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-__, V._v._. r-vLU-LVHUU 1v; him, . " ut she is so wrapped up in her profession," the artist’s wife conâ€" tinued,“k‘h‘a¢ She isn’t like other girls; she takes too }it§le notice at man." fl--_v~ v- “av-u “Th-en you think I am safe? ' asked Mrs. Westbrook. blamd'ly. "Quite safe," was the reply. Then Mrs. Westbrook was taken to Eva a studio. where Barbara. Longford was sonnewhat excitedly talking to L-.. Poor Mrs. Lonrgfox‘d at‘ any rate ac- cepted it as swab, and igndring a sugâ€" gestion that was thrown out with regard to Dr. Scherer. she told Mrs. rWestbrook, in confidence, that she knew her own son W343 in love with Eva. and she hoped and believed that Pva had a very warm preference for And so saying, Mrs. Westbrook lean- ed back in her chair, with a self-satis- fied smile, and looked and seemed to feel as though her confidence had been “Don’t think me needlessly inquis'b-i tive,” said Mrs. Westbrook, a trifle‘ more gently; “but I have, as you will; perceive, a strong motive for my presâ€"! ent questions. 1 have a son, Mrs.{ Longford, about whose future 1 am; naturally anxious, and though‘ Eva is} a dear good girl. you can understandl that I should not invite her to come! and see me as I wish to do if IE thought there would be any danger to; him. Now I am as frank with youi as I entreat you t9 be with me." i V__._V vv uwu uocu I favor coffferred upon her compan- Ion. _ - 7 ~*â€" â€"â€"--v -v~e ‘ She was so unused to this direct method of catechising that, woman of the world as she was, she did not know how to evade or how to resent it with dignity and politeness. -u; u. “I am delighted to hear it," was Mrs. Westbrook’s rejoinder. "She seems to be a very charming girl, beâ€" sides being industrious and clever. Is she really as good‘ as she seems?" “Yes. better. if possible,” was the warmly generous answer. "That is very satisfactory; and now there is another subject 1 want to know something about. Has Eva any admirers â€" serious admirers, I mean oâ€"in plain words, does any man want to marry her?" “Yés, I think so; but Icannot real- ly say." stammered ‘ijs. Lrorngford. 0L. "Now, Mrs. Lungvfbrd, about Eva Randolph,” began Mrs. Westbrook. "1 am glad to say that everything I can tell you is in her favor," was the reply. She was calmly and quietly kind to the girl; she lookecL critically at her work and praised it. Then she ex- pressed her desire to have a little privâ€" ate conversation with Mrs. Longford, and Eva left them together. The morning after the oonveraazione Eva. was in her painting room trying to work, but she made little or nq proâ€" gress. At fever of restlessnes was in her veins. She hoped rather than ex- pected that Ernest Westbrook or his mother would call upon her and she was unable to work, and afraid to go out lest she should miss her friends if they did call. In the afternoon, how.- ever, her hopes were realized, for Mrs. 'Westbrook came to Gower street â€"â€"but she came alone. But Barbara, after a. short interval, felt h‘erssli do trap and lagged Lehinl, and Ernest Westbrook found himself again by the side of the girl to whom he had once nearly proposed and whom he had carefully avoided: ever since. But destiny stronger than his will had thrown_them- together once more. His thoughts do not: travel quite as far as this, howeVer. He only feels that a subtle attraction, such as he has never before experienced, draws him irresistibly toward her, and he very willingly yields to the delightful sen- nation. (But if Eva had been dangerous in the old days. she was ten thousand times more dangerous now. flhen she was an untamed girl why had prematurely escaped from the schoolroom, now she is an accomplished woman, as clever and good as she is beautiful. .To the surprise of his friends. how- ever, Conrad declined to accede to the request, and while they were still talk- :ing they saw Eva. rise to her feet, as 1though in sudden surprise and agitaâ€" tion; then, after a moment’s pause. she walked toward a tall, handsome, elderly lady dressed in. black lace and diamonds, who had just entered, and was leaning upon the arm ofa remarkâ€" ably handsome ‘yound man, who, from his likeness to herself could scarcely be jgkeu for any one but her son. Eva. replied that the unexpected pleasure was mutual. Then: the lady asked the girl who brought her there! And if she kmew many of the people present, and a few minutes later Dr. Scherer and Barbara coming to seek her, was introduced to her old friends, Whereupon the professor devoted him- self to Mrs. Westbrook, and took her to the various points of interest in the building, and Ernest, with Eve and Barbara, followed. 