CI.EOPATRA. DeatCi Itfrted within the velvet of her cheek. And in the myriad tangles of her hair. And In her eye*, which draw mon to despair. And on her lips, whose thrill makes strong men weak. Tea, all the honeyed aooentß she could speak To men death-laden ware, nn unaware Though ties* they list giuml heeding not Die ware Which caught their manhood in wll pmaoy'a freak. Brave An tony 1 when o'er I pause to t' ; -k Of all thou wert. and all thou miglit't have bet, Thy soul enm shed and over on the b ink Of cureless woe, thus bound to Kg .pi *<jitueii, Erom tears 01 pity I can scarce refrain That in her arms were lost such soul slid brain. —Alexander .Macauley. NIGHT AND HORNING. 8 I have said, J> si*' my brot li e t withes v e ry mm !, to know my I i 111 e sister, mid you are sure to be happy Fernglade. It, i - ISMS '® u< i ß ° n - t!"i sim e her uncle die nui very anxiou •• see you." I was only too willing to eept'tho invitation in my hand, needing jtouo of dear Geoffrey's ur dug, and said so very frankly. I knew nothing of my brother's betrothed wife, Gertrude run ning, excepting that she was u widow o, 24 or 25, and owned a splendid esta'■ upon the Hudson, called Ferngla'i Geoffrey had been a friend of Sir. tin . mersley, Mrs. Fanning'a uncle, niul ! ,t ! met and loved Gertrude. The wedding was to be in Juno, and my invitation we for the month of May. 1 was free to go and come as I pleased, Geoffrey and ) boarding in New York, with sufficient worldly wealth to live without work, al though my brother practiced his prolu sion—the law—rather than lead nn i r j tireiy idle life. Ho escorted me to Fernglade, and, in- | troducing me, left me to the care of Gcr ' trudo Fanning and her companion, an elderly widow named Clarke. flow can I describe Gertrude Fanning . She was tall, nobly formed, carrying her self with dignity, and yet, she gave you | only the impression of" great sweet nes of disposiiion. Her blond linir, honey am: silky, she wore in simple coils, Iho idi over her forehead it waved in natural curls. Her great beauty was in an o.\- j quisitcly moulded mouth, with rows of pearly white teeth, making her smile a loveliness indescribable. But with luo , blond hair, her p.'.le, clear completion. ! and delicate features, she had black e. -. Bhaded by dark brows apd lashes, tank- , ing her face singular as well as hcai'i ful. | Her dress was of rich black silk, with out trimming or ornament, relieved o - .- I by rallies of linest wliite lace. She greeted me cordially, and innf days we were fast friends, ulilioug:, 1 ; was many years older than herself 1!..; while we talked of everything else. Mm J was singularly reticent about lior own ; life, giving me none of the confidence i half expected. Once, only, she men- ! tioned her husband, when I had asked 1c see his picture. "I have no picture of him," she said, \ and hor lips were white and shaking c- j Bhe spoke. "I keep nothing to remii,! ! me of him, because 1 hope to foig- i , in. Jessie! Jessie? I hope to iorgei luin. hi-- j cause when I think of him 1 forge, my Christianity, my womanhood, and can only curse his memory." She tremble 1 like a leaf, and her voice rose in a passionate cry : "J was Harold F mining's wife six , months, and if I had been a criminal for forty years that six niutrhs was lor- ; tura enough to punish me for a i t fle.i away from him, and uf erwurd- I • died." I took licr cold, trembling hand .u mine, and begged her to suy no inui- , but she said : "My uncle warned me, but I was young, only 17, anil Harold persuaded un to elope with him. When my uncle in fused to forgive us. Harold showed me his true nature, and modo mo suffer f,r his disappointment tliat I had lost m,\ probable inheritance of Fernglad--. When I left him and came back, unciu forgave me, but he diod, leaving a condi tion in his will by which 1 would forfeit my inhuir nee if ever again I lived with Harold Fanning, or he came here. Only two months utter Harold diod." 1 was sorry she had spoken, for she was terribly shaken ; but Geoffrey name up from the city soon after and melan choly cannot live where Geoffrey is. We call him an Irishman, because he is so tall and strong, with florid face, curl ing brown hair, blue eyes, milk-white teeth, and a voice and luugh clear and ringing as a boy's. Never have 1 seen Geoffrey depressed or dull since we were left orphaned thirty years ago, to lov nnd pot, each other. He was rather suy and remorseful when he gave away so large a share of his big, true hcurt to Gertrude; but. when he found I was not Jealous, only truly and entirely happy in his liappiuess, all his bright, self came buck again. It must have been by the rule of con traries that he and Gertrude loved each other, for her natural disposition wits morbidly sensitive and inclined to melan choly, though she would grow el -f:.i with Geoffrey ; as who would not? May was "gone, June half over, ami the wedding-day only one week away, when one evening, just "In the gloam ing," I wulked down to the summer house by the river-side, alone. 