VOL.- xxxvi
A STREA/W OF NGWNGSS
New goods are coming in daily. The thought aud care which were bestow
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Goods Other liues deserve mention
Embroideries and Laces.
JL The newest and daintiest productions await you here
BeauMful assortments at temptingly little prices.
Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries with Insetting
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J » Vals, Torchon. Orientals and a vast assortment of other
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% to i inch v ioe 3 to 5c
f 1 to 2 iuch wide 6 to 10c
J ! pM Finer anil wider up to per yard
I \ A Laces 15c per <loz yds up to #I.OO per yd
u Hosiery and Underwear
The wanted sorts are here in ample variety. Careful selection f)/ r-""""
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We have endeav fed to make our stock surpass all previous years in style, desir
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Youths' Fine Tan Shoes 98
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Children's Department
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they are not disappointed when they come to our store.
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SnbHcribo tor theC*TiZKN i
Mi HAM OF TIIE IVIES.
BY ELIZABETH PHiPPS TRAIN.
[Copyrighted by the Author.]
SYNOPSIS:
OHAPTKH I Tin- scene of the story if
laid ill tin- village of I,!«Soti, at an old houie
»t» .id, "The Iv:e»." about which there it
considerable mystiry. D ioiliy I.othrop,
the heroine, app!i< -> f->r the pjsition of com
panion to Mrs. Kldri- :e. the uiUtress of
the house. At the s'.alion slie ma "es llie
ac<|iir.intaiice of I>r. Spencer, one of th«
prominent characters of the story.
CIIAPTKI! II -Dorothy is rng\,ed by
.Mr- Kldridge, who *he discovers i» blind,
and enteis al once upon her duties jM
companion.
CIIAPTKR 111.--She makes tlie ae
quainlance of the housekeeper, Mrs May
lieny, a curious cliar.i it ; who has lived
al 'l he Ivies a great uianv years. On one
of Dorothy's visits to the village a suddea
illness drives her 10 the house of Dr.
Spencer.
CHAPTER IV.--The do-tor and hlj
mother care for her, and the latter is about
to divn .1 M.meof the secrets relating to
The Ivies and its people when sho is
checked by her son. I) rotliy discovers
that Mrs. Eldredge lins a son. who has been
absent from home for years, and is now
about to return. She also notes some
strange happenings a*, an abandoned build
ing on the grounds, known as the "Stoue
House."
CIIAI'TER v -Mrs. May berry's sus.
picious are aroused, and she warns Dor
othy, who continues her investigations.
She communicates with Franklin, an old
servant, who a s..' .telr refuses lo go near
the Stone lb.use. Mrs. Eidiedge's son,
Darracott Chester, arrives at home.
CHAPTEH VI Oil iel timing from a
visit, aceotnjcniied liv D.u ii' tt, Dorothy
and he are startled bv strange snunds com
ing from the Stout House, and proceed to
investigate.
Finally my companion again broke
the silence.
"You Kay nothing. Miss I.othrop!
Apparently I am not a very good
special pleader in my own behalf.
You cannot yet fiud it possible to con
done my fault "
The moon had come out again and
was shining brightly. Olancing tip I
met Ills b>ok. and n peculiarity in his
gaze made tny own eyes fall beneutu
It.
"Your fault was not committed
against me.' I murmured weakly.
"But in your presence."
"For that I grant you full pardon.
That fact had no part In tny resent
ment."
"It was a large factor in my re
morse."
"The actual offence was far more
flagrant."
"It had some justification. A mother
may not fail utterly in maternal love
without reaping some natural conse
quences."
I shook my head "She lias longed
for your return Her joy at your
home-coming is Irreconcilable with
your insinuation.'
ML
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HOW YOUR IIAIR SHINES IN THE MOON
LIGHT.
"How your hair shines in the moon
light!" he exclaimed, irrelevantly.
Your lace scarf has fallen back; may
1 replace It?"
He dropped the reins into my hands
and set about the slight task, taking
an unwarrantable time to fulfil it.
"ll is almost the exact shade that my
mother's was, lie remarked very gent
ly. "I always thought tny mother's
hair the most beautiful in the world.
Yours is very like it. Miss Ixithrop.
When I was a boy I was for ever long
ing to touch my mother's, but I never
dared to. You see I am less in awe of
you."
For an Instant—for so brief an in
stant that i could not resent it his
hand rested on my head, geutly. tend
erly, with a touch that was almost a
caress. Before he had time to with
draw it a strange and eerie cry came
cleaving the niglit air, smiting iipou
our senses with a weird, almost super
natural significance. So ghostly and
sudden was the wild appeal that It
forced exclamation from us lioth.
"What was it?" I asked, and it was
no coquettish impulse that drew me
closer to my companion.
"I have no idea," lie replied, and
clucked to the horse, plunging an in
quiring gaze hither and yon into the
shadows which lingered ou either side
the avenue.
