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The ‘Wedding 2" I Eve; 1 Or, Married to la Fairy. CHAPTER. XXIV.â€"(Continued). passionately jealouS. of my beautiful wife. and I believe the one reason for which I was anxious to return to my native land was that Eng- lishmen as a. rule do not dare to look at a. pretty woman~at least, when her hue- band is aboutâ€"with the love-making in- soleiico which characterizes the French- man‘s or the Italian’s ogle. It was not that Lilith flirted conspicuously .with other men. t was only that l longed ‘with all my soul for the key to her heart to be mine. and that I dreaded beyond everything lost it might ever be stolen from me by another. ' Had she a heart? I sometimes asked myself. or was she incapable of lov1ng as a. man would wish to be loved? Less than two years ago Nicholas Wray had DI‘O‘ ‘nounccd her to be an Undinc, lovely and soul-less. and I was sometimes almost in- clined to agree with him. And yet. one day. shortly after we set~ tied in Paris. when I arrived from Eng- land earlier than she expected, ,I found her in her room lying stretched upon the floor with her hands clasped behind her head sobbing as though her heart would break. . All the explanation she crave. when I caught her up in my arms, and ileOI'8d her to tell me what troubled her, was that she “felt dui'll without me." and very soon she was all smiles 'and gaiety agam. enjoying a shopping excursion, a restaur- ant dinner, and a. visit torthc opera. From our seats that night I remember I recognized Nicholas Wray in a cheaper part of the house. and presently sought him out. His greeting was cold and con- strained, and lie flatly declined to come back with me and speak to my Wife. “Mrs. Hervey and I don’t like each other." he said. “and the less we see of each other the better. Why don't you take her to London? It’s not fairto her to keep her away from town, looks as if you were ashamed of her. you see." That view of the case had not occurred to me. and. vexed .as I was by his words. I saw there might be something in them. A week later we took possession of our new home. Lilith was like a child with a fresh toy, flitting about. full of delight, dancing from one room to another, too much uleased and excited to require rest or feel fatigue. By her consent I had reinstated Wrenshaw. who was punctili. ously‘ polite to his new mistress; I also retained Rosalie, and engaged a. cook and parlor-maid. With so small an es- tablishment, as Lilith urged, I could af- ford to gratify the desire of her heart. “to ride in her own carriage,” as she art- lessly put it. So the neatest of victorias was bought and installed in our stable. and for a. time the use of it placed Lilith in the seventh heaven. But not many days after its arrival, Lilith and I, as . we were driving up Regent Street, passed her- old instructress. Mrs. Stanhope Mor- land, in a .modest hansom cab. ' And Mrs.’ Stanhope Morland gave us both the out direct. . At this. Lilith. with her usual absence of pride. wept outright then and there. in her pretty carriage» in the crowded street. and when we reached home she would not be comforted. But another surprise was in store for us that afternoon. Before I had kissed my wife's tears‘ away, a. carriage drove up to our door, and a. visitor was shown into the drawing-room. . The visitor was Lady Margaret Lorimer. For I was jealous, CHAPTER XXV. "Your cousin. Lady Margaret!" cried Lilith-forgetting her tears in her'aston- "isliiii'ent. “She has actually come here to see us! Or, rather. to see you. I suppose?" There was no touch of either jealousy or Why should my wife flexion vexed me. ' _ th the honor of a Visit, be overwhelmed wi from my cousin? “She has come to see you.” I s-aidlias- “Ladies call upon the lady of. the tily. . belonging to house. not the gentleman . have a lot to do teaching ' me all that social stuff,” Lilith observed have her quiz mo placidly. “But I can't You .talk to her a with these red eyes. bit until I conic Dicky, dear, and get, her into a, nice good humor. And don't talk too much about being happy With me. for if you do she is sure to hate me. as she was once so sweet on you herself." “She broke off our eiiga.gementâ€"â€"â€"" “Oh. I dare say! But you won't per- suade me she wanted to! Remember. I was under the sofa. all that time she was talking to you in the studio that morn- ing. and anybody could see with half an eye she was in love with you." She ran off. laughing. to her dressing- 'room. wliilo I slowly descended the stairs to tho drawing-room. There were certain expressions Lilith constantly