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l l l l .â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"’ The steady rain of the fall afternoon had obliterated the mountains and sunk the trail, at best narrow and dangerous, into shobed of an erratic brook. Down this Graig Oliver’s fine ma re slipped hopelessly, while his shepherd dog, a mass of discon- lolate wetness, trotted sullenly behind, his nose close to the horse’s heels. Oliver’s cor- duroys were soaking, from his sombrero a stream of water dripped down his back, and the damp carcass of a defunt antelope 23:: erdhamlfhiatdgle hepalme [pasnlfullyi not know a word of English, and she’s a an e o e a are ’ him to the top of salt}; Peak End had tak- gone and won t come any more. Half the en revenge for the first shot which had brought its demise. . Craig, naturally Impatient, swore audibly. go hunting oing to rain,â€"or did anybody ever know ‘ lorado weather? why, if a man knew enough to go to the top of a peak, he could mare to the barn. not find his way down. He had no idea where he was, and night was near at hand: said Oliver, uneasily, as he watched man in the door ; but the young woman defend- ed her rights vigorously, and, freeing her- self, ran down the steps. " I have entered a romance,” thought Craig, advancing to the steps. “ After . travelling in extremely beaten paths for forty years, I have suddenly achieved an adventure.” “ I have lost my way,” he said; lilting his hat. “ I am not a tramp at all, but a neighbor,â€"even a landed propri- etor. I did hope for shelter, but I will only ask a directionâ€"” ‘ “ But I don’t know any directions, sir, and I wouldn’t trust Louis’s , he’d like to get any one into trouble. I am thankfully ignorant of this horrid country : I want to be : I hate it. But you must come in and get dry and have your horse rubbed down. What a lovely dog l” The fat woman, who had descended the steps unobseri ed, here interposed an objec- tion, clutching the girl’s arm tightly, and talking hastily in whispered French that sounded like a prolonged hiss, so great was her agitation. “ Hush up, hag!” said the singular young woman, again freeing herself. “ And now do come in for a little while.” She was bareheaded, and wore some kind of a sleazy gown. As the rain was speed- ily wetting her shoulders, Oliver was forced to go up under the roof of the veranda. “ You needn’t be shocked," she went on, merrily,” at what I said to her : she does fun I have is calling her names and saying things to her she would so like! to know,-â€"Louis, take the gentleman's, hot-tempered and horse and give her good care. None of your He wond- tricks, for. Monsieur might this once like to . ered why a . man should , want to be friendly: you never can tell: he and . . m the Rockies; why Lord Morris were. Monsieur can be agree- If he d’d’ he could not tell when it “’33 able, quite lovely to strangers, if he wants to be.” The man, grumbling to himself, led the “I don’t fancy leaving her to his mercies,” under the aspens that slapped him merrily and horse from the porch. “Somehow I 1 "“11 wet branches as he passed, it was 81- have not overmuoh confidence in your servant.” ready dark. He wondered where Doctor John was. “ Isn’t he evil looking? Annette,though, 1 That 888 would make 8» jest of the matter: thinks he is beautiful. But Louis will be he was offensively personal in his jokes. good to your horse : he is fond of them, and He would not think of gomg to look for a a thoroughbred, too, like that one, will coriander-not he. the laziest man in the delight him. His liking for horses is the world. “'th then, 511011“ Craig Oliver only human trait he has. Do come in, just take meat to Doctor John, antelOpe steak a little while : we’re not robbers or Bend- he so favored, brought from the summit of ers, though things are funny. Bring Y°hh - a cloudreaching peak? Yet that invidious lovely dos. Will he fight a little outs of doubt of Doctor John’s! there must be one?” evidence, or he would tell the story of an impglnary antelope and imaginary shot. It grew darker,-â€"if possible, wetter. The sodden antelope flounced about, and the dog whined dolefully. “Confound you, Mac,” cried Oliver, “if you are bored, what must I be? Do you think I’m doing this for pleasure? Besides, you can shake the rain off your coat, and it soaks into mine. If I stay outside to-night it means rheumatism, sure. I’ll bet the doctor is huddling over the fire now with that infernal pipe of his, and Mike is clean- . ing his boots,--the doctor’s boots. I pay Mike, but he cleans the doctor’s boots first, last, and all the time. Some men have a faculty of imposition.” The more uncomfortable Oliver became, the more he thought of his guest snugly ensconced in his hunting-cabin miles away on the Troublesome,â€"â€"an untrustworthy little stream that meandered through the mountain park, irrigating the crops boun- tifully in