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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-6-23, Page 2T v� y �q �y yy f y y iY.ii4 ono Cut DDiamond THE ,... eienNeieeeneeeteireeeeeNeW CHAPTER. Aee11. Florence Pane viewed the buueehold Hidden House with eyes of (118fav(8. e8 had been pleased euuuugh about ter, re leer'° mn8Ttage at first, believing to have snood him from a worse pit 11, and moreover she had been not. snuturally surnDwhut elated at the, iod fortune antl prospertty which it uughl with it to hint, and at the ifs° importance with which the whole; lit villatutaf Y after the investedby .ashy of was n the young cuui'l from abroad, anti' ben theyhad settled dawn in their .w p'r'operty, the pries and the liens I oof it faded by awayny and dtle was rubs an.riekly and d by a sgnawill ngean nature; envy variably experiences towards these ho are n happier cireumsltineeatLani self, As to the tuba, they were perhaps xnvoidable, for it doss not du for re-' tions to be brought into too close a tions vsimity to each other, and 500088 or ter the two (amities living thus inimutlered 8 soma pariah would, even had Flar-' tee been of a different diain,sitiun,� me been bound to fall out, Angel's Nei temper and beau. made ter y pular amongst the poor; she was of 1 easy, y ( g y, possibl to over-cunfidin na- re, and baggers and ne'er-do-wells it round her quickly; no doubt she as injudicious in her open -Landed, urines. As she passed through the! hags the people came out t° look 111 r lovely teas, and showered blessings ion her, and Florence, whom they orad and respected, but Haver really, vee, was jealous of it and hated her r LI. This was at the, bottom of it g esue95xyn`l,ee euf- I't wasn c,w' three weeks x n t x a e k s and his wife had been established Hidden House, and Florence was epi•ng her eyes open. Now Florence is Lynn -eyed. in mattara of pTUPI''cetY; 4 as the weeks went by it struck her at Captain Lessiter from Liltainster zs too constantly a visitor at Hid- n 11 House, that he was fur ever riding driving past the vicarage gate 01.1 s way to lunch or Lea at the house agtfinesns, and beforn hetretit assedas iafneun1 s homeward journey. She beard of m, too, as a constant attendant in e hunting field on her beautiful sis- r•.n-law; sea was told that be never tt her side, piloted her across conn- Y, and loos as her shadow, whilst effrey took ( him owne txnd troll- Ls mischievous gossip went up as in- use under Miss Dane's na81ri18. Alt r lila long she had. set her face alest the evil things which these ed of proceedings seemed to her to etend. Mee had a constitutional hatred atria. married wnnen who flirt and to have a good,.-luokfng bachelor al- on dangling after them, and more .en all she dreaded the idea of a dis- editable scandal concerning her fam- ' being bruited abroad in the parish 11 the neighborhood, and so she made her mind that she would speak and t un end to it. This time she made application to her father; hr'. too; 1 Said to herself bitterly, was In- uated with Augers pretty face, and aid be sure to refuse to believe ythi.ng against her. go, She would do as she had done Ie before -she would Lake the guard- 81111, f her rd brother'shonor into her nor wife for n. iu one day she started forth, much she had dune 0n a previous occasion walk up to the house in the hollow hills with her mind set upon good," us she calledshe toit her -With Ongne- Y j n , s a rare one. Geoffrey bad.gone 1to town for two days yhssi driven Lis,s acut1(81 the her vicarage train trine. bait e hour altered; h4 had Leen there all startbe must have lunched morning, re, re, he must be there atilt 1 IL :vas (d that this disgraee(u1 state of should be put a scop to I aerie= went up the hill qus°kty, h a very fever of fudignunt virtuenot Ung in her veins. As and neared gates, she heard the clow sound wheels, and Leming Lb corner of read, Were came into view quite n ley little winter pastoral. - [mace Lessiter's da Dart was g'amined king stately down the hill, a very 1dseene bay horse was between the (t0, and Horace, being a decidedly ?-looking man, of the c°nventioua!p rye type, looked his best, as a well- ie ln. 1lshman always does, in a g YAll 911 tweed suit, with goiters and ckerbaekers. Angel, clad in a fur fat and a rad velvet hat, was walk- by the aide uP the part, looking up orals qac, smilingly into her spm- verhead the branches of the bare tet• tress inlo'laoed 1„ a fretwork tern against a clear and almost Ity-looking sky, whilst great clumps lsoll zelie relieved, bordering tdreelklelidu d y age, the grey uni(ornlily of the ter landscape. mado up altogether a charming urn, a picture that, reproduced up- a painter's canvas, woUtct have sed the eye a once, from a certain °t homelike eyed Sim itioit both 0t the l y tree and their surruundhigs•-a pia 1 that might 11117 have