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a
pened to het precierae charge : her con-
science pricked. her for having deserted
him even fore() brief a spece, and she ran
. indoors straight. Horn save on the ground
to do shoulti doze quiekly, while ltend by this time, writhing with .pain, yet his
CHAPTER ICIAVI.--Ieiressines.
and bead remaiued to him. sullen face wasnot so altered but Philip re -
Whet neat he about to doe. cognised him on a glance.
Ile vould not, peril% s, Nave auswered eo"rIt is Mr. 1" • m aurmummi
enecl '
At the -tittle tstation of. Dilton foe istior-
ouginit we..suriusual. even in summer- time, for
pariseneera by the first chez to arrive exuent that question hineselt. 13.e had never put "Whoever he is, he is a doomed mar, te
by the morning and mid-day trains. Time it this own 'Wilde When he found him- replied the doctor solemnly--" Bring yon.
who did co, came, as we have aaid, to the , self fece to face with Melee and her child,
der hurdle; we must binhint to it
railvdey inn, oreered a cereiage to take them : it would be time enough for that They band and foot,
d
or he will do a mischief to
to see the light -house, aud iii rarer eases, : were living in a centage far re ;loved loom himself mai us."
Anemone Bay, and then went back again by ': other dwellings,and unproteeted by the pres-
tbe evening train to the more civilised pleves : glace of a man. So much he knew, and that
of resort from, which they cenie. On this '. was euough for his present jrpose. IA aaCHAPTER XLVIL-M exerne,Facierreere
particuni
lar ght, however, albeit it Is a wet , be about to commit murdere had never
Maerees.
one, a fiestaclass passenger does uerive; :„ harboured such an idea; the very siguifica-
there te Mao a. second-class one, a handsome : tion of the :phrase was unintelligible to Horn was taken to the good doctor's house
where, in spite of all that ould be done for
fellow, in the epring-tiine of life, and apper- I him, since it implies tite vonscionsuess of e
h. him, he grew werseand worse. The atreragth
matledaltheliighestspieits, but whore werney er e
dismiss in a few words, as beneethoue notice; i wall: notif:eesevssaa:31)°-, uitutust nfci.gwh,t itelhr oensiliTie; .Lan_i itieoint witiiinAthlarttolihyac.l. been hisnelawtetsribwuetreee
a. gig, or some such vulgar conveyance, by what wens : let it suffice that they eteee
labels child shout
coulee ter him,
a more sensitive than those of a sick girl.
audhearshimspeedily ;away. 1Should be effectual. tWhen sensible, the least noise, a change in
The more arestocretie arrival is waled m never inherit Wapehot, norshould its moth -
he th
is ebew in his movements -,-30 slow, that !scorned him as a suitor, she had done him
eloaks aud wraps, as thoughit were winter; er have cause to triumph over bine She had
e light of a candle, asiniclow ma the wall,
re him excrutiatiog in and fear. But
the other has hurried frone the station, bag. an ill tarn by her marriage, she was now or the most !alit he was in wild delirium,
h
fighting withis dog Fang.
in hand, before he has well got out of the plotting his ruin. He would exact retribte
train , - :rote what little can be seen of his • ion feral! th at, and she should never vex " His friends nutq be communicated with
face, he looks an invalid , and Is tzt a.rue is bun more,
at ouee," was the doctor's stereotyped re-
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eupporeed by a sling. Theugh he boa no• He strode hastily through the vibage, the ,mark. so Soon as he had, eatistial manself
p upon his couditien-arrad phraeeat all times
luggaga, there is no carriage awaiting him, streets of which, though it was still early,
, but how infinitely sadder, when the enswer
no does he seem to expect on ,e and he puts were silent and deserted; titraugh the open i., _last needs be: „ He has no friends i„
NI at the raitway inn. The landlord, who ' windows of the two little heer-ahops came a
is also the wailer, and who attends on him confused murmur of voices, but for the most When the news arrivedat dr apahot, how -
at supper, ebservea with satisfavtion that Ra.rt the sons of toil bad retired to rest. ever, it at once brought Mrs. Merthyr to his
bedside, a'he hadhy tint time been pnivate.
tile emet is aIrnoet untested (whiela will ; There was one cottege in the outskirts
ineke Pe diffewence in the cherge for it), and where he observed, au old man sittingiel ly informed that he was not the rightful
master of Wapahot ; but that he had been
that tto sherry ie absolutely untoushe& rude arbour, smoking ; he had a lung beard, one emisiaered so was a viailit upon hth
Tide latter eireumatance is the more renteek- , and looltet1 here asleep. Somethino told
Able, since the gueat, to his exneelencedene, ; him that this was Michael.
, ----- -----e, • - - that her teal heart was quick to maltnew-
„,, ledge.
bee the appearance of one who le. glom to i
Suppase Mrs. Winthrop "4 the 011" "ie retained me at the Halls" said she,
strorg lier.or. Perhaps, however, thelettes .
