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more skill and wood than he possessed. Thus the old coup)» lived side by aide, in outward wmtty, but with the canker of distrust eatmg at the roots af_t.heir friendship: Danpy ml noa-rly as unwashed as his neng'hho , but Ins checks were more fleshy, ad the centre of each glow- Our mastiff represented to .her the powers of evil in the world. The ha- tred which she bore to him. was for long a mystery to us. As she passed b' his kennel the dog would almost. choke himself upon his chain. His fury ex lei-nod itself when Granny was cans It one day hooking his dish towards her and picking out of it the best of the bones which had been put there that he might whet his great teeth upon them. The feeble old woman, undaunted by his rage, shook her stick at him mgrily as she hirpled off in triumph with the tit-bit of his supper under her shawl. It. was well that when off the chain Nero was mag'nanimity itself. The twins often made him carry Granny’s soup to Bumfoot in a can, but no power on earth could induce him to enter her cottage. He would wait at the door. whining and unhappy, till they reap- red. Granny heeded him not at all. ‘ -e hated him only as the guardian of the bones, and feared nothing except that] her coal might [on down. : upon our benevolence, we knew that she had little faith in. it. She feared the fires of he“ less than she feared the extinction of the fire in her grate. it was her custom to bobble no to Barneraig daily, when the weather permitted, for 111in and scraps, and often, with amusement, we have watched her prowling round the out- honse where the coal was kept till she could snatch a lunnp. as she thought, unseen. and bear it of! gleefully under. her shawl te_add to the hing at home. In the dim background of Granny's consciousness lay a busy life. She had. been wife and mother, but the very names of her children could only be summoned out of the past by a strong effort of memory. She lived in the sensations of the moment. Life to her meant tea and 60110. scraps of soft meet, a draw of the pipe, the warmth of the fire and the heat of the sun. One passion possessed her. whole soul and being. Her Spirit’s never-failing cry to God and man was for more coal.i She thought of little else than the get- ting of coal and would cunningly twist . any conversation round to the subject‘ that lay at her heart. Our little ones! at Barncraig watched her store and never allowed it to become quite ex; hausted; but although she lived chiefly _ her faded eyes. She moved with diffi- culty leaning upon her. stick. home in the little hamlet where it might least have been looked for, under the roofs of two half_ ruinous cots, built gable to gable, V wherein dwelt an old mam and an old woman who had lived till it seemed as if death had overlooked the meagre harvest of their souls. ‘ The elder of the two, Granny W’ilde. was a little Wizewed woman in whom the vital spark had almost burned out. Her furrowed face and knotted hands were of a bloodless paler and grey with the gathered dirt of years. The skin of her neck clung to the sinews in yellow folds and her bleached eye- lids dropped continually, through want of vigor to austaio themselves, over The aignalman and his family occupy one of the cottages. but the dreariness of Burnfood; has stamped itself even upon this comparatively comfortable household. The children play about noiselessly and their mongrel puppy barks as if ilts own voice frightened it. Oddly enough, at the time when my story begins, eheerfulness was most at seems only to deepen the darkness by dispelling it for e moment. A few farm carts use the road, which is deeply rutted and overgrown with“ weeds. The none has other cheerless fea- tures. The houses are faced by the Quaker’e Mill, Whose great water- wzheel, stopped by disaster, rots in the weather. The green slopes that shut the lonely hamlet in, run upward till beY0nd them the eye