Pittston Gazette

              ( Oldest Newspaper in the warning Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. APRIL 2. 1897. A Weekly local and Familf Journal. advI™E in faot being regarded very much as the bero of the hoar. snirt, oricketlng mazer ana straw bat— to distinguish him from the hundreds of holiday makers in like attire who are to be seep in and abont Sonthend daring the season, bat I recognised him at onoe and with some alarm as one of the cleverest officers of the detective force, and one, moreover, who had been specially told off to effect the oaptare of Mallen. day wild viiiwMiuy, C :.C• uio in question was just going by my »jate, carrying tlio ran in one hand and a small suck of potatoes in the other. If I did not avail myself of this opportunity, I should have to wait uutil the following Monday before taking action, so I at once opened the door and hailed him. "Answer me one question first. Supposing I were to arrange to take your place on the Cuban Queen for a couple of days. In that case the man who waits on the l\nlks would have to be squared to keep bis mouth shut. Could that be done?" Mercantile APPRAISEMENT New p6rt Coal Co., powder, 14 Peters, W., genera] store. Pond Hill..14 Scott, Q. A., general store, Wapwallo- Davis, B. F. flour and feed, Freeland 34 EJbert, Wm. butcher, Freeland 14 Evans, Jonah, butcher, Freeland 14 Freeland Lumber Co., lumber &c\. Freet&nd : 14 Freeland Beef Co., meats, Freeland.. 11 Freeland Mercantile Co., flour and Bat while I bad been lying in my room,idle in body, bat abnormally active in brain, the matter had presented itself to me in a very different light, and pen 14 West DEnCi Coal Co.. powder, Shlck- shinny ....u I was by no means sure that were the facta made pablio I should not be looked upon as a knave rather than as a hero. I had to ask myself seriously whether the ooarae I had taken could be DALLAS BOROUGH. feed, Freeland 14 Fischer, Geo. butcher, Freeland 14 GUI, Daniel dry goods, Freeland 14 Uillespie A Curry, groceries, Freeland 14 Gross, D. clothing, Freeland 14 Oruver, M. E. drugs, Freeland 14 l*oskl, John groceries. Freeland 14 George, Henry groceries. Freeland.. 14 Hudak, Stephen meats, Freeland 14 Horack, Gottlieb bakery, Freeland.. 14 Hartman, Geo. H. butcher, Freeland 14 Jones, D. P. general store, Freeland.. 14 Jovna, Charles boots and shoes. Free- "P'raps. 'E ain't the inspector. 'E's paid to wait on as, so as we don't 'ave to leave tbe 'ulks. 'Tain't 'is business to look after wot we do. P'raps 'e might if it was worth 'is while." Brickie. W. B., furniture, Dallas 14 Dallas Drug Co.. drugs, Dallas 14 Ferrell, J. R., general store. Dallas..14 Goss, W. K., farm implements, Dallas.14 Gregory, C. D., hay and grain. Dallas.IS Hatfield, H. M. & Co., general Btore, "I want yoa to do a little commission for me, "I said. "Yon'11 be going down to the village some time today, I know. Could yon leave a letter to Mr. Hayes at the vicarage?" OF In deteotive stories as in pantomimes —no donbt for the same reason—the policeman is too often held op to scorn and ridicule as an incompetent bungler, who is more dangerous to the hearts of susceptible servant girls than to lawbreakers and more given to deeds of prowess in connection with the contents of the pantry than in protecting the lives or properties of her majesty's subjects. The hero of the detective story is very often a brilliant amateur, of whom the police are secretly jealonB, notwithstanding the faot that whenever they have a difficult case they oome, hat in hand, to seek his assistance. This, after a little light banter for tbe benefit of the Boswellwho is to chronicle his marvelous doings—and in the coarse of whiob, by the bye, the fact that tbe polioe are about to arrest the wrong man is not unfrequently elicited—he condescends to give, tbe understanding between him and them being that be shall do the work and they take the credit. LUZERNE COUNTY, justified at all, and whether, by withholding from the authorities the suspicion I entertained about tbe man with the red beard and by taking upon myself tbe responsibility of keeping, unaided, an eye npon his movements, I was not morally answerable for tbe live* whiob had been lost in the last terrible outrage he had effected. . "Very well. I'll give yon the money tonight to sqnare him, and some on acoount for yourself as well. And now another question—where does your wife live?" For the Year of 1897, Dallas 14 Honeywell. C. D., meats, Dallas....14 Martin, I. A., stores, etc. Dallas....14 Ryman, A. & Son., general store. "Yes, sir," he said civilly, "with pleasure." COPYRIGHT 1896- BY DOOQ MEAD AND COMBIHY. "That's right Pot that sack and the can down and come into the other room while I scribble tbe letter. I daresay I can find yon a glass of grog in there and a cnt of cold beef if you feel like having a mouthful." Dealers In merchandise, brokers, auc-1 tioneers and keepers of billiard and pool tables irt Luzerne county are hereby given notice that In pursuance of the| several Acts of Assembly of this Commonwealth to provide revenue to meet the demands upon the Treasury, and for other purposes, the undersigned, Appraiser of Merchantile Tax of Luzerne county, appointed by the County Commissioners, has prepared a list of re-i taileO goods, wares, merchandise, brokers, auctioneers and keepers of billiard and pool tables in said county, and placed each in that class which to hin» appeared just and right. Attention of theatre managers is also Invited to Pamphlet Laws 1895, p. 249, Act No. 160, approved June 24, 1895. Dallas 13 Shaffer. I. D-, general store, Dallas..14 White, Chester, meats, Dallas ........ 14 Williams. P. E.. Jewelry, Dallas 14 and again in the faoe with all my strength. "You hell miscreant and devil! By God in heaven, I'll pound the damned life oat of yoat" "Mill lane, Chelmsford." ' 'That's all right you get back to the Cuban get a telegram from Chelmsford to say she's dying and that you must go to her. Yon must show that to tbe man you've got aboard. What do you oall him, by the bye?" land  Koons, H. C. gTocer and furniture, Finland  Keiper, VV~ Jeweler, Free' . 14 CHAPTER XXV. JAKES MVIXEN AND 1 MKET AT LAST. As the cab which I had chartered rattled tip the approach to the Great Eastern terminus at Liverpool street I had to admit to niynelf that the probability of my falling in again with the red bearded man scarcely justified me in feeling so sanguine as I did. I am not in the general way given to presentiments, but on this occasion I felt almost childishly confident about the result of my operations. Though I told myself over and over again that there is nothing ao hope destroying to an active mind as oompulsory inaction and that it was only because I had something definite with which to occupy myself that I felt so hopeful, not .all my philosophy could persuade me that I should fail in bringing the enterprise to a successful termination. Curiously enough, presentiment was for once justified of her assurance and at the expense of philosophy, for as the - clocks were chiming 8 and evening was beginning to close in whom should I see step out upon the platform from a Bomford train but my gentleman of the red beard and brown bag! DALLAS TOWf^HIP. Frear. O. "W., geiftral store, Kunkle. .14 -t, ji. ..iweler, Freeland 14 Kronmes, Geo. groceries..Freeland,. 