Pittston Gazette

              IWTABI.I8HE1M850. ( VOL.. XLV. NO. 45 f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vail*/. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. J UNE 14. 1895. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. r-ffSWUSP* in simost inn same form, we may De sure, before as. And perhaps they had both taken word and thought alike from some previous thinker, as often happens with all of us. For aught she knew to the contrary, It might be some commonplace of Emerson's or Thoreau's. At any rate, Kathleen attached no serious Importance to this flash of identification, at least after the first moment. Btlll the went on indulging the day dream, as one often will, for many minutes together ont of mere fanciful delight In It. It gave her some slight relief from the cling, cling, ding, of the canon's perpetual chatter about the sayings and doings of his great folk in London. While he went droning on to Mrs. Hesslegrave about Lady This and Lady That, their virtues and their delinquencies, Kathleen leaned back in her seat in the broad Italian sunshine and shut her ears to it all men taller while she enlarged to herself upon this Axmlnster day dream and saw herself as Arnold Willoughby's bride pacing entranced through the full leaf of June at Mem bury castle. ter. A man may dye nis nair anu cut nis beard, and so forth, but hang it all, Mrs. Hesslegrave, he can't go and get rid of his own born features." prove ot your seeing no niucn ax you cna oi him under misapprehension, of course, as to his reiil place in society—you must remember yourself I always allowed that, viewed as a man alone, he was a most charming person." quay county victorious. ANOTHER SERIOUS FIRE. P1TTST0N HIGH SCHOOL. A STARTLING CONFESSION. He talked all the rest of the way home of nothing on earth except singular resemblances and mistaken identities. There were Perkin War beck and Edmund Wyld and the Tichborne claimant. There was Sidney Carton in the "Tale of Two Cities." And he came back always to the fundamental point that the features of a face at least—the features must always remain. You might dress, and you might paint, but there was no possibility of getting over the features. He overelaborated this issue, in fact. Kathleen could see from every phrase be was sure (n his own heart he had seen Bertie Red burn and was trying to argue himself and, still more, his hearers out of that positive conviction. Even Mrs. Hesslegrave saw it indeed and murmured aside to Kathleen as they stood on the steps ot the Molo: Bill Passed Finally by the House at Harrisburg. The Llewellyn Block on Luzerne Avenue Badly Damaged. Ninth Annual Commencement Exer- Commissioners' Clerk Norris Says He Received Money from Myers. Kathleen didn't exactly understand what her mother was driving at. These words were too deep for her, but for the moment she didn't think it necessary to inquire as to their hidden meaning. She was so ifraid her mother might by some imprulence betray Arnold Willoughby's Becret. And no matter why he wished it kept she felt for her own part 'twas a point of honor for them both to insist upon keeping Tt. So she said very hurriedly: cises Last Week. BY A VOTE OF 106 FOR TO 69 AGAIKST LAZARUS'S CANDY STORE RUINED A SPLENDID PROGRAMME GIVEN RESIGNED HIS POSITION LAST WEEK. Despite the Predictions of Opponents That the Bill Would Never Again See Light It Was Called and Passed by a Sure Vote The Family of Samuel Williams, Living Uood Papers Well Head, Interesting Reci- Some Surprising Developments at a Private on the Second Floor, Have a Nar- an«l Singing That Keats all Previous Ef- t at ions Rendered in Excellent Style, Hearing In the New Court House Injunc- —A Great Victory. row Escape—The Origin of the Fire a Mystery. forts of (lie School in That Line. tlon Case, in Which Norris and the Cum- " Whatever you do, dear mother, don't let Canon Valentino know Mr. Wllloughby's a friend of ours. Don't say a word about bim, in fact. Let the canon suppose the man he saw on the bridge is a perfect stranger to all of us. I must manage to prevent Mr. Willoughby from visiting the house for the present somehow. If Canon Valentine were to find out who he really was, it would spoil all. and then Mr. Willoughby would be bo dreadfully disappointed."At last Quay county is victorious. A dispatch received by the Gazette from Hon. J. 0. Harvey, at Harrlsburg, announces that the Qaay county bill was passed finally by the Hocss of Representatives on Jane 7th, by a vote of 1C6 to 69. The bill has been on the third reading calendar in the HonBe for several weeks past, and a determined effort has been made by its opponents to kill it there. The large three-story frame business block on lower Lneerne avenue, belonging to Piothonotary George J. Llewellyn, was badly damaged by fire at an early hour last Friday. The lower floor is occupied by John 8. Llewellyn, as a hardware store, and by Daniel Lazarus, as a confectionery store. One side of the second floor was vacant, while the other side was occupied by Samuel Williams and family, Mr. Williams being a brother-in-law of Mr Llewellyn. The third floor Is a lodge i oom. Music Hall was crowded on June 6th apon tbe occasion of the ninth annua* commencement exsrclses of the Plttston High School, and the exercises were highly Interesting. Both the graduates and members of the High School, the latter to the nnmber of about 75, occupied terraced seats on the stage, and did themselves prond. Two things in particular, in connection with the exercieeeCD, attracted considerable attention, and excited lavorable comment among the audience—the excellent manner in.which the essays and refutations were presented, and the high character of the singing. In decided contrast to renditions cf graduates, usually, was the clearness and distinctness with which the young men and young women gave their respective parts last evening, all being heard without difficulty at the farther end of the hall. As to the singing, it was ee peclally good. The music selected seemed to be very appropriate for an occasion of this character, being very pietty and enlivening, and the well-balanced chorus rendered them in a splendid manner, receiving on one exceptionally fine selection, "Now O'er the Hill Tops," an encore. The success of this part of the programme must have been particularly gratifying to the musical director, George Lovel), especially since he has had charge of the music in the schools for so short a time. Light. uiissi ners are Made to Appear lu a llud When the argument in the oourt house injunction case was postponed on Saturday morning, few knew the real reason of the postponement. Since then there have been startling developments. In brief, James M. Norris, clerk to the county commissioners, has resigned, and ho has confessed that he profited financially by the transaction with Contractor Myers. She's a nice little thing, Mrs. Aigy tteaburn!"CHAPTER X. YI81TOK8 IS VENICE. Canon Valentine stared about him in the midst of the Piazza with a stony British stare of complete disapprobation. He rejected it in toto. "So this is modern Venice?" he exclaimed, with the air of a man who revisits some painful scene he has known in its better days. "This is what emancipated Italy has made of it I Dear me, Mrs. Hesslegrave, how altered it is, to be sure, since the good old times of the Austrian occupation!" "My brother knows her slightly," Kathleen Bald, with a tolerant smile, "and seems to think a great deal of her." "That ia Lord Axmlnster, Kitty, and the dear canon knew it, but for Algernon Redburn's sake he didn't like to acknowledge it." "Oh, yes, she's a charming woman," Mrs. Hesslegrave Interposed. "A most charming woman." Mrs. Hesslegrave thought all peers and peeresses, actual or prospective, particularly charming—even