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I IN A TREASURE SHIP BY OWEN HALL. CHAiPTDR I. Wfr IwMl be<Mi ruifiLng for four months in the. wiitfj-s of the I'iustern Anhii)*- lagij, amd for nearly a week we had "Non«ens*, taau, you've gfol Imagination," said Tom, "that ou've got a strong t's what's th« niiilli'.r with you." I pointi'd downwards over the side. "Look ! " I s,Tld. Tom lennod over the biUwajk and , .. I i „,â„¢,„ r.*' 1 oiii letmcu over lue uiuwajn. ouur lw>en amontf the l^droiies, a gro»M> "' j^.^exl down. I Klan<-ed uivwarda at the t(k_.Ddfl with porbape as had a rrpala- g-^j^y They himg niotionlwa against tKm OH any even in that part of the th« miistji. I looked arouind. There world. '11»e group is a .onsidenil.le! ^^-^s ""<• ," ripple on the water ; we „. , , , ^, . .. , . , . J were liei-alnied. Tom stiired for a min- on«. We h:id alre;idy visittiil two trad- ing stationrt lx>loiiping to th« owners ot o»ur lirig, and en thtit evening «e found ourselves drifting ratlier than sailing between two r««niintii;-looking islands, whose peaks, rising sharp and Buii'en. separated by deep lund narrow vaJleys, Qheked with rmuxies of tropical vege- laliun, suffiiiently pruolaimed their volcanic origin. Tom Yadiann and I were seated idly tm the bulwark, our eyes wamlering laiiilyâ€" we ha<l Just finLshc<l a good su;)- utt'. or two into the^ gl issy depths with- out speaking ; then lie looked up. "Well," h» said, "it's ciueer, certain ly, rnnd I'm not sure but you may bo right. IJuit if you are, it's one of the) strangest coiui'idences 'I ever came airoisM. I've been here a dozen tijiMs, and I never hoard of anybody that had seesn it." "CJet thi'in to anchor, Tom," I said, l>re.:ithle.sKly. "What forf" he ii^ed. "Why, (U«n't you Bee wh.it a chance it is? It's a treas ore-ship." Tom loo'fed Jit mi* for a moment doubtful ly. Veil," h»' said, "it'.s aa good a pljuc iH-r-from Ibie pimple tLnts of the shore I as any^ I sulr-ix^e, and we can talk it ... , .,,. „ ,, ju. ! over »fter>va.i<la. pn.st whi,:-h we were drifting, to the jj^ ^^^^ ,^f, ^^^ ^^^^p ^^ the skip- stUl more wandej-fuil colours of I lie sea, j^^_ „.jj,, g);un<»<l round hijn ami iiou- and sky, now liatJhed in the ligh. of i ,|pd, nnl in less than five minutes morn ... . i. 1 1 _ r ».-i.H iKuin isk-l th« i-ultif* of the < ham announced that th* almost level sun. I had l«*° ; «^ „.„ t„,i droopod anchcxr within a very ing Tom. »bo wti.s an old nana in lueso j.^^^ yards ol ii»s spot where I had seen waters, haviing "'ted as smiercargo f or , ^jj^ s( mnge shadow of whatlooked like the owners for yeurs, how this jxirti-: a .'â- â- lanifih ship of three hundred years c^ar group of inlands had gained so ago.^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ dis,.,,s.sed th» bad a repuitatsun a« to be naraea ine tre,iBu.r6-«hip. .\l first he was dispoee-l Hobliers" Ijerevibouts, where all natives to Inugh at my idea of examining her, segued to lie thieves. l >«t, gra<lually, /. tb'"'' "'.y «!»5{>"f,'^^'" ...in,- .. »;j 'iw,. â-  "«.«11 I don't a^f'xte'l him a little. After all, it was -niievee, said l-cni . well, I <1<« t ^ ^^j, n,_,,^t„ to make the trail. V\ e ieaav,- that for that matter they <le- j^.„| several Buits of diving-dresses on serve iit either lietter or worse lluin 1»»)*,|, und as we wore to lie here for their nei«hlx>rs. It's only a i.ueatlon of a.^ccniple "^^.^"^y^ <-^l-- jas^ no real opportucaity, I take it, witn »ny^ oi ^.