'llme person she addressed looked at her in doubt for a moment. Not so the young man who was with her, how- ever; he recognized her at once, and an expression of pleased surprise came over his face as he said: "It is Eva Randolph." Then he and his mother shook hands with the girl warmly; while she could not help blushing at the involuntary admiraton wixh which Mrs. Westbrook regarded her. "We are only passing through Lonâ€" don,” said that lady; "and I received your letter a day or two ago. I meant to see you before I left town, but I never expected to meet: you here.” “Mrs. Westbrfxok,” Eva said, as she reraphed the, lady’s side. ‘ CHAPTER VI.â€"Continued. Conrad, who was watching Eva, and debating mentally whether or not he should bestow his valuable affections upon her, was now pounced upon, and an immediate inLroduction demanded. CHAPTER VII. She Would Be a Lady By this time Barbara had quite for- gotten the Germ n professor. Indeed, she was so delighted’that she forgot everything but her own‘ good fortune and great happiness, and poor Eva had The consequence was that the day be- fore the girls were to return to town, and three weeks after he had met herI the rector proposed to Barbara Long-â€" ford and was accepted. It seemed a very hasty kind of love making on the part of a man who had drifted into middle age without a seri- ous though of matrimony, but Mr. Carlyon, like many men who put offa momentous step for a long time, no sooner decided to take it than he set about doing so in a hurry. Barbara did not profess to do any- thing more than amuse herself and her hostess and be amused. and though Mrs. Westbrook was always sweetly amiable to her, she soon wearied of the chatterer whom she had no motive for keeping by her side, and consequently the rector seldom failed to find her alone and glad of his company and at- tentions. Mr. Carlyon, however, did not find big wpoing so difficult, - Meanwhile the visit which was to extend over two or three weeks was dralwi-ng to a close, and the young squire was only waiting for an op_ poi-tummy to tell Eva that he loved her. Hitherto he had drifted with the stream, but ww he was prepared to strike out and swim against adverse currents. Ernest Westbrook foumd Eva none. the less'dangerous because she was kept sp much out of his way, while the difficulty he constantly expeu‘ienced in even speaking to her, except in his nother's presence, gave a certain amount of piquancy to the pursuit, for pursuit it had now become. And if she dié by chance lose sight of Eva for a time. she usually managâ€" ed- to secure the companionship 01 her son, so that he shouxd be out of danger. And yet low that laughs at 1&1:â€" smlths indugged in many a malicious grig at Mrs. Westbriqoksreggpense. qr a walk, and would'herself, if pos- s1b}e._ qqcognpany hem. Then she claimed her help and adâ€" vice concerning quantities of old lace which she possessed, and, when the glrl looked pale and tagged;~ she would in- sist that she ShO‘ILId go for a drive, Seldom did she‘ sutfar Eva to leave her sight. On the plea of, hastening on the completion of her portrait, Mrs. Westbrook kept the girl [or some hogrs of each day closely at her ease}. This clever lady had been, and still was, so very careiwl of the girl that she believed such/a catastrophe to be wagâ€"nigh impossible. “Its too bad of you, [or you did ' flirt with him. and you know you don t ‘care a pin for the man, while I am ready to die for him,” the ladies heard :Barbara say as they opened the door. ! Mrs. Longford looked v‘exed and lmortified, but Mrs., Westbrook was jamused and she looked at the speak- : elj somewhat curiously. One thing Mrs. Westbmdk did not see. however, and that was her Ion Ernest was falling irretrievably In love with Eva. \Aftar this ev'elu-ing scarcely a day passed without the rector managing to mak-e one of the_party, on some pretext or other, and it soon became evident that [Barbara had forgotten the German professor, and- that she thought no position in life more desirâ€" able than that of the wife of a conmtry clergyman. Mrs. Westbrook saw what was goâ€" ing on, and smiled. She had often wondered Lhat the rector did not marry, and as often wished._he would. Mr. Carlyon was not an. old man. He was pleased to meet Eva again and to congratulate her upon the wonderful improvement which