been chile- :? "Au It°vinr," and have suggested brief and tearless parting of btlIpy rs who are to elect again to -mor- it, however delightful a scene it ht passibl Y h y res°nt Ln an unlnCor- d eye, this picture lied, tis may be rased, anything but an 'agreeable sp ata.or who Weal lethally 011 the to witness it. Miss Dane became ell. into a positive fury thereby, the the words, "Shameful i --disgrace- -dfsgustfngg• I" were Stmt forth in ry tbuntlerbults from her hips as flew onward to do battle for her ?lit brother. ere must have been 9Ornetb1138 ICandithelistride ofry her faooden91 i ,viten "Angel caug•ht sight o't iter 110 .ng- no the hili, site uttered 11 lit- :xnlntlzatign, and her pretty smiees 'ailed away, and L 1”' she cried, in an accent of un- reining 1,1 date cried, Y • 1158 Diamond �.... broken words of misery and dismay Ott). from her trembling lips, "flow could she dare to speak so? To accuse me -ins, a three months holes -of disgracing nay llUabaAd'.a name- -bringing shame upon him! And slie saidthere wee inlhe ever eeonlpved me! We, whet ¢ miserable mistake 1 have madel" And then the door opened softly ani Captain Limiter eater. in. She turned sharply aroume and stood looking at him In a bewildered way, and she grew a little pale at the sight of him, Why had he ft= buck'? He Mooed the door gently, and rumor forward towards her with both hands outstretched. "My dear child I cannot bear to see you like this. For Heaven's sake tell me what has happened, and what that she -fiend has been doing to your be said, in a voice °P deep concern. net somehow Angel did not re- spend as he had half expeojeil that she would, She did not fall upon his breast acid pour out her griefs to him. hD cite 006 even held out her hands to meet his. On the contrary, she stood very quiet and still, both her arms banging straight down by her side, and with an odd, fixed look in her eyes. f°rllishig is land hisnde 1108 clown rather "You must be in trouble, I fear,' he auicl, with a shade More of respect and I�ss of Lam'"ar'ity fn his 7010°, piny make a friend °f me, and tell me if there is any way in which T can help you, - "ma_ you, elle answered in aA told, measured voice, "I have sent for the one (rice? I have in the world- y the only creature an earth who tan Leap me. I have sent for Duicie•" haus sent for Dulaiat" he re- prated in a voles of dismay. almost, indeed, of disgust, and as he spoke he recoiled a Iitt18 from her. "When did you do thief What induced you to do such a thing:' "I have josh written to her. I have ter hnsron°at Ibe post not five mefnut- g p es ago."ceras "And I metthe postmaIIl" he mut- tared, and straight -way cursed his Leak that no supernatural pernaturai revelation had warned him miraculously of what that post -bag contained. That is the when, now as to thegive why," continued Angel, and there was by now a faint tremor of agitation in her voice, "Ceptain Lesstter, You ing to be b u well e andas I te 1 yallmiller o- colour rasa a little, and youith it, per- linos, her courage. She sat down un the arm of a chair confronting him. "You remember, du you not, how one day last summer, when I was staying with Venetia, you come to sea ma in PPotntl°Street, andyou old me that ved Yway He made a movement as though be would have spoken, but she silenced him and want: on hurriedly:leads "You told me that You oved her, and that yon wished to marry her, but that you could not tell whether your d me to was returned, and you prayed me, to help you and to stand your friend with her." ^Oh, why go back to all .batt' he murmured with a distressed air. "'Well, perhaps You think I have for- gotten all about it," she continued, unheeding the interruption, "that I have failed to keep my promise? but n Lessiiter, there was al that time an obstacle to my sister marrying at all. 1 was that obstacle." "Poul" crimson flood the brow r°Locher neck. ""Yes, because Duloie would notbis marry, herself, until I was married," He luvked surprisedanuot. "I1 wait r s her fancy you see, you sea,eInlidnmarryurtnn i. -end have you have acme Lome again, She seat Yon you away, ft f° true, but I think she so -and glad. I have sent again. her so that things may become right between you,,, He looked for a moment horribly taken back. Then he be an about the room in an 'agitated. manner, you misunderstand, you completely misunderstand," he said slopping short infrontof her. "How tun 1 to make y sod bac etos \blot yc,u wilfully shut your eyes? All that you are talking about is past and over; the • circumstances are utterl changed, ' Y and that t ah°atydorove ropgou osed ta+nl y 10 Australia," answered Angel calmly. "But a human often ahnnge• her mind,y and she is never so welt •inclined to a man as when she has just refused him. And you see that Mutate dict change her mind because she wrote to you directly