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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-3-17, Page 2BEYON1 R • Lt CIIA1'TF.It XL\'l1, Tuts rumor. •It wee ton „'clock When the trap mete 10 j the door 1 Ira" w:14 10 0 cry I'eot 011 aelu09 the moor, The glume le 1 demo who made i the journey bolero. " flow long will it 1eke one to get aeruaa' to the cottage mrd pack again?" asked the old [eau, pelting on his gloves, " Four ltoure is the actual journey," I replied. 'lieu you may expeet to see me shortly after two, In the meantime you eau settle what yon intend to do with your wife. 'When she finds 1 have lad her into a trap instead of letting her out of one, there'll he it row." "1 elan know how to silence her." " You say that she does not know that you are here? Don't know the road, nor the driver there?" " Then there'll be no difficulty about bringing her here a little after two," he said preparing co get up into the cart, ' Wait," said I, " You have made no allowance for the time it will take you to eserauttdo her to play me false." 010 yea ; that s reckoned. I'vo allowed five minutes." He stepped up nimbly. His manner, even more forcibly than his words, bore evidsuee that he onter'taimedno shadow of a doubt about obtaining this fresh proof of Ache's infidelity. "If I should be mistaken," he said, turn• ing rotted as the cart moved ; " if I ant not bank by two, you will come c11 and find me." For four terrible hours 1 walled to and fro along the road skirting t'le moor in a state of mind which 1 dare not attelnpt to analyse. Note I was in a frenzy of de - :Tale ; new in a delirium of hope ; at one moment I was tempted to threw myself under a passing waggon for having doubted the sincerity of Hehe's love ; the nee! 1 had the will to fling her to the earth and ernsh the life out of her; ani between those seizures of omfiioting passions my brain, ex- bausted by the past paroxysm, saint into , state of apathy in 1vhidh the moat trit•1al Lhin;7s ooeopiod my thoughts; the drifting of a tew snowflakes in the wind -a cat prowling stealthily round a rich upon some sparrows. I could not reason -could not class my ideas consecutively ; I could walls n I,ondred yards in onedireetion, ahundred yards in the other, and watch the moor, lint nothing else steadfastly. What else was there to do? Beaton had told me to prepare means for carrying my wife away in satety, but there wasnc need for that. If she returned with him we must finish here. \"e could go no further. I had no notion what I should say eo her ; what I should do witb her. 11 would be soon enough to decide upon notion when the unto came to net Thu shorter the struggle, the quicker the end, the better for both of us. As the hour drew near for her to come I shivered 10every limb with emotion. \\'hen the church clock chimed one hall hour past one, I ceased my nlonotnnons aand,, and strained my eye. upon the point where the cart should reappear, and then stood motteu- ess, waiting for the sound of the clock like a man on the scaffold listening for the cry of reprieve. For if she 11,1 not come within the time prescribed the Beetou, I might hype, yes 1 might fairly lecpe that lila per. suasions had failed to shake my wife's fidelity. At last the clock struck two,aud, as if my hopes were already confirmed, I shouted out with joy while the tears start- ing into my eyes blurred out everything limn my sight. I ran to the inn for the pony, brushing the team that continued to flow, despite myself, from my fade ns I went. Then coming back to the read, 1 dered hardly turn my eyes over the ntoo• for fear 0f see- ing the °art, it being yet barely- bine for Beeton's return. But when I found that sty fears were not confirmed, and that ris- ing in my saddle I could see no moving thing anywhere, my heart again leaped un in exultation, and joy thrilled my body. I could laugh now at Becton, but I bore him 110 ill -will ; for had be not been the unwilling instrument to prove beyond doubt that I need never again mistrust my wife? "For his own endo, and to justify the con- viction on which he had staked that pro. fessional reputation by which 11e set so much value, lie would have neglected no effort to induce Hebe to forsake mo and rejoin the major. And he had failed. Well, 1 would pay him ten times more for his failure than ever he would have got out of me by succeeding. The unfortunate old rascal should have an annuity that ho might live decently if he chose to ; that I resolved to do. To be sure, it was not yet certeiu that he heel failed, but every step onward made the probability greater, and by the time I had got half way over the moor I could hardly find a linger- ing doubt. "Now in five minutes," thought I, " as soon as I pass those three boulders, I shall tear Howler." But the boulders were passed, and the cottage roof was visible above the brown heather, 1ud yet I heard .no sound. I made excuses for the dog's 0i. lence, and put the pony to a faster pace. I expected to