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T againstthedukfisppedaboutandthreateneti FOREIGN NOTE. THROUGH A SEA OF THE W OLF 1N THE HERD ‘° i" messiah“ “rt? 32:: .-.â€" . m... cemeternmmm ' m ° ° ‘1 y' u ‘5 °° The fastest of British cruisers, the Shel- mtg“ Anagram [Lei-apes. beginning to boil, the thought flashed tnrnugh Elis’ soul that an evil spirit was takiuv possession of him. He violently collected himself, released his daughter’s arm and. tremblingfrom headto foot, tottered away in the direction of the tents. No sooner was be gone, than Zilla hal' lifted the wounded man by the shoulders and began to drag him through the snow When she reached the door of the tent sh. was ready to drop from exhnurumn. But she yet managed to undo the flaps and pub her burden inside. But as the light of thr fire fell upon the white man’s face then- came ahoarse, angry croak from the grand mother’s corner ; the old woman rose with difficulty and hobbled forward. uttering threats and maledictions. But Elis stepped forward, pale and tremuloua. took her by the arm and led her back to her corner. drake, twentyone knots, just launched, is a Cnhhhhlmm D, T_,â€"The passenger "eel ‘wm “"w , train from the East on the St. Paul read All devices for French playing cards must hhd h “Wt-3,16 “pariah”. mo mil“ wt of now be submitted to the officials, since the Mount Vernon, D. T” the on," dhy. The I face 0‘ 6°11â€" Roulfingt‘r ’3“ “P9831391 “mug terrible prairie fire was raging at that point, “he 00‘1" 03'55- and the dusk and smoke made the surround- ‘ The report rhat Pnyllls Broughton’s suit lugs as dark as night. The engineer plung- against Lard Dirgm for breach of promise ed the train into the darkness, and the first cad been settled for £10 000 was not true. thing he knew he found the ties on fire for ‘ The suit will go on. pearly a mileuaiway. Elie chihckethtbedtrfhiinti : Considerable commotion has arisen in Wing m “a” _ “ll ° ' 0‘“ '3 P.ris cvsr the plan to run arailway through 3° “50" fiheld 0‘ him; “la the". in him Bois de Boulogno The municipal Council “floating "Wk" “‘1 “owning hfltn “‘11 u. “uric. busths Prefect of the Seine i. hissing ties underneath. the train stood. obstginate and still active in its favor. wuh the flames msins on each side of the track. The crew sought to extinguish the A Dr. Richardson has achieved some in- fire “a a” the train. The wens": he. structive experiment in the use of the “mo embed “a l dad . .p p ea to be released Emphwhwe for rmrdm“ phyla“! lymp' from the death b fire or sufiocation that mm" “0h u mug!" “d palm" A mush seemed so near at and; children cried from BY HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN, ix x Y. HERALD. CHAPTER I. ly prohibitory. The Lapp, as is well known sehnhe’ the om grandmother, wrinkled is not civrllzed enough to expect to be paid . . f r the rivile e of ms in a level irl. and smoky brown. was sitting cross legged Ooh the can“, & 1%. he “9:?” so pay foryihgmd in acorner of the tent telling stories about . _ Stallo, the terrible steel-clad man. the an- giggzegxinble the girl 1‘“ the “1°” he ex 0‘3“ my 0f fl“ I‘Pp" F0“ “when were Among lela’s suitors there was one, how lying.“ “19mg °n “3° remdur “d” “but over who would in time be rich enough to her, listening with delicious shudders. The win hehwiz ’ Rm“. the Ion of Mathis, old woman's voice was deep and harsh, except who camped hhonh the - great lake GJendin, when at '- WWW“? mm”! Wm l” in the heart of the highlands. 2.11.. had broke into falsett‘o. Elis, her son, and Zilla, hhu d to m Rum" when h er father her oldest granddaughter, were seated closer hhouls hihay the wloltid. she w“ in no wise to the fin: balding "‘3’ their hm‘uwmk‘ anxious about it, but was willin to a l . - cqu esce 3" w" "humnfi " 'p°°n out Of ‘ reindwr in the authority of her father sued the custom . W M-.._._~M._ . ,. .. horn ; she was stitching a kind of moccasins . of today can always be recorded and com . 9‘11“ Emil“ EV“? 