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Why ~ountain Air is Hcaltll1'ul · 'I'he color rose slightly in her face. She from her· face, even her lips were white ; but 1111 ~.;r) can eusue from any such debelieved in Stephen's juetice and kind· and, save for the passionate bur11ing eyes ceptiv11 i.s 1 h is . It 'rnuld be better-far One of the best qualit.iel!l of momitaiu ne$s in all thiugs but in this one-his be- it might have been ~he face. uf a dead better, t-.· (·nt,r.,at Stephen for his a.ssist- air, that which makes it 80 delightful to CHAPTER X,X I. lief in Frank Greville's ~uilt. woman, so colourless and . immabile was 1mce-he will not reiuee you when he seea the weary denizens of plains, is itll freshhow your heart is set upon it-than t o nells, and the higher t hey go For some days after the interview with "ls Christine well enough to leave it. "And-and," she said bre11.thlessly; keep up thiB ~ystem of deception which the fresher t hey find it. Swiss savants the detective Sidney Daunt lived in a home~" Dolly asked. "I thought she was bt.t her voice failed her, the words died must be-mdeed I see it is-so distaste. have ascerr,ainlhl by observations made a pitiable state of excitement and restl01s very ill." sundry Alpine stations that for every 143 uncertainty and suspense, which was "She is very ill," Sidney an11wered im- away on her parched lipe, and she could ful to you." "Do you think I would have tried it," metres of altitude the summer temperlikely to tell greatly on h~ health, but petuously- "dying, I fear; but the change only stand trembling, gazing at him with terl'ified dilated eyes. she cried passiona~ly, "if there had been a.turo of t heir mountains diwiniahes one which she struggled hard to conceal un- might do her good." "You would ask me if I understand any other alternative1 There is none. He degree centigrade. der an appearance of gaiety, which more "'Vhat iB her illness?" Lloyd Mked, The two great advantage 11 of 11 moun· than once :vas on the verge of becoming glancing over at Dolly as she aat opposite the purport of your little noto1" he ea.id will not help me. Ile hates Frank, and, if he knew that--" She paused sudden- tain climate are the freehnel!s of the air ~sterioal. to him in her dainty morning dres11 of pale gently. "Is not that it, Mrs. Daunt!" "Yes," she breathed, rather than ut- ly in terror, afraid that she had betrayed and the intensity of the aun':!l action. The She was wretchedly unstrung and ex- blue cashme1e and velvet. to thl.9 keen· eyed lawyer that Frank was second of these influencea, as touching cited, far fuller of fear than hope re".A very common one," said Sidney, tered. "How can I answer you~" he said, with in the neighborhood. the human organism, is no loss import garding the result of Hopgood's inquiries suddenly looking across at him with un"I think, if he knew how much his ant than the first, for the 1.1olar radiation and full of a vague terror as to her own happy defiant eyes, "although some medi- some hetiuation, pitying her inte1111e an· ahare in instituting them. The.poor girl ca.I men will tell you that it IE a myth-a guish, yet angry with her for the decep- wife was mterested, he would give her pen!ltrntes our clot hing, comes in contact tion she wa11 evidently practising towards his assistance, "Lloydsaidearnestly. "Mrs. with tne akin, and act11 on the blood. A was 110 u tterly a.lone in her sorrow that it broken heart." 'Was no wonder her anguish was doubly "If medical men call it a myth, we in her husband. "The few words written Daunt. spare yourself any more pain and ·fevr weeks' stay at a height of 3,000 or increa.sed thereby. There' :w-a.s po one to in our profession are often forced to ac· therewouldjhave been unintelligible to!me, humiliation- for you must feel a.shamed 4,000 feet above sea l1:>vd brings back whom she could go for advice or assist- knowledge its existence," the young ba.r Mrs. Daunt, had a clue to their meaning and hnmiliated by this continued decep- color to tlJ.e pallid face and dvl'.11 the ance, no one in whom she dared confide. rister said, with some feelin11: in his tone. not been supplied b) the conver11ation at tion of a hu~band whose greatest safe- cheeks a healthy brown. guard should be his truet and confidt>nce But young women, ~ometir-~~ even More than once she thought of telling "Has this young lady seen much trouble breakfast." "Ahl" inyou. Howcanyoubetraythemandhim1 young men, in~tead of exposing t heir Christine