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A lovely girl. this Maud Annealey, with a face at once tender, sensitive and prom], with marvellous brown eyes and sunny- brown hair, with grace in every movement, with perfect hands and feet, and, in oint of character, as capricious, spoiled an unâ€" certain as her compatriots alone can be yet still remain bewitohing. Aa full of good qualities as she was of faults, a. bundle of inconsistencies so opposite that aheaometimea herself said, laughingly, she wondered that she held toggther. A TALE OF LOVE AND JEALOUSY AND A TEB' BIBLE TEMPTATION. The close of a golden day at Sorrento. Maud Annealey stood in the garden of Tasso’s villa, which. as thetraveller knows, is perched like a sea-bird on the summit of the tall cliffs and looked out across the lunlit waters to where Isohie showed beautiful and unreal, as a fairy barque moored on the shihing weves. There she stood, leaning her arms on the railing and gazing down the dizzy height where the gulls circled to and fro, while she looked wistfully over at the purple island, and was haunted by a sudden, foolish fancy that it seemed like the land of the lotus-esters, where she might sit down and rest forever, could she only reach its happy shore. She had been spending a. gay day with a gay party. She had been the centre and chief attraction for: all the men. She hud been in the wildest spirits and was handsome: than ever. And now she, stood there in the sunset and sighed and looked dreamy and preoccupied, us if one and trouble had come to her at last._ Howard Crofton. grave and sedate as be- fitted his nine and twenty years, strolled idly out upon the villa terrace, and saw her standing there in the magic light, and called her hard names and himself a. tool, which no doubt he was, so far as concerned her, sensible as he usually proved himself in other rpspects. ‘ q- ‘n It was the‘seoond week in June. For a whole month Grafton bud been living in a blessed dream ; and now that it was rudely disturbed he felt himself an aggrieved indi- vidual. as, indeed, I think he had a right to think himself. He had come to Sorrento. meaning to re- main for a few days and then go back to Naples, and drift away northward ; but he found Maud Annealey and a pleasant party, and here he was still. He had known Maud‘e aunt long before, when he was a mere boy, and she received him like an old friend, for his mother's sake ; and, thus introduced, he and Maud had natur- ally glided into a rapid and agreeable in- timacy. Censorioue people called Maud’e mildeat manners with men flirting of an outrageous sort ; but, she was gentler and less capricious with Grafton than her aunt had ever seen her with any man, but, like a wise woman, the elder lady held her peace. . n n - 1,,, n,.,nh,u_ , ..... Just a week before this day Crofton’s cousin and her spouse appeared, a. cousin like most people’s given to interferenoeend governing ; and of all the girls that lived, Mrs. Grosvenor hated Mend Annealey the worst. She disliked girls in general, as women often do who have been beauties and have since grown thin and skinny and yellow ; but she deteeted Maud! They had met in Paris two years previous, and Mend had laughed at her airs and graces, and Mrs. Grosvenor had been obliged to play second to this brilliant creature. who seemed to fascinate men at will. So she took refuge in hating the girl, and perhaps found a kind of consolation therein. Soon afterwards the San Arpinos came down from Naples and took possession of their villa ; and, to the disgust of the stately old dowager, young San Arpino, the heir to a dukedom and a rent-roll ener- mous for Italy, and one o! the hendsomest men the peninsula could boast. flung him- self anew straight at Maud Annesley's heart. or head, or feet, as you please. He had done this the previous winter in Rome, much to the disgust of his stately mother, the Duchess. Maui had, it is true, been the most admired girl there. But she had not alarge fortune. and, even it she had, the San Ar inos. for a wonder, would not have neede her wealth. They had enough of their own, and more. They were proud. They boasted two sustained titles. and a descent, which they traced back almost to Nero, or Romulus himself, for what know. What is a. girl‘s life. pray ? A little garden space Within whose every spring She sees her beauteous face ; Where she is sole possessor 0! all she hears and sees, From pm; fluting _o( bigda in summer From the moment that San Arpino ap- peared Maud Annealey had completely changed in her conduct towards Grafton. There had been no letting him down easily ; no attempt at pretence. She turned haughty and insolent and stony, and was never so charming and womanly to Sun Arpino as when Grafton was by to see. And this was the creature whom he had loved, had believed in; before whom he â€" H‘fifxgtliéfiéy 3f the bees ; Rosy wreaths and strings of pearl All belong to the happy girl. And what is_ a. ‘poy'slife, pray ? A quiet, shady nook, Where he has nothing to do but play, Nor ever read a. book ; A kingdom of contentment, Winch every hour discloses Some pew deljghg of sense and sight, And lead such perfect lives If all of us were children And none were husbands, wives ; But boys grow and girls grow. Together or apart, Till 50mg day each discovers fiFT-éafirgi‘dvétfi’ of sweeter roses ;' A rich inheritance of joy That crowns with light the happy boy W9 ngightpe ngore tpnplgppy The ocher has a. heart. This halves their joys and doubles their cares And ends in wrinkles and gray hairs ; In the feet than rock the cradle, In the hands that toil for bread, The trouble about Lha living, The sorrow above the dead. What can we do, than ‘2 Nothing more Than those who begot and bore us ; They make our lives before us As theira were made before. “’9 must be up and doing. Maidens fl ing and men pursuing ; Then hey for billing and easing, A114 ho ! £9; wgging and win‘ning. "i‘izfiv‘oifa {{viili 35691; mend, Love was before the beginning, And will be after the end. Past Her Usefulness. BY ANNA D. WALKER. Past hai- usefulness, no, ah. no ; Dear randma, with her locks of snow, Her 1) acid face, her loving tone. How sorrowful, how lost and 10118, We'd be without that presence dear, Who tries to comfort and to cheer In every dark and gloomy hour. Her loving heart it gives the power. Past her usefulness, no, oh, no; Each kindly smile she