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It ' plateau! taoenpon which Sir Leona fi'dcughter gmed-‘épleasant, kind. comely, with clear smiling eyes and a beautiful mouthâ€"a face that would win trust and liking, yet would never be very warmly loved. It‘was essentially the face of a woman whose life had run in narrow grooves who knew no world outside her own. it since is any index to the soul, then Miss Digby’s soul was a narrow oneâ€"â€" good, kindly, but narrow. She did not look like one whose ideas were noble and gener- ous; the conventionalities of life were sufficient for her. She understood nothing beyond them ; everything uncommon was wrong. She approved of rules and measures; life was to be portioned out, certain things were to he done at certain times, originality she would consider a sin; and all this Ethel Gordon, with her quick instinct: divined est a glance. ' A GDFDON’S PRIDE mfifié ibigby held oui’ her hand with a. win- ning; kindly pupils. _ _ «nn- H," "1331’s; pleased to see you, Miss Gor- don I You: papa. has spoken so continually 0t 1011 that I _was quite anxious to gee you.” V fibfiahswering ainile came over.the Beau- tiful young faqe. ' “lam much flattered,” replied Ethel, proudly; and from that moment $1: Leonard’s chosen wife saw that there would be no chance of winning the love 0 Sir Leonard’s daughter. - {Yb}; rmuau hgve had a. pleasant ride,” continued Miss Digby. " I hzwe never seen Chagyry WOOL} look 'mor_e beggtiful." KHMirés Digby saw that she was treadmg on dangerous ground, and, like a. skiltul geggrg}, retreytegi. Via-Th; iaVvééasfiiwere beautiful enough," replied Ethel, “but-.011): ride was not a plgggang‘ 9119.” Sir Leonard. observing them matters were not upon the moat pleasanu footing. thought it time to interfere. He came up to sts Digby and began to talk to her. Laure asked Ethel to take a stroll among the roses, and they went away, leaving the elder-v alone. Mien Digby looked after they: with wisglul, longing eyes. m“1787.m7atraid that EtEel' does not like me,” she said; and Sir Leonard detected he_pajn in 116;: v9ioe. iu?ifig‘_Â¥9a 9119:1313 " My dearest Helen,” he said, " I have never’oonceeled from you them Ethel has been so indulged and "flattered that she is quite a spoiled child. Frankly speaking, she is sure to dislike our arrangement ; but I shall ask you to persevere in it, as it is entigely _£_or _her good_.” I “Certainly not," replied Bit Leonard, eagerly. “ Ethel has never been contra.- dieted in her whole life. It: will do her goodfo find that her will is not quite abso- lute. ’ " Bu]; if she Hislikes it so very much,” said the lady, slowly, “ would it not be betth to gigs it up 2” “ She will dislike me so much for being the cause 0! unpleasantneas to her,” said mama». '°¥ou will surely has: all that for my sake, Helen? You have promised to ldve me; and in the Infinite thatlies before us the ohly drawback I see is my daughter’s dislike to all control, and the trouble that yo_l_1_wi_ll have with her_s.t first." Sir Leonard was no [Onger young, but he was a. handsome man. The musical voice and the beautiful smile both had the: influ- ence on the lady he loved. “ Bear that: for my sake, Helen,” he con- tinued, “ and there is nothing that; I will not do for you in return. I will make you one Q! tile hagpieat Womeq in_the world.” “ Do I uni-eratand perfectly what you wish_ qu t9 do ‘2” 39!:251 Miss Digby. “ I think so. Ethel has grownup with- out control. She has been mistress of Fountayne and everything in it since she was quite a. child. I want you. Helen, to impart to her some of your sweet, womanly waysâ€"to train herâ€"to teach her, if possi- ble. the beauty of submission and gentle- nose, the need of obedience; Iwant you, if you will, to undo the harm that I have doneâ€"to make up» for my deficiencies -â€"â€"tc give to my daughter that sweet wise, womanly learning that should have been here years ago. Do you care enough for 130 to do all this, Helen '2" “ II: will not be a pleasant or an easy task. You will have great difficulties, but I have faith in you, Helen, you will overcome than} for my sake ?” She did most dearly love this handsome, gallant man by her side. She looked for: ward with the keenesb pleasure to passing the remainder of her life with him ; but she shrank from being brought into collision with hisflaughteg. “‘ You know 1111M I do.” she replied Bimgly. _ "'I promise you to do my best,” she regljedzrvgith 9._ sigh. _ " It will only be for a. time,”r continued Sir Leonard; " Ethel has plenty of sense. She will see that it is for her own good. I know you will be patient with her, Helen. She is always full of spirits, gay, happy; there is a certain hall-wilful, halt-defiant frankness about her that is very charming; you will grow fond of herâ€"everybody does -â€"find she will charm you in spite of your- se .” “ You must be firm with her." he con- tinued. " I candidly confess that she has her own way with me, because I never could resist her caresses; her winsome manner, her graceful ways; but you, Helen, must harden your heart against her pretty wiles. You must make her go your wayLnot her own.” “ You give me credit for great courage n asking me to undertake a. tank from which you recoil,” she said; “ but I will try_to _apoomp1ish it." And there came to him no warning of how Ethel, his proud, beautiful daughter. would in reality be tamed. CHAPTER IV. Miss Davenoourt and Ethel wandered from the lawn to the rose garden, and there they were content to lait. Ethel watched Miss Digby smiled, thinking that in this reapgot she rgsgmblgd her_t_n.t_her.u _ 'He kissed her hand, thanking her in his own_gyaoefpl fashion. “ I have but one regret, Helen,” he