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R .” the aid, looking down at the floor an fumblin with her pan-oi, “ I Want to think you; can’t go away without thanking yo! once." _ He sew the effort it had cost her to any as much, and 3 wild lump rose sudden in his ‘thront for gntitude and pleasure. " Miss ‘Chslloner,” he ennwered, looking back at her with en unmistakable light in his earn- ut eyes, “ ssy nothing else. I am more than sufficiently thanked already.-I know you wish this episode kept secret from every one: you may rely uron me and n on my mete in the yewl. I ever in my] e I can be of my service to you. remember you on eommnnd me.â€"If not, I shell never agein ob- tzude myself upon your memo .â€"-Good-bye. good-bye}: And_h_klng_her and one mo- in him jut once in n tow ohort words for u! bin kindness. As they stood on the bare and windty‘ pletform with which the South- Eutom sllwny Compnny woos our Ini- irngoo at London Brid 0, she drew him wide for n moment from h mother and sister with a little huty shrinking lonce which Womn oould not choose but to low. “ Mr. good-bye." And akin her hand one mo- ment in his owp, he‘ll!!! it for 9 goconq,‘tpen let it. dnop tgdn. “ Now go,” he said in a gnomuloun voiooâ€"" go back to Edie." Elnieâ€"one blushâ€"went bmk “be We her. _‘_‘ Gpgd-bye!” 3130.! mid, gs _she_ glideg from his sideâ€"“ Good 0, end thsnk you.” Thet wee ell thet pale between those twa thst dsy. Yet Elsie knew, with profound regret, u the trein steamed 03' through the dnughty corridors on its we to Dover, thst Wet-sen Rolf hsd fallen in ove with her; end Warren_Relf, standing slone upon the din v, gusty platform, knew with en ecstasy of elight end joy that Elsie Chelloner was grateful to him and liked him’. It is some- thing, gratitude. He valued that more from Elsie Chnlloner than he would have volgedilove itomnny other: women. CEAPTER XXLâ€"Cnunum mu chxs. Elite dared herdly look the young paint- er in the fecefeven now, for eheme and timid- ity ; and Warren Rolf. respecting her no- turel reneitlveneu, oonoentrebed moon of hie eccenelon on Me mother and Edie, eoeroaly allowing Ehle to notice by ehy ride-gluon hie unobmuive pre eretione for her own pereonnloomlort out e journey. BntElsle'e quick eye observed them ellgdgntefully, none the less for thet. She lik Warren; is wee lmpoeeible for anybody not to like md reapeo‘. the frank young pninler, with hie ham-es bronzed hoe, end his open, manly, one-epoken mnnnere. Timid u the wee and broken-heated null, ebe could not go away {run Euglend for ever end everâ€"for Eleie nevergneent to return eyeinâ€"ylthont tbnnk- Womn Ralf hod Arranged (or his mother Md sitter. with Halo Chollonor. to look the lriondi Ihoitor of Sn) Romo only in Oatobor. he ooonor Any from England the batter. Btf’lo they wut, howovor, to wort the ohmoo of o diugmnblo eu~ contour. he met them on their arrival in town At Liverpool Strut, not! low them “fol ocrou to the aontinouul tain st Lon ou Bridge. It obonocdto be the very col! tome doy that Hugh Mmingor had pootod his mood forged note to poor {other- ieu Winifred. With profound regret. for her part, Elsie saw that Warren Relf had fallen in love with her; because he was such an honest, manly, straight forward, good fellow, and because from the very first moment she had liked him. Yet what to her were love "and lovers now? Iler heart lay buried beneath the roots of the poplar at White- straud, as truly as Hugh Massinger thought it lay buried in thecheap sea~washed crave lutheuud at Odordntu. She was grieved to think this brave earnest man should have fixed his heart on a hopeless object. It was well she was goin to San Rome for ever. In the. whirl and ustle and hurry “.n ..a But even) if she didn't, night he not himself to call her “(cation to it? Wu it I ht of him. hninq seen it, not to tell her 0! t! Should he not rather have to Elsie homlf the decision Whlt course the thought but to take under these bpeclul "circum- sen-cu! of London life, WarrenRalf would doubtless": soon forget her. But same face. are not: sully fogzotgen. _ Edie. If only the knew how eagerly Wlnl- fred pined for newe of her, Ihe might be tempted after ell to break her reserve, to ebendon her conculment, end to write full tidinr of her present wherenbouu to her poor lttle frightened end dietreeeed pupil. That would be bed ; for then the whole truth muet moner or later come out before the world: end for Elele’e take. for Wlnlfred'l lake erhepe even a wee bit for his own uke o, Wnrren Relf shrunk nnlpeehbly from thet unhappy exposure. He couldn't bear to think that Elele'e poor broken bleed- ing heert should be laid open toltl pro~ fonndeet recesses before the eyee of society, for every dew of en envlone old doweger to ennp of end peek at, He hoped Elele would not are the edvertlnement. If ehe did, he footed her nelurul tenderness and her tense of roll-respect wauld com 1 her to write the whole truth to Wlnlfregl? he unrnnk from doing it. It grieved him to the quick to “ruin her poor broken but; my further. She had qul‘erod so much: why rake it all up ngnln? And oven 5: he thou ht all the“ things, he know each moment w th rofounder certainty thnn ever that he loved Ellie. There I! nothing on earth to excite n mm’l love for n buntllul womnn llko being compelled to “he tender one for eh“ woman‘n hnpplneuâ€"hnvln n gentle Iollcl- tndo for her moct sacred too in I chm-t upon one by clrcnnutnncu :- n a solute nae... greph on which'his eye lighted was Wini- fred Meyaey'e earnest advertisement in the Agony Column. It gave him no little time for reflection. If ever Elsie saw that adver- tisement, it might alter and upset all her plans for the futureâ€"and all his own plans into the ougain. Already the felt pro- founriiy the pain and shame of her {also goaltion with Winlfg‘eq-apdfhe Meyleyl; 1 III Ffom London Bridge, Warren Ralf took the Metropolitan to St. James’s Park, and walked wrong, still flushed and hot, to Piccadilly. At the club, he glanced hastily at that morpi‘ngzg paper: _Th_o first para- She might no it at Marseilles, for they were going to run right through to the Mediterran- on by the I acid exprou stopping 3 night to rent themse vs: at the Hotel du Louvre in the Rue Cannebie re. Edie would be are to look at the " Times," and l! the sum the sdgerflumqng,_to_nhow It to Elsie. ponmon With Winlmd and the Me lays; gym much Warren Rslf had lame from THE THREAD OF LIFE SUNSHINE AND SHADE. OR MY DEAR EDIEâ€"Just efcer you left, I coughs eight of enclosed ndvertiaemenn in the second column of this morning's “mes. Show ittoH er. I can’t beer to read “â€"1 can’t beer to come her eny further trouble or embsrruument of euy eon ulcer ell ehe hu Iufl'ered 3 end yetâ€"lb would be wrong, I feel, to oonceel it from her. If she Mkee my edvloe. she will not new" in. Bel:- ter let things remelu u they ere. To mite one line would be to upset ell. For heeleu’eeeke. don't _ehow H_e§_ tlgis lettey. Ho addressed the letter, "Mia Rolf, Hotel du Louvre, Mmeillu." and went over with it to the box on the mantel-shell, whore Hugh Muninger'a letter was already lyigs: _-- --- _ ' W'hen Edie Rolf received that letter next evening at the hotel in the Rue Chmneblore she looked at it once and glanced over at Elsie. 533°. loglml et_ it_twice and_ _gl_nn_oed 1t 1'"! with A heavy heart that next oven- lng at seven he dro Ed Into the club dlulng- room. Would Rolf thorol ho wondered ullently. And if no what course would Roll adopt towurd. film? You. Roll was there, at I come: table, u good luck would have it, wllh hll luck turned to hlm uloly n be entered ; and tho follow Poul, tho elty.â€"-8tlll, Wuren Ralf we: shove ell thln honest end trn-tworthy. Not to son that advertisement “night to Ellie, even It the rink o! hurting her own feelings would constitute ln some sort. he felt. I breech of confidence. 