1 I. II. i. koiiwiixkh. TO OCMTTTtTWl -Til a.B Til tiTTHClMZTT 7 TXJ Uft. I r jrvrr. ! i MI1TLINTOWN. JlMAlA mlMV. l'LNNA.. Wi;iMhAY. Jt l. -J. 5v IV. " 1' r . . 1 : 'T o. . But i a I I l T I t C .1 1 I ' L c. II .3. n-um-r. 1 1 ,1' f.JJ'-" 1 1 r- n if: I II fi W, ? ? i II ic- .-:'. , len j 1 chl-l i-f friends -i ..t r cr . t .. . 1 ,1J qurS- i k S3 you i- i . ..g her Lead r w-.i jou tl.ey loved IV 111. -t tt.p UIPllill. ' ! : I .-.f u un:, i,i ,.r I, ,i I I t 1 i.-arn l, a you Jrrtr m I.- . :.r l. -nrt, tint j.iu kti.-w tint r-.-.t-Ai. ! i!..- ,1, i.i.,-.v :iis,., l,v from Ktu,n u, ! . r t .t. lH-voti.1 r.ciil. A - . t w i..r iv.l t;. i-ua i.f tho try i ! it i in tlie ;, o.ik ha'.l. sin: had iu;u wish. fast as well as "It's got to lie .ast. t ar iiiu'! ' ' I'ar'line, a your.;: ami not uncomely woman, despite her rags and grime, answered listlessly: "Weil, Jim, 1 s'pose it'll 1 ev to be as you say." She was sitting ou the decayed door sill of an old stone house. Dirt, squalor and s!r,t'tlesress were everywhere ap upparei.t, and she and Jim fitted their enviionment perfectly. Down in a corner where a fence once had Veen was a wild rose-bush, ana close beside it, with ore of the dainty Mowers in her hand, sat a dirty, unlovely child. CarT.ne turned her dull black eyes toward her, and .Inn, who was a thick set, annual-faced man, followed her fiance. "She ain't a handsome one, is she, l ai 'hue our little daughter? she's good lur imthiu' hut to eat an' writ into mischief gliiera'ly. Now, it's jist as plain as day we've got all we can do to take keer on ourselves an' old mammy. We've got to pit out of this shanty old Samuils is goin to tear it down over our heads old rascal ho is! an' 'tain't convenient trav'ling with a baby without a niirscgal." lie laughed at his faeetiousiiesj, but was vexed to tkid Car'llne uurespon s'.ve. "So I'll take her to a bis boarding house where she'll have good llvln' at the expense ot rich folks. Come here, I say I" The child scrambled to her feet, fear manifest iu every motion. Sue stum bled over a stone, but, though hurt, picked herself up without awtiinper. The man caught and held her roughly as she cam? uwai him, shrinking piti fu'.l away from his grasp. "See here, Car'liue, they'll think we ..re keerless to her. Give us a ran an' some water. Now yoai go put her dads together." lie dabbed the little soiled face with the rag, then wiped it with her dirty dress. 'Now you are clean as abutton just fit to say good-bye to your mammy." 1I llftfd her to his shoulder. "Hatnt got no riuds, eh? Well, I didn't think she'd need a Saratogy trunk, say good-bye to her, Car'line." The something that served Car'ltue for her heart Telt a strauge thrill as she looked up at the frightened face, saw the pleading, outstretched hands, heard the wailing -'Mammy! niainniy!" "Best syt her down, Jim, Ehe s?enn ter feel la 1 'bout it.'' "No, Car'llue, here goes to the bo.irdiiiM:ouse. Save your eye drops in a bottle, Car'line'.'' Tha woman turned shortly and went into the hou?e. An old cro.e, seein,' her, looked up and quavered: " ha'.'s goiu' ou?" "J m's took the young one to the pcor-house," answered Cai'line, sul "l-e ti-t " ' n .rd Il.iby : her tone tutr'. '1 t.ii suddenly her chin iu.w!i-d ii.J sl.r sti.l: "Nolxxly loves Hit ; 1 l. i.a't git uo folks!" "!'.-..r thing'." and Violet's sort ; I.Ai.d smoothed the shock of closely I cropped hair. "1 hev tried to be a good girl to Mlsa Krlly," she s.iid. "I ullers do jist what I'm told, but the children tell lies about me, an' Miss Kelly she says 1 aiMt wuth my salt, an' l'ete broke the blue bowl I never t.etched, an' he said 'twas me, an' she whipped me orful, an' shet me up lu the gran'ry with the rats all night," and heretho tears came into her eyes. The blacksmith's hammer had ceased its clinking, and he was seen, with his apron "on, critically examining the phaeton, while l'ete led I-ady out of the shop. Meanwhile a fleshy, hard featured woman came out of tho house down to Violet. "1 see B'.xby is a-talkln' to you. Dixby is a bad girl, she tells lies. She isn't wuth her salt," the nasal voice continued. "It was the worst bargain I ever made takin' such a creetur from the poor-house. I've done a good deal fur her, but I'm sick and tired. I'm goin' to take her back to the poor- house. I says so to my man last night. Out she goes, Nate," says I, "bag and bacrgage!" "Tisu't true!" sobbed Bixby, the tears streaming down her cheeks. "I hev triedl I hev done all she told me." Impulsive Violet! she turned and placed her hand upon the girl and said: "I think I can make this little girl useful; I will take her home with me!" Mrs. Kelly stoo 1 as one paralyzed. This was a sequel of which she hid never dreamed. Her threat of taking Uixby back to the poor-house had U.eu mere idle vaporing, llixby's "sal'." had been rated very highly. liixby gasped; astonishmeut over whelmed her, her world seemed falliug into chaos. Siie hardly knew how she went and got h?r sun-bonnet she had little else to gather up. Stie had never had any posiesslous, uulesj It wai a bottle-shaped gourd aud some valueless old buttons. "I must kiss the baby!" she cried. "Vou shan't neither!" said Mrs. Keliv. snitefullv. "you shan't touch him!" He crowed on the thxr, a pudgy little thing; he had never uecn unkind to liixby, and she loved mm. "Good-bye, Jimmy," she said, de vouring him with her eyes. Then she croise I Mrs. Kelly's threshold for the last time. Another page of her life was ended. declare, Tly. If you have no shoe! Whoa!" and io!et I "I Tour springing from to pick it up. smlllmg, aud t ea-t F.