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!swaggering, confidential air tlaet be assent-
< 1 ed stretch ine with the ielm, that ha WaN
retire'overdoing his rare However, I lee
hun go for the proem , determining to < tit
with the master if I °Quid,
How to outwit Ulara's unele, and got the
real will into my bands, was my earliest, and
latest thought. I theeld not go like a thief
end steal it, evert if I knew whore it was,
(11113 )0 goirig hoine one night from the
"Marco Noise"' conceded a plan to obtan
it without stealing. 1 would frighten the
man into delivering up the will.
The next clay I called on a person whom
I lied once befriended, and who I knew
would assist me. I told him enough of the
story for him to comprehend my plan, and
he promised to do 331) 110 oould for me, He
was to take every opportunity of persuad-
ing Clarke, my opponent, to visit a
Weems fortuneteller, who resided at
a distance of two or three miles.
He was to trump up a wonderfnl
story of the fortune teller's skill and ac -
may in reeding men's ham I cautioned
my friend againet attracting suspicion by
overdoing his part ; but this was len like-
ly, because Cloahe would not probably
<respect me as being connected with the
effete, and consequently would be more off
hie guard,
I then sought my friend Campbell, and
took him into my confidence. Ho entered
with spirit into the ulea, end agreed to act
the pert of fortune-teller, which I knew he
weld to perfection. I was too well known
to assume 0 character, consequeirtly I was
to remain in the backgroand, and seize upon
anything favoweble that should come out.
Nearly a week passed, and I had heard
nothing as yot from Clarke,and nothing from
my friend as to his movements, I 1)00=0
11110)008, for time was precious, My.
paLience was almost exhaustedovben ab
lath there mese 000130, saying that Clarke
had boon persuaded to ricie out to visit the
fortune teller that very evening at dusk.
1 hastened to the ' Mare's Nora," and
Campbell and I made our preparations to
receive the visitor. No place, indeed, could
have been more suitable for our purpose
than this—its very air was mysterious to
a stranger. We waited anxiously, and I
sprang from my seat wheil I heard the
sound of wheels. There, in<leed, was my
co.werker with his man, safely arrived.
Under the direction of Campbell, the
servant introduced them through the
awesome and most intricate passages,
and
ushered them at last into the lofty and dim
old clining.room, illuminated by the last
beams of clay.
By way of giving a few extra touches to
this room, I had brought in two skulls and
some mimes vases from my friend's study.
The grinning skulls I had placed one on
each side of 13110 (1001, in order to attract our
visite r's attention.
I had placed my station in a place where
I could hear and. see everything, without
exposing myself to observation. Indeed, I
was planted directly behind the speaker's
chair, which stood in a distant, pare of the
room from the visitor's. A protecting
3000033 011(1 the dim light of the room con-
cealed me from their notice. The few min.
trios thee intervened before the fortune.
teller made his appearance doubtless seem-
ed long to those in waiting. I saw that
Clarke was beginning to grow uneasy. But
at lase a rustling souncl was heard, and the
fortuneteller was in the room. Ho lied
entered through a small panel door whieh
neither of the visitors could perceive.
Ilis tall figure looke(1 gigantic in the clim
light, aud his nastliug btack robes and the
solemn step impressed one with awe. The
visitors were ordered to adeance, which
Clarke (11) 1133 a vogue sort of way. The
fortune-teller fixed his eye on him.
" Whet asoulcl you have?" he asked.
" Read me my fortune," was Clarke's
&newer.
" Aud the past; ?" questimed the fortemo-
teller.
"Tell me nothing of that ; I know it al-
ready. The future is all I care about."
"Bat to unravel your future, I must road
a little of your life. Stay, be quiet now,
for your life 1"
A light smoke curled up from a clieh upon
the floor. This contrivance, by the way,
Campbell owed to my inventive genius. The
fortune-teller raised the dish and peered in
it earnestly. \ Vhen the smoke subsided,
he spoke.
"elan, your past life is before me. Shall
I speak of It ?"
" No, no," gasped Clarke—" not the
past ; anything but that."
" But I must speak of it," said the for-
tune-teller, still looking earnestly in the
empty dish, "1 see before me a man who
who has just committed agreat crime—a
terrible crime—that of depriving his broth.
er's orphan children of their birthright."
"No, no," ,gasped Clarke again.
13e still l' said the forbaneaeller, Stern-
ly. " What I have said is true, By the
inscrutable laws of my mystery, 113 must be
true. This men absents himself for many
years, 110 31103000 how many. He 00(1100 1)0010
a few days before his brneher's clealeworms
himself into his confidence, and hastens the
oink man's death by entreaties and threets
for a will to be made in his favour, Not sue-
ceedine, he steals the reel 10111, ancl bribes a
worthless lawyer to draw up a forged one
10 1113 favour. The real will he hides 111 a safe
place, deeming it of ospeoial value, as the
sielmnan had hold it in his hamlets few hours
before his death."
" But I never opened that will," faltered
Clarke. "1 only know What woe in 11, from
what, my brother told me."
