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QUAINT .A.USTRAITAN LIFE.
LOV E CRIM
intelligent, geed hearted, ghee'
f Ile n no e b t an a000rn lish
ssahe wits educated, by you, neother, axed
anewsnenitie Ontoe nem Faitasow, ev Ietores.)
so poseessea all thee qualitien"
"What 1 is it oust of my daughtere?
She would get to her then, though only all
uneeeseionsly.to torture her still nor e by 4
recital of her lora aeci the pieture of her
InsPPiaess. e
"Isaiah' sae weald aay, 4'1 am so ha-ppy,
gra (tidy htiove ; bappier than yea have
eny idea of., Jetnee to me an now we
ne logger have eny eeereta faun one another -
Whet delightful walka we haVe, what deem
a joy we have, 'low owoot it is to leve. 011,
I could almiset wiah to etiebeeenee it le im-
possible thet 1 eau ever be happier thau
eed the Attire can have no inaerepezfgct
felicity Legere foe ewes
" Die you think of dying when yen are
ao beppyr
at is because 1 eer some °hetet will
ceme between me and my laappinem.'
Wbat Call you be be doubt Aimee 1"
"Tow do I know V'
"ns James loves you, for Ton see aura
he levee your" she added, trembling, end
kiesieg Martha, tn the eyee.
"1 ane quiee eursi Of
"Re tela you media he noti"
44 Re *leo beeter time thet, he proves
it be hie gentleaese, tie teUderneina his Fro-
ree-peet, the tetteatieoe he shows we'
"Re tqla Ica eo, he? m4416314 with
harsh persiaterey,
" het eteed to tell ent, wheel I tell it to
him all day lame, wea he =aware me by
itiosiorte Pay hareas, ssed cleenitra snes in hie
erten °
"Ale 1 be eleeeit yee Ide einne deed* be?
lbat cerreiely is an avowal."
"HOW Cala dnabt it What are you
thinkieg el, Isebel 2 Yoe are pale, ytureayea
are tired, )(ea are b1J0 entething ergot
isee."
44 No nethieg, I flaked yoe hem= I wen
yen to 'be eompletely hwy. mei weuld
like to below all the detail* of your hater -
entree. Mutest mother, inY
Saying this she urried away r w Merthe or Isabel?'
young men, motionlese in the ma*, a the "Martha,"
petit, murmured to 'oilmen. natou love her, the yowls,
"What heve I seid—a faleelmod 1 Whet ' "1 eek youdear mother, to allow me to
marry her."
lave I elmos 2—a bad :totem 1 .t least slie
will not doubt, and, it 1 arc unhappy, I will
tat least have the poor consoletIon of seeing
her butPpY."
Martha entered the castle mai found
her sister he the (hawing-mno oShe
OaTOO and sat down neer her. aer tape
was ee animated that Isabel very ainick-
13? Saw that something had happeaed, 004
Martha had a happy anel triemphant air
that need° Isabel feel siek at heart.
" It is horrible," murnaurea be poor
"oath of her happy moneente te a nova
wound to me. And, willed It. It is my
evna fault. eau arecutte eebecly else, aud
incoming almost to bete ray sister,"
Martha, mailingsaid, to her, "1 saw
dames a little while ago, and I questioned
bine,"
" And what 414 yoa auk 191Wir
"Whether he 'bed only a, brotherly aloe -
dm for met or otherwise,"
"Alta what did he gay a,"
"That be loved me with tendereet effee•
deo."
" Yea, and then 2"
"Theo he said to meMartha 1 1ve
you 14 113
es
"lie ;mid ethat way, did he 2"
51 yoo
"4e you Cita ItQW 1 PO YOU feel nee
eny lemert"
No.k
Aefl you. will be happy 2"
44 Qh I very. veV67heppy, Martha."
She allowed her work to fall, her heu
tried to Taaall her eyes, bathed riot strevg
Am I not your
enough.
She lieu :elated,
U4 Wee it opt I who watehed over amor hati/F frIghteue44 Inwh3g mave
youthful eefferings ? For yea love nee a little 41°4 her thnl way 1;4;44°' nnd 2ne4 every"
aa yeu would% mother, -don't You, AlarthAl'
*Peeretit eleters, after Jarati41 We only
you hi the: world. Yon tee how 1 love
lahee1 Well, if 1 he'tocligaVe between yea
end bit; I think, la opleteof ray Imes, it
yea sebeee I woold -Qh9eitta"
IOU lieerieg these iiweet word, felt re-
teeroo
for her leeletivae Bet she felt beta
aelf beeeming whited, wed le vitt* of the
aefftriag cf ter beert.91110.C:"PPOZInell,
eking Abeam, Alt leugth • she reeregee
roan() bet to cPlladelle404. Ieebel doge
trenebling, remembers whet the..bati heard,
.aati whee anawe abehp4 mede. Ste is
censeletia of persietent weakness, end -efreld
et betreying bored!, eo her drat ItlaVerneht
la to slaw Martha inte .her artna,
Zawttuki, how I. .ronet beve frigliteued
Meads% zepalssea her geatilys 004sage ;
What calmed you to fame! What bed
gairg.arOOS, Itearal Wigers, Snaltes and
Iltras. •
One of the moat ietereating objects for
study by tbe leisurely teurista through the
eentinent of Australia and itet adjamet ia-
14IundaspiesatkhiengStorfanthgee. r 8 he c pes of eo#8.4th' b . Au s4d
sad 'newt life which apPear be them,
tralasian Wine I cannot do better than be.