"Oh!" My exclamation was half a
cry. Darracott turned quickly.
"What is it?" lie asked.
"The Stone House!"
"What of it?"
"I am sure it came from there.
There had been such strange—— Oh!
look look!"
In thinking it over afterwards I was
moved to deepest shame and mortifi
cation by the recollection of my con
duct. Abject terror aroused by the
vision before me quite overcame all
maidenly modesty, and I am afraid I
almost threw myself Into my compan
ion's arms in tny uncontrollable fright.
Ills first impulse apparently was to
take advantage of my appeal to his
protection, for lie started to put his
arm about me; but evidently he
thought better of this and drew him
self somewhat away, with a move
ment of recoil that brought me to my
senses. Yet I was more concerned
with terror than with his very appar
ent reluctance to comfort me by a
more unmistakable proof of his near
presence.
"What is it?" I gasped in a hoarse
whisper.
"I don't know," he said, iu a tone of
equal uncertainty. Then lie added, re
assuringly: "You need not be so uhwm
ed. You cannot come to any harm,
you know, while I am with you
Good God!"
For again at that moment came thril
ling through the night the cry that had
first startled us. This time, however,
the sound took shape and meaning.
"Help help help—!" As It broke up
on the horse's ears, the creature shiver
ed and trembled, as they say animals
will when conscious of a supernatural
presence. We were now just abreast of
tlie Stone House. Mr. Chester turned
to me.
shall I do?" he asked. "It Is
for yu to y. 1 must go down and
investigate. Are you afraid to sit here
and wait for me. or shall I drive y&u
home first and then istnc back?"
"Neither," I replied, ashamed already
of my momentary weakness. "I shall
go down there with you. That Is
tlie voice of a woman in distress; she
i jay need the assistance of one of her
own sex."
CHAPTEK VII.
He made no attempt to dissuade me,
but helped me down from the dog-cart
and tied the horse to oue of the pop
lars. Then, hand iu hand, that so be
might best support and assist me, we
made our way down thv cuibuukiutfkt.
BUTLER FVA.., THLJRSDAV, APRIL 2(), isno
slippery wet with moisture that al
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A STKANGE AND GHOSTLY SPEtTACI.E
OKKETKH t'S.
ways seemed to ooze from its sides, and
soon stood below upon that unknown
and mysterious territory which I had
so often contemplated, but had never
before invaded.
As we approacthed tin house, a
strange and ghostly spectacle greeted
us. The gaunt, gleaming pile of stone,
shining with special lustre in the sil
very light, seemed staring blankly into
tlie night through the pale medium of
its myriad white shutters. One wind
ow alone gleamed with tlie darkness
of an evil eye. and framed the vision
that had attracted our startled gaze.
A woman, from whose lips doubtli ss
the faint, despairing cry had proceed
ed stood close pressed against the case
ment. We could see her form quite
i.istinetly in the bright moonlight, but
not until the house was very, very neat
could we distinguish her features; then
I discovered that the figure was that
of a girl, apparently not much older
than I. and that the face, surrounded
by a tangle of fair hair, thongu dis
torted by fright and distress, was y- t
of a startling, wonderful lieauty.
When she saw us approach she ceased
her heart-rending cries, threw her
hands above her head. and. clasping
thoin over her disordered hair in an
easy, graceful attitude, stood leaning
carelessly against the window, while
the woful expression of the lovely
countenance gave way to one of curi
osity.
"What is she?" I panted breathlessly,
turning to tny escort. But the terrible
pallor of his face brought me to an
involuntary pause, such a storm of
conflicting emotions as it betrayed!
recognition, amazement, pain, and in
finite aversion, lie seemed Irresolute,
as if about to turn back from a loathe
some object: but even in the midst of
this overwhelming discovery I was
able to command an answer from him.
1 saw a shudder convulse liini as I re
peated my question.
"What is sho!" he reiterated, with
his eyes still fixed upon what appeared
to me a really exquisite picture, one
quite devoid of cause for this horror
which it seemed to arouse in him.
Then suddenly his voice changed from
exceeding harshness to a most exquis
ite gentleness as he transferred his
gaze to my awe-struck, wondering face.
"I cannot tell you what she is. It i.?
enough for you to know that she is
one who is unworthy to touch the hem
of your garment. I must go to her,
but, God willing, you shall never come
in contact with such as she. Turu
back, turn back. Miss. I.othrop, I beg
of you, and wait for me in tlie dog
cart."
"I eauuot," I replied firmly. "I do
not know, uor do I care to know what
she is. She is suffering and in dis
tress, and needs at least a woman's
sympathy. Mr. Chester, my mind is
made up. I shall go with you—come.'
