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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-10-8, Page 6A Sprig of Purple lieillberi BY JAMBS 05810. A letter came to sue to day le me one at present far away, Arid in its diaiate folds there lay A ep. % of purple tmather Culled from ;beside of [Mlle oast tem, °rite= tomes winditer, feel glee. Where oft the blool ot 5'l2h1etel men list deeper dyed the heather. I "Meted eash lovely people bell. And breathed withjoy tee imetent sete'l It mode my bosom foo.dly Swell, This sprig of purple bomber ; 1:oedema tong spin to see The level) line and lithesome e'e Other who fesely seise to me Tete spia of purple heather. But autumns gold must come and go, eed winter clothe with spotless snow The root/Mahn and the sane where g: ow The thyme and purple heather Boma I seamy Bartboee face; But for bar Mae ru geutly press, „end next my !swat with Aweless; place, This sprig of purple heather. TERRIBTIE_TREEDY •Ry the 4ntdor of " Tun FLOWER Gran, "Lovzi..v LADY LThlatelleeTe" ko, Or" CHAPTER V.-(Corerrernte) Dolly looked on with dry eyes, but ever increasing fear and agony teller heart. Sh knew instinctively, before the doctor had uttered a word, what his verdict would be so, when h laid she head gently back on the low Joe had improvised, and uttered the onmyliable dead" it was no surprise to "It Is a terrible affeir 1" D:ctor Seymour said slowly, as the three stood vizir% down with different emotions upon the handsome features already fest stiffening in the lay grasp that held them, 44 Fearfully sudden to he thus out ill in the very prime of life, and with inch bdllisrit prorpectebefore him! lloor Lady Brettleweite ; it will be A sad blow for her end almost as great for Mies hieirawaring ! Smith, I think it would be well for you to go to the Hall as quickly as you can, and ask to see the butler; he will know best how to break the news. Perhaps it would be as well for you to say that the Certain is (lustrously hurt; they will be more prepared to hoar the truth, which will he known soon enough. I will remain here and keep watch in the meantime." NJoe started on hie errand somewhat re- haetantly ; he wished the Doctor had und.r. taken it himself, and left him free to talk with Daly. lie had something be wished particularly to say to her, and he might never have such an opportunity. lie dared not however do otherwise then obey the commands he lied received, and therefore eat out on his mission without delay. When be was out of sight. nectar Say - =our turned to Dolly and laid his hand gen- tiy on her arm, "You con do no good here, my child. This foes fellow is beyond all ea tidy care and consideration, ensi you must think of your- self now. Take my advice and return home immed'ately before any one arrive" from the Hell. Your promisee here would only give rime to remarks aud surmises, which Are beet avoided. Betides, your father doubtless must be growing anxious at your ebecnoe from home at this late hour. "My father 1" she repeated, raisin one hand to her forehead in a confused manner; end the Doctor saw again that curious look En her eyes, while a slight shiver peeled through her frame. You are right," she added in a more natural tone; he will be anxious, and since, as you say, I eau do no good, I -will go now -only -only--" And then, before Doctor Seymour could hater - pose, or was even aware of, her intention, see had flung herself upen her knees and was covering the dead man's hand with pas- sionate kisses, The next moment she had railer% to her feet, and, throwing book her - head with a gesture of defiance, she exclaim- ed. proudly, They say he would have mar- ried Miss hfainwering ; but he loved ma - gas, me -Dolly Jarvis, the blacksmith's daughter r, Then she turned, and,without one beck- warkg.latice, moved rapidly away. "Well, well, to be sure 1" muttered the worthy Doctor, rubbing his hands slowly together and staring after the retreating figure a little blankly. " It s a steel:ego wtrld I The gossips were right, after all." But, being no in nip himself, and discreet as them in his profession wally are, the good old Doctor never divulged to a single soul what had taken place after Joe's de- parture. Meanwhile Dolly sped on her way. At Ent she walked quickly, her feet keeping pace with the tumult of her thoughts, but by-and-by the high nervous tension began to relax, the excitement which had borne her up in a measure died away, and her steps lagged wearily. A sort of stupor be gin to creep over her, the shadows of the trees formed themselves into fantastic shapes, and seemed to her distorted fancy like so many imps dancing round her and gloating over her misery. to shield one whom she would naturally have been the first to denounce she collie not tell. She was only conscious of a strange confusion of ideas, a dread cf the knew not what. When at last she reached home, she stood for a moment half hesitating before she tim- idly knocked with her hand on the door . A brief pause, and then there wart a /mane of approaching footsteps, the belts were drawn slowly bech, and a volee like -yet so unlike -her fatheeeiteked hoareely, "Who is there I.' "It fel, father-- Dolly. Don't you know me ? ' the girl said tremulously as the door was opened cautioutly, and she monied the threehold. • Admit, drew the bolts again and followed Dolly into the kitchen, Ae the light fell up- on him the girl uttered a little cry ef alarm, Could that old, worn, heggard-lookiog man be her father: the jovial bleakentith? Sorely he never before bad that steep in his ahoold- I era, and his eyes ---oh, why did they regard her rdlegli so strangely! steer Ullahissit: sineci 1 to ted ft cVa I and wrought this terrible change be him within a few abort hours! 