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I A WOMAN'S LOVE I OR, A BROTHER'S PROHISE CIIAPTKU IX. It was nigh dawn when Hector and Aliisdnir turned tlicir horses Into the down-sloping road, six inches dit)]). with luVii-grit, that wound l)et«ccn great chovaux-de- frise of /lowered and fruited cactus, and entlwl in the cup of Caldera, the insurgents headquarters. On tlU» hand on that pinnacles and mosses of e.xtinct volcanoes frowned and glowered, the dcei> .shadows of tliem '.'hnrged heavy with the mystery tiiat broods lor over wliere life !iaa been and i,i not. In front of them and hehiiid tha hollow where lay their '('.alting-jjlate, towered the mighty tops of the Grande Monte. The (fulding stars paled fast, and through tho gorges that cut seaward cams ever and anon a following breath, cool and fresh and new, the l.routh of morning. The topmost peaks took the sun; their grey-black, and deep black, and black of death changed into wavering splashes of purple and yellow and amber and fit- ful crimson that slid down the gig- antic lava glacis as water slips over smooth stone; and up from the hid- dsn hollows crept quiet, unexpected little wisi)s of go-ssamer mist, to climb and climb until the quickening blue gathered them to it.self, and they were no more. Cocks began to ciow lustily, and onco or twice came strength of his men; and besides, he know tlio time was short, so he worked theui hard. Half-way down the lane of slum- bering men, Hoctor stopped. 11 wiia to Alttsdair he spoke, nnti lie used the Gaelic, the speech of hie youth, the speech he ne^er used savo when he wa-s moved beyond his wont. (It is strange that though a Scottl.sh Highlander may not have used his mother-tongue for many years, let him be stirjed to his utmost feeling, and out wells the Gaelic, cither to height of lovo or to hell of hate; tender in endearment or fierce in imprecation, and in cither vohemencn unapproachable.) And truly this was a scene that might have moved a iiesslmist of pessimists, a cynic of cynics. lAke children they slept; every characteristic expression of the day, all hopes and fears, all anxie- ties and perturbations, all personal attributes of vanity and arrogance or weakness and cowardice, subli- mated and resolved by the magic of sleep : Maddalena and Palmetto for- gotten; sleep their only queen, their only country drow.sihood. And over their dark musses, where only the Hcnrlet or bright blue of a faja made half contrasts, fell the fitful flare of the torches, hiding more than levea'ing â€" on the breast of one a crucilic. on tho breast of the next tonsr>ie of boj'hood, the rare lan- guage of dreames and honc.v-swoot mysteries and bloud-close bonds, the speech of strange lyrical lilting.s, boro him and his heart and his pas- sion as on a spring s|)uto, and flung him hiKli to the very heavens. Th'.s froo confession of his snirrendcr to the divine dream of Maddulena eas-ed him. and gave liim tlio deepest plea**- ure his life had known. The jiiist, ill that moment among im AND TIGER HUNTERS LADIES WHO niVAL MEN THIS GREAT SPOET, IN Society Queens Who Save Hunted Big Oame in the World's Wilda. In these advanced days onj m^d ,,,_,,., , , , . , , - never bo suniriscd to learn that tie gone . „oi«ht but Maddalena stayed, admiration of VVest-c rhij years of youth made the back- ' ground against which the Queen the tinkle of ,x chapel bell and tlio ' '"'^'^ tattooed name of his sweetheart, call of a herd to his goats. Down and down fell the light into the val- leys, and down with it rode Hector an<I his fo.stei -brother. In the burning a^res Caldera ("the Cauldron") was the crater of the vast volcano that is now I'alinctto. iltirs acioss and miles deep, it is a perfect cup. The sides are terraced with vineyards, cut with i dctus- guiirded paths, and brilliiint as Jcs- eph'H coat with patches of bright color, while at the bottom nestles a round of tender green, dotted in the . centre with three tiny houses wa.shed while and pale jiink. On the