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'e've got a brand -now iimiter, and Casey is his.
mum,
'le wa,Y he rens faioNallea ilet X think an
twoll shame ; '
e weed around just like a lord, you'd think hedays
tevued the Place,
e..ha6 0 frightall rasPiell voice, aPd " so -1W
Ramat Ms fee&
taigiae go out at eight o'olook, sad f 40114$
',suet leapt at nine, • • _
ed it sou clezet obey the rids, lie makes you
lay a, tine ;
ii.oleaus the halls up with a hose, and scrubs
them with a Mat,
to plea° looks like a public bath since Casey
said the fiat.
- meager,
ngosaati chew tuttafrutta you caul Mane in
. the ban,she
Aeve oto leave a permit Wyou wad to Make-
a dal ;
in eauahate.songe or dancing • you can't have
dog or oat,.
a den% know it you're living since Casey runs
the flat,
) thinks attach a funny joke to go and ring
your ben,
tea lie comes in at three a.m. and asks if allton
• is well;
e hails are fail Of glaring signs: " No kissing
on the stairs,"
to Males allowed without a chain," "Please
mind your awn afteirsif
!eke notice. this is no hotel," "We don't give
board with rent,"
fhe tax to rush the growler ie, for every pint
to coughs allowed around the house, and in
the hallo no chat,"
erea °ley two more tenecas left since Casey
i ens the fieta-aleanuits.
yells all through the house eaoli month
" Be ready with the rent,•
i- d by two o'olook or hire another
dihve . own ,
tent ;" .and
gess, us all a note to -day, " Please change
a our shadee'to green,time
is tat ts strictly irish now, i wants its colors
it night at twelve he yelled out " fire!" he
only oared to see
N test the tenants could get out in case a fixe„
. should be ;
1 taken all I care to tate, 'Won't put up with
that,
i h•Alf3(3 is far from being safe since Casey
raw the tiat..-Eurams.
parental' will; going of necessity .against
all ti y, and
lesatingm at ° fro ' motives ouof plicconflict
thus crethe, tset oa
between nature and filial duty." '
"But,madernoisoW " I asked, fearful
lest these words might indicate that her
objection to the Count de lifaliPsat Was me
5... coonnt of an attachment already foamed
" ,have not experi.
for Bora one, on surely•
teased such e conflict ? "
',Certainly not," • said Diane ; " but
know. t temamma I see it looming with
i
fearful distinctness in the near future. and
I do not feel the strength to fight against
it by myself." a'
41 poor little thing 1" 1 said, half aloud.
"You me how right I Was,"
tit t
exclaimed, "to say that you ought ra er
pity than to love me for having done BO un-
rrenoh-lihe a thing 89.t0 ask Yon. to help me
. , . , I n
IA my noir of weakness
" I will help you," I said, "with all. my
power."
441 asked you wither than oisy one else,
because your are each a friend. of Inv aunt
°bewails that you reeky perhaps have
m that
influence in that quarter; and from
quarter ,.lone some hope may Cbille that
this m s 'liege will be postponed."
En " said I "do you meanie say that
a " - -' '.
no one else. may dare PO aspire for your
hand ? " •
" 1 aftrioy my parents have matters
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with the count, and are in honor bean no
to entertain any other offer."
: “Then it is settled?" .
" Not exectly settled ; but to -morrow he
is to see my father, and I know what that
media • it will be followed by a call to me
s .
* weave his formalproposal." --
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"What shall you do then ? "
"Whet do you advise ? "
"Do you like him?" ' .
” I only saw hiat.onae. • •
"Bat there is such a thing as love at
first sight." • . • .
"Not • • ,,
an tine ease.
"Do you think you will like him?"
"I dare say, in time." '
give him, on the strength
otgtilli3isukexepnen:tgairn, the lop of a life at your
first interview 2 " ' , .
"No." 1" ,
"Then tell him honestly that you will
try to like him, as your parents at present
wish that you should e but 'let him under-
stand that in your mind love begets lote,
and weeks for love, and that you intend not
to marry unless you do love him and he
loves you, and relying onlas honor not to
force you ; 'and meanwhile I shall do ell I
can for you; for, Mademoiselle Diane," I
added, "if the Comte de Maixpert likes you,
I know one men who adores you."
hung her lovely head, and a deep
crimson blue)} ' *read over her pretty
cheeks; then •suddenly looking up with a
smile in her eyes which I never tire to re.
call, she pinned to my: coat .a little blue
favor which had beau given to her for dia.
tribution, as the rule in ootillons and in a
very, low ,whisper she saide,OWear it for
your poor little friend's sake." ' '
"Favour inesperee,a I said.
'Bleu d'allianoetaishe replied. .
"Gage &mama, 'added.
"Si le bleu reste serein," she remarked.
And at that moment her mother made
her a sign that she had had enough, and
was anxious to depart, when, snatching a
bouquet from the basket of flowers that
was 'going round I gave it to her before
the Comte de Maupert had the chance or
presenting his' and leaving him' to escort
the mother to her carriage,' followed with
Diane, who told me she had -never enjoyed
enjoyed herself more, and strong against
sixty Mauperts, and sixty times sixty thou-
sand "livres." .
