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.. A LESSQN FROM .MAS11ERDO.M, things were growing desperate with them, perfect face, he read in the clea.r cold fear of Cristine, not daring to look in her positively realized in the effect on their ·. that unless "something happened" soon eyes quick recognition, anger and dis· dau<>'hter's direction, and 'trembling to nerves. The monsttlr dropped his head into the Bow Modern Society Naturally Leads to she must, for pecuniary reasons, make a gust. think of the punishment th~t awaited her water, and, with an undulating motion, Mixed Marriages., stand against her determQ\ed daughter. "It is Vance!" the woman cried eagerly. when they two should be alone. The lodgings they had taken were, in de- "Cristine, do you not know him? It i» But the Baron evidently took the mat- it speedily vanished. They believed it When the announcement waftirst made ference to the grandeur of their escort, Vance!" ter .w ith pleasant lightness, perhaps be- be about 25 feet long, and regret very that the future Lord Cairns was really befar beyond their modest meaI:\s; and poor If a look would kill, Mrs. Bruce would cause he had given up all serious thought much that the approach of d~rkness pre- throthed to Miss Fortescue, says the Mrs. Bruce rarely closed her eyes with- have fallen dead at her daughter's feet. of Cristine. With this fear, and the re· vented them fr~m 9apturmg it. Messrs. London World, we remarked, that howout dreaming of the poor house, and see- The Baron leaned back in his cushioned membrance otall the foolish expenditure F1s~er an~l Poillson, wh~n ac~used by ever mortifying the fact might be to hiaing herself arrayed in the quaintly unbe- seat, and, looking from under his heavy into which she had been dragged, quicken- their neighbors of mventmg the parents, it was nothing more than might coming costume of an elderly female pau· half closed lids at the excited pair, asked, ing her pulses, the poor lady looked list- a?ove st ory, went ?eforc .a local Jus- be expec~ed from the cond1tio.n of society per out for the day. in his suavest tonesfully into her neighbor's face, and read tic_e of. tho. Peace, it is said, and made in which we live. Why should not The light grew fainter in the dingy ex"Pray do not shut me out from t11J,s there semething that gave her a little a~uav1t to the facts substantially as noblemen take their wives from the pensive room, and Cristine looked up im- small comedy of ·recognitions. Pray telJ hope. given above. ladies with whom they associate upon ............... ..... patiently from her task "of embroidering me who is 'Vance'1" "Congratulate!" she said a little dub---·~-~terms of equality 'I Society is now a. C.RJ~J£, white beada upon a white silk bodice, to oiusly. "Yes, the people seem to like GRAINS 01' GOLD. species of unlimited partnership; and __ be worn. that night. CHAPTER XX.II. him do they not1 But you-do you not where there is, up to a certain point, "Pray light - the lamp, mother, or I Mrs. Bruce s eyes were on the stage, think it rather-low?" Fortune does not change men, it only community of interests, there must be reCHAPTER XXL-(CONTINUED.) shall never finish 'this." Cristine's on the floor. She raised them The last word dropped in an ;iffrighted unmasks them. ciprocity. As was shown last week in Mrs. Bruce rose with a sigh, and the suddenly, and said, with her little frosty whisper, too faint to reach Cristine's ears, Cristine had not met him before ; but these columns, in an article entitled One is alone in a crowd when o e suf,even had she not been absorded in her his name was sufficiently well known to mournful reflection that oil was so much laugh"Green-room and Drawing-room," the ers or when one loves. "Truth is best, I suppose, even when own thoughts. make her heart flutterwitha wild ambition a pint, and there was still a clear hour of theatre is very nearly as well represented He who wants to do a great deal of good in social circles as a11y one of the learned "Low!" The Baron shrugged his when she recalled the too·candid admira- daylight, if only Crist:ln,e would i;nove one is not proud of it, as now. 