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The Brussels Post, 1890-9-5, Page 3SEPT, 5, 1890 SHUFFLED OARDS, fecesel.rilice,) PART II.--Mns, Cominleminee (Aims. Thal, characterintie lattiesilny festival, a " drawing.roont tea," is in progress at the !sumptuous mention (so styled in the snol ehr(1nieles know as moiety papers) a mr Hama Colebrook°, in Lancaster Late. A line of carriage», with flower.deeked vents in wetly. liveries, revealing a wealtl of imagination nt blazon, for the eompany hoe dits than the egaipages attracts 1st crowd of idiom ; and through die large win of kir. Colebrooke's house, reflecte1 if the mat mirror whieh ells tho wall at tie end of the great dining.room, biializiiit glimpses of mutt trains, plumed heads, am bare -bejewelled necks are caught. It is a " birthday " drawinge.orem, and queerea weather embellishes the scene. Nothins, that wealth can supply is hulking to the mention of which Robert Colebrooke's wife is the envied minress, All that modern uplielstory can do to replace the grace and grandeur, which only time and taste can glee, has been done ; splendor, ;tilled svith the carefullest comfort, reigns In the great: rooms, and in every deportment the house, hold is as perfen as a heavy purse and an hfflexible will mu render a machine, which, after all, has to be worked by human being!. No less perfect as a production of Ms heavy purse and his inflexible will is Robert Colebrooke'e wife, who has just presented to the queen the prettied: debutante of theseason, in the person of Celle. Radnor, the orphan daughter of Mr. Colebrooko's only sister. Celia, who is her uncle'sward, is a nutbrown girl with luxuriant, unruly hair, sparking, eyes, with white Leath, and an irresietible smile. She la just short mough not to be tall, just tall enough not to be short, full of health end vigor tend very popular with everybody except her uncle. She is talking gaily to handsome Paul Daventry, seemingly but a little over twenty, showing him the cunning arrangement of the costly "posy" she has carried in safety through the entail at Buckingham Palace, and innocently ex- ulting in Ms edmiration, welch is evident, and to judge by the slight frown upon her diamend,gat brow, disturbimg, to MrsCole- brooke. The latter, surrounded by billowy tresins, tossing plumes and softly chattering tongues, preeents &brilliant picture which is framed and reflected 111 the great mirror at her back. 11 i11 sloven years toelay sine° PaulDaven- try died ; the day after toenortenv his widow will have been for ton years Robert Cole- broolte's wife. But there is more change in her than is to be accounted for by the lapse of ten years ; this dark -eyed, marble.pale woman, who wears her magnificent dress of purple and gold, and her superb diamonds -too many of them, but that is no fault of Iser's•-as though to the rammer born, con - Miming strongly in this respect with some of her most resplendent visitors, looks twenty years older than the :Slayton Damn. try who bargained with her enemy for her husband's peace and her son's future. Big, burly, pompous, with wealth stud prosperity writ all over him, too Yell - dressed, over gracious, smiling too broadly, talking too softly, keeping a furtive watch upou his wife, Robert Colebrooke is merely an exaggerated likenen of himself as he had been eleven years previously. He has the eelf.satisfied aseurance of a man who has eucceeded in all Ms undertakings, without any counting of the cost to others ; herd, bright eyes, and lusrd, warm mouth Say plainly, .Look at me, I uever made up my mind to do anything but I did it I never determined to have anything but I got it- :one:how ; and as I began and have 11011- 10110(1, so I shall end." He stands in the big room amid the gorgeous furniture, the yeitteriug plate -the "'ten" was a banquet in reality -the rare and costly flowers ; his glance rests on 1115 wife's diamonds, and satisfies him that no other lady mesent has jewels so numerous and valuable, and .his self -complacency is perfeet. The " tea " was over, the drewing.roem folk had departed to rest awhile, before re, smiling them respective stations upon the treadmill ot 'society ;" Celia was confer. ring with her maid about a hall gown, and Paul was Mowing the and of some bitter fancies M the billiard•room, when Mr, Cole. brooke entered bie wife's luxurious &easing - room, when) Malian was lying upon a sofa, divested ot her court dress. Mr. Colebrooke carried a leather -covered box in his Mind, and Without a word, approached a table on which the ornaments his wife had worn were arranged in en Orderly manner. He delib- erately counted the ornaments, compering the result with a list that lay beside them, plum; them in the box locked it, and hey- ing carried it down to Lis own sitting -room ou the ground floor'deposited it in an iron seem cunningly 001100111011ealed by a carved wood veld in the wainscot. This aurins pro. eeeding 118111 11011 moved his wife to raise her eyelids or utter a word, it was evidently in the usual order of things. There was a good deal in the usual order of things at the great house in Lancaster Gate, which the outer world knew nothing about. Ten years before, the "luck "01 the pretty, penniless