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LADIES'
RhNGa
Of 100 Ladies, 90 t leas!
•
prefer Rings to any other
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at their best with us.
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0 1.1 VINES, TUFtQUOIS,
Every Ring at its very hes'
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i'y.
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JVLLER AND OPTICIAN
szvrAmormarommonaronomesmormomatoxaTavormennaN
IN THE HOLIDAYS
When the family it,
unit:A why not have a
fanii/v group taken. You i3
wil4 Isever regret havin!
a gcophoto of the fan,- fi
ily,pei haps you will never 0
all be together again.
We study the ars. ,a
raugernent of t roupes.
Open all day Xmas `r
and New Year's.
•
• The Face
Behind the Mask
4
•
•
• •
A ROMANCE.
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"Leoline, tell we how long it
since you've kaown nae?"
"Nearly three mouths," said Le
Bee, blushing • Again celestial res
d
• "And kow long have you love
me?"
"Nonsense, t a gees tion
eh, 11 not tell you."
"You shall -you MUSt..--I 111$1$
upon it. Did you love me before you
.niet the count? • Out with it."
"Well,. thea -yes!" cried Leoline,
desperetely,
tar Norman raised the hand he held
In rapture to hie lira.
'My clarion:0 But I must reserve
my raptures, for it. is growing late,
and I knew you walit. to go to rest.
I have thousand things to tell you,
but they must wait' for. daylieht;
only I will promise' before parting,
that this is the last night you inust
spend here.''
wildeeoutio opened her bright eyes very
•
. "To-morrew morning," went on Sir
Norman,' impressively, and with dig-
nity, "yen will be up and dressed by
sunrise, and 'alertly after that radi-
ant 'period, 1 will make . nay appear-
ance with two horires---one of which
I shall' ride,. •aed the other I shall
lead; the oue lead yeti shall mount,
anat. we rattail ride . to the oearest
chureh, and be married without any
iminp or pageant; and thew Sir Nor
mar and Lady Kingsley will imme-
diately leave .Loridon, and in Kings.;
ley. Casale, Beeimshire, will enjoy the
honeymoon and blissful repose' till the
plegue is over,. • Do you, understand
that?"a '
"Perfectly," she.answered, 'with a
radiant face. ,• • : • •
"And agree, to it?"' • •
"You know: I do, Sir Norman.
only-" • . • •
"Well, my pet, 9nlY what?"
"Sir, Norman,- :Mould ilk° to see
Prudence. I want Prudence,: How
can I leave her behind?" ••
"Illy „dear . ,.she' made
nothing of leaving you.. when
she . thought you were • dy-
ing; 80. nevcr mind Prudence, but.
say, -will you be ready?!' ' •
"I will." • . ,
is ever remembered to have seen such
' torrents fall, mid the populace fled
a_ before it in wildest dismay. In five
y minutes every tiro, from one 'extrem-
ity. of London to the other, was
a quenched in the very blackness of
darkness, alut on that night the deep-
est gloom and terror retailed throligh-
oat the city. • It was clear the hand
t of an avenging diety was in this,
and he who had rained down fire on
Sodom and Goraorra,h had not lost
hie might. In Afteen minutes the
terrific flood was over; the dismal
clouds cleared,a.way, a pale, fah', sil-
ver moon shone serenely out and
.looked down on the black, charred
}teepee of ashes strewn through • the
streets of London. One by one the
'stars that all night had been obsettr-
• ed: glanced and sparkled over the
town. Everybody had quitted the
dente in terror and consternation;
and new Sir Norman, 'wife had been
lost in awe, suddenly bethought' halt
of his ride to the kuin, and hastened
to follow their example. Walking
rapidly, not to say recklessly, he
abruptly knocked against creme. one
sauntering leisurely before him, and
nearly/pitched headlong on tbe pave-
ment. Recovering his center of grav-
ity by a Violent effort, he turned to
eee the cause of the collie:ion; and
found himself accosted by a nuisicai
and foreign -accented voice, ,
"Pardon," said the. it'weet, and ra-
ther feminine tones; "it 'Was quite an,
accident, I assure you., ,Itiensieur, I
hid no. idea. I was .in anybody's
way." • . .• •
•
Sir Norman looked 'at the or.
rather in the direction whence • it
'came, • and found it proceeded from a
lad in .gay livery, whoise clear, • acacia -
lose face, dark eyes 'and 'exquisite fea-
tures were • by. no zneans unknown.
• The boy seemed to recognize him . at
the sante Moment, and slightly.touch-
ed his gay cap. a .
• "Ah, it , is Sir. • Norman' Kingsley!.
Jest . the pereen, but one, in the•
World that I. wanted most to see,"
"Indeed! And • pray, whom -have I
the' honor •of addressing?" inquired:Sir.
