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r. , i ' __l== Electric Car Brakes. The expression, electric brake, is now often heard and requires a word of explan- ation. There are various forms of so celled electric brakes which are practicable, and even rficient, work devices. In none of them, however. does eotricity furnish the power by which the brakes are applied ; it merely puts in operation some other power. In one type of electric brake the active brakin force is taken from an axle of each car. smell friction-drum is made fast to the axle. Another friction-drum hung from the body of the car swings near the axle. If. when the car is in motion, these drums are brought in contact, that one which hangs from the car takes motion from the other, and may be made to wind a chain on its shaft. Winding in this chain pulls on the brake-levers precisely as if it had been wound on the shaft of the handbrake. The sole function of electricity in this form of brake is to bring the friction- drums together. In a French brake which has been used experimentally for some years with much success, an electrfc current, controlled by the engine-driver, energizes an electro magnet which forms Blakewood Square. She is particularly union! 00308 you as soon as possible. Could we conveniently call upon her at about mid-day 2 ’ The melancholy solicitor chewed the stump of a very old quill pen thou htfully, and referred to a memorandum ale on the table. “ To-day is Wednesday. I will attend Mrs. Lemshed at noon," he said in a funeral voice.â€"“ Will you be good enough to say that Iâ€"Mr. Reginald Sllmpâ€"will be in attendance at noon 2“ Mr. Dottleson shook hands with him and withdrew. He intended to tale raph down to let his mother-in-law now that he had lost no time in carrying out her directions; it would look disin- terested and might have a softening efi'ect. Accordingly. he wired, telling Mrs. Lsmshed that she might expect Mr Reginald Sllmp to be with her at the hour appointed. “ I may wash my hands of it now, I suppose” he said as be sfiixod the telegraph stamp. “I may sit down and wait for the earth- quake. That was a long-remembered day at 21 Blakewood Square. Mr Slimp arrived at twelve o’clock, armed with a fashionable parchment envolope. which he carried in his bat up to Mrs. Lamshed's room. The oldlady dismissed herlmaid with instructions not to return audto prevent others disturb- ing her until she heard the ball, as she was going to be busy with the visitor. Charles letter from the servant and tore it open in nervous haste : l “Sir Alfred Bledget presents his compli- ments to Mr Dcttleoon, and hes pleesure in assuring his that Mrs Lemshed was perfect- ly capable of transacting any business such sshereferstoetthetime hevisitedhertoâ€" ny..) Foiled i He crushed the paper into a shepelese lump end threw it into the waste- peper basket. Whatever the old herrldan had done, it was done, and would hold good. He swallowed his passion, and went up to see his daughter. (no as commons.) A STRANGE LEGACY CHAPTER III. expound his own views. “You could not - Ihsve wei bed the matter with your usual Mt. Dommn’ Who Md in" come bmklgood sense, when you asked that young from the City walked away to the park and t rud t sought a seclu’ded bench, whence he se’ated teuow' Who 1‘ scarcely [gal-21%;; 31:, mgtf. Limself, and drew outtbeletter he had taken titjgrt ‘gfihfiffifi gum, I am mm, have %?33 xhnggm h" m°:hzr'gn 1;; felt grossly insulted had he seen the person an actor now u w ~ 0 ' 11 did she send her letters by band, instead of you wanted to mimduve to him m “c a . . . manner." putting them in the pcszbeg‘.’ He had a right It w" an unhappny worded “meme ; to know what it meant, and he intended to the b‘ck'handed allusion to her it on“ and out' The "7'" ope w“ “felon” sense" the en aestion that Sir Alfred would gummed and c‘m°° n Without d‘tfim‘ty' have been grogszly insulted through her in- He unfolded “1° "1° on"! “d bit m3 "9' etrumsntaliey, and finally the careless refer- wnh chnm “ he ""1 u : ence to the “ person," stung the old lady to “MY DEAR Docron-Come and meet; Sir the quick. She turned upon him sharply Alfred Blodget here in consultation at noon and spoke with rising turn or. I to-morrow ; he is coming to see me.