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“Whit!” she almost Ig‘egmed. “are you in such haste to blazen your disgrace 00 the world Y" “ Madmam 1” she hissed lhrough her set teeth, while her keen black eyes flushed with fury. “ To what: adventuress have you fallen a victim 1’" “Hush,” he said, with some dignity: “you must: not speak disrespectfully of my wife. To-morrow or next day you wlll use full particulars in the Times.” “It is not, mother. 1 am married as fast as church and state can bind me. If I look haggard and seedy you need not wonder, for it isn't, lensant to leave your bride almost as the church door, I can tell you." u n...), .. “Married !” she repeated, growing white and grasping the arms of her chair. “Hugh, thiiis‘a stupid, yulgatjest." “Because I had a rather particular engage: ment on Tuesday morning." “What do you mean ‘2” “I had arranged to be married on Tuesday morning, and I could nob disappoint the parson and the consul, to any uothmg of my fiancee." he returned, with a grim smile, and pausing in his W&]k opposite his mother. “I came as quickly as I could ; the trains at this season are inconvenient.” hereLurued still in An absent bone. He had a. pleasant. deep-chested voice, and, though he had never glven much time to its cultivation, could smg a good second. “1 coulci not, mo'bher.” And he began to pace the room in quarter-deck style. “Why?” persisted Mra. Snville, wibh vagge uneasgness. “If ythaIi started on Monday night after you had my Lelegram,you might have been hen? yesterday? “What is the matter. then ‘3 You do not seem like yourself. Why did you not urgiye last night 2’: He was a fair, sun burnt, man of perhaps six or seven-aud-tweuty, rather above middle height, broad-shouldered, and seem. in; shorter than he really was. His features were good, and a pair of large handsome brown eyes lighted up his face, which was square and strong; his hair and thick moustache: were light brown, with a reddish binge. “Why. Hugh, you are looking ill and worn. Have you been ill 1'” "No, not in the leash ; never was bet a “Yes, he did,” said Hugh, shorny ; then he kissed his mother's brow and stood looking at, her with a troubled expres‘ eion. “Well, my dear Hugh I I am glad to see you. My best congrstulationn. Have you read the Secretary’s letter '3 I told Atkins to give it to you. " She was already there to greet him when he came upstairs. Whereupon Mrs. Seville ordered her breakfast. to be brought to her in her own apartment, that she might not delay her son‘s refreshments, and prepared herself leisurely to meet him in her morning- room. Receiving no reply to her telegram, Mrs- Saville sat up late on the following Wed nesday, hoping her son might arrive, and retired to rest weary with unfulfilled ex- pectation. When her maid brought. her early cup of ass, the following morning, she announced that “Mr. Hugh arrived about half an hour ago, ’m, and has gone to his room." Mrs. Saville’s love was a somewhat- oner- ous obligation: she had a very tough, inexorable will, and a profound belief chat she could manage every nue’s affairs con- siderably better than they could themselves, â€"a doctrine in which her younger son rarely agreed. His mother's greed for power was greatly developed by her early widowhood, though the deceased Honorable her husband was a peace-loving soul who rarely contradicted her. Such was the condition of things at. the beginning of this narrative. Mrs. Seville was the only child and sole heiress of an exceedingly wealthy Shefiield manufacturer. She hed married (not in her teens) the accomplished, amiable, dis- tinguished, younger brother of the Earl of Everton, an impecunious peer whose sole means of existence was derived from the rent of the family mansion and domains. Mrs. Seville was en extremely ambitious women :she held a. keen desire for personal distinction, and in her own mind had resolved that as her eldest son must in the order of things succeed his uncle and become Earl of Everton, so Hugh must marry a women of rank and fortune (whom she had already in her own mind selected Ior him), and thus she would be free to give the bulk of her belongings to support the title which would devolve upon her eldest Ion. He was a. steady, irreproacheble young men, but her heart, her pridel centrediin her Benjamin. Her keen eyes shone with n hard glitter as she thought the: her son was probably saved from committing some dangerou folly, 3nd launched afresh on a career which promised honor and promotion. In truth. Mrs. Ssville’a hopes and ambitions were centred