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^^mmm LUCILLE. m* matter ofcoorae, and seemed fSad when shfi was aUIe t* ooinmen(% her aoag. â- which was not of Offenliach's "Graiide- Duohease." Had any one else treated Tf -_.<-«...- 1. 1.V J t ttnn t-k.i T I the audience in the aame nonchalant It w»8 toward* qie end of 1870 that I ! n^n„er it would have r.«ult.e,i differ- Henry ftilton. waj'stAf Ing at the Cerf enf.Ly ; hut every one knew that the tfOr at Tours, a aa&jl, cheap hotel not : beautiful (?irl liefore them had sold her » »t<«e'8-throw ^6& the cathedral, j J?r'>„f„°;L .^'i"'',"^! '"â- '.''if iT'^'S;?' •nj,„ T ^. -^-"w "^ the wounded, and that she had l«>en the WtenlAy that my aJowance from an means of drawing thousjin^ia of francs oM aunt^aa not more than £60 a year, | into the fuod. All her aimgs were en- it wQl be seen that I could not afford | cored, but ahe did not trouWe to sing tofgoto a better one. however, attto i when I got back to the hoteil that â- last SftloD I hMl aold a picture for £32, : evening I learned that she occupied a and on the strength of that I was living | room on the floor^ above me. During in a much more luxurious fashion than I (wnally did as an art student in Paris. Situated near the barracks, the Cerf d'Or was much frequented by officers, more especiol'ly by those who had noth- ing to live on but their i>ay, and wanted to get the best value they could (or their money. I had been at the hotel more tlMui a month, and having been at table d'hote every night, I got to know several of them very well, and from their conversation I learned a good deal about military affairs. There was only one other flngUahman there â€" if I may ao calll a raw Scottish student who was going to be an architect. He had oome to Toura to study the chateaux whioh abound in th^t district. Though oar temperaments were diajuetricaliy opposed, Oimcan and I got to be very good friends. Tabto d'hote bad nearly finished one evening, when a door opened and the most lovely giri I had ever seen looked in. She was decidedliy tall for a Prencbi Slrl, yet so perfect wa^i her figure that her height was scarcely noticeable. Her oCive complexioQ, raven hair, and bright dark eyes, gave me the idea that ahe was Spanish, more especially as her hair was parted at the side- She wad evidently looking for some one. "Can I do anything for you. mademoi- solile f" I asked, rising. "No, thank you." aha answered, in a aharp, brusque manner ; and giving me a haughty stare, she disappeared. "Ma foil" I excilalmed. "what a lovely «irl I" "Tes, she's a o(»nel7 lass," said Dun- can. I "IXoo't you know who that ist" said Gartier, a lieutenant in the 169th Line. "No; do yout" "Yw; I'U teU you all about her after- wmrds." "Well, who is abet" I asked, as ha came and brought his coffee to my side when the meal was finished. It was too cold an evening to smoke in the oourtyard. ao w« used to stay in the salile-a-manger. "She's LuciJe CSiarvet." "What I the girl whose photograph is alii about, and who Is going to sing to- niebt for the wounded (" "The very one." "Let's be off, then." I repliod. "to get a good place." "Tou seem pretty hard hit. There's plenty of time. Give me a cigarette, and I'M tell you bow I came to know about her. Her real name is Lili C^iao, and she was the daughter of a banker at Marseilles. It was his inten- tion that she should marry a distant relative of bis, enormously rioh. but old enough to be her father. She's a hut- tempered, passiunate girl, and the idea did not suit her at aU. However, as her father threatened to put her in a con- vent, she had to submit. It happened that, shortly before her marriage was to take place, she and her father and sister (for she had no mothar) went to Biarritz, where siie made the acquaint- ance, at a ball at the Casino, of a singer named Royer. He had no great stand- ing in his profession, hut he was uncom- monly han<ls(ime. Mile. Lucille fell desperately in love with this deuce of a lady-killer, and o«ie fine morning they were missing. It happened that, two years after they were married. Rover was singing one winter at Nice. Now Madame Royer was very fund