The Princess Philippine dwelt in an ancient, gray, stone castle standing that di. reen valley in north: fields on the banks of a small river vided a beautiful g ern fertile and Germany. Broad, the famous black cattle and by flocks with here and there a he "1 L's Ol, | On el of snowy sce, ! peasant’s or ay each side the stream. her hand ine estate estrangs ment al has alws sacred as s “We will leave for a season vy to herself and Perhaps she will come to her senses enoug 80¢ zh to rea- lize how foolish it ia for her to set her. self up as being different from all the rest of the world.” So with one so- cord all her neighbors and friends de- clared. “We will with her morbid fears.” leave Philippine now shut herself up with | ber attendants in her own apartments that were all hung with pale blue satin, and passed her time in making sure no spider of any kind invaded her premises, that there was no supervision by her friends and guardians, everything went at loose ends about the castle and the estate, and the news therof went abroad, no one can tell how, in- to the world, One morning there came riding up to the castle drawbridge a knight in armor unted upon a milk white charger and followed by an attendant | whose steed was as black as coal. The knight demanded to see the Princess Philippine, and when after much de lay he was gl informed her m 10Wn i LL t was usin, times removed, and ed payin her a long visit. well,” she said, “I ve heard of y bt Pray make yourself com. “Very never u, may no’ ortable and give orders that the rooms 1 ay i your Nm roughly made free fr wn may be usted and r I suppose pid I not in the w m ) : there is li another spider-dinvaded plac 8 same old Castle 1] lippi."” Day hy day the knight him* self at home about the premises, gly. ing orders to the manne. giog us if the est is own, bul when be began to make free with all made gorvants and 8 wi rreen pastures, dotted by herds of | deep { her alone | Naturally enough, now | s he | Six | he secret drawers and papers in the great library, sitting over them®until far into the night, the old servants shook their heads and said, one to an- other, “Ah, his presenre here holds no good,” After some weeks he demanded an- other audience with the princess, who by this time had almost forgotten his §0 taken was she existance, up watching to ascertain if indeed a spi {der had taken a ten nt h 1 8 n into her presence yn under 3the | embrasure outside bedroom win When show ned her in | way that he had found hed his clain ig tful heir | dow, zht inf stately | | [the knig un rs ly tak the i po SCHL papers WOown prince are but all in vain. en at leng gth not give up the he would set every late i eld, would fill her apartmen to gathering forest, river 7, nay even her cou ees quaked with ight self in her knight to the nd ana this, linen of Wrap preceded that stern towers 1 arsenal Was high up in one the of re behind a coat o that was hanging hed 3 g upon the wall she tou spring that opened a secret drawer within which was a small g« With this key close hand, and the ly « wily } assumed cour it from her, when q | she threw it out of narrow windows that the opened on account of t the air, in the long disns | It flashed like a coal of fire light and was gone. “Mad girl!" shouted angrily. “It has fallen into | and leaving the princess he rushed down the stairs. her eyes sparkling with excitement, the young girl leaned out the narrow window and looked far below to where the gray walls of the strong square tower were refleoted in the still black | waters of the moat. “Ah! what is that? she cried, for just below her, even within reach of her hand the signet ring hung secure ly caught in meshes of an ancient, | closely woven spider's web, Although the spider was close by, curiously re | garding this singular prey, the prin- | cess did not mind, but reached down and “ ured the As shi of the ring without fear. did so, standing there in front portraits of her parents, she i . id : g | seemed to hear their voices, explain the | | answer added, significance of hi r ndent people living ing once more the ring, and setting all the depe esiale. “To whom much fourth duty to 3 much aloud. been,’ ia given shall be required,” she said half a how selish I have to chain she too, ran down the winding stairs, quite regard. less of her linen wrap that lay forgot ten on the dusty onken floor of the gallery, astonished her servants by dispatohing a ‘courier with a letter the ciown prince, “Dear me ! ~-and securing the ring a fastened about her ne X, to in | ments, laces, and jewels of her beauti- | am able to give them no help. | the laborers about the estate to draw | ing before my very eyes while the water off the moat and | search the'muddy bottom for the ring. | While they were thus engaged, from ‘Perbaps, then, it is the body of one with | of your children you are going to sell, | the knight in the greatest excitement nterposed Professor Wels ‘In that | and followed by his servant, pacing | case it would be of no use to us, as we back and forth across the drawbridge | require adults alone’ ‘On that score | It is not my chile a company of horsomen arrived The met them in the who | you ma had been sent from court. Prin cess Philippine gare | own, for 1 can g | way, and you { ful mother, and on one dimpled finger lover h i that | ' | home, when a messenger arrived and | ways getting onward, ADDOUNCE | him. With her heart beating wildly, and | that she be admitted. |a lady, and as the professor did not | | osity was aroused to learn the cause | nance and an unmistakeable {quiringly into the face of the tall | stranger and eagerly sought the object | of her visit. n her | Blignet ring, Fran bowed “Your 101d ¢ omething t Thy disposition, . Fis y Fr prot prof if PADAd Your ales Ine every , and I think pon it : € x ualty jor my [4 my ill-treatment never heart.” blue ge in his hand large ATing some for dissection. busy day and his from God al us and tired look laced the last “cavader’ 15 AnXI ways d ownenrd. no matter if we be had ust | (tetting nearer al though in | climbing among men. «dab and was preparing to go | to God in heart, in life is see professor at once ordered Asthis is a most unusual request on the part of d that a lady wished to The the world's scale we be descending. We need, to watch our hearts and our spiritual life when we are prospering in earth. ly ways, troubled if we lose money, ty, or position, but itisa | calamity if we lose faith, or may therefore, We are likely to be greatly know of any female acquaintance who would be particularly anxious to see him in the dissecting room, his or pr per- Al WOrse eps love or spirituality, or tenderness of cousci- of this lady’s visit. ence, or the friendship of God. We He did not wait long, however, for after the lapse of half a minute or wo a tall, angular woman, past middle age, with a Teutonic cast of counte. accent) wade her appearance, The professor, who is of small stature, looked up in. ing forward enthusiastically in men's eyes, we may be going backward God and angels see us, - seven years ago married a Ges Hi : wii family six months. was 67 old at the “You are the superintendent here? | she asked, time, and his The Daws and without waiting for an rl was ‘I have a body at to dispose of, and I am told | displeased u buy oh things here” This was | at once in the line of the professor's | 4 fourth wife. MmAarriag home n's s afd Bicns su it MOTH ognize their new | business, and he eagerl caught al ever, iw years ago Osea al ¥ i | the opportunity. | 80 mn, about the same age of Mrs, Daw here,’ he said at once ‘but they must be of the right kind no mutilation, no infection; nothing of that sort, you know.’ culminating in his eloping ‘Oh,’ she replied, ‘this body is all fon the 17th inst: They took with right and I will be responsible for it, Fo na large sum of ) i" You see my children are hungry and ‘Yes, we buy b odies |#on, ret urned home and an {him and his youthful stepmother hg monoy, whi he senior Dawson, who is worth The knight meanwhile had set all | get bread, im wil ab it will not do to ste. ve while one ean I do hate to see them dy- $10 KOUU, Lad eeu out the house, Large Two- “Story Dwelling need to beware lest while we are go- | as | John W.Dawson, a wealthy old far. | mer, living near Indianapolis, Indiana | man | {girl who had been employed in his | YEAS § | intimate friendship sprung up b tween | with her | ko plog | i: Walter W. 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