44 Well, girl, what have you to say ? 'Adam '111464sharply. h, father, father," Dollyczied, elietch Ing out both hands towarde him, and falling upon her knees before bins, "don't leak at me like that -it will kill me I I lave done . wrong; I should have trusted you and told you all; brit, oh, if I have sinned, I have '1 been bitterly punished V' " How -how?"" asked Adam huskily: and the girl shivered at the sound of that strained unnatural yoke, "lie is deed !" the girl answered Wetly, with something like a well, "Dead 1" Had Adam spoken, or was it a groani Dolly relied her bead and glanced Narita- ly up at Mm, lie was standing with arms crowd orate brawny chest, his eyes *tering straight before hineetinconeicocut even of her presence. 44 Father- I.* the girl repeated in frighten- ed team; and then her glance fell upon his ehirt-front end travelled down to the wrist - bends. Whet were them dark red spots be- sprinkled here and there? Dolly's eyes grew dark and distended, whilst they, looked like those of some bunted wild animal. 44 Fa. then !" she gasped, eteggerbee to her feet and taking a step backwarde, "'Speak I What is thile_horrrible thing! It -it a not true 1 Greet tieaven--oh, say it is not true 1 I was wror g: -when I animected-ab, tell me that I am going mad!" Then Adam Jarvis** strained pee relaxed and his eyes, tilled 1Fritll A StrAng0 regret and I hopele a nee', riot those of Mad 'tighter stead - i Uy, as he answered 'lowly end dream/0y- ' You are not gout; mad, Dully; but I was mad eaten, in a tit of ungovernable pea. elan, I struck down the man who had dared to wrong my daughter.' Scarcely had the words left his lire when, with a cry that mug in Adams ears until ithe lay ef his death, Dolly fell forward winkle at his feet. ; She wondered whether her father had missed her, whether he would be very an- gry when he learned where and with whom she had been, whether even he would refuse to receive her into his house ag,in. Well, it did not signify -nothing signified, now that he was dead. Dead I Oh, no, it could not be! They had been talking together, he had just told her how much he loved her, when someone had struck him from behind. It had all been so sudden, the assault and the deadly struggle that followed. She had been so alarmed that she had, after, one feeble protest, buried her face in her hands that she might not witness that terri- ble fight. She had heard the deep breath log of the men, the muttered imprecatione, a heavy fall, the sound of retreating foot- steps, and than there was silence- a silence that lasted so long that she was fain to look np ; and then she had seen that no trace re- mained of the combatants -only the grass was clowe trodden and the brambles broken where they had fought close- groat Heaven ED close to the edge of those huge boulders ! Fascinated, drawn thither by acme fora stronger than her own will, she had crept to the h. ad if the reeks and looked over, to see dimly a figure lying there still and me tionIess, D.ring that terrible and lonely walk she enacted the whole scene she had just gone through again and again. That other man -poor Harry's murderer -who was he? She had not seen his face nor heard his voice- and yet, just for one horrible mo- ment, she had fancied he bore a strange re- eemblanee to— , Oh, no, no, a thousand times, no; it was not possible 1The man who had struck her lover down must have been some one who owed him a deadly grudge, pe haps a poach- er whom the young officer had been the insane of getting convicted, and who had waited for an opportunity to avenge him- self; and yet why had she -Dolly said it was an accident -why had she not boldly denounced the assassin? Ahr, why, Indeed? What motive could have Influenced her to make her endeavour CHAPTER VI, Sir Ralph and Lady Braithwaite were en- tertaining %large circle of guests at *ellen, There were some old friends of the Baronet, and mveral young mere his sons' friends, for this was the eve of the twelfth of An. gust, and. the sportsmen were looking for- ward to having $. fine time of it *nth* York. shire moors, But the lords of creation were not to have It all their own way. A number of bailee had been invited to share their holit's hospi- tality, and to keep Lady Braithwaite and Miss Moinwering in countenance, as the lat- ter laughingly protested. It had been decided that there should. be