
incapable of accepting his brother's offer
to share in ids work and triumphs. Or
lando off' rs himself to Doris and Is re
fused He spends the night in the han
gar iti c, d-'Z".1 y ';‘'e’r >
word.''
"Peace!" adjured Orlando. "There
is no account I am not. ready to settle.
I have robbed you of the woman you
love, but 1 have decpoilcd myself. I
stand desolate in the world, who hut
an hour agp could have chosen niv
seat among the best and greatest.
What can your curses do after that?"
"Nothing.” The word c.me slowly
like a drop wrung from a nearly spent
heart. "Nothing; nothing. Oh, Or
lando, 1 wish we were bo'h dead and
burled and that there were no further
life for either oT us.”
The softened, tone, the wistful jtrav
r which would blot out an lmmortal
y of joy for the c- o, that it might
ve the other from i n immortality •
I retribution, touched tome long nn
oundtd chord in Orlandos exiraordi
ary nature.
Advancing a step, he held out hi
• and—the left one. “We’ll leave tin
•ture to itself, Oswald, and do w'hnt
e can with the present,” said he
I’ve made a mess of my life an-:
aoiled a career which might hav
lade us both kings. Forgive me, O
raid. I ask for nothing elr«e from Go-i
■^r man. I should like that, it woul i
‘.rengthen me for tomorrow.”
Rut Osw'ald, ever kindly, generous
-d more ready to think of others
’:an of himself, had yet some of Or
indo’s tenacity. He gaaed at th j
and and a flush swept up over h
hcek which instantly became ghustl !
gain.
"1 cannot,” said he—“not even th j
ft one. May God forgive me!”
Orlando, struck silent for a moment
’roppe.d his hand and slowly turnc
way. Mr. Challoner felt Oswald sti*
’on in his arms, and break sudden!'
way, only to stop short before li
p.d taken one of the half dozen step
between himself and his departln.
brother.
“Where are you going?” he demand
d In tones which made Orlando turn
“1 might say, to the devil,” was the
-arcastlc reply. “But I doubt if he
vould receive me. No,” he added, in
nore ordinary tones as the other shiv
red a»id again started forward, “yo
will have no trouble in finding me I:.
ny own room tonight. I have letter
o write and—other things. A man
ike me cannot drop out without a rip
ile. You may go to bed and sleep. I
will keep awake for two.”
“Orlando!” Visions were passing be
fore Oswald’s eyes, soul-crushing vis
ions such as in his blameless life he
never thought could enter into his
consciousness or blast his tranquil
outlook upon life. “Orlando!” he again
ppealed, covering his eyes iu a free
tied attempt to shut out these horrors.
"I cannot let you go like this. Tomor
row—”
i “Tomorrow, in every niche anti cor
i ner of this world, wherever Edith
( ( halloner’s name haB gone, wherever
J my name has gone, if. will be known
I that the discoverer of a practical air
ship, is a man whom they can no
| 'onger honor. Do you thin'.; that is
not hell enough for me; or that I do
i not realize the hell it will he for you .'
i I’ve never wearied you. or any man
I with iny affection; but I’m not al!
i demon. I would gladly have spared
| you this additional anguish; but that
was impossible. You are my brother
and must suffer from the connection
whether we would have it so or not
If It promises too much misery—and
I know no misery like that of shame
-—come with me where I go tomor
row. There will be room for two.”
Oswald, swaying with weakness, but
maddened by the eight of an over
throw which carried with it the
stifled affections and the admiration
of his whole life, gave a bound for
ward, opened his arms and—fell.
Orlando stopped short. Gazin?
down on his prostrate brother, h<
stood for a moment with a gleam o
something like human tenderness
showing through the flare of dyin
passions and perishing hopes; then
he swung open the door and passed
quietly out, ar.d Mr. Challoner could
hear the laughing remark with whir!
he met and dismissed the half-dozei
men and women who had been drawi
to this end of the hall by what hue*
sounded to them like a fracas between
angry men.
CHAPTER XLI.
Five O'clock in the Morning.
The clock in the hotel office struck
three. Orlando Hrotherson counted
the strokes; then went on writing
itis transom was partly open and h<
had just heard a step go by his door.
This was nothing new. He had ul
ready heard it several times before
that night. It was Mr. Challoner’s
step, and every time it passed, he had
rustled his paper or scratched vigor
ously with his pen. "He is keeping
watch for Oswald,” was his thought.
"They fear a sudden end to this. No
one, not the son of my mother knows
me. Do I know myself?”
Four o’clock! The light was stdi
burning, the pile of letters lie was
writing increasing.
