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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-5-1, Page 615 -a -a -d Mau, (From the Bairhaven, Wash„ Herald.) The word Mali X e'er knpw'diu Blauho- .Ax tbe goy folks an' deekius is a tryin to gun him oat. Re don't go to weetin', and I tell what I think,. There'e a times wnen be don't ine,10 no bOneS talein' of a drink. rye heerti it said he gambles, an' I know he smokes au' chews, An' they tell rue his kar-ac-ter plum, check fll er flaws. X don'tuknow fer certain what the truth about it is, An.'—come to think—I ammo as Ws any of my But Bier's things I do know on /din 'at I ain't afeerd to tell That he does, an IteoPs 'em hlightY dark aia' deep as any well, seed h.im give a eripple a tiventy-dollar bill, An' I heern him tell Me cripple to be keepin' of it still. Z know he's got a waggin that loves groceries eat Bien With a lot of helpless people ivho fur from being rich. An' I know hie word goes furder with some busi- ness men of note Than the bond of many another man who wars a better coat. I know he's public sperited,, an' I know he tillers would Put up his money, plentiful, for any public good. He's got intrusts in lots or things that's makin' money fast, An' I know he'd clivy with a friend as long as that kin last. I know he's got a lot er men a -working all the time, An I .now he pays 'em mighty well an treats 'em fair to prime. / know kis taan'ly lovas him, an' his friends is stanch au' true, An' 1 think, somehow, Bich Men as that had oughter sorter do. ADOPTED BY THE DEAN: A STORY OP TWO COUNTRIES. CHAPTER XI. Eeperance and Gaspard waited hopefully for the dean'e reply, trying to persuade themselves that, now the favor had been asked, the worst was over, and fleet their pride would be spared further pain. They were cruelly disappointed in their hopes. The letter bearing the Rilohester post. mark (same early the next morning. Gas- pard tore open the envelope eagerly ; Esperanoe bent over his ettoulder, exclaim- ing at the crabbed, illegible thandwriting. They deobehered it slowly and with diffi- culty. The opening sentiments were not unkind, the first page being almost entirely occupied with references to the siege of Paris and comments on the present state of France; but then, unluckily, name a sentence which Enda the olive oheeks of the two refugees fineh crimson. " It is not for me to jadge how far your present poverty arises from the disturbed etate of your country, or from negligence on the part of Monsieur de Mabillon—from whichever cause it arises, I feel bound, as your mother's brothen to give you assist- ance—.", " Gaspard, slop! do not read any more; it is too cruel I How dare he speak so of papa 1" Gaspard drew a deep breath, but refused to put down the letter. "No, oherie, we will go to the end; for your sake I must have laelp, at whatever cost." They read on: "With regard to employment for your- self, I am afraid I cennot be of service to you, my influence, apart from the clerical world, being but small. As you put it very rightly in your letter, your sister is, doubt- less, the first consideration. I regret to hear that her health has suffered from the ierivations of the siege, and trust that the plan I am about to offer for your approval will soon be the means of restoring her. I shall have mneh pleasure in receiving your sister as an inmate of our home. She will there have all the advante,ges of the am- panionship of her cousin°, and of the best society of Rilchester and the neighborhood, and will, I hope find the change both beneficial and congenial. Being thus re- lieved from what must, I feel convinced, be a heavy responsibility to you, you will be better able to support yourself, and more free to undertake whatever suitable employ- ment you may meet with. Awaiting your reply, I beg to remain yours faithfully, E. J. Conaxsos." "The Deanery, Rilohester, 291h, May, 1871." Eeperanoe's brain grew dizzy as ebe read. Sho could not ory—she could not exolaim vehemently. Only one low ejaculation of utter despair escaped her : " It is im- possible 1 Impossible 1 " Gaspard did not ettempt to (meek, but he drew her closer th him. A hundred thoughts were flashing through her mind; This home at Rilchester —could she accept it? Would it really be such a relief to Gaspard? Could slae possibly bear such a dreadful humiliation? She had almost made up her mind to it when, with a sadden revulsion, came the remembrance of the dean's slighting mention of her father. Then wounded love and pride could no longer keep silence. " Gaspard, darling I cannot bear it 1 To go to his house, to live with him, when he has insulted papa, and still insults his memory l No, no! it is quite impossible— quite! ' She was sobbingnow—writhing in that intense, mental pain of which onlythe most sensitively organized mind e are capable. It was we'l she cold not see Gaspard's face —the strnggle between pride and selfish love, against humility and true love was fearfully apparent. He knew that isper• anoe trneted implicitly in him, that what• ever decision he made she would bow to it; and yet the very