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I recalled every thing that had happened sinceI left the door of my house. The entranced walk, the drunken gulde, the 1,];on I heard, and, afterward, those horrible, wisgnre‘sra-emgxtouohes. Everything the opiate was forced “WM mind was a blank. Priscilla’s tale showed me that during that blank I must have been transported several milesend deposited in the thoroughfare where I was found by the policeman. I saw through the crafty scheme. I had been dropped, insensihle, far away from the scene of the crime at which I had been present. How wild and improbable my tale would seem! Wguld a_ny one believe it? Whenjhe eye is growing gray and the rolling in, hit 8.1161001; across the bay to the bonny town of Lynn; And the flsher folks are near. But I win they never hear The songs the tar belle make for me, the bonny balls of Lynn. The dfplka are chatting gay and I hear their merry m But 1 look and look across the bay to the bonny town of Lynn; He told me to wait here Upon the old brown pier, To wait and watch him coming when the tide was rolling in. Oh, _I aeefihim pulling strong, pulling o’er the bay ' to me, And} :he: no me. - AndII {hear his jovial song and his merry face see ; And now he's at the pier, My bonny love and dear I . And he's coming I: the saawashed steps With hands outstreto ed to me. Oh, my love, your cheek is cold and your hands are stark and thin I 0h,hear you not the bells of old, the bonny bells of Lynn ‘2 Oh, have you naught to say Upon our wedding day ? Love. hear ion not the wedding bells across the Bay of ynn ? Oh, my lover. speak tome! and hold me fast, mine own I B‘otlfear this rising sea and these winds and waves that moan! But never a. word he said: He is dead, my love is dead! Ah ma! ah me! I did but dream, and I am all aloneâ€" Alone and old and gray. and the tide is roll- ing in ; But my heart's away, away, away, in the old graveyard at Lynn 1 I thought, at one time, of advertising and asking him to communicate with me. but I could .not word a request which should be intelligible to him, without. per- ohanoe, exciting the suspicions of those who were concerned in the crime. Even now, if they had discovered my true name and abode, there might be some one on the watch for any movement I might make. I had been spared once, but no mercy would be shown me a second time. Why should I risk my life by making disclosures which would not be behavedâ€"accusations against men who were unknown to me? What good could I do? By now the assassins must have hidden all trace of the crime, and made good their retreat. Why should I face the ridicule which must attach to such a tale as mine, the truth of which I could not prove? No; let the horrors of that night he as a dream. Let them fade and be {orgottem Priscilla flew to the rescue. She found me lying senseless. and destined, upon my recovery, to be brought before the magis- trate. A doctor was soon procured, who testified to my innocence so far as alcohol was concerned. The energetic Priscilla, after placing me safely in a cab, gave the ofiicers a bit ct her mind as to the discom- forts under which she had found me labor- ing. She then departed triumphantly with her unconscious charge, and laid him on the bed he had so raehly quilted. _, u, 4.. Soon I have something else to think of ; something that may well drive such dis- Too cross to argue with him, I took his advice, so far as he was concerned, and said no more about it. Afterward I tried another friend with a similar result. If those who had known me from childhood would not believe me, how could I expect strangers to do so 7 Everything I had to reveal was so vague and unsupported. I could not even fix upon the spot where the erime was committed. I had ascertained that no house in Walpole street could be opened by a key similar to mine. There was no other street of that name any where near. My friend with the unsteady test must have misunderstood me and con- dncted me to another row of houses. vu 'uv luv. u. .0... .. _..___, I am grieved to be compelled to gather from her words, that, in spite of the indig- nation she displayed toward the police. men, he: estimate of my condition was the same as theirs. She was particularly said. “ You don’t believe me ‘2" " I believe you are saying what you think is true; but it you ask me, my opinion is that you walked in your sleep and dreamed all this." uuv Bun-av 'â€" -â€"v--â€". .- grateful to the doctor. whom, I fear, she looked upon as a. clever and complainant; practitioner, who had extricated a gentle- man from a. scrape by a well-timed but untrggfihful explanation. ' . ,‘Afi: well I" " Bless my soul 1" “ Shocking 1" and other set expressions of surprise. but I knew he was only humoring me, and looked upon the whole thing as a delusion. I have no doubt that Priscilla had been talking to him and telling him all she knew. Hie inoredulity annoyed me, so I told him, teetily, I should say no more about the eflair. uuu.u-...u- ~._r.â€"_.. _-__ " But I never kfiew in body stop insensi- ble so long after in. Don't as do it again. Master Gilbert”, she _ oonoludgq. 