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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-4-25, Page 2.LovrE (Tuttneseseteht nor TEM busmen en G. Ingo.) "Not mother," Ieabel woad see, "1 are yoa *het yen aro mietaken,t there itt hothing the teatter with me," Oa the marriage day, the enn eliowed -bitaself ebent ten o'clock ; the fog cleared VW45,1, and the day promieed to be lovely. There was to be no fete at the Castle, ohne evezybady there wee atilt in mournieg. There tree te be no dianer, no reeeptiou no ball. The -ceremony wag eutirely pate. Istkbel took pa tt he the Service at the elnwoh, She wo whiter than the bliden dream. She chose A eoreer teeer pilier where she would be imitable in the obaturity. There he. could litanz at her eat% WiT4Oqt fearing to drew attention. It wate Vnin theeehe tried to represent to herself Merthe's happineas, That, for the momeot, no looger had Indoeuce over her. SUffetiMg Wee Tee powerful. She 134 cetne the length of Te. peweehinghereelf for heving broeght that haPPmese about, of eating to herself that if title face could be blotted out as One ataikea out A word settb the pen, !she would seserifice her/fell no leuger, but would eceepe 'the lova whiott Jamee ben offered hers wenlel kW yew oister 1" said pity at thebettom of her heart, andlealoney reepen. deli. anguished. And reasoning no loliger. She would die ate wells I am dyeeg 0 it nose Oemelantelly Mardis, tweed tewerds be' trite iierviee Went Ota, and 4M11644 bat be did net anewer the mile. She woe king at Marthe iudeed, but her theOghte Were eleettherie and she did ;lot Reciter. She fliel net dare to let her look rest ere eremee, who wax; grove awl eomewhet Pei°, Wime wmhe thieking of ',I Maim cheep had come over letin Did he xolly leve Merthe Reel he hoe Ole thee amity to. cammeed hie heart I If he dM eot love her the It wee a crime he wee comulittleg. She laelisci at hire a' iv once. aud that Was when the marriage N.w noolplote, ata the two raw intliesetuble minute were paeolug btfere her. Jamee uet the look aud shuddered under it, so ardent dM it imem m here se protented, se fell of myetery, of grief. of regree, of hope d eceived, the look of A dylog ?men who "emse with to embritee with alast glAnCe el the eye, evetything that le beleg lett be. hiten And if he tremble* it le beano he fear* that he nodereteode the look. Yes, for a neer:mut be foxed it. He old. to himself that pessibly it no he, be hiemelf, whom tine hereto girl loved, end that in the =tame selfeleniel of her hes* eint had boa wng to writhe herself for her sister, who woe eo clelleete, aed who maeld oot helm borne his lediffetteuee. The t hought panted through his mind, but mon be staid to blooself "It iou'e possible, I'm mistaken. A mere imeginetion. Awl beside*, it's too lete now, too lete." Re watched her all the reit of tbe flew Hoe the young girl felt herself observed, and feigned e. eervotto pietywhich was foreign to bar nature. She was ;to very gay, indeed. that James felt his nitpick= coularmed. She had over- done the thing. "Can It be, after all, that 1 airs uo de. calved!" he muttered. The only 'transfers admitted' to the family dinner at the Casa ,e thet eveniug, were Marboutin and Eye.Winleer. Mirth& had remembered them amid her happineee. Tey left early. Izabal withdrew to her own. room. All the sounds abour the cootie etensocased. She was :tailing, and opening the window oho tried to inhale full breaths of the sharp outside air. She felt no relief wad her, forehead was bathed with sweat The night was very dark, and, like a blacker spot againit tbe back -ground of the airy, the tips of the nines appeared. TIM Meetelle, beneath them, swollen by the tor- rent like nine of autumn, murmured home. 1. Isabel dosed the window and went out of the room noiselessly. She went along the half, downetairs, end out into the courtyard. -17obody had heard her. She °reseed the courtyard, and got in among the pines whish began quite near the gateway. She was breathing more easily, and folt happy at being alone. The lent society, even that of those she loved most, even that of the marchioness, weakened and fatigued her. She leaned against a tree and fell into revetie. All the inaidents of the day came baok to her. Her feverish imaginations easily t raced them. "My life is ended," she murmured. She remained there a tong time. The cold be. numbed her, her eyelashes were sinking, heavy with fatigue and cold. She went in again. In the courtyard she stopped, her look ,irresistibly drawn to the stone Giant. Two windows there are lit up. Two only, those of James' apartments. .And in the deep darkness they look like two enormous wide open eyes. She feels afraid and re. Two ehadowa pats and repass across the -windows. It ie James