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.‘vv. -fi mw'qv trw ' trvrrr a w “En-FIN THE BLUE ULOAK. "Reuben," said my mother, as she lay in her last illness, “there was one thing Well your father impressed upon me before he died: “Never let Reuben put foot in Sicily '! " v "Why, mother?" I asked. "I know not, my son," she replied. "But I always understood that some great danger awaited your father if ’he returned to Sicily, and those were al- most his last words to me." My father, Rubino Vincetti, who had died in my very early infancy, had 'been of Sicilian birth, but my mother was English. I had always resided in England and was a thorough Englishâ€" man in my habits, although I took after my father in features. and, as I could speak Italian like a native. Iwas often taken for one. For ayoun'g m3“ of 23 to be told that he is not' to go to a certain place is rather likely to send. brim themes it is "daring" him to do so, and had Iany desire to go to Sicily I fear that even then my mother's rep. etition of my father's warning would not have prevented me. However, I had nothing to call me from England until nearly four years afterwardnvhen I visited Italy for the purpose of study- ing painting, to which art had de- voted myself, and Whatever impression the warning had made upon me at the .time it was spoken had then faded from my memory. \ . An English! friend, Arthur Attwood, a; fellow artist was staying with me at Naples. and the expressed \a. wish to see Mount Aetina, and I consented to accompany him. We arrived at Mes- sina in due course, and enjoyed the beauties of the island in the orthodox fashion. 0n the day of our visit to Aetnai we were prevented from return- ing to our hotel at Catania as soon as we expected, owing to a. violent thund- erstorm,during which we wok shelter in aSiciJian cottage, the only occupants of which were anolid wrinkled, gypsy- looking woman, who seemed to be any 6136 between 80 and 100,and hen grand- daughter, who was a beautiful specimen of southern girllhood, not more than 17 years of age. 1 The old woman, bent with age, her dark face wrinkled and crossed with lines in all directions, but with: eyes almost as bright as the girl's looked the very picture of an old witch. and at my request she salt while I sketched her. I gave her a. small piece of money in return for her Shelter and the willing;- ness with which she had posed for me, at which she was highly delighted, ex- pressing her gratitude in overwhelm- ing thanks. She insisted upon telling me my fortune and entering into the joke as I thought it, I held out my hand for her examination. "Signor Vincetti,” she began, "youâ€"â€"” "Hold hard, old lady," I interrupted. "How do you know .my name?” .' I "I know what I know," She replied, wit/h. aounning sznilie that gave her ancient features an expression which was weird in the extreme. "Sng‘nor Vin- cetti, you Willi live long and have much happiness and prosperity, if_you suc- ceed in escaping a great peril which will cross your path on tlhe eve of the ne wmoon next after your 27th birth- day. Beware of twomen, who Will seek your life.” My curiosity was excited, but. do all what Icoulld, I was unable to obtain any- thing more from the old crone. She refused to utter another syfllable except to repeat her warning. "Beware of the eve of the new moon next after your 27th birthday I" The storm thav‘in‘g abated we took our departure and returned to Catania with our guide, who had been sojourn- ' in an adjacent hovel. The next day was Friday, and we made up our minds to return to Messina and take leave of the island on Saturday. I coqu not quilts shake off the old gypsy's words, although Itried my best to dis- miss them from my mind, and in thin - lng of them a. fact occurred to me which I had overlooked; Iwas 27 years old on the previous day, Thursday. Thinking of my birthday led me to think of my mother, and brought back her repetition of my father's warning, "that was never to put my foot in Sicily." Yet there Iwas, in direct de- fiance of it. I turned to my pocket alâ€" manac, and found that it was a. new moon on the following morning at 5 o'clock, so that according to the old dame'sprophiecy, that (Friday) evening was my time of peril. I am not a ner- vous mnn,but 1 must confess that when I put all] the incidents together Ifelt a hit creepy. I had never told Attwood of my moth- ers words; in fact, I had almost forâ€" tten them until the thought of my irthdaly recalled them to me. Now, as we sauntered along under the shade of some trees and inhaled the perfume of the growing lemons, mixed with the smoke of some vile Italian cigars we were puffing, Irellated the incident to him, and told him that it had been my twentyâ€"seventh birthday yesterday, and that to-niight was the eve of the new moon. If anything, my friend Arthur was less nervous and more .hlegmaiic than myself, but he seemed) strangely algitated. “Let us leave ‘here at once, old fel- low," he cried, “I don’t like it." "Pshawl" I returned. “What can there be in it at all? The old woman had heard my name, I suppose, and. anyone could make up a few enigmati- mfl- words about a new moon and dan- ger." ‘. 