The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Il»,ll-j^ MP Dji^^w^nsr. atel^r ftdod-ed. and wfbcn* hfculghty pride , WHIN to hiiii in Uaeil more charming tfcm aJ (loor Muria'n Keulie love. i "IlUila, do not ijo," ha »U1.. Belzlu* i bier hand, whith sEs immediatelly with- | drew; "do not (aar* me. You know how I lore youjl" •'And why BbouilU 1 not leave you, eveu «u|iixitiiii|r it to !» true that you ilo loye met To my coat I love yott, B4><1 am 1 mgr Honmr to euduxe the datl^ htunilutiinn otBeeinc myaelf. the flB!APTE!R VI. It was wNne Ibne before PbUtp rouldi niaWu u\i but -inwul whethRr <*r no he wouUl witend his tryst with Hilda. In tlie ant ^ke*. he felt that it wad an) amafe proTtsediinj; generaHy, inaemufhl an moomllKht meetings with bo lovely a peiTtoB iniRht, lihoufJd they lom" '" Uhe knwvifcdge of Mi^ Lee. be oixin to __ _ _^ niihr-onrt-ruilJon ; and i«r(lcu\»rly l^ poof Oerman companion, wli" has no- /...â- .,.-. v.^»j V. i.~„ iho least tend-vl thing Init. her be.iuty, put aside in fav- eaiwe, ehoftiri »he •how ^^*_}^'\^ j^,^ or of unother whom 1 alto love » You aay you. Love nie, a,iuli bid me utay, now, le>ri me whtil, ii» yoiiir imrpoiie toward mef Do you imtend to try to take advanta^ of my iafaliiatiom to make mti your mjktreniif It is. I am told, u romipoa thinif for aueh inroposa'.H to be made to wpnten ia my jxiKilion, wluxn it woutd lie folly for wealthy K«nt'emen to marry. If bo. ^iKindou tbat idea, for I t«lll yoiu Philip, that I w<«iiUl rather die tihwn fo ti'iHjgTtu'ji my ancient niime to gratify niy»*f. I know yon monfty-loving Engliah do not think very niui-'h cf.race u.n:Ilce<e the tieurers of the name are riiih ; but we do; and, allhou^^'h you would think it a raetjaliiunr^ to marry me, I. on the odher hand, ^binuilld not be proud of an lilliance with yau. WBy, Philip, my an»e«<erB, were princes of royali blood whe^n youTB sttlll herdad the mvine in t'h«'»ie woods. I ootn shew more thait paid a viait tb a olub to which he, had wi:i not be tfae finst to put a bar ninis- tihirty qunrteringn upon my bhield. euu'h the mark uf a nol>l» houne, and I ter aiTOHB them. Now, 1 hav* spoken pii-iinly, indellrately perbupn. and there w •niilj' OBB more word to lie Said' be- t^vc6u lis, and tl»at \vord i« good-liye," and nlie htvUl ou/t her band. Hb did a«yt neeiu tusee it; indeed, he had acarcnly heard the latter part of whut rile Bald. Presently be lifted hit) fafe, and it liore Iruces of a dread- ful inward Rtrugf^Ic. It was deadly paj*-, and great Hat-k ringa had painted tb^miaelireN heneat]! the troubled eyes. "Hilda," he uiid, hourely, "dont go; I luntunt bear to ifet youi go. I will ntirry yout" "Tbiuk of whlâ- ^t you are eaying. Phi.lp, and do not lie ni>5h. I do not wish ti> entrap you into marriage. You love money. lieiiiemlier fbiil Maria, wilii III! her iiM*»*!«ii<«iH, iisks nothing better than to l)«r«>jne your wife, ami that I have alimifUitely nothing but my iiiiine and my Ko<xi Hooks. Look at me," and nbe R4«>iif>ed tnull into a putch o* nioon/igbt that found ita way !»- t^veen the tre«», an,.l, drawing the filmy | wlviwl «h« woTe f r(«m fier head and bare n«-Jt and liononi, ittood hefona Wm m ernew t.wird him, »ie knew in hl9 heart that he rx»ulja not trust himeelf, bowever murh be might be engaged in anotier direr tion. At twenty-one the affectittia canjBot be oivtro«o<l with »m- putitty, ta\t hfct* »T» awkward way o« afis«rttng IfcemFetvea, ties of honor not- H-itbKtandi>)g. But as a mile, whten In our hearts we wiBh to do anything, that thing must) be liad indeed if wef cannot find a sat- isfactory excuse for doing It; and so- it was with Philip. Now. thowght he to him8<\:*, would be his opiportunity to inform Hilda ^rf bis relations with! Maria