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,4 mum-w- » . > LID P031101! norm. A few wnlu ago the foundation item: was laid of a hu embanknmxt, ncruu : Webb villey, chic is to confine tater! datirwl‘ tampply Liverpool, 1;? miles :liztant. with ’ ammo galloru a by. erptttbd to take [no yuan. A writer in the Dublin If-rinr says : " I remember acting, a fur day. after the battle of \Vorth, a party officrnm infantry ed for gun! duty. ‘ mantle-tit: out of order. upon which the inspecting officer Mapped his I162.” And yet the men thin trratL-d want to emi- grate! A the duo market, in, according to the prospectus. mentioned in thc lfiblc, rcference ncrng nwleto it in the eleventh and twelfth vent: the wand chapter of (lcncsiu. The image In question nadir as follow» : “ The name of the that is I’iwn ; that is it which compo-nah the whole landof llavilah where there in gold, And the gold of that land is good." Tl": w ark: are STATIMII‘M latcl y laid before the Congress uh for a big doriblc-lmrrelled hy orb":ch at Vermilion! uhow that then: are In Europe about 40,000 brcwcrics, roducing nearly 2,27),(1X) gallons of ma t liquor: ffmtBritain come I‘nmia, lmaria, andAustria. Bavaria consumes 51 gallon; per hcad; Belgium. where, too, is her chicf university) 30: ling- land '29. Outside of ’I'flVfl-l’ia, when: the very babicn lap beer, the avcragc (-oimump- tron in German ' is 19 vallorm. In Scotland it in 0 ; Ireland, 8} 'rancc, 4, but atomlilyl worming. The pant twenty-five yearn have been BIN) an extraordinary incrr'L-lc in tlltr bccr production of Irclan-l and Scotland, l where formerly wine and spirits w‘crc almost , cxclunivclv drunk. l 'I‘Ilf‘. I'o/‘I‘ulmmlvnrr Franco]? givm the; following comparative ccnrsus of thc Frcnch l and Gcnnan armics ; lufantry- Gcrnrany, I .303 battalion» of 000 nu-n ; total, 30!,300. France, (HI battalions of 400 llll:ll ; total, 256,500. Cavalry licrnrany, 405 Squadrons (if If“) mcn : total, 33,700. l’mucc, .‘llf‘ll mluadronu of l70 lncn ; total, 00,610. Artillcr'yâ€"~ (formally, 2,035 picccs : Francc, 2.503 picccu. Engiuccru Germany. Ill l»at-' taliunn ; Francc, ll) battalions. The German, Imperial Guard consists of '2!) battaliorm of‘ infantry, in all [2,400 mm : l5 squadrons of; cavalry, inall 3,1340 nicn ; and no pin-cs of; artillery. forming lli battcrics. Germany has i thus 83,000 soldicrs and 322i pica-s of cannon "run: than Francc. ' v ~-~râ€"â€"â€"‘>c 40".» l MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC l Tm: Corrine Mcl'l‘fc \lakcl‘r. oprn on tho- ‘.".’-linut., at Halifax. N..\'., wlicrn- it is may popular. l Miss Emu .fru-u is the first of thc opcra- ; tic artist-s to rcturn to this country, having arrivcd on Friday last, i A llos'l'ox paper statcs that Mr. Maplcson . is negotiating with Mmc. Lucca for ncxt l sic-anon in this country. Mn. .losltrrv and his cousin. Mr. vitz. nrc announccd to appear togl-tlu-r in piano concerts ncxt sczuon. losco- Mlxs l-.‘.u.u.\ 'l‘ur'imrv has lu‘:('ll visiting Ema as a prclilninnry to entering upon hor concert tour in Scandinavia. l.v'l'ro.\' So'rllrzns, sonoftllclutu Lord Dun- drcary, talks of starring in this country dur- ing the amnion of MHZ-fl. lllr'iz's Surprise Party for next season will be largcr and stronger. musically, than in the past three 5011240115, and his chorus nlonc will . in going to Kincora ifJack is out.” cmbracc fifty trainc-l voiccs. Ammo the artists said to ban: bccn f'll’ gagod by tho Kiralfys, for “ Michacl Strog- oll"'arc thc dancl-rs Mlle. klzvuno of La Scala and Fraulcin llnfnclllllt'l' of Ill-.3 Karl 'l‘hcatrc, Vienna. 'I‘lll’. London Fir/urn printsanclaboratc M'- rics of anuounccmcnts for thc ncxt musical Mormon, extending up to ncxt Summcr. A review of tlrcuc 'progrnmmcu, lrowm‘cr, mun. For tln-grcatcr part tin-y consist of tho most familiar works. and in runny cases the artists unnounccd have no claims, as yct, to famc. Mini. E. A. (ls-zoom; who has mndc such a decided sucrcss lll England. has bccn cn~ gagcd by tllc ’l‘oronto Choral Socicty as solo singer in thcir [wrformaucc of the ( ‘rcution, during the coming scasull. ’l‘lu- Society is to bc congratulalcd on this l-ngagcmcnt, and we have no doubt the musical public of To- route will show their npprcriution of its cu- tcrprim- by making thc cngagcmcnt a suc- l ccssful onc financially. as it is surc to be ar- tistically. flu-Iran!) “’AGNl-Zl: is Innkng prcpuratinns to bring out his latest opcrn. " l'ursiful." in great ntylc at his lkiyn-uth tlrcatrc in Illl! August of ncxt ycar. 'l'lu- nmgnillcrnt or- chestra of thc Munich llof-'l‘lu~atrc will go to Bayreuth on a spccial two months' lcavc grantcd by the King. The sccncry is to bc painted in Munich. and thv umtumcs arc to ; answered “timy- ” What I ‘1“ I “’Uuld Ila-"e N. mm“. aw“. “in... q”,an 1,). a polish m. , done just as much for Joe Reevesâ€"or any- tist, who is an intirnatc frich of \Yagm-r. ll King Ludwig has grantcd \Vagncr a subsidy of 300,000 marks, or about $75,000, to gimp. you myself. ‘ Hllcll thiugswf don't suppose you do. But you‘re not hound to wear it unless you like, . you know." autl‘c tlic succcss of thc undcrmking. __.. .. . ‘g-«-p--. ~.~ WWT ‘I-‘OLKS. I 0x a tmiu from Florrnm- to l‘isa a rob- last month. Al'l'btl: thcir .lcrnmlcm trip. l'rim'c Scr- gimr and l’rincc Fund of llussiu summcr w ith thc King of Grccmn l Plum-r. llH‘luu’K, who mu a Htudcnt' friond of Motlcy'x l't‘plll'tt'tl to havc writtcn an autogmpb b‘tlcr to Mrs. Hal'- licld. \YHBN Mr. Gladstoin pllyuician ordcrs rust, thc ntatcsnuur tnkcs it by collating tho ruvnwd Ncw 'l'cstalncnt with tho Gruck. .li:\.\v I.l.\'ln'.~a lurslund, who was a flu- brcw. gave up that form of religion in nl‘dcl‘ to marry hcr. 'l'lrcy livv m-ar lluckingbam Palace, London. DR. St‘IlI.IE\I\\.V. livlu'l'ul \‘Ull Moltkl', and l’rinvc Bismarck an- tln- only living per sons upon whom tlu- honorary t'lIll'l'lls‘lflp of llcrliu has bccu bestom-d. 'I‘lw, l‘rinccsx l.cincb llanoun, the only living daughter of Mcbrmct \who, by~tbo~ w v, is shortly expected on a visit to Lon- d n). is vrry charitablc. and is laboring a: prcxcnt to establish a hospital at Sun- tan Sn: l-‘mzmrrck llnmziznrs l|:\.