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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-12-22, Page 4• Tait tosatilatt Koala' e. SUPPer, ts over the 'hearth is swept, Acid now, et thiewooderea glow. * • The Children o1diter4a hear etate Onthis time 100 10if 1401 *bail made:mamma hate was golden brown nt tbe warm bleed came and went k the lace that conld same have been sweeter then Than new in its doh content. Tho brow is wrinkled and careworn novi, • and the golden hair is greyl But the light that one In the young girl's eyes Ma never gone ()Site wrap. . - Ana her needles catelt the eed'artaalieht w-tn end oat thoy girx V the clici0g,..fintaie 'that grandinamma levee. Sharing Me steeking to;, And the Waking ohUden love it tol). For theYlmow that titoeante We- , Wings many & tale to erandmaraia&'.0 Which tbereballbear ere long. But it twinge no story of olden time To grandmamma'a heartto- -- OnlY a Parable, short and cjuaint "mug'Prthe 40effuosbrlabt „ .f!Zifeis a stocking,* graudrus And. yours is iiiittegnn ; But 1 amictsitting the toe of mine. And nlY tat* 4v/en-nigh done. aWithiherry hearts we begin to knit. And the ribbing almost play ; - ;flame are OW colored and Sonic! are White, And Kline are &alien, (trete ' • "Bra the mestere form' ed afinet' • And many a Stiteh ettlyren_go And many. a row to be sadly riPrien Bre the whole be fair and strong. gs There are long plutia spaces wilthout.a br 'fliatinyouthsreJisrdtOb.r. 44 ' And many a weary tear dropped As we fashion the hest. wi e. *glut the saddesi;happieit thoe that'. • Which we stab for and Yet vatalal shataal', When otatiaesertailY Father brawls the ,threaul And tells us der work is done*. The clulareth teintaoomlathaelr'ShbriethbW4ilgbtril etk'ee5 'While in grandineinrcall 11. anyielti : tahe Plated stocking , , 40K BEFO4E,, By'Mrs. Itlexiattaleira. 44If i • • 1 could nduce her to site me any etiw.to guide nit," said Neville in one of their numerous oonsultations, "but I fear albewill not. TO say truth, I eta *afraid to *cher." , alifraid t Rehear 1 Lot me.tiend Sim - Mono to reconnoitre." * "I would, rather go inyeelfe" returned "Yon will look so confoundedly maple' douse') • • " I will have a try thouglia'saidonx hero. Anoordingly about midday, when all St. Xoluaa Woods was at luncheon. a tall, mustaelied Mall might have been seen sauntering, in a purpoitelesie way, up ana esivii the devious turnings of that refined /oettlity-,and: ultimately pataing at the ttusetioff of Warrington Terrace and Car- Ongford Villas. hae looked round, and stoodiiii if teat in tholight, till the sound of , awileerea aggravat cough caught his attention. - He turned and saw, nioheden - convenient °emir, a greyiah brownish tuella of tolerabledimensions, surmounted a ertinoted bonnet; under *Web further petition elucidated , a withered, russet ,with twinkling watery eyes, and a big pass lookieg mouth- The feet of the a were propped up on a wooden foot - and beside her, on a small, low table, a basket of oranges and some itout cities of wallftowers. UWI Ugh, ugh!" gasped, the old woman. "Buy a putty posy from a poor widdy, whose heart is break With the cough, and theLord will reward you. I haven't sold a. ..ba'porth this blessed day." . • Why do you stick to so unfavorable a situation," said Neville, idly entering into talk:with her. " Oh I sure mord times I've better luck. young halm,. God blese them I do be tender.bea!ted to the poor widdy, God bless Mtn ! but none of them give me a penny day." e t the mention of young ladies, Neville bed ill) his ears- " Ulm young ladies ?" he asked in a eked - ladies out of the. edo be niarehing &ran • *idler's in a. morning, and ,oor atial i caper now and itaeageoee Wei:ea-44e Lord in Iown upon herl She built titakee like Maartgel- Ab! s knew the valley of a kind ea -Me -Lord!" angel Of 11 yOring !tidy ? eXpeeting to hear the • . , ter name; but every y, as reglar, as the 'erne° place, and 'has it Oe near?"' a big lint you. purty a n." 