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â- e , . ^4 t DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY ♦-o»-o-«-o-f <>♦<>><>4â- CH^<>^o-♦<>-♦-ao4<>^^♦<>♦â- o-♦o4-o4-c>-♦<>-♦<^♦o> CilAPTEn XI..â€" <ConUnued). Ilw d.'licalfl siiffcrinf; nioulh quivers, Li/f shi) is pocfoctly coinif»s«l. "Oil, tut of (Murso you iimsl n*5o liim ! you quit«>, (niilc iiiLsuiulorslaiKl imM Kliicli clmiico lliore would Wâ€" witli a wielcliftl stiuiUd lnu;;hâ€" "of (ii'UiiiK' liiui away \villi'(\il a si'ilit of yuu 1 I low lilllo you know liijii !" Kli/.iilK-lli does not dispute tlio fuel (if lior want of iipiiuuiuluiiro Willi HyiiKS clinni'-li'r, nor does slio help lii.s lUiun- d<iiii>; parent by any su(rf,'i'.sli<in. She imiL'ly liiios on li.sliciiuij» to licr with Umt civil wlillo look, while tho sjjoilivo st-a- iMtw.s slill play at liid.^aiidsiNU wjlli till" .suii-ruys oil llio wide blue lii-lds of heaven. "It is <liica<lful that 1 .sIduUI have to Bay UiP.so tiiiiiK-s 1o you," .mivs Mrs. UyiiH, in a voice of tlw .slrcn),'i-''t revolt and iro n^jiiinsl lior d<>.stinyâ€" "insult you in llii.^ unpiovokid way ; but, in |Hiint of fad, y.jii are the only i)er.*in in llu; . World who can C()nvirn(i hiin thatâ€" that â€"it is IniiKi.ssiblisâ€" that it cannot \>c. Of C'-iir.s.' lie will Ix* very urKi^'ut and j)i<'ss- iiii,'. and 1 know how ix'rsuiisivo lie is. D" not you .siip|>ij.s»> that I, lii.s own nio- Ih^'i'. know how hard it i.s to relu.st' him nnylhinc? and, of coui-se, in his present weak .slalo it must bo very carefully d<.no. lie could not stand any violent eonlr;uii<li()n. You would have to bo pnlle; deiir me!"â€" with a fri'sh acoess «ji antjiy ix'rnors.'â€" "us if you ever ojuld l«j anylldnf,' else." Tlii-i coiiiplinienl al.so its pale object rcoeJv<s in .silrnce. "You know one has always heard Hint there are two kinds of 'No,'" goon on Mr.s. liyn^; wilh aiujlher dwarfish laugh, which ha.s a touch of the hysterij in itâ€" "a wonian'.s 'No," a.s it is called, that means 'Yts' ; and a 'No' whi.h anyone -which oven he -mu.st iin<ler.sland to Ix? dual. If you couldâ€" I daresay 1 am ask- hv you an im|)o.ssiliililyâ€" hut if you c.!Uld make liim umleislnnd that this time 11 is llnal !" , There is a sllenco l)clvv<ien llieni. An linruher billow than usual, yet more nui-slerless in its Tilan play, is huillii},' H.-^elf with a cokissal thud and UiiiK npiinst Iho causeway; and KIJ/.alH'lh vvuil.s nil its clamor is aulisided lx.'fore she .s|M'aks. "YfM," .she nnwwers .slowly, "I inxler- eland, thank you for Iclliiij,' me whul you wish. 1 Ihink 1 may pmmLse. Itial 1 .shall bi^ alili; toâ€" thai I .shall make him imderslaml that it is (iiial." A moment or two later they are on their way back to the .\iiiiraiile. The ocean i.s at ils f;l.irious paslinK«? all oi'<;und them ; llie hill-elimbinn. shining town .smiles u|Hm Ihein from its sloi>e; i)ul ii| on Ixitli ha.s fallen a blindiu-.ss. The feelings of Mis. IJyiig arc i>erhaps tlu' least enviable of llur two. They are nearly back at the hoginiiing of the breakwalcr, when she .ships .sluul. . Probably when co<j| reliction c<inies, when .she i.s removed fiviiii the charm «nd pathos of Kll/.al>elli's nu'ek white presi-nce, lovely and uiireproachful, .sin,' wil, not n>i>enl her woi-k ; but at llie present nioineiit of impul.v) ami rtnn<ii"so she feels a.s if Ihe expunging <il the, last half-hour would l>e cheaply punlies,-!! by Iho Kacrilic<,' of si.