CHAPTER XIX.
DRIVEN FROM HIS LAST DEFENCE.
Susie was Mrs. Todd before I recovered from the effects of myinvoluntary soap-bath.
"Smart trick!" cried my father when he fished me out of the barrel.
I thought it _was_ smart, sure enough, by the sensation in my eyes.But I have drawn a veil over that bit of my history. I know myeyesight was injured for all that summer. I could not tell a piece ofsilk from a piece of calico, except by the feeling; so I was excusedfrom clerking in the store, and sat round the house with green goggleson, and wished I were different from what I was. By fall my eyesightgot better. One day father came in the parlor where I was sittingmoping, having just seen Tom Todd drive by in a new buggy with hisbride, and said to me:
"John, I am disappointed in you."
"I know it," I answered him meekly.
"You look well enough, and you have talent enough," he went on; "butyou are too ridiculously bashful for an ostrich."
"I know it," I again replied. "Oh, father, father, why did they takethat caul from my face?"
"That--what?" inquired my puzzled sire.
"That caul--wasn't I born with a caul, father?"
"Now that I recall it, I believe you were," responded father, whilehis stern face relaxed into a smile, "and I wish to goodness they hadleft it on you, John; but they didn't, and that's an end of it. What Iwas going to say was this. Convinced that you will never succeed as mysuccessor--that your unconquerable diffidence unfits you for thedry-goods trade--I have been looking around for some such situation asI have often heard you sigh for. The old light-house keeper onBuncombe Island is dead, and I have caused you to be appointed hissuccessor. You will not see a human being except when supplies arebrought to you, which, in the winter, will be only once in two months.Even then your peace will not be disturbed by any sight of one of theother sex. You will not need a caul there! Go, my son, and remainuntil you can outgrow your absurd infirmity."
I felt dismayed at the prospect, now that it was so near at hand. Ihad often--in the distance--yearned for the security of a light-house.Yet I now looked about on our comfortable parlor with a longing eye. Irecalled the pleasant tea-hour when there were no visitors; I thoughtof the fun the boys and girls would have this coming winter, and Iwished father had not been so precipitate in securing that vacantplace.
Just then Miss Gabble came up our steps, and shortly after entered theparlor. She was one of those dreaded beings, who always filled me withthe direst confusion. She sat right down by my side and squeezed myhand.
"My poor, dear fellow-mortal!" said she, getting her sharp face soclose to mine I thought she was going to kiss me, "how do you do?Wearing them goggles yet? It is too bad. And yet, after all, they aresort of becoming to you. In fact, you're so good-looking you can wearanything. And how your mustache does grow, to be sure!"
I saw father was getting up to leave the room, and I flung her handaway, saying quickly to him: "I'll get the glass of water, father."
And so I beat him that time, and got out of the room, quite willing tolive in the desert of Sahara, if by it I could get rid of suchfemales.
Well, I went to Buncombe Island. I retired from the world to alight-house in the first bloom of my youth. I did not want to be amonk--I could not be a man--and so I did what fate and my father laidout for me to do. Through the fine autumn weather I enjoyed myretirement. I had taken plenty of books and magazines with me to whileaway the time; there was a lovely promenade along the sea-wall onwhich the tall tower stood, and I could walk there for hours withoutmy pulse being disturbed by visions of parasols, loves of bonnets, andpretty faces under them. I communed with the sea. I told it my rationswere too salt; that I didn't like the odor of the oil in filling thelamps; that my legs got tired going up to the lantern, and that myarms gave out polishing the lenses. I also confided to it that I wouldnot mind these little trifles if I only had one being to share mysolitude--a modest, shy little creature that I wouldn't be afraid toask to be my wife.
"Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own, In a blue summer ocean far off and alone."
I'd forget the curse of my life and be happy in spite of it.
