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the it lift CHAPTER XXXIV. i A minute or two after the boat inf: Which Arthur was being piloted to the : lhore. under the guidance of the math, ager of Miles’ hotel. had left the side: of the vesseL Mrs. Carr's steam-launch‘ shot up alongside of them. its brass-f work gleaming in the sunlight like pol- ished gold. 0n the deck. near the lit- tle wheel. stood Mrs. Carr herself. and by her side. her martial cloak around her. lay Miss Terry. still as any log. “Mr. Heigham." said Mrs. Carr. in a voice that sounded across the water like a silver bell. “I forgot that you will not be able to find your way to my place by yourself tomorrow, so I will send down a bullock-car to fetch you; you have to travel about with bullocks here. you know. Good-bye,” and. before he could answer. the lau‘nch’s head was round. and she was tearing through the swell at the rate of fourteen knots. “That's her private launch." said the manager of the hotel to Arthur. “it is the quickest in the island. and she al- ways goes at full steam. She must have come some way round to tell you that. too. That's her place. over does she not ?" "Oh. yes, every year; but she is very early this year; our season does not begin yet, you know. She is a great blessing to the place. she gives so much away to the poor peasants. At. first she used to some with old Mr. Carr. aw yvv - - 3â€"â€"â€"~ â€"...... -_ ___,- ,_____ , she used to come with old Mr. Carr.; Here the cabbage palm- shot its and a wonderful nurse they say She 5 81.30031 amtthIOfg tg-unk high into “£19 . .11 died.” f 3.112. ere e m 00 waved its lea y made the 01d 30 n tlexnan t1 11:62., l 03‘31‘ 10h plumes. and all around the soil Does, she entertain 111110 0 § was spread ‘lnke an Indian shawl, with "hot. as a rule, but sometimes she i malnya gorgeous flower and many a and i Splfdndid tfrtfifl. Arthur thought of the . 7‘ . . 81 en 0 en and the Isles of the a series of dinner parties that are the i B] d, aml whils t his eyes, accustom- talk of the island. bhe hardly everged to nothing better than our poor goes out anywhere, which makes the English roses. Were still fixed upon the ladies in the place angry, but I believe ? blazing masses 0f pomegranite flowers, that th ll to h D 11s a d din- 1 and has senses were filled With the 83’ a 8'0 01' a 1} gsweet scent of orange and magnolia ners. Mostly, she spends her time up ; blooms, the oxen halted before the pore in the hills, collecting butterflies and g “'00 Of a stately bmldlflg' white-walled _ a __ - . .. -L "NJ-.. ,alnd green-shuttered like all Madeira in the hills, collecting butterflies and beetles. She has got the most wonder- ful. collection of Egyptian curiosities up at the house there, too, though why she keeps them here instead of in England, I am sure I don’t know. Her husband began the collection when he was a. young man. and collected all his life. and she has gone on with it since.” “Well, it can't be fur want of asking. it half of what they say is true; for according to that, every single gentle- man under fifty, who has been at Ma- deira during the last five years has had a try at her, but she wouldn’t look at one of them. But of course that is gossipâ€"and here we are at the land- ing-place. Sit steady, sir; those fel- lows will pull this boat up." again.” Had it not been for the preoccupied and uncomfortable state of his mind. that took the flavor out of all that he did, and persistently thrust a. skele- ton amidst the flowers of every land- scape, Arthur should by rights have enjoyegl himself very _mueh_ 'at Madeira2 To live in one of the lofty rooms of Miles' Hotel, protected by thick walls and cool, green shutters, to feel that you are eqjoymg £3.11 the advantages of a warm climate without its drawbacks. and that, too, however much people in England may be shiveringâ€"which they mostly do all the year roundâ€"is in itself a luxury. And so it is, if the day is hot, to dine chiefly off fish and fruit. and such fruit! and then to ex- change the dining-room for the cool portico, with the sea-breeze sweeping through it, and, pipe in hand, to sink into a slumber that even the diabolical shrieks of the parrots, tied by the leg in a line below, are powerless to dis- turb. Or, if you be energeticâ€"I speak of Madeira energyâ€"you may stroll down the little terraced walk, under the shade of your landlord’s vines, and contemplate the glowing mass of green- ery that in this heavenly island makes 5.