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” True, of course not. Well, after you left the library that time with Mark, the whole pertybroke up and dispersed about the house to prepare to: this drive, all except myself. I stayad'onâ€"unluokily. as it turned outâ€"to finish my novel, until I should be called to lunch. It interested me, and I thought myselt aura of solitude for a little time, but " Forget-menot," I asked of thee, Long years ago, beside the see.â€" Fair Southern sea with blue waves swellingâ€" While to thine eyes the tears came walling ; Twas there that thou didst promise me. Thou midst, “ All good and true 1‘11 be ; From all the world to thee I‘d flee,” The while, thy smiling lips were spelling “ Forgetâ€"me-not." “ Oh. it is nothingâ€"nothing,” answers Babe, in a tone almost comical in its dis- gust. “My pride has had a slight Iallâ€"â€"my ponceit has been a little loweredâ€"no more. I hate myself” (with a. petulant stamp of the foot) " for taking it so much to heart; but; I do, and that is the fact, and I cannot yet overcome the feeling. It I did not know I must have looked like a foolish culprit all the while, I think I would not so greatly mind; but my color was coming and going in a. maddening fashion; and then his toneâ€"so quickâ€"soâ€"” " Ohandoa’ Zone. I suppose, you mean? Bufijou fogget, dear ; _I 1520?? ngthing.”_ Ah I cruel fate, thou did‘st decree For us the same old history. False maid, 'midst palms and olives dwelling, When secrets to the birds thou‘rt telling. When blossoms forth the orange tree, “ Forget»me-not." Author of “Molly Bewnf. “The Baby," “Airy Fairv Lilian,” etc., etc. “.My dear fellow, you grow bearish,” expostulates Sir Mark, with raised brown and amused glance. “ We wither beneath your words. Abuse yourself as much as you please, but do spare the rest of us. We like to think ourselves perfection; it is very rude of you to undeceive us so brueque- ly. And how can you give utterance to such sweeping assertions in such company? Have you forgotten your wife is present ‘2” “ Now. Bebe, what 18 it ?” I ask pushing her into a. lounging-chair, and beginning a vigorous search for my seal-skin jacket Martha. is a good girlâ€"the best of girlsâ€" but she can never put anything in the same place twigs gunning. " Martha, I will dispense with your ser- vices this afternoon. Miss Beatoun is here, and will give me any assistance I may require.”» 80 saying, I drew my friend into my rooty_andglo_sed {11y door. 7 Dear-dearâ€"dear.’ is there nothing but trouble in this world? I, of oourse,am wretchedâ€"that goes without tellingâ€"but pretty, bright, piquantc Bebe, must she too be miserable? What untoward thing can have occurred to bring that wistful look into her eyes? Turniné to my maid, who is following mg 911 a. iaspgottgldégtmce, I ggeak aloud : He is talking pleasantly to Lady Blanche, and evidently means me to understand that he is ignorant of my conduct. But I can see a frown on his forehead and cer- tain lines about his mouth that tell me plainly he has both seen and heard and condemned, and I am satisfied. As I meet her gaze it arrests me. Surely some expression that closely resembles woe characterizes her face. Her eyebrows are slightly elevated, her lips at the corners curving downwards; her cheeks are inno- cent of nature's rouge; a suspicious pink- negs rests upon her lids. “ I shall 'be delighted.” sigvh Sir Mark, with prudent coldness, and together we leave the room. An hour later; lunch is over, and I am rushing up the stairs to don my walking- nttire. 0n the topmost landing stands Bebe, already dressed and about to de- acend. “ No”â€"â€"-with a. forced smileâ€"“ I have not. But I fear even Mrs. Carrington cannot be considered altogether harmless.” He points this remark with a curiously unloving expression cast in my direction. “ Never mind,Mrs. Camngbon,” exclaims Thornton, with his usual vivacity. " At all events you may count upon one devoted admirer, as I, for my part, do not believe you have a. fault in the world." “ The day is clearing; the rain has almost ceased,” announces Lord Ghandos, solemnly, at this moment. I spring to my feet. “ No I" cry I, “ you don’t mean it ?" “ I am almost sure I do," replies he, sen- tentiously. And there indeed amid the clouds, as I run to look at them, shines out a. dazzling iece of blue sky that grows and widens as gaze. ” It still wants a quarter to one,” I say, rapidly. " We will have lunch at onceâ€" no matter whether we eat it or notâ€"and then we shall start for Warminster, and I shall see my rink after all. But first I must go to the gardens. Sir Mark”â€"in a coquet- tishly appealing tone, casting at him a very friendly glance from my gray-blue eyes-â€" " will you come with me and take care of me as far as the gates? I have something (my particular to say toâ€"Oummins.” ftfiake a. little pyause finialircisl’élfily, and raise my long lashes just so much as per- mijg rpefiq‘qbtaip a glimpse of Marmaduke. “Thank you,” I answer gayly. though secretly I am enraged at Marmaduke‘e look and tone. “Thank you very much, Mr. Thornton. I consider myself fortunate in having secured your good opinion. But, Marmaduke‘Lâ€"addreesing him with the utmost ooolneeeâ€"“ how uncivil you can be! I say nothing of my own feelingsâ€"I know I am hopelessly wicked; but your guests, what must they think? Take Lady Blanche, for instance: is she not looking the picture of innocence, though no doubt; speechless with indignation? Surely you will exonerate her .7” n “ No, not even Blanche, re lies Marma- uuAu, uuu uvuu nu ma oonu Inns her In: sends upon her one of his very sweetest bmiles. “ I am the more pleased that you do not," says her ladyship, in her low. soft tones, returning his glenoe fourfold. “ Even if it were possible, I would not be altogether good. Perfection in any shape is the one thing of which we soonest tire.” OI women. tender hearted, Who shared the uegro’s throes, Whose gentle tears are started By dogs’ andhorses‘ woes ; Who feel a sister's pity For women far awayâ€"â€" For slaves in your own city Weask your help to-day. Young girls and lads still growing, Young women and young men, The seeds of death are sowing In many a. stifling den. In close shops daily toiling, From early morn to eve, And you it is who‘re spoiling Their one chance of reprieve. The hearts of masters soften, They see the havoc wrought : But ladies will too often Shop later than they ought. 