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their i new bake shop oi m corner of kelli ad k4ht sts and ettt they trill iliriyt be supplied with a h bretd betides bear citci ptrtry be fcit ue sroecor ceoice czjonffecttpiibry will be focad on luad which is til new tad freth 0ath2airr oobotffial bttpkwhiia flo ptiioked wheat 4c tlwsysia stock thit tcih be foond to be the plsce where ie brt roods willbe kept tt the lowest prices lattrja cita i b s kickun inyo tee sieeittte or ects eivtsceorr edited ev keetrs heeetros riirr it oosnscrjj with this they ptrted for the aight the aext naoraid t alston ateaticced he prcpottl of ha aew tcqatiatsate to my an cle who freely eoafeoed tht ha him wts aot firoartbly impressed by tint per- soasze tad rcccmaicaded grett otalioa- ia tay acsengt srith tint he sdded thst bry tdriee oa the mttter woald be of greit rtlae bmy tmrslttthe blaegon wts rtinly looked for oa thtfc dty adtai bowles hiring etraettly eatretted me not to letre erelya for tingle hoar tlone tnd before til things to keep her twsy fran the sbiut iiotr or vxj olher jiltoi of pnblic retort i tec yea i hre tdopted this morning prectnliont tgiiatt inditeretion timittr to mine octsrt night thos- ft s tht ifr ashtoa goats for the time being sddrened hit host enter ing the roam for bretsiut hepotnkdtn theplteo where the etjelhed stood nor ttcsat rvtrety jesse vyesttntbore niy say rotfc ltir ti bygdthbhtj if nasb- taa rlmt fc it wtsfortaallcforaie that yon d- perfed from cattom but afsit jperhtps tjsolir wifturfaryoorseli yoa tpetfc eaigmstiotbr sir ton were piestito esprees rstituctioa it my iitttoork iinr for arytelf i freely eaarit tattlwooldttther it hid not been tab- f ected to tonr criticitm howerer fi wes it bettthorttirhtedbeiiigt iff jytlter ind ctnnot tlwart dinne wast it best for as it any be uut oae 6t these dtys yoall tdmit- the tdviauge to yoanelf o ny htviagesaght bycainea s tizht o year pictare anywsyy i ttast i ektelopes printed in tie nestett style i tnd st the west pricesi tt the actoi pete peek the best local pjper of hil- tong i rvoa hsre fams prw iirertise than salheerosfeer pezse thebestloctlptperofhsltagco r futl 100 per axnuk rs adtanoe ysainkad torveientrouaelf lsti jailor for the htad of the heiress of rollitton foirwhyb4ie i told til this whioh it to fell known in yourself i kot for the poor utiifictionof psssink for i more thin com- oonly shrewd obserref believe me then 4ot boctaie tnknown to ydathert ic trsage tnd ayttctioas link between at becsaie tits hit tijoagwui together ia s minatr which sceau to mike it imperttire thit i should speak to yoa u i do miy i uk yoa to bridg oat yoor picture t the pictare hitiog boea pliced upon the esiel higmtilooe prodaoed i until leither tiieirim hit pocket i tm nohe retamed sboat tt give yoa s pro it ot the iatimtte chirscter of my reutfons with the welmore fimily see this cue hold it beside yoar portrsit of uitt yeimore then open it good whtt ddjbatee 1 doing ss he wssdifeotedur aihtoat iitoaftcment buy bt imijfoed when he found thlt hi held in eltiioteiy finiihed auaittare of brelya eunore psiated ippirently t yeir or twobefort the fei- turee rni eipreuion bore the imprest of fuller girlhood bat- there vis no mirtik- ing the likeneit controlling hit emotion mr athloa mid briesy itethiaki i hire hetrd of this minia ture it wit painted i believeby in tr- tist rent to uus wclntores content from antwerp 1 imagined a flemish painter bat surely yoa tir ire not the gifted painter npno hi hi ha i sat bat the fartaait paneuor yoa ifr walter woald rtther be the latter than the former for ill your lore of sxt coajo let at com pare the paintings i dire wimnt if there be more naith ta the flemish work there it more lcu in the english sty i not well t oh yesyoa have throwa yoar very betagiaiothupiofnre yoa hive wroaght st tt lite oae iaipircd hoaestly yours ilbcit the free gift of is imteur tnnert little in compaatoa with its fellow done by tie aatterp painter for fifty guineas it would not surprite me now that yoa were