tiV"?"." -- ii)PT.' '- rii ,- -" f' tC f f f j ' . T i ' ttStt LANCASTER DAtLY INTKLLIGHFOKK, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1890. 1HE SPLENDID SFDBg aWay- Jfcmefrt of the AStentum of Jfh .fc Jfareel, a ftnwU fife tote Jrajerfy JkTtng Carts , te tt ar MiMt trrttUn fry afstetl. EDITED II MQDEBI EfGLMI BT "Q. CHAPTER VI I tu ruesrr n nut nn wee. By Mm sound of their tp I gnessed one or two of tbetedeaen rascals te be pretty far Ren in drink, and af forwards found tat te be 'the case, I looked round. Sir Dentin aad picked up theJamp and wat mixing hit bowl of pencil, humming te himself without the least cencern: , "Vlnera tout ess Celt la grand seula," with glance at hU daughter1 face, that was white te the Up, but firmly tet "Hand me the nutmeg yonder." be said, and then, "Why, daughter, whats thisf-a trembling handf And all the while the f oetctep were com ing up. Tbere wat a loud knock en the deer. "Come in!" called Sir Deakin. At this, Jacques, wbe itoed ready for bat tle by the entrance, wheeled round, thet a leek at his master and, dropping his point, made a sign te me te de the same. The deer was thrust rudely open, and Capt Settle, his hat cocked ever one eye and sham drunk enness in his gait, lurched Jnte the room, with the whole villainous crew behind him, huddled eri the threshold. Jacques and I stepped quietly back, se as te cover the gtrL "Would you miud waiting a moment!"' In quired Sir Deakin, without looking up, but rubbing the nutmeg calmly up aud down the graterj "a fraction tee much, and the whole punch will be spoiled." It took the captain aback and he came te a stand, eying us, wbe looked back at him without saying a word. And this discom posed him still further. There was a minute during which the two parties could bear each ether's breathing. Sir Deakln set down the nutmeg, wiped bis tbin white Angers en a napkin, and addressed the captain sweetlyi "Before asking your business, sir, I would beg you and your company te taste this liquor, which, in the court of France" the old gentleman took a sip from the mixing ladle "has had the extreme honor te be pro nounced divine." He smacked his lips, and, rising te his feet, let his right hand rest en the silver feet of the lamp as he boned te the captain. Capt. Settle's bravado was plainly oozing away before this polite audacity; and, seeing Deakin taste the punch, he pulled off his cap hi a shamefaced inauner and sat down by the table with a word of thanks. "Come In, sirs; come in," called the old gentlemau, "and fellow your friend's ex ample. Twill be a compliment te make me mix another bowl when this is finished." He stepped around the table te welcome them, still resting his hand en the lamp, as If for steadiness, I saw bis eye twinkle as they sbufOed in and steed around the chair where the captain was seated. "Jacques, bring glasses from the cupboard yonder! Ami, Delia, fetch some chairs for our guests no, sirs, pray de net movel" lie had waved his hand lightly te tbe deer as be turned te us; and iu an instant the In tention as well as the bright success of this comedy flashed upon me. Tbere was new no one between us and the stain, and as ter Sir Deakin himself, he had already taken the step of putting the table's width between him and his guests. I touched the girl's arm, and we made as it te fetch a couple of chairs that steed against the wainscot by the deer. As we did se, Sir Deakin pushed the punchbowl forward under the captain's nose. "Bmcll, sir," be cried, airly, "and report te your friends en the foretaste." Settle's nese bung ever the steaming com pound. With a swift pass of the hand, the old gentleman caught up the lump and had shaken a drop of burning oil Inte tbe bowl. A great blaze leaped te the ceiling. There was a howl a scream of pain; aud as I pushed Mistress Delia through the doorway and out te the head of the stairs, 1 caught a backward glimpse of Sir Deakin rushing after us, with one of the stoutest of the rob bers at his heels. "Down stairs, for your life I" I whispered te the girl, and, turning, as her father tum bled past me, let his pursuer run en my sword, as en u spit. At the same instant, an other blade pawed through tbe fellow trans versely, and Jacques steed beside me, with bis back te the lintel. As we pulled our swords out and the man dropped, I hail a brief view iute the room, wbere new tbe blazing liquid ran off tbe table In a stream. Settle, stamping with agony, had his palms pressed against his scorched ejelids. Tbe fat landlord, in trying te beat out the flames, had increased them by up setting two bottles of aqua vitas, and was dancing about with three Augers inhls mouth. Tbe rest steed for the most part dum dum feunded; but Black Dick had bis pistol lifted. Jacques and I sprang out for the landing and round the doorway. Between the flash and the report I felt a sudden scrape, as of red bet wire, across my left thigh and Just above the knee. "Tencz, camarade," said Jacques' voice in my ear; "a mol la porte a veus le maitre, la-bes;" and lit pointed down tbe staircase, where, by the glare of the conflagration that beat past us, I saw tbe figures of Sir Deakin and his daughter standing. "But hew can you keep the deer against a dozen I" The Frenchman shrugged bis shoulders with a smile "Mais coinme cl" Fer at this moment came a rush of foot steps within the room. I saw a fat paunch thrusting past us, a quiet pass of steel, and the landlord was wallowing en his face across the threshold. Jacques' teeth snapped to gether as he steed ready for another victim; and us tbe fellows within tbe room tumbled back hu motioned me te leave lilin. Ispiang fiem his side, and, catching the rail of the staircase, reached tbe feet in a couple of bounds. "Hurry I" I cried, and caught the old bar onet by tbe band. His daughter took tbe ether, and between w we burned him across the passage for the Kitchen deer. Within, tbe cbamliermald was en her knees by tbe settle, her face and apron of tbe same hue. I saw she was incapable of helping, and hastened across tbe stene fleer and out to wards tbe back entrance A stream of ley wind blew in our faces as we stepped ever the threshold. The girl and I bent our beads te it, and, stumbling, trip ping and panting, pulled Sir Deakln with us out into the cold air. The yard was no longer dark. In tbe room above some ene had pushed tbe casement open, letting In tbe wind; and by this two very evident the room was en tire. Indeed, the curtains bed caught, and, as we ran, a pennon of flame shot out ever our beads, licking tbe thatch. In the glare of It the outbuildings and tbe yard gate steed clearly out from the night. I heard tbe trampling of feet, the sound of Settle's voice shouting an order, and then a dUinal yell and clash of steel as we flung open the gate. "Jacquesl" screamed tbe old gentleman; "my peer Jacques! Theso dogs ill mangle him with their cut and thrust" Twos very slgular and sad, but, as if In an swer te Sir Deakln' cry, we