see the cart 01 front of the cottage. When I saw that it was not there, I had to invent an explanation, as in the ease of Ito 0vler's silence, It bad been put alp under the rooks, and the horse turned Into the stable. That was eeneible enough to suppose. It was j001 as u,i'otsonteble to imagtne that the poor brute would be kept standing there iu the driving sleet for no ureose. But, eevertheless, I cast my eyes down to see if there was no track of wheels en the gronad, The snow was unmarked. My anxiety was terrible as l drew nearer the house. There wee 110 movement, no sound. The dog should have come to meet ale or given tongue. The offence added to the desolation of the place. It looks as if the cottage was deserted. A childish feel. ing of mingled sorrow and fear agitated me, When I tried to call out and rnalte my 0p' preach known, my voice died away inaud- ibly on my quivering lips. " Bela 1" 1 cried at last, mastering the fearful trembling of my heart. My voted croaked hoarsely in my throat. I drew myself off the pony long before we were at the cottage, and ran on like a madman t0 the door. Outside 1 stood, listening with that irroeolution whish stays one's hand from breaking the seal of a letter which is known to contain tidings of death. I opened the door 0,e last, The fire was out, That was all 1 saw, " I•Iebo 1" I called, my heart breaking with despair, " ITebo-my wife 1-I have come Thome 1 Kit Wyndham, your hue. band 1" My ones creaked as I listeuod for the reply Chet never came. 7::bon, seized with min last, toad hops, 1 rat up the stairs into her roan, It was empty 1 One of rho drawers Was open. The glance appalled ins, 1 wont, ,lewu, hoping 1 11110". nut what __ aha t 1 sliould hod her dead snuewherc'--• ally thing rather than the eotlfilnnatiem ei It un •e sheat fear, dust 11, 01.111 of me was fly lle,letead• The drawer beueitth it Wats pulled Out. The Mee hail been burst 1 it hon'; inward by cur screw, The drawer itself tv110 empty. 11y clothing was watered about upon the floor. ISvt'1•y lItil,o warm thele e, !rpt n1y Lox that contained my wife's jewels mud my money. I had told her only the night before whore 1 kap1 ler jewels. Good (led r' 1 cried, half aloud, "is it possible that elle, the woman who lay against my breast lest night, is base enouge for this?" Strangely eimegh at the moment lvhen I had this damning evidence before toe, 1 recoiled from the belief in her guilt. The hopes she had caused to spring up in my heart coned sot all die at once. Another explanation nll'ored itself, and I seized upon it as if it were the ivapiralion of Heaven. Beaton had unuttered her for the sake of the money, 1 prayed it nlighe be even that. Anything so that I might love her still, and die loving her, As 1 turned away to go out and seek her body, and strode towards the outer floor, my eye fell on a piece of paper that lay on the table, Could it be a messego left there for me 3 It was. Written with a pencil in largo characters were theee words n- " We are going to Torquay. You will find me there at the Bell. BEI:Ton" CHAPTIER NLY11I. m01i1'A1(19,1 eon THE END, It was pitch dark when I left the mom and urged. on my lune pony to Torquay. 1 found 13eeton at the Sell eating. It seemed sae if nothing could satisfy his bungee. " \\•here is she :" I gasped. 100!" here?" He shrugged his shoulders, " All I can tell 11 ith respect to her present movement is that she left here by the up train "-glaucine at the Limepieto-''thirty- five minutes s nee." " Why did she not go back to the Hermi- tage ?" p• Because Major Cleveden is no longer there." I looked steadily et that seedy, cunning old man for n minute o• so in silence without disconcerting him ; only when I burst out laughing he looked uneasy. It must have been a hideous noise, for ,ny parched throat was contracted as if a rope were drawn tight atbml t it. ' You were right," said I, emptying the teapot into a glass that stood on the table, " Time doesn't thane our disposition ; she's what she Wats eleven years ago, and so an I. Once a fool always a fool.' "Silnple, 107 friend, simple 1" said the old men in a tone of expostulation as I drained the glass. " A fool e' I repeated, angrily, olutehing the glass and taleininded to dash it into his smiling face. " Better men than I have been deceived by the seeming innocence of a pretty woman; but the stillest clown would hat -0 more sense than to be taken in by you, 0 needy trickster, whose very look should warn ono to mistrust you. Only an idiot would fall into such a trap -tic cone. denoe trick, you call ft, dote t you ?" " Really, sir, I must ask you to explain, he said, with tan ebsord air of offended ryttylon hoodwinked 1110 to serve your etre ploycr Cleveden. I see it all now as clearly as the yokel when his purse is gone, you planked tee there et Newton with a fool's trust in my heart while you got her safely out of my reach. The confidence trick - yes, that's what it's called. Tell me that she laughed when you told her that you had left me waiting there while she escaped," ''hen breaking suddenly from this self -ban• tering tone,I said with menacing vehemence "Do yon knew that I could strangle you with one hand?" "I daresay you could ; I daresay you would if you believed that I had deceived you," he replied, trying to maintain an air of confidence as he edged toward the door, " But you can't believe that if you road the paper I left for you to find. Greeted that I am -not a fool, should I take the trouble to tell you where to find me, and waitquiot- ly for you to come and strangle me?" " Why did you bring her here?" "You yourself told me to keep her out of your reach if I succeeded in getting her away from the cottage. 