raffiaently unreascnabls to desire posses sion of both pictaree were i to- towhatttr i give way to a pissing fancy i will mark me i toe niiaiatare thail be yourr illne ay tat ea cae coaditioa what is the ccndilioar fc thtfrthif thoald yoa ia the course of events recognise say other person sc hiring a stronger cliint to itthsn yoor- telf yoa will ahhesitatittgly hand it oter to that person sueaawhilekejspyouthe trea- sore iu pesteasion wl snord yoa some joyful hours come whit may in the tutors the future r ay the futon ta iadeaite term yoa know it nuy mesa yeait u it mty hears miautecetea heace here mrrwilkes nleriag that the pottaua- was st the doer he had brought no letters for the blue iioa ba u he was h said going op to wik i letter had ca sat to begrtttaed with second view thit morning zzzz i cannot refuse yoor request mue breakfast iti bring it oat during bretktut the itnuger nude no luniioa to thaeatverislioahalaia the pre- rious ereaiag in truth he seemed taooca- py himrejafter a faehion more iauaediitaty corducire to certain end of his own by eonningir drawias oat lit atwos i the rabiect of his bibite ittoastei and obfeets ia life while he wis careful to go little at possfhleiaioiaypaifculaneonosrniag himuitaaalywhm hshadl spps- rently learced all he desired to know thathe entered apoa the sabeet whica- beyond ill doubt was then uppermost in his mind with earred to lirkhkes thai the gentlemin meaning mr haggerttone might desire is scad up tome message this latter saying he would rpesk with the oatmaa went out finding robin trotter at the door he iaked vt have joai letter for sir poyns tyel moref i that harsxaat pleas yoo sir shair h ta me more than i dare do air is it more than yoa dire da ti pat this in yoar pocket eohia eyed the coi forth the letter in question the itrthger took it it the tame tunegiriaf ho bin the coin s shiuing hiring cart his eye over the mpeneriptfoa he dehberitely pro ceeded to open the letter zaaadst zoare broken the tejsl 1 oried robin in terror im respoasible to the office sir that letter it for sir poyaswelttiore baronet biockheadt there are two pertoas who hare a right to open every letter the person to whom and the person by whom it is sddressed i myself wrote this letter from london to sir form welmore st eolhaitobv believing itimald reaclnnim yesttrdiy it wis tosnnvainee my afrtvat here today yetttr latiafled are yoal good go up to the manothobse tell adam bowles i tuppoaa he is ftfil btj oh yea tir ifr 3owlesisstili there tell hlmjtitt hid lletter- london letlerfot sir jpeyns which su taken from yoa here iy toe writer who will hauelt arrive with it in a couple of hours or to depeadoat- rir 111 do yoar biidiaf rnotheobia trotter ba sirhueres i need htrily sis yoa whether yoa the postage dghtpence i prsjyott leave tf l not that bardenjca ary shoalder imaa- if harness y harnesa inyjjscioa in want of a good set of j harness either sisql oe dotlble should call at oreecfrs saddlery j aotom in- wfetetheyetn get better value for their meneyjiai any place in the county a gwjiaisortnieiit of tetjhks ahdtaeibes on nans 3 of rwcatriu be sold cheap or cash eatiinnc tcomptly itteaded to rrr r r creech aetoofebia i87s ifip i lc khzf v prcs- ic i criitd ofljcs iofit ireechakts and farmeri aukesald m advertise and saepprt tte actoifiei febj the be local paper qf halloa co f- nxkayed or stolen- u h this nitotinsffeorvyehtiiia the acros fetx pets the best local paper ot saltan co v a- pumps s j pomps i bumps i w e aoiiti hawilktarer of atrinr weft ad f fwrf cne charges iioderate tii saws tlel aafiet e him call tj- ick rtriet oppcaito gffijsfc i the climax ptow made atji- crowes inm worte ioelplt uahekofali competiforj forerall roses i r 8wl epfiaaoo aeapf f w j i j amand fcnsw mental end physical incapacity kgaj2u uimige etc resulting from eioesaetj ty six a week to ud no ayul sjaksi tffij give the bwtjzpf cvpeaae the test opportnai ever offered bi thoae wiaiar to c should try nouung yoanelf whafyoa can do it the but dsrote all yenrdae or if devote all ycnrdaie