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THE PHHA IMA, <?HAPTKR XL <C My heart throbbed in responsive vibration M the cadenue fell, like charmed ayinuathy, from one who knew the terror* ol loneli ' Tnow u> whom 1 love to barken. ( oroe. ore yet the ahadow* darken. Thou my Moul do but ileceire me. Say thou'rt true, and 111 Micro the*. Vsu. if 111. thy honrt'H intent Let me think thee innocent Reaching the gate in the villa wall and finding it open 1 almost involuntarily enter- ed and, under the shadow of intervening foilage, crept nearer to the singer, as she continued : Sskvelhy toiling-. .pare thy treasure; All I ask Is friendship's plai<ure ; Ix-l the ihining ore lie darkling, Bring iioguin with lustre Mparkltng. < . tft > of gold are naught to me, 1 would only look on thee." ' Hamlfor thoe the deep aennaUoo ; lUpture in participation. Tefl to thee high wrought feeling. Ecstacy In but revealing : Yet but. torture, if conipremd 7ns lone, unfriended breast." " Oh Man ! " I muttered ; " Where are you hiding ? How are you so blind as not to see ; so deaf, not to hear : so cruel, not to respond to such a call ? " 1 felt it was with sll my heart, for friend- ship's pleasure was that for which I longed Its ecstacy in but revealing was something which I could plainly understand as able to drive away the tortures that lay compressed in my lone, unfriended breast. Breathlessly, BOW, I listened to the last verse : " Aboent still I ah, come and blees me ! Let Dime ej w anln carem thee. Once, in muuoir 1 could flr thee ; Now. I m, Hung could deay the*. ID a look. If death there be. Come, and I will gase on thee." The singer roue slowly when the song was finished and wearily crossed the balcony, panning through a soft light falling from be- yond an open door. " Leonora ' " I cried, trembling as I sprang from the shadow. " You are calling some one." "Signor Authony :" she exclaimed step- ping back '|ui< kly toward the open door. " His your voice. No ! I was not calling|any one." " Do not go away, Leonora," I pleaded. " I did not come to discover your secret. I did not know thst it was you while I listened to the singing. But now that I know, Leo Bora, tell me who he is and where, and 1 will fetch him to you from the end of the earth, only in return forgive me and lie my friend." It was a curious combination of senti- ment*, but I did not consider the logical complications and, indeed, had no further desire to, when I>eonora replied : " As much as any one, Signor Anthony, I was thinking of you. " Oh, I could make a weary journey away to Boppard, on the Rhine, only to find that lima was gone ! after I had labored for ten long yews to win her ; hut 1 had only to follow the first random prompting of a moment, only to walk beyond the Roman Gate to discover Leonora, beautiful goddess of the night, waiting for me, thinking of me, calling me. Approaching the balcony ami leaning upon ths balustrade I spoke, with- " thought or consideration, preciaely what was iu my heart. " I have been wretchedly lonely, l/eonora. My fatl.er has been from Florence more than six months and will not return for years, per- hips. I have done nothing good in my studio, for I ramiol without some one to tell me whether 1 am right or wrong. lam gloomy and unhappy. 1 have no one to make me for get myself M you used to. Se ! I have rotight your little purse with me. It u all tint I hare to remember you by, and togeth- er ws have come to ask you if you cannot forget the past and corns back again, some tunes, to the studio. I do not mean to act as a model any moic, but as a critic to tell me about my work ; to talk to me and cheer me u you used to. Will you not come, Leo- nora t" I say it from long afterward and innocent 1 am sure, of any desire to mitigate thesligbt est wrong or folly of tlione days that with sll I my heart, I meant preciaely what said, no more and no less. Leonora hesitated. 