'Redoubt's t be Marie yolnag lady you with diplomatic skill, 'e.old wowin., "Her hair's as 'calor like a -anbewith. her., a blownniele on iinch attindher,1 potty' from's. poor f Yeur bone .47 , ybut ttereet a eltilling for v0 in '1" " our bed? " exclaimed d widdy: "and --.-ugh! ugh! pertutte fit Of.,oough truce, as •Ilevilleta. tirsi e -Wirt Cut short eet034 g to • ioptoe and his-friend:hod varioua and different eugagemootodutingthereat of the next dnir,; audit miaitat till, Sunday morn- ing that theOnet agelieaewhea Sir Freaeric M * gleatiat Oeta that Neville .:lecetea alealt atitray." , e ' ryttattithillooking eaeraii eree,fite yOu, eat& 41 1S 142 didn't Set her -didn't Meet her 1 Win, oafs bonnet, through a EierVied that Seenni dered'ftboutAllacentelinded Park till the interwaiable. At aitet it Wee over, and Pollee looked ; could gel' nta Uwe of leer -What'e to be done ?" " Doled?" repeat.ed "Compton. "NOW110 Y°U.V. time for the letter ; write and hive it reedy for any chance .• we Will tehicege the eMiveattease afteraterti She =AY haY0 °banged" the days for her . lesions- A.. thousand thing"; may have hearkened.'" "I'll tell you, what I did on Friday," Baia Neville* arid.prollieded to denerihe hie inter. view. With the orange wOMMil "Capital I" said ,Sir rreattrait as ;be °en' eluded. "The widdy shall be :Cupid's atelisenger." " No; that will never do. shall rusoage better in SOMO The compoeitAele of this iTietle taxed paWera ritther seaerele aid atter NiteilleMiteaged adroitly to Pass. with Las T)Olvigliel aide IV side' dowu the aisle; sod, dariug the traneit, slid hie letter into ,pe , folttawlebelilePeattir die'48 ; ' but -ea eae :earn U' Or eatialt 4;14 Ohaege 09,19r he 1,149,0;04 01 °age.'" F%ardisicita's;edk-e 'reed .it 1 a ' ' ' 1 It was but aePioeleatal• work, and ne eye Or . ear save their own .deteoted- what was Passing- But Mitrieat .Oheek glowed and paled; tee brain grew dizzy; she .feletew Momentotai for ti,or was tlile :morsipee week. Buteesbeetoek *0 letter. What wt a a eh a. ettietillodl , sot 1 itidilibwithout whenrleb heri aa4 731aarno dre, to; yearnin for the 19Y0*.of the greaeo -ehlaaa roue looking'stranger, w O,bad PAW. ;her in vain endeavoring to render it an elegant so pertaiaoiourily, - and whose weed eyes Proatnition, be thee* all bisecribblings into expressed BO Meek tenitiernellened adcalr- the lire and dashed off an earuesla .PirsPle; eaten? : '' • • straightforward 'eater, In which ligt told the It was ,saleIy- in her *Patin; without' heiress of hieetadden and deep tiaseion-of betrayal; and now two Waitey dap had to the diffteelties whielt eurroundedehinee-of oome and go before lieVille oonld indge the optioeition which their proposed what progress he. had made. Nevertheless riage would call forth, and the oomplicatee it Was with an Miwonteditthee efexultation its publicity would Arid to the troubles, in that he met Sir Freaeriteat dinner.. . which he was already plunged, but from , "Now," said. be," grant 1 amnot quite Bo which he hoped ere long to ezt4cate hit& iiIhmey a fellow as you took me fore" aelf. ' - ' , •,.."