I was married, end asked you to come back. And you did, you see, come back at her sum- mous, as anon, sooner indeed than I could. have believed it possible. Can anything he more slraightforwnrd then rho? The only thing that seemed to ma strange has been, thnl, being in England, yott should have waited all Ibis time here inaf.eatl of going straight to her." "Let me entreat you to hear m°," he cried rather distractedly, But Angel held up Lar hand to silence him, She was still in the dark, she c not see what he meant. "No, hear me out 'first. I am not to this goingwaundersand that e you ryou Llavaybeen afraid to ventureand your luck again 50 soon. And nDw 1 can perceive also that you must have been depending upon me, lookingto me to arrange B a meeting With her, to bring you boil together„And an We have Coolishly gone on, neither 0f us iflcfng 10 speak first. Until -until -a horrible thing happenedl Other people have ala a nustake. That woman, my ntetsvlrands sister who spoke to me just told ma it was ler me in the end to know 111sSh°tt01(1 me, made me see than you and I have. been' Latktc] about Ell- y, nalur°di our names coupled, togeWer, 7 cannot tell you more, it all settee so wiokcd and ihtlrnsfo1, �Ilot you 18'11 put a stop 10 rin5ncs C at once? Tou will let. the world soy ahs truth, will you not? That is wLy f have sent for Duic{e to come, [ng" so that you may settle things at once sentence with her, and aliened the slanderous Con nes that have spoken evil things l m°,' Phave mnfer fished 110 hoard her out in a sort of he- them wilderecl silence, AS, pipe° by piece, the the 0onfus5d. and tangles Words she had strung together to him ireearaD to leis understanding, there came to his metnar that cape, long Y g ago, he had been told of Angel Balli- day that WO WI "viai011axy Siad imaginative." Tine was carrying out her character with u vongeunee, It: almost made hint !Litwin for he wee a shallow, cold-hearted man, and all the pathosherlittle storywas Emmy on himliawas n angry with her r too; angry,because, all nliconsefOUely, she had bltterty wounded his vanity, And a mans vanity is undoubtedly, however Male he may like to be told so, by far the most vulnerable part of his nature. Of wounds to his heart he may suffer, but he dies not -he lives and raevlers, and forgives -but that other direr and darker injury cuts deeper and lasts longer; of that he seldom recovers, and assuredly be will slaver forgive 11, 'Her°, for three whole weeks had Iioraae Lassiter hese paying his court t° lairs, Dane, assiduously a y nil enteral. tingly. Flo had surrounded her with that intangible atmosphere of ease- 6 lion which is supposed to render pregnable the strongest fortress of femiue foolishness; he had visited her almost daily, followed her like a she- clow, run to do her bidding in a slave- like fashion, exhausted himself in vef.led flaterfes; he bile even -obi unparallel unselfishnessl-sneri_ ffced •himself •to her in the hunting field,. in order to play the part of a sfety,ul and tender guardian over her safety, and the end of it all was Leat she told him tranquilly, that their names had been "coupled together," she had sent far her sister, so that he might marry her forthwith. KO be Continued) Out Jack was at last caught and putFREDMeltI1011SJ15, let Newgate. There was a Batch with tall spikes on the left within the lodge ellerU the prisoners were rlllOWed to meet and talk with their friends. Jack managed to slip down LU this grating iandwith nail WCd off p0 Ot L16apLkeand escaped. N° sooner was he uut, however, thele he forthwith put his hand into a jeweler's window and appropriated Ihxee womb• es to bimetal, For this he was again apprahsnded and was Once more sent to Newgate. One day the sentence of death was passed on him, but he did not mind, A day or two later, his jailer brought leis toed and examthed the cell, finding everything sound, No sooner had be gone then Juck, who had found a aro•,ked nail on the floor, after slipping off his bandoufts, picked the padlock with which his °burn wne fast- Sued to the flour. He then baht down wrenched In two a link 01 the tandhole, °hale, which oonneeted the fetter's on iris ankles. fastening the fetters up by means of his garters be at- tempted tempted to climb up the chimney,, but found six feet up, an iron bar that crossed the opening. So he descended and with a Q1000 of his broken oboe, be au to dig the laser out from be- g 6 pgreat t+vain the stones of the Sem, R, re- g t pee the two oroa bar,r three Of}Yll ch was an inch thick and three feet long and was enabled to climb up to the red room above his cell. ,Here he found a big nail which served him wolf, Be wrenched the leek off the aper and made his way towards the chapel. BOLTED DOOR barred his way, but he made a Lola through the wall And unbolted it. Re broke Chrough ant of Chs bars