Greville of Frank's nocturnal 1hen?" "I cannot help gleaning tha.t the "I don't know," she al).swered drearily. countenances to the healthful action of "Yes, very terrible trouble," Sidney :visits, and her endeavors m his behalf ; 'Chrissie' spoken of'there," he went on, "I can only hope that the s.hame and hu- the light, shade their faces wit h hats bnt she repudiated the notion as impru- answered briefly. dent, for the poor girl wa.s in wretched "8ome disappointment, I suppose?" he with the fame gentleness of ma.Luer, "is miliation will kill me at last. You your- and cover them with veils, a.s if the comthe lady spoken of thia morning; there- -self have owned bhat a broken heart is not plexion most to be desired is of that deli· health, drooping daily like an unwattored 8 uggested .. ftowerin.the anguish and uncertainty r;,"Does yourprofossional expt',ritmcetell fore 1 conclude that t'he writer of the a myth. I don't look like a very long-liv- cate and wholesome tint which comes of brother's fate, and you that a girl's trouble must of neces~ity note is tho unfort u11ate young man her c1d woman, do I 1 And my mother died late hours·and an indoor life. Where can apccting her young. And if you care fqr Stephen you we find handsCJmer men than the ruddy. Sidney feared that she would. by be connected with love?" Sidney 11sked brother." Sidney's heMl dropped. She was · calm- would be gl!l.d to hea.r that he was free faced, dark·eyed Urner Stra.ssenmann, her ~gitation and di11tress betray wi~~ a. little ?itter lauffh. . . . .~o, certo.ml!, not,. h:a :eJomed, mth et· uow, with ' the calmness of de11pai1·. again," Rhe added, looking' at him with a who in the day 11 bl!fore the big tunnel, · that something had· 'been heard and .seen of the unfortunate a..ccused. And yet1 a sl.1.,~t smile. But it is ~ n~tural ·.as- Doubtless all lTas lost. Thi!! m11.n who had strange smile. "Shall I tell you how to used to keep t,he S o. Gothard road free on that rainy October day on which aocmt1on, r.~uppose. What ~s this paruicu· dillcovei:t>d .her aecret would betray he1· to fre., him? Go and tell him what you know, from snow, aud ·p.,nt his life a.tan eleherhuBb11.nd; it would be found that Frank what you have discovered while he is vatiou of from f>,000 to 7,000 feet above Stephen Daunt had been thrown from his lar,.trou_hlo1 ,, ,. horae and his wife bad driven to meet I w~ll te~~ :v_ou, .~~dney answered, al- had been iu the ne11ghborhood, and he still in ignomnca of it. Tell him that the sa... Their complexions 'were finer Frank Greville at Lymouth, the latter most with passton. ohe had one brother would be arresLed, and 8he whom he had the wife he trunt:i and tsteems-it.lthough than tha.t of any fashionable beauty who ha.d 11..sked Sidney so piteously if thert:i -on~ whom she loved as dearly as, ay, trueted would be the cau~e! The thought he does not love lrnr-is disobeying his ever r.eigned in "' ball z·oom or shone at a · was the least hope :.if his seeing his sis- ten time.s more dearly than many w~men was almoat unbearable 11gony. She raised orders, is epending hie money in an at- cou?t. Another peculiaiit.y of mountain air is lier tha.t she had been sorely inclined to love their lovers-and he wa~ UnJ11:8tly her hands to her head with a little dee- t.emp 1to' clear the man who was hfo rival risk the danger. 'l'hat interview with her accused of m~rder, and . sent fo_ r th mto pairing ge~ture, and pu,,hed back her hair for Sibyl Neil's love; tell him that he has the relatively Jittie moi1.1ture which it old friend and former fiance had been far the world a nusera.ble outcast, huntedand from her forehead feverishly. Tho young been in the neighborhood, that hi11 wife contains. Al!. we go higher the humidity man, watching her, thought he had never has met him by night and by day; betray diminishel! inc. ratio more rapid than the . more painful tha.n the firat one. Gray as pe~~ecuted!" . . the da.y was, she was enabled to see by Were no efforts made to prove h1s_ m- seen a face so lovely iuit11 misery, so mis- ua to him, so th:i.t he may put the officers pressure of the atmoephere. When we of justice on Frank's track; and on the reach an altitude of 6,500 feet we have its light much~of terrible change in the noce~?,e ~ How did he e11ca.pe pul11llh· erable in it11 loveliness. "It will not need much cleve1nes11 to day you do so," she adde.d firmly, with a below us one-half of t he total amount of unfortunate young man which had escap· m~~t. . . ,, , .. . . her in the moonlit summer-house, and it , By flight, Step!