1-. . Every scrap of circumstantial evidence which would confirm my tale was vanish- ing away. There would be nothing to sup- port it except the assertion of a blind man, who left his house in the dead of night. secretly. and who was found, several hours afterward, miles away, in such a ‘state that the guardians of the public mor- aliLwere eorqpelled to take charge of him. Yet I could not remain silent with the knowledge of such a crime weighing on my mind. The next day I had entirely recov- ered from the effects of the opiate, and after consideration sent for my solicitor. Es was a. confidential friend, and I resolved to be guided by his advnce. In a. very short time 1 found it was hopeless to think of carrying conviction to his mind. He listened gravely, giving_yent _to “f Well, I did not combat her suspicions. Pris- cilla was scarcely the one to whom I wished to confide the adventures of the night. By tar the simplest way was to say nothing, to leave her to draw her own, and, perhaps, not unnatural conclusions. “ I won’t do it again,” I said. " Now get me some breakfast. Tea and toastâ€"any- thing.” . .-:s:,n 1"._...._._L Priscilla laughed. ” You haven‘t: got ne’eraright hand sleeve left. They were out or turn ofi above the elbow. Your arm was naked.” "HSâ€"h: went to do my bidding. It was not that I was hungry. I wanted to be alone for a. few minutes, to thinkâ€"or think as well as lny_aching hand wonlq al‘low. ,AJ Then I remembered my horror at what I felt streaming over my hand as I lay ginnod down upon the fallen man. I called risoilla. “ Look," I said. holding my right hand toward her, “ is it cleanâ€"was it clean, when you found me?" “ Cleanâ€"la, no, Master Gilbert 1" “ What was on it ‘2" I asked, excitedly. “ All covered with mud, just as if you’d been dabbling in the gutter. The first thing I did when I got you home was to wash your poor hands and face. I hoped it would bring you roundâ€"it generally does, you know." ' “But my coat sleeveâ€"my shirt sleeve. ljhe ugh-t hand Bids. See it anything is on f‘_Well, I wouldn’t if I were you," he PAULINE. The Belll ol Lvnn. tide is mal memories from my mind. Hope has become certainty. I am almost delirious with delight. Science has triumphed! My defeated foe has left me. I am told his return is almost beyond possibility. The world is light again l _I can see i Any "‘0... ... -.°_- "cow, But my cure was long and tediousaffair. Both eyes were operated upon.‘ First one, and, when the success of that operation was assured,the other. It was months before I was allowed to emerge altogether from darkness. Light was doled out to me sparingly and cautiously. What did that matter so long that I knew there was light again for me? I was atient,’very patient and grateful. Ifol- owed Mr. Jay’s instructions to the letter, knowing I should reap the reward of so doirgg- .. .,, 1,5L4LL‘â€":mh1na‘. My case had been treated by the simplest and safest method of operationâ€"the one which is always chosen when the nature of the disease and the age of the patient per- mitsâ€"solution or absorption it is termed. When it was all over. and all danger of inflammation an an end ; when I found that by the aid of strong convex glasses I could see well enough for all ordinary pur- poses, Mr. Jay congratulated both himself and me. It promised he said. to be the most thoroughly successful cure he had ever taken part in. It must have been some- thing above the common, as I am informed that every book on the eye which has since been published cites my case as an example of what may be_done._ . n 7 n-__-L ‘Ln‘l Vb "Halli In“: u v u v â€" v v Not until my dying day shall I forget that time when my cure was declared a. hot; when the bandages were removed, and I was told I might now use, sparingly, m1 pneurtained eyes. -- .... .: _..-.-.. n-uh'nn “But we have vowed a vow," I said, “that the interior of churches, picture galleries, and other tourist traps shall know us no more.” “ What makes the best men break their vows 7” “Lots of thing, I suppose.” “But one thing in particular. Whilst you are staring up at pinnacles and but- We gaze our fill, then retrace our steps and saunter back as lazily as we came. After lingering a few moments at our hotel some hazy destination prompts us to cross the great square, past the frowningold castle, leads us up the Via di Seminario, and we find ourselves for the twentieth time in front of San Giovanni. I stop with my head in the air admiring what architectu- ral beauties its marble front can boast, and as I am trying to discover them am sur- prised to hear Kenyon announce his inten- tion of entering the huildjng. nun. nu..-â€" -J v... m, .. The joy, from what seemed never-ending night, to wake and see the sun. the starsâ€"the clouds sped by the wind across the fair blue sky! To see green branches swaying with the breeze, and throwing trembling shadows on my path! To mark the flower ; a bud but yesterdayâ€"today a. bloom 1 To watch the broad, bright sea grow splendid wish the crimson of the west 1 To gaze on pictures, people, moun- tains, streamsâ€"to know shape, color, form and tint! To see, not hear alone. the moving lips and laugh of those who grasped my_ hand and spoke kind words I A :7..- _.I _-_. kn-“ We wander down the broad Via di Po, lingering now and then to peer into the enticing shops which lurk in its shady arcades; we pass through the spacious Piszzi Vittorio Emanuele ; we cross the bridge whose five granite arches span the classic Po; we turn opposite the doomed church and soon are walking up the wide shaded path which leads to the Capuchin Monastery; the broad terrace in front of whicll‘ is our favorite haunt. Here we can lounge and see the river at our feet, the great town stretching from its further bank, the open plain beyond the town, and far. far away in the background, theglorious snow- capped Alps, with Monte Rosa and Grand- Paradis towering above their brothers. No wonder we enjoy the view from this terrace more than churches, palaces or pictures. nu, nu...- .u... .. _- ____ To me, in those first days 01 new-born ligh. the face of every woman. man and child seemed welcome as the face of some dear; friend, lopg 1051!; and tqund again! ,,L,_.