,, should be-well-rernoved, would thia men's in her at silk manner, "when he might
basal -1;4 eacugh alreadb 811we he is afreSV. 1 testimony be sufficient to confute hie claim well have dispensed with my poor services;
ad with the hiceup, and that eo severely, at Wapahot 1 Would it, in that cote, be even nor can 1 foreet that for twenty years I
that he can scarce artieulate. He does con -1
i used at alit Re bad not seen lum pass by; 1,,,aied up to hull ss to my old niesternewee
trive, however, to elk a. gnestion or two, i riebody had sem bine Nobody knew be was It maybe well imagined that tine Ico a:ty
such vta Rad olostlY do ash, "a 114 this re' at Hilleborough, nor need know that he had
speot, shewe no sign of intoxication. to the dying king did her no harm, either
A i "et been the, There "41 be risk, *1 then, or afterwards with his successone.
He inquires, for instauce-At what mill- / course, in ease be should take any very vie- In one of his lucid intervals. Horn begged
tanceia the light -house, and the village? Do i, lent zneesures-but no certainty of (tetec. her to send, for Mabel; wed she hreinieed to
many gentle -folk eorne to Hillsborough? Do i tion. Where was it that he had lately read. do SO.
they reside there permanently 1 Are lodh- : of MI the inmates of a householdheviug been "Po
you think she will come!" inquired
ins to be proeured, and where? &c, &e. To i deetroyed by one determined mete who he eagerly.
all of whieh the lendlorel answers to thehest would have left no trace behind him, but for "1 am vita sate she
of Ins acelity. a foolish wit of inadvertence 1 will come :ilaster
III am night, a Avenge tbiod WIPPeas• Here he came in sight of the am
A terrible hubbub takes place in the Now, if there were only a vessel here Oa
stranger's bed -room; ishrieks issue from , he could call hie own, he might carry the
and what deviate the laudloral to .: child off, and keen it, end defy this woman
promptly interfere, a noise as of the to do her worst 'Ifow elle would erinee be-
en:130=g of furniture. Gentlemen mayi fore bun then, and supplicate, end offer to
have delirium trercene if they *lee, but . give up everything, if he wouild only spare
private property :nest be respected. /t had her boy I But she ehould do thee now - and
been by no name respected in tide case; he would not spere him. That melt surely
the water -lug had beezabrokeu to pieee.s, and be her cottage an the copse yowler, beside
the chairs aid tilde hati lost some lege.' the little bridge. A light wasburnieg at the
"This won't do, my 000d sir," town- upper window, doubtless where the child
strotei the landiorti, surveying the seene of was lying Weep.
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ruin from the door way-aud tratbmg but the Here the cottage door opened, and there
came out of it two figures. One of these he
recognized at once, and at the sight of her,
a dart went tbrough his wound that almost
made him shriek aloud. He threw himself
see ef rem:Imre- damage could have tempt-
ed hint even so far. This is my best bed -
roma Who is to pay me for all this?"
"I have been taken ill," explabaed Ham
sullenly (for Horn it was). I believe I upon the turf, for he Was on a. high and open
have had. a hind of fit; but I'm all right down, and watched them intently. Ma.twee, le tree done damage, here's a couple hel-for she it was -and her companion had
of sovereigns." fortunately taken the opposite direction,that
He strode to the dressing -table, aud tewenis .Anemone By. The wman walk'
snatched them from a beep of shining coin, in_g by her side lie preseutly made out to be
mettle Bata Now that this young willow
"Shall Igo for a doctor, sir ?" inquired , was about to become rich, at his expente,
the landlord, touched by this spectacle to I her Mende, who had so long kept aloof,
the core. wore rallying round her, then'Perhaps
"Oo to the devil !" (tried Horn so savagethey were a little premature,
ly, that the intruder fled to his wife with, He waited. till the two thrums hati round -
precipitation. • ed the clitittop, and were out of sight, and.
AU next day, Horn Winthrop remained was about to rise'when once more the cot -
indents, touching neither bit nor sup. In tap door opened, and disclosed Philip and
the evening, he set out on foot for Hills- Caroline. It was luck that he bad not
borough, aloue, except for the Black Care keen too precipitate. They, too,_ tempted,
that sat upon his shoulders, and over- ; doubtless, by the beauty of the summer
shatlewed him wholly. The writ in eject- evening, were about to take a stroll. They
ment had warned him that his enerniee had crossed -the bridge beneath hint, and took
found firm ground to go upon ; and this am- ; the path that led through the coppice
prehension had been confirmed last night by to the shore, all the possible inmates of
the landlord's talk. The witness 'Michael the cottage were now accounted for, except
had evidently been discovered, and in a few the woman who resided there, and the child
days the great Wapshot estate would be -his °moray. With a wild beating at his
wrenched front his usurping hand, He had. heart, and that dull pain intensified which
taken no step to prevent it; the thought of he had felt of late so often, but now disre-
its loss did not effect hine except so far garded, he arose and pursued his way; but
as it might be a gain to those he even yet there was another obstacle. A.
