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her. He ! thought " ‘9 mafia By man Isms . .. 35y. 330:3 may be bale?! .” She put out her h: him, but did not look up. “Leave 2m with my baby, Richard,” she pleaded He took her hand and pressed it and again in his old, unconscious .Then_ he let it go, and t slowly, t door. There he tnrn‘ul -_J y - - _ G‘ Oh, yes, y‘ Pillow. He con ‘“ I updemtand 7 . v , ..-.... L18 Knew vuuurcn .' _, ‘ s was speczal pleadmg. 3° thoughl /"' trembled, and then dro He shrugg‘ beside the child’s. “ I wailledhiefi possibly be e MPH/3"“ went on: “ there is no one But he do“ 1 care more for than for Frank.” no word be She lifted her face to him now in it a. possibility. strange light. Then her look ran, to con- tone and 5” fusion, and she seemd ~ ' ' ~, want to conve . He knew she ' no exciteme Nouched her shghlder. ' d1a. He “ You must- do the way, for Frank’s sake, will help youâ€"God ‘ k it" .5 gam she shuddered, and a. whiteness run I under the hot excitement of her cheeks. She ! said nothing, but looked up at: him, then dropped her face inher hands. “ X on do care for him Lafi,” he said, earnestly, almost solemnly, his lips twitch- ing-@ightly. “ You must care for him ; it is his sight : and he wiII-I swear to you I ‘ know he‘wiIIâ€"care for you. ”Q 4 In his} own min thought: ‘ 7, ‘ W; andin L, "L -__..:'r‘_,_7 A I 4 _ ._.v .v. uuu, uau. Again she slmddered, and a. whiteness run under the hot excitement of her cheeks, She said nothing, but looked up at: him, then dropped her face inher hands. “ X on do care for him Lafi,” he said, earnestly, almost solemnly, his lips twitch- ingglightly. “ You must fare for him : it 5: his -;~LL _ -__.a 1 .‘ Gm! help me '3” ,vv ----_.... a. mu; V‘ for him. If-be does not com: shall go and fetch him.” “ Never ! never!” Her e‘ “He’s a. grand little fellow,” he s “ Lali,” he continued, present-1y, “ i time Frank came home. I am going to w for him. 19M (1M: nn+ AA-“A “ ,fi -_-. ‘..v .uoc, u cu! uunga uttle. “ Come, come,” he said heartily, “ it’s all right, it’s all rightâ€"my sister. Let us go and see the youngster. There, dry your eyes, and forget all about that woman. She is onlv envious of you. Come, for his} im- periaf highneas !” ,3“ She was in a tumult of feeling. It was seldom that she had shown emotion in the' J) - v ......I. “Ch, Richard, I am g1: she said. “ I would have fibt thought of you. I w am always better when y have missed you, and I misses you too.” he had his one. He rose; 3‘ Comp nhmA ” L- _-: a v ' He paused before the last word to give it point, for her husband’s father had made his money out of torpedoes. She felt the sting in spite of herself, and she saw the point. " And then we will talk it over at the end of the mason,” he added, “ and com- pare notes. Good-afternoon.” ' ‘ “ You stake much on your hazard,” she ‘ said, giancing back at Lali, who still stood “immovahle. _ “ Au revoz'r !” As he did so, a with a cry, “ 0h said9'W1th a. 80b, t shoulder, and leg 1 breasn. Then car w nac- a. alscoverer you are ! And how much in earnest ! Do come back to the world, Mr. Armour: you would be a relief, a new sensation.” “ I fancy I shall come back, if only to see the ‘ engineer hoist with his emfâ€"tor- pedo.” He paused before tho last word to give it: “Id-o 3-â€" L ,, “ What- a discoverer you are ! . much in earnest! Do come back world, Mr. Armour: you would be a new sensation.” ...... v... vvmyuuuuuu 111 ms nappxness.” “ Don’t be oracular, my dear Richar‘ Armour,” she said ; “ you are trying, really This seems almost melodramatic ; and melo drama is bad enough in Drury Lane.” “ You are not a. good friend even to your. self,” he answered. UHAFTER VI.â€"(Co.