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THE CHAPLAIN'S STORY
Do you intend selling Real
; Estate this Fall ? If so, bear
in mind that we print neat
' T I M BOURN and I were boys to
\ gether at Westminster; we went
G/ to Oxford together—to Balliol
we took our degrees together in
the Classical (Honors) School, and
were ordained together by the Bishop
of L—:—, as curates for his diocese.
Here our paths separated for some
years, and when next we renewed our
old friendship I was the vicar of the
town, still single at 34, and Jim was
the chaplain of the famous jail in the
same town, and married.
We were talking in our study, as in
olden times. Somehow the conversa-tion
drifted to the subject of a recent
newspaper article: "Ought Married
People to Have Any Secrets From
Each Other ?" I said ''No," Jim said
"Yes." We both smilingly stuck to
our text. It was not often that we
differed in opinion, but this was one
case, anyhow.
"Why, Jim," said I, "you would
have been the last person I should have
expected to take that line, for I am sure
from what I have seen that if ever two
folks were happy and loving, they are
Ella and yourself. I can't conceive of
your having any secret which you
would not wish Ella to know."
"Ah," retorted he, with a peculiar
smile, "that's just it. Well, Howson,
I'll tell you one, if you like, though,"
he added, "it must remain a secret be-tween
us two. I have never spoken of
it to any one in the world, and never
shall, except to yourself."
"Thanks, Jim, you need not fear
me, as you know. I am only curious
to know the case," and I assumed an
attitude of eager attention to Jim's
story.
" I was the chaplain at Lowmarket,
as you are well aware, before I came
here. It is a pretty place, and one
wonders whatever made the govern-ment
build a jail there. However,
there it is, and there was I. The
amount of society that one got in Low-market
was perfectly astonishing. Had
I had the time and inclination for it, I
might have turned out a regular 'soci-ety'
clergyman. As it was, I had a full
amount of lectures, soirees, parties and
entertainments. Among the people I
got in with none were nicer than the
Yorks. Miss York, a maiden lady of
50, lived in a large and beautifully
furnished house called 'The Cedars,' in
the best part of the town. She was
known all over the district for her
charity, kindness of heart and pure
life. Everybody had a good word for
her. Nor was her niece, Miss York,
any less popular. People in Lowmar-ket
fairly worshipped both of them.
" I was 28 when I first saw Ella
York, and at once succumbed to her
charms. For weeks her praises had
been in ray ears, and now, on acquaint-ance,
I found her beauty, her manners,
her kindness of heart, not one whit less
than report stated. I loved her. Of
course, I could not say so at once ; and
whether, after two or three meetings in
the course of my work—for Miss York
the elder took great interest in our
sphere of labor—she guessed my love,
and reciprocated it, I could not then
r. I found, upon judicious inquiries,
that Miss York—Ella—had lived with
her aunt from childhood; that she was
now 24; that her mother was dead,
and her father lived on the continent
for his health ; also that she was her
aunt's sole heiress. These facts were
of course only learned by degrees, as
one cannot go to the fountain head for
such information.
'After much heart-Bearching and
debating within myself I thought I
saw that Ella York was not wholly in-different
to me, and I resolyed to ask
her to be, my wife. I need not go into
details as to how I did it, beyond say-ing
that it was one summer morning
rather more than five years ago, when,
having gone to see her aunt, who was
out, I met Eila in the grounds; and
after talking as we walked along on
various subjects, somehow it came out
unexpectedly, and almost before I
could comprehend what it all meant,
Ella York had promised to be my
wife, subject to her aunt's consent.
"But her aunt didn't consent. I
received a dainty note that night-how
tenderly I regarded it, Howson
—from Ella, saying that she had
spoken of my visit to her aunt, and
had told her I was coming to-morrow
for her approval; Miss York had been
very kind, but acted rather strangely,
and said she would see me, but she
could not consent, as she did not wish
to lose Ella. My dear girl went on to
say that she had in yain tried to get
from her any more than this.
" I was in a curious frame of mind
as I went next morning to see Miss
York. What could her objection
really be ? Surely not to me ? My
position, ray family, my life here were,
I hoped, beyond reproach. Even if it
were a question of money, I had
enough private means, as you know.
