Saved by a Song. Only an old musician Wasted with cruel care, Clivtbing, wearily chimbing A ghronging gallery gjalr: Only a people’s concert Jrowded from roof to floor, i which usually set in on the begining { of November, No rain, but m an foggy. 1 was about to give up my wateh, thinking that no one would come out on such a night if they could help it, when a side door was opened and a lady slipped cautiously out. She gazed suspiciously round to see that she was not watched, closed the door and hurried away. In an instant I bad slipped from my hiding place and followed hex. She passed on to Westminister and paused in the shadow of the grand old abbey, evidently awaiting some one, Presently a bansom cab drove up close to the spot, and a man leaped out, paid and dismissed the cabman, and then advanced to Lady Littledale, “Well J I could not catch how he addressed her, but 1 heard her lady- ship reply: “Ernest, how often have I told you not to address me in that way? Why do you forget?" “*Really, I do not know. anything sooner than annoy you. know that.” *‘I hope so. But Lord Littiedale, 1 know is suspicious; he found some of your letters—"’ **Confound it! Why did you not de- stroy them? Never keep letters if you | can help it.” i **Am I not to bave anything to re- member you by?” demanded the lady sorrowfully. I would do You to speak unkindly. dangerous just now. money?” **I could not spare you fifty. brought you twenty-five. I Only letters But have you the I have almost the entire of private { tune.” my { as I { pressed, But I must make it do, and : 1 am grateful to you.” And then the man drew { him and kissed her. | careful, travagance and its dangers. ed.” | in 80 low a tone that I could not | them, and then the two separated, go- | ing in different directions. I tracked him to a where he was evidently well known, | He was soon deeply interested in a | game of billiards—far too much | notice me—so I called for some re- | freshments and watched the game, Mr, | Ernest won and wished to play another I vol- | cepted, I found Mr. Ermest a fast, He was merry witty, but do what I | fine thing to be | and somewhat i I could not draw any secret from him, { The game was well contested, and 1 | managed to make several bets with | him, all of which I won. { ly, as he threw down his { out of luck to-night! { will be £2 53 1 owe you. Here, Jakes, { get me this £5 note changed,” and he | threw one down on the table, I advanced to the table and said, as 1 took up the note: i *Dm't treudble change the note name at the back.” The young fellow wrote down | name and address, ‘ “Ernest Graham, No South Aud- | ley street.” We shook hands and parted, promis- | ing to meet again at the same place on i some future evening, so that he might | have **Lis revenge.” The first thing I did the next morn- the marker — I'll Only just put your his | the note, as I suspected, had been paid | by Lady Littledale, { I hurried off to Lord Littledale and | placed the matter before him, 80 cut up in my life. “To think that she should have de- “Even | ceived me!” he exclaimed. { and honor, she should have remember bot ut do he- ou to ty t. d ly Yours devotedly, “ErNest.” I must say I did not like the looks of this letter at all. There was a fast, slangy tone about it which I did notd think nice, especially when addressed to a lady. “Well, what do you think of it?" de- manded Lord Littiedale, sternly. **You must give me time to think, Y ou will leave the letter with me and 1 will let you know in a day or two what I intend doing.” “Let it ba so,” said Lord Littledale, as he took up his hat. *‘I trust all to you. Mr. Gerval, and know I shall be faithfully served.” I raust confess I had not much liking for the task set before me, for I saw very little chance of success, My first endeavor was to find out as much as possible of Lady Littledale’s previous history. She had married a Captain Marsham when she was very young. He had used her badly-—so badly, indeed, that be- fore a year after the marriage she had flown from him. Marsham was said to have died in India, but I lost all trace of him and could gain no prvofs of his death, and 1 learned that his Christian name had been Ernest. I now, with the ald of my agents, put a strict watch upon Lord Little- dale’s house and bere I met with more hd am bard up. i “Do not jump at coaclasions, my { lord,” I said. “Her ladyship may be That there is a mystery i about this no one can deny, but a mys- | tery does not prove guilt.” *What age is this fellow?” “About 22 or 233. Don’t for one moment think that it is her ladyship’s first husband come to life again.” “I know not what to think, Advise me, Mr. Gerval, what to do.” I thought for n moment and then asked: **Has your lordship some distant re- lation—a lady-—who would oblige you by giving a party-—one who would ask any one you might propose?’ “Yes, my cousin, Lady Ferncliff, gives one to-night. I intended to go with my wife; but now--"’ “Nothing could be more fortunate,” I interrupted quickly. *‘You must go, as If nothing had happened, You must also get me an invitation for myself and friend. You can do this?” “1 can write you the invitation now, but I do not know the purpose,” “Never mind that, Do as I tell you, and await the consequences calmly,” That afternoon I spent with Graham and after some pressure, made him consent to accompany me to Lady Fernclifl’s, Mr, Graham and I reached the re- ception room, and, as I had arranged with Lord Littledale, at once introduc ed Mr, Graham to Lady Ferncliff, who received him with marked favor, and, really and truly, a mere handsome fel- low, or a more gentlemanly one, was nut to be found in the place. We were about to move off, when I caught site of Lord and Lady Little dale moving forward, and I was thun- derstruck at Lady Littledale’s won- drous likeness to Mr. Graham. I had never seen her ladyship before, and was so startled that I could not speak. Her ladyship was undoubtedly a very handsome woman, about 38, well served, and her toilet was splendid, success. Jt was one of those gloomy nights Lady Fernoliff at once sald: “Oh, Mr, Graham, I must introduce you to a dear cousin of mine, Lady Littledale, Mr. Ernest Graham.” For a moment they stood thunder- struck. Then Lady Littledale mutter- ed something about being delighted, bowed and passed on, but her face, neck and shoulders were covered with blushes, and her bosom heaved with emotions she could not suppress, Mr. Graham was about to follow her, when Lord Littledale placed an iron grasp upon his arm, as he sald: “A word with you, sir 1m private. There is a withdrawing room close by, where we can speak, Mr. Gerval please follow.” “The young man seemed startled at first, but bowed and accompanied Lord Littledale, while I followed. “Now, sir,"’ cried his lordship, “1 demand to know how first you made the acquaintance of Lady Littledale, [ presume you know who I am, and will not doubt my right to inquire.” “I suppose you are Lord Littledale, and therefore do not doubt your right, but at the same time I must decline to answer that question, I have scruples of honor.” “Honor! A man who takes from a woman had better not honor,” The young fellow turned very and bit his lips but made no reply. **Dare you deny that you have accep- | ted large sums of money from her?" “No! I do not deny it—I confess it.” “Do you deny that you love her?" I confess that 1 love her dear- ly; as the young fellow spoke I fancied I saw a smile on his face, “Enough, sir! I know that it is not the custom of Englishmen to dnel, but I have been a soldier and demand satis faction.’ And with this Lord Littledale turned upon his heel and was about to leave money | mention red | fa wn 0, ‘Stay, my lord. Believe mae, if any man had challenged ms but you I would have been what tuey might. Bat with | you I cannot—I will not fight.” “And why not with me?’ “]—Il—cannot explain.” “Coward!” cried his lordship; and he raised his hand to strike, when the cur- tains at the furtherend of the room Lady Little- husband’s feet, “Spare him-—spare him! He has act- “Dare you say this to mel” cried | “My son.” “Your son!” “Yes, «- When I separated from Cap- | child. a boy, by force.” “Why did you not tell fore?’ **Listen, and 1 will explain all, year after the separation. me this be A I received a dead, 1 found out after- wards that this was done only to wring my heart. The child lived. Some died I married you.” “Why fore?” “You were so jealous I dared not. You would not let me even speak of I believed that the child was dead until 1 discovered that he was not. Marsham had placed him with low horse-racing people, to be a jockey or anything. Two years after the boy, I dared tell you —1I dreaded your anger. If there has been it has been mine, not his, Visit it on ma,” “Mother,” cried Ernest, “‘since I may now call you so before the world, do not plead for me. I can go; forth and toil for my bread—nay, if need be, for yours also,’ He stooped did you not tell ’ 30% sin, to ralse her up, when him gently aside, *“*Young gentleman that is my duty, | whispered, 1 would | But I know will in the future, There—to show you how truly I forgive Your son. “Maud,” he father?” Ernest went that night to a hotel, yut the next day started for Littledale rangements, he did not arrive until late, so that many of the family had retired to rest. Lord Littledale method to avoid the had chosen this talk of London | Ernest Maraham, as we must now call him, was up early and enjoying a | walk in the beautiful park, when a lovely girl came bounding up to him, Throwing her arms around his neck | she cried: “Welcome to Littledale Park, dear | brother!’’ They embraced tenderly, and then | Clara led her new found brother about the place to show him the beauties, so | that it was rather late when they ar] rived to breakfast, But Lord Littiedale only laughed, | although as a rule, a stickier for pune | tuality. Never were two people more happy | than Lord and Lady Littledale, and such was the happy termination of “Lord Littledale’s Love.” scsi lilim——— John Murphy had a very narrow escaps at New York, recently. He was driving the bay mare Western Belle, and had just given her a mile in 2.37. As he was about to step out of the sulky the axle broke off short at the wheel, ~The result of the Jerome stakes was decidedly unsatisfactory, and an opportunity may be given for the Bard and Elkwood to meet again, Spellman, Elkwood’s jockey, mistook the finish mark and pullsd up his horse too quick. Mr. Gratz, the owner of Elkwood, ex- pressed a willingness to enter the latter for a sweepstakes of $500 to a $1000 a side, to be open to other 3.year-olds the distance to be from a mile and three-quarters to two miles and a quar ter. Ir takes but thirteen minutes to lead an elephant on a train, while it takes twenty for any sort of woman to bid her friends good-by and lose the check — for her trunk, A Lncky Shot. Among the visitors spending the summer with relatives at the little city on the Mississippi, where I lived, was a very pretty creole from New Orleans, a Mise Jenone Poselwaite. She was very bright, dressed beautifully, sang, played on the guitar, and rumor had it that her parents were very wealthy. I was favorably 1mpressed with ber the first time 1 met her, snd as I grew to know her better 1 began to feel that she was my aflinity., 1 attempted to be her most devoted admirer, but she de- clined to commit herself in the least, While 1 knew, as any man who has been the least observing can know, that my marked attentions were not displeasing to her, still I had no reason to believe that she regarded them more than the outward, visible signs of an” inward transient flirtation. We danced together, saug and attended lawn parties, but for the life of me I could not tell whether she reciprocated | my affection or not. 1 was too proud to declare myself, until, in a manner, assure! that I would not be rejected. told by the girl that she will always He is not looking after a friend, She was not a flirt and Akl not show | any partiality for any other young man in town. And 1 also learned by! knew, was heart-whole and | fancy free, The summer was pretity well advanced and the young visitor was talking of My suit was not progressing as happlly as I could wish; and 1t became evident return home without g ms the necessary assurances warrant me in proposing. 1 ceeded, however, in delaying her de- | parture until late in September, on the ould be dangerous to her health to think of returning to the o suc- The last week of September came, and the day of her departurs was near Her cousin had arranged to farewell meeting at the | Archery club, It came off the night Miss DPoselwaite left. 1 was While standing near the arrow going through the target. I an Arrow Her t the alr «ud the handed the pretly guest t being her turn to shoot. arrow sped along through failed to hit the target, I made fun of her marksmanship and intimated that I would Le ’ . n U0 me, “You are afrald to hold my fan and let me shoot at it,” s I accepted the challe: out at arm’s length her pretty little fan. She raised the