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V.iy ;.rei;y i.e looked
1 i t'.r.ir J.ifK'a angry
1 .t cl.ffks Uulied and
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1 and indeed stij
-, i!raret, you will he
a foitniifht's tiiu anl
i-'-rt-M. My sweet one
r; i . T loving Jack then;
: . r dubiously. It w;is
!. U.e prospect ot heing
ii . ir l y a bevy of dain
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... t s.in he of ai:e, and
Lit own mistress, but
:.... f.ic: avail her if she
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....i fr( ;u her lover? And
i "K ii.td likely to le the
'r .:.c e carried ter off to a
- -i N-it!i Wa'.ea the day
ii. M.iple.-i'ii Lad been
t.i'e. :' course she left a
1 f. r "litaie-.t J.ick," teKiti
. f tie village til wliicli
; and earnestly Legging
ii. ei1. inn," althouirh slie
v . : i.. i practical to auj-
: f her twenty-first
i i . e f.iin. down to break
.: f-.-s!., and even happy.
y t: - d to le ruiseiahle
. t i-.: t. ntul had sue
: . i!.iy. With youth and
a.a t mipoi-ilile to be
' .1 : ; :i:ls t.T any length
". r u.i.i ti one mav le
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. ii..-: : u'.h of the proverb
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. 'i 1 1 ii.t-hH.klr.ir dAUgU
: t.'.c ct.iTee and rolis.
t: . ' ' 1" site, ha- let her
. M -,"' she volunteered.
: . ill;. liiiLself came and
... i" . m l n'.. i,e! ilaude's
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- ' w'.. it l.er new lotl,er is
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k, and li.es a lon,
name's Mr. llrowne."
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a; i be a piospect tf
v. ,Ui whom to siuoke
t the Hiorning, wheu
i-ce were sitting in one
. mi. tul glens in which
J abound, Maude saw
approaching, walking
"I
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tl.at must be
s' new l.Klger,'
Mr.
she
l.v.i;
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... 1 si.oulil sav." was
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d ni'Liu!i to be So lu-
ranker came up to them
.i..p. red the way to the
!. Tl.it voicet Her
r. ineiely made a cour
1 .'lcnt'y his suspicious
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," fiTiLmned the stran
' 1 not the pleasure of
"iaj is a neighbor for
-V I fancied I saw you
i ! suckle CotUgethia
"ur il.nii!iter."
;i are rht at least my
an- staying opposite to
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" a.i.v 1 .iLjuiie if you have
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' It li e lii st tune 1 have
'i '-a Walt-a, and 1 should be
know .f in,, j.nncipal spots of
in U.e mint .1, ate vicinity. My
' 'o sli iiu ied that 1 cannot
'" ecluslOll4.,,
is tl.e cinnnieineir.ent of our
replini u,e Major. '"Like
. we hay,, cho-en rather to enjoy
eiy wilti u wa.kunr distances
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to tiavi'liiiK about by
My n.ece lias been a lit
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- a iv. s,, We c.uue here to re-
r I., aim."
- ''-:.. -1 up indignantly.
To
u.e cruel lilow
which had
' a l. i.ef as it it.
were a mere
lii
Jaun,; l.i ly u l00kiug so fresh
and charming that I think she most
already he on the high road to recov
ery." This with a stiff old-fashioned
bow to Maude. "I was about to say I
trusted I uiitit derive a-t much bene
fit from the change, only I fear that is
too much to expect. Age cannot hope
to compete with youth."
"With jour permission," suggested
Major Henderson, "my niece and I
will accompany you to the Falls. They
are within a quarter of an hour's walk
from here; and I can then give you a
few hints about the neighborhood ai
we go along."
Mr. Browne wou!d only b too
pleased.
Maude walked on by her uncle 'a aide
experiencing a mixture of Joy and
alarm. :he was so delighted to hear
that dear voice again; so fearful lest
her lover's stratagem should t dis
covered I
Mr. Browne noticed her agitation,
and waa carerul to divert Major Ileu
derson'a attention from his niece. In
case her confusion should betray the
secret. The trio had to cross a stream
by meats of stepping stones. The
stranger offered to assist Maude. Man
aging to keep his back to Major Hen
derson, Air. Browne, alias Lieutenant
Mapleson, tenderly "pressed Maude's
yielding hand and with a word or ex
pression In his blue eyes whispered:
"Be careful, my darling, and all will
yet be well with us."
The next morning Mr. Browne called
on M.Jor Henderson. "I have just
received these, and 1 thought you would
prhaps like to look at them," he said,
producing a packet of periodical.
Major Henderson was glad to avail
himself of the,oQiri:i current liteature
waa rather difllc, o procure in so
out-of-the-way place.
After a little further conversation,
Mr. Browne w as asked if he would care
to join the uncle and niece ia their
moruiug ramble. Again he would be
only too pleased.
When the trio had gone some dis
tance, Major Henderson, wishing to
enjoy a quiet half-hour read, suggested
that he ttiould sit down and rest a lit
tle, w hile Maude conducted Mr. Browne
to a spot close by whence a good view
of .nowden could be obtained.
'I would fain, like you, rest a
while," replied Mr. Browne; "but as
the day Is so unusually clear I feel 1
must make an effort to take advantage
of It, especially as this young lady has
so kindly consented to act asiny guide."
And so Mr. Browne hobbled oil, with
Maude walking patiently beside him.