As for Miss York, well, of course it
would be lonely without Ella at first,
after so many years companionship,
but surely she didn't expect her never
to get married! It was preposterous"
" I was destined to know her objec-tion.
As I approached the lodge the
porieress met me.
" 'Oh, Mr. Bourn, this is shocking.'
" I was more puzzled than ever!
Why my engagement to Ella should
be ' shocking' I couldn't see; and I
no doubt expressed it in my looks.
" So sudden, too, sir,' said the wo-man.
'Nobody excepted it ?'
" ' Whatever's the matter?' said I-
" ' Why .haven't you heard that Miss
York is dead ? No! Oh, dear! Poor
thing; had a fit in the night, doctor
says ; was quite unconscious when Miss
Ella got there, and died at 9 o'clock
this morning.'
" My heart sank; I felt faint and
giddy. It was some minutes before I
could move. You will never know
how it feels, Howson, unless you
should have such a blow, which I hope
you never will. But I am bound to
say that my one thought was ' My
poor, lonely darling, Ella !'
" There was no more details to be
learned about Miss York's death. She
was buried in Lowmarket churchyard.
Ella was ill for weeks, and could not
see even me. When she was well
enough to attend to business it was
found that she inherited all her aunt's
money; and as she had already ac-cepted
me, we were married a twelve-month
afterward. She had been aw-fully
lonely, she said, since Miss York's
death, but no couple had ever lived
happier and been nearer and dearer to
each other than Ella and I. May
God bless her!"
"Amen !" said I solemnly and rev-erently.
" Ella and I," pursued Jim, " could
never give the remotest guess as to her
aunt's objection to our engagement,
and it would probably have remained
a mystery to me, as it has to Ella even
now, had it not been for the following
circumstances: Some time ago I was
sent for at the prison to see a rather
desperate character, whose end was
very near. He had been sent to
seven years' penal servitude some three
years before for forgery, and after
serving two years at Portland had
been transferred to Lowmarket, His
appearance was superior to that of the
ordinary convict, even when a forger.
Although I had seen him several
times, and eertainly been struck with
his face and appearance, we could not
be said to be friendly, as lie had been
indifferent to all my advances.
I found him lying in the hospital,
and I soon saw that he would not live
very long.
You seem pleased to see me ?" I
said.
•Yes, sir," replied No. 152. 'I
am glad you have coma. I hardly
expected you would, considering how
standoffish I've been. But, I wanted
to see you, as the doctor says I 'm not
likely to last much longer—perhaps
not till tomorrow.'
" ' There, well, never mind; keep
your courage up, and you'll probably
deceive the doctor.'
" I talked to him about his soul and
spiritual things. Tbat we may pass by,
Howson ; I believe he was thoroughly
penitent. I asked him if there was
anything I could do for him.
" 'Yes, sir; there is one thing, if you
will. It's such a curious one, I hard-ly
like to ask you.' His eyes looked
eagerly at me.
" 'Go on,' said I . 'I'll do it, i f pos-sible.'
" 'I've had a queer life, sir,' said the
convict. 'I might have been some-body
and done some good; but I got
led astray after marriage, and broke
the heart of my wife, who died soon
afterward. Yes, 1'ye led a bad life,
and it's precious few friends I've had
lately, anyhow. But I hope I may be
forgiven, as you say God will pardon
even the worst of us. And if you'll
promise me to do one thing when I'm
dead, I shall die happy.'
" 'I'll promise as far as I can,' I
said. 'What is it?'
" 'It's to take care of your wife,' an-swered
No. 152. 'Ah,' said he, smil-ing,
' I thought that would astonish
you.'
" 'Take care of my wifa !' I gazed
at him in amazement. 'Why, of
course I will. But what is that to you ?'
" 'A great deal,' said he.
" 'Why V
" 'Because she's—my daughter!'
