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«p mm â- HP ID.^"W"3Sr. CfliAPTEB xn. WTien the doctor '\a<l gone upstaira, Philip went into the dining-room to a»t souietbing, only to find that food wa« repugnant to hijn; he ouuld scarce- ly swallow a moi^thful. To some ex- tent, however, ho suppl'el its plaie l>y win», of wliicli he drank SHwral glasses. Th«ii. drawn by a strange fascination ho wtiiit bai'k into the little study, and rouleiiil)ering the will, bethought him- self that it might )>e as well to secure It. In leaking it off the taMe, however, a folded and murh erased shret of maa- usrri|>l was disclosed. Kecogn^zing Bellamy's writing, he took it up and ooiumenced to read the draft, for it wa.t nothing elso. Us sulistanoe was aa follows: The docuinent began by ctatlng that the t«.stati>r's former will was declared null and void on acx-ount of lJve"treach- erous and dishonorable conduct of his son, Philip." it then, in brief, but sweeping terms bequeathed and devis- ed to trustees, of whom Philip was not one, the unentailed property and per- sonality to beheld by them: firstly, for t/he benefit of any son that might lie born lo the saiil disinherited Philip by Us wife Hildaâ€" the question of daught- ers, being, prol)abIy by accident, passed over In silenceâ€" and failing suoh issue, tlieo to the testator's nephew, George Caresfoot., absolutely,! subject, howev- er to the following curious condition: come from the sicjcroom an<l wore an anxious look U|)on iii.s faOB. "Your wife has been delivered of a fiJie girl," he .said; "Init I am l>uUDdi to tell y<«i that her condition i.s far from satisfactory. The case is a most com- plicated and dangermis one." "A (jirl I" groaned Philip, mindful of the will. "Are your sure that it is a girl V "Of cour.se I am surek" answered the doctor testify. "And Hilda illâ€" I don't understand." "Look here, my goo^l fellow, you are upset; take a glass of brandy and go lo IxkL Your wife does not wish to see you now, l)ul, if necessary, 1 will send for ymi. Now. do as I tell you, or you will b» down ne.xt. Your nerves are seriously sLiktsu " Phlli|> dill as he wiis bid,, and^assoon as he had 8e«'n hiin off to hia :room, the doctor returned up-stairs. fn th« early morning he sent for two of his brother practitionera. and they held a consultation the upshot of which wias that i hey had come to the con- clusion that notbingg short of a mir- acle ooiuld save Hilda's lifeâ€" a conclu- sion that she herself had arrived at some hours tjefore. "Doctor," sjj© said, "I trust you to leit me knoiw wfaen the end la ne«i/. I wish my husband to be present when I die, Imt not l)efore." "HusU, my childrâ€" never talk of dy- ing yet. Plea.se (Jodi you have many years of life Ijefore you." She shook her golden head a little sailly. 'Nq, doctor, my sand has run' out, and perhaps it is as well. (Jive met the childâ€" why do you keep the child away from mof It is th« meseejiger sent to pall me to a happier world. \e&, she w an angel messenger. When I am gone Should the said George Caresfoot, either | f^.v' tn.^^h'*" , '^f'" ''^"e«i»'' ^o that 1 ,.,,.,, ... »» ^ » ' "^."^y know by what name to greet her by d«^d of gift or will, attempt to xe- | when the time c/)me8." 'During the course of the morning she expressed a strong desire to see Mar.a Lee, who was accordingly sent sent for. It will be reniembered that old Mr. oonvey the t-.state to his cousin Philip, or to defioenda.Dts of the said Philip, then the gift over to the said George VTBui to be uf no effect, and the whole »"a9 to pass to some disnant cousins t'aresf(x»t had on the previous day of the testator's who live.1 in S<ot- land. Then followed several legacies and one charge on the estate to the extent of £1.000 a year payaHle to the separate use of the aforesaid Hilda Caresfoot for life, ajul reverting at death to thv holder of the e^itate. In plain English Philip waa, un ktr, this draft, mtaily disinherited, first in mediately after Hilda had left him, sat down and written to .Maria l>»e. In this note be told her the whole shame- ful truth, ending with a few words of bitter humiliation and self-reproach that such a thing should have Ijefallen her at the hands of one bearing his name. f)ver the agony of shame and grief thus let l()os« upon this unfortun- ate girl we will draw a veil, it is for- tunate for the endurance of human rea- son that lUV does not liold many such favor of his own male iaBU«^. by his wife hours as tliat through which she passed HiMa. all mention of daughters ijcing after the rec»-ipt of this letter. As OBiiiled., and fui:ing such issue, in fav- \7" ')iL""/"i'.' ' n9iwith8laDding old ,.