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Home My WebLink AboutThe New Era, 1882-09-21, Page 2If4;f77' Septo 21. 1882. A.Life's Mvsftery. When Zorawas calmer, they both, in resistless love and memory were drawn to bend, their eyes again on the unchanged face whose life -like shadow the On had preserved for them, so like, so "unlike evermore I" • "He was young -to die -and to die -so!" said Luli, in the suppressed tones' of dean emotion. And there came then overher face the implacable look that only one thought could -ever bring , upon those eat, fair fee, - tures. Putting her lips close to the picture, ahe whispered, in a strange, stern whisper, " Hovo. shall we ever know, love-„?-7-Ther: say . the sprites of "injured ' men, shriek , upward from the sod!' But you are silent If you would give a • sign 1 If you would reveal it toMe I Shall I never know -until you_tell-me-in-heaven ?" • She was, silent, and her breath came short an&gasping, and, Zora saw how con- . vulsively she trembled. Zora, white with horror, terror;and pain, looked on and endured. 'Under the slighter ordeal she had' broken down and sobbed and wept. Under this too terrible strain she rose strong ih the defiance of utter. desperation, with firmly closed lips, with eyes from -which every betraying expreseiori had fledeiettuarding the 'hideous secret she was bougto keep with more than deterthi- nation, With more than liOnor, with the zealotnefury and„ -terror of d lioness ,esing frana the hunter the cave :where the 'helpless piths are lying, she :braced her every nerve up to the strain forLuli's sake., Her eyes.did not .quail as sheittirned them upon Luli's face; her fingers did not trem- ble as she took the portrait resolutly away from her; her 'voice "did not quiver as Shel! said, 'with desperately compelled firm- • , "" Put it away. Do • not look any more. You must not ,agitate, yourself." , , • . Luli controlled her emotion, and passe& • het hand over her eyes ,witha, sigh.. "1 will take it un to rayronna, ' shesaid,, after •a pause. "I keep allthose things - there!". ,1 ," • . ..Zora, herself, the. more , sorely agitated from,the imperative necessity of supprea, Edon, . anxious ,to be alone and free,' yet unwilling to leave Luli, unwatche& and =cared for, followed Lull to her teem. • There 'Lull unlocked the drawer, and. • laid the portrait tenderly away amid other . :treasured • relicsthe presents he ' had. , given her; the. Jotters he had ' written her. Zora, looking over her ,,shoulder, noticed that,at the back o! this drawer,, ._'_...was„-e....square-Loedar-wead ' . was about .to Close the ,draw,er, her eyes; too, fixed on this:' She paused, holding • the -drawer half Open, some irresistible • maghetiena seeming to hold her gaze rivited ..there, to paralyze her eye. from turning , away. As if she wee impelled ,by some external force, - her . hand sl�wly moved " taward it; yet she shuddered eai her fingers rested -on the lid ' " Whatis it you keep there ?".asked Zora, ehrinking 'away, with a presentiment that told her what it was, before Luli, still Banff rather obeying ,some power than her own, volition, slowly lifted the lid. • Zora coveredher face with her hands: "Don't -don't touch it, Luli P' she almost shrieked. Shut it Up! How can you bear to look at it?" . "It wouldhe strange if Leonid nothear look at. that. ,I have borne worse,"' She • coked at Zora, and added with,. he,ghost of a smile-,-" Why da you shrink away, Zora? It is not loaded;, it is harmless now. It islhe„,only evidence. Sometimes 1 think it is.alithere ever will be: Aied it ie silent. It tells no tales." ". • Standing there, looking down upon the. weapon that had once been pointed With • aim too sure at •the. life she loved;, Lul gazed back into the past, and in her naind'a eye saw the last look of his living face again -saw him as he stood on the threshold 6! the half lit marble ball -heard his last good night. The memory was, toe real -too vivid 1 It seemed that- her &rine clung still .roiind his neck in that last 'fond andsnailing • good night; she felt his last • -kiss on her lips again. She .put •up her handsto hide • her eyes; as if to abut the too clear naenaary out. • . "Oh, it was not by his Own hand he died 1" she murmured- suddenly, after a • minute's silence, with suppressed passion . that shook all her frame. "Not Iia; ,not his. I know it -I feel it in my heart. What hand was it then?" . • • She lowered her hands, and let her fingers rest quiveringly, recoilinglY, yet asif rooted. by some restless fascination, on the clouded Steel barrel. She „fixed • her eyes upon the weapon with a wild and intense searching, if all the forces of her soul were wasted and outpoured in that one • passionate,, craving, terrible questioning. ." What hand Vedoit. , • ,• ' "Zorasliuddered add away, Luli! Lull! come down stairs! lock that drawer and leave it 1" she cried vehemently. "lam very wrong -I am wicked-•--tlf let you look -to let you try your strength like this. If