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Of course, he did not ,find 'what lie
001„1)1, there, anti then commenced a
;intra] 111)111) of the room.
Bureau drawer;, boxes, and every
other ovtirle that shehaat were 0000,
t 11111011 111)11 thoroughly searched.
I ler e1oaots also were ransacked, and
the pockets of evea•y rhes turned wrong
side oat, but with the spam resaalt,
Her jewel casket stood urn her dress-
ing case open, with all her jewelry nicely
arranged on its velvet million.
Iditha's heart stood still as she saw
luta appvoa0h this, bot she slot not move
or give a sign of -tb" great fear that op
prowl her.
He stooped and looked at the pretty
t wos there, took up one of two and.
examined them more closely, then laid
them back'. again in thole pinoo, and
turned his 'attention to aaoul0t'h�ing else.
.0 weighty banter rolled from the fair
irl's heart as this danger was passed.
She had expected :1)e would put every
article in his pocket, and then perhaps
turn the box epi111) donne to seek for
more; but evidently der, diel not care for
plunder to -night. At Jost he carte and
stood before her.
"1 'havesearehed everywhere,- It must
he ippon .your person," to said, with a
desperate gleam in his eye.
She started from hive with a look of
terror.
"I swear to you that it is :not any-
where about me," she said: "AS soon 0s
I nad0. a copy of it I went am1�]lid it,
though 0 cold not the). have '01101 what
made 100 do it. Aow.,tl1knvw" slip add.
ed, thoughtfully,
He saw that she was speaking, only
truth, and in great ner1loxity he sat
done to think. 47,
"1s it in this tool .he asked, at
far,*th. e • ,
1 shall not tell yon" 101ith'n answer.
ed, hey courage beginning to rise 119 lee
became discouraged,
1s it im this house?"
"I 011011 )OOt 'toll you," she !sprat ed.
"You're n -plucky prcco'b"ate muttered
between his tenth, and fnx'hrg 1n'n fierce
oyes again upon her in the .strange tray
elle had notdced before
They seemed to transfix hoz', andel a
0hadde)ang sensation pervaded her frame
whenever she met them,
'Do you meati to brave me and risk
the coesoquence5?" 110 demanded.
"Ifo
i u ever grain that paper it will:
hit throng)) your own offoets alone I='
shalt never tell you where 11 1s,"' she;
replied, slowly and firmly.
Ho acted for a moment n,s'If uncle`
oiled what to do next,
Thou he took up the letter she had
been writing Earle and read it thtrougil.
She could not help this, of course, but
her cheeks burned and her eyes flashed
indignantly as site thought of the tender
little pess0ges that she had -thrown in
1)011' and Chien, and that had been in -
Untied for her lover's eyes alone,
She had told him a good deal of her
adventure, and how that, 0s soon as she
had copied it, she had hidden the preci-
ous e'igin01; but strangely enough she
neve' mentioned even to him where, but
said that no one but herself knew of its
hiding -place, and to -morrow she intend-
ed taking it to 1110. Felton to see what
he advised about it.
"Alm!" said the wretch, as he read
this, "no one knows' anything about the
precious document but yourself?"'
".Ind to-nlorl'ow you were intentlind
to tell some one else about it," he said,
rattling the letter he held in his hand,
"Yes.'
"And are yon sure nothing will make
you give' it to me?"J
\ever,(',.
'Then 'there is but one thin left for
100 to do," 110 muttered, striding angrily
toward her,
Ile seized lioth her hands in his, and
an fixed his cruel eye upon hers.
For 000, 0(0301110 she looked defiance
him though at t gh sh e was so frightened by
his mane' that she had no power to cry
oat, no' make any effort to release her-
self, and her eyes Lego oto droop.
"Look at me!" he commanded, bending
nearer to her.
She obeyed, and gazed into his face as
if suddenly fascinated,
For a moment be held her glace,
while she felt as if all her tvi11 power 2009
forsaking her.