OI 1 you kuow well enough that 1 01141 gin with the kangaroo. He is one of tbe
never refuse you, bat you must speak to best perseeeted of living things, is hunted
your fethen eleeugh he will not refuse any with dogs, with the shotgun melde, Ema
mere than I.' "rounded up: in great (Woes like those
"po you, think father will censent?" by which war is waged. epee the jecle rabbtts
" Yes, go end :seg., he has joet mite inea ef California- afo bide tnekee a beautiful -
Jas weot and knocked at his fatheee. lv-ediable leather, which is used for boots,
eer, awl went ia,
leggins. And coundees other articlea ; his
The Marquis WAS Writing.
fieeh, too, le esteemed alike by " bleckfel-
"Da I disturb you, father ?" le ea" and squatters, and the soups awl rag
*i No, de rat wish to spealg to me V' onus thet are inane ittnAl his tail might/ wee -
At &Wald, yaa hA p'eatell tit lin, me msr- v4r47 the ambrosial feasts of the gods. PnlY the Leland that Bguree in the
and rugs. As if the duck-billed platyptia
did net sufficiently eonfese matters by com-
bining the forme and natures of mam-
mal and bird, it has pleased him
to aesume the habits of the, ash
-1,,to extent of living in rivers end
feedieg on wormer and •water insects. Ills
likenese' to thefipny tribes hi further increas-
ed by the feet thet the most approved way
Of ceteleitog him le by mew of set Linea with
baited, heoks that are arranged by night
eeT0$0 the streame which he most frequents,
and upon which he is found drowned in the
morit fi
eing. His habite being chg nocturn-
al, and biS agility in the water so great that
he will often dive at the Rath of a gua be-
fore the shot can reach hirer make his
capture by other methods the.n the &Mine
somewhat uncertaio.
Oee of the Most peoulier eiremnstaeces
that confronts the neteralist in Auetralie is
the occurrence of that neve nearly extinct
animal, the rasmani.an tiger, whielt is found
ried, father ?t Ilis pelts are a regular article of commerce, old geographies ete Van Dieman Lend. ft
;4 yeei if the gid ex worthy of you." are (jolted in the daily lovers at as fall is one ot the most extraordinary beasts upon
" Yo4 know ber. 1 love Martha Mgr. length as the akiaa 01 aattle 004sheep, and the face of the glebe, like a tiger only in its
ode." bring large revenue to the station ownera markinge, and resembling a veolf in shrspe,
"Well, you sarprieeme," said theMarquia in the been cometry ; Altogether, he is the altheugh svith a head and large nuieh
risieg, "YeA, you serprise me, and upon my
honor, I can't anderstand it at ail. Duet
yen remember then what yen said to ne
044 day! Come now, was it Martha then,
or istebel 1 I have a geed memory, and it
seem to ate very cleerly time then it was—'1
"1 love Martha, tether, and ea for lobs),
he has never thought of me."
"1,41 far as ehe is emmereed, that is posai-
hie," muttered the Men:tufa to htmeolf, "bat
AS for you, it ieeeuther matter,'
elemil heliaitt,
"Weil, yen ere free to do as yea 0b0086,
Martha mid betel are both worthy."
As he was leeviog hie father'. room he met
Imbel in the ball. Ile Mopped her 4o4
Raid, "I h4Ve just told my father of my love
Marthe, and my matter elm, They bode
rove."
"I aa very happy to ear it, 441,13w," was
ell she old.
CHAPTSIt.
edding was Axed for the tail of the
Maithorptee murder, Oliver's* death,
et of the Maxquio were evente too
meat to make them tbiele of insetvoing the
egret:loony and ito the summer rued amid
twit swum as we have jest deseribed,
Lathel puthieg her aelf.meritiee to the 'pint
oi heroieux ; bidieg her love frem all eyes,
pretending to he evyfal wed eveu leugbiog.
elalteogh her epirte Was OVetWbeltile41 and
the wee tormeutea by the meet Whyte de-
tre.. Aa'og of 414115,, FL11-4'44° 4, Sail to met CWiltiaB2 Was it be suite. It was lido inert solitude eapedally
rootaauz 'on't *00 whAt xv Prow= MO I told yeti that dereee had =In 4 that she felt herd to bean
yeur belie ntaa. Certeittly neither the Mar- There as tuthedy be wboult she could
iteie uer tlesareme de Bereenieue would
tinder year Anent ine,"
"Oh1 Issaistl, do you think label' ever
be Mo we do you thiek that eeeld be
paitible? It svill never happen.'