dancing every evening -not a regular hall, but just a homely altar -that form of amuse- ment being the most in favour with the young people; whilst their elders repaired to the smok.hrg-room, or sought refuge in the smaller drawing -roam, where mod tables were set ont, for Sir Itelph had a great par - Utility for whist, Geraldine Mainwarlhg was in her own room; she had been lying down to refresh herself for the Doming festivities, Dinner had been delayed half an hour in deference to the expected arrival of more visitors. The first dressing -bell had. not yet rung when a knock sounded at Miss Sfainwaring's door; and, in answer to that young lady's Entre:," her maid Colette came in. Geraldine was wearing a pale 'primrose tea gown, in which she had appeared during the afternoon, d which suited her style of beauty to perfection; she had loosened her hair, which fell in rich luxuriance below her waist. There was a happy light in her dark eyes, although her thoughts were evi- dently wandering, or she mu -t have noticed the unusual perturbation of the Frenchwo- man's manner. But Celiete needed no encouragement to speak, for hardly had she crossed the thres- hold when she lifted both her hands and shook herhead inn way that was exceedingly expressive. But, mademoiselle, this is terrible, n'est ce pas ?" she cried., "Oh, what unhappi- ness --the beau monsieur -I can hardly be- lieve it 1" "Believe what ?" Geraldine asked sharp. ly, resenting the maid's freedom of speech. "Then mademoiselle has not heard? I am the first:to bring the niiws to ill 1" "What do you mean? Tell me quickly 1" Geraldine cried, a strange fear seizing her. But it seemed that Celeste either could not or would nqt speak lucidly, for now she wrung her hands, exclaiming - "Ah, le pauvre Capitaine-so young and ai beau / Milady, it is too sad!" "De you mean Captiau Braithwaite? Has anything happened to him ?" asked Geral- dine, her cheeks growing ashy pale, her dark eyes fixed piercingly upon the maid, as though she would read her inmost soul. " Alois oui," Celeste raid slowly. I heard it but just now. He has been found—" " Well ? " -impatiently, as the maid paused. "Murdered -killed, what do you called it? at the bottom of a so dangerous prc ci- pice. A low raoan broke from Geraldine's white lips as she repeated the terrible word. " Murdered ? Great Heaven, it is impos- sible ! There must be some mistake, Ce- leste; it is ridiculous. • Harry -Captain Braithwaite could have no enemies who should want to harm him j" She spoke rap- idly, trying, as it were, to convince hersed of the falsity of Celeste's story, yet all the while feeling vaguely that ite must be true. she went on, as she noticed Celeete'S ill concealed eagerness yet evi- dent tenidity to say more, "you know some- thing further -you have not told me all !" "Pardon, milady, no; but it in only a canard -gossip perhaps. I would rather not eity ; mademosielle will hear it soon enough." "I insist on knowing now -at once," Ger- aldine cried, springht forward an& clutch- ing Celeste's arm in a vice -like grip, as though she feared she would endeavour to escape. and that momentheartilywishedsheliadlet her news to be told by other lire than he own. It was too late however to draw back, she knew her mistress's, character too well net to boort:On that nothing but the whole truth would satisfy her now. "Tell me, do you. hear ?" Meet Mainwer hag repeated, giving her a shake that made her teeth chatter, partly from fright and partly from the auddenuesa of the assault. "I -I -.-.they my that Captain Braith waite was pushed over the precipice by 0. girl,' Celeste jerked out. the daughter of * smith who is black. She is very pretty, On clit„ And monsieur le Capifaine used i•oroe tittles to Wit to her." Tne woman boon. found her tongue, went on glibly enougE now. "And then it is supposed -for- of course no one can tell for certain -that she had heard monsieur was going to be married and was jealous." At the last word Mies Mainwaring releas- ed. Ctleate an soddenly as she had seized her. "There -that will do 1" she said, with a harsh laugh, that sounded strange in the oltonenstanom. "I shall not need your services, Colette ; so you may go . No"- as the girl was about to speak-" I should prefer to be alone." So the maid had no alternative but to obey, though elm glanced a little dubiety/1y at her young mistress as she turned to lea.ve the room. " ...liajoi, but ;he alums a strange sang- froid 1" Celeste muttered, as she traversed the corridor. "One would hardly believe that she has just received the newt( of her lover's death, And the other girl! Ah, I CPA Understand that I If he were particle, 1 what elm could she do! The girl shrugged her shoulders, arid her Meek eye* flatbed, as ft in sympathy with that "other girl." Meanwhile, Mini Mainwaring, left to her- self, dropped no her knee", and stretching out her erma on the chinte.covered emegh, bowed her heed upon thorn in the very acme of despair, It never oceurred to her for one moment to doubt the truth of Celeetede statement, Her Otintin