The Brussels Post, 1894-7-6, Page 2•
THE DEAN AND HIS DAUGHTER
f fiAPTI'1tt S.1S lCanrinQtlh) aweotmoots ainopii the children, who were
greedy ignorant and poverty etriekan, bub
I could read tate verdiet of the jury lti , In vigorous health,
Qnly fancy village Ohildren, who have.'
Cho foreman s Pave before h9 delivered hear
ovgil d the ouckeo all their lives and do not
it for himself and hie aampanione' know its name.
They found that I had been 001Vy 0f "I have found, my dear," said Mrs.
adultery with iVlr. Sabina on various aces, l! orGoague one evening, "twooxospptlans
r ! 1 rl on that when to the uniform. aud monetroue stupidity of
ane, and more pa t @u a y g \
this plume,"
I had visited elle yacht.. And the jud e, ii oho or what aro they I inquired,
Without any comment, gave effect to their "They are the ostler here at the inn, and
finding in what Mr, Wylie told lee were tete an old vagabond who le stropgly soupoob.
usual terms, ed of being a poacher, but who le one
remember of the most amusing raseule with whom I
I felt stunned, and just Mr, r have ever talked, The ostler le believed
Wylie giving me his arm and leading me to know rather mere about French trendy
out of:Court, than he generally came to own. It may be
ruined a aoandal,for he is a very civil man indeed;
Here I was a divorced woman, but the fact fe nota 880001 here, They say
and disgraced for over, a thing to be shun' that he was 011000 gcutleinan, but he him
nod and avoided as if plague.etrlokon, and self is very-retieenb with regard to his past
yet, as I shell have to answerfor.it in the weer,"
nd in a (curt whore all hearts And so our days passed pleasantlyenough ke
last day, aWe lived, so Aire, lfortesene dsalared, like
are open, tee absolutelyand.whoily inuooent duchesses, ellnept in the one matter of
of the foul oharge brought against me as salon accomodacfon, and we lived for next
child could be. to nothing.
We aro not saving money, my dear, we
Ionly jest remember being helped into are almost making rt," Mrs. Fortesoue
my broughmn and driven rapidly back with used to say. " It is 1t place of enchantment
Mrs, Fortescue to Sackville Street. The and of perfect solitude."
next thing I remember is waking up as if We were standing, ae ole repeated this,
from a ion else and seeing that the room iu the little garden outside our house which
g p g was devoted according to the season to
was darkeued and that there were modtcine roses, hollyhocks, mignonette, sweet peas,
botblee about, and that Mrs. Fortescue was and almost every variety of garden pro.
seated by my bedside. done.
"Npw, you are to be perfectly guilt, Suddenly we became aware that Lydall
en masse—the men, women, and ohildren—
deerest child," said she ; "" and you are not was making its way down to the Cove.
even to talk to me. If you do, I shall have " It can't be the Plymouth boat, Miriam,"
to leave you and hand you over to a hoe. said Mrs. Fortesoue. "That doesn't Dome
apital nurse, which I'm sure you wouldn't LOi did as I was told, and Come alonet your
hurried down
like. So lie still and keep quiet." to tie Cove, A steamer was peroeptlb'e
I smiled languidly and tried to sit up in nearing shgrew aiht nea erfor
wethe
could roe thetanowh e Ase
bed, but found I had not the strength. Mrs, ensign,
Tortesene, however, managed to prop mo The solitary Coastguardsman politely
up with pillows. Then she sponged my offercdus hisglaes,and lowered his shoulder
face and hands with Eau de Cologne and to afford a convenient rest for that weather•
water, end gently curled my hair, which I beaten insthrument,alf which, if village report
ut uehad re t
noticed had been out to about a third of its servedwerebhim in gootrd s, tead asmoa ushefulan and
length. handy substitute for a constable's trnn
Then she gave me glass of champagne of"M s. Fortesoue took the Rrat peep, and
and milk. without comment handed the glass to me.
"This is what you have been liffng on,
my sweet, for nearly a fortnight," she said
"and now you must lie down again."
