Montana Sunlight (Whitehall, Mont.) 1902-1911, March 21, 1902, Image 1

—™~< te You Have More Room Than We, - Our Dilemma. cong pa = Ate VOLUME 1. WHITEHALL, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902. Our trouble this week is:to find place for the avalanche of new goods piled in upon: us. .. Our place isn’t as big as all outdoors, and it is so full of stuff now that ‘ Standing Room Only ) ; The only thing we can ‘do is toput such prices-on-these late ar- rivals that every household. in this section. will be glad to.xeccive them as permanent guests. - would be a proper sign. 4 Here are -the goods and the prices. New Prints, New Challies, Brown Sheeting, -at 40c. ; Ladies’ Wrappers, Ready-made “Skirts, alF at actual half-price. rs ey Summer Corsets, 25 cents each. ie Corsets worth $1.25 to $1.75, all at 7Se. ! Napkins,, Table Linen, Towels, all to be sold re- . «~ gardless of cost. Men and Boys’ Clothing. We haven’t room to show this stock and willclose it out at less than cost. If you want clothing see us before you buy. Just Received, Now Sceds from D. M. Ferry & Co.; no old : * —all new and good. New invoice of those fine Muer Dried Peaches, : only 10c per lb. . We are-still selling groceries and canned goods at great reductfons. ~ McKay&CarmichaelCo The People’s Store. ‘land much enjoyed by all. Boise the music, mr namanee |for Katydids. ~~” : Miss Lyla Bechtel is visiting in Whitehall. Mr. Quinn, of Beaverhead, was in the valley trying to rent a raneh last week. B. H. Hunt is thinking of start- ing a junk business, Ni Annie Henrich has been quite sick with the mumps. The many friends of M. T. Curneyowill regret to learn that he has had# relapse of pneumonia and will wish him a speedy re- covery from the new critical con- dition he is in. A former Waterloo girl “‘may- pose” asa florist and the result will be eagerly watched, The slight snow fall. was wel- oo yd. , : el Ladi es*Percale waists, worth T5c and. $1.00 at. comed by “Gur | peplivass=the ground:is. very dry-and will need much moisture: bef seeds will readily Gctilenia“Gulteeie ber have their hotbeds sowed; Charles Townsend, schoo! clerk, posted notices, yesterday, of the school elegtionto be held April 5th, MAYFLOWER. The camp-has been quite dull for the past week, as visitors are few and the weather was dissagre- able, but at present the weather is more like spring and people are busy with their spring work. Mr. Stuckey of Bozeman who is visiting with his -sister Mrs. J. Lewis for a short time, was taken sick last Friday with the mumps, The Whist club was charm- ingly entertained..by Mrs, B. C. Leyson at her home Saturday night. The prizes, ladies’ first..be- ing won by, Mrs. John O’Brien, Mrs.>D. C. Lugyoon and Mra Joe beou doing missiva Work, Local Correspondence : WATERLOO. week from Butte, where he has Thos. Duncan, of Virginia City, |} Gentleman’s was in the valley recently looking | O’Brien, Lewis cut for second prize, Mrs. Leyson wianing, the. booby was easily captured by Mins. Mi} Yotter. first by Mr.- J. Muller, second Gus. March 19.—Waterloo had_qui i i March .19.—W, uite jafter. the ranch. properties of the| and Joe. Lewis won the booby. | a fire last week, Mr. Bechtel being the unfortunate victim. broke .out in the smoke house, | woven wire fence. . which adjoined the milk house, and evidently had burned for some} Silver Star buying oats. time, for the roof had burned A.B. Gates is pushing work on} visiting with the The fi Elling estate, and docided fo en- Dainty refreshments were served © fre}close, the Bumby ranch with @]and all’had a merry time. Mr. Lorne Geaueraux is a Butte “Shorty”? Davis was ové? from | yjsitor-this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Foster were latter’s aunt through before'any of the fumily | his new ditch and expects to com-|Mrs. Powell of South Boulder discovered it, and great clouds of| plete it in d month. smoke and flanies were leaping in air. The- well was in the-milk house, and the pump was surround- | thé furrows are flying, ed-by fire cutting off any adequate Several ‘of our farmers have