~r born inc-lect- c.l to rcprv-scnt Ulv British army_at the grand autumn manwuvrcs this your m "an- ovcr and Schlcswig-llulstvin. 'l in» f icncral's nurle {mm Cabal tu ('andabar was a frat warmly admired in Gcrrnany. A? M. Gruvy's country place in Mont.~ wus-Vaudrvy he is vstcciuul a mighty lnmtn- man, but trn months of the your he is h. be found at the Elysm-s l'alacc in l'aris. M. find-v has two bmtlu-u. one of whom is (iovcf‘lloruf Algvria, thcutlrcr n gurch in. thc anch Anny. and both of thcm anlcutl support": of the n‘public. , >-â€"~â€"dflfi¢.‘hu»â€"~~- .. , mmdxamud clowns. g lmhop Column. in a letter addrmn‘l to A’ friend in Phrglaml uyn : "I had a \iait but l week from Slkuta. Panda's ruin. living with: his brother L'mkuugo in thin colony. N» ha [IN-ugh! ht! Ivan-M‘er is liuikungn'u adoptal heir-m to be. taught hcrc at llinhop- l 10"“. is limkungo. you will n‘nmnbcr, was Pauli! Iavuritn nun, alt»: the dmth of his full W Umbullu. in the gmt fight be~ tm hi! party and t‘ctcwayu in Isliti. y'hcn ; [hangout-l Sihotn campul into hatch! entirely cmwinnul the lam that when, he grape-I at Inndulnns. when he fought on our side with Urukungo‘. men. of whom wym killed. and lad got um u... rim w Rukc'u Drift. Ihm he at dawn faithful-Sh. the Zulu: to follow “lullhil‘anlothefltithhim. M board! unfit-industch out to bu urn: ‘t‘unng but ; the kid has not mid that yuu wan to cm :' and t cy went back. and be in; and. ” paml- ' Um: of the men had his ' Id mine, the Ihvilah, jmt placed on ! ,fll‘lll. her than staring down into her face ; so she gave him the desiredpermissionâ€"Mary Mol- loy's cotta 'c was close at hand. new aspectâ€"nothing looks the same but the sea. ed upon to make any remark. I I. , , _ tcll vou I was lorwiu ' to let ba-k ~~- docs not justify much antn-rputory t'l-lllllhl- land?!" D b b L to In any tober in Kiucora wood.” shrug of the shoulders. only to take speeches of that kind for what they are worth." tcr laugh which madc him wincc. at the time. thcn. Lircta, but I thought that you loved mc. would not mcct his eyes. don , ‘ ’ :rncmcuto of gratitude for having saved the ' donor's lifc." l:lcrqldinc,“ Grcta, said, throwing up her ‘ _ , . li‘lll . 1’”? 0‘ $0041)" “’3” t‘UllllIIIttt-d by brrgnlhl" i white clc hunt to me. And if it was known,” I nllc luldcl , smiling suddenly, “ that we had lsuch a precious thing up at Kincora, we ,should be obliged to put up bolts and bars ythough the childish heart under the old i 9 l VOL. IX. Heated Term Poetry. 0h for a lodge In a garden of cucumbers ! Oh for an iceberg or two to control ! Uh fair is ‘vale that at midday the dew cum- )crs . Oh for a pleasure trip up tothe polo! On for a little one-story thermometer. \Yilh nothing but zerosall ra rd in a row! mctcr. To fincaaurc this moisture that falls from my iruw ! . lllh thaf this cold world were twenty tiner produce» ncarly a third ; thcn ‘ colder! _ lThat's irony rod 32M :r sucnrctlr to me). ’ Uh fora turn of its IIh:u""fl rold shouldch , . . Uh what a comfort an 5;; Ac would be! (whose beer is. chiefly made at Looming. Oh for a grotto to typify lIcavcn, :lcooped in a rack under cataract vast! Oh for a winlcr of discontent even! Oh for a wet blankctjudiciously cast! on for a 50411. founf spouting up boldly Fran: cvcry hot lamp-post against the hot n ‘y! ()h for a proud maiden to look on me coldly. l-‘rcczing my soul with aglancc of her eye. ()h for a draught of a cup of “cold pimu !" Uh for armtrng place in the cold grave! (lb for a bath in the Styx. where thc thick shad- ow lies on, And dccpcns the chill of its dark, running “WIVE- --â€"<â€".>â€"o “Nobody Asked You, Sir,” She Said. 1:]. (/1? Author of “Murmur; l.\’ BLACK," “Ann-u; on, Lovi: Tllil \l’lxxnn," “'I‘ur: Houascn or A Rosa,” “ AT HEP. limos," “Ix Hoxovn Borsn," &c. CHAPTER IX. â€"â€"(Co.\"rrxrr;n.) Grcta was carrying some Christmas gifts to an old pensioner, with the house-dog l’ctcr pattcring alon ' solemnly behind her for company. The lrilIslwk011 ghostly white bcyond the dark sweep of the Drumnabrccze woods, but she was not thinking of the wintry landscape ; she was thinking of other days in this lane, days when the trees ware gorgeous in their autumn colouring, when the sky was blue, when some one whom it gave her the heartache to remember, was walking beside her ; and, juatasshc wonder- cd how they should meet when they did meet, she came upon him suddenly face to face. And he had put out his hand and shaken hands with her before she had time to look surprised. “ I was coming “ Is he at homc “No ; he has gone out to shoot with Joe leaves.” He glanch down at the basket on her 0 up) ": okor Jack,” he said. “ Are you going down to the Glebe '3" “ No ; only to visit a sick old woman.” “ May I come with you 2 There is no use It was better to have him walking beside “ I hard y recognise the country under its n Greta said nothing. She did not feel call- “ I suppose you won't believe me when I “ \Vlry not," she askcd carelessly, “ if you so 1'" “ You did not l)clic\'c_ what I said last Oc- “ Oh, that l" the girl said, with a. littlc “ \\'c are supposed “ llavc you grown cynical. Greta ?" “ l’crhaps," the girl answercd, with a bit- “ th I meant cvery word of it, Gretaâ€"- And 1 not only loved you n “ I suppose so," she said hardily. But she “ l have brougbtyou something from Lon- hc said, a moment later ; “ a slight “I do not want any memento," Greta Hilly.” “ It is a diamond, Grcta, and I chose it for I don‘t know if you care for “I am very much obliged to you, Lord “ But diamond wculd be your II to the windows to keep burglars out of the house." “I am under a great obligation to you, Miss l'owcr. You must lct mc remove it in some slight dcgrccâ€"r in the only way possible to me." “ You are under no obligation to me, Lord Gomldine." “ I am ; and you make me feel it." he rc- plicd, in a tone which was a little hurt. " llut you will take what 1 offer you, Greta was a Christmas gift. Arc you coming to my sister's dance to night Y" “ Jack want's me to go," Greta said. “ That's right : Jack’s a brick. And mind you keep a con do of round dances for me. Joe llccvcs wil get hold of your card and stick his own name down for cvcry- thing !" Grcta. did not laugh ; and Geraldinc's own facc grow grave as they walkcd down the lane in a sdcncc