Norman, , deeply edified by the cold
familiarity of the accoster.
"They call me• Hebert -ter want of
a better name, I suppose," said the
lad,. . easily... "And, . may I ask, Sir
Normana ,if you are are: shod. with seven-
' league beate, • or it your,. errand is ,onia
• of :Me . a nil• . death, , that yea,n Stride
along at such, a terrific rate?'
•"And- whet .is :that "to you?" asked'
• Norman, 'ine.1.1-auttit at his •free,
and -easy -itopocleece: 1. •
. "Nothing, only I should like to
. keep up with • you,' if my •legs weie
long enonnh: and as they're not,. and.
as companar ia. not. so •easy to be had
.in forlf,rn streets,. should •faal
.obltaati to yOlf if • you woirld ltist
'01acketi yaw.' paCe trifle ..itild:•take•
me
tit tow." ••• • :
• '1'lle boy's faro in the moonlight, in
.ever% t) ing . waS .ex-
act IY 1 115.6 that ,heoline, :which
softening 'cireunistances may 1.e attri-
, infteti Sir Norraap!s yielding to , tile
•rwitast, and allowing the page . to
keep glontraide., , ' .•
• 4.'4 met . yon once before to
*nit,ht?" inquired Sir Norman, after -a.:
'fa•OIoliged and Avondering •st'are at
'We do not know where he has taken
1:17 erteo 2,whairittificomrciyv .,anust. he °meek
: "you do? I tell you what it is, My
1,v. nnd 111 00 eh'vt.teNo 012:v171;11s:it fz.
thing you can do is to go homo and
go to bed, end flt‘Ver 01 1101 :,.4}1Ing la -
flit s. You'll catch the plague before
yoe'll catch this particulaa young
latly-I can tell You that!"
"Monsieur is excited," lisped the
lad raising his hat and running lila
taper ilugers through his glossy, dark
curls. "Is she as handianne aft . they
saY she is, I wonder?"
"Handsome!" cried Sir Norman,
' lighting up with quite new -t sensa-
tion
- et( et ion. " , you
handsothe doesn't begin to . describe
her! She is beautiful! IoNely! angelic!
clitlne-" Here Sir Norman's litany
• of adjectiVes beginning to give oat,
he came • to a sudden. halt, With a
.; fate radutut as the sky at sun-
.
Decetubur air.ist, W03
itioye***Nreeszteceeemeceicrefeciemenceecccieeceeectorwcir
was adi buriea in profound dark-
ness but that one window from
which that faint light streamed, 'and
he knew that she had not yet gone
to rest. For a moment he lingered
and looked at it in the absurd way
lovers will look, and was presently
rewarded by what he watched for-
a shadow flt between 111111 and. the
' light. The light was a Strong
• temptation to hint to •dismount anti
enter, and, under pretense of warn-
ing her against the Earl of Roches-
ter and his "prettY page," see her
once again, But reflection,. stepping
rebukingly up to hint, whispered in-
• dignantly that his lady -love ares
probably by this time in her night -
robe, and not at home to lovers;
and Sir Norman respectfully bowed
to reflection's superior wisdom, Ile
thought, of Eubert's words. "If X
• do not find her to -night I shall most
assuredly to -morrow," and chill
presentiment of coming evil .fell up-
on. him. • •
"To -morrow," he skid, e.s he tern -
ed to go, -"who knows what- to -mor-
row may bring forth! Fairest and
dearest Leoline, good night!" -
Int rode away in the tnoonlight
with the stars • shining peacefully
dbwn upon him. His heart at the
• moment was a divided one -one half
being given to Leoline, and the other
• to the Midnight Queen and her /nye-
. .
terious court, • . •
. .
The farther he went away from Leo -
line the dimmer her star became in
the horizon of his thoughts; and the
nearer" he came to Alitancla, 'the
brighter and more eagerly she loom-
ed up, until he spurred, his horse to it
most furious gallop, lest he should
find the castle and the queen lost in
the regions of space when •he •got
there. Once the plague -stricken city
lay behind 'him., his journey was
short; and soon, to his great tie -
light,, he turned into the silent, de-
serted by-path leading to the ruin.
Tying his •horse to stake in the
crumbling Wall, he paused for 'a, mo-
ment to look at it to the pale, wan
light of theamidnight moon. He had
looked. at. it many. •a time before.
