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SI-NOPSIS OF FRECEEDING known who 1 was, and" with a gen-
CHAPTERS.— Constantia's Cousin, tIC 9/11t1C, ``I 9110Uld not be iadebted
Donna, after travelling abroad, re- to you for this visit.'"
turns home as Mrs. Dundas and finds "This is my little daughter," said
that during her absence Lord Varley, !she now, in a tone quite. different
an old flame, has married. While from anything he had ever heard be -
Garret Barry, a suitor of Constan-' fore; there WaS a subdued but terrible
tia's is calling on her, Featherston, I passion of tenderness in it. She
aaother suitor is announced. They threw back the silken covering round
discuss a ball to be given by Lady it to let hint move closely view her
Varley. At this ball O'Grady, coues1 treasure, "You think?" she quos -
in of Featherston, falls in love with tined vaguely, yet with her eyes•up-
hie hostees not recognizing her. on him as if waiting for eomething.
"She's charmingly PrettY," said
CHAPTER VI1I. O'Grady, with much presence of
mind, stooping as he spoke over the
It was not until quite an Hour af- little frail blossom. it :was,' perhaps
ter O'Grady had parted from her , the happiest thing he could have
that he entirely understood the; said—save ono. '
greatness of the shock Lady Varley'e I '.And—and healthy, too, eh?" said
announcement had given him- He she, still with her eyes on his. They
had wondered at, whilst admiring widened as she gazed, and a suspi-
the calm self-possession with which ewe.
of
s -a young girl as he had deemed, nervous terror gsew within
he.
theni.
he, a neophyte in the battle of life— "And healthy too, of course," re -
had accepted his assistance at first, speeded he, laughing, though in
and afterwards seated herself, and in- truth laughter was far from hint.
vIted him- to ehare her lounge with
an open forgetfulness or disreg•ard of Then somethinge-Perhaps the innate
that law of society that dwells on truthfulness within him. compelled
, eceenal introductions between those him to add with a depreciatory shake
of the head: "Not that I arn
hitherto unknown to each other. But judge:. ,
Lady Varley!--he was her guest. "An excellent one," declared she
That she thought of only, and that
quickly. "You agree with our dcic-
It was her duty to be gracious to
him, and delicately friendly. tor here. He says baby is strong.
O'Grady was angry with himself be strong; and—and that .she
be stronger every day."
because he could not treat his acci-
dental meeting with aeidy Varley She smiled at O'Grady; she seemed
a jest, a thing to laugh over wiatist suddenly to grow full of unspeakable
gladness. Poor mother! With a
his cousin. But he could not! And wile Refloat, she clung to each. frail
thread of hope held out, to her. Her
child, her all, must be strong and
rich in life; must thrive, and flourish,
he
—Was it a jest? There was no ele-
ment, of aniusement in it after all,
when One analyzed it. It was a mere
nothing. He had inet a woman
and bloom by-and-by into, gracious
whaifl he felt he could have loved, gielhood. All this elm set :her heart
and had only discovered when too .upon whilst that tiny object of.. her
soul's :desire lay Pale andlanginshtng
upon her heart.
May God have pity upoit all such
"wooed, an' married, an' " That mothers.
was all. It was the merest trifle out
of the tale of one's life, a matter of taking courage to express a fear, be -
ten minutes or so.
It was rather a bore, however, the CaLISC of the encouragement he had
given her, "she is net looking her
--
late that
Pehaw! what he meant was that
he had discovered that she was
"Just now," went an Lady Varley,
way in which the whole scene clug
We think," smiling up at
to him; he could ff
not shake it o, best.
though he would gladly have done O'Grady, who was a tall..311all, With
exession full of the heaverdiest
so. It was only a question of time, en pr
of course; ,and in a day or two he confidence, "she is teething; that is
promised himself he would have so
far forgotten the episode that he
would have to jog his memory before
'he could bring to mind whether Lady
what is makes her so pale. Yon.
think her pale?'anxiously.
' The child was 'ghastly.