made use of. which, though neither very slangy nor very vulgar. were sufficient to jar upon the ear of a sensitive person. And Madge was critical and sensitive in the extreme. I knew that. and knew how my wife's absurd habit of calling me “Dicky." for no reason in the world but that I was going to be christened “Richard," af- ter m-- father. until at the last moment my gi‘e-ittuncle's names were substituted. would surprise and vex her. . “Adrian‘s too grand. I shall feel more like a relation and an Equal if I call you 'Dick,’ ” Lilith had said, and “Dick.” or "Dicky.” I ever was to her. Her trick of calling every one, by nicknames amus- ed me, as did most of her childish ways. But then to me whatever she did was de~ lightful. and I was only apprehensive lest liei‘ impulsive ways might. be un- favorably commented upon by the by. poi-critical Madge. Another reason. ly dared to own- oven . . secretly regret Madgc‘s Visit. She was so terribly clear-sighted and so keen-u. judge of character. Would she not realize that in our married life Lilith and I played the parts quoted in the dreary Fiench proverb: . . _ "11 v a toujoirs nii qui liaise et un qui tend 1a .ioue“â€"â€"-tf1ere is always one who kisses. and one who is kissed." Would she not. in fine. with that keen. rim-seeing gaze of hers. realize that the fire of my passionate love spent itself in vain upon my wife‘s friendly indiffer- ence. and that. worship Lilith as I did. die for her as I would. Lwas little more in her life than a? "very nice man. who ' for everything and was always and one w‘liicli I hard- to myself. made me licse thoughts in my mind. I en- . ‘awiiig-room. sight-of me. and came forward with frank cordiulity. - She had not altered much in six inouths' time, and yet to me she seemed changed from the Madge I used to know. Her hair was a darker shade than it had been a. fashionable nut-brown tint. which went admirably with her bright skin and the fawn-colored velvet gown she was wear- ing. Three things struck me about. her -â€"i'or om. that she looked more than he: I30 bitterness in her tones, only wonderment not unmixed with awe. The latter in- I 1 l Madge rose at for another, that every line of her face was full of meaning. of thought. audiof feeling: and for a. third, that there was a. distinction about her whole bearing to which I had formerly been too well accustomed to specially remark it. She was shaking me by both hands, asking how I was. and inquiring after Lilith. before I had time to feel quite at ease with her again. “Papa is so dreadfully ill." she sam' “that he couldn't come. In fact, he hardly goes anywhere now.” "Is that true?” “That Lord Carchcster is ill? Indeed it is only too true.” "You know what I mean. That he would have come if he could?" Madge hesitated. _ “Well. it isn't quite true." she admit- tcd at last. “bu-t it will be when he comes to a reasonable frame of mind. He Will persist in thinking that you jilted m0. mild broke my heart. Now, do I look like it." She laughed. and it suddenly . that her laughter hang false. Looking at her. for one brief flash I caught in h,“ dark eyes an expression of intense pain. But almost before I had time to realize that Madge had suffered cruelly and_rivas suffering still. she had broken into lively chatter about the life at the various foreign spas to which she had recently accompanied her parents for the cure of their respective ailments: ' "Papa. is rea-llyill." she dccl there is nothing in the world the m ‘ with mama but diamonds on the brain. The young Duchess of Axminstei' out her out completely at the sta-to concert in Berlin last month, and poor mama. has been ill with temper ever since. I‘o soothe her. I have to swear the duohess diamonds were paste. But abusing her doctors does her'so‘much good that it wouldn't be fair 'to tell her nothing IS the matter with her. “It is delightful to be listening to your sub-acid tongue again," I said. _“Lilith is much impressed with your vis1t. and is changing her frock in your honor. You â€"you will be kind to her. I am sure. Madge. She has no mother and no w0- mankind at all, not even any women friends." “Kind! Why. of course I will," she said. turning upon me with a. lovely smile. though tears shone in her eyes. “I hear she .is so beautiful that only to see her is to love her, andâ€"oh, Adrian. that is not your wife, is it?” For Lilith had entered, looking most faimlike in a rteargown of silver-gray crepe, which fell in long, narrow pleat-s from her throat to her feet, and was caught loosely round the waistnwth a girdle of chased silver. . Madge’s tone was 'ono of horrified amazement. Her eyes were fixedullon Lilith. and they expressed recognition as clearly as those of my Wife showed sur- prise at her reception, and even some- thing of fear. Lilith crept toward me. pale as death. as though Madge’s cry of startled recog- nition were an indictment against her. .. “Is this your cousin, Lady Margaret? she faltered, with white lips and lowered eyes. .