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VICTORIA 011000; 044,7 sTtithe girl that yeaesured her lovely hems Pat like en old Irbil:moisten,"
alio)! re. „,
rghten e burden which had been "You can look a • :turned McLeod
-.see preseung on her heart, She eratled.brightly, leughing. "Will yell play me tomething.
Bp the author et. "A. STRANGE -Wttiontma. and Alice geld meditatively.-- Or Are you too tired?"
EVS," QAARR SrAmsePa's 4 . 44 I think it would be rather nice to be She fluehed aad half opened her line, but
she evidently resolutely put down whatever
DrAstorsna," your wasd, Mrs. 8411iVell Said leMet
• *mind our p's and qte,' because militery trecridadon she felt au silly," Mise Verner
CHAPTER IL CONTINUED.It was finch Sweet silvisy voice, with
just the.slightest 'trace of an Irish accent,
!he lest word() were spoken, with shocked
reproach as the little figure pante shyly from
behind Screen and etood still with down.
cast eyes.
"What 1 you are atrid of me, my child /If
said Colonel YfeLsod, half laughing.
He took her bawls awl kiesed her too,
and drew her forward to the light. She was
a pretty.girl, with likenets enough to the
older to prove her relationship, but with
not one tithe of Orgoilre beauty and lacking
Cecil's winning grace and nameless charm—
at least uo Colonel McLeod thought ; and he
was a keen physiognomist.
" I am afraid I have not given you much
of a welcome home," he said, putting Cecil
back into her ;mat and bringing forward a
:chair for Alice, who had received his °arose
shyly and in silence, but who was now furi-
tively !manning the tall erect figure in the
glittering uniform. "1 Was obliged to be .
present te-day at the ntanceavres, or I should
have come to meet you myself. But you
have been well taken care of, I hope?"
"Ob, yes, thank you, Colonel McLeod l' -
said Cecil, a little sh)rly, but without- the'
slightest awkwardness of manner Isased she
was fast losing a certain awe she had felt at
first, " And Tarot was so kind to 'us in.
Ireland."
" She took us shopping in Mihail," res
marked Alice, with wide-open eyes of de-
light at the recollection, "and bought us
ever so many things. She said we Were to
be the Colonel's wards."
"Ab, little maid, you find your tongue
when we come to the shopping l" said Mo...Led, smiling. "Janet was quite right—
you are my wards; and I will do my best
to take care of you."
Cecil raised her large eyes again with a°
half -wistful look; they expressed a mute
gratitude that her lips could not frame into
words. She wanted to say too much; her
heart was full of unuttered thanks ,for all
the Colonel's kindness; but Aliee; -whose
shyness seerned to have quite disappeared,
came to her aid with an account of the dis-
comfort of tho passage by sea.
"I was ill, but Cecil wasn't, nor was Ja-
net. I wanted to stop at Holyhead. till I
was well, but Janet wouldn't; and we *but -
en to Landon. Oh, I like London, Colonel
McLeod I Why don't you live there ?"
"Because ray duties keep me at Aiding-
hurst," said the Colonel, who was aniused.•
It seemed so strange to him to be listening
" to a girl's chatter: " I am Colonel of a rep.
meat stationed at Hide."
"Oh, like papa was at Cork before he left
thb Army 1 Did you know papa 'very well;
Colonel McLeod ?"
"He was a very old friend of Mine, my
dear," answered Loris McLeod; and Cedi
noticed the slight_ehangesiashis_toneses,hes
spoke. "We served together once:"
" Papa ueed to talk of yott so often, Col:.
Mel McLeod," said OMR softly ; and Aline'
exclaimed ergerly—
"Wasn't it in the Indian Mutiny?' Pare!
wee there, And he used to wear a lot of med-
als, You don't have any, Colonel McLeod. •:
Why don't you wear them so—on year :
coat ?"
• There was a moreentary pause, and A
slight tremor shook the Colonel's tall figure.
Then he answered quietly— •
" Your father was in action after that, my
child. I came home before the Mutiny
closed." •
"But why did you ?"persisted Aliee ;she
had no idea that she was implanting a thorn
with every word.
"1 suppose because I was net Wanted,
my dear. What a number of questions !"
said the Colonel, smiling, and moving away
a little from the glare of the firelight.
