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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1888-04-27, Page 2trft;* •••• • 0 ' . ' weenie, Cientiosprinee Tell me. thou that wateliest o4er dlatherers of goliren honey. Through the, sapPhire,days.00'dmitiy; Days that now we seeneraire, , Where have nod diode 000p:belted With refulgent handelif apher 9.1real1ess are the vines- that °limber hem, they '0401 held Of yore.- ohedtheraroaiiibrakialOOlto4 :n thelioneyseeltle hello: • Tinkled the nester from the cells Otthe zenith -looking lily.; • • - While the winds through wan and chilly Hours around udrage and roar. , • • They have robbed the Year of sweetneddi -Leaving us its ashen, core • MOP they followed thee withfhietneds; . ' HOldhigotiu their wealth in:storey Xn our vision0 webehold- _• • While ,the stirg eternalhafts hurtle .O'er the had beds Of • • Airthy honeys liquid gold, • • Drained.frela 4,094e -h1 of 014 ' • Where Arcadian wootallid spurtle •Oriiel,;druel, tluis to *Lent us Through the cliild„ of wintry'night 1 Ortiel, cruel, thud to haunt us With sweet visions of delight I • • Come. we pray thee, crime and bring •Aiek thy troop and •sky -fields sunny; ,We 'Weald quaff the.Year!efredliheney ..Rrona the. chalice Of the springl • ^:„ • ; 0 • SAIRLEY ROSS : , It Story of Won -Ian's. Faithfulness. She clung to Guy in a paroxysm' of ter-, •',tor at the thought, the only clear one new • lin her bewildered brain. "1 am not his .Wife -it, impossible I No, no. GuYr.do . mot bays Me to him -take mo away -take; nieawayl" ' She hid her face breast, tremtdirla '..cOnvidsivelY in °Very limb, while 'Guy . *wed his head over here in an agony as • ;great he her own, his strong frame trem., bling with the suppreseed rage and fury *hi& burned in hisheartWhen he thought ,,of the misery before her. • "Guy" -4 -lifting her heal and meeting .1lia sorrowful eyes-" forgive me forgot1,Won't PaltLynu, dear, anymore. My seemd:so strange' and confused that I do not know what am saying,' why aid I come? I walked alltheway,you know.Osweld thelped ine-L-he 758 very good,'; but he could • AO. help its being so' cold, you know.. And • whenlen he said, I Come beolsoome . lime.' But I kneWthat I must come, that • if x did not something dreadful-" Again % mbl. 410 Are • iTigszor *go= rmucea " veragAnizthewraltedigjaeihntzharteyeerstilir 4crcikodtutivizrat 'toilliscusklabia'Attritncuthaiak .0ny, you, will .not -there is something .ahave to ask your -you wilt come away from here -you will not -oh, Guy "-she 'slid ',Own from his arms and sunk at his feet, .hOlding out her little, eager, supplicating . hands-" oh; Guy, if you ever loved me -I '54„ 'can, see the danger in your facet- and -and . -it 'terrifies. me 1 Oh,. Guy, come Rway- eome away I" • • She was clinging to him as she knelt at 'feet in...A- very. delirium of terror, her • 11P,1),da 4r/tilled,: her hair sweeping , the • .ground.. Bending, Guy strove to raise her, ... bat she resisted.,.... • , • • • 44 No, no, I here! • Oswald, elp:me.to3plead.-L-Do you -not -see -do -you - not see --J. • "Shirley, dear, Guy willborne away. Be .calin; child; you will only make yourself, • Captain Fairholme had come to her side, dating' her gentle hands and speaking .06othuigly. , He safe that the 'girl's mind was ahnost unhinged with misery, and the • dever-light in her eyes terrified him. . "Do you not Hee?"' she . repeated,100°1191y. ,"He Will kill him! ., Oswald, Make him go; he has suffered so ninchthat _ misery hae-"' •", • , ' •-• I take you with me 2 11C0111 are his wife, re- member." , She had ,olasped _het hands round his aincii- but it the word, so heart-rending in their hitter anguish, eo hot:kappa in their MiserY; the little clinging llOgere fell away, and he drew •haok with a puzzlec1100b. "Witty," the itaidfaintly, "have you for. how to. love .ree? Are you angry? • Doak, do,yon forget?" he