widow of Paul Daventry had been a favorite theme with Mr. Cole- brooke's friends, when the successful man, having advanced in ono year by several strides on his way to oolossal wealth, mat, ried hor. Whab 0. lino thing it was for her, and for her handzome, spirited, but hard -to. manage boy! Since then, it histl proved a still fieer thing for MM. Diorentry, for. Mr. Colebrooko became wealthier each yoar sho had every luxury that the heart of the most emoting WOinall could desire, and no Mild had ()meta interfere with the splendid peospeets of Paul Deventry's son, whom all her friend's regarded as Rebore Colebrookes heir. But Marion knew better, she knew that Colobrooke hated the boy, and that the fair fano he tinned to the world in his re- gard was & mask, whisk he might throw (WHO at auy moment, and wore only diming her own good behavior. Mrs. Colebrook° possessed everything ex. cept money ; she might order anything she pleased from the most expansive shops in Loudon, hut she could not give away a crown. Her Mlle were sent to Mr. Colebrook° and paid withoutemem mit, but he ineisted upon verifying her possession of every item, and he kept her diamonds in his own custody, She should have 1(6 01181)110 of getting money for her SOII, beyond the niggardly allow- nnee which ho doled out to Vaal. To all ta• monstrance and antreaby Ile was absoletely (Met ; Ile lied this ono mettle of punishing the Woman whom he hed conquered but could not stthclue end ho used 111 with the moral. leastiose of hio nature She dared not:oppose Min in word or action became he had in ro servo that powerful weapon, the exposure other dead linsbend to the eon who had not; the trietmsbanspielon of the truth, ited whom she had taught to cherish his father's mem. nry, How could sho ever ham inarried Colobrooke 1 This WWI the only geestihn implying is doubt of his mother's love and wisdom that ever ocoureed to Paul Dai -entry, and it was nee thet odd not ho put Or answered, Mr, Colebrook° heti decided that Pael, eow laventy-one, Mould lio snit into lds businees, a. ("troilism which was egainet, the wishes of both mother end son. "What &re you afraid ofl 1 shell take cero he (1111 1-01, me," wag her lineletniVe an ewer to her objection, while to Paul 1(0 (0010. ly mill that if he did not like tho provisIor ut mi,flifil.e for him, he night provide for 1(1)0 T18i0 With the domeatie situation epos wine), the ilmwing.rooni day opened, ler In* not destined to close. The anxiety with whieh Antrim had obeerved the demeanor 0 Celia and Paul, Was amply justified by the revelation made to her In the evening by the two young people, to her unbounded di& may. "Engaged 1" exelaitned Marion when the tale Mel 1 wen told, "Yon, C,lia, engaged to lend ! What aro you thinking of? You know your uncle would not listen to aueli thing, and the mere mention of it would he the ruin of Pittil." "I know illy unele wants me to mane; mine horrid, wicked, rich num," said Celia hut" • here she ger° one band to her lover, and clung to Marion with the other ---"he cannot force me, end I never, never will." Iris mailer addressed Paul sternly "Tithes impoasible, and you know it. Celle hits a lot -tune, and you are penniless; do not be diehonorable also" - Celia. interrupted her : "Aunt," she Raid, "if I hail not a fortune, if I were of no consequeuee MD all to any- body, would you object to Paul's making me his wife ?" " My darling, nothing in the world would enable ma to leave 11 10 Buell peace." " That is enough," said the girl with a gentle strioneness quite animal to her, "Wo ertn wait, and he happy in knowing thet you only oppose us becituee of my un- to." " No, that cannot be," said Marion, with a pang of dread of Colebrooke's adieu, " Paul shall not live under any false preteu- ece," "I do 1105 intend to do so, mother," said Paul, end in him there WWI also something I had made up my mind to leave his house long befere 11111(1 Glenn's promise, and I was only waiting to be my own mas- ter to tell you my resolve. It will bo hard to leave you and her, but it has to be, and Lelia, hats consented." Merlon looked at them in bewilderment. She could hardly recognize the boy and girl of a few days before. How deeply must sh a have been engrossed with her own thonghts to fail to see what was coming. " Where are you going? What are you going to do? You know he will have no mercy; and you ham nothing, and I have nothing !'' "Mother, forgive ma for acting unknown to you ; I have 1101(0 10 for your sake, too, as well ail for Celia's and my 00V11; (1111 going Out to Australia, to Ueda John. Don't start, mother ; don't look horrified, see how Celia smiles. 