oonscionsness of .hie power was a check. His heart cried out passion- ately to keep her near him—to loge all, to •suffer all rather than be separated. His pride urged him to refuse tbe proffered belp, to struggle on alone. Bat against these voices there arose another. Gaspard, in his misery, had prayed for guidance, and the guidanoe was given. His eyes fell on the carved wooden cross hanging frora Egperemotee emelt—poor aavette's sonvenir. Hie face ()hanged. When at length he Spoke his voice was firm and gettle. " Cherie, I feel sure it is right for you to go—that even the separation will be for our good in some way we cannot yet see. Think of what our father mid jaat before he died" All things work together for good," eepeatea Eepetanota between her nobs " I will try to believe it, Gaspard, indeed 1 But if only it were nearly ovet, if even thie were the lest 1 I am so tired of path, and mere seenns always coming." " Poor little one " Oaid Gaeperd, taressingly, hardly knowing how to answer " Perhaps things will grow btighter after thia, Wo must hoer) Mills for indeed we Can echo Leariarbine'e sentirrientS, Itne lions reSte gUe ld'Esperanee et L'Aniitie.' " They wean intenupted by Bien:Molt, vela) apparettly felt himself negleeted, and sprung on to Bsporanee'e shoulder with a rembtetretileg " mow," She aMild tot help emti�g thtough hot teen's, and thee the aisougoion of the &smite lathe aided. tenet in the day Gaispata ttoto id iiSCOopi The offer of a florae for Fisperanee, and to ask the deatt to tit the time of het diSthil* In replY to this Esperattoe reoeiVed feaatina her 0'00 On ite beauty- no pay l000r tvom cornoith, naming a aaY he the Wane Oa the Vicar's Court tio94 hid it, howt following Week for her arrival. The letter ever, and gsperanoe, as thaydrelTnie near ttsolf was oettaiely net unkind, and yet their destinWp ation, W1 to totqoal Beperatice wag thorogghly °hilted by it, mind the kind' of welcome wbialt Awaited 18he shown it to GaiSpard. her. Her cousine would probably be all d o' I did think they vasuld have es/sed you welling in the hall, they w.0414. hastea fog. to take me there; but thete is not a eingle ward to eillbrace her, the clean would bid word about you," Ior WeicOmeo wad aenalAiment her on ber Qaspargi read on in eilence, trying to see gooa lperke. This had always been her thegoed pointe of the letter, but eVidently experietoe when bei father took her to vien newel puzzled., the fanailiee of hie friends in Auvergne. " It is certainly little old," he °mica, Her heart beat high with expectant Ineae returning et e0 Esperanoe •, " but ant ate when the ottniage stopeed,hee preconceived has evidently thought of you, and made dislike to the dean °illy adding s met to her aerangements. She speaks of meeting excitement. The footmen rang the bell, two solemn etrokes tete clapper resulting, you, too, at the etation, whioh is kind." which echoed long in the quiet court. dee"idIsally5.11 sillaqt.me ust be "a? 1:1a1Pearsent°0:: Bev:wane° gave a slight shiver, it kounded and se hard tte stOno• You, try to make Bo like a deeth'kliell• • nd Pornelia Ied et the best ot it, mon anti; bat confess now, The (ma was opened, that you agree with me." the way up, the steps and into a large, Of course I ehould have been ramie square hall, dimly lighted from above. Elsperance looked in vain for the dean, and happier if they had asked me to talcs yoke to Rileshester, and if there had been a little for her cousins—they were nowhere to be more warmth in the better; hut I think seen Where you are wrong to judge so ranch from this. " is Bertha ? " she asked of her conductor ; " I am longing to see The Engliela are naturally more canqous And reserved than we are. Perhapa she " Bertha 1" said Cornelia, a little sur- prised at Esperanoe question; " I don't welts to love you till the Mime know I am were ; perhaps we shall find her "The t she will never love me, and I shall never love her," -said Esperanoe, in the areadng rem', You "ill bay° some passionately. " To be watched and tea, will you now, before you take off your sonatinized, and to have one's merits and thing,rs ?" failings weighed—how unbearable it will Tea at such an hour teemed strange be l' enough to Esperanoe; however, she " Nonsense, oherie ; they will love you— assented, and was taken to a large well - they cannot help ib; only it is but fair that proportioned roora, whioh might have been you should go prepared to love them." very handsonie had it not been overcrowded Esperanoe agreed to tbis in theory. She with solid furniture. She threaded her was not quite sure how it would be in way between the tables, and ottairs, and practice. ottomans feeling quite oppressed by the The week paesed very quickly, and all too all.prevailing purple—carpet, curtains, soon the dreaded day arrived. To the very furniture, even the wall -paper, were all in a last Elepere,nce hoped that something would sheds of the same color. In the deep win - mow to prevent it. Gaspard would hear dove -seen at the further end of the roorn, of some work, M. Lemercier would forward sat Mrs. Mortlake and Bertha. They both an