hated.-wluch would have been wormwood., head appeased above the bushes ; some man
indeed. But there was no room for the was comin.g from the beach towards the
thought of loss in his mind, which was mono- village; and it was necessary that he should
polised by the idea of a vengeance that wait a few minutes longer, till this fellow
should render loss (or at least panto his foes) had passed by. The worst of it was that it
impossible. The Black Care -which was al- was ampostible to avoid hisobserve.tion. He
moat Despair -that bestrode him arose from was canal right toward him, and might
quite another cause -the sense of his own even alrea y lia.ve caught sight of him.
physical condition. He felt that he was on the There was nothing for it but to halt, and,
brink of some dangerous, perhapsfatal illness, turning his back upon the intrnder, to affect
and that only a few hours were left to him for to be admiring the prospect.
the accomplishment of his fellpurpose. The He could hear his footsteps and hislabour-
warning that he had had last night was un- ed breath as he came up the hill, and then a
mistakable; and it was not the firat by many voice, in
cherry accents, saying: "A fine
Shat he hact already experienced since his evening, sir 1 A. fire view 1"
wound. His constitution was naturally one Horn nodded without speaking, and the
of iron ; but it had suffered much from his man went on his way. It was the Nrillaae
doctor, homeward -bound.
excesses ; the doctor had warned his patient
that it -would go hard with him, unless he
could abstain from liquor and mental excite- Ablest, Horn felt hianself alone. Thera
ment ; and now, for weeks, he had drunk was not a soul in sight. Before him, separat-
. spirits night and day, and been consumed- ed only by the little bridge and a few feet of
with hate and rage. His irritation, mental eoppice, was the cottage with its helplessin.
and physical, had of late become excessive; mates; for he had argued rightly as to its
sleep was unknown to him ; and in one of two only tenants. 'Unless the sky should
his many night -walks, he bad seen Philip hurlsome thunderbolt from out its tender
Dod, the miner's son, about to start upon a gray, there was nothing to stay his avenging
journey. Knowing that thismau was Caro- hand. Nothing; yet suddenly Horn stop -
line Vance's sweetheart, he at once couclud- ped, as though in truth some bolt had struck
ed that she was the object of his travel, and him, and pale, and shrinkine, and in mortal
that where she was her mistress would, also fear, stood listening -to the murmur of a
be. Hence, he had oontrived to follow stream. A spasm convulsed his frame, and
Philip to the railway junction, and even, forced from his white lips a, shriek of agony.
eventually, to accompany him unsuspecteal No seep could he go farther • the little brook
to Dilton. was as a band of iron, and ;topped the way.
A fatal good -nature had induced Mabelto What devil had thus bewitched him?
permit her maid to receive this visit fromher "Iloilo, hello, sir 1" said the same v,.ice
lover ; of late, she had herself, perhaps un- that had so lately addressed him; for the
consciously, become more sensitive to the doctor heel heard his scream, and hurried
hardship of such separations ; or, since war back. "Can I do anything for yon? Are
had been openly declared against Horn Win- yon • h,
throp,it may be that secrecy seemed. no longerN e
o, said Horn, speaking with great
so essential to her. Carry hacl been really difficulty, but resolute as ever of purpose.
very good inabsenting herself Loin Philip all "1 had a spasm, that's alt. I am subject,
these years ; and it was not more dangerous to them."
for him to conte to her, than for her to return "Dat you are ill, sir, very ill," said the
home ; beside which, in the latter case, other, gazing at his distorted features. " 1
Mabel would have been deprived of the girl's ant a medical man; I beg you let me see you
services-justnow, for a certain reason, more home."
indispensable than ever. At all events, "1 only want to be helped across that"
Philip had been invitod Enjoined to take -he could not now even name the thing he
every precaution, be had both started front feared. so-" that bridge : my way lies
Wapslaot and arrived at Aileen by night, yonder."
under cover of which, the very pursuit, or The doctor did not heed him. "Your
rather the companionship, he would have hand is hurt, I perceive," said he, with
avoided had been effected. The miller's son gravity. "May I ask how that occurred?"
was of a frank, unsuspicious nature, to begin "11 was bitten, weeks ago, by a cursed
with ; and his head throughout the journey dog 1" cried Horn, forcing his words through
was full of thoughts of her who was await- his teeth.
ing him at its close ; while Horn was on his "Is the dog dead ?" continued the other.
guard throughout, and had all the cunning "Yes ;I killed the beast, you may. be
of ene savaae. The strain upon the latter's sure," was the fierce reply. " Help me
-mind, however, in watching and waiting, across, I say : my limbs are stiff; I cannot
end keeping himself concealed for so many move them. I will give you fifty pounds."
