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“ Never,“ he vowed it. “ whilo life may last Can I love again. 1 will die unwed.“ “ And I, too, dear, since our (lrcmn is past, I will live single," she subbing said. A storm hf farewellsâ€"«of wild goodilryesâ€" He rushed from the spot, like. an outcast soul She hid in the pillow her stremuing eyes. And wept with anguish beyond control. Just five years afterward, they two met At a. vender's smnd, in a noisy erect; He saw the smile he could ne'vr forget, And she the eyes that. were more mun sweet “ I stopped,” he said. “ just to get a. tdy For my little girl.” “ I wanted a, book,” She softly said, “ for my little boy." kno€vn thaffi_ >my brésepce ‘gave you any gain, I would ha've Lput huntfieds bf between us. Do you know that disagpearange almost cost me my A Story of Woman’s Faithfulness. “ No, I cannot stay here, and you must leave me, Guy!” she said huskily. “I have been dismissed, you know. Oh. Since you have been staying at Erindale, you must know whatâ€"whatâ€"they say of the village school-mistress "' “To escape from me!” he repeated padly. __”But, my poor child, if I had pain, I would have put hundreds of miles between us. Do you know that your’ disappearance almost cost me my life ?’ “I knew that you have been ill,” she said brokenly; “but you are better now, and v and happy, Guy.” “ How can I be happy, Shirley, when I see you thus ‘2” he asked, with an intense sadness. “ Do you not guess how much we have suffered on your account? And that you should be here in this capacity fills me with horror ‘.” She threw up her hands with a. little laugh, which was so bitter and mocking and full of despair that it struck like a blow on his heart. He went to her side; then, with 9. gentle strength which she could not resist, he put her into a chair, and, moving away a little, looked down at her with inexpressible tenderness and sad- ness. “ Poor child, how terribly you are changed I” he murmured softly. ” Tell me of yourself, Shirley. VVhyâ€"good Heaven! â€"â€"I remember now they told me that when you came here you wereâ€"” “Have you forgotten, Shirley? Ah, poor child, would to Heaven you could forget much of that terrible past! Love, do not shrink from me~â€"I will not touch you if you do not Wish it; but I have much to say to you, andâ€"and you cannot-you must not remain here, you know 1” She moved sldvily and feebly back into the room. “ That I.wa.s starving,” she said, with a little smile, “ Did it hurt you to think of it 7 Ah, do notâ€"do not look at me so, Guy! That is all over now, you know. You must forget it, andâ€"” "No; but you will find it so,” was the mournful answer. “Think of me as they think of me, Guyl Think of me as a woman fallen too low even to fill such a, humble post as this. Has Lady Oliphant told you Why they are sending me away ‘3” “My darling“. -eace!” he cried entreat- ingly, out to the earl; by her words anrl manner. “You are breaking my heart, Shirley. You will come to me now, my deareat~you will not leave me again? Let me take’cure of you. Give me a right to protect you.” . “ Oh, hushl" she almost shrieked, “ Oh, hushâ€"he does not knowâ€"he does not knowâ€"no, you shall not touch me! Av01d me rather, as you would any vile, polluted, poisonougthlng.” . She had left her seat, and was pacing up and down the room in an agitation which was past all controlâ€"she seemed terrified and shamed almost beyond her strength. Guy watched her piteously, all his heart going out to her in an agony of tenderness and love; not knowing what to Bay to com- fort her, and sorely puzzled and bewildered himself. ” How did you know that I was here she said feebly. ” I would have gone to 1 utter-most parts of the earth not to : you.” . 1.~ . pu-u nu l “ But why did you fear me, Shirley? My one desire in life is for your happiness and yom; peace.” urr a “ I Same away becauseâ€"becauseâ€"” Her voice failed her, and the words died away upon her lips, her head drooped c-m her breast, her hands Were clasped tightly to- gather. c; “Because. in your generosity and nnselfishness, you thought that 1 should forget you if you let me. My darling, how could you think that? You should have known' that no suffering could equal the suspense! Why did you go away ‘3" . He looked at her in intense sorrowâ€"a sorrow mingled with surprise and a. little doubt. Had she left him, not because she wished to save him from increased shame, but because she thought him guilty of the crime of which he had been accused ‘P It was the first time the thought had struck him, and it brought. with in a pang, keener than any he had yet suffered, that she should doubt him. Ear voice was very low_ and hurried as she asked the second question, and the terrprfiin he} eyes @eepened. not 60, Shirley ‘2" “ The murderer!” she repeated vaguely “ What murderer ‘2” He could not utter the word; the thought was too painfulâ€"that she, his cherished darling, should have known want and misery. It was too horrible. ‘ilDo you find forgetfulness so easy, my dearest ‘2” he said gfinply». _ “‘Ob, thank Heavén tfist I aid 1” she cried, the Words breaking from her with a pagiopafie Enguigll‘ Hie arms, which had been held out to her in infinite longing, in passionate tender- ness, fell to his side; out of the gray eyes which had been fixed upon her face with such love all the eagerness died; over his face passed a shadow heavy as night ; and, in a breathless silence, he faced her as she stood leaning against the well, her head turned back over her shoulder in an in. tensity of terror which might well seem to him horror of his guilt, her whole frame trembling as she shrunk from him. “I fearedâ€"the doubt was but momen- tary, my dearestâ€"that perhaps you too believed that I had been the murderer so many deem me,” he said gently. “It is not 90, Shirley ‘2" That he should have discovered Shirley Glynn in Mrs. Grant, the Erinanlc school- “ You doubt meâ€"you !" he exclaimed; anfi, few as the words were, they were full of a reproach which, in its very gentleness, must have cut her to the heart had she doubted him. ‘ “ I doubt 31611 1” she said’faintly. “ What dolou mean? What _do you {snpw ?’.’ _ Her eyes met his wonderingly and with. out understanding; and, as he met her glance, the darkness passed, for he knew that his thought; was wrong. 