1 wrete to Uncle J ohn, mother, 0-11011 found t18.,1 life here was impossible, 1 told him the truth (Celia know all about it) ; he len invited me to go to him, to make my home with Min, and he hes sent me inoney to take me out, We said nothing rung we could tell you all, and now we want your minim and your blessing; 0-0 oare for nothing else." When Marion had recovered herself suf. ticiently 10 discuss l'aul's project with calm. ness, she became resigned to it, end even thankful. Her own communications svith her bother laid been ram and superficial ; he knew little of her life, nothing of her sufferings ; die regarded her son's action as almost an inspiration. She could better bear to 110 parted from him, knowing that he was hopeful and working for himselt, them to bo a witness of his present humiliating life. - She stipulated that the disclosure of Paul's intentton to Mr. Colobreolco should be made by her in- her son's absence' and ho, lighthearted and content, did notsuspect her of any deeper motive than to keep the peace, On the point of Colia's acknowledg- ing that she was engaged to Paul the lovers evere not to be personated. "He cannot` prevent it," said Paul, "but your life end Celits's would be unbearable if he could constantly reproach you with it. In throe years Celia will be out of his power, and who knows but tlutt I may be a rich man by that time. At all events, Iffl try." Mr, Colebrooke happened to boin a very basl humor the next day. A political event of greet importance, and totally unlooked for, formed the chief item of tho morning's news ; and that event involved the loss of a large sum of money to the speculating stock. broker. His wife did not know or care any thing about the fluctuations of his business, iend she imputed his rude, overbearing vio- lence solely to the unwelcome matter of her communication. She allowed the storin of oaths and threats to exhaust itself and then said quietly : 'Silly son is of age, Mr.Colebrooke'and free to do as he pleases. I could not 00111101erol hint if I would, but 111811(5 no wish to d9 so. It is to me an unhoped for blessing that he should be released from dependenae upon you, and enabled to 00.10 81 living for himself by the aid of my own brother. You surely need not complain" There 0-50 11 strange contrast between this woman's words and incasing, and the wealth and luxury whiell surrounded the speaker. "1• do objecit to your son's leaving my house aud protection ; I iusist on his remain- ing here, You had better make him under- stand that I am not to be sot at defiance. If he upsets iny plans for bins and goes to Australia, be shall take the knowledge of Dee entry's crime and your bargain with him ; so 11010 you choose : defy me, or obey use, as you choee onee before." " Yon mistake the position, Me. Cole. brooke," said Marion, in at one which made him glance at her uneasily. "It my son leaves England, informed by you of the fatality Which forced me into tho sin end shame of my marriage with yet, he takes me with him1 will leave you forever on the instant, and Thitl a home with my brother end my 13011." " You dare not," ho answered. " You cannot. I shalt not permit you." "1 dare, end I em, You cannot keep mo here egainst my will. You have spoken of my bargain evith you ; broak it on youv part, and I break it else." PAAT 111--Tais Stine Stisisto or Tun CArtnS It wits within six weeks of the ditto at which Celia Weer WOUld 00680 to be under tutelage, and Robot, Colobrooke would have to give an meount of his stowardahip, and place his noico's fortune et her own disposal. ',Merle, three yeitts had elapsed sine° Paul Day en try had departed, unopposed, from the line hawse in ',ancestor Cate, and the thiegs wore apparel; tjy unchanged them The rou- tine of Mei:rims, expensive life, was goitig on as usual, and althotigh there had 1)0071 floating rumors, 01 111(0, tliat Celehrooke had boon ieheilvily hile" and that certain revolts. - thins in a weekly journal, renowned for its meroiless exposure of shady financial schemes had damaged him severely, appear- ances ere so well kopt up, that those rumors gained no credence, and had neerly died away, Ifferlon knew no mom of Ow true state of the cam than she hal pro. eionely known. Tile Monty, grace and reputed tontine of Miss Radnor had not felled to ettriset suitors Lor her hand, and Of hste the attentione of THE BRUSSELS POST. one of those had been preemed upon her, not only by the gentleman himself, but also by her uncle in a manner Which distressed her, 1 he Hun. Gustavus Rourke WEN Es younger Soli (tr au impeounione per, and a f ter (80010' what gunny youth he inel adepteil, under the 15081)11108 (11 MisColehrooktethe peofeseion 51 ,11) "outside" notetbroker, Ito was now gootl•looking man Of a little over thirty, of the thia-baired, thin-lipped, eold.eyed type; les looked like "blood," end he dreesiel well; he had no prineiples whatever, end only such scruples as were bemired by that sort of droad of getting into the elutehes of the law which frequently avail» to keep poten- tial ficoundrelism in oheok. 