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LfKDND EPUODE fN THE LIFE OF AMELIA BDTTEJ

XfesC BVANNA KATHAPINE GPEEN^** AUTHOR OF " THE LEAVEWWOCTH CXfl" _ I BEHIND OAOT) POOAR 'THAI MTAIB NI*T poctf* ••CCCYUIGMTV M1897. R' ANNA. K.ROHLRT. — ̂ OC. HC.

SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.—Amelia Butterwortli.i\rho liad

done clever detective work, Is called upon by Mr. Gryco. a professional dotectlve, to take up an Interesting case. II.—Ho tells her tlint In a certain vllllage several persons have suddenly disappeared. In this pl&co lives a family or tlio name of Knollys, the cnldren of a former fil'Tid of Miss llutterworth. Mr. Gryco desires Miss ButterworUi to enter this family for dotectlve work. III. and I v.—Miss Butterworth goes to visit the KnoUys home, finding there Misses Lu-'•etta and.Loreen Knollys and their brother William. V. VI. and VII.—Miss llutterworth dines with the family and le taken to her room. Sho remains awake durlnsr the night, and, hear­ing strange noises, goes Into the hall and calls Lucetta, who gives unsatisfactory reasons for the disturbance. VIII. and IX.—Mr. Trolim, a neighbor, visits the Knollys. Lucetta Is torrl-lled at seeing him and faints. X.—Miss But. torworth receives a letter from Mr. Gryco telling liorthatlf she Is in danger to blow upon a whistle he sends lier. XI.—An old crone called Uotlier Jane appears. Miss llutterworth gives hor a quarter, wnereupon Mother Jano repeats a curious combination of numbera. XII and XIII —JMIss llutterworth leaves the house and hears of - a young girl formorly leaving tho Knollys house and Delug married before her mother could ovortske her. Slnco tlien a phan­tom carriage Is said to go through Lost Man's lane at midnight, suggesting that tho carriage may carry away the uorsommiysterlously disap­pearing. XIV and XV.—Mr,Trolim drives Miss iulterwortll In his wagon, lleturnlng to the

house ho witnesses a parting between Lucreta and a lover, whose roquest for an answer to Ills suit Lucreta H endeavoring to put off. He leaves without getting a favorable reply. XVI. —Miss Kutterworth gets from Loreen the key to a chambor which sho has heard Is haunted. XVII.-In visiting it she finds her way Into William's sanctum and discovers that ho is a vlvisectlonlst. XV1II.—Mls« Butterworth pass­es an uucomfortable night. She Is locked in her chamber and loses her whistle which she keeps to call the pollco, but recovers It. XIX.—Mak-lug further explorations, she finds two Bhutters iloil together with aknotof crape, indloatlng a death fn the house, XX. and XXI.-MIss llut­terworth Is Impressed with the genUemacllke demeanor of Mr. Trohm and goes with him to visit Mother Jane, who repeats her comblhation of n''mbors. XXII.—Miss Butterworth tees on Hie wall shadows of several persons carrying what appears to be a corpse to Its burial, fhe follows and sees the boarers lower a coffin through a Itolelu the floor. XXIII, XXIV. and XXV.—Miss llutterworth meets Mr. Gryce at tho hotel. He Informs her that he has a clew pointing to Mother .lane as the culprit and that he has examined a string of vegetables In Mother Jano's cabin, finding In one of them, corresponding to a number repeated by the crone, a valuable ring. He assisted at the burial witnessed by Miss ButterworUi and tolls her that the corpse was a favorite dog of William Knollys. Ho had disguised himself In Mother Jane's clothes the others supposing hlw to bo Mother Jano. Miss ButterworUi tells him of her finding the knot of crape and convinces him that what was hurled was human. XXVI. XXVII. and XXVIII.—Mr. Gryce seatches the Knollys house and goes to the grave In the cel­lar. Hols about to open It when Loreen stops him ann avows It Is the grave of hor mother. XXIX.—The body Is exhumed, and Miss But­terworth recognized it as that of her fromer friend. XXX.—Loreen explains that her mother having committed a criminal offense, left the country, but had recently returned. Her ohlld-ron had hiddon her In the house, and she had died therj.

And I knew that "I was glad, too, which is tho best proof that there is something in me besides tho deteotive instinct.

Tho front door bad scarcely closed be­hind him when William came storming in. He had been gossiping over the fcnco with Mr. Trohm and bad been beguiled into taking a glass of wine in his honse. Be showed it.