~en siud, breakmg _ m guess that for some t imll you have been look on the b~autiful face which atnr tled ·vapor our ..tmo3phere is estimated to conaeemed to Sidney tha.t her heart would s11adenly, and speakmg with unusual b1t- \n communication with Mr. Greville," he him, " I will find a way oun of the difli- tain. The hygromet ric condit ion of the never cease aching with a. dull cea.seleea tern':ss, as he thought how ~he memory said quietly. "Tl'or t1ome day1 past I have culty without any man's help,or woman's air at these heighta is 11ubject to rapid · cha.nges. A fog, with its cold and damp, pain which it was · impossible to forge~ of_tlm man stood between hun and lus unwillingly been forct!d to conclude that either." "Hush!" he eaid gently...You speak will often be dispe!sed in a few minutes even for a moment; and she had v 1wecl ~ife and held \.hem 1.1~un~e! 110 cruel~y. you had some 3ecret which your husband to heraelf then that she would leave nu Even. befor~ the Coron~r s JUry had g1v- did not aba'!'e, a.nd I '"as griev.id to think wildly, and you do not know what you by a whiff of warm air. Local c:i.ses may, stone unturned until his innocence was e?- t.heir verdict he had disappeared ; and it. Believe me, Mr11. Daunt, the coume are saying. Why ~hould I betray you to however, render some mountains moister proved. . s1~ce then ~e has successfully elu~ed pur- you are pursuing can bring you only re· St epheu 'I I hAve no wi~h to add to your than otbera. For instance, the monks of He had not urged this upon; her in t he smt. I thu~k th.ere was no ?ne m ~sh rnorse and trouble. To deceive a man so unhappinees and to his ; it i11~11uflioiently the Grea.t St. Berna.rd do not complain of aecond interview as he had done in the fo!d w~o did not 11ympath1se cor.d1ally generous and true a.nd trusting M Ste- great,Heaven knows! Mr. Greville is safe the cold--~hat they can keep a.t bay-yet .first. One or two disjointed sentences with hi,~ unhappy father and u ster ; phen Daunt is can give you only remorse from any interference of mine ; but the they ~uffer so much from rheumati11m at beat. Why not have told h im that yon risk he runs by coming here is a very ca.use'tl by the clouds that roll almost conhad escaped hie lips : but he had uttered bu~ . -entreaties that she should endeavor to Ther could spare no sympathy f?r a are 1.mxious to do what you can to prove ~reat one, and his wit1est plan is to do as ntantly r ound the Hoepice, that after a have the murder sifted, although he had man un1ustly acim_sed a~d sent out mtJ the innocence of Mr. Greville, and ask he sugge!lt!! here-go abroad while he has few years ' ~ervice ther are compelled to igny to recruit t heir aeemedeven moredowncast and di!Jpirited the world, like Cam, w1th_the b~nd of a his help 1 He can ad:Y.iee and help you the opportunity. And your wisest plan, go down the Mart· and despairing. Mingled with the despon- ~urdereri, ~ut, who, unhke ~am, was and take from your shoulders a burden Mrs. Daunt," he added almost coldly, " is healt h. But Mont Jou, from its po11ition ·they cannot bear alone1" to give up your desire of 11eeing him is much expoeed to the action of t he south dency was a. strange resignation foreign mnocent, Sidney concluded bitterly. "Why not?" she echoed bitterly. "Yon cleared and to run no further risk. · It is wind, which come11 charged with moi·ture to hie nature, which Sidney could not "I think I remember the c880," Lloyd Health understand; and she found herself more Milner eaid hurriedly, recalling the .As 1- remember what passed in this room half a wonderyour imprudence has notalready from the north I talian pl11in11. than once in the act of recalling enigma.ti- ford murder;a.nd regretting h~s quostione. an hour ago, and you ask that ! Yon drought about th'a reault yoy. dread so must be sought ll,t & l·wer altitude than 'r 8,000 fe e~. · cal sentences th11.t he had spoken whicl1 "It was a very painful one. Well, Mias heard how cruelly and bitter1y Stephen much." She made no rep1y. Iler' excitement ··----- - ----- - - · she .did not clee.rly understand, but Dolly," he added abruptly, to change the spoke; you see how convinced he is of was fading aw&y now, and ' with it her A. Good Word For The 1."nrk. which seemed to sa.y that if hie inno-, subj. e ct, "is. that mo?1entvus question of Frank's guilt. Even if he loved me- strength. She eank down upon the near. . . . oence were proved it