Five o'clock! A rattling shade be
trays an open window. No other
sound disturbs the (pilot of lhe room.
It is empty now; but Mr. Fhalloner.
long since satisfied that all was well,
goes by no more. Silence has settled
upon the hotel;—tha' heavy silence
which precedes the dawn.
There was silence in the streets
i ho. The few who were abroad, crept
cuietly along. An electric storm was
in the air and the surcharged clouds
hung heavy and low, biding the mo
ment of outbreak. \ man who had
1 ft a place of many shadown for the
mere open road, paused end looked up
at these clouds; then went calmly on.
Suddenly the shriek of an approach
ing train tears through the valley. Has
It a call for this man? No. Yet he
pauses In the midst of the street he
is crossing and watches, as a child
might watch, for the flash of its lights
at the end of the darkened vista. It
comes—filling the empty space at
which he stares with moving life—
engine, baggage car and a long string
of Pullmans. Then ail is dark again
and only the noise of its slackening
wheels comes to him through th;.
night. It has stopped at the station. A
minute longer and It has started
again, and the quickly lessening rum
hie of its departure is all that remains
of this vision of man's activity an'
ceaseless expectancy. When it Is
quite gone and all is quiet, r stgl
falls from the man'H lips and hi
moves on, but this time, for some un
explainable reason, in the direction of
the station. With lowered head he
passes along, noting littie till he ar
rives within sight of the depot where
some freight is being handled, and a
trunk or two wheeled down the plat
form. No sight could be more or
dinary or unsuggestive, but it has its
attraction for him, for he. looks up as
lie goes by and follows the passage of 1
that truck down the platform till it
has leached the corner and disap
peared. Then he sighs again and I
again and moves on.
A cluster of houses, one of them
<.p< n end lighted, was all which lay
between him n^w and the country
road. He was hurrying past, for his
. top had uncivisclously quickened a
,e turned his back upon the station,
hen he was seized again by that
-.ood of curiosity and stepped up to
he door from which a light issued
nd looked in. A common eating
com lay before him, with rudelr
pread tables and one very sleep:
waiter taking orders from a new ar
■ ival who sat with IPs back to th
ioor. Why did the lonely man on th.
idewalk start as his eye fell on tli
iatter s commonplace figure, a hungr
-ian demanding breakfast in a cheap
country restaurant? His own physiqti
was powerful while that of the other
looked slim and frail. But fear wa
;n the air, and the brooding of i
'empest. affects some temperament
n a totally unexpected manner. A:
.he man inside turns slightly anc
looks up, the master figure on th
sidewalk vanishes, and his step, if an;
one had been interested enough tc.
listen, rings with a new note as if
turns into the country road it has at
last reached.
But no one heeded. The new ar
rival munehes his roll and waits im
patiently for his coffee, while with
out, the clouds pile soundlessly in ttu
sky. one of them taking the form oi
a huge hand with clutching finger?
reaching down into the hollow void
beneath.
CHAPTER XLII
At Six.
I Mr. Challoner had been honest in
j ITs statement regarding the depnrture
j of Sweetwater. He had not only paid
and dismissed onr young detective
but he had seen him take the train
or New York. Ami Sweetwater had
rone away in good faith, ton, possi
tdy with his convictions undisturbed
but acknowledging at li st that he had
reached the end of his resources. But
| Tie brain does not loose its hold.upon
its work as readily as the hand does.
;ie was halfway to New York and hafi
consciously bidden farewell to tli«'
whole subject, when he suddenly
tattled those about him by rising
impetuously to his feet, lie sat again
1 v
The Airship Was Not There.
immediately, but w'Mi a light !n h!r
small grey eye wh' h Mr. Gryoe would
have understood and revelled in. The
id>“H for which ho had searched in
dustriously for mouths had tome at
last, unhidden; thrown up from some
remote recess of the mind which h d
seemingly closed upon tiro snbj< cl
forever.
"I have it. I have it,” ho murmured
in ceaseless reiteration to himseii. ' i
will go hack to Air. (’halloner ami let
him decide if the Idea is worth pur
ruing. Perhaps an experiment may
be necessary. It. was hitler cold that
night; 1 wish it were icy weather!
now. Put a chemist, can help us out.
Good God! if this should he the ex
planation of the mystery, alas for Or
lando and alas for Oswald!”
Put his sympathies did not det»r
him. lie returned to Derby at once,!
and as soon as he dared, presented
himself at the hotel and asked for
Mr. rhaUoner.
lie was amazed to find that gentle
man already up and in a state of
agitation that was very disquieting.