-No,: by Cupid and Veritliel YOU are Once you are my own," it proceeded within a few lengths ofthe winning poet, "everything some possible. With you by She will meet you. You must hurry my aide, life has no taalti do not feel, ,tratters on; do not give her time to think; capable of aikoMpliehing. Trust to roe, . be ,inarried next weak; get e licebea ,se and yoarfuture shall be my•tenderest pare,' all that Bert of thing, and be ready for,;, eta., etie ' — , ' - start." - Leabort, Neville, thoroughly ., in -earnest, But Mane' Pelvigee not,,,ouly r Progncki, aYer tieltdable latter, and iene Neville's. letter, . She answered it. TWiltil fie welt. Weniate 1;o:iiialte a latirt,, alaiada, ,after his micieteitifiii,earatageba he received fultn;Iffnit all his .., Gem. MO 4300424d by. little note&a nob, treintilowily 'writ An 'iniiiiiiiatottet 'AlitreSty that ahe would 'apte, that Made him alai* fancy he give him sortaaOppOrtunity af OPeitising, to the writer's heart ini•---44 Wading . hit eallee Pertienidly, 111I may -ete acting very wrong, yeti tea/ when'he could hl?..tAek aa'Plaiu his hopes and see and hem yon; I , Oen only do se by feerxi4, ' . ''' . missing my lesson on Thuraday, and there 41',SheNitill not hOitate long," he 'said to is ithatiYa tha chance ofionte One being eent rradetio, "'Abe will pal me ' out of with tee. Tat it the oillY'oliPoxtut4tY I ohlia'atati ekhd upright she to:though Seek me, if it vex every one? Ah UI het", _insfl 611441210 Oct one hruing KU G14 guide us b° ' atMdily,r,11,40,*.Alow match"! It is gtoii even, "to his confidant 0.04nriaen eitkOderIul isostitiOn- Ootopteui."te, hip 11(44 Would Neville Mention this little billet; ing eorivaiiii.„441 ths right person short and. simple as it wits, it expressed ; 13kAoye ',you meby say 00.1P viyi:dly the mingled trust and fear, ths to dell- '•' new • aequaintance, ftbe old apele " TherenaY e deuced lag way anatatelee the Other; for if ever can rotate. will Are you not very 1111Witie to erir is Jae* tha'..least dash of ooquetcy think "M Put 1:gan write no =Kea 04; the tenderness for thewriter. " Nor'," continued %wale " I'll be off women? end try -to nuteogo Borao moans of thought NeVille, as he read Marie'e note ouveYing tbiS' , _tapping the letter: over and over again. "1 Wish was not suppomthe old lady does not Attend divine Weight ',ed with the sense of being a huthhUg itervice ?" (It was ;31tuder.) Will Marie dietrust me by ourl by, When -"1 dare say by the time Tod resell Car, she knows •I • had .the word of her little lingford Terrace she will be at her post. enigma? e i,gm,...o e? • Vela et *311 "On* eh° oannot The people will be feeding from one to two, 4-e• see , hat I love her is ardently as so youal hovithe field for yourself. Shan ever Wernall Vine loved; und that ought to .1 come with You ? , cover a multitude of eine. Poor darling! "No. She mighttakefright at twain. Wbat a horrible fright she was in when elle. quiteree- Do you want tectionie? " wrote ehis 1 and there are more titan forty - 'Well, Bethke to see that little pale girl eight hours to drag through before again." oomfort her." Neville frowned; he aia not like the idea;evi110 was -greatly moved by the of Compton seeking. a Mend of his luta agitation wkiek Marie could not ecaltael'°° wife's. He did not think such seeking ineetirOhim; though her color came often .3citild end well." , - ,and quiekly, it always left her deadly Vale, In spite of his attempts told Neville and her eyes looked larger slid more east- , wasrather too soon at the apple wonna fulthan ever. '•I , corner, and encountered the whole tide of All the chivalry and tenderness of his schools returcing from church, , nature were drawn forth by the unroistak. " By Jove!" he often eicolaimed in after able signs of her emotion, and he pleaded years, describing it. "It wm like shoals his cause -with earnest truthfulness, thtitt of mackerel br . herringe eweeping over Gould not failto insure