more charming indeed than the rest of the people in the best society. The canon took no notice, however, of these interjected remarks. He severely ignored them. To say the truth, he regarded the entire Axmlnster connection as hia own private property from a social point of view and rather resented than otherwise the impertinent suggestion that any one else in the world oould have anything to do with them. "Tea, we've reduced it to a practical certainty," he went on, leaning back in his place in the gondola and staring hard at the water. "The crux of the ease consisted, of course, in the difficulty of proving that the man Douglas Overton, who snipped from the port of London in the Saucy Sally—that was the name of the vessel, if I recollect aright— for Melbourne, was really the same man as Albert Ogilvie Red burn, seventh Lord Axmlnster. And it was precious hard to prove satisfactorily, I can tell you, but Maria has proved it—proved it up to the hilt, Maria's a very clever woman of the world, and she knows how to work these things like a private detective. Her lawyer said to her in my hearing,'Nobody but you, Lady Axmlnster, would ever have succeeded in pulling it through, but thanks to your ability and energy and acume* not even the house of lords can have the shadow of a doubt about it.' And the house of lords, you may take your affidavit, will doubt anything any mortal on earth could doubt to keep a claimant out of a peerage If only they can manage it." At last she shut her eyes for a moment as they were nearing a bridge at one familiar corner, where a romanesque staircase of exquisite workmanship ran spirally up outside a round tower In the background. It helped her day dream somewhat to shut her eyes. She oould see the great oMa of an English park, she oould see the fallow deer on dappled spots of shade under the spreading chestnuts. A sharp cry from the canon made her open them again suddenly. Glancing up in alarm, she looked in the direction where her visitor's eyes were fixed and saw, leaning on the parapet of the high pitched bridge that spanned their canal close by— who else but Arnold Willoughby! Kathleen gazed at her seriously. "Mother, mother," she cried iu a low Voioe, "for heaven's sake don't say bo. Don't say anything about it. You won't understand yet, but when we get home I' 11 tell yon. Please say nothing more now. If you do, you may upset everything!" ' A vague idea crossed Mrs. Hesslegrave's mind at that moment that Kathleen might perhapa have known this all along, an4 that that might account for her being so much taken up with this dreadful sailorman, who wasn't really a dreadful sailorman at all, as it turned out, but the real Lord Axmlnster. It so, how delightful! However, she waited for more light on these matters in Kathleen's own good time, only murmuring meanwhile half under her breath to her daughter: Mrs. Hesslegrave caught Instinctively at that one phrase, "spoil all," which confirmed her at once in her most romantic preconceptions. Then it was Just as she ex|Dected—the earl and Kitty had arrived at an understanding. There was a mystery in the case, of course, but Kitty would clear it all up, and she should live yet to see her only daughter a countess. It seems that there was a private conference in Attorney Palmer's office on the matter of the Injunction which Messrs. Palmer, Bennett and Halsey have aBked to prevent the commissioners from awarding contract for thfl) erection of the new court home. Then were present at the oonferenoe, besides the attorneys above mentioned, Attorneys Farnham, Bedford and John T. Lenahan, for the commissioners, and Miss Mary Treaoott, stenographer. 8o late as that morning the Wilkesbarre papeis predicted that the bill would never be called on third reading. The supporters of the bill in the Hazleton region, however, have been very confident all through the long straggle, and the result showB that they knew whereof they spoke. The suooees of the bill is a great viotory for the people of the Hazleton region, as It is believed that the Governor Is sure to sign the bill, and it is a donble defeat for the Wllkeebarreans by reason of the fact that the establishment of Qaay oounty will also materially interfere with the new oourt house scheme, and, with the opposition already aroused by reason of the question of site and the methods followed by the commissioners in pushing the work in faoe of a decided opposition to doing anything in the matter until a site shall have been secured, may kill it About three o'clock, Mrs. Williams awoke and found the room filled with smoke. Her infant ohlld at her side was nearly Strang ed by the smoke. She awakened her husband and the family hustled out of the house in their night clothes. Mr. Williams, after a hasty investigation, learned the extent of the blaze and turned in an alarm from the box at the corner of Luzerne and Wyoming avenues. The firemen arrived promptly, but the flames had gainsd such headway that by the time the firemen were ready for ac Ion the cellar on the lower side, the Lazarus store room and the hallway on the lower side of the building were all in flames. "Ah, yea," Kathleen interposed, not entering into his humor, "no doubt you see great changes, canon. You haven't been here before since united Italy. How much lovelier it must look to you, now it's really and truly Italian I" "My darling," the proud mother said, looking at her with affection—for it's something to have a daughter who can catch earls in disguise—"tell me all about it) When did Lord Axmlnster ask yout" "He has never asked me, mother," Kathleen answered,with a very deep blush. Then she paused for a moment. Her heart rose into her mouth. The avowal seemed so natural at a crisis like that. "But 1 love him," she went on, clasping her hands, "and I'm sure he loves me. Oh, mother, don't say auything that would lead him to suppose that you've heard a word of all this. If you do, all will be lost. I know he wouldn't care for any of us to know he was really Lord Axminster." The canon gazed at her, full face, in the blankest astonishment. "Quite the contrary," ho answered curtly. "I see very great change*, but they're all for thfe worse. These pigeons, for example, they were always a nuisance, flying about under one's feet and getting in one's way at •very twist and turn, but there are ten times as many of them now as there ever used to be." The canon's last words, unheeded as he spoke them, now rang clear in her ears: Oounty Commissioners Smith and Norton were placed on the stand and testified In regard to their trip to Detroit and their meeting with Architect Myers. Commissioners' clerk M. Norris was called, and then It developed that he was no longer in the employ of the commissioners, that he had resigned on Wednesday, June 5th. Mr. Norris told about the trip made by the commissioners. • "Well, whoever be is, he's a charming fellow. You must admit yourself I've thought all along he's a charming fellow." "Why, I love the pige&ns," Kathleen cried, all amazed. "They're ao tame and familiar. In Egland the boys would throw •tones at them and frighten them, but here under the shadow of Bt. Mark's they seem to feel as If they belonged to the place and as if man was a friend of theirs. Besides, they're so characteristic, and they're historically interesting, too, don't you know. They're said to be the descendants of the identical birds that brought Doge Dandolo good news from friends on •hore, which enabled him to capture Crete and so lay the foundations of the Venetian empire. I just love the pigeons." By this time the canon had settled with the gondolier, after a resolute attempt ai resistance to the man's extortionate endeavor to exact hia proper fare by municipal faHff, and was ready to stroll up to the Hesslegrave*' apartments, for