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AFTER MANY DAYS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—(Continued.)
"I suppose all children of the same *
age and complexion are alike," thought
Constance; "and yet I fancied my
baby was different from aal other chil-
dren."
She wiehed to send the child away,
in order, if it were possible, to cure her-
self of the habit of loving a obild that
had no elaera on ber—to love whom
wae kind of treason against tae beloved
dead.
TM preparaticms for the journey were
hurried ever; Martha wee delighted to
pack end be off. The child wee pleased
to go, but crith at parting frora "mean-
raa," At two o'clock in the afternoon
the carriage drove Martha and her
charge to the station, with the steady
old Marchbrook butler for their escort.
He eva,s to take lodgings for them, and
make all things easy for them, and.
see them com.fratably settled, before
he came back to Marebbrook.
Constance breathed more freely whert
the. child Wa‘S out of the house, and
there ira.s no chance of hearing that
light footstep, that clear, sweet, cbild-
ish voice. Yet, how areary the big old
house seemed in its solitude, 11.Eve
gloomy the rooms, without that flut-
tering, elia,ngeful soul and all the
busy life she made around her—the fam-
ily of dolls—the menagerie of woolly
animals, all afflicted. with the same
unnatural squeak, an internal noise
never heard to issue from any auboaal
that ever lived. in the realm of zoology.
"It would b.a.ve broken my beart to
keep her near me," thought Constance,
"end I feel ae if it rat= break my
heart to lose her."
By way of solace, or to sustain her
in the indignant pride which revolted
against this spurious child, she tried
to think of Christabel in heaven. But
her thoughts wandered Jback to the
living child, and she, found herself won-
dering whether Martha and her charge
were at the end of their journey, and
longing for the telegram that was to
announce their safe arrival.
"What folly I" she thpught, angrily.
"A stranger's creature that is
no more to me than any of the children
at the infant school, and. yet I can not
tear her from my heart."
She sent for Dr. Webb. He was in
the plot, doubtless. It was a,t his ad-
vice, perhaps, that this heaxtless de-
ception ha.d been practiced upon. her.
If it were so, she felt that she must
hate him all her life.
The little surgeon came briskly
enough, expecting to find a mild case
of measles, or some other infantile ail-
ment, ha the Maschbrock nursery.
What was his astonishment when he
found Constance pacing the long dreary
drawing -room, pale, with two burning
spots on her cbeeke, eyes bright with
fever.
"My dear Nr. Sinclair, what is the
matter?" •
"Everything," cried Constance. "My
poor husband is dead, and on hi's death-
bed wrote me a, letter telling me the
cruel truth. Your wicked plot has been
discovered. Yes, wicked; for all lies
are wicked. You ca.n not do evil that
good. tna.y come of 1.1. You saved my
life, perhaps, but what a life! To
find that I have lavislaed my love up-
on an impostor; that when I thanked.
God on my knees for Ms bounteous
mercies, 1 had received no gracious gift.
He had shown no pity for my sorrows;
but you—you and my father had
played at Providence, and had pretend-
ed to perform a. miracle for my sake.
It eva.s a creel, infamous deception."
"It WU designed to save youx life,
and, wbat is even more precious tban
life, your reason," replied Dr. Webb,
wounded by the harshness of this at-
tack. "But whatever blame tnay at-
tach to the strategem, you may spare
me your censure. I had nothing to do
with it. The German physician, whom
your father brought here, was the ad-
viser froxu whom the suggestion came.
He, and your father. carried it out be-
tween them. I had nothing to do but
look on, and watch the effect of the
shock 'team you. That was most
happy."
"The German doctoe," said Coiastance,
wonderingly. "Yes, I remember him
faintly, as if it were a dream—that
winter night. He made me sing, did
he not? His voice had a raesmerical
effect upon me. 1 obeyed hien invol-
untarily. His pee,sence seemed to give
me comfort, stranger though he was.
It was very curious. And. thexx he
bent over me and. whispered hope, and
from that inetant I felt happier. And.
it was all a raockery after alt; it was
a trick. Tell me who and what that
child is, Doctor Webb."
"I know nothing of her origin. Lord
Clanyarde brought her to Davenant.