__ :L unis-n. lllvuu, .v..° .7... w__ _-_..i V After this description of my ecstncy it seems pure bathoa to any that the only thingwhioh detracted from it was my being obliged to wear those strong convex glasses. Iwas young and they were hor- ribly fiigfiguring. . u. ., x. _:LI.-...L Our tasks are ever. We are now simply loafing about and enjoying ourselves; revelling in the delicious weather, and trying to make up our languid bub eon- tented minds as to when we shall leave the town and where our next resting place shall be. " That," replied Mr. Jay, “ is a point upon which I wish to speak to you. You will never be able to do without glasses. Remember I have destroyed, absorbed, dis- solved the glasses in your eyes called crys- talline lenses. Their place is now supplied by the fluid humor. This has a high retracting power. Very often if you don’t give in to Nature she will give in to you. If you can take the trouble to coerce her, she will gradually meet you. If any one should do this it is you. You are young ; you have no profession, and your bread does not depend upon your sight. Glasses you must always wear, but it you insist that Nature shall act without such strong aids as these, the chances are she will at last consent to do so. It is a tedious process; few have been able or have had patience to persevere ; but my experience is that in many instances it may be done." , 1-..- 1 A,‘ "315119.11 i nevgi: be able to do wihhout them ‘2" I asked, gatpgr rgetully.‘ THE FAIREST SIGHT OF ALL. It is springâ€"the beautiful spring of Northern Italy. My friend Kenyon and I are lounging about in the rectangular city of Turin, as happy and idle a. pair of com- rades as may anywhere be met with. We have been here a week, long enough to do all the sight-seeing demanded by duty. We have seen San Giovanni and the churches. We have toiled, or beasts of burden have toiled with us, up La Superga where we have gazed at the mausoleum o Savoy's princely line. We have seen enough of the cumbrous old Palazza Madama. which frowns at our hotel across the Plezzi Oastello. We have marvelled at the plain. uninteresting looking Palazzo Beale, and our mirth has been moved by the grotesque brick-work decoration oi the Palszzo Carignano. We have criticised the rather poor picture-gallery. In fact we have done Turin thoroughly, and, with the contempt bred by familiarity, are ceas- ing to feel like pitiful little atoms as we stand in the enormous squares and crane our necks looking at Marochetti’s immense bronze statues. I cannot say that, during those two years spent in perfecting my cure. I thought no more about that terrible night; but I made no further attempt to unravel the mystery, or persuade any one that I had not imagined those events. I buried the history of my adventure in my heart, and never again spoke of it. In case of need, I wrote down all the particulars.and then tried to banish all memory of what I had heard. Isucceded fairly well except for one thing. I could not for any long period keep my thoughts from the remembrance of that woman's moaningâ€"that pitiable transition of the voice from sweet melody to hopeless despair. It was that cry which troubled my dreams, it ever I dreamed of that night â€"-it was that cry which rang in my ears as I awoke, trembling, but thankful to find that this time, at least, I was only dream- ing. CHAPTER III. mu...’ . etermme It should be done. .1 hi. Wt Personal mm}: ted me to say I could seem reward came. Slowly, very slowly, I touud my sight growing stronger, till in about two years’ time, I could, by the aid of glasses, the oavexicy of which was so alight as to be scarcely noticeable, see as well as most of my fellow creatures. Then I began once more to enjoy life. tr'esaea, and trying to look as it you knew architecture as well as Ruskin, the fairest of all nights, a beautiful woman passes right under your nose." “ I understandâ€"4 absolve you.” “ Thank you. She went into the church. I feel devotional and will go too.” " But our cigars ?" “ Chuck them to the beggars. Beware of Iqiserly habits, Gilbert; they grow on one." Knowing that Kenyon was not the man 80 abandon a choice Havana without a. weighty reason, I did as he suggested and followed him into the dim, cool shades of San Giovanni. No service was going on. The usual little parties of sighteeers were walking about and looking much impressed as beauties they could not comprehend were being pointed out to them. Dotted about here and there were silent worshippers. Kenyon glanced round eagerly in quest of “the fairest of all sights," and utter a while discovered her. “ Many yours I I should scarcely have thought so, as the Signor has not picked up that English peculiarity which is far more important than accent or idiom.” LAan «hwy . 'â€" .._ ._-_ . “Come this way.” he said; "let us sit down and pretend to be devout Catholics. We can ogtoh hegprofllp hegq.” ,:_A___ I plaoed myself next to him, and saw a. few seats from us an old Italian woman kneeling and praying fervently. while]; in a chair at her side nab a girl of about twenty- The Emu was 'growing puizlei; Kenyon spok_e_so pleasantly and natural}: '“ I hawâ€"e spent finany years in England,” he 351d, shortly. A two. “Ab, then, a friend. Let me congratu- late the Signor, and also congratulate him on___13is proficiency in cm: langqage."