'Vance,' or .'Mr. Sidney Vansittart,' as I see he shoulders with something of Gallic grace. &t once will never do any. tion with which the big heavy lidded eyes little nearer the window. professions. H ow is it possi"'.; le t hat the "Why, how you sigb, mother! One chooses to be called here"-touching con- "My dear lady, you are behind the age. had rested oµ the lily·like fairness of her We finish by excusing our faults, but limits of this representation should be fix-· face. Herswas, ,shethought,justthestyleof would think I had set you some Hercu- temptously the perfumed programme on To go upon the stage is now the most chic we always blush at our blunders. ed at an arbit rary and purely artificial her lap- "is a relative of ours." thing in the world. It is far more popular beauty to please this swarthy Eastern- lean task." point 1 If actresses are good enough to "Oh, -it is. not the task! I was thinking "For shame, Cristine!" l\'lra.· B;-uce than the Army, or either of the learned Woman's tongue is her sword, which meet in respectable houses, they are good looking man. Why should she not wear turned round quickly, forgetting all the proiessions, fr~m both of whwh its ranks she neve~ lets rus~. . . thosejewels, the lustre of which seemed of money. " enough to marry. If they are not good "Do you ever think of anything else?" interests she imperilled by herJ'mpulsiV'e are daily recruited. Our handsome young A fools heart ism his tongue; but a enough to marry, it may perhaps occur: to dazzle and impose a certain deference on all who approached them1 Why should Cristine asked, turning round the glitter- indignation. "Why do not y u say at friend here, if he only goes on as he has , wise man's tongue is in his heart. to them to consider whether t hey do not not she, who, as Cristme Singleton, had ing garment that flashed back a thousand enceJ and honestly, that Vance is your begun, will i?- a few weeks be the idol of A woman's friendship is, as a rule, the owe it to themselves to be a little more London society, the most sought-after legacy of love or the alma of indiffer- difficult to m'e et. But the Garmoylemade so dismal a failure of her life, shine reflections of the rosy lamplight and ex:· own brotherr' Cristine's heart grew cold within her. man of his day." ence forth with sudden splendor aa the Bar- amining it w:ith kee1ily critical eyes. Fortescue episode has another lesson than "Wh'at can I think of bnt that which is So sharp and cruel was' her disappoint· The mother's"heart swelled with pride · . . oness Benjuda'lthis to allthose whomitconcerns to learn. True, the man himself must be taken all-impbrtant'I Cristine, do you know how ment that there was hardly room for an- as she drank in every word of the neat . If a ma;ri ta}ks of his mi~fortun~s there One of the effects of such an institution as into account. A-keen-witted man of the low our funds really are? If Yance does ger in her thoughts. By-and-by she little oration that the Baron delivered in is ~o~eth_wg m them that is not disagree- the Gaiety theatre has been to establish a would remember that her mother had his easy and assured fashion. ab e 0 him. world, rich beyond counting, and by no not write-or come-- " social fusion between women and girls of. "Heaven forbid that he should come made shipwreck of her hopes in.the very "l hope Cristine hears," she thought, Nothing is ever done beautifully which every degree of virtue and of want-0f virmeans unpresentab1e, a little barbaric hour of their .fulfilment, tmd take ven- with an anxious look at her unmoved is done in rivalship, nor nobly which is tue, and men and boys of. every rank in magnificence being allow{)d for, h e must just now!" Cristine said fervently. "Why?"- Mrs. Bruce's tone was very geance for her wrongs; but now she could daughter. "She was always so unjust to done in pride. have escaped many and·many . a subtly· life from the pee:r to the counter-jumper. laid feminine snare to remain a bachelor ind.gnant. "You are not ashamed of your only feel that the battle she had all but Vance, my clever, handsome boy!" The ~epend~nce of tl}~ mind on the Without the Gl}iety and cognate places, at forty-five. Such a man would be fas- brother, I hoper' won was lost indeed. ·when the curtain fell at the end of the senses is seen m the fact that the deaf of entertainment~ the masher·would never tidious in his tastes and exacting in his Cristine shrugged her shoulders. She sat, with down-bent head, idly :first act, the Bardn announced his inten- and dumb apt to be stupid. have asserted himself; there would have· requirements, a most unlikely person to " Ile is good-looking enough, and his gazing at the costly exotics-the BarQn's tion of goin~ b~hind the scenes _for a little We do love beauty