Just as docilely as a child, I did exactly
as she told me, and so lay for some hours,
as it seemed to me, watching the pattern
of the wall -paper and counting the tassels
on the fringes of the bed hangings,
Then a stout tall man name who felt my
pulse and smiled pleasantly.
"You will soon be able to be moved," he
said. "I think we mast send you to
Torquay, or, at any rate, somewhere south.
Meantime you must be kept quiet„and you
must drink champagne whenever Mrs.
Fertesaue here tells you to do so. We all
want co get you away from here and to see
the roses to your cheeks. But we can't do
that until you are strong enough to be
moved.”
I must indeed have been terribly weak,
for this pretty little speech seemed almost
as interminable tome as the summing up of
the judge himself, It quite tired me out.
I remember Mrs. Fortesoue handing me a
bunch of violets, which 1' smelt, and then
kept i0 my fingers. "They come from Nice
my dear," she said, "where we will go in
the winter, if you 10111 Daly do as yon are
told, and get strong again. As soon as you
can he moved we will leave town, and the
sea air will bring back the roses."
Then she sat down and took up a book,
Wedded at me kindly over the top of it,
and began to read, or pretend to read, with
admirable industry.
1 was now euffigieutly recovered to real-
ize that I was iorleed far weaker than 1 had
supposed. So I allowed my eyes co close
dreamily, and from weakness, felt could
not possibly be weariness, fell asleep again.
I found afterwards, what I did not then
know, that they bad saved my life by
morphia, which had been actually forced
into my veins through a tiny little eyrioge
with a point no loaner than a needle.
Ifound also that for some days my life
had been despaired of ; that Mrs. Fortesoue
had never left my bedside that Mr. Sabine
had called twice audsomocimes three times
every day ; and that the Very Rever-
end the Dean had left town for the
Cathedral Close on the evening of the trial,
and the Sunday after had preached a
meet affecting sermon, in the delivery of
which hie voice was frequently choked
with emotion, while the eligible widows
and spinsters, who formed the bulk of the
congregation, had Bobbed audibly.
The sermon was afterwards printed by
special request, and myfather had actual)
speer scans , y
the assurance to Bend a copy of it to myself
said another to Mre. Fortescue, with his
Vwn precious autograph on the title page.
"A signature, my dear," said hire.
Fortesoue, "which before he got his
deanery, the smallest money -lender in
England would not have touched with a
pair of tongs."
And I could not help laughing, for I
knew that, when we were living at Ossul•
sten, my father was perpetually writing to
advertising moneylenders, who never 90
muoh as condescended to even answer his
epistles.
CHAPTER S.P.
We found Torquay a place perfectly in.
tolerable, filled with rich parvenus, and
oppressive with its glare of stucco, We
were told of pleasant places inland ; Totnees
among others, and Paignton, newts mere
suburb of Torquay, were both mentioned.
Then glowing descriptions were given ne of
the magnificent scenery of the Dart and of
Dartmouth Harbor, Ultimately we decided
upon giving a trial to a place very little
known,but certainly none the lase desirable
on that account. We pitched on Lydall,an
extraordinary little village en the Cornwall
coast, somewhere about ten miles distant
from the nearest railway smitten,
The houses in Lydall are built of atone,
and roofed with slate, both Cornwell pro.
ducts. The walla are of stone, for there
are no hedges to divide the fields. The
Vicar, who is rioh on sixty pounds a year,
A atone house, and an acre of salt mareh
known as the glebe, is the only man of
importance, with the exception of the land•
lord of the small Inn, who Is oleo proprietor
of one or two shabby atone villas" which he
lets furnished for the Beeson at a very fair
price.
To Lydell accordingly we went, and there
I once again began to feel myeelf. A pony
carriage, much as I should have enjoyed t,.
was out of the question. The Cornish
roads would kill anydeoentpony in a week;
but there was the Cove, always pleasant
and beautiful, and as entirely land -leaked
as the Bay. of San Francisco.