,but never 'with the sane interest as
new; . and the ruined :battlements,
the fallen roof, the broken 'windows;
and -mouldering sides,. had all a new
and weird interest for him. • No one
was • visible far 'or near; and feeling
• that his horse Was secure in •the abed-
doW of the _wall, :he entered the walk
lightly and rapidly.. in the '.direction
of the spiral -stairway. •With More
haste; but the • same precaution,' •• he
• descended •and passed through the
:Vaults to *here he knew the loose
flagstone was: It •was . well he -did
know; for • there. was neither, strain
of Moste 'nor rays •of light to guide
him now; and his heart sank to zero
as; he thought he might' raiSo . the
stone .and . discover nothing., Ti
hand •PositivelY trembled with en C:c.r-
noes as'.• he lifted it; and .with sits:
bounded. 'tielight; not to be deserita
. .
"l'hat •is ray good little Leoline.
Now give Inc a kiss,' Lady Kingsley,
and good -night." • .
. Lady Kingsley • 'dutifully obeyed ;
and Sir Norntan went out With a
. glow at his heart, like a• halo round
a full moon. • •
.. CHAPTER. X. • •• •
The night' was intensely 'dark' When.
:Sir Norman got :into..it Once more 4
and te, .any one else wobld haVe been .
Intensely dismal, but to Sir Notinan,
all was briga a us 'the fair hills. of•
When all all .is brightness. within,
there . is ,no darkness,' without; • and
'jest at . that -Moment 'our. young..
knight had 'had got into .inie of those
green . and golden gltnapsee 'of suo-
shine that here • and there checker
life's: rather ,clark pathway, and. with
Looline abeside hint. would have
thooght.. tire -dreary shares of the
Dead.Sea, itself a very paradise
•It was now near' .midnight, sand
there wee :unusual concoufse..of •
people. in • the :streets., 'Watiting for
St. Paul's to give the signal to light
the fires: He looked reurid•for Or-
•miston; but • Ormiston was ,noviltere
• to, be soon-ehorse and rider had,
appeared; • His :own .horse stood te-•
thered where he had left" hine...
iota, as he. wee to ride buck to 'the
ruio,. and see. the play played' out, •
he could riot resist. the terantation of
lingering a: brief period 'in' the city,
to 'beheld the grand apectaele..Of the.
myriad firee. - Many persons were •
.hurrying: towards St. PauBs• to wit-
h* it frotri"the dome; and •censign-
ing Ida horse to the care of the sen-
tinel; on guard •-at the houee opposite.
lie joined. theist and was seen striding -
along at a 'tremendous •paed towards
the great eathedtal. Ere he reached
it is longatongued clock struck 12,a
and all the churches,. one..afttir .• the
Other, •took . up the souttd„ and the
witching hour of midnight ring •frorn.
end to end' of London town;• As. if
by Itingie, a thousand • forked ton-.
axles' 'of fire shot up at once •into the
bli.nd, black night, turning. ahnost. in
tin instant the darkened face of the
hertirens to nn, 'inflanied, glowing red...
• Geeitt fires Were • blazing reend the
cathedral When they' reached it, but
no one:stopped to . notice them, but
hnrried on the faster to gain theta
point of observation.
Sir Norman. just glanced at the'.
magnificent. Pile -for. the,' old St.
Pa•Ulat was •even mere. magnificent,
than the riew-and then followed af-
ter the rest, through Many. it gallery, •
tower, and spiral staircase, till the
dome was .reachod. And there was •
a .grand and Mighty spectacle before
hilia•-••-ttie whole of. .Lotieben, swaying
and heavitig in one 'great sea of fire.
Prom one end t� the other the city
seemed wrapped in sheets •of flarriea
arid• every street, and lane, and alley
within it sliOne in a lurid radiance •
• far brighter than noonday. M1 along
the river fires were glee:11'1MM too;
and the Whole tiky •had turned • front .
blaek to blood red &Olsson. The
streete were alive and swanning -It
could acarcely • be believed. that. the
plague-infeeted city contained half so
many people, and all were unusuallY
hopeful and 'animated; for it Was
popularly believed that these firee
would offeetstally cheek the peetilence.
Dut the angry fiat of a Mighty ;lodge
had one 'forth, and the.' tregiendous
arira of tha destroyieg angel was not
to be stopped' by the Pliny band Of
tnan.
It had been geld the weether • JO
Weeice was unusuaLy brilliant daya
f cloudless .ettoithirte, nights of Cloud.
&is anoonlight, and the air Was
arm and *sultry enough for the
month of August its the tropics. Mit
°Ws while they looked, a vivid flash
liglithing, from what quarter of
he heavens tie man knee!, shot ath-
%tart the sky, followed by anether
nd 0310010, quiekasharp and blip&
then one great drop of rant fell
Ike molten lead on the pe,venteht,:t.
hen a setond and a thied--quicker, .
nd fatter, and thicker, until clOWn
1, retitled in a perfeet deluge. It did
of Wait to, re.in; it fell in flOOde-
great, Slanting theetir Of Water, ail
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HPRIC8 PHOTO STUDIO. lp
. -Yes, I have A, .faint reoellection of
• scene: you and Mr. Ortniston on Lon-
• don Bridae, a few hours ego, • and, •by
wey, perhaps I may mention 1.1
aril now in search 'of that scone Mr.