at fir:fi sight ; and been no habital mobbing at'. the sttl.g~ take an hotel-made acquaintance for a manners are, or were, decent; but I do gift~that w·ere clasped with an uncon- while. Cnstme looked up with sudden we do cease to love it if it JS not ·accom doors, no ogling by stupid boy of loose wife, unless the attractions offered were not think I should care to present him to sciqus force in her slender fingers. They terror, but said never a word. panied by amiable qualities. '(1 ladies. If it was an i,mderstood thing, overpoweringly strong. the Baron." were all against her, she thought, mothei· "Shall I tell your son that you are . ; ·, . that the fre"edom of intercourse which the This was touching Mrs. Bruce upon her and brother now, as Nora and her step- here, or leave him to make the discovery?" He who comes up to his own. idea of regime generates couldend should mean But Cristine's estimate of her own charms was not a low one, -and events cer- tenderest point. Her dark face flushed father had been in the eld days. True, he asked at the door-and the words gave ·greatness must ~lways. ha".e h~~a very notlling more, very littll harm might in she had always fought for her own hand, Cristine a gleam of hope. low standard of it m his mmd. '1 tainly justified her faith in the present in- angrily. the long run be done. But as every sen. · stance. From the moment in which t he "That fat old Jew!" she cried, with im, and never heeded them ; but .that made "Oh, let him find us out!" she cried, The comforts and convenieq;:es:..of life sible person might have J?.redicted at first,. l:>oJd dark eyes rested on her Israel Ben- pulsive scorn. "You cannot name him and her none the less sensitive to their with suspicious eagerness; while Mrs. save trouble, save labor, economize the possibigty, or rathel:; certainty, of juda was half amusRdly conscious that he my handsome Vance together!" cruelty. Bruce, for whom the theatre held time and add.to our happiness generally. consequences ffr w2rse wa~_.inextricably was more 'in';erested in his quiet neighbor "Certainly not," Crist.ine said coolly, in Israel Benjuda watched the fair fl.ower- bnt the one performer, said with some I am convinced that it his person- mingled with it. It has given to young, than he had ever been in any woman be· no wise o:fl:'ended by the disparaging allu- wreathed he<t<i fur a few moments, with surpriseal conduct that any man of ordinary men of position the 6pportunity of makfore. Handsome girls by the dozen, ~irls sion to her suitor. "Naturally I accord keen comprehension of the girl's feelings, "But will they let you in? You do not power will do the greatest amount of good ing fools of themsel ves or fools of others. with a youthful freshness and downright them very different places in my esteem, and an intense satisfaction in the fact that know Yance." Inflamed by the stories, 'frequently that is in him to do. flesh-and-blood beauty that this one lack· 'The fat old Jew,' as you· politely call him, she did feel. Benjuda smiled, genially tolerant of the A: mythical, of triumphs of gallantry · "She deserves a little punishment for ignorance she displayed. Good manners is the art ofmakingthos~ achieved by others on a higher · social ed, had made themselves charming " for is a man of excellent taste who admires "Yes, they will let me in. The author people easy with whom we converse ; who': ground, these vapid vib11ions·endeavor t o his benefit, and won but coldly critical and intends to marry me, Vance -an un· trying to deceive me," he chuckled; and admiration in return; but Cristine- some- natural brother who virtually casts me then he bent forward, and the big, warm, of the drama if my very good friend, and ever makes the fewest persons weary is illustrate t.he same conquests upon a how she possessed a unique charm for off- the Baron a millionaiTe, Yance a white-gloved hand closed on the small may perhaps be persuaded to introduce the best bred man in company. lower level. Sometimes they commit. him. He was never tired of watching the professionless - what shall I say 1- chill fingers wit a protecting clasp that me to Mr. Sidney Vansittart, whom later If a man b0 compassionate towards the themselves more deeply than they had an"icily regular line" of the straight Greek loafer." seemed to raise Cristine from the depths I shall know as your son Vance. Au afflictions of others, it shows that his ticipated, and such an · accident as that