which Greta would not bn-ak. She was wishing with all lrcr heart that Mary Molloy's cottage did not stand so far away. “ How long ago it seems since Septembcr!" Geraldine said at last. " Greta. I am afraid you think very ludly of me. But we must only do our best to forget that time. and how happy wc were together. It was very wrong of me to try to make you Clll’t‘ for inc: but I am unislrcd too. The best part of my heart lies uricd in Kinoura wood.” SI!!! did not look at hirn»shc could not trust herself to spark. "Greta, don't you believe that. if I had my own way. I would many you tn‘mor- row 3 ” Still the girl did not look round at him. ml cloak was beating fast with puniurmm para. “ I would nun-y you if I could Greta. Don‘t you believe we whcn I tell you that ‘.' n " Who naked. you to marry me, Inn! Gentldiuv 3 " "Notuly," in mend. trying hard to mule. "Then uh} do ~on say All this to me 1" she uclaiml, wit video I: eye: full of Ange ml utoninhnwnt. " \\ y do you come up hen: to tune and worry me when I hate you to web!" " lhtc nae. um. 2'" "I Int: you when on will talk to no: so who never ask:- yuu town for nu»â€" whuun‘cr mud you to marry me! Irish you mld go any." " I m any. Won't you flu-give rue, um . ' llc hcld out bk hand. “audit-lg Itill in the worry pathway. thc winter sunshine full eyes. on his bold brave face, in his bold blue night? Bydhc-byc. I promiscd to show you eyes. _ V “ Oh, yes ; I forgive you! Go away." "Greta, since you don't wan‘t to marry FENELUN FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1881. somebody," he added. a flash of amusement ? lighting up his blue eyes. I " Is she here 1'" Grcta asked. with a sudden rue, perhaps you will be glad to hear that I sinking of the heart. care for a girl who cares for meâ€"a girl I am going to marry an soon as she will luve me â€"a dear little girl to whom I shall have the plcasurc of introducing you tonight at Drumuabrcczc." "I am very glad to hear it." Greta said formally, though her stiff li almost refused to utter the sentence. “Jac said something about her long agoâ€"I think you told him about it when you ware ill." “ Jack ! Oh, yes, I remember !"â€"aud Geraldine smiled covertly. “ Yes. I told Jack about her ; but I thought he was a better hand at keeping a secret than that 1" “0h,” Greta said brach ', “he told us nothing about herâ€"not even ier name ! This is Mary Molloy’s cottage. Good evening, Lord Geraldine." “('lood~bye, till we meet at Drumuabrecze to-night 1'" and he raised his cap as she pass- ed in through the cottage door. CHAPTER 32., Axn LAST. “ llow pretty it is 1" said Greta. She was sfandin near Mimi Grant in the great ball-room of rumnabreeze. “ Very pretty," Mimi answered, breatlr less from the last (leu: frmpx ; “and how well your brother looks ! I never saw him in evening-dress before." Greta looked lovingly across the room at Jack. It was to please him that she had come to the dance to-night ;and even now she was thinking how glad she should be when it was all over, and she could shut her- self up in her own little room and cry her heart out. ‘But nobody could have guessed her thoughts as she stood there quietly watching Jack. Certainly Mimi Grant did not guess them, nor Joe Reeves, as he peti- tioned her to try the waltz again. “ How pretty it is l” said Laurie Reeves half an hour later, standing in the doorway with Little Kenclm Dudley. “ Very pretty,” he agreed, looking down the long vista crowder with well-dressed people, glitterina with lamps, music filling the air, everyw ere holly and ivy greenly wreathcd about the rooms, with cunning lit- tle bunches of mistletoe glimmering mis- chievously out of unexpected places, show- ing, in spite of the glow of warmth within, that out of doors at least it was snowy Christmas weather. That it was Christmas had been further demonstrated by the beautiful tall Christmas tree glittering with tapers from the ground to the topnraat firry pinnacle, which wasonly now deserted by the grown-up portion of the guests for the more potent charms of the Manola. waltz. “ \Ver is that girl with your brotherâ€"the tall girl in white 1'” “ Don’t you know her? That is Greta Power," Laurie answered, laughing. “I declare I did not know her; she is transformed !" the little Baronet said, sur- veying her comprehensively through his eye- gliwa. “ I never saw such a change in any- body ; never in my life !" “Greta. has not been looking like herself since she came back from Germany ;” and Laurie did not look altogether pleased. “ “'0 tell her she must have left her heart behind her ; she looks so pensive soure- tinres.” ‘ “She dosen’t look pensive fo-night; she looks splendid 2" Sir Kenelm said. ” I thought her rather heavy-looking, you know -â€"-rather inert, and as if she thought it too much trouble to answer you or to raise her lint look at her now ! “’lmt eyes they are too, when she does give a fellow a chance of seeing them l" Greta. bad aused with J 00 Reeves near the middle of. \ room to speak to Jack and his partner, Miss Farqulrar. She stood there as perfectly at case as if she had been in society all her life. caring too little about her surroundings to fuel in the smallest degree disturbed by them. Her gown of soft cl|ng~ ing cream-coloured wilk, square-cut, with sleeves to the elbow, showed the slim perfec- tion of her figure to .tke greatest possible advantage. She wore no ornaments, no flower in the sleek dark hair gathered close- ly round her head, combed smoothly to within half an inch. of the beautiful dark ‘ level eyebrows overslrndowin rbhe eyes which had roused Sir Kenchn Dad ey’sadmimtion. She looked pale ; but that was her usual com- lcxion, and suited her dreamy Egy tian ty; but she was talking gaily, and oak: ed quite happy. Jack. looking at bar wrth unqualified satisfaction, felt that his was the honour and duty of being brother to the pretth girl in the room. “ Youn v Power is a good-looking fellow too,” Sir lvenclm said, dropping his eye-glass at last. Laurie looked at him, anda little sharp pain like the prick of a thorn shot to her vain little heart. He was looking down at the quiet brown-haired girl leaning on his arm, with a light in his eyes which Laurie had learned to know