doth bestow Will help to cheer us on our way. Like sunshine on a. darksome day. Each time we note that furrowed brow, That frame which age has bid to bow, Her head so white with winter’s snow, We [eel new love within us glow. Past her usefulness, no, ah, no ; We would not dare to my ‘twas 50. Our hearts might grow 3.11 hard and Bare Were itquite empty. grandma’s chair. We mink upon her feet all worn. Wibh journey full of steep and thorn, We view her pale and wnnkled hand And touched to tenderness we stand. Pest her usefulness, no, all, no ; She rocks the cradle to and fro, Dear grandma faithful watches keeps While baby on the pillow sleeps. Winter and spring. we softly say. Eveniu tide and dawn of day, Baby 8. ud of promise sweet. Grandma. the head of ripen’d wheat. Pest her usefulness, no, eh. no; We're sure it never can be so, We clasp her in a. warm embrace, We print a. kiss upon her face, We think on all that she has done, We View the victory nearly won, And softly cry, we cannot bear To have it empty, grandma’s chair ! MAUD ANNESLEY. A Fantasy. â€"Richard Honi'y Stoddard. had poured his heart and soul, and let her 1 know that he had done so 1 He had never 3 put his secret into words, but he knew that she had seen it clearly enough. and had given him the taoit encouragement which any woman can do when she pleases, and yet remain perfectly feminine and delicate. False and despicable she proved in every way, and he had loved her 1 He loved her still, in spite of his pain and wrath. He learned the whole truth from his cousin, heard the story of the past Winter, heard of San Arpino’s devotion. Maud’s efforts to win a ducal coronet and the old dowager’s rage and masterly diplomacy to prevent such a consummation. He, Croiton, had been flirted with from sheer wantonneas, or else regarded as a pis aller. Maud afterwards had thought of liking him and his fortune, because she believed the young Duke out of her reach. But the instant the Neapolitan reappeared and proved that his devotion was as strong as ever, strong enough to make him rebel against the mother who had always ruled him imperionsly, then Maud flung off the mask and let Crofton see her in her true colors. He was gomg on the marrow. The tor- ture of the last five days had grown insup- portable. Besides, now there was no longer any doubt in his mind, it would be weak and contemptible to remain, a laughing- stock for all aboutâ€"and worse, an objccfi of scorn to himself. He had been horribly treated, and his sense of justice revolted against this. He was a man slow to anger, but he was furi- ous now. Had the girl shown the least consideration for his feelings he could have made excuses for her. He knew she did not love this handsome boy, who was only her own age; but she might be daz- zled by his position, she might be urged on by her aunt. Grafton could have sought for reasons why he should not judge her harshly had her conduct afforded the least opportunity. But she turned upon him with absolute cruelty ; she seemed to have a savage pleasure in rendering the blow as dual as possible, in hurting him in every way that female ingenuity can contrive. To-day they had all been on an excur- sion, up among the lovely Sorrento hills. Grafton could not remain behind, to? fear this girl should think he lacked courage to support her heartless cruelty, and she had made such a. day for him that he thought a soul in purgatory might pity him. vHéréébédrstrBight in her path, and fixed his eyes on he: with a look of such iron determination that she remained motion- less. u 7” flees Ehat come under the head of dis- agreeable trnths ‘2” she inten upted, with a. littlgshrug of her shqulfiere. So now he was going away. As he stood on the terrace and he caught sight of her standing telow him, in her mstchless beauty. 3 wild desire crossed his mind to speak, to let all his misery and anger find vent. She deserved it,deserved to hear the verdict of a. true, upright heart, which her treachery had lacersted. He did not step to consider. He was too nearly mad to be hindered by scrnples or ideas which would have influenced him at another time. He strode down the steps, hurried through the garden, and ceme upon her before she was aware of his presence. The least addition of color rushed into her cheeks, a second’s confusion into her eyes, as she turned and perceived him. But both signs disappeared so quickly that he almost fancied they had not been there. She looked a. little wearied, bored by this intrusion, but she gave him a sweet smile more cruel than a dagger thrust, and said, indolently, “How can you have energy enough left, after the day’s fetigues, to move when you might sit still ‘2” “ Oh, I came out to get rid of the people,” she replied. “ One might as well be an animal in a. menagerie, one never gets a. moment to oneself.” “ Probably I disturb you then,” said he. " I am too well brought up a young per- son to contradict my elders,” she replied, laughingly. ” StilT,1;ruth now and then makes an agreeable variety in this world, even if not polite,” he retorted, losing his ill-asgumed indifference. “ Imthifik you are misanthropical or cross,” said she. “ I dislike either mood, so I will leave ypq.”_ “ It is possible that what I have to say may not be agreeable,“ returnedhe, slowly; “ but I mean to say it, all the same. I am going away to-morrow ’15â€"â€" .. . 1-1. ” Not to you, certainly, or to me," he answered. “ So much the better ; then bon voyage l” “ But, before I go, there is something I wish to say "-â€" ” Last words are so fatiguing,” she mur- mured. ” I beg your pardon; but you apokejuat as the dying people in novels bagin their confessions. Itorgot it was only a. journey you were looking forward to. ' “ I wonder,” he exclaimed, smiting his hands together in uncontrollable excite- mentâ€"“ oh, I do wonder if you are a living, flesh and blood woman, or one of those snow creatures, animated by a spell, such as the old legends tellpf I” iI‘VYou éeefn to shvare a. portion of it,” he answered, trying to imitate her indiffer- ence. n 7“ If I were dying " he cried out passion- ately, “ you and I could not be separating more; irrqvocubly._” 77‘; Partings MB hard things," sighed she. “ There’s only one thing worse as a rule â€"mgeting_pe9p!e agang' . NNothring but a. woman, and a woman of society, could have been so perfectly well bred and yet so horribly ironical and