unexpected dividend, or something rose as Cornelis, and Esperanoe approached. would happen at Rilohester —the dean " So the traveler has arrived," said might be ill, or the house burned down! Clhristabel, coining forward and kissing But nothing did happen. In a few hours Esperanoe on one cheek; "1 hope you have she was walking with Gaspard to the had a pleasant journey, dear ? ' station, feeling like one in a horrible dream, Esperanotes heart was warmed by the while in advance, the baker's boy was term of endearment : she answered the wheeling her boxes on a truck. Perhaps he question in the affirmative, unconsciously would tarn them over, and so miss the train telling a story; then she turned eagerly to and delay her departure. But no I nothing 1 Bertha, the reousin,from whom she hoped would go out of its coarse. They arrived great things. She was much disappointed, in good time, the ticket was taken, the though the cold unmeaning kiss prepared luggage labeled. Gasperd abase a carriage her in some degree. She looked up anx. for her, and put her in charge of a lonely—Bertha was pretty, fairmomplex- middle-aged lady; and then came the fatted, and bluemyed, but her whole aspect was listless and unintereeted. The glances of the two cousins met for an instant. Bertha's indifferent, dreamy, blue eyes, and Eeperance's eager, flashing, brown ones looked full at each other; then, as if by mutual consent, they both turned away without further remark Mrs. Mortlake made Esperance it down, and poured her out a cup of dreadfully strong tea, which reminded her forcibly of some of Javotte's tisanes, and while she was still trying to drink it without betraying her disgust, the door opened and the dreaded dean entered. He was really a beautiful old man, and Esperanoe could not find it in her heart to dislike him • at the same time she was, for once a litte embar- rassed—it, seemed so strange to meet him thus, to have eniered his house, as it were, by stealth, to be actually drinking his most objectionable tee, before he had bade her welcome She went to meet him half timidly. Cornelia, noticing this, rose too. "Father, our cousin have arrived " • then aside to Esperanoe, " speak beetteriorems, little deaf." " Welcome, my dear," said the dean, kissing her on her forehead. "You have had an agreeable journey,.I hope ? " " Yes, thank yoa, uncle," said poor Eaperance, fibbing for the third time ; woald these dreadful people never leak her anything else, she wondered. "You are welcome, my dear," repeated the dean, still holding her hand in his, and shaking it gently, " welcome for your mother's sake. I loved your mother dearly, though she acted against my wishes once, bat I loved her in spite of that." "1 abould hope so," thought Esperanoe, coloring, and trying to disengage her hand; but her uncle still held it. "Let me look at yon, my dear," said he, drawing her to the -window and scanning her features, while Esperanoe took the opportunity to study his faoe. " Ah 1 1 had hoped you would be like poor Amy, but there is no resemblance— too foreign, too foreign 1" And the dean sighed deeply. "The image of hie father —a regular De Mabillon—so terribly French 1" Poor Espentnee flushed angrily ; this last sentence was doubtless intended as a soliloquy, but it could not fail to hnrt her. She had not recovered hereelf, when the dean, relapsing into his ordinary tone, said, " And so your father was killed in the siegeof Paris 2 " He did not mean it unkindly, but he was a self -engrossed man, and often quite unin- tentionally inflicted pain on others; the remark was too sudden and noexpeoted, however. Esperance could not bear to speak of leer father after that unlucky sentence" terribly French." The refer- ence to his death had brought back all her sad recollections of the 30th of November, and such yearning for his presence that, do what she would, she maid not restrain her tears. She faltered ont something inertia- uliete, and then turned appealingly to Cornelia "You would like to come toy001 room, would you nob? I will show you the way." Esperance gladly followed, making no secret of her tears as her cousin led her through the hall onoe more, and up a dark oak stairmee. All the sympathy which Cornelia showed was in the remark, " Do not mind. I don't supposemy father notioed you were crying," which, hoWever meal' it might have com- forted an English girl, was not the slightest consolation to Esperanoe. She took het to her roorn, and left her with injunctione to be ready for dinner in SO hour; and Esperance threw herself upon the bed, calling despairingly to her father, and crying till she ()Quid ory no longer. When she was thoroughly exhaueted, she dried her eyes, and though by no means aonefotted, put he grief aside, and began to survey her new room. It was large and bare, with (onions old beams gapporting the ceiling, which was so low that she felt (Mite °evened ny its nearnme an ugly Kidderminster ceespet aloe offended her eyes, end elm woald greatly have peeferted the unevet, red -brick flea of her room at Mabillon to the hideous combination of red, white, and yellow