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"It was only a fancy," Farfrae mur- mured. "I wouldna refuse if it is the wish of a. respectable majority in the Council.” "Very well, then, look upon your- self as elected. \Ve have had old men 1033 ennugh." IFE‘om this evening onward Lucetta. Was very uneasy. If she had not been finnrudence Incarnate, she would not - "But there are folk whose turn is before mine; and I’m over young, and may he thought pushing!" said Farfrae effigy a. pausg. _“Not {at all. I don't speak {on my- self only, several have named it. You won't refuse 2" "We thought of going posed Lucetta, looking at ously. "You’ve heard, I su pose, of poor Dr. Uhahkfield’s death? esâ€"died this aft- ernoon at five," said Mr. Vatt. Chalk- field was the councilman who had ‘:suo- oeeded to the Mayoralty in the preced- ling November. » Farfrae was sorry at the intelligence, and Mr. Vatt continued: “‘Nell, we know ‘he's been going some days, and as .his family is well provided for we must take it all as it is. Now 1 have called to ask ye thisâ€"quite privately. If I should nominate ye to succeed him, and there ghould be no particular 0p- pogifion,_wxll ye 390991. the chair ?" Farfrae seemed seriously disposed to discuss this move, and they talked thereon till a. visitor was announceCL gl‘hneir neighbour Alderman Vatt came “I wish you would do what we have talked of," mournfully remarked Luc- atta. “Give up business, and go away from here. “A: have plenty of money, 3119 .vghy should _we stay Z" "I give him employmentâ€"I cannot re- fusr it. But neither can I blind my~ self to the fact that with a. man of pensions such as his, there is, no safe- gqa:1_'_d_ for_conductl" _ _ '. _ “What have on heardâ€"oh Donald, dearest 7" said Eucetta. in alarm. The words on her lips were "anything about me?”â€"â€"but she did not utter them. She could not, however, sup- press her agitation and her eyeslilled with téars, "No. "noâ€"tit is not so serious as ye fancy." declared Farirae soothingly; though he did not know its serious- ness as well as she.. "Whyâ€"you old gnoseyâ€"I was only speaking in a general sense. of course. You are always so literal. Now when we have finished tea. sing me that funâ€" ny song about high-heeled shoon and nine; tags, and the oneâ€"nndâ€"forty W‘OO- “No. no. I couldna sing to~uightl It's Hennhardâ€"he hates me; so that I may not be his friend if I would. I would understand why there should be a. wee bit Envy; but I cannot see a. reason for the whole intensity of what he feels. Now can you, Lucatta? It is more like old-fashioned rivalry in love than just a. bit of rivalry in trade." “Luqetla hadhglfown somewhat wan. Lucétta had gr‘ "HQ." IsheA Implied “Noâ€"not always !" he said, shaking his head gloomin as he contemplated. a crumb on tlm table. "I know many who have not been 501 There was Sandy Macfarlane, who started to Am- erica. to try his fortune, and he was drowned; and Archibald Leith, he was murdered! And poor Willie Dunbleeze and Maitland Macfreezeâ€"they fell in- to bad courses, and went the way of all such I" It grieved Farfrae much to give up this scheme. But a damp having been thrown over it by these and other voices in the air, he went and counter- manded his orders. The then occupier of the shop was in it when Farfrae spoke. to him, and feeling it? necessary to give some explanation of his with- drawal from film negotiation, Donald mentioned Henahard’s name. and stat- ed that the intentions of the Council had been changed. I The occupier was much disappoint- ed, and straightway informed Hench- Ier, as soon as he saw him, that a. scheme of the Council for setting him up in a. shop had been knocked on the head by Farfrae. And thus out o£ er- ror enmity grew. £ "W’ellâ€"nothing warth talking of," he responded sadly. ‘ "Then never mind it. You will get through it. Sootchmen are always lucky." . a "God only knows," said Joyce, lifting his eyebrows. “It shows much long- suffering in you to put up With him, and keep him in your employ." "But I cannot discharge a man who was once agood friend to me. (How can I forget that, when I came here, 'twas be enabled me to make a footing for myself? No, mo. As long as I've I day's warlk to offer he shall do itif he chooses. ’Tis mot I who will deny aim such a. little as that. But I'll drop the idea. of establishing him in a shop till I can think more about it." CHAPTER XXXIV. (Co-ntinued.) "Is