inso- lent. He was not looking at he): now. He had turned partly away and was staring out across the sunlit sea. Had be seen her face he must have noticed how it changed sufldenly. But fate was against them both and he saw nothing: “You know,” he hurriod 0:1, “ that my devotion was not the idle homage a man pays a beautiful woman. You knew that my whole heart had gone out towards you, and tacitly you accepted it. You did a very wicked thing ! I have no hesitation in acknowledging my weakness. I honor myself that I could love any human being as truly and nnaelfishly as I did you. That I was deceived is no shame to me.” “ Why, that’s really very pretty 1” she said, in the tone of one who is receiving a. compliment, and feels surprised that the speaker had tact to offer it. “ I see you are astermined to make me regret your de- parture.” She took advantage of the slight pause he made, for he found it difficult to speak calmly, to add: “Yes. a. whole month!" and her voice implied that the period had seemed very long indeed. Aiggirnrlie'wenf on, without heeding her cruel mockery: “ From the first time we met I made no effort to hide my feelings. I could not have done so if I would. I loved you, Maud Annesley, and you knew it." 1-- x 1 Q 'The palléi‘ aid isoftness left her face. The beautiful features looked hard, as if curved out of marble. “I have been here a whole month,” he continued. nqt noticing 1:181: wor§3._ _ “ Only to compliment you on your skill and art ! It amused you to attempt a sort of Lady Clara Vere de Vere play with an honest heart ! You succeeded perfectly. If that knowledge be any triumph to you, take it." “ Yeaâ€"avo'rioyégnj "the truth of what I have said. You cannot)” be {a_xcl_aimed_. ‘ "nvlgnit worth while ‘2" she retortad, as if considering whether to accept success which was of sugh slight vglut}: ":‘Ifibxâ€"nrh- Vsitgiil” she cried. “ You had more to ssyâ€"finiglg it If' “ In any case, I would not,” she cried ; and now she confronted him with a face shaken by anger. “ It om: word would clear me in your estimation, [’6 not speak it. No,not it my soul’s safety depended on its utterance. Believe what you will. It is a matter of indifference tome 1 Your respect would not be worth the having. You have been rudeâ€"ineolent. I will never £0!gi_ve_you_1 _NeV:er I” . , 1 11.- ".5..- JV“ . _._.,,_, ” It is a. little odd to hear you put lhe right to pardon on your side,” he answered, trying to speak calmly. since she hm] flamed into such passionate wrath. “ T , deny would be so useless that it is wise not to make the attempt.” “Go on! Do go on! I want to hear you speak your whole mind out. I would not stop you for the world,” she said, with a bitter laugh. _ “ I have nothing more to say. I will con- gratulate you, if you like, on winning a ooronet. It is the true English girl’s ambi- tion 1 ” he sneered. W‘THe '1grv1vérvrvrsr us so well!" she cried, laughing again in the same low, mirthleaa fashion. “ Did you love him I could excuse your treatment of me. Love is always an excuse. But you do not. You love nobody but yourself. If any higher rank were within your reach, you would fling this boy aside as unhositatingly as you have flung me.” Tie; IIOSednobde but mysefif,” she exclaimed. “You are right there 1 ” ” And boast of it?" “ Yes.” She turned and Walked away without another won}. He made no attempt to fol- low «â€"why should he? They had nothing more to any to one another in this world. He had only one prayer to offer, where she was concernedâ€"it was that even in the nfext he might be preserved from the eight 0 her. He waited till she had crossed the terrace. and disappeared into the house; then he hurried off through the lane-like streets, past the little square, where the villagers were collected, as usual, at that hour. and so up the path which runs along the ravine towards the hills above. The sun set in a blaze of glory. The sea shone like the pavement of the city the Prophet saw in his vision. It deepened from opal tints to amethyst, then grew dark and mysterious. The moon came up and trailed a pathway of golden light across the billows which seemed to lead away into heaven. The hills loomed shadowy and black. The pale glory of the evening sky domed in the whole. The soft murmur-spot the brook sounded through the stillness, as it calling to the sea; and the sea answered, as it to welcome it in its course. A single nightin- gale awoke in the orange grove, and sarg his heart out in a passionate plaint. The faint breeze brought, ever anon, the sound of laughing voices from the old square, where the villagers still gossiped. All was quiet and peaceful, save in his heart, where the tempest raged with_awiul might. u, Croiton had told his old owl of a cousin of his proposed departure. He was glad to escape her society, for he had grown almost of late to detest her, with her head- shakings, her Cassandra prophecies, and now her “I told you so's,” expressed in words and looks. Naturally, by the time he reached the house, everybody knew he intended to go away, and they were all eager to detain him. A portion of the party was to set off in the morning on an expedition to Amalfi. The others were going to row over to Capri and spend the day there. Croiton could not escape staying for one excursion or the .. other, for he was still animated by the natural desire to keep his hurts. secret. He chose Capri, how- ever, when he heard that Maud Annesley was to make one of the Amalfi party. It was late when Grafton returned to the Tasso, but he was not able to get up to his rooms in safety. There were laughter and music in the salons and gay groups stand- ing about the long corridors. Of course, he was capturefl, and forced to talk and laugh and behave like ordinary mortals under the gaming restraints of‘qiviligation. :- , ,_Â¥,:A_ While allthe talk and merriment went on he could see this Maud Annealey through the open Windows. She stood oui on the terrace, with the full moonlight glorifying her face. as she talked and listened to young San Arpino, who had (SCH.de from his dowager mother, and came to the hotel as usual. Down in the gardens below, an Italian boy began playing Neapolitan sea-songs on his guitar. Half a. dozen people called at once upon Maud to sing. Without hesitation she complied, and her rich eon- trelto voice floated into the rooms, unearthly in its sweetness, and shook Croiton’s very 50111. He could stand it no more; so he cast one other look out into the glory of the night, and saw her etnnd‘ ing them in her beauty, while the young Italian Duke gazed into her face With a passionate devotion he made no effort to conceal. Then Grafton passed from the rooms, hoping that he had hidden Maud Annealey farewell forever. 