He looked at me a moment in a man
ner that made my eyes fall in couftis
ion, aud then, seeing my determina
tion, lie took my hand and placing it
on his arm. walked swiftly toward the
back of the house with a directness and
purpose that showed his entire famil
iarity with the place. As we moved
out of sight of the solitary figure at the
window her cries recommenced, and
there was such a ghostly vibration iu
the sweet, beseeching tones as they
echoed through the dense woods that,
as we mounted the cliff leading to the
rickety old platform, which Madam
had described so lovingly, 1 trembled
and shuddered despite my efforts -it
self-command.
We reached the rough landing-place,
aud Mr. Chester tried the iloor. It was
securely fastened. Without further de
lay he picked up a stone and broke
one of the side-lights, thrust In his
arm and slid back the bolt which alone
locked the entrance. Then, throwing
the door quickly open, he drew me
within the house. It was dark as mid
night. No moonbeams penetrated tlie
obscurity, aud it seemed that the
shadows were almost palpable. How
ever, Mr. Chester was prepared for tlie
emergency; he had brought with him
one of the dog-cart lanterns .and this
he proceeded at once to light, for tin?
brightness of the night hail rendered
this hitherto unnecessary.
As the flame gleamed through the
darkness, 1 discovered that we were
standing upon the staircase-landing
with which I had become acquainted
through Madam's description, while
about us gloomed the dismal atmo
sphere of a deserted, long-disused,
damp and dreary dwelling. The scene
was chill and depressing beyond des
cription.
However, urged onward by our con
cern for the girl whose cries had sum
moned us to her relief, we wasted no
time in idle inspection, but pressed
hurriedly on up tho stairs and along a
narrow corridor until we reached tlie
room at whose window had appeared
that wild and distraught vision.
A brief but convincing search showed
us that the girl was no longer within
the apartment. It was quite vacant,
barren even of furniture, and so dis
piriting was its effect upon me that I
was glad when my companion led me
hastily from it. We made a rapid in
vestigation of the other apartments
upon that floor, but with no better
success. Then Mr. Chester hesitated
for a moment in the hall, undecided
whether to go up or down in further
ance of his purpose.
As we halted there, Iu the same stern
silence which had accompanied our en
trance and research up to this instant,
a signal came to us through the night,
a sad and distressing signal which
wrung my heart; although it wrought
uo softening of the rigid lines in my
companion's face. It was the sound of
sobbing, hushed and pitiful, like that
of a little child who had been forbidden
to weep. However bitter a man's feel
ings towards a woman may be, such
sounds impel him to her aid. Darra
cott turned to me.
"She Is below there," he said shortly.
"Once more—will you not remain here
aud avoid meeting her? Y'ou shall
have the lantern."
His intonation, hurried as it was, in
dicated what his own wish in the mat
ter was, but I negatived it promptly.
AJI my sympathies were with that des
olate creature whose walling still
smote upon tlie air.
"Go on—hurry!" I cried; and so we
passed down the stairs and, still led
by the mournful sounds, wound our
way iu aud out of narrow passages,
through kitchen and servants' offices,
until we came to a sort of a cellar iu
tlie back of the house. As the light f«'ll
into the place the weeping < eased, an-l
a more terrible picture of misery and
despair thau that which met our eyes
I cannot well imagine.
Two walls of the room were of the
rough, unfinished stop. ««f the cliff, oi
which green, slimy d.iini»ne<s had
formed, and down tlie-r darl-r ind slip
pery sid< > tiny sir. ;•!•..» of black ooze
trickled upon tlie e.i thy floor beneath.
The roof and the oihrr walls were also
covered with the deadly moisture, and
thick grey festoons : dusty cobwebs
draped the scarcely visible woodwork.
in the most renote corner of this
vile and dreadful < en was huddled to
gether a shapeless mass, almost cover
ed by a veil of fair hair, thrown for
ward over the bc:.t figure, evidently
for the purpose of concealment. The
beautiful mantle, discovered liv the
lantern, gleamed and shone like a vein
of gold in a dark setting of rough ore
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fill-
IN Till". MUSI U'K.VOTK I-OKM:IC WAS
HI'DDJ.KD A SIIAI'KI l » MASS,
"I.et nie speak to her," I said, all fear
overcome by pity.
There was no reply from my com
panlon. I glanced at him, and 1 boi>c
tiiat never again shall I see in a inanY.
face such awful evidence of contending
emotions as 1 lead in his. There was
more than assent lo my proposition in
his eyes: there was absolute appeal.
He nodded.
"Yes. do. for God's sake!" lie mutter-
ed. "It is beyond uic."
I left lii 111 standing in the doorway,
and approached the crouching tignre.
"Are you ill?" I asked, speaking as
gently as possible.
I laid my hand softly upon the
shrinking form. The girl, feeling tny
toiu h. raised her bowed head and toss
ed back the weight of lustrous hair,
looking at me with two dull, mourn
ful blue eyes, in whose vacancy I read
the clue to her strange actions.
