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TFiE LEArti IE never do the deed, my I shell warn Vi
1 nmeelf, And he was y bro--Vise
%I'll N'" Mend I"
"'het what stro you going to do now
Valerie asked, ' egein leter ha the day,
`9He is a traitor. He is going to betray (To nr, CONTINU ED, )
,
the Leetue, and I am going to be his confi- ,
lti3-7" PM=
sci wetly, they got her comfortably in !ed, The Weneen Hindoltan.
i's TbrheoPAgt dg.gtg,11111.4otarlyd'otot,a,PyPaa,LIngtlaYsiaasele:ipi A .good deal has lately been seid about the
ee thee:eh lett the wee; promieelgto eag. lendition and wronga of the women in Hilo
doetan. The state in winch those po,or ores.
dant. SlaW it in his face. ( wonder hove
OttAPTER XII, in his passionate face with a glance ineltiug 1 bear it -1 weeder I do not die 1 What
beeinn a little light recreation, mud untroubl- all Le eteutier's selhooreinand to a
resttr2 I would
unld, Valerie,theyanyciofueu
t'lleayr Iv'orldsnicl:eretigilhotwlyi—
Coolly, as it the whole treneeetiou had and tender, yet wholly womanly, It
alleo to Mexwell by pure °hence, instead his matinees and covering her dark hum with
l'im''"If frc'hi snatebiag her to his heart in your arms—tighter /still. If you do not have
a little pity, my poor heart will breek,"
el be conscience, as if the fetal oaed had
of base trickery,Le Gautier turned hie kisses. He was reekless now, too far gone Long and earnestly did Soli -mini and
teps tit the eireotien of :Fitzroy square ib to disguise %dial/Ireton, and she knew it. Maxwell it in the latter's studio discussing
was a matter of supreme indifference to him With one final crash upon the keys she rose the events of the evening, till the fire had
liQW whether Maxwell obeyed the dictum of from her seat, coufronting ,him. burnt down to ashes zunl the clock in the
be League or not; indeed, flat rebellion " not leave off ye'
t, urged, and neighboring steeple struck three. It was
Would here suited his purpose better, for in eliding this, he laid his hand upon her arm.
that case he would be all the sooner rid of;
and there was just a ehance that the affalr
with Visoi might mid favourably ; whereas,
on the other hand, a refusal would end fatal-
ly for the rash man who defied the Leagoe.
Men can fa.ce open danger; it is the lower -
Minty, the blind. groping in the dark, that
wears body and mind out, unstrings the
nerves, and sometimes =mats reason.
Better fight with fearful odds, than 'walk
out with the shadow of the sword hanging
over one night and day. The inestiznable
Frenchman had seen what defiance to the
League generally Genie to; and as he re-
viewed ins rosy prospects, his bright
thoughts lent additional flavour to his
cigarette. Nevertheless, his heart beat
a trifle faster as he pulled the bell at
the quiet house in Ventnor Street,
adventures of this sort were nothing
novel to him ; but he had something more
at stake here than the fortunes of the little
DThd boy and the light intrigue he looked
•.for. Miss St Jean WS in, he found; and he
• wasehowo up to her room, where he sat
noting the apartment—the ?pen piano, and
the shaded waxlights, shining softly—just
the proper amount of light to note charms
by, endue -et dimenough to unite confidences.
As he noted these things, he smiled, for
Le Gautier was a connoisseur in the grace -
She started, trembling, as if scene deadly
thin had stung her, TQ her it was a sting;
to him, the evidence of awaking passion,
and he, poor fool, felt his heart beat faster.
She sat down again, panting a little as from
some inward emotion. "As you please,"
she said. "Shall I sing to you ? "
Sweeter than the voce of the nightin-
gales to me 1" he exclaimed passionately.
"Yes, do sing. I shall close my eyes, and
201 art of hive -reeking, and boasted that he
'mould read women as scholars can expound
abstruee passages of the earlier classics, or
think they men, which pleases them equally.
In such like case, the Frenchman was about
to tall intma similar error, never dreaming
that the artistically arranged room with its
shaded lights was a trap to catch his soul.
Ile waited impatiently for the coining fair
one, knowing full well that she wished to
create an impression. If such was her in -
'Mention, she succeeded beyond .expectation.
With her magnificent hair piled up upon
them small shapely head, and its glossy black-
ete.ss relieved only by a single diamond star,
shining like a planet on the bosom, of the
sett ed that Maxwell should go to Rome,
though with wha, ulterior object they did )
not decide. Time was in his favor, the
lapse of a menth or so in the commission ,
being a matter of tittle object to the League.]
They preferred that vengeance should be de-
ferred for a time, and that the blow might
be struck when it was least expected, when
the victim was just beginning to iinagine
himself safe and the matter forgotten.