finds only the bare hilltops and the sky. It is true that a railway crosses the road within Eight of the doors, but the mineral trains which flash through the Glen leave it lonelier than ever, as lightning I ing, which suggestion is not lessened by the known fact that the body of a. child was found in the pool some years Burnfodt is a lonely spot. It lies at the foot of the back avenue to Barn- Graig. and the Wind stirring among the branches of the great beech trees, whispers uncannily over the three for- lorn cottages of which the hamlet con- sists. The old quarry-hole at the back of the houses is filled with stagnant water, irresistibly suggestive of drown- A TEN SHILLING TRAGEDY SCENE I. N And she diâ€"(i, 1}]; i‘gfiuils Tile ewlight is taking most 0 down town at present. V “You’_d better drink dishwater than our poisonous coffee. If you'd only aim a little. time to study domestic sci- ence and look into this food business a little it would be a good thing for vour health and the health of your fam- 3 fly. There's .a..10t m Neright is taking mosf of his meals dn'wm hum mt n__-.___1 George Newlight, they're simply rank poison! And you'll get no more white bread at my table." “ Why not 2” “Because there's no more nutrition in i than there would be in bread made out of pure starch. Every bit of the nu- tritive element has been refined out of It. It makes those who eat it thin- “Do I look thin-blooded or as if I lacked nutrition ’?’ ask-ed Newlighisvho weighs one hundred and ninety-nine. “That doesn’t signify. You don’t know what day you’ll break down un-. under such bread. \Ve’ll have nothing; but graham or whole Wheat flour here- j after. And I’ve done with coffee, too. If you could see and hear Prof. Scarem demonstrate 'ust how poisonous it is to the whole uman system you’d shun it as you shim opium. He says that cocoa shells is the only real safe warm I drink.” n I’d as Nfiflight. I’m done with any berries that have seeds in on my table." “I’d like to know why 2" “ You wouldn't ask if you’d heard the professor’s talk on appendicitis and its cause. A single dish of raspberries or strawberries may bring on that awful trouble. It's fearful to think of the risks people will run just to gratify the palate. And here we've always al- lowed our children to have sugar and cream on their oatmeal !” “ ‘What of it?”~ “ Why 3” " Because Prof. Scarem explained to us toâ€"day how tomatoes cause a mark-â€" ed arrest of vital activity in those who eat them .and he proved that the acid of tomatoes acts almost like a poison on the membrane of the stomach. Then Mrs New] ight Makes a Series of Astounding Discoveries. “It’s just awful how criminally ig- znorant I’ve been regarding our food,” said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. “I can never be thankful enough that I joined Prof. Scarem’s class in domestic science. My! it’s a. wonder we ’re not all dead. ignorant as I've been.’ There’s one thing sure.i George Newlight, there' 11 be no more tomatoes on my table." i The morning called for indulgence. } Danny fished his pipe out of his waist- ' s coat pocket, witha sigh that had many :3meanin‘gs in it. He knocked the dottle gout upon his grimy palm and put .11: back again carefully Do the last gram i of fugitive ash. Then he pu‘ll-ed. up 1133 EwaIStCOat. and gropin deep in his ’ trouser-pocket, drew orth a small . round metal box out of which he too]! j a two-inch screw of twist tobacco. ; From this he out about half-am-inch §w1th a dilapidated pew-knife and proâ€" 5ceeded to crlumble it carefully in the ; hollow of his hand. He then tilled his 3plpe as one Who would prolong. a g pleasure to the utmost, and, all belng‘ gready for the pleasant sacrifice, he gcal‘led out 1111 a thin, cracked voice,â€" ; Afro ye steerim’, Granny?” 