-nu. ti.r i.Ti:i,-ton. ran ia-K he returutd flushed and took the pretty bay pony coincidence. uj . .;.i. ;..t Lad v, that there is a Liac.u.iu here. I iuig!:t as well have it set rig a way; but 1 llieve you are codiuif.i "tw noaiing do-g iu the little roadside forge; business wm dull, and tue smith sat on a log beside a colla tion of old wheels, reading a paper. lie w thin and undersized. 1 the brawny, traditional workman He looked sharply up at W turn-out, brbkly rising, as if wori we.e "It w' n" take long," be said, as he took Lady from the thills; "but you ?ht go over to tho house aud set till Uta done. Here, l'ete, come work the teAlSdy-haired boy started up from covert and Violet strolled across the road to the yard, where a limpid spring ; ....... ti,u erand old oak. a hun,;nUs.ruuk,andtakmgit ,i.;n she drank thirstily best water 1 ever tasted, , iimr ne!r her ara"ged bare-footed gu l who. Ci cn a spade, was watching her In astonishment. It is the she said, as Then she saw "What a forlorn, uniuc.j w ... she thought; then she su.iled-and o "et siSue was rarely -veet-on her. IIow do you do?" she said "ifow do you do?" ld the . child. I am ba.i' tr shoe rt cu solemnly, "Oh no; . m f wai hard slia uruiled Bgsin Poor tumK.-... - . n look Aoorcuu... ,...,. she "I never was so surprised In all my life," s aid Violet Term's mother to her pretty daughter-in-law. Elise, "sis when Violet brought little liixby homo with her." Surprised was a mild statement, for Fha would not have been more astound ed at an interruption of Goths and Vandal on their charming lake-side Village. Her household was small, and ran as if on velvet. She had two servant., John and Maria, who had been with her for yeirs. liixby was certainly not needed, and there would be much difli culty in aljn-iting her to her proper position. A great many mole-hole elevated themio'.ves into mountains be fore the good U ly discovered that, after all, things went oTi about a3 usual, and liixby was tlie mosi iraciauu aun ctci to serve of dependencies. "I re-il!y can not sve now you cm suffer such a miserable creature about." said Kli-e, whose idol was self, "she has that miserable, low-down look I deplie, and her rivciles are as Mg as clock-wheels, and her foot is a most fearful and won lei ful thing. Give her an inch and she'll take an ell. She has a chance, too, to make up all aorta of lies to impose oti your credulty. Mother Kenn, you are too good; that is the trouble with you! Vou will find her out by and by for a sel-is'.i, ungrateful thmz." . . . 'Keally, Elise," said Mrs. lean, driven to speak In behalf of Violet's nrotee. "she is better than she looks. Siie does not iis i " uot mm stones never change; and she is the nixxiiPiit little thing, and she picks up faster than you would thiuk; Maria has laugnt uer iu iuo ,i .iroi in and siie knows what a iiaukiu is for Lord's Prayer ,nuv itrrivnl 111 ideas are the crHdeat pos.siu!e. She said t.. lier that Violet must b3 .if ihp. dav she brought her here." , "Shocking. ' saia r.use, tiiwj. do not see. mother, now you her for a moment." - x,... i.,i,.!ii.ftl nui Bixby's wor'.d xUb v. m . - , i i,..t a lareess f life Happiness nau . ,f i,ri She was not a demon . .k i,'ced aud kept continual . ' firlv easned for when Ukeu to her own room . oil i.n-hedrooin. with a M,.J.rfam(..l window, cool sunny. m---- . mattinir on U' w thla rTL th nalace of 5 kin,? Everythin f.,..i fm-!i m.d neat, aud a tSrVta?of a cherub smiled charming e s , t walL lt Ler arrival. Mrs. Vena arut U doctor, who pronouiicd hr suSc-ruic ' from a viruleut civ of dipblheii 11 I to'd it brokenly, the tears runn n; doa his puffy cheeks. "Mrs. l'enn ain't strong enu;h to ! stand such a strain as tnii'll Lm ua tier," lie said, forlornly. "I went for ' Mrs. Jasper to come an' trud Mls Violet, but she don't care to come ou account of the disease. And Mis Crupps was sick, an' the poor child needs watching and tending every blessed minute, an' Maria hasO 'tend to the house," Llise listened, dismayed. "Violet down with d!plitherU! Where did she take such a disease? How did she get it? Did you say she was all purple and swollen, John? Have you been by her? Did you dare come here without being disinfectei? You can carry disease in your clothes, your halrl How dared you, John? Uo right out on the stoop, and talk to ma throuch the window!" "I have not been tear poor Miss Violet, ma'am, only as I drove her home last night from the depot." "Oh I" said Elise. somewhat calmed, "l'oor Violet! l'oor mother! How awful, how terrlblet" At the gate John met Bixby, with her dock. They were in the gayest Iossible spirits, and held up for his admiration long dandelion chains, but he was in no mood for tntles. His news, abruptly told, struck Bixby like a bolt from a clear sky. "Don't say my Misa Violet is dying, Johu!" Then, without another word, she sju jht Mr3. Maurice. "You must ret somebody in my place," she said. "1 am going home to Miss Violet." "What nonsensical talk!" said Elise, who was lovely in her pallor. "Mother sent down word that you were not to come home. I need you with the chil dren. It would be very mean for you to go away now. Besides, you will take the diphtheria; it's a dangerous disease, and If you get sick, who is going to tend to you? 'Listen to rea son. Bixby." "1 can't listen to such reason," said Bixbv. in a choked voice, "I can't tell you how I feel, ma'am; you wouldn't understand. Mi3s Violet took me from hell aud cave me Heaven! The intensity of her speech shocned "What blasphemy! Stop talking. This is unbearable. Bixby I" "And I'd lay down my life fur her!" continued the girl, with flashing eyes. "I've never had no chance yet to do fur them. Ob, if Jesus gave His life fur his enemies, can't I risk mine fur mv friends?" "Hush, Bixby!" said Elise, petulant ly. "Ycu don't know what you are talking about. Oj back to the chil dren." But insteal of going obediently back to the little ones, Blxhy got her things and went disobediently down the street. Mrs. Fenn, pallid, wan, keeping sleep less watch over the child dearer to her than life, looked up astonished, as Bixbv softly enterel tha sick room. Sae waved her back. "Vio'.et Is very, very sick. Do not come by her. Bixby, I do not want you to taka the disease. 