Ormiston." •'
'a You itre? And .whet may you'
tvant of him, prayr.' • a
"Just ri, little information of a pH-
. vete character --perhaps You "can di-
rect me, -po his whereaboutg.,''
• "Should he happy to oblige you, my
dear boy, : but, tinfeirt.Unateiy,.T 001'
• not. X• Went to .see liiiii, inysclf, if I
,conid only 'find rinyone good enotc.li
to direct me to ,hint Is year beat-
fiess pressing?" •• , •
"Very --there is a lady in the cants: ,•
and such businees, you .are aware; in'
always presairig, probably you have
heard :of her --a youthful aline!, in
•virgin White, .wlio took tt notion to
jump into •the.Thanies not a great
while, ago." . •
• , •
"?Ah!'!.•saki Sta Nona -lap, with n.
start that did not .osoat,o:.tilo quick
, eyes •of the WV. "AM1 .what de you •
went of her?", . • • . , .
The Otte glanced at hfin.,•:-
"I'erlieps you knew het yourself,
-Sin Norman?' 'If so, you will answer
•quite op. well at your friend,' ae 1.
otily want te •kitoW where she liVeir."
"I have been • out of: town taaa
night," said Sir . Norinan, evnsively;
"and there may have 'been more lea
'dies_ than one halm' into the Thames,
during nay absence. Pray, describe
your angel in, white." •
"I didnot notice . her particularly
inyeelf," said the boy, with eesy
difTereneo, "min 1• em not 'In the ha-
bit of tins lug .much • attentiofi to
youeg 'edits who run wild about the
streets .at night and .juinp promiscu-
• ously into ,rivers. However, this one
• WitA rather • remerlatble for being •
• dreSeed• as a bride, having long: hie ck
• liair; rind a great quantity cif jewelry
about, her, iced looking very much.like
me, 1 need not add she is hand-
some."
"Vanity of vanitiesatill is vanity!"
murmured Sit* Norman,. meditatively.
• "Perhaps she is a. relative of yomaa.
Maider 'Hubert, since You take Stith
an bilerest, in het,. and she looks so
much lite' yott,"
• "Not that I know of," said ITO ert
In his reless way. • '''I belinVe 1 wi.a1
• born • minus those" 'carnival! (101110333 lc
albite I ens, relatives; •and X don't:le ke
the slightest interest. In herr, either; •
don't thtnk it!" •
'rien wby are. you in search
.he • cif
••)'
• "For a very good reason; berttuee
I've been ordered to do so."
"Ily whmit-your mister?"
* "'My Lord Rochester," said that
nobleman's pager waving orf the in-
slnuatien . by a motion of his hand
and a little' displeased frown; "lie
pieced her up adrift, and being 00111. -
posed of high, talcum/table inateriela,
took a. hot and vehement fancy to .
her, which fact he did, not. diseover
until your friend, Mr. Ormiston, had
carried her oft."
Sir Norman seowled.
"And so he gent you in iteareli of
her, hos he?"
"Exactly so, and now you pere
Cave the retteon Why it is quite WI. I
porterit that I find ilfr, 9rfulat0n.
"Aht 1 did not believe them,when
they Old- ano she was. 00 much like
pie; but if she is as near pertection
us you describe, I shalt begin to 'ere-
. (bit it. Strange, is it, not, that na-
ture should make a duplicate of her
greatest earthly chef d'oeuvre?"
' "You conceited young jackeapes!"
growled Sir • Norman, In deep
pleasure, "It Is far stranger how
each a bundle of vanity can .coatriae
to live 10 this work -a -day world. You
,iiitarye a f;iii71,14•.ii.2ir, p...e.r(71.ve?" • .
•• "Yes., Sir Nortuan, I am happy to:
• "You don't like England, then?" -
"I'd be sorry to like it; a 'dirty;
beggarly,. sicklY place as I ,ever ,saw."
Sir Norman 'eyed the slender' sped
-
men of foreign • Manhood, •Uttering
this -Sentiment 'in the eincerest of
terms, and let his hand . fall heavily
on his 'shoulder. '.
'aly gond youth, be careful! I hap -
1)011 to be, a :native, and not altogeth-
er used to 'Lidssort of talk. . How
long have you been. here? Not long,
.knoar Myself -at least, not in the
Earl .of Itochester'S service, or '
would have seen .you."