Put he brightened wonderfully at
sight of his visitor, and drawing him
inside the room, observed with trem
■agerness:
"I do not know why you have come
back, but never was man more wel
come Mr. Brotherson has con
fessed—”
“Confessed!”
“Yes, he killed both women; my
daughter and his neighbor, the wasii
rwoman, with a—”
"Walt," broke in Sweetwater, eager
y, “let me tell you.” And stooping,
e whispered something in the other's
ear.
Mr. Challoner stared at him amrt
d, then slowly nodded his head.
“How came you to think—” he bo
;an; but Sweetwater In his great anx
iety interrupted him with a quick:
"Explanations will keep, Mr. Chal
loner. What, of the man himself?
Where is he? That's the important
thing now.”
“lie was in his room till early this
morning writing letters, but he is not
there-now. The door is unlocked and
I went in. From appearances I fear
the worst. That is why your pres
ence relieves me so. Where do you
think lie is?”
“in his hangar in the woods. Where
else would be go to—”
“I have thought of that. Shall we
start out alone or take witnesses with
us?”
“We will go alone. Does Oswald
anticipate—”
"He is sure. Rut he lacks strength
to move. He lies on my bed in there.
Doris and her father are with him.”
“We will not wait a minute. How
the storm holds off. I hope it will
hold off for another hour.”
Mr. Challoner made no reply. He
had spoken because he felt compelled
to speak, but it had not been easy
for him, nor could any trifles move
him now'.
The town was up by this time and,
though they chose the least frequent
ed streets, they had to suffer frorrv
some encounters. It was a good half
hour before they found themselves in
(he forest and in sight of the hangar.
One look that w'ay, and Sweetwater
turned to see what the effect was upon
Mr. Challoner. %
A murmur of dismay greeted him.
The oval of the great lid stood up
against the forest background.
“He has escaped,” cried Mr. Chal
oner.
But Sweetwater, laying a finder c'i
ills lip, advanced and laid his ear
against the door. Then he caat a
quick look aloft. Nothing was to be
seen there. The darkness of stovm in
the heavens but nothing more.— Yes!
now, a flash of vivid and destructive
lightning!
The two men drew back and their
glances crossed.
“Ret us return to .the highroad,”
whispered Sweetwater; “we can sea
nothing here."
Mr. Challoner, trembling very much,
wheeled slowly about.
“Wait," enjoined Sweetwater. “First
let me take a look inside.’’
Kunning to the nearest, tree, he
i quickly climbed It, worked himself
\ along a protruding branch and looked
j down into the open hangar, it was
I now so dark that details escaped him,
i but. one thing was certain. The air
ship was not there.
Descending, he drew Mr. Challoner
hastily along. 'lie's gone," said he.
“Rot us reach the high ground aa
quickly as we can. I’m glad that Mr.
Osv’ald Rrotherson Is not with us or
—or Miss Doris."
ltlit this expression of satisfaction
died on his lips. At the point where
the forest road debouches into the
highway, he had alrpady caught a
glimpse of their two figures. They
were waiting for news, and the broth
er s]>oke at the Instant he saw Sweet
water: f
“Where Is he? You've not found
him or you wouldn't be coming alone,
lie cannot have gone up. lie cannot
manage it without an assistant. We
must seek him somewhere else; in
the forest or in our house at home.
Ah!” The lightning had forked again.
“He s not in the forest and he's not
in your home,” returned Sweetwater.
lie's aloft; tho airship is not in the
shed. And he can go up alone now.”
Then more slowly; “Hut he cannot
come down.”
They strained their eyes in a mad
dening search of the hea.ens. Ui^t
the darkness hud so increased that
they could be sure of nothing.
Doris sank upon her knees.
Suddenly the lightning flashed
; . n, this time so vividly and so near
• hat-the whole heaven burst into fiery
IhiminaDon above them and the
thunder, era. king almost, simultane
ously, seemed for a moment to rock
the world and how (he heavens to
wards thorn. Then a silence; then
: ",'oi twater's whisper in .Mr. Chul
loner’s ear:
“Take them away! I saw him; he
was felling Hke a shot."
Mr. Challoner threw out his arms,
then steadied hi:..s< if. Oswald was
reding; Oswald had seen too. Hut
Doris was there. When the lightning
flush' d again, she was standing and
Oswald v.us weeping on her bosom.
(THF RXD.)
Hoping for the Best.
‘‘Jukes is a great optimist.”
“Yes?”
"■When I told him you had decided
to postpone thp publication of your
book he said, 'Forever?’ ”
You will find c>n sale at the
Uniot Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and Bell's cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to and sev
eral other views to tin list. They
will be old at two for fiv- cents.