3°" “‘1 then 311° 0! he! mph. CHAP‘ER \ ' pared readin with me of days before. mgddga‘g:gio:ngrm?ih?gig°gs may Md '5’“ m°°°"in ” '1" mm" CHAPTER III . K°°Pin¢ “W1 0"“ "Milli" : “Mai”? Some one asked for an explanation of the the flames, only to return exhausted. ‘ who looked shit critically and made some . c it from threatening harm, imp ice that it feeling Win“ JO," 1,, Vienna. A responge‘ For a time “mph looked hnhouihle and brief observation. The spirits of the storm were abroad. must be recious. The stranger, while he evidently highly satisfactory to the author, sever-310nm. passengers ave up all hope. “ Cut the leather a little narrower still ” l They were blowing with and and terrible he would say, “ and make 01'0" Stitch“, 01' l voices down the smokehole and sending the the Komag Will not bend “PWUd It the ashes whirling through the tent. In the toe.” . . intervals of stillness the snow-flakes came Elis Game was the richest Lapp in all the slowly descending, melted and fell with a mountains. He had a herd of two thousand little hiss among the hot cinders. Suddenly beads and silver and provisions enough to a, wail was heardâ€"a, cry of sync despairâ€" feedbls whole people in times 0‘ famine- Like which was not the storm’s. The dogs who aIIWell‘to-do Lap?! he hhted theNOl'WESifinB; had been dozing about the fire started up, and not only as a race collectively, but every growling and with bristling necks, one individual Norseman W110 Gama in his way. broke into a howl and instantly the whole There was a time. however. when Elis had pack rushed toward the door. Elis darted cherished different feelings toward the blond into the comer, where his rifle stood, and haired race. It had been his ambition to Zilla tore open the flaps of the tent and re- rlse out of the bondage 0f Gonyempt Which leased the barking and whining dogs. Then oppressed his tribe ; to hold his head high she seized he: skees and followed her- and take his place boldly 81110118 the beat. father out into the storm. He had loved a girl among the blond people “ Gumpe lo botauin l" (u the wolf is and been loved by her. But her brothers in the her-d ") cranked. the grand. said that he had gained her infection by mother, and stopped her story, whfle sorcery and swore to shoot him if he ventur- the children tumbled helter-skelter to- ed to speak to her. ward the door. There they stocd, pu h- Then Elis stopped speaking to her. But ing and punching each other and staring one night in the early 5111mm“; While the Snow Over the ridge of snow, which many out ofi was fresh upon the mountains, he found their view, into the black and stormy Ragnhild straying in the white wilderness night. and he took her to his tent and made her his Elis, with his finger on the trigger, stood wife. She had fled from home to find him ; peering through the dark ; lela, a few steps the sorcery lib-d (lawn her toward him. inadvance of him, was listening intently. ' Twice her brothers had attempted to kill The dogs, toher surprise, had not started Elis, until the cattle began to die upon their for the hard, but in a directly op csite di- farms and manifold disaster overtook them. rection. Perhaps they had scent the wolf This they ascribed to the witchcraft of the in time and were trying to head him off. Lapp, and out of fear forsook their venge- “We must double the watch at the herd, Moe. father,” she shouted ; “I’ll watch half the But in giving birth to Zilla the blonde ni ht with Peter and Abram.” wife died and was buried according to Lap- the same instant a gust of wind came pish rite upon the mountains. Elis grieved and swept her, on her light skees, several bitterly at her death in which he recognizad hundred feet away over the surface of the vaguely the vengeance of the brothers and of snow, A shot rang outâ€"and a second. It their God, whose help they had invoked. was her father who was trying to frighten From that time forth he hated the white the wolves. He must have hit! But harkl people with a still bitter hatred and held no That: was not; the voice of a. wolf. It; was intercourse with them, except once a year more like a human cry for he] , a piteous when he went to the coast for a change of pleading for mercy. Her bloc ran cold. pastures. If, as often happened, he saw She knew the legends of guileful mountain his chance to cheat or outWit them, he re- sprites who allure young maidens to destruc- joiced. " Stronger than the strong man’s tion. She steppe off her skees for fear of strength is the weak man’s cunning,” said being blown into the very jaws of death; the grandmother when he told her of his and sinkin down in the snow to her waist, successful cheating ; ” when the great