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l'ah: are the flowers and the children. but their subtle suggestion is fairer ; Bare in the rose-burst or dawn,but the secret that clasps it is rarer ; Sweet the oxultanoe or song, but the strain that precedes it is sweeterâ€" And neVer was poem yet writ, but the meaning outmastered the metre. Never a daisy that grows, but a. mystery guideth the growing; I Never a. river that flows, but a majesty aceptres the flowing ; Never a Shakapeare that soared, but a stronger _ than he did enforce him- And never a prophet toretellu. but a. mightier seer foretold hun. Back of the canvas that throbs the painter is hinted and hidden ; Into the statue that breathes the soul of the sculptor is hidden ; Under the joy that is felt lie the infinite tissues of feelingâ€" Crowning the glory revealed is the glory that crowns the revealing. Greet are the symbols of being, but that which is symboled is greater ; Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the inward creator ; Beck gt thgeeunq hgoede the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; 7 W Backof the hand that receives thrill the sensi- tive nerves of receiving. Space is as nothing to spirit. the deed is outdone by the doing ; The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer the heart of the wooing. And n? from the pits where these shiver, and up ram the heights where those shine, {win voices and shadows swim starward, and the essence otlife is divine. A sentinel angel, sitting high in glory, Hand this shrill wail ring out from purgatory: "Have mercy, mighty angel! hear my story. " I loved, and, blind with passionate love, I fell 2 Love brought me down to death,and death to hell ; For God is Just, and death for sin is well. "Greet S irit let me see my love again, And com ort him one hour, and I were fair: To, pay a thousand years of fine and pain." Then said the pitying angel. " Nay; repent That wlld vow. Look! the dial fluger’a bent “Down on the last hour of thy punishment." But still she walled, "I pray thee, let me go; I cannot rise to peace and leave him so! on, let me soothe him in his bitter woe I" " I do not rage against His high decree; Nor for myself do ask that grace shall be. But for my love on earth. who mourns for me. The brazen gates ground sulleulv ajar, And upward, joyous, like a. riain star, She rose, and vanished in the at er far. But soon adown the dying sunset trailing, And, like a wounded bird, her piniona trailing, She fluttered back with brokenâ€"hearted wailing. She subbed: ” I found him by the summer sea. Beolined, [113 head upon a maiden’s knee; She curled his hair and kissed him. Woe is me 1' fihe wept: "Now let my punishment begin; I hue been fond and foolish. Let me in To expinto my sorrow and my sin." The angel answered: “Nay, and soul; go higher To be deceived in your true heart's desire Was bitterer than a thousand yearn of fire!" “54 The Mystery of the Veiled Pieture. There came sounds as of people coming towards them through the shrubbery. The sound was an unspeakable relief to both. A light laughâ€"that was Clinton; an affect- ed reprimandâ€"that was Mrs. Gardner. Ahmy and Rene walked forward to meet (i em. , ‘ “ Here you are,” said Clinton. “ Mr. Fremaine sent us to look for you. I have brought you a shawl, Miss Fremaine." “ We might go back by the other shrub- bery,” suggeghed Mrs. _Gardner. Waite fielicent and papa still on the terrace ?” inquired Amy, as she walked by Clinton’s side. They were on the terrace certainly. and alone. At first their conversation had been desultory and vague. After a. time it 833113166. 9. more pointed character. N “VRene's new .book will be out soon,” observed Melicent. "We are longing for it.” 1AM” said Mr. Fremaine, “it: muatbe an interesting moment to an author when he sees his mmuacript converted into a printed bookâ€"after unspeakable toil and trouble." “ But even’modesty might know its own merits." " I dare any Rene does know them,” said Melioent. “ although he has never said so. What I meant is that he is not a man that feels superior. He is never tormented by the thought that he is a giant among pigmies.” “Rene has taken immense pains over this,” said Melicentl “At first when he was collecting his data, he almost lived at the British Museum, and it has cost him innumerable journeys to London since.” " I almost wonder that your brother does not live in London, or, at least a great deal nearer,” said Mr. Fremaiue. “It must be somewhat disadvantageous to a literary man to live so for from the haunts of lite- rary business. Besides. he seems almost thrown away here among a set of people so much below his calibre.” “ I don’t think that at all." said Melioent, “ Rgae is very m9d¢st.” ' _ _ _ “But he is,” said Mr. Fremaine. ear- nestly, “and I regret it. To be Frank with you, my dear Miss Du Lye, it vexee meta see your brother in a. sphere so narrow and confined, and which can herdl failot being, more or less,unoon- genig to_him." a “But Rene does not feel it so, I assure you,” cried Malicent. ” Indeed, you mie- take his character, Mr. Fremaine. He is quite axmple and friendly. He assumes nothing. He has 310 qonopit." V'THe (1393 not zhink so, I am sure. He 0311139 qujet h_ere. E_[_e has tlme .110 thiqk." “ That is a danger," said Mr. Fremaine. “ Thought 13 one sided. A man needs personal intercourse with other minds. He ought to meet contradictionâ€"divers