14 Ixtenowsld, Jacob meats, Freeland.. 14 Letchtman, M. general store, Freeland 14 Lord, C3-. N. novelties. Freeland 14 Laubach. J. B. bakery, etc., Freeland 14 LmotIc, Harry butctaer, Freeland.... V Mithers. Mrs. agtD millinery, Free- 9 It «m quite possible that had I gone to the authorities before tbe event and informed them of my nnsnpported suspicion I ahoald have been langhed at for my paina. Bat ware I to oome forward after tbe event and admit that before tbe outrage oocurred and while yet there waa time to prevent it I had suspeoted tbe man with tbe brown bag to be Jamea Mullen and yet bad withheld my suspicions from tbe police I might be looked upon aa lees of a fool than a scoundrel. And then tbe solid ground seemed to stagger and away beneath me, and from the neighborhood of tbe general postoffioe came a sodden blaze of light in which I aaw a tall chimney crook inward at the middle, aa a leg ia bent at tbe knee, and then snap in two like a angar stick. There was a low ramble, a roar like tbe discharge of artillery, followed by tbe strangest ripping, rending din, as of tbe sodden tearing aaonder of innumerable sheets of metal. I waa oonscioua of the falling of masonry, of a choking limy dnat and then a red darkneaa eloaed in upon me with a craah, and I remember no mom "Thank yon, sir," be said, unburdening himself of bis load and following me into the inner room. I had not finished my own breakfast very long and a email joint was still on tbe table. DORRANCETON. D., L. & W. H. R. Co. powaer, Pettibone mines. Dorranceton 1 *VDlay, P. J., meats, Dorranoeton ....1 wtller, B. L., general store, Dorrance- "Winton." "Pull up and help* yourtuif," I said, producing knife and fork. "Wbat'll you have to drink? I've got some old ram. How'll that soit yoa?" "Well, you mnst show the telegtam to Winton and tell him yoa intend applying for leave and that he mnst go somewhere else in the meantime. He' won't want to leave the only safe hiding place he's got, and he'll try and persuade yon not to go and will perhaps offer yoa a big money bribe to stay. Too mnst persist in going, bat after a time yoa mnst say that yoa have a brother at Southend who oonld come and take your place while yon are away and that yoa are sure he'd keep his mouth shut if he were well paid. Winton will have to consent if yoa persist. Then yoa'll send a telegram to me, as if I were your brother, asking me to come over to see yon, and when I come yoa'll show me the telegram and ask me to take obarge of the hulk while yoa go away to see your wife. I shall come at sight, so as not to be seen, and shall pretend to agree, and then you can go ashore and put up at my cottage here until-1 signal yoa to return. Do as I tell yoa and play me fair and I'll give you £60 for yourself when it's all over. What do you say?" ton '. 14 Naugle, Charles, meats, Dorranceton Oliver, Stanton, meats. Dorranceton.. 14 Reese, L. 3., grocer, Westmoreland, Dorranceton 14 Stanton, P. J., general store, Dorranceton Smith. 6. A., grooer, Dorranceton...14 Travis, E. D., grocer, Dorranceton.,14 Wallace, Mrs. J., grocer. Dorranceton.14 Wallace, J. W., bar ware, Dorranceton 14 ' H M. J. goods and furni- ture, — v, - »vcMlia 1* Uikler, Oliver Jeweler, Freeland 14 street, Haaletoo 14 kialloy, P. P. agt. groceries. Freeland 14 Morris, Barney novelties, Freeland.. 14 Merkt, Chae. confectionery, Freeland 14 Moran, M. J. hardware &c., Freeland .14 McNulty, P. F. undertaker. Freeland 14 Newburger, Jos. clothing, Freeland.. 14 Nagle, Jacob undertaker, Freeland.-. 14 | Owens, James L. boots and shoes. "Capital, sir," he replied. "All right. It's in the other room, I think. I'll be back in a moment. Yon make a start meanwhile on tbe oold beef." My motives for having kept silent would be open to the worst interpretation, and I should be everywhere denounced as an enemy of society, whose criminal vanity had made him tbink himself capable of ooping single handed with tbe greatest artist in crime of tbe century and whose yet more criminal greed and anxiety to secure tbe entire reward for himself had led him to withhold from tbe proper authorities information by means of whioh the oaptnre of the arebmurderer might have been effeoted and the laat dreadful outrage prevented. Why the amatenr detective should be the victim of a modesty whicb is not always characteristic of tbe amatenr in other professions does not transpire, bnt the arrangement is extremely convenient to tbe policeman and to the antbor, the latter probably adopting it lest inquisitive readers should ask why, if there are sach brilliant amateur detectives as authors would have as to believe, we never hear of them in real life. CLASSIFICATION OF VENDERS OF No sooner was I in the other room with the closed door between us than I whipped out tbe cork from the paraffin can, and seizing a siphon of soda water that stood upon tbe table—it was tbe only liquid bandy—I slipped tbe spont into tbe montb of tbe can and pressed the tap. merchandise. Preeland 14 Oberrender, Thos. meats, Preeland.. 14 Olsho, L. clothing. Preeland 14 Oswald, A. groceries, Freeland 13 ' Quigley, J. B. confectionery &c. Freeland 14 FBohrbach, C. D. hardware, Preeland 14 Refowlch, H. boots and shoes, Free- CHAPTER ZXVL JJTTKK TBS EXPLOSION. Sales less than *6,000, class 14; license DORiRANCE TOWNSHIP. Sales $5,000 less than $10,000. class 13- license $10. Sales $lu,000, less than $16,000, class 12- license $12.50. - ' Sal«?s $15,000, less than $20,000, class 11- license $15. Sales $20,000, less than $30,000, class 10- licferise $20. Sales $30,000, less than $40,000, class 9: license $25. Sales $40,000, less than $50,000, class 8; license $30. Sales $50,000, less than $60,000 class 7: license $40. Sales $60,000, less than $75,000 class 6- license $50. Sales $75,000 less than $85,000 class 5: license $60. Sales $85,000, less than $100,000 class 4; license $80. Sales $lu0,000, less than $200,000 class J: license $100. Sales $200,000, less than $300,000 class 2; license $150. Sales $300,000 less than $500,000 class 1: license $200. Schllcker, Con, general store, Dor- My next recollection was that of opening my ejes to And myself lying it night in my room at Buckingham street I made an effort to ait up in bed, bat my bead" had suddenly become curiously heavy—so heavy that the effort to raise it was almost too much for me, and I was glad to fall back upon the pillow, where I lay a- moment feeling more faint and feeble than I bad ever felt before. Then there glided gently into the room—into my bachelor room—a pleasant looking young woman in a gray drew with white collar and cuffs. "What's happened, nurse?" I said, recognizing at onoe what she was, which was man than ooold be said of my voice, for it bad beoome so thin and piping that its unfamiliarity startled me. rawce  Spade, Peter, grocer, Dorrance 14 "If tbis isn't pouring oil on the troubled waters, it's at least pouring troubled waters on the oil," I said to myself when hnif a tumbler of soda had hissed into the can. "There'll be some rosy language about, when Hughes