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WlNTKKOISES, rKPrEKStKNT,"' FKH- TaoTAL, Sfeaemint, &c: of prime quality. be(ht la any qnantlty'ter eash a dellreiy , free brokerage, oomnilseloa, storaae, "DODGE & OLCOTT, "Ttt X ' af Pm ' M wu" t-. N. T. :vL:7i:m-i TW. DICK. Attornit-it-Uw o EbOBsbarg, Pa. tifflee la balltllae sX T J. Lloyd, dee d, (irst floor.) Centre street. Al aaaaer of ejjl baeinMS a4tea0d to lMIse. tor atf oenAion a Vocialty. 10-XA.-U Bh4 ifcAA-". USX I HAV- ER f.vJrvT; tj MIRIAM! 1 Tie Romance of HeateleiEii Hal By Maxda L. Crocker. COFTmiGBT, 1S88L 'Yea," ane m wo rued, emlnfr!y much re lieved, 'an thm ye'd hare to see the gal lery. too. ma'am, with ita tome psuntiuK. ahure; every wan aetsa thetraliery, nva'aru." Thia aotUed it, aad we aooa passed from the deep ahadowa of the central hall out throuKh an open court, and back once more into the coxy aerranta' quarter. Here wo found old Ancil Clarkaon aitting by the Are with a mujr of beer for company, and watt ing for the proapecuve 'Tar" Fegy Ud iu Tiew. The next day Clarkaon took a large braa key from a rin(r in the wall, and nlockinlr tuo fateful drawing-room door, bade me enter. It waa a apacioua apartment, eleganUy furnished. The hih-bucked, carved chairi And deep aofaa alood in formal AUfTuesa on either aide the room, blending their dark outlines with the somber ahade of the atameu oak wait. Boot in. The two deep windows heavily curt am od with ruh dam aak hangings depeudiug from their ancieuU looking wng opened out on a verau.Ja, tvhose ornauiental row of carved pillare put me in mind of kniKhta in armor. At the opposite end of the apartment was a flre-plaee, n hose massive mantel was dec orated with curious tws and ancient' relics, of which Peggy could not give the lua tory. In their niches, flanking the Are-place, were two pieces ol exquiaite etatuary. statiditkg out In ghostly relief in tho shad ows. The shining surface of the polished floor was covered here and there with costly rum of 'Tarkiah desoign.' aa Peupy siiid. Hiit after all therewmi un uiiUetidiug, uu eotiipromisiag air about tho tirawtn-roum Uiufc prompted me to be brief in my visit. itr fixitstepa made au UDvrlnmie sound t.f obtrusive iiapreasiou that grateU on mv ears as we walked about sn Uio hollow si lence. audi felt a repugnance creepingover uie which I had not experienced iu th olhua upartmenta. "The gallery nixt,' Tuurmured Clarkaon, locking tho door of the drawing-room bu hiT.d us. "Oi dou"t nioind the gallerv, :.i:i'am, though its histlujty. U forninst the whole of Ilijf lUirleih in its thei iUleuesa." 1 made no reil. I fominir closer to the object of- bit visit, the portrait of Mir iam, and my promise to bo f uiHUed. CHAPTER V. The gallery 1 never can forget it, or rather, the .-memory of thobe faces will never slip from my mental viaion. There were portraits on tho walls, in groups and In pairs. Some of them were uoMe-looking and of pleasing countenance, while others looked down at me with a frowning face, as if to say: "Why do you intrude on our silent existence." There were faces smiling forthl from their wealth of loug, sunny curls, and stern visages sporting powdered queues and look ing coldly duwn over their great, stiff ru3a with an aristocratic stare.' - I viewed each face with deep interest as the old housekeeper gave me ita name and history as far as she knew, as we went from one to another down the long, narrow apartment. Here," she said, ta a voice of pitying tenderness, as alio crossed the floor to tho opposite wail, "here are tbe portrait of the puir, unforthunate childer as has bin siut away from Haythurleigh by the theriblo distiny ov the house." Hhe paused before a row of portraits with their faces turned to the wail aud folded her arms, whlie tho great pearly tears rolled down her withered cheek. A strange i,j ' iiiiiiiii," i said, srxvovsxr. Teaming sensation seized me, supplanted by a nervous, chilling aritation. it was the first time 1 had felt my self -possession leaving me since I came to the Ilall; stand ing tbere before the group of ill-fated soita and daughters branded with disinheritance, a Hood of emotions iadrscribt.ble rushed over me, and I mutely moilonod PPggy to go on. Gently, then, the turned the face coming first In order over. A bright fae met my sympathetic vision, with a nair-senous, half-playful expacssioa. Lkiii'l," said PegK7. "n that's all Ol know ov im. bo cause his curse fell long forninst me loifo." The next, a beautiful face with dark, ex pressive eyes and perfect mouth pro claimed her tho daughter of a proud fam ily. Agatha," said Pgry, wiping ofT the 'dust with a caressing movement. "An' its her, ma'am, that ran away with a young Friach Count, because the family couldn't a bear the loikes ov a Frinctuuau. She died, poor thing, away off in France, somewhoro on the batiks o the Heine. An shuniTer room back afthur her family firbid