He made a few pusses Over her ahead
and face, touched her upon the pit of the
stomach, and she instantly became like
n reed in his hands.
lie bail 1nesme•ized her,
CHAPTER XXX,
Yes, the strange man had mesmerized
Ed]tha Dalfon,
He possessed that peculiar power, or
m01113etio infuence, something of which
almost every one has either 9e011 or
Leo rd. and 20hie Lehnuld 1101'00 be 0000-
4'
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eked except in the most judimous male
e-
n
mer, and governed by unquestionable
principles,
To all appearances llditha was ming
pi0lely in his power, but whether it was
strong enough to make her comply with
his every command or not yet remained
to be. seen.
We have all learned something of the
lort)g girl's strength of will, in her reso
late adherence to the right and her per-
sistent opposition to everything wrong.
Whether this tins an instinct rooted
and grounded. in bin nature, and
strengthened for y'ear's by conscientious
cultivation, which wouid in a measure
protect her and prevent' her 10010 be-
coming. 00 abject slave, could not yet.
be determined, But be immediately pro•
eeeded to test his power.:
"Pict. 1)p and bring me that paper," he
commanded, pointing to the copy of John
Loker's confession, which had. fallen up-
on the floor.
She stooped- obediently wind handed it
1 3
to him,
"Bring m0 your watch and chain," 2000
the nest mandate.
She hesitated a moment. It had been
the gift from Richard Forester, was
very valuable, and she prized it above
n11 her ether trinkets.
Elting ]t," he repented.
She wont to 110 1110 bidding, and gave
it to halm without a murmur,
But 110 dirt not caro for it, it seemed,
as he laid it down upon her writing -desk
end left it there untouched,
`:Now give me that ring from your
finger," he said, pointing to the beautiful
!earl -that Earle had placed upon her
hand.
She`invoh
Geld belt()
lessly f
Te
13'UI?
het
baa
y'ochtsped her hands
sGaul, sharing Itelp-
'snbey'uig him.
gated, more stern•
, and then bade
ents,'-of her jewel-
eteq
'Orem
y1) ti 4r1i xtd¢ her ti's by bean
, n"ec.
s ) . ba l0 1
back age them ,u, tl
,k � e,
Y
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Sh¢t pail etmgly obet'O quickly
mral„og,0101ything in its Once, and
' ruing li ort , the preciou0,i'reosure
,
"(tic 1
c0nctirt)1 ;i, hi0nth,
'1'het "rent and stood btuma bl b
H tk
yo-
fore hint ogOt '
"Now gni a sget that paper signed
byetlelin Loiter' and baring ]t to me," ane
ji1'iwnding all the power of his will
Metre her.
IShe took one step forWard, her eye-
lids quivered, her nostrils dilated, her
bosom heaved', .then she stopped, stating
helplessly at him, while her hands were
again locked 0lta nervous clasp.
"Strange!" he muttered, with it frown.
He then issued several other com-
mands, whidn she obediently executed,
noel at Inet he told her on00 more to
brio that`. n er but with the same re-
sult es before
She would not do it ITer love for
Earle, and her determination not to
yield anything connected with him,
seemed to be an instinct stronger than
his power over her.
Again and again he tried to gain Ole
point, but without avail, and, with a
perplexed and angry loelo, he unuttered:
"It won't 110 -any power is not strong
enough ,yet -it will take tithe; but she
says no one knobs where the paper is
but herself, so I will take care of her.
She has hid what I want, and now I'll
hide her. 1t 03.111 be risky' business, but
there is no other way; if 1 go away and
leave her, some one else will have it to-
m -mune morning. and then the whole
world will know,'
He sat thinking the hatter over for
some little time, Editha" standing p0•
dearly by hien, es if wanting to do his
bidding still further.
Put those things on," Ile said at last,
and pointing to a Eat and waterproof
that had been thrown upon the floor,
0110 immediately put theist 011.
'Noll' got a veil and tie over your
With the humility of a servant she
obeyed him.
Ile then went to the door end ]oohed
out,
All was still.
I'he gas 111 00111 hells had been par-
tially turned off, and now burned dimly,
and nothing was moving in all that great
house.
He stepped book into the 00010, took
Editha by the amt, and said, roughly:
"Yon are to go with me -see that you
make no noise."