0h,Ka,te 1” “Oh, Harry! SHIRLEY ROSS : There’s a knowing little proverb, From the sunny land of Spain ; But in Norbbland, as in Southland Is its meaning clear and plain. Lock in up winhm your heart ; Neither lose nor land it.# Two it takes to make a quarrel; ()ne mm always end it, Try it well in every way, Still you’ll find it true, In a. fight without; a foe, Pray what. could you do ‘2 If the wmth is yours alone, Soon you will expend inâ€" Two it takes to make a. quarrel One can always end it. Let‘s suppose that both are wroth And the strife begun, If one voice almll cry for “ Peace,” Soon it will be done. If but one shall span the breach, He will quickly mend itâ€" Two it takes to make a quarrel ; Om, can-always and it. A Quart-e1. A ftel'ward. How well you look! How well you look! the 588 mistress, was strange enough; but, as he watched her, he recalled the stories which had gone the round of the Village and reached the Rectory and the Hallâ€"of the constant strangely timid visits of the doctor and her midnight walks vxlth himâ€"also the rumors of voices and the presence of a strange man in the cottage on Christmas night. \Vhet did it all menu? It was maddening! W'hat strange mystery was this? if indeed it was true tint Shirley loved the young surgeon, heâ€"Guyâ€"loved her Well enough to stand by and see them happy together. She need not fear. “Shirley,” he said, and his voice was very low and his face very colosless as he went toward her, “I cannot even believe your own witness against yourself. Why do you not trust me, dear? is it that, after all, you doubt me? Is it that you believe me the murderer of your husband? Ah, you know hliat, deeply as he had wronged me. I forgave him all fully l” She was looking at him now with a strange expression in her eyes. It seemed as if she longed, yet feared, to tell him somethinng trust him, but dared not. Fora moment she stood thus voiceless. silent, pale as death itself; then she turned from him with a passionate gesture of despair and resumed her restless walking to and fro. “ l forgave him all fully, and few, 1 think, mourned his death more truly than 1 did,” Guy continued sadly, “That shame and disgrace fell upon me through his death did not tiffaot my sorrow. You knowido you not?~that all our searches for the murderer have been fruitless; but some day~some day, surely, the crime will be brought to light I” She did not reply; but the hidden face sunk lower until it rested upon the table. “ What is it, Shirley ?" he repeated very softly, but with a. grave, gentle tone of command in his voice which forced her to answer 2 “ I cannot tell you,” she said faint-1y. “ Is it that you no longer love me?” he asked, with the same perfect gentleness; and shewas silent. There was a long pause. Guy’s face had grown very pale, and his lips quivered. He had taken her silence for an affirmative answer to his question, and it had given him R Sharp pang. as if a knife had been thrust into his heart; but he would not let her see how much he suffered, he would not add to her unhappiness. “ Yes," she said, without uncovering her face. “ You had no other reason ‘2” “I had no other reasonâ€"then.” Ho glanced at her quickly. “ But you have now?” he said “ What is it, Shirley ?” She did not reply; but the hid sunk lower until it rested upon (7 “ Oh, no-woh, nDâ€"oh, no” she screamed wildly. “ It must not beithe crime has been expiated and atoned for, the search must cease. Guy, for the love of Heaven, you must give it up ! \Vhat can I say, what can I do to induce you to grant me this ?” ” I knew; but it was riglitfiand, oh, how earnestly I thank Heaven for giving me strength to go l" “Even now ‘2" he said saflly. “ Even nowaay, more than ever now. "But, Shirley, you left me to save me from disgrace. You thought that, if you beâ€" came my Wife you would add to the sus- picion of my guilt. But I have borne the suspicion for over a year now, alone and uncured for. "E hink what it would have been to me, Shirley, to have had your love to brighten those weary months! And you, my poor girl I" he added tenderly. “What has your life been? You have known even want, in your vain endeavor to teach me a lesson in forgetfulnessâ€"a lesson, darling child, that I shall never learn.” Hz. She had covered her face with her hands as she listened, and Guy could see how she trembled. He went on softlyâ€" “ You haveâ€"you must haveâ€"some other reason for your avoidance of me," he said, with tender reproach. “Try to trust me, Shirley. “has it solely to avoid me that you left Exminster ?” “Is it indeed éo‘?" he said then “Well, Icannot quite say yet that I am glad, dear; but 1 shall be glad if I see you happy once more. Will you not trust me further?" ‘Ihave nothing to tell you," she said, under her breath; then, uncovering her face, she looked up at him with shining restless eyes. “You yourself have chosen wisely and well, Guy; you could have no sweet-er, truer Woman for your Wife than Madge. Ah, if you knew how good she has been to me, and how much he: love has brightened the months I have spent here! I cannot bear that she should think me unworthy; but some day she will know.” “ I doynot understand. you, dear,” he said gently and soothingly, wondering and fearâ€" ing he hardly knew what from the ex- “ My dearest, the search is over; there is no need of such distress. But in my own heart I feel, I am sure, that I know the murderer, and, if it please Heaven ever to bring us face to face, he shall pay the penalty of his crime.” “ Oh, Heaven, cease, or you Willkillme!” She swayed forward and sunk down at his feet in a sudden weakness and terror which took all the light and life and warmth and color from her face, over which stole an ashy-gray slmde like me hue of death it- self. As he stooped over her to raise her, with hands that shook like a leaf, she shuddered at his touch and shrunk away. “ Shirley l” he exclaimed; with quick pain. “ What have I done that you should fear me thus?” “l fem‘ )ougns I 1'0er the whole WOlld now!” she sxid fnnbly, \vimnu‘u lifting her head; and the despairing hopelessness of her tone made him shiver as if a. suuden chill had touched him. “ You might fear the Whole worlfl, my dearest, and yet not fear me,” he answered softly; m , as the grave, gentle, tender