1 km--* that Gertrude was somewhere in th • garden, for the heat was oppressive in doors. Geoffrey was coming, as usual n, the evening, and for the first time Ger trude wore white—a thin muslin dress, with soft pink trimming in her hair i had twisted some half-Mown io-.es ol Eatost pink, and never had I seen her mi rvely. I sauntered slowly towards the sum mer house, and was nearly there, when 1 saw Gertrude seated upon the i ustie bench alone. "Who is waiting for Geoffrey," 1 thought, and was stealing away, when boot shot up to the landingsl eps b-ailin„ to the summer house, anil a man stepped out. Not Geoffrey— a man shorter and slighter. I was aliaid lie came witli some evil intent, and stood walling, ready to call for assistance, if it was needed. Gertrude saw him only when he stood in the door of the summer honse on the river Bide. Never shall I forget her look of horror, as, white as snow, she cried : "Harold!" I grasped a tree to keep from falling. Harold !—Gertrude's husbuud ! "Hareld!" lie sneered, mocking her tone. "You scarcely expected lo see mo! 1 forgive your eurprPe, inv love." "Not dead !" she gaejed— "not dead." "There wan (rifling em>r in the nnmee ©f the parties concerned fn t.he bar-room Sght yon probably allude to. Both Fau lting nn<! Kmory were stronger* in the western city wTierc tlioy were engaged la their usual occupation* of ganabbng. ' You see I am frank, my dear. A mac : should have no secrets from his wife. I' was Emory who was killed, and Fannlnj who went to prison. But I was par done'l, my charmer, and here lam You look like a sorrowing widow, my lovo! I understand, however, you aro tc drop that role next week. I shall nol interfere, for I have seen your uncle's will. Hut. if 1 keep out of the way I must be well paid. ' ••Will you go away—stay away— if] pay you? ' Gertrude cried, quickly. • I will! You are free, X supposo, as | the law is so very kind to a convict's ; wife: but when the supplies fall I'll call | upon yon." j "They will never fail! Only go! go! I and not return !" j "Your welcome is really overwhelming ! ! Have you any money about you?" I "1 will bring you six hundred dollars. | It is all I have in the house. Will you go I then?" "Yes, my dear; leaving my address, | when wo arrange for future supplies." She sped to the house, never seeing I me; and I followed by another path. I ! must tell Geoffrey—l. who loved thorn ! both I The law might froo Gertrude, but : Geoffrey must know. I loved her, but i not as I loved my own, only brother. ; And something of my lovo faded us I thought of the monstrous wrong Ger ! trude was committing. Could sho live i with the burden of such a soerot between j herself and her husband? I I went to my own room, and soon I saw Gertrude return to the summer house. She was not gone long, coming slowly homo again, to meet Geoffrey on the porch. I hoard them enter the library together | and close the door. Oh I the suspenso of j the long two hours they spent there, broken at last by Geoffrey's voice call- I ing me. He stood alone in the wide, briiliantly 1 lighted drawing-room, and in one rno i mont I read in his face howl, had wronged i Gertrude. All the brightness was gone, the blue eyes were haggard, the merry j face drawn and white, as if with long iil ! MOSS. ! "Jessie," lie said, hoarsely, "I have i something to tell you I" ! I drew him down till I could kiss him, put my arms about his neck and whis- I per: 1 "I know already, Geoffrey. Do not blame her." "Never?" he said, quickly. "But stay 1 with her, Jessie. Stay and comfort her. I must go. We—we had better not meet for u time, and I will go abroad." "Not alone. Oh, Geoffrey, take me : with . on." "Sliu needs you more than I do, Jes sie." Then his manhood gave way for a mo -1 mont, and a great sob broke from him, as bending ids head upon my shoulder, he sobbed; "Jessie, my heart is broken. I loved her so dearly I" 1 could only cry, too, kissing him, and wishing my slender hands could strangle out the life of Harold Fanning, mur derer, who stood between these two lov ing Hearts. "1 will write tomorrow," Geoffrey said at last, looking up, and speaking in a choked voice; "you will lot me know often how she is?" "I will." "Go to her now, dear. She wants comfort . Sho told me to toll yon all." Ho left me then, walking with heavy steps and bowed Heart down the path he had traveled the last, time with such a buoyant tread and bright face. .My poor Geoffrey! I found Gertrude insonsible in the library. I never knew how long she hail lain upon the lloor unconscious, but it was still long before we could re store her. I called .Mrs. Clarke, and we worked together until the color came to the wliito lips and the dark eyes un closed. She spoke my name with u whisper not to leave hor, and we as sisted her to her own room, whore I re mained all night witli iter. Never had 1 loved iter so well as I loved hor then, seeing her suffer so bravely rattier than throw any cloud over Geoffrey's iife. In the morning she was quiet and composed, but no corpse was ever whiter as sho moved about the house. At noon I proposed to drive to C for Geoffrey's promised letter, and Bhe ordered the carriage. There was a crowd around the post- I office and evidently some excitement. "Man run over by a locomotive," our ! coachman explained; "drunk, they say, I and fell across the track just as tho train started." "Who is ho?