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been among the Ladroues, a group or leands with. perhaps as bad a reputa- tkm as any even in that part of the world. The group is a considerable one. \Ve had already visited Lwotrndâ€" ling stations belonging to the: owners of our brig, and on that evening we found ourselves drifting rather than sailing between two romantioâ€"looking islands, whose peaks, rising sharp and sudden. separated by deep and narrow valleys» ohle'ked with masses of tropical vegeâ€" tation. sufficiently proclaimed their volcanic wig-in. Tom Yadisom and I were seated idly on the bullwark, our eyes wandering lazilyâ€"we had just finished a good sup- perâ€"from the pmrple tints of the rvhore past whirth we were drifting. to lhe still more wonderful] colour: of tlm sea. and Sky. now bathed in the liglil of. the almost level sum. I had been askâ€" ing Tom: who was an old hand in these waters, having acted as stupercargo for the owners for years, how this partiâ€" cular group of islands had gained so bad a. reputativotn as to be named "The Robbers" hereabou‘ts, where all natives seemed to be thieves. "Thieves," said Tom; "well, I don't know that for that matter they deâ€" serve bt either better or worse than their neighbors. It's only a question of opportumity, I take it, “ith any of them, as it is with a good many othva people who don't hail from the Laâ€" drones.” "Bmt surely there must have been some reason,” I said. "why they got the name from the Spaniards, or whoâ€" ever fit was that gave it them 2‘” "Oh. yes, of cause; though very likeâ€" ly it originated in a. mistake. and it‘s just as likely as not they may have been the victims of a slight misumderâ€" standing. Byâ€"tlne-bye. the whole thing took place close by here, iii I'm not 11115- taken." a \Ve had been cruising for four months in: the waters of the Eastern Archipe- Iago. amd [or nearly a week we had been among the Ladroues, a group of Hands with. perhaps as bad a reputa- tion as any even in that part of the world. The group is a considerable edy. All that is known for certain is. that the treasuu‘e-fihirp was burnt and sum-k, and that ever since then the isâ€" lands have gone by the name of "The Robbers" as a kimd of setâ€"off for the loss of the gaJleon.” “‘Wherwlmts was it, Tom 7" 1 ask ed, my imagination fired by the idea of the sunken treasureship. "Well, the story goes that it was Cltemenl. that I watched the deep buy of 111010 slowly open to onu- vim», splen~ de in all the glories of a tropical sun- set. Few places coulld be more beautir flu} in themselves, and when seen in the magi): of that gorgeous light. it wasa sce‘ne to erve a. great artist to despair. At another time I might haw been content; to admlre, but not now. The story, vugme. and merely. suggested as it had been, had awakened a hundred memories of taJes of sumlken treasure- shi s wntl their fortunate recoverers, an as we turned slowly into the bay, my eyes were eagerly fixed on the glassy waters, now gleaming with a. thousand. tilnts reflected from the sky overhead. l “'Tell us the yarn, Tom," I said the very time and place for a tough old yam such as nobody tell much better than these old i511 navigators." "\V'ell, it's not mmh of a yarn, after all. It was somewhere about 1578 that it happened. Ibelieved. One of these soâ€"called treasure-ships put in close by here at 111010 Bay on its way across the Pacific, and she never got any furâ€" ther. Only a simgle boat's crew are said to have escaped, and they said the great galleom was taken and deatroyâ€" ed fur the sake of robbery, but. of course. we huve only their word [or that, and it's more than likely the na- tive uocouml; of the business might have beern different, if there had been any special reporters in those days to in- terview the chief actors in the tragâ€" just ivnside the paint; mm, of ‘ for certain at t It was “firth a just inside the my round the paint; film, of course, nobody ca for certain at this