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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE nied loner t^aid, from â- r was C HAPTER XX.-(ConUnued.) "But i( U only good-bye for the r w- in«nt; you have suid you will iiot go cway." said shf. slipping ber fins i^rs trustfully into his. Sh» seemed i .nx- ioujs, fearful. If he went, a good fr iend %vould go from her. and some ins linc- tiv© (eelioR tliat he would be here in their little community or later awoke in her breast. "Of course I shall stay, 1 havej given you my word. And w hy should 1 run away V I am no coward," he J Tery bravely. Then lie parted hex and turning a leafy c coon out of sight. j He walked on heavily, hardljl know- Ing why it was that his heart I was so dull within him. He knew he was no longer the possessor of even iji faint- ing ho|;>e such as had sustained him for many weeks, but as yet / he could only think of her, how she ht ,d looked, what she had said. / She had not returned his (/;aze when he was going. Kather, her eyes had •ought the ground as if in i egret and •orrow. Ho was glad of tl.ose signs of gentle grief; they told h'im that at lea*t she bad felt for liiny.. It was a great kindness in her that Uhe had thus •hrunk from meeting h is parting gUm-e. She knew there v.ould Ite des- pair in it. It was a war/m and honest heait that lay in her sv'veet bosomâ€" a heart that had .suffered a little for the poor wretch it had been obliged to con- demn. There was, too, some melan^-holy sat- Ufaction fur him in t)ie thought that he had lx)rnt' his defejil with consider- able spirit. He had, to support him, the assuran^^c that bf: bad quitted her presence with a calm liearing â€" not as one crushed or humiliated. Why. in- deed, should his rejection by such a kindly creature cause humiliation of any sort t Is a man lowered because ont^ woman out of the whole universe does not find huu exactly to her taste? No. it was foolish, and yet he could not help feeling glad that be had left her carrying with him so undaunted an eiterior. This inward ({ratification sustained him until a luiv. of the road, on which he now found him.self, revealed to him the somewhat jironounced features of Garrett ll-irry. He *!jirted slightly, M one might who was suddenly roused from an engr'j.>-siiig train of thoughi, and stood still in the middle of the road. This wa.s nutliing, however, a.s Harry was walking with such velocity that as he turned tlie corner the two men came t<i ii stand almost br<'asl to breast. Hitherto .Mr. Slronge had lielieved himself to he as calm outwardly as any one could dejire. With Hjirry lay the, pleasure of undeceiving him. The first sbcx-k of th" eiic<junter al an end, H^irry regarded liim with ii .searchiii); gaze. "1 say, iinylhinjf wrong with you, old man I" (uskexl tlia,t youth, with ap- parently deep concern, peering into his laiv. "Vou look as if you had got a twist somewliere." "So i liave," Miid SIronge, with some presence of mind. "It's â€" er â€" tooth- ache." "No, now! .\nd is it that, that's the matter with you/" tuiiil the Limerick num. with a curious twinkle in his eye. "Kaith, it's a l«iil j;>b, by the hxik of There can't be aiiylbinK much you. tootbachi pruuhalde, an.I his cook was excellent. After dinner there would be a game of Nap or (so-called () limited loo, that very seldom, however, knew any limit by 'the time the small hours Viegan. However, as it commenced decorously, it was allowed to hold its good char- acter all through; and it was found to Ix" well to iie able always to prefix the word limited io it when talking of the nights at Harry's housa to one's wife. Nearly everybody was present, and as midnight was upon them, jusl now the limit hail been waved aside. Sironge. however, was absent ; he had gone to Kngland, where some one belonging to him lay at the point of death, and his name having fallen lightly upon the conversation going on in a desultory fashion round the card-table, O'Grady, who had taken a fancy to him, said a iwnegyric word or two alMut him. "Yes, he is quite all right ; he is really astonishing," said Featberston, ill his slow drawl. "There isn't a fla\v 'n him l.'arring his birth." 