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ag it in his
` Chore is
[rued slowly
Quid be madness
queen; "
Eh sunk into
jetting and
iathad passed.
fe, Joy and
1 Y
srryofF to the
mutant, with
eery hours.
ad doepafrt
arranging matters
lance, and
eat to bathe
At last Ile
ob matters
td passed away,
.need him to
>, a steerage
t settled in
be done •
He must find
0atquestion
Here was
7her.e would
sly to sojourn
rough the
emery in pursuit
In an ordinarynpusway.
s be doingno,
Stratton e shuddered,
range frena,
well; sad leaping
Oda candle
oom
seri nd'sthere
a:doors aria hewas
Btetteon'sto
'atm and,
+
eel they had
ss impossible.
Taking the
met to try
:is was firmly
ile s he broke
urnnce was
Stratton returned
Lo take so extreme
MIL he tried
oe Brettisoa
As he thought,
Aces where
the past;
Pg
ed—au old
etermined
erfectl aware
heme and how Y
to in. each class
re
et to be no ont.
help.that
ecett endlttere
nail the old
Stratton's
aLvtened off to
in two
[lege with
A
d horse -trough
easy growth
and old forest
'dl.`he landlady
:;tome which
Oh, yes, she
d Ras green
tel very
ho used to
'beetle ; but
tzd been down
o that she
Ise wondered
t been down
ec come in and
11o, Stratton
ve some refreshment,
town instantly.
This was an
°tures ; all
sling of despair
o time glided.
fresh exertions
Ming him,
re up, and
In course of
nae is England
Srettiaon a
me result; and
lee he began
Chance aided
a. had turned
orthward,and
ghway—wishing
eryttmgto
his help, instead
atale in silence
d out into
le, to an old
aft made a
homes. It
rettison had
t quaint works
its, and he
in night have
give him some
68 the rattle
sprang out
mom.
The driver
suing; by no
tsateen hardly
the Spot, gazing
see brief moment,
road caught eight
ettison,. writhe
cad met his.
tsaking a sign,
or the cab ,n
D roof, extending
witwardly placed
food in hos scat
with the reins,
eking deal box
li was tilted:
;it, as if tea
1 tarso from
•
and determined, to Mrose gently to firth
oue end ellen the ether deer by hie mental-
(`neve Wiloro bo stood, talent and intent,
broat�lting deeply,
Yes; them wee no deabt now: He was
Whaling the generating, • poonlier odor of
strong tobaomo t and at _eat Brettkson nine;
have rttnrned, and be sitting Ahore
smokin his eastern water pipe,
sera tins drew softly batik, o if afraid of
being heard, though lite• stepps were inaud-
ible mettle think °ergot, end he stood there
thinking,
"If I go," he said to himself, "he will
not [mower my kneels." And feeling .eo a
that Brettieon Might have been back before
now unknown to hien, he tried to think nut
some plan by which he could gee face to
facelvith his friend.
A thought, directly, and it seemed
so ottldiell in ate sim leve that he atm ed
p Y
and was ready to give it up ; but it grew
M strength and posaiblity se he looked
round and took from a table, where lay
quite a little heap thatatad been throat into
hie letter box from time to time, four or
five unopened entailers and foolscap MIS•
saves, whose a pearenoe, told what they
were, and armed with these he, opened hie
door softly and passed out, strewing the
outer door to, and then stole on tiptoe
downstairs and out into the dimly lit
square.
q�,g
He will not notice that it is so late,"brain.
he said to himself, as ho looked up and
saw just a faint gleam of light at Brett song
where the drawn curtain was not
quite Close,
Stratton paused for a moment, end drew
a long breath before attempting to amt the
part,upon whioh a had decided. Then,
going on florae twenty or thirty yards, he
turned and walked back with a heavy,
decided, busineea•like step, whistling softly
as he went, right to the entry, where,
still whistling, he ascended the stairs to
his door, thrust in and drew out a letter--
packet thrice, making the metal flap of the
box rattle, gave a sharp double knock, and
then c ossed t}te landin and went the few
g
shape, wbtetliug still, along to passage to
Frettisoa's door. Here he thrust in, one by
one,three o!roulars,with agood deal of noiee,
through the letter -flap, gave the customary
double knock, went on whistling softly,
and waited a moment or two ; and
then, ae be heard a faint sound within,
gave another sharp double rap, as a poet.