voice fell upon her our, she raised her head aflddenly, and tried to B‘umld. He lifted her to her feet, put hut gaudy into a chair, and, drawing up another, sat down near her. “ What is it you fear to tell me?” he said, so gently that the) words were as a. caress; but she only shookher head Wearily in silence. fully. “Bnthe does not know,” he began. “No;1]mve seen him as I have seen you, unseen myself, Guy" â€"and she looked up at. him pitifully. “ Do you not remem. her ? It is not so many months ago that I was in the room where you were. You had come to fetch Madge at Mrs. Ford’s “ Listen to me, my darling,” he said very gently, but with an impressive gravity in look and manner. ” You have acted, I am sum, with perfect unselfishness through- out everything. You have suffered as I think few people have ever suffered; but your unscltishness and your suffering, my dearest, have missed their aim. You thought to spmre me; butY sweet, did you not know that you were adding greatly to my misery?” “You know that Jack is here?” he asked tenderly “ Yes." “ You will see him, ofcourse.” “ l have seen him," she answered piti- cottage; it was the day after they had taken me in.” “ And you were in the room, and«” “You did not see me, G11yâ€"â€"and the reasonsl had for wishing you not to recognize me than are tenfold stronger now.” The great team walled up Blowiy into the weary eyes and fell heavily upon the clasped hands as they lay upon the table. He leaned toward her, with u great earnest- ness upon his face. Ah , y 0E I cannot understand them, Shirley.” Nor is it necossary that you should. could trust youâ€"ii I could trust he said eagerly. pression in the great burning eyes which met his, and then wandered away so quickly. “Madgeia avery dear girl; but she will never be anything to me but my old friend’s daughter. To you she may become a nearer relative, for, if Jack has his wish, she will be your sister." “She? Madge! Oh, Guy, is it true? And youâ€"you are not sorryâ€"you do not ove her ‘2” She spoke with a. more natural expression now; the bewildered look had passed, and a. tinge of color had stolen into her face in her momenlmry gladness. It was a wonderful relief to Guy. to see that color and the changed expression of her face, and he smiled as he answeredâ€" “Iihought AI thought we Was to be your: Wife: “ Sorry! I am very glad,” he said gently. “ Wyy shogld I_be_sorry, Shirley ‘2” I g “I shall have no wife, Shirley,” he replied. “I am growing into a. confirmed old bachelor. Do you know, clear, that Madgie had something to do with my finding you to day 7 Jack and I had both noticed so many listle things in her which reminded us of you that, when Lady Oli- phant described you tune to-day,athought flashed upon me like lightning that Mrs. Grant must be our Shirley.” “ Ah, Heaven send that she be not like me !” she answered bitterly. “ Oh, Guy, when I think of the misery of all these years, I wonder that; it has not killed me! It seems to me that only the happy die: the Wretched are always left.” “ There are many happy days in store for you yet, Shirley,” he said gently. “And now, dear, may I ask you a few questions? Only one or two, which may be of use to me. Shirley, when and Why did poor Hugh dismiss Latreille '1" She started violently, and once more the Wild look of terror flashed into her eyes. “Whyâ€"why do you ask ‘2” she forced herself to say, trying to hide her agitation. “For a simple reason, dear. The man was a. scoundrel. 1 have no doubtâ€"” At first the stunning shock of his surprise deprived Guy Stuart of the power of motion and utterance; and he never afterward could remember what passed during the first few moments after Sir Hugh‘s appearance. He realized vaguely that Shirley, quite calm and composed now, had gone to her husband's side, and that she supported him with his arm drawn over her shoulder; then that she led him slowly to a chair, into which he sunk, pallid and exhausted with the effort he’had made. And then, as Guy came back slowly to knowledge and recollection, he forgot all else but the joy and relief of seeing that Hugh Glynn lived. The past wrong, the long years of misery were all forgotten; and in a minute he was on his knees by Hugh’s side. his strong hands, clasping the attenuated fingers of the man who was supposed to have been murdered and who now, judgingfrom his appearance, had not many days of life. Shirley, white as death, but perfectly calm, stood by her husband’s side looking with anxious eyes at Guy‘s bowed head, which rested on the arm of the chair. She saw that he had not realized the whole truth, that there was no room in his heart for anything but great and intense joy at Sir Hugh’s reappearance ; but she knew that, once the first delight was over, the reaction must come, and he would guess at the truth. “ Dear child, it grieves me to pain you. But, Shirley, if 1 am not very much decaived,he is the man we should have looked for when we sought poor Glynn’s murderer. He was a. thorough villain, I feel sure, andâ€"" “Hugh, dear old fellow!" was all he could say; and at the tenderness and pity in his voice Hugh Glynn’s dim eyes filled with tears, which fell slowly and heavily down his thin cheeks. “Guy, old friend!" he said, brokenly; and there was a long expressive silence in the little room. But she interrupted him with a. cry of pain”: A “Oh, let him rest let him rest 1” she cried pitifully. “ It hurts meâ€"it hurts me to think of him I” “Oh, hush-0h.hush1 Guy, I cannot hear it. Let him rest.” For the door had opened gently from the outside, and the face which appeared in the doorway was one which he had never thought to see again in life. It was the face of the man whom Shirleyhad succored on Christmas nightâ€"of the man whom Guy had loved, and who had betrayed him Hot the man for whose murder he was tried for his life. Yes; altered, changed, and death-like, it was nevertheless the face which had once been so handsome and so gayâ€"the face of Hugh Glynn! CHAPTER XLVII L “ Let him restâ€"the murderer of your husband? But, Shirley, for my own sake, if not for the sake of justice, it is only right that I should try to convict the villain of the crime of which I feel sure he has committed. And, by Heaven,” he added paseienately, “ the execrable scound- rel who