_ unv- A girl who might have belonged to almost ‘ any country. The eyebrows and cast-down lashes said that her eyes were dark, but the pure pale complexion, the delicate straight features, the thick brown hair might, under circumstances, have been claimed by any nation, although had I met her alone I should have said she was English. She was well but plainly dressed, and her man- ner told me she was no stranger to the church. She did not look from side to side, and up and down, after the way 0! a sight- seer. She sat without moving until her companion had finished her prayers. So far as one could judge from her appearance she was in church for no particular object, neither devotional nor critical. Probably she may have come to bear the old woman at her side company. This old woman, who had the appearance of a superior kind of servant, seemed, from the passionate appeals she was addressing to heaven. to be in want of many things. I could see her thin lips working incessantly. and although ‘her words were inaudible it was evident i herpetitionswere heart-sp’oken and sincere. r _ _:u_ -_ :-:.....: “ If we Have done wroné will the Slgnbt convey our apologies to the lady? His wife, or phagl I say his daughter?" _ As the main was yofing, the last question was sarcastic. “ She is neither," he rapped out. Kenyon bowed. The 111an soowled, hardl} kvnowing wheglger my friepd was in jest 9; ip earnest. ” Signor,” he said, “ an Englishman travels through your fair land to see and praise all that is beautiful in nature and art. If our praise ofl‘ends wegpologize." A hot repl§ was upon my lips. but Ken- yon, who was a young man of infinite resource and well able to Bay and do the right thing in the right place, was before me. He raised his hat and made a. sweep- ing bow, so exquisitely graduated that it was impossibe to say where apology ended and mockery began. This impudent question was asked by some one close to my side. We turned simultaneously, and saw a tall man of about thirty standing just behind us.:His features were regular. but their effect was not a pleasant one. You felt at a glance that a snaering mouth was ourtained by the heavy moustache, and that those dark eyes and eyebrows were apt to frown with sullen anger. At present the man’s expres- sion was that of haughty arroganceâ€"a peculiarly galling expression, especially so I find when adopted by a foreigner toward an Englishman. That he was a foreigner it was easy to see, in spite of his perfectly accented English. .... rm"--- .. __- _-_,,, , , But the girl by her side neither joined her in her prayers nor looked at her. Ever motionless as a statueâ€"her eyes ever cast downâ€"apparently wrapped in deep thought, and, I fancied, sad thought, she sat, showing us the while no more other face than that perfect profile. Kenyon had certainly not over-praised her. Here was a face which had a peculiar attractiveness for me. the utter repose of it not being the least of that charm. I was growing very anxious to see her full face, but as I could not do so without positive rudeness, was compelled to wait until she might chance to turn her head, ,nn . “Do English gentlemen stare at their own oountrywomen and appraise them in public laces like this; or is it; a custom adgpte for the benefit of Italians ‘2’: “ I can see- nothing wanting," I said. so enthusiastically that Kenyon laughed aloud. “ Yes, she isâ€"but not so beautiful as I thought. There is something wanting, yet it is impossible to say what it: is. Is it uni: mation or expresqipn ‘2” av ~u... .. -w... Presently the old Italian woman seemed to think she had done her religious duty. Seeing she was preparing to cross herself I rose and snuntered down the church tomud the door. In stew minutes the girl and her companion passed me, sndI was able to see her to better advantage, as she waited whilst the old woman dipped her fingers in the holy water. She was undoubtedly beautiiul; but there was something strange in her beauty. I made this discovery when, for a moment, her eyes met mine. Dark and glorious as those eyes were there was s. dreamy, far- away look in thornâ€"s look that‘seemed to J“: i.|__ As her companion left her she walked on a. few paces. then paused and turned as though waiting for the old woman. Now it was that we were able to see her perfect figure and erect carriage to full advantage. Being some little we. 011‘, we could look at her without oommlttmg am not of rudeness or indisoretion. " She is beautiful," I said, more to mysglt than t9 K9nyon._ appearance were talking eel-neatly and volubly, but ever and anon castmga look in jibe direction of_the rgirrln The girl stood apparently apxthetie. It was evident that the gentleman’s business lay with the old servant. He spoke a. few words to her; then drawing her aside the two walked away to some distance, under the shadow of the church, and to all PM- “1:17-1â€" egdisee rwhat was behind the ob'ect gaze w, m . vulriuus impression, 6W, JPQFWEZ'gzlrymi a second that my eyes met hers, A Wum scarcely any whether the impression Wag ,,, plgsantp; an pqpleasent gne.‘ The girl and her attendant lingered a few moments at the door, so’that Kenyon and I passed out before them. By com- mon consent we paused outside. The action may have been a rude one, but we were both anxious to see the departure of the girl whose appearance had so greatly interested us. As we came through the door of the church I noticed a man stand- ing near the stepsâ€"a middle aged man of gentlemanly appearance. He was rather round shouldered and wore spectacles. Had I felt any interest in determining his station in life I should have adjudged him to one of the learned professions. There could be no mistake as to his nationality; he was Italian to the back bone. He was evidently waiting for some one ; and when the girl. followed by the old woman, came out of San Giovanni he stepped forward andaccosted them. The woman gave a. little sharp cry of surprise. She took his hand and kissed it. :enyon paused and looked