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THE’RlN BAND THE BIRD: BY 0. e. FURLEY. cumssm’ " , I went into the dining-room, where, even at thatmoment of confusion I saw that may i presence created an additional awkwar - nose. I did not heed the others, but to Imuira, who paled before my glance. “ What were you saying?” I asked, “ What do you mean 3” “ What did "you say about Agatha a moment ago 2 Will you repeat it 2” Louisa's face w sullen behind its fear. How black these gold-haired women look sometimes ! “ I said that Aga Farrer’s ring." “ That is not true !" I exclaimed. Mrs. Gretton broke in : “ Oh,- Laurence, I'm as sorry for you as I am for myself ; though of course you can throw up Agatha, and nothing can undo the fact that she is my poor dead brother’s child. But there’s‘ no use denying it ; she has confessed to the I theft.” , I “ I don’t believe it. You.have misun- derstood her.” " “ I wish that were possible. But you see the motive was there, and really we can't altogether blame herâ€"at least”-â€"_- “ What do you mean by the motive ‘3” “ VVillâ€"her brother. You have seen'him ‘3” “Yes ; he dined here onceâ€"a pale, weak- looking youg fellow.” “ It is Agatha. who is weak over himâ€"the only subject on which she ever shows any softnesa. She Would never have left him, al- though his gambling and getting into debt were breaking her heart and wearing out her health, if he hadn’t decided to go to America. Then I persuaded her to come here. Bntin less than' six months he was back again ; but he himself put so many hindrances in the way that it was en- dent he didn’t want her. And he really seemed to be doing better. It was asurprise as well as a shock to her when she got his letter this morning saying that he wanted money. And, poor girl, I can’t blame hertoo much if the ring tempted her.” “ I see no excuse for dishonesty,” said the ' Colonel, with a pompous indignation which i even at that moment Struck me as ludicrous. I remembered how he had obtained the. ring.’ “ Agatha told me nothing of all this,” I- said, feeling some pain that she had with- held any confidence from me. “ She wouldn’t like to expose family troubles; and, besides, Will seemed to be quite steady now,” said Mrs. Gretton. ” She didn’t want to risk losing you, ._ said Louisa. i [turned to Mrs. Gretton. “ Will you ask Agatha, for my sake, to come down- stairs for a few moments, and give us some explanation of this matter 2” “She won’t come,” Mrs. Gretton declar- ed; but when I pressed the matter she con- sented to tell my sweetheart of my request. While she was gone another thought struck me, and I asked from Louisa, and obtained, Will March’s address. When Agatha appeared I think even the Colonel must have pitied her. I know the parrot did, for he cried out ‘ A-ga-fa ! ’ with a wail of commiseration in his strident voice. How pale she was I cannot tell you ; loose tendrils of her brown hair hung about her troubled brow, her lips trembled, and her eyes were strained and colourless with weeping. She shivered as with cold, al- thou h the evening was warm and mild, and her 3 oulders and arms were covered with a half-transparent white shawl drawn close- ly round, her, under whose meshes one could barely see the outline of her hands. I went up to her and put my arm round her waist. ” Agatha,” I said, “do you know the accusation that is brought against you 1 ” “ No, ” she answered with wondering eyes ; and Louisa ejaculated, “ What non- sense ! ” “ Before I tell you,” I went on, “I want you to know that I do not believe it, that my trust in you is as complete as ever.” She broke into tears. “ 0 Frank, Frank, 1 don't deserve your trust ; I don’t think I should have done it. But I belonged to Will before I ever saw yo â€"â€"my little brother that I have cared for a I my life 1 I - promised my mother to look after him. 15 ad to hel him. " | “ Then a needed help to-day l” tha‘had stolen Colonel l N “ Yes.” “ Why did you not come to me, dear? Surely have the right to know your' troubles.” “ It wasn’t my trouble; it was Will’s. 3 And, beside, menâ€"good menâ€"are hard, ' even the kindest of them. You would only « have said bitter things of my poor boy, and refused to aid him after all. I had to take my own way, right or wrong.” 