" And 1101' for the future," said. the
foitune-tellor, " Retribution must follow
in the stem of evil deeds. elan, there is
something•horrible before you—shame, die,
grace, a prison, and an awful death."
Even in the gathering darkness I thought
I could see Campbell's face grow awfully
stern, ancl the solemnity of his tone thrilled
me with a vague horror. Clarke, 11131101301,
Wag treinbling violently—the other visitor
could not hear what was said,
" And if this were trite," said °hake,
"would there be no possible way to avert
it?"
" None I" said the foreene-tellor. "Stay,
then is one way, 'You eau deliver up the
sealed will."
"I have not the will hero, said Clarke,
"1)1011 you are lost," sold the fortune-
teller, solemnity, "Bub, perhape, you have
the koy of the private chewer where you
keep it ?"
"Yeo," said Clarke,
"Then throw 113 131130 thee dish, and I will
agree to produce the will by my ere Then
yon shell take your choice of deliveriug 113
ep or not. This key fits--" •
" The right-hund drawer in my private
scemeteere, in the lietle east room," answer-
ed 01330)40,
Campbell 10131(04 0000 and slipped Clio loy
131130,311y hancl miperthived. Them as if ho
were pronouneieg an oantation, he whis.
pored 10 (113 ;
" Quick'like lightning 1 le is the ottly
way, is beginnieg to suspect this mum-
mery. Don% 13 0131)10 yourself ahollt, the
private 80008)1310 -.31(10 koy don't 1113thee"
I 3(1(31)13 1311(003311 the panel door, 3,1 im-
Ply friend Campbell was an oddity.
Everybody 0331) 1110 had en odd look about
him, and 114,1011' for a certeinty. 11)1313 110
dinod
ed off d plates, and lived in an Odd
house, This house was the very essence) of
oddity, being a long, low -built strneture of
no praticular style of architecture, but a
mixture of everything in general. In look-
ing 013 13)10 house from an Rafael° clietanee,
133300 )11880 were presented 10 13)18 mind of the
speotatur. The first end moat feneiful was
that, in three awful convulsion of name,
the disjointed fragments of Widen t and mod-
ern buildings had been throwu up together
and, in the mune of time, had become ce-
mented, and thus formed the uncouth men.
sion of my friend Campbell.
The second and most probable idea was,
that the main part of the house bad been
bnilb by 13)10 11101 owner of the place, ad
1311013 0000)' sumeesive generation had thrown
11) 013 midi teen, according to their particu-
lar caprice. At any rate, it bad attracted
Cempbell's attention while on a hunting
exennion among the hills, and the oddity
of the structure, combined with its lovely
situation, had induced him to purchase it,
The mansion inside was a veritable won-
der. There were at least a kindred plums
where one could lose himself, even if one
had been familiar with the place for years.
Narrow entries, with no apparent termini),
Mon ; queer doors, opening to no one knew
where; suspicious cupboards in the gigantic
chimney, and other bewildering contriv-
ances, suggested the idea, that the original
owner Irma been very romanbic, or else laid
been a smuggler.
The whole place presented as interesting
a study for the 3011110003011 3(0 the eatacombe
of Egypt, or the ancient tombs of Italy,
though the curious were obliged to adopt,
the usual p00001131011 of carrying with them
a ball of twine, by which to retrace their
steps through the labyrinth of passages.
Furthermore, the place bore the appro•
priate title of the " elore's Nest," a name
bestowed upon it by; my friend Campbell,
• who conceived that the house bore a ream.
blauce to the fabulous object of many a
schoolboy 8 search.
1301, whatever the house was, no bettor
man than Campbell ever lived. We had
come across each other accidentally, at 0 time
when I was in trouble, and my friend, then
a stranger, had rendered me invalueble ser-
vice, which 113 311)' v ho'c lifetime I could not,
epay. A. cloth and lasting fteendship had
bean the consequence, and almost everyr
evening 0011"1110 stealing towards the
"Mare s Nest," my usual recreation after
a herd day's work in the erty.
I was a lawyer, and perhaps in no other
profession does Inc come across stranger
phases of humanity. I think, certainly,
there 000 330 men better trained to read well
an i cervectly the faces of those with whom
they come In contact than those who have
been bred to the low. I may say, without
boasting, that I was (1111011 111 this respect
to a remarkable doom.
A. case had mine under my observation,
which 1.00(100(104 with intense intense. It
WU a contest, bet,W,:en an mole anti niece,
in roped to property left by the father of
the young lady. Between the deceased man
end his brother a deadly hatred had existed
for many years ; but when the long -absent
brother retuned suddenly, a few clays be.
fore the sick meal's death, a reconciliation
took place, Long conferences were held
between therm and all other persons wore
carefully excluded from the room. But the
sick men died suddenly in the inicist of one
of these conferences, and the brother VMS
plunged into seeming gild and dejection.
After 0. while he rallied sufficiently to
opeu the will, which he said tho deceased
had entensted to Ids care. Contrery to the
expectations of all, the bulk of the large
property was couveyed to the living Mother,
and e scanty pittance only to each of the
dead man's children. The will itself which I
examined carefully, was drawn up correctly
by lawyer in a neighboring village, a nem
whose honesty I had had occasion to doubt
before, It was regularly signed by teen wit-
nesses, a servant of the deceased, and one
whom the brother had brought with him
from foreign parts.