into the The usual man’s face so innocently and inquirineg that he fell into the trap. “And pray what may that be 7" he asked. "To mind one’e own business,” said Kenyon, shortly and sharply, turning his back to the last speaker, as if the discus- sion was at an end. The tall man’s face flushed with rage. I kept my eye upon him, fearing he would make an assault: upon my friend, but he thought better of iv. With a curse he turned on his heel and the matter ended. While this conversation was in progress, the old Italian woman had left her learned- looking friend. and having rejoined the young girl. the two went upon their way. Our ill-conditioned Italian. after his dia- eomfiture, walked across to the man who had been talking to the old aervant,9.nd taking his arm went with him in another direction. _':E_hey were soon out 0! night. Kenyon did not propose to follow the steps of the first couple, and I, even had I wished to do so, was ashamed to suggest suoh aiming. Still. I am afraid that a resolution as to visiting San Giovanni again to-mor- row was forming in my mind. “'By-the-bye,” I said carelessly, as I left the house to get my luggage, “ I forgot to ask it you have other lodgersâ€"no children, I ho_ge ?"_ - _-_7_, 0 But; I saw her no more. How many times I went to that church I dare not say. Neither the fair girl nor her attendant; crossed my path again whilst in Turin. We met our impertinent friend several times in the streets, and were honored by dark soowl which passed unnoticed ; but of that sweet girl with the pale face and strange dark eyes we caught no glimpse. Had these rooms been dungeons instead of airy cheerful apartmentsâ€"h ad they been empty and bare instead of. comfortably furnishedâ€"had the rent been fifty pounds a week instead of the moderate sum asked, I should have engaged them. I was very easy to deal with. The landlady was sum- moned and the bargain struck at once. If that good person had known the state of my mind she might have reaped a golden harvest from her ground floor apartments. As it was, the only thing she was exacting in was in the matter of references. I named several, then I paid a month’s nent in advance and received her permission, as I had just returned to England and wanted a home at once, to enter into possession that very_eve_niu.g. It would be absurd to say I had fallen in love with a woman I had seen only for atew minutesâ€"to whom I had {never spokenâ€" whose name and abodeâ€"Were unknown to me ; but I must confess that so tar as looks went, I was more interested in this girl than in any one I had ever seen. Beau- tiful as she was I could scarcely say why I felt this attraction or fascination. I had met many. many beautiful women. Yet for the slender chance of seeing this one again I lingered on‘in Turin until Kenyonâ€" my goodJiempered friend’s patience was quite exhausnedâ€"unhil he declared, that unless I quitted it at once, he would go away alone. At last I gave in. Ten days had passed by without the chance encounter I was waiting for. We folded up our tents and started for fresh scenes. The servant replied in the affirmative, and upon my expressing my wish to see the vacant rooms I was shown a. dining-room and bed-room on the ground floor. “ Have y-ou any 'rooms'fod let ‘2"yI asked ; having jumped at; the conclusion that the ungpown was only lodging qt) thenyouset From Turin we went southwardâ€"to Genoa, Florence, Rome, Naples, and other minor places ; then we went across to Sicily, and at Palermo, according to arange- ment, were received on board a yacht belonging to another friend. We had taken our journey easily; staying as long as it suited us in each town we visited, so that by the time the yacht had finished her cruise and borne us back to England, the surnmer was nearly over. It was fate! I was in love and could only act as my passion impelled me. I must find out all about this unknown. I must make her acquaintance and so obtain the right of looking into those strange but beautiful eyes. I must hear her speak. I laughed again at the absurdity of being in love with a woman whose voice I had never heard, whose native language was a matter of uncertainty. But than. love is full of absurdities. When once he gets the whip hand he drives us in strange ways. I formed a. bold resolve. I retraoed my steps and walked up to the house. The door_was opened by a. tidy-lgokjyglaeryanj. Kenyonâ€"1‘ and I parted in London. He was going to Scotland after grouse. I had not yet quite settled my autumn plans, so gesolved to stay, at: any rate for a. few days, fin flown. Many and many a time since leaving Turin I had thought of the girl I had seen at San Giovanniâ€"thought of her so often that I laughed at myself for my folly. Until now I had never carried in my mind for so long a period the remembrance of a woman’s face. There must, for me, have been something strangely bewitehing in her style of beauty. I recalled every featureâ€"â€" I could, had I been an artist, have painted her portrait from memory. Laugh at my folly as I would, I could not conceal from myself that short as the time was during which I had seen her, the impression made upon me was growing stronger each day instead of weaker. I blamed mysell for leaving Turin before I had;met her againâ€" even it for that purpose it had been neces- sary to linger for months. My feeling was that by quitting the ’ place I had lost a chance which comes to a man but once in a. lifetime. There was only one thing I could now do. I must follow the two women. So, for the next hour or more, wherever they went, at a respectful distance, I followed. I waited whilst they entered one or two shops and when their