1 saw it as I leaned upon the rail of the vine covered balcony and looking up, pleaded more earnestly I >n not aay no, Lexjnora, for if yon knew h'iw IIIIM h it wouM IHS to me to have you come you would instantly wonent." Mkjnor Anthony, "she said, " thetongue is veiy pliable to say pleasant things, to women when man wills it. But I am not a silly girl, Signor, though I am poor and ignorant. I very well know that no one would come to me to criticise or toll them anything of the wonderful works of art that are liorn in Signor Winthrup's studio. That is folly , and what you say is not true," "Lenora!" I exclaimed, "if I srer de cm ml yon yon need not believe now. It is true what I said. Did you not make me sll t bat I H UM that was not gloomy once? Did you not make me paint bettor than I ever painted before? And can you not do it again if you choose?" "You never deceived me, Signor, " she replied, " and yet it was a very great mis- take that I listened to von liefore. I know 1 am weak and foolish to lie tempted to listen again, but one ia always happy to hear that they have made others so, and if you will tell me truly just what U is that you ask ma now, I will think it over and de cide." Comprehending only the longing of my heart f ji something to mitigate my solitude and loneliness, I repeated from the nong she had been singing, which seemed to express my sentiments so perfectly : " All I ask is friendship's pleasure." "Friendship? Friendship? " she re- peated slowly, in a voice that was so much like ths music, so soft and low, that I could not wonder that, unconsciously, I had felt its inspiration in my work. " F iendship for how long, Signor ? ' " Forever," I replied, determined not again to sacrifice a blessing of my own free will. " A friendship that shall last forever and be nothing, nothing more?" she asked de- liberately and I, seeing is the thought ths ideal of my hops, replied, moru earnestly " A friendship that shall last forever, Mid be nothing inors.' " Slowly, very slowly approaching tne, with that subtle, graceful motion, seeming hard 7 to more the while, she sang the hut lines tf the song again : " Once, In caution, I could fly thee : Now. 1 nothing could deny thee. In .1 look, if there sVsath there be. (mini, ami 1 wlllfjBZe on the*." AIM) with tliskt. as the icaohed me, she I liar little hand in mine." It was the t nits I had ever touched it, and eagerly >iiu( It 1 prsjsaud it pamiOBately to my Then she took the purse that I was m.:. looked at it earnestly foi a moment, kissed it and ijavo it back to me, as bend- ing over me, slie whispered : "I will come to the studio to-morrow, just before the sun sets. You will have Finished your work. Goodnight." Oh, the night (or WAS it Leonora) was marvelously neautiful as 1 walked back again, through the Koman Gate and down tne old streets of Florence. CHAPTER XII. KKICNltttHir's l-I.EASl KX. I knew Leonora too well to doubt that she would keep her promise, and, as no un- certainty perplexed me in the matter, I was actually conscious, for once in my life, of vaguely pondering upon the wisdom of what 1 was doing. \\ hen I was alone in my studio, the next morning, after the first flush of joy had changed to calmer anticipa- tion, I asked myself ifit were really, human- ly possible to make and keep such a com- poet. There was a warmth of sentiment in the manner in which we had sealed it tliat was incongruous. Why had she said : " In a look, if death there be *" Possibly because it was so written in the song Why had she kissed the little parse and given it back to me ? Was it simply to assure me of her friendship? Why should she come to me when I had finished my work ? It was while I was working that I had told her that I needed her. So fax as I, personally, was concerned no frar annoyed me, for I could readily under- stand mv own pleasure in her friendship, u. I for the rest WM I not Mma's? All the world could not have shaken me from that rock. Nothing, indeed, but a complete misconception of all that I have tried to say of myself could make my action or thought in this matter appear in aay way asa conscious insult, belying the sentiments I bore toward Mina, or as indicative of am change in them, (lad Mina been with me 1 thould not have thought, much less have longed, for other friendship, and while that love for Mina was in my heart I saw nope* sible danger in aeekiug and expecting enter nal relief from loneliness. My fears were: aroused only for Leonora I wondered U she thoroughly understood, and asked my self if it were possible that I was leading In r where my lather had warned me lav un ultermble misery. I even liegan to dread the approach of sunset, and cart-fully ar ranged with myself a logical and elaborate system by which 1 should ever guard our friendship, thst it might last forever but to the end be nothing more ; keeping constant- ly before Leonora the pledge we had made, and ever holding myself so consciously that there should be no danger of a moment of forgetfulness which might insinuate a thought of passion, siiggentiiig irretrievable unhapninets in