said; " and it is that you should have anything that seems like a flask. And a task it will be 310 game that bright! wild bird of mine.” I should like to risksndgo Where the golden apples grow ; Where beIOW another sky _ "Ps, en's ands anchored lie, ~ *» , if An at, V ed by coclmtoes and goats, ~ L el'y Ctusoes build their boats ; flNhere in sunshine reaching out Eestern cities, miles about, ’ Are with mosque and minaret Among sandy gardens set, And the rich goods from near and far Bang for sale in the bazser; Where the great wall round Chins. goes, 1 And on one side the desert blows. And with ball and voice and drum Cities on the other hum; Where are forests hot as fire, Wide as England, tell as spire, Full 01' apes and cocoanuts, And the negro-hunters' huts; Where the knotty crocodile Lies and blinks in the Nile, And the red flamingo flies Hunting fish before his eyes ', - Where in jungles near and far _ Men-devouring tigers are Lying close and giving ear Lest the hunt be drawing nesr, 01‘ s. comer-by be seen Swinging in a palanquin; Where among the desert sends Some deserted city stands, All its children, sweep sndprince, Grown to manhood ages since, Not a. foot in street or house, . Notes. stir of child or mouse, ‘ And when kindly falls the night, In ‘ the town no spark of light. V 3 I’ll come when I'm a. man, gm: a camel caravan ; ght‘a. fire in the gloom 01 some dusty diningâ€"room ; See the pictures on the walls, .Heroes, fights and festivals ; And in a. corner find-the mys _ and Egyptian boys. Travel. ‘an‘d; clasp}? he; hang the opening blooms with a far-off look in her beautfiul eyes; the glory of white and of crimson, the deep glow of the damask were lost upon her. Laura, in her turn, watched the proud, perfect lace until she telt oompdled to apeelx. ‘ H, A»; LL£__L “ Will you well we of what you are think- ing, Miss Gordon ‘2" she asked. " Your eyes are fixed upon the roses, but you do not see them. What are you thinking about that engrosaes you so entirely ?" A smile came slowly to the beautiful lips. “ I am thinking." replied Ethel, “ ot MisiLDigby. I do not like her.” , J I-L_: “ I have atheory of my own," continued Ethel. in a. musing voice, “andI am a great believer in It." “ Perhaps you will enlighten me ‘2" said Laura. Ehhel'e frank eyes lingered for one minute on her oompanion’s prethy‘taee. #:1236113; is_v;Ey~i1ifi;lir loved and liked. She jg popu‘lgg among all kinds of people.” ,,,L:_.__: “I am not quite sure," she said, " whetheryou will understand it." “I will do my best,” was the reply. “ Tell me what your theory is." "I believe,” said Ethel. " that souls recognize each other. as bodies do. For instance. I meet a stranger, my eyes see his features. note the shape 0! his face, the color of his eyes, his height, the fashion of his build; so I believe also that souls see each other, recognize each Other, take cognizance of each other’s detects and virtues. My eyes saw Miss Dighy‘s face, and I did not like it; my soul saw Miss Digby’s soul, and did not like it either. What do you think of my theory, Miss Deveneourt ‘2” III A ,,,: " Perhaps it accounts for the likes and dislikes we form without: in the 133st know- ing-why," replied Lama.”- “ But yowue prejudiced against Miss Dlgby; she is kind, amiable, and selfisacrificing." “I understand be: quite as well as though Ihadknown her to: years," said Ethel. “ She is one of ihos’e‘who m’odel life after a certain fashion; she would think it wrong to not upon impulse, whereas I like impulse. I should imagine no two people could be more different. I shall never like her." “ That is unfortunate,” replied Laura quietly. “ Sir Leonard's arrangement is no secret from us. He told mamma that he hoped to marry Miss Digby on his return from Austria. and that in the meantime yog were to stay-with _her.” Ethal’s beautiful face grew whim even to the lips, while he: slender fingers played nervously with the crimson leaves or a damask rose. So it was known already that her father oontempleied a second arriege; every one knew that she, Enhel Gordon, was to reign no longer, but must submit to the sway of a stranger. She literally could not endure the thought, but rose hastily tram her seat. r “ The roses are overpowering." she said; “ come away, plasma. I hgve no wish to discuss Miss Digby." And she walked down the gravel path. -1 “ We had better rejoin msmma,” said Miss Daveneourt, “ she is alone. Sir Leonard is talking to Miss Digby. Where is she going?â€"I forget the name of the place." “ To St. Ius’s bay," replied Ethel. “ We were speaking of you last evening,” continued Miss Daveneonrt. “ It will be hard for you to give up the authority you have held so long." There was a. soupcon of malice in the smile which accompanied these words, and Ethel detected it. All the pride of the Gordon’s fleshed in her face. No matter what she suffered the world must not know it. No man or woman living must be able to laugh because Ethel Gordon was deposed from her sovereignty. She resolutely oon- quered herself. V s- .. -r 4,," 1"; I am fibiirsure.” she reburned, “ I shall be able to tell you more when the experi- ment has been tried." - Laura. Davenoourt looked up in surprise. She had expected the young girl to reply dolelully,'but her voice was clear, soft, and gay. Laura. professed to like Miss Gordon, yet more than once she had felt jealous ol the beautiful Ethel, and rather enjoyed the prospect of seeing her deposed. But Ethel :ould not allow this girl to triumph over er. Miss Digby resolved that no eflort should be wanting on her part to win Ethel's effec- tion. She could understand the girl’s pet- ulanoe at her disappointment, and resolved to bear patiently with it. She said to her- self that she would never resent it ; that she would never reply to Ethel's bitter little speeches, but would do her best to win her by gentleness, by afleotion, and kindness. ‘ When the two young girls appearedâ€" Ebhel with a. proud. haughty carriage, and calm, almost soorntul face, Laura. flushed and somewhat disoomfihfiedâ€"she wondered ggeatly. R_eeo_lved no. put‘her quite at: her reatly. Resolved to put her qt easeLMias ‘Diglgy went_up_ t_o beg. “Have you‘.