0. heed your sisters' crying, Kind English maids and wives; It isn‘t "goods" your buying, But human creatures’ lives. Shop earlyâ€" give the weary A little breathing space, To make the toil less dreary. The shattered nerves to brace. The White slaves‘ chains to brighten, Be yours the noble teak; Their hard, dull lives to lightenâ€" ‘l‘hat's all the boon we ask. 0, women, tender-hearted, Who Shared the negro's throes, Whose gentle tears are started By dogs' and horses' woes ; Who feel a. sister’s pity For women far awayâ€" For slaves in your own city We plead with you today. PHYLLIS. “ Forget-me-nol.‘ BY THE DEGREES. SI: op Early. in less than three minutes the door was re- open_e_d,__a§§1_0ha.ndos (surge in." ‘ x “RWé'u'TFI’ say, as she makes along Palms; n .1 L5,. “Unfortunately, it struck me that his coming back so soon again to where he knew I was alone locked, you know, rather particularâ€"as if he wished to say some- thing private to me ; andâ€"I had no desire to hear it.” “Oh, Bebe 1” "Well, believe me or not, as you will, I really dreaded his saying anything on the â€"old topicâ€"to such a degree thatIrcse and made as though I would instantly quit the room. Oh!” cries she, with an irre- strainable blush and movement of the hand, “I wish I had died before I did that." ‘ “Why, darling ?" " 0h, need you ask? Don’t you see how it betrayed my thoughts? Why, it looked as though I made quite sure he was going to propose again. Can’t you understand how horrible it was ’2” says Bebe, burying‘ her face in her hands, with a hysterical laugh. “ He understood it so. at all events. He stopped right before me, and said, deliberately, with his eyes fixed on mine, ‘ Why do you leave the room ? I came for a book and for nothing else, I assure you.’ Thus taken aback, I actually stammered and blushed like a ridiculous school-girl, and said, weakly, ‘It is almost time to think of dressing. We start so soon. And hesidesâ€"Iâ€"â€"-â€"’ Could anything be more foolish? ‘ One would think I had the plague or the pestilence, the way you rush from the room the moment I enter it,’ says he, impatiently. ‘ I swear I am not going to propose again. I have had enough of it. I have no desire whatever to marry a woman against her will. I asked you to be my wife for the second time, a week or two ago, thinking my poverty had been the cause of your former refusal, and was justly punished for my conceit. Believe me, I have brains enough to retain alesson, once I have learned it; so you may sit down, Miss Beatoun, with the certainty that I shall never again offend you in that way.’ Icould never tell you howI felt Phyllis, during the utterance of these words. My very blood was tingling with shame. My eyes would not be lifted ; and besides they were full of tears. I felt I hated both myself and him.” Oh they come. by twos and threes, in single file, in shaking groups. all equally important, all filled with a desire to getâ€" nowhere. A novice comes running, stag- gering, balancing toward us ; evidently her acquaintance with this new mode of loco- motion was of the vaguest half an hour ago. The crowd passes on, and she must follow it ; so, with a look of fear upon her face that amounts almost to agony, she totters onward to brave a thousand falls. A sudden rush past herâ€"the faintest touch does itâ€"she reels; her heels (that on ordinary occasions, to judge by their appear- anoe, must be the stanohest of supports) refuse to uphold her now; her lips part to emit a dying gasp, already she smells the ground, when a kindly hand from behind seized her, steadies her with good-natured force, and, with a smile of acknowledgment, that confesses the misery of the foregoing minutes, she onoe more totters, trips and orambles to her fate. W‘IIt was a. {ery curious speech for him to make,” any I, feeling both puzzled and indigngptywiph Ghandosi “ Surely there is a. mistake somewhere, and it is wheels, wheels, wheels." not love, that " {nakes the w_or1d go round_." 7 “I think he was quite right,” declares ehe, veering round to resent what seems like an attack on my part. “ It must have angered and disgusted him to see me BO confident of his lasting eflection as to imagine him ready to make afresh offer every time people left us tete-a-tete. I think any man with spirit would heve done just so. No one is to be blamed but myself.” Just at first the outside circle of admirers prevents our catching eight of the perform- ers, and the dull grating noise of the machines falls unpleasantly on our ears. We draw nearer the chattering, gaping crowd, and by degrees edge our way in, until we too have a full view of all that is to be seen. To see the world on wheelsâ€"to see the latest, newest veinty of the Great Fairâ€"is my ambition. Turning a. corner, we enter a. gateway adjoining the hotel; we pass the mystic portal, we pay the inevitable shil- ling, throw ourselves upon the mercies of the moveable barrier, and find ourselves there. The sun shines with redoubled power and brillienoy, and, toiling up Carliele street, we find ourselves before the door of the principal hotel in Wermineter. Such a. goodly turnout as ours is seldom seen even in this busy,bustling town, and the waiters and hostler come out to admire and tender their services. To the enterprising owner of this grand hotel belongs the rink, and thither we bend our footsteps. “ On the other hand, why should he con- clude you thought anything of the sort: ’2" I say, defending her stoutly in spite of her- self. “ He only proved the idea. to be quite an uppermost in his mind as it was in yours. I would have said something to that effect had I been you." “ Wâ€"hat ! has your indifference already changed to hatred ‘1" Rays he, bitterly, as I wag}; rapidly _a_wa.y. “ Said, my dear I I could not have even thought of anything at the moment, I was so confused. It) is the simplest thing pos- sible to think what would have been the correct thing to saygmd to make up neat little speeches, half an hour after the opportu- nity for uthering them is passed, but; just on the