man would who hada registered letter, er
a PThe ruse was euecessful,amdass t gwith beating
heart Stratton stood waiting;a little on one
side, as there was the click and grate of the
latch, and the door was opened a little
way,
That was enough, Quick ea Ii heroin
Stratton seized dragged it wide, to ate >
gg p
in faoo to face with Brottiaen, wlto started
book in alarm and was followed up by life
friend, who closed both doors oarefully,and
then stood gazing at the bent, gray -headed,
weak old man, who had shrunk back behind
the table, whereon the pipe stood burning
slowly, while the unshaded lamp showed
a dozen or so of freshly opened lettere on
the table, explaining their owner'a visit
there,
Stratton did not speak, but gazed
fiercely at thetrembling old man,who look-,
ed wildly round as if for some Weapon to
and,nd with a ewearyta ile,kea eeaway fad rom
his place of defense.
"Your trick has succeeded, sir," he said
•guimOly. "Seventy-two I Hae the •time
come? I ought not to fear it now."
Stratton uttered a ltarah •BOAnd—half•
gasp, half•cry
"Well," continued Brettieon, who looked
singularly a ed and bent since the tad
f Y g „ y
last stood face to face, you have found
me at last."
Stratton's lieparted, but no sound
Dema; his emotion as too great.
"It will be an ens task, sa}d B. ttf'on
'
with a piteous look at Stratton. "Nohave
sounds are heard outside these chambers—
not even pistol shote."
P
Thera was an intense bitterness in those
last words which made the young mal
aurin*, and se Brettisoa went on, "1 ,hail
notatruggio agaiaet my fate," he uttered a
ory of bitterness he and rage.dug
youSit down iau¢t me like this ?roet Yeu, hove been
here before from time to time. Whyhave
�»
yoghiddea from me like this.
„ I have my reasons," said Brettieon,
slow; , "Wh have you come?
slowly,
Y Y Y
"You ask me that!"
"Yea: You have hunted me for months
now, all m life has bean worthless• Rave
Y
Yon come to take it now?"
"Why should I take your life?"
"Topurpose.
nave your own. You believe 1
heard
paused befo a uttering the test word,
andpointed• to the door on his left.
Stratton could not suppress a shudder ;
but, ae he saw the peculiar way in which
the old man's eyes were fixed neon his, a
feeling of resentment armee within him,
and hie voice sounded strident and harsh
when he spoke again.
„ "1 had no such thoughts; ' he raid,
S'ou know better, sir. Come, let us tinder.
stand one another. I am reckless now."
Yes, said Brettieon coldly
"Then, if yon have any fear for your life,
You can call for help ; that is, for someone
to be within call to protect you, for what
we have to say must be for our ears alone."
Brettisoa did not answer fora few mo.
meats, during which time he watched the
other narrowly..
"I am not aEraed, Malcolm," he sold •;
and he seated himself calmly in hie chair.
Then, motioning to another, he waited
until Stratton was seated.
"Yea," he said quietly, "I have been
here from time to nine to get my lettere, •'
"Why have you hidden yourself away ?"
cried Stratton fiercely.
"Ah I Why?" said Brettisoa, gazing se
him thoughtfully from beneath his thick,
gray eyebrows. "You want a reason ?
R'ell, I am old and independent, with a
liking to do w hat I please. Malcolm
Stratton, I am not answerable to any man
for my agtinna,"
Stratton started up, and took a turn to
and fro in the dusty room before throwing
himself again in his ohair, while the .old
man quietly took the long, snake like tube
of hie pipe in hand, examined the bowl to
find it atill alight, began to smoke with all
the gravity of a Mussulman,-and the boba°.
0o once more began to scent the air of the
silent place,
Forgive ate,' he said feebly ; "I was
half mads
Yes.
"How could I, erushed by the horror of
having taken a lellow•creature's life cursed
by the knowledge that this man wag--�
But �, you cannot know that."
"Take it, boy, that I know everything;'
said the old roan, mounting his seat•
"Then have some pity on „ma,
"Pity for your felly? Yes."
I You are right. I will take it
that you know everything, and speak out
°ow. Brettisoa,--,-" •
He paused—he could not opal-. Eat byable,
a mighty effort he mutated 1,10 emotion.
