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------ ~""~';lli'tl11!.~lil'Jll:?W.m:{t'1lf&m;E1~tt;ti!l'=t.m~.;i11:;1;!!ll'.~m·~.m.~~iill'~"l!:alii':f.l.'!'il~1Y!i'!l~t>!.l~ "'l2!1~~ ~~t!i-ll1<~~ tr) n1g y<.mrself beyond. your ·strei::µ<th . " limb; great b oads of per~piration stood .Au old m"n sits in Msga.rdc.n-ohair, "No," deolared Lucy firmly~ ';', I am upon his brow, and his wicked. 1:uon tt1 Wator.ing t h e s un >it wcote10 ek:; ; -.,,v t11tt see» h e lo. tho blue d~pth s t h · ro, not. I .shall n ot s uffo1 · aea.rly so aevert~l:y worked .con~uJ.eiV.1ily ns h e stood glaring Whereo11ly tn:i isles of ruemor) lie '! m that ~·w ful room with you as I bhvuld in t ho c hrection of the sound he had heard. 'l'he e a re pl'incely towers a nd castles lligh , '!here ore g a rdens raiJ·er than i11un a n ken, if ahut up in ignorance of what was going J ohn and L ucy cnu ld hardly bell.e,ve he 'There are happy children 1hwnging by, on. " · ' did not see the m, 3 0 con centrated appear 'Fhe Land of the .Afternoon. ' '. Lucy, my deg.rest, I am afraid you are guilty wretch eta.rt and t remble in every lENGL.&.JtlD AN)l}) ]UJ~s:u.. B ullet ·~n1btling s. , l!.adia nt ~<Jme!J. alld ota.tely men. J··baon then mmt for Mr2. 'Mitcht1ll, ed hie gaze ; and, hiding her focc on S inging w1 ·h voICeij of .,,.,f t:L a ttuiie The s~ngs of the lan d of the a ttt:rnolJn. zu, d gave her B trfot 4irectl.ona how to pro1 .John's shoulder, she shut out any more CJeed. of the fein ful & igh.t. I n ~minute o.r two ".!'"be ol d ma.n wat.ches a form of cloud '.fht1t :floats wher" the azurn isl.wa s are .. You had bett er," ~aid .Tobli!on, "eit the deep ailun(·e ~eemed to r e-ammre the .A1.1d h e Stl(S a h omestf'lad, g·ray un d Jovcd, m th<; room with the yonnger serv11-nta poisoner, and he re-stoppered the bottle, .and a hand t hat bllkl.ll1~ him ur.r , youcself, no as ho . insure p~rfect quiet- an d put the paper which had contained 0 cheek of roses and b air ot g olO. I 0 eyen of heav en's devineat hluo I I r.ho h~a.~t sound. nHght be very dange:rous." the powcl er b:ack into the pocket wh ence Long have ve ls.in in the gra v eyaril-mold Mr& . M itchell did her b est to per1made it had been taken. Then , wiping the llut lo· e ia intlnlte, love ;s true. lie w ill fin d her-yea ··1t must be aeon: I,ucf to accompany her; but h er expo~- moist ure fro:n his face, H ichmond ~tole -They will me~f; lu tlie hnu of the attemoon tuladon~ and pleadings were quite unavai.l- acrns::i t he roo:ro again, and ·stood at t he ing ; and a mi.note or two afberward6 foot of the bed with hill back to them. 'l'he skY has chango,J, and a wrecl' of cloud IS d1·ivil g athwart it~ tr;ublerl'. face ; they heard her marshalling the servants The two men-Lucy being by this time The golden miat is a trailing shroudUf> the long :flight of s tairs. Little by al most in.,ensible-now saw him take lt is cold and blee.k i n th e gar den-place, The old_ m r.n emiles and oroops his head. li.ttle their footstep! died away in the something from his pocket, which he was The thin hair blows from his wrink~ed drnta.nce, and v,ll was silent again.. for a minute or so arranging, and then debrow. " Now," said the detective, in a low, liberately fling back the curtains and stand Th e sun set-radiance has spread O"or every wasted feature now; awed tone, "it ls time. You go up first., fully rev ea.led. T he next instant they One sigh exales like a brea1 h in JunoDoctor, with Miss Starr; and I .will fol- were almoat dv zzled by a strong conc?.n· lie h!l.tl found the land or the afternoon. law directly I have t urne<t oub the lights." trated light which was reflected in the -------·~~----T.b.ey a13?ended the stairway softly, with- looking glas~ door of the open wardrobe. out apeakmg a word, Jobsoxr j"J.!..1tna them In a moment t heir eyr.s became aCJCUPtOm· 11.9 L. M~ a.s they reached the room. Canu.es weri:; ed to it, and in the gfa.ss they saw cleal'ly burning when they entered; but J obson, something t halJ made t hem, strong m en CHAPTER VIII., AND LAST. i.fter lightinv a night-light, put them out. though thBy were, t remble and gasp like The t'hree following days pa.ssed withThe curtains