" Whet 3 slime he levee yen, end yen love
1"
"h well, I ask only to love him, wed
111eau elwaya do that I ehall be happy,"
66114W he 'ever speltento yon of marrager
told Isabel in a very low voiee,
"No, 1,1hy ehoold he speak to me o
that:"
Imam' date4 not rah her questions any
further. But the next day*, and. the deya
that followed it was Martha who came to
be.
44D yott know whet he said to me to-
deyr9
"24.(4 1401
"He said, Marthe, when I am not
near you, when 14o not ace yo; I am mid,
and adroit' el the eolitude, but as aeon as
you are ewer rae, ray spirit expends, you
appeAr like a ray of eusalight and warm my
heert again. I =unable for any work and
tbe thought of you haunts me.'"
And Ittabel obatinetely persist' in asking,
"Ile told you this time, no doubt, that he
loves you 1"
Martba looked troubled, andlooked at her
sister with curlew; intensity. Both -were
silent for some momenta.
"Do- you esk that beersuee you bee° some
suspicion ?" Martha said at last.
11 $0.31
" And yet, it is the amend time you have
alluded to that, Wool. And why can you
not look me in tho fame 1 You are ember -
reseed as if you bad been guilty of I know
not what kind of a fault:
"And wbet fault could I have commit-
ted
"Do you think that perhaps James does
not love met"
"1 have not said so."
"No, but you have thought so."
"Martha! Martha I you, are mistaken,"
said timbal, recovering herself. "It is be.
cause I want you to be happy, and I—I
Aral never be quite certain of it."
Mertha remained silent, and, then aaid
quite low, as if to herself, "that is perhaps
is—but I am afraid I"
Nothing more passed between them that
day, bat when Martha left hersister she
sought for James.
The young rnanwaswalking toThiliob. She
saw him in the path and joined him. James
saw her coming and waited for her.
"What is the matter Martha, you look
tired."
"Oh no, not at all."
"Now, don't tell a story. I am certain
you can't deceive me."
"No, I assure you I em not tired. A
little excited, perhaps. A storm is threaten-
ing, you know what delicate nerves I have."
They walked along side by side, when
suddenly Martha stopped and said:
"James I"
"Well, Martha!"
the was pale and trembling and her eyes
remained bent down.
"I want to ask von something,"
"Ask me something, Martha I"
"Speak; what is the matter? Do you need
me in any way ?"
"I wish to ask you, James, she said in a
grave voice, if you love me."
"My chili—why should I not love you?
What then should estrange me from you?
are younot as lovely as you are intelligent
and good. Have you not had my affection
for a long time ?"
"Your brotherly affection, I know—but
your attentione have made me think there
was xnore tenderness—"
"And, indeed, Martha, I have more than
a brother's tenderness for you."
"Do you love me, James ?"
He did not answer. What thought was
it, what remorse, what regret that kept
him from speaking. Mechanically his hands
clasped Martha's.
And she while ber sister's allusion kept
recurring to her mind, these strangely re-
peated questions she, full of anxiety, and
feeling hereon like to die, said again.
"Do you love me, James ?"
It was a direct question and had to be
answered. He closed his eyes.
"Yes," he said.
She shook her head. This was nob the
anteater she wanted.
"Martha," he saki " I.love you."
She was seized with shivering, and her
eyes lled with tears.
"James, how good you are! how good
you are 1"
freak avowal of hie lore
"Wove, Wo it nut your hempluees
het ado avewsd coavecratesir
Martha WM InhipleiSas and refleetel
ceeildm
:Unite* b ppbnvsa Wall her oalK comfort
She eeerebeel her linemen'. She wished to *lighter that beppieem tortured ber,
plems the little lucidente of the beet few And what was paseleg in the ailed o
devswitli older °Pea but she oeneett dad James'
uy. And Ioebel is smiling on her and Vteeetion and wager bad been his firat
bolding her in her arras. *bought,.
"Then yea are hoppy in my goad fort. uo bad at drat shown attention to -1Ierthe
uo Slid Martha, lo order to excite loabel'a jeelousy, in
"Happier," the replied, "dem if the good propertieu as the certainty grew in Ms nund
Mee were my own." el at the letter did not love hire, the need of le starting, aud ea the besets go by the
"Mae Jamei spoken to you of—our mar- love which was in hie beetle lea bin to eportsmenti covert with the speed. of light,
lege ' rdo aud little ottentione which helped to their killing makes no plight dementia upon
"Ne, but he will sem. No doubt heaviohea make hi* regreta less bitter, end though alertreoo and presence of mind.
to *peak about it to hie parente hot'. Now, they diduat quite effaceIsabel'a image, yet, Keugaroo Miming by horses and doge is 4
don t leave me ignorant of of aeythIcg, dear between thee image aud his boort, threes a aPers 'which thrawa Eagliah fox hooting
sister." veil which be forced himself to refrain from.