was dead. She accepted the fact un- emestionlegly ; but no tome came to relieve her tortured heart She was stunned, per aired, AA it were; but it wee noteven liar. ry Brisithweitee tragical fate that caused that intolerable =mush, At that moment she felt she could have born to lose him, had she know he had boon true to her. It was the fact of his having been the contrary that WAS the greatest blow of all. • That he was dead seamed to her but a entell effedr,eitree be bed not loved her - nay, even in her bitter despair- and dear/Wetter+, she was almost gladthat it was so -glad that he would never belong to another wo- men, since she had lost him, It was a peer satisfaction, after all, and it brought but test:enemy comfort. The little ormolu clock on the mantelpiece chimed the hour and still Geraldine crouched beside the conch, her dark unbound hairfalling in wild disorder around her; groat dark rims enter - clad her eyes, her hands wore dry and fever. lab, but still she had not wept. Presently there was a knock at the door. It was not like Celeste's brisk little tap; end, as if in Eh dream, Geraldine slowly rote and opened it. On the threshold stood Laxly Breithweite white sod trembling, with traces of oxen - sire grief on her pale fan and a general air of etaudotment to sorrow. "Forgive me, my dear, I Gould. not come before,' she said, entering at once, and closing the door softly behind her. "You have heard—" "I• knew all," Geraldine asswered, in a cold hard voice, so strangely unlike her own that Lady Braithwaite glanced at her ner- vously and shivered. "Who told you ?" "Celeste." After that Wet question and answer there fell a enema upon the two women which neither of them seemed inclined to broth. "You will forgive him -oh, Geraldine, you must forgive him 1" cried the elder lady at last, looking up with eyes swim- ming with tears "I know you are judging him harshly. You said you knew all; but that is not possible -nobody knows I Yet there may be, there must be some explains. tion for his interview with that wretched girl I" "No doubt he had deceived her, as -as he did me," Miss Mainwaring said bitterly, with no softening of her voice, but with the hard lines round her mouth growing still harder, ' e "You are cruel -cruel and unjust!" cried Lady Braithwaite, bursting into a fit of pas- sionate weeping. "Oh, my boy, my bon- nie boy 1" lithe sight of her auns's grief moved her, Geraldine made no sign. Astatue of Parian marble could"not have been more chill and calm and motionless. She stood with her hands loosely clasped in front of her, gazing steadily and unseeingly before her. Lady Braithwaite's fit of weeping ended at last - indeed, it seemed as if the fount of her tears were exhausted. She laybaek in her chair now almost as motionless as Geraldine herself. "Where have they taken him ?" It was Geraldine who asked the question in clear unfaltering tones. "Into the library. If you could see him -oh, Geraldine, you loved him once -you would forget his faults, and -and think of him more kindly 1" " Yes ; I loved him once," the girl repeat- ed slowly. "How long ago that seems now! I made a hero of him, I believed him un- selfieh, true, and noble, a chivalrous gentle- man, generous:and brave -I believed him all this and much more -until an hour ago. Now that my idol has fallen from the ped- estal on which I raised it, I can see of what very ordinary clay it was composed. Are you surprised that I am disappointed? No, aunt Bessie; it is besiau,e I loved your son so dearly that I cannot find it in my heart to forgive his—" "Stop, stop I" broke in Lady Braithwaite, putting her hands up to to her ears. "If - if he has wronged you, remember he is dead i" "Do not let us talk about it any more," Geraldine said, with a weary gesture. "He was your son, and--" "And your lover," interrupted Lady Braithwaite again. "Sy rather Dolly Jarvis's," Miss Main- waring rejoined, with a dangerous fi..sh in her dark eyes. Lady Braithwaite tease from her chair. Her face looked drawn and haggard; the Ehock had aged her terribly. Geraldine, glancing at her for the first • time, noticed the change, and a sudden revulsion of feel- ing Oftra0 over her. Her:own trouble was great enough, but hardly so great as that of the mother who had :seen her best loved OM struck down by a murderous hand while yet in the very prime of ir aehood and strength. Miss Mainwaring moved a step or two forward, and, as her aunt reached the door; she bent forward and kissed her g%ntly. "I am grieved for you dear aunt," she said softly. "In thinking of my own wounds, I have overlooked yours. Forg:ve me if I have sf emed harsh and unto eling. ' t sure of the hand, and time nexrmoment Ger- aldine was Ida clone DECO more. All through the home of that memorable night the girl fought with her sorrow, Ce- leste came again to ask whether she could do anything for her young lady. but her the - moved time tem summarily diemiesed When all was u the anmel hours of the mcrniog, A tall pale figure enveloped in a loose matunere robe mime slowly down the - broad oak steircase. In one hand Geraldine carried a chewed lamp. with the other she held up her trailing skirts. Now and again she p insect and warmed anxiously around, but at length :she reached her goal With fingers that trembled little, she unfasten- ed the library door and entered tr e centre of the room, on hastily improvised bier, the outlines of a figure could be clearly defined beneath the white covering. Half a dozen wax candles were sending pale gleam across the chamber, making the shadows be the corners appear more deep by contrast, Geraldine hei closed the door softly be- hind her, and, now seting down the lamp she slowly drew near that central object. Her hands were clasped tightly OR her bo- som, which was heaving tumultuously, her breath came in thick gasping sobs, her eyes were fixed and strained, whilst her face in its ghastly pallor was almost as death -like m those other emotionlem fea- tures upon which she was presently gazing. How calm and peaceful he looked There was one ugly wound on the left temple, otherwise the face itself was not disfigured, though 'the hair was in one place clotted with blood, and the left hand was terribly ereeeed„ Death, wpm hithat cruel form, bad not robbed Harry Breithweite of his good look;; be bad beeri considered one of the handsomest men in the county- The fair looks still clustered round his bread white brow; but there was a strange expression on his ime•-•4 little tender smile was frozen on hie lips which the half -open eye*, belied In their startled appearance. It seemed aimed impossible to believe that he was really deed. Only a few hours ago he hid, ridden forth at Geraldinee side in all the abandonment of youth and good health. How gaily he had laughed and talked, how proud she bad been of her hand- some lover I And now -now, at the sight of his inanimate form, a wave of tender mem- ory began to stir the girl's heart. In his presence she forgot all his failings, even that he bed been untrue to hex'; she remembered biin only at his beet, site recalled the time when they were children together, and, la- ter, when he had been her beylah sieve and admirer-ey, even the happy days they bed paned in each other's society up to a. few hours ago, Dolly Jarvis slipped from her memory altogether, or was be:dulled AI hideous nightmare. And, so living over 'gala the past, as she stood there, all Geraidlue's cold, proud re- serve gave way, the ice that bad been en- circling her heart melted eudddenly and her bitter resentment was replaced by the old tender feeling. In an agony of remorse and repentance, she Aug herself upon her knees beside her cambia still form; and, taking his cold hand in her own Levi risk pelms, she bathed it with. tears, kilning it passionately again and again. "Oh, my love, my love," she cried, "for- give me that I ever entertained one hard or cruel thought against you I For who am I utheaatledl should judge another ?" dine Menwaring'" wounded self love was Anti in that hour c f bitter anguish Gem'. The maid gave a little scream of alarm, Lady Braithwaite cnly replied by a :pres- (ea au coeriergre) The Rower of Discipline. Frederick the Croat of Pined& waa at his palace at Potsdam, when some of his orders by their excessive severity calmed great dis- content among the Prusaian troops; so the soldiers then in• garrison resolved to avail themselves of that ease and facility with which Frederick could at all times be ap- proached by thorn; and thus a deputation of the Grenadiers of Ogilvie marched delib- erately from their barracks across the great square which lie" before the palace and halt- ed at the porch. An officer in waiting - afterwards the great Field-Marehall Keith, who was killed in battle by the Austrians at Hoohkiohen-acquainted the King of their arrival, adding, "Shall I order them in barracks, sire, or place them under ar- rest?' "De neither; they have come to see me and seems they shall; good soldiers have nothing to fear from me, and the regi- ment of Ogilvie it' one of the finest in Prus- sia. I shall try on them the power of die cipline 1" Frederick hastily put on his shah. by old uniform, idadong jack boots which had never known blacking, his orders of knighthood, his cocked hat, sword and sash. "Sire," urged Keith, "Will there not bean Inconvenience in all this ?" "To whom?" " Teyou, sire." "How comrade Keith- how!""Discussion will lead to other depu- tations, and every order your Majesty may issue will be dissected and cavilled atlas tarn in every guard -room and beer shop in Prus- sia." "No matter, comrade -march in the rascals; trust to the power of discip- line 1" In they came accordingly, twenty tall and swinging fellows, all after Freder- ick's own heart; but the appearance of the King, droned as if for parade, awed them into total silence, " Aohtung 1" (attention) cried he, drawing his sword, to the right face -front I to the left face -front 1" These commands the deputation, who were form- ed in line, obeyed in perfeot silence, and wondering what was to follow a reception so unexpected; and so