â€"1 ours “ You're jealously car 31 of Sir Alfred s sincerely, sensibilities, Montague. rcu don’t see the “NAB” “mummy .advantage of extending a helping hand to a deserving man who wants it, do you 3" MY- Dottie!” lured 6‘ it, alid 9- iew "I have no wish whatever to impede his emphatic words escaped him, What could program'â€" his mother-in-law be thinking of! To ask " Or to help it either, no doubt; you seem a young man who was little more than a to for at chat he's engaged to Kate." medical student to come and “ consult" with “ 3 isn't engaged to Kate, and won’t be, the very first authority of the day i It was till he can satisfy my rcquircments.” Mr. ridiculous ; it made a farce of Sir Alfred's Dateleaon was a passionate man, and We: visit. What an outrageous thing it was for letting his feelings get the mastery of him. the womm ’60 do i It irritated him surely to be taken to task “ Of course it can't be allowed,” he sold like this by Mrs. Lamsbed, and he lost ’60 hlmleli: “ and “1 1'0“ l7th the refipfm- eight of his own interests in the an or of the sibillty of posting this letterâ€"in time to be moment, Mrs. Lamshed aused or a few too late for him to keep the appointment." seconds, and then produce the card she alv He replaced it in his pocket, and returned ways had in her sleeve when she wanted to home, deeply vexed at Whflt he looked upon crush her son-iu-law ; but this time it failed as a mean attempt to take advantage of his \uturly “Must I remind you again that Amisble Barbarians-Anecdotes of Tolstoi and Helikcfi‘. From the Tsar down to the humblest mu- jik, the Russians are more or less barbari- ens, from the point of view of the refined West, but corteme most amiable barbari- ans, so far as foreigners are concerned. Their hospitality knows no limits ; no tron» his is too great when it is a question of obliging a foreign visitor ; but charming as they are, on are constantly being reminded part of the swingingframe in which the of the wi dness of their real underlying lossefriotion-pulley is carried. This electro- neture by the strange contrasts of delicacy magnet being vitalised, is attracted towa d and brutality, of civ fixation and barbarians, the axle, thus bringing the friction-drums n ghiiqlli thetiiliiei‘ly léfghofiers. Enquire“ tathe! 00%§20§.d In aln American brake lately Lskeworth called and fo the first time u sue a on e unwr con m- ex its on a ong reight train, a small r during his acqusiu’tancd, v5... told that his 99”” 11th °f men. 50°!“ “‘1 n‘fional °1°°hr°'m“gn°t 1' “wd' b“ “1° “um and ' p‘fiont was engaged, and could nob we him. life is like listening to the stories of the accomplished by multiplying the power ly __W” Migsb’mesonengaged, No. Then Arabian Nights. The true narrative of the intervention oialever and wheel. Tre he would see her ; and WM taken up am" Skobolefi‘s career and death, and the true other type of so-oslled electric brake is that forthwith. narrative of the circumstances of the essassi- in which the motive power is compressed “ In an thin wmn Km; ,,, he asked nation of the late Tsar. are far more thrilling air, and the function of the electric device is as he tougher Shanda 8' “ Wh - won,” M". and extraordinary then print has ever told. simply to manipulate the valves under each Lmsbed me me 2,, - Y As an example sf the strange contrasts of car, 1: which the air islet into the brake- ‘ Hush l" iii K to (the 1d l d ’ rad Rafts"; Willidmdti‘s'finyuo “niolifiesnihl‘l oynn mrel” “Emil. to "up", than pumng ' ‘ es s o a y a wereree us ya s 0 'ca on or sea t e brakes. All of these apartment was next to the drafinfirooml. whole intention was certainly not to throw devices have th s advantage, that, whatever “ The” W“ 3 (1115“61 Of “a” k d 1"“ duliin WNW“. 01' "alto Mimilh us be- the length of the train, the a plicaticn of night. and grandmlmmh Bent! f" herlaw- yand measure. The conversation happened the brakes is simultaneous on al the wheels, yer. Isuspect it’s about her will. He is to turn u n General Loris Melikofi‘, the and etc can be made from hi h speed with with her now ; they’ve been shut up alone famous ch cf of the dreaded "third section." liable shiack.â€"[Soribner's. g to other for nearly an hour." The Em or, we were told by our inform- ._.