+080 she anxiously inquired, as she ale the vial to the nostrils of her Scien: ve lallow Eve!" she Bag in a terrible tone. “Well, dear, what of that? That is nothing “Oh, yes, yes, it is horrible! it is hor- rible : “Hus, hush, dear! try to be com- pos 5 “ck nent t fire! blood! Oh, what ter . “tt was only a dream, dear. It is over OR, SYBIL BERNER’S now, and you are awake, Look up!" “Oh, nol no dream, Beatrix! an aw- ful, an overwhelming reality !” ex- VINDICATION claimed the awakened sufferer. Then suddenly, with a shriek, she threw her hands {o her head and fell into spasms “For Heaven's sake, run f CHAPTER eae ernliaiags The press took up the matter, and|doctor,” exclaimed Beatrix Wek: “cart PP yeas tae vine oy eared id eae of the feel eat appealing to” the iota ‘ 5 | governor, ing his t upon the j wai tang eck "hi Pocketbook, motives of Barista Wee hie Geislootscy| ee immediatly hurried from she a pe eee purchases for you, my) “Had the murderess been a woman of|room to Procure the necessary medical Bet Lal wh alever eam yolk eee the people, it said, her life would have | attendane: ae go again!" ex-! paid the forfeit of her ae Beatrix aie after him, calling a Lice aaa Ea But she was a the county} “Send for her husband, and hi Eon But bet . cee 4 eg pee. a daughter of “the house of pies from Black Hall, also. I nite it AM Lo wrill tei ou pee ger for nik | Berners; and, however notoriously that|is after hours, but I believe she is Pay: ass yoni Jrsrucled me yy nse |house had been cursed with demonia ee Sailat. 1cenall Moen bil, eagh, | Passions, anil, Howerae deeply dyed “Ths: wardeh aadaed assent, and hur- Ing eretiy: as she Yet the enya | with crime, its daughtel ever|ried away, leaving Miss Pendleton in Piberartapat a ahoxt distance © guilly, was not to be held amenable ta] attendance upon the agonized woman, oN the laws | who recovered from one convulsion oni; by, what I want you ta buy for me, is everything in the world that is needed for a bran, spic and span aby | iss Sybil; whose baby?” fn- fuired the astonished housekeeper, with ner ne and eyes laws Was such outrageous worship of the aristocracy by partial judges and venal governors to be endured in a country voi heard through their organ, a tree press! don’t bo ripe set and it ?not ‘istered to, then: it would od “But ‘Nis Sybil, Foon know what} heard in thunder at the polls in coming sutumn el you mean !” sabi Tm ae ‘Miss. Sybil’ to begin it Age and have been ibpried: saste ian a year, and you know it, you stupid gt Fabby t: “But, Miss Sybil, 've been a-asking all,” answered Sybil, and half-amused at the necessary, for ™: haven't the slightest idea of what that = ‘ind, she fake forth sud- good. gracious | jh, Miss Sybil, nag a “ion't mean if, do you? Slowly pen-| ni was the spirit of ae people and the press in regard to strange how ihe ‘people the press DeatiaMitne the cecritoe of pil Berner's life—the “female fiend,” reprobation of a guillless young crea- ture, but these exceptions were mostly among Sybi's own set, an to have any force against the over- whetming ‘weight of public sentiment. And it v a $ utrage publ doning Sybil Berners, cled by the people. And the Pete eoen! ming on in the ensuing| 0, November. he purchase success by the uld ot susie of this young pullerers life? best friends, asking them- Soe rier ‘uain Tox paves: tts jguestion, " were-foreed to is— 4 iswer “Yes |” fee Sarit : an ae This state of affairs had a~ most’ de- Aiecar aries that’ ain't. T'm pressing effect. upon Late husband, espe always for, ting, Tespectally when you f talk so sensible “What's the rete with you, Tabby? never thought I such an event, did you? In a public resort like this abby, Tm shocked at you! T shall be at home at Black Hall to-re- ceive the little stranger, Tabby,” said Sybil, making again. Aas yreeey, don't begin to whim- You whimper Xgu whi Liaiidhg nosy. ® crown of materni