bow, adjusted the arrow and shot. I heard a whizz, and the next thing 1 knew was unable to see anything. In an instant Miss Posel walle was al my side, leading me to the In brief walk I made the discovery that the arrow had not gone my eye, but had struck my nose an eighth of an inch from the the blood from the wo over my eye and house, that into about eve, and 1 had spurted temporarily blinded me. 1 was taken up stairs and cold cloths put on my eye. A physician was sent for, and while awalling his coming Miss Poselwaile was my nurse. I noticed that everyones in a while she put a handkerchief up to her She patur- ally feit vadly, and 1 was so much in love that I was glad of it, for by th time I was pretiy sure that the eye was injured in the least, a fact which physician's examination subse. quently confirmed. 1 felt thal was my time and determined to make the best of it. I complained of 11 4 a yy not the pain, of feeling dizzy, and of how bard it would be to go through life with my sight impaired. She cried, and I kept nght | om, until, fearing that the doctor would come, [ determined to reach a climax right off, so I said something about had killed me instead | me?’ she had been | “Can you ever forgive sobbed, for my lamentations I grasped the pretty hand as she | | “Do you really fesl sorry?” i She sobbed. I continued: “Do you feel sorry! life?” She made no attempt to release her | and told her how dearly I loved her. | The doctor inter. rupted a very pleasant love scene, and i We were | 3 Jenone left for her home, ws on A Queer Simulations. i — w— i In the aquariym at Naples the | from the bed of the tanks, and as they | swim away you see they are flat fish (in his simulated English he calls them “fat fish’’) like plaice, marked all over with an exquisitely simulated mosaic of variegated gravel, quite Iindistin- guishable from that amid which they take their rest, Most startling it is when lying in the noontide shade of the woods of South- ern Europe to see bits of bright green or dull gray russet which you had looked upon as leaves suddenly seemed to take to themselves wings and fly away. There is an insect whose long thin body is a perfect ditto of the dry twig on which he perches, and while he perches he flaps his small diaphanous wings with such rapidity as to make them invisible to the dull sense of the human observer; more startling still it is therefore when this seeming twig finally dashes away into space. But. terflies and moths, too, are often plc- tu of the flowers on which they t. ~The owued by Dwyers' fo Richmond, now Co., has gone Into Ben Pryor’s HORSE NOTES. owned Ly the late Harrison Durkee will be sold at auction at New York on No- vember 3, ~1t {8 generally conceded that Mr. Lonllard has raced his Mortemers too hard as 2-year-olds, ~Lireen B., Morris bas sent by Ten Broeck, dam Bally Natura Stud Farm to winter. M., Kentucky in order to get the benefit of the Kentucky blue grass, —W. H, Snyder has taken ther. g. Howard Jay and g. g. Phil Thompson to the half mile track at Guttenberg, where he is working them, —There are upward of quartered at the Latonia track. 400 Ky., race There is stabling room for 500. - Frank Herdle says he has sold dur ing the present season $2,250,000 worth of pools, and considers trotting ands pacing to be gaining in popularity, Mr. a thoroughbred mare, rice, $2500, ~8, 8B. Brown’s stable has arrived at Latona, Ky., race track with Taoubadour, Lizzie Krepps, Mona, e others, J. B. Prather, of Maryville, Mo., has bought of P, T. Barnum & Co. b. m. Olivette, foaled sired by Alarm, dam So Dadderly, imp. Australian, —Craftie pald for invested on her fourth at Bright Beach on Monday. stable thought little of her chance ane the 1RTR ’ he pay 104.50 1 Le § each il in 10 back her. — 'ierre Lorillard says the sale o stud will be made with reserve, and adds; *‘I will also sell farm at a low pric I have entirely given up racing and breeding, my beng all occupied Tuxedo l time with Park. ~The famous colt Kingsten was re- ported dead last week by the New York papers. He is yet alive, however, and t cut down doing well Kingston was Krepps in the race for the by L. FALL Flatbush stakes at Coney Island, and this injury is what report of his death. led to the — Frederick Gebhard has leased t{} Polo grounds adjoini and will build a private stable, Mr. Gebhard says he intends to keep