begun spring work in-earnest and} age of the long change on Sunday The school board met last Satur- over Sanday. Mr. Tommy Evans took advan- and enjoyed a trip to Butte, Mrs. Whittle and two children means of extinguishing the blaze;|day and elected Charles Town- | joft for Silver City Idaho Monday, but neighbors hurried to the scene | send to suceced-J~K. Stolebarger | for a short visit with friends and and, by thelr fire-fighting propen-|as clerk, and Henry Henrich as sities, saved the residence from de-| chairman, to succeed G: O. Stole- ets _____strustion. ‘The milk: house stood | pagar. deen ecame need tee tanner only a few feet fromthe kitchen relatives. - rae Mr. and Mrs. M. Tidball spent [Sunday avith the latter’s mother N. D. Olson of the firm of ‘ : ; and fortunately, one of our gentlo| Qjsen & Christian. of Butte, was Mrs. Randall of South Boulder. Mayrosy. (‘) zephyrs was raging and carried | ij the valley last week soliciting ALF the flames away from the adjacent} orders for grass seeds and general buildings, ¢lse Mr. B. would have | farm machinery. | lost his home entirely? His wife S . of the furniture dnd trunks. filled | oy the weights of his fine stock. ' -moved to the with clothing packed in the milk supply _.of ___provisions___ and Bechtel estimates his loss at up-|institutes certainly wards of $1,000, . Joba Boise et al. are over from Anaconda for a few days’ stay. Mr. Rooter and family have | Southern Kansas where they wil gression to the farmers. : moved out from Butte to. their new | make-there future home. The re- ranch home, and Mr. Wickham has| cent sale of Mr. Stolebarger was F ‘s se formerly occu-| well attended and everything that|¥or sale. Improved Wilson, Vic- t. Mr. Rooter] was offered for sale brought | Hugo. Send me your qrders for pied by Arthur will ‘continue his extensive cigar | liberal price. factory*in’town-and Jake Gessler will superintend his ranch. Arthur Hunt has moved to his| attraction had been removed. father’s ranch and will farm there this season. ‘ _ {horses to Sioux Mr. Boise, recently from’ Utah, | week, has moved his family to the Nelson ranch. ty, lowa las geared aermotor up and in run i 7 ae) ‘J. B. Weleome has just erected+), .¢ was in the. midst of spring house |, yew stock scale and is now. win- cleaning and had a:goodly portion | ning cigars off the boys guessing J. E. Stolebarger and family started on Thursday last for J. O. Jordan eg a car of i JEFFERSON-ASLAND. Marclr 17.—A masquerade ball wits grven at the A. O. U. W. hall Friday. night, which was greatly enjoyed by all. Mrs. Chas. Kyle served a very nice supper, and the music was fur- We hope Waterloo will be well|_. 4 lionse, as well as saunas depiatiiated 0h: tie Fannie Ie nished by Mrs. Woodard, Will Lawrencs, and John Morris. stitute to be held in Whitehall_on|- meats, and all were lost. Mr. | on the 28th and 29th inst. : These pape rece eae sesty -of mean pro- merry maskers, who sustained-their various representative characters vefy creditably. : “Weare sorry lack of space for- bids our giving names and charac- ters sustained by cach.—Ep. Home Grown Strawberry ts 1 Fruit and Shade Trees and save Ed. Beall still goes to Twin|2> percent. Stock guaranteed Bridges, although we thought the first class. Address [at T. T. Buack. Baseball Team Elects Officers. t| The Whitehall baseball boys have started out right this year. Seidle Bros. have their new Thursday evening they held a meeting at which they elected! Miss’ Katie Gamwells has re-|ning order and will do custom officers for the ensuing year. Ike ‘turned from an extended visit with | grinding. her. sisters in Butte. ; Rey. T. B. Reagan was not in E. O. Pace was chosen to manage A. J. Davis is ordcting a spa-|the pulpit Inst Sunday morning on| “ested secretary: -and treasurer. cious bunk house on his ranch. have returned from an extended |here the 5th Sunday. ‘ and very enjoyable visit in Ohio, account of a protracted meeting Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Townsend |at Summit valley, but will preach Mr. Pace has had charge of several