'Your looks as you spoke impressed the mutton on my mind. You would have murdered her if I hail broughther to you, and I have tee great a respect for the Interest of my clients to permit them to fall into emcee of that hind." ' Yon will make me believe that you're not playing a doable game -that you didn't bring her here in tho interest of your client Cleveden 3" "I have sufficient faith in your common sense to hope that I elan make yon believe that -when you are each To begin with, should have brought her hero and capon her to the Hermitage, when I knew for eertam that the house has been shut up for the past six weeks, if I had intended to restore the lady to the major. Go with me to the Hermitage. The lodgo-koeper will tell you that we called there about live o'oloolc, and that we were particularly anxious to learn whore Major Cleveden was to he found, and quite distressed in finding that the lodge.keeper could give us no information. Now, why on earth should I give myself mud the lady that unnecessary trouble (supposing my interests were inimical to yours), when I knew per- fectly well all the time where the major was to be found?" Ho gave me a few moments to digest this, and then continued- " You will ash me next why, having brought the fatly here, I allowed her to go off before your arrival." I nodded suddenly. " The answer to that is, that 1 consider. ad it advisable to keep her out of your reaoh-il was your own suggestion -a little longer, allowing you time to discuss with mu soma hotter scheme of retribution than the unprofessional course of murder. An• other reason for letting her go was that I couldn't prevent her, As I warned you this morning, that yo,ng Woman is sufficiently wide • awake to call for the protection of the police if she finds herself in danger of personal violenoo ; and nothing but personal violenoe could havo prevented her going off by thee train." Tho oxplanat;or was plausible enough but I was suspicious now to a greater degree titan I had been confiding before, ' Do you know where she is gone'"" I asked, 1 took the tioket for bar. She is gone to London." "'loo major is there?" " o, he to sot, or 1 should net }ave ad. .lied her to nock ilia there," 11 THE URUSS31LS POST. " I will fieri her there," e;tid 1, Hulking a striae toward,* the door. " No, you will not 16111001 ml' a"'n ranee. Sit down, my dear air. Thou in net, another train to Meter before 11,:tU, 1 have been studying the tenle•t>thles es you see," IIo lwid Lis hand on a pile beside the t•u tray. .1ud if yen tulle my 0.l0iee you won't go to Loudon then.- " What is your advice:" 1 asked, savage• ly.• "Ily advice is," said Ito, after a dry cough, and seating himself again, "dist we come to a distjuet understanding wit ll regard to the future. I decline 10 take service in the capacity of a ' needy triak0ter." Tliere must be no mere itemisations of that kival. Yon utast have 00111 Benue iu ate, oe I refuse to net at all, I expect to 1.,I paid for ley ser0fce0; u0t strangled with ono hand," "Before I ascent your services, I must know what you propose to do." " That is reaeonable, There are two courses by which justice, retribatiou, or what you please to call it, may be obtained. It is a matter of taste which should be taken, and that I leave to you. But mark this, n1y dear sir ; there must be no person- al violence committed whilst our profession- al connection exists. 1 must theist upon that as a personal sategnard. Should yea feel the spirit of vengeance obtaining 0 010s - tory over your reason, you must settle up with nes before gratifying your vindictive inclinations," " You mean that 1 mast pay you before 7 murder my wife and give thyself up to the hangmen." Ho inclined his bead. "I agree to that," I saw nolo another reason why he had been so careful to keep my wife out of my reach. "As 1 sold, there are two coarses open to you, The simplest is to intercept the lady before she niches the major, aml claim her as your wife before !roam einem her as his." Is there vet time to do that 1" " Plenty," said he, glancing at the time! piece ; "lye needn't leave here before 830. \\'e eats get to 1 he „Catton 111 11011 1111111,100." And the other course?" "'gnat is more complicated, and requires greater• peueuce and self-restraint ; but, on