•'., • ,. 1 ;\.'^ Carasfoot's brief vindication of or of his baled cousin Uoige. who. as Hilda's conduct in his letter. Maria was though to add inbult to injury was pro- filled wibh iniligiiation ai what to her- hlDiied from Hilling the property Ixick ^"[[ *•»« '^"'''1 her treachery and de- elther to himself or his des.endants. by '|'\vhile she wns yet full of these whom toe testator had proliably und- thoughts a turns â- ukt came galloping erstuud the ohUdren of a second mar- ""•"' from BralhHiii Ablwy, bringing a rioipe. ""'* [â- :»"> l^r. c-a -y that told her of TT-, ..II . . \}*'J "''* friend's sudden death, and of PhUip read the document over twice HH,|u8 dangerous condition an 1 her de- cerefully. wro lo .s«<- h-r. The receipt oi his news â- I'bow!" ho said, "that was touch and ["""Jfed lier into a ircKli ac-ess of grief, lor she ha grown lond ol ih«o d uuin; go. 1 hank liuuven he had uj liiue to carry out hi« kind intenti>,0:i." But presedntty a terible thought struck him. Jle rung tiie i>>'ll Utisiry It wjs answered by the footuciii, who, siucr. tit' had an hour bi-for (arry ihe poor master up-»laiii, ha I becoiiie nulle dmiorali/ed. It wn Miiue """â- had ihe warm affeitiou tor Hilda that had found a p ore in her gentle heart been altog.'Uier ivrenched away; and now, ub.it m1j« b-iird that her rival was face to face, w.th tl at King of terrors Ijefore whom nil farlhly love, ic.lped to bate, hope anil ambitii»n inusl la;l down anil ce;i9e (heir troubling. It revived In alt Its force; nor did any thought of Her own wrongs oomo to chill it Into his hands again and groaned, mak- ing no other ojiswer. A/ter waiting awhJJei, she went on: "I am an insignificant creature, I know, and perhaps Uie mite ot my hap- piness or misery makes little difference in the scale of things; 1/ut to me the gift of all my love was everything. 1 gave It to you, Philip â€" gave it without a doubt or murmur, gave ijt with botli handis. 1 can never have it I ark to give again I (low you have tnaled it lyou best know." (fere she broke down !a little, and tlien cont nixed: "It may seaim curious, but though my love has tieen .so mistakenly given; tliougli you lo whom it was given have li-ult so ill with It, yet am 1 anxiou.s that on my side there should l;e no bitter mem- ory that, iin looking lack at all this in after years, you should never be able to dwell upon jpiny harsh or unkind word of mime, it is on that account^ and also because I fe^l ttiat it is not for me to judge you, and that you have already too mucih to l«ar, that I do as you ask ma, and say, 'Philip, from my heart I forgive you, as I thrust that the Almighty may forgive me.' " Ue flung hiimtelf upon his knees be- fore her and tried to take her hand, "You do not know how you liavcj lium- bled me," he groaned. iiho gazed at him with pity. "1 am sorry." she said.; "I did not wi«h to humble you. I have one word more to sa^., and then 1 must go. I have just bid my last earthly farewell toâ€" your v. if©. My farewiell to you uuiat Ije as complete as that, as com- plete as tliough the grave had already swallowed one of us. We have done with each other forever. I do not think that I shall come back t>ere. In my waking moments your name shall never willingly pass my lips again. 1 will say it for the last time now. Philip, Philip, Philip, whom I chose to love out of all the worldi, I pray God that He win take me or deaden the edge of whac I suffer, and that He may never let my feet cross your path or my eyes fall upon your face again." In another serxind she had passed out of the room and out of hU life. That night or rather just l)efore dawn on tlie following morning. Hilda, knowing that her end was very ni-ar aent for her husbojid,, "Go quickly, doctor," siie said. "I shall die all dawn." The dix-tor found him seated in the same spot where Maria Lee bal left him. "What, more misery !" the said, when he had told ihis errand. "I cannot liear it. There is a curse upon meâ€" death and wickedness, misery and death!" "Yim must t«me if you wish to see your wife alive." "I will oome," anil he rose and fol- lowed him. .