“Won't you introduce me?" By this time Madge had had; time to recover herself. Never once had she re- moved her eyes from Lilith’s face, but she advanced to meet her now with per- fect politeness. if with no geniality. "I think I have seen Mrs. Hervey be- fore.” she said. “I remember that . thought I recognized her photograph. Did I not have the pleasure of seeing and speaking to you at Lymhurst, in the New Forest, rather more than a. year .ago? The question was addressed to Lilith. and at first elicited no answer. Turning to her in surprise. I perceived that even her lips were colorless, and that she ap- peared to be trying to speak with dry lips and words that would not come. .. “You are not ill. my darling. are you? I exclaimed. slipping my arm about her. for indeed I feared that she would faint. "No. no,” .She muttered. "not ill at all. Only I was so puzzled and startled when Lady Margaret said she knew me and had spoken to me. For I was quite cer- tain that I had never seen her before.” “Really? I must have been mistaken. then." Madge returned. “0r possibly you have forgotten. Have you ever been to Lymhurst?" - “Not since I went to school,” murmur- ed Lilith, almost inaudibly, with lowered head and checks that had suddenly grown crimson. “Before then I may have been. Iâ€"‘my fatherâ€"weâ€"â€"â€"” . She stopped short in deep confusiion, and guessing that she was ashamed of al- luding to those old vagrant days. Icame to her rescue. “Lilith used to travel about a great deal formerly under her father's care,” I explained ”but she would rather not be "orced to talk about those sad old days." "That is just what I wanted to say." Lilitii exclaimed, with a grateful look at me. And we both left Madge in the wrong. The interview begun thus inauspicious- ly was a constrained one on all sides. Lilith was clearly “on her best behavior," spoke in monosy-l'lables with rather an affected intonation, and seemed to have no opinions on any subject. Only once did she break into- her natural vivacity, and tbart was when the talk turned to theatres and to the merits of a certain dancer whom she and I had seen in Paris. “She can't dance really well," exclaimed my wife. "She only moves her feet and head." And, springing up, she was about to give an illustration of the style of the dancer in question. when she. and I. too. caught Madge’s brilliant dark eyes fixed upon her with so strange an expression in them that Lilith stopped short in the dance she was beginning. “Ivâ€"I can’t dovit myself. of course." she s-tammc'red. “But any one can tell wha. I mean." “You can dance. then?" Madge asked sweetly. And Lilith. with a vivid blush. denied it. When Lady Margaret left. after taking tea. with us, I accompanied her to the door. Candidly. I did not want her to come again, and I was both embarrassed and surprised when" she assured me very earnestly that she wanted to see a great deal more of my wife. and hoped that they might become warm friends. “Oh! and one thing'I mus-t ask. Adrian." she said, pausing on the threshold. “Do you ever see anything of Nicholas Wray now?" "I exchanged it few words with him in a Paris theatre recently: that was all. struck me ._I don't even know where he is." "Whatever you do." she said impressive- ly. “never ask that. man to your house. Drop him altogether. He is a bad man, not it person you should let your wife meet." "Poor admirer of Wray is a great yours,” I pro-tested: but Madge tuziied on l me quite fiercely. ' . “Ills adniisanon is no insult!" she said. "If you have any regard for me. "‘55”: that” 11”“) five and twenty;m,y consideration for the honor of your family. you will drop the man altogether." “Do, you mean that he has insulted you?’ I asked, astonished at her vehem- ence. . 