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" Andy our nn0lv0r ,s .-': "
No ; decidedly, 00. You are marl to
thick of it, 1 11011'1 see how you vuuld in.
terpret any action I evil made, er att.: hing
1 ever said,ae ai inlict:On, of love,,"
"Bet, Annie,"" persisted the poor fellow,
"'you diad not alw'ays talk this way, IYhen
we werenhildretn--•''
"' 0h, yes, " br nh e i0 the girl, impatiently 1
`"we are liable to hay lots of things When
eve aro children, hat no sensible, fair. mind-
ed roan would attempt to bring fu utterances
of childhood ae pledgee binding open a
woman grown, I tell you, Jack, (nue for
all that 11 Is wor00 then useless to press this
mutter further, 1 stn lh,.1otwl,'y ,terid"J.
I dislike to give ymt pain, Lu[ 1 their to
notify you hem thie on to d seontinne year
visits, which +an o,Iv r,:cult i" annoyance
to me and nein to y u."
The first eyelike • wits 0, tall, sender nom •
oftwen•y-ttweet rtweatyfom•, Thu second
was a girl roar greet]. The girl WOW flushed
and angry because Jack Morin uit had just
asked lien to he kis wife. Jack was 0 mine
boss, and lens poor. Perhaps that wns one
reason why this suit fared no hotter, Annie
Hastings, was the daughter of the wealthy
mine other, whose servant Jack teas,
Doubtless it tens prestunptuons in him to
offer his humble love to pretty, stylish
Annie Hastings, but they say love is blind,
and ,Jack IN,80 So deeply in love slat he would
have told het' of it bed she been an angel.
They had paced together as children, and
when they grew up ,tach had been permit-
ted to come to the (louse and tolerated aeon
old friend of the family,
\Vhen Annie told Jack she did not love
him she told the truth, Like her mother,
site was very ambitious and wanted to marry
a man equal ill station to herself. But Jack
didn't consider these thinge, and Annie's
spirited ultimatum crushed Itis heart. They
were standing under the large trees near
the front gate, and as Annie turned to re.
enter the house Jack trade a motion with
his hand, and she stopped, wonderingly,
He said :
"Annie you have repudiated my tove,
width was as honest as it is strong. I shall
never refer to this matter again to you in
any way, -but heat 1ne mtt,' he implored,
as she again turned toward the bonne; "I
will detain you but a moment, and 1 want
to say something to ,you. Although your
declaration has ruined my life, and blasted
and blackened all my hopes I want to tall
you that should trouble 00 grief ever come
to yon or yours -which I pray God it never
may -I wait to tell you that if ]t twee dues
to you o• ye les -I anon the one yeti 11 lov
-the words choked him- you will ale
have, simuld you need it, the assistance
aye, the life -of Jack Mordannt, and heli„
me in this, the happiest moment of my h
would be that which preceded my death
that death had been calmed by saving yo
life or the life of one you love. Will you
oh, will you believe mein this?"
The poor fellow's eyes searched he
eagerly for ,mme token of sympathy oe corn
passion. Did they read it there? Not
bit of it. She laughed at inn, brushed 1
him and ran in the (muse. Jack held h
hands against his throbbing bead a fe
moments, and then dropped tleornand raise
his bead defiantly. A different sort of
look came into his eyes as he glanced at th
house toward which Annie had entered
Had he repented his proclamation?
TSF :BRUSSELS
POST,
Ami, „ay "he cried, excitedly, "Jaek
hiordamlt, who mod to work et your aline,
is the fellow who brought the re(nfol'cemonts
from the e
L other silo of the river, and it MI5
him that induced t•h0n1 to roLern with hits
and attack the town, 1 got this frond tin
add negro cook they had with thoiu who de.
serted. 1 met him on the road coming this
wily,"
Pho militia and till the eble•bod,od Igen
it town ggot reedy to resist the invasion. Col.
Hastings Look commend of the movements
i❑ person, Captain !Tartly was assigned nue
section of rho miittia and another trained
oflimo• took the rest. The fighting chimes
were formed in a lino behind the nuhtrv, A
barrleado, built of old boxes, tables and
lumbo, was hastily erected u0ro0s the street
down which the guerillas were expected;
Sod"u O were posted at all the streets loading
into the town. The night was aloar. The
moot: leas just above the tree tops. Sud-
denly a elatt0ring of horses hoofs wns hoard
and about 0 dozen horsemen rode into view.
When they got fairly in sight, 80100 nervous
militiaman turned loose his gun and the rest,
without waiting for orders, followed soft.
The riders retreated in apparent confusion,
and tete enthusiastic soldiery jumped over
the barrel' and pursued, uttering triumphant
cries, Captain Healy and Colonel Itastings
vainly implored, thorn to halt and wait, for
their experience had taught then] guerilla
tactics, and they knew the retreat was only
a ruse, but the mints would .tot listen and
rushed madly on, When they got to a
bend in the road they saw a sight which
chocked them. Riding rapidly towards
then, six abreast, was a new detachment of
guerillas. Then they knew the skirmishersad merely been sent ase blind. There was
Little time for re -loading or getting ready
for defence. In an instant the night rider's
were amongst the raw and inexperienced
militia, shooting right and left with six -
chambered revolvers. They soon saw their
ease was hopeless, and began toesk leave to
surrender. Some of the blood -thirsty gang
commenced yelling : "No quarter ; ran up
the black Rag ; kill 'ono all," but a loud,
commanding voice broke in, and a slender
man rode in the middle of the crowd, helc]-
ing a revolver in each hand : "Cease firing;
1'11 shoot the Rrsc man who shoots a :m-
eandered soldier 1" The firing stopped. The
prisoners laid down their arms and were
formed into lino.