1 The night he spent was tragic enough. But in this prosaic world tragedies more frequently meet with an anti-climax than a. consummation. and Crofton’s experience was the usual one. He was late in appearing the next morn- ing, rather hoping that the pleasure seekers might have forgot him and gone off. But when one wants forgetfulness people always remember one. Up came a servant to say that everybody haa gone down to the shore, but he was waited for there, and must come. So off he set. cursing acquaintances and expeditions in his heart, as all of us have so often done when wearied and wounded, and yet forced to meet the petty exigencies of life with a smiling front. His cousin, Mrs. Grosvenor, had sent him word that she was too miserable with her neuralgia to join the party. There was a slight con- solation in that. He should at least be free from he: questions and surmises, her sighs and corkscrew glances, always trying to worm his secret out of him, she being one of those people who enjoyed groaning over the misfortunes of the peieons she liked. Crofton reached the shelving shore that spreads below the rocky descent from the village. Two boa-ta, with bright-colored awnings, were ready. Into the smaller of the two Sen Arpino was assisting Maud Annealey just as Crofton appeared. In his dizziness and the uncertain state of his faculties on the previous evening, he had misunderstood, and so had chosen the very expedition of which she was to make a member. Most of the wild young ones had gone to Amslfii. The boat in which Crofton seated himself held staid elders. Msnd’s aunt among them, with whom Crofton was a favorite. But she looked grave and rather harassed this morning, and was less cordial to him then her wont. The boat in which Miss Annesley and San Arpino, with a few other youthful people were seated, took the load ; and as he set in the bow. Crofton could hear he: gay laugh ring out across the waters, but he did not once turn his head. She had seen him as he descended the shore; their eyes had met. Then she had turned quickly away. Some words from the aunt made Crolton comprehend that neither she not Maud had understood he was te make one of the palty' ... . ~. 1 , ,,,:| n-_..:l TV... A...‘ l[V'Ihf‘ie'svulutiful rock-bound Capri! How one would like to dwell on its loveliness and its marvels! But you shall go visit these wonders, or read of them in faithful memory, since I have not leisure to dwell thereon . It was late in the afterncon. Unwesried by the exertion of the morning the whole party listened approvinglv to somebody’s proposal that they should climb the cliff which rose in front of them, as they all Sat comfortably resting in the broad veranda. of the Quissisana Hotel, which looks out across the Salerno EBay. On foot, or on donkeys, as each person pleased, away they defiled, up the narrow road, winding in and out among little villas, cosy peasanta’ cots, vine-wreathed walls, but xlwaya mounting up and up, the View Widenipg am} beautifying with .every Ktmfisfi the road-beéma fi mere path ; but by the time nobody thought of the way, in the delight of watching tie grihd panorama Spread out below. ,, LL- 1‘» o-"-*- r â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" .. They were now not far from the top. Here it was necessary to dismount and look over the famous abyss down which the Emperor Tiberius had a. playful habit of flinging his guests when he wearied of .heir society or craved a little excitement. It was a. held, here precipice, good 700 feet in height, down which they fell into the ‘ white breakers cf the ever-restless sea.‘ Here some adventurous Capriot, lately re- turned from England, had established a. little refreshment place, and, as most of the party were English, it was necessary to patronize the smiling wretch and let him prove by the exorbitency of his charges that he had profited by his stay in the lend of the free. Grafton wandered off, turned an angle of the path where a great rock shut out the house and the gay party, and toiled on up to the top, where, among the ruins, rises a small chapel, in which a. make-believe hermit lives and wheedles centesimi out of the pockets of stray visitors. But just new the hermit was down at the restau- rant drinking suireptitious glasses of red Wine in the kitchen ; so Croiton was left to gaze and rnnrvel undisturbed. ,:| Presently the sound of voices roused them. He heard Maud Annealey‘s merry laugh, and turning, found himself face to face with her and San Arpino. Maud and Crofhon had managed to pass the day without exchanging a. wora. She had appeared as oblivious of his contiguity as only a. woman can. But now, at sight of him, she said gayiy, “ So you had stolen a. march on us atner all, Mr. Grafton. I thought we were the first up.” . 1 “ \Vheré are the others ?’7 he asked, since it was neicgssra‘ry to speal}. “ Oh, drinking sou} wine and listening to our naturalized compatriot’s enormous fibs,” she answerqd. San Arpino spoke pleasantly to Crofton in his quaint, broken English. He was always civil, even cordial, and apparently perfectly unconscious that his attempts at friendship were neither desired not welcome, though indeed Crofton was too just amen to visit Miss Annealey‘s sins upon a rival. .. -. . .1 , n,v_,.,. LAt this place the descent on the Salerno side was rocky, but little less steep than at the point called Tiberiua’ Leap; but the descent did not, as these, commence from the top. A steep path led down some twenty feet to a little platform of rock, whereon grew a. crooked fir tree; from thence a shear wall of cliff plunged perpen- diqularly to the 893. n n After a brief conversation, Croitou walked away to the opposite side of the summit, to survey the ruins, leaving the young pair to themelves. Maud Annesley wasin a mood when some wild, reckless performance possessed an irresistible attrac- tion toher. She and San Arpino stood looking down at the stunted pine that clung to the platform of rock, and swung its ragged branches about, as if imploring to be re- leased from its perilous