\ nionllis of Ikt re- maining lif«\ "1 sup|M>.s<» it is n<il the least us<^ my o.'-king .v<ui to try and forgive nie -to niak<r allowanciis for nie?" she .says, Willi unsleaily toned hiiinility ; "<ili how yoi' must lull > me! If the case were re- vers<(l. how I slmuM halo you I How joi: will halo me all yiiiir life!" Tlio tears aii'' rolling /I iwn licr choek.s, Diiil in an instant llll/alK'th's hand has g<,ne out lo her. A.s it <I<m>s so. Ihe gro- t«"..i|ue regivt Hashes across llii- elder W( ninn'.s mind Ihal any fiiliiie daugblir- lii-law of Imm-s will Ih- Mio.>,l unlikely lo lie Ihe poss<issor of such ii hand. "Why slKiukl I hale you'.' you can- rot' â€" wilh a hearl-wrimg .vniihv- "(YKtsilily think nie more uiuh'sliable than I do myself; and oven if it were no! so. I do not think it is in me to hale uiiyone very imich." On Iheir drive home Ihey meet willi cue or two liUle liK'idenl.s (piile as funny ns lliit old Jews kivsing ea h ollii-r; but this lime lliey do not move poor Miss Lti Maivhnnl to any Inughler. .Since Byng has bron out of dongin* F.li/.al)elh has roLurnod to Ivor embroi- dery. Ijlio is ono of tlio.se women to whom iRvxllewoi'k is unnff<xlc>dly dear, like that other swoet woman "wlio w;is se delicate with Iwr ncixlle." Ik-foi-o she catclw.s sight of him he walchf-s for a f<-w nioment.s lier bright Ix'iit head and flying white nng<;rs, and ij able to pprceivo how many siglis .she is .sewing into Iho pattern. "What a morning !" ho sayi, running down the steps aiwi joining her. "Noone h.i.;- any e.vcuse for being aji invalid to- day, has hoV" Tlioro is no sooond sent, so he stands iK'.side her, looking up over her head at Ih • lull li'rt's above her, from which im- iiMMuso garlands of ivy ar.> hanging and swinging in Ilie warm br<V7,e. Thai jki- teiit ivy lia.s koied ono Iree altogether. .She glujicf;5 up at him muU-iy, know- ing that he liiLS Jiot conic merely to tell li.M' Ihal the day is lino. "W'ti "jin hardly Ueej) him on hLs sofa; h,' Ls virtiiMlly almost well, so well that he is (pule up to seeing ixy)))le. Ih; would likeâ€" he has boon askingâ€" lo see you." lie had thought her nearly ns pale ns il was fx)ssilile for her lo be wlK-n he had first coine ii|Kjn her. Ih-now i-ealize-sliow iiiuiiy degrees of ooKir .she IIk'ii had k-fl lo lo.si'. While ho .sjx'aks sli<> has bei-ii iiiechanirally pulling lior thitvul tinviugh. and as he eeiisi's, lier lifUil hand sloi)s as if iiaralyzed. and retiiaias holdmg lier neolU" in Iho air. It lias come theti. Por all her two diivs' lirncing, is she ready for il? ".\ow ?â- ' The whisper in which IliLs monosylla- I'lo is lireatlktl is so stami ed with a fejir that IxM-ders on terror, that his one as- tonished Ihouglit in how host lo reassure Ikt ".Not if yon do not feel inclined, of C'.urse â€" not unless you like. It can |K'r- ftotly well l>e put off to another time. I Clin lell himâ€" there will ii<it be the least ilillicully in making him nnder.