"I dare say, as you have told:me
.Varley's hair was black, or brown, or it: is only her teeth," said O'Grady.
red; or if her eyeswere-- hurriedly. "Thisvillage, doctor of
They Tose before him then. Great, whom you speak, he may not be very
strange, • sad yearning ,eyes, that • efficient. IS there no other?"
seeineel to reproach him for his deter -1 'Yes; there is Doctor G-riffin." She
initiation to obliterate them from this mentioned .a Dublin physician whose
memory. All the next day he scarce -I skill With children's diseases was not
ly thought of, her, but on the second '; to be qiiestioieed„ "He has. been ,here
• he, grew restless.. :On the fourth, day ' before. :to eee baby. •Last week.. he
-'he permitted an idea, that up to was here. But it is only teething I
. that he had kept scrupulously in assure you: only that," cried she,
I
'check, to start into life and grow. with a sharpness full of despair.
It was to the effect that 'courtesy "Nevertheless, send for him: again,"
compelled him to go to Araglin and
once again apologize to Lady Varley
for the mistake he had made. If—
his brow grew dark. red as this fear
said O'Grady.
At this moment Mrs. Dundas, es-
corted by Lord Varley, turned the
corner .and was almost .within touch
suggested itself—if, by any possibile of them. Just so long as °Ise might
ity, she had grown to believe he draw a heavy breath there was si-
knew Who she was ail the time! Yes I lence, then:
he must go. he must see her at all "Ah, so glad!" exclaimed D01111.0.,
risks. He determined on walking to rustling towards Lady Varley with
Araglin, though it was six miles ' extendel hands and a beaming smile.
The smile was excellently well got
up, and yet there was something
about it that struck O'Grady as be-
ing forced. Was she "so glad" to
find Lady Varley in this secluded
tered it, not by the wide entrance walk, where it might reasonably be
gate open to all, but by a side -gate ,suppoSed that no one would be
that led through a little bit of dense found?
underwo.od, and so Into a sidewalk. I "I met Lord Varley on the aven-
Before him lay the lawn, and on his ue," she said, "and when I found
right a graveled path, where, as he you were not 'indoors, I determined
looked, he could see a figure moving ' on storming, this part of your
slowly and with care. , !grounds. It occurred to me, happily
It was Lady Varley. Something that there might be a distant chance
was in her arms. A little bunhle, of finding you here. I wanted so
all white cambric, and lace, that badly to see you, and consult with
•
showed clear against her black .gown.. you about our Young len's Chris -
+t., baby! tian Association meetings.''
4..Ters>
5'1\
away; but a tramp through the
awakening woods could not be other-
wise than pleasant and would proba-
bly be a rich treat:.
'He reached Araglin last, and en -
It --------- tiny bundle (though "Am I one of your yotmg men?"
it .had Seen eke months of our, sad • asked Varley, laughing, who had
. and troubled life), and she -held. it I caught her last woisde,' but not the.
• lb.se-pressed against Iter heart, as beginning- of her speech. -He spoke
though it was so much One with her in a general way, of Course, as if in -
that. she: could never let it go. .She Chiding his. wife in .his •quertion, but
was' looking at the little thing and he east' a swift, -amused glance: at
her face was fair with the:sWeet fluSh. Donee; Who; however (being wisein
of motherhood. There was some- her way), '.declined to have anything
thing of. the divine in her. expression. to: do with ite
Hee whole sdulseemed vivant in the : Lady Vaelesasmiled :
. fragile creature •that she held; an al-. "AS for the Meetings," she .saide "I
most passionate love lit her dove- shall be very .glad, of course, to ,help
likeeyes as she gazed On. it; 'she ap- in any way.: To help young ' men to
peered to have no thought beyond a better, a higher: ideas of life, to a
the little miee that lay so 'quiescent, purer standard of thought and:action
:so teeribly • ienieseent; upon her what work can be nobler? SYes. I am
breast• glad. you Came to consult me.": She
O'Grady caine forward into .the fide strove to throw off. the mantle of
ler. .light. • • Lady.. Varley, Seeing , him, grief that was enveloping her. It
:
greeted him with a smuio it. was was.fortunate you thought of seeking
the gentlest smile In the World, and inc here, et perhaps I should have
full of. graciousness. . O'Grady, .' en- missed Seeing:you."
couraged by. it, .caineup to her, arid 'She •Sald.this a propos of Mrs,
pressed the:hand ,she gave hiria The IDundes's .remark that..she came pure
baby • was lying upon her left aim pbsely to this walk to :find lime
as calm as it, unfortunately, always ,Lord. Varley, Who had been listen-
, • ing, answered her. ,
"I thought,'' said O'Grady, "that "It was :the .merest chanee," he,
I woeld Come: tip to -day and tell. yeti' seticl,:,•,"It Was as I thought, the
WHAT THE QUEEN,'S CORONATION ROBE MAY BE LIKE.