it was a principal clause in the canon's private creed that every foreigner is always en- Sged in a conspiracy to defraud every ltish subject on whom he can lay his hands, and that the way to make your road easy across the oontinent is to fight every hem of every account all along the line the moment it is presented. The extortionate fondoHer had conquered, however, by prouclng a printed tariff which fixed his hire at tbe modest rate of a franc an hour, so the canon, paying it without a sou of pourboire, strode on toward the lodgings, disconsolate and distracted. He knew in his hea-t of hearts that was really Axminster. Much altered, no doubt, by deliberate disguise, distorted beyond belief, but still undeniably Axminster, and he firmly resolved never to mention his conclusion for worlds to any one, not even to Amelia. A man haa no right to appear and disappear and then suddenly crop up again by fits and starta in this uncanny manner—to play bopeep, aa it were, with the house of lords, tbe moat dignified, exalted and supreme oourt In tbe United Kingdom. Once dead, always dead, was a role that ought to be applied to theaeTlchbornian revivalists. If you choose to go out like a candle of your own freewill, why, the world ahould stern ly decline to recognise you when you want to oome to lite again at inconvenient moments. There should be a bill brought in to declare £ertie Red burn was really dead, and then dead he ahould remain by act of parliament. The firemen did splendid work, all of the companies on both sides of the river being present In response to a general alarm. In about an hour's time the flimes were under control, and the result of the fire was learned She trembled for her unavowed lover, now the truth was upon her. "My dear," Mrs. Hesslegrave answered, her admiration for Kathleen's cleverness and power of self restraint growing deeper each minute, "you may set your mind at rest. You may rely upon my prudence. I grasp the situation. I couldn't have believed it, Kitty, but I'm very, very glad of it. What a wonderful girl you are! ) declare you really almost take my breath away!" When the question of the first payment of $5,000 to Architect Myers was reached, Mr. Norrla said he had received some of It. In answer to a question from Mr. Palmer as to whether any of the commissioners received any of the money, Mr. Morris said: "I don't want to answer that question at present." The programme opened with an overtare by the orchestra. Ihe first eesay was by Miss Ann S. Miller. It was on the snb ject, "Know Thy Opportunities." It was a well prepared paper, and the splenald style in which it was delivered added to iu merit. The essay called attention particularly to the importance of men recognizing their opportunities and grasping them. Numerous examples were given of leading characters in history who won sue cess by recognizing and taking advantage of their opportunities, as well as of other men who failed to take advantage of the opportu lltles presented to them. It appears that the flimes broke out in the cellar of the confectionery store. There was no fire or light about the placa, and their origin is a mystery. Everything of value in the cellar was ruined, and the flames blackened and charred everything in the storeroom. The fine furniture, fixtures and stock, all new, were ruined causing a loss of from $1,800 to $1,900, on which there is an insurance of $1,600. The inside of the hallway on the lower side of the building is badly charred nearly its entire length, and tbe fltmeswere just beginning to break throngh the floor into the second fl jor, whan they were arrested. As it is, Mr. Williams's household goods were mined by smoke and water, and he had no insurance. The lodge room on the third floor very fortunately escaped injury. The store of John Llewellyn also escaped with slight damage by smoke. Mr. Llewellyn could not give an estimate of the loss on the building. He carries an Insurance of $4,000, whloh will probably cover the loss. The Gazette has upheld the new county soheme from the first, believing It to be only fair to the people of the lower end, and we now congratulate them upon the snocese of their efforts, in the face of snob strong opposition as that encountered. "I dare say you do," the canon answered testily, "but that's no reason why they should be allowed to stroll about under people's heels as they walk across the Piazza. In the good old Austrian days, I'm sure, that was never permitted. Intolerable, simply I And then the band! What very inferior music I When the Austrians were here, you remember, Amelia, we had a capital bandmaster, and everybody used to come out to listen to his German tunes in the evening. The square was always gay with bright uniforms then—such beautiful coats—Austrian hussar coats—deep braided on either side and flung carelessly open. The officers looked splendid by the tables at Florio's. Venice was Venice in those days, I can tell you, before all this nonsense cropped up about united Italy." The Record says: "At this juncture it was deemed prudent to shut Norris up and he was not questioned further. It should be stated that while Norris was, as he admitted, pretty drunk, yet he was in perfect posses ilon of his faculties, and remembered every detail of the trip he took to select an architect, even to names, locations and streets." "But you think it's quite safe nowf" Mrs. Hesalegrave asked, with interest. Anything that referred to a peer of the realm had for her mind a perfectly enthralling attraction. And indeed Mrs. Hesslegrave felt it was most meritorious in Kathleen to have discovered the young man's rank so early, as of course she must have done, and to have succeeded in keeping her own counsel so well that even her mother never for a moment suspected the real rnnk of her lover, for that a lover he was Mrs. Hesslt* grave took for granted at once, now she knew the dreadful sailorman was really an earl. She would hardly have given her Kathleen credit before for so much gumption.Leaning on the parapet of the high pitched bridge. I* "He* dead, that's certain. We've got fall particulars. All hands were lost, and he must have been lost among them." "Oh, dear, yes, quite safe. Not a doubt in the world of it. You see, we've established, in the first place, the fact that the man Douglas Overton really was Bertie Red burn, which is always something. And we've established, in the second place, the complementary fact that the Saucy Sally* from London for Melbourne, went ashore on some wretched island nobody ever heard of in the Indian ocean, and that all soula on board perished, including, of course, the man Douglas Overton, who is Bertie Red burn, who is the late Lord Axmlnster. A child can see it, let alone the privilege committee." But this moment, at sight of Arnold Willoughby's bent head, with one finger twisted carelessly in the look behind his ear, the canon sat staring wildly in front of him with wide open eyes. VOTE ON THE NEW COUNTY. Exciting Scene* Attending the Final Bal- lot in the liouHe. The Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia Press writes as follows of the ballot on the Quay county bill: Toward the end of the ballot it became apparent that it won'd be very cloee. Members all over the House were kt-eplng tally and quite a aoodly number of Senators were on the floor. Senator Quay's friends in the House were untiring in their t Sorts to secure votes for the bill. Aa a 21 using recitation rendered in good style wis that entitled "A Railway Mati nee," given by Charles B. Webber. It was descriptive of an interesting incident on a railway train, and the varloas characters were well portrayed by Mr. Webber, the close attention of the audience being kept until the close. "Why, look there!" he cried, taken aback, in a voice something