Frederick cried sudden- ly, "To the right about face, to your bar- racks, quick march !" Then, as he never gave the word "halt," they :'elt compelled to march on, and the old King and Marshall Keith laughed heartily as the baffled depu- tation disappeared within the barracks -yard where there expectant comrades gathered around them, to hear the report of how Frederick had received the complaint. "We have never opened our lips," said the oldest grenadier, with a very crest -fallen expres- sion, "D r Teufel? did not you see the King ?" cried they. "We have just left " Blockheads I and why did not you follow your instructions ?" "It was im possible." • Impossible I- and why so?" Because when we saw old Father Frede- rick in his fighting coat and dirty boots, and heard his voice of command, our hearts falter! US, and the- the power of discipline proved tcogreat." An aristocratic writer in Vani y Pair saps: "Among us one has become a starter (Lord Marcus Boresford) another a dresel. m tker (Mr. Meade), and a third a bonnet wader (Lord Granville Gerken). Spiller a cigarettes are comonly repo ted to be the property of the brother of a peer. Lord Londonderry daily athertiset coals, while Lord Dudley's DBMS StaYSEI us in he hese (ver a sleep window in Lownpes street. Several ions of peers are club teo eateries. or wine reerohants, and sons of dukes are "on 'Change," in the tea trade, &c. Lord Shrewsbury and Savernake run cabs, and there is quite an army of ariatocratie brew era and agents. On the othef hand, look at the number of new peers and powerful men who have formed new families from trade Any one can pick out over a hundred names in the ad seventy years," Bill Simpsons Darter. No matter how hard and ugly the tru is, it is more pleasing than the effcctation wrist is not real. Exposure hieertain to fol- low people who try to ge through lie be- hind a mask of false pretenses. We have little aympathy.fos people like "131118ln:iv, son's darter." A gentlem n traveling from Torouto to New Yerk city tells the story At Niagara, two ladies, dressed in the e treme of fashion, entered the car. The manners incliceted great affectation and con- eequent shallowness, th I -- JUMBO'S HISTORY- of , stile ing Events la the Life or the illeeett Captive newsmen Rej4willaebillewld" bysome Arabstwentytt the y jeaarrdins old. Plaletefe in Paris, when an Infant, and when about three years of age was exoltinged for other animals and given to the directors of j the Zoological Gardens, 'I London. He re- ir retailed on exhibition there until March, 1882, whett he was purchased by Mr, P. T. Bar- num for "the greatest ShOW on earth." Ten thousand dollars wire paid.for him, and after some litigation, as to the right of the direct- ors of the gardens to make the sale, he was dragged through, Leaden on a orate on wheels end put on hoard the "Aesyrian Monarch" steamship on his passage to New York. Even then, there were legal barriers to be get over before Jumbo be allowed to loteele the country. It was discovered that there was not room enough between decks, weighingbe beiug°eel evveenn toannde. ana dil ralffeefeotr hightheEann: lish Parliament passed a special act provid- ing for precautions against loos of life by emigrants who accompanied Jambe to Amer- ica. All these delays of the law and the un- willingness of tvc English people to part with their favorite elephant increased the cost of the animal considerably, and Mr, Bailey (Mr. Bar -nom's partner) is authority for thiestatement that the original coat of $10,000 rase to $30,000, before he left the English shores. EMI EWE EV AMERICA. Be arrived at New York ort the 0th of April I8S2., and from that dee, to the present has been a great pet of the Ameelmonet,ople, For some time after his arrival thel'e was considerable 'peculation as to Jumbos Rre- beble behavior in his adopted land. The manner; of the Undon Zoological Gardena bed not been unwilling to part with hires bemuse he had occasionally manifested a temper that they believed bordered on in- sanity and they were of the opinion that if he remained they would have to destroy him to prevent him hemming dangerous to visit- ors. Mr. Barnum was not of that opinion; he believed that the London directors had made a mistake in forcing Jumbo to live an almost solitary life, and he thought that if he had an opportunity given him for con- genial society ,T,urnbo would be very happy, very itoolable, and not in the least dangerom. Mr. Barnum'a expectations were realized, and if Jumbo had one trait of his character that was more highly developed than Another it was a love for children, Strange to say, however, though he was for live years under the care of Mr. Barnum and his partneri, mei afforded every facility for a companion. ship that had been denied hint in England, he has died childlesee Mr. Barnum said yes- terday that in about ten months they expect to have a posthumous child of hie, and in seventeen months another, parturiti a with elephants taking twenty-two months. REFORMED DRINKER. Mr Barnum is a