Lspp began to ca 1 with all the might of her lungs King returns our people shall coniiuer its to her father. Then, again, through the conquerors." wild uproar of the sky she heard the same Some years after his blonds wife's death piteous groan, and it sounded this time quite Elis married a woman of his own tribe and near. rose to be a great man among his people. “Who is there 1" she cried tremblingly. It was his wealth and his cunning which “Help me, I am shot,” answered a voice commanded respect, and above all his hatred in the dark through the furious barking of of the oppressors. His mother’s repute for the dogs. The thought flashed through her knowledge of occult arts also tended to in- head that one of her father’s random shots crease his authority. The Lapps are a su- must have hit some harmless traveller. perstiticus people and find evidence of witch- There was something earthly and reassuring craft in all unfamiliar occurrences. in the voice which put her fears to flight As father and daughter were seated before and gpeaied to her instinct of mercy. the fire, which chased a flickering glow “ ere, Music; shame on you," she call- acrcss their countenances, the mark of race ed to her dogs. “Tschalmo, you fool, be in the features of both were strong enough still. Ranne and Girjes, come here and to more than hint at the above history. stop your yelping." lela had no suspicion that the blood of the __ hated conquerors ran in her veins. She CHAPTER Iv. had never reflected upon the fact that her By the sound of their voices she groped high bridged nose and her pretty mouth and chin seemed an implied criticism upon the her way through the densely falling snow, dragging her skees after her. flat noses, the broad, thin lipped mouths and “ Zilla, where art then i" came a about the corn ressed chins of the rest of the fam- faintly from the direction of the tents, but ily. If or hair had been yellow she might with a great, angry swoc the wind whirled perha s have suspected some mystery, but app' y it had chosen a non-committal tint. it skyward, and it seem as if it had never been. “ Father,” she called back, “ come which made no ethnological revelations. and help me l” Only her dark, deep set eyes were an un- She had scarcely spoken when she stum- questiOued heritage from the race in which the wild repressed passions slumber like bled over something outstretched in the snow, and felt, in her and eavor to rise, the caged beasts of prey. touch of human hands and limbs. The dogs The little frown upon her brow as she pored over the stitches Qwas merely one of were all the while waltzing about her, bark~ ing at the tops of their voices. preoccupation, but hinted yet at an inten~ ‘ sity of nature which, whether it broke forth “ Hush ye sillibubs ; bush, or I cannot hear!" she commanded impatiently; then in hate or love, would burn fiercely. But pretty she was, in spite of all sinister hints ; stooping down to the wounded man, she said, “ If you will rise up I will lead you nay, in spite of the skin trousers which covered her shapely limbs, but half conceal- to the tent.” " I cannot riseâ€"I am bleeding to deat ,” ed by a short wsdmal skirt, and the grotes- quely pointed, forward bendiu hood which replied the man in abroken, shivering voice, disguised the outline of her ainty head. and he sank into a swoon, from which she Around her neck she wore a chain of silver could not rouse him. coins and an embroidered belt confined her She sat for a moment peering through akin jacket about her waist. Her moccasins the dark, in order to determine from what showed some rude attempts at decoration. direction she had come. But as the ,wind __ had swept her thither it was plainstlhat she . must return a t the wind. e rose CHAP'J'ER 11' and resolutelygput her hands under the The grandmother's story grew more and man's arms, trying to lift him. Just then a more exciting as it progressed, and her pipe dim waving light appeared at some distance went out every five minutes. Every now before her and she knew that her father was and then she crawled forward, and stretch- coming. She sank down again in the snow ing out a long mummy arm seized a glow- and struggled to make her voice heard above ing coal with her fingers and dropped it the wind. into the bowl of her pipe. The pungent odor “Evil spirits