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if ‘ T - 7’ “My name is Terrence O'Basgan,“ hei Mary’s fingers were on the key anc' her ' R said, and in his ,voice was faintly distin- ' bright. alert face was an answer to the T L h; o gnishahle the brogue of the land whence the query. BY FRAI‘KLIN FIFE, IN N. Y. HERALD. The midnight incident seemed to have it was a proper time od night and go away. its side of the half from his hand. The blade had cut it. come to a conclusion. for (,ieraid to say He still stood on t e oppoe open sash. around the edge of which appear- lled ed ed a email set of finger tips, which pu the screen a little closer, showing girl was minded to shut herself in. sod hers, gently yet strongly, and in doing so it touched her, upon which she let go and the window flew hand twice as big oppo open white draped figure. as you must be." " I surely can’t go to sleep talking," was her rejoinder, with the first touch of coquetry be.” she had indulged in at Overlook. “ I won’t talk then ; I'll only keep guard Gerald passed on. Eph may return." “ But there‘s the watchman It l8 hi8 CHAPTER 1H__..A STROKE 0F mam.me first thing to look for in a case of murder.” out here until daylight. duty." . " It would be my delight.” That silenced the invisible inmate of the in the morning was Jim Wilson, because he The moon shone into the squar 6had to rouse the fire under a beiler early was ensconsed some- enough to provide steam for a score of rock where in the darkness that bordered the in. drills. The night watchman awakened him cabin. opening, but Mary come of light. “Should I apologize!” Gerald at length got into a bunk as the other got out of " It is like this, Miss Warrin. one. began again. erâ€"I used to know how to behave politely to a lady; but for six years I've lived in “I _ . _ _ wildernessesâ€"in railroad camps-from Can- hain’t seen your beiler since afore midnight. We’ve had no ladies in Eph was disturbin’ Mary Mite, and so I these rough places, no women, except once hung ’roundher cabin pretty much the last To Gerald Heath the going out“), sunlight in a while some mannish washerwoman or half of the night. cook. That's what makes you so rare, so . unexpected ; that is why it would be a de- an unaccustomed pace, from the point where light to beapatrolman outside your quar- he first saw and heard steam hissing up. ters ; that is why I don't wish to go away." ward from the safety because 1 smthe night previous he had banked the fire as Over100k,usual ani this, morning That isn't adoubtful compliment; itis no found it homing so slowly that an hour of ada to Mexico. "Uh. oh! I am interesting the only specimen of my sex at compliment at all. Good nicht.” “ You misconstrue me altogether. I mean would no more than start the machinery at H "I am sure you do not mean,” and now open dampers and a fresh supply of coal had the tone was pleadingly serious, “to remain set the furnace raging. here at my window after I request you to go I am, as you have said, the only open dcor and so nearly filled the aperture away. girl at Overlook.” “If there were a thousand girls at Overlook ” “Not one of them, I trust, would prolong and shoulders were thoroughly charred, as a dialogue with a young gentleman at night Jim was horrified to see when he pulled the through the open window of her bedroom.” remains out upon the ground. Half in respectful deference to Mary's the rule of within a few minutes a knot of excited men pro riety applicable to the situation, and surrounded the body. The gathering grew hal in inconsiderate petulance at being dis- in numbers rapidly. by means of the cloth- go 0f the sash with an ing the dead and partially burned man was This time indentified at once as Tonic Rivelli. That two miniature hands came out under the he had_been murdered was an equally easy swinging frame. Would more than one hand conclusion. unassailable statement of missed, Gerald let impulse that almost closed it. have been naturally used '3 rasped them. by completely caging fingers. he uncovered them, but alone. He walked slowly away, accusing himself the telegraphic Shh-thnn hhd 0f the Millie of folly and ungentiemanliness, and he felt Stage thh his malady had reached. No- hetter upon getting out of the clear, search- body 8186 present had seen him since the ing moonshine into the