3 construction blee- heod, or at the very beet e suppresaio verl ; end Warren Roll wee too utterly and treneperently truthful to 0.110!!! {or e moment eny peltering with mential veritiee.â€"He glyhed 9 elgh of prolonng! regret a he took (or or. find yet if, biy that simple nnd nature] coincidence, Eh e htd eent a letter from Mnrlellleu merely assuring Winifred of her safety and answering the advertisement, it would have fallen in com late] with Hugh’n lot, nnd rendered W r ’a assurance 3011ny certain. Elsie had nailed to Ann- mlin by wny_ o_i_Mnreellleg,_ then: In a Hn h’e plot trembled indeed in the bal- enoet no moment; for ii only Elsie wrote to Winifred, ignoring of course his last forged letter, then lying on the hell table at White- etrnnd, all would have been up with him. His lie would have come home to him Itnight no a. lie. The two letters would in ell probehillty not heve_ 90incided._ Wini- {red would hEvé known him from that day Eorth for just what he wan-t listâ€"and a orger. Hugh Messing" had left the headquarters of Bohemia for twenty minutee at the exact moment when Warren Rel! entered the Cheyne Row Club. He hed gone to tele- gre h his respectful condolences to Winifred an Mre. Meyeey et 'Invertener Castle. on their end Ion, with conventional polite- neu. When he come beck he found to his eurpriee, the copy at the Tim“, etill l‘ing open on the emoklngwoom teble; but V in- itred’e edvertiement won out oleen out of the Agony Column with n ehnrp ienknlfe. In A moment he eeldto Monomer; at: “ Some I momenn ne nun no human. ugh“: : " some enem both done this thing.’ It must hnve been all l Nobody else in the club knew nnything. Such eepionege wee intolerable, unendureble, not to be permitted. For three deyl he had been trembling and che- flng at the horrid not the Rel! knew ell and might denounce nnd ruin him. Thet alone wee bad enough. But that Rel! should he blotting end lntri inc egeinet him I Thet Rel ehonld nee h sinister knowledge for some evil end I That Rel! should go epylng end eeveedropplng end equirming about like 5 common detective! The idea me fairly put endurenoe. Among gentlemen such thing: were not to be permitted. Hugh Mueluger wu prepered not to permit them. hie penkuifo with lingering limitation from his waistcoat pocket. But he boldly out out the ndveriilement from the Agony Column, none the loan, thercby defacing the first page of the Times, and rendering nim- eeli liable to the censure of the committee for wanton injury to the club property; after the parpetration of which heinous ol- ienoe he walked gravely and sobexly into the adjoining writingroom and eat mum to ludue a hasty note intended for his enter on the Hotel du Louvre : -â€"Wlth love i0 you both 5nd kind mgsrda to fler,_Â¥our a_fi‘eqtlonn_to broking-1 W. R. over at Elaio. She looked at it a. third time â€"and then. with a womm’a sudden resolve, she did exactly what Warren hi melt had told her not to do-she handed it across the cable to Elsie. novel, that 05incldenoe wauli! aural have qocnrted‘. In real life, it. might on y have done so, but as a msbt'er of Tact it Jldn'l: ; for Elsie read the letter slowly first, and then the advertisement. How little we all can judge for the heat. It would have been better for Elsie and better for Winifred, if Elsie had done as Warren Relf did, and not as he saidâ€"if she had written the truth, and the whole truth at once to Winifred, allowing her to be her own judge in the matter. But Ellie hud not the heart to crush Winifred’e dream; end very naturally. No one can blame a women for refusing to act with more than human devotion and foresight. " Poor follow 1" she said as she ‘ used the letter back again to Edie. “ t was very kind of him ; and he did quite right.â€" I think I shall take his advice, after all.