of t he bed, an old. faahfon· frighttined children. out incident , a...d then t he evenuful and ed four-poster, wore arl'anged in their Richmond held in hls hand a dark lananxioU'1ly looked-for F riday arriYed. cuatomary order-closed ah the elde near- tern with an unusually strong reflector. As Jobson had predicted, a Jdter fro.m est the door, and at the foot, and open He had managed that the li~ht should be Hiohruond ~ame by the first post. towards the side-window for the sake of turned full upon his face and head, Ieav· "Dear Mis" Starr," it ran- " Your note a.ir. A small table, on which were the ing the re!!t of his :figure in obscurity. inexpressibly shocked me, I shall be at night-light, brandy·decanter and water- But his face-words iail to deacrlbe the J<·1imhur·st by 6·30. I am' aorry just to bott'.e, stood by the curtained side of the gh~,stly horror of it I Th<:i eyes, showing m i.re you; but I find- I cannot arrange it be~. . , · t he whites dfatinctly, glared atraight be· di:ffcr.,ntly. Give my fondeat love tu my· Take a ch~ir mto the reCJOss for l\Uaa fore them, the tongue p:rotrud~d from poor de~r wife, and believe me very truly Starr i.we ?a~ t t~ll how long we .. may the mouth, and the whole aspect was that 3-0Ur obliged, "EDGAR RrcRMOND" have to wait, whtspered Jobson, a n.d of a corpse-like g!bbering mi niac. "Ah ," said Jobson, when they showed let us conCJoal ~urselv,~a at once i l.t ls For a short time he maintain<·d the it to him, "I was right llO far !" close. on.twelve, o clock. fearful distortion, an d than an expres.At five p.m. L ucy was driven to the Stepping notsel?rnlr acro:s the .floor, . slon of dou bb crossed hls face, and he leanstation by the coachman takin ·with her theh: hearts palpltatmg painfully, they ed forward and peered into the dim light only aamall bag by way ofitlgga;e. Th~re entered t he bay-window, the detective the glare of the lantern in Jiis eyea eviwa.s no r,ne in the booking-dlice when she carefully closing the curtains a fter them. dently making it difficult for him to' see. went for h er ticket and ahe took her Lucy sat down at once, and.John took up His next movement was to t hrow the seat in the train apparently unobserved. his position close by, with his arm ·on st.ream of light on th< bed ; and then, in A.a the train moved out of the st ation. ho~- th~, back of her chair.. ., , . one a.wfnl moment, ho seemed t o rea.lize ever, a man came on to .thl platform and . An~ now not a word I said Jobson t he trap that ha.d been bid for h im, for, ut tering an Imprecation, he dashed the stood and watched its departure. Lean- un~resaively. ing from the carriage whldow, she caught I! or half an hour they waited, listening lantern to the floor and turned t o eeca.pe, a glimpse of his face, and drew back lntentl~, chilled to the verv soul by_ the only t o be confronted by Doctor Mauri.ce :ihuddering. ,The face thab r;he had iseen ~olemmty and h~rror of the s~tuat10n ; and Jobson. He made one wild eft"orb to w11is that of a stranger, but it had bright but not Ro nound disturbed the at1llness of pass them ; and th1>n, seeing that reslat red hair and whiskers. At Meltham she th.e night, s"ve. the wind than moal'!-ed ance would be q uite uaeless, sullenlv and found Doctor Mrnrice waiiing foi· her ; fai~tly among the trees and the tickmg Bilently gave in. Lu·~y had fallen heavily and togei;her bhey drove back to within of the clock, on the mantebhelf. , to the ground directly John relinquished half amileofFemhurst. Here John left As the tim~ crept on, Lucys ~eart h!shol<lofher. Jobscnkeptguard'over the horse and trap with a former he knew se,nk lower anu lower. She waa atliimg the murderer that night, and next mornand t hey we.lkcd t he reet of the way, with- behind the . heavy curbal.ns ;_ and, when mg he was l anded over to the crnitody of cut meeting any one on the road. she looked throu~h t~em mt~ th.a de- the police. ·when they arrived at the house, they serted room_, with its d1m wavertng llght, At the Inquest the medical evidence found the inma.tea in.a state of painful ex- the opp:ression t hat was upon her WM al · showed that, although the deceased lady citement. J obaon had thought it righb moat more than 11!1e could endure. ~he did nob ab3olutely di., of the aubtle poiBon that they should all know what waa about felt a strong desire to break the horrible that had been administered to her, her to take place, and, under his directions, st!llnesi> by speaking ; but, w~en she end had been hastened by its means. 