No %what% since you. are so well lifting.
plerweall with it. Merthet was a sweet girl, of valued dell -
babel emiled. rtha could not guest/ eisey, such a nervous oreeture too, so tweet
what cutting grief at, errible irony there slide to ell sentiment that little by little he
weal itt thee trnile bet:tune attached to her.
But the clam lister Wa.. Wing to path It was not love for love was aluntharing
her selfameree to the vat etir ett She in his laeart. But he felt „able i9-40etrol
met Jetnes that evening oa hiraself, be receguized leitneelf atreogth
Formerly when elle !bun cartell thus enough to let no Lint appear, even to the
suddenly alone with him, the would go subtle intelligence of a wife, of real state
away, on the first excuse that resented it- of bia heart and he felt auffieiently iure
ad!, This evening, however, e remained. that he had affeetion enough for Martha, to
But they were both constrained and hadn't make her happy. And yet ho had hesitated
and, atratrge CanitEriaiatiOn Of the tart, the
XOEEMN .141OTES.
The Zouave uniform is te be abandoned in
the French army,
It is alleged that it takes $5000 distant,
ed as tips in the Police Department to get
a permit to open a new club in Paris.
A silver bell bee been hung in a tower ia
the village of Bork", where tile railroad emelt,
dent to the Czer's train . happened, and it
will be tolled every day at the hour of the
aosident,
The Paris Expoeition will open ou May 5.
A etwies of greed fetes has been arrauged to
last all through, the meaner. The Expel -
time will end in September with the award
of prizes.
One -thirtieth of the whole populeden of
fceland emigrated lest year, moved. Ws
said, by the unpopularity of the Dinh&
government and the blaudisbments of Cana.
.diaet emigration agents.
mesetiline beauty how is being arrang-
e. at Venetia, of which women will be the
judges, and prizea will be awarded to the
handsomese male, the roan with the finest
mereetteche, the elan with the biggest nose
teeSt irepertaut object offesee natesee so the stronger and more feromene thee, are seen ee
and the Mati with the ler est bald
ghead.
eoleniee and abundantly deservee the prom- that alumel, It's hair, alto, Is sborter ao4 its a
inent place he occupies upon the Australian hide smoother than those of the woif, and it cardinal Reyaald, the Hungarian prelate,
coat ef arms, wbete, opposed to the emu, he appears as ValriPlinatati cross ef the feline /V" leaving hit hotel to WO t4 his carriage, a
holds the peeition given, to tbet Ilea in wed canine races„ With. indeeeribable few days age. Whelk 4 Child begged him for
atgaralatinia. with the unieoru in the heraldic)
crest of Realised.
The kangaroo is a joke, however you look
at biro, He has four legs, but ueee only
two in travelling, and be employe his tan,
Pat, aa is generally eoppotted, as A eort of
sepplemeatary log upon whiele alight
alter No long jumps, but 1,90140What Bleu
418 utillen hie balemelog pole in Itie peelloua
prementdea Oft the tiglet-repe.
The movement of the kangaroo ea aceora-
pliebeel with bis body bent well forward,
faralVga Carla4 up, awl Ma tell projeet-
-ng greceful curve astern. At a eiogle
mead he will cover a distenee of .30 felt,
oear ever bRallttS 10 feet high he the
et et it AB lightly As bird. Itia pawer-
ful legs aaatfk thada opringe, which
are compressed by hio weight when he
otrikett the. groaucl, 4111 itaiMedietely ra.
leased to give memeettem for IlOW flight ;
hie progress is without appuent break, and
resembles that of highly elastie robber ball
that ta thrown along a atneeth peverneut.
Be will outrua fleeteet home, and poly
the beat kaogaroo dog (a epodes of grey
/lewd espeeielly bred for the putrem) nan
tire arid overtake The favorite way
to *hoot bine le to lie la wait Peer hie Innutte,
end wad he beetem and doge to EWA Oita
11.
V ba comes sprieging over tin* buthes, you
ohmmeter of its awn.
Its legs are short, 14 betty long and
eleadert and its litheneea mid suppleness
give it an air that is fairly diabolical, It
te of a tawny yellow color, and the Wipes
on its head end sides, which give it the name
alina, Ha felt in all hie pooketa without
dediog cein,ead, seeing righlY sireesed
woman. passing, beckoned to ber, asked for
her puree, and taking from it liberal sum,
bestowed it open the child. Then he thank-
ed the woman gravely, awl, entering the
of "Over," are thort and uodeolded mid earriage, WAS (InVett Away.
