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16•1 - 4islishewlbsIM11101~0 A en keys % ily. She ;Joked at him with a smile and he 4 down again. elm,\ she said, \I wish there was a pd. 0, Jim, dear, I wish there 0 . . . Maybe if somebody as tad as you, but a good deal smarter, wild tell me he knew there was a hod, . . but nobody knows for , / ture, do they, Jim? . . I don't t 'know anything about it . . . no more than when I was born.\ She spoke gently, 2.1most in a whis- per. She had not coughed for some tune. She was too weak for that. Jim picked up a sheet of music and opened it mechanically. He saw only a black blur. Clay again, won't you,\ came from 6 g ure in the bed. \Play the same ;.\ She picked nervously at a ie of the torn lace coverlet. \Is it mu, Jim?\ Ts a hymn—now,\ he said, sim- and to the piano. ;ail' he played the song, humming words softly. He played it very ars sly and more than once; and with f every recurring strain the harmonies were newer, wilder, until it seemed that some spirit within the fat, un- 1 lovely man had galloped to his finger ! tips, and, imprisoned there, played • t fantastic tricks. Gradually a change came over Helen. With the aid of her pillows she lifted herself upon both wrists, thou upon her elbows; at last she sat up in bed. Her chemise had been torn in the effort and hung far down on her left side; but her coarse black hair, tangled and untied, almost covered the exposed flesh. As she sat there stray thoughts came to her—fragments of memories, far too vague to be called recollection; and she mumbled brokenly,— Call sad the Savior will hoar thee: THE DEATH OF HER She turned her body in the bed so that she might see the old man at the piano. He sat with his back to the keyboard, his greasy coat in queer harmony with the stainwood. He looked steadfastly at a spot in the carpet, where a ray of sunshine had centered itself. It was a gay pattern, this carpet, but where the light yel- lowed it the dust had gathered quite thickly. \Play me something, Jim,\ said the woman. The stool creaked discordantly be- neath his weight as he wheeled; he pushed it back so that he might have more room, and the exertion brought a grunt from him. He struck one key with his forefinger; the sound was like, the boom of a cannon. Helen closed her eyes and waited, listening. Outside a murmur that had been distant, grew nearer and nearer, swelling into a babel of voices; high above all came the shriek of a drunken woman; then the sharp crack of wood beating upon stone -- a policeman signalling for assistance —then the noise died away, and the street and house were silent. Helen sighed and opened her eyes; the old man was sitting motionless, his head bowed a very little, his fin- fiers upon the black keys. \You do not play,\ she said. He started at the sound of her voice, drawing himself erect; his fin- gers sank among the keys. He played very softly, but to Helen's ears, ren- dered acute by suffering the music brought something of divinity. A woman hears immortal music but twice in life—the hour when she loves and the moment when she dies. Helen lifted herself on her elbow, the first time in three weeks. She could see the old man's stubby fingers mov- ing slowly as if feeling their way, like children over new ground; but she did not see that the lids had closed over the bleared eyes. The melody, torn from the heart of the instrument, changed from plaint to sob. The sob swelled upward into a sonorous hymn of triumph; some- where at that moment a god con- quered. The chant sank downward and died in a wail; somewhere at that moment an angel fell. Helen stared at the little gilded (saint on the mantel. She did not speak. \Are you awake?\ asked the old man. \Yes she answered softly. \I was thinking . . thinking. . . That's a queer song --oh, such a queer song. I've heard it somewhere, Jim.\ \Not at Kelly's,\ he said. \No she answered, \not at Kelly's. It's further away than that. . . . I don't know where. . . Perhaps I heard it before I was born. . .\ \You want to stop talking,\ inter- rupted the pianist. • \You ain't strong.\ \It hurts me to talk,\ she muttered. \I keep trying to swallow, as if I was hungry for something. He brightened up. \S'pose we make it chicksa soup,\ Ihe said, suggestively. At his show of earnestness she smiled childishly; then grew grave in • a moment. \ t isn't anything to eat,\ she said. ' E a not hungry in that way. I'm hungry • . perhaps it's God. ing discord arose from the ere his hand had fallen heav- e half rose from the stool. even whisper she Win so weak. The Old pianist had not heard her, and still the music went on. The first sigh of the song stiffened into a sob; and on Helen's face there came a look of agony. The paean followed, now grown to a Te Deum; the woman's hands arose to her breast upon which she crossed them with the fingers touched. Then from its height the melody plunged, no longer a wail but a dirge; and the eyes of the dying woman, for a momer t bright, grew dull; and what had been hope upon her face was transformed into unut- terable Despair. \GOD!