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"i" DEAD RECKONING _--_._..s_._... ..i......,..... CHAPTER XIV. Vent-y's Cottage. which place George l'rcftan and his confederates had fixed upon us their rendezvous, was a spot of Lt! repute for miles around. and one which no inha’:.itan2 of the district was}; willingly go near by day. much loss after dark. A grim tragedy cen- tred round the spot. Some quarter of a century previously the cottage had been the home of a certain game-keep- er. Yarley by 'lt’llnt‘. who hadniade himself specialty obnoxious to the pouch- urn of the district. One night he was shot dead on his own threshold and his cottage fired in two places. The .rrime was never brought home to any one. neither was the cottage ever re- built. But of all this neither Clara Brooks: nor Margery. being newcomers in the. neighborhutxl. knew anything. The elder wutmnn hurried feverishly .mw'ard. the younger leading the way. Rnrcely a word passed, between them. Presently they reached the stile through which Margery had followed the two men. and crossing it, took a winding Iootway through the fields. 'l‘hey went swiftly and silently. wal-k- ing hot on the path itself, but on the soft. grass which bordered it. Not a. creature did they see or hear, and be- fore long the path began to dip to a hollow, then came some straggling patches of brushwood. and presently they were in the spinney itself, with trees and a thick undergrowth on both sides of them. Margery led the way as by a sort of instinct. only pausing for a second now and again to listen. To Clara. the adventure, with its dark-- ness its silence, and its mystery, had all the cmnplexion of a nightmare. Again and again she had to ask her- self whether it. were hndeed a. reality. "We are nearly there now, mum.” said Margery presently in a whisper. “.Do you wait here among the trees. while I creep forward and try and find out what they be about.“ So saying tlhe girl stole forward, and was at once lost to view. The young wife waited with a heart that beat high and anxiously. The moments seemed terribly long till Mar- gery'returned. although in reality she was not. more than three or four min- utes. Clara trembled so mucfh. that she could not speak. "There’s four of 'em now, mum," said the girl, "I could see them quite plains through the crack in the shutter, and from what I could make- out, there's more to come. 0 mistress, lwouldan't gonear ’em if I was you: they’re a des- perate bad lot, and if they found you there, nobody can tell what. might hapâ€" 11ml" Of a truth. Clara might well hesitate and it was only the. thought that some new and unforeseen danger migth't posâ€" slbly at that very moment be closing like a. net round the husband she loved so dovotedly that nerved her to the task she had set herself to do. "Marg- ery," she said after a brief silence, "where you can go with safety I can surely go. I must see and listen to blame men for myselfâ€"va. attend to this. Should I be discovered by them, or should anything happen to me. you will fly as for your life mud warm your master." "I understands mum. never was the girl's earnest response. ’Ilhen the two crept together through uhte trees. almust as silent. as the shad- ows of which they seemed to form :1 part. and presently Clara found her- self under the walls of the ruined cot- [ago Margery guided her to where a rickety shutter still guarded a small square window, from which. however, uh» glass had long since disappearedI 'l‘hlrough a cli'ml; in this. the interior of the room. sac-has it was. was plainly dictuar'nilde. '1 Wu oldâ€"fushi-‘rned Inuit.- urns threw a dim weird light uver the scene. (‘larn's cva smtghfi. instinctivm ly for the face of Grafton before tak- mg any note of the others; it may be that some faint hope had all along ling- ered in her breast tlxtt Margery had been mistaken But if tin-1t were so. the hope at oncc dicd out. George Crul'ton himself was before her. He was the only one cf the party that was seated. and his swat consisted of nothing more thnn a pile of locre bricks. with tart of the stone shclf of the "match-piece laid act-«cs them. llcwas «media . as were aim two of the oth- cm am scented deep in thought. The net of the party were utter strung- are to Clara; they talked in low tones 'trnung tlu-mmlves. and. much to her surprise. shc saw that one of them was in the gut":- o.’ :1 clergyumn. Bcarcely had Mrs. Brooke noted these things. when :. n“ whistle sounded from mmewhcre outside. t‘rnft_on sprang to his feet. and all were tn- ~dantly on the alert. The whistle was answered bv another from within and then (me of the men left the octttge carry'm n lantern. Clara and Marg- ery mu noise-ksst hack intr- thc und- navth of bush and bramble which the cottage on three sides was wrtmnded. 