teams and understands. his ‘Mr. Townsend’s old home. They|representing the Union school! of officers is the best ‘that could found more winter there dur-|supply house of Chicago, was in| be made.. ‘Manager Pace thinks jing their two. months staythan in| Waterloo last week looking for a ss Ailes the material for a 4 ; G. T. Bryan will farm on Mr. two of Montana’s winters.. drivng team. \Mr. F. VanQradell returned last/and was ‘quite largely attended | them. ‘e A social dance was given at the city hall on the 17th of Ireland, fexchequer which is quite a help to cohequer | ee eee cooly team. - ‘ oo dance iven for their bene week e boys added about $30 ‘“ their . Good Bye--Welcome. saryt the departure of our genial station agent, and from the Republican of Bozeman, copy the welcome extended him theres) jivan, ina mauner Lighl¢ satistactory Last Satwiday morning A. M.| to the “Terrible Brooklyuite” the lat Maxeiner teok charge of the N.| ter !s looking forward -expectantly. tc P, depot, a successor of M. L. Hoyt, who left for Billings Sun- dodging all efforts to pin him to a-def day to- look\after the interests Of} nite statemeut, That McGovern hae the Northern Pacific railroad as| greatly Improved since the fatal en agent at-that point. grets to see: Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt} tors of tne recent fight tn Loulsyilie and family deave Bozeman, but] and if he continues to keep himself in wishes them success and prosperity fn their new hoilie “ Mr, Maxeiner| Govern argument when he oyck more who\ suioceeds. My. Hoyt here, is.| crosses fats with Corbett. an -experienceed railroad man and well qualified in every way to fill the responsible position as agent, He came west in 1894 and fir’ served the company as operator at Billings, Livingston, and Butte. He was formely cashier at the Bozeman freight depot.where he gained agroat deal of valuable. ex- perience, When working ip Butte in 1898 he. resigned lis position and, with-18 other telegraphers, joined .the volunteer signal corps, under the-command of the late While in the service of the Philippines ‘he was assigned to many responsible positions and was for somo time telegrapher for Maj: Gon. Otis: at the palace in Manila, and, saw considerable ac- tive service at the front besides. Upon. Mr. Maxeiner’s return to the United States he found the Northern Pacific had kept a posi- He was soon trans- Butte: to Chesnut, this county, and after-holding that position for about a year he was| gether the hottest contest of reeent removed to Red Lodge where he| years fs sure to take place. Both men acted as relief agent, and in Sep- tember was assigned tothe station| activiiy over Terry the \nttery bas at Whitehall, one of the important| briebt prospects for reversing tho re- points On vie “read vn acvoutlt OF pa rtrord, its being an intermediate terminal. Wirt Me. Meawetier resided in the Spanish-| the result of their efforts to Introduce American war he made a host of and Evans of Anaconda furnished} _ George Hunt is again looking| Bozeman re- ferred from stantial residents. Prominent Educator Dead. Jamas H. Fairchiid, formerly | terest. The game wurden was over- president of Oberlin, O. college, | and who has been for sixty-three | mand continued, and last season the years connected with that ineti-| demand was still greater. The state tution, died-at Oberlin. Thursday, lew prevents the birds Leing shot be- aged 85 years. The Willing Worker, “Why fs it,\ asked a modest fours brendiv-inner, “that when 1 stay at the -a.oog in the sume way several scars office after hours to voluntarily do an; ago. tra amount of work souicbody who te enirce- pence vm ne Wr een Loman ~Team.—._ +, justifiable victim and gives me still George Tebeau, Laving finally per- “Of course it’s ay old s#ying tha man who doce the most work | man usually ‘worked; but it's diseour- don’t you think? enough, though, he goes nhead and lets himself be ‘worked,’ with only a weak | 420 by -430 feet, at Seventh atd I<en objection to ease his feclings.”