- dga}â€"clvéh.vâ€"Ybu can do fnore than this even; for having penetrated through the brilliant flower beds. and gecruit- eavexkâ€"laâ€"ust'ed nature under a fig-tree. you van engage, in true English fash- iom in a game of lawn-tennis, which done, you will again seek the shade of the creeping vines or spreading ban- anas. and in a springy hammock take you; “:ell-eepped repose. All these things are the quintessence of luxury. so much so that be who has once enjoyed them will long to turn lotus-eater. forget the painful and lab- orious past. and live and die at Miles' Hotel. Oh. Madeira! gem‘of the ocean, [and of pine-clad. mountains that fool- ish man love to climb, valleys where wise was much prefer to rest, and of smells that both alike abhor; Madeira depend for a. (Livelihood, what a. per- flect. place you would be, and how peo- tical one could grow about you! a. con- summation which. fortunately for my readers. the reoallection of the open drains, the ill-favored priests, and Portuguese officials effectually pre- On the following morning, at twelve punctually. Arthur was informed that than conveyance had arrived to fetch him. He went down. and was quite :ppalled at its magnificence. It was Mao-like in form. built to hold tour. tad W 9;: wooden runners that wonder that she has not married? which the Madeira. qtreetg V “110‘”, uuuunvmv J vwc â€"â€" â€"_7 ed in a kind of White uniform. accomp- anied the sledge, and saluted Arthur on his appearang'e with much reverence. â€"- â€" L:mn knâ€" UL]; “I” out: w-“ __ _ pt _-_ -.- It took him, however. some time be- fore he could make up his mind to embark in a conveyance, that remind- ed him of the description of Cleopatra’s galley, and smelled more sweet; but finally he got in, and off he started. feeling that he was the observed of all observers, and followed by at least a score of beggars, eaoh afflicted with some peculiar and dreadful deformity or disease. And thus, in triumphal guise, they slid down the quaint and narrow streets, squeezed in for the sake of shade between a double line of tall, greenâ€"shuttered houses, over the bridges that span the vast open drains; past the ochre-oolored cathed- ral; down the promenade, edged with great magnolia trees. that made the air heavy with their perfume, and where twice a week the band plays, and the Portuguese officials march up and down in all the pomp and panoply of office; onward through the dip, where the town slopes downward to the sea; then up again through more streets, and past a stretch of dead wall, after which the chariot wheels through some iron gates, and he is in fairy-land. On â€"_ "' ‘3‘" each side of the carriage-way there Spreads a garden calculated to make English horticulturists gnash their teeth with envy, through the bowers of which he could catch peeps of green turf and of the blue sea beyond. Then the slaves of the chariot as- sisted him to descend, whilst other slaves of the door bowed him up the steps, and he stood in a great cool hall. dazzling dark after the brillianoy of the sunlight. And here, no slave awaited him, but the princess of this fair domain, none other than Mildred Carr herself, clad all im summer white. and with a smile of welcome in her eyes. “I am so glad that you have come. flow do you like Madeira? Do you find It [very hot ?” “I have not seen much of it yet; but this place is lovely, it is like fairy- land, and. I believe that. you," he added, with a. bQW,‘ ‘a_re the fairy qqeen' __ “Compliments again. Mr. Heigham. Well, 1 was the sleeping beauty last time, so one may as well be called a queen for a change. I wonder what you shall call me next ’6” “Let me see ; shall we sayâ€"an angel?” “Mr. Heighnm. stop talking nonsense, {“114 came into the drawing-room.” He followed her, laughing. into an apartment that, from its noble pro- portions and. «beauty. might fairly be called magnificent. Its ceiling was paneled with worked timber, and its floor beautifully inlaid with woods of various hue, whilst the walls were thickly covered with pictures, chiefly sea-pieces and all by good masters. He had, however, [but Little time to look about him, for adoor opened at the further end of the room, and admitted the portly person of Miss Terry, ar- rayed in a. gigantic sun-hat and a pair of green Fpectacles. She seemed very hot, and held in her hand a. piece of brown paper, inside of which something was violently scratching. “I’ve caught him at last," she said, “though he did avoid me all last year. I’ve caught him." “Good gracious! caught what 2" ask- ed Arthur, with great interest. “\Vhat I Why, him that Mildred want- ed," she replied, regardless of gram- mar in her excitement. “Just look at him, he’s beautiful." Thus admoniehed, Arthur carefully undid the brown paper, and next mom- ent started back with an exclamation. and began to dance about with an en- ormous red beetle grinding its jaws in- to his finger. “Oh, keep still, do, pray,” called Miss “Derry, in alarm; “don’t shake him off (211 any account, or we shall lose him for the waxy; of a. little pati- once, as I did when hvefioit I my finger Last year. If you'll keeg him qute sull he won't leave 33. and I'll ring for John to bring the chloroform bottle." \ “Never mind, we will treat you‘ with”- caustic presently. Mildred, don't laughs‘ so much. but come and look at him; 1 he's lovely. John, please be quick with d that chloroform bottle." “If this sort of thing happens often, I don't think that I should collect beetles from choice, at least not large ones." groaned Arthur. “Oh. dear," laughed Mrs. Carr; “I never saw anything so absurd. I (hurt know which loolns moat nvage, you; or _â€"â€"â€"â€", you will frighten him and it open he flies we shall never catch 9' blgll‘OOID-l . . 