â- ^^^^^ ^^ imjte tlie e.xiwriment in perstm und as Tom's principal olijeotion seemed m lie th'^ risk of lieing lauj^'hed at by item, as it is with a good mamy othei p,}ople who don t hill from the La- drooes." "BuA surely there must have been some reason," I said, "why they got the name from tbe Sponuirds, or who- ever it waa that gave it them f" "Oh, yes, of couxse; though very like- ly it originated in a mistake, and it's juet as likely as not they may have been the vi<tiiri« ol a alight misundei- Btainding. Dy-U»-bya, the whole thing took place cluae by here, iif I'm not mis- talien." ' 'Tell us the yarn. Torn," I said; "it's the very time a«d place for a good toueli old y<i(m such aa nobody could tell much letter tham these old Spon- iab navifcators." "Well, it's not mmh of a yarn, af tea- ail. It waa somewltere about 1578 that it laippeued, I tolieved. One of these BO-cnlled trea«uire-8hi/p(i put in cloae by heie at lllolo llatf oin its way a^jowt the I'tti'i/ic, Bind she never got any far- ther, (kaly a single boat's crew are aaiid to liuve csiaped, and they said the great galleun was taken and destroy- ed for lti« Kike of robbery, but, of couroc. \n' Uive only theia' word for thut, and it's more than likely the na- tive lux'ounl ««f l.li»< bu-siness' might have betm differunt, if thcie hud Lieen any •I>e<'ial rnporter.s in thuse days lo in- terview tlte chief actors in the trag- eily. All tli/it i« known for certain is Hull tile tieasuue->hiip was burnt an<l aiUak, and tlKtt ever since then the is- lun'la huve gi>n>t l>y the name of "Ibe llobbers" a.s a kiuid of set-off for tlio loHH of Liw) galleon." WhBre«iiL<out» wa« it, Tomf' 1 ask- , my ima!.'inati/»n fired by tbe idea of the siimkcn ti<vi»ure..sbi|>. "Well, the story goe-i that it waa juet innide the Itay round the next iKMnt ; i>ut, of courNc, nutiody ciin teil for certiin at thii* tiiii« ot day." il u;i,H w.lli a strange feeling of «x- citeinoQl lh.it I uatclied the deep Uiy of lllolo hIu» ly Ofieji to our view, Mplnn- did i'n all the glorlett of a tropi<-al hun- set. Few plai e-< coiidd be more boiiuti^ fiLl in tliniiuM'lvos, .md when seen in the w.igl- of that gorgeous light, it wa« a wMvne to ilrive a great arlist to de»|i.iir. At another time I might have been (onlent to ailniij'u, but not now, Thestoiy, iaK>U', uind merely .sUKKested as it had lieein, had awakened u handrecl meraoi'ieji ol' UiAka of sumken Ireasure- shiiw amd their forliunalu rcioverers, an<i art we turned slowly into the liay, my wyes were e.i,gerly fixed on the fl us.sy waters, n<nv gleaming with a hoii«,inil tints reflen-Uid from the sky averheatl. We ilriift<^d nni/nd 1 he point, ami in- to the b<iy, our saiil.s bardly lifting to theworcely percepi l de evpning liree/e, afld mur course marked only by the faintest ri]>ple on the f(la#sy water. Keither of um spijlie, anl my ryes were fixed on the Hviler m the effort to [wiio- Irate tljie sen rets whiih that transpar- ent liKjuid, Klowing with the colors »f tbe dyiing <ii^, had k«j>t so safely and so long. As I ieun<^<l over and ga/nd fixedly di>wnwiird8 into tbe depllix lie- low, I felt my ejcs grow more and more aivutitomnd to the new medium, till I Be<'med to see almost as clearly tbroiiigh the crystal water a-s I c<nilil tlirougb the uiiipi-r air. It was morel than twen- ty fat noma de>M>, ttn<l yet I i^niild sen the lM>llnnii jtl.'ilnly. (irent bninthing corals .spread their b<'U|(li8 nf crimson and w liite â€" a rich "Well," qiuotJh. George, "you must re- membeo- that tbiia took place many years ago, wlhen I was young and foolieh. I don't say I alhouid do the sonM now, you know. "Wlben I was a young man, Fiahponds was a typical country village. I don't suppose tihsre were more than a dozen good fartu bouses and cottages besides in all