"Those Bieake!" cried he. "I hear they've been back again, digging and Btirring up our cellar bottom like mad. That's becauso yon'ro no dreadful shy, yon girls. Yon'ro afraid of this, yon're afraid of that. You don't want folks to know your mother once— Well, well, there it is now I If you bad been willing that should be known, I would have been let alone and my affairs left ua touched, but now every fool will cry ont at mo in this staid, puritanical old town, and all because a few bones have been found of animals which have died in tho cause of scienco. I say it's all your fault I Not that I have anything to be ashamed of, because I haven't, but bO' cause this other thing, this d d,wick­ed series of disappearances, taking* placo for aught we know a dozen rods from our gates (though I think—but no matter what I think—yon all like, or say you like, old Dcacon Spear), has made every ono so touchy in this Pharisaical town that to kill n fly has become a crime even if it is to save oneself from poi­son. I'm going to see if I cannot make folks look askance at somo other man than me. I'm going to find who or what causes these disappearances."

This wns a declaration to make us all stare and look a little bit foolish. Wil­liam playing tho detective! Well, what might I not live to see next I But the next moment an overpowering thought struck mo. Might this Deacon Spear by any ulinuco bo tho rich man whoso aili-mosity Altlioa Knollys had awakened?

CHAPTER Y-YYIT LOCKTTA.

Tho next morning I rose with the lark. I had slept well, find all my old vigor hud returned. A new problem was before 1110, a problem which had in­creased in interost since it had becomo narrowed down by tho elimination from it of tho Knollys household. Mother Jano and tho jewels woro to bo Mr. Gry co's starting point for futuro investi­gation. Should they be wine? I thought I would take PH parly stroll tuid see,

Thero was silence in tho houso when I passed through on my way to "the front door. But that silence had lost its terrors and tho old house its absorbing mystory. Yet it was not robbed of its interest. When I realized that Althea Knollys, tho Althea of my youth, ha4 actually breathed this enpip fttmpffphere with 1110, and that within a few days, I felt that 110 old timo romanco nor any terror which flitting ghost or stalking apparition might bring could compare with tho woncier of this retain and the strange mid thnlllug circumstances which had attended It And tho end wus not yet. Peaceful as everything looked this morning, I still felt that the end had not como.

Tho fact that Saracen was loose in tho yard gave me some slight ooncern as I opened tho great front door and looked out. But the control under which I had held him tho day before ciicouragcd 1110 in my venturo, and after u few words with Hunnah, who was careful pot to Jet nip #]ip |}W>y unno ticcd, I boldly stepped forth and too|c my solitary way down to tho gate.

It was not yet G, and tho grass WBB still heavy with dow. At tho gate I paused. I wished to go farther, but Mr. Gryco's injunction had been imperative about venturing into tho lano alone. Be sides— f{o, (hut was not a horse's hoof. Thero could be po qnfl pn f hp road so oarly as this. I was alarming myself unnecossurily, yet— Well, I held' my pluco, a little awkwardly, perhaps. Self consciousness is always awkward, and I could not help being a triflo self con< ticiouv at tt meeting so unoxpeoted and— But tho moro I attempt (q Q3fp}[ijn (he more confused my expressions beooma, so I will just say that by this very slraugo chanoo I was loaning over the gato when Mr. Trohm rode up for the second timo and found mo there.

I did not uttempt any oxouses. Ho is guntleman enough to understand that a woman of my temperament rises early pud must havo the morning air. That he should feel tho same necessity is a coiuwdobw, natural perhaps, but still a

coinoidente. So there was nothing to be1

saict about it. But had thero been I would not have

spoken, for lie seemed so gratified at finding me enjoying nature at this early hour that any words from me would have been quite superfluous. He did not dismount—that would have been too marked perhaps—but he stopped, and— well, we have both passed tho age of romance, and what he said cannot be of interest to the general public, especial­ly as it did not deal with the disappear­ance or with the discoveries made in the Knollys houso the day before or with any of those questions which you have been trying to solve with me to this time.

That wo were engaged moro than five minutes in this conversation I cannot believe. I havo always been extremely accurate in regard to time, yet a good half hour was lost by me sometime that morning for whioh I have never been able to account. Perhaps it was spent in the short discussion which followed, a discussion which may be of interest to you, for that was upon the aotion of the police.