very little short of horror. "Looktherel Who'a that? The man on the bridge just in front of us?" Norris is now confined to his home, and visitors are refused admission to him. So far, the exaot cause of his break with the commissioners is not known, though it is believed that tronble of some kind led to his resignation. As for Kathleen, she was so fully bfcnt upon preserving Arnold WllkDughby*s secret that she never even noticed her mother's misapprehension. Her one desira now waa to keep the matter entirely from Canon Valentine and If possible to prevent their accidentally meeting. And that, she foresaw, would be no easy task, for of late, In spite of Mrs. Hesslegrave's marked coldness, Arnold had frequently called round on one errand or another, with sketches or books, at tbe lodgings by the Piazza. "What's the matter with hlmf" Mrs. Heeslegrave exclaimed, following blankly the direction of the canon's eyes. She had always been sure there must be something seriously wrong about that dreadful Willoughby man, and now they were discovering it. Could the canon have recognized him as an escaped convict or told him at a glance as the Banbury murderer? "But what could be lovelier," Kathleen exclaimed, half shocked at such treason, "than the Italian officers in their picturesque blue cloaks, the Bersaglieri especially? I declare I always tall quite in love with them." "I'm glad it's going to be settled, "Mrs. Heeslegrave remarked, with unction. "It's such a dreadful thing for poor Mr. Algernon Red burn to be kept so long, through no fault of his own, out of the money and title." DR. PARKE'S ANNIVERSARY. "Focused Force" was the title of a well written essay by Joseph A. Collier. It dealt with wonderful results of the concentration of power, in the scientific, physical and mental world. As a whole, the essay was an excellent presentation of the value of concentration of energy, especially in mental work. "Very likely," the canon answered. He was never surprised for his part at any aberration of feeling on the part of young girls since this modern education crass. It had unsexed women for him. "But the place is spoiled for all that. You should have seen it at its best, before it was vulgarized. Even St. Mark's is gilded and furbished up now out of all recognition. It's not fit to look at. Amelia, my dear, don't you agree with me, the place was far more picturesque when the Austrians had ltf" Celebrated by a Special Sermon In the First Presbyterian Church. As the laat name was called men who had been kC eplng*tally announced that the bill had 102 votes in its favor, just one lees than the number necessary to pass it. rhen a scene of great exciti ment followed, rhe friends and foes cf tbe bl 1 worked frantioally to secure the neoessary votes. Every portion of the Capitol was searched or absent members. Finally Represents tlve Smith, of Bedford, changed his vote from no to aye in the midst of a circle of wildly excited Schuylkill county men rhen Representative Wiebel, of Berks, amid cheers and applause, arose and changed his vote from nay to aye, and he was immediately followed by Repreeenta ive Ellis, of Lebanon. Sunday was the fifty-first anniversary of the beginning of Bev. Dr. Parke's ministry in Pittston, In celebration of the event the Dr. oocupled the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church in tbe morning and preached an exoellent anniversary sermon. The pnlplt presented a pretty appearance, being beautifully adorned with palms and potted plants. Special music was rendered in an attractive manner by the choir. Bev. Boss MoClements, the new pastor, In a few appropriate remarks, referred to this anniversary as a very important event in the history of the church and that of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, and congratulated the Dr. upon the vast amount of good that had been accomplished through his ministry since his settlement in the valley. He voiced the prayer of the large congregation present that he be spared to many years of usefulness in this community. Bat Canon Valentine gazed harder and mure Bioatniy man any 01 cnem. no aeiaeu Kathleen's arm with a convulsive start. But aa soon as they were Inside the bouse and Kathleso had gone op with her mother and Mia. Valentine into her pretty little bedroom to take off her bonnet the can on'a own wife gave vent explosively to a fearful and wholly unexpected disclosure. Just as she waa wondering how best to avert the misfortune of an unexpected rencontre, however, Mrs. Hesslegrave observed with her blandest smile: "Oh, dreadful," the canon assented, "dreadful, dreadful, dreadful! But there! poor Bertie never had any conscience. It was quite painful, the distressing views he used to hold on such subjects for a man In his postion. I always set it down to the gypsy blood In him. I've heard him say more than once he longed to be doing what he called something useful for the mass of the community. Long before he gave way to these abnormal longings and neglected his natural duties and ran away to sea he's told me time and again he felt a sailor's life was a life of undoubted value and usefulness to the oountry. A tailor was employed In carrying commodities from one place where they were produced to another place where they were wanted or eaten or something—consumed, I think he called it—and nobody could deny that was a good and useful thing for the people that consumed them. 'Va-y well, Bertie,' sqld I, half in Joke, don't you know. 'Then why shouldn't you go yourself and carry coals to Newcastle or whatever else may be the crying want in that line of the moment?' never dreaming, of course, {he poor silly boy would go and follow my advloe, M fee did to the letter. But there, these things oome out all right in the long run. 'There's a divinity that xhapes our ends,'as Tennyson or somebody says—ah, thank you, was it Shakespeare?—'rough hew them how me may,' and that's been the case, I say, with this Axmlnster peerage business. For the npshot of it all is that poor Bertie's dead and gone, sooner than one could reasonably have expected, and Algy's oome into the "HOME PROTECTIVE" GONE TO SMASH "Yes, it's him I" he said excitedly In • tone of blank alarm. "A good deal alter* ed, of ooome, and quite disguised beyond any other one's recognition, but it's him, sore enough! I should know him in a thousand!""We haven't seen muoh of Mr. Willoughby lately. I really think, Kathleen, I'll write this very day and Invite him to come round to tea some afternoon while the canon's with us." A Pittsburg Building and Loan Association Wrecked. Miss Eliz tbeth V. Gllmartln, another of the graduates, entertained the audience witn a recitation, "The Swan Song." This was a pretty, symphathlc selection, and it was rendered in excellent style by the young lady. "You know, my dear," she said confidentially, "that was Lord Axminster. I (eel quite sure of It. Only, of course, I wouldn't aay so, on dear Fred's account. You know dear Fred can't bear to be contradicted."A special dispatch from Pittsburg to tte New York Herald of Thursday says: "The fall of the 8tate and National Building and Loan Association has sent a thrill clear down the marrow of those that are still trembling on the b'lnk of the abyss of Insolvency. Developments within the next few days will probably reoord the seizare of several other Pittsburg concerns that are believed to be operating on the big expense fund system. Enormous salaries and reckless mismanagement are the causes that have led to the failures already, and they threaten to lead numerous others on the shoals of distress. "It's who?" Mrs. Hesslegrave faltered OUt, hardly daring to ask. The canon gasped for breath. Be oould only fast speak. "why, Bertie," he answered low, leaning forward to whisper It. Don't yoa understand f