As soon aa tbe trees had hidden the
Ioers from view Jack drew Maude to
hi in, while she, half laughing and half
cr itig, stroked his long gray beard.
"Ot, Jack, whatever made you come
like t'.as. W hat do you intend to do?"
"This, my sweetest," and the bold
lover drew from his pocket a marriage
license and a weddin ring. Half
playfully the gallant Lieutenant re
moved Maude's' glove and slipped on
the ring. "What a dear l.Ul.hand it
looks!" he cried rapturously, "and how
happy I shall be wheu I can call lis
dear owner my swt-et little wife."
A slight sound fell on their ears, and
looking up they beheld Major Hender
son not a hundred yards oil.
Maude would have been grateful to
the earth Lad it opened at that moment
to receive her, but aa it showed no
signs or accommodating her. she dis
engaged herself from Mr. Browne's
embrace aud hastily handed him back
the ring.
Mr, Browne was equal to the occa
sion, although he bad grave misgivings,
aa he hobbled toward Major Htnder
.ou. "Were you hastening to join us!
You see we haven't got far. 1 am a
wretched walker at ttie best of times;
and lu such scenery as this, one feels
forced to pau e f rfjUi-ntly to look
around."
"1 expected to n.eet you coming
back," explained the Major. "But 1
was looking for you m that direction,
indicating another path more to the
right. 'I waa quite surprised wheu 1
saw you coining toward me."
With what fevlings of relief did the
lovers listeu to the Major's innocent
remarks.
At their early dinner the Major drew
from hia pocket a letter which he had
received by the morning's post and had
forgotten to read. With a polite "Ex
cuse me, my dear," to his niece, he
hastily glanced at the contents. "1 must
leave for London by the 11 o'clock
train to-morrow morning," he ex
claimed. "This letter is of the utmost
Importance. How stupid of we to have
delayed reading ill
"Am I to accompany you, nncler"
asked Maude faintly.
-io, no, my dear; thtre's no need for
you to do that. "1 shall be back here
bv the evening of the following day."
The Major was very preoccupied
until dinner waa over, but as Maude
had also much food for reflection.
silence was agreeable to both.
i wonder if 1 could do anything for
Mr. Browne white 1 am in town!"
queried the Major. "My dear," turn
ing to Maude, "just write a little note
t. him askii.ir him to step over for a
minute. You know wo half promised
to show- him the way to F'airy ilen
this afternoon. I dou t feel Inclined
for auy more walking myself, but there
is no reason why y ju snouiuu i accoui
jiany him. If you are not tired and he is
agreeable to the arrangenieut.
Maude'a note quickly brought Mr
Browne, and the lovers were soon ou
their way to Fairy Glen.
"Mv darling, we are in luck'a wayl
exc'aiuied Jack. "Your uncle'a ab
sence will make matters aa plain as an
ABC guide. 1 shall have to-morrow
to make the necessary arrangements.
We can be married the followiug morn
ing, and by the time your uncle returns
in the evening we shall be runes away
from here."
Maude acaulesced rather reluctantly.
She loved Jack dearly ; but atill she had
seme compunction about deceiving ner
uncle, who, with the exception of the
unaccountable obstinacy she had shown
toward her lover, had always been
ready to humor her. Jack, however,
drew such a glowing picture of the
happiness lu store for them and declared
wttu so much confidence Major Hen-
il-rson'9 Riiuvr would not last more
than thre weeks when once the irre
vocable step was taken that Maude was
n.iii-h rnmfoited.
When Uiey leturned Major Hender
son pressed Mr. Browne to spend the
evening at Ilouevsuckle Cottage. Tea
being over, the Major asked Maude if
she would mind packing hia portmant
Mu for him.
"1 have laid out the things I wish
to take, mv dear. You will Ct theui
in more neatly tlian I could."
Maude waa delighted to have an
ounortuuity of doing at last a little
klndlv act.
Ihtectly she had Ie't the room, the
Major began fidgeting about, and at
length got up and paced the room.
Suddenly turning to Mr. Browne, he
said: "Comparative stranger aa you are
to nie, I feel as If I must tell you the
nature of the business which is calling
me to London so unexpectedly. The
blow has fallen so suddenly that to
speak of it would be an Immense re
lief." Th stranger was all sympathetic
attention In a moment.
"Mr. Browne." continued the Major,
excitedly, "this time yesterday I be
lieved that poor girl up stairs to be the
mistress of a fairly large fortune. To
day If the information I received this
aurnlng la correct I know her to be
penniless. And that la not all: the
greater part. If not the whole, of my
income is lost also."
So sympathetic waa Mr. Browne that
he begged to know all the details.
These, however, the Major was unable
to furnish; In fact he could explain
nothing satisfactorily, so great was the
state of excitement into which he had
worked himself.
"Hush!" he said, aa he heard Maude
approaching. "Not a word to her, I
wouldn't disturb her peace of mind for
worlds, poor girl, until I am certain
how the matter stands."
The next day, about an hour after
her uncle bad left for London, Maude
received the following pencilled note
from Mr. Browne:
Mr Own Darling: I am the most
unlucky dog that ever livedl I passed
a wretched night, and this morning I
am too ill to leave my bed. To be dis
abled to-day, when I was to have ar
ranged for the event which ia to make
me the happiest man in England. I
have sent for the village "bones," and
it Le can but patch me up it may not
yet be too late. Send a book back by
bearer, to account for having received
a letter from your nearly frantic
Jack.
rjor ilaudel Tha torturing sus
pense of that day I In the eveniug she
emu red to ask the landlady to inquire
how Mr. Browne was, ",'o better."
was the alarming reply.