â- V sao signt await <vl him. The mom- ent of the gray <;awn was drawing niear, and by his wife's request, a win- dow had lieen unshuttere<l that her dimmed eyes might once more look up- on the light, oil the great Ijed in the center of the room lay Hilda who-ie life was now quickly draining from her, and by her side was placed ihe sleep- lag infant. She wa.s rai.sed an 1 sup- ported im eithT si<ie by pillows and her unlmund gulden hair fell around her sluHilrtcrs. inr.Uwing her face :ia in a frame. Her pallid cminlenance seem- ed touclveil with an awful U'auty that h<id not Iwlonged to It in life," while in her eye.s was t hat dread and presci- ent gaze whth .sometimes come to those who are abi>ut to f.o've death's ui.vstery. By Ihe side of the tied knelt .Mr. Kra-ser. the clerg/man of the parish, re- pealing in an earn-.st tone the prayers for the dying, while the sud fac«d at- tendants riiived With muffled tread touching ttm heads of mother and ohild^ illummed them as with a glory. It pass- ed as quickly aa ilt came, drawing away with it thb m/.ther'a life. Suddenly, as It faded, she spread out her arms, sigh- ed und smiled. When the doctor reach- ed the l)eil, her story vraa told: she had fallen a.sleep. l>eath had been very gentle with her. CHAPi'ER XIII. Co, my neader. If the day is dull, and you feei iiulined to moralize â€" for wliatever may Ije said to the contrary, there are less useful occuiiation.s â€" and look at your village churchyard. What do you see liefore you f A i;lot of in- cloned ground, bactal fcy a gray old SKELETONS LINE THE TRAIL, infl «al<l Dum tl Welgkeil Like Bus* ef Nnti on lb« Kcjilef at Dawnan CItr. WaJdo t'. Curtifls, of Wiiinated, Conn., AVho La 22 years old and went to the Klondike last July, has sent Ms father ana«-coiutnt of his adventures on the way and his prospects. " It is through shiaer good luok that I am hene to write you now," he says. " I fjell in with a, party of seven other fellows and at Lake Llndarman we found a man who had constructed a large boat or scow, roughjj built and capable of carrying about » dozen per- sons. Ba offered to take us through church, a numlwr of tombstones more, . ^, -.^ , . _ « or le.s3 decrepit, and a great quantity | 'he rapids and down the Yukon for «40 of Utile olilOng mounds covere 1 with eaoh and let us have the prlviilege ol rank grass. If you have any iniagina- working our own [lassage. We were not tlon any power of thought, you will see more than that. First, with the instinctive selfishness of human nature, you will re<'ognize your own future habitation ; perhaps your eye will mark the Identical spot where the body you love must lie through all seasons and "weathers, through the slow centuries^ a case of hustle from tbe beginning of that will flit so fast for you, till the the journey to this end to save our Uvea long In accepting his offer, so we put aboard our outfit a«d Uied it on th» best we (»uld, and started o« our jour- ney through the severaJ lakes and rap- ids to and down this Yukon. It w«a craaih of doom. It is good that you should think of that, although it makes you shudder. Thle Knglish churchyard takes the place of tbe Egyptian mummy at the feast, or the slave in the Roman conqueror's car â€" It mocks your vigor and whisper of the end of beauty and strength. Prol)ably you need some such remind- er. Hut, if giving to the inevitable, the sigh that Is Its due. you pursue the vein of thought, it may further occur to you that the plot lefore you is in a sense a summary oi the aspira- tions of humanity. It marks the rea- lization of human boi>es. it is the crown of human amlutions, the grave of hu- man failures, Here, too, is the end of man, and lifre tbe Ijirth-place of the angel or the demon. It is his sure in- heritance, i>tie that he never solicits :ind never squanders ; and, last, it is the only certain resrting-place of sleep- less, tlre<l mortality. Here it was tJiat they brought Hilda and