Bertie Redbnrn I The man that's dead I The late Lord Axminster!" Kathleen stood aghast with horror. She quite understood Arnold Willougbby's motives now; with a flash of intuition the minute she learned who he really was she read at onoe the reasons for his strange behavior. Something of the sort, indeed, had occurred to her as possible even before when she contrasted the man's talk and wide range of information with his supposed position in life, but now she knew who he was it all burst at once upon her. And she had loved him as the common sailor. That she had never concealed from her own heart for many days since the trip to the Lido. Hh could never say of her In future It was his rank and his artificial position in the world that had captivated her fancy. She loved him for himself. She knew it—she was certain of itl Had she not written it down in plain black and white in her diary f Yet If he were to find out now that ale* bad discovered his true name—Kathleen trembled to herself as she thought of the possible result, for she wan very much in love—he might never ask her. She wished in her heart he was really Arnold Wllloughby, the sailor painter, or that she bad never discovered the truth as to his artificial position. "Oh, very much more picturesque!" Mrs. Valentine echoed dutifully. She was a meek looking old lady, in a long, black cloak, absolutely overborne by 50 years of the canon's individuality, and she would have answered the exact opposite in perfect good faith if only she perceived the canon expected it. Irreverent young men In their cathedral town were wont to speak of her familiarly as "the prophet's donkey." Once more Kathleen darted a warning look at her mother, and once more Mrs. Hesslegrave accepted the hint blindly. In his address on "Oar Paclfij Neighbor," Frank C Abbott sketched in an interesting manner the physical natnre of the Hawaiian Islands and their political history. He gave in oompact form a great deal of valuable matter In regard to ths islands. It was a well prepared paper on a practical topio, for which he is deserving of mnch praise. "But he waa so different, the canon thought," she remarked, just to keep up the conversation wondering dimly all the while what this mystification could mean —too deep. In fact, for a quiet, respectable old lady'a fathoming. CHAPTER XL MBS. HEB6LEGKAVE The canon examined critically the facade of St. Mark's—that glorious composite facade of no particular time or style or fashion, which Kathleen admired so fervently, with its fantastic mixture of all elements alike—byzantlne, oriental, romanesque, gothic, renaissance. "Very mixed," the canon murmured, holding his head on one side, "very mixed indeed. I can't say I care for it. It's so low and squat. And how the motaicsdisfigure it!" The words were scarcely out of the Canon's month when straightway he repented of them. If this was really Bertie, he ought to have held his peace. The man wqs skulking in that case, quite evidently «kulking. Be wanted to disappear. He didn't wish to be recognised. It was no business of the canon's, then, to drag a fellow creature against his will out of voluntary retirement and so spoil Algy's chance of obtaining the peerage. On the other hand, if it wasn't Bertie, the canon should, of course, have been the last man on earth to oall attention to a likeness— really, now he came to think of it, a very remote likeness—to the late earl, and so give rise to a rumor which might prove Sejudicial in the end to Algy's position, e had cried out in the heat of the moment, in the first flush of surprise. He began to hedge at once as soon as ever he perceived, on oooler reflection, the possible consequences of his instinctive act^oa. The exoltement during this was at what might be termed a white heat. The Schuylkill County members questioned the Integrity of the count, which called Speaker Walton to make a very strong statement to the »fleet that he desired It ♦o be understood that Chief Cleik Fetterolf during the entire session had made no mistakes, and that the integrity and lonesty of the clerical force at the desk was beyond question. "Oh, you cant deoeive mel" Mrs. Valentine answered, with warmth. "I'm sure It waa Lord Axminster. And I'll tell you how I know. His features were really changed, exactly aa Fred said—he must have had something done to them. They say you can get your face molded like putty, if you choose to bear It, nowadays. But he had always a nervous trick of pulling one baok lock of hia hair aa he stood still and thought—like this, don't you know—a sort of back banded twirl, and the moment I saw him I remembered It instantly. He might walk down Bond street any morning and meet ev«fy friend be ever knew In the world, and not one in a thousand would evw suspect It was he, but Fred and I, we would know, because we saw such a lot of him as a child and were accustomed to reprove him for tbla same awkward trick of his." "The wreck of the Home Protective Asso elation Is said to be complete. Yesterday the offioers stated that $9,000 would meet the deficiency in the capital. Others claim It Is many times th's amount. There are some very good men among the officers, but they evidently know nothing of the management or the finances of the organization. Several of them have lost large sums of money tiding the concern over, and an effort was made to prevent the disaster this time in the same manner. Miss Anna M. Kane recited "The Rngglee'a Dinner Party." This was a moat humorous selection, and it was given in exceptionally good style. Miss Kane showed special talent as a reciter, and the excellent manner in which she depicted the amusing characters represented in the selection kept the audience in a continual smile. "Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father and he will shew thee," Deut xxxil, 7, was the text chosen as the foundation of Dc. Parke's remarks. It was a highly interesting history of the religions work accomplished in this community since his settlement here and also for some years before his arrival. "There can scarcely be any here this morning that can answer the roll call of t oee early days," said the Doctor, giviog the names of a large cumber of men who were prominent in religious works at that time, all of whom have passed away and gone to their reward. The First Presbyterian ohorch was the first rganlzed church in Pittston and Dr. Parke was the first settled minister. The Welsh Congregational was second. In giving a description of Pittston and surrounding country he spoke of the beautiful country roads. "There were no saloons and very few drunkards. I see more drunkards now in one day than I did at that time In • year," he said. In okalng, Dr. Parke read a list of the charter memberl of the First Presbyterian ohnrch of Pittston, with Elijah Cauch and John M. Atherton as elders. In answer to criticif.m like that poor Kathleen had nothing to say, so she wisely held her tongue. She knew when to be silent. The canon strolled on, with Mrs. Hesslegrave by his side, past Leopardo's bronze sockets, which still hold aloft the great flagstaff* of the republic in front of the marvelous church; past the oorner of 8t. Mark's, where stand the square pillars from St. Saba at Ptoiemais; past the main gate of the palace, with its sculptured design of Doge Francesco Foscarl, in cap and robes, kneeling in submission before the Hon of St. Mark; past the noble arcade* and loggias of the 1'iasr.zetta; past the two huge columns in the seaward square and down by slow degrees to the steps of the Molo. Kathleen listened in wonder, half incredulous, to his criticisms as be passed.' She was so little accustomed herself to llfiything save breathless admiration and delight at the glories of Venloe that this sfrange attitude of cold blame seemed to her well nigh