Clara Clarke, the eldest of the six chil-
drengincl 0 young, beautifueand high-spirit-
ed girl, rejected with haughty disdain the
offer of her uncle to take some of the young-
er children to bring up in the affluence to
which they had always been accustomed.
She determined to dispute the will, believing
it to be a forgery, and 13008 engaged es her
counsel In the coming trial.
Whether 10)1031111 have been as mail in.
terested if my client had been a gentleman,
I know not ; but my symprahies were fairly
enlisted in Clara's cause, ancl I determined
that she should win, though the prospeas
looked black, I firmly believed the present
will was a forgery, but 113 1110813 be proved.
The lewyee who heel drawn it ap heti
probably been heavily bribed. The
deceased's servant had been call-
ed suddeely away by tho pretended
death of a relative ; but the other wit-
ness still remained with his master. Such
WIIS the preition of Main when I 30(1101000 -
ed 1113' task.
In 1130 11(01 place, I wanted to get a look
at tho prineipal of the other side, and try
the effect 01 311)' eye upon him, I soon had
an opportunity., One of the peelimluaries of
the 0000 3008 being adjusted, and I met my
num 111 the presence of ts very few. I fixed
my eye on hum I think it is hardly pos-
sible to deseribe such a face as his ; there
was enough of ounning in it to make me
detest the man even if I heti known nothing
(11 )1(3)1 before.
His (wee, wandering about, suddenly en•
countered mine. He oolotired a little ab
first, but the next momeut I felt that I was
baffled, His lerge, powerful, sinister eyes
had comprehended my purporre. idy emu -
tiny was worth nothing at present, for my
opponent had been suddenly rendered wary
and cautiote, I felt from that moment thatI
had no common person to deal with, end I
experienced & sort of pliheure in the thought,
of baffling such a skilful °tunny.
The remainder of the time that I was in
his presence, while I pretended to be basily
writing, I watched for the beerayal of the
slightest weekeess on his pare. Only, onee
woe lie off his guard—a. distant door in the
• builclieg elannued suddenly, and I sew hirn
Men slightly and turn his face in tho diner
1.1011 of the sound.
The result of that day's work I jotted
down in my memorandum book. " There
33'00 !mother will." " lie has not clearoyed
it for reesons of his own." "11.0 is supor-
stitious." All three of these items were in-
letences on my part gaited during that day's
!wrathy, Tina there was another will, the
rightfel one, I 30(38 1100)' eure. That 113 1)0(1.
not been dostreyed, 1 wag nearly as thre.
The proepoote 01 01)' opponen bemire too bright,
(313 1)0300111. to 010100 it nocethrtry to destroy
the paper ; but that he guarded it very earn.
fully I cold not doubt. That the Man 13'110
superstitions I 'readily balloted, and I de.
term -Med to take advantage of it, if every
0131100 11110110 Mod.
The next thing 1. did wee to get& glimpse, maliately hastened to Clarke:I house, whieb
01 13)10 servant, Ile was more eviblooking, ; I entered unperceived. .Alamp stood In,
11 Poesible, than Me master, Tho bold, I the entry, as if seine Ma lied plena 13 1)1030
1 took it, and ran upstairs, and ornmeneed
ery search. Clarke hired only three room,
so I 'knew 11 1)1(101, be In one or the other,
The little ettet ram I avoided, for I knew
my man teas too wary to willingly reveal
whero be had placed Buell an enportent
document,
I went first into the bedroom, and tried
the key in every drawer and box I could see,
It etted nonce I pulled everything to
plecee, but dithovered nothing. 1 began to
despair and pietura to myself Clarke pounc.
ing upon me whilet in the act of searobing.
Suddenly my eye caught sight of some.
thing black, protruding front behind the
window -curtain. I pushed aside the cotton
curtain, and behind that wee a green paper
one, ancl between the two was a little blaok
box. I dragged this out and applied this
key, and it fitted. Throwing back the
lid, the first paper that met Illy eye was
labelled ; Vo 111 of SWIM Clarke."
This Wae the document I wanted, and
securing it,I, proceeded to look the box and
put things in order. Going downstaire I
encountered Clarke's servant. He gazed at
triO, but said nothing.
I went home, chuckling all the way at
the idea of outwitting my opponent. I
wondered much if Clarke was still watch-
ing the dish where hs imagined 1)10 )0001008
!coy was lying. I looked my room door
and opened the will, and at the bottom of
le as I had all along suspected, was a codi-
oil, indicted by Simon Clarke himself a few
hours before his death, cancelling all other
wills in favour of this ono, and adding, a,
small bequest to his brother. But the bulk
of his property was divided between his
children, The date of the codicil was even
later then that of the loved will, so that
oven if it lied been genuine, it could not
have stood in law.
One 13110(1 )3101104 me. Simon Clarke's ser-
vant had been e witneas of the writing of
the codieil, and he was now missinee, peels-
elly purposely sent away by the bother.