"Nothing came of the investigations made by Mr. Gryce yesterday, I per ceive," Mr. Trohm had remarked, with some reluctance, as he gathered up his reins to depart "Woll, Idid not oxpect anything. How could ho hope to find anything there?"

"How could he indeed? Yet," said I, determined to allay this one man's sus­picions at once, which, notwithstanding the openness of his remark, was still observable in his tones, "you say that with an air I should hardly cxpect from so good a neighbor and friend. Why is that, Mr. Trohm? Surely you do not as sociate crime with the Knollys?"

"Crime? Oh, no, certainly not. No one could associate crime with the Knollys. If my tone was at fault, it v due perhaps to my embarrassment—this meeting, your kindness, the beauty of the day and the feeling these nil call forth. Well, I may be pardoned if my tones are not quite true in discussing other topics. My thoughts were with the one I addressed."

"Then that tone of donbt was all the more misplaced," I retorted. "I am so frank I cannot bear innuendo in others. Besides, Mr. Trohm, the worst folly of this homo was laid bare yesterday in a way to set at rest all darker suspicions. YOD knew that William indulged in vivisection. Well, that is bad, but it oould not bo called criminal. Let us do justico to him, then, and for his sisters' sake see how we can re-establish him in the good graces of the community."

But Mr. Trohm, who for all' our short acquaintance was not without a very deoided appreciation for certain points in my character, shook his head and with a smiling air returned:

"You are asking tho impossible not only of the community, but yourself. William can never re-establish himself. He is of too rude a make. The girls now may recover the esteem they seem to havo lost, but William— Why, if the cause of those disappearances was found today, and found at tho remotest end of this road or even up in the moun­tains, where no one seems to have look­ed, William would still be known through all this village as a rough and cruel man. I have tried to stand his friend, but it's been against odds, Miss Butterworth. Even bis'sisters saw that and showed their lack of confidence in our friendship. But I would like to obligo you."

I knew he ought to go. I knew that if he had lingered only the five minutes which common courtesy allowed that curious eyes would be looking from Loreen's window and that at any min ute I might expect some interference from Luoetta, who had read through this man's forbearanco toward William the very natural distrust ho could not but feel toward so uncertain a cbarao ter. Yet with such an opportunity to hand how pould J let him go without apother question?

"Mr. Trohpi," said J, "yon have the kindest heart and the plgpest )ip?, but have yoa ever thought that Descou Spear"—

Ho stopped me with a really horrified look. "Beacon Spear's house wns gone through yesterday," said he, "asmine will be today. Don't insinuate anything against bim," he entreated. "Leave that for foolish William." Then with the most charming roturn to his old manner, for I felt myself in a measure rebuked, he lifted his bat and urged his horso forward. But, having withdrawn himself a step or two, he paused and with the slightest gesture toward the little hut he was facing added in a much lower tone than any ho had yet used; "BesideB, Qp^con Spear is much toq fas away from Mother "Jane's cottage." Don't yon remember that I told you die never oould bo got to go more than 40 rods from her own doorstep?" And, breaking into a quick canter, he rode away "past Mother Jane's cottage, at Which ha barely glanced, into the mazes qf tjie forest beypitf). ' I was left to think over his words

and the impossibility of my picking up any olew other than that given me by Mr. Gryce.

I was turning toward tho house when I heard a slight poise at my feet. Look­ing down, I encountered the eyos o( Saracen. He wag crouching at my sido, and as I turned toward him his tail ao< tually wagged. It was a sight to call the color up to my cheek; not that sign of good will, astonishing as that was considering my feeling toward dogs, but his being there at all without my knowing it. That made Amelia Butter­worth blush. That was a sigu that no ^Tppiwi—J moke no oxooptious—oan 1 jtj-pira more thou oqo nnuuta to au agree­able man's expressions of sincere admi­ration without letting go just a little of hor watchfulness. It may uot bo to her oredit, but it marks her out us u worn an, which, after all, is not a thing to deplore, especially where ono lias not really passed the line beyond which all ft'eftknpBS of tljjs nature is ridiculous.

Lucetta ingjfwp. iust a» i expouted, at the door. But her woida wcro not just what I anticipated, perhaps because of tnat snort IOOK sno gavo me oeiore sue ventured to speak.