features, the satin smoothness of the "At least, we know that .he is. not only of despair to a very pinnacle of rapture, revoir!" heart is like the noble tree that is wound- which has now occurred is the result. small blond head. the cold clear fire of earning an honest living, but helps to even before he bent his sleek black head As the door cl6sed upon the large im· ed itself when it gives the bnlm. Thi!!! is a matter quite as much for conthe large blue eyes, the slender curves of p1·ovide for us ! " Mrs. Bruce cried sev· till the glossy moustache swept her soft posing presence, Mrs. Bruce leaned b~c'k Beware what you say of others, be- sideration of the ladies as of the gentlethe long throat and tall ;figure-above all, erely. cheek, and whisperedinherear, "Cristine, in her chair and fanned herself cornplac- cause you only reveal yourself thereby. men to whom our remarks ai:e .fddressed; the enchanting whiteness of a lily-like ski'n "He is earning a living-whether hon- will' you marry mer' ently, feeling thatall things were tending A man does not think to look behind the and if the fairies of the stage do n0t wish. which was rarely flushed by the f~i.n~t est or not ho best knows himself," said Actually the pale face bore a rosy tinge. to a pleasant end, and that she wa;; a v'ery door unless he has some time stood there to justify the comments of their censors, reflection: of the rose. - · the affectionate si~ter, with a sceptical Actually the large bright eyes were dim skillful strategist. · himself. and wish to protect their own interests,. She always wore · e a \ times ; laugh. "Vance was not over-well pro- with tears, and the thin curved lips trem. "Now, Cristine, do you think your Never compare t hy condition 'l'ljth they will teach the masher t.he lasson. it jarred less witll tJ1e...__m :e'b.g which, vided for the battle of life, and I would bled, as the girl whispered her fervent brother will disgrace you1" those above thee ; but to secure thy con- which they ought t o derive from i:Qrd much to her vexation,~ other st ill rather not ask how he has fought it until low-toned "Yes!" Despair had been so "Yes," was the sullen and unexpect~d t ent, look upon those thousands with Garmoyle's trc11tment of l\'liss Fortescue. persistently wore, han ny c, lor would the Baron and I are safely one. And now, bitter, the change to hope fulfilled was answer that shattered Mrs. Bruce's hopes whom thou wouldst not, for thy interest, ·1 · have done, and added fo vrif/uel, look mother,. we really must not waste any overpoweringly sweet. of peace and pleasantness, and filled her change thy fortune and condition. · How the Rain Drops Fan·. that she had tact enough to see was her more time in discussion, or the Baron will For thl:l moment she felt quite senti- with new vague fears. chief charm in Baron Benjuda'a eyes. be here before we are ready." mental about this broad shouldered over· "You are talking nonsense, and you The minute par ticles of which clouds. COST OF :lURS. And her hopes would have taken a higher Cristine spoke in her most imperative confident lover of hers, who could make know it," she said crossly, though all the are composed move downward 1..i,n conseflight than they had yet done could she tones ; and, indignant as she was, l\'lrs life so wonderfully smooth and pleasant while her heart fluttered uneasily beneath Prices Advanctng steaduy aud tlle quence of the attraction of gr~y ; but have guessed the painful persistency with Bruce felt that she must needs submit. to her- felt inclined to confound the man the well brushed velvet and well damed Trade in l'hem Brisk. by Jea_ sou of t)ie resistance which the air which the slender white-robed figure Baron Benjuda was to escort them that and his possessions, and imagine herself lace with which she had adorned herself. . offe,rs to heir aescent, they are only mov· haunted the Baron's thoughts, and how, night to the smallest and most fashionable as honestly fond of Israel Beujuda himself "You must have heard the Baron's praise Furs are to be _PUt away unt1~ the ad- ing very slowly, says Prof. Osborne R ey· Since however t he resistance· in the midst of abstruse calcula~10ns and of modern theatres, at which he ·had as she was of all the good things he could of Vance and the splendid future he pro- vent of another Wlnter, but notw1thstand-1 nolds. delicately diplomatic arrangements, he secured a box for the first performance of assure her with one stroke