‘ 'een adniiring the roses ‘4’” Ehe asked. ‘ They are considered very ne.” The proud eyes looked her through, the proud lips opened slightly, and than Miss Gordon made some halt-inaudible reply 8116333895 on. _ " Ethel,” said Miss Digby, gently, “ i! you can. give me aiew minufies I should be so pleased. I want you to listen to some- thing that I hays t_o say.” I Ethel turned. It was no part of her duty as yet, she thought, to listen to Miss Digby. The beautiful face was a study as she halt turned round, the better to hear what her_companion had to _say. “ You think the one would be the sequel to the other," replied Ethel; “ I do not. I have no doubt that in time I may know yog‘; but liking you_i§ a different) matter.” “ Nob then, or ever, I think.” replied Ethel. " In the first place, Miss Digby, you take my dead mother’s, Lady Angela, place; and you will pardon me if I say that, in my opinion, no one on earth is fit- ted go take that place): N 7“ Ethel," répeated Miss Diéby. “ I wish you goulq @993! to know m9_s_nd_l_ike me}: ' Slie spoke so” frankly a0 fearlessly, that: it wgg lmpoggible not t9_adm_ige_ hgr. _ “ Thén," interrupted Ethel, quickly, “ you would not have liked to see any one in ygur_mother’§ glacg ?"___ a It I au’udy your wishes, Ethelâ€"it I do all I can to make you happyâ€" surely you will like me then?” “Ibis only finhural. Ethel, that you should think so. I admirer you torit. l loveaAzpy orwnfinofihe; astegtpay tashigg.” “ Perhaps not," admitted Miss Digby. “But you love your father, too, Ethel. Now, it loan contribute to his happiness, suier you would love me all the better for it ‘I” Ethel looked up at he: with elem1 daugthss eyesu _ _ _ r “I do n'on think that I should,” she replied. “Now that my motheris dead. my father’s love belongs by right to me alone.” " That is a. selfish View of the matter,” said Mina Digby, gently. “ Sir Leonard has 9. right to be happy in his own way, as you have to be in yours.:’ “It is a. question that we need not argue," interrupted Ethel, proudly. “I! my father thinks you will add to his hap- piness, I have no more to say; but there is a second reason which makes the con- templation of such a marriage very dis- pleasing to me. I have been accustomed to rule in my father’s house; no one has ever disputed my away. The servants have been accustomed to obey my orders, and frankly speaking, it will seem very hard for me to yield my auuhority toe Manuela-'3 _ “ It is hard for you,” she said, with grave gentleness; “ but it will most ungainly be for ypgr quimate 39063: _ Mie's Digby looked compassionater on the beautiful, imperious face, with its flashes of tenderness and defiance. "'All disagreedfile things are for our ood,” remarked Ethel, brusquely. “ Wfll ‘3 . . .-. n‘ 1.4 _L.. _-.- a...“ an 0” guuu, sumnnnuu “ML-LII, u. emuâ€"u... .. .__ you explain, Miss Digby, why you say 3 ‘2” The lady smiled at the petulant words. “ I shall be in greater disgrace than ever," she said ; “ but, since you ask me Irankly, I will answer you frunkly. It will be tor your benefit. because you are too young to have so heavy a charge upon you as the care and direction 0! Fountuyne Hall. It you do it, and do it well, than your education and culture must suffer. You cannot attend_ to hotly: Av“ uq__v. w.-___ u My eauoauion 'i; hfiifihad.t' said E51191. with_gre_a.t dignigy. _ ,7... L--._._ 'r w”... B.-â€". _..,__._, . “ Pardon‘me, in is not even begun. I mean not the truest, brightest part of edu- cationâ€"learning to control and govern oun- seIVesâ€"fihast ii; it‘s true and, Ethel." “ I have fulfilled my duties," argued the young girl : “ no one can do more.” Miss Digby looked at her sadly. " Then you will not promise even to try to like me ‘I” “ No," was the lingering reply. " I am very frank, Mien Digby, and it would be cruelly, false to say ‘Yes.’ I cannot like you. If I possibly can, I will persuade papa even 'now to abandon both his pro- jects. I! I cannot. then I shall never like you, and I shall even love him less.” AVA-L ~-~.._ ~:“~ van on... - -...... - . She looked up with such scornâ€"with such a. conviction that no punishment could be greater for Sir Leonard than the loss other loveâ€"that; Miss Digby felt touched. " You are ac frank, Miss Gordon.” she said, " that I cannot help admiring when I really ought to blame you. I must trust to him to win for me some share of what I value very muchâ€"your good opinion. Will you believe one thingâ€"thatwhile you are wish me 1 will'db my very beat to make you h5ppy.n‘ : ' ..‘ . , 7,3“ L_._ L- 4- -A. ijilfielieve tint» you will try to do so; andIknow that you will tail,” was the ungraoious answer. After which Miss DAgby said no more. Sir Leonard Gordon was not altogether satisfied with his daughter. He had Been an expression of pain on Miss Dighy‘s face that annoyed him. Yet he knew that the more he said to Ethel the more it affected her. 5‘ I ought to have married years ago,” he said to himself, "and then Ethel would have been accustomed to obedience. It will be dxffieulh to manage her now.m He found the task even more difficult than he had anticipated. Ethel had been thinking seriously, and the more she pon- dered the whole affair. the greater became her dislike to It. “ I must: make one more effort,” she thought ; “ I w11l make one more appeal to my father. If he refuses to hear me, let it be so; it he consents, than,” all the love of mi llfe w111 nardly apffioe to repay him." She was silent and thoughtful during the remainder of the day; Sir Leonard, watch- ing her, wondered as to who minute of her reflections. " Ia shevmaking up her mind to obey or revolt ‘2" he said to himself; but even he wag not prepared {or w_h_atfshe did. u..