very well last summer, but which had had not come into them, for her, of late. And then she turned quickly away to her partner and allowed him to whirl her into the midst of the waltzers again, with a sudden loathing of his red hair and little near-sightul eyes. . “ “'ill you give me this waltz, Miss Power 3" Greta turned round. It was late in the cvcnin I: and, until now, she had not spoken to Lord’Geraldine, had not found herself near him in any of the crowded rooms. “I am engaged for it, " she answered stiflly, all the livht dying out of her face. “To . ack 1'" he said, taking the card out of her hand. “ Jack won't mind your giv- ing it to me. You don‘t want to dance with your brother 1'" Greta would have said, “ I don't want to dance with you," if she had s when her thought. But she did not spca it; and Jack, hurrying up just then, and being asked if he would rcsi rn her to Lord Geraldine. had meanly qlcscrta her, exchanging with his substitute a xmiling look which further exas- perated her. "I allown-d Jack to put his name down for this dance because I wanted to sit it out. I am very tircd," she said with cool diuplcas- urc. “You danced 5-) lunch. [do not think you sat out our dance all the cvcning." “ No : not one." " You looked," he began; but then he stopped. His eyes finished the ncntcllcc eloquently: but Greta would not Inoct lns cycs. “ How pretty the rooms look. and how much all your guests seem tube enjo 'ing themselves 2" she said. feeling it incum ncnt on her to say something. “ Yet," he answrmd, but as if the subject did not interest him very much ; “ and there In: some pretty girls hen: too, but normâ€"like n." y“Greta, remembering who was there, though Ahe had not mcceeded in identifying her yct~half the people in the room being strangers to herâ€"~thou ht this specch was in bad lute ; but lht‘ nil nothing. " I am not the only one who thought 50. hme went on, jealously. “ \ on have ban besieged with fellow! all the even- rn ." ‘3‘ Every one ha: been vcry kind to me, the girl mun-rad in the lame old unmoved Int ‘. ‘2 Kind 3" he "penal, looking at her. "63:13, hau- you any idea how you look to v- “ Yes, she is here." “ \Vill you point her out to me t" “ Come with me, and I will bring you face to face with each other," In: replied, and smiliugly offered her his arm. Greta took it, and allowed him to lead her out of that room into another and much smaller one, a rooru where the light was softer, the flowers mon- ubuudaut, when: the music came mellowed by distance. “ We shall be undisturbcd here till the waltz is over," Lord Geraldine said. “ lfyou will wait here with me, I will showyou my darling by-and-by." Gcrta waited, feeling that she could scar- cely suffer more than she was suffering now, come what would. She would not lct him see any shadow of suffering on her face how. ever, as she sat in the corner of the great red~vclvet ottoman, he beside her, playing with the big white fan be had taken out of her hand. "Greta," he said, after asilencc of per- haps a minute, broken only by the measured time of the “ Clang of the Wooden Shoou," “ will ybu change your mind about that keepsake I brought to you from London? “'ill you gratify me by accepting it, and something else that I want to offer youâ€"â€" something that goes with itâ€"if you will have it.” He had taken a little morocco case from his pocket and o erred it;and in his hand he now held n sp endid ringâ€"a. gipsy ring, with one large diamond in it. “I wish you would not ask me,” the girl replied, almost frightened by the beauty of the "keepsake." “ But as a Greta 1'" “ I want no memento of it," Greta an- swered, thinking truly that she should rc- mcnrber it without Lord Geraldiue‘s diamond rm r. éGrcta," he said, his blue eyes suddenly losing their laughing lightâ€"“oh, Greta, my own little darling. don’t you know that I love you better than anything else in the world ‘3" There was indignation as well as surprise in the girl’s great eyes as she turned them upon him, half-rising from her seat. “ How dare you say this to me, Lord Geraldine, whenâ€"when â€"â€"-â€"” “\thn I am going to be married I” he concluded for her, half laughing again. “ Well, yes, Greta, I am going to be mar- ried. And, if' you knew the irl I am going to marry as well as I know rcr. you would say I was a lucky man l" Greta sank into her place again, as- tonished at his effrontery, too indignant to do more than open eyes of angry wonder at lrirrr. “ She is so sweet, so wilful, so proud I" Ire went on, furlin and unfurling the big white fan. “She loo '3 such a. darling when she is angry ; and yet I know she loves me almost as much as I love her. But she is such a child tooâ€"«I don’t think she knows how much we love each other, or how utterly absurd it is for her to fancy that any whim of hers could divide us now l" “But why," Greta exclaimed, furiousâ€" “ why do you tell all this to-â€"me 2'" “ Because I want you to know all about it, and what adarling I think her all the same. You have been acquainted with her all your life, Miss Power, and yet I don’t think you know her half so well as I (10, who did not know of her very existence four months ago." ('lreta sat quite still, looking at him, the indi'nmrt crimson fading slowly out of her clree 5. “Oh, Greta, my own darling, don’t you know that you arc the girl I love best in thc worldâ€"that it is you I am going to marry if you will have incâ€"that, if you take this ring, you must take something else with it, for better, for worse, and that is Lord Evrc- inond's agent, who owes it to you that he is in the land of the living on this blessed Christmas Eve 1'" i «I ” But you said you would show her to me," Greta laughed, as they left the room some ten minutes after. “Look before you," her lover said, smil- m V. II’lrcta looked, and saw her own reflection in the pier-glass oppositeâ€"a lovely appari- tion of youth and gladness, with dark eyes full to overflowing’of unmixed delight. “ How do you like her," Geraldine asked. But how she liked her Greta would not say. Perhaps she thought she had paid enough in telling him how much she liked himself ! "â€"vq.â€"‘â€"n.pâ€"â€"..-_. ..