"Xo. I aui not ill." she answered, in
a soft minor key. "No, not ill. but
oh! so dusty—so. so dusty!" with dainty
disgust. "If I could only have a clotii
to wipe away the cobwebs! They are
choking 1110, you know! I'd like 10
wipe my hands, too; they're nil wet
with dampness see.'"
She held up two tiny palms, aud. as
1 stopped to warm ;h in with my own,
I shrank back in horror they were
stained with a deep crimson.
"Mr. Chester!" I cried. Ed to tie
appeal. "come here!" He approached
reluctantly. I suspected thai f.-aivd
recognition, and cotitinn in an aside:
"You need not be afraid; she is quite
insane."
I could see that my words were a
great shock by the start with which he
heard them. Then personal feeling
gave way to humane solicitude.
"Alice," he said gravely as he stood
beside her. "do you know me?"
"Y'es," she replied, nodding and suiil
ing. "of course! How do you do?
Once upon a time a spider spun a cob
web and a king watched it you are
the king. Couldn't you give me a dust
er '!"
We saw that any attempt upon her
intelligence was useless, but she was
amenable to persuasion. She shrank
somewhat from Darracott, but had ayi
parently conceived a strong confidence
in me. She was very docile with me,
aud allowed me to coax her into com
pliance with tyy suggestion. Fhe first
of these regarded her hands, which I at
ouce proceeded to bind comfortably
with strips torn f'oni my own hand
kerchief and that of my companion.
The wounds were neither deep nor very
painful, rather abrasions than wounds,
indeed; caused, I afterwards assured
myself, by her own assaults upon the
window against which we had seen her
leaning.
1 was in the midst of this occupation
when Darracott. who had neeu stand
ing by. gloomily regarding the opera
tion. suddenly and roughly interrupted
it. With au impulsive movement he
deposited the lantern upon the llooi
and, stooping, laid iiis hands impetu
ously upon my own.
"Let me do that!" he ejaculated
rudely. "Drop her hands. I cannot
bear to see you touch them!"
I looked at him in surprise, and tlie
girl gave a wild cry and crowded up
to me as if for protection. My wo
man's heart was stirred with pity for
her, autl I threw an arm tenderly about
her shoulder. W'Mtever her offence
had been, her malady had wiped it out.
She was guiltless :-j her affliction as a
child in its ignoran e.
"No!" I returned, warming to my roll
us I felt the wretched creature nestle
confidingly within my embrace. "She
is my charge; 1 wiii not abandon her.''
"You shall!" he exclaimed; and to
my surprise I discovered that his eyes
were filled with hatred aud passionate
determination. "Y.u shall not take her
iu your arms. I will not have it. Y'ou
do not know what sin- Is!" He placeo
a hand on the shoulder of each of us,
as if by main force he would draw us
apart. But I held the trembling gi I
safe clasped In my arms, and so cir
cumstanced, united by the hands that
would have severed us. I looked up aud
put to him the first question I had ever
uttered concerning the mysteries of
those lives with which destiny had so
closely associated me.
"Then you shall tell me," 1 cried,
"who is she."
A moment he hesitated, glaring
fiercely down upon us both; tjieu he
gave a short, dreary laugh, as of oue
sick at heart.
"She is tny wife," he said.
At that Instant, I am sure the un
balanced mind of the stricken girl tem
porarily readjusted itself, and she rce
ogulserl him. Astonishment, and per
haps a more intimate and personal sen
satfon. had caused my clasp somewhat
to relax its hold. Before I could re
cover from the shock of this unexpect
ed intelligence my arms were empty.
The girl had bounded to her feet aud
was speeding to the door. I gave a
cry. It was echoed from the thres
hold. There, barring the deserter's
further progress was a figure I knew
well -the stunted, dwarfed, drooping,
repulsive figure of Mrs. Mayberry!
A ray from the lantern falling upon
the heads of toe two women disclosed
a feature which they possessed in com
mon that seemed lo denote the exist
enee of a tie of blood between tliem.
That sunny, rippling cloud of hnlr that
fell like a mantle of clotli-of-gold about
the shoulders of the girl was but tho
counterfeit of the decorousl\ arrant d
tresses which crowned the head of the
woman. That Inherited trait betrayed
a near and unmistakable relationship.
I looked quickly. Interrogatively, at
Darracott. He nodded gloomily.
"Her daughter," he muttered. "Yes.
my wife and her daughter.'
I transferred my gaze to the door.
Mayberry had pushed the girl from
her path and hail entered the room.
