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CHAPTHB, X—WeereLerven.) did not gleam. It was dull, eVen show-
n woe, and why do they aeeuee you? ed oeite the handle, feW spot!) of thee, It
. was large andestroeg, awl had a "very keen
point. The magistrate, trreseatiely attreet
ee, drew neer, thole downebe knife, awl ex.,
embaed le more closely.
"That hall reit,. he muttered, "Ono
would rather eat it bleed. And one would
also say that thia blood is not very old. 11
the Maxquis hunted in that atYleT I would
think thet this knife had done for eetteebestr
or atag, but he does all his hunting with the
gum at least I think so, 110 went tIPOtaiVE
again, and knocked tee de Bergemoneet deer,
There was no answer. He pushed open the
door. aim mane% Soat44:1 at his desk,
and with his bead 'buried in his hands,
did not stir. Perhaps he had not
heard, or thought he recognixecl the
atop of one of the clervante. Slight
elnulderiegethook his head, his shoulders
"Sir " said the Meellulei Parolittilee "1 and his breantt and between hie Augers the
ant not'etoomitomed to tie. Feleehood op- „nagtattete eNw something wet teithwiten
pretties no as being %dishonourable action. The Old man, thinking hinweif Ooze, was evmugae. rposa interment took puce tiwit
Hera is the truth." melee% The magistrate coughed. Inc
eleite atteation. 14"'"aureal, g!treictinnear4eder,tte° utiNv:edeL)LienThelte-egt, 01473,€X1tP delqw1apt17041458100re'acteouy7144tvit:4717th.
"Eirat Phaaes" unittered the magistrate', el
"I 'Mid An =teeth. when I pretimded mont tromblOfit paiwahla hah4* awl seeing the °ellen.
tleet heel net nateed by the Trout Lealli the megteteete, paned his hated ever 4 De Laeigniera had jaaa orao frzan lout.
and cilee when t affirmed thetI bed not wen eyee which were bethed in teeth. A violent le satin was booted and *purred, uo woo
the Mill warm eorpee of Meobougue:' rueb, of blood emperplen tereheath, 0 , bony, pally fellow, with a reddish
" tied Why did Yon tell antelerelweelel Was ethemed of betog eurprieed In OnOh 4 bear and. a hold, frank eye. He was
"It was duo opuplY tom inligeetivar rim' State. Da hfiniVeas inwar3-1Y raiieli Inav°4' thirtillve or thereAlectuts.
coleus unreasoning lime" and greatly embarramed, remaiued ;Bent. .daave4 introdupe,4 itheeeit and pea .
" rear iet enatiee 1 You, eir, toner lie had blipped, the ealfeneto the 040 POChet 46-2-94 were huuttug day ea the eete,
president of tee Court of Appeele—and who of his evereoae, 4na deolot wait otwir ter irt until very late. Did you meet Any Para
Wa5 OaCes like eayeelf, if I aal not rabitaltalis meatiog ben, plennia loetzing pergola int the fereat 1"
eletriet niegietreter If I anould he rnittekeu, he thought, hew „Nana, exsept eaucwat and mbiaraci bad
"1 atn Oa men," thee the Mervin gailte I eltould fig Makin tele man °bantam eneugh eereefeist egiaeoe berme
humbly, and afeer a ellenees duriag wheel eitifer ete as A doubt, but wham X dinee Mink (Apollo ef
de Meuvea coutcl notice his broken, al- "Whet MOTO LIQ YOU want with me b ,n _ „
muneerere.
most decayed appearance. Bergeraont went alizee Beegement. The letagieteate pat mute further e endow,.
on "About three ceeleeh, as you kuow, "Don't he eurprised at the strainer:lege of Da Lualgraeretonsb. . nu otopp. 8 .0
thei his M t
I left the :ifouse-Getzes. was deeply ete geestiole.”
teoubled--" , tee., Tbe old, man uaade a gesture which meant idnrerP 4°4 epen they were talkie& °L hunt'
4f Wtty V, hAVe eceaatomed to your freetiene, ., -- t a hoor ea the goal, n Nuevo ti
These people whoa oharaeter I know
doubtful ewe every interest to avotcl 'being
mixed, up with the To what end
would they hetve oome and made a bilse
position width weld sew). them to prison,
they know if you could, peeve that they beet
deviated from the truth."
Tun 04 man was eeetwlaeleeed sad held
hfs. peace. His thin hand, bony eaad strong,
lope fumblieg among. a beadle of papers
wbielz he tore into piecee without looking
what they were. He gnawed hie lips.
Front his quivering nestrib, the deep wrie-
kith whien moaned his broad forehead, it was
ottsy to geese thst was the prey of Inex-
pressible emetien.