position. -. -1 “ I want to go down there,” Maud said. “ I am sure not-hing but a mountain gout has ever stood under that tree. I want my name out on the trunk.” San Arpino was as young and reckless as herself. He offered no oppositionâ€"rather admiring her courage, indeed. Though difficult, however, the path seemed to present no real danger if care were exer- cised. A few minutes later, Howard Crofton, standing on the opposite side of the cliff, which looked out seaward, was roused from his gloomy meditations by a. cry so wild and agonized that for years afterit used to haunt his dreams. It was Maud Annealey’s voice Bgsin; but so changed, so sharp with agony, so mad with fear, that for an instant it moth him to the spot where he stood. Then away be rushed across the summit, guinea the other side, and looked over. Maud Annealey was clinging to the frag- ments of rock, half way down to the plat- form, and trying to disengage her arose from a trailing vine which held her feet. She was in safety. He saw that. But he saw, too, the prostrate form of the young Italian, sliding helplessly and slowly towards the narrow platform of rock from whence the precipice began. - San Arpino had stepped a little out of the path, the better to aid Maud, had slipped and‘hnd struck hishead so violently against a projecting, stone that it knocked him almost senseless. He was slipping doxvn nowâ€"down, down, Maud unable to extricate herself so as to rush to his mid. Crofton saw it all, in the brief second he stood motionless. and a. hundred years seemed to pass in that whirling space. With ench new slide the body would go fasterâ€"faster I When it reached the plat- form the impetus would be so great that even had San Arpino consciousness left he could not save himself I He would be car- ried straight over the edge into the awful abyss. And Howard Crofton saw this, and durâ€" ing that instant, which seemed an eternity, a score of devils tugged at his heart and whispered awful suggestions in his ear. Let him go I Let this false woman crouch there and See him perish, they said ; see her ambitions hopes, to gain which she had so recklessly marched over a human heart, smitten from her, just when they seemed secure of fruition ! This was what the demons urged upon Howard Crofton’s soul, and I should lie if I denied that he hesitated. He did hesitate. The tempta- tion was almost irresistible in its strength. Always he was gazing down. He could see Maud Annealey’s white face, her frantic efforts to free herself, the helpless body sliding onâ€"on l .u -..- 1 But after one moment of hesitation and with a cry almoat as mad as that shriek which had roused him to a consciousness of what was passing, Croiton turned and dashed down the descent. He saw while running all the while that by taking a. more circuitous path, one a. little further on, he could reach the platform before San Arpino. The one hope was to seize him there. Away he ran. At the sound of his voice Maud Annealey raised her head, comprehenéled that help was at hand and sank back on the mess and fainted away. 011 Crcfton daehedâ€"onâ€"on l Vines trailed about his feet and almost threw him flown. Stones, dialodged by his careless ateps, nearly crushed his feet. He fellâ€"was up again dashing on~on I Always he could see that prostrate body sliding down~down 1 It was going faster now ! 0):, he should be too late, and this man's death would lie at his door 1 He had hesitated, and now he should have this awful c ime upon his soul through all eternity !_ .._. 1 11 ,, mu, . On, on 1 The way seemed endless. The pine tree shook its deformed arms. The wind surged suddenly up with a moaning cry. The voice of the sea responded in a hoarse about of triumph, as if exulting over its prey. The dazzling sweep of sunlight on the white rock blinded him. But he could always see that form sliding downâ€" down, each half second an age, each step in that frantic race he ran against death, as difficult as some mad flight the soul takes through the horroi‘s of 51 nightmare. Sleeper became the inclined plane, it; was now slippery with moss, over which the body sped, faster still, lifted almost from the ground twice, and flung onâ€" on! Another bound, a. wilder rush and Grafton had reached the tree, and flung one arm about the trunk, to steady himself, and with the other hand and his feet struck at the body as it nested him, seized an arm helplessly extended, planted his feet on the trailing cost andâ€"hag saved his rival. When Maud Annealey came to her senses ' she was he}! lying on a stone bench at the side of a little chapel. Further on she saw , San Arpino, supportea in the hermit‘s ' arms, while HoWard Grafton bathed his 'g forehead and employed such means as were ’ at hand to restore him to consciousness. The hermit had returned just us Grafton caught San Arpino in that frantic clutch. Befiween them the two had carried the in- sensible man up the rocks, and then returned to place Maud Annealey beyond the reach of changer. The unconscious party below were still testing at the little house near the Leap. Now and than the wind brought up the mummy: oi their voiggs and laughter. Maud raised herself. She was weak and tottering. But she managed to reach the spot where the two men were at work over the senseless form. The first sign Crofton had of her presence was when her voice, close to his side, whis- pered dismally, “ Is he dead? Havel killed him ‘I” Grafton turned. A bitter response rose to his lips, but; the eight of her white face checked it. 7 '7‘ There is nothing Wrong but a few bruises and a broken arm,” he said. “ He will cpmefltp higself prefienfily.fj _ So he did. He was a. little wild and inco- herent in his talk at first, but he was soon able to recall what; had happened, to smiie at Maud. and to matter a. few broken words of thankfulnesa to Crofton. After a. while the loiterers below were sum- moned. Crofton quickly silenced their eager questions and useless terror. San Arpino pronounced himself well enough to be put on a. donkey so as to make the de- scent of the mountain, and Crotton walked by his side, and supported him in the saddle. Fortunately, when they reached the village, the English surgeon from Ann Capri was there. San Arpino’s broken arm was set, and his wounds dressed. It was better that he should not run the risk of returning to Sorrento. By good luck his mother had gone up to Naples for a few days, so that the accident could be kept from her. “Will you stay with me to-night?” San Aprino asked of Grafton. ” They’ll send my man and my valiae over by the boat, but I wish you’d stay? Of course, no refusal was possible. Crofton was occupied in thewounded man's chamber when the party sailed. The moon had risen before he quitted it. Sun Arpino was very comfortable and had fallen asleep. Grafton left the surgeon sitting by him and went out on the ter- race. He came face to face with Maud Anneeley. . ... . . . 