welk was resumed discreetly dogged their steps. I kept so far in the rear that my pursuit was bound to be unnoticed and could cause no annoyance. They soon turned out of Regent street and walked on until they came to one of those many rows of houses in Maida vale. I marked the house they entered, and as I passed by it, a few minutes afterward, saw in the front window the girl arranging a few flowers in a vase. It was evident I had ascertained her abode. Yes, it was fate! Now I had found he: in this unexpected manner I would take care not to lose sight of her again. I attempted to disguise my feelings no longer. The emotion which had thrilled me asI stood once more face to face with he: told me the truth. I was in loveâ€"deeply in love. Twice, only twice, I had seen her, but that was enough to convince me that if my lot was ever linked with anoth- er’s, it must be with this woman's whose name. home or country, I knew not. WAG: claim was it fate? The first morning aw in Londonsz Bess led m egent street. 1 was wulhr ing alowly down the broad thoroughfare, but my thoughts were far away. I was trying to argue away an insane longing which was in my mindâ€"a longing to return at once to Turin. I was thinking of the dim church and the fair young face I saw three months ago. Then, as in my mind’s eye Ieaw that girl and her old attendant in church, I looked up and here in the heart of London they stood before me I There was a. little change in the appear- ance of the old woman; the was dressed more lxke an English servant ; but the girl was the same. Beautiful, more besumul than ever,I thought as my heart gave a. great leap. They passed me; I turned impulsively and followed them with my sign Amazed as I was, no thought of being mistaken entered my head. Unless it was a dream or an illusion, there came the one I had been thinking of so often ; walking toward me, with the old woman at her side. They might have just stepped out of San Giovanni. r " fro, airâ€"eonly a lady and her servant. They are on the first floorâ€"very quiet 9991319” KV‘V“Tha-nk you,” I said. "I dare my I shall be very comfortable. You may expecfi me about 7 o’clock.” I had ten-engaged my old rooms in Wal pole street before the meeting with my unknown had changed my planu. I went back there, and after packing up all I wanted, informed the people of the house that I was going to htsy at. a friend’s for as few weeks. The rooms were to be kepn for me all the same. Ah 7 o‘clock I was at maids. valefiud duly ingtalled._ It was the hand of fate had wrought thisâ€"who could doubt it ? This morning I was almost on my way to Turin in search of my love. This evening I am beneath the same roof. As I sit here in my arm-chair and see all kinda of beau- tiful visions wreathed in the smoke curling from my cigar, I can scarcely believe that she is within a few feet of roeâ€"that I shall see her to-morrowâ€"the next dayâ€"torever and ever! Yes, I am hopelessly in loveâ€"'1 go to bed thinking I shall dream of her; but, probably owing to the strange quar- ters, my dreams are far less pleasant. All night long I dream of the blind man who walked into a strange house and heard auoh tearful aoundel The New York World celebrated its increase in circulafiion to over 100,000 copies by firing a salute in the the City Ball Park. Enter aspirant for repertorial honors and emoluments: Managing Editorâ€"What can you do? Applicantâ€"Everything. sir. Managing Editor-Can you tell the truth? Applicantâ€"I can, air; but I never do. Managing Editorâ€"Consider yourself engaged.â€"Pittsbwrg Chronicle-Telegraph. flow Two Wine Mother-e Gum-uni Their Onspring. The Connecticut eat in fertile in expe- diente. Ed. Parkhuret'e eat, at Norwich Town. finding that she could not live peaceably with the dogs, boys and other cats, took her kittens in her teeth. one at a. time. scratched her way up the bark of a big elm in the front yard, and stowed them in 9. hole in the tree, eighteen feet from the ground, that was two feet deep, with an opening just large enaugh for her to crawl through. There she enjoyed life with her family. When she was ofl calling at night she knew that the kittens were safe. She was in the hole from early in August until a heavy rain storm came on a. few days ago and the tree leaked. In the height of the storm she crawled out with a. kitten in her mouth and transferred it to the house cellar. With great difl‘iculty she carried all the kittens to the cellar. " What is it about ?" asked the managing editor as he reached for a club. “ Ice ‘cream 7" “ No, sir.” “ Boss plumbers or baseball?” “ No, sir, itsâ€"â€"” “Picnic swings, George Washington‘s lie. book agents, oyster stews, overcoats in pawn, hsir bangs, small boys, Dr. Mary Walkerâ€"out with it!” “ Its about; a. cashier going to Cansâ€"-â€"” There was a. dull, sickening thud, and than the managing editor was heard calling to the office boy: “ Here, pin ‘ Canada. Cashier ’ on the corpse of this ‘ humorist ;‘ it’ll help the coroner.”â€"Pittsburg Chronicle- flelegraph. John G. Oooley's cat, at North Franklin, disliked the confinement incurred in watch- ing four kittens all day, and she placed them under a motherly hen, which was trying to hateh a porcelain egg in e. nest two feet away, on the same hay-mow. The hen clocked, lifted her wings and wel- comed the litter. The cat went on to while away the day, returned at night, and tmk back her oflspring. Each morning there- after the kittens were put off on the hen, the cat strolled away, and the hen enter- tained them by cluoking to them until the cat came back at night. They answered to both the oluoking ot the hen and the speci- fic maternal call. The hen sat on the kit- tens for about two weeks, and then they ran away, leaving her disconsolate. There was a void in her affections thata porcelain egg was ineompctant to fill. Alter brooding on her nest for two days, she gave up the attempt to hatch the egg and began to lay eggs again. Mr. Cooley believes that a litter of kittens is the only thing. except death, that will “ break up" a sitting hen. Editorsâ€"of American papers would not enjoy being forced to Write In that attain.