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all ; And spring with her garlands of beauty ad! Yancey All blushing to meet us at nature’s loud call. But Kathleen is lying so stately and silent ; 7 She hears not the music, she heads not the grace; And she whose fair soul was divine in Its beauty - Gives‘not one faint 'Eign from the sweet marble ace: Awake, my beloved ; awake, thou fair dreamer ; Ah. nearest thou not the one cry of my heart ‘2 My passionate kisses but echo in silence ()n marble, whose whiteness outrivels all art. 1 see thee before me, nievourneen, mavourneeu; My own silent Kathleen, once joyous and free, Thy roses are faded, thy lilies are frozen, Thy beautiful form wrapped in dread mystery. Awake. my beloved, thou fairest of women ; Is all my fond pleading to thee nothing wn'rbli, ,When heart stnnga are breaking and all nature (An Irish Lament, by Mary M. Shaw.) The bright sun is shining, the sweet flowers are budding ; . The ygung birds are warbling their music to signing For Kathleen, my Queen, and my love to come forth? 0 blood of my heart enter into her bosom, And warm the cold life of my Kathleen, asthore, Strong pulse of my soul beat emotions within her . And canals her still spirié to Vibrate once more. Canthlg be my Kathleen, so changed and so silent; So cold that it seems she's but playing a part ? My whispers of love once could wake the swift blushes ; Love'g pleadings new fall to arouse~her dull heart. ‘ A12! sun hide t_hy brightness, and birds hush your musw ; And flowers, her sweet emblems, bow each mourm‘u] head ; Thy glory and music and bunuty’s departed And left me in darkness, for Kathleen is dead. Mavogrneen.1 left thee in life's fairest morn ever. In mem’ry’s green pastures through life‘s fate 1111 years ; Thy roses and lilies shall bloom in their fresh mess Wutcttxed Qwell by my love, Watered oft with my ears. » Still admirable as he is, I have no desire for him to grow demonstrative so soon again ; therefore continue the conversation hastily. ing. As sweet as the rose in its fresh morning bloom ; I came but to find thee arrayed in thy beauty, My Kathleen prepared as a bride for the bomb. Sweet. Baubleen, thine image shall live on for Farewell. my beloved! farewell, my heart’s dearest. My fondfuithfu] dove flown so soon from her nea ; My heart's in the grave, and my thoughts are in heaven With thee. whose sweet spirit. can soothe them without fictive. It occurs to me that like a flash a. faint ohangg crosaps hiqtacg. “ Why ‘2” he make, with an attempt; at laughter that ends in dismal failure beneath my remorseless eyes. “ Will you throw me over if I say, ‘ Yes ‘2' ” “ X11 men have fancies he answers, and something tells me he is evading a. strict replz. _ 7"1 don’t mean a. fancy; I mean a. real attachment. Did you ever ask any woman exoeggmqpq be ygur w1_fe ‘2” “ No, of course not. But I think you might have told me before. Here have you been pretending all along you never loved any one but me. and now I discover acui- dentally that long before you knew me you had broken your heart over dozens of women." Author of "Molly Bawu,’ ” The Baby." " Airy ' Fairy Lilian," etc , etc. “ I had not,” angrily. “ Why do you misocnstrue my words ?” “ Oh, of courwe you had.” “ I really wish, Phyllis, you would not give yourself the habit of contradicting people so rudely. I tell you I had not." “ Well, you were madly in love with one, at all events," I say, viciously. “ I could see that by your eyes when I asked you the guestion.” “ ff 1:. Luau commits a folly once in his life. he is not to be eternally condemned for it, I_auppose? _’_ h ” I never said it was a folly to love any one; I only suggested it was deéeitful of you not to have told me about it before. I hate secrets of any kind." My oom- panion wincee visibly. “There, don’t be uneasy." I say, loftily. “ I have no desire toEy mto any of your affairs." We pace up and down in uncomfortable ailenoe. At length : “ I see you are angry, Phyllis," he says. “ Oh, dear, 110. Why should such an insignificant thing that does not affect me in ap_y vguy make me angry ?" When Mr. Carrington asked me a week ago it a garden party at Strangemore would give me any pleasureâ€"so little are we accustomed to gayeties of any kind~my spirits rose to fever height, and I told him without any hesitation nothing on earth he could do for me would occasion me greater delight than his ordering and regulating a. fete in which I might bear a. part. After- wards, when I fully understood the conse- quences of my rash words, how heartily did I repent thelp My dress is composed of simple batiste, but is swonderful mingsling of palest pink and blue impossible to describe, my list is also pink and blue, my gloves delicately tinted. Marmaduke’s earrings and locket and bracelets and ring are scattered all over my person; and altogether I flatter myself, I am looking as well as it is possible for Phyllis Vernon to look. 130m in in a. ravishing costume, of which blue silk terms the principal put, and h” “My darling child, I think you are; and, oh, Phyllis, for what? For a. hateful pas- sion that is dead and buried this many a year, and bore no faintest resemblance to the deep true affection I feel for you. Am I the worse in your eyes because I onceâ€" when I was a. boyâ€"fancied my heart was lost? Be reasonable, and be kind to me. You have been anything but that all this morning." As we are all fully alive to the fact that to face the hall-door at Strangemore and the assembled county in our ehandrydan is more than we can endure, we enter the grounds by a. back way; and having given Brewster strict orders to reach