8"th nm or three minutes later. Chm ventured to resume her pcst of oba‘rvmicn a: the window. she found that the party inside had been aug~ mated by twr» fred: arriv~‘s The mantad now grouped them-selves rr-nnd Croftm in various attitudes of attnng ttm. listening tr the instn:.~tinn~x he was evidcn'lv impressing mun 'l-r-m Whatever llxc t'l*‘ln*€‘l~ of this strange «mummy might be there mold be l?!- » dzutH f.th Genrgc f‘rnftnm was the der q! it. One mt” who l-in'. ft!- fear," ward a little: had Linda :1». card Fuhrer? " ‘ “d y, 1.5;!” 1‘. r”- }_g,‘em?cly Every sect-nu was t:r-;.~:t.t:s. at high-£6. by l' ' benefit that (.fi'ofton ~now pitched his voice 211 a higher key than he had Pl'e‘ v}ou.~.ly done. Clara hardly breathed as sne strained her senses to catch the words that fell from his lips- y.\\ mt she heard gradually piecing the plot together in her own mind 88 (frouou issued his final orders to the men, was enough to blunt-ht; the heart 01 any Woman with terror and dis- may. ’l‘ne train to (‘ummerhays was to be attacked and robbed; some great treasureâ€"Chin could not make out of what natureâ€"was to travel by it. $0- night. which these despertulo'es had de- termined on making their own. As a prcluntrmry' step. the signalman at Cinâ€" car Pit Junction was to be seized, bound. and gagged, his box taken pos- session 01., and the telegraph wires out. a member or the gang who answered. to the name of 551111.40); and who under- stood the mampulatixm of points and signals, would install himself in the box. Then. when box at a speed of about twenty miles an hour, by a reversal of the u I ‘ Ls Ll. was to be turned by Slinlkey ‘: possible, and then Would come the opportunity of the gang. it was well known that, except at holiday times, passengers and officials together by this tram‘rarely numbered half aswre people. It would be strange if half-a- dozen desperate men, armed with re- volvers could not; so far intimidate the driver, the guard, and a few sleepy pas- sengers as to have the whole train at thou mercy. Five minutes would suf- fice to successfully achieve the object they had in View, after which the train might go on its way again as if noth- ing had happened. Such wore the chief featur of this audacious scheme, as gathered by Clara from Crofton's instructions to the others. Of course, each man had known beforehand what; he was expected to do, and what passe-d at the cottage was merely a. sort of final rehearsal of the scene that was to follow. Crofton now looked at his watch and announced that it was time to start. lhe lanterns were extinguished. and the men filed silently out of the cotâ€" tage, half of them talking one road and hulf‘anorther. Clara and Margery had butjust tune to draw their shawls over their heads and crouch on their knees atmd the brushwood, when three of the men passed Within as many yards of them. W hen all was silent again, they stood up. Never on any previous 00- castorn when danger threatened her husband had Clara felt so helpless as she did now. .‘\V;h‘at could she. one weak woman. do to confound the machina- tions of SLX armed and desperate men? 0. Margery," slhe cried, seizing both the girls hands in the extremity of her distress, “there seems no help eith- er in heaven or on earth. .W'e are lost â€"lostl" ’Ilhe faithful girl could only kiss with a: sub the hands that held her cum. “hat ’be they going to do, mistress?” shle asked a moment or two later. She thadlnot been able to see and hear what had passed In the cottage, as Clara had done. "lhey are going to seize and bind your master, and then they are going in stop and rob the train. 0 Illargery" if there was but some way by which tram. could be warned in time! glans. think: is there nothing we can “Why, of course there is, mum," an- swered the girl with one of her uncan- Iny chuckles; "You just let me run home as fast as my legs'll carry me and got three or four singlesâ€"them things. you know, that Muster Geril used to fasten on the rails when the fog was bad in winter. I know thW' to fasten them. 