'We were, of course, talking in Eng- lish. Arthur understood enough Ital- ian catch the meaning of anyone speaking it, but .he could hardly utter a word correctly himself,and he always relied upon me as his interpreter, so that strangers thought he was totally unacquainted wrth the language. ‘ "But-â€"-" he began, when two Italian gentlemen who were slaying at the same hotel passed us, conversing as they did so in low tones. Arthur bent his head and reduced his speech to a whisper. i . "But 'lhe two men!’ " he said. “I‘ did not think anything of it at the time, but these two fellows who are now in front were talking last night._ Nobody things that Iunderstand the huge, and they look no notice of me. I saw they were throwing dice They had no stakes,but the winner sold to the loser: "Then you must do it!" "Verily, Iw'ill.” replied the loser, "but. it will not be safe in the daytimeâ€"the consul will be on the trac ." “Now. what were they referring to?" asked Arthur. "Depend upon it there"s more in the old woman's warning than you think. Why should they mind a consult Because you are a British subject! They are your enemies. Let us be gone at once!" \Ve returned to the hotel, engageda conveyance to take us toMessina,paid our reckoning and started off. Just as we were driving away, two Italians (whose names we had ascertained from lthe hotel book where Giuseppe and Guil- leino Ferrari) strolled up. It may have been our fancy, but they looked surprised at seeing us going away, and they immediately began to talk and gesticul-ate one to the other. As we drove through the town the. old fortune teller's pretty granddaughter sprang out from somewhere suddenly and hailed the coachman who pulled up. Running to the side of the carriage-she whispered to me: : "Grandmother says ‘your enemies are upon you. Beware!” And she flew off and disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as she had come upon the scene. "It is an enigma!" I cried. "Why should these men wish to do me harm? They don‘t. know me." _ "I‘ll tell you what it is," said Att- wood. "I've heard of Sicilian vendetâ€" tas, and I'll bet any money this is one." : Several blood curdling tales I had read upon the subject. occurred to me. “My mother said that some great dan- ger awaited my fathr if he returned here. Perhaps he killed a. relation of these fellows sit some _timc or the oth- er, and they are seeking my life in turn.” I said. "That’s just about it, Iexpect," he replied. “I shall be glad when we're well out of it." - When we reached Messina we were half famislied,and at. oncewent to the hotel at which we had previously stayed and had some dinner. Then we Went down in the harbor to see about getting to the mainland, but there was no boat which could take us to be had for an hour. . Leaving our porlmanleaus in the care of the officer at the pier, we. strolled back toward the town. The evening was Closing. in, and as we wonder! our way up the narrow, irregular street my companion clutched inc tightly by the arm. Corning loward us were the two Ferraris. They must have followed us from Catariia, and they no doubt caught sight of us. for they turned into a little wine shop. Acting on a com- mon impulse we followed them and took our seats at another table. They con- versed together under their breaths for awhile, and Hum Giuseppe, whom Att- wood recognized as the loser at .(lice. got up and came toward us as if .to leave the place. It was very dim in- side lhe shop and probably they had not seen us. for as soon as he came nearer us he went back, and, after whispering a few words to his_oomâ€"- panion, turned again and took his de- parture. _ . It was clear they had been drinking, as she reeled perceptibly when he passed us. Presently Guillemo rose from his chair and crossed the room to the land- lord, whom he evidently knew, and they retired to an inner room. Both the Ferraris were wearing blackroats and soft felt hats. ‘Xe were similarly ' dressed,except that my cloak was rath- er a. stylish one, being of a blue color and Atlwood's was a brown one. The place was now almost in darkness, as the Iandlord,who had been preparing to light the lamps had been interrupted by Guillemo. ( . "The villain who has gone out Will try to stab you, or something, as you go down to the boat," said Attwood, "I have an idea! Change cloaks with me; the other fellow's left his cloak hanging over the back of his chair, and I’ll swap with