* I asked, with a strange chill at my heart. '•Name of Emory, they suy. At least, that the name ho gave at the bar last night.'' | "1 will see him," wliisperod Gert rude , "Oh, Jessie, if it should be!" 1 put my arm around her, and we ! passed through the crowd. Upon the platform, covered with a horse blanket, ; was a shapeless something, crushed all - out or semblance of humanity, save the • evil face, tho almost perfect features, and heavy, dark beard I had seen once i laifore, Gertrude did not faint. I put I her hack 'n Iho carriage, aud over tho j wires flashed a telegram to Geoffrey: "F. win* killed by n railway accident this mora Ing. Coiae at once." Need I say the next train' brought Geoffrey? Ho went to C——and reported that there was more than sufficient for proper burial on the wretched man's person, and ho would see that all that was necessary was done. Ho advised secrecy, as no one but our selves suspected the man's identity, and by our united urging, we persuaded Gertrude to allow the weddiug to come off at the proposed time. "You haVo boon his widow more than six yeans, Geoffrey said, "and that dreadful episode may be only a horrible dream. Try lo forgot the night of sor row, and thank Heaven for the morning of deliverance." Woman-like, Gertrude grieved over the terrible, unrepentant ending of the wicked life, hut Geoffrey won her back to quiet, ha; pine s long before the bridal trip lo Europe was over. We all ffv.- si Fern dale now, for the) will not spare ine, but them are no shadows Upon our lives, no nightmare horrors to dread, as there might have been had Gertrude deceived her prom ised husband on ti,at niglil when Harold Fanning eaiuo from prison only to liud his gravo.—.Vew York Ledger. Pat-IDi- Codfish Uniikit. Captain Bell of the steamer A. B. Fiei,d who was formerly an inspector of llsp eries on the Allunllc const, recently re ported al Astoria that he had found a codfish bank about eight miles front Nes'iicen, which is neur Cape Lookout, on the Oregon coast, about sixty-live miles south of tho Columbia'river. The cod were found in great numbers, aud were large aud of excellent quality. This Is said to be the .list time that cod have ever been found heretofore south of the Alaskan shores.—nan Fruuclsco Chroni cle. Bvery man ought to tie heartily ashamed of a gall on Ihe shoulder of th* animal he drives. HOJNSS OF THE BALL TEAMS. Great Interest Felt In the New York* and Bottom*. v - - OE be to the man m JhV /J now " a -days too T\/a\//7 recklessly ventures j \Sffj vY?/ opinions as between ! /fhivt W Huston and New York. But In coui &\\ paring the relative merits of the two clubs, tho adherents oftheNowY orks can congratulate them selves upon the fact that the team goes as well equippod as its strongest rival. Even the most rabid supporters of the Boston team admit this fact. One of them, in comparing the playing strength of tho three leading olubs in the strugglo, said : " Boston is possibly a shade weaker in the box than either oi the other two, for everyday work, week in and week out. We are as strong be hind the bat as either of the others; stronger than Philadelphia, unless Clements catchos; stronger than New York unless Ewing catches. Conse quently, I consider that the Boston team is belter off in catchers than Philadelphia or New York, because it is better provided against accidonts. Buck Ewing is a won der. So long as he is in his place base running against Now York is out of the question, but Buck Ewing, catching as he does, or will have to do, overy day, is in away to get hurt, and everybody knows that Buck Ewing, when slightly injured, is as big a quitter as there is in tho busi ness. "New Y'urk has other good catchers, but it is Ewing's presence on the team that makes them win, with all respect t TimKeefe. Notso with Boston. If Ben nett is knocked out Ganzol can do the work just as well; and then there is Kelly, who is not very slow as a catcher. Philadelphia does not depend on Clem ents so much us New York does on Ew ing, and yet Clements is almost neces sary to the Philadelphia nine every day if Hairy Wright intends to pull the' pen- nanl oil' In team work both New York ; and Philadelphia can give ourmon point: ~ but at the bfttJßoetoji i e.jual to either,'' Although the recent work of the Nun' York team would seem to