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which eoula Bee nothing in the Armament
or in heme= to euggeet a Creator, enter-
t
tined many. a grope and vulgar article. .of
the oreed of the unlearned. To him, the
fleture,fashioned itself after the ahape of
a eoal Allt Of the fire; the croak of a raven
would eeoretly fin him with forebodings;
and the °batter of a jay with joy ;,secretly,
I eay,,for he was maimed. Of the weak.
names of his, and it wog only very rarely
that he betrayed to others the fact of their
existence It • 1 fairto add that like
. . . is a so , .. , . ..
most people similarly credulous, he had
never been, prevented by any portent from
.
0' bad action, or oonstrainea by
oommi ing a.
any omen to perform a good one. When
the orime was committed, however -as now
.r
hila h h •dtha •I
--w o . . e . appene o ve an hand,
Gideon Carr became a.prey to his super-
, and moved, by he knew' not what,
stition •
except that it was no sting of remorse or
touch of compassion, be fled from the
strange sights and sounds that filled earth
..1 4 I.
and air about Marrnou th Beacon, and
whiol; his, own ant seemed to have evoked,
with a fleet foot and a wet brow. . . .
and simple about his ownaffairs, he is both
wiee and keen when acting for others."
9Ele Oinild, not In•Ottnn at Wolnall like my
aunt," eaid Mildred with a ebudder; " no
one could, whO doe* not know her -so
relentless of .purpose, no unserupulons in
means, :and actuated by such a deadly
hate,"
Carey: using, "'to
"Ay,' returned Mr% ro
be foilea by :her whom she had thought her
own instrument -that Must have been
wormwood t h d "b'
,o sue ,A one as you ,, erion e.
A woman that knows, no shame nor fear,
io. dangerolle indeed. Yet-Yoll 'Mem to
. rea some p yews arrn-is i men 0
4 a h ' I h ' 1 Irl =
that she would incur the risk of-" •
e To gain her eoll," interrupted Mildred,
1
go.ernmy, "Grace -Glyffard would dare
the gallows,"
" Nevertheless, you have done wrong,
and very wrong," pursued Mrs. Carey, "to
bide yourself away, and so to lather know
that you fear her," ' '
91 •
" It was I, said Mildred, in low and
' broker, tonee., "My husband would have
• defied her to the teeth, But I-1 know
. her so well."
"Por child -poor child 1" cried Mrs.
Carey, tenderly, " This. woman has done
you harm enough already; to have inspired
ouch terror should be a sufficient triumph.
• .
the moot malignant. And yet, If you
li 4. 'nder our own names, and were
ve h
11 your
' 4 if our aunt.
known to a aboutyou,. an. y_
+, would t b
wag known to Wish you ill, 1., wo no ,e
risk she would be running, Aid she work
you any harm, but the. certaly of etece
tion: the blow the arnaed a you would
wouhl be
warmly fall before the amp . ..f
pointed 'out' that atruok it. Entnow, • 1
to -da why,
y011 had not•told me this Yr . 7:
our child,might
your husband., y : .hare
be involved in some sudden cataatrophe
- • • •
would . t b '
the clew. of which it no possibleiiet.
for lista diem:yen I dopot wis o terrify'.
yorieMildred., but 1 .do think that yoh have
takeh, the Very -memo -Hark r did you
the gerden wi ket go?" net,,hear P
Mildred,t t•
' I.did," gasped.s. or_ ing_ up_ and
running into the oottege, at. the back o
which Was the arbor in which they had
" • • . •
been eitting-" I did; and little .Milly is
playing'in the garden all alone,"
• Mrs, Carey followed, not without some
un efined opprehelieiort. which set her
d
orderly pulses heatingthick and fast. The
•visitor, however, was no one mbreformia,ble
. '• ' 11 d
than a cuily-headed. youth, who ea e
ocoattionally both at the 'Cottage and at
brin in -with him fresh eggs
.a Bay, g • g -- ---.
ether ' delicacies from. Weetportown.
Thio afternoon, 'however, .he was without
his basket, and bore in its place a large
leathern bag suspended from his shoulders
• -' - y • • .'
''.' Please ma'am the etter carrier have
been took ill this .morning "- observed he;
••' f
grinning, "and I am a -doing .post -man or
hime . only, what with driving here and
there and then back agaiu,because of missing
,
somebody out, and. likewise • the horse
being deed beat,Bre afraid I'm rather late.
. Here's a letter for . Mr. Hepburn, imearn
• ' • '
an all.". . . .
d that'sAnd off trotted the deputy
deliverer of His Majesty's. mails •
" A. billfrom .Westportown, .1 suppose,"
said Mildred, scrutinizing the somewhat:
adaress • "and yet' does notnow.
- - ' ' ' • '
thie word inthe corner look to yohlikeentnic-
•
end' PLUS ' Carey?" " .
. i e,. .
. ...It.ie as like as the writer can. make, it ,»
. -
h • I' fi'''
. dently. "How
returned t e lady. • ob
°he b d (ra. t.. t
unfortunate. that your the an r no , ge
it before h; d 13 • tore " •
.
• • 9 e-ar . - • ' ' ... '
".Petia4kt .1 had hetter; epee it," .gaia
Mildred ; i'seinething Indy have to -be done
at 'ranee; 1 hope it is not •froat Alarm -oath
..aboutelierboateOrebeemity-havo-trilreadeise
*army . for-. ' Great: • heaven, ' what hi
th. et, .
this ?» , . :. .• . ..
• " ' Beware of the man calling hi
. - . . =elf
evens who edges I believe,' with: the
• St • • 1 '
-'• ' '
oun ..W vue-wfsn • ' • ' -
Key. Then ha a drawer, his " lime
drawer " he used, to Pall it,. but the spring
was broken eorde (lays hack, through mak"
ing it leap /mt. to please the child, she
found the thing she sought, and would
have ratber tonna an .e.thler 0oiled..-,, .
