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: t *^^ SUBJEQ TO THE LAW OF CHANGE. r "I rejnember," scud Nancy," whett I was ciuito a little girl, I remember thflt Richard was a cruijl boy." Tii3 old man on the' sofa moved un- easily, and sighed. Then be took the girl's toind between bis two thin ones aod patted it soXtly, "Well," he said feebly, "well*" Namcy's fingers ti)gh.t«aied over bis. "1 waa thinking to-day, UncleChar- lea, oC soauitkuii(r that happened' year.s ago, a very foolitith littie incident, as far as common iK-nse is concerned, but rather serious for the rata." "The rats 1 My dear girl, what do you. mieaiaf" "I'll tell you. I was a very sensitive obild, and tbimgs affected me deeply. One day Ric^bard and another boy ooai^bit two rats m my father's stables. I used to see the traps set every might, for the rats came after the corn, but I never knew U they were caught or not. Buit that morning I met iRicb- ard amd his triend, each with a caged victim., forcing its poor tthin noa& tbrough the wires. •â-  'What are you. goiing to do I' I asked. "For amswer Kiciiurd whistled to a terrier. I g'uessed his meiining, and tUincring myself on the ground,! caught bbie dog in my arms. '• 'Ohi, dant let him kill them !' I im- pliored the tears aitartimg to my eyes. "Richard laughed, ajid told me that rats were vermin, and must be destroy- ed. All the time the little sharp faces were peering at me with, terror in their •yes, and one rat gave a ahs.rp sq'ueak •a Richard poked it with a stick : "The tbou«bt of the ovpruachLne doom horrified me. t flung myself in- to a paroxysm of grief; I cried, I beg- ged, I half choked with sobbing, till my niurae came out and told the boys they would throw me iuto a tvt, which they very nearly did.' "And were the rats kiUed after all f" "No, I made sucii a fuss thah at lost Richard said their lives would be spar- ed, uiod oousoied me by prumisiKig to let them go 'scot free.' KB he expressed it. with just enough tar un their back* 'ove Cor me was only* a passing fancy, and that we could never be happy to- ge.th('r. IHe cares too much for money aind for the fat things of Life 1" "ThttO " cried her uncle, still with the ri'xl HulU stuiKli'Dg o«it on his sunkt n cheeks, "he is not worthy of you, and tb» sooner you break with himj the bet- tar." 'A broke'U engagement is always a slur on a girl," replied Nancy, "Imt uhuat ia ocnly a littla of the tar chr.t kills; it cannot hold weight with hro'^cn illusLona and outr.aged faith." "My poor little girl I My poor N'a'n- cy !" he wild. As im spoke a servant announced thit ilr. UoremuB waa below, waiting to see Miss Waller. "1 will go to him. Uncle Charles," biho wh'ispeffed. "It is time tlvit the Ca roe emtled : I m'ust face fai'ta." 'ITwn .she went quietly down to Rich- ard, with a sextse of assured control. She pitied herself with the sympathy of am outsider, for iher heart was dfi.;id; and she did not suffer for the niomeint; she did not feel the pain. "I was surprised you cama." she saidi refTisiflt? his prorfferefl ki.ss, "after th» way you talked last night. Your views of life â€" or I Sihould say of pov- ertyr-were very dittressiaig to me. land so. as I am [Kior, don't yau tihiinJc it would be better â€" " Nojncy could not g^t any ftxrther. She f«'t a choking in lier throat, and. was o>)',lged to poke the fire to cover hef oanifusion. "Dearfst," he whispered, with feign- ed piiislun so different to the fire of his early wooing, 'it was for your own sake 1 spoke. Brul you are righit Nancy anu though It breaks my heart, it is better that we â€" " " Your heart won't breitk," she answ- ered,, sharply, "Well, it is over, 1 sup- piosei. Good-by 1" She held (Mit her hand. Be pressed it to his lips. ".Vs you will my dnxling. If you commandâ€"" But Nancy tore her hand' away, and left him aloue with the nufinished sen- tence halting on hiu lipsk "It's settled, uncle," she said, rush- ing breuthjesaly to the Invalid's couch, "and I'm glad â€" glad. 1 never thought that Richard was a hypucritei, but 1 know now, and X couid not love him again, iX I tried*â€" not if 1 were a^ rich as Croesus I" The old man smiled rather sadly at hier. 