-.iiiiidâ€" that you <ki not fivl up lo it this mom- ing; that you would rather have nioiv III il ice." "Hut I would not." slKJ says, standing up suddenly, and with trembling hands In.Miig her work down upon t|ii) table, iiMil begiiiniiig from daiiily habit lo pin it up in ils proteeting while clolh. "W hut good Would more notiOt>â€" a year's noliceâ€" do ineT' .Sht> turns nwny from him and fixes her unseeing eyes, ghussy and dilattxl, u|)oji a poplar tree that Ls hanging las- selied catkins out against the sky. Then oae,» again .slio faces Mm, and" ho st>es lliat there ui* cold K-ads of agony uiKin hci' ffirehead. "W ish for me," sho snys huskilyâ€" "wi>li very linrd for iin\ tliat I may gel llaviugh it- that we may both g.1 lln-ougti it~nlive!" Then, motioning to him with her hand not t<i billow her, she walks quickly lo- wiitd.s the hotel. II is imixissiblo lo him to slay qinet. Ill- waiulers ivslle.'vsly away, straying he kiKiws iKil wliilher. The" niiniasas'ai-e oul cliarmiii|.'ly in Hie gnrdens, sejidiiig dilicioas whiffs <if iierfume from the soft ydlow Huff of Iheir IK.wers. The pinky alUKiiid-lr.es are <iut I<ki, hut not till long alleiAvards <kies he kiKiw it. aiAITKIl XI.I. Two days laler she is cnlUxl uiwm lo rierlorm the l.isk she has umleilaken. 'riibiibly sho has spent those two tiays, and also llie apperlaining nighls, in biaeing her mind lo it, for Jim can plainly ijcv the marks tif that struggle, though hi! Is not aware of its e\islence, giaviyl ujHin her face, on the third inorn- Irig after the exrur.sion lo Ihe Mole, He does not llml her in her aicusl(im<?d orrner of Iho terrao-, but, Uxiking down over Ihe Imliislrade, se<Â¥i her silling l>e- low and nlofio on a small liiv-shadiHl plateau Ihal seems lo have Ixvn levelled for lawn-lennis <ir Uiwls. I'lobnbly the giggling and chaffering of Ihe girls on th • lerrare, and the res|>ecl.ful but per- Mslent importunihes of lln; Omars ami Almieds lo buy their .'..l<irful wares out- Kpread on Hie hot lings, tiave ojipres-sed her spiHIs. I'"nl/. has curried down for her nn nmi- chair, a cane table, aiul a I'ei'sinn I'ug f<^'r her le<>l, and .slu looks as If slio were establls'ieil (or Iho Uuy. Uy-iiJid-by he finds hiiiistOf stiolliiig, uiihiiKlereil by a gardener placidly dig- giug, ^liroiigli the groiiiuls of a villa to let. Oigiiiilii; viiileLs .send their nie.s.saKi>i io his nostrils, the big and innunierabU- blue blos-sdiiis | rtsloiiiiiinling over llie k'uves, which in Knglaml have to Iw so curefiilly .s4-an;hisl t,.r Ihem. Suiht- aliundant oranges liinible aUmt his fi^'l; nnmi lilies, just <li.seovering Ihe while .secH't hid in Iheir gre.^n .sheallis, .sbiinl ill tall rows on either side nf him; a hivl of broad l>oans jxiiiiLs out IJi,. I'lh,.^ nomenon of her (•V-bruaiy howers U him. He soi's and .s.nn>lls'iioiie <if Ihem. Have his seii.se.s shileii away wilti hi.s heart into liyng's chaiiilx-r'/ They niii.sl have done ,v), or ho could not .sis,, wilh su"li oxiranixlinary vividness the scyiie eii/icling lliere. He has hiui.self lieljitnl lo placo it in such uslonishmg ivalily l>e- fore himself. Does not he know the e.\- ac', iKisilion of the chair she is lo oc- cupy? Hid not he place it fur her U'foie he went lo feleh Iwr ? Nor can his rea- .son prevent his disUirleil fancy from jue- seiiling (lie interview as one Ix'lwivn hiippy aiKj confe.ssi\l lovers. ICven the reeolhHdion of her fealuros, ghastly anil with beads of agony de^ving them, cau- noi (r.rreet Iho picture of his mind as lie IMM'sislenlly .s<vs it. That she nieaiil, when ho parleil from her. l<) reiumnce Hyng, he bus no niaiiner of doubt, liiit dees n»il he know the pliancy of her na- ture? Is not ho conviiic4'<l liial the rock on whicli Iwr life has S) III is her inabilily over lo refuse anyone anylhing that ihey ask with sullleient urgency or wl|ii enough i>lausibility to persuade her that sh? can do them a kindness by yi(^l(l- ing? Ilow much more, then, will .she be in- capable of lusisling the iniporlunale p«ssi<m of her own heart's cho.sen one, fi-e.