5 My sweetheart’s words were very bitter to me. I had trusted her, and she had not trusted me. I had been tender with herâ€"â€" all the more gentle because so long she had stood and fought alone, because I knew that love of any kind had never smoothed her: path. I had tried. consciously;0 tried, to make her feel that my life was end with her ; I had risked boring her with my dis» f appointments, my ambitions, and my hopes, rather than let her fancy I had a thought apart from her. I had brought only v little troubles to her as yet, because, thank God, I had no great ones f to bring; but I had strivon, even in ' those early days of our betrothed, to begin that union of mind and soul I looked for in our marriage. I had meant nothing but love, and to her I had seemed cold and lard, . nnready to hol . Pain made me cruel when l I thought of t ‘ , and recalled her state-, ment that, for fear of my refusal to aid her brother, she had taken “ her own way, right or “roof.” 3 “An your way,” I said, “ was theft l", For I forgot at that moment that I had pro- ' mined to trust her against the accusing of all the world, and I was an with myself, for feelin that if she woul only raise her eyes to e I could not but “ believe her- , self against herself.” Surely now, I thought, 1 she would flash a glance of a or reproof ; at me. But shoonly droo her heada' m’ib'm' he the ht call ’ " suppose you ve ' to it~ um." she said ’tifully. “I 'dn‘t thinkl of it in that lig tatthe moment. Theneedl wanna great,” ‘g, thatIcan‘felt thatthopowerto elpwasuunyhan I should have felt guilgif I had not used it. And I hoped that in roe days, when I got salary, Iahonldbeabloto put all ri ht about your knowing. I didn't know t , I was doing really wrong. I can’t quite feel it even now.” “ Why, Agatha,” cried her aunt, “ I don’t know what you mean 2 That comes of going to nasty Socialist meentings, where I believe everybody is an infidel. Can’t feel that you did wrong, indwd ‘ -- Where is your conscience, if it doesn’t‘tfil you that you were wrongâ€"wickedly, sinfull , wrongâ€"in taking Colonel Farrel: ’srlh ? ’ ' Agatha looked up now, ut in utmost be- wxlderment. “ Colonel Farrers ring ! “’hat have I to do with that 2 I have never seen it since this afternoon, when Louisa tried it on.” - ' “ How dare you talk so, you wicked girl ! In face the of your own words, too. Didn’t you tell Louisa yourself, when you came in that you had taken the ring?” “ Never !" Mrs Gretton and Louisa both' broke into exclamation: of horror at her dishonesty, deceit, and boldness. Agatha paid no heed to them. She turnel to the Colonel, and stretched out her right handâ€"her left was still half hidden by the shawl, but I could see that it was pressed against her throat, as, if to kee down an hysteria sob that would hardly e repressed. ‘ ' Colonel Farrer,” she said Solemnly, “ I swear to you that I have never touched your ring, that I have not seen it since this afternoon when it was on m cousin’s hand. ” “ don’t believe a word you say, Miss March,” said the Colonel rudely ; and again the two woman began their howling of re- proach; I could stand it no longer. “Look here Miss Gretton,” I cried ; “ the last time the ring was seem it was on your finger. It doesn’t seem so very un- likely that youknew what became of it after- wards, that you know where it is lying now.” “ Oh ! Frank, don’t talk like that,” cried Agatha ; while Mrs Gretton turned on me like an infuriated mother-hen, and asked me how I dared address such language to her child. Louisa remained composed. It is natural that you should want to screen Agatha at any one's expense,”she said ; " and perhaps you could manage it better if it weren’t for her own admisssion, made in your hearing, that- to oblige her brother she has done some- thing which, if she confessed it, you would consider wrong.” - Her words were unanswerable. I looked at Agatha in a. mule appeal for the explana- tion I felt it would be useless to demand. She only shook her head. I turned .to Colonel Farrer, and addressed myself to him: “ As Miss March’s future husband”â€" “Good gracious l” I heard Mrs. Gretton exclaim, as if she doubted that I still could think of making Agatha my wifeâ€"“ As EMiss March’s future husband, I take the whole résponsibiliqy of this matter. I am going out now to investigate it. I hope to make it all clear ; but I