heard tbe brare fellow's voice; nnd a famous shout it must have lieeu te reach us ever tbe rearing of the flames: "Men maitre men maitre 1" becalled twice, , and then "Sauve tell" in a fainter voice, yet clear. And after that only a racket of (bouts and outcries r ached us. Without doubt the villains bad overpowered and slain this brave servant. In spite of our ril (for they would be after us at enc), 'twas all we could de te drag the old man from tbe gate uud up tb read; una as lie went lie wept like a child. After about fifty yards we turned In at eate aud began te cut across a Held, for hoped thus net only te haflle pursuit for a while, but also te gab) tbe weed that we saw dimly ahead. It reached te tbe top of the hill and I knew net hew far beyond; and. at I was reflecting that tbere lay our chauce of safety, I beard tbe inn deer below bunt open with loud cries and tbe sound of footstep running up tbe read after us. Moreover, te complete our fir, the cloud that had been scurrying across the moon' facu new for a inlnute left a clear Interval of tky about her; se that right In our course ibvrf jtpr peaftbJbrJWlMlUjf; Jit. whereon MWtMMtW gleaetfig late ike IBM. AsBKRrewevMeat that Sir DeskJet lata egttKy wa bat 4 short MdwddeatriMBpaef wffl ever body; (or hi peer crooked leg bags te trail and tag aadly. Be, taming sharp about, we struck f or the hedge's shadow, and there pulled aha dewaia a dry ditch and lay with a haad ea hU month te stM hi ejaculation, white we eartelret held our breathing. Th runners came up the read, panting for a moment by tbe gate. I heard It creak, and saw two or three dark form enter the fleld tbe remainder tearing en up the read with a great clatter of beets. "Alas, my peer Jacques I" moaned Sir Deakln: "and te be butchered te, that never In hi day killed a man but a If he loved him!" "Sir," t whispered harshly, "If you keep this noise I mutt gag you." And with that be was silent for a while. There was a thick tangle of bramble la the ditch where we lay; and te this we ewe ear live. Fer one of the men, coming eurray, passed within two yard of us, with the flat of hi (word beating the growth ever our head. "Reu-benl Reuben Oedges!" called a voice by the gate. The fellow turned; and, peeping between the bramble twigs, I law the moonlight glit tering en bis blade. A narrow, light haired man he was, with a weak chin ; and slnce then I have paid him out for the fright he gave u. What' the celli" he shouted back. "The (table reef ablate for tbe Lord' take come and save the bosses 1" He strode back, and In a mlnute tbe field was clear. Creeping out with caution I grew aware of two mournful facts: first, that tbe stable was indeed afire, as I perceived by stauding en tiptoe and looking ever the hedge; and, second, that my knee was hurt by Black Dick's bullet The muscle had stiffened while we were crouching, and new pained me badly. Yet I kept It te myself a we started oft again te run. But at the stile that, at tbe top of the field, led Inte the weeds I pulled up. "Serry I am te say it, but you must go en without me." "O-ehl" cried the glrL " 'Tis for your safety. See, I leave a trail of bleed behind me, se that when day rises tbey will track us easily." And, sure enough, even by the moon, 'twas easy te trace the dark spots en the grass and earth beside the stile. My left beet, tee, was full of bleed. She was silent for a while. Down In the valley we could hear the screams of the peer horses. The light of the flames lit up the pine trunks about us te a bright scarlet, "Sir, you held our gratitude cheaply." She unwound the kerchief from her neck, and, making me sit en the stile, bound up my knee skillfully, twitting a short stick In the bandage te ttep the bleeding. I thanked her, nnd we hurried en iute the depths of the weed, treading silently en the deep carpet of ptne needles. Tbe ground rose steeply all tbe way; and all the way, though the light grew feebler, tbe rear and outcries In the valley followed us. Towards tbe bill's summit tbe trees were sparser. Leeking upwards I saw that the sky had grown thickly overcast We crossed the ridge, and after a mlnute or se were In thick cover again. Twos here that Sir Deakln's strength gave out. Almest without warning, be sank down between our hands, and in a second was taken with that hateful cough, that once al ready this night bail frightened me for bis life "Ah, ab I" he groaned, between the spasms, "I'm net fit I'm net lit for It!" and was taken again, and rolled about barking, se that I feared the sound would bring all Set tle's gang en our heels. "I'm net fit for It 1" he repeated, as tbe cough left him, aud belay back helpless among the pine needles. New, I understood his words te bear en hi unfitness for death, and judged them very decent and properly spoken; and took occa sion te hint this In my attempt te console him. "Whv. blew the boy 1" be cried, slttlnsr un and staring, "for what i'ye think I'm un un (uitedl" "Why, te die, sir-te be sure!" "Hely Mether I" He rrgarded me with sur prise, contempt and pity, all together; "wa ever such a dunderhead I If everman were fit te die, I am be and that' Just my reason able complaint Heart alivel 'tis unfit te live I am, tied te this absurd body!" I suppese my attitude expressed my lack of comprehension, for he lifted a finger and went en: "Tell me can you cat beef and drink beer and enjoy them!" "Why, yes." "And fight hey I and kiss a pretty girl, and be glad yeu've done it! Dear, dear, hew I de hate a feel and a feel's pity I Lift me up and carry me a step. This night's work has killed me; I feel It in my lungs. Tls a pity, tee, for I was Just beginning te enjoy it" I lifted him as I would a babe, and off we set again, my teeth shutting tight en the pain of my hurt And presently, coming te a little dingle about half n mile down tbe htlMde, well hid with dead bracken and blackberry bushes, I consulted with the girl. The place wns well sheltered from the wind that rocked the trecteps, nnd I feared te go much farther, for we might conie en open country at any moment nnd te double our perl It seemed best, therefore, te lay the old gentleman snugly in the bottom of this dingle and wait for day. And with my buff coat, and a heap of dried leaves, I made him fairly easy, reserving my cloak te wrap about Mistress Delia's fair neck and shoul ders. But against this at first she protested. "Fer hew are you te manage!" she asked. "1 shall tramp up and down, ami keep watch," answered I, strewing a couch for her boslde her father; "and 'I is but fair exchange for the kerchief you gave me from your own threat" At last I persuaded her, and she crept clese te her father, and under the edge of tbe buff coat for warmth. There was abundance of dry bracken in the dingle, and with this and some bandfuls of pine needles I covered them ever and left them te find what sleep they might Fer two hours aud mere after this I hobbled te and fro near them as well as my wound would