opin- ionsâ€"animated discussions." ‘iBu‘E, unconsciously his surroundings muat_olqg his wingpf’ “T‘filnaéed Rene is not one-sided," said Malicent, warmly. “Even the adverse critics owned 119 _wa.s qpmprehemiive," _ W" I meant no blame,” Bar-id Mr. Freinalne, gently. “ But surely the intellect of any man needs friction with other minds 7’: *7“ My father did not greatly esteem lite- rary circles,” gaigl Melioent phougbtfnljy. " He oonsidéred that too much asEociation with liberary men rather engendered an undesirable orthodoxy of thought and “3,12? . One hand on the glory supernml, One hand on this world of umelt, Her heart for the pity eternal, A faithful and sheltering nest. No serge ot the cloister anfolds her, But happy and hopeful and sweet. She brightens the eye that beholds her, In mart, or on roadside or street. She shines for the darkened who need her, She speaks for the sorry and sore; Art, science and nature all fead her, That more she may give from 1161‘ store. Com-a. eous ngaint all oppression, She earlessly stands for the right, Her pure accents calling truth's legions To quit them like men in the fight. While oft in the sunset's red gleaming She murmur: a. lullaby low, 01' charms back the wanderer roaming, With word-magic loving and low ; Her white hands fierce fever-heat soothing, And rev'rently robing the dead, 0r deftly the bright needle using, And. moulding the sweet daily bread. For this is the true women’s mission, Its field as humanity wide; To see with love's clarified vision Man‘s needs and their cure side by side. As free as the winds or the angels, All fetters all meanness above, To hearts undto homes God's evangels, Our calling, His calling, is love. 1[That may apply to common minds, MELICENT: A NOVELâ€"BY Fun MADOO. A Woman’s Work. “'omnn’s Love. POETRY lndirectlon. but not to original thinkers,” rcpiisd Mr. Fremaine. “ Contacfi with others may cramp mediocrity, but it can only render originality more piercing. In London such a. one as your brother would expand into a man of repute. London is the place for risin_g me_n." "HEM Rene has a. good name already," said Melicent. " He would have a better, were he better known." - He is acquainted with numbers of well-known people,” said Melieent. " He is in London on an average once a. month, and he meets a. great many clever people every time._" .. 1r, “ I hope I am not impertiuent," said Mr. Fremaine, Wihh a. sigh. “ But I am inter- ested in your brother’s career, and I speak as an older man, and as one who has mixed much with the world. I don't want to intrude my advice. but I cannot help say- ing to you, in confidence, that it your brother really wishes to make a name, he ought to live among men.” “ Do you really think so '2” said Melieent. “ I do, indeed. Look at your father, Miss Du Lye; he made no lasting name and ghyl’: “He did not work nearly as hard as Rene,” said Melieent. “He had much less ambition. He studied for pleasure. Besides, he always said Rene would surpass im." m'TlEIis ambition would have been stirred up, it he had not been always secluded here." m‘TI' don’t suppose Rene would one to force renown,” said Melicent frowning sliglflly. .. . . .-u q ,,.,,.,_ NWO, 77' , '- There"are more substantial advantages in a. well-known name than the mere emptiness of fame”. u ,,,:1 “Rene does not want money,” said Melioent stiffly. “Now I have offended you,” said Mr. Fremaine. “ Miss Du Lya, you do me an injustice.” He spoke deprecatingly, and Melicent’s heart was instantly touched: ‘ _ “ I‘ did natfifil‘edfi rto appear: ungrateful.” she said. “ Please forgive me it I seem unggcioua. _Bu§â€"__'_’ " But you don't like your brother’s plans to be questioned? I can understand you: feeling,” said Mr. Fremaine. “ But most men of distinction have exiled themselves‘ â€"for a. time at all eventsâ€"from their homes. Shakspeure left Stratford, Dee- oertes went to Holland, Goethe to Wei- met-J “ And Milton stayed in London 1" “ Ah} but It was London I” They both laughed. “ Still I should be sorry to change my home,” said Melioent. “ But why should you go ?” “Rene and I should never part,” said “ And a most important one. Your brother will marry, ané then he will see things in a. different light. A wife, Miss Du Lys, will never be as patient and self- denying as you have been. She will exact more of his society. She will be impatient of distance. Probably he will find it expe- dient then to settle in the midst of some bright ooterie at Hampstead or Kenning- she. anothegthing." “ I think Rene’s wife will love Delyslord for Rene'a sake,” HairdrMeliqenfi. _ _ _ H “I‘Si'égifixi'figfié Vail love his society better. She, will not! byoqk repgatqq_abaapces.”‘ "'fiéfilfi‘eaffiifié ‘size' did nae-speak, ha proc_eded. ,-1 “T “ I envy him his youth,” he said. “ I envy all young men, who have the chance of winning devoted brides. As for me, I am, comparatively an old man. I have no wife and no son, and my daughter will marry â€"â€" is sure to marryâ€"sud leave me in solitude. The young have the best of it. And they think their elders are shrivelled upâ€"imper- vious to feelingâ€"half-dead. I suppose they would say I had had my day. But it was so brief, and so long ago.” Malicent looked at him wit-h eyes full of pity. But she could not speak. With Clinton she could be openly sympathetic. But with Fremaine her sympathy was respectful, and a. certain timidity restrained her impuieea. . .. - u . , LU. “ My wife was less than eighteen when she died," Fremaine went on. “ We were married barely a year, and that period seems to me like a dream. Even Amy fails to make me realize it. There is a bank of primroses that I could show you now, on the top of which I stood once when I was alittle boy, with the vernal sunshine all about me, and a great joy in my heart. I filled my hand with the pale, chaste flowers â€"I stuck them into the ribbon round my straw hat â€"I even thrust them into my pockets, and into the sides of my shoes. Then a lady drove by, with a scarlet rug over her knees, and a white dog lying on the rug. ‘Why, that is a fairyâ€"child!” she cried. ‘It is little King Primrose.’ I remember this incident distinctly, but I cannot believe that King Primrose and I are the same. In a like manner, I remem- ber the few months of my married life. I could show you the church where I stood by my child-wife in her bridal-dress, and I could show you her grave in the Pyrenean village, where I stood sobbing in the autumn radiance, with the everlasting hills looking solemnly on. But I feel I am not the very man who stood there heart-broken. I recall it as one recalls a. touching play. But I have long ceased to be an actor in it." “ How strange that the dead should leave so little mark 1” murmured Melioent. _ "It is strange,” he rejoined. "I have marvelled at; it mpaelf. for I am not heart- less. I speak only the plain truth. I have finished 9. fairy tale. I have awakened from a. dream. I_ have risen to full manhood, and the love has come to me which no time can effaceâ€"no after-happi- ness eclipse. And yetâ€"’_’_ _ q . “ And,yet.”- he continued, “ I suppose young people call me old. They think I am a. widowerâ€"that my virgin heart has been given away long agoâ€"that my feel- ings are blunted. They are keener than ever, but I am alone.” He looked fixedly at Melicent, and she dropped her eyes. She could not help remembering some foolish gossip she had heard which coupled the names of Fre- meine and Mrs. Gardner. “I suppose every one is more or less lonely and sad,” said Melicenh, gently. She was very sorry to: hxm, but she did not know in what way to offer him eonsolafiion. She began to wish that the men of her acquaintance would confide in her less freely. She was glad to hear voices not far off, and to perceive the approach of the four absentees, who presently came up the steps. and joined the pair on the terrace. Clinton was full of talk. His Sportive jolity was almost excessive. “Par Bacco !" he exclaimed. “ This is a place and an hour in which to play Romeo and Juliet. See I there rises the crescent moon l She has climbed to the horizon, and presently she will flood the earth with poetry. Oh, Moon, Moon, Moon I” he apostrophized. “ Wherefore art thou so cold, so fickle? We cannot love thee, for thou art a changing beauty, and thy irregu- larity,it fixed, is still singular. But, ah, poor Moon! is it perohance thy Man who causes thee thus often to hide thy counte- nance, or to distort it? Is it thy coarse, rude inhabitant, who, with unruly masculine tastes, vexes thy maiden sobriety, and, by his insolence and his roughness, so tre- quently necessitates thy displeased retire- ment, thy coy disappearance? Is it so, my pensive Moon? my shy, demure Night- Lizht ‘2" He butatinto a. wild fit of laughter“ his own conceit, and Melioent re-eohoed his mirth. Amy smiled faintly. She was ill at ease, and unhappy. Rene leaned back in his chair, thankful that Clinton’s non- sense should cover his own dejepliopi “ How uproauous you are; Sir Oliver 1” said Mrs. Gardner. She was, however, wrong, to: Clinton was never noisy. In his “ Not if you married ‘2" “Ah, it we married! But that is gmatesfi excemms of. spirits his tame wei, invariably modulated and his manner partially subdued. He resembled one who dances upon the brink of a precipice, but warily, lost a. false step should be his destruction. And his very jovislity was graceful. “ There is always too much heaviness abroad,” he said. “ Let us be light-hearted while we can. Listen! do you not hear the goblin-ringers jangling the wedding- bells with unseen hands? You are sur- prised to see a. bridal in the night. but the bride, in her high heels, and the bridegroom, in his satin bravery, oare nought. Do you not_hes.r how sweetly they disopurse ‘f” He began whistling the changing cadences of s. marriage-peel in a. sweet, low voice. They all listened, surprised and fascinated. Not even Mrs. Gardner attempted to silence this music, which sounded almost myste. rioue in the increasing darkness. It seemed waited from fairy realms on a. balmy breeze ; it seemed as it the sprites who sojourn in the lily’s deep, pure cup had issued forth to pull the elfin ropes and stir the elfin cleppers. La, la, Is, la, la, le,1s, la, whistled Clinton. To Melioent’s quick and sympatheticimcginstion the air seemed alive with noiseless, inyisible creatures; “Whose wedding-bells are they ‘2" Fre- maine whispered to her. “ They sound melancholy to me, to whom no bride will ever come.” “i‘fiTrliéyrare for a; phantom bride and bridegroom," murmured Melioent. “Si: Oliver said as much.” ' “ But he speaks in parables,” said Fre- maine.” “ He is dreaming of some peerless brideâ€"tor a young man, not for me.” “ Do not say so, Mr. Fremoine.” “ You are hard-hearted, Miss Du Lye. I ask you for consolation, and you give me common places. Will you give nothing else_?