'WM as though a tow Inc" generations Qa the day after tho deeth of the Crown
would cense theta to dleappear eltogether. Feuice of Ausitrla a Vielme undertaker was
The Tatnianien tiger is eviaeutly the feding catered te hoot eek (rah "a4y for uae
type of An earned that mud once have hen I et the pelts's° thet Berne dey. Ile staked for
a terrible, power, At preeent hie eharaeter more time, bat was told that it Meet be
18 seStettse elS4 onenking, 144 he has degon- there before eight. 'equity des -eloped the
AermetoendgitubtoeseallertIce4rileaearooteur deefwmetle4elp4folit; 4faiwo4tahAtto ebeiwiaio ay. oariatoamina the
hTeh ,ab 4557 b z4haao
the oweere of etteep etetione give tom net, g 113 /oda tbo boy of the crown
ellopleorde luinse for every QUO they kill, prinoe 14y wee pee thet beee mot
t8i0ucle ttr aandrfa4 1%11" a'rbeew%"°tigle°aulotwtatIlmy9t4ete grailotte9anra'd WthlgetcleetIghfor°L °a:04ln:
The loughioff j mimeo le a Vole,* of ever since. The new Caan ie new wait -
geode itiogtieber; width, having beertplaced
by one of nature'S freaks ie a country where
there it oimett iht water and very few aeb. In 18S0 lipMe Thirty young cg Tanen la Bore
°artier], the jeke a degree further on hie own Ittnetarted au Old bl0000tast :Iv with a pro-
cetchierg a snekee. The bird derivee me one whounmerrtid,i The o wee at great
aceotiot and turned bin attention to the "mon for a tine et 1' iclrb° nPnn every
name from hie note, whieb la cempeund. of 54Qqa131 .11t 4u eIn, etsis
the a hee-liew " a jeokase and the !emelt riAgeBet,10, aua At tift_aP___011_94 mooting tbie
et A hopslegt 1114111K, with a few inteijmted trta,e,lfin.tmfeeweAase"te,.""euee at!:
gurgles like the SOUZKIS mole by 00150 while ,"0",t‘,4„ 4""'";!! "_;-'19_"*Llt
etrangling and the groena of A peraon ;SALA- ';'"'"" elSt4"s *ueltc'eu"".4'4""4
c w removal. peid by the former memeere. ant* tome
drive at bira with/410ms loesled with The bird etniuda of AA Auatrellan, T the "vlee °1 °I.° ex•mt3tAbe", ". a 0 stral
kettet, and If you are good at "rocketing" mantels, or New Z mimed remelt are very colded tbet hail the Sam aimed to A
termite, or (betas tie they spring from the peculiar. There 18 very little soug, properly hmildtal4 and that the SalitstY °
you env bring him dawn. The excite so palled, but many melodious notes, and 4 should have the relit for herself.
tbia epart li great ant peculiar, and =ebb:seams of diveree tones which produce The lateet rornauce abaut Alex late
the ellootieg of 'ergo game with au effect of Bulgaria, be tbet %Odle he Was being' kla
ratiosmud uneerteluzy of sbootieg Titer is neaten AND AOMINATILX. there he was always atteuded by a tall an
On haudsonte jeger, who never left hire for a
5T8 TUE liCra-TEU's NIMVE, Oao bird bat A note like the tolling of a deep rnomeet and who an eeveral oceeeloila inter -
The noise made by A herd of elegbtaned bell for away in the depths of the forma ; posed between him and danger at great per,
auother a " glug, ging, glug, ' which sounde sena risk. At night the jager slept in the
kaustaroos tearing through the underbruth
Lille liquor running out of a bottle; a third autumn es tee royal chamber, and at seeet
game a eherp, outting melee preeleely like ono plot to assassinate the prince ie said to
the creek ot a bullet* driver's whip; ono heve been thus frustrated. After the PrInee
sighs, another whistlee, e third Ales a eaw, left Bulgaria. the jiger disappeered, aud it
and others go "'WWII stiPPitts wlIsleitYr" hes since been dtimovered that the .person
"eraik, oreik, craik," "morn pork., more WAR a woman, wile woe desperately in love
with the Pelmet and bed sworn to protect
Mat,
a word to say to one another. It WAS Isabel
who bad moat courage.
before *eying to her that he loved ber. nor
that was really a feleehood, But at least it
"James, you love Martha—" was not an evil action, and be was going to
"It matters little to yen, he replied." merry Mertha, though hie Insert looked iu
"It matters to me very mull. She
Is my abater, almott my daughter. Since
you love her, I think you ahould not
delay mentioning' it to your parents. You
must underatand that,"
"To -morrow, to morrowl"
"That le right," she said, and could not
help adding,
"You are making Martha very happy,
James, and the affection I have for you is in.
creased by the thought of all the geed you
are doing to her."