â€" Gonstantinople Letter. " We again publish a minute disciiption we have received of the burning or the Armenian College in the city of Divrig, begging at the same time the pity and sympathy of his august majesty of our Ottoman fatherly sovereign over this sad ruin of the college, which was built with so much expense and hard labor, and was reduced to ashes in a moment. The good and virtuous will of our august sovereign Sultan Hamid, which is as clear as the sun, and whose sovereignty’s motto has always been to give particular care and attention to the great work of education and discipline, according to the require- ments of the century, undoubtedly assures us that this ruined condition of the college will invite ‘the august Sultan to be well pleased to wash away, with his fatherly, most pitiful and merciful grace-bestowing drops of favor, the tears of his many hun- dreds of obedient and grateful children who are in so great need 0: education.” Last winter an extraordinary distemper appeared among the cats of eastern Cen- neoticut that set them sneezing and kept them at it until their vitality was exhausted and they died. They moped about the roads with swelled heads, sneezing con- tinually. and when their anxious mistresses approached, scowled wickedly at them. Many valuable cats, some of them worth 310 to their owners, perished in the towns and villages of Windham and New London Counties. In some cases the sick cats were chased down and subjected to medical patient died at an earlier stage of the con:- plaint than if permitted to die unaided. This fall a new and still more deadly dis- temper is approaching from Danbury, in the western part of the State. It has already reached the Connecticut River Valley, and owners of favorite cats in the Thames. Shetucket and Quinnebang River valleys are in a flutter of expectation and dread. The disease works very rapidly. It comes on without any premonitory symptoms, the hair names (AT, and the cat swells to such a size that he cannot climb or utter a. sound. and, after a day or two, he dies of melancholy and disappointment. Physicians are unable to successfully diagnose the disease, which does not yield to the old school practice or to catnip.â€" Norwich Cor. New York Sun; - It will be interesting, no doubt, to the people of such a tree country as America to read the extract translation of the language the newspapers have to use in Turkey, no matter what nationality they may be. An American college in Turkey was totally ruined by fire through some Mahommedan incendiaries, and, though the case was quite clear to the courts, yet because of their being Mahommedans the Armenians will find some difficulty in securing their conviction. The following is an exact translation of an editorial of the leading Armenian newspaper, called Arcvelk, pub- lished in Constantinople, giving an account of this fire, and inviting the attention of authorities to punish the parties who caused the fire: WAI’S OF CONNECTICUT CAT!- Newspaper Editorials in Turkey. Helping the Coroner. lle \Vas Engaged. (To be continued.) A Dcsrrlption of and Means ol Believing n \Vell-known Ailnu-ut. A correspondent of the Youth‘s Companion writes : “ Wiilyou not e yuur readers an article on thopiug a, .531, arming what it is, and. whefiher there is any known remedy?" The disease is a pecuiiar form of bronchitis, attendefl in its first stage with some fever, and in the secand with spas ms of the glottis, the vocal cords in the upper part or the larynx. It is highly infectious, and since few children escape, and it generally destroys one’s suscepti- bility to a second attack, it is largely con- fined to childhood. At the commencement it resembles a hard cold, but the acts of coughing are more Violent and last longer. At lengthâ€"it may be in two or three days, or in as many weeksâ€"the spasms of the glottis are developed and the well known whoop settles its real character. The whoop is due to the fact that it is impossible to take breath during the rapid coughing, and hence, on its ceasing, there is a long and labored inrush of air. Moreover, as the blood cannot freely enter the lungs during the paroxysm, the impeded blood cauies the veins of the neck to swell out, gives to ‘ the face a livid look, and sometimes occa- sions various hemorrhagesâ€"of the nose, stomach and lungs. But there is no dan- ger of the patient’s dying of suffocation, as is so often feared. The disease may be quite mild, or very severe. Occasionally the person gets well in a few days, without any medical end. But generally the disease lasts six weeks. Sometimes, when neg- lected, it runs on many months. As a rule. the paroxysms gradually becomel less severe and frequent and then cease; though for a time an ordinary cold will be attended with a whoop. The most that medicine can do is to palli- ate the symptoms and shorten the duration of the disease. Alum acts well on the inflamed bronchial tube ; belladonna on the irritated nerves that cause the spasms of the glottis. A doctor must be consulted for the more dangerous but efficacious remedies. No one medicine meets each case, nor any case in all its symptoms and stages. The only wise course is to employ an