on her second son. Her eldest was an npethebic, well-bred, briefless barrister, of dilettante tastes, given to writing elegantly-expressed papers in the more exalted perodicnls on obscure passages in Shakespeare, and latterly in Browning, on the derivation of obsolete Words, and other such topics, in which ordinary mor- tals book not the slightest; interest. CHAPTER II. The two ensuing days were full of excite meatâ€"pleasureable excitementâ€"co Mm Saville. THE YOUNG LIEUTENANU “Teâ€"ll one-o? the men to be ready in minutes. I want, to send a. note to Rawson. It requires an answer,” she to the butler. “And, Atkins, I shall Mrs. Saville had risen to utter her last senbeuce, and now walked to the fireplace to ‘xj’iggnsharply. _ __ 4‘“ Huge stood half & minufie gazing at. her, then, burning sharply, left. the room with- out another word. “Then it, is fafewell forever,” said Mrs. Ssville, abernly. “Take my thanks for this repayment of all the care and thought and affection I havie {gvisbgd on you.” rather than that. i will obey you 311d got.z Good-bye. God be with you. I will never see your fgce again. until you ask me and my life to visit- you. your natural good sense blinded to the relative value of things. What would the wealth of a. kingdom be to me, if I knew the woman I loved was groping her way painfully, with a bruised spirit and bleeding feet, through the rugged ways of life with out a hand to help her? No, mother, your son is man enough to risk everything rather than that. I will obev vnu and on. “Poor we may Le, bub obscure, if I live, we shall not be, " said Hugh, rising, and looking steadily at his mother. while he spoke very calmly. “I may deserve some censure for not informing you of my plans, but this treatment I do not deserve. And yet I believe you have & haerc, though so calked and coated with worldliuess that in: natural impulses are hopelessly deadened. “ Yes, at old Raweon’s request, not mine, nor should I have incurred them had my allowance been measured by the needs and habits with which I had been brought up. My God ! did you ever love my tetherI that you are so hardened Against the first love of your son’s life ?" “ I bed a proper affection for my bus- bend, but I should have not forgotten my- selt for any man. I repeat it, you cease to be my son from this hour. You shall have the quarter’s allowance now due to you, but after this not a. penny more. See how you will get on with the beggarly pittance you derive from your father. ’I‘o- morrow I sltall see Ra“ son about altering my will. What wife will compensate you for a life of poverty and obscurity?" A scornful laugh interrupted him. “ Do you imagine I am as weak a fool as my son? such an abject Weakling? No, I shall have nothing to do with you or your wife. Go ; Ishall not see you again. You have never asked me a favor ! Have I not paid your debts?’ “Nearly. Have a little patience. As a women I ask you What opinion you would have ofa man who could have deserted the girl he loved with all his heart and soul in such desolation? Could I have helped her. given her money, protection, anything, save as her husband 3 She was not her usnol proud self, or she would have seen through the thin exonse with which I veiled your silence. Now, mother, ‘ he tender, womanly,â€"ay, and reasonable. Make up your mind to the inevitable Kate is my wife. See her before you condemn me, before you banish me. Give her the protec- tion I cannot stay to give. I have left her with the kind old Frenchwomen in Whose house her lather died. I dared not en- danger my careerI my reputation, by losing an hour: so, for her sake us well as my own, I tore myself away. I don’t think I ever asked you a favor : now I pray you, if you ever loved me, take my wife to your heart; let her live near you ; give her a. chance of winning your good opinion, yourâ€"â€"" “There; I will not troubleyou with details.” continued Hugh, grimly. “Sheetingâ€"well, like a prime. donna, and she used to let me sing with her, but the more Isbowed her-â€" well. the feelings I could not repress. the colder and the more distant she grew. She, drove me half mad. ThenI was ashore as you know, and went off wandering abroad, hoping to meet her, as I did. Still she kept me at arms’-length but some- thing told me that she wasn’t as indifferent as she seemed. “ No doubt I” ejaculated Mrs. Seville. ” About six weeks ago, I went back to, Nice, and found old Hilton very illâ€"so bad that 1 could scarce get speech of Kate. They were lodging in the outskirts of the town. Then he died very suddenly at the