"1 suppose I had better lose no time in
ancy myself in.paradise. going?" Maxwell observed, when they had
"Your imagination must be a powerful discussed the matter thoroughly. "Time
one.—Do you know this ?" •ancl distance are no objects to me, or money
Isodore took a piece of music from the either,"
AuStraliale Shark Skirt',
An adveutere with a shark occurred at
Bleck Pont, oe April 12, On that evening
Mr. J les Wee &Meant was fishing in his dingeY,
but withoot much sport, save In small sharks
and dog sharks. Towards eveningMr Bou
ca,ut started for his yuchtsitting in the stern
sheets of the dingey, with his yacht master,
(jr. H. Harris,) rowing. One of the sharks
which they had hooked, about four or five feet
I long, having got away by breaking the hoek,
' the judge Was relating to his man that he
ought to have followed the advice given hira
by Mr. justice Bundey several years ago,
never to fish in a Weepy at:BlackPoint veith.
out rifle or a bayonet, and was relating or
had just related what led to that advice,
namely, that he had seen Mr, ustice Bun-
deyh , dingey towed about by a ;shark in that
partmular spot, when Mr. Bouoaut received
a very severe blow in the hollow of the back,
whielt knocked hineoff the,seat over the often.
thwartof the dingey ti the Men wh° tnes
rowing. . The padclles'eme nnshitatied fin
the rowlocks and the boat sent forward With
a sharp spin. Seizing a paddle and turning
d round, Mr. Beneant just saw a lore shark
t. disappear with a, heavy flap of his tail on the
hiurface of the water, whieh is thereaboote.
n1 6 f p. hrr s say s e
creature Was as long as the dingey, which is
LI feet in length. Whether the blow whiek
the Judge received came directly from the
shark or indirectly through the stern of the,
dingey he cannot say. Mr. 13oucaut's dingey
s one of the veryhest of its size ever built,
and the Judge and Mr. Harris are both
confident that if they had been in a small 84
oot 6 inoh dingey which they sometimes use
he must either have been capsized or stove
n, in Which case the shark would have had
fine pionic.
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stand, a simple Itelian air, and placed it in
his hands. He turned oyer the leaves care-
lessly, and. returned it to her with a. gesture
of denial. There was a curious smile upon
her lips as she sat down to sing, a smile
that puzzled and bewildered him. no not if I was starving. I could not soil,
"Do you not know it ?" she asked, when drily fingers with their blood.money.—What
o you say to my. starting on Monday night?
"As to your time of departure I shoul
say as soon as possible," Salver= replied
"and as to money, the League finds that.
"1 would not touch a penny of it, Lume--
the last chords died away.
" Now you have sung it, I think I do. I could: get to Rome by Thursday at the
It is'a seutitnental sort of thing, do you not latest. —And yet, to what good? I almost.,
think? A little girl I used to know near feel inclined to refuse, and bid them do 'i
their worst."
Rome sang it to me. She, I remember,
used to imagine it was my favourite song. "For heaven's sake, do not 1" Selvarini
She was one of the romantic schoolgirls, mplored. "Such a thing is worse than f
Miss St Jean, and the eyes she used to folly. If you assume a readiness to fulfil s
make at me when she sang it are something your undertaking, something may turn up f
in your favour."
to be remembered." a
_
Isodore turned her back sharply Maxwell gazed moodily in the dead ashes
searched among the music. If he could
aud and cursed. the hot-headed haste which has'
only have seen the bitter scorn in the face placed him in that awful position. Like
then—scorn partly for him, and wholly for every right-minded manhe shrunk with
herself. But again she steeled herself. horror from such a cowardly crime.
"1 daresay you gave her some cause, Mon-
sieur Le Gautier," she said. "You men of
the world, flitting from place to place, think
nothing of breaking a country heart or two.
You may not mean it, perhaps, but so it is."
"Hearts do not break so easily," Le Gau-
tierreplied lightly. "Perhaps I did give the
child some cause as youaay. Pardien La man
tied down in the country village must amuse
himself, ...a a little unsophisticated human
nature is a pleasant chance. Shawas a lit -
midnight sky, with a radiant smile upon tle spitfire, I remember, and when I left,
her face, she came towards him. She was could not see the matter in a reasonable
dressed in some light shimmering material, light. There is still setae bitter vengeance
out low upon the shoulders ; and around the awating me, if I am to believe her words."
.corsage was a wreath of deep red roses, a "Then you had best beware. A woman's
mrimson ribbon round the neck, from which heart is a dangerous plaything," Isodore re-
-depended a diamond. cross. She came for- plied. "Do you never feel sorry, never ex.
ward murmuring a few well-chosen words, perience a pang of conscience after such a
,and sank into a chair, waitingfor Le Gautier thing as that? Surely, at times you must
to recover. • regret ?"
