. 1 "I lope she will survive it, I am sure," aid Geoffrey, laughing. ... , 4 "I suppose that your husband is going to itav on at Mrs. Jones'," said the clergyman. "Beallv, I dou't know. What are you going to" do, Geoffrey? Mrs. Jones' rooms art rather expensive for people in onr im poverished condition. Besides, I am sure that she cannot look after Effie. Just think, she has eight children of her own, poor old dear. And I must take Anne with me; she is Effie's French nurse, you know, a perfect treasure. I am going to stay in a big house, and bt experience of those big houses is, that one never gets on at all unless one takes a maid. Ton see, what ia everybody's business is nobody's business. I'm sure I don't know how yon will get on with the child, Geoffrey; she takes such a lot of look ing 'ter." . , "Oh, don't trouble about that, Honoria," he answered. "I dare say that Effie and I will manage somehow." Here one of those peculiar gleams of in telligence which marked the advent ot a new idea passed across Elizabeth's face. She was sitting next her lather, and bending, whispered to him. Beatrice saw it and made a motion as though to interpose, but before she could do so Mr. Granger spoke. "Look here, Mr. Bingham," he said, "If . ' . "u i.i .. M u want to move, wouiu you : u r9 TVmi strictly moderate, out can i afford to put you up lor noiuing, you snow, and living rough and ready. You'd hare to take us ai you find us; but there'sa dressing room next to my room, where your little girl could sleep, and my daughters would look alter her between -them, and be glad of the Again Beatrice opened her lips as though to speak, but closed them without speaking. Thus do our opportunities pass before we realise they are at hand. Instinctively Geoffrey had glanced toward her. He did not know if this idea was agreeable to her. He knew that her work was hard, and he did not wish to put extra trouble upon her, lor he guessed that the burden of looking after Effie would ulti mately fall upon her shoulders. Bat her face told him nothing; it was quite passive and apparently indifferent. "Xbu are very kind, Mr. Granger," he laid, hesitating. "I don't want to go away from Bryngelly just at present, and it would be a good plan in some ways, that is if the trouble to your daughters would not be too much." "I am sure that it would be an excellent plan," broke in Lady Honoria, who feared lest difficulties should arise as to her appro priation of Anne's services. "How lucsry that I happened to mention it. There will be no trouble about onr giving up the rooms at Mrs. Jones', because I know she has an other application lor them." "Very well," said Geoffrey, not liking to raise objections to a scheme thus publicly advocated, although he would have pre ferred to take time to consider. Something warned him that Bryngelly Vicarage would prove a iatefnl abode for him. Then Eliza eth rose and asked Lady Honoria if she bould like to see the rooms her husband and wffie would occupy. EShe said she would be delighted and went off, followed by Mr. Granger fussing in the rear. "Don't you think that you will be a lit tle dull here, Mr. Bingham?" said Beatrice. "On the contrary," he answered. "Why should I be dull7 I cannot be so dull as I should be by myself." Beatrice hesitated, and then spoke again. "We are a curious family, Mr. Bingham; you may have seen as much this afternoon. Had you not better think it over?" "If you mean that yon do not want me to come, I won't," he said bluntly, and next second felt that he had made a mistake. "It" she answered, opening her eyes. "I have no wishes in the matter. The fact is that we are poor, and let lodgings that is what it comes to. If you think they will suit you, you are quite right to take them." Geoffrey colored. He was a man who r-rrmld not bear to lay himself open to the smallest rebuff from a woman, and he had brought this on himself. Beatrice saw it and relented. "Of course, Mr. Bingham, so far as I am concerned I shall be the gainer if you do corner- rdo not meet so many people with whom I care to associate, and from whom I can learn, that I wish to throw a chance. away." "I think you misunderstood me a little," he said; I only meant that perhaps you would not wish to be bothered with Effie, Miss Granger." She laughed. "Why, I love children. It will be a great pleasure to me to look after her so far as I have time." Just then the others returned, and their conversation came to an end. "It's quite delightful, Geoffrey such funny old-tashioned rooms. I really envy you." (If there was one thine in the world that Lady Honoria hated it was an old fashioned room.) "Well, and now we must be going. Oh! you poor creature, I forgot tbat tou were so knocked about. I am sure Mr. Granger will give you his arm." Mr. Granger ambled forward, and Geoffrey having made his adieus, and borrowed a clerical hat (Mr. Granger's concession to custom, for in most other respects he dressed like an ordinary farmer), was safely con Teyed to the fly. And so nded Geoffr-y's first day at Bryn gelly Vicarage. CHAPTEB XL ""BEATBICE T&JLKES AX ATPOIHTJ1EHT. Lady Honoria leaned back in the cab and tighed a sigh of satisfaction. - "That is a capital idea," she said. "I was wondering what arrangements you conld .make for the next three weeks. It is ridiculous to pay three guineas a week for rooms just for you and Effie. The old gen tleman only wants that for board and lodg ing together, fori asked him." X"i daresay it will do," said Geoffrey. -".When are we to shirt?" 5To-ihorrow, in time for dinner, or rather upper; these barbarians eat 'supper, you know. I go by the morning train, you see, so as to reach Garsington by tea-time. I daresay you will find it rather dull, but you like being dull. The old clergyman is a low stamp of man, and a bore, and as for the eldest daughter, Elizabeth, she's too awful she reminds me of a rat, Bnt Beatrice is handsome enough, though I think her hor rid, too. You'll have to console yourself with her, and I daresay you will suit each other." "Why do you think her horrid, Hon oria?" "Oh. I don't know; she's clever and odd, and I hate odd women. Why can't they be like other people? Think ol her being etrong enough to save your life like that, too. She must have the muscle of an Ama zonit's downright unwomanly. But there's so doubt about her beauty. She Is as nearly perfect as any girl I ever saw, though too in dependent looking. It only one had a daughter like that, how one might marry her. I wouldn't loot at anything under 20,000 a yew. She is too good lor that lumbering Welsh squire she's engaged to the man who lives in the castle though thev sarhe's fairly rich." "Engaged," said Geoffrey, "how do you know that she is engaged.?" "Oh, I don't know it at all, but I suppose she