'I'he VP1Jrything had been prepared during looked at her companion~, her hpa wore contents of the bre.ndy -deoanter having Lul.)y 's absence for t he approaching crisis. sealed. So set and m;-t1~nl~s11 were the been analysed, it was found that the " Wiil you come up-stairs with me now pale facea that. were lnd1atmctly visible poison used had been one that would in Mis·.· Starr , and see thah everything is aa ~o her thnt, but for the~ smothered, anx- time destroy life ; and it waa evident ln 10 us breathing, they m1g:tit almoat have this case it had been selected from other\l umul 1n the room ~" of greater potency on account of beln~ a L ucy, 11>ccompauied by John, did a 11 :.ihe been dead men- zo still were they. wa~ re<\ueaced. An~ther half·hour passed in silent powerful briiin-irrltant. " \..,.~," she sai~, looking round with 11, wa.t,ching. . ,, Detectives being sent to Boulogne, t hey tlnve.r ; " f)verythmg is in its place. " 1 cannot be~; thts .much longer, soon dieoovered E va.na, the man-sorv1mt, "' Bnt was the brarsdy.decanter t h ere?" thought. Lucy ; t he beating of my heart who had been living t here as Mr. R ich- ~.lhe Romance of Courtin.g Rty the inqun<Jd Doctor Ma urice, "I ordered I~ chokmg me. 'Vould t o Heaven l h ad mond, and who, in the hope of aavint:; Firelight. th"'" ,he w&s to have no more brandy. " hstened to John and stayed o.way ! himself from punishment as an accomplice, Uncle Davey was 1.1ivlng the boys nome "Nor did nhe while I was with her " P?rhaps tb.0y would lot me go now. I t urned Queen's evtdenco, and revealed ad vice on t heir love-making affairs, a nd re}'htld Lucy," though I don't think the w1ll beg them t,o do ao. " the whole i.tructur., of the horrible plot, one of them asked him how t,he young tleca.nter. Wllla moved from its poeitton." T urning her head with the evident fn. As ,J obaon had co11j ectured, Ridnnond people d id when he was sparking. "Them "l'm sure missus muBt have .lu;,d. some tention of sp01J.k1ng, uhe felt Jvhn cJ.utch ha.cl never left England, but had been was gt·eat times, boys," he said in reply, the last n ight , for the gl SS t !:mt stood bv her shou!det Convuli;lveJ.y, nnd, looking staying at ll l:llll&ll town eome few milee "groan tin1e$ . . We didn't have no gas, ,the decantel' had been used," interru,1: t ed up, saw Jobson with his iinger on hiiil Hv~ fi:orn F emhurat, dioguised a nd under an nor no keero2ene, n, r no newfangled noMrs. Mitch ell. to enforce silence, tmd a new and arouaed assumed name. tions, and w@ done our ~parking by a plain " A.h, then wo will leave it as it is J" expression of interest in llis eyes. The poleoa had boon administered in taller dip; but moat frequently j 1wt by t ho The room had a larga bay-window fac- . Then ehe became 1nrnro of a soft ehufll· the firs" instance in the effervescing drinks fi relight. Firelight is warmin', boys, and ing the foob of the bed ; on tho right wau mg sound, which cam.e slOwl;y, slowly, aud thb wus the explanation of Lucy 's ill- flickers juet enough to make a gid's eyefl ». small side-window, and on the left the along th e passages, until it reached the nealil and Ittchmond's outburst of temper shlne and the pelioOh bloosom glow In her d oor. Against t he wall by the side of the door of tho r oom in which t hey wore con· when they were disapproved by Doctor cheeks. It's ' mighty soft and pnrty, too, 11maller winfow, and immediat;ely opposite cealed : and there it etoppect, With an Maurice. E vans 21le :i admitted that the and kinder reaches ou b and melts two to the aide of the bed, was a wardrobe almost in l!'