c@uld onlybeat some costume decided yet1 ' and you, wh o sees so mµch ' must h ave est chair, breathing quickly, her pale lips '-';his brmgs me now to a aubJect on ti!rrible cost to her. "My costume for mamma's fancy ball seen that· he does not-he would non help parted like a person in pain. Suddenly wh1 .ch I _ must ap_ p cal to the public eense She had heard nothing further from on the.first1" Dolly said nervously. "Well me in this." f Justice and fair play. I must protest "He would help youonly ask him," Dolly's voice was heard in the hall with· o the detective; night and mornlng how-II am not sure. I am to have some more out, and a. gleam of terror crossed her against the indiacriminat e employment of h d "T k " h h · ever, as the post-hours drew near, her engravings by this evening's post ; and Lloyd Milner said earnestly. "I have a11ked him. I have entreated a,shy·p11l11 face. Lloyd mad11 a. sliaht re- t e wor !Ir , w enever t e~e 18 occa.heart beat wildly, and she turned sick perhaps, if you have nothing btitter to do him to do so; but he will not. Ah, if you assuring gesture with his hand, and hur· sion to mentio_n any case of . mi.?govem. ~d faint with anxiety a.nd suspense· and this morning, yo~, will help me to look remember the circumstances you will not ried out of the room ; ai.d Sidney heard m_ent, opp1e1mon, ?r cruelty m Egypt. I t drea.d. Sometimes she feared that her over those I have~ wonder at it!" she went on, with in- ~iB voice speaking lightly to Dolly, say- w1llprobablyaurpr;sethereaderverymuch aen11es would fail, that her brain would "With much pleasure." how long she had been, so long that t o hear that,speakmg generally,t here are give way in her . terror and anxiety, Stephen went a.way that morning- for creased and passionate bitterness. "She mg he had thought she muat have been mak few, if a_ny, .T.urks in that country. If that she would fall ill, and in her delirium the first time since his marriage-without was so beautiful- so beautiful, and- ing the sketches herself. '!'hen came proper mqmne~ were ~ade a b out. t h ~se betray tho truth to Stephen and those h~s customary farewell to his wife; and ~:fy_,~tephen loved her-:--not Frank Dolly's sweet soft voice and gay laughter so-11~yled Turkush Mud1re, and Turk~h ·around her. Sometimes she thought that Sidney w~nt up to her roams too much and his again sounded suggesting an ad-· soldiers, ~h<;> are .so often referrc~ to l!Jahe could bear it no longer, that it would absorbed m her own thoughts to note the She had striven to speak calmly; but journment to the library. Then· all was terms of md1gnat1on and opprobnum, it kill her, that she must give way under it omission. Dolly followed her up stairs Lloyd, watching her, saw how slje quiet· a.nd presently Sidney raised her- would be found that they a.re mostly and let herself drift to that world where making some trifling remurks about the trembled, a.IM how, but for the support of self k, her feet, and dragged her trembl- Egyptian nat ives, and alt.hough some few ahe might find peace. But at such times b&l1; and while the girl went to her room a chair on which she leaned, she must ing limbs up-stairs to her room to pre- may have a dash.of Turku1h blood .fro .m fallen, At any other time he would f t t f tl as these the thought of Frank's loneli· 1to get the pictures as to which she had have ha.ve tried to soothe her distress; but her pare for her drive into Ashford to see a o:rmer genera ion as pa! o. 1e1r mness and helplessness animated her cour- asked ~loyd's advice, Sidney went to her Chrisaie, shading her face wit h her hand h~r1tance, they have no~hmg m comm~n a11e, and 11he struggled against her de11.- boudoir,_ wher e she she was secure from last words had startled him even beyond as she went lest she should meet any of 1 with the Turk, as he 1 s understood m pair and took up her weapons to fight obaervl!'tion. his own powers of self control, and he the household. England, except their Mohammedan the battle of life- her weapons of smiles· Havmg locked the door, she sat down could only look at her in am&zement, and Mr. Milner had been pitiful, a:cgl'V, , faith . . Very different are th.ose men to ~nd gay chatter, with which 11he managed before her pretty writing-table and put wonder at the meaning of her words. -. i those wh o ~erye t h e S h e .E uro· Would it not be wiser to take his advice . u lt an m t. auccessfully enough to deceive Dolly, and her h~nd into the pocket of her cashmere "You