Lee, and to pult an i-n<l to bis Wrtation wilil her; for ORtensibly at any ra»e. it was notliing more than a very Beriinus Pirtationâ€" that is to say, tbough there had b«>n word» of love, and *ven on her part a passionats avowal of affection., wrong in an un- giiurded Bnetnent from fhs depths of her promt heart, tbere had been nd formal engagement. It. was a thing thiat mtitst bo done, and noMr was th« Ume to do it. And so bp mads u,p bis mind to go. But whan, that night, be found bim- seir sitLing in the appointed plar«, and waiting for |lbo lomlng of tiie woman be wjis about to di»iard,i but whom bet Ibved with all the intensity of his fierce nature, he began to view the matter in other Hgbts. awl to feel bis resolution oozing tl^m htm. Wli«ther it waa the Biltence <jf the vlace that told uiion bis uervcB, rtraliied as they were with ei- Iieitationâ€" for siJBUt*, and more es- pe<'iu:iy Bilenoo by nighn, i-s a great un- veiler of realitiesâ€" or the dread of bit- ter »ver.ln or ibe ^jreM-ionco of the Bharp pang of parting-for he knew ^,,^ ^^ b,-l«htn«« <rf her beauty, «ha.I- i>n«u«b of HUmi to know Uiat, what „i ,^ i^ ,„^ .^^j n^^e mora Invely by h« bud to say uuce said, she wouild tron-, the shadtywa of the night. UilB him no moj«â€"«1hether it< was these "BxamiRe me veiry carefully,"* she .^. .1, . , â- â€ž ,„„« »h»t nf- !*•""* <*>â-  *^li bitter Bar<«sm, look tMngs. or wbatsver it was that a ^ .^^^ ^^^ feature and study my form fei'ted i-m. ha grew umibi. ujiact'uunt- ^^1 ^^j-j.^^^^ ,,^ ^^^ ^^^^ I^ jj^^j^ioI,,^^ ably anxious and MeprwiseKl. MW€>-|e<l with your Imrgain, and complain «ver, in this rongenlail condilio^ of the i ttwt you have not tipl your money's I . , " • J .. ii-, ,i,.rU.r ^*'**''"- Remember, loo, that an ac- atanosphere of his mmd, ml. lis "larker ^j^^^ ^^ ijnetw. and »b the beat the a«d bidden charuot^risJics sprung in- . pgissage of a few years, may quite | to a vigorous orowlh. Superstitions ; "I>o<l my valv* as a lieautiful woman, _ , .,_ . „j.,, ;„ ,,„„_ and rer.ert, before I take you at your . add iirerantimenta trowdeu in upon .,^„p^ ., him. He t>e<>pl'M '''*•"' siu-roundinga | phillj, had sat or rather crouched . with the Bhades of iutanglblb deeds that biauwlc down upon the log of a tree yet awaitjsd doing, and grew afraid of , <^'' H>-y oujUido Uie BUJnmer-house. | i- ,1. I.. 11^ ..,„v.,',i i.„„. i i»<I covered hâ„¢ faue with hi.s hand, as his own thoughts. «« woo.d nave â-  (^^.^^ her !«m>liai««sB was more than niid from the hj»ot, Imt lue could not ifc, cotiLii liear to look U|>on. Now, fly ho coiiid only H-atijh the flicker i h">wever, he ruined hiH eyes and let) J 1. .11. .„_ .1... ..«...»fni I 'hem dwej uiaou hor wornful teat- «rf the niuonttght ulpon the <ie.u'eiui „„.,.jj ^ IKiol licBide him. andâ€" wait. ; "j l„i,i rather," he baid, slowlyâ€""! At .t({.t shib came with quick and bliil rather U««) my Uf« than lose you ; anxi«»Bte|«, and, lh<«igh but a f««' ! ' '|;|«» >'*' >^ <^' ' Y"''', ''"\vC . .' ^ u . 1 A A I..-'"' ""' pru'e evi«n ofl my honor. \\ hen numutts liefons tv- had drtjaded her ^ ,^.^| ^^ jj^^j.^^ ^^^^ j„ coining, he now w«.toiuied it eagerly. 1 "Whit, have yuu iii»<Ie up your mind Kor OUT fp^lngr*. of Wh:il«ver sort, J «» !ltU"kJ5' f Aro you sure » 'l"ho-urâ€" and here bIio «'haTV>rcd h«\r wholfe tone j and liearuig, an<l passionately si retched ' ""^ ' ~ ' ' "uiy dearest will marry when direi:ted toward each other, are ^^ no uu()arficial an compareil with the in- . out her aruiB toward himâ€" "uiy ttsnaity of oujr fe,irj> wtenl we are ter- Phiii*. my lif«. my love, 1 wil rifie.t by oa'.umlty, or th« ?'