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cm Assam one mamas If you hit a drunken thing more than another that I am it is mirthth always Kev-p fll'u‘ "I: cry true," replia'd r. i you help it. you know ? [isn’t/.4) who would take Transcript. word. M. . t“ it.‘ " "It"! my last resort, my last rant," mur ,5 strik'rr a happy medium fin:mt.-*D€htrf Hello. “Ya, sir," hr! Brown, “ if there is one ; proud of .- E. it how can I’m You ever kuo' «Huston n mum-I a dejected looking individual n he braced tinsel} night. tfietic b It 1 ter Democrat. At the tuners". ul a New, vul- back-l I“ ‘ win) had accumulated only “.090. h;- brother hacknien viewed his? remains at the grave, and with tears in their. eyes exclaimed: “l'mr man, be was always; unfortunate and bad terribly bard luck‘ nun recently , financially. 2,-Attiq News. A matter of fire: “l partridge: ti 2 flew off. I cap “Have patience,” counseled l" ; " W may have better luck in suothefgwgorhhy'” Ilostou Transcript. There is a story told his thy consequen- _agsxnst s lamp past 115‘. u that?” inquired a sympa- : under. "Home," was the (“0073‘ fnl reply, " home. sweet borne. "â€"ltoches- I Brown pointed his gun f snapped and tnebird I “Just my confounded luck 3" ex- claimed Ilrouu; "miss fire every tin e," HOW I MARRIED HIM. The Confession:a Young Lady. CHAPTER [WTâ€"(us risczu. Lignity is a valuable quality, (specially . in a governess. But there are limits to the ulnar. highly trained endurance. I bounced out into the balcony, and there on the ter- psl headwaiter vvlm, observing a man tie race smoking a cigar was my iost stranger us napkin sruun-l lm neck preparatory to; a the streets of Sandwich. commencing his meal, went up to him and paid: “You have Inadc a mistake, sir; this isn't a ballad"! shop." It was a very good rebuke, but it cos: the head waiter his situation. M use Scluunlrurg upper‘end of Austin avenue. Yesterday he went into a gunshopto buy a pistol. “What kind of a weapon do you want?" “I would like one," said Mose, “mit accouiuudstioui for six burglars."»â€"'l'cxas Siftings. The Czar never receives anybody after I o'clouk. 'I'hevrernainderof the day he spends in the alarm: sub-cellar, locked in 1: Mar- vlngovs i lire- roof safe, clad in his cast» iron ulster. I e received Lieutenant Dun- enlvover at '2, however, on that gentleman making an affidavit that he wasn't a Nihi- list. and.eould not play on a (em-net. “There is noose of talking," said a New Haven woman. “Every time I more I vow I'll never may! again; but such neighbors as I get in with B Sooln's thouin they grow worse and worse." "Indeed," replied a friend, “I’crha )8 you take the worst neigh- bor with you w so you mo ve.” An oppres- sive atmmphere prevails in that vicinity.“ New Haven Register. A vicar's compliment: A young curate having preached before his vicar for the first time, asked that worthy ut the close of the service which [massage in his sermon he thought the best, to which the vicar made reply: “ Your passage from tho vestry to the pulpit was very fine; but commend me to that from the pulpit to the restry for downright heart-relieving effect." High Art: Artist -â€"“'l‘herc is the barn, with the pigeon on it. The burn you see, is supposed to be hall‘s-mile away." Visitorâ€"â€" “ ut there are the pigeon's feet. You can seo them distinctly." Artistâ€"“Of course, 1 made them plain on purpose," Visitorâ€" “Whut ! Do you mean to say that there'sa man living who can see apigeon's fcct halfv a'milc away '2” Artist-â€"“l)b, sure enough Don't mention this. I can fix them feet." A Ilochcstcr clergyman called the other day to udrninistcr consolation to a (lying man. Going into the prcscncc of the poor squcrel' he took him by the band, and after ivin v it aromauring squeeze, said: “ My car ricud, shall I meet you in lleuvcn'!” “Well,” rcplicd tlic dying man, as his eyes began rolling wildly and his breath conic) short and quick, “I gucvs you're likcly to if you're n. in mire man." Then hc (llIfl.~-â€" Ruchestcr Express. A couple of trfllllpa struck town the past week, coming from opposite directions, whereupon the following dialogue ensued: First trampâ€"“\Vhich way did you come to town?" Second Trumpâ€"3‘ Via the railroad track." “Ah,” said number one, “ did you meet a job?" “Yes " replied number two, “a stcmly one all the way." "lndccd," ex- alaimcd number one, “what was it?” “ Countiu railroad tics," was the reply, and they ( ividcd their turkcy sandwiches and squash plc.â€"~llnrtford Journal. «cw-~â€"â€"â€"-~â€".â€" mass 05' INTEREST. It has been an intensely cold spring in Austria and the 'l'yrol,uud 30 to 50 percent. loss is feared to Austrian and Hungarian wiuc districts. A Fri-rich millionaire, in order to cucour~ age population, luvs loft annual prizes of 5|,L’00, 8800, und 3600 to the mothers of the largest fuluilicsiu Paris, with preference to thc poorest in case of equality. The deaths in Franco in ISSO wcru 575,- 337, and the lltlll'l‘lflacs 279,035 Compared with IS?!) lliisshuus u dccl'uiac of 3,471 in murriagrs. with an incuruvc of 18,455 in deaths. lotion was (H.540, as compared with 96,647, in 1379. The mm to u hicb papcr in applicable are alumst uulimitv-d. Paper pulp, treated with chloride of /.inc and subjected ti. pressure, forms a substance rcscniblinu both leather and wood. Steam packing is made by iu~ curporntlug plumbugo into paper while in its pulpy state. Mai‘scillos's claim to I‘lugcuie's palace rush; on the municipality having grzuitcd tlicland, (the xnpolcons, built and nnintnincd- tliu palace, which is not claimed by Marseilles) without duu authorization. Tho palace standsan a clill'uvcrlookiug thc Mediter- ranean amid fine gmunds. At I: meant matriculation l'XltllllllllIlUll of tho Calcutta University right women passed lucccssfully, of whom six are natives of India: and at Bombay sovcu wmucu were successful, includiur four from l’couah. At tho l-‘irst Art: examination at (‘ulcuttaa female candidate obtained n scholarship of the first grade. Tho Work of widening the famous M:ng dalon Bridge, at Oxford, England, is nl- ready in progress. The cxtcnt ill the larccuient will be about twenty feet on what i1 known as the Botanical Gardens