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B. F. BCHWEIER,
THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLV.
MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24. 1891.
NO. 27.
JUNE.
II KS A. G1UDING8 FAHK.
mtln ,h woodlands and down la the met-
Th- tcntl- st airs are dreaming,
j tK ,l:u,.l. Hn . stars dropped down
t" t-artli (" y. are K'eamlnn. ,
hit-k n- flutfrd their cofoireUittlous
lUifrf the "'r' Kr"ii. or spare,
hrrriDK II" liveliest, drrai lest wayside,
BllUt dandi-llmis everywhere!
WD n th Milliard the old trees stately
serin cliitti'-d ith some manic power ;
.'.rrvrv branch to t lis mossiest guarliest,
urluii'iceri t" blooiniim tmwerl
i ran r. "ml llwii. lotilcted
IIip biiiteiHien tlit mnd huv r.
r,
urs bis busiest
Villi' Hie IMtnrj I'cw nun in
Qiitnliimi:
R.intfiiiK tins f.ilrv-land over.
jeliro'e carols III tlnteJike warble,
jlif Kiitiin lnweet-st Is sinking
jhI every breee llirmixii the orchard
floats
On Hie air rarest Irairrance Is fllnelns.
nure u itilinu with ex.iuisite skill
With rtfll'Mte tints her loom,
iravini! Ir w ikene.l earth a m tntle
Ilut mai vi'l of beauty and bloom t
that
LA KA15BIATTA
AuAlTED FIIOM THE GERMAN,
BV E. B. AVEHV.
"Do von see, liachel, there is our
'aJre Curato," said an old woman to
little cirl, about ten years old, who
wo.dk a spindle near her. "He has
. . . 1 :.... l... 4 1 a
list Bif pun J ii hi liiu uu nu'i auiouio i
jeoDs-'t.. row him over to Capri. I
lolv Mother, how sleepy the man
ooka!" And with that she waved her
iaud in a friendly manner to the priest
lelow ho Liml ju.it seated himself in
Le boat, after having carefully unfold
d his bluck coat aud spread it out over
tie seal. The others on the beach
topped their work to watch the de-
.mirA if tliAir tiAufair vhn wiiIi1a1
ad greeted, in a friendly manner, I
hi -se but li to the right and left.
"Wbv must Le go to Capri, grand
outlier," mini the child. "Have the
leople over there no pastor that they '
je obliged to borr.-w onrs?" I
Do not be so silly," said the old
roniBU, "they have enough over there '
aid the most beautiful church, and
iveo a hermit, wli ch we have not.
' tu u V lili.Mti nnrHulvua 1 . f wA
isve Lim for a iiustor who has the eift
if an archbishop and inquires after!
lersons of ruuk. The Madonna be '
(I til lillu!
With tlmt she nodded again to the
icat below which was just ready to push
ff.
"SLhII we have clear weather, my P1 are right who reproach you with
kjiiV" asked the little priest, as he obstinacy, although it is not a nice
ooked tLouhtfully over to Capri. I word.
"The sun is not yet out," answered "Remember that you are not alone
he boy, "but it will soon make short in tho wor d.andthroughthisstubborn
rork of this log.' ness you only make more bitter your
"Let us sturt then that we may J mother's life and illness. What reason
;et across before the heat comes. , able ground have you for refusing this
luiouiu uuu jusi Beizeu me long
sir id order to drive the boat out
uUi the clear water, when he suddenly
topped and looked toward the top of
he steep path which leads from the tit
le town of Sorrento to tLe shore.
Above, a maiden's slender form was
imlilo descending the stony path and
raving its handkerchief. Hue bore a
mall bundle under her arm, and her
Irens was quite dusty, still she had
'try distinguished, only rather fierce
tanner of throwing her head back,
ai l the heavy black braids of hair
tliich she wore wound around her
lead crowned her like a diadem.
"Why do we wait?" asked the pastor.
'Some oue yonder is coming to the
Hint, who also wishes to go to Capri, if
ion will allow it, 1'adre it will not
ake longer, for she is only a young
.rent are about eighteen years old."
At this moment the young girl step
xal forth from behind the wall which
inclined the winding way.
"Laurella!" said the pastor. "What
las she got to do in Capri?"
Antonio shrugged his shoulders.
The girl came forward with hasty steps
nit looking very inteutly straight a
lead "(lood-day, La Kabbiatta," cried
everal of the young boatmen.
They would have said more had not
he presence of the Curato commanded
heir resiieot; "for the scornful, silent
onnner in which the maid, n received
beir greeting teemed to irritate these
nolent fellows. !
'(.iood day, Laurella," now said the
aator. "How is it with you? Will j
nu too go to Capri?" I
"If you will permit it, Padre?"
"Ask Antonio, be is master of his
)wu possessions and
the Lord is the
tinier of all.
"There is a half carlm," said Laurel
a. without looking at the young boat
nan, "if it is surlicient."
"Yi u can nse it to better advantage
:han I," muttered the boy, as he shov
id aside a basket of oranges to make
oom for her. He was going to sell
hem in Capri, for that rocky isle did
lot produce enough of the fruit for the
leeds of its many visitors.
"I will not go unless you take it,"
eplied the girl, and her black eye
jrows contracted.
'Come now, child," said the pastor,
'V. ., ; . i . . . r .
he is a brave voiinioW mil dues not
ish to become rich from your small ' him.''
arniugs." "You are a child yet and speak like a
"Cume, step in," reaching her his child who knows nothing of what hap
ian.1 "and sit liere by me. See, he ' pens in the world. Are all men such as
fa spread out his jacket so that you your poor father was? Do they give
nay have a sof or seat. He did not do way to every nroxl and temper and
well by me, but that is always the ' treat their wives illy? Have you not
ay with yrnntf people they care seen plenty of honest men in all the
aore for one ' tl women than for ten neighborhood, and wiv s who live in
Jastors
I peace and harmony with their bus
on nee a not make bands?"
it is our Master's i "No one knew about mv father, bow
"Well, we
reuses. Ant
Tiangeniont i l,ke takes to like."
in the niennt:: , Laurella had step- J
i into the s,t and had seated her-
l' witliou sat
Dg shoved u-i ?