of riding, not only because she looked charming in a hacnt, but because she was a fine horsewoman. It was Carnival-time, and one afternoon she and her husband were starting for a ride, when they came across a procession of masque- raders. They stood to ajlow themio go by, when Royer's horse was struck by •ome of the confetti. Royer was no rider; he lost all control of the beastâ€" a rakish grey mare, which he ought never to have attempted to ride ; it got the bit in its mouth, and dashed down the Avenue de la Gare, Lucille vainly trying tokeep up with it. Suddenly it swerved from a plucky eendarme who rushed at It to stop it. Throw ing poor Royer over its head. To the horror of the spectators he lay motionle**. They picked him up and took him to the near- est pharmacy. Three days he remained unconscious, has loving wife watching over him with tho tcnderest care. It was of no avail, and he passed away without recognizing her. It threw a gloom over the whole town, as they were both so wel I known and respecteil. For many a mcnth Lucille remained disconsolate; but. partly on tho advice of her doctor, who told her that work was the best antidote to prevent her brooding over her lossi, and partly through want <u moneyâ€" tor though her husband hail made a good' dea<l. he had never savedâ€" she. determined to turn her wonderful talents to account and to go on tho stage." Gartior'.i sail story save an additional Aharm to I,uclMe. 1 nad been smitten with her beauty, but now her ho'iiloss, defencftless stale appealed to my better nature. "No weiulor she is so cold and distant," I thouKht. "Come," I said ; "if wo are to get a good place it's time wo were off." Tours at that pjriixl was the chief seat of the Legislature, and al.'io the faead<iuarters of the army of the Loire, whioh was then in rather an embryo state. The town was very full of troop.<», and of course on an occasion when a concert was to be given for tho wowridod they patronized it in great numbers. As sood as LuoiMe appeared on the the next fortnight I sometimes met her on the stairs, but I never had the op- portunity of speaking to her. I consoled mysel/, however, with the knowledge that nobody else had, excepting the landlord, who was a respectalile. quiet man. with a family. Night a'ter night I used to rack my brain, thinking what excuse I could invent to make the ac- quaintance of tits mysterious siren. Being an artist. I was accustomed to paint backgrounds for my pictures in the summer and autunm, and then put in the figures when I got hack to Paris; so that I had a number of canva.sses in my room which only wanted the figures to make thrm complete. I- had recently been reading Prosper Merimee's "Car- inan," a book much popularized since by Bizet's opera. I was so fascinated by it that I resolved to paint a scene out of it. I had finished the lockground- the figures only were wanting. I wai toss- ing restlessly about one night, thinking of the beautiful girl up-stairs, when an idea occurred to me. "Why." I said to myself, "should I not give the picture of 'Carmen' to tlie bazaar thjit the mayor is getting up for the wounded? Perchance in tLat case Mile. Lucille would sit as my model." No one ever longed for the hours to pass more than I did. I heard the cathedraJ clock strike three, four, five : then the reveille sounded in the bar- racks; then the faint glimmer of the dawn gradually lighted the chamber the cocks commenced crowing in the yard below ; then the drums beat as the troops went to morning exercise ; then at eight I heard them as they came back again. SUill I knew it was no good my getting up. as itlle. Lucille never roee tilJ nearly midilay. I have as much sangfroid as moet men, but I confess, as the time approached to put my plan into execution, I began to feel uncom- monly nervous ; and had I not told Dun- can what I was going to do, I should have given it up. It was with trembling knees that I went up-stairs with my canvas under my arm. I knocked. "Who's there! " said a soft, musical voice. "Henry Daltoo," I answered, "an art^t who lives on the floor below." All this time Duncan, who had a dry sense of humor, was grinning