side, so that the sido facing southwest, in which lies the chief beauty of tho structure, will rc- main uninjured. times is said to grow luxun‘untly in Wal- (lwk's ca ital. Arolscn; thrrc arc no rail~ mods wi ohnlmfloof the style of “fly years ago.. Th," ‘1. quite snilitcrcsting pct-lie on the . morning when the Duchess ul Albany left The royal family are "ry- muc‘i beloved, and the whue towni her cliildhocu's home. has been annoyed by _ . burglars Prov-ling about his rcsideuce on the ditcwm P‘T‘w“ I“ emergcuma‘ Another 'l‘lnr vcur‘s nugmi-ntation of popu- 9 Cll~ . in the principality, and the post i i He recognized LIL', on his sidr, the instant I appeared. "Uh, Lord!" hr cried in tone: of horror, and ran round the curncr of the terrace as if my eyes had been mad bulls in lclose pursuitul'him. By this time it is, I fear, useless for me to set myself up as a woman might have controlled herself. I burst into fits of laughter. Freddie and the girls joincd me. For the time it was plain- ly useless to pursue the business of educa- tion. I shut up Shakespeare, and allowed «no; let me tell the truth. encouragedâ€"â€" the children to talk about Mr. Sax. They only seemed to know what Mr. Sax himself had told them. Ilia father and mother and brothers and sisters had all died in course of time. He was the sixth and last of the children, and he had been christ- . eucd "Sextus" in consequence, which is 1 Latin (here Freddie interposed) for sixth. Also christened “Cyril” (here the girls re- covered the lead) by his mother's request, “Sextus” being such a hideous name. And which of his Christian names, my dear, does he use? You wouldn't ask if you knew him! “Scxtus,” of course, because it is the ugliest. Sextus Sax? Not the romantic sort of name that one likes, when one is a woman. But I have no right to be 'c- ular. My own name (is it possible that I have not mentioned it in these pages yet '.') is a homely one“ I am only Susan Mor- ris. llo not despise incâ€"and let us return to Mr. Sax. Is he married '3 The eldest girl thought not. She had heard momma. say to a Indy, “An old Herman family, my dear, and, in spite of his oddities, an excel- lent man; but so poorâ€"barely enough tolivo ' (inâ€"and blurts out the truth, if people ask his opinion, as if he had twenty thousands. year!" Your lllnllllllu. knows him well, of coursc 1' I should think so, and so do we. lie oftun comes here. They say he’s not I good company among grownup people. “'0 i think him jolly. Ilc understands dolls, and he's the best back at leap-frat! in the whole . of England. Thus far we had advanced in the prnise of Sextus Sax, when one of the maids cumoin t with nuotu for me. She smiled mysterious- ly, and said, “I’m to wait for an answcr, I Miss." ' I opened the notc, iues : “I am so ashumcd of myself, I durcn’t at- tempt to make any apologies pcrsonallv, Will you accept my written excuses? Upon my honour nobody told me when I got here lycstcrday that you were in the house. I I heard the recitation, andâ€"can you excuse my stupidity ?â€"â€"I thought it was a stage- struck house~muid amusing herself with tho children. May I accompany you when you go out with the young ones for your daily walk? One word will do. Yes or no. Peni- in tcntly yoursâ€"S. . . In my position there was but one possible answer to this. Liovernesses must not make and read these 1 when the children are present in tho capri- city of witnesses. I said no. Am I claim- ; ing too much for my readiness to forgive in- 'jurics when I add that I should have pre- . erred saying yes ? We had our early dinner, and then got rcady to go out \vnlkinc as usual. These pages contain a truc confession. Let mu own that I hoped Mr. Sax would understand l my refusal, and ask Mrs. Fosdyko‘s leave to accompany us. Lingering a. little as we wcutdowu stairs, lhcard him in the hall, actually speaking to Mrs. Fosdyko. “'hat was he suyiu 3 Flint darling boy, Freddie, ' got into a dif iculty with' one of his boot- . i laces exactly at the right moment. I could I fail him and listcn,and be sadly disappoint- cd iy the result. Mr. Sax was 0 ended w th me. “ You needn't introduce me to the now governess," I heard him say. “We have' inctou a folmcr occasion, and Iproduced ‘ a disagreeable impression on her. I beg you will not speak of me to Miss Mor- ris. l Before Mrs. Fosd ‘ke could say a word in reply, Master Fret die changed suddenly ' from a darling boy to a detestable impi “I say, Mr. Sax 1" he called out ; “Miss orris 1 doesn't mind youa bitâ€"~shc only laughs at on. :' The answer to this was the sudden clos- ing of a door. Mr. Sax had taken refuge from me in one of tho ground floor rooms. I was so mortified I could almost have cried. Getting down into the hall, we found A Mrs. Fusdyke with her garden but on, and _onc of the two ladies who were staying in (tin-house, (the unmarried one) whispering Ito her at the door of tho morning-room. i'l‘lic ladyâ€"~Miss Molbury â€" looked at me I with a certain appearance of curiositv l which I was quite at a loss to understand. and suddenly turned away toward the fur- l ther end of the hall. “I will walk with you and the children," , Mrs. Fosdyko mid to me. “ Freddie, you 'cau ride your lvicyclo if you like." Slio ; turned to the girls. “ My dcars, it's cool 5 under the trees. You may take your skip- ! ping ropes. ' l She had evidently something to sayto mo, and she had adopted the necessary measures l for keeping the children in front of us, well 5 out of hearing. Freddie led the way on his 3 horse on three whccls; the girls followed, Mrs. Fosdyku opened ;hcrbusiucss by the most embarrassing rc~ vskippiug merrily. ', mark that she could [Missilin have made un- 1 dur tho circumstances. ' “I find that you are nupminfc-l with Mr. turned out to bid good-bi; Iu their Its-t, l‘riu.iv\’ax,"she began, “and I am surprised to was He! no. . ._‘.....“r..â€"â€" -Ztonosty the Best Policy. ".\l.stcr. ‘ began a small boy. as he catcrv , l a Woodward avenue gruccry )cutcrday, L ‘ms bought some mackerel hrru lastuighi.