Next inorningJaek Mordannt got up early
and went over to the guard house where the
prisoners were confined awaiting the death
signal, for, according to the rules of the
guerilla warfare, the prisoners were fre-
quently shot, without mercy. He went in
and glanced keenly around until ins eye
rested on Hartly, at which it lighted up
e" with an indescribable pleasure. Ho walked
Owe,
3'e over to him. Hartly turned pale when he
- recognized rho guerilla chief. ZiIordauet
''e extended his hand, as he said, grimly:
'1'e "Hello, Hartly; I am delighted to see yao,
if It has been a long tilnesince wemet," Hart.
01' ly ignored the proffered hand and said :
- " 1lo•daunt, a coward may scoffs ata fallen
foe. When you call the names for the dead
es line yon will find the ready, and my only
• regret. will be that our boys had not killed
a more of your cut throats."illordauntlooked
13' black, as he exclaimed angrily : " Be Care -
is fill ; there are worse things than shooting."
w Hartly's face turned a snarie paler, as he
d muttered hoarsely: "Surely you would
a not--"
e "Yes I would," broke in efordaunt with
• a harsh laugh; "I would do anything for
revenge. 110 you know," he said, earnestly,
"that I have been looking f$r this day for
s ten long and weary yeere. tend each year has
d added its in tweet. But I can't stand here
8 all day. I simply came to pay you a, friendly
d call and tell you you have from now till five
d o'clock to think over what I've suffered. all
feat
these years." With that be passed out of
c the room.
, * 0 * * * 0
1 Annie Tartly sat !totem the grate in the
large drawing room at the Hastings man-
e ;hon. 11ee eyes were red with weeping.
s Her little .,;olden -paired daughter, {1715 play-
ing around her. Every once to a while her
light, cheery laugh would break the silence
of the room, shoving that the awful thing
called death had not yet cast its ghastly
shadows over her. A man's gnink heavy
stop was heard ascending the steps outside
t and a sharp imperious knock was delivered
t of the door. A servant answered the call
1 and ushered into Annie's presence -Jack
llordaunt," "You here,' "she cried,
Jack looked at her, and remarked, coldly,
" Yes, by not? Antite covered her face
r with her hands, and murmured "Oh, my
Cio'l, itis fate." But little Nellie walked
over to the strange, aid looking him
squarely in the eye, said :
"Doe't'oo see'oo makes muzzer cry, and
1' oat like 'oo if 'oo do dat, Tont over 'er
an' say sumfin' nice to hor so she 'out cry
dat way."
Alord0 ,11 looked at the child a moment,
and his lips quivered.
" be that your child ?" he asked, in husky
tones.
Annie only nodded and bent her head
lower, she felt that she deserved no pity
from this man. and she could not have look-
ed him in the Incathen had her life depend.
ed of it.
Tho girl reached up her little, ronnd arms
to Mordannt, and acid in her pretty child.
rah way ;
"'Peke mo and let's do an' find papa and
dying 'int back to 'ittle muzzer so she won't
dry any store,'
When be arrived at his humble lodging
Mordannt threw himself upon his bed, an
began to study. Fre first wondered who hi
rival was, for ho felt confident Annie wont
not have treated him so l,ad she not love
some one else. After studying for a
moments, his brow cleated and 110inittere 1
to himself : " Of 0011100 110 is the one
strange I had not thought of it before. Wel
I'm not as rich as he is or as well educate(
perhaps, but I think nature has endowed nl
with 000l qualification that ell t •
1 tell/ nu l.e amend
for this, and I will call it into red 0intioi
I tat
in good t1ule," Then he turned over au
went to sleep. Ile had solver! the problem.
His fu1lir0 course was derided,
The large Hastings mansion was brilliantly
illuminated o e
n beautiful summer nigh
about a month following the incident g mcudeut Ins
narrated. The occasion was the nlarriago o
Annie Hastings to Captain SJellvillo Hartly,
a young army officer who had just obtained
ilia discharge. People who had seen the
young coupe, and had known them in the!
younger days, said it was a match of nature's
own making, and predicted a lo,g and happy
life for them. Anyone glancing through the
'windows on this notable evening would have
witnessed an attractive and beautiful spect-
acle in the richly furnished and decorated
rooms,and the manyhandsomoeo5tuetesworn
by the ladies. But there was one figure who,
bidden by the Clark shadow of a large oak,
looked end saw it all, and the more he sow
the gloonuer and darker became his brow.
It Was strange that anyone could behold such
a scene and remain unmoved et its brilliancy
and the charm of the music that escaped! out
into the stillness of the night. Bat it did not
excite any enthusiasm in the hidden specta-
tor -the uninvited onlooker. Ile Sate a man
and a handsomely attired woman enter tiro
room trine the sweet strains of the wedding
march were played; he saw them stand a
• few moments before tato minister•, an(1 he
knew they answered " yes " to the questions
asked. He sew the man place a ring upon
woman's finger ; he saw trent kneel and
reoieve the benediction ; then they rose and
wore immediately surrounded by a eon-
; granulating crowd. He saw all this, and said
• nothing, -hut he thought. And as he
staggered awa,t' from the place ant into the
darkness the tllnnglnt was stillw)th 'him and
grow in shape and size and intensity.