time had made in her, but he was mare especially delighted to renew his ac- quai-n'tnnce with Barbara. whom he had not seen since she was quite a litAtl-e girl. So dinner passed over cheerfully and pleasantly, and, later in the evenâ€" lng Bar’bara played and Eva and Ernest sang, and Mr. Carlyon played the flute, while Mr. Westbrook pro- bended to be listening, when, in fact, sh? _had fallen Iquletly asleep. But evening came, and with it her spirits brightened. Ernest had re- turned in time for dinner, and had br_o_ught the rector with him. Her visit wag not to be simply one of pleasume, however, she was to paint Mrs. Westbrook s portrait, and she told herself that she' would. be able to drive away unpleasant thoughts when she was at work. Not that she had any right to expect such an attention, she admitted to herâ€" self, for she was a mere nobody, a poor girl rescmed from poverty by his moth-er s bounty, and some little talent and! energy of hen own, and she tried to crush drawn the feelings that rose in her heart, and to wish that, after all, she had not come here. A sudden idea strpck Mrs. Westâ€" brook. ‘This girl, though plain, was, nu doubt, clover; her people were friends of Mr. Uariyon, the rector, and 11) would not be a bad idea to invite her down to the Grange with Eva. It would, keep the latter[ from being left alone with Ernest, and as for Barbara hierself, even M15. Westbrook could not negard her as dangerous. So the invitation was given and accepted, and Mrs. Westbrook took her leave. About a fdrtnight later the two girls arrived at Westbrook, Grange, Eva had not seem Ernest since the night of the convemsaziona, and she fen hurt and disappointed to. find that he was not at home to greet her. She was next ' pretty. Her 10118. abundant, coarse brown hair flew wildâ€" ly down her back; her face was swarthsy in hueb though the darkâ€"red lood glowed brightly on her cheeks. and her brown qyesi were half hidden by spectacles which sh? always wo‘re. \Vhen ower Es grows ifheflvlmather, 0! Chorus :‘ JOHN IMRIE. VVi' cares an’ "vi/Einries arearie, 0! When Love is kingl just mind his law, 0 that you’ll never wearie, Ol Bind hearts wi’ Love sae firm an’ fast, .Nae bands like his can tether, 01 Love's sunnie smiles through life should last, And 5brave life’s wintry weather, 0! Our riper years shall fruitful be, An' hap'p‘y a’theg‘ither, 0! It’s time enough to wish to dee Love’s youthfu’ years are swift nn‘ sweet, An' fu’ 0’ hope sae cheerie, O! Whan heart wi’ heart in union meet 0’ love they never “earie, 0! This life to them is naught but bliss, To each they’re a’ that’s dearie, O! Whan vows are answere’d wi’ a kiss {How can this life be drearie, 0? Chorus: N00, fiinna {ash yer heat: ava' __ .._c -J . Mrs. 'Wesltjbrook uttered never a word. but in her heart she hoped that Barbara’s exclamation was we“ foundâ€" ed. "01), she is dead, she is dead!” cried Barbara, desgaringly. And Barbara, whose presence she had forgotten, replied, promptly: "Yes, every one can see that the loves her.” And meanwhile the storm raged on with unabated fury, and the two ladies, watching through the andows, saw the party of men returning, carrying what ‘seemed like a lifeless body be- tween them. “He cares fox; her more than he does for me,” moaned Mrs. Westbrook, des- pairingly, when she saw her son go forth on his errand. -V-.. ‘v‘ ‘IVA . His mother eglrefiaâ€"tgd him not to go himself, but to send some of the serâ€" vants. but he paid. no heed to hemand', went out in the storm, followed by a' couple of men. -- . y-quvu nu uyuvu MALB. Westbrook for the moment that she could do nothing. "She musL be out under the trees, and afraid to come through the rain," said the young man, with a troubled face. "I shall go and look for her." There was gore than kindly anxiety here. No man would be so agitated as this about any woman if he did not love her. ,. Dv._a vuv uuua. nu uvu; anu- "Eva out in this storm, and alone!" exclaimed Ernest Westbrook, starting to his feet in] such udden alarm that his mother, looking at him, felt her ovyri heart sink within her. "I am dreadfully frightened of thunder and lightning, and so is Eva-â€" worse than I am. Do you know it she has come in; from the grounds? I saw her gomg out half an hour ago." 7 un__ ,, Barbara Longtord, abo‘uh-this time, with a pale face, and her long hair streaming down her back, came into the rosm where Mrs. Westbrook and her son sat watching; the storm and gain}. with evident terror: Cl‘oronto, At that moment a dreadful