you old rebel!" ctied Sybil, cota ing all her sarcastic words by c ing her old frien No, don’t ‘mean to! but if you Kknowed! Oh, if you knowed !" “ex- claimed.) ‘abby, suppressing and swallowing her so bs. “Now, then, let us go back to Lyon, Lyon wil on you what money you the purchases; and I beg back to the pot hi 4 She left her hus- band and h lend. After a litle eral conversation, m which Sybil ponelinds joined naturally, an on WI ie. she nee “Seg ied wandered off at random, speels to his Kd i roposal, and Joe rden, ‘hat in hand, and bowed gravely before his unfortu-) nate mistress, asked him’ many ques- 01 fell under his o rvisic answered all her questions satisfac- torily, without ever falling into the unlucky blunders that had marred iss Tabby's communica! “Your favorite mare, Diana, is in ‘ime order, ma’an will be so whenever you come home again to take your ri in. the valley. An coach rand Pollux, ers of Be soon all hopes, as the \ cilibrated spring restore ee health, ‘and send you back foe, at re to us strong and happy,” sai the conclusion of a very aie how eons you to be so lame?” by surprise. and stood 8 Wi utterly CaN aga for ate a lapse of! | cell, priced” Peoali-an: Joost? a his re- |; he ‘tment of the as|rouga roads to cially as he had sustained oss in the d Sepacture ot her zealous ad- ae Ishmael The young lawy eect fter he had brown aod Syuité respite. trom’ the Governor, had been called away on business ‘of the utmost importance, and had eventually sailed for Europe. had gone, fident expectations of her liberation. o her aocmed! cor i panior But Sybil ee t was losing Her good spirits. The autumn had set darling ?” one day, when they sat together..in the id bowed upon her hand, "What is the raather ‘with. you, “Sybil?” “Oh, Beatrix, autumn ones ry mn re than late al lonely, now aw all the" visitors ties me but oui low can you bear it, Beatrix 2” ‘Ver +80 long as I hay your company, ees ‘ed Miss Pendle- ton, wonderi that Sybil should miss the throng i visitors that had existed imagination. omesick, Beatrix. Oh, so—so—homesick,” said ney now, a know,” said Miss Pendleton, peel ~ “Oh, but. > T wd at home to rene my first neu chilat| There was neve Berners born out cf Black Hall since the building was first erected,” she pleaded, Never mind; dear. Everything’ now must “give way to your health. -you know. We ‘could not endanger your health by taking you nt these Bock Hall’ just now,” said ‘Miss Pendleton, gently, H memory’as this. at nis mas- ell, I will try to content m. ferde aiclress- aia eect sit 13 aay here in this gloomy place. “Oh!” answered Lyon ee for his; But, oh, Bebtrix, after all, I may die, , man, “Joe was throw (Bie his_horse,| and never seomny ae again. My dea and ney his ankle spral home } if I should die here, Bea- oe! You must. are-| trix; I should a sure te haunt my fut until st gets quite well Bold. Sybil, home !” compassionate) “But you will not die. You must put nd soon after this her’ visite or's, mas- ter. and servants, took their Teave. = CHAPTER XIX. Summer ripened into autumn. Sybil and her faithful Sane employed the’ geen ee of pure pee sine ‘ing oh garments or the expected ut stranger. hile, outside the prison “walls, a abu d, black as night, was gathering | Pe the poy prisoner's doomed he The Buse got. abroad that tho governor meant to follow up the long pee * $i coe and com 3 barroom, bee political meeting, ons elsewhere, ‘away such gloomy fancies.” Miss Pend Sepak door was opened, and ti peared, bearing in the ae containing the supper. service for the two ladies. It was not usual for the cell dieton’s silent look of answered : ee eee sant , ma'am, she has gone t seay: being in the village—this, ght know, being Hallo: “Hallow Eve!” ee an awtlul yoice. 