of his pen. phesied for him. If, after that, he does ing this their ,erice contini_ies t? adva:nce, J offered to the ' passage ot' large drops is. fourrd himself idly wondering how his a new play. Something in his manner The.look of the tear-wet eyes was so gen · not ask y11u to maLTY him, it will not be '.'Ind the ~rad~ m t~em, which is ordmar- much smaller in proportion to their weight " ice-maiden," as he had learned to had told Cristine that the well-cushioned uinely tender and grateful that it thrilled Vance who has come between you; it will ily du~l, is 2t1ll brts~. The rea~ons gr".en than that offered to small drops, it follows· for this state of affairs .are the mcreasmg 1 that the large drops will descer,d faste11 call her, would look in more decided dimly-lighted loqe was to be the scene of the Baron's battered old l'h eart in the be- -" tint. anoth~r and more personally interesting oddest fashion. He had counted on ac"Spare yourself the trouble of invent- demand of the wealthier classes .for fur than the smaller ones, and will overtake "Say black velvet and diamonds," he drama than hat played out upon the ceptance ; it was too ab1mrd to suppose ing r easons," Cristine interrupted, with garments,. and th~ yearly decreasmg sup- them, coming in collision with any which. ' mused, leaning h~s sleek bullet head back stage, and her heart thrilled witli that a fortune such as his would be laid cold scorn. "Barol;l. Benjuda has asked ply of skms, owmg to the advance of are in the direct line of their descent against the velvet rest of the chair, let- anticipative triumph as she dressed for .at the feet of a penniless girl m vain. me to-night !" civ~lization in the wi~derneas from When two drops collide they will unit~ ting the cigarette-smoke curl up to the her part. But affection was quite another thing. " Cristine," the mother cried, in tones wlnch these ~ave .h1the.rto come., to form a larger drop, which will descend gilded ceiling and carry his floating fanHer toilette suited her fair pale beauty As a shrewd business man, he had by no o~ joyoas incredulity, " my dear, dear '.l'he advance in. price is greatest with increased velocity, sweeping up· cies with it in a luxurious daydream-"or to perfection- the long glittering jacket- means counted on that. Moreover, he child, fortune is too good to me to m I;ieaver fur, whi.ch .has become very smaller drops in its path, and thus inblue, ethereal blue, famtasthechangeless bodice, t he classically straight lines of the hEtd not hitherto believed that there was night!" f~sh10nable, a.nd ~htch is used aln.10st en- creasing in size until it emerges from the azure of her eyes, and pearls, or pale tea long white skirt, the white flowers and much feminine softness in Cristine SinThe skms are cloJ:\d. Since many clouds are sev.eral"So you thought once before, mother." tir.ely. for trimmmgs. rose-or -or- Gad, I shall have to dark green leaves wreathing the small gleton's nature. The exterior chill that "When?" Mrs. Bruce said, with a happy prmc1pallY: fronl. Canada and the Hudson miles in thickness, it is easy to see that a. marry her, just to try the effect of giving- golden head; she looked as the Baron best charmed him seemed but a symbol of the smile. Bay Territory, a,lth~:mgh a good ma11y particle descending from the upper part, her perfect whiteness a colored settmg!" liked to see her, like a pale winter lily, a frozen calm within. But now-now all "When Nora was engaged to Lord de beavers are trapped m. M<;>ntana, Idaho, of the cloud may become a raindrop of :He laughed lazily, enjoying the idea, thing all chill whiteness and purity. ' and other western territories. Some few consideraMe size before it emerges from his theories were pleasantly upset, and he Gretton." and yet conscious that it was by no means are still caught in the Southern States. the cloud. In the passage from the cloud "My snow-queim," he cried, with was conscious, half amusedly, that a re(To BE CONTINUED). altogether a joke. The charm that held whispered admiration, as she threw back sponsive tenderness :lighted his own eyes The pelts are. almost always se~t t<;> L on- to the earth the larger raindrops will overhim was as strong as it was subtle, and the fl.eecy whiteness of her furry wrap and and trembled in his own voice. don for dressmg and thence distributed take the small ones in a precisely simhe knew in his heart that it was more took her place in the front.of the box, "Why, you