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'AN, 13, 1899
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OR,
THE ROUT OF THE ENEMY.
CHAPTER X,-Contlnaed. of he knew not what, he rang again,
"You have beard Dewar be asked This time, distally sounds from the
her quickly, with a look of appre- mainland,further side of the house mainland,
benaion, half raising himself in his his call. Heavy steps Dame stumping
chair, 1 along the passage, and were followed
"No, no --nothing," she answered by a great unbarring and unchaining
soothingly, passing her hand caressing- j and unlocking within. Then the door
ly upon the sleeve of his ooat; it is; opened wide, and a very dirty -faced,
only -aa before." , rough -haired woman, with her sleeves
"Ah -des ama.nts?" he said, with a. tucked up above her elbows, and her
smile. "My poor Rossi And it is gown gathered up abuut her waist,
thy misfortune, never tby fault, my cofCronted him, with a dustpan in her
daughter." bund and a look of much astonishment
She was silent, looking away from ! in her grimy face,
him, for this time she knew that It "Law, Mr. Geoffrey, fancy it's being
had been her fault. . 1 you I I couldn't think whoever it
"It is that young man -did you not 'eould be cringing so."
say his name was Dane? A name of . It was a woman out of his father's
ill -omen, my child, that should have Parish who earned her living by the
warned you from admitting him with -homely process known as "going out
in your doors. Of course, he is no re- charing."
tenon 4--4 think you told me that."'
"Where is Madame de Brefour ?" was
She had never told him. He bad all that Geoffrey could find voice to
taken it for granted, and she had not say, and he said it with a gasp, with
cared to undeceive him. It was only . a face as wbite as death.
after they had settled themselves down "Them forrineering people you
at Bidden House that the name of the mean, sir? Ohl they've left -turned
clergyman had startled her, and it was out bag and baggage last Tuesday as
long before she disouvered that he was ever wits, and a good job, says I, to get
in truth, a brother of Matthew Dane, ' rid of a lot of Papists and jabbering
the bead of the great merchant house furrin servants as never do no good
of Dane and Triehet. Why disturb in a decent English parish. Yes, they
the old man's rest by revealing such was off quite sudden like and Mr
an unwelcome and unexpected oo'
cidence to him
She knew that a Protestant clergy
man was not likely to enter their
house; as a friend, he would not be
received, and as priest, their religion
protected them from his possible visits
She had not meant to deceive him, only
to shield him from annoying ideas.
When Geoffrey had been introduced
to him, it had been merely as the Ang-
lican clergyman's son, that he' was the
nephew of his uncle had never been
revealed to him.
Yet there was a certain sense of
treachery upon his soul, as though she
had tampered with the natural en-
emies of her race. Was that why she
was so bitterly punished; she asked of
herself in her remorse.
To Monsieur de Brefour• the notion
that Rose neat admirers, 33115 an amus-
' ing one. Ile even chuckled over it a
little to himself; it did not occur to
him that to Rose herself there could
possibly be any tragic complication in
the situation.
Old Martine entering with the tray
for his diener -little delicacies which
she had cooked herself of sweetbread
and daintily fried potatoes -was greet-
ed by an unwonted outburst of hil-
arity from her old master.
"See here, Martine," stretching out
his .long, lean finger playfully at his
daughter-in-law, 'Madame has lovers
-impertinent young donkeys, who
want to pay court to her. We must
leave, I axe told, because of Madame's
admirers! She breaks their hearts by
the dozen, the beartless one, and much
she cares! All what it is to be young
and beautiful I"
Martine threw a swift look of ter-
ror at Madame's flushing face. It
might be a joke to the old man, but
was it one to her Martine knew
better.
As for Rose, she bore it bravely, es
ehe bore all things. Though the hot
eolor, partly pain, and partly theme,
had flooded her beautiful face, yet
she jollied faintly in the laughter,
kissed the old man on the forehead,
uncovered the dainty little silver dish-
es, and stayed to help him to them.
Only, without, in the narrow passage,
her heart failed her, when Martine
clutched her convulsively by both
hands.
' Ah, my poor treasure," said the
faithful creature brokenly, "is it nev-
er to end -never And this one -such
a beau Jenne homme1 Grande dieu,
but it is hard l"
"Hush, Martine, you must not talk
like that; Monsieur is right to laugh,
it is ridiculous you know for nee,
quite ridiculous." •
And then the tears burst forth, and
Rose turned and fled into the sanctu-
ary of her own bedchamber,
A wcck tater-the east winds still
blew cold and keen over the Downs;
the daffodils and primroses still bloom-
ed in a blaze of yellow in sheltered
corners under the hedges and along
the tangled border of the drive; there
were a few more little bright green
m_ Wright he telegraphs to me -quite gee'
me a turn, that tallygram'did, sir-'
- but knowing as how l'd minded the
place before, Mr. Wright he telegrams,
that I am to go and clean it down,
end. that I and my old man can stop
in it if so be like till it's let again.