out:Gess. "Alter all, elitee• and overwhelming you like an &Val. it Can't be such a tremendous undertaking anolus. Regiinents Of them, so demure and to marry a fellow that is so awfully fond of steady, that felt utterlY sit/181204'9.6d •ont. You. as / &ma'? he concluded; after' a tint Third or .fourth of these detachments` YoU at6rer,not ,frightened by the oatalogue I °enact alms Redoubt's troop, :among the have given you of my difficult -lee, why, I. most dietinguiehed and bight)! disciplined: See nothing' to prevent our being as 'hiPPY, the ranks were claim& by twoiyounglidiee, .e's the day is'l°613 I 814E°14.6 3" "ter not more n2ature ja. age .theek the --others, eonfided in any one at the eahoOt ?" wiioei Neville (loamy amegnized- the athily to my kind little friend and name - friends and namesakes: The beautiful sake, and iili,eia,quite safe." , .heareis flushed., over with electria 'What your, friend the: --the heiress?" rapidity, and then turned 13gt.le, ' he asked' Neville! • ' gravely and silently bowed to them. The "Tea; lite yery ,,friendless too., Per - little pale French ,-, governeas took Beare° haps Day_oa-aive May ' befiiend her any notice Of him. Another moment, and hereafter 1" they. were , hidden 'from' hieeaeat by the. " Of, course You shall," said Neaille, gates Nen 22. •-• ye- • . to himself; '" and must I let you , .:Neemoiaineeataat aigte epee. meta nee, go_ now? It is deuced hard You will of•tounteliance before them. • . talk .itua' a,ittingement of Plana; "and; i tadiffarent toe hire wain -ewe saioi Wilfe ;can •-fia a &tit: to visit changed ao 'marvelously. How little she these friends Of yours --what do You call ,dreamed haa alma an eataortant 0flJ them ?-at Bayswater ?" menicatioo for ter tie; peeltet teisf' "'Maclaine Lackerdeille ;, they are SOtith- minutes more and almost all stragglers bad' ern Statopeciple." aisappearea. Netrille approached the old a «very well, give me three or four days' wonetna. e-ee a • - notice, eaed all oat be prepared. God ' "You' I:Whoa take a- holiday, then ? " he bletis You: my dealing! a shall have you said good naturedl.,. before my eyes day and night till we meet Raithll. not,sherettirnea; e saute again Do hot torment yourself ;-dinonth Stuidatale"*MeeIlia bits "of boye beta* YotaWill !wonder why you ever tea, and -girls, the crateres dobogoingupq tate,' to Pr°mis° Y°°'8°11 to tn° Hampstead, and • atop to buy oranges of poor- an dy. P raps yourhonQrwants 'CHAPTER VI: a posy today?" "What is matter with you, Modem- ' "No, thank youl And your young lady oieelle Delvigne? " asked Miss Redoubt, ftiends, have they been geed to ,you with eudden, unusual curiosity, one after. lately?" noon about this time. "-I do have you are " Ah I shun, mee dart eyed darlint has not sitikening for anything !' It would be just gone by with the dawshy little white most inconvenient just now. You are look - orator' that's always airing wid her; but big like a ghost, and I am told you burst sue never stops when they are all together. out crying in the French °lass this Morn - Shell be hick by and by, oloYho, by her- ing leeit g,,,reat sign of weakness. No girl lielfe and then she'll have a kind word for vvill lookup to a, Wither who dries," with the poor widdy." ' contemptuous emphasis. Neville paused; he °out!' not surmount an do not see why girls are to expect invincible repugnance to Put Marie Detviane their governesses to be more than human," in the power BO low and Ignorant a said Miss Delvigee,theheirese, aggressively. creature as he now addressed. - You, know,elothieg,ebout it, naidear 'And weeee does this angel of yours go ce,ia tho stein4nisteess ca the establieh• to church?" he asked, carelessly. meat, "though., it is very sweet of you to, " Oh ! down below there. You'll samosa tak0Maden2Oiselle'spart. it is my aim ever see the spire beYant the big bailee at the to be just and 'coasidersee, and /tool I ant corner."' , Me.deni melte lh g 'How do you know she goes there•?" 