‘ ‘: "Yes. "And in uvakiuguhangu you gnvchcr â€"â€"â€"' “No.1 didn't! with s hole in it for s montli'.” "But ms. says you glve her a â€"--â€" “Don't believe it-«don’t believe its member not. I gave hrr a half dollar, quarter, undo nickel." A Irv Haven't had a ijzlarlcr I. ‘ 1ch Like l bar that '01: dislike him." i She smiled pleasantly. as if my supposed ldisliku of Mr. Sax rather amused her. i What "the ruling passion" may be among men I cannot prcsume to consider. My own-ox. however. 1 may claim to under- stands The ruling passion among women In conceit. My iidlculous notion of my own consume-um was wounded in some way. I (nurtured a [maltiun of the Initial indifference. " finally, ina‘um.” l said, “I can't un- to answer for any im ression cha: Mr. Sax may have formed. \‘e met l ' l "Ma savs Von gave bcr a ,;'.~ld piece for a i by tho lucrwt accident. I know nothing any, and her» it is." who: gracious alive? so I did-so l did reuse l’, , , hill and lot“de change. Bub. what'oi 1,“: mo. and do you think you can a. ti s lemon candy? hm I tallies-sly and reward it?" ‘00le '11" h. ,,._, vs already been found, add victims. .. I“; In another“ source V" ice on ‘5. iron th‘u mine, but t5 magnesia)” ‘lixplusiou of fire damp in IE Prussian value. when the boda- ol tiny-six ; my own tray of teaching of dinners from slave when I have sumoaled. di ishich Great Britain and AIM!“ l time, there is a third person familiar. treatises have banal muggy“ inventions inon for lessons; about him.“ 3 5 Mrs. f‘oulyke cynl me slyly. and appear- noufi that I gave her a dollar (ad to be more amusle than ever. “He is a very odd man." she admitted, I ’ “but! can tell you there is a fine nature AM it do“ ma ‘ under that strange surface of his. however. lube went on, “I am forgetting that be for- bids me to talk about him in your presence. When the opportunity offers, I snail take you to understand I I each othu ; you till both be In the mean- painted to bear that you know null ' dis: Iii at Mr. not ago e is Y" ' appointments with strange gentlemenâ€"oven y ( grateful to who will be “ May I ask. nu'am, who the pcmu “Can you keep a secret, Miss Morris? Of course you can ! The person is Miss Mel- bury." (Miss Melbury was a dark woman. It cannot be because I am a fair woman my- selfâ€"I hope I am above such narrow reju- dice as thatâ€"but it is certainly true t at I don't admire dark women.) “She heard Mr. Sax telling me that you particularly disliked him, ’ Mrs. l-‘osdyke receeded. "And justas you appeared in he hall, she was asking Inc to find out what your reason was. Thus far we had been walking on. “'e now stopped, as if by common consent, and look- ed at one another. In my brief experience of Mrs. Fosdykc, I had thus far seen the more constrained and formal side of her character. \Vithout be- ing aware of my own success, I had won the mother's heart in winning the good-will of her children. Constraint now seized its first opportunity of melting away; the latest sense of humor in the great lady showed itself,while I was inwardly wondering what the nature of Miss Melbury's interest in Mr. Sax might be. Easily penetrating my thoughts, she satisfied my curiosity without committing herself to a reply in words. Her large gray eyes sparkled as they rested on my face, and she bummed the tune of the old French song, "0' at rumour l' amour. 1' amour." There is no disguising itâ€"some- thing in this disclosure made me excessive- ly angry. “'13:: I angry with Miss Mel- bury? or with Mr. Sax? or with myself ? I think it must have been with myselr. Finding that I had nothing to say on my side, Mrs. Fosdyke looked at her watch, and remembered her domestic duties. To my relief our interview came to an end. "I have a dinner party to-day,” she said, “ and I have not seen the housekeeper yet. Make yourself beautiful, Miss Mor- ris. and join us in the drawing-room after dinner." _â€" CHAPTER V. I wore my best dress: and, in all my life before, I never took such sins with my hair. Nobod y will be foolish enough, I hope,to sup 056 that I did this on Mr. Sox's account. ow could I possibly care about a man who was little better than a stranger to me! No! the person I dressed at was Miss Melbury. She gave me a look, as I modestly placed myself in a corner, which amply rewarded me for the time spent on my toilet. The gentlemen came in. I looked at Mr. Sax (merely curiosity) under shelter of my fan. His appearance was greatly improved by evening dress. He discovered me in my corner, and seemed doubtful whether to approach me or not. I was reminded of our first odd meetinv, and I could not help smil- P ing as I called if: to mind. Did he presume tothink thstI was encouraging him? Be- fore I could decide that question, he took the vacant place on the sofa. In any oth- ermauâ€"after what had passed in tho morn- ingâ€"this would have been an audacious pro ceodiug. He looked so painfully embarrass- ed that it became a species of Christian du- ty to ity him. “I on’t you shake hands?" he said, just as ho had said it at Sandwich. I pecped round the corner of my fun at Miss Melb'iry. She was looking at us. I shook hands with Mr. Sax. “What sort of sensation is it?" he asked, “when you shake hands with a. man whom ou hate 2" “ I really cant tell you," I answered innocently. "I have never done such a thin .” ” ou wouldn't lunch with me at Sand- wich,” he protested; “and, after the hum~ blest apology on my part, you won’t for- give me for what I did this morning. Do you expect me to believe that I am not the special object of your antipathy? I wish I had never met with you! At my age, a man gets angry when he is treated cruelly and doesn't deserve it. You don’t understand that, I dare say.” “Oh yes; I (lofzI heard what you said about me to Mrs. Fosdyke, and I heard you hang the door when you got out of my wu ." He received this reply with every appear- ance of satisfaction. “So you listened, did you? I'm glad to hear that." “Why?” “It shows after all." Throughout this frivolous talk I only ven- tu re to report it because it shows that I bore no malice onm side. Miss Melbury was looking at us Ii o the basilisk of the anci- ents. She owned to being on the right side of thirty, and she had a ittle moneyâ€"but these were surely no reasons why she should glare at a r governess. Had some secret undorstam ing ofthe tender