He had need of time to recover his scat- have heard of such a thing as cen-
tered senses, for, man of the world as he science," Le Gautier put in airily; "but I
'was, and acquainted with beauty as he was, must have been born before they came into
he had never seen anything like this before. fashion. No, Miss St Jean, I cannot afford
But he was not the sort to be long token to indulge in luxuries."
aback o- he raised his eyes to hers with a "And the League takes up so much of
mute homage which was more eloquent than your time. And that reminds me. We
-words. He began to feel at home ; the have said nothing yet about your insignia.
dazzling loveliness threw a spell upon him, I may tell you now that it is not yet in my
the delicious mystery was tot& liking; and hands ; but I shall obtain it Mr you. . 'How
he was tete-a-tete. bold, how reckless you were that night,
"I began to think I had failed to inter- and yet I do not wonder 1 At times, the
est you sufficiently last night," Isodore coin. sense of restraint must bear heavy upon a
menced, waving her fan slowly before her man of spirit"
face. "1 began to imagine you were not "'Thank you, from the bottom of my
coming to take pity on my loneliness." heart," Le Gautier fervently exclaimed.
"Bow could you dream such a thing ?' "You are too good to me.—Yes," he con -
Le Gautier replied in his most languishing timed, "there are times when I feel the
voice. His pulses began to beat at these
last words. "Did I not promise to come?
I should. have been here long since, but sor-
did claims of bueiness detained me from your driven off rapidly in the direction cif Grosve-
" You will never attain your ends," he
said "Tour cause is a noble one ; but
true liberty, perfect freedom terns against
cold-blooded murder ; for call it what you
will, it is nothing else."
" You are right, my friend," Salvarini
mournfully replied. "No good can come
of it; and when reprisals come, as they must
they shall be swift and terrible.—But Fred.
erick," he continued, laying his hand on
the other's shoulder, "do not blame me too
deeply, for I will lay down my own life
cheerfully before harm shall come to you."
Maxwell was not aware that Sir Geoffrey
Charteris was a member of the League, as
Le Gautier had taken care to keep them
apart, so far as business matters were con-
cerned, only allowing the baronet to attead
such meetings as were pertectly harmless in
their general admiration of the philanthrop-
ic schemes and self-denying usefulness of
the Brotherhood; nor was it the French- t
man's intention to admit him any d,eeper
into its secrets; indeed, his admission only
formed part of the scheme by which the t
baronet, and through him his datighter, f
should be entirely in the Frenchman's power.
The cards were sorted, and once Maxwell e
was out of the way, the game was ready to a
be played. All this the artist did not know. h
With a heavy heart and a feeetoding of o
coming evil, he made the simple prepare- d
tions for his journey. He had delayed to b
the last the task of informing Enid of his
departure, partly from a distaste of alarm- a
ing her, and partly out of fear.' It would
look more natural, he thought, to break it c
suddenly, merely saying he had been called
to Rome on pressing business, and that his
burden sorely—times like the present, let absence would not be a prolonged. one. Till s
me say, when I have a foretaste of happier Saturday, he put this off, and. then, bracing s
things. If I had you by my side, I could up his nerves, he got into his cab, and was d
defyth Id." • •
Counsel for the Snake.
The -relations between counsel and client
in England are conducted on a cash basis.
A barrister receives his fee when the brief
which is to guide him, in the trial of the case
is handed to him. It was said of an able
la.wyer who practised at the New York bar,
fifty years ago, them he was always seized
with a violent fit of coughing while a client
was stating his case. If, however, the client.
dropped the retaining fee into the counsel's.
fidgety left hand, the spasm instantly sub-
sided.
Lawyers sometimes resort to strange
devices in order to. avoid taking cases where
the conipensation. offered is not as great as.
they think it should be. A San Francisco
lawyer once found -himself in a mining town,
where his dissipation left him without money
to pay his bills or to get away. One morning
a man came to the landlord of the hotel
where the lawyer was a guest, and. said. he
needed a,firstrate lawyer.
The host said that a celebrated San Fran-
cisco lawyer was staying there, and showed
he iaroepective client upstairs to his room.
The lawyer was still inbed, but he listened
with pleasure to the man's story, thinking
hat a fat retailer would set him again on his
eet.
The case was this: A neighbor had a pet
attlesnake which had escaped from its cage
nd bitten the complainant's horse. The
orse died* in consequence of the bite. The
wner wanted to prosecute donclamagoe and
esired to employ a first-class lawyer to
ring suit.
"How much, sir, was yourhorse worth ?"
sked the lawyer, wishing to name a fee
which should be in proportion to the amount
laimed. .
"Five dollars," replied the man.
"I am very sorry that I can't serve you,"
aid the lawyer, "I am retained for the
flake," and he turned over in the bed, a
isgusted man.
side." Isodore looked at him and laughed, her nor Square. He was reused from his inedi-
. .