quite a racing stable. Tom Little has ngaged to train the steeplechasers, and iarbea is id to have also engaged h Mr, Gebhard for next season. —A. Belmont has purchased of W, C. Daly the chestnul mare Delilah, 6 years, by The Ill-Used, dam imp. Dauntless, by Macaroni. Mr, Belmont hus in turn sold to Mr. Daly, the chest. nut filly Belladonna, 2 years, by King fisher, dam Bellona, by The Il and the bay filly Vivandiere, 2 years, by Lyttleton, dam Vinaigrette, by Vandal. ie been Ba at ou tr 'y -- Eleanor, chestnut mare, by George M. Patchen, dam a thoroughbred mare, owned by Jacob Hopper, Hackensack, N. J.. died recently. She gave birth to a foal by George Peabody, this season, which also died, Eleanor was 21 years old, and was got by Geo M. Pat- chen, the year that he died. Very few mares by him, if auy, are living. yg = —The following table, published he New York Sportsman, gives in inter- Vi son's Grand Circuit races: AMOUNT PAID IN BY THE FIORS IK PU #1 ted TIES AMOUNTS WAGERED AT THE ENT MEETINGS, Va. da = DIFFER~ Bomewood Cleveland Buffalo CHOR coveses island Park. springdeld To TS "ittaburg to Springfield and are as follows Number of heats trotted and paced in ter, .... BREA ESE cussnsns 3 Namber slower than 2920 and not siower than 2.88, connie Bees sass Rsanan Seasrrmasaaate 168 Number slower than 2.90 and not slower than 29 ..... BELARUS ARS AIRS ANS 11 «3 3 3 » the divisions of 2.20 or bet. 158 Te * “9 465, and, as this amount was divided and decided by the 429 heats trotted $4000 decided on every heat, without regard to book-betting. pretensions of a horse after his 5th year, but the case of Bendigo is a peculiar one. Old horses have ceased to bear the palm with 3-year-oids because they are usually hammered to death at 2 ard 3 years old, Bendigo is the mos’ nota- ble exception in the annals of modern Bn ish racing. “He is “Irish-born,” and didenot start at 2 years old, Then Le fell into the hands of a very conser- vative owner in Mr, Barclay. He is one of the few who appreciate a great race-horse. He never rums the horse above two or three races during the season. Although a 6-year-old, Bendi- go 18 as fresh in speed and stamina as a 3.year-old; more so than most 3-year olds at this season. The ease with which be played with his field in the Eclipse stakes at Sandown, in July—a field composed of such good ones as St. Gatien, Miss Jummy, ete.—Dbeating them to a standstill, demonstrated this, Ormonde may be a great colt, as 18 claimed, but he will need to be *‘the horse of the century,” as his admirers claim to defeat Bendigo at the weights. Should he succeed in doing so, the Duke of Westminster can retire him to the stad, where Tou Doncas- reigned ter and Bend Or have in their day, with the satisfaction Ot huviug the most highly isd nome ln the a rT Br FASHION NOTES an ~There is not the sli ;htest diminu- | tion in the use of lace as a garniture or for entire dresses, bonnets and coats, | White moire is now much used as a | foundation for elegant evening dresses | of white lace, thus fabric being thought {to still further enhance the fragile beauty of the lace mesh and pattern. Watered sash ribbon in the back and | cascades of narrower width are eet down on one side of ths front drapery. Evening fans of gauze, hand. | painted and with carved ivory sticks, | are among the noveities. They have { feather tips made of ostrich plumes turned into a circle. The combina- | tions of color and material, as well as | the designs, are exceedingly tasteful and elegant. Ostrich feather fans are | shown in new and attractive designs, | There are fewer fancy feather fans | than were shown last season, the ordi- | nary form of closing fan being gener- | ally preferred. Black kid gloves promise to ba in ! general use for even the most dressy toilets, They are without ornament | save plain stitching are very long and in mousquetalre style, There are ele- | gant new gloves in pearl shades with | heayy black stitching, also pale straw and biscuit shades with black, While | undressed kid gloves are preferred in Paris to those that are finished, they do not obtain the same degree of favor bere, Many ladles object seriously to the feeling of undressed kid and will not wear it under any circumstances, It does not retain its shaps as well as dressed kid, and is not nearly so dur- rt in great va- me que and elegant strictly