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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-9-26, Page 2...$,T...B.A.N91.1.4 LEGLMJY CHAPTER III.etrementaiiiy, and fleetly the carelees refer- OOOe to the si person," emote the old Poly to Mr. Dottleseu, who hod jest come been the quick. she tutit ted henitti eheehid from the City, walked eway to the peen, atoll eouglit eeocludee beatah, weereen eetene 'and b'Pohe With rides temper. nimself, and drew out tee letter oe had ohm " Yee're jealously careful of Sir Alfred's ensibiliti possession of. What diti mOther 1,47 ses, ildentague, Lose don't see the advaotage of extending o helping hand to a want with data yotem doctor =me 1 And why did she seed her letters by heed, indeed, of ptittiog them in the peeibeg ? He bed e. right to know wheelie enemas, and he inteneed te dna out. The eeve ope was tonelessly guntinea and oame opeo without dafhiulty, Re ;Welded, tne enolgeure, and bit. toe lips with cliagrin as lee reed it ; "lir Deole Doman—Come and meet Sir Alfred Blodgeli here he comultetioa et noon tonnorrow ; ne is awning to *ea me, --4 ours atineerely, "MAnre, Lentstmo," Mr, Dottie's= shred at it, =a a few emphetic words' escaped him, What couki hisneother.itinew be thiuking of I Te aek yeancr man who was little mere then a mediae' student to come; mid "consult" with tee very fine wethority of tb.e day 1 It wee thliculoim ; it made A farce of Sir Alfred's visit, What am outrageous thing it was for the women to clo "01 eourse It cant be alleerea," ba read to II/oaten ; "aad PI: ierst take the revue ellallity of poareng thie letter—in time to be too late for him, to keep the appointment." Re repleeed it in his poehet, tied returoea beam, deeply vexed at what he looked upon de s. meme ettempt to take edvaetrige of Me geueresity.Bit theuglits dew beek to the oeuvereatieut he ban hen with lire enneelied tbe dey befere ; hew he had urgen bit duti- A4 aux lety for herhealth as thereimonfor041, ine in Sir nlfrea Biodget ; end then, Ice spite .of hitatelf, be recalled how he bed ()meanly arranged tele to eupplaut De, leitewortts ; and uow, ieeteed of tieing anyibing in that direction, his scheme was made me of to I:exude the loan. Ob, iewaa very diebeerten• dog, mid meet), to aggravate any One, No weeder OAT edr, Potties= entered his helmet le ee frame et anon which grimed Nate to avoid leina, and mode the wave:Ate quake in their thew Al they waited upou hira at dio. 31er. Everythingbed gorse wroug, as thinge I2AVe a way of doing ween our little tempera .get the better t f us; the soup .,wae emoired, the Asti done to rags, and the joiet as toggle as leather. Kate, who WO Skilled ittreeding the oeternel barometer, took little time to diecomm theta the head was set at "Store -Am." and knew better then denser herself el graudenothertt menage, asking 11 Xr Dettle. eon WAS quite Aura he ilea WO the note for Charles Intiewortie at the right hewn ; itt deed, the lead A feint stispicion *et the mid note :night beve wooed the present alseurb. awe* in ;he dome:ale atialoaplaere and jedielonely absteined from reierring zo In So her father, eliielded by hie nmoulderieg paselorn wee allowed to keep it ire hie troisttpecket eindisterbeel, and the euterutli he hal ready remained unepokein He *Weed for the Cite; earlier then inual next morning; be weutea to evade being quesileued ablate the lector until he had oespttobed it. but he wee careful not to it ie to the post until nearly eleven eeeloek. Teen he felt emier ; itt luta foiled the diet attempt to make cepinal out; of his liberality, and had geinea tome to romans - trete mildly with. line Lambed upon the absurdity of her ideas. It occurred to lam more than once during the day that &nein. drag the letter was not suite the best way of beNinr,ing operations; but if that cropped as it was tolerably sure to do, he must plead failure of memory or =eke aerne ex CtIlle of that kind. He walked home to Buikeemed Sqttere thee afternoon, 'wonder- ing much what the result of his 1:leeway:a tad been, and warelog hirewIf that he taunt be prepared for an ontburot of wrath hereto fore unheerd of on the part of his mother- inelaw. The nearer Immo he came, the more Awkward. he felt his own attitude in the matter to be, end bad he found it neces- sary to confrent Mrs, lemehea at mice, bus wcuin have made out a poor ease for himself. It obanced, however, that she was indulg- ing in her customary afternoon siesta, when be came in, and he was fully posted by his Saughter in the events of the day before the old lady awoke. It seemed that punctually at twelve insloolt, Sir Alfred Blodget bad oalledo but there was no Dr. Lekewortlito meet him. At Mrs. lemahenne earnest re - queen, he had consented to waste five minutes of his valuable time in waiting to be intro. dueed to "her "doctor." At a quarber putt twelve, just aa Kate entered bus room, he drewone hie watch and. rose to go ; she dathed reokleasly into the breach and succeeded in detaining him until nearly twenty -ave minutee past the hour, tut still no Charles Lakewortla appeared. Then the ,great physician was