don't understand," she said, and give up this miserable attempt? But pean or Asiatic Provmc~ e, and 1t ~ u;i· partly to deceive Stephen, bat not in any mornmg-gown, to feel for a note which striving to steady her trembling lips- it was too late now . t he matter was no JUst to both tha.t they should be md1sway to deceive the keen-eyed lawyer, that morning's post had brought her. The ' 'you don't know all. Frank loved her, longer in her hands ; ~he could do nothing criminately .confound~d in na!Ile· Turks whose gray eyes, kinclly and almost com- next moment she had risen, grasping the and Stephen ; but Mr. Rutledge was now- nothing, save suffer il.nd tremble, there wer? m 1iileypt m the time of ~e passionat e as they wore sometimes, Sid- table . for support and trembling in wealthy, and she married him, and they .and llve in suspense and terror respect ing hemet Ah. Their pre11ence and service ney was beginning to dread and shrink every hmb--~he note was not there! wa11 the essence of his strength; and it were miserable. She," she went on, with wha.t was to come. from, as if they had the power of reading For the space of a minute Sidnt>y stood sudden fiercenes11- "she is the one who (TO BB CONTINUED. was with t heir assistance that he built up her very soul. spell-bound, una.ble to move in her agony deserved to suffer; she was the cause of it · his power, a.nd was able to bequeath a .But even if this arsenal of hers could of terror; tl).en, recovering herself by a all, not Frank, whose only fault was loving Impoliteness or 811 Old Bachelor. principality to his descendants. It was .n ot conceal the change in her appearance great e:tl:ort, she flew, rather tha.n ran, her." the policy, however, of his encce11sors t o which could not fail to ensue from such down stairs to the dining-room. Her "As you say, I do not kn'ow all," he It was in a Pullman sleeping ca.r in the get rid of this Tur1dsh element or reduca intense, ceaseless, if suppressed, excite- ~s~nd's friend was there alone, stand- answered gravely. "I remember reading middle of the night. it to a minimum in the government of ment- the violet shadows so deep and mg m deep thought by the table. the case at the time; but it slipped my The passengers were all asleep but t wo. the Province, seeing in it one of t he dark under the sweet eyes which had such "!have lost something," she said, too memory. Stephen was not even a witness One of these, an elderly female, was moan- strongest ties by which Egypt is bound t o a feverish lustre, such a reatless light, t he unnerved to conceal h er agitation-" a I think," he went on meditatively. "If ing in an undertone : Turkey and corusequently a great obstahollows in the pale cheeks, the pathetic letter. I must have dropped it. Not a he had had anything to say, probably I "Oh, I am so dry, I am so dry, I am so cle to t he achievement of that independdroop of the sweet mouth which was so letter -a note." should remember it all the better on tha.t very, ver'lj dry- -" · ence which t he heart of Said, as well as infinit ..ly touching and sorrowful. And . She was bending down hurriedly, look- account. But am I mistaken in the notion She kept t his monotono11s cry up unti that of Ismail, 80 strongly longed for. It Stephen Daunt, noticing all this, felt sad mg under the table, a.nd she did not see that Mr. Greville, who was supposed, I the ot her wakeful passenger, a.n old bach- was a mistaken policy. The Turk, with andheavy-heartedforthewoman forwhom the curious look he gave her. think, to have eloped with the murdered elor in t he berth opposite, grew wild. H e his well-known fidelity and courage, was he would have laid down his life, but to "ls this it, Mrs. Daunt?" he said quiet- man's wife, was engaged to some young got up, groped his way t o the end of the set aside, and the Fellah, with his subtlewhom he was unable to give happiness. ly. " It can hardly be called even a Jady here?" car, where the p or t er was engaged in ty, unscrupulousness, and cowardice came t ,, "No, you are not mistaken," she said black ing boots, gave him a coin, and t old in, leading t o the advance of Arabi P asha, He himself was about again. The wound no e. . . on his head was completely hee.J.ed, al- . Shestood up eagerly glancmg at the bit desperately. "Re was engaged t o me." him t o t ake a pail of ice wat er to the old the bombardment of Alexandria., t he batthough it had left a scar on his broad of gaper that he held: . ,, "To you!" he said, in intense