at the bot- tom of the stairs. "She'll send you down rather quicker than you go up." had been his comforting remark when I ha d mentioned the idea to him. " What do you want?" "I want to ask you about a picture I am doing for the wounded," I re- plied. "You're very artfuil." said a voice at the l>ottom of the stairs. "Entrez." I entered. Dreased amply in white, with a mauve belt with a rose in it â€" her beautiful dark hair parted at the side a I'Espagnole â€" she looked to ma more lovely than I had ever seen her. She wsis seated m an easy-chjir with her dejeuner beside her, reading a PERSONAL POINTERS. Ketm AlMa* teaie ar the 4irea( rolks at ta» w«H«. â-  Max O'RelJ says, he saw verj few stuitid fauu in Amt-ri^a. J/ja'.n. mya its lik&s tbaf bicycle tw 'jh» 't!ggBitfCaemt> it 1;eMi«ML Mary Cowdeo Clarke spent sixteen 7«ars OQ tha "Concoi'di^ce to Shak- speare." It is aaserted that' tber Eioaperor of ^^China haa not yet received Li Hung Cliiing in audience. Mark Twain is in London, preparing his liook descriptive of his recent tour around the worldi D. L. Moody, the evangelist, la to begin a seriee uf revival meetings in Boston on January 1. Kxplurer Stanley, altbough a larg* powerful man, is a poor speaker, turn voice being soft and low. Albert Edward's Britannia won a little over f8,000 in money prizes ]ast &e>>i>un, wiiiiuut counting cups. It is said that the Emperor uf Roa- aia received over 500 threatening letteifl prior la his journey to France. Sir Hi^e (iraal tells of a status ol Queen V iccoria which was mads in India and had large ruig3 in each nua- trii. The granddaughter of the late Baron Hirauh is heir lo $10U,UUU,0UU, which yie.ds auout 9iU.(i0U a oay of income. Mu liinl. the noted statistician, spent over torty years in acoum.u.aluig liis material fur his one voiumn ol rita tiotics. i Mme. Navarro, nee Mary Anderson, is only temporarily uocupymg the huuaa uf L,ady leunysun's sister, at Wim- 6ANTA CLAUS SCATTERS HIS PRESENTS. newspaper I explained matters to her I told her that, ol! hough Knglish, I hid the great- est regard for the French nation ; I ad- mire<i the gaUant way they continued the unequal struggle with their invad- ers, and I waxed so eliiquejit on the bravery they had shown that her bright eyes kindled with pleasure, and she fell completely into the trap. She entered rea'tily into the scheme. I gave her the book. "I'll let you know to-morrow." she said, "at what time I will see you." Satisfied with this beginning, I de- scended. "I was deilighted with the book : I was so interested that I rea I the who.e of it at once," she said the next morning. "I am afraid I have got you tocome rather early, but I am quite anxious to be^in. Look here," she continued, stooping over a large box, â€" "look at that man- ti'ila. look at that sa'<h ; I shall be ready by the time you have got your ma- terials." I was quite astonished by her enthu- siasm ; I began to feel rather a hypo- crite. However, I thought, "all's fair in Love and war." and as Ovid says, "Militiae spones aiuor est ;" so I did not let it trouble me. When I came up sihe was completely metamorphosed. A more perfect and beautiful "Carmen" it would tw imp<is- sible to imagine. The mantilla, the white stockings, the short petticoats, the thoroughly Spanish tout ensemble, showed off the fine symmetry of her figure. It was a wet day. and the liigbt in her little room, or nither garret, was so bad that we were obliiged to go out on the landing. In the picture "Carmen" was repre- sented leaning agaliiit a tree waiting for the smugglers, who are seen ap- proocliing In the distance with their mu'es. "There;"_8he said, as she leant against the wall with one hand on her hip, while with the other she lighlly played with the dagger half concealed in her sas<h ; "I think this is an ea.sy. natural pose, and I can stand I'ko this for hours." She was as good as her word ; till her dejeuner appeared she h.ardly moved once. She insLsted on my sharing it with h agined, was finished I went on painting till the darkness obliged me to desist. She did not sit. or in this case stand, so long every day. but I was enabled to finish the picture in