"Iam glad," said she, "to seo you looking 08 lflrfgjlf tilts i!l'Ji-|U>!t'. We are all feeling better, new tliut tho incubus of secrecy is removed, but X still would not liko to think you told what has bapponod to us to Mr. Trohm,"

"Lucetta," said I, "thero may be women of my ago who delight in gos­siping about family affairs with com­parative strangers, but I um not that kind of woman. Mr. Trohm, friendly as he has proved himself and worthy as to..undoubtedly 1« of y«ur owifldenos

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ana trust, will have to learn iroui some one clso besides me anything which you may wish to havo withheld from him."

For reply sho gave mo an impulsive kiss. "I thought I could trust you," she murmured. Then with a dubious look, half daring, half shrinking, sho said;

When you como to know and like us better, you will not care so much to talk to lioighbors. They never can un­derstand UB or do us justice, Mr. Trohm especially."

By which I know thero was some­thing more between theso two than I had yet found out.

Late in tho afternoon Willinm burst in with news from the other end of tho lane.

Such a larkl" ho cried. "Tho in­vestigation at Deacon Spear's houso had been n mere farco, and I just made them repeat it with a fow frills. They had dug up my cellar and they should dig up his. Oh, tho fun it wasl The old fel­low kicked, but I had my way. They couldn't refuso ine, you know. I hadn't refused them. So thut man's collar bot­tom had a stir up. They didn't find anything, but it done mo a lot of good and that's something. I do hate that Deacon Spear—couldn'thato him worso if he'd killed and buried ten men under his hearthstone."

'Thero is no harm in Deacon Spear," said Lucetta quickly.

"Did thoy submit Mr. Trohm's house to a search also?" asked Loreen, asham­ed of William's heat and anxious to avert any further display of it.

"Yes, they went through that too. I was with thom. Glad I was too. I say, girls, I could havo laughed to see all tho comforts that old bachelor has about liim. Novor saw such fixings. Why, it'B as neat and pretty from top to bottom as our old houso is not. It's silly, of courso, for a man, and I'd rather livo in au old rookery liko this, whero I can walk from room to room in muddy boots if I want to and train my dogs and livo in freedom like the man I am. Yet I couldn't help thinking it mighty comfortable, too, for an old fel­low liko him who likes suoh things and don't havo chick or child to meddle. Why, ho had pincushions on all his bureaus, and they had pins in them."

Tho laugh with whioh he dolivered this last sentence might have been heard a quarter of a mile away. Lucetta look­ed at Loreen and Loreen looked at me, but none of us joined in the mirth, which seemed to mo very ill timed.

Suddenly Lucetta asked: "Did they dig up Mr. Trohm's cel­

lar?" William stopped laughing long

enough to say: "His cellar? Why, it's cemented as

hard as an oak floor. No, they didn't polish their spades in his house, which was another source of satisfaction to me. Deacon Spear hasn't even that to comfort him. Oh, how I did enjoy that old fellow's face when they began to root up his old fungi 1"

Lucetta turned away with a certain odd constraint I conld not but notice.

"It's a humiliating day for tho lane," said she. "And what is worso," she suddenly added, "nothing will ever come of it. No band of police can over reach tho root cf this matter."

I thought her manner odd, and, mov­ing up to her, 1 took her by the hand with something of a relative's familiar-ity.

"What makos you say that? Mr. Gryce seems a very capable man."

"Yes, yes, but capability has nothing to do with it. Chance might and pluck might, but wit and experience not Otherwise tho mystery would have been settled long ago. I wish I"—

"Woll?" Her hand was trembling violently.

"Nothing. I don't know why I havo allowed myself to talk on this subject. Loreen and I onco mado a compact nev­er to give any opinion upou it. You see how I have kept it."

She had drawn her hand away and suddenly had becomo quito composed. I turned my attention toward Loreen, but sho was looking out of the window and showed no intention of further pur­suing tho conversation. William had strolled out.

"Well," said I, "if ever a girl had reason for breaking such a compact you aro certainly that girl. I could nevor have been as silent as you havo been— that is, if I bad any suspicions on so se­rious a subject, as from your appear­ance you cortaiuly have. Why, your own good name is impugned—yours and that of every other person living in this lane."

"Miss Butterworth," she replied, "I havo gone too far. Besides, you havo misunderstood me. I havo no moro kuowjedgo than any one else UB to the source of these terrible tragedios. I only know that an almost superhuman cuu-ning lies at the bottom of so many un-accountublo disappearances, a cunning so great that only a crazy person"—

"All," I murmured eagerly, "Moth er Jano I"

She did not unswer. Instantly I took a resolution.