She would have left him, but he cringht
her by the arra, and said,
"Is that all you have to say to me ?"
"That is all. What more could I have
to eay ?
Remember the confession I made to you
one day at your housein Giromagny. I told
you it woe not Martha I loved, that it
"33e quiet," she saki, trembling, "be
quiet."
"Isabel, I am mad, just one word, I im-
plore you."
"Good bye I"
"Isabel, not even one word I re it true
that you do not love me ? Is it trite that
for one hour, one minute, one second you
loved my brother ?''
"Answer that yourself. D3 you believe
it ?"
"I do believe it, he said, I must believe
it. You confessed it to me 1"
" Then why question me ?" Tsabel.
"Because your behaviour remains in- And Isabel every time would answer,
explicable. You did not wish to give Oli "Your husband. will like you betterin this.
ver up to justice- Was it to save him Choose this shape, which agrees better with
or to save the honor of the Bargemonts ? Your complexion, and your hair, and matches
You went to give him the interview he the color of your eyes. '
asked. Was it out of love, or because in And so it was with everything. At last
him you saw a member of our family? And the marriage day arrived.
if you loved him, why did you try to save It was in November.
me also, though believing me guilty of my November is a blustering month. Snow
brother's murder, by accusing yourself of had not yet fallen in the valleys, but only on
his murder, and publicly announcing your. the tops of the highest mountains. North-
selt as having been abandoned by him ? east winds blew bitterly. For long days
Who will tell the truth? Was it throughout the sun remained without showing himself,
respect for the family to which you had hidden behind clouds of a soiled yellow
belonged that dictated your actions? Did hue•
you really love my brother, or did you love As the anemone drew nearer which was
enother direction, suite as-astrange retorts
at similar events—his mother had married
Lewrenee de Berme:neat, while loving
Maeda.
The days which intervened between the
tinio when the marriage waa determined and
the ceremony itself were a succession of cruel
womb to Isabere heart.
She was Martha's natural confidante. To
whom if not to Isabel could Martha repeat
the thougand teneerneeses which Jaines
lavished upon her, his loving foresight, his
delicete surprises? With her, laartha lived
over again the time past she had passed
near James, and with her also she lived in the
future.
She saw herself a married woman, atten-
tive to the wishes of her husband. She saw
herself completely happy. She saw jatnes
happy also, and in order to be aro nger
against the anxieties which are alwaye pos.
able, she asked Isabel 13 advice.
And it was Isabel who reassured her, who
gave her some of her own precious serious-
ness, her great-hearted and generous intel-
ligence. And these counsels had not merely
to do with the future. No, they extended
to the smallest details of the marriage.
Martha wanted her sister's opinion on the
dreae stuff samples which the Marchioness
broughe her, and which were to serve for
her wedding dress, and the dresses for the
street, for visitine and for the house.
And about her bonnets also she questioned
to male separation irrevocable, Isabel felt
She was weak before this outflow of words. her courage grow weaker. For a long time
She was sorry that she had come, that she she had lived merely by the exertion of
had nob at once retired as she usually did. nerve force. Was her strength going to
"James," she said, "to all you say to
me I cm only answer, you do rightly to
marry Martha, She will make you happy •
And as for me, I shadl be happy in seeing
the happiness of you both."
He made au angry gesture and said.
"Ali well, yes, I do love her. Yes she will
be my wife, anal if, some day misfortune
touches us, may that misfortune touch you
also who will be the primary cause of it."
She bent her head. It was he who re-
tired.
"Mother," said James to Clotilde, when
he entered the castle, "will you kindly give
me a few minutes."
"All my time, as all my heart, is yours,"
she answered smiling.
"I wish to marry. "
"Well, I approve your decision, "Have you
chosen?"
leave her just when the hour was coming in
which she would need it most?
The poor girl was very much changed.
She was thin. Her hollow cheeks, her fev-
erish eyes and her leaden complexion, all
betrayed !the inward suffering which was
prsying on her.
These signs had not escaped the notice
of the Marchioness, who conceived a vague
suspicion that the young girl had some hid-
den secret. She questioned her but without
result.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
An examination in the Public Sohools
Professor to pupil: "In which of his heatless
was Gustavus Adolphus killed?" Pupil, after
reflection: "I think it was in his last bat-
tle.'
sud ladulge in other (arena crlea
into the tangle, stud ia attended with as Por.![•"
frequent tumbles and brat= banes as the which make ono think the whole boat has
moot ardeat votary of hunting mild deaire.