'rho .ilon. bust:alms did whet he called falling in love with Celia Radnor, and to the surprise of IVIarion, his pretentions were backed by the approval and peratuoion of Mr, Colebrook°. Then boom a period of misery for the girl and her hind, Celia hail been allowed to treat her prelims auit, ors as she °hose, but her uncle eternly de- manded an account of her dealings with Rourke and ordered her to accept, lie pro- posal. A detailed refusal on. Uelliespert had produced a violmt domestic norm, when suddenly ft more serious matter demanded the attentirn of Isla tfolebrooke. A bolt sho1 from the blue into the midst of the kingdom ef Mammon. Without a word of seaming a great minister of & great Empire resigned an office which canned supremo power and influence with it; the nations trembled, for the issue seas peace or War, ancl the unoluining of the passions of great people became imminent ; it tremendous financial panic set in, and by that day week vast, amount of rascality was "in one red ruin blest." Among its component pints was the business of Robert Colebrook° ; it had been "going" for seine time uneuspect- ed, and all I1110 Nvorkl was taken by surprise when it became known that it was actually gone. None but the losers by the Wen 111:111 cared at oll about the catastrophe. The drawing•roorn folk of the "birthday" that year, did their tea parade in other rooms, equally fine, and the great house in Lancas- ter Gate was promptly disposed of, A residence of humble dimensions in Bays. waters received tho fallen family, and tiles; were forthwith ignored as a preliminary to boing forgotten. It soon appeared that the Hon. Gustavus Romke was also in low water, and Marion was at a loss to under- stand why IVIr, Colobrooke still persisted in pressing his 181000 111 accept this nom whose social position ems now compromised, and whose family had turned against him at the nest hint that hems "in" with Colebrook° mul involved in the burst -up stook broker's ruin. Why should Mr. Colebrook° want 10 give his niece and her fortune to this misn, who sena under so heavy a cloud, and whom the girl lusted 3 The sullen gunnel between Celia and her uncle broke out into opens war- fare °Jew days before Colia's birthday, when she told Air. Colebrooke that she would leits-e his house immediately on the settlement of his guardianship amount, it he renewed the subjects of Mr. Rourke, and then fled nn- pethously to Marion, to whom she repeated that declaration. "I will leave some of my money with you," 0110 0-0111 on, breathless with aeger. "You shall not be treated as you has -e been treated any longer ; you shall be safe, in a small way, whatever happens, and thee I will tette the rest and go to Pael. I don't care whether it is Mice or not. I know you won't blame me ; and 'Undo John' will be glad to see ao. Don't say no aunt, for I am determined to do this, DMA shall tell my uncle so on my birthday. I Mall find some respectable Thereon to go out Victoria with me, you will be better &Imo than with me, as things aro going, and Paul and I will come home before tones" Marion tried to turn tho girl from the wild project, but her efforts wore only half- hoented, torah() was restrained by a fear,sus- picion, to which she herelly dared to listen. She looked forward with dread to Celia's birthday, which was to have been celebrated with great display in the fine house on which Marion had turned her back with en- tire indifference ; for sho felt 'instinctively that Mr. Colebrookee) guardianship acsounts and the secret. of Rourke's iatinsacy with him, were connected somehow. Sho had not, however, towel!) se long for the resolu- tion of her doubts. The birthday eves yet more than a week off, when Marion was startled by an exclamation uttered by Mr. Colebrook° from behind his newspeper. "Ferris Town, Victorks!" he oried. "Is notrerris Town the name of your brother's district?" "It is the name of me) brother's station'," said Marion quietly. Mr.Colebrooke handed her the paper. "There," said he, "your brother is the leakiest, man in the colony today, and will probably be one one of the wealthiest. Look here." The news menpied only a few lines. "Unole John" had discovered by pure acci- dent a mine of opals on his Mad, end a m- eal tourist -expert, on a visie to him at the binie,. pronounced the gems to be of 1(1)0 110- en, Indeed of imequalled quality. "This will snake Paul's fortune," was -Marion's first thought. That night her hus- band told her tho truth, The whoici of the money he held in trust for his orphan niece WaS_50110. "I speculated with it, trying to save my. self," he said. "You mean thet yell embezzled it," wae the cold eoinnsent. "151106 15 this to me ? Why do you toll mo, of all people, of your disgraco1" "Can'l, you soo ? Don't you understand . Rourke knows this, and he will expose mo miles s I can make Colia marry linn. The scoundrel ie in love with the girl, and will stop at nothing." "Does he know whether he loves ms hates her moot 4" He gland a glanced her with rage, also wh it f ot,r. "Another bargain," she continued slowly, "Ime hardly so good as the bargain you made with me. You are to force Celia to merry Min, and he is to hold his toegne tsbout your embezzlemenll of her 510,000. Whist a pity you have told me ; foe although you may mune on Celia's silence, I don't seo what; price yon aro in a position to offer mo for Mine. There is no dying man, no despairing woman, no destitute child in yea hand of oards. 