When war 1 meals tint in a country -m civil
' war especially -it is aabonlshing ]toe quick.
lyfarmere are transformed into soldiers, and
the merchant, the school teacher and the
lawyer become grenadiers, A few hot, Rory
blasts of wo•'e blighting breath and thosewho
are yet alive are veteran and heroes. A
civil war more than 011y other tends to bring
out the gond land had in men ; and striking,
oharacteristico which prol'ahiy never would
have developed without its visitation.
On a wintry day in Deoember, 1'802, the
little village of Lt---, in Con mat aliasourl,
• was wild with excitement and confu:1nm A
desgatohmont of militia from the county
stet had stopped over there for rest and
food f while ie pursuit of a gang of '" gueril-
las,' those terrible bush fighters w110 wore
50 difficult to locate when you went after
Lo
with a regiment, but who waned to be
behind every shrub end tre0 if yon went out
alone. Toward night the tired soldiers we,e
beginning to think of turning in old enjoy-
ing
njoy
int= a good night's sleep. Sn1110 1y rho
clattering of a horse's hoofs was heard on the
frozen road mad a scout appeared astride of
him, Re rode np to Col, Hastings' mansion
and hastily dismounted. He delivered his
report, between gaaps for breath, to rho
orowcl :
a" Colonel, the gttariilas are just six miles
bolow town, and there's an army of 'em
They've got reinforcements somewiteros 08(1
they are malting for .hero at a gallop.
" Cap ton fleetly, here is your child ; take
her and follow 1110, But if you repeat your
language 1 luny :Mango toy 1111)111.. fall 111,"
Captain Hartly was tllm1det'-atmols.
Dnuht, llopo lu11) Icy ; then he thought ;
that perhaps ti118 was only an increase
of torture; he 1(11011. 1101 what; but lie
Si 1011 obeJed the imperious 00nunancl
of the bushma:ker. 'They 81101111y trawoteed
the deserted Woos, pmeing 141) oc01(010 11
sentry, who saluted and looked wonderingly
at the 0t'11ge figures, \Vhon tho Hastings
mansion wits reached, lfordannt motioned
Holly to enter, which he instantly did.
The little girl) coped 1101111 00 the floor and
rushed up to the sofa upon which Annie was
reclining, with her hails before her face.
Shotapidly jerked !zee mother's hands down,
ar111 shouted? :
" Muzzer, 'ares papa•- "
Annie looked up, gave an exclamation of
joy and delight and tushed into her hue -
boners outstretched arms,
To sue the oyes of a loved ore supp
to be dead, open 1 to know that one who
a few short moments before stood in
shadow of an awful death, and that
shadow' bad faded awaly ill the glorious 8
shine 01 light and life ; this rapid, 1
sudden transitmn from the darkness of the
tomb to God's brilliant sunlight; this is
enough to overbalance the strongest mind ;
but joy does not kill, and after o few short
moments of happy mimeos Hartly turned
round, and then a ghastly fear came over
him. Perhaps he was premature in drink-
ing this cup of new found joy • what right
had he to think this man who had suffered
so much through him would allow him to
have all the pleasure while he who )geld the
divine right of power in his hands would
driuk the cup of gall to the dregs? The
thought overpowered him, lulordaent was
the first to sneak. He addressed Annie,
who stood looking (doubtfully at him. His
words were low, but clear and out like a
knife :
"I told you once, when I loved you as
strong as I since learned to hate you, that
should trouble ever threaten you or yonr8,
to call on Jaok Mordaunt and 11e would stand
between you and dangeu'though it cost hint
his life, Yon scorned that offer of true
friendship, as though given by one power-
less to render you servtee. No sabre thrust
or bullet wound I have since received has
pained one half so severe as your contempt-
uous treatment on that occasion, and I vow-
ed I would slake you and. those dear t0 you
suffer for the pain you caused 01e. But your
little girl there "-the strong man's voice
loitered ; the child Iooked wonderingly at
the strange scene, tee elle stood Utero with
het: hand in hoe mothers --"Ilea vouchsafed
ale a friendship you denied. She is so much
like you were when you were little yourself,
and I dare say," he volt on bitterly;
"when she grows up she will learn -as did
her mother -that a sensible lean wonld not
regard the utterances of childhood as pledges
binding on a woman grnwa1 ; and some poor
wretch is liable to suffer as I did."
"0, Jack," Annie murmured ; "" mon yon
-0, can you eve' forgive ale ? "
He did not seem to notice the remark,
but went on more rapidly :
"Take this : " ho 1100ded Hartly a small
envelope, "and when the boys accost you,
shote it to them. As far as my mea are
ooncerned, it will shield you as a wall of
adamant. I hope "-hes voice was breaking
now-"" you will all bo happy, and sometime
when she" -indicating the little girl, -
"grows older, you will remember lee to
that little angel there. gond-bye-God
bless you all, and he phased out into the
yard before they could atop hint. Ho went
to the gate, but stopped, studied a moment
au(l obeying an impulse he could not resist,
glided softly hack to the window, and peer-
ed in through the shutters. Thee under
Lha glare of the ohoudeliers stood Annie
and her husband, closely locked in each
others' embrace. The Mite girl -the
innocent cause of it all, -was gazing
coutplaccltly 011 the 500310, Mordannt
looked, anal a long, pi: if Rob escaped his
lips. Then ho reached nervously for his
revolver ; glanced melees!), and keenly et
it ; then cocked it and placed it against his
forehead. He paused a moment and seem•
ed to randy. Then he muttered. to himself :
" No,that's
wrong ; not here ;not koro."