or jtzte u theborinesr and ff jsfj every honr that yon work wom ascias mwm tem and partictlurswbii x th outfit fret dontcompwo cl while yoa have suck a etaaee addieu wafrp at co portland mainav gjsssrji tbartui fg kwrort port office box 4586- have decided to accept my offer that yoa tfcsll scooaipaaybm to the maaor houie hi netitate lr athtoa repued it is beciase i do not think mytelt eatitled to trespisibi yonrkladneiealaiow short is our sbquaiauaeei j i that regardmelmrwtfer the ouestion for yoa iswhether yoa feel con vinced that yoa srifl not be nodajy tfespass inz on the leiraro of sir poyas 0n what noundsthen am i to present yoa can oa thiak ot nottihgt is there no com mon scquainjiin whoeei namt nftgit terve ii lamfroduction that is more than likely in the caseof a young maawho kk yoa matt known in good society ton seem sorpritid f bat st is not jiotiiki thit one knowipg the world ind its wsys if i do thoald be a sfagle lioar inyoar cotapany without proaoaacing yoa i genflemah tired sad born i ah mr witter mr walter if that be indeed yoarnaiae which i take leave to doubt bat thstt yoar basiaeis act mine theiaeutal tisfoh most be dim indeed on which you could impeae yoanelf is aprofelsionalpainter f indeed sir idttrsue srt seriously t- veryseriotttly hs hahal but l dare be sworn theret something else yoa follow yet more lerioatly pardon my light words i ought ta speak with more reserve oaoa whit is the secret of secreu locked inamins heart really tr you are presuming upoa a wild aofion that seems tolurvetakea pos- letsion of yoarbriin to mike observations bordering upoa familiarity ky if- tis thus you meet the goodwill i am prenared to eateitaia for yoa fherai an end ot the matter be ntiasxr and aothiaf else be mrv walter itod jet alluut has passed between as te regarded aiaassid onlyliearmiaind that chillid friendship often turn to iiura- lag eamity 1 with tnie hr hsggerttone moved to wards the door thougu slowly as he hid not the least intention of gauio datl at he elected mr aehtoo replied to him a a feu offended tone i it is difneolt ta imagine nr thit i hire inspired the goodwiu yoa speak ef in to thortin icqoaiattnce if oars bat pray overlook my baitjexpreions confider theia overlooked mr nai ler and he retained to the tablet whfoh they bad been fitting illhoagli they aniihed their brtaklast ana yoar mterest iwiu put into few and plain what t wis oomimr fowhen yw m- tetrapted me i n wdl warwithput jsyoo ofifironmt wtyou eon- isr sitpoynf walmore ton regird je hop yo lott if retontd- rwerab1vhthijrit looks tolmefor that eighfpence hesfoo wordy this pots- maa of yoan mr wilkes andaiaging bohiaanolher shilling without waiting for thechange he returned in seircb of kr waltei who had not quitted the hooie on theannoancenient of the postmant irrivsl paasing st the doer hsggerstona was teen by my aacle to- open it aad peer ia there stood mr ashtoa by the piotare the uialitareatill in his hand looking from oae- to the other ihir coaateaaace wat radiant with tmilei my aacle noting the while the looks with which the watcher at the door eyed km was ibaolutely ttartled by thslare of hstredwhichseemed to ani mate tmbb he aadentobd later the-oiesa- iag of those looks affecting to hire obme up a that moment he loudly asked the stranger tome trivial question by way of making mr ashtoa aware of that persons presence i j mraihton hurriedly retarding to the subject uppermost in hit mind and asking eagerly at what honr they thoald set forth on their proposed visit to the manor home hit new lequaintaaoe with the ugly langh peculiar to him answered j i leannot wonder it your anxiety to be stirring but i hive letters to write and eaaaot leave for a coaple of hoars at the least j then peroemag thst mr ashtoa wat carefully pltcing the ministnre in hlsireait coatpocket be added with i gunte which at the moment seemed to the jonnaer gen tleman tlightlycontemptaoui ana which he afterwards renumbered as nothing shorf otmidiant- d i ii vj ay holl test to your treasure wane it isyoonj i need notiepeatto