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TEE MYSTERIOUS KEY OB, PLANNING FOB THE FUiUUE. . CHAPTEIl XII.-(C«nt'd) IShe folt almost heartsick in view o^ the revelation to which she was «kout to listen, for it seemed to hfr that if her suspioions proved to be correct it would be sadder tlian death to have Allison restored t<» Gerald in such a condition as ibis. ,What a living trouble it would be to always have to l<x)k into those btank, though still beautiful eyes, afid never receive one responsive ^I^Dce of recognition ! To watch the loved face, to hear the sweet, {ahiiliar voice, and yet feel that the dear one was forever lost, and I-&S iurely lost as if she had been ly- |ing,at rest in her unknown grave, as they had believed her to be I Lidy Bromley felt weak and ill I in view of this terril)le picture of the future, and yet she knew that [there would be a certain satisfac- tion in having the harrowing and J long-perplexing myslory of Alh- |-«on'i strange disappearance solved, '^'es," her companion resfiond- to her remark, ''but before 1 irelate her story, will you kindly tell Inie^if you know anything about the Igirl? You appear so agitated you [inspire me with hope." "J have never seen her before," Baid Lady Fromley, her sad eyes KislfuUy seatching the sick girl's Iface. "I only know that she Btrjngly resembles a young lady I â€" I have seen a tine picture if tier â€" who left her home in New Yotk last July and has never been Iheard from since. She was the be- tro.thcd wife of a dear young friend [f mine, who has been heartbroken over her loss, and yet Iâ€" I almost ir^ad to have my suspicions that your unfortunate charge is the same person proved true." Tjie gentleman sighed heavily as the concluded, for he could well inderstand and appreciate her feel- ing. '.'My name, madam, is Lyman,' be, observed, after a moment, "and [>n the thirtieth day of last July 'Ah, yes, that was the very Eay." interposed Lady Bromley rith a gasp. ''I was a passenger on the New jTork and New Haven express, bound from that city," Mr. Lyman |esunied. "In the seat opposite me ^as this beautiful girl, in whom I BCttme at once deeply interested |n account of her singularly deli- ito beauty, and because she ap- peared to be so excessively weary, lecping throughout almost the en- Sre journey. When the accident ce^jrred^^ soon afterward as 1 eco^^a^^HFom the shock of it, my Krght was fur my lovely lei^por. and I began to \o<,k Irouiid for her. I finally found her fin'g among the debris, appareut- dead. for when I sueeeded in stficating her there was a terrible kiund upon her head, which seem- " sufficient to cause death. I cared br her as well as I could under the Ircuiiii-tanccs, and then searched Ir. the hand-bag which* I had ob- fcrved in the section with her, with ^e h(.>pe that its contents would re- Biil her identity and thus enable to restore her bo<ly to her lil-nds. I found the bag, but in a lly demolished condition, and, (though I gathered up all the ar- tjes that were scattered near it, iere was nothing among them piich gave me any clue to her name her home. There was a few toi- It' articles in it, some handker- liiefs, a gold vinaigrette " |"A vinaigrette! Ah! Was it Vvthing like this?" eagerly inter- iptcd Lady Bromley, as she sud- Suly plunged her hand into her i)cket and drew forth a beautiful tie toy of that description. The man started as his glance fell jn it. ^'It was the exact duplicate of It. madam," he said. 'Oh. then there is not the slight- doubt of her identity," eaid her dy«hip, with pale lips. "Both jr story and the vinaigerette )ve it, for last (.'hristnias Mr. Irald Winchester, the young ^•'s fiance, gave me this, remark- as he did so that he had tmco fn his betrothed one exactly like Yes, this poor child must be Bson. Poor, poor child I" she ceased speaking, she lean- lorward to look into the face of lovely gii'l >n the chair. The lllid seemed to be attracted to and, fooking up into her eyes, ed with pleasure, revealing rows of perfect, milk-white as she did so. pery nerve in the woman's body Bed to be pierced with needles bat look, and with a feeling akin espair sn© murmured brokenly : )h, the pity of it ! the pity of Ih !" observed Mr. Lyman, bat you have told me inspires fwith the hope that she may yet j Tvbtored to hor friends. "Ther©' were several who were killed in that accident," he resumed, "and their bodies were placed in a bag- gage-car ; but I could not allow her to be taken there. I secured a stateroom in one of the parlor-cars and kept guard over her during the few remaining miles of that sorrow- ful journey. Just as we were roll- ing into the station, however, I thought I detected slight signs of life in my charge. I placed my hand over her heart ; there was warmth and the faintest perceptible pulsa- tion there. 