He replaced the pistol fu his holt and
walked toward the woods. He walked
ropidly for a half hour until he reached the
banks of a cold, dark•looking strewn. The
winter moon peeped out from behind the
rapidly flying clouds, and for a while both
of the high banks of the stream were plain-
ly visible. Re stood there and 'looked
gloomily at the swiftly rushing current,
\Valere was all the water going to, and how
wile it that, despite its rapid movements,
there was still plenty more always moving
down stream to lccep the banks full ? A
largo lug appeared in sight and cause on
down wild the tide. He had read frequent-
ly of men being found in rivers under logs
which had drifted ashore, and the thought
wee not pleasant; The log was soon out of
sight behind a bend in the river. Now the
stream was still again ; a heavy 5n0w cloud
obscured the moon, no ono was in sight ;
nothing living or dead. Was the water very
cold, he lvondored, It might all pass away
soon, he thought, old he was still standing
there losing valuable tiune,-tijme whioh
light tarry an aided down the stream
any miles before daylight. It was injndioi•
ns to procrastinate. Would s)hecare ? Would
1 little
v
ogirlcala. But it didn't make mtich
Moreno who carol. The water was rush -
g by, and he was idly lingering. -
A few loose pebbles steeled! down the
cep hank, but they did not reach the
ator s odgo before a loud splash indioated
let the rapidly rushing stream carried
notho' of{jcct en its boson and that object
0111 an and on with the water and the trees
ct the sticks and branches toward the
moan.
0
m
0
t1
Mordannt instinctively lifted the chill d
in his arms, and when her hood leached the in
level of his, sho promptly placed her nimbly
et
w
ti
te
an
little arm around his neck, and turning her
bright blue eyes to the Drying woman,
called out cheerily :
" Don't you :ley any mere, 'iltle nllzzee 1
hn0 al' do seder man's dniu' to din papa end
tiring '1m 'me do 'on ; 'ell Ito back in a min -
ate.
un(le
eyes
ulna
Th
bean
and
and
ellen
ordo
Arri
pros
what
Dart]
wan
recognized th0 form In an 105M M, and
uttered a joyful shoat ;
." Dare's papa 1 papa 1 tom ani' g1i1 tip giok 1
Mc an' de Feler man's ton to delco 'oo L0
ittlo mnzver I tom on 1"
Phe sleeping man started, end seeing his
:Mild in Mordannit'e arm0 eicd :
" Yon scoundrel I Would you (till her,
toe 2 0h, my darling eh1ld i Did they
(bring you here to sou your fatherdie/die/h
y,'--•--hefetid,
a 1, in deeperalion, you
wretch ; Int ten you got any heart at all
Mordant stood of a 0fatrio, though ie
was evident from his expression that he woe
fast losing control of hinl5olf. lint by an
effort he choked his wrath hack, and 'sail!
calmly ;
Then she tnruod around and peering
r Slordaunt's great sleuth hat until her
rested on his she exclaimed, excitedly:
Now, tom on, ?ick ; 'ot's do an' ciit
Mm on, giok,
0 iron soldier looked at the littlo face,
ing with innocence and entlin,iasm,
then loft the home the child in hie mems
clasping him a•nmul the neck. lie
11y mode his way to the prison, and
reel the mat 011 geard to open the door,
vel inside he carefully stopped over the
trete militiamen and nitizens, many of
n were sleeping their last sleep on tide
1, and wait to a corner whore a soldier
lying on a pine tench, Tl,o little girl
To Give Away,
A boy of five or six years, according to a
I
story in a contemporary, was made !nappy
by the arrival of a baby slater, Ho had
been tate only child of the family, and being
a good old obedient boy, hod been humour-
ed till he was perhaps in sonde danger of be-
Mg spoiled, I3efo•u the little new sister
was many weeks old however, Master Fred
I
began to feel that his position (6108 sally
altoed. Tho Wenger hed eupplentod him.
Father, mother, and servants were all the
time talking about the betty. There was no
mistake ; 17red was 110 longer king. The
boy bonen to bo unhappy, and just anon he
remembered allacerd w1110)1 his father had
put tip at o conspicuous point on the pro.
1 mime some months before-" Ashes to give
away, Inquire within." Fred had token
great interest, 111 this notice, and had numb:.
e(1 minutely 05 to its moaning. Ho romnm.
bored now that very soon afterwards It man
called and carted away the ashes. Ho had
been to the kiolergartol, and could spell
04111)1011112 of 181' 0100)1100, So,with such helps
I and hints as he was able to get slyly from
the 0erv1111ta, ho managed to prodwce the
following sign, whi'eh 1110 ast.onl0110d falhor
fond poet.od ono day areal aiglltly position
as he come hnn10 to dinner-" A Bally 1,0
give away. INgntro oh' FrEla"
MISOELLA.N$OUS.