allow, looking up at tbe sky through tbe pine tops, and listeuiug te the sobbing of tbe wind. New and then I would swing my arms for warmth, and breathe en my fingers, that were sorely benumbed; and all tbe while kept my ears en the alert, but beard nothing. Twas, as I said, something ever two hours after, that I felt a soft, cold touch, and then another, like kisses en my forehead. I put up my hand nnd looked up again at the sky. As I did se the girl gave a long sigh and awoke from her deze, "Sure I must bave dropped asleep," she said, opening her eyes nnd spying my 6hadew above her; "has aught happened i" "Ay," replied I, "something Is happening that will wlpe out our traces and my bloody track." "And what Is that 1" "Suewl See, 'tis falling fast." She bent ever and listened te her father's breathing. " Twill kill hlra," she said, simply. I pulled some mere fronds of the bracken te cover thera both. She thanked me and of fered te relieve me In ray watcb, which I re fused. And indeed by lying down I should have caught my death nry likely. Tbe big flakes drifted down between tbe pines, till, as the moon paled, tbe ground about me was carpeted all In white, with the follage black as ink above it Time after time, as I tramped te nnd fro, I paused te brush the fresh forming heap from the sleep ers' coverlet and shake It gently from tbe tresses of tbe girl's hair, Tha old man's face was covered completely by tbe buff coat, but bis breathing was calm and regular as any child's. Day dawned. Awaking Mistress Delia, I eked her te keep watch for a time, while. I went off te explore. She crept out from Iter bed with a little shiver cf disgust. "Hun about," I advised, "and keep tbe bleed stirring." She nodded; ami, looking back, as I strode down the hill, I saw her moving about quick ly, swinging bcr arms, and euly pausing te wave a baud te me for geed speed. Twas uu hour befere I returned, and plenty I bad te tell. Only at the entrance te the dingle tbe words foiled from off my tongue. Tbe old gentleman lay as he had lain through out tbe night But tbe bracken had been totted aside, and tbe girl was kneeling ever him. I drew near, my step net arousing her. Sir Deakln's face was ile and calm; but en the snow that bad gatbsred by his bead lay a red streak of bleat Twas from his lung, and be wa quite dead. CHAWMVn. iitni rmnuMs, Bat I mart, go heck a little tad tU 70m what befell la ay expedition, I had carc trudged out of tight of my Meads, down the bill, when It (track me that my footprint la tbe (new ware u the latt degree dangerous te them, aad might lead Settle and hi crew straight te tfcedta gle. Here was a fix. I ttoed for tome mla utes nonplused, when above tbe stillae of the weed (for tbe wind had dropped) a faint teund at of running water caught my ear, aad helped me te an Idea,,. Tbe teund seemed te come from my left Turning aside, I made aero the hill toward It, aad after two hundred pace or te came ea a tiny brook, net two feet across, that gushed down the dope with quite a coottd ceottd coettd arable chatter and Impatience. Tha bed of It wm mainly earth, with here and there a large (tone or root te catch the tee; e that, a I (topped Inte the water aad began te thread my way down between the banks of saew, 'twas necessary te leek carefully te my steps. Here and there the creek fetched a leap down a (harper declivity, or (het ever a banging atone; but, save for the wetting I took in then placet, my progress was easy enough. I must have waded In this manner for half a mile, keeping the least possible noise, when at an angle ahead I spied a clear ing among the pine, and te the right of tha stream, en the very verge, a hut of leg standing, with a woedrlck behind It Twas a low building, but somewhat long, and I guessed It te be, in summer time, a hab itation for tbe weed cutters. But what sur prised me wa te hear a dull, meaning noise, very regular and disquieting, that sounded from the Interior of the hut I listened, and hit en the explication. Twas tbe sound of snoring. Drawing nearer with caution, I noticed, In that end of the hut which ttoed evef the stream, a gap, or window bole. The sound Issued through this like the whirring of a dozen looms. "He must be an astonishing fellow," thought I, "that can snore in thlt fashion. Ill have a peep before I wake hint." 1 waded down till I steed under tbe till, put both hands upon It, and, pulling myself up quiet at a mouse, stuck my face In at tbe win dow, and then very nearly set back into the brook for fright Fer I had gated straight down Inte the up turned face of Capt Settle and hi gang. Hew long I ttoed there, with the water rushing past my anklet, and my body turn ing from cold te het and back again, loan lean loan net tell you. But 'twas until, hearing no pause in the sleepers' chorus, I found courage for another peep; and that must have been some time. There were but six rascals besides the cap tain (se that Jacques must have died bard, thought I), and such n raffle of arms and leg and swollen upturned faces as they made I defy you te picture. Fer they were packed clese as herrings, and the hut wat filled up with their horses, ready saddled and rubbing shoulder te loin, se narrow was the room. It needed the open window te give them air; and, even te, 'twos net ever fresh Inside. I had no mind te stay; but befere leaving found raytelf In the way of playing these vil lains a pretty trick. Te right and left of the window, above their heads, extended two rude shelves that new were heaped with what I conjectured te be the spoils of the larder of the "Three Cups." Helding my breath and thrusting my head and shoulder Inte the room, I ran my hand along and wa quickly possessed of a boiled bam, two capons, a leaf, tbe half of a cold pie and a basket holding three dezen eggs. All these prizes I filched ene by ene, with infinite caution. I was gently pulling tbe basket through the window hole, when I beard one of the crew yawn nnd stretch himself In his sleep. Se, determining te risk no mere, I quickly packed tbe basket, slung It en my right arm, and with the ham grasped by tbe knuckle In m my left, made my way up the stream. Twas thus laden that I entered the dingle, and came ou tbe sad sight therein. I tot down tbe bam as a thing te be ashamed of, and bared my head. Tbe girl lifted her face, and turning, all white and tragical, saw me. "My father Is dead, sir." I steeped and piled a heap of fresh snow ever tbe bleed stains. There was no Intent in this but te liide the pity that choked me. She had still te hear about ber brother, An An teony. Turning, as by a sudden thought, I took licr hand. She looked into my eyes, and ber own filled with tears. Twas the human touch that loosened their flew, I think; and sinking down again beside her father she wept ber till. "Mistress Killlgrew," I said, as seen as tbe first violence of her tears was abated, "I have still some, news that Is 111 bearing. Your enemies are eiicaraed iu the weeds, about a