you have no mercy on yourself, you will kill me if you will not let those. memories rest 11 cannot bear them!" Luli yielded instantly; but' with 'a sort. ef astonishment in her eyes. It seemed se' . strange to her that they who had berne . that fiery trial should not be able -to bear the memory of it. • "Forgive me, -Zora, dear," she whispered , softly ; "1 am so grieved if I have caused e, you pain! 1 would not hurt •you -you of all the world, now!" and looked anxiously on the face that flushed and paled by turns, awl the irregu- larly heaving breast. • • "You must not allow yourself to be upset; you ought to know how bad it is for you," he said, with something, stern and despotic even in hie affection. "If you win not take proper care of yourself, I shall have to guard you more strictly still from all possible renewals of old aesocia- it." is rnot that -it, is List Pleaded eagerly, her eyes filling with tears. "I have been 80 well lately, I can't imagine why I feel Bo • toolay." When Martin Griffiths, whose visits had now become like a daily part of the domes- tic machinery, of the villa, paid his usual vieit, he looked sorely disappointed to find that Luli was not visible. The disappoint- ment on his foe was curiously ill -matched by the involuntary expression of relief and satisfaction that brightened up Zora's coun- tenance as he entered the dining -room. She had been scheming how to escape a tete-a-tete meal with Glencairn ; and Luli -had-enconeiously done her -best to frustrate these solienies by unselfishly insisting that Zora should go down to luncheon without All that day he waited in vain for a glimpse -of Luli. The -next -day, true -as -the - needle to the pole, and punetual as clock- work to his usual hour, he came again and she had rallied and was much bettereindeed declared herself quite well and announced her intention of coming down to dinner. As ehe entered- the drawing -room, pale and tall and lovely in her drooping,gratee- like a lily beaten by the wind, and bending • its dew -laden chalice before the gust--Glen- eairn and Griffiths greeted her witheglad smiles, and she Was reponsively gay ; and a general jubilate was sung over her reap, pearance downstairs. Zora's position as silent looker-on was a painful one. She saw too much and too clearly for her own peace; and lier sympa- thetic heart ached for others. She dis- cerned the unspoken hopes that Glencairn and his friend were cherishing; she knew how vain they were. e• She kneve that Luli's brave and :loyal :heart kept her calmand cheerful before her father;• She knew too that Luli's soul was with her lost love; 'n�t drooping in hopeless regret over the torah, but aspiring in lofty, :3ietlifezconsuming, hope,. tco.a world beyond the grave. Always the unsatisfied' cry of Luli's heart Was . , • Is there never a chink in the WOrld above Where they listen for woycle from, below? and alw' aYS there heaved' and stirred fever- • hilly restless there, the longing to,lonow, the dream that oftentimes rose to a conviction that some day she should know„by whose lutfid it was that he died. ' , '•' Zora a was behind the' scenes too as td Luli's- health; she knew With what daily lieroin effort Luli kept up her broken strength ; she knew how long :the 'petty simple toilet, that looked so easy and natu- ,ralate_Ok t,0,,aceonttpliek=long....not through_ 7tEe vanity,. hut'ithrough the weakness of • the wearer; and She who Saw, 'sorrowed for those who did not 'see, or who seeing shut their eyes. • Gleneairn and • Griffiths had never yet uttered -a word touching On the latter's growing, absorption In Luli, but tditIy and, mutually they guessed 'each, at the other's feelings; and Griffiths knew that his friend was naTigely to run, counter to hiswielaes. In fact Glencairn watched the development of this atrachnient with decided favor•and satisfaction. „He had forgotten one cirounee stance, which, if he had rernenabered it from the first, would have made him put the breadth of the sea at once between Martin Griffiths and Luli. But it had passed,out cif his mind ;' and he saw no obstacle -to hi arlinges-living-to,,the-dawn-of mew hope, new happiness -even if never " This is my day f�r tho city he observed. "1 ehould not leave Luli if I thought she was not all right ; but. I have not seen her seem so Well foradong time." He added after a moment's silence, thought- fully, "1 had a queer dreani last night, old fellow. saw, what I shall never, see again. It seemed to moth omen ofsone • "i& good one let us hope. But do You believe in dreams'?" "They mean 'something. People de not all posses.that power which enables spirits' t� communicate with them.' You know that is is not every one to 'whom an appa- rition oan manifest itself. But in dreams there is no one on earth whomay not receive a sign. sleep opens the gate to all that onlysome can pass in waking hoUrs. This dream of mine was for good, I think. It seemed, to promise' safety and rest for ray child. If it bodes ill' to