Maude passed a sleepless night. In
he morning she received a second note
from her dear Jack, even more despair
ing in its tone than the former one.
Fate la against us," he wrote; "I feel
as if I shall never bo able to call you
mine."
In the middle of the day she again
sent to Inquire after her lover; and was
overjoyed when she heard he waa much
better, aud was even thinking ot get-
ug up, hia recovery bidding fair to be
as sudden aa hia seizure.
That evening Major Henderson re-
urned. Hardly had he knocked at
the door, when Mr. Browne emerged
from the opposite cottage.
W hat news, sir?" aked the sympa
thetic Mr. Browne.
The worst possible," replied the
Major, throwing himself into an easy
hair and covering his face with his
hands. "That poor girl yonder Is a
beggar, and I have but a hundred a
ear letU"
Maude looked from one to the other
in utter bewilderment, and then cross
ing over to her uncle, trying to comfort
him aud gain some explanation at the
same time.
1 fear this Is a scene for astranger
to witness," said Mr. Browne. "Sir.
ou have my deepest sympathy, and I
am sure that at the present moment 1
can show it in no better way than by
withdrawing."
Maude followed her lover to the
door. She was much distressed on her
uncle'a account, but did not fully rea
lize her own loss of fortune.
"Are you really better, dear Jack?"
she asked anxiously.
Yes, thank you. Quite cured.
Good-bye," and he was gone."
That her lover'a leave-taking waa a
ittle abrupt did strike Maude; she was.
however, far too confused by the turn
affairs had taken to attach much im
portance to the first circumstance.
W hen she returned to her uncle ne
seemed wonderfully better, and at sup-l-r
he talked quite cheerfully of their
future.
Maude passeJ another sleepless night.
She did not so much mind the terrible
loss she had sustained on her own ac
count; but she was bitterly disappointed
that she could not do all she had pro
mised for her dear Jack. She deter
mined, however, to be the most loving
and economical wife possible. At ail
events her uncle would not be able to
accuse Jack of being mercenary now,
and there waa mucu comfort lu that
reflection. I'erhap3 after all they
would be able to have a proier wed
ding, only of course it would have to
be a very quiet one. now mucn nicer
that would be than running away and
deceiving her uncle, who had always
been so kind to her.
When she came down to breakfast
the next morning she was looking pale
and a little worn after her two sleepless
nights. The Major, however, seemed
to have succeeded in inrowmg ou ins
griet in quite a wonderful manner, aud
was in almost nis usual spirits.
"Have you heard how Mr. Browne
la thla morning?" Maude ventured to
fek the landlady'a daughter.
Whv. Miss, he paid up for the week
mid went off bv the mail train last
night, declaring he was sure the place
didn't suit him.
l'oor Maude! The blow did indeed
fall on her with crushing force.
"Dear me. rather suddenl W e snail
miss the old gentleman eu, jhim
. t- .
Maude?" said the Major, as soon as
the uncle and niece were left together.
He laid a slight stress on the adjective.
and waa a suspicion of fun in his eyes.
It was.however.no laughing matter
to Maude; she, poor girl, unable longer
to act her pait, burst into an uncon
tmiiuhla fit of weewnz.
"Poor child. Door child I" said the
Major, compassionately; "it's a sharp
lesson for vou to learn. But it ia bet
ter for you to bear a little pain now
than to suffer for the remainder of your
life, aa would most probably have been
your fate if I had not paid that scoun
drel cut in hia own coin."
The threatened loss of fortune was
all a fabrication, Major Hendersou
having gone no n arer to London than
the top room in Honeysuckle Cottage.
The truth was, the Major had dis
covered what was going on when be
had come upon the lovers so unex
pectedly. He then devised the scheme,
which he afterward carried out so suc
cessfully, In order to teat the sincerity
or Lieut. Maplesjn'a attachment to
Maude. Major Henderson had, of
course, been obliged to take the land
lady into hia confidence, and she, fully
entering into the spirit of the thing,
had suggested the Major's occupying
the top room in ber cottage, whence he
could watch Mr. Browne's movements.
And so Major Henderson had merely
walked to tbe station, portmanteau in
hand, and, returning, had entered
Uonof suckle Cottage by the back way.
Maude's grief and humiliation were
so real when she heard these details
that her uncle, thinking she would not
care to remain where her story was
known, wisely suggested returning
home the following day.
"We can give a garden party or
something of that kind in honor of
your twenty-first birthday. It will be
a few days alter the event, but that
won't matter. I wonld give a good
deal to see that young fortune-hunter's
face when he finds out how he has
been duped. There's no fear of his
tittle-tattling about it, though, for his
own sake, so the Rtory won't get all
over the town. I suppose, my dear,"
added Major Henderson, rather anx
iously, "you'll never let him again
find the way to your kind little heart
with his honeyed words?"
Maude drew herself up to her full
height. "So, indeed, uncle, that I
never will. To use hia own words. I
am quite cured."
Before the year was out another
suitor asked for Maude's hand, and on
this occasion the anxious pleader did
not Lave any cause to complain of
Major Henderson's obstinacy.
A Trip to Halifax.