But I says to my old man, says I—"
"Never mind," broke in Geoffrey im-
patiently, "tell me where they have
gone."
"What, them furrinera, sir? Lord
knows, I don't."
"Have they left no address, no orders
about forwarding letters -nothing?"
"Nothing as 1 known on, sir."
He pushed pest her into the house,
and entered the library.
buds upon the sycamores and the Mae
bushes than a week ago, a little fur- -
ther promise of summer that strug-
gled out into life in spite of adverse
circumstances -no other change; when
a young man same springing up the
hill with that light, ' buoyant step
which youth, and hope, and happy love
alone can give, His face was bright
with a glad expectancy, his brown
eyes shone, his lips were curled into
a smile as be came. She had not sent
to meet him at the station, but that
was nothing; he gave his bag to a
porter and hurried on on foot, eager
to look once more into the face that,
wax so, dear to him. When he came
in sight of the grey gateway, he won-
dered perbaps a little that the Tamil -
tar granite' figure was not standing
there to greet him ; wondered a little
too, that the alter') bark of her little
dog did not ring as usual upon his
ears. It was only a small, mild won-
der, nothing more, no apprehension, no
anxiety was in his mind; perhaps she
was out driving, perhaps the old man
was ailing, and she was in bis room.
What did ft matter i' In a few min- ,
utes, .a few seconds indeed, he would
be with her.
When he got within sight of the
house, something strange and unex-
pected in Its appearance struck u10n;
him with a cold chill. ']'here was a
stillness as of death itself upon Hid-
den Hoose. There were no Mustin'
curtains at the windows, no bright
flower -pot filled with daffodils upon
the library window sill, and in one of
the upper rooms the shutters were
closed; no smoke came, from the chim-
neys, end not to c g of life was to be
sc 'a orloeard. l!'uii'1y ararmed at last,
Geoffrey hastened forward and rang
the door -bell; it clanged loudly at Itis
touch, and the echoes went ringing on
and on in a ghostly fashion within,
dying away by degrees into the per-
fect silence from which they bail been
awakened.
He waited, perhaps three whole min-
ites, then, eiek avian a horrible dread
es
What a dreadful thing is a room we
have loved and been happy in, when
shorn of the presence that has beauti-
, fled it in our eyes. A woman's room
most especially is utterly desolate,
when she who had made 11 lien own, ' t
and dived in it daily, has left it for's
ever. Geoffrey looked round the fame , t
tiler place with a sort of despair. The
books were all gone, the book -shelves
st'snding bare, and empty, Like yawn-'
ing caverns out of which jewels have
been taken; gone too, was the litter 1
of magazines and papers upon the ta-
ble. The vases that were wont to be t
always filled with fresh flowers, the s
cushions that used to pillow her lovely'
head, the footstool upon which her tiny 1
slippers were wont to rest -gone the , h
litter of nick -packs from the writing- s
table and the mantelshelf, and all the' s
small trifles with which a woman's
daily life surrounds itself. The room h
was empty and void, silent and cold ' g
as the grave; it was like looking upon C
a dead face. A bitter misery flooded C
his soul as he looked at it. All at i
once be remembered, with a sudden 1 t
rush of painful memory, how she had h
said to him, only' a week ago, that she, d
would go away and leave no trace be-
hind bar by which be could follow her. Is
striotly speaking, it was false in art a
meretrieiqus in decoration, it was, n
t
told her, either that her hhuse was
erthelese, exceedingly olfect.ivo on
aye self-control, but she is going to keep
nd laughing and recovering her compose ev- urs and her cool pink eheoks at the
he wale time b' a wonderful process f
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whole. Lady Lest1iter's friends alw
paradise, or that it was a museum -Un,
frivolities of the one being presum-
ably tempered by the solidity of the
ether,
Whether Angel Halliday, in her
week's sojourn with her friend, had en-
joyed it as a museum is uncertain, but
very decidedly she had not looked tep-
on It as a paradise.
Lady Lessiter had, nevertheless, done
her duty as a hostess to the pretty
girl whom she had invited to stay with
her. She had taken her about to con-
certs and exhibitions -she had taken
her to dinner at Hurlingham, end to
supper at the New Club. She bid driv-
en her down to Sanclown Races, a
had invited a great many smart ya
'awn, in immaculate Dollars and exo
Hutton -hole bouquets, to dine and
lunch at the house in her honour, Y
all these delights had totally failed
satisfy leer.