"It must have been pressing business," 1 wonderful magnetic smile making her eyes , tations by a shock and a crash, the rund of
Isodore laughed archly. " And prey, what aglow and full of dazzlingtints. ' two plungeng horses on the ground roused
throne are you going to rock to its founds,. I "That could not be," she said. "1 by being shot forward violently, by :the a railroad conductor, lost his life to save a
tions now ?" would have no divided attentions; I would , shouts of the crowd, and abovenall, by the young woman. and her little child, is the talk
have too long been alone in the world not to ling out as best he could, he rose tdhis feet Conductor Michael Hammond had come
realise what a full need of affection means." 1 and looked around. His cab had c e vim. down from Green Ridge on the Delaware and
"You should have all mine .ie Le Gautier ilently in collision with another in t centre Hudson roadtend was backing into a switch
cried, carried away by the torrent of his ; of Piccadilly. .A woman had atte ted to when Hammond, who was in the caboose,
passions. "No longer should the League 1 cross hurriedly; and the two c s had saw a young woman with a child. apparently
"How do you know that it would nob? 1 buid me. I would not hesitate to betray
Remember, that though I am bound by no ;it 1 IFIVeerved suddenly, coming together daarply, . three years old walking down the track in
but not too late to save the woman, Oho was front of the train. He ran to the end of
oath, I am one of you. Anything connected 1 "Hush, hush !" Isodote exclaimed in a t lying there, in the centre of an cage, exalt- the caboose and called to them. The woman
with the League, anything connected with startled whisper. "You do not understand ed crowd, perfectly unconscious, tht blood turned', but seeing the train approaching
yourself, cannot fail to interest me." 'what you are saving. you do not cotnpre- ! streaming down her white face, an stain- seemed paralyzed with fear and unable to
The words ran through Le Gautimaserame 1 hend the meaning of your words. Would f ing her light summer dress. A decor had stir. Hammond called to her again and
sionate; these few minutes had almost suf. ed Ay, if you but say the word—ten thou- , some brandy between the.clenched tietlit as The train was rapidlymearing her, and
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like quicksilver. He was impulsive and pas- you betray the Brotherhood ?" !raised her a little, and was trying ft force again, but she did not move.
Seed to seal his thraldom. Hebegan to lose,- sand Brotherhoods." 'Maxwell pushed his way thiough theerowd. seeing that it was the only chance of saving
his head. "You flatter me," he said joy- "I am not bound by solemn oath like I "Nothing very serious," he said, lin an- her life the brave conductor leaped from the
ously. "Our business to -night was short; you," Isodore replied sadly; "and at times ' swer to lVfaxwell's question. "She is siin- caboose, though it was moving quite rapidly
we only had to choose an avenging angel." I think it could never do good. It is too 1 ply stunned by the lalow And has seetained, and running ahead, reached the woman and
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"For Visci, I suppose?" Isodore observed dark and mysterious and too violent to my
with some faint show of interest. "Poor taste; but you are bound in honour." •
man! and upon whome did the choice fall ?" "But suppose I was to come to you and
"A new member, curiously enough. I do say I was free ?" Le Gautier asked hoarsely.
not know if you are acquainted with him : "To tell you that my hands ware no longer
his name is Maxwell."- fettered—what words would yen have to
"May he prove as true to the cause as— say to me then—Marie ?" He hesitated be -
as you are. I have never had the fortune fore he uttered the last word, dwelling upon
to be present on one of these occasions. How it m an accent of the deepest tendernees. 4udge. My cab, you see, is almo tiunin- and leaves a widow and three young child.
do. you manage it? Do you draw lots, or do Apparently, Isodore did not notice, for her. jured ; put her in there, and I will tdl you reen at his home in Miner's Station, near
you settle it with dice ? eyes were sad, her thoughts evidently far where to drive." 1
I thismity. They are in poor circumstances.
"On this occasion, no. We have a much away. . - Theylifted the unconscious girl and elaced 1 eio
fairer plan than that. We take a pack of "1 do not know what I should say to you her tenderly on the seat There were Warm
cards.; they are counted, to see if they are —in time." hearts and sympathetic hands there, he you I Persistency its Own Rewszd-
correct ; then each man present shuffles them; "Your words are like new life to me," may notice on such occasions as these and ' The first time a man looks at an adver-
a particular one represents the fatal number, Le Gautier exclaimed:; "they give me hope there was a look of feeling in every face as tisement he does not see it.
and the president of the assembly deals and strength, and in my undertakingIehall the cal) drove slowly away. The second time he does not notice it.
them. out. Whoever the chosen one falls to succeed." e e "Go on to Grosvenor 'square," Maxwell The third time he is dimly conscious of it.
has to do ihe task in hand." You will do nothing rash, nothing instructed the. man. " Drive slowly 4 The fourth time he faintly remembers see -
"That, I suppose, must be fair, unless headstrong, without telling me. Let me New Bond Street. We shall be these as ing something of the kind before.