1 the trath' as to the state of her health. I e "Shure, all'ilie hales do bo goiteg.there. havea, solemitand ?meted cheep intrusted reret,Itlet,eleegy, a greet :priicher . entirely, ateniii-the spilittisaand temporal and sail- aniaouroes an' damno no poor paeisteetp and atory welfare :Jot twelveyoung ladies of down? ' Faith! hell knOW the differ one distinotion;asuid 1.1nuet itet'acceedieglyea day. Andaorra o weird the 'Blessed' Many This °roes eiaminatioielook , place in an will Say for WM."' ', ' '. ' - ' '''',.' --: :' -----4- aparatent On anoppereitaryeknown. as the • " anaight meke *Mile opportunity to give tittidai where ttet young ladies prepared her the letter, in °buret," mused Neville." their lessbne; etc.,nto* Only tenanted by the ',Ill try." ' . , _. .. - two franide and notitietiakes."'. .. ' . • : 46 strait& on to the elitirch, anamet the " Medernoisellee! as she Wat3 "generally' olerk coigting out, ' ' ' ' , ' . ,,, ' a' - ,,), called eertainly looted ill -pale, ,downcast, , I' Whale lame the ;-• afternoon se.rdes. treneuluous, and paused a moment tefore begin?'ti' ' '. ',' ' elle implied.: ' ' .• , ..., ' ,.., itit half past three, sir," Ft.:turned: that' "I do net feel: quite iivaelf, adatianie ; fuatitioilary,.altdiewhet surprised. , but there is nothing „tei 'Weeny 'eeii:, it is ' " WaaliteiteheeraeOritaffund,Neville. more ner*Osioneoe thaer bodily indispOeition "" bauev relid lir. ;amp, 'dr.": ' tibia almost unfits me for my duties, 'a °ilia ." h l.'•thtin ', yeti." - -. • , inherit au,Meitable nature." Ii. a 'MOO Of -lours hit.rettirtied and °tie' 3cItigieseritRt3oitittili. t*t t• hikki°. refesignieet eonfusion, :"'if "itlT, rOin :•••IlievIlie -144 th° /rlicii'Y ' ,:"-th - titint l lirlimeeib ' ', intet'tb*)"*.° E14.6h41 .: 94iva".131Ir'olidit'-ye-reet a intheitiviereitinte* its Orb etAtionteMPlatieg. Niej'..bielejOU.the adored of ,, a, i itink I' Sir.", „.-• . • Prelletit°d him t HiseRedonlit'a 4` Could YOUfilitee nexain llama oro!ja and showing little:rest-1 might te.- Meele,..,coleringi heel' .1 1AaA&uA1 seat? e kin whispered, Med. g had holiday--* , reet,. yeti voust be content to give pp your appointment, Alademoiaelle,- and give me leave to fill your place." . it you insist upou it I intuit," .returned lieltrieetaill in the sae:Meow, timid tone, "1 thought teat week, during the Baster holi- days, I might have a few: days' leave of absence, might go to my friencl,Madanse Lacordeilh3, and recover nay strength, 00 allOW nOthing Of the kind," cried Miss Reaeubt; Miss Lewis, and Miss Marsden will be here, and I havepromised Mise Moeda and Miss Green, the two -Eng- lish govereekaa permission to go ann their teieeas ; 04 if you insiet on going too, m8404110401% Yen need not return." • Tam was a moment's silence; the New Orleans heiress Opened her lips to speak, and:. _closed Ottani agais resolutely, looking feerit One to the other with the deepest interest. and kindling eye, Mademoiselle :had risen from her Seat when Mies Redoubt first addressed her, and now remaieed 'standing With doWneest °Yee, and 'hands ,that Clasped esehather nervously. There was no *04010a:0)4 hoveove4 in her voice, as she replied 'calmly and distinctly, "Very Well, Madame, a aceept Your die, neiseele" • , "And. pray what do you intend to do, Mademoiselle a If I am releetantly.obliged to state that your heitith and strength are