The crisis* theught Ittr. de -amines to him-
eelf.
ttell bira to give it to hie Mester. Whet snow covered boots showed then he had
final sulipicion nide him hesitete t He waeked from the Boar's Ifeanto Giromagny.
wane Away without seenng anYthillegt With,
tiet Teetering the innfe, thinking., "No,
I Will gee Al the batttak Of thin thing. At
auyrate I shell either meke quite euro that
I, am not being deeeivede or I shall give
proof positive that I am only *feet"
At the Roliee-Oozon, tmoording to his lase
'n•Oret the corpse et Menhorgue had been
expeeen all there, dap* mono of the roams
ou the grouud floor. The magistrate went
in, put asitle the combats whistle were over
he
to the proeecuting attorney, The officer the
1tc've waa are inexorable it
" I am logical."
He stopped OA the theeeholdt 'When he slaines. grief end his jealousy were so vise,
pereeived who wee. alone et week lent that an unfortunate word, burst from his
near a windowt while on
heatieg the towable of what had been tie° "No doubt titbit prohibition does not ex
from the tend to Oliver."
young girin hand. She wm so surprised Her hosom heeved, and, with a wavering.
al. Her work fell
morning me
than ahe bad not strength enough at first to smite the agony and despair of which
rise,. while the offieer, overwhelmed !with could not geenenhe eel&
deep emotion, gazed int her with web eyes doubt, met) Oliver loves me,"
and trembling lips, , He, eturabled as if the word bad struck
wleabel," he :Aid, "my Biater—my deer him. A wit: struggled in his throat. He
the wounds, end compared the eke of them sister r ann lutatened to her witleenteneletebe fele the tears coming, knew he could not re-
EvIdently the etsessin hail been timed ed hands. etraie them one hastened wan.
with that of the keine They Atted exactly,
"Good clay, Jaime, and who then do Isabel MO down, apparently Very calm,
"What dons that prove,e he muttered, bootin Wrote, told me that you were stop moveleaa on the white linen, the idle needle
you our addrees
with a knife with a large straight blade. and, took up her sewing work again, But
"My mother, to whom Madame Mar- she did not do anything, her Angers lay
Hie conviction hoWever was shekel].
"if theae stains come trona a boar 7" log at Giromagny, and Madame Miteltentiat never pierced the cloth, But -she did nob
esteem the voice Of haat timid (belie hePt
baying.
"Bet, deep dewe, at the roots of his !oli-
o yea, but what if them blood tiniest are
from leaman, blood I"
"He wrapped the knife in a cloth, having
come -away without the sheath—and sent an
013er to Remiremont with an urgent letter
had etilere to wait a daya Or two daya, if
neceseary, for an answer.
whom I have Just aefins ciiMe wttii MO aa weep. Her peltoe was greet indeed, and
far""AnYLurwdbotiotr2di 0 you wish with tit footrhellreerveldeelecanmorfeheotreai44:0, and exhibited,
she Wiei enduring teerible mental aoffering,
ja"411` We'artab do 1 wont Tu—Croodo Ifeeven, to "Bow cruel he hit" murmured the pear
a
see you to speak to yen, to look at you, to girl, 44 dges he the nothing? Deo love no
k—niofteyowulaerot y:onobtaovoeunilbeeonampye:ehow you live recognize ita ckWn 1ike4eee 1 ' and she fell int
a reverie, geeing oot 0 the window, the
"NI e are not onhapPY, Jameia We found withdrawn eurnine of which revealed. the
mretio.dnayg ho getopii27, tie aladame Marbontinn, betide:0er all whtee with snow,:
and thankli to her, we found work, and we • (we lub CONTMED.)
" land bow about the future?"
liEWS Br WM.
very" WrIeu4lookiwfor,ard to the future without
* )19W CtICUY you SPea3R t° Ulei Isabel? Cabral, people of Alabama want qeueral
RONA 1 changed to you, de you think? Wee gareleon to amiee nos w 13ro.xdoto a
Whet happeeed ray Unit?" colored politician, to his CAbinet,
"I AM not repro:tithing you for anything,
Sydney Bavtlett liTe•D of Boston hail
j411140".;aa efieet for a moment, and then re'llle4 bis 94" bulhd"Yr and atilt earns Ido
, ,t . E
own living, umkbag about $10,Q00 a year.
"Yon don't Ask MO for mere from the The Globe Purniture Conway. of ItTortit
villa, Mich, propoee to erect A branch fitte
Cheteeu, 48W4 Of those TAM IOW) Ton."
4$11aw is our ;peeler?" elle geld with a tory at Windeor in Werth *enure Came:Ilan
madder, emotien.
"She weepe for you., And evoke of rut e,Williien Bury, the nether of the Maude()
to ineevery time I eve ber—rey father— trunk hewer, Waa eraaed With drink, ed
Isabel melee a geetuee. She had grown term oat to be only an imitator of Jaelethe
yew pale. It pper.