__._ Picking up Fortunes. A printer recently borrowed ‘25 cents in the office of the Socorro Sun, invested it and made 35, and with the latter capital started to prospect. He located a claim and recent- ly sold one-third of it for $30,000. Surface assays from the new silvcr bcar~ ing and copper are recently discovered near Fort Laramie are reputed to vary from $60 .to $50 the tan. Miners are hurrying to the Q new district, which swarms with prospectors. A man named Lewis, who left Stockton for San Francisco, recently. had for his luu- gagc a peck or so of rock, which was near y one-half gold. lie took it from the surface of a ledge near Sonora. He found one bould- er that netted him $la'),000, and pounded without a morter $619 in pure gold in a short time. Tire Santa Rita del Cobras mine near Fort Bayard. cleared its owners last year the not sum of $300,000, the gold found in the cop- per paying all expenses. The minor continu- ally mccts with veins of native she-ct copper from an eight of an inch to two inches thick all through the porphyry rock and with boulders or nugget copper, in nu vets weigh- ing from 50 pounds to 150 poum s. ‘ Miss Ida liverson, a school u-achor of memento of that night. 0 9 4! Wheeling. \Y. \'a., suddenly rcsi'ncd lu-r position and returned to Steubenvi lc, when: hcr carninga had been applicd to the support of abrokcn-down father. thrcc sistcm, and la bmthcr. It is rcportod in the neighbor. ‘ hood that the father, a tailor, whom: ml lnamc was (.‘hristo her Amrstrung, had bc- i come, by the dcat l of his elder brothcr, the pomcssor of a South luronctcy and an . rotate in Dumfricshire worth seven millions. 1The father-died of the shock of the news. and his son, l5 years old, will be tln- future . Sir William Amrstmn-z. -._..._-.o-â€"â€"'.pâ€"-o l w locomotive. l. A road locomotive for war purposes, con- structed by llollc, was recently tried in ! presence of Count Moltke and several other lanthorities. The machine drew five guns l with their carriages completely «nipped, i theloud unonutin M800 cwt. The journey f lutod about three our: and a half. with one l halt. The locomotive itself weighed 575 l curt, and it is capable of drawin 3.0“) an. The expense is about two mar an hour. The velocity was equal to that of a troop of infantry, but might be much increased. An 'ou ' totbeZoo! Kalb“ inylittle sister basilisk going to theZoo, and will go along with you. The combination of rune color with violet lilac it extnmely fuhioxablc. l A SACRED SPOT. Something Abouttho Holy Book at Jeru- mam. A currcs rondent thus writes to the editor of the Lou on Thurs : Referring to your no- tice in last Monday's review of the Royal Academy Exhibition of Mr. Carl Ilsa 's water-color drawing, “ The Holy Roe ', Jerusalem." I think it. mi ht interest some of your readers to hear the ristory of its ex- ecution and certain particulars connected With the spot depicted. Since the Holy Rock, which occupies the centre of the area of whatis popularly known as the Mosque of Omar, is, after the Kuaba at. Mecca, the most venerated spot connected with the Mohammedan religion. the difficul- ty of obtaining a drawing of it is proportion- ately great. The interior of the mosque has, I believe. never been painted before. Mr. Carl Hang could not obtain entrance to it only by a special firman of the Sultan, granted him at the Inquest of her Majesty the Queen, and, though constantly attended by guards, ran imminent risk of losing his life. Never before had any artist dared to plant his easel on the sacred spot. The painting was begun and completed in the mosque. The measurements given below were kindly furnished by Mr. llugg, and were taken by himself with great care. According to immcmorial tradition. the Holy Rock is the thrcslring floor, on Mount Moriah, of Araunalr, or Omar the Jebusite chief, which David bought of birn for a place of sacrifice, and where Solomon afterwards erected the temple. There is much in an - port of this tradition. The rock is the big?- cst part of the temple platform. Throughout Syria rock plateaus of high elevation are at the present day selected for tlircahin floors ; and the higher and nrorc exposed film site, the more valuable it is for the ur se, as the wind needful for driving of' trachqu can play upon it from a great number of quarters. The lofty situation of the Saklu-ah, or Holy Rock, would have made it a most valuable threshing floor. Immedi- ately beneath it is a. natural cave, a fact which also lends support to: the correctness of the tradition, since underneath the ma- jority of the threshing floors of Palestiné are similar caves, which abound in the lirrrestonc hills of the country, and afford to the labor- ers an invaluable retreat during the burning mid-day hours. In configuration, the rock, as it juts up above the marble pavement of the mosque, is very irregular. From north to smith it measures 56 feet, and from east to west 35 feet. Tire highest point is 6} feet above the floor. On the to of the rock, which can only be seen byc imbing upon the railing surrounding it, isn. rough, basin-shaped hollowing, and also a. hole about three feet in diameter. This commu- nicutcs perpendicularly with the cave be- neath. Descending into the cave from the southeast corner of the mosque, by a. flight of 15 steps, we find a chamber 23§ feet from north to south and 233‘ feet from east to west. At the end and on the two sides of the cave low stone walls have been built of height varying irregularly with the slope of the rock which forms the roof. Two lamps, suspended beneath tlm hole already mention- od, light the cave. On the tesscllnted ave- ment of the floor, and directly helical: the hole in the roof, is a radiating star in various colored marbles. 