and Martha. She recognizes them. In a sudden fit of anger ;he °tenches her fists. She longs to cry out to Martha. "kbe doesn't love you. Don't you see that he never has loved you, that it is I whom he loves ?" She feels herself acting wickedly but still keeps her gaze fixed on the windows. The two shadows remain to. gether a good while. Suddenly they se. parate and James comes to the window. and half withdraws the curtain and remains there a few seconds. Then he bends forward. His look becomes more lixed. Evidently he sees a woman in the courtyard, and is trying to make out who she is. And undoubtedly he does recognize her, for he abruptly draws the curtain. Yes, he recognizes her, and for the eecond time that day, the same suspicion crosses hie mind. Martha has gone into the nuptial chamber, attended by her maid. He has a few min- utes to himself. He goes out and down. stairs. And at the moment when Isabel, pettified, 50 to speak, by the dread that she had been seen, is still standing in the middle of the courtyard, and eoarcel; thinks of go. in in, James appears before her. One cry of terror and despair escapes her. She has betrayed herself. "Isabel," ha sad in a low voice, what are yeti doing here ?" " I had a bad headache." "And what were you looking at so close- ly ?" 11 Nothing at all. In such a night what could I see?" He takes herlhands. They areburning hot, lout at once they turn icily cold. He turne to meet her eyes, but' she obstinately avoids it. Suddenly she snatches her hands away, and escapes him. She is trembling and in a very low voioe says, "Take care, James, take oare." She raakes a sign towards Martha's room, the windows of whioh have just been ht up, and I,fartha herself, like a white apparitionstops at the wiedowe and esems to see them, 1 "We are 'ear Isabel mariners an falls in a falai), Ma the atones of the courtyard. In hie terror Jamea forgete her, leavee her there, ad herriea in, and is la bin MVP Meta very qeickly. When he sees Martha again Ile is till trembling. IleWever, he iasome- What reastured by the faet, that the aces uot (legation hlte, norgive ay alga of eerprisse. yee would aey tbat She had Seen nothing, WO ell the eelor ie gone from Ilia Awe, ha eyes are gloeney, hard, dietraeted. He in SO deeply moved that he hasn't word to say, Re does nee hinteelf coarse reatice his Pellor, arid hie etraego aPPeatanse-o eenera11Y. Then he thieke of Isebel lying there In the court As he pateeea one of the windows, Martlaa'a back being',tweed, he glances out- aidet Notwithstandtng the dareeees he thtiths be ogee aebadew whieh rises up and dtegnere towards the house, It is Isabel uo doebt. He sits down and wipe a hia fere- /mad which ie 'bathed a erepiratiom Martha epproaehee Tie does not ratoe hi* head. Sloe tae e hie bend, ensiling sadly and kisma Moe, *eying "Joao, are you nee plug to !peak to tne any morel" Ire rOCOV, ere Weasel( witha etert, take a her in hie arms, and he an eteeeas. of iservant auger, wielling to divert WA theughte, and forget U pernible, MIMS a hundred Osage mem- ovosieo, love you, I love yen, I letVe Yen." The next day they leeve terIly end Conotantuteple. They were to be two menthe away ftvm Vreoge. Isobel teederly embrageobfertbe, hue there is not the Same moth in the young girre kiesee that there need to be. Martha. le omstreined. toad tly turns: her feee away. And lealael oho no longer has ber affeetien, 4 evoide fielding hiunelf allele With That WAS eanily enettgb done, to 1 ea ehmancd It wan 33e r thet elioeld bid him goo e. tryiug leer beat to he ay ad y etelog her would never have pew e deep areeMeh of her epleit Eve o James weld have been deettived, bet when he pressed her bee he /hued them Introlug hot, as they bad hem the eveoing before. At haet they got away. The corriege teOlt %OM te the etetiem M4 the Marehieeeo weut with them an far roe Thillor. Isabel also woe invited te go by otilde, but excused herself en the plea of Woe. but herself up to *he threw her. ervein petexyetn. *leap overtook king meta next her o self ct When she bee her. She slept day, 4110 WAS SO very tired And when she petted her eye; Again, her kat theuehte retread tee merrisge ceremony, the evenee of theuight, eed the departure the next day. And, feelieg infinitely desolate and fearful, she murmured, " Wnh, whet shell 1 dot GRAFTER X. Mertha end &mew am* beck about the hogIneing et January. Them two months had peeved very rapidly for the ranee wife, ar from Bargemone, she forgot whet aal happened there. Unceesingly beside Inv huthand, she ended by believing thet mite bed boon mietalten, and that her ros. plaints wore groundless and that items tooth hooey On her pert about there being any athret love:between James end her sister. Thing* often appear ea different