That is all I can tell yea."
"Fool I fool I fool I" cried Constance,
with passionate self-repioach, "to take
an impostor to my heast so blindly,
to ask no reuestions, to believe without
proof or witness that Heaven had per-
formed. a miracle for my happiness.
What right had I to suppose that Pro-
vidence would care so much for me?"
"You have ,great cause to be thank-
ful for the restoration of life and rea-
son, Mrs Sinclair," said the doctor, re-
proachfully.
"Not if life is barren and hapeles.s ;
not if reason tells me that I am
childless."
"You have learned to love • this
strange child. Can not y.ou take con-
solation from that affection ?"
"No ;' I loved her bemuse I believed
she was my own. It would be treason
agalnet my dead child to lave this im-
postor."
"And you will turn her out-of-doors,
I suppose, and. send her to a work-
house P"
"I am not so heartless as that. Her
• future shall be provided for, but I shall
nevea see her again. I have sent her
to Hastings with her nu.rse, who adores
her."
"Thets fortunate, since she is to be
deprived of everybody else's affection."
There was a specs of acidity in the
doctor'e tone. • He had attended the
child in various email illnesses, had
met her alr000t daily riding her tiny
Shetland pony in the lanes, a,nd enter-
tained a warm regard for the pretty
little winning creature, who used to
purse. up her lips into e rosebud fee
him to kiss, mad had evidently not the
Least idea, that he wee old and ugly.
"Since you can tell me nothing, I
shall send for my father," said Con-
stance; "he must know to Whom the
child belongs."
"I should imagine so," replied the
doctor, glad to feel himself absolved of
alt blarae.
It was a painful position, certainly,
Jae thought. He had antioipated this
difficulty from the beginning of things.
He was very glut to take his leave of
his patient, after hazarding a :plati-
tude or two by way of consolation.
Lord Clanyarde was in Paris enjoy -
bag the gayeties of the cheerful sea-
s= before Lent, and making himself
extremely comfortable in his bachelor
room, at the Hotel Bristol. He had
Married all his daughters advantage-
enelY, aad buried his wife, and felt tbat
his mission had been accomplished, and
that he -ezs free to make his pathway
to the grave as plea,sene as he could,
From. January to March he, found his
aged steps traveled easiest over the as-
phalt of Paris, and as poor Constance
was happy with her adopted child, he
felt no scruples against leaving her
to enjoy life in her own quiet wee.
Mrs. Sinclair's telegram 'inforiumg
him of her husband's death, and en-
treating hini to go to Marchbrook,
disturbed the placidity of his temper.
"Poor Sinclair 1" he muttered, with
more fretfulness than regret. "Pity
he couldn't have died at it ,tiore con-
venient time. I aate' eroesing the
.Channel in an equinoctial gale. Axid.
wetat good can I do at Marchbrook
However, I suppose I must go. Wo-
men axe eo helpless. She never cared
much for hine poor child, and there's
Davenant still unmarried and devoted
to her. An excellent match, too,
gence he came into old Grerffin's money.
Providence oaders all things for tiae
best. I hope I shall bave a fine night
for arming,"
He was with Constance early pn the
following day, having last no time in
obeying tier eurargons, but he was un-
prepared for the accusation she brought
against hiro..
"Upon my life, Constance, I was only
a .passtve instrument itt the whole af-
fair, just like. little Webb. It was put
to me that this thing must be done to
save your life, and I consented."
"You. let a stranger take my destiny
iato his hands'?" cried Constance, in-
chanantly.
'He. was not a stranger. He loved.)
you dearly—was anxious for your wel-
faro as even I, your father.'
"The German phy.sicia.n, the white-
haired old man who told me to bopet
Why. he had never seen me before In
his life."
'The man wbo told you to hope, wlao
persuaded me to Degree to the intro- .
duction of a. spurious . child. was 110
German doctor. He was neither old
nor white-haired, and he had loved you
devotedly for years. He heard youwere
dying of a. broken heart, and came to you;
in disguise in ca der to see if love could
devise some means of saving you. The
German doctor was Cyprima Daven-
ant."
This was another blow for Constance.'