-'hly risen from a 1x^1 of dealli? I'le- s<iilly his rcsllftss fe<'l carry him away ou! of tho villa grounds again. He (iiuls himself on tlio lViulevar<l Mustjipha, and ills down on the low wall by the mad- sick*, staring alisenlly at a broken line of du.~Ky slone-pini's, culling tlw r"deat blue of the Africjin .sky on the htll op- posite, and at an aiKjadeti campagne throned high up among the verdure. Ho knows that it belongs to nn Englishman who made reels of cotton, and the idle llKjughl saunters across his mind how strango it is that reels of coUon sliould wiml aiiyono into such a lofty while r.ilcn ! Can tho inten'iew be lasting all this while? Is not it yet ended? May not his tormented fancy seo Uvo chair by M> iig's sofa onco ngnin empty or occu- pied by nurse or mother? Will not Mrs. !3yng, will nol Elizabeth lionsclf, have .s«?en the luililnosis of la.xing Hie sick man's faint powers by stj oxtrcnio a strain upon Ihem ? I?ul no s<Kiner has Hiis suggested idea shed a ray of ligfit U|on his (hirkness than an opposing ono comos and blows it out. Hits not liyng a will of his own? Will ho be Ukely so soon lo lei her go? Nay, having once recovered her, will he ever let her out of his sight again ? Tlio thought ivslorcs him to iVvstle.sis action, and, allliough Willi .•>i\lulous slowness, 1k> U-gins lo re- trace his sl<>ps towards tho hotel. At a fxi-inl about a quarter of a mile dishmt from it, tho lane which leads lo the Villa VNilson debouches into tho road, and delx)uvliing uLso into the road he .sees lilt! figure of CXK.-ilia, who, ralching sight of liini, as if unable lo wait for him to join her, almost runs to meet him. "I wiis coming lo call upon you," says .sh3 engerly. "Oh I"â€" with a laughâ€" "today 1 really cannot slay lo think of l.'ie proprieties, and you have nol bci-n lo s<'o as fur .such cenluri-es I'' "I have been nursing Hynfj," "Oh, yes; jxwr man! How dreadfully i'l he must Iwve bo<'-n ! 1 was so glad lo he-ir he was Ix'ller." 'I'here Ls such a lint tepidity in Hie lon-j of these expressions of conimiaerati-ui, .s<imelhing so different from the lender aiertni'ss of Oxjilia's foiTTier interest ui Hiir object, that Jim, rou.*>-d out of his own relkx:lions lo ri>gard her more al- U'ulively than ho has yet done, .s<ies Ihal s^..> is pnxiccupied by some subjwl quite alien lo tho invalid. "I have a pii-co of news to tell you"â€" wilh a .sort of angry chucklo. ".Such a pKXie of news ! 1 am suro you will bo delighled at il." At her words a wonder ns idle and slack as his lato thought nlxjut the reels oi cotton crosses nun as to what possi- ble pii<ce of news to bo told him by the buxom and excited jx-ron before him could give him the faintest pUiasure. That wonder seiids up his oyt>brows, and Ihrows a mild animalion into Ids voite. "Indetxi?" "I>(i you hko"â€" still chiiCkling-"lo bo lolii a piece of news or lo guoss it?" "I like lo bo Udd it." "Well, then," â€" wilh a drnmatK- paii.se -"w» apo going lo have a we<ldiiig in the family I" ".My dear girl 1 ' cries he smiling vei-v gfKKl-naluNdly, and wilh a s<jn.snlion that, UiDUgh not violent, is the reveiNe of annoyance. "Hurrah 1 «o he has como aX liusl ! Who is ho? How dark you have kept him !" Ocilia sliakes licr head and gives a short an<l rosy laugh. "Oh, It is liov I 1 You are wide of the mark." "Your fallier?"