the whole, 1 think it more satisfactory. Sou will suffer the lady to rejoin the major, and resume her former position, When they have settled down quietly, you will take advantage of soma occasion when she shall he surrounded by her family and friends• -say, a dinner party or it public ball -and dressing yourself with scrupulous regard for the surroundings ancl the station of your wife, but still keeping your charism: ter as Gregory, the escaped convict -I got n brief outline of your pretender) history iu the cart t h is afternoon -still preserving that character, you will publicly denotmee her as ou0 with whom you were formerly on terms of close in t honey, and who q netted her husband and lived with you six months on the moor, Tho c0necqueuce of this public shao•e will be punishment enough in my estimation ; but, of course, I shall not. pre- tend to exercise any toluol over your ex- tols after I have brought you face to fano with your wife. As soon as you Bee her T shall expect a toll discharge of;your obli- gations to me." " You shall have it," I said, drawing a long breath, and 1.renlbling with the pros- pect of this terrible vengeance. "One question of a delieate nature must he answered before we go further, and that is, whet value we shall fix upon these obli- gations. Possibly at the last moment it will be inconvenient to make out a bill of costs. \'ou might, for instance, on seeing your wife be seized with a wish -a de- em -" ' To fire a bullet into her heart 1 Yos ; go on." " Therefore, the system of payment for services night be attended withinoonvel ien0es, besides Tossibly lengthening the proceedings. Now payment by result -a lump gain down-" "Yes ; I will pay you that way the mo- ment I see bee, • "This is very considerate and nine. But unfortunately, my dear sir, you were weak enough to tell your wife where you kept. her jewels and your stoney ; and as you perhaps observed, she did not forget tie fact in the hurry of parting." I bowed my head, feeling as if my wife's shone were mine, "She told you that 1" I muttered in won. dering regret. " She also intimated however, incidental. ly, that you had other resources." "Otherwise, you would have got her out of my way eltogetler, instead of betraying her into my halide." "It is quite possible," be said, unabashed by the charge ; "'professional etiquette does not oblige a man to make a fool of him- self." "How much do you want? Speak out." " Shall we say one hundred guineas -or" -he checked himself abruptly ie suggesting an abatement, as I drew out the pocket book in which I had some notes ; 1 had two of ten pounds each and one of five. "Give 010 sheet of paper and I will write for more." 1•Ie fetohed the writing materials with alacrity. Where shall Dave the money sent ?" Tie ooneidered a nlonent, and then re- plied- "Ajaooio, Corsica. You have more than enough to take us there," " Corsica 1 Is that where she is gone?" "That is whore sho will go when sho finds 1111at the major and her children aro there. She has gone to London -as I told you -to learn his address from her father. She cannot start before tomorrow morning. We shall be at Southampton at 11.30, and, cross to Havre by the boat that leaven at midnight, In that way we shall reach Ajaoaio before she does.' I wrote a few lines to Mr, Renshaw, asking him to send nee a o0uple cf hundred pounds, addressed to the Poste lit:stavtte, Ajaccio. Now that our arrangement i0 concluded so far satisfactorily," said he, as I closed the letter, " may I suggest that you should take some refreshment? We shall get noels• ing before we remit Havre tomorrow morning -if the departure of the Paris train gives time for that. Wo must fortify ourselves for these exertions, and the cold shoulder of mitten is delicious, so are the pickled walnuts, He himself tock my letter to the post while fete what ] could with feverish haste, rather as if my life were at stake that a worthless woman's. At 8.30 we loft Torquay, and at midnight we wore on board the Havre boat. The fol- lowing afternoon Paris woe behind us, Thee for there lied been no delay ; but at Marseil- les we feud Chet leo must wait a day for the boat to take its to Ajaccio. " This is as well," said Booboo ; " for I have observed. that our present eppoaraneo attracts the ettention of rho police. A bath would do us good ; so would a substnelttl need, After that a few frane0 might bo .1 lleiously laid out in clean linen end a port- ,nantertn, We should thou loop less 11) i wo had absconded," Indeed, we looked di:,rep11 it , euongh, ddspite lie l nslren1010>00 0' oil llllotll1i1; told though 111 to completely indifferent to what p,plc eight think of 11,, or own to per. -oral emnfort, 1 tt•11 in with hie self. nestiot1 n,t uutvilliugly. 