promise you that if I cannot give you back your ring, I will pay you the value of it, if I have to sell the coat . off my back and beg in the streets for the money.” “Fine talk, ” said theColonel; “ butI won’t trust to it. That young woman will be in- side a police call before she is half an hour older.” “ If she is, you shall know the lash of a horsewhip before another hour has passed,” I retorted. “ Keep any watch you like while I am gone ; but if you send her out of this house, you will remember what you have done till your dying day.” I hurried to the address iven me by Louisa. in search of \Vill Marc . He lived not far off, in one of the gloomy streets of Theobald’s Road, a locality not frequented by hansoms and unknown to the cabman I had called. Thus some time was wasted! before I found the place, and I knew that ' Agatha was suffering all the time. Happily, however, my brother-in-law elect was at home. It was May, and warm for the time ‘ of year ; but he was cowering over a. fire in one corner of the shabby stuffy room, and _sucking desperately at a. short briar pipe. He looked a miserable object, whom only his youthâ€"he was younger than Agatha, only a little over twentyâ€"made a fit object for pity rather than contempt. He was taken aback . at my appearance. I think he guessed at once that I ment to tackle him on the subs ject of the help he had received fro m hi sister, and tried to stiffen himself into an invertebrate obstincy. “ I believe you are in want of money,” I began without any preamble of greeting. “ What’s that to you ‘2” he retorted with a rudeness that surpassed my own. “ I haven’t asked you for an .” “ No ; but you aske your sister, and that’s the same. ” ‘ “ Oh, is it '2” “ You know what 1 meanâ€"that your sis- ter is engaged to me; and I’m not going to have her robbed, and tortured, and driven l to despair through your conduct.” “ You'd better wait till Aggie herself l complains before you take up that tone.” l “It is time to take it up when she is1 threatened with disgrace for helping you.” “ Disgrace l” “ Yes; she is accused of theft, and won’t give a satisfactory explanation, for fear of compromising you. ” “ hat’s nonsense. anything against her.” “ I don’t know about that. She is under guard at this moment, and threatened with the police office. I don’t myself understand her conduct ; but I expect that you do. Now, look here, March; I wouldn’t lend’ you a shilling to save you from penal servi- tude, asfar as ou ourself are concerned ; but for Agatha s an e, I’ll pay this debt of yours, or whatever it is, if only you’ll make acleau breast of this matter.” Confession did not come easily to my com- panion; he was too anxious to excuse him- self to tell astraight story; but, utbriefly, it was the familiar tale of gaminng, debt, the cherished chum developing into the pressing creditor, and embezzlement com- mitted to meet his claims. “ It's not muchâ€"only fifteen pounds ; but it’s enough to play the mischief with me if I can’t account for it tomorrow. At least it would have been if Agatha hadn’t helped me out of the bog." " Did she give you money 2" “ Not exactly. She hadn’t enough ; and those beasts at the college she teaches at wouldn’t advance her salary, though itis due next week. She thought she could t it that way : but they wouldn’t give it erâ€" the mean hounds." It was wonderful what acorn Will felt They can’t make out the of that Col» “ waves: the loftme inmost... ing. »Whenshe*came back in the afternoon she toldmeof therefusal, and We were.“ our wip’ end, till she thought of song also". 7 " What did she think of 2 What did she give you 2" v - . “ It doesn’t matter about that, does it 2” he asked, looking more uncomfortable than * ever. “ That is just what does matter.” “ It was a ring.” " A ring 1” I sat down and groaned aloud. It was all true, then. A the was a thief. She had put her own hes in the noose to save this miserable young scapegmce. But how could she have been so mad as to think she could escape detection 2 .