unnatural. To think that any man should stand unmoved before the ▼ery faces of St. Mark and St. Theodore! The result was then announced, showing a vote of 106 yeas to 69 nays: "An Old Violin" was the unique title of an essay by Miss Blrdella Williams, which dealt with the formation of habits—good and bad—and showed how easy it is for young people to fall into bad physical and mental habits unless they art) very carefal to follow the good training which they receive in the school and elsewhere. Miss Williams's essay was especially strong in attacking the bad habits of using profanity and reading evil literature. It was a good paper and was presented in an excellent manier. Yeas—Ahrams, Ames, Baldwin, C T , Baldwin, B. J., Beam, Beyerlein, Blddle, Bolard Brown, Buckwalter. Burrell, Cochrane, Compton, Oonrade Cotton, Cruise, Culbert-on, Cartin, Curtis, Develin, Douthett, Eaton, Eby, Ellis, Kmis, Farr, Focht, Fow, Funk. Garvin, Gilmose, Gould, Grassback, Grimsby, Harrison, Hnagy, Herman, Hersfcey HoUenback, Jeffrey, Kephart, Keyser. Kidd, Kirmer, Kipp, Kratz Kunkel, LltOey. Luden, Martin, A. L., Martin, J. M., Marshall, J. H, Marshall, W. T., Mast, Merrick, Miller, Moore, J. N., Mulhl bronner, Mullin, Murphy. McAllister. Mc- Claln, McGanghey, Newman, Nickell, Niles, Page, Pascoe, Patterson, Jas , Patterson, J. K.t Patters Dn, 8. D., Pennewell, Pomeroy. Poeten, Prichard, Riven, Raymond, Reeves, Reinoehl, Ricney, Riebel, Saluiger, Salter, Saunders, Scarfe, Scott, Beyfert, Singer, Smith, R. Smith, W. C., Smith, W. O., Snively, Spangler Stineman, Underwcod, Vare, Wallace, Wan' aemacher, Weibel, West, Weyand, Wi.liams, Wilson, H. L., Wilson, J. S., Young, Zuhnder, Walton Speaker—10G. But something must be done at once to prevent this catastrophe which Mm. lies alegrave so innocently proposed to bring about. Kathleen seized her mother's arm with a nervous clutch. property and title before his time, which Is a very desirable thing to have happened, for dertie might have married a woman after hia own heart, no doubt—a sailor's Poll, for choice—and if he had, whyr one trembles to think what the children might have been like—a perfect disgrace to their ancestry!" "It Is said the association may pay about 60 per cent, provided the authorities decide that the assessment of $1 on each share for placing the stock must not be paid back If they decide that such must be returned, then the company will be hopelessly Insolvent. It Is said that the directors blame Manager J. W. Wlghtman for not keeping them better informed of the company's affairs. They subscribed $3,000 recently to tide over affairs, but It did not prove sufficient. The directors are said to be willing even ret to plaoe the oompany on a solvent basis If they oan secure the consent of the stockholders that tuey will lemaln with the company. A move In this direction will probably be made." And aa a matter of fact the moment Mrs. Valentine mentioned It Kathleen recollected perfectly that she bad often observed Arnold Wllloughby stand in just the way she mimicked, pulling a particular lock at the baok of his hair whenever he waa observant of a person's face or attentive to any element in a picture or land This is a very small planet. Sooner or later we all collide ypbq its surface. jysj for Kathleen, her first thought was one of Royalty to Arnold. If he was Lord Axminster, and of this she had now very little doubt left—the double coincidence settled it—he was trying to hide himself. He didn't wish to be recognized. That was enough for her. He desired that tils personality as Arnold Wllloughby should not be mixed up with his personality as Bertie Redbura. Therefore it was her clear duty uot to betray him in any way. She glanced nervously at her mother. Mrs. Hesslegrave had half risen from her  oveHoyed to hear that this wa$ really Mi English earl whose high birth and intiinsio nobility had discovered for them■dyW under the guise of a common sailor »nq was just about to call out, "Mr. Wllloughby, Mr. Wllloughby!" But Kathleen darted upon her suddenly such a warning glance that she withered up forthwith and held her peace devoutly. She didn't know why she was to keep silent, but she Could see from Kathleen's half imperious, half imploring look there was some good reason tor it, and Mrs. Hesslegrave was one of those rare stupid people who recognlte the fact of their own stupidity and allow themselves to be guided in emergencies \Dy others So she held her Moa, merely remarking as she sat down I failpi | 1 "Bo yon think that's Lord Axminster dressed up like that? Well, really now, Interesting!" Arnold WllYoughby's face tneanwhll? was all the time turned lb.the Opposite direction. He did see the gondola yh Kathleen nor the canon. He was engaged, in fact, in watching and ipentally photographing for artistic purposes the graceful movements of a passing barge as She swung slowly through the bridge pve* whosq balustrade Vft gauging. While Mrs spoke he turned and on without ever pbeerving them. Kext instant he was lost In the crowd that surged and swayed through the narrow palle. The danger was averted. He had »evw so muoh as Observed the canon. "Mother," she cried, much agitated, " for worlds you mustn't write! For worlds you mustn't ask him,' Oh, promise me you won't ask him,! You dont know how much depends on it. For heaven's sake, say you wont—aay you'll do aa I beg of youl" Mrs. Hese}eg*»Te smiled an acquiescent imlle. But, as for Kathleen, a flash of light broke suddenly upon her. "A sailor is employed in carrying commodities from the place where they are produced to the place where they are needed, and that nobody can deny to be on the whole a useful and a valuable function for society!" Barely this line of reasoning, were it right or wrong, sounded strangely familiar to her! And then, as she thought it over, it broke upon her like a revelation that she had heard similar words before now—from Arnold Wllloughby I From Arnold Wllloughby! From the courteous artist sailor. A strange misgiylug seised Upon her. If Lord Axminster oould disguise himself as Douglas Overton, why not also as Arnold Wllloughby? She thought at once of her sailor friend's extraordinary knowledge of art and literature tor a common sailor, of his chivalrous manners, of his demeanor which so belled his dress and his pretensions. Turning shsrply to Canon Valentine, she ventured to put all at once the dubious question: "Did Lord Axminster paint? Had he any knowledge of art, I mean?" scape. The moment she could get alone with her mother up stairs she began to speak to her seriously. "Mother," she aald in her most coaxing tone, "you were so good to take my I didn't want Canon Valentine to know who Mr. Wllloughby was—I mean, what name he calls himself—or that you and I knew blm, for I'm sure the canon waa right. Ml. Wllloughby Is Lord Axminster."Mia. Hesslegrave, much puzzled as to what all this mystification and agitation could mean, yet drew back at once and answered iu perfect good faith: Edward F. Gibbons recited in a vigorous style "The Black Horse and His Rider," a splendid selection in which Benedict Arnold figures as the principal character Cir. Gibbons did well, and sustained the reputation of the class for excellent work. "Oh, certainly, certainly, I'll do as you wish, dear, though I'm sure I don't know why. Such plot and counterplot Is a great deal too deep for a poor, simple old woman."At the Molo they called a gondola and glided in it slowly down the Grand canal. The canon thought it had fallen off since the days of the Austrians. Half the palaces were worse kept, and the other half were scraped and cleaned and redeoorated throughout in the most ridiculous Wardour street fashion. He couldn't bear to see Venice Blundell-Mapled. It was all quite depressing, But what astonished ethleen the most