dim, obscuringshade prekua evening. Superintendent Brainerd which the path ordered a search of the lodgings. Ten wound crookedly. There rapid footsteps minutes were sufficient for around of the startled him, as though he were a skulkin‘z d'flercnt quarters. oviidocr, and the swift approach of a man lTi’le searchers returned to the furnace, and made him with them came Gerald Heath. But he . recognizad the mcnomaniac Eph,who was in not 8- hnndl‘cd yards from here, a little past of rock and trees, among along an intersecting pathway feel like taking to cowardly flight. a breathless tremor. “Mr. Heath, couldaman walk to Dim. excited. That was after he had tried in mersville before the telegraph station there Veintotelegraph acraz] message. opens in the morning?” Eph asked, with his deiusicnnthat his whole life was condens- ieveral catches of breath, and stealing ed into film“ SPECS. had driven him to B movement of physical weakness. “You go to bed, Eph," was the reply, ville, but I tried to quiet him, and he meant to be soothing “and I’ll see that your disappeared." telegram goes from here the earliest thing . _ . ' in the morning. That won't be more than distant, in a direction opposite to that from six or seven hours from now." ,, . , u through the mountains. deplsgfingfy Eligegfiitliil bib: $213 ‘31:): it with Overlook, and there was no public years older by that time. Oh, its awful to mad for m? “are” third of the way’ “1' like mine though a faint trail showed the course that does,” and he clutched at Gerald with his 3 “W Perm“ hhd “ken 0“ £00” °r imme' fidgety hands, with a vague idea of slowing Mek' himself by holding to ancrmal human bein . Then he darted away, swaying from 3i 9 mersville," Brainerd argued, “and we must to side with faintness, and disappeared in try ‘0 Glitch him." the foliage which lined the path he was have your life go whizzing away following. Gerald watched him out of sight, and was level ground and came into the midst of the about to resume his own different way when assemblage. the voice of Tonic Ravelli was heard. with pmfecelcnnl “pact. imported chiefly by his its Italian extra "a" to the short words and smoothly shovel! face. a heavy emphasis on the final syllable of the tachee a hairless visage is apt to he assign~ P. ions ones. “Miriair lieath " he said “I saw-s our motive of propriety,~an actor who does it , affectionate par-tirig wees hfeee War-rider." from 1193"“in 03‘ 30510th Who him! 3‘ m“ is the murderer" Gel-31d ind jun then u). mind of g cm. f icial distinction without tne features suit- prit. and he began to explain apologeticaliy: able to that purpose. A countenance of -01: w“ cow.me in meta insult .de. which it can only be said that it has one I'm nose, one month and two eyes, all placed in fencelces girl. ashamed of myself.” He hardly realized to whom he was I drel." As much of jealous fury and venomous h‘hed. maliceas could be vocalized in six words f 'll ' w“ [n R‘velu'. .uddgn outbreak. (Ier‘ld “Did you we on the w‘y 2n prolached' lInn tan. Ofdllihhryv:oullz° oguher [THE £5.11] soma 0f en. “sounded, H. gamed upon hf. com. "I “and very early. Faun were not any “mfggpafic‘lo‘lggfi tweeinotilim fizzimla: â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"â€"â€" and reform their train lerrfce in the interests which. “light him by huh lhpell 0f the out of their beds in the housesâ€"as longae that his there were any housesâ€"and that is only for Ravel“ five or six miles, on know. After thatâ€" ' “ Inner“ b.“ “pm being 1M, “d threw y“. I did no one Yunn- A curiously exalt- overseen would by that time have had their Lady of the house (at breakfast). Very well, one arm around a tree to steady himself. He asked u I ' I "I dun,‘ mm to but you." “id Gerda, the dhm“ to Dimmenviue “d whether I whole population of Overlook crowd around Oh . but its the gemman come to sweep "but you shouldn't be reckless with year the telegraph office would be c n by the language. Perhaps you don't know what time he cent and shook him so viclantl boot soles pounded the groun . scoundrel means in English." “I saw you-a kiss her hand." “Did you? you going to do to me 1‘" "I am ageing to keel you." The blade of a knife flashed in both of his assailant'e wrists. violently to the She didn’t invite it. that the But a response. “ Oh, you musn’t see me,” Mary exclaim- Ravelii