Gen. Alger, of 7elkihigen, has bought the
Batoiwtiseh to elver]) hereelf with it. The ea. fzou loud.
e Pitteburg and Ulm Superier Compitity'e iron
$11 took up her work agai; "4 4"1"4 WOO for $809,900, inoludieg le8e0 acres of
to a very iciet =queer. I had enecle, A Vete 44 D4 y.oit hunt with the laneeda 1" 4, Yee 9110 et tereo hundred rondo a fqteirrelligeeQktriee% Illinwe'dwIlifItlellteeltxtiletyaterd h(la ellyet It' is again stated that Mr. C4.4t1441111 44C.
44 Betkata blemborgue had refueed meta durieg the hear 1 lietezied to you, !seta De lelaevee.
tien of money 1" " No met itin3e the POnaPOO On the Bluese, oeleudd hew., who rfey,hoel up four dois* the were end, Ile remeined mantling with hie enraetarYstal the11.Tie' QSvolreagsaadair4 aatt tBileorlstivarmtn
44 Yee." vhieb elmeet ewellowed roy whole fortnue, etr„„maro. Two a etu art delt , 111_ hood hent awn.
q "Ieettel," he murmured, " whet home you 41oefereuee,
" Oen yen niveperticelare V' I weld my peek, and. my hOrfaa, 1 Itept '"," ,
441 C4E3114$ do net with it," eal ajiromackorhezIwiatta wthwiefehhoIratoshoowthitschb= 141,:ce,,,7e itaeurrhtullort4trou*ui' 4jAaaarastAlal114tjaagy(2'141.11 egeinet me? 1 nucleretead And excuite Ilea Iia Montreal three tense were eterted for
Marquie, math calm energy. "1 knee , pour bowl we began htte. akor maretty you beam for my tether, but are 1 a 72 -mile eace. The poor brutee weee all
tiee. Everythien I owe, I *hall gram e,eredetclticoarl,tvh.en'houtubeee.4bile taohaiinivilttelieryefooje,t! ,wieaereing anmedneschad'aceobtamottoeramobwadithogitsilex,eiegn ova no ern ty. no cner curial ea.
extumeted Ufa() the dietance was complete
welt as you, 1 prieuree, what is due to 01,7u:a oi his doTralhukT tionir
C., Ida, of Chicago, died at Holton,
"Scene days before thee great nuefortnue, Tem, on Timidity evening of Beiglit'e elite
before your de rture, 1 withed te heve egaipt,000, ',RA!" reported to Lee° how worth
The count of the electoral vote Ine been
completed, and lierriaon And Morten have
been declared eleatee PEISOMOEIO and Vine
Presideut respectively.
Jet* eteAullffe, of Now York, the light-
weight champion, and Billy Myers, of Il-
linois, fought 174 rounds to a draw at North
Judean, Inellanti,
A Man giving the IMMO of Ifeury Allen
was arrested in Windsor the other day for
trylug to work the grapevine tad on a far -
mem Be was set; free for, lack of evidence.
It hes been discoveren in St. Louie that
the device of barbed wire was patentee in
France April 19, 1805, and then the eon-
trol of patenta Is not veined in any Arnericen
firm.
•
I aaked you About nothing more," elm
her, but aethieginore," aud au them word% me gh eng or A hoer, hut if the faney takes any hard thoughte egeinet you.
be put *peel al emplamie. you for *erne ehooting, 1 ahouel be happy, " hr"elb the we°4414 We trelited to bar, and
heee we go --.4 to tle. About four seeleck,
' I rezureed to Bergernout. I strolled in epite ot what has just peseied betweeu en, et the Tr -41.1t Leap we tiounded the death
hrough the foreee not at random,or rather to have yen e•cieettel yourself ea WIWI"'
did net etroll, I waudered at reudom, 44 Thank you, but my gecetion bas An. "al?. it Iv" do nugeuwut wig' 6eltheil
theett thought er encl. feeling very .mel ether euct la view. Though yen have not 1,''''
and diseerlegekle when 1 bit myself seized been bunting with the hound e for a long , Weiu
.ttitele gi:,2 i" e. TIUsI I my °wow,
With OM:h fetigne ouch A feelieg of le time, have you not boa using Any of them De Mauves took leave of hie hest and re-
Prenien, . that I 'fell down at the si e knives whieh Isee hong Uth
P in O hall} afrild turned to the inn. Lendlord Buceille ap-
of a ditch, null faiuted. it Was your trophies of the abase?" neighed him withau air of mystery.,
there, no detiht, that 1 loat my scarf. "Not for a iOng °Me' eertembr"' " Juee a little while ego he taidi
pin. jest there, there was an oak tree two
thirds of which had. been destroyed by a
thunderbolt. The heed of it lay aerees the
path, the trunk mad the Main branch remain-
ed eteuding. Da you remember it?