• hours, had exaggerated all his painful symp- "No, sir • if eou gave me fifty thousand.
toms; his wound., which had quite healed, I could not so. ltee me adjure you to
now gave hint tortare, when it was not so come home -to my house, for the present.
stiff and numb that he ...an seemed to be -Help, man, help 1" shouted he to Philip.
frozen • and worse than all, he could not already seen returning through the wood in
conceal from himself that last night there hottest haste, tollowed by Carry, on whose
• had. been something amios with his brain. ear Horn's scream had fallen with a terrible
• All the more iteecl, thee, triat what he had siguificance : she feared some evil had hap -
Horn," eeid she soothingly; she had unman-
ectously got to eall him by the seine name
that ahe hail used when attendiug on
him on aiek child. "Mrs. Winthrop bears
uo malice, and is vet') sorry for your terri-
ble nuefortune
"Da you think she would bring her child
as well ?" coutinued he. "1 should like to
see the child before I die.'
So singular a request emprised the old
lady not a. little; and while she laesiteted,
the poet cunuing of the hetet, wretch de.
eerted him.
"Fool, fool I" cried lie ! "be quick, be
quick; I want them !" The Ida eyes began
to name; and the men who always waited
in the next chamber, in readiness for such
changes, had to be summoned at once. His
wild triumphant laughter, his boast how he
woula spoil fair Mabel's beauty for her, aud
squeeze the lite out of the boy, disclosed his
desperate purposes and made ears. Merthyr's
blood run old with the sense of the danger
to whieh she had almost exposcd Mrs. %V in.
throp and her eltild
And vet, though there seemed nought
but evil in this num, his sufferings were
such that in them ovetything was forgot-
ten by those about his pillow, whom he
often besought to put an cud to him. if
they had a spark of pity left. And not
by them alone. The vety womatt whose life
he had embittered, and whose destruction
lie had plotted with his last rays of ireelli-
gence, was the most deeply teuelled by his
diernal fate ; and though his death ntust
needs remove the burden of her life, and
bring safety to her child, she prayed. for it,
not on that account, but on his own.
When, at last he died, Martha, Ilarr-who,
most fortunately, as it had turned out, hail
been invited to Hillsborough directly the
writ of ejectment was issued, and doom's°
had remained there ever aince-besought
tfabel to send for Mr. thaltleigh.
He seems by your account, my dear, to
be a decent sort of a gentleman ; and, I am
tseurse.hwould not mind superintending mat-
e" Perhaps you would write," said Mabe
doubtfully. There would be nothing strange
in that, since it was through you -or, at
least, Mr. Simcoe-that"—
" That you got to know him at all," in-
terrupted Martha, wondering at hercousin's
hesitation which was, of course, quite inex-
plicable to her. "Certainly, it was, my
dear, and I'd as soon mete to him as look
at him."
This conventional phrase, as it afterwards
proved, by no means, however, conveyed her
genuine sentiments. On the evening after
the invitation was despatched, Richard ar-
rived in person, and was shewn into the cot-
tage parlour. Then, for the first time iuher
life, perhaps, Martha Barr uttered a little
shriek of terror.
"Oh, the double-faced wretch 1" cried. she.
-Don't speak to him, Mabel; don't employ
him; pay him his bill, and have done with
him 1"
She had placed herself between the visitor
and her cousin, and was waving him offwith
both her hands, as drovers direct their sheep.
"This good lady has been also bitten by a
mad dog," thought Richard; and Mabel was
no less amazed.
"My dear," contumed Martha in great
excitement, "I thought there was honour
even among -lawyers; but this young Dian
has been taking money from both sides: he
was once, by any certain knowledge, an emis-
sary of that unhappy Horn Winthrop."
"Impossible 1" cried Mabel.
"But I know it 1" insisted Martha. " Let
ben deny, if he can, whether he did not
come to my own house at Brackmere, and
pretend to be most interested in your
affairs, and even in the state of your health;
and try to worm out of me where you were,
and all with such an innocent air 1 I could
have picked him out again amongst a thou-
sand 1 e
"It is quite true madam," said 'Richard
• gravely, "that 1 'did makthe inquiries
that you. describe ; but it was by no means
at the request of Mr. Horn Winthrop."
"Then what on earth had you to do with
my cousin? Why ask about her at 'all ?"
inquired Martha, by no means satisfied with
this rejoinder.
"1 was an old friend of Mrs. Winthrop's,"
said Richard, "if she will allow me to eall
myself so, and neturally felt an interest in
her well-being. I had the honor of making
her acquaintance --years ago -not far from
this very spot."
"Yes, indeed," said Mabel, blushing to
the forehead, "in Anemone Bay. -I surely
hold you about that, dear Martha; and how
nobly we were all rescued there."
"0! course you did. I rem emir e III al
it ; how you praised that dent. ;too .