The you w ).
ng a word, first, hav-
he jacket. I
itirntn let it lie and
miitered b
.1 1
"en his teeth, then push-
! nut tliA nn-IW Anil fnn
u instu y
. i' J -J Huu -
''vi T" ' W1" I,evep mT n any man.
t i , 1 W; y 1 'n 7onr bundle," "I tell you, you are a child and do
ked tho pastor, as they drifted across not know what you say. Your heart
he sea, which vas now lighted by the will ask you n.ny questions, whether
48 ravs 01 tlie sna. yon wish to love cr not when jour
"Silk, yarn and bread, Padre. I am time comes; then all this which you
oiug to sell the silk to a woman in have so firmly taken into your head
-apri, who mkes ribbons and the yarn will not help you," Again after a pause,
another woman." i "And this artist, did you also expect
"bid you npin it yourself?" that he would treat you badly?"
"lessir." I "His eyes looked as I have seen my
"If I ernnember rightly, you also father's look when he begged motbei 's
Mr"' " w- to make ribbons.'' pardon and wished to take her in his
"V-sr! Hut mother is worse again arms in order to speak flattering words
mi, i ' moot leave the house and we to her. I know those eyes ; they can
-'ni t pay for a lxm." I also change to those which reconcile
"h n."ore KL-ain? When I visited the heart to beat his wife who has never
wr ai Faster timer time she was able done him harm. When I saw thoe
o Mt up." erea again they filled me with terror.',
. "rh" p:'ing is always the worst After saying this she remained stead
ame for her. Sin. e we had the great ' fastly silent The priest was also
norm an 1 tho shock of earthquake, silent He thought of many beauti
ine has been obliged to lie in bed on ful sayings which he might have re
count of the pain." , peated to the girl, but the presence of
"Do D..t isaiw t t pray and entreat, 1 the young boatman, who, toward the
n.v child, that the Blessed Virgin may close of the confession, became rest
""ke intercession for her and be less, closed his lips. After a two hour's
wriest and diligert so that your sail they reached the little harbor of
.Mayers may hi he.ra. A:er a piluse: Capn. Antonio carried his spiritual
ail you csb'a down to the beach the" master from the boat, over tho last
young Doatman called to yon, 'Good
day, La Rabbiatta!' Why do thev
call you so? It is Lot a pretty name
lor a Christian who ought to be gen le
and submissive." A deep, red color
wept over the girl's brown face and
her eyes snapped.
"They mocked me because 1 would
not dance and sing and make
speeches as the others did. Th y
shall let me alone; I hare done
nothing to them."
"But you should be friendly
with every one: others HUa tr
(IftrmA iml oinn i" II .1 I ,.
, 7 " "8, at manes me
"ghter, but to give a kind word is veiy
appropriate lor a quiet person." She
looked ahead and drew Ber browi to
gether as if she would conceal her
black eyes beneath them. For awl.ile
they sailed along silently.
Have you never heard from that
V twt.Baui Laurella, the Neapol
itan who wanted you for his wife?" said
(he pastor. She shook her head. "He
came over to paint your portrait; why
did tou refuse hiin?"
"Why did he wish it;
re others mere beautiful
there
man
A1 men, who knows what he
would have done. Ue might have be
twitched me and harmed mv soul, or
caused my death, mother said."
"Donot bdlieve such sinful things, "said
the pastor, earnestly; "are tou not al
ways in God's hands without whose
pet mission not a l.air of your head
falls? And shall
.. . " i w dhmuci
Ua" the, ' Morever, you could
?Vhat he "&ed you well, elss would
v ucuicu w marry your' fthe
Hieni, "Why have von rpincteri
mrnr ue must have been an honest
man and would have been able to pro
vide for you and your mother better
than you can do with your little spin
ning and silk winding."
we are poorpeople, ' she answered,
ipetuoualv. "and
Petuoualy,
been sick a lonar time. V WOlllil
I only have been a burden lo him and I
am riot lit for a siirnnra. Tnon
J "8. , .,rlen'18 hsd visited him,
ne W,.J have heea ashamed of us "
hat. nonsense you talk! I tell
. . . . - :o
7oa he ,w8 n howst man and besides
eu in norretno.
i Such a one, who was indeed sent from
I hoAVAn is ! T n-1 1 . -
" v J UU, nil, UUt BUUU UUUUO
a,5a'n'
" nt want a husband,
nver!" she replied, quite scornfully
and as if to herself,
"Have yon take a vow, or do
' you intend to go into a con
I vent?" She shook her bead. "The
nonest nana whicn would
support you
snd vour mother?
Answer me. Lan-
rellal"
"i hav a good reason," she
said, trembling slightly, "but I cannot
tell it."
"Cannot tell it? Not to me?
Not to your father confessor to whom
you confide all other things, and whom
you believe means well by you?'
'ion did not know my lather.'' she
whispered and her eyes loc ked sullen.
"Your father?" He died-yes,
I think -ou were scarcely ten years
old. W hat has your father, may his
soul rest in pardise, to do with your ob
stinacy?" "Yon did not know him. Padre,
and you do not know that he
alone is responsible for my mother's
illness. "
"How so?" -
"Because I e ill treated and beat
her and trampled her nnder his
feet. I remember well the night
he oame home and flew into a
passion. She never said a word to him
and did everything he wanted, but be
struck her and it seemed as if my heart
would break. I drew the bed cover
over my bead and acted as if I was
asleep, bnt I wept all the night long.
