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MR. ESHOLYS YOUNG WIFE DY T. W. SPEIGHT. He was very cautious both ai regards his speech and hi* demeanour on these occasions lii. had formed uch an opinion of Mi Esholt's krennesa and clearriehtednrss In buiineas matters, that it seemed i n.m only a matter of course that he should bring tin' same qualities to bear ui private life. Then, again, he felt '.hat nothing he said or did remained unnot.-.l by Miu Ksholl'a ever- vigilant eyes That she had some hid- den pur|>o*e of her own to surve, he felt ure, and not to know what th-kt purpose CHAPTKK VII. Presently, Mr. Ksbolt looked up from his lUafkvtood and said : " It may perhaps be as well to explain how I and youi % liurrell chanced to fall in with each o'her. His father, my brother Richard, and Mr. .r.mby were friend* after a fashion which M ems lo be going more out of vogue year by year. In telling you ladies this I dareray I um telling you no more than you know already. Be that as it may, when young liurrell .- nut- to Liverpool previously to his first v..ysge, he brought a letter of introduction to me from Mr. Uranby, wherrup >n I invited him to come and stay a few days with us at Kvertou ; but he was unable to do so. Be- tween his voyage* he ha* '-ailed on me two or three time* at the office, and I have al- wa>s lieen pleated to hear of his welfare. Wdl. three days ago lie .ml I met by chance in \\.itcr Street. It seemed to me that be looktd very linn and sallow ; and on inquiry I found that he bod been struck down by Ilu>0 1>01 R V . e ^*/f.I.T*^Itr.i^!"'!l t J ie |!!T"r he d * d "'" '*''. * u . ote th- bnef. Her. tblir'haVuig'a'mMii forsketching, be would was filled him Sunk beiug the with Vagll be was careful not to address Ague* oftenvr than ordinary polite ne*s demanded -, in fa.it, he rather overdid the p irt he li nl laid out for himself to play, there allowed to smoke hi* cigar. He would have given something to know from whom his invitation had emanated whether from Miss Kshoit or from Agnes, for he did not doub*, that it come from one or the nther. In any da*, should the Kate* pun- propitious, he wnid *?.\r.a the opportunity for ha. ing thdp explanation witli Agn- wlni'li hitherto it seemed to him ibilMM studiously avoided. KIT some tuna after they reached th- . ..-, it appeared as if the Fatns were Voout to remain uupropilious. Agnes Kept close to her husband, and evidently would not bedrawn into a tetea-u-i-. A Hub- chair hod been provid-d for Miss Kiholt's use, and Mil* Remington a* a matter of course kept by the side of her friend. They hod explored the house, .md were now out iu the grounds, wandering about t their own sweet will. Mr. Kshoit, A?nes, and \Vilmot were walking a little way ahead of the other*, when some thought seemed to 1.1 A rAftTss-KsVM JAWS. A Han If wllfc a >rrlom Bra.lsa a stall- Nail Trurk While Train ipprusrae.1. Mike Donovan, a track walker employed by the Southern Pacitic Railroad and in ctsjjfce i.f t ',.-.-, i : n .11 Stella, Fort Rend county, Tex**, waa recently attacked by a largo panlhti, and only with much difficulty succeeded in killing the beast. Donovan, armed only i: 'i a li itchet and wrench, wan engaged in las dmU inspection of the track, and had reached c put bordered on one ide by a duuse tlikkc' of post i.ks when bu at- tention was attia tea by a rustling in the undergrowth. The next moment he was start led by the panther hurling himself on him. The attack was so unexpected that the mail staggered .111. 