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AS GOOD AS GOLD. CHAPTER XXVII. II wma the eve of harvest. Prices !«- ia« low Farfrae wa» Viuyiiig. As was UHUal, after rp<-.k(>ning too surely on w<5ather, tie local tamiera had flown to the other extreme, and (in Farfrae's opinion) were aelling off too recklessly â€" oalculating with just a trifl" too muioh certainty upon an abundant yield. So he went on buying old corn at it« comparatively ridiculous price: for thiB product of the previous year, I hough not large, had been of excellent qual- ity. . When Henchard had squared his af- fairs in a disastrous way, and got rid of his burdensome purahases at a inoo.strous loss, tlie harvest began. There were three days of excellent weatiicr, and then-"What if that oust conjuror should be right after all I" said Heoohord. The fact waa that no sooner had the tuokles begun to play tihaoi the at- moq^iere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other nourishment. It rubbed people's riheoka like damp Qannel when they walked abroad. There was a gusty, high, warm wind; isolated raLndropa starred the window-panes at remote distances; the suniigtit would flap out like a quickly-opeined fan, throw the pattern of the window upon the floor of the room in^a milky, colour- lees shine, and withdraw as suddenly •8 it had appeared. From that day and hour it was clear that there was not to be so successful an ingathering after all. If Henchard bad only waited long enough he might at least have avoided loss, though he had not made a profit. But the mom- entum of his character knew no pati- ence. At this third turn of the scales be remained silent. The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him. "I wonder," he aaked himself with eerie mi.sgiving, "I wonder if it can 'be tikait somvlx>dy has .been roasting a waxen image of me, or stirring au un- holy brew to confound me I I don't l>e- Ueve in ,*ucU power; and yetâ€" what if they slwuld Ui' Ix-eu doing it I" Kven be oouid not admit that the perpetrat- or, if any, might be Farfrae. 'I'hj^e iso- llated hours of sui)er!<lition came to Henchard in time of moody depression, when all bis practical largeness of view- has oozfd out of him. Mi-anwbilf Donald Farfraa prospered. Ue had puruhaaed in so depressed a market that the prMieut moderate stiff- ness of prices was suffici<Mil to pile for liim a laigt! lu-ap of gold where a little one had Wen. "Why, he'll soon hf Mayor!" said Henchard. It was indeed hard that the speaker should, uf all others, have tu follow the triumphal chariot of this wan lu tht! Capitol. The rivalry of the masters was tak- en up by Lbij men. SepU-miier nlght-.shades had fallen up- on Coaterliridgo; th;'. clucks had struck half-past eight, and the moon bad risen. The streets of the town were curiously silent for such a comparativi-ly larly hour. A s<mnd of jangling horse-U'lUt and tu.avy wlu'els passed up ihc street. 'l'h«w»a were followed by angry voices outside Lucella's lu)use, which led her and KlizaAjvl h-lane to run to I lie win- dows, and pull up uhe blinds. 'I'lu' opiKwile MarUel-Uouse and Town Hall abutted against lis next neighbor the Church except in the lower storey, wivere an arched t horoughfare gave ad- mit tauce to a larg(! .stiuare called Hull btake. .\ sloue post arose in the uiiilst, to which tlie oxen had formerly lieen tiL-d for baiting with dogs, t4> make I hem tender U'fure lihey were killed in the adjuining shaiuLles. In a corner stood the stocks. The thoroughfare leading to this .si>ol was now blocked by two four-horse wag- 4pnui and horses, laden with hay-trusses, th'i leaders having already passed each oi tu^r, and l)ecome entangled head to tail. Tlu> passage of the vehitUus iiiighl have been practicable if empty; but buill up with hay tu the Iwdroom win- dows, ad they were it was impossible. "You must liavc (lone it a' purposol" •aid Farfrae's waggoner. "You can bioui my horses' iNtlTs half-a-mile such a night as this." "II ye'd l»en minding your business instead of zwailing along in such a giawk-Jianimer way, you would have seed me," retorted the