When he saw her lie on the floor, he
turned suddenly and raised her up and
kissed her so that she cried; he choked
her. Mother forbad that I should ever
say a word a' out it, but it effected her
ao that now for many years since his
death she has not been well; and if she
should Boon die, which God forbid, I
know well who has caused it"
The little priest shook his bead and
teemed irresolute to what extent he
should advise his confessant. At last he
said, "forgive inn even as your mott.er
forgave biui.do not think of that sorrow
ful picture, Laurella; better times will
come for you and make your forget it
alL"
"I shall never forget that " she
said, and her whole form qnivered.
"You know now, Padre, why 1 shall
always remain a maid and be subject to
no one who can ill treat me and then
caress me. if any one should beat me
or kiss me, 1 know how to protect my
self ; bnt my mother did not dare to
protect herself, either from blows or
from kisses, because she loved him.
But I will neer so love any man that I
become siok ai.d miserable on account of
he treated my mother for she would
rather have died a thousand times than
to talk or eomnlain to anyone, all be-
cause she loved him. So long as love
is such that it clones our lips when we
should err for help, and makes is help-
less against the madman who can injure
a a. I. a m ... 1 ,1 t... nr, .vat nnnmr- ui lnnrr
no w "VUIU UM "UIO ... ,11.1 v .
shallow waves, and reverentially set
him on the shore. Laurella, not de
siring to wait till he returned to fetch
her, gathered np her skirts, took her
wooden shoes in her right hand, her
bundle in the left, and waded quickly
to the sboie. "I shall remain a long
time to-day in Capri," said the Padre,
"so you netd not wait for me. Perhaps
I shall not go home till to-morrow.
When you go home, Laurella, give
Tnnr iniktha m Ai,in..i;n..-i. 1 .11
-- ...v . .uuifluiOUW BUU Wll
uer a wiu visit her this week,
return before night?"
ion win
If thjre is a chance," said the girl,
and busied herself in arranging her
dre-s.
"You know that I must go back,"
said Antonio, as he thought in a very
different tone: "1 will wait for you till
the Angelus; should you not come then
it would be all the same to me.'
"You must come, Laurella," inter
rupted the little priest; "you dare not
leave your mother one night alone. Is
it far where you must go?"
"To Ana-Capri."
"Well, I must go to Capri. God
guard thee, child, and you also, my
son." Laurella kissed her hand to him
and let fall a "good-bye" in which both
the Padre and Antonio could share.
Antonio, however, did not notice it; he
took off his cap to the priest but did
not look at Laurella. When she had
turned her back to them, he let his
eyes wander for a short time towards the
priest who stepped with dilllculty over
the rolling pebbles, then glanced to
wards the girl who had turned to the
right toward the heights holding her
hand over her eyes to protect them
from the rays of the sun. Before she
entered tho road above, leading be-
iween ine wans, sue stootl still an in
stant as if to gather breath and looked
around. The coast lay at her feet; all
round her towered the sharp rocks and
the blue sea sparkled in strange splen
dor. It was indeed an outlook worth
stopping for, bnt it so chanced that her
glance, passing by Antonio's boat, met
the look which he had sent after her.
Both made a movement as people do
who would excuse themselves when
something unexpected happens, then
the gill with an ill hnmored look, set out
on her way.
It was an hour after noon and al
ready Antonio had sat two long hours
on a bench before the fisherman's inn.
He must have had something on his
mind for every five minutes he sprang
nP ster-iied out into the sun and looked
carefully along the roads which led to
the left and right, toward the little
island town. "The weather looked to
him, threatening," he said to the host
ess of the inn. "It was indeed clear,
bnt he knew the color of the heavens
and the sea. It looked exactly so be
fore the last great storm when he had
brought v.ith difficulty the English
faniilv t land. She remembered it?"
"No," said the woman. "Well she
won d remember it, if it did not change
before night" "Are there many
guests over there?" said the hostess
after awhile. "They are just beginning
to come, but until now we have had bad
weather; those who come for the baths,
wait" "The spring time came late;
have yon earned more than we here in
Capri?"
"If I had depended only on
the boat there would not have been
maccaroni enongh to eat twice a week.
Now and then to take a letter to Naples
or to row a Signora on the sea who
wished to go a fishing that was alL
But you know that my uncle has a
large orange garden and is a rich man;
he said to me, 'Tonio, so long as 1 live
you shall not want for anything, and
indeed after that event you will be
cared for.' So, with Gods help, I
have got throngh the winter."
"Has yonr uncle any chilren?"
"No, he was nevermarried, but
he was a long time in a foreign
country where he laid aside a
good many piasters. Now he
intends to start a large fishery and will
place me in charge of the entire busi
ness so that 1 may look after its in
terest"." "So you are a made man, An
tonio." The young boatman shrugged his
shoulders.
'Every man has his bundle to carry,"
be said and with that he sprang up and
looked again to the right and left to ob
serve the state of the weather, al
though he must have known that
weather signals do not appear on all
sides.
"1 am going to bring you an
other bottle of wine, your uncle can
pay for it,'' said the hostess.
"Only one glass more, for your
wine here is of a fiery sort; my
head is already qnite hot"
She greeted the two men by a slight
nod and stopped irresolutely. Antonio
sprang np. "I must go," he said, "she
is a girl from Sorrento who came over
early this morning with Signor Curato
and wishes to return to-night to her
sick mother."
I V 1 1 w.ll a 'imn.1 vIiiIa
yet before night, "said the fisherman, I
you
will have time
to drink a
glass or wine. Hello, wile, bring
;laf
wife, bring
another glass."
'I thank you, I do not drink," said
Laurella and remained at a distance. j
'Pour it on, wife, pour it out, she
will be persuaded." I
"Lot her alone, "said the youth,
"she has an obstinate head and
what she once decides not to do,
no saint could persuade her into
doing." With that he took a hasty de-
parture, ran down to the boat, loosed ,
the rope and stood waiting for the I
maiden. She bowed again to the host- :
ess of the little inn and then with a ,
lingering step went towards the boat
!he looked around on all sides as if she
expected that she would find other
company, but the shore was deserted.