1110111 all the humps this time, ktes Colebrook°, If yeu threaten 013 yohl have again done recently, to make my rem iscquitinted with hitt fether's sin, I shall miluoitetiegly proclaim yours, And yon may abandon your hope of eseapiug your honovable &menet° s blackmailing by the sacrifice of your nice& If she could be forced to do your will Moul4 prevent her.' "Yon 3 You I —you, what do yoll Mean 3" "I 1(10 111 that Ostia is my son's promised wife, amt that you shall not cheat Paul out, of the happiness of his life, You see, 1 play my trumps, 1 know why you have told me the tenth ; 10 is because my brother is goieg to be a Hell rium-indeed he ie 10 eiolt man tow, although yen know nothing iebout him -end yon mom to make me apply to him for motley. Ito 00(1111 5100 11( 11005' as freely, as he 10)01(1 11005 given 111, it you would have taken his all, as my ransom from worse than elevery, list 1 will Bin ask him fur mon for yeti, Paul la taste, ate his father is to fermi you, arid what. do you eupporie :etre s" She had rend Win aright. He raved and stunted, he eursed and confeased, he reviled and implored, he grovelled, he even wept. 11 waii 140 lilIle he milted, 11(1( 11 Mr. Ferris could be indueed to einne to hei rid, all might be eaved, there Wali Sueil 05 Spleintifl opporl unity opentel to him 11000, and if be could only take it, up, with Rourke, he need fear nothing risen ths fellow, and umuld jarovesolfgood. Omits() of completely reeouping ey fe, She hall stood like a 5101 ,15, listening to him, but lier face was immovable, and she did not interrupt hirn by word or genera. Suddenly he tried a new tone. " Look here, Mericin," he said, "You cannot be quite careless of yourade You liked a good house and a good table, fine clothe» and line Friends as well as any other wolliall likes them, for all your gnmil. airs. I suppose) iny precious niece will defy 1118 0110 marry your son well, I can't help that ; Pin not a fool, I know when 1(101 beaten ; 106 15(11' go, but you'll fled it pretty dull hem, when you're alone with me, and I have got this new grudge against you, There won't be it day of your life that yon oliaii not repent 0-1151 7011 are doing 110W ; Wit yosffll 014 be reasonable and get your brother to give me a lift, I swear you i° hall have your own way in everything, and I will keep as clear of you HS you like. I quite believe your brother will do anything yon ask him ; ask him to help me now, and 111 hold to my share of the bargain. There, 111 leave you now, end you can tell me your decision when you've considered well what you are about. I'm off to Brighton with Roark° about some business." .An hour after be had left tho house, Marion borrowed some money from Celia, and went out. She travelled by under, grouted railway to the eastern telegraph office, and from thence she despatched a long message to her brother, regardless of the cost, On her return she gave Celia no ex. planation, but remained all the evening absorbed in thought. Late on Monday a, colonial telegram was delivered to Marion 1 else immediately summoned Celia to her room, where the two hold a long consults,. Lion. For all his swagger, there WaS a hangdog look about Robert Clolebrooke when he .net Marion and Celia at (timer on the Monday. His wife's countenance was inscretable, and his niece held her peace rigidly during din- ner, and left the room immediately after wards, with au anxious glance at Marion. Colebrooko then took the initiative 1 " I presume that all this means that you have come to a decision," he said. " Let me have it without arty play-acting, if you please." He lay baok in him alone and stock his thmnbs into the arm -holes of his waistcoat, hot the assamption of his Lancaster (fete -manner was not euccessful. "1 have come to a decision. On Friday last I telegraphed to my brothel. : to -day I have his answer." He sat bolt upright and stared 151 1101. "Once more, Mr. Colebrooke, I find myself bargaining with yeu-for the very lest time, tIy beother consents to help you, on my terms. If you reject those he will hold no further communication with you." With a muttered oath he bade her state the terms. "His London correspondents are instruct- ed by telegnsph to honor my draft for 115200. Of that sum I peeps° to reserve 5200 for my own purposes, and, provided you do not in- terfere with my potions, to pay over to you .e5000. For 64000, you will give the custom, ary legal acknowledgmen t to °lawyer, whom my brother has also instructed to ant for Mtn. 111000 you will receive from nte, 0,1 the ass. pointed time, in discharge 01 11(3' beloved and lost husband's debt to you, for which yoe have held me in pledge all these yenrs. With the redemption I resume the gage" He gaited at her speechlessly. She paus- ed, but he merely made a movement with his band, and she conbinued "I have now to tell you what is the ale, pointed time. Yon shall receive the sums I have mentioned, exchanging for them the doaument to be drawn up by my brother's hwyer, on board the steamship Orient - bound for Melbourne, With Celia and my. self for passengers -on this dayweek. Those are the terms of my bargain, Mr, Colebrook° ; it is to tole, or to leave, kiy life's.garne has been & losing one for many a year ; but kindly forturie has shuffled the cards." * * * * * * * In Victorian business °Moles John Ferri, and his nephew are quoted with groat re- spect as types of the wealth Dad enterprise of the great austral colony; while in social circles the Ferris household, consisting of "Undo John" and Marion and the Devon - try household, consisting of Paul, Celia, and their three children, ere regarded as model of domestic: happinees. Marion is knows as Mrs. Daventry. Uncle John's money really did set