"Right. I' have not Nen here a
• month; but that .month• has seemed
looger than a year 'elsessliete: .Do you
•know, imagine when the :World wail
ereated, this.. island Of yours" Must.
have been made late. on -Saturday
• night, and then • merely thrOwn, •
in
from. the refuse' to filt up a tient, in
• the ocean." • • 'a • •
• Sir Norman , paused • in his Walk,
• and contemplated the speaker a mo-
ment in -severe silence. But • Master
:latatert only lifted- up his 'saucy. face
• andlaughing black. Oyes,. hi clauntlese
sa;gratr
fst()e.iCL began. •
• • Master
Hubert's' coranattloe, 10 hia• deepest
and sternest • bass, "I don't know..
Your .other , name, and it would be .of
no coesequence 11_1 listen
to „ine a mornent. Ef you den't want
to get Ten. through. (xou perceive'.
carry a'aivOrd), and have an 'untimely
end put to Your career, juit keeP
• civil tongue in yone head and .den't
slairder Englaod. •'Now, etaiee on!"• •
•:tt:ilurtiribeeti,s:;aughe!d, and. shrugged
sh,..
• "ThOught: is fres, however -; sol can
hat e Own opinion in spiteof ev-
erything. • Will you tell. We; mon-
.sielir,• where I canatind the lady?": • • '
"Yoo Will hove it, will you?" ox -
clammed Oir. Norman,. half:. drawing
his 0wterd. "Bon' t asl questions
•_but • aeriWer thoin Are Yon Frepehr
."1,ioueleur. hae: guessed it. '. •
' "flow , leeg have. you been with .
your presen.t. ina.stenl" • ' • •
Monsieue 1. objecatta that 'terut
said JI 111)111, with calm dignity.
*Master is a yulgarisM•that• I ais-.
'fie; sOin aliening to his ;lordship,
,
take the frouhle to •any:patren,":
• :Sir Norman laughed: .•
.• my 'heart! llow long
• have .you been with your 'present pia
tron?"
et Trite: taro weeks." • •
'I do ;not like to -be '•inaperthient- •
lyaiararieitiya• 'in • addresaing rifo ' gija-
nified a gentleman,but. perhape: you ..
would • not consider it . tee .great • a
libert1.,4•I1 I iniiiiired..how: you , be-
came his page?"
•••`Motisteur ask :as -many ques-
Cons .as he ..oleases and :it shall ,not
1)0 consideradathe :alightest libertya.'
said'. the .y.oung gentlezaan
E 1111(1 been 'r.oathink..at., large about
the city' and' the.,palaCe Of his tun-
jesty--whOm • niay llea3p00 prenerVe
and giant • it: 111 111. . more W ie(1oto 1 ••••
.111• sonrch Of '.'a situation; and afnong
-that of all the• 1161)168 of the 'court,
the Earl- -.M.:Rochester's livery struck:
•alto as the • most-haeaming, rind se.'
concluded :to patronize' him"' • •
••• Slat: an honorfor his lordship!
Since yea' dislike England so. much, •
however., • you.: will probably 5000
throw rip the • sitatatitha and patron-
ize the first foreign, amliaspatior-,"
"l'erlittpii! I rather ...like White- -
nail, 'he -Weyer.. Old 'WWII& has tak-
en rather :a faney to ine," .taid. the..
..boy; speaking *with: the...same easy
familiai ity. of his 'mast es' 110 he would.
of 'a lap dog. "And: what is 'better,
so has Mistress .Stuarta-so much sea
that heaven forefonil tbcking should .
,•licconie . jealous. This', however, •is,
strictly • enter norte, and net to .be.
epoken ef 011 any terms." .1 •
"Your secret shall be preserved at •
the risk of . my life," said•Sir Nor-.
. man, laying his hand on theleft side ,
.'of his doublet; "and, in return, may
• l-ttek If you- have any • recall yes 11V-
inga-any • sisters, •for:inStance?" .
"I see, you have a suspicion that •
the lealY fit white May be a, sister of •
mine.' Well, • you may •het your Mind
at rest on. that ••point -'-for if She is, .
it is flews to Me, .as I• never saw. her
In my life before. to -night. Is she a.
particular friend of: yours, Sir .Nor-
man?" •
"Never •yott mind that, tnst. dear •
boy; bet take my advice and don't
trouble yourself looking for her; for,•
most assuredly, if you• find :her .I shali.
break your head," • •
"Much obliged," • saicN Hubert,
touching his cap, "btit nevertheless,.
X shall risk it. She told .the plague
though, whett elle jumped into the
river, and perhaps the hest place to
flficr her 'Would :he the pest -house,
shall try,
"Go, and heaven speed, you,. Yon-
. der is the Way to .it, .and my. road
lies here, Good night, Vaster Ha;
beat"
"Good night, Sir Norman," re-
sponded the. page, bowing airily;
"and if I do not 11r31 the lady to-
night, Most assuredly' 1 shall do so
to-tnoreew," .