'There 000. good ra,unu 10 9111/310.s,1 that WO ;r4•1" in daytime. of my wife, awl 1 hoped to liii.dt will, her there in Marseilles, I had no wish to carry out the vieborate evident 4,1 revenge 19eeton had sageee1>od all 1 wanted lyes to tweetmy wife :mol got it 011 over, and he done with it all ie'r ,,ver, 11 wee no Ilse to drag out meth a nameable t'a'co as this life of heartless trickery anti cruel mockery had become, "What do yon w•islt to know, my dear sir?" lialted Benton, when I called for a "lame -tape at- the cafe. "Whet 1,line the trails come 111 fr0nn Peels." 13e took alarm at once. "Surely you would not be so ill advised as to make a Hoene upon the raliway plat. form --to attempt any act of violence in the virility of the police, and-" "Yon have your ticket for Ajacoio ; you can go there and claim the latter at the post office with the I' I d tw ' p e n G a uo from land. My discharge papers are In this pocket. You can take them 11 -if T don't go tomorrow. Upon this (10sureame h0 ate his dinner in contentment, and suffered Inc to walk upon tho platform alone, while he amu0ed him. self with an English paper he had bought at the look -stall, I was there until tho Inst train ca1110 fu at, eight ; T was there when the first train arrived in the Morning. Not a woman of all those who streamed pest the barrier es. caped lay eyes. 1 had no sense of weariness or impatience. A dull aching at my 110100 was all the feeling loft to it. In the evening when I rose teem the ethic of the restaurant, seeing that another train was duo in ton minutes, ileeton s,tfd, with brows expressive of peen fob regret 1- '" I fear there will be no time to see this train in ; we must go down to the quay and embark in five minutes," " We may just all well wait here ; she 111500 pass 000ucr or later if she comes at> all." " If she Homes, very true ; bot it seems to ins more than preliahle, as the lady has not yet come, that, she has gone on by Leg• horn and Bastion to escepe eft, long sea voyage. Slie is not the kind of person who world encounter unueeoasnr discomfort," "That's true," said 1 "We'll go down to the boat," The sun was rising ever the mountains as we dlse,nbarked a0 Ajaccio, Seaton, who had been miserably ill from the tinge we left I\7arseilles, came on deck only when the landing boat was waiting alongside. 110 was the 0Ol01' of an old parchment, rind toil not a word teeny. But his spirits revived when he stood once more on firm grimed. "Where is the Cones Oraudvad?" he ask aft of a Commissionaire. "There," replied the mat, pointing up the avenue of palms and orange trees "past the square and tie barracks, beyond the fountain of the four lions," "\\-e midst keep close of the"," said Becton, turning off to the right. "The nhajoe lives up there. 11 be catches sight of 1110, he'll whisk your wife 001 of the way if she is here, or stop her on the road if she has notarfived. That will entail a great deal ofincontenienee and delay." Knowing what had happened in the past, I thought there might be another reason for his wishing to escape the major's observe, 01011. "You'll have to keep out of the wn.y while I make inquiries," he said, et break• last, "There are three or four ways by which your wife may conn here -by boat from Marseilles, train from Boc0gnano, or by diligence or private cerriae0 front Calvi, Probably she will choose the latter, and in that case may arrive at any time. You can't teach all the roads ; so you will have to adopt the 000rse I suggested; sleet me in public, and-" he coughed expressively. " So that we don't have to wait long, said 1, sullenly, my eyes fixed on the blade oft knife that lay on the table. A ray of light, striking the stopper of a decanter threw en irrideseent gleam upon it ; in one part it seemed stained with a spot of living blood ! (TO BE coNTINUED.) TIME THAT TRY THE COWBOY'S NERVE. Stormy Night's, 0i hen fills tot to /Sardly a nanny Oslo. In the windy, bleak nights when the ram falls ie torrents or the snow, flying in clouds 000310 to out asunder all that comes before it, that oowboy Iles tie greatest ob- stacles to overcome. Those are the nights when a sudden stampede might destroy all the roueding•up work of weeks preceding. Mounted on his best bronco the cowboy rides out to his post on the outskirts of the gathered herd, miles away, perhaps, from ; 0110 ete0lp. As the wind whistles in hoarse eadenoe along the eurfaco of the ground. Bald through thusaee brush his dul client floats over to the (money herd. A few steers made restless by the cold start to wander away from the gathering place, and through the blaolcnoss of the night the cowboy sees their moving forms, \Without ceasing the song ho moves gently past them end they are turned bank to the thousands they have at. tempted to leave, Ono° in a while a steer escapes, to return again at break of clay, but the general stampede eeldotn happens. But when a stampede does occur tie cowboy's nerve is tried to the utmost. "Milling” astarnpede is one of the moat dangerous operations that a cowboy has to endure. To mill the cattle is get them going in a circle and letting them run them- selves down. A frightened herd of several thousand will run over a train or anything. The only