- _.-. ‘_V‘ That same evening Sir Leonard was sit- ting alone in his own studyâ€"a room that he should have used for the purpose of reading and writing, but which was more oiten devoted to cigars and meditation. The night was so fine, the balmy air so sweet, that he had lowered the lamps, had opened wide the 10ng French windows, had drawn two chairs together in order that he might lounge at his ease, and sat enjoying thgiuxury o_t_a ohoioe Havana. . The moonlight fell on tree and flJwer, on the silent fountains and deep, clear lake-â€" moonlight so bright. so silvery, that it was far more beautiful than the light of day. The dew lsy like shining diamonds on grass and leaf, the night wind was laden with the perfume 0t new-mown hay in the valley, 0! tlie:hswthorn in the hedges. In the woods 3 nightingale was singing. and the faint, eweet notes fell eleeirly on Si: Leonard’s ear; the stars were gleaming in the skyâ€"‘it was one of those nights that awake all the poetry in the depths of a man's soul. Sir Leonard thought of many things as he sat there, of the high-born Lady Angela, who had been dead so many yearsâ€"of the beautiful, proud, imperious daughter, whom he had loved as fathers seldom love their childrenâ€"oi the fair-faced, gentle woman who was to be his second wife. There came to him as he mused a certaintyâ€"he had loved Lady Angela, and he loved Helen Digby ; but he could see now that the great passion of his life was the love he had felt for his daughter. There was nothing to be compared with that; and now, with the clear stars shining on him. and the fragrant night wind whispering of high and holy thoughts, it occurred to him that his love had been wrong. He had shown it by over- indulgeneeâ€"by indulging his daughter’s every whim and eaprxee. He had been amused where he should have punished her; he had laughed where he should have scolded ; he had given her all power and all authority where he should have insisted upon ob‘edieuoe. He saw it all now, now that the clear, calm voice of a wise and sensible woman had pointed it out to him ; and be resolved to do all he could to atone for it. He must be firm with her, not yielding to her persuasions, but insisting upon her compliance with his wishes. Just as Sir Leonard had reached this pomt in his meditations, two white arms were olasped about hlfi neck, and a beauti- ful £3.03 droppqd over his. V 3‘ Thai: y6ur 'théughta Emah be pleasant ones," said the girl,with the aaaured Voice of one who knows she is dearly lqved: r_ “ I have never knelt to ask anything from you before, papa. and if you refuse, I never shall again. Out of the depths of my heart, with all the love and earnestness I have, I beg of you to think again before you decide irrgvooably."_ He was deeply distressed. and for a. moment) the possibility of acceding to her wishesoeourted to him. Then the fail: face of Helen Digby came before him, and the warnings that had been given him about ii‘rPépar.” 55k] a sweet musical voice, “I knew I should find you here, and I know fihatfiyou are thipkinggflmp." “ You are righbethel; I am always thinyng of you, _1_ny dygling." I She laid her face agauiat her father’s; she kissed him and onrassed him in her lovigg, halt tender, hall! ‘impegi‘oqg fiashiqn. “ I am come, papa,” she said, “ to make one more appeal to youâ€"to ask you once more if it is not possible to induce ycu to give up these two plansâ€"o! your marriage and my going to St.‘ Innis Bayg’.’ ' She unolaeped her arms from his neck, and,going round, knelt: down in from of him. Sir Leonard thought he had never seen anything so hit as her face in the moonlight: “ M} 55313311 Ethel, I thofight that mat- to: was settledrl am sorry that you should repew theiauquctz" “ I pray you. papa, by all your love for meâ€"by all your kindness to me. I will make it all up to you ; I will give you all the love of my heart) ; I will study your happiness in every way ; I will think of nothing but you; I will learn to be most: prudent. the most discreet. the most careful of housekeepers, I_ will learn to be anything you wish. From the very depths o! my heart I pray you. dear papa, to grant me_thia grace.” " My dear Ethel, I really cannot accede no your wish; the arrangement is made, and must: be adhered to." “ Papa, darling, I never prayed you togrant me a favor. You have been so kind and so good that there has been no need for me to ask, but I do pray you now to grant. me this graceâ€"do not: think at marrying. and do not send me to Sb. Inn’s." Tears were shining brightly in he: been- tiful eyes as she raised Shem to hnn, and her voice firembled with emotion. Her mice was so earnest, her face so eloquent, that Sir Leonard was deeply moved. CHAPTER V. Ethel's untubored ways and wilful man- ners returned to him wibh redoubled force. Ethel, watching his face intently, saw there no answer to he: petition. She clung more closely to him, and laid her hand on his. ' r " Do listen to me, papa. I can see my life before me, as it were, and I am fright- ened to think of what will become of me if I am made miserable; in is partly to save myself that I am here now. I cannot brook control. I could not obey a. stranger. I could not love any one,who took my dead