Thornton to the skies - as, inked', 1 aos s .1:
he ought to be praised -and "-.-
"But, my dear Martha, this is Mr. Timr,
ton," interposed Mabel in 'confusion : he
has changed his name."
" Oh -h -h 1" exclaimed 1VIertha Barr, with
intense signiecance. "1 are sure I beg ten
thousand pardons."
Don't mention it," said Richard gallant:
ly : "your mistake was very natural.
I don't mean, that at all, sir. I beg
pardonforr emeining in this room," au:serer-
ed -lithe, hastily gathering up her needle-
work, where two must needs be compauy,
and three or none. I know all about it, bleats
you. Why? I can answer you by fifty
'whys." Why should you never have told
me that your Mr. Oakleigh was an old ac-
quaintance 1 Why should he have come to
inc to melte such particular inquiries after
yourself? Why should you have bored me
to death with praisea of Mr. Thorn-
ton 1 Do you suppose I can't put
two and two together 1 Well, at least,
then, let me succeed in linking one
and one." The next moment, this intrepid
woman had seized a hand of each, and pLaced
them in oue another. It was impossible to
resiet her, awl, indeed, neither had much
desire to do so; but still, their position was
embarrassing. If the old lady had but taken
herself off, as she had promised to do, the
affair would have been arranged atence, and
in the most satisfactory manner ; but she re -
attained, with a roguish smile uponher whole -
statue face, enjoyms their ,onfusion.
"There Is no just reuse or impediment,
is there," inquired Yertha, "to you youde
people being eolued together in hely meta-
mony
Ileaven forted l" said Richard softly, his
left arm stealing quietly round hie beloved's
waist. "lam sure I know of none ; though,
but for ow- excellent friend here, I should
scarce b AT had the courage to say so-
Alebel,"
How lovingly he hung upon the word I
ever before hail Mabel known what tender
mu-sie tay la her own name
We know muck of what she had to sa
and canguess the rest.
Later in the evening, however, when
Richard had gone link to the inn, Martha
took her rouudly to task for ber pest eon -
duct.
"It seems to me, you have treated this
yaneer geutleman far from welt; and I do
think, Mabel -although an has turned eut
for the best," she added naively--" o
should never have left my roof to marry
Wiuthrop. Ihope it wee not from any sense
�f belie. a burdey,. on
1
hiaba could not afford to lose the good
opinion ofso tried a friend, and so she teld
"Well, I eini Berry about that money,"
sighed Martha, at the end of it, settling her
eateatriuga with trembliug fiugars.
There is no need fersorrow now," ung
Mittel gently.
dela meau upon your account, my
dear; but upon the ironmonger's, as your
pear father used to Call hint. 1 ant se Sorry
that it was wit poor Cousin Job, after all,
ate sent the two hundred pounds ; that let-
ter of thanks of mine must have given him
great pain."
I loved you, dearest," lie went on,
"from the first time 1 saw you, leaniug on
the good Profeseor's arm. I was able to do
you a service, and that made me love you
more; but I was a peer man, and worse
than poor, dependent, and 1 could not in
houonr speak of that which filled my heart.
Mr, Mit, indeed, offered to melte such
provieion for me as would hese enabled
me to press my suit; but I had suf.
fered bitter thins from the patronage
of ahem, and I Was proud and bitter. I
resolved. to leave Shingleton, to avoid the
temptation I could not withstand; and
when I met you, accidentally ot the railway
station, it was the hardest trial I ever
underwent to have to any good -bye -and
nothing more. I never forgot you, no, not
for a day; but I never sought to hear of
you. I knew nothing more. When 1 saw
you at Wimbledon, my heart leapea
within MO like a flame, and like
a flame died out when I found you
wereanother'slenvinguothiug but cold ashes.
The legacy of my kind old friend, which
fell to me a few months afterwards, came
all too late. Again I strove to shut you
out of sight, for to forget you was as im-
possible as ever; and not until a year after
your husband's death, did I hear that you
were a widow, and but ill provided for.
Then I went down to Brackmere, as Miss
Barr has told you, to 6nd out where you
were, and not without the Lope that has
this day -May I say so, Mabe11-
blossomed,"
"0! course you may, yoneg man," said
Martha confidently; "
that has blossomed
into orange -flowers. Go on. -He isn't half
so eloquent, my dear, as he was behind your
back, in Bellevue Crescent."
"To all my eloquence, however, this
incorruptible lady turned a deaf ear," con-
tinued Richard, smiling: "I could learn
nothing of you,
nor didi, until you came to
me yourself ieLondon ; and than"—
"Well, what then?" interrupted Martha
impatiently. "What on earth kept you
silent then?'
"Then, you were rich, Mabel, or on the
poiut of being so -you ate rich now; the
mother of the heir cd Vtrapshot, and I would
scarce have 'dared to woo you to -day, but
for "—
"0 Richard, how could you be so proud
and foolish 1" sighed happy Mabel.