1 fell under the creature'* weight, but managed to deal it a blow with hit hatchet, which, without wounding it severely, caused it to spring from his body with a hoar.si- crj in L lit- on.ein, woeil o.j.iic kuwwpjH* li lu |irmg 1 1 'till Ills uvm} MIIII iiu *-. rf . strike Mr. Kstioli, ami he turned hacL to ! Donovan had only time to scramble to Ins speak to hi* lister. An in; did so, a gen and .my i-asutl ol>iu<rver would have set him j man, .icoornpanu'd bya youth witli i U.- o, book under bu arm, emer^i-d from ide- walk and came full upou him. The KI-III It- man, a Mr. Day, wa< well known to luni on '('lianije. Ther- w.ii a in :tual lai:g!i mi-r tin- rencontre: then Mi l>iy aft. -r having w w In.* -in, and n "*' VL ' r ; 1 convalesceii^ and ^'j^' 1 *,*)"" 1 and then lam. -lung in the direciion of Arties -, nor huw he mamruvred lo sit ne*r her, even though hn did not [ ik to her ; nur how he seemed to thrill il, in passing, her dress by accidtnt chanced lo brush agftinst him As for Agnes, she rap-It v.i . aud on his partial recovery, had al .^ halt veiled though they were, oner l*en transferred to another ship tint whl( . h ., ,, ,,,, guar ,| | ie , 1<M | plll ..p,,, *s about sailing foi home. He is now. , nimM , f Wu*mol could not help .-..ry now _ Mst|_j ,|,_.. | ..- with nothing to do. A* he expressed I self .ui being tired of the sea and -..lining son,. l*rth shor, I offered him the pout of second cashier in my counting house. Inch just now happens to IK- .1 but ot course no probation. He wan .inlv ton glad to accept the offer, and be si*' ted an bis new dutiei this mormnu. lie n.-.-iiis tti be a yoiini: mm of education and manners. What 1 hi c .lone for luinso fsr '.IB IK-. n out of regard Iu my brother's memory ; if I find that he merits it on his own account, be will not find me neglectful of I. is interests." MIHM Kshoit look care to be present al the mir , lie-lion of \Vilmot Ilurrell to her lip. o.-r's wife. U ilmot had casually heard that \li . Ks- hull hail l>e*n lately niamed. l.ir hs.l at- tached no importance to the fact, .is l.eing on- that in no way concerned him. \\hcn, Hi. -i .-tore, ho followed Mr. Ksbolt into the dtawmg-room en his arrival at Tin- Hollies \nd was iiitrndinwd to Ague* as " my wife," il wa* all he could do to keep back the cry of surprise whicli rose involuntarily to his lip' He bowed low, so as to hide In emotion, and held out his hand, not trust him* 't with even a word in reply. The keen eye- itching from the easy chair aw Wilnint's quick startled look and ibe momentary contraction of Ins mouth, and c.i'dtl not help admiring hi* power of -elf i on. maud. Agnes, who had been training heist-lf, ever since she heard the news, lo go through the ordeal with composure, hardly down not as a person who had known Mr- Kshoit from childhood, and had lived tor months al a time under her father's roof, but as one who had made her acquaintance for the Ir it tune after her in image. Rut Ml** Ksli.-ll waa not a casual observer, and I explained that lliu yo .th ... = , .. ..... .u t...., -- 'that, havingamaniaforske.cn, ., let Ins father have no rest till he had made some drawings of the Dra-ice outton-'ioled Mr. Kshoit and drew him out of earshot of the othen., after the m inner of merchants in general and stock-brokers in particular. Agnes and \Vilmot a 1 roiled slowly on till I he y .ami- to a point where the path they wen- following turned si arply to the left. Then Agin,'* paused and looked !ck. Hir , n A to him ev rpt when compelled to do >, but |uaabe.udwM still engaged with Mr. 1'ay seemifd to keep closer to her husband's side ' | )U t M: . rjlir.lt u,od her f i i- lid weie follow than at othei time*, anil would someiinuM ing slowly .MI When she turned. \Vilniol feign a hevlit<:he and make it an excuac I'm had slipped round the corn^i : retirinK while the eveiimfr wan ivill youni'. after a moment'* hesitation, h.- Mlowod At the tx-at of times the had never * isr- >t him. Kven if her husUu: 1 .