is. If she isn't, she soon will be, for a girl In that position is not likely to throw such a chance away. At any rate, he's head over ears in love with her. I saw that last night. He was hanging about for hours in the rain, outside the door, with a face like a ghost, till he knew whether she was dead or alive, and he's been there twice to inquire this morning. Mr. Granger told me. But she's too good for him irom a business point ot view. She might marry anybody, if only she were pnt In the way of It," Somehow, Geoffrey's lively interest in Beatrice sensibly declined on the receipt of this intelligence. Of course it was nothing to him; indeed be was glad to hear tbat she Vu in the way of such a coiniortable settle ment, but it is uniortuimtely a fact that one J cannot uc quite bi xuucu iDieresteu u young and lovely lady who is the potential roperty ol a "lumbering Welsh 'squire," as i one who belongs to herself. The old Adam still survives in most men, however right thinking they may be, and libit is one oi its method of self-assertion. "I'm glad to hear ihe ia In such a good way; she -deserves it. I think the Welsh 'squire in luck; Miss Granger is a remarkable woman. "Too remarkable by half," au Lady Honoria. dryly. "Here we are, and there is Effie, skipping about like a wild thing, as usual. I think that child is demented." On the following morning it was Friday Lady Honoria, accompanied by Anne, departed in the very best of tempers. For the next three weeks, at any rate, she would be free from the galling associations of straitened means free to enjoy the lux ury and refined comfort to which she had been accustomed, and for which her soul yearned with a fierce longing that would be incomprehensible to folk of a Bimpler mind. Everybody has his or her ideal heaven, if onlv one could fathom It Some would choose a sublimated intellectual leisure, made happy by all the best literature of all the planets; some a model State (with them selves as Presidents), in which the latest radical notions could actually (through their beneficent -leflorts) be-gotto work to everybody's satisfaction; others a happy hunting "groundfhere the game enjoyed the fun as much as they did; and so on, ad infinitum. Lady Honoria was even more modest. Give her a well-appointed town and country house, a few powdered footmen, plenty of carriages and other needful things, includ ing, ot course, the entree -to the upper celes tial ten, and she would ask no more from age to age. Let us hope that she will get it one day. It would hurt nobody, and she is sure to find plenty of people of her own way of thinking that is, if this world supplies the raw material. She embraced Effie with enthusiasm-, and her husband with a chstened warmth, and went, a pious prayer upon her lips, that she might never set eyes upon Bryngelly again. It will not be necessary for us to follow Lady Hoooria in her travels. That after noon Effie and her father had great fun. They packed up. Geoffrey, who was rapidly recovering from his stiffness, pushed the things into 'the portmanteaus and Effie jumped on them. Those which would not go in they bundled loose into the fly, till that vehicle looked like an old clothes shop. Then, as there was no room left for them in side, they walked down to the vicarage by the beach, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, stopping on their way to admire the beautiful castle, in one corner of which Owen Davies lived and moved. "Oh, daddy." said the child, "I wish you would buy a house like that for you and me W live IH. llllTUUij"-"j. "Haven't got the money. earr he answered. "Will you ever have the money, daddy?" "I don't know, dear; herhaps one day when I am too old to enjoy it," he added to himself. "It would take a great-many pennies to buy a house like that, wouldn't it, daddy7" said Effie, sagely. "Yes, dear, more than you can count, he answered, and the conversation dropped. Presently they came to a boat-shed, placed opposite the village and close to high-water Heading the Canoe. marfa-rHere a man it was old Edward was engaged in mending a canoe. Geoffrey glanced at it and saw that It was the. identi cal canoeout of which he had so nearly been drowned. "Look, Effie," said he, "that is the boat out of which I was upset," Effie opened her wide eyes and stared at the frail craft. "It is a horrid boat," she said; "I don't want to look at it" "You're quite right, little miss," said old Edward, touching his cip. '"It ain't safe, and somebody will be drowned out of it one of these days! I wish it had gone to the bot tom. I do; out Miss Beatrice, she is that foolhardy there ain't no doing nothing with her." "I fancy that she has learned a' lesson," said Geoffrey. "May be, maybe," grumbled the old man, "but women folk are bard to' teach; they never learn nothing till it's too late, they don't, and then when they've been and done it they're sorry, but what's the good o' that?" Meanwhile another conversation was in progress not more than a quarter of a mile away. On the brow of the cliff stood the village or Bryngelly, and at theback of the village was a school, a plain whitewashed building, roofed with stone, which, though amply sufficient and suitable to the wants of the place, was little short of an abomina tion in the eyes of Her Majesty's lordly school inspectors, who from time to time de scended upon .Bryngelly lor purposes ot ex amination and fault-findinir. Tnev yearned to see a stately red brick edifice, with all the latest improvements, erected at the expense ot the ratepayers, bnt as yet they yearned in vain. The school was supported by volun tary contributions, and, thanks to Beatrice's energy and good teaching, the dreaded board, with its tads and extravagance, had not yet clntched it Beatrice had returned to her duties thai afternoon, lor a -night's rest had brought back its vigor to her strong yonng frame. She hadbeen greeted with enthusiasm by the children, who loved her, as well thev might, for she was very gentle and sweet with them, though none dared disobey her. Besides, her beauty impressed them, though they did not know rt Beauty of a certain sort has per haps more effect on children than any other class, heedless and selfish ns they o ten seem to be. They feel its power; it is the outward expression of the thoughts and dreams tbat bud in their unknowing hearts, and Is some how mixed up with their ideas of God and heaven. Thna there was in Bryngelly a little girl of 10, a very clever and highly excitable child, Jane Llewellyn by name, born ot par ents of strict Calvinistio views. As It chanced, some months before the opening of this story, a tub tbumper, ot nigh renown and considerable oratorical force, visited the place, and treated his hearers to a lively dis course on the horrors of hell. In the very front row, her eyes wide with fear, sat this poor little child between her parents, who listened, to the minister with much satisiaction, and a little way back sat Beatrice, who had come out of curiosity. Presently the preacher, having dealt suf ficiently in terrifying generalities, went on to practical illustrations, for, after the man ner of his class, he was delivering an ex temporary oration "Look at that child," he said, pointing to the little girl; "she loots innocent, doe&she not? but if she does not find salvation, my brethren, I-tell you that she is damned. If shedies to-night, not having found salvation, she will go to bell. Her delicate little body will be tormented forever and ever " Here the unfortunate child fell forward with a shriek. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, sir," said Beatrice aloud. She had been listening to all this ill judged rant with growing indignation, and now, In her excitement, entirely forgot that she was in a place ot worship. Then she ran forward to the child, who had swooned. Poor little unfortunate, she never recovered the shock. When she came to herself, it was iound tbat her finely strung mind had given way, and she lapsed into a-condition of imbecility. Bnt her imbecility was not' always passive. Occasionally Jits of pas sionate terror would seize upon her. She would cry out tbat the fiends were coming to drag her down to torment, and dash her self against the wall, In fear hideous to be hold. Then it was found that there was-bnt one way to calm her;- it was to send for Beatrice. Beatrice would come and take J the poor hands in hers, and gate with her calm, deep eyes upon the wasted horrpr stricken face till the child grew quiet again, and shivering, sobbed herself to sleep upon her breast And so it was with all the children; her power over them was almost absolute. They loved her and she loved them all. .And now the schooling was almost done for the day. It was Beatrice's custom to make the children sing some simple song beiore they broke up. She stood in front ot them and gave the time while they sung, and a pretty sight it was to see her do it On this particular afternoon, just as the first verse was finished, the door of the room opened and Owen Davies entered, bearing books under his arm. Beatrice glanced around and saw him, then, with -a quick stamp of her foot, went ou giving the time. The children sung lustily, and in front of them stood Beatrice, dressed in simple white, her graceful form swaying as she marked the music's time. Nearer and nearer drew Owen Davies, till at length he stood quite close, his lips slightly apart, his eyes hxed upon her like the eyes of one who dreams, and his slow, heavy face faintly lit with the gloW of strong emotion. The song ended, the children at a word from their miBtress filed past her, headed by the pupil teachers, and then with a shout, seising their caps, ran forth this way and that, welcoming the free air. When they were all gone, and not till then, Beatrice turned suddenly round. "How do you do, Mr. Davies?' she said. He started visibly. "I did not know that you had seen me," he answered. "Oh, ves, I saw vou Mr. Davies, only I could not stop the song to say how do you do. By the way, I have to thank you for coming to inquire after me." "Not at all. Miss Beatrice, not at all; it was a most dread ful accident I cannot tell you how thankful I am I can't indeed." "It is very good of you to take bo much interest in me," said Beatrice. "Not at all, Miss Beatrice, not at all. Who who could helD taking interest in you? I have brought you some books the Life of Darwin it is iu two volumes. I think that I have heard you say that Dar win interests you?" "Yes. thank you very much. Have you read it?" "No, but I have cut It Darwin doesn't interest me, you know. I think that he was a rather misguided person. May I carry tbe books home for you?" "Thank you, but I am not going straight home; I am going to old Edward's shed to tee my canoe." As a matter of fact this was true, hut the idea was only that moment born in her mind. Beatrice had been going home, as she wanted to see that all things were duly pre pared for Geoffrey and his little daughter. But to get to the vicarage she must pass along the cliff, where there were few people, and this she did not wish to do. To be frank, she, feared lest Mr. Davies should take the opportunity to make that offer of his hand and heart which hung over her like a nightmare. Now the way to Ed ward's shed lay through the village and down the cliff, and she knew that he would never propose in the village. It was very foolish of her, no doubt, thus to seek to postpone tbe evil day, but tbe strongest minded women have their weak points, and this was one of Beatrice's. She hated the idea of this scene. She knew that when it did come there would be a scene. Not that her resolution to refuse tbe man had ever faltered. Bnt it would be painful and in the end it must reach the ears of her father and Elizabeth that she actually re jected Mr. Owen Davies, and then what would her life be worth? She had never suspected, it had never entered her mind to suspect that, though her father might be vexed enough, nothing on this earth would more delight the heart of Elizabeth. Presently, having fetched her hat, Bea trice, accompanied by her admirer, bearing tbe "Life of Darwin" under his arm, started to walk down to the beach. They went in silence, Beatrice jnst a little ahead. She ventured some remark about the weather. but Owen Davies made no reply; he was thinking, he wanted to say something, but he did not know how to say it They were at the head of the cliff now, and if he wished to 'speak he mutt do so quickly. "Miss Beatrice," he said in a somewhat constrained voice. "Yes, Mr. Davies oh, look at that sea gull; it nearly knocked my hat off." But he was not to be pnt off with the sea gull. "Miss Beatrice," he said again, "are you going outwalking next Sunday after noon?" "How can I tell, Mr. Davies? It may rain." "But If it does not rain please tell me. You generally do walk on the beach on Sun day. Miss Beatrice, I want to speak to you. I hope you will allow me, I ao jndeed." Then suaaeniy sne came w a uecision. This kind of thing was unendurable; it would be better to get it over. Turning .round so suddenly that Owen started, she aid: ' , ' . "If you wish to speak to me, Mr. Davies, I shall be in the Amphitheater, opposite the Bed Bocks, at 4 o'clock on Sunday after noon, but I had much rather that you did not come. I can say no more." . "I shall come," he answered doggedly, and they went down the steps to the boat shed. "Oh, look, daddy," said Effie, "here comes the lady who was drowned with you, and a gentleman," and to Beatrice's great Tellef