\”r1xvnn.) I parent that She was to b the interest of the season. “Lady Haldwellhns a. fine talent for many,” comforting to the Armc he said, “but she does not always use it wise- ara's prophecy had been ed.” He same close to her. “ You are a l gatherings, or, brave woman,” he said, “or you would have how the um”? been more careful. Of course you knew of her, that mv'motherand sister were not at home.” self that he‘ had fore: She ”smiled languidly. “And why ‘of Where 0th?“ looked fl 003138,?” Lah herselt was not e1: “ I do not know that; only I know that her, but she had been I think so; and I also think “3.“ my very unsatisfactory one,i brother Frank’s worst misfortune ard not so. As her confidence g occur when Miss J ulia. Sherwood .trafiickeq I \i'ardly she hafl never ap] without compunction in hrs hapmness.” l Mun-A ~ CHAPTER VI. _.... no (3011‘ d to read all that be e knew she dia. He 'bast ybn can ev .3," r, for all our sakesr I knows I willâ€"all -' ROMANCE OF a was me more ample 'th. But she dried her y went to the nursery. 1 *se, and they were left I child. She knelt at I I not and touched the h her lips. He stooped I i I mle fellow,” he said. 5 i, present-1y, “it is f -. Iam going to write I m come at Jenoe, I z n v' ’ He had several letters later date, and these y illness. It bewildered easy. Perhaps the fir. duty as a husbandcarm - one ; for For the first time, he w‘ Jacques Pontiac 8 words kept rankling m woman for her own sak‘ ‘ hIS mind, and e found himself cmyin eft nheroom. ' ra ceftain de- r0u0d8Ygueloa.d which made him abstrect- “What 5 scoundrel color a little 9‘31 OOQMIODaUy, and often a little reckless t: ech: In hunti ' ' the moment.of E -of-tl mom" had not 1 "10°39 he had proved 13 ng bear find Presently, bethin’gng h; . She" had a. than the oldest him-Item. and preportionatély' the Inétiafi. -“I’Ve~been 4 istant; charm successful. 'He paid his servants waifbim “E" Iéf-the-Mogn, my.‘ ly table or in was 84}an mth them. H ‘ ffiy father’s home. n beam ap- ‘ expedltwnst defy mg th ‘ er. Men have filed in‘ Her 9398 flashed _V â€"~a l 7" r‘ - 7-- Luv.) uavesam great things of you. I gglzfiifia system havenot beliewd ‘ but; it is good 1 know ‘ :re is-no oneâ€" I Presently he ate his hea. Pt outwith morti- all, that'l may say, to the tale-bearers, You At the 0pp0rtun e the father of 1‘ fif’f'fion; To be yoked forever no-3 h ever loved her 53‘ age - It was . ,, all was announced ave crooked tongues. horrible ! And their rs.” He knew children? It . . 'on \“ere soo rmour sat for a. moment longer, his face Ma“ 7 n was strange he had turned to the o o, no thought of that he pen window. He wasper- between them, he . fore. Children ?- feetly ‘s ' =dropped her He shrugged his shoulders. . T . tm, but he had become grave. He . iglihliitzaiéinlhe‘tfi There might was about to reply to the chief, when the ‘ want ‘rank posmbly be a. child, but chil . , ‘ n . - the room hurrledly With a. "gnd the me were 0 ' i ' ' _ a. 1.- there 15 no one Bun be doubted even rlegfrdmg a child, for 1 newsmr m- . 1;,” no word had cnmn n in h â€"-v "you V. -v w ' tone and gnbstance of ran t - . . all tlfaio}; ! the begmnmg there in :e dia He no excitement, no mil; ' ness and conventional . , , can ev . m winch Mrs. Armour s J ed 1r sakem I ‘scnmely rever been . . . ‘ - .z‘frfi‘fi" pmmtzve peop e aft“; fiulcker their passions, and she had him before he had hnann 4- comes, and I“ not. Let He does not 6 VV‘ rvvaUlU. be philosophical a ut it was easier Jacques Pontiac’s , his timid, and he THE CANADIAN N ORTHâ€"WES'P LAID wue was not present. N at thnt Richard . l was always en evi- 1 Meanwhile, Frank Armour across the sea was engaged with many things. His business concerns had not. prospered prof‘ digiously, chieflygbecause his judgment” Bay country had been at some tension [since he had shipped his Wife away 'to_ England. Even the ordin uaL'cu. nope tor, that they appear-egl gen- uinely content. To their grandchild they were devoutly attached. Marion was his faithful slave and admirer, so much so that Captain Vid- all, who now and thenwas permitted to see ‘ the child, declared himself jealous: he and