instant how few have presence of mind 1" Blanche, with the utmost oompcsure, nods her head, smiles, and vanishes down the staircase, leaving me alone with Mar- maduke ; while he stands frowning heavily, and apparently much annoyed by what has just been said. His black looks deepen as his eyes meet mine ; but as, with raised head and haughty lips, I pass him by, he suddenly moves towards me, and, throwing his arms round me, strains me passionately to him, and, turning up my face, kisses me twice, thrice, upon my mouth. “ Haw dire you 7” I gasp. “ Don’t attegpt t9 touch me.” As I turn the corner I come without any Warning upon Marmaduke and Lady Blanche Going, evidently in deep and inter- esting converse. I stop short; and both, looking up, see me. Still smarfiiné unde'r my angry thoughts, I tear myself trom his embrace and stand 8.190va pantipg with mogtifigation. “ It was provoking,” say I, “ and”â€"â€"with an irrepressible little laughâ€"“ funny, too. My own impression is he did come back to renew his pleadings, but saw by your man- ner it would be useless. Pity you did not insist on knowing the title of the book he was so anxious to procure. At all events it IS nothing to be miserable about, dear Bebe.” Rage and indignation fill me at this unexpected encounter. What can this woman have to whisper to my husband that might nob be said in public ? I am certain no but was ever stowed before, it takes me some time to discover it. When at length I do so, I find I am considerably behind time, and catching up my gloves, run hastily along the gallery, and down the western corridor, that will bring me a degree sooner to the hall below. ” 011,1 shan’b be miserable, either. Now that: I have hula some one I feel batter. I have had a. good cr'y'?’ brought on by thorough vexation, and will now dismiss both the ocourence and his lordship from my mind.” 1' Shall you find that an easy task? The latte; part of it, I mean 7” “Qxfite eaay4-nothiug more so," repllea she, with a saucy uplifting of her chin as she leaves me. As the hat I Wish to wear has been looked gway in a ggrtain pgrt of a. wardrobe wherg I am delighted, entranced. I find myself presently laughing g9.ny and with all my heart, the gelling remembrance of the last few hours swept completely from my brain. I cry “ Oh I” at every casualty, and grasp my oompanion‘a arm; I admire and smile upon the successful. I begin to Wish that I too could skate. Here comes the adept, with eyes fixed questionineg upon the watchful crowd. Their approving glances fire him with a mod desire to prove to them how superior he is to his oompeers. He will do more than skate with oonsumate grace and ease ; he will do better than the “ outside edge ;" he will waltz. 7561;,"Eiéii'i'ng thought! Now shall he bring down the well-deserved plaudits of the lookers‘on. He turnsâ€"one, two, t_hr9_e â€"it is a. swing, a hop, not perhaps a ball- room performance, but at least a. success. Eyes become concentrated. He essays it again, and agmn victory crowns his effort. Yet a. third time he makes the attemptâ€" alue! that fatal three. Is it that his heel cetchea his toe, or his toe catches his heel? The result at least is the same; over he goes ; disgrace is on him ; with a. crash he and the asphalt meet. v....... n “D'onrt rose heart," says Sir Mark, smiling. “Once on a. time they all felt _ “ I will rest a. little," I breathe hastily. ” I am dreadfully tired and frightened. I had no Idea. it would prove no diflicult. Go away, Sir Mark. and take a. turn by your- self; and perhaps later on, if you come back for me, I will try again. Oh. I wonder how on earth it is all these people manage to keep upright?”_ ‘I It is fixigfigtonbfis, I think,” breathes Sit Mark in my ear, in a. depreciating tone, and fibenjoqkspaafi! me at; B8139. Vâ€"IIi’tfliérdél'icious,” declare I, enthusiasti- cally; ” it is the nicest; thing I ever saw. Oh I I wish I could skate.” "711;â€" {aâ€" fgtigfiifié}; mfirmurs Harriet, with a. yawn. “ James, if you don’t get me a chair this instant, I shall fginfi.” " It makes one giddy,” says Lady Blanche, sffeotedly. “ Do they never turn in this place ‘2" Almost on her words a. bell tinklee somewhere in the distance, and as if by magic they all swerve round and move the contrary weyâ€"â€"all, that is, except the tyros, who come heavily. and without a. moment’s warning, to their knees. And now the band strikes up, and the last fashionable waltz comes lingeringly to our esrs. Insensibly the musical por- tion of the community on wheels falls into a gentle swinging motion and undulate to the Liquid strains of the tender :Manolo.” I summon all my pluck, and get round the place three times without stopping or falling, thanks to Sir Mark's strong arm. As I reach my starting-point once more, I pause and sink into a._vacant chair. “ Yea. Try to walk a. little, and you will find it easier. It is wonderful how soon one gags used to thgsensatipnf’ vâ€"‘j Effiéfiis hatter,” says Lady Handoock, sinking into the chair tor which her faithtul James had done bMtle. " Oh, what is the matter with my heels? They won’t stay still I” I cry, desperately, as my body betrsvs an inclination to lay itself flat upon the ground. “ They can’t be right, I am sure. Are all the skates like these ‘2" “WEâ€"eigeféfirdfl’l‘homton, hand in hand, skim past gag. . ¢ . .