the child ran forward and met them. "Ahl" thought Geoffrey to himself, "that is the man Honoria said ihe was engaged to. Well, I don't think Very much of her taste." In another minute they had arrived. Geoffrey shook bauds with Beatrice, and was introduced to Owen Davies, who murmured something in reply and promptly took his departure. They examined the canoe together and then walked slowly up to the vicarage, Beatrice holding Effie by the hand. Opposite the reef they halted for a minute. "There is the Table Bock on which we were thrown, Mr. Bingham," said Beatrice, "and here is where they carried us ashore. The sea does not look as though it would drown any one to-night, does it? See" and Bhe threw a stone into it "the ripples run as evenly as they do on a pond." She spoke Idly and Geoffrey answered her Idly, for neither were thinking of their words. Bather were they thinking of the strange chance that had brought t them to gether in an hour of deadly peril and now left them together in an hour of peace. Per haps, too, they were wondering to what epd this had come about For, agnostics, athe ists or believers, are we not, most of us, fa talists at heart? (To be continued next Sunday.) HAD LOST THE COBFSE. Carlsns Cause of m Delay at si Funeral In Maine Tillage. liew Tort Snn.3 There is still some towns In Maine which neither the railroad not the summer visitor has invaded. In such a town the greatest event is a wedding or a funeral. In a little village on the "TJpper Penobscot the monot ony of a long winter was broken by the funeral ot the year old child of one of the church deacons. The whole town poured cut to the funeral services. They were ushered into the parlor, and there sat with an air of sorrowful expectancy, waiting for the ceremonies to begin. Something had gone wrong, and the guests grew impatient Finally the deacon appeared at the door. His face was long as he said: "My friends, excuse this unseemly delay. We bare mislaid the corpse!" After much trouble the object of their search was found. The little coffin had been placed on a table In the hall where it had been forgotten by the bereaved family, and the guests as they -entered had thrown off their wraps upon the table, and thus the oversight was caused. The corpse being found, the services proceeded as ususwl. hha Takes Bcap Shots. Boston Tlmes.1 Beacon Hill Bejeet me, if you will, bnt don't add icsuTf to Injuryf Your onsla Belle would be glad to take met Miss Bayston Perhaps the would, an amateur photographer. She's THE PlTTSBtTRGr PlSPATCff SUNDAT, EEBRTTABY 9, AtlOTHEEIiaSSGiME: SamCrane7tEe Tm YorT"Bail Ttrirler, Writes About Hurling. MAMROW POPULAR IN AMEBICA. The .Bules Are Bimple, the Paraphernalia Cheap and Sport Bare. MAUI ADVANTAGES OYEB FOOTBALL trwxnTXM ros inx pibpaich.1 & J&nn - w i- juwmsm i .' i HEBE is prob ably no athletic Oa't game now known to the world that is older than the game of hurling, which seems about to be come quite popular with our athletes. Chronology has it that Hercules first cele brated the Olympian eames in the year 1218 B. C. At nbnut the same time, according to the historians, the early colonists, of Ire land founded what were known as the Tall ten games, which were held annually in Heath and which were, as far as they could be, national. They were kept np until the end or the eighth century, when Ireland suf fered from the Anglo-Norman invasion, when thev languished. The Tallten games were the "forerunners of the Irish athtetio games of to-day. and some of them were very similar wrestling, weight-throwing, running, horse racing and the like. In some respects the old games were more refined than those of our own times, for in addition to trials of skill and strength, there were also contests in music, poetry, chess playing and such innocent pastimes. In America the game is bnt just begin ning to get a fair foothold, but the outlook for it seems to be particularly good. In a way, it has been known to Americana for a considerable time, tor the American school boy's game of "shinny" is in reality but a form of hurling. However, playing the game scientifically with regular teams, as it is played in Ireland, England and Scot land, has been but lately attempted here. EFFOBTS TO POPTJLAB1ZE IT. The company of all-around athletes who came to the United States from Ireland about a vear ago played the game in various cities while here and did a good deal to pop ulariieit John Boyle O'Beilly and other prominent Irish-Americana wno nave neen seeking to revive interest in Irish games have also helped to give hurling a lift The New York Gaelic Society now has two regular hurling teams; there are several more in Philadelphia and Boston, and there are others in other cities. Hnrling as a game is simple enough- The Irish used to call it baire, as they called the goal keeper culbair, and the hurly or stick used in the game was called caman, To the average American unused to the game it seems at first to partake of some of the qualities ot football, hockey, lacrosse and polo. It is exciting, too, for it is a game that calls forth great activity, and when played by two full teams there are about twice as many men engaged as there arein a matched game of Tootball.indTwnen these get mixed up in a melee overine.sman Dan used the thing is likely to become exciting. There are opportunities for some pretty rough play, too. In the game of football the most the hot-headed pUyers can do when they get excited is to sing with their fists. In hnrling each player is armed with a stick three feet or more long with a curve on one end. The possibilities that these hold forth to players who do not care to control their temper can be readily understood. RULES 07 THE GAME. Hurling, when plaved by two full teams, engages 42 men. It may, however, be played by as few as 11 men on a aide, but should be played by no fewer. Vhfri two teams complete face each other they are not unlike football teams in formation. Beside goalkeepers each has half-backs, right point covers, left point covers, wing men, centers and rushers. Sometimes, too, tbe tactics used are not unlike those of the football men. The rushing and tackling are mnch the same and the famous wedge movement or the Princeton football team haa often be fnro nmr hppn brought into tlar on the burling field. The main qualifications for plaver are activity, pluctc, quickness of sight and good judgment of distance. When played by full teams the hurling ground should be 196 yards long by 140 yards wide. The ground should be clearly marked off as in footbalL At each end of the field stand two goal posts, and there is a cross-bar 10 feet from the ground. The object of the game Is to drive the ball be tween these posts and under tbe cross-bar. This counts a goal. If driven