last, and Kate, unnerved with watching and grief for the old men, who, by no means a good father wasnever actively unkind, broke down and clung to me. She was friendless, penniless, helpless. I took the command and insisted on her marrying me.” “ I may as well let you know at; once,” he continued, uotheediug her interruption. “ My wife was Miss Hllton, daughter of the late Captain Hilton, an old cavalryman, of good family, I believe; but that, I don’t care 9 rap about.” “ Have you done yet?”'asliéd his mother harslfly. r “You have a. right to be angry? Hugh began, throwing himself into a chair near his mother's “You have been a. good mother to me, and you deserve that I should have coneulted yamâ€"no, not exact- ly consulted. for a men has no more un- questionable right than of choosing a wife, but that I should have told you in time of my intentions. Knowing that you would do your best to forbid or prevent the marriage, even to the length of writing cruelly to Kate, I determined to say noth- ing till the deed was accomplished. Now hear me. 1 first met the Hiltons in Naples nearly two years ago. when I was with the Mediterranean squadron. My uncle Ever- ton was there, and I had leave now and again while we lay 03" Sicily. You know I never bothered about women, mother ; but before I knew Kate Hilton 3 week, I was fathoms deep. I don't know whether other people think her beautiful or not. to me she is the best and loveliestâ€"â€"-” Mrs. Seville made a motion of the hands ex- pressive of disgust and repulsion, while a contemptuous smile curled her thin lips. “Swim i“ cried Hugh, in such a tone at command that, his mother obeyed. “ You must; and shall hear me. Pray sit down. I have a good deal to say.” He resumed his walk for a moment. while he strove to collect, himself. Mrs. Seville was silent, watching him with cruel, glittering eyes. “ I expected this,” said Mrs. Seville, in a. low, concentrated tone, and rising in her wrath, “ Some inner voice told me evil would colue of your long, unaccountable stay in that vile place. Now leave me. Never let, me set. eyes upon you agnin. You have blasted my hopes, you have destroyed my afl‘ection for you, you cease to be my son." ten Mr. said not; Hugh Saville was fond of his mother, in spite ofmany qunrrelsx he had inherited much of her pride and strength, and a certain degree of sympabhv existed between them. When, therefore, be had, as it seemed. thrown her over for A mere clever To Mrs. Seville the greatest power on earth was money ; to it she felt she owed everything; but she was no miser. She could be lavishly generous at times, especially to any one who had served or gratified her own precious self. She could throw alms, too, to the needy, as you would a bone to starving curs ; but to her the poor were not exactly men or brothers. Yet, as her son said, she was not without iheart, only lifelong undisputed command lend unchecked prosperity bed hardened it; no one could do much for her, or give her anything she had not already, and amid the splendid sunshine of her existence one small cloud, “ no bigger than a man's hand,” cast a deep shadow against which her. inner heart rebelled. She was conscious that no one loved her. except, indeed her son Hugh. This it was that made her so herd ; she did not realize that her manner, her haughty‘ espect,rspelled such sweet free-will offerings} as 1« Va and tenderness. l Mrs. Seville, though decidedly a par- venne, was too clever a. woman to be a snob. though her love of power and dis- tinction made her overvalue the effect of rank and title upon her fellow-creatures. She was quite willing that her sons should be on familiar terms with Mr. stson's family; they were perfectly safe in the society of his quiet, unpretending daugh- ters ; while‘tlie sincere regard entertained by Mr. Rawson for the family of his dis- tinguished client, whose debts. difficulties, and involvemente made many steps in the ladder by which his father sud himself had climbed to fortune, lent something of a feudal character to the tie existing between them. Bitter reproaches were showered upon him for his disloyal encouragement of an ungrateful son, a weak, coutemptible dupe. But Mr. Rawson defended himselibravely. No one could do so much with Mrs. Seville as the family solicitor. First. he was a shrewd, far-seeing man, of great experience and undoubted integrity, in whose judgment she had the greatest confi- dence. Then, too, he Wasa rich man and perfectly independent,both in position and in character. So high was her opinion of him that she deigned to