¥ ——— ST “HANG “Then vou won't go, Alice?” “No, ilerbert —['m so sorry~but the prt rh, hang the baby!” and Herbert flung out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Alice stood looking at the door, grow- ing whiter and winter. Then she gave a hoart-breaking cry, fell on her knees by the cradle, and hiding her face in her hands, sobbed bitterly, She had looked forward so long to this particular party. 1t was given by Mrs. Mountjoy, one of the leaders of society, and all that was eminent in politics, diplomacy or literature, as well as distinguished in the fashionable world were sure to be there. She had been kept at home so much since baby had been Lorn that she really felt the need of u little varioty and relaxation. But baby had been threatened with croup the week before, and the fond mother had not yet recovered from her fright. Baby, she admitted, was now better, “but not fit,” she declared, “to be left, at least with only the nurse to look after it. Nurses are so careless, everybody had told her, even the best of them.'' So she felt it her duty to give up the party. She had not asked Her- bart to give it up also, and even said there was no reason he should stay at Biome; but still, in her heart of hearts, she hoped be would. ‘He said, ‘hang the baby; ves, he did daring,” she murmured, with indig- nant emphasis, as she bent over the lit- | tle unconscious sleeper. “It was your papa who said that, and he has gone to a brilliant party, with such thoughts of his wife and child! Did you come, dearest, to estrange us from each other?’ This awful idea called for bitter s!ghs. Herbert had «aid such beautiful things | in her trusting girlhood. “Never should their lives run in separate channels, as those of some married people of their acquaintance did" "never a joy be ac cepted that did not make them one” “never a barrier sho Id come between them.” And now to think that wee babe with is golden curls this beautiful little helpless creature should part them, as never strong hands could She pictured the gay assemblage, and her Herbert dancing with voung cirls. smiling on others, and leaving ber to die of heartbreak. Her imagination, always viewed him in his trinmphs misery took almost the for ness, “He didn't want me “he acted as if he d pretended to throw all helpless baby." Suddenly she heard the sound of car riage-wheels the door; the bell rang, and a fairv-liks figure stood on the threshold of the room, in all the il 100 viv d. until her of mad- ' she said 1 then } ne on dear, iy win vidine ness of aul wistful ney, with dimpling smile ing eyes, “Oh, Mabel!” eried Ali her feet with a glad cry. I deed, a surprise. I'm so Reome. My darling sister.” Forthwith ensued a s ous welcome. Then the babygwvas ex hibited, and one would not dreamed that a tear had ever stained the cheek of the proud mother. the visitor's trunks were ordered to be carried up stairs, “But where's Herbert? said Mabel, at last. “He's —out, dear.” “Good! Don't be angry glad, for we can bave such a nice lit chat. You didn’t expect me “Of course 1 didn't.” “Well, I didn't think of cor you know, for a month yet thought it would be so nies to you.” “Oh! I'm so glad “And then Paul is coming,” said she. blushing, “next week to stay a month; he has busines . here, and he wanted me #0 badly to be here, too. 1 declare.” expt langh starting t« in £ 15 ne of raptur In the study? be the Ng, as But | urprise Fe said, laughing, “I'll have to marry | soon to get rid him.” iF “Oh, Mabel! don't marry him unless f you're eertain you'll be happy!” eried ZED, hysterically “He sure first he WOR't go to parties, and le you with ba— baby,” sh “What! Is Herbert ata H, quite subdned Yes, he is: and when 1 Ave e sobbed told little those slammed “hang a Gaby” Yes, gel, your own (ather } 48 and then he door," you said sl an aw ial the “He's a viper!” exclaimed Mabel, with | sudden vehemence, “An ’ wife like youn baby like why couldn't you leave haby a fase he was threatened last week." “But he's well enough deliciously. He'll not wake ip might, perhaps. And the nurse ® taken good care of him." k should have been thinking of fire. ip, and all that.” Uh, nonsense! You ought to have But Herbert bad no right to #8 he did; and he must be {' and Mabel threw lier wraps bed and took her seat by the fire. “It won't de to lef him apher hand. Ah! I have it. pught of a splendid plan, A ed hefal plot.” and she d her hands in ise, Uh, Mabel, what ix it” and Alice slid © ut her sister's foot, swing in her with expectant smiles. “What are ping to dol” ERE ol Lint © way to thal treat with new sleeps all the would ve eo Th this | outside; they stopped at | hi | glad you've | have Then | ause I'm | arty” queried | yi 4 him I! eonldn't go on account of baby, he said | But | | band into good behavior, see if wo don't irrciolution, . I'll stay at home [and fancy mysolf mistress here, ‘and count your plotures, vases, ‘and pretty things, and eatalogue them, { 80 as to make mamma happy with 2 let | ter to-morrow. Order John, or Jack, or Bill, or whoever your conchman is, to | get the carvinge if that's impossible, t send for a cab,’ {In less than an hour Mabel led hor sis- ‘ter to the great French mirror, and laughingly introduced her to the love- {liest and best-dressed woman she had | almost ever seen, { Alice trembled a little when she found | herself actually on the way to Mrs, Mountioy's; but her sister's urgent will had conquered, and her