the yard without bexng seen, and if Been, to answer no inconvenient questions, we alight, and ahakmg out our trams, ptooeed towards the gardens. We are unmistakably and most remark a.ny late, but that is scarcely a. matter for wonder, considering the animal we drove an_d_the ge_hiele in_which we journeyed. “Was she dark, or fair “I” I ask, in a. milder tone, not noticing, however, the hand he holds out to me. “ Darkâ€"abominably dark." ” And tall ?" “ Detestably no.” “You need not abuse her now,” I say, reprovingly. “You loved her once." I am softened. I make up my mind I will not be cold during the remainder of our day, so I slip my ungloved hand into himgnd bring myseltplose up to his side. “ I will lorgive you this time," I whisper; “ but, Marmaduke, promise me that never in the future will you conceal anything from me." “I promiseâ€"I swear." says my be- trothed, eagerly and I receive, and graciously return the kiss of reconciliation he lays upon my lips. “ I did not," he cries with some excita- ment. “ I could never have loved her. It was a mad, boyish infatuation. Let: us forget her, Phyllis; the subject is hateful to me. Oh, my darling, my pet, no one ever really crept into my heart; except; you â€"you small, cold, oguel. little child.” to rést 'ere yox_1 never in love before ?” I ask, PHYLLIS. Dead Kathleen. BY THE DUCHESS. CHAPTER XV. put on & halbpouting‘, just-awakened ex- pression. that makes her appear a. lovely grew” “19-be3- . . She and Dom march in front, while Billy and I bring up the rear. To my excited imagination it seems as if all the world were mettogether on the croquet. lawn. I say, “ Oh, Billy l" in an exhilaruted tone, and give his arm a squeeze; but, as the dear fellow thinks it necessary to be morose on the occasion, he takes it badly, and tells me angrily to moderate my transports». or people will say I have never been at any entertainment beforeâ€"which if people did say it would be unusually near the truth. 0' Manilfia is iooking as she alWays looks in myrreyes, pgfectly begupifgl. ‘ -1 nvu , Presently Marmaduke, seeing us, comes quickly up, and. having welcomed mother and Dora. offers me his arm with the air of a. proprietor, and carries me away from my family. .. . 1 I feel as though treading on air, and am deliciously far from shyness of any descrip- tion. Before we have gone very far my congefsational powers assert thempelves. “ Marmaduke, don‘t you think I am look- ing very nice ‘2" I say naively “ Very, darling. You always look that." This general praise disappoints me. Whatever an infatuated person may have chosen to consider me in the time past, am satisfied that at the present moment I really am worthy of admiration. -. n1 “ But you cannot have seen my dress,” I persist; ” It came all the way from Lon- don; and we all think it so pretty. Look at it, Marmaduke.” tfirna hiarhead willlngly in my direc- tion, but his gaze gets little farther than my faqe. _ U’IE'EIIIe-greenI” and I am all faintest azure. Ibreak into a merry laugh, and give _him an impgfpepfiible shake. n n n” “ Green, you ridiculous boy 1 Why, there is not a particle of green about me. I am nothing but pink and blue. Do look at me again, Marmaduke, or I shall die of cha- grin.” r ..v1 ,|,,, “ Well. it was the blue I meant," declares my lover, composedly, ” Then, come with me to the other side, Phyllis; I want to introduce you to Lady Alicia. Slate-Gore.” â€"J“ fiévoharming.” he says, with enthusi asm. “ That pale green euiss you tremen dous_ly._” ' ' q‘r III'A,_A "Iifgdy‘ Aiigigl" I gasp, awestruck. " Is ~â€"is the duke here ‘2" “No; he is in Scotland. lady Alicia. came by herself. She is an old friend of mine, darling, and I am very fond of her. I want; you, therefore, to be particularly charging to her." “ How can you expect me to be thatâ€"â€" under the circumstances ‘2" I ask, lightly, glancing up at him from under my lashes with a sudden and altogether new touch of coquetry born of the hour and my gay atmre. " How can I be amiable, when you tell me in that bare-faced fashion of your adoration for her? Of course I shall be desperately jealous and desperately dies.- greeable during the entire interview." 4,, Mermaduke’e face betrays the intense delight all men feel when receiving flattery from the beloved one. Perhaps, indeed, he appears a. trifle aillier then the generality of them, incense coming from me being an totally unexpected. I know by his eyes he would give anything to kiss me, were it not for shame sake and the gaping crowd. " Is your Lady Alicia very terrific ’1” I ask, fearfully, and than almost before‘he has time to tmswer my question, we are standing before a. tall, benevolent-looking woman of forty-five, with a. hooked nose, and a scarlet feather in her bonnet, and I am bowmg and smirking to Lady Alicia Slate-Gore. She is more than civil -sbe i3 radiant. She mp9 me on the cheek with her fan. and calls me “my fiear,” and asks me u. hun- dred questions in a. breath. She taps Mar- maduke on the arm and asks him what he means by making love to a. child who ought to be in the nursery dreaming fairy tales. h {ixiéfi Marmaduke laugfié, and' says I am older than I lookâ€"for which I am gratgfiquo him. .. .. ...... ojréildil’r’isrdya my lady, with a. rapid nird- like glance at me. “ The world will soon be upside down. Am 1 to consider four- teen old ‘2” “ Phyllis will soon be nineteen,” ssys Marmaduke; for which I feel still more grateful, as it was only two months ago I attained my eightepnbh year. “ Indeed! indeed! You should give your friends your receipt, child. You have stolen a. good five years from Father Time, and just; when you least want