sort been al- ready established between Mr. Sax and her- self? She revoked mo into trying to find out, espcc ly as the last words he had said ofiercd me the opportunity. “ I can prove t at I feel a sincere inter- est in you, ' I resumed. “I can resign you to a lady who has a far better claim to your attention than mine. You are neglecting hor shamefully." He stared at me With an appearance of be- wilderment, which seemed to imply that the attachment was on the lady’s side, so fur. It was, of course, im iblo to mention names; I merely turne my eyes in the right direction. He looked where I lookedâ€"and his shyness revealed itself, in spite of his resolution to conceal it. His face flushed ; he looked mortified and surprised. Miss Melbury could endure it no longer. She rose, took a song from tho music-stand, and approached us. “I am going tosing," she said, handing the music to him. “Please turn over for me, Mr. Sax." I think he hesitated, but I cannot fcel sure that I observed him correctly, It mat- ters little. “'ith or without hesitation, he followed herto the piano. Miss Mclburry sang~with perfect self- iou, and an immensccompnss of voice. A gentleman near me said she ought to be on the stage. I thought so too. But as it was, our drawing-room was not large enough for her. The gentleman sang next. No voice at allâ€"but soewcet, such true feeling I I turned over tholeaves for him. A dear old lady, sitting near the piano, entered into conversation with me. She spoke of the great singers at the beginning of the present century. Mr. Sax hovcrul about, with Miss Melburv's eye on him. I was so entranced by the anecdotes of my venerable friend that I could take no notice of Mr. Sax. Later, when the dinner-party was over, and we were retiring for thenight. he still hovered about, and ended in offering me a bed-room candle. I immediately handed it to Miss Mclbury. Really a most enjoyable evening ! you take some interest in me, cusrras vi. The next morning we were startled by an extraordinary preceding on the part of one of the guests. Mr. Sax had left Car- shun Ilnll by the first union-nobody knew rh . gators: has laid-+0, atlast, philosophers sayâ€"coma heavy burdens upon women. Do those learned persons include in their list the burden of hysteria! If so, I cordially agree with them. It is hardly worth ing of in my caseâ€"s constitutional on k I FENELON FALLS, inthe solitude of my own room, treated withcau-decolozne and water, and quite forgotten afterward in the absorbing em- loyment of education. My favorite pupil, ‘rcddic. hadbeen up earlier than the rest of us, breatth the mornin air in the fruit-garden. chad seen r. Sax, and had asked when he was coming back again. And Mr. Sax had said, " I shall be back again next month." (Dear little Freddie!) In the meanwhile, we, in the school-room, had the prospect before us of a dull time in an empty house. The remaining guests were [to go away at the end of the week, their hostess being engaged to pay a visit to some old friends in Scotland. During the next three or four days, thouh I was often alone with Mrs. Fosdvke, she never said one word on the subject of Mr. Sax. Once or twice I caught her looking at me me with that uneudurably significant smile of hers. Miss Melbury was equally uu pleasant in another way. \Vheu we accidentâ€" ally met on the stairs, her black eyes shot at me passing glances of hatred and scorn. Did these two dies presume to thinkâ€"‘5 No; I abstained from completing that in- quiry at the time, and I abstain from com- pleting it here. The end of the week came, and I and the children were left alone at Car-sham Hall. I took advantage of the leisure hours at my disposal to write to Sir Gerard; respect- fully inquiring after his health, and inform- ing him that I had been again most fortun- ate in my engagement as a governess. By return post an answer arrived. I eagerly opened it. The first lines informed me of Sir Gerard Roylaud's dcach. Theletter dropped from my hand. I look- ed at my little enameled cross. It is not for me to say what I felt. Think of all that I owed to him, and remember how lonely my lot was in the world. I gave the chil- dren a holiday : it was only the truth to tell them that I was not walk How long an interval passed before I could call to mind that I had only read the first lines of the letter, I am notableto say. \Vhen I did take it up I was surprised to see that the writing covered two ages. Be- ginning again where I left off, my lead, in a moment more, began to swim. Ahorrid fear overpowered me that I might not be in my right. mind after I had read the first senten- ces. Here they are, to answer for me that I exaggerate nothing. “The will of our deceased client is not at proved, but, with the sanction of the ‘xccutors, I inform you confidentially that you are the person chiefly interested in it. Sir Gerard lloyland bequeaths to you, abso- lutely, the whole of his personal property, amounting to the sum of seventy thousand ounds.” If the letter hnd ended there I really can- not imagine what extravagances I mightnot have committed. But the writer (head part- nerin the firm of Sir Gerard's lawyers) had something more to say on his own behalf. The manner in which he said it strung up my nerves in an instant. I can not, and will not, copy the words here. It is quite revolting enough to give the substance of them. The man's object was evidently to let me perceive that he disapproved of the will. So far, I do not complain of himâ€"he had no doubt good reason for the view he took. But, in expressing his surprise “at this ex- traordinary proof of the testator’s interest in o. (perfect stranger to the family," he hinte his sus icion of an influence on my part, exorcism over Sir Gerard, so utterly shameful, that I cannot dwell on the sub- ject. The lan age, I should add, was cun- nineg guarde . Even I could see that it would bear more than one interpretation, and would thus put me in the wrong if. I 0 only resented it. But the meaning was p sin; and part at least cf the motive came out in the concluding sentences. “Sir Gerard’s son, as you are doubtless aware, is not seriously affected by the will. He is already for more