tlh« county. "The belle of Fishponda at that time waa Marjory Jones, lihe Miller's daught- er. Eihe wae a pretty girl, too, I can tell you. Afl you may suppose, rihe had plenty of swieetiheaxts. "Tbx're was Jack Suaiithi, tbe larkiest fellow in the village. W'aan't he wildl In our opinion Jack stood tlie best dhanoe with tbe fair Marjory. Jack waa a lawyer fhen; Bill SImitbi, his coua- in, Ted Whexeat and I were farmers and Toca Uumins was a dealer. "We five reckoned tihat Marjory ought to belong to one of us, and we formed a league offensive and defen- siive. "One nighX Jack and 1 had stayed till old Junes tiLrned us out, and as we stood outside the gate we heard her silvery lajg^ as the old man growled at being 'kept out o 'bed by a pas«el o' young woe buds.' " 'Ueorge,' said Jack Sluiitib, 'I've got ain idea, 'You come to my rooms to- morrow night, and I'll gjl Ted and Hill and Tom. to comu in doing thea%, so I told him I wanted to icarry his daugUlex. Well, to make a long story short, I made things right with the old man., and left the Louse a-t Miaj-jory's accepted trustor. Mad with joy I was ru.shing. home„ whenâ€" splash; 1 had fongotten the missing planJi. and bad fallen into my own trap." "Sarved you right!" I said. "It waa a good tiling for loa, too. I had rheumatic fever, and was in bed three months. When I got about again they told me thai Marjory had mar- ried a man in . He didn't get the befit of tbe bairgain. "But I never told any one about the plan^." NEW WAY TO MAKE A TOWN. Bumilu IM Unlldlus it flnl and Will 8appi> Ine luliHbiUiulit Later, An engineer and some workmen have been busy for months near tbe Arctic Oceuji oiaking a little town. They have not bothered their heads about tbe inhabitanta, for the Russian Gov- ernmenl will see to that. The usual order of events in mAkine a town is being rev«.-rsed in this case. Instead of a lot of iiersons settling in the sanoe place and makiu^ a town, the town ia lieing built and the residents iwill come later. i The town has also beei, ^ovUIed with a name before anybody lives in it. Its name is J ekater inograd, and the moat impoaing thing about the town, as yet, is this name. There was nothing there a year ago to show that a white man had ever seen the site, but now it is Then, if they are I beginning to lo<.Oc Bomething like a agreeable, we'll jual nuUce that young | town, needing only inhabitants to make the captain an<l crew, we hit upon the iilwi of m-iking it appear to le only my personcil cuiiosity to explore the won-lerH of tiiv conil lieds we had seen from the deck. At lireakfast wo broa«lie,l the sub- je<t to the caiitain and mate, and I was .surpriae<l to find that tho former, .tt any rate, received the propi«;il with uneaeine«s. " Tho fact is," he said at last. " 1 don't half like the.se diving experiments, in these waters anyb<>^v, for ye never know what'll hajipen. So far as I've seen, they've a way of tai'oing out badly. You'd hardly believe how many se<'m to get lofvt at th« game. You take my advice, sir. and see all ye can from the deck, then you'll know where ye are, which ye don't, not when ye get hitch- ed up amongst these thundering cor- als below." 