ybatbe coa ditioa oa which yoa have rsoeivedj myianele was then aiolie wifn mi ashtohiwho related to him all that hid passed between the strrnger and himself itrdst it pay all end well iir qaoth mr wilkes touuy donbtfully observed mr ashtoa r 1 i have my doubts sbout this gentleman bylheby htt he old jou nil nawe-r- he who is on taeh btimate terms with the welmsw family t j na do not yoa know it mr wllkee he hat never breathed it to me i em not disposed to quarrel with that when man tendon you i serriee you most take him on his owa opaditioas i pray he niaviadfed be tendering yoa i iervwmp walter 1 -a- ia pijtlii t was aiid adam more than commonly aerr- ouind thitldiyrdtvoted her rnorning to i little festivity ia cooaectica wltatheibbaal msyday processioa cf lie ttll cotduded the proposed to me at ii bad anticipated the woald thit we shoad walk down to kolliitoa vtllsge mindful of old adsms advice i wit faly determined hot to comply with ner wish i wis reievedjrom the necessity of invent ing a pretext by the opportune arrival of the eld aemnt himself h said sir peyns desired miuwelmoref presence jh his pri- nte ttionu do yott know for whit my father wants me adam t the uked without either admitting fhtt he did or luting that he djd not bowles replied thit he woald doubtless sooa lesrn from sir poyas v v aoeostomed u i was to take otreful aote of the old mans pecoliaritf es i read ia this thateotion coupled u it was with thennas- aally mournful expression of hitcoonea- tace tugury of comiag cvil 1 kept my thoughts however to myself and iccbm- pmied evelyn the door of sir poyntt room left alone ind teeug tome of the village girlt yet lingering in ths garden i now jcined them this part of the girded wis sepanted by i ihrubbtry from the front spproich to the hpole hen ing footsteps oa the grsvel- roid- 1 looked tarougit tee shrubbery lad taw two gentlemen comiasr sp to the house door preseally the bell wsa rung could i believe my eytsiiht yes oae of the two wis mr ashtoa the other was t stnnger to me i watched them enter the boose and then going in myself bt another door which opened to the garden waited in adam v pantry till he tbould returafrom having admitted them you here rath l he ercltimed i told him whit i tad seen idding is not one of the twbmrwtler then seeing him ill of i tremblr il- most deprived of the power of rpeechj i ta- twered my own i question with i know it una yes the painter bat dont trouble yoanelf with the painter theres the other the other rota alas the heavy diy and he fell back in a chair cover ing his eyes which i could see were filled with tears accustomed as i was to his strange exhi bitioasof emotion this bant of grief taken in coohectioa with the commnaication he had recently made to evelyn from s ir poyas ilirmecl me ezceedialy when he grewa little calmer i uked him where the two gentlemen then were mr walter is ia the picturegallery ho snawered haggerstone in- the draw- mgroom ihaggerstooef i whoishiggentana isskedt ah well may yoa sty who is he 1 do yoa know him adam 1 ioataskmer i see you do know him isheafriend ofsirpoyns i hetsnch s friend u satan it to yoa end mi and ill of at but why he should come with that ybaag paiaier i know ao mere than yon do 1 shall i co to kr- walter v yesanyoawiu bat what bare the twaiaocmmoili 0hhag4erstoaes com tag bode as o good this last to hiny self ss with his uaaal shake of tht heacl heihamedoft i found walter ashton ia the picture- gaiery oa my expressing myittomish- meat to tee ium it the manor boose his answer was that i could aot be more sur prised than he was to find himself there i uked liim who this mr haggerstoae was haggefttone he repeated cnqnitiagly he who came with you i mean sty nther with whom i came his asms pceitirely was unknown to me and he explained briefly what i hare i- ntdy tet down ihowisg me the minii- tafe i after remaininf naif an hour or more in the jactarcgallery i wedt ia tearch of evelyn a servant informed me thit she had ronetochsnge herwslkiagdress for uibfher in jwhieli to