liberally provided for, as heir under the entail to the whole of the landed property. of old friends who are forgotten, there is a surviving relative of Sir Gerard passed over who is nearly akin to him by blood. In the event of this person disputimztlie will, you will, of course, hear from us again, and refer us to your legal advis- er." The letter ended with an apology for delay in writing to me, caused by difficulty in dis- covering nty address. And what did I do ? “'rite to the Rector or to Mrs. Fosdykc for advice ?Not I ! At first I was too indignant to be able to think of what I ought to do. Our post time was late, and my head ached as ifit would burst into pieces. I had lots of leisure to rest and compose myself. \thn I got cool again, I felt able to take my own part, with out asking any one to help me. Even if I had been treated kindly,I should certainly not have taken the money when there was a relative living with a claim to it. “’hat did I want with a large fortune 1' To bu ' a husband with it, perhaps 2 No. no ! ‘rom all I have heard the great Lord Chancellor was quite right when he said that awoman with money at her own disposal was “either kissed out of it or kick- ed out of it six weeks after her marriage." The one difficulty before me was not to give up my legacy, but to express my reply with sufficxcut severity, and at the same time with due regard to my own self-respect. Here is what I wrote: "Sin; 1 will not trouble you by attempt- ing to express my sincere regret on hearin of Sir Gerard Roy-land's death. You would probably form an opinion on that subject al- so, and have no wish to be judced by your uncnviable experience of humanity for the second time. “With regard to the legacy, feeling the deepest gratitude to my generous benefac- tor, I nevertheless refuse to receive the mo- no '. I‘Bc pleased to send me the necessary document to sign for transferring my fortune to that relative of Sir Gerard's mentioned in your letter. The one condition on whichI insist is, that my name shall be he t in sc- cret from the rson in whose favor resign the money. do not desire (even suppos- ing that justice is done to my motives on this occasion) to be made the object of ex- pressions of gratitude for only doing my du- ty .. So it ended. It may be wrong, but I call that strong writing. In due course of post, a formal acknow- ledgement arrived. I was requested to wait for the document until the will had been proved, and was informed that my name should hekept strictly secret in the inter- val. On this occasion, the Executor: were almost as iusoleut as the lawyer. They felt it their duty to give me time to consider a decision which had been been evidently formed on impulse. Ah, how hard men are â€"at least, some of them! I looked up thoacknowledgement in dis- gust, resolved {to think no more of is until thetimo came or ttin rid of in . I kissed r SlrIIerull's little While was still looking at it, the good children came in. of their own accord, to ukhowsts. Iwasobli todnwdown the blind in my room, or ey would have seen the toarsinmy eyes. For the first time since in mother’s desthI felt the heart- ache. erhapl the children made me think 3 Oh, what a long time passed before I heard the long:expccted knock at the door! “Come ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 3", 1892. of the happier time when I “as a child my- self. CHAPTER VII. The will had been proved, and I was in- formed that the document was in course of preparation, when Mrs. Fosdykc returned from her visit to Scotland. She thought me looking pale and worn. “The time seems to me to have come," she said,“‘wheu I had better make you and Mr. Sax understand each other. Have vou been thinking peniteutly of your own bad behavior?" I felt myself blushing. I had been think- ing of my conduct to Mr. Saxâ€"sud I was heartily ashamed of if, too. ‘ Mrs. Fosdvke went on, half in just, half in earnest. “ Consult your own sense of pro irie- ty!" she said “Was the poor man to b ame for not being rude enough to say no when a lady asked him to turn over her music? Could he help it, if the same lady persisted in flirting with llllll Y He ran away from her the next morning. Did you deserve to be told why he left us! Certainly not- aft- er the vixeuish manner in which you hand- ed the bedroom candle to Miss Melbury. You foolish girl ! Doyou think I couldn’t see that you were in love with him? Thank Heaven, he‘s too poor to marry you, and take you away from my children, for some time to come. There will be a long mar~ risge engagement,cven if he is msgnnnimous enough to forgive you. Shall I ask Miss Melburv to come back with him 3" She took pity on meat last and sat down to write to Mr. Sax. Ilis reply, dated from a country house some twenty miles dis- tant, announced that he would be at Cm‘sham Hall in three days‘ time. On that third day the legal paper that I was to sign arrived by post. It was Sunday morning; I was alone in the school- room‘I In writing to me the lawyer had only :11- luded to “a surviving relative of Sir (ler‘ urd, nearly akin to him by blood." The document was more explicit. It described the relative as being Sir Gerard's ne- hew, the son of his sister. The name fol- owed. It was Sextus Cyril Sex. I have tried, on three different sheets of paper, to describe the effect which this dis- covery produced on incâ€"and I have torn them u one after another. When I only think 0 it, my mind seems to fall back in- to the helpless surprise and confusion of that time. After all that had passed between us â€"-tho man himself bein then on his way to the houseâ€"what \voul he think of me? what, in Heaven’s name was I to do ‘3 How long I sat petrified, with the docu- ment in my lap, I never knew. Somebody knocked at the school-room door, and look- ed in and said something, and went out again. Then there was an interval. Then the door was opened again. A hand was laid kindly on my shoulder. I looked up, and there was Mrs. Fosdyke, asking. in the greatest alarm, what was the matter with me. The tone of her voice‘ roused me into speaking. I could think of nothing but Mr. Sax ; I could only say ; “Has he come?" "Yesâ€"«and wanting to see