in a grated door, removed the lock from an- other, and took the look from the door- post of still another. Then he made his way 0v0r the wall. But there wase ton julep from, the well down to the g pgives top of a house whioh stood Hardt, by and so jack went clear back t° his cell where he got a blanket that he took back and fastened t° the top of the wall. He (hue let himself downt to the top at the house next, and waiting uutiI midnight stealthily went down- stairs and let himself out oft the front door. He at once burglarized a store and with the money purchased a fine suit Of clothes. For some time he swaggered around a 98 a with oyiueleman, his time and money with wine and women. At last he was caught and a continuous watch was put over him. He even planned a daring is execution and mae on his naged toto the tgeteu knof ife and put it open in his pocket, intend- tug to cut the rope which bound him and Cling himself into the crowd: But the knife was detected and he methis fate. This is only one of the countless stories of criminals that have seen the inside of Newgate. Richard Savage, the poet, was another. Jonathan Wild, wee n the a noted epanmewho nt of performed_ ?and Mrs Heyes, who brutally murdered her husband, were others, Then there lP$8 HONEST DICT{ TURPIN, the famous highwayman, who Ire- quanted the loner road$ at York and Lincoln and who, oaughG at last, was eveeuted for horse stealing. It was a° old saying •fn Newgate, wiih some- Wing of grim humor in it that such as these harde¢ed arimivalS were "booked from the beginning for the Gravesend coach that leaves at 8 in Lee morning," that being the time of the executions, The Capt. Porteous Who flaures con- •spi(:uously •in Scott's "Heaab •of illi?- lothian" and who was executed,, wasa heal p v sonage who spent his last days g Le. Eugene Aram, too, was there, whose crime of murder has been made the basis of the poem by Hood and who is else the subQuill ,lest of one of Bulwer-Lytton s novels. He really did commit the murder, and VMS detected K t -e bones which were found fess- I�niresburougL, aPCerwtlyds confess- ing his crime• In the prison is a chapel, at either side of which is a bai•rsd and screened gallery for the prisoners, one Por men and the other for Women. In the Den- .teal portion are chairs for the con- a51 mon' Wiadenmecl to \VIl00nt lorm a be "condemned" oze oboe, There is also an inclosure the Above 1,yard, here tliowith a itexeoutlof o ail Sky p ns tools lace. It is surrounded by t.ramend- ously high walls. Many years ago a chimoey sweep named' William Street managed to climb un these absolutely perpendicular tuella and effect his escape. Y"@/ViI/OA-- •-�� $ / the ypt On aim. 0 id egr` ginaive>_ _‚%'lle. FEEDING CALVES FORTHE DAIRY, The wise farmer does not sell agood male cow. The mule iutet!)gef1 he 1s, and eke melee ujiset'vin g, the motor Peer eOlve he will 11888 to selll 1L , ant is not likely to be an easy matter for suyearsv ,r C t bee ° ws Nano to purchase I p L a o In feat, the must of (hem lYilllLaVO to be raised, and iP they are to'be grown on the Farm they wUl have to ,he fed not for beet production but for m11k, CLere is a very radionl diffarenc° be- .ween aha ro rem m°Chad pf • iowiu P l g' g a steer or u helper not intended1the for daily purposes, and a calf that is in- tended for milk px'oductfnn in the £u- tura, It is vel'y easy Lu spoil (ho het- for cal( of a really good, Dow and itis- tit her. for the purpose for which she was intended, n° mailer what her breedinge,or her mother's pOx'f0J'm0.nce may ba. The heifer nail intended for use in the dair meet nett be fed Lan fat; to y Met, must not be allowed to get tat. The habit of putting the fat on the ribs is Ental to good dairy performance. The farmer can control thieveryeasil Y if he sets about it In the light way and at the right time. 1t is entirely safe to Iced the sheers and the better valves of the poorest• mfikeTs all the corn earn they will eat, in conneatien with separator milk. This, however, will Prove very detrimental to calves that are intended for dairy purposes, The danger can be very easily avoid- ed if the (armor will Lake the time, by giving these calves oats instead .of corn, Given separator milk, oats, and a pasture of clover, tlmoWy, or blue grass, the dairy heifer will ecus- olp on right lines, et the farmers Will rte tee steers and heifers they wish to dispose of for beef treason- able amount of corn in connection with their milk, and give the heifer calves intended far dairy purposes a reason- able amount of oats, they will- not go ear w'r'ong. This may seem at first sight to be a little matter, but ft is en all-important one. The man who expects Cu have p good milk sows must where farmers are s udynug thudairy Wl nut be foruestton Sale. Il engifodtl00318werte Y they can be grown much cheaper .Lau PurcLasud, aua