"resew think, and find some sxoust for
ale, 1 wee in my room there, elate elmoat
beyond a rnen'n power tee illumine ; In tire,
o4her )leer the Wgman whom 1 lad idulu 1
foe Y0R 0 W00 tt bs lay wlfo, Iieoollsel
Gkla , twq years before, my hops had been
dashed to the ground, and I had passed,
through a tlmo of a¢guisii that alint6
unhnsged my brei°, so great was my des•
p
't 1130," Said Brettieon, "I reoall all
theet••
Tlten that man Mame, and 1 wee Mee to
fame with the knowledge that once mere
1°Y, hoer were eruehed, and—he fell,"
bieetten teasel elmekl ng, ,and sat gazing
wildly before him into Shepee� , •
10 was in a hooky whisper that he return•
ed' •
1 stood there, Brettieon, ;nod with
hotter, distraught with the knowledge
that I was the mnrderer of her husband—
thee my hand, wet with his blood, could
never again clasp here, even though I had
made her free,
The old moa bunt his head and athot •
ing strength of mind and speech, n w that
he wan at last speaking out openly in his
defence, Stratton went on :—
1 "It was horrible -horrible I 'There. it
hi, all back again before my oyes, and I feel
again the stabbing, sickening pain of the
bullet wooed which scored my shoulder,
mingled with the far worse agony of m
g Y Y
I had killed her husband•—the
.escaped oonviet; and, above the feeling
that all was over now, that my future was
blasted, tame the knowledge that, as soon
as I called for help, as soon as the police
investigated the 'matter, my life was not
worth a month's purohas°. For what was
my defense? •
Brettieon satin ene¢oo, smoking calmly.
"That this man had made his existence
known to me, shown by his presence that
hie supposed death was a shadow—that,
after his desperate plunge into the sea, he
had managed to swim ashore and remain in
hiding ; the dark night's work and the
belief that he had fallen shot, being his
cloak; and the searolt for the of a
body
oonviet soon befog at an and. You see all
this r
1rotteon bowed hie ]read.
" Think, then; of my position ; put
yourself in my place. What jury—what
judge would believe lay story that it was
an accident? It teemed to me too plain.
The world would say that I slew him in
my disappointment and despair, Yes, I
tor, but w t I must have taken ea e it 0 plact mans e a
convict. in my turn."
Stratton ceased speaking, and let hie
bead fall upon his hand.
"Put ourself in m
Y Y plane, I ray,
Think of yourself as bean ottonce whom,moryoung
and strong—the lover of one in a
few abort hours, you would have clasped
as your wife, and then try and find exons,
for my mad action—for 1 know now that
it was mad, Indeed."
„ Yea, mad indeed," muttered Brettieon.
,< Well,'I need rap n° more. You know
so moot, you must know the rest. They
came to me, fearing Ihad been killed—rob•
bed and murdered. They found meat last,
when
Isuppose, a manis foreed ac admitthem,
felt ,one then
compelled, anhorrorhear
lire roach etlti in
teethe theyold
should discover the wretched convict lying
dead, and word to say, in my defense,
Nature mould alt no more. My wound
robbed m° of all power to not, and I
fainted—to coma to, fearing that all was
discovered ; but their imaginations had
led them astray. They had found my
wound and the pistol, It was attempt
at suicide. Poor Guest recalled the first
—I do not wonder. And they went away
at last, looking upon me as a vile betrayer
of the woman I loved, and sought in their
mtnda for the reason of my aespair, and
the cowardly act I had attempted to escape
her father's wrath. Brettisoa, old friend,
I make no excuses to you now ; but
was I not sorely tried? Sorely, few
men in our generation have stood in
Buell ised dthata strickenafron m m feelbalance
p _ ' Y _
as a should havesane aotednas thoughtful
did, and n for
I purgatory
me, feel self a now, as such
sit rhere makingakes
my
confession, how could I have gone through
eo terrible a crisis and yet be here alive,
and stile to think and apeaE like a suffer
ing °t6A'�P
The silence in the room was terrible for
what seemed an age before Brettieon
stretched out his trembling hand and took
g
that of the man before him.
"Huh !"
hfalmmm Stratton's low cry. Ib was
tee waves of a great form, long
ond battled with
had
at last found something to which he could
g
cling,
There was another long and painful
pause before Stratton spoke again, and
thin he Slowly withdrew Ole hand,
"No," he said ; "we mutt never clasp.
hands again. I must go on to the end a
pariah among my kind,
Brettieon shook his head.
"I have put myself in your place often,"
he said slowly, "and I have felt that I
might have noted much the same."
Stratton looked at him eagerly.
Yee ; -my great fault in you is that you
should not have trusted me."
There was again a long silence efore
b
Stratton spoke.
I felt that I wan alone in the world to
he said ht myown earilbattle with all my strength
Y.
"And that strength was s° much weak.
nese, boy. Mine, weak as it is, has proves
stronger far."