"Lucctta," said I, "iB Doacon Spear a rich many"

Starting violently, sho looked at me amazed.

"If he is, I should liko to hazard tho guess that ho is the man who has held you in such thraldom for years."

"And if ho wore?" said sho. "I could understand William's an­

tipathy to him and also his suspicions. Sho gavo me a strange look, thou

without answering walked over and took Loreen by tho hand. "Hushl' tnongiit 1 neard Her whisper. At all events tho two sisters wero silent for more than u moment. Then Lucetta said

"Dcacon Spcaj is well [>!m Vvt notli-liy will evefc Junto mo (iccuso living man cf crimc so dreadful." And she walked away, drawing Loreen after her. I11 another moment sho was out cf the room, leaving me in a state of great ex-siteiuent

"ThiB girl l;olilg fl'P pfrref tfl the whole situation," thought I. "Tho be­lief that nothing more can bo learned froui tiie Knollys is u falso one. I inurt seo Mr. Gryco. William's mlowantadcs aro so much empty nir, but Lucetta's silence has a moaning wo cunuut allord to ignore."

So impressed wasl by this that I took the l:rst opportunity which presented itself of seeing tho detective, 'rh}H Y UH oarly tbo (iiutmiig. lie itud several of tho townspeoplo had made their ap­pearance at ilothor Jano's cottage, with spades and picks, nnd tho sight had naturally drawn UBall down to tho gate, where we stood watching operations in a silence which would havo been con­sidered unnatural by any one who did not realize tho conflicting iiatuj-f; pf (ho ppptionii underlying if. William, to Wboni the death of his mother seemed to bo a great deliverance, had been in­clined to bo moro or less jocular, but his sullies mooting with no responso lio had sauntered away to havo it out with bis dogs, leaving 1110 (tlono \yith tlio two girls alid Ilaniiuh.

This latter seemed to bo Absorbed en­tirely by t!i() aspect of Mother .Tune, who stood upou her doorstep in an at­titude so menacing that it WPS little Short of tragic. Her hood, for the first timo in the memory of those present, had fallen away from her head, show­ing a wealth of gray hair which flew away from her head like a weird hulo. Her foaturos we could not distinguish, but tho emotion whioh inspired her

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DWatnca m ovcry gesturo ol her uplift­ed arms nnd swaying body. It "was wrath personified, and yot an unreason­ing wrath. Ouo could seo sho was as much cluzod as outraged. Hor lares and penates wero being attacked, and sho had como from tho heart of her solitude to defend them.

'I declarel"mnmiuredHannah, "It is pitiful. Sho 1ms nothing in tho world hut that garden, aud now they aro go­ing (o root it up.11

''Do you think," said I, "that the sight of a little money would appease her?" I wished an excuse for dropping a word into tho ear of Mr. Gryco.

"Perhaps," said Hannah. "She dear­ly loves money, hut it will not take away her fright."

"It will if sho has nothing to bo frightened about," said I, and turning to the girls I asked them, somewhat mincingly for me, if they thought I would mako myself conspicuous if I crossed tho road on this errand, and when Loreen answered that that would not deter her if £ho hud tho money and Lucctta added thut the sight of suoh misery was too painful for any mere personal consideration I took advantage of this complaisance aud hastily made my way over to tho group, who were de­buting as to the point they would at­tack first.

•Gentlemen," said I, "good morn­ing. I aiu hero on an errand of mercy. Poor old Mother Jano is half imbecile and does uot understand why yon in-vado her premises with those imple­ments. Will you object if I endeavor to distract her mind with a little pieco of gold I happen to havo in my pocket? Sho may not deserve it, but it will make your task easier and save us some possi­ble concern."

Half of the men at once took off their hats. The other half nudged eaoh oth­er's olhows and whispored and grimaced like tho fools they were. The first half wero gentlemen, though not all of them woro gentlemen's clothes.

It was Ma*. Gryce who spoke: "Certainly, madam. Givo the old

•woman anything you please, but"— And hero he stepped up to mo and bo-gan to whisper: "Yonwant something. What is it?"

I answered in the same quick way. "Tho mine you thought exhausted has still its possibilities. Question Lucetta. It may prove a moro fruitful task than turning up the soil."

The bow he made was moro for the onlookers than for tho suggestion I had given him. Yet ho was not ungrateful for tho latter, as I, who was beginning to understand him, could see.