wnley, shyly regretted in Lali’s presence that the child, or one as sweet, was not hers. Her husband evi- n W” M. M,“ wme emu take our land and. our umuweu notmng at all. The Armours had game, and we at last have to beg 0f you for “ya to enjoy food and shelter. lhen you take our . Although daughters, and we know not were they go. they never, perhaps, wouldquite recover the They are gone hke the down from the disappointment concerning Lady Agnes thistle. We see‘thern not, hutyou remain. Mal-sling, the result was so much better And men say ov1l thmgs. lherc are bad than they in their cheerfullest moments WOI‘dS abroad. Brother, What have you dared hope for, that they appeared gen- (10513 with 3113f _daughter ‘3” uigelyicontent. J 7 __- __-_. “3m . sum-reaching out his __-..., me Dhl'dlflea politeness, afnd his abso. hand for the pipe offered him, lighted it, I ute silence as to whether or not a. child had and sat down, smoking in silence. Armour been m to them, the utter absence of waited ; but, seeing that the other was not affection for her. She had also. induced l yet moved to talk, he turned to his letter General Armour and his wife to give her} again. After a. time, Eye-of-the-Moon said husband’s solicitor no information regarding gravely, getting to his feet, “Brother 3” the birth of the child. There was thus a. - Armour looked up, then rose also. The ation, which had been such an ignominious “Bl‘0t1161'2” said the Indian, presently, . failure. For the humiliation of his family “ you are of the great race that conquers had been short-lived, the affront, to Lady us. You come and take our_la.nd and our Haldwell nothingftt all. The Armonrg lmrl came 9"" “"‘ "‘ L " ' “n4 Ln-â€"â€" L ', made simple as for a. child, the strained politeness, and his abso- lute silence as to whether or 1105 a. child had been born to them, a. . . . _ m- gusum ;" 111 "she was riding a Good death” 0 he appeared anxious to adapt; zew life. ” he whistled a. little to him. 1 1.:- . - â€" gum mred devils to kill his Wife. to say he did not resent. this :mark. It set him thinking. He blame himself for not havin ener to his peopieâ€"and to his wondered how far his revenge icd.. He was almqst_ashamed« "a lrnaâ€" 4L,4 N . e ’ ! make her appeara: Armour could not but r f‘fl- Rxchard, the espect the chief . . t - xble Rlchard was: ues was put, but stxll and cutting ,t-he k he was under 1' f t l spicion of havxng done any bodily injury one es P ensureâ€" go to his wife, sc he quietly persisied : “ Do 1““ was a. matte the you think I Love done Lali any harm ‘1” able to decide for his 'people ; the amuse- “The thinrj - was the last evenin . A a strange,” rephed the other. . ; Ins wife herself. He never “ You are of fthese who are great, among and they did ”Ob ticture her as a. cwxhzed. .be- your people. 3:91: married a. daughter of a. Strange to say, the =ly knew her whemmnr- red mar ”en gbe wasyv um for less than I m the" son’s Wl‘fe‘ kw‘mfiifinam.uug¢_.;..ml QMWJV'ou ”755%,? far awe,” and, 'Mrs.‘ Armour, hlgh ’ e a” ‘1 you stayed. '{e} fame/153:1»; as a dog in your §°°M : ““m as “19‘ ' .. ‘ .hose hearts» are clear act msensrble to the pl . ; hav said great things of you. I on thcha 55’3“!“ _ havenot beIieVeJ ; but; it, is good 1 know V01V8d' ate hIS heart outwith morti- 0.11, that]: may say to the tale-bearers, You At the °PP°Ftum e yoked forever toâ€"a,’ have crooked tongues.” all was announced: was horrible ! And their Armour sat fOr a moment longer, his face I Margo: Wit? 80911 was Strange he had turned to the Open Windnxzv "A u...‘ that befarg hung“, a .. , . - ..- m.