««"•••;' ^"i^p^^^^^row r ^ "'IV>-morrow, il' you like I"* "Y<i*i must promise me something firsit." re;il or faac-leil, ol \iw> unknown, that) ia any moment of emergency, more toperiA'Jy if i< le ol a mental kind, WB are ajvt t« %eili-»>iue our M^orwt enemy as a drowning man wellcomes a sfiar Whht ia itt" "That y<m wifl keep the marriage a r<>nip<!He mmti'I, and liear another name until my fulh^'a deatli. If you do' At Ibaf be said, with a sigh of i ij" .''"^' ^ '^'â- 'â- ^ "«»* l>'»l'^»''y <''«'"- I jw^rn nif*. rellief. "Hurt* lato yuu are I "i ,|o not Mke yoiiT tcrmtv. Philip. I "I coultl n<»t get away. Tlhere were | do w>l Akn B»yT«»i imirriageM ; I>ti1 you some |ieo|kls to dinJier;" and then, in ' arn giving ti|> inutih ()> marry me. m> k Buf1«srie<l voice, "Hlofw puiU) yott look I , Hmppuse 1 must give up Bomielhing to Are you, ill f" . marry y<«." "No, only a little tired." ' | , "Vmi nuCtuanly promise that nolh- After Ihm there wii.i Bi>nc«, and the ing ului'.l iniUu-e you Ui reveal I hat you pair (>l4Mnl fiu iiit^ <me aiiolhur, each oc- :irc, my wife until I give you permiKsion oupieil with their own tlmuKhts, and .tuiioBof" eai-h dreading to pult the>m, into words. | "I pronii On** I'hilJp innile a lie«iiining of BpeecU but Mt voice failwd liiiu; llu- lieating of bin heart seeiiaed tct choke his utter- atice. At length bIui leianed, as though for Inipport, agaiuKl thie Inink of n pinn tree, in Iho IhhivIi of wbii'ih the iiighl- bre^ze WiiB ^^â- hi^^(Hâ- ring, and B|Kfke in a coild clear voice. "You ntiked nu* to nuwii you here to- nlgtit. Il.'ive yon iinylliiii.g to may to iiie{ No, lUi not B|ie,ak ; i>ei- hiiYiK I hail lietitcr B|H-iik Tirsl. I "I proniiKei, thiUt. ia, provided you u<rt. foire me to In smlf-defence." I'hi'Jp latmlu'd. __ "Yoiii. necii n«/l. feir thiit." lie Niid "Hul hinv hhu'.I we aMMKU alKmt get ling married ?" "1 can meet yi "Very well ; I wi morrow, iind ^re/t ii li.ent- on \Vedne«<luy I can meet yi emu In- married." ".\n you wi'.l, Philip; when. hIiiiII I meet yom 1" ' _ , , _ . II*' ^rave her an aildress which she have (joniiD thing !<• ""'J' to yon. ani| oan'fiiily noted down. %vhht I fiiivft to nay may Infliiieii.e what- ' "Now," (die hIihI, "you must go, il la ] ever is in your lulml. I,i»i«u ; you re- late. Ye«, you may kiM me now. There, ' miemlier wmit par>.sc,l lielwecii ua near- t.h.il. will tiu. now go." In another 1^ a month ago, w lien I wa.s ho weak mimite he wan gone. i â- a to IW. yoti Bee hww niueita 1 loved' _ "' hiive won the game," ahe miusod; yoM I" I "poor Maria. I am worry for her, lni+ Philip liouvd lit^ head In asHenl. i |NM'h'i|in hers in the belter part. 8he ! "Very giKxI. I have come here lo- wLH get over 11, l>iit ininu Is u wad fate;; night, Tii.l lo f.ive you any 'bver'n, I Jove paXHUitml^ilT, madly, liat I do not ' meetintr, lu* to lefJl you Uiht no BUch t nisi the man I love. Why should our words nniNU, lie Biioken iigiii<ii. and rhati marriage lie so Bncretf HIr iiaunot lie I am ,'ilKHit lo iiiaklei it iiii|>o.-i.slli',e that I'litiiiigllMl with Maria, or ah<n would they bIiouIiI br. H|Mikan either by you havie toTtI ine." And idie atrettbedoiit : or i>y iiie, I am goiing iiway from here, her anriH litwnnt tilne jNith by which ! npver, I hofie, lo rrlurii." he htul Ibft, bar, and cried aloud, in the ' "(lolug awiiV I" he gii«iied. "Whenf" . native longim that suundeil «o Boft up- I Here WTiB llie very lliimg he h(>|«d | on her ll|*i, "Oh, my heiirt's darling I lor coming to jiiu.sh, and yd the wordH U I iinuStl oiily truHt you as well as I -A that Fh'niid bav<e Ixieu so full uf coin- , fort fejll Ujpoii hiim cold an ice, and atnu-k hl>n Into misery. "When ! wliy, lo-iiu>rrow morning. Al reJution of mine l<^< III in tjeriiiauy, the ' owl^ one I har"^. I never saw him and oare nothing for biiii. UiH It wil'l ulvrt me a pretext, nu'l, oiiie gone, T Bhal'lr