Her face was white with horrible fear
and miserable uncertainty. She shook
like a culprit before a dreaded judge:
her lips twitched convulsively, and It
was obvious that she was wholly pos
sessed by a sense of unpardonable
guiltiness. Altogether, she was a
wretched, pitiable object, arousing
rather the aversion than the sympathy
of her beholder. An she advanced into
the room she essayed to speak, but
several attempts were necessary before
her words came fr ly ; 1 u
they gushed forth 't. 1 t"i
"f»ir. sir, 1 eoiihlr i In-lp M. I ha > ::•>
win ri else to bid it
liavi been turned adrift a_l.ll ■ : r
In . ielion Fotglv. • i . .
I sir 1 had no 1 KM. 11. * I
but V. hat colli I Id I 11-:
| it * nly to Is* fi-i a ill., vvhil
I oil. Mr rill Met. ll* II I let 111, •*
! know wuat I have done' 1 « . not
l« ai it. sir ! < '> in t l:;t< 1 'a
against in : »! »X.M:I«1 LMU!> II; -T -I'
Oh. it \ Id. it would A
ou and so fotlh: a •eas. less, .-gotis; . ; il
r 'iteration of 11. personal p: I
I 1 " No word of plead:: for the
hapless sirl. who stood surveying
the situation with smiling iudlfTcr
-1 once from her vantage post b\ tlie
door. No >••!!' us entreaty for her
pardon, no atten.pt to implore leniency
j for her in her a miction, no prayer
! for forgiveness of that offence
I which had turned the husband's :i: art !
| against his wife. Nothing but :i I
j thoroughly selfish effort in her own
j behalf; a voluble outpouring of words 1
i with but one object ill view, that of 1
self exculpation. Her eloquence was
lie coming wearisome. Darracott raised
i a liund in protest. That stern, uucoin
! promising look had again settled up
' on his face.
"That will do," he interrupted. "I
have nothing to reproach you with, j
1 Your |>osillon litis been a diliicult oie_*.
I should have preferred complete opeu
tiess on your part, and so. I believe.
' would your mistress. Duplicity never
avails much. Now let us see what ar
rangements can t>e made for you r
daughter's proper bestowal."
Sho looked al him with shrinking,
terrified eyes. Oh! how despicable a
trait is moral cowardice!
r P - -i %v? I i
if( v\ r<tT7) %'\
' WWn
11
"YES. SHE IS MY WIFIi"
"May she not stay here, sir?"
"No."
"She cannot go to the village. No
one would take in an insane girl."
"I do not mean to ask anyone to do
so."
There was an Instant's pause. Then,
with quavering voice and with all th-»
strength of protestation at her com
mand. the woman burst forth implor
Ingly:
"You would not insult my mistress
by bringing the gitl beneath her roof!
Oh. sir. you would not!"
"It is my roof. Your daughter has
a legal claim to its shelter."
For once the woman's resolution
proved itself worthy the name. She
rose to a momentary pitch of actual
heroism in her devotion to her mistress.
She regarded the man before her with
flaming eyes, and if must be borne iu
mind that she feareo him only in less
degree than Madam.
"She shall never seek shelter beneath
Madam's roof wdiile 1 have arms to
hold her back," she said doggedly.
Darracott considsred her in silence a
few moments. Theu he appeared to
form a sudden resolve.
"We will see." he remarked; and
turning to me announced his readiness
to depart. "1 shall return." he said to
the housekeeper, "after I have taken
Miss I.othrop home. Remain here with
your daughter."
But I would not desert the twain,
and fearlessly told liiin so. He looked
tired and spent, and evidently had no
heart to seek to combat my decision.
"As you will." he said, and was about
to pass from the room when Mayberry
threw herself before liini.
"Y'ou are uot going to ask Madam—"
she began: but liis patience was at an
end. He brushed her aside as one does
a troublesome fly and strode from the
room, taking care to avoid contact with
the girl, who still stood at the door,
with a childish smile on her face,
stretching oui a playful hand to him
as he passed her.
The ufteeu or twenty minutes of Dar
racott's absence (I do not think it
could have been more than that) drag
ged heavily away. The interval was
wearisome enough to me. occupied as
it was by a coa si ess monologue from
Mrs. Mayberry. This was largely com
posed of self-commiserat ion aud de
spair. itiid was accompanied by a con
tinuous flood of tears, caused s >ni"-
tlmes by violent outbursts of grief and
sometimes by mere whimporilig and
moaning. She constantly reiterated
her conviction that Mr. Chester had
gone to secure his mother's consent to
his purpose of bringing the stricken
girl to The Ivies, aud worked herself
into paroxysms of alarm and appre
hension concerning Madam's resent
ment of her own conduct when she
should hear of her duplicity.
Her behavior, her miserable egotism,
whicu totally excluded her suffering
child from her consideration, tilled my
with disgust. I tried to interrupt the
wretched exhibition by seeking to call
her attention to her dahghtor, who was
regarding her from a distance with
curious and pleased glances; apparent
ly the girl was diverted and amused
by the spectacle of her mother's abjec:
loss of self-control, and looked upon h
as simply a successful effort ou thi
hitter's part to entertain her. At nn
unusually loud outburst she would clap
her hands applaudingly, and give vent
to an encouraging and gratified crow.