The tow n occupies a peninsula, whose
land but thinly covers a foundation of
solid rock. East and West the salt
tide rolls in, and as there ia no chance
for angry galea to dlstuib them, they
usually present a tranquil appearance.
Un the west the northwest arm
stretches about three miles in length
and something over a quarter of a mile
wide. Southward aud eastward lies
the harbor, by a broad channel con
nected with Bedford Basin. This beau
tiful sheet of water is nearly due north,
and affords ten square miles of 6a fe
anchorage. A fine driveway extends
around the lagoon, and the neighboring
scenery ia or an especially romantic
and attractive character. At one point
can be seen the ruins of a band Bland
and other structures erected by the gay
Lluke of -Kent.
At many places along this iron-bound
coast, and through the interior of Nova
Scotia, the natural pavement of flinty
rock U seamed with veins of gold-bearing
quartz. For the first time efforts
are now being made to develop these
valuable mines in a purely scientific
manner, aud there ia every reason to
predict that during the next four years
the wealth of the province will be
largely Increased from this source.
While we were walking on Barrington
street, one of the chief business thor
oughfares ot Iallfax, a man met us,
uuconcernedly sauntering along with
an oblong square of metal on his shoul
der. Upon inquiring we learned that
this bar was pure gold, weighing seventy-three
pounds, and worth some
thing over twenty-one thousand dollars.
The treasure came from the Montague
mine, situated only a few miles from
the city, aud for its extent one of the
richest in the world.
Seen from the citadel, from the har
bor or from Dartmouth, a pleasant
town on the opposite shore, Halifax 1
tine enough to look at; but a close in
spectlon reveals many streets of ancient
and dilapidated building, some of them,
strange to say, in the uiot desirable
and sightly localities. In other dis
tricts the houses have a neat and com
fortable apiaiance. aud the ro are quit.
a number of elegant mansions. Th
Province Building is the most import
ant public edilice, and architecturally
considered among the finest in America.
There are several beautiful churches.
and the buildings for charitable and
educational purixises are well con
structed, pleasant and couimoJious.
One of the city's chief attractions is its
l'ublic Garden, whose plain wood fent-r
gives us an idea of me oeautiea ol
lossom aud foliage which it conceals.
Considering their extent, these achieve
ments of the florist and the landscape
gardener aie unequalled by any park in
ihe .New V. oild. ihe numerous large
flower-leds are arranged in absolute
tierfecliou of system aud un'que de
signs, and the combinations of shrub-
beiy are as beautiful as trained skill
can make them; while green extents
and several lovely ponds complete a
picture presented with such true atten
tion to the laws of harmony that the
whole; effect is wonderfully natural;
aud one might easily believe the fair
region reached its pit sent lerfect!oii
without human assistance. Near tin
l'ublic Garden a large common lsbein
constructed, and north of Halifax, be
tween the harbor and the northwest
arm, is located an extensive park, with
splendid drives and romantic pathways
winding among the great mossy walks
and sombre evergreens.
The society of this Anglo-Canadian
city ia very refined and exclusive. But
auy stranger managing to obtain a
proper Introduction will find that hos
pitality iu the highest sense is thor
oughly understood and practised. In
deed, one 13 received and entertained
with such bountiful gojd-will aud
couitly taste, that only a brief sojourn
is necessary to make him forget the
lack of American snap in admiration of
the rplendid frocia.1 qualities. New
Yorkers or Bostouians could teach this
people much regarding business, ami
they lu turn might give many hissoi.s
in substantial enjoyment.
The average New England winter is
much like that of Halifax; but in sum
mer this region is usually cool and
delightful; while a peculiar humidity
imparts a sort of mellowness to the
atmosphere, and furnishes an agreeablu
change from the hard dryness noticed
in so many localities along our Atlan
tic coast. This phase, with its won
derfully healthy situation has given
the town a race of stalwart men aud
rosy-cheeked women. The death rate
Is exceedingly low, and were theie suf
rl "lent inducements for young people to
stay at home, the population of forty
thousand before many years would
double from natural sources.
A Machine Stylo.
When a man has written or spokeu
constantly for years, and his calling has
been one of letters or law. It ia an easy
:. alter for him to write or -peak on
nearly any occasion. He writes without
au effort. His talk may be smooth and
uasy, his composition pretly, but it is
not satisfactory to himslf generally. It
is too much like something he has
written or said so of! en before to suit
him. The average writer and the av
erage orator feels that he has got down
Into a sort of machine style that he c?n
not get out of. He is iinpovorUhed or
want of new words, new expressions,
new thoughts and new ideas.
A spruce swamp near Tomahawk
Lake, in Wisconsin, sunk a distance of
thirty feet under the burden ot earth
thrown in to fill It up.
A PAIMTL SITX'ATIOX.
A Mis,i;ple
Iliver !ariiaze
Divorce.
mil
At a landing below Baton Itonge
ibout thirty colored people came
iboard the boat. Among them was a
tike y young woman with whom one of
the colored roustabout at once fell in
love. We all noticed them making
eyes at each other during the after
noon, and tinally a gentloiuan from
Illinois said:
"'I don't see any reason why they
shouldn't marry."
"But have we a c'ergyinan alioard?"
queried another.
A third gentleman replied that we
had, aud he went off aud hunted up a
man wearing spectacles and a choker
and informed him that hia services
would bo required. The man from
Illinois went down to the colored wo
man and asked If she thought the
roustabout would make a good buv
band, and she replied in the affirma
tive, lie went over to the man, and
he owned up that he waa dead gone.