right, like a broad streak of grey paint, runs from bottom to top a bar of uniolicvod granite, half a mile wideâ€" ft Ladder, whose perfect steps rise at intervals of tliroc hundred yards or SO. This is Attalaya, tho home of the pierced by shallow ni, l.e.s, where dwell some three or four thousand baiburous mountain folk, exclusive, poor, ajul iiroudâ€" the same to-day as when Columbus touched there on his wesiwaid wayâ€" making with tho simple craft of savages common, pot- tery ot porous clay for sale in I'alra City, and subsisting nicinly on coarse onions and coarser crusts. Kvon such poor devils as these were not beneath the notice of the lli.s- paniolan ta.x-gathercr : a water-jar of their rough make they sold for two pence, half of which the Hi.sj)aii- iolan took. So there was .'•mall love lost between themâ€" a word would Kct the Attuluyans lighting- roaily. Not to- the pink and white amid the gieen did tho two ri^iers turn. Kcciung wi'll to the left of the little (ields, they held on for a split in the face of n grey cliff, nay was now full on (he hi:ights, yet dt.wn here. In all sorts of nooks and gullies, night lingen-il. Tc,, minutes' smart trolting brought them to tlie begin- ning of the gap, where they di.s- mouutcd and led the horses over tho boulders of a barnnco. For a hun- dred yards or so they walked, then (he mountain .^eeined to clo.sc above them, and all in front was darkness. Suddenly out of the black Uaicd a torch. I'or this they made. A man came to meet them â- tout, Btubbly-bcardcd and eyed. "Senor Grant," he cried Bernardo ble.ss you !" "You did not oxpett mo, Tornielli V "No, by the Virgin ! Not We have hud never a word of for three or four days, so I looking for a surprise visit, you lind me ready. The regimciit of FIrgnsi is here. Wo have been liiisv all night, 1 can tell yo>i. I aiii op tho cheek of a boyish third tho faint down of dawning manliood, on the uncovered head of a fourth the whitening hair of age. And all these thought Hector, are ready to yield life-blood for Mad<laIona, a woman, a queen on whom they had never gay.ed â€" to yield it for love of liberty- material henefit.s, the calculating cynic would say; and Maddalena a mere shibboleth, would say the same cynic. With a wide wave of the arm Hec- tor indicated the slow-breathing sleepers to Alasdair; and in Gaelic: "See, Alasdair, brother of my heart, they will fight for her. they will die fiir her. Father mother, wife, children, all they give for tho queen â€" those that ha.ve not seen her, these that have not seen, and I that have seen, that know â€" jâ€" " Alasdair's single eye glowed like a foal, nnd in Gaelic he, too, spo1<e. "God be good to thee. Hector, son of my moti'.er's breast, that liast drunk of my mother's milk, the mad- ness is on thee too. Is it indeed she ?" "She it is, Alasdai]', and none other. Thou spoakcst of madness, and true is thy every word. Mad- ness it is, yet better the foolishness of the wise thtin the wi.-idom of the foolish. O ! man, Alasdair, when thou lookest upon liei , the marrow shall molt in thy bones, and the spirit go out ot thee (o be a breath to cool her brow; thou slialt be sei- vaiit of her, even as I, ghillio nnd cup-hcarcr anil shield and footstool, yet lord of all men that lovo I;or not." "Yea, yon," answered Alasdair. "Is she then so fair ?" "Fair !" laughed Hector. "I had thought that in the old tongue I could .say anything, could tell thee of the .sun ajid of the inoon and tho star.s. nnd the red heart of life; hut even the old tongue is savorless and empty lo utter one little thing of the fairness of Maddalena. All tho stars of night are in her eyes, all the (endeincss dI night is in her liair, all the kingdoms of the earth are in the cup of her little hand. Vet is not her fiiirncss the only snaie : .she is a saint for purity and a woiiinu for warmth in one;' tho glamor of llie fairies, tho the wise ones, is upon her, yet is her breast tha house for a man's heart. O ! Colonel j'ntt". Ala.sUair, I'm a