At Midnight. The room is cold and dark to-night— The fire is low; Why come you, you who love the light, To mock me so? ray , leave me now alone; You worked your will, And turned my heart to frozen Why hauut we still? stone; 1 got me to this empty places; I shu : Yet through the dark I see your face, Just as of yore. TO he door; The old smile curves your lips t Your deep eyes glow With that old gleam that made them bright So long ago. o-night, do I hear your tone I listen ; [he silence thrill’ Why come you? Iam alone, Why vex me still? What! Would you that we re-embrace We two once more ? Are these your tears that wet my face Just as before? You let me seek some new delight, Yet your tears flow. What sorrow brings you back to-night? Shall I not know? I will not let you grieve alone— The night is chill— Though love is dead and hope is flown, Pity lives still. How silent is the empty space! Dreamed I once more? Henceforth against your haunting face I bar the door A00T. TERRI. kafire Joe sate at 1 wer the Mooi river, 18 post, whittling at Qe. al Oy Lb 1 sprang to hi nyatalata,” his arms in at i attention, the sal and wer yusband was the only ma who did not know that was in with his . » Kafirs about the farms knew used to be called ‘the flower- ut now was the “Inkosikasa “the lady with two hus- bands,” last even Bentinck knew it—at is is w the tn Lame out, v8 WW Ulami®’ 141 he day before Alan Cumnor’s He had been for four ing ridden to the lan t! I'ransvaal border to make as he wished to travel onveyance by way of the » down into the Cape > ny. n his friends absent ros ii hay olonv 130 had been away, business, to that was needed down purchase 1 de through the thorn his horse post-lodge and walked home the three miles on foot, It was already darkening reached home, but seeing the light in his dining room he walked across the when he or ~ when he saw his wife, Florry, with her arms around Alan Cumnor’s neck. he staggered a step or two and sank to the ground, The Florry came to followed her. the door, startled the noise lovers, for " There was nothing there, “Oh,” said she, with a sob of relief ; woice. It sounded to me as if he was «lying and eried : ‘Good God I'” ‘““Nonsense,’’ was the reply. And they remained where they were, dn the full light, “At the Mooi, then,” said he. *I “will wait at the ferr aiff you come, ”’ “*At the Mooi,” she replied, and then «<continurd : “How much did you say Uncle Foster had died worth 7 “About twelve thousand, and with that, my darling, we can be happy to- gether for all our lives, in America or Australia or anywhere,’ “I will go anywhere with you,” she said ; ‘but I shall bring my dowry with me.” And then she laughed low that her lover’s blood should not curdle at that Jaugh! “For those diamonds that Hugh always calls mine are worth, he says, some thousands |” And Hugh, lying there on the ground at their very feet in the shadow of the veranda steps, felt the words burning one by one, into his brain, like drops of anelting lead, And then they went in- side again. The shu ters were closed, and Hugh lay there, At last, on his hands and knees, he crawled away like some wounded thing, His dog saw him and rushed at him, thinking he was some wild beast : but ed its name amd it went along by his side, licking his face, and its poor, pathetic sympathy. Then Hugh raised himself on his knees and after awhile got on his feet, and, with walked he his dog beside him, his servants, Dogs began to Kafirs shouted in response, The door was thrown open--and tl his wife, radiant with smiles of come, “Good gracious I”? is the matter dust and “It's 1 front wel said she. ‘*What with you? You are all look 80 pale i» wthing,”? | Slip—and 1 i got a | { i i 1 z am afraid the ian I am-—but I'l | Dead or alive, 1 have to be at that sale to-morrow at Thompson’s Hullo! Alan,’’ he broke off, as Cumnorn approached. ‘‘I’m sorry to be like this | the last night you’re here—but I'm a | bit shaken—and as I must be over at 10 said, Thompson’s by noon te-morrow, I must Florry will look after vou before you go.” did not even act forgot to condole and | Her it was, | her lover and to-morrow’s Later on she remembered | but on ng ut and I'll The wretched hh h part. oD ren Wile ner he , such as ’ she tripped back to Was 16 1 ir both of us.” Then he gave Alan one, Stand said he, *“*on that end + horse, 1 shall sta: hold the boat steady. was co ain- us cry upon the bird's cries, | wel wl mo over mpi Alan said never av lov- er cried “pec-weet,”? “One—"" said Hugh, And there they st , and the p 0) 1, the outraged other, the ferryboat's length between hem, while the bird walled out the | measure of their lives, Twice—-three times—four times, came the desolate cry along the water, The two men Pee-weet | The reports were simultaneous; and | then, on a