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-As ose wind Blows. ,
The wind blows north, the 'wind blows south,
The wind blows east and west;
No matter how the free *wind blow,,
Some ship will find it best;
Some one out on the wide, wide sea,'
Shouts with a happy air.
Bol shipmatee, ho I Bet all the sails,
The wind is blowing fair.
One ship sails out into the east,
Another to the west, .
One has to struggle fierce and hard,
By winds and waves oppreseed„
Under bare masts, tossed to and fro;
By rain and soft spray wet;
The other flies before the gale ,
With all her white sails set. •
"0 wind, 0 wind, why dost thoublow,,
And out to ocean roar, •
When I would.steer iny_littIe bark
Towards Bottle pleasant shbRiF
What honor will it be to thee
If down beneath the wave
My simple craft and I shall and
A. cold, forgotten grave ?"
0 foolish one, why wilt thou steer
Against the mighty gale? ,
Thers-ar-crteirthoussud-ship(rado
Besides thy tiny sail.
If thou would float o'er pleisant seas
Oppose my will no more—
When I blow shoreward, then do thou.
Sail also to the shore.
"Yet if thy will with mine must strive
Do thou the best thou can;
Against my might set all thy skill, •
• And fight me like -a man.
Beep by the wheel, steer steadily,
Beep watch above, below ;
Such hearts will make the ports they seek
No matter what winds blow."
--Harper's Weekly.
1.4 L
A Life's Mystery.
• "Consider well," Glencairn continued,
"what your position as sole and unsup-
ported witness against me will be. Consider
the effect of the exposure upon your life
and prapecte; and the fact that your -evi-
dence alone is so weak as to be all but
worthless.'' •
"When 1 -have told my story -it would
be for -them to seek and find further
evidence," ehe said with her faoe still
hidden in her hands ; but her voice betrayed
her irresolution and her wavering; and
Glenoairn knew that he had not ram% to
fear from her courage or her determination,
*whatever he might have to fear from her
weakness or her impulse.
"You will not tell your story," he said.
"1 have not much reason to trust your
promises ; but you shall take an oath, more
aolenan than any you have takenyet in your
life, to obey nae in this matter. And this
oath you shall keep.- You would be mad
to 'assert your belief and tell your story.
It would be ruin to you, and probably -no
harm to me. You have no proof against
me. I have no cause to fear. Why, then
-you want to know -why do I exact this
eilence from you? For this reasen--" He
paused, and Zero, looked up. Had she
been strong, she might have goal her
advantage here; for, etee.dily as he spoke,
it was the one vulnerable point in his
armor of proof from before which he now
lowered the shield; and it was not the
safest and easiest, but the niost daring and
desperate garne that he was . playing. "1!
• you should say -what you ca,n say -you
will as surely commit a murder as whoever
killed hint -if he is slain by other hands
- l_than___hitt_o_ven„! he; added,__ cautiously.
"The couplingof nanae--Withr
he continued, in deeper tones, and his
breath coming with hoarser effort-" will
be Luli's death. It will kill her, or drive
her mad I Dare you take this responsibility
on your soul 1 If you dare, and if harm
comes to her -on your head be it You
will be her murdress if you sPeak. I Warn
you -take her death upon your soul, if you
dare do it!"
Zora knew that she was dealing with a
desperate man ; she saw it in his eyes and
in the tremor of his hands. She .dared not
defy him; and even had she collected the
courage to denounce him, she dared not
face the thouvlat his le.t words bad brought
before her. She dared not deal what
would probably be a death blow to the girl
she had already wronged.
The conflict ended -if conflict it could be
called, where one was so strong wad the
other so weak -where one was desperate
and the other cowardly -in Zora's taking
the solemn oath of silence Glenottirn
exacted from her, in terra too earnest and
terrible to be lightly broken by one who
was only too timid to be true.
"One parting word," said Glencairn, as
he turned to leave her. He laid his hand
on her shoulder, lightly, as if inerely to
compel her attention, and sPolle, not
threateningly, nor passionately, but with
an enforced and deliberate calm that was
more terrible than any vehemence. "1!
you should break this oath, there is no
power that shell shield you from me. No
bolts nor bars, no distance of land and sea,
shall keep you safe frora me. Not .even
my death shall save you. From the hot-
test depths of hell 1,11 rise to drag you
He was as pale as she ; the hand be
rested upon her shoulder shook; and it
seemed to her that, in the baleful glow of
his dark,:
were already reflected. She gazed at him
mutely, with the fascination of fear,_ her
lips refused to utter any- further promise,
or reiterate her oath; but her terrified,
' dilated eyes seemed a stronger assurance
of her obedience than any words. He
seemed satisfied, for he turned away from
her without another Bailable, and was soon
lost to her eight amongst the garden trees.