"Bomar, Raymond Oliffard. The eat's
ere have found you out at last; And
another hcial for a little; and at once,
There is danger lurking at your door. ".&
True Well-wisher." . And straightway,
b drth wordo, Oa' that
when a a rea , else wor e, .e Inesen
were her Ilaymond'a seemed in Mildred'e
misty. eyes not only dear, but sacred-
d. th x 11 breath from a
sacra ' as e .arewe .
mother's lips on one who sails. for alien
clime to dwell there, and whe cannot hope
tosee again on earth 010 tearworn face,
now tortured by its InVn, that smiled upon
him in. hie eradlo-saored as the last Words
of a dying man, who points to lileorehaned
.ohild at play among her toys, and whispers,
"Thou Wilt not forsake her, friend; thou
art fellow -guardian of her now with God
himself ; ' ' for death recemea shadowed
.forth on that poor eorawl, as certainly to
herwho reedit. as though it were a tomb,
otoe telling. 44 Here Raymond lies," and
by that awful hand all things. are cense-
crated no Matter how common,with which
oor loved and lost have had to do,
- ' . •
No weeds tould have made Mildred ClYf-
fard look more widowed than when, with
hwhite f ' ll drawn and gaunt she
her ace aI
beside' h 'h
sank down on. her knee her tee-
band'a. viteant pillow ; • and there; while
she etrov.e to pray for mercy, eroylar/;
and numbed her pain...with swoon..
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CHAPTER XXV.
. . „ . •
- - • ex THE swim OM.
"Here .
is your child, my dear, here is
little Nill - .
i y , will you not kies your child?"
were the first words whioh Mildred heard
u on recovering' her grief•strioken senses.
p
It wearlart. Corey that uttered them, who
her upon e an was .were
had lifted h ' " th bed,dsitting
,patiently beside it with the little girl in
-her. arms. She laid her precious burden
. down b the mother's side, end let the
• , Y .
their
round large .eyes of the . o ear
'work., .
grahious
d thab letter,'d a " id
I hove rea . a e r, said she,
I d not augur so ill from it as you
"anda. le .• • .
e
e _
()Tina • d'groaned, and put u • her hand to
. . 1 re p p
'hide the torture of her face.•
. "If thie Mr, •Stevens intended any evil:exploded
to our husband, it is clear he would not
have 7 _ , „ „ ..
come home.
acorn home V! cried. lltildrea, starting
from the with the look of olio who,
h' tacked in the tro io seas, beholds
8 ipwr. ..
ft • • P • -
from his lonely raft some succoring eau.
R ' d h ?" • '
,.".,, aymon come erne .
A •
!. " No, love, notRaymoine."
The rounded arm 'on which the listener
_ _ ,
• d th • 'long
leaned gave way, an with onelong
'drawn moan, the head sank back upon. the
pilloty,
.
St h ' ba for 1
• Bht this evens es come elf, .
have seen him and even spoken with 'him.
He called here just after you left me • an
. , , ,. . .
la' surprised • h
the. lawn, and very muo • e
seethed te be at seeing me hete. Howe ver '
'
. haVretuined instead of taking to
that :he . .. . .
h d .. .
flight, as he might 'easily ave one, con.
• ' • that at resent no miethief has
vtlices nee . , ,r . . ..
I tt ' ' h
ocourred. And if these; warning .e _ere „,e.,
. • ....
genuine, we are now forewarned." , .
• - • a i is man say .Mil.1
" Wla •t• did tip' • ?"..asked M*1
.are'd, With eyes ,tight shut, arithough to
., , . , .,_ . . , ,
keep out some hideous vision.
- • ' •• . ' • ' •
'.:•• "He said your hUsbandbadehira lookin
.-herdowhis wayerliaokrta.•reripindr.youthat,
younhotild be at. the Nermeid .Cavern la Y
-3-n'elolikto!raorrow-at-lateiteitiffillrie-ta•
gee the seri•flowers, Mr 'Hepburn and he,
arnoouth
parted dompany,,, be Bei& on M , . .
• Jiown
pown by theSaxon Barrows." . . •
.1* Ay,. at :the grave -side," said Mildred
•
h ELY ELL ." A'ntl ..:00Nv he' 'thirsts for thie
a a y. •
with *mer, and where overhead the pale
,sprays of hawthern upon either side etrore
hard to Ids; end .1313w it climbed some hill.
top, from whence many a mile ef pleasant
Rnglish .
ground, with hall and haeolet.
church tower and low white fare], wooed
their willing eyes.
" Tide is the third time," eald Mildred
apprehendieely, when they had one a con.
ruclerable distauce, " that looking bank I
have perceived that manyonder; he re
d 1 - '• P • '
dg o e gathering violets whenever' we
b'
turn round, but I do not like. his following
us in that manner. When we pass Mr.
j ' f '11 ' a ' '
Asper a ctrrn,. we. w; step In, au then he
muet needs miss tite" .,
"Pooh, pooh, ray dear; ao not flatte •
yourself that the gentleman law) intereatea
in our proceedings," said Mrs, Carey,
laughing; "sec, he bee deserted, us already,
and has taken that path across the fields."
"1 am heartily glad of it., Marion; for
now that you have put me in better hope
about dear Raymond, I am atheehed 0 err/
r begin to be alarmed, about ourselves. X
almoet Wish we had got that escort with ue
•
you proposed, in One Of 0110284Villg brought
little Milly." •
" More lanes, more hills, more beautiee
on all sides; and now the 'banks decrease,
and become mere rounds of green„ and the
road dwindles to a turf truth, and presently
is lost upon the boundless dowza • Now, too
the thunder of the unseen Bea* breaker, "'
'n
'' 1 d'h ' d •
upon the iii an armomes, an the repented
24 grows fresh.. "We are very late, dear
NAG ELMO oot tarry eow ; at is long
past 3.
• ,
. These worde ot Mrs, Carey referred to a
. •
disinolinetion evinced by her co,napanion to
..
arrive, at their aistination; a scared. and
-like 'look had once more taken pos.
oession of her, as though she behela-some
• 4 -
object of fear behind and about her. .. •
"Did you not hear some sound like it
' hunian voice, Marion?" .
" Yes, love; our west •winds are full of
ies " re
saoh or_ , .. turned Mrs. Carey,_ cooly.
"When I firat came to live in these
' - • , . . parts,
I used to open our bed-roem window, both.
and afterthe gales ueder the impres
• ' ' ' ' "
sion that rine ene layouteide in pain. The,
too is getting very loud. I think it
sea' ' • • • -,e. .'
must be near mid tide. • .
"But we were to be at the oriv.ein 19 fig
before that, werevanot?"
too Mill •t see he but
"Yea, if we . k y o , b not
otherwise: Why should we trouble to
descend the cliff, and then toil up again 7
We have only: to -guide Mr.:Stevens home,.