about a %veek. My fair model and I were equally plejised with it. "Tou have done this." she said, "to please me. Now. if you like. I will sit, to please you." Accortliugly she sat as the daughter of an innkeeper in a pic- ture 1 had nearly finished. It represented acounie of officers of Hussars waiting for tneir horses to be brought round ; in the meanwhile they were passing tho tiiuo very agreeably flirting with tho innkeeper's daughter, who was seated on the corner of a table in front of the old wayaide inn. "I perfectly um'ersland," said Mile. Lucille, as I explained it to her; "and that fellow who is cbutklng me under the chin is under the impre.^ion ho will get a, kiss for his trouble." "Yes." "Well." she added naively. "I think This little mistake had not occurred A TERRIBLE PLAGUE. to me. "You're ri^ht," I said, with a . laugh; "but I can ea.3ily rub him out." -,.,.,_ ,»_. ,. .,, , . „ .^ ., . ali^r. ...«_.*...»'« :^ »i.a .,.».n._« „« 1 Caitle wylBg by Tli«u»4iii«lH Im »»«oOi Africa Being constant. y m the ccmpany or « i»i • this singular, wayward, capricious girl, rroiu KiiiiirriK'>t. I could not help falling mure deeply in Great Britain ia just awaking to a love with her from 'lay to day ; though realization that her South African up to this tmie she had been exlraor- { ^ , . . , , , . .^^ dinarily reserved, not to fay haughty. ' troub.es have only begun. It is not so But now she wa^ getting far more much that the Matabele revolt threat- friendly; she oommeajced to ask m« ens to break forth again on a larger questions about mv native country and _..,_ ♦!.„„ .... ,i,,, ,i.„ *â€" ;.^ â- - - - - â- * scale than ever, or that the matS'iaC my life In Paris. She surprised me one morning by saying. 'lam gning to sing regizlarly at the Al> azar ; I want money, and they have offer"! two hundred and fifty francs a week. ' The Alcazar was a kind of cafn for a fresh daadlack on thp Transvaal buainesB are belieretf to be accumulat- ing at both Prvtoria and Berlin; the really serious feature is ibat detailed chantant. and I wa^ rather surprised at , information about the rinderpcat,wbich I opeuing day. l>a Maurier used to keep a vase on hui ttuuiu>LiHece for his triends lo drop juktu lutu, which he then used for "iunch." Air. J. Murrie, who CLUims to be thA inventor ut a sucoesi>llu;l aerial machine. is a master engineer at Cranston Hill, GlUogurw. iiaruu von Wi^esmann, late governor of Ueruian i:lasl Alrica. has been iLecti- ed president of the Berlin Ueographicai Society. Dr. Carl Peters has returned to XiOn- don, and is at work un hia "Rise of tiw British Kmpire from the Time of Queea hiizaoeLh." Lord Roberts, the British field mai-* shal. will suun publish his reinini»- cences, wtiich wi.l be particularly in- Utoesting to those famijxir with India. A new!^»per of Paris recently print- ed a Musatiuna. story to the eflect that Emperor William visited t'aris in- c«,gnitu. while the czar was being feted by the French. Nordica wij. not return to this coun- try m opera this wiui«r. becau«s sh« aslie<l (l.uuu a night, which the man- agers lefuaed her, aL.thoiigU Melba gut* *1.500. and Jean de R<.«zKe 9l.JfM. The young King of Stwin biu just presented a va,.iiuule gold and jewel- ed chajce to bather Kenelin Vaugbon, of London, for u:<e iu the new Rjonian Oilh»-ic Westmiiuier cathedral, un the her accepting such an engagement. I i ia now coming in, reveals an untxpect- did not hesitate to tell her that I I thought she was wasting her wander ful talents. "Oh," she laughed, "it's only till the war is over." "Of course," I answered, with a sigh ; "then you will return to Bordeaux and Lyons to be feted from one week's end to the other, and finally marry a mil- lionaire, and forget about the poor devil 0^ an artist who painted you at â- Tours." "No. I shan't." she answered j "and as regards marrying a millionaire, you may t>e sure I shall not marry any one who has not fought for bis country and who has not tried to drive these hateful Prussians out of our fatherland, t tell you this," she added, her bright eyes r.Bshing with excitement, "the man who wijil win me must fight for me, and he who fights for me must