mother’s place. I could not bear constraint and control now." Sir Leonard hook the young girl in his firms ; he was pale and grave. as the moon- light showed hlm her beautiful hoe, wet with bears, and her lips quivering. She paused one half minute, for the pas aion of her own words exhausted her. " No good would come of it, papa," she cried. “ The Gordon’s never has: control well, and I have a sure preaemiment than evil would follow. My hte would be dark and dreary. For my sake give it up, and brush to me." “ Ethel," he said, with grave tenderness, “ when you were a little child, it you had asked me for a sharp sword as s. plaything. do you think I should have given it to you?" “ No” she replied, “ certainly not." “ Now you ask me to place in your hands that which would be more destructive to you than a sharp sword. I cannot do it. I cannot consent to leave you alone, and I shall carry out my plans of marrying, that you may have the guidance of a good and wise Women.” VTVhe prider that flashed into her face seemed quickly to dry her tears. She turngd hupghtily a_wa,y_ from hnim.‘ “ You have refined my first petition, papa; I shall never ask another. I tell you that evil will come of it, and I will prove to you that it would have been wiser and better to leave me alone.” W‘Ilrhrorper fiourwill do nothing rash, Ethel â€"-no_thing_ig the first impulse of angeer “ I shall live to been: you say, papa, that the most unforhunate day of my his was that on which you left me in Miss Dlgby’s chgrge.” ViYeyahe never dreamed how those words were to be verified, nor in what manner they would come true. CHAP YER VI. From that moonlight night when her one great prayer had been refused, her wishes disregarded, her earnest eupplieation set aside, Ethel Gordon was completely changed. She had- been gay, wilful, and defiant ; she had exercised her power with a. halt-laughing enjoyment of it; but now all was altered. She had no tragic plans, she thought of no revenge, she did not assume the air of a tragedy queen, but it seemed as though the brightest part of her youth and beauty had faded from her. Sir Leonard heard no more of those sweet snatches of songs which had once charmed him so completely ; he heard no more the low, silvery laughter which had been the very joy of his heart. Ethel grew grave, calm and dignified; she went through her duties as usual, but the laugh- ing caprices, the repartees, the pretty, gay graceful whims that had seemed part of herself, were all wanting now. Sir Leonard looked at her sadly, as one might at a bright-winged bird that had been griev- ously wounded. She never resumed the subject of their past conversation ; whatever Sir Leonard said, she listened to without comment, making no reply to any of his hints about the beauty of St Inn’s Bay. His marriage was not as yet publicly discussed, but most people who learned what arrangement he had made guessed at it._ Ethelheard much of what was saidâ€"- conjectures, remarks, expressions of won- der and approvalâ€"but she uttered no wind. The beautiful face and the proud heart kept"'their own secret. She would have died a. hundred deaths rather than betray how deeply she yes wounded. _ Sir Leonard thinking her silence a good sign. grew quite courageous. He rode over every day to see Miss Digby, yet Ethel never oflered the least comment on his absence. He took with him at times the most superb bouquets ; she made no allusion to them. Once or thce he asked her to accompany him to Chantry Court; she complied; but even there she made no sign. When Miss Digby spoke to her, she answered with perfect composure and indifference. She sought for no communi- cation with her, and she repelled none. She was calm, her manner full of proud, graceful nonchalance, and no one knew what an aching heart it veiled. (To be continued.) There has always been a. rivalry between Chicago and St. Louis. It crops out in various ways. The gateet is the observe.- tions of the Chicago Telegram to the effect that “ aeyndioate of St. Louis girls has made the Wabash Railroad ahandeome offerior 150 flat-cars. They want them for roller skates." The Turkish soldiers are armed with what is probably the finest military rifle in the worldâ€"the Peabody-Martini-Henri. These guns, to the number of 600,000, were manufactured a few years ago in this coun- try, where Turkey buys nearly allot her supplies. The contract was awarded the Providence Tool Company, of Providence, R.I., and the price paid for the guns was such a good one that the Tool Company ought to have made $1,000 000 or $2,000,- 000 out of the job. Instead of that, how- ever, the affair was mismanaged, the com- pany lost money, and soon afterward tailed. . The guns, however. were very superior weapons. They were made on the principle of the Martini-Henri rifle. with which the English troops are armed, and had an additional advantage in a pecu- liarity of the barrel invented by a man named Peabody. The cartridges were made in New Haven and Bridgeport. These guns and cartridges ware used In the Russo- Turkish war, and with them the Turks. who are gallant fighters, enjoyed an im- mense advantage over the Russians, who carried the old Snyder rifle. The Snyder would not carry over 800 yards with accu- racy, whereas the Turks would open fire on a Russian battalion 1,500 yards ofl, which would be out to pieces and annihilated when it got within firing distance of its tomâ€"New York Graphic. . Certain writers for Eastern papers are denouncing drainage as being the prime cause of the scarcity of water on the farm and in the streams. One of these new lights recently said through the New York Tribune that “ Farmers in 1882 expended $5,590,000 for tile