you.” Answering in those tones she glanced at the paper in my lap. In tho extremity of my helplessness I acted like a. sensible crea- ture of; last. I told Mrs. Fosdyko all that I have told here. She neither moved nor spoke until I had done Hcrfirst proceeding after that was to take me in her arms and give me a kiss, Having so far encouraged me, she next spoke of poor Sir Gerard. ‘We all acted like fools," she announced, “in needlessly offending him b protesting ngainsthis second marriage. don't mean youâ€"I mean his son, his nephew, and my- self. If his second marriage made him hap- 1 py, what business had we with the disparity of years between husband and wife ‘2 I out tell you this, Sextus was the first of us on motive, Sir Gerard might have known there was that much good in his sister‘s son. pointing to the words. them; she was obliged to read them for me. “I leave my money to the one person livin who has been more worthy of the little I have done for her, and whose simple, unsel- fish nature I know that I could trust." I pressed Mrs. Fosdyko’s hand ; I was not able to speak. She took up the legal paper next. “Do justice to yourself, and be above contemptible scruples," she said. “Sextus is fond enough of you to be almost worthy of the sacrifice that you are making. Sign, and I will sign next as the witness. ' I hesitated. “What will he think of me?" I said. “Sign!” sho repeated, “and we will see to that." I obeyed. She asked for the lawyer's lat- ter. I gave it to her, with the lines which contained the man’s vile insinuation folded down, so that only the words above were visible, which proved that I had renounced my legacy, not even knowing whether the person to be benefited was a man or u wo- man. She took this, with the rough draft of my own letter, and the signed renuncia- tion, and opened the door. “Pray come back and tell me about it!" I pleaded. She smiled, nodded, and went out. in," I cried impatiently. Mrs. l-‘osdyke had deceived me. Mr. Sax i had returned in her place. lie closed the door We two were alone. He was deadly pale ; his eyes, as they rested on me, had a wild, startled look. outer covering. l l . regret what he had done. But for his stup- . .- , .~ _ But to any nothmg ,' m fear onwing suspecied of an interested of themselves, who “Ill be dealt “ltll sum $llmt these four senses are only specialim- An English Work-House. Since the time \vhcn Mr. Carlyle in his “ Model I‘risous ” expressed his envy of the . comfort and leisureâ€"the freedom from taxes 3 and bothcratwuâ€"w be found in a large Lon~ i don prison, something has been douc in training prisoners to work. But now most of us, when thinking of aworkhousc. re- gard it, and rightly, as a place whet». ex- cept for a littlc stone-breaking and oukum- picking, no work is done. A very different state of things is to be found in the work- house at Dow belonging to the \Vhitochapcl union. This isa work house, indeed. As the sink and invalid are lodged in the old work-house a mile away, there an: none but fairly healthy people here. These arc to be seen in all directions busily at work. Much care and attention has evidently been given to make all arrangement: as complete nsl possible. There are carpenters' shops, a smith's shed with forgo, workroom: for tailors, and shoe-makers ; nor are the small- er trades overlooked. For those who have never learned a. trade tlicrc is wood-chopp- ing, coffee-grinding on a large scale, a litl c stone-breaking, cleaning and sweeping. l attending to the pigs and the garden and other small work. It need hardly be said no one is OVCI‘WOl‘kctl; and it is certainly much better for any workman, although growing old and a little infirm (a majority in the carpenters’ shops here wear spec-l tnclcs), to do some cosy work at his trudc, than sit with idle hands while thc \vcury hours pass. of the benefit to the younger people nothing need be said. The ingenuity shown in finding work in some cases is amusing. What must be the condition of mind of a sour-minded tiumuu who, uffcr eating. Austrian beef, finds himself making the cmplymcat tins into useful pots and pans? On the woman's side. too, much( work is doneâ€"not. only all the washing for the \vcrk-liousc and mfirmary but for the large district schools. Roughly 5 making, no outside tradesmen is cmploym to do work here for three or four hundred people, and there is a considerable sale of the re- sults of their work. It has taken some years forusmcll experiment to grow into this success. Another step has been taken â€"â€"tho guardians appointed a “mental in- structor.” As those to be instructed al- ready hnda. chaplain to look after them, there seemed to be a danger that the paupers would arrive at the condition of the young man Punch showed us a. week or two agoâ€"so “ crammed that he could get nothing out." But the result here has been satis- factory. The instructor has to make him. self acquainted with the various trades and learn what is going on about the countryâ€" whethcr men of any special trade are want- ed anywhere. No doubt other unions are moving in the direction taken by this one; but here is probably the most complete ex- ample of what has been done hitherto.â€" 1’ufl .llall Guzcltu. ow...__.__._ The New Represslon Bill for Ireland. In introducing the new rcprcsaiou bill Sir William Harcourt explained its scope in the following words :â€" “ Crime is the plague spot in Ire- land. It springs from secret societies, audmust be cxtcrpatcd. The main-spring of crime is ex cctotion of immunity, which is only too we I founded, as thojuriesdo not convict. The Government has therefore concluded that it is necessary in places where the ordinary law is not observed, that spe- cial tribunals consisting of three judges, be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant to try the case without a. jury. The judgment of the Court must be unanimous. Appeal can be made to the Supreme Court, the judgmcntl of the latter to be given by n majority of the judges. The Supreme Court may db minish, but cannot increase the severity of the sentence. The bill gives power to search for secret apparatus of murder, such us , arms, threatening letters,ctc., power to cuter houses by day or night under warrant of Lord , Lieutenant; power to arrest persons prow-l ling about at night unable to give an account I A l marily; power to arrest strangcrs, as crimcs arcgencmlly committed by foreign emissar- ies, the hospitality of England not bcing for She mutt:le up.