murdered a defenseless man, and Who has let me remain under the stigma. of a. dastardly crime, shall pay the full penalty of his sin !” “ Shirley,” the meaning hidden here ? who is that?” As he stood hesitating, not knowing What to do for the best, whether to leave her or to insist, for her own sake, on the solution of this mystery, the sound of a. slow, heavy footstep on the stairs startled him; and Shirley lifted her head and looked round her in wild affright. The steps came nearer; they were in the passage now; and, with a Wild cry of terror, Shirley tried to reach the door, but her strength failed her. She sunk on her knees by the table, making desperate but vain efforts to cry out again; but her tongue clsve to the roof of her mouth, and no sound came. Guy looked at her in questioning alarm and something in his face gave her strength, she sprang up and ran to the door, barring it with her slight arms. Shirley stood looking at him in silence for a moment: then,with a shrill plercing cry, she fell forward on the table, where she crouched in a passion of terror and fear, which found vent in the little inarti» culate cries and tearless sobs which alarmed Major Stuart greatly and bewildered him still more. Was it merely the recollections of her husband’s terrible death which so unnerved her? What mystery was there connected with it which distressed her so greatly? What was the meaning of the anguish she evinced whenever her husband’s murderer was mentioned? Could that man, Latreille, whom Guy firmly believed to be the guilty man, have her in his power in any way? Was it that she feared him? It had seemed strange to Guy that the man’s name had not been mentioned at his trial; but he had accounted for that by the fact that some years had elapsed since he had left Sir Hugh’s service; and it was only long months afterward that the thought struck him that Latreillehad had something to do with the murder. He remembered then having seen him from the balcony of the “ Pack of Cards” the night before the murder was committed, and the agitation and pallor with which Sir Hugh had greeted the trifling remark on the subject which he had made. But, after all, these were very trivial grounds on which to sus- pect a man of murder; and Guy was annoyed sometimes at the tenacity with which he could not help clinging to the idea. Now Shirley’s intense emotion at the mention of the man’s name seemed to increase those suspicions a hundred-fold. Had she some unknown reason for trying to conceal his guilt? For a moment this thought struck him forcibly; the next he rejected it as unworthy ofher. And the joy was but short~lived; ere he said. sternly, “what is of this? Whom have you What iiiâ€"Merciful Heaven, five minutes had elapsed Guy lifted his head and saw Sir Hugh’s sunken eyes fixed upon him, and every shade of color died out of his face and lips as he rose to his feet and drew back a. little, more overcome than he had ever been before in his life as the truth flashed across him. 7 WShrixr'rléiy irégféhea 7 him anxiously and pitvingly, knowing from her own experience what an awful shock‘this must be. “Guy, my poor fellow,” Sir Hugh said, faintlyf “ have I done wrong to trust you? This poor child has borne the burden of this awful secret, already too long, and your voiceâ€"” He sunk back, exhausted even by the few words he had spoken, and Shirley bent over him, anxiously lifting his head upon her arm and holding some restorative to his lips. -. . .. y u ",7 Guy watched her almost jealously. How tenderly she moved him! How compassion- ate was the fair fscé bending over his I With what intense adoring love the sunken eyes looked up to hers! How gently she held the thin burning hands on whichâ€" great Heaven, was it possible ?â€"â€"on which must lie the stain of blood! It is said that the only good Indian is a dead Indian. This may be true, but then again it may be not. But there can be no uncertainty about this: The only good poet is the dead poet. “We can truatvbvtii’w he murmured. faintly. “ He will be pitifulâ€"the end is so near now.” “ Why, it will ruin our business. It isan outrage." “Not at all.” “ What can we do if we don‘t sell them coflee? ” “ Keep right on selling them burnt peas and chicory just as we have always done.” â€"Texas Siftings. Very pleadingly, very aorrowfully, with an entreaty that she could not put into words, Shirley’s eyes went to Guy’s face. and his lip quivered as he gave her an answering look of reassuring tenderness and love; but he was still too much under the influence of his horror and amazement to utter the words which would have given her consolation. Second groover (nHoré cool)â€"Yes, I read about it. “ Latreille," Hugh Glynn answered, brokenly, in a tone of intense sadness and humiliation ; and even Guy’s stout heart and courage quailed at the terrible infer- ence which could not fail to be drawn from the fact that Hugh Glynn lived, and that the man whom they found among the rocks at Easton, disfigured pest recognition and Wearing Sir Hugh's clothes and ring, was Latreille. First grocer (excuedly)â€"Do you know that Powderly has advised workingmen to buy no more coffee, in order to spite the men who are getting up a corner in it ? “Tell me,” he said huskily. “ Whoâ€" Whoâ€"who was the man whomâ€"" “Heaven knows,” Sir Hugh went on, the some unuttemble sadness in his voice, “thatInever meant to kill him. I had arranged to meet. him on the cliffs that morning, and he angered me by his insults and insinuations, andâ€"J" “ I knew we could trust Guy," he said, in his low faint voice. “ My darling, it makes me so happy to think that you will no longer be alone. Give me some more of that stuff Litton left me, Shirley,” he added, in a momentâ€"“ it puts some life into meâ€"that I may tell Guy all that I told you that Christmas night, my poor child, when you saved my life and I nearly frightened you to death." (To be continued.) Once more his voice failed him, and he became so faint that Guy was alarmed, and anxiously assisted Shirley in her efforts to restore him. It was in Guy’s strong arms that he was carried, not back to the attic-room where he had been concealed ever since the Christmas night when he had almost met his death in the snow, but into the inner bedroom on the groundfloor ; and here