Queen Alexandria's coronation robes will, it is expected, soon be in
course of preparation.
So many years have passed since a Queen Consort was crowned that
records and precedents have had to be consulted in regard. to the type of
robe a Queen Consort must wear.
Quite recently the 'robes of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV.,
were brought up from Scotland for the Queen's personal inspection.
These robes, which are of black velvet, trimmed with gold, with large
sleeves, became a perquisite of the Duchess of Gordon, who was Mistress
of the Robes in 1831.
They were kept for some years at Gordon Ca,stle, and afterwards at
Huntly Lodge, and when the Duchess died she left them as an heirloom
to her relative, Brodie of Brodie. The robes have since been preserved
at Brodie Ca.stle. *
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r •
did forgive her for it. She cruel fear she kept. in abeyance; but
Lady Varley—had, in a sense been !sometimes it conquered her—as 'now.
ungeneroue, but only because she I Of one thing O'Grady. became as -
Would not submit to the thoughte sured .as he watched her; that she
that any woman (even the levely, (loved the child better than- the fa-
,
lawless thing before her) coald be her ether! This explained the yearning in
rival in the' esteem Of her husband.:her eyes, the sorrowful curve of ,her
f`Well,,she:shoUld seo," thought:, Don [lips. Fear for tlie child—for her mi-
na, with -ail the ,vicious anger of- a .ly consolatien! • .
,
bad woman towards good one; and I When she spoke, however, it was
if she chose to ignore the truth, soecalmly; and without suspicion of
much/ the . easier : and the quicker: reproach. She seemed to : pass 'over
Would the end come that should con -s' everything. "You will. telegraph?"
vince the haughty woman of her— she asked: looking at Varley.
• "When I have shown. Mrs. Dundas
O'Grady rushed late the breach. the houses,'' returned he lightly.
with a pleasant common -place, and Then- with 'a laughing' allusion to the
eonversation was tossed :lightly to child, "I :dare say she will survive
and fro for ten or fifteen Minutes. until then." manner was
not ill -
Mrs. Dundas was •:Particularly bril- natured; he Could not see how his
limit. She was introduced to 0'- wife paled .hefore that word• "sur -
Grady,:: and quite dazzled him with because his eyes were on
her beauty. She, indeed, • devoted Donna- .
herself to him for the short time "Oh no," cried the latter peettily,
they were together—only quarter of I "you must . telegraph at once—at
an hour :altogether, yet long enough I once—do you hear? Why should
to betray to 'O'Grady (who had seen icause delay? She turned swiftly to
and etudied many men in his time) 'Lady Varley. "He Shall do it now -e
that Lord Varley grew . restless as her this moment," she said, with a little
smiles waked, kinder. • air of authority, for which O'Grady
•Lady Varl.ey, en the contrary, 'could: have willingly have slain her
seenied peeoccuPied, Lady VaeleY threw up her head.'
(I 110d no -time then, lied r?) how 1 last place in the world to dream of
ree•retted the many absurd things I finding- you.. I thought you were in
said to you, not knowing--" the village, and impressed that fact
"As for that," said she; she burst upon Mrs. Dundas."
out, laughing CA rOfully, as should' a Donna, did' not change color.. She
Marrie21 women, yet merrily as a turned her expressive eyes upon a
girl—"it was very strange, was it tall lilY growing near, as if lost in
not?" she said, "But, Of courSe, admiration of it, until the first s11 -
you could not know! When I teld peeme moment Or two was passed,
Lord Varley of It, ite said it was a and thea elle turned them upon Var-
pity 1 had ever enlightened yeti. And, ley, and shot a glance at him that
perhaps, yes; but when I heard you should have Slain—a little lightning,
were to stay in our neighborhood I affair that Lord Varley did .not see,
knew you would have found „out,. no but that O'Grady did,
' matter whether 1 spoke or were, si- Lady Varley was looking at her
.
lent." laisband. After a Pause, during
O'Grady. He, Was looking into her tY, she Said very gently:
pure, beautiful eyes, and as he look- "You mistake, Frederic. Mrs.
