Pa EP EPRI At Sundown, "Twas sunlown of a summer's day, And in the twilight shade Btood Doris, by the farm-house gate— Doris, the pretty maid, Her eyes were turned, those eyes so brown, Toward the road that led to town, Beneath her feet were daisies white, And many a clover red, And buttercups, with drops of dew From heaven freshly shed; While birds were singing at hr side Those quiet songs of eventide Sh Aunt Prudence by the window Her hair was silvery white, Her eyes had such a wistful look, That lovely summer night: Aud, speaking from the window-sill, She said, “He'll come, I know he will “I know,” because a bumblebee Just in the window flaw: The rooster crowed here in the door— These signs are always true. It's haying-time, and there's a sight Of chores to do, you know, at night!” While Doris watched the road beyond Aunt Prudence watched hehind; The summers of the long ago Once wore she sought to find; And through the twilight's deep’ning gray She sighted then so far sway. She sunshine of those growing days, The dows that used to The music of the binds that Were well rem 1 faa, AL Fe sang t aren! 21l> wa ered nid, At sundown of one summe: day. sting at the gate iow-sill; sw the shutters close, “All as God wills,’ “Xo give or to ¥ While at the farm-house ga The tale of ve was toid, And iater with ber fac Doris Alle In Gd [' BEROLDSTEIN. she sofil i withlo » 30 brigh aig: night ** ’ Cood-nigut. parishgwhere 1 was ly child, had reaped ¥ 1 born, and I, his on the benefit of a me during his spare hours he had given t my When, a lit my father died, leaving pame as sole inheritance for my mother and myself, 1 began to realize the value aided by my vig- fair spirit of deter- 1a after ie after 2 teacrhine LIS WAC 3 health and a now Keep the wolf from the door, My father tives, but th is A rela- upied with the respor ities 1 h wealtl br ] +1 1.1 the i IKnown country, Il not be sf Sie el] Kk of anxious ny brother, As Charlie kissed me never kissed me on the lips before-and whisper- ed, ‘Keep a good heart, Alice my dar- ing—we shall meet again when pros- pets are brighter,”” I felt more hopeful than I had for months before, for his words seemed to contain in tainty of fulfillment. Charlie Kent and I have almost from babyhood; childhood had long since passed, I can- not say that our feelings for each other had changed, save in intensity. We were both very poor, but were content enough to wait for better times, Schloss Beroldstein proved to be a very stately old mansion, a trifle repel- lant in its air of antiquity and isolation from the rest of the world, fie had been lovers tle, and from my windows at the back I tains, The grounds at one time must have been laid out and tended with royal care; but now the statues were broken, the fountain out of repair, and an air of neglect pervaded the avenues and shrub- bery. The duchess lived in the strictest se- clusion on account of her recent bereave- ment, her only concern being the wel- fare of her children, My little charges were charming-—a twin brother and sis- ter, and the only surviving children of the family, Roderic, the young heir to the duke- dom was a truly beautiful child, rosy and cherub-like, with a promise of in- telligence in his face which well befitted the high rank to which he was born, Amalie, the little softer copy of her Brother, and already the pair weredevoledly attached to each other. e The children were rather more than a year old when I arrived at Beroldstein certainly too young to derive much benefit from my presence, I thought; but, as it was customary in high fami- lies to have the children learn foreign tongues froid the cradle, my conscience quieted iteelf, Very little time elapsed, before 1 found myself the friend and eonfidant of Frau Brenner, housekeeper at the castle, Among other bits of informa- tion she told me what I rather expected to hear, that Schloss Beroldstein was haunted, “It is quite the spot for a ghost to choose for midnight wanderings,’’ I ye- remarked, and though secretly amused at the old woman’s credulity, I encour- aged her by my deep air of interest to tell me more of this spectral visitant, It was the well-known of a lady in white jppenting a8 the herald of a death in the ly. years Yetore, one dark story night, the sen » Lady gliding among the frees toward the castle, and before morning the unele of the late duke was stricken dead with paralysis, Three times the white appa- rition was seen during the week before his highness Duke Albrecht died; and, according to Frau Brenner, no memher of the Von Beroldstein family had ever been gathered to his fathers without the assistance of the White Lady, The mere mention of her made every sex vant in the place shudder, and even the more enlightened members of the house- hold did not deny her evil influence, fact I had frequent occasion after this to wonder at the amount of provalent among even the higher ela in this fate had drifted me. some months later I was out in park with the two children, It midwinter, and tl Vas snow enough for sledding: the e i head to foot in soft polar bear robe, pride in their swan-sha and silver, } the fin a t Russian fashion, pushed the dai 1 ele vied dian 1 Wiis cel to one n and enjoy ne th 1 fie { SHOW, Roderic excitement, mittened “1d ‘2 Vaiss Diriing with heeks and ig have awakened 11 look wa nocent little fel pointed with deli i SOT . disl 1 mceived for the Hew come | quaintance; she had some weeks, perhaps mon tle, and I noticed that tion the other servants of the place eithe spoke ill of her or never m ame, **She is one of that hears | my country,” with a shake of her head. should not judge her too hastily: she lived her life in a lonely part of Russia, entioned he the one about the stories of in ‘But one the influence of a father who was none | too saintly.” Shortly after this my attention was | esting to me than the intrigues of the Yon Beroldstein family, Charlie, | my lover—Dbless his faithful heart!