"She's Won, without Wooing, it seems,
then," observed Martha to herself, and
quietly slipped out of the room.
Then the affair was arranged at once in a
most satisfactory manner.
As they sat side by side, cheek touching
cheek, Mabel on her part confessed the love
she had always borne him, and explained
how poverty had worked with that mistaken
sense of obligation to make her another's
wife.
(TO BE CONTTNITED„)
• Cow Birds.
Cow birds are so called froni an odd fancy
they have of taking a ride on the cow's back
occasionally, while in the pastures. The
female is homely enough to be called a oow
bird, being of a unitorm dusky grayish
brown ; but the male is a fine-looking bird,
clad in an. entire suit of rich black velvet,
with head and neck of a deep maroon color.
Cow birds usually look for the homes of
birds that are smaller than themselves and
if fortunate in finding one where the owners
have gone out on business or pleasure, the
lady -bird takes possession of the nest a,nd
leaves an egg there and then quietly takes
her departure. This is not a very lady -like
proceeding, but there may be some reason
for it ; either the birds are too lazy to build
uestsfor themselves, or they don't know how.
Their eggs are large, of a dirty white color,
plentifully splashed over with a cold grey.
brown.
When any one runs a nail or a wire in the
fieshliold the wound over burning sugar as
soon as possible and it will prevent soreness,
A father has been complaining to a Mead
of the family of the conduct of his prodige,
son --" You ought to reason with Int seri.
lusty," says the friend of the fandly,-a
do 1 So I have 1" says the father ill ore
peer ; " but. it has no effect. The pet IT
scoundrel will listen to nobody who isn't e
fool like himself. I want you to go and
talk with him 1"
THB XINING HORROR.
Territee Kean isa 'rhe Intne-aten and Mules
riled neatnet the Ribs of Coat -OrIgln
orate Explosion Wrapped in Mystery.
YOUttlowOOD, Pa., Feb. --When the whin -
teem entered the exploded value a sight ina
passible to picture met them. Bank ears,
mules, and, more terrible then alt, nen were
piled in a compaet raass against the ribs or
wall of coal, and. not a living thing was in
the wreckage. It was almost as solid as the
coal itself, so terrific was the explosion.
This obstruetionwaaremoved with difficulty
and they then entered a chamber of herrors.
The first objeet they discovered after leav-
ing the main entranee was a gunboat. In
it was tlae leg of a lean. Further on they
found A IIUMAU heed, but nowhere in sight
was the trunk that bad borne it bet a few
mieutes before. After walking a. distance
surrounded by dangers =seen, but more
terrible than can be imagined, they found
the trunk, The ragged neckwith the blood
oozing from it tole aleatory of the appalling
disaster. Working their way in, the band
found the bodiesstrewn along, the gengway.
One unfortunate met death while on his
knees in prayer with his hands clasped and
eyes 'upturned. His body was found in
tilde positiou. The services of phersieiana
were not needed, for every man in the head
-
Inge where the explosion oCcurredwaSkilleet
Dead bodies were brought, up every few
minutes, and the crowd at tho Blatt mouth
simply fen back to allow the men carrying
She stretehers room to pass. Every corpse
was covered and no one even ventured to
inquire which body it was. for they knew
everyone in thet part ef the mine Was deed.
wnerren TN' blYSTMCV.
Superintendent Keightey eaid ;-No mast
living knows the cause of the accident, And
It will never he lumeria for a vertainth.
john W. Bell, fire begs at Hecht. lain 13,
gays ;-About two years ago their IVAA an
explosion of gas at this mine and one Ulan
Was burned to death. No safety lamps were
used, I do not know whether or not the
fire boas did his duty, but, let us be chart=
table enough to hope he di& There was too
much work here for one lire boss anyhow.
'1'hey discharged one a couple of weeke ago
to reduce expenses, and one MAU bee been
forced to do the work. I managed to rescue
the last report of the mine inspector, and it
is a very unpataut document now. The last
examination of the Mammoth mine by the
State Iuspeetor was made Jannary 16, 1591,
It shows that at the inlet, which lathe slope
mile or more away from the shaft, there
woe 05.039 euble feet et air entering. The
general caudition of the udint was marked
fair.
Superintendent. I,yneh said the Mammoth
mine was long thought to be thesafest Mina
of Male operated by the Frick Company.
Mr. Lynch thought itposaible that in draw.
ing the ribe or vinare some miner bad topped
gas. All lights were open, and the gas MBA
an uuexpected thiug
Up to midnight there were 00 bodies re-
cavered. Nem five minutes a corpse would
be brought to the auface, and it would pass
through the line of watchers without eons
nicut save the expression Another one.
A noticeable feature of the crowd at the
shaft was the absence of women. They had
returned to their little whitewashed homes,
for they know all hope was gone.