'I am not afraid of it. I only want to do fur her to help you. Fur the dear Lord's sake, et mo hev my chance of dointr. ma'am!" A solemn warfare with death wai win?! for hours in that hushed roam Without were bud and blossom aud Tii. ion Biinsiiine. me iuciit uuu ui children and song of birds, the hum of bees, as they sipped nectar from while and pink petaled bloom j. Within wascea3eless vlgiland agoninu praver. and a vain, so lt seemed, hope - ... - i. . i. m.h ni nit HOT. .0 UUD ucw mo incut when tbe real crisia came. ui the dread angel sheathed the sword up lifted to smite, but slowly aawnea rue l.luom.l ivrtaintv. V lO.el wouiu live. Vou must iro down into me garaen and eetsome fresh air, liixDy," saiu Mrs. Fenn. ceutly. "It seems to me ira I shall have to Kive yoa aa - - - , ,,, .1 1 VM. (19 ITOttOVfD. U1IUJ1 Violet, from her couch, one lay mere v -ry fair and frail, so glad to be baclf fr.v.i th nortals ot death, so thankful to God for bestowing on her her life as ift for the second time. Her com- r m ..i..vir.n w:n aii fresh, and lair as a lir eve3 were Urje and lumi lutW D-ur. p.iiJ Bixbvi HOW lnvaiua ' , n . lil vou have teen.' llivlivotieved Wltnoui protesu wiice J . . . . .... . out in the sunsniue, sue uiuui'n would feel better; ucr nea l acueu, mi TIm PrtMvna' fr rn.tr Itairy. The dairy protr, where the princess makes thick, yellow cream turn into fragrant butter through the medium of a dainty silver churn, has also much to interest the visitor. The walls are cov ered with tiles presented to the prince. and which be bad placed here as a sur prise for his royal dairymaid. These tiles were made in Bombay aud are of a peculiar peacock blue, in which the rose, the shamrock, the thistle and the motto "Ich Dlen" are ingeniously intertwined. Hound the room runs a white marble counter covered with silver pans por celain lined and bearing the plumes and prince's Initials. These were filled with cream coated milk from the sweet breathed Alderneys near by. Broad bracket shelves of marble held numerous cows, buiiocus ana caives or different sizes and every imaginable material, including Italian and.l'ariv isj marble, alabaster, china, terra lutfM-t-l lr llWigkw'a u. u- um. of -.. si uoj mould ; mmiu.wi. nt; ucl. a larul.iul lC '. " lim whl prrwl, "UCii a Lrulll ul fcc!" Tli rapt ftuilia flickered, faded; lUa ers V.il saw a glory uot of earth grew dim. Little Bixby was dead. There sere three prtuc.pal kiuds of UMture inflicted by the inquialtioo tbe rope, the trough, and water and Ore. In the first tbe hands or me ac cused were tied behind his back and then a rope was fastened to the wrists, and by this rope and pulley be mas raised luto the air to a considerable height, aud after being held suspendel ror a time he was suddenly let fall to within about a foot and a half the ground, the sudden stop giving him a Jolt that dislocated his joints and caused him to utter the mo3t piercing cries of ansuish. And this was re peated as often as the doctor of the in uulsitlon said the man could surau ii To Intensify the horrors or me sui- ferlngs, the torture was inflicted in a lnrld subterranean vault in the presence nf ixrsnns comDletelv masked In blactc. If the victim would not yield to the rope, the water torture was tried. A larze niece of timber, hollowed out like a trough, had a sharp Iron bar iu-rm.4 it. The prisoner was placed in the trough, with this bar under his back and his head and feet were fastened down by cords to tbe ends of cotU and silver, all gifts. A long milk ; troug The .--cethe ' A : .i . thn neraon to experience inexpressible match the Indian tiling, stood in one corner, aud opposite tne aoor was iue mounted head of the princess' pet Alderney, with a silver plate recording her virtues aud the number of prizes she had won at shows. On a marble table stood a simple . gilt and white china tea set and a pile j of napkius marked with the royal ; stamp. This is for the bene At of stray , visitors from the hail who wauiea a drink of fresh milk. 1 had a drink 1 myself, aud as there is no place nearer gei uiau luim "r.u ' . tr- , ,. 0 .,.i ,,- refreshments, it Usted part.cu.ar.y , the ble. A fierce tire was . 1 . 1 . . : . . . . n . 1 a 1 iimo liuu .j v. w ... ... . uu u V1. I ,.. ir. 1TS4 In Austria in 1770. said: "If you loos here, mum j .i . 17g2 forty. to a dish onone suic u , - ; to tUe rack in VV'bSXltStTnoraVrorlt Hungry on an unfounded charge of cannibalism. ffOOd. In the adioiniiur room, neatly tiled from floor to ceiling, the butter for the hall Is made, aud when the family are in Loudon it is sent up fresh every morninir. The dav's supply was laid out on white platters previous to being packed, and very tempting is looneu. and very delicious it tasted, lt was made up in little rats anu kiuuj, emrWrriM and balls, all ready ior the table. Barber pointing see b have to go in; only a taste like in me cream. and the pats to be just so uhck, ami not as big round as the other." I looked at Aioerx r.iwara s pat" with interest. 1 es. they were the sire of a half dollar, the thickness of three, aud bore In rich butter relief either the crown, the coat of arms, or the three ..:v.