Justify a ro j verso prediction from what I made at, the outset of the season, I am still confldt lit that when It-aid 80-ton would ultimately win the pennant I did not shoot far from the murk. The Boston elttb has no lately been playing up to the jorm which it showed itself capable of at the outset of the season, but the acquisition of Smith, of Pittsburg, will strengthen the team in the only spot where it lias been otherwise weak. Take every position on the held und compare the playing strength of the two teams. New York und Boston, and nine out of over, ten impartial critics will agree that only at short witli Ward is the New York team superior to Boston. Take the individual work of the men playing the various positions and com parison will show that Boston is strong est in the authority of them. Figures speak about us plainly as anything can. In predicting that Boston will win, I hardly think. liieiefore, thai I can be ac eused of abusing prejudice to get the hotter of my jmignu nt. 'Tis human na ture to err, and I should be happy to know that, in my error the New York i team the guiucr. The Smith whom I refer to above was released by Pittsburg to Boston for a consideration of $2,500. Having beon connected with the Smoky City team for ! so long, it was thought that he would evince a reiuelance to part with his old associates and a duikers, whom ho num bers by the thousand, for "Pop" was easily the most popular man on the team. But, on the contrary, he suid the other day, prior to lra\ing Pittsburg: "It is the consummation of luy wishes for the pust two seasons. I would not have had much chanoe hero anyway this year. The troubio with the Allegheny club is that it has too many good men and that there are so few fixtures in the intield and out that few of the men have any assurance one day that they will be playing the next. Most of the boys are hatting*-well, and they deserve a better : show than they are apt to receive for i some time to come. I am the lirst to go, and I suppose there will be others, j As I said before, I am very well sutisfled 1 to go, as. iu addition to my home being > in Boston, I will receive morn money, j l cannot suy thut I leave Pittsburg eh lirely without regret, as I have been 1 here so long and have berni so well Heated on the tviiolo thut 1 ulinost giew . to regard myself as a Pittsburger. 1 aave made good friends there and I will sorry to ieavo them." (Smith will prove himself to bo a valua ble man to the Boston i aitugmuonl. lie i- a good, conscientious, everyday 1 player, and now that ho is with a club i where he A ill have good opportunities I he will improve, although really there is little room for improvement. But what of the oilier teams in the leuoue race? It would bo unkind to slight them iu criticising the all-around work. Now. there is Chicago. Between Hie niggardliness of Spalding and the idealized buii-lieadedness of Anson the Chicago nine in a pitiable plight. The record of the season is a history of ex perimenting wln-ii there was no necessity for it, line of sacrificing games to eu price. Then* has not been u time since the opening of the league season when a u first-class snort stop could not bo se cured for less than sh,oot). But Chicago is not buying stars for $5,000, or any other amount, it prefers to sell tlieiii for SIO,OOO each. The result is that the , once boasted nine lias not been in play ing trim, owing to the gap at short. in stead of getting a man known to he good, it was tin* policy up to a uiunt.li ago of spoiliug a good holder to make j u bad short stop, and a good catcher to make a bad ii i.i* r, until Bastian was .-,*- I cured until Win., mon was able to play. But William-ell is now >••;.*l,v lo play. He lias re < -.. **..•■ told his iiminis that, he was nevei *n belter simp", and those who have seen nun exercising know In* does not, uveita e Ids condition. He is the Williamson of old, and could play j with a vim vnii Ii would make a material j difference in t iii -iem s standing, Hen ■ not playing, an : * li.eugo is losing games i it would orl.wv.ee win. because, a, u ! trusted cur.* s . pilelif. who is on the in- , side says. S|iiie,ng .vauts to do*-,' Wii damson fin HI. 