annoyed, and picked up his b it, making caustic remarks about the Independent manners adopted by etruggli'ng mractitioners. When Mr. Dottleeon heard this, be felt tbat he had at all events seven the eeeds of a good misunderstanding be- tween Sir Alfred and Dr. Lakeworth, and /hob his task with Mrs. Lamshed would ba esasier ; but he had nob heard all that Kate had to tell him. Three o'clotle brought Charles Imiseworth to the house in a niutter of disappointment; he had with him the note which had been writ. ten yesterday, but which the City pcsnmark proved to have been deepatched to -day. Grandmamma, had been exceeding- ly angry, and told Dr. Lekeworth that she would sift the a:natter to the bottom as soon as Mr. Dottletion came home, and further premised to make another opportunity of introducing him to Sir Alfred Blodget. Mr. Dottleson did not feel quite so well -after hearing that ; but as he received a summons from his mother in-law almost ben enediately after Kane had finished her story, he bad no tirne to prepare a brief for hie de' fence. Mrs. Lernshed was lying amongst her pil- lows panting for the fray; she waved her eon -in-law to a seat at the bedside and attacked him at onoe. "I1 was a great pity yon forgot that note, after taking it from Sarah, Montague; the contents were moat important —mist) important." "So Kate has been tellingme," said Mr. 9)ottleson ; "and 001 imagined frozn, the fact of your sending it by hand." "It was worth everythieg to 'Charley Lakeworth to meet Sir Alfred. profeseionally. Consideriog how the boy stands towards Kate, you ought to regret having ileprived him of the chance he had to -day." Mr. Dottleson was, very far from regret. ?ling it, but did not think it advisable to nay so • on the contrary, he hastened to 'expound his own views. " You could not have weighed the matter with your usual good sense, when you asked that young fellow, who la scarcely more than it student, to meet ouch a man AS Sir Alfred in consul- tation, Sir Alfred would, I am sure, have' dolt grossly insulted had he seen the person you yeauted to introduce to bhn in such it manner. It was an unhappily worded sentence; the back -handed ailusion to her "good sense" the suggestion that eir Alfred would have been grosoly !united through her in- deserving men who wants It, do you . "1 have no wish vabsitever to impede lain progress --- " Or to help it eithereno doubt; yen tenni to forget that hen engaged to Kate." "He isn't engegect to Este, and wen't be, till he can emitsfy my requiremeota." M. Dottleson wee a. passionate man, and wm letting Ida feelings get the mastery of him, It irritated, lam sorely to be tonen to task like this by hers. Lemthed, and he lost siglit of his own intercom in the auger of the '1 may sit down and welt for the earth. qu lee, ThatSees a long-mmembered day at 21 Blattewood Square. Mr Blimp errivea at twelve onerege, awned with 0 fauhionabIo theeeeraeoe envelops, whio1i he carried, itt his. hat up to Mrs. Larenhedes room. The old lady dismiesed het -pale with inemuctiong Lot to intern and to prevent others disturb. itig her tintil the heard the bell, as elle was going toln busy with tim visitor. Charles Inkeworth called, encl., for tee don time during hie aequaintance, was told that his patient was engaged, and could not see him. — Wee Mks Pottleson engaged t No. Then be would see her; and was takere up stairs forthwith. "Is anything wrong, Kele l" be asked as no took her lam:elle " Why won's Mrs. lereshed iee mei" Jitletx r said Kate (the old laded epertment was nese to the drawingwoom). " There was a geterrel of some kind hist momeots. Mr % LAmshed palmed for a few ilighti and grandraamuie. sent for her Mem seconds, and then prodoeed the card ane al. 1 Ye. 1 suspectide &hoot her will. He is ways had en her sleeve when she wanted to rogtehthhearr for au.iyrlahon. wctith" eYbeiiia. gaud up alone °mph her son-innaw ; but this time it failed latterly, "Mosta remind you again that The bell rAng sharply at that moment ; there's Still plenty of time for me to tater and A message wee sent to the butler to go to my Will, Montague" Mrs. bunthea at once. He wee not detained I "I hew no control over your inteotions, very long ; be WAS only called upon to sign wedeln ; yen are quite Ware that my his name, after seeing the old lady inscribe daughter Kate is dependent upon mei and hers at the boteom of A dionment ; and a will ultimately isultetio ail I peewee" few minutes tater iso lefb the room wibh, the was s, very gentle hint that; if he were mild &Oahe who Moo eeteid at a witness', cttt met of leer will in favour et Dr. Lake. Mr. 84mp with ids mere followed, looking unman Kate would be the real sufferer; but) it pigeible, more melancholy than ever it; bad im effect upen hire, Lemehed. His aspect gave an incremezhek of solemn. "1 omen thttik Kite would low moch., itY to the occasion, and Inapreseed the under - Thew two will be feithrel to each other, houe8m414 who let him °at wttle the oonvio- laowever long yen may keep them apart, in tieu thedeetrioadali Tory 4004' and neYeteri. your greed," cue ludeeel bed tekee piece up eteire. 