wrulh representative of llenuhard. However, according to l.he strict rule of th- word it appeared thai Henchard'a man was inosi in tilu> wrong; h<v there- fore adUvmpteil to buck Into the High Street. In doing this 'l.he near hind- whei'l rose against the churchyard wall, and tlm wlioJ" mounlalnoiLs loud went over, two of the four wheels rising in the air, end the legs of the Ihill-l.oi-se lnst.4-.ad of considering liow to gather i4> lihe load thi! two men closed in a fight with their fisls. Heforo the first round was quite over Ilenoharil came upon thi^ spot, sumtHlioily iuiving run for bim Henohard R«>nl tlic two men stagger- ing in contrary direetioim by cx>llaring one with each hand, turned to the horse that was down and extricated liim afte rsome trouble. He then Inquiretl into liliP circuinsi unci's; and .seeing I he state of his waggon und its loud, Ix'gan holly rating Farfrae's man. LiU'etla and Kli/ulN'lli-.laiie had by this time rundown lu I lie door ami open- ed it, wlwnce they watched the bright huNap of new huv lying in the moon'» rays and passt'd and iv-passeil by ttia forni.^ of Heiu^hard und I he wuigjfoners. 'TIhe women had witniwied what noliody else had seenâ€" the origin of the mis- hap; and Luretta HiHike. "1 saw it all, Mr. Henabord," she cried; "and ycmr man wa«i most in tihe wrong I" Henchard paused in his harangue and tuirned. "Oiht 1 didn't notion you. Mins Te'uifileman," said Ihe. "My man in the wrontft Ah, to be sure; to Iw surel Hut I brig your nanlon notwithslanding. The crtdier'o is ihe eioply wagigon, and he must have Ijeen most to blame for com- Iing on." "No; I saw it, too" said Klizaljetb- Jane. "And I can assure you he .couldn't help it." I "Yon can't trust their senses!" mur- mured Heuohard's man. "Why notf" asked Henohard sharp- ly. "Why, you see, sir, all the women side with Farfnaeâ€" «l»ing a young dand, and of the sort that he is â€" one that creeps into the maiden heart like the giddying worm into the sheep's j brainâ€" making crooked seem straight to their eyes." "But do you know what that lady is }ou talk alxiut in such a fashion? Do you know that I pay my attentions to her, and have for some time?' Just be . careful I" "Not I. 1 know nothing, sir, outside eight shillings a week." "And that Mr. Farfrae is well aware of that? He's sharp in trade, but he wouldn't do anything so underhand as what you hint at." Whether liecauae Luoetta heard this low dialogue, or not, hier white figure disappeared trom her doorway inward, and the door was shut lx>fore Henchard could reach it to converse with her fur- ther. This disappointed him, for he had been sufficiently disturbed by what the man had said to wish to speak to her more closely. While pausing the old constable came up. "Just see tJunt nobody drives against that hay and waggon to-night, Stub- berd," said th« com-mercbant. "It must bide till the morning for all hands are in the fields still. And if any ooach or road-waggon wants to come along, tell 'em they must go round by the l>aok street and be hanged to 'em. . . Any case to-morrow up in Hall?" "YeS, sir. Ctae in niuuber, sir." "Oh, what's that?" "A old flagrant female, sir, swearing and staggering in a horrilile profane manner against th» church wall, sir, as if 'twere no more than a pot-house. That's all, sir." "tXh. The Mayor's out o' town, isn't he ? " "He is, sir." "Very well, then I'll be there. Don't forgot to keep an eye on that hay. Good- night t'ye." During those moments Henchard had determined to follow up Lui»tLa, not- wii.hsianding her clusiveness, and he knocked for admission. The answer he received was an ex- pression of Miss 'rempLeiuan's sorrow at l>t!ing unalile to see him again that ev- ening, iKH-ause she luid. an engagement to go out. Henchard wai'ked away from the door to the opposite aide of the slretst, and stood by his hay, in a lonely reverie, the constable having strolled elsewhere and the horses lietng removed. Though the moon was not bright as yet there were no lamps lighted, and he entered the shadow of one of the protecting jainbs which formed the thoroughfare to Uull Slake; here he watched Lucetla's <U)or. Candle-lights were fliLling in and out of her bedr<x>m, and it was obvious tJiat shu was dressing for the upiKiinimenl, whatever the nature of that might U) al^ such an hour. The lights disappear- ed, tlu' cUxsks struck nine, and almost at lh«. moment Farfrae came round Ihe oiipusite corner and knocked. That she had been wailing ju-sl inside for him was certain; for !ih> instantly o{>ened the door h«Mi»elf. They went together l)y the way of All Sainia' Lu.ua southward, avoiding the front street; guessing at last where they were going, he deter- mined t^i follow. 