The Wolf of the Waters.
The greedinesa and voracity of musket.
Longo are proverbial, and his confidence in
his prowess and eapmeity for digestion
seems unlimited. They will seize and
wallow other fish fully half their own
weight, end it would be interestiug to
know the different varieties of animals and
fish they prey npon, or to what extreme
they would go in cases where they had
been for some time without a sufficient
supply of food. The little red squirrels
that abound in these woods barely reale a
bite, and ono could be bidden from sight
in a corner of their huge, cavern -like
mouths.
One day, while idly rowing around in a
smell bay near camp, our attention was at-
treoted by a white looking object floating
an top of the water a short distance away
and near the shore. Further investigetion
dieclosed the fact that it was a huge mus-
kellonge that had evidently been dead for
some time, as its body was shrunken and
thin. We towed it ashore and were surprised
to find a large black -looking object pro-
truding from ata enormous jaws. A hard
pull, and a strong pull, and out popped the
full grown body of a muskrat that had been
firmly fastened in the fish's throat. This
incident puzzled us a great deal. We were
in doubt as to whether it had choked to
death through simple inability to swallow
this delicate morsel, or whether the musk-
rat, in his desperate struggles for life, had
isa some way fatally injured it. At any rate,
there was no question as to the eause of his
demise, and the fact impressed itself upon
us as being one instance where the "wolf"
had seriously erred in estimating his mas-
ticating abilities. The fish had a massive
head, was of unusual length, and in good
condition would probably have weighed.
thirty to thirty-five pounds. Whatanigeoble
death for such a wild, untamed, majestic
fish.
The Ravens of Alaska.
The Alaska raven is a fine-looking bird,
as large as a turkey, and upon closer ac-
quaintance a real handsome fellow. His
coat is indeed black, but of a black glossier
and more rich than bilk and softer than
velvet, while in is semi -shade the feathers
are tinged with that peculiar color so often
seen on -well-preserved blue -black bronze.
It is very funny to see these birds holding, as
it were, a conelave. Ten or a dozen alight
on the ground and walk to the meeting
place with a stately, erect step, their every
movement corl and assured. Then an old
bird steps gravely into the middle and the
meeting begins with a series of guttural and
harsh croaks, which gradually swell M
volume until the entire lot of birds have
joined in the debate. Along comes a dog and
for him they scatter, resuming their posi-
tions when he passes, until the meeting
again terminates, and they fly off to the
beachand hills. These birds are seldom
killecl unless it be by Some sailor in pure
wantonness. If you examine the bills of
these ravens the peculiar construction is re.
markable They are a combination of
chisel, scissors, dagger and gimlet. The
bill forms an important factor in theraven's
existence, for he has to dig on the beach for
clams, bore the hard shell by repeated chip-
ping, and again in pure mischief he will tear
and break anything.that his bright and un-
erring eye lights upon.
The natives from Yakutat Bay through
the net -work of Islands as far as British
Columbia have an ancient legend that the
raven was the bird. that brought light from
darkness when the world was created. On
this account they venerate it, and the totem
ef a raven is regarded as clenotin„,c, the most,
illustrious descemied family. -Scan Francis-
Ohrowick.,
• The Japan ii • iianient in To-
kio, which was openud lssa Novomher by the
Mikado, has been destroyed by fire.
Helefieheld gluts.
To stop hiccough take a lump ef auger
saturated with vinegar,
• When eufferiug freea overstree.pael and
tired eyes bathe them isa hot water neveral
times a day.
Hands may be kept smooth in eobit
weather by avoiding the uso of warm water.
Wash thena with cold water and. soap.
Proeure front your druggist a email bottle
of tincture of beuzoin and apply to eny flash
wound. It will heal leentediately ansi net get
sore.
Soak the feet and bind on baking Seda
dampened, and in the morning you 'will be
surprised he find the soreneas all out of
corns.
To take the rust eat of Steel, rub tIte Steel -
with sweet ail; isa a day or two rub with
finely powdered unelackeil lime tinal the
rust all disappears, then oil again, roll in
woolen and put in a dry place, especially if
it be table outlery.
RET.Inr. FOR COLD TX ans-P. Ateaspoon-
ful of eamplear in at WISIA^MOUtb4d bottle,
well covered with boiling water, produces a
warm vapor which can be inhaled far the
relief of acute head colds. Tenn:Mantes! use
three times a day, will suffice.
Mr= or Rosr.s.--The fellowing formula
forms excellent preparation forthe complex
ion is credited to Schuberth. It makes the
skin soft,. fair and clear andgives it A natur-
al flush which is very attractive. Take three
drachms of almoml paste, one half pint cif
rcae water and QUO bAlf-flAid OUllee Ot WIC*
ture of benzeira Make it in emuleion.