it. Now, if you could only give us old people 8. written prescrip- tion," etc., etc. ' ” Hardly. You see, I had scarcely time â€"-have been enjoying myself so much. It has been a. delicious day altogether. Have you enjoyed it, Marmgduke ?" Marmaduke leaves us to go and receive some other guests, and her ladyship still shatters on to me; While I, catching the infection of her spirits, chatter back again to her, until she declares me vastly amus- ing, and is persuaded Marmaduke has gained a. prize in the life-lottery. Then Bobby De Vere comes up, little later, and addresses me in his usual florid style; so does fat Mr. Hastings; and pre- sently Lady Alicia appears again, bringing with her a. tall, gaunt man with a prickly beard, who, she says, is desirous of being introduced. “ Iiid you miss me ?” asked Marmaduke, tendgrly:_ Their defection, however, dieconcerts me not at all. I am too glad, too utterly guy on this glorious afternoon to let any triflas annoy me. As he draws nearer I address to him some commonplace remark, upon whlch the two or three men who have been amusing meâ€" my gaunt companion includedâ€"sheer off from me as though I had the plague ; it being thoroughly understood on all sides that in me they behold the " coming Queen” of Sbmngemore. ' He is probably a. well-intentioned person, but he is very deaf. and has evidently mis- taken the whole afiair. For example, after a moment or two he electrifies me by saying “ You are fortunate, Mrs. Curtingbon, in having so magnificent a day for yourfete.” The day wears on, and I see hardly any- thing of Marmaduke ; it is already half- past five, and in another hour my Joy must end. I stand at the door of a. tent, framed in by blue and white canvas, with a crimson strawberry on its way to my lips, and am vaguely wondering at; my lover’s absence, when I see him coming towards me, by degrees. and with than guilty air that die- tinguishes most men when eudeavoring secretly to achieve some cherished design; He looks slightly bored, but brightens as his eyes meets mine and hurries his foot- steps. ’ I color painfully, atammer a. good deal and finally explain, rather lamely. I am not yet Mrs. Carrington, and that my pro- per name is Vernon. Upon which he too is covered with confusion and makes 9. hurried and very unintelligible apology. There are dear little colored tents scat- tered allover the place. Bands are play- ing; so are fountains ; and flowers are everywhere. I drink iced Moaelle and eat strawberries, alga am‘ supremely heppy._ My emaciated cavalier escorts me hither and thither, and does all he knows to enter- tain me. After an hour or so he leaves me, only shortly to return again, and it becomes evident he is bent on. studying human nature in a new form as he listens with every appearanee of the gravest inner- eet to the ceaseless babble that flows from mums: “ Beg pardon, I’m sure. Quite under- stood from Lady Aliciaâ€"most; awkwardâ€"â€" inexcusably 50. Only arrived at the castle late last night, and am a. stranger to every one here. Pray pardqn me.” I put an end to and asking him if abouba. little~an with effusion. " N6. ' I waé away from you.” There is his misery by smiling he would like towalk 1nvitation he accepts “True; I had forgotten that,” I say, wickedly. Then,’ “To tell the truth, fDuke, I was just beginning to wonder had you forgotten my existence. How did you manage to keep awav from me for so longz’ . .. -,. 'r,_._l.l~,L a world of {epyoaphjn his tone... ” What unbearable concein l I could not come to you a moment sooner. If I had to get through so much hard work every day as was put upon me this afternoon, I believe I should die of a. decline. Don't you feel as if you hated all these people, Phyl- lie? I do.” “ No, indeed; I beat them nothing but good will. They have all helped by their presence to make up the sum of my enjoy- ment.” “ I am so glad the day has been a. success â€"to you at least. Are you looking at that old turret, darling? There is such a beau- tiful view of the gardens from one of those windows ‘3" This lest auggeetively. “Is there?" I answer, with careless indifference. Then. goodvnaturedly, “ I think I would like to see it.” WIWouldrybu?” much gratified. “ Then come with me.” In his heart I know he is rejoiced at the prospect of a tetc-a fete alone with meâ€" rejoiced, too, at the chance of getting rid for a while of 9.11 the turmoil and elegant bustle of the crowd. I go with him down the gmden path, through she shrubbsnes, up the stone abeps, and into the large hall, past immodest; sm- tueg and up interminable atairs,‘until we reach the small round chamber of whloh he speaks. .. u..1 Irun to the window and look down eagerly upon the brilliant scene below; and certainly what meets my eyes towards me for the treadmill work I have undergoing for film purpose. Beneath me he the gardens, a mass of growing color, while far beyond them as the eye can reach stretches the wood in all its green and bronze and brown-tinged glory. Upon the right spreads the park soft and verdant. Below me the gayly- robed guests pass ceaselessly to and fro. and the sound of their rippling laughter climbs up the old ivy covered walls and enters the window where 1 stand. Oh, how lovely it is !” I cry delight. edly. “011.1 am so glad I came! How fag pway phqy {111 appegy, and howlgmall I" Marxfiaduk'eia wEtobibg me with open content; he never seems to tire of my mm. {WWEBP‘ WSHddefix’y I lean forward and, with flushed cheeks, follow the movement of one of the guestv, who hitherto has been unnoticed by 7 Marmakfike stares. ” Sir Mark is here," he aqye. “ D9 yoq_k'uow him ‘2” “ Ol course I do.” I answer, gayly, oran- ing my neck farther out of the window, the better to watch my new-old acquaintance ; “ thatis, a little. What a. handsome man he is! How odd he should be here to-day l” “ I don’t see the odduees of it,” rather coldly. “ I have known him intimately for many years. How did you become acquainted with him, Phyllis ?” ‘7‘ Surely~.” 