When winter shut down, however, I didn't talk quite so much to thesea; it was ugly and boisterous, and the windy promenade wasdangerous, and I shut myself up and pined like the "Prisoner ofChillon." I have lots of spunk and pride, if I am bashful; and so Inever let on to those at home--when I sent them a letter once in twomonths by the little tug that brought my oil and provisions--that Iwas homesick. I said the ocean was glorious; that there was a Byronicsublimity in lighting up the lantern; that standing behind a counterand showing dry-goods to silly, giggling girls couldn't be comparedwith it; that I hadn't blushed in six months, and that I didn't thinkI should ever be willing to come back to a world full of grinningsnobs and confusing women.
And now, what do you think happened to me? My fate was too strong evenfor Buncombe Island. It was the second of January. The tug had notleft the island, after leaving a nine-weeks' supply, more than twelvehours before a fearful gale began to blow; it rose higher and higherthrough the night, and in the morning I found that a smallsailing-vessel had been wrecked about half a mile from thelight-house, where the beach ran out for some distance into the water,and the land was not so high as on the rock. I ran down there, thewind still roaring enough to blow me away, and the spray dashing intomy eyes, and I found the vessel had gone to pieces and every man wasdrowned.
But what was this that lay at my feet? A woman, lashed to a spar, andapparently dead. When I picked her up, though, she opened her eyes andshut them again. Enough! this was no time to think of peculiardifficulties. I lugged her to the warm room in the light-house where Isat and lived. I put her before the fire; I heated some brandy andpoured it between her lips; in short, when I sat down to my littletea-table late that afternoon, somebody sat on the opposite side--awoman--a girl, rather, not more than eighteen or nineteen. Here shewas, and here she must remain for two long months.
_She_ did not seem half so much put out as I. In fact, she was quitecalm, after she had explained to me that she was one of threepassengers on board the sailing-vessel, and that all the others weredrowned.
"You will have to remain here for two months," I ventured to explainto her, coloring like a lobster dabbed into hot water.
"Oh, then, I may as well begin pouring the tea at once," she observedcoolly; "that's a feminine duty, you know, sir."
"I'm glad you're not afraid of me," I ventured to say.
"Afraid of you!" she replied, tittering. "No, indeed. It is _you_ whoare afraid of _me_. But I sha'n't hurt you, sir. You mind youraffairs, and I'll mind mine, and neither of us will come to grief.Why, what a lot of books you've got! And such an easy-chair! It's justsplendid here, and so romantic, like the stories we read."
I repressed a groan, and allowed her, after supper, and she had doneas she said--washed the dishes--to take possession of my favorite bookand my favorite seat. She was tired with her adventures of the nightbefore, and soon asked where she was to sleep.
"In there," I answered, pointing to the door of a small bedroom whichopened out of the living-room.
She went in, and locked the door; and I went up to the lantern to seethat all was right, and to swear and tear around a little. Here was atwo-months'-long embarrassment! Here was all my old trouble back in anew shape! What would my folks--what would the world say? Would theybelieve the story about the wreck? Must my character suffer? Even atthe best, I must face this girl of the period from morning untilnight. She had already discovered that I was bashful; she would takeadvantage of it to torment me. What would the rude men say when theycame again with supplies?
Better measure tape in my father's store for a lot of teasing youngladies whom I know, than dwell alone in a light-house with thisinconsiderate young woman!
"If ever I get out of this scrape, I will know when I am well off!" Imoaned, tearing my hair, and gazing wildly at the pitiless l
ights.
Suddenly a thought struck me. I had seen a small boat beached near thescene of the wreck; it probably had belonged to the ship. I remainedin the lantern until it began to grow daybreak; then I crept down andout, and ran to examine that boat. It was water-proof, and one of itsoars still remained. The waves were by this time comparatively calm. Ipushed the boat into the water, jumped in, rowed around to the otherside of the island, and that day I made thirty miles, with only oneoar, landing at the city dock at sunset. I was pretty well used-up Itell you. But I had got away from that solitary female, who must havespent a pensive day at Buncombe, in wondering what had become of me. Ireported at headquarters that night, resigned, and started for home.I'm afraid the light-house lamps were not properly tended that night;still, they may have been, and that girl was equal to anything.