Mr. Colebrooke and the Hon. Gustavus Rourke on their stockbeoking legs again, end the confederates aro nouriehing. Mrs Cole- brook° has oncie more a tine house, in the comparative obscurity of Eatatt Smiare," and lm gives big parties' of a somewhat " mixed" complexion, Itie not vets) cleat. about Mrs. Colebrook, some say there iloNlor Wati a lErs. Colebrook°, others insist that there was, that they have seen arid dimly remember her ; but -there was a story -she drank, or wenti mad, or "something." It is of no consequence, for the Hon. Mrs, Rouvice "receives" for the grass widower and does it vory well, considering that her school of manners was her shopkeeper papa'e back parlor. As, 110WeVer, the Hen, Mvs, Rourke is very rich the noble kinsfolk of the Hon. Gustavus have nesde it up with him, get " straight tip" front him gratis, and are quite civil to his wife, of whom the evorst they permit themselves to say is : " She is so -ah --so orig nal, don't you know 1" Blown to Atoms by Dynamite, A terrible accident manned ab Penwylet, Swansea Valley, by evhieh two man lost their lives and myna' others worn itijured. It appears that the men were 01151150d ist 111e quarries near Penevylet railway stetion. Two chines of dynamite had been 1(1,511011 111 posi- tion, with fuse attached, ready for blasting; the chargea were limed at the 801115 1115610505 apartatmlitsvasnotititunded to tiro the second until some time subsequent to the firing of the first. The letter svent off all_ right, and themen, who hall relived to some distance, rammed to their week. They had not) been back a couple d mieutes, however, boron) the second Merge exploded, blosving two of the mon high into the air, and, as already stisted, seriously injuring &wend others it is believed that a stork 111118(1 1(510 reached the fuse of tho emend charge, and thus 00,115- o,1 the unexpected explosion. Penwylt le in clomproximity to Catig.y.ime Castle, mid ouruin 1,10(111,110ne Paw tti as mformed of tho ser - 0 nature of the accident, B1100,1401 her me ual generosity, sone einesseeger tn (1(8.180 11). rori(10113'and ascertain if anythingeould bo done the relief of the sufferov. PERSONALS. SWALLOWS AS MESSENGERS. Pe oposRlIon )o Substilut e Then) toe cure ries- rigeene Mists Charlotte Mary Yonge, who, a getter atii») ago, eigiquersg ses woo(1 of mitinim tel youth with her 1.b.le em Pedelgik - 10,1 00111e tilne past a great deal has been iffurt - -the prometla sI %Odell 53 11, gave to lint ea11Se ehundi missions in New Ana• no exemption front work in her *10(3' 000011 Mitre 3e5r0, bat iS budly en gaged on her eriedmedroleueleirst book, Sian. which to he a stLy tithe Mut of Vespa, The Now Hampshire courte have finally admitted a V10111all to tha bar of that State. She is Mts. Months M. Ricker, wbo has practised before the courts: of the Dietrict of Columbia mince 1 8812 . It is said that elle never reseives a retainer 0( 11 fee, 1101. ser- vices being gratuitous and for the cause of the moils.. In New Hampshire she hopes: soon to test the legal rights of her SOX ill a number of OREM. The viSit of the German .11:111p0ror th Copen- hagen and Christionia is said to have mem- ea the old idea of a great Scandinavian em- pire, to embrace Swedes), Norway, Den. mark, and the former Ssvedish pi -emcee of Finland, This is thought to be the reason for the Czar's change of plan and decision not to visit Copenlogen. Perhaps, also, it is from expectation of such un effort that the Czar has suddenly begun a more decided Russianizing of Finland. Mr. William Waldorf Astor possesses two books which have no duplicates, These ere his own historic novels, Valentino and Stoma, inteeleeved and illustrated with water. color drawings, pen -and -ink sketches, mid illmninations in gold and silver, all done at his own suggestion, end expressing his own ideas. The 1(1105 15 Major David la Cronin, who is one of the best of living ithestrators, and the beautiful volumes aro said to have cost three thousand dollars each, In Mr. Gladstone's library of twenty-five thousand volumes are two which were given to him in 1815, when the future statesman and bibliophile celebrated his flfth birthday, ono of the two shabby little booklets being the gift of the admirable Mrs. Minuets Mor -his "holy Hannah," as Horace Walpole used to eallher-then already seventy yeers of age, but taking great delight in eluver children, in which class ber young friend " Billy " Gladstone was conspicuous. Miss Fanny Gary, daughter of Jw1ge Gary of Chicago, a young lady of wealth and poai- tion, lately worked for two weeks le it Division Street tai/oz's shop from seven o'clock in the morning 1111 0311 at night as substitute for a consumptive girl, who could obtain her needful holiday only on eon. elitism of leaving te eimpetent seamstress it, her place, which, until Miss Gary insisted on taking it, she found it impossible to do, With the mercury in the nineties, this sort of good Sarnanten succor touches the hereto. One of the most distinguished of German men of science, Dr. Emmet von Bruecke, best known, perhaps, as an eloquent anti- vivisectionist, has just resigner' the chair of Physiology in the Univemity of Vienna, after a continuous service of forty-one years; without missing &lecture. Professor 13rueeke was uover more able or briWant in the class. room. than to -day, but the Anstrian law re. quires all Professors to retire wills a pension on their seventieth birthday. The Emperor has conferred upon him the highest decent. tion in his power to bestow. Society at Newport has developed a What- soever Circle of King's Daughters. Mrs. Frederick' W. Vanderbilt and other fashion. able women belong to it, and it is supposed that the terms of their lemene are found in the injunction, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do you even so to them." The members fine themselves when they break any of their solimade vows, and go about privately "slamming," like an ex- clusive and very elegant Salvation Army. They have devotional reunions among them- selves, and 10-0 851(1 to 110 81 giant deal of good, The Cur ofCRessia is especially fond of his Finnish possessions'bemuse only in Finland does he feel himself safe from assassination. Al present, aceompanied by the Czarina and their ohildren, lie Smoking his annual pionio cruise among the Finnish Islands. Someennes the -royal party -lands for live o'clock tea when the Eissperor gath- ers sticks for the fire, and the Empress boils the kettle. They travel and live like any plain bourgeoes eouple, the Czar in tweeds, in which he looks enormous, and the hand. some Czarina in the simplest of yachting costumes. Garden Work in August. The present month is the one in which most attention in the garden will be required to gave for the growing plains and destroy weeds, and little to their propagation, says Vides Magazine for Augest which gives the following suggestion. Still a little spinaoh 111111 radieh and cress seed ion be sowed for late fall use, Strawberry beds should be keep free from weeds roul the plants where they are too thefic and crowding, thinned out. If there 81108111 be a lank of in, see that the celery trenches are slippiest" with all the water they need to keep the phtnts growing freely. After the fruit has been gathered from the goosberry and eurrantbushos, the watch - Neon that thus Ms has been kept to de- fend them from the worms is apt to 1)0 re. laxecl, and the leaves soon become a prey to a brood of devastators that iney love grown up unnoticed. The dusting of the bushes with hellebore should be kept (15 110 long as necessary to preserve the foliage ami ripen the wood. posfectly, Upon the perfect ma - Wray of the wood depends the ability to produce a good crop the following pots Cutti»ge of many kinds of plants made now and dibbled in, in a nice place of groned, will root easily on account of the warmth of soil and the favotelie atinesphere: when first put in, water mid give a little shade, evidele however, Mould be withdrawn as Wart all practicable. Most of tho soft -wood. od houao plants Can be increased in this manner, and also many Ideas of elieubs. Beds of foliage plants need to be watched and trimmed and kopt in shape; clipping off the tips of the growieg shoots will make the plents beanth out and thick- en up, and spread into a cempact mess, Seeds of peney, carnations, pientees end sweet william can IS sowed for flowering the ean I te fie. lies ing car. The Way the Wind Blew, Teacher (after explaining the points of tho (ampaRs)--,,,Iohnnie, step to the window and 1(11 (110 11 011101(0 is comieg front any of the eh neys." .1 olitude (at the uinflow)-''is, matotn," Teacher -"Now, tell nm which way the wind is blowing," johnnie-"Perpentlio'lar.” said elmta the winiderful Insigne ineile ns runtime tel counttiee with carrier pigeona,, : ntel ef the leave ember)) that are ready for , imamate to service ill (155001101 S1atill(1 break MIL M jittery men acknowledge That they will form a very important ailjnect to the eignal einem mei lutve encoaraged their breeding. There 18 a rival to the pigeon looming up in the shape of' the swell OW, and application hue reoently b ten made to the French iffinieter of ei to substitute them for pigeons. The iden 10 mit now stinted or the fleet time, although it is a, u cot xeellent one. Pliny relates that a lionten 1 oble named Ceeena, who hail a racing hare, employed ass -allows to take to Rome 1 6 1(105 of the remit of the cheviot raises int hose times things wore conclected in a. ca e 01 8130 style. Fonr horses from the suns stable were harnessed ton oar, anti be 6V, alloWS re- turned to them nests bearingt he et lorisofthe winners. I'll»y oleo tells 01 a 51(1 (8011 thats was cut off by enemies from elf scinnumiea- tion with the outer world and ei hose hopes were only kept up by the arrives of a wal- low from friendly allies A thread was fastened to the leg of a swallow and a man- lier of knots were tied in it, These indiOat- ell the days that wordil elapse before the ar, rival of succor, so that when the day ars rived tbe garnson sallied out, and the be- siegers, being unable to stand the combined attack, were forced to withdraw. It has been eatisfactorily proved that the training of the bird)) requires only a few weeks. A farmer trained a lot of the swal- lows in three weeks so that they were per- fectly trautalie. At a public exhibition re- cent.Iy given, he had a different.eolored ribbon tied to one of the feet of each of