'She shall ^ver be taken away with the doau, 1 said to myself, and, acting upon the im- pulse of the moment, I hailed a cab- man the instant the train stopped, conveyed her with his assistance to bis vehicle, and took her directly to my own home, where I resolved to spare no pains or expense to re- suscitate the injured girl, feeling quite confident that her parents or f I lends would tly to her immediate- ly upon seeing the notice which 1 intended to insert in the papers. I called my own family physician to attend her, and he did his ut- most for her. The wound on the head, he said, was a serious one. A portion of the skull was doubt- less pressing upon the brain, which accounted for her continued insen- sibility. An operation was perform- ed the next morning, which so re- lieved the pressure that conscious- ness was partially restored, and upon asking her name the child murmured something that sounded like Alice, and so Alice she has been called ever since." "Her name is Allison," said Lady Bromley. "Yes, that is what your maid called her, and it is very like," re- plied Mr. Lyman. 'liat same day," he continu id, "I was sudden- ly attacked with a severe illness re- for the second operation, in accord- ance with their advice and desire. To-morrow will be th© day which they had set for the trial of this vital experiment." CHAPTER XIII. "To-morrow !" breathed her lady- ship in a startled tone. "Yes. The surgeons are agreed that there must still be some pres- sure upon a certain portion of the brain, and they are confident that if it can be removed, mental activity will be wholly restored. Of course, they cannot be sure that the opera- tion will be successful but there is more than an even chance of it, and they claim that it would be culpable not to make the trial." Lady Bromley looked very anxi- ous in view of her duty in conncr- tion with the matter. Ought she to telegraph Gerald immediately what she had learned with reference to Allison? He, of course, was tho most interested of any one, and it seemed to her that he should be consulted regarding this impending operation. On the other hand, she knew that :t would be a terrible shock to him to see her in her present condition. She simply could not bear the thought of his meeting that blank, meaningless look in the eyes that had once been such a delight to him, or hearing the childish babble that fell from her cmiling lips. "Will this operation be attended bj any danger to her life ?" she in- quired, after thinking the matter over for a few moments. "Well, of course it will be a du- plicate piece of work. There is al- ways a risk, you know, about such undertakings," her companion gravely replied. "Still, the sur- geons encourage it, and if she were my own child I should risk it. 1 should feel that I had no right to doom her to perpetual mental dark- ness without making a desperate effort to give her back her enjoj- ment of life." Lady Bromley still wavered in her mind as to what she ought Uj do. Gerald, she knew, was busy BURNING OF UNCLE ABE VIVID DESCRIPTION OP A HORBIULE SPECrACLE. 4n Actual Scene of I.ynohiog an Old Negro WUncHscd in the State of Virginia. The air was filled with a horrible smellrf)f burning flesh ,and the faint wreath of yellow smoke, which hovered about a half-burned tree, over which flew hundreds of crows, indicated the spot where, in the twentieth century, had been offered to the 'uan-made god the sacrifice of a human life. This god was still on the scene, and his temple was in every human heart that gloated over its recent worship- its name, Revenge ; LYNCHED ( Hanging in chains attached to the tree was all that remained of a hu- man body. The poor, terror- stricken features ha 1 at last re- sumed a peaceful repose, and, as if by a miracle, had remained un- scorched, while the pitiful wisps of white hair lay fire-scorched, on the skull. The imagination of the most depraved being on the face of the earth cannot crave for more hor- rible reality than is to be found in plenty at a "lynching," when this sad blot on the name of a great people is allowed, time after time, to stain its otherwise clean code of honor, says a writer in London Answers. I need not draw on my imagina^ tion to pander to the taste of he most morbid individual in order to satisfy his craving for the horrible. It will be enough to describe an