1# e.‘../ Arfhnn the U16 Luau: Here. fortunately for' Arthur, .the servant arrived with the required bottle, into which the ferocious insqct was triumphantly stoppered by M138 "II-MK yUU, 11.1110. \rw-n-s, .. _... _ emo h of beetles for one day. so I vote or the mummies." “Very well. Will you oome, Agatha. 8" “Now, Mildred, you know very well that I won’t come. Just think, Mr. Heiglham; I only saw the nasty things once, and then they gave me the creeps every night for a fortnight. As though those h :rrid Egyptian ‘fellahs’ weren’t ugly enough when they are alive With- out going and making great skin and bone dolls of themâ€"pub!" “Agatha persists in believing that my mummies are thle bodies of people like she saw in Egygtulalst year." 1" a detached building, with a broad ver- anda, facing the sea. Scarcely ten feet from this veranda, and on the: edge of the sheer precipice, was built a low wall. leaning over whirh Arthur cauld ,hear the wavelets lapping against the hollow rock two hundred feet beneath him. Here they stopped for a moment no look at the vast expanse of cean. glittering in the sunlight like a; sea of multen sapphires and heaving as gently as an infant’s bosom. c ”It’vis very lovely; the sea. moves just enough to show that it is only asleep.” “Yes; but I like it best when it is awake, when it blows a hurricaneâ€"it is magnificent. The whole cliff shakes with the shock of the waves. and some- times the spray drives over in sheets. That is when; I like to sit here; it exâ€" hilarates me, and makes me feel as though I lzelnnged to the storm, and was strong with its strength. Cnme. let ‘us go in.” The entrance to the veranda was from the end that faced the h use. and to gain it they passed under the bu-ughs of a large magnolia-tree. Gomg through glass doors that opened out- ward into the veranda,Mrs. Carr en- tered a roan luxuriously furnished as a lloudoir. This had apparently .30 other exit: and Arthur was beginnlng to wonder where the museum CODld be, when she toik a tiny bramah key from her watch-chain, and with it up- ened a do ir that was papered and painted to match the wall exactly. He followed her, and found himself in a stone passage, dimly lighlted frfim above, and sloping downward. that led to a d:.orway graven in the rock. on the model of those to be seen at the en- trance Ol: figyptian temples. .He went in, and a strange sight met hLS gaze. They were standing in the center of one side of a vast cave, that ran right and left at right angles to ,the passage. The light poured into It in great rays from skylights in the r00f, and by it he could{ see that it was hollowed out of the virgin rock, and measured some sixty feet or more in length by about forty wide, and thirty hlgh. Down the length of each side of the, great chamber ran a line of six DOIIshed sphinxes, which had been hewn out of the surrounding granite, on the model of those at Carnac, whilst the walls were elaborately painth after the fashion of an Egyptian sep- ulcher. Here Osiris held his dread,l trib- unal on the spirit of the departed; here the warrior sped onward in 1118 charging chariot; here the harper Swept his sounding chords; and here, aGain, crowned with lotus flowers. those “'11) corpses lay around held their Joyous festivals. QUE " “Now, Mr. Heigham, she said, fling‘ 108 Open another dam, and stepping {onward “you. are about to enter‘ The Hall of the Dead!