- n. n n -r 4.4-. “I had great; difficulty in getting your skates. I wonder if these are small enough T” whispers Sir Mark in my ear; and. turning, I behold him fully equipped for the fray, followed by a subdued little boy, who carries under his arm the articles in question. They proved to be the right size, and soon I find myself standing on four wheels (that apparently go every way in the most impartial manner), grasping frantically my mentor’s arm. “Oh! I must, I will learn," I cry, excitedly. “I never saw anythinglliked so much. Sir Mark, do get me apair of skates and 161; me try. It looks quite sim- ple. Oh, it Billy were but here I” Sir Mark goes to obey my commands, and I stand by Harriet’s chair, too inter- ested for conversation. How they fly along) the women with more grace in their movements, the men with more science. Here is the fatal corner turn ; the numbers are increasing: whirrI crash, down they come, four together. causing an indescrib- able scene of confusion. Two from the outside circle rush in to sucoor their fallen darlings. It is a panicâ€"s. melee. Yet stay ; after all it is nothing; they are up again, flushed but undaunted : it is all the fortune of war.» Vogue la gulerc. Sir James smiles comfortably, and so do I, while watching the gay widow as she beams, and droops, and languishes, accord- ing to the mood of each companionâ€"amus- ing all in turn, and knowing herself as uni- versally adored bv the opposite sex as she is detested by her own: “ I have been watching her," says Har- riet. “ She is Mrs. Elton, whose husband died last yearâ€"much to her satisfaction, as people say. See, Phyllis, how she is sur- rounded by admirers: every tenth minute she accepts a new aspirant to her hand, as far as rinking goes. Ah, my dear! see what it is to be a. bewitching widowâ€"far better than being a lovely girl. And James posrtively refuses to give me a chance of trying whether I would be a. success it so circumstanced.” A tall young men, blonde and slight, attracts my notice. Half an hour ago he struck me as being the gayest of the gay ; now his expression, as he slowly wends his way through the skaters, is sad and care- worn in the extreme; the terrors of the rink are oppressing him sore, anxiety is printed on his brow; he has but one thought from start to finishâ€"how to reach uninjured the chair he has just left. He never takes but one turn at a time round the arena, and never gains his haven of safety without a, long-drawn sigh of relief. The fear of ridicule liee heavy upon him. But what will you? Rinking is the fashion, and for what does a young man live if not to follow the mode 2 “ Here comes her contrast,” remarks Sir James, as a. slight, dark woman, very pretty, with just asoupcon of coloring on her pale cheeks, and enough shading round her lids to make her dark eyes darker, akateg by. “ Thé game seems hardly'worth the can- dle,” remarks Sir James, gazing after Titania's very insipid-looking cavalier. “ My dear, it is worth ten thousand 02m- dles,” returns his wife. “ That is young Woodleigh, and you know he came in for all that money at his uncle’s death. In such a. cause you would not have her coun- tenaflce fatigue ‘2” “What wonderful vitality that; small creature develops I” says Harriet. “Pm- bubly, at; home, if asked to rise twice from the chair, she would declare herself fatigued and ennuyce to the last degree; here she keeps in motion for an hour m; a. stretch, and is still smiling and radiant.” I see, too, the elderly gentleman, who, with bent knees and compressed mouth. essays to rival his junlors. He will be young, and he will skate. whether his doc- tor “ will let him or no.” Vive lajeunesse ! And indeed it seems like it. Where she may choose to lead him for the next hour there must he certainly go. Were he dying to leave her, to join some other, “nearer and dearer," he will not be able to do so. Can he act the brute and ask her to sit down before she shows any inclination so to (10? Can he feign fatigue when she betrays no symptoms of flagging, and regards him with aglanee fresh as when they started? He must only groan and suffer patiently, even though he knows the demon of jealousy is working mischief in the heart of his beloved as she sits silently watrihing him from a distant corner. Lajcmzesse. in the form of a. dlminutive damsel, follows oloseljl in his wake gshe is of tiny build, and has he): hand clasped by one of the tallest young men it has ever been my luck to behold. I‘" Irfiity that young man," says Harriet. “ Tibanm has secured him for her own.” just as! you_ do n_owt Indfied. I think you 9. veg! atomising beginner." .--, I _______ _O WU , Helene us, and Harriet and I fallto oritxciziug the performers agaln. After all, I think the beginners amuse me most, more especially now, when I can “ deeply sympatluze” with their terrors. The way they stumble against each other, their fre‘ quent falls, their earnest faccaâ€"â€"earnest as though it were a. matter of life and death in which they are engagedâ€"all combine to excite my risible faculties to the last degree. » Ilaugh menin and heartily, my color rises, I clap my hands with glee as two {at men, coming into collision, fall prostrate almggt at my fleet. rr wâ€"Ifiéiiygfi éfijdy everything I” says Har- riet, patting me on the shoulder. and laugh- ing lgegaelfifinrough sympatyx. “ It is all so new to me," I return, with delight ; and, glancing up at her, I also catch Sir James’ eyes fixed upon me, filled wit_h pleasantfmusement. - u ‘, There are little boys With spindle legs who look all boots and no body : little boy- rinkers and little girl-rinkers, who do their work so beautifully and show such unlim- ited gq gs puts their elders to shame. In New York they charge for admission to weddingq; A Baltimore spinster has become insane over the death of her pet dog. She should have stuck to parrots. They never die. Sir Mark comes back again, and again I amperauaded to rise anti court fortune. In my turnI scramble and totter and push and try to believe I am enjoying the momenta. Ablengbhl break into a little slideâ€"insensibly, as it seemsâ€"and after that matters go more smoothly. The following incidentie told us of the Duke of Buceleuoh, who recently died in England. Not very long ago, while travel- ling with the Duke of Northumberland, they found themselves in a carriage with a. commercial traveller. The conversation between the three soon became general. At Alnwiok station the Duke of Northam- berlend got out and was driven away in a. showy equipment. “ That must be a swell,” said the commercial traveller, “ do you know who he is ?” " He is the Duke of Northumberland," replied his Grace of Buoeleuoh. “And yet they say that our nobility ie haughty! Why, he talked to us two snobs as though we had been his pals l” “ Ah I now you are getting into the way of it,” exclaima Sir Mark, almost growing excited over my progress. “ Just keep on likefitrhrat, and soon you will master 1h.” Half an hour elapses. The others of our party, who have been at it longer than I have, and to whom it is no novelty, have tired of skating, and stand once more together in a group. -.