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thxt the it one there mxy cotaex time when the menicing grip of her lovely hsnd on the ptrlor poker or the shxrp whir of x flying sdap bowl will im- pxrt t melxnchqly interesttoyoar self-de- ceptfon a kxs mxy keep t clein consdence in x rtriety ofwxyt bat it rnustnotbe forgotten itt1t lttmm aw tnd thxt whit to t elexnly mxn it mtnner- xbly dirty to t nxtnrxlly dirty mxa mxy be relxtsve clexnenesx at sny rxte it teems to be xbiolntely nccettity to parsae oar giinr by each methods ttopportanity xflords xnd to fj the proper ercaxe for so doing a bxvxrixn who wxx ft gosd gxthoheu neirly sllthe bxvirixcx xzevwent tothe priest tad confessed thxt he hx 1 been in the hxbit in hit grist mill- of mixing bid i corn s with the good the priert condemned the trrxctiee ia no mexsared terns lad told him thxt heshoald keep xn e3eoa him in the fa- tart sme months xfterwird the milfer went toconfessiot igxhx tnd almost the rrt qcettion tsked of mm wit well do von still oonteiae to mix bid corn with fhi 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xttxeked ethd cpon the sabject of her hashxnd snd grew taite eloqaent xx the de scribed the wxrmthof hit lore a bright colour sashed the yoang wife t cheetx do yoa rexlly think thxt he iovex me she ssked in sn exgtr voice then harried- ly intwering her own question the can- tinacd in s stddened tene ko i imtoo yoang bat i do love him ind the bowed her hexd over her childs chestnatonrlx tad wept pxssiacxteiy the poor littlefellow xlirmcd xt her grief tried to pall skrhxhd from her fxce finding his eflorti mefiec- taxl he burst into texts aa give l load cry for hix fxther at the word tmdte her exrt ethel xogrily thrust the child from ker ixp yoa hive no ixthce the cned clenching her hinds her eyex nxthed bet filled- with texrs ix the sdded in x pxined voice and i no hasntnd the love tht beloagt ta yoar poor for- sxkea mother is givea to xnottier oh yoa wicked angrxtefal girl to dtre to sxy sach anfoanded things of x fxther to tixclumtcrirlirxrywtraiy ss the drew the wet ping bay ta her ind tried to cxlm hit griet i- unfmnded would thxt i amid ity so bat whit exc i think when i rex 1 this 1 eiel drew x hxlftheet of blottingpxper cioraher pocierj i found it in hit study tfierhetxdleft she hxaded it to me bidding me hold it to the light i did so xnd recjgniied cuth- berrs hxndwriting it wis the condaxion cf x letter it wis impossible to decipher every word but the foflowiagwere very dittinct i shxli be in loadott on thnrsdxy expect me xboat hzneh time hrt hera- ton stxyt xt mxrslxnrt i enclose yoa x cheque for 50 psyxhie to yoar order to meet immedixte expeatet hoping to heir thxt brighter dxysxrt in etcce yours lj u ttft 5srsurjosr well i sxid cxatioaxly i do not see very mach in thix it might hxveibeen written to x geatlemxa it itn sylvester postoffice blxck- hexth to be left fill exiled for t gentle- mxa i quietly xsked ethel pointing to the wordx xt the bottom of the pxge eridently where the direction en the envelope hxd bent blotted aurerywenitntwered bat how- do yoa knotrthxt thai letter wxs inclosed fa the envelope bexring thxt iddreu he might hte written more thxtt one letter xasl fbt xddreu mxy refer r very chntrent trae the replied xnd so xt erst- 1 xrgaedtamymlf out ill doubt ix now dis- pelled for i inquired xt the buk xnd i lexrat thxt vetterdxy oang womxa-pre- sentedxcheijae of my hnibxnds for 50 xnd thxt tbenxme the signed on the bxck wmhxrriet sylvester i felt rtther posed it this tnd i expect mast hxve looked to far uxry who hxd been impxtieatly fidgeting while i wsx rexd- ing the tefcexnlxiined tiixrply- whxt x stupid yoa ire john 1 it is ill staff xnd noaxense 1 taming to ethel the ff gr am m m o ir- mxn my deir go to your hnsbxnd open yoar hexrt xnd tell him ererrfbiag yoa xre x regalxr pxir of geese tbere it noth ing thxt it not ctpxble of expunxtion tod illstxke my word on cathbervt honour hemxybequeer tempered but hef f gea- tlemxu whxt it the good of tnoctingyoar hexdx xgtintt x will when the giie if itxnd- ingijtrr i iiirys arguments teemed to here tome effect at one time i thought ethels pride wu eofteniag bat in unfartuaxte re ference of mine to the letter which hxd been found fn her old dreeexwoka in imoant pf obttinxte retistsnse with which we wcrt quite unxble to cope she proudly declined to give sny expixsxtton tnd ss oqthhert when xppexfed to by me tito refused si ex- plxnxtioa xboat hxrriet sylvester oar ef forts to bring xboat x reconciliitica cxme to tstshditiu thegreeheyecl rnonxter xnd his worthy relxtire fride hxd fxkea poxtextioa of mxriund xnd ill uuhupr of-ners- yery reluetxntly i jrerred the deti which vx to tepxrxte those who ia the sight of god hsd vowed to dexve together for better for worse xsiongt jife lut ed it wu the lut dxy of the yexr the merry yule tide hxd ped by robbed of itt wonted brightness fori