13519 was silent for a moment. Then she s : "Yes. He has insulted me. And as I regard you now as a brother. for my gakg you must never meet- him. Good- 17 ‘a: CHAPTER- XXVI. And now began a time in my life which I experience the- greatest difficulty 'in de-. scribing. as I believe that those who know me best consider it either inexcus- able or inexplicable. In my own defense L can only state that I was always a. poor hand at figures and business details: that I had up to now found my income sufficient .for my requirements: that I was making money easily. having managed to hit the public taste: that I not unnaturally considered about four -'.housand a. year amply suf- ficient for a. childless married couple, with four servants. a coacliman, and rtwn' horses; and. above all, that I adored my wife. and belief in her-was to me a re- ligion. When we settled first in our new house, I was desirous of providing Lilith with a housekeeper, -to take all domestic details. such as looking after the accounts and regulating the expenses, off her inexperi- enced hands. But this. arrangement Lil- itli would not hear of. . dear.” she pleaded. "As it is. I have not much authority with the servants. except the parlor-maid. who is only eighteen. Both cook and.Rosalie bully mo. “Wher- 0h. of course. I shall teach them to re- spect me in time, but not if you inter- fere, or if you put some dreadful old wo- man over my head. to worry me and put- roiiize me. and treat mo like a child bo~ fore my own servants. Besides. I under- stand all about accounts. I really am not bad at arithmetic. and doing sums amu-scs me.!’ ' Soslia had her own way. But tliou‘gh we lived simply enough. we hardly cuter- t-aiiie-d .at allâ€"for Lilith could never get over her prejudice against her own sex. or her constrained and awkward manners among them, and I could not let her ap- pear a-t receptions where the guests were all menâ€"the money sinnply flew in our household. _I was very much occupied about this time with the “clie-man-show” which I had been induced to give. chiefly by Madge. who had set her heart upon it. Undoubtedly. she was right, in that the Bond Street exhibition of my marine paintings was one of the most successful shows that season. and not only was splendidly reviewed, but sent up both ,my name and my prices, not a. single picture being left unsold when the gallery was closed. There are many reasons, indeed, why I have never, either before or since, done such good work as during the first por- tion of my married life. My Uncle Car- chester's allowance of a thousand a year. and tho admiral’s legacy of twice that sum, seemed wholly inadequate to sup- ply the needs of a. lovely wife with a. pas- sion for diamonds, who refused to look at a. gown unless it came from Paris. Lilith was so beautiful in her brave array. so happy in spending money. and so fascinating in her wheedling for more, that I could refuse her nothing. Indeed. to refuse her checks for her pretty ex- travaganccs brought on. as I soon,dis- covered. fits. not of nagging or sulkiness, but of a silentdespair very pitiful to behold. I could. not bear to see my marsh fairy creep away to her room. tears .rolling down her lovely face, .to‘ . lock herself in and weep in solitude. And money was easily earned. even if it entailed what I least liked, the neces- sity for constant flying .visits to thc'sea- coast. whileLilith, who professed her- self tired of the sea. remained in London. - Not only the spur of making a. fortune for Lilith’s slender fingers to squander urged me to put forth my best, but a certain loneliness .of soul. which grew up- on mc as the days and weeks of our mar- ried life slipped by, and I still felt no nearer nor dearer to my wife, made me turn to my art as a solace. Thus I threw 'mysclf heart and soul into my work. seek- ing in it something I could not find in life: and in the second year of our mar- riage I completed the only picture of mine in which the sea is made subordinate to the human figure. ' Matthew Arnold's “Forsaken Merman" inspired me. and my picture was called “The Forsaken Mcrman’s Wife.” Only Madge. I think, knew what I meant by the work. and in consequence I could not bear to see her looking at it. (To be continued.) >14 REORGANIZING CHINA’S ARMY Tuan Clii-jui is Named Gcnc 'alissi- nio, Willi Wide Powers. By Presidential mandate, follow- .ing action by the Advisory Council, the office of ”tutuh” in China. has been abolished. The official who came in with the Wuchang upris- ing has passed from the stage of Chinese political life. Coincident with the abolition of the “tutuh” is announced a complete reorganizaâ€" tion of the army and a. shake-up which involves many celebrated military men. The rank of general- issimo has been created, and Pres- ident Yuan Shi Kai has conferred it upon Tuan Chi-jui who has dir- ected the reform of the army as Minister of War. More than 30 new generals are announced to head the newly-creâ€" ated military districts. The unifi- cation of the army is complete. There are 30 separate divisions, and these are to be trained accordâ€" ing to the most modern rules of warfare, and armed with up-to-date weapons. China. already possesses ‘a remarkablyeflicient aerial corps. 