hor Iver ahowin' her proud, wilful l&oe agaiu at the .Ilall." . There were two more portraits of the broken-hearted, disinherited chiltlren who had goue out from the doors, and of whose fate none at the Hill cured to know after the gates hod been shut against thutu. The next face was that of a handsome young man, whose dark, soulful eyes looked into mine aa if to say, "pity- me. "Allan," Clark son murmured, as the fascinating orbs appealed to .us, "puir Allan ho was slnt away in. diaghrace, ma'am, all becanae he loved a cottage lassie lnat htiad ov the wan his family chose out OT the h'.h carclea." . "Did he ever come back!" I asked, pity ing this promiaiag young faoo so early clouded because of vanity. Oca boon T' moaned Peggy, "an" Allan was niver the waa to come back, ma'am. Ha married the laaaie and took her with him whin he left the countbry, me Loddy." "Aud you know nothing more of his his tory then" I asked, catching a laat gUmpse of the dark, honest eyes as she turned the portrait Itack ho the wull. ' ' - , "No tnore'n ye know or the dead, ma'am ; only a rumor now an' thin, an' rumors don't count for any thing. But when the housekeeper put her with ered hand, trembliug wild increased agita- tion, on the rim of the last reversed portrait, 1 felt that I was to look on tbe fare of Miriam. A deft movement 0 the trembling hand, a 'owering of the crimson cord and the proud, beautiful features of my friend's un happy child swung over to the dim, dreamy lipht of the Ions, silent gallery. "An this wan is the puir, prou J-hearted cUudt-rtf zuo Iteddjr rarci-al," sobbed I m ri 1 1 Clarkson. "Miriam," I said, nervously. The same, ma'am," replied Peziry, chok iug back a Sob, while her warm Irish heart acted for the vision of the proud face which had nestled on her bosom in years aoue. Bhould I tell her of Miriam! looked into the ainolderinf? fire of the eyes on the can vas, and caught the answer as if by intui tion. No! The picture fascinated me strangely. There was something about it so inexpress ibly sweet, yet so proudly sorrowful withal, that my whole auul went out to the sad, im perious woman, buried, as it were, at liar view, with more fervency than ever before. What a tale tbte lirtnly-ebut lips might unfold could they speak. What a dearth of patvmal affection, what loneUuess of life could the Miriam beyond the sea reveal if she chose to tell it all! Aud thin was the portrait, then, I was to carry home with ma, and I, aa yet, had no plan to assist me in keeping my rash promise. Poor girl!" I said softly, as Clarkson turned the face to the wall once more. Daughter of my friend, and come to this: her proud face turned to the wail iu the h:til Of her ancestors 2 I could not trust myself to say more, and Clarkson led the way to a corner, where the shadows were fittingly the tbickefct, and startled me by saying in a curious tone: "An1 here is the masthur, ma'am, a han?in aU alone; all alone I The Ledaly Parcival niver had her portait painted. She would niver sit for it, ma'am, and she was per fectly rot'nt in it, too, afthur knowin' Ov the th roubles cooiniu" dowa on heir daugh-tht-r f rout the long loine of mUtherioa. She didn't want her lace to apprar iu tho flay thurWiirh gallery, at all, at all !" C'.ai ksoti's lust sentence gave mo an idea, and I could almost have shouted for joy at the promising proposition, but coulroliing myself Willi au effort, remembering in time that it inuat be matured, I gave my atten tion to the lace f Sir Rupert. Clarkson drew buck the crape covering, atd put aside the window curtains iu order to let in more light. A glam of sunlight flickered for a mmuent across the pauiiini;. Truiy he cmst have been gruff and obsti nate, judeintr from the heavy frowning brows aud siulster-lookJiix eyes bieath; yet tinder the uicou:iM-uiuiig .vicr:or 1 fancied I could see a ut-p, corroding Krief, that, blighting his life in it s prime, h:td mixed . for his remaiuicg davs "the wormwood and the gall" "And this is he vko roauia about Aie thill!" I questioned, taking my eyes from the stej-n countenance on cauTas aud lura ln g to Pecry. She no Med In the afBrmatire, and drew the crajie baclc over the ixjrtruit of she "masthur of Ua.vthu leiKa,'1 as she would say, and toft her we lclx the galltwy. We had now been over tho Hall, with the exception of a few aiuirtments of "no In thercst at all," and the library. To this IasV namod room we turned our altuiUun. It was on the first floor, Juat across the cen tral hall from the fateful drawi-rwjni Jfearly one whole side of the apartment was taiceu up with books. I looked at tbe hundreds of ricbly-Louii volumes on the oaken shelves,, after C'hirkson puilod a heavy tassolcd cord and drew back a lycg silken hanging of green, which lad the nia ; joriiy of tho books from view,-and won dered who next would aspire to the owner ship vlauch a cohecllon of elegantli'-bound volumes. .. "They're