surprise, lady and see that she drank every tle of Tel-el -K abir, a.nd a.11 t he other evils white brow and an occasional headache Yes, Y:es, that .1s l~, she panted, - "To me.' drop of it. Then he got back into his with which the land of t he Pharaohs is was its consequence, and his arm was pro- snatchmg i:; fro~ him w:ith an eagerness Lloyd Milner was silent then. Sorry berth. now again affiicted, and for which E ng· greasing in the most satisfactory manner. str.angely at variance with h er usual lan- as he had been for Sidney- ay, and for The porter carried out his instructions, land will in history be made to bear the Lloyd Milner's .. visit was drawing t o a gmd, calm manner. "Thank you, thank h er husband- a few minutes before, he the old lady t hanked him gratefully, and onus and th e disgrace, unless by followclose; and whil~ hishostwasmost unwill- .you. " w'Bs doubly sorry now; and although it all was quiet. ing t he spirit of the national proclivities ing to agree to hfs departure and Dolly's . She. was about to leave the room, when was impos~ible that he should guess at all Presen tly, and just as the old fellow and tastes she stops in time and retrieves pretty blue eyes grew wistful and sorrow- his voice arrested her steps. the truth, he could n ot help filling in for was losing himself in sleep the same voice her fair name by generouslya dmitting the "Mrs. Daunt !" . . errors so far committed and by at once ful at the t hought of it, Sidney felt a most "Wh t 18 · . i ,; h 'd d' · h himself t he blank parts of the st ory. querulously piped out : inhospitable relief, for which sh e chided . a it. s e sai · stan mg m ~ e Sidney, he tho.ught , had married Steph en "Oh , I was so dry, I was so dry, I was adopting the remedy which will bear out herself in vain. If he were gone, and n_i1ddle of th~ room, her h ands holdmg when h er first engagement came to an so very, very dry- -" h er prefessions of friendly intentions Dolly were to return to Lambswold, s~e tight ly the .slip of paper t hat she hr.d ta- end, as ;io many girls married, for wealth The bachelor :rassenger bounded to a while consistently acting with due regard 1 would be more free. She would, during ke~ froJ? h !11· . and freedom, and, having these, she could sitting posture, bumped his head against to her acknowledged just interests.Stephen's long absences every day at the I thin~ it rt~ht to tell y;~u th~t I have not resist attempting to prove the inno- the bottom of th e berth above him, poked [Blackwood's Magazine. mills, t o which he gave daily more of his read,;v-hat .1 s wutte.n the~e, h e sa:id ~ra:ve cence of the man she really loved, even his face through the curtains, andshouted time and attent ion , have time to collect ly. I did so un10tent1onally m hftm g t hough she believed Jlim in love wit h an- indignant ly: New Bread Did Not Agree with Him her thoughts and 19isure for the relief ot the paper fro.m ,~he floor, where I ~uppose ot her woman. young as Lloyd M ilner was "My dear madam, will you be kind tears she dared not/indul"'e in now how- you dropped it . h e had had a large experience of the enough t o dry wp?" "Will you please give me a crust of Her hands sank helplessly ~o her .sides, world, and he knew something of the ever much her eyes might ache aZ:d her st ale bread without any butter on it~" Had a l'icnic. t emples throb. And, oh, how glad she her whole form see!Iled t o shrmk and col- strangeness of womankind- how often pleaded a tramp. would be to escape the scrutiny of those lapse, and a ter;1ble look cr.0:1.sed her they acted with mter disregard of self, Everything was ready and t hey ·were The woman looked at him pityingly. keen gray eyes which haunted her even gh3 :gfly face. T wice her pale lips moved and just in the opposite manner t o t hat in about start ing for the picnic when a heavy "Why, my poor fellow," she said, " you n her sleep and mad&her wake up some- as I! she were about to speak; b1:1t no which theymighthave been expected t o act . rain-storm came on. might ask for something better than that . times in an agony of terror, her brow words cam~, and they .stood lookmg at That Sidney was terribly unhappy he did " I sn 't it too provoking, George?" she I can give you some nice fresh bread, damp with perspiration, her hands burn- each other m an awful silence which .b,e not doubt for a moment; bu t, much as he said. just baked, if you would rat her have ing with fever ! would not and she could not break. George agreed