unequal to your work you will not find its0 eatsistomupartoctakuree.alintyotchhesnr egagmearndament;'.4 I am intsuOcasfutI must return to Paris to ,iuficorlea" • • " oonsider you emendingiy weak and foolish, but perhaps I may be the gainer in the end; moral weaknese such as ,'yotua °mild never attain the standard I expect from my employs."With a hauglity urea Mies xtedottht sii out Of the- room Mies -Deivigne started up and shook her small net at the retreating figure. "Nasty disagreeable Old Ott!" elie etelairne& • f4 What la ,6he meaning of it ,ealr Are you id? Are you. really going away, or will you Make it up? " ' ' Mademoiselle' Delvigne stood quite OA and silent, Wing With an odd Seed, attained look toward the waidow, evidently nieti seeing 'any, of the objects which Sur. roUnded her. , • - " Marie,dearest, speak to me something is the matter, more than I know. 'If you leave, ho* desolate shalt be! Do apeak, Marie " putting her arms round her. You can trusttue, and ram sure you are in awful trouble." "No, not exactly trouble, but in: 'terrible dread and agitation," she returned ins law quick tone, glanoiag round nervously. 1. think we are safe for %little while; there are some visitors °mixing up, the wawa and the girls are anent. Olt, ma mie ! it ought not to tell_ you" but I Must, or .1 loee my head! Oh, dearest be true to inc 1" ' "1 never was fase in my life," ,said the New Orleans girlproudly. Why, Marie, whit is the matfett" for the young French governess. claspedber tightly,. s,ncf, laying her head on her altoidder, burst into a flood of tears, WeePiea' intensely, and etruggling to 'nurses her sobs. ' 44 Chere amie,"ffie whispered when she watt a little °alma, "1 'want to leave' this house; I wanttago quito away, but I fear to telayou why -you may perluips think we wrong, imprdent. ani afraid. my- self ISM, yet I eitinOt draw back." . • "What on wall are You going to do?" exclaimed her fated, opening her dark eyes in amazement.. oatou are surely not going to Marry any one!" ' viti"Jet winhgisersi beraowMad,ppeenin°thiseelhiee.irDesesi" bandit, which ah e held in here. -" am going.away with aman I have only known about two monthly), coimparative etranger, of whose nature ea diapeeiticn.acd history' I know nothing. Oa 1 ime how imprudent, how bold, how .unsvonianly it all is, as well as Mimi Redoubt herself could; and yet when he is with Sae I forget all tbis, and only feel unbounded trust in him, and that it is impossible to refuse Jam; or let him go." I suppose' he "Mthat Captain Neville?" Yee ; he* yoa,know ? " , I have eyes in my head, and I hava noticed his when welieve met him, and the: bad way he tits been appearing every now, and then in ' this neighborhood. 'say,' dean! it is an awfully wild thing to do!" Her clasp of her frieze:re hand tightened as she strata ' "It is If three ininthu ago any one had told tne that I'could be tempted to such a step, I should have infinitely offended„ She stoppedettad` it her. lip to keep hack and. denied thaitoPritioO; the sobs' that wettld heave • her b000m4. "And yet you are '110ing to de it," added Miss Delvigna. "Ah ran despite me -you think me mad, infatuatedl lee would never do such a thing! " ' "How do you knew?", asked the other, " Nobodyiver made love to me,, and asked me to fiaway With him 1 At the same time, you would, not do it, Marie. Why doesat this man come here and see you, atiii ak you to be his wife openly? a am sate he leeks bold and resolute enough ttl! do anything, and old enough to be his ova master too." . "He doeii-he iee said Marie eagerly. "But there are' reeons he has fully ex - planed to me. EIAJ) in debt and diffioult-' les, and betas sopa hopes