actual scene, which, in my capacity as a newspaper reporter, I witness- ed m the State of Virginia, when, sick at heart, and wondering at the flag that floated over the town-hall. suiting from the shock which I had tj,^ ordeal Was over, while if it received and which proved much could be accomplished without his more serious than I realized, and! preparing for the approaching tria!. ^'^'^ ^'^5 -freedom it represent<.d. He could ill afford the time to cor.e ! ^ *"= f"'-'^'''^' m the mte rests of my U Boston to remain until this t: .st j P^P^r. '« see this horrible crime should be consummated, ah she I consummated. well knew he would do if he waj IN AT THE DEATH. told of Allison's eiistencc, her con- . ,, „^„..„ ,„ ,„ i„„„n„ „, ,.^. , ., , 111 -An oiu negro, known locally as dition, and the contemplated mea <iit„„. .. „ ?, . „. ,,„ „ „„,„ . ^ „ ' , , , .. '^ I Uncle Abe, nau been arrested on sures of her restoration. i .â-  „. ,„j ,; „ ,l:i,i , »^„ ml- A. u 1 1 u â-  »»„». 'UP word ot a cnild of ten. Then, too, he would be in perfect ' ag<iny ot suspen.se and anxiety until was over for many weeks I was too ill to give even a thought to the girl whom 1 had rescued. When I recovered sufficiently to betray any interest in her, I was told that she was slowly convalescing, but, not hav- ing fully recovered her reason, was unable to give any account of her- self or of her home or friends. No inquiries had been made for her, at least none that seemed to point to her as their object, and we have never been able to gain any clue to her relatives. She gradually re- covered a fair degree of health un- til she has become what you see her now. But the operation of which i Epeak only partially restored her mental faculties, and, although she is a sweet and gentle being whom every member of my family loves most fondly, she is but a child in iutellect. Our physician, however, has all the time held out to us the hope that when she would regain sufficient strength another opera- tion might possibly result in re- storing her to her normal condi- tion. -â- ' "Oh, that is a ray of hope!" breathed Lady Bromley eagerly. "If it only can be done, how grateful we all shall be, for Mr. Lyman, I am sure that this is the dear girl who has so long been mourned as dead. But how can I ever bear to send the tidings to one whose very life was bound up in hers? It would I'e worse than death for him to see her thus. It would be living over again the agony which very nearly deprived him of his own reason, ' and tears rolled thick and fast over the cheeks of the beautiful woman as she thought of the terrible shock which Gerald would experience up- on learning the sad story to which she had just listened. ''I suppose you refer to the gen- tleman to whom you have said she was betrothed," said Mr. Lyman. "Yes." "Is the gentleman a resident of this vicinity?" "No ; his name, as I have already told you, is Gerald Winchester, and his home is in New York City." Mr. Lyman appeared to become absorbed in thought after this state- ment, and they walked along in si- lence for several minutes. At length he remarked : "Of course, in view of what you have told me. and the probability that the young latly's identity has been established beyond a doubt. I feel very delicate about acting independently in connection with her case any further. Still, I will say that ever since she has been under my care I have done by her exactly as I would have done my own daughtvr." "I am sure of it," said Lady Bromlev heartily, and bestowing an appreciative look upon him. â- 'I have employed the most skil- ful phy.sicians and surgeons to take charge of her. I have spared no- thing which they could devise or suggest to benefit her or contribute to her comfort and ultimate rec<iv- ery, and I had alrea<ly arranged knowledge, and end well, his lov«d one would be restore<l to him in h "V right mind, and he would never rea- lize the horror of her present cou diti'.n. But that "if" was a aeruus con- sideration. "Suppose the surgeons do not succeed?" she murmured tremu- lously, and with a shiver of dreaJ. "Then she will probably remain as she is n-ow as long as she lives " said Mr. Lyman, with a sigh. "And have you no fears that the exi)erinient will prove fatal?' "I have thought of every con- 1 he answered, smiling i "If the man is guilty of the crime, then by all means let the law take its course, and let the punishment be the niose severe that the code of the State Can inflict. But let the man have a fair trial. Fair play's a jewel." Thus I expressed my views on the suijject, and the person to whom I addressed myselfâ€" seeming- ly a man of refinement and educa- tion â€" replied : "You're a Britisher, aren't you? I Well, you people do n(.