with her. it. ,, . pitied her, he was yet more grieved for "We can't go in the rain," she continIt was no wonder then that she avoided Stephen; whom he loved, and who had, "No," he replied, waving his hand sadtheir !:(aze one morning as she addressed as he feared, shipwrecked hill life by mar- ued, "bu t the folks are away, and if you ly, "such t hings are not for me. There CBAPTER XXII. her h usband with studied calmness across riage with a woman wh om he did not love like, George, we can spend the afternoon was a time when- -but a.hi never mind. the breakfast-table, wondering if, as she and who did n ot love him. And yet sure- in the parlor. We will have it all to aur- I'm a man whose ambit ion fo gone, and " You have read it1" spoke, the intense n ervousn ess under The words came slowly and as it were ly he loved her ! t hought t he young bar· selves. You can hold a skein of worsted who has accept ed h ope's defeat. B esides, which she had beenlaboring would be no- unwillingly from Sidney'e pale dry lips ; l'ister, r emembering t he few earnest word s for me, and we .can look at the album I'm troubled with indigestion." >ticed. and, if L loyd Milner had not seen them · in which Stephen had asked him to come together, and I will show you some lovely ~~---~---~-"Stephen," she s11id, "have you any '.!love, and had not k nown there was no and see him "made the happiest of men ," ~-ketches, and- - " Lots of Fnn in ThH World "The parlor," ,interrupted Ge-orge, objection to my inviting Miss Greville t o one else in the room, he would not have and t he look of earnest passionate love in stay ·with us for a few days1" Wife- I notice a statt:1ment to the oelieved that she had spoken 1 so harsh his eyes as he had stood by Sidn ey on his leading the way. In the evening a . friend asked George effect that in New York every year " Objection, Sidney ?" h e returned. " N o, Jnd changed, so unnatural did the husky weddm<Y day. Six months had not yet indeed! Why should I have1" $22,000,000 are spent for liquor , but ~trained sound as t he words fall u pon the elapsed~ and they were estranged and where he had spent .t he afternoon. "At a picnip," he replied. "l\fany of her old friends have shunned stillneas. only $7 ,000,000 for reli~ion. That 's · , cold- and they had all t heir lives to " Jn all that rain 1 ~ What kind of a pic- significant, h er 11ince she has been ~ 'trouble, " said "Yes, I have read it," he answered, in 's pend t ol.\'ether ! ~·' S idney unsteadily. Husbant -Significan t of what1 <i. low tone, feeling pained and grieved at "Mrs Daunt, ~ ' he said earnestly, " I nic ?" " And did you think I waa mean enough r,he h umiliation her tone and manner ex· am a.n o!d friend of Stephen's, a.nd, for "A r egular picnic." Wife- That you men are having a to do so?" he r eplied, with a 3oupgcm of in- pressed, as she stood t rembling. in every hi11 sake, I should like to be yours. Be· pl easanter t ime in this world than you . dignation. will in the next. Genevieve Ward io still in Australia. limb. E very shade of color had faded lieve me when I t ell you that nothing 1 .SJ D NEY S F Q LLY MlStELLANEOUS. I I I I ............ Oscar Wilde is eaid to have become quite subdued. Whet her aR the result of marriage, or some other powerful influence, is· not stated. . Catania has been visite b.r another cyclone. Thirty persons were killed. King Humbert has Eient £400 for the re· lief of the sufferers. "No, indeed!" exclaimed Mrs. JonesBrown energetically... I don't believe In th~ extension of woman'11 1u:tfrages at all. She suffers enough now." An observing man · has discovered · similarity bet ween a young ladies' seminary and a sugar-factory, since both refine what is already sweet. Kossuth lives in a little att ie apartment at Turin, having retired from his busi~ss as teacher of the 'English language and is feeble in his old age. T rouble is anticipated from t he rapid extension of a religious sect iu Rus~ia, which while rema.ining loyal to t he Gov· ernJ;11eat, denies the Czar's religious supremacy. In retaliat ion for tho act ion of the Communal Council d Venzielles, Belgium, on closing the riids' school, a mob entered the chamber a.ntl drove out the cou ncillors and afterwa-rds pillaged the priests' house. "Nail-pur traits" a.re the la.test fancy among G..llic lovers. A miniature like· ness of the beloved one is photographed on t he thumb-nail, so that the devoted swain nu y alway ~ have her image before him. It is rei:orted t hat the Duchess