—New | tucky streets, in the heart of Louls- York Mail and Express. Mushrooms ArooPslling. One virtue of the mushroom that of-| ness center. tentimes is not-realized by its cham: | April 1 and will go to Freneb Lick pions even is its nutritive qualities, for | Springs for tralning. it is often considered fit only for ay~ gnuce or a side dish. dinner with a friend who is a bon vi- vant and gifted with an abnormally | cycle manager, has announced tbat he To my surprise, he or-| has made arrangements for a bicycle dered nothing but mushrooms, bread | circuit composed of Atlanta, Savannah and butter and, of course, drinkables.| and Jacksonville and that he will We had mtishrooms raw, stewed, fried | give one night’s racing weekly in each r It was my) first | of these cities during April and May. experience, but I ‘found them excel-| New tracks will be built fn Savannah I certainly thought they would | and Jacksonville. not “stay by me;” but, to my surprise, | in Savannah completing bis plans. for many hours afterward I had as complete a sense of fullness as rare ronst beef or julcy stenk ever impart- ed.—New York Telegram. Recently I ate and broiled on toast. A Man’s Saccess. et_think what “success” fn fife! gnip, In a challenge he offera to meet tp.a man? That be work Hike — man who will make 122 pounds, &: as long as he lives and send his) pjngside, and names “Young Corbett,” wife-abroad and his children away to} perry McGovern and Benny Yanger as ‘schoo]. Then when be dies be must) the particular fighters be would like to leave. a competence for his “loved | meet, : -ones,” in order that they may con-| » _tinue to live without work. Ever hear of a man’s loved ones being criticised for failure to do their d him? But from the time the boy is) and that she will be prepared to take eight years old to the time the man-+}-prirt'in the £:10 trots of the presont sea- Is tottering with old age he never pleks}-son down the big line... Much Better, up a book, newspaper or magazine '2:0714, tas been purchased by Ho Yow, without seeing something with refer- ee in San Francisco. It ence to his duty. But did you ever ieee be is also negotjating hear of any one owing a duty to nan} the hase of McKinney-and Iran the team and Fay EK. McCall was|- gualnes. 7 boys shoe Me support they deserve and un-| Rev. J. M. Sitton, of Bozeman, | 4ouhtedly will. ‘Their selection! The SPORTING WORLD * MeGovern Nedivivus, Now that Tervy McGovern has dis | posed of his life‘ong enemy, Dave Sul his coming match with “Young Cor bett,” who for some time had beer counter with the lad from Denver ts generally acknowledged by the specta good condition there ty no reasdn why he should pot put up an old time Ne MeGovern and Corbett slyned arti. cles-a few days ago to tight Oct. 18 be- TERRY M'GOVERN'S FIGHTING PORE, fore the club offering the biggest purse, and when the featherweights get to are looking for each other's blood, and although Corbett has the prestize of —weeeogiviig uly bout at EReglish Pliessanca ip unto, Ohlo tportamea. are deligined with English pheasants as a game bird op the farms and preserves of the state, friends who were glad to Bec him Although the eZorts were begun only back. in. Bozeman, wheres t€ 13) three yours ago, there are iow thow- hoped he will settle down, join the ranks of the benedicts and become | mirkable rate. ‘Three years ngo the one of our permanent and nt legislature appropriated a sum for the | sands of adult birds at large, with the | uumber Increasing euch year at a re- game wirden to begin raising pheas ants for state distribution.; Sportsmen gave active co-operation, and fariners ig the state manifested surprising tn- whelmed with orders for birds and eres. The foliowipg year the exme de- fore December, 1904; -1nd the proposed new law will extend the time to D@ cctnber, 1806, when sportsmen expect | there..wiJLJi@.1,000,000-birds wild in the | state. The prairie chicken was lotro- | fected all detaila ‘fer thé Louisville “That lias happened to me time after | franchise in the American association, time in my business, and at each repe- tition I have taken a vow that if 1am) members of the team signed by lim. ever in charge of an office I shall give | They are as follows: any one of my subordinate who ene | down and does work which isn’t specif-| Chicago American; Flaherty, Pittsburg; ically required of him credit for what | oe | has made public the ‘names of the Pitehers.