-h mid be de- deal of colour, but what *he had, began to tamed, Miss Ksholt would tin n the corner pale as the dsys went on, till little but the in unothi-i minute or two at most, ghost of it was left. \Vilm>>< -,iw that now 01 never wa* lu> "8he can't deceive me," mid Mi-* Kii.olt opporiiiiiiy \otamoni.-nt must bo lost, grimly to herself, for all she tries to make High in *creened t one believe she h.s no more feeling than a either lian 1 : '.owcver, before the panther returned to the attack. x-KKAMIM. I'KARITU.T. Hu met it with uplifted hatchet, and cut i 1 d-i-ply a'oout the head %nd shoulders, but the infuriated creature, though bathed in blood, appeared only the more determined in it animosity, and iprang upon its foe with niicb force as again to tell him to the earth, when it endeavored to fix upjn hi* throat. I'nfortunately i'or the man, the panthei'* assault had knocked hit hatchet from his group as he fell, leaving him with bun- hands to grapple with the snarling maddened animal tearing at him with I distended claws, and suffocating hii.i with its fetid breath as its gaping mouth strained i at his throat. It wo* only by the exertion of his utmost strength that tie was able to retain hisxrasp on the panther's throat, and so prevent it from getting ut his own, but a new horror j confronted him as they struggled madly ; jver the pebble-strewn roadbed. The (anther had thrown him across the track, ] ucarr n unoi r i.M>n. ami. in spite of hi* frantic efforts to throw li.-ld him with hi* back aero the oved her to-day even a- it had been wont then' is not even the faintest suspicion , ing its way towards daylight ' Ky.-s bn""'^!!'.'!.! ' uly' h 1 -" Min Kshoit, i onsidri uig in her own mind the state of affairs .it the oud of th" third week after Wilm , as well. Hen-old lieiiiblinghand, in- lo move her of old. " Well?" the said, confi outing him with steady ga/e. 'sh' ,.- tun- lhat he hail something to sav to h. i . l>n' I-" she had carefully av.u 1.-.1 nr'ji.liug linn the >cr. hc .t (odo ; though in what way they never cared lo ask herself, or could have categorically explained, had aim hern colled upon to do so. Bui she felt like a spectator of the first acl ot a comedy midn it no;, perchance, develop mt a tragedy by the ' time the lt act was n-acbed !) when the action tlau*. and one heuoini * nn|,.itient to You forget. Mr. Bui-roll, speaking lo Mi. Kshoit ' " 1'ildon me if fur one III illl'-llt I ' that fart -a fact which lit* burnt it"!' "' my braiu uijjhi ami day e\er sine* that moment when Mr. l-'shdt introduced as hi* wife one whom, not Unee short years however, the panther fell upon him again, and as I hey closed 111 TIIEIK UK U.I.Y KMBIt Vi'R the long train swept by. Donovan say.s that so do-e u ere they to t he track llmt tlir beat ot il..- cntjiuc .s.'ordied t.ioui a* it pu--d li enmed lustily foi help, 1ml suppose* ln> nnifc of I'll- trim prevented. his 1 . : n-s i -:i, beiug heard. 1 h panther appeared frightened out of thai you are ' lt 'uses by the thunder of the loc.nnotive, and springing Offratjl Donovan's I NH|V, inad e wocsTs. screaming at evoiy jump. I In- liislnnan bere was enabled to recover Ins tooting, aud sei/e-l hu wrench lhat lay new. tlien, runniug to an tree braced himself against it, awitttiin; t!ie re her colourle** cheeks, her unsteady v.n.-, all Ixtrayed the agitation of her mind. Not for one moment did she venture to lift her ev -s to his. MM* hUln.lt received the young man gr loiisly and he co-ild be when it suited her purpose made him sit next tn-r al dnmei freely into conversation witl voiiring to I i tiver the salient character, adroitly leading hact the conver friend staying with her at Syrmga Collage, | T ,, ,. Hent , h< . creature reeling nation more than once, when it seenn-.l in a young lady. Mnut licmiiitsi.m by uaim- iil)c clin.