2 started. whence the um They behcld Sibi Maen ak ere chair. pallid, Beatrix sei an 4 genes emkannuee Ae is it, dear Syl bil? can you tell @ great} d do however, with the most con- ni | docto: inquiry, he }« excl — my dai Seen 7 born Both “the warden and: the ae ee weal id ue ie Be {0 fall into another and severer one, It was midnight, ain enya and anxious group were gathered in Sy She lay upon ker bed, writhing with agony, Aeimratries i on. deal eal ie her stood her old family physi- Hart, her old ‘nurse, Winkeroes, and her- faithful altendant, iss. Tabby. in the lobby, outside the cell door, sat her husban buried in in his hands, wrestling in prayer with eaven, What was he praying for? That his idolized young wife should be spared in this mortal peril , and a thou- imes no! With all his heart and ae which had aed from Richmond only that morning, and which fixed her execution for “Ancearly. day, “could. be cauvied out! This agony of prayer was interrup- ted. The doctor came out of the cell, an wbieee red ; over. She is the mother of a joy or thankfulness at hos father's part. poly Rs breathless “Al Can Be SST a hesitated to reply. lo not fear to tell me I, who her ‘best, ue say, “Thank God!’ she survive “Mr. Bae I do situation is very critical, conv ipealtee She not know. Her is now prostrated he and comatose,” gravely answered ati “Then there is good hope that the Angel of Death may take her home DOW is is strong hope, since you you know—you r in the presence of h Uniniepicions kno} wife. He had nage kept fi he “That ¢ os th in some cases might cell every cop news| apes r that le blessing—that death in this case cer- contained any Nien “to the condemined | tainly would. Yes, I know. And yetitis prisoner and her circumstances, and ne|™my bounden duty to do what I can did this to keep Beatrix, as well as Sy-|Save ae a 1 must my pa- il, ignor of the impending doom;| tient the alee jing his rhe wished Beatrix to preserve in| hand upon ni lateh o} or. Sybil’s presence. the rful counte-|. “When may I see 7 wie inquired nance that she never could wear it she|Lyon Berners. hould discover the thundercloud of de-| “Now, if you please; but she will not struction it lowered darker and|konw you,” said the doctor, shaking avier, day by day, over the head of|his head. all_know her, however,” mut my Mr. Berners to himself, as he t o- its Ae cell leaving Beatrix alone m ie 1. aa near midnight, and Miss Pen- ation Hake been very properly turn ed f the sick-room, and having bean hee forgotten, even oY herself, to lay her head. had no place on whicl When Berners, (anbedd the r, entered the cell, he found it but dimly lighted by one of the wax can- dies wilh which his care had supplied | p, m she had . Winterose, busy with her patien ;|_ The patient lay, mnie lily, on her be “flow is she?” inquired the doctor, approaching. Avy, just the same—no motion, no sense, hardly any breath,” answered he e, my darling! ete mur- ee her heartbroken husband, bend- ing low over her still and Deh face. She rolled her head from side to side, if half-aw: some familiar sound, and, then lay still again. “Sybil! my, wife! Sybil! again murmured Lyon Berners, laying his hi her bro She eat her es wide, looked ‘around, then Ae ed at her hus- pads nes s if it med been only a part f the wall “Sybil, my dear, my only love! bil!” e repented: fix hi But hi fer fee es glanced off and wander. ed ae the room, and finally closed trying to meet and Hrtolg. hen ahe Wauaa-nal know you,” sigied. the ee est, So best, perhaps. Heayer Hest that she ay ‘mow nothing until fee eyes shall open in that bright and Tees page And the Gee cate es el Berners, Hout he a: the remained standing b; side; and gazing at the pale, ay “tae ot his wife, until at length Miss Tabby came up to him, with the bal be in tee we ate whimpered: forth Lyon, won't yo ou Jook et cite mitte siaugntan just once? Won't you say something to e her your plessin Rae ae ie word of elcome from aay Ys eee from her own. fat! Al ee Miss Hele overcome by her feelings, sobb H