__..._._._â€"â€"â€"â€" be hell rang sharply at that moment; out he ven Loris Melikoff unbounded . - - and a message was sent to the butler toga to power to St against the N lhillste, and had A" Fast Ewe °n 3 L°°°m°t"°‘ Mrs. Lamsbed at once. He was not detained virtually created him vice-Emperor, as We cannot tell from the time-tables how very long ; he was only called upon to sign fast we travel. The schedule times do not Melikofl himself used to say. Now, his name, after seeing the old lady inwribe l Melikoff had discovered that one of the indicate the delays that must be made up by here at the bottom of a document ; and a leading Nihilist chiefs was in the habit of spurts between stations. The traveller who few minutes after he left the room with the l. frequently visiting Count Tolstci, the novel- is curious to-know just how fast he is goin , maid Sarah, who also acted as a witness. list, and one day he went; out no Tolscoi’s and likes the stimulus of thinking that beis Mr. Slimp with his papers followed, looking country house. Before the visitor bad in a little danger, may find amusement in if 9035mm: more melG-DOhOlY than 6781‘. announced himself, Tolstoi recognized him, taking the time between mile posts; and His aspect gave an increased air of sclemn- and said : ‘ when these are not to be seen, he can- often ity tothe occasion,aud impressed the under- ‘ You are Loris Melikcfi', chief of the get the speed very accurately by counting housemaid who let him out with the convlc- third section. Do you come to see me official- the rails passed in a given time. This may t‘lon that something very deep and mysteri- 1y, or as aprivate man? If youoome ofiicially, be done by listening attentively at an open one indeed had taken place up stairs. here are my keys ; search ; open everything. window or door. The regular clicks of' the Sir Alfred Blodget paid his visit soon after You are free." wheels over the rail-j sluts can usually soon the solicitor had gone, and found the invalid “I come not aficially,” replied Melikofi‘. be singled out from the other noises, and with her grand daughter and the young “Very good," answered Tolstoi ; and counted. The number of rail-lengths passed doctor for whom he had been kept waiting calling two mu'iks, he said to them, “Throw in inventy seconds is almost exactly the the day before. this man out o the house 1" number of miles run in an hour. “Explain.” said Mrs Lamshed to Kate, The mujlke obeyed Tolstol to the letter, But if one wants to get a lively sense of nodding at Charles Lakeworth and then at and Loris Melikeff had to acce tthis treat- what it means to rush through space at Sir Alfred. Nothing loth, Kate informed ment, for in his way Tolstci s a mightier fifty or sixty miles an hour, he must get on the latter how the miscarriage of a note bad man even than “our father the Tsar. ’ In a locomotive. Then only does he begin to caused the mistake of the previous day, and the eyes of the Russian people he is an ex. realize what trifios stand between him and introduced Dr Lakewurth as the physician cept‘ional being, being more than a saint, destruction. Afew weeks ago a lady SMILE who had taken care of her grand-parent for and almost a saviour. hour in the cab of a locomotive hauling a the past twelve months. Sir Alfred was ox- The mention of Loris Meiikofi' brought up fast express train over a mountain road. tremely gracious; but Miss Dettlcson was a another anecdote. Some twelve years ago She saw the narrow bri ht line of the rails little disappointed to find that he did not at the Emperor sent for Melikofi and announc- and the slender points 0 the switches. She once retire to the window with Charles and ed to him that the plague was raging in two board the thunder of the bridges, and saw earnestly discuss the case in low tones, villages of the empire, and ordered him to the track shut in by rocky binds, and new which was her preconceived idea of a “can- do whatever was needful with a view to perils suddenly revealed as the engine swept sultatlon.” On the contrary, he only patted stopping its rava as, at the same rim: giv- around sharp curves. The experience was to Mrs Lamshed‘s hand kindly and told her to in him unlimite powers. her magnificent, but the sense of danger was stay where she was for a day or two ;aaid hereupon Loris Molikofi' went first of all almost appalling. To have made her exper- so quite independently, without even asking to the Minister of Finance, informed him fence complete, she should have taken one on- the younger doctor if he didn’t agree with that he should perhaps require a great deal glue ride in a dark and rainy night. In a day- bim. It was not much of a consultation, of money in order to carry out the Emperor's light ride on a locomotive, we come to real- refleched piol‘ Kate, when the great man commands, and demanded a credit ize how slender is the rail and how fragile its went out followed by the small one ; and of fifty millions of rubles. The fastenings, compared with the pondcrous she told Mrs Lsmsbed her opinion of Sir Minister of