'Richard will be sorry some dayt" biB said, but Nancy did not under- stind has mA'oniiug. A week later and the old man was dipud. KoT ttue last year he had been suj f ering f rom. an incurable disea.se. and now thut the end had uume,' his iiomer- I'lLs Dt;ii<beiws and nieces waited e:!^pect- .;.ui.iy lor the reading uf the will TRIP IN A DIVING BELL. What • Mm Haw iit lli« lUttam at laUr Huron 4 Siibniarlnr Kxplo>loB. 'l"wo months ago the wreck of the -teamer Pewabic, which was sunk in 8i!.') in Lake Htiron. off Alpena. Mich., was lo ated. Sin<e then an insurance 'XMupany .which paid flil.liOO on the loss of the copper with whiirh the vessel â- vas lr.a led has lieen negotiating with a wreckiasc firm for the recovery of a-^ much of the cargo as is praotirable. The depth of the water made div- ing operations impos il>lo, as no diver van work with !«fety at a depth of ;6'J feet. It liecaiuo ne essary, there- fore, for any wrecking concern that w^ould take hold of it to con-struct a aiieoial diving aiiparatus strong and safe enough to witlistand the pres- â- ^ure of water at suc-h a depth. Wor- den G. Smith, of MUwautee, Invented a iliving IJoU and organized a com- pany to raise the caa-go, and the aj)- paratus has l)een at work for several weeks. While in the vicinity Mr. J. S. Ga Isdea, agent of the insurance coinimny had the exiierience of seeing a charge of dynamite placed in the vessel and fired off by electricity. "When we were alx)ut twenty feet below the water's surface," said Mr. G&dsden, in relating his experience in we got down deeper the overhead pres- the diving bell, "there was a slight leak at the edges of the cover, but as sure waa so great that it was sealed tight, and not a drop came through. We were in telephonic communication with the surface all the time and the bell was lighited by electricity. We w^ere lowered first on one side of the steamer, which we inBi)ecte<l. It was a ha.-iy <'av and rattier dark ;still at thaf depth we c<iul(l see the heads ')f the holtH that held the gunwale ofthti steamer in plai-e at a distance of six or seven feet. Then we were lifle.l and movml over totjie other side of the vessel. Through the gla^^s in the lx)t- to I an<l .sides we oould see lielow us an ' on every side through the water. Siveial fine specimens of lake trout went swimming by, several of tbem al- mo t touching the glass. A WOMAN GOEri DOWN. "The bell has four leigs on the out- side, worked by o'gs and cranks from the BATTE OF JEATH OF THE LAST WITNESS OF NAPOLEON'S DEFEAT. .lumes K Greene'* Vrapble Account at the tirrBie>l I'oBlllPt uf HlKtory Vlvru to ii WLrtt-rtrr Jiiil Brlore Ul» D«alUâ€" An AUniircr uf Napoleon. AlUiaugli im KnslUbnian. The l»ttle of Waterloo waa fought eighty-two years ago, yet a man who saw that great oonftict, and who was proiably the laat of the witnesses of Na-po:eon's final defeat, died only a few days ago. Hfc* name was James R, Greene, and he iived a/t the little town of EUlBworth, Ohio, writes a correspond- ent. A few WB«kB ago I saw and in- terviewed this ret-, of a past age. When I approttj'.hed his humble cottage he was sitling on bin little stoop or porrJi enjoying tiie worm Auguat sunshme, O'nd pulling off one Ijy one tihe leaves from a pea<-Ii' twig be beCd in his hand. Hb g eeted me wit4« a hospitaility and walcome tlbat savored of the old South, and* his modtuBtion reminded one of the o'<l schoo! af plaorters. Though KngiiBlh by birt.h he was an American by adoption. Hie was bom in England, at Bt/Aaa, on the London road, near Liverpool, July 25, 1798. AVithout prompting, withouit hesitation or bo- shal Ney. Then the terrible struggle began in ail it» horror. THIUNDER AND FIRE iioj-hed from Noy's big g-un*. Shouts of officers, charging trooua and 'ly- ing men fl'.!ed tlie iiir. KellerraiiQ's 