n»yt. relurn. I h.ive tcfld Maria lliat I must go. t>ir< cried itlM>ui it, (xior Cinl I ' At IheBe woTds, iiJlll recollection of Uh pv rpnoe j)aHsed rnit of Phllip'H nilud; •U hr rnali»,^l wa« that iinleiw ho omUti alter Iw J determination, he wiul " to Jose tli« woifianl he ho imsaion' only U»ve ymi, It is a happy woruun that I Hhoiii(rl lie to-nlgbt." CUIAFrKR Vll. NolJiiiig occun-red to Interfere wilh Idle piliin of aolion deoidadi on by Ilildn and I'hi^lji; no ininadvnuture came to mock them, dbethiiu; Ihn TantalluH cup of .joy to enrtti Imfore tlielr eyee. (Ml tihe contrary, wllhlii forty-eight huiirn of the converBtttitiin recorded in the lowl cha|iter, they were us completely ami iTrevocalalty man and wife, ais a it|M«'ial licenHe and lUie (miulc of ai'ity chuivh, uHBistRd l)ty the olbrk and the plaw-opensr, aouiltt mnice them. Then foUotved a brlaf period ofBuc<h drffrium us turned thte T>oridon lodg- ings, diagy, and Mtuffy oal Ihlpy were m th'> iielght of the hot wunmer, liitq aH eeirthEy jmradiBo, a gardcm of Kdi^,' in- to wbir.n, alius I the Her^ieint had nio ,n«ed to Beek am enirant'e. IB'.rt, ail w.is nntnrol, when the firwi glory oil r«V't..(zed hajijiine^ Was lH>ginning Ui glow faint on their hori/un, the young coujkIa turned themselves to consider tlhMr pcnatiim, and fuumd in it, mut- niiUy and severally, ruany thinirs that did not plhnKe them. h'ur Philip, in- deed, it wtiS f^jlA <d anJiietues, for be had many com;^ica1ioDB to deal with. First there was hlia secret engagement to Maria Leu, of whioh, be il remem- lirreil, h(B wife wius t«»ta'Jly iffnorant and which waw in Itself a sufficiently awkward affair for a married maul U> hiTe u|ion hiB bands. Then there wtui the ^ramoiiM need of keeping his marriage with Hil'la as SApret as the dead, to huy noihing of the necffisity of hte ilving for tlhie most, part away from bin vnfe. Indeed, his only con- BOlatifiu was that he had plenty of money on which to Eiuiii(x>it. her, in- MKom'h as his fa their had, from the dat« of his Ifcavin'g Oxford, made hini an allowance of one thonnand a year. HCda had Iiegiim to discover that she wias not withouit her troubles. For one thing her husliand's fits of mooili- ness and fretful anxiiety troubled her, and led her, iiosseHsed as she was with .i more than ordinary share of woman- l!y Bhrewdnees, to suBi)«*.t th'at be was hilling Boniethiiig from her. IhiA what chiefly vexed her proud nature wna the /tece.sstty «rf com^eal'ment, and aCU itH attendant petty falsehoo<ls and sii)l.>terfugi!B. It was not pjeasaut fop B*iltla Carenfoot to have to pass as Mra. Rol)ertB,_ and to be careful) not to sbow hereelf in puUic pLaces in the day- time, where there was a poesibl.ity o( her iieing Been by any one who might] recognised in faei strikiug figure the liiidy who had lived wilh Mi« .Lee in Maritxhire. It was not {iHeasant to her bo I* obliged to rrtp'ly ^ IVItiria Lee's affectionate letters, fnfll as they were of entreaty for ber rettiirnv by epistllea tthbt had to lie forwarded) to a coiuitry ti>wn in a remote district of Germany to be posted, and whlob were in th«uw«elve^ full of li<A that, however » hite I hey might have seemed under all the cin'ara.stHnces, slie felt in her con'vicnce to be very black indeed. In short, tli«ra whb in their union none of that Bense of finality and uf se- curity that !