sudden, Alan, shot through the swift-running river. And Hugh, throwing the revolvers into the water, took the rope again and pulled across, He led the horse out and took it up to the store. From the saddle-bags he | took some papers addressed to himself | and read them, As he had expected, they were his Uncle Foster's will, in his, Hugh Bentinck’s favor and the title deeds of his property on the Trans- vaal border. He put them inte his pocket and sat down, while Joe went down to the river, ‘My wife is coming over,” said he to Joe, “but don’t say 1 am here.”” Ana Joe giggled prodigiously at being a partner in a joke with the Inkos They had not long to wait, “Ahoy | there, ahoy |" it was Florry. Hugh watched her from the door-- she rode up, flushed with exeitement and more beautiful than he had ever seen her, so he thought, and all his love came to his lips again, “My darling,’”” he murmured, and now she wus at the door, ‘Alan |" she cried out and lo! in an- swer to her voice there stepped out her husband! But for his arm she would have fallen from her saddle, As it was she bent her head upon her horse's neck and fainted, It was only for the min. ute, however, an! her husband gave ! { her brandy and water, | fore she knew it with him horse | ' | Ing along skle by sic | y i M3~ out and the she found herself the veldt, 3, like familiars in the stable, le with mutual alone upon LC re. cognition, “(rood heave where did you { Hugh was ridi | 18 he 7? i: iw Ina voice so stern with a sudden fear ‘Y ou are not { you, Hugh?” “No, Florry, I am We are going to the landrost’s Uncle I will and i twelve thousand pounds ns !'* she suddenly eried, that n “And get horse 7 1 Yaa ar} , ng Alan’s where 1 and by.” gaid he, that tell you by going to 3, Are unarmed, to prove with that which Alan quite yster’s landrost does rot know me by and the diamonds vou have with you lorry,” he added, remember, sight you, But oO 3 © “wherever if you are in trouble, wmve a loving husband in the they never ide, At Arson’s farm and lan t's, Car And aft rode along +r that side Dy ¢ spoke, but they next day On went the deeds ris t High the 10 and to swear t took but little tim transferred, for the ard Foster's Hugh was ver s0 the ] the lands Y giad to androst hi spoken b ood you are, me voice in which she had never te wo HOW ! 1: ¢ § BREE, ® Hugh, have and - “Herz! Inkos!” with his arms working like semaphores, and the horses pricked up their ears and They were soon this side of said and always been to shouted Joe, at the drift, “Keep Joe, at the deepest and good bottom,” “All right!” said Hugh, horses stepped into the river, And Joe stood watching them and and Hugh brought its head round, and then Joe saw hinn staring into the water as if he had seen a ghost. And then Florry came up to her husband and Joe heard her give a scream and saw her fall as if shot from her saddle, Pearl plunged, lost its footing and fell. For a second both horse and rider were under water and then the horse got up. Hugh had dismounted and seized Pearl's bridle, but the terrified horse was kicking frantically, And Florry ? Her skirt, in falling, had caught in the saddle, and when Hugh raised her head above water the cruel hoof had already struck the sweet fair head-—and Florry was dying. Joe came floundering across the river to give his help, and while Hugh raised his wife in his arms the Kafir held the horses and then they turned to go on. And all of a sudden Joe's eye caught sight of that which he had not yet seen. In the midst ot the drift-wood was a man’s corpse entangled, And the face was above water, The eyes were wide open and in the centre of the pale fore- head was a round black mark. Joe yelled and fled, still clutching the horses, and Hugh strode after him through the tide earrying his dead wife, Up the bank and into the thorn bush, laid her, all dripping, and le 1 alii, and there they | Pearl's back burden, to ti | Jas buried in a grove of that Hugh had himself planted, days afterwards his farm stock sold, Hugh was on his alter read hing land he jol ion to West and it Ome years after, { coming home invalided —dyin in he told me this st of Tragedy on the Mooi. pi on with its night young trees Aud and wiy down Eng Africa when act the 1 the horse, That if three Was | that Turkish Infants, | When an helr is bora to an Oriental | parent it 1s not washed and dressed In long clothes, as is the custom in civil- ized society, but at once salted, the band,” and quilt, diagonally placed, the end the feet turned up, and the two sides ! lapped over, the upper end left loose | to support the head. The head is tied forehead adorned with gold coins, trin- kets and charms, so that when the tol- let 1s completed 1L looks much like a diminutive Egyptian mummy. This swathing is called in Oriental language koondack, or