Pittston Gazette

              _ / *8TABL,ISIt VOL. XL.VII :I)I850. ( NO. 3» f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO* PA., FRIDAY. MAY 8, 1896. k Weekly local and Family Journal. {•1i(S?I2?Z5S£ stairs with her client, and waited to see for enjoying all my luxuries, while you. her seated in the yellow chariot. When ' who want them so much more thau I, she came upstairs again she was slightly j have none of them—hardly know what out of breath, and she had resumed that' they ara like—do you, dearest?—for my superior manner that Bella had found scamp of a father began to go to the jo crashing. ! dogs soon after you were married, and - - •»—_!«»»- — • -■ Yes, they were uncanny, certainly, the pair of the—she so like an aristocrtic witch in her withered old age; he of no particular age, with a face that was mora like a waxen musk than any human countenance Bella had ever seen. What did it meant Old a£e is venerable, and worthy of reverence; and Lady Ducayne had been very kind to her. Dr. Parravicini was a harmless, inoffensive student, who seldom looked up from the book that he was reading. He had his private sitting room, where he made experiments in chemistry and natural science—perhaps in alchemy. What could it matter to Bella? He had always been polite to her, in his far off way. She could not be more happily placed than she was—in this palatial hnivAl viUi fJaio 4*1*1 Itulu (lAnn T ATlV "nun A V XT U the world as companion to some fine 'jrUUl' liAll I UlJbAliXri lady had rooted itself into Bella's mind, and although she idolized her mother, and although the parting of mother and Dunn*. , j , , daughter must needs tear two loving ??11C58to? had made °P hCT hearts into shred., the girl longed for nind that her only chance of earning enterprise and change and excitement, ler bread and helping her mother to an „ the q{ old 1q* d t kni hte tcoasional crust was by going out into m gtart for th„ Land «reak «"*' anjm°wn world as companion a lance with the inftdei; »a lady. She was willing to go to any , , , ady rich enough to pay her a salary, She d°J™»ta»» *nd so eccentric as towish for a hired ?Te£ h" Pitman knocked, only companion. Five shillings told oft re- J? 1)6 ld for *?n Tw'ly luctantly from on. of those sovereigns he smudgy-faced dredge who picked up which were so rare with the mother the letters from the passage floor. and daughter, and which melted away *°thlnf for /on: mi"' fTTZln* *D quickly, five solid shillings had been odging house drudge, till at last Belb, handed to a smartlv-dressed ladv in an took h#art of 8**°° and talked up tc office in Harbeck Street, W., in the Harbeck Street, and asked the Superio; hope that this very Superior Person how it was that no situation hac would find a situation and i salary for *f»fo™d [OT her- „ u n Mis. Bolleston You are too young," said the Person The Superior Person glanced at the 'and you want a saiary. two half crowns as they lay on the co1ur9e 1 ?°C angered Bella table where Bella's hand had placed "don t other people want salaries? hem, to make sure that they were nei- \ "*0UnS ladies of your age general her of them florins, before she wrote a wa" .a . °™e' ieecription of Bella's qualifications and don t, snapped Bella, ■equipments in a formidable-looking helP mother. fxl&QY "You can call again this day week,1 "Ager she asked, cnrtly. .» «fid the *er8°n; "°r-if J hear C* «£ 'Eighteen, last July." f* thing in th« meantime, I will write to Any aocoinnlishmeniaf you. "No; iTTt at all accomplished. , No letter came from the Person, and [f I were I should want to be a govern- i a weekBellaputon her neatD»e—a companion seems the loweet «t hat, the one that had been  ltage .. j caught in the rain, and trudged off tc "We have some highly accomplished j Harbeck Street. ladies on our books as companions, or *t waa a October afternoon, ant chaperon companions." . there was a greyness in the air whicl "Oh. I know!" babbled Bella, loqua- might turn to fog before night ThC cious in her youthful candor. "But Walworth Road shops gleamed brightlj that is quite a diffeiynt thing. Mother through that grey atmosphere, ant hasn't been able to afford a piano since though to a young lady reared in May I was twelve years old, so I'm afraid I have forgotten how to play. And I have had to help mother with her nee dlework, so there hasn't been mucl time to study." lovely scene—as l suppose one nngut get tired of looking at one of Turner's pictures if it hung on a wall that was always opposite one. I think of you every hour in every day—think of you and our homely little room—our dear little shabby parlor, with the arm-chairs from the wreck of your old home, and Dick singing in his cage over the sewing machine. Dear, shrill, maddening Dick, who, we flattered ourselves, was so passionately fond of us. Do tell me in your next that he is well. tn© ittKB, ana somo ovw vuv hills and in the meadows where the spring flowers made earth seem Paradise, Bella's spirits and looks improved as if by magic. Prof. Coles for May. ANOTHER VIEW. (From Storms and Signs.) A Trifle Costly. Bat the Result Is Host BT MISS BRADDON. Here we are again In the charming month of May, with earth passing throngh sign Scorpion—the Scorpion, opposed by sign Tanrne—the Ball; with the planets Satnrn and Uranus on the earth's side and old Red Warrior Mars controlling the sign Aqnariue—the Waterman who will pour out the rain upon the just and no j net I Terrible floods and tornadoes, cyclones and cloudbursts will visit many sections of the conntry, especially in the Southern and Western states. Frost will make sad havoc with frnit buds In many states. Snow storms and hall storms, high winds and atrange phenomena will ocour In many Motions. May will nndobtedly give us many surprises; for upon the 14th day of April the young moon was three and one-halt degrees farther North than ever before Indicated by the Lunar R iys photographed in the Vlb ameter. R-member, dear reader, that we do not make the conditions that we are enabled by the Electric Eye to forsee and that we are in no manner responsible for them The terrible condltljos that were foreseen and predicted for April came true and now we warn you to watoh out for more surprises during the present month. Commendable. (Wilkesbarre Leader.) "Yon may think yourself nncommon-! since then life has been all trouble and y lucky, Bella Rolleston," Bhe said. "I care and struggle for you." have dozens of young ladies on my 1 This letter was written when Bella books whom I might have recommend- had been less than a month at Cap Ferod for this situation—but I remembered rino, before the novelty had worn off having told you to call this afternoon— | the landscape, and before the pleasure and I thought I would give you a of luxurious surroundings had begun to chance. Old Lady Ducayne is one of cloy- She wrote to her mother every the best people on the books. She gives week, such