goes to light his lamp after filling it up with this stuff, for he'll never get it to light, much less to burn. And if he doesn't make the discoveiy too early the man who looks after hia requirements will bo Hone, and Master Hugbea will have to ait ia the dark and go to bed with hia rnnHBW uncooked, or oome into Canvey aM get some more oiL He may of cmmm fret filling up bis oooking stove ii» daytime, and find the oil won't ban. or be may have enough left in it to May him through. But anyhow, if th« thing doesn't work out aa I hope, tH» will be no harm done, for at the wont tbey can only suppose that pome water has accidentally got into th»oan." EDWARDS VIL.LE fiOROUGH. land 14 Refowioh, I. clothing. Freeland 14 Rudewick, A. groceries, Freeland 14 Simon, S. clothing, Freeland 14 Smith, S. clothing, Freeland 14 Scholler, Christian, "bakery, Freeland 14 Sweeney, J. J. boots and shoes. Free• tend 14 Henry boots and shoes, Free- 14 Burba, Prank, undertaking, Edwardnvllle Blazejewslct, Geo., grocer. Edwardsvllle Copeland, Harry, hardiware, Edwardsvllle , 14 Davis. W. R. drugs, Ed wards vllle, ....14 Davis, T., general store, Edwardsvllle, Now, I should be the last man in the world to cheapeu tbe work of my fellow craftsmen. I hold that there is no more unmistakable mark of a mean mind than is evinced in the desire to extol oneself at the expense of others, bnt none the less I mnst enter my protest against what I cannot bat consider an unwarrantable imputation npon a very deserving body of men. - . — - — O - He gave op bis ticket and walked out )f the station into Liverpool street, ;rossed the road and went up New Broad itroet, and ao to the bank. Then be went into a tobacconist's, whence be emerged puffing a big cigar and proceeded up Cbeapeide until be reacbed Foster lane, down which he turned. Here I bad to be more cautious, for on Saturday night the side streets of the city are departed. Even In the gnat thoroughfares, where Knowing, aa I did, bow uncontrollable waa the feeling of the populaoe in regard to the outrage, I oonld not disgniae from myself that a man who made snob a confession aa I bad to make would, should he be recognized in the streets, run a very good cb&noe of being mobbed, if not lynched. land  SchlicherJT. drugs. FY eel and 14 SenJe, Samuel clothing, Freeland.... 14 Shelly Emory D. butcher, Ffeeland.. 14 Schwabe, M. powder and supplies, FreeJand It Thomas, Francis clothier, Freeland.. 14 Thompson, Mrs. R. millinery, FreehandEvans, W. H.,  Gabriel. Frank, meats, Ed wards vt lie.. H Hayes. J. W„ drugs. Edwardsville 14 Howell, H. C„ general store. Edwardsville 14 Husband, Thos., boots and shoes, Edwardsville 14 Harris. L. H., grocer. Edwardsville... 14 Hlobllck, Mike, meats Edwardsville... 14 Jones, Hugt). general store, Edwardsville 14 Tones, H. S., general store, Edwardsville 14 Fenkrns, Josiah, grocer, Edwardsville, 14 Tenklns A Williams, stoves Edwardsville 14 14 "Can't be done," be answered sullenly.Detectives and policeman, taken aa a wbole, are by no means the bunglers and boobies that tbey are made out to be in the pantomimes and in the pages of*detective stories. I do not say that tbey are all born geniuses in the detection of crime, for genius is no commoner among detectives than it is among bakers, bankers, clergymen, novelists, barristers or cooks. But what I do say is that the rank and file of them are painstaking and intelligent men, who do tneir duty to tbe public conscientiously and efficiently, and to dub them all duffers because now and then a detective is caught napping is as unjust as to pronounce all clergynien fools because a silly sermon is sometimes preached from a pulpit"Why not?" ▲n infuriated mob is not given to make nice distinctions, and so long as it has a scapegoat on whioh to wreak vengeanoe it does not wait to inquire too particularly into the question of the soapegoat's innooence or guilt "Coa it can't" 14 Wenner, 8. & Son groceries. F reel and 14 Wehnnan, Wm. Jeweler, Freeland... 14 Woodrtng. Silas stationery, Freelarvd 14 Wtee, Oeorge harness Ac.. Fr eel and. 14 • Williamson, Wm. hardware. Freeland 14 Wise, Frank Harness &c.. Freeland., 14 Zadra. F. groceries, Freeland 14 Pool Tables. DePierro Bros., one table, Freeland. .$31 DePerro, Albert one table, Freeland. $31 OrtkM, S. one taWe, Freeland $31 Haas Henry one table. Freeland $31 Krouse, Mary one table, Freeland.. .$31 LVerweUyn Thos. one table, Freeland.$31 Maga«rna Peter one table, Freeland..$31 Sklgo. John one table, Freeland $31 Sham bora, table, Freeland$31 "Very well. Good night, then. I'm going straight from this house to the coast guard station and shall send two armed men out to the hulk to arrest the murderer you've been harboring, and two more tc arrest you—yon can't get far away in the meantime—for harboring him and for being an accessory after .he fact. I suppose you know what the punishment for that is? And when you oome out you'll be a rained man. The hulk owners will discharge you without a character for grosfi violation of rules." during tbe live preceding days blows i have rained thick and fast, with soaxoe a moment's interval, upon the ringing | anvils of traffic, there is a perceptible lull, bat in the side streets there is absolute silenoe. "Ob, nothing baa happened of any conaeqnenoe," she replied smilingly, ' 'except that you have not been very well. But you're mending now, and another day or two will see you quite yourself." VENDERS OF MERCHANDISE. Let the object of its wrath be not fort booming, and let some evil or foolish person raise the cry that this or that luckless passerby is tbe offender's relative or friend, or even that he has been seen ooming* from tbe offender's house or la of tbe same nationality, and in nine oases out of ten tbe mob will "go" for tbe luckless wight en masse. AVOCA. C1&B8. Avoca Coal Co., Powder, Avoca 14 Anderson, J. H.. dry goods, Avoca....14 Boase, John P., meats, Avoca It Brehony. Mrs. T. F., dry good, Avooa.14 Brown, James A., confectionary, Avoca 14 Brown. James, meats. Avoca 14 Boone, G. H-, dry goods, Avoca 14 Brooks & Dale, general store, Avoca. 13 Block, Samuel, clothier, Avoca 14 Clarke, J. D., general store, Avoca.. 14 Druffner, C.. hardware. Avoca 14 Hoban. M. T.. general store, Avoca.'. 