>t seem to â-  understand what we have to con- â-  tend with when the animal in the j negro gets the uj-per hand. The I nigger is guiltyâ€" it's his nature to i be so in this ca.seâ€" and we've got to I keep the beasts in order. In a few minutes vou will see how we punish sadly. '-Who does not, in deciding : s"ch offences as this nigger is guilty such grave questions? But I ca.; ; "^- . ,, ^ , ^ ii u •. foresee no new complication. Acute' . Seemg that my appeal t<, the best inflammation is the worst feature >"stinc s of the maddk-ncd crowd tc be feared, and since it did not had only the effect of rousing hmi attend the previous operation, 1 to anger. I thought it wise to re- see no reason why if should follow refrain from say.ng anything to the thw nnn " ' remaining portion of this represen- "Then," said her ladyship, wLh! tative gathering of the people. sudden determination, but looki,:g! a"^ in silence, secured a position very white, "I shuild advise no on the branch of a tree which over- change in the plan^ that you have , looked the prison, and waited, made. The young lady is an or- 1 AT THE PRISON, phan; she has no relatives; at least! q^I,ere were about three or four there is no one who really has any | ti,onsand people, all madly anxious .authority to decide such a mattei except her betrothed, Mr. Winches- ter. I feel almost a motherly re- gard for and interest in this young man, who for some time has been » member of my family, and I hon- estly think that I am justifi«d in authorizing you, iu his stead, to have the arrangements which you have made carried out exactly in accordance with youi" own and the surgeons' wishes. I am sure the tender care which you have thrown around this dear girl ever since that terrible accident is sufficient guarantee of your desire to do all that any parent could do for an own child." "'Thank you, maxlara," heartily responded Mr. Lyman. Then he continued, with an aj ologetic smile : "And now will you kindly tell me how I may address you in the fu- ture ?" "Excuse me, sir," said her lady- ship, flushing. "I have certainly been very remiss in not introduc- ing m.vself before. But my name is Bromley. I came out in such haste i have no cards with me. ' ' Then she went on, as she gazed wistfully toward Allison's fair, de- licate face, which was like some ex- quisitely tinted picture painted on ivory and framed in gold : "She is very beautiful, even though her mind is so sadly dark- ened ! ' ' "She is, indeed," replied Alli- son's protector, as he bestowed an affectionate glance ujion her. "Wo were very sorry to be ol>liged to cut her hair, which was a veritable to secure a place from which each could witness the horrible death agony of a poor fellow-human. They surged around the prison, they fought for places vacated by the weaker, who fell in the mad rush for the prison gate, and their cries rent the air. Presently I saw the prison gate opened. The "people" had de- manded the accused negro, and the sheriff and warden had come to the conclusion that the law must give way to force, andâ€" it seemed to me â€" they did not long hesitate in com- ing to the latter decision. Then two score or so of the men went inside the gate, and soon emerged, dragging the terrified old man between them. His appear ance was the signal for a rush of the people to a field about four hundred yards away. I watched the procession from where I sat, fascinated. But. hear- ing the poor negro speak. I climbed down, and fought my w.ay to his side. "Oh. don't burn dis pore owd niggah !" he moaned. "I'se been on dis yer Ian" fo' mo' nor seventy ^-ear. an' I'se alius 'spectibleâ€" I hev ! I'se insent! Sure as I be bawn! Don'tâ€" oh. please, gen' men. don't burn dis owd grey he'd ob mine! I sw'ar I'se insentr- I sw'ar I'se insent! Fo' de Lord's sak', don't burn dis pore niggah!" THE CRIME OF COLOR. I am usually coo! and phlegmatic, bub this scene was too much tor nio. I folt instinctively that the retorted. "Man â€" man, can't you see that these people are race mad ? Can't you see that the poor man's color is his crime ? You are a Southerner. Does that fact make you less of a man ?' ' I was very excited, I know, and tears â€" tears of which I am not ashamed â€" brimmed over. He smil- ed sarcastically. "Cheer up, sonny!" he said. "There's worse in store â€" for the nigger!" It was no use. Nothing I. or any living being.