'â- ava-ry. Enplisii Infantry, Si^f itch Greys, British horse wilh l>ayoneU4, Bal;,rs, big guns and little guns, played awful havo:'. witJi men and officers, but there was no iivavering. At onw lijiie it seemB<l every wrong ptBiJtion was in tie bands of the Franch,. Nairn oon fbought fate waa stiL'l striking with him, and eictuimed to Uls staff, 'Wel- ington is beaten, Inut his bulldog cour- age keejis him there wuitiug for iiur cfier.' Groiiu;h.y, the iraitor, might have kenit Biu/'ber lack, or he might hiave left Wavra and re-enforced Na- iw'.wm at Waterloo, buit he was bought, Ixxught by Briiisih god. All Kuro.)e, you know, was against him," referring to NapoLe«m. Here tiie o'/d main pu-uSBd as if la- menting for Ih** nonin th eill ltu.'k of the French GeneraiX "[ had strong fie. d glasses and saw Napoleon with his staff several times that day. Bu,t wlierever there was a French cuira-ssier to atta k. there was an Eng.lsh or allied aoldier lo resist. Surh bravery and utter indifference to death or danger were never Keen le- fore or since. Oh, tihe O'Jd Gujard, the oil Guiird ! H">w magnificent tliey were! How truu, how brave, but how vain againsft the shot and she J i>f Wel- lington's British reserve line I Ney IVBt his horse. Mail hind's Brigade did deadil(v work, and hiiindreits <»f the Old Imperial Guard fell at a volley. .Soon Wellingtoin look the offensive, and as licitation, after a few preliminaries aS| ^.j^^ ^^^ ^^^^j eettingâ€" a Aite summer to his birthpilaco, "Uncle Jimmy," »» the in'ii'le for l>alancing it on 1 heir amazement and oonsternati* n ) ottouL where tiiere is a sloping sui^ There Is also a 1 ttle propeller eveningâ€" on an aiready bloody batlle- fijeld. the word waS gi\'en, and the thousands of surviving auliod forces who hud stood since noon acc«piingth« pouiiKhnieut of the French sprang for- ward and the Ojd Guard of France, de- feated, demoralized, deoimaled, turned andfled. Agala "Uniile .Timmy" p«)t his hand to his head as if suil'fering the sains .. * • uj. ^,. ,,.u ,. I k ntw uo Iwunds when it was made pul> face. „ , . , to frightem the other raU away from , .j^. ^^^ f^^ whole bulk of Charles Mol- for moviai it round to any desired po- lerty had been left to Nuncy. sition. aUw worked from the Insi !e. An the place. I was assured that a coat- j lis' property kig of tar was quite harmleos and pain ~ In" her grW at the loss of her uncles] Ingenious feature is two steel rods. less, ao the wretched atiiima,ls >\ere let out, to become a misery to themselves Mid a horror to their fellow fcreatures. w days lat«r they crawled into the c|)e<n to die. and I found them, I, who hod been the innocent ouxuse of tbeiir pprolnnged wretjihednsHS." "They hod better have been killed at onoe," replied the old mani; "but why do you think of this to-day '(" "You may' well ask, it Sis strange, and l>e>rlnps silly such a trivial incidjanU, and one that happened so many, many years ago. You see I was tbmking of It iin connection with RichaO'dL I lit- tle guessed then th,it the boy would grow into so handsome and attractiive a mia<a, that he would win' my heart, my lov«, that 1 should be eoigaged to bim â€"to Biohardl" "And you are tafpy t" "No. Thie girl drew away bor band and brushed something very like a tear from her eye. "It is the uld story of the rats over agaiin, only I am the rat thiH time. He won't kill me out right, iK> he bos tar- red me instead, that I moor die by slow dlegrvAs. 