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mtm mm LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE but You un I can lA)nl Killeen's Revenue " It is beyond question." suiil Donna. ••She is ealumess itself; she never cries or complains. They tell me she ia delicate," said Lady Varley. with ".n attempt at a scornful smile ; prefer to judge for myself, see how goo.l-terapered she is ; ho« like other childrenâ€"" . She paused again. Was every idle word that fell from her to carry to her breast a bitter pang? " fnlike other children!" Oh. no! Kind heaven, no! A strange look grew upon her fat-e, I when she had finished. If she had lieen at all taken aback by Conatantia^a dis- â-  closure, she did not show it. She smil- i ed now serenely, gazing at the girl : aa if in expectation of something turtb- ' er. " Go on," she said, enoouxaging- i Iv, '• give me the rest of it." i " '• The rest ! What more would you have? Good heavens. Donna, are you I lost to all sense ofâ€" ofâ€" •• I " Virtue i Don't hesitate aliout say- ' ins it,'" said Mrs. Dundas, with a friend- i ly little nod. '• But <rou misjudge me, : really. 1 quite thought, because of your i tragic expression, that there must l)e ' something more." • What more couid there !)e ?" Mrs. Dundas laughed, and she clasped the fragile little form I •• xnd so all those exquisite blushes," to her boeom, with a wild, hungry ges- she said, looking at her young cousin lo uii "u=" 1,111 ' with much mockery in her lovely eyea, fure. It was uer an i _ 1 " were waated on such a mere bapra- telle ( Hah ! What a cruel squandering "She is strongâ€" quite strong!" she said, vehemently, as though Mrs. Dun- das had been denying it. Then her voice sunk, and she looked down at the little waxen fat-e Ijelow her. " My child I My lite !" she whispered, and then broke off suddenly, as if choking. She stood panting before Donna (almost forget- ful of her, in the awful fear that had assailed her), with the child crushed against hir breast. Some cruel doubt wa» tearing at her heart-strings. • Your nurse is, aa you say. exper- ienced; she should know.^^ said Donnai cheerily, unkind kindliness prompting the hoi>.-ful words. She was indeed of rich and rare gooib ! " I think it wa.s sufficient to make any one blu.sh ; you, first of all,^' said Constantia, coldly. '•So? I am sorry I must disappoint your expectations" then. I coniess a ed herself together after a bit, and pressed her lace handkerchief to her eyes, and then glanced at Constantia. " Some dajj you will be the death of me,'^ she said, her tone still trembling with her late meorriment. •' IIov/ yoTX take things I Were life as serious a mat- ter with me .IS it is with you, I .should commit suicide. ' Life is a jest, and all things show it.' Why not look at it through my spectacles ! Why not amuse yourself as I do. moi qui vous parlc ?" She laid her hand, with a little saucy pat, upon her bosom. " No," said Constantia, coldly, and with ill-suppressed disgust ; •• I would not l)e like you for all the amusement the world coul<l give me." •' You are a very dear little girl," replied her cousin, suavely and prompt- ly, and with an amused smile; but as I once hinted to youâ€"" She paused, )o quite gather the girl's attention. It WIU4 time, she thought, to administer, to her a little smiling rebukeâ€" to make her feel the knife in turn. " As I once hinted â€" too mildly, perhaps, for your good â€" you are a trifle crude â€" in a de- gree, i)erhapsâ€" shall we say farouche? You have not trained fine ; you project vour opinions upon one bald and bare. When smothered in rose-leaves they fall easier; they do not hurt so much. A lesson. Con, free of charge. Take it to heart; it will be of use to you even QUKTIKC HEARD FROM. "Well," stud she, "Constantia scold- ed me. A proper scolding, i can tell y*''-.". ..... Iz?«rary O. Carroll. M. P. for Kamour- rska. Que., Sounds the Praises ofDr. Agnews Catarrhal Powder blush isn^ in me. The blush proper, i" this odd little comer of the earth. at all times, I found to lie a trouble- some companion, so I flung it off just as soon as over I could. Now. occasion- ally, I regret that act of mine. If troublesome, the blush is also effective. There is a touch of the ingenue about it that is invaluable. Keep it, my dear as long as you can.