1 ..q “ Miss; Annesley X” be exciaimed. thought yqu bag 13qu gope {-95 'houris.” “ 011," she cried bitterly, lifting her pale face. “ I may not be human, buy I am not quite a. fiend. Did you think I could leave this man, whom my wicked recklessneuj had led almost to death?” “ “fiftieri‘ fill it was only natural that she should remain, Crofton said to himself, for she was to mqrry th_e 5'0qu fello‘yv: “ He is asleep, they told me,” she said, presently. “Yes, everything is going well." “ I know-Dr. Green told me.” She stopped for an instant, then exclaimed wildly : “ Oh, Mr. Crofton, if heaven had not sent you there! Let me thank youâ€" do let me 1” DR. AUSTIN FLINT, late Professor in Belleâ€" vue Hospital Medical College, Fellow of New York Academy oi Medicine, member of the State mediCal societies of New York, Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, etc., says, in speaking of Bright’s disease, or advanced kidney disease. “The minor effects are headache, loss of vision, impaired hearing, involuntary muscular twitching, cramps, drowsiness, vomiting and diarrhoea.” These are but some of the common symptoms of this malady, which accounts for Warner‘s Safe Cute curing so many diseases (so-called) which are not diseases, but are symptoms of advanced lxidney disorders. “Jibâ€"51:97 is no necessity,” he replied, coldly. " I have no right to thanks, either." “You”-â€"â€"â€" “Wait. Let me finish. Miss Annealey, when I saw that man sliding down, dovvn to death, my first impulse was to let him goâ€"to let; him aie before your eyes! I was almost a murderer, you perceive." “ I need not have told you this," he went on. “ But it is better. Perhaps it may serve as a warning to you, not to use your beauty and your fascinations to break an- other man's heart, as you did mine.” Convicted Beggar!Yout Honor, couldn’t you change my gentence of imprisonment into a fine? " No ; tha; I_[ cannot do. And where would you get the money, if I did ? ” “ I could beg a. little money every day till I had enoqgh.” Discretion of speech is more than elo- quence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.â€"Bacon. An old man handed in a new $500 bill for the New York Herald's Conemaugh fund. “ What name ?” asked the Herald’s cashier. “ That is none of your business,” growled 3.119 old man, and he slipped out of the 60,611; ' She-coveriéd face vfith her hands and sat silent. “Be still!" exclaimed Mrs. Gresham. “You are each worse and more obstinate than the other 1 Maud was not falseâ€"mot a coquette, Howard. You were right when you told her that, from the first, you made your love evident. But you were wrong otherwise. She did not scorn, but she pri_z_ed it." 1, n n. - n (“El-131:5er 0. sound from Grafton, half an expression of unbelief. half a sob. Maud's face was hidden. v She looked 5085. But he continued resoluteh.” " She prized it i ” repeatefl Mrs. Gresham. “ Only the day before Ban Arpino came to Sorrento, your cousm, who has always hated Maud, told her that, you had been as good as engaged for years. So Maud went as mad as you.” Howard Crofton was at Maud’a aide now. “ Can you forgive me ? I do not deserve it, but if you only could i ” he cried. Maud did not stir. “ As for San Arpino,” continued Mrs. Gresham, “ he and Maud were never more than frienfisâ€"Warm, devoted friends. He loves a girl whom his mother detests, and Maud has been his confidante. Oh, “‘V‘VSWhSfi I tell you what stopped me ?â€" what made the temptation powerless when it was at in} height_?" "‘MOh, teli rinVé?‘ she said, with a ghost of a laugh. ” You can say nothing worse cf 1118111811 you have‘dorie. “030 on.’_’ “ Because today ” (his voice shook slightly now), “ to-dny I became convinced that, in one respect, I had wrongea you. You do love that man.” " I told you yesterday that love was always an excuse,” pursued Grafton. “ By great mercy, I read the truth this day, and so saved my own soul from eternal guilt and your life from ruin.” Then there was silence. Suddenlya voice, close at hand, cried ” Oh, Maud, won’t you speak, even now ?” Crolton humid and saw Mrs. Gresham. “You are both mad,” she continuedâ€" “ mad with jealousy and stubbornness and pride. Maud, if you‘llpot speak, I will.” ‘ “Perhaps your words may have ome effect,” Maud answered, in a slow, difficult tone. “Mr. Grafton has already told me that he would believe none of mine. Why should _I sgeak ?”4 - M. . I 11 "I. {$1133. could you any?” retoxted he, bibtgly. fisrhéthuir’nréd her face quickly away. He saw her bosom heave, her breath come and go. you two mad people 1" Ana we wanna away. “ Maud, Maud l ” groomed Grafton. She looked up. Their eyes met. She let his eager arms enfold her. There was no need of pardon or explanation. That one glance had said all. Fw'bwfimd people I ” And she walked THE END. THE greatest snuff-taking country in the world is France, though it shows a. decline in the habit. In 1869 the consumption was 13,000,000 pounds, or 7 ounces per head. Now it is 5 ounces. THE authorities of Naples have decided to pull down 17,000 houses and rebuild entire districts of the city unsanitary measure. King Humbert and Queen Margharitn are earnestly supporting the movement. A womuxemm in a. United States foundry has patented a method of casting pipes without sand moulds. In superheated steam or gas jacketted metal moulds pipes are cast which are uniform, sound and true, as if turned or bored in a lathe. ASPHALT pavinghas been given a thorough trial in Buffalo. There are 53 miles of streets paved with it. 80 well satisfied are the people of that city of its durability and other advantages that they are expending $000,000 this year in adding to their asphalt roadways. THE Yankee holds his own as an in- ventor. One person to every 820 of the population of Connecticut tookout a patent last year. The other extreme was repre- sented by North