half mlle below this" nnd with that I told my story. "They have done their worst, sir." "Ne." She looked at me with a question ou her Up. Said I, "Yeu must bclieve me yet a short while without questioning." Considering for a moment, she nod Jed. "Yeu have a right, sir, te lie trusted, though I knew net se much as your name. Then we must stay close In hldlngP tbe added, very sensibly, though with the last word her voles trailed off, nnd she began again te weep. But in time, having covered the dead baro net's body with sprays of the withered brack en, I drew her te a little distance and pro pre vailed en bcr te nibble n crust of the leaf. New, all this while, it must be remembered, I was In my shirt sleevcs and the weather bitter cold. Which at length her sorrow al lowed her te notice. "Why, you nre shivering sorel" she said, and, running, drew my bull coat from ber father's body, and held it out te me. "Indeed," I answered, "I was thinking of another expedition te warm my bleed." And premising te be back iu half an hour I fol lowed down my former tracks towards the stream. Within twenty minutes I was back, run ning und well nigh shouting with Jey, "Come!" I cried te her, "cotne nnd see for yourself!" What bail happened wns this: Wading cautiously down tbe brook, I had cause sud denly te prick up my cars and ceme te a halt Twas the inufllud tramp of hoofs that I beard, und, creeplug a bit farther, I caught a glimpse, lieyend the hut, of a horse and rider disappearing down the weeds. He was the last of tbe iarty, as I guessed from tbe sound of voices and Jingling of bits farther down the slope Advancing en the but with mero boldness, I found It deserted. I scrambled up en tbe bank and round te the entrance. The 6new liefore it was trampled and sullied by tbe footmarks of men and horses; and as I noted this, came Settle's voice calling up the slepe: "Jerry Jerry Tey I" A nearer voice bailed in answer. "Where's Iteubenr" "Coming, captain close behind 1" "Curse him for a loitering idletl We've wasted time enough, as 'tis," called back the captain. "Hew in thunder is a man te find tbe read out of this cursed woedl" "Straight en, cap'u you can't miss It," shouted another voice, net two gunshots be bo be lew. A volcano of oaths poured up from Settle. I did net wait fur the end of tbem, but ran back for Mistress Delia. Together we descended te the hut By this time tbe voices bad faded away In distance. Yet te tnake Eure that the rascals had really departed, we followed their tracks for soine way, beside the stream; nnd suddenly came te a bait with cries of joyful urprle. The brook bud led us te a point where, ever a stony fall veiled with brown bracken.lt plunged Inte u narrow ravlne. Standing en the Up, wbere the water took a smoother glide befere leaping, we saw the line of tbe raviue marked by n rift In tbe pines, and through this a slice of tbe country that lay below. Twos a level plain, well watered ami dotted here ami tbere with beuses. A range of weeded hills closed tbe view, and towards tbem a breed read wound gently, till the eye le3t it at their base. All tbls was plain enough, In sjiite of tbe snow tbut covered tbe landscape. Fer tbe sun bad burst out above, und the few flakes that still fell looked black ngulust his brilliance aud tbe dazzling country tieleiv. But what caused our Jey was te see, along the read, a small cavalcade moving away from us, with many bright glances of light and color, as their steel cap and sashes took the sunshine a pretty sight, and tbe prettier because it meant our deliverance. Tbe girl beside me gave a cry of delight, then sighed; and after a minute began te walk back towards tbe hut, wbere I left her, and ran up hill for tbe basket and bam. On mv return I found ber examining a heap of I rusty tools that, It seemed, she bad found en a shelf of the building. Twos no light bele te M geea tettewsMp statafterwara aattea m that from tbe an I eeakt read her thought often without words, aad for this reason, that her eye were as eaadld a the noonday. Be new I answered her aleud: "This afternoon we may venture down te tbe plain, where no doubt we shall And a clergyman te sell us a patch of holy ground." "Hely ground r She looked at me awhile and shook her head. "I am net of your re ligion," the said. "And your fathcrP "I think no man ever discovered my father" religion. Perhaps there was none te discover; but he wat no bad father" She steadied her veire and went am "He would prefer the hillside te your 'holy ground.' " 80, an hour later, I delved bis grave la the frosty earth, clot by the spot where he lay. Somehow, I shivered all the while, and had a cruel sheeting pain In my wound that was like te have mastered ms before the task was ended. But I managed te lower the body softly Inte tbe hole aad te cover It reverently from sight, and afterwards steed leaning en say spade and feeling very light lu the head, wall the girl knelt aad prayed for her fa thsrtami. And the picture of ber a the knelt I the last I remember, till I opened my eyes, and was amazed te find myself en my back, and staring up at darkness. "What ha happened!" "I think you are very ill," said a voice; "can you lean en me. and reach the hut I" "Why, yes-that is, I think se. Wby I everything dark!" "Tbe tun hat been down for hour. Teu bave been in a swoon first, and then talked eh, such nonsense! Shame en me te let you catch this chill!" She helped me te my feet and steadied me, and bow we reached the but I cannot tell Jeu. It took mere than one weary hour, as new knew; but at tbe time hours and min utes were ene te me. In tbat.but I lay four night and four day between ague lit and fever, and that I all the account I can give of the time, save that en the soceud day the girl left me alone In the hut and descended te the plain, where, after ask ing at many cottages for a physician, she was forced te be centent with an old woman re puted te be amazingly well skilled In herbs and medicines, whom after a day's trial she turned out of doers. On the fourth day, fearing for my life, the made another descent, and, com ing te a wayside tavern, purchased a pint of aqua vitas, carried It back and mixed a po tion that threw me into a profuse sweat The same evening I sat up, a sound man. Indeed, te thoroughly wat I recovered, that, waking early next morning nnd finding my tweet nurse asleep from sheer earlness in n corner of the hut, I ttaggered up from my bed of dried bracken and out Inte the pure air. Rare it was te stand nnd drink it In like wine. A footstep aroused me. Tnas Mis tress Delia; and, turning, I held out my band. "New this Is famous," said she; "a day or two will sce you as geed a man as ever." "A day or twel Te-morrow, at latest, I shall make trial te start" I noted a sudden change en her face, and added, "Indeed, you must bear my reasons lief ere setting me down for an Ingrate;" nnd told ber of the kings letter that I cnrrled. "I hoped that for a while our ways might He together," said