as the masthur left 'em," re marked Peggx, breaking in on ray specu lative rererie, "an' he was a great taon for the books, too, mu'am." ' "Tell me the story of Miriam now," I said, crunk.g the room to a great deep chair, with Its Inviting cushions, that stoed by the elaboratly-carved secretary in the corner. ' - . "Niver a bit ov it win Oi be afthur teliln.' ye'sla this part o'. the hall, ma'am. Oi'd be afthur gettin' Into me own solcfe ov the house afore Oi've a wurrud to say about it atail. "Agreed, Peggy,' 1 answe4, glad to humor her by going anywhere, if 1 only might hear the story -of the daughter of my friend. Once more ta fcer "own so'.de or the house," Clarkson lighted her pipe and sat down where tho bright sunshiuu atreaii.ed in through the white dimity-curtained win dows. I could not blame her for wanting to get back into her own cheerful rooms again, for I ft it happily relieved of the shaeiows myself. CJlAlTt.lt VT. And now comes ttie story of Miriam as I beard It from the lips of Peggy CiarAsoa and her husuaud during my stay at the HalL .. Af ier it, the ud, tragical cud of Sir Kupert, supplemented by a strange experi ence of my own while beneath the aiastral roof. Twenty years before the utter desolation of the ilall a little tid bit of mortality was laid tenderly iu Lady Pcrcivai's arms, and great tears fell silently on the laco fabric of its dress, while her whiw lipi murmured: ."Sorrow's child." While the baby fae nestled unconsciously on the fair mother's bosom -me uiuucr neart made agonized moiiu o-cr her first-born. This was the welcome Miriam received as she lay wondering at the gray October dawn Big heralding her advent Into this curious world of ours. LadyPercival remembered the terrified look of the attendants' faces when it waa annouueed that a daughter was born "to mel'ddy." ' ' - ' ; It was then that the legend of tbe house -of tbe Perviva'.s came u before her with menacing power. Down the ancestral -lines had come the tradition, ful&iled to a faait, thoy said, in the generations preceding this luot ill-fated child. When Lady Percival was yet happy bride Clarkson had communicated to her the story of the hereditary curse, coloring her narration vividly as she went on in do tail to prove its correct doss. And this is the maiedxtive tradition : The eldest child PEOOT'S 8TOKT OF VIBLSJC I ot each generation, if A daughter, and the youngest, if A son; would live to incur tbe lasting hatred of their paternal pareut. Tho curse enUuled on the hapless offspring dated away back to some wicked pld ances tor who had. by som evil power, handed down his wrath to the innocent, because of the wretched life -he had ' led. This ante-. ceaaor, eo raa tint legeud, was 'A youngest child" arid had wedded the "eldest daugh ter" of a house which had become alien ated from him because of his dissipated life. The wito had gone back to her fam ily hearth and forsaken him entirely, and te had hated her wila bitter hatred for her desertion. . Pertaps Clarkson would have never A - 1 .11 .V ' . . . . ' US'VU tu iw ti.V lo-r .-K WLC ti W' terrible tradition, but it happened to the wife of Sir Kupert as it had to the other unfortunate and sorrowing mothers. It was a part of their dsuny to unravel the legemd in spite of imposed secrecy. Lady Percival, on her first visit to the Heatherle'h gallery, had been strange ly impressed with the brio of portraits whose bright faces, reversed, gave K them an air of mystery. She had afked her' husband why they were hung so strangely, and he had grown pale and agitated, and had answered eva sively, at the same tune leading her away .with some remark entirely foreign to the quest ion. Being curious concerning the portrays, and ' mystified by her husband's unsatis factory reply, she sought au interview with CUrkson, telling, her of Sir Itupert's lui ox ..unable demeanor during her visit to the rallery. Thus it happened that she heard theittgcadof her husband's ancestors re lated. And the housekeeper had, with all the superstitious influence of hor IrUh aawro, impresaod on the susceptible mind of hor -mistress tuo woight of the withering sor row of this woeful legeud. Yet it had never come to her, after all, as forcibly as vbcn the iuuoccnt, upturned face ou her agonized bosom proclaimed her the mothwr of "the eldost child a daugh ter." Then Lady Percival had shuddered aud wept over 'the sleeping infant, gathering her oioaer ho her aching heart and walling: "Oh I my durliug! my precious child; my ill faied onel May the kind Father, in His mercy, spare thee from this awful thing a father's hatred." With her tear-wet cheek pressed to that of heruiiiad Lady Percival could hear the pitying tones of the housekeeper once more as sne ended th recitaL ' "Ah! me Leddy, an' Oi'm sorry for ye's that's niver hear'n tell o' tho loikes ov this therible thing, that eooina to all ov 'cm thut'a born under the curse. Thim faces what's turned away from ye, ma'am, is ov thim ez has bin ban ished from the house. They hv to boar it, me LeUdy, tor there's not ony thing to alhond lorninit, au' many' the prayer for marcy ai' forgiveilesa ez hud CiKim from broken anuria witha tbeso wail, an' nivor teen listened to, i-aythur." 