which akness uF for a don't blame her. Mr. Ber- er 8 ‘of the itfle unfor- ss you, for 1, wrel hat 1 “bless. was no expression of parental | an\ She has had | j, “Ther id ne to call It hope instead of fear.” art, el use of “the carriage and In one corner sat Miss Tabby, whim. as hi Sy-| of th bed: WRIGGLES OUT OF IT. First Sparrow—What excuse do you offer your wife for slaying out until morning? Secon Sparrow ot {ell her the early hire euehes ts woi At this moment Mrs, Winterose came up, and, addressing the doctor said 3 , T have done all 1 i a this ia AG ‘Tabby is fully equal to. any. thing that may: happen 1 hes sits T must leave.” Tena What ‘e you thinking of, womant! demanded the doctor, almost | 1° H ng left_my poor old husband at the nae point of death! 1 would not have left him for any. other cause 30 earth And now I must go back to Hae OF he may be dead spotter : id I get there.” “Good Heaven, my dear woman, but this is dreadful I know it is, sir. But I couldn't help it. My child here ill and in prison, and {1 called to help her in her extremity, and deathbed. ‘Well, sir, I couldn't help my ‘poor old é id to the feelings o! THE WORLD'S BARBERING SHAVING YOU CAN FEEL IN THE VILLAGES OF SPAIN. a SI Shells, Minerals and Grasses Used in| Shaying—Delicate Singeing in Attica. y the time of waiting; there are no halts with complicated gear to raise and | | ad this cement at ‘siening soap, moisten-| t ing it only w question is never ate which several bi cor inches long, preferable for shavin| This is. rash Hee For shore dwellers the mollusks afford have not en lost upon the barbers. hell has been commonly designated THE RAZOR CLAM, ind while not much of a clam for frit- ast, bi Any trayelle dig itself out. of sight far more the beaten. path mayer tne Voy ees OM quickly. than ‘any man. ¢ it into fi M: jew. The shell is in two valves, each find a Ariba helmet for himself, for faboutehall an “inch wide endcaorke dah the shallower one being it be ‘ aii is nes it for use all that is These b Se Wane SH edge of the shell are Meee ie basins ot ie. Pein fro lua lane side alendi ana seven Glas oues dis vary taingeh with a chip; this splits off a sheet of the E tough purplish green outer rind a in all th h of public. ulilly ‘answering, to buvarg: | leaves a clean edge of shell that is sharp ing derina enough for comfortable shaving and i leas A half circle is cut out from one rim} {tm enough to the large’ enough to accommodate _the during the operation. Whi razor shell is confined to the North American it A ii patron's gullet and Adam's apple. See | S200) ny libs ot oaitae ] tly in every 8 shaved is as a St. John the Baptist whose | “ i = head has partly slid off the charger.| Another cg ee acer a aT plow the Uae at ne shank, While methods in vogue in Spain, and with but] (DiS G80 has a. shir edge, aoe Slight variations practised’ in all of vil-| {om the keenness of th pee a jaa Bulope’ heath a tae sulting: sage et ona ae Ty he a h e. Sl Kw Bee paee irate Belle keane its heavily enamelled edge much longer, it is of the saw ee and herefore ty no means of Smooth action, In inland regions, where sea razo easily come at, ffiere may us MINERAL SUBSTITUTES. The most widely found of these mineral razors is is the flin agaiied mineral of great value to the primitive folk who shave themselves. is He wets hi nd smears | quick to lose their cutting edge. them with ey hard soap, well rubbed Even the herb of the soil as well as m. Th is razor to excavate| the sea and the rocks yields its razor, a of the bamboo, which owe 2 polish to the deposit at EDEND F008 ta TO WORK. |i? When the jot partitions are. cut soap is dragged off with litle ve-|off from a node of green bamboo the Each sliver. : i pull?” When the barber has h RN een ie a Tae round from ear to car the patient takes|/edge will still appear sharp go back to my dying husband.