Up to date, -Y out' calendar•,
A'1111ie01 mission-.alabmisslon,
A hard ride' -An ecjoeotriall 5ta100,
Always 011 1110 wat>11-4110 hand of time.
The busy I1mtu115 of laud, --Their ceu-
seiences,
The "lap of luxury" -Champagne and
turtle soup.
Well-conducted people -Members of a
good orchestra.
An early Spring. -Jumping out of bed at
five o'clock in the morning.
What is rho prime object of a soldier's
drill i -to make holes 1n the enemy,
Social fact. -When some mon discharge
an obligation, you can hear the report for
utiles around,
"He is malting grass while the wind
blowst" amide Russian who was desit•o'ta of
meekIng idiomatic English.
Whioh is osier to spoll-" fiddle.clo-dee"
or fiddle -de -dem"? -The former, because
it is spelt with more " e's."
" What do you think the best advertising
medium?" "I couldn't tell you ; I really
know very little abort the aptritealists,"
When you hear a woman deo)are that
married the best man that over lived, it
pretty safe to assume that she is
0,1(10(6.
At the close of a oonjugaljar, He : " My
dear, do yon think I am goeerally ill•natnr-
ed ?" She t " No ; 1 think you are par-
ticularly so 1"
she
is
NEu1.EterIn,-A bright little girl who
attends a dancing -school had 0 trying ex-
perience some limo ago, She is really a
favourite with the children of the school,
but, when the little boyo and girls marched
in couples nr thinned a quadrille, ft happen.
ed aglt111 mrd again that she was left out.
She felt that the situation jnstifed a pro-
test, and the conscience-stet:1ton teacher
agreed with her when finally she stepped
forward and said, in a pathotio little voice,
"Please, Miss Jones, if there's any little
boy left over next time, may 11rave, him?"
Nov. 13, 1891
Mrs, 1b, ; " Why, Profess,,,', what 1s the
motor? Professor von Spoielleu, angrily;
" Madame, 1 spend von hour nil von half
ills morning to exblain in dor young lady
vet in der dillhi'oeee 11,4100011 von tvholo rest
ai( 1
l vol 1 t alt trek, 111111 she still rola due
half rest van 1 say due whole rest 1" Mrs,
it, ; " Why Elsie, I tun surprised 1 Why
don't you do as the Professor toile you ;
you know you have plenty of time 1"
A schoolboy who was going to 11party
was
011,11 1,10110t1 by his mother not to wall(
hoino if it reined, giving hila as 1111(011 ao
would pay for n:ab. 11 rained that night
Tory heavily, end great wan the ulotliero
surprise when het' son arrived home drenoit.
ed to the elan. " I)hl you not take a 0,111 as
1 ordered you, Alfred ?" inquired the mother,
"Oh, yes ; but when I redo with you you
always melte me ride inside I This tune I
rode on the box, and it was jolly 1"
!luau Common, --A raw -looking farts
servant with "country" writ largo on his
uountenance was walking along a street in
Glasgow tto other day, when he chanced to
notice a sign in one of the shop•wiedowe
with the words " !loots blacked inside " on
it. Jock stared at the notice opon•rnonthad
for several Minutes before 11e found tongue
to exclaim, " What Ina' the world does folk
want Nei' the inside o' their sheen blackened ?
I never heard the like o't in a' my born
days 1"
ET11EI,'S Ex1LANA''(oN.-M0.111ma, from
the sitting•roonl: "Why are you so still
there, Ethel?" ELhel: " Because Jack is
still hare."
THEY WERE EnECTRt03AN0,-" So the
omnibus strike is over' in Paris. I 11,08
afraid it would cause it fearful storm,"
" Why?" " On moment of the conductors,"
" The old gentleman was a distant rela-
tive of yours, was he not?" " Distant 1
Yes, I suppose that Is what you might call
hint. He 0,08 my great-great-greudfather
Brown, indignantly : {' Waite, your coat
sleeve dipped into this lady's soup 1"
Waiter, urbanely : "Don't mention it, air 1
It will week out all right 1 What fish,
sir 1"
Cos. FORYocxt; L,11111:8. -1V hen a gentle.
11ha( visits a young lady, why does site 3101
like hilt to come with a knock at the door?
Because she would wish hint to conte with a
ring
1"
" No, Harry, I am sorry, but I an, sure
that we could not be happy together. You
know I always want my Men way in every-
thing." " But, my dear girl, you could go
on wanting it after tvo werem.rriod."
A young man was speaking to a critical
audience, and was violently hissed on eta
' count ofsome ofhis novclpropositions; be t,
nothing daunted, he retorted, " \\'hen n
cold stream of truth is poured on red-hot
prejudices, no wonder they hiss I"
IT inane Have SEEN' SEm'I('E BEFORE.
-Ellen : "There's one thing that doesn't
suit me about this, engagement." Eva;
" What is it?" Ellen : ' Toni didn't have
to go np to town for his engagement -ring.