Finance made a long machine which they carry. We see what a Alfred, which was quite at variance with face, but was unable to refuse. Loris trifilng movement of a switch makes the that usually entertained about him. Melikcff then posted to the villages in dlfl'ei once between life and death. Welearn how short the look ahead must often be, "You are intimate with the family, I question, and having observed the situation understand 2" he said to Ohm-18,, Lgkeworuh he telegraphed for twenty fire engines to be and how close danger sits on either hand. 35 he drew on his glove, in the 1mm sent from the neighborin towns, bed the But it is only in a night ride that we learn 6‘ Yea; I have known them well for some pumps charged with petro sum, and ordered how dependent the engineer must be, after time." the firemen to approach thevillages by night, all, upon the faithful vigilance of others. “Wen, you may mention to Mr, 1),“;16. inundate the cottages with petroleum, see The head-lightrevoals afew yards of glisten- son that 1 can do nothing more flu“, you them on fire, and save nobody. The order ing rail, and the ghostly telegraph poles and can, and shall not, look in figam._very old was executed; the cottages and their few switch targets. Were a switch open, a rail womum Course 0; nature, I 31,311 be Eur. hundred inhabitantsâ€"men, women, children, taken up, or a pile of ties on the track, we mad if she sees the 118m of Sunday,_ and cattleâ€"were burned to ashes, and these could not possibly see the danger in time to Emma, ; very massed to hwe man you," villa es disappeared from the map of Russia stop.â€"[S'orlbner's. The brougham rolled away with Sir Al- “‘1 mm the "Slum" 0‘ “13 empire- The fred, ma Charla, hkeworth “turned to measure was radical, but it stamped out the Mrs. Lsmshed’s room. He had known bc- P138“i 011003031?- Lorl' M°uk°fi thereupon fore that she was seriously ill, but did not “13°”ed W the Emperor uh“ his “mini-“‘1' possess the experience which told the older I“? hm enema“: “‘1 the“ “med on “1° man that her lease of life had so nearly ex- M13155" 0‘ Flam“ 5° be“ him til“ 0'“ of pal-ed, He was charged with the duty of the credit of fifty millions of rubles granted telling Mr. Dottleson that the case had been ‘70 mm h° h“! ll9°11” only “'0 hundred left in his hands as hopeless, and he would buy “010mm “d lib“ consequentlv bl! have to break the new, to K“, 31.0. a my, Exce lency the Minister could dispose of the he cared for even less. He would not tell b‘l‘ml’e' her yen, he decided; she had no {deg of M“. In both of these stories, which we have Lemsbed's real condition. and it would only 1'33"“ to b°u°V° ‘70 b9 “99””? “3°”. W0 prolong her grief to reveal it sooner then find “in “do” mum" 0‘ the fi‘ndlmen w” Mum“? “canary. ML Domes", mun of ostentation, and of barbaric recklessness be told, of course, and he waited until that Whl°h 3“ °hbrwmlffl° 0‘ “11° RWI‘“ bem' gentlemen came home, in order to see him. Panmmh-wlflflpm‘ l Mfiglme- “ You arrived here soon after noon, you say, Mr. Lakeworth.” said Mr. Dottleeon, when he had been told Sir Alfred's opinion. " Did you see Mrs. Lsmshed at once 1" “She was once ad when I came, andI did not see her untfi her visitor had gone.” “Mrs. Lamshed seemed to me to be a little strange in her manner last night and this morning ; do you think her faculties are perfectly clear 2" “ Perfectly clear. She is very weak, and is growing weaker almost every hour; but her mind is quite sound." Mr. Dattleson had conceived the idea that generosity. His thoughts flaw back to the there’s still plenty of time for me to alter conversation be had had with Mrs Lamshed my will, Montague 2" the day before ; how he had urged hi8 dutl- “ I have no control over your intentions, ful anxiety for berheaithes thereasonfor call- madam; vcu are quite aware that my ing in Sir Alfred Blodgct ; and then, in spite daughter Kate is dependent upon me, and of himself, he recalled how he had carefully will ultimately inherit all I possess.” arranged this to supplant Dr. Lakeworth; It was a very gentle hint that if he were and now, instead of doing anything in that cut out of her will in favour of Dr. Lake- direction, his scheme was made use of to worth, Kate would be the real sufferer; but benefit the man. Oh, it was very disbearten- it had its effect upon Mrs. Lamshcd. ins. and enough to aggravate any one. No “I don’t think Kate would lose much. wonder that Mr. Dottleson entoredbis house Those two will be faithful to each other, in a frame of mind which caused