peal of thunder broke the qppressive silence, and seemed to shake the very ground, while a blaze of lurid lightning apâ€" peared to envelope the tree and the girl, who had, with the first shock. fal.len insensible at its foot. ,,V_-~.V wâ€" Auu LVUI'. And nbw the rain came down in tor- 1‘9nts, and the thunder pealed and the lightning flashed almost incessantly, while Eva. lay under the tree quite motionless. ,‘-_V-_-_ yr-“ 80 she thought, and she wandered about until she came to a wide-spread- ing tree, which seemed, from the mem- ories she associated with it, like an old friend. and she rested her hand on the gnarled trunk as though uttering a mute farewell. So she felt and she resolved that this weakness should end. ‘ This should be her last visit to Westbrook Grange, her very last. Nothing should ever tempt her to come to this dearlyâ€"loved spot again. Toâ€"morrow she would go away â€"30 away forever, and now she would look her last upon, and say tareweli, to each well-remembered spot. Here she felt a little better. She took off her hat and sat down on the soft grass. and tried to think calmly of herselfi and of her fu- ture. Slowly but surely she was comâ€" ing to a definite resolution. If she yielded to this love that had taken such a terrible hold upon her, it would ruin her life, unfit her for earnest work, and make noble endeavors almost im- possible. Also, if she weakly gave her IOVe unsought to a man who might dis- daiu it, she would despise herself far more bitterly than any one else could despise her. ' But now the tearless storm in her heart was far more agitating than any conflict of the elements could be; she forgot her fear of thunder and lightâ€" ning, she never gave a thought to any possible downpour of rain, she only Knew that she was intensely miserable, that; she was suffocating for want of coaler air, and without a thought of consequences she caught up a hat and went downstairs, making her way by a side path unobserved into the park. In any less agitated frame of mind, Eva would have hesitated to leave the house, and she would certainly have avoided the trees. But when she had thrown herself down upon the bed preparatory to in.- dulging in a flood of tears. she found that the tears would not come. The room was close and suffocating, she could not breathe. the air seemed to be charged with electricity, 8. thun- fierstorm was evidently not far dis- tant. and the atmosphere of the bed- room was intolerable. She offered her congratulations; however, and tried to feel happy in the happiness of her friend, and then she stole away to her own room to lock herself in and wasp at her own isolation. to listen to long rhapsodies of which the rector was the subject; while her own heart ached with the conviction that such tremulous blis would never be hers. l‘his sudden reyelation so upset Mrs. L‘NLL", I t - WHEN LOVE IS KING! To’ be Continued. A garden party took place in the grounds of the Royal Botanic Society. Regent’s Park, London, under the ausâ€" p‘ices of the Primrose League. Between 16,000 and 17,000 invitations had been issued. "As long as it was a myste could stand it very \ well; never, from that day to this, n a brass band- in the street feeling sort of sheepish when with the bass drum went by." The death took place of Mr. W. H. Phillips, who for 40 years was deputy coroner and coroner for Wolverhamp- ton borough. He was also coroner for the south~west division of Stafford- shire. v V ,.‘ __., ~.._, smrnuun amourâ€" ing and the Roman candles a spouting around him, standing that night in a dark room in his own house and beat- ing the big drum as he never beat it before or since; but I’ll bet a thousand dollars to a cocoanut that I was worse scared than he was; but that wasn’t the worst of it. "Was be scared? Well, now you bet your life he was” and I could imagine him gay and gallus as he was now,‘ walking along, beating away‘ on the pass drum. with the sky rockets a soarâ€" .n... .