'Ihe harvest had Ijceu so de- layed by Lhe capricious weath- er, that whvuever a fine day <«- curred all smews were strained to save what could Ije saved of the damaged croiw. On account of the rapid short- ening of the days the liarveriters work- ed by moonlight. Hence to-night the wlwatfielils abutting on the two sides ot the square formed by Casterbridgo town were animated by the gathering hands. Their shouLs und laughter had reached Henchard at the Market House, while ho stood there waiting, aiid he had little doubt from the turn which Farfrae and Lucetta hud taken that they were l>ound for the siwt. Nearly the whole town had gone into the fields. The Uasterbndga t>opulace still retained the primitive habit of lielping one another in time of need; and thu.s though the corn belonged to the farming Sf<'ti<in of the little com- munityâ€"that inluibiting J.he Dummer- ford quarterâ€" the remainder was no less interested in the labor of getting il home. Ueaohing the end of the lane, Heu- chnrd crotwid the shaded avenue on tjie walls, slid down the green rampart, and stood aimmg.sL I he si ubble. Ihe "»tilche«4" or shocks rose like tents alwMit Ihc yellow exi>a.ns«, those in the distance Iw^'uming lost in Ihe moonlit bu /,<>s. He had entered at a |»alnt removed frinu the MiM'ne of immediate operations; but two others had entered al that place, and he I'ould see them winding among the shocks. They were payiaig no regard to (he dirt>ction of their walk, whosi^ vugue B<'i|M'ntining soon l><^gan to iK'ar down towards Henchard. A meeting promised to l>o awkward, and he therefore stepiHSd into the hollow of the nearest shock, und sat down. "You have my livive," (,iu'elta was saying gaily. ".S|H'»k what you like." 'Well, then," replied Farfrae, -with the unmistakable inflection of the lov- er pure, which Henchard had never heard in full resonance on his lips be- fore; "you are sure to be much sought after for your ixisition, wealth, lalt«nls, and Is'uuty. Hut will ye resist the Icmplatiiiin to be one of those ladies with lots of admirers â€" ayâ€" and bo con- tent to have only u homely one?" "And he the H|H^aknr?" Hsid slut laugh- ing. "Very well, sir, what next?" Ahl I'm afraid that what I feel will make me toiget my manners I" "Then 1 hope you'll never have any, if you lack them only for I hat caii.se." After some broken words, which Hen- chard lost, she added, "Are you sure you won't lie jealous?" Farfrae seemed to assure hnr that he would not, by taking her hand. "You are convinced, Donald, that 1 love noliody else," she presently said "But I should wish to have my own way in some Ihitigs.l" "In everything! What apeoial thing did you nieanf'l "If I wished not to live always in Coslerbridge, for inslancn; on finding that I should not be happy here?" HiMU'hard did not hear the reply; hfl might have done so and murh more, but I he did nol^ oare to play the enves-tlrop- per. They wen^ on towards the scene of activity, where the sheaves were be- ing handed, a dozen a minute, upon the carts and waggons which carried them away. , Luoetta insisted on i>arting from F'ar- frae when they drew near the work- people. He had sumie buainesa viith them, and, though he entreated her u> wait a few mlnulej^ she wat^ iuexoraltle, and tripped off homewa;-.: alone. Henchard thereupon left the, field, and followed her. Hi.s state of mind was such that on reaching Lucetta's door he did not knock, but opened it, and walked straight up to her sitting-room., expecting to