Kate to however long you may keep them apart, in avoid him, and made the servants quake in your greed." their shoes as they waited upon him at din- H I will never raise a finger to thwart ner. Everything had gone wrong, as things Kate’s happiness if she marries a man of have a way of doing when our little tempers whom I can approve." get the better of us: the soup was smoked, “Then you don’t- appIOVe of Charles the fish done to rage, and the joint as tough Lakeworth 2" as leather. Kate, who was skilled in reading “ No, Mrs. Lamshed; I do not. As the paternal barometer, took little time to things stand now, I most emphatically dls~ dlscover that the hand was set at "Storhy." approve of him ; and there’s an end of it.” and knew better then deliver herself of her There was a dead silence for five minutes, grandmother's message, asking if Mr Dottlc- until Mrs. Lamehed spoke again, calmly and son was quite sure he had left the note for quietly: “ Please ring the bell, Montague." Charles Lakeworth at the right house; in He did so without a word, and stopped deed, she had a faint suspicion that the said back to his place by the bedside, where note might have caused the present .iisturb- he stood facing his mother-inflow. ance in the domestic atmosphere, and Mrs. Lamshed neither moved nor spoke judiciousl abstained from referring till her maid appeared and asked for to it. 0 her father, shielded by his her commands. Then she collected her- emculdering passion, was allowed to keep it self as if for a spring, and sat bolt 11 right in his breast-pocket undisturbed, and the with her white hair falling over her 8 ould. nntruth he had ready remained unspoken. ere, whilst she pointed with her thin trembl- He started for the City earlier than usual iug finger to the door. Her sunken eyes next morning; he wanted to evade being flashed with suppressed exoftement as she questioned about the letter until he had spoke the words \vhicthonoaguc Dsttlesen despatcbed it, but be was careful not to remembered till the very last day of his commit it tothe post until nearly eleven life. “Sand for Smuggles’s purizncrflI said o'clock. Then he felt easier ; he had foiled Mrs Limshcd. the first attempt to make capital out of his Although the order was ostensibly ad- liberaiity, and had gained time to remons- dressed to the maid, Mr. Dattlsscn knew trate mildly with Mrs. Lamshed upon the that it was in reality given to himself. He absurdity of her ideas. It occurred to him offs-red no protest; perhaps he recognized more than once during the day that dctsin- that it would be useless ; he pulled out his ing the letter was not quite the best way of watch and glanced at it before he answered, beginning operations; but if that cropped which he did in tones Whose coolness up. as it was tolerably sure to do, he must surprised himself and were evidcuti plead failure of memory or make some ex- not pleasing to Mrs. Lamshed. “ t cuss of that kind. He walked home to is now half- est six, and the office will Blakewocd Square that afternoon, wonder- be shut. So you know the gentle- ing much what the result of his matmuvre man’s name and his private residence 2” had been, and warning himself that he must His motherin-law glowored an rily at him be prepared for an outburst of wrath hereto for a few seconds before she rcpl ed: “No, fore unheard of on the part of his mother- I don't. I want Smuggles’s partner.” in~law. The nearer home he came, the Mr. Dottlcson bowed, and quitted the more awkward he felt his own attitude in room: he was in no hurry to discover the the matter to be, and had he found it more nameless individual who was to assist in sary to confront Mrs. Lamshed at once, altering the will. “I’ll wait until tomor- he would have made out a poor case for row,” he thought as he went to his own himself. chamber ; “she may have changed her mind It chanced, however, that she was indulg- by the morning.” ing in her customary afternoon siesta when But morning came, and Mrs. Limsbed he came in, and be was fully posted by his was as firm in her pugposu as she had been daughter in the events of the day before the the evening before. - er son-in-law wont to old lady awoke. It seemed that punctually her room to make inquiries about her health at twelve o’clock, Sir Alfred Blodget had before he set out for the City, and was calledl; but there was no D“. Lakeworthto startled at the change for the worse which meet him. At Mrs. Lamsbed’s earnest re- had taken place during the night. Her quest,he had consented towastefive