4' 4 will never rake a Anger to thwart) Sir Alfred Blonget veld Me veatt emit:wafter Kende happineen if ohe merrlee a men et the eolioltor bati gone, and found the lumina win= I gen approve." with her greed daughter and the yowls Thee yr dee% approve of Cheriee (looter for wbora be bed been kept eveitieg Lakeworth ?' the day before, No, Mu. Lemeheel ; I do not, As "4Xplain," aatd Ides Lemehed to Zeta, *Inge steed now) I meet emphatiolly die- nodding at Charles Inkeworth AII4 tnen at approve of him ; road theren an mid of it." Sir Alfred, Nothing bobit, Kato informed Teem, wee a deed egenee toe nye uneutee, the latter how the relecorriage of a note bad until Mrs. Lemehed spoke again, calmly and quietly: Plow ring the bell, 'elentague.' He did so without a word, end ateppea beck to hie place by the bedelde, where he ;stood faciog bit mother-in:loam Mrs. Lemstied neither moved, nor ;melte tilt her meta aopeared and ;waked for her commande. leen the collected her. self as 11 for a epriog, end eat bolt upright With her white bair ealling over her aboulds ere, whilst the pointed. with her thin tretnial. log nager to the door, lier slunk= eyee flambee with sampremed exciteeneut as gut spoke the words whiett Montague Dottleeen remembered tin the very laat day of his life. "Send for Srauggleehi partner," sahl lire Imenthett, ,Although the order was oisteusibly Aa- drefused to t.he maid, lir. Dinette= knew that 11 was in realitysiven to blmieU. Es effaced no preterit; perhaps be rem; thet it, would be uoteees ; he pulled out las watch and glanced at it before be =mend, calmed the mistake of the previeue day, end introdeeed Ilr Lekeworth as 4110 physiolan whe bed token cue of her grand -parent for tee must twelve months. Sir Alfred wee exi tremely groolous ; but Mils Dattlesenwas a little disappointed to find that he did not et once retire to the wInclove wine Charles and earnestly climate!' the ease fax low tonee, which WAS her prownceived Idea of A "owe eultation." On the oentrary, he only patted Mrs Larathedn hand kindly and told her to alley where elle was for A deg or two; said SO quite independently, withootewee enking the younger doctor if he didn't' agree with him. It was not reacti of ei ommulettion, redacted. poor Kenn when tpreat roma went oue follawch by tileictie ; and he told lire Dawdled her opinion of Sir Alfred, -which was quite at variance with that weirdly =Unnamed about him, "Yon are intimate with the family, 1 underatand?" he said to (bathe latheworth as he drew on hie glows la the bell. which be did b tones whose coolneie i" Yea ; htive known them well for some surprised himeelf end were evideutly time." . not pleeelim to Mem Lunehed. "It "Well, you may mention to Mr. Dottie son that I min do nothing more than yea OA% and shall not leek itt again.—Very old einem COMIC at natter°, I twill be sur. prised if alio sees the light of Standay,— Good. day; very pleased to home mot you.' The brougliamt rolled Away with Sir Al. fred, and Charles Lekeworth 'returned to Lemitied's room. He had known ba. fore that oho was seriously itl, bus did not poems the experience whiela bid the elder man that ber lease of life bed ea nearly or - 'aired. He wet ()barged ytleh,eineenty 01 telling Mr. Dettlewn that tlehinite had been left in hit hands as hopeless, and. las would have to bteak the news bo Kate also, it task he cared for even less. He would not tell her yet, he decided; she had no idea of Mrs. Lentshedes real condition, and it would only prolong her grief to reveal it sooner than Waa actually necessary. Mr. Dobbleson must be told, of course, and ho waited until that gentleman came home, in order to aee hire, " You arrived hero soon after noon, you sem, Mr. Lekeworth." salti Mr. Dotblesoni when be bad been told Sir Alfred's opinion. "Dia you zee hire. Lamehed at once ?" "She was engaged when I came, =ill did not see her until her visitor luta gone." "Dire. laireshed seemed to me to be a little atrango in her manner limb; night and this morning; do you think her faculties are perfectly clear ?" " Pafegtly clear. She is very weak, and is growing weaker Dement every hour; but her mind is quite sound." le now telt-Pug; um, aud the effete will be abut Do you know the gentle. Min's name and his private reeidence 7" life mother in-law elowered angrily at him for it few taconite beitore the replied; "No, I don't I went Sminggleits partner.' Dottlesmi bowed, and (pitted the room ; be sees fa to hurry to disooYer the natuelows individual who was to mist la Altering the will. 111111 welt until to mor. /ow," be thought rut be went to his own chamber; "the may have changed her mina by the morning." Bab morning CISMat and Mrs. Lenashed was as firm in her purpose AS abe had been the evening before, ider soreitelaw went to her room bleak() inquiries abate; her health before lee net out for the City, and was etertled at the ohmage for the worse which had taken piece during the night, .Her breathing was heavy and laboured, and there was e lindens Apathy in her manner which tear/toted painfully with her wont. cid brightuees. She seemed indispomed