total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks, and has been during the larger part of his life. He was xtremely anxious that his pet elephant should elm have added to his other vatuee that of tem- perance. Jumbo came short of perfection in this respect, in Mr. Barium's eees, for -he had the painful consciousness soon after the purchase of Jumbo that the latter could drink whiskey bei the (inert hottle without it producing any intoxiost ng effect Juni- bee preference for whiskey was, however, quite under restraint, and he, very early alter his arrival in this country, abandoned whiskey an a beverage and became a beer drinker. In this reepeot, howevemoderate in his desires, and tho h he in- sisted he was sided on having his beer regularly every night, yet he never drank more thane. quart, and generally one half that quantity. Jum- bo's favorite drink, to Mr. liarnuen's great delight, was water, and of this he drank the contents of Eve buckets a day. Considering the very greatsize of his body and the ectivitv of Jumbo's mind,ile could not be considered an enormous eatr. Ilia daily allowance was 200 pounds of .may, two bushels of oats, a barrel of potatoes, ten or fifteen large loaves of bread, two or three quarts of onions, and all the oaken and gin- gerbread that the children who visited the chow took pleasure in giving him. The only unoccupied seat in the ear was directly behind a quite-lookirg lady, evi- dently from the country. Her drew was of calico, her bonnet of plain straw, and her her gloves were of cotter*. She could not - however, have leaked neater, and the had good, honest face. As the fashionable ladies adjusted their draperies in the unoccupied seat* one of them said to the other ; "Don't yen think it too bad that there are now such poor accommodations on rail- road trains?" i4111007 -in what way ?" asked the cora- Inu" Why here we are crowded with all classes of people, some rf them so CQM/D011. Look:Hor4atrrd.thatpersonIn. front of us. Perfectly dreadful." "Looks like a common laborer. 'How annoying to have to come in coa- ted with such people t" "Belongs to mune ordinary family. If one could only exclude oue'ii Pelf from such persons when traveling even short die. Ulnae I suppose its horrid in me to say it, but I have all my life had such a repugnance to common laboring people. The lady in the cello° dross meet have beard a part of this conversation, but her tam was perfectly composed. At that moment, an elderly men in home -spun and home-made garments of A farmer, came down the Male' Be stopped before V361%444 of fashion, closely acrutiniz. ed the features of the one havin "ouch A ferignAllee to °crouton pecp'e," and just as the train stopped at A station, cried out loud enough to be hoard by every person in the " Lookee hyar, ain't you old Bill Simp- son's darter! But I know you air 'thaut ask in. How vie do, anyhow? You dont cheese a speck. Gat the SAM° nose you had when you WOr a little gti os twelve or fifteen yeas, trotthis b'rfoot round my old term in Podunk county. Ver mind how I youat tea give per two bite a day an' per' dinner for belp,i,o? my yotulgona dig Were Ho he ho The young lady had dropped her beaded veil, and was nervously bitirg at her fan, but the former went on heedlessly; 44 Thera been Mighty changes mots then. Your pap went out to Color -Jay, are made a big fortin' titer, Ale I hear you live in greet style. But Bill Simpson ain't the man to fergit old bens, au" you tell 'mm that you've. VW old Jude Billings,, what youat to give him a-menny a days work when he was so pore his fondly had ter wait till the hens lent 'fore they could her any break- fast. You kin remember that yerera, I Tooke*. An' there wen t nobody gladder nor me when ger pop did gni rich so and. dint, for he WAS a mighly bard. world& blacksmith, sin' always pore 'cause of bad lock. likly wife rex that the loet an awful good washer -woman when er-r ma moved, an' -I git off here. (laed-by I geed -by!" The meekest, mast subdued person on that train during the rest of the trip was "Bill Simpson's darter." About Spices. Ginger is the root of a shrub first known in Asia, and now cultivated in the West Indies and Sierra Leone. The stem grows three or four feet high, and dies every year. There are two veriatiee fginger-the white and black -caused by taking more or less care in selecting and preparing the root", which are always dug in Winter, when the *terns are withered. The white la the beat. Cinnamon is the Inner bark of a beautiful tree, a native of Ceylon, that grows from twenty to thirty feet In height and lives to be centuries o'd, Cloves -native to the Molucoa Iolanda, and so called from resemblarce to a nail (olavis). The East Indiana call them " ohangkek," from the Chinese " teoheng- kis " (fragrant nails). They grow on a atraight,amooth-barked tree aboutforty feet high. Cloven are not fruits, but blossoms, gathered before they are quite unfolded. Allspice -a berry so called because itcom- Miles the flavor of several apices -grows abundantly on the allspice or bayberry tree, native of South