1 dry, with considerable excitement, " that is Sit Mal‘}gG91‘_&3.1’ “ Oh,” I say, laughing, “ our first meeting was a very romantic affair â€"almost as romantic as my second interview with you.” I say this with a glance half shy, half merry; but Mr. Carrington does not seem as much alive to my drollery as usual. “ Billy and I had ridden into Carston-I on the old white pony, you knowâ€"and just as we came to the middle of the High street, Madge shied at a dead sheep, my saddle turned, and but {or Sir Mark Gare, who happened to be passing at the moment, I would certainly have fallen off. He rushed to the rescue, caught me in his arms. and deposited me safely on the ground. Was it not near being a tragedy? Afterwards he was even condescending enough to tighten the girthe himself, though Billy was as well able, and to speed us on our homeward journey. Was it not well that he was there ?” ” I dldn’b resign him. Circumstances over which we had no control arose, and separated his lot from mine." Here I sigh heavily, and can my eyes upon the ground “ You are right there. No virtue is as admirable as sincerity. I wonder how you could bring yourself to resign so desirable a. lover." “Very well, indeed. And was that all you saw of him ?" “ Oh, dear, no; we became great friends after that. I found him wonderfully good- natured and kind.” As I speak I am ignorant of that Sir Mark has the reputation the fastest: man about town. “ Oh l" I say; and his lash speech having made me aware that the word " sweet- heart” has been the cause of all the ill tem- per, I go on wickedly, ” Why, none indeed; and this particular one of whom I speak was such 9. darling! So good to me, too, he wasâ€"I never received an unkind word or a cross look from him. Ahl I shall never forget him.” 7 “Ibzwe no doubt you did,” says my betrothed, sarcastically. “ And where did you meeh_him again ‘2". .. rr ..p “ At a. baz at, a week later. He got Mrs. Leslie, with whom he was staying, to introâ€" duce him to me. And then he called with the Lealiea, and I think took a fancy to Dora, as he was continually coming to Summerleas after that. Not that he ever came to the point, you know; he dld not propose to her or that ; which disappointed us all very much, as Mr. Leslie told momma he was enormously rich and a. good match." “You seem to think a. great dealers. good match,” says Marmaduke, very bit- terly. “Are you so extremely fond of money ?” “ I am not cross," indignantly. “ What is there to make me so? There is no rea- son why you should not havejinnumer- able sweethearts as well as every other woman.” “ Awfully,” I say, with charming candor. ' What can there be better than a. lot of It? I 3118.11 have plenty when I marry you, Marmaduke, shall I not ‘2” fl “ As 1.11qu as ever you want," replies he ; but there Is no warmth in his tones. “ Why, what is the matter now '2” I ask, impatiently. “What are you looking so cross about ?" “Don’t make rash promises. Perhaps I shall went ever so much. Do you know I never had more than two pounds all together at a time in myliie, and that only once ? My godfather gave it to me the year before last, and it took Billy and me a. whole week to decide how we should spend it.” “Well?” sbsently. “ Well"â€"â€"utterly unebashedâ€"“ finally we divided itinto four half-sovereigns. With one we bought a. present for mother, and were going to do the some for Dore, only she said she would rather have the money itself then anything we could select. Then Billy bought a. puppy he had been longing for for a. month with the third, besides s, lot of white ratsâ€"odious little things with no hair on their tailsâ€"end s. squirrel; and â€"an_d_that:e ell.” I_wind up abruptly. Surely some capricious spirit inhabits this room. For the second time since we euteied it Marmaduke’s countenance lowers. ' “ What did you do with the other half- aovereign ‘2” asks ’Duke, more from want of something to say then from any over- powering curiosity. “ Oh, nothingâ€"nothing,” I answer, feel- ing slightly confused, I don’t know why. “ I cannot remember, it i so long ago.” “ Only the year before last, by your own account, until know your memory to be excellent, Come, tell me what you did With it.” As he grows obstinate, so do I, and there- foreggswer wi_t§1_ga:y evagiqn: “ What would I'd-o w1th it but one thing? Of course I bought a. present for my sweet- heart." the fact of being with such despairinglanguor as would have done credit to an Amandaâ€"or a. Dom. “IiI am to be considered one of the ‘oiroumstuuceg’ in this matter,” says my lover hotly, “ I may tell you at once I do not at all envy the position. I have no day-ire to come between you and your aflec- tions.” “ You do not," Ireturn, mildly; and, hub that when a man is jealous he loses all reasoning and perceptive faculties, he might see that I am oumaon with suppressed laughter. ’ “Had you never appeared on the scene, still a. marriage between us would have beeq impossible.” ” What is his ‘name ‘2” asks ’Duke, abruptly. “ I would rather not tell you.” “ I insit upon knowing. I think I have every right to ask.” u Oh, thy 2 It I promised him to keep the matter accret, surely you would not ask me go break my fgich ‘2" “ Once engaged to me, I object to your keepiggfiajul} mt}; any onher_manl.” “‘Wé'll, it is all go'ne and past now,” I murmur, sadly. ”;Why take up the old ashes? Let us forgeg gs." “ Forget. it 1” cries Marmaduke, savagely. " How easy you find it to forget! And you, whom I thought so innocent a childâ€"you, who told me you never had a. lover until I came to Strangemore I I cannot so readily forget what you have new told me. It: med- dene me to think another man has been making love to you, has held your hands, has looked into your eyes, hasâ€"has â€" Phyllie”â€"â€"â€"almoet fiercelyâ€"“ tell me the truth ; did he ever kiss you?