The fishermen were asleep or were
on the water with their lines and nets;
.tn .uoii i.ra ".0,
afw women and children sat before
the doors, sleeping or spinning, and
the strangers who had come over in I
the early morning waited for a cooler !
time of the day for their homeward
lourney.
Gl, .nnl.l n-t k.n noAil
thus a long time, for before she was
aware of it Antonio bad taken her in
his arms and carried her, as he would
a child, to the boat; then he sprang in
and with a few strokes of the oars they
were out in the open sea.
' '" " '
When they had proceeded for
some distance, still keeping silence, 1
-u- i. - r .
BLXtJ IClb tuo LiJm i c y a va uu ouu auu
i. i.. 1 i.i i,.jtAi,iA 1
which she threw over her hair. Then
IWA. JC 111 tc I 11 . v. unuwAV tuu-.
she began to eat tbe bread which
formed her simple midday meal, for
she had eaten no hing in Capri. An
tonio did not look at her long before
he drew two oranges out of the basket,
which in the morning had been full, and
said:
"There is something to go with your
bread, Laurella. Do not think that I
kept them for you; they rolled out of
the basket and I found them when I
nnt 11.. A,r,nt Ka.Va.a ttAitk inL-i tfiA
j,at J
"Eat them then, I have enough
with my breaiL" "They are refreshing
in ine neat and you have walked a long
way."
"he gave me a glass of water
np there; that hat already refreshed
me."
"As you will," he said and let
them fall into the basket Again they
were silent. The sea, smooth as a mir
ror, scarcely rippled around their keel.
Vnl 11 tllA wliitA AAA liirila MiKij.li nAdlml
m the hollows of the rocks, descended
noiselessly upon their prey.
ion might take the two oranges to
your mother, Antonio began, but she
nterrupted him with, "W'e have enough
ai nome and when luey art, gone 1 can
go and buy more."
"Take them to her with my compli
ments, ne answered.
"She does not know you."
"Bnt you can tell her who I am,
"I do not know you either." it was
not the first time that she had
ignored him.
Antonio's usually good natured faco
was frightfully red; he beat the waves
so that they were covered with foam.
and at times his lips trembled as he
uttered evil wrd. She acted as if she
did not observe him, assumed a most
nnconcerned expression and leaned over
the edge of the boat, letting her fingers
trail through the water. Then she took
off her handkerchief and arranged her
hair, as If she was quite alone in the
ixat, but ner eyebrows were still con
tracted, and in vain she held her wet
hands against her burning cheeks to
cooi tnem.
"1 must put an end to this.
1 broke out the boy. "It has continued
ireauy 100 long, ana 1 wonder almost
that it has not mined me. Do you say
that you do not know me? 1 id you
not look long enough at me as 1 passed
you like oue insane, with my heart too
full to speak? Then you made evil
faces and turned your back on me."
"What had I to say to you?" she said
shortly. "I have, indeed, seen that
you de-ired to bind yourself to me,
but I did not wish to become the com
mon talk of people for nothing, for
I shall not marry you; neither you nor
any one else."
"No one? You will not always talk so;
is it because you sent away the artist?
I'ah! You were a child at that time.
There will come a time when you will
be alone, and, then, idiot that you are,
you will take the first that comes."
! T. tT k,i 7 . Ty,
I Ji h"ne m,nd' but whttt
,iVT 1 1 - i.-a. ii ,
is that to you?1
"What is that to me?" he cried and
sprang up so quickly from his seat that
the boat rocked. "What is that to
me? Can you ask that question when
you know how it is with me? Must I
perish with misery because you have
met a better one that 1?"
"Have I promised myself to you?
Can 1 help it if you are foolish? W hat
right have you over me?"
"O, he cried, to be sure it is not pnt in
writing, for no lawyer has drawn it np
in Latin and sealed it; but this much I
know, that 1 have as much right to
you as I have to enter heaven provid
ing I have been an honest fellow. Do
you think I will stand by and see you
enter chnrch with another, aud have
the maidens pass me by and shrug their
shoulders? Shall I suffer the insult?"
"Do what you will, I am not afraid,
much as you may threaten; I will also
do what I please." "You will not talk
like that very long." he said, and his
whole form quivered. "1 am mau
enough not to let my life lie spoiled any
longer by such a stubborn piece as you
are. Do you know that yon are here
in my power and must do as I wish?"
She shuddered slightly and glanced at
him. "Kill me if you dare!" she
auswered slowly,
"One must not do a thing half
way," be muttered, and his voice
sounded hoarse. "There is enough
room in the sea for us both. I can
not help you, child, and" he ppoko
almost sadly, as if in a dream "we
mnst go down there together, and at
once, and now," he cried loudly, and
seized her with both his ban.. a. In an
instant, he drew back his right hand,
fiom which the blood spurted forth; she
has bitten it fiercely. "Must do I
what yo desire?" she cried, and pushed
him away witn a onick motion. "Let
ns see if I am in your power?
With
that she sprang over the boat and dis
appeared tjr an instant in the depths.
She rose immediately; her dress was
twisted firmly aronnd her, and her hair,
loosened by the waves, hung over her
neck. She swam quickly away from
the boat toward the shore, without ut
tering a sound. The sudden fright
seemed to have paralyzed the boy's
mind. "By the Holy Virgin'.!" he
cried, "come into the boat, I was a
fool; God only knows what devil de
prived me of reason. As a lightning
dash from heaven it entered my brain ;
I was mad with anger, and did not
know what I did; 1 can never 881 you
to forgive me, Laurella, bnt only save
your life by entering once more the
boat" She swam on as if she had not
heard him.