3 So it happened that upon an autumn _morn1ng, Danny, in tattered sleeved- walstooat and corduroys, crept out into ft‘he sunshine and sat him down upon ithe bench at his cotta. e door. The sday was warm and s t. The dead leaves were dark with the night-dew. The slopes were greening with the blades of the second crop, the sunshine lay cheeriiy upon the stubble and the 3“) Give Damnyua cup of tea brewed ffrom the leaves that had made her own, or a spoonfiml or two or her soup gfrom the Bamoratg kitchen. As she 5“'0u'1d”835’. Danny had “a. crap for a’ ' an warm stacks of fodder that were still standing in the fields. Even the Spokes of the mill-wheel sparkled Where the light caught the dew m it! mosses... was the chief link between him and Granny W'ilde. The old lady dearly loved a draw at it, and to procure thls blessed grivilege she wag often_ forcec} Against the wall, between the doors of the cottages, was a ”bench on which Dam}? often sat, sucking industriously at his short black pipe, whether there was apythipg in it or not. This P1P? ed a patch of orisnkfiy red which seem- ed to have been stereotyped there by the hand of time. His back was much bent, so that in a sitting gesture 1118 small mouse head, with ts spotted Cheeks and erretty blue eyes, was thrust inquisitively forward to the level of bus knees. BRAVE SURGEONS. HER REFORMED DIET. (To be antinued.) diShM'ater." said BUDDHISTS' IDEA 0F HADES. Buddhists believe that Hades i. a. lplaoe of eight divisions, each with a i 3 form of punishment somewhat differ- ; ent from the other seven. In the first gdivision, which is the eaglest. the Sim éner walks eternally in his bare feet ’over red-hot needles. pomts upwards. 000 gallons of beer are dmnk in Lon- don yearly. and 485.000 gallons daily. The quantity of wine consumed in a. day is about 5,500 gallansn or 44,000 pints, which could be stored In a. Wine vault 52 feet square and 1 foot deep. The consumption of spin-ts 18 16,000 gal- lome a. day. The tea. 00an year- ly 18 33,000,000 pounds. The daulgr con- sumption of tea is 90,000 pounds. of cof- fee, {12,000 pounds and of cocoa. 8.800 WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER. Six women and two men are on trial for the Wholesale Murder of their rel- atives, of Hodmezoe Vasa'rhely, in Hun- gary. The objem. was to obtain the small sum, about 100 florins apiece, for which the victims were ineured. One man is charged with ha'vmg poisoned his father, his mother, his wife, his wife’s father and other persons out- side his family. The amused are fairly well off, have a certain amount of education, and were reiular atten- dants at church. They o tained the poison from a midrwif’ , Who was the head 01 the conspiracy. . ‘.’ ,.,-- H “J “11" lugs, uub uaa SLLUCBHU .- m drrvmg them in the. form of the fig: 'ure enghrt. This feait the driver asserts the pain perform after eight tweaks: trammg Wltih any set of horses; how- ever w‘ifld. _ 7_._ ..-... ‘J1.Vy quLL 'u‘t’l L'UUIU UL the horse: in front. The resuEt of a simigle horse in this team balking is also likely to complicate matters be- yond “hope of diase‘nta-ngE-evment without unharneesing. {I‘he strange team is controlled with eight rein-s. Two reins are carried to each set of horses har- nessed abreast. .'Mr. \Vesner not only controhs this complicated team in gtradgih-‘taway driving, but has succeeded I,“ An:--__-_. 1.“ b There is always a possibility. that some one of the horses in this extr-wrd- i.n.:ary tandem will draw in a direction opposite to the proper one, and this method of harnessing makes it possible for the horses to tie. themselves into a. very .close imitation of a, now knot. There is, too, always a tendanov for one horse to move faster than its com- panion-s ant to step upon lbw heels of "'LA L-_.__ . ed eu 1r0m line driver's box. The diffi- culty im all tandem driving, that is, the problem of keeping xthe horses in a straight line, is bemdes! greatly increas- -_ -â€"‘..