'cos I watched Muster. Gert] do it one day when I took him some to the box. Then I'll take the short out across the fields to where the line turns sharp round more'n half a mile away from the box, and I’ll fix the stngles thereâ€"{But what am I to tell the drilver, mum, when he stops (the train 9" with revolvers who are going to stop and robt he train. just beyond your master's box. neck and kissed her. such a. weight the girl's words lifted off her heart. "But what about pore Muster Geril, mum ?" urged Margery. Ah. what indeed! Clara shivered as though an icy wind had st ruck her. She had not failed to notice that her hus- band had never been mentioned an utter stranger. Could it be possible he was unaware that Gerald filled the position of signnlmun at Cinder Junction? It was possible. but by no tit-Jane prolnblez but in that. faint chance lay her duly hope of her husâ€" lnnd's safety. the rest of the gang would mercly re- gard Gerald in the light of an ordinary railway servant: and although he might (“.hnnce to be assailed and mul- treuthd by them. that would be but a, minor evil in comparison with the othâ€" er. and onc which an hour or two at the mom would set right. These thoughts passed through her mind far lmore rapidly th'nn she could have given the-m utterance in words. The only lqm-stion now was. had she time to warn ihcr husband before the attack took ’plrwe? The gang were on their way already: could she overtake them. prim before they did Y The chance was idcspemtc care. litâ€"no other course was iby thc hand. "Let us hurryâ€"Em .us hasten! \K'ltile yum go and fix the Sig- 'nals I will go and warn your master. firmly "pray ‘hvnven may not be too :ln‘h‘i” ' “fitl: word,” it word more they [sped s\vl{-:_\‘ l'ntk along the strrllt éfiulds: but u hen they reached the stile. ,CLtrzt said: "ls there no_nearer way its the signal-box than goang round to 1it by m. htghrnvtd l‘" l "There’s rt way through the fields :thnt cut ~ off a big cc'r‘m-r. l'vc walked it («skint I dunno mumps you could 3find it in Ill“ dnr‘: " "l 12:25? try." answcrcd Clara. desp- Lh t ' mu . . on “5 way to C'mnmeriubirgassm; ! line at this potnt was bounded by a them unseen. and rem-h the signal-Inn ' onto‘ the branch leadi to th ll ' ' ' a matter of cage) the edl‘f‘i’vei‘n’fféu‘}: iClara now stole softly and cautioule bring his {mm to a Stand as speedily lforward. with eyes and ears p have flung her arms around Margery’s I be had i by name by Crofton. who had spoken E of him to the others as though he were : Pit ' In that case. should he ; and Crufton not encounter each other A we 1.‘ ‘ The near cat in question was through a. second stile somewhat farther on. At this slats; a few last wortds, the wo put e going a separa e way. Clara’s way led thrwgh more fields; but the track was so faint that she was utterly unable to distinguish It. and had to trust to‘ her vague local knowledge that she was going in the right direction. In a little while she surmounted a rising ground. and then to her utter dismay. she saw, from the the position of the signal lamps in the valley below. that she had wandered a. full quarter of a mile too far to the fight of them. It. was a thousand chances to one now that Grafton and his crew wound be there before her. Anguish lent wings to her feet. and she flew down the slope like acreature :Pul'Slled by the Furies. She could see ithe lighted window of the signals-box. shining in the distance. a faint yellow disc. The nextthjng she knew was that she hnd reached the boundary of the line. but at a point. still some distance from the box. It now became needful to exercise more caution that she had hitherto done. lest she should be seen by any of the gang. who were doubtâ€" less somewhere near at hand. The . t up to prevent the |straying of cart. close to which._on the fieldâ€"side. grew .1 thin straggling Ilhedge. Under the shelter of this hedge s wooden fencing referri- ’aturally on the alert. Step by step she drew nearer without being disturb- !ed by a sight or a sound. till at length- she faced the box with its lighted winâ€" dow Where it stood on the opposite stde of the line. Then with a. heart. the pulsing of which sounded lilke a. low drumming in hler. ears. she parted the bushes and peered through. . For a moment or two a mist dimmed her eyes and all she could discern was that there 'Was some one inside the box. Then the mist cleared away. and she saw that the man standing there wrth one hand resting on a lever was not husband, but the man Slitnlkey, whose‘ sinister face she had seen through the. broken shutter. Gerald was nowhere to be seen. She had come too late! To Be Continued. ELECTRICAL INFLUENCE. A New Machine That May Revolutionizi- tllc Power to l'rojcct Light. A machine has just been made that has exactly what people are very fond of securingâ€"influence. It is the Science of mind reduced to practical mechanics. So great is the influence of this ma- Chime that it can throw an electric smirk a. distance of thirty-four inches â€"t‘h6a;t is, the spark starts at one ter- minal and length-ens out until it