~Dunkle, Providence; Denzer, Buffalo; Corrigon, Eastern; ruce, Eastern; Coons, Omaha; Weyhing, he does co and let It go at that, with-| gang MRapias. out adding insult to luajury, as it were, by giving him something farther to do, | Rayb, Eastern; Spica, Chicago American the Inflelders.—Cassidy, Providence; Carr; i Pittsburg; Al Wagner, Pitteburg, Sully 1¢ | van, Cleveland; Andrews, Luffalo. » Catchers.—Schriver, St. Louls National; Outfielders.—Flowrnoy, Providence; Cly- Strangely | mer, Buffalo; Gannon, Chicago National. Tebeau is negotiating for grounds, ville, and ao architect is now making plans fora grand stand. The tocution fa a ten mivutes’ ride from the busi- The team will, report Southern Cycle Circuit; John §. Prince, the Atlanta (Ga.) bi- Mr. Prince is now Harris In After Blood, Harry Harris, who has. been idle since he defeated Pedlar Palmer fn England, thinks he is about due to bat- tle for the featherweight champion. ~ Pimely Tart Talk. N. T. Kirby says Cornelia Belle, 2:10, uty toward | {s to all appearances as sound as ever ss + be 7 ny , , r UNCLE SAM’S MONEY, THE SAFEGUARDS THAT HEOGE ABOUT ITS MANUFACTURE, Care With Which Rven the Shavings of the Pecaliar Paper Used Are Handled—Counting and Recounting the Treasured Shoets., 1 Uncle’ Sam’s paper money has its birth In the bureau of engraving and printing in Washington, Here a corps of engravers cut its lines into plates of steel, Five hundred men and won, en are in one room. It is the largest printing office in the world, Here are struck from these plates the notes which we, give the butcher aud the baker. “Each stee) plate when not In actual use Is stored away in a great pO highest officials know the combination. ———— eres - NUMBER 6 (Original.) Whittemore first saw her at the op- ern it-wase-her—sweet—faco that-at_ tracted him, a face that bespoke some great-sorrow: She kept her eyes turn: ed upon the stage, but Le noticed that ft was where there wus acting rather than music. All those in the ‘box with her were chatting during the opera, while she, resting her cheek on bet hand and ber arm on the ratl, her fig ure partly covered by a curtain, seem- ed to be absorbed by her own dreams. The opera was “aust.” During the scene Where Mephistepheles and the nurse are walking In the garden and Faust and Marguerite are singing their love she turned her eyes away, and head/ turned toward her, his eyes burglar proof vault to whieh only the) oy fll on Whittemcre in the parqucg, hi fi At the side of each printing press is.a little indicator like a bicycle eyclome: ter, which keeps tally of every plece of paper money printed, ‘Thus is Unele Sam kept informed as to the exact number of paper notes+of all denoml nations. which leave dis presses dally. If there t# Any seerct which Unele Sam jealously guards, it is the proces “ of manufacturing the.fiber, paper upon which his money votes are printed. He pays a Massachusetts drm a big price for it, and this Orin does its work under the surveillance of a govern ment agent. The paper ts manufac tured of the finest rags, cleaned; boiled and mashed Into pulp. As It Is rolled into thin sheets silk threads are intro duced iuto it by a secret process, Theee are the aletinguishing marks making ftinitation of the paper well nigh impossible. The sheets of paper, already connted at the paper mill, are stored jn a trea engraving and printing as wanted. Be counted three times more, and the re- ceivifig official at the bureau must re- celpt for them, Then the bundles are men. This Is to insure that each print WF gets the recorded nunimber—vo more, no less, leave for home each night he must cx hibit to a watchmen at (be door a pass certifying that every fragment of overy sheet passing through bis Gngers bas been accounted for. If one sheet of