foolish child," he said, F ACE TO FACE WIT-HA .MONSTER. o_ver the world by means of annu/J.l auc- ilar way. It is, of course, well known likely to strengthen than to break. "you are perfoct to-niaht!" laughing, and drawing a little nearer with .lfJ. sea serpent Whit's :its Head Ar<>uud t10n sales. A.t the sale of the udson that large clouds may exist without any· Everything about Cristine but the poverThe frosty blue eyes smiled up into the a proud proprietorial air that was like and Crunches the B1ade of an Oar. Bay C?mpany m London recently, 104,- rain falling from them. In some cases' ty he shrewedly guessed at and the friend- ardent blackness of those bent upon her, the seal of their betrothal, "you did 120 skm~ were offe~ed. So keen has the rain is actually formed, but eva:uoratesThere was excitement in Eltingville, compet1t1on for this fur bec?~e that a and is again converted into va.pE>D before lessness that was so very apparent, pleased and Cristine knew that the struggle was not surely think I should d raw back for him as well as her face. lie liked the over and the battle w'on. Whatever re- that1" Staten Island, recently, caused by the re- grand scramble took place, with the re- it can reach the gr ound ; in many casestranquil grace of h er movements and the sistant force in the man's nature had arrayHe pointed with a contemptuous ges· port t liat Constable Elbert L. Poillon of sult of an advance of nearly 100 per cent. the non-formation of rain is due to the slow clear tones of her voice ; even the ed itself agamst her was vanquish~d now; ture to the stage, on which Mrs. Bruce's that village had actually seen and been over the prices realized at the preceding fact that under certain unknown atmoscynicism that she could not wholly repress he would speak to-night. gaze was still riveted ; for was not Vance attacked by a sea serpent. John Fisher, auction. Nearly every skin was secured pheric or other conditions the,..-paxticleitor banish elaborately pleasant talk, the She listened no more to the soft and still the centra.l figure of the scene 1 a resident of the same village, and who by the Europe~ dealers and manufactur- forming the clouds do not unite when. gentle-hinted disbelief in human unself- d~eamy melodies that us!iered in, the new Cristine laughed. The question was is an oyster planter and a grower, par- ~rs, th~ Amenca~ delear~, altho~gh hav- they collide. As an agent of geological· ishness which had shocked and frightened piece- her mother, whqse seat fronted and hardly a delicate one perhaps ; but· she. was tially e >:i:roborated Poillon's story. Poil- mg their orders ~n ali ·prices rulmg pr10r change, rain is of the greatest impertMiss Singleton's admirers more than once, whose lorgnette swept the stage, might not by any means sensitive, and she was lon, his son, and Fisher were standing on to t~e sale, securmg .b ut a very small pro- ance. It plays a large part in the disinhad a curious charm for him. the beach of the lower bay on Thursday port10n of the quantity . needed by them. tegration of rocks and the formation ofi. concentrate her whole attention there; delightfully sure of her ground now. "She is unique, as my wife should be-- she had other and more important cares "I thought. perhaps you might not like afternoon, when they · discovered what A f~rther advance ~ere isregard~d as un- soils, washes the smaller particles into· as I am," he would say to himself and his on hand. She did not even turn when it," she said, with a demure " droop of appeared to them to be a large log, or avoidable. A leadmg dealer said yester- streams and rivers and is in fact one 0 jj cigarette, with his little oily laugh. " I did the·curtain rose and the echo of well·bred the white eyelids ; "and that fear made spar, which was apparently floating with day that in his opii~ion prices ?fall kinda most important of t he va~ious d~miding. not think that fate would overtake me in softly-tuned voices floated into the box:, me- -" the tide and coming from the direction of furs would rule higher and higher every agents. Indeed, since rain is the ultithis fashion; but we shall see. " year. . mate source of all our brooks, rivers, etc., for mingling with them was the Bamn's "Fib about it!" he :finished, with an of the Quarantine Islands. But though he had thoroughly accus- de?pe~ t~ne, and it saidFisher first t ook a boat and started out ".Fashion has decided," he said, " that it may be said to be