time of day." It was wimh a strange feeling citement that I watched the (lee of 111010 slowly open to our ViBW‘, dig. i~n311 th_e glories.of av tropi' We drifted roulnd the point and in~ to the buy, our sailLs hardly lifting to the sarcer perneptiilfle evening breeze, and our course marked only by the faintest ripple an the glurasy water. Neither of us spake, and my eyes “ere fixed on the water in the effort to peneâ€" trate the secrets whit-h that transpar- ent liquid, glmvin with the colors of the dyilng dew. ha. kept so safely and so long. As I leaned over and gazed fixedly dmvnvmirds into the depths lie~ low, I felt my eyes grow more and more accustomed to the new medium, till I seemed to see almost as clearly through the crystal water as I could through' the mi) er air. It was moral than twen- ty fa mm; deep. and yet I L‘ULL'lLl see the bottom plainly. Great hruni'hing‘ corals spread their lmughs of crimson and blue. of green and whiteâ€"a. rich ocean shrubbery, of form and color more splendid than any garden of earth. Beneath the branches the sil~: ver sands glittered and sparkled with“ a. thousand shells. and fish of dazzling gold and deepest. timted blue swam in and curt, and nilbbled the tender shoot») of the coral that seemed to ethr softly with the movement of the tide. l IN A TREASURE SHIP CHAPTER I‘ BY OWEN HALL. a good it was a next in tell Spa 11 could it's the "Look !" 1 mm Tom leaned looked down. the mne was not were hex mte or 1‘; out spez OVE El? (1 the ima ’1"th night Tom and I dismissed the treasure-ship. A: first he was disposed to laugh at my idea of examining-her, but, gradually, I think my enthtismsrn affected him a. little. After all,_ it Wes a small matter to make the trail. . \\ e hzul several suits of divingâ€"dresses on ham], and as we were to lie here for a Couple of days, there was no real difficulty a‘bout the matter. I was Wild to make the experiment in person 11nd as Tom '5 prineipal oh'ection seemed in: be the risk or being iiiugherl 3.1, by .the ca. Lain and crew, we hit upon the uden 0 making it appear to be only my personal \uriosiiy to explore the wonders of the coml beds we had seen from the deck. -At breakfast we broached the sub. ject to the captain and mate. and I was surprised to find that the former. at any rate, received the proposal with uneasiness. " The fact is,“ he said at last, “ I don‘t half like these diving experiments, in these Waters anyhow, for ye never know what'll happen. So far as l've seen. they've a way of turning out badly. You'd hardly believe how many seem to_gwt logsrt at thfl; game. You take n‘ay adx‘lJice. sir. and see all ye can from the deck, them you'll know where yyare, Which ye don’t, not when ye get Intel)- ed up amongst these thundering corâ€" als below.” . The skipper, if not an educated men. had years of experience, and I couldn't help feeling that we should have been wise to listen to his advice; but then. of course. he knew nothing of the real object Tom and I had in view, and that was surely worth runnin some small risk for. As it: was. hot Tom and I argued the matter with him for some time, until at last he gave way, as he had no very definite reason to urge against our making the trial. Even then, however, he didn‘t like it, for he said at the very last: "Oh, well, sir. if ye must try it, I suppose ye must. Take your own way, only I hope Mr. Madison will hear me out with the own- ers that it wasn't by none of my advice ye went. in case any harm comes of it." After breakfast we set to work to prepare for the expedition. .By that time. however. the brig was surrounded by canoes, and the decks invaded by as many natives as could persuade the uurd of seamen on any pretext to al- ow bhem on board. The time was Clearly unpropitious for our purpose, “S9. er of impatience all the morning. wholâ€" ly unable in my excitement to find the amusement which I ordinarily did in the manners and customs of our visit- ors, and only anxious to get rid of