Cecil glanced across at her sister warns
ingly s she had AA inetinetive knowledge
that, for some reason, the Colonel, sdid not .
wish to talk about India; but Alice never
heeded any warning when she wanted to be
heard ; her shyness was skin-deep.
"Couldn't you get medals athome then?"
ahe asked.
" No ; only on active service."
" Wouldn't you like to 'have the Victoria
Cross ? Oh, shouldn't X, if I was A soldier I"
cried Alice. "Why .didn't . you, Colonel
McLeod ?"
"Don't be so silly, Alice I". interposed
Cecil quickly, vexed beyond measure at her
sister's forwardness. But the Colonel only
said, with a half-sraile that was strangely
sad and evreet— • • '
" It is not given to every one, Alice, to
win that which is the highest reward a ifed-
slier can win. If a man wears that on his
breast, he may indeed be vend. But I
mustn't keep you talking hero now," he
added; "it is getting late, And I ain all
coveted with dust. 1 ought to apologise,"
he said to Cecil, "for coming into a la430s
presence just as 1 am; ..but I would not
wait."
"1 am so glad you did not," said Cecil
naively. "1 wanted so to see yeu soon,;
it doesn't seem strange now we know '
"Thank you, niy child—" and the Colon-
el smiled down upon the winsome WE. - "I
only west you to feel at home here, because
this is your home now ; you will seep fall
into new ways. Happily, young thingedike '
you can adapt yourselves to eircumstancee."
" Shall we not bo in your way, Colonel
McLeod?" said Cecil wistfully; and she put •
her little soft hand into his. "Will you
tell us everything you like us to do, or Dot
to do? because, you know "—and the girl
spoke earnestly as she saw that he avasshout
to speak—" we haven't 'beeri.bristieht•sip
quite like the gide you know, I am 'Ames
' o lived all alone with , papa; and I am
afraid you will think us very wild, and per-
haps we shall often VOX you. But I sheuld
like so to try to do exactly whit you Would
wish.
This was mid with a subdued imptilsivs
nese, while the girl's eyes sparkled with
earnest feeling,
" Do you think I am so very strict then,
Cecil ?," asked Colonel McLeod, laying one
hand on her shoulder. and bending , dove a
little. "Perhaps X can alnico my life to
you -'r. At any rate I make yonthisi pro.
mise—when you are very Much iny way,
I will tell you. Will that do ?"
There was scone latent ,mischief hi the
beuseholds aro very trict ; but / don't think i ha a lofty • contempt. for ' all 44 silliness,"
s
and the crossed to the piano, which the
,so ; you are very kind..""
outrightColonel opened for her, '
The Oolonel laughed .
"Oh," elle Bald, with a deep sigh of aatiss
Thenks for your commendation," he i'
faction, as she sat down before the. lustros
Saii44 "tett I don't think / aM. very Arid, , ment end touched the keys caressingly,
.
I 09.'4% •quarrel with you for riding the
ponies ihate.backed, for instance, for aluling . "what a glorious( piano 1 I (ain't play Well
enough for it. Photo will you not be very
*own the balusters instead of coming down
eevere, Oolenel IStoLetal?"
VW your feet. Thom) 40 mine Or your
e
Woke. I can see,i' as a merry glance passed Ho only smiled and went and at in a
from Cecil to Alice. "Well, Well,lie young distant part of the room, but ;viler() he.
as tong as you can, only don't let the po-', mild see her still. As he was a good
nies throw you , inuaidaa •he was well able to judge of an -
"Wo," .
e
can stick on anyhow," said Cecil, other powers.
Cecil played several pieces with delieacy
laughing ; "only I expect your heroes are .
more frisky than our poor old Mick." and grace, and the Colonel saw at onoe that
"
Wel)YO4 WO)* Want to ride bete; the had only.wanted .cultivation.. Crossing ,
to her 'fade and laying his hand on her
backed,. I dare eey," remarked McLeod,
with A smile ; "saddles. and rifling habits .shoulder he told her so.
After that Loris McLeod made her sing,
ore the fashion in Ryde. You do ride to a .