3uw, wuh the h'.rui of her daughter it ail caiuo back ao ri-inful!y and vividly, that to her supersensitive soul it seemed that the trio of reversed facva on irfie wail of this gallery gad down rn ). tying sorrow on vhe huie loiiM ao aVour'bo her mother's hoiti-t. And Sir Rupert walked the corridors si lc4.t and glum, little Uiiuidng tliat the dcl icute ilovt'ka- of a wife knew of the trouble entailed by the L J-lii of the duughter. liis only cou-ftrt-t lay iu the t'uouLit that the was bhsafuUy lnt,rat:t cf it ai Le jaued up and dtr.vu iu aa a!:n!ess march, liut the biUen:ss of tho wormwood lie had hojied j keep from her crip had been put to her lips threnv'h his reticipr.ee in the rudest and most thoughtless mutucr. . The season of gloom ushered iu by Miri am's advent gradual .y became dispelled, snJ the auuli'ht of happy, content siiorus frojii Lady pet-oval's sweet eyes aud. li.a miued Uio visage ol Sir ituport ait the t liud grew, beautiful, bright, and above all else, aeciioute. It was then that hope sprang uj Iu the bosou. of U.e mother. She wwuld watch u the child grew; watchvrd palliate anydi.-dike, smooth dtnvn uny aifterenees which might spriag up be tween the two she loved. Bl-, with he great wealth of aAection, wouie avert, or at leabtmoiiilj-, aay trouble threatening an Catrant-meuh - To this hop Lady Percival clungas Miri am deveiwpod Into beautiful childhood. S;r Report seemed very fond of his bright little daughter, and spent many hours with her after she was old enough to prattle her childish witticisms to his paternal ear. He stuned to have forotteu the ancestral anathema, aa he amused the child by the hour, driving t-r strolling about for bar pleasure. IVrhai ho was trying, in ctAseieas endeavor to fod the evil in fluence hovering over the nances aud a father s lovo brek its spclliu this genera tion. Thud tbe fond mwtLer argued, not dreamiusf that deep in the heart of her hus baxul Uu.-re lurked a terrible dread of the day when the happy days' should have an ending, darker aud more sorrowful than death. lie was certain the evil days would fall, and ho was rtfllit. The clouds of fate were already ta tho horizon of the fair heavens. Although the fair mother, trusting and ever hoeiui, per ceived not their baief ul gathering. - Aad so it happened mat tuo aay arrived wheu the black cloud of vengeful darkness came but .voeu the sun and tho dial, atui all their lii'cs were ht.ceforth shadowti by the st.-m-oloud without a silver linis g. They wcr walking in tho park, all three. In the lovoly weather and Miriam, running on before her pa routs, was to all appear ances the very embodiment of beauty and affliction. lier bright curls flying in the soft sweot air, and her tiny red boots twink ling over theclotte-cut sward as hhe sported among the trees, delighted the eyes of the mother. She looked up with a word of af fectionate admiration on her lips, only to see such a strange, yoarning look on tlie face of her husband that she forgot her remark in the chill of apprehensive terror whieh seized hr. Such an expression of deep emotion ou the countenance of Hir Rupert could never be lor got tea. Ahl what could it mean! VY'Ly should she, of all others, ask I . - 1 1 . . Her, Iseart refused its usual boating, and the trees soeroed as if ia a miat, ' while her husband's kc she saw as one boos faces in a t ruubled dream. '. '. Then she put her trembling bund on his arm and leoaed khe wretched quostidn she did not dare to put into wurda. , ' Sir Rupert starttsd as if from a terrible croam, aud looked dowu into the face of' pale, fxightuned inquiry a moment, as if try ing te read her thoughts. !ie is older iu' heart than In years, r ho replied, slowlv, with a daah of laoouret pain in his voice, as his trmiUl.'d vision turned toward the chUd. She is getriug old enough to hate me, and it vsml fail, how or wb.es I know not, but of one thing I am certain, and that is the com inir est nmeremtrnt. J have felt a atrange presentiineat present win ma fr woeki., and " He stopped shirt, as if alarmed at having made this coulenaion, aud hud not Lady Ter cival understood, throurh previous Infor mation, hi words would havo been a mean ingless riddle. As it was, tao well she knew to what he referred. ' 1 Miriam' at 'this moment oame rushing bauk to thim, shouting ia chil.lish gloe, and Sir Earicrt caught her in his arms, kiased her fondly and thenstrodeoff across the paric, leaving his wile aud daughter to return to the hail without him. Uowthocomuig evil goaawl l.im no one ever knew, but tho pain aud haunting dread, visible on his white, drawn face, in dexed a struggle against decree. Miriam looted after her father in a be wildered manner, than turning to her moth er ashed, with a strange, impetuous air: "What ails my father ! Oh ! how the heart of Lad y Percival went down in the depths ot agonised sorrow at the question she dare not answer. She sank helplessly oa the sward and drew the surprised cLnid into her arms with a prayer such as she never yet had utterod. And a curious inquisitiveness had taken" possession of Miriam. Pointing after the ' retreating figure of her father, who had gone off to fight his battle wit b fate alone, aud of whom she caught glimpses through theintcrveuinj oaks, she ask"d with moro than usnal iinuerativtiAaii! 