^' " I have not come here to discusa the merits or demerits of a rush of Vilood to the head." said Constantia, with angry impatience ; " rather a very touched by this fierce grief, if altogeth- alx>niinable act of yours." er surprised by it. To care so much j There was fire in her eyes, if^an un- for any living thing ! 1 1 was absurd, but piteous l*yond doubt. To her, the child seemed dying, and she thought it repulsive, having nothing of the ma- ternal about her; but she felt herself bound to say something that should create comfort in the other's mind, if only to avoid a scene. A scene was deteatable, always unless a disappoint- ed lover was the hero of it ; and so she ignored Lady Varley '« agitation with gr»-at tact, and finally, by her own as- sumption of Iwliet in the child's good health, subdued it. As she was leaving Araglin, she met Constantia coming up the stone steps. She put out her delicately gloved hand to her with her usual radiant smile. ConsUntia accepted both very coldly. '• Truant ! " said Mrs. Uundaa. " How many years is it since you have Ijeen to see me I" She did not really care whether Constantia ever came to see her. whether she lived or died, but to be charming to all people was a creed with her. There was no one born who could say that Mrs. Dundas was ever willfully rude to them. She put them to one path in which she would go, but other- wiae, they were welcome to breathe the air that she did. CoiisLantia took no notice of the iin- plied reproach. She appraised it at its exact value, and let it drop to her feet. •' Uave you been in there ?" she ask- ed. Youth is always a little tragic when its sense of honesty and decency is hurt. "Have you seen her?" " Why, yea," said Mrs. Dundas, with an amused air. " I have been there, and I have seen her I What prodigal- ity of emphasis, and what a Hernhardl pose I Any reason why I shouldn't ?" â- â€¢ No greater reason than vou already know," said Constantia coldly, who was strong enough, when occasion demand- ed it, (as she now believed it did), to ! mlstakable tremor in her tone. cour.a Yet her Men like Barry, who are 'rough and tough,' and men like your blanket lover might, iien^hance, call your crudity hon- esty ; but men like Fealherston would shrink from it and from you." She had her eyes fixed on the girl's face, and noted with satisfaction the suiMcn pal- ing, the quick indrawing of the breathV as Featherston'a name was mentioned. In truth, Constantia felt that last re- mark keenly. Was she, then, unlove- ly in his eyes ? '• You disdain to hide your senti- ments," went on her tormentor, sweet- ly. •• That may U" very upright, very honorable, but it Ls also very â€" lU-bretl." About what?" "Tiens, Frederick! you grow dull. About you if it must be put in plain words I am never to look at you, I am never to think of you again. You are to be a thing of the past. I am to pass you by on the other side whenso- ever we may chance to meet, and I am to see that those meetings are infre- quent. '• "But how?" said Varley, not under- standing, as was only natural. He was not much concerned by her words, be- cause her manner was light with laugh- ter. "What does it all mean?^' "That she was in the gardens that night of Mr. Stronge's dance." \''arley reddened. "The deuce!" he said briefly but elo- quently. "Quite so. I entirely agree with you. iSbe is a troublesome little ftxil, you know, somewhat wild in manner and beyond purchase, but I squared her lor all that. A judicious word or two about Featherston, whom she affectsâ€" a hint aa to the cruelty of disturbing Lady Varley's peace of mind just now, whenâ€"" "What! she would speak to Yolande?" , cried Varley, rising to his feet, and re- , about garding her with a strange expre.ssion. He looked horrified, unstrung. "Kven so. That alarms you? Yet every instant it is possible." She spoke easily, but a certain chill had fallen upon her tone. Her eyes had gained a mocking light. "It is not too late," she said. "Draw back while you can. As yet she knows nothing. Go; swear to her your heart is hers alone. Be wise whilst yet you may." She, too, had risen. She leaned It will be noticed by those who have studied the testimonials for this won- derful catarrh remedy, that they are thoroughly unsectional in character. Every province in the Dominion through its members of parliament, and most prominent citizens, has told of the pe- culiar effectiveness of Dr. Agne.w's Ca- tarrhal Powder. It is of a character that overcomes any local or climatic con- ditions, and as with Mr. Carroll, it is a most effective remedy for catarrhal troubles in whatever shape, not omit- ting hay fever, where it works like a charm, and in every case is speedy in ef- fect. Sample bottle and blower sent by S.G. Detchon. 