The couple were at once brought up
stairs to the cabin, and all the passen
gers collected. We chipped in a dollar
apiece, the clergyman gave his servi
ces gratis, and the marriage ceremony
went on in good s vie. After every
body got through congratulating the
happy couple some one inquired of the
groom what he was going to do.
"I'at's what I doau' 'zactly know,"
he replied as he stood with uncovered
head.
"You have money enough to go to
housekeeping iu Xew Orleans."
"Yes, but de old woman would hunt
me out down dar."
"Old woman? Your mother?"
"No, sah; my wife! I'ze got a wife
an' fo' chll'en in Vicksburg."
At this the bride uttered a yell, the
clergyman sank Into the nearest chair,
and the silence became profound and
painful. We had gone and married a
married man to a young woman.
'Twan't my fault," said the
groom, as he jingled our collection in
his pocket.
"I didn't know nuffiu' 'bout It,"
added the bride as she walked out of
the cabin.
The preacher said nothing could be
done, but the captain took the groom
by the ear and remarked:
"John Henry, you can keep the
money, but you let that woman alone. I f
1 Cud you speaking to her, I'll break
your back. Move along now. "
And that was a Mississ;ppi river
marriage and divorce.
A Marlle Love.
Dorlhea Deane had one daughter, a
soft-eyed, brown-haired little thing
called Hea, who was loni a few weeks
after her father died and whom she was
very proud of in her cold blooded way.
Dca was a born singt-r aud ofleu in the
evening her rich, sweet voice could be
beard as slie drjve the cows home or
wt.tjn she churned in the dairy. As
the girl grew older her voice became
famous throughout the country, and
finally Dorothea decided that such a
talent should be cultivated and sent
her daughter abroad to study with the
best masleis.
Dea returned after five years of ardu
ous work lu her art and Mine. Lenoir,
the leader of the musical and artistic
world in New Yosk, gave her a recep
tion. As the stood by the piano to sing to
this critical, cultured assemblage there
was not one particle of fear or embar
rassment on the girl's face. Her early
training had made her too purposeful
and self-sustained, aud, besides, she
was too individual a character to feel
auy nervous tremor. As she turned to
them and began to sing a man leaned
forward and studied her facit intently.
As she finished ber song and the clear,
magnificent voice died away, she raised
h-r eyes aud met this man's glance for
au instant, and the warm blood swept
over her face as she turned to receive
the shower of applause and respond to
the people who were begging au lutro
duction to her.
M me. Lenoir made her way to the
gentleman who had so intently noticed
Dea and a-ked eagerly:
"What do you think of her? Is not
her voice grand? Such wonderful
power, such rendering ot every
notel''
"Y'es, all this and more," he an
swered; "but it still lacks something."
"And that is?" interrogated uia-
daiue.
"Feeling," he said smiling, "and I
think,'' very slowly aud half to him
self, "she can love."
"Oh, she is here!" exclaimed ma
dame. "Let ma make my two Lest
friends known to each other. This is
an lutroductiou I have long desired to
make.'
It was Taine, the sculptor. A few
minutes later Dea was leaning on his
arm, listening to a quiet, manly vice
that thrilled her aa no other ever
had.
"Let us go out of this lienlel room,"
he said, and she assented, w'llingly.
They stepped out on the vine-cov
ered balcony and stood alone in the
bright starlight. She looked up into
his eyes and said with a light laugh:
"So you think I cau love?"
"Yes," he answered, "you can and
will."
"But," she said, following out her
own thoughts, "I am cold, frozsn by
those dreadful Puritans and the chill.
wintry winds. Oh," with a little
shiver, "how bleak it was alwaysl Such
a childhood, repressed, reproved, not
allowed to move, to speak or think; do
you wonder there Is no feeling in my
voice?" Without waiting for a reply
she continued: "How oddly we talk,
lor strangers!"
They wandered on into the conserva-
to y, in which the air waa heavy with
the sweetness of brilliant and odorous
11 )wers.
"You and I never were strangers.
said Taine. "When our eyes first met
there was recognition and sympathy. I
think our souls have met in the spirit
land. When we slept, perhaps." he
f.dded, laughingly.
So they talked on, these two, forget
ting for the time tbe world, music and
everything but themselves.
From that time Taine became a fre
quent visitor at tbe Deane's house and
Dorothea looked forward to hia coming
with as much mterest almost as Dea.
lie liked to sit with them in the even
itig hour when the fire lit up the two
beautiful faces. The mother, like one
of his marble creations; the daughter,
warm, living, loving.
The one. a realization of his ideal in
art; the other, of an earthly love. So
they sat to-night. He was deep in
reverie, of which Dea grew impatient.
and, rising, went to tbe piano. Taine
was musing, and looking straight at
Dorothea. "Oh," thought he, "if like
Pygmalion, I could make this statue a
living thing; if only by my love I could
breathe life and love into her this
faultless, divide Dorothea!" He was
showing more in hia eyes than he knew,
and looking up, Dorothea met the look
and understood. Her face was a shade
paler as she arose and left the room.
Talue sighed. "I have not the power,"
he thought, and was disappointed aud
dissatisfied with himself, as he was
when he could not bring out In marble
his highest conceptions.