0n tapping this the central part, consisting of a. slab of white, marble, not quite perpendicular beneath the centre of the orifice above, is found to be hollow. The slabs conceals the Bir-el-Ar- ruulr, or “\Vell of Spirits," a passage said to lead out eventually into the valley of the Kedron. A hypothesis not unreasonable in that the hole on the top of the Holy Rock wasmadcto conduct the blood of the sacrificial victims slain upon it in Jewish times down into the cavern, thence into the Bir-cl-Artualr, and eventually into the Kedron near Siloam. If the Sakhrah is really the spot where the Jewish sacrifices were offered, the Holy Place of the Temple must have stood imme- diately to the west; of it, facing that side of the stone which is to the ri rht andin shadow in Mr. Hunt’s paintin r. The promise that was made Dy Jclrovar to Solomon, “Mine ear shall be attent unto the prayer thatis made in this place. gives the rock its present sanctity for the Moliammedans. They guard it from the approach of airy but Mog- lern, lest supplicution for evil on themselves or on their re igion should be made in such a place. The profound interest of the rock, if the tradition concerning it is correct, hardly needs to be dwelt on. Mr. Haag’s view is taken from the north- west pier of the four supporting the noble domc, which rises to a. height of 100 feet, roughly estimated, and has a diameter of 60 feet. On the left in the picture can be seen the double corridor (the inner corridor 235 feet wide, the outer 135 feet) which surrounds the building, and is lighted by stained glass windows. To the right, and somewhat in the background, is seen the small, tall baldn- chin which stands over the southwest corner of the rock. For Molrarnrnedans this is the point of greatest interest. At this point alone are they allowed to touch the holy stone. Thrusting their hands through a small circular opening on the west side of this structure. they can feel, if not see, an indention in the rock. That mark the faithful believe to have been made by the foot of the prophet, when, with the other foot already in the atirru of the white celestial steed sent to bear lurrr hence, be for the last time pressed upon the soil “of filler dim spot “'hich nrcn call Earth." This jealouslyguardcd, mysterious lloly Rock, with its proud traditions, cxtcnding so far back into the t, in, alike for the Mohammedan. Jewis r and Christian world. one of the most profoundly interesting upots in Jcnuralcm. “4...- Encouragement. Whenever you can conscientiously cn~ courage anyone, do so. You would not lravc thouc plants in your window-boxcar without water or refuse to open the «buttons that the sunlight might fall upon them ; but you lcnvc some human flower to suffer from want of appreciation or the wnlight of encouragement. There are a few hardy souls that can atnr 1 'le on stony soil~â€" shrubs that can wait for ti: dew and thc sunbcatnn â€"-~vincs that will climb without kindly train- ingâ€"bat only a fcw. Utter the kind word when you can : give the helping mine when you ace that it iii descrval. he thou ht that “no one cares and no one kuowu" blig it! many a bad of promise. Whether it be the ‘oun ' artixt at his easel. the workman at iis much. the boy at his unthcmatical pmblcnnr, or the little girl at her piano, 'vc what praile you can, for many a one fallen by the way for the want of that word of encouragement which would have “atablishcd their feet." o-â€"4..â€"v A decidedly unpleaunt impression has been made in Switzerland by the intimation that the Government of I’mrec propane: to build a fart at Aunt-mane, on the ncuual ta'ritory of Savoy, where, an the Swiu can- tend. France in lnrred by trmty from erect in any fortifications whatever. The Swiu Mmiltcr at Paris has made a vigorous pro- test against the propoul to fortify Anne- musc, a will doubtless be suppoer by England. Ger- many and Italy. t in which, in cucof need, be was I lul who he t his wit- about him and :_\ Torontoyouag man calls his nu ' "Silence," because when he wants to k. she “give: consent." _ A Hamilton girl has a can in which displays rings “revival from her vaptiu * matrimonial engngcments. Sm: u a hoops, as it went. It is very my fur stayebhome familici to imagine themselves at tho swallow. All they have to do is to catch a few flies and - stick them in the butter. “Ara; you going to the mm 3" “NO. I am not guing to the mean : I detost the motion but my Sister has a notion of going to the moon, by way of Goschen.“ ‘ l‘.\‘rrf is said to make fortunes simply by mmumendmg things, but when the recom- mends "shaving soap," as she has done late~ ly in England, it won‘t wash. I lirznsruknr won t marry now, of course. , She has had an utn‘mcly costly tomb built for herself with the name. lkrnhanlt on it. and it's too late to have it changed without spoiling the tomb. AN old bachelor, who particulary hated litcmry women, aaka an anthem if she could throw any light on kissing. “I could." said she, looking an‘hly at him.“but I think it’s better in the dark." “Y or are now one." said the minister to the bap ry pair he had just joined together in a knot t rat they could never undo. “Which one 3" asked the bride. “You will lmvu to settle that for yourselvcs," said the clergy man. i Tm; other day a lady begun to thank a man who gave her his scat "I a street car : the car started turd she fell into the proffer- ed seat with a bang that jam-d hvr sore teeth out. Now we understand why the girls who ucver thank a man for any strcct car civilitics hold their peace. Ax exchange says: “A man lives in this vicinity who states that be. finrt met his wifc in a stoninuxrkhcr to the first ball in autorm, popped the qucstion in a storm, was accept- cd in a storm, and has lived in a storm ever since." Thu couple must have been Mr. and Mrs. Cy Clonc. 0x the slrellyshore: “Como, Cicely. my dear, arc you not going into the surfacc l“ was the. query of an enthusiast in bathing. “Not now, thank you. My toilet is too complete. learnt afford to waste anothrr two hours in «rotting up my coruplcxion." Her friend had for vottcn that the color on her face was not I“ hosivc and would waulr oil‘ in the waves. IT was considered an excellent mo! \vhcn the Princess Louise. was nrnrricd to ututc that now she was all for Lorne. At present she is cnjoyin r all the privileges of a grass widow, and t re forlorn individual is the marquis himself, as ho prowls disconsnlatu among the Canadian thistlcs, and feels as blue as the traditional noses of his quasi subjects. Murmur has never boon in the habit of punishing his children, leaving that dinngrcc- able duty to his wife,but the other day out) of his numerous rrogcuy became very unruly and be was ob igcd to say : “Flora, if you don't keep quiet I shall have to whip you." “Pooh!” rctortcd little lbycar-old, With a contemptuous toss of her dainty head. "You ain't the mother." Ill-I was a. bachelor, had travelled extcn- sivcly, and could speak any language dch or alive; but when he returned homo the other day and talked to his sister's babymnd when it cried and was pacified by its mother saying: “Did hisnaughtywuutyuncle \vunclc come homey worncy um scarcy \varoy my little putscy wapscy 1'" he just loam-d (H'l‘l‘ the back of the chair and wept. -o '.