fight for La belle France." There was such a look of mingle<l fire and tenderness in her eyes as she said this that I sprang up. "Mademo'selle, no one is more ready to fight or die for. you than I am. if there Is a chance of my earning your love. If I volunteer to-morrow, and if I ever come back, will you marry me?" She was seated on the window-silil ; she did not withdraw the hand which I bad seized, but pouting her pretty lips, she answered gently :â€" "Perhaps I might." "Very well." I returned, "that's enough; I'll go to the barracks and see my friend Laval lette. May I seal the contract with a kissf" "Well, if you like, just one." she an- swered demurely, holding her head down a little, gal 2 Lucille "Oil, it's no trouble to give half-a dozen," I answered â€" and I did. That very afternoon I saw Laval'ette whom I knew very well. "You want to join the Mobiles? Why, you're English, my friend. I don't uiuderstajid this at al3; there must l)e some woman at the bottom of it." "Perhaps there is," I answered. "In that case a fellow is not respon- sible for his own actions. However, I will see the commandant altout it. I should like to h-ive a tew more recruits of your phvsioue." (To t* Continued.) edly terrible state of affairs. The pla- NOr IN STOCK. The Stroud Magazine says that on her""w'hich:Tt mav'";svsily'"l',;'*'im: ^"«''^ l'""'^" "-^a^^'f '^y » frie, 1 I was not loath-to do. Vhen it I *•!" ^r.'?*.^"^...'!?!"'-'!*.?:"^ ^°, ''?* .^r'' gue is now leaping si.\Ly miles a day. It cannot. So far as uow known, be checked by any Uumau device, and moat inevitably kill every head of cattle in South Africa. The attempts made last summer to slop its ravag..'8 by a whole- sale slaughter of native cattle provoked the ri:; :g uf the blnclu and if they are rei .ited auiuai; ih," more power- ful Basutue, Zulus and Uriquas, who live ui-.a.ier Ibj coos., thi;y will produce a muiiay against which the combined forces ot Uuu;h repuoaus and the BriU ish. ooluni>>s will iw powerless to stand. 'ilk! advice now pnsss-d on the govern- ment is lo slop killiog cattle oi- other wise fighluig uhe pes., aiod instead to ust! muiiey lu tajking a census of all ih«5 catilu in South Afnci and comiiensal^ ing owUMts. native an I white a.ixe. aft- er tho epidemic bos pa«<ed. Cnjjass Ur. Kocli, who hue l)eeji sent out (rum Gor- majiy, and is uow ueariug Caixitown, can find a way of arresting itK- prgress of the pUigue, this is probaiily what will lie done. In any event this rinder- pest will alter the whole character of life in South Africa, for to put an end 10 dairy famiiag and most other present forms of iigncalluie in that couittrj will drive me rural ooluais^ bi( thous- ands to the iowu« where there lA noth- ing for them to do. Cecil Rhodes, it has I>ee4i announced, intended to sail next week tor Englund to testify before the parlianicntary committeo in Janu- ary, but tho threateiu-'d revival of the Malabele tiuubles may change his plans. A VALUABLE INVENTION. 11 I* DrHtlaed la Koolulloalae Ike Neald' IniK InflUHiry. Orrin Bryant of Buffalo, after two years' labor has invented an instru- nuM deslioud to revolutionize tile moulding history. It was given a successful test before tie public the other day. The machine demonstrated that it would not only make mouldy but would moke tbeni rapidly and even- ly with a fiaisliv-d result superior to hamd-made moulds. Tim invention has <4ueen Victoria, in return fur the gifts brought to her by Li Hung Chang irom the iLinpernr of China, is going to j^nd to that ruu<r a jeweled portrait of lierseilf. painted by Mrs. Corbould- Ellis. 'Itio Betgian Capt. Lolhaire, who lorded it over the Congo region for four years, with power of .ife and death, has been compeilled by a prosaio civil court in Belgium to pay the cost uf a wedding truusseau ordered by hia jilted swe«iueai't. Emilie OUivier. Napoleon lll.'s last minister, is at>out to pub.isb a novel ca.led "Marie Ikladeleine," which is be- lieved lo be aulobiograpbical. Be brings into it Richard Wagner, who wu<> his brolher-in-.aw, Ollitier's first wife having been a daughter oC Liszt. The richest man in Germany's diiK lom;ilic service Is young Barun von Cruauer-Klett, who is an attache of tba legaliim at Rome. He is the son of a mauufai-iurer who died in 18M, and left 81.00ii,U.K) marks. l.