,and he discovered that she had an exquisite,
civilized manner. I suppose?" • •
, - "(Ili yes; We used to betore—before ly pure voice, Then Alice was called upon.
lost his money " said Alice. 44 Shall She declared oho could ping, but hated play,.
imps ,
• ing. She had never .practised, it was such
Yee ride, Colonel MoLeonir
hard work. Cecil •would stay in.donrs for"Of course,- There ia,,Taruit to take you ' .honre while she was geampertag round thes
off to dram for (limier," • paddock .on Mielesliate -bodes .Noverthelees ..
les4iedh Ayes opened and her cheeksflush- ehe was made • to sing and play, while Cecil
'65; how grand that :was, she thought; to wandered round the roan looking at the'.
dress for dinner I " Alice went out with Jan. pictures., and Lorie McLeod's dark oyes,
et; 'but the Colonel detained ()sell an she. half bidden by the drooping lashes, Were
was leaving the room, •toting on the &mend . girlish figure in its
" A moment my child,he said. "I want- ' eloeelyTfittieg black iebe.
ed to say a few words to yon. Your father . So the evening passed uritil it .was time
was the oldest, the dearest friend I had. for the two young travellers to retire." As
We .met but little for the host fen yearof
hid) life. I did not know that he • had. Met • the Colonel the door for them, helmet
for each the Barna gentle " Good -night, nay
with reversee-until the letter came that ask.,4 child ; Heaven keep you," tho same goal°
ed the to be your guardian; but rernetubet handclasp, yet for Cecil there was a eater •
•••that all I eau de for his children. Will never light in the dark 'grey eyes and, na. more tender'
',repay all that he gave raci---in fernier (ley... adenee-in the sweet arnica. .
or he gavewhat nen air cold nor .p •
will buy—truat. Therefore. you must think " I like our Colonel .very, very nauch,
yourself at haute at Eidinghttret ; you are , said Cecil gravely after a long meditation .
both My charges. I may fail to make on ..over the fire that nitht .when Janet had left
happy ; but it shall- not be for ' want of them. " I like him to 94 ' my child,' don't
you, ?" • ' ' . • . •
striving." - . n . Allie.
He petunia 'A second, and thea added in a •`: e,eevery nice," sreplied Alice,
lighter trine— • . • . n n n .• springing nitei bed; '1he's going to give nie
. . .
. . a bethititul new riding -habit," ..
"Run -eft' now, and .dreas.. • if there iis . ‘,.. min
anything About your rooms you would like ,aI eras always thinking of °tails's,
llie," reproved Cecil.
, . .
changed; or if you don't like. them, • come to '
the and tell me ; or if "•-••-ilialf . playfully, . She laid her head. in silence on the ,pillowss
and half sighed; but ' very . boon the white
half .wistfully—"you areafraid of me, Mks. lids drooped and her dreamt) that night were
Grant will not frighten you. ";• • - all about Colonel MoLecid. a, . .• . .
• "I shall never be afraid of yott, Colonel . • ,. . _____
McLeod," anocirered•Oecil, with simple ear- , - • • ,
nestneas. ".I don't - know hew to veY Alt .' CHAPTER III.
ray .
. , . .
that hi in y heart. You will not think nie . . . .
• "I Bay, Chalmers, Who on, earth Are those.
'ungrateful, will you ?"- • ' • .. : . '•., girls the Chief has With him ? . I met them
-
No, my Mild, there is an endless, premise out tiding to.day.' 1 thonght yeti.- said. he •
.:of .all.you woild 8;47 in these wistful eyes of '
nn s's"' said the COIQUO1
'•.7-'''Qoft4y .•;- and 'he . -Wasn't married"and 'hadn't any .sisters."
your, sai."'
Th'e •:qiiestiriii. Was asked by Lieutenant'
, dropped her .handm
and drew back item the •
..139x fo.41:21! t_9;m8 „t..., , . , . . .. .. Fairleigh .' of Captain Chalniers at the enu
one day about seweelrafteethearrival et the-
.. .t. • • : ; .., ' , • • • : • •
* * * • s': ' ' 4' ' • • 44 : Verners at Iliclingherst. The_ young Lieu.