-r rtf lna roval hlchnoss. ii almost worried me to think of thi I prince at every meal ingulfing bis coat mou'h of arms, feeling his crown melt iu hi. 9W Xn " .1 1 tha ftt-ithari nr illlV I possibility tickle his noble tdroat :u ihey glided down. 1 wondered. W ith the butter pacsea in auauuw baskets or hampers, go niue pans 01 cream and milk, the rails burnished pewter with brass trimml-igs anj oai of arms, aud quantities 01 irui. ana tiroduce from tue garden. "loes the princess make uuurt o.'ten?" I asked before leaving the pretty dairy. In which the mingled odor of blossoming flowers aa 1 flesh butter vied with any scent llimmeJ Ciii produce. t mum,' auswerea mc ii.uoii cuardiau of the place, "her 'ignuess ' agony, liut tnis was not au. x ukj ! stopied up his nostrils, and placing a piece of linen cloth over his mouth, j which he was obliged to keep open, J they poured a etream of water upon it from a considerable height. I This forced the cloth deep into the ! throat of the sufferer and cut off his breath. When he was nearly ceaa ms torturers rested from their inhuman work for some time to give him a chance to revive, and then went at him attain, renewing the dose every couia suinu iu most horrl- built and the prisoner's feet anointed with lard and other iienetratlng substances, were ' held close to the flames. The pain was frlghtf uL lt often drove prisoners to confessions that were simply lies and ! after the confession came the auto-da- re, dozens of victims being led to the funeral pyrea and burnel in the pres ence of a holiday thronir. 1 lie inquisi France In 17S'j, IZtinor --Klhinr" tenlerlv. "I have loved Muni the devotion of years have been lavished in vain?" Th n'.eadimr accents awuke no an- aannir sentiment. The fair, white face is calm. A faint, pitying smile hovers around the tender curves or tne used to come reg'iar, and she'd churu away till the red flew np in her cheeks like, trvinz to make the butter come. and she would uot let me lay a haul to it; but this year she was that tojk up with fckatlu', which was uncommon oJ. that she only ctrue in twice t-r ' . -. . . it .. three times to rue nuiaer ruum. her highness catuo tu nigh every day when she'd been having a trot about the park or the village to take a cap ol tea with the ladles, and tLe:i she'd send the lad for strawberries au 1 a loai as well"" Itittiiaucc:. -and sho has learned the elasticity seemed to have left her slur Jy different from what it 'er- think of it, she had Umb3. What a bsautiful world lt was. Glalkowska w-as not at I hi her life! her religious she stopped to look at the cactus, a b3 severe, and Chopiu I tolerate mm nt irnrpous crimson bloom on the terrace, and bent over tho moss-pinks th rtorder. anere were io.n ntin? In the elms; she heard the bees ..i,., in ihA rJierrv-blossoma. The """" '" ... . ji:f ...,.-m ivpiitirui. anu uie m tuni.i in lie uowa liicio uu iuc i.rt turf, and feel tne broeze coohub 1. or -hMk: she lonzea vo. line ii child while, then go bacK - . V. I T , . I if At D1W Sivechild; Violet even did not know pa John coming -u. . - "This will never do, child." he said. cn .Vin her. "The eround is aamp. irrmi am sleenv. ao into uie uouse. vii. ivl-m1 no at him. with strange, 7ITII 11111 ILttLlf C1J She minded him stupiuiy, uu 1.1 A.-i iv to ner nine luum, placed In the bed from which she was vr n-ln to rise. She babbled lu her 0 . 1 a .L.I II HAUII01 Bft'l was iiofticu : . -v 1 ,tui t nm nr oia. cuuuuu - would w -so sufferTn-gs. and wa, again 1 a servant of child life a caress; seemed to iue ---." to tell ie a little nearer . " hfe. the short, barren u-mj - - , came a little 1 "You see. 1 come the poor- U3. my p,H)r-'us tney I'm short fur w w rut .,. .r. I the poor- us a sp- "What is your naaie? mv, name's l.lxby -that was folks' name. To the Mnil me little l'.:xby. age, but I'll Rrow." , "How old are. your . . i 1 don't knov ; Miss Kelly to. 'AVell. what cau you do for. Mrs. K&' freckled face brightened. I kin do consid'ble J-jta. I Jtiika an' churim. au' forks tue aown uu u. .r -- - . was Heaven I sue .1 rTt r . h l'ttla chance mat iuu. . nnrters Fenn and V loiet, uu ZZTt wUh Bixby.. She was no -longer 1 whUe l...hin hut WJ OUO ui ciVnt aid- lathe domestic macuinery one Soring Violet went to ew l orX .T:. and n ise sent u to yisis """r'Vto borrow Bixby. during u . Bixby TfSu-l soul, CStt.e restless and IntractiDie ou rral . . - .nnarr rnle. &D i rencn huff V.wt'- .miable oul. sent her over i Viie tound. as she always uiu uu to Mrs. Chopi ' l'ir It whs !u 1-vJO that Chopm succuml! to his tirt love ller unme was Con stance Glad Uowska. fhe had blue eys a id yellow hair, a charming presence, a clear aud vibrant voice; she was prima donna at the Warsaw opera V .... t 1 1 ..... II. House, ana miopia h'joibu - was a sentimental aud timid youth, however, aud he appears to have lelt his pass'.oa unuttered, aud to have de parted never to return without a sign. Had he been less ahlicted with shyness his life might have been very 1 l was, iui jiiio. at all dis;u)sed to might. Count Wolzinski opines, have won n r ior the asking. As he ai l uoi. s-no iu - riel some one else. Cliopiu, it uiy 1 aided. wa3 slow to replace her lm.iue with another's, it wai noi uuiu isjj, when he conquered a position s one of ths first of Kuropeau virtuosi, uiai ue fell a victim for the second lime, sue a. irreat ladv (C-unt Wodzinski ' ih i, rinvn mat a little f:vea not, tier namc.bui nermiiiai omy, OUCJ wviu. a. . . 