Such is life! Such has been _my_ experience. Do you wonder that I amstill a bachelor? I will not go on, relating circumstances in my lifewhich have too much resemblance to each other. It would only be arepetition of my miserable blunders. But I will make a proposition toyoung ladies in general. I am well-to-do; the store is in a mostflourishing condition; I have but one serious fault, and you all knowwhat that is. Now, will not some of you take pity on me? I might bewaylaid, blindfolded, lifted into a carriage, and abducted. I might bebrought before a minister and frightened into marrying any nice,handsome, well-bred girl that had courage enough for such anemergency. Once safely wedded, I have a faint idea that my bashfulnesswill wear off. Come! who is ready to try the experiment?
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THE CONFESSIONS OF IRENE.
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He also has trouble awaiting him on his return to England. His heartis in the right place, however, a little kindness, sympathy and helphaving been all that were required to change his attitude towardhumanity, and he is able to show his gratitude at an opportune moment.
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Mother Goes Yachting.
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THE TESTING OF OLIVE VAUGHAN P. T. BREBNER
THE CONFESSIONS OF A PRINCESS ---- ----
SELF-RAISED MRS. E. D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH
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The scene is laid in the West, where two college men have gone inquest of health, and found it. It shows two manly, unselfishcharacters, such as the youth of the present day might well emulate.
It is full of the air, the love, and the excitement of the plains. Theplot is fascinating and the love story charming.
A pretty romance is woven into the narrative, portraying the personalcharms and clever attractiveness of the Western girl, even though thedaughter of a ranchman. It carries a good moral throughout and iseminently attractive to both young and old.
The book contains 192 pages, with a frontispiece illustration. Price,paper bound, 25 cents; bound in cloth, $1.00. For sale by allbooksellers and newsdealers, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofprice.
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Eureka Detective Series
All of the books in the Eureka Series are clever detective stories,and each one of those mentioned below has received the heartiestrecommendation. Ask for the Eureka Series detective books.
1. Inspector Henderson, the Central Office Detective. By H. I. Hancock
2. His Evil Eye. By Harrie I. Hancock
3. Detective Johnson of New Orleans. By H. I. Hancock
4. Harry Blount, the Detective. By T. J. Flanagan
5. Harry Sharp, the New York Detective. By H. Rockwood
6. Private Detective No. 39. By John W. Postgate
7. Not Guilty. By the author of "The Original Mr. Jacobs"
8. A Confederate Spy. By Capt. Thos. N. Conrad
9. A Study in Scarlet. By A. Conan Doyle
10. The Unwilling Bride. By Fergus W. Hume
11. The Man Who Vanished. By Fergus W. Hume
12. The Lone Inn. By Fergus W. Hume
13. The World's Finger. By T. Hanshew
14. Tour of the World in Eighty Days. By Jules Verne
15. The Frozen Pirate. By W. Clark Russell
16. Mystery of a Hansom Cab. By Fergus W. Hume
17. A Close Call. By J. L. Berry
18. No. 99; A Detective Story. By Arthur Griffith
19. The Sign of the Four. By A. Conan Doyle
20. The Mystery of the Montauk Mills. By E. L. Coolidge
21. The Mountain Limited. By E. L. Coolidge
22. Gilt-Edge Tom, Conductor. By E. L. Coolidge
23. The Mossbank Murder. By Harry Mills
24. The Woman Stealer. By Harry Mills
25. King Dan, The Factory Detective. By G. W. Goode
See other advertisement for other list of titles in the Eureka Series.