-.. n- “ It is lovely, delicious. I am getting on capitally. I shall do it perfectly in no time," I gasp, oonoeitedly; and, instantly slipping, I fall forward helplessly into my companion’s arms. VOAé I appraaoh- them, attended by Sir Mary, gauge to_ qytgr 8. {avg wordai '_ filéet a. severe shock, but think myself luqky jg that; {have esoagedjhp ground. ‘ Sir Mark holéa me a shade longer, and perhaps a. shade more tenderly, than the occasion requires ; and, looking up, I catch Blanche Going's eyes, and can see that she wears upon her handsome face a. smile, half insolent, wholly suspicious. The others must see it, too. Last evening, says the Long Branch correspondent ot the Chicago Inter-Ocean, I saw the latest startling novelty in dress. worn by a young lady who was waltzing with a son of Sir Hugh Allen, a youth re- markable for his combination of lilac vest and tweed trousers and coat. The young lady is a Philadelphian, a beauty and an heiress. She was incased in a flesh colored silk, “tailored” to her figure so closely that every curve and bend of it was ex- posed. The sleeves fitted so tightly she could hardly raise her arm to her partner’s shoulder, and every respiration was visible. Over this skin-fitting silk was a plain drapery of exquisite black lace, the effect of which was absolutely startling, the wearer appearing like a flesh-tinted marble figure under a black veil. Shades of the departed! What would the great‘grand- mother of this youngwoman have said ? If she knew it her very ashes would fly. Only this morning I read in McMaster’s delightful “ History of the People of the United States ” how Pine, the artist, brought over, in 1784, the first plaster cast of the Venus de Medici ever seen in this country, and how all the prudes of Phila- delphia set up such a cry of shame at the nude statue that Pine, abashed, showed it only to his friends in strictest privacy. Even twenty-two years later, when another generation had grown up, there were put on exhibition in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts fifty casts of famous statues in the Louvre. but they were pronounced “indecent,” and on the one day in the week when women were allowed to attend the exhibition, the undraped figures were carefully covered up. Marvellous are the changes of time. Extreme anger grows within my breast. Dieenguging myself from Sn: Mark’s sup- port, I stand alone, though insecure, and feel that I am rapidly becoming the color of a rich and full-blown peony. Certainly my bittereet enemy could not accuse me of blushing prettin ; and this knowledge, 9.6.1de Se what; I am already smarting under, renders me furious. I repent my first move. I regret having so in: given in to popular opinion as to with» draw myself from Sir Mark’s sustaining arm. Hastin turning to him againâ€" unmindful of Harriet’s kind little speechâ€"I hold out to him my hand, and address him with unwanted impresscment. “ Thank you,” I say; “ but for you I should have come to ignomimous grief in the very midst; of my boasting. 1 am in your debt, remember. Will you add to your goodness by taking my hand yet agam for a round or two? I want to be a. degree more assured. It 15 not; every day, I add, with a. gay, coquettiah laugh, “ a lady will make you a. generous offer of her hand.” Marmaduke, as well as Blanche, hears every word. Sir Mark takes my hand very readlly, and together we vanish out; of sight. As usual, once my naughtiness is afaiz accompli, I suffer from remorse. When next I find myself near ’Duke I am mlld and submissive as a ringdove. Would he but speak no me now I feel I could pardon and be pardoned with the utmost cheerful- ness. Alas! he remains mute and appa- rently unforgiving, being in the dark as to my softened mood. All the sweetness within me changes to gall. I am once again angered and embit- tered ; nay more, I long to revenge myself upon him for the severity of his mam- ner. At such moments who has not found the tempter near? A deep curiosity to learn his exact humor towards me seizes hold of me, and for the aetietying of it I determine to open fire and be the first to break down the barrier of silence that has risen between us. “ At that hour the place will be thronged with shopkeepers and the towufolk gene- rally,” rephea he, in his coldest tones, with- out looking at me. “I‘darey siy not: there are few thing you do mind; but I should,” returns ’Duke. slowly and decisively. and, walk- ing away, leaves me (etc a-tete with Sir Mark Gore. “ What a. pity we must leave this plane so soon I" I say, with exceeding genialiby. “ It opens again at half-past seven. If we do not start for home, ’Duke, until ten o'clock, why should we not spend another hour here after dinner ‘2" “I 5130qu not mind them in the very 169.13g: eagerly. 'hc Dukes and the Goose. Time’s Changes. (To be continued.) THE eccentric Scotch Professor Blackie has written a. clever poem on “ Female Beauty.” After describing certain physical characteristics, he says : All these, fair maid, may showâ€" A faultless would from tip to toe~ Yet lack the one thing that makes woman, More than the daisy of the common, The one fair thing to mortals given To bridge the gap from earth to heavenâ€" The inspiring soul that to a. godlike grace Amines each move and spreads a glory o'r the ace. APABLIAMENTARY paper shows that the tatal cost to England of the Suez Canal shares (including £99,414 paid as commis- sion to Messrs. N. de Rothschild & Sons) was £4,076,622. The Khedive has since paid yearly £198,829 23. (being interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the actual purchase money in consideration of the deferment of the right to receive dividends on such shares), and it is esti- mated that the amount of debt on the transaction remaining unredeemed is £3,- 455,406. The orange tree is the longest-lived fruit tree known. It is reputed to have obtained the age of 300 years, and it has been known l to have flourished and borne fruit for more ‘ than 100 years. No fruit tree will grow and produce fruit so well under rough treatment. It commences to bear the third or fourth year after budding, and by the fifth year it will produce an abundant crop, but its yield will increase gradually under favorable circumstances, and