When she left I left; the attraction was
gone, what use to remain? . , ,,
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' CHAPTER III. •
Just as the day previous to the ball my
time had been entirely spent in expecita•
tion of the evening's entertainment ,wkdoh•„t
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was M bring me in contact with Diane,trained
and hear from her sweet lips the secret she
was so , anxious to ponfide, so the day
following the ball was liaed through•appar•
ently with no other object than the dinner
at Countess de Chantalisa where I had
been promised the presence of the girl that
now filled all my thoughts, tattle absolute
exclusion of derything else.
It was monstrous,I reflected, that a system
of policy such as she had so simply, and
yet so adequately, desciribed should provoke
. • •
such natural' confhats between the instincts
of nature, which wessannot command, and
the comiaandments et the Alnaighty, which
we cannot with impunity ad aside.
I oared notto reaeon as to the advantageaThe
morning for life from an' alliance based on
viorlditroonsiderationd of birth,wealth, and
position. Ie struok me that just ad the
birds of the air mate with those of their
own ohoioe, so. , might . we poor mortals
indulge in the heyday of our lives in that
solitary blessing which is common to all,
namely, the seleotion of her or of him wit
whom we Wish to.epend our lame. It could
not .be for youth a ,thity to weigh the
pounds, shillings, and pence that went to
make a so.oalled happy marriage. Such
reckonings in the young can only be proofs
of ' a selfish nature, anxious for increased
means to satisfy personal cravings; and
What then could I think of a system- which
reduced matrimony to a barter of selfish
indulgences?. A horse for a dress, a cellar
for a carriage, power to gamble for liberty
.
of action, the MMUS to swagger for the
privilege of notoriety -what else. could it
mean? , Sixty . thousand francs & year in
France is a large sum, tait'• the. union
between that gum an its fellow produces"Onemight
princely income in that thrifty lana. To
obtain this and slid of sixteen was to be
mated to a man- ofeforty•two, so that his
brougham might turn ido a fouran-haa,
with liberty to , his wife of dressing at
Laferriere a ; his inn or metre into the
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choicest Bordeaux, with the privilege to his
wife of sporting the finest liveries in Paris ;
his five•franos whist into unlimited stakes
at baccarat or ecarte, with permission to his
tvite to' flirt pour passer le temps which hershops
husband had to devote to play at his olub ;
lastly, the boast of being the patron of the
- • • • dia'
demimonde, while his wife, insulted, .dua
gusted, and jealous withal in her remainder
of loyalty, would be allowed to throw to , „
the winds all semblance cif modesty and
honor, to eqftendot the remainder Of. theirchildjmnwent
joint fortunes in imitation of her husband's
recklessness, and thus earn the privilege of
bringing about the climax prepared from
the first day of their marriage by' her
"selected" husband. - .
This, the miserable history of many a
meae•tip maids, was ' all I could think of,
and the horror it inspired me with made
me ' wholly 'ulleonseious that happily -every
. .
me in not made of the Flenle material' tied
many men -nay,' most of , these I had
known, or knew, or heard of -Were totally
incapable of any the wrong -doings I
have attributed to them; that, Id all I
knew, M. de Maupert was a paragon of
virtue, disinterestedness, and goecinette
combined ; that I might be &lag him in
thought the • greatest possible wrong' and,
'worst Of all, that, searilemotte as the notion
valuta have strtick me had I realized it at
the time, r WU Simply condemning to a
lite of fashionable Maideratiantirs by , her
marriage to M. de Maapeet the girl Whom
t considered JO be the best, the dearest, the leper
most spirited / had ever kaotai. '
Dui Snell Wenger. It wetild ptobably net
IIA 000dr if ii: iiiiiiiii iiisiiiii6iiiirilvtA it•isiiiilaiAt.t_
lug; and, it mud be allowed, the ideaad
Diane marrying any oeo ne at elriestil, twee et that.
moment so inful a am , - • -•
pa, irog, eo
supremely anger•exoiting, that I cared not
tct, picture the world to myself in Any but
the worst colors,
But thee eame . the .oestaaa, eahot•
part' am I taking in this affair? 2 What
part 'Aye I a right to take in a business
. ..
whisk, after all, concerned other parties,
1 -arta i4 whioh I had °WY heea secretly
introduced by, maybe, the impulsive moral
fair of a confiding girl?
,That in my willingness to share her
duet encl ed as her friend I had suddenly
disooverea that sister soul which, according
to Limitable, exists only for one of us-
a T t ' t d' "-and
o ou e ante eat Mar une doespo
was unlikely to lose her ite
I could help it,
wag it faot too patent to me to admit Of
moment's reflection; but had such a die-
thati
oovery revealed the fed t I was more
likely to emceed with Diane de Breteuille
than an other? That Was the point 1 was
. Y
becausef the
anxious to dear up, not only o e
gratification it Would afford to My allsab-
sorbin love for her, bat because the port.
g . .