Carolina, to which only 55 patents were issued, an average of one to every 25,450 of the population. Mn. RIrcnm’s collection of early letters of Jane Welch Carlyle will contain, says the London Athcnacum, in addition to Mrs_ Oarlyle’e correspondence, eleven unpub- lishedlettere of Carlyle’s, dealing chiefly with his preparatory studies for his pro- jected “History of German Literature” and for his " Cromwell." WHEN Red Cloud, the Sioux chief, said in his speech to the commissioners who are trying to buy the lands of his tribe in Da- kota : " I looked around to see if you had any boxes full of money to pay us, but I see none ; I presume you are to pay us in sugar talk, as you have done before," he showed that he was ” on to " the Indian policy of the United States. â€" A 11mm with an eye to the future ad- dresses an inquiry to a Boston scientific journal, anxiously asking what will be the fate of this earth. The editor in reply in- forms the man that the earth will undoubtedly fall into the sun. But, as if to prevent a. panic, the editor considerately informs his readers that this catastrophe will hardly happen in their time, as it will not be due for some millions or billions of years. _ THE venerable free trader, Mr. Villiere. is said to he the oldest member of the House of Commons. He was born in 1802, and is consequently in his 87th year. There is, hOWever, a member of the House of Lords â€"also a. staunch free traderâ€"Who is seve- ral years older than Mr. Villiereâ€"Lord Teynhamâ€"who-wes born on May 27th, 1798, and is therefore 91 years old. Lord Teynham has just given evidence of his fidelity to the cause of free tratle by send- ing £5 to the Cobden Club. Madgeâ€"For Heaven’s sake, Bosworth have you been sandbaggei or in a railway accident 7 nfiééQbflhâ€"Neither. I hid under the bed the other night to scare my wife. 14‘it-s, convulsions, dizziness and head- ache are prevented and cured by using Warner’s Safe Cure. Why? Dr. Owen Rees says: “The tenuity (watery condi- tion) of the blood in Bright’s disease pro- duces cerebral symptoms, the serous (watery yortion is filtered through the blood vessels of he brain, ceasing anaemia. and subsequent head symptom'gx.” The; is Why these symptoms yield to Warner’s} SafeCute. It gets rid of the Bright’s disease and prevents the bloofl from becom- The more we shudy,we the more discover our iguoranoe.â€"-â€"Shelly. A baby born at Johnstown during the flood has been appropriately named Moaes. knv. DR. CUNNINGHAM, who succeeded Dr. Tulloch as Principal of St. Andrew’s Uni- versity, Scotland, is a man of marked individuality. A few years ago, when he was the pastor of a country church, he horrified old-fashioned Presbyterians by advising his congregation to take advantage of a dry Sunday to get in their crops instead of going to 'church. And in the General Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland, which was recently held in Edin- burgh, he moved that the Apostle‘a Creed be dropped from a certain book of devotions. THE London correspondent of the Man- chester Guardian hesrs that Mr. John Albert Bright will not take any action for some time to come with regard to the pub- lication of his father’s papers. As in the case of Lord Beaconsfield‘s papers, it is felt that inconveniences might arise if pub- lication were to take place during the life- time of Her Majesty or of Mr. Gladstone. The life of the late Lord Aberdeen, which has long been written and printed. will, it is said, continue to be Withheld from the public so long as Her Majesty is alive. As regards Mr. Bright’s papers, they are very voluminous and extremely interesting. Those who have been privileged to read his diaries describe them as Written in that pure and nervous English of which Mr. Bright was so greet a master. ing watery. Two commissions and three sub-commis- sions are still at work in Russia. considering the Siberian Railroad project. There are two routes under discussion, the northern and the southern. The latter is practically a continuation of the Transcaspian Samar- cand-Tashkend line through Semipalatinsk and along the Chinese frontier. The northern route, so it is unofficially said, has been selected, and work will be begun in 1890 from Tobolek. By 1894 the line will be finished as far as Atohinek, a. dis- tance of 2,090 versts. At the same time the line will be commenced at the other end, in the Useouti district. THE Northwestern Railroader puts forth a. novel theory to account for an alleged increase of storms and floods in these latter years. It says that there are more than 30,000 locomotives in use in North Amer- ica ; and that the vapor from these sent out into the atmosphere each week will measure more than 50,000,000,000 cubic yards, which must be returned as rain, or 7,000,000,000 cubic yards 8. day quite enough toprcduce rainfall every twenty-four hours. Other nouccndensing steam engines add eight times as much more; so that the total mass of vapor discharged into the atmos- phere must be each week more than 470,- 000,000,000 cubic yards. THE late Drs. Gage and Burton, of Hart- ford, were both genial and funvloving clergyman, and when ihe two met there was always a delightful passage of wit, as the following anecdote illustrates : One of Dr. Gnge’s lectures had proved to be less attractive than the others, and on its second repetition it had become a. “chest- nut " and dia not " draw,” and many left. When Dr. Gage was relating to Dr. Burton his experience with a burglar, he seid : “ Why, doctor, I bud him down flat on his back~I held him thereâ€"he couldn’t move an inch 1" “ What a. splendid oppor- tunity," retorted Dr. Burton, “that was, Gage, to have deliver-ea to him your lecture on Palestine.” There is s. moral here for long-winded public speakers in every class of the community. CURRENT TOPICS. A Dangerous Experiment. Bow 'Jliey Vary as People Grow Older in Years. These life insurance tables that show the expectation, the average, the probability of life are very curious and interesting, writes Bill Arp in the Atlanta Constitution. In a million births the males outnumber the females 22,000, but the girls don’t die so fast, and by the time they reach 50 years the females begin to outnumber the men and outlive them. Nine thousand more women live to see 70 years than men, tak- ing a million as the basis. Two thousand more women than men live to see 90. At 100 years