He nannot•miatike the only path that leads
hither. from the shore, and, when he has.
get up; he cannot fail-," . •
.„ he ie,1" interrupted Mildred;
hastily. e Hew my heart beate-how mY
knees tremble! But why is he lying
'g
down? •• • • - - . •
is not him," returned Mrs. Carey,
fid tl • " 't • larger man then h "
cop en y , i is• ae• '
"Yes, great Heaven!" tried Mildred ;
"it, is the very person:who Intabeen trtick-
.
n tl . d 13. et d a. t
mg us a up way, an w o pr eu e o
taketh the 'field.' lli - "
e path. across eB. arion,
.was
' d - ' b t d d 't • I h
my nen , we are, Q raye , an i is w o
have led you into thesnare. May Heaven
. . . , • . . , . .
and•you forgive. me 1 • Your husband. never
•
11c* " ' ' •• - '
will, ,
r think he will," returned. the lieuten-
' .. , .
1. li• ' " 1 • that ' ' It b t
•ant a wife, wig mg,- . or is o er
Andrews,one of his own Men I did' not
- , . .
as you did aboot this ex err
feel so rave y . . . . P 1-
tion at starting,. se 1 begged to have alody-
geara,, in case :we, Wanted one. •" 'If was' I
Who beckoned him; 'behind your • bank, to
-take-thafield-patlai.und-sa.get. here• before
Us: You are ncit vexedeare you. Mildred?",
_
Se,
ATE MIA'WoWitith ESCAPE
• - ' .. • " 'i
esiewri One nuogri.4.-d, 'mod %%von, wee
• . ' - . -
and Not a Done litroktic.
wrom the peer Lodge (Montoya) New North
Wen, Nov. 44
The principal grading of Clarke Pori
Divisicar of the Northern Petrillo Itailroar
18 being done in Hell Gate Canyon, Ipetweei
1`Tew Cnieago and Boar Mouth. About hinl
miles below N Ole ' la ' k
. evr• Chicago o' w at IN now?
an "the lower rookaput." The grade il
12 or 15 feet above the Hell Gate River
and the rooky bluff out f 1 • h t • b '
.. 0 o w nu .1 is tun;
„Wasted is 20 or 25 feet higher On %%reeds:
Morning of this week a "and". a
" oeevicie ". blast was set in tine bluff, Th.
Paean blast coneisted of seven keg
of black powder ow* to a depth o
15 •oF 20 feet, with two smalle:
auxiliary blasts set with thorter fuse b
open. the .orevice, It being but a ehort die
tame below the com
.e., • • . pany store Nelsot
'enuett, cootmetor, and P. R. Anderson
book-keeper,.wakeh clown to see the B1101
The fuse wereii
- es red, the moo sough
shelter, and. two explosions followed b
quick succession. Bennett said, "Tb
shots have all-
'- gone off;let's go down,
an trate
d 0 d down. Some said, " No.! th
-4- bigshotis not ' " " b '
- off yet 1 hut e kept or
Anderson, Robert Dunn ' Mike ' MoCart
and Charles Reichenberg'followiug. • Soin
one back called'out again " The big ibc
isn't fired yet 1" Bennett, h by th•
time had reached the pOrtionwoiothe blal
which was rained and saw th k ' cl:
e roc un xi
turbed is re orted to ' ' '
. ' P- . . . have replier
, No, but she's going now, and, •
e And , BO ar
w_.,, • sure enough they did Th
n- e . a ar e e I
seve k ' h • • ' ' ' *
g g xp oded with terrifi
force throwio what ''n 4i
• 1• g L 6 neer • Merge.
estimates • at 80.0 cubic yeteds of rock or
toward and into the, river wed carryin
with it all the men named. Solna of that
throWn 120 feet out. ieto the rive
b • • • . • • • '
eing projected even further the bin
of the rook which fill a th • b-
,. , p up e river . e
and turned it out on the irouthern banl
Those witnessin tl • 4 , ' I • '
• • ' g re Einht mre fil ed -wit
horror, and it was not supposed 'age of th
unfortunate men . would • be '.• feu
• , . n
alive, Consternation *- pre'vailecl for
moment, and the . workmen 'flocke
.from ell direction. 'Their astouiehmen
Was great etvlien -one. by , one th
men began clambering out for th
shore, and was complete when every on
taken from the debrer acid river to th
shore alive. All were more or less out a
about the head, and dome had cuts an,
bruises on their' bodies. • Their faces.coi
ered with dirt and blood, clothes mired am
tattered end reeking with water,' th
, . • they pre
setted a horrid spectacle andthinei 1
ug en,
skilful surgery could save them, a mess&
ger sped to the . telegraph Alice at Net
Chicagoand reauested immediate attain'
. •- • -
&nee of Di'. Mitchell, frau Deer' Lodgr
When the doctor arrived he foued the me•
1 d ' 11 b • *
la •p, mpg token. to orimie their wound
bathed, plaster applied to the cuts, 411
•
not a bone broken in any of the fiv
.
men •who had -perforated that inaraellot
voult through 120 feot of.' specie , o,
. 300 , yards of rook, • ' propelled b
.
'villainous saltpetre. 4 Mrs. .;•13enneit
Mrs MoL • d M •
sin an • Mrs. \Veils were loiter
. '
atelv in 'the :camp, and ix ..v.t. t ' '
._ E.• .0 kiUrgl,Of
•- attention,' whtoh • was' seereely uncessarj
• •-' • ••.' • •
their minietratiou had• .beee, skilful an
E,Iiicbessftil. Mr: Beenett bed some ugl
face and scalp wounds, and Ittnelienber
alto had a severe ecalh intend. Audersii
, was.. sonieritate bruised ..un. • Wheal .Di
mitehell...left,,MieVed• clay-..-Mbraring-ai
butorie ef .the meri were 'Ai P trial •MOVin
ab out ce forta,b1 and II' : CM' b
y.1 lh no wag
tha ot :theta are • ot , all -I • I
. : angerous
hurt. . van be fore tharloctor ex ived the
• • - • r ,,,
were joking about the adventure, apenner
' laimingire nitide tlia hest7-junip,:ritad th
°than asserting he started': over base.
- It is certainly . Abe most ' reinarkabl
• accident; considering. •the .eirournstance
and • eseape, we , have: :ever .. heard, o.
- . The displacement Of rock Was . enormoul
.bulk • Matted. beiug 'as large res: th
Tyne • ' E
a urney °use. . e aye ma e tare 1
W ' h - d • f •
, inquiry as tip the facts, and • the • distaric
stOted as that which the in'en were throwi
c, 1
as also the height of the 41•ffabove th
- •
river, and the above is the least estimat
Made. Had the eruption .been °Egan!), c
had the men 'fallen. clear in the water, or '
• thete • had been but one' Man 'alai he le
-escaped, it would.. not'. have beret 'so mai
. ve D1011 B OU 0 ur e
yams, but that ii. • . ' • h -Id b '1), 1
.1.20 feet in air iimong a thousand 'tone: c
granite;fall with -it ancl in 'it'atid. among 1
and ' ' th'f • t "•••• 1
escape with only a ow. tem cuts an
bruises, is beyond.compreheneiom . •• - •
. . • • .