"Certainly there was such a tree in that
nithe. How long did I remairi there Asleep
after I fainted? I do not know. The night
had fully fallen, but the moon was ehiniug
fall and clear from the olondless eky. I be-
gan to -walk again. I was benturthed, my
head was heavy. Twee like a drunk man,
I *tumbled. at the amalleat pebble, at every
little bnah. I was slipping at atmeat every
atop, Twice I boat my balsazee. The firat
time Iron up with my liana aU wounded
by the brambles -10A at them, air," and the
marquis held out his hutch! whith were coo -
reed with bloody creases,
"And the rewind time ?' said the judge.
"The ecoond time 1 had :flipped on a pool
of blood. I rolled in the ditch, and to my. 44 And haw do you explain it?
horror I perceived. that to raime nayself I had need ib "I can t explain it. One of my servanta
caught hold of the legs of a man who lay pimiento. I don't uneerstand the
with his face turned up to tho elzy—The men significance you attach to this netail, and
your insistence provokes me, humiliates Ina
was but a corpse, that of Mauborgue. /re-
cognized hint et onoe after the fleet surprise and irritatee me. I fear that at length my
tmpatienoe may got the better of the respeet
had paned, I bent down over hire and exam- which 1 wwe not to the man, but to The
ined Mtn carefully. I saw two wounds from rnagietrate. Ilis good enough. to break off
which streams of blood must have flowed,
they were so wide ard appeared so deep. He ne em willing.
this haterview, and as quickly as posible."
I warn you, however, that
was dead. All aid was uselese„ I withdrew
very onicatly, puraned by. that spectacle I am going to take away this knife. Oh 1 I
which, m the excited state in which. I then sli,a,lt scruple to keep it long.
And whatright have you to take it at
was, took the form of a nightmare and it au es
was thus that I got back to Bargemonte" "The right which my enspielone give
"I am very much surprised, sir, tliat me:
eifter discovering thab corpse, havinThe Bathe " Your suspicions I" said the old man,
fied youraelf that the man had been murder- shuddering.
ed, you did not a once think of informing Seeing the terrible -Pallor of the Marquis,
the police." the magistrate took pity on him, and with.
"It is ii public road. Everybody panes drew; being left alone would. benefit the old
there in the daytime. I was sure that many man.
would soon see it as well as myself." in the veatibule he passed Oliver who was
"The zninuthe which elapse after a mur- just coming in.
der are precious to justice. You know that, The young man bowed low and would have
better than anyone else. You were very passed on had he not noticed the knife
wrong—so extremely wrong that 1 believe in the magistrate's hand. Nothing about
there was an entirely different motive for his face showed sign of change. He came
your silence." forward quickly, smilinv.
"And what might! that be,. if iii please "If my father wished to make you a pre -
yon?" said the Marquis haughtily. Elent," he said pointing to the knife, " he
"1 am seeking for it, Oh I IL hall find
"Here is a hAlie I have juat taken down 44 Gaudent and Belau° mute 4 the hue,
from among the othere, aud which beers the
They had been drinking, and were a little
status oereeent blood, recent, I repeat," and the won° of it, a sure alga that they had
he held out to the Marquis the huntIng money, for they era too well kuown in all
knife, the neighborhood for anybody to give them
The old man took it. Hishande trembled driuk on credit. They were saying quite
violently while he examined it. The knife openly, spooking of mouhorgue. „ /0 was
almostfell, bis flngeraliavingbarely strength the meetnne oe de Bergernoitt Who struok
enough to hold at.
n the blow. We know beanie we Haw him.
"My God I" he murmured, "My God 1 And we know a good many other things that
ego handed. it to de Mauves, struggling well tell if Barger:lent isn't proseouted."
vainly to recover his composure. They repeeted tive or six them, 'Yes, y
"It is rut, perhape ?" we'll tele. Patieneo, Pittance I"'
"The Itnife is erill damp. It has been And as de Menem dida't item surprised
wiped. Look all along it—the terrible blade Booanto hootooca to aad ,
must have gone in to the very hilt—into the
body of theanimal. Alt 1 what a terrific
blow ib must bave been to lia.ve driven it so
far 1"
" It is blood, I recognize it."
--" and all at once, struck by a sudden
idea, hie look dies out, veils itself and he
feigns indifference.
" You used to have living here two young
girls, who nre now in Giromagny, since yeti
expelled them from your house—one of
them who had been carrying work to the
Chateau. of La Vologne was a witness of the
crime."
The Marquis, although seated, seemed to
sink into himself, an wan -like was his face
that the magistrate thought he had gone
into a faint.
"She saw --the crime," .he aaid in the
clammy tone of one paralyzed. "She re-
cognized the aseassin ?"
I am sure of ib V'
"Has she said nothing?'