1would allow t
dering over the matter me o
recall all her words, her looks, and those
nexpreseed ways, gestures, and tones of
.
voice more n can
which tell than language•11
convey,
Her joy at awing me ; her mirth
• the matter fconceding that
in e o .draws
the ootillon which she had herself
asked me to dance with her; her
. 1' ht in bein ith the man she'
appareat de ig g w . .
had . selected as her confidant, the
nervous enjoyment of having for the first
a man•adviser not Many. years older
than herself, outside of family or ammo.
tions; her honed acknowledgment that she
oared for nobody else when I had deeply
but markedly asked the question; her
•.
pretty coquetry in trying my feelings. to
see Whether the position which M. de Mau.
pert had been chosen by her parents to hold
in relation to her would be agreeable tome'
her appeal to me to delay at least the fate
tvhiata hung over her; and lastly, her blush
in giving me the only token it was in her
power to. bestow, and her acquiescence in-
my etdement that it was a lote•token,
provided ' its azure color preserved • its
serene • tint -ell seemed to me to answer
with a load yea the question I asked more
lotualy-adoes .she return the love I have
sworn to her?. .
It was no use heeding the admonitions of
prudence' and wisdom when she mind was
so fall of one subject; and 'there was so
much proof that the mental conclusions 1
had arrived at were in logical harmony
with the ()ravings of my heatt, that I stifled
all doubt whenever it strove to Oome.upper.
most. ..s - • . '
I looked at the little favor, and embraced
it with the fervor Of a knight about to riek
his neck for the lady of his love. ese-aa
At that moment theservant brought me
a note, addressed in a beautiful hand to
"Monsieur Henry Verve, Esq."
It is very odd that the .French cannot
learn. how to address English people pro-
. -
petty, and will insist upon thrusting ia
their racinsieurs at all times and in every
corner. I remember being annoyed at this
little mistake, though why is more than I
can explain. I opened the ride, however,
which gave forth that delicious violet scent
I associsted so much with 'Diane, and was
about to impress -my on the writing, in
my conviction that itcarae from her, when
I saw the servant waitingeapparently for it.
reply: - ' • a , . , , • .
" Why do von wait ? " I asked. ' •
a who brought
Because, sir, the person w . .
this note is anxious to know whether you
can see her." .
" Very wellathen, wait outside and I will
call you."
..
, . (To be Continued),'
,
latalatarE 8 rEAraatlr.
A UlatavIed peerage.
.
Llama IN HARNESS.
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The tamg Training Needed by the Desert
e.
. King BeforB&B slave.
The very spirited illuetratioa of Ewa
wale. driven abreast by. t.i maxi. standing
erect in a Emmen chariot is familiar to the,
most residents in London, sap the London,
'a -eau' , • It portrays, eaftaeat the emit
absurd exaggeration of muratart an enter.
. . ,
tainnsent which is givendaily et the Freimie•
exhibition at Earl's court.
w hiindht hhea il ebaeterne ooutset hcie duringlargeo itehoeu 1 tiirti-ospace
or e display 0 the Indians o
years ' • -
wild west, the sports of the Benson anaphe-
theatre ' eta, is erected a mailer ' circle
• ' with ' bare, having
securely surrounde iron
at the back • 1 d buildingcontaining
ean ino ose
,
, dens.. The • open sesame" of my boat
' passed us'tibutotthe private es off ith
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prison home, in which I found four young
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flow, the oldest being about 'a years of age.
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d the trained troupe,an .
These conetitute .
there was also cue younger. scholar, yam
had just barn added to the collection. The
education ot this one was met .1:lemmata:age
and he still retained the feline character-.
to suchan extent thatany approach
_
to familiarity was rust by a snarl, Vadat
the unshed milk -teeth. o. t
.owner, looking as sharp -ale'd needlealitke the
those of a puppy.
The training of these young lions rarely
• lt t• than
emu les less space o me antwelve
P. . a
months, and is chiefly accomplished by
kindness. Mr. Darling, their trainer, in-
formed me that he retarded form as not
' *
being desirable, as it excited the animate to:
d ' tconducive't here
an was .no . o o t
eine • whereas,armed under the systera
adopted, each imal knows its name and:
answers to it. So successful are the
methods employed by Mr. Darling, that
he has never been bitted by animate.
during the time he has had them in hand.
In addition to the lions,thecollection We
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eludes two huge Bavarian amarboundm
which take a very prominent part in theand
performance.
After this introduction to the performers;
I took my seat with the audience to wit -
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ness the exhibition. Mr. Darling and his,
assistant entered the arena with the lions;
and one of the' doge; the former at the
d f d-1 d pedea..
word o command leaped up upon p es..
tale and arranged themselves in pyramidal
groups. While in this position Mr. Dar..
lin g placed the ends of two scarfs in- the
of Online forming festoons over
mouths . , g ,
and ander which one of the dogs ' leaped;
two of the lions then stepped upon a plank
forming a seesaw, the .dog. leaping culla
the centre, and swaying xt fronaside to ex e.
One of .the lions then mounted a tricycle,.
working the pedals, moving the front whee1!
with its fore feet while the boarhound was
-Pushing behind.' The chariot was then
brought forward; one lion entered readily
between the shafts, and two 'others took
their places at either side, one proving
rather refractory, but, after sundry greowht,
he submitted to the stronger will tit the
trainer, who mounted the chariot and drove
, the trio around the circle.
Thperformance'
e is very distinct from
that of lion•tamets in general, who rule
their charges with rode of . iron, and .pro&
them with points, worse than the stings .
of
scorpions, utilizing the fear and terror of
the animals at the superior power of man.
Mr. Darling, on the other hand, is very
familiar with the members of his troupe:.
The in e tooo t .
Th 'which h k hold f he
fore lege of one of the largest and pulled
him down from is pedestal when be
m h p , w was.
not fauffidentiy quick in descending, wag
amusing, .