^, could say would turn this mob of fiends from their set purpose. "Bloodâ€" blood !" was everywhere the cry. I worked my way out of the crowd, and got back to the tree. BURNING A CORPSE. I saw the poor old man dragged to "a serviceable tree," and a chain, which willing hands brought forth, was thrown around his al- ready bound body. His old face had become calm, and, when asked to confess, he turned his great eyes upward, and, speaking in a sweet, low voice, which yet reach- ed the confines of the crowd, he re- plied : "I'.se an owff, owd man, an' I nevah in mv life hurted nobody. jThet's all I''se ter say." I The crowd yelled witli derision, I and in a moment the green wood, saturated with coal-oil. had been set alight. I turned my face away. One long, wailing shriek, and the agony had commenced. I dropped from the tree. There I was a revolvtr-sliot. The poor I nigger was burned, but the butch- I ers burned a corpse. I I was glad I had my revolver that day. 4. GIRL WEDS ANOTHER. Australian Woman Masquerades as a Man. After an extraordinary masquer- ade in man's clothes, in the course of whica she went through a form '.f marriage with another woman, the notorious Amy Bock, who has many times-been convicted on vari- ous charges of fraud in Australia and New Zealand, has been arrest- ed at Port Molyneux, New Zealand. Calling herself "Percy Carrol Redwood," she stayed at a board- ing-house at Port Molyneux, and, giving it to be understood that she was the "nephew of Archbishop Redwood,'' she was received in the most fashionable circles. "Redw(M-d" lost no time iu pay- ing "his' addresses to Miss Atta- way, the landlady's daughter. His cheerful manner had made him a general favorite : he proposed and vtas accepted. The lady's parents a few <i.iys later received a letter purporting lo come from the bridegroom s mo- ther, stating that he had ample means, which she intended to dou- ble on his wedding day, and that at her death "something more would follow." She intended to be pre- sent, with her daughter, at tlie wed- ding. Another letter, written on the note paper of the .Vucklaiid Drainage Board, arrived to say that hs had been ap}>ointed their Secrctar.v at a salary of £" a week. Taking the bri le to Duncdin. Redwood bought her jewellery of th© value of 8170. To pay for this be mortgaged with a firm of soli- citors an '"estate in the north, which he had documents to prove was his. Then tho wedding took placeâ€" a brilliant ceremony, long accounts of which appeared in the local newspapers. Suspicions, however, regarding the dclionair bridegroom had been aroused. After a family consluta- tion a detective was called in and confronted Redwood. "Ah," said he. "I thought so! .Amy Bock! The game's up. Amy!'' "All right," replied the mock br'degroora, non- chalantly. At the Police Court she said, "I intend to admit it all." crown of glory' to her. but it had] poor old man was innocent. I made to he sacrificed to facilitate the op- j as if to draw my gun, and face the eiation. and on a -count of the in- 'crowd of murderers; but at once 1 t^amniation resuUii.g from the con- felt my head seized, and a voiceâ€" cussiou. It wa.H at first .shaven that of the man to whom I had first close to her Iwiui. hut bus u row n spokenâ€" said, "No use, governor! verv r%Didh drri t-t Toe 1-ist few, You're but one, and look at this 1 mob !" (To l>i- â- â- â€¢ ::: vvd ) ' "Of wliicli yoti arc a parti" I wceki NO ESCAPE FOR HIM. "How dare you come on parade," exclaimed an Irish sergeant to a recruit, "before a respictible man loike mcsi'f smothered from head to foot in graise an' poipe-clay ( Tell me nowâ€" answer me when I spake to yez !" The recruit was about to excuse himself for his condition when the sergeant stopped him. •'Dare yez to answer nie when I puts a question to yez?'' he cried. "Mould yer lyin' tongue, and open yer face at yer peril ! Tell me now, wiiat have yer been doin' wid yer uniform an' arms an' bilts? Not a word, or I'll clap yez in the guard- room. When I a.xes yez anything an' yez spakes I'll have yez tried for insolence to yer superior officer, but if yez don't answer when I questions yez, I'll have yez punish- c-kI tor disobedioncc of orders ! So, yez see, I have yez both ways !" SCOTTIST RETORT. It was a Scot, of course, whose minister reproached him as an habitual absente-e from kirk, and who pleadod his dislike of long sermons. " 'Deed, man," said th- minister, "it ye dir.na mend, ye may land yersell where yell no' be troubled wi' mony sermons either lang or short." "Wet I," was the, answer, "but it mayna bf for want o' ministers." Sooner or later a man who travels <'U his cheek will ha\c a wuca k(!