44 Church St., Toronto, on re- ceipt of two 3-cent .ttamos. Sold by W. E. Richardson. For fifty years John Swim, of Altoa Ohio, had roamed the country as a tramp, although a man of wealth. He was once roblied of ?10,000, and he had the rogue .arrested. Doubts were ex- pressed about his having had that sum, ami to remove them he took from lielts his body money amounting to 878.000. He recently died, at the age of 104. ir.agt! upheld her. • &ly ! what righteous indignation !" .said Mrs. Duu<tas, turning her head so as to regard her fully. She was evi- dently unimpressed, and by no means offended by the other's out-speaking. '• And all about a little kiss. One more or leas in the year's account- what does „ . . t matter? If Lord Varley was rude lightly on my shoulders. 1 don't mind Intrnx* Putn Knim .*rlaclra. Tl'C «)<- lie Itrnirilj. .»,»ii(ti .4nii'rlrjtu Itli4.uui- uilr < lire, < 4»n4|urr^ tn Two l»n.><t. The following comes from the wealthy lumberman, of Merrickville, Ont.. Mr. E. Errett; For a number of years I have suffered intense pain from rheuma- tism and sciatica in my left hip. It ia needless to say I have doctored . con- against the silken hangings of the man- stantly, but without receiving anything tel-piece, her tall, svelte figure thrown but temporary relief. South American sligntly backward, her eyes, with the Rheumatic cure was at last tried and lids half-closed upon their wondrous il.'i effect was truly magical. In two beauty, fixed on his. She looked su- <lays the pain was all gone, and two , perb as she thus challenged him, bottles of the remedy cured me com- " Enough," Siiid Constantia, quickly ; laughing in her heart the while as she pletely. 1 was so bad that for two years but coldly ; "-I admit all that you say. measured his power as compared with I could not lie on my loft sida it I got enough to kiss me â€" mind you," laugh ing, " I don't admit the soft impeach- ment â€" it is part of my principles never to admit anythingâ€" but if he kissed me, why, that won't bring the world to a close, eh ?" '•If you kissed him, you mean." '• Even that won't bring the upheav- al of the universe ; and of course, I deny it. Any nice-minded woman would â- â-  I st'e, too, that 1 have failed to impress ] hers you. I meant only to help my friend, 1 "Vou can leave me," she said, "now. anil to show you your duty." forever! Believe me, it ia the best plan " Don't trouble yourself alwut that ' â€"for you." last ingreilient in your dose; it aits I '•Leave youl" he said. There was passion as well as despair in his tone. No, he could not leave her! Her pre- sence was his life. It intoxicated him. She ruled his destiny to-day as she had ruled it in those past days, when he sighed at her feet an accepted lover. 'That reats, then." said Donna, calm- ly. Then suddenly, and in a lower tone: "The child ia dying." (To be Continued.) shirking it in thi-. least, though I know- there are people who set great store by it. They are, welcome to mine as well as their own. I say, Con^. a cloudy brcnv ia not becoming to you ; and, after all, why should you take to heart my ilelinquencies I Do you imag- I ine you will get through life without i having some of your own to dwell upon? 1 When you have, my quaint pre-Ada- mite, I expect you will do it in .sackcloth the universe for so doing. At present I have not a symptom of sciatica or rheu- matism, and hence it ij with much pleasure that I recommend this great remedy. I know it will cure. Sold by W. E. Richard:>on. For twenty-three years, Spina, ^he notorious brigand of Sicily, had tieen a terror in the vicinity of .