The lions are of African descent, but,
like the majority of ilea species now he
menageries, have all been born in captivity:.
and familiarized with man from them
birth. Whether they will retain their
docility, as they advance toward their full '
size remains to be Been; but, at. present.
they offer the most complete specimens of
lions that it has ever been the
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s !online to witness.
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who Courage with which the Cat lifeets her
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a 1 . _au.ne -e; ;nem.es. ., ,
The mastery of hermit. whioha oat shot;
when, having beeu caught in • a position
from which ,there is no escape, she eateai
Bite down, to face out the threats of a dog,
is a marvellous thing sap a writer in the
Boston Transcript. Everybody has seen
kitten ori the atreetiloorway etteaked by e
dog ten times ,her size, ' as apparently pelf.
possessed Be if she were in her mistress'
lep. If sae tuna tail and tune down the
attest she is lost; the dog will have a sure
advantage of her. Even as it is; if he could
get up uonrage enough to seize her on the
t h would bt k
, e won e able o make shortwork
of her.
a :,' you dare not touch me, and you ow
an
it, Is what her position tells the dog. But
intenselyn her "guard in spite of her
she s o .,
air of perfect content. Her legs, concealed
under her Amadei ready for a spring; her
unsheathed,h '
claws are her ilea never move.
for an instant the dog ; as he bounds
wildly from side to side, barking with cora.
ma fury, me eyes o erafol.
• 1 f those glittering- f la
low him with the 'keenest scrutiny. ' If he
plucks up his courage to grab her, she is
ready; she will se her life e edisplayed
11 h dearly.She i
watching her chance, and she does not miss
it. The dog tries Fablantactios, and with..
a few feet, settling down upon his
forepaws, growling ferodowly as he
does so. . . ,
Ju t then the a und of a do ' bark in
a 0 .
thanext street attracts his eyes and ears
.
for a moment, and when he looks back the
kitten is gone 1 He looks down the street
• . •
and starts wildly in that direction, and
reaches a high board fence just as a oat's
tail -a- monstrous tail for such a little cat
-is vanishing over the top of it. He is
beaten; the oat shoWed not only more
courage than he had, but a great deal more
generalship.
— .
Baby Boiled. from a Roof and a Ball
Catcher SavedHer.
it; keptonthe roof of the tenement eat
of Athboa:oyooceaTwihagene which had seen better
203 South a if th avenue, and the O. klikken
as name, *eke
toras in wheeling the babies of their respe.o.
a tive families about in it, saYe the New York
Sao. Yesterday the oneflPant of the ear-
nage at about 1 p.m. was Amelia chnabel,
S
twoai
es above wthheo Brenfather, ailopof
p atenrd, livesone134ailrfyo directly
Luke Reilly, the ground
1 y, on , efloor.
t. . ,
Little Amelia a nurse was h elder
who, no eing more then three
brother,t b " •
times her age,i would . e great
t' h thought t b t
'a
fan to let the carriage roll down the steep
incline with which the
e roofelopes toward
the street. • The carriage acquired emu::
momentum in its descent that it Mot over
the low parapet and also cleared the skele•
of a gra mope in process of construe.
tion immediately Dumb".
Down went the baby, carriage. and all,
til the alighted on a. heap of rags in
110 . - Y,, - , ,,. ,
front of Lxiae Reilly a shop. Ina carriage
etre* with such force that it rebounded aistios
yard or more, shooting out the baby.
YY oGuenogrgaalnse 1. Ya‘ base who ball I la catcher
ro f oSouththe
.Buffalos, -.-
Fifth atenne, as well as a newsboy, passed
by, with his arm full of Evening SUNS, jest
as little Amelia came down and, letting,
'. h i fit h •
fall Ms bundle of papers, a Mug her on
the fiy. Although the baby carriage Was
• • -
Smashed 'the Mild proved not to be hurt at
' hid
. at all, and when. her mother,- who
tumbled down stairs after her, like Jillrebellion,
.
a 0'd with
Dater Jack grabbedher, she Bat W1 it
.
chuckle,_ain her usual mixture of English
eariaad replan " I oh falle down."
sii.. tie cuentible proceeded to thrash, little
lamella a •.careless nurse, while the (tether
of the young Buffalos, who lived With his
father, a mulatto porter, at 200 Smith Fifth
avenue, directly opposite the scene of the
adventure, picked up his papers an pro.
oeeded M business.
Oli BY AN ENGLISHMAN '
The Sick HanHis Behavior.
Why is it that a man oaapot be ill grace.
fully and agreeably? It is not . such a
very hard fate to rest quietly in bed and
be waited on hand and foot by one's faintly
a b fed""W
an eon exquisitedelicacies. . a
m. en take only too kindly to the role f
e ° an
l'd • the sore th fi e h'te shawl ;
in" 1 i i e e °Y w z
the little cups of beef tea, or plates of
oysters. : Once let a woman taste the
dreamy
d pleasures of this sort of exietence
and unless some shook or sense of duty
arouses her she will calmly continue for
the rest f h d • the 1 s nt path her aye in e ep ea a
a 2 , 8
"Ekere 'ler. e s 8 9 . Ye .
