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JOHN HUXFORD'S HIATUS.

BY A. CONAN DOYLE

As the years passed John’s smooth English skin had warped and crinkled until he was as broavn and as seamed us a walnut. His hair, too, after many years of iron-gray, had finally become as white as the winters of his adopted coun- try. Yet he was a hale and upright old man, and when he at last retired from the managership of the firm with which he had been so long connected, he bor the weight of his seventy years lightly and bravely. He was in the peculiar posi tion himself of not knowing his own as it was impossible for him to do more than guess at how old he was at the time of his accident.

The Franco-German War came round, and while the two great rivals were de stroying each other, their more peaceful neighbors were quietly ousting them out of their markets and their commercé Many English ports bencfited by this condition of things, but mone more than grisport. It had long ceased ing village, but was now a larg? and prosperous town, with a great breek- water in place of the quay on which Mary had stood, and a frontage of terraces end grand hotels where all the grandees of the west country came when they were in need of a change. All these «extensions had made Brisport the center of a busy trade, and her ships found their way into every harbor in the world. Hence it was no wonder, especially in that very busy year of 1870, that several Brisport vessel: were lying in the river and alengsice the wharves of Quebec.

One day John Hardy, who found time hang a little on his hands since his retire- ment from business, strolled along by the water’s edge listening to the clanking of the steam winches, and watching the great barrels and cases as they wer swung ashore and piled upon the wharf. He had observed the coming in of a great ocean steamer, and having waited urtil she was safely moored, he was turning away, when a few words fell upon his ear uttered by some one on board a little weather-beaten bark close by him. It was only some commonplace order that was bawled out, but the sound fell upon the old man’s ears witha strange mixture of disuse and familiar- ity. He stood by the vessel and heard the seamen at their work, all speaking with the same broad, pleasant jingling accent. Why did it send such a thrill through his nerves to listen to it? He sat down upon a coil of rope and pressed his hands to his temples, drinking in the long-forgot- ten dialect, and trying to piece together in his mind the thousand half-formed, nebulous recollections which were surg- ing up init. Then he rose, and walking along to the stern he read the name of the ship, the ‘‘Sunlight, Brisport.’’ Bris- port! Again that flush and tingle through every nerve. Why was that word and the men’s speech so familiar to him? He walked moodily home, and all night he lay tossing and sleepless,pursuing a shad- owy something which was ever within his reach, and yet which ewer evaded him.

Early next morning he was up and down on the wharf listening to the talk of the west-country sailors. Every word they spoke seemed to him to revive his memory and bring him nearer to the light. From time to time they paused in their work, and seeing the white-haired stranger sitting so silently and attentive- ly, they laughed at him and broke little jests upon him. And even these jests had a familiar sound to the exile, as they

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very well might, seeing that they were the same which he had heard in his youth, for no one ever makes a new

joke in England. So he sat through the long day, bathing himself in the west- country speech, and waiting for the light to break.

And it heppened that when the sailors broke off their mid-day meal, one of them, either out of curiosity or good na- ture, came over to the old watcher and greeted him. So John asked him to be seated on a log by his side, and began to put many questions to him about the country from which he came, and the town. All which the man answered glibly enough, for there is nething in the world that a sailor loves to talk cf so much as of his native place, for it pleases him to show that he is no mere wanderer, but

that he has a home to receive him when ever he shall choose to settle down to u quiet ilfe. So -the seamen prattied away about the town hall and the Martellow Tower, and the Esplanaie, and Pitt street and the High street, until his ccm- panion suddenly shot out akng cager arm and caught him by the wrist. **‘ Look here, man,’’ he said, in a low, quick whisper. ‘‘ Answer me truly as-ycu hope for mercy. Are not the streets that run out of the High street, Fox street, Caro- line street and George street, in the order named?’ ‘‘They are,’’ the sailor answer- ed, shrinking away from the wild, flash- ing eyes. And at that moment John’s memory came back to him, ana he saw, clear and distinct, his life as it had been and as it should have .been, with every minutest detail traced as in letters of fire. Too stricken to cry out, too stricken to weep, he could only hurry away Fome- ward, wildly and aimlessly; hurry as fast as his aged limbs would carry him, as if, poor soul! there were some chance of yet catching up the fifty years which hac gone by. Staggering and tremulous, he hastened on until a film seemed to gather over his eyes, and throwing his arms inte the air with a great cry, ‘‘On, Mary, Mary! Oh, my lost, lost life!’’ he fel! senseless upon the pavement.

The storm of emotion which had passed

through him, and the mental shock which he had undergone, would hav: sent many a man into a raging fever,

but John was too strong-willel and toc practical to allow his strength to be wasted at the very time when he needec it most. Within a few days he realized « portion of his property, and starting for New York, caught the first mail steamer to England. Day and night, night and day, he trod the quarterdeck, until the hardy sailors watched the old man with astonishment, and maerveled how any human haine coanld do on ew.)

upon so Tittie sleep. unceasing exercise, by wearing down his vitality until fatigue brought lethargy, that he could prevent himself from fall. ing into a very frenzy of despair. He hardly dared ask himself what was the object of this wild journey? What did he expect? Would Mary be still alive? She must be a very old woman. If he could but see her and mingie . his tears with hers he would be content. Let her only know thet it had been no fault of his, and that they had both been victims to the same cruel fate. The cottage was her own, and she had said that she would wait for him there until she heard from

him. Poor lass, she had never reckoned on such a wait as this. At last the Irish lights were sighted

and passed, Land's End lay like a blue fog upon the water, and the great steam- er plowed its way along the bold Cornish coast until it dropped its anchor in Ply- mouth Bay. John hurried to the railway station, and within a few hours he found himself back once more in his native town, which he had quitted a poor cork- cutter, half a century before.