'I‘ POINTED PARA GRAPES. Incubators relieve old hens of a lot of responsibility. ' Charity may cover a. multitude of sins, but there are several still iincoiIered. - ‘ When a bachelor gets tired of leading asinglc life he should mar- ry and be led. ' ’ After a young man’s mustache beâ€" comes lieavierfhan his eyebrows, Ibis knowledge of the world begins to decrease. It’s a waste of_time for a fat-her 'to attempt to train up his son in [the way he should go if he doesn’t keep in the middle of the same 'path himself. ESKIMU llFlHE FAR NORTH. 1 REPORT TELLS OF LIFE IN THE .\ FROZEN REGIONS. ' ' Polygamy Is Fast Dying Out Owing ' to the Efforts of the V’ Missionary. Special reports of the officers who were appointed to take a census of the inhabitants of the. Far North have been compiled :by the census and statistics branch at Ottawa. These reports are of more than or- dinary interest at least. from an ethological, if not from a. statisti- cal point of View. M. Fabien Vanasse, historio- grapher of the Canadian Govern- ment steamship “Arctic” under Captain Bernier, was appointed to take the census of Baffin Island and took in addition the census of Kil- kenek, or Port Burwell, on the south side of Hudson Straits. His report contains the following inter- esting remarks as to conditions amongst the Eskimos. “The lamps which are used by hundreds to light and heat their iglos, as also-to cook with, are nothing more than a. stone block of about eight to ten inches in circumference in Which is carved a semi-circular cavity about three inches deep. This cavity is filled with seal'oil, then a wick made of dry moss is placed around this bond, and when this primitive Wick 'is well soaked with oil it is lighted. The lamp gives. a. ,dim light and produces a heat of about two or three degrees. This affords all the light and all the heat which is enjoyed by the Eskimo during his existence in his house of snow. The yearly value of the hunt for each Eskimo hunter is placed at $800 or $1,000 on the premises. If this forsaken one of civilization were living in the proximity of our competitive markets, if he knew the value of the products of the hunt, if he was more concerned abbut the future, in spite of all the inconveni- ences he has to suffer from the in- hospitable climate where God has placed him. But unfortunatelythe Eskimo has no idea of the economic values he holds in his 'hands‘after his slaughter of 10 or 20 polar bears, his capture of 25, 30 and sometimes 100 foxes, of two, three or four nar- wals, of eight to ten wolves, of hun- dreds of large salmon, each weigh- ing 10, 20 or 30 lbs., and which he throws to his dogs. Besides this he is cheated odiously each year by the Skimmers of the sea who visit him to collect his furs. At the trad- ing counters he exchanges for a few pounds of. biscuits and tobacco, a. few quarts of molasses, pipes, matches and some few yards of showy cotton goods, his silky furs of the greatest economic value. None Very Old. “Generally speaking, the Eskimo does not attain a very advanced age. Some have been met, however, aged 60 to 65 years. The average length of life of this people is from 35m 40 years. There is no settled age for domes-tic pairing. There are couples of nine and twelve years; then children live together in the iglo as man and wife. The chief provides" regularly for, the wants of his companion. After a few months, and even a. few years, of this apprenticeship in married life, if any friction occurs'under the iglo between the two apprentices, the couple separate without noise, and for the two life has to begin over again. A Christiancan hardly honor with the name of “marriage” the unions formed under the iglo of the Eskimo. These unions are, for the most part, simply promiscuous pairings. But 'it must be said, to the honor of the Eskimos of Baffin Island, that this sad state of affairs tends more and more to disappear among these tribes. The zealous work of the Anglican unions among this people during thirty years has largely contributed to diminish. or even extirpate entirely this pagan vice, destrOyer of ‘the family and d0- mestic happiness.” M. Vanasse. writes that he has met with only. one case of polygamy in taking the last census, and the Isky who ac- knowledged it seemed to be asham- ed of 'it. > Not Too Clean. The visit tothe domicile, or the iglo, M. Vanasse writes, is not what one may think. The iglo is of cir- cular form, eight feet in diameter and as much in height. It is made. of blocks of snow, the door is at the bottom, on a level with the ground, it is about one foot and a. half wide by two feet high. It is not every one that can pass through it easily. To get in one must at first get on his knees, then lie flat on his stom- 1 . . ach and slide in, snake-like, for 'l distance of about ten or twelve! feet in this tube of't'he same dimeh? 