to .peak to any ono; but when he referred to her demend for "Sreuggleees partner,' she roused herself with an effort. "It's Starbone and Smuggle') — Lincoln's Into -ask for— his partner." "Are you well enough to attend to busi- ness today 1' asked Mr. Dottleson anxious. ly. "Yes, said Mrs. Lemshed. "Send him to me now—at once," He said nothing more; but as his gaze' rested on the form of the old lady, who Mr. Dottleeon had conceived the idea that seemed to be drawing near her end, it dark bit motlxer.in-law *might if necessary be thought crossed hie mind. She could not proved mentally incapable of making it new last very long; she was breaking up rapid-, will, and did not intend to give up the notion ly; a few days, in all likelihood, would see yet. He would mend aline to Sir Alfred Bled - the last ; he could forget her einemmeien to, get about ha ; Dr. Lekeworth's opinion was day, and perhaps— CARTHRHO 51 WHITE BleSPEANh.'S. An jescieteg and, eucceesrin rachyderm Drive Os an India Jangle. The Manoteester Guerdien says has agall attended Mr. Sandmen:inn exer- tions, end it fine herd of delineate, fifty-one be slumber, wbioh were driven into a. seventy - acre enclosure oo August 8, nave been brought mit and picheted in the open jungle three nailes west of the Ktuidels. It was at first auppoeed that front eighty to a hundred animate had been captured, but the big herd apparently separated into two portiene during the early part of the drive. The 1114111 body headed etraight for the "Did, day Gowden Piano." gorge be 'whielx the Kheddels situated, while tge other turned oil to the south down a velley leading to a forest; called "Shulaur Malay." TWA was not bound out untie afterward, though the traon of ihe 0104ped portion hal been notimed by a hir. Morris, enplanter, who its epening ent kation tbe Billigarungan and isle acted as Mr. Sanderson% asaistant during the whole of the operations, Tilting ail thinge into consideration, it was Jere' es well that all were not onclosed,ao there would not have been enough tame elephants to deal with them, and oven am it was many of the older and consequently melees renroole tied to be shoe. A. *ketch of the proceeding'', which hove terneineted so satiefectorily, is given by the "Madras Mail," wbioh seye twee by the 31, but. all the streegthening of the fortificie, dons, prepsration of thegates, &trei had been completed, sad "Donn forma to call itt Starbone and Smuggles's office, Montague; I shall expect the solicitor lahee at twelve o'clock." She spoke more fluently than she had done be- fore, and seemed to hint pointedly at his singular forgetfulnew in that matter of the note to Dr. Inkeworth. He turned red under her searching eyes, and heartily din- miesbag Me half -formed design, promised to attend to her wishes without fail. After all, itt would answer no good purpose to neglect them; she could easily send another meesenger, 11 !she distrusted him • and he felt that he had little claim to her confidence. She would put the Mae interpretation on his remissness, and visit it all the more severely upon him. No ; he must close his eyes to the nature of his errand, and exe- cute it with that honesty whose mother is necessity and whose child is self-interest. He had no diffioulty in finding Messrs. Starbone and. Smuggles's office, where he was received by the surviving partner, it gaunt melancholy man, who dwelt in a little back room lined with tattered sin deed - boxes. "Mrs. lemshed ?" said the gaunt man wearily—" Lambed yes •' I remem- ber 10 Potfield Gardens, isn't it?" "That Wag Mrs. Mantled's addrees at onetime," Bald Mr. Dottleson. "My mother - in law now resides with me, at No. 21 Blakewood Square. She is particularly minium to see you oa soon as possible. Could you oonyeniently call upon her at about mid-day V' The melancholy oolicitor chewed the sinimp of it very old quill pen thoughtfully, and referred to it memoraedum slab on the table. "Today is Wednesday. I will attend Mrs. Lamshed at 'noon," he mild in it funeral voice.—" Will you be good enough to say that 1—Mo. Reginald Slimp—will be in attendance al; noon?" Mr. Dottleson shook hands with him and withdrew. He intended to telegraph down to let bit mother-in.law know that he had bit no time in carrying out her directions; it would look disin- terested and might have it softening effect. Accordingly, he wired, telling Mrs. Lionshed that rem `might expeot Mr Reginald Blimp to be with her at the hour appointed. "1 may wash my hands of it now, I suppose" he said as he affixed the telegraph stamp. hardlyworth having, and might, moreover, be prejudioed. He lost no tune in writing to the doctor, and waited until late that evening in keen anxiety for his reply; it would be a great triumph if he succeeded in getting this codioil legally set aside, for he had firmly perenaded himself that it was in Charles Lakeworth's favour. Whatever its proviaions might he, he would be acquainted with them in a few days—by Sunday or Meniday, at the latest. It wao hard that, afterell these years, it slight blundei should throw out his calculations when the end wee almost in sight; it was very hard. Still, there was a shred of hops left. If such an authority as Sir Alfred Blodget mild certify that he had seen Mrs Lamehed half an hour after she had altered her will, and that she was then incapable of understanding what she had done, he was aafe. He could snap his fingers at Dr Lakeworth and kick him out of the house.