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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-3-29, Page 2it h' gi l �f ar the at n Eros +ec, te It au yu e et to be ata: •e't I •a at tit it else T '00-1 IAIIOII 29, 90 OIIAPTNii /twos from ice; to ensue Ydecorations wet d with eeto e know that o CO e[buffing to k nes. He knew feta which oak' rapidly hart time the wring, fiery oumed before end arrive. o felt that there to a if he P e did Da deep burn right g 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 I 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 ,A, TIIIi,ILT-4MG 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." ' --- 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 I ' I „ f Y V ��f n� . M' I , t _ . �ele • __ j -,F, = 3 k `?l J° ? d' riee,n vet, 'r� ,; . " - . •m :fry 'arm' i ° ;,`;� 9 a ;;; y G "\. £ el •, ,t O 1, �= s... ,r y, i! gii,9.. � Ir -.�„ I`' THE LAW OF TEMPESTS. -- 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. •