cloud hung over nx the old yexr with it burden of fput joyt xod torrowt wis shout toidm i i the deed i hxd prepxred wts x very sun- pis ooe a yetrty sum of 800 wu re served to cuthbert tod the rest of hit wexlth wu settled ta ethel xnd her boy i wu to occupy the responsible position of cmxrduui position i would hxve xiirfc ed could i hire found my exeats- for doing i ttltvcryixdxt the hxads of the cloek tpproxchod the hourcf eight the time fixed for cathberttb cxu ind sign he deed the pxrehmout with ii stiff forms writing snd urge i cilr wis iprcxd cut on the table snd svorythinj wu iareidinesitfurthe cnxls to the shortilycd mxrritce as x itithope i htd determined thxt the hasbxnd xnd wifo should meet pace igila beforo pxrtinfper- jp fabever for oa the morrow cuthbert wu to sin for ho fir west in x vsin sexrch for forgetfttlntsss- cathwt st lut wu xnnoanced he tn- with very sod tercl oxd in histrtvelliogwrtpt xnd wi hit till oommxndisg stxture looking vei msnly hit hxndsome itcewupxfe ti the tterafexfaret set wih x look of rigid detetrnioxtfoa alter x few constrtined wordt of greeting he took an x pea toilia the deed excusing himself for his bxtfe by txplxining thxt he hxd bat very little time to iptrt xt to hxd ta oxtah the nine oclock trtin to liverpool bidding him wxit i ring the bell twioehe tigbxl for ifxry td tend ithel to ox trust leg tokthlt iguorsnee of the itw i hid aiit hoc believe thxt it wu neoet- sxrytlixtshe ihtald sign ho deed in he presence of br husbsnd but- for this itrsugcra i feel certxin htttlit would hire tefssed ta meet him fltxfirwnioaleqlx etliel gljdtd faio he toui caihbert surted it her la itlo otrtrptcted ipptirsnce fir i hxd not tofd him tint tlis woald bo pi6cu very pile mi lorrly iliojfjoted mivitli lultly qwp ilio slowly tiirtruvelua uu tckno mfing licr jlimlundt wesc nc liy t slight ladlinnkflnnf hfrnnreulj lictf kttmt vtiry fitfr wwltroifukl fn llu vm mil tlidfil ikiic itfk in i mull coll kite luil uitctfdiu til wli tad otlllutdlx ikifity hlxilils lief widdi rie aftef- wiidt uut old tie hit the iralw it lull ff out endjoily cheekittg heft elf hxd tf tlored it a iu ilteir uyia ka fay hut bxrid put it there xnd time t shxll remxlti ill he remove it kfy hexrt but hopefully u i observed thxt her drc wu the ume the hxd wore six yexrt sgo when the hxd surrendered her life tad hsf pioext to cithbertt keep ing the pltin welifltimg bttck iret notwitiutxnduifflhxtit wxs somewhst eld- uhiotted suited herrnxrbie pxleuctx xnd xutoeeque bexntv i resolved to jntte x list ippexlto their better feelligt ind in x few mcmog words i did my best to srvett them from x step wfcioe i felt wu the mxddest folly t wu ttry mack s jitxted u i entrexfed them if not far their own tikes xt lent for thxt of the irttis one who exiled them fxther tad nmtasr to fofa hinds sgitn xad letting the put bury the put stsrt xnew in he bxttle of life xcdby mutaxl eoacessfons exch one lend the other thxt lovrag support thxt even the strodrett of at must xt timet require i kthel teesned moved xt my wordt hir bosom hexvtd ind wilh difficulty she re- strtined her smotion i witched cuthbert xnxiausly the ooeuert of hit mouth twitched nervously but ho remxiued tilent etiel rtiied her eyes plexdingly to hit tnd her lipt slighliy rixrtedu if the were xbout tospexk oxe xnsweriog look snd her sress woaid hxva been- round him ia vxinl he reeblatelr vertedhixfsce a fsiat fiushcxmeuitoetherscheektu her spirit rose st this sileat rejection of her sppexl seiring the pen which caihbcrt hxd dropped when she entered the team the dipped it into the ink sad turning to me xtked id firm indignxnt tones whcresheshoald sign the dead herpea vu da tho pxrehmeut xnd ihe wts prepxring to follow my ihstruc- ficnsv when the door of the room slowly opened shepxaxed snd we sll rxisidour eyex to xicertxm the cxaxe of the interrup- tioa the door wxs now wide open xnd u in x frxmc let off by the tarrbuading dxrkness rttood x little sgure clxdia white the tiny feet bxre of covering peeped out benexth thmobewhift wu held up by the j childs hxndtr xnd the short chestnut curlx twept bxct frora the wistful chersbixce in wiry biiloxwifhshy ioalxthe child xdncced tlowlyj into the room till ruting hit eyes he ought sight of his mother with x elxd cry he tin to her xnd threw himself into her xrmi then t brighflook xnimxting hit pretty fxce he exiled ta hit fxther it wxs eooaglst the fee wu- broken love wis triampaxati xnd prue the de- ttrayer of the petce af so mxny hornet de- fexted cuthburt opened hit xruu tod cried in x voice of raadroat jovx mil wife v eli cry wxs echoed- by ethdxs with hippy texrrthewu drxwn withfanit xrmx xudvprestediii his fand emhrxce with wflling love she vrxs crushed to his hexrt thi t bext in pxxtioaxte unison with her own her exgtr lipt reselling the solemn contrxct bat x little while bck so nexrly brakes and that la hetveat sight igxin their troth wu plighted