.
there is a, conjurer presiding," Isodore ob- ; know when you are coming to see me again, soon as you." i 1 The fifth time he half reeds it.
served reflectively.—" Who was the presi- ' and we will talk the matter over; but I fear They arrived at Sir Geoffrey's henget°. The sixth time he turns up his nose at
dent to -night ?" I without treachery you never can be free." gether, considerably astonishing the Not- it.
"1 myself. I took my chance with the I "Anything to be my own master !" he man, as, without ceremony, they carried the The seventh time he throws the paper
others, you must understand." I retorted fervently.—" Goodelight and re. sufferer in Alarmed by strange voices Lel down impatiently.
Isodort did not reply, as she sat there , member that any step I may take will be for the shrieks of the servants, who had mine • The eighth time he ejaculates, " There's
waving her fan backwards and forwards be- ' You." With a long lingering pressure of up at the first alarm, Enid made her a4a. the confounded thing again 1"
fore her face, To Gautier fancied that for the hand and many burning glances, he was pearance to demand the meaning of this tin. I The ninth time he wonders if there's any -
a moment a smile of bitter contempt flashed I gone.
. seemly noise ; but directly she heard the thing in it.
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out from her eyes; but he dismissed the Isodore heard ,bis retreating footsteps cause, as coherently as Maxwell could tell The tenth time he thinks it might possi-
idea, for, when she dropped the an again, echoing down the stairs, and thence along her, her face changed, and she lieceme it bly suit somebody else's case.
her face was clear and minim. the silent street. The mash fell fi:em her once al' tenderness and womanly sympathy. I The eleventh time he thinks he will ask
"1 am veettrying you," she said, "by my face; she clenehed her hands, and her °ouzo 1 "I knew you would nee mind, darling," he his neighbor if he has tried it, or knows ,any -
silly questions, A woman who asks q ups. teuance was crossed with a hendred angry , whieperecl. gratefully. "1 hardly linew thing about it
tions should not he allowed in society; sne "Passions. Valerie entering at that moment, , what to do and it was partly my bolt" 1 The twelfth time he wonders if the ad -
should be shut away from her fellow-crea looked at her with something like fear.
tures, as a thing to be avoided. I am no 1 "You did quite right. Of coerse I do vertiser can make it pay.
" Sit down, Valerie," Isodore whispered not mind. Fred, what do you take me for ?"t The thirteenth time he rather thinks it
talker myself, at least net in the Sense men h ly, • " likeones 0 one in She knelt down beside the injured woman meet be a good thing.
memo—Shall I play to you t" great pain, as she walked impatiently there in the hell, in the presence af all the The fourteenth time he happetts to think
Le Gautier would have asked nothing bet. • about the room, her hands twisted together servants, and helped to carry her up the it is just whet he wanted. .
ter than to sit there feasting his eyes npon I convilisitelY " De net be afraid; I shall stairs. 1 The fifteenth tune he for a long time re.
an a her matchless beauty; but now he assent- be better PreseutiY- I feel as 0 1 want to 1 Luerece looked on for a moment, and then solves to try it as soOn as he ca1,1 afford It
ed eagerly to the suggestion. Music is an ' scream, or do some desperate thing to -night. ' a startled look came in her face, "Ah 1" ] The sixteenth tinie he examines the ad-
o teed th a,ccornpliehment which forces nirtetime ; be. ; Ile has.been here, Valerie ; how I sustained she exclaimed, "T know that face—it ii4 dress carefully and makes a memorandum
m 0 he aesides which, he could stand close to her tide, ' myself, I cannot tell."
a, turning over the leaves with opportunites "Dia he ""guise Y°'1 ?'' Valerie asked i Enicl heard these words, but did nOtheed I The Seventeenth time he is &totalized to
'it' ht ,:te eth eithich a quiet conversation never furnishes, timidly. . •
them at the time, They carried the gitl th nk be is hardly able to agord %),
, , a .
Takiii,g him at his word, she sat down at ,t " Recoeniee n e? No, indeed 1 He spoke into one of the rooms and laid her on the I The eighteenth time he sees peinNller bow
et , , 06, . . ^
1 the inUrnment arid commenced tc play, et a met elle old a its her the Matti° woods, bed. At a sign from the doctor the room ' much he is in need af that Particular art I -
Heroic Act of a Conductor.
A daring and noble act, in which the hero
Had Le Gautier been a trifle less vain, he have a, man g whole heart, cr nothing. I lereing scream of a woman's voice. Scram- of Wilke b A freight train h
would have been on his guard when the con- E s erre.in o arge of
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versation took so personal a turn; but he
was flattered ; the question betokened an
interest in himself. -"How would it inter-
est you?" lie asked.