“ Where is it now 2” I'asked at last. “Pawned.” ' . “Have you the ticket?” “ Yes.” “ And the money 2” (3 Yes. ’1 ' “ I’ll give you a cheque for the sum ; but we must go to the pawnbroker’s tonight and redeem it. ” - “ It’s too late.” ' - “ If it were midnight, I must get it out to- ' ht. I’d rout up theSevenSlecpers toget it. ,Lome along and show me the place.” “ But look here ; you’ll not square 2” “ I have promised you a cheque sufficient to cover thatoâ€"deficit. I’ll give it you just now if you like, if you’ll give me the money, yep got for the ring and take me to the pawnbroker. ”, ' He brought it outâ€"two dirty five-pound notes, three sovereigns, and a handful of silverâ€"1a miscellaneous collection that made fifteen pounds in all. Fortunately, I had a cheque-book in my pocket, and gave him a cheque for the amount. ‘4' “ It’s all right, I suppose?” he said, finger- ing the paper dubiously. " Of course it’s all right,” I replied with some anger. “ I’m not a rich man; but I should think myself disgraced if I incurred a liability I couldn’t meet.” He coloured at the taunt, but did not re- sent it. “ There’s another thing,” he went on with more hesitancy. “ You won’t throw A gie over for this. She’s really awfully fond of you ; it would break her heart if anything came between you and her, and you know she’s one of those quiet girls that things go fearfully deep with. She criedâ€"you’ve no idea how she cried over that ring ; but she thought she ought to help me. She has always helped me, you know. But upon my word, Iâ€"yes, I would nowâ€"- I’d sooner go to jail than make any mischief between you and her. Promiseme not to threw her over.” “ I don’t know, " I answered slowly. “ There are some things one doesn’t like to But still, as you say, She wouldn’t have think of in one’s wife. it was for your sake. done it for her own.” ' “ Not to save herself from starving,” said Will emphatically. I said nothing, and we went out together The pawnbroker s was nearâ€"a mean place, where business was done mostly in half-worn gowns and coats, thin blankets, silver watches, and tawdry dangling earrin s. I could not but think that the sacred ru y of I Ram Asoka had got into strange company. My sternness and young March’s pallid face made the pawnbroker comprehend that i there was something wrong. I believe he 3 thought I was a detective, and made but’ small demur about showing me the ring, though he kept assuring me that he was an I honest tradesmen who had never had so 1 much as a suspicion about him. “ And the ? young gent looked like one that might have 1 a thing of that sort naturally enough. But remember, sir, that I know nothing about it ;I’m quite innocent’ “ All right,” I interrupted. “ There’s no ' suspicion of you ; you’re in no danger if! you’ll make haste and produge that ring. “I He did so. Was the pang that went . through me one of relief or shame? For it ‘ was not Colonel Farrer’s ruby that 1 saw, l but Agatha’s diamond engagement ring. I (TO BE courtesan.) W . The Cars Little J eke. An amusing story, which illustrates in a pointed way the far-reaching effects which may attend even a small pleasantry on the part of the Czar, has reached us from a trustworthy source in St Petersburgh. On the occasion of the reassembling of the Holy i Synod in the Russian capital it was resolved ; to forward to his Majesty, in accordance I with traditional usage, the archipastoral l benediction. The clerk who was employed ‘ to prepare the document formally communi- cating this pious resolution made a curious mistake by a slip of the pen. He wrote i “ architectural ” instead of “archi astoral,” ; and the resolution was forwarde without! the error being detected. When the Czar : received it he laughed heartily, and wrote on the margin, “I have no need of such a blessing. ’ He then dismissed the matter from his mind. The document, l l lhowever, with the Imperial annotation, found its way back to the Holy Synod, and produced amongthe members of that body the reatest surprise and con- sternation. Wit out stopping to investigate the matter, the exalted ecclesiastics who were responsible for the resolution jumped to the conclusion that they had in some we. or other incurred the Czar’s displeasure, a.an that his Majesty’s comment was an intimation to them that they were expected I to immediately resign. They accordingly, went in a body to the Imperial Palace, and ] humbly tendered their joint and several! resignations. It was now the turn 9f thevl Czar to be overwhelmed with amazement,’ and it was only after a oood deal of em-: barrassment and reciproca ex lanations that the matter was set ri ht. he interview terminated with a mil hint on the part of 3 his Majesty that even in the record for religious bodies verbal accuracy was a highly desirable quality. ______.._..