the future ; such a fool of a philosopher will practical ignorance make of one who is theoretically wise. Before the sunset Leonora came. As ever, she was better than her word. " Was it Leonorar The eyes : the smile ! the grace ! They were Leonora. But where was the poor ignorant model whose beauty I had bar- gained so long to hire? Had it been light the night before I should, doubtless have asked myself that question then, and had I not l>en drawn by the singing to the villa, and in its charm been lost to everything but sentiment and Leonora liefore 1 discovered t it wan her home, I should, probably, then have thought how much too tine it as for the home of a poor model. All this flashed across mo, now, when, at Uit . I could not escape seeing it, for I^tonora stood before me, dressed, as only an Italian w<>man can dru**, in that exquisite harmony where the drapery is less than a part of nrrarlf , only an inferior accessory that ia rraoed by the wearer not gracing her. True, her costume was of the most costly fabric, bat one could hardly notice it, for it lung about her figure so exquisite in its |irfection that, wiln unaccountable hesita lion I approached her and my hand trrmhleil u I placed a chair for her. She shrank timidly from before my ad miring eyes and a deep flush suffused her cheeks the first effect of that manly watchfulness that wss ever to stand guard for her saying : " No, Signor, I may not sit while you are standing, for I am only what you have made of your little model." Then, by fate ful i liancf, her eyes fell upon the canvas at the opposite side of the studio, which, by mot inci, she must have known was that wlin h I had painted as the" Sunrise " for rapidly crossing the room, the lifted the cloth which covered it. Had I thought of the change which I had made in it I should have put that picture out of reach, for it was cruel that this should be the first work upon which to test the strength of our new compact, and I trembled AS I saw the frown that gathered on Leonora's forehead as, motion teas, she stood before " The Night." My lip were sealed and helpless. Silently I waited tl.e result. The frown gradually faded from the forehead and a s: range imili gathered about the lips ; neither of them casting a shadow over the eyes. It was as if thoae eyes were too deeply engrossed for external expression and must leave the fore head and trie lips to betray the sentiment of the heart. What that sentiment wa* however, that was thus betrayed, I oouk only wonder ; for 1 had never seen that look on Leonora's face before. It was sad ; it was pathetic ; there was something in il that ii-enu-d almost heroic. She was very pale. She did not move ; she did not turn her eyes from the canvas ; but, at length speaking very low yet so distinctly that every word seemed to pierce me, she said : "This, Signor, is what I havs been since you saw me. It is not what I wss when Ci painted the ' Sunrise. ' Till then I had n pure as the morning. Now I have been as black as the night." Kven that delicate drapery, as she hold it in her extended hand, did not trembel or waver, though her words, as she spoke them, fell like poisoned darts upon the mot innless figure watching her Irom across the studio. Before me stood the most beautiful man my eye* ever rested upon. If tlierr was in all the world a faee and form with out a blemish, a beauty that was alieoliitcly perfevi, il this. Stunned ami hclplesv I stood there recalling ths words which sfce isd spoken upon entering the studio. Then, suddenly coining to myself, I rapidly ap- proached her, alsnoat clutching her by tne shoulder a* I gaanpd : "Leonora I you Meant as beautiful as night." Then she turned upon in*. Her eyes met mine, and 1 trembleil under the flushing splendor. She htvl laid a delicate hand upon my ami und in seemed rushing through my my veins. Slie spoke. No matter what the word* ilu aaiii, her voice wiu marvelous, be- wildering melody. And yet sho said: " Signor, as black aa night." " God help me '" I cried. " Is that what I have made of my model?" Then tears glistened in those wonderful eyes. The face was a* white a* marble ; as beautiful as the Venus de Mdici. Without a quaver in her voice, wit limn a tremor of amniMrln, without a flincbinir of a nerve, she looked into my eyes and replied : " Signer Anthony, it wu because I loved you. You were rich und proud and I wss nothing ; yet I loved you. Your father was afraid that n.y love might injure you. Wait, Signor, you shall speak when ft