.Upportable tennionof t he ner ves plot was organize~ before the marri:1igo: of hearbo together l.n a way none of your with a large looklng-glas8 door, which the three wa.tche1·a fixed their l!ltraining the unfortunate lauy, and tha;b the pur- gaslights knows anything about . Someopened in towards the room. eyes u pon the handle ana saw it gently ohase of the haunted houae waa the first timen t he fire nhined up a little too power· ·· Ought not that to be shut 1" in quir- revolve, the door noia1ilesr:ily open, and atep on t.ha fearful path that wan pur~ued ful In place~, and the young man would ed J obson, alluding to t he door ot the the figure of a man in a long ble.ck cloak with so u:mCJh fiendi~h lng1multy to the git up, without sayln' anythiug, and put wardrobe. glide int o the room. For an instant it end. a shovelfal of aaheB on it. 'f hon he would ~ ' lo .wll~ , swing open." replied Mrs. stood, evidently listenin~, and then closIt was never known how Richmond 0f- cuddle up to the girl in the shadows and M1tchell ; there is something wrong ed the door. . Aft er takmg two or t hree fected hls entrances to the houae, as he she ;vould cudd. le some too, and it really with the apring. Master took the key with atealthy stef>B, it stopped again, and looked obstinately refused to give any informa· df.dn't seem like M 1er e w<J.a anything him 1b:y mistake, and poor miaaus did not narrow1y):ound the room. t ion whatever ; and to the last. even else in the whole big round ear;ih to be thmlr it was worth troubling him t o i;end All this t ime t:µey .had b een unable to after the d_eath·sontence h,~.d ba<>n pass· wished for. Par ty i;oon the fire would it_. It stood open like that on t he awful distingufah t he fa(:e, as the figure wail be, "d upon hrn: 1, ,not a. W<>rd of contrition gitobatroperous agaiu , and the little flames rnght _; ~remember dis tinctly when we twciln them an<l th~ dun Iighr., and 0 , 0 re cou ld be got from him. would t winkle in and out , as if they want<:aID.·· m m the morn1ng." over wor~ a .large sloucbinr~ blacll ban. L qoy, by a m «rciful iiltelt'X'ontion of ed to S<l·l wha r, waa goiu' on, or had se.en. ' · Trien by all mean3 leave it so. Now AppM'ently ~a.tisti ed that all was S2-fe Providence, . wa;s e.pared th.i last aeenes and wo.a bughin ' and winkin' .about It and l«>t t:s ctraw th~se curtains, and h~ve everv· the tigure ll:tm0v'ed i.s hab, placing it cv;te'. of thia terrible t,radgy, for, v.t t e ti m~ ha vb' acme fun too, and. Urn young fellow tlm;1 1 tn readiness." ful!y 01;. a chi.it at the foot of the boo- o~ ~10 tri~il, bhe was proah.-;i.te on a bed would reach for the ehovel and tb.(J ashes fo 1 .1,ti bay-'Yindow st ood t he dressing' a;11-d. then crept .towm:d.s the table at the ot _ sickness tn1d quite unable to give any and cover t h e bright blazes all up~ And ti>bk ; "' curtaun on a atra.ight uole shut ~1de. As it bent ov~·l' the table from t he ev1d.,nco. Me.ny time~ in after··lifo ahe a0metimes- remember, ·uow, only somc-i· iili t,h1,, m at night, leaving a space behind ba.cK, the facti wa~, for the fitsb time gave than!rn to Heaven that Ehe had not timoo ~tho girl wonl::l. get up and put 1rnfli o1;0UO to conceal two oi: thr e;, watch· turned tovml'ds t he concea!ad witne..~ee 3 : been compelled to f1ppeiw iJ. g aimit the ashos on, tmd t hen-wdl, boys, when ers. who felt a cold shudder rnn through t htim wret<:hed ctllprft. the bluebirds come in t he Spxing, "When I have made two or three slits aa they gned long and fixedly at t he · J0hn Mlln:toe devoted h imself lo h er and the fiahin' worms crawled out of the in t he curtain, we shall be quite prepar · fearful .)!.nd. acarceiy h.uman countenance and, at lilie end of many months, was re- ground, and the boys set on. the green banks 1;;d, " remarked Jobson. which, even throngh its horrible:' isfigure· w~rded by seeing her completely restored of the little creek wa.itin' for a bite, and H e took ont his pocket-knife, and cut ment, Lucy re1;ognizn<l aa t.h11.t of Edgar to h ealth, though i t was very lung before the johnny, j ump-ups n estled in the aimny · ehe reg3ined h er cheerful happy nature. rngged holell at a couv\,nien t height from R ichmond. plac.ie, th1,,re wa3 a weddiu' in au old t~rn ground; t hey would be q uite tmnoThe face, which, with the light focused Ou re11.ding Mrll· .hichmo11d's will, ib houae, and the party bride wora 11-pple t1ceable in