‘l u , . . . ~ i Growth of‘ Nest-apt: Monopoly. The rise and progmss of the “'cstcrn i Union Telegraph Com try is thus set forth in a prospectus issued y arival mm ry. Beginning as the House Printing Te cgra rh » Com y, with a ca rital of $300,000. If the first of January, 863. by stock bonuses. and the purchases of other lines, its capital was iucmased to $3,0(X),000. 0n the 2nd of Munch, 1863, this was waterixI‘ by ‘cxactly doubling its capital and resenting the addi- tional shares to stockholders, thus raisii ' it to %,000,000. May 28, 1864, it was firrlflru increased, by purchase and extension of lines, $5,000,000, mnkin it capital $11,000.- 000, and the same time t re whole of ita stock was again doubled by an issue of 100 per cent bonus to its stockholders, making its capital‘SZ‘l,000,000. From this period up to January, 1868, it took in the United States Telegraph Company at $3,333,333, and ab- sorbed the American Telegraph Company, with a capital of only $2,000,000, taking it in at $1,818,800, and by bonuses and cxtcn~ sion of lines. etc., its ca ritnl was increased $41,008,800 ; and recent ' it absorbed the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com may, whose lilies cost not more than $2.5 .000 and the American Union Telegraph Com- pany, with its lines, which cost little more than $2,000,000, taking therrrinat $25,000, 000 and at the same time issuing a stouk bonus of $5,000,000, thus bringing its capital u ) toSS0,000,000. In addition to all this it sun ‘ $3,000,000 in the abandonment of the Rus- sian Telegraph, and nearly as much mom by the aban onrncut of the California “"03 and contracts for lines parallel to the l'acific Railroad,and it also borrowed $5,000,000 for the purclmse of real esmte in New Yorkmud pays $75,000 r arunun rental for the Cali- fomia State clegmph Company: $55,000 per annunr rental for the Illinois State Telegraph Company ; purchased a. majority of the Pa- crfic and Atlantic, Southern Atlantic, and Franklin Tclc raph companies, and guar~ antee perpetu dividends on the minority of the stock ;and recently leased the North- western Telegraph Company, and pay a luv '0 rental on stock and bonded capital of rrcarIy $1,000,000, besides rentals of other leased lines, making its capital really about $100,‘ 000,000. The increase in the volume of its business and the amount of its earnings have kept pace with its increase of capital, until now its traffic is over 30,000,000 of mess: 1- es, gross receipts over $15,000,000, and net earnings over $3,000,000 per annum: and all this With no improvement in method and but little improvement in appliances over the first line constructed forty years ago : more- ever, this gigantic monopoly, touching and influencing every branch of conunercc and industry is controlled by one man, whose sole object is self-uggrandizcmcnt. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘-câ€"-¢.>â€"o>_â€"__â€" ‘ Mme. Blane. Mme. Blane, of Monaco, has gone to rest. Her husband preceded her a few days since. In early life, says a. foreign correspondent, M. Blanc and his spouse kept a small dry goods store in Paris in an obscure street near the depot 'of the Cheinin do For du Nord. To them gaming had irresistible charms. These clrurms were enhanced by the fact that luck was always in their favor. Money flowed in freely, and in a short time M. and Mme. Blane found themselves at the head of the notorious gambling hcll at Monte Carlo, Monaco, the only den of the kind now remaining in Europe. The sup- pression, in 1872, of the green cloth-clad tables of the German watering-places, fol- lowed by the bouncing of M. l'ama, an ex- priest, and now proprietor of a Nice theatre, from the “hell” at Saxon-lc-Ilains, Canton Vulais, Switzerland, on the :llat of Decem- ber, 1876, greatly strengthened the position of the Blane fumrly. Lovers of roulette and rouge-et-noir from all arts of the world rc- pairetlto Monaco, mu M. Blancdcpartcd this life with the mitisfaction of knowin that his family was one of the best providm for in the old world. The lllunc family not only maintained themselves on the failings of others, but have been the main supporters of the smallest principality in the world~~n spot, second to none in beauty, which has for a thousand years past claimed as its head ascion of the historical house of Grimaldi. Of the dead nothing but good. The benevo- lence of Mme. lllunc was extraordinary-not on the principle of the man who stole a new pair of shoes and gave away his old ones, "pour l'anrour de bon Dicu," but because she considered it right to be charitable. Many a family may have been beggarcd in the casino of Monte Carlo, many a uuicidc‘s grave may have been dug there. but many an aching heart has been made glad and many an empty stomach filled by the go rc- rosity of Mme. Blane. She leaves three children, the present M. Blanc. whose scheme for rccu rating the finances of the fast. rotting ttoman empire by the establish- ment at Constantinople and in l'Igyrt of inning tables similar to those at .\ onto 'arlo, and of the profits of which the sultan was to have a big share, is wcll known, and two (lauglrtcrs. one of whom is married to Prince Rndziwilli, son of the cclcbratcd Aus- trian diplomat of that name, While the other is the wife of Roland Bonaparte, non of the notoriously wayward l’icrrc Bonaparte. Al- though cach daughter received a. dowry of $4,000,000 and the son a huge fortune before the death of his parents, Mnrc. lllunc‘n treasurwa not dcplctcd. She is said to have a fabulous sum of money, no incon~ xiilerablc portion of which has cornc out of the pocch of crazy Americans. ._._- - .._...... «opâ€"fl...