toworaofexpixnxti4n u to the pxst xsch onebelisred ia tad trusted the otherv with my eyes ia rxther x wxtery condi tion i groped my wxy to thalihary where i found miry on the verge o hysteria oh john im so hxpjryr she cried throwing her xrmx round my neck xnd kiss ing me ixxwitxii from the ttxirt after her exeitemeht hxd somewhst cxlro ed the explxiaed ta me how it hxd hap pened i ippexred xhs xfier ethel hxd left her the could aot xett snd hxd wxadered uaext3y from room to room hexrmgtha chm moving in hit crib ihsixd hxttened to hix side sad while soothing him hxd eon- cezted the idex which hsd proved so success ful in its result acting with her usuxl im pulse she snitched the ixd from the bed xnd ctrried him down the stxirt xad let ting him withoat the door he hxhdle of wntrxftergeirlttarnejixri left him to theguidxaoeaf one before whom we poor martxlx xre bat xt duit we wxited pxtteatly but na sound cxme from the room where wo hxd left ethel xad cuthbert slowly the hoan crept on xnd we begin to gut not only very impatient battkepy i good grxcioux john whxt atmell of humr in v cried ilxryv xwxkingi u the clock struck eleven from x little doxs into which the hxd ixllen it smells something like burnt fextbera ferhxps ethel hu fxinted oh depend upoa it the hit and cuthbert it bamingmy bexatifal festher screen to bring her to lxndwxy bustled the little woxxa- t6 the rescue of the cherished screen 1 followed expecting ta see ethel in i death like swoon bat no saeh thing she wit sitting bj the firein sty srmchiir look- ing very bright xnd- hippy despite her iwoltraey euaet for texneometo wnmen sis readily rajoyx in griec ifittle cuthr bert wis pecefally sleepiag ia hit mbthsry li- mxhxndrelltpeaiironesf tfett avkh her other hxadxne wsf holijng her hxod- kerchief to ker note and well she might do so forcjtbbertthe i pdver in one hand xnd the toogs in the other wu fordbly pushing the fljfatpd doedvpf- sepirstioa be tween the hxrt of thvgrsteko wander thxt our olfactory nerves hx objected to the smell- born tpsrihraeut certainly cm- not be considered b igreeake sceat with rilentgritplngrof thehxadjmors eloqaeat thxnspfcph we drew oarchxirt round f he sii xnd wxtihed the lut writhing curls of the blxckeaed deed u it spluttered xnd bitted orrtitx brief exiitenee rhtlbrt brexking the xilence with s lowtoned bnt hxpmr voice yothxvelverysxiejut yoa hivsnot xsked x tingle qaestioa xboat george hex a shght hlasb suaad her chiekx xt she spoke i vtlue your sileooe dexrest she ooatiuaod bciato it short thxt you trust me bet i think i oaght to speak ind in the prescuoe of these dear friends ta wham xa oxpliastioa is das ixu most u rauoh is to jounelt slop elhell cried cuthbert holding up his hind as ftru i ioi concerned i xm williog to rtmxia in igaorxaee xboat geaoga hex ia my mxdaest i thoaght thxt yoa did not lovs me xnd thxt mother hxd sought ind perhtpt giiued ths hexrt which rfured htd never been mine kow my folly it xn xn end xnd i krow thxt which i pride matt ia life my sites love it ind ilwivx hu been mine da hot recall my rnidasit lit it beii x pxiaful drexm from which i hire been routed i itw the struggle that wu taxing plxee in hit mind between hit geaoroux resolve to show implicit ttust ia his wife xnd his nx- turxl desire to hxve the mystery erplxined i thiofc ethel alio peroeived it withwo- mialy txct she tnd smilingly- ysbs in tie mexauae torn unknown voadg rata lies uader he mpulkon of txving written mo inimpertineat lettar i matt clxsr fill reputxttoai so o begn she- stve sn xmatod merry glxaoe adopting a drxalxue ooaasrg kex is tot i yoanif mtn but f mf tnd sot very young 1 sbe ftiriy bant out isoguag st our utoaishsd looks whxt x gooss i sra o b sum i uld ifxry i filxr my wemoty i genj lite x i ievs i rvtrrlilvg mat cut i know wlinm von ran itiv tiilf m fntmii of t mivriglii vtwm htl i itdc wr i vikiluut- til tiihilinf tod illif uut c u i wm out uf his tpsiil ten iidlelttllll ukiii 1te t suittwttftstutr j vou into guested ifhuy utehled ethel wlllt t uugli fllielut loeucaiht beft but otice xnd xt duiiiig hit inletriew he est very i heat icootding id hit utdtl polite custom with ilrtngert sad u hs alio did not teem very much struck with witt kings mental i superiority h mxy congrxt- ulxle hiuuelf thxt he did not receive x worse name haa that of 04 grumpt bat is georgeeer x womans axmo t ixtked oh no her rexl name is georgixna king but with nther feeble wit she hu nude a pun of her tienxtnre well good people cried ilxry tihee explxoxtions xrenyisg sbout the room perhxps we shxll heir ooe iboat ilrt syl vester cuthbertmoved uuextily u if reraclxot ta spexlc but ethel cxmt ta hit rshef lexniag forwxrd she plxced her hud fith x ioyinggestnre upon her hushxnds xrm i xadtdia ia x voice moved by deep teelintr iknowall how whenbxlph sylvester sink from bid to worse tnd wu discarded by bis relilxvet hixoldxchoolfellow remem bered the put