way to stop them is for seine bold fellow to mount a horse and ride around the herd, and by constant cuts of the lariat or squirt get the loaders turned, He must follow close after the leachers and not mind those in the rear. They will follow, But it is certain death if he is unhorsed or his pony stumbles. The frightened herd would trample hien to death in a moment. A oowboy onoo told lee that be was trying to mill a etampode one very dark night. He was almost at the leaders when his horse etoppod. He had raised his spurs to plunge them into his pony's flanks when a flash of lightning showed him that ha was on the verge of a precipice some 200 fent high, He said he event back to camp sick and it wa0 a week before he could take to the saddle, A Double Responsibility Upon Hun. Embarrassed Young Man-" Have you - e• -got any °radios ?' Furniture Dealer-" Yes, sir," 011. Y. M. (becoming stili more embarrassed) --"In cases whore-.wharo-whet it Wasn't just -just what you expected, you know, and• -•and•' -and you have to buy °radios, you know, to itonstomary to buy two 0radle0 or -or old 'medic big enough for both of aim?" iIBALT: . Nature as a tlUre All, , Thee %mitt,iol of the human etonuacll is not lone determine"! mot marked than that of other organs, and 11111n'n digestive organs have been modified acnordingto his nc0•11100. lion .and the age et whirl he letrod. The ego 01 grasshopper unci lu:'not eating h„0 yhlded to that of (11111%1S back duck and fine pastry eating, and medical prophets tell tie that the pteee10 bill of fare meet avrnulully yield to Due that will give ns Hurling but fruits, grains, vegot,al>l, a anti mita to choose lf0m, Along With oar evolution of the stomach there hes been a dental change whish must. oleo continue to advance with 11a modification of our food, Our tooth tit'o growing small and whiter, and less endue• 1118, H0 that by the time we reach the veg0- tareen period we will he toothless. It is fu aaordanue with elle theory of many that the evolution of the 1(110100 mind has been from bad to worse, and thatwoh've degen- erated from 4110 trustful, rovorentlal, fifth• believing mind of the early egos to the skeptical, naterialistee attltnde of today. Along the same line the evolution of the stomach has been going iocoeding to the ideas of many, and ever since primitive man left off eating fruits and nuts we have been going from lead to worse in a hygienic sense and that our only hope is to rectum to Otto eating of nuts, fruits and beef, Tlt0 CCRE•Ar,n NATURE. This now hygienic school believes in clis- peosing with all drugs and medicines, and to adopt nature as the cermet fm' diseases and human filo. Everything in this world depends upon dietetic principles and the man who observes this can laugh tit Info ineuranee companies and their ilatteriog offers. The initial maxim of this school of medicine or hygiene is to koop the feet warm, the head cool, and the bowels open. These ere to be acemnpliebed not by drugs and medicines, but by fulluwing nature's simple rules, lint no two people interpret! natures rules alike, and there lea division of opinion as to what Lo do. \\'e all believe in good ventilation, and the use of bol water, and a fruit diel, and these are the chief weapons with which to dispel all :lee 1 encs according to the euro -ails of ruuure. .1f fruits or nuts are disagreeable we must cook thiel, They have the essential ingredients necessary for good itealti, if they are' pre- pared properly by cooking. Jaren mills can be dispensed with if the eat alllieeeut Brazil nuts and almonds. This school also opposes the use of cereals which are supposed. to 00,1ta111 starch 111 an 1>1jur10118 form. We must take starch into our systems fn 00100 other form. Nuts and futile lifter all are the chief things supplied by nature that will benefit 1a, and that will give 0 healthful diet. These 0110,1,1 be followed up by plenty of fresh air and int water, and life 1>111 be made pleasant. Nevertheless, each cue chooses for himself, and aha good things of life, other than nuts and fruits, will probably be eaten just the sane by the majority of people, 110 )1.10 AND ANt)1,t. 801011011. The delicate instrument of the ear pro. grosses lose through cultivation than any 011ee organ, and we must admit that the ear of the savage and of animals is so much finer in Con0Lru00ion that they can hear sounds "lint are inaudible to civilized peo- ple. There is something curious about its development. Our modern Iifn tcac'bes our ears to detect mistakes in mesh!, and to appeeeiate harmonious sound, from 1 iscord- ant ones ; bee as for leaking our hewing more *mete it fulls short, rhe ear of the musician is not as acute as that of the oavlge. On the contrary, deo,foco,, in a slight degree is very common i11 all civilly, 0d countries and especially fu oities. This deafness is largely on the increase, and it es due probably to the continuous roar which distinguishes our city life. There is also injury to the ear through foul