whiohMrs. Mortlake had selected. Wearied with her tatted view of her coin. tnadhotnpelehe butroundinge, she rose and went veindoW, Intngering for gemetheng freeh or beautifnit Onoe more at eager motet -Mien mooed het as elle gazed again on the grand cathedral ; each buttrees and eanopied niche, each beetiti- fully proportirened window Wag a laeW de. tiegltyto tehilbehegregaiotreirots aietteonweeet,otly lent freeh a The chiming of the dock recalled her to her preeent rotary. It Was certainly time to drede for dietter, She hilted the tlsoright of eneounteritg again het Mootdieappoint- ing telatiensr and now that the &et omit°. parting. The English lady was quite startled by suoh demonstration in a pablic place; but Espere,nce did not heed her. Jost as the train was going off Gaspard found voice to say: .' Courage, °berth 1 it will not be forever. Promise ma to hope always, however dark things look." And Eeperame promised, trying bravely to check her fast -falling tears. The whistled shrieked, the train moved slowly off. A faltering "Au revoir" paesea between brother and sister, and Esperance was borne swiftly away to the North. CHAPTER XII. There can be few people who have not at some time in their life felt the utter =eery of lonelinees. That day Eeperanbe exper- ienced it in all its fullnese for the first tine°. True, she had often been lonely and un- happy during the siege, but that had been but a passing trouble, relieved by Gaspard's return in a few hours; thie, in its uncer- tainty, seemed never-ending. Then, too,' she was so accustomed to be petted and oared for, that the very feeling of self - dependence which would have pleased some natures was misery to her; she was like an ivy plant tor u down from its strong support, and left trailing on the cold earth. It was long before she oould rouse herself from leer grief; di ect sense of the duty of self-management helped her, however, after a time, and she sat up with an effort and looked out of the window. The landempe was flat and not very attr..ictive ; a snows - don of dull -looking fields, all wonderfully alike, bounded the line, while the hedge- rows, relieved here and there by a solitary tree, looked formal and uninteresting. Instinctively she raised her eyes—fiereoy white clouds were floating in a sky of the deepest blue, and as she gazed up into the bright depths comfort came to her heavy heart. She remembered that the same sky was above both London and Rilchester, and felt less lonely. One great trouble was spared Esperanoe —she was not in the least shy; the ntauvaise honte, which would have tornaented an English girl in her position, never occurred to her, and if her heart beat rather quicker than usaal when the train arrived at Rilchester, and she looked to see if her contain were on the platform, it was simply from excitement. A tall and nether ungainly lady, with classical features and small, short-sighted. looking eyes, was scanning the windows of the carriages ; Esperanoe felt instinctively that this must be Cornelia, and with a French girl's observation took in every detail of her person and attire at a glance ; dress, alpaca, and very much creased; jacket, meant to be fitting, but too loose in the back, and badly out about the neck; hat, very unbecoming face, clever -looking, though sarcastic. By this time the train had stopped, and Esperance, who had been carried some way past the tall lady, sprang from the carriage, and pushing her way back through the crowd, revolving in her mind the most polite greeting which her English would allow. " My cousin? I believe lam not mis- taken—." she began. Cornelia turned instantly. " Oh, here you are, I was afraid you had not comet I hope yon have had a pleasant journey? " Esperanoe took the proffered band, and responded to the formal" How do you do ? ' contrasting them with the warmth of the most ordinary meeting in France. Cornelia was evidently determined to lose no time; she made prompt inquiries after the luggage i made Esperence identify it, and then led the way to the carriage. Thoy drove off in eilence, Esperance waiting for her eousin to begin the conversation, Cornelia, oontemplatieg the little French girl, and wondering what her father would gay to her very foreign appearance. An eager exclamation from Esperance broke the ice. " The cathedral 1 ale, but it is beautierfil it is magnificent What height—wrhet massiveness 1 I never deemed that it was Se eV:plate 1" She had unconsciously relapsed into Franah. Cornelia vette surprised and Banned at the sudden rhapsody. " It is very beautiful, is it not ? the replied, with much More warmth in her tone. "1 5A31 glad yon appreciate much things, foe Rilohester is full of architectural beatities.'1 "And it my uncle's hottest neat to the eathedtal " Nei tki near at many other hontes. The °loge is occupied Al:deafly by the canona. See, We ate entering it now; beyond this ill the Viearaa Collet, and we pfiss throogh that to the deanery. Etipereethe glanced enviously tit the grey+ otiSeS, lng that they tetd tieetra he itteeed agt4o to the oathedrali went cif her arrival watt Over, began to feel