Zora trembled so that she ciould scarcely
stand. She sank back into her seat, and
for some minutes remained passive and
almost untonschoutt, faint with the °ahem -
tion -of excessive agitation. Then she rose,
and dragged herself slowly round the garden
toward the house. She could scarcely
realize clearly all that had passed. She
felt like one in a horrible dream Who cling;
th-the hope thet it is but a dream.- •
What had she done? She had sworn to
become, by mutual knowledgeand mutual
secrecy, a murderer' accomplice -the
accomplice of the midnight murderer who
bad killed,the Mail she loved. For although
he bad not pleaded guilty, he had not iti
plian words denied guilt e and of that guilt
Zora in the depths of her soul felt no
doubt, Yet elle had sworn tokeep silence,
She had bound this fearful secret upon her
life. She must walk through the world
like a convict. had' reo,d of with the
corpse of his comrade" fettered to him -a,
oecret of death and murder for ever on her
heart. She must live awaked beneath it
all the days of her life. Could shebear it?
Coward as she was, in body and in soul, was
not this to which ahe had vowed hereelf
worse torture than any open scandal, any
shame, ay, any death? For at the worst
he could but kill her. BO then ahatrern.
bled *ith superstitious ,terror at the
thought of breaking such an oath as he had
forced her to take. She dared hot do it !
She drew near the house and ladled on the
curtained windows, and stopped, and her
limbs flak beneath her as she gazed -
toward
the' room. She knew that 'there
lay the body of her murdered lover. With gold watch and chain were lying on his
a shuddering sob she fell on her kneee, and dressing -table at the „villa, and, his p.00ket-
hid her. fees and moaned his name to her- book, being also in his room, it was not
self, and murmured broken sighs of love likely that he should have money about
_ • . -
and agony. • • _
She had thought of herself and her own Although no other pasible motive for the
suffering. She had thought of him who murder could be 'found existing, and no
laythere dead, , out Off by 'violence in the malice could be proved to have been borne by
prime cif his young strong life, through any living °restate ,against -the dead man;
her; not by her will, but through her Rumor set in circulation twenty storia,
weakness. Hitherto she had not thought any one' of which would have solved the
of Isali, and even *when Glencairn, spoke of mystery, if any one had had a Surer founda.
his daughter, the thought had only touched tion than a lively fancy and been woven
her for the ' moment,and touched her putt)t anything more 'solid than air. He
reflectively through her thoughts and feats' had flirted witla a ' pretty Italian peasant -
fa herself. - • girl and roused her lever's vengeanceor her
• But now she 'went -timidly into Luli's father's or her brother's, as the story shifted,
room, where she found Kate and Mrs. Cra. its details. He had: been too open in his
van. Gianni= was there too. Zora looked admiration of a countess -a married count-'"
on the deathly' pale, and altered beauty of e,ss. He had had words with an Italian
the gentle rival she had envied', on the nobleman who adnaired his betrothed,
1 -vide" around.f -that-lovely: pale -Ensile:he-girl -.Eel _had_
facer to 'face, as if half Wondering what quarrelled with his 'betrothed. . She had
they were pitying her for. Lull' scarcely rejected him for another,, and he ehot hire -
seemed tolaear what they were saying to .selfin despair. And BO on .the romantic,
her, or, to be able to realize the truth of the rumors - lane some favoring the BS10i48
calamity. ,She had risen up and stood in theory, and some that of Murder. , . ,
-the-midateefethemeand-put-hee-hed-toeller- The-revolver-told-no-tales;--It-was-wsil
head as if to clear the wandering confusion ver -mounted revolver with the letter 111
of her mind. • .- • - embossed cin ' it; it 'wag evidently some'.
"I want to see him," she said, faintly' years old; of French make, and bore the
.and halt vacantly,. for she was exhausted mark of s Paris firm. ' This revolver wae
With- the mental anguish that saJhe' the topic, of much discussion and epeoula',
strength as surely as plaYsioal pain. " Wre tion. The whole ease of course hinged 'oil
'is he? Take Melo him." ; the point of its ownership. Lull declared
Zota'S Soft heart' melted with -a great 'that she Was -positive that- Duke had be
-gush of honest womanly synapathye and revolver in his possession, for if he had he
tears brimmed otter her eyes. . • . would certainly have either ehown it to her
"My Poor dear : child," said Mrs. Craven or mentioned it to her. - • • -
eoothingly to Lull, "stay here ';-.1ie down.' Glenc.airn was cautious in sill- he said,,
• You are not 'strong enough to bear. any ,and corninitted himself to no theory,. but
more agitation." 'Seethed on the whole to favor the supposi-
Luli did not , answer, but . lcioked at her tion of suicide, andpointed to the fact that
father pleadingly, and stretched* out, her the initial " M " on the weapon Was pre -
hand him. •'-stimptive evidence • Of - its _elonging to the ,
"-Papa ?" ,the faint piteous veiceentreat- .,deceaeed. ' • .
ed. • .".Papa, you never wereunkind to me "It is certainly. odd that he should -'have
yet I -You will let me ,go to laim? • I want carried loaded ,fire -arms' in this . peaceful
to see hini."..heighbOrhood," he observed Once 'with an
\ She clung to hike truetfully, beseechingly, :appearance of perplexity to Mr. Craven.
and he, his:face. as white as death„ oast one 4' I never carry my pistol' here, I keepitin
look at Zora, one sternlook that: rather*, my dresSing.pasein cage of , a night alarin."
ooriapelled than 'warned. •He Opened 'the dressing CaBB eashally as
He had seen Zora look terrified-,-agitatek he eptike,and there.the littleivory dhelling-
-paSsicaritte,WPreablifuttearliallaht, never Pistol fayjaking With fir-gilt-liligteia-Vibrk--
till now had he seen Elm expressionof stead- like -an innoirent toy., •
fastness on her face:, Now that fairface ' wore " It Might have been rather unconitort..