the dim light, but any one UJ?On . lt, stood out in a;;arthng contra8 t Wa!I fou_n~ tha.t she had left her proper t1 blossoms in her ha.ir , and t he awkward <.rnuld see distinctly through them what with its dusky 1mrroundinga, w~s utterly unccmdlchmally to her lrnaba.nd, with t he young follow blushed in hiA Bto1 'e clothee was taking place. pallid ; and the large eyes, looking out of exception of an annult11 i;,o Mr!!, Mitchell; a.nd tight boots ; and when thd Winter " Now," he said, " we c& u do no more · cavernous black hvllows, with tha light bm a c0dicil, written a few days before camEI ag&in t hey set by tneir own :fire we must go down-stairs, and keep as quiet rdl.ected In t hem, glittered with a cruel her death, willed one thou~and pounda a. and the shov-el and the ai;hes was out of a as we can unt il twelve o'clock ; t hat will purpose, The eyebrows wel'.'e bushy, and year t o hor dear fri~nd Lucy Starr, and, j ob. " be the time, Doctor, for us to take up of the s~me colour _ aa the ghaatly red af~er her, to her children. R !chmoncJ.'1:1 our position here." ha!~, which, parted smoothly from the mcney went t o · swell t he public cvff<ir.s ; Rolligh Welcome to a l'llin ister. " l. ucy dear," whispered J ohl', wlien white forehead, fell lank and heavy on but L?cy'a cmabl~d her to mar1·y John Before accepting an invi~atiton t o dinthe long dragging hours had brought them bhe shouldern. So vivid was the red of Mlliurice, whoae 1noome Wall a vary rim<1.ll ner one does well to be sure that it comes to half· past eleven, "you muBt leave us the hair that it increased t he pallor of ~·ne, about a year after. in f~ood faith and from " both a1dea of now. Go to Mr11. Mitchell, dear ; send the face, and gave is almost a coi·pse-)ike They have led a very happy useful life t hEi house. " the servanta to their rooms, and order appearanc.i. A small straight beard com- since ~hen, and are beloved by all who . After an afternoon service, held many them to extinguish all the lights except plated as awful and supernatural a clis· come Into contact with them · bub ib ls yea.re a.go l.n a certain village in Scotland .those in the passages." guise as could well be imagined. doubtful if L ucy wlll ever again be as the preacher, a. stranger, who had officia".John." rep~ied Lucy- in her a.gitatio'n , 16 The fiend I " . thought Doctor Maur ice. light-hear ted as she was before she knew ted, accompanied one of the cldera of the .s~e did no~ notice that ehe called him by ·And this ls what that poor, susceptible, poor M ra. R ichmond, and was the means congregation home, and was int roduced hu1 ' Christian name-" I cannot leave netvoll!I woman awoke to, to see standin" of aYenging her death by her discovery to his wife. The good man having ask· ·you-I must share.:your watch, or I shall at the foot of her b ed ! " ., of the LocK OF RED HAIR. ed the clergyman to stay to dinner, the THE END. go mad !" R ichmond's next action puzzled them latter, after a little presslnp:, ' consented. "My darling, it is impossible!" Your all. He took up the brandy-decanter and The good lady hurried off to prepare n erves are overstrained as it is-you could appea~ed to be atteqbively calculating the "Was early man a savage 1 " asked a for the unexpected gueet, M:td aeeina as not atand it." quantity in ib. After considering for a. magazine writer. Yea, until after break - she t hought, her husband ws.shing as"'~as "I ca.n bear anything. with you by me. moment, h e evidently arrived at eome con, fast. t~e cust om ,in those da.ys, a t the kitchen I should go mad with Mrs. Mitchell 1 I clualon, for he set the bottle down, care·'Milkman, why does your muk always smk, she sotzed the family Bible and apahonld picture what was taking place o~er fully withdrew the 11topper, and, after look so blue," inquired the housewife. proaching from behind, brought down and over again, until the suspense and again pausing to listen, took out of an in· ..My cows came frcm Boaton, mum, the ponder oua tome upon his bald pate uncertainty would drive me mad !" side breast-pocket a small paper packet proudly replied t he milkman "and exclaiming, , " What are we to do?" John aaked, in The horrified beholders then saw a whit~ they're blue-blooda." ' "Tak' ye that for bringing hungry dire perplexity. " It would not be right powder cautiously poured into the decan" Mamma," inquired Bobby, "do only preachers here to d.enner every time that she should be present.'