the oflri isquire, and laid them side by sidle against the coffin of yeoman as well aa our outfit. We ran the dif- ferent rafiiids without losing anything to siieak of until we reached the treach- erous White Horse Rapids. Here we lost muoh of our outfit, as we .vere sub- merged many times. Among the min- or things which I prized most highly was the loas of mv films and developing materials, as I blad taken many views all along on tbe overland trail from Dyea, Alaska, and through the differ- ent canons "It takes about two and a haU min- utes to shoot Miles Canon, but we ran It without accident, although four dif- ferent times I cume near losing all. "Tbe Journey from Diyea to Klon- dike is DOTTED WITH STAKES. marking theilist resting place of those less fortunate than myself. 1 also saw Caresfoot. whose f.ancy it had lieen to nn,„y skeletons and l)odiee of men, who Iw buried in stone, and then, piling Uad lost their lives in the rapids and primroses, and blackthorn blooms up- 1 could not he reached lo be ouried. We on their graves, left them to their chilly , p^^ on to pilies of wreckage, log.s. and sleep. Farewell to them, they have . gadns bars, but tlv worst are ti.e shariv passed, to where, as yet. we may not j sand bars, but the worst are the sur- foUow. Violent old man and proud and face of Hue water in the AVbite Horse lovely woman, rest in i)eaee. if pe.aco be ! aa to strike ttip bottom of the l)oat, tbe portion of you lioth ! , which throws it out of course and makes To return to the living. The news it exceedingly dangenms for Us occu- of the sudden decease of old Mr. Cares- foot ; of the discovery of Philip's secret marriage and thie ileaith of his wife ; of tlie terms of the old tniin's will, un- „ ._>,.„.. .„ |ba(kw:trd and forward from tiie rir "Vllbin halt an, hour .she was at the I "' "ght around the l»ed into the da timj lycfoie I'hilij) cimlil get vii answer to hia quetttiun as to wlietlier or no ''""â- â-  "'' the Abljey House" Hi»!re^ tile ! **"''''"^''' "'"•â-  '"y lieyond any one had lieen with his father that li''!;!"'',.'"^},;''!'''."!'^. '" ""'^''^''.r to her I ^^ hen Philip came <he day while he was out 'r'i clergyman pants. " But I Bjn here at Dawson City at Ittat, In wtiat is supiHised to lie I he . . . r.-, . , • . . J . • ' riciiest mining camr> in the world der whu-th Hi.da being dead and having j where dollars are as nickels in the and having only left a daughter behind | State and wages are«l.5 a day. nu a.t* her. George inherited all the unentailed fi.so each, and coiLsist of moose steak! portion of this profierty. with the cur- or fried salmon, two pieces ot potato. fous provision that he was never to { and a cup of tea or coffee, with a lit- leave it l)ack to Philip or his children : | tie bread and butter. Whiskey is .W ot llw sudden ile|«irlure of Miss Lee I .-ente a drink and never saw a .still, and of many other Ihings, tha wereiTgH^ sl«ut rat iwi.son; it isn't in it. some of them true and some of them false, following as lliey did upon Ihe heels of the givat dinner-jKirty. and the announcement made thereat, threw the country-side into a state of inde- .scrilwble ferment. When this settled down, it left a strong and jwrmanent residuum of public Indignation and con- tempt directed cordially, perhajw. I>e<^use he was no longer a rich man. I-eoide very rarely ex.nress contempt or indignation at;ain.st a rich man who happens to be their neighbor in the country, whatever he _ may have done. They keep their virtue laager <|uestii>n, told bor tliiil humanly I •"*'*•'*♦•'' praying, and drew I a-k into the j for those who are iTiiiKiverished, or for iVt last he sue- speaking, ii was impossible her friend ! further part of the room, o-s d'jd! Pigott their unfortunate relations. But for (iambling hou.ses are thicker than iiiii.squitoes in Maine which are not half as thick as they are here. 'In order to get a letter you must begin at one end of the town and take each gambling hell and saloon in ro- tation for you will l>e as likely to find gainst Philip, the more! y<""" '"."".r '" aav ""e "f th«"" '^'' '^^ the Alaska Commercial Company a rihe lung. entered tlie sick room with a Heavy heart, and them from Hildas uying lips slie heard the st^.ry of her marriage ami of Philip's psrlidy. Their coeded in extracting a ro|)ly from the could l:ve Ihrougli another twenty- man tliat uolioily had been except the ,"'' '"'"''s, adding an mjuniiou that young lady-"leastways, hv I . ggmi par- â- '*".V,"'"'*' ."