â€" in a .sliockixl voi,t>. He has a coiifustM and illogical feehng Ihat a .si-eond marriago on Ihe part of Mr. Wilson w«)Uld bo a slight uikui AiiM'lia's meuKiry. "l-'ather!" with nn accent that jilninly shows him Iw Ls slill furlli<-r alield than in his llrst oonjo;;tui<^-"jxxii- fallier I N<i, indcxl ; llejivon foiLid ! Fancy mo with a. slepiiKilJior I" .She i)au^es to give n shudder at the idea, while Jim guix?s blankly at her, wuruh-ring whether she has coiie off her head. "t)li, no ; it is neither father nor I ! No wonder you look mystified. It isâ€" Svbilla!" ".•-Jybilla!!!" Alihougli .Mr. nurgoyno has nol got il on Ills con.scieiice that lie ha.s ever eillier expiivistd or fell anylhing but the most slreiUKuis and nitire disbelk^f m .Sybil- la's maladies, yet it has never occurnxl lo liim as po,s.siblo lluit she sl>oulil en- gage in any ooiii|iatj<in nearer akin to Ihe ordinary avoculioiis of life than im- bii'iiig Ionics thmiigh lubes and eating la>ef e.-is<'iws oul of ctijis. "Sli,> is going to many Mr. Crump 1" c-onlimies (".eciha, nol ou Ihe whole dis- sahsll,",! wilh Iho effect of hei- loqwk;. "When she l.,kl father, .she said Ihat lie hail Mivitl her life, and that the least she uiild do was lo dttli-ale Hio |)oor rt^ liiamder of il Ui him. .She tells oilier peo] le that she is marrying liim lx'cau.se w-> wish il ! Y<iu know Uiat thai was alwavs her way." ".-^ybilla ! I" "I thought thai Ihero mikst ]^c, somo- Ihing ill llie wind, as since the b«>gin- ning of Ihr moiil.li .she has ?iever once wi-slMNl me good-bye; | |h<» hous*^ maul up.sel the ink bollle over the txxik o, prescriptions with<ml her ever (indiiig it <iut; ami Ihe cUnieal Ihennoineter has nol aiiiH-aixM for a woek !" ".'^ybilla 1 1" "WTiy should not I po T' ho asks Irri- tably, hie short and joyless merriment quite cpienched. "What is there for a nian to do heno? I have stayed already much longer Uiaji I meant. I am en- gaged to meet a friemd at Tunis â€" ^the man wUh whom I went to tho Himalayas throe years ago ; wo are going to make an excursion into tlio inlcrior. 1 am only w ailing for wimo guns and things. Why stiould not I go?" "There is no carllily reason," replies she demurely ; "only lh.it I did not know you had any such intention. Ihit then, to be sure, it Ls not .so long since I have seen youâ€" not. I think," glancing at him for connrmnlion of her slalcinent rather too innocently, "since tho loveis â€" Im I ha ! â€" and I niel you ami Miss L.0 Marchant driving on the quay." Cl'o be coiilinued). CHILDREN'S LONG SLEEPS QtKKIt IiNSTA.NCRS Ol" SLlMltElt.S. IM'ANTILJ': Ab.solulcl^,- Necessary lo Call on lUedicul Science In Order lo .\»aken Tlicm. I atlenckNl a child some monllis ago who frighlened i..s iiiollK-r us well as nie by Sleeiiing steadily lor tw. nty-four days â€"or ralher inori) than tliree w*;eks, v.riliis a well-known plivsiciau in Lon- don TiUmis. The child' was six weeks old. perfectly iioniial in every fimclion of ils Ixidy save Ihal shico it w.is Ivvu weeks of age il had jiever oiK'neil ils eyes or cried as a heallliy baby is supposed 10 do. At Ihal time il was laKen wilh a high fever, which I sueeei>ileil in reducing;.' bi't the sleej) into wliicli the iufimt sank conlinued. It indieaU'd hunger by whul I believe was an eiilirely