when one la far away, but when one return.; he Blade them the MONO as they were on laming, Anti this re what happened when they re- turned to Bergman; the first time the saw Isabel, all her donhte returned with their farmer intensity. But she diesiraulated, It was with A emillug face and gaiety on her lips that elm embraced her sister, And Ieebei, thou:zit Always watohinl, °mild almost believe that Martha know nothing and had seen nothing, Isabel aloe had been celto during these menthe of absence. But to the question— " What am 1 to do ? '—which she put to herself when the xtewly wedded couple went away, she had been unable to find an answer. Tne Marquis and °iodide had Ito suspicion of the drams which was going on in those three spirits, to all appearance to calm. Martha was so gentle, so good, natured, so joyous in her new condition, her adoring love far her husband shone so clearly in her every act, in all her words, and in her lightest thougha that it was a pleatur to neeher. She knows nothing Dal:el kept saying to herself. And james who was also watch - Inc her, came to be ch the same opinion. But they were both deceived. Martha indeed nen not certain about tae state of their hearts. She could not be. But she lived in the midst of the most cruel. doubts and uncertainty. What had she seen 1 Isabel and James etanding near one another, in the courtyard on the wedding night. Why had James gone out! What was Isabel doing out at e night at euch an hour? What had they to say to one another? ahe asked herself. In all this she world not have found anything extraordinary, if she had not remembered her aister's strange question "Did he tell you that he loved you ?" How many times had Isabel asked her that? A thousand and one fancies haunted her imagination. Under all her appearances° of calm, and indifferenoe, she lost nothing of what was going on around her. And her femboine subtlety helped her to remove the suspicions of others by. giving them the assurance that no suspicion had entered her own mind. Her husband never went out but she knew where he was going. And she knew equally well when he did go, whether Isabel remaine in the castle, or was absent also When Isabel was absent, she made her en- quiries cleverly, under the pretence of going to join her, and if James went out she watched him to make sure whether or not he took the same road.' The poor child no longer lived. She merely existed. This habit of espionage lowered her in her owns eyes. She was ashamed and humiliated, but powerless to struggle against her jealousy., Many days had passed without any- thing happening that could justify her suspicions. James and Isabel rarely ad- dressed a word to each other. And when they did speak, they arravged it so that it was in the. presence of some third per- son, the Marchioness, her husband,' or Martha herself. On two or three occa- sions, when neither James nor Isabel meld have any suspioion that she was listening, she heard what they were saying, when a chance meeting left them alone and they could believe themselves safe for a few moments. • They felt constrained, and had need of : ptllltio haeiarPrrel7Ime of mind' l° tbat the veil' emletraint shculd, not becomem an easlou of •gither they remained Aleut and in neer eaelt other, or else elsoke *ode whielt never exceeded the limits of brother- ly and sistedy affection. Awl Ito nothing transpired whieht etteld eebetantiene her agoniziug doubte. Andret elue believed she could, divine the struggle thet wax pawing in their hearts. And the very care which they took to avoid one another, the kind of meeting was whea they did meet, did it net aU amemit very nearly te eceitive proot Tier hitsband, however, was in no way chenged, Re wao always gad, lov- ing awl. attentive, never nervous- She had Surprined him, in Rome Sudden Mad apparent- ly aggartil;ogeltstolpf4moolhainmeihely. and at fiat "You are zuffering, deer. Are yee RI" "No, not at all. "Why are you 554, then ?" "Ob, don't notice that, Formerly, To know, I was ga) enough. So mazy thirg have happened, to modify my character That a natural eeengh is it inot "Forget the poet Think ouly of th present and the future. Neither of es 1 reepensible for the past. The provet ours awl we on make it almost what w with. And as for the future, it deernetbe keg te 114." end wing tide she weold pu be arms armed Ms neek and kise hire ewPeTitawheabia melantholY continued in !Pao Of her aweetiwords she wonld say, amid - nag AS she did Ins bet tremblies in the depths 0 her heart ; "Don't you love meaty morel" Why, el MOO. You are geed and I 4 love t the a.; But ache et n04)30107 would re. atetJAZ,epite; 0 eie Mate and lam wife* ten - Ile hordly ever event out neWt 4134 hii nerves Weee beginMeg to duffer. Re wee