call periodically on his daughters, and some years before. when she was in the habit of giving a large ball every season, sent them invitations, which were generally declined. Hugh Saville had been at school with the solici- tor’s only son, who was also in the navy, and, when the young fellow evinced a tendency to drink, stood by him and helped him at the turning-point where, but for friendly help. he might have taken the downward road. Mr. Rawaon found even a. warmer recep- tion than he had anticipated awaiting him when he presented himself the following day in Stafford Square. “NB, I have not," cried Mrs. Seville, savagelyfinatching thepaper.crushing mend throwing it down, “but I heard all about. everything yesterday morning. I have die- owned and banished my son. Iwill never see him again. But if you have come here to gloat over my rage and distress, you will be disappointed. I have merely cut off' an offending member. He is not worth regret,- ting. If you ever dare to mention the sub- ject again, I shall decline to hold any com- munication with you or to give a reason for cutting you. The world can fill up the blanks.” “Oh, my dear Mrs. Seville, my dear Elizabeth, have you seen what is in the Times? I came 03' at once. I could not bear that any one should break it to you but myself.” And she held out the paper doubled down at the fatal announcement among the marriages.“ Next day detection book the wings of the morning and came flying (if anything so solid could fly) in the shape of Lady Olivia Lumley, Times in hand, breathless,excited, she arrived before midday, a. mark of unauthorized familiarity. It was a wretched evening. Mrs. Saville was to dine with a dietingushed dowager, and, with Spartan courage, arrayed herself in her been and went forth to smile and utter bland nothings about her dear boy’s haste to get 05 in good time, about his ood fortune in being appointed to the ng-ehip, and many more things about. her mingled regret and satisfaction,-â€"polite invantiona with which she vainly hoped to threw dust in the world’s shrewd eyes._ carriage, and, after paying a round of Visits, took a long drive. reaching home just in time to see Atkins inspecting a pile of luggage being placed on a cab. He hustled the men who were assisting out of his lady’s way, saying officiously, as he did so, “ We have neerly cleared away every- thing, 'm. Just one or two boxes are left for to-morrow. I did not like to take them so late into a private house, and it's a goodish step to Poroheeter Terrace.” “Do what you like.” said Mrs. Seville, coldly: “do not trouble me.” And she passed through the hell, thinking, angrily, “So that weak-minded man Rewson is giving that miserable, ungrateful dupe, my son, shelter and encouragement! I will call him to account for this." Mrs. Saville‘s son did not come to lunch- eon, and Mr. Rawaou’s partner wrote his regrets that the head of the firm had left the office before Mrs. Savxlle’s none had arrived, and they did not know when he would recurn, but: that. the writer would wait on Mrs. Saville at. once if she wished, and would telegraph. So the obduurathe mother's intention of destroying her will at: once Was for the mo- ment frustrated. She therefore ordered the “ You understand me,” said his mistress, sterniy ; “everything must be removed. And, Atkins, telegraph to Mr. Saville. I think he has returned to his chambers : he was to be away only a. week. Say I want, him to come here toiuncheon.“ The man, still looking stupefied, quibted the presence of his imperious mistress, who 59.17 down to write with 9. steady hand and a curious, scornful smile on her lips. want you any more to-day: you had better waist Mr. Hugh. He is pressed for time. I wish everything belonging so him in this house to be packed and removed by to-mor- row evening at. furthest. " “ Yes. ‘m,”ss.id the man, with a. bewil- dered look, knowing that Mr. Hugh was the favorite with his mother, as well as with the whole household. CHAPTER III. Tourists‘ Gold in Italy. At the British Embassy to the King of Italy a. calculation was made some time ago of the amount of gold brought by travelers into Italy every year. By far the largest number of these travelers come from Eng- land and the United States. The calcula- tions made it evident that no less than £20,000,000 or $100,000,000 are brought into Italy and left there by these travelers. In the soantieet years that sum has not been less than £14,000,000, while on other occasions it has risen to $22,000,000. Mr. Stamer, a writer on Italy, relates that an old woman in Sorrento