fashionable brace- it in narrow flexible bands or loops of slender wire, There are no broad bands of rigid metal in the nov. elty cases, general effect being light and delicate rather than strong or durable, although as a matter of fact these slender bracelets are the more durable of the two styles. There are some very pretty checker-board pat- terns in emeralds and diamonds, siso in rubies and diamonds, A choice bracelet shows a very large black pearl and a diamond, set on bh end of a loopof gold. The ends pass each other 80 that when on the arm the two gems are side by side. A fine bracelet of beaten gold is set with very large fresh. water pearls, Wi 11d id the — Among the popular styles in the folding fans are those made of gauze mounted on ivory or woof sticks, Some of these are hand-painted in ar- tistic sketches, flowers, landscapes, birds or figures, and a combination of all, Crepe lisse folding fans showing nearly all the combinations 1n the sum- mer-dress goods, handsomely embroid- ered, are among the novelties. A spe- is cial novelty in Japanese folding fans is shown in painted crape. The mount has gold or silver figures in bright col- ored designs on the crinkly surface of the crape, and the effect is very pretty. Fiat Japanese fans of embroidered silk, with the embroidery alike both sides, are very handsome. There are also fans of similar material with odd- shaped frames that form the mount into a shallow bowl-shaped surface. on ~ There are a few matters concern- ing health that are more completely misunderstood by the average man or woman than the subject of under- clothing. In the first place I may say that in our climate some kind of un- thing should be worn by man, woman and child all the year round-— summer as well as winter—though, of course, should vary in character with the seasons. There are doubtless many Wear of the sort winter or summer, and who have thus far escaped all ill consequences, or at least think they have. In all proba- bility, however, they are deceiving themselves, They may not yet have suffered any serous inconvenience from that neglect to clothe themselves properly, but they are quite certainly, even though the process goes on slowly, weakening their resisting powers, and are hence rendering themselves less capa- ble of bearing up against the attacks which morbid influences are conse- quently making. Every year finds them more apt to suffer from slight ailments, each one of waich debili- tates the system; advancing age makes then more susceptible, snd at last pneumonia, pleurisy, dysentery or some {other serious disease strikes them down, The changes in our climate are | 80 sudden and severe as to require all the vital strength of the organism to combat them, and if the body be not properly protected the danger 18 great- ly increased. Even with all the care that can be exercised the barriers are { often broken down. -Jet and beaded bonnets generally | will be worn for dress during the next | three months, The beaded bonnet is a | small capote of beads strung in trellis or other open patterns, and the tulle ic | massed along the edge of the whole i bonnet, and forms high rosettes or | loops in front supporting jet wings, a ! bird, or butterfly, and falls from each | side in wide strings that are to be tied | under the throat. Other jet bounets | have a rosette of the narrow velvet rib- | bons that come with cord loops on the | edges; the rosettes may bs of pistache { green, or of yellow, cream while, or | geariet, and in some cases two or three { colors are used, a mass of green loops | forming a third of the rosetie, a yel- low cluster for anothar third, and cream-white loops completing it. Red and green velvet loops form other ro- settes, a cluster of green loops forming half, and red loops the olher half of the rosette, The new Salammbo blue, which is pale gray-blue, is massed with rose and cream-colored velvet, and out of the centre of the rosette is an aig- rette of the whitest heron feathers, Pale-pink beads, blue beads, white beads with gold centres, and clear crystal beads are used for the small bonnets worn for evening dress, The fronts are ed with tucked shirred tulle; the whole bonnet has tulle drawn over it, and a flower cluster is held by ribbon loops in front Such bonnets seldom have but lace may be ro throat set with jeweled pins. ie is } # tw no nothing