have possessed thee, Zilla," of nltw. tobacco prevailed the tent, while she crisiElis sternly, as he lifted his flaring sucked away audiny and sent glowering \pitck torch over her head, show in g her face hovered etweeu life and death, raised a barrier between lela and her father. She dared scarcely sleep for fear that she might wake up and find him dead. The blood of the half savage race did not run in her veins unmingled. The instinct of compassion was stronger in her than resentment of national wrongs. How could this youth, with the smile lurking about his mild blue eyes and the frank and genial face and. the beautiful yellow hair help that his fathers had wrong- ed her fathersf He would himself have wronged no one ; that she could read in the gentle, grateful glance that rested up on her in the intervals of consciousness between his fits of delirium. It was hrr father who had brought this calamity upon him, and it seemed but right that she should endeavor to relieve his sufferings. Proud as she had felt , and magnificent in her rela- tion to her own people, toward him she felt humble. Even while he lay there weak and depen- dent upon her she could not help thin ing how miserable this smoky. fire lighted tent of skin must a pear to him, and how rude and wretched or way of living. He did not roam like a wild beast over the menu taiu wildernesses, but lived in a large and sunny house, whence the smoke rose through a tall masoned chimney. She had never in her life been inside of such a house, and it came in form : “ There are in Vienna Semml ladies alou and some of phe 403 516760” ‘16 ckange._0f_whl?}1 only two male passengers swore at tho obtuseness of are in the hand! 01 Ch’l‘m‘m- the engineer for going into that blazing Greek drapery is driving out the Empire furnace so far that he could not retreat. style for dresses. The dress is allowed to The train crew and passengers worked heroi- fall from the neck to the instep with only oally. It was dangerous to move either way. the interference of a loose girdle, and it is Behind, the road was on fire as far as they caught up at the side to show a silk petticcat could see, while ahead all was darkness and with the regular Greek pattern. mystery. But it was death to linger in that The French Chamber I,“ decided upon cauldron of fire, and when the surroundings two million francs for h monument in com either meant moving or death the effort was memoration of the first revolution, to be worm the “t9me and 3 “a” W“ “19-3” l erected on the site of the Tuileries, instead made- The 331390533 find 1‘0"" 0f the few of the twelve millions desired. They have m°m°nt5 “(Fund W P533 0"" “1° bumln 13 a [o iated fif uh ngmd francs f track and through the terrible best an :dzgigii pr ty 0 or smoke can better be imagined than describ- - d. No one knew but that they were rush- The fashionable dog for 1889 is to be the .8 . schipperke, or little skipper. He comes mg on to “rm death' or that the tmln from the Low countries and is the old-time would n“ tumble into the ditch and beoome companion of the Flemish barges. He is a ma“ Of flames m a moment Bub’ forum- i black, with next to no tail, and a hard coat ately’ in r“ safely fihrongh ‘ mile 0! “his . sea of fire without any mishap.- R§;1:lefgeb;°?: 313’ and am” not weigh Several passengers were burned seriously hi] fi htin th fi b t fth Ata meeting of the creditors of Lord w e g g e am", u none 0 em f N] I l Mandeville, lately declared a bankrupt, it . y _â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"â€"-â€"- ‘ “a” “$93135 511;“ h°hh3~d bingwagl “1011;5’ A Panel: in aBoarding House. t roug a egatonst atatt e ea of is 1 H edb . father he would become possessed of over A very Rum on. mm) i own y a we , man who keeps a boarding house. Durin 550.000 99“ “mum “‘1 m“ 11“ deb“ meal hours the talkative bird is not allow amounted to £2,200 only. Lo h d to stay in the dinin b20031, for it make; so ' . ndon as become recognize as the much noise that the at are oan’theart em; mgr; “ Xfid‘bgzemnfifignglfighh ER; :25 great clearing house for all European thieves solves think, much less what one boarder tries huh-area in the d“ a when he had been who operate on a large scale. The proceeds to say to the others. So, just before the bell ashamed of his mo: his d“ hher lug-end for any great robbery committed