had retained it since the previous clone m this brief dialogue, and hm baud ed, as Gerald got a vanishing glitzpse of the afternocn, when he had " Good nig t." “ You will be afraid if left alone," Gerald red'with blood, as Gerald shut and pocket- protested ; “ you can’t go to sleep, nervous ed it. Was it not an sought to cremate the corpse. ' awkwnrd method of shutting a window? had found 'it physically impossible or had And Mary Warriner was not aclumsy crea- been frightened away could only be con- ture. But there were the hands and Gerald Jectured. They fluttered for freedom ike birds held captive in broad palms asked by Superintendent Brainerd,tne auto- Then crat of Overlook. - for an instant . kept them prisoners by encircling the l staring lhlflehfly 81‘ the body. 35 though half wrists long enough to impetnously kiss chem, expecting it to somehow disclose the truth. Another second and they were gone, the The night watchman was first to speak. window was closed and the offender was puk. sated utterly by hair on and around it, may ing_ The two man wgrg wglking b6 less IMD D3 individuality entirely Ravelli taking two strides to one of the Shann- bigizer Gerald, in order to keep alongside. “You should be ashamedâ€"youâ€"a ecoun- 1119113 it Overlook Well, do you know what told to the stranger by I'd do to you, Rsvrlli, if I saw you kiss her tongues, and it was explained to him that handsâ€"as I didâ€"without her consent? wring your miserable neck. Now, what are Ravelli‘s right had "’ he and" ‘ furl“! onslaught tree. The dead bod was shown to him. y B“ m“ “VOW “d quicker man gripped y h° ‘P°l‘° “8‘13 ti“ threw him particulars were related to him over and germ, v to be woman; the printed words ' a skeleton- und and tortured him over. Then hedre Superin’ tendon: Braln- _ i - I - - with much“ u, doubling. and] be M “d “we. ' ' I will dictate it slowly. so that you can Husband . Clara, spare me the hair owing l‘d TWINS. O Reagans came. " I am a government de~ “Clive; I hhve been “at m w_°’k “P "1' detective slowly said, waiting for the clicks ‘19P“ "1 me 03“ °f 5°!“ fall“ Wilma" of the instrument to put his language on the In the encounter the feiters. We had a clew poxntiug to a “h wire, "Tonic Ravelli, a sub-contractor here, , contractor here, the very man who lies there w“ murdered 1“, nights: tween two beings who came into the world dead. Our information was that he used Marya, hand and “fly from the key am“. together. Tnere can be no doubt. that this “n19 of the b0?“ bin“ in Paying 03 1‘“ sending that and the always faint tint in her Bleir‘l-h‘i' i3 “hi: “‘1 “0: the 856% 0f the . ,, . . . Now it isn't going outside my mis. ~ ima ination, as some have in d. ‘ “You meant w k,“ me, (Jerald “chum, 55:18” investigate hi: death, if you don't cheeks faded out and her eyes flickered up 8 ppoee ho object." “ I would be glad to have you take hold or it,” Brainerd replied. “ We can’t bring the authorities here before noon, at the earliest, and in the meantime you can per- haps clear it all up " The eagerly curious men had crowded “To Henry Deckerman, president,” the liners 82!“ con Them. Few things are more mysterious than the undennable sympathy which often exists be- to drop the weapon. clothes of both men were torn, and when Ravelll regained his feet blood was dripping of it. Tue shock of the new, that a man itself and when it is present its cause is not had been slain, and that he was a man who by Elly mews “ndenm‘id- A “My "Al “- only the previous day had profi'ered his love fection generally exists between twins, and to her was for a moment disabling. But the habit of her employment controlled her and she awaited the further dictation. l‘I said-a so,” was the sullen, menacing "And with my own knife," and Gerald, picking up the knife, recognized it. “Your-a own knifeâ€"z: one zst ycnficarve- days of infancy. It is no uncommon thing a Mary‘s hand with so lovingly." picked it up from furnace of the steam boiler," O'Reagari re- hlary Warriner’e desk. Its blade was now sumed deliberately, “where it had evident- lhg iy been placed in a vain attempt to destroy the latter part of it. 0 Reagan became in- stantly an im rtant personage, upon whose smallest war or movement they hung ex- pectantly, and nobody showed a keener in- terest t an Gerald Heath. The detective first examined