But was it the same town? Were it not for the name engraved all over the sta- tion and on the hotels, John might have found a difficulty in believing it. The broad, well-paved streets, with the tram lines laid down the center, were very different from the narrow, winding lanes which he could remember. The spot upon which the station had been built was now the very center of the town, but in the old days it would have been far out in the fields. In every direction lines of luxurious villas branched away in streets and crescents bearing names which were new to the exile. Great warehouses, and long rows of shops with glittering fronts, showed him how enormously Brisport had increased in wealth as well as in dimensions. It was only when he came upon the old High street that John began to feel at home. It was much altered, but still it was recognizable, and some few of the buildings were just as he had leit them. There was the place where Fair- bairn’s cork works had been. It was now occupied by a great, brand-new hotel. And there was the old gray town hall. The wanderer turned down beside it, and made his way with eager steps but a sinking heart in the direction of the line of cottages which he used to know so well.

It was not difficult for him to find where they had been. The sea at least was as of old, and from it he could tell where the cottages had stood. But alas, where were they now? In their place an imposing crescent of high stone houses reared their tall front to the beach. John walked wearily down past their palatial entrances, feeling heartsore and despair- ing, when suddenly a thrill shot through him, followed by a warm glow of excite- ment and of hope, for, standing a little back from the line, and looking as much out of place as a bumpkin in a ballroom, was an old whitewashed cottage, with wooden porch and walls bright with creeping plants. He rubbed his eyes and stared again, but there it stood with its diamond-paned windows and white mus- lin curtains, the very same down to the smallest details, as it had been on the day when he last saw it. Brown hair had become white, and fishing hamlets, had changed into cities, but busy hands and a faithful heart had kept granny’s cot- tage unchanged and ready for the wan- derer.

And now, when he: had reached his very haven of rest, John Huxford’s mind became more filled with apprehensicn than ever, and he became so deadly sick that he had to sit down upon one of the beach benches which faced the cot- tage. An old fisherman was perched at one end of it, smoking his black clay pipe, and he remarked upon the wan face and sad eyes of the stranger.

‘*You have overtired yourself,’’ he said. ‘Tt doesn’t do for old chaps like you and me to forget our years.’’

‘I’m better now, thank you,’’ John answered. ‘‘Can you tell me, friend, how that one cottage came among all those fine houses?’’

‘‘Why,’’ said the old fellow, thumping his crutch energetically upon the ground, ‘‘that cottage belongs to the most obstin- ate woman in all England. That woman, if you’ll believe me, has been offered the price of the cottage ten times over, and yet she won’t part with it. They have even promised to remove it stone by stone, and put it up on some more convenient place, and pay her a good round sum into the bargain, but, God bless you! she wouldn’t so much as hear of it.”’

‘* And why was that?’’ asked John.

‘‘Well, that’s just the funny part of it. It’s all on account of a mistake. You see her spark went away when I was a youngster, and she’s got it into her head that he may come back some day, and that he won’t know where to go unless the cottage is there. Why, if the fellow were alive he would be asoild as you, but I’ve no doubt he’s dead long ago. She’s well quit of him, for he must have been a scump to abandon her as he did.’’

**Oh, he abandoned ber, did he?’’

‘*Yes—went off to the States, and never

s0 much as sent a word to bid her good- bye. It was a cruel shame, it was, for the girl has been a-waiting and a-pining for him ever since. It’s my belief that it’s fifty years’ weeping that blinded her.”’

‘‘She is blind!’’ cried John, half rising to his feet.

‘*Worse-tnan that,’’ said the fisherman. **She’s mortal ill, and not expected to live. Why, look ye, there’s the doctor’s carriage a-waiting at her dcor.’’

(To be Cont.uued)

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Accordion and wider knife plaited eatin skirts are pet ferth by leading im- porters for dressy spring wear.

Historical effects will predominate among the charming toilets for brides- maidyat Eastcr and post-Easter wed- dings.

Some of the very recherche dinner dresses of the season have high necked waists tobe worn with black velvet skirts.

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Quaint, magnificent embroideries and silk wrought galloons manufactured in Paris and Vienna are imported and will appear in jewel effects and Persian color echemes, mingled with gold, bronze and cut cuyx.—-New York Post.

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One cold, clammy woman, with her nose turned up, can ruin a reception.

A man who amounts to anything never receives any ‘‘encouragement.’’

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A boy never expresses the love he feels for his mother and seldom feels the love he expresses for other women.

After a man passes 40 he can get an attack of the blues any time by com- paring what he is with what he hoped to be.—Atchison Globe.

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Proving that True H »mesty and True Phil- antrophy Still Exist.,

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Ih ve nothing to sel]. and therefore want no money, but as I knowthrough my own experience how to sympathize with such sufferers, 1 am glad to be able to assist any fellow-beings toacure. I am well aware of the prevalence of quackery, for J myself was deceived and imposed upon until I nearly lost faith in mank/nd but I rejoice tosay that I am now perfecily well and happy once more and am desirons therefore to make this certain means of cure known toajl. If you will write to me you can rely upon being cured and the proud sat'sfaction of having been of great service toone in need will be sufficient reward for my trouble. Absolute secrecy assured. Send 5c silver to cover postage and address Mr. Geo. G. Strong, North Rockwood, Mich. 135&w.

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