'Ah, that's where the screw is loose, I hear," stiid Twining, with a little af- fected shrug of his capacious shoul- ders. He was the major of the line regiment stationed in the next town. His own father was an eminent soap- lx>iler in the North of England, so that naturally he was very hard on the want of proper breeding, when with those who knew nothing of his antecedents. "His mother was a Jewess, 1 hear," h« went on, with quite an astonishing display of disgust. "His father was an Irishman, and â€" erâ€" lieg pardon, Bar- ry, I'msure," withan apologetic laugh; "No offense meant." He >ihrugged his shoulders again in that exquisitely- graceful foreign way he ha<l learned in his fortnight's sojourn at Houlogne. "Where would it come in, I'd like to know f asked Barry, with a slight loucli of contempt. He evidently held the major in sure contempt, but let him down easy liecause of his In-ing a guest. "His pappy a Paddy ; his mammy a J»w ! What a femarkalile combina- tion !" said Varley. He had l>een Wis- ing pretty steadily, but this only serv- ed to send his spirits up. "By Jove, one should look lor a startling result in a union of that sort." "I don't think Stronge could Ix- call- ed exactly startling," said Keatiierstoii. meditatively. He. said very little yet he. conveyed to every one the impres- »ion tlMl he considered Stronge hardly worth an argument. "I kn^w the grandfather on the mo- ther's side, and he wasn't half a l>ad old cliap," said some one. ".<« did 1," said Varley, with a gay laugh. "In the old days." "bickens a bit I'd doubt you!" said Hurry, with a genial grin, giving him "Her monish tight u|K>n Barry's paniauy impassioned s|)ee<!h as nit her a good joke. Mr. Dundas, who was not at the card table, Ijut who was playinrf a game of billiards with ons of the neighboring squires, lo<>ked up sudden^v. " 1 am oi your way oi" thinking," he said to Barry in his uuiel way, that somehow silenced tne youngsters. "There is only this differciiL'e be- tween us: you have hoi)e, 1 have none." He ailudetl to bis unhappy land; but Varley glanced at hini with a curious light in his eyes, and then suddenly bioke into a low, secret laugli. " 1 would have hope," declared Barry, holly, " had England, who should Ix- our mainstay, any sympathy with us; l>ut in reality she has none. .She blusters considerably alx>ut the disintegration of the einiiire, and the insult to the queen, and the loss of her own per- sonal dignity ; but honest regard for the loyal sui)jects in this miserable is- land there is none. I lived long en- ough in England to learn that." " You lived there I" asked Twining, with some surprise. "For two long years," replied Barry, with an unconscious stress upon the adjective. "No doubt, considering the vast pos- .sibilities for sensational changes here, you found it slow," said Twining, who was nettled by the other's tone. "Well, 'twas a trial, I don't deny that," said Barry, coolly, twisting and lighting a cigarette, " but I learned the ropes pretty soon, and learned, too, to endure it. I'm a happy-go-lucky sort of fellow when ail is told, and 1 squared the slowne&s in no time. But I don't conceal it from you," with a comical ^lanw, " that 1 felt it was a merciful interposition of Providence that induc- ed my uncle to die and leave me a pnipefty that restored me to Irish soil once more." " My <lear fellow, you ought to lie a leader of the Irish cre,w instead of a l<K)ker-on never touches anything, even ii pri- vate ! Eh, Featherslon f" " Never," replied Featherston, in his careful drawl. Barry has fbced his eyeji on hiin in a somewhat deterujined