baIrn that star, and now stood radiant : the years of toil and struggle, the years of brain-sapping routine in I^ondon, the years of un- eventful plod â€" the.Ko were blown out of sight and uiind as a common curl of smoke. Hemained only the beauty of youth, the dreams of it, long days among the heather, long night.s on the lochan, memories of l)ee and Hon. of King's old Crown nnd rooks cawing in the elms of Chsinonry : re- mained these onlyâ€" these, and the Queen. That was all his life had to show; the rest was naught; that was good, and of men he was proudest. The future was to come: deatfi was sure, and love, and ."K>me share of ffghting. The greatest can have no more, nnd if tlicy but will, the mean- est need have no less. "But has she no mind towards thee ?" persisted Alasdair. ..."Have I not answered thee, blind mole ?" .said Hector with a laugh. "Queens do not mate with their ghillies." "Hap[)ine."?s comos not always ot mating : 1 did not speak of that. O ! Heckle, man, 1 would make a supper on my dirk to please thee. and I would have all the world, and the queens of it, of the same mind." "Brother of mine, we be all crea- tures of a dream ; and what is true and what is not true we know not. But I have looked in her heart â€" O ! the fair place tt isâ€" like a bed of roses in a garden of the hills, and I saw growing there tho flower that shall yet lie on ray breast for re- membrance â€" roses of love and roses of .sorrow." "God save us ! Raw ye that ?" "I said that wo be all creatures of a dreuni, and what is true and what is not true, wc know not. But that I saw." "May tho day be far, Hector, that shared my mother's milk." "May tho day be soon, Alasdair. son of the breast that suckled me." "F.ven it that be thy pleasure, God give it thee I" t'l'o be Continued . ) short, (iery- "San was Hut wants the honnie star, nnd a king .ow. J'lnt desipises the enrth }iy God I my you I'iitliers son would not bo more." "i'our father's son could not bo leas," said Alasdair. "Maybe, maybe. O ! man, there's no pleasure jn life without hei-. Tho day is dark, and there is no peace night : I can but bear ia hand, loveliness in the liouise as a raven. HilUcultâ€" yas, it ia dillicult to instruct five hundred men | wind that f have' touched her when you have but twenty rifles and that the grace of her upon ino. For any man that for the lot. Hut I have got over ' was that. Ah ! ficnor, if wo only had tha | in enough : it is more' than" "eno'uKh guns! Howienthusiastic, how engerl|fi.r me, whoso heart was a wood withered li-ces \intil she looked their hands are itching lor the guns Ono night with the real article, and they will face any Hispuniolan force â€" the swine ! â€" any force doulile their fiumlu-r â€" facB them and thrnsh them â-  They can shoot, you know, our heroes: of upon it, and it grew us fullof sing- ing birds as Uothiemurchus Forest at the pairing time." "And the Queen," said Ala,sduir. Hiying his hand on his brother's hut MausciB are difTerenti arm, •has she no mind towards theo irom fowling-pieces. \ ot oven know- and thou a (J rant v" Jedge of fowling-pieces tells.' As he talked they entered tho cave. In a side nook near the entrance they left their tired horses. Far the cave â- tretehed, and high it lifted, and nil was black as the jnws of night, save last Hector smiled Badly at that little touch of Highland pride. "Ciuecns do not mate with their ghillies, Alasdair. I am no more than that, l-ush ! do not answer me, I lua no more than that. When for tho flare of half a iozen torches | I hou shall have seen her, had been eet in Iron loops < ln"ipeu Into tha solid rock. Full a hundred yards wide was the cave, nnil il was at least tho same in height. Thoy walked between two rows of «|p«ping men, four deep : men in the dress of quariint'S, vinedressers, cai-ponters caught up for a moment in the soft siummor of her eyes, thou wilt un- derstand how a man asks no better late than to bo the sUml for her feet, than to ho the least one ol those that