Stratton looked at him wonderingly,
"Yee ; how much agony you might have
been spared, perhaps, if you had come to
me• But I dont know—I dont know.
You acted ae you thought best ; I only did
tate same, and, not knowing all your
thoughts, I fear that Leave erred:"
Stratton eat thinking for a few inome°ts,
and then, raising his oyes ;
I have told you all. Ib is your turn
now,"huntsman,
Brettieon bowed his head.
"Yea," he said, "it is better that I
should speak and tell you,"
• But he was silent for some time first,
sitting back with the tape of his fingers
joined, as if collecting his thoughts,
"You remember that morning—how I
came to say good -by?"
Yee, of course."
"I started, and then found that I had
forgotten my lent. I hurried back, and
had just entered my room when I heard
voices plainly in yours, My book•cl000b
door was open, that of your bath room
must hive been ajar. 'I did not want to hear,
but the angry tones startled me, and the
words grew so fierce—you neither of you
thought of how you raised your voices in
your excitement --that I became alarmed,
anti was about 00hurr •'round to our room
when a few ivorde came to my a eon grate
plaint'y, and, in spite of its being dishonor.
I, in my dread that you were in dam
er, hurried into ti bohlr•elehet and wee
drawn t.o the flan ]thee game; at the end.
I tore 1 was evehalned ;I eou)d not re•
treat, for I had heard se mueh of the
pitreue Ituetelon In wktioh you were plated,
l'1y mind filled In the blanks,and I grasped
.nil,
Breetleon panted pp wipe hie Wow, web
with. a.dow begettcn by the agony of hie
reoolltttiona, before he omttinped 1
11I stayed there thea, and watched and
listened, almost ae near as of I had been a
a parbiot ator' in the little life drama which
queued,pl'here, I was with year iu it all, boy
—swayed by your emotiono, but reedy to
ory out Uppon you angrily when I saw yoil
ready to listen to the wretch's mtaerable
proposal,, and ac proud when I sew veer
determu $ i•on t° saorih0 your dca•n•oe and
make bold stand against taunt, for your
gmtifleatimt, must hove °mem stonily a
erfeot hell for t•he• woman you loved,
hap, in th°midst of my exoltemsnt, there
Dame the final struggle, as you nobly
determined to give the scoundrel up to the
fate be deserved so well, , It was as sudden
to mo as ib wan horrible. I raw tea flash.
of the shot, and folbapangof physical aiu
as, through the smoe, I dimly saw you
stagger. Then, while I stood there Iaurelyyx•
ed, I saw you fly at Itim as ho raised his
pistol 10 hr again, the struggle for the
weolt, wntch you struck up as he drew
One trigger.
' Yea,' said ,.S`tratton, I struck up the
pistol as he drew the triggger; but who
would believe—who would believe?"
"And than I SAW would
b ievd fall,and
there before me he lay,with the lood
slowly staining the carpet, on the spot
y g , p
whore 1 had se often eat,'
He wined hie brow again, while Stratton
rested his elbows on the table and buried
his Face to his hands, as tf to hide from life
gaze the ooene,hio friend conjured up from
Oho past.
Malooit° Stratton," continued the old
man, rising to lay hie hand upon Olio others
head, "you were to mo as a eon, Ae a
father loves the boy born unto him, I swear
I felt toward you. I looked upon you as
the son of my childless old age, and I was'fYt
stands g there gazing at •you;. faee to faoo
with the horror of that scene, while, with
+
crushing weight, there came upon me the
knowledge that, come what might, I must
summon ielp, That help meant polite •;
end, in imagination,. I raw myself sending
you to the dock, where youwould perhaps,
from the force of the circumstances—as you
have told the you rpight—eland in peril
of
nothing otherwise thief aonldt6a donehat ;
slowlyshrinkingback, I was on my way'3?tj
to perform this amt of duty, when I heard
a low, deep 'groan. That drew ma book,
and, looking into your room once more, a
mist tone between me and the scene, my
senses reeled, and I slowly rank down,
fainting, on tea floor."