receive the gentle- nub who was then awaiting her and sir ebynf ii the drawiagroom i followed her to her room and uked her whether she knew who was downstair yes she said the dida certain mr haggerrtone ot whom her father had beea speaking to her u t geaueman bag known to him end who was des toiitg ea i influence on her future life i repeated the tfagulir phrase influence on her future life rxpresaing myself completely mysti fied ud idding that the strangest part cf the whole basineii su the fact of mr hareersteae nivinu brought witii him wal- wtashton towirds whom it ippeared he expressed the utmost goodwill she rtart- ed refiscted a motaeat- and then with almott a thriefc of joy exclaimed now eoth i see it all friendly with my- father well disposed u you uy to walter he must surely have come to peid oar eiote i whitdo yoa mesa by our cause i takecl mine sad wslters quick kiss me rath and help to tny me for conquest i most make this newfound friend itill friendlier 1 so possessed was she with the idea of mr haggerstoaes arrival being aaeveat favour able tdhsr that i had aot the heart to re peat the language in which adam bowles had spoken to me of toajt personage i had teen evelyn- info the drawing- room and wis tbout ta revisit walter ashtoa ia the picturegallery whea adam who matt hive watched for jne from some concealment stopped me tad whitpered exciledly sad work in there 1 pointing to the drawingroom i would glidly know what pastes im utelessfor hearing aad thea ray oldbraios all ia a whirl tm going to let you iato the drawingroom by thouttle pusage door yoa know toa can stsnd- behiad thegreit screen sad hesr everyihnur be sure yoa let not a word eseapei now i quick 1 too much alarmed to ask questibes i foflpwed adiminsneacej and jwu td- aiitted throsgh the small door ia ques tion before which a lofty wdjng icreea was dam tgaihitthe drsughts ofiirhat friom wrthoat thit screea ran from a windpw- completely icrou toe door o that by holding btok a portion of the dazhuk wiadowcartaia i oould both hear what in laid aad tee whtt pasted in the room at this jnoment mrhaggerttonc ippeared to hare quitted evelyn aad her father and wai standing at tome distance evelyn ind sir poynt bid apparently been carrying onl private oonvemtion j but shortly after i entered sir poyas roie from the tofloa whtoh they were teited and aid in snbdied yet andlble tones pointing at the tame time to mr siggentoae thea yen understand my child that from this day the fate of another becomes linked with yount evelyn afterwarda told m that knowing wilder afhton to be at the time in the house sheet onee in her exoited state of mmd jumped to the eonelbsiod that the expreisibn iiiothv bonjd apply tetiim alone thubelicgivin entirely falst louring to whit was to come leading this dyi my evelyn bring yoa to yean of wcmiahood ind on this diy your hand ft seught ia marriage by i faacied that hete his eye with isort of imploring gace tought thit of mr haggentoae one who will love you care foryour hap piness- before til elie i toa were telling me jatt now ero- lyn taid that a cane wiold rest upon the union which hid not i parent v unction as sir poyas signed assent i siw mr haggentone qaleuy approach him evt- lyn not twite of his movemeafi confia- ned- i will this be blesied by you deir fs- ther i j j here mr htggerstoaewithoot allowiag sir poyni time to reply said with ia ex sggented auarify oh be sure it wiljmiss welmore i you answer far my father in- ets- lyn tiid with some turprise evelyn you may tike mr hsgger- itoaot saswer li mine i will leive yoa with him there ire certain mitten com- nion to osbotn hat he is about to eiplnn he will cw it ator clearly because more calmly than ican lou hive prtsented mr haggnnfom tf yoar friend i he will rarely be afine v our frieadihip is of mteenyetn ifanding sit i not well sir poyns it is so higtentoas thit with in audible sigh jevelyn he will bow- with my full tpprovtl lift the veil of mystery which has so long hung over my existence give him your patieat tttcnlioo tnd re