14 Hollister & Bowman, general store, Karnawfski, Jacob, grocer, Edwardsvllle 14 Kelly, Edward, general store, Edwardsvllle 14 Kingston Coal Company, powder, Kingston, No. 2 14 Kingston Coal Company, powder, Kingston 14 Lewis, Geo., meats, Edwiardsville 14 Lewis, D. E., drugs, Edwardsville, ...14 Paukatiz. Sylvester, general store. When I saw tbe man with the red beard and brown bag turn down Foster lane, which, as every Londoner knows, is a narrow side street at tbe back of tbe general postofflce, I felt that It was indeed a happy thought wbioh bad prevented me from changing my shoes when I received Grant's summons is the morning. Had I been wearing my ordinary lace ups I should have been in a dilemma, for tbey are not easy to remove in a hurry, and in that deserted place tbe eoboof my following footsteps, bad I been thus shod, could not have failed to reach the ear of the man I waa shadowing. To have followed him boldly would have aroused bis suspicions, whereas if I remained far enough behind to avoid running this risk, I incurred the greater risk of losing sight of him altogether. "What's been the matter with me?" I asked. The thing did work out as I had hoped, however, for aa night was beginning to close in I saw Hughes unlaabing the dingey as if to come ashore, and judging from the souuda which broke the eveuing stillness I had readon to believe that be was at hia old habit of swearing aloud to himself. This ia a habit which is more soothing to the swearer than to an enforced listener, especially when the swearer ia rowing a heavy boat against the tide and jerka out a fresh and aggressively emphasized oath with cacb expulsion of breath. On this occasion the hopes which were expressed about the soul, eyes, limbs and internal organs of every one who bad been connected with the offending oil, beginniug with the indiviflwl who "strnck" it, and finishing off with the shopkeeper who sold it and the man who brought it to the hulka, were distinctly uueharitable. "You got a blow on tbe bead by tbe fall at a chimney," she replied. "But I can't let you talk now. Mr. Grant is ooming in to sleep here tonight, as I've promised to take a torn sitting op with a patient who is very ilL Ton can ask Mr. Grant to tell you anything you wish to know in tbe morning; bat now' you must go to sleep." That something had happened, notwithstanding her assurance to tbe oontrary, I felt sure, but what that something was I did not know, nor did I very much care, for I felt dull and silly and more than inclined to follow ber I have made a study of that wild beast whioh we call "a mob"—the one wild beast wbioh civilisation has given as in exchange for the many she has driven away—and, knowing something of the oreatnre and its habits, I must confess that I would rather fall into the jaws of the wild beast of tbe Jungle than into tbe clutches of the wilder beast of tbe oity and tbe slum. He looked murder, and had he been leaa of a coward might have attempted aa well aa looked it. Then something aeemed to oocur to him, and he stood (taring absently at me while  the matter over in his bovine brain. I guessed the upshot of his meditations to be somewhat as follows: "This man, whoever he is, has me in hia power and oan rain me. I wish he were out of the way, but I don't mean risking my own neck for him. If I let him go on the balk, Winton is more than likely to roapeot he's a spy. In that case he'a Just the sort of man ttD knock Hhe middling fool on the head, and the job I want done would get douo without my patting my neck in a noose." Theatres. 9t. Ann C. T. B. A. Corps, Opera House, Freeland  Edwardsville, 14 I had managed to get ahead of tbe polloe in the investigation I was conducting, not because of the shining abilities with wbioh I was endowed, for as the reader knows I bad bungled matters sadly on more than one occasion, but because fate had thrown a clew in my way at tbe start But I have never underrated the aouteness and astuteness of tbe representatives of the criminal department from New Scotland Yard, and it did not greatly surprise me to find, when I commenced operations again at Southend, that, though the little brown cutter was still lying off tbe same spot she was being closely watched by men whom 1 knew to be detectives. Price, W. T., general store, EdwardsviBa ' 14 Rice A Hiera, general store, Edwardsvllle ] Russel. M. C.. grocer Edwardaville, HANOVER TOWNSHIP. Brut*, Peter, general store, Lee Pork 14 Avooai 11 Hillside Coal and Iron Co., powder. .14 Hollister & Bowman, meats Avoca..l4 Liangcllffe Coal Co., powder, Avoca..l4 Laird, E., & Bro., general stores Rosewitz, D  Rublno, S., clothing Edwardsvi ..14 Buckingham, Fred., Park  le ...14 D.. Ik St, W. Co.. Bites shoes. der, Scranton  14 Pennsylvania Coal Co., N Bd- powder. Ptttston  14 Davis, E. M., M. D., drug? ile ...14 Hlscox, James, grocer, ID ...14 Jones. Reese, .grocer, LeC Ed- Lobmann. Frank, grocer 14 Larln, Thomas, grocer, tvards- Hovinsky. John, grocei D31 Sinctio, Ivan, meats store, Oirlstopher  $31 Schappert, Michael, Ash. Smith, Patrick, grocer, ' meats, Lee 14 mines, paw- One day—one not very distant day— that wild beast will turn and rend its keepers, and when once the thing has tasted human blood it will not be beaten back into its lair with its thirst for blood nnglutted. Avoca 14 Lehigh Valley Coal Co., Heldelburg Simkovitz, Samuel, boots and wardsvlHe  Skapik, Anthony, general store, wardsville,  Spry, Wm., Jeweler. Edwardsv, vllle  WamPck. John, general store, wardavlUe. . - 14 fo. 8 mines, No. 1. powder, Wilkes-Barre 14 Horton, D.. C., furniture. Avoca 14 Horton. T.. wall paper, Avoca 14 Sic I,aughlin Bros., general store, Avooa 14 Mitchell, J. P., agent, general store store, Avoca 14 Manners, W. R., druggist, Avoca 14 Osborne. Con., furniture, Avoca 14 O'Malley, T. J., furniture. Avoca 14 Qulnn T. A., grocer, Avooa 14 Rennimw & Co.. drugs, Avoca 14 Tigue. Thomas, grocer, Avoca 14 WeWrick. E. J., meats, Avoca 14 Brown. Thomas J., 1 pool table, Avoca. Hnllister. L. B„ 3 pool tables, Avoca. Hobert, Thomas, 1 pool table, Avoca. McOabe, Thomas. 1 pool table, Avoca. McQuinn. Arc-hie. 1 pool table, Avoca. Newton. T. J.. 1 pool table. Avoca.... O'Brien. M. F-, 2 pool tables, Avoca. Reap, M. J., 1 pool table, Avoca. .".'is ,, Lee Park- 14 Tjee Park 14 Park 14 LCee Park . 14 Ashley 14 Crlstopher . 14 ind general This I must in tbe end have done, for when next I opened my eyes it waa broad daylight and Grant was standing in his shirt sleeves before tbe looking glass, shaving. My bead was dearer now, and I was able to recall what had taken piaoe up to tbe moment when I had lost my senses after tbe explosion ■t tbe general postofflce. But for tbe purposes of shsdowing nothing could be better than tbe gutta percba soled shoes whioh I was wearing, and by keeping well in the shadow and only flitting from doorway to doorway at such times as 1 judged it safe to make a move I hoped to keep an eye upon red heard unseen. To be mobbed or lynched in a noble cause and in support of a great principle is not without its compensations, but there is no glory in being subjected to physical violence and personal insult aa a scoundrel and a knave. Evans, W. H., X pool table, Ed1 vilie  Stevens, B., 1 pool table. Edw 14 Nor did Hughes confine himself to human beings, for the unfortunate can in which the oil had been carried and the various matches which had been struok in his unavailing efforts to light the lamp were with strict impartiality similarly banned. . "Oil!" he growled as be ran the boat ashore. "I'll oil 'im and tho man wot sold it tool" (More hopes in regard to the soul, eyes, limbs and internal organs of the offender.) "A pretty fine fool 'e made of me, standing there burning my fingers and a box of matches trying to find oot wot was wrong. Oil! Call that splattering stuff oill Why, I might as well 'ave tried to set fire to the river." Anyhow, be looked at me curiously for a minute, and theu said in a more eonoiliatarv tone: "What ar« you going to do to Winton?"ville,  ey 14 Ashley 14 EXETER BOROUGH. Whether they bad discovered the relationship between Mullen and the owner of the Odd Trick and