(T0 BE OONTINCED.)�
•
QTn�r
RING'S
WHERE
Demerol,
tit t
hes
civilized
ribbons
worn
or
created
olothae
Berlin
of adorning
whioh
will
termsy
Bion.
rulingover
rant
received
the
uses
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T ROYAL T j�1 .
y S LN t�J� C11J O S
, --
AFRICAN ,MONARCHS WEAR
THEIR DECORATIONS,
_
Ylavtltr coots 1'uc.' ;lent{ >tiiunxtt>
4r11ers on lhtnsant roo0100e or Their
Aiiptemiss—lixpartmme 01 81 Gorisiain
flovernor With an Afrtmlin UL101''
William has aotually conferred
and orders upon. a number of
eg t chiefs and kings who are either
negro
vassals or his allies in lyase Africa. In
countries tate scare anderossesand
ns of these orders of chivalry are
affixed on the breast of the uniform
coat. But inasmuch as: the newly.
*nights prefer to dispense with
co i idem lespeculation re eels at
+ t e b prevails
as to what method they will adopt
themselves. That the fashions
they will inaugurate in this matter
be of a novel and oxti'aordinar oharem
y
be regarded as foregone Monolu•
A MACK KING
an immense tract of territory
oF the Cameroona and who has
'
from the Gorman Emperor
Prussian Order of the l7rcwn,
els Primo Minister and Seoretar y
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N GI.
A' FACT ,
AT T
no dread of the oonoogo6D0O
Guth Minolta
the i PoPer in
but[ reg p Pe
he • hadbut to drop
beneath,
ofblueatuduoran
too, that the old
w t,
the noel ue lace
q P
fatale fire, and
chambers would
furnace, and the
the means of
He had no fear for
would be time
wished to save hie
the blazing paper
to his fin •era, and
hand.
no reason," he muttered,
bane to his room.
now, there is
his chair, and
trying to piece together
since the day when,
ea •einesa, be was
6
church. But lits
neglect of self,
to had passed full
had impaired his
in a calm,
he lied to go twice
his burning head,
grew calmer, and belt
g
is the face, The groat
and in 80 passing
action. There was
eompltoation to
his own mind how
Brettieon at once;
was: Where could
a grand difficulty
a moa tike Breitieon
?—a man who
length and breadth
of his specimen.
But what
and what had
and P
Dna upon which he
up, he took
with the intention
to ti the timand e ine
but by
face face door was
without re•or was
had that evening,
lamp he entered
the old door at the
screwed up agaio,
through Dna of the
impossible that way
to his chaff,
n course; and
to think out a likely
t° have none.
he °ailed to mind
he knew him to have
and selecting one
world place in
to genet for there
of the wildness
easilyhe
here waspend
He could 10 must be hest
could be noon was restfor
man was found.
mind was made up
the station, caught
hours was down
ate uaintiv covered
q Y
ornamented •
that dotted the boles
trees around•
met him with
faded after bre questions.
q
remembered Mr.
tin caadle.box and
well. He was the
bring home weeds
it war a long time
them It wan only
was sayingto her master
that that gentle
for so long. g But
have some refreshment?
would not roma
for he
example of many
carried out to the face
which rooked
on, with ape goading
in the morning,
is the darkness of
accept his fate.
time, Stratton visited'
that. he Mould recall
haunts, but always
then in a blind,
to wander about town.
him. at last ; for
out of Fleet Street
ae he passed along
that he could
Guest and bring
of fighting
alone—he suddenly
the road to arose to
bookseller's shop,
specialty of natural
was a shop where
often spent an hour
on their partiaulu
was thinkingthat possibly
seen Brettieon and
information, when
of wheels, a loud shout,
of the way of a fast
yelled something
means complimentary
heard it. He stood,
after the Mab
as he started
of, the pale, worn
frightened, seared
Then he pegged
and Stratton was
speechless horror,
riga across,
that the driver
and rested hie hands
was a large,
; evidently heavy,
book and the ottsits
balance was enough
the pavement,
WALE Q]1 I UMA.�T I/IFE
.._-e
-
Stratton
kris hand,
it into
out
a
gtib
woodwork
war ;mad
that in a
be ono
place b e
exttnetton
self, for
enough to
life. But
; lotting
then ornate
as he
" It
nothing to
sat book
all
full. of
ready 00
long con•
and the
of agony
power of
logical se•
to his bed-
able to
horrorthe
it had
work to
solve; and
that was
and the
he be?
at once.
be
ranged
of the
would
he done?:
aerated °
dare not
matches
of going to
he topreaOtohed
the
is the
g
entrance
the batt
and; but
and
panels,
hesitating
itaOg
sitting
place
various
stayed
at ha ha -Y
P
Kent. —he
et once,
• of thelate,"
nothing a
g
no one—
own work
him
and he
a train,
in the old
hostel Y
with the
of the
a smile of
Brettieon,
bright
gentleman
in his
eine be
a week
how
-man had
wouldn't.