it soâ€"and is it so?" said Far- frae, looking down. "\Vhy should he do it 7" added the young man bitterly; "what harm have I done him that he shauld try to wrong me ?" thcn 'khe candles were lighte¢ the curtains drawn. and the twain sat‘ at taa, she noticed that he lolotked serious. Without directly inquiring why, she let her eyes linger solicitously on his face. When Farfrae [got indoors that ev- ming the teaâ€"kettle was singing on the high 1101) at the semi-egg-shaped grate. Lucetta, light as a. sylpb Ian forward and seized his hands. where- upocn Farina duly kissed her. "Oh 1" she cried playfully, turning to the window. "Seeâ€"the blinds are not drawn down. and the people_ can look irnâ€"What a. scandal 1" . "Who has called g" he absently ask- Nd. "Any £0111; far me 2" "No," said Lucetta. "V‘Vhat's the natter. Donald 9" ' AS GOOD AS GGLD. away. inter- Farfrae anxl- was almost under her bedroom; she could hear that somebody was admit- ted there. and presently the indistinct Sngrmur of a person reading became au- 1 le. Henchard unfolded another letter, and read it through likewise,stopping at the subscriptmn as before. "Her name I don't give," he said blandly. "As. I didn't marry her, and amoLher man did, 1 can scarcely do that. in [a'u‘ness "Trâ€"rue, tr-rue," said Fartrae. "But why didn't you marry her when‘ your wile Susan dled'i” Eurfrae asked this, and the other (11185110115, in the com~ forLably diiferenc tone of one whom the matter {Ier remotely pongcrucd. _ r “Ayâ€"weil, you may ask that." said Hevnchurd, the new~moou~shwped grin adumbrating itsle again upon his mouLh. “In spite of all her protesâ€" tations, when 1 came forward to do so. as in generosity bound, she was not the woman {or me." "She hag already married anotherâ€" As Donald stated, Lucetta. had reâ€" tired eal'ly to her room because of fat- igue. She had however. not gone to rest but sat in the bedside chair read- ing, and thinking over the events of the day. At the ringing of the door- bell by Henchard she wondered who it should be that would call at that; com.- paratively late hour. The diningâ€"room was almost; under her bedroom; she ‘ She ex lained how the death of1 her aunt ha prevented .her taking the journey on that day. “And what he- came of the parcel then?” she asked. He could not sayâ€"he would consid- er. ‘xVhten she was gone he recollected that he had left a heap of useless pap- ers in his former dining-room safeâ€" built up in the'wall of his- old house-â€" now occupied by Farfme. The letters might have been amongst them. I might have been amongst them. ‘ A grotesque grin shaped itself on Henchard's face. Had that safe been opeged? "Luckiiy sh», married, and married W911." said Hencbm‘d. "So that these reproaches she poured out on me do not nqw cause me any twinges, as they mxgh-t otherwise have done. . . Jqst, lxstven to what an angry wuman wrll sax!”_ . I "For me," the letter went on. “there is practically no future. A creature tot) unconventionally devoted to youâ€"who feels it impossible that she can be wife of any other man; and who is yet‘ no more to you than the first woman you meet in the streetâ€"such am I. I quite acquit you of any intention to wrong me, yet you are the door through which wrong has come to me. That in the event of your present wife's death you will place me In her position ‘is a. con- solation) so far as it goesâ€"but-'how far does it go? Thus I sit here, forsaken by my flew acquaintances, and forsaken by you." 1 can scazrcely to her.” “She had, she had," said Henchard. emphatically. He opened a. third and fourth letter, and read. The truth was that, as may be divined, he had quite intended to ef- fect a grand catastrophe at the end of this drama by reading out the name; he had come to the house with no. other thought. But sitting here in cold blood he could not do it. Such a. wrecking of hearts appalled even him. have acted as she did when she met 'Henchard by accident a day or two later. It was in the bustle of the mark- et, when no one could readily notice their discourse. "Michael," said she, "I must again ask you what I asked you months ago â€"to return me any letters or papers of mine that you may haveâ€"unless you have destroyed them. You must. see how desirable it is that the time at Jersey should be blotted out, for the good of all parties." - ‘ "W'hy, bless the womanâ€"I packed up every scrap of your handwriting to give