“ In the respective centers of each end. of the stone chamber a. colossus tow- ered in its silent and unearthly grand- guy._ That to the right. was“ 9 stathe of. Osiris, judge of the souls of the dead! seated on his judgment-seat, and hold- ing in his hand the scourge and the bent-headed scepter. Facing him at the other end of the hall was" the effigy of the mighty Rameses, his broad brow encircled by that kingly symbol which few in the world's history have worn 5-0 proudly, and his noble features im- pressing those wh) gaze upon them from age t‘) age with a sense of scorn- ful power and melancholy calm, such as does not belong to the countenances of the men of their own time. And all around. under this solemn guardian- ship, each upon a polished slab of marble, and inclosed in a case of thick glass. lay the corpses of the Egyptian dead, swathed in numberless wrapp- ings, as in their day the true religion that they held was swath-ed in symbols and in mummeries. Here were to be fcuLnd the h’gh-priest of the mysteries of Isis, the astronomer whose lore could read the prophecies that are written in the stars. the dark magician. the renowned warrior, the musician with his cymbals by his side. the fair maiden who hadâ€"so said her :cedar coffin-beerdk-died of love and ' sorrow. and this royal babe. all sleep- ing the lame slag and waiting the been ‘woll Carr, I have fnom the waters._ whilst the “be be” ° -L ‘kn kl.â€" 9°.” was already merging into tradâ€" ltwn when the great pyramid reared its head on Egypt's fertile plains. Arthur stosd. awed at the wonder- ful sight. “Never before," said he. in thatowhis- [181' which we involuntai‘ily use in the UW u lmwualawuw- 'Dhe thought was abruptly put. but passing in his mind, what must pass in the mind of any man of culture and sensibility when he gazes on sucb a Sight. For in such presences the hum- an mite of to-day, fluttering in the sun and walking on the earth that these have known and walked [our how infinitely small in the place that he occupies in the tale of. things crea- ted; and yet, if to his culture and sen- Sibility he adds religion, a word‘ of livmg h'Ope hovers on those dumb lips. For where are the spirits of those 13m WUULU ant: vuv Urnâ€"vâ€" that lie before him in thein eternal silence! Answer, withered lips, and tell us what judgment has Osiris given. and what has Thoth written in his awful bouk? Four thousand years. ! Old htuman husk, if thy dead carcass can htuman husk. ii thy dead carcass can last so long, what limit is there to the life of the SJlll it held? “Did you collect all these ?" asked Arthur. when he had made a super- ficial examination of the almost count- less treasures of the museum. 1- 1.9.. “Oh, no; Mr. Carr spent half of his long life, and more money than I can tell you, in getting this collection to- gether. It was the passion of his life. and he had this cave hollowed at enor- mous east, because he thought that the air here would be less likely to injure them than the English fogs. I have added to it, h'rwever. I got those papyri and that beautiful bust of Bere- nice, the one in black marble. Did you ever see snub hair 2" my D.) Lt... -wu-- ' Arthur “thought t ) himself that he had at that moment some not far from his heart thatmust be quite as beauti- "Lo 1:. here are same cur ous things ;" and she opened an air-tight case that contained .9; me discolored grains and a few lumps of shriveled substance. “What are they ?” “That is wheat taken from the in- side of a mummy, and thrzse are sup- posed to be hyacinth bulbs. They came from the mummy-case of that baby- prinoe, and I have been told that they would still grow if planted." “I can scarce believe that: the prin ciple of life nzguist be extigct.” ‘I ,,L AL Vtrw vâ€" -â€"-- “\Vise people say, you know, that the principle of life can never become ex- tinct in anything that has once lived, though it may change its form; but I do not pretend to understand these things. However we will settle the question, for we will plant one, and, if it grows, I will give the flim’er to you. i Choose one." 1‘ , Arthur toak the biggest lump from the case, and examined it curiously. “I have not much faith in your hya- cinth; I am sure that it. is dead." “Ah! but many things that seem more dead than that have the strang- est way of suddenly breaking into life," she said. with a little sigh. “Give it to me; I v» ill have it planted; " and then. with a quick glance upward,‘ ‘I wonder if ym will he here to see it blosm.” “‘v‘Iâ€"don't think that either of us “in see it blocm in this world.” he an- swered, laughing, and task his leave. (To be Continued.) .Vlrs. llllltuu's IBI'IM' l'ummrln and Mr. Illll Inn's l-Zlnlmraue Elm-Malian. “Don’t you suppose it’s the weather, Ezra ?” said Mrs. Bilitops, looking up from her sewing at Mr. BilltOpS, who had just started up the clock that stood on the mantelpiece, and who had won- dered as he shook it why it had stop- ped. The minute she spoke Mr. Bill- tops wondered why he hadn’t thought of that himself, and he proceeded to. say that he. thought It. was very Iike- 1y; that the clock needed oiling any- way; that it had got kind 0’ gummy and sticky, and the fall in the tem- perature was just enough to harden that gummy stuff around the bearings and amp it. Mrs. Billtops didn’t say anything to this; she just let him go on and talk; in fact, she rather liked to hear him talk; and as for herself, she was sat- isfied to be one that made the wheels go ’round without insisting on being seen at the crank. But after the. talk was all over she wound the clock. some time ago a man entered, an Optician’s shop with a view to! purchas- ing a pair of glasses. After the usual questions as to age. etc“, the. would-be purchaser stated that he “wanted a pair he could read with." A trayful of spectacles was prnduced, and one pair handed over, which the wouLd-be purchased affixed t.) his cran- ium, at the same time scanning a news- paper. 