in and
went back
such blind
of the
him ; and
him
despair
the night,
every
as one
with the
haphazard
one day
to go
the broad
explain
other wire
the weary
step-
the other
where the
history
he and
Makin
sub.
the
be able
there
and
driven
at him in
; but
rooted
; for, in
away,: he
face of
gaze
without
gazing
for upon
anal, so
half
upon
p
awkward•
for the
TQ9e
to holes
—,--e.- —.hat
Atlaat ! And that soared look of Pho
Pale -Wed man, and the strange, heavy thee
on the oab•roof, with every suggestion of
hew, while Lie stood there re the ;riddle
of the road as if a victim to nightmare, 0111
the:tui°kly driven vehlole was toe far cif
for hien to read the number,
Suddenly the ower to move came back,
and, dashing forward in the middle of the
road, Stratton Shouted to the man to atop.
"He R'en't stop—.not likely," growled
another cabman, who had seen Stratton s
eecapa, "Shouldn't loaf anrosa tea —
Here, sir," he °tied suddenly, 9a a thought
{lashed across hie brain, "Hi 1 guv'nor ;
jump m—Pal ketch him for yea,"
Ho whipped hie horse up alongside of
Stratton, who caught at the Idea, and,•
seizing the side of the cab, sprang in,
"Quit* 1 Five shillings if you keep that
Mab insight,"
The wide road wasopen,'and pretty free
front vehicles, and the horse went fast, but
the cab in which Brettisoa was seated had
a goodstart, reached the Grose street, and
entered the continuation of that which he
was
numUer o[gvehialae were ovet p as
crowding gowindow,
east and west, and the flow of those from
north and south was stopped by a stalwart
policeman ; while raging at the sudden
check, .Stratton ground his teeth' with
rage.
"411 right, air," came down through the
little trap in the roof ; "he'll let us go
asr oO directly, and I'll ketch up the cab in
no time."
They were not arrested much above a
minute, bat the interval was euffinent to
give Brettisen's cab a good start, and when
leave was ivon to go,the ease on the roof
g
was invisible, and the question arose in
Stratton's mind—which way had it gone ?
Into one of the station yerde, or straight
on over the bridge into :South London ?
He raised himself a little to peer over
horse's head, but he could see nothing,
and turning round, he thrust up the
trap.
' Faster—faster !" he cried, "You must
°VBAlt right, sir," shouted the man hoarse.
ly ; and .crack ! crack I went the long,
heavy whip on one and then on the other
side of the well-bred but worn•o°t screw
between the shafts,
The result was a frantic lun a forward
and though the driver dra ed at and
dragged
worked the bit savagely, the horse tore on
at a gallop for about fifty yards, with the
c b swaying from side to aide ; then the
Y flash of equine fire died out, and the
horse's knees gave way. Down it went
with a crash. Stratton was dashed for.
ward heavily against the curved splash.
board, to which heclung and the next thing
ho saw was the driver rieingfrom some.
where beside the horse, that lay quiet
still now on it side, while shouts, the
faces of people who crowded up, and the
vehicles that passed on either aide,
all seemed dim, confused, d, p°quick tone.
Then bells of a curiously akar
were ringing loudly in his oars.
"Hurt, sir?"
yes—no ; I oink not. Quick, stop
that cab," said Stratton huskily ; but, as
he apoke,ha knew it was in a confused way,
and that for ria lite he could not have ex.
plainest what cab.
qt's far enough off bythis time, sir,"
',
said a voice him, and if you ain't
hurt I am. Never went in training for o
hacrobat. Hare,. Bobby,tel us u with
the fiery untamed steaThat's the sereno
time hes chucked me over the reef. Wait
a moment, sir, and I'll drive you on ; we
may ketch 'em yet. Don't do a man out of
Ole fare."
"Too was all Stratton could think
of teen. "I ovoid io y arteka it now."
Aad is a dim, misty way he seemed to
be watching Brettisoa hurrying away with
heavy, awkward case which contain-
ed.—
yes, "he muttered with a shudder, "ft
must be that." '
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CHAPTER NLII'
Er A RDSE.
,
Such a chance did not come in Stratton sg
way again.
" If I hod drunk teat when Guest tame
and interrupted me—when was it ? Two
years and more ago," sighed Stratton one
night, " wet an infinity of suffering I
alienist have been spared. All the topes
and disappointments of that weary time,
all the madness and despair of.the morning
wben that wretched oonviet came, all my
remorse, my battles with self, the struggles
to conceal myorime—all—all spared tome;
for I should have been asleep."