in following up the clew had traced the boat to Southend, or whether they were in possession of information unknown to me which led them to believe the fugitive had been hiding in the neighborhood, I could not say, but that they were there to effeot the capture of Mullen should he retnrn to the outter I made no doubt Brockiet Lewis, meats, Pitta ton. 14 Berewith, B., general store, Pittston. .14 Barton, S. T., drugs, Pittston 14 Boklar, L., meats, Pittston 14 HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP. Worse, however, than the possibility of being mobbed was the certainty of being held op in many quarters as an object for pnblio odium and private •corn, and tbe more I thought about it the leas inclined did I feel to faoe the aonaequenoes of confessing the part which I had played in tbe reoent tragedy. It was upon my own responsibility, I argued, that I had entered upon the enterprise, and so long as I kept within the law it was to myself only that I was responsible for the way in whioh the enterprise was carried on. That I bad (ailed meant nothing more than that what had happened to those whose business and whose duty it was to have succeeded had happened also to me, and, after all, I left things no worse than they were when I took the matter up. Had it been my intention to abandon my quest I should have no oboioe but tp acquaint New Scotland Yard with what bad oome to my knowledge. But as a matter of faot I was more than ever set on bringing the miscreant, Captain Shannon, to justice, and this not merely for the sake of reward or because of the oraving for adventure which had first urged me to the enterprise, but because of the loathing whioh I entertained for the monster whom I had with my own eyes seen at his hellish work. Brit tain, D. C., fertilizer, Register .. 14 Qood, D. P.. general store, Waterton : 14 Good. A. R., general store, Huntington Mills .f..... 14 "Have they got him. Grant?" I inquired."Arrest him by and by. If I can, I'll keep your name out of it If I can't, and you lose your crib, I'll make it up to you in some way. But let me tell yon one thing, you'd better play me fair or it will be the worse for you. The Onban Queen is being watched night and day, and if yon tell Winton of your meeting with me, and he tries to escape or yon try to give us the slip yourself, The result justified my anticipations, for when he reached tbe back of the general poetoffice he stopped and looked hastily up and down the street, as if to make sure that he was unobserved. Not a soul was in sight* and J need soaroely say that I made of myself a very wafer and was clinging like a postage stamp to tbe door against whioh I had squared myself. He jumped like • "kicking" rifle. Berkowitz ft Schwartz, meats, Pittston 14 Dougher, W. C., general store, Pittston 14 Farldman, L., furniture, Pittston ....14 Freeman, E. M., clothing; etc., Pittston 14 Gustitus, Geo. general store, Pittston.14 Jenkins ft Co., general store, Pittston 14 "Good Lord, old man, how you startled met You've made me slash myself horribly. Got whom?" be said. \ W., general store, Harvey- ... 14 Haslett, WHliam, general store, Cambra 14 Hess, H. A., general store, Cambra A. 14 "Mullen," I answered. Manager Opera House, theatre, Avoca. Ward James, 1 pool table, Avoca. "Mullen? Oh! Then you do know all about it? No, tkey haven't But how are you feeling?" G. W., general store, Town Hill, U Mullen, however, was apparently too wary a bird to oome back to the nest until he bad satisfied himself that no net had been spread there to oatcb him, for that he had got wind of what was going on at 8outbend seemed probable from the faot that he never put in an appearance there again. Nor would it have profited me personally if he had, for in that case I oould scarcely hope to forestall the police in the matter of his arrest. APHL.EY BOROUGH. larvey, A. N. ft Son, general store, "Ldke a boiled owL How long have I been ill?" ' 'Three weeks. You got knocked on the head by a ohimney pot or something and had a touch of concussion of the brain." Powden, John, general store, Ashley, Kaufman, B., general store, Pittston. .14 Kaufman, M., general store, Pittsftn.14 Kelley, Patrick, grocer, Pittston 14 Kromeltlne ft Son, general store, .... 14 Evidently reassured, he put down his bag, opened it and lifted ont something that from tbe stiff movement of bis arms appeared to be heavy. This be placed upon the ground, and so gingerly that 1 distinctly heard him sigh as he drew his hands sway. Then he stood erect, puffed fieroely at his cigar Until it kindled and glowed like a live coal, took it from his lips, turned the lighted end round to look at it and stooped with It in bis hand over the thing upon the ground. Coburn, W. T.. drugs. Ashley, 14 14 Coons, J. R., general store, Huntingdon Mills 14 'hillips, John, general store, Hard Pan 14 Craig. A. J., grocer Ashley 14 Conyngham & Schrage, general store. Pittston 14 'I* V. Cool Co., Exeter mines powder, Wlikes-Barre 13 O'Brien, Mrs. A., grocer, Pittston ...?4 Penn'a Coal Co., Muddy Brook powder, Pittston 14 Sickler. J. Agt, grocer, Sturmerville.14 Stevens Coal Co., powder, Pittston..14 Simpson ft Watklns, Mt. Lookout powder, Pittston 12 Macktn, Ed., 1 pool table, Pittston...$31 Ashley 14 Clinton. Thomas, general store, Ash- Still swearing, he made fast the dingey and proceeded, can in hand, in the direction of the village. Potter, L. S., general store, Harveyville 14 Wolfe, A. H., general store, Register 14 "Was there much damage doner* ley 14 Croil, Geo., general store, Ashley 14 Caffrey. C. N., hardware. Ashley 14 Doyle, ED. J., grocer, Ashley 14 Dooley, M. J., boots and shoes, Ashley.14 Dill. R. A., paper find paints, Ashley,..14 Field. Geo., meats. Ashley ;.14 Ferderter, S., general store, Ashley 1.14 Flory & Gemmel. hardware, Ashley,..14 Graham, J. B., furniture, Ashley 14 Green w aid. E. & Bro., general store, Ashley  Patrick, general store, Ashley.. 14 Kline. J. C.. drugs. Ashley 14 Keeler, J. W.. drugs, Ashley 14 Klimachk, Peter, butcher, Ashley, ..14 Undermuth. Edward, wall paper, Ashley. ...» H L. & W-B. Coal Co.. powder. Ashley,^ "Damage? I believe you. The top of Oheapeide pretty near blown away, and the general postoffloe half wrecked." "How did I get here?" After r time I started to follow and overtook Him junc uh he was passing my cottage. HUNLOCK TOWNSHIP. "Good nigtit," I railed out over my .shoulder iu passing, as is the custom in the conntry. Bergln, Jas. grocer, Hunock's Creek 14 Dodson, Alex., general store, Hunlock's Creek 14 Hatton, Morris, general store, Gregory w.... 14 Whltesell, C. E. general store, Pritchard 14 "In fine state, my boy—on a stretcher. Tbey were taking you to the hospital when I oame along—whioh I did Under the circumstances it would be mere waste of time to stay in Southend, and tbe question I had now to ask myself was, "Where, then, is he likely to be?" FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP. He replied by bidding me go to a place which, thoagh it may likely enough have been bis ultimate destination, I sincerely hope may never be mine nor the reader's. lOolburn. I. G.. drugs, Mountain Top..14; Cross, Walter, meats. Mountain Top..14 Cramer. Jacob, general