pele, and there were dark cirelee mud het cow. "My husband is weeded," Martine min to herself. Whet could She do to dietreet hie ettee- - She was afraid. that the eentrao r out gaiotY tmuld may inereath Ina reel. etscholy, while en the other heed, if tho were Sad hereon It would but interteify bbs hidden lei "Jana," ebe would eay, "glee Ine your entidenee. Whet are yee thinkieg 0 3" "0! nethlog, my dem Idathe." "I fear you Are ace ;elan exeth truth, "Yet, I *weer I am." Site *kWh, She was not satisfied. $. e ely underateod that elm no linger had olanture bort. She had fended eo he wee elreeet ore el It. litt was oertalely. She would hive lou- d forgiven even some rudeness if It bed been atoned for by words of love, but JaMee was merely kind th her ao be would hove been to tbt &lawman be met who did ot intrpite him with entipsthy, se he was k od to hie mother er tether. " it fen'e love he feels for me," the poor d. world tepaav to Introit And ute. lusty 'ethers queetiou would come to " Are you sure Did be tell you be ler °Oen ?'' babel wart elm watehlog her sister. • She had nothing to reproach hertelf for, hub on the contrary knew her. self th* victim of her own self-denying devotion. At moments when some relaxa. thin of her torturing love for jams left her oomparatively mire, abet would notice *Igo 0 Marchese urteminIent, Ono day, seeing her udder than Awl, • she went up to her and took her hand. "You aro Ritmo happy, are you I" she Asked, Martha drew her hand away, saying: "Whet does It matter to you 't Let rn alone." She then turned away leaving Babel pale and deeply wounded. One day she heard Junes flay to Imbel, "I must see you." Isabel answered, "Never I never "I cannot itve any longer in this way." "It would be an abominable crime. Wet imagine that shall consent to it" Be had not Insisted, and bad left her ram*, not sufficiently master of himself. James spent the whole of that evening in his own room -writing, Martha did not ven- ture to go near him. Twice she attempted it, James turned to her !railing, and, with- out any pretence, with, the most natural air in the world, threw the blotting paper over his letter. "It is to her he is writing," Martha said to herself, or he would not distrust me so. "What enli he have add to her 1" The sacxt day Jonea went out by him- self. Martha knew that Isabel was at Thil. lot. Sha went up to a turret, from which, in former days, she had many a time watch- ed for the young man's arrival when he was at the Bear's Head. From it there was a view of the road and all its windings, and of the valley as far as the village. She saw James going down it slowly. He was going to Thillot, but seemed irre- solute, for he often stopped, stood with his head bent down, then turned again towards Bsrgemont, as if remorse was weighing on him, and he was anxious to return to the castle 'without seeing Isabel. Martha did not allow a single one of hit aotions to escape her. Suddenly she saw him sink down on a stone and cover his faoe with bis hands. What is he thinking of? What profound sadness has eiezed him? He rises again. She sees him still, in- stead of pursuing the road to Thillot return- ing slowly the way he oame. He has drawn a paper from his pocket. He tears it into a hundred pieces whioh he tomes into the air, and which the wind carries up, and away until they disappear in all directions. He returns to the castle, goes straight to his own room and locks himself in there. Martha descended. "Ah I "she said to herself, "I shall know what he wrote to her, if it takes me the whole day." It was windy and damp, and ram was threatening, so she made haste. She very soon reached the spot where James had been. She looks all round. The path runs be- tween slippery rooks which deemed very steeply to the valley. It is a kind of preol- pice a good many feet deep. It was there that James had flung the fragments of his letter. She sees one of them on some moss almost under her very eyes, she grasps it, looks at it hurriedly, but it is merely a bit of white paper. She sees another bit a good way down the slope. She pee down holding on to the rocks. She seizes it. She is not deceived this time. It is indeed Jaraes's writing, but there are only the beginnings or endings of a few words on it, nothing which can reassure her love or direct her jealousy. She must find sonaething more. All of the pieces if pos- sible. She will have them. She is flaking her life, but does not think of that, and coin tisittee to demend, still searching. Soon her shoes. are tore by the sharp stores, aeon her hands are bleeding from. the thorns and briars. She Faye no heed, but cootinuee to 3e4Trwcho., three, ten pieces, tsventy pieeesere 30013 in her fingers. She :mites theta, fever. lady for fear tney escape