\]'ben a young woman's soul is s
upon one partfouter young man, the
net all the joys of the whole ear
nor yet the entire male population
Christeudom, can render her happy
that one particular young man
missing. Now that f8 an incontrove
title truism, quite as old as the hil
and quite es unchangeable, and yet
is constantly being left out of our c
culations in our dealings with youn
women.
-
a stall, you know, at the bazaar; and
she dos settled upon dolls, in the
dresses of every notion on the fade of
the otu'tb. \Vo are hard al work dress-
ing them, It makes rather a notes 10
the room, I meet confess,"
To Be Continued,
MEET DEATH FEARLESSLY.
Eattnubed Jllners Pars tite Time In 3'1s3'lnq
nom's,
A mining story would be considered
incomplete without a harrowing de-
soripiion of the hero's sufferings dur-
lid ing an underground catastrophe, i?eo-
ung pre expect ft, and never doubt that the
ti°
to sensations 1(T the imprisoned miner are
et accurately pictured. But those who
to have dad experience in rescuing col -
et Hera from living tombs know that the
n, men do not always act in the senti-
th mental manner attributed to them. On
°f the contrary, not a few of them face
be their horrible death smilingly, retus-
r- ing to give way to vain zegrets and
Is tears. When et great mass of ooal fell,
it is a northern English it completely
al- g pit, P Y
g blocking up the side passages, twenty 1
men and boys urore trapped in are
ks mote part of the workings. To dig
these unfortunate fellows out a relief
to party woeked madly; but the coal was
e hard and ate the close of the first day
t- the tearful women at the pit brow
ala were still waiting for news. Another
r day passed without good tidings, and
is it was not until the third morning
d that a faint humming sound filtered
a- through the frowning blockade of •
°°o coal. "They're alive!" shrieked one of
_ the party, "and singing hymns to show
st- their faith."
te After that all worked with redouble ed energy, straining ihrir ears mean -
n while to catch the chanting of rho un -
r, derground choir. It soon became eve- j
n dent, however, that the miners were
not singing at all. They were laugh -
y ing and shaming like children, and the
- familiar Dry of "Duck's off 1" was p
n clearly heard by the anxious resouers.
° Two more hours of superhuman effort s
n_ followed, and then the black partition
o gave way, revealing lhi pale and
s HAGGARD MINERS
r in the very act of playing a game dear
0'to the collier's heart. "Hello, lads, we C
didn't expect to see ye," laughed one'
-' of them, stopping to replace the lump k
1 of coal which served as the "duck." is
o "Ali, reckon yell stop an' hey a game
evi' us afore we go back i', And the b
o half -famished men and boys actually P
e insisted on finishing the game before
they would allow themselves to be a
O taken to the shaft.
After a very similar accident in an- t
other colliery, the relief party did not t
o get through the oval in time to be of n
service, and five sturdy miners were
t found dead behind the cruel barrier. m
t That they had died coolly and fearless-
ly, though, was beyond question, for on f
ibe damp floor were scores of little z.
- marbles made from compressed coal
dust, and two of the men were lying °
at full length with their lists screwed 0'
up ready to fillip. Their Ivan faces e
smiled even in death, and this touching u
proof of their unfailing optimism u
brought tears to the eyes of every one d
who entered the pit. fol
' Falls of coal and floods are terrible
catastrophes, but the average politer
fears an explosionu of firedamp most
of all. One occurred not so very long in
ago in a little Midland pit, and fifteen to
good men and true were shut off from ev
the cage by tons upon tons of coal. The eh
anxious crowd at the pit mouth wait-;
ed until the foul gas had been cleared g
from the cutting, and then began their d
work of rescue, with little hops of , H
saving their mates from the suffocate con
ing fumes of the firedamp. Progress in
was rapid, however, and before long , to
the relief party got into the narrow , w
passage. Here they saw a sight which sb
fairly made them gasp, for the fifteen e
colliers were on the floor, some of sp
them dead and others silting up and '-
unconcernedly singing comic songs. A;
little further on was a football, im- I
provised from the collier's shirts and 1'
ceps, and bearing unmistakable signs
of recent and rough usage.0 "We
thowt, as long as we'd got to dee, we'd i ea
dee kiokin'," explained one of the sur-' ea
vivors, "so we rigged up a football an' va
' punched it abart in t' dark. George t'
thesr fell dahn dead as he wor scorin' ea
a goal, but we went on playing to
pass time on, and then 1' gas cleared fe
' off a bit." Only four of that brave a
bevy of miners came out of i.he pit
alive, but they assured their question- f1
era that ibe others had laughed and In
sung in the very face of death.
mt
" What is the matter, my dear?" as
a mother of a sad, languid dough
whom she is vainly endeavouring
render happy.