them that Imight begin my adventure in peave. After a twelve o'clock dinner a boat‘s crew was ordered out to lake “ Here," said Tom as he cast a final and (:Titica} glance over my equipment, "you had Letter take this wilh you. It may be a shade troublesome, but 'I fancy you'll find it none [no 0:15:31 to get about through the coral when you'- re once among it" He handed me a small but sharp and serviceable-looking handle gauntle about 1 buhvark l hampered dress and legs to ir- foremost, I had reached the water,und even desrendod as far as the latter went under water. when I looked up once more overhead before making the l'uuge. Tmn's fave. looking over the ulwavrk, was just above me. and he called out. " Good luck! Mind you pull the curd hard lhree times running if anything: {109,5 wrong, or you want us bo_ha.ul you up," the skipper ashore lo the m lage. and he was quivkly fa all but one or two of the ca was the' opportunity for whi: been waiting SO impatiently. very few minutes all was re: stood at the gavugway array ungainly diving suil and read the desrent. tomahawk as he added in a lowe] any ('hancc tuu'n it'll take you a aboard, I fam'y. this." The sailors. who, having nothing else to do, had taken a lively interest in our pro/.‘eedi'gs, had let down a rope ladâ€" (let over the side. which hung some feet into the water and swayed gently in the lldewuy. I svrumlilerl over the bulwark and began to (leuvend slowly, hampered as l was by the stiff leather dress and lhe weights attached to my legs to insure my speedy descent feet foremost, I had reached the water,und even desrendod as far as the latter went under water. when I looked up once more overhead before making the Pl'u'uge.‘ 'l'mn'sfmm. looking over, the :lcarly unpropitious and we rulm-tantlv vere hecalmed. Tom stared for a minâ€" nte or two into the glass depths with- >ut speaking; than he ooked up. "\Vell,” he said, "it’s queer. certain- y, and I'm not sure but you may he ighlt. But. if you are, it’s one of the trangest coincidences ‘I ever came cross. I've, been here a dozen 111103, and [never heard of anybody hat had seen] it." "Get thus-m to anchor, Tom," I said. ’renthlessly. "What for ?" he asked. "\Vhy, don‘t you see what a chance t is? It’s a_ treasure-5M )." Tom m)de at me for a moment. ouhtfully. "\Vell," he said, "it's as good a )Iace a any: I sumpose, and we can ta k it (er ufterw He. wern‘t Nonsense, man, oufve goL a strong lginatian,” said Tom, “that's what’s - mn-tlor with you." - pointed downwards over the side. e. wernt aft and spoke to the skip- , who glanced round him and nod- , and in less than five minutes more rattle of the rhaim announced that had dro ed anchor within a very ' yards 0 the spot where I had seen strange sham)on whatlooked like vanish ship of. ihree hundred years All asvendvd as fa water. when overhead b: Tom's fart right,” I said. as I grasped the rather clumsily in my heavily Led band; “now 1 think I'm eudy for a start." reiucfantly postponed _it Is. I paced the deck. in patience all the mormng. (’Do Be Continued.) d over the bulwark and I glanced upwards at the hung motionless against; I looked aroumd. There ripple on the water; we ed. Tom stared for a minâ€" lto the glass depths Withâ€" :; then he ooked up. said. "it's queer. certain- Ii yom and ya oke none [on «my to 9 coral when you'- He handed me n Lervkzenhleâ€"looking k9. “Besides,” be e, “if it xhoul’l by to he the gulleon. .)U’I‘ Lime to get, you’ll be glad of "Well," qjunm George, "you must re- member that this took place many years ago, when I was young and foolish. I dom’t say I should do the same now, you know. "There was Jack Sfm'lltby the larkiest fiellow in the village. [\Vasn’t he wild] In our opinion Jack stood the best chance wirth‘ the fair Marjory. Jack was a lawyer than; Bill Smith, his cous- in, Ted Whereat and I were farmers and Tom Blaming was a dealer. "We five reckoned that Marjory ought to belong to one of us, and we formed a league offensive and defen- sivve. “\When I was a young man, Fishponds was a. typical country village. I don’t suppose there were more than a. dozen good tam houses and cottages besides in all the county. “‘(ieorge,’ said Jaok Stmlu’h, ‘I've got am idea, ‘You come to my rooms to- morrow niglm~ and I’ll get Ted and Bill and Tom to come in. Then, if they are agreeable, we'll just make Uhal young woman come to a. decision.