I looked through it, and saw standing erect
in the very bows of the vessel, and scanning and the ioe hadn't melted, for the very
the shore through, a field glass, no other simpleandeufftoientmann that there Wasn't
person than George Sabine. a knob of ice as big as a walnut for all the
Mrs. Fortescue took my arm and tried to Connell suns to me b.
hurry me towards our lone°. So we wont in and lingered over lunch,
" \Ve shell have to meat, dear child," she and were really as happy, and Iain honest-
whispered; " and the thing had better not ly say as innocent, in all our happiness as
be done quite in open vestry. Lot us avoid children.
the parson aud the clerk, and the church- How the time passed I oonnot tell; bub
warden, and all the other old women as I know that the shadows were lengthening
long as we can possibly do so." rapidly, and the swallows flying low as we
But a strange fascination rooted me to sauntered down to the Cove.
the spot, and ae the vessel steamed through We saw the boat pull olf. We watched
the narrow ltttle pass between the 0lith into , Mr. Sabine spring on to the deck, and we
the Cove, I heard the words "let go," called waved oar farewell to him from the sande
out in a voice that I knew only too well ; before we turned back,
and immediately afterwards the puff of the "You ought to be a very happy woman,
engines ceased, and the °bolt and rattle of my dear," said Mrs. Fortesoue, as she sat
the cable struck my ear ae distinctly as the in the twilight in her their before the empty
OA of a large watch. hearth, with ler tumbler of brandy and
" We meet go in," said Mrs. Fortescue,'seda•water. "I ani tired of telling you
"and we most leave word or send down thao Iwiel £ wore hall 00 h517 00 yottroclf.
word which will look better, thabyou cannot You are rid of that insufferable old prig, S"r
possibly be seen until eleven o'clock to -
memo w morning. Eleven o'clock is always
an excellent time."
We went in and gave our instructions,
It was exngtiy as NIrs. Fortescue had pre. I
d' ed. Before ten minutes had passed,
afit Saline had called axle hone, had had
his answer, had left his oard with Yacht
Evangeline R. Y. S. in the corner of it.
and had made his way back to the Cove.
" The village will talk, my dear," said
Mrs. 1 orteacue; " but i will alt be about
the yacht, and everybody will be mad for
permission to go ou board her. They will
be rowing round her till sunset, and with
daybreak tomorrow morning, and they
will be trying to Bell him eggs and butter,
and poultry and meat, and all that kind of
thing—all of which he will probably have
on hoard. I should not be surprised if
the innkeeper did not go alongside with
some bottles of British brandy, and his
Gospel oath in his mouth that they had
never paid duty, which would be strictly
true, though nut exactly in his own sense.
And now you must go to bed at once, or the
Cornish roses in your cheeks will be fading
to -morrow. Conte along, I am lady's
maid."
Next morning at eleven we were in our
little parlor and seated at the window.
Within n minute of the time, Mr. Sabine
Dame swinging up the road with the swine
long, lithe, panther•like step.
His Immense boarhound slouched along
after him, and ae the master passed through
our garden gates, the hound in obedience
to a gesture coiled himself rip outside them,
and lay down with such a dangerous look
about him that the crowd of village child-
ren and gossips melted away. , �-. ��--•.�,,.�
1 rose to meet him as he entered the
room and held out my band. I was happy
and glad to see him, and I know my face
must have told hits as much.
Then he greeted Mrs. Forteeone, and then
he somehow Bottled himself in a wicker-
work chair.
The sea has thrown me up," he said,
"high and dry in this curious little nook.
I am told that there fs no doctor within
five milee,and 110 lawyer within eight or ten.
Also there is no local reporter, and con.
Sequently no list of fashionable arrivals.
We might almost be at St. Helena or As-
cension. Itis delightful to be for once in
a way to a pretty place, aud to have it all
to yourself. Mrs. Fortescue, I am hooked
to see you here. You ought by this time
to have bound the Dean to your chariot
wheels, and to be driving with him round
the Cathedral Close."
And than we all laughed, a hearty,
genuine laugh, that did all of us good.
Presently it was settled alar, we should
take a stroll, and as we passed out through
the street we found that public curiosity
had subsided. Everybody had gone down
to the Oeve to stare at the yacht and her
crew, and to drive little bargains with them,
if possible. And eo, as Mrs. Fortesoue de-
clared hermit unequal to a tramp through
the chalk, Mr. Sebine, and I, and Serge,
sauntered up the hill together.