ITe then .lad her out, down the broad
stairway, through the lower•hall, to the
outer door.
In a moment more they were in the
street, and he hurried her from the place
as fast as sine was aide to walk.
1 11 uh.ng a earner soven1 blocks away.
111 '1) ppe,l n )ann]3at1 v 1,,11) seemed to
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be waiting there,
This .ho bade 10Htlta miter ,bhen, nal
lowing her, gathered up the reins and
drove rapidly lwa;0.
Very early the nest morning a very
rt put able appearing barn un]. bee in-
validn
daughter,thelatter much wrappeded
to shield het from the w11t1101, 0031001i
1)t the inicfhotel before n n t'
o0al
.
They 1112. come from a distant part
of the State had Leen ttnvellimg illi
might, when said, in anidei that the sick
girl m:geht acral herself of the s.]alLof a
tooted physician residing in the city.
They took (00105 in the upper stoney,
of the hotel; it was not tu'll usnnll;v,
and more Oct; inesittcs. mi mm hinted,
leer daughter wos 'sometimes not quite
liensol'f, and they preferred being where
they 01,11111 not disturb others,
She took t whole suite, as Eder ,son
would occasionally visit 1110.1)), and b0
obliged to remain over night.
And thuslnlitha 1)(ulto11 400 spirited
O'0ay from her home and sudden nu -ay in
the very heart of her owns city', and' there
e'he tennaaaed for several weeks until
found so strangely by Earle.
Once established there paying regu-
larly for their accommno1lationy, and giv.
ing no trouble, they were regarded as
very qui0t and respectable boarders, sol-
door going out except when the your;(
Lady was able to ride, closely vn'appe1
and veiled and magnotizd, and always
in ii closed 00(01a,ge, always taking their
mealy hi' their own room, 09 the invalid
was "maple to go to the public table,"
and madam) was "unwilling to leave ,her
poor, dear child."
Once in a while a servant or the clerk,
01 passing through the upper hall lute
at night, thought they hoard a low sob-
bing and moaning in their rooms, but
they had been told .something of -the in-
valid's infirmity, and so gave thoms0h'es
nu uneasiness of the subject,
And so right there in: the very midst
of the great city, with the detectaves at
work all about than, '11114 the exciter
ment that the deep mystery was 01'0a0
duo, this great wrong Was being perpe.
halted; and had, it not been tot Eerie,
Yet re's strange 'whim teichange this
hotel upon thatparticularnight, when
the hotfs0 Arms so 011;l, arid' ma kyu)'a
`=on' eb 1)11, the story of ifiditic1,-.•re•
1)l leka,b.e tlianppeara nee 10101 re,ouc
'1001)111110100 have u been related,
n „ w a x
When 111]t0a awoke, after tub) hours
of undisturbed, refreshing sleep, 9110
fc111d ]:;mile still 0]tting hoside'her, ant
her former attendant,' with her fare biu-
001 in her hands, sitting in sullen, silence
upon the lounge opposite.
"1 did not dream it, then?" she said,
looking up into her lover's face Iut1) a
long -drawn, trembling sigh,
"\'o, niy darling; you have slept too
soundly to dream of anything. Are you
to sled " he asked, bending down to hiss
the sweet, quivered 141.,
acs; riot, ob, Earle, d'o0't let him
comm back again," she pleaded, With ea
shuddder, as she reached out 'hor..0010
11401 and opt -(1011 his with aiea 0,110
strength,
He bent his lips to her ear and n.(i,-
vexed;
"No; my 01.1; he is safely looked n•ith-
iu t:re next room, and die can never
harm you origin. Bring solve. more '01
Halt drink," l.o added, addire0)115 the
woman opposite.
She arose and 0b030,], and Mittel
tiraide as eagerly as before.
"Could you exit anything!" he asked
regarding (11011 a thrill of pain the thin
hands that held the bowl,
"No, not now, Earle; I twill wait and
take breakfast with you by and hy,"
she answered, with a bright, 'hopeful
look into his anxious face.
"You are feeling better already?" to
asked, eagerly.