way, and presently he. felt the gaze, and fell also comi)elle.d to return it. By ile/ree,s bis nonchalant air desert- ed him. and his color changed. " Ne%'er," ha said again ; but the stem virtue of his former tone was absent now. O'Urady regarded him curiously. ('To Be Continued.) WOMEN WHO SMOKE. Not so long ago it was considered a risky and frisky thing for a woman to smoke a cigarette in the seclusion of the family clrela, but to-day well- brought-up married ladies, without the least approach to fastness in behavior, smoke their three or four cigarettes a day, with the approval of their hus- liands, and in t^e i)resenc3 of their ser- vants. The ladies in Russian Eociety, one and all, smoke cigaretlos as a AT THE FORBIDDEH CITY AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMP2R0S OF CHINA. The l-lr«l I'.,riiial U<'<-<-till»ii of «!ir »!• |>:<iiiialir 4 or|i<t !iy llic Urlxulug I'olcn- fan--* 4'iirli>u<. ami liilei-e»lln!: tere- Miunyâ€" The .srciir in the I'ularr Uurin.^ Itar Oremiinr. After the present Emperor ascended the throne of China, his Government yielded the jxiint and agreed to receive the diplomatic corps in the same manner that thL^y are rec.'ivel by the sovereigiM of Euiojie. The firs:^ ceremony of this kind, which took plac:" on March 5, 1891. was an event in Chinese history. The nic-mlx-rs of the several legations arriv:- ed at B'u Hun, or East Flower galetcf th.? forUdden city, at 10 o'clock on that morning in s^dau chairs, each escorted by two mounted officers of the imperial , . ^ , . , guards. They were there met by the matter of course, in private and m pub- 1 „. „, t u .^ i- i- ..v,~ *^ '^ |mf-mbers of the Tsung U Yamen, who conducted them to the Shih YungKung. bea meats. lie. - I . At an afternoon call in St. Petersburg, . ,, . , , . , . at 3 o'clock in the day, a Russian lady ^"^ ""^^^^ o the great river god, wl offers a cigarette-case and a matchbox '^-\ ^^"f "^^'^'-ed tea and sweetmea in the most natural manner to her vU- ^° ''""'• ^^'^^ t''*-^ ^^"« escorted to th» itors, and without any demur cigarettes i""^"""^ ^"' ""â-  r«<^^Pi'on hall, a are accepted and smoked. In tne prin- I *^«=dsome bualding profusely decorated cipal Rusislan hotels the ladles smoke their cigarette after dinner in the pres- ence of the assembled company, even to a burning end on the point of a penknife. In London such a custom would not lie allowed and a fair smoker would be at "i'o see'most of""lhrgam'c on^e requested not to smoke worse in tlie world than the you've got." "A toolliache is always a liad thing," replied .Stronge, stiffly. "Incurable, unless you get the tooth out." "That's easier said than done." "In your case, do you meaiif" Barry, who, iLH a rule, was a kind-hearted young iii.'in here laughed aloud in an almost fiendish joy. "If that's the way with you," said he, still laughing, "I'd advise you to go home and cut your thnuit, for there is no cure known lor your dis<'a.v." "Diiiea.se! I've told you it is the tooth nclje," said SIronge, indignanl ly, nol.j liking his laugh or his fixed g.aze, "Well, just M«." lb', nodded to hit and Went on a step or two. 'Then rtopiM-d, anil ItKiked buck at Jiini over I shoulder. 'Kven If you had that tool'h out." 1m- saidt "I douitt if you woifld feel much Ix'tter." He continued his way after thai, Ptronge wiis once more left to his r4>mmunings. II sc<'iiied to him tluit Iturry had guess<'d his si And, indeed, no doubt hit had, jea and unrequited love having shuriycned ttuU young man's wits. Soilly, slowly Jsirnnge walked <iii(ivard alive, indeed, to the kiKiwIcdgc i/lial a great ill hail U-fallen him, but iiardly realizing In its fullest the extent/ of it. Not until tie had reached bis hoi/ie and entered Die hall, and wandered yistless- ly into the Imge drawing-room /nn tin- right-hand side of it, did he quytc coiii- iirelmnd how coiiipletely life for him luwl iK^-n bereft