her. SeMe eartere who are going up along the bank a the Moseilet • notice • her,. atop to Trate)), her and "she ts gem% to• break her neck," At lest elm has pleked up all the pienen She oan see, and re mounts again, anal after struggle finds herself once more on the road. She does not dream of looking at what these frag- ments contain, When she is alone in her own room she will have time for that. Whets the gets back the moms Innen, Who, ;mein her in Snob plight, any0 in astonielo. meet. " Where have you come from! What beve yon ban doing, What has happen- ed if ma aorly perished, she re 'ed. I lost my footing while weederieg arm the recite but fortunately I recovered myself," * Why, what queer notion, t What took yoe, thew •• "Jest lee I told yen. I was taking A rateble." * James becomes more tender, awl hie eyes e grow softer. Me tries to embrace her but a she receile, teed he leo ka at her in eurprise, .•flee thee, so as net to betray herself, the t lgoldwtoe7 he lips, meiteeby the way of -"I was firriogb.stroe17."0: Isoa A rglot *Bq..4..ditiggetaa0., 4 very gerteleue parrot le owned by.* wo men whe: keeps Nudity hem, Petits -meet beet% the telketive.bird ie. net stay in the dieing rnern for it teekth 50 much neim thee the:locorderseen'thortheme :niece think, meth los *bet (me beerdee Trigg t9 ray te. the ()there. Se, jot befere the bell Is set*, pelre oge le bueg eut ie. the kitelme, and, after Ibe tehle, hes been glowed off it is pet haek egabo. Not long age one of the Y9ehg Wee beardern 17,75§ um,150414. !eta to, ,hia &Innen Hitt absence at the eeguler meal bed rot Lice noticed, and the teletrese of ;the house, seppoeing thet ell of her beerdere • had diced, adored the girl te bank the per. ret ie the throng rem). The gtriald eo, teed pretty Oen the belated boarder PAMO aild told the welter girl that he was POPQMOMPly htlegry. Ffe duplicated Me -4ret order and teek pleety of time to eat it, the girl staying lite the kitenen when oho wesu't welting en. 'Mom For twenty minutes. tho parrot kept a* • till AS a Wenn% Then it began to ezzetch and yell *I; @teat rate, and, when le bed t it; !oleo to geed werideg order it otaeo. AllETTMATAiti ,AND mum te, a reenter ete the 'Doctor Whet.Says. A 79°:=7:09Vivt-,7. :..-4;°Ithi;:d the other day an .A.ecoont of Vreoch. physician Wbo nitteeveted that ,p1,4 mm041914413,, tiara by thvsting of beee.' • "The doctor 41:ghlt l*toltentettwitb e diseeab ase t4h4cosas Itnb 0.407; h4StitIPtelt4;e'weeltettalltaat4fee:tet411.441%rbeinbeeg :bbeatehrt he= introduce sefacieo e counter -initiation, or whatever ft may he, te the-atidieted"SPot, I want to. give the .French dater Vointer that will let hint mit of that trouhle :Mtge if he will follow it, doe° went to feel lw.c.pitge 4o ridlibeoteebymi, every day elwayt4e. gore% leirwaincyg, 9f that mato Mexico im home eed bunting A ouxxnfol. . ground, .ond he won't need more 'than One Of them tet keeek oot the wort esesofebentee. them any Man evereteuggled with, if therefe wally any virtue in the bee -sting treatment "-The Momare waop ;shade entirely ter hnsinem Tie le. oar two. hobo- imeg when be 'is of -age, end le about the coler of bay horse, ale. plunger • AS 4 'inn inch long, and 44 4ne-An gee web, Uolike the, stinger. of the cern. mon Ime, the stinger ot the blexion ewe; is reerefoefeitable, deeste't give. it up efter -neekleg pittege, hut has le &heap. en Ieadinese..for elledare jeb if mezeesery. Theentreiee. of •tbeeldetion• waop Remo to be merely to bent up .peeple and ton. that *tinge; of hie Wm them. -The natives say *het he will go ten miiee net of hie- way .tO get A wheekee person. The natives Bate get fat eueke bite?, ceetipede bite*, rpm stings. hutif theYdiegover ene weep In the neighterh.00d- they cover wither; the pleesere el permeel coo - with a Alexiou wasp One day. It 4 teem the thole. have been eq. th.e •pemenger besiege% for meny . but thet weep foyed.my Oak. The @timer went .elor throe& it and about ttneirTer Mt huh fete the eitle of my Vogue. teeteutly that whele gide et tay heed and faee felt like a foot Weep. I didn't know • _bat had, bit Me, The citadel. eumbeesa leete,4 for 4 Mientet Mad then I turned AS, I theught wiSQ:44.4", '1?pc"inosited riY faOs but there was no feeling in it. I bit my teneem geed didd't Wet. There Was Seine feeileg Went* leter, theugh. for Mit pang we no mortal man ever felt, nulett.e. he West hit by Quo et Mae halm horning ineeete. *hot to tho Op of my head and then *hot loa9k agate,•Then it grabbed nue le the threet, tackled tbe reef Of my mouth, and • Wiled weth my palate, It you ceu hoglue how it would feet to. have wires drawn trite the Inent ea:Shim parte ef your person, And then have the Wires heated to, a white beak end left there teal:comer, you cue have tome