The, man whom she had believed in as
the soul of honor was the originator of
the scheme she had denounced as wicked
and cruel, and yet. she could find no
words of blame for him. She remem-
bered the gentle voice that had pene-
trated her ear and mind through the
thick mists of madness, remembered the ;
•
tones that had touched her with a
wondering sense of something familiar
and dear. He had come to her in her I
apathy need despair, and from the mo-
rnent of his coming her life had bright-
ened and grown happy.. It was but a
delusive happiness, a false peace; and
now she must go back to the old agony
of desolation and incurable regret.
"You cam at least tell me who and
what that•child is, papa," she said, after
a long pause.
"Indeed, ray love, I -know nothing,
except that Davenant told me she be-.
longed to decentlyborn people, and
would never bet claimed by ieny one.
And the poor little thing looked so
thoroughly clean and respectable—of
course at that age one can hardly tell
—the features are so undeveloped—the
nose more like a morsel of putty than
anything human—bat I really did think
that the child had a thorough -bred
look; and I am sure when I saw her
last Christmas she looked as complete
a lady as ever came out of our March -
brook nursery."
"She is .a lovely child," said Con-
stance, "and I have loved. her passion-
ately."
"Then, my dearest girl, why not go
on loving her ?" pleaded Lord Clan-
yarde. "Call her your adopted child,
if you like, and keep her about you
as your pet and companion till you are
married again, and have children of
your own. You can then relegate her
to her natural position, and by and by
get her respectably married, or portion;
her off in some way."
"No," said Constance, resolutely, "I
will never see her again."
And all the while she was louging
to take the afternoon train to Rest-
ing and rejoin her darling.
After this there was no more for Con-
stance Sinclair to do but to submit to
fate, and consider hersea.f once more a
childless mother. Sir' Cyprian was
away, no one knew where, and even had
he been in England Constance felt
that there would be little use in know-
ing more than she knew already. The
knowledge of the strange child's par-
entage could be but of the smallest
irapprtanoe to her, since she meant to
banish the little one from her heast
aaad home.
Lord Clanyarde and the lawyers did
all that was necessary to secure
Mrs. Sinclair's position as inheritor of
her husband's estate. The New-
market stables and stud were
sold, and realized a oansider-
able sum, as the training stable
was supposed to be the most perfect
establishment of its' kind—built on hy-
gienic principles, with all modern ion-
proem:I:tents—and was warmly compet-
ed for by numerous foolish young no-
blemen and. gentlemen who were just
setting out on that broad road along
which Gilbert Sinclair had travelled at
so swift a rate. Things in the north
ltd been gradi
ually mproving—the
men were growing wiser, and arbitra-
tion between master and men was tak-
ing the place of trade -union tyranny:.
Constance Sinclair found herself in a,
fair way to become a very rich woman,
caring about as mile& for the money
her' husband had left her as for the
withered leaves that fell from the
Marchbrook elms in the dull, hopeless
autumn days. What was the use of
wealth to a childless widow, who could
have been content to live in a lodg-
ing of three rooms, with one faithful
servant..
CHAPTER XXIX.
A common specific for a broken heart
when the patient happens to be a per-
son of 'handsome fortune—for your pau-
per, hard work is your only.cure—is for-
eign travel. Lord Clanyarde, who hat-
ed Marchbrook, now suggested this
'remedy to bus daughter., He "felt that
it was his duty to afford her the bene-
fit of his protection and society dar-
TIMES
ing the first period of her widowhood;
and it struck him that it would be more.
agreeable. for both of them to lead a
nomadie life than to sit opposite eaoh
other on the family beertit and brood
tuhpeontatuiheuysogiboas of this life or read.
"It would be quite the right season
for Rome, love, if we were to start at
once," wild Lord Clanyarde, soothingly.
Constance yielded to ber father's sug-
gestion with a, graceful submission
that charmed hizn. She cared yerY
little whither she went. The little
girl was still at Hastings with bonest
Martha. She cried sometimes for
mamma, but was happy upon the
whole, Martha wrote; wondering very
much why ske and. her charge remain-
ed so long away. Martka knew noth-
ing of the change that had taken
place in her darling's position.