1 am not to-lltimg of the, death of thie bodjx, but the death of every benxlier feeling â€" of all that makes for bappiiueae â€" fur peace! it is cruel to klu. 9u Richard will DMt tell mie the trutbi. IHe cannot bring himself to aay, 'I ain tired of my role of lover; I am tJtred of you.' "'Uo would rather preivaricate and let me discover myself deserted by degrees, like t'bioee poor loathsome aniimalsl Then at last I too, shall come ouit Into the opein and die, liut Richard will not be reti|>on|9ibIe(â€" not Richard, but the tar from bis brush I" Nancy spoke quickly, biltterly. Her uncle sat up, letting biis cushions fall to tbe ground, and despite the look of ill-health on his feubilreat, a slight flush, gave him the moonenitary seinbl- anloe of a strong man. He loved his nilece dearly, and her wxurds angered hiim against Richard. "It can't be truei" he said excitedly. "You are mistjijtptit Nam. No man oculd be such a curâ€" he must love you I" Slhc shook her head despondent lyi. "When we were first engaged," she re|)Ued, "1 told Ruliard that I was a peinnlieea orphan, liiving upon your (Oharity, but he did not care. Me u.sed to say he was glad 1 was poor, so that he could work for me. We would plan oJI sorts of little eoonotnies; the thought of poverty had no fears tor either of us. Then after we hod been engaged some months.^ I noticed a gradual change.. Richard spoke of small houses by the unpoeticai term of 'pig'-holes I" "He talked moro of his ambltioni and lees of love. He seemed self-alisurlied'. amd occa.sionally Inst bis temper. This I bore uncomploiiningly, with the hun- dred teinder e.\cusaa that a foolish wom- an can make for the man she idealizes. IBut when he ^oke of our affection as 'a. dream of unsubstantial delight,' Crom whdich 'a rude, and i(>ractlcaL sense of worldly wisdom" must soon awake MB, then, I first began to doubt his sin- cerity, to see that ho vma seeking an ccccuae. • ""a would draw horrible pictures of poverty, and tbe misery of marriage aiD,le.sa means were ample, declaring that the thought of dragging â- uio down wou weighing on his mind. 'H)e< ^voUlld qfuestlon his own responsibility in this matter, and try his best to i>ers'uadc me that the step we contemplated was m fatal and degrading one. But I made no reply. 1 could not. I "was too numb, too froxen I But now I have had Une to think it out, and I see that bis she could give nu thought to the won-} working in l»il Iworing j''»nt'* or JoT' derfai ncwa, and It seemed to her quite nals. which ij through tbe l)ottom niatural that Richard's first act should be a vi'lt of condolence to the woman be bad practically jilted. 'H» WHO tiiaijiier and sulicitouB as in past days he gradually erupt: back etet> by ste{) to the old footini;. till at last he was cl;isping her hamlM and whisp- ering words of Love with un ardor she had missed in the post months. of the lell and at their ends are grappling books for handl.ng tbe wreckage. "A piece of rock was lowered from the surface. an<l It was pushed into a position where it would hold the cable to which it wa» atta bed. Then a piece of dynamite wai lowered and placed in the same way. An electric wire was SAID ABOUT WOMEN. He that hath a fair wife never wants trouble. Woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid. â€" Edward Pulwer Lytton. Women have more of what is term- ed good sense than men. â€" William Hazlitt. ,Sh6 who spit in my face whilst I was, shall come to kiss my feet when I am no moieâ€" Michoeil de Montaigne. The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers ; the wutnon goes to work softly wilh a cloth.â€" Oliver Wendell Holmes. There will always remain something to be Miid ol woma/n eis long as (here i» one on the earth.â€" £>tanislas de Bou- flers. A wxunan shoujd never accept a lov- er without tbe consent of her heart, nor a husband, without the consent of her judgment. â€" Ninon de Lenclos. A FOOL AT A BOARiDliNG HOUSE. Jinksâ€" That fellow Sillipate, is the most iineotcusa^ble fool I ever saw. Winksâ€" What 'has he been doing to yout J linksâ€" A few days ago some one in- vlte<l hil'in to dinner at our Ixiarding- hiouse.. Well, sir, that idiot just prais- ed every dielhl on the table, and eom- Tkl-imented the landlady on ht.