\<lerne. It is estimated that the ransoms be re- ceived for captureil travelers aggregat- e<i 875«,000. He was lately murdered, near his home, by an unknown assas- sin, who shot him in th« )>aok of the head. She laughe<l gavly here, and flicked ' and ashes." It will be a prolonged I.,ent up her ponies witfi a sense of thorough , with you. severe enough to eclipse the enjoyment in the turn the conversation • joys of your carnival. Though you are ha<l taken. ' specially uncivil to me. I confess I feel " Well, I warn you of one thtngi" i something l»rdering upon sorrow for said Constantia. " I shall certainly you " tell her." "Tell her what, my good girl? That Varley, her husl>and, was an olil lover of mine, and for a moment forgot him- self?" " There waa no forgetfulness, save of personal dignity. There was only re- membr,r3e," said the girl, bravely, but with pile face. " And, as I have said, side when they obstructed the 1 1 shall certainly put her on her guard." " lou mean you will adopt the role of mischief-maker.'^ "I mveta that I shall tell her what I .saw." Mrs. Dundas turned, and looked at her with calm questioning in her eyes. " But do you n-ally think you saw it?" she aaked. pleasantly. "Don't you rather think that those tricksy moon- iM'aina ch«ale<l you? If I w^re you. I should lie inclined to that belief; and yet, with that doubt on your mindâ€"" " Doubt !" interrupted Constantia, with wrathful protest. Could daring further go? " Strong doubt. You will, then, take this canard to Lady Varley, and im- bilter her life with a tale in which you yourself have not much faith. And even looking at it as its vorst, what waa it save a vague indiscretion?" " You treat the matter very lightly, but I do not. She is unhappv enough aa . , , ; it ia, and I will not sit quietly by and be proof against her cousin a mockery â-  see her made more so." You are enigmatical, my prftty I "You say that? And yet it ia now sphinx," said Donna, with a plight laugh â- â€¢ You an; evidently full of pur- pose, and therefore, no doubt, amusing. Come, you ohall ilisclose yourself to me. The Ijaby U aa well asâ€" the baby is ever likely to lie. Better, therefore, take advantage of my ponies and re- turn with me, and give meâ€" I)e8ide8 you would choose, to waken suspicion in her breast. Vou would create an af- fairt' lietween me and Varley just when her child lies dyingâ€" when her heart is smitten. I saw her, she is torn with suppressed fear and emotion. You are true woman, my pretty Constantia. the inestimable pleasure of your soc â€"your secret. You are big with it ; irtes I Y„n lave an imbroglio." lety I " You wrong me when vou aay that. can see that. Come, yourself to me." • I will go back with you if you will. It is as good an opportunity as anoth- er," said Constantia, aiiil coldly. .She turned and walked down the steps after her cousin, who swept on before with a little laugh. '• You would make your fortune upon the sla^e.^' she waa saying. " It is a sin to .vaste such force upon the birds, the trees, tlie cabliages. If I had you in town f )r a season, why', you would make a firore, and have all the gilded youth of the empire at your feet. If in." She turno<l to the groom at the |)oniea' heads. " Walk home, Smith- aon," she aaid. and touched up the poniea, and waa well up the sweet- smelling lime avenue l)efore Constan- tia qui* > knew in what words she was going to clothe the speech she was ent on making. She ha<i argued out the matter with herself, early and late, for all the days succeeding that scene in the garden between her cousin and Lord Varley that she ha<l witnessed, during which time she had absented herself from Donna's presence ; and had at lost decided that she would tell I her what she had seen, and compel her [ to desist from further interference \ with the happiness of Laily Varley. i " Well." aaid Mrs. Dundaa, glancing , at her with a rather araused regard , from under her long lushes, whilst the ponies flew swiftly through the scent- , ed air. '• why don't you siK".ak I Coma, i out with it. " It is evidently something ' too ,fr('at for that youthful frame of yours to hold." \ •' Ll8t<!n, then I" said Constantia, an- gered by her air of suppressed