4tVl.at. .Irtc nil myfathr I say, U he angry I" Then Lady Percival took the two litt'e inpatient fcAals ia her own, aid tald brokenly : 4'Miriam, dear, look up to mo," and, the child obeying instantly, she con tinued : 'Father is not angry, my child; some thing troubles hka very much, and mother is sorry for him sorry for us alL Is not daughter feeling sorry for father, too?" And then came the reply, quick and im petuous, while the beautiful eyes flashed with an uncertain light, and the pink, taper fingers withdrew from Lady Pcrcivai's de taining clasp. "I am quite soliy for you, mother, but not soliy for my father not a lit.'" "Oh, why not, my darling!" the stricken mother made moan, as she burst Into tears. "'Cause I do not love him velly well," Miriam replied in a tone of apology. She put her arms around her mother's neck, and kissed her tear-wet cheek fondly "But I love you velly much," she supple mented, while her sweot childish voice trembled with tearful emotion. Lady Percival took her daughter's hand, then, without further words, led her back to the stately roof -tree which one day refused even sheltering care. The agony of soul Lady Percival endured In that hour had broken her heart. She was conscious of it as she leaned against the balustrade for support before going to her rooms. "Mother so velly tirodf" Miriam said, as the twain entered the apartments, and forthwith she began arranging the cush ions of Lady Percival' s chair. It seemed that the child wanted to do something to (A'V.CZle. llU., rs-.t-i, e- r-,. Siii: rtT Ui-il aRVj ABOt XT) EEtt MCTSUtK 3 . SECK. .-a alleviate the sorrow she felt tad fallen, somewhere and somehow, on tho idolized mother. The nur?e came for her charge, but for the first time the child stoutly refused to leave the room. "Leave her to me awhile, Hewitt," the white-faced mother interposed, and the nurse ieft them together alotio, wondering much what ti-oubWd Lady Percival as she closed tho door softly and went back to the nursery. Having arranged the cushions to her sat isfaction, Miriam went over to the window whose narrow panes gleamed In the after noon suu, and stood guzing far away over the environs ot her palatial home, awed into silence by something she could not under stand. iliiw the mellow light fell through the tail lissome elms, and glowed iu its sifting rays through panes, falling at last ou tho long sunny curls, and forming a halo of glory around "tho eldest child a daughter," as bhe stood puziling her inexperienced heart over tho dark titie-page of her life. Lady Percival watched her with a sense of utter helpless mwery. The child's sen tence of an hour ago fell like a verdict of lite sentence, dooming them all ho woe: 44 'Cause I do not love him velly wed." The legend of Heatherleigh Had was be ginning to unfold its menacing power, and the tide of doom bad begun to set toward shores of estrangement, heartache and tears I ' ... Lady Percival gazed long on the heiress of tho proud and aristocratic manorial pos settsions in dumb snguish. Unt her heart was mamcg moan ogamst a ereary Darren shore, and the burdoti of its languaee was: "Ohl- Miriam, my own lovely child, why must it be ; why, on ! why !" And an unseen iniluenco made answer : "The eldest child, if it bo a daughter." Sir Rupert never referred to the scene in " Jhe park, and, to all appearances, had for gotten the unpleasant occurrence. But there wns a-change in him that rendered him at times uncompaniouab'.e and reticent. . The servants noticed the change and speculated accordingly. John, the coach man, remarked to his lellows that "the dreary days were a-settliu' him, and that hafter 'while hit would be war to the ilt be tween the master aud the young mistress." - But long to be remembered was the day of the first real disagreement between fa ther and daughter. ' Miriam had rushed into her mother's apartments and had thrown herself into Lady PerrfvaTs arms, crying-and trembling In a very much excited manner. Upon beiug interrogated in reference to her un usual behavior suo roplied, amid sobs of painful excitement, while she clung to Lady Pcreival's gown : ''I do not love him one bit, now, and he doesn't love me, either; and I do