«. ': Abouf tli8 Farm : ♦â-  ♦â-  ♦ ♦ COW POX. This disease is transmissablc from one cow to another. The first symptoms is a very slight fever, which is very often overlooked until the disecie has somewhat further developed, the first notice- able sign being tender teats. Lpon examining the teats it will be found that there is a fever in same, wh^-n at the end of the sec- ond or third day, small pale red patches appear wuich increase in size until they may bo an inch in diameter. From the seventh to the tenth day tliese eruptions form into blisters. The blister is divided in- to several pockets and each pocket > must be opened separately in or- der to relieve them of the contents: which have accumulated therein. I .\n animal thus afflicted gives a decreased flow of milk and is caus- ed to suffer intensely owing to the tact that the scabs are cracked and broken open by the hands of the milker. To overcome this difficulty the animal should be given a tonic to! tone up the blood and system in general. The teats and udder, should Ua thoroughly cleansed; with an antiseptic after which ai healing ointment should be ap- plied.â€" Dr. David Roberts. FAILURE TO BREED. Failure to breed is oftentimes termed barreness iu cows ei heifers I and is usually due to one of three causes, namely, an acid secretion of the genital organs, the germs of contagious abortion ; or retention , of the afterbirth. ; The acid secretion of the genital organs prevents coucejition by de- stroying the semen of the male ; the germs of contagion.-, abortion sets up a catarrhal inflammation and discharge whicii a!.-o prevents '. conception ; retention of the after- birth, whether it be removed by ^ force or permitted to slough away ; usually leaves the womb in a dis- eased and catarrahal condition, effecting a discharge. I The discharge irritates and .scalda \ the mouth of the womb heals and ; it is impossible to make a cow ; breed without mechanical inter-i ferenee, such as inserting into the' : mouth of the womb a womb sound] I then following same with a wombi I dilator at the lime that the animal' is in heat. In this way a large {.er cent of, barren cows can be made to breed; I that would othcTivise have to bej sacrificed «>n the butcher's block.; ' It is advisable to give all valuable' : cows an opportunity to breed. LIVE STOCK NOTES. ! It is a, g'.X)d plan never to doso I a healthy horse. .All he needs is: ' good care and good feed. The good' I caru includ<!s, of coursp, regular ' exerciso. It is just as bad for a I hor.'^e to be all the time taking, I medicine as it is for a man. j For young ducks place tine, clean, igiit into ill* dr.'niiing water, and' ' they love to fish it out. Then, when j mixing a large quantity of braa , and convntal together, add about' 00 per cei'fc, of fine sharp sand, and sprinkle a liberal quantity ov<-r it,, after it is made into a mash. They; are fed five times a day at first. I I Experience hor^e owners appreci-' ; ale the value rjf handling, leading j and controlling the foals from an; early age, while others leave th* handling of colts to the day whea: breaking is cunimeneed. A' moment's consideration will show which is the better cour.se. In the one case confidence has long been established between horse and man. The horse, while recognizing that he must submit to control, knows that the new experiences which eome his way are not likely to do him any harm. In the other case, ihc horse knows nothing. His natural tendency is to regard any measures taken for his control as so many elements of danger to be avoided as far as possible, and to be resist.'d strenuously. FARM NOTES. Those who have not observed clof<'ly may, perhapr,. be unaware of •}( the fact that the white-faced hor:iet is tlie worst enemy of the iiorse fly. Also, the smaller flies that worry horses and cattle go in- to the diet of this friend of the farmer. Better explain this to the boys and ask them not to destroy the nestJi <-.f these valuable and ('caceful colaborers. There is a good tield for any in- telligent man to make a good liv- ing out of some one certain branch of farming, such ^.s poultry rais- ing, specializing on some branch of gardening, or, pCi-naps, a small dairy, witli the addition of some hogs. There is a good field for making money out of hi rrics ot dif- ferent kinds, and the eo.st of prij- diiction is nut great. Of coursft. this kind of farming will r<-o,uirw iho help of several hn ids just at Sathcriiig time, but owl side of that tiiere will not bo very much but what one luun can do on a small