•«. under ordinary circum- stances, the diBtlngui.sliing mark of marriage in tliif; country; it partook rather of the nature ef an illicit con- nection. • Kt the end of a fortnight of wedded bliw all thase little things had ttegun to make ihemte'lves felt, and in truth they were Init the eomniencement of evi-lB. Kor (iib" afternoon, Phili[>, for tti« fimt time sinoe his wedding, tore binocwlf away from his wife's side, and been rwently efe«;ted. Here he found no lens than three letters from his father, the first reque.HtinK his re- turn, the BiKond itiiiinianding it in ex- ceptionally (Milite langua^, ami I be thirdâ€" wliich, wriHeii in mingled anxi- ety and anger, had juBt arrivedâ€" txiol- Iv announcmg \nn iiurent's intention, should lie not hear of him by return, of .setting <U'tective officers to work to diiM-over Iuh w tirreaboutB. Froui this letter, it apiieared. indee<l, that his couLsin tteorge had already been dis- patched to 1/undon to look for hiui. and on reference u> the liiill-iKirter he di»- ooveivd that a geuUenian amiwering to bts deHcriplion had already inquired for hjiu .several times. Cuming his own fully in not having kept up Bouie communication with his father, he made the hast of his way back l|> his lodgings lo find Hilda wait- ing for him suinuuhat disconsolately. " 1 am glad you have couie Imcji, love." she said <lra»iiig liii^^M(ard her till bis <lark curls uM|^^H|tli lier own fair locks, and kl^^^^Hh ui>on the for«'head. ' i have^HBKd you. dre^idfully. 1 don't" undcx.stand Ivow I cau have lived all tliietie yeaiv without you." " I am afraid, Ueiir. you will have to live without me for awhile now ; lis- ten ;" and ho n-ud her the letters be bad just received. SlJe listened attentively kill he had finished. " What are you going to dot" she K.skeil. with .some anxiety in her voice, " Do! M-jMftmaffr-^ I uiust go home onciyfl^BHF "Au^^^^BBi to 'â- HMP^WR^niiw ; I buppuee that you must Bloii her.- â- ' "That vsill be pIcuBaul for me, will it m>t /" " No, dear, it aiJI Imi pleasant fi'r neither you u<xr luv ; but what can I do? Ydu know the man my father is to <l6.il iviili ; if I .stoi> licre in defiauce of ills uiHliea, esjiecially as he has been unxiou.s about iiie, ilirr,' is no knowing what might hap{wn. lli'iiieiuber, Hilda, that weliave lodcal with (ieorge, whose whole life In devoted to se.Tet endeav- or5< to Buppiiuil me. If 1 were to give hiiu such uu opportunity as J should by Btoiiiiing uaay now, 1 Bhould dea«.rve all 1 got, or rallier all I did not get." UilcT;i .siglied and acquicstced ; had she II u sofier-iuinded wnuian she would ve wept and relieved her feelings, but she was not suft-miuded. And so, liefor.' ltii> I osi went ou/t, he wrote an vfiellonuie letter to hi.s father, ex- pre.vHing his sorrow at the lalter's anx- i«ty anil al his own negligence at not having written to liini, the fad of the matter liiiiig_, he said, that he had been taken up nit'h visiting some of liis Ox- ford frieiKts and had not till that af- toriKHin lieen near bis <lub to look for letters. He would, h<Avever, he added, return on the morrow, and make his o|K>h>gie< in p»'.r«on. • This letter he handed to his wife to reud. " Ik) you think that will do !" he B-sked, when «he had finiahe<l. "Oh, yes!" Hlie repliivl with it touch of her old sarcasut, " il is a masler- piei-e of falsehood." Philip looked ver>' angry, and fumed and fretted, but lie maile no reply, and on the following morning he dejiarled to I3j-atham AMiey. " Ah, Philij), Philip!" Raid his father. under the mellow Influence of his fourth g<lHiiB of inrt, on the night of hLs arrival. " I know well enough what kept y«>u up in I own. "Well, well. I don't «M>mplaiii ; young lueh will be young men ; but don't let these affairs interfere with the business of life. Re- luouilier M;iria I.ee. my lM>y ; you have .serious interi>«ts in that direction, in- terests that must not be trifled with, interests that I have a right to expect yiMi will not trifle with." U.s son nmde no reply, but sipped bis wine ill ^lilem^, aching at his hMrt for . ' - ' 11. ' hw absent bride, and wondering what his father would