very tired and ij1, quite obeatiO to the effort Of Begtish opealing, Vor e diner be Was Unprepared, and therefore dreaded nothing.; hut her heart eank when, the heaS hSwilg oundecIP ana the solemn proceetton from deawingmeene to dioing-rOona teken place, she found her- mit ia a hot, gaslit room, with all the windows pertained, and the beautiful sane set light ehut out, Km. Mortlake explained that her tether easaleed Oinitig by daylight; and Eeper- lance, though she could seemly breathe, tried to endure et, She WAS so unaccustomed to formal meals, and tied for the last year lived in eu,oh extreme frugality, that the long sub- stantial dinner was a real penance to her, Cenvereation did not flow, and had it not been for the slight amusement which she manned to derive from the awkward waiting of the footman, and from the many peculiarities of her ooltsins, she would have been both dull and unhappy. AA it was, she naanaged to strangle her yawae till at last the ordeal was over, end the ladies ieturned to the parer atmosphere of the drawing -room. Berthe, at once took up a book, and retired behind it for the evening. Mrs, Mortigke and Cornelia devoted thermelves to a ooraplete examination of Esperance. Their questions were not a little embar- rassing, and Mrs. Mortlake's in partiouler were framed in such an uncomfortable way, that in spite of Esperance's readiness to talk, she feund'it almost impossible to edge in a word. For at least half an hoar such a oateohisra as the following was carried on : "And your brother's name is—Pa "He is milled Gaspard, my—." " How old is he?" " He ie just twenty-two." " And you are—?' " I am sixteen, this—." "Then you came to London 10-2 " " In March." " And the siege of Paris was over on—?" " On the 29th of January, my cousin." By the time Mrs. Mortlake had exhausted her material for questions, Esperanoe was thoroughly exasperated, and her preference for Christabel was quickly put to flight. She turned with a feeling of relief to Cor- nelia, but her first question, though leaving ample eoope for a prolonged answer, was quite se embarrassing in its way. " How has your °attention been carried Esperanoe was puzzled, indeed, to answer this. " Since the war I have done scarcely any- thing," she faltered, by no means reassured by Cornelia's evident surprise. " It was impossible, indeed, to study at such a time." " Where there's a will there's a way," said Cornelia, dryly. " was a most fatal naistakinto allow you to be idle at that age; no amount of after work can compeusate for that lost year. Who was your teacher?" " My father taught me everything," re- plied Esperance, casting down her head to nide the starting tears, " except that when we were at Mabillon I went to the oonvent every afternoon for lessons in music and needle -work." "And you have really done nothing since the war?" asked Cornelia, in such a horri. fled tone that Esperanoe could not help smiling to herself, though at the same time she racked her brains for an answer. " Gaepard and I used to study when we came to London," she [laid, at last. " I read several English books." "That was very wise; I am glad to hear that. What °lase of books ? " "1 began wibh 'Fox's Book of Martyrs,'" said Esperance, innocently " it was very good, but a little triste, and then I read The Fairchild Family,' which I found very amusing." " Yon could hardly have seleoted two more useless books. Could you riot see at the time how narrow and antigae,ted they were 1" said Cornelia, with contempt. Poor Esperanoe was sadly disconcerted. She had counted a good deal on this Engliela reading, and it was hard to have waded through two long volumes, and then to find that she had only wasted her time. More- over to add to her discomfort, she had not the least idea what the words "narrow " and " antiquated" meant. She framed a reply, however, dexterously. " They were the only books I oceald obtain, and I'am afraid I was too ignorant to see their—faults. I hope you will be so kind as to advise me now, and then I shall make no more mistakes." Cornelia promised her assistance in everything connected with literature, but there was no gracionenese in her manner, and Esperanoe's warm thanks seemed almoet to annoy her. It was a rehee when the dean returned, for it put a atop to the long string of gum - tions, and though his advent wen quickly followed by a second edition of strong tee, Esperance endure it with equanimity, so° thankful was she for any interruption. An evening of desultory conversation followed, and at ten the household assembled for family prayers, and then dispersed for the night. Esperance wait not sorry to find herself in her own room, though its loneliness was more than over notionble and its vastneee deoidely unpleasant. She walked round it with some misgivings, making her oandle shine into all dark corners. No ghoets were found, brit as she sat down the candle on the central table, her eye oaught the shadow, apparently, of a large head on the opposite wall. She was startled, but the next minute discovered that it was only mused by a large glees of wall -flowers, which some one