- --lezll(lt.l Ull- ficujhty 15 that of controlling animals driven at sudh a disfance! from the man showing the reins. The distance (it the Seader im this case is fully thirty-five £3531} frp'm jibe driver's box. The diffi- i This remarkable team was devised by , flVL’Ili-am VVesn-er, of Vienna, and by him ' drimen nepewtedfly. He has performed; several tents in fancy ”drivingtwith his .' team before the Emperor ofi Germany amd the Emperor of Austria, and has; received ~mvedaflts from both monarch-s. :- The performance ins easily the . I MOST DIFFBC‘ULT FEAT ; of horsemanship in the“ worlds g The idicfficwtties of controlling ten ; horses hittched up in this way may read- E My be understood. The principal difâ€" f_ic_uii=ty 113 that of controlling- animnlu? imam of three horses -imv(frontn of tiese, two immediately before these and a. and misleading. The new driving feat imoiudes. all the difficulties of driving four horses abreast with. that of manag- ing a {very edongated tandem. The itealm is made up of ten hnrses. The iwndem is complicated by hitching four horses abreast to begin with“ with a â€"-6 “\Vhat I say?" cried the negro, man- A Man in Vienna Who Drives Tonia-Hand ifesting all the abject terror of a cow- â€"-Ven mmcult Feat. Iardly assassin. ‘ The baspamg’lzed riders who guide a 1 “Who killed Mr. Bowen ?” % Iscore or more of horses at terrific speed i "I did. 1113583. What d6 debbler he ‘about the saw-dust circus rings have ital-k so loud to Massa- Postans of all 5 been considered for generations. the de money he had im him box 9” 5 most skilful and picturesque horsemen Passengers, crew, ML Postans, Eilean- : in the world. An entirely new and far or, all listened in silent; «amazement at i more difficult problem in driving has What they heard. ’ i recently been devised and satisfactorily solved in Germany. The familiar cir- bed without killing the old man W" (-3115 trick is, as a (matter of fact, showy "He wake an’ make noise- .TnRh nn i 1 And though they were at the moment girn an open space exposed to almost in- gevitable death, he stopped short and ap- g plied hiinself to his task. :He extempor- Hzed a support for the poor fellow's 5head, and laid him down. Then while {tihe ugly "philt! phit l" of bullets sound- ;ed about them; be tied the carotid art- iery With as steady a. hand. and es un- y "if that mam is not attended to, " said he, coolly,‘ “he will be dead in five mm- i11+n¢a ’” another bravTe ma}: had been saved for [eulogy to the service of his country. ( . _--__. . ’0ne bf'avé'E'an Ihad done his duty with the simplicity of true hermsm, and: apother brave man had been saved fm~ w'no had been shot in the neck. The arterial blood was spirtimg like a foun- tain from the wound, and the principal medical officer at once recognized: the danger of the case. The agony of death was closing in upon him. {He had succumbed to his own hurt and weakness, but just at that-moment he heard 33. wounded main shrieking in an extremity ofl pain- That was enough, and he crawled to the spot Where the soldier lay, gave him an injection of morphine, and died. During the Ashanti War :in ’1874, the English. force was hotly engaged at Amciafuil, and one regimentth “ashgaill; lent y making its way ro ~ t bush. Several men had fallen, fid ev- 91'3’ surgeon connected with the fight- ing {me was fully occupied, When sud- denly two Highlanders appeared, hear- ing hetyveen them a gallant old officer that of Sir Philip Sidney, on the field of Zutphern. ed at Ma juba. Hill, and who yet per- formed an act worthy to be mated with WHAT LONDON DRINKS. ‘l REMARKABLE DRIVING FEAT. “Whatever you . as}; me. Henry, I will answer." fluid has Wei} cousin, much moved. . “Yes,” added SiroRaginald, taking his hand, and pressing 1t ‘ ‘ ° $I‘ a man that night; and} that man was ; and acm yourseirfia” “ ,, . I jfour hen Henry! sa.1d Eueamm'. :the only “Hear me! Maddened by hate and? jealousy, I retired L0 my bed that mght ; not in my right senses, I believe. My 3 umole (had nod; shown half the resent- f the lad} meal; I Wished hnn to feel! at your at- g r “But wretch! could you not have rob- l . bed without killing the old man ‘5" “He wake an’ make noise. Josh no -, afiooll Dead man nebber tell (what him . gave-e1 But, Massa Reginald, you no ikill __ l “I shall not kill you; but you shall' jbe tried at Kingston for murder." 