Yes," she returned, with n ripple of
happy laughter. "You know 'a merry
heat doeth good like a medicine,' and
I feel very happy and safe just 31020."
Indeed, she did not look like the snipe
person that Earle had seen through the
transom.
Her eyes were now bright and hope-
ful and her foeo shining with happiness
0011 content,
"I.1,( will let me talk now? I cannot
sleep any 100re," she said, ns_she settled,
! back upon the pillows which he arranger]
for her.
"If you are able, a little. I do not
1 wish you to get too weary." '
"I want to tell you low I happen to
be here -at least 011.01101 I know about
it myself -and T have such good news
for you."
"Then let it 00 10 just 110 few, w1, 110
as possible, or the excitement will he
too much for you," he replied. feeling
greatly relieved to see her looking so
much' brighter, and to hear her speak
in her natural tone once mo•,e.
She began by relating her visit to
tine Lokor fatuity, and the confession of
John Loke', her nth-erture. with the ruf-
fian upon the street, her escape, and
his subsequent entl'altee to her room
during the sante night.
His face grew grave and troubled as
she told him how persistently slie had
refused to reveal the hiding place of the
precious paper,
"0'1y d1)1110g, you ran a terrible risk;
he might hate taken your life," he said
with a shedder,
"But it 1000 the only proof of your
honor; it alone would give you back the
iespd c1 and esteem of men, and I would
not give it to him," she said, with s
sparkle of the, old defiance in her eye,
thorn continued: "I did not think he
would quite dao do ale any personal vio-
lence, and 1 2000 willing to sifter n
great deal rather than' lose anything so
precious. I da not seen to remember
much of what happened alter -he seized
my hands and looked at 100 in that
dreadful way; only it 000)0ed' 1(t tines,
When he spoke to arc, 1)0.11.00000 force
within 100 was trying to part' soul and
body -until 1 found myself •1(0)01 irilh
this strange woman, I was left Quietly
with her for two or three ants, when he
carte again and tried to frighten me in•
to telling him what he wanted to know.
I always refused until be lest' his i>nti-
ence and temper, when he would dart to.
0w ¢'d ane, seize my lands, look Into my
ey*t, and almost instantly' everything
word be a 1)1111)h to me, arta when 1
came to myself again I would be so 0S-
halls
1-halls ed and ill i could not use"
"T ut vilniu mesmerized you."
." Ear
le
sad,"n wh]te, stern face,
"Yes 'filet, w s the only explanation
that T 0ottk think, of to amount for his
peculiar layer over me. He hos told me
almost ever, time heenure Must e would
allow me to go home if 1 would tell him
my secret; bit, of course, I would not
rho that tehen I was myself, and, from
the fact of his continuing to exercise
his influence, I suppose I an ,just 119
willful when under his magnetic control
regarding that one thing. Earle," she
eonclpded, slipping her hand confidingly
into-lIfs,'"you have given me a, blessed
release, I do not believe I could ' have
borne it very much longer, for I have
been growing very weak of ]ate; brit
nay prayer night and day has
been that I might be spared to you, and
that God would not allow him to wring
my precious secret from me."
"Why did I, find hint torturing you
with such strange questions about your
name and parentage to -night? Earle
asked.
Editha shook her load with a sad
smile. .
"IIe 01)000t always came in the night;
I suppose there was less danger of his
1 g
being discovered then; but as for his
questions and my 011020035, I know no
more about them than you 001101 have
done during all these weeks. Everything
became a blank as soon a9 he touched me
and looked at me, in it certain way, and
I do not know what I have done or said;
1 only know that I have suffered hor-
ribly sometimes"; and it trembling seized
her'at the. retoentbrance.
"Woman, what have you. to say re-
garding this ,-strnnge'atory?" Earle de--
mnnded,turning to the attendant, who
had sot -motionless during Editha's nary
rntive.