-a leek of steadfast sudden resignation and able," responded Me. Craven coufidenfially,
resolve, thathad Something rdmoet hetoie ," if the revolver had not bean -found lying
in it, because .of herself at that 'Moment • by him." ' • .
she had no thought. 'Only asahesaw 't How ?"--.--aaked----AlrGleneairn with his
turtt and cling to her father in her sorrow/ impenetrable air. •
elm felt that in .this -case-aline-if she had Mr.- -Craven looked embarrassed; and
dared to break her oath the truth would be,wiehed he had not madatherernerle.
,no less than murder,, and that in mercy she, "Why; I mein, -if it bad not been found,
who knew all must hear her khowlegde -you, know -rather uneomfortable for -
bravely, and 'moat keep her fearful secret everybody round about this neighborheod'
and her extortedvow faithfully to' the end'. possessing fire -arms." .
,Unselfish pity melted, and -unselfish. resolu. ‘4 01,1 sea," said Glencairn, adding prace
than, right or wrong, elevated her for tioally, "those, bullets ,would be a "size too:
and her, eyes flashed to Glenceirn with the large for my pistol. That revelver °anima'
firstlight of courage he bad ever seen in more lead than this toy."
them, "You are safe • Where isit 2" inquired. Mr. Craven-
' " Let me go," murmuted Luli. Gleneaiin's face cleuded.'
• "Yes, darling. You shall," be answered . " Luli has it," he 'replied shortly. Sher
'resolutely; . enduring , the gatie of her *ilk would have" fretted 'herself' into.- a brain,
wistful pleading eyes, -the truetful oline-iong fever if I had not'let- her have it.: Bliethart'
of her arms,with the -endirranoe of' a say- Mine Wild nation 0! it proving a clew -some
age„firmly.i3S -the stoical red Indian bears, day.' , „ , • . •
there . and knives of his torturers.- As -The question of 'the' manner -in Which
martyrs have' 'looked clam from the stake Dukellaybiarne °ornate his -death remained
„at, iha kindling faggots at -their feet, mystery, • . .-•
unslarinkingly; Glencairn looked upon Lail . They buried him in the sitinnie,st corner
with eyes that never blonehed. of apeaaful :Italian 'Churchyard, atid syna-
" I 'go first," he said.' "Luli, you- may -pathetic southern women shed easy' tears
come; but tot uotil-I ,.have seen him over the .young :Englishman's': untimely
again."' . • •. • death, and hung ;wreaths of inamertelles
He went down stairs alone. . • . over his .grave. . • '
" Are the police come. yet?"' he inquired , When all Was'. over, the party that had
,as fienietAssunta in the hall: been so gay and -happy in sorrow
"N�, signor; not yet.' '
He- turned 'from -her,- and entered, the
silent room,.. and Stood' alone in •,the :pre-
senae.of the dead. . .
• The face of the' dead was composed how ;
the. eyes were closed; and the silken soft
'waves of hair --the bright .hair " undimmed
indeath"--Werebtualied back from the cold
merble brow. Beautiful ib life, the face
was beautiful, still, . in the stern 'repose of
-death. Nay,' it waste imbler, -grander ne*,-,
that the great calm' and the supreme knew -
ledge 'had', set their seal 'upon ite, -stony
Glencitiria gazed upon him with no mist
blinding his eyes, no tremor quivering his
firm -set lips. The dalm of the dead seemed
to' move him less than the agony of the
jiving; Yet he looked down on the dead
with a strange questioning, breathless,
desperate, but unflinching suspense, as
though he half expected the rnarble lips to
move and to bear witness.
, Then a sense of unreality stole over hina.
Was it all 9. dream? a ghastly and too
realistic nightmare? Was it Duke May--
burne indeed who lay in that impenetrable
calm? Were those sealed eyes the eyes
that'had laughed and clouded and lightened
but yesterday.? Was all that he had'sworn
to end so surely and so effectually ended?
or was it all a dream, and would he wake
to find,the deed undone? No, it was real.;
too real. All that was left to do was to
look to the future now. This 'past was
beyond recall, irrevocably. And even as he
gazed on the deed that had been, done, the
'dietant 'dreamy look so native to them
softened and palmed his eyes, though the
rigid restraint of his features did na relax.