anyone, it: can only -be to me. That is the interpretation that I place Upon it at least. Dreams don't always Write their message very- legibly! Anyhow,. to -day My: bosom'slord sits lightly en his throne: And if the railway smashed me up." he continued carelessly, but with an under-cntrent of earnest mean- ing, " you'll take care of Lull?" "1 world! Trust me 1" replied Martin Griffiths with ell hie heart. " But I hope," he added after -a moment's pause, "that it won't be a railway smash that will give rae the_p_revilege..of _taking_ ca,re_of _her.eaLook- here, Glencairn he added, 'you and I are old friends.. Tell , me, ,do you think that any oilier man -i• mean, that any man now, will ever have a chancowith her?" "1 can't say. ' I know no more than you. But if I wereethe man in such a case; I'd try!" , ' • " But not -not suddenly Not too soon ?" "No,"'answeted Glencaiin thoughtfully; "I suppose not.. It would be useless; per- haps worse than useless. Still w'omen are queer creatures ; , naan can't understand them. Bach man had better. judge for him- self." "1 judge.," said ;Griffiths, tentatively "that he had better bide his time ?" Glencairrt nodded; ' and followed .this, affirmative sign after a brief 'pause by say- ing,, with one of his rare expansiOns' of con- " Look, Martin, if I could see her safe in harbor, I'd drift on my course, be it long or short, with a light heart -yes, and an easy -conspienca-too-,-Pethizalr:"--- Yet--013--thosc words he paused; and only after .silence continued, "But she would not leave -me., Do you know, Martin, I think she would not leave me. One cant be euro; .but.she knows wellshe is 41 that's left to me." • "She woiiid not be what she is if she could conteteplate the thought of any real separation: from, you," paid_Griffiths, -warmly Uttering this truilea. " Bute -ea -len: you Would not --e-?" • His look, of inquiry, rather • appealing than hesitating; finished the sentence; and the other answered as ,if it had all been uttered. • ' " Object -to anything that was for her good?No," he' said, gravely, with a pain- ful contraction of his alreadyeare-furrowed brows. • . • , " She ie growing strong; I think," he added. "She, seems to rally, sooner from these attacks than she did. You know there is nothing really serinuslywrong with , her health; There is ne,Organip disease. I -have ' 'Cone -tilted j. the, ,best phypiciatiseabout her.= ',Whey dgeeethere is no reason why time and care' should notestere her to .perfeet strength.," •% .. • The conversation was interrilpted. here •• BOOK VIIi IN SIGHT OF LAND. CHAI,TEE XXXIII. ----441ttiOliTefgetelid.erignIZei Ov a u e ; A little while for golden dreams, Then no more any dreaming! _ - A little time for speaking Things sweet to say ant hoar; A time to Beek and And thee near Then nomore any seeking I -manatee% The re -opening af old wounds mined by the contemplation of those earl souvenirs, - and by her interview with, Zora and the new light thrown on Zorts's intereet in the tragedy that she now saw touched them inutuallY4roved too much for Lull. Her etrengtbniad been over.taxed, and broken • down -suddenly, AS Zora had feared, so that she was Obliged to return to her room and remain there all day. "You ehohld not let her excite }Israeli." Glendairn said sternly to Zora, when just before luncheon he made his -to Zora moot unwelcome -appearance iu his daughter's room. " It was not Zora'efe Fault," said Lail. "She is alnaost as inatoli" tytant 50 you are," she added; forcing ,t:. ; bent -over her and liftedher hand, which was ice.00ld and darep, and lay trembling in hie tat her fluttering pulse, by the sight of the object Of it coming With 'Zora across „the lawn to join the two gen,: tlemon. Ma,rtin Griffiths leoked Somewhat as if Ji'ad been detected in a crime, and gazed vaguely away over. Luli's head at the toll hayeart which was lumbering past the gate with a group of haymakers, male, female, and infant, seated on the top thereof, and all uniting their voices in melody. "Well, you really feel all right to -day, - little girl?" said Glencairn. "I may go up to town quite easily ; and you will take care of yourself?" " My fair tyrant will see to that," said Luli, smiling at Zora. "1 leave you in good hands, I know," continued Glenoairn. " I shall be back :to -night, but don't sit dip for me. Grif- fiths, you'll stay to dinner with these two girls and look after them in nay absence, won't you ?" 