he was laid upon the bed, weak and faint, with the hue of death on his cheeks and lips, and dark marks, almost like bruises, under the dim eyes. Even had he been the murderer in intention that he had been indeed. no one could have denied him the meed of pity that his condition demanded. That he was dying was but too evident. ' As he watched Shirley tending him so gently, trying to smile into the failing eyes which rested upon her with such love, Guy’s heart bled at the thought of the anguish she hadlsufiered, the misery, the fear. The thought was unbearable agony; no misery he had ever imagined for her could equal that which she had endured: and he turned away from the bedside to hide his agitation, and went into the sitting-room, where he threw himself into a chair, bowing his head upon his hands. He was too deeply moved to speak for a. moment, but he took her hands in his in a. close friendly clasp, and looked up with frank kindly eyes. in which there was no passion of tenderness now, into the lovely changed face; and Shirley saw before her the Guy Stuart of old, who had pleaded with her for Hugh’s forgiveness in the stately drawing-room of the grand London house where she had reigned as mistress. "r J She opened the door for him and let him enter alone, While she waited for a few minutes until the tears which his gentle words had caused had ceased to flow. When she followed him, Major Stuart was sitting on the bed, supporting Sir Hugh on his arm with all the tenderness of a woman; their hands were clasped in a grasp which took them back to the old days before Shirley’s beauty and sweet- ness had won both hearts, and Sir Hugh’s eyes, sad indeed still, met his Wife’s with a. little smile in their depths.” What thoughts succeeded each other in his brain during'the short solitude which followed he never knew. His head was confused and bewxldered, and he could feel only a dull self-reproach for the hatred and detestation with which he had thought of the unfortunate Latreille. He could not yet realize the dreadful ‘complication which had arisen, that Hugh, instead of being victim, was the murderer, and that he had been concealed because the danger of detection would be terrible, and that a new trial was possible for poor Shriley, one which would be infinitely harder to bear than the last had been. for, whereas then she had been assured of the innocence of the accused, now she could not doubt his guilt: _ -. 11.,1 ....... J 0‘“... A light touch on his bowed head aroused Guy, and, looking up, he saw that Shirley was beside him. Her face was very pale still, and there were traces of tears upon it; but it had lost the look of fear and horror which had been so painful to wit- ness ; and, when her eyes met Guy’s it seemed to him they were softer and clearer for the tears they had shed. “Shirley,” he whispered, brokenly, “ for- give me.” “I have nothing to forgive," she ans- wered, uneteadilv. “ If you had really doubted me, it would havebeen but natural. Butâ€"but"â€"her lip trembled a little hereâ€" “ do not talk of it ; we want all ouroourage and all our faith now. Will you come to him?” “ Yes, at once.” “Andâ€"-and”â€"she hesitated as they approached the door between the two rooms. and turned to him with a timid sweetness which made him feel as if he could fall at the feet of this woman who had borne so much misery and sorrow, and had only been ennobled by the sufferingâ€"“ and you will be gentle with him, Guy? He has suffered, oh, so terribly, and he will need all our kindness and forbearance l” “You may trust me, Shirley,” he said, so gently, yet so gravely, that the words fell upon her heart like balm. He was so strong, so brave, so true. Oh, yesâ€"oh, yes, she could trust him! .- 1.1-.- Just as They Have Always Done. THE Powers of Europe, which have exhausted their resources in preparing for war, are at peace; While the United States, which refuses to spend money in war pre- parations, has put a cowboy-andlndian War under way in the Indian Territory without a day having been wasted in diplo- matic negotiations. Perhaps the more preparation the less war. But it is a case in which the prevention is almost as costly as the calamity. John Winchell, of Detroit, aged ‘Jl years, a. survivor of the war of 1812, called upon the President at Washington recently to look up some arrears of pension. Mr. Winchell is only five feet tall, and totally blind and deaf. His daughter, who accom- panied him, is over 60 years of age. The pension he is looking up was granted him for wounds received in 1814 at the battle of Lundy’s Lane. NOBODY is surprised to learn that within the last five years the United States Gov- ernment has lost over $200,000 because of errors or defects in the instruments used to test sugars in appraising them for the collection of duties. But there would have been Wild-eyed astonishment if it should have turned out that the Government had got the best of it by that amount or even a minute fraction of it. In importing circles to swindle Uncle Sam successfully seems to be the supreme testof businessintegrity. H era ld. Mrs. Berry Wall is really becoming more of a. public attraction than her erstwhile glorious husband. She has already reached the distinction of having men fight for her. At Long Branch a few evenings since Mr. Martin, the crack billiardist of the Racquet Club, engaged in a. hot discussion of Mrs. VVall’s charms with some gentleman~an Englishmanâ€"stopping at the West End. The dispute developed into a rough and tumble fight on the piazza, and the contest grew so determined that the burly porter of the hotel was summoned to separate the combatants. When Mr. Martin entered the supper room subsequently he brought with him a. badly blacked eye and a bruised nose as the results of his gallant champion- ship of the lady. But he made no attempt to conceal his injuries, seemed rather proud of them in fact, and was more than amply rewarded by a. pressinginvitation from Mr. and Mrs. Wall to take his evening meal at their table. The following day the deposed King of the Idlers insisted on a reconcilia- tion and a. hand shake between Mr. Martin and the Englishman, and that evening both of the gentlemen dined with the Walls. And thus endeth the first lesson.