-d lo go astray, to his early life and his KoU-rt, ' she said lo her brother one The man with anullier blow, succeeded long vacations at the vicarage, and all the evening, when Wilmol happened not to lie People are .;aiii lalkmx about Kdison, m l.inK-kin^ it over aad stunning il. when, surroundings of those pleananl da\, hut there. " Mia Roiiiiugton has been dying to ih magiriau. H *pp *i-s in have ACOOIII- running for hj> balclstH t despatched las i out \tfues's name, visit Ku.*hm.ie Craiige ever since sho saw pHshed soTnelhuic lilts careful always to leave ainnnl ti\ nearly s-vof in; lh- head from the n( , j !,<,; remU to introduce the " kine- It , acomlniiiiti.m ot .-! itricitv waiting, in fad, till Wilmol should iulro- , tome draw iii(j of it a month or two ago. J 14 muc ;, ;,,.., . r t r, gel through nur heails | M idy Ikinovafi wv- ' 'ciiel alioul dui-e it of hi* own accord, which, however, I'm told it's only abou'. ado., n ,. nles away, than the tslrphone reqiu: ui II.- .- >.en tfc* tmrim o*t4 We*j.l, aasi viy muuh ex- he miacriMinlabl) failed todo. He had i Don't yon think that she and I and Ajjiies t|i rfl . ,, r f,,,.< vvl vs working ..i n, a ,d now banned by bis fearful struggle, but other- not spoken a score of sentences to M iss Ksbolt before something seemed to put him mi bin guard against her, and when be noticed the cold vindictive expression of her eye as her glan. < followed Agnes about the room, he said to hinuelf : "This woman is her brother's wife's enemy. She's trying to draw me out for s ime purpose of her own. (Jarde/ mis, 1 inn ' night drive over some tine morning, explore theoldplaoe. liave luii^lietm .it Hie hotel, and come l>ack in thoeiMil of the afternoon V ,,, u >, togr*pliy, whicli will repro In. mo "Why not' I have no douU you would j tlon ,( srniud. A nmn, for iusUiu-e. eati tin. I it a very enjoyable ex.'uraion." i sit in Ins IMI-IOI .i-id >*.! iepro.lm-.id on a "Bui taii.-v three ladios and no jenllo .creen the forms of the players in an opera men ! Cosldn ' you manage to meal a day from business ami go with us ':" Mr. K-holi laughed, and shook his head. ' .|ise,|u.-n(ly, a* il fell out, Miss Ksholl'a | "Mo that's your '4.111.1- i for int.iriii.ti ... lhat is, for the in nation sho wo* desirous of getting at a* prodnolive of little or no result. \Vil- . ' was willing to lalk .ml answer any ' y o u only i-honse u> *Vi so. ' think yon must count on me. course, I should be to j.un \ ' I am quite sure you n in spare a you only elm produced on admtautslage. They will sing and Uud. alii nileriiniign' as the |M-H|>|.- s. ...... ,..,, , ID ,.. ,, n ihe actual stage do, .-very detail being " " *" ''" n ' 1 reproduced Here il what Kdison h 'nl as, of asys aliuut it ,,:nicied III- (Kiiitner wat a larce inn of a spetles kk.iwu s*t " gury car*," >ii.l b.ire the nmr^ otA *ti|l inn.<in.-.l <uu shot wound. giWfiipWbaoljr by som. hunt- er, which bail evidently run the aniin il mail. i ...... i- u ...... t The influx ui poor foreigners into Luudol day if . Yn are like the mini i-i u[ i|iu-stii. im iilxnu Ins hi.; on board \estof t'he nun, yoi, fanc> \out.ielt of fur ship ,uid his exiierienoes on Ilia coast of ' Mm i-,. imp irtam Ih.in you i illy are. .Ulnsz A(tic.i, many of thnn M-I \ -naiijjo and KnnU-i would see that noi'niu went long startling; but when Mis*K*holt. leadiiglnm jduring your ab-enee, M he In- h<l to do on hy the hand, as it were, would xlrivet'i draw many occasion* already. Wnp.iii.hi nlw. kiUully luM-k lo where he fflt the ice ,,',. , \|, |j lu r .