the body. The pockets of Ravelli’s clothes contained a wallet, with its money untouched, besides a old watch. “80 robbery was not the o ject,” said O'Reagan to Brainerd. “ The motive is the "You cowardly murderer i" Ashudder went through Mary. and she “Murderer? Not a yet. . But I mean to convulsively wrung her small hands together, as though to limber them from cramp. But - her fingers went back to the key. have for one another shows itself here. \vi'rii maxi: SAVAGE Racks Rivelii turned off by the cross path and twins are hurled out of the world immedi- detective slowly continued, and the operator ke t along with his utterance. word by word. - “He killed Ravelli for revenge. It was a love affair." Here the girl grew whiter still, and the clicks became very slow, but they did not cease. O Reagan’s voice was cold . and ruthless. " The motive of the murderer was revenge. His name was Gerald Heat 1." All but the name dished off on the wire. Mary Warriner’s power to stir the key stopped at that. She did not faint. She did not make any outcry. .For a moment she looked as though the soul had gone out of her- body, leaving a corpse sitting ,there. A grievous wail of wind came through the trees, and a streak of lightening zigzagged down the blue clouded sky. “Go on,” said O‘Raagan. “I will . not," was the determined re- spouse. “Why notl" ' “Because it is not so. Gerald Heath never murdered Ravelli." Gerald had stood motionless and silent. Now he gave away to an impulse as remark- able as his previous composure had been singular. If there had been stagnation in his mind it was now displaced by turbulence. He grasped Mary’s hands in a fervid grip, then dropped them, and faced the others. “I did not kill the Italian," he said. “He attacked me with my knife which he had stolen. In the struggle his hand was cut, but I took the weapon away from him. He quitted me alive and unhurt. I never saw him again. You don't believe it? Mary does. and that is more than all else.” “The circumstances don’t favor you," the detective retorted, “ they convict you. You killed Ravelli because you and he were both in love with this young lady." “ Isn't it the rejected suitor who kills the other one for spite '2” This was in Mary Warriner’s voice, weakhbut still steady. “ Ravelli loved me, I knew, and I drove him away. Mr. Heath loved me, I believed, and I had not repulsed him. If I were the cause of a murder between them, it should be Ra- velli who killed Gerald." . “ You detected Ravelli '2" O'Reagan asked with a strange bitterness, “ Yes," “ And you love Heath 2" The answer was no more hesitant than be- fore, “ Yes.” “ Send the rest of my message,” and the detective was boisterous. “ Send the name; Gerald Heath is the murderer." He roughly~seized her hand and clapped it on the key. She drew it away, leaving his there. A blinding flash of lightning i1- lumined the place, and what looked like a missile of fire flew down the wire to the in- strument where it exploded. O Reagan fell insensible from the powerful electrical shock. The rest did not altogether escape and for a minute all Were dazed. The first thing that they fully comprehended was that O'Rsagau was getting unsteadin to his feet. He was bewildered. V Staggering and reeling, he began to talk. Mary was first to perceive the import of his utterance. He was merely going on with what he had been saying, but the manner, not the matter, was astounding. He spoke with an Italian tenant and made Italian gestures. “ You a'send ze message,” “ Heath cos 2: murderers. Send a ze mes sage, I say.’ Tonio Ravelli had unwittingly resumed his Italian style of English. His plenitude of hair and whiskers wa one, and in the face thereby uncovered no ody could have recognized him in Detective O‘Reagan but for his lapse into the foreign accent, and he said so much before discover- ing his blunder that his identification as in- deed R svelli was complete. Who, then, was the dead man ‘2 Why, he was Eph. Nothing but the fear of being himself con- demned as a murderer of the maniac, as a part of the scheme of revenge a ainst Gerald, induced Ravelli to explain.”