~ivl“5ul~§llcu , or, pickmg up the World, saw ion-hunters talked extravagautly took some satisfaction to him- he had foreseen her triumph ers‘ looked for her down-fall. f was not elated: it, gratified the had been an angel, and a. sfactory one, if it had not done .1 - 7 7 n (Inn-‘8 A- ‘ ---~ 3’3“”. almost; im- aPPBared tqtregt the are a. wild youth Who i'ys- He read over to him : his go them .ntu-A "‘ Dearand the m “fog“ daring Prese. aportionate-ly ”13.11 fits “-911:th “51¢ “1°38 bard ~m; ‘ther as the er. D was to be thef pleasant talk an--- , l for by Bxs faithflil 1e was amiabiy pro- Armour across the many things. His not prospered pro- L: . ‘ ' “k- me was pro. it out beside him. Inglish ;” in “Gordon,” he said'p good deal;” herein the morning. 0115 to adapt to mel’ The trader‘w‘hispe ;le to him- all right, of course,-1 all at 01199, or you would have"): _ .- v v- uuvl. wume’Feq to him : “She was a to him- all right, of course, 1011 g ago, Mr. Armour, ,l at once, or you would have'heard.” them all. Armour looked at! the date of the paper. I‘ behind He had several letters from England of a. ;he must later date, and these _ . said nothing of her 5 reality Illness. It bewxldered_h' 1m, made him un- ztmost to easy. Perhaps the fires real sense of his , _ _ . ome to him there. one ; for For the first tune, he was anxious about: the Lkling in woman for her own sake. The trader had carrying left theroom. ' lbstrect- “What la‘ scoimgirel I’ve been 1” said reckless Armour between he teeth, oblivious, for and the moment.of Eye-of-the.Moon’s presence. ‘ Presently, bethinking himself, he‘tumed to ionetély' the qujafi. "‘I’Vebeen debéting,” he said. 'eufbim ‘Eg‘geof;§he-1\£pgn, luv wife is in mantaâ€"A i'i‘ for an interview , she asked him ' husband cofi- self, nor yet to ,Ifilled; and as he ead the Morning azt distinguished .1 wnejz‘ne saw Eyerof-the- felt that the trader hadso _ ant to communicate. He guessed it wasjn the paper. He mutely held out his hand for it. The trader handed it; to him hesi- tatingly, at the same. time pointing to a paragraph ,and saying, “ it is nearly two ‘ years old, as you see. I chanced upon it byraccident to-day.” ‘ chi‘ef,”~he drew himseffu'p, we speak with the straighl cowards who lie. Speak doe heart, my brother, and tel daughfier is.” .. wuwlLUV‘” “EyE-of-thef-Moon, I .dog talk as poetically as you, 0 language, and I shall m should like to ask you this lieve any harm has come to â€"to my wife?” ana the old man had a right to ask asked another more famous, “ Where is daughter. 9” ~" ‘ His hands in his pockets, Armour‘: silent fagâ€"an? -.;:e, eyeing his 110“" as swung his leg to afid-ffmm “ n‘-‘- A: LI V . - LN...) v». NVWU Lot-LU y mcKs wzth 1!; or late, and 1 hardihood than he possessed to face this old man down. And Why face ' Lali was his dang} the chieftainess of honored at: least amon and the old man had a right to asked another more famous, “ W he re is my ‘ daughter ‘3” ' 1 A, -.. v-wwbldhvt 5 Had the Indian come and stormed, begged money of him, sponged on him, or abused him, he had taken in very calmly,â€"he in fact, had been superior. But there was ‘ dignity in the chief’s manner ' solemniby in his speech ; his voice conveyed resoluteness and earnestness, which the stoic calm of his face might not gested; and Armour felt that he had no advantage at; ail. Beudes, Armour had a conscience, though he had p1 * Woks With it of late. mm n “ma“: v â€"--v uvv very intimate for such close relatives. rmour’s speech but he said‘ “How I" and, reaching out his hand for the pipe ofi‘ered him, lighted it, and sat down, smoking in silence. Armour waited ; but, seeing that the other was not yet moved to talk, he turned to his letter again. After a. time, Eve-of-the-Mnnn m: 1 ‘ intimate for O n ’ uctu ouo ms hand, and said, 1romca11y, “Well, father-m-law, it’s about time we had a. big talk, isn’t it? We are nnf. vom- V--- .