"1 halve nothing to say," she returned,
lifting n defiant face in 11101,
"It ,wilt be better for you to show 31
friendly disposition,': Elie ' returlihd
quietly, "1 have this villain of wham
Miss Dalton speaks securely locked up.
and ,ready for the officers as soon as
00)0(ng Lreiyl9, and I will punish you to
the extent of the law, also, unless yo'd
show a disposition to do what is right's'
Be' then related how he happened to
he there that night -how he had searched
for her so wearily, until hefelt that he
must have rest, 11nd coming there, end
hearing her sobbing, he had been strange-
ly impressed that something ing ens wrong,
and lad: proceeded to investigate the
platter, 'He told how he had attacked
Tom Drake in the hall, dragged and
locked 010) within his own roost, and
then resolved to enter Tiers.
The woman appeared greatly disturbed
as she listened to this; she evidently had
not supposed anything so nodous had
happened to her partner, and it was a
very p01e face that Earle looked into as
i10 asked: ' •
"Was it' uotrncsmerie power that the
wretch used to. try to force Miss Dal-
ton's secret from he'?"
"les; it can do' no lama to tell that
much,". she. muttered.
"II'hat was the meaning of those very
strange gee: dame he put to her to-
night?"
She thought a moment, and' then said:
"It writs necessary to 'Miss Dalton's
health that she should' go out at times
and get the air; but he 01'00' took her
out unless she .0(39 mesmerized, and Tom
thought that if anything happened to us
at, any time, and she should be question-
ed, if she answered as he taught her, no
a10 would suspect or molest her."
"Is he in the habit of exercising his
power over people in this way in carry•
ing on his nefarious business?" Earle
demanded,
The 100111011 20001( not. reply, and
Edithn said:
`Whether he has .ever carried it so
far with any one else is doubtful; but
I heard hint say once, when they thought
1: was asleep, that unless something
turned' up pretty soon he would be
obliged to go to lecturing again, and
showing off in the old way, which I took
to menu that he had once lectured upon
the subject of mesmerism and tried his
experiments upon the public
110 wretch! He will have an owes.
lenity to practise something else, and
show off in n different way before long,
I'm thinking," Earle replied, sternly.
Ary was beginning to break, and bre
occupants of the mouse were arousing
from their slumbers,
"My, darling, Earle said to &lithe,
"yon must have a larger and 1001'0 111r)1
room than this immediately," and he
arose and rang the bell.1
' 1.0(10, you will not leave me," she
said, tate frightened look returning to
her face,
-No; 1 shall only go to the door to
speak to, the waiter; anY1 you,"
turning to her attendant `wild pteuse
assist Miss Dalton to dress 1nanwh]le,
so that she can be moved,"
1lm waiter soon knocked at the door,
and Earle stepped just outside to con-
verse with Thin).
(To be continued.)
The Fellow Race.
(Montreal Witness,)
These Sikhswho have been maltreated on
the United States side of the bounclarY 0,0
L`1)1110subjects, aid can claim British pro-
tection; but what as absurd position the rood
British mother Mould be put 10 in demanding
right 10001ment, from the United States for
her black children when it, is known that
they went there because unwelcome on Bri-
tish soil, when it is known that the 3)000)1)00
10 which they are now In flight from rho
savegery, of United States hoodlums has i0
better heart .towards diem than the state
have left, and when 1t is known that nrl-
t(bh-born subjects from Bong Kong arc car-
ried across a British country, guarded 111E0
00001 tc, bonded 1)Ice eatteis, anti here In
Montreal housed to pens, their very rela-
tives not being allowed to converse with
them, Of course British protection must ex-
tend to them at home as well as abroad,
They are British subjects.
ltel are the censors' of the world; wo-
ad f the flesh and the devil.
Some ybimg wren are so fast that they
never get to the front.
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A PICKWICIC ANNIVERSARY.
Dickens' Fellowship in London Opens a
Commemorative Exhibition.
Under the auspices of the Dickens Fcl-
lowsbip a Pickwick exhibition to cele-
brate the seventieth amiversary of the
completion of the "Pickwick Papers" has
been opened in London.