- e had found Eph lying dead in the path after both had parted from Gerald. The plot to exchange clothes with the corpse, drag it to the fur- nace, burn away all possibility of recogni- tion, and thus make it seem to be his mur- dered self, was carried out with all the hot haste of a jealous vengeance. Ravel“ was not an Italian, although very familiar with the language of Italy, and able by a natural gift of mimicry to hide himself from pursuit or a previous crime. Overlook had been a refuge until his passion for Mary Warriner led him to abandon his disguise. Thereupon he had turned himself into Terrence O'Rsa- gun, a detective, whose malicious work wrought happiness for Gerald Heath and Mary Warriner. ditions. Next he found blood on the waistcoat, a The first men 190 #0 ‘0 W°rk 3t 0mm“ deal of it, but dried by the fire that had burned the shoulders and head, and . in the baked cloth were, three cuts, under which be exposed three stab wounde.‘ Strokes of a knife had, it seemed, killed the victim before he was thrust partially into the furnace. A storm was coming to O verlook unperceiv- . . ., . ed for the men were too much engrossed in " Egggggnfiggflgtggs “ESE; 331‘93'8“ I wiiat lay there on the ground, ghastly ani , . horrible, to pay any attentionto the clouding sky. Gloom was so fit for the scene, too, that nobody gave a thought whence it came. tude, live a large tribe called the Ishogo. at daybreak, according to custom, and then a single child at a time, and they they are considered able to ta e care of themselves. This is held to he at about six and the settling down of dusky shadows seemed a mental experience of his own. He stood bewildered, transfixed, vaguely consci- ous of peril, and yet too numb to speak or stir. Detective O Reagan, straightening up . from over the body, looked piercingly at he 5h°uld 113‘“ Gerald and then lanced around at the rest. “Is there any ody here who saw Tonic Ravelli last night i” he asked. “ I did," Gerald replied. ' “ Where and when?" “ At the same place where I met Eph, and immediately afterward.” “ Ah ! now we are locating Eph and Ravello together. That looks like the luna- tic being undoubtedly the stabber." “ And we must catch him,” Brainerd in- terposed. > “ I’ll send riders toward Dimmersville immediately." “ No great hurry about that," the detec- tive remarked ; “ he is too crazy to have any clear motive or any idea of escape. It will be easy enough to capture him.” Then he turned to Gerald and questioned with the air of a cross-examiner. “ Did the two men have any words together?" “ No," was the ready answer, “ I don’t know that they even saw each other at that time. Eph went away an instant before Rivelli came." s “ Did you talk with Ravelli 2” ‘ “ Yes." - “ About what '2" I “ Not about Eph at all.” “ About what. then 1" Now the reply came reluctantly. “ A personal matterâ€"something that had occur- red between usâ€"an incident at the telegraph station.” “ The station where Eph awakened the girl operator? Was it a quarrel about her '2” “ That is no concern of yours. You are impertinent.” “ Well, sir, the question is pertinentâ€"as the lawyers sayâ€"and the answer concerns you, whether it does me or not. You and Ravelli quarrelled about the girl?" “ The young lady shall not be dragged into this. She wasn’t responsible for what happened between Ravelli and me." “What did happen between you and Ravelli?” ' The two men stood close to and facing each other. The ey es of the detective glared gloatingiy at an upward angle into the pale, but still firm face of the taller Gerald, and then dropped slowly, until they became fixed on a red stain on the sleeve of the other's coat. Did he possess the animal scent of a bloodhound ? 3‘ What is that!" he sharply asked. He seized the arm and smell: of the spotted fabric. “ It is blood i Let me see your knife." . 1 . , Q uite mechanically Gerald thrust one hand into his trousers pocket'and brought out the knife which he had taken back from Ravelli, whose blood was on it yet. The storm was overhead. A first pool of thunder broke loudly. It came at the in- stant of the assemblage’s teneest interestâ€" at the instant when Gerald Heath was aghast with the revelation of his awful jeo~ pardyâ€"at the instant of his exposure as a murderer. It impressed them and him with a shock of something supernatural. The reverberation rumbled into silence, which was broken by O'Reagan. “ There’ll be no need to catch Eph,” he said, in a tone of professional glee. “ This Jim went to his post at the boiler, and at valve. On