of^ its flavor. Here, in this Inrgi" exquisitely fur niiilMMl rere|itioii-ri>oin, whet/i- in his iiappy iiiusiiiK^ he had si-en/bcr wel- coming her guests; and theye, in the pretty ini>rnlng-r<Miiii IwyoniLwlu-re he, |)erchani'e, and she alone, iidght have sat in pleasant c<mver.si' ; ivnii in the dpinly ot'lagoii nest up-stairs, all gray anu «ilver, t.bat her swei^t. presence might have graced ; he h.V(l pictured her to liims"li a Ihou.sand limes as wan- dering Ihroiigh all t ^u^He riioiiis, tbi'ir mistress, his queen I And such iinag- iningN had U'cn very :v>vi'el to him. Hut now he must dasn his brush Hcniss all his picluri'M, leavinic the canvas blank us his own h<«art I fnd Mvn llOW 'ret. |:iusy CHAPTER XXI. "He ia a very nice , fellow, at all •Vflnis â€" thiirnughly o nexccptioiiiible." â- aid O'Urady, liKiking u ii from his cards for a moment, lie adilreHsed his host, who niKlded in iu'qui<'< .cence, if rather coldly. Barry was giving one of his 111 I In dinners â€" luiclielor en lerlninmenls that wej'e seldom dei-linei i by the men in tho c<mntry round. His wine, left to hUn with llm pro|H'r ly by one of the gr»ile«t connolsseurh. m tliat line Unl oi« time knew, was, niilurally, irrn- a poke unawares just then/" 'Wrong, my trusty friend! 1 h;ul no dealings with him in that way; but I Ix-lieve he let in Slronge's father for a giKxt deal, and only loosened his grip on him when he ha<l promised lo marry his girl. Old .'''ironge caught in the toils, did marry tier. There is noth- ing like honorâ€" when you are stuck for it! .So runs the tale; and the .Stronge we know is the upshot of the transiu-tion." "Poor devil !" .sjiid Barry. "Whi.m are you pitying, I!i;rry ?" asked Major Twining; "your compa- Irio, â€" by the one side, at all events â€" .Strong!-, ell I" 'His f.'tlher. I pity any fellow you could ujime who was Uiund lo marry the girl he didn't love. Flat isuda would U- nothing to it." 'Your an IrlMiman, you se<-, Barry. And you therefore count the world Well lost for that aii'-ieut humbug culled love." 'W.)!l, I do!" said Barry, stoutly. He thought of Constant ui, and his heart Nwelltd within him. ".\nd why .shouldn't I I" he mid. 'And why should you English sneer at Irebiiid t There's bail in it, as all we landlords knoTv to our c<isl ; but lher>i is good. tiHi. Knnugh lo make all of you on th- other sitli- ot the water deeply grate- ful to us. Who has given you your i.nlv gt-neralâ€" " iMneral llurrettâ€" lie Irish at all ri'^s," said Varley, gayiv. ;'Uy all nie.'ins, my cU-ar fellow, if ycu think it .sounds iK-tler," said llar- i; . with undiminished good-humor. â- )Who gave you your only '^iiieral.' I'hen." he went on, returning his atten- /i ion to Twining â€" "as you yourselves â- .'iave styled him? Who' gave you your Indian viceroy? Is (ii-iieral Roberts nothing to you f Faith," crieil Harry, throwing up his head, 'it strikes lue you would lie in a blue fix over there in your native land wit hoi. t a few Irish brains li> stiffen you now and again, s i unrl pull Jim together." * 'Hah!" said Twining, with a kind of r-nort that in>-.'iiit deluin<-e. He %vhs angry, liut could think of nothing suf- ficiently lirilli;iiit lo crush his antag- onist. Ill- c;inie of a slow race. Soap, Ihou.'/h a cleanly thing, is not suggestive of i-liMiuen.-c. Vail<-y, who had lia.il a good deal of th" defun-l proiuietor's old wine, laugh'd aloud. " riiiri- is a giKid deal tif lr»lh in what you .say, liarretl," ln^ said gayly, flinging- an I <) I into the |kkiI. '"We uri' a lia|ipy family, we are, wci are.' Hui whin enumerating our celcbrilies, you miglil have, given a little pliu-e to our prince of dipluiiialists, imr dearâ€"" ".Naim- him not 1" cried Barry, tra- gically, "rrailor! I'suiei ! Ha.-^- ri- i-eiver of a starving nation's pence ! A la laulerne !' would tie my cry for such as he, could it do any good. The IH-asants lie dying of starvation on llie roiil-side anil in the gutters, wliilsi In- revels in the thousands wrung from Ih.