you in the coachâ€"but you never ap- pegred." He, in the meantime, festering with indignation at some erroneous intellig- ence of Farfrae's opposition to the scheme for installing him in the Jit- tle seed-shop was greeted with the news of the municipal election (which, by reason of Farfl‘ae‘s comparativeyouth and his Scottish nativityâ€"a. thing un- precedented in the caseâ€"had an inter- estmfar beyond the culinary): "’i‘hat's how she went on to me," said Henchard; "acres 0[ words like that, when what had happened was no fault of mine." _ "Yes," said Farfrae Isvfhe ‘way of women. "If so, there it is now," said' Farfrae. “I have never opened the safe at. all as Yet; 'for I keep my few securities at the bank, to sleep easy 0' nights." "It was not of much consequenceâ€"4 to me," paid Henchard. "But I’ll call ‘03. 1t this 9789'“. if we! d9rx't;_miP£1-" "Never mind," said Henohard drily. "The fact is they are letters mostly. Yes," he went am, sitting down and un- folding Lucetta's passionate bundle, "here they be. That ever I should see 'em again! I hope Mrs. Farfrae is well after her exertions of yesterday?" "She has felt a. bit weary; and has gage t9 be_d early on that qccognt.” Hencth returned to the letters. sorting them over with interest, Far- frae being seated at the other end of the dLnin â€"table‘. "You don’t forget}, of course," 1e resumed "that curlous ghgpfgr in the history _of my past, which I told you of, and that: you gave me §ome assistance in? These letters an; m fact, related to that unhappy- busl- ness. Though, thank God, it is all over now." Farfrae. willing to humor Henchard, though quite uninterested, and burst- mg with yawns, gave well-mannered attention. " She had I presume} Bernhard answered "Yes." " The young lady musL have had a. heart that bore transplanting very read- My": The next morning he Went to the corn-yard as usual and about eleven o'clock Donald entered flnrough the green door, with no trace of the worâ€" shjrgful about him. “I was goingriro ask you," said Benâ€" charid, "about a. packet fhat I may possbey have left in my old safe in the mags-room" It was quite late when be fulfilled his pg'ognise. Farfrae invited him into the dining-room, where he at once unlocked the iron safe built into the wall, .his, Henchard's safe, made. by an ingenious locksmith urndzr his direction. .B'arfrae drew thence the parcel, and other papâ€" ers, with apologies for not having‘ re- turned them. "\Vhat became of the poor girl?" ask- ed Farm-3e. . CHAPTER. XXXV. "I must agaix you months agt absently, "such And what be- ' she asked. would consid- he recollected BOYS THE BEST COOKS. A cooking school teacher says that she finds it much easier ‘to teach boys to cook than to teach girls. The boys learn more quickly, and are more inâ€" terested and attentive at the lessons This, of course, ought not to be so, but others than this ‘cooking teacher have said the sama lhlng. Boys, too, learn to sew very readily, and sew extremely \vteulivhen they make the1 effort to learn a. . He them doubt word. till 1 have seen you face to (ace, apd heard from your mouth that you Will carry this horse-play no farther." If ever tears and pleadings have served the weak to fight the strong. let them do so now 1‘ " H‘mâ€"I hope so,” he said. “ But you shall have the letters without fail, and your secret shall be kept. I swear it." H " Hng good you are lâ€"how shall I get them Lucetta leant; upon the banniste: her cheek against the smooth bani as if she would make a. friend of her misery. Rigid in this position and more words fell successively her ear. ‘f One word. qulte fair to 1 cry to read at er what was giving of all to one them,” said I wife it won] were known " No. I sha With this View she made a toilette which differed from all she had ever attempted before. She had not sit-3pt all the previous night, and this had produced upon her naturally pretty though slightly worn features, the a& pact; of a countenance ageing premaâ€" turely from extreme sorrow. She selâ€" ectedâ€"as much from want of spirit as designâ€"her, poorest, plainest, and long- est discarded attire. To avoid the contingency of being recognised she veiied herself, and slipâ€" pad out of the house quickly. She was nqt disappointed in the fearful hope With which she awaited him. Hench- rird came over the (op; descended and Lufgtta. waited bieuthlessly. His manner as he had come down had been one