Moo Do 111.4ori*
Mil clear one, we were yeang so long
It seemed tnet patina wouie never go
For skies and treeswere ever in song
And water in singing ilow
In the days we never again shall now.
Alas, so bang: 2
" Ah, then was it all.spring weathar
Nay, but we were young and toSemer.
Ah I dear one, I've been old BO long,
It HOLUB that age is loth to part,
Though days and years have never a song.
And oh t have they still 1120 art
That warmed the pulses of 13010 to heart?
Alas; so long ?
Ah, then was. it an spring weather?
Nen Alit. we were yQung and -together.
.611 dear one, you've been dead so long-
Pow iongnntil we meet again,
'Where hours ay never lose their song
Nor &mere forget the rain
Taigiad moonlight that never shall wane? •
Mad, oolong! .
h 11 it be then spriniweather
Ani e a . .
And ah i shall we he young °gather ?
AVENGED All' LAS'71r.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
.
A SECOND 146.11N111G. ' .
husband
Nothing,mice t twain • her.
. P ... gto
return safe and sound, could have been a
gladder sight to Mildred Hepburn on that
fatal morning than what she did see
within an hour or so of Raymond's doper-
turee-natuely, the kindly. sympathizing
face of Mrs. Carey. The lieutenant accom•
panied her to. the cottage in the 'slender
hope that the tem pedestrians. might hot
yet have - started ; but finding that they
-
had gone, he returned to the •preventiye
•
station by no means grudging his pains
. ' ' ' • '
although not .without o goodlunloged
laugh at Mildred's foolish fears: He left a-
little portmanteau behind him, "which,"
Said NEM Carey, " please to let me put in
your room, Mildred," ' • .
44 What'!" replied that poor lad, it.
temptingto be:jocular, " is it something so
ve, uo, eyou no leave i a ome,infant
1 bi that dare' t I •t th
but hrivebrou ht it te this fastnesi of Pam- '
Cottage,g garrisoned t 1 b
pas .. so .o rong y y
myself and, little Jane the nurse -maid?"
• . ... . . .
"Well," returned Bars. Carey, kissing
her " the fact 's it's m brushes and comb'
4 x, . .Y . . . , 4
and just a few things for a coupe et plots,
which I have invited myself to pass
with you, my dear, until Mr. Hepburn
a again o Boo you or 1Uwas
cornea be k ' • t ld f being'
a ou po ing. •.,- • .
Such a fright b t • 'th' ". '
" Oh, my dear, dear ' Mrs. Carey," ,cried
Mildred; " • this is more than kind indeed.
And h "involuntarily.added,
. , a 1 me, she
,There
e. ave :wove 1 . a
"how little h 1 d d 1 t
_• . your
hands'l " • •
. '
" Bless • usgeid save us!" exclaimed the
yousudden
honest lad h • one would' think had
y, d'tla lieutenant ' '
done ."That
me an esome grave
injury." . . . ..,.,
ise
4 And so we lave, ' exc aime i r e
.
; or o e ones ,
"f tmistrustth h t
d t • * f heart, ''' - •'
deceive the pure o is a gritty-
an o _ _ ,,. felt.
oue• wrong. I feel • as 1 have Paver
ore -so one y, eso a e,. rien ess-
bef • 1 '
tell • allabout 't " If:hell a Out
priestyeti a i , or g .
of my mind." , • '
"Stay,dear," said Mrs Care
.. my .• • .. ' .
kindly, but placing a finger o'n net. friend's
• 4 - - , , ... .
eager lips: you must not. do anything in a
hurry, and. particularly when your husband
id net here • .1 have long known -although
no . now i ot ere suspeo i - a
I 'do ' t .k. ' 1 h t 't ' tb t
. . .
burden about with ' you,
• earey,. edme heart..... atit-
til3ntrin Ynurl
Wedne yeti for t and les. el.. e ,
1 I;d tu'e ' lEi; t Ir' ' help
yen.to_earry_r_t„._ o ho,,,,wen._.4.1_11.9,w_348
•nane.t": , , • , . • , .. ' • .. •
u you can, help' me,- my dear and
l' f • d IL d t •
on y men . yearne o pour my sorrow
. , • . • • . .
out before you seores and scores of times
'
what..have. to su ere • ro.na._your
Ah • - ' • I t If d f • ' '
,a, ;or ot Lovo land Daring.•
• ' • ---,
By the author of ...whet He Cost ger,"
" Gwendolierig Harvest," and other - .
popular novels.
• -
. "Blo, ho 1 what 1 that pricks you, does
t ?" grinned his torturer. 'You tremble
!or your dainty, fair young wife. You may
safely leave her to her relatives, young sir,
is idle not our, niece.? Do we not owe her
tu old score upon the mother's account?
Did not she, like herself, run, away from
tux good caro,andMarry in spite .of .Fg?
_,,
otwo
ffrs. geplaurn is coining to the Mem.
live to -morrow, slae , and the child too.
Die sprizig-tide rises fast,. you tell me, in
hese parts -80 fast that .a etranger like
nyself might very well be caught, by it,
gothing, indeed, - could be more likely,
iVell, the tide does catch us ; and after a
violate but uosuccessful attenipt to rescue
them -this is my ,second little story-1before
I132 compelled to swim away in order :to
unfortunately, lave. my own 'life, Whey,
!moot outim. Now, yet see, I have con-
Idea to you my 'whole programme, feeling
sonfident that your sense of honor will
prevent you revealing the partioularo to•
iny human- creature. How surprisingly
drong you must be in the areas, 'Raymond
31yffard1 I had no idea that I should .haveLucky'
i listener so long; however, you • are per -an
;eptibly slippingnew. There. ie a•ourious
arrow on your right, dawn which yeti will
Probably glide to, your. destination. It
ilmost looks like a path from here." Ile
paused to gloat upon hie helpless', hopeless.
rictim, then continued ; . "Now, what
would you not. give, if I reached 'down my
Irms to you even .now, and doknowledged
bat I VMS merely playing a practical joke?