long letters as gills who her companion a hundred a year and have lived in closest companionship pays all traveling expenses. You will with a mother alone can write; letters live in the lap of luxury." that are like a diary of heart and mind. "A hundred a year! How too lovely 1 She wrote gaily always, but when the Shall I have to dress very grandly? n0w year began Mrs. Rolleston thought Does Lady Ducayne keep much com- 8^e detected a note of melancholy under pany?" all those lively details about the place "At her age! No, she lives in seclu- anC* the people. sion—in her own apartments—her "My poor girl is getting homesick," French maid, her footman, her medical "he thought. "Her heart is in Bere» attendant, her courier." ■ ford Street." Why did those other companions might be that she missed her nev leave herf' asked Bella. [ friend and companion, Lotta Stafford "Their health broke down." "Poor things! And so they had to leavef "It is a wonderful tonic," she said, but perhaps in heart of hearts she knew that the doctor's kind voice, and the friendly hand that helped her in and out of the boat, and the watchful care that went with her by land and lake, had something to do with her cure. When Abendego Reese was In offioe ha thought that a number of constables and justloes of the peace In the oounty were putting In ezceesive bills and wanted to atop the practice. He consulted the commissioners in the affair and they told him to go ahead and hire a detective and pat him to work. The commissioners did not know whom he had employed until his offioe was declared illegal, when he handed over the reports to them. He had employed the Barring-MoSweeney agency on the case. So when the court instructed the gTand jury and they recommneded that detectives be employed to stop the carnival of orlme which was then going on In this oounty, they re-employed the Barring people. "I hope you don't forget that her mother makes mantles," Lotta said, warningly. "My friend Lotta and her brother never came back after all. They went from Pisa to Rome. Happy mortals L And they are to be on the Italian lakes in May; which lake was not decided when Lotta last wrote to me. She has been a charming correspondent, and has confided all her little flirtations to me. We are all to go to Bellaggio next week—by Genoa and Milan. Isn't that lovely? Lady JDucayne travels by the easiest stages—except when she is bottled up in the train de luxe. We shall stop two days at Genoa and one at Milan. What*a bore I shall be to you with my talk about Italy when I come home. "Or match-boxes; it is just the same thing, so far as I am concerned." "You mean that in no circumstances could you think of marrying her?" "I mean that if ever I love a woman well enough to think of marrying hei^ No doubt she missed the young English girl who had been so friendly, and it might be that she missed the girl's brother, for Mr. Stafford had talked to her a great deal—had interested himself in the books she was reading, and her manner of amusing herself when she was not on duty. "? iy There were then four or five murderers who had not been apprehended and at large. The Barney Reick case was one that was committed In the heart of the oity and had created such a sensation that the detectives went to work on that first. Notwithstanding the deliberate perjury by a number of persons, Hendricks was found guilty of murder in the second degree and Robinson pleaded guilty likewise. "I want to "You must come to our little salon when yoa are 'off,' as the hospital nurses call it, and we can have some music. No doubt you play and sing?" upon which Bella had to own with a blush of shame that she had forgotten how to play the piano ages ago. "Yen, they had to leave. I suppose yon would like a quarter's salary in advance?""Love and love—and ever more love from your adoring, Bella." Herbert Stafford and his sister had often talked of the pretty English girl with her fresh complexion, which made such a pleasant touch of rosy color among all those sallow faces at the Grand Hotel. The young doctor thought of her with a compassionate tenderness—her utter loneliness in that great hotel where there were so many people, her bondage to that old, old woman, where everybody else was free to think of nothing but enjoying life. It was a hard fate; and the poor child was evidently devoted to her mother, and felt the pain of separation—"only two of them, and very poor, and all the world to each other," he thought. "Oh, yes, please. I shall have things to buy." The first regular storm period will appsar between the 23 and 6 ;h. Rain, snow, sleet and hall with high winds In many sections. The N ;rthern winds may blow down some surprises for ue. White showers may be anting the number. Scattering storms will prevail between the 7th and 10th. The second regular storm period—see Storm and 8ign Calendar— will oocur between the 12th and 17th. Be on yonr guard ! Watch for tornadoes and cyclones, especially in the scnthern and western states. Drizzling rains and fonl weather may be looked for between the 19th and 22d. "Very well. I will write for Lady Ducayne's check, and I will send yon the balance, after deducting my commission for the year." '"Mother and I used to sing duets sometimes between the lights, without accompaniment," she said, andthe tears came into her eyes as she thought of the humble room, the half hour's respite from work, the sewing machine standing where a piano ought to have been, and her mother's plaintive voice, so sweet, so true, so dear. The commissioners claim that the Court, after the trial of Bendrlcks, said no matter how mnoh money bad been expended, it had brought forth the results of breaking up and putting away one of the moet desperate gangs that ever operated in this vicinity. The Windlsh oase was also Investigated, as were a number of others. While $25,000 seems like an immense amount of m -ney to psy out In several years to detectives, the claim Is made that never In the history of the county will so many murders be committed in the same length of tlm». The bills of the detectives Include all witness feee, some from New Jersey, New York and a number from the New England States, costs of requisitions, subpoenas and attorneys' costs, so that of the whole amount paid the detective agency for tie two years' work for themselves and men was less than $10,000 "what a vampire!" "To be sure, I had forgotten the commission."riches or rank will count lor notning with me. But I fear—I fear your poor friend may not live to be any man's wife." "You don't suppose I keep this office for pleasure?" "Of course not," murmured Bella, remembering the five shillings entrance fee; but nobody could expect a hundred a year and a winter in Italy for fire shillings. Sometimes she found herself wonder- "Do you think her so very illf' He sighed, and left the question unanswered.III I Ijj CHAPTER VTL CHAPTER III. One