xnd for itx uke geaerously strove to reoltim the hlii sheep xnd not withstanding dishexrteningihtuocest ttood by him till iexth stopped his evil career i lisoknorwhoitwu thst fettered the poor girl the dead mxn hxd exiled x wife to the home from which the htd been lured it wat through poor georgy hex tint i learnt thix the hxnd thxt pressed hit wu tenderly clasped thitlmk shall tlwayt bind u together dearest he gently whispered ua firstkixsing the mother he imprcued xkiu on he tiliy earlt of the child tlespingin her xrmx i i icugiitsis of iiimgiis wtr- frcd thetipeetsifje we wish fo btiag strongly before the pub lic fxctin eennectioh with the afghan war which demands the closest attention of the country xnd whieh neither party will weielistb attempt to deny onuy party ground tilsit the mignitods of the opert- tioas which has notyet been sufscisntly realised modern ihdiah wtrr those be yohdthe frooiier excepted notwithstanding x general impression to the contrary have hitherto been usoxuy short the erst sikh war lasted only x few months the second sikh wxr wu over within tha year the conquest of peguwta substantially effected in x few weeks xnd the last fertixa wir could almost b- computed in days even the great war with the mutineers only lasted two years this ilghxn xdxir hss staxdy involved two rxmpsigns atrpanted only by fan wiiis us sisif i iiiiissthtrd is to begin in the spring while th force in volved is perpetually growing larger the ofecudi in indix ttxts u little at they can xddws ia ndtpretendia know the secrets of he cabinet which possibly may be rxther dragged than leading ia the matter cut- every acooturt from ths spat reprexsuts x third campaign xxxlrexdy resolved upon gesersl bobertt besides holding cabal making his inngrornmunixtimts with ftfli safe xod cleanng ihe hill country around nim which fx swsrnrngwith poseihle ene mies is ta sitxek xnd cxptare giuxxnis x fortress which is the list stronghold af the afghxnt in the soathxad mxy be tenxai- outly defended we da not uyitwilx be for ws willnot issume thet afghxnt will xct like other soldiers xnd if defended will re- qures heavy siege tniu foritsrednotioti fie matt alto either simulixneouxly or sub sequently ensure the obedience pf sxauxn at the ume time sir donald stewart with or withnot pernio auxiliaries it to occupy herat i fortress uuaxnslly strong for asia xs eldred fottihgerx defence erf itshowed held uy some 100000 afghan troonxy ud likely a be protected by sny force that ar darrxdmxn khirrr ths heir ot dost mxrwrn- med mxy succeed iigetbgptheriathj country round bslkh weaf opurtc vouch for noaa of these statements u to comieg operstioos hut they ire repotted on the spot in every vxrietr of farm tnd xre supt- ported the facta ofaoixhjr icfainwledgetl that a strong reserve dirisicn it being form ed it peshawar thxt the gips in qeneril bobertt ud general bright column ire being supplied thxt x corps of oheerrxtion is being pushed forward from uxndxhar to gir- ixhk- obtioualy ta command the crossing of the helmnnd xnd thst xnqther ttroag brigade hu been despatched from bombxyy where troops xre not just too plentiful if these accounts xre correct and thetttdesigns ace entertained the subjugation of afghani stan is to be couttnoad and the forces em- eloyed xorou the iodus oaonot be reduced ord lyttaniimtelf in a fumil proclama tion to the people of india estimated the strength of tdeiforirex at i20m men of all xrmif urterest ta quoting tire paper itrengthttafher than the real strength still- x ruectdivisian xnd x new bsgtde haw beta added udfiirr haines will hava had three months in which ta push up recruits xud absentees heavy drafts of men leave eoglud by every steamer ud all oxapsra on leave serving wilh regiments beyaud the indus biro been lorderetf fa rejoin itirthe duty of ths indixa government to see thxt its forces in front xre strengthened to its utmost limit thxt transport ud ooramisssrixt diffianltiet will allow ud we do not suppose the mili tary departments badly u we think of their policy land tieir iadgmeat hxve lost ill thsif military trldiiigtu w tn therelore j ostifled in believing ounelses well within i the truth when we sxy that it it intended this spring to saploy wsuxppointed xmryof 5000 men iareduciog afghanistan ia girrisatuug iu fortrsases aud in nuin- tainingits communications iataot through an uuusnxll y dimoalt xnd dxageroui hill country pierced by few pisses ladoeou- pied by tribes who on the best crucial evi dences dispose of 100000 fighting men wi is a pajaon eywtr a ooraponnd that beats col ssuera qreat bexhedy sh oat of btsriit fwthyrrrfcitai fsr wsyi thxt are dark ud tricks that ire ott vatn the yankee peddler can giro the hexthtn ohinse points a bright young fellow who wis driven not long ago to trxvsuing oountry roads with a basket over his xrm sslling i little xrtiele on which thtra wss jut s trifle of i per cent profit fill