him." “What good will that do?" I asked "If Giuseppe really meant mischief he will go for a man in a blue cloak," ihe erplied, “don’t you see 2” "Yâ€"a-s,” J. said, " and kill his own brother or whatever he is. It’s worth trying, though if he notices it there will be a row." _ “He could not see the difference in this darkness, even i flue were sober," Attwood returned. “He’s half drunk and will never nortice it." Arthur handed me his cloak and sil- ently slipped to the other seat and laid mine on the Italian's chair, taking the other one and putting it on himself. \Vhen Guillemo came out with the land- lord again he appeared in a hurry, for he flung my coat over his shoulders and wallked quickly, although unstead- ily out of the shop. We followed in a trice, walked one behind the other down the hill toward the boat. It was so dark now we could only distinguish Guilleiuo's form without seeing the color of his clothes, but as he neared u lamp which hung dangling from the door of another shop we could see the blue color of the cloak. lie had just passed under the lamp when a man darted across the street from a. recess in which he had been conceal.~ ed, and we could see the gleam of steel Iin his hand. He ran behind the blue cloak, and striking with all his force, plunged the stiletto in the back of its wearer's neck, the man falling forward on his face without a groan. so skillful- ly had the blow been planted. The murderer never turned, crossmg the road diagonally, disnp~ neared up a (lurk passage and we passed the body and went on to our boat as if nothing. had occurred. "It is not the first man that fellow's killed,” said Atlwood. "He must have but severed the spinal cord at a blow. IL was neatly done, wasn’t it?" "God bless you Arthur," I cried. "You have saved my life." I should never have heard any more of the nia‘tlei', but, being somewhat curious to know the rights of the thing, I wrote 10 the British consul. explainâ€" ing all I knew about it. and asking him privately if he had heard anything as to the death of Guillermo Ferrari. He replied lint. the man had found deadâ€"stabbed in the Thai Giuseppe, who was his was so heai'ls'li‘ic‘kicn at what. been back. brot her, he had the done lhnt he gave himself up to authorities. Hestatcd before the judge that their father had been killed in. a duel many years ago by Rubino Vin- cetti, that" a vendetta had been sworn, and that recognizing me by my name and my features as the son of their father’s slayer, they had determined to take my life; that Giuseppe had been cast. to wreak vengeance upon me. but that by some means. which he could not explain. his brother had been wear- ! mg my clock and he had killed him by mistake. Giuseppe expreSSCd a desire to relire to a. monastry, so he was re- leased. and was then in a religious house, which the consul named. I need hardly add thatnlllmugh there would now probably be no danger in it,I have since paid heed to my father's last wish, and have never "put my foot in Sicily" again. ' But how about the old fortune teller, you ask? Ah! I cannot explain that. She, per- haps. recognized me as Vincetti by my features, and may have even been consulted by the brothers Ferrari be- fore atlempting my life, but I have stated the facts as they occurred, and I know no more. IMPORTANT PAPERS. {n Instance of Queen Vlctorln'i- Respect for the Snlilmlli. Queen Victoria has given so many proofs of the possession of sterling vir- tues that no one ever expects her to swerve from the path approved by her judgment and her conscience. \Vhen she first became queen. however, the world had yet to learn how determin- ed the young ruler could be. Lord Melbourne, her prime minister. is said to have declared that he would rather have ten kings to manage than one queen. On one occasion, he arrived at’lVind- sor late on Saturday night, and in- formed his youthful sovereign that he had brought for her inspection some papers of importance. "But." said he. "as lhsy must be gone into at length. I will not trouble your majesty with them to-nighl, but will request your attention to them to-morrow morning." "To-marrow morning?" replied the queen. "To-morrow is Sunday, my lord." "But business of state, please your majesty," “Must be attended to, I know," re- plied the queen. "and as. of course. you could not get down earlier to-night, [ will, if these papers, are of such! vital importance, attend to them after we come from church to-morrow." In the morning the royal party went to church. and the noble statesman was not absent. Much to his surprise, the sermon was on the duties of the Sab- bath. " How did your lordship like the ser- mon ?” asked the queen. "Very much. your majesty,” he re- plied. "I will not. conceal from you," said the queen, " that last night I sent the clergyman the text from which to preach. I hope we shall all be the bet- ter for his words.” It. is presumable that they were betâ€" ter for the day passed, and no word was heard of the papers. At night, when her majesty was about to withdraw. she said. 