as the years pass on it will become a very pro- ductive tree. The early growth of the orange is quite rapid. and by the tenth year it will have increased more than in the next fifty years, no far as its breadth and heighth are concerned; but as its age multiplies its fruit stems greatly, and an old tree will sometimes bear several thou- l 51nd oranges. ST. PAUL'S ie a resting place not for the deed only. There is no greater contrast to be found in London than by passing into St Paul’s from Ludgate Hill on one side or Cheapside on the other. At noontide, eepeoially on hot summer days, the cathe- dral is Well filled, it not with worshippers, at least with quiet and orderly visitors. Round the males there is eeteady stream of sightseere, but on the benches in the nave there are all sorts and oondrtions of men and women, some of them workmen dozing in the unwanted quiet, others men of busi- ness pausing for 9. moment from the hot chase. THE report on the city companies, says the London Truth, shows that £100,000 per annum is spent in eating and £175,000 in ” maintenance.” This latter item covers a multitude of strange practices. Generally a city company becomes the spoil of some particular family or gang. The solicitor is one of these favored individuals, the archi- tect another, the surveyor another. When anything is to be done a committee is appointed, and the committee lunches and pockets fees. In this sort of nonsense and in feeding, £275,000 is annually expended, whereas all legitimate requirements might be covered by about £10,000. THE first time Mont Blane was ascended was in August, 1786, by two Frenchmen. During the ninety years from 1786 to 1876 no fewer than 535 expeditions, consisting of 661 persons, reached the highest point, known as the “ Monarch." 0f unsuccess- ful attempts 115 were made from 1857 to 1861, while in the following fifteen years no less than 420 such are recordedâ€"a fact which shows how much mountain climb- ing is developing in our days. Among the 661 persons who ascended Mont Blane 385 were English, 110 French (including the 72-year»old Marquess Turenne and a lady of 17 summers), 70 Americans, 34 Ger- mans, 30 Swiss (among whom Mlle. Marie Haradis, the first woman who reached the " Monarch,” in 1809), 8 Italians, 7 Rue- sians, 6 Australians, 4 Spaniards, 3 Poles, 2Dutoh,1 Swede and 1 Norwegian. In 1878 three Danes, Count Schulin-Zeuthen and his wife and Herr Carl Hall, who furnishes the present statistics, swelled the ranks of the successful climbers. The number of victims claimed by Mont Blanc during the present century amounts to about 30. A BERLIN correspondent writes that the malady of the Empress of Germany, which has assumed a cancerous character, dates back forty years, to the birth of her daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden. To the repeated recommendations of her physicians to quit Berlin, she has always given the answer, “ A home needs a house- wife and a court a Queen.” Her residence some twenty years ago at Coblentz is said to have been suggested in an unmistakable manner by her husband, in consequence of her having shown a disposition to oppose the view of Prince Bismarck. The Em- press’ sufferings have helped to make her deeply sympathetic with those of others. THE Chinese farm house is a curious- looking abode. Usually it is sheltered with groves of feathery bamboo and thick- spreading benyens. The wells are of olsy or wood, and the interior of the house con- sists of one main room, extending from the floor to the tiled roof, with closet-looking apartments in the corners for sleeping rooms. There is a. sliding window on the roof, made of out oyster shells, arranged in rows, while the side windows are more wooden shutters. The floor is the bare earth, where at nightfall there often gath- ers together a miscellaneous family of dirty children, towls, ducks, pigeons. and a litter of pigs, all living together in delightful harmony. In some districts infested by msrsuding bends houses are strongly forti- fied with high walls, containing apertures for firearms, and protected by a. most crossed by a rude drewbridge. THE statistics of suicide in the Austrian army show that of late years military suicide has been considerably on the increase, and, as this phenomenon is by no means confined to Austria, it seems to indicate an increasing aversion on the part of the modern European to military service. The total number of suicides committed from 1869 to 1878 is 2,536, or an average of 253 per ennum. In 1878 the average was 307; the year after 314. The lowest num- ber was 197 in the year 1873. Mutilation and attempts at suicide are generally found among the suhordinetes. but in 1878 there were 22 higher officers and 98 ofiioers of a lower rank among them. As far as the motives can be ascertained, tear of punish- ment, monetary troubles, dissatisfaction with the soldier’s life, and mortified embi. tion are said to be the most common. Death wee generally inflicted by revolver. Messscnuanrrs is becoming somewhat alarmed at the growth of illiteracy, as she may well be. The last census showed that there were in the State 75,635 persons above the age of 10 who could not read, being 5.03 per cent. of all persons above that age, a proportion which is exceeded by no other Eastern State except Rhode Island. The last Legislature passed a law which, it is hoped, will tend to check the advance of this percentage. It provides that any person who employs a minor 14 years of age. who cannot read and write, shall forfeit from $20 to 65.0, and that any person who employs a minor over 14 years of age who cannot read and write, provid- ing such a minor has been for one year a resident of a city or town wherein free evening schools are maintained, shell for- feit from 350 to $100 for every such offence, to so to the benefit of the evening schooln. CURRENT TOPICS. The Orange Tree. The Progress of the “and Through the filmmmiua. Dr. Brett has just returned from the Rocky Mountains, where he has been super- intending the work at the medical staff along the whole line of construction. Only one serious explosion has occurred, that being on the 4th of July,when two men were killed. The utmost caution is con- stantly