"Givo it! "ho cried out aloud. "We would not disturb the old crone if it were not for one of her well known follies. Nothing will take her over 40 rods away from her home. Now what lies within those 40 rods? These men think we ought to see."

The shrug I gavo answered both the open and the underlying question. Sat­isfied that he would understand it so I hurried away from him and approached Mother Jane.

"See!" said I, astonished at the regu­larity of her features, now that I had a good opportunity of observing them. "I havo brought you money. Let them dig up your turnips if they will."

She did uotscein to perceive me. Her eyes wero wild with dismay and her lips trembling with a passion far be­yond my power to comfort.

"Lizziel" sho cried. "Lizzie! She will como back and find no home. Oh, my poor girl! My poor, poor girl 1"

It was pitiable. I could not doubt her anguish or her sincerity. The delirium of a broken heart cannot bo simulated. And this heart was not controlled by Teuson; thut was equally apparent to any ono who could see. Immediately my heart, which goes out slowly, but none the less truly on that account, was touched by somothing more than the surfaco sympathy of tho moment. She may havo stolen, sho may have done worse, sho may even have been at tho bottom of the horriblo crimes whioh have given its name to tho lane wo wero in, but her acts, if acts they were, were tho result of a clouded mind fixed forever upon tho fauciod needs of an­other and uot the expression of personal turpitude or even of personal longing or ayario* Therefore I could pity her, aud I did.

Making mother appeal, I pressed the coin hard into one of her hands till the contact effected what my words had been unable to do, nnd she finally look­ed down and saw what she WBB clutob-ing. Then indeed sho changed, and iu a few minutes of slowly growing compre­hension became so quiet and absorbed that she forgot to look at tho men and even forgot me, who was probably noth« incr more than n fiittina shadow to ber. TO BK CONTINUED.

Beware cf Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy (he souse of smell an<! coirplctfly ttornnco tnn whole svt-teni whnn entering it through tlio mucous surfaces. Such nrdcies should mvor bo used except on proficrlpttuDs from reputable physicians, as the dsimage they will do Is tenfold to tho good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, imimifiictiired by V, J. Cheney & r*o.. Toledo, Ohio , contains no mcrcury, ana is taken Internally, nctluir directly upon the blood and im.eons Kiirfnces of the system In buying Llall s CnturHi Cure be sure you pet tlie genuine. It is taken internally and Is made in Ttlcdo, Ohio, bv K. ,j. Ohi-ney & Co. Testimonials free. tySold by Druggists, prlcoTCe. pep bottle.

The War is Over. Cuba, one of tho most interesting countries on

the globe, will durlug tho present whiter be vis­ited bv a great many American Tourists, in anticipation that some of Us patrons may desire to niaue tho trip tbo Chicago 'Jrcat Western Ity has placed on sale round trip tickets to liavauti at very low rates, routing passengers via either Oalreston,"Texas: New Oileano. tft, Mobile. Ala. or Tampa, Florida and upon paymeut of a small additional amount parlies going via Tnmmmay return via Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico. This makes Uio movt interesting trip on the Wustern i ontlnent, the short ocean voyage adding much to the pleasure of the journey. For foil information call on any Agent Maple Loaf ltouto or address. F. ll. Lord, (•eneral I'ass. Si Ticket Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago, astf

tteaidcnce Property for Sale. A good house, i*arn and large lot in

Manchester for sale at a bargain. Long timo given on half of purchase money if desired.

Inquire of IIUONSON & CAim

ATARRH Ask Your

D R U G G I S T for a jjenrrous

1 0 C E N T TRIAL SIZE.

Ely's Cream Balm

contains no cocaine. mercury or any other lujurlous drug. It Is quickly absorbed.

(JJvea vcilof at oueo. It opens and eleausesAOl nit. UP Aft the Nasal ravages. LOLD "ty f| CAD Allays Jnllamatlon, Heals and protects Uin Membrnue. Restores the tense of taste &na smell. Full size, GOc; Trial size, 10- nt Druuuisfcu or by mail. * KIA DKOTInqtli, so Warren Street. New York

gAMBAltt

F. P, PETERSON, Manufacturer of

WAGONS And Repairer

of all kinds of Vehicles, and general reoalroi of all Kinds of Wood Work

For Farming Implements and Machinery Shop on Franklin Street, near ttie bridge, with Alex Sefstrom. In building lately occupied to" Peter Meyer. Uftv? had several years exper­ience the past three with Kennedy Bumy (3o Wpfc Guaranteed. jr. p. PUTKR80N.