in Europe is rung, poll’s cage is hung out in the kitchen, now ah the hodaide of the wofihded Norhe_ which it is intended torestore through nego- and, after the table has been cleared off it is mm A“ h er ride of “he was Chan ed tiations are always sent to be delivered in put back again. Not long ago one of the into‘ humility 31d hemoontempt and aghy London, and there is as yet no legal way to young men boarders was unusually late to I hopes began to be enkindled and to dance Pub 9‘ “0P to “he trafiic' his diunebr. His abggnce :3; this regplar meah t' 11 Hrs ill 0’ the win 3 in he,- A new invention to prevent collisions at hfid 110° Ben 110th » u t 0 m “teas o lszugné bywtheir flickering light a sea, consisting of asmsll plate fixed at the the h‘iuseo “PPOBlng lib“ 3“ 0‘ he? boarders world of slumbering tangles, side of the vessel, has been very successfully hhdfilnedy 9?“de the girl to hang the par- A week 1.3.58.1 before the fever 1.3:. mm, tried on the Thames. Electricity is. the rob m the dining room- The girl did :9. and and then he was so weak that; he could active agent. The approach of another ves- Pretty 300”, the bfllflted boarder Game In and hardly speak above 9. whisper, In his de. sol within two miles causes a bell to sound, “Old the Walter's“! lb“ 119 ‘78" uncommonlv lirium he had spoken a. language which Zing and an ihdicatiug arrow shows the direction h‘mEVY- H9 duplicated “8 fir“ ordfir and did not understand. Now be surprised her “71181106 lb comes. took plenty of time to eat it, the girl litaying by uiidressinhg her in her gw’u langushgle.fi t AFl‘eanE. missions? gives a serious ac- 0 kitchen When “he waan ‘1 we'lth on “ thong t was (185 .' were e rs count 0 i e state 0 slavery in Ecuador. ' - intelligible words he uttered. “ and I could Though it is not: alegalinstituticn, yet the law stifioistfggaemlmgg:“2281,5330:01:23:63: not tell from the looks of this place where I permits an Indian to sell himself as a slave and on at; a rhhh “he and gwhen it had had gone to.” when he is unable to pay his debts and once h W, ‘6 ,ood éorhih’ order it w He smiled ffiinfil; flint: hfell: into a ling afi slave he is rarellly ahle tcil free himself. at; L 5 g g doze, during w ic ' i a s 8 new notw y) e may ebtqueat ed y wi . The ma'or- ‘ ,.' sat and wept. An anxious feeling bad tak- ity of the interior Indians have been reduc- Fan J-zhghgglgg “haiehithhign’cofiéngh htfrfivi en possession of herâ€"a forboding of calcin- ed to this condition. 33:1; and Ehnhrie are mgmhem of Eho WY- When he 33”)“ “Sam “he 3“" mm The Paris Muffin gives an account of still household, and the pan-0;, after having yen. some reindeer milk to dunk' and he doc-15b “0311' 1' Wonderhfl Oartfidflon With 811 the ed their names for a while, changed the tan ed sh“ he felt stronger’ and grew talkative' “1°50”: improvement“ and f0“? distill“ “‘3' of its voice a little, stuck its bill out of the H? “on?” h°w the 530w “(firm had “1" vantages. First, it is without the metallic cage, looked down on the solitary feeder, Drilled, mm While he W“ hunting 3 how he socket, which costs considerable, and increas- and went on in this way : lost his way, and would have_lost his life. as the burden of the soldier. Second, it can u 35y, let up! say, let up 1 stop, atop, 1300’ If. She had no" saved mm [if-tor her be adaptedmau an“ and Panlculal'ly W stop, stop, stop, stcpl Let up, let up, let father s bullet had laid him low. His name ma Grog gun, Third, it does not grease the up, leg up 1 sly, let; up i Say, let up 1 Stop, W“ IV" bven‘m‘ “‘3 he was the 5°“ °f “ barrel. Fourth, it costs 70 per cent. less “op, stop, atop, stop, stop ! Let up, there i P9353“ d°Wn in “‘0 “9‘33" I,“ mid “en than any other cartridge. It is also said to Leg up, there} Stop, amp. stop 1" mnoh of the. Lam” on 11“ hunting trip. and be the m0“ P°Wlarful 0‘ 5n- The invent" Poll kept this up for two or three minutes, he‘d some friend“ among them' â€"5° “5 i5 311°8°d-‘°fi'°r°d it to Gen- EM" and then changed its tone again and sang ‘Whether it was from‘vexation or grief at use, when ha w“ W”. Minute“ and the his estrangement from his daughter, Elis was General wrote in “Pry thug he hadn’t time out : . . “ Go it go it go it, go it, so it l" for two 111 at ease and complained of pains in his -d m . ’ ’ - head and back. One day, abouts month moon“ or the ma r minutes more, when it gave another series of after Ivar Evenson's arrival, he took to his “Effigelz:gd $152; u do let up l Sm bed, with the conviction that he was never 9' p' h, .1 i 3" again to leave it. The white manâ€"the “mf'f'top’d'wp’ “op‘ "op mm t 3“ Stalloâ€"bad stolen his strength he said as W " w.” .' his ancestors had done to the Lapps’ ancesfors E? (1th: “file t2°opzzzd£ft 2'“ mad' keg? in ancient times. Just in the same degree °&,,°Wh e 3, £1?