mu.scular and inslinelive pursing of ils liii.s. and we fed 11 sparingly on cow's milk. r<ir Iwenty- f<:ur days iiie chiUl .sh<iwcil no indication of awaking, and then qiiile suddenly it ciiiilled a long cry and opeiu>d ils eyos. We had <k)iie everyllimg known lo niwlieal science lo arou.se il, and just as wo had alfliDst given uji li<ii>e she fooled us all by waking up very murh alive. The child was heavier Ihan when she fell aslet>p, and Iho iiidicalioiis are thai sh-j will grow into a sirong woman. She ha^ sinue shown no desire lo slumber longer than is usual wilh infaiils. \iKillier childâ€" a Imy of sevenâ€" whom I allend(^d, and who-sc name was Geortie nice, SLI-IT KOn OVEH A MCNTII. Jn this ca.se we were able lo rouse him r u inlcrvals of a iiiinute or so two or thro liiiK^ a day, and feed him on milk. The iKiy lnul been sUuiioiis at sch-ool. and it is my iinjiiession tlial overwork bun broughi, him lo Ihis coiidiiion. Wo tried all surls of things to uruu.se him, but it wiLs no g<Kjd. Klec!lricily had no p< wer lo bring alxuil even the iiuiveriny 111 an eyelJish, and iil last we were coiii- |>elled to leave him lo liiii.-ti his sleep out. ICach day we weigluxl him, and each day sh<iwed llial he had Ixvoine a fractkin lighter. His eaise allracled a lot or ntlenlion, and wo had all sorls of queer "cures" sent to us, sumo of wiiicli wv tried. Perhaps Iho queerest in-medy was sent by a w<iUMiii, wIki wrole : "Ihave rend nil nceount of Ceurge Ibce's .sliango sleep, and I wrile Id say Hint 1 knew ii yeuiig w<iiii:iii who was similiirly affec- Icd. I made an oinhnent whieli cured her. One aiijiliealioii is all Ihal is neiHl.-d. II di-slMiys germs and is as liarniless as milk." Wo l.ried Ihis pecu- li>-.r remeily, but all the effect il had wu^j hi induce llice to lake on a new lease of slinnlK'r. Music was lrie<l, hypnotism, fanning, ice-pack.--, and a liuiidii\l oilier things; and liiially. when, we let him all lie, he awoke of his <Avn accord, and .seeniixl none tho w<irse f<u' his long siecp. '^ There is, of course, su;'li a thing ns 111.; "sleejiing sickness," but this is a dis- ease and not lo Iw oonfounded with tlu.se long slimilx'is where the body is ill a normal cxjiidilion. THK "SLEKl'ING SICKNRS.S" "I thought I should sirpri.se vou â-  it givos one a disgust f<ir Ihe idea "of mnr- ryiiig, (kies not il? 1 Imve come lo the c<inchision that I do mil cni-e now If I lu'ver marry. Katlier and I get <,n (piile happily logelher; and when one is well <iff, ono can really l>o verv fairlv coiilent m a single slale; and, al all 'evenls I ai'i suro I do ii<it envy .Syhiiin." ' "Nor I C.rumii "â€" wi'lJi nn emphasis .so mlenso that Cocilia bursts out uilo a laugh of a more genuine character than any .she has yet iiululgnl in. "You will have lo give her away !" .she cries, (US .Mxin ns sive can speak dislincllv "I'alher will marry her, of y<.ii mii.sl give her away. 1 will insist uiHiii il." "She will have lo make hnsle, Ihen." ivlurns he, ivoovcring enough from his lir.st sluperiutlon to j.iin t'-iTilia in her mlrlh ; "for I shall not \x: here much longer." "You are Roing nwny?"