ceive hit words isif they waie spoken by me iheavea be tneroffol to you my girl thea itriiaiag her ia what teemed to me a wild embricers r poyrt rtpidly quit ted the room j evelyn looked iaxurasly after him aad had tlreadyaude a move- meat to- follow jhhn when mr bagger- stone ttepped between her tad the coor yinst f need hot go ifiis welmore your father hat requested yoa to hear me v i but ie youjaot that he is ill not ill overexcited uy nther you know he is little iccuitcmed to receive visitors ha lives too much alooe i hive done alt in my power mr hag gentone to draw him from his habits of teclusioa bat iaysia oh we most have all that changed evelyns looks expressed her sarprise st the tpeaker famsitr idlrea but to the matter in hand j sir poyas desired yoa to jive me a patieat hearing this you cannot o if in orderto follow aim yoa leave me year father afan welmore illoded to i question cf high importance on which he has permitted ma to speak to yon then frumeertiin wordt of bis to yoa wlncii i overheard i conclude you bare already formed ia idea of the subject which inter ests us ia common os mr haggentone v yoanelf and me- batlprty yoorpar- doa i keep va standing will yon allow me the privilege of tittiag beside- yoa on thissont tuaukyou note that he had takea her somewhat sarprised tueaco jfor her consent when they were teated evelyasaid i believe ilia pirt understand yoar meaning yet it is a myttaryto me that yoa hithwrfn to me eooeld thas tuddeory interest tpurtelf in my behalt that will presently be explained to you fiirsnd gentle evelyn i ihuddered if 1 marked the look accom- fiayiag this andacidoi phrase i believe relya uw it not thobgh the phnse itself greatly astnithed her la order that yoa mty the more fully compreheadit i will now isk yoarifalleit iltoafaon miss weimore yott are des cended from a long liaeof laeestzy- bat there is a portion otifssanals yet untold and which it yoa thsll decide is to be either blucned abroad or to nmain far ever locked in yoar awn breast your fc f iters sad miaei be calm i beseech yoal all yoar selfpwestion will be needed he paused and u he ut facing me i eoald detect oa his countenance a strange blending of triumphant malignity with an ardent admiration of- the engelio bemg whom i wm already prepared to find had been driven by mrrne lite into some toil over which hej held the mastery he quickly resumed between fifteen and citnyem ago i became ieqiiaintd with your father then mr welmore tt the gamingtable he m laesger ansa player of coarse therefore an antucceafal one a short time safficed forlthe loet of all hit disposa ble fortaae he aought u aiaay do to redeem a portion of it by ittkiag that which he had not hej became heavily indebted aad among others to me rendered des- perite by continued illlack in a fatal hour forgettiog what was dee to his position he tanered himself to be persuaded by a wretched bickater thst by some ileight- ofhiad process i certain succeti would at tend their joint fefforts hardened u wu this man in vice and nerved ap u hewu to carry through a despersto scheme i feeling akin to pity u he looked on evelyna blanched cheek and wild frightened eyes caused him once more to pause a while but erelya speed ily signing him to proceed he did ao the attempt wis nude upon me me in whose hands i nuy without bouting eay he wui mre child t detected him bat it the moment taxed him not with the cheat the same night i socompsaied him and his new end most anworthy aasociate oae charles fortter to place ot eater- taiumeat they both drink deeply ind fortter whole braia was the weaker ef the two let fill wotda ia illation to the ua- tuocessf ul ittempt they hid jointly made to rob me yoar father wts roused to mid- aett at this damning confeatioa irnay presence and iurried beyond lelf con trol and tiring i knife from the table he rushed blindly uptn hit iccuser who in the next instant fellj atabbel to tie jheirt it hit feet s dtadt demanded the terrified evelyn yes aad ao wifneu nreseat bat yoa noae i then theo crime wu kept