You can obtain the Eureka Series books where you bought this one, orwe will mail them to you, postpaid, for 25 cents each, or any five for$1.00. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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NEW YORK'S LATEST SENSATION
We have just issued in novel form
the story of
THE DEVIL,
founded upon the successful and much discussed play of the same nameby
FERENC MOLNAR,
as produced by
HENRY W. SAVAGE.
The title is startling. The story is not so startling as the titlewould indicate. It is a strongly moral one, showing in a vivid,realistic manner the result of evil thinking. The Devil in this storyis evil thinking materialized.
The scene centers in Vienna, and deals with the early love of a poorartist and a poorer maiden. As the years go by the artist achievesdistinction, and the maiden becomes the wife of a millionairemerchant--with very little romance in his composition, but thoroughlydevoted to his young and beautiful bride.
Seven years later the artist (who has been received as a valued friendof the family) is commissioned to paint the wife's portrait--and theold love re-asserts itself. For a while the issue is problematical;but stability of character conquers, and the ending is quite as theheart would wish.
The book also contains an article by the noted author, Ella WheelerWilcox, pointing out the strong moral to be deduced.
It contains 190 pages, printed in large, clear type on best quality ofbook paper, with eight half-tone illustrations from the play. Price,handsomely bound in cloth, 50 cents, net, postage 10 cents additional;bound in paper covers, 25 cents, postpaid.
For sale by booksellers and newsdealers everywhere, or sent by mailupon receipt of price.
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OGILVIE'S POPULAR COPYRIGHT LINE
THE NEW MAYOR
A Novel
Founded upon GEORGE BROADHURST'S play
The Man of the Hour
Handsomely bound in cloth and stamped in colors, containing 250 pageswith twelve illustrations from the play
Price 50 cents, net, postage 10 cents additional
It has been issued under the title of THE NEW MAYOR, in order not toconflict with a book published under the title, The Man of the Hour.
Thousands of people have not had the opportunity of seeing the play,and to them, as well as to those who have seen it, we desire toannounce that we are the authorized publishers of the Story of GeorgeBroadhurst's Play in book form. There is already an enormous demandfor this book, owing to the fact that the play is meeting with such atremendous success, having been presented in New York for over sixhundred consecutive performances, with four companies on tourthroughout the United States.
The play has received the highest praise and commendation from criticsand the press, a few of which we give herewith:
"THE FINEST PLAY I EVER SAW."--Ex-President Roosevelt.
"The best in years."--_N. Y. Telegram._
"A perfect success."--_N. Y. Sun._
"A triumph."--_N. Y. American._
"Best play yet."--_N. Y. Commercial._
"A sensation."--_N. Y. Herald._
"An apt appeal."--_N. Y Globe._
"A straight hit."--_N. Y. World._
"A play worth while."--_N. Y. News._
"Means something."--_N. Y. Tribune._
"An object lesson."--_N. Y. Post._
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You Will Laugh, You Will Yell,
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THE BLUNDERS OF
A BASHFUL MAN
The World's Champion
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In this screamingly funny volume the reader follows, with raptattention and hilarious delight, the mishaps, mortifications,confusions, and agonizing mental and physical distresses of aself-conscious, hypersensitive, appallingly bashful young man, in asuccession of astounding accidents, and ludicrous predicaments, thatconvulse the reader wi
th cyclonic laughter, causing him to hold bothsides for fear of exploding from an excess of uproarious merriment.
All records beaten as a fun-maker, rib-tickler, and laugh-provoker.This marvellous volume of merriment proves melancholy an impostor, andgrim care a joke. With joyous gales of mirth it dissipates gloom andbanishes trouble.
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SYMPATHY AROUSED! SENTIMENT CULTIVATED!
LONGING SATISFIED!
LADY VERNER'S FLIGHT.
By "THE DUCHESS."
Author of "Molly Bawn," "The Honorable Mrs. Vereker," Etc.
"The Duchess" is famous as an author of those stories which delightthe heart and mind of young women readers through the artisticword-painting of scenes and incidents which arouse interest, stimulatedesire, and satisfy the appetite for mental diversion, recreation,entertainment, and pleasure.