Sh miles wed} at the little
attentions offered her; she dresses lathe
-t waled , of semi•toilets, and she looks so
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pretty andagentle and patient that it
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seldom dawns her husband thatthe_ ex.
a h . ' dable
!steam is on ignoble one. But let my lord
tall ear what a aifferent ale
to t ill,and °Us d 1
o e . The valet comes flying from the
room followed by a boot, the cook glares
notice because the master called the letter
, s . .
ea the housemaid is in
t " beastlystuff;"'
tears because she is not allowed to sweep
or duet the slak•reom. Man, noble 1314n,
. .
is a pityful object when he is sick. Get
him thoroughly ill and he is a better
than a woman • all hospital nurses
patient.,. . ,
prerer tno men s wards to e women a;
''th
but if he is merely laid u for a de or two
• .. y P y
with a 001a or bilious attaok, he penis-
tently kicks against the pricks, instead of .
wisely enjoying e res whicha . am oen
" the t b 'fi t
nature has imposed on hira. The pity is
„ at men a . . . .
!" are not better and women worse
invalids, but perhaps this will be arrived
at when the day dawns which shows the
equality of the, sexes. -London Hospital.
.. , .
Sickness as . a Teacher.
All the circumstances of life are in some
•
sore educative. Health and happiness have
their lesson of active duty to teach us if we
• •' a' • •
will receive it and so likewise, have pana
disease and iliiisfortniiiie, as lately stated by
Mr. Spurgeon, a purpose of correction, a
chastening and mellowing influence within
theta. With some natures and moods per.
haps it is otherwise. The sharpness of the
stroke touches no mental spring but that of
self concern, but here again it IS the wise
who learns. For him these evils, for sash
they still . remain, are also the seeds of
sympathy with others in like trouble. If
he be throw& Boar fault of his own aoommt
for them, they are in true science as in.
scripture the natural recompense of evil, a
protest on behalf of, needful self-control,
which he will do well to observe. There is
more, therefore, than an apparent ten.
d .
enoy to asceticism in this doctrine of
diadiptinary suffering . ,
Of course, it does not follow that the pros.
permits and the healthy must at mine time
undergo this training by reverses. The
ammo lessons of patience, fellow feeling and
self restraint can be learned in other ways,
and it is quite certain that the daily round
and task abound in opportunities- for such
wholesome instruction. We are alike justi.
fled,therefore in admitting ' for this Fir-
''
pose the frequent utility of pain, and in
seeking, to the best of our ability, to limit
and to destroy by suitable remedies the in.
flumes of this otherwise harsh and hurtful
instructor.' Health f • d d bodyd
o min an an
well being of estate are alone cowl/dent
with perfect life as ordered by nature's plan
and the divine will, and every .putpose 'of
training 18 0 •
• ' compatible their fall pos
session alai their proper use.. -Lancet.
A LOVE STORY.
Tam you allow it was indiscreet."
I thought it was eo vety nn•Feenoh.
I...
I sm so glad you say so. A Frenchman
at.: 338Ver have allowed I did wrong."
Oa, but ,please remember, I loved you
ii' ng what you did." • '
1.0 not love, bat pity me for being com•
ie '. to do a wrong thing." •
' Mademoiselle Diane," I passionatelyShe
I. ned, "you Must excuse my English
ur, ways. I did not think anything you
wrong; I only was so surprised to find
stif the fortunate recipient Of so much
tiden3e*" •-
'um, just as a fleeting cflondsdarkene
hod extinguishing the light of the sun
a bright but windy day, a shade of
,eacholy passed over the eyes of Diane
Beeteuille, and she said,
I do so want a friend in whom loan
fl le. Young as lam, and inexperienced,'
sow full well that such a friend is out of
q aestion within my own family, within
a role of girl friends • and yet, God knows
'hat help, strength 'and moral courage
lo what is right, and, yet avoid giving
Good heavens 1" I exclaimed, guessing
nos meaning of these words,' you are
if e not already engaged to be married,?"
N 1, but the husband is selected,
A ad is he here? " • .
l'aere he as, pointing toe handsome
H lonwhat sullen man of two.and•forty
) was . opposite, and who constantly
34" glances in our direction, which either
1}‘,4ded evil M myself, or maybe-
MI was ten times worse -to the little
)I I now conceived to be under my
v.1 protediona
Da you know him ? "
I met him at Ste. Clothilde yesterday
ding eel came Out Of mass. He stopped
peak tamy •parents, was introduded to
and I was afterwards asked how I
I d him." •
What did you say ? "
What oonld ,I, say, exoept that he was
ahlg end good looking ?"
What did your pareate reply ? "
Teat he was a .4 parfait gentilhommea
f he ,had asoixanj millelivrea de rente,'
• •
' qua l'on ponrrait fame ire clue de
miser."' . ' • a
saa beside myself. " What 1" oried 1,
s yet to be sold for sixty thousand
es a par ?"
Et I's not .so bad as that" she replied,
I that oaptivating smile which had
me already . on to the borders of
day, "for yen must remember that I
not • a slave' but though there is an
,utage in that, there is something
e in giving pain to one's parents,
gaily when they are so good as mine,
82 evidently bent on this union." •
aou shall not marry any one against
' wish 1" I vehemently exclaimed ;
a do look upon me as your guardian for
, .
Pas si vile 1" quiokly . replied Diane.
tope I will not require & guardian all ,
ife."