â€" It'u horribly difficult to know what one ought to do. But I don’t think I shall Write to \Vinifred." He panned a da and night oi inexpreui- hie annoyance. his situation was getting too much (or him. He wan fl hting in the dark: he didn't undentaad \ arren Reii'l silence. If the fellow meant to orueh him, for what wan he waiting? Hugh could not hold all the threadl in his mind together. He felt a: though Warren Bell was goin to make. not only the Cheyne Row Club, at all London alto ether too hot for him. To have drowned hide, to be jilted by Wini- fred, and to be bellied after all by that creature Reliâ€"thie, thie was the hideoue and ignominioue future he now looming now Viejbly before him i Not for herself. She cou‘d baa:- the ex- poanre, if it was to save Winifred. But for W inifred's sake, for poor dear \Vinifred’a. Shg oouldq’l: deprive her o_f_heg new lover. Ought she to let Winifred marry him? What trouble might not yet be in store for Winifred 2â€"Nn, no. Hugh would surely be kinder to her. He had sacrificed one loving heart for her sake ; he was not. likely now to break another. Tueaday! There was a short pause. What letter? he wondered. Then Ralf began reading in a low tone: “ My darling Winifred, I can hardly make up my mind to write you this letter; and yet. I must; I can no longer avoid it.” “M dear boy, I promhe. thst'n enough.â€" I we t e necessity on you do.â€"So you’ve oo- tuslly got the latter, have you I" - “ I’ve got the letter. If you like, I'll read It to you. We boot in my pocket. I have to restore it by the time Mr. Meyeey return- tomorrow.’ Mr. Mayne I Reatore it! Then. for all his plotting, Ro didn't know that Mr. May-0y was dead, and that his {unernl was fixed to Elie ploo eat Whltoatnnd on Monday or Plot, plotâ€"plot and oonnterplot 1 Dirty, nnderhand, hole and-corner a yâ€"bneineel I Ralf had wheedled it outof eyneye name how, to help him to track down and confront his enemy l Or else he had anborned one of the Whitentrand servants to steal or copy thelr Muter'a oorhepondenw ! He heard it through to the last word, “ Ever your affectionate but heart broken Exam.” What were they going to my next 2- Nothiog. Potts juntdrew along breath of aur- Friee, and then whlltled shortly and enrleue~ h, “ The man’s a blaekguard to have broken t e poor girl’s heart," he observed at last, let alone thin. He’s a blackguard, Relf.â€"I’m very sorry for henâ€"And what's become of Miss Challener now, if it im’t indleoreet to ask thequeetionl: Great heavenl. it wee his own for ad letter to Winifred! How on earth he it ever eagle jute Relf'e pauegeion I ible etor , with node Ind hinte md‘eddi- tionn of in own: “At the present moment, I've no doubt Ihe’e at Marseilles, on her way nbroed to e farther dutinetion which I prefer on her scoouut not to mention. " Whnt sire and grace- end what comic importance the fellow put on, on the strength of his inmilierity with thin eurpoeed myeteryi Any other men with aetre htiorward mind would hove laid outright p einiy, “ in Aus- tralia ;" but this pretentioul jwkenepee with his stolen iniormetion must nuke up a little myetifloetion all of his own, to give himeelf importance in the eyu of his greedy gobe- munohe of a companion. It wen too gro- torque! too utterly ridiculous! And this was the men of whom he had been '0 eireid i Hie own do i the ready fool who ewellowed et recon ~hend euoh idie tettie oi the eervaute' hail, end employed on undentreplper or e prett eubreue to open other pe’eietun for in own iniorme- tion i rom that moment forth. Hugh might oordieiiy hete him, Huh might freely “ Weir. Potts, I’ve only taken any other men into my confidence at 311 in this matter. because you knew more than hell already. and it was Impossible, without telling you the other half, fully to make you feel the necessity for keeping the strictest silence about it. I’d rather not tell either you or anybody exactly where Miss Challoner’s gone now. But at the present moment, if you went to know the precise truth, I’ve no doubt she's at Marseilles, on her way abroad to a farther destination which I prefer on her account not to mention. More thsnthstit's better not to say. But she wishes it kept a profound secret, and