this precfous paper be lost, the enure torce’u: wes nity WO meén having access {0 the oom where the misplacement has occurred are kept tn, ‘ike so many school ebiidren, to find it. Each sheet Is issued from the vault for the priuting of a definite ainount of money Upon it TY thie lost sheet were intended to ultimately rep- resent $4,000 worth of notes, the croup of employees to~vbom the responsibil ity of Its misplacement bus beeu traced wmust make good that amount If they eannot locate it within a reasouabile time. Twenty*four times more are the sheets containing the printed money counted after leaving tho presses, ‘Then they are seated tn pactiizes of 1,000, placed on racks tn a drytug room of 130 déekreés” temperature, aunpneved, thoroughly examinetk-~smoothed In powerful hydraulic presses and packed In wooden cases. ‘These cases nre haul ed to the treasury In an tronclad wag on. Six guards, heavily armed, aceow- pany this wagon whenever it makes a trip. No attempt to steal Uncle Sams mon ey while undergoing any of these stages As a matter of fact, the money would be practically useless, for its printing is not completed unt!) after It makes this guarded journey to the treasury. There the finiabing touch Is added tn the printing of the colored seal upon the face of cach note. With the six seallug presseg the. same precautions are taken as with the two hundred and fifty big money presses in the other bividing. Lach sheet comlug from the former asa row of notes printed upon it. The sheethar¢ put through small machines, operated by girls, who cut out the Individual notes, Even the small strips, falling like shavings from thelr machines, must be carefully col- lected, sent to the bureau of engraving and printing and there boiled Into pulp, these ribbons of waste paper ts liable a fine of $5,000. Between these different processes the paper money das-been counted and re- counted six additional times. Finally the single notes are placed in stacks of 100, with all of the blue nunthers print- a on thelr faces in sequenee. They are then ‘wrapped In paper, labeled, sealed with red wax and stored in. the great treasury vaults. Thus each piece -of paper money now ip clreulation bas been officially counted sixty-turee times. ‘ 7 In our mints the system of account- ing for the blank nietal out of which the finished coins are stamped, of keep- ing tally on the coining machines’ worl, of counting the finished product, of packing St, of sealing jt in cloth bags, of transporting it under guard. of counting ft many times again and final- ly of storing-it away !s practically the same. There is not a day in the year when je eer of the seven great treasury vi Joes pot contain in coin, bullion, notes; certificates or bonds sufficient to make you or me one of the richest of the world’s multimillionaires. The most capacious of these strong boxes are in the basement of the treasury, A large guard of men—mostly old soldiers, commanded by a captain and Heutenant —watebes them day and night. These guardians are heavily armed, and they ‘throughout the night.—Saturday Ereh- ing Post, ; ‘ €ed intensely on hers. She binshed slightly and looked agala at the figures on the stage. ‘Wien the opera was ended and all rose to,g0, Whittemore war watching her box. An elderly man pet a wrap around her shoulders, and the others of the party were also gettigg ready to led ver Whittemore watched té#ee-aome of them-spenk to her; but, though they were chatting with each other, no one sald a‘word to ber. Thea they alt went out, and it seemed as If the cloctrie lights had been turned off. Winter “passed into summer, and Whilttemore went to the seashore, They morning after his arrival at bathing time he stroved down. to the bench. There, sitting under a sun, wnbrella, was the girl he had seen at the opera. She was peering far out where the wa- ter and the sky met, and bere end there a glint of sunshine on the hort- twice and. placed fn uniform. packages] Zou bespoke: a anti, She was alone. Whittemore would have given worlds ury yault nud issued to the bureau of for some