store. Mountain Top 14 Loftus, E. M... grocer. Mountain Top. 14 O'Doimell. Mrs. James, grocer, Mountain Top 14 Richards, W. L., dry goods. Mountain Top 14 Snyder, J. F., grocer. Mountain Top..14 Singley, Prank, meats. Mountain Top.14 Wells, D. E, general srtore, Graeedale.14 Yocum, A. M., general store. Mountain Top 14 I saw an answering spark shine out, flicker for a moment and die away and beard red beard matter "Damnation, bell!" through his teeth. The next instant I beard the spurt that told of the striking of a lucifer match and saw him As crime begets crime, so question begets question, and "Where, then, is be likely to be?" had scarcely oome to the birth before it was itself in travail with, "Why not on tbe Cuban Queen?" HAZLE TOWNSHIP. snre I know that dnloet voice," I said, stopping and wheeling ronnd. "It most be, it is, the genial Hnghes. How are yon, my worthy fellow?" Cross Creek Ooal Co., Stockton powder, Drifton 14 Dodson, C. M. ft Co.,powder supplies, Audeoreid 14 Dodson, C. M. ft Co., general store, Audenreld 10 Dryfoos, Henry, meats, Hazleton.... 14 L. V. Coal Co., powder, Spring Mt, Wilkes-Barre 14 h. V. Ooal Co., powder No. 1, Wilkes- Barre 14 Pardee, Calvin* ft Co., powder, Cranberry, Hazleton 14 Pardee, Calvin ft Co., general store, Ebervale i... 8 Pardee, Calvin A Co., general store. stoop sgain over the thing on the ground. A little point of ligbt, whioh grew in size and brightness, shone out CHAPTER XXVII. The worthy fellow intimated that hia health was not noticeably affected for the better by the sight of ®ie- Marcy, J.- E. paints and lumber, Ashley M Newhart. L. L., general store. Maxwell, No. 20, Ashley 14 Oberonder, J. C. butcher. Ashley 14 Reillv. J. T., grrooer. Ashley 14 Rflok. Frank, jeweler, Ashley 14 Scha,ppert, 'Michael. Ashley 14 Smith. Godfrey, butcher, Ashley 14 Smith. Peter, grocer. Ashley, 14 as I stood looking on, half paralysed with horror. That he had fired tbe fuse of an infernal machine I had no doubt, and for one moment my limbs absolutely refused to move. 1 tried to call out, but gare utterance only to a silly inartiou- Hence I was justified, I told myself, in keeping my information to myself, and the more so for the faot that were 1 to say all I knew the particulars would no doubt be made public and in tbis way reach the ears of Captain Shannon, thus defeating the very end for whioh I had made my confession. A GAME OF "BLUVF" WITH HUQHBB. "Why not on the Cuban Queen indeed?" I repeated as I called to mind the faot that it was there Mullen had lain secure when the hue and cry was at its height. It was only when the hue end cry had somewhat subsided that he had ventured forth to commenoe his devilry afresh, and what was more likely, now that the hue and cry had been raised onoe more, than that he should have crept back to his former biding plaoe? "Oh, don't pay that," I said. "Yon were most hospitable to me in the matter of drinks when I had the pleasure of spendiug a very delightful hoor in your company on board the Cuban Queen one evening. Pray let me return the compliment. This is my cottage and I've got some excellent whisky aboard. Won't you oome in and bave a glass?" "Can't be done," he answered sullenly. you'll be instantly arrested, and it will go hard with you then. Play me fair and I'll play you fair, and no harm need come to you at all in the matter. Once more, will you come to my terms? If uot, I'm off to the coast guurd station. There's only one policeman in Cauvey, and I shall want two or three men— armed men—for Winton, and the same for you. I mean business, I can tell you. Come, is it yes or no?" FOSTER TOWNSHIP. Coxe Bros, ft Co., general store, Drifton 7 Coxe Bros, ft Co., general store, Eck- late noise that was more like a bleat Taylor. J., tinware, Ashley 14 Viri-fnt. W. W. hardware, Ashlev, ...14 Wells. S. E-. and assignee Lehy, than a cry and was formed neither by my lips nor tongue, but seemed to oome from tbe bank of my throat. The sound Into the questions whether tbe decision to which I oame was right or wrong and whether the arguments with whioh I sought to square my decision with my oonscienoe and my sense of duty were founded on self interest and inclination rather than on reason will not here enter. ley 9 Cross Creek Coal Co., powder. Drift on.13 Cross Creek Ooal Co.. powder. Eckley.13 Kemmerer, M. S. ft Co., general store. Lattlmer mines, Holly Wood 8 Pardee, Calvin ft Co., general store, Harwood 9 Pardee, Calvin & Co., powder, LaJtimer mines. Lattlmer 14 Pardee, Calvin ft Co., powder, Holly Wood 14 Pardee, Calvin ft Co., powder, Har- Christian, furniture. Ashley 14 Yotsko, John, general store, Ashley, ..14 Donev, E.. 1 pool table. Ashley —$31 reached the ears of tbe man with tbe bag, however, for he oame to an ereot posture in an instant, looked quickly to right and to left and then walked briskly sway in the opposite direction. Sandy Run 10 Kemmerer, M. S. & Co., powder, Sandy Run 14 Kemmerer, M. S. & Co., meats, Sandy This was a temptation uot to be withstood, and ho replied a little more civilly that be "didn't mind," and even unbent so far as to answer yes or no to one or two casual remarks I made. BLACK CREEK TOWNSHIP. "Home they got Mm, OranW I inquired. is soon as I beard about the explosion— bat I said I knew you and told tbem who you were and had you brought bere lnsteau. Ana a oaa time you ve bad of it, I can tell you. - But now you mustn't talk any more." The next afternoon I was in the little oottage at Oanvey again, and should bave been there sooner but for tbe fact that I wished first to satisfy myself that my movements were not being watched by tbe'police. Brelsch Bros., general store, Nurem- Run 14 Lentz & Co.. powder, Hazle Brook...l4 M*rkle, G. B. & Co., powder, No. 2, Jed do 14 Markle, G. B. & Co.. powder No. 5, wood  VanWlckle, A. S. general store, Mil- And then the night stillness was broken by tbe most terrible cry I have "Yes," be answered with a horrible oath. And then we sat down to arrange the details of our little conspiracy. burg Boone, S. C.. general store, Turn bach. 14 Bleggi, August, hardware, Weston...14 Bro 'kfs. Peter, general store, Weston-14 Coxe Bros. & Co., powder, Gowin colliery. Rowan 13 When that decision was onoe made, I gave no further thought to tbe rights or wrongs of tbe matter, but, dismissing every such consideration from my mind, concentrated all my energies upon the task of finding Captain Shannon. mesviHe 8 Vai»Wickle, powder. Mllnesville...