I should say, a simple fracture of tte right child in time to push them clear of the track.
arm. She must be moved" from liere. at , But his noble act cost him his life. Before he
once.—If you will call a cab, I williOte her , could recover himself and jump to safety the
to a hospital." " •1train was upon him. He was struck, knock-
" No, on 1" Maxwell cried, moved fp pity ed under tke wheels and instantly killed.
by the pale fair face and slight girlishfigure.1His bodywas cut to pieces. Hammond was
"I am mainly responsible for the aclident, industrious, sober and intelligent and highly
and you must allow me to be the best thought of. He west about thirty years old
Despard." I of it.
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op %r oratorio, anything to the lieteeer ;
ha „e an,d,to,,,,ve been brilliant or despieame Ga( t old times w .on we were together, end was cleared, With the exception of Enid and Iole. .
1:: hod at me I or a tomantic echoolgirt 1 Lucrece and the needicel nein proceeded to Tho nine
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S f0 too deeply engrossed in the play- tidar ' .
gi stehbed him then. There is treach- look to the broken teen th tin a he counts hit money
" ..-4' elti ze n O tivo to the mimic Perfect- my a - r; 1i8 1 prospering,. o . very simple fracture, he said, Th
limb. It was only a to see how much e iwou c av
h 1 I h 0 left if he
\ Pe lehe her 4..ymeoliltleealgehe*, :11 : dm not fah to • tete this, , it would be Maxwell is chosen for danger was from the ehock to th: gravest
b°Tughhatatiltehtieth thrie ho rushes frantically
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turee are kept is very deploreole, the
wroega to which they are sebjected are very
mane and very great. Tillyery recently no
father in India would suffer his daughter to
be taught to read. For giels to be so taught
was, thought not only useless) but dangeroue.
It was feared that they would no longer
iihow respect to their husbands, thet they
would neglect their hoesehold duties, which
comet in waiting as sermente mem their
lords; and that the gods would aliew their
displeasure by visiting the family with some
dire °eternity. Till very recently the belief
of every Hindoo wag this :--" A woman 41
never fit for independence. Ii her child-
hood she is onder the control of her father,
then under that of her husbazel, when her
husband dies she is under her sone. A woman
must never presume to act on her own au-
thority. A hosband may take more wives
than One, but whatever he do he mine he re-
vereneed as a god by his wife. As regards re-
littieui tights and property 'ermines are on an
equality With sieves 1 No doubt this is very
Much like what is felt by too many hus-
bands in ecnintriet where people: ought to
know bdtte;r. Bile is it not so frankly avow-
ed as in India and not so fully acted on,
though many wines do say that things are
often not very' zonch better in Canada.
There is still the vague saki Of idea even in
so palled Christian circles that wives are a
iiiieciee of property and that their gresit'buii;
nese is to pleese mad serve admire and flat-
ter their lords and mestere. But all this,
and a ,great deal more is frankly owned
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jean. More miserable, abject, useless, tir
some lives than what the women of Ind
lead can scarcely be thought of. They a
kept as prisoners, they are doomed to ign,o
once and drudgery when they are forced
utter mindless idleness. They are acme
ible only to women, and no wonder tlaerefo
that Christian woolen the world over a
pitying them and are trying to impiety
their miserably degraded positiou. This
what they are doing in what is called zenan
work, and every person of right feeling wi
wish them all success in this good an
much needed enterprize. What is neede
for the reformation of India is good wome
and good, true, educated Christian worne
oan only be secured for India by the labor
of good, true, educated, Christianwomen fro01
Britain, the States, Canada and other place
Men can do little or nothing in the circum
stances. They cannot enter the zenana o
the woman's part in a Hindoo's house. The
ean neither look ot or speak to a Hindoo wo
man without offense. Here, then, is plent
of work for all the Christian women of th
and other lands, They can do this wor
and they alone can do it. Let them go at i
with all their might.
We have lately referred to the, miserabl
condition into which numbers of Hindo
woznen are brought by the wretched custo
of childanarriage. Those more iinmediatel
concerned have nothing to do with the ar
rangements for their marriage. It is al
done by their parents. A girl may b
married as Mon as she is born. Very ire
quently she is married before she is thre
years of age, almost always before she i
eleven. 0161 men may have, as many o
these child wives asthey please and no powe
pparently can free the miserable ohildren.