3 “Oh, massa they hang me like one; “108‘!" l . g ’ “And you deserve it." 5 u The crew and passengers gazed with r {horror on the assassin as he was remov - _- F‘ed, heavily ironed, to a place in the]. lhol . The 'doubt and suspicion which ghad hung over two innocent men was, however, removed. and all felt: this to ' .be an intense relief. Eleanor looked. .; captain of the Lone Star. "1‘ knew of f1 course all along my own ’llflflOCBlIlCB of 3 that murder; butâ€"and the confession "t will do me goodâ€"I did meditate to slay i a a. man that night: and! final” mnn mm- I "Be-110M, then, the murderer of your father, Eleanor!" exclaimed Sir Reg- .inald solemnly. “God knows I never gsulspected the sooundrel. Mr. Postans, !1 have a. humble and most si‘ncerei ap- IOIOgy _to Offer to You‘ for my injurious ology to offer to you‘ for my injurious suspicions. Villainlâ€"WIetchl speak, or I will have you hung at the yard-arm in five minutes!" “There was a large sum of money in gold, Which I searched for when we re- turned to the vessel, and which Ifound not," replied the youmg man in a hol- low tone. You of any property beionging‘ to your uzncle which lay in his cabin ’3" “Ah, I had forgotten,” said Sir 1368' inaid who with Eleanor was still on deck: “Mr. Postans, look here, sir. Know CHAPTER XI. The crew of the Lone Star, and the relic of the devoted band that had sail- ied from Bristol in the Royal Charley, iwere all ranged along the deck, and E were uproarious in their demonstrations 50f satisfaction. The freebooter and Eleanor were received with the delight one experiences at finding dear friends still living Whom he had supposed to be dead. So great was the joy felt and manifested by all, save Henry Postans. who, however, was simply silent, that the negro’s state was scarcely noticed. Presently, however, one 013 the passeng‘ ers asked, “What has Josh been do- THE LONE 5mm; ." my isu bse queingi Eleanor kindly, JuAAA-g- fcaptain's cabin given up to her, and :then all sail was set and the Lone [Star once more was on its way. A he Egood breeze, a lovely vessel, and fair 11 Winds, soon brought them to their port. a :Whlch Sir Reginald entered Without ghesitation. Captain Montrose gave :an. gsnch an account of what they owed to . at him. that the governor of Jamaica wel- ' loomed him most heartily. In those 3 days the brethren of the coast were 'ob- g very differently considered from what :,, §pirates are now. Lopez and hls 83118 iof regular sea-robbers were given up, no i with J cab. to the authorities, and ten rim T days later. were all hang together, af- kill ? ter a very summary trial. The Lone '~ Star then departed. Williams took the "1d ; command, resigned by his former cap- ;tain; and the charming little' schoon- “ Upon my Word t3415- "the man is ter black-mail. B1 better 8‘0 in that quliap packet." vuv EUll'l'IC'ludu “rltn the yubicnnd countenance, ”and puts me 111 m1nd-â€"-" ‘ “ Of What. air 3" said the lady pout- “Thank. you, my dear cousin, And now, Regmald. will you condescend to glve me your reason 3" ’ "Why, my dear Lady .Wollaston," said her hnakonA -mn: , .. 5 Some years afterward a lady and gen- 3 tleman. attended b numerous servants. ‘and accompanied 3' several children. ggot out of a. rich carria e drawn by ‘four horses at the door 0 a small inn. gthe only one in the little fishing v11- ?1386 they had stopped at. The gen- gtlemam was dis inguished-looking and ;the lady beautiful. and both seem- ged what was far betterâ€"supremely Ehapgy. "Ami Saay-ou no 3391‘? ?" observed the mg. . longer like mys- ge‘ntleman laugh- â€"-.