had placed an her teble since dinner. Thi te was a piece of real kindness—the first gleam of conefort she had sitars her arrival. True, her adoption in itself was a kindness, but the coldness of her mains in a great measure spoiled it, and though she was, to a certain extent, grateful for her maintenanoe, it was with a gratitude altogether different to thet whioh she felt for the unexpected gift of flowers. She was just about to put out her light, when there came a knock at her door, and a micldiamged servant entered to ask if she could be of any me. Esperancie rightly conjectured that thia must be the nurse, and fanoging some like- ness to poor Javotte in her manner felt greatly drawn to her. "1 have finiehed rirmacking my box, thatk you," ehe replied. "Can you tell inc who rough* me these beautiful girojlees "The twam.il.flowers, miss? I am gla you kehed I thought they woula be kind of company for you." "How good of you to hrieg them 1 yeti, indeed, I like them so much, they temind me of our old garden in France, they grow so beautifully on the ruins." " Indeed, mies, 1 didn't know such thing) greet' in foreign parts. However, I Impe that will nuke you feel more at home like. Shall I take yent candle, muss? " Yes, please," Mid Esperanete layine,1 down her head on the pillevv—then, at,e, sudden rut& of laornesieknees seized her, " and please Met me, nurse, for 1 Mt ISO lonely, and yon hotbed me of our dear ota The ranee Itiffeed het teepectfully, at. rafiged the bedelothes with a gentle hand, and left the teem ; and goperarice, though she cried hetself to deep, Woe comfotted to loaoW that she had at least ene,friend bathes dettneren CHaPUR airs. Mortlake lingered for some time in her sister's tom, discussing the events of Oa day, and arranging for the Morrow. And What do you think of Ileperauce ?" she waked, at length, more to °ammo the eanverseaile* than bemuse she cared to anow Oornelia's opinion. ihr too (3Q00 for Me to say yet," replied Cornelia gravely. "Ab 1 you aro always so cautious 1" seta lars. Mortlake, laughingly. "1ow, though '1 do no pretend to have halt your penetra- tion. and have nota eingle theory to go by, yet I flatter myeelf i can reed that chamber already." " Well?" naked Cornelia., a little troorn- fatly. " Ianbegin vitth, then, she is me ptoad as Lucifer, and has evidently been made it great deal of ; who ever saw an English girl of sixteen So may ana eeltposeeseed ; why, she might have been twenty 1" Ana that is all you have discovered about hem? Well, I certainly have not done much more myself, exoept that I noticed her hands were psychical, which is a sign of an imaginative mind. Fortunately, our fether amnia pleased with her." " You think so ?" said Mrs. Mortlake, doubtingly. " I °menet say I agree with you, he was so evidently disappointed with her appearance when be firet saw here' "First impressions go for very little," said Cornelia ; " it will oe serious, indeed, if my father does not take to her, since we have her now • for better, ear worse.'" " She is French th a degree," said Mrs. Mortlake, "and not even pretty ; did you think so? " " Really, I am the last person to give an opinion on each points, Christabel. As far as I saw, I elaoald say that alsperanoe's features were good, but that at present she is =oh too thin and ill to be pretty. But do let us dismise the subjeet—good-night." " Good -night," replied Mrs. Mortlake, taking up ber candle to go; but most assuredly she is not pretty." Cornelitt's grave lips relaxed into a smile, xis the door closed upon her sister. " So that is it 1 jealousy for poor litble Bella is already beginning! Oh, Christabel, how little changed you are from the days when a bell was no pleasure if you were not the belle of the night - when you preferred being queen of the dullest party at Rilehes• ter, to being second elsewhere. Luckily, however, there are so many years between Esperance and Bella, that their intereste are not Itkely to clash, but I forme that Christabel will make that child's life a burden to her. What an amount she gave of her education 1 it is absolutely dreadful! I =et really devote some of my time to her, though I can ill afford it." (To be Continued). Around the World lu 70 Days. "Around the World in 70 days" is the title which . Mr. R. J. Watson, General eassenger ,Agent of the FitchburgReilroad, has utilized as the name of a unique etyle of ticket, ethich is very much sought after by educators as a means of interesting their scholars in a practical study of geography. It consistof a form of contract appended, in which are it -dozen or more coupons, eaoh. of which is good for a first-olass ride be- tween the points named thereon upon com- plying with the terms set forth in the con - treat. Each 001113011 states the route and the fare °barged, but does not state the time required in the 'passage. Mr. Watson, however, has figured inset out, and he finds the aotual time needed, supposing close °connections are alwaye made, is even less than 70 days. It may be interesting to see the route as given, the time required in passing from point to point and the