fished jai- fullY, as he made his way toward the door,, moving like a Man suddenly etrioken with blindness, .Shirley following with the same WistfOl, puzzled look, which Made': Oswald watch her with a nameless fear. , At the door Guy Paused, with trembling hands for, the handle, notdaring to look at Shirley', and feeling that he, °Mild have faced death more easily than those wonder- ing, shining eyes. • "Guy, you will not go, without mePaha Baia piteously. "You will not leave me here? Ah "-with a cry thatrangthrough the room-" 1 forgot -I forgot 1" . Not daring to hesitate_, Guyopened the door,- and went out into the hall, where two ladies -Lady Capel and her daughter - came forward eagerly as he appeared, but whom lie passed without recognition. They uttered a simultancons exclamation of die - 'tress, and hurried into the library; and, while one ran to Shirley and caught her in her arms, the other turned to Oswald. "For Heaven's sake, follow him .1" Lady Cartel said hurriedly. "Ale needs you most 1" • Oilfield obeyed without * word • and With a glance . at her daughter, who was crying passionately, with her aims round Shirley,,,whose eyes were dry and wild and vseant,, and who paid no heed to Ruby's tears, and caresses, her ladyship addressed Sir High- . Have vexed yon?" 'e 1' WO ocsene ninat end," timid Sir Hugh, • Advancing. 41n*, 'fittiirk, if ..you have any pity for this poor Child, .who is evit dintly so terribly upset by all; the excite - :Mot she has undergone. that she is not ,conctoions of What she . it; saying, you Will ; us. kram at your• -service. -whenever .yon like to Call upon me. Yon can leave' ;my wife to my care , 41- GO; Guy, for 'Heaven's sake; and •end.: . ,thiifieene . It is killing Shirley," Oswald said entreatingly, for his Cousin's condition 4va's alarming him greatly;. the fever of her Mind was struggling against .hek physical •exhaustion, and she clung to him, panting And breethlees, in her agony Of terror: ," To leave her Mittel" toped Guy bitterly. ." 'Bow can I 2, Fairholme, put yourself in ;ray plata): ' T6 leave her 0 that dastard,' who has , cruelly betrayed us both! :Why did you let her come? I claim a ;man'e right to fiengeanoe. Even his 'life Weald not be a stiffiment--" "You are talking • madly," •interrupted .Oswald. • "What vengeanee oait:yOu take that will not fall most heavily upon her?' Ah, Mindy ehe has offered enough! Will you add to her misery? It would be kinder to tear her limb fiom• hinb than let her • ;Suffer this! And you my you love •her 1".; Oily Stuart stood silent. his . hands 'Clinched, his head bent, Ide breathing. loud . and last. , To . go his. vengeance was hatder than to part with his own •life. To forgive the , Man who had so terribly ' Wronged him Woe, beyond hie atrengthi 2h6 very eight of the livid changed, face lying Against astvald'e shintlder goaded him, to ,mcidnesi. :While het life 'O&M last she mug offer through that Man ! Could any. Tengelli100 be too great? Would any • cost be counted if he could be 'made to suffer in "You moist pardon this intrusion, Sir Hugh; but my dAughter was in such dis- trepa about Shirley-ehe feared she was ill, "NOspell:iv is needed," Sit Hugh said, an expression. intenee relief on his dorm- tenanoe as he Went forward. ." No words canexpress my gratitude for your kind. neSS, Lady Capel. tfeiir indeedthat this has, hiien- too unich,for Shirley, and I will gladIy leaveher in-your\liate. :I will send my housekeeper to you." \•• , He left the reeniii• and, as he crossed the hall, Shirley's Shrill laughter followed hire; t'andghovheard.hiirtcicoashbpg4;',nhYi.. - -axle 'ogt(eittharti marKhcznom#17abzuka she was and to•listeir• Theneame that dreadful laughter again. • • CHAPTER XXV, and into Sir Jasper'S dying eyes Cara* a gleam of intense eagerness. The dot of his room opened quietly, and a tan man entered,'crOssed the room Tapia step, and. 