Ӥ ._ _- .. . n ‘. .ITF'I' “Y es," said Melicent, frankly. “ If I may, I will give you sympathy." The whistling suddenly ceased. “ They have driven away in a. coach and four," said Clinton, pathetically. “ Who knows whether to untold joy, or unutterable sorrow? They have crushed the flowers that strewed their path, and perhaps they .have also crushed a human heart which stood in their way. Who knowsâ€"who knows?’ “ You make me quite unhappy,” said Amy, rising and shivering slightly. “ Let us go in. Melioent shall play usherfavorite Lieder, and I will sing something to make us cheerful.” But Melioent would not play. Her Lieder would not tend to eheerfuluess, she said ; it was in a doleful key. 80 Amy took her seat at the piano, and her father begged her to sing “ I attempt frem love’s sickness to fly.” It was not the song Amy would have chosen on that occasion, but she was not in the habit of disputing her father's wishes, and she commenced the quaint old song with gentle compliance. She sang with perhaps more tenderness and feeling than she was aware of, and as the liquid notes floated through the room, they com- municated an unspoken pain to Rene’s distressed heart. It had been but a rosebud thrown away in angry haste ; new it was but a song vibrating through a lamp-lit room. But the rosebud and the song had drawn a veil from before his eyes. He was aware now that he loved Amy. Uneoniessed, he had been thinking of her and loving her for weeksâ€"tor months._ And yetâ€"_- " VWlienflahe had finished Einging, he rose and thanked her. A "â€"‘Tisfiiihave "dung remarkably well to nigh_t,’: said My} Gerdper, dryly. “flr'déwlilstiliikeithdh Vséngipipa,” cried Amy, with sudden petulance. “I don't think I will ever sipg igqgginz’l’ __ 1:171: rpiéi'creia the, hat I like it," said‘Fte- maine. “ Some people like to be pierced. It is like the peculiar pleasure they take in tragic representations," said Clinton. Then he recommenoed whistling the wed- ding-beliq._ -. ... .1“ “ He will drive me mad," said Fremeine to Melieent. “ He seems to keep on whist- ling, lere is no bride for you] There is no bride for you I” ‘- N ey, there ieâ€"there must be,” said Melioent. remembering that she had pro- mised to give him her sympathy. She glanced in the direction of Mrs. Gardner, and hoped that the bride who should make Fremeine happy would not prove an unkind stepmother to Amy. “ You think so ‘I” said Fremaine eagerly. " Every Jack has his J1“ they say,” she replied, concisely. _ '1‘, “I do not like that proverb," said he, impatiently. “ It means that any J ack and Jill can make a. pair. It is an ugly pro- verb to a. ohivalrous man, and an uglier to a much prized. woman. Forgive me, my dear miss Bu Lyn, but I hate the idea that any man can marry any womanâ€"that any woman will consem to marry any man. It is pgofane.” “ I thought the proverb only implied that it ie the man’s part to woo" said Melioent, surprised at his energy. " Ah! that is different. And if he woo ?" " Must not a. fixed purpose win at last ?" said she. “ W111 you promise that I shall not woo in vein ‘2 that I shall win at last 7" “ Most likely." “ Thank you,” said Fremaine. His voice and manner would have been significant to any one less self-conscious than Melioent. But she was thinking of Mrs. Gardner. Surely the woman who had voluntarily married a. disagreeable recluse, 'end now found it hard to live on the scanty hundreds he had bequeathed to her, would never refuse this wealthy and charming insn._ Surely she had not bidden him hope in vain. The peal of whistling bells were shill ringing through the room. Rene looked down at Amy as she sat with folded hands‘ lcoking out into the quiet darkness. “ Miss Fremaine, can I hope to be for- given ?" he said, mournfully. She raised her dark eyes to his, and he saw they were moist. “ I am only a spoiled child,” she said. pathetically, “ and I have been very, very cross. Forgive moi”. “ Nay, but am I forgiVen ‘2" he urged. “ Yes. Oh, yea 1” she answered. They both looked forth into the shadowy garden. A falling star suddenly cleft the sky 8.1151 disappegred. 7 7‘ It has piafied away and left no trace,” said Rene. Nevertheless, the scene in the rose-garden had left an indellihle mark on both of them. They were miserably unhappy. but possibly they were the happiest (people in that party of six. Truly they stoo upon a. wide moor whose limits their eyes could not discover, but the ground they trod was firm, although it blisteted their feet, and a reality encircled them, although no end was visible, and a. certainty, dim but convincing, wrapped them round, although they might not yet discern} its_foun_ or greepjts hand. Half an hour later. Melioent and Clinton, walking home side by side, paused to say good-bye where their paths diverged They were waiting for Rene, who was lingering behind, lost in meditation. Standing there in the palid moonlight, Melicent shawled in white, and with hooded face, Clinton bareheaded, and courtly of gesture, they might have been taken for the phantom pair whose bridal bells Clinton had so lately whistled forth._ _ H “130 you know why I have been so joound all the evening ? Do you know why I whistled ?” he asked her. “ No, indeed! I hope because you were hapgy.” “ You are mistaken. It was because the weirâ€"which we could not hear in realityâ€"â€" kept crying its weary invitation in my ears.” And