minutes breathing was heavy and laboured, and of his valuableltime in waiting to be intro- there was a listless apathy in her manner duced to “her doctor." At a quarter past which contrasted pa fully with her wont- twelve, just as Kale entered the room, be ad brightness. She seemed indisposed to drew out his watch and rose to go; she speak to any one; but when he referred to dashed recklessly into the breach and her demand for “Smug les’s rtner,’ she nuceedod in detaining him“ until nearly roused herself with an art. “ t‘s Starbone twenty-five minutes set the hour, but still and Smuggles â€" Lincoln's Inn--ask forâ€" no Charles Lekewort appeared. Then the his partner." ea‘. physician was annoyed, and picked up “Are you well enough to attend to busi- is h\t, making caustic remarks about the nose today 2 ' asked Mr. Dottleson anxious- independent manners adopted by struggling ly practitioners. When Mr. Dottleson heard this, be felt that he had at all events sown the seeds of a good misunderstanding br- tween Sir Alfred and Dr. Lakeworth, and that his task with Mrs. Lamshcd would b! easier ; but he had not heard all that Kate had to tell him. Three o’clork brought Charles Lskeworth to the house in a flutter of disappointment; he had with him the note which had been writ- ten yesterday, but which the City post-mark provad to have hm dcspatched to-day. Grandmemma had been exceeding- ly an ry. and told Dr. Lakeworth that she wcul sift the matter to the bottom as soon eshir. Dottleson came home, and further promised to make another 0 portunity of introducing him to Sir Alfred lodget. Mr. Dcttlason did not feel quite so well after hearing that; but as he received a summons from his mother in-law almost im mediater after Kate had finished her story, he bed no time to prepare e brief for his de' fence. Mrs Lamshed was lying amongst her i!- lows panting for the fray ; she waved er sin inrlew to a seat at the bedside and attacked him at once. "It Was a great fit}! you forgot that note, after taking it om Sarah, Montague: the contents were most importantâ€"nice! important." "80 Kate has been telling me," said Mr. Denis-eon; “and sol. imagined from the fact of your sending it by band." “It was worth everything to Charley Lakeworth to meet Sir Alfred professionally. Considering how the boy stands towards Kate, you ought to regret having deprived him of the chance be bad to day." lair. Dottleton was very far from rc-ret. ring if, bu: did so: think it advisable to say so; on the contrary, be hastened to, ____â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€". The Oldest and Smallest Soot in the World. There is to be found in the heart cf the small city of Neblne, in North Palestine, a little religious communityâ€"now number- ing about one hundred and fifsy soulsâ€"- which has defied the ravages of war and poverty and oppression nearlv three thou. sand ears. Unlike the Vaudois, there Sam tans have bad no friendl system of mountain buttresses to defend t cm through the centuries ; and still more unlike the long-lived Savoyard Protestants, they have been right in the path-way along which the devastating armies have marched back and forth, from the time of Sargon to Napoleon. But they have lived on, and their unity has neveran broken. They have clung to little Neblus and to their sacred Mount Geodflm, asthe very cactus roots to the to sides of the sombre Ebal that con- ronts them across their little enchanted valley. The feeling with which the present Sam; aritans regard the Mohammedens is of that intense bitterness which they have always manifested toward the Jews. And why not? Does not the Samaritan date his faith from Abraham, or rather from Adam? and has he not a right to call that an infant religion which has been in existence for only the trifle of twelve centuries? Is not the Koran one of your new oatohpenny romances, while that mysterious cop of the Pcntatcucl‘, made of sacredlambsk us, which the Samari- tans bave been reading and kissing through darted or. head behind the glass to find the the” many as“. l- the oldest, copy m exist- othm. ape. which he evidently lupr to be once, written down Aaron s own grand- them‘ “mung nothing, he 3 pnemly son, and the verita is original of all the thought that he had notbeon quic enough th" Pwt‘i‘eu‘m‘ in th" “mild! , in his movemmu. so he mud “(I drew As the population of Nablns is just about the Elm “an.” 90 mm with 8",“ caution, 12,000, the little Samaritan community is gnd than Wm, a "7mm. dnb’ looked behind; almost absorbed