uot care." Clarkson, who was passing her mistress' rooms on duties intent, heard and saw Miriam in her paroxysm of grief aud anger. "Oh, Oi've known it iver so long that it wud cooin to this dicliration ov wur. Och hone Ian' that's the ginuino Parcrval tam per," muttered she to herself. And the old housekeeper Communicated the affair to the cook with a doleful shake of the head that set the broad whito ruUles ou tho cap she wore to trembling over her whitened locks. Subsequently Sir Rupert had come into his wife's apartment in search of his daugh ter, yet, after all, dreading to meet her. Finding her sobbing on her mother's knee, he gave her surlis strungo look of dof, angry sorrow as perhaps few see in a life time, and 6aid, in a voice as strange as his look : "I have tried,. Cwd ia my witness, to love tho child and break the power of the decree "which will estrange us", and I find it Is useless. I can not lovo my child !" He covered his faco with his trembling hands, as if entirely overcome by the baleful intent of his own words, and leaned against the doorway screen. "I cian not," he moaned, "avert mightier decrees than my own 1" . Miriam seemed to understand, in part, her father' s great grief, for she shudderod visi'uly and ceased her violent weeping, hid her face in Lady FercivaTs gown and re m.iiiicd silent. Seeing this demonstration of fear, Sir Rupert went over and, bending down, with white lips pressed tho last kiss he ever be stowed oa his child on her sunny ringlets, whilo the tears rolled down the face of heart-brokftn Lady Percival. CHAiTEU VIL And after the scene closing our last chap ter Lady Percival never saw another happy day. From tliat wretched day on, until her decease, her existence was but a living death. Not many months after the death of Lady Peroival there fell a shadow over another home a beautiful country seat near Heather lei eh.- This one was the lovely home of a former friend of the Percivals. But it was not the shadow of the sdeut reaper's sickle. ?fc, it bapcued in this case to ti that of the grim-visaged horror of polite society poverty, and the stricken was the pleasant residence of Reechwood Terrace, and the home ef the Fairfaxes. . With one fell swoop, uncompromising failure had swept tho luxurious case and carcloAscontcntmeatfromttieelogaut stone taaasien, aud its trit&tratic i'..ni; faund themselves suddenly stranded on tho ruins of its former prosperity. So when tho mother of invention sat down in tho. handsomely-furnished apartments to devise diff-.rontarrangemonts from those of simply enjoying life, she sent a thriU of horror through the veins of their dwellers. To be thus thrust out of thoir rank iu life and society, and reckoned with the plebe ians, was a trying ordeal. The common lot of the financially unfortunate cast a dis heartening influence across their day. The social cire les began to forget them, and no member of tho proud, refined family felt the neglect more keenly than tho eidtsst son, Arthur, who had, hitherto, many warm friends within the radius of the 6on ton of Castings. To be thus Ignored, many a less suscepti ble neart than his had found a bitter fort une; then marvel not wheu Arthur grew morbid over his changed life, -and looked upon their circumstances as something savoring of a criminal offense. Society snubbed, -society talked and spec ulated, until, driven almost to despair, Arthur determined to retrieve tho loss of property in part, at least, abroad. To this end he resolved to einmark In a mining en terprise with an uncle in the coal mines, which promised unbounded success. But paramount to all the grievances he endured iu consequence of his unfortunate circumstances, there was a wretched dread of a possibility of more magnitude and im portance to him. In his palmy duys he had been a welcome visitor at Heatherleigh, and had been a favorite of the house, with the exception of Sir Rhpert. He, however, had treated him kindly, al though he could not lay claim to a title. Thia mark or favor young Fairfax did not accord to the real reason, but was pleased to consider it in the light of meritorious wortn. Had he, for an instant, imagined that tho master of Heatherleigh was only condescending to him, in consideration of the wealth and influence of his family, his visits to the hall would never have been made in the free and easy manner of au in timate friend of its occupants. But Sir Rupert's kindly tolerance flat tered him, aud tho siucerity of Lady Per cival pleased him exceedinglv; but, after all, it was really tho society of Miriam which had held him spellbound in those days. Thrown into her charming company con tinually, his heart had gone out to her in a sacred attachment before he wad hardly awaro of it. But when Miriam, who at first had received him shyly and with re serve, had grown to welcome him -ith cor diality and heightened color, he awoke to the knowledge that