"Nothing, mamma," answers th
young lady, and the mother rests sa
Idled with the unsatisfactory ansty
" Why does .Edith look so pale, o
.Maggie eat nettling, or ]Florence st
so silent i" enquires John Bull of h
wife, with affectionate solicitude; an
:Edith is forthwith taken to the se
side, and Maggio is ordered horse
eroise, and Florence is taken more in
society, But .neither father nor moth
er remember that briefless barris who has been civilly chopped, or ilea
disreputable though fasoinatingg youn
captain, who has not had an invitatio
to dinner for ever so long, or the Pen
niless younger son of the country vice
whom from obvious reasons it. has bee
considered expedient to ignore, -and s
the girls pine after the "one mall,
until they are tired, of piningg, and b
and bye they get over that misery
for girls do not often die of broke
hearts -and they marry somebody els
because there is nothing else left for
them to do, and they settle down co
entente, into a quiet, common -play
ort of happiness, which, perhaps, i
he best thing in the long run f1(
them, but with which the first fever o
ova's young. hopes has very little t
do.
Thus it was that Angel Halliday pin
d for the unattainable, and that al
he joys of the London season failed 1
atisfy her.
For Horace Lessiter had not been one
o his sister-in-law's house since sb
ad been in town -he was in London
he knew, and yet he had never been t
ee her -surely he could not luve her
To -day, Dulcie was doming, up to join
er, and to -morrow they were both t
o on and stay with old Mr. Dane, in
romwell Road. It was not likely tha
aptain Lessiter would find her ou
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here. All hope, therefore, seemed to
ave Dome to an end to -day. No won
er that Angel had declined to go out
driving with her hostess, and now stood
adly, in her loneliness looking vague -
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TIMI SOUND OF LITTLE FLEET.
I listen in the morning
Far the sound of little fent
That pattered along in the eunshino,
Over the quiet street ;
For tlic, 11(11011 1(C the sweat veep singing
Some quaint lova strain of 0111,
As 1' saw the wee hands full of flow -
And the sonny head erown'd with
gold.
I ;eateh'd when the noon was over,
And the olook In rho tow',' struck
four,
As the childz'en- Dame slowly home.
ward,
The hour of sohonitime o'er;
And I heard 'mid the ripple of voices,
The one that my heart lov'cl best,
And I saw a smile like a sunbeam
Stray'd out of the glowing west.
And, now, in the hneh of gloaming,
1. watch and I llst again;
But ilie little feet come no longer,
No more do I hear that strain ;
For the flowns and the tb'd little
child -heart
Are hushed into slumber sweet,
Thr: I know that 1n Heaven the angels
bear the sound of the little feet.
About the House,
CARING FOR BABY.
Young mothers are usually anxious
to get all the information possible on
this subject, so I will tell you a few
things that I have learned from ex-
perience and observation, writes Cla
Hammond.
It is well to send the baby out
an airing every day if he is canlin
to competent: hands. See that the 11
tie body is not harried and wearied
being rattled over a rough road, ant
he receives more harm than good fro
his outing. Almost every one know
what a difference there is in driver
how one man will take you to you
oterney's end, feeling that you
bruised all over from jolting abou
another will avoid the rooks an
moderate his speed over the roug
laces. Be sure that babies surf
tine as much as their elders from
killful driving.
If a mother cannot nurse her bat)
or if her milk is lacking in nutritio
which is often the case, she will fin
an excellent substitute in lactated foo
ow's milk is aharost sure to disagre
with a young baby, as cows eat a
inds of weeds, and drink water the
far from being pure, and when Ili
aby's life is at stake, it is safer t
rovide other food for him.
Feed the child at regular interval
nd the same amount each time. Dud
WO months, he should be fed ever
wo or three hours during the day, an
of quite so often at night. At si
tenths of age, five or six times dur
ng the twenty -rime hours will be s1(
rcient. Of course the bottles ane
other nipples should be kept swee
nd Wean. Give him a drink of fres
ater several times during the day
specially in warm weather. If caret.
sed fn feeding him, his bowels wil
sually give. no trouble, but If he has
iarrhea have a medicine prepared as
Rows: Aromatic powder of chalk an
opium, 10 grains, oil of dill 5 drops
simple syrup 3 drams, water 9 drams
one -hall teaspoonful to be given to an
font of six months oe under, and a
aspoonful to a child above that age
ery four hours until the bowels are
coked.
Teach the baby to take his eleep re
Warn,' and remember that a great
eel of sleep is necessary for children.
ave all garments loose enough for
fort. Use no starch in his cloth -
g, and keep his bibs dry, if you have
change them every hour. A bath in
ater that hesbeen left in the sup-
ine until one or two o'clock in the
ftcrnoon, will often prevent the cross
ell so common to babies in the even-
ing.
ehopped, have found much flavor with!