they nun uu grown l as[ly •IE the farmer wljl •simply Lurt1 his mind to it_ IC may nut be amiss on the point to call the, aLtentfon of our readers to the method adopted by the Hollanders who ora dairy Larm- ers by instinct and whose ancestors have (ollulveel UIu busneas for bun- ?reds ole. years, In order to keep their dairy cattle up 10 the standard, Way •fn the first place select the bulla fn- variably Lrom the catvee Uf their ohoto- all milkers in like manner tea sett all tLair heifer calves L°r vain or as yearlings except about twenty per cent, and these are selected from their choicest milkers and raised uu skim milk and other feeds adapted ler •growth instead of fur beoL Ploductfou, In additiun to this, they apply the greatest of all tests, performance at the pail. Those heifer calves aro brought in at about two years old, aro thoroughly tested as to milk product tion, (incl if they du not prove :alis- factory are sold for beef after their first season, is a rational Way W procuring herd a hezd 0f best milking cows. in fact, it is the only way, and if any of our readers wish to have.a herd of ten or twenty COWS that wilt 9181 1.11501 be- oween two and three hundred pounds of butter tat a year and still produce a calf that will make an excellent sure •elle ilaie maneui iororns Lrometeer and thus vth°e tar's m my as well as Lrom the feederor pack- 0r, this is the way to do it. They must, however, select the sire from deep milking strains of whatever breed they have, must select the best heifer °elves from the best milking cows, must feed these heifers for growth and note for heap, on oats as a grain feed instead of corn, and then reject the unworthy ones. 1 --- POOR BUTTER IN WINTER• One of the causes why the winter butter)", mado n many dairies is not so good and so wall flavored as the summer product is that the Feed Stuffs used aro often a little moldy, 02' L11 SCUM way spoiled, They may not be "downright bad," or Wo spoiling so pronounced as to make the feeder willing so throw it Aside, but they are often jest 'bad enough to put the mill: a little off in flavor. Another common cause is that the churufng is nal don° FroquSnt- 17 enough. This is partly because the milk supply is usually less and it Calces Iongue to collect what is ordinarily regarded in the par- tiauInr dairy aa n churning pf, cream, 81111 partly because ft -is thought that, as the weathsr is cold, mills will keep longer, not being liable to goer or undergo pul:1•efaetive fermentation, Neither of lbesc. reasons is enff)oeet for churning any leas frequently in winter than in summer. The charm- tug should be done as often, with n smeller amount 'aF cream ¢t dar:h churning ff. 1' 155 nary, tVhcu croon, has been ever kept, even 1Imngh. the weather be calci, it undergoes a change which s°rzously injures the flavor and to some extent injtulea the grail, dream, 1°r example, is, n Week old, as it oft is in winter churning' it will Luvs lost consirlsrablc of fes desirable flavor and often ao mics nn q unPl,cnsnnC one I£ for same •rpnson tont n ears unaccountable6oto th butter mat= the wl n butter does not spam as °o( as it ought to be, g g , and the winter taint is t° have don intervals between ceNzrnings„mako a a stooge at ihl,s point, aft. churn ea often 01 twine a weak, and see ,if it Q°0e •fat •remedy ihu trouble, JCleginnng with 1.110 colt, give trot aceeea at all Haute t0 a little oats and bran. After wcanieg, a cent will eat almtlat ttuy'ilxing. The fire. two yearr ne a colt's life determines his useful. nese, and during this 11m0 h0 should be given proper Attention, Boiled feed is a rapid fattener and meet he loud sparingly. Good hay wiClt the Data anti beau slightly dnmpDned should be the main feud, turn can tie ' added during the winter to advautage. ls'os hay, a mixture of well anted timothy uud clover 1° ate good as anything and a feed of bright cern fodder once in a while can be substituted to al - ventage, -__•„ , POINTS IN CARING' FOR SHEEP. Visit the flock ft'equently and salt regularly. to hot weather watch for maggots. If a sheep is lame ex- amwe its Ceet and apply a Tumedy je unca. A thinly -wooded, hilly tract is an excetiont place for posture, Shoop are eradicators of weeds and brush. They improve the soil by udto and ars a profit to the owneto r, OR, OF THE ENEMY. ch. 1 Ilol'a uu elicit? } t a smothered Interjection, but •what he i seta was less harmless Chia, "Oh," and may be left to the imagination. I lie gatbored up his reins, however, !and wished his (xrutpanzuu a hurried good-bye, "l had better be off. I Shull acs you to -morrow," and then he drove away `quickly down the 4f11, lilting hie hat to. Mita Dane as h@ passed her, a salu- t Ledo nun n at was glare only returned by an K g rum t o very angry eyes• i When he reached the bottom of the line, he had the rurioaity to look