pleasea you, but what I say I know. That is why I went away. My heart was torn and bleeding. For a month I would rather have died for n.y lore for you, but I kept away until I turned mail. Then I killed my sorrow ; I buried my love sod heart to- gether. I buried them forever. The will never trouble me any more. I have been as bad as bad can be since then, and as the re- sult I am as happy, as happy as the angels. A great nobleman from the South played that he loved me and took me away with him to Rome.. For tire months I lived such i gay life there as mortal never lived before. Five months ! Just think how long it wss ! It wss only s week ago when he thought that it was time that he should be loving some one else, and sent me back to Florence. Bat *' no broken heart at parting, this time, oh, no ! I came as happy as I went, and happier ; for I had lovely dress's. And oh, such diamonds '. Beautiful diamonds 1 When 1 tint i-aiim to you I was the pure, clear morning. While I was with you I know you did not know it, Signor my love for you burned like the midday sun. When I went away I was a sad and dewy evening. And after that, why, then the night, you know. Yes, DOW, I am a clear and cloudlets night. I have no more thought of sorrow ; no more the danger of a broken heart ; not even longing any more for love. I am just like the painting. When you began with us we were both of us the sunrise, and now we are both the night. Of course we are what you hare made of your model. You need not that I or any ajie else should tell you how much you have improved upon us both. For all the world you could not turn that pawling back to the sunrise it wss at first. Oh, no ! It is wonderfully changed for the better. No more, Signor, for all the world, would I be what I was when you painted me. That is all. Now you feel better about it. I can aee it in your eyes. And if you think me pretty yon can take me with you to the ( ufe Hoy al to. supper. Then, if you will drive me to my home, I will change my dress and you can take me to the opera. Oh, I will be very dignified. You need not fear ; you shall not blush for me. No soul in Florence knows or ever shall know what I have bean, sod I will never, never be at it again. I will wear my diamonds. They are real diamonds, and you shall be very very proud of me. So wo will forget the posl and be just friends. You looked very toss at ms a moment ago, but now you mmv kiss me, just once, if you like, only to male up, you know." Madness of bewildered folly ! Folly of !H-wil.|eied madness' I kissed the parted ips that were raised to mine and we left :he studio together. Was 1 stunned and iielpless still ? On the contrary I think that at that moment and, perhaps, for the tint tint- 111 my life, I was absolutely satisfied. In the coldest, most mini man and seltish philosophy, 1 could not have hud a better [>lot. My fears were quieted and the dread luipeuse and apprehension, which would liave wrecked all the pleasure 1 was seeking, had suddenly disappeared. *I no longer trembled lest my timid adoration should leave a shadow over Leonora's life, no longer doubted that she understood and would be able to keep the compact we had made. What hail I to do with her past or lier confession that it should repel me from her ? When she had told me once and again that she would not for the world be whit she wu, should I not believe her ? Thus, argu- ing, I put the world of matter away from me, an<l without restraint and without punction, gave myself unreservedly to the ecslacy of friendship's pleasure, which I had found liefore in the "Sunrise," and which I had found as dear and pure again in the star of the evening, all unsullied in its lustre, the beautiful Leonorn. t'HAPTKRXIII *TAR or THI KVBNIlKi. The days were hoars. Months Hew by in sweet delirium. Leonora became my cntio, my model, my friend. She was the soul of every touch of my brush upon the canvas ; she was my shield from every gloomy shadow ; my companion in every happy hour. She posed an my model even, anil as patiently as when she came first to the Ktudio. She went with me to the Cafe Koyal and waa not less refined than the stateliest dame of Florence. She was with me at the opera and she was more beautiful than any. She was theadmirati n ot all my friends in whatever paths we found them, and I the object of their lavish envy, forsooth, the )>eautiful and accomplished Leonora was my friend. A year went by, then another was also gone before I retlUed it had begun, and the