As I sat thinkiug of this, my eye caught
sight of a letter on the floor, which,
in my haste, I had probably snatched with
the will. Some memoranda on the outside
of the letter attracted me. There was the
name of the town sometwenty mile 0 dis-
tant, and also the Midas of the servant's
name.
113 )0 sufficient to say, thatwhen the ease
came up, 1 teas able to produce my witness,
and prove the will. The cam, of theme
was deoided 30 Olera's favour, and soon
afterwards her uncle and hie servant dis.
appeared—no ono knew where.
My friend Campbell, otherwise the for -
tome -teller, took such an interest in :Miss
Clara Clarke that he afterwards persuaded
her to drop the name of Clarke and take that
of Campbell instead, Thereupon she be.
came mistress of the "Mare's Nest," where
I have spent many a pleasant hour.
THE MARRIAGE OP A PARSEE.
80 ss marked by sever:a 000.10138 and 1 nt er•
Ogling Cerement es.
There must have been 700 or 800 guests
assembled before the bridal perties made
their appearance, says a writer in Cassell's
elagamee. In the centre of the hall was a
small open space, &rowel which chairs had
been placedf Several venerable -looking
dasturs, or priests, dressed in white, stood
in readiness to take part in the ceremony,
and on the tables close beside them were
trays of dry rice end cocoanuts'emblematic
nf 'sleety. Several brass trays holding rice,
cocoanuts and pan seeds, or spice pack•
ets, were Ineught, in on the shoulders of
servants. Suddenly, to the sone& of the
"Europe" band, the bride's party and the
bridegroom's entered from opposite
sides of the hall simultaneously. Then
there was such a meshing and pressine to
the bared windows of the marriage hall to
001011 a glimpse of the two parties 1 Each
party 30a0 surrounded by friends that 113 1008
hardly possible to see much of the two most
important pessons. Both parties approach-
ed the space in tho middle of the 111311,
across which a white sheet was held, the
bride and bridegroom taking their seats on
opposite 01(13.0 00 thee they could not see
each other. Crowds of friends trooped in,
bill the hall 330330 completely full. Thirteen
Or fourteen hundred guests were expected,
and by this time all liaci probably arrived.
The priests beeper to chant the marriage
servioe in the ancient Zend language, which
is not " understanded of the people." The
bride and bridegroom were each furnished
with a handful of rice, and ie is a matter of
great exeitement to see which first throws
this rice at the other when the sheet which
has been held up between them is suddenly
withdrawn. 111113 0330 whose rim 11 est touoh-
es the other is supposed to nossess the
warmer affection for the other. After the
8)1003 0(0.13 withdrawn the new married couple
satside by side, while the dasturs, sometimes
together and sometimes separately, ad-
dressed a long oraion to them, sbill 101
80114, on their duties to each other
and the world at large. All the
Lime thab the oration was going
on the priests held rico in their bands
and threw eeveral grains 013 (3 time over the
young couple, apparently enforcing eaels
oominend with a shower of rice. While the
exhortation was going on the guests got up
and walked about and talked, 131)01 110 futhher
heed was paid to the priests or what they
said. Galan& mode of jasmine buds inter-
spersed with roses (vele then hung around
bhe neckS of the bride and bridegroom till
they looked as if they were weariug boas of
flowers. Theis ((13 lo dabs of Vet' in Ulm were
placed on the foreheads 01 13110 lumpy pair
and their near relations, as an outwerd and
visible sign of joy and gladness a the
mien,
The feast was the next feature of the
entertainment, in which every one took the
keenest interest. Long tables tvith forma
on each side were pineed in a betiding epee.
ing on to the garden. Fresh banana loaves
were put at intervals on the table before
the guests, each leaf measuring about two
feet by one. They looked fresh and nice
and made capital plebes. Ono Menem, loaf
serves for all the eourses,which aro bronght
mend by attendantS, CtIrrieS of all sorts,
rice, elm them, fresh and dried fruits, sweets,
arsci cakes were pieced by the servers on
eiteli guest's leaf, till the pretty green plate
(008 40131304 over with all sorer of good things,
whieh were appereetly enjoyed ancliserime
nately ley the guest. 111118, a mouthful of
curry woe followed by sweets and cakes, by
charms, all oaten in the daintiest Way With
the fiegers, !Toone mid forks not appearing
at all. At the onci of the mead atencleas
poured water over the fingers of each guest.
Is it from the Panes we have borrowed
the custom of throwing vice at it wedding
With them ii! meang " May prospericy
and ploney &helves 1)0 111113)1 you," Is there
any retell intaning in the comparatively
modem eastom thee has spreng up among
?
Th 0, prop place for undressed kids 10 1)1
ho b elat 331
There es no mimionary in A fghenistan,
with her 6,000,000 people. Ammer, with
,000,000, hes older Rome tholio n3,08ion-
,rboo, 1(10110
Ma one missionary to !Mi.,.
100 pemlle ; Porde, one to 800,000 ; Thibet,
0110 10 t4000,000.