the principal agent . , easy laugh. "Don't do that again. I do tomed himself to think of Cristine as his Cr1stme, ·you and l have tastes m com- not care a fig for your relatives, their oc- to see what the thing was. After he had ~ad1es when out of doors shall be clothed of geological change on the earth'ir &tH'wife, the words that would malre h er his mon. You are the prettiest woman I have cupations, tastes, and so on- my wife got near it Poillson and the boy noticed m garments largely made up of furs. The face. The amount of the rainfall va.rieB< were still unspoken when Mrs. Bruce, in ~ve~ seen! You are my idea vf a compan- can hold her own against the world- but that he hastilly pulled back to the beach, co~sequenceisa l~rgely in?reased ~emand, verj considerably in different countries-, obedience to her daughter, announced 10n m every way. I am older than you, I . do care that you should be quite usmg quick strokes. 'Vhen he reached which has nece~s1tated higher prices. If and in different parts of the same country, that they must r eturn to England. the shore, however, he asked the other !urs art? to contm.ue to be w~rn, and there depending on geographical position, the· but I am rich, and- and- What the fair and above-board with me. " The poor woman watched the dark face deuce is it1" It w'as not at all the sort of speech two to accompaPy him back t o take a ~s nothmg that will take their place, ow- conformation of the surface of the ground~ anxiously to see the effect of her words, and He turned round angrily, for Mrs. Cristine had expected ; and, while it look ·at th.e thing in the water. He t hen mg t o .the abru,et cha_n&es ~.r?m day to the proximity of the large lakes and the was at first rather disappointed that the Bruce, with a face from which all the calmed herfears in one direction, it roused thought it must be a monster .fin-back day dunng the wmter, it is difficult sosay sea etc. The heaviest annual fall of Baron merely stroked his heavy black ft.orid hues had suddenly vanquished, had them unpleasantly in another. The Baron shark. The sun had gone down, and it where prices will go. It is getting more raii~ occurs in the zone of calms over the: moustache complacently. nsen t o h er feet, and, with eyes that was prepared to forgive anything unpleas· was growing dark when t~1e three_ again. and more diflic~lt to procure pelts. The equatorial region of the Atl~ntic and '·That is too charming," he said, with a soemed half starting from her head with ant in her connections, but not apparent- overtook the strange obJeet, which by extent of the wildernesses are Cla1ly gtow- Pacific Oceans and on the west coasts of smile that showed the big white glittering wonder, was excitedly calling to Cristine ly any delinquency of her own. that time had go_ne further away! moving ing smaller, and th~re are fe>yer anima~s the British Iai'es, India, Norway, North teeth to full advantage, "because I can t o "Look, look!" to trap. Our busmess at t his season is and South America, and New Zealand. , Recalling a pa<re or two of her past his- faster than the tide would carry it. the:n offe; you and l\'liss Singleton my . Natu~ally .the Ba\'Oll "looked" ~imself fory,,, s~e felt anything but comfortable as On coming up with the obj ect of tl1eir ge~erally flat and dull, ~:mt we are now In all these lat ter districts the west wind escort. I , too, return to Eng land next tn the d1recc1on of tile stage to which sh~ she smiled sweetly into her lover's face pursuit a secoud time, one of the party domg as m~ch trade as m the early .fall blows over a large tract of ocean and be· week. " pointed, and, seeing there nothing more and . murmured a smooth assent to his in the boats shipped his oars in a noisy months,owmg, ~~uppose, to~hefearofh1gh- comes heavily charged with moisture, Cristine was indeed delhhted with the remarkable than the common stage-picture proposition. The shadowy and sin-stained manner, when something arose from the er prtces preva1lmg next "'.mter. In many which it deposits when forced upward by news her mother brought,' and with her of ~ handsome yo~ng man leaning against spectre of her step-sister would not wat"r only a yard from their boat. I t cases tlle .goods purchased are not tak~n the action of the mountains on the Never had she a. piano an.J m~kmg dreamy and ~oetic affright this most practical of men ; but looked like a long, black, and thick neck, from their ~oxes, but packed _ travelliug