compact between us was unshaken. Was I tiring of Leonora? On the contrary, not a day passed that did not find ins more dependent upon her, that she did not develop some new charm, some new, remark- able facility, some unsuspected attraction. She told very little of her past history, and what shu ilid not tell I refrained from ssking about, knowing well that it might bs in some way connected with her secret, which I Ha* by no means eager to probe more ilt cplj and to which she never again alluded. She was an orphan, left aloneasa little girl, to lie educated at a convent. She hail lieen lew than a month from its confines when I met her first, outside the Koman (late. Later the death of a relative had left her mistress of the picturesque little villa where I found her, and to that ream-ned on bock from Rome, this friendship of ours Iwen lore. > "Millie 1 Had true love, its course would not have run so mo". ih. Had it been anything, indeed, than what it was, and had slie been anyone in all the world but Leonora, it would loag gn hsAe become sither Wss or more wearisome, or disappeared throogh its own faatssy. I " 'lead, I waited just Meagerly for her coming, 1 enjoyed as intensely the drive, the opera anil the supper afterward as upon the first week of our friendship. It is true that I noticed, with a shudder, how marked a change w%| coming into my work at the easel ; that 'each succeeding piece grew darker ; that all my favorite tints were neutrals ; that every light was fading, every shadow bearing some sentiment of night. " But surely," said I, " this is not through any darkness of my life by Leonora ; for I h.ive never Itien so bright and happy since I left that earthly paradise upon the Rhine." I thought it must be the effect of the paint- ing, the "Night," that had stood so lone before as to influence my eye for color ana my disposition at the easel, and, closely covering it, I placed it in the darkest corner of the studio. My paintings were not commanding such prices as they had, that was easily account- ed for in various ways. They were not so Urge, so striking, so unusual. I saw that, in some points, at least I was progressing, and could easily discover improvement, in my work during the two years. Then, too, I bad learned the secret of painting rapidly ; something that I had never acquired in any degree till Leonora came to my studio. She seemed to give wings to my brush, and I more than gained in quantity all that I lost in quality, to that my income continued to increase, which was entirely satisfactory to my present mood ; for I was painting for money now, not for ambition. I was work- ing for Leonora, not for Mina. The second midwinter came, and with it a promise of a new company at the Opera 'louse, for the season, with a new list of operas, and a celebrated prima donna who had never sung in Forence before, but who came literally wrapped in laurels, from Paris and Vienna, from Dresden, Munich, and Berlin, from London and St. Petersburg. It was a grand occasion for the city, which, for years, had been deluged with old stock companions and threadbare productions till the audience as well as the prompter what was coming next ; for all Florence waited with eager expectation the grand opening night. II would be the event oi the winter. Stalls and boxes commanded fabulous prices, yet the Opera House would be tested to its utmost. What an opportunity for the beautiful Leonora 1 Precisely as she promised, I had become extravagantly proud of her. Kven now I do not wonder for I very much doubt if Flor- ence, Italy, Europe, or the world could hare produced her rival in beauty, while the modesty and refinement, the unostentatious timidity with which she shrank from all the world for me, made me the more anxious to avail myself of every opportunity to show her to the world, and let It see how very beauti- ful she was. Thus, without a moment's hesitation, I secured the most prominent and expensive position in the house, the large box just upon the Royal seats, with places for fifteen but u ith chairs set alone for Leo noraand for me. What did I care for money compared with such a chance ! My chair should In- placed behind the curtains while l.eonora' should stand at the very centre of the rail. The longed-for night arrived and Leonora cutsbone herself. Verily, 1 could have fallen at her feet and worshipped her aa the living Ualates, I realized the consummation of mortal admiration. There was absolutely nothing in Leonoar which I did not