"Very well, clear," said Lord Clan-
yarde. "You. have only to get your
boxes packed; and, by the way, you had
better write to your banker for cir-
scutallatr Inveltthes.,., Five hundred will do to
Father and daughter went to Italy',
a,nd Constance tried to find comfort in
those classic scenes which are peopled
with august shadows; but her heart
was tortured by separation from the
child, and it was only it, resolute pride
which withheld her from owning the
truth—that the little one she had be-
lieved her own was as dear to her as
the baby she had lost.
Lord Clanyarde and his daughter
were driving on the Corso one sunny
afternoon in the Easter week,, when
the gentleman's attention was at-
tracted by a. lady who drove a phae-
ton with a. pair of cobs caparisoned in
a. fantastical fashion, with silver bells
on their harness.' The lady was past
her first youth, but was still remark-
ably thandsome, and was dressed with
an artistic sense of color and a daring
disregard of the fashion of the day—
dressed,
fashion
r
pdiraeteve. d, in a word, to look like an old
picture, and not like a
"Who ca.n she bet" exolaimea Lord
Clanyarde. "Her face seems familiar
Ntertormeeiv
,y,eet I4een'her.'havnethe faintest idea
ilonus5obswn,toainn,
tered an acquaintance of the London
"A few yards further on he encou.n-
idnttPehxuealoisedgpaainnep his horses on par -
she's handsome, but passee; sur le re -
Flitter, with a surprised air. "Yes,
"Don't you know her?" asked Captain
islibirabata.imt the un -
"Who is she?" repeated. Lord Clan-
yarde.
Captain Flitter looked curiously at
Mrs. Shiclair before he answered.
"Her name is Walsingbam—widow of
a Colonel Walsinghara—colonel in the
Spanish contingent—rather a, bad
egg; of course I mean the gentleman."
A liglat dawned on Lord Clanyarde's
memory. Yee, this was the Mrs. Wal-
singham wbom people had talked about
years ago; before Sinclair's naarriage,
and it was Sinclair's money she was
spending now, in all probability on that
fantastical turn -out with its jingling
bells. Lord Clanyarde felt himself
personally aggrieved by the lady, and
more of her.
yet he thought he would like to see
a"Does she stay icing ba Rome'?" he
eked the club lounger.
"She never stays long anywhere. I
believe; very erratic; likes artists and
musical people, and that sort of thing;
has reception. every Saturday evening.
I always go. On meets people one
doesn't see elsewhere—not the regula-
tion tread -mill, you know.
Lord Clanyarde asked no more. He
volim.Phdbe e, arstil.sts'
re to
nr
aim:clam as he liked.
roomsde aFnitcouilk atBsllec
him as many question a.bout Mrs. Wal -
The two men met that evening, and
the result of their conversation was
Lord Clanyarde's presentation to Mrs.
Walsingham at her Saturday reception.
She was very gracious to him, and.
made room for him on the ottoman
where she was seated, the center of a
circle of enthusiastic Americans, lyho
thought her the nicest Englishwoman
they had ever met.
"Who was that lady in deep mourn-
ing you were driving with yesterday?"
Clan-
yarde
leptreasIseiniatsiyhi
am asked Lord Clan -
"MY roungeet daughter, Mrs. Sin-
clair. 'You knew her busband, I think,
scene, years ago. He is lately dead."
"Yes, I saw bis death in the 'Times,'
in that dismal column where we shall
appear in due course, I suppose."
"Yes, he died in South America. You
heard the story, I suppose. A most un-
fortunate bu.smess—his confidential so-
licitor shot 'in Sinclair's own garden by
a little French girl he had been fool-
ish enough to get entangled with. The
jealous little viper contrived to give
the police the slip, and Sinclair saw
himself in danger of being brought un-
pleasantly into the business, so he wise-
ly left the country.'
"You believe that it was Melanie Du -
port who shot Mr. Wyatt'?" Mrs. Wal -
Bingham exclaimed, eagerly.
"What, you reanember the girl's
name? Yes, there can hardly be a
doubt as to her guilt. Who else had
any motive for killing him? The orea-
ture's letter luring hire to the spot was
found in the' park, and she disappeared
on the morning of the murder. Those
two facts are- convuming, I should.
ehainkewehat
' eowncaltmudelyd, Lord Clanyarde,
srta
"Yes, she was a wicked creature,"
said Mrs. Walsingharn, thoughtfully;
"she had a natural bent toward evil."