exercised in transporting the dyna- mite and in making blasts. The material used is the safest that can be obtained. The medical staff consists of five doctors, who visit every camp daily. Two fully equipped hospitals have been erected on the work and these are furnished with a doctor, steward and nurses, from whom the patients receive every possible care and attention. No deaths have yet occurred and the general condition of the men is much better than was expected. The camps are kept clean and every precaution is taken to prevent the outbreak of disease. The climate is in itself healthful and invig- orating, of which fact the robust appear- ance of Dr. Brett, after his six weeks” wait there, is unquestionable proof. The railway is being pushed forward energetically, and it is expected that the first crossing of the Columbia will be made by the middle of October. A great deal of wet weather has been experienced during the summer, and has to a great extent im- peded the progress of tie work. Those almost daily rainfalls can no doubt be accounted for in some degree by the con- stant explosion of blasting material. Trackâ€" laying was commenced this season at a pomt about three miles beyond Laggan, and seven or eight miles have been laid up to the present time. The road bed has been completed for a considerable dis- tance beyond this and the remaining forty-five miles to the Columbia River will be covered by rails during the next three months. After crossing the Colum- bia the line follows the river bank north- ward for about 40 miles, and this portion will be easy to build, very little rock cut- ting being necessary. The line then turns sharply and runs southwesterly down Moberly Creek for 65 miles, where it crosses the Columbia the second time. Then it runs through the Gold Range by the Eagle Pass, crosses Valley Lake and passes down the shores of Thompson River to Kamloops, where it will connect with the western division. The distance from Laggan to Kamloops is 270 miles. The rock cutting has been pretty heavy work, the cuts in some places being 25 feet deep. From the head of Kicking Horse Lake to the Columbia River the work is also heavy. The Tunnel Mountain tunnel is progressing rapidly. The distance to be tunnelled through the side of the mountain is about 200 feet. Work has been pushed from both ends and in the middle, and this difficult task will soon be completed. The force of men now employed numbers upwards of 5,000, and this number will be increased as the work progresses. At present the operations of the contractors are concentrated on a short distance of line that more than the present force can not be utilized to advantage. In a few weeks they Will commence to spread out, and work will be afforded to a much larger number. -n 1-. l l 4 In Ireland the people used large quanti- ties of Indian corn for food. This alone was very insipid, but when taken w1th grated cheese it was a. different thing altogether. Instead of taking lumps of bread with lumps of cheese for supper, a far better plan was to make a. cheese pudding. This could be done by placing alternate layers of thin break and cheese in a. pie dish, with a. little milk and butter, and cooking in an oven, A most delicious and perfectly digestible pudding was the result. When an egg or two were mixed with the ingre- dients a. meal was made fit for a. Roman ‘ emperor, and withal it was one of the most 1 economical dishes that could be made. 1 The question of the solubility of cheese might therefore become a test as to its purity, but in any case Gloucestershire was right. In Italy cheese was used in an infinite variety of ways, of which sprinkling it over soup was one of the most common. Macaroni cheese, as it was served in Eng- land, was frequently browned. The idea. of browning cheeseâ€"half oarbonizing itâ€" before it was eaten was worse than eating it in raw lumps, because it rendered it more indigestible than ever. One excellent way in whleh to use cheese was to scrape it and put it in porridge. Mashed potato mixed with cheese scrapings made a. capital pudding, which was fit to eat. Cheese stirabout was excellent food. His aim in the experiments he had per- formed wss to bring these constituents tc- gather and see what nourishing and palatable foods could be made from them. By putting a. sixth of an ounce of bios):- bonete ot potash with a pound of scraped cheese, and adding to them a small quan- tity of milk. he found them to dissolve and assume a liquid form. He used double Gloucester cheese in this instance, and the experiment was must successful. With American cheese it was not ; and from this fact he was led to presume that double Gloucester cheese was made With rennet, as it ought to be, while the American cheese was not. MLUWilliams asks why it has not super- seded meat, and proceeds to answer by pointing out one reasonâ€"that people found a. difficulty in digesting it. This was because the salts of the milk were left in the whey when cheese was made with rennet. These, especially potash, were most neces- sary to assist digestion, and food which did not contain them should not be taken alone. Reasoning upon these two scientific truths, he had made a number of experiments as to various ways in which cheese might be made digestible. Casein itself was not indigestible, because it was taken with advantage by infants; and in milk there were two salts which were necessary to nutriment and easy digestion. The scenery. Dr. Brett says, is magni- ficently grand, surpassing in beauty that of the eastern slope. No imagination can conceive, no pen can paint the panorama. of sublime grandeur which spreads out at every turn. The towering, snow-clad mountain peaks, the rugged rocks tottering on the verge of bottomless chesms, the glistening mountain streams rushing madly down deep gorges, all these, relieved at frequent intervals by glassy lakelets and patches of greenest foliage, must be seen to be appreciated. The numerous streams which traverse the mountains in all directions abound with fish which are easily caught. The valleys and timbered districts contain an endless variety of small game, besides black beers, mountain deer, sheep and goats, which afford exciting sport to the hunter and tourist. The invigorating atmoapberc, beautiful scenery, abundance of gum , elc., will doubtless attract a. large number of tourists and holiday seekers to the moun- tains during the coming autumnâ€"Winnipeg Free Press. There is talk in England now regarding that important article of diet, cheese. Certain objectors assert that in the raw state cheese is an unhealthy article of diet. As a. result of this experiments have been made. An Englishman, Mr. Matthew Williams, lrcturing on the subject lately before 8. Dairy Conference, pointed out the fact that cheese is the most concentrated and economic food in the market, a. 20 pound cheeee con- taining more nitrogenous substance than 3. sheep weighing 60 or 70 pounds; and, although it is of the greatest importance for feeding the million, yet in this country it does not hold its own, and it is compare.