din to pleasure her." For the first time .linco Hector had hou.se-buildei 8, goat-herds, and so j net eyes on Maddalena, and had felt on: sleeping soundly on the hard the thrill of her In his blood, he floor, worn out with their military ; gnv» utterance to the full thoughta exordHci, Tornielli hud been In tho! that wore In him: before there was HIspnniolan army, and he had no j none to whom he could S|icnk; now â- oUon ot how to husband tho I lie had AlajjdaU, and tho old happy do to put in a handsome new house THE GEEAT SMITH FAMILY. It Beats the Joneses, the Browns, and all 'Jthers. If iiumhors make for greatness then is thr» Smith f;uuily iucontestably the greatest of all the families in- habit iiig Iho.'o islands says tl.o Lon- don Daily Mail. The priilo of Smilli Is writ large upon tho jjages ol the new Post Oflico London Ui rectory, for in the "court" sections aro enshrined the names of Mi Suiitlis, to which may bo atlded 121 Smyths and 9 Smytho.*. There are iiMlividually recorded here 36 ladies whos-t solo appellation is plain "Mrs. Smith." At the head of the family list 1 stand u .ludge, a Buronel, 2 Knights 2 Ajcmbors of I'liiliauient. an Admir- al, H Colonels. 1 I.ieulenant-Colonel, 1 Major, 4 Cal)tniiis and I :l Hever-' ends, all of ll'.o name of SmiUi. In the much larger "coiiuiic: tial" .section ot tho directory arc found eighteen Loluiiins of Smiths. caih containing the naniea ot about iiin«- ty iiKliviilual SiniLlis; so \vc ' may take it that there are at least T.OOtl .Smiths inliabitiog the conmiercial world of l.ondtui. A large numhor of permutations and combinations of Smith are lo he found. Thus we have .Smith and Sniytli. or, with the (whlltion of the genteel "e." Sniithe and Smytho. In the iiliM-al we have Smiths. Sniithos, Smithyes, Smytbie.'*. In the conijiarative degree. Smither, Sniiters. and Sm.vthors; there is no Sndt.h'est. Wo also have the allied active forms SmlUieni, Smitham and .Smithclt, al.so Smithson and Sniths<m. Foreign forms ar^ Smil, Schmit. Selmiitt, Schmidt, Kchniit/. nnd SniitJ*. Tliero are doulitless other variniits, hut tho above nro nil that the eye of tho unlrnincd man is likely to delect, furtier (I JIToren I la- lion may bo left to Smith experts. I'lio .Joneses inuRler hut 21),'), cf whom '12 are plain "Mrs Jiiiies." There are 2f);? jicisons named Ilrown hesides three named Urowns nnd r>7 Hlownes. Tho Hoh- Insoiis are nowhero, by comparison. end drawing- rooms is s.till inoro in her element whoa shooting big game in India or the Uockics, loading the Held over a .stilt country In the wake of the hounds, wrofitling with salmon In Scottl.sh rivers, or tramping, gun in hand, over leagues of moorland sa.vs London Tit-Hits. l''ow men have such a record of ad- venture in pursuit of big game as Mrs. Alan tiordner. the pretty and charming wife of Colonel Alan Gard- ner, who a score of times has had nothing betwixt lier and 'death but tho barrel of her gun. She has shot fierce tigers In India â€" indeed, she has written a thrilling account of "A Day with the Tigers"â€" lions in India, Nei>aul, and Assam, and bears in North America. She has led for months at a time the rough life of a wandering hunter in Somali- land, Abyssinia, and Australia; has stalked deer and caught record sal- mon in Scotland; and j-«t, true to the strange contradiction of her sex, she is noted for her sJcill in delicate needlework and as a delightful sociw- ty hostess. But Mrs. (Jardner has a fair and formidable rival in the Duchess of Somerset, who has spent many a delightful month roughing it with her husband among tlie wilds cf the Rockv Mountainu, tracking and shooting grizzlies and revelling in the wild lite so graphically pictuitid by FENIMOUE COOPER. .Vnother duchess who is an oxpert with the pen, and who, indeed, has few .superiors even among men, is her Grace of Dedford, who as a girl wa.9 noted throughout India for her skill and daring as a inarkswoman. The Duchess is a true sportswoman, who scorns to ha\e her game