of .Albany, at the terminat ion of her term of mourning, will marry t he crown Prince of Wurt erubutg, who is the widower of the late Duke of Albany's sister, the late Princess Alke. P ,of.. Ludwig Mauthner. t.he famous Vienna oculist, ha· ju11t succeeded in re· storing sight to a colleague aged 96. In another case he restored 11igh t to a pa.tien1 of 102 years. The cases aro said to be unique iu eye surgery. The Cl~urch of E,,gland maintains on the continent cf Europe t wo bishops, and, including t hose of the channel islands, some two hundred clergymen. In addition t o these a large number of clergymen exercise their gifts, especially in mm· mer. Havana ladies have adopted t he South American marmoset as a companion and household pet. The lit tle ammal should be worn on the wrist or shoulder or else inside t he bosom of the dresn. ..U night he sleps on the pillow vf his mis· tress. The election agit ation is increa11ing in Germany. Socialiet riots have occurred a.t Brandenburg. The mob tore up the pavement and att acked the police with stones. The military was called out and several per11ons were wounded on both sides. Numerous arrests were made. Yokohama and Tokio have been visited by a. terrible typhoon. In t he latter city 3,000 houses were destroyed and twenty people killed. The loae of life at 11ea was appalJing, and no estimate could be made of the number. The typhoon was follow· ed by another of great force two days latar. . "1. Count VonMunst<>r, the Germ >n ambasaador to England, had a consultation with P rince Bismarck, and will soon return to England. Prince Bismarck has charged him to assure Earl Granville of the good will and co-operation of Germany in the settlement of Egyptian affairs Science and religion each box the coin· pass. An l t alia.n scientist more than two hundred years ago h ugh t that organic life does not originate by spont aneous generation. The theologians opposed the dictum by bringing forward -t he statement that t he carcass of Samson 's lion generated bees. The Rhenish missionaries on t he Toba lake, Sumatra, came near being exterminated in the disturbances of that country. The mangarajah offered 750 florins for the head of each white person, and a band of his braves were at one t ime cloH upon the mission station. A considerable amount of missionary property was de· stroyed. During the recess M. F erry has strained t he powers of the Government to the utmost , and it is doubtful if he can persuade the Deputies to see the wisdom of his actions regarding China. A t emporary coalition is spoken of between the Orleanists, Legitimists, and Bonapar tist.s, t o censure the Government, wi4ch would mean t he defeat of the present ministry. H ow 'l'o LIVE WELL.- To ·live well, economy is n11eessary. No matter if persons are r ich or have large incomea, they should be economical ; for to waste is wicked. :Many p eople would be economi· cal, if they knew how, but the practice of economy is an a.rt. Many people use expensive articles of food and dress when cheaper ones would be in, every way better and more serviceable. E specially in regulating table-expenses is there greab wan t of economy. A little information concerning the qualit ies of food, the amount of n utritive matter t hey contain, t he wants of the human system, and t he best way of cooking, would often save f ully one-third, and, in many inst ances, half the expense. A wise economy in table-expenses is favorable to health, and thus preven ts doctor's bills, and conduces t o strength and happiness. WoRN·OUT MEN.- Life is t oo sb.ort to waste eit her in idleness or overwork. Some men work t oo little, and lose t heir health by inactivity-by the lack of sufficient exertion to keep the body in good condit ion . Others ruin th eir conetit utions by over- wor k ; and among this class are the thrifty business men, who, in their prosper ous career, are making money so rapidly that they begrudge the t ime for a lit t le necessary recreation. All their lives are spent in devising ways and means to increase their store of t his world's goods ; and thus from l'_f:':r to year t hey go on, the waste of streni!i'lrand vitality being so gradual and imperceptible to themselves t hat they a.re unmindful of it until it fo too late for diveraion to effect any permanent improvement. Then, ut · t erly worn out, they withdraw from act ive business for a few weeks or months, and learn to their sorrow t hat they have deferred the period ·of enjoyment too long.