Dea's voice waj cold no longer, and
the passion that quivered through it
brought him to her aide. Why should
he sigh for the unattainable when he
could possess such love as this? lie
was magnetized, southed, aud for a
little while forgot art.
One day he said to Dorothea: "You
have never seen any of my statues, and
I have S3methlug new in my studio
which the world says is my best and
greatest work; will you come and see
it?"
She bent her head simply ia assent.
The next morning, after making her
round of visits among those who ueedt d
ber care and charity, she went slowly
up the stairs which led to Talne's
studio. She was going for a purpose.
But why does she suddenly stand still,
as if unable to drag herself up the few
remaining steps? Can this be the
woman whom Taine has called a
statue? Her mouth Is quivering, her
eyes are tender aud misty, and she
sways aa though she would fall. Yes,
she loves; but, true to her nature, her
love was sublime, unselfish aud self
sactiliciug. In a few moments she had
recovered her composure and entered
the studio. Taine came eagerly forward
to meet her. Seeing her for the first
time alone, and where he always
thought of her most, among hii mar
bles, ho grew dizzy with a sudden hope.
"This i3 it," drawing a curtain
aside.
He said no more, knowing that the
exquisitely beautiful figure called
"Love" would reveal more in her than
he could express. A little shiver ran
through Dorothea ai she stood perfect
ly still, and gazed upon the face and
figure of herself. It was marvellous to
her, and she gloried in the genius and
greatness of the man whose highest and
ideal nature she could so thoroughly
appreciate. A light swept over her
face, and Taine, seeing it, could keep
silence no longer.
"Dorothea, teed I tell you that I
love you?" be exclaimed, passionately.
She started, and for au instant half
turned from him, compressing her
mouth tightly. Then she lifted her
head bravely and said:
"You have done wrong to make this
statue of me; it should have been of
Dea, not I."
"And yon do not, will ncvor love
me?" he faltered.
Her gray eyes met his as cold and
passiouless as ever.
"No," she continued, "I love but
one being, and that Is my daughter,
Dea. She loves you. aud you will not
break her Lent. Y'ou will marry
her?"
"Yes," he said sadly, "ir you wish
it,"
She left him stand ng alone. Doro
thea went back to the quiet village.
She waa weary of the world, and
longed for the peace and isolat on of
her childhood home, 'l ame kept his
word, and Dea lived on lu the light of
her love. By the strength of her owu
love she finally won his heart entirely,
but hia art waa dead. He created nu
morel
Their 1'iit.t A ppe ur.tnoe.
Envelopes were tint used In lS.'iO.
Ai.aMtbe.iia was discovered in 1S4I.
The first a.r pump was made iu
1054.
Mohammed waa born at Mecca about
070.
The first iron sleiv-iship was built in
lSUO.
The Cist balloon ascent was made iu
17'JS.
Coaches were first ued in England
in 15CJ.
The first steel plate was discovered iu
13UJ.
The first horse railroad was built in
1S26-T.
The Franciscans arrived In England
in 1224.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
in 1413.
Ships were first "copper-boltonied"
in lSX
Gold was first discovered in Cali
fornia in 1848.
The first telescope was used in Eng
land in IGUS.
Christianity was Introduced into Ja
pan inlol'J.
The hrst watcnes were made at is u-
enburg in 1477.
The hrst newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1052.
'The first almanac was printed by
George von Furbach lu 14'iO.
The first use of a locomotive iu this
country was in l!s2'J.
Omnibuses were first introduced in
New York in lixiO.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1820.
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven in 10S7.
Percussion arms were used in the
United States armr iu lt-ll).
The first printing press iu the Uuited
States was worked in 1020.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England In the eighth century.
The first steam enjme on this conti
nent was biought from Englaud in
1753.
The first Society for the Promotion
of Christian Knowledge was organized
in 16'J3.
The first temperance society in this
country waa organized in Saratoga
County, New York, in March, 13u8.
The first coich in Scotland waa
brought thither in 1051, when taeen
Mary came from France. It belonged
to Alexander, Lord S?aton.
Tbe first dally newt-paper appeared In
1702. The first newspaper printed in
the United States was published in
Boston on September 25, 1700.
The manufacture of porcelain was
introduced into the province of Hezin,
Japan, from China in 1513, and Ilezin
ware still bears Chinese marks.
Tbe first society for the exclusive
purpose of circulating the Bible was
organized in 1505, under the name ot
the British and Foreign Bible Society.
. The first telegraph instrument was
successfully operated by S. F. B.
Morse, the inventor, in ltWo, though
lbs utility was not demonstrated to the
world until 1842.
The first Union flag was unfurled on
January 1, 177C, over the camp at Cam
bridge. It bad thirteen stripes of white
and red and retained the British cross
in one corner.
Venice In Summer.
No one who has not seen Venice In
midsummer knows how fascinating the
Queen of the Sea can be. The thou
sand unpleasantnesses of living in other
cities, the toil and worry or travel are
forgotten; the sea breeze from the Lido
comes bland and soothing; tbe silence
of the watery ways falls like a healing
balm on the hurts of the fretful mind;
and last, if not least, tbe idle gondo
liers, lolling in scores about the trog
hettl and scale, start at the sight of a
forestiero like the ghosts in Purgatory
when Danta threw his shadow across
them. The churches have no chill and
the Accademia is a refreshing lounge in
the afternoons; the early morning iu a
very summer's dream, aud when you
have passed the few midday hours you
go out on the canals and paddle about
until dinner time in a temperature that
is perfectly elysian; and after dinner,
in supremo carelessness of wraps or
chills, you return to the gondola or
walk the piazza, when tbe band plays,
or sit before Flonan's or the Quadri
and eat ices under tbe quiet star with
no apprehension of dews or showers as !
far into the small hours as you please.