A curious doubting smile crossed hie face
slowly et these thoughts ; and, resting his
cheek upon hie hand, with the light full
upon his face, he gazed straight before him
into vacancy.
" How do f know that ?" he thought,
'"W' old I, a self -murderer, assure myself
that I ebould have sunk into oblivion like
that—into a restful sleep, free from the
cares I had been too cowardly to meet and
bear? No, no, no; it was not to be. Thank
God 1 I was spared from that."
He looked sharply up and listened, for
he fancied that be hoard a sound; but a
step faintly beating on the paving outside
seemed to accord with it, and he went on
musing again about Brettieon, wondering
where he could be, and how be could con•
trive to keep hidden away from him as he
did.
" I f we could only meet," he said,
half aloud—" only stand face to face for
one short hoar, how different my future
might be.
' N°, he said, aloud, after a thoughtful
pause, how can I say that ? L homme
Propose et Dieu dispose. We. are all bub-
blas on the great stream of life."
He half atartod from his than, listening
again, for he felt convinced that he heard
a sound outside his doors, and ggoing[torosa,
he opened them softly and looked out, but
the grim, ill -lit staircase and the hall below
were blank and silent, and satisfied that he
had been miotakon, he went back to his
seat to begin musing again, till once more
there was a faint sound, and as he listened
he became conscious ofastrange pe°resting
odor of burning.
Stratton'e face grew ghostly with the
sudden emotion that had attacked him,
and for a few momenta be eat trembling,
and unable t°stir from his seat.
" At last 1' he seed in a whisper ; "at
last I" and, a ho eaiusthat the time had
come for whioh he had longed and toiled
so hard he felt that the opportunity Was
PP Y
p away,"Folly
about to elf for he would be unable
to bear the encounter, if not too much!
prostrated by his emotion to Hee from hie
seat,
10 was only a trick of the eaves, which
peened off directly ;and he rose then, firm
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THE LAW OF TEMPESTS.
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fntlacuce of the Earth's 510liorson the All
reetlon of Winds.
Suppose a railroad train at first station•
ry. A traveller fires a shot towards some
exterior object; it will require say two
seconds for the ball to react the object,
Imagine next the train moving at the rate
of thirty feet a second. The traveller aims
at the object •the inebantMe is opposite it;
but the ball in addition to the impulsion
which he hes oommunitated to it reserves
tea aortal movement of the train, which
in two seconds mento ft bevel lateral;
six feet. It will then at some dietann
beyond the object.
lee rotation of the earth produces an
P
effect of the same kind upon movements
which Morar oa ate surface. All the pointe
of the globe turn together from the west to
the east in twenty 'four hours; but they all
in reality different rates of velocityTHE
Y
according to thopoeitionwliiohtheyocoupy.
At Chep olee the velocity is nothing ; 10
increases regularly to the c uator where it
reaches the enormous rate of 1,520 feet a
second.
et tui take for consideration two places
in Franca—Parte and Dunkirk. While the
Parisian, affected by the movement of the
earth, attt nIthrough about 1,000 foot; the
iahabitant.of Dunkirk travels only stout
1103 feet,
Lot us imagine now at Paris a wind from
blowingly towards f Dunkirk,
the is almost
which is almosa stirrer; north from Paris,
+ Y
As 1 arts moves from west to east at the rate
of 37 feet a second faster than does Dun-
kirk, the wind from the south at Paris will
bo like the hall fired from the movingtrain ;
it will be deviated towards the east, thatia,
towards
as at Paris, being
nd,dwhieh it right.
tiwill beomoe
a southwest wind ; and it ill reach Lei a
ga
or Cologne instead of Dunkirk, which it
would have reached had the earth been
motionless. Thus all winds are turned from
their first direction, and in the Northern
Hemisphere this deviationisalways towards
the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere
it is towards the left.
wITERE
of State
roan colonial
to these
though
to accept
of the Comer°one,
Alcpim,
"The
up the palm,
my Enos
the made
to knock
Pressed
compliment
was excessive,
that 1 must
These
entertain
notions
dead.
are interred
where they
the livin
the neck
remains
ly to allow
head to
ex -bide,
the floor.
In the
the Yoruba,,
believed
formed
always
Y
ceremony.
dead be
for the
the children
death will
money while for
The
the dead
of Africa.
the victim,
being put
make a
The old
with much
African
the West
who is not
make himself
infanta
:Posed of,
Rather sticks,
volop a
Pub to death.