â€" vAl “sul- r A'ctuelly he wished that the absolute ' necessity had presenzeditself before. There was always the moral necessity, of course- but then ! Here now was a. business need ; and he must go. Yet; he did not fix a day or make definite arrangements. He could hardly have believed himself such a coward. With liberal emphasis he called himself a sneak, and one day at Fort Charles sat down to yvrite to his solicitor in Montreal ing, Eye-of-the-Moon, his father-in-law, opened the door quietly and entered. He had avoided the chief ever since he had come back to Fort Charles, and practically had not spoken to him for a year. Armour flushed slightly with annoyance. But; pres. ‘ ently with a touch of his old humorhe rose, held out, his hand, and said, ironicallv. “ ‘X'AH In”.-- 3, a . . 77---- - uvllau‘lutus VA “15 moodiness and settled himself to develop vthe thing. He had good talent for nitia. tive and administration. and at last, in the time when his wife was a. feature of the London season, he found his scheme in work. ing orderland the necessity of going to England was1 forced upon him. A -4.-- - 11â€"â€" , :"""' a...“ .uuuuucuu Iucu 111086- !ly hesitate to defy it ; he bought up much land, then, dissatisfied, sold it, again a: a loss, but subsequently made final arrange. ments for establishing a. very large farm, When he once became actually interest. ed in this he shook 06' something of his mnnrly' ...... .7 V n .....vqu aUUUUHU dent. It said that she was in mdition. This time Armour or brandy, but the trader put; 3 him. He shook his head. a said'presencly, “I shall‘leave ornihg. .Please send my men Whispered to Him : “She m. hardiest of prairie and mountain men most‘ I” L-_:LA L, A more! I’ve been!” said his teeth, oblivious, for *e-of-the-Moon’s presence. ting himself, he‘tumed to ‘ en debéting,” he said. a my wife‘is in England-,- bome. I ‘am gomg to‘ ,ed‘ in thigking I would Speak deep as from the 6 straight eongue ; it is; ‘ ’, and tell me where my.’ i 0-.., .11 had a right to ask, as we famous, “ W here is my ;:P his pockets, Armour sat e, eyeing his boh‘ £34.11. . p'?’ .1 -_ uwv Uul' we know not; were they go. 5 like the down from the Be them not, but; you remain. vil things. There are bad Brother, What have you iaughter ‘3” m come and stormed, begged sponged on him, or abused zen it; very £almly,â€"he in p..._ _, .rvv‘yl‘ ‘now I” and, reaching out his pipe ofi‘ered him, lighted it, smoking in silence. Armour seeing that the other was not mu, 1.. A ' - “ as you, (mm in my owu shall not try. But I you this: Do you be- come to your daughter ‘1‘. cm I. As he sat there think Moon, his father- -in-law, quIeLly and entered. He ? We are not very un‘l-4.'---_ b and practically :3. year. Armour yance. But; pres. .d humor he rose, ti‘ nanu, opt said nothi “ L311,” said Marion,somewhat abruptly, â€"-she scarce1y knew why she said 1t,-“a.re you happy?” a- a...“ mu: ureccned ng. 7r ~ Marion was much ’ . e had gwen orders that 1145:3513 .be:ma.de _ready, but fbr who 5 mmrmatxon. While Lali “:25, the uranium “A..-“ . :ws as tfiev wé‘feâ€"a When Genealâ€"‘Ar mour re cved the news ‘of Frank’s return, he told his Wife and Marion, and they consulted together wheth- er it were good to let Lali know at once. He might arrive that evening. .If so, the position would.be_awkward, because it was impossible to tellibw it might affect her. If they did tell her. and Fran]: ko“â€"-_-a "r" "w .uucn excited all day; she d given orders that Frank’s room should made ready, but for whom, she gave no ormation. While Lali was : evening, something excited : entered the room. They were now the tot friends The years h icing scenes in their Mm..-_:, -_-..- -uu‘g‘asc nulu neen particularly bnef ; she was 1 ' ‘ eyes than a. thousand other save that; she was better-look' than most, and had finer fea not very clearly remember voice, because after marriage, and before he had sent. her to England, he had seen little or nothing of her. "4V _ ....