'lie time lost, by him in J recovering troni an injury received in i Spalding's s: n*e The Chifi g" e. , uagem-nt has tried iu vain to eohci ai tins l<jt of parsimonious- 1 noss. The fuels are exactly a- stated. j More thuu that, the Chicago manage- i ment hoped that, the sum realized nt a j recent benefit game would I,or* ived by , Williamson as a settlement. Tin* cranks ' who engineered the game, however, nipped this little plan in lite bud. The receipts, nearly SI,OOO, were turned over to Williamson oil the express stipulation j that i' did not come In any way Iro u the J mining uncut and that It must not lie re- , catved as an offset to his claims for bark •alary. JOHN WABRKN. j | RECENT APPOINTMENTS. TWO RKI'HKSHHVA TIVEH OF THE HASRISOX A n.HIMSTHA TIO V. Homethlng About Hi. ("iir.iir of Thornata | Coravln IMsiHleiltlalt, IVsn Superintend ent of the I'onat and Oeudetlo Surveys. The New United States Conaiil-Ganerai ! to Italy und III* Public-, Life. Thomas Corwin Mendoahali, i he physi ! list, who liaa been appointed by tho pies- Ident superintendent of the United Slates geodetic survey, \ at a salary of ijjjy, \ $6,000 per annum, \ was born noar Bjf >A Hanoverton. iJL-jjl. W*i Ohio, October 4, a-zj" I 1841. He received V. ■ •IjSKJ a common school |\ education, but. i E. ~*~J having a fond ajfSk sjs>r7jC ness for the study mat hematics */j'if*, .iuff and natural W science from his childhood, ac ,jUij-etJ by himself a knowledge of ; PROFESSOR T. C. MEN- branches DENHALL, SUPT. COAST AND OEO- since attained DETIC SURVEY. note. lie was first professor of physics and mechanics ; ill Ohio university in 1870-78, and then went to .Japan us professor of physics in the Imperial university iu Tokio. In connection with this appoint ment lie or ganized the special course of physics, and also the physical laboratory of the ; science department of tho uuiver.diy. i He founded a meteorological obsei vat--ry - in which systematic observations were made during his residence in Japan, an i ; afterward uutil it was merged iu.o tlio I general meteorological system that lias since been established by the imperial ! government. Ho made a seri-s of elab orate measiii'oiunnts of tho wave-lengths Q- tne principn! Fimienhofer linos of the j solar spectrum by means of a large spec j u - ue.er, which, at the time of its oou ' Struction, was 0110 of the most perfect in 5 existence. ! lie became interested in earthquake phenomena while in Japan, and was one of tho founders of the ieisiuological I society of Tokio. In 1881 he leturned to the United States and resumed his clia cat Ohio state university. Ho or i. u zed the Ohio state weather service in JBB2, was its director uutil 1881, and was the first to devise ana put into opor , iition a system of weather-signals for i display on railroad trains. This method became general throughout the Hinted states and Canada, and continued to he employed until tho introduction in 1887 of a new code by the chief signal officer. In 1884 he became professor in the '.'nited States signal service, and was dinged with Mm organization ami equip e'nt of a phv-icai labor-,tory in con nection with the bureau iu Washington, with the In.reduction of a systematic | observation of atmospheric electricity, and with tho investigation of methods of • •■let mining ground tempera! nros. He . i- the lirst to estabiisii stations iu the nited Bia.es for the systematic obser aliens of earthquake pheiiomci o lin- I mediately after tho Charle tou eart'i oeike, on the list of Angus., 188 IS, he visited that city und made a repor. upon | til- agitation, with a co-seismic chart of the disturbed area. In 1880 he resigned - from the government service to a -,-ept the presidency of Hose Polytechnic in stitute, Torre Haute, Ind. Professor Mendenhall has lectured extensively throughout tho United States on sub jects that rolato lo physics, ana iu Japan gave public lectures on scientific sub jects to genoral audiences in the temples and theaters of tho ci:of Tokio, re sulting in the establishment oi the first public lecture-hall in the empire. He received the degree of l J h. D., from Ohio university in 1878, and that of LL. U. from the University of Michigan in 1887. In JBB7 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and last year he was chosen 1 resident of tho American As-ociatiou for the Advancement of , Science. Kx-Governor Augustus O. Bourn, the ' new consul-general to ltomo, has been j prominent in business and in polities in Rhode Island for many years. He was i j-'-'Viw lj(>l " t,ot " I ,u Hrovidunce, j VSI and is a graduate , W K3 of Brown univer- ] i fy sity, class of Tib. (,n is Iu 1864 bo founded ! n j / the National Rul* , i oonip 1 ny at ■ A /gaßwjW r Bristol. Mr. j ; ( Bourn served in j the Providem-e i horse guards iu j ; . v o very capacity ! from private to j ' ' Houtona nt-col- ' •.*/ XvO' ono 1, and i n i ' 'V- 1878 he was lieu- | tenant-colonel of j AUGUSTUS O. BOURN, the First Batlul- 1 U. S. CONSUL-GENERAL ion Of Kh o del ' TO ITALY. Island cavalry. 1 He was a member of the siato senate | from JB7G to I*B-1. He was governor be i two terms, from i*' ! to 188(1, receiving | \ at the second ►.-• ■'ion tho largest mujo;- i ity ever reemvofi by a Republican gov- | ernor at a cor seted election. In 1887 and ifiss ho was again a mem- I her of the senate, and chosen by the Re- j 1 publican members as then leader. He I was tho author of tho "Bou.