‘ “Aftelr filling our glasses with 'head- ache,‘ a cheerful compound of sugar cider and rumâ€"we settled down to hear what Lawyer Jack had to day. "Are you all ll!) love with Marjory 7" “A unanimous cry of ‘Yes’ followed. "'Louk here; said Tom Ruining, ‘we must settle this matter somehow, or some other fellow will be cutting us all out. Lem us each write her a proposal and Send LL at, Laue sauna the.’ “Right: said Jack, 'and let’s start fair; let them all be put in the same HOW SHE WAS WOUED HND WON. "The belle of B‘isbponds wt that time was Marjory Jones, the Miller's daught- eIr. She was a pretty girl, too, I can tell you. .As you may suppose, she had plenty of swoeflhemrts. "One night Jack and I had stayed till old Jones turned us out, and as we stood outside the gate we heard her silvery laugh as the old man growled at being ‘kept out o 'bed by a passel 0' young wosbuds.’ "By and by I 'hean'd another splash, but this time Marjory did not notice it. So the tilme _went on, and none of the suitors put m an appearanceâ€"you would not yourself if you «wezre wet t‘hrorusgh‘1 would you 8" “No‘.” said I, laughing. “\Vell, by and by the miller came home and wanted to [know what I was " 'We had better call for our answer ourselves! words do nothing 1 leave ill to : uhanflyoru glo " 'Dem‘ Marjory: Knowing, as you. do, “be Warm affectmnu 1 have 101‘ you" you will not be surprised ii 1 as}; you L0 be mine. and ane alone.’ “I e “Will you marry me" dearest; will you be the bride of your devoLed lover,â€"’1” "'P. S.â€"1 will come wrode to 11119 mill on Tuesday evening aL ( ) o'clodk, to Know Hill) lwte.‘ i'hetre!’ 1m coIanued, Lrhumphant- 1y, ‘theme 1 thank them oughL to {etch heir. I've leIL the name and Lhe huusr blank, you see.’ " ‘\\"e We‘re noL qu'ute so saLLsfied wile the letter us 1L5 auLhur. but, as We did moi feel we could improve upon it, we at length; decxded to adopt it, and forth- wlllh sat down Lo copy LL off. Next we drew lots to see “111.0 should go first. and, as lung would have liL, we calms out in the followmg order: Myself 7:30 Bill 7:45, Ted :5, ’l‘dm 8:15, Jaw; 8:303 “Just my luck!” smd‘ Jack, with a. groan, ‘noL a gl'uust of chance for mal' " ‘Why no” and l. '5th knows you're conning andâ€"mung i1. ulllâ€"l wxsh 1 wasn'l. firstl‘ “l was quite serious when I sand I waa~ sorry 1 was firm, and I sat umunk- ing it over wth Lhe help 01 apipe “nun 1 gm homt. Suddenly a. uhourgantruak m:. .L jumped up and cued: ‘Geurge, my? boy, shxr's you“ 1‘ Tim-m 1 “rent. L0 "I spent a good whale after Lea. let. 'l‘uusday in adorning unysell', and wasn’t ready ull seven. 1L was only Len unnâ€" when; walk L0 the will, but men 1 had some, work to do before 1 snowed up unsure. lL was in me early spring, and uh: days ware still shun. “1 must explmn L'u‘u all five of us lived on the la‘mlllponds side of the river, and so We all had Lo mass the loot- bridge, unless We wenL aunile out of (nut way to cross time, stone bridge at Broom Hill. AL timL buns there was only on; railing to the bridge, and it was so roltecn Lnut it was uul‘. sale to trust to it. The bridge iLsell‘ consistâ€" ed of three planllgs resting on some “Now, this was my schleme. I would cross the budge mm -n-eu remove the maddlc plank. 