| his bowl and washes up for himself. high power of mioraso Please God 1 may find him alive f" said} When the sharp Anne sting iis cheeks Fe ahafper isc wry ipeoe-ot aloo the poor woman, fervently clasping her) "ests content, for he has ted & shave an be weld so sharp that it must be nds. that he can feel. use great care to avoid cutting “My good soul, here is, indeed, of a oe painful case divided duty,” said CHAPTER XX. the doctor, uf samira ; : “Yes, sir; geet fits the back ‘Can she survive?” repeat mito the urn, sighed Mrs, Winterose, Berners, perceiving that the pipet resigne nae: Sli two backs?" wickedly in- quired the do uy tor. “What was it, sir?” asked Mrs, Win- terose, doubting her own ears. “Nothing. But just see what a storm You'll be caught in it if , sir, 'm not sugar, nor likewise ok 0 ‘get fnelied tna fltie water. “An tia t go, sir, please, am ever to see my edema ee again,” said the nurse resolutely, putting on her bonnet and Oe ge low aro you going thou ‘na and storm %” not begrudge me the. six miles driver as brought me here, to take me back my husband's deathbed, I said the old woman, confi- y- “No, indeed; nor <iny help can give you, -deai terose,” said Mr. Berners, ‘ening nimselt appealed to, ‘Thanky, sir; I knowed it, i my child, holding it aye more dutiful to attend to the at rest. And, now, if Lyon, to see me into the carriage. and order Joe, to drive mé A den, in consideration ot d at which the wai the necessity, ordere night to take the road. Mrs. aid. Mr. Berners, as ne hoisted a large umbrella over her head. “I don’t know as I ember a wilder one, sir, since the flood of nin ys and that was when I was a young ‘oman, whi sn'| esterday. And you'll hardly remember that, sir?” (To be continued). eee HARD ON THE MAJOR. ~| What His ave ees a He Proposed There are ‘af ee in ‘the world of which’ Mrs. Spilker very fond—a party and her husband. She never fails fo accept an invitation to one, or to aie the other with her; and, withal, ie is very deaf. wat long since they attended a birth- ive eae and the Major—Mrs, Spi Keng husband- rere e the|s ealth of “The Babies.” Being very fond children, it was thought that this toast would just suit him. Unfortunately for Malek Spilker_ and the assembled guests, he d his foast lo “The Ladies,” without warning usban¢ ‘ould confine himself to the toast ae the “ite ones, Now, Major Spilker,” said Mrs. Bar- ker, the hostess, as the ne ad- vanced, “it is your turn to give your toast, and pray ay. something compli- mentary to our si ‘hi ee hos"ess,” said Major, rising, rae me to do a t therefore, prspee soothe us in adversity. and y their tender ministerings lighien the Bingen of life. 1 drink to’ the ladies !" applause ‘subsided,- Mrs. | for the razor of stee! i site uplands spiluer os of the true subject of] of Afri the natives have “de- t {Blowing with pride and) veloped no little skill as workers in piniPation, metal and produce knives of good tem- “Oh, Mrs. Bai ker, you sent know how} per, they seem not to have hit upon the fond ihe Najor is of them! I have seen|jqea of true shaving by the use of a him ‘oor three’on his lap at/cufting edge. Their abundant bei Sree — re Baa ou their chops kept ” gasped the Maj eae ‘easing the les out of ‘the poor dear" thi ms or they aoe an anyone eS horses and | nes . Mr, {Seem to have grown | Wore richly ornamented axes to cover espite attempts at long intervals to make hair on the a fashion, prac- tically all the world: ae The mos' consistent advocates of the cleanly shaven face are the Indians of America. Nature has helped them out at the be- ginning, for hair upon their faces ap- sparsely. For this reason it is not so difficul and painful as it might seem to follow the Indian custom of pulling out each hair as soon as it reaches a length that will permit it to be gripped. Another stock whose beard is late and scanty provides employmént for a large guild of barbers in