over the cross-bar it counts but a point The same count is made it the ball-goes oyer the goal line within 21 feet of either goal postg The arrangement of the men is not altogether like that of the football team. The goal keepers stand near to and in front of the goal, and two men govern the "points."" Pour others are posted a few yards in advance as pickets. In the center of tbe field seven players are ranged in a straight line, like a football rnsh line. The other seven are variously placed to guard various points and to rnsh and tackle, or perform any other duty for which they may be required. PAEAPHBBSiLIJL OX THE OAiTE. The paraphernalia of the game is simple in the extreme. Tbe ball used shonld weigh I from saren to ten onnces, and should be $nade of cork and woolen thread, covered ith leather, vine aany or i. wjiibm u A$ I f. -As 1 m . KkY .dftv & f JVA,i,JM ,-3fr7 ftlr AJ .r vsli tr 9 it taui fts vk& Toying With -a Sigh Ball. usedfor driving Jthe ball is also a very sin pleaffair. Itis made of wood, and is about three feet long. It Is curved at one end and flittened so that there is a surface to meet -the-bsll wbtnrit strikesit When the teams are drawn up reaay to play the referee becomes the dictator of the game. He is, however, assisted by four others, two goal umpires and two field um pires. The captains of the teams toss for choice of sides of the field. Then the hur lers, standing.iu line on the field opposite each other, advance, shake hands or catch hurlyd, as the case mav be, after which they re tire" into position. Then tbe referee, taking up a position at one end, tosses the hall between tbe lines of opposing players, tak ing care not to throw it higher than their heads. This is a signal for the game to begin. And from this time on there is a struggle, and when the teams are at all well matched it is always an exciting one. The game, as seen in America, is played under the rules of the Gaelic Athletic Associa tion, which, while simple, are strict in the sense that they thoroughly frown down all slngging, or roueh or crooked playing. No player is allowed to catch another with his hands, nor can there be any tripping, push Wfmm behind or butting with the head, Heisjiot allowed to bring his hurly into con tact with another player's person, and it is in enforcing this rule that most trouble is had, Its enforcement is necessary, how ever, for otherwise every game would be marked by broken heads. THE PENALTIES PEOVIDED. "For any breach of these rules the -referee is fully empowered to act He may dis qualify the guily player for the game. In hurling, the disqualification ot a man means the loss of one to his side. In foot ball, when a man Is disqualified another may take bis place, bnt this is. not so in hurling, and the result is that team cap tains anxious to lose no men see to it that the rules are obeyed. The referee can dis qualify a player for any play that he may consider improper. If a man is accident ally injured hit place may be filled by an other. If any player drives the ball over the side line of the field, and it does not rebound, no player can follow and return it This mnst Ready for a Free Play. be done by the referee or an nmpire. The plavers must remain 30 feet from the line until the ball is again'ihrown into the field and has touched the ground, after which it again becomes a live ball. When a ball is driven over the goal line then the goalkeeper has a chance to distin guish himself, for he gets a chance to hit the ball at his own free will without molestation from the other rjlavers. To use the jargon of the game, he gets a free "puck" from goal into the field. In other words, he has a free hit of the ball on the fly, and no player on the opposite side can come nearer than the 21-yard line until the ball is struck, while none of the striker's side can be farther away from his own goal than the- center of the field. These free pucks are always followed by the wildest sort of scrimmages, and are always an exciting feature of a game tbat ordinarily is exciting enough. THE EXCITING FEATUEES. But, for that matter, there are exciting features of the game just as there are in any game where the players are brought into Close hand-to-hand contests of skill, strength and endurance. The match is always de cided by the number of goals made. In some games no goals are made although this is unusual and in some others the score as to goals may be a tie. In such cases it is settled by the number of points. It is not intend'ed that the hand shall touch the ball any more than is possible when barling. The ball cannot be lilted off the ground with the hands when it Is in play. It maybe struck with the hand, h6wever, or.it maybe kicked. It may be also caught on the fly and the player so catching it may lilt it in any way he chooses. He may not, however, hold it orrun with it, 'the design beiug to keep the ball free and constantly in play. Hitting both right and left is allowed. Where any rule of the fame is-brokeu, the referee may allow a free itorpuckifhe sees fit In these free hits, excepra hit from goal, the ball should not be held In band. It will be seen at once that tbe game is exceedingly simple and- that the rules allow the players a wide latitude when playing. At thesame time it involves a much exer cise as" either football or lacrosse without being 'especially dangerous. However, comparisons asidehurling has its own ex cellencies, and asa winter game on the ground or on the ice it has no snperior. SHOULD BECOME POPULAR. - On a crisp7cofoTuay there Is nothing that will stir up the blood, liven up the muscles and Invigorate one generally in a morecom- plete manner than a good, lively game of - ! Piteher Crane. hurling; The game is plaiedinan hour, with a short rest in the middle of the game, so there is no danger of anyone in ordinarily good health suffering from overexertion. To become an expert hnrler no peculiar qualifications are required. A small man can play as well as a big onef all other things being equal. Activity is the main thing, combined with quickness of sight and good judgment, which enables the player to use his hurly with more accuraoy and effect Among proiessional athletes the game of hurling is hardly likely to become popular, bnt amoug gentleman amateurs it. ought for many reasons, to become a favorite game. To business men and men of sedentary hab its It famishes rare facilities for keeping in good physical condition, the exercise being sufficijmt for this without being top.fevere for persons unused to physical exertion. Once the DnbliO came, to know its good points, it could scarcely fail to become widely popular. B-ajiuel N, CIuhe', , ?itchetvNew York BasebJdl Club. 1890. CHURCH LIBERALITY. Trinity of Boston Consents to Honor the Memory