in down in he wilds of kew jertey one day with ode of these inter- estiagspeoiimax thxt roxn aid the v00m- fellow txacht me more xboat pecblmg ia sfls few days wt twilled to gether than i ever knew before he could torn xl jackknife into a hone sod wtgoo late cos ifteraooa we wsrs making for a little tavern kept by to elderly wtun where we intended to pus ths night the vxnkso un pissed x little pile of psbbtts ttooped down and picked up two round white dies one xboat twfot is farts u the othtr lnog o psy for my upper mi lodgini laid hs with best wn ribbftr h h lism a ms f oem hid kmrtgliv no mom tlwit tfcsin i ir ws lift mtsw siir lapmr vr r mui it f0 t miifaritbl irslii ttakcs tfi ittdlklf sid f hs m t lsule qtiiiitl tad trrted hit wsim ul i litlls great tat lis htd t olikmluf hswt of uiiat hi people uhetietef ht ttrt t caum vut trret tfslttiflmttt bsd sy ther wont last a idag us said hit a the lisdlady xnd ths replied ihti she wu xfrsid that wxt trus for they hxd been troubling her s good deal istely then the tpecuclemxa brought oatlhe lirgetdf hit two pebbles look stfhat msdam raid he what do yoa hinkof tbatt tta laadlady said the thought it looked like sny other white pebbles thxt ootid be picked jap xeywhere the specude nun iaughing at the poor woman ignorance ui2 if she could pick up a few stones like that shed soon mike her fortune it wu a genuine eyepebble imported from germany i mike xn eyewster from those pebble said he that strengthens the eye ud restores he failing sight thst stone will dissolve to iiathing tn fen minafes in salt ud water the old ixdy wu incredulous xni for tome time nothing more wisnid about it presently she asked is that eyewater of yoursvery expeusite f to he said aot veryerpsatits theataid the i gttestillhire toget you tomxke msxbotcleofit the teddler told her fa bring ins tum blerful at hike warm water with a table- spoonful of xslt in it and a teaspoon the articles eresodabroaght snd the peddler dropping ths larger pebble into the glass began to stir it with the teaspoon with great deliberation for fully five mirmtes he eontimied o stir the pebble of course showing so sign of dissolving i thought said the eld udy thai thxttiiew litue stdoe wouldnt dittorve it hoes teem a little itubbom thaf t a fxct slid the spectacle man but- the trouble it you havent put iu quite enough tilt just get me a textpooaful more tilt ud it ill toon be all right the oldlady left the room to get the silt and the peddler quickly whipped the large pebble outof the tumbleri and dropped in the sroxlloae i decxref said she when she returned ud uw the diminished site of the pebble it it takinl hold xfler ill xint it t csrtiinly txid the spectacle mxn looking very wise tai pouring in tharemxinder of the tilt it will be ready now in about five minutes ud ymrmfr hate bottle bacdyfo put it in for it rpous it to stand ia the sir llielahnlxdy hxd him this time for the bottle was standing on the mxatlexhejf it wu neeesairy togef her oat of tha room onoo mare to remove the litttle pebble so he sakebl ha vent you a coloured glass bottlev so the said ahe hadnt one in the house sthea xxid he yoa hxd better paste same dirk paper xrpund this one for ths light wealrins ihe eyewiter and ia timail tiie kitchento now tome thick paper xod oat came the little pebble the eye- water wu made j bifryoar suec wall witli thix three timet x day saidhe is he corked the bottle tnd by the next tune i come xround yoali have a new pair of syes ia your head i kext motuiog u we wsrs xbout to pxy our bills ths ixndlxdy iaquired how much toe owed cor the eyewater ttwih be a ddhxr for the pebble just what it torts to import them from germany said he i wont charge yen anything or rnaklag it i i dollar wisjust whit he owed tha hotel he ind thejandlady were ttjuxre ballooning to th pole 7 i the otw english scheme of arctic expior- stioo derives its interest from its proposed ate ol x new xpplixnce to x stexmer xnd sledges it xdds bsllaoat tie possibilitief of terixl navigation in the polarjseu have been disoatsed for years but only since the disheartening reports brought by the expeditions of lieut wey- prtttht ana csptaia ksres of the impenetra ble ice barriers that blocked thex way hu bsiloohiag been raised from the stxtos of x sttible xdjuact to xn ipplixnoe of prime portxnot i even sow mxny of the people who favour commander chsyaet expedition which pre- poset to leave eoglud ta fceuivil store ship dltcmay next jane provided the money for preparation tlmjooo cu be rxiiedjdo cot pin their fxith- chiefiy oa bal loons ia the meeting recently held at the mtnuon house london to forwird the scheme captain bedford pun limited hit belief in bxuoont to their manifest otet ia spying the condition of he ice around ud ahead ud thoaght it wu idle to trust to uytbing but the sedge- for reaching ths pole 80 mr a h beesey who for twenty yean bat taken u interest in polar eipl i