" I looked at hitn in terror and as-tonishment,
and was about to send for
the nurse and for the doctor, feeling
sure that he was rambling, wheB he
said, slowly:
" 'Sit down, sir, please; I can't talk
much longer. You need not send for
Dr. Darton; I'm all right. I feared it
would give you a shock, sir, as it gave
me the first time I saw her with you,
Ella York—you see.I know her name
all right—was taken when quite a
child by her aunt, who disowned me,
and never told the child who her
father was. In that she was quite
right. She changed her name from
Wilson to her mother's name of York,
and completed the disguise. When-ever
I desired—and oh! sir I did often
desire—to see Ella, my darling, Miss
York has always threatened me with
the police, and I knew better than to
have them on my track, if I could help
it. Yes, sir, I see you can't realize it
yet, but you'll find Ella Wilson's
birth and baptism in the registers of
Northfield, and I give you my word
it's true.'
" I sat in dumb silence. What could
I say ? Ella, my Ella, a convict's
daughter!
" 'Please, sir, don't tell her,' said he.
'She has never known. Don't let her
know. But I felt I must tell yon, sir,
and you'll not think any worse of her ?'
and his eyes looked pleadingly and
wistfully at me.
'• My senses had somewhat returned.
"'No,' said I, 'of course not. I'm
half dazed, but I feel what you say is
true. But Ella is my own now, and
always shall be while I live. I wish I
had not heard this,-but it cannot alter
my love for Ella.
" 'Thank God !' he said. 'And, sir,
there is one thing more. The doctor
says I shall Bleep myself away. Do
you think ifc could ba managed for my
darling to give me one kiss ere I die?
Just one.'
" 'I'll try. Yes,' I said, 'she shall,
if you will leave it to me.'
" ' I will. God bless you, Mr. Bourn.'
" I left him. When I got home
Ella thought I was ill, and indeed I
was. Overwork, I pleaded. In an-other
hourthey came to tell m8 he was
asleep, and would not wake in this
world.
" I took Eila with me to the hospi-tal.
'Ella,' said I, 'a prisoner who is
dying, and who has no—few—friends,
told me today how he had seen you
and would like you to kiss him ere he
dkd, as his own daughter would have
done. Will you ?'
" 'Certainly, my darling.'
And with eyes full of tears she did.
The unconscious form arose, the eye-lids
half opened, the face smiled. She
didn't know ; did he?
" I led her away weeping, my own
heart full. I afterward verified the
story Bat Ella has never known any
more, Tlowac n, and never will. There
is sometimes & secret which should not
be shared between husband and wife,
HOWSOD, isn't there ?"
"You're right, dear old Jim," said
I , as he grasped my hand in silence,
but with tear dimmed eyes. " You're
right, old fellow, and God bless you
both V
B Y THE W A Y .
Interesting Notes and Comments on
Persons. Places and. Things.
A Bachelor Thinks*
Every healthy girl has a contempt
for a man who aBks her if »he will let
him kiss her.
I f Eve had been created, first, she
would have got ahead of the Lord in
inventing a man.
Whenever a girl buys a thin, flimsy
shirt waist she always buys a lot of
fussy white things.
Love is like a cable ear; it can be
switched off upon another track, but it
can't run backward.
When a girl wants' to call a man by
his first name, but doesn't Irnow how
he will take it, she gets up a nickname
for him that nobody else ever calls
him by.
A Bachelor's Whims.
No girl can freeze a man wheo she's
melting.
Probably babies talk so funny be-cause
they are guying their mothers.
Women are like bees ; whenever
you see one it suggests either honey or
a sting.
Love is a little innocent-faced child,
and marriage is the same child grown
up to be an old rounder.
I wonder whether frogs croak the
way they do because they are miser-able.
Yoa can never tell by the way a girl
beckons to a man whether they are
married or engaged or strangers
A Bachelor's Vagaries.
The longer a man is married] the
less room he finds for his clothes in
any of the closets.
A woman knows just about as mat h
about politics as a man does, »bout
when to leave off his winter wwfer-clothes.
The people who play hardest foe tlse
millennium wouldn't know what to> «do
with themselves if it really came.
As soon as a woman gets an Mea
that she is the intellectual equal', of
man her husband begins to get aVing
with picked-up dinners.