Ides how I felt, natayo told Me, tliSB. what oiled me.. would wilVegly lein doten end died, eed I fel; Nervy wbeu they told me that the Mexican weep writ) so cruel that it never Wiled- perms, with ita clog, aot, dippod theta and let them enjoy the termeth , That moat egotelortig pain re. melted with me two hours, which is the reg. :dation tium, for.it to torture its recipient*. When it ported away my cheek lied tongue were as more An two steno bruises, ited ru. maned solar two days. But, Orange to ley, they didn't well. "Lot -thetFrench doctor eget tow of thee° Mexicen. waspe, and If therele any good ha the boosting cure for rheureathm he. will have every out: of hire patients out °lobed. before he hoe need 'up one wasp," ',Rauh mum here John, COMti here /omit, come en up I Femme, come en up I" doll% end Fitooto are member* of en • houtellold, and the pact, after having ed their mimeo fer A while, chez:gad the tette f;of its voloo a muck it; bill ont of the •'cage, looked down ea the wintery feeder, and went on lu this way; "Sy, let up I Say, let up 1 Stop, step, stop, stop, stop, etop I Let vp, let up, le • up, lee up I Soy, let up 1 Say. let rap I ht.*, etop, *top, stop, etop, atop Let up, there I Let sap, there 1 Stop, step. stop I" Poll kept this up for two or three minutes and then cheesed, its tone mein and sang • out : "Go it, go It, go It, go it, go it I" for two minutes more, when h gave enothereeries of ereethes and yelled: "Do let up, do let up, do Id up I Stop, etop, stop, atop, stop, stop 1" until o auto! wired. By this time the hoarder was mad. He called the girl out of the kitchen end asked: " Where's the mistress 2" "Down stairs, 1 gneiss," "Well, gen tell her 1 want to lea The giri hurried down stairs, and preeent- ly the landlady Appeared. and *shed the boarder -what he wanted to flee her for. "How rated) do I owe noa ?" he inquired. "Why, you don't owe mo for a week yet. I'm in to hurry for the money." "Wein min in a hurry to pep you and got ant of here. I won't stay in any house where they put a noisy parrot in the room to toe how much 1 eat, and then yell at me to step. I won't staud it I" "Why, my dear air, nobody thought of tuch a thlog, and I hope yon dou'b think they did. 1 had the perrot hung hero be- came I thought evorybedy had been to din. ner." "I know better. She's been yelling at me to he; up and to atop for the lest ten minutes. Its too thin, and I'll never eat another meal in your hone° again." The lady odd all ah6 could to pacify the angry and hot-heade d boarder, hub she couldn't make ! be. belive that the parrot had not been placed there to watch him, and so she took what he owed her and let him go. Joy Doubled. Two little girls are better than one, Two little boys oan double the fun, Two little birds can build a fine nest, Two little a,rme can love mother best. Two little ponies must go in a span, Two little pockets has my little man, Two little eyes to open and doe, Two little ears and one little nose. Two little elbows, dimpled and sweet, Two little shoes on two little feet, Two little lips and one little chin, Two little cheeks with roses set in. Two little shoulders, chubby and strong, Two little lege running all day long, Two little prayers does my darling say, Two times does she kneel by tay side each day. Two little hands soft folded down. Two little eyelids o'er cheeks so brown, Two little angels guarding her bed, One at the foot and one at the head. A Graceful Reproof. When the Johnsons came to the dinner. table the other day it was quite apparent that little Maud had anticipated the feast and helped herself to someof the good things, but no reprimand was given until her older sister, Alice, aged eight, was asked to say grace—a pleasant duty with tvhicsh she was sometimes intrusted. Her observant eyee had detected the younger one's delinquency, and the opportunity was not one to be ne- glected, Alice solemnly said grace as fol. lows : "For what we are about to receive— and for what Maud has had already -0 Lord, make us duly thankful 1" Tommy's Politeness. Tommy (at dinner table)—Mamma, when a little boy does anything impolite he always ought to beg pardon, oughtn't h 3 Mamma—Yea, my son. Tommy (to guest) — Mr. Gobblum, I beg your pardon for thinking you eat just like a hired man. • One hundred and torty Alsatians have been fined 600 marks each for failing to report for service in the Gorman army. MAROONING TN MEXICO. • The Little mil ensure whietk Wen.