what is that?” asked Melioenb, almgat fiemfully. “It keeps 6n saying. sometimes loud, and somenmea low, but always clearly, Game! Game! Come!” f'Ia that all?” said Melioent, relieved. WM else ‘2” “ I have tried. I have tried to make it say,Melicmztl Mclicent! andIhave fined to make it say Love! Love! but it will onlxgegqgt, Come! Camel Gorge l’_’ “‘Sit bliviar,” said Malicent, firmly, “ you muslnqfi _sta.y at Belgnonti’j “No,” he 'returned, sadly. “I think I shall go away in a. few days.” Melicent was in her quaint garden on the following afternoon, when a servant came to tell her that Mr. Fremaine was below. For some time she had been lean- ing idly on the broad, low parapet which ‘ surrounded the roof-12. position which gave her an easy view both of the quiet Green and the busy little High street, though she was herself invisible. To say that she had been musing might not be strictly true. She had been rather empty- ing her mind of all volition, and permitting involuntary fancies to chase each other through its void yet dainty recesses. She stood (as it were) apart from herself, listen- ing well pleased to the siren voices which she neither conjured up nor exercised ,and gazing content at the tender illusions which she neither created nor dispelled. Of What she was thinking she scarcely knew. Perhaps of geranium petals blown to her feet by the soft west wind; perhaps oi laughing wavelets hurrying to overtake and kiss the fringes of her garments; perhaps of a sweet and spontaneous symphony played by seraph hands. Who shall pry into the secrets of a maiden’s folded heart '2 She was 10th to break the spell that had enohained he: to the root. But she did not tarry long, and soon descended to her draw- ing-room. Earlier in the day she had sat there painting, and her unfinished picture lay drying upen the easel. Fremaine stood before it. “ It is very heuutifuh Miss Du Lys." he said, earnestly. “ You are an accomplished artist.” , " I am 'very fond of painting,” said Meli- oent. But I seldom filease myself.” “ This ought to please you.” “ It did yesterday. Now I begin to see its defects." “ But ih is very clever. Its defects can be by!) triflingfl “Do you think so? You are very kind,” she said. “But Sir Oliver Clinton was here this morning. and he pointed ouha defectâ€"a. huge unpardonable defect. He said it was all sunshine." “It was indeed. It was a. long, narrow picture, representing a. village street at noonday. A bridal procession trooped from the church; merry boys and girls pelted the happy pair with primroses; a. jolly landlord stood at his inn-door laughing and teckoning; little toddling children played outside their simple homes; pretty young matrons, with crowing babies in their arms, stood upon their thresholds to wel- come back the sunburned husbands who came striding along, perhaps with an urchin upon their backs, or a. shy little maidelingipg to their strong hands. “ He said it was all sunshine.” repeated Melioent. " He wanted me to put in a. grim shadow here,with the Idea. of a myste- rious figure in black stealing into the midst of this happy group, or a. venomous toad grinning here in the foreground. Shallrl, do yon think ?"_ -.. .. w - “v- " Why should you ‘2” said Fremaine. “ If life is not perpetual sunshine, it is some- times quite happy for half an hour." Melioent looked doubtful. " Have you never been quite happy for half an hour?” said he. “ I? Oh yes I I am always happy,” she said, brightly. " But I am an individual. This‘ represents a whole community) " But communities are made up of units, and you are one of the units.” “ Ah! but every one is not so happy as I am. I have known no care and very little sorrow. I have never been separated long from Rene, amine has been everything to me all my life.” ... . w c “ And aces he approve of the the ghaidow you prop9_ae ‘2‘" “I don’t know. ‘He has not seen the picture yet. But he thinks Sir Oliver’s views of life just, though melancholy. He says that because he admiress. rosy-cheeked apple, that is no tea-son why he should reptehend Sir Oliver for seeing under its skin to the rotten core.” “ SI: Oliver is a. very eccentric young man," said Fremaine. “ People who see below the surface are always more or less abnormal.” “Rene says Sir Oliver’s melancholy is the result of temperament, and that he cannot help either his exuberance or his depression.” " And what do you think, Mlss Du Lys ‘1’” Melicent blushed slightly. “ I don’t like to think of these things at all,” she said. after a. moment. “ If peo- ple cannot help themselves, where is our vaunted tree will? If they canâ€"â€"” She paused. " If they can ?” repented Fremaine “ They are mad, or bed. or both,” said she, reluctantly. “ But I dislike to think about it. God moves in a. mysterious way, and it is our part to trust. Sir Oliver was v_ery cheerful this morning.” . q “ I fafi'oy his health is not good," observed Fremaine. “ I don't; wonder he finds your quiet house restful. By-the-bye, may I see you} garden ?" Melioent acceded willingly, and she led the way up an ancient staircase, with wide, shallow steps, and a massive carved balnstrade. They ascended a second stair- case equally handsome, and then mounting a narrower and less imposing flight of steps, they emerged on to the roof itself. The so-ealled garden consisted of an arrangement of curiouslyshaped boxes of mould, filled with flowering plants, and over the sides of