—Here was the answer from Sir Alfred at large He snatched the letter from the servant and tore it open in nervoue haste : "Sir Alfred Blodget presents hie compli- mente to Mr Dottleson, and has pleasure in assuring him that Mrs Lamehed was perfect- ly capable of transacting any business ouch as he refers to at the time he visited her to- day." Foiled 1 He crushed the paper into a shapeless lump and threw it into the waste- paper basket. Whatever the old harridan had done, it was done, and Would hold good. He swallowed his passion, and went up to see his daughter. (To Es cowmen:mon A Generous Father. There is a story of a wealthy merchant of this city who, onshirodying bed, called his oon Isaao to his bed, and wishing to make proviaion for his boy addremed him thusly Isaac ?" " Yes, Para." ALL Nirda ir=AVM-ASS- On the 70a the. weitseMe AOWs was brought by the vigileatntreckerz tbee A largo nerd was geletly looming in "Keine:me Zombie" a fevonte cover in clew proelinity to the Ktiedde gine, so that little time was loan By the same eyentog 400 beetere had ince, collected anal brought iete Imam ftoin Chaimmeuengur. Beeler the nexe morning ell were astembled etthefeet of A cotereands ing little bill known AS Mimegoodem, wiaere Mr. Sender/too or/mimed 20 bite ap hle poet and direet the drive by meow of 'doge and, s(guala; the men lieti jinn teen =aloud and tout Of eo their venous station!, it few miner prelimineries were being ditouteed, when Mr. Morris noticed the elephente quiet- ly filino across an opening in front, AO of their ONV11 eccorei beading 14 the directien of the thhedde. To despitteb the pertlest that had reiready been told off to blookede the main exits woe tile work of e very few mo. anent*. lir. Morris, with 150 butting, UM 140r0101 tee valley to deploy the men and bring them up en line en the eoutliern aide. Mr. Sendomen hileeman with one or two of his picked mon, remitiving to direet the tient and bring up the meth= elde. Sagl the continuos tapping of etiche la eau; long serniciredier line over a mile in Meath preeWmed that the exclaim perfume. once had eon:mewed. Tee elephinte cane forward goletly and gime but little trouble until ohne to the main outrenee of the sur- round Here on uniecky contretemps 00. curred. Some litoatice more willing than wins gat in front of them, "You've alWays been a good oy and I'll remember you. I'm dying now." " Yes papa," "Isaac, you know the $10,000 I've got out 1411 den per cent. ?" " Yes, papa." "I'll let you have it for eight.' Isaac faints, while them eit of the good man slipped from its mortal frame, AND Tat HUM 14/1101M IMOK it few hundred yeede and enwonced neon itt very theme benaboo cover on tho banks o the riven. By judiciantaly giving them en bourn retie Mooing in the tine of beetere within short rouge of them, with their little fires, they WOtOeubsegoently forced forward end driven into the =dome, not, however, through the geese. A bright plow of fore. thought on iho pert of hile Sandereen had caused the berth:vide aoroler the river to be removed, so as to give the elephente a 'hobo of paths. The wisdom of tido was fully oxamlified when, the animals flatbed Into and up the river; the signal rocket we fired. while the thude of the failing gates and the cheers and shout* of the benders announced the succeissfel issue of the drive. Hall tho ceolloe wore told off to watch 'with it but and a watchfire inieverytwentreryards. Next ell available hen& were set to work to construct the inner eboaltede. On Wedneadoiy. the 10th, the Resident mid the Meharmeh with Ids petty. liejor tetertin, the private secretary, Dr. Benton, tdr. Riokette, the InepeotonGeneral of Foorette, Ifre. and the two Misses Rielretts, with ono or two others, arrived on the 'scene. On Thursday- moot of the elephants were driven iota the smeller atockade, it few how. over, remaining =teed°, heeded by it deter - mired female, who thergen repeatedly, her career being finally ended by Mr. •liorris when ha the act of making a very home thargo. After the death of this troublesome ono which had got nicknamed the mesh," the reat were quietly foxced into the stockade by the ndiunklae ' where they settled down peaceably with their compan- ion*. Daring the next two days all were tied op without accident, with the exception of one half-grown animal, that through its excitement and Obstreperousness got etran. glad in the river. With the removal of the wild elephants' from the Keedda to the open country the more exoiting and interesting past of this sporting undertaking came to it close. Translating as Be Spoke. The variations ot language in different parts of the tame osuntxy are often to ex- treme that reeidents in one region can hard- ly understand those of a different region. A