she intends never-to return _to Englnnd." Re new It ell 3t 3 glance nova-Ralf we: in league with the hex-unto at the Meyloye‘. Some prying ledy'n mold or diehoneet flun- key mnut have none him the first letter to Winnifred, or at lent o 00 y of it: any more; he or the man: have nteroe ted the second one, which errlved while $ inifred wee on her wey to Seotlendâ€"elee how could Rel! hove heard this last newly fledged fio- tion ebout the journey nbrosdâ€"the Itoppoge at Horsemen-the determination never to return to Englend1â€"And how dlly end eogorl‘y'the‘men nwello-vzedjt n. This nasty But not before the lellrow’a very eyee; that wee more then in his pro-eat perturbed oon- dltion Hugh Meninger could menege to etnnd. He ekulked quietly round, unneen by Rolf, into the aide dcoveâ€"e re- one out off by en arched doorway â€"â€"where he geve his order in A very low voloe to Merttn, the obeequloul wetter. Mertin wee surpriued at so much reeerve. Mr. Musing". he was generally the very frecst end loudest-spoken gentlemen tn the whole houeefol of ’em. He elweye talked. he did, u if the club end the kitchen end the servants e-ll belonged to hint: _ Ralf, after all, was himself deceived by the forged letters he had so cleverly palmed off upon them. The special information he pre- tended to possess was onl the special infor- mation derived from Hug Maseinger’s own careful and admirable iorgeries. He hugged himself in a reflect transport of delight. The load wan iited as if by manic from his breast. There was nothing on earth for him, after all, to be afraid of l noomi hund serum» hail inform-don! Hugh positively dupilod him in his own mind for his rudfl crednlity Ind his mom duplicity How biy he retailedtheplaua- ible story, with node and Main md addi- by tide ireternelly on ehe walie oi the Ineti luteâ€"wa- dinlng with him and oonooting mischief no doubt. lo: the houee oi Muelugez. Hugh heii dew-mined to turn end flee: ihen nil ihet was :11me md genuine within him revolved at once .gdm “am in“ die- Knee He would not run from thin creature eii. He would not be turned out of his own clubâ€"he wu n member 0! the Commit- tee end a founder oi the moiety. He would [one it out and dine in gplte 0! him. From the alcove, buy n Ipeoiel interposi- tion of fate. Bu 1: could beer distinctly wink Ralf was any cg. Strau eâ€"inoredibie -â€"e oi: ”lulu stroke of luck; e hed indeed caught. the men in the very not and moment of compilingâ€"They were talking of Elsie 1 Their conversation cum to him distinct. though low. Umtnrel excitement 1nd ulckened his names to a flange degree. e heard is ell-every soundâ€"every nyl- leble " Then you promise, on your word of honour u n enzlem m. you’ll never breathe a word of ill or of an part of Miss Chel- lonefie efi‘eln to anybojx nnyyvhere ?" As Hugh Masslnger heard c'i:hose words, those reassuring words, a sense of freedom and lightness burst ins‘antly upon him in a wild rush of reaction. Aha ! aha! oor feeble enemyl Was this all! Then all knew really nothing! That mysterious “ Yes " of his was a fraud, a pretense, a mis- take, a delusion! He was all wrong, all wrong and in error. Instead of knowing that: Elsie was deadâ€"dead and buried in her nameless rave at Oriordness ~he fancied she was sti [alive and in hiding l The man was a windbag. To think that he should be terrifiedâ€"he, Hugh Musingerâ€"by such a mere empty hoastful eavesdropner 1: Why, “,I' .l other mndbnnk grantâ€"tho: other mudbnnk nunsâ€"tho bung we" yutphod daubn of {ht Sufl‘ol «than! dd; " [mt ulght my dolly quite tomot her preyere ; And when ehe than he you’d no down sum Then dolly wee elre (I, end eo eeld; ‘Juet never mind. but any ’0!!! In the bed. Because [think thet God ll Jun ea neu.’ When dolle are 'treld. do you e‘poee He can hear ‘2" The mother epghe {rpm Q It_ the-r911!" p led ; V' “ I‘m hurried. child.” “ 0h. came nnd see the flaw": In the skyâ€"- The sun Ins left. 3nd won't you by-aucl-by. pearjngkheh ”to ma l_n ppm .9133, and tall The little one grew very quiet now, And grieved and puzzled was toe childish brow; And then it querled: " Homer, do you know The reuon 'oeuee you must be hurried no? I [new the home are 1mm then I, S r i will take m pennies and viii buy Abizclookl g ,ubigegltogn be! Poi you ind no." The mother now has lelmro lnflnlk ; She all: with lol 10d hmdv. sud hoe to while As wlnter. In her but. in Winter’s ohlll She nits » lelnuto. q watlonlug God‘s will. "‘ "I “ My child hu cmodjo ‘mmho, And All In night I In Heaven no dnkjhnjrhon‘du} grudge me light? --_A The time dress hi.“ - 0, mother eweei it one! must ever tell ‘ Pny. do not mike them none. to built! 3 well Between thee end ihy own : and mhe the right To bieeeedneee. n "in to ale in flight i While Answering baby questions you no But emertsining engeie unuvue ; The richest sine IM gaihered by the way For duke“ thy. Old Indy (to 0160er bride on wedding trimâ€"That young man who just went into the nmokln’ car teem: verz fond 0' you mn’nm. Elderly Brideâ€"A . you. John love. me molt denrly. Old Indyâ€"It does my old heart to no such afloouon these do”. In II. 0 only son yo got, m‘om? “ 0 mother. look 1 I‘ve tonal. butterfly Hooglnl upon t Int. Do tell me why Then I“ no humor! 01:. do I o no whip! I nova . never an ouch may thing!- All «undoâ€"d; ond mlppotfwlm blu- oni brown: Ind Whon‘fullu house. when all the dnva are cold I" " You. you." Ibo add. lo womb mud, :00 N I'm hnrrlnll nhllfl," M. iii About 'tho pus: in'm mm ' And “Ion gunman aul'Rad Rldlng Hmd‘?" “10011330 to do! Hush, hush! you drive me w ; __ _ . _ Yet in his hurt he despised Wsrron Ralf for his mesnnoss. He might forgo himself : nothing low or ungentiomsnly or dogmding in forgary. Dishonest. if you like; dishon- est, non vulgar. Bus to open other poo le’s lettersâ€"psi: iâ€"tho disgusting sins! ass sud lowness sud vulgsrity of it! Asort of runder-ioogmsnisi} type of_ originality. ‘7 Piggafiforflfir. fl yJi will. of comic. but don'tbou cad and; diagram to your “193,... And though thou dost not spank. . AM the mists hide thee, now [know thy feet Will tread the path my feet vnlk wurily ', Sognefisyjhe lulu}, mll bro-y, _, :jl'mns eye‘, and lo! thluo arm; lhlll cathol- m3. film thou my hand-:7 between thy firm hit hl‘d! And null their tromhllng, and Ishn‘l not mep. 80399 shy. ghg 10“le o'er,“ I atond when two road: port ‘ Lard I art thou with me In the shadow: here I I onunot 1m my c you to see. Spook to me it thou out I [ tremble. Ind my hurt in cold with (ear; but In the woy tho: hut oppolnted me. My feoi'nhall'trend fhé éifll sale evening lands, “And tho: can» give m thy beloved. sloop. Nag.) shall lookAno more. One only idee left eome elight euepiclon oi nneuineel on hie enlightened mind. He hand the ledy’I-meidâ€"tbet hypothetical i y'e-meidâ€"hed eent on the iorged letter â€"eiter reeding itâ€"eo Winifred would heve time to think much nbout Ellie nt present, in the midst of thin endden end one: ted bereavement: the would be too all of her own deed (ether, no doubt, to 1»; any greet etuntion to her gowrneeu miefortunee. But etiii, one doe-n’t like one’a privete lettere to be to vul iy tem- pered with. And the vent of wee, he could hardly uk her whether she had receiv- ed the note. He could herd], et et the bot- tom of this low oonepireo . t wee hie pol- icy now to let eleeping one lie. The ion aid about Ellie the better. Nev. these are pale who go '1‘ Down the grey shadows; each one tired, end worn, Bearing a crow thst galieth him full sore ; And b'ooi of this doth thw, And thit one'e niiiri brows are ravei with them, And eyes are iind with weeping evcrmore. Stiii they press onward int. And the shades campus them : now, in- nwny, i see n treat hill shaped like Calvary ; Will they come there at last? A reflex irom some hr loir piriect dnv Touches the hi 3h clear faces gaidenly. Ah ! yonder path is hit, ""‘ ,- And musical with many sinking birds, w' Large golden trait and rainbow-colored flower! .