of cynical carelessness; but. he now put: away his grim halfâ€" smlle, and said, in a kindly subdued tone. “Good night t'ye. Of course l'm glfgdmto Igomg if you wunt_me.” if. ” Oh. thank yofi." she said apprehen- SIYIely. Next morning Lucetta remained in bed‘ meditating ‘how to parry this in- cipient attack. The bold stroke of tell- ing Donald the truth, dimly conceived. was yet too bold. She decided to employ persuasionâ€" not with Donald, but with the enemy himself. Having laid her plan, she rose, and wrote to him who kept her on these tenterhooks: \Vhen he had restored her Farfrae naturally enough spoke of Henchard. "Of all men he was the least desir- able as a. visitor,” he said. “but it's my belief that he's just a. bit crazed. He has been reading to me a long lot of letters relating to his past life; and I_oould do no less than indulge him by listening.” ” I overheard your interview with my huslnnd last night. and saw the drift of your revenge. The very thought of it crushes me. Have pity on a distress- ed woman. If you could see me you would relent. You do not know hqw anxiety has told upon me lately. I Will be at the Ring at the time you leave workâ€"just before the sun goes down. Elgzzé‘q come that way. I caunot res§ This was sufficient. Henchard, then. had not told. Henchard's last words to Farfrae, in short, as he stood on the door-step, had been these: “VVeIIâ€"T'm much obliged to ye fo'r listening. I may tell] more about her some dayff lon‘ \VE If reflected. and said he would send the next morning. “Now don't rume,” he added. " I can keep my 3_word." he was saying. " Is i: iau‘ to this young woman's mem read at such length to a strang at was imtgnded for your ey: 11. yes." said Henchm‘d. " By not her name I make it an example womankind, and not a scandal I were you said Farfrae, (To be Continued.) you I would destroy frae, ” As another manfs injure the woman if It to her bedu te. For very , but sat on for Donald's destroy them,” murâ€" putting the letters arose, and Lucetta at 1c Ltion went At last she d the sta her, in He : she could hear it.‘ After looking My way he came 3. Her gaze hung )edroom in a. very fear she t on the edge 11d Henchard arting words? rave 1‘1 ith TORTURE USED BY THE JUDICIARY T0 EXTRACT CONFESSIONS. lnstnncrs of the Brutal Conduct of French Judgesâ€"Through Trickery Innocent Men Are Seulonceql to Terms 0" Im- nun-III. se‘rved to fix the attention of the pubâ€" lic on an almost incredible abuse of power by the magistraLes who conduct the preliminary investigaLions into criminal cases. Recruited from among the lawyers who have failed to secure remunerative practice, miserably underpaid and with their prospects of promotion dependent. entirely upon the number of convictions they secure, the French Juges d’Inâ€" struction literally stop at nothing to obtain admissions o[ guilt from the ac- cused. into confessing they were accuse ually breaking t At Versailles Pierre Lancer charged with murder. was sent to the guillo- tine on evidence obtained by first keep- ing him in solitary confinement a year and then by allowing him to take exercise in an inclosure where there was a hole in the wall. 011 peeping through Pierre found himself face to face with another prisoner. An in- timacy sprang up beLween the two men, and the murderer ended by giving the fullest; details of the crime to his friend. unaware that every word he uitered was being taken down by the Juge d’Inâ€" struction. who was seated against the wall, out of sight. Perhaps the best-known case is that of the celebrated Radical leader, Ras~ pail, who was falsely accused of being implicated in a. conspiracy to upset the Government. The examining judge, unable to obtain a particle of evidence, at length summoned Mi Raspail to his privaLe office and addressed him as follows: “My dear Mr. Raspail, try to forget You mean that I ought to make more noise? . . , I believe that might help to make your sermons more popular. I doubt it very much. In fact, I’m. afraid that method would have the op- posite effect aml send some_ members of the congregallon away Wlth an un- favorable impression. I don't see why. You know. my dealj, that most pe0< ple are liable to be Ill-natured when they have just been awakened from a sound sleep. A short time ago a man and his wife were executed at Blois for parricide on the evidence of their six~year-old daughter. The latter had been taken to the