What would you not give, I . say; to grasp
be hand -of Gideon 'Carr, the touch ofpassionately
thich. would, • at this :moment,, be more
;rateful than that of any hand in.Christen.f
lom, however fairee&ace ft. can save' thee,
wad no other? cC,, what will you bide
Will you give Clyffe ? • Will you inake overhi•eroglynhioal
ill that would be yours, if your brother
. . .
ihould die without a will?. ' ' • •
"1 will gien"--Yriti all I have," gasped
Raymond; ". but • Clyffe : is pot mine, to
give -it is my clatld's." •• - . ' ' . . • •
' ' t die to
"What 1 the child that ,. is o i •
nortow-r- oried-lve•Girleen,•:-...seorniullye..yeu
' Listen to this mien; foolish* guillemots ;
;albite of the warren, Prick your ears •
acire•is-a-caseloa-veill-uhderetand,-,-Whai
1 hand at bargaining is this unhappy'
kende/A-um, who has abouta• second or so. to
1 He offers, as ransom for hislife, hot
•
wen the. money which I heve already in.,
---/
:". . • e• -..i -b7 gra:tern] ' b-eyoriir ill that -woad
earl say," Answered Mildred, eeyently, ' ..
. At a', sign from Mrs: • Carey, the, man
arose, and oame forward to meet them. '
" Have you seen anything of Mr.
•
g • ' • • '
- te-vens-?-21-thauired she.,--e•.-Is it-peesible .
that- he could have.rdissed Us • after 'coming
, • - . .
up the• cliff 1" , . • , . . .
.
" Quite impossible,..' If relit'
head can Stab& lookind,ovet' here, you will
, thatymider. is the, only .poth up. front
the .bay; and, except 'at low tide; one con -
not . get round either'. pOint. The. cavern
'• - • • - ' ' • • . .
lee almost underneath us. •If.he had ceme
. we herein the down, We Must have seen
him ; there' is no shelter eXcept that very
lane as you came by:". -•
• t. • . . . . • • •
• Bathe tide has now risen quite high,
Robert. and . he Crihnot possibly -be it: the
cavern." . . -• • . j • • ' '
., 14. Not. Onkel lie be- a: merinan, ma'am,"
, assented ,Andiewri, gtioning Ond, touching
h'e ' ' t •
1 hat as hough in, apology . for jookint
before his superiors. , ",My own belief is
as the gentleinan • got 'sea -sit, and; Was
landed a, good way short of this, Hriniay,
he bank at.Sandby, or even Lucky Bay, by
this tiree."... ' ' ' ., : . .
"Back et Sandby 1 " cried 'Mildred With.
elaspedlande;' " then he rimy, ,even Mt*
.
be ' at the cottage!, ,.. Home, home,' for •
Heaveng sake l' .Why Aid I.eyer 'leave. My'
,child?". . , . .
• " ' •
. With- that she' turned,. .and. began 'to,
retraes her steps;•Withoht. vvaitieg to leer
Whet .comfort the lieutenant's wife wee
ehileavoring. to lind . for, her.. • 'Moreover,
Mrs. • Carey's' face' belied ' her cheering
words "; it was pale . arid • fell' o$ apprehen•
Bi011 : and after one More 'glance at.. the.
.itiaritiable Sea, whickhad already devoured
the shore, and was.suctring with greedylips
the cliff itself; she.' hilitened. after her
friend, • - - • • • , . '
. (To be eentinned.) ' .
'
mrpocket-I-Theelooretandingvide4-oPee,
Se wants to haggle with., one about giving
pp the key, It is inipossible that one can.
l.reat With a person of this 'character. • You
).re growing v,ery week,. Indeed, Rayinond:
ellyffard-you eeem, to , be ' in. • extrentii,
Ilave you got any bequests to' make ? -. Yotir •
last • words 'Will . be. interesting. I
.
Pan answer for that' a,t. leapt. as respeCts
pee person -namely, :nit sister Grace. .' 1
will send them to het by to -night's post, .1
promise you, with all the .details of your
misfortune." . . .„ .. .
" Tell her, then," said Raymond, Break-.
'mg with labored breath," that I bequeath
o her themalediction air, murdered man.
!oh ernile ; but the -hour willeoine When it ,
will takeeffeet.• "knot/ it is Surely . as I
know. what fate aWaitre me. within the next
1ew moments. • May the bane of that
indent race, of -whom she has been the evil,
;tar, olingto her rielt has clung. to us. .My. :
;he inherit with our lands the .ctiree •Whioh
has pursued us through so. many genera.
time 1" • • . .
• ... .
" Your gooa wishes ehall ..b.e faithfully
aateirnitted,'•' returned-Gide:ph mockingly;
' but I own to you they. are unlikely. to
bear fruit: My sister .Grace ie the wisest
woman I knew, and the least likely to lose
'aer wits like you proud foolish Clyffards.•
Why, look you, the Olyffaras. Were .always
boastful of their genealogy, yet not 'one 'of
ihemoould count such a tioeg crewcut ' as is'
aow.riwaiting you! . I do.not often joke;
nit upon occasions of this • sort, duke est
iesipere-(one of the fa** p/arenes I. ever
ticked up at school). in /oeo; that iii to saYt
..t is well to be merry oh the ' brink of a
precipice.". ' • . . ' '
• " Thou art Ile, Gideon. Cafr,". replied
..
Raymona Solemnly, though speaking with
great. effort. "Thou art on the : brink
if the precipice • of.. death. Well'
nayst.' thou shrink' and grow. • pale-
L tell . thee, . T, • 'myself, . a .7 clyipag.. _Mee.
gm mark the sheet wound high' upon. thy:
Nicked limbs, the token of •blaoli doom
llintetatdelfehtrid thee--Olerce"." .., ,
Involuntarily,. and with a face almost as
White as that ef ,his tdithee, Gideon 'Carr
;lanced overlis ehOulder. - ,• . ,
The text Moraeht he Was alone. ' '
Beneath .hins•Were the marks in the wet
diff, where the hoer 5vretch had .f.ftruggied
ha olung„ but the falling limbo had given
7eay during that inetaht, . the . body had
dipped down the lune* into the viewless
err. Scarce 'ri Boma ' had until now: been
heard save the voices ..of'the two men, in
that uneqiial Utak ; but now, ' as though
released from , gome horrible spell, the
thousand realircis which had been sitting
apon -the• ledges,' or. hovering ribout their
nests, • seemed to send forth ono try of
aorta- and alarm, and -tip theYostine swirl.
ing. fora the abyss belovrovith'.scream on
acream, and circled round in theclecir bhie
like 'wreathe of snow, as though Appealing
to • high Heaven for murder done. The
Mont warren shone with timorouri eyes;"
from every burro*, started a harmless face,
which nieer till noW had looked, ulton a
.