‘ The wayside branches beer ; The air is murmur-ens with sweet lave-words, Andh has ti on ninging through the _h1ppy ours. From the bright hoe of dsy It winds In down a vnlley dnk u dutch. And shards and thorns am: my shrinking {eat ; An Icy mist and any Comes to me, chilling me with awful breath; How cam: thou say thy yoke is 1mm and sweet 7 duplu him; but he would. never, never, auger, boplggld 9f_hlm. p And nu'dden lboflnz iip.rlfizirlrh'o eyes aha! meet :Jl'mns eye‘, and lo! thlno nun: lb!" cache Shifting Shadows. BY WILL 1‘. 1A.”. Zenith put. the Inn in at in; In the Ooctdonm sky :00]: Punched with drought, field-flowers Ara droopink. Ruth Ind gnu An blanched and dry. Down the lune nnd;through the mention Qunlntly out from ahmb und tm, Stretch uhwnrt my tinny oil-down, Shmlng. lengthen n3 ohmgxfuny. Jun outside the struggling vll , Where the brookleta drone la end, 'Xnth when fleet-winged robber. pilltge Luscious ! nit from tho vlneyud. (“one beside me. longet growing, 'l‘lll It lntennlnnleo mlno, Moves 5n Imus! figure. Ibowtn An enumblnhcoâ€"dunlt. I no! To the Singer. BY mum 13ml. 8M". the nu] um nu. In than Both In I; annealing of the lpring. Win! time the many breezes "ring The dnao m bound: the tree ; l «em to sit beside the on. And but u up”: In ch" ting. Thy volco nukes many I plenum place To n-t in, mmy a lugnnl spot ; Blue eye. of the “metals-not, The ohlnn 0! leul milden ways, Bring bwk 3 hundred atoms: 0! tong. than may not brgot. If It In hour wnon storm-wind: uu‘y The cloud! through hesvon lrom po 9 to pole, The pcu'on In thee seems to roll In music to the Funny, Linen wmfln mm". and say : ‘ It In the soul, It in the noul.’ “ I'm Ruffled. Child.”. I'm hurried, ohm." (1‘0 m: CONTINUED.) Falnthearted. l' m hunted child." The Impendouu plan for sup lying tho clty of Liverpool wl'h waver lnvo no the remo- val at a whole Webb vlllsgo including wooda,cotta u,churohoa, om. tlalolmmemo npme to be ovotod to o morvoir four and one-bolt mile: long by boil a mile to I mile brood, ond eighty foot (loop. There ore to be three llneo of plpo ouch dxty'elght mllu long. with filtering bod- md uoondary ro. larval", ond the no» of the squoduoo olono butlmotod It 815,000,000. ‘ Capt. Wigfilne in hle ehlp beredor, well leden with el aorta of Englhh merohem dise, hes eelely reeohed the mouth of the Yeneeel Rlver, end treneferred hle oer to the eteemer Phoenix, whloh will te e lt 2,000 mllee up the river to the town: In southern Slberle. It remelne to be seen whether Cept. Wiggins will fight hie wey eefely beck thron h the ice of the Kare See with the cargo o Siberlen produce he he: taken on boerd. At ell evente hle voy e to tho Yeneeel thlr yeer hes been e brll l- ent encoeee, end he eeeme ln e felt way to prove thet e eellor who known ell the Inn end out: of Ice nevlgetlon oen ln molt yeere oerr on treffio by weter between the port of t e Western world end loathern Siberle, e prectleel dleoovery of much Importenoe. Mr. Gladstone’e etndy nt starden Cu- tie holde 15,00) volumes, which are ranged on shelves jutting out into the room; There in not a book that Mr. Gladstone onnnot ley his hnnd upon the moment he wants it. There are three writing~deeke in this room, one of which is for the oxolneive use of Mu.'_Gledltone. The ex~Ptemier breakfast- nt seven and dine: nt eight, breekin hie feet by a light lunh eon at two o'eloc . Mrs. J. B. Haggin, wife of_' the Collfornie mllliouaire. ha in her posseuion emby given by King Louis of Bun-in to L911. Munoz. At 3 sale of L1]. Monte’z efl'eotu thin ruby brought $1,000. but It in new vulued st 310,000. M. B. Curtis, the actor. who mule. ton-tune by his Impersonation of Sun'lo! Poem own: 3 p n-blood ruby for which he in aid to heve d 87,000. Rub u, when they reach !