once told him that the people in England had no sun, because the English had told her, time and again, that it was not for society they had come to Italy, but to see the sun. Besides, all the English were fair and ruddy. If they had had a sun, why were they not all sunburnt‘i If they do get sunshine in Italy, as they do, they pay very sweetly for it. The banks 0f the United States during the year 1894 1036 ova: $25,000,0001)y weft. It. has been expected that; an early merriege would be arranged for her, not merely became court physicians recom- mended it, but for dynastic reasons, as she is the last of her race. There is no one now living to inherit the crown. There have been rumors for some time that she would he betrothed either to Prince Alfred of Sexe-Uoburg-Gothe, although his health leaves much to be desired, or to one of the sons of her cousinl Prince Adelbert of Prussia, the Regent of Brunswick. Prince Alfred is the only son and heir of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gothe, better known as the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria’s sec- ond eon. Alfred is in his twenty-first. year. Little Queen Wilhelmina will be fifteen years old on the last day of nexb August. She has been sovereign oi the Netherlands in name since the death of her father, William 111., between four and five years ago. but. her mother, Queen Dowager Emma.I does what governing is necessary. The Queen is a. nervous, delicate girl. Her heath has been a. cause of constant. anxiety to her mother. At one time it was found prudent, to take her to Swirzerlend,because in was feared that she was going into con- sumption. 7 a long conversation with the young Queen at the station. This has revived the rumor that it. is proposed to hatred: Prince Alfred to Queen Willielmlna. QUEEN W'ILHELMILVA. (Holland’s youthful sovereign in national costume.) The young Queen of Holland, with her mother, the Queen Regent, arrived in Lon- don the other day on a fortnight’s visit, They were met at the Victoria. Station by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sexe- Coburg-Gotha and the latter‘e eon. Prince Alfred, of Saxe~Coburg-Gotha. The royal visitor-n were cordially received and wel- comed by the Princes. Prince Alfred had “Possible l Why, it is not possible. The marriage is strictly legal.” “Nevertheless.if Mr. Hugh Seville’s wife. is the sort of a. woman you imagine,â€"and it. may be so,-she will hardly live for a. year and more away from her husband (the Vortigern will not be out of commission for fourteen months at. leastlâ€"she will hardly live for all these months alone, and within reach of the crew with which her father used to associate. without getting into a scrape of some kind. I propose in have her carefully watched. If she gives us just reason for action, let her be unished and your son saved from her clubc es. If she proves a good woman and true, Why you must relax something of your severity.” “I can safely promise what; you will, if she proves good and true. How do you propose to find out '2” Wllhelmlna Arrives In London on a VI:- ltâ€"Goulp inyu She Is lo be Betrothed Io Prluce Alfred. tions." cried Mrs. Saville, “but I think your giving shelter toâ€"to that disobedient boy is inconsistent with loyalty to me." “Not in my opinion. Your son is not the first young man who hasloft father and mother to cleave unto his wife. He has been singularly imprudent ; stillâ€"” "lmprudent l A dupe I a fool ! an un- grateful idiot ! Can’t you see the game of the ndventuress all through i" “I must say, such a construction might. be put on the disastrous story. If you are right, however," continued Mr. Rawson. with an air of profound consideration. “your son is more sinned against than sin- ning,and our aim should be to cut the fatal knot if possible.” adventuress.without a moment’s hesitation, theone tender chord in her heart snapped, and a. sigerish fury raged within her. “My dear madam,” said Mr. Rawson when she paused in her reproaches. “I can quite understand your displeasure, but, suffer me to suggest; than I have a right; to receive whom I like in my own house. I do not defend your son’s imprudence ; but. HOLLAND'S GIRL QU EEN (10 BE CONTINUED.) kit revenge, yo ice dis ng fellow You may an act of The new fish hatchery built on one of the inland: in the Saulb Rapids in Michigan, will be the finest in the world when com- pleted. ID will have a oupactty of 45,000,. 