by the surrounding Moham- und awn finding nothing, he undo the medan mass. Save to a careful observer, attempt once more. the very existence and presence of the Sam- He now grew very angry, and bog“, to aritens as e divinct element ofOcitlzansh'p boat the frame violently on the floor of the in N‘bl‘" "WM m: f” n°"°°d' T” use. Soon the 81“, w" muttered. bud Samaritans wear a turban, much like that feces fell out. Again he was arrested by 0‘ the“ “11° MO'lem neighbm'n but be' his own im e in the piece of glass still to ‘wm the mi“? “‘1, th°°l°ify 0' “1° “70 mining in t e fume. “d he reach-A to try classes there is not a single point of positive again. More carefully than over he began, IWbla'ncli-‘l35’l’e' ‘ “Mini”?- and more rapidly than ever was the final dart made. A kitchen table with as many drawers be- His fury over this last failure knew no nesth itesa writing desk, and having a bounds, and he crunched the frame and hi h back likes side-board, fullofpigeon- glide together with his teeth till nothing holes for the kitchen utensils, is a recent 1: splinters remained. addition to the hired girl's comfort. “Yes, said Mrs. Lamsbed. “Send him to me nowâ€"at once." He said nothing more; but as his gaze rested on the form of the old lady, who seemed to be drawing near her end, a dark thought crossed his mind. She could not last very long ; she was breaking up rapid- ly; a few days, in all likelihood, would see the last ; he could forget her commission to-‘ day, and perhapsâ€" "Don’t forget to call at S:arbcne and Smuggles’s office, Montague; I shall expect the solicitor here a. twelve o‘clock." She spoke more fluently than she had done be~ . fore, and seemed to hint pointedly at his hi3 mother-inlay might If new“? b“ singular forgetfulness in that matter of tho Proved ma‘BMUY me“Phil” 0‘ “liking 5 “"7 note to 1);. Lmoworm, He turned “(1 will, anddld not intend togive up the notion under her searching eyes, and heartily dls- Y0c- H0 w(mid lendaline toSlr Alfred Bled- missing his half-formed design, promised to ‘13” “boat “5 3 Dr- LikeWOItl} 3 013th W“ attend to be, why,“ without fail. Ag,“ hardly_worth having, and might, moreover, all, it would answer no good purpose to “Pr'ladlcedo 11' l0" 9° “mafia "flung neglect them; she could easfly send another m the d°cmrv “d Y‘lted “am 1"“ th‘,“ messenger, if she distrusted him; and he "min 1“ 13583 “new for hl‘ "Ply i 1‘ felt that he had little claim to her confidence. would 6 9 great triumph if he mowed“! in She would put the true interpretation on “Ring this 005k?“ legfuy 3“ “ldf’t ‘0' in his remisenees, and visit it all the more 11“! 5m“? l)'-"1'l‘1“1"id hum“ th‘t “5 W" in “wordy upon hum No; he mun 010“, h]. Charles Lakowcrtb a favour. Whatever its eyes to the nature of his errand, and no WWW“! “3'81” be: in would be “flulnmd cute it with that bones whose mother is "uh them 1“ 5 few d373“by sundfl'y 01' necesity and whose Chi] is selfeintcrest. M°nd3Ys Bil thB libel”- Iil W“ hu'd 1h“: no bad no (133333er [a fiadlng Mm". after all these years, a slight blunder should Snub”, and smugglwls cffim’ when he threw out his calculations when tbe‘end was g.“ mdnd by the m”ng puma. a elmostin sight; it was very bar... Still, nut melancholy man, who dwelt in a little the” W” b Shred 0i MW id'- H “1013 ‘3 k roam lined 'tb b rte ed in d d. anthorityee Sir Alfred Blodget could certify boxes. m a x t a that he had seen Mrs Lamsbed half an hour u 51% L,mb°3 3" said the gm," mm after she had altered her will, and that she wwny_u I‘M-mud 3_Ah, .m; I nmem, was then incapable of understanding what her : 10 Potfiold G "done, in : i: 2" 'be h“! done: he W33 “(3- H° °°“ld "3"? "That WM 51,... Langley, “are” a, his fingers at Dr Ltk9WOi'lh and kick him onetime,”said Mr. Dcttluzcn. "My mother- 0“: 0i the house-“Here “‘53 the 3m" {a law now guide. with me, a; No. 21 frcmSirAlfred at last. He snatched the Ape and Looking‘iilass- Alooking-glass is a mystery, an object of intense interest, to many animals, and it is often very amusing to watch the their man- oeuvers. Prof. C. Robertson describes the behavior of a large ape in the Jardin des Planter. He wasin an iron cage, lording it over some smaller monkeys. Ferns and other things had been thrown between the bars, which the ape attem ted to coin. At length a small hand ‘ookB-lg-glaes. with a strong wooden frame, was thrown in. The spa got hold of it, and began to brandish it like a hammer, when suddenly he was arrested by the reflection of himself in the glass. After looking puzlled for a moment, he