\iriou»lj enough, i)ta tat her (eared th.it he would some day perish of .starvation. Louis Napu'eun wan of opinion that no man should vole who was uol mar- ried. Married men. he thought, had a different .seniimeiil ti>ward their country than the unmarried, and a greuiur slake in its welfare, lu his opinion. al.iO. neither priests nor sol- diers should be permitted to vote. friend | been patent.od ui Lhe United Stales, 'â- " 'â-  Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, next in tho town, a pair of stookings , ., , . for him. Be.gium, Austria, Russia amd other On the following pay-day the pitman countric©. In the test in U>ss than thir- LONDON'S SCHOOL CHILDREN. Five hundred and seventy-four thous- Btage she wTis greetedwith a perfect you niade a mlSake InpuUmg her old ' '•''•'"wn into her company who loae their nnd children daily attend school in Lou- roar 01 appiause. She took this as a ' fathe* looking out ot the window I" beads. don. entered the shop of a \ve>ll-kuown hosi- er to make th«> (lurchssc. 'Ph.> shopmam was most oliiiging, but having shown tho intpuding puicha»'r nv<arly every pair in stock he at last thouglil it time to ask (or a more minute description of wluii. was xeiiiuired.. I've shown you nearly all we have, said he, and I'm sure our s'ook is second to none. -Vs we've hit,h»uto given .s;it- isfiiction to all classe.s, it is stiiing».> that we can't suii you. Well, said the pitman, what I want is a iiftir o' bowo.'gged ones. REVERSED. Fuddy. Let's see AiMiie Boleyn bad her head cut off because of her beauty? Duddy. But tl!»'y dcm't dectipitatea woman nowadays !)ecause she is hand- some. Fuddy. No; it is the fe'llows who are ty minutes a hundrtwl and aevenity moulds for five-toot radiator loops were moulded, cores .set. aiud delivered at tho cupola for pouring iron, without a bad mould. Expert meulwmias pronounce it a wonder. lis operation, in some re- spects is similar to that of ttie type- setting machine. An expert hand moulder cam turn out, with the aid of a helper, about twe-nty-five to thirty moulds im a day of teji hoursu The Uryant moulding maohine, in the same time, will moke 2,00il moulds and in better shaiK>. The c^stimgs too, are more iiiiiiform, and there is a great sav- ing in lalHjr. The men interested are Buffalo capit4ilists. The factory will be situated there. FORGETFUL MR. HILLTOPS, 4a<l Hbw ClMtde'i iMl«e« Flaally «•! (• tito saveauiker's. •'Forgetful?" wid M>. Billtopa. "Well, well, well, 1 should say sol I haven't any memory at ail. If I want to i'omeiut)er aiu'ltting I have to make a memorandum uf it and ilien twist the paixr aauuud my lii'v ring, ur shut It in my knife, or tie it thirough the ring oi my watch; I can't remember any- thing at all. "Mrs. Billtops tiled for days tu get me to lake C^^Hide's shoes tu the shoe- maker's, lle'd worn Ibeia thruugh on the soles and put on his best shoes to wear_ while the others were being fixed. Every day ALs. Billtops woul3 put the buivile on the table near me a« 1 read the paper, and say ; " ' Now. Ezra, don t forget the shoes." " And 1 would look at Ihcm and say all right, and then forget all about them and go away widmul Iboui. " One uiuruing ilrs. Billtopa said to me : ' F.zra. 1 liuve put Claudo'.s shuea in your hut.' " That really did seem like business. It did really scoim as Ihnugh when I came lu piok up my hat I would taJte tltv bundle out of it and put the hat on my head, and thai then, iK-ing ready to go, and having Ihe bundle actually in my huiids, 1 would take it along and leave it at the shoeuuiikor's. I laugb- ed to ni.v«>lf as 1 thought what a tr»- menduously shrewd woman Mrs. BiU^ tops is ! But : " I am as particular as I am forget- ful. I never go out in tlK- mornmg without first biushiug my hat. 1 tool the bundle out uf my hat and laid it on the labie, brushivl my hat and â€" " Mrs. Biilttys looked at me just a little reproachfully that night when I came home, but that was all. Next day she took the shoes tu the slioemak* era herself."