"Poor boy," he murmured absently,
brokenly, as one far off from the actual
scene. "You were youug. It was not you
-nor I. It was Fate. And there is no
-reproaoh-ein-your-look-nOwe—And-the-
wounds did riot gush blood at my approach.
Are you loyal in death, I wonder ?"
• For a while "there was silence in the
room deep as though Death reigned there
alone.
Then Mrs. Craven softly pushed the door,
open, and stood on the threshold.
Glenceirn turned 'to her with a face
impenetrable as the dead face from which
he turned and said.
" tot Luli dorcie !"
CHAPTER XXVI.
Yes, night is about me, a night without star;
Blackest night with no moonlight to lighten
ite gloom;
But bare at Love's shrine, where Love's memo -
My heart rxialces its tomb
--An-d- therthen-the end of our beautiful
dreant ?
Oh our dream that was song and our dream
'that was Etre ?
Peace lives not for me, and Woe cannot redeem
My soul from debire. • ,
On the subject of the young English
artist's mysterious death due inquiries
were held; and the Italian police-foroe were
busily occupied in Making investigations.
All the evidence that conld be °hated,
however; diknot warrant any 01103 arrest
on the charge -of' murder. -
It was not even proven whether the case
was one of murder or of suicide.
• In favor of the theory of murder, one of
the men who found the body stated that the
baba at the side of the road, which at
that apot.grew back, forming a kind of
recess, had one -or two boughe broken and
tramped down, and he believed that some-
body had hidden there.
There appeared to be no discoverable
motive for the murder; if retarder it was,
indeed, unless the old, old etory of lust for
gold accounted for it. If this was the CABO,
and he had been shot cloven for purposes of
robbery, the murdererti had in tell proba-
bility: committed thear crime in vain, as his
In sympathy, and Went their separate
-
ways. The Cravens were going 011 to Rome
and Naples, Glencairn decided to take Luli
straight back to England.
It may sound -paradoxical, but is never-
theless as true as paradox often is, to say
that if Luli had remained well in health
tihe must in all probability have died under
the ordeal of these terrible days and
weeks, arid that it was only her falling
seriously "ill that almost certainly, saved
her life. Had she been strong and able to
exert herself, she, would have worn herself
to death with the vehemence, with which
she wcnild have pursued her inquiries ;.and
the recurring ehooks of the various stager'
of the investigatime, the strain of watching
and sharing the quest that led to nothing,
would have been too much for her to
endure and, .delicate as she had
always been. But as it was now, physi-
cal illness in some degree dulled mental
anguish ; there were intervals during wisioh
she was scercely, 00nBSiOUS of the reality of
her grief, in which it seemed only a spectre
raised by her fevaish imagination, that
would fade and vanish in the light of day.
After all the utmost that could be said of
Luli was that she lived through it. She
did rise from her bed; she did come back
to earth, but 0111Ile babk as the very ghost
of ha former self, The doctor and her
father both agreed in the opinion that a
removal from ail the associtttiona of the
Italian climate and the Italian tongue, and
a return back to her native air, would be
the best thing for her.
Lull herself seemed indifferent 943 to
Where she weot or what came to her now,
except as regarded the solution of the mys-
tery. The only questions she put were as
to the possibilities of more evidence being
found; the only time that she 'asserted her
__o_w_h_will_with_vehemence_ancleenergy_was..
when she declared she would not stir from
Italy unless she was assured that the
investigation should not be dropped; -and
that should ever any ,olew be found neither
time nor money should be spared in, following
it. Glencairn, with his iron and unscrupu-
lous will, was resolved to take her back to
England. She bad neither power nor
deeire to oppose him, when once slim was
assured that her will in this matter should
be carried out, and had seen with her own
eyes ouch instructions written in the strong-
est and clearest terms. .
" Meanwhile, during the arrangements of
the two branches of the party, nothing had
been said about Zora; but it was supposed
to be understood that the original plan with
which they had left London should b_e ear-
-ried Ofit, and that she would remain with
the Cravens all the time they vote in Italy.'
But now Zora longed to leave -the Ora,
yens and live amongst strangers, live any-
where oranyhow so long as- it Was away
from them! with a burning feverish long-
ing that robbed her of all rest by night, all
calm by day. She loved her good and true
friends still, but their presence was yet now
agony to her. To live under the eyes that
had known Duke, that had looked on him
at the last, that awful "last !"-to hear
theircoostant allusions to laiin-their daily
wonders_ and eyrepathies and regrete-to -
del their frequent chance Words strike et
random on her terrible earet, making her
tremble as one trembles on whose tracks
the bloodhounds are set, when a heavy
hand strikes on the hollow pentad behind
which he lurks t -all this was to pass,daily
through a martyrdom. Yet what excuse
could ehe invent for stumping from it?
How could she get away? How could she
dare to acknowledge, even in the closest
confidence to Kate, that ;she, who had no
more right a claire to be agitated about
"this sad affair" than Kate herself had,
was so shaken to the depth of her nature waste -the only source of nerve force as
by it that the very conntry she had -longed days the memories of the hairs of day- found in our food.
to see was hateful to her, and the presence
of her dearest friends a torture.