â€" raising her eyebr<iws, and w illi a lingo of iiieaiiing- iK'.ss in tier tonus which vaguely frels tuiii. (Murse. and am .sure she is invariably fatal, and Jio cure that I lilivo ever heard of has yet been disiniv- ered, or anylhing which will even rclard it; progres.s. A man can siilfer from si(,vping sickness for a year or' two years, and though he may nol be aljso- liitely uncoiusci<ins during the whole of thai lime he only has inomeias of wake- tulnoss of sullicient diiialion to make hiic realize his terrible position. The disease is can.sed by a germ, but wlie- flier the germ will ever t>e dlsaivered I cannot .say. '1 Here are ji.sl now many scienlists on ils Irnck. These long sleeps are found more often among the young than the middle- aged or old. .\s a man oi- wonuin gels on in year.? less slumtx'r is iviiuirtxi, and you will often meet men and women of .sixty and over who get along very conif<u-tahly on from Uvo lo four hours' sn-ep during the night. Heavy sleepers among the agtvl are very rare. Hut lo return to youth and long sloei>s. Per- haps you ri>colleet the cast> of Ileinrich r.urgsialler, tho Oermaii science sli.dent, who fell asleep on his sixlicenlh birthday and was n year older before he awoke again. Ill Ihis instance, loo, Ihe cause of the long slumber was due lo <iverwnik and anxiety. No allcinpis lieyuiul Ihe sim- lilesl were made lo awake Hurgshiller, Ihe efforl-s of Ihe (kicUirs Ix^iiig direcUnJ towards keeping up his slrenglh and weight by every nieiuis in Iheir jiower. K\ery morning ho was bathed in THIN O.Vi.MKM, (IHLKI., slrengfh was prascrved, and when Biirg- slallor llnally awolie, ipiiln naturally, after more then a year of slumber, hij weight had only decreased acme itevcn pcunds. A story wa.s cuiTcnl some lime ago ol 1 Russian child named Olga Piulkowska ha\'ing slept, on end from her third to tie- sl.\lh birthday, but I could not vouch for the frulii of it. Acconling to the re- port the infant wa.s l+io duughler of jwor parents, wh i.se father laborej in the for- Cil and wlio^rt mother worked in the fields. The^": hiki was usually locked uilo a room during tliij aiwence of the par- enU, a neiglibir calling in every two hciirs to ffixi an<l look after it. Quo <l,iy when the good w«man came she fouiKl IJie child sleeping very heavily iiikI leil her, returning in two lieurs. The hahy still siumberwl, and corilinucd lo slumlx>r when the molher arrived. iS'ulhing aroustxl it, and when lluvo da.ys had passed a doctor was called. Ho evinced an inlci-jst hi the •fi.sc and hxik Ihe child lo a .St. PcleiK- burg hospii.al, where il was watched for inonllis liy inlerestixl scientist.s. The child was fixl urUflcially, principally through the nose, ami everything was done lo nourish it. Hut Uio baby eyes remained] closed for throe years, when, wilhoul any warning, the walcher besido ll'.-> Ix-d was n.slonished to see them opeji. I'op a s<^i:ond or two sleep appeared lo have at lust (\a[, but almost inslanlly the eye!i(is divwixxi again, there was a fainlisigh. and death had taken the placo ol slumber. wo.'WAN iii:i:lkkd by a siieikh. Ill a Novel Wiimifreil Graham Di.scloscd Secrets ol â€" osleni Shrine. Novelists, Ixilh men and women, ro- reive many queer lettersâ€" letters of praise, of coinlomnalion, of all sorls. Ilul \li.ss Winnifred (iruham, tho Kng- lisli authoress, is pn^bably uni<iuo in having received an ejiislolary "roast" fi'< ni a high and mighty tiheikh of Uio .SnHlanesi> Desert. In Hio cours<' of ik she and all oilier WKiinon are hild their value from the Moliunimedan vi<;w- poiiit, which is. it seems, that they are of no consetpience in the universe, ex- cept a.s polcntial moUiers. "World Witlioiil