Presently we ranched a largefieid of green
wheat just beginning to show streaae of gold
on the lighteoil under the xeen Bun. " Waves
of shadow" passed over it, and all Nature
seemed alive as we crossed over the little
Stile,
A lark woe singing gloriously, hovering
over its nest. A blackbird dartedout from
the hedge with its nolsy shriek close under
our feet, and right across our path. Then
ashy little field mouse ehowed iteelf scut.
tering about between the ears. And in a
beech tree overhead a brighteyed squirrel
eat up and looked seemly at tie as he went
We used to saunter about the lanes, and en shelling his mask
i it on the beach and distribute figs and The twitter of the email birds would have
seamed petulant but lee the drowsy linin
of the Weida and the strange whirr .of the
aornereke" neve neer; neve dletent, and
obviously trying to lure ne from the viviniby
of its Walt,
We rooted et lent on another stile whish
led late a hayfield, that made the air heavy
with its Wealth of eleven, I eat down
almost one of breath on the step, Serge
coiled himsell up at my feet, Mr, Sabine
leaned agetnet the top roil shook himself
muoh after the manner of hie own hound,
and then lit a cigar:
"1 am glad to lee you," ho broke silence ;
""iooknig better than 1 hoped. You must
have had a terrible trial, sad a wretchedly
dull time of ib. We have not, however,
long to wait. lely lawyers tell mg that We
can be married on this very day four menthe,
which will be the day after what they call
the decree ie made absolute, Four mantle
Meths a long time when you are waiting,
but it pasaee rapidly enough. I euppoee 11
would have been more prudent not to have
Dome near you. But in the first place I
could not possibly keep away from you,
and in the next piece 1 wish yon to know
ease again from my own lips, that I shall
come to claim you, Meantime 1 would
hurry you away with me from here to the
South, but 1 am resolved that no one shall
have the chance of speaking evil of you•'
name with the shadow of With behind it."
"You are very good," I answered chole.
ingly, "far more good than I deserve." And
then I buret out crying.
Well, he comforted inc, of gourse in Me
own way, oetendorly as if I was some little
village maid who had fallen down on the
flints, and torn her clothes, and out her hands
and knees. And when my tears were dried
and I had stammered oub something about
being foolish, and not feeling very strong,
and the heat, and so on, saying jest what.
ever came fires, he gave me his arm again,
and we strolled down the hill back to the
village.
A journey seems always short when itis
downhill,and shorter stili when it is happy.
Mrs. Fortesoue had spied us, and was in
waiting for us at the little cottages by the
Vicarage corner. Then of course, toner.
sation began at once; It was commonplace
brisk,and oheerful,andprincipally sustained
by Mrs, Fortesoue herself.
No power on earth, she declared, would
make her go on board the yacht, or allow
me to go. It would be unluoky. The gig
might eine next morning and row us round
to the littleisland, if Mr. Sabine liked,and
we could picnic very splendidly. Meantime
lunch a ae ready, and we must come in. It
had been waiting some time ; but luokily,
that didn't matter, es everything was gold
Henry; you are rid of that canting old
humbug, your father; end there is a man
madly in love with you, of aloin any
woman might be proud, and for whom nine
woman out of every ten would give their
heads and ears. I shan't alter my opinion,
and I can't add to it ; and I've fi iohed my
brandy and soda, and it's highme for all
good people to be in bed."
(no DE 001301100ED)
A DISCOURAGED BOA.
ANTICIPATION.
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A VAIN ENDEAVOR.
'oo il?! ,s ANOTHER TRIAL,
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egNE WITH 11,10 NinFf 'S SISTER.
Ex11rOPORAnu OUoog ltsIelt D8000 a )ills. IXlle
and Childeoll.
A Toronto despatch says t--l9ntraneed, by
a epirit of romance, and tired of bile cease.
less inonotouy at home lite, Pretty little
Mary Palmer, the 10•year.old daughter of
James Palmer, furniture dealer, Sliadiaa
apeitt 0 and 00011 street, eloped on Sunday
afternoon witloJohn Blaakeielt, expressman,
;302 Spadhm avenue, the husband of Iter
eldest eieter, and the father Of tWo little
ohfldren.