"No, but she spoke." -
The Me.tquie revived, his breast filled ont.
Evidently be was a little relieved, though
his whole face retained an expression of the
most acute suffering.
" nir," he said, "1 have given you an
account of all that happened. I have omit.
ted nothing. You ought to be satisfied. I
am wearied, broken up. Be good. enough
to leave me alone."
"1 take my leave, sir, the more especially
as for the moment I have nothing more to
ask you."
He bowed to Bargemont and went down -
In the hall, he stood thoughtful fora mo-
ment, reflecting en what he had just heard.
It was certain that wider it all was conceal-
ed a mystery. But what?
On the walls of the great vestibula of the
Stone Giant were hung, as our readers know,
trophies, arms, accoutrements of every kind.
The magistrate was a- hunter, and in that
capacity, a great amateur in weapons. He
begat to examine' thoge that were there. In
the midst of five or six wild boar heads there
Wal a display of hunting knives of different
Jae ls and various epochs, almost rap of them
curious in their wa . The Wades were on,
"4 ;the mare words of a drlinharav t
Judge Bargemont a murderer I A ludlearouni "but4itittlinoftlriatli0tVp0alriblajIirlha
idea, it: it not?" "It is quite tene. Di'd I not tell yen it
And he hurried away to his kitthen, shake 41:
Was my a ster who ove you .
ing his huge pauz.eb, making the inn re.
"LW° matter to MO."
soundwith his merriment, and shrugging hie
eeeny bitted trembled. One..would, ihay.e enia she
colossal shoulders in a way that was had rut heard news of martua a death.
formidable. " Consider," Zamee, that I have told her
you love her. thought understood so,
CHAPTER Xl. one day, in listening to you. The truth
idademe Marboutin bad no intention of would kill her, Don't forget that. She
sheep keeping the young obis in 'Icehouse. thinks of you constantly. :She speaks your
Very good and laud she wth, getting them Immo in har dreams. I am her hoaxes con
-
customers whore she could not attend to ndante, and she hides nothing from me.
herself, and feeling mite the.b henceforth "Ilea you, Isabel, I love you,"
they would make enough to live, sha hired The young girl aimed her eyes. The
for them a small cottage at ono extremity of avowal passed like a caress over
the 'village. She got everything, small her heart, and despite her courage she felt
garden and all, for sixty francs a year. herself weak. It was so sweet. And
At Remiremont she procured some suit- names was go paw:mate,
able furniture, and had. no doubt that the Bub Marthal Martha 1 white would be -
girls would repay her advances out of their come of bee
earnings. She would not marry James, perhaps,
And so Martha and Isabel were independ- eine° James did not love her, bid at least
ent. she should be spared the terrible wretched.
And not until then did they feel the full ness of seeing him whom alio loved in tbe
burden of their lonelittess. arms of k enter.
The hard work to which they gave them- "I do not love you, James," the said, and
selves, beginniug at daylight and finishing her voice was so weak she seemed nearly to
late at night, did not make them forget the sigh. "I never have loved you. -I
know -
Stone Gime, nor the affections they had left you, I have long appreciated the great gust -
there. ides of your heart and the uprightness
They saw nobody but Eye Winker, Jar- of your character, but however bright the
ousee occasionally, and Madame Marbontin. future may be near a man like you that fn.
Since Mauborgne's murder Isabel had tare 10 not for me."
grown always more gloomy, never spoke, The officer rose and in a low voice said,
"Do you love someone else ?"
"Possibly."
"Is.it my brother ?"
"Him ?" she exclaimed with an unspeak-
able dread, "him ?"
"I have guessed% is it not so r,
"Look up here." he continued " here is a J'ainee• '
"Try to forget him," Isabel would say "Kim," she repeated, her eyes expanded
Scotch dagger of absolutely authentic origin.
tenderly. "Don't worry yourself, it is all in unreasonable fear, "I love hnn do you
It is twenty inches long, and the handle is
over." say I"
of briar wood. 'That one you have dates
some convene cta with you. 1 whiled to
reveal A secret: to you, Isabel. The waver-
eatieu was Abruptly broken aft, And the
octant, keep itstill."
"Yon deceive yourself, Anita. knew
your merete gueseed it. You told ane
about it. It le your ltare for my deter.",
"No X never said I loved your sister," h
exelainied violently.
"Then," ehe mid. coldly, while her heart
boat ate hard that the felt hereell oinking,
"who is it you do lover
" Your'
"I? IV` elm said, eloping her bremb
with, tremblitag hands.