* n Inver In The nay. Chambering° veld he would get ue soma Pot tine oysters front An old sunken vessel ou whbeb the oaten had formed. We knew he WAS a good dryer, and So put him at it, via sitting around looking at him dive In twenty feet of miter and bring up oyeters. Finally one of the boywho was oleo diving came up and mid a shark bed Charnberlueo, but almoet at the emne time up popped Chamberlueo, but all covered with blood on hie head, We got him into the boat and none too soon, for a uumbor of aharks ot great sire ei ere around the boat h ting at the blood that Ohamberittoo 154t in the water. We seethed old Charm off and found that he was aintost scalped, the fish (for it was not a shark, it was a mirror or Hebrew fish) had taken the top ef his head into its math down to tho oyes and cut a complete circle around the head, taking out ono of his oyes, cutting into the bridge of his norm across the cheek and around the back of his had, We cam/ for him the best we could, awl since he has gotten well, but bas only one eye and hes a ring around hie head. He says that the fish took his head into its mouth and swam with him around under part of the vessel ; that he foughb as best he could with his hands end thinks he got his fingers in its eyes arid that is why it let him go'and then he lost no time in getting to thetop. se- Virork on Parliament Buildings Stopped. TORONTO, April 18.—The death of Lionel Yorke has eutpended work on the new Par- liament Buildinge and operations will not be resumed until aome arrangement is arriv- ed at between the representatives of the estate and the Government. Mr. Yorke left no will, which complicates the matter slight- ly. It is not yet certain what arrangements will be made for completing the contract, but there is no ground for any awkwardness in the situation. There were 170 men at work on the buildings, and Mr. Yorke ex- pected to have had the walls up to the roof this year. About one-third of the cent act is the amount of the work done. Mr. Waite, the architect, has arrived in the city on his regular fortnightly visit to the construction. He was notified on Sunday of the contract- or's death, but has nob yet had time to look into the matter. Mr. Yorke s death has stopped the labor of 250 men -170 ab the Parliament Buildings, 60 at the quarries of the Forks 0 the Credit and 20 at the yard in the city. Thought He Was Dead. He is a railroad man occupying a respons- ible poeition on one of our great lines. A few years ago there was a crash on his road aud the train on which he was riding was knocked into amithereeno. He was picked up as one dead and was stretched out in some convenient place to await the arrival of the doctors to offictially pronounce upon his con- dition. By and by a physician bustled up, looked at his prostrate, motionless form and pahlid face and said : That poor fellow's a goner, I guess." Then he kneeled down, lifted up an eyelid and saw a dull. expressionism orb. "Yes, he's dead fast enough—take him away i" exclaimed the dootor. The supposed corpse suddenly began to move its lips. The startled surgeon listened and this is what he heard: "You blanked old fool, that's my glass eye I" DIrLOATATIO ROMANCE, nen, Inteetraone -telvvirenotzwe.a Of A Beautiful The Mont interesting story of the eeasoo • Washington is that aboat 4 hematite! young Wide's?' Whose lifememe to hold more than the 'meal share of romance. Meet two years lara ybrurimaagefrome rt; edoematebbubteane ;1s - the Absorbing topic of talk in Washington, Indeed Begreet was the commotien xaised la sockty circles that the wedeln, unable te bear the strain of her hutleande, deat13, the tregic namiege, endthe inoielent there- totu,oegemd oWebteer hfietrom he twittebrauattd .tloirttLetimsopn14. and spent the time la retirement en the coast of Normandy, from Which they re- turned early in the Prenent neaSee, Beloegieg zo Sonthern family of great wealth, ewe being au °rely thenghr, the girl grew up co:n.44 and petted by her friends and idolised by the parents, who were the lest to perceive that of all the moo who visited Their heliee the One W130 gained the trar Agythn dfeluloPcW.4wthtil.11444a1P1 fthi et etr;;it ermal mead beyoed his geed /Polo. A marriage followed and graduelly the hnsbani begin to ehow himself tit his true charaoter. Ie was net loreg before he had committed a Aeries ef forgeries forlerge ereettnta and, was fegitire item: juetige. Conflicting eteriee ore 014 as to the fate of the fellow, Nome aothaltiee evening that he ,committed aut. etch, While other* are poeitive that he is still alive and a resident of Australia. After her enheppy exPortenee of metried We, the yew% wife, with her baby boy and mother. left the home ef her girlheed and earnek Nerth to Km 'When ems; yore bad elapSed A diVeree WS Obtained* And when her litle ItOn WAS Abet 7 neare of ege hia mother mum to Washington, Dame the mond Winter 9f her stay, end when mite hed. become a society favorite, the acquaintance vf A handeetne yeang attache WaS male. The ft leedattip tepidly Calnlinated in