1.1. ....... l.,.t tO illSS V 1016U ulllCll 13 lueuiicai vim uu uwu.i ujk Chopin and she had Known eacn oiuer for vears. Her brothers had bceu m m.itM of tha l'ensioa Chopin; frjm the first the little pianist had been a fre quent visitor at Slnz Ewo, where Mar.e (h?j nams was Marie) lived; aud she herse.f bad taken lessons of him indeed, the first pupil he ever had. Since theu, however, a (treat JJeal bad happened. The "olish lusunectlou ha I burst forth and been trampled out; Marie and her family were in exile aud Chopin, as we have said, had conquered recognition as one of the first of living pianists and one ot the most origiual and chariniasr of living musicians. Xhav met this time Iu D-esden. where Marie was in residence with her uncle the Palatine, aud a jear cr so aiter ward at Marienba). Chopin put his fortune to the touch and lost it ail. They might, it seems, have been happy but for Marie's people! The I'alat'.ue. however, was not musical enough to bestow bis niece upon a mere pianist, even though that pianist was Frederick Chopin, and In 1S3T Marie married a certain Count Skarbeck, from whom she was presently divorced. Sudden aad extreme changes in meat, butter, cream and uiiik injure Lo thinks, "were letter than such supreme Indifference. "El inor!' What a passionate yearning is in the low cry! I "Dou't, please.. Arthur! I almost fe.l aa if I must be terribly to blame for vour suffetinir." "You to blame? Ah. no. dearest. I muld not belu lovln-T you from the moment when, a youth of fifteen. fir3t saw you in church. I said to my self then: 'Arthur (i jrdon, there is one girl in the world for you'.' From that time forth my only happiness consisted in thinking of vou: plaunilig wna. 1 could do to give you pleasure. After four years of such worship, I have been unable to move your nearu i uave touched vour life so liiihtly that, were I you never to see me again, you would ! uot bestow ujntn me one regret." Indeed, you wrong me," iuter Irupted the young lady, earnestly. els a friend -aud who has bieu a truer fiiendto the orphan than yu. my brother Gordon raised, ner uainiy muu hi? lips, with reverential gesture. 1 accept the title, dear love," he said. gravely. it 1 rnay not uc ujui iu you, at least I will be your brother, ever ready to care for your Interests, loving you with all my migm, yei hoping for nothing iu return." A Slight blUSU Siaiutu uie paic cheeks. "1'ouare too nobie, Artuur. xou deserve more, torget me; ami unu and another upon whom to pour out such disinterested affection." The world holds no otner ior me, - lie answered, tenderly, a ueauiuui smile Illuminating his frank counte- " 1 - 1 Meeting those clear, gray eyes. El inor felt that here was a mau 10 oe t niatAd. Why could she not care for him as she de3iredT Kleh. handsome. upright, what more couia any woman .iimn.1? he sisrhed. You have beard the latest,, or course. EUie?" gayly inquited a pretty pirt. as she tossed aside her gloves. preparatory 10 spenuiusj u uuui u with her iriena. Vn." answerel Miss Garrison. .Vhr I thought be mill have told vou himself, 8) I ran over pur posely to hear all about it." .f if whnn are vou soeakinc?" was the quiet response. -t if Arthur Gordon. His engage meat to a Miss Marlon Hepwortii of lc.vstnTi la announced." watching El inor furtivelv as she answered. tko latter nn-.Kared courteously ln- torniio.1 nnthini? more, as she re atimui thA etchimr which Olive Llnd iiad interrupted. "i-ni. . not mistaken. Olive?" Mrs. 1 onn. """T L.Tf V mile apart grasses. -ther only lived balf mUe mparx onfu9ed, v,ori icn there mreo . a a defenseless. uuuicn c-i fai.M, .1 a-tist era Vn one lovos me; , Sad triltu, nut " " , depth and sweetness of human lo had never been reveaieu i . - -".-a befriended, helped but oved ne ver. But she had lo-ed. ould she done more? The present took lu.pa with the past. Mie babbled of n't'tdle for her. Lord?" she urhlsoered "It don't make fur me." SeTshVtalked of the roses, pinks, the cactus, the dandelions starring the I. IDuJW CU uww. . "Where Is my home?" Fenn bent over ber, burdened cuuaui Le.-i 1 1 . tikerr vmm a ul Gofduu'B VfLg, iawtA tu V UaiTiaoU. All wne aa.xua U m-m U wuuid ataud brr kaigLt'a de- rrtwn. But none were able to read ber rel feelings, though many mtre the surmises. Gordon was away 011 business. At the close of a fortnight be returned. and sought Elinor's bouse the first of any. Her greeting, though free from em- . barrassmeut and perfectly courteous, 1 bad a something indefinable, which struck tbe gentleman. Elinor." be said, softly, aud bis melodious tones thrilled the dormant heart of the woman, "you are not like yourself. Have you forgott;n our parting compact, little sister?" a silky mustache brushing the averted cheek. That agreement li no longer bind ing!" she cried, indignantly, her usu ally gentle eyes flashing. 'Do not dare to touch me, Mr. Gordon!" Excitement lent an additional charm to the mobile face. Gordon gazed at ber admiringly. His love; restrained for years, would no more brook control. In an ecstasy of long ... . .. ing he caught ner in uis arms auu kissed her madly, over and over, until the scarlet hue of the beloved coun tenance warned him to desist. I will never forgive you," she panted, breaking from him neverl" tears rolling swiftly down. "Leave me!" "What have I done? I have lost her respect, her friendship," thought he regretfully, let the bliss or iuai supreme instant, when he had held ber close to his throbbing heart, more than repaid for the self-denial of the past. And Elinor? Bewiidereo. irigui- ened, aroused from her calm apathy to consciousness or rue iruiu, aue luirieil hpr burninir face in the sofa pillow, sobbing. The impassioned, uncontrollable ardor of the man had in one moment swept away the barri ers of coldness and pride. Elinor Gairison kuew that she loved. But, alasl the knowledge came too late. Walking homeward, Gordon re ceived so many congratulations upon his engagement that be began to feel annoyed. "Simply because I visit Elinor first, they must needs link our names." he muttered. "It Is well she does not hear It. I only wish it were so." a smile playir.g around bis firm mouth. "Well, when is it to be?" called Miss Olive, saucily, as. obeying a beckoning finger, Gordon drew near her as she soit by the open window. "Now do not pretend ignorance." she continued, 'for I want to hear all about her. Is he beautiful, rich, etc?" "I shall be better able to answer you wiipn I bpar the fair one's name." was the laughing reply. 