81011 as the door. One never gets iii and comes out of it spotless, for} this-vestibule is not kept in an 61:44 aggerated state of cleanliness. On ' in the iglo you are asked to sit 0‘ a block of snow, which is covere with a. deerskin. In less than fiv minutes, you ‘are covered with th hairs of this fur. But after a £6 . Visits to the domicile one does no ndtice these small details. The in: terpreter is alongside of you. Na}, turally this brave man, the sage of 'the village, has no idea. of what}. constitutes a census. He has .to be' made to understand the questions.' put to the head of the iglo. There are English and French words which have no equivalent in the language of the Eskimo. Thus, for! example, the words “years,”i ”months,” “days,” “hours,” ard donominations of time absolutely ignored by the natives. These are so many mysteries to them. “ M arricd or Single.”_ “What is you age?” was invariâ€"’ ably answered by ”none savi mi.” Then, M. Vanasse writes, he had to} enter a. conversation, carried on“ much more by gestures than by the voice, with the interpreter, in or-1 der to make him understand the! question. This done, the interpre-i ter and the hunter, or the wife of the latter in :his absence, made end‘f less calculations. It was a review of all the important events in thd country. from as far back as the" hunter could remember, and the farthest away event was used as of basis to determine when as 1303-: sible the date of his birth. Theré‘ is another difficult point for‘ the1 Eskimo to elucidate. There was a' great deal of trouble in the begin-‘ ning to ascertain from the head of’ an iglo if he was married or single.‘ The word marriage is absolutely; unknown among the. natives; the same with the words “child” and “family.” M. Vanasse. writes that he managed to make himself under stood by asking first if they had an iglo, a koney, a pik-kisnini. Now the head of the iglo is Osky; koney is his wife, and the pick-ki-nini the children. Each child has his mime and constitutes by himself a sepa- rate-unity ' " Only Two Seasons. Here is an example: the Osky ,Nassou has three sons, namely I=k< ton-ta,- Kak-ton and Proâ€"mikâ€"ton. We do not; say Ik~ton-ta. Nassou, etc., as wesay in the Christian world John Smith, etc. In twenty years from this, when a. new gener- ation will have grown up, who will know that Ikâ€"ton-ta. and his bro- thers are the sons of old Nassouf With such a system it is difficult to preserve family traditions. As to the month of their birth, it is a. mystery to themselves, they do not know this subdivision of the year. In reality there are only two sea.- sons for the Eskimo: “summer”, and the ice season ”winter.” As the winter lasts nine or ten months of the'year the greater number of births is in winter. The same dif-' ficulty exists as to the number of animals slaughtered or captured by the hunter during the year. The Eskimos count easily up to 'ten; above that their mode of calcula-I tion is Iong. ‘ M. Vanarsse, whose report is dat- ed October 24, 1911, concludes that if the Government of Canada wants‘ to preserve these relics of primitive humanity they will very soon have" to put a stop 'to the depredations, plunders and thefts of which the. Eskimos are the victims on the part of the rovers of the sea. The Govâ€" ernment of Denmark has shown a. noble example in this respect in favor of the Greenland Eskimos. 34 A Silk Fishing Lines. The familiar leaders for attach- ing fishhoo-ks to lines, known as silkworm gut, is made from the caterpillars of silkworms, by plac- ing the freshly-killed worms in vine: gar for several days. The cater- pillar is then pulled apart in such a. way as to draw out a. glutinous thread formed by the silky secre- tion, three feet long, which is then stretched on boards and dried in the sun. The silkworm from which this kind of fishline'is made is a green variety about three inches long. feeding'on the leaves of the camphor tree. Forty grades of this product are recognized by dealers, the price varying from 30 cents to $6 a pound. is...â€" Neighborly Kindness. “This plant belongs to the hon-- gia 1% 11y.” . ‘K‘A .' And you are taking cape. of it while they are away.”