The struggle by which she kept up
aPPearances was one that would have killed
a woman physically weaker. But Zora,
with all ha nervous terrors and her moral
cowardice, waephyeioally strong. She bore
it and lived. No brain fever prostrated
her; no streaks of gray silvered her bean-
tiful hair all through those awhil days and
nights. It was the energy of desperation
that helped her to bear up and to guard her
secret inviolate, although how she suc-
ceeded in doing so was a marvel and a
mystery even to herself. But from leer child-
hood she ,had been a potential sotrees ; the
histrionic power never, pave in rare
moments of extreme emotion, deserted
her- and in that faculty lay her safety now.
In a her despair she had never, save, in
the unoontrolable Anguish of that firstde.y,
-lost-the-consciousness -that she -roust keep,
the mask over her face. And on that first
day in the storm, and tempest of horror and
agitation all round her, her slariekir, her
tears, her wild paroxysms of grief had- been
19st, and passed uun oticed. If in their inmost
ehearts-M-m-Graveneand-Kate-nurtured-a-
abet euspicion that Zeta had been a little
more deeply interested in poor Duke than
any one before that terrible day had sup-
posed --they suspected no more, and in
natural delicacy .kept their idea strictly
silent. To Zora even Kate never ventured to
breathe an allusion to it ; the subject was all
too terrible, too painfuttoo seated; it raised
a barrier between the two girls thatbecame
day by day more impossible to break down:
Carefully, on her part, Zora, by her silence
and her reserve, raised the barrier higher
and higher, yet felt it would never be high
enough to let her know a moment's sense
of safety.
- She dared, not let the Mask slip for, an
instant ;.she knew that. if she Were mace to
be betrayed unawares into actrifeseing,-by
word Or look: or :eilence: iia answer t� any
tentative rehaerk,-that she bad. kept her
heart under such • guard- thatit had' leta
hopeless leve ,for Luli's lover enter and
poesess, it, even 'though they mightnew in
their hearts sutipeot, the possibility of Such'
an affection and such a sorrow, once worded
and expressed,itmight lead to dengereehe
thei-eVer -guess
thatthe attashinent was Mutat), the naatCh
would, be set to the- train. She dared not
think what the explosion would be! . With
'ensile had suffered, &he Yet had not
• Fallen too limier special fear.
• -
• She had -done with hope ; but she Was
'not,past fear: The. dread of:that possible
explosion was the only feeling that seemed
living in her ,heart All' other feelinge
seenaed niimb.ancl dead. But she waa still.
alive to terrore-terrer . for the ruinous
blight that would fall on her natne should
all the story be 'disclosed.; for well she
knew that the. world would judge 'her
hardly, and would not cell her imprudence .
and indiscretion by inch mild terms ;-ter-
ror for what might be the effect ofit full expo-
• sure on Luli, for whom she felt a kind of
remorseful: passionate pity now ;-terror,
above all, of Grlenoairn...
...:-elabe -hated, .him • and feared him • she
would start from her sleep at night, fancying
she sawbis shadow stealing ,alon.g'the wail;
she Would wake -with, a cry from :dreams
that hie dark 'face . watt bending over her
and his hand 'upon ',her shoulder:- Yet it
'happened that at last it. Was to him she
turned in her desperate . seeking for eome.
ertouse to put the land and sea between her
and the friends whose pregenbe She could
net bear; -Shelaad-refteoted vaguely, with'
all her shrinking from him, that he alone.
of all the-w.orld could understand' her her-
. rot- of sending long naonths in. confidential,
• comrainnotitionveith-thereraventieheryearn7
mg to fly fat from them. , The daring and
adventurous 'element: was: karcely, strong.
enough in, her nature for her to- leave, them
Without excuse or explanation; and beside
.this, sha would scarcely have ventured to
take 'Web a step without Glencairn's know-
ledge, lest be should'miiiinterpret her flight
as a -threat to himself andfolloyther, for in
-.no land, no sanctuay,'wOuld she ever have
felt sae -from his search..- ,
-Shef alta- kifirrafrelief when lie Eipble-to
her one day,Sayiegoeldly, but with soruti- •
hizinginteresti .• .
," And you?' 'what' are your plans? you
stey with the Cravens?"
It happened by' a tare chance that 'they
two Were. for a few -minutes 'slaw. With
aU the 'despairing .yearning of her soul in
liereyee and her voice; Oatching even at the,,
Chance of his influence being able to. help
'her, she ansWered„
"What can Ido hitt atay withthein? What
motive could I assign for leaving theta ?-I,
'who.ana alone I I would' give walds to get
away! I inust eieape from these, Constant
iiesdeo4ciita?fi,on. ri ,lant,Wh.ht can. do? hew, can
--
"What 'lean you:do ?", he repeated, and
his. tits- althost imperceptibly °titled' with
a careless sootn of the, creature, he 'deemed
'sb Purposeless and frail and weak. "Leave
it to. me," he added after a moment's
aliened. ,
,They, had no time to say' more '; but Glen;
cairn had eomprehended ; he reflected, and
With -his aoeuetomed rapidity came t� a
cenolusion.