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" A Great financier. Mabelâ€"Well, l’ve concluded to marry Mr. Tightfist. Mildredâ€"Why, I thought you hated him. Oh I do, but he is bound to be very rich some day. He has such a of finance. What ‘ves you that impression '! Why, g: invited me to go to church last night, and coming home we took a car, though he wanted towalk both ways. Well, when the conductor came around he said : “ Hownnfortnnate! I find I have nothing! smaller than a dollar bill. Have you any change!” So I paidthefaxu. (gone over to the inshrgents is generally " ‘V gamma. , v » â€"â€"â€". no: .ef ’ Arm: insatiable Endurance of the lien. r I The new: that a whole, regimenthand" three battalions of infantry "stationed near Pisagua, Chili, have shot their otlicers and regarded as especially ominous for the Chilian Government, which has fewer tree to lose than usually has been supposoSI Even on paper the entire standing army of Chili contains but 5,719 men and 397 Officers. These troops are included in of ht bat- talions of infantry, one battalion o sappers and miners, three regiments of cavalry, two regiments of field artillery. This force was distributed at the breaking out of the revolu- . tion as follows : In the northern provinces, Tacna, Iquique, and Antosagasto, two bat- talions, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artil ery ; near the middle of the country, that is, between Valparaiso and Santiago, three battalions, two regi- ments of cavalry, two brigades of artillery, and one brigade of coast artillery; to the south three battalions, a battalion of sap- pers and miners, and one regiment of cav- alry. The effective strength of the Chilian army, howevor, falls far below these figures. In 1890 it was estimated at only 2,305 men ; since, duringthe period between J an; 1 and Nov. 1, 1,158 privates had deserted. This rather desperate state of affairs is due to several faults of army orgaization as well as to the persistent interference of in fluential politicians in the technical manage- ment of the soldiers. In the first place, Chili is the only country in the world that unites a. regular volunteer service with an obligatory militia service. All members of the regular army receive liberal pay, after the system prevalent in the United States. Once enlisted, however, the soldier is not held so strictly to the duties of the service as with us. By the personal influence of friends, by petty bribery, and in a. hundred other ways he may secure his release with- out incurring arrest for desertion. At the head of the Chilian military or ani- zation stands a Minister of War. his Minister is known amou the forei ers in Chili as the most “ noma ic official ’ in the Chilian Cabinet. It is by no means infre- quent that a Chilian Ministry falls five or six months after its or anization. Often, indeed, Ministers resign our or five weeks after having been named. for office. This fickleness of the head administrator, com- bined with the division of responsibility between him and two Inspector-Generals, is regarded as one of the most fruitful causes of the demoralization of the regular service. The drill, moreover, is conducted on the most antiquated lines. The cavalry, for in- stance, follows the Spanish regulations of 1807. The weapons of the troops on the other hand, are modern. The artillery has Krupp uns, and the infantry Mannlicher rifles. he arsenals and repair she s are under the supervision of German 0 cars. The Chilian militia has a nominal strength of 58,602 privates and 2,119 officers. Last year, however, only 1,055 officers. and 27,- 000 men could be found for duty. All the rest had “ disappeared,” the technical ex- pression in Chili for desertion. A source of weakness of the recruiting service in Chili is the law that whoever serves as a volunteer fireman shall be exempt from‘ military obli- gations. Hence it is that Chili has the largest and most willing force of volunteer firemen of all countries in the world. Despite all the deficiencies of the organiza- tion, and the wide gaps in every division of the army, the Chilian