I; and broke off, for the wat looking me earn estly in the face. "Sir, as you knew, my brother Antheny was te have met me nay, for pity's sake turn net your face aw ay I I have guessed the sword you carry I marked It Sir, be merciful, and tell uiel" I led her a Utile aside te tbe feet of a tall plne: and there, though it wrung my heart, told her all, and left her te wrestle with this final sorrow. She was se tender a thing te be stricken thus that I, who bad dealt the blew, crept back te tbe but, covering my eye. In an hour's time I looked out She was gene. At nightfall tbe returned, whlte with grief and fatigue; yet I was glad te see her eyes red and swollen with weeping. Throughout our supper she kept tllence; but when 'twas ever she looked up nnd speke in a steady tene: "Sir, I bave a favor te ask, and must risk being held inqiertunate" "Frem you te me," I put In, "all talk of favors bad best lie dropped." "Ne listen. If ever it befell you te leso father or mother or dearly loved friend, you will knew hew tbe anguish stuns Oh, slrl today the tun seemed fallen out of heaven, and I, a blind creature, left groping lu tbe void. Indeed, 6ir, 'tis no wonder; I bad a father, brother and servant ready te dle for 1110 three hearts te leve and lean en; and to day tbey nre gene." I would bave sieken, but she held up her hand. "New when you speke of Antheny a dear lad 1 I lay for sonic, tline dazed with grief. By little and little, as the truth grew plainer, the pain grew also past bearing. I steed up and staggered into the weeds te cscape It I went fust and straight, heeding nothing, for at first my senses were all confused; but iu a while the walking cleared my wits, and I could think, and thinking I could weep; and having wept, could fortify my heart Here is the upshot, sir though 'tis held Immodest for a maid te ak even for less of a man. We are both bound for Cornwall you en nn honorable mission, 1 for my father's estate of Qleys, whurefrem (ns your tale proves) some unseen hands are thrusting me. Alike we carry our lives in our hands. Yeu must go forward; I may net go back. Fer from a king who cannot right his own affairs there is little, bone; and lu Cornwall I have surer friends than he. Therefore take me, sir take me fur a comrade I Am I sad I De you fear a weary Journey I I ill smlle laugh ting put sorrow behind me. I will contrive a thousand ways te client the milestones. At the first bint of tears, discard me, and go your way with no prick of conclcuce. Only try me eh, the shame, of seaking thus!" Her veice hail grown mera rapid towards the clese; and new, breaking e(T, she put both bands te cover her face, that was bet with blushes. I went ever and took them in mine. "Yeu have nmde ma the blithest man alive," said I. She drew back a pnee with a frightened leek, and would have pulled her bauds away. "Because," I went en quickly, "you bave paid me this high compliment, te trust me. Proud was I te listen te you ; and merrily will the miles pass with you for comrade. And se I say Mistress Killlgrew, teke me for your servant." Te my extrcme discomposure, as I dropped her bands, ber eyes were twinkling with laughter. "Dear new ; I see a dull prospect ahead If we use thcie long titles." "Hut" "Indeed, sir, please yourself. Only as I Intend te call you 'Jack,' perhaps 'Delia' will, be mera of a piece than 'MIsti ess Killlgrew.' " She dropped me n mock courtesy. "And new, Jack, be a geed boy, nnd hitch me this, quilt across the hut I bought it yesterday,1 at a cottage below here" She ended the scntcuce vith the prettiest blush imaginable; and se, baving flxed bcr screen, we shook bauds en our comradeship and wished each ether geed night. CHAPTER Via I LOSE THE kine'b letteh. Almest before daylight we were afoot, and the first ray of cold sunshine, found us step ping from the weeds Inte tbe plain, wbere new the snow w as vanished aud a glistening coat of rime spread ever all things. Down here tbe pines gave way te bare elms nud poplars, thickly dotted, and among them tbe twisted smoke of furmstead and cottage beru and there, and the morning stir of kitchen and stable, very musical In the crisp air, Delia stepped along beside me, humming an air or breaking off te chatter. Meeting us, you would bave said we had never a care. The read went stretching awuy te the north west and tbe hills against tbe sky tbere; whither beyond we neither knew nor (befng both young and one, by this time, pretty deep In love) did greatly care; but the con duct of theui we in-t, their gruff refusals of feed, their smiles and winks, caused Delia le insist that at the first opportunity I should get ber a suit of boy's clothe. On the far side of the valley we entered a weed, thinking by this te shorten our way, for tbe read here took a long bund te east ward. New, at first tbls weed seemed of no considerable site, but thickened and spread at we advanced. Twas only, however, after passing tbe ridge and when daylight began te fall ut that I became alarmed. Fer tbe weed grew denser, with a tangle of paths cttticreiulng amid tbe undergrowth. And Juit then cam tbe low mutter of cannon, shaking tb earth. We began te run forward, tripping in tbe gloom ever bramble and (tumbling Inte holes. Fer a mile or se tbls Inxted. and then, with out wurnlui:, I beard a sound behind we aud looted back, te ted Delia sank upon tM ground. "Jack, here'i a to-de!" "WbttsamUsr "Why, I am going te woen I" J The words wsre scarce out when thera sounded a crackling aud asapplng of twigs ahead, and two figure cams rushing toward us a man and a woman. Tha man carried aa infant in hla arras, and though I called en them te step, the pair ran by us with no mere Botica than It we had been (tone. Only tbe woman cried, "Dear Lord, save utl" and wrung her hands at she passed out of tight "This 1 itrange conduct," thought I; but, peering down, taw that DeUa't face was white and motionless. She bad swooned. In deed, from weariness and hunger. Be I took her In my arms and stumbled forward, hop ing te tad the end of tbe weed seen. Fer new the rattle of artillery came louder and Incessant through the trees, and, mingling with It, a multitude of dull shout and out cries. At first I was minded te run after the man and woman, but, en second thought, re solved te see the danger before hiding from It The trees In a short while grew sparser, and between tbe (terns I marked a ruddy light glowing, and then I came out en an open space upon the hillside, with a dip of earth In front, and beyond a long ridge of pines standing up black, becaute of a red glare behind them, and saw that this cam net from any setting sun, but wa the light of a conflagration. The glare danced and quivered In the thy as I crossed the hollow. It made even Delia' white cheek (eeni rosy. Up amid the pine I clambered, and along the ridge te where it broke off In a iteep declivity. And, let In a minute I looked down, at 'twere, Inte the In fernal pit There was a whole town burning