'knelt. down by: the bedside, Jur Ja- per's eyes met his in eager love; then they went beyond him to seek the other form he so much Wiehed. to See, and, oams Web; came and queptioning,7tcr'rest-on---tur nephew's face. 01 Undo jasper "-Guy's vow, eager, tender„ and unsteady, broke . the silence first-" you expected me, did you not ?" "Not you only, dear lad," said the, 'Old man, *hese: oyes,dim as they .were, saw.the terrible change in the face, of the man whom he loved so tenderly, "You are glad to see me. sit ?" "When am I not glad, Guy?" " "And you are -not worse, I hope?! You have not. been suffering mtioh,?. Where is Diokson 2 I Should. like to ask him--" The old man's fingers touched his nephew's a'nd stopped the nervous restless' speeeh, and Guy,. who had risen; regained ' his old position kneeling beside the 'pea. I have notbeen suffering," Sir Jasper said gently..." Sit down, ; you must be Weary. ..' • . . • Guy obeyed at ono°, throwing himself into an arra-ohair by the bed, and . trying te• screen his face...from AO- AE.$3134 _ * P5140 which were reading all its pain and unrest: ' • . ",You are. alpne, my boy' " Yee,,Unole Jasper:5,, .N "Guy, mf dear lad; what is that Pain uppn your facie?", • . ' • ' bead sunk upon his .breast; he &odd not speak falsely to his Uncle now; and yethoW, could he pain him hytheatpry he had to tell?! ; • "You have had some great trouble since Flaw you, . lad," went on the, tender sympathizing voice -and' .fingers .olosed neer the cold hand in. his. With a convulsive pressure. "Tell it me, Guy." is netbing., Yon need ,not be trou- bled for me, -Uncle jasper," Guy said " felt not 'time they were here, 'Dick- \ mei • ' • o about half an hour. said _ the attend.e.nt's grave reepeotfut voice; and Sir. jipper Stuart moved uneasily on hie • pil- lows: it was so hard to wait' when time Was do short.with him now. ,It might be measured by, hours, even by minutes. In the great bedchamber of . the stately London House the,fire gloweabrightly,And, the lamp burned with subduedluetre ,:which,did.not_distreselleadira_eyersA.,the invalid who lay thine, half raised Upon hip, Pillows, with yearning impatience apon hid face, face oyer which the shadow of death was creeping slowly but surely. But even that shadow and that yearning could not qiiite.dim the light of expectation and hope Alone ea brightly over 'the aged ootintertanoe,, one which even now showed 1/01X10 of the great beauty Whiethad been Sir Jae/feel] portion.. The features, sharpened though they were, • were. regular Oa shapely, the masses of white Ink Were thrown back from his fortheadr: and the gray eyes • dim and fast' growing sightless now, Iniebeen the Ootinterpart Of any's'. And the face; which in. his youth' had . been do grand; was Oen& still with the Maur - Mule which was upon it, with its brow. all patienoe mane lips all -pain. 'For -nearly. the whole Of his,long life, Sir Jasper Stuart had 'been an 17:Najd, para- lyzed and Crippled from his manhood, . and nobly he .lied bOrne his suffering; nobly Conquered the rebellions thoughts - which Were so apt to rise. Until the accideut by Which he had been. . low, 'his. strength hadheen eien".greater than the average, land hears& enjoyed 'life with all the zest given by his superb Manhood and Ili cloud- less -fortune; but suddenly and swiftly the. 'Within of pain and offering' arta Weary inaction had been laid upon him,. and he had taken it up' as gallantly, with •ei brave a emile and . ma. dauntless • a front ' as any knight of old: :--Ancl now he was about to lay it &own; and he was glad to, be, 'free' of its pain and weariness at Wt. ' • • Within all was bright.. and warm and noiseless, Without in the London squarethe winter storm raged violently. The :hail and sleet dashed against the windows, the wind rooted ceaselessly, and ever and again a flesh of :lightning 'gleamed through the darkneee. 