there are 79 men to 144 women. The males start out most mumerous, and this is right, for it gives every girl a fair chance for a lover and a husbandâ€"and it certainly was intended by a kind Providence that she should have one. She is entitled to one, and if I had my way I would make every old bachelor marry or support one. If he wouldn‘t marry according to nature, I would make him work for one. In youth and middle age the males outv number the females, because it takes a good number to defend the country and do the fighting. But the old women outlive the old men because they are needed to nurse us and raise the grandchildren. They have no bad habits that shorten life. They do not drink, nor chew tobacco, nor smoke, nor expose themselves nor eat in a hurry. They take life calm and serene. One hun- dred and twenty-five thousand children are born every day. What a equalling and re- joicing if one could hear it all at once. Just think of itâ€"-45,000,000 of brand-new human beings in a year. But they don‘t stay long, not many of them. One-fourth of them die before they are 6 years old. While 125,000 are born in a day there are 100,000 funerals going on at the same time. What weeping and wailing, what grief and sorrow if we could hear and see it all. Verily the increase of the human family is mixed with great tribulations. Births and deaths, births and deaths, with the births only a little ahead, and Sometimes, when war and pestilence and famine come, the death rate is ahead. When the day is o'er, and the evening is come, The c_a_tt1e_u.re_f9d. this milking‘done, From the labor of the land his thoughts are free But his faithful wife. from sunfto sun, Takes her burden up that’s never done ; There is no test, there is no play, For the good or the house she must work alway. SARAVIA,the great Mexican Remedy positively and permanently cures all lemuleirregularitios. Avaluable medicine. Relief immediate. if VPrrjceiaYsfll. Send for circularfi Y_U G'ATAN'MEDIGINE COMPANY, 18 W. 14th St. N. York. And in the end this faithful. overtude woman will break down beneath her never ending round of work; and as she lies upon her coach of pain, Smith will have ample time to bemoan the selfish economy which closed his puree strings when his patient wife gently hinted that her failing health required a. tonic. Why was he so short. sighted? Dr. Pieree‘s Favorite Prescription would have given her a. new lease of life, and brought the blush of girlhood to hm- cheeke again. It is the only remefly for overworked, ” wornâ€"out ” and feeble women generally. Sold by all druggiets, under a positive guarantee of satisfaction in every case, or price ($1.00) prcmptly refunded. QUERY: If Mr. Page's businpsq is the largest in its line in the United States, is 1!: not the best possible proof of his ability to pay hlghest prices 1’ If he did not do so, would he natpmlly get more Skins than any of his competitors in the same 13' n8? With your name, to print; cards. ' mark books, linen, etc. Smgle stamp 250. Club of six, $1.00. Cash to accom- any order. II. BARNARD, Babb" mm}; orks, Hamilton, Ont. There are but 20 lepers in England. The scheme to bring them together into hospital at London has caused 13 tremendous volley of medical “ nnng’ for us. Cash Furnished on satisfactory gugrantg Address. 0. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont, U. The Shoe 02- Lcather Reporter, N. Y., and Shoe rt Leather Review, Chicago, the leading triads papers of the U.S. in the Hide line, have sent bei! representatives to investigate Mr. Page's us! 11833, and after B. thorough examination and com pariggxifiyp Honor-ta givga himntlgis ggdorgqment “ We believe that in extent of light-weight in material collected and carried, Mr. Page ho the lead of any compatitm‘ and that his present stock is the largest held by any house 1/» EM! country." And the Review says: “Aftn a most thorough investigation of Mr Page’s bminess as compared with olhers in 8mm Linen 'Ly'e havglbecoma fully sun's edgt £711 a , ..,V ,,,,,.,.‘,.A.A. LA)- _‘-uu égJec'z'aLty, lightweight 'stock, he is'unq1maiomw t m largest dealer in this cmmtry, whats in imperi orgy of quality he is confessedLy at the head." rvah'IYc 10 “In. 'Dnnn'n an’nnm :n nu‘ Invnnr Ethelâ€"who has come up unexpect- edlyâ€"“Don’t you want to ride on my tricycle, Mr. Leslie ?" Leslie~â€""Thank you, Ethel, but I’m too busy now." Eshelâ€"“Oh, come ahead. I’ll 1101.1 gifvfi’a hind, for you while you are gom.” Since the fact that consumption is both preventable and in its earliest stage cur- able, it has lost much of its terror. If the first symptoms are at once recognized, angi the proper remedy applied, very fewy if any one. need die 0! consumption, which is really lung scrolula. Like many other dis- eases this formidable one grows out of im- pure blood, and this, in turn, from a die- eased liver. Hence We have the hacking cough, the pains in chest, the inflamed lungs, and all are symptoms of hastening consumptiom all the result of depravrd blood and a diseased liver. The use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will arrest all such symptoms, restore the liver to healthy act-ion, and send streams of pure blood into every organ. OE druggiste. The term came into use in the war 91 1812, and originated at Troy, N. Y. The Government inspector there was Samuel Wilson, universally known as Uncle Sam. Whenever he inspected supplies furnished the Government he would brand them U.Si, meaning United States, but the abbrevir ation, being then new and not generally recognized, the workmen supposed it to be Uncle Sam, the inspector. Afterward the story got into print, and from that time the name has been facetiously applied to the United Statee.â€"â€"Chicago News. Little,“ But Enough,” as Mercutio said of his wound. We refer to Dr. Pieroe’s Little Pellets, which are small, swift and sure in cases of sick head- ache, biliousneas, constipation, and indiges- tion, Alfred Webb, of Wilber Mines, went to Kingston on June 11th to attend Court, was seen on Tuesday night and then dis- appeared. His Wife thinks he has met with foul play. MEMBER15,5UTUHE115235’35W We want a GOOD MAN in your locality to pick up MERCHANTS,BUTCHERSEEEEES1 THE COOK’S BEST FRIEND CALF SKIP-21% I APERIALV BEN, ANDVPENQLLSTAMP. How 1‘ Uncle Sam " Got His Name. She Knew What Mada Him Busy. CHANGES OF LIFE. Consumption (Jumble. DONILWii 83. Smith's Wife.