below, and In the streets men were fighting, as could be told by their theuts and tbe rattle and blaze of musketry, for a garment of smoke lay ever all and hid tbem. Only tbe turmoil beat tip as from a furnace, and the flames of burning tbatche, and quick Jets of firearms like lightning In a thunder cloud. Great parks floated past ut and ever ths trees at our back. A bet blast breathed en our cheeks. New and then you might hear a hu man shriek distinct amid the din, and thlt tpeke terribly te the heart New the town wat Marlborough, and the attacking force a body of royal troops sent from Oxford te eutt the garrison of tbe par liament, which tbey did this tame night, with great slaughter, driving tbe rebels out of the place and back en the read te Bristel Had we guessed this, much ill luck had been spared ut; but we knew naught of It, nor whether friends or fees were getting the bet ter. Be (Delia being by this time recovered a little) we determined te past the night in the weeds and en the morrow te give the place a wide berth. Retreating, then, te the boUew (that layen the loe tide of the ridge, away from the north wind), I gathered a pile of great stones and spread my cloak thereever for DeUa. Te sleep was Impossible, even with th wiU for It Fer the tumult and fighting went en and only died out about an hour before dawnf and once or twice we were troubled te hear tbe teund of peeple running en the ridge above. Be we sat and talked in low voices Ull dawn, and, grew mere desperately hun gered than ever. With tbe chill of daybreak we started, meaning te get quit of tbe neighborhood be fore any espied us, and fetcbed a compass te tbe south without another leek at Marlbor ough. At the end of two hours, turning northwest again, we came te tome water meadows boslde a tiny river (tbe Kennet, a I think), and saw, tome way beyond, a high read that crossed te our slde (only the bridge was new broken down), and, farther yet, a thick smoke curling up; but whence thlt came I could net tee. New we bad been avoiding all readt thlt morning and hiding at every teund of footsteps. But hunger wss making ut bold. I bade Delia crouch down by the stream's bank, where many alders ' grew, and set off towards thlt column of smoke. By the spot where the read crossed I noted that many men and horses bad lately passed hereby te westward, and, by their footmarks, at a great speed. A llttle farther and I came en a broken musket flung against tbe hedge, with a nauseous meet of bleed and sandy hairs about the stock of It; and Just beyond u a dead horse, bit legs sticking up like bent pole across tbe read. Twas bcre that my bleed went cold en a sudden, te hear a dismal groan ing net far ahead. I steed still, holding my breath, and then ran forward again. Tbe read took a twist that led me face te face with a small whitewashed cottage, smeared with black stains of burning. Fer seemingly it had been fired in ene or two places, only the flames had died out; aud from the back, wbere some outbuildings yet smoldered, rose the smoke that I spied. But what .brought ma te a stand was' te see the doorway all cracked and charred, and across it a toldler stretched a green coated robel and quite dead. Ills face lay among the burned ruins of tbe deer, that had wef ully singed his beard aud balr. A stain of bleed ran across the doerstono and Inte the read. I was gazing upon him nnd shuddering, when again I beard tbe groans. They lssued from tbe upper chamber of the cottage I stepped ever tbe dead soldier and mounted the ladder that led upstairs. The upper room was but a left In It were two beds, whereof ene win empty. Ou the edge of the ether sut up a boy 10 or there abouts, stark naked and meaning miserably. With ene band be seemed trying te cover a big wound that gaped In bis chest;' tbe ether, as my bead rose ever tbe ladder, be stretched out with all tbe fingers spread. And tbls was bis last effort At I stumbled up, bis fingers closed In a spasm of eln; bis hands drep)cd, and tbe body tumbled back en the bed, where it lay with the legs dangling. Tbe peer lad must have been stabbed as be lay asleep. Fer by tbe bedside I found bis clothes neatly folded and without a speck of bleed. Tbey were clean, though cearse; te thinking tbey would serve for Delia, I took tbem, albeit with soma scruples at rob bing tbe dead, and, covering tbe body with a sheet, made my way downstairs. Here, en a high shelf at the feet of tbe lad der, I discovered a ceuple of leaves and some milk, and also, lying bard by, a pair of shop herd's shears, which I took also, having a purpose for them. By tbls time, being sick enough of tbe place, I was glad te make all speed back te Delia. fcsue was still waiting among tbe leauaa alders, and clapped ber bands te see tbe two leaves under my arm. Said I, flinging down the clothes, and munching at my share of tbe bread: "Here Is the boy's suit that you wished for.," "Ob, dear! 'tis net a very cholce ene." Her face fell. "All the better for escaping notice." "But but I like te be noticed!" Nevertheless, when breakfast was done, she consented te try en the clothes. I left her ey ing tbem deubtfuUy, and strolled away by the river's bank. In a while her voice called teme: "Ob, Jack-they de net fit at eUI" "Why, 'tis admlrablel" said I, returning and scanning bcr. New tbls was a lie; but she took me mere than ever, te pretty and comical the looked in the dress. "And I cannot walk a bit in themf'tbe pouted, strutting up and down. "Swing your arms mere, and let them hang looser." "And my hnlr. Oh, Jack, I have such beautiful hair." "It must ceme off," said I, pulling the hears nut of my pocket. "And leek at thew buge beets!" Indeed, this was the muln trouble, for I knew they would hurt her In walking; yet tbe made mere fuss ever her hair, and only gave in when I scolded Iter roundly. Se I took the shcarsand clipped thechcstuiit curls, one by ene, while she cried for vexation; and took occasion of her tears te simiggle tbe longest lock' inside my doublet But an hour after she was laughing again, and bad learned te cock the peer country lad's cap rakfshly ever ene eye; and by even ing was walking with it swagger and longing (I knew) te inert witli folks. Fer, te spare tier the sight of tbe mined cottage, I bud taken ber leiiud through the fields aud by every by path that weuiixl te loud westward. Twas safer te Journey thus; ami nil tbe way tbe practiced a man's carriage undajrs, and bow te wink und whistle and swing" a stick. And ence, when she left 0110 of bcr shoes In a wet ditch, she said "Damn!" as natural as life; and then We jumped ever a hedge, plump Inte an outpost of rebels, as tbey sat munching their tupper. Tbey were six In nil, nnd must bave been sitting like mire, fur nil I knew of It i this; I luul cllniWd tha limine lli'nt and was hell Ins Delia ever, when out of tbe ereund. as It teemed, a voice shrieked: "Hun runt the king's men are en uspand then, my feet slipping) down I went en te tbe shoulder