private room of the Juge d'In- struction. and by means of candy, cakes and toys cajoled into making the re- plips ngcessary ‘to congict her. parenfs. Another murderer, Gamehut, was in- duced by the magistrate to confess on beng assured that it was his widowed mother's desire that he should do so. and that it was by complying with her wish in the matter that he could ob- tain his pardon. There assurances were backed up by a letter purporting to have been written by the old Woman. She had. never opened her li s on the subject. The letter was a orgery. BETRAYED BY A STOOL PIGEON. “My dear Mr. Raspail, tr to forget for a. moment that, I am a udge. and let us talk freely like two men of the world. Supposing lwere to attempt to upset the existing Government and you were in my place. what would you do with me '2" “It would be such a hareâ€"hmined at- tempt." replievl Raspail. “Lhat I should at once have you locked up in the luna- tic asylum. at Charenlon.” The Judge broke oif the conversation there and then, and on the following day Raspail, without being allowed an opportunity of explaining matters was sentenced to two years' imprisonmmt for having insulted u magisLmte irLile in the exercise of his judicial functions. HE KNEW BETTER. I think, said the minister’s wife. that. you ought to cultivate more vehemence in your elocution. this class adopt savior of the old sys- tem of torture. Some of the Juges d'Inshruction adopt methods of persuaâ€" sion to compel confessions that are sugâ€" gestive of the Inquisition. They will have a. prisoner fed almost exclusiveâ€" ly upon salt fish and given only a. minimum ration of water. Then the poor wretch is introduced into the pre- sence of the magistrate; a. bottle of clear spring water is placed temptineg just. beyond his reach. He begs for a drink. "Not before you have answer- ed my questions," replies his tormen- tor. ‘ Recently in Paris the brother of a lunatic was accused by the latter of murder. and, although a married man with a. family, was compelled to spend four months in prison before he was tried, when his innocence was so patent that the presiding judges said that the investigating magistrate had broken the record of all his fellows for asinine obstinacy and prejudice. There is literally no limit to the powâ€" ers which the Juge d'lnstruction posâ€" sesses over unconvicted prisoners. The unfortunate Marquis de Nayve was kept for two years in solitary confineâ€" ment and subjected once or twice each month to examination by the magis- trate before the taller finally consent- ed to send him up for trial, which re- sulted in his acquith. Another method is to hint that the prisoner’s Wife, whom he may not have seen for months, is waiting in a. pn- vate room of the céurt,- and that if he is amenable to "reason" he may be permitted to see hei‘. x I88.“ ENLIGHTENED FRAME. The I'he TO FORCE A CONFESSION. J1 methods which mean that I ought to make more idespread 3w by the dismiss I, d'Instructibn vmg pomme he no: Ike off the conversation and on the following hout being allowed an xplaining. matters was 0 years’ Imprisonmmt (ed a magistrats vLile in one scandle in] .issal from of magistrates of of the old sys- e of the Juges M ins 3,1106 1nâ€" The training of dogs for the mod- ern variety stage has come to be one of the fine arts. The acts on sketches in which the best dog actors of the day appear must present some striking nov- elty and the various parts must be cast and rehearsed and staged with the greatest care. l The Russian dogs have been found: to show a. peculiar talent for acting. lwan Tchernoff, a woman trainer, has recently, the London Liketch says, in- troduced a. dog steeplechase. The horses were represented by terriers of various kinds and u. number UL puppies gin the brught costumes of ordanary ghuntsmen (.ccupied the saddles and jaw]:- eyed their mounts through the race hvith skill. The nwst elaborate bit of canine act- ing in the world is, however. probably that dune by Mme. Lucy Kolzmva's troupe, who represent the life of a. Rus- sian farm. A trtupe of a. dozen dogs are dressed as peasaiim and realistically perform exery part of ihe work let lhe ordinary farm. The dogs go through the long act without prompting and the work seems to be entirely Voluntary. The offspring of these. remarkable dogs are. in Luru [0 be trained in the hope that these talenis may be found to be transmitted. If this is found