1 "Gladly," said Martin Griffiths, with a frank smile of pleasure. It was time for Glencairri to go, if he meant to eaten the train. Luli followed hint tO the gate.,- She had on a white dress that day, witftl, jet ornaments and black ribbons, and with the plain jet (noes on her bosom, and her simply braided fair hair; she had something of the look . of -a Very efoir-youngnovineTwhose brow -was not -yet - plowed by the weary; monotonous cares of, the convent, and who had caught from con- stant gazing on the -shrilled Madonna, a reflection' ef the Madonna's sweet and lofty Serenity. I Martin Griffiths and Zora were left upon ,the lawn. 1 "She seems much better to -day," observed Martin Griffiths, with soarcely concealed interest, still gazing at the object of his admiration, who was within sight, 1 but beyond hearing.' " Oh, yes, she is very well today," assented Zora. "Have yen ,known her long ?" asked Griffiths. , " Two or thr.ee years.v " Ali -1 Two or three years? , I have' not known her /IS many months: But it seems ,ta long time, somehow." , • Zora looked at him comprehendingly, laalf sadly; be saw by ,her, look thatIshe fully underetood his feelings, but he l did not read, the sad forecast and coinpas- sion, in her eyes. He smiled in answer to her compreheneion, not realizing -her com- • 'aShe is so yOung. There is time," he said ;.,..and then, half, startled to find how confidential he was involuntarily waxing,he pulled up in the conlidence.s, and muttered inaudibly to ,himself, " They ;say there's no 'fool like an- old fool. Maybe it's,trile." Meanwhile Glencairuwas saying o, 1,. withan iquiring loolt,into,hier face- "Griffiths is; a good fellow,isn't be ?, He'll take, care ,,of ray ,little girl, in in ye absence.", , , , ,; , ' "Ho is a dear old fellow," .responded frankly,, keit indifferently, fot, his admiration, wa,s, eo silent, his ,affeCtierr f30 littfe-a-eidOiriatfated,-Tard'hiH,Maialierl-O'lier BO taciturn in its attention, that she did. not yet perceive his feelings. "Shall we not sit up for you te-night, papa ?" ; " No, child, on no account. I hate tobe hurried ; end. Plike yen to keep early hours.,, Turn Griffiths' oat in, good time, andgo to bed early. Inst be off now. Good by." Lull. lifted.herLlitce to kiss him, and laid, -her liand=on-lus-shoulder-in-a-gracef tender, little parting earess. He 'looked down at the slender aim from. which the white sleeve slipped ,,back, and his brow , clouded painfully. • • "Child, how frail and -thin you are 1" he said; " Why, there is nothing left of yonl a puff of wind wouldblow you away!" " would need to be a strong.puff," she said, len hin 1 , he left She leaned over the gate an ronked after him; he • turned and 'smiled, and' she, imailing too,, blew a light .kiso from the tips of her fingers. • Griffiths, watching, thought it must be a nice thing to be: the father of such a daughter., ' CHAPTER XXXIV.e A little time for saying "Words the heart breaks to say; • A short sharp time wherein to pray; , Then no more need for praying. .Martin Griffiths. stayed to dinner at.the Chalet, according to Gleimairn's arrange- ment, and had dinner with ' the two girls. After dessert, it being a fine warm evening,. instead of going .into the drawing -room, they Bat in the verandah. Griffiths, unsup- ported by Glencairn's company,' refused to light his cigar. ' • , • - "He did not care a bit about it; indeed he would' rather not,". he said e• " it seemed beautiful clear air." " You- are getting quite poetic,". said Luli; "which 6! ns -have -you caught that team, I Wonder ?",) • - • ' ' The mideutnnAr, night' was clear and mild, and well-nigh • as bright as day, with the pure and mellow starshine that 'only 'June nights know, in -its perfection.. "The shard borne beetle, with his drowsy hum" whirred blindly by; and across the twilight space between the verandah and the shrub- betythere twitted the Shadowy form of a bat, with its weird fea.therleas wings, its crooked flight, whizzing through thastill -air„-like-a-idisshajpettghost:--- cannot bear those , Creatures," said - • "Ab," said :Griffiths -from whom (according to ordinary travellers' "• wont) She slightest touch was enough to set the machinerypf memory going-_--," I have been where every night I used' to shake two, or threaout a My Curtains, and dislodge half it dozen from the icorners of ihe'roona, and if I lef t the wind* open, one would be sure to come .whizzing in and knock over my candle.. ' And .then, tarantulas L, You Wouldn't like, world you, when you.went to put on your slipper, to find a tarantula` running out of the toe of it 2" , • A few delightful'renainiscences of bats and tarantulas 'soon wound Mr. Grif- fiths up to the point whereat he would reel off travellers' anecdotes_ by the half dozen. He did; not relate them, very artistically, and Oftett'spoiled his ,climaxes; but there was a pertain bliindering , straightforward- liiinese about -his iway of narrating, that gave rStoriiXaff afrof 7fellifYi-ThWeven in g .he'began with the. tragic love story of a, dusky- SoutIrSeco4beauty , of Hawaiinethen siiddenly tinning' frond her grave tinder the tropical waYeffn. otieSetheedeck of an Australian salling.vessel .beealmed in the Pacific,. he finally landed in the `United State', arld , related a narrow eseape ;frond being emothered in. a snow.storra on the Sierra'Nevada. , • '•. • The girls listened with interest, along, sway behind Desdenaoita's in degree, 'cer- .430.nly, but still' belonging te ,that 'kind: It is possible that if -,•e317rifatlies, woula continue eteadily