find her there. Out the room was empty, and he perceived that in his haste he had somehow passed her on the way hither. He had not to wait many minutes, however, for he soon heard her dress rustling in the hall, followed by a soft closing of the door. In a moment she appeared. The light was so low that she did not notice Henchard at first. As sooa as she saw him she uttered a little cry, almost of terror. "How can you frighten me sol" she exclaimed, with a flushed face. "It is past ten o'clock, and you have no right to surprise me here at such a time.'" "I don't know that I've not the right. At any rate, I have the ex- cuse. Is it so necessary that I should stop to think of maimers and customs?" "It is too late for propriety, and might injure me." "I called an hour ago, and you would not see me, and I thought you were in when I called now. It is you, Lucetta, who are doing wrong. It is not proper in ye to throw me over like this. I have a little matter to remind you of, which you aeem to forget.'" She sank into a chair, and turnedi pale. "I don't want to hear itâ€" I don't want to bear it 1" she said through her hands, as be, standing close to the edge of her dreas, liegan to allude to the Jer- sey days. "But you ought to hear it," said he, "It came to nothing; and through you. Then why not leave me the free^- dom that I gained with such sorrow I Had I found that you proposed to mar- ry me for pure love I might have felt bound now. But I soon learnt that you had planned It out of mere charity â€"almost OS an unpleasant duty â€" be- cause I had nursed you, and comprom- ised myself somewhat, and you thought you must repay me. After that I did not care for you so deeply as liefore-C "Why did you come here to find me« then?'' "I thought I ought to marry you for conscience sake, since you were free, even though â€" I â€" did not like you so well.'r "And why then don't you think so now?'' She was silent. It was only too obv- ioiLs that conscienue had ruled well enough till new love had intervened, and iLsurped that rule. In feeling this she h'^rself forgot for the moment her partially-jiisl ify ing argument â€" t hat having discovered Ilenchard's infirmi- ties of temper, she had some excuse for not risking her happiness in his hands after once e.scaping them. The only thing she could say was, "I was a poor girl tlu'n; and now my circumstancea have altered, so I am hardly the same jjerson.'' i "That's true. And it makes the case awkward for me. Uut 1 don't want to touch your money. 1 uin quite will- ing tluit every penny of your projier- ty shall remain to your personal use. HeaiUiis, that argument has nothing in it. The man you are thinking of is no iHitlcr than L" "If you were as good as he you would 'leave me !" she cried passionately. 'I'his unluckily aroused Henchard. "You cannot in honor ivtuse me," he said. "And unKvis you give me your promise this very night to l>e my wife, before a witness, I'll reveal our inti- macyâ€" in common fairneai to other men I'.' A look of r«»ignatioa s«iltled upon her. Henchard s;iw its bitterness; and tad Lutvtta's heait been given to any other man in the world than Farfrae he would prolmbly have had pity up- on her at that muiuejit. liut the sui>- planter was the mMtart van Henchard called him) who had mounted into l>rominence upon his shoulders, and he could bring himself to siiow no mercy. Without another word she rang tho IkiU, and directed thil iilizabelh-Janu siiould be fetched from her room. Thi» latter appeared, surprised in the muUt. of her lucubrations. As soon as she saw Henchard she went across to him dutifully. "Klizabetih-Jane," he said, taking her hand, "I want you to hear this." And turning to Lucetta: "Will you, or will you not, marry me?'' "If youâ€" wish it, I must agree, I" "You say y(«?" "I do." No sooner had she given the prom- ise than she fell l>ack in a fainting stale "What dreadful thing drives her tx> say this, father, when it is such a pain to her?" asked I'.lizabelh, kneeling down by Lucetta. "Don't comixtl her to do anything again.sl her will. I have lued with her, and know that