America and the West In- dies, A single tree has been known to pro- duce 150 pounds of berries. They are purple when ripe. Black pepper is made by grinding the dried berry of a climbing vine native to the East Indies. White pepper -is obtained from the same berries, freed from their husk or rind. Red or cayenne pepper is obtained by grinding the scarletpod or seed vessel of a tropical plant that is now cultivated in all parts of the world. Nutmeg is the kernel of a small, smooth, pear-shaped fruit that grows on a tree in the Molucos Islands and other parts of the East. The trees commence bearing in the seventh year, and continue fruitful until they are seventy or eighty years old. Around the nutmeg, or kernel, is a bright brown shell. This shell has a soft scarlet covering, which, when flattened out and dried, is known as mace. The best nutmegs are solid, and emit oil when pricked with a pin. Jackets are in great favor, and are of a number of varied shapes and styles. The Emperor of Russia travels in rail- road cars that once belonged to Napoleon HI., but they have been greatly improved, and are said to be the finest in the, world. India woman do not like to be doctored by men. Lady Dufferin is President of a so- ciety to educate women for merdica practice. The railroads (tithe world are said to car- ry 6 500 000 passengers a day, It takes all this vast army to down the railway eating - h -use sandwiches. A little boy was told at Sunday school that when he died he would leave his boy here. After his return home he wits much troubled in regard to it, and questioned his parents. His mother explained by saying, • • You will take all the good with you, but leave all that's• naughty here below." He thought a moment, and looking up said; "Well, I guess I'll be awful thin when I get there." "Gentlemen are requested hot to shoot when an honorable member is in line with the Augustus P. Collins window.' This pathetic inscription was once to be found in the place of meeting cif a Western Legisla- ture. Augustus P. Collins had 'patriotical- ly presented the Senate with a valuable stained-glass window, and it was felt that it would be unworthy of an economic State to get it broken by casual revolver shots. Leeiale.tors could shoot each other or the Speaker just as well without "drawing a bead" on the Augustus P. Collins window. STRONG TN FRIENDSHIP. Jumbo formed viii7 strong friendships. This was manifested in his persistent and uniform preference for Scott, his keeper, who had been with him fiver since he was three years old. Many men tried to take the place of Scott, but Jumbo would never permit it. Scott's rule was that of kindness, and Jumbo acknowledged that mode of may- ernment by a love that was quite surprising to every one who had an opportunity of ob- serving it. Scott never used a prod upon Jumbo, and ruled him entirely by gentle persuasion, to which Jumbo invalably and promptly responded. There was one occa- sion when the latter had to remind Soott of an oversight, but the reminder was gently but effectively done. Scott bad every night a quart of beer brought to him, and he in- variably gave Jumbo half of that. One night Scott was sleepy and drank all of it, forget- ting Jumbo's allowance, When Scott had made himeelf comfortable in bed and had gone to sleep Jumbo put his trunk around him and lifted him from the bed and deposit- ed him gently on the floor, Scott speedily had a realizing sense of his omission and hastened to get Jumbo his beer. This done the animal was quiet for the remainder of the night and allowed Scott to sleep the sleep of the just. Jumbo had perfect health, was never known to have been sick, not even having a ehill, a complaint that very few elephants do not have at some time of their lives, Queen Victoria has placed Birkhall, the royal residence at Glemnerick, attheppos- al of the ex -Empress Eugenie. Philoldgists say that Glenmeriolc means in the Goalie the Pig's Ravine. ' One of the Rothehilde is said to have lately left a hotel at Deanville on account of being charged $1.25 for a bottle of beer. At Trouville, two years ago, 300 irons was put down to Baron Allphnuee for night light. is stews, d suggested this was rather piling it on. "Oh, it should have been 30 francs " was the explanation, which was accepted, though at that Price the whols house could have been kept in the article for a month. A Viennese paper contains an advertise- ment which runs as follows: "My ;lame is Fredrick. I am as poor as I am ugly, and if anything can exceed my stupidity it is my disagreeable character. In spite of these disadvantages I aspire tomarry. Is there any lady who will have me ?". This is not a very Inviting programme, but the gentleman has had many letters of imp iry. Women have an instinctIve insight into human nature, and probably feel that the advertiser cannot be a stupid as he declares himself, and may have better qualities than he pretends. At most he requires some kind individual to console him for his de- ficiencies, and old maids as a rule are self- sacrificing creatures.