"You speak as if you had known
her."
Mrs. Walsingliana looked confused.
"I read the account of that dreadful
business in the newspapers," she said.
I hope Mrs. Sinclair ha,s quite recov-
ered from the shook such an awful
event rau.st have caused her."
"Well yes; I think she has recover-
ed from that. Her husband's death
following so quickly was of course a
blow, and since then she has had anoth-
er trouble to bearee -
"Indeed! I am sorry," said Mrs.
Walsingham, with a thoughtful look.
"Yes; we did all for the best. She
was dangerously in, you know, about
it year a-ncl a half ago, and we—well,
it was foolish, perhaps, though the
plan succeeded for the moment—we
made her believe that her little girl
had been saved from drowning at
Schosnesthal, in the 131ack Forest.
You may have heard of the oireum-
stance?'
"Yes, yes."
'It was quite wonderful. She receiv-
ed the strange child we introduced to
her with delight—never doubted its
identity with her own baby:—and
went on well till poor Sin.claix's death;
but on his death -bed. he wrote her it
letter telling her—"
"That the child was not her ownl"
exclaimed Mrs. Walsinghatn. "That
must have hit her hard."
"It did, poor girl. She has net yet
recovered the blow, and 1 fear never
win. What I most dread is her sink-
ing back into the state in which she
was the winter before last."
"Where is Sir Cyprian Davenant?"
asked Mrs. Walsinghara, somewhat ir-
relevantly.'
"At the other end. of the world, I
suppose'. • I believe he started for Af-
• rica, last autumn.'?
Was there not smile kind of ea.rly
attaehment between him and Mrs.
Sinclair? Pardon rae for asking such
a question."
"Yes; I believe Davenant would
have proposed, for Constance if his oir-
oumstances had permitted him to hope
for nay consent.,
(To Be Continued.)
COULDN'T FOOL THE DEACON.
How litis Intuittott salved Olin Five Hun.
deed Dollars.
• "Hi, there!" shoated Deacon Gruffer
as a fine looking man, Eandtsomely
dressed made his way across the gar-
den patch iz the deaoon's direction.
"Keef often them vegeterbles, will
yer? Have yer got aaay idee that
• raisin' truck fur to be tromped out
u.n.'er foot by any dude feller from th'
city that comes wanderin"roand here.
Walk atweeia th' rows er git outer
11°`1;eBin' looking for board," said the
itt-
trudey, picking his steps with greater
eare. "Want to stop here a few days
and enjoy the country."
"Can't stop with us," snapped, the
deacon. "We hain't runnin* no tav-
ern au' 1 don't berlieve itt givin' no
encouageruent ter big, able-bodied fell-
ers like you, loafin' 'round. like th' lil-
• ies of th' vallies while thars so tarnal
ramie to do in this worle.,"
But Ine a very busy Man at home,
Deacon, and I'm not out here with any
intention of loafing around. I have
it private reason for beiug in this sec-
tion e little, wlaile, and I'll pay your
own price for accommodations."
"en advance, stranger?"
"Yes, tf you don't want to trust me.
But I had no idea my appearance would
cr
e
a
t
e
silsPietr°n."
"Your'pea,anceodon't indercate no-
t/ate clef'nite ter me. Yea might be
a. pastor er yer might be a lightin'
rod agent fur es kin be judged from
yer look. I jist heve one way of doin'
bue'ness with people I don't know an'
balnh'etysotrleocal.
"struck a, bargain and the
deacm got e handsome sum down in
settlement for a week's board and
lodging. Inside, of twenty-four hours
Mrs. Gruifer thought the boarder one of
the• finest gentlemen she bad ever met
and the daughter was infatuated, but
the old deacon said nothing and kept
tab. ,
The third evening the fascinating
stranger told the deacon about, a pa-
tent feed cutter that every Lernter
ought to have and got his name to an
ostensible contract for one of them,
though in reality the deacon's signature
was at the bottom of a e500 promis-
sory note. Shortly after midnight the
guest crept from his window and slid
down one of the uprights of the porch.