back and 1 act and dgiiltat that men. hat him hisconeyesup the middle of (11 t11e27888 standing t ding Still inne was talking -angrily, g he road. oa . no doubt, to judge by the little jerks at her Lead and the agitated action of her handsdelicately I -end Angel, with her face hidden In her pocket-hantlkcre]ILeY, was prying bitterly. Jay .1ove1 I can't stand that!" Captain Lessiter t° himself. "( won't have her bullied,". And then he drove quickly down to the village, put up his horse and cart at the pile- 819611 i "Public" and sauntered Laak again towards the tills by a different and a circuitous road, Aaget had reached her home, atter parting with her sister-in-law, in a 1 g condition of considerable distress. .Eleewbere I have said she was of a re - 1 octose and unimpressionable nature. 'Things came slowly to Ler-revealed themselves with difficulty to her cum- prehension. She. was not aflirt-in- that Florence had utterly misunder- stood her. Even 10 be accused of such gviae 1L thn bewildered her even more than distressed her. She aunt? not un- derstand what she bad done, or of what crime iL was that she bad been accused. There had been, no doubt, a certain tenderness in her LriCndshtp with Horace Lessiter, born, perhaps, of the unrequited girl -love she had once felt for Liao, but nurtured still further by the absolute conviction that a was for Deletes sake alone that he 'Weis now her friend. More than that iI. was not n•uud andrefined, et and,feel. proudfn common all cold -natured women, the very consciousness of evil came ex- treenely slowly to Ler-she was not I quiet; at guessing anything, not prune to loot. torward, or indeed to trouble her mind much about any remote contingencies which might happen to The coarseness of Florence Dane's outspoken -accusation shocked her sense of d.ellcncy more than they outraged her dignity. That such things should even be spoken of seemed to her to be a shams. Then, at parting, Florence had said et one more odious thiny' Y d, "You cannot afford," she had cried, angrily, "to set propriety at naught. Geuf(rey was Lad enough, in all con- Lleotfscience, u 1 to the ver eve of his l 2 marriage, hanging about after a dis- reputable married woman; and now you have set up a lever of your MO. Why, you will both become a byword and a disgrace to the whole country I"n It had, been a wtci en speech to make, a speech that she would not have dared to utter to one who had known how to fling back Iter wards and fight her own battles; but Angel's aonstarxla-an tion and Angel's tears had had no power to check the storm of her pas- within her,n, Her anger rs arose tuand ran and to crush lar victim overpowered her sense of justice and of prudence. She gave way unreproved to her blLndrage, and the pent-up ill -feeling of weeks betel forth From her angry lips. a gesture full of horror, Angel had at length held up her hands, as though to ward off the blows of her oruel, rugng words, and had turned from, her erre [led to tide her flushed, Lear-slainecl fates in her own Louse• "Oh I what shall 1 do? -what shall I do?" triad. the poor girl aloud, as she prettfluny drawing-rherself oom. on the sofa n her She felt so helpless and alone. Why .had such shameful things been said to Ler by that weeks? woman ? and why there to 111 whalrwnaiLliat (lxda(f 1 (hang she ha4 said about Geoffrey? �Phat Lor- pible secret at his life had not her cruel \voids nut Lire? What had she meant -what had she spoken ort? Angel held her aching, throbbing bead in her hands, and tried to remain- ter. Another w(mcinl-Florence Dane had said -a married woman, ' u to the very eve of his marriage P Geoffrey, thea, heel never levo? her -it was all a horrible mistake, a loveless marriage, a !rouse with a nurse upon it I Then, for the first time., theta Hams home to angel Dane's soul. Lhe utlal- Allrtlbl w truth xd thatand Women g -that marriage, from whatsoever pause on earth sieve that. of love ..lone, is an outrage against nature and a sin against Gocl. Tots is fixed, us the heavens them- selves, immutable as the mountains. Why will mankind persist in turning Lund oyes and deaf ears L° it? Ah 11. am punished indeed t" silo? Angel aloud to herself, in her self- 0basemunC, And Eben for a long time she sat very still indeed A servant opening the door made Ler start. 'Any leILex's for the postman, Ma'am?' "No -yes, ovall a minute, has the aisle colli.? tor the Lag?" she cried, jumping up with a sudden inspiration. l"lu'li him to wait. I have a letter to t° g°?" Kim flew to the wrilin * L -t' and dashed oft n note: ".17ulaie, Coma In me, I entrant ore t y m. I am wretched, boneless and heti+less w111)001 you. Telegraph Your train and roma to -morrow, if. you pore sihly can.