'What au actor you would have made! The lady lives in Boston, whence a certain gentleman has just returned." "So. then, thev have not referred to Klinnr ' thought Gordon, thankfully. "I assure you. Miss Lindsey, that I l,arp no Idea of whom vou are siieafc- Ing." Olive laughed. "Miss Hepwoith. believe her name Is " A tall, slim, drabish spinster ro3e le fore Gordon's vision. His moutl twitched, but be said i.othing. "Well?" said Oiive. inquiringly. "Oh, excuse me. please; good after noon," and much to the young lady's surprise, the tall figure was striding down the street. "Manners!" she grumbled, as she closed the window. Entering the familiar side door. Gordon stepped lightly into tne room he had so lately quitted. i-.iinor snrancr hastily 10 ner The traces of weeping were evident. Sim would have fled, but strong arms detained her, gathering her in a close. fervent embrace. A truthful voice murmured ten derly, "lt was all a great mistake, dar ling. IIow could you doubt me, El- mor?" "Was it not worth while, since :t showed me my hearts wai the low reply, as her shy, glad eyes were llitcJ to meet her lover's. 1HI M ta.rt- HUM ..1 1 . .4 . 1 t .1 The tradiOotia that have come down to us concerning Sbakspeare do not. any of them, point to tbe habits of a scholar or a gentleman. The first glimpse we have of the family was, when John bhakspeare, bis father, was fined twelve pence, in 1502.. for maintaining "a conspicuous sterquinarium lfore bis bouse in Henley street." . The first tradition we Lave concerning Shakspeare himself is that or an aie- drinking contest with the "Uiaiora topers." while yet a young man, iu which he became ao beastly drunk that be could not reach borne, but slept all night by the roadside. We are told that be was a deer stealer, and given to all "manner of uuluckines3;" and that "Sir Thomas Lucy bad him oft lmpris oned and whipped." The last tradition we have of him is that bis death was the result of a drinking bout with Drayton aDd Ben Jonson. Neither his father nor mother could read or write, and Halli- well Phillips doubts if there was a book in th house of bis parents. There is no reference to any book cr papers in Shakspeare's will. His daughter Ju dith signed her name with a cross. Imagine the daughter of Herbert Spencer or Wm. E. Gladstone laud the author of the plays was a greater, wiser, and more learned man than either of them) unable to read or write. It is inconceivable. Shaksneare himself never claimed tho plays. He did not put bis name on the title-leaf of it, lu every case. "Wil liam Shakspeare," very often printed with a hyphen, thus: "Saake-speare," while the three signatures to his will, and the two others to legal Instru ments, those being the oniy allo graphs we have of him, are iu each case, spelled Shakspeare, which must have been prouounceu ouacKsp-i And this seems to have been the as cepted pronunciation in Stratford, lu the records of the town codncil the 1 I.Ij ,.u.!a'i l.j -it 1 I 1 4 jr !. . '1 I tied. 111 V-l I J i: V ) i. Yaie'a :l-j." ! I10;.IK . Miss Ellen K. Ab'tt 1 b i h::.g lr leveuty-tldrd term or vUkI at Web ster, N. H. There are live young wjiutu en--oiled in the Law Department of the tdic'.iigan L in vt-i s;ty. Tho Duke i f Sutherland is re- orted to be aihi-.it to purchase a tract if 10,000 acres in Florida. A ik w safety envelope has been nven'.ed that cannot le tampered with AithouL its leing known. Arkansas hnj-es soon to become he source f i?' coal supply or the rrans-Mis3h:sippi section. Wcud grows faster in New llann- name or feuaKspeaie s lauier uttuu l'JC times, and in not one instance is it spelled Shakespeare. It is given as Schacksjer. Shackesper. Shaxpeare and Shaxper. poet's marriage bond it pere." Bacon's dearest friend. Shakser, In "the Is "Shags- Sir Tobie Matthew, was undoubtedly in ins se cret. Sir Tobie writes Bacon a letter in acknowledgment of the gift ot "u great and noble token,' supposed to le the Shakspeare folio of 1023, aud lie adds this postscript: The most prodigious wi ; that ever I knew, of my nation and of this hiJe or the sea, is of your Lordship's name, though he be kuown by another." Bacon, in the sixth book of "De Auumentls," says: "As for writing. It is performed either by the common alphabet, winch is ustd by everybody, or by a secret and private one, agreed upon by particular persona, wh'ch they call ciphers.'' That is to say, a cipher is a secret alphabet. And we find Bacon corres ponding with S r Tobie, and referring to "works of the recreation," and to works of the alphabet." And then, alKiut the time the Shakspeare folio ol 1023 in which, be it remembered, hair the plays appear for the Drst time Is about to be published, we find Bacon writing to Sir Tobie that it Is time to put the alphabet in a frame," What was the frame? The folio ror I shad show that the cipher depends on the paging of the folio, aud the paging is as a frame to the next. feet. lu a Tuscan Villa. The lJrakeiuan'a Stingy Xiilih.if. To be welcomed in a villa overloak mir t lorence uy rtiiueu nosis ui uao a . . ... : ..11 .1... own race, uie -"irue et?irs ui an inc aees. or. as Macaulay said, with just niiJe. "the hereditary aristocracy ol mankind." iusLead of having to abide in the.citv Itself in an unconeeniai hotel, does not fall lo everybody's lot nor to the lot of any one always. But whon it does, then I lorencs Is visited in Uie way iu which it should be vis ited. If you are to thoroughly appre ciate it and to extract Iroui it an me delights it has to offer. Of course, vour entertainers; tnougn tngiisn auu having English traditions, must not be insular Britons or wish 10 transplant the arrangements of an Encliah coun trv house Into a villa on a Tuscan hill side. Something of the comeliness and ven of the comfort of EuglisU ways are never out of place, liut au Italian rarden Is not au English garden, ana there should be no attempt to make one resemble the other. 1 remember. more than 20 years ago. seeing in the warden of an Englishman near Flor- nca a reproduction in May of the English bedding-out system In Its urnrat and m03l uzeraTaieu lorui as it reaches its maturity witn us 111 August. The result was dazzling but 1 mientable. It Is better, too, to take Italian servants more or less as you imu them, whether in the garden, tlie ritii a crreat assumption or inuiuer- stable, or the liouseuoiu. xou win ence. I never ceu tuem uia .uo iu v. m x.rtamiv nnt. with some spirit, as .!. coi ar " aud in atiempiing 10 uo sj the young lady drew a tiny package of you wm only deprive them of their rick-rack from her pocket aud began natural virtues, which are many aud tu work nimbly. "Brother Frank useful. In England we keep the ma- "Funny things occurred down at 0111 house Christmas," said the brakeman. "I'm away almost every ulght in the year, but Christmas night 1 got a lay oft and staid home with the wife and babies. Next door to us lives one or the stingest old codgers that ever was. Wheeler is his name, and everybody calls him Stingy Wheeler. He is an old chap who has no children uud no friends, uud who Is said to be worth a good deal of money. I've had a good deal of sickness in my house this win ter, and times have been right bard with us. It was miahty little Christ mas we had, I can tell you. "Well, there's one thing we mv. Harrv .' said mv wife to lie, that Is that our bouse is not hard to warm. It beata all the way coal does last 111 here. That half ton you got a month ago isn't nearly all gone yet. "That'sthe way the coal lasts when there's nobody to steal it, as we had where we lived last.' I replied. 'Now there's only one man In this neighW hood I'd suspect of stealing coal, and that's Stingy Wheeler. 1 wouldn't trust that old codger very far. " Neither would I,' said my wife. " 'That night, after we got In bed. my wife woke me, saying she was sure she heard some one In the coal house.' I believe Its old heeler.' I said. 'So do I.' my wife replied; 'but be carerul, Henry, and don't get into any trouble with Uie old skinflint,' she ad ded, as I hastily dressed niyseir. . . . . . - . . .. 1. ... 1 "SOiliy 1 up loeu uut iu mo v;ti-ii house, and sure enough mere was a man there, hard at worn wuii a suovei. It was Stingy W heeler, ana ue was throwing coal from his bin into mine!" and tnse 'uuuu' . I Mrs. :-...iti. amotherea oj ou.. . hr uiuu""-there three weens, tuu.ji---.- Do ou liixuy uu "-- . "Here ch krtThTgirl looked up aud beyond fr-le. rame puffin U" . VSman ilndness she was irre- Ul3 -r: ; -s w&8 sad. anas ner. crumbs from the "?UEv preceding sponslre bow. Th hw hZ bee- takea ill on her 7-- 0,-content were as nothlog their keeping qualities. The Agricultural College of Penn sylvania Is prepared to make free tests of the germinating power of such seeds as may be sent by tbe farmers of the State, Ue is ;tie be accounUat who can cast np ccrrectly the sum of bis own errors. Evervbodv is w Heafter the eveut. is wlseJc l.ard lt at the ClUO last btoiui. v.. vnnw Kllie. I never repeat a story unless very sure ol Its truth. xiiQ. (Jarriaon smiled. 1 W'aS not io.ihtinir vou. oate." she taid, sooth Inely. "I know you are not bit of a gossip." A moment later, "nave x .i,aii vou mv new spring suit?' the conversation. on fairlv launched upon this fas cinating topic, Miss Lindsey forgot to refer aealn to Gordon's engagement. and after a half hour that seemed in .o-mirKitiin to Klinor. took her leave. "So " thought Elinor, while ber red tin curled half scornfully, "this was the end of ail those protestations of nnllA fidplltV lt vaa a. disaDDoiutment to find him nn riiffprant from other men. Her heart beat more rapidly at the recollec tiou ol Uis last words: 'The world holds no other for me." 'Aut" whispered Elinor, triumph antly, "be loves me only. I wish Miss Ilepworth joy of ber prize." In Tillage, one's private affairs ase rhmerv of service as ranch as possi v ii out of siiht. Iu Ita'y you must be content to see it at work. aud. sometimes, according to English i.ipaa. a little inefficiently at work In England everything U more or less finikin, and there Is a constant atten tion to detail. In Italy things are larire and broad and done in the man ner of a scene painter who knows bis imainejui. The sky is bigger, the at mosphere is more spacious, you are not fatiineJ.cribbe-l. confined. Ease, lib erty, and absence of solxltude attend villa life In Tuscany, and when these am accented and enjoyed by English men and wameu who know what is best in Italy as well as what is best in Kniiaud then, think, one seea life to the greatest advantage, for there Is the in.t combination of refinement with freedom. It is aald that the milk of cowa that are salted regularly churns much more easilv than the milk of cows not aalted. How lIon.es I tent. "Horses can get some rest standing." laid au old trainer recently, "provided the position be reasonably easy, but uo full rest except recumbent. l is known of some horses that they never lie down in tbe stall, though ir kept In pasture they take their rest habitually in a recumbent position. 11 is wen 10 consider whether the habit has not been forced upon the horse by some cir cumstances connected with the stall ha was vaade to occupy, lu that it had a muddy earth floor, or one made of di lapidated plank, uncomfortable and of fensive to the horse that bad been ac customed to select his own bed iu the pasture. If Uie horse can have the privilege of selecting bis own position for resting on bis feet, he can sleep standing; but while his muscles may be to a certain degree related aud get rest in that position, wliat can be said of ttie bearings at the Joints? Without relief through the recumbent position, the Joint surfaces are forced contin ually to bear a weight varying from 1,000 to 1.800 pounds. This must act unfaverably, especially upon the com plicated structures withiu the boors which nature intended should have periods, of rest each day." He that enemy whe efcows a passion tells - u...y hit hlia. ire than it is burned, and the pi ice is is low as Anyone could ask. Marmalade and cold c lnckeu is the lewest wrinkle of .some of the epicurean nemters or fashionable clubs. Six lowi-s lu a single (Windham) jouuty of Verment, !uiv elected wo neii as superintendents ot schoo s. A New York lady cave the baker if an Atlantic City hotel jr-Vi for bis -ecelpt fur making delicious hiutlins. Sjine lunatic writ-s to the paiiers ecommending sea biscuit, soakel 111 ort wine, as "good ior consumptives." I A "jubilee collii" is leing adver tised in London. A "jubilee aruik - iad previously made us appearance. Ex-I'n-sident Hayes has quite re :overed his health, and now takes long A-alks, accompanied by his devoted wife. A woman who counts her children o itiv ntimlier of 2S. it Is stated, has j een jiensloned b U10 Mexican iov- erumeiit. "The Touts," of 1'ittsburg, ebti natesthat lifty million dollars are lu irested in natural gas plants iu this State. lu tlie sentence or death pro nounced upon Charles 1., he was con Jemned as "a tyrant, murderer and public enemy." More than C,Olj0,(Xi0.0fJJ pounds of ish were brou.'ht to tlie wharves of Portsmouth, N. 11., during the past winter this season. The police or lit iliu have forbidden the sale of a pamphlet Issued by a so lial stlc society lu Chicago, in denun ciation of the anarchists' trial. Fifty beeves and one hundred hiinbs were roasted aad eaten at the j barbecue of the National Butchers' As 'sociatioa iu CuicagD recently. Tobacco manufacturers, a trade journal states, say that "chewing IS ' ' rapidly becoming as obselete as snuff tali ing, except among workmen." liion Boucicault is said to have written his name Bourc'.cault for many years, and until pretty much every body else dropped tlie 'Vout of it. Johu Tyler, son r I'resideut Tyler, has Tor the ninth time been elected Jraud Worthy i'atriarch of the Sous of Tcmix'iaiiL- of tlie 1ate of V irglnia. One l'resque Isie-tiai! planted ias the iir.st week in May on a piece of of ground that was covered with six hichts of Fiiow 21 !.our3 before the planting. At : type-writer contest in New" Voik this week one contestant. Miss M. C. Grant, is said to have written ll-il words in four minutes and forty two seconds. After much negotiation tli banks in the Australian colonies, other than i'.ieensland, have agreed to reduce the interest payable on !ix'. depj3its to live jier cent. The great Lick telesioie, San Francisco piers fear, cannot l-e got ready for use by the 1st of July, as had been anticipated, but will bo much be hind that time. Amateur mesmerists put a boy to sleep in I'oughkcepsie, N. V., not long ago and left linn in It, iieing unable to ! awaken him. A week's illness from I nervous prostration was the result. I The llruoh Companv. which now c:ru ;ia lighting part of New Vol k's streets and I with electric lamps at 70 cents each lr night, offers to continue under a ! new contract at 23 cents. I 1 "X-,.-,...t 1...,. l...r..i.l t.. , ciiuuul .v.... ... 1 ... v. cider brandy in his mother's teapot from the information concerning the "physiological effects of alcohol" con tained in one of his obligatory text books. l'etrilied lobsters clams, turtles and the like :re found quite frequently, it Is asserted, in tlie Santa Catalina Mountains, in Arizona, at a height of nearly l'J.OOU feet above tha level of the sea. Many American ladle3 iu London are said to le unable to find ready made shoes there small enough to lit them, the average of the American be ing greatly below the average English foot in size. The carving of the warble figure of a Canadian mounted volunteer has just been completed at Rutland, Vt. It is to be placed iu a public square at l'erth, Ontario, as a memorial of the lllel rebeliou. Sarah Alice Merritt, a l-'J year-old girl, living In .Terfey City, tiufTured last week with toothache, ana one siae 01 her face became swollen. The other night the abscess broke, an 1 she bled to death before assistance arrived. About S200.000 worth of one and two dollar Dominion notes were disin fected by the City Health officer at Montreal recently. They had been called in by a local bank during the small-pox epidemic, and the Govern ment officers declined to handle them unless they were Drst disinfected. A lot of "improved burglar alarms" were recently put in the resi dence of a resident of Tottenville, L. I., but be hasn't as much faith iu them as be had. A few nights ago burglars entered the place and carried off a big haul of clothing, jeweliy, etc. Hurry and cunning are the two ap prentices of despatch and fekill, but neither of them learned their master's trade. Michigan raises nearly one-half ol the world's crop of pepermint. The annual yields of oil varies from 20, WO to 70,000 pounds. To keep up the supply f horses iu the United States 1,000,000 must be bred annually. ( Bailey water will stop diunhoja iu calves. If the disease has not become too deeply seated J13 1. . YT V L I .', ' . ' ( i 5. : :nzZ'A had mine rgnt w J
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