“ My back is turned to him, but I am visi- bly shaking. I wonder exceedingly why he does not notice it ; but perhaps he does, and puts it down to deep emotion. “ No.” I say in a. smothered tone, “ it never went so far as that.” “ Then why not tell me his name?” “ Becauseâ€"Iâ€"cannot.” “Will not you mean. Very good ; I will not ask you again. I think we had better return to the grounds." He moves a. step or two away in the direction of the door. Turning, I burst into a perfect pea! of laughter, and laugh until the old room echoes again. " Oh, Marmaduke," I cry holding out to him my hands, “come back to me, and I will tell you all. It was old Tanner, your head gardener, I meant the whole time. He used to give me all your fruit and flowers before he went to America. ; and I bought him an ear-trumpet with my lien shillings, andâ€"oh! oh! oh!” “ Phyllis, Phyllis l” cries my lover, with reproacnful tenderness, and, catching me in his arms, presses upon my lips kisses many and passionate, as punishment for my wrong-doing. 'u Howvcauldvycu do in, darling? How could you make me so miserable for even a. few minutes?" Friendly intercourse being thus once more restored, and it being necessary we should now return to the guests, I make a. bet with him, in which a. dozen pair of gloves count as high as three kisses, and race him down all the stairs, through laud- ings and rooms and corridors, until I arrive breathless but triumphant at the hall-door. Here we psuse flushed and panting, to recover our equsnimity. before marching out together calm and deoorous to mingle again among our friends. “ I could not help it. You looked so angry and the idea. came into my head. And all about old Tanner ! 0h! Thereâ€" there, please don’t: make _me laugh again.” Most of them are standing draped and shuwled, only waiting to bid farewell to their host. Almost on the steps we come in contact with Sir Mark Gore. “ Miss Vernon,” he exolsims, with a. start of surprise, “you here I How have I missed seeing you all day? Csrrington, when you bring so many people together you should at least give them printed pro- grammes with all their names inscribed, to let them know whom to seek and whom to even]. Miss Phyllis, how can I tell you how. glad I am to see you again ?" “That's right," says Billy, following close in the character of a backer-up, and openly delighted at the prospect of a. scrim- mage. “Fight in out. I would give the governor plenty of cheek if I were you; he wants is badly. its a shame thab’o when: it is; and you engaged and all! And what will Mr. Cerrington say? Do you know” â€"mysteziouslyâ€"“Is is my opinion Miss Dora thinks she could get inside you, it you were once out of the way? She was always a sneak; so I would not; give in on any aopounb. But”â€"â€"dee- pondinglyâ€"” you will never have the pluck to go through with it when it comes to the point. I know you won’g.” ‘ “ Don't be toe glad,” says ’Duke, direct- ing a tender smile at me as I stand beaming pinkin upon Sir Mark, “ or I shall be jealous.” “ How! is it indeed 201" Sir Mark asks, addreasing me. He too has only reached the neighborhood within the last few hours, and knows nothing of what has been going on of late in our quiet village. “Yes, it is indeed so,” I return, with an assumption of sauciness, though my cheeks are flaming. Then, halt shyly, " Will you not congratulate me?” “No, I shallcon- granulate Carrington,” replies he, shortly, and after a few more words of the moat commonplace description, leaves us. Mother is on her feet, and has assumed an important expression. She has sent Billy in quest of Dom. Marmaduke crosses over to her, whispers, and expostulates for a. moment or two, until at length mother sinks back again upon her seat with a. resigned smile, and sends Billy off a second time with a message to Brewster to betake himself and the fossil back to Summerleas with all possible speed. And so it comes to pass that when the lawns are again empty Mr. Carrington drives us all, through the still and dewey evening, to our home, where he remains to dine and spend the rest 0! this eventful day. I turn from my brother with an ominous expression of my lips, and move towards my bedroom door. The action means, “ Not words. but deeds.” “ It is a beastly shame," he says, in a. subdued whisper, “ and I would not submit to it; if I were you. When luncheon was over, Dora wont to pups. and told him she would not go to aunt Martha; and when papa. raged and insisted, she began to blub- her as usual, and said if you were to take her place in would do just. as well ; and of course pupa. jumped at; the idea, knowing it would be disagreeable, and says you shall go.” “What!” cry I, furious at this new piece of injustice “I shall, shall I? He‘ll see!" Ibis a. fortnight later, when the posh comlng in one morning brings to Dora an invitation from our aunts, the Misses Ver- non,to go and stay with them for an indefi- nite period, As evening falls, however, I am warned of the approach of dinner-hour, and, return- ing to the house, am safely up the stairs, when Billy comes to meet me, his face full