rxtionud who should 1 welljudged exj difidn ts segt dot will ooatribote lo fandi suggests to the london 7ivi these doubts tboat the use of bxllodat 1 ths use t btlloou it it it itsw 0 be one oftht rasin eat a res ef hs new erpedl on l ihwld like at knw wftj lis rfitoftim hillooei umnfuted wjli b th ln rqiiilf for ildgf ritelusg it sii its ludft issll wry lit ffluirasm m wi his mialmum e fafgiga lot rut id 4 would nut he ttrfllg of i hiloan b jittctioilly fflposslble i r agile luppeslagtrit btudda td ntvt jsmnerf the north i paid with t svourtbie wild how rill iu oodomuts get bsok tgsiat haw uhlsif ths wind veers just haw ud when they want it will they support life when out of ihe balloon nevertheless it is undeniable thxtt much of he hew enthuxtasm for the new project in england ud ia canada ud the earnest support sriven it in the latter country hu caused it to be called the britishcanadian arctic expeditiortis dureetlr iat ta the hope thxt in tome ways smaller or greater bailooss will add that new meehxroexl ele ment of suecess withoat which there ft very little ground for assuming that new voyagers will push much further than the- brave and persistent men who have preceded them cotnmuder cheyne who by the wiy is not only tn offioer of the royal narr but a veteran of three arctic expeditions is downright in his rehahce on balloons it it trie that he hu alto other sources of hope for example he says that the lite british expedition came back broken down with scurvy not for want of lima juice bat of sufficient reatiltiiaabetweea decks ud tuffiasot exercise bat this hs hopes to chugs for the better bat his mxin reli- shoe is evidently inthe employmect of bal- looox xad thix wait the plain that he laid before toemansion house meeting he proposed ta ass balloons first far sioertxiiung which of two channels wu most span and finally for reaching the pole with three ixrge bxllooax lifting over 1 ton raoh the start would bemxds troa oxxr the ship upon the curve ox roughly aaoertxined wind circle thii beutg obtsuned bj metedr- olooxl obeerrvxtinas taken itihreo points namely at the ship and at stxtions twenty miles on each side having telegraphic 00m- mnmcatiou shriuld tho wind curve derlect before xrrirxl it the pole then by mxnipu- lstioa of the gu between the ruoans ud coadenssr tank they ooold chose the requi site xjtifada for a ftriir ixtoarrxhla sir current the pole would probably be reached ia about thirty or- forty hours timr j hills being surmounted by rexoting with the gas after taxing the aeasxtxryj obserrxiioas he proposed to wait for a fs- rourable wiad drop on the txme parallel of latitude it ths imp and then rexoh it by sledge j so i it is clear that commxoder coerae proposes to take withhitbxllooat i complete ootutaot only cf men bat of dogsxtedgtt udprorixiaas far mu xad bextt lwaes hit scientific instruments hs vrould need thesyibxllooas strong ud ixrge enough to lift yery hexvy weights flat general opinion of his supporters is that to get back from the pole after reiciuagit or- its ntlihyarhood win be lb htkammi the- la boar however the new project is likely to he bxeked up with the required funds ta that cue the aiprecedented sight will be ifforded of siredetitanttris america holland denmark england ill together in arctic waters ia a race for the pole nsidlfleeocijoksr the vsrkaa axiny seme idea of the iacreued efficiency in the etrry stages of t campaign which win accrue io ths german army through the training in time of peace of the nrstclass of the enstc reserve inxyoe pthered from in examination of the losses suffered by dirler- eut regimehts daring some of the earlier xo- tioxarithawu in ti bxttle of worth the first west prustiu greax- dier regiment lost 30 officers ud 878 men snd the first bilesixu regiment 3i officers tnd 982 men in the battle of sptcheren the secotd bradeaburg qreriadier hegimeat lost 35 officers xnd men thekings grenxdier ketrirhsht lost xt wittenberg 23 offioersiad 329 men ud xt worth 16 ofe- cer and 651 tnea or together 39 officers and ifcwmeo in three days time daring the fightingon the 16th of august 1870 ia the neighbourhood of vion villa sod mart la tour the bixthbrudeaburj lost ij502 iaedther fotrrthr brshdenburg regiment 1099 menithe second siletutn grenadier regiment 1119 men ud the fourth thur- lingian regiment 862 mea these large gtps should have been at once tad were ultimate- iyulled dp with men drawn from the ersxti reserve in time of peace hxs comprised only untrainal meayind u when ths battles mentioned above were fought itrfficient time j hxdnovelipsedsirrcewir bad been declared toillowthe cbmpatitively raw levies to ba converted into trained leldlert the much- needed refriforoemeats could not be at bnoe sent to the front when the hew army bill comes into force however all the men of the firstclass of the ersats wfllha ready toat oncetske theirplsceintho ranit r tnx bishop of