Turning ttiotig a road., lea ding to
the pestahouse, and laughing as' he
went, the boy ,disappeared. Fearing
lest the page should follow hiln, and
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.bt1e, ,1,Vcr t;
turned•
street genie distance front the house,
told \MUMb in the shadow until, he
won out of sight. Then be 03000
forth, and, full 01 impatienee to get,
hack to the rift"; hurried an to va'here
lie had left his horse, XT e Woe still
in the care of the watchman, Whom
le repaid for Ids trouble; and as he
eprang on Ite back he glanced up at
the witidOWs 91 Lopuna's loupe. It
11
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E,01‘05 ••. lames stoma,
sereitiuing the gentlemen etoppe
swearing. and 211030 than one exela
Illation of atitonishment folleweil th
eries of terror.
"alir• Norman eKingsleyl Sir Norma'
Kingslea!" raffir from lip .0 hp o
those -who ref:tie:lazed him, all dres
eloser and looked at him as i
they reany c,,tad /let mutat up Owl
winds 1. believe their eace• • As ro
1411- Nortann himself that eetilletnat
was destined literally, if not 111(3 11
phorically to fell on -his leer.; • tha
, night, and had alighted Kai the Critil
s at velvet carpet, rat -like, on .11i
.feet, in reference to his feelings -hi
• first W08 0110 01 fra 1(310 (11801(1>1'))
I, of going down; his severe!, one of in
;, tonic astonishincla at finding lama,/
'there with 111101.0Ja1( bones; his third
a disagreeable conviction that he 1131
, about put his foot in it, and 'wits it
an excessively had fix; and last, im
not least, a, firm :tool rooted their
initiation to make the best of a, -bac
bargain, ana never et* .
Ills first act was to take off
'ginned hat, (tea make a pv0101:111
obeisance to her majesty • the queen
who was altogether too much sue
seised to make the return politenes
deniandetl, and xnerely stared at hiu
with. her great, beatItiful, •brilli., it
eyes. as if she united never nave done
"'Aviles and gentlemen," said •ai
Norman, turn ing arricefullv • lo • th
company. "1 'beg ten thousand par
Coals for thin unwarrantable intra -
Mon, and promise you,. upon my bon -
or, Dever to do • it egain., I beg. to
. asaure you that my -coming here :was
• altogether involuntary oil any part;
.• and forced by circumettinces over
which I had no controh. and I entreat
.you Wili not mind me in the least,
but go on • with . the proceedings.- 'just .
es you did before, Should' YOU feei
•
• ed, looked down on the same. titled
assembly • he had .watched before.
But there had been a change sinee-
half the • lights 'were . extinguished, '
and the ' great, vaulted room was
comparatively itf • stied -ow -the mu-.
sic tact entirely died away, and all
was sioleninly silent. But, What puz-
zled Sir 'Norman most of all, was the
fact that there seemed to be' a trial'
, of some sort going on. •
• A leng table, coyered with green
velvet,. and looking not unline niod-'
ern billiard table,. stood at the right
Of' the queen's erlinson throne; and
behind it, perched • in a.• high chair,
and wearing a 'long, solemn black
robe, sat a email thick personage,
Whose skin _Sir 'Norman would have
known on a bush. Ile glanced at the
lower throne and found it, as .he ex
pected, • empty; • and ..he saw at once
.that his little highness was ot only
-Prince consorta, bit: also shpreme
judgein the kingdonse TWO or three
similar' . Week robed ' gentlemen,
among Whom wasrecognizable the
• noble duke -aho eo narrowly escaped
withhis life under the sword's_ of Sir
• Norman and Count L'strauge, Be-
fore. this solemn conclave stood. a
man who was evidently the prisoner
under trial, and who wore the -whit-
est and most frightened face $ir Nor-,
• man thought he had ever beheld. The
queen was lounging negligently back
In her throne paying Very little ata,
tention to the solemn rites, 000115
ionztlly • gossiping with eotne 'ef tee
snow -White • sylphs beside her,acid
often yawning • behind her snow-
white noger tips, and evidently very
much .bored by it all. • •
The rest Iv' the company were de-
corously seated in the crimson and
• gilded arm -chairs; some • lietenbig
with interest towhat was •going on,
others • holding •whispered tete-a-
tetes, and all very still and respect-
,
• Sir Norman's interest was aroused• •
to the •highest pitch; he •imprudent•
ly leaned forward too far, in "order
to hear and see and, lost his balance:
• He felt he 'was .going, and tried, t�.
stop himself, but in vain; and seeing'
•there was ne help for it, he tnade 13,
sudden spring, arid landed right in
the Midst of the assetublY.
• • • CTIAPTER • Da. • •
'• , •
• In an instant all was Confusion.