He had fallen on his kneee and was
meetly bnpiloring her. She recoiled to the
other end of the room. Ho remained with-
out: following her, hut dirl IMO 00A150 tO im
areto
Listening to hlm named to Isabel a sin
against:11er alater end agaiwst herself, and
with a weld, she tried to prevent his
avowals from going further.
ought to have chosen better. We have gave u° Anwar If anrum °Pk° t° her
hunting knives here that are more curious ehunned all questions put to her on the sub'.
than that one, and their handles are more ject of the murder, and was quite sombre
skillfully carved," and he held out his hand and taciturn. •
to receive the weapon. Martha was ead and thought constantly of
s
from the fifteenth century, and is hardly She covered her eyes with her hands as if
worth offering, but this one--" to veil them, as if to ward off some terrible
"You are very kind, sir, but I got this one sight and remained thus for II long time,
. • •
and James, m his Jealousy interpreting what
from your father and shall not part with
he OW as despair and confusion said, "Ah 1
"Allow me at least to call a servant and you love him well, yes, you love him well."
have the blade cleanest. It its stained with Isabel, with her arms raised in a sort of
the blood of a boar." invoeetion sobbed out.
"01 a boar ?" said the magisteate, tremb- "You, I love him, I love him much, is it
ling.
Martha would weep and thy :
"Forget him? lb it easy to say that,
you don't love as I do. think of him every
hour the dayeand by night as well. Do I
not sometime!) pronounce his name?"
"Often."
1'1 love him, Isabel, and I am perfectly sure
that this love is killing ' me. You are so
strong, that you can bear all reverses, all
disappointmente, but I am weak. I am not
made for struggling. Happiness alone would
not so ?"
Then pessing her hands over her forehead
Yes, the day before yesterday' was
volog„ grire me life. Misery would kill me. I she edded,
hunting at Count Lusignieresa at
know that' am doing wrong to think of him. 4' Since I love him, you nederstand that
not far from here, and I finished a brut;
Is it my fault ? 0, if you could only guess your avowals must be painful to me."'
with this knife. Tt was jure: time, for he
was getting ready to serve the others in the
dogs. and how, much I love him 1, :: ',awe le
Isabel kissed and embraced her, while "That I ()armee behold your jealousy with -
had ripped up four of our best
saying to herself, out a shudder. But there are some other
game way when I put a stop to the blows of
his anent bymaking a hoe behind hie sheaf, " And you, poor Martha, if you clonal considerations that I am going to mention,
plea° what tortures your words cause .me asking you to fongive me, James, itthey aeem
der. But how oareleirs the fellow is Who has
If moreover, you could , guess that it is I too severe. But I am forced to speak to
In oharge of these I must give him a scolding.
ngteon etrhaelmh,e and g gives enso agoodweedkepalas8oefa awttiethn.. whom he loves, and
shall never know." "What do you wish, to say to me ?"
not you— but that you you."
tio
out their being lotked over." Martha was seized with a short dry -cough. "We are living alone. Martha and I and
Her pheeks were flushed and her eyes motet receiee no company. Under these drown.
He made a :motion es if th go out.
She put her handkerchief to her mouth) and stance vleits like yours, James, are forbidden
The magistrate still kept the knife. " it'ii
no motto., ho men die prefer the siiien she withdrew it, there Was a lit* us, in the first place juat because of your
knife as it it." :nein of blood on it. love, and in the !towed place beeauee your
"That's an odd notion.", 44 You :tee ?" She said with a sad smile. father would have good cense for reproach -
"An innocent one at anyre.te:" "Yon the ?" I ing us. Driven from Bargemont we would
"And Isabel, silenced by such a main. appear to be drawing you here and retaining
The two men bowed and parted.
The magistrate as he mounted tee horse f estation of weakness* an exhaustion so yon. Our pride ought to repulite a ettp13001-
seemed anxious Seriouas could only repeat with all her tion like that."
" It seems to me," he reflected eette if I energy." • . "And so you do not wish to see me
had come on a. fool's errand. The young No, ,she never know it never 1 attain ?
man' explanation. appears reasonable Martha was, absent one day., An order had No," she said with an effort, " It would
enough. He gave it without heing asked. been given for mourning at a neighbouring be better not."
This weapon will tell me nothing. But the farm,house, the mistress of which had just la And should I come accompanied by my
manner of the Marquis is very strange," died. Isabel Wa° alone in the little house. mother, how then ?"
Feeling undecided, he did not ride off, SuddenlY the door opens and a Yollne man The young girl, Wemblieg crushing down
appeare on the threshold. It is James, her heathreplied
dressed in median's clothes, with an over- "Nam ought your mother to come any
coat on and a small cap of soft, felt, His more
one side, the sheathe on the other, and the but stood still oo horseback in the court,
1 •
steel glittered in away that proved the most yard. Ile felt inclined to theme the knife
careful oversight. Orte ortly of these blades to the ostler who was helding his horse, and
Mg LIVES 08 WARM
Ais Exceodsissor Strange Rorie
Leweiton, Me,, special says: Josephine
Bederd is a pretty, eark,eyee, viveetotio
FrencinCenedieze girl who has been, oh A
ChrtEtMAO Thlit to her uncie aid cot:ship as
2e Birch street, Lewieton. for the peet few
days. If her Eery ia true, she inn fasted
more than 2500 ditya, having neither eaten
nor desired to eat, tear tast.ed foed in any
form for that length of time. When the
Tepeeter celled upon her today and intro,
ahead, himself through. an ieterpeeter, she
being untible to oonverse in Foglishe it was
ab this dinner hour, and while her relatiVea
were partaking of the noon repast ,the was
leisurely reelinieg in a rookingtheir, arrpar-
ently deeply interested in a work of history.