Tindd, ineffeneive, and fugitive no the
kangaroo is When permed, he is a bald
and daugerous beetle when wounded and
brought to hay. Nature, width leaves no
animal entirely defonselese, hes equipped
him with a weapon ninth is the dread or New -Zealand furnisbea the greatest number
of these, the bird. celled the "hula' by the
doge and men alike, His powerful hind
natives affordiug one of the most retnark
lege terminate in feet winch aro eat with
three strong black claw", of which the eon. able. This is a bird of Iridescent black
g plumage and yellow beak, which foods upon
tral ono is long and sharp with the wattle
mutate of a Wad or gouge, grubs that aro dug out of trees, both green
Woe be to the aauguine bound who, ;toeing and dead.
Tao extraordinary eironmetence about
an old num" kangaroo, winded or wound -
these fowls is that it requires two of them to
ed, backed agamat a tree and unable to
neoure a dinner, a male and a fent de. The
go further, rushes in to catch. him by tho
throat and finish biml The hitherto
male is furaished with a thick, stout, chisel
useleas
like beak, with whieh he chops into tho
forelegs catch and hold him, and the terrible
wood, end exposes the hole in which the
hind feet, playing up and down like the
walking berm ot a steamboat, tear him op on grub burrows. The shape of his beak, how-
ever, eremite him from seizing the prey,
nod matter his entrails over the ground.
but the female ha a long, slender beak,
The like fate has sometimes bappened to
which she insinuates into the hole and draws
bunters who have attaoked a wounded kan,
garoo with a knife in order to save them out the wriggling morsel. Site then drops
ammunition, and gruesome stories -
it into the mouth of the mule, taking the
taut in which some huge beast, are ex
totting next grub herself, and in thie alternate test
his enemy in his arms has sailed off bodily iihnias " flit blithesomely through the
and mutual assistance the pair of
with hint over brake and brier to put him to
woods, and set an example, it may be ro.
death with unknown torture in some se.
eluded lair. These, however, are evidently marked, which all wedded pairs, with
legends invented for the admiration of the
feathers or without, would do well to emu -
new chum" as the "tenderfoot" is lo-
late. It is a signifiatint foot that in mote the
cally
male is shot the female makes off at once,
ir
secure in the conviction that she elan pickup any one desires to gain a sounding name
a living of vagrant worms by herself or find
among the eportsmen of the northern hemi.
sphere on very easy terms, let him come to some other male which would be glad to
join forces. If, however, the female ie shot
the antipodes and hunt the Australian bear.
The beast is numerous, sluggish of habit and the male remains and makes no attempt to
escape, evidently knowing that without his
position; he is formidable neither in respect
movement, and of a placid and retiring dis-
female assistant nis chances of securing a
to Claws nor teeth, and the case of him is living are of the slenderest.
&belie as dangerous as pigeon shooting.
another remarkable bird is the "kea " or
With average lack the hunter may capture
flesh -eating parrot, a large green bird which
a dozen in a day, which, with the toe is the especial terror of the sheep heraere.
which gunners as well as fishermen are Until sheep raising was begun in New-Zsa.
prone to pin upon the narrations of their land this bird was a fruit, nut, and
exploits, would make a very pretty thing grain eater, but now has developed into a
to tell of when the sportsman returns
carnivorous biped of the most eavage charm°.
to
his Pall Mall, Fifth avenue, or Beacon -street ter. His practice now is to settle upon the
back of a sheep or lamb, and, with hie sickle
clulbh.e word "bear" is a fine one to conjure like beak, pick a hole in its sides over the
kidneys and delve out and devour the rich
with, and the listeners to the yarn of the
fat surrounding these organs. This done
returned traveler might naturally suppese
the "Australian bear" to be endowed with they leave the sheep: which for a time wan
all the ferocity of the innamon or grizzly.
ders about in excruciating pain and ptesent-
In point of fact, however, this animal is not ly dies miserably.
at all, but a nandeseript beast Another peculiar parrot in this country
a " bear"
is the "kakapo" whose mottled green and
peculiar to Australia, and in appearance
a yellow plumage is admirably adapted to
and. manner resembling a sloth. He has
screen its wearer from observation while
round, "chunky" head set with bead-like
moving about among the underbrush, which
funny eyes and °ornamented with prepos
terous ears, which stand up in downy tufts is his chosen haunt. Although possessing
and give him a comically surprised expres perfectly developed wings, the ecakapo'
eion ; he has no tail and ie covered with t never uses them, and confines iteelf to craw
thin gray wool, and in general looks like a ling about among the thickets which form
fat poodlealmost impenetrable mass under the
whe has had his caudle appendage an
cut of and hi9 front legs abbreviated in New'Zmdand forest -
order to lengthen those behind. He lives in The leading, representatives of the breed
trees, and the female of his species is gen- of "aliteryx,' or birds without wings are
erally accompanied by one or two copies of the Awls," who are sometimes kept in
the houses of the Maoris to keep them free
herself in little, which ride about on her
back as Anehises perched upon the shoulders
from rats, which they "nail" most accurate-
ly with their longeaointed bills. They are
qis
to the preposterousness of her appearance. queer lumps ot birds, with plumage that
Everybody who has read anything about
Australia has formed the acquaintance of
gone drunk or lame, and, if he be at all of
burnoroue been team hire to laugh out-
righb at the etrangejargon.