At the bottom he encountered an old
army nmeket, an eighty -pound dog and
it constable that the deacon had there
by special invitation. After the SUM -
Inez' resorter had. been properly ironed
and
loadedeatdeeraictotner comin' through th' patcb
elinintoa o
piysanir hoi,sroesorevilagsoene,
squ.ashite tanaatees an' cowctunbers,
samees if he war a bline boss, I know-,
ed thar war suthin' wrong with him an'
he warn't 'round here fur his health."
THE NIHILISTS IN EUROPE.
•10000.•
Patriots in I:tussle Are All Niltillets and
, The French Republic, tbanks to the
new alliance between the Phrygian cap
and the knent, has done its best toanake
its soil insecure for those who fled from
the tyranny of Czardom. Among Rus-
sian exiles living 'at Zurich, Geneva and
Laustanne, spies have latterly been in-
troduced, even in the guise of alleged
lady students of the same nationality.
In England proscribed Russians are
free, and in England, partly in conse-
• quence of their contact with the quiet
operation of parliamentary institu-
tions, partly on account of a change of
feeling among the cultured classes of
their own country, men like Stepniak,
the author of "Underground Russia"
• and kindred works, who once had a
hand in the fierce active figlat against
autocracy by all available means of
irregular warfare, have gradually
ceased to be connected. with the organ-
ization of the so-called terroristic at-
tempts. Their London monthly organ,
Free Russia, shows how much they have
moderated their demands.
If the yoting Emperor would only con-
sent to the introduction of some kind
of representative assembly, sucli as all
European nations have, and. as even the
Sultan had adopted shortly before Tur-
key was beaten down by the armies of
Alexander II., the reigning Czar would
rally around him many who are at
present his adversaries in what is be-
lieved to be the camp of the most ex-
treme party.
•
Hope For the Future.
PLACING THE FAMILY.
What's gone with all the bays, old
man?"
Well, Diok's a-studyin' of law,
And Jim.? .
Tim's a-preaohin' sr the gos-pell.
And Ben?
Ben's politicianine
And Bob—where's he?
Well, Bob ain't nowhere—not' yet. I
can't beat no learnin' inter his head,
so ef he don't go ter teachin' school,
er editin' of a newspaper I recken
sen' him. ter Perliaanent1
When Baby vase*, we zave bee Castork,.
When sho was a Child, she crls d for Castoria.
When she became Bliss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castorie
SPLENDID EXERCISE.
Running is the great beautifier of
figure and movement. It gives mus-
cular development, strong heart action
and free lung play. The rausele conies
where it ought to be, the shoulders go
back, the loins hold the trunk well
balanceci and the feet take their coerect
positions. It was running which made
the Greek figure.
e AN AMUSING EPITAPH
;Among the epitaphs on . old tomb-
stones in an English graveyard this one
is reported by Good Words, it London
journal, to be the most remarkable play
upon wards ba epitaphic lore:
Here lies a man that was Knott born
His father was Knott before him;
He lived Knott, and did Knott die,
Yet maderneath this stone doth lie,
Knott christened,
Knott begot,
And 'here he lies
• And yet was Knott.
Children Cry for Pitcher s Castcri$
SAD SHOOTING AUGMENT.
THE NEW RIFLE CLAIMS ITS FIRST
VICTIM IN CANADA.
--
Pte. Hatton, of the Thirty -First Battalion,
Killed—Re Was .tt.cilitg as Murices. at
the Ranges at the Niagara Camp.
A despateb, from Niagara Camp, Ont.,
says ;—.& most deplorable accident hap-
pe,ned at the rifle ranges her OIL Thurs-
day raoreing, Pte. Hatton, of the 31st
Battalion, Grey Infantry, being shot
through the head while acting as one
of the markers for the 1211 Battalion,
York Raugere, wao were engaged. in
completing their musketry praetice
with the new rifle.
About 11 o'clock, as No. 4 Company,
1211 Battalion, were shooting from the*
200 yards range at target No. 13, at
whioh Hatton was acting as marker, a
bullet struck the two-inch plank, or
cover board, on th,e, upper edge, de-
fle,eted downwards and to the side,
Passing through the easth embank-
ment, and, strikbag the marker near
the top of the left side of the head.