“ m... Burden-Cont“. The general im reunion. any»; a London letter-writer, is tint Lady lurdctt-(kmtvl has made an amicable settlement with her relatives concerning the distribution of that colossal fortune, thc displin concerning which have, in a creator or lens dcgrcc, in- tcrcstcd every one in the world who halo money, or who hopes to ct it. Since hcr marriage to Mr. Aaluucm llnrtlctt~~or, to give him the name he in now entitled by law to asxumc, Mr. Airhmcml llurdctt-Contts llartlctt~thc baroucus hair. if masihlc, livcd in more costly fashion than cvcr bcforc. The dinnch hilt: has givcn in her l'iumlilly rcuidcncclmvc fonncd nmurkcd fmturc of the brilliant: ' of this mm, and they have been atfcndcl by pcnwns of very high ntandin indeed in the social world. though liritinfi royalty ban hcld aloof. The slight put upon this angel of charity, in cornrctpicnce of the matrimonial alliance ahc bu seen fit to make, in all the more marked. an in fonncr timo- thcrc was no Hubjt-ct in all the kin dorn whom Ilritinh royalty loved more to lionor than Ilurdctt-Couttu. In npitc of all this, I never saw the dear old lady look to happy an nhedon now. She bu almost loxt that distressing cxprcuion of madam and hm duolntiun. which it was a pain to any nym- pathctic hwrt to we, and now lookn no gay and cheerful that a good tcn 'cans mourns lifted from her age. A: for .\ r. Bartlett, everyone agrees that he in this soul of chival- roun devotion to hit kind .wifc, and the scam: delighted with the compan of her your)" am handwmc Ameriaur Itllluul. ,30, if’thcy are anti-lied. I don't know why ‘ the rut of the world abould not be. mâ€" --â€"â€"- c..- FACTS AND INCIDENTS. UNDER the new army scheme the murmur of Field Marshals in thc llritinh ncrvicc will be limited to six. There are now onl ' tlrrl-c Field Marshals, but it is not intcndcr to fill the three vacancies. Murmur lll~2.\'(:ltl~:.\lu!€'l‘, the boy violinist. is now in Paris. llc will rcturn to this country and play in concert durin ' tlu- month of October next. He has selected Sophr‘s Second Concerto for the next first concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Sn- cicty. A subnmrinc cable is to be laid bctwccn Enrdcn, cn the. l-lnnovcrian coast, and Valentin, in Ireland, to connect Germany directly with the United States. At Valentin the now cable will be attached to thc Anglo- Anrerican one, which will thus form a second wholly Hulunarine clcctric tic lictwwn America and tlrc continent of l‘luropc. Garden parties lravr- been the marked foa- turc of thc prcsent rein-ion in London. Sonic fifty ycnrs ago the most celebrated gnrdcn partics wcrc those given by tho llukr of llcvonshirc at Cbiswick, by the lhrkc of Northumbcrlnml, whoac grounds from Nor- tlunnbcrland llousc run down to the river, by the llukc llucclcugh at \Yhitchull Gar. dens, and by Lady llolland at llollnnd Ilousc. Lady l‘ccl, wifc of Sir ltobcrt l‘r-cl. thcn Prime Minister, gnvc out: very brilliant farty at his rcuidoncc in \Vhitchull Gardcn. .ady lllcnaiugton gavc lrxnclnblics ntGorc llousc, but thcy wcl'c cxcluuivcly for nu-n. The great heat of this nummcr llllll givcn special glory to the garden party. l’rof. Ennis of the Naval ()lmcrvatory at “'aulrington believcn that the taller of conuth arc electric light. “If them: taiho huduny substance," he argues, “the lawn of motion arc countanly violated by them. The grout comct of 1843 went no incur the Hull that it )aand from one hide to the othcr in n fcw fours. Its iunncnm: tail. 100,000,000 Illlll‘l‘l long. was nhiftcd courplctcly. no that it pointed directly in an oppmllto direction. Could that be no if it won: (:Ollllxmml of any substance? Could a comet swing I00,000,000 miles of tail around no quick an that 1' The electricity in gcncratcd by cvawration. A” the coructu approach the sun, the ln-atbv- corner-r Inorc intcnnc, tlrc evaporation and accumulation of clcctricity more rapid, tlm rcpulnivc force grcatcr, and the tails longcr'. Sometimes the matcrial beconwn com- plctcly cvaporntcd. 'l'lrcn the cornct him no tail." A .lt'nlolor's Wm; is nlwayn nipping off from hcr husband's moral nature littlc twign that are growing in wrong direction». filo- kccpx him in lslrapc by continucd pruning. If you say anything fully, th will ullcctrow atcly toll you no. If you declare that you will do sonic absurd thing, th finds mmr mourns of prcvcnting you from doing it. And by for the chief part of all the common m-mw thch in in the world bclongn unqucntionnbly towomcn. 'l'hc wiscnt thing a man corn- monly dour-r arc thorn: which hi» wifc counm‘l-l him to do. A wifc in a grand wicldc’r of thv moral pmningknifc. If. ohnnon'n wrfc had lived. thcrc would havc bcn no boarding up of ornngc wcl, no touching all thc you»: In walking ulon r the ntrcotu. no calling and drinking wit r n din rusting vorticity. ll ()livcr Gol-lmnith had mun marrioddm ncvr-r would buvc worn that memorable and ridiru- loun cont. \Yllcncvcr you find a man whom you know littlt: about, oddly drummed. or talk: lug nbxurdly, or cxhibiting com-ntncrty of manner, you may b4: nun; that in: Ill not a umrricd man, for tho corncnl are roundvd off. the littlc» alum.» parcd away in nuirricd rm-n. Wivcu bnvc generally much morc scum: than tlrcirhunbaudu, cvcn tbou'h they may I»: clcvcr won. The wife» at vicc is likr tln' ballast that kurpn the nhip ntmdy. .__ _..____....._. .w p...â€" _._.___.. "â€" l Omelet an Natural. "Speaking of cggu‘V-w A~ “ Uh, come now 3“ cried tho: Club. “I insist!" uaid thl: Colonel. "Hjurakirnflff ell I. 1W8! carrying some home ymtcrc y am the bag broke, lctting them fall on» ntonc pavement. By thunder, gentlmueu, do you know it was no blamed hot that than: c - were a fine omclet in law than n unnntc, am I scooped it up with my ullvcr fruit knife andw ' The club waited to hear no more: but prr- cipitatcly adjourned. Chalk ‘- Wum-awwxz: “Come. now, gucnn what ‘ my favorite flowcr in." aid the n piiutcr ihouaclicepcr to the widower‘l little my a: , they were walking in the fields together. He . “' """°"‘"" M“ 0m: living fly (an wmtch up and nutter his eye: 0 Len. no c aruwcml her in; he look- ' mom ml: of rcligion than the aunt rloqmml I ed up wit 1 an arch expression. "Poppy." divine mu now in a whole forcnoon. â€"..._ .0 h