• - • 7 . • . ' tenant had only jest been gazetted to the
: "Shall we .dress for. 'dinner . every even. • --4h.Loncers; Se he was, as yet,i potent of
in'. Jet ?.' aslred_Cseed when Janet had • many matters which' were well known at
.arrayed her in' a long black robe OrTiOine- Ilyder7Firt ColiniellitZsodliad teken-tiares
:glow Material, cat at the ;akar, AO as to, to inform hie acqnaintanees that 'the'Vetners
: leave the fait white-throat...batessand the.I'. Were litit .Nvisr.ile,.4,daughters. M • is.... brother
yenng:ladjr.eurveyed herseit in her fashion. • • 'officer. .... .- • - - • r-• , :, - .
.ably.:made"lifid stylish. attire . with • half- .: : "Soldid? My On," responded .Captain
' pleasurable .innocent -wonder. , Could.alletbe . •Olfanibers leisurely ; "1 'thought, everybody
tile sante Cecil : Vetoer: who • used to race kndw that those 'girls svere the Oeiloner 0
about'. Encklendit • barelooted,.. if °Ole SO, warfle.• The elder girl's ri'helinty.". • • ' •
pleased, • and .. to . whom *dressing' for dinner , . . "So she.is.''.- Are they 'living at, Riding ,
-.
was the rarest ofnoceurrencee? .„ ' . . • .hurst ?" - . ' • . .
•• ",If you alwaya dine with 'Ulu Colonel, • ." Of minted. . You -needn't open your -eyee:.
' Mies Verner," 'answered Janet, fattening . Teddy: The . Colonel isn't so, young as he
baek, with a jet 'arrow, the rich 'RAMS of - looke, and Miss Verner'e about seventeen, 1
silky chestnut hair.that fell in unrestrained believe, and OLIO of those wild . Irish girls..
freedom•over her shapelYeihotildere.;n"Whieh Besides; thete's some old wernen up thereste
I suppiiise you . Will. Military .gentlemeer . play propriety.'- , n ' ' .., , • ' • :„ . '' : , .
. , ,
you mils"' - miss,. always 'like . to eee their , "He never. eeenif to go iato.seeiety," .re, •
ladies dressed Well.' There now, .Mive Ver- . ':i3iarked the new venter!, ' :. — i . :• , .' ....
ner, you look beautiful 1 ,My: Lady Agatha ' , - " He doesiii4 Cite- to -go where he might '
Cane,- whom I used to dress .every night o ,rret the s cold: . shoulder," 'replied- Captain
..her life, never looked. hall so distinguished.: sOluilmere -oracularly. •• ' "You. knOw we
, "Why, we are Verniers 1" said Mies Alice*. "service Mee. • are ant to be prejnliced,, and .
tossing her Imicl'.• • ' • • ' • -.- • - ".;• • eome :fellows have . never foigott
.en that
• • Oecillaughed A little and ineved • to the . .
fireplace,,aud reeted one little dreintly-eihed• ,Gherutpoor affair."
' ... ' . ,• • ,
• " 'Tisn't likely," . said .Major Abodes
footozi the bright steel fender.
-. " It is nice,. Janet;" cried Aline; S' to be curtly
:
' .- " ' : , '"when it: in not forgotten at the,
florae Guards.'
the ColOnel'S ward I :Why, we shall be ' • . • • . • .' .•••
" More'e the shame," put in Lord Ken.
great ladies 1 -• Beingfa peraon's:warl is like • wady,' a captain: in the Life Guards, ,wlio had
being ,a danglittrof the . Wise, isn't it ? wow (Ater from the next county,. where he.
Only of • coarse • Colonel McLeod • isn'tsold•
gh., Isn't he sple.ndid; Ceeil 7 OnlY.I... • *as *siting" but who was the guest of the
enou
wishho had Modals.", S ,„ . , . . ‘ :Tth. Lancers' that night. - .•-
sthis
said Cecilgravely. "Yea Were very . rude
"You miteln't' Bay that to hini; Alice," Teddy ..loairleigh,l mystified, • • : •
11' What's he done . or not done r anqiiited
" Oh, We an aid- story now?" answered
evenings . Couldn't You. see that ••the - .Kennedy. "You were in ,petticoats \Olen*
Colonel -didn't went to talk about India ?'? it All took place; it Made e precious flare-up
" Oh, . nonsense 1 I Dever came near any at Vie time," : , ',. • - : ' , -
,. one ' like you; Cecil's - 'You alwaye. see eater' '1 And did for the' Ohief,".added, Sargeon•
Be many things that no One else ever doe," .
timid. Alice crossly, -"Janet; Why .haveix't •Major.Ferguson, with a halfafigh ; "I was a
youngster : myself:at . the tinie—my first
. X got bracelets like'Oecit?" •• . ' ' • .. • • campaign in fact.. I ref/tee:their young • Mo.