rom this bondage, Not only this; when th
usband dies instead of being better she is
worse than ever. She is a widow and
idow Ahe must, roMain, So Miserable i
he condition of a widow in India tha
many regret the abolitionof Suttee, or widow
urning. They say that that was just on
hort agony and all was over. Those wh
hus died were honoured. Now it is a, life
ong horror and the widow is of all crea
ures the most despicable. In 1887 whe
he last Indian custom was taken the num
er of widews in India was found to b
wenty millions of whom ten millions wer
nder twenty years of age. Many of them
ittle girls. Some of thetn were infants
The treatment these widows receive i
imply deplorable. A widow must cloth
ersulf in sackcloth. Her bangles, eariugs
osemings and jewels of every description
n which Hindoo la,dies set so much value
re all stripped off. This is often done in
uch a way as to lacerate the flesh, while al
he time she is being taunted and spoken to
s it her sins had at last found her out. She
s condemned to act as a servant in the
Ouse, and ,only after attending to the wants
f others may she withdraw to some eor
er and eat her own little portion. •When
ny calamity befals a member of a family
he blame is laid on the widow. When a
unmet takes place one may go to the
idow and vent on her all the lire, feelings
hat cannot be otherwise got quit of. The
Nridow can never marry again and there is
o relief from this terrible degradation and
'revery but death. It need not be said
hat such a state of things leads to frightful
nimorality and every abomination. And
hy is it ? As a rule the people of India
re far from being cruel. Many of them
ould willingly show kindness to their
idowed sisters. But they dare not. Their
eligion forbids them. The people of India
re taught to believe that when a woman
oses her husband she is thus punished by
he gode for the sins of which she had been
uilty in a previous state of existence. Con-
equently those who would like to show
indtiess are afraid lest the gods should be
ngry at them and take away their bus -
ands too. Curious! Many women in Can -
da think the loss of their husbands is rather
proof of tlie kindness of Heaven. In India
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VARIETIES.
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It is at the ;sources of the Ohindwen, or
western branch of the Irrawad y, that the
wet the face of the label witli water, and
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famous amber and jtide mint are whieh
have supplied China with these much -prized
stones for centuries.
To remove paper labels from old loottles,
hold it for an instant over ary convenient
flame, The [team penetrate i the label at
once, and soften's the poste, '
A Snoe Haim —It hoe beep diecovered
that drill points heated te a cherry.red, and
tempered by beg driven into e bar of Med,
will bore through the hardest dee' or plate
glass withotit perceptibly blunfing.
The coal consumed annuallylby the Cun-
ard fleet—about three luendral end &pay
thousand tons -,--if built as date four feet
commonly so called because, *hen peeled,
ipa
high and one foot thick, 11 .i.each from
the 4 KLand'ja.gsioEvne,d, otroanJgoehsnaro'e gri.oed-hy!LHFoluorsza,
they are so dry that one can e4t them while
wearnsg kid gloves without damaging the
andlatt parr omm at: inleast.fiavorT.he oranelese are small
Reamanneo A PLuntn-Bon.--A. simple and
easy way of steadying a plimbebob. is to
merely, after getting the Istiti ini position,
drop the plumb in a can °theater. The
water offers resietance to the swaying cif
the line. 1
Witos the burners of kerosene lamps be -
;
mine °logged, put them in aibartim of hot
water, contenting washing spda, and let
them boil for a few minutes. This will make
them perfeetly clean and &tiniest as bright
as new. l
' In Westphalia the peasant, on bearing
the cuckoo for the first time, roll over and,
over on the grass in order to insure them-
selves agoinst lumbago for the rest of the
year. This is considered all the more likely
to happen, if the bird repeats Ins ory while
they are on the ground. s
The fox -terrier at one timewas an India.pensa,ble adjunct to a hunt -kennel, and did
good serwice in drawing covet. The ani-
mals were in reality small earth -hounds, and
it was the desire of old huntsmen to obtain
them as near alike to the larger hounds in
marking as possible. t
To lawns Toor.s.—A. E. irucker claims
that he. has euccessfully edged grooving
tools for chill rolls by dippieg the actual
cutting portion in mercury. leo more of the
steel than is actually necessery ihould be
dipped, as, while imparting extreme hard-
ness, it naturally' makes th a body of the
tool extremely brittle, i
The first consignment of French oysters
for replanting arrived recently at Whit-
stable from Arcachon. In consequence of
the cheapness of these oysters, the demand
during the past season increased very much,
and to some extent ousted the American
oysters. It is said that twenty millions
swihollress.hortly be planted on the Kentish
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Persians have one rtmer-faiterommieeect of
conversation —their heal* Thlfreasure of
talking about the weather is denied to them;
for, as eleven months out of the twelve are
fine in Persia, the subject does not present
sufficient variety. But a Persian, to what-
ever class of society he may belong, is never
tired of talking about his ailments, real or
supposed.
The average cost of wheat in nine of the
principal centres of production in India dur-
ing tne four years ending 1884 was about a
halfpenny per pound, as coinpared with.