Men, rye or graham bread being cine- tn,
en. Minced nen mixed with a 111110' Woman's Capabilities
mustard, peppee', salt and lemon ,jn
or with a mayonnaise, have been
queenly seen during Lent, and
suitable for the spring menthe, O
of the comliinatlone has sardines wi
chopped hind boiled eggs and ston
olives.
Oysters, always delicious, are n
found between tiny squares of bro
bread. They are either broiled
fried, then chopped and mixed wi
salad oil. Crabs are also used.
Itnfaeshing ae'e the sandwiches for
ed of dainty white breed and a bit
fresh, crimp green -watercress, tette.
nasturtiums or mint, dressed wi
mayonnaise. The watercz'ces" et
must always be fresh,
Celery Sandwiches -Chap fine sev
al stalks of celery, adding a sal
dressing to make a lhiek paste.
either wbite or graham bread,
summer dainty is a thin slice of i0
cucumber with an ail dressing.
Among the salad sandwiches are l
olive -the latter are stoned and oho
Ped fine, adding a little salad oil; t
tomato, -.a slice is seasoned with eat
pepper and a few drops of vinegar
lemon juice, and placed between t
rounds of bread.
Parisian Sandwiches -Chep two bar
boiled eggs fine, add mayonnaise,
tablespoonful of 1\'orchestershire sou
and two cupfuls of salmon. Just befo
placing the upper piece of bread to
n. little minced lettuce or celery.
other variety has mustard, horeeradi
and olive oil. Of course eggs find their own sphee
hero; ono way is to slice the hard be
ed eggs into rings and dip in vinega
add salt a little mustard and a fe
drops of onion juice ; in another sly
ra the eggs ate mored with butter to
Paste, seasoned with pepper and celer
for ,salt,
Cheese sandwiches are popular. Th
ell cheese ie grated and then much pi
t- proved by the addition of cnyunne p
by per. The cheese is sometimes mixe
with oyster liquid; again cheese an
fl the yolks of hard-boiled eggs with
1(m mayonnaise, finished with choppe
s celery., A New York delicaey has
s
filling of cottage cheese and choppe
olives.
r
Mrs. Saunders, n. cooking school le
are Curer, gives this excellent reoei
1(t, "One-half pound of cheese, onefourt
cl
pound of English walnut meats, quiz
h ter teaspoonful of salt and a dash o
red pepper, run through a meat out
er ter. Mix with a little mayonnais
un -I dressing until soft enough to spread
put between thinly sliced bread, cu
one and one-half inches wide; sery
, with salad,"
n,! Sweet sandwi.ahes have a field
their own, which they fill creditably
e i Chopped dates with whole wheat Urea
are especially fine, and jelly or orang
e , marmalade with any kind of goo
it bread. A novelty is maple sugar
t' shayed, sandwiches, an idealized form
of the bread and sugar of our chit
° hood. All the people who like ehoco-
o' late welcome the new sandwiches mad
of their favorite. The directions ar
to whip thoroughly a cup of swee
cream; add grated and sweetened che-
er
; colate • cocoanut - may be substitute
y for the chocolate. Candied cherries
d 013 also weed.
I Nuts -perhaps the most pleasing o.
: all the varieties. One received much
- praise, and, on inquiry, it was found
f to be composed of almonds and grated
oelery, with a dash of cheese. An
other had chopped almonds, salted and
h 1 ediinkled almonds,with
p pounded iento ye. e. pasteawith
, a little orange juice, are mixed either
e' I with whipped sweet cream or the white
1 I of eggs, adding a little sugar." Eng -
ie walnuts ox roasted peanuts may
be chopped very fine and a mayon-
d ' noise added.
1110, "-'
fro she arta z'ofuse a 11310 eleven times,
itre n1t11 do ii. so kindly that. lie will rill
118 her 1113 1welfih Cline, 151(11 slle n°,
th;eept hint as gracefully and e8'51;111u sh,
ed
ingly as if it wee 1113 first time of
ow asking,
wn' Shu can b0 sweet as Honey In corsets
t11 ' lh tl cut her waist nearly in two, end
i elm can dance as long as mune and
m- partners hold out, in shoes three sizes_
cif smaller than her feet.
lh She can go to a lecture by come not•
o,, 1 ed woman, and tell you the exact
width of the edging on the leeturer'e.
°r-1 petticoat, and the probable cost of the
Uso ! diamond on her finger, and still be
A able to understandingly criticize the
ed lecture -
de; Sho can wait twenty minutes for to
p -r train, and feel no inclination toward
he profanity, because she puts in her lime
t, satisfactorily in taking stock of the
w1(' other tvomon's clothing, sand separating.
those who are wearing last year's,
d
made -over dresses from idose who are
ane siert in ibis year's shirt waists,
De; She can feel really sorry for ihel
sed laaby that cries in the oars and noel
A11- have any thoughts of murder in, her
alt heart.