•'t stay with her i don. Mrs. Curesloof, as lie was told sue was." Never m.ml her." said Philip, feeling as tJiougb a .oad ha i I».mi taken from his breast, "you are sure nobody else has be*n t" "N.j, sir, nolHxly, luu-slways he Iteg- ged pardon, nobody exc4-pt Lawyer Itel- liimy and his clerk, who had Iwun there all the aftitrnoun writing, with a bla(Jc I and the nurse, the former lakiing Ihe I Imby wtlh her. I Hilda iniitioned to him to come close to her. H,^ ramc and bent over and kissed her. and she, with an effort, threw 1)1111 i.vory arm around hia neck and smiled sweetly. After aliout a min irewuciiiaiion was as complete a.s her "'^''' ''"ring which she was apparently • riend's lai.ing voica and Mt n n„'tb ' ''""*'"' '"8 li*'r thoughts, she spoke in a would allow. At length, she tore ner- i '"*^ voice, and In her native ti ngue. sell away, ami, turning at the door, ' "' have not sent for you liefore, I'hil- took her lost, look at lljMa, wl>o ha i I 'P' 't 'wo reafionsâ€" f i rst , Ijecaus- t rai.seil h^raell upon ,her ellww, and was I ^^''''•'ed to spare you pain; and next in ga/.ing at her r«.tr.'atiiig torm with an ' """der that 1 might have time to rid iiarnestne.ss that was \ i ry touching. I '"y '"ind of angry thoughts against ihe ayes, inaria felt, were taking their yu- They are aU gone nowâ€" gone with ban and had sent for Si..i,...„.ii. t,. )>» , ".* "''"" ''"*'>' '""ked upon lor the o^^ry other earthly interest; Imt 1 was oag, an. I nan sent Coi touumons to Iw last time in this world. iJatohiiig her ' ''"Xry with you, Philip. And now list- witne.s»ed. ' ^•â- '»''"1 Kaze., the dying wuman smiled ' "" ' â- â-  ' - ' "You can go," said Philip, in aquioti ^h,,„ ,''.'"* ^". ^''â- "'' I'"'"'-'''' upward voiice. .Hw saw it all now, , I I I I 'biis thoy parteil. ,• , ^^^^ Mariu cnuid control herself uo Uie old man die after he had ex*.utod longer; her own blasted prospeas the the lieMh will lUsinhenliiig him. He '"â- '*'' "' 'he man slie loved, and the affei»- hai UM liLiu die; he had efleiiually and '"'B scene through which she bad just beyond redemption cut ihis own iliro.it. passed, all helped to break hur down ""â- '"ing down stairs into Hie dining Uuubtleas. too, Uillamy liad taken the new will with liim; there was nochunce of this being abio to destroy it. U., degrees, however, hia fliff lirtiol- ing gave way to tuie of !*ullen fury ug.unsi his wife, hims.Mf, but must of ail ag.ii.nm his d< a I lalhi'i. Drunk with excitiMuenl, rage and baffle I av- arice, h*" seized a cand'e and siaggered up to the ro<ini where the corpse had lje<!n lai.l launiiiiiig iinprecali ns as be went at h:a dead latlier's hi ad. Siiit when Iw laui" face tn face w.th that dread Presence his passion died, and B cold .sense of the awful quii't and oni- niiK)lenc4' of lUnth iiime ui«in liiin and dulled bun into fenr. In some indis- tinct way he, rivilizeil how iiii|iotent is tlie cha fug of the w.ileis of Mortality agiiust the iroii-liiKind cuasls of Death. To whai |nirpof«> dad he rail again.stl room, sue threw iierself uu a sofa, and gave fuil poasagu to her grief. Pro- sent ly slie Ix'cuiue aware tliat she was not alone. Philip sti.o 1 Ijofore. her, or rather the wreck oi hiau whom she knew us I'hilip. Indved it wa.s hard to iwognize in this Kcared man, with dis- heveled hair, while and trembling lip.s, an.l eytvi niigeil round with black, the bolil, handsomo youtJi, whom she had loved, ihii sight of him stayed her sor- row-, and a sense of her biiter injuries rushed m upon her '".Vhat do you want with mef" she askofl. 'â- \ant. I want forgiveness. 