and. dug nearly 53,000 miles of drain to put them in. Besides thousands of miles were laid with stones. Tilemakers and theorists have created and fostered this craze, and it continued it will result in a perpetual water famine." The writer adds: “ Oltentimes a wet lot or a wet patch will, on account of. the wetness, produce more grass than any other portion of the farm, and by being let alone sup- plies some spring which is invaluable." All these gentlemen seem to hold the idea that drains and Open ditches are the same in their operation, carrying ofl all water almost as soon as it falls. They do not seem to understand that judicious tiling converts the soil into a spongy reservoir which readily absorbs and retains water, without keeping the roots of plants soaking in acold bath in which no nourishment can be round. It is said that J spanese women do not know the use of pins. This ought to cause young men to emigrate, but with the usual recklessness of the sex they will go right on hearing scratches on their wrists w1th martyr-like heroism. Best Armed Soldier's in Ihe World. 'l he Truth About Drainage. flow the Daughter- oi the Rich Duke oi Bedlam] was Married. (London Letter to Philadelphia Press.) Since the marriage of the late Czar’s daughter to the Duke of Edinburgh there has not, I am told by a lady authority, been such a. wedding outfit manufactured in Europe as that prepared for Lady Ermyuâ€" trude Russell, youngest daughter of the Duke of Bedioxd. The account of the nuptial ceremony reads something like that of the lovely princess in an old fashioned fairy tale. Arriving at. historic West- minster Abbey in a stately coach of scarlet and gold. drawn by xix horses and attended by powdered footmen of imposing size and gorgeous livery. the bride entered 'the church and passed up to the choir, followed by the gaze of one of the most illustrious audiences ever assembled within the walls of Westminster Abbey; Even to the un- educated eye ct man the French wedding gown was a wonderful affair of white velvet, embroidered into stiflness, with real silver thread and luminous pearls, covered by a splendid veil of point lace and sprinkled lavishly with diamonds 0! superb size and purity, including a $40,000 tiara. This wedding robe is but a faint hint of the prodigal magnificence of the trousseau, the cost of which was tabul- ous, including dresses the buttons of which even were of diamonds,rubies or sapphires. embroideries of beaten gold, and iron and bronze of such marvellous workmanship as to be ranked as works of art instead of dress trimmings; hundreds of pairs of shoes with buckles of precious stones. The' lcoms o! the Orient furnished their most exquisite and costly fabrics, China, India and Japan embroideries, and the only Eng- lish product that figured in the outfit was a lace dress of Honiton, which was worn by the Duchess of Bsdiord'on her wedding day. Marvels ot the milliuer’s art, as well as the lingerie. composed of acres of lace, of silk and of fine linen, came from the Continent, Lothing made in the country from which this Duke extorts his revenues being consi- dered good enough for the occasion. or course, these products of other lands come in free, as all articles of luxury are exempted from duty, though tea, cocoa. coffee and other necessaries of the poor man’s breakfast table are taxed to the utmost in England. Had this money been spent in England it would have employed a small army of needle-women, who are just now suffering for the want of work. i LAD I! EBMYNTBUDE RUSS]! L [to But what care the pensioners of the House of Bedford? The first of the line were paid by grants that not only outraged economy but staggered credibility. And for what? For advising and executing a. dishonorable peace with France ; for being “ a willing and greedy instrument of a. levelling tyrant, who oppressed all descrip- tions of his people." His possessions were stolen from their rightful owners under the threat of the gibbet at the door. It has been truly said that nothing could equal the greed of the vulture statesman, so the first Duke of Bedford was called, unless it could be the conduct of the gang of swindlers. out-throats and oourtesuns who crowded around Napoleon III. during the period ofihis successful crime. The first Duke of Bedford was as insa- tiable as a. leech. and the wealth that the present Duke Isvishes in foreign countries on his daughter comestrom lands originally appropriated by his ancestors and is to-day largely absorbed from the herd-working population of v London ; from wretched dwellers ‘in tenement-houses and from districts that are filthy, notably Covent Garden, forlhe want of a. few thousand p011st being spent upon them. ‘ , Tr,,:L_J r"r" *' It would surpass Belief in the United States were I to tell the unadorned story of how such landlords as this Duke of Bed- ford literally wring the money out of their tenants which they use to make these vul- gar and oetentatious displays at a time when hall the industrial population of England are on the verge of starvation. These dukes merely grant building leases for a certain term with very stringent con- ditions, and at the close of the term the houses built upon the property are absorbed by the ducal owners. In this manner, and without the cost of a dollar to themselves, they cover their lands with houses. Their property. owing to the favorable legislation, goes practically untaxed. The occupiers pay everythingâ€"all rates, taxes; and even for the streets and roads which they make for these representatives ot an abominable land system the producers or workers are mulcted in every possible way to improve the land-owner’s estate. In the metropoli- tan