She urn stink two pins through her
1,, hat and never hit her scalp.
r, She can go to her club, and crochet!
lasome lace six inches wide, and count'
seventy-five d. ens and flftytwo s,p.'s-
y fn every row, and still be cognizant
of the fact that the woman who ie
o reading a learned paper on "Sociology
ep_ as Applied to the Tramp," has lost
d three buttons off from der boots, and
d that her false teeth drop down every
a time she hits the letter S.
a Sbe can kill a fly with a folded'
d paper every time she strikes at him,
and give the looker-on the impression
that she is profoundly sorry she has,
done it.
h She can talk to her neighbor over
the back fence, with her mouth full
p of clothespins, and the wind blowing
_ at forty knots an hour, and flapping
e a wet sheet: over her head while she
bangs out its partner, and cau•efully
t pulls our: its corners so that it will
e Iiron welt
She can drive two nails at once
of one of them is lier thumbnail.
She can cry all night when her loves
• buys fee oream for the other girl and
e' slept in n badear next f roses. as if she had
d,
She nen live six months in a place
' and never discover which way is east,
d_ She, can sleep with thirty-three piecei
'of cold lead screwed into ber hair and
e' never utter a groan.
She can put the cat out door nights .
t so that the cat seems to enjoy it.
Skis can hold her own with sixteen.
d other women all talking at once about
how they make sponge cake, and when
she gets home she can make a cake by
him I
This, then, was whet, she had done to 1
But why had she done it ; had he not I
kept his bargain With her ? Had he !c
not been true to his promised word? , N
He had done as she had asked him -and ,
kept his love back out of her sight, so i
as to preserve her friendship -had ' a
cruaheti envay his own feelings so as! t
to respect and consider hers -and this ; 1
wns his remind! He had been faithful , w
to bis part of the covenant between 'ne
them, but she, she had broken hers; 1 b
And he was very angry with her., w
Angry with that anger against those ,
we love, that is so terrible in its cut- si
eoldness of indifference than that '
sharp pain of wrath that stabs with a,
knitethrusts tato our very hearts o
Hot tears, that almost burnt him as h
they wellen. up from within, blinded 1 w
Geoffrey's eyes --he turned his back upe a
y and miserably out into tbe sunny
•
The room behind. her was a litter of
onfusion and disorder. Her ladyship
vaa going to hold a stall at a fancy
azaar, and was hard at work dress -
ng dolls -all day long she was flying
bout buying expensive materials for
he costumes of her dolls -it was bar
atest mania. Every doll on her stall
as to be differently attired. Muoh
ore amusing work, than finding a
usband for pretty Angel Halliday,
hich she had assured her husband a
ew weeks ago it was her solemn /Me-
wl from on High to do. To make more
oney at her doll stall for
he Out -of -Work Labourers' Or-
den Society," than that horrid
In. Jenkins, who painted her face and
gled the men, and who boasted Lo all
er friends that she would take the
Ind out of her, Lady Lessner's, sails
the bazaar -that at present was the
on that sad empty room, strode past the I e
still gaping charwoman into the open 1 fi
wind's, that cut witb nipping keenness as
through the bones. Cold as you may I
be, you are nothing to that bitterest ta
nin morning 111 night she thought of
othing else. She was not at all spr-
y when Angel made Dulcie's arrival
n excuee for not going out with her
ke • Mrs. 'Vera out in the Vietoria-she
sorrow of a man's young life, when his w
first love has betrayed his trust, nnd, fir
for all her sweet beauty, be ean find I fl
no dearer nor fonder word than a ,
CHAPTER Xt.
OA
111 have the neen stall to mine, you
now, on the 101,11; she is, going to sell
owera and ferns, and wants me to
dve her to that pottery shop to get
me little pots and vases; and then I
n go again to Liberty's for the gold
nbroidery-and do, like a dear thing
Angel Halliday stood leaning some- 11
what disconsolately against the lain m
window curtains ot Lady Lessiter's
smart house in Pont Street. It was . to
a new, red brick abode of the latest ev
Queen Anne pattern ; more Queen nn
Anne, in fact, than any edifice ever j
ntsb dressing that Circassian slave for
e whilst I am out."