He simply went up to his room for it,"
G. " When are your children said to
take after, Mr, E. ?" L„ with a mental
reservation : " The younger, with a sweet
smile and angelic temper, takes after his
mother ; the elder, that er0as•eysd yoang
viper, takes after me, I'm informed 1"
Miss Flitter, whose parents refuse to
Imo naso her fiance : "If yarn had a daugh-
ter, 111'. Heifer, who 1`1111 away from home
and !married a young man, what would you
do to the young man?" ler. Hofer, elderly
and experienced : " Write him a letter of
0ondolenee I"
lonosi( LoliIt - '
t. lladwayo(i]cial: "Smok-
iug'0 not allowed in this room, air. You'll
have to gait," Sir. AI'1'hnIgan : " I'm not
slllnokln', sir," Railway offbeat• " But you
have your pipe In your mouth sir." Mr.
hLFioig,m ; Yis ; and I have mo fat 111 mo
boot, but I'm not walla,,',"
7
SnE 11 1. 11110.- ])mused, looking for com•
hmeht
p 8. No, Captain Judson, I'm 1101
coming to the dance tomorrow night, for I
hear there's to be a pretty girl from town
present, and there will be no chance for
poor 10e." Gallant but inexperienced officer ;
"011, do 00111e; I don't like pretty girls 1 "
A CAxnln O3ITIa,-" Well, what do you
think of my picture at the Academy of
Design?" asked young Mahlatiok of Jones
the other day. , Fair, dear boy, fair; hut,
now you ask me, I must confess I liked your
earlier style better," "Earlier st le?"
"Yes -when you didn't paint at all, you
know,"
Swell, at door of hotel, to "boots";
" Who are those respectably -dressed light.
porter men with parcels going in and out?"
"Boots": "Them, sir, is commercial
gentlemen." Swell ; " Dealt, doh 1 What
may I ask, are their peculiarities?"
"Boots" 1 "Well, sir, they never leaves the
hotel without paying their bill, and they
alln8l'emeltlbela the ' boots."
Just now a story 10 being told concerning
a misadventure which once happened to an
unworthy gambler ata well•known metro.
politest resort. He was kicked down, stmire
and wont to a noble Lord to complain of
what had happened and to ask for advice.
The noble lord stroked his 011in, and said,
" Well, the only advice I emu give you is to
play in future on theground floor.il
AFTER 1 MEETING 0t' OILEmITOo,C,-A
friend : "No -there is no hope for volt, I
amu afraid ; they all abused you like a pick.
pocket, mad wonldn'b liSLol to a word in
your favour-excepFt myself, of 0onse, and
Jaime, - 1Vi10 wouldn't hum a word against
you." The bankrupt: "A11, Jones always
liked 1ne I' Friend : " No, I don't think
ho likes you ; but --he is deaf."
(
What did you do all the day?" James
Spedding was once osited by acuriousfriond
on the occasion of his having oon0ennecl,
with his habitual readiness to take part 111
whatever was going forward, to join a
wetcr•po'ty. "I spent the limo," he re-
plied, "in wondering why the vessel teas
called a pleasure -boat."
" Ana SovEx,"-Sootoh school in-
8p501oe, examining a class : " Now, coy
little teen, 115111no what five and one make?"
No answer. In5peo1001 " Suppose I
gave you five rabbits, 011(1 then another
rabbit -how 11.0113r rabbits would yon have?"
Boy: "Seven." Inspector: Seven 1
How do you matte that 0111?" Boy : " Be -
cense I've a rabbit, o' ma cin at Mono,"
U.rAnmmnce,-A lengbable histo story is
told of a woman in the witness•hox of a
French court, She was asked her ago, and
answered that eho was thirty years old.
" 13ut,' said tlno lnagietrete, " did you not
tell loo you were thirty when you appeared
before mo two years ago?" " think it is
very likely,' sho replied oouIinglyacknow-
ledging her falsobond and net Mall abashed;
", I an not elle of t100o women who say one
thing today and another thing tomm•-
('0w.
A Georgia editor, who is aleo a real est ate
agent, a building and loan assooiatlon dfreo-
tor, an attorney-at•law, clerk of the Town
Council, and pastor of the village elmvoh,was
recently ealiod upon to perform the marriage
ceremony. Ho was in a great hm'ry-in
fact, the couple surprised hint in the ink -idle
of a heavy editorial on the tariff, "T.'ime 15
money," said he, without looking ,p from
his work, " 0o you want her?" The man
saai(i "Yes." "And do you want lam, 1"
The girl stammered an'Rirntativ5. " Man
and wino 1" cried the editor, " One dollar,
]firing me a load of wood for it.-ono•lhird
pins, balance oak,"
While a large party, among whom wee nn
elderly professor, were shooting on the
Scotch moos, it suddenly hope to rail:.
There was no shelter in the neighbourhood,
and the sportsmen made the best of their
misfortune by siting clown and gutting
drenched. But the professor, as snot as the
shower began, wandered off, and was 1101
seen during the hour the rain fell. When
it ceased, he reappeared, and to every one's
astonishment thele was not a clrnp of ruin
of his clothes. The wet sportsmen were
amtoyld as well as surprised, thinking ha
had discovered a place of shelter. 13111 the
professor was reticent, and it was with cliRi•
oulty that at last they persuaded Mtn to tell
how lee had managed to keep dry. " Dir-
ectly the rutin 00015 on," said he " I stripped
and sat on my clothes till it ceased,"
Suspicions Death of an Austrian Nobleman
It is reported from Pressburg theft Count
Emerieh lfstorhiazy, aged eighty-three, was
drowned in the Danube on Friday night,
having fallen, with his carriage, 1,o sos, 111,11
driver, from the road over a dam eighteen
feet 113311 into the river. The dei ver &wed
himself, and gives the following amount ;-
Thu 001101 had engaged hint at six in the
afternoon at 1Vieselborg, and wished to be
taken to Pressburg. At ten 11105 arrived at
Ornsva, where the Corot stayed to 611,1
supper, end et a quarter 100100ete 111ordered
the driver, it country lad! 0f sever 10011, to
drive e0 so that Pressburg might berea"hod
before midnight. Al eleven the Count
appeared co(Lwalce from his sleep, started
up, and ordered him to drive away from the
ale.