the birds, and then opened the door of the *age. Away flew the birds to the four winds and the spectators thought that they had seen the last of them, but after a while first one and then another returned with the same rapidity with whieh they had departed end perched ou the finger of the tamer, who re- turned them to their cage. The swallow is, as a messenger, considered by those who have had ample opportunity for comparison, superior to the pigeon. His flight hi higher, 0,010 rapid, and he is more laith101, more intelligent, and eager to take care of. In long llights he does not have to stop so Often for rest, and Ilis food is taken as he flies. The -Tiger of the Beach. The octopus, who lurks in the eoml reefs or ender the ledges, has only to MOW him- self 1(0 11101(8 a breve Mill. The lienclieh perseverance with which the Meek follows a ship day after day melts one's nerve wway. There is death in the touch of the stingaree -destruction in the fisll of a whale's flukes -eternity in 610 1-11011 of breakers on It rooky shore. But tho grinmees of all these is overshadowed by the soft purring and gentle lapping of the tiger of the beach - the unseen beast who gathers &dozen victims. where another claims one We stand here on the sandy shore with the surf only knee high. The sky is elear, the sun shines brightly, and there are a. heated people about us. If one should predict danger he would Ise ridiculed. What's that? The sand suddenly cute out from under our feet, fooling esti sorneonehad pulled at a rope we stood on. Was it a cave ? Did 800)0 0510 pull a stick away? No. It was the soft, low growling of the tiger of the beach -e note of warunig. It was the undertow. It startled you for a moment, but you soon forget it and push forward into the surf. Now you stantl just right to get the shoulder breakers as they roll in, and in the excitement you forgot the cruel fangs and sbarp claws waiting for yon. The • shore is only a few yards away. Men, wits men and children are laughing ; why should you fear 3 Of a sudden the water deepens. You push back and jump the rollertImedering iu, and now there is no sand for your feet to touch. The undertow has been pulling, pushing, . awl ebaxing you ost, and now -1 Yon can swim. You are startled, but you see the shore %nigh. 'You strike oet bravely, but your legs le'el as if' weighted down. The vexed waters beet you and keep yen short of breath. You exert inore strength. You Make a grand effort. You are simply startled at the mysterious something whio bas dragged you out. Ash.h. 1 See his face blanch I See his wild strokes t Look into hits eyes and read the horror they express 1 The endertow is celd-cold as well as merciless. It has pulled him out and down the matt foot by foot, until he suddenly realizes that he is drowned. 'If melt notice that he M far out no one speaks of it. If they see him beating the water they pass it by as sport. The tiger of the beach has orept down 'among a, hundred people in open day to snatch a, victim, aud he hes accomplished it. , "Itneoem1Post geloillatVe. The life guards are too for away. Even wore they right here they could not save him. He has been looking death in the face for the last two nfinutee, and he was unnerved before he cried. out. He cried out bemuse 111011ah05ys do in their last inornents if they die like this. 'Terror has blinded him, He does not see the peos pie nulling up and down the beach, Terror has made him cleaf. He does not hear the shouts sent; out to him to make a lase effort. Even as they shout he throws up his hands, utters v. long.drawn cry of agony, and the spot where we last altIV his head is now covered with foam. The tiger has pulled him down. 4* - The Prioe of Wheat, Latest advices from Englanti sity that the wheat market is strongly advanonsg, owing to the pnblication in the London Times of that journal's normal estimate of the Eng- lish wheat crop, This estimate is 'bawl upon reports from more than 400 corres- pondents scattered over the United. King- dom, and thet they aro correct enough for all pradieel purposes is proved by the feet that in tWO years out of throe the Times:is) estimate has come within one-tenth of Is bushel pee acre of the official ratans pub. fishe,1 idler the crop harl been harvested. The men:late of the yield of wheat this year. Is three ana one.tenth per cent, under the. average and feta end one-tenth per cent. under the yield of last year. This promise, It yield of 281) bushels per acre 011 some 2,5:10,000 acres, giving a net yield of 72,105,. 000 bushels for 1890, against 75,883,611 for 1889, The Tiore further says that ovary. thing now depends upon season, end that its forecast depends upon fair weather for realisation. The l'iniee also sayb that Great Britain will be dependent upo11 foreign supplies for some 19,000,000 quarters of wheat, or more than 150,000,000 bnalt6ls. An estimate obteinoil from the highest au. thorities in FrOAlee indicates that tbo French , importatious of wheat will be 25,000,000 18(1511010 1111,100 the importations laet peer. Tints, taltiug it altogether, it will be seen that the prospects of improved profits foe Canadian farmers, who have generally neon blessed with an abundant wheat harvest, are excellent.