Knd," wrillen by MLss draliain. was puhlish(>d a few months ago. On-e of ils most irtleresling fea- tures is a <ielailed and picturesque de- scription of the hitherto hidden inysler- ie; of a Miisiein shrine. This Moliam- meihin holy of Iwlios is strictly forbid- den lo the eyes of all infidels and C:hi-is- tian dogs. ijirange us it may stx-m, a copy of the novel found its way into the desert. Per- haps a (.'Axdi's touiLst Hirew il aside or l<-ft il at .s«)!iie stojiping jiluco on the iNile. At. any rate an Arab presentetl a c<ipy lo Sheikh Ali Molianmicd of Mou- dirial-Durfour, known as the Holy Man of l!« Peserl. The laying bare of tho secrels of a Moslem slirino horriliiNl hiui ami the dis- <:overy Ihat a woman had done this, in- tensilled the lioi'ivir. .So the learned sheikh comixised a long .screed, which his secretary proji.'ireil an<l sent lo Mi.ss Grahnni, thrnugh her publishei's. This docuiiieiit begins, "In the name of Ckhj, the mcist gra- ciciis, and nfler salulang youi-self : "We have reccivid one of your Iwoks and have noted ils contenis lhi\nigli one 01 <iiir frioiiils who has como lo us from rrnxile countries iiiid j<jiii<yl us." After which inliyxluiction the sheikh preceod.s hi rebuke the novelist for ven- turing lo (leal wilh a religi«)us subject "whicli (lemiiiuls very careful invesliga- lien," and di'<-lares ; "Y<iu are a w^mian and have no vnluo in the univt'i-si\ except Ihal you might; be a inoltier ; you will bring d<iwn. Ujxin yourself Hie disiileasun^ of the .Vlmiglily Cxid. iukI lie will ])uiiisli you." Then foHows a .sh'rii lienurrialion of l'i> "calumnies wliieh you have .simvid abroad concerning this .sjicred counlry," anil in closing Ihe aulluir is ul•gl^^lo .send her. .son, it she has one, to Mecca to pray for her forgiveness. TRUTH Sm'LNGS. 11'; be on tho few, and grina better to fall oul ttian it is lo kicked oul. forhuio .sniil on the many. A hli.nt i)erson is apt to make the most culling ivmarks. The man who is always right is al- ways a nuisance. .\ coipieile's heart probably looks like nn eniply honeycomb. .Sonietiine.s yon .s,v a woman who lix.'ks pivlly when she Is ujigry. Never judge what a womanwanls to do by Iho thing she dcves. Nothing plea.ses u httle man mere than an opiwrtunity lo act big. ConsLslency Ls a j<!Wol, bul so many people do not care for jowelU'ry. Aivn'l you glad you d<m't own tho earlh when it is taxpaying time? Many a man sows wild outs at his lei- sure that his childi-en luiisl ruup in haste. -f, in Ihe liolief Ibnl hi : b.idy wiiuld absorb much ol Ihe nulrilioii eoiilaiiiiKl in the fivd. while ipianiilics of milk were forc<\l ,' ..._ ^. down his Ihroal. lly these nieaiui his "i her (JepaVliui^ Two ftshermen named Smith, living near each olher, had met wilh misfor- tune, the one having lost his wife and the other liis boat. A lady v:j»itor call- ed on the one who had lost Mb boat, H:inking il was tho one who had lost hi.': wife. "Good morning, Mr. .Sinilh, 1 am sorry to hear of your sad loss." "Oh, it ain't much mutter, mum. Sha warii'l up txi much." "Dear me, yoil (lon'l sny so." "Aye, sho was a ricket* old crock. When. I wont out with heB I was (iKvays in danger of my life. iQit deed, I offend her lo my mate onI| last week, bul he wouldn't have her, hove had my eye on another for SOC tune now." But Iho lady sould star n" iiKii'ii of the old man's denunoiatie ' f tho weaker sex, aiid hurriedly lool