LADY VERNER'S FLIGHT is no exception to her reputed ability; in fact,in it she quite surpasses her own standard, and the reader followswith breathless interest the vicissitudes and trials that mark thecourse of this pure story of English life in which there are no lessthan three love affairs going on at the same time.
WITHOUT A PARALLEL IN INTEREST!
ABOUNDING IN TENSE SITUATIONS!
REPLETE WITH THRILLING INCIDENTS!
TRUE TO LIFE!
You read this book with delight, and finish it with a sigh!
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The book contains 310 solid pages of reading matter, bound inattractive paper cover printed in colors. For sale by booksellers andnewsdealers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofprice, 25 cents.
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THE SHADOW OF A CROSS.
BY
MRS. DORA NELSON
AND
F. C. HENDERSCHOTT.
"The sweetest American story ever written," wrote one critic inreviewing the story, which first appeared as a serial in a magazine oflarge circulation. A strong inquiry for the novel in book formdeveloped, and we have just issued the book to meet this demand.
The story is wholly American in sentiment, and every chapter appealsto the reader's sympathies, as the whole book pulsates with pure andcherished ideals. The love theme is sweet and intensely interesting.Through the political fight, the victory and the defeat, the lovethread is never lost sight of. The intense struggle in the heart ofthe heroine between her Church and her lover is of such deep humaninterest, that it holds the reader in ardent sympathy until the happysolution, when the reader smiles, wipes the moisture from the eyes,and breathes happily again.
While the narrative is intensely interesting, it is more; it instructsand educates. To read it is to feel improved and delighted. Don't missthis treat; it is one of the very best American stories of recentyears.
The book is printed on best quality of laid book paper, containsnearly 200 pages, and is bound in paper covers with handsomeillustration. It will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address uponreceipt of price, 25 cents. Address all orders to
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A Bad
Boy's Diary
By "LITTLE GEORGIE,"
The Laughing Cyclone.
THE FUNNIEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
In this matchless volume of irresistible, rib-tickling fun, the BadBoy, an incarnate but lovable imp of mischief, records his dailyexploits, experiences, pranks and adventures, through all of which youfollow him with an absorbing interest that never flags, stopping onlywhen convulsions of laughter and aching sides force the mirth-sweptbody to take an involuntary respite from a feast of fun, stupendousand overwhelming.
In the pages of this excruciatingly funny narrative can be found theelixir of youth for all man and womankind. The magic of its pagescompel the old to become young, the careworn gay, and carking troublehides its gloomy head and flies away on the blithesome wings ofuncontrollable laughter.
IT MAKES YOU A BOY AGAIN!
IT MAKES LIFE WORTH WHILE!
For old or young it is a tonic and sure cure for the blues. The BADBOY'S DIARY is making the whole world scream with laughter. Get inline and laugh too. BUY IT TO-DAY! It contains 276 solid pages ofreading matter, illustrated, is bound in lithographed paper covers,and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address on receipt ofprice, 25 cents. Address all orders to
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The World's Finger
is the title of the most absorbing detective narrative ever written.
One would not surmise from the title that such was the fact; but theclosing chapter of the book gives the clue to its meaning: "I swore tomy father on his death-bed that The World's Finger should never pointto a Davanant as amongst the list of known convicts, and that oath Iwill keep."
T. W. HANSHEW is the author, and a writer of more exciting andsensational detective stories cannot be found at the present day.
One reader writes: "I thought I would read a chapter or two of THEWORLD'S FINGER, to see what it was all about. I soon found out, and itwas two o'clock in the morning before I lay it down, having read it tothe end at one sitting. It certainly is a corker."
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GIRL'S LOVE
BY
CHARLES GARVICE.
IT
ENRAPTURES! ENTRANCES!