ht h road
g ng a frond orossiug it field. The
lad remonstrated, saying that was the way
to the Danube, but the Count ordered him so
peremptorily that he dared not disobey, and
before he kneel what he was about the
round crumbled under the horses' feet, and
in a second all wore precipitated into the
Danube. The driver rat to Orosvar to re-
port what had happened, and thoughthahody
was searched for immediately, It was not
found till the next day. A very suspicious
fact was ascertained, The Uount's trunk,
which heti been corded to the carriage, wa8
found loose on the bank, and only contained
the Count's wardrobe and 167 florins in the
pocket of a ooat, Now, the Count had
written to P108sbttrgg to say that he was
coming to pay 6000 florins, and it was his
custom to go to Pressburg oleo a month
with a similar sum. It is, therefore, quite
possible that ho was robbed by people who
knew the coachman, and that the carriage
was driven into the Danube to give tine
otfair the aspect of an accident, The Count
loaves a large fortune, which ho hoarded
during a life of strictest economy, not to
eay avarice.
Bruptiye Geysers.
Bunsen has explained the periodical erup-
tion of geysers In snort a enttsfootory manner
that doubt is no longer possible. A
cavern filled tvitit water lies deep in the
earth, uncie'the geyser, and thu water in
thin cavern is heated by the earth's internal
heat far above 21'0', since there is m heavy
hydrostatic pressure upon It arising from the
weight of water in the passage or natured
staudpipe that loads front the subterranean
chamber to the snrfmco of the earth. After
a certain time the tenperat ive of the water
below rises, so (het steam is given off in
MAA10 of the pressure, and the :solemn in the
exit Lube is gradually forced upward. The
release of pressere and the disturbance of
the enter then cause the contents of the
subterranean chamber to flesh into steam
and expel the contents of the exit pipe ei0-
loutly. These eruptions may also bo pro-
voked by throwing atones or clods of Surf
into the basin of the geyser, The water in
tho cavern below Pi disturbed by rile means.
How Ho Won Her,
"My necktie is ready made," geoid: he,
"I never ;tot my hair, ,g
A Silk hat with is emit Boat goo,
And pants is what I wear,
"I ain't no duds, but I'an a gent,
And you're the girl for tae,
T ain't g. oft 010006s m my p, ants,
But 1 Jost love you. See?"
Tho Roston u;ni(1 blushed rosy red,
Anil to his arms sho flew,
And round 110ralah15010r neck
His :dinging whiskers blew.
"I love you, door," She softly oriod,
Ho mote a smile seirol0--
" Because your lovely scarlpin is
Tho image of a boon,
-Mahler and Ire/nigher,
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY' AT
1'RAY,ER.
Waite He 1* lti One Mosque (ho en1;aln4
Must wltll Osalslde,
The filet Friday 1110(1115g after our arrival
at Constantinople we sate 111e Sultan g1) to
the nloequo, 11 is a eight which tourists
never 1neas, '!'lie groat bund of the 012toi1au
Empire, its mole, mhlary, nod religious
heard, livoe fn 00118tant terror of receiving
his deathblow from an 11000e11 quartet,. lie
never goes outside the royal palette the
week 111000gh with the single exception of
Friday (the hlusenlinnn's Sunday), when he
prays in the mosque at 111 o'clock noon, For
this spectacle there is always a crowd of
lookers -ell. The Suiten goes to prayer
under 1115 oyes of numbers of hie people, of
a throng of foreign visitors, and of hosto of
soldiers, They wait while he stays within
the mosque and 050 him drive house again ;
then they disperse.
We followed out the program. Stationed
upon the front of the terrace overlooking the
0001105 we caw ovary No\'etnent'frotil the
scattering of the roadway with froth sand
out of a dozen or so loaded carts to the final
departure of the soldiers, We Sate company
after company. of Turkish soldiers, among
thein z0uavoe In green turbans and baggy
trousers, march upon the ground to draw
up in lines along the avenue, We caw the
cavalry conte, various companies of them,
with bey, white, or gray horses. Military,
bande played the " Sultan's Grand March,
There seemed to be no end to the soldiers,
They completely surrounded the mosque
and lined the road by which his Majesty
would conte from the palaoo. \Vo grew
tired waiting before the muzzin appeared
upon a minaret and gave the wailing call to
prayer. It woe the signal for the Sultan to
come, and while we looked there appeared
a team of prancing boys before an open car-
riage, in which two men were seated. One
was recognized imrnodiately as the Sultan.