day, while they were gathering hyacinths in an upland meadow, Bella told Mr. Stafford about her unpleasant dream. "Please don't waste time npon explaining what yon can't do, bnt kindly ! tell me what yon can do," said the Sn- ! parior Person, crnshingly, with her pen poind between delicate fingers waiting to write. "Can yon read alond for two or three hours at a stretch? • Are yon active and handy, an early riser, a good walker, sweet tempered and obliging!""I  "From Miss Rolleston, at Cap Ferrino, to Mrs. Rolleston, in Beresford Street, Walworth. Lotta told him one morning that they were to meet again at Bellagio. "The old thing and her conrt are to be there before we are," she said. "I shall be charmed to have Bella again. She is so bright and gay—in spite of an occasional tonch of home-sickness. I never took to a girl on a short acquaintance as I did to her." The third regular storm period will appear between the 25th and 30th, when hard storms and electrical phenomena may be looked for. Accidents and horrible deeds continue. Strikes, and all sorts of bad feelings will exist until after tae 20 h, and then comes a obange. "LADY DUCAYNE." "It is curious only because it is hardly like a dream," she said. "I dare say yon could find some common-sense reason for it. The position of my head on my pillow, or the atmosphere, or some thing." "How I wish yon could see this place, dearest; the bine sky, the olive woods, the orange and lemon orchards between the cliffs and th« sea—sheltering in the hollow of the great hills—and with summer waves dancing up to the narrow ridge of pebbles and reeds which is the Italian idea of a beach! Oh, how I wish you could see it all, mother dear, and bask in this sunshine, that makes it so difficult to believe the date at the head of this paper. November! The air is like an English June— the sun is so hot that I can't a few yards without an umbrella. And to think of you at Walworth while I am here! who had gone with her brother for a little tonr to Genoa and Spezzia, and as far as Pisa. They were to return before February; but in the meantime Bella might naturally feel very solitary among all those strangers, whose man ners and doings she described so well. "I like her best when she is home sick," said Herbert; "for then I am sure she has a heart." And then she described her sensations ; how in the midst of sleep there came a sudden sense of suffocation; and then those whirring wheels, so loud, so terrible; and then a blank, and then a coming back to waking consciousness. The unusual position of the planets on and after the -0th will have a great ten dency to bring about better conditions of the weather, better conditions of fiaanoe a ad batter conditions all around. can say yes those questions (inept about the sweetness. 1 think I nave a pretty good temper, and I should bo anxious to oblige anybody who paid far my services. I should want them to feel that I was really earning my salary." to all The commissioners were compelled by public sentiment ani the finding of the grand jury to employ detectives, and now since all the most Important cases have been disposed of, they have revoked the oontraet with Barring and McSweeney. CHAPTER IV. "What have you to do with hearts, except for dissection? Don't forget that Bella is an absolute pauper. She told me in confidence that her mother makes mantles for a West-end shop. You can hardly have a lower depth than that." The mother's instinct had been true. Bella was not so happy as she bad been in that first flush of wonder and delight which followed the change from Walworth to the Riviera. Somehow, she knew not how, lassitude had crept upon her. She no longer loved to climb the hills, no longer flourished her orange stick in sheer gladness of heart as her light feet skipped over the rough ground and the coarse grass on the mountain side. The odor of rosemary and thyme, the fresh breath of the sea. no longer filled her with rapture. She thought of Beresford Street and her mother's face with a sick longing. They were so far—so far away! And then she thought of Lady Ducayne, sitting by the heaped up olive logs in the overheated salon—thought of that weazened, nutcracker profile, and those gleaming eyes, with an invincible horror. "Have you ever had chloroform given yon—by a dentist, for instance?" "NOT ▲ LOVE AFFAIR, I HOPEr Ihe air will be filled with czine and life will be worth the living. Some of the days will be so full of enjoyment as to cause men to feel well. fair or Belgravia such snop-windows would have been unworthy of a glance, they were a snare and temptation for Bella. There were so many things that she longed for, and wonld never be able to buy. — "Never. Dr. Parravicini asked me that question one day." "The kind of ladies whc come to me would not care for a talkative companion," said the Person, severely, having finished writing in her book. "My connection lies chiefly among the aristocracy, and in that class considerable deference is expected." "WITH YEARNING FYES "I shouldn't think any less of her if her mother made match-boxes." "Not in the abstract—of course not. Match boxes are honest labor. But you couldn't marry a girl whose mother makes mantles." To Contest Judge Handler's Will. (Scranton Republican.) LOOKING WESTWARD." "Lately?" "No; long ago, when we were in the train de luxe." The "Ember Days," falling du9 this month upon the following dates: 27th, 29ch and 30-h, will cense some very great changes In tbe produce and stock markets. Let merchantmen make a note of the *bove and govern themsalvee accordingly is a rising tendency Is indicated. The lntloatlons at this time will rale the markets cor three months. "I could cry at the thought that perhaps yon will never see this lovely coast, this wonderful sea, these summei flowers that bloom in winter. There is a hedge of pink geraniums under my window, mother—a thick, rank hedge, as if the flowers grew wild—and there are Dijon roses climbing over arches and palisades all along the terrace—a rose garden full of bloom in November! Just picture it all t You could never imagine the luxury of this hotel. It is nearly new, and has been built and decorated regardless of expense. Our rooms are upholstered in pale blue satin, which shows up Lady Ducayne's parchment complexion; but as she sits all day in a corner of the balcony basking in the sun, except when she is in her carriage, and all the evening in her armchair close to the fire, and never sees ing whether she would see that beloved mother fcgain. Strange forebodings came into her mind. She was angry with herself for giving way to melan choly thoughts. The natural heirs of the late Judge Handley, of whom there are a number, mostly having their homes in Ireland, some of them in moet humble clrcnmstanoes "Has Dr. Parravicini prescribed for you since you began to feel weak and ill?" Harbeck Street is apt to be empty at this dead season of the