At last I grew so heartily sick of the
business that I dropped all disguise
from my feelings, aud accosted the
qualifying NioDe with actual harsh
ness.
"For Heaven's sake, Mrs. Mayberry,"
I said, giviug free rein to my eontempt,
"do stop thinking about yourself for
a time. What of it If Mr. Chester lias
gone to ask his mother's permission to
take your daughter home; why should
n't lie do so? And how could Madam
do less than receive her? Whatever
she lias done in tlie past, only a woman
bereft of the commonest humanity
could visit the result of former in
iquities upon her now or hold her re
sponsible in her present condition.
And Madam has the soul of an angel.
She would not dream of excluding that
poor child from her natural asylum."
Mayberry turned net- streaming eyes
upon nn* with a look of weak scorn for
the opinion of one so ignorant as I.
"You don't know what you are talk
ing about," she cried. "Madam has the
soul of an angel, it Is true; but an angel
would not forgive my wretched girl the
misery she hns caused. She shall
never, never go back to that home she
has ruined. She has made her bcl;
let her lie on It. She lins sown a crop
of thorns in many lives; let her live as
she may upon the fruit they have borne
In her own."
The look she turned upon poor Alice
was so fierce and resentful that the girl
shrank back, and crouched coweringly
down against the wall. I was about
to iuterpose between them and cotifiue
myself wholly to the daughter when
I was restrained by the sound of ad
vancing footsteps, anil turning towards
the door 1 discovered, to my Infinite
relief, that Darracott had returned; uor
had he returned aloue. Beside him,
distinguished from the enshrouding
gloom by the rays from a second lan
teru which he carried aloft iu his hand, '
appeared the stately,
i : ■ • : my <l<ur lady, enveloped in
I ' > ,ps her unseeing progress be
»i . - i by the careful assistance of
her v t . -.iioii whose arm she I. ant.
It ii.iiiit -il expression of calm resig
raMeii I gentle endurance had van
-1 'in her face; a look of stern
i ind anguish rigidly suppress
'! i» the -.-mWauee <>f a mask
of A 'll -'s. I <.ulil not woudi r .-it tin
depri t.m ii'g .r\ thiii hurst from Ma.t
hi rrv>" Ij j > her eyes rested upon
that tra;:: countenance. But Madaui
wind she heard the sound, an I,
avittg the support of her son's arm.
advaiiei <1 into the room, with cue tiri.i
white hand outstretched to guard lier
person t'roui harm.
"Hush, woman!" she commanded, in
! tones such as I had never heard issue
from her lip~ "What words are those
you litter'.' Is it uot of your own child
you are speakingV"
Maylierry sprang forward and threw
herself. In her favorite attitude, before
Madam, clutching her skirts with itn
ploring working fingers as she cried
| out:
"Oh. Madam. Madam! she is no long
er my child. Have I not cast !.• r off?
Hid 1 not break the tie l>etween us tint
accursed day w hen "
Madam Interrupted the wretelied
creature with magnificent scorn. Sh.
drew herself away from the elingit
fingers, an-l her sightless eyes wen
ablaze with indignation and tl.c tir> s
of passionate, uuqrenchahle retrospec
j tlon.
"No louger your child!" she repeated.
"And how can that be. since you tmth
still exist? Have you not borne li.-r?
Have you not stiff end tor her nursed,
tended, pet ted and caressed her? Have
you not felt her arms about your neck?
Have you not rocked her on your bos
om. aud heard her voice calling you
by the dearest name on earth? Hare
| you not longed, as only we mother's
can. to hear the sound of that name
I once more? Have you uot hungered
and thirsted for it? And now that it
I has come to you. now that your heart's
yearning desire is granted, do you stop
to consider her faults and turn away
from her in her hour of need? Hood
(Jod! It is not possible! Why. woman,
know that if I could once more hope
to hear mv lost boy's voice uttering
that name, I would go to hiui though
my road lay through the vilesf. most
terrible paths that this world can show,
assured that my mission would sanct
ify the way."
(continued in ouk next.J
ROMANCE OF A DIAMOND.
Slaying of Men Directly Hue to tlia I'opt'l
Precious Gem.
Pope Leo is the owner of what is
believed to be the largest diamond in
the world. It has a most romantic
history, having bet n the cause of the
assassination of a king, numerous
other crimes, and ef a small war, in
which several thousand men were
killed.
Mcmcla. an aged South African ne
gro. has told the secret which links
liim in history with Pope Leo and
President Oom I'nul Kruger of the
Transvaal.
It was Meinela who owned the dia
mond for many years. As an act of
gratitude to Kruger for freeing liim,
many years ago, from the Boers, who
had captured liim, he gave him this
precious stone, which he had carried
concealed on his lx«ly through strange
and tcrribl • hardships and adventures.