-o Amend- 1 iiient," to tho constitution of Rhode Is- | 1 laud, whereby foreign-born citizens were I 1 admitted to vote upou the sno qualifi- 1 r.i' .ons as American-born citizens. This! 1 aim ndment was adopted in ISBB, anil j the first election affected was that of | • lss'.i, when tho Republicans carried the | j s'.ate. Prior to that a property qualili- ■ cation was required of foreign-born elti- ' zens. Bv this amendment, all American i 1 citizens who have resided in the state ! ' and town the prescribed time can vote, t ' on being registered. No tuxes are re- j ' quired to lie paid as a requisite for vol- ] iug, but a compulsory tax of *1 i- '"vied ' yearly on all such citizens, whether reg istered or not, for the support of the public schools. In the towns, on all ! questions involving an expenditure of : money, and in tho election of city conn- j cils, mmo but taxpayers can vote. Gov-1 ' ernor Bourn has traveled extensively. } 1 and is acquainted with French, Spanish, | ' and German, and somewhat with IlaS i ! lan. ' i Glma TCleet i-oplut**, ( Electroplating of glass and porcelain ♦ lias lieen accomplished by M. Hanson of 1 France. The chief difficulty heretofore 1 bus been to obtain a conducting surface 1 to which tho metal would adhere. The t patentee uses chloride of gold or plati- i nttm dissolved iu burphut'io ether, to 1 which sulphur dissolved in some heavy oil is added. When warm, this com- i pound is laid on with a brush. The ob- t ject Is then heated until the sulphur and 1 chlorine is completely volatilized, the < gold or platinum adhering closely to tha surface.—Exchange. i WEIGHTY MATTESB. In the dim light all evening ; . The poor rocltiug-nhalr A full double burden Bad managed lo bear. And it patiently bore It I With i itthfuiuesa meek. Nor betrayed how it fullered By murmur or aqueak. But there came from ita deptba I, In a voice aoft and low; "Do you think, Harry dear, I That wo heavier grow?" "I am sure," he raid, "Laura, No lighter you've grown." "Ami I think," ahe said elyly, "You r 'eholdlng your own.' " —Chicago Tribune, SNUBBED. • rjl THINK he was very lm / pertinent, and he ought to ; V (JB)', be snublied !" and Miss jgßk/ jf Nettie Archer, aged IU, ff J drew her graceful lig- V—£ .§ "re up to a straight line, 4 UIl( l lifted her head up an ' J\ inch higher. " -k "My dear Nettie!" said Miss Ileum Archer, aged 56, in a tone of remonstrance, "what a very vul gar expression!" "Snubbed? Oh, no; everybody un derstands it. and it expresses just what I mean. Tho next timo we meet Mr. Sid ney Barclay, I shall most certainly snub j him," with a strong emphasis upou the | objectionable word. I "I thought ho was very polite," said ; Miss Helen. "What should wo have done without iiis help, stuck in a horrid hole, and tho ponies just prancing and rearing, and not really pulliim at all. We might have been there tili now." "Oil, some one else woulil have passed, auntie! 1 don't deny that he was very useful, and very polite, as you say. But lie had no business to—" and hero .Miss Nettie paused abruptly, walked to the oilier enil of tho sitting-room, and struck up an animated conversation with tho canary. Mr. Barclay had certainly asked permis sion to call, after giving his card to Miss Helen, but he need nothavo been in such a hurry, Nettie thought, as u glimpse of his tall figure coining up tho garden walk interrupted her remarks. Vet, she considered, what was she go ing to say? .She could not tell her aunt that her Indignation was caused by a look of devotion and admiration, perfectly re spectful, yet certainly startling, after an acquaintance of less "than half an hour. She was still absorbed in contempla tion of the canary when Mr. Barclay on tored the room, and spoke to her aunt. If he saw lier, lie took no notice of her, making courteous inquiries as to Miss Helen's state of health after tho annoy ing interruption to her drive tho previous day, commenting upon the weather, ad miring the display of roses in lront of eo'.tage, and seemingly oblivious of everything but tho latly in tho armchair at the front window. Tho room was not a very large one, but j Nettie stood in a bow window at the I other end, lace curtains vailinghor, with- J out really concealing her. She had not i spoken since Mr. Barclay ontered, but | gradually an amazed wrath rose in her | bosom. She was not accustomed to be I ignored entirely. Miss Helen, placidly j working insane devices upon crazy patch- | work, caught a glimpse of the rising I color and indignant eyes, and had a mis- I eiiievous enjoyment of them. Mr. Bar- i eiuy was a line-looking man of five or six - and - twenty, a gentleman in every word and movement, and it must, | be admitted that, as a rule, Miss Helen | M'.is not, when her niece was present, | u-ually the recipient of all the attention 1 of such a visitor. The gentleman himself was not so un- ! conscious of Unit veiled figure in the bow window as ho appeared to be. Moss daie. tlio little duster of cottages two miles from the small village of Avon, was not a fashionable resort. New Yorkers and Brooklynites had not dis covered it; summer