quitting the birth of twins takes raking, replenishing and open droughts lags. seven o’clock. Going nearer he found that mous testimony which explorers of the dark What was that which protruded from the ity of its natives. that the draught was not impaired. A glance gave the answer. It was the legs and half the body of a man, whose head ate mother of twins is FORBIDDEN 'ro sxcnsxcs the forest for firewood, and perform the Jim ran to tell the superintendent, and h'ldl ; (1 th' ' ' _ The murderer had apparently c I e" an no mg "Ht‘it’cs “ 11°le \Vhether he probation have dragged out their weary "Who can have done it '2“ was the question admission to the society of their fellows. There was aminute of silence, with all stand on either side of the door of the hut, “Eph might have done it.” faces. Then he told of the monomaniac’s visit to place congregate round about, and AT A GIVEN swan“. clapping her hands and capering about, Eph was in none of them. , 09.51011. round of the village there is a general dance. “I met.Eph yonder where the paths cross, midnight," Gerald said. “He was terribly through the night. Evidently frenzy. He spoke of walking to Dimmers- Dimmersville was a town about ten miles kind- which the railroad had worked its way No wire connected in him when evil was hefallin self are numerous. “Very likely Eph has gone toward Dim- Before the order could be specifically given a horse and rider areas over the edge of the . ness and fairness. The man in the saddle had a In this an Of mus' schoos side by side. ed to a clergyman, who shaves thus from a â€"â€".â€".â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€" Punctuality for Railroad Trains. Again thunder rolled and rumbled angrily above Overlook, and the party stood aghast in the presence of the man dead and the man condemned. “ Bring him to the telegraph station,” O‘Reagan commanded. Nobody disputed the detective’s methods of Inch seemed the visage of the nowâ€"not even Gerald; and a risoner as r . . completely as though manacl although dark man who calmly rode into the excite not touched by any one, be mm; with the “Which way have you come 3" Brainerd with” Wanker had taken down the t“. paulin front of her shed when the men ap- traine keeptc the schedule time. insxpreseiva nonentity, and which is domi- ehare of the business. Punctuaiity “From Dimmersville," was the reply. certainty Altered Gases. °f punctuality. Colored Lad :â€"“Gemman to see ya, mum.” grains of the day, and then go to breakfast alone at the table where the engineers and [0,. B through mm, to gen on time. meal. She was astonished to see nearly the John; show him into the parlor." John; ed chap, He looked tired out. The Alternative. her quarters, while a few entered. But she the chimhly." Lady (much nettled): “Then _ went quickly behind the desk and took her show him up the chimney." 8°t the” Then he ‘ “riled 0“ place on the stool. The soberness of the h°f°r° 1'5 hhu WW0?“ him-n faces impressed her, but nothin indicated Due to Carelessnees. All a“ m kmwn °f the ""1"!" w” thnt Genld W“ in 3"”in 3h her Quick She: “It must have been an awful storm in" a dczen glib thODSh‘ W“ lb“ “me diu‘b" made it to blow away the lighthouse." Cholly: new}? ‘0 “he the Wire infrnently. “Terrible, my dear ; but it could have only "1 Wflh t0 Bend 3 “Winger “1d 0 3038' been through carelessness that there was a an, stepping forward. 1' hthouse in such sod lace."-â€"lL . The eyes of the girl rested on him inquir~ lg “:82 p ‘ “a An Appeal for Mercy- ‘l,d lblfllnhedbt b- He dismounted and hitched his horse to a £5.31 ‘2“? iifidi to :W,uwfwggn I kick accent became Wife; “Tom Imust have some mono to He l'nmilwd it very thOI‘OUKle- A" ‘h" more renounced to hear, although not suf- pay what I owe, at the hair-store. I oweyfor bang, and a switch, and a"â€" â€"let him pull out a tooth for you.” he had encountered the maniacal fugitive. “ I knew there was something wrong about him,” said the stranger. " t is my business to be observant." hir- Noddy's Suprise. tour) : was simply grand l" Mr. Noddy: trannnit it as I speak. Are you ready 2" details." that the sun ever rose in the West," The lndrtiiiable sympathy The! Often in a neared way to the stem {was in from far as it is known it does not always develop often seems to show itself in the earliest for a twin who has lost his or her