amuse- , ment. She grew very pale, and then, all at once, she tixik courage in her hamts and spoke out. When she drew near to the end of her story her pal- lor, left her, and when she told, with strong girlish hesitation, of that last act in her dramaâ€" that disgraceful car- essâ€"her breath CJime quickly, and a hot blush of bhaine mantled on her cheeks. But she bore it all in her loy- alty to her friend, and in her desire to ableld her from growing trouble. " Yea " said Dtmna, rnterrogatively, one I Do you think it doesn't hurt me toâ€" now, surrender i (o accuse you, my cousin^ of so hor- I rible a thing, and yet how can I be silent when such things are ?" I " I, then, am to tje tne victim. You ; sacrifice me." said Mrs. Dundas, gayly. "So l)e it. I shall deck myself for the altar. It ia something to my lacerated ! feelings to know that you feel regret I aa you bind the cords. You are stern 'Justice ilaelf. a veritable Brutua in 'Iielticoats. All for virtue, and the world well lost, is your motto; a cold one and insufficient, as you will learn in lime. Well, go to your Saint Yo lande, and tell her of Varley's treach ""in your take the consequences " Have you no conscience ?" aaid Con- stantia. very pale. " Will you not rromiae me lo abstain for the future româ€" fromâ€" " She heaitated. and blush- ed warmly all through her clear skin, not knowing how to proceed. Well, go on ^ fromâ€" from ?" There you encoiraged yourself a little that ^ j ,^^, ^^^ ^^ ^j . V". ?' y"',. "'^f* a <*»«'«« i?''* w^M «teT, ' high-flown tragical style, aud-ta It IS dlflicult to name it. Well step | cnHnouenceB " "Why can not you lie content with your lovely home â€" with your hus- band ?" said Constantia, sorrowfully. Mrs. Dundas regarded her with a large amazement. "It is true," she aaid at laat. " You are the oldest fashioned i)erson I ever met I 'To be content with Mr. Dundaa would take a larger or a smaller mind than mine. He is, I admit, admirable. It would be imposaible to put a finger on a sjiet-k anywhere, except, perhaps, the extraordinary size of his ears and his feet, and his regard for hia coffers ; but, au fond, he ia very wellâ€" very well indeed. And yet â€" there haa been such a thing as a glance behind one, even when one has been married to the liest man in the world." •• Was your glance for Vorley 1" " Would you be better pleased if I aaid it waa for F«»atherston I" " It st'aroely matters," said Constan- tia, in a low, vehement tone, touched with passion; "the one great consider- ation IS. that it lie a glance, not glances. Give up this unworthy part. Donna. I entreat you. for the sake, not of Lady Varley, but of yourself. You are our couain. Your dishonor muat touch us. It is horrible to me." •• Your nobles have come to nine- pences," said Mrs. Dundaa, with a gay laugh. " Your concern, after all, on your own showing, is only selfishness. You dnmd an escTandre liecause it will drag you into its whirlpool. Well, be happy ; there will be no esclandre where I am concerned. And aa for your Saint Yolande â€" pouf I It is not 1 who shall maice her tinbappy. ' •• You promise that ?" said Constan- tia. eagerly, leaning forward so aa to see her face. •' No. I shall not be the ona," said Mrs. Dundaa, smiling blandly into the girl's earnest eyes. CHAPTER XVIII. She left Constantia at the gate of 'The Cottage, and drove on. She was feeling a litle amuaed, a little annoyed. No. she c4!rtainly would not be the one to make Lady \ arley unhappy. It would, of course, be Varley. If Varley had been aoraelxidy else's husband, her flirtation with him would not have caused Con- atantia's saint a pang ; therefore, of course, the fault would lie with Varley. Why waa he her hoabandf Why had he been so very impoasible that time in Italy? He haid left her in anabaurd anger becauae she choae to accept a • "SCIPLININ* SISTER BROWN." Shet up dat noise, you chileu I Dar's some one at de do'. Drll« out dem dogs ; you 'Rastus, tek Linkum off de flo'I Dea ma'cb yo'se'f right in. aahl (Jane, tak dem aahea out ! Dla house look lak ur hog-pen ; you M'randy, jump erliout 1) W'y bress my soul, hits Efrumâ€" w'y Efrum, how you do? An' Temple an" de chillen? I hopes dey'a all well too. Hyuh. M'randy. bresh