boarders iiad not in vaded it. The cottages were owned by women, as a rule—farmers' widows who had left the farms to sons or son.s-in law, and lived iu modestcoiufort iu these tiny homes. Sidney Barclay liau drifted , there to rest after a winter of hard, con scientious work in tho law courts of New York, whore he acted as junior partner to his father, a well-known law yer. Ho was beginning to weary of the utter stagnation und seclusion of Moss dulo. not being uu enthusiast about na ture's beauties, and he wus startled into wondering animation by the vision of the low pony phaeton, witn two ladies | therein seated, whose costumes spoke i plainly of Now York and hinted at Fans. ! The first pleasing shock of surprise was followed by one .of vivid admiration for a luce and figure far above the average of merely pretty girls and oestasy suc ceeded when the ponies suddenly be came freakish, drew the phaeton into a deep rut and refused to draw it out again, yuie.k, courteous service could not bo re- i fused, and each recognizing the other as ! a member of that educated class that constitutes American aristocracy, the three were soon iu animated conversa tion, tho ponios trotting meekly along under masculine porsuusion.and the gen tleman walking beside the phaeton, "to be sure they readied home safely." The mean little cottage wus another surprise, having been furnished by Aicher pere for his sisters use during tlio summer, and the visitor was so ear- j ried away by delight und amazement j that he forgot the brevity of tlie ac quaintance until that one look that rankled in Nettle's mind called forth such a quick, indignant flush, such a haughty up-ltfting of the small, dainty head, as recalled his scattered senses. He was ou his guard again, whan Miss Helen, by an appeal to Nettie's memory, forced her to leave her lemporary shel ter, and advanced to greet tho now cool, self-possessed young lawyer. Perfect courtesy, cold as ice, was in his exchange of greoiing; and once more Nettie's quick, impulsive nature was stuug by the abseneo (M any sign of tho admiration ' too manifest tho day before. Piqued, she allowed herself to thaw, j then to try to waken fresh interest; never descending U> any coquetry, but ' lotting her natural vivacity, hor quick in telloct, have full play. Tho power of ! conversing, drawing out tho best of her ' companion*, answering with quick com prehension, yet never absorbing the tulk, that is so often an art acquired by long study and practice, was Noltie's < natural gift. Without insincerity she could take deep interest in all passing < events, all chunc* acquaintances. For < the hour, each one was the neuter of her thoughts, aud there was such a delicate italtery in her hank botrayal of this in- i teiest that Nettle Archer WBJJ unani mously voted as charming ae she was < beautiful. I Sidney Barclay felt all his defences giving way. He once more forgot that : two days ago he hud never even heard of I Miss Archer, aud Ids big. dark eyes be- I came again quite too eloquent. 1 When he took his leave, patbetlca'iy ' implored by Aunt Helen to take pity urn 1 their loneliness whenover he had a leis ure hour, that lady's eyes twinkled maliciously. •'I owe you an apology for misunder standing you this morning, dear," she said, demurely. "I did not quite fcont prehend what you meant by the word, ' snub.'" And Nettie, her already brilliant roses deepened in hue, made a rapid exit. "H'm!"Miss Helen murmured ; "the son of my old friend, Margaret Barclay; his lather's partner—h'rn! I don't see that Julius can object to un acquaint ance." Julius being Nettie's father, was very particular about the individuals intro duced to his only child, the most precious of his many possessions. "But next time I will snub him 1" thought Nellie, robelliously. " Aunt Helen must have seen that he was snub bing me. That could not bo endured." For two days Mr. bidney Barclay forced ( himself to keep away from the pretty ( cottage. On the third ho found it in dir.- confusion. In the narrow hallways pack ing-boxes, trunks, bales of carpets—al the signs of a breaking up. In the dis mantled parlor, Miss Helen, weeping profusely. "My brother," she sobbed, in answer to his sympathetic inquiry, "was thrown from his carriage yqsterday, but I hud to arrange for leaving her." "Will you make me useful?" .Sydney said with such evident sincerity". Hint Miss Helen accepted the offer u, once. useful lie cortainly was. Baggage was out on carts summoned by him, and sunt to the station where tho servant had failed to secure any conveyance. Ttm household obeyed his prompt order.