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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1891-11-13, Page 66 " 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,