intelligent physician who can study its peculiarities and watch its tendencies. This is the more important since there is always danger of grave complicationsâ€" acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy and other lung difliculties. It is thus, indi- rectly, often fatal. Unless where there is serious complications, it is best to have the child as much as possible out of doors. The diet should be nutritious. This should be looked after more carefully if the child vomits much. Food should be given often. and as early :1 possible, before an expected paroxyism. ENone genuine without a. bunch of green Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous Btufi with "Hop" or "Hope" in their name. I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor. I commenced using Hop Bitters, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have been sick 9. day since ; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with Hop Bitters for less than one doctor’s visit will cost. I know infâ€"A WORKINGMAN. ‘ All jibe beat physicians agreed that noth- ing could cure me. I resolved to try Hop Bitters; I have used seven bottles; the hardness has all gone from my liver, the swelling from my limbs, and it has worked a miracle in my case; otherwise I would have been now in my grave. J. W. Mcnmr, Buffalo, Oct. 13!), 1881. Poverty and Suflering. “ I was dragged down with debt, poverty and suffering for years, caused by a. sick 1&9]in and lagge billafor doctorgng. Since then I have been unable to be about at all. My liver became hard like wood ; my limbs were puffed up and filled with water. Five years ago I broke down with kid- negA and liyer ognqplaintj and rhepfngtisn}. 'â€"Fa.il. A thordughv ’trial will give posi- tive proof of this. It housekeepers only would be willing to do just what they can do without getting so completely drudged out, there would be fewer sick women and happier homes. Study convenience in every household arrangemeita, and perform every duty with as law steps and as little labor as possible, and do well. We find good women ; every day who run from cellar to garret, and ‘ back again before they can get together the necessary ingredient, tins, etc, to make a few biscuit, or a dish of plain cake. Not two weeks since I found aiarmer‘s wife (and one of the best women I ever knew, and with poor health) who went out doors to the cans {or cream, to the hen-house for eggs, down cellar for butter, tn the pantry for spice, then into another room for flour, and carried them all to the kitchen to make a cake, to say nothing of calling together the dish. egg beater, spoon and baking tins. No man would do it (and I honor their sense in that), and certainly no woman, and especially an invalid, can sfiord to do so. I asked this friend it she would [at me nlnnc in the kitchen for one hour after dinner. and with permission to do what I pleased. I hunted the hammer and nails, some newspapers and bits of boards. I pulled the kitchen table away from the wall, and tacked my papers back of and above it, then drove up two rows 01 nails, on which I hung up egg beater, skim- mer, large spoons and soup dipper, rolling pin. potato masher, cake pans, gem pans and small dipper. I put back the table, and on the top oi it, set in a row, a jar with cooking salt ( it was a cracked jar but held salt all right), next to it a good one, a gallon jar with graham flour and another one with white flour, for these articles were used so many times a day. Then I put neat little board covers over them all. The spices. soda and baking powder boxes in a row nextâ€"gave the dish pan a home in the corner near. At the right hand of the table I seta wooden soap box bottom side up, with a piece of oilcloth tacked over it. This held the water pail. I hung the dipper above it. I could not build the house over and make aeink, closets and all the convenient shelves and pegs (f a model kitchen. but I could gather those articles that were used so many times aday, somewhere near each other, and save steps for a poor, weak woman. When she came out to see about the supper, she looked really pleased when she said, “ Isn‘t this nice to stand right still in one spot and get supper all ready ‘I "â€" “ Rosalia "in The Housekeeper. â€"Bittcn have the best curative qualities and powers of all ~cm2ccntmted ~~Iu them, and that they will cure when any or allot th‘ese, singly or_ â€"combined â€"â€"Ta.ke all the Blood purifiers, â€"â€"Take all the Rheumatic remedies, ~Take all the Dyspepsia and indigestion ’ . cures, â€"Te.ke all the 49m, {Fever and bllioue ' ' ' apecificx, ‘ â€"Tuke all the Brain and Nerve Ibrce revivers, â€"Take all the Great health restorers. â€"â€"In short, take all the bestqualities of all these, and the â€"-â€"best mQualities of all the best medicine in the vgorld, end yoh will find that -â€"-H9p_ Two fish factories ah. Griafield, Md., employ eighty men, who daily catch on an average of 48,000 fish, mostly alewives. 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Georgeâ€"J Here she is, as usual wearing a costume which cost more money than I can make in six months. How can I ask her to marry me, as it would be impossible to: me to support her in the extravaganfi able m which she now lives.” Times are so hard in Italy that an assas- sin can be hired to knife a. mnn for 85 cents. Gillie Leigh, the Scotch tourists who tumbled over a precipice in the Rocky Mountains the other day. was heir to one of the finest ancestral estates in Englam’. Directh the idea. of durability fades from the mind of the workman, not only does his work begin to suffer, but also his manhood. 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