1n the dark, any one who came aim: we would not nouce the gap, and would go flop into the water. it. uuly muuuL a. ducking, and Thin was what 1 proposed Lyme-(m, my _rilvals .Lu. “‘Look here, George Humbvrookfisaid. she. interrupting ,me. ‘Whm. does this mean? Do you boys think you're goâ€" ing to make a. fool of me by writing a lot of love letters and walking a con- spimcy against me? is that a Lhfiu-g L0 be proud of? Is it manly? Is itâ€".' and here she burst igto tears} . ‘ va .zvâ€" ~â€"â€"â€"â€" 7~7 7 "After awhile sine grew calmer, and said she would hear what the others said when they came. I had hard wank L0 in from laughing at Lh'is, but just them heard a. splash. “What’s that? asked Marjory. "'Sounds like a big ike, jumping,’ said I, and went on tan ing. plL‘TS, a4 msecure “l was compluwly successiuliu dlfi- placing the. already louse plank, and m. 7:3?1 precisely (matched boldly Lulu the m1 . "'Evemn', Marjory; said I. 1 could see she wasu'L in Lhe best of tamper; but I didn't appear Lo take any notice of it. ‘Evenm', Marjory, Didâ€"' â€"v“71M-l;:rifi.,' Sh}, Brake in, slafixping her foot on tbs floor. 'Hm‘ml, How dare yawâ€"you feillowsl'w 1",. ___J “:7NB‘v-v: 3&5; Marjory; I said. ‘don't be aggry. _We q-unj‘L mean any harmâ€"4 ,,_ LAâ€" “What” all at came T ‘ 'NoL exutly. One after anot‘her,and 5’11 draw 1015 who goes first, and so and Lhéscrpluukss walla somewhat fellows will lahk all night, and mg altar all,‘ cried Juuk; ‘yuu Lu ms. 1 know more abouL it doing there. so I told him I wanted to marry his daughter. \Vell, to make a long story short, I~made things right with the old mam, and left the house as Mar‘ ry’s accepted suitor. Mad with {0y was rushing home, whenâ€"splash; had forgotten the missing p121ka and had fallen into my own trap." "Servad you right!" I sand. “It was a good thing for me, too. I had rheumatic Lever, and was in bed three months. \‘v’hen I got about again they told me that Marjory had mar- ri-ed a. man in â€"â€". He didn’t get the best of the bargain. "But I nevea‘ told any one about the plank." Russia Is Building It First and “'Ill Supply Inc lulmlmunm Later. An engineer and some workmen have been busy for months near the Arctic Ocean making 9. little town. They have not bothered their heads about the inhabitants, for the Russian Govâ€" ernment will see to that. The usual order of events in making a. town is being reversed in this case. Instead of a lot of persons settling in the same The town has also been provided with a name beiore anybody lives in it. Its name is Jekaterinograd, and the most imposing thing about the town, as yet, is this name. There was nothing there a year ago to show that a white man had ever seen the site, but now it is beginning to leak something like a town, needing only inhabitants to make it quite a goahead plane. order of events in making a town is being reversed in this case. Instead of a lot of persons settling in the same place and making a. town, the town is being built and the residents will come later. i The town is in the bay of Kola, near the Arctic coast of Russian Lapland, a flat and uninteresting region, in a large part of which scarcely a. shrub, much less a. tree, Will grow. Ia] Aug- ust last year the Russian Government sent to the site of the proposed town, which had already been selected, a. civil engineer named Olsen, whose speâ€" ciality is harbor improvements, and soon twenty men under his direction were hard at work building a couple of piers out. into the bay for the use of the fishing craft, which will give the town all its impertance. .LasL winter fifty wooden buildings were constructed at Archangelsk, on the other side of the \Vhite Sea. It is probable that the work is now going on of transporting them Do the coast of the Arclic Ocean, where they will be hammered together and set up for the peOple who are going no live in the new town; and as soon as everything is ready the town of Kola. further south. will be abandoned, everybody there will be transferred at the expense of Rus- sia, and Jekaierinograd will be all ready I(l_i)eglq business. The thing that will make the town is the Arctic fisheries in. the neighbor- hood, 'which employ about 1,500 men every summer. For the purposes of these hardy toilers the new town is much more conveniently situated than Kola, and