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In this intensely dramatic and thrilling love story, we watch withbated breath the unfolding of a high life drama of absorbing interest.Rank and wealth, pride and prejudice, vice and villainy, combine in adesperate and determined effort to break off a romantic and thrillinglove match, the development, temporary rupture and final consummationof which, by the genius of the author, we are, with spell-boundinterest, tense arteries and throbbing hearts privileged to witness.This desperate attempt to halt the course of true love and dam thewell-springs of an ardent and romantic affection, will be watched bythe reader with a boundless and untiring interest.
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The book contains 380 pages of solid reading matter, bound inattractive paper cover, printed in colors. For sale by booksellers andnewsdealers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofprice, 25 cents.
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THRILLING! ABSORBING! DELIGHTFUL!
The Story Sensation of the Year!
A WOUNDED HEART
BY
CHARLES GARVICE,
Author of "The Ashes of Love," "A Woman's Soul," Etc.
It Grips! It Holds! It Thrills!
By the magic pen of the author we are carried through the seductiveand intricate mazes of a thrilling and romantic life drama ofunparalleled interest.
In beautiful England, sunny France, and distant Australia, we watchthe movements of life-like, splendidly drawn flesh and bloodcharacters, and follow their fortunes with a zealous devotion thatnever flags.
With breathless interest we witness the struggle for an ancestralhome, which finally passes into the possession of the scion of a noblehouse, the rightful heir, Sir Herrick Powis, thanks to the sacrificesof the heroine, than whom no more entrancing and beautiful characterexists in the whole range of modern fiction. The ending of the storyis, of course, a happy one, but this is not achieved until thetrusting heart of the heroine has been sorely wounded, and she haspassed through trials and tribulations, which win for her the love andsympathy of the spell-bound reader.
REPLETE WITH THRILLING INCIDENTS!
Teeming With Heart Interest and Dramatic Action!
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The book contains 400 pages of solid reading matter bound inattractive paper cover printed in colors. For sale by booksellers andnewsdealers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofPrice, 25 Cents.
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100 STORIES
IN BLACK
BY BRIDGES SMITH.
Not in years, if ever, have we seen or read anything which approachesthe stories in this book for real, true depiction of character of theSouthern darkey of the present day. They are full of humor andentertainment, and absolutely true to life both as to the incidentsrelated, and the language used. The latter is so true, in fact, thatour compositor who set the type for the book, said that he had neverbefore seen anything like the diction and spelling.
The author held for some years the position of City Clerk in theMayor's Office of the City of Macon, Georgia, where opportunities werepresented for full and complete observation of the people in the worldof which he writes.
The stories originally appeared in the "Macon Daily Telegraph," butthe demand for them in book form was so great that we have now issuedthem in permanent binding.
The book contains 320 pages with illustrations, and is bound in papercovers with attractive and appropriate cover design. Retail price, 25cents. For sale by booksellers and newsdealers everywhere, or sent bymail, postpaid, upon receipt of price.
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THIS IS IT! IT!! IT!!!
A WOMAN'S SOUL
By CHARLES GARVICE.
A Literary Sensation!
A Matchless Masterpiece!
The Big Noise of Fiction!
A Story that Grips the Heart!
A Story that Stirs the Soul!
Guided by a master hand we watch with bated breath the unfolding of astory of unparalleled interest. Ever the unexpected happens, surprisefollows surprise, plot is succeeded by counterplot. Vice and virtue,honor and knavery, true love and duplicity, struggle desperately andincessantly for mastery until the mind is bewildered and the heart andsoul are stirred to their very depths.
Swept irresistibly along the seductive and entrancing streams ofromantic fiction, never for one instant is the reader's interestallowed to flag. When almost exhausted with the thrilling nature ofthe narrative, the end of this matchless story is reached, and it isthen with a sigh of regret the reader bids adieu to characters thathave woven themselves around his heart, and have become part andparcel of his very life.