" Year sister, Mies' Alice • is older than • • Lood, as brave a lad asever drew breath,
Yee," replied' "het. ' .She had •10116 si)iee - anxious for glory, and to wia the 'highest
decided that " Miss Alice " wss •a vaie and ' distinction. Sueb. hopes there Were about
• heartless young lady, and prophesied trouble ' lose e'• . . .
in theefuture for her.. V Now 'yen are both .!-• ., Else he. hal „neverbeen trusted in aueli,
ready: Do you knew your Way to. the' diii.vi-, a positiou.Ai that,"Ssaiii the 11fejor, sipping
'..ing-roota, Mise Verner?" . . .: ...„..i- ..:. a glass of Lafitte...: "It - only shoat how
• "'Zee, thenks;". answered Cecil ; . but little one •catt geage a mah's fitness for coin -
Alice, seized with. a sudden fit of shyness, intent from ----" . •
leaked frightened. • ' . . "But, my dear fellow," interrupted Fer-
• "Des:ethrie With us, Janet," elle whisper7, ' guSon,, ." the oddest part. of ' it was that •
ed, • "Don't you feel funny, Cecil ?" -• MeLeed had shown finch aptitude for. com-
" Strange, a little," said the girl, glancing mom), such eiSol.headednem and absolute in.
• et Janet; and siniling, "But it's ailly ; OP differeneelo 'danger; young as he wee." '
we mustn't give' way to it. Papa would " gy. idea wee," remarked ICennerly,s
say, 'Alice,. a soldier's daughter shOtild' fear "trorn reading about it and so. on, that
..nothing.' " : • • ' • • • • . MoLood thotight it Madness to keep the
"Ali, you'll be thegih after the 'Colonel's .- place-rdidn't like the idea of being killed
• own heart I" Murmured Janet, no she turned ' like a rat in a holit, with all the chances. he .
away to arrange the room: • had'of getting distinction, and so disobeyed,
Daring dinner, 'Colonel McLeod !mink as orders." . •
he had . expected, that., as soon. as the "No one ever tharged him •with want of
strangeness of entirely novel tirculaistances coniage,".Observed Chalniers ; 4 4 atiaosst, ho
had worn oft Cecil Verner was not at a lees - one that I ever' heard of: -Besides, do you
for Conversation, Abet she had /Vila a great•. remember, Ahodee, that expedition tigairiet
deal and observed keenly, and that she had the frontier tribes, up in -Bhotee, an out•of,
.. made as rnuchouse as possible of the limited ..the -way affair, that .made nosort of noiee
opportunities she had had. She was full Of hero; but was a Masterpiece Of strategy;
. Irish vivacity and ' wit; and wataimpoleive and,by Jove, if -any abet fellow in the
and• generous. The Oolood discovered, :hi nervice had performed that reacue of one
the emirs° of conversation, that her spot:nal of his troopers, he'd have had the Victoria
, talent was music, and hi
e nstantly thee A Crises t 13ut- Meteed Witt purled over, of
-.mental resolve that she should have ' the course.". • ' '' .
beet of mestere from London. • She had had "'VW, whatever his fault," reinarked,
Iesstine, the told 'hint, from a nutatet. who Leta Kennedy; "I do think a man might to
visited Ballyshowati, anct she played A little.. be allowed to expiate it in twenty years ;
"You Would not think it anything," elle they've litter given him e theme to Wipe
said—they were in tho drawing -ronin new— out the stain, you see. XVit .very . hard. a
"but he • allays taught inc geed int Bid. fellow is to be ettratilsedat head -quarters
But, Coloinil McLeod;" die , added' archly,- for over. But they're etch A Pet of Mar,
" X dati ging dozene of Well waive, and etoon tinete 1" added his lordship disdainfully,
"This youngster is dying to hear alt about
ASA Chalmers, laughing, "But X am
net euro it's right to rake up talea "boat
your Chief, Teddy,"
"Pools, itu all public. generations of
messes have talked it over," remarked Major
Rhodes, twisting' his moustache rather
fiercely.