NUNIAMOINIIMM.193111611.1irla
110USEETOLD.
Boy's Own Snuggery.
1 saw a sight not long thin that did my
1100113 (100(1. It waif a buy's room, big, light
and !wry, and arranged to suit the boy
01Vint0TS. a smell house that, the boy'e family
occupy, and at first I wondered how they
ceuld Here 00 11111011 room for one niember.
The mother who woe showing the room,
gueseed ony thougb le and said :
"You think that have given Rolm large
P80 cent, of the home room ? I hope I
haven't robbed any 01(0 0108, but a boy must
bare a chance to spread himself or he will
take himself into the street.
" This room was the attio, and 113 3008 full
of old trash that sitnply umbered the
ground ' Or the floor, I put on e brave front,
and started out to make a den for my bay.
I feel MOre than repaid for any trouble I
have taken, for he is 00 happy in his room,
"The expense for plastering and epee
was not much. The floor had never been
painted, so it responded beautifully to the
stain that Rob and I put on. At first I
meant to keep the whole thing for a sur-
prise, but I changed my mind and concluded
to let him help feather his own nest.
" By the time the empenters and masons
were done I noticed that Rob took a great
deal of interest 30. 13)11 attic. One evening
when I was up here taking the measure for
the curbains he 10010001 10.
" Rob," I said, how would you like this
room for yourself, for a regular snuggery,
where you could pop men, have your friends,
whittle, and so on ? I've concluded to fix it
up for you if you would like."
WAYS AND MEANS
"I wish you could have seen his face
light up 1 He took me around the Walla,
gave me a bear's hug, then tvaltzed me
around the room a few times. Then, shoe
Writhe; a few somersaults, giving three
cheers ndo tiger added, he told me I was
the jollieet mother in the world,
"I began to talk ways and means with
him, and found that he wanted everything
'plain and handy,' He didn't want me to
spend teneh money, and, shove all, he didn't
want a carpet.
Just a bare floor, mameey, dear, with
000(1 or two, if you have them 10 5)1300,' lie
said. 'I shall make & pea deal of litter,
and a carpet would be a. nuisance.'
"So to please him we stained the floor.
Much of the furniture is old, varnished
over. Rob has a fancy for old things. Some
of the fin ellen he contrived. himself; this
lounge for instance. He made the frame,
and took the springs from an olci bed. The
upholstering I dicl. Sit 033 113 and see how
springy it is. '
It was very springy aud very pretty; cov-
ered with gray and blue cretonne, with an
abundance of pillows.
I suppose the bureau is old?" I said,
turning to the huge mahogany affair.
.; "Yes, it was geandinses. Rob pub on
new handles and a coca of varnish. He
has plenty of room to keep his things," the
mother said, opening the 00)0010310 (1.0(10(810.
"Ho is as neat as itpin, and keeps every -
Oleg as neat as a girl."
The rest of the room WWI Pat as honey
anti comfortable as the lounge. The bed-
stead 1(13(5 an iron one, painted grey, with tt
blue ad gray coverlet. There was a great
Shaker rocking chair, gay with blue cosh -
ions and saddle-bage. The washing ap-
paratus was hidden behind a screen covered
with paper to metal the room.
The book shelves were low, and took in
one whole side of the room. They were
only pine shelves, made and strained by the
boy and his mother. A blue and white
cotton curtain covered them.
I 3300013001 10 got a silk curtain," said the
mother, "but I really could nob afford it.
But as Rob says, 'the effect is the same.'"
OOZY emeexes.
There was ample room for all the books
that a bookish boy had picked up in his
whole life, and room for many more. Over
the shelves hung pictures of Rob's favorite
authors—Holmes'and Longfellow's genial
faces and Howehorne's handsome profile,
all framed simply in oak. A really good
etching of " Reading Homer" had the tlaee
of honor over the mantel. The mother hal
spared it from the parlor, bemuse the boy
liked a so well. A neat writing desk
covered with 0)1131300 of papers stood in the
dormer window.
" Bought at a secondhand store, so It
did not cost leech, and a writing desk of
one's own is such a comfort 1" said ity
friend. " You see Rob is beginning to
have papers' that tere neither exercises nor
compesitioes, and he should hen a place to
keep them.
The room had many little touches—re.
membrane from cousins, annts and
friends. Here was e, pretty pinmushion, and
there a dainty silk "throw" and a water
color painted by an artist nousin. Add to
these all the "Maps" that the average
normolly constituted boy colleets—the bats,
Indian clubs, fishing rods, guns, collections,
oto,—and 113 WaS a plash that 1110010 0330 wish
to begin life again, and bowie it as a boy.
"And does Rob have real pow.wows
with the other fellows here ?" 1 asked.
"105, indeeci. Heinviteewhom bepleases,
and then they do as they like, el boy can't
entertain his friends in a parlor, and if he
1100110 place when hoe= letve (3000101 time
he will look for it outside 01 1118 home. Rob
is 15, but he shows no desive to spend his
evenings away from haute, He eften in.
vites the whole family up here, from gentl-
e down to baby, and he; muskeg a, royal
host.
Just then the owner of the room earne ie.