Maine) leteta And When it Ingan to he whispered :sheet that 4 marriage wee imminent thee for the . firet time neur.terbege of a storm began ta he beard. The AtteChe Wan not the oaly One te Wbene peace of mind the young Woman's bentIty twal proved deetreciive. The Minh - ter hmilelf bed fallen iu lova with her. After continued effort to change mettere isa hie enift favor the Minieter determined ta as* hie wits to week to prevent the marriage Ana .piaee every peel* obetee/e An the petit 0 the yew% levers. Diepatebee were sent te the yew% fellow's reletivee telling them thee he A retalter ef the Riotnen Vetbelle lurch; WAS aerie:us cootemplatiao mor. rhino with A (Rearm women. The *WM 0 oppooition mind Ly the rolasives only eervell to haute matters. Ahr thio tiro* epleetlin entertaientene given at the Ceoutry Cinh. The gueata 4*4 ueedepast midi the early memoir% ogre, One of the gueste, gashed with wine, 1314410 tome profeetiona of reerd to the youog W(Man who, in order to rul her. self of the oewelcome admirer, WAS finallY obliged co call her eetort. The attache WM so worked up by the little iecident that be determined on the homeward drive to have a day set for their marriegee which was Alcor:tingly dour. Oa the following:lay the yonog fellow was token tick aod the heavy cold which he lied 'contracted rig:1141y developed into pneumonia. He never taxed his stronnente efforts to obtain a die. penestion for his marriage, hut wi then t At het, feeling thst hie atrength was faIlIng• the young follow sent a Mend to *event clergymen of this etty end Boldly out:ceded ID. el:tatting a Inhabiter who married him to the woman for whose) sake he weve tip hie aura), end cut himself adrift from hut relatives. Two days later the newly made wife wag a wideva When the arrange. menta were being Made for the funerel the Minister celled, and a Imo it said to have taken place *erase the body of the • young diplomat, whom the NI imeter de. nouneed in no meaoured tame, ceiling Hoven to witnees 03,4 the dceth was elm:ay retribution for the marriage of his rival, young widow then went abroad and returned carly In the present Winter. Among the diplomatic corps Web a Secretary , of Legation who arrived in this country 1 about the um time, and as he bore the en- viable diotInction ot being tho wealthiest man, in the corm speedily beeeme ono of the lions of society. As fate would have it, the young fellow, inotead of doing se every one hoped and expected. he would, marry one of the season's debutantes, fell head and ears in lave with the beautiful young widow with the romantic history. The feeling was reciprocated, and it was arranged that in order to avoid, the unpleasant gossip which would otherwise be again suit afloat, the lady was to sail for Europe on the 10th of the present month. In a short time the young German was to follow and the marriage, take place immedietely upon his arrival. Notwithstanding the great Norma* with which every detail of the affair was guarded, the Minister heard 0 it, and followed pose haste in the steps of his young secretary, who had accompanied his lady love to New York to wish her good-bye. What took place upon the arrival of the the Minister in New York is not known, but certain it is that the lady's departure was delayed for a fortnight, and when she did finally bid adieu to her native shores it was with a feel- ing 0 great uncertainty. A Walking Distillery. Mrs. H—"My husband annoys me fright- fully. cannot say anything, no matter how serious ib may be, but he laughs in his slemevres.."S. —"Why, how lovely!" Mrs. S.—"Pardon me, I meant that I should consider it lovely if my husband were in the habit of laughing in his sleeve." Mr.EL—"I fail to understand you, as yet; pray explain." Mrs, S.—"Oh, you would understand me fast enough, if your husband had a breath like the one that my lord anct master carries N about with him." Mr.—"Ohl"— (Peek's Sun. Where There's a Will There's a Way. A country parish minister lately visiting Edinburgh met in the street a servant girl who had left his congregation to go to a sit,n.evvtioeniiiinivitahgegioei,t7 'Bald he kindly, "how do you like your new situation ?" "Fine, sir ; but Pin gey lonely raiding sae mony fremd folk." "1 was thinking so, Maggie. Well, I'll eill and se 3 you before I leave the town." " Na, sir," very dolefully, "ye manna dae that, for oor mistress allows nae followere ; but," brightening up, " if ye come tae the back gate when ins dark nal try tae let ye in at the wundy." It is said that Explorer Stanley will be- come a British subject, and that the Geyer. erment will confer upon him greater honors than have ever been bestowed upon a mer- maid or an explorer. Itt is also said that the Belgian Government will join in decorating him.