-ir bi-arls' bliKul." ' Well done, Harry, that last Is far Ix-lter tluui the orlhixiox 'sweat of their brow,'" Kiid Vjulev with a niis- ilin-viius laugh. " .\nil, inilecil, these ili-iir iK'u.-aiitti de.siTve our liesi consid- i-raiion. Wl«-ii one conieH to think of the boycoltijig, the playful luisii.ssiii- ulioiis, the merry niniining of the dumb Ih'hsIs around us, one fwls one's heart quite worm ttwtird our gentle abori- gines." " 1 hnve confessed lo the liodness, you know," said Barry. " I have not if.-n- ied Unit, wlM-n 1 siMike of the giK)d ; and you will at least lulniit that the low- er classes would still l» a niilil and light-hearted T(U-e in spite of their grinding iK>verty, ay, and si loyal-hi-art- e<l jH-ople, too, were it not for the ilia- liolical ag«-nci«-,s that strivo every nmv iiiiil then to stir up the mud of H^^di- lion." " Hravo, Harry, go it !" cried two or thive junior memU-is of the regiment commandeil by Twilling. They wer<- all (â- ;n,j;lishiiian, .ind con.sequenlly looked .\mericau ladies appear, from all that is said, to bj tjoluj^ side Dy side with isn't 'always everything. The excite- ment is lacking, for one |>art, and then there is the gilded reconapense." " 'Tis a land in a thousand," said Varley. " Mi-st patriots get lieggary for their |iains iind live to rot in garrets. but in this ixx>r, down-trodden land they think nothing of getting, every now and then, thirty thousand (Hiunds or w) as a g> nlle encouragement to go on and prosjier. When the drama has drawn to a dose, the principle mover in it can re' ire on his laurels and his thou.sands and live happy ever after in j virtuous Louisiana." I " 'Tis a burning shame." Barry was ; lieginning with all the. air of the one who was alx'Ul to hold forth for an hour or so, when Varley, who detest- ed iwilitical discussions, broke into the convi-rNition. I ' I hear yoii have changed the name i of jour j)la«-e. ILirry," he said. "Well, y«-s. Belleisle. the old man cilled it. There's a name for an Irish ! home ! I've rechrislened it, however, j and succeeded in waking ii partly de- ! cent. Shanakill, now I What d'ye think of (hat I Sounds a deal pleasanter, eh • Whai's your glass dry for, Varley .' Whai d'ye mean by it I Well, and don't ! you all agree wilb me that .Shanakill is the Ijetter name of th*- two, eh f" " Where on earth did you get it I" asked O'tiradj, who was amused. " Inspiration, sir, and a touch of na- tural talent. Vou forget. |>erha|)s, 1 hut I'm on?- of the Harrys of ik-rrygra.w ho never yet were known to lie without an iih-a on anj sul>j«H-t under the sun." "Never beard of them," said Twin- ing, with a smirk. "No? Really now? Never heard of the Harrys of l)<-rrygra I I'm sorry for you. 1 1 argues uncomuion Uully for you. Ii-t me tell you ; and shows what a |ioor foot ing you have mode in decent «oi-iety." He )augh«-d ("» gayly that no one could ai-ci-pt thi speech as offensive, but lo Twining, who was of such question- able iMiieutage, the words were ol>- jectionuble. Every IkmIj- laughed with Barry, liow«-ver. .so he could liarilly do otherwise, Varley, who had Ikh-u very fi.ssiiluc'us in bis attentions to the chamjiagne on the small talile at his <-I1k)W. gave way lo uproarious mirth. "'Dai-ent,' Unrret." he cried "Why , imitaie the hated .Sust^-nuch ,' Let us | great degree in smart society. v.iih gilded coverings and ornamented with gay colors. Tho hill is approach- ed by eight marble steps, vshich lead to a broad marble terrace. Around thia terrace is a balustrade, supported by pillars of ULirble, pure white and beauti- fully engraved. The Emperor arrived about the same time in his chair, whi.