“ . t as .3," an a“ “a ' as the Stallo gained health he lost; and on ,, Do;;°a:a'ir: Tigu‘hu'g . , , 2§:§:§.i’;?.“.?°.. use: :23" you new to mother sat cross legged at his side and stared 1 Th: 3‘1“ a???“ down “in”, and premnt‘ at, him day by day’ “d mug magic songs bYOBi‘le‘ VSlIiataheywigifiiibdsezlig idked the which, as it seemed to Ivar, would have “HOW much dol owe on Win {haired made him ill even if he had been ever so “Wh on do.“ owefina {or a wcék et' robust. They were a mere rhythmic wail, 37’ y 3' t with sudden crescendoea and long crooning I’m in no hurry for the money.” ‘l ' ' I plaints which made the world seem doubly Well, I m in a hurry to pay you and her sorrowful. out of here. I won’t stay in any house where they put a noisy parrot in the room to see how much I eat, and then yell at me to stop. I won't stand it i” "Why, my dear sir, nobody thought of such a thing, and I hope you don't think they did. had the parrot hung here be- cause I thought everybody had been to din- 3 ner." "I know better. She's been yelling at me to let up and to stop for the last ten minutes. It's too thin, and I ll never eat another meal in your house again.” an l It Was “Bale John J amieson " White, the time-honoured janitor of the Dublin Mansion House, says a weekly con- temporary, is a remarkable man in his way, and tells some wonderful stories about the good old times when Daniel O‘Connell was the host of Dawson street, and before the civic sanctity of the Mansion House was invaded by butchers, bakers, and publicians. A member of the latter tradeâ€"Mr. O‘Con. nor, a whiskey-merchantâ€" was Lord Mayor some years ago, and a captain in a regiment stationed in Dublin called to see his lord- ship in connection with some charitable in- stitution. The door, as usual, was opened by White. “ Good morrow, White," was the salute of the captain. " Good day to ye, surr," greeted White. "Is the Lord Mayor in l" “ Well, surr, if ye want to see him at wonst, he’s out ; but, if ye can wait a quarther of an hour, he’s in." The captain consented to wait. “ Say Cap. tain," continued White, “ would ye be after havin' a drop of whiskey with me 2" " I really cannot,“ answered the ca tain. “ Oh, sure. make your moind aisy l t's none of the Lord Mayor’s fusil-oil that I'd be after givin' ye : it's rale John J amieson, and I bought it at Francis Falkner's c} posits, and paid my solid twinty-ono shillin's a gallon or it l Ye can drink with safety, captain. ' Whistâ€"here's his lordship l" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Information Verified. Henpeckod Husband (reading the paper and rocking the cradle)â€"-Ahem l the bustle is going out, 1 see. Vixenish Wife (who had just finished dressing)â€"You bet it is, and I am goin with it. You take care of that baby till get back. Evolution of a Husband. Mrs. Plentypopâ€"“ Well, have you suc- ceeded in getting rid of the attentions of Mr. Neverskip 2" Mrs. Widcwfairâ€"“ Hardly.‘ Mrs. Plentypopâ€"“ Did you have him ar- rested and fined for malicious persecution, as I advised you?" Mrs. Widowfairâ€"“Yes." Mrs. Plentypopâ€"“ With what result?" Mrs. Widowfairâ€"“ He paid the fine and came immediately to my house to renew his suit." Mrs. Pleutypopâ€"“ Well 2‘ Mrs. Widowfairâ€"“ I had the footman kick him down the steps." Mrs. Plentypopâ€""What then 2" Mrr. Widowfairâ€"“ He apologized to James for wearing thick trousers and said that he would call again." Mrs. Pleutypopâ€"“ Did he 2” Mrs. Widowfairâ€"“ Yer, in ten minutes. I had to see him, of course." Mrs. Pientypo “ And you upbraidsd him for his nngeu emauly conduct? ’ Mrs. Widowfairâ€"“No; I began to sus- pect that the poor man really did love me, and love is such a rare quality in a man with an income of $100,000 a year that 1â€"” Mrs Plentypop -“You what 2" Mrs. Widowtairâ€"“ I told him if he could waittill my sorrowwas sixwesksoldl