- tively neglected in favor of far more costly meet diet, even by persona of considerable intelligence and very limited means. In: Fashion us an Article 01 Food. THE C. P. R. CHE ESE. A terrible tragedy was happily averted the other evening by the presence of mind of the wife of one oi our most respected citizens. The family consists of the bus- band, wife and two children. We briefly narrate the thrilling experience of this family. Mr. X. hurriedly entered the room where his wife and family were seated and from the determined expression upon his face, Mrs. X. saw at once that something was amiss. He demanded his razor, which had accidentally been removed. The horror experienced by Mrs. X. may be imagined, and in order to divert his atten- tion inquired ior what purpose he wanted to use it. Imagine her relief whflflhe stated his intention of removing a corn or two which ached terribly. and like a true Woman she was equal to the occasion, for she had already purchased a bottle of Put. nam’s Painless Corn Extractor, of which, on every hand, she had heard nothing but praise. Avoid the evils of domestic life I i using Putnam’s Corn Extractor. filihiflrflifi fi if "tfibr‘fiffifidm - . 1m 13% mass comm mm Mich circularmea U S. E., Lecturer on the Eye, Ear and Throat Trinity Medical College, Toronto. Ocnliatanl Auriat to the Toronto General Hospitalfiu Clinical Assistant Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorefleld‘s and Central London Throat and Ear Hospital. 317 Church Street Toronto. Artificial Human Eyes. An expert baseball player ought to have plenty to do in the summer, when good fly-catchers are in order. This is eminently the ease with Polson'a NEBVILINE, the great pain cure. It is an honest remedy, for it contains the most powerful, the purest, and most certain pain subduing remedies known to medical science. It is honest frr it does all it claims to do. It is honest, because it is the beat in the world. It only costs 10 or 25 cents to try it, and you can buy a. bottle at any drugstore. Nerviline cures toothache, neuralgia. pain in the back and side. All pains are promptly relieved by Polson’a Nerviline. "Among the unostentations heroes at: Toulon may be mentioned Dr. Tourettea, aged 24 years, who is on foot night and day giving relief to the scourge-stricken cholera pauientF. â€"â€"Any lady who desires further infor- mation than can be given in the limited public space of newspaper columns can obtain Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham’a pamphlet “ Guide to Health” by sending a. stamp to Lynn, Mass. Will reopen on September 2nd, 1884. It is the oldest and largest Ludies’C ollege in the Dominion Hen over 180 graduates. The building cost $110,000 and has over 150 rooms. Facultyâ€"Five gentlemen and twelve ladies. Music and Art specialties. Address the Principal, Young physicianâ€"No, it ia not in good taste forayoung physician when writing to a patient to sign himself “Yours till death.” WESLEYAN lADiES’ OOLEEGE. THE VOLTAmo BELT (10., of Marshall. Mich}- otfer to send their celebrated ELECTRO-VOLTALIO BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on trial for thirty days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and man- hood, and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu matism, neuralgia, paralysis and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet free. At the Tuilleries Garden dog show, Paris, a canine bathing costume is exhi- bited; also rubber shoes for pet dogs to wear in damp weather. A horticulturiat says there are 209 varieties of cherries, 60 of apricots, 239 of peaches, 1,087 of pears and 297 of plums. or FALLING SICKNESS” Jilu 1. renmd to euro tho wwwt {- failed 15 no reason for n ' x 1m I once for n Irazlnsc an n I‘ u remedy. lee Exprws n' l naming fur n uj ml 1‘“ -\\'hmf1 suy‘curoix uu 'MUL 1m :1 time and then have them 11- cul cum, llmvormudorllao (I For :11} m” (Km; Painful Complaints un4 :zlmcsaes so common to 0":- bost *3}; * * * *FEMAm POPULATIORJ * +2 1,1 I" 11‘ WILL cum ENTHUCLY THE WORST FORM 011' F121 MALE COMPLAIXTS, ALL ()VARIAN TROUBLES,-‘IN. FLAMMATION A" n UU'ERATION. FALLING AND st- I’LACI‘ 'Ts, 2mm TYYL‘ mxsmguxm‘ SPINAL WEqu NIGSR, AND IS PARTICLE ‘Y ADAPTED TO T1131 (Human OF LIFE. * .3 * * * * i '1 * IT \VII.L mssmxn AND EXPEL Tmsmxs FROM Tm:l UTERUS IN AN EARLY SPA E OF DEVELOPMENT. 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Sum bynmil, po :50. paid, in form of Pills or Lozengr‘s on rum-1m of pucousnlyovc. Mm. I’lnkham‘s “Guide to Health” will be mailed free to my Lady sending stamp. LvN 41‘s mulldcn'. inlly ancwered. ' “ No famin should he \vl lmnt LYIJYA I]. l‘I-NKHAM’! LIVER PILLS. Thvy on ,‘(nmtip inn‘ "ilio n. Torpid-ity of the Liver. worms ]x« l; v.” “usifwgunn: LYBEA E. PINKHAM’S =3 VEGETABLE COMPOUNDj‘ * as * LLAEOSAILVELURE * * *1 w Voitaic Belt 00.. MarshallLMioh. mm‘mmxufilmammzwn 3% TREAE R. G. S. RYERSON,L. R. O.P. EYE, EAR AND THROAT. YOUNG lVlEN !â€"â€"READ 'l‘llls. Xvi (mm. {cums a yofi o yum. ,aa Pearl SL. New York. lee pHNs Jul 13' fur u uiu), and I \vxll duress Dr. 1(,&, Km“ A Terrible Tragedy. I}. (1‘ N. L. 32. 84‘ HAMILTON, CANADA, “ones! and True. PLABE to secure a Busifienfl Eduowun 0.! Speneglagfly A. BURNS, D.D.. LLD. in Tto’fiopuTemfir n “mum I mean adL u of rm ‘. mi . PSY Emung'uc’ure. 8611qu 1'. at ‘my infallfplg study. I‘Wm‘rihtmy L's-mum: (Mums hqva B nnoej‘ a SP]