'Enforce
There
-laws should
greatest
has destroyed
and feather
for next
ly small.
domains
Period ;
fereut tale
luck their
marsh audplain
hunter,
Prices of
ant ; especially
put in operation
ning of
sharply
fore, who,
eapecially
violation
their specioe,
even if
The fine
'game trade
'Mould
for law
whose benefits
0onanm010
lives are
First
your husband
expenses
Second
minded
remained
AFRICAN RINGS WEAIO.TIIEIR DECORA•
TIONS.
as Chief Spittoon Bearer. Ger-
officials are now accustomed
queer forms of African courtesy,
at first they did not quits know how
them. Thus the present Governor
relating in an otHcialdia•
writes as follfirst oweth the Abomel of
chaff grasped my band and, turning
epat into it; sten looking into
ha did the same. Staggered at
audacity, my firer impuleo was
him down, but his features ex-
kindness only. So I returned the
with inyterest. Hie delight
and he told his companion
be a great chief." P
newly decorated kings and chiefs
likewise arrange and eccentric
with: regard to the disposal of their
Only slaves are buried out of doors.
HONORED DEAD
under the floor of the house,
meet make things pleasant for
p g up • y
to the roof of the hut, where i e
until time has altered it sufficient.
the bones to appear and the
drop of. It is then loved in an
and fleetly deposited in a hole in
Slave Coast of West Afrita,amoag
the happiness of the dead is
P-
to depend upon a properly per -
P P P Y P
funeral ; the latter is therefore
conducted withgreat pomp and
Should the relatives of the
unable to procure autficient money
elaborate rites by any vest meson,
are void for tete p A
sometimes be concealed for many
rte funeral are acrapt g up the
y' g
=thorn of buryingthe living with
is still continued in these parte
The wife of a dead man is usually
several unfortunate creatures
to death at the same time to
little diversion in the. proceedings.
and. infirm are not looked upon
veneration by seine of the
racer. Amort; the el pongwe of
Coast nobor' a 18 allowed to exist
hale and l earey, or who cannot
uaefnt. Not only are weakly
or diseased and disabled adults dia.
but old people who can no longer
or draw water, or who de-
tendency for telling long atones are
Where Time Is Valuable.
Friend—Your watch ie a trifle slow, isn't
It?
Commuter—Yee, it loses a minute or two
a wools.
That's areal fixed.
But I am easily
that if I touch the
.or twoora w may make then some day I'ain a ll
arrive at the titration .too sari for the
train Y
the Game Lawsr
are obvious reasons why the game
be enforced this year with the
rigor. The extreme cold weather
a large proportion of fur
animals, leaving the outlook
summer and autumn exceptional -
Last autumn's sport in bot*
was the beat known for a long
but next autumn will have a dIF•
to tele Even the stremma will
usual population and thicket,
will be largely barren for
Aside from the thin bagof the
there is the other considration:
game for the table•w111 beexorbit•
if the game larva are not
promptly at the begin -
the legal term and every violation
punished. The gourmand, there.
to gratify hie appetite now,
on [savory birds, is accessory to
of the law for the protection of
will pay hie flue next winter
he escape ie at the present time,
is. heavy :enough to make ihieit
perilous. The trade itself
be animated with enough reaped
to refuse to violate the statute
are for it he well as for the
and the creatures whose little
brief at beet.
An I11uStratlori.
Professor—I have shown you that the
color of living creatures is usually a close
imitation of the color of their surroundings,
Now will someone give me an example of
elite ? g P
Sbudent—Chinaman are the color of the
Yellow Sea; and the American Indiana are
the color of the Missouri River.
He Didn't.
Well, Willies, how do you find things?
asked Taddells, cheerfully.
I don't find things, replied. Wilma,
snappishly. I lose them.
A Duke's Odd Fad In Trees.
A strange avenue of trees ie owned by
the Duke of Argyll,. and it is year by year
growing longer. Each of the trees has
been planted by some .notable person, and
a braes plate is fastened to the iron fencing
surrounding the tree, signifying by whom
it Was.planted.
One ,Habit, Corrected'.
"f don't know whether I will be'able to
break hien of all the habits 1 do not like,"
said the engaged girl, "but the first one I
stopped for him was just as they" •
What habit wag that? asked the other
girl ,
"The h°bib he had of proposing to nte
two or three tunes a weep.
A Shall Matter.
Peasant Woman—I'm so sorry
died. And then the, funeral
1
Ditto—Oh, I wouldn't have
the funeral expenses if be had only
alive. •