--. ”.ou auubul'fl, and says, u .19 So fhr shalt thou go, andâ€"-â€"” The fact is,Mrs. Frank Armour’s mind was superior. , She had only one object,-to triumph over E; her husband grandly, ass. .woman right- “, eously might. She had vanity, of course, , but it'was not Ignoble. She kept one thing L; in view;.she lived for it. Her t'ranslntion , had been successful. There were times ,3 when she remembered her father, the wild days on the prairies, the buffalo-hunt, I i tracking the deer, tribal battles, the long ’1 silent hours of winter, and the Warm summer nights- when .she slept in the l prairie grass or camped with her people in l the trough of a. great land-wave. Some- 1 times the hunger for its freedom, and its idleness, and its sport, came to her : greatly; but she thought of her child, and she put it from her. She was ambitious ‘ for him; she was keen to prove her worth as a. wife ageinst her husband’s unworthiness. This perhaps saved her. She might have lost had her life been Without this motive. _ The very morning of this notable recep- tum, General Armour had received a. note from Frank Armour’s solicitor, saying that ikely to arrive in London from. . atday or the next. F ran 1: had written to his people no word of his coming; to his wife, as we have said, he had not written for months ; and before he started back he would not '1 write, because he wished to make what e, ‘ 4: 6 could in persjn. He expected w «Gem‘fiérh‘e‘r‘hnprove'd, of cam-se, but stiil he . 0] could only think of her as an Indian, show- st ing her common prairie origin. His knowl- in edge Of her before their marriage had been m Dartl'nnlonlo 1...:-r . -1. , .., _ {3‘QO n ‘va (1 CHAPTER VIII. TO EVERYMAN ms noun. .t It was the close of the season : many pm. :1 ple had left town, but festivmes were SL1“ on. To a stranger the season might heme seemed at its height. The Armours were giving a. large party in Cavendish Square be- : fore going back again to Greyhope, where, l for the sake of Lali and her \thld, they in. tended to ren‘fiifé‘n during the rest of the sum. , mer, in prefۤ-abe. to going on the Contin- ‘ ent or to Scotland. The on! ' unsatisfactory feature of Lali’s season was . the absence of her husband. Naturally there, were those who Said strange things regarding Frank Armour’s stay in America; but it was pretty generally known that he was engaged in land-Speculations, and his club friends, who perhaps took the pleasantest view of the matter, said that he was very wise in- deed, if a. little cowardly, in staying abroad ‘until his wife was educated and ready to take her position in society. There was one thing on which they were all agreed: Mrs. Frank Armour either had a mind superior to the charms of their sex, or was incapable of that vanity which hath many suitors, and says, f‘So far shalt thou go, andâ€"-â€"” The fact ‘9 “Tan D_-_L A Pdulhd 5‘ \~ (TO BE CONTINUED.) 5k never so 111:er to settle a. ques- a_.s when they discuss it freely. ,,_v-â€"---h 'c‘y .. ‘ ,, -7; , r. .0 .‘bufi th’én Armopr had :ssbngzsagxzzzgxa12aggr last year or 50: ant; its exerc:_se 711:3 page 01; able to him. The next max-um? til ‘6’an his way to Biontrea'l’.and Eyio N’ :1:1 Am- was the richest chief 1n Brltls or erica,at that moment: by five thousand (101- ‘ lars or so. , d9 her any injury 3 but, butâ€"never Fund, the harm was of another kind. It Isn’t wise for a white man and an Indian to marry, but, wheat-hey are marriedâ€"Wen they must live as man and wife should liee’ and, as I said, I am'goingto my Wifeâ€"you;- dau g1: her. " ’ 3 To say all this to a common Indian, whose only property was a. half-dozen ponies and a. 9_0up1e of ‘tepees, required something very ,‘ 1.-.; LL”_, II .A _._, ,_-_ _......v.. uul: Wllu , on the prairies, the buffalo-hunt, ‘g the deer, tribal battles, the long hours of winter, and the Warm r nights- when ‘she slept in the grass or camped with her people 1n nah A? n nnnnn I, a , the leavesuof new; Lureâ€"at Greyhope, matter they 0“: It is Somewhat sin 3 Women were ere Quite m,“ m- n ,V __--J ualu ii gard.- Lali’s was a. shm, lg its fashionable robes ssion, and the face above eaumful, had a. strange The girl had not been a hing. A look of quiet 3; but also a. far-away We a. faint; look of sad- lmile was at the lips.