the spring, but often annihilat- ing them in midsummer. . “ He’s toasting his thin shanks at my ~hearth, smoking my tobacco, ordering my ‘zervant about, and he would leave me out here to perish. He knew it was going to rain : that is why he said he had the tooth- ache. I swear he hasn’t one of his own left. I believe it is gout ails him. And Mike hasn’t sense enough to go out with a light. Ha ! there’s one 1” .The trees more Widely scattered showed him £3 sudden glimmer of light across the murk MW, like a fallen star. He urged the mare forward down a steep hill, and found from her quickened pace he was on a travelled road. Then she shied and stop?" pod, and he was close to a shut gate. He dismounted, opened it, and, mindful of cat- tle, closed it after him. Aftera short walk he saw the dark outlines of buildings, a house with corrals and barns ; from the last came the savage barking of dogs and the clank of their stretching chains as they leaned from their kennels. Mac, in duty bound, set up achallenging uproar, silenced only by his mascer’s whip. From the lighted windows Craigsaw the house proper was built of logs afid raised considerably from the ground, with a wide veranda ap~ proached by a long flight of steps. ‘ A door m the L that was on a level with the ground suddenly opened, and a man came out with a lantern,â€"au under-sized man, with a white face, deep-sunken black eyes, and a scrubby beard around his chin of such a blue-black color his face looked deadly pale. “ What a State’s risor?’ Fri 11 !” Crai thought ; but he saig, po 1 ely.g “ I havg lost my way.” “ Well, this is not it,” said the man, holding his lantern rudely near Oliver’s face. “ I do not need your assurance of that, my civil friend ; but if I insulted you With a bribe could you put up my horse and give me shelter for the night ?” M NO.” .â€" “Western hospitality is evidently out of l he never will show 01?. Can your dog give your line. I fancy New York or the ad- his paw ?” jacentislands are more to your taste than a ranch in the mountains. Perhaps you could mered Oliver, who was thinking what a direct me to Lord Morris’s shooting box: pretty picture the girl made. it’sou the Troublesome, about five miles . from Parkville. I am a stranger here, as I jumping up and standing by the fire, “ you L only bought‘the lodge this Spring.” “ I don’t know where it is.” “ Ah ! a stranger too. You own this place 2” “I don’t see that that is your afl'air.” . “I might make it mine, if the odds were not so against me,” Oliver muttered, .ically. damning, and tightening his saddle-girths. winters, all the long shut-in months. A door in the house suddenly opened, and eat, sleep, breathe, but I don’t live. I am i 'in the flood of light streaming out Oliver called M inny,â€"christened Minerva, after; saw a slight girlish figure peering into the my father’s ship,â€"-a funny name, that does i darknesls. “ What is it, Louis? Not Monsieur do to name themselves: don’t you think Restaud? Isâ€"is he hurt 2” “My a tramp. house,” called the man rudely. A fat little woman in a cap seized the girl’s arm, and tried to drag her 1 WOW. “If he did I’d disowu him,” smiledi Craig. . She stooped and picked up a fluffy Skye terrier, and, holding it in her arms, led the way into a luxuriously-furnished room with piano and fine pictures, a bright open fire, and evidences of travel and culture in bric- a-brac. It was strangely at variance with the wild and lonely country outside, butl oddly natural in Colorado. In the Rockies i the unexpected is always happening : a day- laborer is often a college graduate waiting for a stake, or a cowboy may be the son of . an earl acquiring experience. ‘ “If we tried to snare travellers,” said the young lady, coolly, “ Louis would rather hurt our business, his manners are ‘ so bad. This is the den of Monsieur del Restaud, who came here to avoid the war with Prussia: he was only a young lad then, but a born coward ; and his brother is a colonel in the French army, his father , a general. He daren’t go back to France. | Sit down. Here’s a chair for your coat;s you will feel better dry. I’ll excuse your, shirt-sleeves.” Talking all the while, she set a chair for his coat, one for himself near the hearth, . and then, kneeling down by the big dog, l she put the little one on the floor and pro- ceeded to make them acquainted. Skye , instantly became a fluff of growl and fight ; but Mac, with an ennuyeed sigh, stretched himself and lay down to rest. He realized he was'intruding, but meant to make the best of it in peace. She jumped up, the gag under her arm, and flung a log on the re. , “,There, are you comfortable?” she ask- ‘ ed, standing and smiling on him, a lovely flush on her face. “ Delightfully so.” Oliver looked at her in wonder. Was, she child or woman ‘2 A slight, girlish : figure, but beautifully formed, tiny hands and feet, a mass of short reddish curls around her neck, parted smoothly in the middle, hazel eyes with dark lashes, a nose retrousse, piquantly so, and a rose-bud . mouth that showed small white teeth of‘ dazzling brilliancy. Her skin was almost unnaturally pale, and a dimple in the left cheek drew attention to its soft roundness. Her gown of yellow china silk clung to her beautiful curves, and the wide ruffle of the yellow around her throat was like the petals of a flower. 