reach- es the other terminal, a distance of thirtyâ€"four inches This strange machineâ€"for nothing like it has ever been inventedâ€"is one of the principal objects of interest at the Victoria Era Exposition. at. Earle’s Court, London. Oddly enough. it does not seem to have attracted the atten- tion which it reaflly merits, for in its way it. indicates as "great a stride in electrical progress as the Roentgen ray. At first sight it seems rather com- Tllll lei Ema OPINION 0F LOREELVIN, THE Ell- INENT SAVANT. as The Earth lies Only Been llabllahle for 'rhtrly Million Years â€"- Absolute Events Which Are Susceptible to Proof. At last we know exactly how oldthe earth is, for Lord Kelvin, the eminent British savant, has, after the calcula- tion of years, mashed the definite con- clusion that this terrestrial sphere has been such for 30,000,000 years. This is not the chimerioal awertio‘n of theorist, but the result of long and. laborious study by perhaps the man best qualifi- cd of all to males an authoritative statement to humanity. it is of the utmost. importance to geologists, many of whom have doubt- ed whether there was any data on which a definite, calculation could be based. This dou‘bt .Lord Kelvin has re- moved, and he gives absolute events of different periods of the World’s history which he states are perfectly suscept- ible to proof sufficient to satisfy the most carping critic. tLord Kelvin has just issued a. for- mal statement in the matter which out- lines his belief and the reasons there- for. in support of his statenmnt that them must have been a. ' definite Ibe- ginning of the world just as surely as there will be a definite end, he re~ ferned to his refutation of the doctrine of uniformity in geology, with its ac- companying proof that if heat had been uniformly conducted out of the earth at its present. yeatrlsy rate the globe twenty million years ago would have been a. molten, if not a \ gaseous mass; RELATION OF MOTION AND AGE. Another argument against the huge Lengths of time required by the older geologists is sought from .the con- stantly diminishing velocity of the earth’s rotation, owing to the tides. .It is shown that a thousand million years ago the earth was I‘VOIVIJIE Easter than at present, and consequently that the centrifugal force was greater. 1f the globe had become consolidated when travelling at this faster rate, it would have possessedgreater oblatenessanid the length of its equatorial radius would have been six and a. half kilo- metres more than at present. ’l‘o judge by the properties of rocks and by under- ground temperatures, the date of the solidification of'the earth was most probably twenty or thirty million years ago. _ The origin of the atmosphere is then’ discussed. At the time of solidification there could have been no free oxygen, so far' as can be seen, and. 'nofchemical reaction by which .it coulld. beliberatcd. reaction by which it coulld be liberated. Vegetable life and sunlight musthave come into playptr prepare our atmoâ€" sphere in the course of a few [hundred plilc'ated, but really it is nothing of the or thousand years. ,sort, as madlilinery goes. The machine contains twentyâ€"four discs, each three feet in diameter. and of course it has the usual parapherna- lia, consisting of what are technically known as sectors. collecting combs. brushes, etc" To the non-mechanical mind this is 3111 Greek. but it is simple enough- in reality when one considers that all these things means simply the apparatus for guiding the force of the electrical fluid . i The influence of this machine is. therefore, confined to electricity and its effect. upon men and matter. It is v designed so that it gives two separate streams of electricity. There are not; two streams at the same time, but. elecâ€" gtricity may be drawn from either ter-« I operating the machine and directing its ‘ilnflulence. The tremendous improve- After that he willknow , merit. this machine is in the matte: offJ ‘ . c _ _ what it will be bet to I s} . sprocurting an eectric curren_t can .cs .geOIogu-al estimate or the tune requir- : (‘0 Le mum understood by cont mstmg condi- ed for the fomatlbn of 3,11 strata smce : mosphere. much tions. In the earlier years a dry atâ€" the beginning o “'M'ml'll'g and hem‘)‘ was seventeen million years, and hecun DERl‘HS OF THE OCEAN. A serious geolbgilcal question is the mode of production of the Ocean depths and the eminences of the continents. Many phenomena are doubtless due to strain on cooling, but that does not taf- ford a sufficient explanation in this case. .Lord Kelvin thinks the cause. is to be found in change of density, by crystallization. Perhaps