was the singular fact A after passing the bend In the canal by the Palazso Contarlnl, the canon seemed Almost entirely to forget in what city they Were, though this was his first day for 80 rears in the sea born city, and looking no' longer at churches or palaces began to gossip about the people he had left behind him in London. His world went with him.' They might have been in Bond street or Rotten row for any notice he took of th4 Rialto or the Ca d 'Oro. He glided pasf (fte Pondfico witnout even a single word, He pever deigned to give a glance to the School M St. Mark or the tower of San Zanlpolo.1 To Kathleen's artistic soul it was all a strange puzzle. She couldn't understand it. Had the man no eyes in his head that he could pass those arcades, tbo& exquiHlt* balconies, without even locking hp at themj " ' - ■ ; 4 "Aiu "you are going to tell us something gbout this Axminster business," Mrs. Hesslegrave remarked after a pause as they reached the front pf the arsenal on their pircuitous peregrination, which Kathleen had arranged so as to take in at one round fill the principal buildings. "Pooy deaf Lady Axminster! Has anything beeu done yet about this affair of the peerage?" "Oh, dear, yes," the canon replied, brightening up at the suggestion. "1 was coming to that. I intended to tell you all about it. Haven't you read it in the papers? We're in hopes at last we're really going to get a definite settlement." Kathleen's heart sank at the words. They were only too true. She felt sure she trust her mother's good Intentions implicitly, but she was by no means so certain she could {rust her discretion. Nays—And-ews, Bolles, Claremey, Collins, Comly, Connell, Creary, Dambly, Dixon, Dutters, Follweiler, French, Fritz, Graham, Griner, Grover, Hammond, Harshaw, Harvey, Herzng, Hicks, Hunter, James, Jennings, Kearus J., Keen, Kern A. J., Kerr, Law renee, Long. Lytlo, Mackrell, Manstie d. Mar tin 1 H., Mauren, Milliken, Moore 1). F., M ore F. N., Moore L. W„ McDonald, Mc Par lane. North, Orme, Patchin, Patterson D. H., Peltz, Reese, Ri e, Rhode C. I., Rutledge, Rutter, Schrink. Schwarz, Shuey, Smiley, Staples, Stuck, Tiffany, Tillbrook, Weaver, Weiss. Wileox, Womelsdorff, Wyatt, Zulick—67. The next number on the programme was "Presentation of Diplomas." Principal Shlel made the presentation in behalf of the School Board. In his address be tailed special attention to the fact that this class was the first to be graduated in the new city of Pittston, and also spoke of the unprecedented record made by the class in attendance and punctuality. One member of the class—Miss Kane—was neither ab sent nor tardy during the three years' course Anot er—Mtws Williams—was absent but a half day in two years, while a third member was abeent but one day in two years. Prof. Shiel said that it was not Intended that the graduates should consider their education finished, but rather they should think thai they now have in their hands the instruments with which to gCin farther education. In closing, he wished them success ia life and hoped that the r careers would be creditable to the school and to their parents. Mrs. Hesslegrave made no Immediate reply except to step forward with ine utmost gentleness and press a motherly kiss upon her daughter's forehead. TEN MIILES KILLED "Though I've always said," Mrs. Hesslegrave remarked In conclusion, "he was really In his way a most charming per son." Suffocated by Gas at the Clear Spring Colliery. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. "Oh, Kitty," she cried, gating Ijopdlflt at her, "how awfully clever of My darling, I'm so gladl AyCJ I'veWen seeing all along how much attention be was pay- IjOgyou."" Kathleen flushed up to her eyes again. It waa a way she had when C}eep}y tpoyed. And she knew her mother was very much pleased with her Indeed, for only when very much pleased did Mrs. Hesslegrave ever address her by her pet name of Ki.ttX"But that's not went on eagerly. "J wmU you to promise me. ol. 90 faithfully, you won't tell anybody who. be U or anything else about him. He wouldu't like it if yon did. Promise me, dearest, promise mel" Mrs. Hesslegrave drew to? a aeoond, lost In mazes of thought- She oould not quite undejt»anC| Queer Axmlnster being a romantic old lady, as many old ladles are. she'wove for herself on the spot a little private romance ttf bow it had all happened. Lord Axmlnster, it appeared, distrusting all womankind after hla bitter experience with Lady Bark, had oome abroad in disguise as a oommon sailor in order to look out for some girl be could really love, some girl who could really love him aa a wWty* to be loved—for bimgpli, not 'for tie fei- Kathleen, kike » ol|Y,jr girl that she was, bad dlscovbylntultion his real position In life nnder those humble surroundings h«4 fallen In love with bta aim rail In love witfc Mrs. Ifteeslegrave could understand now, what she had pever understood before, how a well conducted girl (ike her Kitty cp'ulili haye pewHW er" self to fonp a rpfljap.tte atwWffeut *DT • man apparently pweath per. Itwa? Just iik*s Kitty to. have unmasked the real earl. In her joy and pride, to think hw own daughter should have captured a peer of the realm under suoh adverse conditions hy sheer dint of insight, Mrs. Hesslegrave enoe more bent tenderly forward and kissed the wondering Kathleen a second time on her forehead. Last Friday afternoon, the fan at tbe Clear Spring colliery was stopped for four honrs, while some repairs were being made. When the fan was started again, and men entered the mine it was dlsoovered that a large quantity of gas had accumulated in the Bed Ash vein, and that ten of the fifteen mules that were in the stable in that vein were dead having been suffocated. An Italian Ones? at the Eagle Hotel [TO BE CONTINUED ) On Saturday night, Lorenzo Lorento, an Italian employed by Brenton & McCormlok, registered at the Bagle Hotel and was given a room. Early Snnday morning It was noticed that gas was escaping from his room. The door was forced, and Lorento was fonnd in an nnconsolons condltlon lying face downward. The room was filled with gas that had escaped from the gas jet, which was open. Dr. Hutchins was called and treated the man, after which he was removed to the Hospital. By evening he had so far recovered from the effeots of inhaling the gas that he was dismissed. ISlows Out tlie Gas. Good Health And a good appetite go hand in band With the loss of appetite, the system cannot long sustain itself. Thus the fortlfioa tlons of good health are broken down and t e sj stem Is liable to attacks of disease It Is In such oases that the medloal powers of Hood's Saraaparllla are clearly shown. Thousands who have taken Hood's Bar sapaiilla testify to its great merits as a purifier of the blood, its powers to restore and sharpen the appetite and promote a healthy action of the digestive organs. Thus it is, not what we sty bnt what Hood's Sarsaparllla does that tells the story and constitutes the strongest recommendation that can be urged for any medicine. Why not take Hood's gaTsaparllla now 1 "Oh, dear, yea," the canon auawered without a second '9 hesitation. '' He studied in iDrfa under a first rate painter— a fellow with one of their long winded, double barreled names—Bastien somebody it was—I never can get the hang of them." Kathleen asked no more. Her heart was strangely troubled, to sailor had spoken mgn than iance Incidentally of matleh-uepage s stiroio. uayaiiy to Arnold Willoughby made ber hold ber peace and refrain from ' blurting out 'the doubt that rose within her. If he was really Lord Axmiuster, why'it be wroijff ber to attempt to Secret, still mors 0'fcetray It. TfcV words from which she suspected pbe discovered his identity had been spoken in |n tlie most private ponvereatiop. Kathleen owldn't help framing to