—had { position In a bank at Trier, a trifling dis- | tance by rail from Beroldstein, and in. | stalled himself in that town. The delight- { ful knowledge of a true friend and pro- | tector being near at hand gave the world { a wonderful brightness for me, and even { little Amalie began a baby attempt at | repeating the simple home tunes which | froms heer lightness of heart I sang in her i ears all day, i To see each other was happiness { enough for Charlie and me, and we | found no time during our brief meetings { to mourn that the prospect of our be- | ginning life together was still in thedim | future. I had a most trustworthy mes- senger for my innocent communications to Charlie in the person of an Alsatian | nursemaid, Lisette by name, who de- i elared herself ready and anxious to serve | me by every means in her power, Her {attachment dated from an oceasion when I had shielded her from a severe | reprimand. She had carelessly allowed i little Roderic to play with a dog known ito be fierce, and the little fellow had been bitten just below the knee—only a slight wound, but enough perhaps to cause the girl's dismissal if discovered. With a little forethought I arranged to dress and undress Roderic for a few days 80 that the wound would not be noticed, and neither Lisette nor I ever called at- tention to the three little scars left on the baby’s round white leg. Lisette repaid me by accounting most ingeni- ously for brief absences with Charlie, @ » * -» ®» * * Little Roderic had been slightly ill with some childish malady and for a few nights I had slept be de his bed, until at the wgent request of Mme, I went to take an undisturbed rest in my own room, I wondered a her solicitude, for she was usually sel comfort of others, Rather unwillingly faced country maiden, who promised faithfully to keep a vigilant eye on the young Duke, In the early gray of morning I was awakened from a sound thought of which I still shudder. and lamentations sounded from Roderie’s bed, ghiened servants gathered who had been left baby moaning and calling on all the saint her face ghost- like with terror. : **In heaven's name ter?’ I cried. “Look!” was all the i near her, the Ole the what is uneasily on the pillows, Hl the beautiful wt I had Kissed only a few d vild eves id v before me, 3 happen?” izing with a nursemaid shaking voice, se £1 » ron the arm of the i me,’ t five minute iz lordship was blessed angels « Sor His you » one of the have Away, 3 I glanced toward i § ie ARIAS the deathbed I told no alas, no proof Yy6% $ % 1 ment I went o ing from a cottage windoy teps from where Istood., 1 was surpri- sed to find a house in that lonely spot, moorlands barren for human habitation. Was As I looked throug! the thinly-curtained window, and saw that a tall, dark wo- on the stove and a little child in ragged clothes making friends with a shagev I was to make my arrival known when a second look at the child, made me pause suddenly, Was I dream- ing or were those really little Roderic’s blue eyes looking up with the frank, wide-open gaze that I knew well? The soft golden curls had been cut off, and the coarse, rustic clothes were a good disguise, but I knew my young charge too well to be deceived, Like a mad woman I flew back the long dark road to the Schloss, was not safe to let my investigation go farther alone; 90 I seized on the first ser- vants I found-—Max, the coachman, and the maid Lisette, whom I had befriend- ed-—and, giving them a hurried account of what I had seen, Lled them back to the lonely cottage; We made our way in tmcermoniously enough, At the first glance the room seemed vacant, and my heart sank: but the next moment we discovered the baby asleep upon a pillow in a dark corer, The men gathered up the little bundle and bore it to the light; the baby awoke and looked with sleepy, hazy eves at the disturber of his rest, . Even then I saw no look of recognition on the servant's faces, Could I be mistaken? The thought was misery, But becoming fully aroused, the little child sat up and held out his arms to me, claiming in baby language an old friend, “It is our young master—I Mrve no longer any doubt!’ the man said, in- stinctively raising his hat, “Look for the mark of the dog's bite on his knee, to make sare,” put in Li. sotte, trembling with excitement, I had no thought of this and on. three little was thankful for the girl's As I expected, we found the nts made by the dog’s teeth in the ba- by's tender flesh, At this additional SO over my knees and sobbed for 1 thanking from the depths of rected my steps to the de solate cottage, At that moment the woman whom 1 had seen on my first entered nd the over hea fa00 fl seeing us i Torgoet, “What-—wlhio?' she bean ¢ but Maxdnter: Visit tervor that came shall 1 { TOON, a look of vor upled her by savin Come to relies the sof this child, He isn ( t thi ‘ : istic, where he Cal ca belongs,’ Putting the little boy inte my willing { arms he whispered a few wond the effect that I was to go back 1 and send two or i s his guard over the sus; to me to with all three men tore f Helou i Berold 4 An hour later the Schlo of the The news spread like throughout the whole neighborhioo the young duke had been resto the dead, 1 dn + Roderic] was the scene greate ment, i i] 118 own clothes, gay l hearthrug, and then ntent to secure the A Crime Gesory asylum, confine- 1 the Duchess. which with Charlie possible, vant in the future, I ——— po. lad Lighe In Schools, . The discovery has been made eyes of many children are affected by straining, owing to bad light or wrong ery 18 not at all surprising. Light, ven- | tilation, heat and freedom from noise are points that should be carefully look- | ed after in our schools, ed, In many schools the children are seated facing glaring windows the light | coming directly into their faces. and the other being in shadow. Out of it should come, The remedy may involve difficult | problems, To diffuse evenly sufficient | light over a room is attended with un- | doubted difficulty. The best thing possible for the eyes is for the light to fall over the shoulder, This cannot, in all probability, be arranged in all cases, But the whole problem should be care. | fully looked into and the best arrange- | ment possible secured to prevent oph- | thalmic diseases, With the sight weak- | ened in childhood, there are sufferings { and disabilities entailed for all life, The old country school house really was bet- ter, as regards this point, than our mod- ern city buildings. Three long rows of desks were placed, so that the children sat sidewise to the light. Once the light is properly arranged, care should be taken that the children are taught how to avold straming their eyes, Some children are very careless in this matter, The subject is important from every point of view. The light should be right, and the children properly instruc- ted as to its use, A PULLMAN palace car porter re- fused to admit a lady’s pet rabbit to a arumd wa thows & small bunt oat. another passenger, w query why a rabbit was excluded and a turtle admitted. *‘Cats is dogs and rabbits is ”? was his an- swer. “but a turtle is an insect.” BH ee EB ew be FASHION NOTES, princess shape are worn by young ma- Cream white, pale blue and scarlet are the favorite colors, These heatre and consequence of the yellow, and the return to the towering coiffure adorned with the high Spanish opera toilets, in ~Cream-white cashmere and canvas are great favorites with dainty women, Canvas makes more of a dress up. The cloth woven In square meshes 1s made over silk of the same color: tucks, platings and very full and flow- ries of colors In velvet ribbon; the dress is as perfect us a dream. made thelr appear- The Japanese or the Moresque has the ribs curving outward at the point; the silk covering has graduated hair line stripes, Parasols have ers of this shape are of light colored lr a y yd ¥ "qr . 5 | iIks or etamines, with larger bunecl inks or other flowers oa the r shade has a canopy t« nes of velvet or this spring th : i cut longer usually been worn. models reach several inches waist line. The ever, come just belt to} matrons are shown new pe nes with Jor stole fronts, vith jetted cords and These are made of black velvet, and no other trimming is used hem cept a single row cut-je beads which outlines all the wrap. —In silk ax * wt raruiat ¢ Nosy Of Lon, to the slender oT. i ng {fastened y pendelogues, ‘ upon round ¢ #X- ¢ i 4 i ha {oe if We OOZES Ol ad il § considered best choice; COILOrS are these mostly lo dark shades, as stripes, HOASE NOTES. Steel has (ifty-three bh Park stud, Robert Cree at his Cedar ~—W. H. Bnyder will Howard J., record 2.921 ay dw A —lobert Harry drive her r. g. 4, this season, little gray pacing campaign this sy? id will " re I'he owned by Mr, Keenan, of Boston, bas been shipped to suffolk Co 1186 ~The New income Yo tA Of more than i nas a.0ne Aub an Lady Russell, s of Maud 8, has been shipped to Palo Alto, Cal. where sho will be bred to Electioneer., Horse Breeders’ ided to hold its reg- mn September 27, 25, 20 ister 4 Association has dec meetings and 30, ~The 1 the silakes opened by Pennsylvania Associa. tion of Trotting-Horse Breeders will close on May 15. nninations to the state that Ban mia, 18 not sound, ces are he will never ¢ race, ~].ate now in Calif that the char ill another rar i Tuell lets, Westbury, L. by Lou 4 £ rile RY x ide SA¥INI 3 5 meetin Commencing ge nmen Hg ; —DBeacon Park, leased beer i WOE : cidedly in elegant and passe. The most popular dyes are those in golden-brown, dark garnet, Labrador a very dark seal brown, fauvelte, a handszme thrush