secret t hit extcatin for murder would not have benefitted me benefitted jl then yoa yoa had a mo- ive i hid r thit mytilenoe thoald richly repaid repiid 1 whit mean you why thit ftonr father had loatevery thiag he ooald thea dispose of bat hewu heir to hit uncles title tad large eitatee ah you looked for repiyment when he thoald inherit then fthil his entire interest in them when he thoald inherit thsnij woald have been bat t ioillboon to me who unoaly a few yean yonnger ihan hiiuelf bathe wu i widower wh ia only child then three yeart olir v myself wpllwell v rosi ocarnxced an aman potentate king john of abyesinlaa troubled reign- beslatanco to btryptlas ak- rrisenonhow a ffltlre stand kqwv if the cairo detpstchei are correct it dserling thtt gordon puba bu beea me- cetsfnl in hit million to teeug of abyt- siaia ud that the litter icaouaces nil claims ta mitiowib accepting instead t moro aoatherly outlet to the sea i dia- pato hu been settled iihich threatened a war between egypt tnd abyssinia like tiw one of three yeais ago ever ttnee hia aaxaoon to the throne the inccessor of he hapless king theo dore has been iavolved ia tronble with the late khsdire of egypt moonaequence of the lattera imiition to tdd to his domains on the nath tad toathwestud to extend his tway oytr ia mueh ia potsible of cen tral africa crowsed lxdik exctjjii acartcd ai john of ethiopia he sooa found ismail puba i employing the reorgiaited egyptiu may with ifjengliih ind- nfrrh cpmminden tnd itanofscers to penetrate ind inner equatorial afrlc and to strength en control orer the soudan the earlier plaas followed were those of sir samuel biker- after whom came col gordon who had achieved celebrity in the service of china bv patting down t formidible rebel- lios gen stone col long ind other american officers were of great servioe in the explaritions ind expeditions not tttltacd with these ioqaisftionsi mnasin- ser paaha t german who bad beea mad governor of maatowah took aoeaession of the country of the botos whica klag john claimed at s pirt of adysainia the result of thirsnd other movements wu that long john icctted thiqaoe ot bjttli sad when the ejtptua armyreryingoa lit new orginiatioo oa modern priiioiplei its modern tactics ind its modern armt sad monitions took the field king john overwhelmed sad almost destroyed thepartt of it with which be came ia contact ttteran exploit or kisa johv wts to fall apoa the landing command of mtioziager raid to hive been iboot 3000 ttiong- this he crushed maariager being imobg the tlsia a part of the bogoa country which is a detaable district oa the northwest frontier of abyssinia waa occupied to ayenge this disaster i force btween 1600 and 2000 itrcrag mpplied with artillery wu seat ijraiast abytainia early ia 1875 uader cofnmwd of col ar- readrdp an iccomplitaed cffioerot much brivery yet little yeaed ia caatpsigninb ia that regioa at firit arreodrap seemed to befavoarecl by forluaev he foaad tint king john owing to distensions had beea unable to bring out the full strength of his army he pathed on from msssbwsh to goinds bat tt gandet in abyssinia forty or fifty miles northwest ef adowa encoon- teriag the king forces he wu utterly de feated he hifnvf ncfru among the kihedt early in december 1375 the main expe dition left cairo taking the same renin by wiy of 3fatspwth and determined to pan- ishthe abysaimtnt fr arrendrapt ditis- ter it wu in ill iboot 20000 strong un der ritih pasha who fortunately had a staff ot european tnd american officers meludiag- genloring st second in oom- maad atmassosrah nir rmnriv aa kn offieer who with gordon had giinedrrnown in tnppressing the chinesa rebellion of 1863 bat who had taken servioe on the abyssinian side seteral years before aeat word to ratib pasha thit ho had been ordered by king john to restore some pris- oners of arrendropa force this amicable overture did not prevent ejrkham on sr- riving himself it she camp near mateo ahortly after from being held i prisoner until he died in the following ajltnmq king john hu sinoe tw