ed, he felt that nothing mattered, on- Dundas knew+ should be here. She
ty that she was lost to him. He tells me that is why 811c came."
atruggled with. himself, said regained Tier manner and exnreSsion were so
"Yes; it didn't matter at all," said which you might have tounted twen-
not
pre.sently cOmposure, "Vet I, Ara cairn that 0'1.,leadY was foe a, svhile
Presently,: a: break occurring in the , " f no consequence at all,"
It is o
conversation, Varley turned to Mrs. I. she said, "T beg you " will think no
Dundas, and, said something to her more ..of. it; Go and enjoy—your
about the conservatories.- She hesi- flowers.", . •
tated. for .a moment, and ,then declar- ' She _moved to one Side, tints giving
ed hee, desire to see them.. a dismissal, and ,sank into ..a low
"All the county talks of :them," garden -chair. The nurse had moved
she said, smiling at Lady Varley; towards the house with -the child.
and 'then: "You .will come?" She sat quite. motioilless until .her
"If you could. excuse' me," replied. husband and Mrs.' Dundas were Out
Lady Varley with. extreme quietude:: i of. sight; then .ehe rose. to her., feet,
"I am not very :well to -day -and:it is :and confronted- O'Grady With a rae
quite' a walk there. and back: ',Lord ther wan shill:.
, . , , .
Valley .Will 'Show. them to you,, elide-, ,. It lutrt hini'lto think. that: she
afterwards :1 hope Yeti ... will let . me' shbuld thus i•pain. herself . in an at -
give you a cup of tea?"' - , • tempt .,to :throw oft :Care, 't0' show
Donna murmured a word Or two, to him .civility. „ This was 'treating •him
the effect, that she feared if the walk, like an ordinery !acquaintance. .• He:
was 'too long; there would be ruStime started as the Came :to this point in
left for the cup of tea,,, •• r They:. had his" meditations, 'Could it be , possia
gone about.. a yard or two,. wthei.1 ble that he was less than anaordiee
Lady : Varley roneed.. herself with an: ale/ acquaintance-7that:.he was a bare
efforts and called .to her husband. . stranger? .. Could it be true :that he
., "Frederic," .she' said: quickly,' yet had seen her only. Once before? . -An
without any undue. - baste, ``a word: absnrd s.: feeling that „he had , known
before you go—I am sure, Mrs.. Dune her all the days of his life•,had .taken
das will excsise me. Baby is not so "possession Of :him, • • . ': . .
well.,toedaY," she Paled as she. said, . "I forgot,". she said slowly,. YY011
this: "You will be passing the house 'too • Might. have liked—to see'. the
on your wily to the remservatorieee, flotvers. • They are," • striving rto re -
will you not gointothe library for gain the .ordinary l every -day. ' tone,
a moment and telegraph to Doctor ''well 'worth a glance. . We have a
Griffin to come down toemorrow? • I Wonderful man from Aberdeen, , who
would do it myself; . but --it -Will not •understands the culture of--." •
take Y"" a ni"ment''' "il" 8aid' '' •• "Pray do :not," iiiterrapted , 0' -
"What is the .matter. With her this Grady enriaestly, . She stopped as if
sae without cessation. To hien it
waS one of Mrs. Dundas' s charins
that she, could always amusealiim.
Presently she was good-tempered, she
laughed too, and after that she
Plained to his fault, which only
seemed to increase his amusement,
"It's a judgment upon you. You
see you oughtn't to lie, 1)on," eald
he. "Well, the whole affair was
hardly worth that frown of yours.
Yolande is incapable of isearing mal-
ice, even if she underetood: which „I
am sore she didn't,"
= -Which I am. sure she did., I
'watched hen hands. A woman can
commend her eyes, but her Singers
never. As you spoke she clutched
tightly a little fold of her gown. And
good heavens! what a gown. sugges-
tive of sackcloth and ashes! She
must be doing pennance for your sins,
my good boy."
"You pay, her a compliment. Yoe
exonerate her from sins of her own."
"As for that," said Donna, "It
strikes me that she was rather glad
to get us out of the way. She would
not accompany . me to the
house, she was too tired. That se-
cluded walk was pleasant, let Inc tell
you. And—that Mr, O'Grady—very
good to look a,t."