â€"N. Y. THE coming week will witness a large in- flux of American visitors, and we trust they will find our climate quite to their liking. Those of our visitors who have tried it in previous years have had only good reports to give, and it has in no way deteriorated with age. We feel proud of our summer climate, which is one of the few good things we have left that is untaxed. It holds its own without protection. It has survived Confederation. the big fire and ten years of Tory rule. We have abundance of cool at- mosphere and refreshing sea breezes to share with all our visitors without in any way depriving ourselves of our usual oom- fort.â€"â€"St. John’s Tl'elegmph. FROM the conduct of Sir Morell Mac- kenzie during the illness of Emperor Frederick, of Germany, the English- Bpeaking public has formed an idea that he is amply able to take care of himself in an) controversy that may arise with the doctors of the Fatherland. A physician with the courage to keep the knives of scientific butchers from the throat of the Crown Prince would not be likely to bear himself memin in any wordy war. For this reason the report which Dr. Mackenzie has been requested to prepare for the exâ€" Empreaa Victoria. may be expected to con- tain some very interesting reading. A GOOD deal has been said and written about the influence of education to prevent crime. It is held by many that in- tellectual education is one of the surest preventives of crime, while others main- tain that mental training only sharpens the faculties of those who are criminally inclined and makes them more dangerous to society. Some statistics produced at the late meeting of the American Prison Reform Association may aid the inquirer in coming to a sound and intelligent con- clusion on the matter. The National Bureau of Education has found that “80 per cent. of New England’s criminals are virtually destitute of any education, While less than one-fifth of 1 per cent. of the criminals in America are educated.” This is a little indefinite, but the figures as far as they go show that education tends to make men good members of society. PERSONAL bravery and fearlessness in the presence of danger are frequently claimed as peculiar attributes of dwellers in the breezy and expansive West, but the current reports of stage robberies in the defiles of Nevada and California scarcely tend to sub- stantiate the claim. Only the other night one masked man robbed a stage coach near San Luis Obispo, which, besides the driver, carried six male passengers. How one highwayman, though armed like a walking arsenal, could keep seven full grown men under cover of his pistols can scarcely be satisfactorily explained upon any theory other than that of faintheartedness among the victims of the robbery. ' Except in the old time imaginative stories of piracy, or the “ shilling shoekers ” of blood-and- thunder fiction, single-handed rumans do not usually prevail against such odds. EVERY child who is taught to plant tree seed or who sets a. tree with his own hand is being taught a good lesson. He feels that he is doing something that will make the world a. better or pleasanter world to live in, it may be, long after he himself ceases to live. A memorial tree appeals more to the affections than can any monument of mlrble or bronze. The tree is a thing of life. and if we plant it there seems to be a. sort of family relationship growing up with its growth. We have seen many an elm spreading its broad branches over a. dilapi- dated country farmhouse which the occu- pant would not part with for the sum that would build a. new home. The home to him would not be a home without that dear old tree. SOJOURNERS at the summer resorts are complaining in vigorous expletives of the highbinding conduct of the hotel servants in the matter of tips. It has become im-l possible to obtain the slightest offices from the attendants Without first displaying a gratuity. The thing has become not only annoying but absolutely disgusting, and there have been instances where persons have tired of the nuisance to that degree that they actually packed up bag and bag- gage and returned to their home rather than endure the constant petty demands of penny grubbers. There seems to be a notion among country hotel servants that every man, woman and child that goes to get a sniff of fresh air is an approximate millionaire. And it‘s a blooming mistake. “A PERSONAL friend of Jay Gould” »â€" it seems he has friends, a fact not popularly suspectedâ€"is credited with saying concern- ing the report that the multi-millionaire has sold his Western Union Telegraph stock : “ I should think as soon that he had sold his wife. He fully appreciates the special advantages enjoyed by the Western Union Company, and I am positive that he regards the property as the best legacy for his children." It is a fair inference from this that Mr. Gould has no faith that the popular demand for a postal telegraph service Will ever be granted. Mr. Gould and other monopolists may some day have a rude awakening on this subject. It may not always be said, “ Let me carry the people's telegrams and I care not who makes their laws.” CURRENT TOPICS. Fighting About a Beauty. No Marks to Indicate Where the China- men are Buried. In the Macphelah Cemetery, Philadelâ€" phia, there are buried the bodies of a dozen Chinamen who died in that city, and in a short time they will probably be exhumed and sent back to the Flowery Kingdom. A superstition exists among the Chinamen to the effect that if the body of one of their countrymen should be interred in foreign soil and allowed to remain there beyond a given time the ghosts would come from the graves of the dead and haunt the people whose negligence is responsible for the non- removal of the bodies to the fer-away Orient. A large number of bodies of Chinamen are being dieinterred in New York city now, and will be sent to China shortly. Although the Superintendent of the burial ground in this city has received no notice of an intended removal of the bodies, he said yesterday that he thought they would be dug up in a short time and taken away. The dead Chinamen are buried in the same manner as American peopleâ€"in the earthâ€"but the bodies are put down deeper to keep them out of the reach of the evil spirit, who is supposed by the Uhinaman to stalk abroad at night counting the tombstones of his victims. No ornaments are placed over the graves, so that the evil one’s attention is not attracted to the spot. Mr. Manhattanâ€"“ That baby i making a. dreadful noise, nurse." Nurseâ€"” Yie, nor; the poor little thing’s teething, and its yerself wud cry, 302‘, if yez had the same pain.” Mr. M.