admire. Memory could not recall for me on uukiml word, one cruel glance, on thoughtless, indelicate or annoying act, one motion that was not graceful, one word that waa not music, one expression tlixt was not in perfect harmony selfpoised, not incapable of paasion or emotion but capable of controlling them, she sat there without one fleck of dust to dim the lustre of the diamond. Love ! Wme thow sentiments of love ? Was there no difference when I thought of M ma ? I considered my claim upon Leo- nora precisely as I considered her claim upon me. Had she told me that night that she wss to marry some on* in the morning, I am confident that I should have said: " How happy will be the man whom you will bless. And how much, oh, how much 1 shall miss you." Would those have been my words had Mina told mu that ' (TO BB oo STINTED) Empress Frex erick in Paris. It i* not likely tha* Kmpreas Frederick h u carried away very plea.'" nt remembrances of her recent visit to the gay capital, t mi trary to the general custom when members of foreign courts pay friendly visits, the French government refrained from giving their distinguished visitor a public reception or making any demonstration which might give the impression that in their representa- tive capacity they approved of her coming. That they acted wisely in withholding the customary expressions of welcome, the closing days of the Kmpress' visit showed. The indifference with which the people first greeted her coming, wss follow- ed by numerous manifestations of dislike ami bat i iil. Indeed, to such proportions did the agitation grow and so obnoxious did her pre- sence become that the government found themselves iu a very embarrassing position, while eveu the more moderate papers openly advised their imperial visitor, to hasten her departure from the city. That the visit to the French capital should have been made at this time is said to he owing to the representations and in- fluence of Mr. Herbette, the French A in has ssdorat Berlin, upon whom the responsibility for the unpleasantness arising out of the visit is thrown. However this may be, it is exceedingly unfortunate thata visit to France of any person so closely allied to the German throne should have Iwten decided on until some means had Iwen employed to as- certain the sentiments cf the trench people toward the liermans. As it is, ths recent occurences will only tend to arouse and keep alive feelings that, had they not been stirred up, time might have entirely obliterated. The incident is significant aa showing thst, however desirous Frenchmen of liberal views and wide outlook may be for a reign of pesos and good will to he established between the two nations, the great body of the French people have not forgotten the events of twenty year* sgo, ana still feel that a wrong was then perpetrated upon them by the Her man nation which nothing but the restoration of Alsace and Loraineosn possibly set night. Love is a severe critic. Hate can pardon more than love. THE HEW OBDEB IH AUSTRALIA. *f Ike I n ! t,nn'rrmrr la rules M ! An Australian who is travelling throujh this country and ths United State* was in- terviewed by a reporter the other .lay and spoke u follows : " It is evident that several erroneous no- tions about Australia are now prevalent in this country. There is not the slightest dan- ger of Australia severing her connection with the British empire or setting up an Indepen- dent Government, and this fact will tie mads known to all the world by the Federal Con- ference that U now holiliag its sessions in the city of Sidney with the approval of ths British authorities. The object of that ( 'onfei-ence it to bring about a federal union ol the seven great colonies of the continent to frame a federal constitution, to establish a Federal parliament, and to found s ted- eral Government that shall take charge of the general interests of the united colonies. This is a very great undertaking, as can bs seen by taking into consideration the mag nitude of the country, the extraordinary growth of its population, the rapid develop- V ment of its prodigeous resources, and th advancement of its power within recent times. But it does not mean that we desire to throw away the advantages that had been won by the lion and the unicorn. We shall, in a certain sense, form a new nation. Yet it will be but one of the many nations that constitute the world girdling British empire. " The Conference now in session was pro- jected by a body known as the Australian