130 wore a red fez., but otherwise was
Chemed in the ordinary citizen's clothes of
modern civilization. His face we looked at
long and earnestly. It would be presumptm
ou8 to criticise the greet Emperor after this
single look at him. Suffice it to say that hie
face inspired us with a feeling akin to pity,
so plainly it showed that life was not ful-
filling his best desires. We wondered if ho
would not be willing, at titres to change
places with his meanest soldier, to have the
sense of intleuonuonoe, of freedom, and se.
aunty dtw'nnldgive Hint, But we wished
dict he might loolc have and strong, if he
did not feel so. The presence of the myriads
of soldiers seemed an insult to hint. We
remembered the King of Italy and rho
1')mparol' of Germany and tate contrast was
painful. Bat a vo:Altoona welcome mot him.
The soldiers cheered lustily and the young
Euglishmen and Germans upe11 tlo terrace
thrall, up their hats and roared huzzahs.
While he remained within the mosque we
waited wearily. Cigarettes, and coffee
were passed about among the crowd " with
the Sultan's compliments to his guests."
Others besides the tourists and commoners
wore waiting for the worshipers' prayers 10
be over. Standing before the mosque in
the yard were two closed carriages front
which the horses had been moved. "Tho
Sultana," it :vas whispered, and we lett to
foamy the bright eyes which were surveying
the scene through the elite in the wunden
window shades,
When the Sultan came out another carri-
age awaited hint, this time roomy phaeton.
He entered it alone, tock up the reins,
mannged cleverly the beautiful white horses
that eha11ped their bits dud pawed
the air, and so drove himself homeward.
This independent 1(01,011 pleased 05, but
still he was guarded. Generals rushed after
him, following and surrounding the phaeton,
on foot, dignity gone to the winds, just 115
au many school boys w'otfld chase a passing
wagon " to catch n ride," And so we 5510
the last of him. There were Fallow, ma11-
,0110er1 on the part of the soldiers, and then
10,:101111,1 the way to our own marriage and
were soon at home. -..
A Valuable Tab1e,
'.['o ascertain tate :Niemen between two
trotting horses, at the finish of a race, mul-
tiply d
p y to e distance mads in a second by the
slaw horse by the difference in the time of
the 1(00 horses, thus : A 0.10 horse ,s 20
seconds faster than a 0,30 horse : multiply
:35:3 2.1 foot (the distance made by the slow
horse in a second) by '20, the dffl'orOneo fn
time, The result will be 704 feet. To
make the result clear, the following tables,
(('bion illustrate tate respective distances
between competing horses when the victor
takes the pole, are submitted. The class to
which the horse belongs is given, with the
feet and Maims between them in a mile
race :
2,12 behind 2,10 in a 101!0, 80 feet,
2,1.1 behind 2,121n a mile, 78 Feet 8 Insides.
2,10 behind 2,11 in a mile, 77 foot 7 inches.
2,18 behind 2,10 in a mite, 711 fent 3 inches.
2,20 behind .1.18 In a mile, 75 fort 6 inches.
2.2'2 behind 220 11, a mile, 74 cot 0 inches.
2.04 behind 2.22 in a 111110, 73 feet 4 inches.
20 behind 2,24 in a mile, 72 feet 3 Inches.
2,28 behind 2.218111 a mile, 71 feet 4 inch^s.
2,30 behind 2.28 in a mile, 70 Net 4 inches.
The following table shown she distance
per second travelled by ho•aes of the elas5
named, and will furnish an in tweeting study
for those who take a (delight in horseflesh
and the excitement of the race course 1
(Snit.
All -tame n One Alcon.
21f1 411 '00 a 5.13 inches
211, 11 foot
2,11 . 1 reel 4 27-a7 hu
+1108
98 fee 011.17 ine.hes
39:10 43 fee , 1 110701nehes
2,aa 37 fee S 8-•17 in -hos
8,21 '17 fro • n 87 31 I notes
8,211 111 Foot
228 9r fro d 1 71.733nrhos
.'if, feu'.811.741nrhes
2.30 `i5 feet 2 2.11 innbos
" Genet'al," in Lend! old Water, writes :
-" A shot time ago I saw rat her en en-
gine,' pot at Fawbo'ry Tower, No'thnmber•
!laud, where Airs, Arthur Leather bee a
y01111g Otter, It 10115 saved from the river
wafter he dant had been killed by bit'. Wilk-
inson's a+tor hounds, and given to Mrs,
Leather. 'Chat lady has demonstrated what
fominine infinite,* 01811 aceonlplisli, for the
has made the little animal which has been
aptly called Moses, so tanto brat it will
follow lee anywhere and plays about like a
puppy. It armee to !tor call, and if it 11115805
her, lou, tvhistles for her, retina, i'ewersing the
usual order of things, Tattle [Moses has
very little fear 01 dogs and goes ata hag 131.
130•n14rd dog, biting its legs and inviting it
to play. It follow its lnist.ross into the
horse, sits on her lap and sleep0 with its
head on her ohotddor, It (tomes up to the
House repulerly (very of termer' dobe fod, said
profars a0 its diet bread anti milk, or a
rebbft, if (shore tappers net o be 'a trout,
for its diluter, Mrs Leather t11d me it was
the n1844081 sight po8lhlu to can hiovoo,
when the river 18 low and clear, hewing
about the stones ab the bottom, and I can •
wall believe it,"
The Greeks had no (wad leo in 1110 time of
Plain, ant tae first not00 we Havo of cm Ile
in Iia oiassics is in 111, worms of 111,1, n•'(0,
Obsolete lows ploy 1',lie 811111e part in reform
ns the nunneries of the neer who (ole •1. (el
them,