1'be skipper, if not an educated man, bad years of experiewe, and 1 cou'dn't help feeling that we should have been wise to listen to his advice; but then, of course, he knew nothing of tbe real object Tom and I h.id in view, and that was surely worth running some small risk for. As ii was. Iwth Tom and 1 argued the matter with him for some time, until at last be gave way, as be had no very definite reason to urge against our making the trial. Even then, however, he didn't like it. for be said at the very last: "Oh, well, sir, if ye must try it, I suppose ye must. Tako your own v\'ay, only I nope Mr. Mndi.son will be.nj- me out with the own- ers that it wasn't by none of my advice ye went, in ca.se any h.irin conies of it." After breakfast we set to work to prep.ire for the expedition. My that time, liowever, the brig wa.s surrounded by canoes, and the decks invaded by IIS many natives as could persuade the guard of seamen on any pretext to al- low l.hem on ImibjiI. 'I'he lime was clearly unpropil ious for our purpose, and we reluclanlly )M>.st[ioiied it for a few h<iurs. 1 paced the deck in a fev- er of impatience all the morning, wlud- ly unable in my exciteineni tu find the amusement which I ordinarily did in the manners and customs of our visit- or.s. and only anxious to get rid of them tlial I miRlit begin my adventure in neace. After a twelve o'cliM-k dinner a iKial's crew was ordered oul to lake the .skipper ashore to the nearest vil- lage, and he wo-s ([uickly followed by all but one or two of the canoes. Now waa t he o^)porl unity for which we bad been waiting .so impal ieiitly, and in a very few minutes all w.is ready, and 1 stood a I tli<' gangway arrayed in the ungainly divin»{ .niit and ready to make the deiiient. " Here,," s^iid Tom as he cast a final and (rilical glance over iiiv ei;uipnieiit. "you hnd liettcir t.ike this with you. It may lie a shade troiiblesdiiie, biit I fancy you'll find il none Ion e;isy to gel alK»ut tliriiujth the coral when you'- re once lunong il." He handed liie a Hiniill but shar|i and .serviceable-looking tomahawk as he spoke. " Itesides," he added in a lower tciiie. "if il should 1>y any chance turn oui to be the galleon, it'll lake vou all your time to get ab(Kii(|, 1 fiincy, and you'll bv glad of this." " .Ml right," T said, as I grasped the hanille rather clumsilv in my heavily gaiinlleted hand; " n<iw 1 think I'lii about ready for a start." The sailors, who, having nothing el.se to do, had taken a lively intertvsi in our linK eerli- gs. had let down a rope lad- der over the side, vs hich hung »<nne feel into the water and swayed genlly in Ihe lidewiiy. I scrambled over the bulwark and liegan to descend slowly, li.impored as 1 was by the stiff leather •Ires.s and the weight.s attached to my leg.s to imure my speedy df.sccnt feet foremost. I had reached the water.und wotuau come to a declBion.' "After filling oui- glaasea wiUi 'head- ache,' a cheerful compound of sugar cider and nun â€" we settled down to hear what Lawyer Jack had to say. "Are youallinlove with Alaajory T' "A luiauiuious ury of 'Yes' followed. it quite a go-ahead pbvce. The unvn is in the bay of Kola, near tbe Axclic coast of Itusaian Uapland, a flat and uniuteresitiug region, in i\ large part of which scarcely a shrub, much less a tree, will grow. In Aug- ust last year the Russian Government "'Look here,' said Tom liumms, 'we sent to the site of tlie i>roj>«>sed town, mu^i setile thifi matter somehow, or which had alivady been selected, a some olhor fellow will be cutting us all ! civil engineer named Olsen, who«e %)e- out. Lei us eac-h write her a proposal i cM'^ty is harlwr imj)rovements, and , . ^ . , I soon twenty men under bis du-ection and Stud ii at i hie saimw tuue. i „.