7 “Kindly hold the paper at arm's length" This was done. “Do they suit yOlle” “NO," was the reply. “Try those. \Ve have plenty to se- lect from." The second pair was tried with like result. The Operatuun continued for some time. till at lest the cpticmn'a stock was exhausted. Then an idea struck the Optician. “Can you read at all, my good man i" asked the Optician. “Np! Didn’t I ask ycu.‘ forla pair that I could read with i" THE RULING PASSION. erst. lBl'O'Wnâ€"Dr. Buns: is Home rend . d . Dr: . . .Y“v my Good man; you m.“}fl:3 0131'? e ONLY THE CY.-0CK STOPPED. ' ASKED TOO MUCH. '. tbsp. and givg me my ., but FRINGE AND THE PICK- SEQUEL TO AN INTERESTING mm INCIDENT. A liner u. n loyal Partyâ€"III. I'm‘ In”. -.. I.“ “I8- r.\'0.f. Although many people may have Semi in the illustrated papers of Englan; the pictures of the aged North Conn. try miner handing a pick-axe m the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the letter’s visit to the Earl of “Wham the miner in question. being the iden. tical men. who. when the Prince. t a 16oyeer-old led. had visim: a 1mm2 coal mine. had shown his Royal Hint. noel how to pick (cal with um vex self-name pick. yet there is a 59le to that little incident whii 11 has not a yet. received any publicity, but 36‘ which deserves being placed on recur; being quite as characterisliv of :4: Prince as at the miner. When Lord Durham [)I‘esenLed 129 old fellow to the Prince on the Occa- sion of his visit north just bet.“ Christmas. he informed the Heir 3:- parent that the miner had frequent? during the past forty years rece'm Prince had picked coal for an ho: as a lad. and that in particular 4; American tourist had Offered hm”. much as 81,000 {or the tool, which Co, line. in spite of his being a laboum; man. and as such the reverse of '.-3 had refused. GAVE IT TO THE l’RlM'li “ I should like to buy that pith." ex claimei the Prince, shaking ii.» «1.11., low warmly by the ban 1, "and Ea: only sorry that I cannot affurd to ya a bigger price than that offered. L your American friend." “But I would not accept anything for it. air." interrupted Collins. “Ihare brought the pick here in order to ofie: it for your acceptance as a present and I should be only too glad if. you: Royal Highness would condescend :; take it." “ All right. Old friend,’ e\c1 1:111111‘111'. Prince. “ I will accept 30m gift. liee it for the present. and 1 \\ 111 send 1‘. it when I get back to town " About a fortnight later the 0111111111: received a letter addressed to " 111:3? Collins." and stating that, Genera. :. Dighton Probyn had teen cummanx by the Prince and Princess 0: \xm to request, bus company at «111mm J Sandringham. The letter likewst- --I closed railroad tickets and ammo: What tr‘m to twkfl. At the 14011011, . the card. Which bore the Prince: c113: was a. poatcript in the Prim-vs writing. as follows: “ Please Mi pick." On arriving at the Wolvu'iuu Mum: Collins found one of the my“ .41“ riages' awaiting him. and on rvacmé Sandringham. he was Welcomed in 1:- hall_ by the Prince. who, alter p1? senting him to the Princess an". '- the other members 0f the royal wit} conducted him in person w it”? room. as is the hospitable (‘USIHUJ 51 the Heir Apparent with guests WLJ Visit Sandringham for the {1st 14:11:. AT THE ROYAL DINNER. An hour later the old miner loan; ‘ n: 31 himself seated at the royal tat) dinner; the other guests being Wm' cess Victoria of \\ ales. Prince 39" 1m Princess Charles of Denmark. and Duke and Duchess of lurk. in 51"“ of the newness of his surroundingsfiM sturdy old miner. who is in 11.8 ”‘33 year. did not betray the least Emmi rassrnent. but behaved with 8 mm.“ dignity. modesty. and at the same ‘3'”? absence of subserviency that “3‘?” have constituted a lesson in brew“ to! many a A pervenue. ‘ ‘ In. He created a most {mama} pression. and after dinner the partya tuned to the 100m “1 devoted y the Prince to his 2 collection of sporting guns, rif‘n hunting knives. where the p i accorded 3 place of honor. n.-- .. r"..- -- ___ The miner remained at, Samarium”; .‘or the night. and left on the ism“ mg afternoon. after the l’I‘IIJ““‘5.“ 90,1300 had Ihown him round be!‘ we“? dau‘ . .her kennels and her garden”. the rmce taking him over the 11)” farm. 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