fares. It should be noted that thefaree are highest first. class fares, but in many oases much lower rates oan now he obtaieed and some of the tourist bureaus would undoubtedly make the rates far more favorable. The following is the itinerary : Boston to Chicago, via Renew Tunnel & West Shore route, 21 hours, fare 824. Chicago to Council Bluffs, via any direct line, 10 hours, fare 61280. Council Bluffs to Ogden, via Union Pacific Railway, 35 hours, fare $40. Ogden to San Francisco, via Southern Pacifio (Pacific system), 30 hours, faro 635. San Francisco to Yokohama, via Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company, 18 days, fare $300. Yokohama to Hong Fong, via,Peninsular & Ori- ental Steamship Company,7 days,fare 660. Hong Kong to Brindisi, via Peninsular & Ori- ental Steamship Company, 28 days, fare 6335.65. Brindisi to Modems, via Italian Government railroad, 33 hours, fare 634. Modane to Paris, via Paris, Lyons & Mediter- ranean Railroad, 12 hours, fare 816.75. Paris to Calais, via Northern of France Rail- road, 6 hours, fare 57.20. Calais to London (via Dever), via London, Chatham 8.5 Dover Railroad, 4 hours, fare 88, London to Liverpool, via London & North- western Railway, ee hours, fare 57. Liverpool to New York, via Inman Steamship Company, 6 days, fare 6100. New York to Boston, via Pall River line, 12 hours, fare 54. It will be noted that the total time re- quired is 65 days and 22a hours, and the total amount of the fares Is $872.10. Yee, fie is Young—What a xt One of our contemporaries remarks in the interest of Tammany: There is a young rum in District Attorney Fellows' office named Lindsay. He is known as indictment clerk, and is said to draw up e,11 the indictments. He is 24 years old, and less than five years ago, it is stated, was a messenger in the office of Judge Martine. In the first place, Mr. Lindsay was never a messenger in the office of Judge Martine. It is not an iropertent matter, but we think it bettor to be right than wrotg, even in details. In the second place, the font that Mr. Lindsay is a young neat is neither a fault nor a crime. It 3S a peculiarity that he will gradually outgrow, if he lives. This is a young man's world. We old fellows are only the supernumeraries. And it is a pleasure to feel, when twinges of the gout are rampant and the frosts of age benumb our facultiee, that we can be easily spared, for the crop of younglings who are conieng on the etage can handle affairs just as well as we ever did, and possibly a little better. No taunt against youth, if you please.— New York Herald. Eallure Predicted!. Editor—I don't think the paper is going to succeed. Manager—Why, we have a big OirOnla- tion, tote of advertising and plenty of capital behind tie. Editor—Yee, I know; brit we he,ve been running now six months and we haven't yet received a single letter faera Old Sub- soribere It ft dimourso befote bia old oongregrie tion in Chioage, the Bev. Robert Conger, of New York, is reported by the Inter. Ocean 58 saying: "1! the atgel ehofild opine to rne with the gilt of liee in his hand, and give me the opportunity tb live it over regain, 1 veonld tot have it." Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmee onoe said that easy crying widows take new hue. betds sooneet. Theee isi nothitg like wet weather, he Pays, foe tramplatting. When the editor tries td epeek 6 oree of hie acquaintateee fit ptotty, young woman,' the editipollitor eheald a be vs, oarefol not *0 1eaa0 that atanna oat, The illative begin the new yeti by paying their atehtte It will be remembered that the Chinese are heathen. WRY.OI1 WIS DAY., captivity or 410ha the 0000, TCheX rrauoe, la Somertenoteastie,Ileanianhe The OM of the oapiivitY of JOhn the Geed, 4ing of Fano, in leogland, forms an interesting obapeer in history. He as- cended the throne of Erato at the age of - 301 in 1350; but hie reign WaS a troubled one. Re alienated the nobles by behead- ing the ()Meet d'Etn an became embroiled in wars. In 136d. his army was defeated by Adward III. of Eeelend, andhe andhie toarth son, PhiUp,, ;Ware talien ..nrisentire- They were brougtet to Theglanet, and the first year the royel osiptives were peeatitted to live in the Savoy palaet, in London, Then they were removed to Somerfon in Liccolnshire, where they were placed in custody of William, Biwa d'Eyncourt, trusted adberent of the Bleak Prince. Though a captive, leing 'John dam not ap- pear to have Bothered' through lack of even the luxuries of life.'" He had forty-twa attendant, including two oheplains, a, seeretary, a doctor, three pages, four valet, three wardrobe men, three aoreiers, sex grooms, two molts, a fruiterer, ae spiceman, it barber, a washer, a minstrel and a jester. He fitted up big prieon in palatial style, and supplied hi'meelf with plenty of goo& things to et and drink; 'Bordeaux winea in large quantities were imported for hia use, and the fittest egenfeationery that ever tickled a royal palate was brought to him from Frenoe. The king wee a dandy in the veay of dress, and a tailoring estab- lishment for his special benefit wee set up in the neighborhood. One