dat stool off; now, Efrun, des sot down, Wut's de news f'mn off de Ridge an' wut's de news in town ? Now doan' you t'ink dem niggahs bed Susan fo' de chu'ch 'Bout dawncin' at de pa'tyâ€" dey call dat sinnin' much. Dey up an' call ur meeting tur 'scipllne Sistoh Brown, . But de night dey hoi' de meetin' she tuk herse'f ter town. Dey aont de Bo'd ob Deacons, de pabst- or at de head, Ter wait upon de sistah an' pray wid her, dey said. But Susan mighty slubbo'n, an' wen dey lif ur pra'r. She up an' tell de deacons she des wa'n't g>vine ter cyar. Mr Ollrcr nuwsi iin:;<'.o<i »iili KI<lH^r TroMiitt*. The news has been flashed across the wires from the old country that Sir Oliver Mowat, who is there seeking medical advice. Is a victim of kidney dis- ease. His friends say that the case ia not as alarming as the press report* have stated. But there seems to bo no disguising the fact, that with Ontario'a Premier, as thousands of others, kid- ney disease has seized the system. It U laying waste the lives of our best peo- ple In all parts of the Dominion. And yet those who have learned to use South American Kidney Cure are finding in it a remedy far surpassing a sea voyage, or even the skill of England's greatest physicians. It Is a kid- ney specific, nut a cure-all, but as a specialist in this particular it gives relief within six hours after the first dose, and renewed health to all who use it. Sold by W. £. Richardson. A man named Gal lias left Paris with his wife, trundling her in a wheelbar- row, intending to thus wheel her around the world. He got as far as Croatia, and they wet* there attacked by wolvea. The wife was so injure*! that she died. The widower haa returned to Paris.and is looking for another wife. UKART 1)KSKA.S1C .SlRlKlvS Al.l. I'LASSKS. DOWN was malicious mirth in Mrs. Dundas's eyes, as she marked the other's discom- fiture. " What I can't you finish the enigmatical sentence ? You are too pretty lo be a diplomatiste. Give it up, 1 a<lvi8e you, and think only of how liest lo arrange for yourself, and so get the salt of life." " Answer me," said Constantia. " But how, then ? Was there a ques- I ion ? I am not a t hought-rt^ailer, my deare.sl Con. You say ' Promise me for the future to alistain fromâ€"' and there you slop. From what, then ? Baccarat, loo, champagne, cigarettua?" "From Lord Varley," aaid Constan- tia, ill a low tone. She felt terrible shame as she said it, and her brow flushed crimson, her eyes filled with tears; she kept them fixed steadily on the white wolf's skin that covered her knees. "You are married, ho is mar- ried, so is sheâ€" and then there is Mr. DiiniliLs. It seems to me so dreadful a ihin^â€" and she, trusting, lielievingâ€" " She paused, hoping for soinoaympath- flic answer, but the moments went post and Donna said nothing ; she kept, in- ileed, singularly silent. Constantia, raising her eyes anxiously at last to see if this silence meant cohlrition, found Mrs. Dundas lost in one of her odd agonies of dumb laughter. She pull- An' wen de Reb'ren' Pa'son prayed aliout ur "sheep wua loo'," An' 'lx>ut "de po liac'slidah." she gin her head ur toss 1 I seed de debbil raisin' in de white ob Suaana' eyeaâ€" Fyear abe blow dat deaoon-lio'd ter "mansions in do akiea." Idea tuk down my liawnjer an' den I gins an' plays: "Come dy fount ob ebbery bleaaln', chund my ha't ter sing dy praise." De pa'son an' de deacons, dey jined me footy soon; Dat liawnler ahuk Itae'f ur-play- In^ ob de cuune I An' wen' dey moa' was shoutln'. I tight- ened up ur string, Drapped ri^ht inter "Money Musk" an' gin did chune full awing. De ••Debbll'a Dream" come arterâ€" de debbil wua ter nay. The Basentlal Matter Is lo bo Prcpar ed for any Emergency. It is painful to pick up the daily papers and observe how people of all classes are beinu stricken down with heart disease ana apoplexy. One day it is the farmer in the field, again the labourer carrying his hod or. as this week a prominent architect in Ottawa. Perhaps it is not too strong a state- ment, that 80 per cent, of the people of Canada are afflicted with heart dis- ease to some degree. What a blessing it Is then, that there exists a medicine like Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart which is so quick in producing relief. Instantly the patient obtains that ease that is so longed for when the heart is afflicted. There is absolutely nu case of heart disease that It will not help, and with few exceptions, will produce a radical cure. Sold by W. E. Richardson. I pearl or two from a little grimacing Dem nlggahs fell ter pattin'â€" I larf mos' â-  - ebliery day I Deacon Jones got on his feet, de pa'son pulled him down; I played ur little faatah. an' sho'a my name am Brown. prince, who was as ugly as- a monkey, and with all the a'lrs of a -dancing- master. Pahawl If one had a apark of juatlce in one, it might l>e seen that be waa the one in fault. At her own gates she met him. He was just coming out, and. in fact. ' threw them open for her with an eager De iia'son an' de deaoona jmed ban's glance and a audden smile, as if doing right on dia flo', some service for his sovereign. Su'cled right an' au'cled lefâ€" it sutny "What, you beret" cried she gayly. waa ur abow. "And I have just come from Araglin; cross purposes, my lord." She used to Dey naded up an' down de flo' an' we'n SCOLDED THE QUEEN. Queen Margberita, of Italy, was rid- ing on her bicycle lately in the part of the park of Monza from which the public is excluded, when ahe waa stop- ped by a carbineer, scolded for trespas- sing, and then asked to give her name. The same day she sent the man her photograph and one of the ten-frano pieoea bearing her effigy by the side of King Humbert's that ne might recog- nize her in future. call bim thus sometlmea. In an adora- bly jeating little tone, that delighted him and made hia pulses throb. Was ho indeed her lord? "Cross purposes all through," she went on, Ihmkingof Ccmstantia's dialrilKiS against her be- havior. She lifted her shoulders at I lie remembrance, and laughed a lit- tle at the pretty fool's belief in her fu- ture honesty of purpose. "1 met Constan- tia." she said: she was brusque, ter- rible, abominable to me." She laughed lightly, and pulled her lace skirts as- ide. "Jump in," she said, still laugh- ing, "and let me give you your lea. 1 will tell you all about it when wo ore iHitween four walla." Tea was served in her boudoir, a de- licate little apartment, all of bronze and silver coloring, and sweet with the dying breaths of trail white pinks and lily of the valley. She flung from her iK.r wrapa and wide fwithered hat, (ind Varley, who was seated on a low chair near her, drew off with linger- ing core her long tan-colored glovfcs. An hit come ter swing, De pa'son gin hiaae'f a tllrt an' cut the pidginrwing I w'en urfo' de meetin' dat 'mittoe med ita 'po't 'Bout Sistah Susan's dawncin', dey cut It mighty sho't. De chyuhsman. Mr. Pa'son. said in tones ao mil' an' sweet, Sistah Brown wa'n't guil.y. caze- ahe nebloer crossed her feet I A SAFEGUARD. "I haven't bad any peace of mind at all." said Mr. Lushly, "since my wife got the bicycle craze." "She wants to ride, does she?" "No. She w.ants me lo ride. .She Bays she believes that a man who is out at night is aa safe if he'a confront- ed with the responsibility of getting a bicycle back home aa he is if he has sign- ed the pledge." TOOK IT FOR A TIP. The lighthouses in England are per- iodloally viiuted by th^ Inspecting cA- fleers of the Trinity House Brethren, whose function "is to see that everything is In proper order. On one occasion, while examining the me4-/hanism of tbel monster revolving lamp >ielonglng to a lighthouse, one of the gcntlwmen, wish- ing tt> see how many seconds would elapse In oompletlug a revolution/ took a half crown piece from his pock- et and placed it on the revolving frame- work. Watoh in hand, he iwitiently waite.<l for the coin to come around again to where he was standing, but no half crown appearexl. The seconds length- ened into minutesâ€" still no half crown!" "Strange!" he exclaimed. "What can lie the meaning of It?" In order to ascertain the cause of the slrangt' phenomenon, he walkr((l ar- ound lo the other side of the lamp, and, in doing ao, encountered one of the lighthouseanen, who touched hi!< h.it and said "Thank you. sir," in an undep- Wne. The man, sieeing the coin coming tot- ward him. had pocketed it. thinking it WBS meant for a tlpl •