tn a letter sent to london that lrtvhi wu pedsooed st mauowah or masowh u ids letter ha tt who oarryinst clespetdlt- from tie former to qaeea victoria comptibjag cf the conduct of egypt bat while it is known that kirkham fund pouoning the evidence it aot conclusive that he died an unnatural death in march l87t king john encountered ratib pashas army it place called gun aad completely defeated it the advance about fire hundred i strang wu annihilated and the result wu the abandonment of the campaign and the occupation of the province of 1m by king johns force- then however began new aoarce of trouble for bang john in the revolt of two powerful chiefs the one ia the north and the ether is the aoath of abytnnii the bgyptiias aeised the oppor- tonity to make theauelve lecare again in the bogo country while king john occu- pied himself in putting down these revolts which he it hut accomplished by nfie friendi with their leader with the per sonal disuten that fell on the late khedrre the accession of new ruler ia egypt and the xednotioa of the eiyptiaa insy at the imperative demand of european sitkmi for economy ia egyptian finances xing john hu been safgonsuaepto btxxwriabimawn regardiaa his did toorce of grievance same- ly that the holding by egypt of mauowah thuta off his desired outlet to the red sea egypt wisely made hute to offer him through gordon fatha the ports ef aith dnroro indtichilloky on the bed sea provided he would for ever give ap ill cjaimi on massowah sad coaclade a peace whetherhe hu accepted these port or whether u it luo possible he hu secured the more valaabte port of znlah remains to be teea there it another port called is- kiko which it tpokra ofu one of those that egypt would be likely to oner and king joan to want it ia laid that ho will on receiving it aathorise the baqding of a railroad thence to adoaa a colour of probability is lent to the nport of a peaceful resalt of gordon a minion by the fact that before the interview king john withdrew front the egyptian frontier the army of obeervstioa with which he wu menacing it m y cupid at hia pranks again a lovely girlall young girl are lovely but this oae had more than tie mere bsaary of youth living in new orleans sua possessed of excellent social positioa friends wfly ind better than all fortune stood oaher balcony early cae morning not to verylong ago with a blushing fragrant rose dropping its crimson petalt against her bosem just then the milkman came along flewu busy with his shining cans and it mast be he caught the reflection of the blushing rose tnd its lovely wearer ia his tin milk cops j at any nte he fell ia love and the next moraiag wore a fit mate for tta splendid flower fastened in his blouse the rosea made eyes at eaoh otherf or some days and the end is it hand for next week there ia to be a wedding is it not pretty is building conundrums puck says the aaswer is the simplest part of the itructnre fofhastanee here is i capital aaswer one li fill thoppiag tnd the other is shop filling j but w havent time to look round fori conundrum to fit it and again one is hamlet alone aad the othef is ham let alone the conundrum necessarily con- taint eomething aboat the melancholy due aad diteued pork here is one complete what is the difference between a church ftir sad in infanti overttocking an swer the difference between ladies beg ging tnd i babyi f i hria ool hsr towardvlhe door sir poynt that eon ivtlyn askniwi- to her fither who tuusd som interes6ng maniage itatiatics are given by the cutektcjfirwtttlie athm siyi thit shake pair wa married when he wu 18 dante t 9 ind brighim tounr when he wu 18 19 20 21 32 h 21 aa i to on the boston police commissioners ia whom it rated the power of lieentiag shows in thit city have decided to permit no per formances by children the ease at jane wu that of a jsvenile unci toms cabin company a massachusetts statut salljoriiei sosj rhjwtio stk hrjteewhy dorft yott fenoe m f yoorpnmisuri ot tfctn no need of it so long u my wifes alwiyi sniling round thshstue is thtr r iu