-ll foi 'toe ,1 n I am sure eve ui'iiiMiiil gr 1117 thinner nmlei him, U holiday wonld do him goal." "Oh, you Hhall have HIM r. 11, anil >! but js for myself I mo , 'Id burst abruptly .iway, glide lightly ui, the dangerous tpol, and tiH lnn.1. to sfer ground a* imickly as possible. A^m-l woiiM kave b**n more than woni.in if si. casioi Wil linn lie hs liMiki-.l Ui night. His late ilium* ha.1 1 jut u then- was utill a chance fiat he Ion h of refinement of his features winch lie detained at the last momeiii. (rave himis.rt-e the hxik of a hero than evar. Wltat dill she ex|nt:t to gain, wl.ai Hi- ihick brown cuils, sumag which h.-r md dnl she look to achieve by her little plot, hn^.-is had so often ntrayd, still ilusu-red , whioli was purely an arrangement of her ronnl bin while forehead vulh the s.nie ,, wl , for although Miss Kcmnigton had ssy " If it is dii.ir.-tl to repnulucf an opera or a play I wiH get t he company to a dp- -vs icheara.il for me I place liack of the or- chestra on a table a compound m u-Inne con- sisting of a phonograph and a kinetograph, with n i 'tpaeity of .m minute..' , ontimious work. I'lic orchestra play*, the curtain rises, and the ojiera 'oegin.s I'm' i iu*>hni"s worksiamiluiieusly. ' n'liug sound and ihe other taking |i >t "graplis, recording motion a' the role of 4U phoio^i-apha pe second. Afterward th photographic It I \< usness " If you can't go. Koliert. I shall certainly devclo,K-d and rep.a, e.l ,n I he miich.n a . <1 prefer , stay a, home, ' l.n.ke , Agnes. IW&J^ ** ^"V'; eis^n, (.Kjtavisjs !ieinl>. tit 1' ,i llaiiicnt for Baltonea, one fit tin ii*isloiu of the netiopolia, has given noiice that he will ask In Ilove4i.iin-ut whether it is not advisable Ui adopt measures to check foreign immigra- tion. He will suggest the adoption of legu- Utinn on t he lines of ill..' w'ndi ht been found neoesxary in the Tinted States, C'an- ada and Aus'ralia. An obnoviiiiH fciiture of the at ream of foreign em jfi..' mil into I. mi don , ihe i.iiin^'. Ucyclit street .unl otber tliorou^lilares are infesie I to a dcgiee that is mriniXy injuring Ih business of tradesmen in those streets, a i al the \. i.e.-u being foreign- . .mil I'. .... I: i.s claimed smiarent corelewnesii as of yore. She ha.l expressed a languid drniie to visit Itusbmere, oltcnbeenttruckwithhiilikenesatosoertain she waa ceilainly not " dying" I,, do so. Or trail. of Lord Byron she ha.1 once SM-II |>,,,lwbly the oould not have tul.l herself, to uigbtshe was more struck with it Ihan But in the chaplerof a, nlerts ihcre always ever As her t-yes glaniM-.l from Wilmot t I hjuk unniimberrd posiiUlilies. lverhusbaii.lan.lth.il hack again, a little Knshmere Drange dated from the reign of sigb fluttered involuntarily from her lips. 1 1|,,. Kightli Henry, ili.s daughter, tKe pml U ilinnt, for his psrl, was no less | Kli/.alel4i, was said li have "troda n.-.i struck with the change in Agnes. He had sure" thereon one occasion with tin; Sr left hera lovable and fasriiuting girl, a girl <!ndfrev oT those days, who w-n f u- towm Is of ! l.oiii lie of ii-ii thought with a -mi uf r ruining himself in hi> n:lorts to do ho . grelfnl tenderness, whom be would gladly to the visit of his royu! mislrost. The place have made his wife, hod n..i Dame Korlune was now ptrlly in rui is, and nine of Ihe family bail lived then- foi many yoarv II was in chariie of careUkers, whose duty il was fo show visitors over suoh portions of aiicc'of that callow plunger ".I ubiloe ""Ben crilutble ouM-m about"her which had never the nld mansion as wcr mill m a tolerable .,,,,, When arraigned in court hostalfdthal atruck him Iwfore. Of what that charm state of preaervalmn. Inside, there was | i; property, which was heavily mortgages! oonsisled, he did not care lo ask himself ; it i little to "<-e l!