- cook- uig. until xM& raised our rates tww dol- lars a week. ' to eiploieii the surfae of the lake was greatly agitato 1 an. I large numbers of lake irout were kUml by the shock an-1 .'ioon were seen floating on tbe water. Tbe men on the l«rge were so i«ger in gathering in the tniutwith nets that they ne.;lecte I to lower us to see the l<ig bubbles lua le at the bot- tom. When we went down the sedi- ment wa* so agitated that we could see nothing. ,. ^, Three weeks before 1 was there the wife of Caploini Peterson, who is in charge of the life having station at Thuniler Bay, her .sistef and another lady were down in the l)ell. It was the first time ever women were at the liottom of the lake and survived. The inventor of the bell claims that it can be lowered to a depth of 450 feet with iwrfect safety, and, by putting in heavier glass, to a depth of 1,000 teet." "You wiU let it be the sajne again | attache.! to '»â-  _.»n;'.„^,« ^."jf;? i^^""^ now, darling," be said. "Y'our uncle Is . , , x . .~ .. dead, so I must take care u£ you I" "Yes," she answered her eyes droop- ing. "And yeu will maxrjr me f " "Yes." For a moment his joy woai too great for words. "My aiiiKeJ.1 How happy you nave made me I •'Did you see Uncle Ohaxleer' will T" "No; but how can you suspect me of such a base motive." reading the l'X)k in lier eye«. "Of course, 1 know Ihe left you hiLs money, but after ailâ€" what is momey I' You don/t care for it ao miuob as you pretended 1" "No." emfxhatically "I'm ao gladt Richard dear, because UiOcLe made it a stifHilation that if I ma^rried you all tJie money should ^o to his otner nrphews and nieoeo, so it is only fair to them." But Nancy broke off as, she watched his f:ioe, and for the first time 3im» her uncle's death she smiled, glorying in his disoomiitAirek "They will be so graiteful," she said; "amd as you do not really care for money, that stipulation will not mat- ter." "You Doble woman I" be cried, "to contemplate sacrificing yourself for m.f.t Do you Uiink I would Ibe so sel- fis,h as to let you gtive up your for- tiuoie for the soke of my love ? No, I would sooner bury my grief In far-off landsâ€" hide my de8])air acrnes the seas â€" th,in rob you of your ricrhts. My conscience would never rest were I guilty of such unmanliness." A look of trUunphaot scorn camei ov- er Nancy's face as she sarcastncally ap- plauded biis sen'timents in bidding' him tareiwelL his neigh1»rs cailled bim, found him- salf on tlhe field of Waterloo. His whole life seemed to gra-vltate around Che 18ti of June, 1815, and venturesome and romantic as bad been his career, Waterlbo. a day on Uhe fuald with the great Frenjh Ekmperor, vv«» the â€" ^ , - , ,» . „ event ««paâ„¢d wtth which o^l other, --^^««^^ ^^^^i^r^w'i^l'^'oiS paufed into insignificance. \ Guard. farewwU, and forever." The "No, I waa not engaged in hh» bat^ peach twig with which he had gestiioilat- tlie," he said. "A brother waa a mem- od and em})h««izod fadl to uhe floor; ber Of the 45th. Begi»nent, and I had j ^r a '"'>«^; unclto and cousins in ot^her regimenu. i A nEAlHl-LTKE PALLOR I woH a aid of 17 year, old, and doing ^^7^^'%^ ,f^' ..fir^fy.fT;'/''; service on the Briiiah ship, the RoyaJi i njjnu,ta, Iwame more sluggish, and I George. All Europe wraa looking for fe.t that the old mun's lease had at Tijw coi-'A-rTiArTr p ''^"^ exi>ired; t^iat he would die. as It lHKG^Rt.AraAnLE Were, on the field of Waterloo; die bet-ween the Frenrfc anperor and the as he hod ilved, amid the din and roar BaglkhDuke. In fa^, W^el.ington had ^^^ t:^"Ug.^,:^;"^^XI2 se.ected Waterloo as a fitting place for ^j^, rtiief. a smile played about his lipj a pitched battie more than a year be- the color ret'umed amd "Uncle Jimmy' fore. I got Ifeave to go and look after ' was again sitting on «»»,1'«"* "'')'* ^^ f â-  . , . ". , ,,,„ „.,_! Itoojeay little home in Wlsworth ana my fnendB and reJtUves In the i^V faoj^^ro and two years had iiaesed proaching oonfliot. The captain amid- since the acting of the scenes he had ships, a cousin, and otben got leave, ; so vivid y deecrilwd. ^1^^ He aio.ogized for monopolLzing U» „ â-  , < oonvorBatlonr-proletiting (that I had ITiB two great anmes had been de-, been ill-r»i)aid tor coming so far to liberatoly planning for the fight, Na- see himâ€" and after a little rest relate po.bon, you remember, mid whan be ."