of an Actress. LIBRARIES TO BE OPEN SDHDAIS. An Electric Bailroad Company's Unlucky Experience With a Jury. ST0BIES OF HUMORISTS AND ACT0BS 'COBBISrOITDINCI Or THX DlSPATCnl Bostok, February 7. It Is a poor week that does not see the beginning in Bocton of some fresh and novel scheme of benevolence. The latest is one which looks toward bring ing all the Commonwealth ts nearly as pos sible up to the exalted intellectual level of Boston Itself. It is in the form of a society which Is to bring about the establishment in every town in the State of a public library. The State treasury is to be called upon to aid in this enterprise, but the utmost pains are to be taken to induce the towns to work out their own salvation in this as in other matters. We have gone on the theory of universal edncation too long and too far to draw back now, and there is no other means of pushlne that idea forward which prom ises so much or in practice works so well as the country library. At the meeting held the other day to discuss the matter one of the speakers suggested that this might be the means, to some degree, of checking the steady movement of the young men of the country towns toward the city. It is pos sible that the furnishing of any sort of amusement would have a tendency to make the country youth more contented ; but, on the other band, books would open to him a new view of the possibilities or life, so tbat in the end thingi would hardly be much bettered in this respect THE CHUECH AND THE STAGE. Another benevolent scheme which has jnst taken definite shape is one with which it seems to me that everybody must feel the heartiest sympathy. This is tbe establish ment in connection with Trinity Church, ot a hospital bearing the name of the late Mrs. J. E. Vincent, for so many years associated with William Warren upon the stage of the Boston Museum, and so well beloved by the theater-going puhlic of Boston. A lady wno was tne warm personal inena oi aits. Vincent wished to devote (1,000 to a memo rial of the actress, and other lriends of tbe dear old woman who have interest and in fluence in the councils of Trinity Chnrch have brought it about that the money shall be used as a nucleus of a fund for the estab lishment of a hospital for women In connec tion with the charity work of the society. Mrs. Vincent was an attendant of Trinity, and one of the molt kindly and lovable of women, so that there is a donble appropri ateness in this sort of a testimonial, while there is a delicious flavor in the association of the names of the Bev. Phillips Brooks and that of the dead actress which is de lightful. The church has not in every stage of its history been liberal enough to recog nize virtue in a player, and this sane and catholic spirit is the more to be praised in that it has so little in the way of precedent behind it BUHDAY AND THE I,rBBAEIE3. Another sign of the advancing liberality of Boston thonght is the opening of Bates Hall in the public library on cmnaay. xne general reading rooms have long been open, but tbe reference books have been unavail able, eo that those who wished to work were obliged to dispense with them on Sunday, no matter what the need or the haste. The constant advance in the line of reasonable breadth in the matter of Sunday is one of the most hopeful signs of the times here. There has not been any especial advance In tha freedom which takes the form'ot riotous .demonstrations, but steadily do the means of passing the day in a rational manner make their way. Boston long ago ceased to be orthodox in the old fashioned sense of tbat term, and she steadily becomes more sensible in her treatment of the questions which orthodoxy made so perplexing. Tbe persons present last Sunday were largely just the class for whose benefit the change was made. They were skilled artisans who conld ill afford the time during the week to come to the library to consult the books which yet they need in their work. This was shown, too, by the character of the works called for. Hand-books upon scien tific subjects and especially upon applied science made up tbe bulk of those used; a fact which is interesting as Showing the exact use of the Sunday opening. THE ELEOTEIO "WIRE SCAEE. The shocking fires of last Snnday have made a deep impression uson the com munity, and although it is pretty well es tablished that they were not caused by elec tricity, the electrio wire scare is once more brought to the fore. In the minds of the common people it has taken on something of the form of a superstitions fear, and more intelligent persons are hardly less terrified; perhaps. Indeed, irom a greater realization of the danger they are more afraid of it A droll incident, which might have-been tragic enoagh, happened -not long since in connection with the electric street cars of the West Bud Land Company. One of the cars ran into a team, and the owner thereof not unnaturally brought a suit to recover damages. Of course the West Cud Land Company had the best of legal talent to de fend it, and a truly touching picture was presented to the jury of the almost paternal care with which the company watches over the welfare of the public, and the extraor dinary cantion with which the cars feel their way along. The jury were then asked to come and view the spot at which the acci dent occurred, to see for themselves how Im probable it was tbat there shonld have been any fault on the side of the so cautious car driver, and incidentally to mark for them selves the fact that the moderation and care of the company's servants had not been ex aggerated. THE EITECT ON THE TORT. The jury allowed themselves to be es corted to an especial car prepared for their accommodation, and away they glided to ward Brighton where the accident upon the responsibility for which they were to de cide bad happened. All went beautifully for a time, but alasl for the uncertainty of human affairsand thrperversity of fate, the driver apparently forgot that be had a jury behind him, and relapsed into his usual style of running the car. The resnlt was that the comfort of the passengers was presently broken by a grand collisions Tbe car had run into a passing team, and suc ceeded not only in pretty well demolishing that, but had got its own windows and al most its side staved in. The jurymen that were being taken out to see the care with which the electric cars are run, were shaken well and scared half out of their wits. Ihe re sult of the expedition was not" considered a brilliant success by the company, and it is said that particular pains was taken to keep the affair out of tbe papers here; which may otmay not be true. , DILL KTE AND .EUGENE FIELD. The parting asunder ot Bill Nye and J. Whitcomb Biley of which the newspapers have had extensive notice within the