\oml llie wvrm eaten panel- | w fore he inherited it, was no longer a souroe. wa einiugh for him to feel and know it was i ling of the. walls, a new finely carved .him n f income an bo bad mortgaged it addition- there. He went homo that night a prey to [ ney nieces, and some wonderful old ta|icstry, ' % lly all he could. He had been obliged to a no, nit of conflicting emotions -love, whii-b bad not been removed wh.'n ' do something to earn a living, and wu now the place was denuded of all else driving a cab, but felt uncertain of retaining it . untamed The gardeut, however, with their formal walks and pleached alley*, with their mar.e, their fountains, and their nUyed hoi such a scurvy Irick ; he found her now a woman, as lovable ulill, no doubt, snd equally la* mating, but with an indes ' M ' anger, mortification, and vain regret*. He felt lhat never in his life had he loved Agnu a* hs loved her now, when she wo* lost to him for ever. ml nil thu nu.'i'iu of the odors .idly as in the orii.-iiia! *vene. lemiu H|,rNdllirin* Aiihin- Adan. a scion nf that anci'nt fam- ily. wlio.se lineage occupies oansidcr.ilde space in Burke, ha* just lieen sued in Ibe Ix>udon County t^ourt tor t'J.'l lent. Young Adair u> in the pecul ai pi-mlicaMicni ! .mniiiK pio|,.-i y ot ^ieal value. y\ I b-i,.; penniless. He holds lille to lauded ,e .- pert) in t umlwrland, Binnlngham, Man- chester, LlM-i,iool, Leeds, Bn'ol ami ' dill. Som* time ago he drew all th* renss due -about 1 1 .TI1> <tinl sold Ins >stU) lor- t'L'iO.lllsl. Tin.* money Im al ou.:c set alxni' mniandoring. and he - > ,.. i '.n.i y t i race h.. 1*1 and similar e<H:\- i ;mni- he had no dif'icnlly in speedily gittiiu '"' f "' " r plus. In fart ibe turf ban had an such cosy am! prolilable viclim since the disappear That first visit of Wilmol lo The Hollies more or let* dilapidated statues, were still was by PO muans his last. Mr Kshoit gen j carefully looked after, ami in themselves least twice | slone were well worth \itit. When the day of Uie exci)rsion arrived, brought him to dinner ai a week, and Ira had a standing invitation to drdp in for n hour of an evening whenever be felt so disposed -an inviutiou of which Mi. Kshgll, aftei a couple of hours at busi- ness, readied the starting phve by the ap the position, as he waa not suthcieiitly fami liar with the streets of London to In- a first class cabby. The court adjourned ike case ba availed himself pretty frequently. He ! pointed llnte, somewhat lo his sister's secret bad lodgings about a mile and a half higher chagrin. A roomy wagonctlc hail l.ccn up the river, aothatit was only a pleasant him I for the occasion \\ilmot p iclnd U-ttei citi/, n than the one who doo* wa:k I t M ,->ji hi* place and The Hollies. | himxelf aloft be*id* the driver, and waa believe in his. fellow-creatures. lo make inquiries into the facts of Adair's condition. lie called her little ".Sweetie" \Vhcn the arrow pierced hit heart, Knl -.aw. when he hod married her, She was a little tart. The man who lielieves in I;|IO<|H may be u not coutinv tinenl. 'I'l.e Kegepl street tradesineii h,.\e Pentium il thn antlniiitie* to abate the an- no\iyioe, ami tUt- uolicc have been i.idere.1 to lak" vigoi-ous me,ksiues witli thai object. \n r.iuluh <ravellr, who has retiirnol to London recently from an c\lensi\ tour through Kussia, say* thai only i. I'aiitt idea can be ci.lerlainod of the c; uel treilinent to which the .lews n. subi-.-'ed. llesays they can b.isjM-iacqutod with nnpiiuity, as they arr ev-lftj4aycd '.w, wlne. i)|i*tj'oftns\iii no one i*%o\is*lo regard, lie ref*TTO a riot In which 11 do/en Jewish in!. mis were lorn Irdiii their moth, i - n i, - and lhii>wii iu the s-n-e'-. Young .lewi*K (iris are uuiisMmfly kuhiapped in oouniK) t^in* ami sold m St. I'eii'i.sbuig and Mo .. for in,in.n-:tl pur- poses, and when < oio|i:aiutt s,iu ninlv '.othe aiuhorilies they u:- dmreganled. l'.