_ gin, ere more nimble then Dr. George deoneld, the reeoherend novelist, [- a tell men with: nely duped head, which in crowned with gr. heir ported in the middle. Hie board in mne- teohe of iron grey are long And silken. He Appears to greet “vantage in the pul- it, for he preaches with eerneetneu. end nnvoiee of melodious quality mode It- treotive by an unmiatakable SJotoh " burr." er. and when buy with 3 novel. neueil worke night end dey until it in finished. t in quite common for him to work fifteen hours at n' stretch, outing ecu-only anything end drinkingfloniy o little chempegue during thet time. e get- ver much excited over his ewriee, end walk: e at the room tacit. ing the speeches of his chat-eaten in 15 most dramatic mmner. A antlemm who bu recently vlslted W“ 0 Collins at his home in Wimpolo St. London «ya that the novelist I. lookl old, nml that his hard work has lefclta mu- on hlm. Re In thin und stoop: vary much, bug his cyan, thoggh 1195-31913:on org brig!“ The enrvivore of the terrible Cheuworth disaster, which reenltedtin tl'i‘e fsth g! 0;: e men en, on e c o, 00 3:41 tyW‘e’cterng Rail!" . heve loaned en organiz stlonnmh Dr. . B. Will president. The members propoee to meet once e yeer on the ennivemry of the accident if prec- tlceble, end else to help my 0! the number who need pecunlery eid. dhmonds. Dwight L. Moody. the evangelist, is ver mnch opposed to having his photograp taken. He set toIa photogmpher only once, and that was just before he left Englend. be- cause he wanted to leave his porn-Lit with stew friends; but he broke the negative with his own hands. no thst no more im- preeeione could be taken. Mr. Moody makes his home at Northfield, Massachusetts, where his mother, now eighty-three, still lives, and where he has hie oo-workor, In D, Senkey, for I near neighbor. but his 0 on, than hnear-nlvhtod are blight and apgr l_lng. _ r. qullnl In a _nrd wot}- J euros A. MeNell Whlstler, on Ameriesn artist who has made his home sud re uhdon in England. was recently married u Lou- dou to Mrs. Been-lee Gdeiu, daughter of J 31111 Biruie, the soul tor. Mr. Whistler ss groom was dressed as well-fibula blue from-cost, and carried a brand-new road- brimmad high hat under his um. A psi: of emery-c )lored gloves brightened his coetu no. The bride was dressed in e suit of blue with u hm: to match. Mrs. Beln Lickwooj taught school for fifteen years befora she went into the law. She found teaming very hard work and very poor pry, and as she had a family w support â€"her husbmd, since dead, being then an invalidâ€"she studied law and Was admitted to the bar. and now she never make! less than $3,030 a year. Mm.;L)ckwooi lays that she can do housework as well as any woman, but that it is cheaper for her to em- ploy her talents in other directions. Al- though her ambitions run in the line of a public and political life.lehe dresses about a: other women do, and finds delight in lace and diamonds. . d prior of the order cf the Hmpltsl of 15. John 0! Jornulom. Bishop Qaiotonis. of Tennessee. a member, was present at tho instsllstlon ceremonies. The order msin- bolus on ophtholmlo hospital as Jerunlom. The Emprou Viobodu hu promised thu no bio uphy of Kmor Fritz Ihsll be pub- lhhodo or five you-u. Thou!- no drud of. sounds! thereto" nt pmsnt. Mr. W. K. Vnnderbllt hu mud Lun- downe House for nu nut Iouon. Lord Rouborry bu recently lived there, and It in one of the fine“ house. In London. Mme. Sarah Bernherdt he: christened en old liquor with a. new neme. She told en interviewer lately that ehe inveriehiy took e little eoonite before going oe the etqe, to eteedy her nervee. It turned out thet this econite wee the primeet Sootoh whiekey. The Prince of Weiee bee been inetelled now onpugod In an unending the creation 0! their now home I: the [ale 0! Wight. Sam. wfltln I o! Kshor Frodorlok'u show the he let: hf. momoundu to his wlfo u be: print. ropony, Md his din-y in now spin in her Midi. Mr. Auntln Chunberlulu. a non of Mr. Joneph Chunbarldn, but been undo the Pa- lismouhry undid.“ of the Liberal Union- lltc {or Selkirk-hire. Huge Plan for Water Supply. Mr. and Mn. Froglorlok Vcndoxbllt no PERSONAL.