I hastened to suggest. '-
)o
ao yort. think I shall want one? "
atho knows ? " '
ire we were interrupted .b a polite
est from the leader of the cotillon to
p and perform the figure he had then
n.
, our rein& Diane said:
'he Count de Maupert-the friend of
.
?dents, you know -contrived to dame
me during this figure of the million,
;am me he wished he were you."
That did you answer? "
!het I thought, on the contrary, it
it. be you who wished you were he. '
is was a most artful little bit ot fun,
,
I put me in a difficulty. Had I re-
and her she would have had every
ei to think I did not with to stand' in
relation to her which her parents
ed this man to be placed in ; while if
?roved her reply she could with equal
38 have laughed at me for wishing I
not sitting by her side.
therefore gave no anower ; then, with
ight twinkle inlet eyes, she looked at
nd mid, "You see you cannot answer."
Chen you do not regret too much being
ag with me ? "
. would willingly sit by your side for a
Mae, and 1 know I would never weary,"
'led,
:led, with a voice full of passionate
maim, which made my little partner
I.
flow nice it remit be," she said, a to be
Inglish girl!"
i that moment I thought nothing could
sore charming than to be a French one,
Why ? " I naked. •.
Because the freedom which is allowed
thoughts embellishes their lives."
leg, it does; and nothing heightens
ty so 133U0h 80 the free display of those
ghts on the face of a pretty girl,"
. Metal," elm went on, as if not deicing
last remark, "that being given, et
se the earns society, . and the same
r of polite society as guides throughout
world, it is a.great and wonderful ad-
sge to any girl to be able to enjoy her
ghtS, her sentiments, her whines, her
idef tlVeri at the &Red Of existenee,
ssit hritioind 'Otani id the voice elf a
• . •
.. • The Census of Cheese.
Cheese alive? Of course 1 Didn't you
knew that before? Cheese is about as
lively as. vinegar, and eyerybody knows that
is •full .of microscopical snakes.
And you know that yeast is full of eels, so
email •that. it takes a microscope to see
them, and that excellent drinking -water
that we got fro ni Lake Erie is fall of the
liveliest kind of little wrigglers that yen
aulP down by the thousands without ever
suspecting •that you are drinking anything
but the purest liquid ? But to return to
the cheese. Somebody hes been taking the
census of a plebe of cheese, ,and gives us
the •result in roundnumbers He floe the
. .
P opulation of Emnienthal, a sort of Ginyerie
o. 8 as follows . 11 each gramme o e
t b foil • I h f th ••but"
cheese when fresh from 90 000' to 140 000
. , , , ,
m °robes are found. This number increases
•
with time A cheese seventy•one days old
contains 800,000 bacteria per gramme. A
soft cheese twenty•five days old and much
denser than the preceding has 1,200,000
microbes per -gramme. The centre is freer
than. the . outside. A cheese near the
periphery has from 3,600,000 to 5,600,000
microbes. According to the mean of these
two figures them are as Many living organ.
some in 360 grammea of such a cheese as
there are people Upon the earth. However,
don't Id these figures disturb you. Reap
right On eating oheed jest its' you always
have.-Butfaio TilThelli
,citadetoneaang Library,
. • •vinegar'
An English periodical, The Bookworm,
has an interestingparagraph• about Mr.
Gladstone, who has been a book collector
. - •writer
for more than threcaquarters of a century.
„He 'kindla informs nie," writes Mr. W.
thathe•has two books which he
Roberts,- ----, • - - . - -
acquired in 1815, one of watch .was a pre&
--- .
ens from Miss H. Moore. At the present
time he estimates his library ta contain
from 22 000 t 2" 000 'b k ' d • b
, o o, oo a arrange y
himself into .divisions. and sections in a
. ' •
very minute manner. 'The...library is so
excee .mg y. ism n
d• 1 na" Ila bona' that Mr. Glad.
stone . himself does not venture to state
which section r d t 1th . h h
epon era es, a wig . e
thaik th t gthP gy may e one. our .
x e 8 00 0 . . _ . a
There are about 20•editions of Homer, an
from thirty to forty translations, whole or
part. He has never sympathized to any
extent with the craze fart modern first
editions, but 'I like a tell copy,' is Mr.
Gladatone'a reply, made with all the genre.
. • .t f th ' tconnoisseur,t an
me spirt o e true o
inquiry on the subject. And so far as
regards a preference for ancient authors,
in . old but good editions, to modernized
reprints the verdiot is empathically in
.' , . - ,, . •
favor ex the termer.ere,.
'
a •
What tato " Tiddly Wink"?
a t'sgs
What is to iddly wink”? e do no
know; but whatever it is, at any rate the
Supreme Court of Viotoria has decided
that it is not libelous. . A colonial news-
paper oharged'a shire councillor with hay.
4 ' '
lug ' badly winked . the Shire .fands."
Litigation ensued, and the matter was
berried on appeal to the highest tribunal
in the botany, with the aforesaid results.
Some fifty English dictionaries were
brought into court to enable the judges to
ascertain. what was the real ineaning of the
st'dal• " not d*
word,1 Y winkingwee.• ° le'
coverable in any of them So they accepted
•
the definition of the Witnees that thephram
. conveyed, to his mind the idea of "using
' I I
little dodges to obtain one's own ends.