Prime ; and what seemed worst of rill, the
rusty semaphore, hoiseless heretofore,
began to shake and 'creak, as the accusing
winds swept by, and bade it .point thene
out the martslayer ! • . . .
Gideen Carr, to do him 3ustice, was not
one to shrink from any Conflict, man to
man, or even againet odds ; but he was by
nature; like his brother, superstitious., 01
religiOn he had none, hot even that taith
!nude up (11.0110 tnaY say 00)• of the .worst
part of religions which &OS ; divinity in
nate instead of love, and 'clasps pale fear in
place Of. rotreato hope ;', and leoks for night,.
and wOrse, instead a tlae dawning of the
Aernal deg.. 110 feated, 48 OlortUint amid,
neither' uod nor math But his mind,
love And le dnesei Like somaimprisoiiidt •
bird that Lies through glass sunshine end
the trees but feels that. between .him arid
them. an-inviiible Wall of ctyUtal intervenes
and shuts out all -such is aesecrethetWeet:
,- . ..
hearts. And ' et441though I• knoie
' clvinlf b d" would y t . .' d for•' 1 h. •
my us an vou no •, min •,. e as
- •• .
often 'told me to tell you. If .. I
would -now • .1 have said "no inuch,
1: t wish 1 had aieve s oken
.....: ewe o . . . z - • •
s theyare,perhaps. ' .It
Inge see better a ,,
':unclosely.
is suola a sad, sad story. • .. - • . . •
, • . . • • e • - . • •
•• Nay, Milared, do .not weep , ccme out .
into •the cool 'fresh. air. The. Open . air is
best fOrsorrovrt. for Dame Nature's hand,
:though •rough, is kindlyat leatet I •have
always found it so." • • •.. .. . , •
" You! dear -Mtge' • ' Corey -well, • dear
lldarion, if.you will. have it so-Why,..what.
oan.you know of sorrow 2" • •
---:"-Not Much, -.thank God, ..my friend,"
replied Mrs. Carey earnestly; "and :if He
. ..
seems to .you to have been good to me,:who
know • not What He . las :done:ler 4. poor
. , •
Oyphonea, friendless :girl, hew natal more
gracious•aed benign ehonlaIle seetti. to, me ?•
No, •dear, as . you say., I have Borrow ;
there. is no rooin • within .my heart . for
aughtbut gratitude." . ,.. . •
' ." And love. I ,am . sure that there id
room for love," .saidMilarea tenderly, ..
• "Yes, clear. It wohla be fitrahge, indeed,
if Ileosho is Levee self,. should have vith•
held that 'preMous gift." And yet Mte,
Carey..eighed. ,•"You. know, .1 hope, thot
.John is dearer to me far. 'than life ; nPy
-father, husband„benefe,otor, friend -my all
in all. A bleesing-,for which I bless.. God •
every day. - But we were never boy and
girl 'together, like Mr. Hepburn and your-
self ; a,nd when 'I . matrieTI was .not ,so
, young but.that I -Look you," she inter-
ruptedlerself•snailing. 441. itm like yonder
pampas grass, that has eVerything • corofor"
Wile, and Snug .about .it, witlan attendant-
in white Marble to keep it moist and.greene
but which has little:or ' no bud ' in spring.
.time.„. . ,, • .. • .1 . .
. "Ay, but in autumn, •Wheu the flowers
fade and die,"..oried Mildred, "it blossoms
iti & hundred feathery epraye, and none Of
them. 'will Perish, even • though they be
gathered from the stalk.", • , , I
• '4' Yes, dear, I know," said' Mts. Qarek
quietly ;:"they are plectecint•to have about
the helical (when, as yea say, there are no
'flowers to be got), although:their blossom
• is,gray.": • '" • '
The two women aid•natspeor ler a little,
but .ecioh held the other's hand.• net
Mildred lea her ghest to a sheltered =nor,.
where a peat was out out in the cliff.
• "I think I will tell yee. nay 'story.noye,"
whisperedshe. ' '
56 hand in baud the Y sat, with their fair*
faces first in • shadow, then in sunshine,
then in thadelegain, as the 131.6rti Ot4v7 to.
afternoon, while Mildred' lelyffard teld het -
tale from first to;last. ' . . .
' "Am I anxious, fearful without reason?'
ended she, " Have WO hot cause to fear,
with a foe such as this aunt of mine?"
"Ii Ilducli &use," returned Mre. Carey,
gravely, 'quid much lieed. ler friends- No
harm it' done at i*Osent,' but / 'wish you
had • told Us this befoke. The lieutenant
. rt
,--- '
,coast;gnarcl,..1. . . . . . . , .
'2°ItE," • ' • ' ' ' ' .
Ahd Raymond has, gone with him alone,"
'ma'am.
cried. Mildred!. paesjone,tely, " I .:shall
oever seehis bright andgloriousface again 1"
'' ' It . wLye , terrible' to; sed how:the light
'faded out of her own features an elie spoke,
.. .the
all th 1 ' d 1 t ' 1 t
au ow A. arge •an . us rous eyes es
• ,
' all their light, as the note fell • ftonp. her
nerveless land, and fluttered to the grouna.
• Mrs. Caterpicked it up.; and 'remained it,
"Never be frightened by an..
• '
reeonymous letter, Mildred; it is.. alnmet
always. 'the Weapon .of -.the 'base and:
cowardly. • Suppose - this Stevens ,ie .rirt•
holiggfeliriffMter 'all?" .. : . . ' • .. '-'
.. "No," repliect Mildred 'with a rilihd'der,
"I. will' not, suppose that. .Datre. Nature,
whom you pianted hist new, hart told me
. otherwise too plainly."' . . • . .. • . ..
. .
.4. poi, .)nan to man, /our .husband is
.there than eeniatch for him." . '
„ - • bub ‘• _ . „ • •
., -. tea, unsuspectinge----
,'
"-Nay, not so, Mildred," interrupted the
, oo you, your we 4vis er as
other ; .4' 1 k " ' --' ' • 11 • h • ' •
Wore.' This is not then, • the firstwarning
your husband hie received." • "- ,
a Tree, true, and that explains *hi,- Tie
now ' eleens. with a loaded pistol beneath
hie pillow., I Would that • he had taken his'
weapon with him this unhappy. day." .•
. "Stay, • Mildred •'; there is need ofjudg-
ment- hero; •therelmist be no rash beeping
'to. eonclueiolis• ' :You 'do not know what,
sohemee, what treacilleries, are flyer' Work,
ing about,,us, born of this wretched smug.
gling. I.do not think it, of emirse-let m9
not offend you by. what 1 say --but has
your husband any conneetMir with those
'
who call themselves, free-tracterse .1. do
not ask you to betray lilm ; whatever you
tellthe shall be hale as secret as the grave,
•I know there are many persons,. otherwise
honest, who hevedealingewithilesdpeople:
If this man Stevens 10, ae my hnsband.