to relate !itnevi and thrilling anec- dotes day after da§ to his gentle Desdemena, he might attain to sOnaething of: OthellO's succeee in time. • They all agreed that truth was stranger far than fiction-" And much , more inter - eating," add.ed Zero., smoothing Mr. -Grit., fiths' vanity with a delioate hand and a shy smile. The Y fell then to talking fiction and fact. e .Preeentlya they. ..found themselves, discuesing the different customs of engage- ' ment and , marriage in different civilized, countries. "Weil, they may talk of French refine- • meiat and , politeseC,' eta Griffiths, in the tone with which a steut English bull -terrier height Apes* oitt,a shivering, silk -jacketed, toyeltalian ..grey -hound, "but I dent like their ways. I'm unrefined and uncouth enough to believeinnutrrying fot 1ovree"2 At this stage of the conversation Zora recollected that she had a particular letter to -write that evening, and' that there were pens, ink; and paper _in the library. So she.arose and withdrew, deeming it discreet to leave ,the ,other twonowthat the ,econvere sation had"reaChed a point from whiela, if Martin Griffiths thought it web to make any personal &Whalen, he would find it easy to direct it into a channel that suited his p u r Gp ro is e. ths, however, was ffiprudent,`and bearing in mineI his converciatiOn with Glenoairn that morning, he would not run the risk of jarring on Luba; eensitive spirit by any premature or unexpeated avowal. So he did notavail himself of the opportunity which Zorae had kindly afforded him, but continued conversing on the -subject of. French manners and 011btOMS, and national differences. • "After all," he addeid, presently; " one of the worst fellows 1 ever knew was, a Fremihraan, one of the kindest and best fellows was a Fienchnaan too.. That they 'should have been pousins of the same blood 7:1f ways seems to me a vvoncler., vals, I mean. :What a tragic, sterY that was altogether I daresay your father bas told you- about it caftan ?' "No," said Luli. " Maraval ? I don't seem to recolleot the name.. Papa does not very often tell me .of the intereating anecdotes he kn'ows. ' Yoii tell me, please,' and she leaned back, and folded her hands in,. 1 her lap, _and • looked' at him 1 prepared to list‘en.hy, your . '' father WaSrla great a ,Wallyof poor Claudene. .They went ' partners, you, see, he attd.,Paul ; and although the' never were what I should call real true _friends, there is no doubt that there was Some, qUarrel, some higltwords about that girl, at. the bottom of it," • said Griffiths, Who had - not thehappy knack. Of beginning at the right end Of a stery, and -often plunged into it in the middle, anclethen had to go back add tilck'himself up.' ' ' '"'Wonieit generally are cif the:bottom of every quarrel, "I fancy; don't you think 4.??" he ,etfid. ' ,Men say,' • so she ,responclec3, smiling. " Rut who were `these, partners .who quar- relled? and how did the quarrel turn out?" Badlyeenengli ;`,that's „whit, m going isaeUed, e,gee being COliBina; and hayleg come ont,to seek their, ,foitune in' the geld .raines'tegether. They. 'Arndt a good velh„and,se4iia„get,a,telerable Pile between ilieMel;eThey .veeren't a bit ahke',Clatide‘.was.,..a idelicate, slim, hand- some young fellow ; ,and. Paul.,a,great rnlifiltn, With black4,eyett,that bored you .thiongli at twenty Paces "" Ahd they were in, loye,with the same girl, I Suppose ?" SliggeSttil Luli. e eYes,ljith .sta;:a.. girl_ oWniatXonterey..2 ..The 'story went .that it', via4 Claude'. she ' .liked first .and.best;;inacl •that 'shelused 'to write king letters to Clatidseid thatthat 'brought on the quarrel: AnYhoW;'aiillity •Paul MaraVal and all the,,,goM' were t„gotter • together; and ,Claude .lais•cabin. He neverlet on whoNstruckhirn . down, but nobody' clonbted it Was Paul.' And .youi father nursed Claude, and looked ,afferlum IThe a brother:" Dear papa! it ie !" COMMehted, Luli, affectionately. . , • . " Well,' pursued Griffiths„ warming up. in his narrative, "'time Went on and Claude ,gat well, and the news Caine at- last that Paul was at Monterey with a heap a money, and was. on th,e eve of marria,ge with the girl poor Claude ' was to hardhis. her slanders .elanders about Claude, to break off her attaelement to yon see. 