'hand: there was no ring: in fact, all the jewelry she wore was a bunch of silver bangles on her right arm. “ Do you live here ‘2” he asked, lamely, as she knelt again on the rug to pat his dog, Skye in her arms. . Morris’s place is. ” .- _ _.___ _______ W Peter,â€"think of that lâ€"but luckily had a middle name. Allow me to’ introduce my- self : Craig Oliver, of Denver, and your neighbor in the valley of the Trouble- some.” ' “ I am ”â€"she hesitated a moment and looked at him defiantlyâ€"“ Mrs. do Restaud. I knew you’d have to know. I put it 03' on purpose. Now please don’t look at me out of the corner of your eye and wonder I am not more dignified and stop being pleas- ant to me because I am married.” “ I don’t see,” said Oliver, unconsciously becoming more distant, “that your being p married makes any difference.” “I am glad; for up here they daren’t talk 1301“er Do me because of Monsieur : in fact, for weeks I only have Skye to talk to. I know I run on foolishly; but I am like an exile meeting a neighbour from the home country. No gentlemen come ' here : Lord Morris was not; he might have been once, but liquor changes everybody. Since Aunt Hannah was sent away, six months ago, there has not been a living soul here 1 even endured. By the way,” smiling again, “are you hungry?” “ I breakfasted this morning,” answered Oliver. “ Well, I’ll get you something to eat. Please let me: it’s such fun to have a visi- tor. And don’t you mind if yin hear growls from the kitchen.” She ran out before Oliver could object: so he sat and watched his steaming coat, wondering if the proprietor would shoot on sight. He remembered now seeing the “ crazy Frenchman,” as he was called in the valley, 3. small, wizeued creature, look- ing as if he took morphine, from his strange color and the unnatural brightness of his eyes. The pity of it! the girlâ€"a child, almostâ€"was his wife. “This is odd,” he thought, “an adventure, and Doctor John will never believe a word of it.” Unfortu- nately, Mrs. de Restaud had left the door ajar, and Oliver became painfully aware of wou though, of their bargain lâ€"let me get that tea. Don’t you touch me. Witch ! they’d hung you in Salem days. I am getting this for the stranger who looks like a hero out of a book,â€"-a big, broad-shouldered man ; nota little, evil thing, like your dear Monsieur or your own pet Louis with his Sing Sing manners. Such a charming stranger, with the kindest smile, and eyes that smile too, and a gentleman like I used to know before I was shut up here. Cat, let the waiter alone ! I hate your Mon- sieur ! his own father called him a. coward. Oh, wait, my love, until I practise shoot- ing: some day I Will put a little round bullet-hole in your lovely cap-frill.” A crash of crockery, the slam of a door, and Mrs. de Restaud came back; flushed and triumphant, with a loaded waiter and a conquering air. “ Cold ham, fresh bread, and tea,” she said, setting it on the table. “ It is better than nothing. I have been on a foraging expedition and outgeneralled the enemy. Now do eat. Perhaps you ought to have whiskey; but Monsieur has the keys.” this tea is much better.” “ I think so. And are things nice, truly?" “ The very best, and how good you can imagine to a man who has fasted since seven this morning. Ydu see, I was bound to have that antelope ; I was on his trail the whole day.” ' “ It seems cruel to kill the poor little things,” she said, wistfully, “ they have such a hard time in the winter, and the elk are so starved then they come down to the corral to eat hay with the cattle. I would like to put hay out for them, but I am not allowed ;and just think, my money has bought this ranch: it was mortgaged .for all it was worth,â€"Monsieur spent everything, you know ; but you don’t know, and think I am dreadful.” She ran to the window and looked out. “You would not mind,” she said, anxious- ly, “ hurrying alittle? Monsieur ought to be back any moment. If he and his friends have been drinking very much, they are ugly, especially Monsieur. Oh, I did not mean you should stop.” “ I am through,” said Oliver, uneasily. “It was very nice indeed ; but I am afraid I have made you trouble, will do you harm by being here. You must know where “Down the road here somewhere, but I don’t know just where. I never was there: it was not a fit place. Don’t you think,” she went on, feeding his dog scraps from the waiter while she spoke, “ that» it is funny of me to talk of my husband to strangers?” “ I don’t want to