1 am cru.shed. Maria, crushedâ€" quite crush- ed,," and hu put his hands to his face and soIiIhaI. vShe atiHwered him with the quiet dig- that solemn, quiet thing, that husk ami "^''J' ""»> Bfoil women can comnian I in mask of life which lay in unmoved moments of emBrgrBcy>-<lignity of a morkerv of his re.viliiig> very different stump from Hilda's IliH father was deal, and he, even haughty pride, but {lerhaps as iiiipres- be. had killed his father, lie was his "'^^ i" 'I* way. father's munlerer. AikI then a terror "'^'ou aak forgiveness of me, and say of Ihe re<koni3ig that must one day that you aro ci'ushetl. Has lit occurred be struck between that dead man's spirit and his own tiMik possession of hull anil a foreknowleilKK of ihe awful shad )W under which ho must hence- forth lio crept Into his mind and froze the very marrow in his Umea. Ho IiMjked agai;n at Ihe fa«, and, to his excited iningiTiiifion it upix-ared to have oasuiiied a sardonic- smile. The to you that, without fault of my own, except the fault of trust; ng you as en- tirely as I loved you, 1 too am cruah- eil'f IDo you know ,tliat you have wan- tonly, or to gain selfish ends, brokm my heart, blighted my nnmn, and driv- en me from my home, fur I oan live here no munef Do ,you understand that yoM have done me one enr to me â€"for I have not got much timeâ€" and do not forget my words in future years when the story of my life will seem Imt as a shadow that once fell upon your fjath. Change your ways I'hilip dear, nl andon deceit, alone for the past; if you cans make your lieaoe with .Maria Lee and n arry herâ€" ah! it is a pity that you did not do 'ihit at first an<l leave me to go my I waysâ€" and aliovp. a'! humble your heart Iwfore the Power that I am about ! til face. I love you, dear, iiiil, not- wiihstandinif all. I am Ihankful to have lieen your wife. Pleose t<i')d, we shall meet again." Hhe (mused awhile and then spoke in J'liiglish to ll'Je iiistonishment of all in Ihe room, her voice was strong and bliMir. and she uttered her words with an energy that, under the circumstan- ces, .seemed almost awful. "'ri.UI hk>r to bring the child." Tliere wns no nce^l for I'hilip to re- jieat wliat shh said, U>T Pigott heard her. and at once came forward with the baby, w'hioh she laid beside her. Tlie dying wiunon placet her hand uiK>n Its tiny hiead, and, turning her eyes upward, with the rapt expression of ftne who sees a vision, said : " May the (lower of God be aljout you to protect you, my motherless Iwbe ; may atvgels guard you and make you as they are ; and ni;iy the heavy curse and everlasting doom of the Almighty fiiM u.|ion thnNe who would bring evil upon you I" Sh« (>aused. and then addressed her husband. " Phili'in you have heard my words; In your charge I leave the child; see that you n<ever betray my trust." Then, turning to Pigott, ahe said, in a fainter voice: " Thank ^ou, for your kindness to me. You have a good face, if you can, Philip It w.is felt that there was no e.x'Mise and uo forgiveness ; he had lost bofh his character and his money, and must therefore Ik- cut, and from that day forward lie wa.s cut accordingly. As for Philip hiuiself. he was fortun- ately, as yet, ign«>rant of the kind in- tentions of his friends and neightxirs. who bad been so fond of him a week ago. Ih^ had emnigh upon hiis shoul- ilera wit bout llwit â€" for he had siHiken store, which is c.onsi,'ie red the head- quarters. Everybody brings in let- ters and they are left promiscuously aluut the town, i brought in o/er a dozen myself. Every letter costs 91 each, tbe carrier of which is willingly paid. "I have l)een offered fl5 a day of ten hours at the mines and shall go up to-morrow and take in the situa- tion. They claim some of the mines here are running 950O to 9SIXI to a pan. I do not know that gold is lielng brought into Daw-son in abundance. I have .seen them throw it on a .sca'e to uelgh in liags like meal. I saw the first day here what was claimed to lie several millions. One man had nearly no lie when lie told Maria I,ee thati a quarter of a million dollars' worth . . . â€" â€" oif the €«irse of ( .xitl fell upim him aa be looked, grivatest injuries one person can do an- •Dd weighed him down; his hair rose, other? 1 say, do you know all this. and the cold sweat poured from bis Philip Caresfoot. and. knowing It, do forehead. At length lie could liear it you »ttll aak me to forgive you? Do ' sU>v with miy cJiWd, and give her your no longer, but turn.ng, fled out ot the y<."» think it possible that I can tor- ' love and care. And now, may God have roinn and out of the house tar Lntolthie give?" i meray on my soul I" »'«'" 'â-  He had never heard her sneak like -m • i i â- < ' i~i When haggard wi/tji mental and Ixnli- this l*fore. and did not remember tJmt "^'"""i 'â- ","'", '^ '"'^"rf*^" " ""'â- â- *; IT*''' Iv exhaiistTMi, lu. at length returned, wlense feeling is the mother of eloqu- hi '""i'" '' ** V'r^ ""'"^ "^ \^T, If waa after midmight. lie foundk Dr em*. 