say, did he really know what had " kept him in town. ' Alter this; matters went on smoothly enough for a month or more ; since, ifortunately for Pliillp|, the great Maria Lee question, a queniion that the more he considered it the more thorny did it appear, was for the moment ahelved by the ahaence of that young lady on a visit to her aunt in the Isle of Wight. Twice during the month, he managed, on different pretexts, to get up to London asd vi«it his wife, whom he found as patient as was possible under the circumstances, but anything but happy. Imlo^d. on the Becon<l occa- Bion, she urged on binx strongly the ignominy of her i.osition, and even tieg- gel him lo moke a clean breast of it to Ills father, offering to undertake the task lierxelf. He refused equally warmly, and .some sharp words ensued, to be, lu'-wever. qui<.-kly followed by a r««!onciliation. On hiB return from his second visit, Philip found a. note signed, "affeiMion- ately yours, Maria Lee," waiting for him, which annotinced that young lady's return, and liegged him tocume over lo lunch the following day. He wentâ€" indeed, he bad no alterna- tive but ta go, and again fortune fav- •red him in the persojn of a diffident youug lady who was stopping with Maria, and who never left ber side all that afternoon, much to the disgust of the latter and the relief of Philip. One thing, however, be was not spared,' and that was the perusal of Hilda's la.sl letter to her friend, written ap- parently from Germany, and giving a lively dea-ription of the writer's daily life and ttie state of her uncle's health which, she said, precludled all possibil- ity of ber return. Alas I be already knew its every line too well : for, as Hilda refused to undertake tne task, be had but a week before drafle<l it hiiu.se'.f. Hut Philip was growing hard- ened in deception, and found it jHiKsible to rend it from end to enil, and .spec- ulate upon its contents with Maria without blush or hesitation. But be could not always exiwct te find .Miss Lee in the custody of such an obtuBe friend; and needless to say, it became a matter of very serious im- portance to blm to know how be should treat her. It occurred to hliK that the safest course might lie to throw him- self uiion ber generosity and make a ulean breast of it ; but when it came to the (loint he was too weak thus to exiKiBe hiB siiameful conduct to the woman whose hvsrt be had won. and to whctn lie wa^ bound by every tie of honor that a gentlecuan holds sacred. fie tboi^bl of the scornful wonder with wliich she would listen to his tale, and preferred to take the risk of great- er lU-sustsr in the future to the cer- tainty of [rrenent sbame. In the end. he ci'.nt rived to establish a B[>ecie8 of cotlfidenU.^l intimacy with Maris. which whtlBt it somewhat mystified the poor girl, wiis not without its charm, inas- n\ucli .-IS it tended to transform the every-day Philltp into a hero of ro- mance. .Uul in ttie uuiin Maria was Ul-suit- edi to play heroine to her wooer's hero. B<-rseIf as open as the daylight it waB ^uite iDciaDorebensible t4i her why their relatiousmp should be kept such a dark and mysterious secret, sr why. If her lover gave her a kiss, it shouild lie done with as many precau- tions as t hoUgh be weae aliout to cook- mil a murder. ijto be CVmtinued.) THE BL DORAD OMYTH. Hew ibe Tcrai t'asM I* He Apiille4 le ftosirea •! I'sramuias Klcbr*. £1 Dorado is the term now heard on every side in connection with the plac- er mines of Alaska asd the northwest territory of Canada, its derivation ia uf interest. In Ibe fifteenth century it wa«< ruiaoureil that there existed in the northern part of South America a city of great wealth called Manua, whose King, Kl Uorado by name, was lierlodicalty smeared