The collection, as described in the
Chicon, includes epeeinlei of every known
edition of.' "Pie]rwiek "-English, Anteri-
con and foreign, and translatiols-among
Which should be noted one, of the first
400 collies of part I, of the "Pickwick
Papers," stated in the -catalogue to be
`one of t 'e most precious 110ens in the
exhibitoil":j a presentation copy to Ser.
geant 110]fourd (to whom "Pickwick"
was dedica'ted), containing the following
autograph inscription by the author;
"Mr. Smgeant Talfourd, from his sincere
friend nu0l..admirer, Charles Dickens," and
also a very interesting letter from
Dickens to Talfourd, written shorty be-
fore the completion of the hook; a copy
of the first American edition, dated
1837; a curious German edition; and a
copy, said to be at great 0ur]o, of 011
edition published in Van Diem en's Land
01 1838-0t "with illustrations `after
Phis,'"
Among notable plagiarisms, parodies,
ere, ere an exceedingly fine copy of the
".Penny Pickwie 'the 0,101-00001000ns
' e•' Club," edited
Notes of the Lcl.lu ken C u ,
by "Dos," described as "a very rare
Dickens item' Pickwick in America,"
edited by "Jigs l'ickwiok Abroad, or
the Toa' in France," by George W. M.
Reynolds, illustrated by Alfred Crow -
quill," and "Pickwick in India," stated to
be °0111. of the 1110090 of the numerous
plagiarisms published in 1840,"
Of playa, play bills, jest books, song
books, political cartoons, caricatures, etc.,
bearing the names of Pickwick, Seth
Weller, ore,, and Piolewick]aaa of every
description, a numerous and most anal&'
]ng collection is exhibited, under the
heading of the latter being a copy of
'The Beadings of Mr. Charles Dickens,
as Condensed by Himself," including
"'Mr. Bob Sat'e's Party," (from "Pick-
wick").
An exhibit attracting peculiar atten-
tion is 0 111000fold screen, formerly be-
longing to hoses Pickwick, of Bath, and
which stood in the coaching office of the
White ITart Hotel of that city, of which
are painted,, the lades and regulations
relating to 'passengers, fares, luggage,
etc., laid down.bythe proprietor, who,
without doubt, supplied Dickens \vith the
name of his immortal work.
Of portraits of the great novelist the
most interesting and valuable in the
exhibition Is the life-size portrait in
water' eolor and' crayon, by Samuel Lau-
rence ,(1838), showing Dickens 00 he 01)•
peered at the time "Pickwick" made him
famous,
SIR HARRY MACLEAN.
-Letter From the Prisoner.
In one of London's historical and trans
(jail suburbs dwells a venerable old Scot'
t ,he entlen • r c 30
t,e) who since his youth hoe
been m the service of the Crown and
'timothy as a member of the Army Medi •
-
calor > s. n
(, i a . A , n young matt, says u
lrritu- 11r the Morning Post, he was tet-
tndied to the Eleventh hussars under
the,fumous 10'ri of Cardigan, and he has
ever since haul staff appointments, hi
April last he completed los ninetyfiftlt
year, and although he leans heavily on =
his stick when walking he is in full pos•
-
cession of his faculties, his mind is alert
and keen, and at the present moment
.Loth mind and heart are concentrated on
the man whose courageous attempt to
nsnist in solving a very difficult problem
has brought hint into special prominence
in the eyes of the world. This fine old
gentleman, '(1110 morning and evening
eagerly scans the newspapers for the
good news that he is loping and praying
for, is 11000 head of a family which, 1(5
in generations past, stilt 00(000 King
nal country,
His (1111 is Deputy Iuspeetor-Cleneral
in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and
his mune is Maclean; his son's mane is
Ct;]d Sir Marry Maclean. Nobles) oblige,
daughters, now in Tangier, and ,c sun,
and the name has been honorable' borne
front the days of Culloden, when a Oen,
Maclean and his three sats fought side
by side with the Columns, the father
alone living to tell the tale. The grand
old Scot speaks proudly turd with beam.
ing countenance to me of his sou, IIaT-
0111'0 prisoner, and tells how King Ed•
ward showed him gracious courtesy
who) he invited him to dine at Bucking.
lung h a '
ut lane0. .. and aftea dinner presented
him with one of his own wnllring sticks
and asked him. to coned in Highland garb
wlt.pn next he visited his Majesty, and
also to bring his bagpipes with him and
give the Ring a skirl. Sir Harry's father
also refers to the warm W01(0010 the
Codd received at the hands of the Ger.