An imputation of that sort the court de.
aided was not necessarily libelous. -Pail
Hall Gazette.
•
Exceeding Sinfalness.of Bair.
A new religion has been invented: irt,
Russitiathe cardinal doctrine of which ier
the sinfulness of hair. ' The members' of
the h -th • h ad u .
. new sect a ave . ear e a as we as,
their facies. Hitherto baldness has beers
regarded as a Misfortune, bd the turn et
bldh d d ' h t I t Th
a aa e men as am" ma • eY
can now embrace the new rdigion and
a • •
pars e their piety•as they sit. in the front
seats of the theatres.
Hest Workers.
New York Herald: "Have you a type
writer ?"
"Yes."
" What hind?'
"Red haired and freckled. They do
better work than Recamier blonclies."
•
Electricity on Board Vessels.
A new dangertravel.I
menaces ocean n
their endeavor to surround passengers on
steamships with every comfort, the man -
agars of several lines are using electric
lights upon their vessels. On the lad
westward trip of the Etruria, which is thus
supplied,. fires were discovered on two saps.
rate occasion's which had originated from
the imperfect insulation of .the electric
light wires; ends although they were fork',
nately extinguished in time, the lesson they
.
teach should be remembered and heeded.
'
• . • a.. New Hand.
Philadelphia Times: "Say, look h
waiter 1 Do customers have to wait e year
in this restaurant before they lean get
something to eat ?"
" I really can't tell you, sir; you see I've
only been dere a 'week."
•
Orders Disobeyed.,
Managing editor -Haven't I told you re-
,
peatedly to write only on live subjects?
Subordinate -Yea sir. .
"And yet you have an article' here on
Philadelphia:.
. .
Church and People.
,
We he a great deals nowadays about
the •
diminished attendance' at church. . As
a matter f f t a
o AO , we suspect that there is in
most communities ' as large ti` proportion of
ohnrch•goers as in the more devout past
times with which such damaging compara
sone are often made: However that may
bp, one thing is trues we do.find a tendencythink
. I
in this day ,tt• tMnk of chart:thee'. as a sort
of Sunday lyceums. We are a good deal in.
,
the habit of goiag to church with the object
of beingentettatned bythe' preacher. .
Perhapa the -negleat of the worship idea
may:. account, in part at least, for the
diffibult f fill' • t t t'
y o ing our pro es an churches.•
The Romanista gather gree.t.congregationa
at eli hours and in all Weather: It is not
by offering pulpit attractions but by '
pressing the obligetion of 'worship. We
may sneer at it as superstition. A slight
of the same sentiment would be
h 'le - f P t t t Ch • t'
w o some or many ro es an ris lane.
-Baptist Examiner.
, . .
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WITH all our boasted civilization, labor -
saving machinery and general .enlighten.
mad, the Workingman aoes not seem to be
Making the progress he' ought to. In fact
George E. Ditwiler in an article seems to
he is going backward. He says;
- Six hundred years ago , the workingmen of
Germany labored eight hours a day for live days .
each week. Sunday • was devoted to reugione. a
duties end Monday to recreative pleasures.
These concessions were obtained from the.
masters by the craft guilds which are the ante -
types of the modern trade unions. Ti was in an
era denominated by the historians as the "desk
ages," or to be technically correct it was the
dawn of what is called our present era of eiviii-
edam. Ball a century ago mechanics and
World/is:len of every class had work for twelve
months in the year instead of for eight
or nine, as at present. In spring and
summer they worked • out doom ' When
it became too cold to do that they went- to their
and prepared their material of . all kinde
for the following spring midsummer. It wait
very seldom that an idle man was seen on that
streets or the. highroads, idle homes° he could
not get work. Fifty years ago, in our country, it
Was it rare case to see wonien and children
epgaged in other than domestic milings,witlitho •
exception of a few' who worked' in cotton mills.
the attended tri their domestic duties and
to schoel, or if there weM in:i
facilities grew up strong,healthy men and.
women. To -day women and children are driving
8188 't 8f 81"/' it'd° Meal oaeuPatioeg, and in-
stead of the stro g health g r ti of m rt•
3 ' . - y ene a on , f3
and women that is passing away the United ,
States is in danger of seeing a coming genera -
tonof intellectual and physical dwarfs,' ,
Dr. George F. Pentecost, of Waterbury,
Connecticut, a brother of Hugh 0. Pente-•
cost, the agnostic, will sail on Saturday ftat
. . . .
England, and on the lath or October he.
goes from there to India for the purpose of
preaching Christianity to high oasts.
Hindus.
. . e
. • ._ a.
. William Astor, 01 Now York, enjoys en
of 1123,595 a day; John D. Roche -
ballet's araotinte to a18,715 ; Cornelia
V d Wit' t ' -I -00 ' G di
0 5 0 ' and .Jay onl if
$7,450. • ,
.
isn't the best educated men Who
. . . • . .
the top of the ladder soonest • witn 00
. - .. I • e--
..... . .
hod Carrier as an example. .
-'1 Well," said the baseball ceptiatt,
"our cake is all dough." "How do you
mooed fer it ?" a We haven't a good
.
Every Mother mile the hest boy -the
An, understanding.
a Will you be a sister to me?"
" Noi I W0131." .
" Good. . Name the day."'