that is the reason why Kola. is to be deserted and a. new town has sprung up nearer the sea. An Elephant l-‘lgln over “'hlcll Many Rupees Changed Hands. When an Indian prince pines for ex- citement, he orders an eleaxhant light. This is a sport not permitted in Eng- lish territory, and can only be witness- ed in the native States; then only by invitation from :the rajah, a favor rarely procured by a. white man with- out the exercise at considerable influ- ence. The fight shown herewith took plaice a short time ago near Jeypore, in the stone~\\'alted inclosure around Ni ’l'sam's elephant stables. 'l‘he mon- stars had been starved for some days before the encounter, and were goaded to madness by their daring riders. There is always a stone wall between the combatants, to give the riders a. chance to save their lives, for they are the only ones in any real danger, and are often killed by being buried from the nee-ks of the infuriated beasts and dashed to death against the stone wall or trodden to pulp under their massive leer. Elephants are naturally valuablle creatures, and care is taken to have them too well matched for the contest (,0 result fatally for either. it is acase of endurance, the one who weakens first being declared the vanquished. The majority of those who witnessed this particular tight preferred to do so from the flat roof of the stable, well out of harm's way, but Ni ’l‘sam, in a European [rock coat, and jewelled tur- ban, looked on from the stable yard, in dangerous proximity to the tramp- lingr feel of the beasts inside the wall. .No blood was epillezl, but a. fierce light glowed in the eyes of the combaâ€" tants, and the {ieroe grinding of flesh, as the muscular trunks knotted over and under each other with terrific tome, was intensely disagreeable, and 'You never hear of a warshi-p going to_the bottozqon he; trial trjp. like no other sound on earth. Many rupees changed hands when the fight was oven Ni Tsaul is a very wealthy rajah, and has fifty or more elephaan moored by chains around his palace. FL'rst Boardgrâ€"I don’t hear this new man oomplaimmg any more. Is he sat- isfiedi J onesâ€"W'omen are the queerest oreaw tures in the world. My wife and I went to a recaption last night. Met a Mrs. Green there. M'hen we got home it took my wife three hours and a. quar- ter to tell Mrs. Smith what ZMrs. Green wore. and she wore, so little: that I hardly dared to look at her. NEW WAY TO MAKE A TOWN. Sééio'nd Boarderâ€"No; he's subdued I mppose the excitement k-eeps her WHY HE WAS SILENT SPORT OF PRINCES. HIIS OPINION BUOYANT A LEGAL SECRET A Legal Secret Returning home that summer even- mg towards sunset, Sidney went through the grounds in search of Rosa. He walked along deep in thought. He had seen so little of her during the 135*: twelve months; he had been over- whelmed with work, which had fre~ fluently kept him very late into the night at Lincoln's Inn. And! Rosa W33 occupied too; her education had been all but entirely neglected; and no one had been more quick to realize the need of making mp for lost timeâ€"for twelve years of comparative idleness. Her mother superimtended her studies; and. Rosa had made such rapid progress that Mrs. Pflkington had good reason to be proud of her daughter's talent as we“ as her berauity. Sidney had indeed found for her a loving companion. Was it sLl-‘I‘Drising that she and Rosa were» seldom out of each other's sight? Thinking of these thing'sâ€"while Still searching in the grounds for Rosaâ€"all that Mr. Pilkimgton had told him cross- ed Sidnery’s mind. He had told him about the black deedâ€"box marked "Rosamond Gage," \Vhllx'h had stood in the octagonal room many years. For bt belonged to a beautiful client, little more than twenty year‘s of age, who had one day paid a professional visit to Mr. Pil'kington. It was a prolong- ed. interview. that. first one; for Rosa.