— 14 Herron, P. one pool table Milnesvllle$31 ever heard—a cry so terrible and unearthly that it seemed to make the blood When he rose to go, some Bpirit of mischief prompted me to ask bim what he had iii tbeoil can, and this, apparently recalling his grievance, put bim in the worfct of tempers again, for he snatched at it, savagely blurting out: 14 [Markle. O. B. & Co., powder, Oak Dale Jeddo To be continued Coxe nros & Co., powder. Derringer colli pry. Gowan  colliery. Jeddo ...14 HOLL.BNBACK TOWNSHIP. in my reins run cold, although I knew that it was from my own lips and no other that the cry had fallen. That ory broke the spell that bound me. Even while it was ringing in my ears I j/Mped ont like a tiger athirst for blood, and, heedless of the hissing fuse, which bnrned the faster and brighter for the wind wbioh J made as I rushed by it, I was after him, every drop of blood in my body boiling with fnry, every muscle and tendon of my fingers twitching to grip the misoreant's throat Had be been as fleet of foot as a greyhound he should not have escaped me tben, and thongh he had thrown the bag away and was now running for dear life I was upon him before be was half way down Noble street When he heard I did not intend on thia occasion to waste time In trying to find oat whether Hughes had any one on board with him or not, especially aa I was now without Qniokly's assistance. This waa a case in whioh it seemed to me safer to achieve my purpose by a bold stroke than to adopt the more oantioua courae of beating about the bush. The thing to do would be to engage Hoghea in oonveraation, and when be waa off hia guard to oharge him suddenly with sheltering a fugitive from juatioe on board the Onban Queen. The cleTereat rogue ia apt to betray himself when a surprise ia thus sprung upon him, and such a clumsy rascal aa Hughes should not be difficult to deal with. I did not doubt thut he would deny the impeachment with much bluster and more bad language, bnt by keeping a keen eye upon hiB face when playing my game of bluff I hoped to be able to come to some definite conclusion in regard to the theory I had formed concerning Mullen'a whereabouts. To War on Ancestors. 0DxCD Bros. & Co.. general store, Wentz & Co., general store, Hasle Brook 12 "Oh, I'm all right Tall me, won there many people killed?" A Brooklyn girl says that she is going to ■tart a new society. She docs not intend doing this because she thinks there is a dearth of women's societies. But she lias discovered an entirely new field, quite unoccupied by women's societies or any other kind. The name of the new organization is to be. the Parvenu society, and the badge a mushroom; the motto, "She cometli up as a flower." Gowan Hlppenstell, F. A. Hobble. Peters, N. D. Hobble  Shobert, W. W. Scanllni.. "A good many in the postoffloe, but not many outside. You see, being Saturday, most of the plaoes were empty exsept for caretakers. And now go to ileepu" And first I decided to pay a visit to Socthend, to see if the little brown outter was still there, and, if not to discover what had become of it Crouse. Stephen, notions. Rock Glen..14 Peiseit. Fred, meats, Nuremburg 14 Dristic. Mike, cothier, Weeton 14 Davis, W. A., general store, Weston..14 Oennettl,'L.. grocer, Weston.. 14 Oennettl. Raphael, meats, Weston 14 Hutchen, M. L., general store. Rock FORTY FORT BOROUGH. "Wot the dickens 'as that got to do wi* you?" Boston. C. W. grocer. Forty Port.... 14 Dilcer. C. C. meats. Forty Fort 14 Forty Forty Planing Mill, lumber, Forty Fort 1' HUGHES TOWN BOROUGH. "Keep a civil tongue in your head, yon scoundrel I" I said sharply, taking a step toward hiin. "Answer me like that again and I'll give you a lesson yon won't forgetl" As one walks down the High street from the station the pier lies direotly in front, running out 1 miles to sea on its myriad slender feet like a giant oentiped. To the right are the shady shrubberies and snnny grass crowned cliffs of New Southend, and to the left, with lips stooped to the water's edge, the old town straggles away seaward, a long line of picturesque, irregular buildings, some cheerful red, others warm yellow, and a few cool grey, reminding one not a little of some quaint Frepcb or Belgian port blinking in the morning sunshine. Martin, James, grocer. Pit fast on 1C Pennsylvania Coal Co., No. 10 mines powder, Pittston 13 rischler, John, grocer, Pittston 14 Penna. Coal Co., powder. No. 8 mines, ..- If "One more question only. Dose any one know I was after Mullen when It happened?" Forty Fort Pharmacy, drugs, Forty 'Fort 14 Hanks. W. R. meats. Forty Fort .... 14 Jackson. E. W. grocer, Pojty Fort... 14 Phillips, T. B. grocer, Forty Fort 14 Stout, A. C. general store, Forty Fort 14 Bmlth, A. V. general store. Forty Fort 14 Glen Jackson, T. A., meats, Nuremburg "Yon, you blooming monkey!" he snarled, spitting on the gronnd in front of me as an outward and visible sign of his contempt. "You give me a lesson! And where shonld I be, do you think?" The members of this society will be allowed to mention their fathers and mothers and may s(Dcak occasionally of a grandfather or a grandmother, but a mention ot a great-grandfather or a great-grandmother will bo puuished by flues. No ancestors of any degree of nearness may be described to other memiiers unless said ancestors have been engaged in manual labor or have been the objects of public charity or public punishment. Family records, relics, gonea logical trees and other indications of family antiquity will be burned at the month ly meetings. People who have proof of the antiquity of their stock will not be really acceptable as members, but they will lie received on condition that they use every efTort to obliterate th« knowledge that they have had ancestors. P. O. HAZLETON CITY. "No; they thought yon were passing by ohance. You see, I told them who fou were, bat I oouldn't tell them whet had happened, as 1 didn't know, and fou oouldn't apeak for yourself, so I thought I'd better say nothing until you were well enoogh to tell your own •toy." McOraw, Frank, general store. Rock Glen Rittenhouse, C. L., general Btore, Mt. Atlantic Refining Co., oils, Hazleton, ; 12 Amerist, G. grocer, 199 Cedar street. Hazleton, 14 Ahmiller, Justice, general store. 73 Cedar street, Hazleton 14 Armour Beef Co., meats. Hazleton., 13 Ackerman, P. H., grocer. 103 Laurel Airey, W. P. &Co„ clothing, etc., W. Broad street, Hazleton 1* Bach-man, E. & S., millinery, etc., E. Brond strest. Hazleton, 14 Bownin, H., undertaker, 326 Wyoming street, Hazleton 14 Boetticher. H. J., dry goods, 12 West Broad street. Hazleton 12 Barnett, R„ clothier, 33 East Broad street, Hazleton 14 I Bk&tenbender Bros., grocers, South 1 Wyoming street, Hazleton 14 Borrell. John, grocer, 198 South Cedar treet, Hazleton, ....14 Burns, Patrick, grocer. 114 Alter street, Hazleton, ...; 14 Bright J., Company.1 hardware, 3 West Broad street, Hazle-ton 6 Bringenburg, J., grocer, 322 Wyoming street, Hazleton 14 Bachman & 8on, undertakers. West Broad street, Hazleton, 14 Belsel Bros., grocers, 126*West Broad street, Hazleton. "I Barber. J. F. & Co., hardware, 122 West Broad street, Hazleton 7 Blumerfeldt, J., grocer. 11 Mine St., Hasleton, .U ": Bower, Benjamin, clothing, 39 East Broad street, Hazleton 14 Boetticher. H., general store, 6 Diamond street, Hazleton 13 Brown. J. B., general store, 50 South Wyoming street, Hazleton ..13 Briehoff, J. B,. confectionery. West  Grove Rittenhouse. Simon, general store, Mt I looked him full in the face and shot my bolt. Grove FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP Sewel], Ohas., general store. Rock Glen Gay. G. E. general store, Sutton "You would be in prison, my good fellow, for harboring a murderer disguised as a woman, and you'd be charged with being an acoessory after the fact." Sbellhammer, E. K., general store. Creek 14 Winters, J. general store. Orange.... 