one to take him to her and In- troduce him, but be knew po ove there. fore leaving the treasury they are} He bad come to be alone and for rest. He walted, expecting that some of her friends would join her, but they did not, and after the bathing she arose wo wrapped, and the sheets are counted | and went away. As she poxsed bim she twenty-eight times by a corps of wa | stavtad, Evidently she temcmbered him. ma ‘he next moruing he was at the Before any employee of the} beach early, watching for ber. When division in which this paper la kept ean) she ‘carae, it was with a party of girls ‘ond at-clderly man, ‘all in bathing sults. What ayminctry! Ter har. in- stend of being coiled under one of thoge unbecoming bathing caps, was streaming down her back, os it Is nopietinee worn by very young girls Jog. AN the fave her were talking and Inughing. She alone wns quict. Surely she must have some sorrow. The beach was shelying, and few ared venture beyond the brenkers: The man of the party took the falr ono by the hand and led her beyond thelr depth. Suddenly Whittemore saw tim struggling in the water. The falr one had gone. under. With all bis clothes on AVhittemore plunged in’and brought her out. They stood on the beach, Whittemore presenting a poor appearance In his dripping clothes. The fair one looked at him with an expression so distressed that he thought she regretted that he of thanks she turned and ran away to the bathing bouse. The man who tind takon her beyond her depth had heen - TABUTAVT Te has eer heen-deteeted| to imprisonment for tifteen years aud | dragged out of the water, and Whitte- more saw him coming towa him. Whittemore, indignant, turn bis back upon him and walked away. The next evening he saw. the fair one being driven toward the raffrond station. Aa she passed hip) she regarded him witlt Winter came again, aud Whittemore, who had detested society for its hol lowness, plunged into the gay world, hoping that he might meet the girl who had absorbed his whole being. He ap- peared at tens, receptions, balls; he went to the opera, to' concert#, every- where where music was to be heard. At last; at @ musléal entertainment at the home of one of his most tntimate friends, he saw her, but where? BSit- ting Alone in a recess, so immersed be- lilnd curtains as-almost to be Indis- tinguishable! Although he was look- ing for her, when he found ber he was | ttken completely aback, He stood still and trembled. “Pardon me,” be sald. “1 am_ per- initted to speak to you here under our avail myself of the privilege. Remain here for afew minutes; and“t will bring him to introduce me.” ‘Without walting for her consent -he hufried away, found the best and brought him to the recess, It was empty. In vain he dragged the man tarough | the rooms looking for ber. She was | not fn any of the rooms below. . They | waited in the hall, and preseutly she came down, followed by her maid. , “Ah!” sald the host. “Now [ un- derstand. ‘That is Clara Van Cleve, an orphan, She is a deaf mute,” Whittemore went home In great dis- tress, He was désperately in love, but he was a practical man and considered what it would be to be tied to one upon whoni there was such ablight, For a week be suffered torture, then made up his mind that to go on throtigh life suffering without her would be worse Yan suffering with her. Then he spent some time studying the deaf mute sign ianguage. This mastered, withott ecali- ing in any one as.a go between, he wrote to her, intimating that be knew of ber misfortune and begging to be permitted to share ft with her. When the two met the next evening at ber home, Whittemore astonished her by addressing her by her own method of communiteation. They soou beeanie en- gaged, and when married P Ap employee found with even ove of | mutual‘ friend's roof, but I will not } | 1 pier, AGATHA W, ODELE, \ i “aonetae re had saved her. Then without a word - found, to his surprise, that her he tune only drew them closer tozet oe patrol their beats every quarter bout) gnq made their. married “lif the haps wt hg a 2 Se enane e eomCtaR ae ane