Only then can one know what a true
out-of-door life is not the prairie or
the forest, the tent or the bivouac,
though these have their charms, but the
blue summer sky overhead, Uie tran
quil sea all around, with all the resour
ces of civic condition at call. It tha
market is tioor for the fisherman and j
the gardeners it is abundant for jou,
aud their loss is your gain. Meat is a
superfluity, the apietit.e rejects it, and
one becomes almost a vegetarian from
taste. Y'ou dress iu flannel or linen;
thoie who can sleep after lunch go to
bed for two or three hours of the after
noon, and then in breezy apparel, U.e
straw or palm leaf hat aud white um
brella, betake themselves to the library,
the gallery, the churches, or take the
steamer for the Lido, where the most
glorious beach of bar J, clean san I
which one can find gives such bathing
ground as no city in Euroie or America
can offer so near at hand.
This ia the Venetian's own n sort,
not a provision for the forestiero, and
'ft is hia chief luxury admirably well
arranged as to bathing facilities, with
no iierplexities as to high or low tide,
for the sea is always ready for tho
bather almost tideless, quite free from
undertow or dangerous current. If
you like the water cool and bracing
you take your bath ea-ly; it you fancy
it milder you take it in the afternoon,
stay in till the sunset, aud, dining at
the I. '.do restaurant, take a goudola
Lack in the evening and enjoy the night
approach to Venice, with the glauciug
lights across the water aud the music
from the band in the piazza floating
down on the reflections, and overhead
always the cloudless sky and the slars.
Not for one hour after nightfall since I
have been here has the sky been over-!
cast. Recently a furious sirocco blew
up the Adriatic, the surf ran high ai
the Lido, and the water In the Grand
Canal came almost up to tha level of
the Piazza.but the wind was not hot as
at Naples aud Home, aud as it filled the
higoons with fresh water from the
deep outside the air waa cxl and the
evening most delectable. Aud even if
you should, from excesa of constitu
tional caloric find the day too hot, the
night Is irreproachable, und riot to be
known except in the ripe summer. Ve
nice is vry cold at times; in winter I
have known the water aud milk boats
to t-e frozen up lu the canals that lea l
to the mainland, and when, after the
winter is gone, the visitor goes from
the warm air of the early spring sun
shine into a church or gallery, the
stoied-up cold of all winter envelop.;
him like a sudden Arctic day; now th-
v..rinUi has penetrated the churches
and palaces and there is only the slight
and grateful coolness of shade. i
Measured merely by the standard of
physical comfort, I find the balance
immensely in favor of a summer visit
to Venice rather than in auy other sea
son. People of plethoric habit or very
vigorous circulation might find it un
comfortably warm to-day, but to me it
is quite perfect. I have no thermom
eter, but I judge it to be about 70 de
grees F'ahienheit, nor have I seen It
much warmer siuce I came. Verona
was an oven compared to it, aud Borne
dur.ng the day several degrees hotter.
But what is of more importance to a
true traveller ia that In summer Venice
is the Venice of the Venetians, in win
ter or strangers. Now one sees the
city in its everyday habits, for the few
forestleri here are naturalized and fa
miliar. The festivities which in winter
are got up attractions to the outsider
are in summer spontaneous. The sere
nades on the Grand Canal, the ilium
nations, etc., are of a different spirit
and far more festive, ltecently we
had a serenade in honor of the king's
visit. There waa the usual huge gal-
legglante with its orchestral fittings,
simply a floating orchestra hung with
hundreds of colored lamps and towed
by two or three large galleys, and with
the crowd of gondolas which everybody
knows who has seen one in winter.only
that now the gondolas are an immense
lhiet filling the canal as we, near the
galleggiaute, could see. Except the
people In the windows and on the
banks, one would have said all Venice
was in the boats, gondolas, skiffs, gal
leys, high and low, which began from
nightfall to gather at the Fondaco del
Turchi.and by the time the galleggiaute
started a compact inasa of craft, ou
which one might have stepped from
boat to boat across the canal, moved
with it, and it was as if the palaces on
both sides were slipping past us lying
still. In the palace windows, in the
deep porticos and on the balconies, the
people burned Bengal lights as we went
by, and at the head of the fleet a many
oared galley, with a Bengal light be
tweeu each pair of oars, rowed in zig
zag, advanced before us. The innum
erable twinkling lights on the gondolas
and the forest of steel prows reflecting
the glare of the fire-works, with the
army of gondoliers in white or light
colors erect on their crafr., the glamour
of light and shade and color of the fire
works, the murmur of the incessant
bumping or the boats together as they
floated along en masse, dominated by
the chorus of voices or the strains of
orchestral music, altogether made a
inise-en-sceue quite fairy-like in its
beauty and its illusion.
Maine has a one-legged bicyclist.
The crutch of Time accomplishes
more than the club of Hercules.
To live long it la necessary to live
slowly.
He who obeys with modesty appear!
wot thy of some day or other being al
lowed to command.
When a man has not a good reasoc
for doing a thing, he has one good rea
eon for letting it alone.
NEWS IN liKIEF''.