The multftudoof colonial birds thew many
extraordinery !reek'', quite in deo line of the
othere which 1. helm already deseribed.
of /Enema at the burning of Troy, and add
THAT MOST ETXBAORDINARY OE ANIMALS,
the ornythorhynous, or duak.billed platypus.
He varies in dee from the American musk-
rat to the woodchuck, has a brown fur some-
what like a moleeebut coarser, and bright,
beady eyes, which are almost oompletely
hidden in his diminutive head. Thus much
beast, he has the bill of a duck, webbed
feet, andjunless my recollectien is at fault)
the female lays eggs and swedes her young.
His fur is the most valuable of that of any
of the animals of Australie,whioh, for the
most part, have rather tbin coverings—and
his race is rapidly becolning exterminated
by hunters for manufactories of cloaks, caps,
half hair, half feathers, lay eggs nearly as
big as themselves, and have the merest
rudimentary wings, which a few generations
more will evidently see disappear altogether.
They are the weirdest, eeriesnlooking fowls
that earth produces, and look like queer
brown grouses as they stalk gravely and
undismayed by the presence of the stranger
through the dim Owed aisles.
About the, Way of It.
Charming Wife—Charley, why do you
bring home an sorts of political papers?
Clever Husband--Beeause I want to know
it all and so read both sides:
Charming Wife—Well, I am sure when I
read both sides 1 don't know anything.
The Smith Sea 'filename who fled in 1118.
may when they saw a white man take e fr ono
of his legs could hardly be more astounded
than the two Matabele chide if they await -
owed all the yarns dust were told them dur-
ing their moue vieit to London. They
were assured, tor inetanoe, by their humor-
ous guide when they witnessed the acrobatic)
performances et one of the theatree, that
suoh feats of strength and agility were re-
q aired of all Englishmen before they could
aspire to be wartime and thet the gentlemen
in tights were mere's' undergoing the train-
ing needed to fit them for the army. The
audience had attained perfeetion in aerial
mancoeuvres ana ground and lofty tumbling,
and were merely applauding the aspirents
who were striving for excellence. There is
some reason to believe this whopper was
taken with considerable salt, for one ot the
chiefs remarked dryly, as he pointed to some
remote gymnasts among the athletes: "1
did not know the English made soldiers of
their women,"
English Orators Coming.
It is stated that the British ossbineb has
become alarmed at the eituation in Canada
with reference to the relations of the Donna -
ion. to the mother country, and our possible
future absorption in the United States,
which, according to official advioes, its rather
miens. An eminent Canadian, a minister •
ot state of many years' standing it is said,
has written a letter to the secretary of the
colonies lamenting the growing feeling
among the younger generations with respect
to the mother country. This feeling he at-
tributes to ignorance—ignorance if the his-
tory of England and ignorance of her pre-
sent position. Canadians, he assuree the
aolonial secretary, stand most in need of
enlightenment in these matters, and he adds
that a vast service to Canada and the em-
pire would bs done if some Englishman
whose position and oratorical powers would
insure attention would devote some weeks
or months to passing through the Dominion
and delivering a series of addresses on a few
of the greet episodes in the history of the
British Empire. Lord Salisbury has con-
ferred with several leading Conservative
oracore with a view to making such a tour
during the summer to carry out the sugges-
tion of the Olnadian minister. Unless a
dissolution takes place this spring, which
would compel good speakers so remain ab
home to take pert in a generel election c sm-
paign, Canada will probably be visited by
at least six representative Englishmen, who
will give young Canadians some important
hints respecting the greatness of the British
E npire.
A young girl is alweters self-centred, absorb-
ed in her own affeirs, her own dresses, her
parties; it is only grace and art that teaoh a
woman to sink her own personality in the
presence of the person with whom she is
talking. Perhaps one of the chief claims of
widows is their uederstanding of the fine
art of sympathy. The sympathy of a young
girl who has known nothing but joy is a
crude and unsatisfying affair, the very husks
on which no love could feed, but the sym-
pathy of a widow, tenderly, daintily express-
ed, with a gentle melancholy that shows that
she, too, has suffered—it is like the soft
shadows in a picture or the minor chord in a
piece of music that este thepulses throbbing.
Having mourned for a man, she knows how
tnost effectively to mourn with one.
Last year there was talk of forming rt
banana trust, which would mean an ad-
vance in price of this favourite healthy
fruit. Comparing notes with last year we
notice Simpson ie selling them cheaper than
they were ever known before so early in
the season.