â€"â€"" Can’t Mrs. Manhattan â€"â€"can’t its mother quiet it ?” N.â€" “ Perhaps she cud, 301', it she were here ; but she has gone out, 801'." Mr. M.â€" “ Gone out ? Where 7" N.â€"“ She’s gone to the dentist's, sot, to have Fido's teeth filled." Dr. Mackay states, in his ” Dictionary of Lowland Scotch." that about 2,000 words used in the poems of Piers Ploughman are obsolete in England but retained in Scot- land, and that of 6,000 words occurring in Tyrwhitt’s glossary to Chaucer, about one- half “need no explanation whatever to a Scotsman.” Many words in Shakspeare, obsolete to the south of the Tweed, flourish vigorously in Fife and the Lothians. “ It appears from these facts,” says Dr. Mac» kay, “that the Scotch is a far more con- servative language than modern English, and that although it does object to receive new words, it clings reverently and affec- tionately to the old. The consequence of this mingled tenacity and elasticity is, that it possesses a vocabulary which includes for a Scotsman’s use every word of the ‘ English language, and several thousand words which the English have suffered to drop into desuetude.” Timely Topics. New envelopes have the gum on the lower part of the envelope. Florida. is exporting alligators to Ger- many. They are going for museum pets. The money used to relieve the poor in London is said to amount to over $515,000,000 a. year. 'Many of the interior towns of Oregon are raising money to import song birds from Germanyfl At Canton, China, 250,000 people live continuously upon boats, and many never step foot on shore from one year’s end to another. One of the attractions of the Paris Exhibi- tion next year is to be an immense model of the terrestrial globe in the Champ de Mars. It will rotate on an axis, and will give some idea of the real dimensions as wellas be accurately constructed on a scale of one millionth. Several able scientists have charge of the construction. To an}; banflana handkerchief is to use toutology. Americans have not time for double} namingm A In the Paris Prison of Detention recently a person committed as a man, 54 years old, after being locked up was found to be a. woman. It was found that she h'ad put on male clothes twenty years before, and had worn them ever since without being dis- covered. The question having arisen as to why the fallen branches of trees, at certain stages of decay, are more or less colored through their tissues with various shades of green, it is alleged that chemical analysis shows the presence of iron as the base of the green coloring matter. ' The new wire gun at Shoeburyness has throwna. 500-pound shell 8. distance of twelve miles, the greatest distance ever covered by a. cannon ball. The Petit Journal recently appealed to Bismarck to restore Alsace and Lorraine to France, to kiss and make up, and then both have a go as England. Cats are found to be the best extermina- tors of rabbits in New Zealand. They do great havoc among the young ones, and in some sections scarcely a rabbit was to be seen. The last French rifle, as described, has a ball so small that a soldier can carry 220 rounds, shoots with a. new smokeless powder, and its bullet pierces a brick wall eight inches thick at 500 yards. An Iowa. farmer reports having raised thirty gallons of strawberries on one-hun- dredth part of an acre, from which he realized $12. This would equal $1,200 an acre. Better than an orange grove. Swarms ofVGhineaevnre landing in Britâ€" ish Columbia. and stealing acrosstheborder into the United States. Tea cultivation, it is said, is to be tried by a rancher at Elko, Nev., who proposes employing Indian women and children to gather the leaves. Methods for strengthening the memory are the craze in many of the large cities. The peeple who study the memory lesson seem to forget everything else. So it; is noticed. A rock has been foundin Alabama which readin cuts iron. There are always some new combinations in nature coming up. They always serve some good use. In Belgium a. man or woman who gets drunk is made a. public spectacle of by being compelled to work on the street for two hours after. The law has its terror, bu? iftidoegnort pref/en? dryplgemlessz A New York authoritythinksthat bache- lor of arts is not; a very appropriate degree to confer upon young ladies who graduate from our colleges. Maids of hearts would be much more beautiful and quite as sig- nificant. A boiling well at Seymour, Ind., throws up small pieces of rubies, diamond dust and other things of}: similar npfiu're. Dr. Henocque, of Paris. has invented a new Bpectroscope for investigating the changes in the blood. It is expected to prove of importance in studying nutrition. A sugar refining company with $5,000,â€" 000 capital has been started to use Henry Friend’s new method of refining by electricity. The cost will be about 75 cents a ton. The mystery regarding the whites of eggs after the ice-cream factories have used up their yokes is explained by a. state- ment that they are used to make albumen- izefi Eager: for photography. A nugget of ruby ore, weighing 1,600 pounds and estimated to be worth $10,000, was taken from a. mine near Elko, 09.1., a few days ago. A recent English invention relates to casting packing-rings ready for use with- out boring or turning. The rings are cast in a chill mold around 9. metallic core. Dealers in hardwood furnishings say that sycamore wood is rapidly coming into uaet. It “ works " well, makes an excellent finish. and is much cheaper than birch, maple or oak. Minnesota’s Supreme Court has just decided that a railway company is not entitled to fare from a. passenger for whom it fails to provide a. seat. THEY DODGE THE EVIL ONE. Scotch \‘Vords. Leadâ€"Poisoning the Result of This Means of Conveying Drinking “’ater. Lead pipes are extensively used for con- ducting drinking Water into dwellings from the main in cities and also from distant springs in rural districts. The use of lead is always attended with danger