A Great Surprise is 3n Store
for those who will go to-day and get a
package of GRAIN-O. It takes tlie
place of coffee at about \ the cost. It
is a food drink, full of health, and can
be given to the children as well as tlie
adult with great benefit. It is mad e oi
pure grains and looks and tastes like
the finest grades of Mocha or Java
coffee. It satisfies everyone. A cup
of Grain-0 is better for the system
than a tonic, because its benefit is per-manent.
What coffee breaks down
Giain-0 builds up. Ask your groeec
for Grain-O. 15c. find 25c. '
WHILE the daily papers are filled
with glowing accounts of the mad race
for gold in the newly discovered gold
fields of Alaska, interest in that direc-tion
will shortly die out until spring,
as it will be impossible to receive any-thing
like authentic news from the
frozen territory until navigation can
again be opened up. That does not
mean there will be nothing in the
papers descriptive of the new El Do-rado
during the long winter months.
Imagination will take the place of the
special correspondent, and it matters
little how wide of the truth these
imaginative writers are, their " stuff "
will find a ready market. So much
that goes to make a newspaper nowa-days
is pure fiction that the public
gracefully accept it in a doubting sort
of a way and when they are through
are at loss to know whether they have
been reading facta or fiction.
& &
W H E N a newspaper once establishes
the unenviable reputation for sensa-tionalism
and allows all manner of
news to enter its columns without an
attempt at verification the public
begins to lose faith in it and place but
little reliance in anything it may pub-lish
even though it has the semblance
of truth attached to it. Its readers
wait to see the news confirmed in some
more reputable sheet before accepting
it truthfully. Yet, sad as the fact
may appear, it is sensationalism that
the public crave, for eyidence of which
it is only necessary to point to the
enormous circulation of the papers that
come under the newly coined name of
"yellow journalism."
* * *
BUT this is wandering to a subject
that will be taken up later on, that of
"yellow journalism." To hark back to
the subject of the gold craze that is
sweeping into every habitation
throughout the country it is but perti-nent
to remark that by this time navi-gation
is practically closed, and but
few who are at the present time on
their way to the gold country will be
successful in reaching their destination.
The number of persons who have thus
far left Seattle to seek their fortunes
in the gold fields is over ten thousand,
an astounding figure when it is remem-bered
that but little can be done in the
way of mining until eight months
hence, and this vast army of fortune-seekers
must be fed and housed in
whatever manner the place can aftord.
No provisions can ba sent during the
winter, and what little variety they
have must grow very monotonous in-deed.
But such are the conditions
under which gold invites its pursuers
in the far north. There is nothing
glowing about it, nothing but hardship,
toil, gloom, desolation and in many
cases disappointment. The latter is
not often mentioned in the glowing ac-counts
of the mad race for wealth, and
seldom if ever thought of by those who
venture on this hazardous journey.
* * *
NOT ONE of the ten thousand and
over who are now either there or on
the way had any other thought in
mind when they left " God's own
country," as they term the United
States, than the accumulation of a
fortune. Ten thousand dollars would
seem but 8 small sum to bring back
after risking both health And life in
this mad struggle for wealth, yet a lit-tle
figuring will soon show that the
average must fall far below this, for
ten thousand dollars apiece would mean
one hundred million dollars in gold
dust. No such fabulous sum as this is
in sight, so that it can readily be seen
what bitter disappointment there is in
store for many of those who are now
on their way. The gold brought from
Alaska so far this year will amount to
about eight million dollars. There is
every reason to bslieve that the yield
next year will far exceed this, but the
lucky ones who will share in the
divide will not be many in comparison
to the number who will reap nothing
but disappointment and perhaps
death.
* * *
TRUE, THIS is rather a pessimistic
view of tbe situation, but it is looking
stern facts in the face, This country
will largely profit by the dissovery of
the Alaska, gold fields, and the more
gold brought here, the wealthier will
we become as a nation. Gold is our
only standard of money at the present
time, and there is no increase in wealth
if the mines do not yield any. During
the presidential campaign last fall it
was frequently asserted that our wealth
per capita is too small. Perhaps it is.