'Sir Jasper, leaning back, Ils•• tened to, the , swiftly . falling' hail and, the Moaning howling wind. ' • "It is: a bad night for thern.to 'come home," he old presently. "But • they won't ' be thinking of the wind and hail. 1158 Owenegone yet, Dickson?"' '4' The :carriage WO kid EititittW Sir He' lifted his eyes and turned them hill upon his betrayer, and under the hate and bitterness of that look Sir Hugh, brave tie ,Iiewita, felt the dolor leave his face. A bitter, Dry Of anguish and despair, rang . 'through the room. _ ' • "He will net bear • me -he , never, 1oVed die 1 • Oh, Guy -oh, Guy!" • At the brokehwailing words Guy 'turned' to her, and, as his eyes reritect upon her, eall • the anger died Out of theni,, and a yearning heart -broken tenderness replaced it. He looked at ber for a' moment, the girl he loved. so wildly, and who had been stolen' from him by so babe a theft, the girl who was another man's wife; then he, • turned away and covered his face with his halide, ' and there„ was ° breathless eilence in the Vieth, during Which, had ite occupants been leen abilorhed; they Might have. heard the sofind Of rapidly approaching *hook: , • . Fora minute no Ono revival Or spoke r. • ;then Shirley crept to Guy's side and raised • her Artgere to his hands as they Were `• claimed befote his fe.oe. • At thetouch; light dig ft was, a shiver tin through the strong . frame, and he uncovered his face and steed' '".Bas Mrs. Junes.everything ready for them, DieksOn . • . "Eire. jamee has surpassed herself, Sir Jasper. There is. not a servant in •the/ house who would not do their best to *41- come Major Stuart and his lady,", • "Bo will be a good Master to you when I am gone, Dickson, And I hope you will, servo him as faithfully as you have served me. It would have been' pleasant," he added with a faint smile. to OW his young wife flitting about the old rooms, brighten- ing them with the sunshine of her sweet pterlenoe; but it is not to be; andr am quite content." .. There was a pose then, during Which the old man's dim eyes were fixed upon a (sketch which lay before hint;', a sketch .of Shirley Rose in her far • cap and Jacket, 'which (Way had drawn One day and had given to his uncle, Who had Mauled at his eloquent description of Shirley's beitut. erect. ns*IceigetOPY. ;, 'but k ivied not- you its details, now,: Guy. Tha•rnan who won her trots me Wail 'My friend„ Andit was tqlihn 1 owed the anoidel#Whigh Made me what: • yon 'have -hhoWu Me.. ---4,A 'helpless clitPlet"i irkne, f,em ,urt, liPc4exolamation of tan and d horror bOrSt4 1 :WPM' NESTS - An important industry Among, trie.Aner. • pained, weary yoke, " but for him,•Ishould have been as other men; Guy -strong and healthy, able toenjoy life and see geed daYs.." He took from me the ,woman I loved ; he deprived me forever of health and strength, of the dear and close ties of marriage. What women, even had she loved me, could I have asked to share nzty lite? Had I nominee for veogeance, Guy? And .yet, when it was in my reach, when, years after; it was * my power to avenge raYsalf fully, to strike every joy he pos. sessed froothis hand, even as he had taken them from mine, to shiver to the dust the honors and -successes he had wen,' I refrained. Ah, Guy, dear lad, there is a nobler *dice than the justice of revenge! Whet ineroy dare we look for if we grant none? • Lying here; 'with the light , from the windoWs of my Father's Mansion shin- ing npon my homeward path,' I canleek back thankfully te the past, whereas—" He sunk bitch exhausted; he had spoken with unusual passion and earnestness, and the feeble frame was, not equal to mush emotion. Guy bent over him, lifting him in his strong arms and supporting him ten- derly during the paroxysm of pain . which followed. As he laid him down again, the dying eyeemet his :with a living light. in them. • . • • "Guy, ,you Will forgive me. Ah,, it is