"Satisfy hie appetite for scandal, Ver.
guson," said Chalmers ; "you know all about
it—you're a contemporary of the Chief,"
"Oh, ay, I remember it well enough I"
tad the Doctor. "It' was A PSZX1S to me
then, and it's A LAIZZIO to me now. Well,
Fairleigh, it was in this way—
(TO BIT CONTINUED,) •
_ • _ _
4. Broker' i EZplaliati011-
war =Mtn is SO ottreir Noisy TX WLT•
• man Yon ma= mem'. ,
A well-known Wall street broker eat at
one of the imuble-toppsd lunch -tables in
Delmonico's, Broad street, Yesterday: Thc.
remains of a $5 lunch lay before him, and
119 balariSSCI a shclt Rinse of Champagneebe-
tiavuer the thumb and fore finger of his rifillt
h
"1 read iii Sunday's San,." he said, "
article that interested Me greatly, and prob-
ably interested every one Who deals in stocks
ill a speculative way. It gave an account of
the suicide of Walla, a tohaceonist, after
losing 425,000 in stook speculation. The
article showed that IVIinhof was dazz'ed by
the :loci:milts 'that lie had read of men who
had acquired fortunes in stock operations,
and
Tthha:Srheie..sstake d his all upon the chance of
equalling their saccese. That sort of
meanest has brought untold misery upon
thousands, and has subjected Wall street
and Wall street men to much unmerited
in.
a complete misunderstanding
on the part of the pablie as to Wall •street.
The street is not a royal road to sudden
wealth. Everybody menet come down here
• without previous experience, deposit ten per
cent. , margin in A broker's office, buy one
hundred or one thousand. shares at random
and reap A sudden fortune, . That's the idea
most people have of Wall ntreet. You may
accept is es a sound general rule that persons
•who know nothing 9f Wall street had better
not tryto learn anything. But, if °imam -
stances put you in A position to devote your
time to acquiring a knowledge of the ins and '
Oats of Wall street, that's anther thing.
I have seen boys spenda: fen, . years la A
broker's Officer at a small salary; amumulate
A . few •hundred dollars, make friends and
'brew% out for themselves, •either as dealers
, in privileges or as speculators: :These young
Men, without an exception to my know -
have been suecedsful, Blame .of thein
have become members •of the Board, and are
in receiptoflarge' in -deities: • - Two of them
that I have Watched have attained the' high-.
liet 'Standing in' 'the „privilegebusiness ; one'
being probably the beat buyer and the other
• the best• 'seller of 'privileges in the street,'
• Besides members of the Board and big' oper-
ators, .who can bull and bear the market
istilsthey aro eatieficd;-thareirrotive-other
--elapses of operators who average snug in -
'conies year in .and year out. They are the
moneyed ineo, who nazi buy stock outright
if they see that the 'Market is. panicky; lock
it Up In their:compartment:hi the Safe DO-
- posit Company, and .go to tondo or Perla'
. for a holiday, remeinfog until th,e . market
hati boomed tip again; anct:the :6:Mathis, •
mien •• operators, who .never handle . more
, than 500 shares at a time, keep 'at load
tirentyfilre- per cent margin ths, and operate
only upon the evident drift of the market,
waiting quietlY for favourable opportunities,
and living Well within their teems in the
meantime. . • " • '
".The moneyed epieulater; With ceol,
clear headrand:plerity of experience, has. the
best time of all.. He can .get Out of the
street Whenever it is tee hot for him, and
enjoy. himaelf. Why, 1 hive • in my mind
now a. friend belonging to this fortunate
.clasp. *. HS is a French gentleman of elegant
teette. He has his entire fortune, about
$500,000, invested in Government' and New
Yvrk city bonds, Assuring him an income of
about $25,000 per annum. When the great
tumble of. knit spring. 'came, he had about
'$100,000 worth of stocks, at ten per cent.