14 my steps, be stopped and faced round Tank Zimmerman, George, general store, suddenly, and as be did so I struck him with my olinched fist full under the Jaw and with all my strength. Shall I ever feel snob savage joy as thrilled me then as I heard bis teeth snap together like the snap of the teeth of an iron rattrap and felt the warm rush of his blood upon my hand? He went down like a pole "And Mnllen got dean away?" "Look here, old man, this won't do, yon know. The doctor said yon weren't to be allowed to talk mora than oould be helped." Buri, P. O.. pool table, Weston Weston FAIRMOUNT TOWNSHIP. Davis, Geo. general store. Fairmount And, oh, such skies, suoh cloud pomp and pageantry, and above all such sunrises and sunsets I Suoh dance and spar- Kie ot moving water when the tide is in, and, more beautiful still, when the tide is out, such play of ligbt and shadow, such wonderful wealth of oolor on the marshy fiats—here a patch of royal purple or opalescent green, there a rose gray or pearly pink, with little shining pools changing from blue to silver and silver to blue with the passing of every oloud! Ue stepped back, paling visibly under his bronze complexion, and answered for once without an oath: BUTLER TOWNSHIP. Springs 14 Hoss. W. F. general store. Maple Run 14 Pennington, A. R. general store. Fair- Brigtithoupt, Chas., general store, St. John's H "Answer me that then, and I'll rak no more for the present" mount Springs 14 Wagner, F. M. general store, Ritten- "Yea, th6 ruffian got olean away, and no one knows to this day how he did It Do yon?" Bat I had yet to catch the hare which I felt so competent to cook, and of the two tasks the former promised to be the more difficult Hughes, as the reader already knows, did not often leave the bulk, and as it was quite oat of the question that I should seek him there some plan for making it nccessary for him to come ashore must be devised. After mnoh brain cndgeling I hit upon an idea whiah I immediately proceeded to carry oil which was barned in Hughes'iafiu was taken oat to him every Mournr and Thursday by the attendant wlmse duty it was to fetch and carry caretakers of the hulks. I knew that it was so, as the man had to pass my door on his way to the boat, and I had se«n the tin can in his hand repeatedly. f "'E ain't a murderer. 'E's a private soldier wot struck 'is superior officer for coming between Mm and 'is wife and then deserted. I see it myself in the paper 'e showed me, and I'd 'a' done the samo if I'd bin in 'is plaoe. And so'd you, mister." Bochert. Chas.. grocer, St. John's....14 Drum. N. S.. general store. Drum....14 Daubert, J. A., general store. Drum..14 Dlnkelacher. J., meats, Drum 14 house 14 Wiant, W. R. general store, Rlttenhouse 14 The Brooklyn girl is not animated by a spirit of envy. No sour grajies lutvc set her teeth on edge. She is eligible to the Daughters of the Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the New England Women, even to the Colonial Dames! The members of these various s )- cieties cannot imagine, so they say, "why a zed ox, bat in the next second had • staggered to his knees and thence to his feet. His hand was fumbling at a side pocket, whence I saw the bntt end of a Freas M. B.. grocer. Drum "Yea. I saw him do It" Jeffrey Lewis. Drum FREE LAND BOROUGH. "The deuce yon did! Bnt there, yon ■hall tell me all about It tomorrow. Have a drop of beef tea and then go to by-by." Schiedy, W H., generaJ store. St. John 14 Roth, Wilson, general store. Drum Albert, F. H. furniture, Freeland.... 14 Boyle, Wm. F. groceries, Freeland.. 14 Berno J. C. groceries. Freeland 14 Butterwick, A. M. Jeweler, Freeland- 14 Brendman, Morris boots and shoes. revolver protruding, bnt before he oould «et at it I bad him by the throat again, where my blow had knocked the red beard awry, and I promise yon that ray grip was none of the gentlest. Nor for the matter of that was my language, for—though I am by habit nice of speech and not given to oaths—words which I "Ho, ho, my friend!" I said to myself. "I was a 'monkey' a moment ago — now I'm a 'mister.' So you are funking it already, are you?" 14 Co., general Smith. Henry. Drums . Upper Kehigh Supplystore. Upper Lehigh.. Wbioh I did. she talks es she does." And then,  there ure ooh«r women who say they can, —New York Sun. Upper IDeh!gh Coal Co.. powder. Upper Lehigh H Wlrdin*, J- W., harness. Upper Lehigh 14 Freeland My powers of recuperation are great and a few days saw me comparatively well in body, though by no means easy in mind. Up to this point my search for Captain Shannon bad aeemed to me a somewhat public spirited and deserving enterprise. To bring such a scoundrel to justioe would be doing a servioe I to the oonntry and to humanity, and in the wild soene of excitement which I knew would follow the new* of his arrest I liked to picture myself as receivin» the thanka el the nommnnitv. and Southend is a pretty spot at any time, but after a month spent on a sickbed in a stuffy London side street the view from the pier hill seemed to me exceptionally beautiful. Belleza. John boots and shoes, Free- And then aloud land Bachman, A. A. wall paper &c.. Free- "Do you think any jury will believe that you thought a private soldier could afford to pay you what that man's paying? Now look here! I've got the whip hand of yon, bat I don't wish you any harm personally. If yon'll do exactly as I tell yon, and play me fair, I'll pay yon the sum that yonder man's paying yon, and you shan't get into any trouble if I can help it. " RatH ami the Plague, land 14 Birkbeck, Wm. hardware, Freeland.. 14 Bronze, Leonard groceries, Freeland. 14 Breslin, H. M. undertaker. Freeland. 14 Croil. Chas. butcher, Freeland 14 Campbell. T. general store, Freeland 13 Chestnut, E. novelties. Freeland 14 Cabbage. Nicholas groceries. Freeland 14 Christie, Jamea sewing machines. According to Dr. James Cantlle, in The Lancet, the disease called the bnlxmio plague, now raging in Asia, attacks nits before it makes its appearance among human beings in the same locality. A month before the plague broke out In the city of Bombay it was observed that the rats were dying hy thousands. Other animals are also affected, but none so soon or ao fatally as rata. CONYNGHAM TOWNSHIP. have never used before or since babbled As I stood there, drinking my fill of the sweet strong, brackish air and basking in the sunshine, I was conscious of being scrutinized qaietly, bnt very keenly by a man who was lounging near the Royal hotel. Heller. A. W., coal and lumber, Wapwallopen I4 Heller, C. M.. flour and grain, Wapwallopen 14 Kurehner Bros., general store, Wapwallopen ;14 Leavenworth. F. J. & Oo., general s'ore. Wapwallopen » Nagle, J. W., a*t.. general store, Pond Hill " up in my throat and would out though a whole beach of listening bishops were by"You bloody monster!" I cried, and the woida seemed to make Iron of the muscles of my arm and granite of every hen* in mv fist aa I struck him anain Freeland 14 Bruenlngaon, S. groceries. Freeland.. 14 Brogan, Win. J. meats, Freeland 14 There was nothing in bis appearance or dross white flannel trousers and As a matter of fact, I was at that mo(ueut reminded of the matter,• for the "Wot d'you wautuietodo?"faea4k«d. OONTGiCSD ON MOOND PAGE.