domains ot the Duke of Bedtord, I have no doubt many American travellers in London have observed, there are erected gates, which are closed at early, odd and inconvenient hours, and which are supposed to vindicate the siegneurial rights to treat some of the populous districts of London as if they were gardens. At not a few turnings stand ducal headles ready to turn back ‘plebeian vehicles and to bar the way against short cuts at early or late hours. The Countess of Airlie is candidate for election to the School Board of Linbrathen, Foflarshite. Scotland. In France “ the nobility and the bour- geosie." said Cardinal Pie a. few years egt, ‘- give fewer and fewer of their offspring to our holy order, which no longer finds its sustenance save among the children of the people." While in Ireland the fact that the priests are of end from the people has been a. potent source of their influence, it does not seem in France to oonciliote popular good will. The French proletariat never seem! to have got over the intense hatred of the priesthood which showed itself in 1789. They regard it I! the friend 0! an aristocracy. Spring House tlenuing. It is much better to clean one apart- ment at a time rather than have the whole house stirred up in confusion all at once. Then, in case of casualties or unexpected company, there is a chance to be comfortable. There is nothing more disagreeable than to have a house all in commotion, carpets up and curtains down, and everything in disorder, and there is no need of it. It is bad enough to have one room disarranged at a time. but that is far preferable to having it stirred up from garret to cellar. and things brought into contact that were never neighbors before. When the mud is well dried up and the weather warm, May air and bright sun warm the atmosphere, you can finish your house cleaning with ease. Get your whitewashing all done up, stoves cleaned, but not set awayâ€"never do that. There are plenty of damp, cold days all through the summer months when fires are indispensable for comfort and health, and it is very unpleasant to have the whole family huddled around the kitchen cook stove in order to get warm. It is a most preposterous fashion, this custom of taking down the stoves as soon as warm weather comes on, and common sense would dictate the folly of such a thing if one would only stop to think how many rainy, damp days come during all the summer months. A little fire would change the atmosphere of a room, and prevent mildew gathering on the walls, and be con- ducive to health and comfort generally. In house cleaning, never lay out more work than you can accomplish with ease before dinnerâ€"it is as long as a person ever ought "to devote to such hard worknand by judiciously following this rule you can get through will] as much workoae if you had scrubbed one whole day and was sick the two following days to pay for it. Another thing, a woman should never do the white- washing, or nail down carpets, or re-paper the walls; it is not their work. and it is far cheaper for a man to either hire it done or to do it himself than it is to pay doctors' bills, not to take in account the suffering and pain that is almost sure to follow such labor for a woman. ' F ' “ Pretty Wives, Lovel’ylfiaught'era and gable may", “My faun lies in a rathei‘low and mim matio situation, and “ My wife I ” “.Who? " _ , , “ Was a very pretty .blonde ! " Twenty years ago, became “ Sallow l ” “ Hollow-eyed l " “ Withered and aged I ” Before her time, from “Malarial vapors, though she made no particular complaint, not being of the grumpy kind, yet causing me great uneasi nest-1. “A short time ago I purchased your remedy for one of the children, who had a. very severe attack of biliousness, and it occurred to me that the remedy might help my Wife, as I found that our little girl, upon recovery had “ Lost] " “Her sallowness, and looked as fresh as a new blown daisy. Well the story is soon told. My wife, to-day, has gained her old- timed beauty with compound interest, and is now as handsome a. mat-run (it I do say it myself) as can be found in this county, which is noted for pretty women. And I have only Hop Bitters to thank for it. “ The deer creature jus’a leaked over my abouider, and says ‘ I can flatber equal to the days of our courtship,’ and MM 19* mind's me there might be more pretty wives 1‘me brother famers would‘ done I" have done.” I ’ . - hfidping you may long be spared to do good, I thankfully remain, nv-r @None genuine without abunoh at gratin Hupa on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous atqu with "Bop " or ” Hops ” in their name. No possessions are good, but by the good use we make of them ; without which wealfih, power, friends and servants do but help to make our lives more unhappy. The human body is much like 3 good‘ cloukvor watch in its movements“; it one goes too slew or too test. so tellowgll the others, and bad time results; it one organ or set of organs works imperfectly, perver- sion of functional efiort of all the organs is sure to tollow. Hence it is.~thst the numeruts ailments which msReywhmpn‘e life miserable are the direct issuei-of the abnormal action of the uterine system. For all that numerous class of symptomsâ€" and every woman knows thank-there is one unfailing remedy. Dr. Pieroe’s ‘-‘ Fave-“a? rite Prescription," the favorite of the sex. ‘ ‘ Miss Isabella. 