Lucca has been singing at StDct
holm. Wisconsin promises a large cran
berry crop this season.
Irving, the actor, is sail to have
cleared over $100,OOJ last fe.ism.
Mierzwinski has been winning
triumphs in Southern Germany.
In Feven years a Michigan farmer
has had seven horsos killed by light
ning. Cincinnati has a ten-months old
child who i3 claimed to weigh 42
pounds.
Fifty thousan 1 prescriptions are
year'y compounded at the Boston D.s
Iensary. ray Up is Urn name of a post-office
in Georgia, aud Missouri has one called
Fay Down.
A company has bce.i organized ia
Chicago to run an uiideiground railway
through that city.
Stcpniack, the celebrated Nihilist
author, intends to visit the United
States in September.
Three clergymen belong to a fire
company of Cambridpe, New Y'ork,
and one of them is its foreman.
The epidemic ot typhoid fever
which has visited Mount Holly, is re
ported to be decreasing in severity.
An army of tramp dogs infests
New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the
great discomfort and danger of her cit
izens. Several towns and cities in Massa
chusetts are arguing the right of as
sessors to tax the residences of Catholic
priests.
More deaths occurred from lock
jaw ou Lang Island, it is stated, than
upon auy other corresponding area of
territory in this country.
A bill has passed the lower brar.cll
of the New llami shire legislature
providing for the awarding of State
premiums at agricultuial fairs.
A photographer, connected with
the United Stafs Signal Corps, has
obtained a photograph of a sunrise
from the summit of Pike's Peak.
The duplication of street names in
Cincinnati has given rise to so much
annoyance that the authorities are
taking measures to provide a remedy.
Children frequently squint. If
slight, this is easily prevented by band
aging the eye that does nut sqmut, anl
this will compel the squiuting eye
to look straight.
Chatauqua is an Indian word,
meaning "easy death," but one of our
exchanges explains that it was named
before the philosophers established the
summer school there.
The next Congress, it is stated,
will contain more than a dozen mem
bers who arc or wore owners or writers
on newspapers, including Hitt, of Illi
nois, who Is au old shorthand reporter.
Burglars entered th house of the
Key. Dr. Newman, in Washington, D.
C, recently, and stole some of his silver
and a number cf the photographic views
he collected iu his voyage around the
world.
A sandhill crane belonging to an
ex-Mayor of Tuscola, Illinois, is said
to give about twenty-four hours' notice
f approaching storni3 by shrill calls
that can be heaid in all parts of the
tow n.
Wooden shoes, w hose chief value is
that they are so cheap that nothing can
be obtained on them iu the pawn
shops, though they are serviceable
enough for the purpose, are now given
to poor chlldien m LonJon.
A trial of an alleg. d conjurer,
who had agree! to furnish a deserted
wife with a '"conjuring stone" to
bring her husband back, revealed the
fact that the stone was the magnetic
oxide of iron, the ordinary natural
magnet.
An iminer.se photograph, said to
1e one of the largest in the world,
has been taken of the United States
Treasury building at Washington. It
measures seven feet by four, and is to
Ik; presented to ex-Secielaiy of the
Treasury Daniel E. Manning,
j An uugrateful tramp who was
taken in by a Chicago woman from a
dreuching rain storm, given his sii
Ier aud then provided a comfortable
place to sleep the night, was counted
among the missing in the morning, and
so was the sofa ou which ho had
rested.
Nearly half a million immigrants,
to be exact 4r-S,110, entered Uie United
States through the six principal ports
during the fiscal year ending June 31th,
1SS7. Great Britain and lu-laud fur
nished the largest number, Germany
coming second, and Sweden and Nor
way third.
George Gould denies the recently
circulated story that his father. Jay
Gould, had been swindled out of
J1.OjO.000 in contructs Tor railroad
ties. He says there was a loss of
about 520,000 in connection with these
contracts, but there va3 nothing
wrong about them.
An ex-soldier, ot joTrm. iia-i.-i-chusetts,
accidentally struck a com
rade ou the head in 1S05. Believing
that he had killed him, he lied, and did
not return to Lowell until a few days
age, when he was immensely relieved
by being greeted on the street by the
very man be thought he had killed.
An Arkansas lad, 10 years of age,
who sought to spile his mother for a
"dreadful wrong'' she had done him,
climbed a tree and declared his inten
tion of remaining there during the
night. After an hour's vaintul at
tempt on the part of the mother to
persuade the lad to descend, she called
on the tow u marshal, who lowered the
refractory youngster to terra lira a
with a rope.
It. G. Condon, of Friendship, Me.,
is now at Portland on board a novel
craft which he has built for cruising
along the coast and photographing
points of interest, A Maine p iper de
scribes it as a catamaran with two
long narrow hulls carrying a boat be
tween them, which contains a roomy
cabin, la this Mr. Condon is to Ct up
a dark room for his photography. He
built the boat himself, doing all except
the iron work and rigging.
A photographic fac simile of a
German postal card, on which F'reder
ich lleiland.of Koi k,a v 1'age of Baden,"
has written in German the whole or
Schiller's "Song of the Bull" aud "The
Pilgrim," has b -en sent to this CfHce.
The total number of words is 322S. Tho
postal card is about a quarter of an
inch larter in each direction than our
cards. The sX'cimeu is interesting,
not only for the number ot German
words written ia such a small space,
but also as au example of the fineness
and accuracy of the photographic copy.
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