muobester wts lately pre siding it u eixminitson of the latin oixas is 1 ladies college where thenew-ftngledpro- naacixtina wu iavogue ud one 01 the fxir idholxri cxate totneworcl rioissim nouncai t wtdstbn whit word if that 1 said th bishop fwekiis- xriy lord in tarn oivdoyoat re- phed the bishop ido not maohwooder oowattiefoudaess ofyon yoong ladies lot the uw method of proaouaciatica one lndfer la tiu pockup 7nz tha locdou tejee7tebj evening maria asohirownx the wife of x dixtiuguished state officer wu driving homeward from a party through ihe dimly- lighted starotnaja street fa st petarsbargo whto ihe suddenly felt herself grasped from behind and hirning roahd beheld with horror sstxn himself in his hxbit u he lived f perched st the back of thexlsdge gaxxhiug his teeth ferodonsly ud glxring at herewith his gleaming eyee seresjning to the stints for protection she clutched her istyostchik round ths waist ud dung fisspenstejyj to him wfcqe- the evil one climbed into her place in tha sledge and drew him toward him with tosirrexisijble force tiiit ifter sjnuxtnigglav ah4daad herself to her inoonoeivabla tdnsternatiorj sctually seated iathe easmy of mankinds lap fortunately at thit moroetti a police- mxo hove in tight whereupon the irtvost- chik scarcely less frightened thu his mis tress palled up snd ths gorodovdipromptly conveyed lucifer to the locknprr it is jxinful to relate that he inftrnxl potentate wu found to be to drunk thxt he wxs unxble to explain hit extraordinary conduct or to give uy ittisftctory xooouat of himself next i morning howeveri sobered by i nighvirepose ia the wttchhoose he odn- fessed lhimaelf tabs oas mr 1 michael spilantiert the ton of 1 wealthy petersburg merchant and stated that hiving assumed the garb of satan with a view to attending a masquerade he had dined with some joyona companions indulged in too copious liba tions and sallied forth 1 iotd the publio streets further his remembrance extended not it ii to be roped that the especial sitron bf the forgers guild did not defraud osriah justice bypiymg his fine ia spurious notes i foemima english shops of ill desanp- tioas hid signs although nowadays they are only borne by publio i booses long mans the great publisher had ia 1739 the sign of the ship ud blxck swan mes srs hoixe one of the chief banking houses in london still oirrytiieirold ga ahtive the door of their splendid ettabbsameut in fleet street a hec always kioks oxokwird xfterlty- ing in egg i bridgeport yankee it report- etfto hive turned this fact to eoeduxtt in jnt ventinga device to prevent the saleof stale eggs wbsn the hen kicks shehits in eloo- ts5 dssk to which is sttxehed i rubber stxmptind the apparatbsatamr tbn date oaeaohlegg p an armv of jksetusstbitiw jttrf fcherw would be mostrl xgsihst ctuld frrtthtptueboctoststts about two axothsxnmrxehssbobstan presented her husband with 1 very fins boy xnd u mrs euu wu the former young mistres of old jerry she sent for thxt coloured philosopher yesterday to ascertain tha old mxns views 00 the new piseje of flesh tha old mu cxme said dropped his hit near thixtaor xnd after turning xround ud stamping xt a little dog that took it up and started utt he entered ud advancing stood near ihe cradle containing the baby i want to show yoa the prettiest and sweetest baby in little beck uncle jerry sxid mrx bobstoo pulliiig said the coysnng ud lifting the chili so high op on the pillow that it xucmed uything bat x gixcefal positioa cdit xm 1 patty hamu beut sbosh sxid jerry regxrdiag ho inxot with interest i members mighty ellj jhixs lea when you wu ttout hits retentions dont you think hit he it the prettiest child ia own jerry sioce i fixes my eyes sqaxh on him sn rextrbes da political rscetistruction sus new cornttitatioa ob his face i believes dxt he is dont you predict a bright future for him i doxapenackly kstoh the drif ob yer diicauios dont yoa believe that he will be a great muj as i fixumy eye closer on his haid i calculates dat he wont disappoint yer just then the baby set np a squall evidently frightened at the close scrutiny of why dont cryi taid mrs bobaton taking the child in her iron why heres uncle jerry dont yon tee him i unde jerry wont coma to ate yoa again tbttll do now then thatll good boy uncle jerry says yoa will b a great mad get him to ell yoa what yoa eight to w uncle jerry tsll iim nines i files my syes on tutmaif 1 oosolsdes dtt he woold mxks t tolsrxhls fir xaotlaneer misi liss lte sorter in 1 borry dii mornlo bit xfore i ixnlsrs off id like to it rr yiri wsfjtjsstisjjonsl- siwiilies ob rin tittitmiililt wrwsj jiiif in b ahil uw shit is ffhri nihfi tat tmaj got w llih hit talfli trim eti silshi uifmm alt got id lull ihl loaldetefesvdt aoft iletsl km ua soat of u sow let me talk ah de dtsffid an dec hell be tsdktd hj ott chickenpox tttn ibe tio worms hu take session ob him 1 den heu htb d run irouh for gncioot sake hut h uucld