to health, for the metal unites with mineral acids contained in the Water and forms lead salts, most of which are deadly poison, which are introduced into the system of those who drink the Water. Not all water is equally liable to become impregnated with lead salts. That which holds lime in solution is generally safe, since the lime is deposited as an incrustation within the pipe, and protects the water from contact with the lead. But, even in this case, if sewage finds its way into the water, acids are generated which dissolve the coating of lime. Lead poison is cumulative in its action. As it is not readily eliminated from the system, it remains, and the quantity increases until the paint of anger is reached. A small quantity taken daily for years may finally prove fatal. Of one hundred cases, which resulted in a change in the water supply in Dessau, Germany, not a child was attacked, partly, no doubt, because small children drink little water, and partly because the system has greater eliminating activity in childhood. wwww% BAKING; POWDER Miss Ella. C. Sabin has just been elected Superintendent of the Public School of Portland, Ore., and Principal of the High School, with a yearly salary of $3,000. THE cpows BEST FRIEND “ But it isn’t a. story. It’s my uncle Ned who is captain of an ocean steamer. I guess, ma, he‘s lived on water more'n a month, 0fteu.”-1|10rchunt Traveler. The symptoms of severe leadâ€"poisoning are anaemia, a dull hue of the skin, digestive derangement, bad breath, shrinkage of the gums from the teeth, a bluish line in the gums, colic, constipation, neuralgia pains in the muscles and joints, and muscular paralysis. The last symptoms give rise to what is called “drop-wrist." Severe as are the symptoms, the tendency is to recovery with removal of the cause and proper treatment. Where death results a postmortem examination reveals lead in almost every organ and tissuewmost in the bones ; and next after these in the kidneys, liver, brain and spinal cord. “ Why, Johnny,” said his mother again, ” if zou dpn‘fi sysop telling sto_ri»esâ€"” L “ Why, ma, it ain’t anything at all.” Then turning to the minister. “ I’ve got an uncle who lived over amonth on water.” It should be an unvarying rule to let off the water which has stood in the service~ pipe over night. As for pipes or lead in the country conducting the water from distant springs to the house, they should be wholly discarded. \Vhat is called “ pure spring water " almost always contains acid gases which have a strong affinity for lead, and which form poison. Really pure water, that is, distilled water, has no action on lead. " You don’t eat a. great deal, my little man,” said the minister who was tnking dinner with Johnny’s parents. “ No, sir ; don’t need to.” “ Perhaps you are training to be another Dr. Tanner and fags forby days.” “ Forty days ain’t nothing." “ Johnny, don’t talk nonsense,” interâ€" posed his mother. The keeper of the Tillamock Rock (Oregon) lighthouse reports to the Light- house Board a. wave which broke at a. height of 160 feet above high water mark. His calculation is made as follows: The rock upon which the lighthouse tower stands rises ninety»six feet above high water, the focal plane of the light itself is thirty»eight feet above the base of the tower, and the crest of the wsve was at least twenty-five feet above the light. UP windows of the tower was broken and x.» lamp extinguishedâ€"Boston Budget. is offerefl by the manufacturers of Dr. Snge’s Camrrh Remedy foracuse of on.- tnrrh which they cannot cure. The mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties of this remedy are irremsbible. 50 cents, by druggista. To the victim of pains and aches no tid- ings can give greater pleasure than the means of relief. Polson’s Nerviline exactly fills the bill. Nerviline cures rheumatism, Nerviline cures cramps, Nerviline cures headache. Nerviline is sure in lumbago. Nerviline, the great cure for internal or external pains. Trial bottles costing only 10 cents may be had at any drug store. Buy one and test in. Large bottles of Ner- viline only 25 cents, at all druggists. Ner- viline, nerve pain cure. George (to best girl) â€"I see that you are wep‘ring almng,‘ my dear Qlairq. Geo'rgevl‘hefi' why do you wear it, darling? _ A Good Enough Cold. Woman of the house (to tramp)â€"-I can’t give you nothin’ hot, ‘cept perhaps the weather, but I kin give you ’most anythin’ you Want cold. Tramp (a. tear of gratitude trickling down his wan cheek)â€"Thanks, madam; I think I’ll take a. little cold cash. " All other goods by fortunes hand is given, A wife is the peculiar gift or Heaven." Is your wife changed and your home un- happy ? Does she go about; with gloom on her face and do you see no more the smile that won you ? it is because she is bil- ious. Bile causes half the misery of the world. Her system is clogged up, her head aches. Get her a vial of Dr.l’ierce’s Pleas- ant Pellets and they will give her relief and the atmosphere of home will grow bright again. One tiny, sugar-coated granâ€" ule a dose. Shopmnnâ€"“ Madame, would you like to have something new ?-plea.se step this wayâ€"this is the very newest; thing out 1” Ladyâ€"“ The moteria‘l looks very nice, but is ratherlmble to fade soon, I should say.” Shopman‘“ Oh, not; in the least, madame. \Ve have had this piece in the window for the last two yearsY and it is still in per- fectly good condition." Clarz‘iâ€"YesiGeo'rge, and 1 don’t think it is yery becoming torme. Claié. (shyly)â€"Because I am tired of being kissed on the forehead, George. DANGERS OF USING LEAD PIPES. That dainty lady tripping by, How light lier sLep, how brighthnr eye, How fresh her cheek with llEEIthu) glow, Like rows that in Mmytima blow ! And yet few week have imased rime Since she was fading. day by day. 'I‘ha doctor‘s skill could xii-night avail ; \Veakor sliu grew, and thin and pale. At 13.85, while in a. hopulau frame, One day she said, “ There is a name I’ve often seen-a remedy! Perhaps 'twill help ; l can but try." And so, according Lu direction, She to\ k Dr. l’ierce‘s Favorite Prescription, And every baleful symptom fled, And she was raised as from the dead. Johnny Told the Truth. A Reward of $500 No Signs of Fading. Height of a \‘Vave. DON’L. 32 88. Heroic Measures. Then Tell It.