But 'Angel did not address herself
the garments of the Circassian slave
ben her hostess had left her. She
ly stood in a melancholy mood by
e window, and looked listlessly into
erected withiu the reign of that Grace th
icnts Sovereign of happy memory. It I
was great in red gables and white -
woodwork, in small colored window da
panes, and in quaint projecting ban of
conies. Inside it was a miracle of . ed
Wardour Street furniture and bine m
china -with Burnenionesian wall de- 'Pn.
oorations that were draped wutb the by
latest novelly of textile febries from I no
Manage, Lady Lessner had had once 1
/mania for furnishing and decorating ,
-for six menthe she ha.d gone med over w
it -she had tried tifi y different. experi- ' 1117
meete in every room in the house, had
fitted up her drawingeroone successively be
the Japnnese styles ,had flown about au
to every second-hand dealer in London, 1
" Meldng-uP ' what she called bar-;
gams, but which wore in truth but he
bad bargains for pear Sir George, who I ri
wits required in time to pay foe then, 1 he
She had held committees of art and , sis
t age In her house, wnerelo everybody is
had Seggested something different, end,
Wm, in a fine Cosniopolitan spirit. had LIV
endeavoured to earr3r out the Mena of I tb
all, and finally, after the had spent. I en
a small fortune, suddenly she got ttiolt ELS
of it ; ignne new !alloy bed cropped up, I tit
and the Ingle Alt Howie was 1011; to scl
itself, a Wending monument of half -1 an
finished incongruity and inconsistency. I
Yet 11 cannot be denied that, although '
e street
Everything looked gay and sunshiny
flower boxes of geraniums and white
isies blobined at the open windows
the bouses opposite; earriages flesh-
ly filled with smartly -dressed we-
an children ran gayly along the
vementa ; and everybody looked hap -
and busy in the sweet SUMMON! after -
on, but Aegel only felt miserable,
Then all at once, her heart beat, and
ere was a sudden revulsion of joy
'thin her, for a hansom had dashed
to the door, and somebody sprang
it of it end ran lightly up the steps
low. Ile had come at last, then Oh,
hy would ber cheeks burn so hotly,
d her heart flutter so wildly I
" All alone, Miss Halliday ?" cried
ireee Lessner, in his cheery vole°, as
entered ; and then he cast a Mix-
ed glance round the room, as thotigh
was looking for something, " My
ter -in-law out I? Good heavens! what
ell thie about 8"
Ife wee confronted by a row tit
enty dolls, all la different coeturinsf
at IMO propped up in a lino on the
fl of the grand piano, whin at least
many more, in all stales end condi-
ma of Incompleteness of toilet, were
ittered about the room, On the sofea
d tallies.
is Venetia alerting toyshopn•
'Not exaetfy," artawered Angel,
OSSI13ILITIES OF THE SANDWIOR
Among the various branches of cook-
ing which have been vestly improved
e sandwich is prominent. The M-
ild, the traveller, the athlete and
gerly, and 11 is, too, an important
attire of the home table, and often
bit of pleasant economy.
Sandwiches may be classed under
ve main divisions, meat, green, salad,
ease and the sweet varieties, with
Perfumed butter, after the French,
especially dainty to use in making
em-Matige blossom% violets, Jap-
anese honeysuckles, roses, rose geraan
items, ate., only one kind at a thne. The
butter is wrapped in a bit af muslin
DX cheesecloth and placed in a small
jar, the flowers lavishly scattered over
the butter, closely covered, Geahana
white and whole Wheat breads are all
desirable, and "should be twelve hours
old." Two kinds of bread are often
used together, They may be round,
equate, triangular, hearlashaped and
oblong, the latter flat or rolled,
Cold chicken, finely chopped and
moistened with a little mayonnaise,
forms a popular filling. Slime the
bread very thin, and always trine the
edges neatly; butter lightly. Place
the chicken on one piece of bread and
Press another one on it, and cut in-
to whatever form you Wish.
Lamb candwiehes are new and de-
licious. The larab is eliced thin, and
Tongue -nutter lightly thin slices at
graham bread, and spread generously
with cold boiled tongue, chopped fine.
Proceed. in the same way' In making
ham aandwichest teeing boiled or devil-
ed ham and white bread preferehly.
, Game sendwiches are very appe-
tizing, especially duck, made with gra-
ham bread. Sandwiches made of cold
calves' liver, highly :seasoned and
is
For simple, genaine fun, tothing ex- th
reeds a marelunallow toast, as an even-
ing pastime for the boliday season. The
requirements for Ibis are open fire,
pealed sticks for toasters, and fresh
Marshmallows are expensive sweeta
to buy, but, they con be made at home,
and the following is a good receipt:
To half a pint of gum tragacanne-
seinen is much °beeper than gum ara-
ble end nay be used wiLh equally suc-
cessful results -add a pint of water and
allow it to diseolve. Half a pound of
sugar is then added, the 'whole dittoed
over a fire and stirred constantly until
the mixture is the consistency of hon-
ey, when the well -beaten whites of
four eggs are added, with a few drone
of tit:Waite of mairehmallow, the whole
being stirred. ulna{ quite thin, and so
IL dots not edhere to the flinge,re. The
dueled with powdered entree and cut
into equares when cold.