'I‘o-morrow morning, my lord, at any hour you please, we will go into those papersâ€"at seven o'clock, if you like.” But the papers had suddenly grown less pressing, for the prime minister, found that nine o’clock would be quite early enough to attend to them. â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€".â€"â€"â€"_ BUILT TO BAR OUT MICROBES. Nololl Scienllsls l’ut l'p at Yokohama. One of the 0dilesl Structures on liar-til. One of the oldest domiciles on earth is that recently erected at Yokohama by Dr. “7. Van der Heyden, the noted bacteriologist, of Utrecht, and Japan. The doctor's house is a dust-poof, airâ€" proof, microbe-proof, building of glass. It stands on the open, unshaded grounds of the hospital of Yokohama. The house is 44 feet long, 23 feet wide.and 17 feet high. Large panes of glass. one-half inch thick, and about four in-' ches apart are set in iron frames. so as to form the sides of a cellular build- ing block. Of these blocks the walls are constructed. There are no win- dow sashes, the air escape being through several small openings, around the up- per part of the second storey, but through which no illl‘ from the outside is admitted. The air supply is obtain- ed from a considerable distance, forced through a ripe and carefully filtered it of steriliza- thi'ough cotton wool to cleanse bacteria. To insure further tion the air is driven against a gly-‘ erine coated plate of glass, which cap- tures all the microle the wool spares. ‘ The few microbes brought into the house in the clothes of the visitors soon (lie in the warm sunlight with which the house is flooded. The space be- tween the glasses of the building blocks is filled with a solution of salts, which absorbs the heat. of the sun, so that the rooms of this house are much cooler than those protected by the thickest shades. In the evening the iii- torior is heated by the salts radiating Elie heat they have absorbed during the ay. hours of sunlight even in freezing yvi-zithcr, render the house habitable. It is only when several cloudy days fol- low in succession that ar'lificial heat is needed. Then it is supplied by pump- mg in hot air. Dr. Van de Heyden. thinks he has solved the problem of a, complete germicidc upon a big scale. \VH‘AT TWO DOLLARS \VILL DO. Trampâ€"Please, sir, a couple of dollars would give me a nice, comfortable home for the winter. Benevolent Partyâ€"I! would? \Vell. no man shall Suffer all winter long for the sake of two collars. Here is the money. I Thankec, sir. ‘i 1 But slop. H'nv IS that amount to give you a home? It‘ll get me hmylin’ drunk, sir, an' then the pernice an’ the jedge will re- iii'e me to winter quarters, sir. _So effective is the system of i'eâ€"‘ guluting the temperature, that a few. rLani on FUR Bin BILLS HERE IS A LIST OF SOME COUNTER- ,FEIT BANK NOTES. i____ Directions by “‘hlch You May Deter! 'l‘lieni~llend and Profit by the Know» ledge You Shall "ave Gained. There is in circulation a one dollar Dominion of Canada bill of the new issue which is a very poor counterâ€" ~feit. and has the appearance of having lbeen printed from a wood out. A more dangerous counterfeit is that of the old Government issue dated Ottawa, July 1, 1870, and payable at Toronto. This has an indifferent portrait of Jacques Cartier on the upper left end of the note. a white streak extending from the ear to the chin which is not fom the ear to the chin which is not found on the genuine, while the lathe work around the figure 1 on the right the note is irregular. A photographâ€" ic counterfeit is in circulation on the Union Bank of Charlottetown, Prince Edward island, numbered No. 30,252,a;nd dated January 1, 8112. TWO DOLLAR. C0 UNTERFEITS. A very deceptive bill is a Dominion of Canada counterfeit of the new issue dated June lst, 1878. and payable at Toronto. Lord Dufferin's portrait in the centre of the note is very badly engraved, and there are no dots over the i’s in the words "British Ameri‘ can Bank Note Company, Montreal,” on the lower edge of the note. The ink in which the numbers are printed, is brick red, while the genuine bills are numbered in bright oarmine. The shadâ€" ing of the words “Dominion of Can- ada,” is coarse, and the notes are of different numbers. , Another counterfeit Dominion of Canada $32 bill is better engraved, but the paper has a yellowish tint, and the final “e” in the word "Finance" is larger than the other letters. Still an- other is dated Ottawa, July 2. 