-, system sprang out of the confused hurry - iug nere and there, and Miss Helen found herself with half an hour's time leli quiet before lior young assistant cum • from a hurried run to his own boarding house to insist upon escorting her to the city. Trouble will hasten friendship far more rapidly than prosperity, and by im perceptible degrees Nettie found herself leaning upon Sidney Barclay, with a comforting sense of his perfectly relia ble judgment and sympathy. The in valid watched for him after the first day when lie offered service, and was thank fully made most useful. Day after dav of the long vacation he hud intended to j ; ass in the country, found him in the ,-ick i/juni, chatting with the injure.t ruuu, gently lifting him, bringing him I toe gossip of the hour and followed i-r No' tie's grateful eyes in eveiv move ment-. To each of tho four the oddity of the situation often recurred, with a'wonder | tha so recent an acquaintance had so quickly become one of themselves; be the fact remained tliut out of their lar.,- circle of friends not one was on th- suite intimate footing. Mostof their relative and close friends wore away for summer ! pleasuring, and there was no one like i Sidney Barclay. H this Nettle assured herself again | and again as her idolized father crept | slowly back to health and strength, and j never wearied of singing the praises of i his patient companion. For while these j two, so strangely thrown together, were i realizing that separation would mean J weary pain, that the hours spent in 010-e I intercourse rolled by on rosy cloud? ! they wore apparently absorbed only in I their duties to the Invalid. But when the opening of tho law courts callod Ssiu ] ney Barclay back to his professional du ' ties, Julius Archer was not the only one who mourned for his less frequent visits, i missed his voice, hungered for the hours of leisure that would bring him. But ; not until the doctor's iinperuLive order lor Mr. Archer threatened a long sepa -1 ration did Sydney Barclay speak th hope that had become strongest in I. | heart. "Florida, before the first frost!" tne physiciau- said, and Nettie's heart grew cold and heavy. Florida! And for iii>- whole long winter! A separuion of months from one who had won his way to the warm, girlish heart, and wouli. not be driven out! She had been out to attend to some shopping connected with tho contem plated journey, and being detained, wa hurrying to her father's room on her re turn, when Miss Helen mot her on the •stairs. •'Don't go up Just this minute, dear," she said. "Mr. Barclay has asked for a private conversation with your father. Now, Nettie, you will have a glorious opportunity to fulfill tho threat you made last summer, and snub this pre sumptuous young man." But an hour later she said : "I suppose, then, dear, you are post poning tiiis snubbing until after tin wedding?" And Nettie could only blush, laugh, and amidst many caresses, whisper: "Never toil lain, that's a darling !" And Aunt Helen promised she never would.—N. Y. Ledger. Mr*. Cliumherluiu'rt I'.ijmlnilt j'. (Vrtainly Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Is the most popular woman the United States has yet sent to England ; and this fact is auothor leather for Massachusetts cap. Charming as Lady BuMoi, , < nut-chill is, and attractive as is Lady MuudeviUe. neither of these ladies made such an instuntauoous success as did Mrs. Chamberlain. Every one with whom -mi has been brought in contact, from uor majesty tho uueeu down, lias been made captive by the Furltan bride. Her mannoi's are perfect, and her bearing is like that of a duchess. Mr. Chamberlain is proud and liappy in her success, and even tho fact th. t : bride has to chaporonc the Misses cham berlain, the elder of whom is the senior of her mother-in-law, has not brought a cloud into the sky. She dresses in per fect l aste, so thai even her rivals cap find no fault with her. The duchess of Marlborough, owing to the unpopularby of her husband, mis not hud really a fair chance, although she could not hope, at the best, o \ie with Mrs. Chamberlain. In spite of re ports to the contrary, the American duchess is said by her intimate friends to be exceedingly liappv. She has a great name, a pniud position, and lias been received by those who no longer irare to know her husband. The duse himself is an interesting, entertaining and even brilliant man, and their home life is a happy one.—Boston Gazette. .luNtlce Mauls'* Way of Putting It. "Do you know what an oath is, m.v child?" "Ves, sir; I am obliged to toil the truth." "And if you always toll the truth where will you go to when you die?" "Up to heaven sir." "And what will will become of you If you tell lies?" "I shall go down to tho nuiightv place, sir." "Are you quite sure of mat,:" "Yes, sir; quite sure." "Let her bo sworn. It is quite clear she knows a great deal more about it than I do." A witness once said to him : "My lord, you may boliuva me or not, but I have told the truth and I have been wedded to truth from my Infancy." "Yes, sir," said Maule, "but tho question Is. how long have you been a widower."—Mr. Sergeant Robinson, in Bench and Bar.
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