\ Through her clenched teeth the one word came; the one simple, wonder- ful word. Was it an oath, a confes- sion or a prayer? • She sank backward upon the pil- lows without a strugle. The ray of light that that found its way through the shutter had moved a little nearer the bed, where the carpet was cleaner. The light fell upon a round spot of dark red --the dark red of blood. The music died away. The player waited for a word from his listener. She did not speak. He turned on his stool and looked at her. Something peculiar in her attitude attracted him. He arose and crossed to the bed, be- side which he stood looking down on her. \Say he said softly. She did not answer. He waited, not breaking the silence. The figure on the bed did not stir;: the chemise had fallen away entirely; he could see the shrunken bosom. \Say he said again. There was no reply; he stooped and pressed his hand to heart. \She's croaked,\ he said calmly. The sunbeam had shifted its posi- tion. It fell upon a pattern that was black. Join; W. O'KEEFE. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. _ CRAZE ON ARTIFICIAL EGGS. The Product of a Man Now at Wash- ington (lives 6 remit satisfaction. There has been trite a sensation in Washit%ston during the as month on the subject of artificial eggs, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. A person who claims to have invented a process for making them—patent newly applied for —has been exhibiting examples, add gives them away about town. Some dozens have been served at the clubs, boiled, fried, poached and scrambled, and the general verdict is that it would be impossible for any- body to distinguish them from real ones. Externally they look exactly like the sort laid by hens. Break the shell of a raw specimen, and the con- tents float into a glass in as natural a manner as possible, the yolk and white umningled. It has been claimed that no hnitatiou eggs could ever be made to \beat up\ for cake, but these do perfect ly. The inventor says that his eggs are, chemically speaking, a precise repro- ductiou of nature. Cornmeal is the basis of their maIerial. The white is pure albumen, of course, while the yolk is a more complicalvd tnixi tire of albumen and sevesal other ele- ments. Inside the shell is a lining of what looks something like the deli- cate, filmy membrane formed by the hen, while the shell is stated to be made in two halves, stuck together so artfully that no eye can discover the joining. The very. germ of the chicken, with unnecessary faithful- ness of imitation as one might think, is counterfeited. The eggs are made of various shapes and tints. One will be able to buy, as soon as they are placed on the market, counterfeit pul- lets' eggs or eggs laid by elderly bens, likewise selecting white eggs or dark -colored eggs, according to choice. Most surprising of all, they will be sold for only 10 cents a dozen, and they never get rotten. To con- fectioners and others who use large quantities of eggs the yolk and whites will be sold separately, put up in jars and hermetically sealed. In this shape they will also be conven- ient for household etnploytnents There are certain points which render these artificial eggs easily distinguish- able as such. For instance, the lin- ing is evidently made of some sort of silk-tissue, and one can see that it is wo% en. We are prepared to make loans on real estate in any stun for 3 or 5 years' time at 10 per cent. interest, payable seati-annually. Come in and see us. BLODGETT & SULLIVAN. Your Holiday Gowns. The Misses Marble and Krueger have opened dressmaking parlors in the postoffiee building. Artistic cut- ting and fitting will be found to be their specialty. Columbia Lodge, No. 43, I. 0.0. IP, Meets every TuJsday evening at Odd Fellows' Hall, at 7:10. Visiting Brothers cordially invited. By order, T. II. DEAN. N. G. A. N. SMITH, Recording Secretary. BIDS WANTED. Bids will be received for a frame depot build- ing to be erected at Columbia Fail. according to plans and specifications now to be seen at the office of the secretary of the Northern Interna- tional Improvement company. The successful bidler must tile 3 Is soi f.e• t 110 ,4640007,404, of the w. it. Tim company reserves t lio right to reject any or all bids. Nei:TMEEN INTERN ATIONAL IMPROVEMENTCO, willkin Reid. SooretsrY. R. W. MAIN & CO. Wish to Announce that they are now in their New Building, cor- ner Nucleus Avenue and Sixth Street. CD T—T lzt CYL.TIR, Stock of Groceries is Complete. Line of Gents ' Furnish - ing Goods, Blankets, Quilts, Etc., is being completed by Daily Ad- ditions. Crockery and Glass- ware has arrived and is complete in every line. Buying from first hands and shipping in car lots enable us to make prices as low as the lowest. NUCLEUS AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET EW BUILDING, CORNER COLUMBIA *HOTEL COLUMBIA FALLS. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.. TIIE ONLY FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN TOWN =1111.1•• D. A. FRASER, PROP. Dr. C. E. Depew, Veterinary Sinefill ad Dentist. Graduate of Philadelphia Veteri- nary Institute. Located at present in Demersville. l'ss-W - Hereafter will devote two days of each week to Columbia Falls and vicinity. Any one wishing work done will please leave orders at the Colum- bia Hotel or at Kennedy & Decker's livery stable. Langford & Blau. Law, Real Estate and Fire Insurance. NUCLEUS AVENUE, Columbia Falls. Montana. A. N. SMITH, House and Sign PAINTING Paper Hanging. Shop in Rear of Odd Fellows Rail. - _ HELENA Business College. AN INSTITUTE OF Shorthand, Telegraphy, Penmanship. And ARCIHTEGTERAL DRAWING. SEVEN YEADS BEFORE THE PUBRIC. Superior Teachers from the East and Abroad. NO VACATIONS—Simdents admitted at any time. EXpell , e9 Pludei•ote. Special BOARDING ACCOMMODATIONS foe udents from Abroad at St udouts Home. LESSONS BY MAIL is Tilt CELEBRATED PERNIN PHONOGRAPHY. Cost of Complete Text Hook ..... ........... 2 50 Full Course, by Moil .25 00 References Business and Profes sional men of Montana. Write for Terms, or read 'Business Educator.' Addeess, Pew% H. T. ENGELHORN, M.A. Pa ix. HELENA, MONTANA. List Your RANCHES WITH 0 Wit SON itfiONALD Real Estate Agents ; KALISPELL. A. H. BURGH, OLSON. JUDSON & CET DENTAL =-- Are Prepared to Furnish -- SURGEON Office in Conlin -Miller Block. Columbia Falls. • - - Montana. Mouldings, 0. J. Blodgett, A _ T r roRNEy - . Fl 001'1 n Fire and Life lnsurnce Written. Ceiling. RANCHES BOUGHT AND SOLD. And Everything in the COLUMBIA FALLS, MONT. BUILDING LINE. Geo. R. McMahon, madertaker and. Bodies taken charge of and Shipped. Orders through the Valley will re- ceive prompt Attention. Columbia Falls cemetery one mile west on McMahon's Ranch. Kennedy & Decker, LIVERLFEED & SALE STABLE First Class Rigs and Good Saddle Horses. Horses Boarded by Day or filonth. BLACKSMITH SHOP IN CONNECTION Third St. and First Ave. East. COLUMBIA FALLS, MONTANA. McGIIINESS & BAIRD, -:-HERI Egate-:- AND Cor. Seventh St. and Third Ave. Columbia Falls, i It . NE w Salo and Food Stable ; IN REAR OF COLCMBIA HOTEL. Centrally Located. CONVENIENT ° TO' BUSINESS' CENTER. Horses and Rigs Attended to in First -Class Shape. NEW, WARM BARN OPEN AT ALL HOURS. ARTHUR HASKILL, PROP. THE SCAN DIA Oscar Stenstrom, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. GOOD LODGING ROOMS. Avtima. Columbia Walls, Montana. SIDNEY M. LOGAN, Attorilay-at-Law. U. S. COMMISSIONER. LAND OFFICE 1.11.7:ANESS ATTENDED To. OFFICE: Sullivan Building, Opposite Townsite Co. KALISPELL. : MONTANA. James Judge, Plasterer, Stone and Brick Mason. FRASER & CHALMERS, CHIC AO-Ct. L. C, TRENT, Gen. Western Manager. Salt L.ake City, Utah; Helena, Montana. MINING MACHINERY, And Machinery for the Systematic Reduction of Ores by Amalgamation, Concentration, Smelting and Leaching. Builders of the Homestake, Granite Mountain, Drum Lummon, Anaconda, Blue Bird, Lexington, and Bi-Metallic Reduction Works. Hoisting Engines, Geared and Direct Acting. Prospecting and Developing Hoists.• Builders of Improved Air Compressors and Wire Tramways, Frue Vanning Machines and Embrey Concentrators. ELECTRIC INIOTORfr. Sole Western Agent for Ligerwood Hoisting - Engines, And Tyler Wire Works Double Crimped Mining Cloth. Electric Light Plants. Diamond Core Prospecting Drills. Concentration Mills, Electric Elevators, Shay Patent Locomotives. GREAT NORTHEN LUMBER C01 , 11PANY 5 COlurialOie.. Montana. ---MANUFACTURERS OF ALL GRADES OF --- CORK DillICIIS1011, File Finishing, SeBoncd, Kiln -dried and Surfaced Lumber. White Pine, Yellow Pine, Fir, Tamarack, Cedar, Birch, Spruce. FLOORING, CEILING, LATH, SHINGLES, SIDING, TIES BRIDGETIMBER, R. R. TIMBER. rer'By our location at the junction of all floatable streams of the Flathead Country, we are able to secure the best quality of all kinds of timber. Shipments made promptly by steamer to all River and Lake points. ii 4,411 Thou, who art weary of sin) Oh, thou who art weary ash). Tri'r vniee failed her! Ole o0Illri not They Get There! INSURANCE. k N - A It 151J , i. ColumbiaFi11s, . - Montana. Estimates Furnished Cheerfully, V %I. LA. • • MONT1N 1. You should see the nice Bedding at N. Y. Bazaar,-