1887. The words "To Bearer” are omitted, as also are the words "for Minister of Finance " under J. M. Courtney‘s signa- ture. A brownish photographic counter- feit is dated January 1, 1872, and is on the Union Bank of Prince Edward Island. Another on the same bank is coarse and too short, and bears date March ,1 1875. The lathe work is poor and the stamp of British American Bank Note Company is omitted. A Bank of Toronto two-dollar hill is an alteration from the notes of the failed International Bank of Canada. The title "Bank of Toronto " is posted over the title of the failed bank, and in some instances the signatures are erased and others are substituted. The altered note is dated September 15,1858, and can readily be detected when held up to the light. A strip of paper is frequently pasted on the back of the note to conceal the alteration. FOUR DOLLAR BILLS. There are five kinds of counterfeit four dollar notes floating about. One is of the old Dominion Bank issue of February 1, 1871. The cashier's signa- ture is engraved, while in the genuine note it is written. A white line separ- ates Prince Arthur’s picture from the background and the letter work is very irregular. ' .A poor photographic counterfeit is numbered 74,981 and purports to be on the Bank of British North America, St. John, N.B. Another poor conterfeit is on the City Bank, Montreal, P.Q. The ink and lathe work on this latter bill lbeing very defective, while the bank is not in exxstence. A bill of the defunct . Bank of \Vestern Canada has been laltered by acids and pasting to a four idollar bill of the Bank of Upper Canâ€" . ada, and a bill of the one time Colonial | Bank of Canada has been changed to a. 1 four dollar Bank of Toronto bill. FIVE DOLLAR COUNTERFEITS. Five dollar bills are many and have , been Widely circulated. A pen and ink counterfeit. with poor portraits and poor . lettei‘work is issued against the Banque- Du Peuple of Montreal. Another is of {the old issue of the Canadian Bank of Commerce dated May 1._ 1871. The en- graving is coarse, particularly the pur- ztroit, unil‘lhe cashier's signature is Witter) on it instead of being engraved. ,The paper is also very poor. A badly pliotogrnphm counterfeit on the Bank of British North America, Quebec, is , dated November 2:2, 1871, and numbered 44,490. ' ; Perhaps the most. extensively circu- lated counterfeit five-dollar bill is on the Bank of British North America, ,Kiugstuu, Oill., and dated May lst, 1875. The shading in the scroll work of this bill is omitted. while in the genuine bill it is fin-e and clear. Genu- ine notes of this issue are numbered from 30,031 to 36,000, inclusive. while the counterfeils bear other numbers. The lulhe work is very good. It should be remembered that very few genu- ine notes of this date and issue are now in circulation. There is a third note, on the Bank of British North America, Montreal. P. Q. It is a counterfeit of the old is- suo. am! the (late of the month is omitted, genuine notes being dated 3rd July, 1877. The imprint. “ British Am- . Pl‘lf‘LlJl Bank Note Company, Montreal,” :in the upper left corner of the. note ‘15 poorly engraved, and the vignettes are also poor. Another counterfeit is dated Filh July, 1877, and is evidently ,. made from the same plate, as in other 'ways it answers to the note just deâ€" scribed. A counterfeit. on the Bank of Mont- real is of the old issue and dated 18-38. September 1. It. bears in a large panel in the centre of the, noletheinscription "’.l‘\VEN'l‘Y~FIVE SHIRT/[N018 CY.,” while a small panel in the lower left corner of the note is stamped “FIVE DOLLARS." 'I‘hc dale and numbers are printed in blue, and in the upper right and upper left are two small vignettes. I The word “ Quebeck." appears in three places printed in blue ink in the coun- terfeit. There is a counterfeit on the Ottawa branch, and its date and num- bers are printed in red ink. A photographic counterfeit of the Port Hope issue on the Bank of To- ronto is very poor. It. is signed "\Vm. Gooderhain, President," and there is a. similar counterfeit on the Peterboro' issue. There are several other photo- graphed counterfeit five dollar bills. One is on the Union Bank of Charlotteâ€" f0\VU, P.E.I., and is faded in appearance; another is a photographic pen and ink unto numbered 126.304 and dated Hali- fax, N.S.. Julv 5. 