4. bright fire of pine wood should be
built in the grate, When the guests
errive, sticks out from shingles and
abarpened at one end, as well as de-
corated with a ribbon, are passed
Then each person providea hbriselt
with a mershrne nave, and the process
• tottatieg conanienees. Finger bowls
shotild be near at hand for there is no
denying the stickiness of the enter-
tainment. 1
TO OLEAN DECANTERS,
Many things are recommended for
cleaning decanters, carafes and other
narrowneeked glass -vessels -tea leaves
soda, gravel, etc., -but in vinegar and
salt are at once tried their use will be
continued thereefter. Fill a pint jug
with common eider vinegar and in it
put two large tablespoonfuls of salt.
This will clean half a dozen bottles.
Divide the mixture among them, put
the palm of your hand on top of the
bottle and shake the vinegar up to the
mouth over and over again. After shak-
ing each bottle let the vinegar remain
in it fog about ten or fifteen minutes.
Have a pan full of strong soda attd
water for the outsides, and pour warm
waMr, without soda, inside two or three
times to rinse out the salt and vinegar,
then finish off both inside and outside
with clean cold water. Dry well with
a clean, soft towel, then stand them
bottom upward, and if possible place
them in the sunshine. This mode of
cleansing naakes decanters very clean
and bright. For vinegar jugs, on the
contrary, the best cleansing medium
is a little ooncentra led lye, left stand-
ing in the flask for several hours, The
action of the alkali removes the sedi-
ment left by tOe acid.
DOWAGER En1PRESS OE GERMANY.
The Empress ot Germany loses no
opportunity of "doing little kindness-
es " wherever she goes, A very pretty
story is told of hoe regent: visit to
Westphalia during the recent army
manoeuvres. In a village close to Lhe
imperial headquarters the widow of a
captain in the merchant service °cou-
ples a small room. She is invalided„
bedridden, and very old, but her one
great wish was to see the Empress
drive pasb the carpenter's cottage
where, the lies on her little bed, Soine
kind soul had suggeeted to the Em-
press a chamherliun that it would be
a great kinclneas if the im-
perial carriage would be al-
lowed to drive slowly when passing
the invalid's window. The rognest
tame to ilie Empress% etre, and in
her kindness of heart she left her car-
riage, paid a len visit to the sick-
room, end loft the lonely aufferer in a
ento of heePInnoss greater than
words San ten,
WHITE MEN AS SLAVES.
In Dungan, Peasants Aro llorneseett e
the Plough 1115e Bonen; of 'harden.
Stephen Varkonyi, the leader of the.
peaeants revolution which convulsed
Hungary during the early anontbs ol
the year, hag just been sentenced te
one year's imprisonment for bigh tree -
1 son.
The movement ev-hich was inangtu•ab
ed by Varkonyi, was a revolt against
the remnants of serfclona, which still
exist in scene parts of Hungary. In
these districts each peasant is compel!.
eel to work fifty cleys in the year fox
the landowner without pay.
1 These fifty days of compulsory la-
bour are net auecessive, or at fixed In-
tervals, but when the landowner hae
' work to be done he sends drummex
through the village, and every male
inhabiLaM is obliged to reapond to tbe
' summons.
1 Thereupon so Many men are select-
ed as are required. The landowner an
most invariably exacts this labour in
most valuable 1,o bim,
In summer the peasant can earn as
much tts one shilling a day; in wintee
I not more than fouimence or sixpenee,
In winter the peaeants are compelled to
aot as beaters in the magnates' hunts
cupation is a dangerous one„ and the
time is not counten in the annual fif-
ty days' compulsory labour,
The wives of the peasants are requir-
ed to sweep and serub the local manor
house ones a week without pay. Finally,
many landowners, use tho peasants a$
beasta of burden, barneseing four mon
to the plough instead of two oxen.
Stephen Varkonyi, who instigated the
revolt agamst these degrading condi-
Goes of labour, is a eort of Hungarian
Wat Tyler, He it the son of poor pea-
/4mA was educated in the farmyard,
and graduated in the field,
He is quite a typical horny -handed
son of toll, is phyitioally telt etnutty
bath, lvith plenty of thartiater, in his
abaggy head and smadneyee, with their
suggestion of the Mongolian slit, and
has that rongh kind of natinal ha -
dreier which appeals to the simple, (tea-
Varkonyi, whose power over the eg-
riot tura{ population of this en un Lry
is unbounded, is one of the most in-
terestiag figures in modern Hunger -
inn life.
Alice fell in love with Claude be-,
cause he WEIS SO penclive and tbotight-
Thm :she broke the engagement: be -I
fawn elm foend out that when he loOk- I
ed that way he wasint, thinking at
all.
fifthly Speaking. -She is tether IMP
faced, think you not ? Boded, she 30