" Isn't it jolly ?" he asked 1110 05 he stood
before the fire, man fashion. I suppose
mother has been tellieg you tvhat highjinks
we have here ? There is going toboa candy.
pall here tomight, if a corthin Neon= not
a thousand miles away would 'set up' the
saccharine, I invite you to omne. We
boys will be considerate of your ems ; that
is, as considerate es wooer], Tom March is
going to bring his banjo and Ned Brown
his violin. We'd be awfally pleased to have
you
I thanked him mid 1014 101311 thee I wish-
ed I could, and I 5.2_00013 to,
Use of Strawberries.
1013 CREAM.—Mash together one quart
of berries and one pita of them let it stand
on hour, then acid one quart of creme and
rub together into the freezer. Put in the
beater, cover and burn crank to melte sure
all 18 1(1 order, Break ice as line as possible,
peeking four inches of this and a thin layer
f gait alternately. Turn the thank slowly
1.5 reinutes then rapidly 15 minetes, The
creek will emu very hard when well
frozen.
P161101101 Feuer, —Boil ono pint of imam
and half a pint of sesta 30 minute% then
add one (mart of berries and boil 10 minutes
After freezing pour over whipped orettin,
Jere,vs —Soak belle bee of elatito two
and a half homs in cold water. Mash orto
and a half pints of berries with one.half
pita of segar and lee stand two red a,
half home; then pour 0311013011 pint of boil.
ing water over berries and sugar, prese 0)11
the juice, inix with gelatine and strain into
glaesee or moulds,
JELLY WITIloUT GELATINE, —Pour ber-
ries in a stew -pan and cover with water,
110(1111(1 21 minute% Strain, but not, press,
if you wish s, dear Abet, awl to each pint
of juice add a potted of sugar; boil to.
gothe 0 30 minute%
Jest. --Allow one pound of sugar to the
Name of fruit. Math berriee In a kettle,
boilieg hard 00 minutes ; then add Beer
and boil seven minutes,
On esee.—A half pound of sugar to one
pound 01 (0011. Altuili enough for cooking
juice and pour over the measured quantity;
000k 10 minutes, stirring constently ; add
termer end cook three minutes. Plunge the
jar in hot imam, fill, pour oat, then put in
the fruit allowing (he can to 50)3in the hot
witter the while it is being filled. Remove
the top from hot water and screw down
quickly.
STRAWBERRY CREAM TARTS. —Roll good
puff past out very thin and lay it in a ban -
pan ; put in a thick layer of fine strawber.
ries and plenty of white auger to sweeten
them to taste; put on a thin covering ot
the paste and Peke quickly. Beat well to-
gether half a pint of thick sweet cream, the
yolks of two fresh eggs and a libtle sugar.
When the tare is done out a neat round
hole in the centre, into which gently pour
the beaten cram. Let it get cold before
<reeving. Properly made, this is delleioue.
To PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES WILMA.—
Take equal weights of the largest and
finest strawberries and best, granulated
suer ; lay the fruit in deep dishes and
sprinkle half the sugar over it ; give the
dishes a gentle shake that the sugar mo,y
touch the under part of the fruit. The next
day mage a 0100)1 30)1311 the remainder of the
sugar and the plea that has been drawn
from the strawberries, and boil it, 111)311 11
Jelliee ; then put the strawberries carefully,
in it, and let them afininer for nearly au
hour •, then put them gently in the jars and
pour the syrup over them ; it will not all go
30, but Seal
e
foullteeruivilng. day the jars will hold
i
STRAWBERRY SlIORTOAKE.—TO tWO tea.
cupfuls of sour milk add a teaspoonful of
soda ; when dissolved, add one cupful of
butter or lard, and enough flonr to make a
soft dough ; roll into thin ca kes the size of
the frying pan, dust the pan with flour, put
in a Cake and cook ovev the fire ; when the
under side is clone, turn quickly and Gook
the other. Split the cakes while hot and
butter well •, lay one-half on ct plate, then a
layer of well -Fingered strawberries, next the
other half of the cake, then more etrawher.
ries, and so on until there are six layers.
Serve hot.
STRAWBERRY SYRIT--Mash the 101111 )11
a pan and put in a, warm place for
two or three days, or until it
begins to ferment. Filter the :juice
through a flannel beg, and to every pint of
juice allow two pounds (.4 sugar ; mix well
together menthe sugar clissolvee, allow it to
boil up two or three minutes, retnove it
from the fire, let get cold, Wee off any
scum that rises, and bottle it,. Two or
three tablespoonfuls of this to a glass of
cold watev is a pleasant summer beverage,
and is very refreshing for invalids.
STRAWBERRY T.ARTLETs.—Make a short
paste with one white and three yolks of
eggs, 000 0131100 of white sugar, 8118 003310
of butter, a:pinch of salt, and flour sufficient
to make it into a paste ; work it lightly,
roll it out to the thickness of a quarter at
an inch and line some pattypans with it,
fill them with uncooked rice to keep their
shape and bake them in o moderate oven
until done. Remove the rice and fill the
tartlets witn fresh sugared strawberries
and on tbe top of each put a spoenful of
whipped cream.