â€"- _â€"tlr‘y “AUDI-I ‘er. and was belbféaâ€"to enthusiasm by i’ all around her. Mr. Postans settled in gBristol. and became one of its most Sir Reginald and Lady W'oolaston, a year later. returned to England, the former having obtained leave from the government to reside on his paternal estate; and Eleanor 'saw realized all, and more than all, that had been promo ised by her dream. She was indeed hap- py. She had a ood and noble hilt- band. who never (1 any other serious fault than strong political bias and a morbid love of adventure. She in due time became ‘a .proqd. and happy moth- n-‘j _â€"â€"- 7 a , “Thank you, Eleanor,” whisnergd her - cousin quietly. “I wishved’m hea , that word, and I have heard it. r i now listen to me. I’ spoke last your kind and good father, 5 can now speak in his name. lived, he would have done am doing. The instant that 1 co him you loved the stranger, care was that he should be w ,‘you. This 1 can answer for. ; Moâ€"ntrose, to whom I told all, (. ied me of this." . " “Thank you," said 811‘ Reginald. . “ My friend, I but do my duty. 193.1. gumniated and aspered your character ?I find my mistake and I own it.” l “ True courage of noble minds.” l “But let us not forget what; lask lot you. Eleanor, we are going 10 a istrange place. You must have a pro. 1 tector. A rich heiress, you will be per- s‘aecuted; and then. dear cousin, reflect éthat as 10-11 as you are free, lshall 5 have hope 1e t me. That would ll? (‘r' indeed. But once you are affinnc d o and I Had he What I IWHO-ed his only orthy of Captain 'OflVlnc. story is ly audible to the ears of Hemy but clear as a bell to those of er. And the young‘girl fixed her upon the deck. whzw her: Cheeks suffused with crimson. at a child witmess ‘ was asked by took a false oath you ?” H-e hesitat: a . ur â€"-â€" n suppose I The officers and trmy have [or years the idea of making find more usmul. A was used on Hm fur: if‘matm {n3 timber, and all kinds ( which strengthmEMLHc 0 docility were requirwi. '1'}; not a particularly intrlli 3nd therefore his pI‘UgI‘R flow along the lines laid d 513019168 01 B'L’LX‘S. NUWV I well What to do as the be tilleryman and will brimE -the regimental front was 11h With the knowledge he to come the power to co and do his duty as best 11‘ war are tremendous in a ingly heavy. Until xhe elephant. it had been t locks. Tibere was, hmvev trouble with these beast hard to comrol and so were required that they deal 01‘. a nuisance. .50 British artillerymen re. substitution of lbw eiep bullock. One elephant. w out effort. a piece of a a. long line of bullocka \ ficul-ty in movingm a1 Move the Big «am With Every one or” these 11 which the elephant mov to plane consists of (on and two 6 and 3â€"inch he owe elephant can draw, 1' single piece of artillery, to Miami him at all ilwy paired or driven tandrlm. m such, a battery a: ll] scribed, twelve elephan- These are not all emplq the. artillery at. the 631 is Well not to work_a‘ despite his usuai 1 reason the elephan usage and under thv all mm is asked < iiard, because, if thatwi-s The elephant baitery guns thereof, is always ammunition wagons an ing to the {act that th: \erly trained elephants oaks are still utilized . gaught for the Lane 1 cuts. The fact? that ‘ required to draw the : ‘baggage forms a striki tween their powers a1 elprhanEs, for the gr ‘ ammunition and the b ritfil 1688 than that 4 .1188 . .wvw- .The British artiller tempt to manage the aw the gums. To It. there is empl twelve mahouts, with the latter being und mptaln. All are nan besides the elephansa. called. there are wit jemadar, six sirdarq supposed to be 00m to fight if nvcessary. \Vhenever it happ ttry is to be transit ‘re 1n appearance 0031 cars on our rail: tug about one-half U ,6“. A; on? end of house in. appearance, unified. In this lit ed to thes eare h"; of about the size of At the. end biock waits 0‘ egress'. 3‘ beam-3 of the 5123 From.tbe highgst ! top of these 6311 gethc form of the 1 we SCCCIOD, and t m ole hant fr?" Wu. 9 muSt elt’l ‘ tags the Car D afghan. of 6199 011 THE RAILROA: 'S ENLISTED ARTILLERY th rac 81¢