of a thick set man, and well ulgh broke his neck as he turned te leek up at me. At first, the whole six were for running, 1 believe. But seeing only a lad stretched en his face, and a second en the hedge, tbey thought better of It Befere I could scram ble up, eue pair of bands was screwed about my neck, another at my heels, aud In a trice thore ww were pinioned. "Search the mallgnnntr cried one. "Ques tion him!" called out another; and forthwith began a long Interrogatory concerning the movements of his majesty's troops, from which, indeed, I learned much concerning the late encounter, but, of course, could an swer neught Twat only natural tbey should Interpret thlt illence ter obstinacy. "March m off te Capt Stubbsl" "Hallea!" thnutrd a peck marked trooper that had his hand thrust lu en my breast; "bring tbe lantern close here. What' this!" Twas, alnsl the king's tetter; and I bit my lip while they clustered round, turning the lanterns yellow glare upon tbe superscrip tion. We were marched down the read for a mile or mere, till we heard n loud bawling, at of a man lu much bodily pain, and seen came te a small village, where, under a tav ern lamp, by the deer, wa a man perched up ou a tub, and shouting forth portions of tb Scripture te some twenty or mere green coats assembled round. Our conductor pushed past these, and entered the tavern. At a deer te tbe left In the pawage be halted, and, knocking once, thrust us Inside. The room wat bare and lit very dimly by two tallow candles, set In bottles. Uetween these, en a deal table, lay a map outspread, and ever It a man Was bending, who looked up sharply at our entrance. He was thin, with a blue nose, and were a green uniform like the rest; only Ids carriage proved him a man of authority. Thlt Capt Btubbt listened, you may be cure, with a brightening eye te the sergeant story; and at tbe clese Hied an Inquisitive gaze en the pair of us, turning the king's let ter ever and ever In his hands "new came this In your possession!" be asked, at length. "That," said I, "I must clecllne te UU." He hesitated a moment; then, reseating himself, hreku the teal, spread tbe letter upon the map, nnd read It slowly through. Fer the first time I began heartily te bone that the paper contained nothing of moment But the man face was no Index of this. He read It through twice, folded it away In his breast and turned te tbe sergeant "Te-morrow at 0 lu tbe morning we con tinue ehr march. Meanwhile keep these fel lows secure, I leek te you for this." The sergeant saluted and we were led out That night we passed in handcuffs, huddled with fifty soldiers In a hay left of the Inn and hearkening te tbetr curious talk, that waa half composed of Hely Writ and half of gibe at our exiente. Tbey were beaten men, and, like all such, found comfort in deriding the greater misfortunes of ethers. Before daylight tbe bugle began te teund, and we were led down te the green before the tavern deer, where already were close uK)ii five hundred gathered, that had been billeted about tbe village and were new form ing In order of march a soiled, battered crew, with tern entlgnt and little heart In their uiovciuent. Tbe iky began a cold drizzle as we set out, and through this sad dening weather we trudged ull day, Delia and I being kept well apart, the with the vanguard aud I Iu tbe rear, seeing only the winding column, the dejocted heads bobbing In front as they bent te the slanting rain, the cottagers that came out te stare as we passed; and liea ring but the hearse word of com mand, the low muttering of the men, and always the monotonous tramp, tramp, through ths slush and mire of the reeds. Tis like a bad dream te me, and I will net dwell en It That night we passed at Chippen ham, a small market town, and en tbe mor row went tramping again through werse weather, but always amid the same sights and sounds. Daylight wat faUIng when the tower of Bristel grew clear out of the leaden mist in front, and by 6 o'clock we halted outside the walls and beside the ditch of the cattle, watt ing for the drawbridge te be let down. Al ready a great crowd bad gathered about us, of these who had ceme out te loam the news of the defeat, which, the day before, some fugitives had carried te Bristel. Te their questions, a te all else, I listened like a man iu a trance, and recalled this only that first I was shivering out In tbe rain aud seen after wai standing boslde Delia, uudcr guard of a dozen soldiers, and shaking with cold, bo be neath a gateway that led between the two wards of the castle. And thore, for an hour at least, we kicked our heels, until from the inner ward Capt, Stubbs caum striding aud commanded us te fellow. Acress tbe court we went In tbe rain, through a vaulted passage, and, passing a screen of carved oak, found ourselves sudden ly In n great hall, near forty yards long (as I reckon It), and raftered with oak. At the far end, around 11 great marble table, were tome ten or mere gentlemen seated, who all with one accord turned their eyes upon utas tbe captain brought us forward. The table befere tbem wns littered with main, warrants and apers, and home of the gentlemen had pens iu their bands. But the one 011 whom my eyes fastened was a tall, fair soldier that sat In the center, aim held his majesty's letter, epen, iu Ills baud; who rose and bowed te me as I ennie near. "Sir," be sold, "the fertune of war having given you into our bauds, you will net re re ro fuse. I hope, te ntwwer our questions." r "Sir I bave neught te tell," answered I, bowing in return. With 11 delicate whlte hnnd he waved my word aside. He had a baudsome, irresolute mouth, nnd wns, I could tell, of very dllfer ent ilegrre from tiie merchants and lawyers beslde him. "Yeu act under orders from the the" "Antl-Christ," put in a snappish llttle fel low en bis right "I de nothing of the sort," raid I. "Well, then, sir, from Klug Churles." "I de net" "Tush I" exclaimed tbe snappish man, and then, straightening himself up, "That boy with you that fellow disguised us 11 country man leek at his beets! be's a Papist tpyl" "There, sir, you are wrengl" "I saw him I'll be sworn te his face I saw him, a year back, at Douai, helping at tbe mass) I never forget races." "Why, what nonseusol" cried I, and burst out laughing. "Don't mock at me, slrl" he thundered, bringing down his fist en the table. "I tell you the boy Is a Paplstl" He pointed furi ously at Delia, wbe, new laughing oho, un twered him very demurely: "Indeed, sir" "I saw you, 1 say." "Yeu nre bold te make se certain of a Pa pist" "I saw you I" "That cannot even tell maid from man!" "What Is meant by thatl" asks the tall sol dier, ojienlng his eyes. "Why, simply this, sir: I am no boy at all, but a girl!" There was a mlnute during which the little man went purple In tbe face, and tbe rest stared at Delia In blank astonishment. "Oh, Jack," she whispered In ray ear, "I am te very, very sorry; but I cannot wear thebe hateful clothe much longer." She fared