Seeeweiteneef eer. ke equal weights of
the fruit and granulated sugar, mash tlietis
well together, put it into a preserving kettle
and boil it rather more than helf au hour ;
while it is warm put It in jam and 1011011
cold 0001 1103300.
STRAWBERRYJELLY.—MaSh the fruit thor-
oughly and strain the juice through a =s-
he bag ; to every pint oeld one pound of
sugar, end to every five pounds of sugar add
one-quarter ounce of 'single...if dissolved in a
little water. When the sugar is dissolved
in Lhe juice put it over the flre and boil it
011111 113 is a jelly. Can same as other fruits,
STRAWBERRY SANDWICIIES FOR DESSERT.
Four eggs, their weight in sugar, butter
and flour and a pinch of salt. Beat the
butter to a cream, gradually acid the sugar
and Rom, then the well -beaten eggs and
beat altogether for ten minutes longer,
Butter a shallow baking tin, pour in the
bather, and let it hake for twenty minutes ;
let it get cool, spread half the cake with a
layer of fine strawberries, ensiled and
sweetened ; pleas the other half of the cake
on tho top, press lightly together, and out
into fluger pieces, then ice the top and sides
of each,
COMPOTE DE eeraeweautier; WITII 000-
TARD, —Boil half a pbi,b 01 1011114 and three
ounces of sugar together, then whisk in four
beaten eggs. Put Imo a stetv pan one
ounce of Matey and one ounce of floer ;
stir theirs together, then add the mantel
aud stir over a, slow fire until it thichens,
Let it cool, then strain through a maslin.
Dissolve 15 ounces of sugar in helf a pint
of cold water and boil it 10 minutes, then
pa two pounds of strawberries M the syrup
anti la it get old ; put in a deep glass
dish, Serve the custard with the oompote.
An Englishman Murdered and Eaten by
Savages,
Melees received at Queenstown mister.
day from the New Hebrides via San Fran -
aim contein the intelligence of the murder
of an Englishmen mined Somers by the
naives of New Hebrides, who subsequently
aarried off the body mid ate it. It appears
that Salvors, with another' Englishman
mined Malcohn,arrived on the Weenie early
this year, end purchased a, plantatioe near
the French settlement, They employed
rsumber of natives, who, without the slight.
est provocation,murdered &Men one night,
and attempted to murder Maleolne lehe
latter, howeveronanaged to escape, and ob-
tained shelter et the mission station at
Tongoa, two miles distrait. The natives
earned Sewer's body 11100 13110 intertor,where
they ate it. II. IL Cordelics WaS subse-
quently despatched to the scene of the
murder by the natives, but the natives re-
tired to the bush, encl es the commander
was without inarnotions,he 1311(1 (301 Maiden
arined force, The Europeens fit the island
aro in a 81(3(0 (11 alarm.
The Poet laattreate.
Mr. Sticker (of Uhieitgo)—" Ali'Miss
Laura, and What have 1(011i been doing to-
day ?"
'Miss Bean (of Boston)—" Oh, I've been
reselhig Tennyson."
Stioker—" seee you fond of Tenny-
son ?"
Miss 13e03)—" 1?ond of him I Why, I
simply devour him 1"
Stickeree" Ale well, that accounts
for it."
Miss Tlean—"Aoennnts for what ?"
Siloker—" Why, I lime so often
IN a BALI,001
rho rivomniesm moinentm Pastied by.etie
Aeronaut 1(1031 the Ateandif Tittno Seem
At a height, of 500 feet in the aite0(101(10(1
past, with tremendoue velooity, givee 000
the imprethion of Miming out of the ear Witt.
dow of a limited express, ehe sounde of earth
die away in a murmur, and 11. 10 then that
the balloon seems stationary, the earth
felling away from it.
Looking down from the height all surfaoea
appear level, mountains and valleys are
alike and the world looks es if mined out
end flathead by a rolling.pin. Roach and
rivers resolve themselves Into narrow rib.
bons ; forests, fields and meadows are olumpa
of groom red, and black, With green as elie,
dominant color. At two miles earth is lost
to view, as in a fog.
Presently the balloon begins to 00.14
driven by the air current, There is now no
apparoot motion. The aeronaut experrenees
a feeling; of oppression ; the air, deprived of
its vital principle, exhausts at each inspire.,
don ; ringing sounde are heard in the ease
and one can, so to speak, hear the stillness.
The breath comes in quick, SUCOOSSi'Ve gasps,
that do not satisfy the lungs. It is like
going to one's deeth.
Looking up the horiron is bounded by the
big black ball—the bellooe—dark against
the milky opaqueness of the atmosphere.
The air ship is swaying end swinging, whilo
the clouds, floating in a eontrary direction,
produce a vague dizziness. There is, bow -
0000, no time for tremors. Seconds mom,
home, the mind end memory travelling with
electric flight.