cm tein main) manufacturer in the north of England employed a set of woromen whose pronunciation was quite unintellkible to alien ears. One day a Southern visitor, wishbeg to note the variations of popular language, said to bit, "I hear that you are obliged to 'meek in two different tongues, one to your friends, and another to your workmen ; is that true?" "It es perfectly Mum as I wM show you. Hear me address one of the men. Fetch Mr. Dean." The operative stared, and uttered nothing yond it peculiar guttural tonna. "Fetch .1inr. Dean, I say 1" Still the mime olid expression of countenance continu'ed. The employer then glanced meaningly ab his friend, to prepare him for a surprise, and said, abruptly, "Fob Dane, mun. The mesaenger darted off at once without another word. When he reappeared, his master said to him, "Why have you tied up your head ?" No answer was returned and the question yeas repeated, with the same remain Then the master said, quickly: "What thee got thee yed teed up furr ?" "To keep the mare out o' my sen," was the immediate answer. Fatal Day. Saturday has been a fatal day to the Royal family of England for the pest 187 years. Williem an. died Saturday, March 18, 1702; Qacen .A.one died Saturday, Au- gust 1. 1714; George I. died Saturday, June 10, 1727; George 11. died Saturday, Octo- ber 25, 1760; George III. died Seturday, Jarins.ry 29, '1820; George 1V. died natur- day, June 26, 1830 ; the Ducheenof Kent died SaturdayeMarch 15, 1861; Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria, died Saturday, December 14, 1861, ,and Princess Alice died Saturday, December 14, 1878. arbaeiaue—otukoeeitdetes of Tollita and m Wpm the Teat down to the humbleet jilt, the Roosienti are more or lees barbere. ow, from the point of view of the redned Won but certaiuly most amiable barbari- ans, so far 8.8 foreigners are concerned. Their hoepitality knowe no Hanna ; itttwin bie ie too great when it is question of obliging a foreign visitor ; bee charming se they are, you are constantly being rendeded, of the wildneea of their real underlying nature by the streer (entreats of clelleeey and. brutality, of eivitieetioe awl barbarism, which, their daily Ilia offers. To hear dee Russiantalk about the unwritten conteme pereew history of their /meal and tuitional Die is like listening te the etories, of the Arabian Nightei The true narrative of Skobeleffe career and death, and the true enervative of the circumstances ot the assamn nation ot the bete Tear, ere for more thrUling and extraordinary than priut has ever tela. 0,0an extaeoe ct the etrimve contraete of , real RUSSIA we will cite two emendates. that were related to ne by A CliSt111$1111thed ollbcbal whose intention was oertainly not to throw duet in our twee or even to eltonish us be- yond measure. The co/aver/laden happened to turn npou General Lorin liellhoff, the famous Ohlef of the (heeded "third section.' Tne Emperor, we were told by our inform- ant, had given Loris Nielikeff unbounded power to sot against the Isithiliste, aod, bx+a virtmallY Created bine vice-Eroperon as Melikoff hizaaelf :wed to say, Now, Melikoff ht4 discovered that 0110 of the leading Nihilist chiefs was in the babie el frequently yiniting °snot Tolstoi, the novel- ist, reed one clay he went out to Toletas country *mem Before the vieitor bed enuouriemi himeelf, Toletoi reetignizedbire, end 04(1 ; .sy.0 are Loris Molikeff, chief ef the third seetien. Do you. COMO U1140 1110 Of601A1. or en it private man/ If youseme here aro ray !Tye ; stench oPen everything. You are free. ' "I oome not *Modally," revile'', Melfroff, "Very geed," answered Tolotel ; and ceiling twe inujike, itt ettiti to them, "Tarew this men °et of tieboun 1" Tbe muilke obeyed Telenet to the letterer, d Loth eielikoffhati ta aceept this treat. went, for hi hie way Toletel m A ladaltder men even that' "aur father the Tear.' Itt the rages of the Russian people lie Is an ex. oeptionel beiom befog more than A mann And alEndst A aaviour. The mention of Lorie Melikoff brought up another eueadote. Some twelve yeare ago tile Emperor tent for Mealkoft and announo- ro lalre that the ?lope wan rogIng lo two villages of the empire, end inderem bite to do whatever was needful wide A vloW to istoppiog ite memo, fit the Setae dute giv. iog him unlimltod powers. hereupon Lodi bletikeff went arse of al to the Minieter of Vietnam, informed him that be ?bead perlutps MAIM A great deol of meetly in order to oerry %It) tiltlEmperoe4 commiunin aod demanded it credit of fifty minima) ot rubles. The lefiziater of Vinauce media it long face, but was tumble to refeee. Lode lielikeit then paged to the villegee in question, awl having observed tbe situetiou he telegraphed for twenty fire engines to be sent from the neighboring townie had the purnpa chargea with petroleum, and ordered ,the firemen to appreaoh thevillages by night, inundate the °Warm with petroleum, sett them on fire, and save nobody. The order was executed; the oottagee and their few hundred inhebitente —in on, women, oh ildrea, and cebtle—were bathed to mime, and those yillagee disappeared ;from the mep of leuula and. from the reghtteke of the empire. The MOW= WAG rade:mt, but ft stemped. one the plague effectually. Lode lielfroff thereupon reported to the Emperor that his commends had been executed, end then called on the Iliniater of Nuance to tell him that out of the credit of fifty millions of rubles granted to hbri he bad amine only two hundred. 