0EIUT SUNDAY SOH000 TO ELOPE.
Mary left her home Sunday afternoon to
go, es was her :sustain, 00 the Sabbath
school of Broadway Methodist Tabernacle,
whinh elle attended' for sOine years poet.
She left her elms, however, before the
closing exorcises of Otto school took plane
and her friends have been unable to trace
her movements sines that hour. At exactly
the same hour 13laokeioh left hie home,
where the wife's birthday was being cele-
brated in a manner eoneietont with the
sanctity Of the day, and the wife and chil-
dren have since watched and waited for his
home-°Oming, but in vain. The natural
supposition therefore is that, in a000rdanoe
with a prearranged plan, the couple met.
at an appointed 'plane and soft town to-
gether. No notice had ever been taken Of
any ,marks of affection passing between
Blackand Miss Palmer, these kindly
attentions being attributed to the relation
already existing between them. Mies
Palmer's parents are in comfortable oironm-
stances and are highly respected within
their wide eirole of aaquaintanoes. They
are muoh distressed because of the unwel-
come notoriety given them by their daugh-
ter's thoughtless act, The shook has com-
pletely prostrated Mrs, Palmer, the mother
of the girl. All efforts to trace the couple
have thus far proved fruitless.
SHOCKED TO DEATH.
The Terrible Fats of a Lineman
Grasped a Live Wire.
A Rochester, N. Y., despatch says :—
Stephen Kirk, a lineman employed by the
Bell Telephone Company, was working on
a tall pole on which there was a network
of telephone, eleotric light, telegraph and
treat oar trolley wires on Thursday. A
fellow•workman let the wire on whish Kirk
was working sag too muoh and it touched
the trolley wires. Birk grasped it and re•
mimed the full force of the current from the
trolley wires. Agonized screams broke
from the man's lips as he endeavored to free
himself from the wire. He struggled for a
moment, then toppled over. The eurretic
was sa ecrong that it held him fast to the
wire almost by his heels, He hung them
head downward for fully five minutes, until
a feltow•workman located the wire among
the network and cut it. The body was
secured by ropes and then lowered to the
ground. Contrary to the expectations of
all who saw the accident, Kirk was alive
when he reaohed the ground. He was
placed in the ambulanoe,but died before the
City hospital was reached.
SMASH ON THE G.T.R.
Who
An ,Accident ltetwecn0oetlltnelr and Lon-
don -No Lives Lost.
A Woodstock despatch says:—There was
a serious collision on the Great Western
division of the Grand Trunk on Tuesday
morning between Woodstock and London.
The two ill-fated trains were the Wabash
express, going east, and the Ohmage express,
going west. The collision ocourred about
five miles west of Ingersoll, between 5 and
6 o'clock, at what is know1 as Patton's
siding. The Chicago express going weer
should have reached Ingersoll at 5 o'aloek
where it generally passes the Wabash ex.
press ; but it appears the latter was
late, and the west -bound express got in-
structions togo into the switch at Pat.
ton's siding, but failed to do so. The Chi-
cago exprasa met No. 4 just after coming
around a curve at the weab of the siding.
No. 4 was at full speed, and No. 1 had
slowed up expecting they would be in the
aiding. On account of the train slowing up
there was no lose of life. Only one trunk
left the track, and the tender telescoped
the bonded cars attached. The driver of
No. 4, who exceeded instructions, was Joe
Wnteon, of London. He ie one of the ablest
drivers on the road, and was a very careful
man. The fireman was George Bleak.
After the accident the coaches of No. 1 were
brought to Ingersoll. The passengers on
both trains were pretty badly shaken up,
and the messenger of No. 4 received a few
scratches. Traffic was suspended for several
hours.
YOUNG MEN IN TROUBLE.
lent for Trial for Furious Driving Which
Resulted In a Ilan's Death.
A Dundas, Ont., despatch says;—At l p.m
on Monday Coroner Roes began the inquest
on the death of Reuben Tew, of Greeneville.
The evidence shows that deceased and Mr.