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A WOMAN'S SOUL contains 326 pages of solid reading matter, printed inlarge type on good quality of paper, bound in paper covers withattractive cover design in two colors. For sale by newsdealers andbooksellers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid, upon receipt of 25cents.
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The Most Popular Book In
America To-Day
--IS--
"ST. ELMO,"
--BY--
AUGUSTA J. EVANS,
The history of this Book is remarkable. It was first published nearly45 years ago, and met with a fair measure of success; but it was notuntil within the last three years that it achieved special prominence,since which time over half a million copies have been sold.
It is hard to account for this wonderful jump into popularity at thepresent time, except for the fact that the story is one of real merit,and is now doubly recognized as such. It is a mark of signaldistinction for the author, to think that she wrote a story so muchahead of the times.
The story is founded upon the never-old theme of love--the pure loveof a good woman--and shows the wonders that can be accomplished withand through it, even to the extent of the reclamation of an extremelytalented and extraordinary man having a predilection for evil and sin.
No story written in years has aroused the discussion that this bookhas.
Can you afford to miss it?
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The book contains 440 pages, bound in paper cover. For sale bybooksellers and newsdealers everywhere, or sent by mail, postpaid,upon receipt of price, 25 CENTS.
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DON'T MISS IT! DON'T MISS IT!! DON'T MISS IT!!!
=FATE=
By CHARLES GARVICE,
Regal Ruler of the Resplendent
Realm of Romance.
Tremendous in its Interest.
Weird and Witchingly Fascinating in Plot and Action.
Tense In Its Astounding Situations.
It Grips! Amazes!! Thrills!!!
IT TUGS AT THE HEART STRINGS AND HOLDS ONE
CAPTIVE FROM COVER TO COVER.
In this astounding story of unparalleled interest, we see the sinisterfigure of FATE stalk deviously but relentlessly through the mystifyingmazes of love, devotion, intrigue, cunning, cruelty and crime, until aconscienceless fiend, in human shape, lies prostrate in death,overwhelmed by the ruthless forces of his own creating.
Right, truth, justice and love dashed to earth by desperate villainyand inconceivable cunning, finally triumph in the face of crimes thatcrush, and difficulties that overwhelm.
The reader breathes a sigh of relief that hero and heroine, who havewound themselves about his heart, are once more happily united, andthat
LOVE, THE CONQUEROR, WINS AT LAST.
This story of love, passion, mystery and revenge, makes the sluggishblood course wildly through every artery of the spell-bound frame.
It awakens every emotion of the human heart, and sweeps the vibrantchords of sympathy and compassion. The book you need. The book youmust have. To-day! Now!! Here!!!
PRICE, 25 CENTS.
"Fate" contains over 450 pages of solid reading matter, printed inlarge type on good quality of paper, bound in paper covers withattractive cover design in two colors. It is for sale by newsdealersand booksellers everywhere, or will be sent by mail, postpaid, uponreceipt of 25 cents.
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VAIL'S DREAM BOOK
AND
COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER
By J. R. & A. M. VAIL
You dream like everyone else does, but can you interpret them--do youunderstand what your dream p
ortends? If you wish to know what itmeans, you should buy this book, which contains the full and correctinterpretation of all dreams and their lucky numbers. This book isalso the most complete fortune teller on the market.
We give herewith a partial list of the contents:
Dreams and Their Interpretations.
Palmistry, or Telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand.
Fortune Telling by the Grounds in a Tea or Coffee Cup.
How to Read Your Fortunes by the White of an Egg.
How to Determine the Lucky and Unlucky Days of any Month in the Year.
How to Ascertain Whether You will Marry Soon.
Fortune Telling by Cards, including the Italian Method.
A Chapter on Somniloquism and Spiritual Mediums.
The book contains 128 pages, size 7-5/8 x 5-1/4 set in new, large,clear type, and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address uponreceipt of 25 cents. For sale where you bought this book.
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LOVE--COURTSHIP--MARRIAGE.