'to buy petroleum and that -consequently his Exioaelnceleia. cy the'llifiniater could Mimeo of the bri In botla of thee° 'dories 'whit* Yee have ream to believe to be lit.cially exam), we find that carmine mixture of the grendlow of oetente,tion, and of barbel*: Tecklesanc4 which aro themaoterlatio of the Rambo tem- perament.—Plerper's lilagezine. Sommary 'Punishment, In the matter of tolerating social nuisances, Americans are amend of being a very' loug. euffering people - but whatever their* own practice, they will always be ready to cry, "Servea him right 1" in every one like the following, the story of which comes from England. In a railwoy carriage sat it pale, micidle.aged lady, it pleader youth badly out of batmen, and it butly.lookIng !quire At one of the stations a young man got in holding it lighted olgerette in his hand, and sethe smoke curled, in the lady's fade, she co:weed. "This is nob it smoking carriage," said the youth. "I'm not smoking," retorted the new- comer. "I dare say my cigarette will keep till we get to the'next station." "Tobacco smoke makes my mother ill, and I must ask you to put out. your Inger. ette." "I'm not making, and I shall not do it." "Then rn make you 1" said the lad. His few had grown pale, and RS he rose, the other put out a foritidable fist whioh would probably have crippled hie opponent. And now it strange thing happened. The burly equire hal hitherto remained quite passive, but he now produced 'something which glittered in the ounlight ; there VMS a click, and the young man with the cigarette was securely handcuffed. • "Von will pick up your cigarette, and throw it out of the window," said the "squire," who proved to be it detective dressed for some important work. The cigarette was clumsily picked up with both hands and dropped out of the window. Jamb then the trainrolled into it station, ana the young man, muttering, "Very sorry— won't do it again—had no ides,"—Witt given his liberty, which he hastened to use by slipping at once out of the carriage. Excitement of Feeling. The man of violent temper, of uncontrolled passiono, of tumealtuous•feelings, whose life is one of continual excitement, will rarely, if ever, live to a great age. Noibher will one who is consumed with eager desire of any kind. It may be for wealth or fame for himself, it may be for it scheme of reforming his fellow -men or for remodelling a govern- ment. If it so peewee him as to carry him off hio balance and destroy his selfmontrol continuously, the measure of his life will be shortened. Bat in mach oases, though much speornodio work is involved, it is not the labour, but the excitementof feeling which dose the mischief. Were the habit of self. gcmernment established, were the enthu- siasms guided by reason and the desires eubordinated to prudence and good Senn), the actual labour performed and effects pioduced might be even greater than they are without any evil results ensuing upon the health or life. AtT. It has been decided that it 111a12 who wets dishonorably disonarged from the American army did not thereby forfeit hie right to it pension. It would simplify matters to pen. mon everybody who was ef Oghting age dur- IRV this war, including tholes wise were un. aveicienly detained at home.—Er. In Queen Victoria's writitzgo thorn is said to be the followine mamma of Keifer Win liam of Germany when he was twenty menties old; "s is leech it little lone. He came walking 10 with bit nurse in a little :bilwtehid,tr4:34800,1twia tkhha,bylaao: bzwea,heon:clew:sansdo good. He is a fine fat ohild with a beentis limbs, and it very deer faun -like Vicky and Fritz aod Loutse of Buten, He has Fritz' eyes and, Vicky's mouth, and very doe curt ly hair. We felb as ilappy to see him at wee, The attention of the Prinse Mb:lister Green Britain is being gelled be the crowdea state of the cemeteries within the City ef 'modern A noted edvocete ef reform lit burial, the Rev. Frederick Lenttencei says thet "the total number buried in L'oeidon during the lasthalf ceranury, for the rooSt pars in durable teeffise, itt unsulteble 'soil, in gryeAnyit, elle(barlticekedes, (alter gmralvkune(rxr citQlpretreadryre y tcorwigte feeling wintery Science- and (,bbeletiao trent- tion) bit considerably npwarde Of A 021111011 an/ quarter,, Dr, Hammond, in an. article in The North. Arnericen Review, arms that) Dr. Brown Sequerd has mem celled hie Preparation an elfrir of lite" or cleireed for it; may such curative propertiee as that name The 14QP it that the public' or the, nowepapere have dealt Tether untahly with the eleioover- ary, drat egununing that extreordbery powere are eleimed tor the remedy, and thea gramblieg became) Jr dime not COMO ep to their own expectetlents. Drlie mamma esme the preperetienie