Railroad Time Table. • ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

Illinois Central Timo Tablo No. 21, taking ef­fect at 12:00 o'clock noon, Sunday. July 3, 1898.

A rrive West Bound. Leuvo u:ut» p. in 6:43 a. in 10:20 p.m

tNo. 31, Clipper ... tNo.8, Day KxprcsB...

*No. 1. Fiver

<J:25 p. 111 H:43 H. ill 10:25 p. in

Arrlvo KHBt Bound. Leuvo »:4u u. in 6:10 p. 1)1 3:22 a. Ill

tf»o. 32, Clipper .... tho. 4, Day Express....

*No. 2. Fiver

0:40 a. 111 6:10 p. m 8:25 a. m

if rem nts Curry ina l'assooccera Arrive 1 West Bound. ! Leave

12:20 p. ID 2:00 p. m

|....tNo.0i, Way Freight .. I.+No. 71. Through Frclcht

l:ro p,m 2:80 p. in

Arrive 1 East Bound. ' Leave iu:iu a. mi...wo. 92t Way Freight... 12:15 p. iill.tNo 82.Through Freight.

10:55 a. m 12:50 p. iu

CEDAR RAPIDS BRANOH. south Bound

Leave llet Cedar Kpds and Manchester

North Bound —Arrive-—

•NO. 803 9:45 a. m No S316:30p.m No. sr.i r>:80p.m

...tl'assenger..

..tPassencer...

....tFrelght....

No,804 0:i0p. in No 3228:35 a. m No.35l 1:45 p. in

•Dally. tDaUy Except Sunday.

H. G. PIERCE, Station Afft.

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RY. "The Maple Leaf Route." „ Time card. Thorpp, IOWPI

C. capo Special, Dally, Going East 7:40 a m Day Ki- 'tsa, aally except Sunday 3:04 p m Way Frelctt, daily 11 :S6 a m

Golrg West, North and Souta. Way Freight, dally 0:85 pm

flall.v except Sunday.. .. 1:53 pm St Paul ft Kansas City Exp, dally ... 5:41am

or Information ana tickets apply to J. U. O'HARROW Acent Thorpe.

B. C. R- & N. R'y.

Arrive 7:86 a 1:15 p

11:25 p 6:45 a

11:16 p

6:20 p 10:15 a 8:10 a

12:25 a

CEDAU RAPIDS TIME CAUL).

MAIN LIKE GOING NOUTH.

m No. \ Minneapolis Express., m No.aWaverly Passenger... in NO.6Minneapolis Express., m No. 61 Chicago I'assenjer. in No. 10 Chicago Passenger.

MAIN LINE GOING SOUTH. m No. 2Chicago Passenger.... m No. 4 St. Louis Passenger.. m No. 6 Chicago & St.Louis Ex m No. 62 Chicago Fast Express

Leave 8:05 a m 3:30 pm ll:45pzn

8:40 pm 8:<Sptn

. 8:C0am 1.12:88 am

6.(5 pm

8:10 p

2:50 p 12:25 a

. 8:80 am 12:06 a m

*'V. v« X' Ml S3 No. 20 Passenger

j DKCORAH DIV1RION. m Decorah Passenger 8:13 a m

IOWA PALLS DIVISION.

IOWA CITY, CLINTON AND DAVENPORT. 1:15 p m Passenger 8:05 p m 7:50 p m Pa*83Dger 7:15 aim 1:5 a m Passenger 8:40 p in

U:l5 p m Passenger 6:05 v m 7:50 p m Clinton Passenger 7:15 a ra 7:50 p m....Davenport Passenger.... 7:15 a m "Trains numbers 5. o, 61. 69, and Sioux Falls

Fast Express run dally, all other trains dally ex­cept Sunday."

J. WOKTON. Gen'l Pass & Tkt Agt.

Cedar KapldB Iowa,

J. A. LCMAX Ticket Agtnt.

PURE-BRED C0TSW0LDS.

Flock headed by < hjice IMPORTED RAMS. Fancy Cotswold Ewes bred $25 and up. Grade Ewes bred $6 and up. If you want something good come to the Delaware County Sheep farm.

W. J. STRAIN & SONS, Masonville, Ia.

Good Advice. When you want anything In the lino of

Furniture do not iorgot to write UB or oxamine our stock and prices. Wo have nc room for Bhoddy goods, but with forty

Sears of experience can guarantee you oncst goods at fair prices. Remem­

ber this and you will profit by it.