This is the newest and most up-to-date book on these subjects. Itexplains how girls may become happy wives, bachelors become happyhusbands. It includes a treatise on "The Etiquette of Marriage,"describing invitations, the dresses, the ceremony, and the properbehavior of bride and groom.
In addition to the above there is a most brilliant editorial entitled"The Real Divorce Question"; also an article giving statistics, dates,etc., entitled "Alarming Growth of the Divorce Evil," by thewell-known writer, Rev. Thomas B. Gregory; and, lastly, an editorialentitled "Woman's Dignity," which should be read by every woman in thecountry. If the young people of this country would read and studythese serious subjects before marriage the now-popular divorce wouldsoon become a thing of the past. Remember, from some one little thingin this book you may be spared a life of misery. 125 pages, paperbound; postpaid, 25 cents.
LOVE AND COURTSHIP CARDS.
Sparking, Courting, and Love-making made easy with these cards. Theyare arranged with such apt conversation that you will be able to findout whether a girl loves you or not without her even thinking that youare doing so. These cards may be used by two persons only, or they canbe used to entertain an evening party of young people. There are sixtycards in all, and each answer will respond differently to every one ofthe questions. Sent by mail, postpaid, for 30 cents.
Either of the above will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt ofprice by J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 Rose Street, New York.
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JUST OUT
TEMPTATIONS OF THE STAGE.
There is probably no other book of this kind on the market that tellsso much truth from Stage Life as does this one. If there is, we do notknow of it. We herewith give the contents and leave you to draw yourown conclusions:--
Ever in the Limelight.
"Propinquity" _versus_ "Association."
Flattery.
See How it Sparkles.
Gambling--Drugs.
Dangerous Pitfalls on the Road to Success.
My Narrow Escape. _By Della Fox._
Girls in Burlesque Companies. _By May Howard._
A Nation at Her Feet. _By Pauline Markham._
Jane Hading's Career. _By Herself._
A Woman's Blighted Life. _By Jennie O'Neill Potter._
Cigarette Smoking.
A Unique Sensation. _By Nina Farrington._
Yvette Guilbert's Songs.
A Tragic End.
Triumphs and Failures. _By Isabelle Urquhart._
A Mad Career.
Likes to Wear Tights. _By Jessie Bartlett Davis._
Jolly Jennie Joyce.
Thorns of Stage Life. _By Maud Gregory._
The Stage is Not Degenerating. _By Eva Mudge._
Ethics of Stage Morality. _By Jessie Olivier._
Stage-Door Johnnies.
The Pace That Kills.
Cure For the Stage Struck.
Stage Love Letters. _Mlle. Fougere._
Stock Companies.
From Tights to Tea Parties.
In Other Walks.
The above book contains 128 pages, bound in paper cover handsomelyillustrated in colors, and will be sent by mail, postpaid, to anyaddress upon receipt of 25 cents. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P.O. Box 767, 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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OLD WITCHES' DREAM BOOK
AND
COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER.
You dream like everyone else does, but can you interpret them--do youunderstand what your dream portends? If you wish to know what itmeans, you should buy this book, which contains the full and correctinterpretation of all dreams and their lucky numbers. This book isalso the most complete fortune teller on the market.
We give herewith a partial list of the contents:
Dreams and Their Interpretations.
Palmistry, or Telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand.
Fortune Telling by the Grounds in a Tea or Coffee Cup.
How to Read Your Fortune by the White of an Egg.
How to Determine the Lucky and Unlucky Days of any Month in the Year.
How to Ascertain Whether You will Marry Soon.
Fortune Telling by Cards, Including the Italian Method.
The book contains 128 pages, set in new, large, clear type, and willbe sent by mail, postpaid, to any address upon receipt of 25 cents inU. S. stamps or postal money order. Address all orders to
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
P. O. Box 767. 57 ROSE STREET, NEW YORK.
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