gases and bad ser 1 close rooms, Moat animals have very aento bearing, fund they hear sounds that are Mandible t0 us. A curious thing abort it is that domestic animals do not es a rule have as tonne heating as wild ones. The ear of a woman is generally finer than that of a men, and she will often boar a range of sounds thee the male members of the race cannot detect. As a rule they hear higher sounds than men, and 10 is possible for sounds to become so high as to be die. tressing to a sensitive ear of a woman, and not audible at all to her male coloranion. It is also noticeable that the ears of our conn• try girls are more ao>te than those of their city sisters. CORNS, WA1LTS AND CANCERS, Aside from the disfigurement of corns and warts they sometimes prove quite den. garotte, and in cancerous constitutions they can be made to develop into cancers by irritation. In the study of enemies in the more recent oases the belief is inclined to be adopted by some that cancers are but the onteome of warts, nr that warts are the seeds of Dancers. Tlis idea, however, is not generally believed yet. There are dis- tinct cases, nevertheless, of warts develop- ing into cancers and killing tho p0tioot. This is caused by constant irritatiou. .Any dioease if sufficiently irritated may develop into something worse. Corns and warts 11e not to he trilled with, nor irritated by con. scant picking at thele. They should be re- moved only by 0omo powerful medicine that will take them away and hill thee growth so that they will net be apt to re. turn, One of the best mixtures for this perpos0 is made of one pert lactic acid, one part salicylic aoid, and eight parte collo- dion. A. S. ATICINSON, M. D. ]olnllt'ir 17, 1893 Lo the sweetest, 01oep mel the vital pro- u.mos of this unpin tent, bacon of develop. inept. it is scarcely l,l>mrd,le for this eines Le sleep too long, if such sleep is Handl and refreshing, while it be desirable to en - 1111L lite birds in ing anrly .rent. o\nd, while early erg!' fn soourod, 14 is net wise to er1/11141 chlildren from re• freshing sleep in the meruiug, et least allowing them to awake naturally, which they will do when mature IS aatlafiel.I, The moreaOWvepartionlat•ly the nervous girl, will rarely Imo sullieleue sleep if not allow at least ten lours--umrosom,, tinesbe- ingneeded. ler hfie all sleeping rootlet require 11 much greater supply 4ef fresh, pure air than le generally se:t moil, that of growing o u e children,is ,, est a etc of Lhoa4 C e] �ivo rapidity of the physical changes, corre- sponding with their a0LiviGy, will require free ventilation. --open doors and perttally opened windows being necessary during most of the per, though, iu the winter, while froth bleezos are almost constantly blowing, flesh air will generally find its way iuGo such rooms, 10 consequence of then' netivit', more, relatively, of the impurities of the body, will bo thrown eat night, re- quiring a generous supply of free air. A ohlld noels more Malting than au adult, the light blankets being preferable to the heavy.yuilts and comforters, so called, tl>e blankets being more rapidly and perfectly cleansed. The mature of the material on which the child lies is also a matter of im- portance. Wo advise throe feathers be dia. carded altogether. They are objectionable on many aocpunts. Their animal origin gives them in a high degree the prollerGy of absorption, Bo that they readily tole up and retain the exhalations of the body and whatever impurities may bo brought in con. tact with them. IL le true that, feathers may be renovated, but this process is seldom resorted to more than once a year, and fee. quently the lowlier -hod passes down from generation Go generation, adding yearly to its net'nlmtlallm> of impurities. 'The sus- ceptible eystcros of children may be readily injured by "outset with time seen rte of im- purities. Feathers are also objectionable on account of their heating property-. THE WORK OFA KITTEN. She Salve. a Creat Paint et' 1, cin 0lii1'1d.1' anal Is (9Mrlehed. In the atelier of a certain French painter there seems to be n co"greos of yellow cats, or, rather, the sane eat itt portrait -0 enun- morahle. Eight yea's ago Maurice Lenoir dwelt iu a garret, earning lila breed by copying pictures, nourishing his enol with dreams of a classic canvas which never came HE At length his poverty became tmt,earable turd began to raise visions of suicide, One evening he bought poison. Remi. tering his roost something brushed past his feet. Ile lighted it caudle and began to write a fete Rime, merely to save trouble Ile the inquest. ;Suddenly there sprang upon the table a little yellow kitten ; it rubbed c•tressingly against his fueo. Evidently a waif, min of the surplus ninefold lives of nobody's cat. It erns thin trod famished, its wet fur frayed by the jaws of some dog. '• Ono null 1,e tired of life," said Maur- ice, but one does not leave el guest loin - With bread, and milk, all be had, ho fed the kitten ; then warmed it