-Yuul' unhappy Angdt." ('h+s letter was retreated and sealed. The f00t.man took it ttwn.y 0n a silver .rens', end. five minutes later the pealn man was walking away with it in his brown lanl.her bagdown the hill Lo wards Lilminster. Ahd. 11081105 Lessttrlr passed him ns turned en aC 1 is iron gates. In a VDry storm of tumultuous wrntrhacin°ss, Angel was walking tip down the room, Tice tears were down her ;Lica. Sh° wrungclear piteously Legatee tee and back bends y g HINTS 71OR THE TOILET. . • Semebody has said that if listen of Troy had talion down stairs and knocked out Dna of her front teeth Estate Poria surrenders (0 her charms, the Torja11 war would never have been waged,. .However, this may y ba,it is a teat [het upon uo point. in Woman's ap penr81 80 is aritiaism so exacting as in the care she her n pus OF course, not every woman can possess a mouthful of pearls, but she must keep bio corer she has in their best pussi- bee condition, or forfeit respect for her- sett, Unclean teeth dunat a be ex - ones? by anyone of refinement. Sum° persons, though, seam to LAVs an unaccountable felling in this regard, and most every ane has al some {1010 met an educated and UWerwiee mei- Lured person who has Beetled unplens- ant surprise because ul neglect in this regard. if, very often such offenders had even a partial idea of the ?tetee spect in which they Ware held because of it, they would be inexpt•5ssibly mor- titled and the pity is that they do not find it out. The proper cure at the teeth should be taught the child as soon as it is old enough to wield a tooth brush; and too, parents can greatly help matters Ly seeing that, the second teeth are property cul. At this Limo the child should be put into the hands of a dentist, so that ff .here is not room for them to come in, the first ones can b° removed to make way for the sea ond. In this wa y, evenness is often pruduaed fn p1a°e u( ugly irr•egulartty. The. diet has much Le d° with the .sett and food Wet will nourish them should be taken. Oatmeal, whole wheat and bine-producing foods are necessary, and especially to children. The teeth sh110.01 at all Limes be •po�5d fur iutelligonlly, Fur .hay may be easily injured. The ixiu habit is a 11(rmful one, and those ne0eesar�' evils should never be allowed to touch them. It a hard joint must be used, take a needle. toothpicks are considered the best, though the wood - en ones axe not harmful. The oftioe of a tooth -pick, by the way, is L0 re - move obstructions; It IS never an table went, and if necessary at the table should be used behind a napkin. Above all, it shuntd never be used in the street ; it is u inerk almost of yul- garity, and nothing is inure distressing Loa person of refinement than to see a man or woman -and particularly 1.o the latter -walking along with a tooth- pink in the mouth, conn if it be not actively tlmploysd for the purpose for which It was intended. Oue should always be careful not to use very hot and very cold loud or drinks in rapid alternation. Extremes of tempera - seelog that the Leath are such sudden changes make lLhe trouble worse. Then, too, acid drinks should be sparingly indulged, and should be followers by clean water su(licient to rinse the mouth. Tepid venter Should alwaye be used 6n brushing the teeth and Way should be cleaned at least upon rising and of great L g going to bed, and pare shuulct be used in the 801001iUn of tooth powders. Gritty substnuoea, if used too often, impair the enamel, while many preparations give a tem- yt1'118l wb.it iosa b their ultimate de a t eftess81'y to use pus.n dr powder ovary Lime the , teeth aro brusllnd-in Incl this should not' be done. IF the powder is harm- less, it may b5 used On00 evert, day terMem hile the powin two 'or derayn It, exg P does 0L scout sufficient, take a little powdered pum Ice stone on the hornless end of match, after biting !t till it is soft rub the ryteeth carefully, It be comes Necessary to use something o this sure once in a while. Of course ace should be eouaulL°d et leas papa in ata months. The following is a good and. herrn- less clentrifiopt Prepared chalk, Pour 0Unees; pow- dared oriels root, two ounces; oil of am 111(1, five minims; glycerine of suf- fieiant, qqunnliLy t0 multo a poste. If ereferrsel,, the glycerin° may be omit, tore and it may be used as n powder. •-•• A CONtirGRSATIONAI, DIF.L'SCI7LTY. A story is Laid of a London ourete's albem t to esoa a from a c ,. P p converse- .zonal difltoulty, One city a carmen ter arrived in Ibo curate's room and, rn<luein 11 g a pll(degree1, said: I've brought, you my boys likeness as e said you'd lilt° to hnvo it yen Ciente,011 rapturously. Hew a011 good or you to-c.memi,5r1 70(1 d ,lila likeness! Flow is eta? Cill',enter, Why, i ' I Y, s 1, don't you re, naelnlnsr? Ile's daacU Cural:p Ol yes, ort cotmso, I know Thal. I leen», how's ihu Man who took lL° nhoLaurunh? I NEVGATE TO PASS AWAY. '-^ THE FAMOUS LONDON PRISON 1S TO BE TORN DOWN, _ 110111 over