which ivy had been trained to grow to conceal the woodwork. Turf there was none, nor gravel. An awning on rollers afforded protection from the heat, and care had been taken to hide the chim- neys, and to mitigate the ill efleets of their smoke, as much as possible. Melicent conducted her guest to some chairs beneath the awning. ‘ “You will even hear some doctors talk about building up their patients on beef tea. Now, the fact is that there is in a bowl of beef tea but little if any more nutriment than there is in a glass of lemon- ade. How could there be? We know that the principal constituent part of beef, besides its 75 per cent. of water, are albumen and Eat. Now, albumen coagu- lates at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and at 212 (the boiling point) it becomes like eggs hard boxled. As a consequence, the albumen contained in the meat becomes entangled in the meshes and is firmly held there. 0! course. then the albumen ,does not find its way into the beef tea. As for the fat, the only remaining strengthening ingredient, that comes to the top and is always carefully skimmed off, for nothing is more disgusting to a sensitive appetite than greasy beet tea. And yet they will say that well-made beet tea is very palatable and seems to do good in many cases of weak and disordered stomachs. Stimulating, not nourishing. So it is and so it does. And yet beef tea is not nourishing, however. and when we are sick and have no appetite we know that if we can get the stomach to retain a cup of beef tea it will not be long before the organ will call for something that is really sub- stantial and nourishing.”â€"â€"A “ Professor” in N. Y. Herald. Popular Fallacy Concerning Beet Ten. A few days ago what is known as “an! phur rain” occurred at Richfield Springs N. Y. After the shower water standing in pools or vessels was covered with a. yellow dust resembling powdered sulphur or the pollen of flowers. don"t you CHAPTER VI. (To be continued.) make it toad and The question is alien uskell: Until mums be 5 charged with electricity ? And if so, will they retain it? We find by experience that all or nearly all minerals. gums and vegetable sub- stances, in their crude state, are capable of receiving and retaining electricity. We also find that any electric in its crude state is an electric when held in solution by chemical or other means. As for example, steel, one of the strongest electrics when held in solution by chemical means, is capable of being strongly charged and retaining electricity, and so are all other electrics to some extent. We also find that rock sand and ‘gllass, containing no minerals, are not electrics. 6 find also that pure animal grease is not capable of being charged to any extent with electricity; but all mineral gums and vegetable oils, we believe, are capable of being charged with and retaining electricity to a greater or less extent. Bones, blood, muscles and sinews are not composed of rock sand or glass, but of mineral and. vegetable substances, mysâ€" teriously combined, rendering them capable of being acted upon by electricity. The system of man, as with animated nature, is capable of receiving and imparting electricity. It is a part of our being Without which we could not exist. Briggs’ Electric Oil contains no animal grease, rock sand or glass, and is highly charged with electricity; hence its great success in the treat: ment of diseases such as rheumatism, neuralgia and nervous diseases. It stimulates to action the weak or dormant functions of our beings. It assists nature to overcome disease. The want of proper action of the liver and kidneys is the cause of more mortality than all other causes combined. Electricity strengthens and tones the liver and kidneys. It acts directly on the digestive and urinary organs. destro ing or counteracting the effect of the over ow of deadly poisons from the vital organs above named,which is dispersed through the system by the medium of the life fluid, the blood. George W. Williams, the author of “ The History of the Negro Race in America,” in a. recent lecture at Chickering Hall, New York City, said that the negro race came to America. against their will, but now that they were here they would stay. When you visit or leave New York city, save baggage expresaage and carriage hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, oppoaite Grand Central Depot. Elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to $1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator Restaurant on plied with the best. Horse cars stages and oevated railroads to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel 11 the city. In all things have the courage to prefer comfort and prosperity to fashion. _ Discovered at lest. a remedy that is sure safe and painless. PUTNAM'B PAINLEBS CORN Ex- TRACTOR never fails, never causes pain, nor even the slightest discomfort. Buy Putnam’s 00m Eniactor, and beware of the many cheap, dun- erous. and flesh-eating substitutes in the market- ee that in is made by P015011 6: (10., Kingston. It is now claimed that the dude is the missing link between man and the monkey. Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and UrinaryDiseuses. $1. Druggists. The heart has reason thafi reason doea not understand.â€"-Bossuet. Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants. bed- bygs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Drug- gls’ts. ' Young Men sufigring from early‘indiscretions lack brain and nerve force. Magnetic Medicine advertised in another column, supplies this Wfitnb and thus cures when all other preparations in . Something that every man turns his bank onâ€"Hls bed. The best thing to take Breath. Inlallible, feveriahuess, 9.5 cents. *Both Lydia. E. Pinkhmm's Vegetable Com- pound and Blood Purifier are prepared at 2333 3.1111235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either, $1. Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, or of lozenges. on receipt 0! price. $1 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose an. stamp. Send for “ Guido to Health and. Nerve Strain." The hquor question take ‘2” What is it that ties two persons, but touches only one? A wedding ring. Victims of excessive indulgence or youthful indiscretions and pernicious solitary practices, angering from Premature Decay or old. age, Nervoué‘ nobility, Lack of Sell-confidence, Impaired Memory, Loiss of Manly Powers, and kindred symptoms, should eend three Stumpafor large illustrated treatise, giving meufis'ot certain cuxe, with numerous testimonials. Address WORLD’S DISPENBARY MEDICAL Assocmi‘loN. Buffalo, N. Y. Sydney Smith being ill, his physician advised him to “take a. walk upon an empty stomach." “ Upon whose ?" asked Sydney. Still better steps to take would be phe urchase of Dr. R“ V. Pierce’s " Golden Me ical Discovery" and “Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” which are espe- cially valuable to those who are obliged to lead Bodentury lives, or are afllicted with any chronic (them; of thy :tomach or bowels. By druggists. â€"â€"Women can vote for school directors-in eleven S sates. or those with weak lungs, spitting of blood, bronchitis, or kindred affections of throat or lungs, send two stamps for Dr. B. V. Pierce's treatisg on tmse maladies. Address the doctor, Buffalo, N. Y. Remedy for Irelandâ€"Remove the 1:9, and let the Land alone. ‘ fl. “ Slow and steady wins the race." steadily, but not slowly, Kidney-Wort is distancing all competition for universal popularity and use- fulness. This celebrated remedy can now be obtained in the usual dry vegetable form, or in liquid form. It is put up in the letter way for the especial convenience of those who cannot readily prepare it. It wiil be found very concen- trated and will act with equal efficiency in either form. Reed advertisement. Nothing has so many ties binding it to earth as a railway. â€"Ya.ohts are now having a boomâ€"A jib- boom. tamvery color of the Diamond Dyea is per- fect. See the samples or the colored cloth at the druggists‘. Unequalled for brilliancy. â€"The only person you take sauce from is the cook. Dr. Benson's Skin Ours is without a. peer. It consists of both external and internal treatment, and costs only $1 per package at druggists. " I wouldn’t be without Dr. Benson’s Celery and Chamomile pills if they cost $1 apill. ‘ Tim cured me of neuralgia of nine years' standing.’ Joseph Snyder. 1’axions.Pa. 50 cents per box at druggists. A medicine that destroys the germ or cause of Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, Kidney and Liver Complaints, and has Power to root them out of the system, is above a 1 price. Such a. medicine is He Bitters, and positive proof of this can be foum by one trial, 61- by asking your neighbors, who have been cured by it. .1. created by the use of alcohol, stryohnine. opium, chloral or any form of stimulant or narcotic, is simply wasted energy, as overdriv- ing the heart and nervous system augments the consumption of those tissue elements that generate vital force, and inevitable reaction must follow. The brightening of the faculties and buoyanc of feeling induced by WHEEL- ER’S PBOS HATES AND OALISAYA is not from stimulation, but a physiological result of promoting digestion and securing the nutrition of the nerve ganglia. â€"Cool weather is playing hob with the summer resents. ‘ â€"Dudes are getting troublesome every; where. -â€"-The wages of sin must surely be paid. Other wages are somewhat less certain. Afleotion which is' never reoiprocatedâ€" Neuralgie affection. NGBEASED STRENGTH Liver, Kidney and B: ighl’s Disease. COBNS! CORNS! COKNS Mother Swan's 0‘ Rough on Bats." tasteless, harmless, u , restlessness, worms, Wrecked Manhood. “ Buchu-Paiba.” 1‘0 Conlumpllveu, (turn 4’ Important. Worm Syrup Wee] before Vegetable 3 prepared r, Mass. P: Sent by r oath artip ; for 1, constipation. what’ll you spa.er at 233 ass. Price of : by mail in on @pelpb of singing u .I‘ > «in-mi, M i501] run {c0215 rm L'L {rum i‘m 'FOR THE KIDNEYS. LWEH AED URINARY MEANS THE BEST BLOOD PUBIFIER. There is only one we bywhich any disease can be cured, and that is y removing the causeâ€" whatever it may be. The great medical author- ities of the day declare that nearly every disease is caused by deranged kidneys orliver. To restore these herefore is the only way 1%which health can be secured. Here is where arner’s sate Cure has achieved its great re utetion. It acts directly upon the kidneys and liver and by plac- ng them in a healthy condition drives disease and sin from the system. For all Kidne , Liver and rinery troubles, for the distressmg dis- orders ot women, for Malaria and physical troubles generally, this great remedy has no equal. Beware of impostors, imitations and cogeoqiops said to be just as good: "for Duibetesna-sk fo'r \Vfifiier‘s Sate Dla. hates