wouldputhhninapositicn for discharging James." he lady said all she could to pacify the gry and hot-headed boarder, but she couldn't make lim. bellve that the parrot had not been placed there to watch him, andso she took what he owed her and let him go. ____â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€" Unprcnounceahle. A Russian resident of the United States entered a savin s bank in one of our Elston: 1 cities, and and he wished to make a first ’1 deposit. “ What is your name ‘: ’ asked the clerk. “ lflmitri Ssclikamavitch." " What .7’ said the clerk, dropping his pen and looking up in open-mouthed amaze- merit. “ Dimitri Ssolikamavitch," was the «,uie: reply of the solid-looking Russian. ” Iâ€"Iâ€"erâ€"how do you spell it 2‘" “ D i m-i-t r-i S s-ol i kts-m-s-v-i-t-coh," replied the man, in one breath. ” I guess you’ll have to spell it a yard or two at a time,” said the clerk, laughingly. When the name was finally written, the clerk asked, “ Where were you born 2" “ In Tchernocholunitzkoi.” “ Where i“ " In Tchsruocboluuilskol." Soul Stirring Eloquence. Old Colonel Zell at the time when Grant was up for the American Presidency and when the D:mncratic watchword was "Any- thing to beat Grant !" was addressing an en- thusiastic meeting of the Republicans, when a Democrat, who was hanging on to the verge of the crowd, no out: "It’s easy talkin’ Colonel. but we’ll show you some- thing next fall." The Colonel was a Southern Union man of the ultra school and a great admirer of Grant. He at once wheeled ‘ about and with uplifted hands, hair bristling, and eyes flashing fire, cried out : “ Build a wire fence round a winter supply of summer weather, skim the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon, catch a thunderbolt in a bladder, break a hurricane to harness, ground-sluice an earthquake, lasso an avalanche, fix a clout on the crater of an active volcano, hive d1 the-twin - nil he. hung out the « wen wait i" said the clerk. “Spell occanouagrs vinetodry,put the sky to 1'; 0mm“, “game.” _‘ Millage!!me ‘to let’ on the Itwnmmnghwfiu on, the uh" sun and moon, but never sir never for a hug. moment delude yourself withkhc idea that 213,3 “which: mm, sonar": you csnbcat Gm " day, and i shall go home with brain-fever.” glances toward the unconscious Zula, who in swift illumination, but as the same rays was patiently stitching. fell upon the head of the prostrate man in For the grandmother had had a grudge her lap, he started back with a wild fear in against Zilla from the moment she was born ; his features. and it was nothing but the fear of her son “What hast than done," he gasped. which made her refrain from doing her “What hast than done? ' harm. Zilla was, in her estimation, an in- “Thou didstit, not I,father," she answer- terloper ; she had pale blood in her veins ; ed. “His blood is on thy hands.” she was not a right Lapp. The fact, too, The storm tossed his voice about so that that she was her father's favorite and the it was hard to hear what he replied, but apple of his eye did not tend to abate these were the words that seemed to reach Ssimke's ill will. Thus in the tent of this roving nomad, which was pitched here to day, and to-morrow twenty miles away, all the complex domestic relations of civilisation had found a dwelling place. neither wrath nor fear it. it nor any human Nor were the rivalries of society unknown emotion. It was as if the air had spoken or \Zilla's earnâ€"“The redder my hands are in the eternal desert among the clouds and ‘ths storm. with such blood the whiter shall they be in sight of the spirit." His voice, whirled through space, had ’ ~...~.â€".â€"V.â€"..r-.-.. mun..-“ lsclers. lela's wealth and beauty were He seized Zilla roughly by the arm and amed over all the wide mountain plains, tried to drag hervaway, but she struggled and there was scarcely a flat nosed youth in des rately with him, and thedogsmingliug all Lapmark who has not exhibited his skill in e fray, barked and whined and leaped inshooting and sites running in the hope of in the air, thrus their cold noses into winnins' her heart. Elis, however, was ap- bur face. The spar s from the torch which narenlly not anxious to with her, for he held in his hand fisw about their heads. in pet .pfio. upon her it ch was practical- and the flame, fluttering its red tongue