„„ hard ai work building a aouj>lie â-  'KigiU,' saul Jaok, 'and lei's start! of filers out into the l>ay for the useof faj-; lot uluEim all oe put in the same j the fishing crafl, which will givti the waida,' ' town all its importance. •â- 'We bad l*iter call for our answers' .Last winter fifty wooden buildings ours.'lvbfi.' I were constructed at Archaugelsk, on "What, all at unce f i "'^ other side ol" the White Sea. It is "'Nul exactly. One after another,and prolxible that the work is now going We'll draw lotc wao goes first, and so on ol tran»«>orting them Do tbe coajt jjm^Z I ot tlie Arciic Ocein, where they will be ••'Vou fellows Will talk alt nig'liL, and hammered together and set up for the do noUiiug alte.r all,' cried Jaok; 'you Jieoiile wiio are going t*. live in the new leave A to uuj. 1 know more about it town; and as soon as everything is liiau you do.' I ready the town of Kola, further south, "'Dciu- Marjory; Knowing, as you do, will be aliandoned, e.^eryboily there will Uh»' warm aifeci.ou 1 have lor you, you be tran-slerred at the exjiense ot Rus- will uoi. Uk suj-priaed U 1 ajslk you to be si:i, and Jekaiei inograd will be all mm.-, and mine alone.' i ready to l>egin businesa "Will you marry lu , Ueareai; will you Ihe thing that will make tbe town be the bride oi join Uevoled lover,â€" T' , is the Arciio fisheries la the migbbor •"i> sâ€" 1 wJl ^o'aiv around lo the hood, which employ almut \,rM) men null ou iu«.>dday oveiuiig at ( ) o'clodk, every Mimmer. For the purposes o( lo iltiiow tiv laUi.. Ibcrel' liu continued, triumphant- ly, 'there I thjiik ihut oughi to letch ii,t:ir. I've left the ualaiu and the hour blank, you. «>.«.' " 'We were not qaiite so .saliafied witJh iJu: letter tut its auilior, but, a-s we did nioi feel we coiUd iiuirrove upon it, we at lengiU decided to adopt ii, and forth- wiiJi sat down lo copj it olf. Jsexi we lirtw lots to see wiuo sboaJd go fiirst, and, oti luicii^ would nave i\, wu calme oul in tlu lollowiug order: Myself T.M) liill 7:i:i, 'led 8, Tom tJ:la, Jaiii b:3U.' '"Ju«t my luiikl" taid Jiuk, wiLb a groau, "not a giio-fl ot oliamv tor iciu I' " 'Why not( Kiid 1. 'tiiin: knows you're ooouijig and â€" iiang ii all 1 â€" 1 wish 1 wasn't first I' "1 waa nuile serious wiien 1 said 1 was sorry i wn-t tirsl, and 1 sat iiliiuik- iug it over wiiu tUohelp ol a pipe wbiiii these hardy toilers the new town is much more conveniently situated than Kola, and that is the rea^jtm why Kola is to be dd-rted and a new town has fijirung up nearer the sea. iPORT OF PRINCES. An KIrpliniit Flulit Over Wbirli MHiiy Kiiper^ t'liHiitteil llHn<l«*. When an Indian iirince pines for ex- citement, he orders aii eleiijhant tight. 'Tlus is a s^iort not permitted in Eng- lish territory, and can only tw witness- ed in tlie native Stales; then only by invitation from the rajah, a favor rarely procured by a wJiile man with- out the exeroide of consi<lerabie influ- i"BuV hoiiK-. "iSaddeniy a thou'uiii atimik ence. Tlve ti^^bt shown herewith took ill,.-. 1 jumped up and cned: 'Geoige, iilm-e a short time ago near JeyjHire, my boy, suc'a yours 1' Thien 1 went lo ^ j„ ^1,^ Hiu„e,;valU"d iuclusure arouud bed. Ni i spent a good wiiile after tea that "' 1«'^"''* elei»lianl suibles. The mou- Tmbday in adorning juyaclf, and wa.su t sters bad boiu suicved for some ilays nady iiU seven u/les wa lii lo line m: soiuu work to do bt -. , Uiieae. U waa in thiu eauly spring, and tliero is always a stone wall U'tween Uh«; days woae still slijvl. ! the lombalanLs, to give the riders a 1 must ciidam t.uai all five of us cliance lo .sa.o the.r livm, for llicy are lig juyacii, anu wa.su i. meis uau ooiu suicveu lor some iiaya IL wifcs only leu uuu- K-foie tlie encouul«\r, and were goaded mill, but llun 1 had ,„ .. , , .. , . , beloie 1 .-wowed up ^" 'â- '•i'l"»>^ l»y ttioir daring rulers. lived on llue 1' uslvpuniLs side o( the rivor and so we all had to oroas the loo.