Her etery, told by herself, was that she
was been oo her father's farm in Tingwiek,
a an agricultural town in Canada, An 1872.
Her mother wile terieken with A diewitio
which termineted fatally when Josephirse
was hail three menthe old, As a child ;she
Onew Amuse, Ann OTPONn.
She attterided country school ettort
anal afterwards awaited in the hosiselield
tautie4 at home. On Christmas Dy, 18Sle
ehe was violently attacked with diphtheria,
and for three weeks she was between life and
death, on this aickneee begins the date
of her prolooged end miens fee; and tO1141.7!
a4 for yeere, her itierM4 ei latetetianee
derive from water only, whieh the deloke,
as Peeple drink ordineelly. No form of
eatableaceeereuee tier eleepbg appetite, and
the meat delicious !ruin are no temptatien
to her. In appeareeee elle is of medium
height, weighteg. 125 pouode, with a
merrical figure, tatellectuel hood, And what
is called apretty face, with aperkilug brown
eyes, and ellert, coal -black hair, 5eire is a
faacieating brueette of demure coentenanee
au4 modthe beeriegt
"She AaViir eat O9mating," mid ef the
family, "all zee time she be here."
This remeek ceased Jeaaphino to eMiles
ehOWleg a Nit of even, pearl -white teeth, and
at tee tome time tevettling a set of dimples
wide4reight arouse the jeelousy of an ordinety
society girl. Mr. Bederit thet wheat m
Cevetht, erder to remove the doubts of #
few eleeptieel pereetn, Joaephiue wasloeked
In A room Ler fifty days, aa teat, with no
nouxiehmeat but water, and that elle mune
out at the end of thee time without expezit
cueing
THY atiOirrna.` ralaiaa9.
The Culprit Plower.
The daisy stood in the meadow with her in.
uthent upturned face,
Kietted by the wind and the fostering al:mend
endowed by theca with grace,
The strong wind gave her snow-white hands
And the sun a. goiden crown;
The cool eatth gave her a resting place, the
zephyr a bed of flown ;
Tho light ram lent her a fresh groan robs,
the dew -drops many a gam; liattlesnake Industry.
The epider brought her a gossamer wrap to Ithao Dam% of North Belton, the rattle -
preserve her deliote stern, snake hunter, has added upwerd of rOattakes
The honey bee brought her the latest VOW tO hfs wore, malcieg more then 1,700 rattle -
with a sip of boney-ciew ; snakes he bee killed mince ho com.nonced
And the bluebirds stopped for a friendly chat snake killing, for the bounty of 25 cents a
as over the fields they flew. snake and two months' wages a year at $50
She loved them all, and she loved thane well, a month, font years ago. Ono hundred and
tili one day a butterfly came, fifty of the Fall's cetell wore killed in three
And with his countless caressing ways he est days on a new den which he discovered on
her heart aflame. the mountain west of Sabbath Rey Point.