the same as the scriptu- ral ‘‘swaddling-clothes,’ The child is then lald by the side of the mother te be nursed, and when a week or so old it is taken out of the koondack and laid in & Turkish cradle. This plece of nursing furniture consists of a frame about four feet long, set on rockers, with head and foot boards about two | feet high, and a cross bar stretching { over It to support a net, The child laid in it, on its back, on soft mattresses {and a light pillow, and the arms and lezs securely fastened down by two | belts, called bagherdaks, so that the na pulory, nnot Ly ; move, aken out to ir i | MRI 4 i aight months the oil which lubricates th dry and works wear out friction. Another mistake is lo wear a watch in an outside pocket where it is liable to be jammed. 1 have known more watches ruined by billiard playing than anything elise. In leaning over to make a long shot the vest pocket is fre. quently brought in violent contact with the table, and this repeated jarring can not fall to injure the works, The best walches are made today in England, They are masterpieces of workmanship, I should say that the American watch ranks next and those manufactured In Switzerland third in order. Some watches are made to run eight days with one winding, but they will never become popular. Their owners almost always forget to wind them up on the eighth day. [I xnow of only one or two in this country. They are made in Switzerland. modern walches are calculated to run with one winding is from thirty to thirty-six hours.” een the --—— New Railroad. According to the Chieago Journal, | there is good authority for the state. ment that the new lines of railroad | built in 1887 will aggregate 4,000 miles | in length, and that preparations are | making for increased railroad construe- | tion pext year. Large contracts for steel i rails have been recently made, and it balance of this year will amount to 150,000 tons. ~The eleventh annual Fair of the Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical Association will begin at Lexington on Tuesday, August 30, and continue five days, The Agricuitnral Stakes, for 2 year olds, forty-eight entries, will be trotted on Tuesday, and the Mechani- cal Stakes, for 3-year-olds, sixty-one entries, will he decided on Wednesday. The attractions for Thursday afternoon are the produce stallion stakes, for 3- year-olds, twenty four nominations, and the West Stake for yearlings, fifty-six nominations. On Friday the Association Stake, for 4- year - olds, sixty-six entries, will bring the meet. ing to a close. ~ Parasols are often made of the same materials as the dress, especially when the dress is a wash one, but white parasols are much seen, all trim. med elaborately with lace, and the red parassis are still fashionable, and form bright bits of color in a crowd. FASHION NOTES. 1 —Mantles are but little worn, small capes trimmed with jet, which sparkles in the sun, being the only form of | door covering seen. outs Mantles are some- times worn when driving, Ribbons of every sort are popular, and are beautiful, They have quite taken the place of flowers and feathers. ool, fresh, airy white muslins, embroidered or lace-trimmed, hold the first rank for young girls, and are worn with straw hats of every concelvable shape, from the plain sailor to the va. | colored, and to the more fanciful large hats trimmed with large bows and bunches of flowers, portion of the ramored, will | wilh waists throat be worn finished with | pice fronts, Another style will be the { Russian bodice, cut nearly square, | w th chemiseite russe beneath of silk tulle laid in dat folds, or of Oriental | net hand-ran with white silk threads, Close sleeves, puffed on the shoulder or | #t the elbow, sleeves puffed all the way | down and banded with velvet, and | the “smock.” or bishop sleeve, | plain white band at the wrist, used upon various sorts and in front, it is this summer “ with are all 1 | meshes, them int pelerines, these deft ma- mpletely transforming ww! (which few a Parisian could J inlo a most COM - ing garment appropriate for egant wear all summer, The folds are held in ro} they fold, y stylish ites and ripulations this old except well ' x ul z Line § W ti ever adjus # rarafizl and graceful and be el wv handsome ders Of among $1 3 ¥ Wildl O14 hecks of other ider ladies s;:1k ate years, and thick-ribbed silk, alm resembling poplin, and also } nd mixed with other materials, Velvet, too, Is not dis- carded, even with the neter over Ww degrees. ysl In re are a 3 ry . thermor A number of beautiful tea-gowns are being made, The colorings are so exquisite that they mingle well with those shades now worn without any suspicion of oversmartness, They are copied from Japanese gowns, and you never by any chance import anything from Japan that sins