\,\ stranger arriving in Moscow who h.i note Is oblige I to go before the authorities and prove thai he is not a .lew. AJ> .-<|H-rniteuK wa* u.ade at Kmo recently on S vailrosM irain ru\Hrnig from Rome to Krascati with i now com- biHtibk- prepares! from ligwlu, rich dc posits of which have been Touud in Italy. Th* combustible was iiivontei hy Siguor Sapora of Siena. Of thu now fuel .'167 kilograms were used, foing thu work of 300 kilogram* of coal. The discovery 19 expected lo prove a valuable one, as it will do away with the ncosswity of nnjMn-Uag coal. The new fuel makes a lignt smoke An engineer named / vlski, of Berlin, quarrel led with his sweetbotrt two years ago and went to America. L.nt week he re- turned, found her married, and in a rage attacked the husband, who, in defending himself, sho 4 . Xalski dnad A fn i Hi I Merr t>T a -un-mma Llltle lri 1st Nlssesirl. Little I.i//ie Meadows ha* loin speechless, iiiitioules*, aji.l without food for fifty six days. The other day a reporter visited the Meadows' home in Walnut Park, a half dis,'ricd suburb of Independence,. In a- darkened room lay the girl, pallid as a corpse and as motionless, save for the quick drawn breath through her parted lips. Her shoulders, arms, and bands were emaciated beyond belief, her face, though absolutely coiorleiut. being much less affected. Au oc- casional lifting of the eyelids was the only perceptible motion, though Mrs. Meadows says her daughter is now able to lift on*) arm slightly. The child is starved to pitiful jrauntiiess. Her face is waxen pale, thii), and drawn with agony, her arms are wasted till nothing but the skin covers the bones, and her slender lingers are transparent and fragile. Of her condition she is fully conscious, though she is speechless and absolutely mo- tionless save for the twitchings of Ibe face and the half liflina of Ihe eyebrows. On Dec. '. Lizzie was 12 > ears old, and though slender and delicate, she was in ex- cellent health. .She attended school a few days after the Christmas holidays closed, but soon began to complain of strange fleet- ting pains, first in her head, then aboul the chest, then in her finger tips. She was taken from school and was soon very ill the physicians who came said it waj spinal meningitis. The girl's condition grew serious. She lost the power of speech, of motion, and ou March 'Jl she partook of the last morsel of t...,d that she has tasted in eight weeks. Her parents and attending physicians tempt- ed her with every conceivable dainty, but she waa compelled to reject them all. Oc- casionally the motionless sufferer would take a few sips of lemonade or of water and this with sn ocasional draught of sctla her parents say was the only approach to nour- ishment she has had during her long trial. Cistern water she could nol endure, being able lo drink only thai ukeu from a neigh- boring spring. Daily Ihe doctors who pur./led ihemselvesi in vain over Ihe strange case said " the girl must die within twenty-four huurs," and her liitient mother, who has scarcely left her side, thought every feeble breath would be the last. But the girl, though lading 'laily. until but a skeleton remains, lived ou. The physicians who caMie confessed themselves al fault : no such ca*c had ever before come under their observation. At times the girl's tongue became black, coated, hard and as dry, her motliar says, " as a cob. " These coatings, however, were removed, their nparently affecting the sufferer little, Through all these weeks the child's mind tem.iincd unaffected. She knew of her sulk-mi,;* and was able, by changes of coun- tenance, to answer questions. An oner of assistance which displeased her or a question to which she wished to answer " no" brought a frown ; a question whicli pleased her was answtred by a pitiful ghost of a smile. linos the ir."t her, seeing thai Ihechild desired somcthinc, would put to hera dozen questions, all being tuiswered by frowns ; then the little one would stiuggle hard to lue.tk until slic gasiied fur breath. Kre- i|Untly she would weep in distiess at her inability lo make herself uini.i v .