ho loved her passion ately. And often, too, he had flattered him seif she whs not indifferent to hiin. After this awakening it was only natural for him to indulge in dreaming of a happy flay "to be," when tho beautiful daughter of the Percivals would consent to unite bt-r aestiny with his. Little did tho young lover know of the sad days of reverse and keen sorrow the future held in store for Miriam as his wife. But since Lady Percival s death ho had intruded on the sorrow of the hall but little, for Sir Rupert had seemed so siient and grieved, and Miriam had not been vis ible. And now, after his own reverses had fallen, would Sir Rupert ever be kind to him again Knowing his eccentric ways, and of late years his strange reserve, ho dreaded to risk a visit to tho gloomy old gentleman since the failure of his father, and since by it ho had fallen out of rank with the Percivals. How the news of his family's changed circumstances had been received at the hall he had uo way of finding out, aud how It had affected the one sweet friend of his life on whose yea or nay hung his futuro happiness he knew not. Te be Couiiuutd KEEPING HIM BUSY. ' "v Uow a Couple of Foxes Tired Out a Canine f'ertMHTulor. In the spring of ls8S a pair of red foxes took up their home on a Dakota farm. They dug several holes ou a knoll In a wheat-Hold, aud soon after four "kits," or young foxes, arrived. Every dny, wLilo harrowing- aud sow ing; wheat in the field, frays the farmer. I saw tho two old foxes lying on the little mound in front of their home. Tho kits rolled about in the sun, played with the bushy tails of their parents and enjoyed themselves apparently as much aa a group of kittens. Ono mornlnji u neighbor cacao to work in a iitid adjoining, brinij! . with him a doj;. and tho dog, with a',1 tho curiosity c.f hit k'.nj. soon began tlio investi'iition of both fnrnis. Hi wns still a lonpr distance from tho fox-den when I hoard at-harp, warning b;trk and saw tho kit disap pear. As I looted, tho mother fox lay on tho mound, her ears erect, her rioe on the ground, all attention. Tho father of tho family, with his biff tail swinging in tho wind, trotted toward tho dog-. Can he intend to attack himP I won dered. I had nevor heard of euch a tiling, and tha do-, though not a largo one, was mill larger than tho fox. Hut llcyruird knew his business better than I. Ihi approached tho intruder until the dog- saw him, when both etopK-d fot- an instant, and then the dog gavo chaso. Tho fox. with a bark of de !i:iaco, tut nedah,d ran in a direction r. way from his home. At Hrst tho dog bcenicd to gain rap Idly upon the fox, but I watched them lor nonrly a mile before thoy disnp peared in tho prairio grass and con cluded that tho fox was able to koop out of the other's wiy. In nbout an hour tho d- returned from a fruitless e;hn?. and for a lime ho or.l-enleiily followed his m u-tor. Tb.-n La beg-an prov'-ingMirouud i.uin. Ail this tiuio tho mother fox had ru maiued on the mound, a pic.iireof quiet vigilance, LuL now, u tno di;r ventured near, tint roo and trotted tov. v.rj. him, and tho ;loi uvis snon chafing her over the prairie. Hnrdly hud thoy disappeared when tho maio trotted back from same hiding-placo and took tho position vaeuted by his mato. Tho dog returned after a time, unsuijcessful as beforo. During tho day ho was afain and again temptod to a chase, Crtt by tho ni:do find then by tho fenirde, nnd, while tho ono kept him bu-y tho other watched over the young, who did tnt show themselves after tho first sight of tho dog. It is hard to say which v. o f.li aired mnt the bravory of tho ;iir in chal lenging the dog to a rnco that would have proved fatal had ln caught them, their ingenuity in taking turns h that each might bo froh when chased, their skill in leading him away from their young or their clev erness In throwiug him off their track when farenoughaway. Youth b C0111-pauion- LOSING A VACUUM. How Mike's Kindness Was Howard od bj an Ungrateful Creator. Tho teacher of tho Ro9evilla Iligh School was a young man with an ardent lovo of wience, and tho boys and girls had all caught something of his spirit. Twenty homes iu Hosevillo gavo evidence of tho experimental work which waa being carried en by thc young people, and mothers, and aunts held indignation meetings over the bugs and toads aud snakes and birds, alivo and dead, that appeared in unexpected places. One day Frank Jtfewman found an unusually handsome mud-turtle, nearly ns large as his hat. ia which ho carried it home. That evening after tea thero was an excited meeting of young people on the lawn. Tennis was forgotten as the boys discussed ways aud means of preserving this turtle's flno shell. Finally thoy decided to and asked their teacher's advice. Mr. Doan was full of interest. Ho told tliom that ho had once cleaned a shell of this sort very easily, after he hadejtilled tho turtle by putting him under