she can- not bear much.'' "Djn't be a nu'thern simpleton 1" said Henchard drily. "This nromise will leave him free for you, it you want him, won't it." At this I.,iic(itta seemed tu wake from hor swoon with a starL "Him? Who are you talking about?" she said wildly. "Nobody, lus far u«i 1 am concerned," said KlizuUttb firmly. "Ohâ€" well. Then it is my mistake," said Henchard. "Uut the business is lie- tweon me and Mian Templeman. She agrees to be my wife.'' "But don't dwell on it ju.st now," en- treated Elizabeth, holding Lucetta's hand. "I don't wish lo, if she promises," said Ih'udiard. < "I have, I have," groaned Luo»\tta, her limlia hanging like flails, from very misery and faintne.Hs. "MicJiael, please don't argue il any morel" "I will not," he said. And taking up his hat he went away. ElizalMith-Jane ixintinued lo kneel by Lucetta. "Wluil is this?" she said. "You caUed my father "Michael" as if you knew him well? And bow is It he has got this power over you, that you promise to marry him against your will? Ahâ€" you have many, many aeorets from mel'i' "IVrhaiis you have sutue from me," Lutwtia murmured, with closed eyes, little thinking, however, sii iiu.su.spiciou8 was she, that the siH'ret of Kli?alieth's heart concerned the young iiiiin who had raiuted this damage lo h»r own. "1 would notâ€" do anything .iBalnst you at all !" stammr^red Elizabeth, keei>- ing in all signs of emotion till she was ready to bur^. "I cannot understand how my father can command you so; I do>:''c sympathize with bim in it at all. I'll go to him and ask bim to re- lease you. ' "No, no," said Lucetta. "Let it all be." Cl^i he continued.) SOME PECULIAR PIPES. The KnOlnt' Munnier I'abacca Burnerâ€" t'aa Make a Clnr One la a MIniitr. The Kaffirs of South Africa are in many ways a remarkable i>e.ople, but perhaps the most singular thing about them is their mode of smoking, and especially their pipes, writes a corres- pondent. The ordinary Kaffir pipe is a sufficiently formidable affair. It ia almost as big and heavy as the "knob kerry," or war club, which it often considerably resembles in form; at a pinch it would make a formidable wea- pon in the hands of its muscular own- er. But it isn't every Kaffir who can afford an ornate pipe of this descrip- tion, and every Kaffir must smoke â€" 80 be thinks. CurioiLsIy enough, the poorest man smokes the biggest pipe -the biggest, indeed, on the face of earth, for it is nothing leas than the earth itself. I don't suppose that he ia conceitedâ€" though the Kaffirs have plenty of conceit â€" as to imagine thai be "owns the earth," but he dues use it for a tobacco pipeâ€" and this HOW HE DOES I'l'. He has managed to procure a hand- ful of tobacco, but has no regulation pipew Shall he forego his smoke? Not he; necessity is certainly the mother of invention in this case. Ue first pours a little water on the ground and makes a sort of mud pipe. He then takes a limber twig and bends it into the shape of a bow; this he buries in the mud in such a way that both ends protrude a little at the surface. He (hi'>n waits a while for the mud tu harden. He doesn't mind watting, for a Kaffir has lots of time; and it isn't necessary to wait long, for the hot tropical sun bakes the clay very quickly. When he con- sulers that the pie is "done to a turn," he palln out the twig, which, of course, leavesa curved hole through the clay. Ail one end he scoops out a sort of IkiwI, in which he places his tobacco. At the other end he fashions a little mound to serve as a mouthpiece; it looks more like the o|M-.ning of a small ant hill than any- thing else. A Kuropean, prolmbly, wouldn't re- lish a mouthpiece of mud â€" he couldn't use it, anyhow, for his nose would be too much in the way; but a Kaffir doesn't stick al trifles, and he has NO NOSK TO SPKiUi OF. So be drops a live coal on the tobacco in the ImwI, lies flat on the groimd applies bis thick lips to the orifice, and sucks awayâ€" drawiug in vast quanti- ties of the rankest, vilest smoke that ever made a human being ga.sp and ohoke. .For it is not enough that his to- bacco is the coarsest