hard, knovil - BO do not 'think that he will not suffer; he will regret' hie baseness bitterly. How can he be happy if heloves her and *Bees 'her misery? Lad, do you remember "-the dying face . was 'serene and° more as the dying eyes' lingered' on Guy's softened face-" the ploy we read together so long ago, and which you. liked so we 2 Ah, Guy, how would you be, '14 Nothing! lid, I car- believe my if He Wulf* is the top of judgment .; should .end.of the eresond winter. Scientists being seam among the Anamese, and the Frenoh old eyes till P' he answered, smiling but judge You is you are ?''. 'Forgive him faintly, "Do not be afield tetellnie, 14 •-4 Prams° you will never seek tO colonists not having yet had sufficient time • "I -.have been troubled; ',brit it is over," harmhini.-promise"---ptoreise, Guy." 9. for observation, it is not known whether this diseatels.peculier only to a part of the Guy said steadily.. -"-Do not thinhof 'it; sir.' , The room- was very -.silent for A space: • Let us speak of something elie." ,the light fell Open both faces from the light birds; or whether -the salivary secretion "It will not hurt you to tell me, lad; dor &Wire them, Sir jasper's grave, earnest, , that MUM the malady oartees the death of Win it hurt mato hear. Nothing can hurt pleading, Guy's softened truly, blit . full. of 'all of them after a year or two ofexistenoe.• nue.,:,,Aolizotwear..4mow,h.leeause,LninsOmear, .The smallness -of the quentity.of these er,tis . •$' • We* Ziatilrea; Travellers going, . from Hong Rung to *woo or, Singapore by steamer pass along the. coast of :,,api ana near a. group.' Of isOndethat are once pioturesone and ORions, says the San Francisco Chronicle- • SwellOwie nets are a source or w yrohes-- the region. Their value is said.te _have. been discovered : BOMe hundreds of years ago. during the reign Of Gia Long, who promised:a liberal reward to any one who Weida discover a new and profitable artiole ef Mort within.thirt reel= The nests discovered on the island of Nam Ngai were preeented, to the sovereign,, who, faithful to his 'promise, offered a, patent of nobility to the finder. •This Was respectfully de- clined, and instead it' monopoly of harvest was accepted. by the discoverer bitudelf and his descendants. The leged family warito pay yearly , 80 pounds of the 'mune to the emperor as royalty. O vft the other hand, they .vere to be exempt from personal taxes, from 'military service and from contributions of personal labor, such Beare common in oriental countries. They formed a family league of 40 or 50 men, elected two of their number as. lead- ers, under the title of gnait • and dot, ata founded a village -convenient for. their com- merce, which still exists under the' name of You Xa-,4 Yillege of the Swallowit' Nesta.-"" The nests are the product of a salivary se. oretion of the birds. to.their martian- • tile value they are divided into three tinot categories. Th* most valuable are those into which there enters a certain 'prOptirtion of blood. These are Called yen •huyet. ' Singularly enough, they can only be produced by the birds which are affected with a malady resembling Ocinsurapt and ,whiCh •is attencied by copious he ()Midge. NNW Of this kind are in demand. They are tare and gathered only in the spring. Lebal tradition says that ' these birds die of exhaustion or of the Con- sumption in its advanced stages, before the thendberderfinfMatolana .,atilati spobLtrtavAnnutilly-gatherect 47111-4343'11146.4414-1Fili '-' '' 11' 4 afiatboon.idoroilesato,lcin-zli* ,ij -oti A 7thigeizatfocapatals-frvadaantiVidtaiW777.771;.1.,:,5 Shirley with yon?" • ;744, . , , : aOhydinWiimiliami;.wmheornaea• But, -, looking.. at the Alt4,011-thth:odthisearanaeesitss 0(nylaYnPsaarotl)aalritenodLes:aroa places smooth. Tell mei. lad -why te not - And who had to those -Fissile:sod of the Weakest hags: - --'-------: Gay l'inaea• Ilia Emit= of b'i nalila borne a king life of pain so unComplainingly probed the open wound and gave him keen -who,' when revenge lay , botoyeea his eeeOna quality. Nothing but the 'saliva of , ' fingers, in the hollow of his hand, had : laid the birds .enters into their construction. "She has not deceived You lad?" • . it asidelineaw to what zithilitY a 'man 'They are gathered in the spring, etpairaer . and autumn. . The spring harvest is the 11;1:1Y:T8.1211:: No, poor soarveedbtilhd-e:i.