Whenever he flattered a little way, "Oh These he killed as they were gathering on
come, come back 1" she cried; the den in October f-ir their Winter's hiber-
Whenever he lingered out of her sight, she nation -75 the firth day, 45 the theond and
drooped and penes]. and :sighed. 30 en the third. Davie says helm& consider -
At last he left bus; zu shame and cleepair able money thefirst year of his snake -hunting
she hung her delicate head, by not knowing that there MS market for
And moaned and whispered the whole day the shins and ratUee, as well as for the 014
long, "Oh, I would that I were dead l' The skins he sells at from 25 cents to $2 eaoh
The ramn. beat hard on her fragile form, the to be dressed into leather for ladies' belts'
zephyr came hut to cry, slivers, &a, and the rattles are mounted
With a mocking laugh ashe went his wily, as Jewelry for pins, earrings and the like,
"Good-bye, dear love, good-bye 1" and bring from 25cents to $1 a string. The
Her golden crown was withered away by the oil brings 25 cents per ounce, and a big, fat
burning scorn of the sun; snake will sometimes yield an ounce,. The
The earth grew cold and her Summertriends hunting season is in the Spring as they are
fell from her one by one. leaving the den and in the Autumn as they
The spider drew his silken web away from gather for the **inter. When they come out
her cowering form, they assemble in intertwined groups of front
And thewind in a fury of rage andgrief called three or four to fifteen, tying in the sun
up a terrible storm. untill they collect energy for their Summer's,
The hapless daisy bowed her head to the jaunt in pairs to breed. In the Fall they
&mote of the pitiless blast, come back, he says, apparently in families,
And pale and repentant that once pure face the old one with from ten to fifteen or twenty
remained to the bitter 1a05. young one's, a foot or more in length. .Davie
When moaning canes in pitying mood the is the only professional rattlesnake hunter
wind came back to atone, " in the world. He has been engaged by own. -
But the daisy lay with her pale face turned era of Summer cottages near Hague to hunt
whither ner love had flown, for a month Spring and Fall next year, as
he hasfor the past four years, at 850 a month,
and this pay, with the bounty andproceede
of the oil, skins and rattles, occasional live
snakes sad, end income earned by shoveine
An article on "Scottish Humour" in the and handling the reptiles at county fairs its
"Scots Observer" contains a story of a kilted August and September makes him a respect,
Highlander who was in the habit of walking able income. He devotes his winters to
to the nearest town—six miles off—for his reading, and now and then a day's work as
provisions. Haying on one occasion pur- a chopper. He says the snakes on his side
abased some Matches, he found on hie return of the lake are growing visibly scarcer, and
home that they were useless. on his nex thinks that they can be ultimately extermin-
visit to town he took them baok, and nona, ated. Davis very quietly admits the hazard,
plained to the grocer's assistant that they ofhis occupation and coolly sayshe "presumeet
would not light. The latter, taking one,, likely he will get bitten sometime an like
dreeseit in American fashion throes his ne- I enough die frorn the effeetelf a blood veseel
ther integuments, and the match lit. But happensto loci lat."—Pabany journal
angered him the more. " And whe,," he I
cried, "18 going to travel twelve inile to '
light the !notches on your breeks ?"
Professional Courtesy.
First Stage &Aber : " What did you gib t pane av glass tin by fourteen." Waggish
yesterday, Jerry ?" Second Robber: "No. Cierk :t" Well, Pat, I don't think I can gine
thin. There wasn't nobody in the stage you a 10x14; but I can het you have a11010,
Iceptire a lawyer, two plumbers and a prima 1 if you think you can men that do.", Pat
donne,. an' professional ourtesy wouldn't I (truck with a bright idea) : "Bo hivense
&Hove me to Ouch em, of course.—(Terre Juit gimme wan av thim, an' Oi'll pat turn
Haute Express. the sideways av it upside down, an' Oi done;
— — belaa the boss himself tut ever know th
He : My views On. Social Eeform are
Length and Breadth. clifferenoe.—U'Bos__ton Saturday Gazette."
quoted in full.
She: Wasn't it a very long speech you A mixtrire of ioe and salt, in proportion,
made? , of, one to one-half, applied to the head fre-
Ile Why no I wasn't aware of saying quently, gives instant relief from acute ,
very much. heeclaohe. It should be tied up in a small
She . N -no, you didn't say veny touch; T linen cloth, like a pad, and held as near a8
Was referring to the length of the speech, pothible to the seat of the pain.
The fent that elle la very feudal heel:land
tapeuds the mot of her ttpere momenta In
reading and study woutd en= to lucliote
Oust her mind has a literary leclinAtion.
At present the enjeya perigee heelth, atad
headeethes And giber Ailment thee /lath le
heir to ere eutirely unknown to her. She
believe* In aueuvemente, and wheat at home
partielpstto with the other bop null style
of the neighborhood in their couutry feed*
tin, A leading Montreal physielen pre.
nouneed her a phyaleel wonder, Aud offered
Josephine% father $700 for the privilege of
teking her into euetody, with view to
solvieg the cativo of her peculiar coueition.
Thie Alt Bedard refused to do. Severe)
other inducements have been held out to her
to treed aa a cariwaely ; but the preterit to
remain in ber =limy home, where she has
the care of her Where:five children by a too -
owl wife, mei where the onerous dutiee of
A farrn houlehold devolve upon. her.
Josephine liederti is a tharmiug, Indust
teieue young ghl, whO would he an ornat
mons to any household, Your orrenpondent
briniehen the somewhat tiolictele subject of
her Ideas aa future marriage, which
brought. a perceptible blttehte her eheeke en
she answered with uuaffeeted modesty:
"1 like the world, but I never Ind any
thought of merriest,. I am young yet,"the
said, laughingly, "and I thiuk -there is
plenty of time before me to consider *et."
FLORENCE E. PRATT.
A Serious Drawback.
this demonstration, instead of satisfying him I '
aaesseass—aima.-----
' Busi Ingenious Btrategem.
/Bather O'Roonen (entering a hardware
store): "The boss rant me down either a