hwaetf pffband « pretty litwe romance, based pa the familiar Lord of Burleigh model, "He was but a landscape painter, and a village maiden she!" —a romance of bow this young man had tried to \rtn her loving a common sailor— ana, what was more, succeeded in it—and how he meant in the pn4 tQ Mtoniah the world |)v telling bej be was an earl and carrying ner off unawares to bis home in Devonshire to share the fancied glories of Mem bury castle. T here were 31 absent or not voting A **0,000 DAMAGE SUIT. Carbomlale'g New Railroad Station, William J. Jenkins Claims That Amount Carbondale, announces the AatAracife, Is at last to have a new D dfc H. depot. The contract hao been signed and work will be Immediately commenced on the foundation of a handsome station at Sevanth avenue. The subject has been talked of and from time to time rumors have been afloat, bnt nothing definite was known until last week. The building will be a one story brick structure, Cipthlc style, with stone trimminge. The dimensions are 32 by 80, feel. Tfee general oontract has bfieu awarded to Contractor Conrad of 9cranton, and that for the Interior wood work to T. C. Robinson, of Carbondale Ti e contract price is about $14,000, but it will ultimately anount to $16,000. In oourt last Friday, William J. Jenkins, of Exeter, began a suit against Exeter bor ough for $30,000. The plaintiff claims that on April 21 last, he was arrested by tbe chief of police cf Exeter, and placed In a cell in the borough lock-up, that duilng his incarceration a water pipe broke, and his cell was fl.xDded to the depth of  Inches. He caught a heavy cold as a re suit cf being compelled to remain In the cell for 28 hotirs, and was seized with rheumatism wl h which be still For i this, be demands damages E. F. HeQoyern Is his attorney. From Exeter Borough. interspersed throughout these numbers were musical selections, which, as has been stated at the outset of the article, were of special merit. There were four choruses by the school, and one selection, "Annie Laurie," by the boys. The latter, on being recalled, gave a humorous song in good style. T«e exercises as a whole were very successful, and reflect credit on all who participated as well as on ' all who assisted in their preparation. ON TO DENVER. Again "Opportunity" Knock* at Your July 3rd, 4th and 5th, excursion tickets will be sold by all lines in the east, via Chicago and the Ohioapo, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railways. "Jhicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha Short line" to Denver, Pueblo or Colorado Springs and return at one standard first class fare, plus two dollars, for the round trip. Tickets good to return nntll September 1st. Special Bide trip to points of interest throughout Colorado at reduced r tee. Sleeping car accommodations can be reeerved in advance, and the "opportunity" of extending the trip to Salt Lake, Ogden, Helena, Butte, Yellowstone Park, returning to Chicago via St. Paul, Hi offered at greatly reduoed rates. For full particulars call on any coupon tioket agent or address John B. Pott, District PassengeT Agent, Chioago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Williams port, Pa. 16m6t Door. "If Sleeping, Awake." Aa for that astute old gentleman, now be bad recovered his breath, be saw his mistake at once and faced it boldly. When Mrs. Hesslegrave jald, "60 fou think Lord AJTmrnsterV'h§D lmffiedlatejv with paXeot Self ©outroi 1 V.No,!don't. Jwh pafrlalieif. It was —a passing fancy: For a second I Imagined—merely imagined, don't you know— the man looked something Ilk? hi®- I (Suppose H was the HaV,or getup which Just' «t first deceived me. Poor Axnilnster vised tti VfreM like a Bailor when he yachted. Amelia, my dear, that was not Bertie, was Iff You could see the qiao distinctly.1'' '•Oft, dear, no, 'Mrs. valentine echoed U\ a Voice of profound conviction. "Not (he least bit yke himl'* canon frowned Blightly. Amelia had bettered fcer lnstr\ictiona unhidden. He was the least bit like him, else why should the canon have mistaken him at first sight for his kinsman Bertie f But not very like. Death of Major Broadhead, Major William H. Broadhead, one of Wilkes barn's beat residents, di,ed lMt Friday, Ijje bad sot in good health for than 4 year, but It wa« not generally known that hla condition wan terlona, and the announcement of hla $eath la a aad to hla Irlenda. Major Broadhead waa thirty eight years old He waa born In Philadelphia, and waa employed hy various aoal eompanlea nntll 1893, whan he waa elected to the Legislature from the First Lnz rne District (Wllkesbam) Later he became a coal salesman and spent mnch time 1q Wew York. For three yean he was captain of the Sujgar Noto'n military company and later waia elected Major of the First Battalion of the ninth Regiment. On Deo 5 th last he waa married to Mlaa Mary Van- Taaael, of Berwick. t»V A RUNAWAY CAR. Frank Davltt, an Oregon lloy, Meets Frank Davltt, aged fourteen, son of Frank Davltt, of Oregon, employed as a driver boy In No. 0 colliery of the  vanla Coal Company, was struck by a run away rat on Monday, and so badly Injured that he dleil In a few mlcutee. Ueath In No. G Shaft. Luzerne Will Fight Quay ALL ItlDS REJECTED. "That's well," Mrs. Hesslegraveechoed, with a sympathetic smirk. Mtyhat'febettig done bout It po\v) We liaveu'l seen a pa* per .(n this benighted place for weeks and treeks, doa't you know, except, of course,' Galfgnanl. It's really quite dreadful bow 6nn falls behind the times all most Important and Interesting things that Are gdlng on In England!" : " ! s The canon looked big. This appeal fiat- him. He liked to feel he came prtmed With news about t best people.' ''Weil',' jve'Ve' taken the thing to the ot lords," he said, with as much delight pa it be were himself the appellant. "Poor Algy has claimed the peerage on the ground that his cousin Bertie is dead, as I told you. We've reduced success to a practical oertsintv. The lords will ndtndlcata on pis claim in a week or two, but it s a Ibregone conclusion. I'm very glad, I must say. for Aim 's Bake and for bis wife's too. Couuty, The County Commissioners Say They Were The uiierne Conmy Commlssloneis met to dlscnss the passage by the . Legislature of the Quay county bill. They decided to visit the Governor before be decides as to signing the bill, and have secured Jnne 18, at 1 p. m., for a hearing. The Commls qjoneis expect the Schnylklll connty people who have been fighting the bill to j Din them in keeping np the straggle to the end It isn't stated who is to pay the expenses of fighting Qaay county, but the money will probably oome ont of the Lnzerne oonnty treasury. Too High. And while now she wondera blindly, Nor the weaaiug ekn divw. Proud fy turns he round and kindly, "All of this W mine add thine." In the matter of the bids for the erec tlonofthenew court house, the County Commissioners decided to Tejact them all, on the ground that they are too high. They refused to make the bids public. 'Twas a' torn antic' little day dream. To say the truth, Kathleen r4gafdiC\ \tf ynly as such, for as Jet she tyaq no positive reason tq believe Arnbfd Willo\yjhby even loved he*- had tut guessed it instinctively with 'f, woman's intuition. And as to bis real paaltion in life she knew absolutely nothing. The singular coincidence in thought and phrase between the things be had said to ber and the things the canon repeated as Lord Axminlster's sayings was Indeed close enough, but it might be accidental. No human being is ever really unique. 'Every thought and feeling we (an have jomebody else baa bad You would call a man a fool, to try to rnn an engine wl h a crooked piston rod Yet yon are attempting that when yon live wi'h your system in a disordered condition. 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