-Gue'illeYstsipiaanbgiot; made him king over hfinsom • ' weigh one . ounce, and are worth at the can attain, he saw how r much greater even, Most valuable because it *clad ,the two than revenge waethe conquest • which had qualities." Two nests of first • quality all, Guy. There is no pain io berate bear The door opened softly to acIndiDiekeon 'as that brought by the knowledge cif . the who mime to the bedside noiselessly; then Place of production five Mexican • dollars at ".Shirley. is worthy Of the tratiatlove anY man: ' retreated again at a sign .froni the dying eurrelir rahie in Anent- Those of the. He went outquietly, his eyes 'dim second quality are Worth little more than unworthiness of one We love." , half as much.', NearlYall the nestsare sold maa °mid give: her," Kir" ••Stuart said and his lips tierabling ; the :shadow ' had "Ar , tfx: will . g0'. he: iata: lieitisoly, 4i It id bettor. win,' NO,,rey, darlink-hOW tAit. the Matra "witliont soundea a footstep,' , and one clay I found Ott My . innitalm, . It - ' • . . 'She is very lovely," he inrmnroa to himself; "and she looks true. I am glad urY boy will be so happy." , The minutes slipped by, the hail ceased, and the moaning of the Willa 0901:130a tO Suddenly Diakson rose, ' "Tho oarrittge has returned, Sir /toper," he Said quietly.' ' "Ah, that is well 1, The time (mans to go eo slowly when one Waits." • Two minutes Pore passed,, and then on g i. huskily -" But, 'Uncle Jasper; 'why • need grown very dark and hee;iy,,,•that tibial 9f Anam to the Ohinese livinn the yon-he--troubledt-I.mustgetOveTAnkbefit..:shadoW,of.deathi,..The.hal had.masokaOd the 'sound of the wind was lowered and rain felt:: • : "Will you not promise me, lad?" "'I promise, Uncle jasper,"! Guy said brokenly: and alight of, joy, se bright, to vivid, that for a moment it, •dispersed the gathering darkness, ' shone On the ding face: - • •"' Thank you, ; you haVe ...made me very happy, Guy." • • , • The stillnesa deepened,:the gray shade)* crept over. the Offering , face; death was coming fast now. " Poorlad .1" *murmured the . lips: "You Will be very lonely.,I hadso hoped, !" " YOusiO not suffer ?' Guy asked bend; ing over him. • . • . • ' .44 NO ;, all suffering nearly over for I ean, and I must try to 'forget the happy dreams I have dreamed lately."' ' "Forget 'them Why?" "Because -because they haiestolen her from me.", ' • ., ' Stolen her from you, Guy! Who has done this, lad?" . • ' "Otto :who called himself iny friend." , "Your friend 1 - Tell me all,•Guy. 'I Can bear any trouble better than this suspense and ignorance of what is grieving you." •And; simply, and with as little bitter• nese as he could, Guy' told him all. The old man listened in silence, only the feeble presepre, of his ;thin • Aligns over Guy's stroffg ones Showing what he felt, and once. Or twice a sudden gleam of ,anger flashing into his dim. eyes. Wrong,' insult_Injury. to himself he could have borne, but injury to Guy out .him deeper far: . "My poor boy; tostypoor bey !" he said, •is Guy's head sulk hapon his hands. in uncontrollable emotion. "It was a orfiel deed." • . • . • "Cruel. Could any vengeancebe too great for that dastard's crime ?" Guy said passionately. "Tell ' me, UnoTe Jesper- you. who . min • judge dispassionately, would it be more than justice if I laid ;him dead at My 'feet If a mai attacks you ill a fair fight; yon can meet him and defend yourself ,: but'a vile traitor who stelae you in the dirk, who:fakes your handin, friend- shiP, meaning to betray .yon basely, who takes from the one preomps ,thing which •gladdens • your .3ife--7..what punishment - great Heaven, what ,,punishment •could be severe enough for him? If I dew him,. I shouldbo too merciful," he 'said, between his teeth; then, meeting the•sorroWful aka eyes, he made a'Ettrong effort to regain his self -contra; "Forgive me,' dear Uncle Jasper 1" he amid, bending towardhim. "I was wrong to startle you thus -very wrong."' 