Yet if all the money in the country to-day
was equally distributed, in a short
time it would again find its way into
the channels where it now is, and in
the end the distribution would do us
but little good. The knack of saving
or accumulating is not the fortunate
x- gift of all; in fact, the money seems to
drift into few channels with very small
outlets. Some people manage to save
and lay by for a rainy day where
others fail. Bat for the failures there
would not be much for the saving ones
to lay by, so that one class profits
through the carelessness of the other.
" 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody
any good."
* * *
WHAT the coming winter will be in
the Yukon Valley must be left to the
imagination. To feed the vast army
of gold seekers will require an im-mense
quantity of rations, and this
must all come from supplies now there
or on the way. Ihere can be no re-lief
until navigation opens in May,
and certain it is that many will starve
to death. Before death comes though
there will result a scene no human
being would care to witness. When
starvation comes all thought of gold
and riches will be absorbed in the wild
desire for something to eat. In the
madness of hunger they will become
savage beasts. No ioferno ever
pieiured by the imagination ever
equaled what is likely to be a reality
on the upper Yukon and its branches
Food will be worth more than its
weight in gold, and there will come a
time when even gold will not procure
it. This is no fancy picture, but based
on facts as they come to us from those
who have been there,
* # *
THAT there will be great changes in
the transportation facilities next year
will largely depend on the output of
gold during the next few months that
will be open to mining. Should the
claims that are made be carried out
there will be a comparatively easy way
to reach the region next year, and it is
possible that a railroad will find its
way into this desolate region. Food is
the great desideratum at present, and
'with good transportation facilities that
problem will be solved, and then what
gold there is along the Yukon will
speedily find its way to the market.
The rush next spring will be a sight
worth going miles to see. The rush
to the Pacific in '49 will be as a mouse
to a cat in comparison. Mushroom
cities will be sprinkled all along the
Yukon and until stringent laws are
established, the record of crime will be
something appalling. The govern-ment
will no doubt take a hand in
suppressing lawlessness s.s far as it lies
in its power, but the experience in all
mushroom mining towns goes to con-firm
the belief that murders will be as
plentiful as in the halcyon days of in
Denver, Leadville, Crete and the yari-ous
other mining towns of the west.
Unlike these places though, the towns
of the far northwest will exist only on
paper when the gold supply runs out.
* * *
BUT what a history they will make
before that time arrives! PHIL.
The Traction Roads to be sold.
The Columbia Herald, owed and
edited by Wm. B. Giyen, Esq., Re-ceiver
of the Pennsylvania Traction
system, makes the following announce-ment
of the plans arranged for the dis-position
of the Pennsylvania Traction
system:
At a meeting of those representing a
large majority of all the several issues
of bonds on the electric railways of
Lancaster county, held recently at the
offices of the Providence Life and
Trust Company, in Philadelphia, it
was agreed that a sale of all the elec-tric
railways leased by the Pennsylva
nia Traction Company should be had
the latter part of April or early in
May, 1898. In accordance with this
arrangement, the Providence Life and
Trust Company, trustee under the
mortgages of the Pennsylvania Tra&
tion Company, has filed a cross-bill
and asked for a sale. A Master will
be appointed to ascertain and ]
upon the liens and immediately after
these are ascertained J William B,
Given, Esq., Receiver, will be author-ized
to make sale. Under the condi-tions
of the mortgages, Receiver Given
must advertise the properties three
months.
Of course, nothing definite is known
as yet, but in well informed circles it is
believed that a syndicate, headed by
well-known Lancaster county business
men, will be formed with a view of
purchasing the entire property. It is
further asserted that this syndicate
will shortly offer to all bondholders a
fair and equitable plan of settlement
and reorganization.
Over the State.
The coroner's jury in Philadelphia
found that Major William C. Wilson
came to his death from hemorrhage
and shock caused by blows administer-ed
by a person or persons unknown.
Marion Stuyvesant, the bookseller's
porter, was committed to prison by the
coroner to await the action of the
grand jury, though no testimony was
adduced to show that Stuyvesant had
any knowledge of the crime.
Liveryman Eugene Heller, of the
Delaware Water Gap, fell against a
circular saw and lost his right arm.