1887; and a bill of the old Maritime Bank of St. John, N. B., was counterfeitcd clumsily, so that its general appearance easily betrays it. LOOK OUT FOR. THESE TENS. A very dangerous counterfeit is that of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, dated May lst, 1871, and signed " Wm. McMaster. President,” and " W. Cooke, Cashier." The. colour of the blue num- bers is a trifle light. and the vignette is coarse, especially the head of the lion. The bases of the Letter A. in the word " dollar " are connected by a. line in the counterfeit while in the genuine the line is broken. The perpendicular line of the letter P in the word " Pre- sident” extends below the line. while in the genuine it does not. Under the words Ten Dollars there are fiveshad- ed lines, where the genuine bill has but four. The shading of the title "Bank of Commerce " is coarse and scratchy and the lathe work presents several defects. The green ink on the hack of the note is lighter coloured than the genuine and the ape; is a trifle thinner. The counter eit is of an isâ€" sue that has been for several years withdrawn from circulation and there are very few notes of it now out- standing. _ The counterfeit ten dollar bill of the Ontario Bank of Bowmanville, dated November 1, 1870, is a trifle shorter than the genuine note, and the Vignette of Woodman is poorly engraved. _Some of these bills have not the imprint of the British American Bank Note Com- pany, and where it. is present it is Very irregular. The general appearance of this counterfeit is very had. A photo- lithographic counterfeit on the Mer- chants' Bank of Halifax is dated Janu- ary 1, 1874, and when a. little used is very blurred. The counterfeit on La Banque Na- tionale, Quebec. is dated April 28, 1860 and is very poor. The P of the word " President" is over the of the word “Dix,” just below, while in the genu- ine note it comes over the D. Thecoun- terfeit on the City Bank of Montreal has the word "Parliament" spelled " Parliment.” There is a poor photo- graphic counterfeit on the People’s Bank of New Brunswick, and another on the defunct Maritime Bank. of St. John. N.B., dated October 5, 1881. Dominion of Canada ten dollar coun- terfeits are one dollar bills, and have been raised by careful scraping With; a knife and a. little artistic pen and in kywork. The border of the note has not been altered except that lines have been added to make the bill indistinct. There are no $10 Dominion of Canada notes. There is a ten dollar counterâ€" feit bill of the Bank of British North America at Ottawa. It is made by the photographic process. and is rather in» terior. It is numbered 16.279. â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€" JUST EOE FUN. _i. He (telling a hair-breadth adven- ture): "And in the bright moonlight we could see the dark muzzles of the wolves." Slhn (breathlessly): "Oh, how glad you must have been that they ha the muzzles on !" i v Miss Elderly (taking politely proffer- ed seat in crowded trzumbar): Thank you, my little man. You have been taught to be polite, ll am glad to see: Did your mother tell on to always give up your seat. to ladies? Polite boy: No’m; not all ladiesâ€"only old ladies. Willie: Mamma, they say history re- peats itself, don‘t. they? Mother: Yes, dear. \Villiei \Vell, why don't it re- peat itself when I’m trying to learn it? Father (trying to read a newspaper): “'hat was that racket in the hall just now? Moth-er: One of the children fell downstairs. Father: Well, tell! them that if they can‘t fall downstairs quietly, I won‘t let them! fall down at all. Bobby: Popper, what is a mutual friend? Mr. Ferry: He is generally one who makes it his business to see that you don‘t miss hearing the mean things your friends say about you. Inquisitive Boy: Say, pop, what does the boa constrictor tie himself up in a. hard knot like that for? Pop: Oh, that‘s to remind himself of something when he wakes up. "What‘s the matter now '6" asked the milkuian when the pretty young house~ wife said she must quit him. "The milk seems nice and white when you deliver it, but if .1. let it stand for a few hours it turn an ugly yellow." ._.__.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ~A “'ANDERING LAKE. Tl]? Swedish explorer of Central Asia, Sven Iledin, gives the latest informa- tion concerning the " wandering” of Lake Nor ill the Gobi Desert, 3. phen- omenon about which contradictory views have been entertained. He says that the farm] River, entering the lake from the west, brings down, during the period of high water late in summer, a great quantity of silt, which has the effect of driving the lake, lying on the level floor of the desert. toward the Soulhvust. liui the summer \Vind,driftâ€" ing llll‘ sui'fucc sand Clllll darkening the heavens with dust, blows generally from the northeast, and it, too. tends to (lrive the bike before .11. The combined effect of the urging by the wind, and the river is to force the lake southward. Yet Sven Hediii thinks, the migration of the lake is not constant in direction, but it shifts back and forth intermit- tently. according as the circumstances change. ._.__._+___â€"â€"__ HF} SOMETIMES ESCAPES. Preacherâ€"And do you always your prayers at night? Johnnyâ€"Not allwus. When pa don't brine home to supper ma gels so excit- ed zind tears around so that she forgits, am! i sneak off to bed without saying ’C‘lll- Say