past week recalled to one who knew It tbe story of an incident connected with an appear ance of Eugene Field in the company of those two humorists. I tell tbe tale as it was told, without vonching for it Once when Nye and P.lley were to read some where in the neighborhood of Chicago, tbey persuaded Mr. Field to try his luck by joining the combination for the evening. When the evening came. Mr. Field was to follow some recitation of Nye'js, and that gentleman, having responded to one recall answered a second by .coming forward to say that he must beg them to excuse him for going on any furtberjnst then as be wished their attention for airland who-was'to make his first appearance- on ibis evening. He praised the stranger's powers, said he was extremely-diffident and t wound up by say ing: "And I. shall have to atk.yea to, ex- L cose me, as my friend hasn't any dress coat, and I have got to- take mine off before he can put It onto come before you." How in the face of such an introduction, Mr. Field managed to come on at all is not recorded. HAKTAED ADMITS NO ZQ,TIA. The decision of Harvard to confine its at tention in athletics to disputing the cham pionship with Tale gives general satisfac tion to the Harvard and Yale alumni bere, and is commented upon by graduates from other colleges with a good deal of bitterness. The series of ball games has been pro visionally arranged to begin with a game at New Haven on May 17, but it is not un likely that some of the dates announced may be changed. Harvard men or more properly a certain set of Harvard men say that they should be glad to lay Yale aside with the rest of the colleges, but that they cannot do tbat without standing trium phantly above her. This Is, of course, not the general feeling, but it is one which is quite in keeping with the Harvard spirit of not liking to acknowledge that the Univer sity has equal or rival. A STOBY Off TWO GEEAT ACTOE3. Tt is apropos of nothing whatever, but I found the incident rather amusing as it was told not long since by a Boston lawyer, who had enjoyed the friendship of both the actor. The story is to the effect that one icy night the late Charlotte Cushman and Lawrence Barrett came out of the theater together. The steps were dangerously slippery, and it was with difficulty that they kept their foot ing at all. As they totteringly descended, the great actress said to her companion. quite in ner iiaay JJacoetn manner: "Take a good grip of my arm, Larry; and if I slip, hold on like grim death; bat if you slip, iu the name ot heaven, let go!" Luckily for them both, he did not slip, and they reached the bottom in safety to gether. Ablo Bates. WASHINGTON'S MOTHER'S GBAYK. The Uncompleted and Kegleeted Monument la a National DUgrncr. ONE HTJNDBED and five years ago Mary, the mother of George Washington, died in Predericks burg.Va., at the age of 83 years. Her wasted body was laid rev erently in a family burial-place on the outskirts of the town. For 40 years that grave remained unmarked. On May 7, 1833, an imposing procession marched to the grave. There were Masonie ceremonies and prayer and an oration, re sponded to by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, who. in concluding his ad dress, laid tbe corner stone of "a monument The Detign. to the memory of her who gave birth to the founder and preserver of the Union." Mrs. Sigourney wrote a poem for this au gust ceremonial, beginning: long hast thou slept unnoted. Tardy justice was done so declared the preM, and so believed the nation to the manes of a great and good woman. To-day, 7 years subsequent to the date of the pageant, the tourist to the battle-fields of Fredericksburg strays kfo 9 Pi JPrtient Condition of Monument. upon a neglected inclosure, without the gray walls of which is the unfinished memorial sketched for this paper. Cattle graze about the base; it is dhcolored by time and weath er; the reiio hunter's hammer has been b vy with the chiseled edges; the stately shaft tbat should bear aloft the bust ol the sleep er's august son and the national emblem, lies prone and half buried In the earth. It's needless to discuss bere the reasons why tbe patriotis or ambitious individual who began to build was not able to finish. According to one tradition.bis ardor was quenched by disappointment in love; others assert that this pious design was threatened by financial disaster. Tbe sun shines upon no sadder ruin in the length and breadth of onr land; winter snows cannot cloak this dis grace to onr nation, tbe ghastly satire upon the gratitude of republics. Associations of ladies have beeu formed to right this wrong, and just now Marion-Har-land, the friend and helper ot women every where, is appealing to the public for funds. Her address is 19 West Twenty-second street, New York. SHAKESPEARE'S TABLE. A Ballo of Ellznbeiban Time Backed brua Old aino'a Oalb. Antiquarian relics of literary biography demand strict scrutiny before we admit them to be genuine articles; this little round oak table, with its stout central leg standing on three crazy toes, may or may not be of Elizabethan date, and Shakespeare may or may not have nsed it among the furniture ot his house at Stratford-on-Avon. All we know, at present, is that John Wheeler, aged 80, late an inmate ot the Warwick Union who seems at sometime to have cut his in itials irreverently on the sacred rtlie, has deposed on oath before a Justice of the Peace that it was long the property of his family, and known among them, at least, as "Shakespeare's table;" and that be remem bered hearing his grandmother say tbat she fiurchased it from a woman who had bought t at a sale at Shakespeare's house In Hen ley street- This evidence will satisfy those who like to believe in it, and will amuse thoserho da not The.Bouoa. Wax of Fauttst Iu Boston Oonrlr.l ' A woman mar drees and pose as a belle, And graeefully flatter a Japanese fan; Jgnt a stone at ah en tie caaadt propel erJM tatft eenrttaswAjst tbat plan. II gEgfBg siify fil jig- "W'l THEY CAM0T-1ISE, Many an Ambitions Girl is ppt Down by Lack of Opportunity-- THERE IS A WILL BDT HO WAT. A Toiler Takes Mrs. Leslie, Bessie Bramble and. Others to Taat THE IKFLUEKCB OP A HAPPI HA5D nrarrns ros nts dispatch. "Was it the inspiration of a moment that, some five or six years ago, caused an un known "Orphan Girl" to venture into the untried field of journalism or was it the keen-slgbtedness of tbe managing editor of a leading newspaper of the day in discover ing her capabilities in tbat direction, that gave to America the courageous, Indepen dent, self-reliant Nellie Bly whom the press ol the entire country so enthusiastically eulogizes for having completed the circuit of the earth in less time than was ever before accomplished by man or woman? Five years