Everybody prung to their feet--Ia-
dies shrieked' in cherous, • gentlemen
sWore and drew their swords; and
looked to See if they might not ex-
pect to see a whole army to drop
from. the 'sky upon thein ns they
stood. No •other battalion, however
folloWed this forlorn hope;, and, see -
tog it, the gentlemen took heart of
grace and closed around the 'uncere-
monious intruder. The queen had
sprung. from her " royal seat, and
stood with her, bright lips parted,
and her- ,brighter eyes dilating in
speechless wonder.. The benth, With
the judge -at their head, had follow-
ed her example, and stood staring
with all their might, looking, truth'
to tell, as much startled by the sud-
den apparition act the' fair • sex, The
said fair sex were still firing off vol-
leys of screams in chorus, and cling-
ing desperately to their cavaliers;
and everything, in• a word, was in' a
.most admirable disorder. •
Tam 0 "Shanter's cry, "Weei done.
Cutty sat -Id' could ,not have produc-
ed half such te commotion aiming his
"hellish legion" as the emphatic tie -
but of Sir Norman Itingsley among
these humata •reveler. • The only one
Who seemed rather to enjoy. it than
otherwise was the prisoner, who was
quietist and quilekly making off when
the malevolent • and irrepressible
dwarf espied him, and the ,one shock
acting as a countetairritent • to the
other, ho bounced fleetly over the
table and grabbed him • in his crab -
like claws.
This brisk' and laughable instance of
SaIreColollland had it Wonderful and
inspiring effect upon the rest, and as
he replaced the pale and paieled pris-
oner In his former position, •giving
him a, vindictive Shake aaid vicious
lift With Inn rOstal boot, es he did
00, oVeeybotly began to feel thents
t, • • ea •
•
through the ceiling drawn yuu
Promise, on the hpnor of
• t • take the liberty of tomb] n
.iiiie,sence here any restraint, I em
quite ready and willing to Lek() MN
depart...WO . at auy Moment; ani
as 1 before 1033111017.1 ed,
0(711t 1(3111111 and a knight, never irgaii
• •
..This • reference to the ceiling seenne
• to expiein .the Whole 113384 ery; • a 11(
AIVI,osi.y. looket. up itt the mane
•
•
"Madame, 1 am Sir Northan Kings-
leyi very much at your rervice; aed
beg 10 to assure you 1 did not , come
,.
"'here, but tell here, through that hole;
if yeti perceive, 'and very . much
against my .
".EquivOcation will not serve you in
this case, Sir," said the queen, With•
• a austere dignity. "And allow ine to;
observe, itis just probable you
•would not -have fallee through • that
110103 11 our royal ceiling if you had
kept away from it. You reefed that
• flag yourself -did' you ' not?", .
'Madame, I fear I must say yes!"
• "And why did You do so?" demand -
0(1 her majesty, vith 'far noire sharp
asperity thaw Sir Norman dreamed
,Icicii)usl.d ever come froni •such beautiful
•• *mit rumor of Queen. Tittranna's,
charms has gone forth;' and I fear X
ihust own that rutnor drew nu)
thither#" responded Sir Norman, in-
venting ,e polite:little work of fiction
for •'the occasion; "and, id t me adt1,..,
that I Catile' to find that ruiner, had
underrated instead of 'exaggerated her --
majority's said charms."'
Iiere Sir Norznalt whose sPillia
Neeteed to be , (tenger of becoming
the shape of a, 'rainbow, in excess of
good breeding, made another vim -
flexion before the queen, with his
hand over the region of his heart.
•Miranda tried to Took grave, and
wear that 'expression of severe sod-
• .4
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a-aaa•-•aa
Don't forget the. old man
with the fish .on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been traveling around the
world, and is still traveling,
bringing health and. .coinfort
wherever he goes. .
• To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he so much needs.
To all weak and sieklv
cliildre.n he gives rich and
-strengthening food.
To thin and . pale persons ".
he gives neW firin. flesh and ,
rich red blood.
g'
Children who first saw the
old man With the fish are now
Of
their
tLn.and .have
chiidrcn
.• I -le stands for Seott's Emul-
sion of pure cod • liver oil• --:•a
delightful food, and a natural
• tonic for children, for old folkS
and. for all who need flesh and
streni.);th. ••••
1
whence he Came trona *and saw . the
flag that had been removed. As to
• his speech everybody bacl listened- to
• it with the greatest eta:elation; and
sundry of : the' ladies, convinced by
this time . that .he . was .flesh , and
• blood, 'and- no ghost, .favored the
handsoxne young knight with , .divers
glances,. not at all diapleascid • or urn,
• admiring.The queea sank back irito
her seat keeping him • still'. transfixed.