tlerry sxclximed mrs bobstoo prsasing the child to bet bosom uttkghto piovotitfrors u xrmy of diseases that seemed to be making ready for 1 charge oa the fortress of the childs utile conttitntios jt oh rsaoiegedtertxlki asndo ausnpt will ketch him on the jswt an de ehd mill doable him up tn ia hutpinjotmgh will mike ipsu ai him an dd croup will snatch de stnfiv outeahun anj de measles will rrixke himxurlu snuimeg grater iwontatandto be iotoltedintraxwsy my poor little baby mrs bobstanflow r out of the room with tho little ionoccnt 1 who by this time wit yelling at tie top of hiiroice i old jerry went out xrsd raoxed as he walked xway tole mu yen hived yer- self j mighty- had hit mutt bxb seen dxt pine top whisky whxt hang yerbutfore ue lord dat otau will fine out eben ef she did aster be ay youn- missis i doxn lure how white t chile is lies got ter ltb de scslolhead right along wid a nigger dems tacks in i believes iii take some moss of dat pine top whisky affection for arisiod instruments it is curious bo attached people became tortheif rfaiid-tortsjdrjtxct- to uy musical instrument they hxve bug hxd in possessjoa the thing very soou wcomes more than s mere nasntieut piece of matter it is a ooxirpanidn xfriend ud the longer it- is hid the itrcnger becomes tldattachment this gosling may arise frotothe fact thxt the instrument was the gift of x very dear friend i fatheror mother or favourite bfothar or sister or it rnaj arise from the issdfittfciris trrxthave grown np and clustered like lowers xround it for when tint hat sepsr tied our loved ones from us by ckstxhos or death the pianoforte or the violin or the antes xround which they ware wont wgather it evening u the bnk between tile pasitand tha present the talisrau thst eoojores up forgotten soenex recalb tluabstt friend xndivep 1st it be said with rsrerstoe raitej the dead hat w the cause of the feeling what it nisy the feeling itself it indisputable weosmetaiewatxrsuiytrixtwusdddxnly reduced from ifflaencs to want one sty one their hocaehold erhctshad to besacrifloed to keep sway the resloxssleawrlstmoa hanger aoiotig the bosrssbold gods was f pixne- forts thvjiftditi1stithstuisjdt cyatertauir sad geotle orastan the girl parted with her silk dresses tad jewels wjthoatx murmur xnd held ou to the piano forte to the tut shrwms u exsephooably good performer ud rnxay 1 ping of wound- sd pride xt the neglect of ismner friends wai soothed xway no doubt by the nxio she could extrict from the instrument bat st lut the fatal day arrived she ooald keep the piuoforte no longer j it was a question of bread or no bread the poor girl mourned over the lou of hex pucaoxorte u she would have mourned over tne loss of a bosotii friend her mirthfauiess went with it though she never oasnplxined yet fos a kmgtime after s sudden pallor of the cheek wheaevsrtho subject was referred to betrayed how ranch of a wound had been raado at her heart qafy u strong sttichmeots are known 0 he utertxioetdc professional mssidtbnior their mrtrdaeatx an incident related to the wrtor by a member of x taveluag otjera compaay eiemplifita this fact one cf tha vidliaiats attached to the troup while run ning one day with the narrator to ratch 1 trans 1 dropped -tee- ostse- eoataidiaashis violin pfceerringthat he trembled wolspxly uba piokedtne ease np liiscsnpstxlda iked fchxt was thst tnitttr stqsrrmre colanriod with genuine anxiety im afraid its broken i it wis a- bog time afterwards before he summoned cdttragi to opea the case and examine the violin ud i- his delight standing it uninjured was almost v lndierotx the ume sua some weekshiter while visiting wafkins gen alippaovxnd fell on the edge of xpredipioe arthosbh he made ajvery narrow escape front frightful death his composure wu out in the least cljsiarbed ii bcr twomonththive scarcely elapsed ud yet x hnwelpliixgirl rsarrexdyldisjusted with lexpyesr the other eveninguahe begin twijl you her young mxn with- cut waiting to ucertain whether or not she wss going to propose sprang from the apli rushed j off ud hu carefully avoided he house ter since aiid yet aware that the a very ixrgotaijuth the was merely about i ask wul you please shot your eyee while ijape- to ciaviss his mcluunaedab neighbours of his friendly feeling the cavhss granted them permisxion to erects rtotqus a st peterto irg it will be situated in the cen tral pu i of the city near the newski per- spectivi in toleruce street where ihere are aire idy a number of edifices belonging to religdns tolexxted nowhere else in the empire howdojfoa get on with oni wife nowadays 1 wai tho question xsked on one of the boulevxrds splendidly wis the reply wo hive last disdovsieda aseret uditworus4aurshy and pray what ii it w tfipnextjtroeaticu- vfly yon see was the reptyh jny wile ue4xxe never at home at the tuns time when she comes in i go out and wbeilcorae in ths gotvoat tha plu wijdmirihly and we are both very nappy