Riley were driving west on King street
about 10.20 p.m. on Saturday, Riley sitting
on the right side of the buggy, and driving
on the north side of the street, close to the
sidewalk. When about the middle of the
block a sorrel horse, hitched to a top buggy
containing three young men, ran into them
one of the shaftestriking Mr. Tew in the ab'
demon, making a terrible gash, from which
he died about 1 a.m. Sunday. Two of the
young men who were in the rig that caused
the damege were Frank Hancock, 51 Wel-
lington street north, Hamilton and Charles
Carter, 139 King William street, Hamilton.
Who the third young man was is not yet
known. Immediately the injury had been
done the ktamitton rig drove away, not
making any attempt to see whether anyone
was injured or not, and the men wore chain
ed and captured on the B amilton road before
they Dame to the first tollgate. The jury
brought in a verdict that deceased came to
his death by the unlawful and furious driv-
ing of the prisoners. They were tried before
Mayor Knowles on hie charge and sent up
for trial et next assizes. Drs. Smith and
Strutt performed the postmortem.
Another Long -Felt Want.
Friend—" Working at something new 1"
Inventor --"Yes, sir; greatest thing yet.
It's a new pate"t safety life•preserver, for
ferry.boate, steamers, etc."
"What's it's advantage over the old
kind ?"
The advantage? Why, air, you may
not believe it, bat it's eo light that if
thrown to a person in the water it can hit
him without killing him."
BOMB FUNNY PIECES.
"Do you take this man for better ae for
Worse?' asked the lninistel', 1"I can't cell
until I have had Mtn a little while,"
returned the bride,
"Do men become what they eat 1" asked
Porter, "That is what I think,'? said
Philosophieus, "Then give me semethiug
rioh 1" said Porter.
"There's a friend downstairs waiting for
you; save he wants you only a minute.
Mr, Catohon-."1ero, Jnmos; take this 010
and keep 11 Until 1 Dome back."
If "ignorance is Wise --
There's reason in my rhyme—
,
Some people in this town.
Must have a joyous timo 1
" le Ethel going to the seashore thissum•
mer?" "No. What's the use? Nobody
would believe she has been away, She
doesn't freckle or tan a bit,"
"Speaking of persistency," remarked
the'btlt-poster thoughtfully, "my trade is
certainly one in which a man will never
make a cent exempt by stinking et it."
Chollie—" Is there any drinking water in
this room?" The lintel maid—" Might in
that pitcher at your elbow." " Aw—wing
for the boll -boy to ovine up and pour me
a glass," .graduate
"How was f t Perkins didn't got 110 de'
gree at college this year ?" "! you don't
suppose the faculty is going to let a fine
football player like Perkinsdo
you 1".
"Confound that fellow 15ilkem; he's up
to some orookednese I know, I wish there
was some way for me to find him out."
"Humph I Go around to hie office with a
bill,"
Throe snore and ten the Bible says
Ir man's aflobbed term ;
microbe and the " ger
But that's before the dootora made
Thq m"
'" Mary
Gold's beautiful bathing dress is
hopeleeelyruined.'", What happened to
it?" " She went too near the water yea.
terday and it got wet." " Mary always was
a careless girl."
Flied politioan—"I can say this, that
our party conducted the campaign in ea
honest, fair and straightforward way. What
more can you say of your party ?" Second
politioan—" We won,"
Nibbitt—" That woman who just went
out is the partner of your joys and sorrows,
I euppoee?" Rufton—" She's partner to
my joys all right, but when it comes to my
sorrows she slips over to see' her mother."
Papa—" Are you sure that you and
mamma thought of me while yon were
away?" Little Grace—" Yes; we beard e
man just scolding awful about 11 break.
fast, and mamma said: 'Thais just like
papa,"
"I don't see how you do it," said Oh
man who had caught the slow train. " 01
this ain't much speed for us to make," re.
plied the conductor, "I meant how you
keep the thing from sliding backward on
the up grades."
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CELEBRATES HIS OWN FUNERAL.