__JAL h _vh4u>~l 55¢" uu Ul VVVVV u u his hand as I advanced, till he hit that whaok when I was near the top, and than beat it with frantic energy when he saw that that single thunder. burst didn’t stop me. u'um somewnere. and when I set foot on that lower step he ruffled the big drum gently, the low groan; it was easy for him, and these groans grew under L2,. LAxl 7 "VV-ell. I never saw that town again for three years. The next time I went there was in the time of ‘ A- POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. i'l‘hey were having a big meeting there that night and a parade and that sort of thing, uni I stood in a good place in the crowd and watched the proces- sion; and when the band came along who do you think was playing the bass drum? My man whose picture I’d seen on the mantle-shelf that night 1 nip- ped the heirloom snuffbox, and heard the mysterious meaning and groaning and thunder attachments. "I’d dropped a spoon or a fork or something in the dining room in his house before I struck into the parlor, and he’d heard it, and got up and saw me and then he headed me off with the drum. He had his eye on me from somewhere. and when I set foot .mu... -_ u.-. I had got pretty near \to the top of the stairs with the groaning grow- ing louder all the time, with my inter- est not decreasing by a long shot, but my desire to investigate the cause of it decreasing rapidly. ' “When I got within a step or two out be top there walsasort of a boom that I couldn’t understand at all, and just as Itepped up the last step on to the floor of that upstairs hall there came a sudden beaming burst of sound that was many times repeated, rapidly, and that made the whole house shake as though there was thunder rolling through it, and smashing around in it, and then, my son, I went away. I don’t shy at things I can understand, but I have very little use for the mys- terious. A FAINT ‘GROAN. Well, now, you understand, I am not much disturbed by strange sounds, be- cause a man in my business gets, so to speak, used to the unexpected, but that groan stopped me. I? stood there for a minute, with one foot on the floor of the hall and the other on the lowest step and waited. I didn’t hear. any more aid then I thought I might have been mistaken and I started up, but I ‘had scarcely raised that foot that was on the floor before I heard the groan again, this time for sure, and I was glad to put that foot down; by the other instead of pqtting it up astep, and whenI waited again awhile and then I started up once more, this time resolute to go ahead. That’s what I did. Now, I heard the groanâ€"1 ing beyond a doubt, and growing‘ louder and louder as 1 went upstairs, and sometimes with a sort of growl mixed in like some great savage aniâ€" mal, and I didn’t like it a bit, I can tell you that. As far as that’s con- cerned, if I had followed my inclina- tions I should have. turned, round and skipped the ranch when the groaning. first begun, but I thought I ought to go ahead and\ find out what it was all about,‘anyway, and I kept on till “When I turned away from the shelf I walked across the parlor to the hall of the house and out into the hall to go upstairs. but just as I put my foot on the bottom step I heard: what. sounded like. Scared Away by Mysterlous Sounds, Whose Sources. Years Luter, Were Revealed. "As a rule." said the retired burglar, “I did not pause to look at pictures in the houses I visited; there wasn't ‘time even if I had had the inclination; Ibut sometimes one’s attention would be fixed on a picture by ‘eircumstanc-v es. For instance, as I was passing my lamp one night along a parlor. shelf to see if there was anything there, the light fell, at the same, moment, on a silver snuff box and a daguerreo- type of a man in uniform that stood right beside it, and as Idropped the snuff box in my pocket I held the light on the picture for a minute and in- spected it a little bit more closely. It interested me, somehow, though there wasn’t anything very remarkable about it one way or the other; just the pic-l} ture of a youngish, self-satisfied look- ing man in a military uniform. THE RETIRED BURGLAR. was a mystery, whyI very \ “fill; But Fvg r this, never met strfeet without the maxi Be, his. cause ’1 shee ,two of you, 111’ clear. Hushâ€"Makes $1311 happy, eh? I’d like to know why? Witcâ€"You‘va been drink‘ng agaig‘ (Husbandâ€"Can’t help it, 131’ dear â€"- make marsho. happy, m’ dear, ‘ DBctor. l'ooking up from his paper,â€" lf I don’t keep him waiting for an: hour or so. he’ll think my charges are high. Doctor’s Wife â€" Why don’t you go to that patient in the waiting- room? He has been there ever so' 1093. The Czar has recently completed the building of *an important city at Oath- erine Harbor, on the Arctic coast. and now. he is about to build another city at the extreme southern point of the Russian sphere of influence. This means that the free port of the city of Daln‘y will be a. clearingâ€"house for the trade of North China, 8. con- venience which is greatly neededet present merchandise intended