shaving high. This is seen in the blue rim which encircles @ find it eplreniely oreateee and thal as a complete test of its that peopled the valley. nt the Nile when Egypt was the home Y all the world’s enlightenment, shaved 5 compleiely thal one, mi that y had adopted the billiard ball as (he y, fore m the point of the 7a snsok aba als rb; though, crops out THE MILITARY EXCEPTION. Pharaohs and thi a few straggling At any rate if he could not raise a be: Their the ee world, the Assyrians, abundantly supplied with beards. hair ‘positively unless he made it like rope, It seems hardly onan a at Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani) palling their heads up in curl papers every night. No modern 38 goes conspicuously and completely jain except the black fellows of tho Aus be sof the earth who deep intoaihe akin: is no need to since the bamboo grows wild all o" the tropics withees cost of labor whenev er wanted, ears only late in life and then very ea hasbasbet sho and the shop, learned to need, and therefore does not miss them. Al crossed the Italian frontier at Chias The Swiss Cus' eir captains | amount officials achaiy, alee the. gue leaving | y they | him. to finish. his weather without any protectioi another case. A Scotch lady, | hy who had been residin, went to slay with friends just over frontier in _ with was taltou RisGle sift het cist ‘lo a ae ry -de-Foni y flowers which had been laid upon the them on the effigies of their sacred bulls | coffin? Ellis houts before the Immigration Board re- leased him, I . | visiting It will hold its edge save i and a new razor primitive estate ‘savage man iat all the necessaries of lather brush pare ot agyhich he has ES adi INSTANCES OF RED TAPE the roots of any Chinaman’s queue. 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Toronto 154 canie @rnplion. a Vasu tus they: had bet- al ter leave. their came which they ‘i, ‘Naples ‘s, San roi rom taking phe is they first specify in home. we itin, wish or intend to, ob; rie ay and pay a lax fominy from for every A man Maen dra on, very well, many places, Not so Taales awh particularly in G and Austria, ‘women may not rid Se ativ ntinent eels igh Heres id that She sen Tatiaty the, ae iat she was able to ride without danger ‘to herself or eat’ or nee Sie was first ve- quired to fl-up a fort giving her age. and place of birth 0 greatest absurdity of consent to her of bird, rants 1 hetsparette cand all—a declaration riding. ‘actical exant @ pr in mounting, riding, and dis After she had eatisted the given a certificate and ordered 10 lo her machine, one betind, and one lo the handle-bar (ke THE WAY Ov LIGHTNING. jondent of Nati Ks that the row wenaWa Chole been gts quire “a "‘modifieation of the stalement un bees lexkbooks that “it impossible to ae whether a flash “t Mghtning moves from in the the opposite direction.” Many ROR UTA DL of lightning taken in ing away bi peel phenomenon ved. has not been ob lo ~~ cheeks. Aes eee or the j ils or sap o} wut for the most par THE SAVAGE SHAVES DRY. Such of the native tribes along the mazon as shave at all in preference to plucking out their scanty beards pre- pare their cheeks by swabbing with the eee sap of the tree which yields the In opie Alrica the oil of the atl ok is use same purpose. the East I Indies generally the pulp. ern seas the green orange is employed. Many and various ar> ‘substitutes: smooth se singeing. of 0 an inch in width, three A plat inch hee an jarter of inc S| thick is mounted in a handle of horn, This is brought to @ white heat in the and is pi evenly ice very close to the skin. This glowing plate produces a close shave effect with a luxury of comfort tq the most tender skin that no razor yet | forged could bring about. - ewig ar Ss THE TRUTH DIS COURTEOUS. @ Mistress of the ae pa d like to geet what you would have been it it hadn't been for my "ha Mere Man—A bachelor! 2