"You are at fault there,"' he said
coldly. "For the future let us leave
Lady Varley's name out of the con-
versatioft,"
To be Continued.
CLEAN RAILWAY.- CARRIAGES.
Some important recommendations
for insuring the thealth of travellers
have just been sent by the F'rench
Minister of Publiia Works to the va-
rious railWay companies. It is sug-
gested that the sweeping and dust-
ing of railway -carriages and waiting -
reams should be entirely prohibited,
and daily washing substituted. With
this end in view the necessity for the
substitution of linoleum or some
similar substance for carpets, and
the periodical disinfection of com-
partments is emphasized. Bedding
and pillows should be disinfected by
hot air process after each journey.
A decree has been in operation for
some time to the efTect that per-
sons sintering from contagious dis-
eases must travel in separate com-
partments, which should be disin-
fected after each journey.
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APPROACH OF ICEBERGS.
'rhe captain. of an ocean steamer is
often warned of the proximity of.
icebergs, by the men in the engine -
robin. When a :ship enters . water
considerably colder . than that
through which . it has been going its
protellee runs faster, and ,,as . such
water surrounds the vicinity ..of
bergs .for •many Miles the ,engineers
know that when the .propeller'S
is greatly e,ocelerated... without
any increase. of the :steaM•power ices -
bergs May be expected. Of course,
the thermometer ..is the most Useful.
indleatoreof,icebergs.
time?" asked Varley. There was
sante amusement and some im-
patience in his tone. Lady Viericy
shrank beiten,th it.
i9 her teeth—only iter teeth,''
thankful. "You look very tired, he
went on; "shall I talse.you back to
the house?''
"Yes that is it," she said feverish-
ly. SheSooked passionately relieved. -
she said softly, vet with a haste
A QUEER, BRITISH TOWN,
NORTHWIPH, gENTRE sov
TAE SALT INDUSTRY.
It Rests Upon a Mere -Shell' of
Eartin—The Buildings Begin
to Sink.
Northsvich, the, centre Of the salt
industry •of Great 13ritain, is one of
the queerest towne in the country,
says tile Losidon Telegvaph. The .
wbole underlying countey is simply
0110 mass Of salt. When descending a
shaft, one passes through successive
thick strata of the mineral. The
Mining of the salt constitutes the
sta,plo induetry of the district, and
from Northwich alone 1,200,000
tons or salt are shipped annually.
The product is obtained bY two me- ,
thods—quarrying and brine pumping.
Iti the former case, which is the me-
thod ' generally adopted, a shaft is
sunk about 800 feet, and the salt
rock blasted and excavated .the
usual manner. The brine -pumping,
although it is still continued on a
large scale, is gradually falling into
disuse. When the industry was
started it was considered that only
one strattun of salt existed and that
was only a few feet below the sur-
face. Fresh water found its way
into this extensive salt deposit, with
the result that the salt dissolved.
like snow. A. huge subterranean lake
of water, charged with 26 per cont.
of salt, \vas thus formed. }lumping
engines :were then installed to cona
vey this „brine 'to, the surface to largo
evaporating pans, in which a heavy
deposit, of salt was left after , the t
water lia,c1 evaporated. .The result of
this extelesive pumping is that
Northwich now rests, as it were,
upon a shell of earth, which at
times proves ineufficient to support
the weight of the houses, with the
inevitable consequence that the
buildings are constantly
SLIDING AND COLLAPSING
in every direction: As the result of
a. subsidence a building fell over
upon its ba.ck in the course of a
single night, and it is noteworthy
that the house, owing to the care
observed in its construction, fell
over intact, -not, a crack being pro-
duced in the walls nor even a pane
o2. glass being broken. This is by no
means a single instance. Through-
out the town the same, effects aro
to. be observed upon alt sides. There
is scarcely a perpendicular wall to
be seen ; in numerous cases the
doors and window frames of the
houses are ,awry ,; the roads are (
extremely uneven, and, are often
closed owing to the falling in of
poi -tions.' Houses are being con-
tinually condemned as unsafe for
human habitation and demolished.
The depreciation of public property
is enormous. No matter how sub-
stantially a house anay be built, or
how great the care observed to
obviate subsidence, the building is
130UND TO SINK .
sooner or later. In one instance, a
house that cost £6,000 to evect, was
shortly afterwards sold for £1,700,
it had been so injulied by subsiding.