year, a long, long street, an endless perspective of eminently respectable houses. The Person's office was at the further end. and Bella looked down that long, grey vista almost despairingly, more tired than usual with the trudge from Walworth. As she looked, a carriage passed her, an old-fashioned, yellow chariot, on tee springs, drawn by a pair of high grey horses, with the stateliest of coachmen driving them, and a tall footman sitting by his side. "Oh, of course,' said Bella; "but it's quite different when I'm talking to you. I want to tell you all about myself once and forever." "We haven't come to the consideration of that question yet," answered Herbert, who liked to provoke his sister. "Oh, he has given me a tonic from time to time, but I hate medicine and took very little of the stuff. And then I am not ill. only weaker than I used to be. I was ridiculously strong and well when I lived at Walworth, and used to take long walks every day. Mother made me take those tramps to Dulyrich or Norwood, for fear I should suffer from too much sewing-machine; sometime—but very seldom—she went with me. She was generally toiling at home while I was enjoying fresh air and exercise. And she was very careful about our food—that, however plain it was, it should be always nourishing and ample. I owe it to her care that I grew up such a great, strong creature." CHAPTER V, others prosperous in a quiet way, are about to oontest the will of the late Judge Handley with a view to securing their rights under the laws of this State. To this end Mr John H. Hnbbell, of the well-known and aggresslvs law firm of J. H. Hnbbell & Co. of New York, Is preeent In this olty as attorney In faot for the heirs; He has retained in the case the firm of Jessup & Hand- of this olty, and Attorney George H. Starr, of Naw York, to look after the interests of the heirs In the oourts of this State. The Jessup & Hand firm haye filed a bill in equity in the olronlt court of the United States for the Western distrlot of Pennsylvania to obtain an adjudication of their rights as hein at law of the late Judge Handley. One day Bella questioned Lady Ducayne's French maid about those two companions who had died within three years. In two years' hospital practice he had seen too much of the grim realities of life to retain any prejudices about rank. Cancer, phthisis, gangrene, leave a man with little respect for the outward dif ferences which vary the husk of humanity. The kernel is always the same —fearfully and wonderfully made—a subject for pity and terror. "I am glad it is to be only once I" said the Person, with the edges of her lips. The Pefson was of uncertain age, tightly laced in a black silk gown. She had a powdery complexion and a handsome clump of somebody else's hair on the top of her head. It may be that Bella's girlish freshness and vivacity had an irritating effect upon nerves weakened by an eight-hour day in that overheated second floor in Harbeck "They were poor, feeble creatures," Francine told her. "They looked fresh and bright enough when they came to Mil&dt; but they ate too much, and they were lazy. They died of luxury and idleness. They had nothing to do; and so they took to fcncying things; fancying the air didn't suit them, and they couldn't sleep. Jurors Drawn for Jane. The following jurors were yesterday Irawn for Common Pleas Court: CamON PLEAS, MONDAY, JUNK 1. "It looks like the fairy god-mother's coach," thought Bella. "I shouldn't wonder if it began by being a pumpkin."Pitteton—James Lang an, engineer; Joseph Haffaer, barber; A E Case, merchant; Edward J Morris, engineer. Avooa—Martin Murphy, m jrohant. Jenkins—J jhn E.Tennant, tax oollector; Tjomaa Young, farmer. Visitors at the hotel had told her that the air of Cape Ferrino was relaxingbetter suited to age than to youth, to sickness than to health. No doubt it was so. She was not so well as she had been at Walworth; but she told herself that she was suffering only from the pain of sepiration from the dear companion of her girlhood, the mother who had been nurse, sister, friend, flatterer, all things in this world to her. She had shed many tears over the parting, had spent many a melancholy hour on the marble terrace with yearning eyes looking westward, and with her heart's desire a thousand miles away. Mr. Stafford and his sister arrived at Bellaggio in a fair May evening. The sun was going down as the steamer approgphed the pier; and all that glory of purple bloom which curtains every wall at this season of the year flushed and deepened in the glowing light A group of ladies were standing on the pier watching the arrivals, and among them Herbert saw a pale face that startled him out of his wonted composure. "I sleep well enough, but I have had a strange dream several times since I have been in Italy." SCx»«t. To Bella the official apartment. It was a surprise when she reached with its Brussels carpet, velvet curtains the Person s door to find the yellow chaand velvet chairs, and French clock, riot standing before it, and the tall footttcking loud on the marble chimney- man waiting near the doorstep. She fisoe, suggested the lnxnry of a palace, was almost afraid to go in and meet the as compared with another second floor owner of that splendid carriage. She in Walworth where Mrs. Eolleston and caught only a glimpse of its occuher daughter had managed to exist for P811' 1,8 the chariot rolled by, a plumed the last six years. bonnet, a patch of ermine. "Do you think you have anything on The Person's smart page ushered her your books that would suit mef' fal- upstairs and knocked at the official door. tered Bella after a pause "Miss Rolleston," he announced, apolo"Oh, dear, no; I have nothing in getically while Bella waited outside view at present," answered the Person, , "Show her in, said the Person, quickwho had swept Bella's half crowns 7: and then Bella heard her murrnnrinto a drawer absent mindedly, with fmethlng ln a low V01ce to her the tips of her fingers. "You see, you e - , ,, „ . \ Bella went in fresh, blooming, a livare so very unformed—so much to© . , ., ,. ° , . . vJ, , , . . , ing image of youth and hope, and be' j. - , 14 y ° fore she looked at the Person her gaze .aHnn fnPr ly.y was riveted by the owner of the chaenough education for a nursery govern- . . nroknbfv »y ** more ™ your 'ine' Never had she seen anyone as old as «* J a 1L1 . ... .