this strongest argument against unlimited geological time is afforded by wnsideratipn of the heat of the sun, which, according to the most recent researches and cor- rections, may have illuminated the earth for somewhere about twenty milâ€" lion years Professor Poulton wanted time to find invertebrate ancestors for the vertebrates on the Cambrian rocks, and Professor Perry had attempted to reâ€" S'Tell {him there are half-a-dozen men I mum at the “'1” 0f the person Who is “five biOIOQ'LSTfi 0f the burden Put “DOD them by physicists, and once more pro- vide them With an endless "bank of time” on which to draw. But the latest the Cambrian rocks ' labor were required to show only small scarcely be described as mere1y a ma 1- lchanges. while now, With three mar- icious phySicist, trying to curb the as- ;vellous machines, no warming is need- pirmions of the biologists, when he PERSONAL POINTER: 9â€"â€" Sotes About Some oruu- Great People cunt World. During Queen Victoria's reign “1 taxes in Great Britain have m and trade has increttsed sevenftl‘a. Probably the greatest bibliophila 35110118 peers at the present time in Lord Crawford. tho wall-known Snob- tnsh nobleman. The julbiilce visit. of the colonial Pre- mier has led to the discovery that the Prince of Wales pmnounces Pro mier as tn French. Premiaay. King (scar of &vedcn has had the honorary degree of doctor conferred upon him by the facultv of phlksophy at the University of ienua. The late Sir Augustus Harris. the. the- atrical manager. who was supposed to be poor, has left an estate worth a quarter bf a million dollars. Miss “'ilcox. of the University 0‘ Melbourne. has received the silver medal of the Oobdon Club. being the first woman to win‘ the prize. Sammy. the most powme chief in the French Somlan, is mported by! hrench- huthor'uties to be dead. and to have been smceeded by his son Four large and important pastels by! Rosa Banhculr were exhilbi'ted recently: at the George Petilt Gallery, in Paris. They are said to be admirable examples of her work. Mr. Cecitl Rhodes has bought. Sauer- dale. near Bulawayo, South Africa. It! consists of ten farms. which he intends to cultivate. He will build the largest dam m1 Soulth Africa. Miss Helen Gladstone will undertake the openlng ceremony in connection with the Hotel for \anen StudenfSa which has been erected atBangor. ncs‘r Belfast, Ireland. v Mr. Rallit the Greektpremier. is said. to be very attractive socially. He knows the ancient Greek classics well and speaks several languages fluentlyâ€" noâ€" tably English. French and‘ German. Empress Augusta Victoria. has scat- si-bly insisted that the money subscribed for a statue to her father. the late Drake Frederick of Sc-lrlcswigâ€"Holst'cin, shall be used for charitable purposes. Miss Ethel Rcbecca Benjamin. LL. P... aged 25, of Dunedin, New Zealond. hav- ilng passed the bar: examination, is the f trst. woman admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor 1n Australasian coulrts. Prince (lb Joinville is spoken of in Paris as the probable successor of his brother, the late Dlula d'Au‘male. in the French academy. The prince is '73 years of age. and. ‘has been stone deal! for some time. - The Emperor of Austria. lms confer- red on the Khedilve the Grand CNN? 01) the Imperial Order of Leopold. 'l‘hc. lle-v slmvall (1f t‘he order has no political Significance. but is merely an act of. Imperial courtesy. «Miss Kate Heletmke, of St. Louis. is totally blind. and yet slhc. rides about: the streets on. her bicycle unattended and meets wuth no acculcnt. H‘or acute sense of hearing warns her of the up- proanh of vehicles. Mme. Diaz, the wife of: the Mexican President, is a wmnan of progressive ideas. She has founded ahotme where girls can always find ennploynmnt. a nursery where wor‘kung women's chil- dren are cared for, and a Magdalen home for repenvtant sinners. Sir John Kirk. once British corneal general at Zanzibar, whose name. is use sociuted with African discovery from the days of Livingstonc. Burton. spoke and Grant. to those of Stanlcy. has r94 valved the degree of doctor of solemn from Cambridge university. Queen Victoria during the. jubilee made an exucption regarding the acâ€" ceptance of gifts from private persons. Mr. Villiers, the “floyc‘n” of thc hole ohcmnmons, now in has lltlth year, itsâ€" ceived permission to 5011le a gift. to her majesty. It was a beautiful parasol. Gen. Rebillot, a retired army officer, 75 years of age, has just fought aducl in Paris with a young joun'mlist. who had offended him by an article in Lat Fed. even when the atmosphere is bad. says that, this earth could not navell’etitc