"You cannot reach the land, it is too
far off.
Think of your mother; if any
inarm snonni come oi yon 1 snonia aiea
of terror. She measured, with one
glance, the distance to the coast, then,
without answering him, swam up to the
boat and grasped the edge with both
hands. He stood up to help her; his
jacket, which laid on the seat, slipping
lnto tl,e 8eB ftS the boilt WBf drawn over
one side by her wpight She swung
herself easn up ad climbed to her
'ormer seat; when he siw her secure he
BgB,n tlook nP L,s oars- 4l ,
A J a ne8rer the land tut
me the fishemen who were going
row out their nets for the night.
".-milieu, saiu uaureiia, ami lorueu
toward the path which led up the bank.
"Good night," called the boy lifter her
without looking ronnd; then he took
the oars from the boat, together with
the baskets, and ascended the narrow
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-u uF w u.t, ,
cottage. I
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iUlhere was not,ne exucep? - "'"J80' In :
the two rooms throngh which he now.
PBUeU MKl UU Hll UL lUIUIIBU IUC III
tie open window, whose only protection
was a little wooden shutter, the fre-h
air swept in from tbe quiet sea, which,
together with the deep silence, seemed
to subdue tbe passionate throbbing of
j his heart He paused for a time before
in. i:.n..:.i...;..u.v: : 1 A
UB 1 K K .
lhonKh.tfa"t the "r-paper stars
with which It was ornamented.
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"She was right;" he said, "I was
beast and deserved nothing better; in
the morning I will send her handker
chief 1 ack to her by Gniseppe. for she
shall never see me again." He washed
tbe handkerchief carefully, and spread
it out in the sun to dry, then bouud np '
his hand as best he could with the help
of his teeth and left hand. At lost he '
threw himself upon the bed and closed
bis eyes.
Several hours had slipped by when
the bright rays of the moon, together
with the pain in his hand, waked him
out of a half sleep. He had just baft
his bed to qnietthe throbbing pain with
cold water, when he heard a noise at
the door.
"Mho is there?' he cried, as he
quickly opened it Laurella stood be
fore him. Without saying a word she
stepped in, laid aside the little shawl
which she had thrown over her head,
placed a small basket on the table, and
drew a deep breath.
"Yon have come to get yonr hand
kerchief," he said; "you might have
spared yourself the trouble, for early
in the morning I should have asked
Gniseppe to tase it to you."
"It was not on account of the cloth,"
she replied quickly, "1 have been on
the mountain, in order to gather heal
ing herbs." "There!" and she lifted
the cover of the little basket
"Too much trouble, "he said.and with
out any bitterness in his voice repeated,
"too much trouble. It is already better,
and if it should grow worse it would be
no more than I deserved What will
you do here at this time? Should any
one see you here you know how he
would gossip, although he did not know
what he was talking about"
"I do not trouble myself abAut any
one," she answered impatiently, "but
yonr hand I trill see and dress with the
herbs, for you cannot do it with only
the left one."
'I tell you it is not necessary."
"Let me see it, then I will be con
vinced. " Without further ceremony
she seized his hand, which he could not
prevent and took off the bandage.
When she saw how badly it was swollen
she shuddered and cried ont: "Jesus.
Maria!"
"It is a little swollen," .be said;
"in a day and a night it will disap
pear.'" She shook her head. "For a week
you will be ntiublo to go ont on the
water.
"I think I can go the day after to
morrow; but what does that sixnify?"
In the meantime she bad brouciit a ba
sin of water and washed the wound; he
endured it as patiently as a child.
Then she laid the healing leaves of the
herbs niion it, which instantly soothed
the burning pain, and bonnd tho hand
with strips of linen cloth she hud
brought with her. When it was fin
ished ho said to her: "I thank von hnt
listen a moment: if you will do me a
favor, forgive me that I allowed to-day
such a madness to overcome me. foreet
all that 1 have said and done. You
have never given me a cause for doing
it indeed, never. And. more von
shall never hear anything from 'me
which wli vex you."
"1 have to besr your pardon."
she interrupted slowly. "I ' o'.edit
to have told you all and in a bet
ter way, and not exasperated you
by my stupid manner. And now tuo
wound ."
"It was necessary and Quite time
that my senses gained the mastery:
as 1 said before the wound does
not matter. Uo not speak of for
giveness: von did me a cood service
and for that I thank yon. Now go to
rear, ana there is your handkerchief,
which yon can take with you."
He readied it to her.but she stood still
and emleav. red to overcome an inward
struggle. At last she spoke: "Y'ou lost
yonr jacket on my account, and I know
that the money for the oranges was in
the pocket ; 1 first thought of it on the
way home. I cannot repay you now,
for we have not the money, and if wo
had it would belong to mother; but I
have the silver cross which the artist
laid on the table tho last time 1 e came
to see us. I have not looked at it since
tint time, and wish no longer to keep
it in my chest If you can sell it it
was well worth a few piastres, mother
said at tlmt time it might replace your
loss, and whatever is lacking I will try
fo earn by spinning nights while mother
sleep."
"1 will take nothing," he said ab
ruptly, and pushed back the shining
cross, which she had drawn forth from
her pocket.
"Yon must take it," she cried;
"who knows how long it will be be
fore yon can earn anything with this
Land? There it lies, and I will not
look at it again."
Then throw it into the se," heoriod,
"It is not a present that'I give yon. it
is no more than your right and what
belongs to you."
"Kight! I have no right to anything
which belongs to you. Hereafter, when
we meet, do me the favor not to look at
me, so I need not think that you re
member me on scoonnt of this of which
I have been guilty. Good night, and
let it be the lost good night"
He placed her handkerchief in ber
basket, the cross
ith it and Closed the
cover. As he looked np into her face
he was startled. Great, heavy tears
rolled down her cheeks; 8h let them
have their course.