with oil or t>al- sam ami waB than powdered with gold du.st., until his whole body had a gilded appearance-. It was said that on these occasions lie threw gold, emeralds, and other precious metAls and gems, iulo a sacred lake, In which be afterward bathed. ileginuiiig in ir<32 the Spaniards sent mauy large exiwditious to search for this phantom city, and must of them ended disastrously, huudre<ls uf lives lieing lost One explorer, Orellano, av- ern-fd that he found Kl Doratlo In his voyage down the Amazon in 1140. This was diBpn>ved, but the search was (xin- tjnueil down to the eighteenth century t^mie of the i*.suJts were the conquest and .settlciiieui of New (iraua<hi, the making known to the world of the mountain region of Vtuiezuola, the diji- ix>very of l^- noble rivers, the Orin- <K^o ;iuil the Auiazon, and the explora- tion of the vast forests west of the Andes. Alsjut tlie end of the »ix- te -111 11 i-entury an ilugl'ish ex|iedition either sent out by or under the per- .sonal leadership of Ualeigh iienetrated into Ihiiana, thereby obtaining acilaim on that country which has resulted in the ucquin nient of the modern llri- : lish colony of that najiie. It has lie -n supposed that the origin of this falflo uro.se from the yearly cel- ebration of a IrilH- of Indians ne.ir I ikigota, whose chief was on these occa- sions gilded with gold dust, but this ceremony was* never w-itnessetl by the Bpauiaixls, and the Blory nuiy biinply lie another version of the .WI Porado myth. The nauK- FJ I>orado wa.s commonly used to descriilio the city or Miuntry which wa.s the ooiect of the searvh, but a later usage of t he term has been its figurative aimlication with re^rd to any legion of more than common r'lchiittw, Fll IXirado county, in Cali- fornia, was the scene of. the famous gii\d finds of '49, and simn then the oxpn-ss'ion has been used* to dest^ribe mjny gold eamjis. HIBH ElfLOSITfi SHELL WILL DESTROY THB MIGHTIEST WAR-SHIP IN FIVE SECONDS. H reselrale* rear- lack AniMrrute â- *»•»• Expledlst â€" The Isveater Tells ef «*• rrlghiral Slas(bi«r Which WssM ** rasned. Hu<tfloto Mfcxlm. ot tondon, Engtend. bas made is poesiWB for tvetj vea»el to carry around wUU it an equl»»nent t4 Bi*>-oiarine minM, Hte hM put It in the power of every tort to be ab'Js to shoot these Buhmnrline mines at »03 yteseii HSb newest shell, if exploded uipou the deck or within the InterioB of a big waretoift woutid dtstroy th« craft, in five seooivds. Ttene fearfni weapons of war .-onsirt of shells whiDh pemetrate the sides o€ veeBelh lefore burst.iaag, instead ol buiBtlng at the uwoieat of contact as bias goneraldy been the case. The two expoBives are known as Melinite ai)d Maximite, and the dreadfuO bavoa thej may create bus been txiid ia a state, ment. wliich. in accordance with his or- dinary <TiBto«n of desiing wiih new». papers, Mr. Maijm dictated to » Stenographer and then signed. It W in p«rt as fo.lo»a: "There can be no doubO aa to THE FBaOHTFUL aUAUGHTKB That woulH be effec-ted by melinite, for one shell burning inside K crulaex would deutroy the **P- But untU cheraJHts can invent a high exi».«eir« that wia penetrate armor, we fear the navy wiil have to continxis to u*e pow- <ter as an expttwive ; for, owing to lU slow bui-ning qualities, the shell geta inside ti» ship l«tB»re li bujrsts. At Uhe same time, if ubemi»ts can discover a high exinloave, nonsensltlve. and a safe expibeive^whirf. Is a co«traUiction of termsr-then <v» eh-a all be iua<to tkappy. . . ••The chief difficuDty in firing high explU^ives through "ir""?' ''f'."?^^^" *> inw-fc to gel a sufftcient-y fneensi- UvJ hf^ ex,y^.ve for the P^V^J.^'^ to get a fW» wbM-4. wl.il carry a euffl- .