against good taste, There is a wide choice in silk and crepe, and hardly any two colors are allke. In London there is every opportunity of judging what thelr merits are, as the attendants wear them in stores to show how they look in Japan, The dressmakers, however, use the scissors ruthlessly, and the narrow gar- men's which fair Japanese dames con- sider the height the mode make | hardly more than the front of a Euro- pean garment, but it is unrivaled in its peculiar beauty, Many such tea-gowns in white crepe or soft silk have panels of fronts and vests in one. Dark vel- | vet collars and cuffs enhance the ap- | pearance of there Japanese robes | greatly. ~The bonnets and hats of fashion- { able milliners | last season. While there are still many | high hats, the tendency of all hats 1s to lower crowns. A great deal of lace, silk, gauze, fine net and crepe lisse and other sheer goods are shirred by milli. ners into little, close capshapes. These are trimmed with fine flowers, with algrettes, choux of ribben, as the French name the closely knotted, rosette-like bows used on bonnets this season. Clusters of fruit, such as green almonds, ripe cherries, Uiny grapes or strawberries, nade of rubber 80 that they are feather-light In weight, are so colored that they exactly simulate the natural fruit. These fruit clusters are used on shirred bonnets of colored net or black lace. A little bonnet of hellotrope net shirred in tiny puffs, outlined by hellotrope beads, was tnmmed with long loops of ribbon in the dull moss-green shade calied this season Nile-green, mingled with a high cluster of carnation pinks in har- monious colors, A charming little bonnet of French capote shape was made of steel lace, finished with a soft brim of black velvet and trimmed with crushed roses in shades of pink and damask. 1t life like the olive, is a bitter fruit, then grasp both with the press, and they will afford the sweetest oil. of 1 | HORSE NOTES. | terest in | cago. 1 | y ( ‘ - John Spian will campaign the blk, I. Q during the balance of the seas 111s Ed Corrigan owns a control the West Side Park at George T, pacer 1. $4000), Case ttle Mack, has purchased the 1 recora 13 for } oy AATE te a number of decided to winter thelr r Jul turfmen nave unners at New Orleans, -A., J, ( by Glen | Excelsior ~~}. YY. , I not go th Fe the Grand Circuit, his pacer Wilcox having gone lame, ~John ( Eeuador (rillock assati’s ch, h. Athol, has been stable, Joh Ls of Nashvllle The Caleut praise-worthy | vancement o lub i8 making the ad- — August oughbred year! Island farm day. Maj xr B. G. Th the Dixiana s dangerously iy — Domestic tember ¢ tember 86, iy UAL, Bay vear- by A — A Wa" oy urion --price dam Nelly, price, Peg W 8775. ~Charles A. De Grafl, proprietor of DD). Elysian Stud, near Janesville, Minn., died on July 20 at the Mer- chants Hotel, St. Paul, Minn., from bemorrhage. Mr. De Graff was the proprietor of Lake Elysian Farm, a tract of 2200 acres, and owned the stallion record 2.28%, by Alexander, CGroldsmith’s Abdallah, 16 3.00 race ne of the drivers in t at Oxford 1 at Guttenberg intimated Boy, one of the starters, was a ringer. He made rather singular request, after the se ond heat, that in case Ox- ford Boy beat him for place in the third heat the judge would hear what he had to say before making the awards, But he Beat Oxford Boy, and lus story re- | mains untold. } i } i ¢ 3 4 the wie - Hanover, the Dwyer Bros’ beaten colt, is a golden chestnut, with a blaze and three white legs, and was bred by Messrs. Clay & Woodford, at { the Runnymede Stud, Paris, Ky., in 1884. At the sale of the Runnymede yearlings in 1885 he was purchased by {the Dwyer Bros. for $1350. He is by | Hindoo by Virgil, dam Bourbon Belle | by imp. Bonnie Scotland. un- ~Yachtsmen have a weakness for the trotting horse, General C. L Payne, owner of the famous Volun- teer, owns the trotting mare Kitty Ab. bott, record 2.263. J. Malcolm Forbes, owner of the 'uritan, loves to spin be. hind his favorite roadster. Norman IL. Munro, owner of the flying wonder Now Then, always has a good trotter or two in his stable, J. K. Maxwell, owner of the Shamrock, is a devoted roadman, when off the water, Jesse Carll, the noted yacht builder, never iste a trotling race in his neighbor ~The nominations to the Epsom Derby, Oaks and Grand Prize, which have just closed for 188y, show 167 for the Derby, an increase of 3 over 1888; for Oaks, 111, a falling off of 39, while for the Grand Prize there are 160, a falling off of 32. No American owners have nominated for the Derby. The Pinoy « ” Wales has a Dominion. na ve Roseberry, “Mr, Manton ” Duke of Westminster, Mr, Baird, eto. There are quite a number of Foxhall's colts nom! and there are alo sls. in to and Merry Hamp
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