As a parade was passing the jail at
Stroudsburg, Samuel Bell, one of the
prisoners, started a cry of fire, in the
hope that he would create confusion
and escape. The fire department re-sponded,
but Bell's plan to get away
did not work.
A wholesale attempt at arson was
made at Sturmerville, Luzerne county,
where firebugs started a blaze after
slashing the hose and rtopping up the
water plugs.
The Granger's pic nic at Williams'
Grove has come to a close and the
unanimous opinion is tbat it was most
successful.
Not in many years have the Harris-burg
markets been so overloaded with
peaches.
Hezekiah Wrench, a colored man of
Media, was seat to jail for breaking
window panes. He has a mania for
this kind of mischief and 2 years ago
was in jail for a similar offense.
George Miller, William Miller and
Charles Lyon, of Ashley, Luzarne
county, came across a den of snakes
near Mountain Lake recently and suc-ceeded
in killing 17 rattlesnakes, 10
copperheads and one blacksnake.
At the laying of the cornerstone for
a United Evangelical church at Leb-anon
services were conducted by Rev.
C. Newton Dubs and Rev. E. PI.
Romig.
Two empty pocketbooks, one con-taining
broken rings, were dropped in
W. G. Foehl's cafe, at Lancaster, by a
stranger whose description tallies with
that of a well-known pickpocket.
Jumping from a Pennsylvania Rail-road
train, near Lancaster, John Pat-terson,
a track hand, dropped thiough
bridge and was paralyzed in the
lower part of his body by injuries to
his spine.
Car inspector John Ely, of the Read-ing
Railroad, was caught under a train
at Lebanon, and so badly injured that
he may die.
Jumping from a train while it was
in motion Edward Wenger, a colored
waiter of Allentown, receiyed injuries
from which he cannot recover.
As several boys were crossing the
railroad tracks at Altoona a freight
train came along and killed one of the
party 12-year old Nathaniel Dannley.
Thrown from his bicycle while coast-ing
down a step hill, Alexander Schaf-fer,
of South Bethlehem, had his jaw
broken and his head badly cut.
Fire from a mining lamp caught the
clothes of a little child of John Archi-bald,
at Bagdad, Westmoreland
connty, and the infant was burned to a
crisp.
An insane man, William Wildrick,
who says he is a relative of the Gould
family, tried to throw himself down
the Meadow Brook shaft, near Scran-ton.
Dr Silas C. Swallow states in an in-teryiew
that he intends to request of
the State Treasurer the privilege of
examining that $20,000 bond,
John Erwin, a University of Penn-sylvania
student, was set upon and
beaten and stabbed by toughs on West
Bethlehem's streets.
Dover, N. H., Oct. 31,1896-
MESSES, E L R BEOS. :—The Balm
reached me safely and in so short a
time the effect is surprising. My son
says the first application gave decided
relief. I have a shelf filled with " Ca-tarrh
Cures." To-morrow the store
shall receive them and Ely's Cream
Balm will reign supreme, Respectful-l
y . MKS. F R A N K L I N FREEMAN.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists-
Full size 50c. Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it.
E L Y BROS , 5 6 Warren S I . , N . Y. City.
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and America, the five great conti-nents,
Shaker medicines are being used
by suffering humanity for She cure of
sickness and disease.
Never was there such a universal
demand, never such wonderful results.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for
indigestion, is prepared from herb3 and
roots, and is a natural remedy which
cures by aiding nature and not by
fighting her.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes
those fat who have become thin by not
digesting their food.
It restores the spirits and the appe-tite
of those who are dejected and fag-ged
out from the wearing effects of in-digestion.
I t relieyes the symptoms of dyspep-sia,
and, after using for a reasonable
time, finally cures the complaint.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cts.
Not for Sale.
It may not be generally known that
Uncle Sam prints one particular stamp
which is not for sale, and which seldom
reaches the public. It is used for
second class matter. This particular
species of stamp, new or canceled,
never passes out of the hands of the
post office offisials. Postage on second-class
matters is prepaid by the pound in
cash, and the receiving clerk cancels
these stamps to the value of the post-age
prepaid, and forwards the cancel-ed
stamps to the department as vouch-ers.