counter- "His body was found this morning in the P5" ‘0 P“:e “n33 dr°°ifing Smdm‘ny in” the clutches of the destroyer, who, in tak- tbe other, has deprived life of all its joy. But though intense fondness is no it... doubt to a great extent the cause of such sad occurrences, the sympathy which twins “The murderer has been discovered,” the stely they have entered it; others allow them to live, but only under certain con- In Western Africa, a little below the equator, between 10° and 12° east longi- They have many peculiar customs, but none more so than their treatment of twins and of the mother who is so unfortunate as to hear them. An idea seems to exist with them that no woman ought to produce more than _ seek to rectify the error by giving their deities every chance of killing one of the children before they have arrived at the a e at which years old; since that age has been passed it is thought by these people that a proper balance between life and death has again been struck, and they do not deem any further precautionsneceesary. Immediately . place the hut in which the event happened is marked in some manner which will render it readily distinguishable from all others in the vil- Those who have read accounts of African travels will probably remember the unani- continent bear to the extraordinary loquac- ‘ . Africans talk as they breatneâ€"unceasingly, and yet the unfortun- a single word with any but the immediate members of her family. She may go into household work necssary for the existence of herself and her children, but it must be all done in strict silence, unless she finds herself near one of her close relatives. The consequence of this peculiar custom is that theIshogo woman dreads the advent of swine more than anything, except, perhaps, being married woman more than to tell her that she is sure to become the mother of two children at abirth. When the six years of length, a grand ceremony isheld to celebrate the release of the three captives, and their At daybreak all the village is aroused by a proclamation made in the principal street and the mother and a friend take up a having previously whitened their legs and The rest of the inhabitants of the the white legged women march away from the hut, followed by the twins, the mother the friend beating a lusty tatoo upon a drum and singing a song appropriate to the oc- After this procession has gone the Then every one sits down to a great feast, and eating, drinking and dancing are car- ried on for the rest of the day and all As soon as the nextday dawns all restrictions upon the mother and her offspring are held to be removed. This ceremony is known as “M’pazi,” a word which signifies both the twins and the rite by virtue of which they and their mother are admitted to the companionship of their Cases in which one of a pair of twins has felt some disturbing influence at work with- g his other . As with all matters of the kind, the instances related are apt to border upon the land of fiction, but there are many which are perfectly well authen- ticated. Though twins are usually alike in form and feature, this is not invariably the case. The writer knows twin brothers who can scarcely be said to hear even a family likeness to one another, and whose com- plextons go to the very extremes of dark- . But though unlike hod- ily, they resemble one another mentally to such an extent that they passed from the bottom to the top of one of our great public Before attempting to accelerate the speed of trains railroad men would do well 'to ex- haust all their resources in making existing If the advertising agent of any through route was in a position to tell the traveling public that he would guarantee to land passengers at their destination on time nine times out of ten he would be certain to secure the greatest . of exist- ing trains is a luxury much more to he desired than any promise of shorter time, with the ' On many reads it is quite an exceptional and surprising circumstance The Dentist's daughter (who hears her father approaching) : “ Oh, dear Edward here comes my father ! If he should find us together here we are,iost. Oh, he is coming! You will either have to ask for my hand or Bliss Greens (just returned from a Western “Oh, Mr Noddy, we had a most delightful tri ! 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