of indignant informatjon. These two old ladiesâ€"named respectively Aunt Martha. an‘d Priscillaâ€"are maiden sisters of my father’s and are, if possible, more disagreeable than he. Being rich, however, they are yowerful, and we have been brought up to understand how inad- visable it would be to offend or annoy them in any way, Dora. receives and reads her letter with an unmoved countenance, saying nothing either for or against the proposition it con,- tsins, so that breakfast goes on smoothly, So does luncheon ; but an hour afterwards, as I happen to be passing through the hall, I hem: high words issuing from the library, with now and then between them sdisjointed sob, that I know proceeds from Dora. I steal noiselesslv to the hall door and, open- ing it, find refuge in the outer air. “ I will,” I return,’gazing back at him CHAPTER XVI. with a! gtegnfietermiqajign in my eyeg. In this defiant mood I dress 9.113 g5 down- staira. All through dinner Dora is more than usually agreeable. She smiles ooutmw ally,aud converaea gayly in her pretty, low-pg)qu elegantiyvay. " Nothmg it? said on the subject of aunt Martha until it is time for us to retire to the drawing‘room, and I am almost begin- ning to fear the battle will be postponed, when papa, turning to me. says, carelessly, and as though it were a matter of no importance: “ As Dora. dislikes the idea. of going to your aunts, Phyllis, at this time of year, we have decided on sending you for a. month in her plgcg.”_ “ Bu} I dishke the idea. too," I reply as oalm_ly asAmge will let mg. _ “That is to be regretted, as I will not have your aunts offended. You are the youngest, and must give way." “ But the invitation was not sent to me.” “ That will make lhtle difference, and a. sufficient excuse can be offered for Dom. As your marriage does not come off until late in the autumn, there is no reason why you should remain at home all the summer.” “ This is some of your underhand work,” I say, with suppressed anger, addressing Dora. Queer Speculations by n “’riler on the Grant Lakes. (Lettm‘ in Montreal Witness.) These large bodies of water include twenty degrees of longitude west from Quebec to the head of Lake Superior, and cover in their course seven and almlf degrees of latitude from Cleveland, Ohio, on Lake Erie, to St. Ignace. on Lake Superior, not reckoning Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods, which extend two degrees further west, but still belong to the eastern drain. In view of the gradual but certain diminishing of the waters of this section of country the following will show its effects on the great lakes 2 __ 900 030 270 1,003 ($00 400 903 603 300 120 500 ~~ 380 above. 270 203 70 Thus Lakes Superior, Huron, Mxohigan and Ontario would have a fall to the ocean till reaching the “bottom below " depth: as indicated above. Lake Erie could be drained at any time If the supply was out off and fine outlet deepened, which is now in process of being accomplished by the Niagara. river wearing a d_eep ghannel into the lake. There are many who despise halt the world ; but If there be any who despise the whole of it, it is because the other half despises them. The depot of the waters is. therefore, the two great lakes Huron and Michigan, lyihz north and south, and uncertain whether to pour their waters by a. northerly or southerly outlet. In former ages a great river must have ‘ flowed from Lake Michigan to the Missis- sippi, by way of the Illinois river, the wide bottom lands and high bluffs above and below Peoria show its bed, nor would it now be a diflicult work to make an outlet in that direction. Once an opening made the waters would increase in volume, wearing away the soft etandetone, the only obstacle. Afew feet fall would dry up the outlet by the little St. Clair River; Lake Erie would then become a. swamp, or dry up altogether. An inde- pendent communication would then be made between Huron and Ontarioâ€"Bay, from Georgian Bay to Torontoâ€"a short out to and from all the lakes west of Enron, prodigious facilities to the trade of Canada. for Huron is almost a Canadian lake an Michigan is exclusively United States. In 1818, John Hailook, of Monroe, N.Y , left his young Wife. She never saw him not heard from him again. Last week she saw in an Elmira. paper a. notice of the death of John Hallock, a. wealthy citizen, whose death was a. great loss to the com- munity, as it was to his wife and children. She repaired straightway to Spencer, and found that the dead man was her husband. She now claims his estate. In event of Such changes being effected, Lake Ontario and tributary rivers would be the sole leaders of the St. Lawrence till the Ottawa joins In Lake St. Francis. Cut off from the supply by the Niagara, how would the St. Lawrence be affected? Much, no doubt, would depend on the magnitude of the supply from kae Huron. and Canada would have an advantage over the United States with a better or more defined fell from the greater depression of the section cl! country between the lakes and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. What promised to be a pure love match was broken off the other day when a. Phila- delphia man discovered that his intended bride had used four eggs in making a. pie when eggs were 45 cents a dczen. After worrying about it for a week he concluded that a woman so extravagant would bank- rupt him in five years. At Trondhjem you are far enough north for practical purposes. You are on the sixty-fourth parallel of north latitudeâ€"as far north as the south of Iceland. By making the voyage from Trondhjem to Molds in favorable weather, you may prac- tically see the midnight sun and also as much as is necessary of the rock scenery of the coast. In June, the sun sets between 10 and 11 ; it rises again before 2; so that, though its orb is below the horizon for three or four hours, there is sunlight all through the night. Such, at least, was my experience last June. In the far north- west there were streaks of cloud, gray, rose, pink, orange and purple, beneath which the sun suddenly dipped into the sea and went out of sight; but the glory of sunset con- tinued all night. The darkness of the darkest hour was never greater than that of a summer evening in England. 