,
• Timid Man. ,
"It's getting dark "
quitenow, remarked
Cholly as they eaten the front piazza. .
"Yea," she answered, with a touch of
scorn maim surveyed the distance between..
• '
them. imagine you were
afraid of the dark."
'
. His Dying lejtinction.
. • • , .
"My son," said this dying. bunco man,
"I guess you can't do better than to follow
the motto of your poor old ' dad : ' Whom'
soever you find to do, do him with all our•
y
might. •
Art Criticism.
Imogene (to Harry, loanldom,
oated man leaning saainst a post) Look
. ei 7- f
Harry, what a dittos '
The Statue (contemptuously -Stela -hie
-no 1 . You'd -Ilia -better say bust.
--"*----
. •
The Neatest Bort of Brining.
,
minerals on isin
"Axe there any'Ma' land ' '
Arizona you are trying to sell? "asked the
.a .infusion
respective purchaser. 1,,
P a al• rani 2." replied the agent "why,a
me• .
mine, has been opened, showing a
o vein o so I
f ur fo t ' f l'dmotel."
° '..
.
_About the first thing that strikes the
man Who runt away is the marcsity of placee
,
to run *O. •
TuantPs will do well to keep out of Iowa.
-
That State has jut passed a 18W which is
destined to drive them out of its territory.
The law defines tramps to be,: " Any.
male 16 years of age or over who is
eschool
physicallyable to perform Manual 'labor
and is a Vagrant, who is .wandering about
prao ising common or is
te 'begging," -wander-
' • a ' - • ' 'h Ir 1-. '
mg about ...eying no, visiele ociaing or eusa
noes to maintain himself and unable to
show reaeonabie efforts and in good faith
JO secure employment shall be deemed a
. swerin , is
tramp." P ' ao - - gth' description'
when arrested and convicted, are to be sent
, . . . a
to jail arid placed at hard labor. If they
refaces to teak they will be pot into solitary
confinement and fed on bread and water.
The 0 ._. . . . .
oldest Slater of Mercyas 0
in merles 1
Mother Eldon, of the New York Convent
of Mercy, who is over 90.. Her lather died income
1800 • Her m • a convert,founded
• ' . mother,
dad of the Oisters of Charity at
4altaitsburg. to
tempi placed neer the
wilt cause z 6blacken con rary o
.' '11 't t t t '
,
general belief. The blackening is not due the
unconsatited (*.rhea but to a current of
hot air wise% deposits black perfidies on
contact With a cold outface,
-A eareaomet eerie fa aoriad6roa tt just better."
provocation of derision, meth and con•
_
Plain Talk Wanted.
C. T. A. News: "In promulgating
esoteric cogitetions or articulating super.
Solid sentimentalities and philosophical or
pelphological observations,a'bewareof
_.
platitudinotis ponderosity. , Let your state.
Moats possess a clatifiedcOncieetege, cora.'
pacted oompr heivablen a 1
• e i es , oomescent oon-
stetenoy and a concentrated cogency.
,
,Bow Beatitgal is Nature.
She -What a wonderful thing is nature
How grand 1 How coinprehedivel
He-Yalis ;' even the smaileii planter the
smallest insect had got xi Latin nabee.
•
--•-ase--
The Princess of Wales was the cynosure
of all feminine eyes daring ,the meeting of
the Royal yacht Sonadtoon at Cates. She
id said to have looked remarkably well.
. .
One of the dresses. she wore was a peat
blue and White striped flannel gown which
1: - ."
suited her toperfeo, ion. It was made. Wise,
, .,„ A. .
Pi perfectly plain 'skirt, fitting like a habit
in raid, with flat, straight . plaits in tae
. • , • • , • . •
back, a pile blue silk shirt with an em
broiderticl collar,. Ma an open coat of the .
flahalelo with ooe bdton. The
b_OttOP Or toeskirt was finished by ef very
OOP hem • •
and several rows of stitohing.
. .,
With thia, elattime Her Itoad Highness
Wore a mild hat and thin tulle veil. ,
Sister nose Gertrude,6 girt Wile recently
. ,
crossed this continent On her way to the
()denies( irt the Pacific Ocean, Is said
to have become ahigtuited With the &Shone
of sortie of the toetti 6iia wants to go
1...........
. The Evidence was Sufficient.
Chicago News: "You claim ' that .
youaeons
were insane h reposed to her ?'
,w en Y011 P
' Yes, sir." '' •
" Can vou nrovelt ?"
„ - s . ,e
les, sr.
II How ?II
" It'"the '•'• t d
a , a Y .„ ,producing . e plaintiff ,in Cour an
milling the jury ' look at her.
atui,6 r _ . aa-la-sa. • ,. a. , . in
blind. o warm le tunnel:tea wan toteu
nese, but he is ver cheerful under the
h. , fa, t. • - Senator y .
lost a,
is a to xon. Vance the
.-It
,t f . ,...Incandescent
sign o one or ms eyes over a year ago.
. •teach
ceiling
•In the battle of life it is the trans') Who
. . ,
is always asking for quarter, to
Of all the vegetables which furnish
nourishment to man, the banana is the
most ISrolifice A single 'duster often con.
tains 160 to 180 pada, aild taeighe from 60
in al 4stssii4_,
ttnnely, end idhot 10 b epee. e
wore oy benge itoti door every Irna.