Conjectures, recolleations, and retrospeo-
tion flesh across the bewildered brain as one
reels through space. Suddenly the top of
the baleen cemes in comma with a elontle
there 1,. a slighe jar and the next instant
all is enveloped in fog, from which thes
aeronaut emerges soeked with spray. And,
now for the spectacle 1 Sublime, dazzling,
Mountains nf iridescence, flemy whito
clouds tinged with creamy pink, like the
phunage of the cockatoo. Swirling combin-
ations of color, blending and shifting as in
O gigautio bubble, Golden greens, thae male
into purple and bronze and crimson, with
the sun dissolving and overflowing ou their
tops. Wonderful tint, sttch as an artiet
never dreamed of, To comprehend eolor it
is necessary to have seen 'he magic cane
Yana of the clouds. The balloon sails on
and drops slowly &my from this panorama,
once more into the ooloriees atmosphere.
With the descent the earth appears to
rise and the balloon to remain fixed, and
now the operetor is occupied with one ide&
—speculation ite to where and how he will
reali earth, for distance ie incalculable ama
perspective a myth. The balloon is the
sport of ohanCe 111111 is liable to deposit ita
paesengers aye here from the top of a
church steepie to the bottom of a ditob.
'The aeronaut, takes hie life in his own handre
when he ascends wah the air ship. Should
a take fire, bane in midetir or cool off too
suddenly in striking a cold current the re.
sult is collapse end clistater, for there is no
safety valve to the fire balloon.
The &enema is invariably an enthurdast,
until he meets with an accident, after
white discretion becomes the better part of
valor and he is content to rally substitutes,
for an ascension. After a few years he ia
ept to retire altogether aud leave to others.
the hazardous occapation. Up to a period
of six years a.gothere numbered but twenty -
aeronauts in this country and they were in
great demand at country fairs, settlers' and
soldiers' mullions and upon legal holidaya,
rural celebrations being considered incom-
plete without the daring balloonist, Nebo,.
for the time being, was of more impor %me-
dian the President and the entire Senate.
and it may he added that no occupation is,
more eonducive to conceit and self-sufee
dee oy than 13101 01 the aeronaut.
There is less profit in the business now
than lomerly ; the novelty of the ordinary:
balloon ascension no longer exists fee -
Americans. Realizing this, nearly every,
aeronaut now makes the sensational pare,
chute descent.
On reaching the desired altitude this he
effected by cutting the commeteng rope.
There is a rapid fall, the resistance of the -
air forcing open the parachute, which ia ;
nothing more them a ribless umbrella,
twenty-eight feet in diameter. The opera.
Lor, on mating loose, darts downward as if
fired from catapalt, until within a few
hundred feet of the earth wharf lie is sus. •
taineci by the parachute, eheuld this fail.
to operate death is inevitable_
SCUD ANESE SOLDIElth,
--
et Totes a Bold Commander to Restrain
TItetr Intpetnosity,
The Soudanese troops are vastly interest.
ing. The jet-black creatures, resembling
ainimble gorillas in face, of all heights and
only oue thickness narrow hipped, thin
chested, with no limits to their heads and
no calves to their legs, are liked and trust.
ed by their officers to a remarkable extent.
There is little of the Red India in them t
they weuld noe fire into a sandhill oretand
still to be cut down,
The Dervish le their oppressor and 0013013 -
al enemy, and they only desire the oppor.
thrifty to " get at him" et as close quartero
m possible. They are 01)1140011 10 their love
of deceration and their whims and their de.
votion to their officers. They ave savage
in their dislike of discipline and their page
simian impatience of restraint on the
leer this reason—to keep them baok —they
have more English officers to a, battalion
than Egyptian troops. They detest drill
and blank cartridge. They are enthusiastic)
over every minor of epproaohing fight.
I was told & delightf al story of one recent
action in which they took &prominent part,
The enemy was under cover not far off e
but, the firing line of blacks were blazing,
away at him as fast as they could open and'
close tip their rifles, In vaan their officers,
led to stop them The teethe of &Immune»
tion threatened to become extremely
serions end their commanding offieer, a.
Sootchinan who had seen many fights „with,
them, losing his temper, rode up mut down
behind the line, cursing them with every
abusive epithet in a fairly adermete vocabue
hay of Ambit, invective. But entirely.
without effect,.
At last one 01 13)1003 happened to ture and
dithevered the beloved ;Bey in evidently 0,.
very exalted state of mind. He at once
rose, ran back to him, and, ;patting hine
reassuringly on the boot, hese:id, " Don'ts
be feightenecl, )ley. It's all right. We're
hero—we'll tato eon of you 1"
The Scotch Bey, 110WeVer, Wag equel to
the occasion, Ho rode out through tho
lino ancl walked his hone up and clown1113
froiit of the rifles. "Now," he said, it it
you must lire, fire Itt, me" After this it ia
not surprising to road in dospatehos that
this ellieer hits twiee recently hod his horse,
shot under hit%
The Motive, Not the Deed, Whieh Tolle, •
31 10 not morel v the <iced We nlay de,
T100111411 tho hoed be over no fain
'Tie the =tire to whieh the done Lord (loth
hoard hiin spoken of as the poet Laureate." mee f',!,'secree, tee welch woolowdearo,