After ftolcntn Wass Over an Empty Collin
All Adjourn. to a nan11ttat•
An up•to•datedisciple of Charles V. of
Spain has held ata village of the Ytlnne
Department, in France, a kind of dress
rehearsal of his funeral while yet in the
land of the living. Fur the pest yea
gravediggers and masons had been engaged
in preparing the gentleman's tomb, and he
had surveyed the work with loving care.
When everything was ready lie had a
handsome marble slab put up, with the date
of his birth and the list of his titles and
distinctions, winding up with the eoinfort-
ing assurance the t he "had been a good
father and a law.abiding citizen" inscribed
thereon. On hieuinty.fivo birthday all his
friends and acquaintances were invited to
the rehearsal of his funeral. A solemn
burial service took place at the churoh,and'
his empty ootfn, placed under a catafalque
and surrounded with wax candles, received
an aotioipatory blessing. Tu oheer up hie
guests whom thislugubrioue ceremony must
have somewhat depressed, he then bade
them repair to his house, whore a grand
banquet took place, at which the beadle,
the choristers, and the priests who am to
officiate at his real funeral were present.
Each guest pledged his it ord in a bumper of
champagne that if he were still living at the
time, he would not fail to "assist" at the
funeral ceremony of whinh the rehearsal
had just been gone through. The real event
may not come off yet awhile, for the imi•
tutor of the famous Emperor is stili quite
hale and hearty in spite of his moetyfive
summers.
Not Appreciated.
At the moment when we were most deeply
convinced of our WO importance, it may be
that the spectator who should be admiring
us is animated by quite adilferent feeling. I
was an engine•driver who told the following
story of himself:—
One day our train stopped at a small way
side station in one of the most rural counties
in England, and I observed two country
boye in " homespun" ourioeuly inspecting
the engine, and occasionally giving vent to
expressions of astonishment. Finally one
of them approached, and said:—
"Master, bethis a injin?" '
"Certainly. Did you ever see one before?"
"No, master. Me and Bill 'ere corned
down to the station to see un. 'S that the
boiler Cheer?"
Yes, that is the boiler."
"What do'ee pall Char place your're in ?"
"Thio we call the footplate."
" An' this big wheel --what's this fer?"
That's the drivtng.wheel."
" That big thing on top I s'poee is a
shim ley 1"
" Precisely."
"Be you the man what rune tate mill ?"
"1 am," I replied with eel£•complaoency.
He eyed me closely for a moment; then,
burning to his companion, said," Bill, it
don't take muoh of a men to bo a driver,
do it?"
Worked Like a Charm.
Mrs. De Style—"That complexion wash
you gave me hes worked like a therm, and
my skit, is as soft as a rose•leaf."
Physician—"Did you follow my 'dime
and use that and nothing else 1"
""Not another thing not even powder.
Bub I am going away, and you must tell me
how to make it."
Certainly,"
""What are the inredients 1"
"'Soap and water."
ruxir 6, 1694
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A Lyons despaboh says ;—The most•
intense exeiboment has been caused every
Where in Preece by what has proved a sue. -
easeful attempt to aes•tesinate President,
Carnot. The President wee visiting Lyons,
in connection with the International
exhibition. Upon his ' arrival, here he
was tendered a reception at the -
prefecture, after whish Ite vieibed the
exhibition. After opeuling some time,
at the exhibition he proceeded to the Niels
de Commerce, where a banquet was given
in hie honor. At 9.25 o'alook Presldent
Carnot started for the theatre, ,where a
gala performance was to,be giyen beOauee•
of hie presence in the city. Several car-
riages
arriages were in the prooseeion, the first one,
being templed by the President, M, Oar•
not's carriage wee driven slowly along in
front of the Palace of Commerce and then
turned into Rue de la Republique, still fol
owing the facade of the palace. When
half way down the street, whioh was lined
with enthusiastic: crowds et people who were
loudly oheerisg, a man
1ROSRED OUT OP TRE CROWD
and sprang upon the Map of the President's
carriage. Just et this moment 111. Carnot.
was waving his right hand and ealuting
with his hat in his loft hand in response to•
the ovation 010,0 was been green to him by,;
the crowd. Thepeople close' toe4lie oar•'
Maga saw that the man standing' "the '
step had a knife in his hand. By Cha glare•
of the electric lights they saw the bright
blade gleam in the air ae the assassin's arm
descended, and then President Carnot was
seen to fall back in hie seat, lis fans death- .
ly pale. One of his hands was pressed
over his Heart where the steel had en-.•
tered his body, M. Biased, prefect of
Poetise, who was seated beside M.