F. Werkineister, 3-91 Earlville. Iowa. ' >

B ALEX SEFSTROM,

LACKSMIT H Makes a Specialty ot

Horse Shoeing

Interfering and Corns Cured or no Pay.

Do All Kinds of Work in Iron—

Machinery and all kinds of Farm Implements and Machinery repaired. The best of

work guaranteed.

PRICES REASONABLE. A share of the Public Patronage Is solicited.

SucccRsor to Peter Morer* ̂

Compound Vaoor and Sham-DOO Baths.

.Most all dis­eases aro caused by poisonous sec vetions, which clog tho wheels of NATURE.

Tho name and tho symptoms may Txs different but tlio oauso " disease can ually bo traced

to tho lKiporlcot actionof tho million!* of pores o( the human body. A bath in aocordunce with acientillc require­ments is tho bost preventative and remedy known. Tho methods employ led by me are the most scientifle, ever dnvonted or discovered for dispelling miBease. Results tell the story. Give me a trial. This is the Conant system of batiks, A competent lady attendant ia charge of the ladies department.

Oflloe and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel 16U Q. D. GATE :a.

The Old Reliable Blacksmith,

P. J. Roche Can be found at his dhop on FranUUn street

during business hours, with a competent f oroe or workmen to do all kli"ls of

BLACK SFC SMITHING Horso Shoeing a Specialty.

Corns and Interfering Cured or no pay. Satta faction Guaranteed.

Respectfully, ^

P.J.Roche.

FARMS FOR SALE

www

Choire Farm Lands, easy terms, very desirable property at low prices. Large list to select from. When you want to buy or sell call on

H. C. HAEBERLE, -c Manchster, Iowa.

DELAWARE COUNTY

Abstract Co., Vi Kanchester, Iowa.

ABSTRAOTST* REAL ESTATE. I

LOANS AND CONVEYANCING.

Office Iii First National Bank Building.

Orders by mail will receive careful attention.

We have complete copics of all records of Delaware county. s

ENNIS BOGGS, UAMAOEB.

>fn»n»wffnniH»?»n»nnirmnwwww<

H. R. EATON, Calls your attention to an elegant

line of

I PLUSH AND FUR ROBES. •which have been specially

selected for the

WINTER TRADE. Prices are right and goods the :

: very best. . 9

Call and Inspect our line be­fore buying elsewhere.

H. R. EATON. MAIN 8TREET.

atiuuummuntmimnmiimuumiimg

r • J. E. DAVIS, Manchester, Ia., Ma;n St., North of Court Ilouf e.

MONEY...T?0DAY?...5V<> I am making first-class farm loans, at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi­leges.

ABSTRACTS furnished at a rate meeting all competition.

J.E, DAVIS, Abstracter.

T. O. EATON, : Successors to A. W. ' -j

Stevens & Co

(CITY IIALL BLOCK.)

I have on hand all . kinds of

FRESH T1EATS Oysters in season. Fish, sausage and the best cured meats.

6HOP CLOSED ON 8UNDAY. '

T. O. EATON. . TELEPHONE 261,

may be larger than ours in Bize, but Saturn isn't in it when it comes to Styles, Kinds and Qual­ity. We have rings to please the mcft fastidious. Diamonds, Opals, Itubies, Emerulds, Pearls,Engage­ment and Wedding, Society Em­blem Rings, Masonic, Odd Fel-lowf, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc. Ladies' watches, Gent's watches, Hoy's watches, Chains, Charms, Bracelets, etc. Large variety of patterns in Solid Sterling Silver Spoons, Forks, etc. Souvenir Sil­ver Spoons with Court JIOUBB or Fish Hatchery engraved in bowl. Call and see them!

Boynton & McEveo. Jewelers.

Bur Epiiif Mings have arrived, and tho«t> desiring

SUITS STYLISH

tlilSi §p$s

lp

Should not fail to call and examine

our stock.

Our

Suite ^ Overcoats

are admirable in fabrlo an^ in

ness and In workman' ship.

Nearly a quarter of a century in business in Manchester ought to be a guarantee of our com­petency and qualifica­tions to give satlstac- • tion. „ '

, 1 ^ ",You are Invited to In- -spect our stock and get.

1 our prices.

L. & A.

WOLFF.