heart was hard- | ened by Herbert's emphatic expression concerning the baby. She was reas- sured, however, by Mrs. Mountjoy's hearty welcome. “So glad you've come, my dear,” she said. “Your husband said he feared { ‘baby’ would keop yon at home: but I told him it was al nonsense. You did right to reconsider the mutter,” Herbert, like many handsome society men, was a little spoiled and selfish, without knowing it. He loved Alice devotedly; but he was not unwilling to receive the eweet soiles and honeyed words of others; while,” with a man's in- consistency, he was not desirous that his wife should play the part of a mar. ried belle, It was while he was dancing with one | of the most noted and beautiful women { of the metropolis, who wis willing to listen to his nonsense, that Herbert, look- ing up from the face leaning against his | shoalder, while the dreamy waltz musio { "thrilled the hearts sensitive to sadness as to joy,” emcountered the sparkling | face of his wife, and saw her arrayed in | No i the freshest and most graceful costume i | in the room. She was moving quietly | along with an escort in uniform. “Fray, don’t stumble,” said his part. ner, petulantly, for that moment the grand repose of his manner was gone, and the lady on his arm might have been made of wax, or any other ductile material, for all he cared now “How the Lek ns came she muitered to himself, as he led his part. ner, absently, to a seat, deaf to all her pretty words, blind to her facinations. It certainly is Alice—but that the prettiest thing here! and | (quite determined not to come I don't understand it. Dancing with that mili tary puppy, Guinett, too knows | hate him.’ With these amiable thoughts, he laid himself out to gawn the attention of his wife, and make her explain, It was some time before he had the chance, he was obliged fo content himself with following her graceful motions, angry with himself and with her. “Alice! Can I believe my eyes! said at last, in the pause of the ds “I should think you might, ri | was the nonchalant reply “Pray, how d “Pray, how d Did you walk” “Well, but “Excuse me, "and here!” he 0 dress left hes bd HT tha id yoa come?’ 1 You come! | I'm engaged Herbert was | move aside, A pompous a | claimed ber hand.” » “I'd like to knock that fellow down,’ he muttered, angry in earnest. | Another pause, and another tetea tete. No satisfaction given. Herbert { had hardly the grace to redeem his | dancing engagements, | “About the baby, | anxiously | She put her rosy lips to his es a subdued voice exclaimed “Hang the baby!” | Herbert started and changed | To be sure he had used the same | guage; but from her it was too exasp | ating. How he got through the | ing he could hardly tell. When at | they were together in the carriage, driv | ing home, there might have been an | open rupture but for the | calmness of Alice, who took everything | a3 a matter of course. One glance in the beautiful nursery unsealed his eyes. Thee, by the fire, sat Mabel, in all the abandon of a neg lige toilet, her luxuriant tresses falling f H } a) : fev {| RiroadGs foreed to As Alice? he rode. | kn wr dee ! last | determined | THE LOCOMOTIVE ABROAD, Boones of Mallrond Travel in Indind Sta ton In Alriea. {Wonders of the Rallway.] One of the curiosities of the railroad is seen in descriptions of “Scenes of Railroad Travel in India.’ The Hin. {doos arrive at the station four or five hours before the departure of a train, Thoy are always aceom panied by friends, sometimes 200 or 500 of them, snd the | peasant, if his slay is to be for a week {or two, generally brings a bag of rice, jone of nour, a supply of ghee (butter; and a donkey load of sugar-cane, for he { bas heard that provisions are dear where he is going, and wants to live cheaply, { But the poor fellow finds at the last | moment that the freight charges are {such as to turn the tables the other way. He cannot throw away his pro visions, and so he pays the bill, with many maledictions and a heavy heart, The natives are not admitted to the { station till an hour before the departure {of a train, so they squat on their hams | outsid® in the sun, chewing ‘sugar cane, | eating SWeet-nivats and chatting with {their friends. The noise, confusion, { heat and stench are something wonder. | ful. 2 When the ticket office is opened the {clatter of voices rises to a wild uproar | 88 the crowd rushes in, each man tight. | ing his way as best he can. When the na. | tive presents himself at the window he is {told that the price of his ticket is, { for instance. 1 rupee 6 annas. . Now ! he bas all his life heen accustomed to be { nuked one price and to pay soother, and {the state of mind of the official may be | imagined when he 18 asked if he will not take 1 rupee 2 annas If the native does not come to terms at cnce the policeman at hand gives him a crak with his stick to expedite matters. The Hindoo next rushes to the freight o tice to get his haggage weighed, and there again he tries to beat down the price, In the meantime the train has arrived and is ready to start; but tive winsties and the bell rings in vain, only one-half the crowd is yet uhoard. if one he 1 wants find a friend in the crowd, he raises so terrific a yell for him, calling him by name, that the sound drowns even the whistle It is usual i after the ud- Vert ise L man 8 in | X. Ther the locomo- ob 0 iy haif a : : ‘ in \ piace and i Will no 5 O iragTance FOOMINORS an 4 Arms shaven on