1 • . "You Were' Wrong -very WrOng,''' •his wide answered quietlyn-but not because - You startled me. : 'Guy, -have von forgotten thoidoido, Vengeance is Mine;''ll` will repay'?" •. , : • • • "But ouch perfidy; • ituch tteaoheryl" said the Yining men; panting With the Might of his passion •for vengeance, which. he strove in vain t noes', "No murder' bonld, have been so vile.A ran:Meier kills the body, but he has killed my. soul." ' • "Hush, Or Heaven's ak°. Be silent, 00y 1" ' • Cray's bronzed tate piled , to the:hue .of. death at the entreaty and pain in the 'feeble Voice his lips trembled, and the flash of, inadnese died out of his eyed. .. • . :2'4 Forgive i1100 Uncle Jasper,' but; ah, if you knew how 1 ldved'her, and:. hew she is suffering." • . "I'linovi how yon loved: her, Cray; .for' Once I loved even as you de; and ,1' know how you .bdth Buffer," Sir Jasper mild brokenly. 4' Every iitep Of this weary.read over,whioh yon are walking' I have trodden, every pang you have Offered I have known -every pang, but intensified a hundred - 'fold, heeause; while yai Oen; honor Shirley Still, I tonna My 'idol Was nothing ,but clay.", • • • 1' Uncle jasper 1" Low and broken and pained Were the words, now; the niadnees Was dying out of his heart; the greatness Of his grief was not loosened, but it Was calmed by the *Orb, Oo 'aelennily tender, so deeply sad, which he had heard. " I was a younger man than you, GikV;- when I loved even as' yen loved, .and thought that I Was loved in tettitne Bat, was wrong. She pretended to • eyes' were closed, , but he operea them eriddenly, and looked long andlinger„-, ingly at the face of the man he hived so "Kiss Me lad," he whispered. • , Gny bent down and touched with his own the bearded lips which had ' claimed the promise from him. Odle crept into th'e dying eyeeartd, reaching the mouth, ling- ered there, ,A long -drawn sigh rose from the lips. , the Weary' limbs straightened themselves for their last:1*dt and, aEL,t)xe storm died, in the distance and the' wind lulled; the•long life of pain was over, and _Sir Jasper Stuart was at rest. , • e At rest, with a smile , upon his serene fe.e37-cit rest, haying captained a promise Which was of greater worth than (Men. he had guessed; and the man whom he loved, and who Wei left alone in the wide ''world, longed' With a bitter hopelesa longing to leave the torture of life and rest there by his side. • ' , . Mit be continued.). • • A king .in a cupboard. Old Mother githbard, or somebody else recently -went to a cupboard in the royal palace at Madrid and 'found the Intifie Xing of Spain. Little Alphonso had been left in chargc. of his 'sisters, who ideserted him after a time. 'The royal baby thereupon crawled into a ouphoard, the door of which was afterwards closed by some one Who aid not know that the child was inside. Nurses, grooms, butlers, riga, Bouillons, soldiers, relatives, back -stair potentates and front - hall flunkies, grandees, dons Ana door.' keepere, ilearohea the palace.. for His Majesty. At last he was, found, and the throbbing nerves Of a great people were stilted by tt sensation of joy: _ • . . ' A -Case or Spontaneous Combustion. Victoria Colonist nientions apeonliar ;ease of spontaneous combustion **Oh hap: paned, recently in that city, A Merchant named Gorden was in his Offiee one night when a