Council," which was formed under ths au- thority of the British Parliament six years ago, and which has been busy ever since its) formation. The great promoter of federation. the sun who has labored in its behalf, both in England and Australia, or over thirty years is Sir Henry Parker, Premier of the colony of New South Wales, who is now the leading spirit in the Conference at Sid- ney. He is well abng in life, but bis energy is unabated, and the Australian Federation, which is sure to be soon constituted, will owe its existence to his persistent efforts. His motto for the Federation i* : ' One people, one destiny.' Lets than half a century ago Australia was a convict colony to which British crimi- nals werj banished, but her population at this tune is greater than that of the United States was in the Presidency of (isorgw Washington, and, ia fact, may be set down at 5,000,000. It is hard to tell who her the booming city of Melbourne in the colony of Victoria, or the booming city of Sidney in New South Wales, will be the metropolis of eastern Australia. There are several reasons for Australia's desire to continue her attachment to the British empire. In the first place, she will thus enjoy British protection against all foes, and can always look to the British navy for safety. In the second place, we desire immigration from (treat Britain, and the home (Government does a great deal to encourage it. In the third place, we desire to retain those commercial advantages which belong to us aa a part of the empire, and the privileges of trade which we enjoy with all the other British possessions in the world. [)ur business is <vith Great Britain and the British dominions, and we cannot afford to disregard the interests that must grow in importance hereafter. Finally, we belong to the British stock, ami appreciate the power and glory of our mother land. You may look for the formation of an Auxtialian federation by the Conference, e> but not for the severance of the relations we bave so long held with the British Govern- ment. " ATTACKED BY A LlOfl. A Tassrr strrrlir, ratal Injunr, While Tralstlnilke tiilnul. A terrible scene, by which a well-known lion tamer will lose his life, was witnessed at the Hippodrome in Pan* recently. The spectacle of " Nero" is being prepared at the Hippodrome, and one of the features of the show, as proposed, was an attack by a number of lions upon wooden figures so ar- ranged in the arena as to represent human briugs. Seeta, the lion tamer, had just con- cluded the day's drilling of training of six lions for this performance, and was driving them back into their cages, when one ol them sullenly refused to re-enter his cage. Seeta managed to cage the remaining five lions, and then turned his attention to the rebellious animal, which had angrily taken refuge in a neighboring passage. SeeU arm- ed himself with a lance and tried to dislodge the refractory lion, but in so doing he trip- ped and lost hold of his lance, the weapon rolling several yards away from him. Before the lion tamer could regain pmwes- sion of the lance the lion sprang upon the unfortunate man, hurled him to the floor, and bit and rent him in a most horrible manner. Seets'i cries for help soon brought another of the trainers to the scene. The Utter caught up the lance and gallantly at- tacked the lion, inflicting a severe wound with the weapon in the animal's forhca i. Cowed hv the wound, the lion released poor Sects and sluuk into its cage. Medical as- sistance was promply sent for and everything t>oasible was doue to save the lion tamer's ife, but the latest reports are that he is in a dyirg condition. Must Change the Place. Miss T* illing - 1 suppose you remember, Mr. Calloway, that last night, in spite of my fruitless struggles, you had the effrontery, sir, to actually k:si me. I'alloway (meekly) Yes, I remember the circumstance. Miss Twilling -Well, if you think you are going to repeat that operation in the ball to- ni^nt, you are much mistaksn. I don't pro- pose to leave this room all the evening. Matrimonial Items Mr. Jones So you have been ol) on a bridal tour to Niagara Falls. What did you see that pleased you most while you were away, Mrs. Spoony? Mrs Spoony (modestly) My husband. A Family Failing. Mr. Boast/or "I'd have you to know, Mr. Curly, that I come of genuine Bourbon stock ; my family runs back to the lime of Henry IV Mr. Curtly "Well, | guess you'd be willing to run back that far youmelf if you Inodtoget your bourbon ;iny other way."