of his brother dr Berne relation aniating him; but if this relation knew thatauy was going to be married he would Sake objections, and be implacable, where's, if Guy is actually married he cannot1p it, and will not be so hard:" .ptain makes ek witted AMericsan. ookout for van. Sup, is relatives leave him to become 'of you ' sale of hie ClOttini , and we nallBt Piet go d or Australia, and "1 don't see hows thet out," said the "Anyhow, it is a b Pete), Captain ,Ne • in the leech? Whit "Oh! Guy 'raja Olen will Pat him ri away to Now :Ze struggle on together Daefi ho?"'" cai etre& . by this proof , fulnesa 1,1 Thoulha titit be e real -gee fellowif he will give ti everything for you/ and you (Meat to w hien to the ends of the'eartla" - a 'I thinia",aWhis Marie, resting her glowing cheek again hitifrientraphouldere to ovoid her eyes -if eietdo thiukhaloiais ,Me -and :Oh'it do how canr rofu�e him?,Zo011 *het ei 1110in lima pore 40r.. If rioOk ihl _the heirese; Minh devotionalocaaea 1 'Ott aeteeltAng Mire* itg0 f...rar hilityv slimy was **buratto to " be get .ral effes Poem AB peeeible AA0,0Pt your dear self 110 ono einirOti to ,goneisler nia senOnd eleogght. It I dare for a mcieeent forget , ttet. ea...ani. a machine • I ams eoog pushed back into Pay, grenVe. " (To be petitioned.). • • iaterleas ,fattatitaa Sore° intaletigathig peeeeu tea furnished the NOW York TOO with_ a brief • 'peewit8 on imall thiege which in Malay metanegii have proVed 'great wines Of Wealth to tbolucky discoverer. The list might be exteaded to a much larger number, but we oply etate those giveu iu the' Times. Aiming' these trifiee is the favorite toy -the . "return bali "---e wooden WI with an .eleatiei string attached., sellieg for ton Oman °stale but Itehdiefi to its Patentee' an i000nle conal to §50,000 Year.. Tho rubber tip on Ole ended lead Pentiile affords the owner of Mao royalty' an inde- pendent farainea The iuYentor of -thee gummed naeasPaPer wrapper is also A rich insp. * The gimlet pointed .sorew has evolvedmore wealth than. moat silver and the man who first ' thought of putting.copper *isle obildren's shoes is as well off as if his father had left 'him 02.000,000 in -United 'Staten, Wade: Although roller eludes afe" not CO much used in'eeantries where .ice is abundant, in South America, especially in Brazil, they. are very 'hlably,esteenied, and have yielded over 51,000,009 to the ieven tor, :Out he had to spend fully 0125;009 in England alone fighting .uifringemetits The "dancing aim brow;11. a toy, provides an annual income of 075,00 to its inventor, and the eonanon needle threader ie worth 1),10,000 a ,year to the man who thought of it The drive well" was an idea of Colonel Green, whose troops, during the war, were in want of- water., Ho conceived. the nation of driving a- tsvo,inoh tube into the gatteed :Until Water was reached and then ettaiihing 8. pimp. This simple contrivance was patented after, the war; and the tens. Of thousands of farmers who have adopted it have been Obliged to pay bie4 a royalty, s moderato estimate of which is pissed at $3,000,000# The spring window shade eielde an income of 6100,000 a year; the stylogra,phici pen abeibringe in ^fa'. $100,000 yearly ; .the marking pen, for . shading in different colore, 5100,000; rubber 'stamps the maim.