be a stranger,” said Oliver, gently, “and you know one could not live here without hearing something of ._.of__. " “The crazy Frenchman.” Oliver put on his coat in silence. The . big shepherd dog leaned his beautiful head lagainst the girl’s knee while she fed him, i and little Skye, quite content with a stray He looked at her left. bite now and then, looked on in approval. Oliver thought he would like to take her in his arms, as if she were the child she looked. That pretty little yellow gown, the bright girl’s face, with its saddened look, touched him sorely. He was not wont to be inter- ested much in women; those he met were of two classes, and this child was of neither her conversation: . “ I trust you and I will meet again, my “ Annette deanâ€"how I Wish the Utes civil fnend," ' ld carry you off l how tired they’d be, “ I have a flask.” smiled Oliver. “ but \OveWell I did think it nonsense. Where picked up his riding-whip, bit his lower lip, and waited. Mac, with a growl, slunk up to his master’s heels. The door was flung rudely open, and a man stepped into the room, so overcome with anger he could at first form no word,â€"a little man with a dark evil face, sunken eyes, and ~long black beard. His corduroy suit was dripping, and the hat he flung on the table soaking wet. He had the air of one who has ridden fast in an evil mood.“ “Are you keeping a hotel, Madame de Restaud ?” he kissed. “Truly this isa very leasant surprise for a man.” “The gentleman asked shelter, Henri,” the girl said, trembling. “He lost his way, and Louis would not tell him how to find Lord Morris’s lace.” . “You can 0 course give me the direc- tion,” Oliver said, courteously, though his hand clinched the whip-handle tighter. “Lord Morris told me of your hunting- exploits. I thought we should have met before this; but Doctor John and I are unsociable Sort of men and don’t go about much.” “The road you came, strai ht down two miles, turn to the left,” sai De Restaud, coldly. “My man has your mare ready.” “Thanksâ€"Mrs. da Restaud, you have shown true Western hospitality. I shall always remember it. Good-night.” He could not look at that shrinking fig- ure, with its frightened eyes. “Good-by,” she said, sadly. “I hope you will find your road.” ‘ As he closed the door he heard her give a cry of pain, as if she had been rudely seized, and he almost stopped, then went hastily down the steps. He wished one of the rufians dismounting before the porch would speak to him : he would have liked to silence him. No one spoke, however. Even Louis led the mare up in silence. Oliver looked her over as be mounted, toss- ed the man a dollar, and said, as he centered off,â€" The gate was open, so he went easily past all pitfalls, and, the mare being rested, in a short time he saw the light from his own cabin, and with an odd sense of comfort, too. Alost, homeless man is a pitiful ob- ject the world over. Mike rushed out to take the mare ; he was just going to look for him; the doctor had worried. But Oliver, without a word, went into the house. He went to his cigar-box, lit a cigar, then stood before his own hearth with a queer air of possession. It was just as he thought. There sat Doctor John in that ridiculous flowered dressing-gown and embroidered cap, with his eternal pipe, as unconcerned as possible. “ Back at last, old man '2” said Doctor John, cheerily. “ We were getting wor- ried about you.” “ Thanks,” growled Oliver. “We waited supper,” continued the other, a little, elderly man, with bright blue eyes, close-cut gray hair, and long gray beard. “ Mike was bound to go for you.” “And you to prevent him,” sneered could he look? Let’s eat.” “ I am not hungry; I had supper. “ Where ‘2” “At a house,” Oliver answered, briefly, as Mike entered with the supper-things. However, he sat down, and found himself eating heartily. Neither man spoke, Doctor John being used to Oliver’s moods. The meal over, they sat before the fire. ,Oliver took a cigar, while Doctor John lit his pipe. “ I was at the summit of Sisty’s Peak to-day,” said Oliver, after a long silence. . “ Ah? ” interrogatively from Doctor John. “ Too bad you did not bring it. We’re Italy exported 480,300,000 dams eggs last year. Three minor asteroids were discovered last month. Dust is responsible for many explosions in coal mines. Greece has more public holidays than any other country in the world. In proportion to their size spiders are seven times stronger than lions. One London gas company alone uses 2 , 000,00040ns of coal each year. Canadians and Americans are said to be the best penmen in the world,and the Brit- ish come next. A piece of clean tissue paper is the best thing with which to clean spectacles. At a water-drinking contest in Paris recently the winner drank twelve quarts. Wild tobacco, said to be equal tothe real Havana, has been found growing in Tenet In France the doctor’s claim on the estate of a deceased