'He aazed at her for a momil.T'lt. ' */''" «to"d an)und, till a ray of light lie was crushed by the dreadful and re- (leated blows that had fallen upon him. blows thdt had robbed him of every- thing that bud niadie life worth living,, and givfn him in return nothing hut in infant who could not inherit, and who w.-is therefore only an incumlj- niui'e. Who is il thnt says. " After all .let ,1, bad inun tftke what pains he may to uush it down, a human soul is an aw- Tul. gliiially, unique |Hisaession fur a Iwd mm t(> have?" During Ihe lime that had elajised between the death and burial of Ivla father and wife, I'hilii) had Iwcome thoroughly acquainted with t liie I ruth of this reiiuirk, (To Be Continued.) KNGLISH SERVANTS' WAGES. The official stallstics show that the general average of wages for all class- es of domcstiu servants in London is onl!y 9'76.25 a year, or $6.35 a niontb. Good butlers are paid a.i muclh as (l.'iO a year. Ladies' maids come next, and Nearly all ilealing is done in gold dust here." 'Vive la HAPPY THOUGHT. Bavnl Hill Life Itr ShontlnK Frtnee." An emusilig frontier incident Is re- lK>rled by Dalzlld from the village of Si^hoelbacb. in the neighbourliool of Metz. A 'boiy who was minding a flock of sheep on a small Island In the river was caught In a violent storm, during which the rain fell in torrents. The river rose rapidly and threatened to cover the island. Tbe boy .sliouted for help and bis cries werte heard by two German (lollcemain and severil villagers. Imt none of them would venture Into the swidlen stream. The hoy had almost given himself up ,, . , ... . ^ . for lost, w hien he rememliered hearing those who have accorapi-ashments get • ho,„» of his idaymates say: "If you very nearly the same wages. The offl- want a |H>llcenian sbiout "Vive la cial statiatics -show that the average ! France !' " for all ot London is $121.7,5 a year, 'l-ha | fl^ immediately began to shout ' Vivo average for cooks is »lt)7.75 a yesr; for |a KrancN?," wbeVeu|K>n tbe two police houBemaids, $81.25; nursemaids, SaB,.^, and laiindrcsHes, 194.25. These aver ages are drawn from many thousand individual cases reported to the bur- eau of Inlior and Btat'istl<is by the em- fjloyment agennias in London, and may >e regardoil aa accurate, although they do not refer to the highlit cjiass of .servants, sur-lii lis are found in the bouBee of the nobility and aristocracy. i men plunged Into the river, selzel the i l)oy. drugged him across to the main- land and off to the iiolice station, where they charged him with uttering sedi- tious cries. FAD FOR Mir.LIONAIRF.^. MiUlionaire women now have a fad for wearing diamonds on the finger nailJi. The new fashion decrees that the women with long Imnk accounts shall have % tiny gold cap made for each of t.heir fingers. From the cap is Oaley waiting for bim, he had just »«' *. 'He gazed at her for a moment in ' , .,""" .'".'^'''n'' "." " "^y "f »'Bht oniiahmeiit; then he dropped his face ffâ„¢^ "'* '''^•"? "U" â- 'â- â€¢â€¢"SKled through the graj miat of tlie morning, and. OLD MARRIAGE CITSTOM. The people of Lithuania believe in being forearmed for emergency. At least so a curious custom in regard to the marriage ceremon.v would stem to indlate. It is said that before the marriage is celebrated the mother of the bride gives her daughter a part- I inj maternal liox on the ears in the WiBpended oo the outerside a i>ig did- ] prenen-e of a nuinler of wilnrs e.i The mond drop, whirh spurkie^s moat sat- ; reason for this remarkable prwcoling lHifac.tx>rilV ; there is ime large sparkle' is that It the wife should at anvtine for each finger nail. t)f cour.se. the wish to sscure a divorce ahe would sparkles are not so consuicuous as have to plea I that physical force wm they woudd lie if a large niuuber of used to make her eater the Kinds of lingH were luyt worn at the same time. ni«triuioay.