- the only ones in any ival dinger, and are olten kiJIod by beiin; hurled fnuii bridge, uiile.'is wo weul a nuio oul of i1k> ne.'ks oi the infuriated b a sis and oui- way lo cross t-hi.^ slouo bridge at dashed to death iigaiuit the stone wall lliuoiu UiU. A; tliiii time ilieru wad or trodden to auilp under their massive only one railing to Uiic bridge, .tid it feel. wtia so roitein i.iual it was not sale tu lOleidianin are naturally v;ilualxlo IrusL to it. T;h.i> bridge ilsclt consist- ci-eaiuros, and Civn? is taken to have ed ot tJiiroe plaii'kis restiuf on some them too well niatctieil for the coute.st pier'*, and ub»vio plaukia were souiewhal ii, ii^,uli lalally for either. It is aca!«» ins,cuie. ol onduran-e, tliie one who weakens "Now, litis was luy schi-me. 1 would fii.si iH'inji denlai'ed Ihe vamiuished. cross ine bridge ana -iicn nviuove tho Thi. majniily of those who witn"«ed middl,' plauU. In Itiio dark, any uuc wlio ilii.s jiarlicular fighl piwlerred to do .so cam»- alle-r me wijjld not noiice the gap, fidni the TLil roof of tht- stable, well and wimld go flop into tliio wa.er. It (utl ol' harm's way, l>ul Ni Tsaui, in a only miaiii a diuuing, aud thai was Kuroii^'an iriK^k I'oril, and jewelled tur- what I propocmd lo irea-l uuy rivals lo. km, Uiolitul on from the slai>le yard, "1 w;u4 couipleitely .-juccessful in d.s- in ilaiigerous proximity to the tramp- pUu'iug ihk- alieady loi>3o plank, and »l linu; fcei ol the Iwasls inside the wall. 7:30 precisely uiauclw;d UiUlly mlo lbe| No bloo<l wa.s sjiillivl, hul a fierc*» and bliui, of green - .« .. ..... , , , , ... ocean sluiibbery, of iorm and cidor *ven des. ended as far ns the lal ter went more sph-ndid than any garden of "'"'"â- T waler, when T looked up once pjirth Ilemiath Ihe brunchâ„¢ the sil- """â- '" overhe.id before making Ihe ver wimls glittered sml sparkled with Pi'>''ige roni s face, looking overr the a tlionsand shells, and fish of dazzling bulwark, wh.'i just above me, and ho gold and deepewt timted blue swam in I'?"''''""'- ','"'. '"'â- â€¢' I Mind you pull and oul, ,ind nibbled the, lender sh.Miti '"«' ''"rd hard three timew running If of (be coral that seemed to sliir softly anything goes wrong, or you want ua «ilh the movejiioni of the tide. i to haul you up.' .Sniddenly as I gazed in i»ieatli)le.s»ad-| . ' waved the tomahawk by way of miration a shadow seemed lo rise in I farewell, drew my feet clear of the lad- the vejy miilel ot Natune's flower gar- "•V, and let go. T had experienced the den-was it a r.vk » It too wa.s |n- ' sensilion beforn, but not often enough «rn«ted with conil that grew out of '<> render it familiar, and I oonfess it it at every angle, while loaig-haired I wius with a strange feelinif of novelty niedimie sproid tlmir long tendrils lo and sense ot mysterious eipectanoy •ech moMivn of the water; yet as ! : that 1 found myself sinking through loo'iel It somehow seemed to take a' the .softly transparent water, till sud- ahupe that wii« familiar though strango <lenly my feet felt the ground once â€" Ih- shipe of a. ve-ssel. I started up. more, and 1 stood amongst the coral "The gillcn, Torn!' 1 exclaimed. I'eils at the iHittoin of lllolo lljiy. "I'faio tunkua tiesHure-shipt" (^V> lie Oontinued.) mill. " 'Kvenin', Mairjory,' said 1. 1 could aee she wunu'l in tli«j bosi. oi leuixiurt^ bul 1 didn't upiKai- to lake any iioiiiits of it. 'Kveaiiu , Alarjory, Didâ€" "LiKkk hiJire, ticuige llaiiubrook,' said she, inien-ruptiug .me. 