„ . the old lady sitting by the Person's fire; And do you think it will be very m Httle old figure wrapped from chin ky}Dlf0!r' y°u** me a situation!" to fettinan ermine ; a withered, aaked la, doubtfully. old face under a plumed bonnet—a face I really cannot say. Have you any waated by age that it seemed only a particular reason for being so impatient pair Qf eyes and a paaked chin. The ?.» ,* "°Pe't nose was peaked, too, but between the A love affair 1 cri®Cl Bella, with gharply pointed chin and the great, flaming cheeks. utter non- fining eyes, the small, aquiline nose ■ansa. I want a situation because wa8 hard.v visible. mother is poor, and I hate being a bur- | den to her." j "This is Miss Rolleston, Lady Du"There won't be much margin for oayne." sharing in the salary you are likely to Claw-like fingers, flashing with jewels, get at your age—and with your—very— lifted a double eyeglass to Lady Du unformed manners," said the Person, eayne's shining black eyes, and through who found Bella's peony cheeks, bright the glasses Bella saw those unnaturally eyea and unbridled vivacity mora and bright eyes magnified to a gigantic size, any one but her own people, her complexion matters very little. Wyoming—James Egan, laborer; Charks Kraus, carriage painter. "Ah, you had better not begin to think about dreams, or you will be like those other girls. They were dreamers —and they dreamt themselves into the cemetery." . "You don't look great or strong now, yon poor dear,'' said Lotta. "I'm afraid Italy doesn't agree with me." "She has the handsomest suite of rooms in the hotel. My bedroom is inside hers, the sweetest room—all blue satin and white lace—white enamelled furniture, looking glasses on every wall, till I know my pert little profile as I never knew it before. The room was really meant for Lady Ducayne's dressing room, but she ordered one of the blue satin couches to be arranged as a bed for me—the prettiest little bed— which I can wheel near the windows on sunny mornings, as it is on castors and easily moved about I feel as if Lady Ducayne was a funny old grandmother, who had suddenly appeared in my life, very, very rich, and very, very kind. West Pittston—George Johnson, land agent. Hli Record a Safeguard For the Future. COMMON PLEAS. MJNDAT, ZVSK 8 Pittston township—George Kinfer, snperintendent.(Shickshinny Echo.) The dream troubled her a little, not because it was a ghastly or frightening dream, bat on accoant of sensations which she had never felt before in sleep—a whirring of wheels that went ronnd in her brain, a great noise like a whirlwind, bnt rhythmical like the ticking of a gigantic clock; and then in the midst of this uproar as of winds and waves she seemed to sink into a gnlf of unconsciousness, out of sleep into far deeper sleep—total extinction. And then, after that blank interval, there had come the sound of voices, and then again the whirr of wheels, louder and —and once more the blank—and then ■he knew no more till morning, when she awoke, feeling languid and op pressed. "There she is," murmured Lotta, at hia elbow, "but bow dreadfully changed. She looks a wreck," "Perhaps it is not Italy, bnt being cooped up with Lady Ducayne that has made you ill." Hon. E. A. Ooray, who represented the Seoond dlstrlet for two terms at Harrisburg, has deolded to again enter the raoe for Representative. Mr. Ooray's course in the Legislature was eminently satisfactory to the district and in coming before the voters again he does S3 with the assutance of having faithfully discharged the responsibility placed npon him by his (lection. As a member of the lower house he was diligent and attentive to his duties, never attempted to assnme the role of a bass and kept in oloae tonoh with the people he repressnted. He allowed himself to be dictated to by hia own constituents and on all Important measures showed himself to be independent in his aotlon. Tae Republicans of the Second district will find Mr. Ooray a safe man to tie to at this time. There will be no fear that he will not own himself. Hia rapid in the past is a safeguard for the "But I am never cooped up. Lady Ducayne is absurdly kind, and lets me roam about or sit in the balcony all day if I like. 1 have read more novels since I have been with her than in all the rest of mv life." •Then she is very different from the average old lady, who is usually a slave-driver," said Stafford. "I wonder why she carries a companion about with her, if she has so little need of society." Wyoming—William Rhodes, engineer. West Pittston—El ward Mercur, lumber man. They were shaking hands with her a few minutes later, and a flush had lighted up her poor pinched face in the pleasure of meeting. She was sitting in her favorite spot, an angle at the eastern end of the terrace, a quiet little nook sheltered by orange trees when she heard a couple of Riviera habitues talking in the garden below. They were aitting on a bench against the wall. J inking— William Mitchell, grocer. L fl.n—John T Reed, tax collector. Hngheetown—T. P. Ovens, clerk ; David P. Williams, miner. 'I thought you might come this eve ning," she said. "We have been here a week." She did not add that she had been there every evening to watch the boat in, and a good many times during the day. The Grand Bretagne was close by, and it had been easy for her to creep to the pier when the boat bell rang. She felt a joy in meeting these people again; a sense of being with friends; a confidence which Lady Ducayne's good ness had never inspired in her. Pittston—Robert Williams, barber. Jure 15, 1896 Exeter township—J as. McOloskey, laborer.She had no idea of listening to their talk, till the sound of Lady Ducayne's name attracted her, and then she lis tened without any thought of wrong do ing. They were talking no secretsjust casually discussing an hotel ac quaintance. "She is not at all exacting. I read alond to her a good deal, and she dozes and nods aa I read. Sometimes I hear her moaning in her sleep—as if she had troublesome dreams. When she is tired of my reading she orders Francine, her maid, to read a French novel to her, and I hear her chnckle and moan now and then, as if she were more interested in those works than in Dickens or Scott My French is not good enough to follow Francine, who reads very quickly. Lady Ducayne often tells me to run away and amuse myself; I roam about the hills for hours. Everything is sa lovely. I lose myself in olive woods, always climbing up and up towards the pine woods above, and above the pines there are the snow mountains that just disclose their white peaks above the dark hills. "Oh, I am only part of her state. She is inordinately rich—and the salary she gives me doesn't count. Apropos of Dr. Parravicini, I know he is a clever doctor, for he cures my hor rid mosquito bites." Avoca—W. H. Hollister, merchant; Robert Anderson, carpenter; Arohle Mc- Qneen, miner. West Pltteton—Thos. Docherty, miner; 3. B. Bennett, coal operator. They were two elderly people whom Bella only knew by sight. An English clergyman who had wintered abroad for half his lifetime; a stout, comfortable well-to-do spinster, whose chronie bronchitis obliged her to migrate annu ally. * She told Dr. Parrwricini of her dream one day, on the only occasion when she wanted his professional advice. She had suffered rather severely from the mos quitoes before Christmas—and had been almost frightened at finding a wound upon her arm which she could only at tribute