- A very largefortune has been reaped by e western miner, who, ten yearseince, invented a.neetal rivet or eyelet • et each end of the mouth of coot and pitata pockets to resist the etrain eaosed by the carriege of Pieces of one and heavy tools. • :War Orstera Matiaid be Estee' liguerst (Now York Sun.) Why oysters should be eaten raw *ex- plained by Dr. Wm. Roberts in hie ler:aura on "Digestion." He says. that the general , 'practice of eating tie oyster iitwis eyidentie .that the popular jedginent upon mittens ot diet is usually ulnae:lathy. The fawn. colored MBAS, Whiell is the delicious portion of .the fish; is 118 lifer, and is simply a mass of layeogen. Associated with • the glycogen; . but withheld from actual °outset with it during life, is its. • appropriate digestive ferment -the tepitio • - Tbw,tnere Oriathiog of the oyster between the teeth brings these two bodies together, and the, ,glycogen is at once digested withoutany Other help than the • diastase. .The raw, or, merely warmed. oyster is self -digestive. But the advantage of this provision is wholly loot by cooking, for the heat immediately destroys the moo. elated ferment, and it .eooked oyster has to be digested, lilts any 'other food, by eater's own digestive powers. "My deae Fared° you want to ruin your digestion ?" asked Professor Houghton, af Trinity College, one dayof a friend who had ordered brandy and water' With his Oysters in a Dublin • restaurant.• " Then he sent for it glass of brandy and it glass of Guinness' XX, ana-.put an oyster in math. In leyeey short time there lay in the liettom,cf the gbws of brandy a tough, •• teatbery substazice resembling the finger 01 a kid glove, while in the "porter there was hardly a trees 'otthe oyster to be found: after Dining With Mir Joins WAllosastliby., 7k At the .1Car1h6eitigha Street Pollee Court yesterday Mee Michael : Sandys and Mr. Charles Browne, „. .0nelow . Gardens, described as geetlemea, were . charged, With being drunk and disorderlY, A con - Stable stated that on gelidity morning he , Haw Sandys deneing, with a woman in the streets. He requested bim to go away,. but he would not, pat his arm round:hid. • iwitneeal neck; and attempted to dance with him Brown then got up a lamp -post and teed something from a 'newspaper As, tette (miles of the polico. He took Sandys into the station.Brovvnti inn' in also and. visa detained. It Was eiged for the defence- . that the defendants had been dining with a - Sir John Willoitglity on his return from Egypt; and on leaving the' club there was some " chataug" with the policemen, and Browne got up a lamp post and read ex- tracts frozn Mr. Howard Vincent's bobk on the duties of policemen. Sir John Wa- loughTea was called, and stated that the defendants were not :drunk. Asked by the magistrate What lis considered a drunken man, Sir John replieid that When a man was uncobscious of what he was doing be considered him to be drunk, kr. Newton said there wee some doubt abeet tlie Matter and dismissed* the Oneee, but he thought „ gentlemen should not dance in the streets or olimb laiatetaitta-Pell Mall Gaz,e4e. . The Princess Beatrice akea. speckled heather tweed& ' and implacable landlord, " I will certainly ' you dont pay your rent," said a cruel ' expose you publicly." The dejected debtor lifted his streaming eyetitti his persecutor and cried, "Oh, . my friend; I beg you not to-do that; 1 would - avail prefer to have you increase nny rent." In Fiji thirty years ago war was made quite as much with a view to dining off captives, who were actually teirefelly fat- tened before slaughter, as for any:other 1,ST:ae CaBOS PaealWaS cut, cooked who baa preiatifelatteteace Of the elotani the.'oetiri. and calleet thefreareaeilate'dig it: 'The eiek were,: butied death Of fi great 'men was aelebriteed by a general strangling of widows. Beside OV014 Carle: liT4 ht :It =3; la:74: 0 elaving eftit:sgP::,Z: ea eutiportieg earth ;las rolled `over the* Whoop. Chief Isoneted bow' 0411100 8. nt. 'racket W,ViCe;holeed.. " hand taid'fotit add Onattagettundeo, act