Carnot, irnmediately struck the assassin a
blow full in the face and knocked him
from the step, thus preventing the man
from again stabbing the President, which
it was his intention to do, Instantly cries
of "Le President est assassins,' "Mort a
la assassine" were heard on every side, and
the crowd in the vicinity of the carriage
swelled to enormous, proportions, every
member of it seemingly intent upon killing„
the assassin. Ile was grasped by a dozen
hands and his life would have then and
there paid forfeit of his crime had it not.
been for several sergeants de vIlle,
who seized him and attempted to
draw him away from his captors.
In the ineantime the news of the attempted
murder had spread with lightning -like
rapidity, and mounted miracle ware sent to
the aid oI the policemen who were still
struggling to preserve the life of the assas-
sin. With :hewn abree in their hands the
guards rode down the crowds, heedless of
whom their Horses tramp ell on. 'Then a
cordon was formed around the ten almost-
exhausted
lmostexhausted policemen and their captive and
the march to thtpotioeatation began. Even
thus surrounded the prisoner vee not safe,
for men in the crowd made frantic endeav-
ors to reach him. The guards repelled these
attacks with the flat sides of their sworde,
while at the same time keeping watchful
eyes upon the crowd to prevent the prison.'
er from being shot.
MALEDICTIONS WERE CDRLED
upon the captive, and never before hos such
wild indignation against a human being
been Been in the city. In the meantime
physicians wore hastily summoned to
attend the President, who had almost im-
mediatoly been conveyed to the prefecture.
A careful examination was made of the
wound and the doctors declared that the
condition of M. Carnot was hopeless.
PR01IN0 THE WOUND.
After examining the President's wound
all the physicians in attendance upon him
agreed that an operation wan necessary,
whereupon Dr. Oilier immediately probed
the wound. While Shia wee being done,
M. Carnot same to his senaesand said feebly
but distinctly "How you are hurting ma."
The doctors, however, eon tinned to attend
the wound, the outward bleeding of which -
had stopped. They knew, though, that
the President's condition was extremely
grave, and they more than suspected that
internal hemorrtage half commenced. After
M. Carnot had been taken from his carriage
and placed upon a bed in the prefecture -
nobody but the dootore and the officers of
his military huneehold, who bad accompan-
ied him to Lyons, was allowed to enter the
room to which he had been carried.
SANTO, THA ASSASSIN,
is a beardless young man 20 or 20 years old. .
When arrested he wan attiredin a brown
suit, and wore a peak cap to match the suit
in color. As lie mniehed under his police
guard from the rue de is reepubligne to the
station he held his read down, but hiseyes
glanced furtively around as though he was.
seeking an opportunity to escape from his
captors. To have made suoh an attempt,
however, would have been the height of
foolhardiness, finless he desired to commit
suicide, for there is not the slightest doubt
that had he got away from the protection ,
of the police he would have been torn limb
from limb by the crowd, whose every action
showed that they were thirsty for his
blood.
A Veteran's Story
llIr. Foseph IKem-
nsorioh,an old soldier,
1320 10. 146tb. Bt., N. Y.
City, writes us volun.
tarily. In 1802, at the
battle of Fair Oaks, be
was stricken with.
typhoid lever, and
after e, long struggle in,
hospitals, lasting sew
eras years, way dis-
Remmorich. " charged as incurable
With Consumption..
Doctors said both longs wore affected and lie.
could not live, lone, but a comrade urged him
to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Beton lie hada
finished one bottle his cough began to geticose,
the choking sensation left and night sweats,
grew less and loss. Fie Is now In good health.
and cordially recommends
Hood's Sarsaparilla
1 a general blood purifier and tonic mods.
le, especially to his comrades In the G, A. R.
fit OD'S PILLS are hand made, and aro per.
toot in eompoeitton, proportion and' epeelanad