the company with a rosy blush. "Wbnttayyoutetlilsr" asked Cel. Essex for 'twas be turning round ou tbe llttle man, "Sey 1 Whnt de I say I That the fellow Is a Papist, tee. I knew it from tbe first, und this proves It I" Oenlinunl next Saturday Helen Dauvray-Wurd. The separation of Helen n.iuvray-Wnrd from her husband, the famous baseball player, has been accepted by their friends with as geed n grace as possible The strange part of It Is that most people ad mire tbem both, nnd se ure unable te de cide en which ene te blame for the unfort unate affair. Mrs. Ward will star during the coming season In a play which Is being written for her, nnd Johnny will net go te Europe, as has been stated. Toele't Popularity. The number of farewell dinners given tc Teele, the very popular English comedian, in Londen, was rcuiarkable. The actresses, being denied admission te the dinner given him by hU professional brothers, organized ene for themselves, and carried it out with itrcat uiairnlUccncc, Mr. Teelo being thu only wan present. Ellen Terry praaMed. 4 FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN J' WORE ANY COLOR. ONCE THEY NEVER THINO OF DARK Mew the Elaborately Btttehed Hemmed and Hand KmbreldereA Garments of the Past Are Almest llrely Abandoned, tspeclal Correspondence. New Yemc, May 1. It is net be $ V many years nge that children wen ae dark colon at all. Ne color or tint ml tee dellcnte for them, and the naetsMT who put a dark frock or cloak epen bar .Jfi cuiui was considered rar mere nt licnrtcd than Pharaoh and moreeeoaOaV ical than loving, but she was bound dewsfvj-i. te bncknclie nnd sideiiclie from tha 6XCTA ;'" labor entailed en keeping her little girta v always sweet nnd clean in the deMeaee dresses. It was net uncommon te sea vs llttle child dressed for ordinary oeea vV.- Biens in n whlte cashmere which had .-1 been laboriously embroidered by hand, ; and If it was hard en the mother it WM .,x no less hard en the child, for no freedesa s ji' could be allowed a child for natural, Jj Mk healthy play. 1 IMS DHESS AND ItUBBARD CLOAK. V-,s- Mil II ID IIhjJK gflHK BSmmlatBmm ssV ssV 2 WSmmmtM w& nut nuw nil uiai is uiinugcu, anu user ;.; j is no color that mothers wear that is net f jm ntier 1110 time gins, uuu iHsuiuaaute, !, : tee. ran. v.haai. v.i. .mI.m 1m ia tv is net be much work te keep the children A. ,; clean, and the children are happier aad 1 ncaitnier, occause iney can pisy wiiaev ?v . .-a restraint, and it is far mere econeBtioal M In several wavh. ilVl Of course tbere will alwavsbaeMa . ' Biens for a white dress made aa dainst , ly as mother leve can devise and metey-J-Ms era ureicss pauonce can accempusski Such an ene is the nrettv little Iris drtas i made of soft white mull, embroidered? 'J ' deeply around the bottom ana woraemjK n pink wash silk Blip, with 'Wajrsjj plaiting around the bottom, jeat AewJ-f ing under the edge of the moll. 'M : easli or the nanie Bilk cresses tee wsatlg, and is tied in an enormous bow :$" the back. The sleeves are puffed ereti silk and with deep cuffs and breteOe ! f embroidery. Blue corn color, eld1 )" or Eiffel red can all be used for Us,tHf:i ; if preferred. &$- And the dear little coaxing asBssti;;, ' She is going out with grandma in a UMltjf Hubbard cloak of brown and .fawsi.5 , striped cheviot and a big poke bonsai att: of seal brown straw and riramea. The ttt. tle coat has for its only trimming rewel a M 4tir1rsi nnnmtntAl rtw s tsAnttia WbHA 4W&' BAddler's silk. Not&tallgayerelaboti, ate, out en, new quaint ana swev ta..u little malden leeks in itl llil "A quiver full" of dear little childremjrj te in Iia ilftfltnwl f itlf. If l,n 4fjl 9l-wYlAAtt. A tS nnrtfenlarlv u-linn Ttnbliv iaalwava sinful ing shoes and Mlnnie and Nellie stock-;V tnrra bnta Mr Thn hmt wnv in drMar Ji. 4i.m U n irtvA TIM.W n nmttv HtH IrlU .fV . suit of Bcrge or cheviot or heavy blue,,;ji'' flannel, mude with n bleuse, and secka and stout book). A toreador hat 1b Jast new the style for him, with a, triple cc cc carde at the left side. dot Minnie n Tartan plaid and make it en the bios, und trim it with row of epen castle or Herculea braid, with Bash of the same, and dress her dell with the ecrnpH left ever. Qive studious Nel lie a quiet lit tle gown of dark blue flan nel, neatly made with the front of surah, wlUuh wen all the best part of big Bister Mabel's last year's dress, and yen will find your llttle ones well dressed and very economically dressed, tee. Uinghatns are as strong as iron aad fadeless as the sky; thorefero ginghanw nre geed for boys and girls te wear for spring and sumnier, where laundry work docs net count. Wbere it does, light woolens are better and quite as cool, though net quite se summery looking. Dut nothing suits n boy se well as a sailor suit, with gilt braid, en embroid ered anchor and "real sailor buttons" with a foul anchor en thorn. I am sorry te relate that while mothers would like te keep the pretty and picturesque FaunV' lcrey suits en their boys, these latter turn up their noses nnd mutter "chest nuts" scornfully. A QUIVErt FCIX OP TIIE3T. Llttle girls, of course, wouldn't de such a thing, but they are all in favor of the shorter skirts, as they, tee, are a little tired of the Emplre and Sara Crewe ityle. The waists te the summer ging hams, chauibreys und lawns, as well aa nuiblhiH, nre all made very tastefully and with much ornamentation, while the Bklrts ure very plain. Sashes are fastened with heavy nnd onormeus buckles in shell, steel or oxidized silver. Ilats nre in all sorts, kinds and colon of straw, and trimmed as you please. Shirred huts of gingham for quite little ones are ns pretty as a picture ever the veet littlu faces. The strings are of tbe tame material. Ouve Habpeb. Ooed News About Albert Edward. In Jersey City there is nn association known as the Heys' Progressive society. The members endeavor te contribute aa mucli ns they can te n missionary fund. Seme time nge each was given a bright new penny with directions te increase his small capital in any honorable way for the benefit of the cause. In various ways all the lads, save one, did well, and several of the cents brought in dollars of profit by judicious investment. The unlucky member of the society was a youth who Bent hia coin te the Prince efr Wnles with an explanatory note. He get the copper back the ether day and with it came the following letter: "Marlboueuciu Heuse, Pall Maix. "Sm 1 am desired by the Prince of Wules te thank you for the accompany ing penny, and te inform you in reply that his royal ldghness does net requjra "FANci3frQUEEN ST Tlie statement 01 air V, y,, rostea. set at rest new and forev rent report mat tne ueir . . j - crown is head ever lfr ceedinglyhardupSf ,j f 1 jf fc.r- v?- ,y?i I'M 3d J5i J'"J ? &. 4&S V .4-3 ,!. .SR tf1 j: : iiL &? .J vh .i S5 ?T7 ft M 3 ysi M tK .' :. ... . . . - XXXiLAMM'tV-ii.'t--- 'S.1? ;-(. . itf'&rx' &v ,&ii-l . L !f MV- i e I t' r
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