'So Claude was off in hot"haste to lYlonterey, and Glen: cairn, who was on his way there too on his own business, travelled the same road. 11 happened rather remarkably that it Was on -Paul Maraval's .very wedding eve , that Claude and Glenoairn, came upon hineeud- denly in the saloon. Now this Paul was one pf.the deadest shots I ayerknewe and he'd got a pistol that used to,Say had hisluck in ,it, for with it, he never failed to hit his • mark. Of comae his game was to put Claude in the Wrong, ,and "make as if he were provoked to fire first." ' "Well inquired Luli, getting inter - "Well, it went against all one's notions of poetical justice e it was the villain who fired and bit; it was poor Claude's pistol - arm that fell lamed at his side; so that he couldn't return the shot. Your father was unarmed, Oddly enough, that night, don'b know how it happened. And there are not many men who would have thrown, themselves unarmed upon Paul BlaraVal- Maraval being known to be the. desperate character he was ---as Glencairn• did, yes, and wrested ,his pistol out of his hand in a scuffle the witnesses .did not 'forget in a hurry. He kept that pistol of Maraval's by the way, a8 a, sort of relic, or trophy. I wonder whether he hits it still ?" ",A littlogilt and iyony one? --yes," said Luli in a low voice, moved by the associa- tions thie cheerful lai,rative had stirred in _her, but -not -betraying atty. agitation, and perfectly unsupicious still. • "No, a silver -mounted one; with an Al embossed on it. I daresay your father hasn't.showed it to you; he hi rather super. stitious, I remember, and this revolver was deemed unlucky. I daresay your father wouldn't like to see anything unlucky in your delicate little hands, Peer Claticle'e wrongs were well avenged. anyhow; fer- the end of Paul Maraval. was--- " • But the end of Paul Maraval Luli wades- - tined never. tohear. Griffiths,unsuspiciously ranibling on through his story, had not • noticed that his words had any effect upon her. She had not uttered a cry or a sigh; she had Scarcely started; she had only. raieed her head and turned it toward him; but in the twilight 'he could not see the strange sudden. paleness that had over- spread her face, could not know the violent bound and then the heavy etilltrescrof 1aer heart, still bethought it was shale unusual that slie,,,who was habitually BO gentle and co uffebns inthirupt Siiabruptly-,' 45 if she were quite unconscione that he was speaking at alt. , . A revolver 2-4-eSilver-mqunted ?. with ,an 11' embossed an -it said Luli,_without Waiting to bear whit ,becatte of te Mara'. val COUBinS, and speaking. in ale*, hatd,. mechanicalvoloere-yet- incredulously,* -though she doubted -whether she' could have heard aright. • ' " -Yes, that's it." ' Some instil:kat told Griffiths that he had' no longer an interested and syn'apathetio listener, and he did net contititie his narra- tive;but' Waited and looked Eit• her-tine$e„ Cooingly in the unrevealing twilight that veiled the expression of her eyes froth .his. Yet had be been able tosee them, he could only have reacl there a sort of stunned, startledbewilderment-w numb, half.par- alyzed wonder. ' "Ana I dreanaing ? What it this?" She rose up' suddenly. front his Side. ,q7Joadyk,la°nxdrapaeSehebdr,9settif'llitlyniiuntt°ci't' haeheho' But?: In a few minutes she came back, and on her return. encountered Zorn, croSsing the dining-room--Zora modest and self-posses _ • shboeesmr4:ttuitneag: as4u: tro: :ye ec handat heart sene ge d apparentlyavre fa] thl rathi out bite the verandah, *here slie looked • Luli, like Luli's usual self, did not speak to Zora, but brushed past her, and went straight to Martin Griffiths' side. , " Come round -the garden with me, elle whispered, totally thationsciona of the pose • Bible -effect, and inference of her wordseand simply desirous to' get out of Zora's heat- ing. . " Certainly," said Griffith e' 'starting up - with alacrity. " 'beepyour sha,w1 round you ; the evening air 18 0001," he added, noticing that she had. clasped her hands in the drapery of theshaVvi that crossed her chest and -was thrown over her shouider. They were out of sight of the window where Zora eitood. Luli stopped and drew hometlaing from the folds of her Blum'. "Is this the revolver ?" she said holding it ,eut to hire. Yes, I think so. Ah yea, that's it! 'see the M on it!" he eaid bending, tO examine. -4 id "the- liaandliglat, for' across the path where they ,stood. now one pale'ray of moon- light stiesaned.i '"But don't keep it, if it's unlucky," he added. " I, can't ,bear thet anything ,that eveneeeiappoSed_td-'he- -YE-ducky, and that has-Budh dark associa- tions of crime with, it, aihould come near you • . She- -looked et' him vague.ly,e,withont seeming to tear what he was 'saying,',.. not • seeing him in 'tenth. ,Her face Wasiiirned away from the light, but even ,in the dusk of shadow sonie_tliing in her. loolt etruck "bine with anxiety; He.rather'saw withlais mind's ' eye, than with his bodily sight, that something was wrong, though he guessednot What. . • To be cofitinned.) That Studien ,Wreasure. • • The, Niagara .(ionnty 1Vies! ,eepiese the inacthint' Of the naval engagement" onelake Ontario: -during the war. of 1812-13, . and adds the fellowirig , The treasure ship is said to have heed- t:sunk in 'the channel at the monthat the Niagara River' near.Port • Niagara, where she ran.after being struck; but'being unable to .keep. her longer afloat,' she was abandoned by her crew, part- of whom escaped to the shore. Twe -ammo: cessful attempts were Made to secure the treasure; ntbentA.830-40, land one party reported' thatitlre?' had tetinad etrace„ but the cooper -bound iron casks in which the gold.. was stored being imbedded in the •eanci.and.solaeavy,theyyfere.unable to,raise ',.ifaeni with tiled fe'dtiffe,aPparatustheYliad This, party being determined to secure the - treasure„ departedwith the intention of perfecting naaehinery with which to raise the casks. As that party has not eyet • returiteds5thefelaFf otaliitnee f dr• gain one to make a fortnne. • ! • • 0A-reatent .101cov 31-192' • or_PE,!!. gd89, s st,bronchitia,,, arid conetirki pa tien . 