^ experiences of his ife Iwlh befors !_»•» o 1 I- . if iv. and after \\ ator.oo that read like tales left Paris, I go to ineasore myself wntn f2x>m Kipiing Wellington." The Fremcb crossed the " What is youx opinion of Napoleon t" frontier on tho 15tih and ad\'aiued so I asked. ratndly that tho batUe of Ligny was' "MaiKuleon was a ge|n«.le(man, no row- r v.; .,. ,„ J^ Z . , â-  .. ard. ;i lair fighter and a greaLGenuroL fought on the 10th. Napo.ton s right Wellington was not so great a General here, under his own command, met the , as Najioeon," he replied. Prussians undtr oitl 'Marshal For-' ^^f eleven y.are after Waterloo he was m the British marines and touched wards', Ill>u>her. In this first 1m ttle. every seatxxrt. in Ihe wor.d. which lusted five houjs. the French "Tam a MtiHjn, ' he baid. "I tie«ain» were victorious. ! a memlier of ttu« H'.tfh GrUflih jodge, "On the 17th \\«.ili)igton engaged if,.- J^'^^"- Eng.und, in I82i. So you nnn _r iu t- ,_ . f ,, ' see I coono pretAjr near.y, if not quite, 000 of the Emperor's troopB at CJuartre ijej^g the otdest JlSiaon. Are you a Bras. Mfershai' Ntery waa in i:ommand. Mason?" he asked. "No, I ha^-e not but the Bngllsh had a little the best ^"^^ honor,'' I jrepJied. '"Oh, evorjj „f ,K- _ ,1 , ,. i.,i lu I, citizen 18 a Mnson if he on.hr kneiw It, at this second day s fighting, a.ithough jj^ rejoined. history says the honors of war were' al)out equaJy divided. Wellington, PLUCKING THE INNOCENT. A ytUj Fakir Who ^»iw "!»•»••• by the Farqirrx. "No," said tho aoa.p fakir to a group of people that bad gathered around hiim, "there ia no use talking to me about the innocence of the countryman. He may buy a. g<»ld briok occasionally or sign a bank clieque and lose his farm, but, as a rule, he can take care of hLuiself just as well as the next one, aiDd gen«rail'ly a little lietter. If I knew .IS much as some farmers 1 wouldn't be in the business, and you o;in gamble on that.'* "Why, say, do you know what hai>- pened to met the last time I was down in the oountryf I got pinched, that's what I done. I got my satohell out itt front) o> the hotel in a little town about thirty miles east here and bega.n to do a feiw tricks to draw a crowd. "After I'd made an egg di-sapjiear and pulled a few knots open for tbe^, I says, "Now, genfi!omen, I'm goin' to show you a. trick t hat nobody cilee on earth h.i3 ever attempted. You see my hilt here? Well, we'll imagine for the tiimc l>ein' that it's n. flower pot. Out of this hat I'm goin' to mivke a bush grow up, aod when I've done that I'll maJce every leaf oa it turn into a $6 note. "What? Did I do it? Of course I did. But, sa,y, do you know what come of it? Uluumed if they didn't arrest me and fine me ?15 for misin' bills, tvhioh the Justice of tho leacesaidwas 'contrary to the statoots made and provided. "Well, I sort of bad a bankerin' to know whether I hey done It in good faith or just because they thought I was easy plckin', and what do you think 1 found out? Why, the peojJe of that town hadn't paid any taxes for eight yetirs. Tliey'd actuaUy been runain' things by plucJilng Just such innocent feC'lows as me. â- 'Now, gentlemen, there's n $1 bill in line of these liltio paerka.ges. Who will give u)« 10 cents for tb* limt choioeJ'" . you know, to whotm was the glory o£ crushing in many resipects the most remarkablb man in history, was himself a marveu. of coolness, bravery and cal- cuHhtion. Imagine any other man in the world on the eve of a battle with flhe hero of ;A'ufcltoririit:;, ROOTED BY BEES. â- ow a HlxhlRntl Itrclnieiil Were Pat to FliKhi lu Inilla. The Scottish Highland dress w itb Its kilt, in which the tix>u-<ers are totally hose very I '""'''ng, hos certain advantages for a mime brought fear to every court of : «>l'"e'-. and certain disadvanta:,'e.s-as Europe, caltoily donining a dress suit ^ the Highlanders who acomimnled Lord and attending the Duchees of