driven, and is supremely happy when tramp- ing tlio moors in search ot it in the company of her huuband and dogs. But nowadays the list of society women who are clever shots, and who can bring dow^n a stag or pheasant as well as most men, is a formidablo one. The Duchess of Hamilton and Lady Tweedmouth are rival queens among deer-stalke: a. and it is dillicult to say which of them has the gieatest nimiber of the tiiiost slags to her credit; and among other shots almost equally good are the Comtes.sf do Paris, the pioneer of lady-.shots in Fnglaud, the March- ioness ot lireadalbane, and Adeline Duches of Hcdford Ot famous lahy-aiiglors tlic name is legion. Tho Duchess of Fife, an en- thusiastic and skilful angler, holds the record for the grcato&i, number of salmon ever caught by a woman in one day. The Counte.ss of Wilton once took lifO lb. weight of barbel from tho Thames within three hours, thus establi>ilung a lecord for lady wcildeis of the rod years been master of the Bent ley Harpers; and among othet well- known lady-Hunters of rccaji* yoors arc Mrs. I'ryse-Hlco. who actr «is her own "huntsman" in C«mx«rth«m<bira and Miss Hilda Lfoyd Price, the fin- est horsewoman in Walos, who has for long acted as Wiiip lo her fath- er's harriers. NONIC SUCH. itll,. "I'm looking for a painless dent- ist. C'an you recommend one'.'" "I never knew any that didn't hurt at least once." •'When is that?" "When his bill comos In." "I rememlier your wife ns such n dainty and pretty little thing, lium- ly, and yet they tell mo she has turned out a fine cook." "Turned out a fine cook? She has turned out half-a-do7eii of them Within tho last three months." "I don't doubt that the readln' of It's .ill right," said the customer, "but it ain't tho book I'm looking for â€" tho cover don't suit me." "Jly dear sir," said tho bookseller, "will ynii kindly describe Just the hook you're after?" "Well, lo he with yiiu. I Wont a book that plain will SOUTH t»F THF, TWF.EU. Kver since l.ady .Vnnc^f>ley lamlol. at her (ir.st trial, a 12 lb. salmon, she has been one of the keenest of anglers, and S|)€n<ls mouths oxcry ,,ear with hor rod in Scotland and Ireland. 1-ady Westmorland has had a woiic!ortully succo.ssful career a.s ail angler, and little, if at all. Icps O.Xpert are the Duchesses of Portland and Bedford, Lndy Limer- ick, aid Lady bridge, while po.ssjibly the best lady-tiwher in the three kiiigdoins is Miss O'Connoll, sister of Sir Daniel O'Connol, ot Killariicy. When our grandmothers wore young the very suggestion that a lady could, under any circumstances, be a nii.^tress of hounds would ha\ u sent them in horror to their smell» iiig .sails, aii'd .\et to-day it is re- cognisiHl a» quite a proper thing that a woiuati shochl fill this csseii- tiall.v masculine oflUe; and that sho tills it excellently tlore can bo no doubt. There is no more daring follower of tiie liound.s in Wales than Mis. T. If. U. Hugho.K, who took ovor tho control of the Xeuaddi'awr Fox- liound.s on her htisband'.s (loath, and who, a season ago, swam her horso across a swollen river, while t'e rest of the company, men and all, made a cautious detour ovx^r 1. Ian- fair Hiidgc. The Duchess of New- castle has for many \earfl been "master" of a fine J>ack of houials at Clumlor, which SlIJ'. I1AM>LFH Sl'LF.NDlDI.Y. Miss l:ilith Somcrvillc has pro\ol as dcvor a muster as |^er Grace ot Newcastle since she has controlled tho West Carliery Foxhounds, her own pack; nn<l sho has rivals in Ire- land in .'everal lady ma.st<?rs and wliips of harriers, such as Mi.ss Isa McClinlock, Mrs. Stacpoole, nad Mr.<«. Brisco. l.ady Ueeno Campbell, who Is cer- tainly one of tho pluckiest hunts- women in Fngland, i.s a nuistcr ot barriers, nnd ti story is told ol how, when three men armed with stones dcficil her to pass ovor a certain gate, she lo».sed her head with a laugh, shook her horse's reins, and took a flying leap ovor the gale, lo the open-mouthed aUMizenieut of its custodians. l.ady GifPord has acted as "master of th« hunt." both in Sussex and Northuniherlaiid. for many a season; Mr.