ago, when "Orphan Girl" was given an opportunity to test her capabilities for journalistic work, the fetters that held cap tive a restless, resolute spirit were sundered, and from tbat liberty to do and dare has been evolved the Nellie Bly of whom Amer ica is talking to-day 1 It is not the intention to make a Fourth of July speech over this subject, but in re versing tbe method and going from effect to cause we have been, if cossible, mors fully convinced tbat actions are more potent for good than words. Instead of a volume of advice to "persevere and in time you may accomplish something," the action of hex first journalistic friend proved the open sesame to success, and the latent power of the "Orphan Girl" were aroused into such activity as is already known to the public Tbat there are Nellie Blys innumerable perhaps not in her particular-sphere but girls of great force of character, fine sensi bilities, willing jind anxious. Jo engage iu work adapted to their tastes and capabili ties who but a rait the aid of some one in position to "lend a hand," cannot be de cerned: and I wonder it Prank Leslicr, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Bessie Bramble and their kind have exhausted the subject of "woman's work." If from their gilted pens would fall some practical suggestionsas to tbe best methods of possible escape for a class of less fortunate women, who from force of circum stances are not permitted to range through fields of their own choosing, what an army of fettered sisters would arise and call them blessed! IT IS EAST TO TALK. Bare indeed, exceptional we may say, are the cases now-a-days in which women of the class Te'erred to succeed in obtaining em ployment suited to their taste and ability without the assistance of someone already "at the top of tbe ladder," possessing influ ence and heart enough, to lend a helping hand. Trite, yet how trne the saving: "The standpoint changes the view." It is an easy matter for those who have reached the "highest round," looking down upon a mas of struggling workers, to say: "Do thus and so." "Il you fail in literature and art for lack of means to perfect your chosen work, go into tbe kitchen, where the culinary art, the literature of the latest approved cook books, will afford wonderful soopa for the exercise of your powers." Ye3, the standpoint does change the view. We have due deference for the plncky little woman who redeemed her husband's financial affairs, bringing success and pros perity to a business threatened with disaster; we would not plnck a single laurel she has won. Hers was a courage, energy and fidelity to principle deserving high praise, but when. that same little ladyfromfier high social and jSnancfal position views a class of struggling women possessing ability to fill avocations congenial to a naturally refined taste when, we repeat, Mrs. Leslie not only advises but urges such to become "mistress of a kitchen" even though that kitchen be the property of another then she becomes ridiculous and our admiration diminishes correspondingly. AS CfSTAIfCE OF SATIEMT WAITEfO. No, no, dear reader, Mrs. Frank Leslie would no more enjoy a reign in Dinah's do main than would her less for tunate sisters, who, owing to cir cumstances which they are pow erless to change, may not engage in work ot their own choosing. We have in mind one who, possessing a refined and sensitive na ture, has an intense longing for an avocation in Hie more congenial to her taste and ac quirements than the monotonous round of household drudgery which heretofore has been her lot. With untiring zeal and energy this little woman has struggled through life not an idle dreamer, languishing and nr pining over the. "might have been," hot doing bravely and well the drudgery which falls to the lot of the commonest menial, yet not enjoying it If Lexcepfe the enjoyment derived from a s"ense of duty performed a whil more than, would ?lrs. Leslie or Ella Wheeler Wilcox enjoy coming from their literary world, their poetry, painting and art. And this is bnt a sinele instance out of hundreds perhaps, wno, reading the stale adviCe of these literarygoddesses, smile as they read, and naturally wonder why thee queens of society and of the sanctum do not by personal experi ence Illustrate what may be the possibilities hidden within tbe realms of the "Kitchen Queen." Do not understand that we depi elate the value of thorough domestic train ing, nor yet that we deem the work ofifue kitchen Ignoble, but as all were not by na ture endowed with the .gift of poesytn taste for literature and art neither upon all were bestowed qualifications to Insure ideal Bridgets, Sidney Smith says: "Be what na ture intended yon and you will succeed, but be anything else and yon will be ten thou sand times worse than nothing." THEY ASS NOT ALL BEIDCETS. If Bridget good soul finds her highest enjoyment in the domestic world, let her revel therein. She could not, according to the nature of things, be content in any other sphere. On the other hand, take a subject who In every particular is capable ot filling a posi tion conducive to tbe growth of Intellect, culture and all the higher attributes of our nature, yet utterly unable to get beyond her inharmonious surroundings place her with Bridget, and instead of the down right enjoyment the natural-born do mestic finds In her work, the more delicate organism of our second sub ject from the very inmost recesses of her nature rebels against the fate which sub jects her to the daily routine of drudgery to which she is in no way adapted. Some one may declare: "Where there's a will there's a way; trne merit never fails to .,be recognized, etc., etc" But, my dear Opponent, your keenness ot observation ia sadly deficient if yon claim that out of 20 worthy, energetic, capahle women who ap ply for positions above the place of a com mon servant, more than one succeeds In. ob taining a desirable situation unless aided by those already in power. If anyone leela disposed to dispute this assertion, it is open for discussion. In the meantime let thej Frank Leslies, the Ella Wheeler Wilcoxes, the aggressive Bessie Brambles dip their pens and give some suggestions as to possi ble methods for the emancipation of these fettered ones in whose interest this paper la Written. TOILEB. Vie for the Trailing Skirt. Boston Tlmei.T !, Scientists tell us thst thecanej wai. vented in order that a man might faavepb enpation for bis bands. If the Same heed was ever felt by women well, that would explain the- origin of the trailing skirtl Watching passers-byit involuntarily occurs toons that il she bad no dress to hold up a woman would look and feel as awkward and uncomfortable as the gilded youth vh ha mislaid his stick!
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