' The eneahohor that held hiresafe from
aliorror which eVes, he did not dare, to con-
template, Was Zora'e seareciy. Fie thought
that, all oiroirmstesces oonsiderekhe Might
trust in the Probability of her. keeping her
oath. But there - would. • be' more danger,
_her_power_of-Hecreeywould---he---inore-
Bevereler tested; by: leaving' her for nacmthe
in daily close and confidential intimacy
With the Cravens, far: reheeved from, bia
influents; and hearing. ,almost daily woh-.
ders and epeoulations on the mystery of
Duke Idayburne's death (as. with the Cia-.
VOSS it would doubtless be a coraniontopic
of haterest);than in throwing her into aesc;-
elation with LOH. for a few days under his
own watehful eye.
To take her With Luli to.England, as the,
jOutoey would only oacuper a few days; and
immediately they re'aehed England to "part
them well and:wide rtpart,"-and during the,
journey to keep .Zora under strictshrveil-,
lance, would be safer- than 'to leave.' her
hundreds of miles away in the elogeet inti-
macy„ with a female bosom friend. He ha
,no fear of Zara' while she was under his
• own eye; 'he kriew tooviell the'influence his
look swayed evertet. . ,
He made. hp hie Mind speedily. ,.And -so
it happened that. on the grounds of
delicacy and her 'father's anxiety t0,. have
some lady travelling •with'; her, of ' Zorit'e
skill . and lielpfulnese and sympathy' ha
cases Of illnetie, and also �f a fiatitioos
letter from a non-existent friend in -Lon-
don, Zora quitted the Cravert're parted from
Kate with sobs and tears and kissee,-fer,
she loved; and viae gratefhl and- renaorse-
'.fully tender to, the friend whose .presenoe
was yet an hourly, pain ±0 her -travelled, to
London with the Gleribillins; and left the
fair land whose very name She for ever
thenceforth shuddered at far behind.
That journey to England Wee there
one hour of it that Zero. could ever forget?
Every hotel they , rested at, every station
they alighted at,, every .train and etearner
that bore them on their way, was burned
into her merhory. Yet, minutely as, she,
reine,rabered eVery', detail, the 'whole jour.
hey aerned to. her both then arid thereafter
reality, but 'a hidebue long-contioned
',dream. 'And laoking back.upon it in after -
travelling, of carriage and of steamer, clear
as they were, were yet faint and far off
when compared with the vivid recalection
of the drearn-like waking hours of night -
travelling by rail. • '
Almost every eensitive and impression-
able imagination is moved and stirred by
the mere fact of being whirled at express
speed through the darkness by the power
that humanity created, and yet that, as we
vvatoh it flame and roar by, seems so super-,
human. The impression wears out with
CUStOM, but timely it thrills 11B all at firet
The mightier borne we made
To serve on nobler davit
What is there Of human in it, aa we gaze
on its headlong career that seems to lead
to- destruction-? , lleey it --recalls, to these
who once have teed them those noble lines
ota poet admired' even yet by too few, it
household word still in too few homes!
But new, unheard, I saw afar ' '
, His cloud of 'Windy mane,
Now, level as a blazing star,
He thunders through the rdain!
The life he needs, tbe'food hc loves,
This cold earth bears no more ;
Be fodders on the eternal groves •
___The_tleard the dragons roar,,,,_
ptrong with the feast lie roars and runs,
. And, in hismawonferied
BVOIVOS the folded fires of suns
That lit a grander world. •
Disdainful fm his fiery jaws
He snorts his vital heat;
And, easy at his shadow; draws
Long -drawn, the living staeet!
On Zora's nerves, laigh-etriang and vibrate'
ing to every influence moral Or .playeical
nOw„the ,effect of. thiteWild rushing through'
the darkness was etrong and strange. •
It seemed all ghastly -and unreal to her,
and she sat mute as if in a trance, her sen-
ses seeming nninbed, only ,vagnely wonder..
ing-wherawas it tending where, would
this frantiellight throughthe darkness end?
It seemed, iinposeible there could' be any
end to it but death. She 'would think -tee
herself -'-yet thinking it without any terror
or' shuddering, as one might think in a
dream -that surely theFe-must come a crash
as of ±w� worlds, together, ,and one ory of
many agonies, .one burst of game, and all
would be ended for evermore. She never
thought Of a beyond, she never trembled
at. theithought an...en (1.;• -only she -
gazed out blankly into the -bight as, one in
a dream, with, seeing but unheeding eyes.