In .some cases the sinking, is very
gradual, while in others it is un-
expected and itistantaneous. One of
the principal thoroughfares took 40
years to sink fifteen feet, whiles an-
other grew apprecialely wider every
day. Examination proved that ono
side of the street was slipping com-
pletely away. In this instance the
foUndations of the houses were three
feet distant from the buildings which
they originally supported. The shop
of a dry goods merchant sank one-
fifth Of its height in ten years, and
in the subsequent seven years sub-
sided another fifth. Several houses
may be seen, the windows of the
ground floor of which are level with
ttle'S roadway. It is 210 UnCOMM011
circumstance for a building to be
constructed" and have to he abandon-
ed shortly after its completion.
The inhabitants, however, endea-
vour to mitigate the danger of their
buildiags collapsing by constructing
them upon the frame principle, with
enaSsive tiMber beams securely bolt-
ed together: By this means if a sub-
sidence occurs. the house does not
nOCCSSarily collapse, but heels over
in. tot°. In this instance the honso
is raised to its normal position Once
more by means of jacks; the .cavity
filled in, and the building once more
rests uApoln7m,„.1 FOUNDATION.
Should another subsidence occur,
the. process of lifting is repeated.
Irawning chasms are constantly ap-
pearing in the streets and in somo
instances the cavities are so CXten-
SiVC aS to necessitate the closing of
the thoroughfare. a .
The' area.in• svhich these subsidings
occur covers about two square
rniles. A few years ago the matter
was bronglit before the attention of
the British Parliament, and the re-
sult of their investigations showed
that damage had been indicted upon
892 buildings, of svhich 'total 636,
comprised houses and cottages. S'oine
idea of the extent of, the excavations
in this area may be gathered :from
the fact that as a ton of salt repro,
slats one culeic yard, and 1,200,000'
tons of salt are produced everP year,
therefore .1,200,000 cubic yards of
solid material underlyfieg the town
is removed annually.
The water from the
RIVER • ALSO GRAVITATES .
tloWards these subsidenees, caueing
Inig,e inland lakes, which aggravate
the danger. One of these lakes,
locally called' "flashes," covers so
leas than 100 acres and VariCS' from
10 to 50 feet in depth.
Notwitlistanding the frequenc,s• of,
these subsidences and that they are
aof t.'seinegtitenexP'lei feet' eldi ass tlereaci.lagelotsosay, nott
has been wrought among cattle,
however, several animals having
been completely engulfed. The tall
shafts of the pinnping station aro
also another' source of danger, since
they aye gradmiller thrown out of
plumb, the list continuing until the
stack keels over, burying and des-
troying everything in its path.
A. few years ago a compensation
board was founded. This board
levies a, tax of threepence upon every
ton of brine that is pumped tO the
su al:ace , the revenue derived ° from
this source being devo ted to cout-
petifiating: those whose,
is)ild'oepneelet.y.' 111.1.1 been
clamitied by "b -
DIPLOMACY.
Tile pick Of Yon'. territory, insisted
the -Czar, when asked What he Want -
But the •EmpreSs Dowager was in--
. .
clined to be evasive' to -day.:
Now that would be a pick, Nick,
for you, wouldn't it! she protested
archly.
This'incident, apart from its great
historical, significance, shows very
plainly why it is thatEnglish is tak-
ing the place of French as the lan-
guage of diplomacy..
WONDERFUL SWIMMING FEAT.
The Roman. record • in swimming
has just -been 'broken by :two. Italians
not for swiftness,- but for the length
.of time they were :in the water. Un-
der a.buraing sun and with.: a strong-
ish .wind- they e took to: the water,.
Signor Montalboddi accomplishing
twenty-five miles in 7hrs. 35thin, and
•Signor Altieri the .sante, distance "in
7hrs. 55min. This meansS of course,
continual. swimming; without a break.
Both arrived, at their destination
Without .great exhaustion or. cold.:
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, A CUDIOITS :BAROMETER.