within the breast of his emit, where Reeve:moil with its 1011,1110 the hand that held it, then purred itself to sleep. Maurice reflected : " Suicide is the refuge of one who has no longer hopes, Lies of tie Motion, or responsibilities. Iu receiving this kitten 1 have smarmed a duty. '1'o place this little creature for warmth ,poo my heart, and then turn that warmth to tee would be a betrayal. At least I will live until to•tnorrnw." In the morni"g the title oat appeared so pretty r?lnurloe painted it atld was able to sell its portrait. Another Wta0 ordered and another. M. Lenoir's pussies became the fashion. Ole deferred his dreamt of a classic attune end painted only cats, in all postures and colors, yellow, black, white, gray, and tabby. He studied cats; he divined under choir masks of drowsiness 00 caprice the pubtle charm and wisdom adored in old Egypt. The yellow kitten that saved his life also made his fortune. And el. Lapeer proved not ungrateful ; the yellow cat, now pitted. arch of a tribe, has his cushion and hie cup in the ateleer,and wears a golden collar inscribed, " To My Benefactot." Rest and Sleep for Children' Itis not only Gros that growing children need more food, relatively, than adults - serving the doable ptrposos of promoting the growth and sustaining the health and etrength for the daily exercise -but they need an abundance of sleep, particularly in infancy. They nee unueually maim re. valuing but a snort One inactive during their wakeful lours, while it will be difficult to find adults who would follow in thoir footetepo for a Ringlet day. This unusual activity not only wastes muscular tissues - demanding an antplo supply of food to re- pair such waste-bntexbausts nervous vital. sty, both demanding on unlisted rest and sleep, to aid in the recuperating infln' 0nce0, Like the infant, for the first few weeks doing but little beside eating and sleeping, older children regnir° innoh sloop -1005 that infants, of course -for the very importnnt reason that most of the necessary work of growth aid repair of the constant waste of the body is elected during the hours of sloop and rest. It is important bo have tide Sleep a5 pro' found and m>dieturbod as possible, that these vital processes may be as perfect as 010 oirountstneeos require, That this may bo true, the last meal should be the most simple and moderato of the day, oiueo our sweetest and most refreshing sloop is not possible while the prorese of di goatee es un - >1811111y labored. A. foie end nl,oerful frame of mind, with favoritlg surroundings, 110411. ing Go near the happiness, will conduce A Graphic Piotnre of a Desert Caravan. A great caravan le march is a superb spectacle, alas I too infrequent now in nor. there Africa. At first Arabs alone can de- tect it, a mere speck lost in a dusty halo, whence it emerges at length, a tawny-oolor- ed mass possessed of a strange motion, the swermeng of a thousand lives in ono. Here mud there silhouettes of straggling tanmale, stand proele.l, like hieroglyphics, of rho fiery sky, as, itsensibly trading Its snake- like curves, the convoy ativattcos, Hours after being sighted, it passes in slaw defile, led by a vanguard of blooded camels, whose gait and bearing have an ale of arrogance not uu0Gomitry to that race of proletarlan 0, the chieftains seated aloft in their floating burnooses, alert of eye, with gun in hand, statuesque guardians of the convoy.troas• ore. Behind them tite camels of burden, exhausted leas by loads than with the fa• rigors of the journey, their legs and crop. pers bald and Battered by blows, straggle forward languidly, thrusting out the tongue as they press their huge, spongy feet in the yielding ground. Whitt resignation in their soft, staring eyes I Vetly, no phil- osopher knows better than these poor brutes flow in0(10are Microvolts against Inexorable fate. Near at loud walls the drivers, their emaciated features savagely illumined by oyes of fire, and white, gloaming teeth pieroin3 their parohad lips, 01 ail who started with the caravan, how many have fallen by the way, abandoned to agonize alone in the desolation? -[Moran Sorib• 1>5r, Reassured. Pat (badly frightened)-" ItXike 1 Mike 1 ow Mike I" hider-" Plat's the matter w'td yez?" Pae (in a hoarse whisper and looking al revealing stranger)-" There goes Mulcahy in flesh and bones, and me being at tho wake the noigllt before wo biretta, him." It'iko-" Co 'way, mon ; that ain't, him ; and faith, woeldu a ho be dressed in mourn• in' if it was Mulcahy ?" Pat (with a sigh of relief)-" Oslo I and so he would. Bogerra, pkat a freight Oi had." An Epileptlo Colony. 70 le propooel to establish an epileptic colony near Tendon, where epileptics of both Sexes can bo employed and properly eared fon The Lord CI>an,ellor, 1)r, Farrier, Sir Andrew Clark, and mail loading physioians recently addresecd it public mewing in sup. port of the plan,, Ton thousand poem's 10 rmqu1rod In GHnml Ile colony, and over 11, Opti lets Leon quioitly subsarib°d.