ai ir, while GOr scariest cans Sng tow } ngt and ing vk eves sharp-pointed noses adorned with rings ! tempted to take them ar k, all exhalin of cocoanut 80 strong n SO 1ny m jusintance | At with drowsiness. In bageage de { partment there is a dark fellow with a irvd fer. who pays no aftention the elamors of the | want their baggage checked imen and women tues and black F ehasedd by the he curds, lot. ead, all eagerly pur ner All at | the station agent rings a large dinner | bell which he has been enrrying for a half hou his shoulder, ard in fez closes the do he Blue gowns bare feet, the water jugs and prayer-mats and carpets, the ting and brass-waiters are all stowed away, and, sosiing Hi ras One ag red and | moves gut from the shadowy station to | the intense white At every station there is a loud oatery for water { to wash the hands, this being a neces | sary preliminary to prayer, and i Turks, not wishing to lose any time, { pray during most of the trip, while bad { meals at ineredible prices are to be had { af occasional stations.” sunshine 3 : | in glossy freedom over her shoulders, | while the little fellow on her lap, eluteh ing at | and laughed as well as he “aunty s” smothering kisses. A sudden revulsion of feeling came to the father's heart at sight of the sweet home picture. “Aha! I know who | plot," be said. “Bat | | you, Mabel, nevertheless, “Wasn't she the belle of answered Mabel, saueily. “There's no doubt of that. At any ate, [ didu't get a chance to dance | with her.” “Of course. Who ever heard in so ciety of dancing with one's wife!” she said, sarcastically, *‘l see that she fol lowed my directions fmplicitly. You must learn, sir, that a houses divided | against itself cannot stand-—that is. if ono half is flirting at a party and the other half is at home, crying her eyes out,” “Oh, Alice-were you really!” “I should think she was, [ean assure you that I myself. saw half the house dissolved in tears, and so wretched that" + “Mabel, hush!” said Alice, implore could for contrived the am glad to see "” the ball?” Y. “Traitor, do yot fur on mel” ox. glaimed Mabel, with mock displeasure, “My child,” she went on, tossing the crowing cherab, “tell your selfish papa that he also las some obligations, and hats i you had known you to bey the hone of contention” in this you one long, shining curl. crowed Comfort for the Bald Heads (Scientific Exchange) | According to a French paper there is a German professor who maintains that the reason why th sheep I% 80 intelleot | ually backward and stunted as we know | him to be i=, that the stran which the | growth of his coat imposes on his or | ganism absorbs the entire stock of en ergy and leaves none to support the mental functions. And so it is with the bear. The sagaeity of the animal world is, the professor insists, the appanage of the hairloss creatures, and he instances the elephant and the se pent in support of his theory Extending his observation to inani mate nature, he points out that the grander and loftie” mountain summits are totally bare of \. getation, while it is only the tops of the hills and mountains of the second class that are covered with verdure and are susceptible of cul. tivation. And applying his theory te the human race, the professor under. takes to demonstrate that baldness is a mark of intellectual superiority. It is a result of the intellectual fermentation of the brain, which gradually bulges out he upper surface of the skull. Bald. ness is not su ot th io i erowd who | Here are | without whistling or puffing, the engine | the CONSUMMATION. [8 A. Goodridge its The Current. ] Within a valley, kept by clasping oils From Roles and madiess of the far-off worl A sluger dwelt. The voice of torrents whirled » Through rock-rent chasms, myriad thrills gush of joy which Of wind-blown woodland, wpills From Lird-beart overfull, sweet echoss swirled From jos LW peak, the cricket's note that _ trills Ru _rvoning lay whon every wing is ur - All those he knew and gladly would be teach In lovely song, but lacked ons needful time, Long so.ght in vain until a seo-worn beach e found, and, standing on a shore un. known, Heard tho wild musie that no art can reach, Gray ocean making it: etornal moss, REMEDIES FOR HUMAN PASSIONS, What a Homeopathie Physician Proposes to Do ja Setence, [Galiznani's Mess: nger. | A physician of the homeopathic school at Lyons professes, seriously, to have discovered s remedy for human pas sions - those moral diseases, such as envy, hatred, malice, anger, jealousy, obstinancy, avarice, ete., which render 80 many bomes unhappy, On « pain phiet to show “how homeopathy may improve the character of a man and develop lis intelligence,” he gives sof wonderfal instances of the cures al leged to have been effceted by his special treatment, which he declares to be infallible. In one case, a suspicious, jealous and violent husband who had ill ‘treated his wife for a period of sixteen YORTS Was cured, URCOnscIoun ly fo himself, by a few globules of nux vomica dropped quietly into his broth, and his wife was | soon delighted to hear him humming | some operatic airs and addressing het | a8, “cherie,” “ma pou poule,” ete. After A few days’ exporicnee of this regime | the terrible Barthold was transformed | Into 3 tenderost husbands, By | a skillful teination of other medica i ments i Tasca { corrected of his inhere of nm a4 | Pomcing § IER. 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