HMI Emperor on the occasion of his
memorable visit to Tangier, His Majes-
ty, complimented hien on the 1003' he had
organized and commanded the ,Moroccan
tinny :end presented hire with a gold
snuff box, Sir Harry Maclean has three
• a ''-he's, now in Tangier, 1 S
d ,este , and n on,
Lieut, Andrew 1)e 1'01(0 Maclean, of tine
Second East Surrey Regiment, now in
India, A brother of the R0]d, Col, Fitz-
roy Maclean, also in the army medical
0011100, is at present in Pretoria; anoth.
00 brother, Alan Maclean, 11110 until quite
recently British Consul at Casa Blame.
Ole 10 nolo in Spain, and his place has
been taken by Archibald Maclean, 0
0011001,
IF']th the Cold's father lives a daugh-
ter, Elis Maclean, who is also devoted
to the Iron -Elan, nu appellation confer•
red on Sir 'Harry by the Moors in re-
cognition of his fearlessness, She refers
with pride to her brother's conduct in
regard to llaisuli. The Caid, she say's,
welit out as an envoy from the Sultan
with but a small escort, When Sir Har-
ry and lk )0)111 met the former could
have made the latter a prisoner -mac,
his escort suggested that he should do
so, but he would not listen to any
treodte'ous proposal. He had gene forth
as an envoy and not as a kidnapper. Nor
could he anticipate the treatment Rai•
soli laol.in stare for him.
Since his captivity' Sir harry Mac-
lean s father has only received one letter
direct from his sou, It was dated July .
7, after he had ,been in captivity a heck.
In it the Cad,pays:
"M am treated very well -as a State
prisoner, o9'tbey say here. I have my
oirn tent and 0111 surrounded by high-
land tribes.'
Since tlie_8bove tante the prisoner has
not been allowed to write direct to
friends in foreign countries, but he may
communicate with his daughters in 'Tan-
gier, ia'a letter to them, Written short-
ly after; tyre letter above referred to,
he cenh1110itns of the anent, and to miti-
gate the suffering caused thereby he has
had a 90ce)1] tont superposed over his
01011 so as to diminish the oppression
from the excessive heat, an oppression
Moen. etl01110 complains, by the chose
pro "le his numerous jailers,' who
err ';jil'f ncomfortably near hint.
y last hiss Maclean recetc-
f her nieces 0 letter, dated
ich she writes 'Larbi (het'
hand mar.) arrived '•i c while
were. 'ltlinner last night. Ile had
9ft father easily in the morning, and
hail been in the saddle seventeen hours
without stopping. He brought a letter
from father dated the 27th. Father las
then quite well, 1 tell you from him
that he is not allowed to write home,
but only to us girls. ''ilio is not allowed
to send out' any foreign correspond•
ou't„"
Strange 'Storms in Missouri, ,
"The shower of fish which felt Soli-
dity afternoon," says W. Rufus Wilson,
ono of the oldest inhabitants of inde-
pendence, "is not surprising to me. Back
in the '40s one day people, were 0101015•
cd at the sudden appearance of a pink-
ish looking cloud in the northwest. The
rather 'ivarnl 11.41t01'6 day changed to
bitter cold, and the snow began falling,
Soon large flakes came down and it
snowed pink bogs.
"The pial: bags and the 'now were
packed closely together when they struck
the earth. People of this section have
never seen anything 1ik0 it since that
day, The bag which cane donne or the
snow•f1akes was' not a native of this
chantry at all and evidently came from.
some far southern clime. '
"How extensive this snow was 1 sonnet
say, but the ground was carpeted with
01101V and pink .bugs as far as the eye
could reach, nal it was a beautiful sight,
=From the Kansas Cit).' Journal
If a canary is kept in a roost where
there Js n fee all day. the mistress should
on no nee0nnt neglect to cover over the
cage of 015110 11 )th 't worol wrapper. An
opt nine s]001001, Iiiiade in the cloth at
the side, just -sufficient for ventilation.