to the venomous sting of one of these torturers. He put on his glasses and scrutinized the angry mark on the round, white arm, as Bella stood before him and Lady Ducayne, with her sleeve rolled up to her elbow. "Oh, you poor darling, how awfully ill you must have been," exclaimed Lotta, as the two girls embraced. "A little ammonia would do that, in the early stage of the mischief, but there are no mosquitoes to trouble you now." Pitts ton—Thomia O'Brien, Patrick Ohnrchfiild, monlder. Maroy—Chaa. Marcy, clerk. Pitta ton township—Thomas lfangsn, pnmp in iner. merchant; Bella tried to answer, but her voice was choked with tears. "Oh, yea, there are; I had a bite just before we left Cap Ferrino." "What has been the matter, dear? That horrid influenza, 1 suppose?" "I have met her about Italy for the last ten years." said the lady; "bnt have never found out her real age." She pushed np her loose lawn sleeve, and exhibited a scar, which he scrutinized intently, with a surprised and pnzzled look. JOKE 22,1E96, .eabarre & Northern Railroad. .(Dallas Poet.) V "No, no, I have not been ill—I have only felt a little weaker than I used to be. I don't think the air of Cap Ferrino quite agreed with me." Mercy— Jerry 11. Grey, engineer. W?st II ston—Joe. H. Andrews, editor; M. A. Kelly, merohan'; R. 8. Poole, bookkeeper."I put her down at a hundred—not a year less," replied the parson. "Her reminiscences all go back to the Regen cy. She was evidently then in her eenith; and I have heard her say things that showed she was in Parisian society when the First Empire was at its bestbefore Josephine was divorced." (itls announoed on what seems good authority that the recently organized Wllkeebarre & Northern Ballroad Oo. is about to begin operations. At any rate right of way settlements are being negotiated, and judging from the great number of foreign laborers that are gathering hereabouts, the word must have gone out to prepare for work. Engineers have been working on the road slnoe mid-winter, and it is said that a satisfactory looatlon has been made, althongh many engineering problems hayebeen presented. The Wilkeebarre & Northern Rallioad Co. is composed largely of Wilkeebarre men, and the line propoeed extends from the D. L. & W. railroad in Lnzsrne borough to the outlet of HaiVdy's Lake. "This is no mosquito bite," he said. "It must have disagreed with you abominably. • iirtr saw such a change in anyone. Do let Herbert doctor you. He is fully qualified, you know. He prescribed for ever so many influenza patients at the Londres. They were glad to get advice from an English doctor in a friendly way." "Oh, yes, it is—unless there are snakes or adders at Cap Ferrino." Pittaton—Wm. M. Mitchell, shippingolerk; Wlokham. Myers, milk dealer; Edward Barrett, merobant; M L Parrln, nanranoe agent; Joseph Delabunty, merchant; Gaorge Lovell, musician; John Conn D11, hotel. | and glaring at her awfully "Yes. that's rather more than a joke," he said; "he has caught you on the top of -a vein. What a vampire! But there's no harm done, signorina, noth ing that a little dressing of mine won't heal. You must always show me any bite of this nature. It might be dan gerous if neglected. These creatures feed on poison and disseminate it" mora oppressive. '"Perhaps if yon'd be kind enough to "Miss Torpinter has told me all abont ftra me back the fee I could take it to you," said the old voice that belonged an agency where the connection isn't to the eyes. "Have yon good health? quite so aristocratic,'' said Bella, who— Are yon strong and active, able to eat aa die told her mother in her recital of well, sleep well, walk well, able to en the interview—was determined not to j°7 that there is good in life?" "It is not a bite at all. You are trifling with me. Miss Rolleston, you have allowed that wretched Italian quack to bleed you. They killed the greatest man in modern Europe that way, remember. How very foolish of you." "Oh, you poor dear, how can I ever make you understand what this place is like—yon, whose poor, tired eyes have only the opposite side of Beresford Street? Sometimes I go no farther, than the terrace in front of the hotel, which is a favorite lounging place with everybody. The gardens lie below, and the tennis courts where I sometimes play with a very nice girl, the only person in the hotel with whom I have made friends. She is a year older than I, and has come to Cap Ferrino with her brother, a doctor—or a medical student, who is going to be a doctor. He passed his M.B. exam, at Edinburgh just before they left home, Lotta told me. He came to Italy entirely on his sisters account. She had a troublesome chest attack last summer, and was ordered to winter abroad; quite alone in the world, and so fond of each other. It is very nice for me to have such a friend as Lotty. She is thoroughly respec ta ble. I can't help using that word, for some of the girls in this hotel go on in a way that I know you would shudder at. Lotta was brought up by an aunt, deep down in the country, and knows hardly anything about life. Her brother won't allow her to read a novel, French or English, that he has not read and approved. 1 I "She doesn't talk much now?" does she. Jenkins—Thoe. Atchison, miner; Joeeph Ginghan, student. be sat on. "I have never known what it is to be "No; there's not much life left in her. She is wise in keeping herself secluded. I only wonder that old quack, her Italian doctor, didn't finish her off years "I am Bare he must be very clever!" faltered Bella, "but there is really noth ing the matter. I am not ill, and if I were ill, Lady Ducayne's physician " li \ I ' "Yon will find no agency that can do man for you than mine," replied the ill, or idle," answered Bella. "Then I think you will do for me." "1 was never bled in my life, Mr. Stafford." Avoca—Joeeph Reed, bu'eher. "And t* think that such tiny creat ures can bite like this," said Bella; "my arm look? as if it had been cut by a knife." "Nonsense! Let me look at your other arm. Are there any more mosquito bites?" Parson, whose harpy fingers never relinquished coin. "Ton will have to wait for your opportunity. Yours is an "Of course, in the event of references being perfectly satisfactory," put in the Person. ago." "That dreadful man with the yellow face? I would as soon one of the Bor gias prescribed for me. I hope yon haven't been taking any of his medi cines." Lnnrne Bible Society. "I should think it must be the other way, and that he keeps her alive." The seventy-seventh snnual meeting of 'he Luzerne County Bible Society was held in Wllktsbarre afternoon. The report of the treasurer showed the following totals: Receipts, $1 115 74; expenditures, $631.97; balanoe, $4 43.17 Rev. S 3 Kennedy was re eleotad agent at the same salary, and he was authorized to en- Wallace, of P.ttston, as colport enr for one month on trial, and to continue him if he proves efficient. A donation of $«00 was