000 Whitefish and 5,000,000 trout. Pounds will be built; around it, and the facilities for propagating fish can not be excelled any where. Mayor Calhoun, managing editor of the Standard, the new Boston daily, is the author of “Marching Through Georgia.”Ho was an officer in Sherman’s army. and lash aleg in battle. He was captured by the rebels, and suffered for some time the horrors of prison life South. The Allegheny Presbytery has placed itself on record as opposed to the theory that dancing is a sin. Miss Mary Ewnlbmf Bskerstowu Presbyterian Church, was dismissed because she danced and would not promise to refrain in the future. She appealed her case tc the Presbytery, and was upheld, the decision being that. dancing is a question of conscience. T. F. Johnston, son of H. V. Johnston. who was Governor of Georgia and United States Senator before the war, and Vice- Preaidential cendidate on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas in 1860. is looked upon as the probable leader of the new Republi- can party in Georgia. Mrs. James T. Field, of Boston, who is the treasurer of the fund, has announced thab the American friends of the poet. Ten- nyson will send $2,000 as a contribution to the memorial fund now being subscribed in England and Lo fittingly honor the memory of the dead author. The widow of Gen. Anderson, of Fort Sumter tame, treasures as a relic in her VVaahingLon home the flag at which the first shot of the besieglng couledemtea was fired. The flag was draped about the cuffin of Gen. Anderson at hm funeral. Governor Atgeld of Illinois has replied to Chauncey M. Depsw’s remarks upon the Pullman strike by attacking Lhe reputation of Mr. Depew. He says that the railroad president does not know on which end of a steer the horns belong. Edward W. Tingle, United States consul at Brunswigk, Germany, suggests that American meat packers Lurn chair atten- tion to horse meat, as the demand for it. in Germany is very large. and is constantly growing. There an forLy-seven Chinese Dem lea in the United States. valued at 3 2,000, claiming 100,000 worshippers. Forty of these temples are in California, four in New York, two in Idaho and one in Oregon. Sound, and more Juan 9. score Wei-e by the collision. ‘A large flock of ducks dashed at night: against the glass lens of a search-light on the steamer Nutmeg State in Long [813mg A jury at, Philadelphia, Pa., gave Mrs. Katherine A. Smith a verdict against the Mutual Accident Insurance Association of New York for $10,165, on an accident policy held by her husband.” A Georgia justice has A algn in front. of his shop with the following inscribed upon in: We will marry you in this shop for a load of wood, a string of fish, a mess of pork or & bale of cotton. If the lava. and ashes vomited from Vesu- vius since A. D. 79 could be moulded inm bricks there would be a sufficient number to make a city as large as New York and London combined. Five hundred “ society girls” of Oakland. 03]., are members of a bicycle club, and they all wear bloomers. During the sea- I son they intend to visit fashions. e resorts in a. body. A: the annual conference of the Latter Day Saints in Independence, Mm, it was decided that no man who used tobacco could be elected to any office in the church. Miss Helen Gould recently distinguished herself in an examination on the subjects treated in law lectures for uon-matriculunbl of the University of New York. A New York hatter who ” keeps hie finger on the hat pulse of the world," says that the men of the United States spend $300,000,000 9. year for headgear. The Rev. Father McKe priest, was excused from t: court, in San Francisco. I imony under affirmation The Dietrich Natural Gas syndicate, 0 New York has got control of the pipe line system in all bunhree of the cities in the natural gas field in Indiana. Grover Leepag himself in O’Neill companions that death. The litigatic mine has been J. Wood are I: at $10,000,000 Senators who believe in free silver are talkingoi buying a newspaper in New York for the purpose of educating the East on the money question. The Rev. G. “1'. “Han, a Methodist minister for fifty years and one of Gen. Morgan’s favorite scouts during the war. died at Nashville, 193m, aged 76 years. The test of one of the big 5,000 hora. power dynamoa recently placed in positio' in the power house of the Niagala Fak Power Company, proved satisfactory. A Georgiafarmer killed 1,500 rabbits dur- ing me recent, snow and made enough out them to nettle with the men who picked cotton for him in the fa' '. Neighborly Inleres! In Ill» nolngs~Mat tors of Home“! and )llrth Gathered from His Dally Record. 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