· ter good little boys go to heaven r' " Yes they come t o the parish!" " N evertheleaa, I am afraid we shall This waa ao utterly unexpected by them dear." .. A.nd bad little boys go t o th~ Aa soon aa the assualted one could get h ave to let her," answered J obaon, In a all that Lm;:y would have shrieked aloud bad place 1" "Yes." "I'm a good litt e the suds out of his eyes, he looked about ~ow t one. "She i~ evidently working up had not John caught h er in his arDl8 and boy, ain't Ir' "SomeilimeB, Bobby, a nd him, and aftar thinking the mat ter out ro:r an attack of hysterics, and, if she placed his hand tightly over her mouth. sometimes you are quite a bad little boy." concluded that the old la.dy had made a eh~mld liave , one, 11he may upset every- Ahr~ost fainting, she r emained clinging Bobby thought for a moment and .. said : slight misbke. She, t oo ·came · t o the t hmg. You d better let h er have her own to him. " Th:en I s'pose I'll have to spend part of same conclusion when upon returnin " to way; she'll Ire quiet enough then. I'll This moVE>ment ou their parb had ~he time in one plac_ e and part of bhe time the parlor she beheld her hueba.nd° pa· .an2wer fo1· it!" CJ.used a slight sound, and they saw the m the other." · tiently waiting for his reverenq friend. 1 AL ncK u nf n D[D HA IP. n. Rmmi"' vair.lly eiJdeavored to seoure a priv1Ate lean of <f;ltl,000,000in London the nther day. T he moat t emptiog cfi'dr!! wl1re made t o. some of t11e large discount hous11a, but even ther.e did not bring out the money needed. T he steel man · of·war H owe has bee11 ltnrnched a·t P emhroke, Wal.ea, This new addition to t he B1·it.iBh navy c'.l.rries ten guns, 3,nd will have & crew of ,145 meJ;J., Thi~ H owe is a hwin·s~rew, steel armor-plat ed bal'bet t e !!h ip O· 9, 700 tona burden and 7, 500 horae·power. Gen. Komaroff, t he commander in A.fghani~tan, is Rm.aian governor-general of the t.rans·cm1 pian prov nces, and by all acco.unts is a very retrmrki!.ble man. 0 4 archanlogical subjenta he b an authority, and is repre~enn· las exce. e dlngly rcl'dy to converse respec og euch topics, or indeed uny within the rango of his experience and knowbclgo. Col. .A.Ukbancff, the governor of Mery, and OIJ.e of .ne most active agent s of the Russiana during their recent O,Pe1 ·ations in central Asia, if not a Mohammedan by faith, is a t least descended o.f woaJem parents. His name originally was Ali Khan, but' he h as Hv.ssianized it by the addition of the Muaooyite t ermination " off, " He is a sch eming, intriguing, bold pfon.aer of the cl~im ~lu.t hin-e spread the empire of R u5eta m centr al Asie.. He eerved under Skobeldf at the taking of Geuk Tepe, and possessed th e confi· dance of that officer. Inasmuch M everything .that is to ap pear in the Russian newspapers !.a care· fully scrutinized by 11geuts of the czar, it is aomswhat significant that th.a Na.voe Vremya., of St. Peter sburg, says editorially that 1n the event of war "Ruasla will settle matters with England, not alone in Afghauistan bub in I ndia as well." Thfo presumably authorized remark soems to war.rant t he often-expressed belief of the English papers that RuH 11fa.'a purpoB e in obtaining poasession of the gate t q India ia ultimately ( 1 t try to obtain poss· esaion of Ind.la. itself. It is the opinion of M r. George William Cu!'tis t hat, in the event of war between England and .Ruesla, Amer.lean sympathy, notwithstll>nding the unfriendly attitude of the British government during our civ· il war, woul~l librgely iocline to the aide of England. Of tho truth of thi:;; there can b.\l no q ue3tlon. Tbe civilizabiou of RuMia is nothing but the reluctant homage of an Asia.tic barbarism to modern ideas and progress. The genius of its govermnent is fundamentally ropugni1nb to the .AngloSaxon conception of political j 11stice and liberty. 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