snit which he had made in Brussels, rfor me on Easter, was of marbled violet velvet trio:meal with costly miniver furs ; another for Whitsun- tide was made of rosy soarlet cloth, trim- med with bine tiffeta. His leisure time he spent in novel -reading, listening to music, and playing obese and backgammon. With the exoeption of a short time spent in the Tower of London and the Savoy Pala*, Kine John passed his whole captivity bn Somerton Castle. He died April 8th, 1364. Austrian Labor Troubles. News comes from the disturbed raining districts of Austria that the striker& %necked it party of soldiers, and in the figlat, three miners were killed and many wounded. The troops in the mining districts have been reinforced. In the °area and Kerwin districts there are 30,- 000 miners on strike. The men demand an eight-hour day and the settlement of minor grievatoes. Twelve thousand workmen in the Wilko- vitz ironworks have streak. The troops at Carwin fired among the rioters. Several persons were wounded, one it is reported fatally. The mile owners of Rokonitz have asked the Governor of Prague to send troops. The Ostran strikers to -night attacked at sugar factory at Kunzendorf, and a eellalose factory at Ratiman, and compelled the hands to leave work. The mines affected by the strike belong to the richest class, inoluding Archduke Albreha, Baron Rothschild, Prinoe Salm, Count Larisch, and the Northman Railway Company. The wages of the men were fairly good The disorder is dna to agitators. The fight with the troops in which three men eere killed took place at Killkowitz. Bodies of strikers are pillaging the villages in the vicinity. A. Travelling Woman Dentist. A New York dentist employs a woman assistant at a salary of e50 it week, who goes from house to house and cleans teeth. The itinerant is young and pretty, attrac- tively dressed, and while self-assertive, she is a lady in all that the name implies) She has -taken a course of medical dentistry, and knows enough about the work to oap nerve, eooth a violent toothache, put a tem- porary filling in a cavity requiring imme- diate attention, remove a child's tooth and insert wedges to loosen the little molars and incisors that need straightening. In it hand satchel she carries material for tbat purpose, besides a supply of druge, pumice stone and the like for cleaning the teeth. Ordinarily, she charges 50 cents to put a set of mole.re in order, but the mouths of a small family are looked into for a couple of dollars. Without mentioning the dentist employing her, she is perfectly honest in advising work where it is needed, and the very modesty of her Wake secures a trade that an audacious method would never reach. The refusal of the young lady to examine into the mescaline month givea her a standing in the family that less dis- crimination wonld deny hen—Chicago Herald. Bow to Cook an Egg. The beat way to cook an egg is to place it in a sat:mean of boiling water and then at once eake it off the fire and place it on the hearth. The egg will be cooked in from five to seven minutes, acoording to 'the araonnt of water used. We use a three half-pint saucepan for three eggs, and the cooking process takes about six minutes. The eggs are evenly cooked into a sort of creamy consistency, and are much more pleasant to the palate and more easily digested than thee° boiled in the ordinary way. Albumen coagulates at it temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit Boiling point is much too high for the maartal and proper cooking of an egg.—The Feathered World. Marriage a success. First Young Wife—Marriage is not f ailure. Second Young Wife.—No? P. Y. W.—No. My husband is a poet and he makes me the subject of all his poems; preises new, eyes, hair, hands and so forth. It is delightful. S. Y. W —Marriage is not a failure in my caeo either. I am happy. F. Y. W.—Does your husband praise your beauty, then, as mine doe, in the rich melody of song? S. Y. W —No; but he gives ran all the0 money I need to go ehoprang,—New York Herald. Irelealy's Long* and Useful Lite. Mrs. Covert of this place has a hen which, if its- life is paxed until May, will have rounded out its sixteenth year. This inter - eating old bird in just eh spry AS It spring ohloken, lays eggs us industriously DS ever, and has never exhibited it desire to raise 9, family. Two hundred eggs a year would, be a low estimate on her yield of hen fruit. Two butdred egos a year foe fifteen yoesre would be 3,000 eggs, which et an average price 02 20 cents per dozen would amount to - 5700. Who will cottetid that loon culture does net pay 2---Punxstddioney Eie Ltad eround et " That was a bateme peel," remarked the gool Satnitrite.n, tie he helped the fallext man ftom the pavement. «ge," assented the latter; I tumbled to it." "Mama, 1 ktow the gentlemat's mane that called to see Atnat Ellie last night and nobody toed me either." "Well, them what is it, Bobby ? " "Why, George., don% I heard het say Gorge don't in the parlor out or five timed hand -running. Thatai what his name ie." Company that is undesirable id sure *0 be the first to come cola the last to go,