â€" mond Gage had a lengthy secret to confide. She had married when eigh- teen years of age; and after two years -â€"years of domestic trouble and illâ€" treatmentâ€"her husband. Captain Gage. had left her. She possessed, however, at great deal of property; and through Mr. Pilkizn'gton’s legal assistance, most of it had been saved. Her gratitude towards the lawyer was umhoundedt and when. some four or five years after- wards, news reached her of Captain Gage's death, she became Mr. Pi-lking- ton's wife. She had brought to her new home her lilttle daughter. Rose. then barer six years of‘ age. Sizdney now entered the grove where he and Rosa had meb upon the evening. of her return to her old home. They bud not met here simce. But toâ€"day an irresistible impulse to speak with her seized him. Glam-sing around. as he entered the pathway, he caught sight. of Mrs. Pilki‘ngwu. She left, the bench where she was seated and came towards “When is Rosa ?” were almost his first words. Mrs. Pil‘kingbon gave him a. bright glain-ce. uent to meet you. Sid-o ney, a moment ago. Are you not all i111: all to her 'f" - didney's face grew serious. "I may! speak to her now; may 1 not 7" “Dear Sidney, there ls no need to ask me that.” said Mrs. Pilkington tend dcel‘U’; "my one thought, is for her hap‘ puness aml yomrs." « Rosa. now coxnlug in sight among the trees. Sidney went towards her with a. qmck step. "Wouldn't dad come) mml see me ?" said the girl with some- thing of her old peevish way. “You promxsed to brilug him, Sidney, Lhis aid ternoun. How unkmd!" "It is useless, Husx, ' was Sidney's re» ply. "He prefers ml}; and pnrulnuenfl no sunshine and green leaves." And be told Rosa all tnal. Abel Norris had, said. "You must go and talk LO him yourself." he added. "But 1 fear 110-» fillingâ€"not even your voiceâ€"will move Ium.” The year that had passedâ€"a. year in; which so much cure and cultivation had been hesbowed upon herâ€"had wrought; a. change in Rosa. She seemed (111191, more dignified, more sedate. The “ild dark eyes had lent nvwne of their bright- ness, but they were kept under more control; the Mail; lashes droope-l moms frequently now when Sidney was by. “Rosa,” sail hie, us they walked aming‘ “Rosa,” said he as they walked amnng‘ side by side umung the trees, "(10 you remember taking me, a. whole year ago, if wellâ€"bred people cmme here to sup- press their se‘numents 2” "Ah. what a lung year." said Rma evasixeiy, "it has seemed to me!" Si‘zi’ney pei‘slswd: “Do you remem- “And my ansmer to your question was." Sidney continued. "that [came here to indulge Lhe wildest dreams. Shall I tell you what they were ?” A flash of the dark eyes was Rosa's- only answer. "My dreams were mostly." said Sidâ€" ney, "about my boyhood: my dreams were mostly .i.l)0ul a. little girl who played with me in ashady wood on sunnmer evenings such as this. 1 callâ€" ed herâ€"I still call her so in thought-â€" my little sweetheart. Her real name- was Rosamond Gage." Still no word (‘aiine from Rosa; but she drew her breath more qwimkly. and a. number of little sighs escaped her. The lashes were quivering too.- but (hey were stubbornly cast down. “It was a child’s romance," Sidney resumedâ€""a romance that is seldcm finished as children would have it end in after-years. I wonder how this, one. will end! Rom. are you still my sweetheart? \Vill you be my Wife?" There was still no answer; but Sidney felt ll little hizind sliding softly into 1 is own. He pres‘sed it, gently; and so in yearsâ€"walked on in silen4'e through im yearsâ€"walked on in silence thvhrough the wood as “my hlld done in bygone days. ' Vokesâ€"‘Nhy aren spgnd the Summerf. :CarsoInâ€"Because Sldes the summer an' I'd more. Si H bullfrc l.‘hk_3_ whisper came from Rosa’s 12px RURAL REPARTI ayralkeâ€"Yes, this is a. 1 like ter see it rain fer It would help the crop Lymowâ€"tht are ye gs or waterlilieaf CASHLE «1 wine from Rosa; but weath more qwimkly. and little sighs escaped her. '0 quivering too" but (hey (The End.) you J ur " Sidnay' is seldcm have it how this, . still my fine ram, _days heap.