army is far from being as completely inefficient as the armies of most of the neighboring States. The Chilian soldier has two inherent qualities which render him superior to all other South Americans, as well as to many Europeans on the battlefield. He has wonderful endur- ance and few needs. With a little ‘water and a few bites of bread he is able to preserve his strength throughout forced marches of which the European scldier hardly dreams. During the last. war with Peru he showed this quality of endurance to a remarkable degree. Considerable bodies of Chilian in- fantry marched frequently thirty miles a day. Chilian cavalry, moreover, often cov- ered, marching day and night, sixty miles at a stretch. The explanation of this exec - l tional physical energy of the cavalry is to e lfouud in the fact that every Chilian is at home on horseback and that the horses have staying powers when on the allop (the only i gait the cavalry knows) w1ich European horses never attain to. The common con- clusion, however, that the Chilians are weak on their feet because strong‘on horseback is entirely false. Not only is the average Chilian horseman an exceptionally persever- ing pedestrian, but often the fastest foot courier in the world. The regular military couriers are frequently able to cover between fifty and sixty miles a day, and a Chilian private of only slightly extraordinary run- ning ability has been known to make, often under a load of forty pounds, forty or forty- five miles a day. ., HEB. LIFE FOR HER HUSBAND’S. AYoung Woman Prevents a Murder and is Murdered Herself. Mrs. Neil Nelson, 8. young married women of 19, was murdered at midnight in New Or- leans, by Philip Baker, her husband’s clerk. Nelson and Baker were settling up the ac. counts of the store for the week when they got into a quarrel over money matters. The clerk knocked his employer down, and was about to stab him with a knife when Mrs N el- ’son, hearing the struggle, rushed from her room in her bare feet and iii ht dress. Al- though she is slender and in ( elicate health, she grasped Baker’s arms just as the knife wasdeacending. While Baker was struggling with the wo- man, who clung desperately to him, Nel- son sta ered to his feet, and instead of assistin iswife, eitherin fri hi. or dazed by the blow which had felled 'm, rushed from the store into the street calling for help. At that hour of the n' ht it was some time before he could get ai Fifteen minutes later, when he entered‘the house with an officer and several citizens, they found Mrs. Nelson stone dead at the foot of the stairs with her throat out and her head almost sevegd frqm ghetbpdy. Slim had staggeredo aewee ronitest where she grasped the murderer. po‘ Baker, lathe meanwhile, had one to his room in the same building, c aged his clothes, and escaped. Mrs. Nelson had been married only six months. She was handsome, and very popular. Wimp-NEW ORDER m A , .. emu hum or as men carotene“. - _ Session it sunny. An Australian who is travel ‘ t this countri and the United Statum tax-Viewed y a reporter the other day and spoke as follows : _ .“ It is evident that several erroneous no- tions about Australia are now revalent in this country. There is not the iglitest dau- ger of Anstralia severing her connection with the British empire or settin up an Indepen- dent Government, and this act will be madg known to all the world b the Federal Con- ference that is now hol ' g its sessions in the city of Sidney nith the a proval of the British authorities. The c ject of that Conference is to briu about a federal union of the seven rest co noise of the continent to frame a fe oral constitution, to establish a Federal parliament, and to found a Fedâ€" eral Government that shall take charge of the general interests of the united colonies. This is a very great undertaking, as can b3 ’ seen by taking into consideration the mag- nitude of the country, the extraordinary growth of its population, the rapid develo - ment of its prodigeous resources, and t e advancement of its power within recent times. But it does not mean that we desire to throw away the advantages that had been won by the lionand the unicorn. Vi'e shall, in acertain sense, form a new nation. Yet it Will be but one of the man nations that constitute the world-girdling liritish empire. _ “ The Conference now in session was ro- jectedby a body known as the Austra ian Council,” which was formed under the au- thority of the British Parliament six years ago, and which has been busy ever since its formation. The great promoter of federation, the man who has labored in its behalf, both in England and Australia, or over thirty years 13 Sir ‘Henry Parker, Premier of the colony of blew South Wales, who is now the leadmg spirit in the Conference at Sid- ney. He is well along in life, but his energy is unabated, and the Australian Federation, which is sure to be soon constituted, will owe its existence to his persistent efforts. His motto for the Federation is : ‘ One people, one destiny.’ “ Less than half scentury a 0 Australia was a convrct colony to which ritish crimi- nals were banished, but her population at this time is greater than that of the United States was in the Presidency of George Washington, and, in fact, may be set down at 5,000,000. It is hard to tell who her the booming city of Melbourne in the colony of Victoria, or the booming city of Sidney in New South Wales, will be the metropolis of eastern Australia. “There are several reasons for Australia’s desire to continue her attachment to the British em ire. In the first place, she will thus enjoy ritish protection against all foes, and can always look to the British navy for safety. In the second place, we desire immigration from Great Britain, and the home Government does a great deal to encourage it. In the third lace, we, desire to retain those commercial a vantages which belong to us as a part of the empire, and the privileges of trade which we enjoy with all the other British possessions in the world. Our business is with Great Britain and the British dominions, and we cannot afford to disregard the interests that, must grow in importance hereafter. Finally, we belong to the British stock, and appreciate the power and glory of our mother land. “You may look for the formation ofan Australian federation by- the Conference, but not for the severance of the relations we have s? long held with the British Govern- ment.’ ATTACH-1D BY A LION. A Tamer Receives Fatal Injuries While Training the Animal. A terrible scene, by which a well-known lion tamer will lose his life, was witnessed at the Hippodrome in Paris recently. The s ectacle of “ Nero” is bein prepared at tile Hippodrome, and one of he features of the show, as proposed, was an attack by a number of lions upon wooden figures so ar- ranged in the arena as to represent human beings. Seats, the lion tamer, had just con- cluded the day’s drilling of training of six lions for this performance, and was drivin them back into their cages, when one 0 them sullenly refused to re-enter his ca 0. Seets managed to cage the remaining ve lions, and then turned his attention to the rebellious animal, which had angrily taken refuge in a neighboring passage. Seats arm‘ ed himself with a lance and tried to dislodge the refractory lion, but in so doing he trip- ped and lost hold of his lance, the weapon rolling several yards away from him. Before the lion tamer could regain posses- sion of the lance the lion sprang upon the unfortunate man, hurled him to the floor, and bit and rent him in a most horrible manner. Sects’s cries for hel soon brou ht another of the trainers to t a scene. ’ he latter caught up the lance and gallantly at‘ tacked the lion, inflicting a severe wound with the weapon in the animal's forhcad. Cowed by the wound, the lion released oor Scots and slnuk into its cage. Medics. as- sistance was promply sent for and everything ossible was done to save the lion tamer’s ife, but the latest reports are that he is in a dying condition. Must Change the Place. Miss Tuillingâ€"I suppose you remember, Mr. Galloway, that last ni ht, in spite of my fruitless struggles, you b theefl‘rontorf, sir, to actually kiss me. Galloway (meckly)â€"Y_es, I remember the circumstance. Miss Twiningâ€"Well, if you think 'on are going to repeat that operation in the all to- night, you are much mistaken. I don’t pro- pose to leave this room all the evening. Matrimonial Items. Mr. Jones-So you have been off on a bridal tour to Niagara Falls. What did you see that pleased you most while you were awa . 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