Rich- 1 Rolierts on one of his expeditions to niond'slwii at Brussels. Yet tW* i Afghanistan onoe ftmn riout to their very thing \\e.ilington did, and re- 1 ^ , mained until 3 o'clock in the mom- ' ««*. Lord Kolierts tells the story of ing on tJjB nig'')* l>efone the battle of the oocurrenoe. in his "Forty-one Years Ligny. Bar<;>n M!u££llng says he was [^ India." Ooking very chi'erful,' and at 5 o'clock was in the saddlb riding toward Quar- tro Bras. "Biiit my young friend, I willl not live long enough iio tell you all. Let's on to Waterloo. Ligny and Quart re Bras, tibough great battles, were buib THU SKIRMISH LINE As the troops were advancing, Lord Roberts was employed tor a little time within an enclosure at Alain' a^.di, when he heard great oonfuAinn, as of a panic, among his troojis without on the plain. Getting on the roof, he look- ed out over the plain, and saw the of Waterlbo. Though defeated the ] troops flying In evorv direction. There first day the old Field M\irshalBl.icher;wa^ „„ firing and the enemy was not retreated in good order. Wellington', .,.,.,. ., 4, /, â-  had communicated to the Prussian that' '«> si^ht, Iwt evidently something scr- hle wouild retire north from Quartre ! ious had happened to throw the men Bras and _a<.cej>t a pitched battle in ] into such confusion. front of Mon<. Si. Jean, provided he, B.^^.â- her, would join h'iin with a single coriw. The old Mlarshnl promised, and history records, eh? that he kept his word. (Btit 'Grouchy, Grouchy, the tratter, the scoiitndreli, who wtis ord- ered to (lunsue Btluoher after his de- feat at Ligny and keep him from join- ing Wellington, he was bough'l by BtitiBh gold. "Oh, I can see tjble field just as if it were this morning. The thlok forest Of Soignes north of MOnt St. Jean and in front the plain of Waterloo, a val- ley between two ridges. On tie nor- tJhern and soufthern ridges were the Engllnh and French respectively. There was an awfuii storm, on tJie night of the 17th and tbe rain was faliling on Hio morning of tlhe great bottle. Bk'tween 8 and the sun broke .through the clouds, the rain ceased and active preparations l)egan for the greatest duel in historyâ€" Europe's baVtis,ra in blood- Oh I It was a mag- niilirent sight to look ulpon those old soldiers of Fran>-e, and B^glisn infan- try under Keinivt, and Vivian's light cavalry, toge-ih-er with the rest of the briffht-unlformed men taking their positions on eiljvor sidip of the "Vauloy ol thn ,^toado\v of Dteath.' "It waft alxMli. 11 o'clock when Na- [)o'^>n ordered an attacJL on HOugo- monl, the farm houee. Time after time did the French troops charge, and as often were (hi", fowed back. Bt-foro Jong the firing l)«r«me general ; a groAd charge bad been made by Mar- The general mounted and rode to the scene. There he founil that the enemy was not the .Afghan, but a mass of infiiriatied Imes, which seemed to peiie- ( ate everywhere, and which were es- 1. ciallv active a:,'ainst the Higlilaiid- i:-i who were particularly vulneraldo to t.heir attacks. The general promiitly decided that discretion was tie l>etter part of valor In such a contest, and withdrew tho coniman<l in as good order as pos.sible to a position remote from the scene of the attack. Then he instituted an inquiry, and found that the stainiiede hail been the result of the thoughtless- ness of an officer of the 9th Lanera, who ha I thrust his lanoa Into a hive of 1*68. The intrepid insects had in- stantly rushed to the assault â€" as they would" have done if the whole British army had l)een pressut. "There were no serious consequenc- es," Lord Kol)erl« conidudas; "but the Highlanders were heard to remark on the un.suitaliUity of their dress folr an encounter with an enem^ of that de- scription." BE66IE'S FIRST UINNKB OUT. Bessie, in a twhisper,â€" Papa, is it beef he's going to bring us? Pal)a--yea, dear. iBessieâ€" Cab I have angr p«rt of It I want ? J>ai)aâ€" Certa'intly. ,Bc>i9sie. to waiter,â€" P,J>>a4M bring m» bbe gixzanl. J *