“ COPY 0f the Will. Which . such persons as agents of O'Donovun Russo, I had not even noticed thus for. “See what l and pan or to remove foreigners considered the kind old man says of you," she went on ' dangerous to the peace. The (lovcrnmcut I could not 800 therefore intend to revive the Alien Act. Secret societies will be dealt with sum- marily, and membership thereof will consti- tute offcuccuurler the Act. Newspapers con- taining seditious inflammatory matter may be suppressed, and the proprietors required to enter recognizance not to repeat the of- fence." As the indignation subsides the neces- sity for putting the measure into force will be less urgent, and unless a new reign of terror is counted upon, it will be like a torpedo ship in time of peace. Meantime the real difficulty as to the amount of inter- nal self government England is prepared to concede is untouched. -.â€"~.>-o*~â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" The Development of tho Senses. In the fifth century bcforc Christ, Dcmo- critus declared that the senses ofsight, hear- ing, smell and taste were merely modifica- tions of the sense of touch. Aristotle ridi- culcd his theory, and so, stamped with lllll diss proval, it lay untouched for two thou- snudlyears, until Telusius, an Italian of the sixteenth century, revived it. Strange to say, all that modern science has accomplished in embryology and zoology tends to confirm this theory of Dcmocntus, tions of the universal senseâ€"the sense of touch. In the embryo of all animals the or- gans of those four senses first appear as im- foldings of the outer cctodcrm, from which the outer skin also develops. At an early stage they are all simple pockets in thc If the history of the cm- With icy-cold fingers he took my hand and , liryo is to be mkcn as the miniature oftlu- Ill-ted ‘lt 1" “llcnw to his lll‘fi- The sight or i history of tlic rout-«that is, if the individu- ll” “Ell/“lion encouraged Incâ€"I don't ‘0 this l ul in its development folloWs the some com .w day know why, unless itsppcalcd in some way to my compassion. I was bold enough tolook at him. Still silent, he placed the letters on the tableâ€"and then ho. laid the signed per beside them. “'lmn I uwthat I was bolder still. I spoke first. “Surely you don't refuse mo 3 ’ I said. He auswa , "I thank you with my who] heart; I admire you more than words can say. But I can't take it." “Why not?" “The fortune is yours," he said, if Isay no more." His head sank on his breast. Ile stretched one hand. silcntlyilnploring me to under stand him. I could endure it no longer. forgot every consideration which a woman stop them. said. "No." "Will you take me with it t" l Hmemumac. l cutly. ( “Remember how poor I am, and for- fornw l, That evening Mrs. Fosdyke indulged her! sense of humor in s new way. She hand- “After all. my dear," she remarked, “you that the race has followed, and if. sci-um reasonable to suppose that this is the cums-T- it is cosy t1.- scc thc importnncc of the evi- , dcncc. i In the animal kingdom the scum: of touch lis universal; it is. even found in those low- lcst animals, the protmna, which are only masses of simple protoplasm. lot, if this animal with its one sense is to become higher, there must be a lll\'ll:l(lll of labor ; there is too much work for one «cun- to do properly, and by n pmntilivc mmlificatirm this primitive lscnsc is to become qualitatively rliil'er- ent in arts, and this qualitative difference is tho ililfcrencc which we notirv: between 1 lthe sense of touch and the other ncmurs lof the higher animals; it has come in my position ought to have remembered. lnbout by an accumulation of tin: Mum: of Out came the desperate words before I could l much, The waves of air which fall on the body “You “‘0‘” Lu” my “I” 1’7 lucll?" I lof this protozoan as heat arc ramble of a {higher rendcring, they will signify more 5 than heat to the proper organ for perceiving them, they will give the sensations of light . and colors. 2 pigmaibspots in the skin, they merely dis- ; anguish heat from cold and lig it from dark- . 1 . . - neu; but later, by the formation of a lens need" ‘ l” u d 0‘ h'mg 'pol‘w fin“ land sensitive membrane, the external world You In" Only “"6 u” "Idem I‘l'llll‘“e "I l is revealed in all its varietyuâ€"lfo'xn W. the sex. This is leap yur." (rut up.) 1.02211, i In May. The simplest eyes are merely Popular Scitnre Jim-me for ”.\â€"*_.â€"â€" PERSONAL fives: Vicious. wife of thc (‘roun lilflh‘t‘ l‘ix‘dcusl. “iliiau'. has berriquer leluv-rwl of 3. >0". w- > ILL .. ._ Ibnisu Mincliiwu. was an arden: .v-x~ rm 1: r as his youth. and his kcvn “been \‘n'vll‘l: u: minu- is thought to I‘m u bwn smumd In the chase. Stephen Jenner. granduephew of the dis- covl‘x‘cl‘ul vaccination, and himself the sub- ject of some of his wly experiments, is living at the age of $5 in great poverty at Heathfield, England. Accompanied by her childn‘n and a nun:- crous suite. I'rinv‘css Dolgomuki, the mur- :Jnativ‘ wife of tl-c late Car, has arrived in l‘aris. mid put up at the llutel dc Loinle in the line Castiglionc. Apart from mu~ic and conversation on nun-scientific _sul:jccts, the late Charles Robert Darwin found his principal mlsxs‘ tion from study in novel wading, the merit of the tale being of no account so long as it was interesting. 