-h was covered out- thelr English siaieisâ€" some smokmg con 1 side and in with yellow silk, the official amore, oiners lor the tun ot the ining. j button on top being gold Instead of sU- Siill a is apparent lo all in society that ; ver, and the ends ot the bearing poles smoking among ladies is uumenseiy on \ being elaborately carved and capped, the increase. Husbands, nien iriends, ' with gilded dragons. Tho dean oi the and even brothers say uutnmg against ! diplomatic corps, escorted by memliers the practice, and, oftener than not, en- of the Foreign Office, was conducted in- courage it, uuless e.vtravagaul iudul- i to the hall, th? sides of the approach to geucc is tne resuU; then toey put a Ith- steps, the steps themselves, and the Umit to the numlie:' of cigareiies lo be terrace being crowded with eunuchs em- smoked by the wife dunug th3 day, if ployed in th^ palac-, and civil and milit- she has not sufficient streugtn of mind ;ary otii-ers whoje rank did no; entitle to do so for herself, and, indeed, most iihem to enter the presence ot the Em- lady smokers make a point of limiting I p.-ror. Each member ot tlK' dipiomaius themselves to turee cigarettes a diiy ou corps was given a s.-parat«s audieme by th- Emp.'ro;-, wl.o was seai-d upon A MARBLE THRONE. As they crossed thtt threshold they liow- ed, advanced three oi four puces and lo.ved again, then advaiuvd to a (loint lictween the two dragon pillars. ^»uere a third stop and lx»v was made. Tber» a foreign corpt-t covered the f lo^ir oi" the an average Ladies in these days are nurtured in an atmosphere of tubucco smoke; how can it be otherwise than that they should acquire a taste for it ; In a milder form, it is true, than that of the PHX! or cigar, which their male rela- tives so keenly enjoy, but in that of the dainty cigarette. The days have gone , ., - .-• , , . , by when the smell of tobacco smoke H''''"''!;^; "''•y/.' «•'* ^^^t '»"-tv ^f** made a woman faint. Among a lew . ^*«}l- ^''r«- ^^ei^^ of steps ascended married ladies an antipathy Z it does "» the platform oaj m i.ho middle and still exist, and these ladi.-s, it must be I °P1". "' ,*"^;" •'°?' , ,,. . . confessed make their husbands father ' Ih- AmUssiulors and Mimsters stop- uncomfortibls, with their restrictions , I'"** »''""' '*y.'^''^« f'*if'""!»i'>* •'•â- "Pe'^- agalnst smoking here and smoking there ] "^ .« b-fe th-.-y made th -ir siieuvhea. and render them a little envioa* of the < >vhi 'h >yas translated by an inierpeter freedom enjoyed by other men in this '"'".^P't"'*'- ^»'J'> '^en advanceu and respect, whose wives are not so sensi- ! n?.»"'"<l 't"'"u* ." i '"'"'•'I'n^-c "> I"""* livrto this pungent scent. t^^'°?- «ho h:ul Ixi-n standing on tho It mav U-. th^ encouragement men '*â- '' »' '^^V i-'"!'*''""'-- Taking tne i«per« give to the ladies of their iamil.es and ?••, a-^V'nd.-d tu<' st;-ps approached the to their charming friends to smoke bv 't'''** '" f^cnl of the hmir-ror, and laid offering on occasional cigarette has a th m uiiim it, not kn.-elmg until he bad suspicion of selfishness about it in thus , '^l'"""'''' 'h"?"- ^^";',l'-'"I'«''"<>r replied to subtly cultivating a liking fo.- what they ;'{>'' sp-eches in th» Manehu dialect after might otherwise consider olinoxious. So '^" diplomatists hud returned lo their easily flattered are women-even the l'''>'"'^'> ''"?'•â- Â« the dr.igon pillars, bi» most strong-minded among ihem-ihai ! {â- '""'"'P "V.I"' iranslat-d into t bine.s not seldom they profess an inclination '',y I rim--' t hing. senteiic- by scnteni-e. for smoking when tluv do not actually ,1'"-, V-xn from the bull was made by care for it rathur than appear churlish [Y"""'^' l^^^ward, with bowa at three or prim in the eyes of the sterner sex. , '''"J||**- .. , ,, ,. . ,, Smoking cigarettes after dinner has i«- I ^^â- ' /"^\\'?f *'»' ^uJ'^-n^-e hall wer» come so general tuat even in the most V"*'"'"''^ "''^ inscriptions and rar- painu ortboliix and bighlv conventional fam- i '"P* "• eiiormous size. Ih- ceiling was have the g-nil broad Irish whilst we may. ' "Anything to pleas<' you, my dear Ixiy," siiid Itirry, shrugging hisshivul- ders, after .i brief glance at the flat^b- ed ciiunlenaiicw of his guest. "To ' plazi- ye,' nn you love me, Gar- rett," persisted Varley. leaning liack in Ills chair, his mirth taking a Imlf-in- solenl meaning. O'tinidy liokeil full at him. and his . lip.s lurli-d. .