margin; on hand. When he sat, five per
cent. Swallowed up, he lit a cigarette, and
shrugging his shoulderiefraid i 'Arafes,.. this
• is no place for me. • I ahall go to Paris and
' amuse inyielf for some Menthe.' ' He 'went
out, ' and returned in a Moment with Goys
erathentr bonds representing • $100,000.• -ss
- 'Handing the bonds to the cashier he said :
Have•tho goodness to glee me 'my stock
and. the premium on my bonds." He receiv-
ed a: check, and With a partieg handshake
all around'waited'. .. Early last September he
re-entered the office, fit„ ropy,.and jelly,
- and. .bought a • thousand shares of 'Central,
In his Absence the.market had taken ilifi op.
wade,. mi.,' while he was enjoying himself in
Paris his Stocks in the sale -deposit vitifit
rose in value Until, when they .were 'sold,
they netted him 6200,000: •
• "Tho shoals of 'greenhorns who Pants in
hieesSandy with their cash. Mid their
:ambition to beconie great operators in a
month or two, are—well, that's the reason
why there As no much money floating
about the street for smart Men to pick
up." :
1
MATTER13 DRAMATIC.
The criticism in St. Louis upon Saraii
Bernhardt is that her &elves do not fit her) -
Lord .Wentworth, J3yron's .grandeora
very unattractive in Wearisome and itiannel's
The long illness which preceded $sithera'e
death aeriousty diterrimged the the theatri-
cal business in the *United States, Time wag
reserved for him in all the large citien, and,
as he would be sure to draw well if he ap.
peered, no other engagements were made
until the latest possible rnoinent. Travel.
ling combinations then rushed in to fill the
gape abandoning the timelier towns in w hick
they had contracted te appear. Thus plans
were upset right and lelt.
The baby in o' Hearts of Oak costa the
management $40 a week. It is the child -of .
Ifni, Dear, a residelit of :Cleveland, who re-
ceivett$20 a week for the little one's services,
and has all her own and the baby's expenses
paid besides. The child is now six months
old, and has been on thg,,,,stage three months.
Fanny Davenport essayed the part of
/4 elam-ibe " in a St. Louie theatre Int week.
Naturally,from her elm she invited a cam,
parisen with Clara' Morris, Bernhardt, and.
Modjeska ; tint, Although she brought to the
part an appearance of exuberant health, for-
eign -to the typical." Comities" of 'our etige,
by the skilful USQ of .drapery she contrived
to conceal to a considerable degree her port-
liness; and the wasting away of life in the
death scene was represented by the =dura-
tions of her voice. White strong in the
emotional parts of the play, Miss Davenport.
eeemed much to healthy .to cough her life
away at the loss of a lever.
There has been trouble in the Salvini dra-
natio company. • L. 11. Shewell, who was r
the stage manager, and played 44 Iago " to k
"to the star's "Othello," was adversely criti.
cised by the press of the various cities Where
he appeared. Ile claimed that his bad Per-
formance of the part was due to thefact that
Salvini• insisted upon subordinating every-
thing to his own purposes, thus giving no-
body else on the stage an oppOrtunity to do
well. When the company went to Boston,'
the home of Shewell, he asked to be relieved
froth duty in that city, in order to escape
, the pens :of the critics. Manager Stetion,
discharged him permanently, and A lawsuit
is the upshot; Saleini hue published the •
tollowing letter to the unfortunate actor:
"The cause for which your contract Ins .
been annulled 'was not my dissatisfaction to-
ward you. I WAS, on the contrary, so well
satisfied with the minder in which you dis-
charged your duties as an ,artiat, that I have
done ell in my power to• dissilade Mr: Stet. .
eon from his resolve. / also regret profoend-
ly that Ishail not have the pleaeureto call
you my companion for the rest of thy artis- .
tic tour."