When -daylight broke across the east,
and the, faint, primrose of darn rose- and
spread ,slowly- above thelerizoii and deep. '
eeed into glowing gold', she seemed to awake
to a more 'real sense of life, and a part of
the • nightmare of . horror and . mystery
seenaa to melt auay with the vanishing
shadows. Then she looked at Luli, who'
was' shivering in the Chill Of, the. early
morning, end at Glencairn, who Was folding
the warm wrappers °leder round her fra-
gile' figure. , Zora. turned her eyes ;away.
She could' not bear to look .at Luli. Would
those great , blue eyes of Luli's neverlose
that ore.Yieg look' of watching,. yearning,
waiting, again .
Zora, never looked (3-lencairn, hall in the
fade; she never glanced at bin' at all a:repot
by chance or ,necessity.. But all the while,
save in those tranced hours, of the night
dining which ehe , felt ,dead even to fear,
-she never lest the sense. that. he was keep-,
irag web* ever herst sleepless, 'relentless,'
merciless; watch; like that of a tiger crouch-
ing on the Path. -of' its. pret--:-while over
Loll at the setae time he kept the unerring,
eager,, self.abeegating vigilance ot love.
So the ordeal 'of those few days' journey
passed safely over; the','silver streakof
see" Was crossed ; and the iron horse pore
theret through the intake and over the
'dusky desert of -tiled rode, into the'very
heart of the great city. There were- no
hours.,of unbroken tete.,a-tete.bet.ween the-
Weigifle-alloweeaavarif -there-had-
been ouch, the, influence of the ceaseless, -
silent vigilance ,that eyen in his a.bSeooe
-seemed to surround ,them, would have slant
Zora's soul apart 'from 'Luli's,' and kept an
eimpasseble gulf open between them'.
On the very evening of their - arrival
London the Glencairne and Zora parted,.
shareturned to her old home, if hopaeit
could be called, though- it was the 'nearest
epproachto home she •. • ,
--
"1 have to thank you for your kindness
and attention to niy. daughter during our
journey home;" said Glentairn, ceremoni-
°Indy, as he took farewell 'of her, "all the
mere -so that we are sure that the hesteof
our journey must have, been some, inoonve-
iiience to. yiiii.7-Ve hope keep:this
trifle in token of. our gratitude."..
Be laid. a, little ivory pooket.book-puree,
on the table as he spoke. Zeta started,
and dre* back as,' if seine' loathsome serpent
had stung her; And raised her head reso-
'lately, almost defiantly, as elle:looked at
nim.
(To be 'continued.)
Sick and bilious headache, and all
derangements of stomach and bowels,
(mired by Dr. Pierce's " Pellets "-or anti.
bilious granules. 25 ots. a vial. No cheap
boxes to allow waste of virtues. By
druggists.
Pain and Muttering
Is the common lot of all, our earliest days
give manifest proof of this, and we are
never long pernaitted to forget it. If corns
should in your case be the thorn in the flesh
go at once and buy a bottle of PIITN.ANCS
PAitmzsp Coax EXTRACTOR, and be surprised
at the rapidity, the freedom from pain and
the success that marks its work.
--The sudden disappiiitrance of punched
:silver coin in the Statesis attributed to the
fact that certain sharpers have been buying
them up at much less than their face value
and converting them into bullion at a hand:
some profit. •
Two -Thirds of a Bottle Cures.
Dn. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.:'Dear
Sir -1 have been taking your "Favorite
Prescription" for "female weakness."
Before I had taken it two days I began to
feel stronger. I have taken but two-thirds
of a bottle and believe I ern cured. Grate-
fully, Mae. H. C. Lovzer, Watseka 111
-The excursion to -morrow afternoon by
-the Southern Belle to Toronto should not
be forgotten. As the season progresses
these cheap trips on the lake areegrowing
in favor.
Throat. Bronchial stud 'Lung Lliseases
& specialty. Send two stamps for large
treatise giving self -treatment. Address
WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL AssoCIATION,
Buffalo, N.Y.
A law still Lstandstiirtha statute book
in England to speak anything in deroga-
tion of the Book of Coramon Prayer, is an
offence which may be punished in a lay-
man, on the third repetition, by imprison-
ment for life.
The snpply of consumed brein substance
can only be had from the nutriment in the
blood derived from food. The man is it
lunatic who went whiskey, strychnine, or
opium to goad him to perform a work in
hand when ite feels too weak to go through
it without stlinulants, which supply nothing
but inereaee the consumption of tissue. In
Wheeler's Elixir of Phesphates and Calisaya
we have the only true restoratives of brain
sell their heir, or have no longer any hair
to sell; and the trade has been compelled
to travel further afield. The actual supply
of false hair for the European market is
now for the most part imported, via Mar-
seilles, from Asia Minor, India and JaPan.
But the hair importedfrom these countries
is almost invariably black, and fails utterly
to harmonize with the auburn aud golden
tints that so well befit a northern °an-
plexion. It has therefore been found
necessary to boil -the hair in diluted nitric
acid to deprive it of its original color, and
it can then be dyed to the tint most in
vogue)' '
Brook Trout.