made to the State Society The annual report of Agent Kennedy was read. During the past year the Soolety has sold 435 Blblee and donated 466 Tae agent mentions Mrs. Ina Galbralth, the city missionary of West Pittston, as an efficient co-laborer. exceptional case; but I will bear you in "I don't want references. The yonng "If I were to show yon a mosquito's sting anuer my microscope you wouldn't bo sqrpriasd at that," replied Parravicini."Yes; Dr. Parravicini says that I have a bad skin for healing, and that the poison acts more virulently with me than with most people." mind, and if anything suitable offers 1 woman looks frank and innocent. I'll "My dear Miss Manders, do you think foreign quackery ever kept anybody alive?" will write to you. 1 cannot say more take heron trust." "No, dear, I have taken nothing. than that." "So like you, dear Lady Ducayne," "Well, there she is—and she never goes anywhere without him. He most certainly has an nnpleasant counte nance." have never complained of being ill." Stafford examined both her arms in the broad sunlight, scars new and old. Hm Ability Combined With Bxperlamce* The half-contemptuous bend of the stately head, weighted with borrowed murmured Miss Torpinter. "I want a strong young woman whose B«lia had to put up with the mosquito b:t«*, «vC»n when they came on the top of « rsir, and produced that ugly wound The wound recurred now and then at longish intervals, and Bella found Dr. Parraviclni's dressing a speedy cure. If he were the quack his enemies called him, he had at least a light hand and a delicate touch in performing this small operation. This was said while they were all three walking to the hotel. The 8taffords' rooms had been secured in advance, pretty ground floor rooms, open ing into the garden. Lady Ducayne's statelier apartments were on the floor above. (8 c rant an Tribune.) hair, indicated the end of the interview health will give me no trouble." "You have been very badly bitten, Miss Rolleston," he said, "and if ever I find the mosquito I shall make him smart. But now tell me, my dear girl, on your word of honor, tell me as you would tell a friend who is sincerely anxious for your health and happiness— as you would tell your mother if she were here to question you—have you no knowledge of any cause for these scars except mosquito bites—no suspicion, even?" In deference to the solicitation of friend*, ex Representative E A. Ooray, Jr., of West Plttston, has consented to be a oandtdate for the Legislative nomination in the Seoond Lnz rne district, whioh he so successfully represented In 1889, and it looks as if he wonld b D nnoppoeed. Mr. Ooray is a courageous and oonsolentiou* man, who wonld, at Harrisbnrg, do his duty regardless of palls, oaaaasee or pressure. Ia him the district would have a thoroughly trust* worthy representative, and one who would combine ability with legislative experience.Bell* went back to Walworth—tramped ■tardily every inch of the way in the September afternoon, and "took off" the Superior Person for the amusement ef her mother and the landlady, who I' "You have been so fortunate in that respect," coed the Person, whose voice and manner"were subdued to a melting sweetness by the old woman's presence, "Yes, I've been rather unlucky," "Unpleasant," echoed the parson, "I don't believe the foul fiend himself can beat him in ugliness. I pity that poor young woman who has to live between old Lady Ducayne and that Dr. Parravicini."lingered in the Bhabby little sitting grunted Lady Ducayne. "I believe these rooms are just under ours," said Bella. room after bringing in the tea tray, to "But I am rare Miss Rolleston will I"* disappoint you, though certainly raid the landlady. "You ought to hare y°nr experience with let her go on the stage, mum. She Mis, Tomson who looked the picture of might have made her fortune as a health--and Miss Blandy, who said she lJL., » , 9a'l never seen a doctor since she was nactress. vaccinated—" chapter n. ( "Lies, no doubt," muttered Lady Du- Bella waited and hoped, and listened cayne, and then turning to Bella, she for the postman's knocks which brought asked curtly: "Then it will be all the easier for you to run down to us," replied Lotta, which was not really the case, as the grand staircase was in the centre of the hotel. "But the old lady is good to her com panions." "Bella Rolleston to Mrs. Eollestou.— April 14th. "No doubt She is very free with her cash; the servants call her good Lady Ducayne. She is a withered old female Ccbsus, and knows she will never get through her money, and doesn't relish the idea of other people enjoying it when she's in her coffin. People who live to be as old as she is become slavishly attached to life. I dare say she's generous to those poor girls—but she can't make them happy. They die in her service." "Ever Dearest,—Behold the check for my second quarter's salary—five and twenty pounds. There is no pinch off a whole tenor for a year's commission as there was last time, so it is all for yOu, mother, dear. I have plenty of pocketmoney in hand from the cash I brought away with me. when you insisted on my keeping more than I wanted. It isn't possible to spend money here—except on occasional tips to servants, or sous to beggars and children—unless one had lots to spend, for everything one would like to buy—tortoise shell, coral, lace—is so ridiculously dear that only a millionaire ought to look at it. Italy is a dream of beauty; but for shopping, give me Newinjjtoo Cause way. "Oh, I shall find it easy enough," said Bella. "I'm afraid you'll have too much of my society. Lady Ducayne sleeps away half the day in this warm weath er, so I have a good deal of idle time; and I get awfully moped thinking of mother and home." 'No, indeed! No, upon my honor) I have never seen a mosquito biting my arm. One never does see the horrid little fiends. But I have heard them trumpeting under the curtains, and I know that I have often had one of the pestilent wretches buzzing about me in the night" A New Glee Clnb, The Oambro-American Olee Club bas been organized in Scran ton for a oonoert tour through the West during the coming Fall. Prof. Haydn Evans is the director, and tbe party will be composed of the following: " 'He treats me like a child,' she told me, 'but I don't mind, for it's nice to know somebody loves me, and cares about what I do, and even about my thoughts.' Thousands have tested the great building up power of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and have found renewed strength, vigor and vitality In Its use. rach store of letters for the parlors and "You don't mind spending the winter the first floor, and so few for that hum- in Italy, I suppou?" ble second floor, where mother and In Italy I The very word was magi - daughter sat sewing with hand and cal. Bella's fair young face flushed with wheel and treadle, for the greater j crimson. Her voice broke upon the last