Republique Franc-misc. The old sand with only little. lalxn‘ torrents of been a :elw.;trli'.lty may he obtained. It. is with the old and new In elec- tricity just as it used to be with photo- graphy. Years ago it”. was consulered impossible to photograph anything un- less the sky was unmscured. Nowadays 'pictures can be taken if it is raining ever so hard. '50 ill is with electricity. The atuwsphere had to be brou rht up ,to just such a temperature be ore it was possible. to bring about the gen- eration of a current. sort of atmosphere is useful. but noâ€" thing has to be. done to it to change its temtwrature. gta‘ken into consideration. Think of gwhat it means when a machine throws 38 spark thirty-four inchesâ€"almost 5 three feet. INNOCENT. 7 My husband. said Mrs. llln;l‘~~f1l to liner neighlm. is goxm: to show himself 5after this. {L i Is llhl’tt 50? said lbw Dwight-(2r. gave. it to him. for their names are on it in gold letters. HER POISE. Mr. Richrmnâ€"Here comes Miss State- every day bicycle. The ly. I so admire her poise you are. the con rsc, avozrdupots. THE CAUSE. My buster died last week; he was trumps bl .nv‘n. up. .‘LL.’ “'ife or boiler! Yes; he hasn't told in' St: )rl. but I of alumgnmm but she must attempt Hound a 5h,ng mug ;n i _ zi~ coat pocket 83:. “Pen l“ he!“ 'this morning. . Hi“. l-‘muflbl ll lwnh‘ III-St consequcnce of the material of which "Come!" she said. grasping .‘lnrgcry night. and his trtends font and Jerry it is built it is very light. Rival Belle, very slenderâ€"How cruel speak, causes the aluminum hull You shouldn't poke fun at heath to revolve. poor gitl‘s poiseâ€"you mean, of get started. but once under way scorch- habitable globe for more than thirty million years. A BIKE FOR 'l'HE WATER. Shan “kc a t'limr. and In Inventor Itc- lleve-s II “‘III ltcnl .Ul ('mnerx. Men of an inventive turn of mind Have for a long time enjoyed a rare 50W the 51mm subject for experimentation in the bi- cycle, and many weird and wonderous I have been the creations. Bicycles for The present machine is the .most. pmv- the water as well as bicycles for the erful ever invented. when its sxze 18 13nd ha“, swung into being. and the end of the list is not yet reached. A water bicycle. has been invented. patented and constructed by an ling- lish. genius, who claims that it is sup- erior in every res lect to all water bi- cycles yeaput forth To look at it. you Igcntlcumn insnsled on fighting with. swords, and wanted to lfu'p on after? revolving u gush over his cycbrow. Thomas Hussey, hell-ringer, of lu-igh in Lancashire, 85 ycurs of age. “mp: the clitulrch bell in honor of Qumzn Victoria's long reign. ll" hm! rung lid mourning pen for (icorgc lV., (“leth rang. for the coronation and drill]. of I \\ lllliull IV.. and for tllt‘.;t<-t-c.~.~.ion. corâ€" -onatxon. \vcddlng, and fiftyâ€"year jubi- lee of Qumm Victoria. I John) I. Blahr, of lilztlmtow'n. N. J, ‘nmv in his 95th: year, luuglml heartily the other day when he hmrd the report that he was dying. "I fccl Hrongcr and Letter now than l have for some ; month's past/f he suirl, “l have Leon ill, but am getting stronger and tubular now. You see, I can scarcely span my wrist. A couple. of “mums z.th my» ifnngcrs lapped over. I am puking. up would say that it would roll o'n-er at 11111 have 1" 11"“ “Kl-"F .‘"'~"Th SOL” once. 50 it would. perhaps, if it did not have a deep keel bencal‘t the re volving hull. The whole affa‘fl' is built in shape it is like aci- It is ten feet in length. but in Regular bicycle machinery is mount,- ed upon the cylindrically shaped hull. A lnrgesprmketwheel, agear case for the chmn. and a simple driving ma- chanism all correspond closely With the pedals turn the 50 to be- It is pretty hard to sprorket wheel. which 13 turn. ing is easily possible. THEIR TRUMPS. With the Harman. clubs are always :wit the loveaiclt 'outh. hearts; with tho moiety belle. d awards. and and with the grave digger. spades. Queen Victoria has ('ommzimfeul Mr. W. Qtriller Urn-harde to [Milli a Jum- lce piv‘ttllt'e containing journals of her. self. the Prime of Walt-H, the [mile of York and Prime Edward. it is not lcnown by what extraordmary :u'civirnt it mime to guns that lLW-t'blitbllhlmtl tradition-s should have lu-nnncruuuc to surh a degrre that a lintmh paint- er and a tn»: artist should have ltwu employed to paint a royal portrait. HO\V [Iii FEELS NOW. Of course. said (i'l'mz: ()dn'm Pasha. Ancium Greece pronto-d rmm' H'flu‘t’li- able Generals. Miltizulcn l.w.-pu.‘tl", el- entmlnrâ€" Oh. xwhasvl interrupted 5n 9...! n. impatiently: how can the iv“ vth would bar It to them if they had run. up canine me! --'-~ w- s “v. v" '.: