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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;
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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