'in its early'. staggs,',nptilingeqUalsDr. Pierce's " Golden Medical' -Disco`very." ,.It is also a great blood -purifier andstiehgth-reetorer or tonic - :and „ fcr liver ..coreplaint !and 'OciatiVe con- :diitn�f the'bOWels ielies'iio equal. Said "by druggists.1:, The eldest of the .three Morewood broth- . , ers-v7hd at alTeked their Older brother, and, whose, -sieter eloped last, Christmas with - Lord . Shrewsbury, to whoin she is, now .• . married, .clieddately in this catantry. avaars Saved. is Gained. Workingmen will edonomize by employ- ing Dr. Pierces Medicines. His " Pleasant- _pergative !-PelletalLand " Golden -Medical - Discovery " cleanse the blood and system,. 'finispreventing fevers and, other .serious diedasee, and curing all scrofulous and other humors. ,Seld by druggists. Many apple trees in the Vicinity of Belle- ville have ,blossomed a :second time this • season. , fi Middle-agedeor old.men saffering. tierYoue debilitybr kindred affections, should acldresS, with two stamps', fer large teeatiCe, WORLD'S,DYSPENSABY MEDICAL As- . SOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. • We regret that it is necessary - to warn the public against 'so-called respectable druggists, who for a few cents' additional profit, are palming off a dangerous and fiesh-eating substitute for that great rem- edy, Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. As Putnam's is a simple, purely vegetable Compound, and non-poisonous in apropos- ition, no surprise need be felt that serious results have attended the use of caustic applications substituted as above for the gennine "Corn latraethr." N. C. Poison & Co., Proprietors, Kingston, Ont. The Brookville Recorder of recent date : "The Governor -General's hair wants shingling. We had a chance to see the back of his head only; and his hair is alto- gether too long." , !AMIE GOV.ElitrittAPS PARTir. On Way Werit—"..E.he Princess Charmed ' With the iDetrolt faiyer stcrisery-Pre.. partitions tor their E.tecepdon at Victoria. A Iasi Wednesday's cablegram awe : The, Marquis oE Lorne and Princess - Louise and party -arrived, at Windsor by the Pacific • 'Express of the Great Western Division o--tbe Grand Truink Railway last night a,t."730. When „ thetars Were transferred to the ferry boat - the party quitted the dinner table in order to witness the novel features of embarking an entire railroad train, the method of securing it, etc. The Marquie Of Lorne, Who had , creased this point before, . explained Matters as the operation progressed. When the boat •moved off' 'the Princess Louise, getting sight of the rivet" lampof he city reflected in the snacioth water and the brilliancy of the .electric lights along, the wharves, exclaimed' isn't it beautiful." "A lovely scene indeed," replied Mrs. McNeil: Mr.John. - Burton, of the Great "WesteriflIallway, suggested that a better view would be had from the upper deck. -The Governor- General said he was Content to look from •the platform of the car, but .as the ladies twere'diT3irdiaS-VfliaTiing a ,more „extensive view, Mr. Burton , invited' tei lead „the Way. They clinabed the two flights of stairs, and upon reaching,the-long hurricane deck walkedthe Wholeo;diStancelfditvard; The 'air•wa.s as fres12-4,sr4it ,aIsimys is , on the wateInit, thoughAareheaded and Withont "Nratie; the WCil'OT,OliiiMed., by the prospect of the' beautifur iiVer, with ita linings of sparkling lightS, ita basom SO snaooth that every star the sky glim; mered back from ite surface, -and evith7the queer forme Of the •man- lake crafOinoying up and down. They remained near the pilot-hoilse until the la.eding was made en , the American side., '.The. gentlenaen by. this time had follewed;.aied appreciated the view fioro that point of. vantage. . In accordance withi_their wishes, no ,cere.7, Monies of the anY kind .rnarked'the'artiVal of t. he Governer-blenerat'sparoy. Detroit. • ..Proceeding With the sathe train as far as Shicageor thedgh'net 'attached ernolaGeneral's partY, Tennant, ,-.111. P.,. Of the Great 'W,eetern,Railway, Eng- land, a:relative of ;the bake.ot A..tp.nc4efiteri' and one. of the Sy.natcatejargely inter- ested • in land in ,.MaraitOba 'and the - .11,ortliWeEft '•ef British`" . 4411340%1],i; 4f.i. David Issiiiia,.of,prospeet, Hoube, Niagara; Falls:en his way' to Winnipeg, 16 look after Abe 'business6f the American plumbing Co.; e •ractufier'',aa ChiCago.ae After, d •Phijeagn' the -Governet:Genere. and party will Proceed westward, stepping ex 'tho poto.,,.tejof intrest " Sad.. Praneisoo says : The itiquieenf Lorne, and rtlie.,Prinee'es Teottis6.