to be the case the p053iliili12es of the feats which The Peruvian Central Transnnzline. or Uroya. Railroad. is the tallest rail- road in the wérld. From Lina. eight miles ahead and 500 feet higher, it winds up the narrowing valley of the Rimac, past great haciendas and forgotten ruins. At Chosica, 33 miles from the seat, it has gained but 2,800 feet in elevation. but within the yard limits of that station begins the 4 per cent. ‘grade, which is steadily maintained for '13 miles. The Rimac’s gorge be- comes deeper and more contracted, the little bays and benches of arable lands scarcer. Not to confine the matter to Ilow It Saved :1 “’nnmn in India {From a eration. The occurrence took place in the house of the narrator's sister at Meemt, Northwestern India. Two sis~ ters are connected with families of un- doubted repute. .both in India. and Eng- land. The narrator’s sister was seat~ ed at a table reading one evening when, happening to lift her eyes from her book, she was astonished to see seat- ed in a chair before her, and between herself and the door to the bathroom, a. man. a stranger to her, who calm- ly regarded her. It was too great a. surprise for her to speak and demand who was thus intruding unbidden up- Some of the Remarkable Trick; Which They Are Taught to Perform. A dog which expects to play an im- portant role on the stage these days is obliged to be a very skillful actor. The taste of the public has become very exacting and only a very advanced grade of dog tricks are in demand. There was a. time when a somersault- turning dog. dressed asaclown was con- sidered a novelty. ' on her privacy, and what was wanted. She remained for a. moment in silent astonishment. Then it gradually dawn- ed upon her that the figure was not that. of a. person of REAL FLESH AND BLOOD. but a visitor from the unseen world of life. She remembered having once, as a child, seen a similar figure, under circumstances which seemed to pre- clude the idea. that it was any person still in the body. and in later years',i revolving those circumstances. she ha. remembered how the apparition had at,- ter a little while faded away into in- visibility. Conc.uding that this visitor also was not a person of flesh and blood, she sat silently gazing at the silent ob- ject. while the intruder, whoever or whatever he was, sat also in silence steadily regarding her. Just how long this state of things lasted the lady di not accurately know, but it was pro’- bably not very long. when the myste- rious stranger began to vanish into a thinner and thinner personal presence. until in a. moment or two he had van.- ished quite» away. case the p0551hililies of the feats which (lugs may perform in the future are almost Inmuless. She had been vaguely conscious tPat in a minute or so after she had frat seen the strange visitor her two pet dogs had begun to bark furioust in another room. It had been her invar- iable custom to take a bath at this time in the evening, after which she liber- ated the dogs. As the animals on this evening were making such a tremendous and unwonted ado she opened the door of the adjoining room to see what was exciting them. They at once darted t the door of the bathroom. This thei mistress opened in time to see a huge cobra on the floorâ€"the snake whose bite is certain death. The reptile rais- ed its head angrily, but apparently be- came afraid of the dogs and wriggled through a hole in the floor and escap- ed. But for the appearance of the su- pernatural visitor she would undoubt- edly have gone directly to her bath from the readin table and would4with equal certainty ve been bitten by the snake. percentage is as Iao to Orova tin is 221 1~2 kilom des the quiecedented mh a. maxxmum grade. An En ti( mile WONDERFUL DOG ACTORS. bays and benches of arable lands er. Not to confine the matter to a points, where the road has to five miles to gain one, the tuLal ntage is astomshing. From Cal- !) Orova the length of the track untx isit TALLEST RAILROAD STRANGE VISION l‘he ming th 1t ish '0ln'a': [Elle some friends in Hart- :ue months prev'eualy 1 India. from which far- 9 brought with her a e storyâ€"so remarkable. ly the personal reputnk ‘CLCOI‘ and the one other ,d entitle it to consid~ :currence took place in he narrator's sister at man ( way te three rf these 76 1-2 I are cnnsumed â€"â€"a.nd this he- maintainiag ot 85111“ , the total From Cal- the track lese 76 1~2 ent yd social