with her darklyasplenclid . eyes; and
whether she admired aor otherwise;
no .ona could tell from her still, calni
face. • The . prince consortfeelings--
for suelr'there could be nt). doubt he
'wes-were ineolved ie "no such /nye.;
• tery; and he broke out foto,a, hyena. -
like scream of laughter, 115 118 recog-
• nizedelven 11 second look, his young•
• friend of :the Golclen Crown: • . • a
"f•lo'•3 6y. hove C0me;.:11111.e 3-001" lie'
cried; • thrusting: his, tull'ovely..)‘t•iicid
axege
Oyer the table, .0I1 it 'almost 1.(
Sir 'Norman's. • "yini 1)e1.e•3.01)1e,•11111. e
yell, after :•tall 9111(11",• . •
"'Yes, sir, I Mita) corne!'' said Sir
Norman., withaapolite hew. •
. , "Perhaps you don't know ane, my
dear .young sira-your friend,
Yon know, of the, Golden Croaro,"
00,: I -perfectly recognize ,yon.! .Ary•
little friend,"' said Sir Norman, with
.ad tboliontng •sgLuevoiline, ifilneetl'Islecc(,),istesi°,111.sfolYt,
eitsy to he forgotten." • ". • - • .
• • Upon this his 'highness 'set an-
other screirth of mirth that it quite
:Woke an echo through the roOM; and
all •Sir Norman's friends looked
• grave; for when his. highness laughed,
it •was a .very bad sign. • •
"My little,friend will hart hiniselfaa
remarkedSir . No moan , with an air of.
• solicitncle, "if he indule;es in his eX'-
.nberaot, and gleeful spirits to such
an extent. Let me .reconinienci, you,
. 8.8 a . well-wisher,to sit down.. and
coMpose yoerself.", ••
Insteadof co/untying,. however, the
pririce, who was blessed With a live-,
ly sense* of the Indicroos, was se
struck., With the funniness' of the
young man's'. npeeeh, that he • lapsed
:Into another• • paroxysni of •, levity;
.hailler. and:more unearthly, if possa...
sbie, tlittrt • 10117 -tifeceaing one,. end
Ieft liiin 80 ealittehted _that • • he
• Wee forced to simiI in1.o bis chair and
into silence -through • sheer' fatigue.
Seizing. this; the neat. :oPporttinity;
Miranda,, with a glance of. displeased
dignity' • • at Cantle, ..huniediately
Struck in • ' • • • •
Wlio are :you; sir, •• and • by': what
rtglit do you dare to come. here?" •
Her tone was neither. very sweet
nor sauve; but it %Yes nineh pleasant-
er..te •be.cross-exttotined by the owner
of such a pretty. face then. by • the.
ugly monster. for the'. nionieut
'gasping and. distingulSlied;, and Sir
Norman turned to .hee •NV it 11 t• 1 ty,
enmity r 1031 told: queens and rich
peopie always do; but fri Mao' of her-,
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the Words. In S u n.1 ig 1!
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self, a. little f,leaseci • smile ripp1:11
oxer her face; and 113 1,71.3' it, and the
bow• and the slitacti,' the prince sad- •,
clanla 7 nil sharply .aet .• 14) itliOtlit V • *
s.reech of laughter 'tts 'no Meat:Ili:Alt
e,:131 the presina age of
Stettin, could 113 hill to ectuel in ghost,-
aaitir hialinees nave the 'good-
ness to: hold yhur tongue?" inentrat.
, the gneen; with much the air pile a. •
look of Mrs. .1',1,0111e, "Sad 1G3'
tO ask • this st !re r 11 feN11-,.. s to 1,s •
uninterrUpte:r.. :••ir Norman .
•
how • long 1101.3, •yott ah,ovt, theee,
listening and looli.ing on '•
• '''Atudo.ple.' 1 lVflS . not hero five
• norm:too ',vhOn I staidenls , • and. to ei,
givata,surprise, found triyaelf here." '
'•A exclantieci •tb,r
di 1111 mislya .• 'It f is .• yer 1110
hourS vinco I incit'..you at the. bar of
the .•.G.olden (.*rov;p:'' •
Aly dear lit le friend," sa id Sir.
Norman, draWing•ItiS' sword; .and
flourishing ft...within an inch' the
royal m:Se, Make that • reniari
.agnin„ • alai sAverd 1.1.111 elea• '
your .t.uetty • head, as the (hooter ' cif •
eartiestly assitre You;
Saladin clove the 'ettshliliTiticuatmd:::‘,Vinilialt....
I had hut. Jiist knelt clown to :Imes,
wrifett la discovered, to 'my dismay,: :
that 1 wag nolonger there, but ••
your Channing presence," • ' -
110: BE ',(ONTINC ED.) .
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• and needs ,Prompt attenti-on.
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