« Cheapo, the popular Worccstcr- slkiip "t*ipMie." and one of the finest horsnwoiucu living has for many THE PLOTTERS OF SIBERIA. In Exile the Russian Revolution- ist is a Conspirator. Siberia is not exempt from tha spirit of insubordination so strongly manifested throughout Ilussla, saya tho London Timas. The exiles, as well as the general population, are striving to organi/-e resistance against tho authorities. Tliu number of o;>capes and attempted escapes is inci easing. Helping hands arc .o.x- teadod on all sides. In E.igland j and in other countrie^^ money U collected and sent to Siberia so oa to facilitate the escape ot political prisoners. I Ti:e jailers themselves and th« troops or police arc sometimes pur- posely cai'ele.ss in the execution ot their duties. That some [lersons in authority sympathize with the revol- utionists is further demonstrated by the fact that a recent circular, though headed "absolutely secret." has nevertheless fallen into revolu- tionist hands. It is entitled : â€" "In- structions given to the Gov^pnor o( tha province by His Excellency th« Governor-General of the town oi Irkutsk, Count Koutayssoff, in 1893." This document is worded ai» follows, and it gives a picture of what this high official himself think* of the present situation : "According to the reports coi cerning the survoiliunce ot the poli- tical exiles who have reached tha place of their exile and who ara there submitted to public control, I remark that their freciuont esi:apca and the unauthorized journeys they mako. going even beyond Siberia, ara duo to the lack ot proper watchful- ness. The authorities content them- Kolvos with sending oflicial reports. According to the information sup- plied, taking- as a bas-is the reports of the Dei)aitniciit of Police of Aug. 1 and Sept. 11 last, which are num- bered 7,2U1 and 8,205. it is easy to see that the exilcn have direct rela- tions with the revolutionary league. T'^ey take an active part in tha criminal work done in Siberia by th« League committees. The object, therefore. for which these persona were exiled has not been attained. "The lack of proper watchfulness Is more particularly evident in thg districts of Minusinsk and Atchinsk, which arc within tho govornment. At Enisseisk not only do the e.xiles of- ten escape or travel to other places without being authorized to do so, but it has been clearly shown that the exiles Kracikoff, Dr. Hcycine, PoUrovslky, .Vrkhanguelsky, and others entortaiiiod direct relationa with labor groups. "In order to put an end to tho cri'.iinal action of tho political ex- iles I recommend all the polico agents in the country who are uiuder my authority to watch continually tho private lite of the exiles. For this purpose a police must be organ- ized for the surveillance of all placea to which e-xilos aro sent. This police must draw up a daily report on each exile accotxliiig to tho accompanying formula. Tho.^e indi\iduals who by their manner it living give ri.-.e to the suspicion that they aro acting for criminal groups should be sub- jected without v.arniiig to oxaniina- tion. The conimissloi-or of poUco of the di.sitrirt slunild give orders for tho.^e examinations, iiulieating at the same time their motive. The nxam- inations .should ho made frequently. "It is absolutely necessary to read the entire correspondence ot the political exiles. Individuals who are suspected of bad political intent ions must not; bo allowed to live in tho .tamo houses as the exiles, but should be .sent away from the exiles' qua""- ters." .^ :i_ o o IlF/1) LICK TOMMY. '1 eachorâ€" Bobby, if your father ga»t .vou three cents and gave your bro ther I'omniy five cents, what wouU it make? Bobbyâ€" 'i rouble. "^^hat is the maltar?" asked , lawyer of his coachman. "Tho horaei *re running away, sir." "Can't yoi pull thorn up?" -I am afraid not.** Then. ' said tho lawrer. after a la dicinl delay. Tun thc.-» into son* thing cheap."