For a century be fere that it had been
a sacred talisman of savage chief
tains. It belonged first to Meshesh,
the powerful chief of the Basuto
nation, who gave it as a friendly of
fering to the great king of the Zulus,
Chaka.
The envy that it excited in his
brother led to Chaka's assassination.
Then followed a long line of plotting
and hideous crimes for its possession
among rival chiefs.
White men, seeing It, Anally attempt
ed to secure it, but failed. The native
chief's suspicions being aroused, a war
against the whites was begun, which
resulted in the killing of 1.000 Boers,
and many times that number of blacks.
When many chiefs were dead Me
inela came into power and got pos
session of the wonderful gem.
His capture, slavery aud escape, aud
his gift of the talisman to Kruger in
gratitude complete the history of what
is believed to be the largest aud most
precious diamond in the world.
When to llow.
A young lady would be right in bow
ing to a gentleman by whom she had
been taken to dinner.
She should l>ow to him on meeting
him again after an introduction by a
mutual friend.
She should not bow if she has merely
talked when casually meeting at a
friend's house, when no introduction
took place,
in England a lady hows first.
Abroad this is reversed, and care
should be taken to follow the custom
which prevails.
Women generally bow to eacli other
simultaneously, but, as a matter
fact, a married lady should bow tirsft!
to an unmarried one; and a lady of
higher rank should take the Initiative.
If a lady bowed to a gentleman of
her acquaintance who was accom
panied by a friend no acknowledge
ment need be made to the stranger;
though both men would raise their
hats.
Above the Cloud*.
Airships have not yet been Invented,
yet it is possible to sail for a day aud
a night in a fairly comfortable steam
boat at a height of over two miles
above the sea. The water on which
you accomplish this remarkable feat
is Lake Titicaca, which lies between
Peru and Bolivia. It is a huge lake,
120 miles long an . nearly 60 wide, and
is over 1,000 feet deep. It is away up
Nine rivers flow into it, liesldes a vast
amount of snow water, yet it lias no
visible outlet.
The (MM) ton steamers which sail on
Lake Titicaca were built in Scotland,
carried over the passes in sections,
aud put together ou the spot. The fuel
is Australian coal, brought from 7,000
miles away. In the lake are many
beautiful islands, and the cliffs which
line the shores are magnificently rug
ged. In no place can a ship anchor.
The water, even sixty feet from shore,
is hundreds of feet deep. The native
boats on Lake Titicaca have straw
sails.
l'ruulan tilrl. Not to lie Whipped.
The teachers whip wll no longer be
a source of dread to Prussians girls,
for the pedagogues throughout the
country have received the following
Government edict:
In deference to the sentiment of
our time, neither male nor female
teachers will Ik- permitted hereafter
to Inflict bodily chastisement on female
pupils. Since girls are possessed of a
delicate sense of honor, tlie extreme
punishment for disobedience or lack of
diligence in their case should be to
be placed on a sort of "bench of penit
ence" near the teacher's desk.
A Fellow Feeling.
Little Edgar, on seeing his mother
approaching with a stick in her hand
to punish him, Immediately crawls
under the bed; whereupon ills mother
informs the father, who gets down on
his knees and pokes Ills head under the
bed, saying:
"Are you there, Edgar?"
Edgar Yes, papa, is she after you,
IIU Cruel lietort.
"Her face," she said, when speaking
of her dearest neighbor, "Is like an
open book."
"Yes," he replied, heartlessly, "1 in
fer from the few remarks her husband
let drop that she keeps it open most
of the time."
No. 10
ODDITIES OF POISONING; :
some l'c.pU May Safely Eat Certain Food
The constitutional differences and
peculiarities which exist among indi
vi<lii:ils should always be rarefnlly,
wat>-hcd ami considered. Oue person
can handle poisoti ivy with impunity
I while another is poisoned if only ill
the vicinity of the vine and without
loiitm i. members of a family
r< -Mini; m u malarial district will
sulT- r !*• :r ilarly with chills and fever,
while other members will not be at
all affected.
1 ood that is actually poisonous to
some persons, will not so act on oth
er*. One person may eat all kinds
of green fruit and vegetables with Im
punity, while another person could
do so only :it the risk of life. Cer
tain kinds of tisli are actually j>ois
onotts to some people and perfectly
wholesome to others.
it is this peculiar condition of the
system which constitutes the danger
point in the individual case and
should In- prudently observed by each
one for himself. Intestinal derange
ments frequently arise from and arc
aggravated by certain kinds of food.
| Thus a person affected wi|h kidney
or liver trouble should not eat very
white bread since the extreme white
ness is often produced by the use of
alum with an inferior article of flour,
and as alum is known to be pois
onous iii its effects on a sound con
stitution. this is why alum baking
powder is never used by people of
judgment and discretion.