-thinks, an officer Of 'the' Government,this
warning may have 'well be send to Mr-
BoPburn in ease he be c'ottlieroed-ti • .
„N.:0, no,4.4 sighed. Mildred •hotielesely ;
"1 wish it wereas you 'suggest: hie life ,at
feast, would,then not be in peril. mie Are
good friends isnot& with ell in Sandby,
but we have no dealings with • the law,
breakers," ' • ' ' e ' ..
' .1 Neeertheiess,e ' quoth nere, cam, .4 i
should' likd to see that first letter to which
this present one sePros to' refer. It is
Lamest eertaih to :he More explicit, and
from it we Might gather at least frem What
quarter to .expecb the danger. I• will wait
here while you search for it, and try to
440 some course to follofV, . if things
should be as you • fear; and. this warning
date hoar Clyffe.''' • ' ' •
" Webave very tow possessions," return,.
ed Mildred with a Bad • smile,' "and no
hiding placethat 1 ani aware of. If Ray-
trifnia has not taken the letter with him 1
shall find it in five minutes." ' ,•
• /t was well that Mts. Carey"s "veaman'e
instinct had Suffered her %friend. to make
that seltrch alone, Truly, itwarr no extensive
one ' but ' heeverything • f II yna end'.
, u SOMO V7 o a
had acquired in those few hours of absence'
a Sort of del/noes whieh made ler linger
Over eaoh with reverenthands, Lula grudged
that any hut her 'own should totith them.
•
/here wao a picture of herself. in their
little drawifig•roorn l but, lo l' she how
tound another, drawn by him, ber lord, in
pencil, and, by the date,. before he had
been her declaree lover, and with it a cor,
%la 'cl Wh'eh site
n roae t; , Oft -an wi ere , 1 • .
tairn b a d a d •
had given iiire at his request, before her
heart had learned • to leap at his footfall...
along With • these was One little , lock ei;
Mines hair--tt Very historY, IP brief, of his
love for her from down ±0 tnellOW noon:
true tricorde, fading to the eye, but to the
ligin.rt, frAala As the stetuleye, fragrant ari the
--„,-.--- . .
little life and mine," ... , . •
- hefoolish -fame
44 If. you have 'any ,sue t. .. , Y4
Mildred... you •ehmila not, go o ,meet ,, this
.than.". . , • . . .
li • h d'• last
. "Whet ! .. disobey:lay. ... us .ao .0:nee
co419,4d ?. No,.my,frieud; Igo•trnraotrow
as he bide me " •• - ' • . . . . • ,
• - - - . • . •
ou :Mildred that is
' ' " Ihriti.I. go . vvith, , , ... 4 • ...
certain :. inky, hut I' do!,. You, are. rather,
obstinate, my dear, yourself, just -now ; . but
corapered.With me when I. have made.up my
thinyou are Docility Pereetni-
mind to -any 0, . . . .. .
dedaek .john elect. I om not afraid ' on-
• •f• we have -
my. own accomitor yours •;: but i ,. .
Milly With us, 1. shall take .onceof. our • men.
from Luck Barba...help to carry • her„ 'if Vve
tiie " • • - : • - - ' • • •
, ..• . ... • ,,, • .
4: Tier? Mena in need11' • .crup , i . e . ;.
. ' a midi a
.4 piy mina.seems feeble as 'my litilbse• 1
Cannot think • at ail,. but . only suffer. • Yet
°Minot. the road be. searched 'whore • this
man went with • Raymond, arid: the -the
cliff?", • : • . . .. . . • • . . . • '
" .That heti been dote dear. • One Of the
coast -guard 'followed them.' this Mornieg,
directly I hot your letter. He ' met Mr.
btevens • returning, •.very near the opot
where' be ' give he • paited with. youahus•
band; and. then went • ories far as (by the
One) •,the two could possibly . hive gene
together; .a. 'mile beyond the beacon, but
there was no trace:of anything NV1Ang.” '
. 4. Thanks„thanks„ :cleat Marion ; I have
ne right :to 'despair„ having a friend • like
yeti, • Thio little • One, too; yes, .you • are
right, she shagnot go with us to=morrow,"
:' . " That's a wise woman! Now Mildred
idlike herself:again. But wee whole day,
' d. • ' ' have r husband:..ba. . 1
an you will _you . eke.
,prorouny you; and. an. the meantime,' fear.
'not thia man at all. - Thalibutenan t has had 'it
word from me, and will watch the Mem as
a opt ' Watches a' Amuse.. .Bly husband's
'honeet heart takes. all he dbe.e not Airflow
for geed ; but .beieg Warned, hiriliend is-
like a•vice to grip the wicked, ," Woe' bitter
woe. t� him who plots' against an nepro.
tected Woman . and her child beneath jehri
parey's eyed! nig Stevens is a, vety bold
and. orafty,Villain, you would. day .; but he
with whom he has now. to deal ie keen,
although notOutining; and aster boldness,
I do indeed believe toy husband would; th
his shirt•sleeverc-in the .cause 'of honor. or
• •she
duty -'defy a lid11.". .•
Mrs. Corey. laughed,hut while she spoke,
the fire of honest pride glowed in her
cheeks ad eyes, and riptide her pleasant
face. one glory,. . • . ' • ' •
.' "So, Mildred, without being: very brave
Ourselves, wernay rest -to -night without fear.
Came, you mast have sonic ' tea and then to
boa; add this young lady, too, must be per.
euaded to retite,gmce such late' houfs are
bad for her compleiion." . . •. • .
X think Unto the.honse a sorrow -there la
' .