and strongest and in every way the worst that the soil of this planet producer. Mere to- bacco isn't iHitent enough to satisfy a Kaffir, though a single whiff of it would proatrate the most a^'cuinplish- ed I'^uroiM'an smoker. So he mixes with it a liberal quantity of "dagha," a kind of tu^mp with intoxicating qualities similar to those of hashish. This is a drug ixiwerful enough to inralyse even a South African, and by tlie time his pipe is finished the smoker frequently falls in a fit. In many cases he becomes quite insen- sible, and for a long time lies like a log; indeed â€" so pernicious is the stuff â€"he sometimes never arouses. THE MINES OF CANADA. Nome InlerrtllUK Nnlrs on llir Hlocan Though winter rheiks the ardour of the prospector in the Slocan, B.C., silver camps, work on the claims which laid in their winter supply goes on briskly. The Wellington has shipped five («r- loads since snow fell. They have j struck anotlier 37 inch vein of galena and grey copper, giving 500 of silver per ton, as Uhe average of severed tests and they have had to put on more men. The White Water is shippiiw two carloads per week, and the ore is re- markably rioh, at times yielding in constderaf>le quantities 91 per pound of silver and lead. Knglish capital is developing the Colorado, and the Sunset has got down to work for the winter. The output, in fact, from the Wel- lington and White Water cm-.p, as a whole, creates a general activity. The Lone Star, though work only lie- gan late in the fall, has already run ome tunnel 120 feet, 40 feet being through the ledge, and two others are being run at U>wer levels. Tlw Charleston al.su has four tun- nels runnititg up into !big pay, it is said, and llw owners of the Corinne or Corean are pu.shing work, as tlM> L<.me Slur adjoining is, and saying little. The latter, with tour other claims, has lieen oanitalized as the Hansard. 11 ia rejiorled tliat the KIdon has already withdrawn ita stock from Ihe market. The Slocan Star has paid Its fourth dividend since August, and in all tSUO,- 000, or three-fifths of tho capital, '250,- 000, of tlvi^rhas lieen paid this year. Th«< fracliim lietween the Kltlon and Paradise was st>ld for 1500 one day, its owner lieing in need of money, anil the buyer resold the next day for $2,000. This small claim is entirely undevelop- ed, but ia a rich camp. 'I'.he ootnparative ease with which mining is carried on in thi^ Sloean silv- er district is slu>wn by the work aliwitly done in th» Charleston, the Corinne and tlie Iione Star. The former Hiegun in August last and the Corinne and I.one Star in Novemlier. The influx of strtcngers cm the U.sik- oul to buy claims only shiow.s what the Slooan may expect in thd spring. WC1AT IS QOINQ ON IN THB POUR CORNERS OP THE QLOBB. Old anil N*w Wsrid BvcnU ol Intereat Clmi*» Icled Brieflyâ€" IntcrcstinK Happanlotn ol Racent Data. Some lette-rs by George Washingtoa to Arthur Young, the economist, on th* subject of agriculture are about to b* sold in London. William Onions, the London Eut End poet, better known as "Spring On- ions," spent his Christmas in prison for being drunk and disorderly. Signer Crlspi has taken time by the forelock in having his marine moniiF meat erected in the Naples cemetery. The only inscription on it is "Crispi.** Greece has a population of 2,418,000, according to the census just taken, an increase of 230,000 since 1S89 AttaHOM has now 128,000 Lnhabltants. Russia's Czarina, a worthy granti- daughter of Queen Victoria, is fight- ing the practice of suckinig tobacco pre- valent among the women at the court. She is said also to have abut dowii on her husiiand's allowance of cigarettes. She is also said to be not so well liked as she was. Karls as directors of stock companies come high in London. A broker whtJ recently obtained two of them for • cycle comt>any received ^25,000 as hi* commission. As he kept the moneiy himself instead of turning it into bia fii-m's account his partners havw brought the case before the committee of the Stock F.xchange, thus making public the market price of the oommo- diity. V British Generals