'Wliiai does this uumiK X)o you boys thiuik you're go- ing to iwuktf a fool of me by writing a lot ot love letters and malkiug u con- spiracy against iue< I» that a ihiitig lo be proud oft la il manlyf Is itâ€",' and hieire she burst into teoj'S. "'Now, now, Mao-jory,' 1 said, 'don't be angry. We don't moan any harmâ€"' "'ilairtn,' she brUke in, slaniping her fool on th» floor. 'HojtuI, llow dare yourâ€" you mean fellowsl' "Afl«ir awhile slue grew calmer, and said shte would hear what Ihu others said wb««i tJiey caaue. I had bard woiik to keep trooa laughiug at this, but Just thieni hBaard a sploah. "'What's tbat?' asiked Marjory. " 'Sounds liikie a hm pike Juimpins.* litid I, and went on talking. "By and by 1 heaird anotjMr aplaah, but this time Marjory diet not notloe it. ^ th» ticoe went on, and none ot the soitoiri put In an appearanceâ€" you would not younaeJt if you ware wet through, wguld you I" "No," said I, Imigbiing. "Well, by and by tbie mlUer oama hom» und wanted to Iknow what I 'wm liglii gloweil in the ejej of the comba- tants, and the fieroe grinding of fle.sh, as I lie muscular trunks knotted over and undej each oilier with terrific force, was inlensely disagreeable, and like no other .sotuid on ejirlh. Maio riUKHss changed hands when the fight was over. Ni Tuiun is a very wealthy rajah, and has fitly or more eUnilmnts moori>d by chains arotind bi« palaco. BIB OPINION. Jonea â€" Women are the queerest crea- tures in the world. My wife and 1 went to a recei'lion hint night. Met a Mrs. Green there. W'hen we gtrt home it took my wife threw hours and a quar- ter to tell Mrs. Smith what Mrs. t.rcen wore, ajid she wure, so little that i hardly dared to look at her. BUOYANT. Yoa ••ever hear of a warship going to the boctcan Ja liet trial trip. I Kij>po0e th* axoitement keeps her m^ WHY RE WAS SILKNT. First Boarderâ€" I doiu't hear this new man oomplainiug any more. Is he sat- tafledt Beoodd Baatiiuâ€"ifo; be's subdued. A LEGAL SECRET A Legal Secret Returning bome that summer even"» ing towards sunset, Sidney went through the grounds in search of Rosa* He walked along deep in thought. H« had seen so little of her during the last twelve months; be had been over" whelmed with wor'k, which had fre» quently ke>i»t him very late into th« night at Lincoln's Inn. Andl Rosa waa occu'pied too ; her education had been all but entirely neglected ; and no ona bad been more quick to realize the need of making up for lost time â€" for twelve years of cocnpaiatiive idleness. Hter mother superintended her studies ; and Rosa had made such rapid progress that Mrs. Pilkington had good reason to ba proud of her daughter's talent as well as her berau/ty. Sidney had indeed found for her a loving companion. Waa iit surprising tlxit she and Rosa were seldom out of each other's sight ! Thinking of these things â€" while still searching in the grounds for Rosaâ€" all that Mr. Pilkington bad told him cioe»> ed Sidney's mind. Hie htid told him about tbe blaok deed- box marked "Rosamond Gage," whikh had stood in tbe octagonal room many years. For it belonged to a Leautiful client, littla more thus twenty years of age, who bad one day paid a professional visit to Mr. PUkiugton. It was a prolongs ed interview, tJuvt first one ; for Rosa- mond Gage bad u lengthy secret ta confide. 