. no hunian bleisiug equal to a breezy-
Minded wereamtenaer at heart, but chary
of her tears, ready to listen to woe, but net
to flatter it, and Matthrt-like,pareful to fuli
fil the °rains*. duties of- the house, what"
• ever earthquake may have shaken' the
pillarepf its.peace. . . . •
The night passed, thanks to Mrs. Caree'r,
without alarms ; and when the next day,
. •
at mot, the two frionas fiet forth ippon the
'elan h• h•led b• .a short out to the
i d way w zo y
eliffs ribove the Mermaid Cavern, the
olottcle of evil fore.boding had thinned, se
that a little. sunshine straggled through,
and found its • Way to Mildred'o
hearL • It was a lovely walk; the
•
fields, wail par/mouth :various and riolf
were wekoming every.whers the presence
of the spring; the woods had donhedtheir
beftutifulgreen robes, and ail the ineerise-
breathing earth was bright and glad. NONA
their road lay through lanes with lofty
banks, by nature's lavish hand set thick
•
ItAiraDvilivPS DALD..auttiessic IR.
• •-• . ..
Uhl. EttiOrmouS "Plasecialtitkons with th
• . : :, elovvrien'llsaull04.1111olapy. '
: . The vary openieg 'of the extiiinnation i
e ero tin s auk:case in Newark N.J
th M h t ' 33 ' ' '
makeit sonae interesting..revelations: . Th
erhel and'ineatialile morocco' factorY whiol
according to Baldwin, " got it rope aroun
his nealr."..arld then forced WM to. given
for. its own devourieg the pretty ,sum c
e2,600,000, does not appear to aby extexit 1
thie testimony, but .Wall street dries, an
'some suggestive facts' are disclosed; It i
found that Theodore Baldwin; the ball
brother of Oscar and paying teller",of th
•
bank, carried on enormous. peculation
. with the one firm.af broken who .have bee:
exainined thud far, Marcie re Runyon, c
New'York. Theodore Baldwin is the gentle
man Who. 'has been. able to. own a, hat
interest • in ' rie theatre and act as payin
teller in abank it the same time withot
onee. amusing the ouspicion of •-any ef th
Direetorsif the statements' of all of. ther
arri to be believed. He would sometime
send to these brOkers ff20,0Q0 by .messenge
formergins on stooks and had $40,000 i
margins at 0110 time: • He was carrying a
one time • 10,000 shares of. otock on
.narrow mamba,. the loss . on Which /nigh
have been4160,000. . The 'broken: becam
alarmed at the . thotight. • of . °end:lain
.
such transitetiona .foe a person : in hi
position, .ahd forced' hitt: tetake rewaY hi
Oceount... This Wildly -reckless • garablin
was in progress four years a.go., after who:
:one thetwe Baldwins, doubtless, mad
-
ran. Money and surely lett vastly atom
The myth of the remorseless morobeo far
, tory fades ' out of view, and, iustead of th
pathetic pieture of•the. unfortunate cashie
•
whose feet had ono° 'slipped, and was las
dragged down. to ruin by the " roe" e
INTInetat, we have the, 'picture of - the tw
inscals.gernbling in secret, with -the atone:
ofeonfiding depo.sitors, and chuckling owe
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their even smartnes,s.
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whe Countess of Du . • .
- Hecht •nnta 76entriculet.
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' On the 20.th of Octobet a"lheatrical per-
formence • . was given at the. British
.Illnahasey, Therapta, by_ .the Genntess• of .
Dufferin, oe a small • stage erected Boum
time since fin. the performance giv.en in aid •
.of.the Enibassy chapel to be built there..
The piece ehosen *Ai "Cut off with a
'Shilling," and 'the. diameters. represented
' ad follows : llfra. Gaythorne) the Countess
of. Duffeein ; Mr: Getythornei Mr. -Sattoris ;
Colonel Bernerp,,Mr. Goseheri. Lady Def.
ferin's rioting was, As hello/. obarmirg, and
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was moat ably ',supported byMesr.
•Sartoris ima :Geschen, Immediately the,
piece was . concluded o • .valse . was,
struck . up. and ' dancing continued
until the smalls houre. On ..the 25th of
Octobers dinner was given by the ward-
i.00m officere Of iI.M.S. Antelope, at Thera-
pia, to the Earl and Countess of. Dufforin
and the attacheee a the embassy. The
held on the brid o -which was
dinner was , . g• 1
tastefully, transformed into a ,very pretty
.
k00111 bythe aid of canvas, blinting,ilainers
and colored lamps. This :di.n#er Wag a
wina,up to the summet festivities of .1.881,
as rifter dinner,Lord. a,nd Lady Dufferin
as,after ,_,
board,d th
temained. Ve an . 13 .no113
: alsmia and we •
during the night left $o , as to
return to Constantinople on Thursday, 27th
October, when . the Rrahassy will , take up
Wort he winter e,t tl e
the Acre for t i Pero
Embassy. • • . ' ,,
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Ilev. E. Sheppard, •of the Ditioipler
.ChurcheSt. Thomas, hag decided " .
, 111.eonse
•_ f failingb
quence o • ealth, to accept re
-earnest call from. Bovernanvilleewhere. hi
ministekial duties :will not .be of meld
arduous nature.. •
" If Congrees appropriates' money to pa;
us," said one of the surgeons that itttehde.
Garfield, "we shall be glad, but we ehal
hover ask 'Mrs Garfield for a dollar ".
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-Indian cashmere for, mantles is 'frc
ri end lined With • ui * t• • •
i.0 q Itea ea in merven
Yd d '
ents_anh .e ged With •lplook lei from siX t
ten int es deep... .
110V. Abijah Green, Of New York Statc
preached a batmen on " Poole," and the:
blew out the gas at the hotel and went t
bed to be suffocated. .
... .
p t18 'inches .wide i ri
A a hwaY only • • 8 °IL'
in the eide of Slate Mouhtain, neer Lone-
vine, at a height, over sal almost perpere
dioular chasm, of 1,500 feet. BeW men who
use it have ettong. enough nerves to walk
uptight, bet inrithietively.. ormuth or " Won
IV' aathe locial saying is. The foolhard-
Mese of lames' Zern in attempting, the
passage when the ground•was a glare of ice
.may, therefore, be itnaghied: HO filippedf
fell, ond woe dashed to paces on. the frozeh.
erourid, ;note than a Onarter Of a mile
below .
" What! 'Yoh Will not toll Atn"P' erled
Mildred, starting from her . seat, " Oh,
what will Raymond say?"
.4 He will say I should have' no seereta
from, m Int b d " ' ' 1' cl the other
y s an , rep, le
firmly. 4-, No, none, more , none; not
even that one. Whercet, X spoke inet • now,
and which shOuld haver; been his and "Mine
alone, but that / baye you , needed nano
great eintedence • to hire forth Your on
hidden foe. , John would -have .giVen yell
heinfill en:meet for thourrh • he id treetIno
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