Cure. ~ ,For sale by all dealers. ‘ Toronto, Ont; Rochester, N. Y. ; London Eng. [lop Billet: are the Pllrest and Ben ' Bitters ‘Ever Made. ~ They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchu, Mandrake and Dandelionâ€"the oldest best and most valuable medicines in the World and contain all the best and most curative properties of all other remedies, being the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Regulator and Life and Health Restoring agent on earth, No dis- ease or ill health can possibly long exist where these Bitters are used, so varied and perfect are their operations. ‘ - .. ‘ . J, .L, __A,-u _._.1 -- - v, ..... They give new life and vigor to the aged and infirm. To all whose omployments cause irregu» larity of the bowels or urinary organs, or who require an Appetizer, Tonic and mild Stimulant, Hop Bitters are invaluable, being highly cura- givo, tonic and stimulating, without intoxicatâ€" mg. ,,,l “A--.” No matter what you? feelings or symptoms are, What the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters, Don't Wait until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable, use Hop Bitters at once. It may save your life. Hundreds have been saved by so doing. $500 will be paid for a case they Wi_11 not ourg or help. H Do not suffer or 136 your friends sufier, but use myl urge {ath 1:9 usafiflqp Biqters. .. -. , “.1 Remember,_ Hop Bitters is no vile, drugged. drunken nostrum, "bun the Putesv and Best Medicine ever made; the “ Invalid’s Friend and Hope," and no person or family should be with- out them. Try the Bitters to-day. ’ .1. for the 'pi'éservatflbn of All Bias; 76111711}; and vegetables. Manutactured by S. E. & J. M Sprout, Hamilton, Canada. Send for circulag. $72 Endorsed by the FRENCH ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE URINARY ORGANS caused by Indjecretion or Exposure. Hetel Dieu Hospital, Paris, Treatment. PositiveOure in one to three days. Local Treatment onlv required. No nauseous doses of Cubebs or Oopaiba. INFALLIBLE, HYGIENIG. CURA’PIVELPBEVEN'L‘IVE Price $61.50, including Bulb Syringe. Sold by Druggists, or sent free by mail. securely sealed on receipt of rice. Descriptive Treatise free . Application MERICAN AGENTS “ 66 ” MEDI CINE 00.. Windsor, Ont. Sold by all Druggiats $510 $20 $3.32 THE WILLIAMS EVAPORATOR, for the ptéservatlon of all kinds of fruits 4 p be nine cases out of ten. Information that wk save n delay amoment. Prevention is better than cure. I. S. , - ‘ . fl . LYDIA E. PINKHAME VEGETABLE COMPOUND. For all those I’nlnful Complaints and Weakneales so common to our best. female nahulntion. A Eleeiiclne for Woman‘. invented binoman. ‘ Prepared by n Wo‘mnm ; The (Ir-must Mmllcnl Dlscovery Sluce “10.1)an of llialory. [Flt revives the drooping spirlts, lnvigomtcs and harmonich the Ontario-functions, gives elasticity And firmness: is we step, restores the natural lustre to the eye, and plants hi; the [iale‘oheck of woman the fresh rows of life's spring and early summer time. ’ WPhysicians Use It and Presgribe I} Fmelyr‘e'm ...,... ---- It removes faintness, flatulcncy, destroys an craving for stimulant, and relieves weakness of the stomach. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is alwggs'permancnmy cured by it; use. For the cure of Kldneg Complaints of either so; thin Compound is unsurpussed. - LYDIA E. PINKIIAM'S BLO€>D PURIFIE‘R will eradicate every vestige of Iiumm-s f-m1 me BloodY and give tons and stren h to the sgf‘mm, 01! man woman or child. Insist on aving‘lt. a HE GR CUE Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared at 233 and 234') Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price at either, 31. Six bottles for 35. Sent by mail in the form of pills, Iéy‘gf lozox’eggg, m} yuccipfi (jfi minefsl per box for either. Mrs. I’lukliam freely answers all [otters of inquiry. Enclose Set. stamp. Send for pamphlet. No family Should be Without. LYDI A E. PTNKIIAM'S LIVER PILLS. The cure cunsmpatlon, binousncsa, and torpidity of the 'ver. 25 cents per box. 33]”50111 by all Druggism. “1‘ (1) V. (for Internal and External Use) will - matantanaously relieve these ter- ‘ . ' rible diseases, and will ifivel 7 cure nine cases out of ten. Information that wilt save manfigves sent free ‘by ma . Don’ delay amoment. Prevention is better than cure. I. S. J0 801? 8; 00., BOSTON, Maw A bROMHITIS. NEURALGIA. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment A WEEK. $12 a (13 at home easily made Costly cunt tree: mm a 00., Augusta. Me II. ILWARNER a: C0., »er day at home Sample; w‘o_r_th :5 free. Samson dz Son Portlanu me Is aPosi’tIYB. Q a d w :1 From Mr. F. Moschell, =Pussengcr Con: ductor on the New York Central Hudsonfllver Railway. MY DEAF. MR. SUTHEBLAND,~MY wife knits suffered greatly from Rheumatism, she was induced to try your Rheumatiue. After taking only two bottles she was completely cured of rheumatism, and her general health greatly hqumed. "Mr I also toak three bottles of Rheumatine w it}; the result that I now find my Rheumatitm entirely gone, and :1 var marked improvement in my general health. consider Rheumatine a. first class remedy for Rheumatism and all aficoâ€" tions of the kidneys.â€"I am, yours truly. FRED. MOSOHELL The Rheumatme Manufacturing ST CATHARINES, ONT. J. \Viner d: 00., “’halcsule Agent? Hamilton. And zill complalnts 6f :1 Rheumatic nature. 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