8h« had mai'ried >' hen eigh- teen years of age ; and after two yeara â€" years of domestic trouble and ill- treatmentâ€" her husliand. Captain Cage* bad left her. She potssessed, however, ai great deal of proiierty ; and through Mr. Pilkingtt«i's legal assistance, moat of it luul lieen saved. H^r gratitude towards the lawyer was unbounded X and vi'hen. some four or five years after- wards, news reached her of Captaiat Gage's deaths she liecame Mr. Pilking- ton's wife. She hod brought to her mew home her liitlle daui;hter, Rosa, then barely six years of age. Sidney now entered the grove whera be and Rosa had meb ufpon the eveninB of her return to her old home. They bad not met here since. But to-day an irre;>isiilde imj^ulse to speak with her seized hiju. Glaii.ing around, as ha entered the pathway, he cuught sight of Mrs. Pilkington. c^he left the bench whero she wa^s seated a ad came toward* hiim. "Wbeie is Itoea?" were almuet his first words. Mrs. Pilkington gave him a bright glaiu-'e. "Sh." went to meet yju» Sid-» ney, a moment ago. Are jou not all uai all to her I" Siilney's fact grew serious. "1 majl spe.xk lo ti-r now, may 1 noi ?" "I>ear eiiklney, tlicre Is no need to ask me thut, " said Airs. PilKiugton ten- derly ; "my one tbougiil ia for her hap* pimeas an;l youiis." Rosa now coiuijig in sight among tha trees. .Si- 1 ney went Unwards her with a qiuck step. " Wouldn't dad coma and see nie I ' said lite ifirl with some- thing of her old p<e\itfh way. " Voi» promised to bring l.iiu, .Sidney, this afj ternoun. How unkind!" "It is ur>elcv's, llosi," was Sidney's re- ply. "Hh; pvelor.f ii.fi atid paivbiaentt to sunshine and gieeu leaves." .Vnd be told R<.»ii all tlial A>»'l .Norriii had B(U<1. "Yoiu iiiuft go una tali to h.m yoursidf," Ik- added, "lint 1 fear no- thingâ€" not even V'Jua' voice â€" will aiova biini. " TJie year tbivt had passedâ€" a year i4it wbixh so much care and cu.t.vatKnn had lieen lestowod U|ion hn'râ€" hid wroight a change in Ru a. 8he sreincd laller, more uigni tied, uioro sedate, 'the wild ilark eyes had lo t none ot their bright- ness, t.iK. they were kepi u;ider more control; Ibe black hushes dnoped more fie.ituntly noiv w l-.en Gidney wis I y. "Ko.sa," s;u I 1k' as they walked uicng side by side anuiii«! th»' trees, "u>f you remeiiiler asking me, a w hole year ago, if well-lue.l i.«i>iil« caiiie here to sup- press thfir seniimenlsf" "Ah, what a long year," said Rosa evasively, "it biiR seemed lo luo !" Siiiuey jieioisiud : "Uo you rtiinem- Wr It' < llw whisiK'f came from Rooa's lips:' "Yes." "And my an^wel lo yoar question was, " St-.lncy vcntiiiui'd, "lh.it I came h'.>ru to ::>i iiiige the wildest c!re:utis. Shill I t'll you what th>y were?" .V tl IS*' of the dark eyei was Ruea's i»nly inswor. "My dreams were mi>stly," sa.d ."^id- noy, 'about my bo) hood : my driMms were iiuvstlj ,ili>ul a little girl who 1 biyed with me in a shady wikkI on siuiiiiier evenings su.h ns th s, 1 call- ed herâ€" I .still call lh>r so in ihiiUirhtâ€" iiij lillle s«"et.heiirl. Her real name was Ito aiiioiid Cage." Still no word cuiie from Rosji ; bu'tJ sJw drew her breath more qui>'kly. and a nuinlior of little sighs es aped her. The lu.slie.s were liuivering Iihn iiul i hey were stubl-ornlj cast down. "It was a ill lid's romamie," Sidnay re.sumedâ€" "a roniau;'* that is seldein finished a.s chiUlron â- would have it end in nftcr-years. I wonder 1k>w this one will en 1 i' Uosi. are yon .still my sweetheart If Will you be my witet" There was stiil no answer ; but Sidney felt a little hand sliding softly into 1 is o\\n. Il<> pi\s ed it gently; aiul no in year.sâ€" walked on in .'-ibn e through iln years â€" walked on in .silence thliroiigh the wood as they had done uu bygone days. '(The »nd.) CASHLESS Voiktvs â€" Why aren't you Igo'ng to spend the summer in Kurope 1 I'arsoo â€" IJecause I have nothing be- sides tbe summer lo spend. RURAL, RtlPARTEE. Hi Ilayr-iteâ€" Yes, thbi is a fine rain, an' I'd like ter sue it rain fer two days more. It would help the crops a heap. Si Haymow â€" What are ye rai*wi'-q bullfrogs or waKrlilieal r-i