"Maria Sanctissima!" he cried, "are
yon ill? Y'ou tremble from head to
foot."
"I is nothing," she said; "I will
go home," and staggered toward the
door. Overcome by weeping, she
leaned her forehead against the door
casing and sobbed violently and loudly.
Before he could reach her, in order to
comfort her, she tnrned around sudden
ly, and ttir- w herself npon his neck.
"I cannot bear it," she cried, clinging
to him as a dying one clings to life.
"1 vannot understand how you can give
me kind words and bid me go from you
with such a b.irden of guilt npon my
conscience. Strike me, trample me
under your feet, curse mel or, if it is
trne that you still love me, after all tbe
evil I have done you, take me and keep
me, and do with me what you will, but
do not send me away from you!"
Renewed and violent sobs inter
rupted her. He held her awhile speech
less in his arms. "If I still love yo !',
be cr e 1 at last "Holy Mother of
God! Do yon think all my heart's blood
has rnn out throngh this little wound?
Do yon not feel it beating in my breast
and struggling to escape to yon? If you
have only said this to try me, or be
cause you pity me, go, aud 1 will also,
innced, forget it Yon shall not tiiink
that yon are nnder obligation to me,
because you know what I suffer on your
account
"No," sl e answered firmly, and look
ed up timidly at him from his shoulder,
her eyes wet with tears. "I love yon,
and I say it now; I have long feared i
and for that reason defied it. I will
do differently nw, for I can no longer
bear it not to look at you when you
pass me on tbe street. "
"Now 1 shall kiss you," she said, "so
that yon can say to yourself when you
are again in doubt: Sue has kissed
me, aud Laurella kist-es no niun but
the oue she will marry.."
She kis ed him thrice, then, loosen
ing her arms, said: "Good night, ra
beloved; go now. and sleep and heal
thy band; do not go with me, for 1
fear no odb bnt thee." With that s ,e
sbpped through the door and disap
peared in the shadow of the w.ill.
For a long time he stood by the win
dow nnd liM'ked out at the ca, o er
Which all the stars seeuie-' t oin in a
wild, fantastic dauos-
A RuYAL DEER HUNT.
Cmpjror 'Wilb.elm'i Autumn Drivs in ika
Let zl in yen Forest
9w It I Conducted by ths Kaiser and Hi
Questi The Game Shot from Steads Hid
den by Foliage WUhelm' 8 kill vita the
Kifls,
In November and December the em
Jeror of Germany attends weekly one
lr more bunting excursions. In the
arge forests belonging to the state the
rame In them is by right the property
)f the crown iinti the emperor's forest
rs look after it Therefore, the invi
ations for shooting parties are sent
ut in the name of the emperor to oth
ir German courts, to royal princes and
o members of aristocratic society who
ire sportsmen, as well as to military
lfficers. The number of these invited
ruests varies from forty to seventy.
lhe preparations for a royal hunt
tre extensive and costly, all the ex-
ense being borne by the emperor.
l'be average cost of twodavs' shooting
s fifteen thousand dollars. Numbers
f foresters come Irom afar to assist
n the work, bringing loads of nets,
ags snd toils necessary to surround
ihe drives and fodder for tne game.
The imperial household comes with its
retinue of servants, kitchen officers,
:arriages and horses, and all the par
iphernalia needed to transform the sol
.tary bastile into a pleasant abode for
teveral days.
Letzlingea is a village situated in
3ne of the large forests in the "Pro
vinz Sachsen."
The forest contains about fifteen
thousand hectares of fir trees, beech
sovers and old oaks. In this large ex
panse game abounds, and is carefully
ept and preserved in winter, when
:he snow lies deep on the ground.
The castle of Ketzlingen dales from
:he sixthteen century, and is surround
sd by a moat It was rebuilt and reno
vated some twenty years ago by Em
peror Wilhelm I., and can accommo
date forty or fifty guests for the night
Over one hundred can sit down to
linner in the great hall. A bridge
iead9 over the moat into the yard be
fore the castle, and the entrance opens
m the large dimng-nall, which is beau
tifully decorated with stags and wild
Sear's heads.
The emperor arrives in the evening
with his guests by a special train from
Berlin. Supper Is served early. Be
fore the company retires "'Kaiser
ounch" is served, according to the
Ail custom.
PHIVE AT LKTZI.INCEV.
Early on the following morning the
trained band of foresters souod the re
veille on their bugles to awake the
guests. Punctually at eight o'clock
breakfast is served In the hall. Then
the carriages come to the door and
the gentlemen enter, each accompa
nied by his private gamekeeper, who
carries the reserve guns, and loads
them durinjr the drives. Each sports
man gets a number designating his
carriage and his place In the drive.
Soon the company reaches the ren
dezvous, where thoy are greeted by
the "fanfare furstengrass" sounded on
the bugles. The game in the forest is
riritfAn A waaIt ill- Aft lwfm-A th. ihiiAt.
Inir hav intl n-nl lH g9iiu.nvi "
. These are inclosures surrounded by
pts and linen toils. In these the ani-
'ma Is remain nnUlv ami not nlento ,l
fodder.
The large
thicket in front is sur
rounded for the time with high nets.
The stands of the emperor and the
principal guests are to the west of the
driveway, and are built twelve feet
over the ground. The occupants of
these only shoot towards the linen
toils. The gentlemen shoot only to
wards the outer nets, never into the
drive. They Bt.ind at a distance of
one hundred paces one from the other,
and before them towards the nets is a
clear forest also two hundred paces,
with an undergrowth of bushes, which
affords a good clearance for shooting.
CASTLE AT LETZLIXGE.