'l‘lic'Esrl of Shaftcsbury, thel-Larl of Abcr~ dcnu. Canon Farrur, Mr. Morley, M.I‘.. and many others prominent in social and public life. have signed a mluast to Moody and Sunkey asking them to continue their labors in London for at least twelve months. Ina talk lately with Loni llcnbigh, a Roman Catholic poor, the Pope ex rested himself as deeply sensible of tho iberty Roman Catholics enjoy in the llritisk em- pire, and his strong desire to he placed in communication officially With the Govern. mom, with a view to accurate informa- tion. Princess Mario llcllu Rocco, who, about twuyeais ago, printed some gossiping dc- tails conccruing her uncle, the poet Heine, will shortly publish another work on this thcmc, called “Skizzcn ubor lleiuricli llcinc," in which she vromiscs to furnish much new biographies nmfcrisl, nudun- published writings. It is related of the late Earl of Derby, whova a martyr to gout, that on one occasion a mcrchsut sent him a supply of sherry, informing him that as long as be confined himself to it he would continuu frcc from his enemy; to which thc suitcsumn luconicnllv replich that “hchad tasted the slicrry and preferred the gout." Mr. \\'ortli‘s numerous frirnds, according to the London ll'ari'd. will be sorry to hear that ho is not in the best of health. llu still attends to business, however, and may be seen moving about his showrooms iuu longdrub czvsluucro dressiu' own, lined with yellowsatin, with a blaiik s 'ull capou his head. This is his favorite dinner cos- tumc at his palatial mansion at Surcs- nos. At her first appearance since the death of her husband, on tho stage of Albert Hall, London, Mndumc Nilsson was dressed in deepest mourning, and her first notcs bu- truyod her agitation by a frcuiulous quiver. But she soon bruvcly conquurcd ln-rsclf, and licr full, strong voice runs: through tho hull with all its old-limo swcctucss. I'hc uu~ dienco applaudch rapturously, but sh.- lirm- lv declined the cncorc. Cobdcn, a pauper-stricken farmer's sou, refused u. seat in the Cabinet, and, subse- qucntly, a barouctcy and a privy councillor- sliip. (lrotc refused a peerage, Drs. Stanley and Nurghcu bishoprics, the latter twice. Chambers, of ('ImmI/ers‘s Journal has refused knighthood. Such refusals of dignitics, liowcvcr, bear a very small pro- portion to the requests for them. Prime Ministers can tell curious tales on the sub- joct. Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. Leonard Jerome‘s son-in-luw, who came out in thc Gallic on a health trip, is the head and front of what is called the Fourth Party iuthe House of Commons. It is nuts multitudiu- one party, being composed of only four or five persons, but what it hicks in numbers itmnkcs u) in audacity. Lord Randolph is a Slll‘CWl man, and a splendid worricr of the present administration. He delights in scarifyiug the party cuticle, and docs it in a. willy that is lpiitc attractive to the British mun . A newspaper correspondent who sat by Lieutenant Dc Long's side at the hotel table, during the last fcw weeks of prepara- tion for the .lcauncttc expedition, said one day to that ill-fated ofliccr that the little . family he was about to leave was worth more to his lifc than all the glory he could hope to gain. “Would you then let flu.- liacliclors have all the glory 2’” asked Do Long, pleasantly ; and his wifc, who, \vith tlicirlittlc daughtcr, sat by his side, uddcd: l “I want him to go : I nm as enthusiastic for him as he is." l'urisiim society has sustained agrcaf loss by the death of Mme. In Comtcssc d'llaus‘ sonvillo, granddaughter of Mmc. dc Stncl, daughter of the late, and sister of the pre- sent, Dukcdc llroglic. She had undcurcd herself to a large circle of friends by the vigor of her intellect and those wmnunly virtues which imparted un unspeakable clmrmtc licrsociul rclutions: Mmc. d’llnus- sonvillc lnndc n considerable mark in lifcr- nturc, and her “Robert l'lmmcf.” nnd licr “.lcuncsscdc Lord Byron” uttuincd morc than ephemeral popularity. She was u l'rotcstunt. Stanley, the cxplorcr, was on the Upper Congo, Southwest Africa, on the 16th of January last, with his party of 2361mm, mostly Zanzidnrris, who, he says, are ob- cdicnt, docile, brave, and hard-Working. They are also perfectly honest. Not one II in disgrace, and during the month preced- ing there had bccn no occasion for uttering nu nngr word. Not one of them has a gun, spear, mile, or weapon of any kind. Stanley maintains a certain rcticcucc about the exact nutmcof his work in Africa. He is the agent of companies which lisvcin~ vested large amounts of capital in opening up sections of Africa, um who naturally desire to secure for themselves fill the ad- vantugcs which may accrue from the ex- plorcr‘s labors. In a few months we shall probably hear rather interesting and pon- sibly somewhat startling new» from the little uninp on the Uppcr Congo. ..__.... -. -_ .o -- Lady Fouoers In Paris. A taste for fencing is being developed an every nidr, says a Paris correspondent, and thc (Iirclc dc’ll‘lscrime will soon be overrun with candidates for admission. Milllc k'cy- gbinc, thr rcccnt :lrhulunlr at the 'l'hc-otri- Francoise, was described as n swordswomnn of great mcrit. Ulgn dc Janina, who wrotu thc “Mcmoris of a C(msack." and uddrd to flu: biographical nuts-s which will warm to write the history of the Abbe Liszt, um: an adopt in that scicncc. Sarah Bernhardt lllln not yet publicly professed. and now u. lolly. tlw (forum-M411», ll--- ‘, has challenged tlu' llumn dc San Malnto t0 lncct her foil in band. The llsron in said to have: occupy-d tlu: rurlrl, and the date of the assaults? arms, which will low-midi.- all l'uris in flu.- l‘t'ncing School of the Faubourg Saint Ilonorc, is bcing anxiously anticipated. It is to bc ho md that the love of the sword will not ilnfucc thc (TMmu-ss dc l$â€"~~- to rt:- pcat the exploits of Mdllc. dc Maupin, who was om: of the best fcnccrs of the day, and who ronmcd through the streets of Paris at night, clad in male attire, plucking off the cloaks of [Willl citizens and crossing swords with the gallant: who bop nod to to bc abroad. Once at a ball, mill: cover of her cavalier costume, she paid court to s beautiful young woman, whose admirers re- suin tbc intrusion of the stranger. Sonic remarks were exchanged, and Mdlle. dc Maupin was followed into the arden by the three gallauts, with whom s w crustal swords in turn, leaving them all on the field. . ‘nm The general feeling is prevailing more and more that. the Red River will have to be crossed at a place better fitted for hrid or standing the ice jam than Winni g us or- tunately is. In thatcue there wil be a drop in Winnipeg lots, and no mistake I What lotl will rush to unload and will not be able? It has not come to .that yet, but it may.