have privileges not accorded to peers in the English police courts. Sir Reginald Gipps, who was recently summoned for riding a bicycta on a footijath at Aldershot, sent hia servant to pay his fine of five shillings and to tender an apology, which the magistrate accepted. Several peers' wives who were guilty of carrying un- muzzled lapdogs in their carriagfs were obliged to attend court in person Last year. Swallow-wort, or the greater celan- dine (Chelidonium majus), which Dr. D«nlsenko asserts is a cure for cancer, has long been used by country people to remove warts. The doctor uses the juice of the plant diluted, both exter- nally and Inteu-nally. in external cases injecting the fluid hypodermically around the cancerous growth. -Accord- ing to the Lancet, however, experiments with his specific by other observer* have not corLfirmed his results. France, Italy, S[)ain. Ptoriugal, Swit». eriaud, Belgium, Holland, and Luxen»- burg have just signed at The Haguq the first international treaty on iirivata law, the treaty relating to civil proced- ure. All the.se nations use the Roman law in some form. The Swedish and Norwegian Commissioners made certain reservations which preveoited their signing the agreement. The treaty is to be followed, hy others on different portions of the law. Ghent will soon be greatly tronsform- ed. Close together in the centre of the old city are a numl>er of great mono- ments of Gothic architecture, the Bel- fry St Bavon Cathedral, the Church of St. Nicholas, the Cloth Hall, the Town Hall, and thi> manor house of Gerard the Devil. Tbi^ city authorities have borrowed 70,000,0110 francs, a large jMirt of which will 1)6 devirted to tearing down the intBirvening Imildings and such as iinterfere with tli« view, aaid leaving the monunvemtal structures in a large public i>ark in tlve heart of tha town. Lord fiavile'a estates iiave already paid more death duties than any others in Flngland. and now that he is dead must pay a tax of a mvUion dollars to the Treasury. He and his lirot liters were the illegitimate soiM of the> eighth FJirl of Scarborough, who bequeathed to thei •â- lde*«t as m\u\h of his proi>erty as h« (wuld. As in law they were not re- lated to each other, the heaviest death duties were imlKsad whenever the es- tates changed hamds, and this has hai»- pened three times in fifteen years. The late baron was raised to tha peerag* in 1888 and to continue the litle a spe- cial remainder had to be created in far- or of his ne4)h<>>wa, as it they had bean strangers in blood. HIS HEAD WAS OFF. Bnl Ihr Banilll fkler WalfcM «« Kack ef Ills t'omradrs. Dr. Loye, the French physician, who has greatly interested himself in the question: "What pass*'S in the head of a decapitated human being," writes tlie following remarkable slory. which he says was taken from the archives of tht^ Vienna wmrla; U was in the year â€" that ShartMibiirg, a well-known liandit, and four of his associates were caught and condemned to death. They were al- ready on their knees ready lo p.iy the p»*nalty of their bkwdy deeds by sub- mitting to the awful fate of decapita- tion, when Shaienbiu'g addressed th« Judge, asking that his four coinpao- ions might be pardoiuid on ivrlain con- ditions., " If," asked the bandit chief, "I am Ix^headed, I get up and walk, to Ihe first of my comrades will you pardon him I" The Ju<lge thought that ho waa prelly safe in ixjniplying with the re- quest. " I'lheu," continued Sharenburg, " if I walk to iJilB second, the third and t.h«< fourth, will you pardon them also?" .The .lurige replied that if such a mirao- u'ous teat could lie ivorformed he «ould obtain pardon for the other three also. The chief was now satisfietl, and. liend- iug ii'!' head he received the fatal blow. Instantly the head rolled down In the sand, but to the surprise and horror of all present, the ht<a(lles.s trunk arose and walked alQne. Aimlt^ssly, it o^ Itearetl, the Uidy walked iinnutd until it passed the first, the second, the third and the fourth condemned bandit when it fell and became motionless. QWrtry: How could a beadless body think I