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-The Pacific Ocean Aflame:
• —.-- •
. Ships in the neighborhood of the Sandwick
Islands can now witness one of the grandest •
specteciles that earth 'affords. • he Mauna:-
"--hciwbragaiirbelching furth-itst-fieryterreate;--':—
• The mighty forees imprisoned under the bede
of the Pacific ate finding vEnt through this
volcanic Cone. Mauna Loa is A Volcano sit.
uated on the island of Hawaii. It is 13,700:
feet high and is marked by two distinet'cra-
tors, one it the senunit, and the other, '
mete, at a somewhat lower level. This feland
hits been the scene of several marvelous ex.
hibitions of volcanio fury. There was a•
great eruption in 1840 and in 1843 ;.but.
these were exceeded in Angusts.1855, when
theflow of fire, smoke, and lava continued
until ,Tuly, 1856. The evidence of this tors .
rent was discovered for a .distance. of Over
sixty mike. 'The floor. of the great orater
•," AP:FERIA has niado eoneilerable progress
since the French landed there fifty years ago.
A savage and alinoet an uncultivated coun-
try ii gradually being transferined into one
of the richest and Most Productive in the
• basin of the Mediterranean; but, important
as the improvement has been,it is, says the
Kritiali Could, much the fashion At present
te exaggerate it, and to proclaim that the
Arabs and Rabyles are now perfectly pre-
pared for eivit government .; that they re-.
• cognize the superiority of French jestice,
and are eager for European instrudiom
.There is SOVA0 hnpe of the KithYle dement.
These ItTO descendants of the aboriginal iu-
luthitanta of the country, mixed with
Roman, 'Vandal, and Byzantine blood, The
Arabs who reside within the ophere ef
French influence hate attained a certain
varnish of civilization, and the rising gener-
ation, though they have lost many of
the stern virtues of their ancestors, have
acquired the manners of modern Fran&
society; But as for the great mass of the
population, such as they were in tho days of
Ishmael so they are now; And euch they
are likely to be. • "
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Kilauea resembled, it was said; a lake of fire
: -
which had been ecooped mie thousand feet-
. deep, end covered an . area of twenty-eight
square miles., This enormous vena relieves
the great basin of the Central Pacific, the
rim of ivhich rests upon a volcanic formation,
set With volcanoes all around. It is notable
that most • of the volcanoes are under -the
floor of the ocean, and only show themselees
on islands cast up.frona the great deep. The .
: evidence of Violent .disturbance all ever the
earth points to the time when•the present
land was under the surface of the water, and.
subject to volcanic action.. It wee the :36;n.
mingling of, fire and Water which one tirne or
• other distorted or depressed the eurface of
this earth: This new eruption may exceed
any which hair preceded it.- It Calls "atten-
• Sion to the Sandwich Weide; once; perthlat-.
ed by a race of hancleome, simple•muided
savages. We have civilind and poisoned
out of existence nine -tenths of the former'
inhabitants of thaw islands. Some day the.
•fidarids will' belong to the United States.'
Tlie climate is temperate, the year around, •
and with •coolie labor they will groveitaittense
crops of coffee and sugar -cane. . '
Tan thnpleet Filet ppfli,re in the world is
is in Magellan Straits, and has been estab.
lished there for some years poet 16 con-.
sista of a a small cask, which is chained
to the rock of the extreme • cape in the „ •
straits,opposite Tierra. del Fuego.• Each
passing 'ship sends a boat to open the eask
aud to take letters out and :place -others
. into it. • The Fest Mee is self-acting
therefore ; it is under the protection of the 0
:navies of all nations, and up to the present
there is not 0130 ease to repoit in which
Any abuse of the privileges it (Affords has
u place.
ta•ike' scouit com;auy was formed of eliven
boyl of Belleville, Ind., for the purpose of
sawing up railroad iron into chunks and
selling it to junk men. They raised a Alapi•
tal of 66, with 'which' they bought eome
tools, Ana began 'operations; One rail had
' not been prepared for market, however, be.
fere the shareholders were all arrested. The'
ViTe:12r4,1eissoinit8e6levreeliorte'd to lie negotiating
for the Imperial Hotel at Dover, in England,
which is to occupied by a number of the
brethren expelled front Feanee. They have
leased Peak House, near Sichnouth, a large,
fine plane with exteritive grounds and com-
manding ;harming views of the sea.
"I s. your wife a demoCrat Ora republis
can asked one Rockland citizen to isnOther
in a store this morning. "She's neither,"
was the prompt response I and then glancing
cautiously around and sinking his Voice to a
hoarse whisper, he explained • she's a home
ruler,"