flared, broke ont in another part of the pretnieee. ' He rallied over to the place and found that, an ordinary VulcaniZed rubber ring which had been brought up from the cellar during the day and placed on an empty entailer hoX; had taken fire; It was quite alone, and the only -tenable theory of thnoombostion was that it was spontaneous. ' • In the presence, of hiindreds of petiole, on One of the bupieit thoroughfares in Chicago, Simon B,oeenfleicl, a travelling salestnan, stabbedhimself to the heart on Saturday afternoon aha fell to the isidewalledead., He was talldng With two friends, neither of whom suspeeted his intention or knew the emcee of the act. He has friends in. Detroit. , . • • and Toitquin, or, eent to Chinese porte• . Only the-Chinese-and-tome-intindarine-of the court of Hoe, who prefer the Chimes • •• Online'Can afford. the luxury. , They are • eaten by the Chinese °cooked with flesh or • with sugar, having been first Cleaned of an extraneous enbettinciee by a liberal' appli- • cation of hot Water. When cooked with. -4.: kiwi or . game, 'fruit of the, water -lily in. Added, Chinese phySioians preeetibe then" as a sovereign remedy for .diseases . of the. lungs, asthma, -disordered digestion and most other maladies,. ' • .kNew Husband'. (irritably)-LYou have • been' talking with your neighbor across the, fence jost four home. . . . Wife (composedly) -Nell, suppose I have. Don't you think we women have as amok right to talk ever our affairs as yop men have to talk over yours? • IL -Yes; but ,!gdpaness-graoiciiim-four hours 1 ' we Were talking of forminga 114."-.7.A club What kind of , :W. -An anti-gosp club. ' . struck theWrongMan; Temperance advocate (looking up signers for the pledge) -Brother, may I ask yon to . Old 'gentleman (who doesn't like to drink alone) -No, no. Yon join me first •-it!ii my oall-and then I'll join you in ,another. • The deathsentenoe. of Thomas New n, the Winnipeg murderer, has been oopininted to life imprisonment. . . , F. J. Gould; et Kingston, bookkeeper for • j, Washburn, merchant, for five yeari, . having suddenly disappeared, it was did-. ' ct :fly: roefdst5hooa t. he- was a. definite!, to the• ex; The trial at, Halifax iir• Mrs. , RipeDoyle, " ' ' - • V- charged with being an accessory to the . Mader of her husband, Peter Doyle; after .. the feet, Was concluded on Saturday night. , • judgeToWnshend eharged the jury against Cie prisoner; but, they disagreed and were discharged. ' ' • •••-•,; • • • '' ' *.; There are five insane Women confined in ' the Middlesex County lilt. ., Pao nf them, Keturah Harrison, broke the' pelt windows • on Saturday With her ' bare fist ; but, to : ii etrange say, ()Soaped injury.lir Pons, ' field, who has..been„ in -the prison 1 three yeate; is thought to be near her de th. Arthitr Beaulieu was ochiraitted at Mon- treal Saturday .morning .: to the : Court of Queen's Bench on an indictmentfor attempt to murder Zoziine . Masson, sat,,, whom he threw. a• pairof heat,' tongs at the C. P. R. shops on,the 10th Of January loot.. The doctor reported" that Masson was dying at the hospital. . :. An eastAhnind freight train ' on the 'Grand Trunk'broke an axle histnight abed'. font Eliii36 MA of Brighton, at the : plate known as "The Dangers." Eleven care. Were' wrecked It will probably take . all ,.', night to olea . the ,traok.. Last night's through express from Montreal was de, taittedat Cohourg in corteequence, of the accident. No one was injored. ' • A ileriouS aeoident•oodurred pit, El ittnratiy • hear Marthaville. " Mr. S. A. Cook, editor of the Petrolea Zapie, and Mr. Joseph '4 Alexander,, proprietor of the Tecumseh Houser were out :driyieg, 'Their honk, took fright and rah away, ' throwing the Odonprinte of the ' 'Carriage' . out. Mr. Alexander had his leg broken in two places and 114 COOhreeeived •-"injuriee around the ' head and had Oita of his ribs frtiettired.