brown, dark ruby and Jlack silk stockings, improved upon by the addition of white lisle- thread feet, find a larger sale than any other style of s fue LHNIVE, 1 tocking ritten, so many suits,” th +3 so much has been advertised “‘tallor every ons knows the peculiarity of Every one desires to have at least t fitting suits, lined firmest stitched and pressed like a gentleman's coat, and (whisper it) padded fo remedy every defect of natare! To insure a perfect ed and modeled to xiras necessary 1o is 1} 1 iiave { % Suit. one of these perfes fn the i 0 mnann or ms er, then added, § 14 ¢ ¥ » wih working upo STi i —'The Savoy is a voy is nearly flat para i hg i ace ndsome in black 1 satin. A noveily carriage p has long ribs on two gides an ones on the others, giving the shades tangular shape. This 1s sad be an improvement carriage wades, the short ribs rendering no in- rference with other parasols in the sarae carriage. Lace covers are used over variously shaded silks Edges are over i 3 NP | inl AraAsols 3 ib i ather ret mn ail narrow fringes of ribbon edged with rosary beads, Satines and cotlon crepes painted in bright designs are unique and inexpensive, Sticks are of natural wood, ebonized Wood, carved olive wood and hammered silver and gold, made for fashioned —The dress of cashmere the bLBuse are damntily And the and etamine stripe top of it, or it may form a wide panel raises the left side high toward the hip. The corner and lower edge has a wide bias of stripe as a finish, The same trimming forms a vest, revers, yoke or pointed plastron, with deep cuffs; and, if the figure allows, puffs at the top of ~-Straw and lace hats and capotes have the edges studded with jet beads, birds and ornaments every conceivable shape, holding trim- mings such as loops of crape, loops in shape bonnets are all that can be de- sired; the high tapering crown, the round or horseshoe, the clam-shell, the cap and high quaint full Mother Hubbard crowns-——all are seen. All have their admirers. DBrims are peaked, flat, rolling, cornet and small poked points; coronet fronts are really the fa- vorites,. Black finishes the front of very many bonnets. Black tulle, with beaded edge In very close pleating, fills in the peak front charmingly, A bon- net really stylish, and not loud, though one might think so from the desc tion, is of bright-red crape, the puffed cap crown ia banded through the centre with strong seed jetting; wired jet leaves form the front, red velvet ribbon forms in high loops on the front of crown, with wi jet wings holding the loops. A cloth Tam O'Shanter has the band slashed in bars, through which ribbon is run of a contras color, This is a stylish hat for girls Oto 8, Among expensive French mil. linery garnitures are crown pieces of or silver interspersed with buds and leaves of ruby and am- ber cut beads, wrought in old Vemitian are also lace esigns, There I edgings a gentiemen’s 1 surpass ail previ of money is {0 be appropriated for souvenirs, etc. There will IY trotting 1c WIoWing, pacers, sev- | su | premiums, | be wagons, a saddle eral special t running e. | been i double-team race for rials of noted horses and a A band of music g engaged all necessary | rangements made for the comfort and pleasure of those who attend. Owing to the number of races, they will com. mence at 2.30 P. M, sharp. —Bair & Phipps, lessees of Belmont Course, are making all necessary repairs and improvements on the buildings and grounds, The track will be in bette: shape this season than ever before, and when the renovation is completed will be one of the most inviting places | for horsemen to visit. Those holding | season tickets have all the privileges of {the track and club-house. Messrs, | Bair & Phipps are always ready to give | any information to any of the gentiewen { drivers regarding their horses and as to what boots, what Kind of shoes, bite, | bridles and riggiogs is best adapted to | road horses, to enable them to speed fast and steady. ~The Dwyer Rros. have sold Geos nney to J. L. Harris, of Hurstbourne NS — anda ar- org and the great turf favorite will now b given an opportunity in the stud. During his career of four years be I ticipated in thirty-eight contests, twenty-ive of which ke won, being second in nine and third in two, leav- ing but two races in which he did not a place. His total winnings were as follows: In 1882 as a 2-vear. old, $17,700; 1883, $42,935; 1884, $2200, and 1885, $1825, making a grand tota of $0646060. Though last year but s of a mile with Editor, at Sheepsheac Bay, in 1.43, and repeated in 1.45], winning the race on three legs. The time of the first heat was the fastest run at that course during the year, At Monmouth Park he ran a mile in 1.424, the best on record on that track in 1885. The previous year, at Sheepshead Day, be won a mile in 1.41%, which is his best record for the distance. In the Suburban handicap of 1884 he carried the top weight, 132 pounds, and finished 6fth in a feld of twenty starters, the lowest weight being 85 pounds, As a J-year-old he RY successfully on (wo occashhns 126 uAr- ters, and won the Grand National at Jerome Park, 2; miles, com
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