compaidon. away till coasts. The dryest districts in the world been more full of '!harm and grace than love to a shm girl, who.played, er feigned her own published treachery to the dead with a head just about as large as a pow· next seaso:i. . iire the desert re.gions of Africa and Asia. during that homeward journey. Hope to plav, thereon, he felt himself decidedly girl might- nay, would- revolt him-she dtlr keg. ·w hether it had eyes as big as All the importers say that their trade lighted the blue eyes with a strange new <>ggrieved in that his own more practic- was sure of th:it. a saucer or a mouth as broad as a band- is very ~risk and likely to continue so. ---fire, and even faintly tinged the perfectly al wooing had been mterrupted to such An old time cgleryman of Eastern Con· Wl1ile she sat biting her lips and chew· box or 'teeth like butcher's skewers or The competition for their stocks by the curved ch eek. At last all things were to sm,~11 purpose. . . . ing the cud of very bttter rllflectio J S, t he tuft~ uf hair on the back of its neck 'the cloak-makers and the leading dry-goods necticut was very quick a t repartee. Once, be well with her, she thought. She was What an excitable old idiot she must Baron coolly turned his attention to the three scared boatmen could not de~lare houses, most all of w~icl&ve a~ded a when on an exchange, he was annoyed to to be lifted from the dire poverty she ?e to take·her amusements in this fash- stage. For fully five minutes he kept his to a reporter who found them at their ur department to their bess, la very .find t he room so dark, and beckOJJing to loathed into the lµxurious regions of ab· ion!" he thought crossly. keen. a person near the pulpit he askedi11im to " I do not glasses levelled at the unconscious Vance; homes. undant wealth. Mr. Poillson, however, exhibited an open the blinds and let in more light. know that I quite care for a ~ad m·)ther- and, when he dropped them, it was They had been but two days in London, in-law, even as an accompamment to my to t urn to Mrs. Bruce "ith his most oar, the blade of which was crushed in A Louisville paper heads its paragra- "We expect light from you, " exclaimed and were busily occupied with prepara. mcomparable C1 half length1vise. This, it was declared, phic department, "Distilled Thoughts." the gentleman. " But I must get it ·istine." beami11g smile. l tions for what Cristine firm1y believed But, as his gaze rested on t he excited "My dear lady, I congratulate you on was done by the marine monster whip· Some .:Milwaukee paper will now fall in from Heaven first," was t he quick rewould be the last act in the dmma of hel' ~oman, he doubted her insanity no lon- your s<il1's debut-, and veutuni to predict ping its head round suddenly and biting line with "Brewed Reflections." joinder. wooing ; but both Mrs. Bruce and her ger, though she was certainly making his for him a most distinguishlld success." the oar when one of the party'.attempted 1 The fact that someone threw a quart of Dr. Damrosch thinks that "the national daughter counted every second 0f this box unpleasantl:y ~o~spici~us still. Her l\irs. Bruce opened her eyes widely. to hit it on the head with that implement. beer at the Duke of Albany has aroused character would be more improved by waiting time as a long and wear:y hour in hand clasped Cr1stme .s wrist, anci, as she Was the man joking with her? sne won- A ll of them . agree that the crunching of the anger of the people of England. It music than by religion , for the latter is the calender of hope defeITea. forced the reluctant girl to bend forward, d ered. Ever since she had made her im- the oar botweeu the teeth of the serpent makes them mad to think so much beer divided into so many sects that it has The elder woman indeed · felt that and the fuller light fell across the pale p ulsive revelation she had sat in mortal was positively heard by them, and more was wasted become 4issected." SONG. MARQUAND, As birds soar high In the charmed sky, And.far from earth eJ1ultiDg.tl:y.., · My love. tolou, · ·, Which isol and new, . Wings away through the gray and blue ·Of wintry skies between·us two. :·.~ .· ' ., Both new and old Is this lo \Te I fold Deep arid sate away from the cold. '· Notold, you say! Dear heart, each day, · T!tqughskles be blu,., thougb. skies be gray, Oleler it~rows, yet new al wav.-Harver's. llY LAURA M, ~ · ____ ---()UPIDIJJ AND a are ii;by ----------- I ----------- ,. '