-. will arrlve here on been, niade.: for 'their rfeeille-iiiiiIby,.tlie,EitElish cl,:•Sentehresi-i .dentarlors,Tand been -engaged: at.tlie,palace ':and they are uovven&StategniatidliYini%Niktiliondent ip rito,ritied :that .sautes befired. -from: ArigW V'erti;.POrt,Blaek tioint,and,,the ,Pr,esiftio...dpon :their arrival3. • hat.witti,respeet disPlaYf...th ,naight LEIR4P, Adutaht General:Kelton', eof T the .diViednif at the Paeffieestatedetinetallowitgetts:da-77'"'Alie---- neilitary.. are ,Waiting ettia,eleaetire of the Marquis -pf TI.;erne 'in' the matter leefcire 'Making any formal arrangetheats. fer the ing iwee. ii ell ;bbebi iels:rttiet!zaci to the thi :his 1 ;go I:fw:e: r,h:L. v‘jr la' 0,aaj• !ihd.' s terit's:de". etleeeeeneed:_tre Ine'e a_pet.alfeeldwhicheshe ^ "en . hadbeconee very fond., Ali' efforts to find it were' unavailing, and the, 'party were obliged to leave without the canine. ; Freight 'antes Ort,dithe.tf,:1-., The new tariff . of roteknen; the Grand Trunk, which went into raft:e'en Monday, is Said to present a considerably lovver rs.te in flour froni the west to the, Lewer Pro- vinces. The rate es flours ie not much changed on,the track from Sarnia to Men - treat. Sarnia to Wielder; inclusive, flour, per barrel, Per car load, to Belleville, 400; . to Kingston, 42c; to clananoqini, 440; Corn- wall; 450; Montreal, 450: Ste. Johns, Que., 52c ;,Ceaticooke, 65c; ISland.Pond to Fal- mouth, 70c; Point Leeds, 61c. From Wier - ton t� Montreal, 40c e ,Listowel, 380; Lon- • don, 35e; Dunville, 35o; Waterloo, Guelph, Acton, 30c ; Pratnpton, 28e; Weston, 25o; Toronto,, 20c : Newcastle and,Cobourg, 18O Colborne, 16c. To points belowand Lower Provinces -Sarnia to L'Islet,, 670; RiViete • Loup,. 73c; Mancton.,_ 800; Chathafh, 85o; Pointe Chene, 75c; Amherst, 88o; Richnaond 88c • ,Pictou 800 • Windsor' junction, 75c; St. John 75e: - It is generally believed that the freight . and tieket' agencies of the Grand Trunk - and Great Western at Buffalo will be solidated. If this is done, it is understood some provision will be naade for those who will have toatep down. Bootblacks are licensed • at Jackson, Tenn., and assigned to stands throughout ethe-citya-e-- Nocturnal Dyspepsia., mild in its charac- ter, and producing no actual euffering, often occasions persistent restlessness and want of sleep. The symptoms art mostly dry- ness 'of the mouth, occasional burning of the soles of the feet, heat and tbrobleing in the head, feverishness, resulting commonly from a tdo acid condition of the stomach from eating fatty, highly Bsasoned food, and, in some cases, taking too much wine. 'I3y securingeomplete digestion and assim- ilation, WHEELER'S l'HOSPTIATES AND CALISAYA has proved the most reliable means of curing this forna of irritability. -Dialogue near the .sea, on a hotel piazza: I do not see hew yon ladies can remain here two months looking upon the changeless ocean." But the men change," was the reply of a lady. . There died .at Pau last week theBaroness Lejeune, aged 102_years. Her, husband, -whomeshie-had sur-vived-for--34-years,-wa,s- one of Napoleon I.'s most trusted officers, and assisted his master to escapelioross thIFDainibe after his defeat at the battle of Essling. The old: lady retained her facul- tiee .to the last; and posseesed the most varied recollections of events that hap- pened under the first. empire. Mayor Stokely, • of Philadelphia ie credited with saying to Oscar. Wilde that he has never worn gloves. Was lie never a bearer at a funeral? And did' he never .attend a firemen's excursion ? The Lord Chamberlain, in view of the feet that a 'heavy °papa glass falling frorn height on a human sktill may seriously damage the .latter; haS ordered a emall ornamental gilt ,wire netting to be placed upon the arra rests of,the boXes of London theatres. The Chief • Justice of one ,of the West India 'islands, of ,good:n41110,,APdftirii1A, highly connected itt"hondel,"fi ktIVIAinown . hi London eiroleS, has' juist married his black cook. The alliance has caused much surprise in the colony, and some admiration' among the Judge's friends, who vaunt his teed and serpentinely graceful as Usual, with co rage. MiC)7013Eff A(Ft1301V1,, EIRAI 1 L, , The ,40W, Compound, its won- derfu1 affinity to the Digestive Apparatus and the Livenincreas- ing the disaolVinefiziees, ing.almost instantly the dreadizzi results of1).y-spep,sia, Indigestion, tind the TORP2D LIVE'R, makes Zopesa an ovary clay necessjty 9Ve2jr 2/0 use. - - It acts gently and apeed,z7,7 in Biliousness, G'ostiveness, ache, Sick Headache, Distress af- for Bating,Wind on the Stomach, ,Efeartburn, Pai.us in the Side and ,Back, Want of Appetite, Want al S'ners,v; Low Spi.rits, Foul Stom- , c12. Z inadgorates the Liver, car - as off all surpguctriVile, regulates e Bowels, and gives tone to the vet oho system, ' Cut t,his out and take it to youz Druggist -and Tot al0 cent Sample,. r large bottle for 75 cents, and 1012 4FOUr Aeighb or about it.,