patient has precedence over all others. It is said that the human hair will turn white during violent emotion if the hand is laid upon it. The part of the human body least suscep- tible to touch is between the shoulder blades just over the spin' 0. Italian soldiers are given cigars every day, but have to pay for their undercloth- ing, washing and all toilet articles. France claims to have invented artesian wells in 1462, but they were in common use in China in the eleventh century. America sent to France last year 514,000- 000 pounds of bacon, 84,000,000 pounds of ham and 81,000,000 pounds of pork. The smallest book in the world contain, 384 pages, weighs forty-four grains and requires a strong magnifying glass to read. In some places in Berlin an insurance coupon for $500, good for seven days from date of sale, goes with every 6-cent drink of liquor. In proportion to the numbers engaged, Waterloo was the bloodiest battle of modern times. Over 35 per cent. of the men engaged were killed or wounded. During the civil war the confederates cruisers captured or destroyed 80 ships, 46 brigs, 84 barks, 67 schooners and 8 other vessels flying the American flag. The cost of the world’s wars since the Crimean war has been $13,265,000,000, or enough to givea $10 gold piece to every man, woman and child on the globe. Two Scotch scientists have figured out that power equal to 145 horses would be re- quired to propel a whale through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour. It is estimated that there are 100,000,000 guns in the world. At an average of $10each, the cost of the world’s rifles, shotguns and muskets would be $1,000,000,000. During the five years that the American revolutionary war continued 288,200 Ameri- cans were enlisted, but there were rarely more than 30,000 in the field at any one time. In some of the ancient temples of Egypt perfectly sound timber of tamarisk wood has,it is said,bcen found connected with the stone work which is known to be at least 4,000 years old. quantities,though'difi‘ering in its effect from alcoholic stimulants. The nerves may be disturbed in a degree approaching delirium tremens. A current of electricity does not always kill when it appears to do 39. It simply roduces an appearance of death, from which the subject may in many cases be re- stored by artificial respiration. Coffee is intoxicating if taken in suficient out of meat.” “But I. did. I know you.” Oliver smiled. “ The evidence is on m saddle.” “There’s a butcher-shop at arkville,” said Doctor John, meditatively. “Is there?” said Oliver, indifierently. “Iwas not that way. I had supper at De Restaud’s.” . “ The crazy Frenchman’s? Honestly, Craig ? ” “I give you my word. His wife is a sweet little woman.” , “They are all to you, my boy. Your weakness. You don’t say lâ€"at De Re- staud’s l ” Doctor John smoked a. while over it; “actually got in his house! Why, they say he is the very devil. You were lucky you didn’t lose your life instead of your way.” Craig looked into the fire. He thought of the little girl in the yellow gown. How plainly he remembered even the bangles. “I followed an antelope,â€"a splendid p shot, the best I’ve had ; a big buck.” Japanese coal has found its way to Bom- bay. A quantity of it was lately delivered alongside in Bombay harbor at prices rang- ing from 11 to 12 rupees per ton. The great Indian Peninsula Railway Company is trying some of it. One hundred domestic servants are killed annually in England in the process of win- dow cleaning. An invention recently pat- ented is a window of which the outside may be cleaned without exposing the cleaner to any chance of a tumble. According to an advertisement contained in the Danish government Gazette, publish- ed in Copenhagen, two big volancoesare for sale. They are situated in Iceland and are the principal attractions of the island. The owner asks for them the sum of $400 apiece. The Egyptian minister of public works proposes that Sir Benjamin Baker, M. Boule, of Paris, and Signor Torricelli, of the Skye terrier, the dimple in her cheek? Rome, should be invited through their re- perhaps he had lost his heart. (To BE CONTINUED.) modem or soon sows. Ontario Farmers Mlzht Save llalra Million Dollars a. Year. To illustrate the loss which the farmers sustained through bad roads, Mr. Andrew Pattullo, of Vi oodstnck, pointed out at a recent meeting of dairymen that there were over 350,000 work horses in Ontario. It. Go back into the Instead of replying, she made her dog ‘ _ . sit up on its hind legs and beg,â€" an accom- Classi-‘a different being,â€"a pathetic, plishment Skye disliked showing, as he . haunting 099 ; a child in years, and yet two desired to get acquainted with the new years a Wlfei and 0f_ such a. man. She dog, and this circus business seemed derog- glanced up and saw his grave face. Her story to his dignity. lips‘ quiveredr ‘ “See l” said the young woman, breath- ’ D°hh thlhk me*dreadful,” she said, lessly; “isn’t he cunning? But he does ; P11580331)“ “ I am SO lonely, so forsaken, and you brought back the old days. You it much better when there is not company : - . , look so kind, the words just came : I could not help it. Suppose you were me shut up “ I don’t think I ever asked him,” stam- here, my father 105‘ M 898, my motherdead two years ago, and my only friend, my only _ relation, saying it was my duty” (a sob) “Well, he is too tired to tease now. Oh,” “ to live here for ever and ever. I wish that you would try to like me, and that I asked who I was.” .could feel there was somewhere in the world n No : if you lived here.” . a good man who would be a friend to me “ Do you think,” half sadly, “ a person and Pity me.” , . could live here '2” He took her llhhle hand in his big one ,, [â€"1 don’t, know.” and looked down on her sunny head. u I do,” said the young woman, emphat- “ You are a little child,” he said, softly. “I have tried it two years and “ I know your hfe must be hard 3 I cannot I bear to think of it. I shall be proud and happy to be your friend : I haven’t runny.~ When one has lived long in the world he has sorted the wheat from the chafi’ ; and I, not suit? me. Children ought to be allowed i can count my friends on my fingers,-on one hand, indeed.” , so?” “ Then let me be the little finger,” she “It might be better, but Minny is a said. shyly- pretty name, and, v with a smiling glance , The sound of horses’ hoofs outside made was quite certain that these were kept idle more than a month in each year owmg to the impassable condition of the roads in most parts of the province. Allowing a dollar per week for the keep of the horses, this would show a direct loss of nearly Sl- 500,000 in a year on the horsescin ordinary use in the province; but the real loss through such enforced idleness was enor~ mously .. larger. There were about 2,000 spective governments to proceed to Egypt I in order to study and advise upon the ques- tion of a reservoir for storing the water of the Nile and utilizing it for irrigation dur- ing the months when the river is at its lowest. Farmers in Kent- County, Maryland, have found that ground planted in toma- toes yields from $27 to $50 per acre, and one farmer reported a yield of $72 per acre, while the average of reports received indi. cated a yield of a.little less than $40.50 per acre. All these facts came out at a meeting of farmers. It was the sense of the meeting that the landlord should fur- nish half the fertilizer and half the tomato plants and that he should receive one-third the returns. . Although French law prohibits women from going about disguised in men’s clothes, except when they have obtained permission from the prefect of police, curiously enough, dairy factories in Canada. The average there is no legal obstacle to men parading cost of what might be called haulage would the streets in women’s clothes. This fact not be less than $1,000, 0!: $2,000,000 in-all i has just been brought to light by the Paris per annum. It was quite certain that a ' courts, which have acquitted a man named saving of one-quarter of this amount, or $500,000 per year, could be easily effected by such reasonable improvement of the roads as could be made by the farmers dur- ing the next few years. The register of a country hotel in Maine one day recently contained names of Mongo- lians. Russians, Prussians, Italians, Turks, Greeks,Canadians, French and Germans, each written in the owner’s language. ' Some States forbid marriage between whites and full-blooded negroes or Indians ; others legalize marriages between whites and octoroons ; in one or two no degree is mentioned, but marriage is forbidden between a white man or woman and a. ran outflof admiration for Oliver liked a pretty her withdraw her hand suddenly, and a u f 1 tab - “ suits delightfully. I was named l frightened look came over her face. 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The manner of procedure is to lay a bottom piece, then cross pieces of scrap layers; the composition is then applied, laying on that a top piece, all of which is strapped together with iron, mak- ing a bundle 2% inches thick, all of which is heated and rolled ‘mto any shape desired. 3% , ifié‘i‘ftirbfififiiflai . served on of the gio many ye ardentl‘y ences in 7 inexhaust At first, to talk m the mos: him to i:- were all was one ii thrilling 5' It happ try acme Y should fa:- dicated iii currence. men and a had gone . expeditio- there. F or a w the vcriee ing, witllo the pleasu F orbcs be; in the par tiful sable Wary and Captain hr. fore he Sir bagged his the case wi he stood quarry. ] it was the greatly int peculiariti He was t. a slight so head in the yond meas nativesjust He had no t availed him beset him, soldier he cl Etant it fell head of a b' the leader or 3 10g. 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