More of earthly happiness depends
upon what we eat than many people
realize and it is for this reason that
the different states are one by one
passing pure-food laws.
Journalism by Wright.
There are more funny things going
on in this big world than ever its
people dreamed of. Hut somehow
they never get into books. Now, for
instance, in Australia, a country that
i follows American customs very close
ly, the people have a great desire for
American newspapers. Every steamer
that arrives from this country brings
its full quota of American journals,
which are immediately put on sale.
One day I was in Adelaide, South
Anstralia, and 1 went into a store to
buy the Sunday edition of a New York
paper. The dealer took one, placed It
on the scales, which lie scanned very
carefully and then said 18 pence (30
cents).
"That costs about one-eighth asmuch
in New York," I said.
"Cawn't 'elp that," answered the
dealer. "These "ere papers is mas
sive. They contain lots of good paper,
and we got to sell 'em by weight."
"Have you any cheaper?" I asked.
"Yes," he said again. "I've got some
cheaper: this one is only lOd; It weighs
much less: it has no pictures, you see,"
and he picked up a Chicago Journal of
a mid-week date.
"But I want a New York Sunday
newspaper," I persisted.
"Well, those will cost you from lSd
to 20d t:?H to 40 cents) each, according
to weight, but I can sell you a Kansas
City Sunday paper for 6d (12 cents)
if you must have n cheap Sunday
edition."
Then I found that the dealer would
sell separate sections of a Sunday
edition if the customer didn't want
the whole, and while I was in the store >
three men came in and liought differ
ent parts of a journal, paying as much
as four cents a section. Of course,
when Hie "want ad." part was put on •
the scales and sold to the fourth cus
tomer lie didn't know how interesting
New York news was until he got home.
SOME BRITISH SHARKS
The lllne aud Porlieagle Specie! are ■
l'cit to Flahwrmen.
British sharks are very substantial
facts, the largest of them is an inocuous
giant that basks in the sunshine and
perhaps feeds on nothing larger than
i shrimp. But the blue shark and por
beagle, both of which grow to a length
yf several yards and a weight of hun
dreds of pounds, are vicious pests and
most unwelcome on the fishing
grounds. The former takes his favorite
pleasure in eating mackerel out of the
nets, doing as much damage in its dis
sntanglement as will absorb a fisher
man's weekly wage to make good.
Wherefore it comes about that, as soon
is one is hauled aboard the fishermen
' forget their accustomed mildness, and
I seizing it close *o the tail belabor with
, its Bliovel-shaped head the nearest
i :hwart until peace reigns once more,
j The porbeagle is a somewhat less ac
| tive and less vicious animal of duller
hue, and of a smell that passes any
ather on sea or land. To prevent its
blood imparting this odor of the abat
toir to the boat, the porbeagle 1b usual
ly slain oyer the side, and is then ig-
Qomiiiousiy slung in a noose at the
oow. The quantities of herrings and
sther migratory fishes consumed by
these sharks would, could we but ap
praise the damage, appal even the en
comiast who has recently, in a sport
ing contemporary, declared the shark
lo be a misjudged child of nature. For
tunately they are not ground feeders
like the dogfish, and their voracious
ippWrites do not, therefore, appreciably
contribute to the extermination, yearly
more apparent aud more deplorable, of
>nr soles and othw valuable flat fish.
win.i h» it r
One of the greatest discoveries of
physiology is that we once had six
senses. What Jhe lost sense was no
3ne knows, and probably no one will
aver know. But that our forefathers
possessed it there is no doubt, for the
remains of that part of the brain In
which it resided are still to be seen in
my one of us.
These remains are simply a small and
now perfectly useless little mass of
brain substance, called the "pituitary
body." It consists of two tiny little
aval lobes joined together, and lyfng in
a little cavity of the skull, strangely
named the sella turcica, and situated
jver aud behind the nose. It is quite
possible that it may have enabled our
forefathers to see in the dark before
lamps and candles were Invented, or it
may have placed them In communion
with ghosts and fairies, or it may have
been an organ that enabled them to go
home In a bee line when they lost their
way in the primeval forests.
On the other hand, it is possible that
it was a bad substitute for vision or
smell or hearing, and was let die out
when the improved sense organ devel
oped.
Where l» J'opulmr.
In Burmese schools making the lads
shout is the approved method of ele
mentary instruction The Burmese
educationists argue that so long as a
hoy is shouting his mind is occupied.
When he is silent he is certain to be
scheming mischief. Therefore the best
3houters are the best pupils.
Sleep* Slow.
A servant girl in a Birmingham fam
ily was taken to task for oversleeping
herself.
"Well, me'atPi" she said, "I sleep
very slow, and so it takes me a long
while to get one night's rest."
t'a*hmere Shawls.
Cashmere shawla are made of the
hair ol u diminutive goat found In
Little Xhibd. . t\