_ . _
cutiout, baroMeter • is said. to.. be
used by the eeimiant of the 'Araucare
ian race ivetich inhabits the eoutheraa
most province of Chili'. It consists
of the cast-off shell of a crab'. The
dead shell is: white in fair, dry wea-
ther ; . ,but; :indicating the approach
of a Moist e. atmosphere by the ap-
pearance of. smallared spots, as the
moisture in: the air increases it be-
comes. entirely red, and remains - so
throughoitt the rainy season
THE SAME BOAT:
"I cannot bear to leave her for any
that was suggestive of in anguish— long time," she went on as if ex -
an ever present, dread—that she Was
nes "I ',always feel' as if—as' if
perpetually bet ineffectually etriving T.'iailleie,..-- ',
to force into the background. "Still ."-* ru"'"' ''ceP her in sight." Sile
1 valtilieteme.austYi '',' , , , , . . , ' IstliginilesduspiirioaisillY'y' astitlehuouglh°°(.11Tedathiaigt
1 y i gneo g000-numorecily; so '
did Donna. She was a childless WO- tile effect Of her weeds, , "I shall
mum _ send that tele.gram, niyself," she
elybon are you hot?„ said variey, said, "though e-ota will understand
still'openly eneused. "And telegeeph that it is ''11' mere freak of mirie; a
for Griffin again'? She is an expen- rather • urmecessarY °aut.' 011,"
sive wale anima], isn't she?, '1 'quite undeestand," returned
i i , O'Grady gravel y. I -Ie turned with
Ile spoke carelessly. One cou (. see , • • '
at a glance that he eared little for her" and Went hack t° tile house bY
ttlniewnexpetnysiciecolinbrilihige•iisign-mnclow;snceLr,onia tao‘sevicdaetispaiiiiliethwatailicid, bilyotweice°eilve,errig,e°.
physician so skilled in Iafantile di- puudus and VarleY had gol"''
Seasse that his fame was on the lips As these last had disafTeared
Of all; but his tone was without feet_ roiled the cceeter, and when she
:
ing for the tiny, weakly creature for leund they were quite beyond ViCW,
WhOM the great man was needed, ft MrS, Dundas had stopped short and
stung to the very soul the mother, looked at Valley, a, fine contempt in
svhose every Iloilo WaS ill. it. Silo her eye. • Her mind WaS fall' Of his
flushed from cheels to brosva-a .fhieli fatal disclosure, anent the true mean -
that faded nlinost as it sves borte in- lug of her 00111 ug 50 the Particular
to a deadly 1)1110r. Wrap', sire think- sPot Dwilere Lady VarleV was found•
ing thee, ;15 her 1)a.ssion died, if it 'I do hate, a fool?" she eaid dis-
,
deinfully. Which ricer, of outsteokeu.
, • ,
."ticism eo tickled Varley that he
The proud girl scorned my suit;
she was rich, I was poor.
But the next day her father lost
We are in the sante boat, nosyt said
jeeringly, butapolitely.
Yes, but of dourse there are first
and second cabins! said she, shiver-
ing however, as if she something,
misdeubted.
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A. CITY 011' DRESSMAKERS.
Paris leads the world in dressmak-
ing. It is estimated that- there aiie
75,000 persons employed in the
dressmaking, establishments of the
city, and if one includes the' workers
who ,deign'and make the materials
used by the dressmakers, about 1,-
400,000 persons are eng,aged in the
struggle to satisfy Womau's love of
chiffons.
NOT 'BRAVE ENOUGH.
A Ftench scientist, who has been
stedying the antiquity of .the human
rece, declares that man is 238,000
years old, rein:irked Cuniso.
Ite would never' dare say that of
womea, added Camker. '
Tourist (in Freneli restaurant)—I
Want some mushroonee, W-aitets—
Parden. , not Understand, Tourist
e -Mushrooms, mushroonis, and tak-
ing. a paper, he drew a sketch of one
The waiter beamed with intelligence,
and rushed off to ex.ecute the order.
In few minutee lee returned With—
am umbrella.
his - glad yott spoke," Ile stid. deceived by it. 111 . 'Du n d w as were. now lialeed POe lot in oney The . biggest aerolite ,ever, found
"So aim 1," lreleirned she gracious-, not. She PereetIY understood the to buy that SWeet life Whieh , Was diseoVered in Greenland int1870,
ly; "otherwise you woviel not have meaning of Lady VarleY's words, and all here was centered? This 1008 the roared with laughter for a full 1M -re* It' weighed 23 tone,
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