^nl quar.lity of detonaUv. -W**^^ to exuc««le the insensitive high ei- t iioded by the terriJu' sbiuck of retards- ^"n^ Ib^ sbeil inlhe a.t of I'-'T'"* U» amu.r. It w.iUl do ne K?"^ *• shoot through armor ''-«»â- Â«' jr«„^»Vi3 fuse carrying » detxsuitor wiuoh ^IJI 5^ to ^e^t ,Vr-«rh the "'»«»'"•«»" P..X1S the wet gnfa 'r*-'"" o^ °^'' i?! ieiK^U^e bluh exi .t«Jve after ti»« •»"* SbaU have [lafised tbrouigh. ine tre- mendoub shavk of retardation is sufli- clent to instanU^ detonate »"> '^r minate or oih.r Jetonative eom»ou«4 whatever. _ ,^^ Jft)w, Ibere is om.'y one way pos- sible l.> which a "^"'" fPi Uiwntity «I detouative . »»mpoun4 can I* sJKrt- through armor without l-einit txpilode<l imstanianeously upeo BUSfing tL Plhte, ami that is by re- lieving the detointlve cliarge f r<xm the shocJi of reUnUiion. liy bus^nding the same within the piu,iec'»J!' "> f^J? wise that it Bha.l constitute a sort ol liiinger Iwdy, so ttoat uoon the strJU Imr of the KlieU ua«i:i live target tM veoity of the lody of detoiwtive conw pwund is not retarded, but paasei frvelj forw^ard i«i a UiiLw within the Mhell withwuJ; <vpo.'«ition thus «iviu» the projeiiiLe tiiae to pa-sa through tb« PLiate. Now, mirb a fuse has t»en ld- veiited by Prof. VtiVA\i Alger and my- se.f iodntlT. aiid has been made and testedT It tlae HillMady Ibeeo shot through four inch armor plbte witu bali«ra<-.tor>- rewilts. . , .,, „ "It »»ioh;H l»> borne I'p |mind IbiaH tbere are two distinct st«ber«» of use- fu-neBS for the high explt^sive or aerial toriwdo, the one for the penetration o« .ight armor and the other aM a wib- mariue mine. A t>ra»-.tlc-ai bysiem a« throwing aeria: torpethJ«» from onln- am-e may »«e juBt'.'y lermed a system cO, p.aciuK and springing nuUuarine mines at the will ol the iii,-eniu«r standiu)^ al the gun. 'I''ie aeria.i loriiedo ojl high exp.luaive shell shiiild never be uised araiast heavy armor, fur high ex- pltcives, e\e» in latye qiuintltleB. ex- pliKled uni-.ijiiped agaiiisit tbiok armor place can d» bult li^tle damage. The armor muRt Ije penetrated and the ribell exi>4«ljpd inside the vessel, or m mum l» lifted as a submarine mine, oB Iho shell musl t^arry a sufficient Ijl large quantity of expU«ivo to destroy the fJiip l>y expX'ding over the decJt on strikinir soum o! ihe Buiej-structuret ••HUU-<<).N MAXIM4 '"lliurlow LiKlge, 877 Norwood road. S. K."' A 0OLI> LtlAK TKMIPLK. Not in America, not even in the Klondike, but in the far-off Kast, at Kangoon, the ca|uial of lUuruiah, i» situated the taiuouB golden pagoda of a Buddhist temple, the whole of lhi» exterior ot whiiii is oaie mass of sim- mering gold, ihis generous coating of the metal is the result of years and year-i of offerings to Bmldha, for de- voteL-.-' from all pans of the world come to Uaugiim and bring pa<-ket» of gold leaf, which they plaoe ou the pagoda Duriug the last ivntury the King i»f Ilurmah gave his, literal, weight in gold to the walls of the (luguda, an of- fering worth i'Sl.tKM) Rterliug. '. OiNlI-Y A HLUrF. T»>urihl â€" What's the uaii^ of that no- ble mountain. Haiuiltouianâ€" Duuno as it's got any. We eaiU it tb' mountain. Tourist- No name No name for that grand eminenoe. UkiinUt*»niianâ€" Wot'ti the use of it's bavin' a name? It's only a bluff MICK, KRUiHl'KN HLEi»HAN'W. It is a fact well known in all men- ageries that a uioiuse will frighten au elephant iflore than will a locomotive The traiuel^, say that what -the ele- phant feiiAfathal the inuuse will run up his trunk. There i.s a tradition that a uiouisexeS'lly did thus in one instance while an* elephant wa-s sleeping aud cau-sed the animal such intense pain. that he had to lie killed. Ht>MM'S OKU AT fK.MKTEKY. I'he most exlennve cemeterr ^n tb* world is that uf Ruuie. in wblt^ oor ii.Olto.OiiO huiiiuu liaitigv liave bet* In- terred,, \