Handsome Table Cloths in damask -Linen
that by long wear are cut in the seams Can
he made into carving napkins or serving
cloths by cutting them intosquaree for put-
ting under the meat platter to preserve the
diuner cloth from graerysplatheis. They may
be either hemmed er fringed, arid they will
eerie to eovera large luncheon tray,
Very pretty ahadta for the ea -cello en the
tAble are white lame over efik the color of
theflowera used in decorating aucl heving
spray of the flowera trailing over thei... Some
are made of colored eilk, in shape of flower
petals, poppies looking eepecially ere% while
others ;woof lace, edged with A garland of
flowers.
The following remedy for rheumatism is
given iu the Xnglish, ;Mechanic; One (pert
of milk, quite but, into whiclistir one ounce
of aluni-this will make curds And whey.
Ilathepart Affected vvith the whey until too
I
old. n the meantime keep the verde hot,
and, alter bathing, put them On an* pout.
tioe, wrap in Simnel, aud go to sleep (yen
can.) Three applications ebould be A perfect
cure even in aggraveted cae,ea.
Ntlen the face is tumidly pale bathe it in
tepid water, ruthingbriakly with a Tprkish
towel. Then apply every day the follertring
preparatiou Vour ounces of rose natter
two auntes of glycerine And ounce of diluted
liquid mlimotlia. Rub it well into the Ain
for About three minutes And then wipe off
with a soft towel. If any irritation is felt
add a little more glycerine to the preper.
Neatness in Dress -at Home.
The importance of neat and tasteful baum
dresaing canuot ho overestiroeted. The
matron who appears before the members ef
the family in a shabby soiled wrapper And
makes the excuse, if indeed Le takes the
trouble to make one at all, that" it ie so
much more comfortable," has little idea of
the possible eonsequence of ;molt A tome.
Could she but realize that her dress is an
• evil example to her daughters, and one pro-
ductive of consequences that will reach Inc
beyond her own van of life; that her bus.
hand and sons minuet fail to draw compari-
sons between her dress %ea tlyat of the ladies
they meet iu other homes, ansi that these
comparisons cannot fail to detirease their re-
al:ant for her, she might he induced to give
more attention to her pommel appearance.
Not even the harden of care and constant
employment can fumish aufficient excuse for
careless personal habits, tor few things aro
more importent to the well being of a family.
There is an old saying to the effect that an
untidy mother has disobedient children, azd
while Peither parents nor children may roe
lize the why or wherefore of it, yet there is
always a lack of respect and an indifference
to the authority of a mother who takes no
pride in her personal appearance.
Ana it is not the mother alone upou whose
shoulders rests the burden of responsibility
er bome neatness and order in dress; the
ether has his duties to look after as it ell,
aud should never fail to iusist upon the
younger members of the family presenting
themselves with well kept :much, clean faces,
neatly brushed hair and orderly areas, at
least at every meal where the family as-
sembles.
The ifew Mining Regulations.
Sri/BURY, Feb. 12.-A meeting of those
interested in mining was held in McCor-
mick's hall here the other night to discus'
the question of new mining regitlatione.
Mr. S. Fournier was chosen chairman! and
Mr. T. J. Ryan secretary. The chairman
opened the meeting by a few appropriate
remarks, and called upon Mr. John Lough-
rin, M. P. P., to address the meeting.
Several gentleman followed and expressed
their views on the mining question and the
further development of the nickel properties
in the district.
A vote of thenka was tendered the mem-
ber for Nipissing for the interest shown in
th people and their interests, and the meet*
ing was brought to n. close. A committee of
mining tnen was formed to frame a set of re-
solutions on their views of the mining laws,,
anti forward them to the member for ful ther
consideration.
An Immense Shark
While native fishermen were out fi hing
with eets a short time ago at Waialua, on
She other side of Oahu, a monster shark got
entangled in one of the nets, and was, hauled
ashore on the beach. Almost the whole vik
lage went down and killed the monster with
axes. The shark measured 18 feet in length.
When out up into pieces two good-sized
turtles, one of which was still -living, were ,
found in the stomach, says the NoTtolulu
Times. The turtles measured 18 incluse
across. Other things of a varied intent were
also found. in the stomach. The jawbones
were brought to Honolulu by the Steamer
R. Bishop and placed on exh ition. The .
jaws have seven rows of teeth and measare
22 inches when fully extended.
The Sheffield houses engaged in American
trade are suffering greatly from the Me,
Kinley tariff.
It is a singular fact that the European,
A ustralian and English trotting e lords 'wore
all broken in the month of October, iseo.
October 5, liosque Bonita, at 'Vienna, Aus-
tria, trotted in 2.]9; Odeber 15, Mystery,
at Moonee Valley, Australia, trotted in 2.30,
and October 27, at Alexandra Park, Lon-
don, Col. Wood trotted in 2.25. The con-
tinental and English champions, it neea
hardly be said, are .Anterican" bred, while
She Australian s a native