Mill in tile enperimeetal etage—e propoeitien to which este people whom the emeelltid elixit, has merle rather 111 will give* ready atieeen Perk (menet tenoplein ef the Petrenegeitta onewen noon her oxen/Ulan. Tim Ferle ger. reemoudeet) Of the louden "Times." writing recently to his jouroel, deoleren *et the reghttere of the hotels and lodging bowie miaowed the preeence then in the city of 2300 000 vielters. Of thew, 54 000 were foreign - era, Mein; no doubt the Onrober ef people from the pp:mimes exeunt be largerthen then obtained by oeuntiag the people at publie lotion of entertainment, The trade, of ruts hal been greetly bouedted by the exhibItion, but the waterIng piece* are meruplablug thee thiar reguler "hebitima" are at babe wbile the village film in tbe nelghbotheed of the apital are euffazing hem the mmapitition. The Treffie Convention et the Areericen et which eight State; were repretiente 54, bLeznanimouslyminsed retell:aloes pledg. ing the support of the delegates and their eoutaituencice to the maintenance .Of the present international tratho Uwe, and do. mending thet their representotiveli be Con - greed ehould oppose any effort to Isidore the commerce of the North-Wootern Siete.' by unfoirly and illegally restraining Cauedian list" from competing with Att1OrIOMI HUSS in through bushman Now that the North. Weetern and the Now Euglend Settee have atom 'mole uncomprombilug hoetility to tbo designs of the American lines, it is not like. ly that Congreee will glee the letter tho legialation they desire. To do to would be to endanger marlausly the oozatinujinte of the Republionne preeent tome of ottlee, lihe terrible eerttgeeke in the P/OVIASS *1 Higo Japan, ronalude ua Otto mote then, alter all we are only liolog on it thin ortum over it wet ocean */ Totten matter. Enquhy into the origin of eartisqueites Iambi the ettelent to wonder that they aste not mare destructive and frequent then they are, for although the "Berteguake Catalogue of the British Also elation" *emplane betweeri 6,000 and 7,000 earthquakes recorded hotelman 1606 and 1842,, moot of them were but boon 'Adorable ahoolue Only once in it century or two are we 'indeed with oath earttiquake citteetrophes aa then •whitala restated in the nutlet dustmen= of lierenianeum and Pompeii% A. D. 63; or that of .Liebon itt 1755, when it It computed that 60,000 per- sona perished In tho epee° of aix minutes. In the recent eitrttnuake itt Eumemoto pun pis only perished by scores, but even that is euffielent to remind ne that, uncerbain an humen life is, 12 18 nob to uncertain sie what WO aro accustomed to call the " solid" earth. • . England basking been fam ow as *eleven of persons fleeing !remelt aorta of oppression and ib has often been said that she has benefited greatly by the pretence of poli- tical and religiona refugees. Bus, bi those dame as The Daily Newts remark!, the main persecutor from which the vintore fly is poverty, and England is being presented with it large part of the pauper popuLtion of the Continent of Europe. The menu returns of 1881 indicate that the foreign population of England inoreases ab double the rate of the English population while the increase of the Austronitingentan and Istussian-Polish immigrants wee I35 per cent from 1861 to 1881, as compered with an increase of 20 per cent. in the native-born mutation of England and Wales. The fact that praoticalfr all the migration in the world is directed towards England, Eng- land's colonies and the United States ought to be flattering to the pride of the raw, evvonenienatithough the dem:aids upon their hospitality become so large as to be inoon- The Queen and Ireland. The Queen's visit to Wailes is ouoh dim tines diplomat° success that lb its likely to be repeated. Mr, Gee and other disloyalisto are grievously nonplussed by the enthusiasm of her Majestyn reception. They describe the journey as it Tory manceuvre, and. Mr. Gee writes to his onoe influential newspaper in it foaming rage. It is moat prebable that the yielt will be repeated, and it may lead to it royal journey to Ireland. That country I, is now more nettled than when the Prince he of Wales last dated Dablin and ib is well known that the Queen is not unwilling to undertake the journey. Like the rest of her family she does not lack courage, and it hi believed that the Prince of Wales' journey was undertaken in part to see bow royalty would be reoeived. The result, it wiil be remembered, was not encouraging, but OfinOe that time Ireland hal made an immense im- provement, and if the GeYernmende educa- tional proposals also put the priesthood into it good hamar, the Quen may yet see her Irish subjects. It is maid and I believe with truth, that Prince Christian and Princess Beatrice, who have great inflaence ' with the Qaeen, are both' favorable to a royal visit to Ireland. She Was a l'irst-plass Trust, "Will you trust me, Fanny 2" he orIed. "With 11 my heart, with all my soul, with all my self, Augustus," she whiopered, nestling on hie manly bosom. "Would to heaven that you were my tailor," he murmured to himoelf, and book her tenderly in his arm