0n deck we could read all night, even the smallest type. The sea was smooth and clear as a mirror. All night long the sailing ships went on their course. All night long the sea-gulls and other birds, of which by the way there are marvelloust few in Norway.were flying across our bows, and the minutest objects on shore could be distinctly each. The efiect was intensified by the appearance of the moon, which was at full ; and just as the sun set in a warm glow in the northwest, the moon became prominent in the southeast, clear and cold and silvery. As going to bed on such a night was out of the question, we remained on deck till sunrise, Which came about o’clock. As that hour approached the glow; in the northnortheast became more intense. Suddenly the orb appeared in a niche formed by the intersection of two islands, and sent out level rays which flooded the islands and the hill-tops with young light. Presently as the vapors on the rocky islet became condensed, a weird halo was formed around the sun’s disc, so that it seemed like the eye of an eagle look- ing out on the desert of waters. Deep and dark were the shadows cast by fishing-boat and rock. The shimmer on the rippling water was like that of moonlight. By-andv by, as the sun got clear of the horizon, rosy hues stole over the sky, and nature rejoiced in the glories of a. new day.-â€"Go'od Words. New York city has twenty-five widows whose wealth is estimated at from $1,000,- 000 to 35,000,000 each. It; is said that among the wives of Utah there may be found women from nearly every nation except France. One of the successful druggists of New Orleans is a woman. DRYING 0F ’l‘llE DEEPS. Average level below depth. Atlantic. Atlantic ‘he 111M night Sun. (To be continued \Vomnnldud. Above Bottom Sir Everard Neivelle Turns out to be the Son of a Hamilton Butcher. CIIEQUEREIJ CAREER IN CANADA AND OTHER STATES The coachman of Mr. C. J. Whitney, who, under the name of Sir Charles Everard Neivelle, won the heart of Miss Lillian Whitney and induced her to elope with him. has had a career in Canada and the United States for which few parallels can be found. It has already been discovered that he has masqueraded under at least half a dozen names, and that he has gone through the marriage ceremony at least eight times. Among the names under which he has practiced his arts upon the fair sex in various cities and towns on both sides of the line are Neivelle, Newbold, Dr. Stewart, Dr. Howard, Roberts and Percy. He has been arrested many times for bigamy, and has served several terms in penitentiary and States prison for his 1 favorite offence. He was arrested some few years ago in Newark, N. J., on a charge of bigamy, but escaped from the police station by jumping through a window. He was wanted in Paterson, N. J .. on another charge of bigamy, but crossed the lines into Canada. After resid- ing in different parts of Ontario for several months he came on to Toronto. He was not long there before he began to angle for another wife. He secured one, and in 1877 was arrested there,ccnvicted and sentenced to two years‘ imprisonment in Kingston penitentiary. After taking his vacation he went to Toronto again and married still another woman. This dupe also discovered his perfidy, and he was obliged to skip west- wards, and for a time was lost sight of. When he thought the affair had blown over he again came to Toronto and solicited orders for books. While making serious inroads into the pockets of the feminine portion of the population he became mas- ter of the heart of another susceptible woman, proposed. was duly accepted, and was joined to her in the holy bonds of matrimony. Last summer he left Toronto for Detroit. A 5-year-old out, of Gainsvifle. G8“, has given birth to 57 kittens at different times. Mr. Hulme, a son-in law of C. J. Whit- ney, arrived in Toronto from Detroit last night to secure evidence against the man, and today will search the prison records to get the date of his conviction. He says that Sir Charles is now a prisoner in Detroit. and that Manager Whitney purposes push- ing the case so that Neivslle, or whatever his name may be, Will suffer for all his past sins as well as the present one. THE llIGAMIST IN BELLEVILLI‘Y. About five years ago “ Sir Charles Everard ” was in Belleville. He was acâ€" companied thither by a woman purporting to be his wife (and no doubt she imagined that she was). He carried on operations in Belleville under the name of Dr. Howard. By his consummate address and brazen assurance he succeeded in getting credit at the leading dry goods house in the town and obtained house-furnishings to the value of over 31,000 and started housekeeping. Other merchants were also let in by him. At length certain rumors as to Howard's character reached the ears of his creditors and he was arrested and lodged in the Belloville jail on a charge of false pretenses. After remaining in custody for several weeks he sloped with the jailer‘s wife, who had learned to love him (Luring his confine- ment. The pair went to