The stands of the emperor and the
royal princes are built at least twelve
feet in height and have each room foi
tlree persons, for with the quantities
of game it is necessary that two men
load the rifles, while their owner only
shoots. These kanseln are thickly
shrouded with green bushes to screen
them from view. As soon as all the
gentlemen are placed the bugles sig
nal the beginning of the drive, and at
this Instant the hunting-toils of the
first game-room fall, and its inmate;
rush through the to-called "long run"
where the emperor stands into the
thicket behind. There the gamekeep
ers with the dogs await them and
drive them toward the nets and past
the guests who lie hidden in waiting.
To each "game-room" are from one
hundred and twenty to one hundred
and fifty stags and deer.
Ten minutes later the second game
roo.n is opened, and so on till all tiie
game has been freed. Tho drive
usually occupies two or three hours
nd It en,ds at bugla signal.
AJtr tna first drivt th tampan-
I 5 8 S u ' l "-"-. 00
I teinbles In a large tent, where luncheon
Is waiting. At an open bontira in front
Df It the hot dishes are cooked. Pota
toes roasted in the ashes are a favorite
lelicacy; so, also, is Irish stew and hot
musages with beans and sauerkraut
All kinds of wine are abundantly pro
'ided. Out hot drinks are preferred,
especially negus."
During luncheon the game that has
been killed is collected and loaded on
:arts.
The animals that have fallen to the
smperor's gun are laid out for insec
tion and viewed by the company. The
foung kaiser is a very firm shot al
ihough obliged to hold his gun only
ffilh the rigiit hand. The weakness of
iis left arm has forced him to train
himself lo hold the gun or rifle like a
sistoL and his aim is very steady and
lure. The strength in his right arm
las wonderfully augmented by contin
ual training, and he can bear the great
at fatigue without feeling it
-MPEROK WILLIAM n. AND THE &TAO.
Soon the carriages again come up to
ake the company to the meeting for
lhe second drive, which is organized
sxactly In the same manner as the first
after there turn to the castle dinner is
rdered for five o'clock. and the gentle
men appear in evening dress with black
leckties.
After dinner the company descends
Into the court-yard, which is illumi
nated with Bengal lights. Here the
arholo "strecke" the result of the
jhase is laid for view in rows and
livided according to the names of the
sportsmen to whose guns it fell. The
Animals shot by the Emperor are plac
ed in the first row and after them fol
low those of the royal and other
ruests. The bugles of the foresters
iound "HallalU" and this picturesque
romantic- sight ends tbe day. The
fame killed on the first day regularly
averages from six hundred head of
red and fallow deer.
The evening is spent by the company
in the sitting and billiard-rooms, where
whist-tables are also set. The emperor
loins in these games with spirit I re
member vividly one such evening some
pears ago, when the late Emperor
Wilhelm I. merrily joined in a game
jf whist He won three marks, and
put them in his pocket well pleased,
laying:
"I am glad to have won a whole
thaler, it lessens the cost of this shoot
ing party."
The second day Is devoted principal
ly to the shooting of wild boars, which
are aiso driven up in the same style as
the deer. It frequently happens that
the boars got enraged during tho
irives and attack dogs and even forest
alls; therefore great attention and pru
ienoe is observed. The result of tho
econd day Is, on an average, four
hundred to fire hundred head of boar
and one hundred or so of fallow deer.
These numbers show how large the
took of game is in the royal German
forest The care that is taken oi them
Is of course great and after thse days
of official slaughter perfect rest and
lolitude again reigns In their green
nd leafy retreats.
Slur, the Bhy Died.
the home has been so strangely still
Since the baby died.
The birds no lonper seem to trill
Since the baby died.
Tba sunshine's gone and shades of gloom
Lurk in tbe corners of the room;
1 be rosos have a fainter bloom
binco the baby a led.
The stars seem briehtcr than before
Since the baby die-i.
We're nearer to the other shore
Smce the baby died.
N"ot in His anger but in love,
Not as an eatfle but a dove:
There's less below and more above
Since the baby died.
Holla Hlats.
Don't contradict your wife. Don't
tell a man be is a stranger to the truth
because he happens to be smaller than
roursolf. Errors of this kind have
Seen known to be disastrous. Never
ro to bed with cold or damp feet Leave
Ihem beside the kitchen fire, where
ihey will be handy to put on in the
morning. It is bad to lean your back
igainst anything cold, particularly
when it Is an icy pavement, upon which
vour vertebral arrangement has c irom
sd with a jolt that shakes the buttons
aff your coat Always eat your break
fast before beginning your journey. If
rou haven't any breakfast drni't jour
ney. After violent exercise like put
ting up the stove or nailing down car
pets never ride around town in an
open carriage It is better to walk.
It is also cheaper. When hoarse speak
as little as possible. If you are not
hoarse, it won't do you any harm to
keep your rnoulh shut too. Don't
light the tire with kerosene. Let the
hired girl do it She hasn't any wifo
and children. You have. Don't roam
around the house In your baro feet at
the dead of niht trying to pick up
tray tacks. Men have bead known to
dislocate their jaw through this bad
practioe. When you see a man put
the lighted end of a cigar in his mouth,
don't ask him if it is hot enough. Seri
ous injury has often resulted from this
habit Philadelphia Inquirer.
Aarricaa Oaiaia.
Adolph Sutro is trying the exper
Iment of raising cinchona trees at his
grounds above the Cliff house. It is
from the bark of about a dozen vari
sties of this tree that quinine is.ei tract
L and If they will thrive in ttis
slimate the trees will become very val
uable. Moreover, the cinchona is a
very showy tree and highly ornament
al, soma of them growing to a height
of eighty feet The enormous medicinal
consumption of the bark of the cin
chona has caused the.tree to be exten
sively cultivated in India snd Java. It
trows In high altitudes in I:ewGrend ,
Rouador, Peru, and Bolivia, whero
there is a great deal of moisture .It
has boen'tried with success in Austra
lia and Mr. Sutro thinks some of the
varieties will grow here, where thcra
Is a moisture la the atmosphere all the
tr round, - Sab Francisco EjnuniflCJi
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Two persons die every second.
Alaska claims the largest quartz mill,
A machine makes 2000 corks an
hour.
The warmest place in Europe is said
to be M.ilaga,
The great Lick telescope reveals
about 100,000,1 Uu stars.
There is an average of 2094 ties to
a mile of railroad In this country.
Snails 1 ave a sort of ribbon with
which they rasp their food as with a
file.
In Xew York, recently, the oath of a
sick person was taken through the tele
phone. A sensational novelist in Xew York
turns out four novels a year for $20 -000.
"Gath ' says that nature seldom af
fords a man more than ona chance in
his lifetime.
Excellent wool has been made
from the fibre of the fir trees by mean
of eh ctricity.
One person in every ten who died
in New Y'ork iu 18S9 was buried in
Potter's Field.
Palmetto Is claimed to be the onl
wood that is proof against the attacks
ol the dreaded teredo.
Th plug bat is said to be rapidly
replacing the ba'jive headgear among
the nian.lurius of China,
In Euroi-e steel-tired wheeli foi
railroad cars are used more generally
than iu the United Suites.
Pennsylvania h sa law which pro
Tides a Hue of sixty-three cents per
word Tor swearing profanely.
To effect the respiration of a carp,
13,300 arteries. Vessels, veins bones,
vaives, etc, are mcessary.
A German proressor claims to have
discovered the bacteria which causes
baldness by destroying the root- of the
hair.
The maximum power of an electro
magnet u proportional to th least
sectional u.ea of the entire magnetic
circuits.
With an electro-magnet mechanical
action are produced at a distance un
der control by tbe ageucy of electric cur
rents.
The magueto-uiotive force equals the
product ot the number of spirats and
the number of AmiPros of current mul
tiplied by 12 7.
The Bank of Scotland Issued one
pound notes as early as 1704, and their
issue has since bteu continued without
interruption.
Moss agates frcm Wyoming have
been introduced iu some of the new jew
elry, as have also the almost ruby-red
garnets from Arizona.
There ate In the United Mates 70
Fathers Murphy, 68 Walsh, 52 O'Keii
i', fiO O'Connor, 50 Kelly, 4S Rvan, 40
O'Brien, 33 Brady, aud 33 Fitzgerald.
A comparatively small dynamo may
Le arranged to light a greater number
of lamps by the use of an accumulator
that can be obtained from the machine
dirtct
Sir William Thomson coudems the
single-wire system of electric lighting
on shipboard, on the ground that, In
spite of every caie, the compasses are
affected.
Recent explorations in Greenland
have developed the fact that north ot
th.t seveiity-tiflh degree tLe land in the
valleys is coveied with ice 5000 10 6000
feet in thickness,
A nicnumeut is to be raised In
Piagje, Bohemia, to the memory of
John I lust, who was burnt at tbe stake
in 1415 aud wi ose ashes were thrown
iutj the Kluue.
The lirrt railway postofllce, the par
ent or the present fast mail system, was
organized on the Chicago and North
western Hal I road in August 1864, on a
fast train running between Chicago and
Clinton, la.
Piofessor Elihu Thompson wears a
unique watch cl am, the links of which
are welded by electricity. In part of
the chain links ot gold and platinum
alternate. Other links are made of sec
tions of these metal?.
Asphalt paint Is rapidly coming In
to lavor for ii on work. Its oils are not
volatile, as is the case of the various
coal-tar products, aud it Is this penna
nt lit character ot the material that is
the s-ciei of its value.
AnaKsisof individual beets Indi
cate that maturity more than size, de
termines the siiKr convents of the beet.
A high weight of leaves, as compared
with Ih - roots, was no evidence of high
er sui-ar content, butralher the reverse.
The works of watches are now pla
ted with palladium, which is a whiter,
lighter and more fusible metal than
platinum. About one-seventeenth of
grain of palladium will, by electrical
deposition, coat the works of an ordi
nary watch.
In a vestibule car recently invented,
lnstetdoftbe folding doors and the
Lsual iron gates that are so likely to lm
prison passengers iu case of an acci
dent, there are doors that slide Into the
car, aud which leave the platform un
obstructed. Iliebeut produced from tbe light
of a fire-fly is only oue per cent of an
eq al amount of cand'e-lixht Tbe
bug's hub; is produced by a chemical
action, as it is increased by putting the
fly in oxygeu and diminished In an at
mosphere of nitrogen.
Two marked Improvements have
recently leen made in the use of gas
for lighthouse Illumination. One is a
process of enriching gas made from
ordinary cooking coal by the addition
of hydrocarbons and heated air, thai
other ts-tlie new dioptric lens.
It was long thought that the water
from melted snow was the purest of all
water. This Idea has been proved In
correct, as tt.e reverse Is true. Snow is
really a purifier of tbe atmosphere, at
tracting to it, as It fa' Is, various Im
purities; and these are found In the
snow-water.
Tbe size of an adult Englishman'
head is said to average No. 7. The heads
of Portuguese average from 6 to 7;
those of Spaniards area little larger,
and these of Japanese exceed the En
glish average. Germans have round
beads, Malays small ones.
Germany has 5,500,000 working wo
men. England 4,h00.iO.I, France 3,
750 OOrt, Austria 3,00j.0(0, and Ameri
ca 2,700,000, Including all occupations.
Ho less th m 17,000 young girls and
women, homeles-', friendless, belp'ess
and foodli ss, sleep In the open-all-Dlght
f belt cis of St pney Green, Loudon, in a
year.
A farm at Titholp, Pa., which was
bought some veai s ago, during tbe oil
excitement, by CnU-ago speculators for
(1.500 0 0, w as sol 1 recently at a tax
tul - for tl 0.
Two million and a half Is tbe num
ber of people who are said to work 04
Sundays iu this country. '