02.693 has been appointed vaccinatlon officer at Fordlugbridga, England. First the bud, then the blossom, then the perfect fruit. These are the several stages of some of the most important ingredients composing the painless and sure corn cureâ€" PUTNAM's Psmnnss CORN Exmmcrom The juices of plants greatly concentrated and purified, gums and balsams in harmonious union, all combined, give the grand results. Putnam's EXTRACTOR makes no sore spit, does not lay a man up for a. week, but goes on quiet}: doing its methanol!» perfiesi cure results. Beware of acid substitutes. ’ A prominent Mormon of Salt Lake City, Orson P. Arnold, under conviction in the United States Court, pledged himself to lbandon polygamy, and in consequence of the marked reformation Judge Zone let him off with a. fine of $300. The understanding is that he is to live with his lawful wife and contribute to the support or his left-handed family. Poor man. Between wolves and eagles the farmers in the interior of Wash Vlrgima. have been losing thousands of dollars' worth of sheep and other small shock for weeks past. 0f hundreds of druggisbs bear wiiness to the efficacy of Polsonis NEBYILINE ' the most potent pain remedy in hhe wo “for all kinds of pains. Nerviline is composed of newly discovered ingredients, and is equally good for internal or external use. Purchase a, ten cent sample botule, and test it at once. '1‘. R. Melville, Prescott, writes : “My customers who have used Nerviline speak highly of it, ond I am satisfied it will take a leading place in the market before long.” Try Polson's Nerviliné for pains. Sold by druggisus and eounhry dealers every- where. Rev. Bidwell Laue, M.A‘, formerly pas- tor of the M. E. Tabernacle, Balleville, late of Govington. Ky.. has been transferred to Central Church, Seventh avenue. New York. It won’t be long now before the young man’s mind will turn lightly from thoughts of love to the dreary problem of how to work‘another spring suit out of an already too-exacting tailor. â€"â€"-The secret of me let 0 and constant sales at Mrs. Pmkham's egenable Com- pound probably lies in the tech that where- as there are many “ Bibters” and “ Tomes” of equal value, be it more or less, the Veg- etable Compound is so completely superior to all other preparations vepeoially' recom- mended for the needs of women that in has praetwslly no rivaler I wonder how many middle-aged Eng- lish matrona or maids would care to go through the programme performed one day last week by the Empress of Austria. She left the Santa Cecilia, Lord Alfred Paget’s steam yacht. at Deal and walked from thence to Dover. On arriving at Dover. she went by train to Folketone, walked back, and then rejoined the yacht, having walked no leesthan eighteen milee duxiug the day. I am, of course, precluded from mentioning Her Majesty’s meet me, but she was married just thirty-one years ago 1: aie monthâ€"London Truth. Chas; Webster Wagner, recently ‘ap- pointed U. S. Consul to Toronto, is a Buffan mamand a-nephew of the late Webster Wagner, of sleeping car tame. His wife, an excellent and aooomphshed lady, is a sister of Mrs. (General) Fleld and Mrs. Edmund Hayes, ol Bafielo. * ‘ ' Premature decline of power in either sex, hdwever induced, speedily and permanently cured. Coneuluauion free. Book for three letter stamps. World’s Qiapeneary Medical Aesoomtion, Buffalo, is conferred upon that magnificent instituâ€" tion, the human system, by Dr. Pieree’s “Golden Medical DisoOvery” that tortifiea it against the enoroaohments of disease.) It is the great blood purifier and alterative, and as a remedy for consumption. bron- chitis. and all diseases of e. wasting nature, its influence is rapid, efficacious and per- manent. Sold everywhere. The parties who stole a. piano from the Church of the Messiah in Buffalo in bromd daylight deserve a premium for enterprise. Yet it was an easy robbery. after all. When some men drove a waggon/up to the church, carried out the piano and carted it away, who was to suspect them of being thieves ‘2 BELTSVILLE, Prince George 00., Md., a May 26:11. 1883 “ Maryland, My Marvlnnd.” Riel-y Woman Knows; A Strong Endowment A lively old Empress. Purely Vegetable. The Testimony C. L. JAMES. Discova'ry , or Wealth Slfipfllés’ mg Elegmqgnifixg Dr. Lyman Beecher was 'Bometimea absent-minded and forgetful, as men who think very earnestly are apt to be. Lime Seminary wee than your, and {mud diffi- culty in adequately happening its faculty, 30 that Mrs. Beecher was often sadly atraighteucd pveuniarily. At one time when she received a sum oi mnney it was the occasion of great rejoicing that it Would enable them to pay a. bill for a car- pet which had been tco long standing. So she committed the money What huehand, charging him to attend to the payment immediately. In the evening the doator returned from the city in high rpirit-s and described a missionary meeting he had attended, in which was much enthusiasm, very eloquently reporting the uddzesses which had been made. _ "Doctor," interrupted Mra. Beecher, “ did vnu go and payfior that carpet tic-day 7" ‘ A “ (53.:th 1 What carpet ?" responded the doctor. “ Why, the ope'I gave you the money to W E91r “hiamowiyg-‘L “ Them!” said the doctor feeling feebly in his vast pqokafi ; " that accounts for iti- Ab the missionary matting they took up a. contribution. When they came to me I mid I had no money to give themâ€"wished I hud~a$ ,tfia same time feeling In my pocket, wheré, to my surprise, I found a. roll of bill; ; no I puiled it; out» and put in in the box, wondering where it had mme from, but. thinking the Lord had somehow provtded.”â€"Boston' Traveller. PROV! DENTIALLY PROVIDE D. Along face is ottan the preface to a. short gutsy. ‘ DIE-7' iflnif atnulnrv In! LYFDHS E. PENKHAM’ *‘VEGETABLE CGMFOUNE F0170 all of thuse'rl‘ainfifl (‘rnmphfin‘a sea-1' * * Wezkm‘szns ii; comwbn to Tour” 1195‘ " f *1 ‘41:“? * u. is umA'EmNJ} f *3; IT WILL 011m: ENTIREIJ mm WORST FORM 0! 1‘? 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