a century Age -tinted (1, Iu,rilais ileus 3xol .leen°e and languished 1n .ewgnle- .tactic sunj, raid's Lxptit- x ;ey L, 100 Q1r1 ➢'rinnxo-T1Ie 9 -rent magi 8uawla /vas Executed ter SzeeUixga liars. Newgate, the famous old prison OP London, is about to be demolished, and one of the landmal'lcs of the world's metropolis \v'11 disappear when •its stones are tarn down. For centuries it has sheltered criminals within its walls' and its calendar tells many a tale of astonishing crime and its per- petrator. Most of the visitors to London -all of them, in f501 --make it a point to see St. P8018. As one makes his way up Lud- gate Hill to e famous old cathedral, Ludgate, he may notice a narrow street tobisieft,which past some dark and dingy buil- legs to anolber whose walls aro black with the smoke of years. The street is Old Bails and the two buildin s g ere the (TIMMS. courts called the Old , and New Bailey. The black and frowning mass further On is NOvv ate. g The Prison has coma down from the p time when it was the custom, to con- fine criminals in the houses adjoining the gate of the city, As Ear back as 1.318 .hero was a gate on the present site of the prison, called Chemberletu's Gate. This was rebuilt in 1413 from funds left byRichard Whittington to B charity. Por •more then two centuries •stuiu°, together with that of his eat, might have been se81z in a niche in the wall. But ilia fire of 1000 ties- txoyed the building. It was at once re- constructed, however, and was there- after called Newgate. This building in whiph$O to mato oroo e Loud a the prisond P is about t b taken down. It is a long, gloomy looking build- en an°esmaassive and beavfly studded d NO WINDOWS, In •the middle stands the governor's house, the gaily painted door ands, thepilled glass windows of which present a g of the 8051 contrast to 6hemunotonous loom of the rest at the structure, The orf- son has recently been used solely for the confinement of transitory prison- prison - ars, that is, those who have been ex- and hold for trial, and those who have Already been convicted and are awaiting the Lime when they shall be conveyed to their plane of punishment. formerly It was in it- sell a P1uce of puntshment, 1111( many a pr'ISO008 has spent years wi1hfn Ila Dells or has awat15(1 the day of his ex- oeution. It fs said that in the olden 1a,t he bell mus ditu5 • tinder a pariah, Y, goL walls of the eondemned cells on the midnight of the day of exeoution of anY ons in the prison and ring bis bell Co attract the attention of the linter- uu Lunen l tette Atha sea heeonssollng Y g 7018581 I „Allyouby ie that in the condemned hold do Pxapadie. u, for to -morrow you shalt die, Watch all, and pray, the hour is draw- ing near, Thal you before 111' Almighty moat np- p5ar' •Examine well yourselves, in time re- pent, That you may not t' eternal flames be. sent, And when St. Pulore's ball t0 -morrow tolls, The Lord above lieu? mercy on Sour souls, fast twelve o'elockl" Thissustom was oarri°d to oongo- of a b0qu°s1 of One Robert Dove, a tailor, who died and left MO to St. Stipular° to be used in "cheer- those yvho were about to pay their of death,g hinny are the noted criminate that at last mist justice and langu- in Newgate, Perhaps no one of all •was more incorrigible than ,; ' 1 ,, NOTORIOUS JACK SHDPPAli1J, who eves an0 of thea moat1, b g >persistent burglars that Htl land has produced, LEGENDS OF THE STONES. Agate quenches thirst, and if held in the mouth allays fever. precious stones are said to be purified by a bath in bonny. Amber is a cure for sore throat and all glandular swellings. Amethyst banishes the desire for drink and promotes ah11stity, Cat's-eye is considered by URI Cfnga- les? as a °alarm against witchcraft, and to be the abode of some genii. Coral is a talisman against enchant- menta, thunder, witchcraft, and perils flood and field, Diamond produces somnambulism and Promotes Spiriluil eastaay, Emerald promotes friendship and constancy of mind. s health and Say, Garnet preserves produces Loadstane Ixx•oduaes Somnambulism, is deflicat5d to 1l2orpury, and in metal- iurgy stands for quick -silver. rMOaonstoie Has the virtue of malting t ru fu and of curing 991109sq, Onyx contains in it an imprisoned ?coal, Which wakes at sunset and Daus- da terror to the wearer, disturbing with ugly dreams. g Y Opal is fatal, to lave, and sows die- cord between the giver and the re- never. . 'When AlplOe enthusiasts have been aston- isbacl by the teats of an old lady from Strasebur who, on the verge of bort .seventy-sixth year, ascended the ICah°ustolle-s 2,484 moues n.bovo the sen level, one Sunday letSnLly. The 1following ) Clay tlxo same old lady was go fresh and vigorous after her dif- Elaut. climb that she volunteered to 11ecompany the samo tWogcti(bs t0 the summit of the Robe act, which is 2,406 metres above Che sea,