0197cl. per pound in the United Kingdom,
and 0.85d. in the United States. India
wheat at the place oduction is therefore
much cheaper thani taitlemmtheetruited
States or in our own country' let
Palestine possesses a remarkable salt
mountain, situated at the south end of the
Dead Sea. The length of the ridge is six
miles, with an average width of three quar-
ters of a mile, and the height is not far from
six hundred feet. There are places where
the overlying earthy deposits are many feet
in thickness, but the mass of the mountain
is composed of solid rock -salt, some of which
is as clear as crystal.
The turnip -flea has the proud distinction
of being by far the most destructive insect
to turnip and swede crops of any in the long
list of their enemies. It is on record that a
crop was sown three Utiles over, and was
cleared off each time by the turnip -flea.
As may be inferred from its name, it is an
accomplished jumper. It can jump eighteen
inches, or about two hundred and sixteen
times its own length. '
SUBSTANCES IN TETE EYE.—Everybody
has experienced the pain and annoyance of
"something getting into the eye." What
should be done when this happens? In the
majority of cases, if the sufferer has the
patience to dose the eye gently, and keep
it immovably closed for from five minutes
M a quarter of an hour, the offending par-
ticle will be safely and painlessly washed
away by the tears which the eye will natur-
ally shed.
The Pharmacentische Rund8chau giyes
this recipe for an excellent disinfectant:
Four pounds of crude sulphate of iron or
two pounds of sulphate of copper are dis-
golyed in hot water, to which two ounces
of sulphuric acid are added. Mix with ,the
solution while still hot eight ounces of coo -
belie acid, filter and fill in bottles. When
this powerful remedy cannot be applied in
its fluid state dry sawdust thoroughlyanoist-
ened with it may be scattered over the
floor of a dark room or other places to be
disinfected. •
Hebrew maidens must have been fortunate
yond other women, for they enjoyed the
ivileges of leap -year every six months.
•oni a lecture on aevvish courtship, deliver -
by Mr. It Abrahams, it appears that,
ough the men usually did the wooing,
ice a year the Jewish damsels went m
ocession to the vineyards, where some
ng such engaging ballads as "Young men,
ok not to beauty, bet to piety 1"—while
hers, the more beautiful, retorted with
"See how fair we are 1 Chooee your bride
for beauty,"
Henn ago Sore Eamaty.Weinees.—Hard,
close -grain emery -wheels do not cut so rapid-
ly as soft, loose ones, from the fact that the
rticles in the hard stone compact,takfreand
e edges wear slightly beforeng
Mlle the soft w lee' the cement wears
st, and more rapidly, presenting new cla-
ng edges to the work, which when but
ehtly worn Will ptill out' of the wheel on
count of thig increased friction surface,
sh sharp edges replacing them. This is
oved by the fact that the fastest -cutting
eels &re the softest.
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Mother—" Now, Jimmy, put on your th
boots ; I'm going to the dentist's to have tw
that tooth out." Jimmy—" Oh, mother, pr
can't I wait till after it's dark ?" Mother sa
—"Why ?" Jimmy—" 'Cos father said if lc
you had your teeth taken out by gas it ot
didn't hurt."
A Berlin correspondent says: A wander-
ing cat nearly did last week what the Preneh
Generals failed to do in the whole campaign
of 1870.71. A stray pussy was in an ace of Pa
doing for the old Emperor William, of th
Germany, The Kaiser generally regales him. w
eelf in front of his bedroom fire before turn- fir
ing in, with a supper of fried fish. With ti
his usual keenuese for economizing time, the ell
old man eats his slipper seated On a patent 00
steaming appataus, which has beeii order. fre
ed by his physicians, A email boiler is pine. Pr
ed on the fire, and from this am Inclia-rubber wh
tube conveys steam into a small cell under
the patient's chair. While the emperor was
eatieg hie supper and onoying the moist
heat of hiFi steam engine a pu of stnoke co
and soot came down the dile-limy and made is
him start so violently that the tube Was til
disconnected and the boiling water poured th
in volumes all over the plaee. Ifis luck never to
deserted him, however, and he cecaped in
without a scald, to find eventually that the It
puff of emoko WSS Caused by a eat, which, tri
attracted by the smell of his fried fish had reg
rashly attempted a descent of the chimney be
and had got steck in the flue. gla
The manufaoture of glass in Europe hi
mostly carried oe in France, Britain, Bel -
glints, Germany, mid Austria-llungary, each
untry having its own speeialty. Britain
celebrated for its flint -glees, Whieh excels
at of any other country. Belgium takes
e lead in windew-glass, which IS exported
all countries. Germany eXCels specially
tableglem, mirrors, and colored VaSCS.
is also celebrated for its ruby glass. Awl-
a—or rather Bohemia—rivals Fiance as
ards forrn and diversity of pattern, and
ats Geionsiny hi the color end purity of its
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