for North China is landed at Shanghai and then transferred to small steamers for transportation to the northern portfl, but with the free port at the entranco to the Gulf of Pwhili,all freight in- tended for' the important parts in that region may be taken in large ocean steamers to this convenient point and then transferred to vessels plying to Chefu, Tientsin and other see. ports. This means that the Czar intends to establish such a free port as those of Hamburg, Bremen, Danzig and Cop- enhagen. Goods sent to or removed from; the part of the city! and the port which the Czar declares to be free, will not come (under the supervision of the customs laws, Americam goods, for in-< stance, may be kept there for months and then removed to their destination in some other part of China, or else- where, without paying any duties. But they cannot be taken into the part 01 the Russian concession which the Czar has not included in the free zone withâ€" out paying duties. ,« The Czar’s proclamation announcing that the port of Talienâ€"wan is to be opened to the commercial fleets of all nations, has just been published. " We have now decided,” he says, " to begin the erection at this port of a. city which we shall call Dalny, far distant!” He adds that in View of the commercial development of {the future city he con- fers upon it the rights of free trade which belong to free ports. All nations may import: and export merchandise at every description Within the territory occupied by: the city, port and adjacent termitor‘y up to a fixed boundary line. The Czar Announces Ills Intention of liulldlng One at Tallinn-wan. } A year and a. half ago, China leased to Russia, for twentyvfive years Port Althur and 'l‘alien-wan, at the entrancl from the Yellow Sea to the Gulf of Pet-chili. All the Chinese military forces were withdrawn and the two ports, with considerable territory to the north, were placed under the full jurisdiction of [the Czar’s government. The port of ’l‘alienâ€"wan, which is only Pa few miles to the east of Port Ar- thur, will be the terminus on the Yel- low Sea. of the great branch now build- ing through Manchuria from the Sib- ariun railroad. Talien-wan, therefore. is to be Russia’s commercial port in those waters, while Port Arthur is re. served as anaval port for Russia, and is closed against naval and merchant vessels of all other nations, except that China has the privilege of anchoring her men-ofâ€"war there. Mrs. Angle. of Men-Hum. Entered so Severely Thai Ilen- Frlends Feared Bio Wns likely to be 1 Permanent Invalid. In the picturesque village of Merritâ€" ton resides Mrs. William Angle, who, after months of suffering, has founda cure from the use) of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Mrs. Angle relates as fol. lows the experience through which she has passed. "Four years ago this spring. while a resident of Buffalo I had an attack of. typhoid fever and the disease left me in a worn out and extremely nervous condition, so that the least noise startled me. Icould not: sleep at times for) aweek on account of terrible attacks ofdieart trouble. Then again my head would trouble me and I had bad dreams. I had no appetite and lost twentyâ€"two pounds in weight and had become so very thin that my friends were alarmed. While in this condition Iwas treated by. two physicians but with no avail. I tried everything recommended but still found no relief. Finally a relative par- suaded me to try. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. After I had taken the first box I could. see a change for the better, so I continued the use of the pills untilI had finished six boxes and the results were most gratifying. I now have normal sleep, there is no more twitch- ing in my hands, the palpitations have ceased, and I have gained in weighfl and strength. My whole system seems toned up, andlfeel entirely well. I feel gratetul to the Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., and hope, they will keep up- the good world of administering to the afflicted." Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills cure by go- ing to the root all the disease. They, renew and build up the blood, and strengthen the nerves, thus driving disease from the system. "Avoid im- itations by insisting that every. box you purchase is enclosed in a wrapper bearing the full trade mark, Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills for Pale! People. ‘ AFTER EFFEGTS 0F FEVER A RUSSIAN CITY IN CHINA. MANAGING A PATIENT. SHE FORGAVE .HIM.