a glass receiver and pumping out the air with an air pump. - Next day, therefore,' tho aoology clas assembled after school in Mr. Dean's class-room to witness tho ex periment. Frank Newman put the big tortoise under the receiver, and Mr. Dean pumped out tho air until the craturo lay limp and lifeless, sprawl ing out of its shell. "It is a painless deatai," said tho professor. "We will leave hi m here until morning, to bo Euro that life is extinct, beforo we remove tho body from tho plHtron and carapace." On his way to tlio class-romn, early the next morning, Frank Newman met tho jar.itor. with his dustpan full uf fragments of glass. Suro,Masther Newman.it's throuble you'ro niakin' with yez animals ami the glass bella," siiid Le. "That big, expinsive ono in Misthcr Dean's iou:n ia smashed in sliveceens by that shell, d basto you left shut up and here thev are!" "But ho was deaif cried Frank. "Uow coald ho break tho receiver?'' "Faith, I fetched him to life, the poor crnythur! I found him there a-gaspin' when I went to swot-pout tl.j room yesther evening, jn-t nfiiu r ye'd gone, and I thought you'd been forget ting him, so I saved his life fur him; and then look how he broko the gin-, bell!" "You saved his life for him! How?" ) "Sure and I just slipped a thin bo, .la under one side of tho g1.".s-, to him a bit of fresh air. Ami to ;,-iy i,.c. ho had to go and hump hi:u.-e-f i, and kick over the bell and ynush it. b.-id hick t ) him!" "Wluro is Le now?" "He's found the bad luck." Bu;. ' Mike, with a slow smila "Iwaisonw mad. to spake tlio thrirN.. when I b:iv. ' what he'd done, and before 1 stopped lotniiiKld picked him up from the floor wlioro ho was prancing about, and give him a fling out of tho window. And thero I se ono of thim little r;i caU from iiie patch a-llekingoff down tho road wid him." "Well; Mike. I bopo that in tin future you'll not meddle with our experiment.-;," said Frank, with tsom. irritation. "Wo loft tho turtle over night in tho receiver because wr wished it to be there. If you hadn't let in the air tho accident would not havo happened. You see we had n vacuum," he concluded, condesceiid-mtriy- .Sure, was tho craytluir a vacuum?" said Mike, with great respect. "I thought 'twas just a common mud tur tle!" Youth's Companion. MOHAMMEDAN POWER. The EstsblUh nitwit and Extrusion of Arab louilulon lu Africa. Hut tho problem of Arab dominion is not on tho coast at ail, but in the in terior of Africa. On the coast the Ka ropean States can make their influence felt, but it extends no further than a narrow strip of land, Wyoud whieh bar barism roigrm supreme. And here we arrive at onw of the most remarkable phenomena of the age in which wo live and tho planet wo inhabit. The alw riginal inhabitants of Central Africa ar savages, sunk in heathenism, afflicted by the evils and the weaknesses of savage life, and perhaps inferior in mental and physical vigor to the strong er raws of niaiikiiiiL Over them has passed, Hko a tempest from the 1-a.si, a horde of men of another and a Wronger race, which marks Ih'-in out for slavery and destruction. Tho Arab invimijn of Africa is characterised in every part to which Europeans havo penetrated by desperate valor in arms, hy un utter in dilTorenco to human life, and. aoove all, by an osithusiatir, and fanati- al Ik lief in tho faith of Islam. They remind us of tiioso ardent followers of the prophet who. in tho first ages of Mohammedanism, Lore his blood stained standard and his intolerant creed from Spain to the conivs of China, and well-nigh overthrew the faith and civilization of the ancient, world. Indeed, if we are not. mistaken, they are tho same mn the living Inheritors of the pas sions, the valor and tho faith of tho soldiers of Mohammed. lUttoro the strength of the Christian States they-Aro now compelled reluctantly to ho-; but. over the unarmed and untutored native racs of Afrif a they are supremo. Ac cordingly, what we are now witnessinfr in Africa, sine it hat been jtartially opouod to our view, is an amazing rec rudescence and fermentation of Mo hammedan power. On the Congo It is not the native population, but the blood thirsty Arab slave dealers, who oppose the progress of civilisation; the natives ask for protection from tiiest, formidable tyrants. Ou the .'ilo the fierce chief of this new warfare ha-ie mado Khar toum a seat of power and authority ovr the neighlioring trilios, for hinee the overthrow of tho Egyptian government, in tho south they arc mau-i of th- Soudan. The capture of that important position, and the defeat an I denth of the heroic champion of civilization who per ished there, wore much greater events than they even seemed to Ihj at tho tin," they occurred; for t!i.y established a pow er, whether it was that of th Mai, y 1 r any ctht r name, whi.-h command thein-tt-riCT an itht-river -Liii,'. j.th r-io-.
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