>,!. The doctor* of Independent c ime and ex- i kauslusl then skill in unavailing effoitt to rcs'.ote health to the child until lost week, when one deU-rniined to ) p'y A galvanic battery. Tho battery wits used charily, a very feeble current bein; transmitted to the child tlm>Uiri the h nds other brother aud the physic, .111, who each held a pole of the ba'.tery, lest, a too strong shock might drive th- life from the feeble body. There was ut n'rst uo perceptible effect from this treatment, which w.i.* repeated daily, but at present it piumise* to release t.he girl from her living d.-.itli. Saint day morning the mother, OS has been ! her wont, was breakfaiting at her child's 1 bedside, vigilantly watching the patient. , The girl by her expectant countenance and I tips main f r<led a desire for some " !>. von w. ml some breakfast. Lixzie T " atked llie mother. Ibe . Ill Id smiled. i ' iiet'lill) the mother gave !.ei a bit of butteird bread and an egg. which were swallowed with avidity, the little one mute- ly ,ileadin,{ for more. Tine) times again during the day did Mia. Meadows and the physk-ian giv.- the child fit-xl in minute qu .nl:lie.>, the morsels being eaten with no apparent evil effects. She wan also given four meals Sunday, Monday, aud ycsteiday, and with daily appli> -t'ions of the galvanic battery the faMei is U-c'inniug to exhibit . signs of life. __ _ ~ .n , 1 1 n . , r i x ,.-i i.-.i Jews. Is*- Hebrew Kelivf Ci.nrniltoe at Ueilin has secured a long railway tun- nel at CliarloUer.burg in which to shelter Kussian .lews *n route to Hamburg for urn- barkmeiit. Boxes of clothing aud neces I saries, eilotmous lioilers of tea and coifee, I aud supplies of bread aud brandy are in ' readiness to relieve the misery of the crowds I of fugitives that daily pour out of the rail- ! way trains. Many heartrending scenes arj described and tales are told of extreme : suffering. Many of the fugitives had to leave on a day's notice and were compelled to abandon everything but what they si. MM! ui, while other*, oflen octogenarians, hardly ; abletoHalk, are seen slaggerinu under nacks containing all their worldly i><s <*.<ion.s In 1 many cases the fugiti 'es are ol the poorest ! classes, with mnnerou? scautilv clothed children di ix^mg after then iinlhcr's skirt.* snd crying tor bread. All arc shy aud sus- picious, reniemberiug their ill-treatment t Riitfian railway fttalionn, uml feir fresh 1 lormenU if iboy enter the v. a: ting looms. ' \ diM-tor attends tho children who an- ill trom the etled.s of the journey. The fugi- tives describe bow the st reels 'in which tiiey lived would lie suddenly cordoned wuh ihe |iolice searching for Jews, wKo would Hy to the synagogue* for safeu -. bow the doom of tho synagogue* would In: wrenched and troops of arired men would tie theiv hands and foet and plunder everything in the pl*ce. and bow ou arriving at the frontier the police would extort fresh bribes to allow them to cross. "Mr.r,!auR>.r*j," said that gentleman's wife, rather sew icly, "I w Mil you to givr tfiat tvpewTttorof yours the tack." " Yon are s little KehiiiH the ago my dear : T gaw her s sealskin two months ago. ' " What '.'' " (I -r 'Jaat isj yes TU discharge her l uorrov."