Brockville, but Howard soon tired of the woman who had sacrificed her honor for his sake, and deserted her. HIS REAL NAME AND ANTECEDENTS. The detectives are all astray in their pre- tended disooveries of the name and origin of the bigamist. His name is George R. Newbold, and he is the son of a Hamilton butcher of that name who, some twelve or thirteen years ago, kept a small shop on James street north. Both the father and son were English, and it is possible that there is ground for the alleged discovery of the detectives, that the father was at '0 .8 time a servant on the estate of Earl Gran. ville. Old Mr. Newbold was a respectable, industrious citizen, and will no doubt be remembered by many readers of the Tnmzs The son (the hero of many marriages) was at one time a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and was stationed at Stoney Creek. Divinity being an uncor- genial pursuit, he went into business in Hamilton as a baker, and soon afterwards was arrested for obtaining flour under false pretenses. After this little difficulty was adjusted he‘ left Hamilton, and has not operated here since on an extensive scale. Newbold's middle name may be Roberts, so that in calling himself George Roberts (as it is discovered he has frequently done) he is giving his Christian names. INTERVIEW WITH THE Pelicans. Whitney’s daughter went to Toledo yesterday with Lawyer George W. Moore and Mrs. Fred. 0. Whitney to see if some- thing could not be learned from Neiveille, who thus far has stubbornly refused to tell anything of his past history. The meeting between Neiveille and Lillian is described as very sensational. The couple fell into each other's arms; then Neiveille pretended . to faint away, and fell on the floor. Water was thrown into his face, and he revived, but soon keeled over again, and more water had to be thrown in his face. After con- siderable excitement all round, Lillian and Mr. Moore persuaded Neiveille to tell some- thing of his history. Mr. Moore is not communicative, but the others who heard it say Neiveille A telegram from Schenectady says Nei- veille is probably the man who came there under the name of John E. Percy and married Miss Anna Henry. He was work- ing the town as a book agent. He was arrested on the charge of false pretmces, but his wife and mother-in-law settled matters.‘ From there Percy went to Jersy City and married the daugh- ter of a rich man, he then going by the name of Perry. The Schenectady woman says he got considerable money out of his mother-in-law, and the last time she heard of him he was in Canada. MENTAL ABEBRATlON 0F MISS WHITNEY. 'Ihat the genuine and spontaneous sym- pathy bestowed on Mr. Whitney, his unhappy daughter, and all the mem- bers of his family are well placed, has been demonstrated by evidences of mental aberration on the part of Miss ‘Whitney. At a consultation of medical experts yesterday one of the physicians suggested that the young lady should be placed for a time in a private asylum, to which her parents demurred. and travel abroad was suggested. Miss Whitney firmly believes that her husband is an Eng; lish nobleman. Miss Whitney has also expressed a wish that her husband should have a fair trial, and if he proves his inno- cenceâ€"that he is not a bigamistâ€"she will return to him. If he does not, then she will renounce him. but. said he had been divorced each time. He says he met Miss Shaw, the woman who came to Detroit w1bh him, at Pough- keepsie, N.Y., but denies that he was married to her. CLAIMS TO DE 811% ROGER TICHBDBNE. He said his mother was living in England and thinks him dead. He and the celebrated claimant were in the English army together ; they were drummed out for tar- ring and feathering & comrade. He claims to be of Irish and English extraction, and says he gets his name from large estates in Great Britain which are bound up in chenoery. He drew rent from his estate until 17 years of age, when he had a. row with his mother and came to America. in company with the claimant. They were together some years. Neiveille admitted having been A MAN 0F MANY ALIASES. MARRIED TWIOE IN THIS COUNTRY, It may surprise the good people of Can- oda. to learn that the corn crop has been immensely increased in Canada. No doubt the N. 1’. people will claim this as a pro- dnob of protection; but PUTNAM'S PAINLESB ConN EXTRACTOB alone is entitled to all the credit. II: ruisee more com to the acre than anything else the world can supply. Safe,enre and painless. Take no substi- tute. Only 25 cents. Try your hand. A good crop guaranteed. Beware of flesh- eeting substitutes. N. C. Polaon & 00.. proprietors, Kington. There is no Judge on the English, Irish or Scotch bench who has attained the dis- tinction won by Judge Duly, of New York, of having held the judicial office for forty years. The nearest to 11: is Lord Fitzgerald, from 1862 to 1882,a.Judge of the IrishQueen‘e Bench, and since is Lord of Appeal. He is 67 years of age. Judge Daly is (58. Why suffer a single moment, when you can get immediate relief from all internal and external pains by the use of Polson’s NERVILINE, the great pain cure. Nerviline has never been known to fail in a. single case ; it cannot fail, for it; is a. combination of the most powerful pain subduing reme- dies known. Try a. 10 cent sample bowls of Nerviline. You will find Nerviline a sure cure for nurelgie. boothaehe,headache. Buy and try. Large bottles 25 cents, by all druggiets. Sample bottles only 10 cts. The gnat plague in the recently inun- dated dietrmts along the Mississippi is causing much suffering and loss. 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