The bullet passed °leer through the
skull, spattering the signal card withi
the ectan's brains, and struck against
tae timber ire the rear of ahe trenclaes.
A.t tho moment wave the ba..11 struck
him Hatton was in the act of reizoving
aue of the dises.
1)eath was not instantaneous, but the
surgeon in attendance said there
could. be n.o hope of recovery. The
wounded man was removed to tee
camp hospital, where ht. lingered
be-
tweeu life and death tileil it quarter
to two in the afternoon, when be ex-
pired.
NO ONE TO BLAME.
No blame can attach to anyone, as
the fatality was of a purely actadental
nature, and could not have been fore-
seen. Had Hatton, mho is six feet two
Leaches in height, been a. smaller man
the bullet would not have hit him, but
even allowing for this, it could sonata
ly be expeeted that an accident of this
kind. could bappen, nor is it probable
that oucli an accident would occur
more thau once in a million times.
The marker was in his proper place
when the bullet struck lmn, and the
men of No. 4 Company fired, at the
proper time and aecording to orders.
Hatton, who was a young man of be-
tween 21 and 22 years of age, had been
it member of No. 8 Company of the
3Ist Battalion for about. two and a half
years. His home is in Owen Sound,
where he bas two brothers and a, cou-
sin. He was an unmarried man, and
both his parents are dead, He was
thoroughly conversant with his duties,
and, as he was a rather good shot
hinawlf, he was looked upon as a good
man to act, as marker.,
Immediately after the accident Lieut. -
Col. Telford telegraphed to Hatton's
relatives in Owen Sound.
' RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS.
.1.111.1111.•
Poutain Little News and Not Easy to Find
on the Streets.
At St. Petersburg it is possible, with
an infinite deal of searching and man-
euvering, to purehase a journal in the
streets, writes a correspondent. If you
seareh long and carefully enough you
will no doubt in course of time come
upon a man at one of the street cor-
ners with a. leather bag, in ,:ehich, if
you look close enough, you will no doubt
discover a sheaf of odd jouxnals. This
scarce and undemonstrative individual
corresponds to our newspaper boy, and
of him, if you ere literally inclined, you
may purchase your news.
But in Moscow it very different state
of affo,irs'prevails. 'There you might
go searching and ananeuvermg all day
without discovering any traces of a
vender of news. I believe there is, Or
there was in days gone by. a person
in Moscow who wished to ptay that im-
portant role. Indeed, to be accurate,
I myself once caught a glimpse of the
strangecreature standing outside the
door of °lee of the hotels, but his aspect
was so wretthed and the, appearance of
his journals so moldy that 1 involun-
tarily abstained from making a pur-
chase. No doubt, I said to myself, the
fellow has tramped all the way from St.
Petersburg (a. distance of 400 miles)
with a. stock of last year's "returns,'
and hopes to get rid of them in illiter-
ate Moscow.
Russian journalists seem to have very
primitive notions on the subjeet of the
commercial conduct of their newspapers.
They appear to take very little pains
to get their journals properly distrib-
uted; and a sraall local circulation
seems to represent the height of their
commercial ambitions. A few of the
best class journals, such, far instance,
as "The Nevan" which is very :toler-
ably printed, and enjoys it wide circula-
tion, and andoubtedly exceptions to the
rule mentioned above; but such instan-
ces of business ability, combined with
energetic and effective literary and ar-
tistic management, are few and fer be-
tween.,
BALLOONING AT SEA.
The French navy is now being fitted
out with vessels which are to carry on
the science of ballooning at sea. A
French cruiser, the Sfax, belonging to
the Mediterranean squadron, has been
fitted out expressly for experixnents
with balloons The balloon itself, is
kept on deck'in a half inflated condi-
tion. It does not take up much space
of itself, but the equipment necessary
for proper baeloon work demands a good
deal of room. Whenever it may be
deemed necessary to learn of the pre-
sence of vessels m the neighborhood of
the French squadron the balloon will
be inflated and sent 6; and its occup-
ants will thus have a view of a far
greater extent of ocean than could be
seen from tbe deck or mast of a ves-
sel.
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