Split nearly to the tail, wash and, clean
well, and fold together again. Let them lie
wrapped singly in a clean dry towel for a
few minutes. Dredge -with flour and salt,
and --put in a pan with fresh sweet lard,
which should be hot, but not burning. Do
not -turn -until broven enough for the- table:- -
One of the most essential thitigs in servef
ing trout, or fish of any kind, is to have
everything hot and quickly dished so that
all may go to the table at once.
'A CLEAR mums?.
Remarkable lereak ol Nature
fested ha the Bead ot a Child.
A remarkable freak of nature arrived in
this city yesterday in the ,-way ..of a child
which, has managed to live for seventeen
months without that bony "dome of -
thought" which is regarded as essential
to continued exietence. • Moreover, the
• ohild seems, to have had no need for
brain, if the,eyes may be believed, for, in
the absence of a. skull, the head is trans-
lucent and almost transparent, -while, by -
the aid -of a lamp properly held, it may be
perceived, that the brain cavity is filled
with a colorless fluid. Nothing exists in ,
this serum that can be perceived. The
head 10 larger than the body, the increase
of size being 'almost entirely above the
teinples, and measures twenty-seven
inches around.' The lower face is perfect,
and the child would be pretty but for the
monstrous development. The rapid growth
of the upper head has drawn the skin until ,
the eyelids will not close, and the eyebrows
are -pulled, up an-- inch -at-leasteabove-the- --
normal position. When an. Enquirer*
reporter visited the child it was.aereep, and
its mother would not allow it to be awitk:
ened forexperiments. *rather dim coal -
oil lamp was placed .behind the monstrous
-head, -and gleamed through it as though
the skin formed the only obstacle to the
light. The veins upon the forehead and the
looks of hair upon the back of the head
made the only shadows, as was °proved by
moving the lamp. The light behind the
head illumined the whole of the interior,
being as perceptible upon the sidean
thefront of the occiput. It is claimed
that when the child is awake the light
of a lamp or sunlight failing -Upon 'the
back of the head'is even more painly seen
through the eyeballe or the nostrils, or
through the ears when placed at one side.
This remarkable head is covered with an
abundant growth of auburn silky hair. The
child has every appearance, except in the
color of the skin, of good health: It is:
fully developed, very plunip, and is said to
be atrong, while it has it good appetite. In
all its habits' it is regular, and like any
other child. That it should have pro-
gressed so far as to be weaned, maintain--
ing good health, and should have reached
the teething period, is one of the wonders
of physiology. Its senses are said to be
perfect and acute, and it possesses enough
of intelligence to smile faintly when
tickled, and to recognize food when it seep
it. ;When the child was born it was known
-as 4‘ the headless baby," as it seemed
out, off above the • ears on a line
-sloping toward the nape of the neck, while
a wrinkled skin covered the top. It suffered
greatly, and its life was preserved with
difficulty. At three or four weeks of age
the skin began to fill out, when the child's
sufferings. „ceased, and it enjoyed good
health. The growth has . been Constant
since. The child suffers no pain and only
the -inconvenience of being unable to sit up,
consequence of its deformity. The ten-
sion of the skin is such that it does not
yield as readily to the touch as might be
expected'from its appearance, yet the child
does not . seem to experience any trouble
from this,' and was sleeping as sweetly as
anybody's cherub. This child, was born
February 20th, of last year, on Beech fork
of Twelve -Pole Creek, Wayne County,
Weet Virginia, It is of the male sex, and
is known ,as Franky Cariady. The mother
is stopping at the Globe Hotel, corner of
Court and Walnut, streets. -Cincinnati '
Enquirer.
'Froth I7linhomet,4 Table -Talk. •
Say not, if people do good to us we -will
do good to them, and if people oppress us
we will oppress them-; but resolve that if,
people do good to you you will do good to
them, and if they oppress you oppress
them not again.
The world and all things in it are
valuable, but the moat valuable thing in
the world is a. virtuous woman.
I am no more than man. When I order
you e.nythieg with respect to religion,
reverence it ; and when I order you about
the affairs of the world then I am nothing
2MCIO3PIM gEimaiiiiie
(PROM BRezil..)
The New Compound, its won--
derful affinity to the Digestive
Apparatus and the Liver, increas-
ing the dissolving juice.s, reliev-
ing almost instantly the dreadful
results of Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
and the TORPID LIVER, makes
Zopesa an every day necessity
9ve2y house.
It acts gently and ,speerdlleir
Biliousness, Costiveness, Head-
ache, Sick Headache, Distress af.
far Bating,Wind on the Stomach.
Heartburn, Pains in the Side and
Back, Want of Appetite. Want o4
Energy-, Low Spirits, Poul Store -
itch. It invigorates the Liver, car-
ries off all surplus bile, regulates
the Bowels, and gives tone to the
whole system. .- -
. Cut this out and take it 'to YOU,
Druggist and get a 10 cent Sample,.
Q.ris. large bottle .for 75 cents, and
.I•21 'roar iatilaab or about -it.,