\ feeling of shame and dis- ' jusi mingb"! tiK)k po.s.>H-».siim of bis breast. So this was her husliand, this wine-filled, ..eering jester ! Harry, how- ever, still kept his teiuiJor. "The devil hims«-lf wouldn't ' plazc ' you, it seeni> to me," he saiii, good-hum- oredly. '"iJivil," (larrett. ' Divil." 1 entreat you," said X'arley, who hud lost hiiii- i*elf considei ably, and, indeed, hardly knew what hn was .saying. Harry made a little swift indescrilnitde movement, but tn-fore lie could say anylh.ing, O'tirady laid his hand up«»ii bis arm. "For an Irishman to quarrel with another Irislinian on aci-ount of his ac- cent, must always be a folly," he said,* tightly. " B<:t there arc greater follies still." He pn-.<wed Harry's arm, unil the young man. looking ul him, let the "frown fade from bis brow. " He is your guest," whispered O'tirady, with a grave smile. " and that chnmiiagne of vours should liear its own share of the lilaiiie." "You're right," suid Hurry, shaking his head, and following O'Urady, in-ai-e- ably, to a distant tiilile w heiv some one wa-s n-couiiling in loud iriutnpb his victory at a moral game of whist. O'tiradv <lrew a quick br«'atb of re- lief. He'haii checked in the bud what might luive iM-en a serious oulliurstâ€" .i soanilal, in fact, in which Varley would have held a princi|ml p;irt. In iiiiag- inalion be .s;iw her proud lips quiver, her face jiale, as this came home to her. and a si-ns-ilion of gladnejis. that even thus secretly he had l.«yn her chajii- uionâ€" bad thus s,ive<l her some small hurlâ€" mailo his heart warm. " Variev is very excit.able, very !" said Featherston, arUlressing him in his slow monotone. " II all cmiww of that iK-rnicious habit of imbibing stimulat- ing liquoi-s in and out of .s«sison." â- â€¢ I wonder you will admit (be jkv*- .sibilily of tlw-re Ix^ing a sejison," suid O'Clraily, with a slight smile. "There is ever with us, unbapiiilj". the sick couch," said Feat liei-slon', sol- emnly. " Hire dLseii.ses at times require violent remedies." " Is dry Monopole a violent remedy?" a.Hki«l O'tirady, smiling. "You shouldn't argue on that |ioinl with Featherston," said Barry, at the I moment ; " ho is a rigid teelolallerâ€" ilies cigarettes are" smoked at dessert |compo*i'd of wooden squ.ires on.- and in the presence oi the ladiei, who not i O"!'"''"" •"'' "> «i»'; divided by lieavy unfrequentlv smoke also. This is :nore ra(Wr-<, all gorgcoasly punt-.-d with the particularly" the case in country bou-ses, •''â- '''^'"" ''eur''-"- , lli« suppi>rtiiig col. l.ut in town the fashion is followed to a ! "'""s were of rt-d lacquer, covered with figures of gold dnigons. On the right of th." Emperor stood Priu'je Po, on the left Prince Ko. and n'ar him Prin-.v Ching. Th • ruwn was lin-d on cither si;l'« liy two rows oi high offiivrs of the imp>ri:il guards and chnnilierlains many Iving princes and. DEAD MEN'S SHOES. The reeiillnrriKliiins iiiid Beller» I'tmrrrn- in: Thrm Thai IXIsC In thr old i iluk"* of.'he imp-rial family. No .irnis World. " LVad men's shoes " is a common ex- pression, but means much in many pans of the Old World, wh".. the Ixxits of the dead are accorded much imiiort- ani-e. In Scotland, in the northern parts ot England, in Scandinavia, as well as in Hungary. Croatia und Roumania, the utmost cure is taken among the lower cla.ss;'S that each corpse is provided with a pjiir of gtKi.l shoes U-fore U-ing laid i«to the gnmnd. If the dead jK-r- .soii happens to tie a tramp and to have lieen found dead t>are-f<K>ted, there will always Ix- some charitalile soul to furnish u pair of good IkhHs for inter- ment along with the corpse-. .