‘ not come quickly; it ll" ~â€"“ ' " outstretched the inexhaust- his cottagers ew booksâ€"his pe. They felt ought to be ex: .. v .1. a. cuuuu arreéted, Charged‘xvith being are said to haVe hired a yach insect, at London, and so bgv the English 58:3 to Heligolam and the Baltic Canal. The leM‘Ched: and a Quantitu n‘ I Put/awn)“ unsuu amnd thus 2 ‘ â€"â€"9, 3:50â€"4:30, plus ~:‘s9â€"499 -â€"134, plus 115â€"249 b the 1 indicate the ageâ€"win, figure, :2, Febfuary, the 8 year. you Simply 58k the person to state the re salt of the - " clare that; he was b 49 years of age; *3 ‘- «m. 2x2â€"4. plus 5 , minus 365, ast two figures 49, and the first, _. VIII... p-I'I‘Lation might stand thus : â€"9, X50â€"450, plus ;9_491 â€"â€"134, plus 115-249 5 the 1: indicate tge‘ age-.vi,q 49. rue Daring Deed Done by a Cossack Jusa Because lle Didn’t Know. When Pezon, the lion tamer, was at Mos cow with his menagerie he hired a, Cos- sack to clean out the cage of the wild beasts. The Cossack did not understand a word of French. Pczon tried to show him about; ‘ his work by motions withapail and sponge. The moujik watched him closely, and seem- ed to understand. Next morning, armed with a broom: a bucket and ayspange, he opened th" first; cage he cam stepped in. He had see The Darin V“- r.-uwaaca U1 01am. Not far of? are the barracks of the Ame. ~ 20215, the women’s hall of justice, and the dungeons (where, as in the days of old, fe- male judges daily administer justice to the inhabitants of this woman’s city). the , heautih’ri temple, with its long dim gallery and antique style of architecture, the gym- nasium and the theatre, where the ' noon to gossip, play games, or watch the exercises of the dancing girls. In the southern part of this strange city, which is the most populous, the mechanical slaveiof the wives, concubines and princesses um; and ply their trades for the profit of their mistresses. This woman’s city is as self- supporting as any other in the world; it ‘ has its own laws, its judges, police, guards, prisms and executioners; its markets, mer- chants, brokers, teachers and mechanics of every kind and degree, and every function of every nature is exercised by Women and by them on] y. The permanent population of this city is estimated at 900;). ‘ ” vem on I gbf o I upon us were tht ’1' upon tin ' and the: had can: King to have a s‘ the pala: ). settled s‘ [1 the MM 5 VVaM» Kf 9 5f $515. 11‘ of WI] ‘1 , and 8 me . eyes were In the cxty of Nang Harm, or Veiled VVomen,inclosed by the inner of two paral- lel walls round the royal palm-e, live none but; women and children. The houses of the royal princesses, the wives, concubines and relatlves of the King, With their numerous slaves and personal attendant-s, form regular streets and avenues, with small parks, artificial lakes, and groups of fine trees scattered over minature lawnsand beautiful flower gardens. These are the residences of the princesses of Siam. Mni- F“... “a“, 1‘ ‘ of WI] ‘1 stood along table, finely carved, and 8 me gilt chairs. It was here that; her w"Fun uuormmg him that, they" I 10.11??? him to find a highly-qual' I 18 1 , ' @1385, to do her “best ende upon us and our children,” of W11 I were then some 65. Mrs. Leonowenfi ’upon the project, at first with rd. and then with cour had consxderabl . English 1113 Singapore. She was about ta»? England when the consul had 2.1% Bangkok informing him that the”; charged him to find 3. hi hSh lady, Who would accept; th‘ mess, to do hm “1mm. -_:- WASHED THE TIGER. . .-., ylcoeuus to do. It will rillgive you practice in mental Well as enable you to appear s_ to be an extraordinarily J. Says the newspaper in age of a person and the month [you I.--k ' I. All the while "Pezon his eyes wide open, as if b. When he had fini_shed '“v U A sound might engage tgve Pezon stood still. The hand, coolly_ approached L __-1 . IN A ”9131mm 0