word. She could not have thought of that poor lodging which went by the name of home more tenderly had it been the most beautiful that art and wealth ever created. She moped and pined in this lovely garden, with the sunlit lake and romantic hills spreading out their beauty Dercore uer. one wan uouieoion nuu she had dreams; or rather an occasional recurrence of that one bad dream with all its strange sensations—it was more like a hallucination than dreaming—the whirring of wheels, the sinking into an abyss; the struggling back to consciousness. She had the dream shortly after she left Cap Ferrino, but not since she had come to Bellaggio, and she began to hope the air in this lake district suited her better, and that those strange sensations would never return. Later in the day Bella and her friends were sitting at tea in the garden, while Lady Ducayne took her afternoon drive with her doctor. • "Perhaps this is what makes some girls so eager to marry—the want of some one strong and brave and honest and true to care for them and order them about. I want no one, mother darling, for I have you, and you are all the world to me. No husband could ever come between us two. If I ever were to marry he would have only the aoiAjiiif pitttr in uiy uoai v. out a uuii i suppose I shall ever marry, or even know what it is like to have an offer of marriage. No young man can afford to marry a penniless girl nowadays. Life is too expensive. Perfect Wisdom "Don't say that, Mr. Carton; I know that one poor girl died at Mentone last spring." First tenors—Richard Wil ism*, K ngston; W. D. Evans, Carbondale; Thomas Beynon and Howell Da viae. Would give us perfect health. Because men and women are not perfectly wise, they must take medicines to keep themselves perfectly healthy. Pure, rich blood is the basis of good health Hood's Sarsaparilla is the one true blood purifier. It gives good health because it builds upon the true foundation—pare blood. part of the day. Mrs. Rolleston was a j "It has been the dream of my life to lady by birth and education; but it had see Italy," she gasped. been her bad fortune to marry a scoun- j From Walworth to Italy 1 How far, drel; for the last half dozen years she how impossible such a journey had seem had been that worst of widows, a wife ed to that romantic dreamer. whose husband had deserted her. Hap "Well your dream will be realized, pily, she was courageous, industrious. Get yourself ready to leave Charing and » clever needlewom »n; and she had Cross by the train de luxe this day week been able just to earn a living for her- at eleven. Be sure you are at the station •elf and her only child, by making a quarter before the hour. My people mantles and cloaks for a West-end will look after you and your lughouse. It was not a luxurious living, gage." Cheap lodgings in a shabby street off Lady Ducayne rose from her chair, as the Walworth Road, scanty dinners, sisted by her crutch stick, and Miss Tor/homely food, well worn raiment, had pinter escorted her. ,been the portion of mother and daugh- "Salary, oh, the same as usual and if far; but they loved each other so deadly, the young woman wants a quarter's pay Si Nature had made them both so in advance you can write to me for a ht hearted, that they had contrived check, answered Lady Ducayne, care .gomehow to be happy. i lessly. now this idea of going sot into Mies Toruinter went all the way down "How long do you mean to stop with Lady Ducayne, Miss Rolleston?" Herbert Stafford asked, after a thoughtful silence, breaking suddenly upon the trivial talk of the two girls. "Yes, and another poor girl died in Rome taree years ago. I was there at the time. Good Lady Ducayne left her there in an English family. The girl had every comfort. The old woman waa very liberal to her—but she died. I toll you, Miss Manders, it is not good for any young woman to live with two such horrors as Lady Ducayne and Parravicini.Second tenors—Edwin Boweu, William D ivies and Thomas Abrams, First bassos—W. W. Evans, William Evans and David Beynon "As long as she will go on paying me twenty five pounds a quarter." Second bassos—J ihn W. Jones, Mosee Morgan, Thomas Richards and Richard Thomas (Llew Herbert) Hood's Pills are purely v getable, perf-ctly harmless, always reliable and beneflotalCHAPTER VI, "You ask me so earnestly if I am quite well that I fear my letters must have been very dull lately. Yes, dear. I am well—but I am not quite so strong as I was when I used to trudge to the West-end to buy half a pound of tea— just for a constitutional walk—or to Dulwich to look at the pictures. Italy is relaxing; and I feel what the people here call slack.' But I fancy I can see your dear face looking worried as you read this. Indeed, and indeed, 1 am not ill. I am only a little tired of this "Even if you feel your health break ing down in her servicet" "It is not the service that has injured my health. You can see that I have "really nothing to do—to read aloud for an hour or so once or twice a week; to write a letter once in a while to a London tradesman. I shall never have such an easy time with anybody else. And nobody else would give me a hundred a year." For your prsteotlon.—Catarrh "ouies" in liquid form to bi taken formally, usually contain either mercury or iodide of potas?a, or both, which are injurious If too long taken. Catarrh is a local, not a blood disease, caused by sodden change to oold and damp weather. It starts in the nasal passages. Cold in the head oauses exoeseive fl Dw of mnous and, if repeatedly neglected, the results of catarrh will follow, and oftentimes an offensive discharge. Ely's Cream Bilm is the acknowledged cure for these troubles and contains no mercury nor any Injurious drug. Killed by a Horse, They talked of other things—but Bella hardly heard them. She sat motionless, and a cold wind seemed to come down upon her from the mountains and to creep up to her from the sea, till she shivered as she sat there in the sunshine, in the shelter of the orange trees in the midst of all that beauty and ranshine. Robert Barnard, who llveB a few miles east of Harford, Snequehtnnaoouuty, went to the barn to hitch up a horse. Tb e horse became suddenly vloious and bit htm so severely in tbe throat that be was found dead in the barn about thirty mlnutee after leaving tbe house. He was about 55 years old, and was formerly a merchant at Harford. "Mr. Stafford, Lotta's brother, is very clever, and very kind. He thinks it is rather hard for me to have to live with such an old woman as Lady Ducayne, but then he does not know how poor we are—you and I—and what a wonderful life this seems to me in this lovalv nlace I feel a selfish wretch Mr. Stafford wrote a prescription and had it made up at the chemist's near the hotel. It was a powerful tonic, and j after two bottles, and a row or twc on "Then you mean to go on till you Wwant • f A Hiu of unr* wto+9" Co Deluded u» P«|« 4. i V. /