\ii insisvtor of police in Scotland has lieen known to purcha.se of his own ac- i\>rd a new pair of boots and to place them in the grave, reopened for the purjKise, of a murdered stranger, who had iK-en inadvertently interred bare- footed the day liefore. This pructitx-, which likewise prevails among the Tsiganes, us well as in many luirt.s of .-Vsia, Ls attxibutalile to the IK-Iicf that unless the dead are well shivil whin liuried their gho-sts come back to haunt the locality when- they bfcatlieil their last in search of a pair of IhhiIs. The sbix's are iKipularly supposeil to tx^ needed lo [lass in c«>mfort und .saf- ely the brond plains which the deparl- eil .soul must traverse liefore it can reach Paraili.se. Among some nations these plains iiiv (Uvlared lo U- i-ovcred with furzes, thorns and morass, while other nVea siiv that they consist of burning .sands. The.se jilains of suffering are )K>pularly credited with forming a .sort of aiile-i-hamVier to liell. It is for this ri-a.son that the biKits of the dead are called " hell shoes" in Norway, Sweden, Finland und Denmark, LEARN TO BOX, Loiil Wolsieley, addressing the brigade of guanis, strongly ny-ommended every s»ildier t<i l^^a^n now to Uix. Ther- was nothing, ho said, that reqiiired more pluck, and nothing so likely to bring out the fine qiialitias of an athlete. were visilil" except the swords wo.-n by th-- Emperor and the primvs. THE IMPERIAL ESCORT, lieaiing long red lacquered sjiears, with silver piints and a long tiger tail, coul4 lie s:-eu just outside the doors. They presented a picturesque appearance. On fithr-r side o! the Emperor wasa straight stem six f«s-t high, supiiorting al the top what appeared to Ix- painted imita- tions of p-at-ock tails spread out, the feathers indicating rank in China. I-i-ngthy in.si-riptions in Manchu wer* engraved up-.m a marble plintii lack of the throne. .Six immenst- incense lx>wls of old cloisonne, each guarded by an immense cloisonne dragon of great val- ue, were phuvd around the platform, while from the ceiling were 8usi>ended eight cloisonne lamps mode during the Toa Kuang dynasty. On the table in front of the Emperor, which was cov. ercd^ with yellow sjilin, embroidered with figures of <lragons, was placed the pip- ol his Majesty, a piece of carved jade and gold, the handle formed by the b-j«ly and tail of a dragon, its mouth as the tobacco Ixiwi. Within the pink walls that surrounds ed the forl>idd-n city are several templej and forty or more palacvs and other buildings, which are ivcupied us reside ences bj the EniiK-ror's immediate at> lendants and officers of the gu,>rd. They .arc all of one story and of uni- form aivhitecture, differing only in di- meiisions. Their exteriors are i«inle4 ed ih.it iieculiar white which Euroin-ans have never lieen able to imitate, and nxifeil with tiles of imi>;\rial yellow. Fu Hua or Fast Flower gate, is reached from the Tartar city liy pa.s»ing over a marble bridge, handsomely decorat.. ed and liearing several tanlets with in- «<-riptions thsit U-tokens long life, pros- iH-rity, hippiness, and oth-r liles.«iags. Inimedialely l>ef«ire the gales are ihe western gardens, hand.siuuelv laid out in tho bitfhivsl taste and skill in land- .s^-.'^p,^ an-hitecture, and surrtiunding a lake tliat covers s<'vernl acnvs. Tha nearest temple is dedu-aied to I he great river gtnl, and there the Emi>eror offers .sa<-rifiees to appease their disorderly joss, who is resiHinsible for the floods which so fn-quently devtislato the lowi- laiid.s of northern China. .VUiut the gtx>unds are Btationed thousands oCi^iH>rial gunriU. who are distinguished by Iheii- yellow tunics ami vi(det cloaks. They have a siirie.'i of uniforms, which an* eha,ngvHt at iutei* vals by the Flmjx-ror's orders. \t^^FH^.^ fitiiâ€" * ii