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léfii Nothing occurred to mar parity of the voyage of the Star. That beautiful littl. ‘ gen tlethen." Next morning. when Arthur came down to breakfast. the Bellamy's had sailed. The mail had come in from the Cape at midnight. and left again at dawn, taking them with it. tune has given me. and by myself I will stand or fall. 1 will join in no schemes to separate Arthur from this woman. If I cannot. win him for my- self by myself. I will at any rate lose him fairly. I will respect what you have told me, but. I will do no more." Lady Bellamy smiled as she answer- ed: ' I really admire your courage. It is quite quixotic. Hush here come Hm the "To observe with me is at once a task and an amusement and the habit is one that leads me to accurate con- clusions. as I think you will admit. The conclusion I have come to in your case is that you do not wish to see Arthur Heigham married to another woman. I spoke just now of assistanceâ€"" “I have none to give. I will give none. How could I look him in the face .” "You a re strangely scrupulous for a woman in your position." “I have abways tried to behave like an honorable woman. Lady Bellamy. and 1 do not feel inclined to do other- wise now." "Perhaps you will think differently when it. comes to the point. But in the meanwhile remember. that people who will not help themselves, cannot expect to be helped." “Once and forkâ€"1'1.- Lady Bellamy un- derstand me. I fight for my own hand with the magpons which n_at_.ure and for- .“_A L-_ â€"-A 61'. v“- vvavv It.) (I caress in itself. Shall Iago on 2" “I think that it is unnecessary. \Vhe- that you be right or not. I will give you the credit, of being a. close observ- "You mean that Iain in love with Arthur Heigham. On what do you base that belief 3" ing a guide as people think, your face, your voice. your eyes, all betray you. Why do you always try to get near him to touch him {â€"answer me that. l have seen you do it three times this evening. Once you handed him abook in order to touch his hand beneath it; but there is no need to enumerate what you doubtless very well remember. No nice woman, Mrs. Carr, ever likes to continually touch a man unless she loves him. You are always listening for his voice and step. you are listen- ing for them now. Your eyes follow his face as a dog does his master’s- when youOSpeak to him, Your voice is a An -Aâ€"_ Middâ€"rzc‘l: 03?}; gay bosom heaved tumultuously, and the rose-leaf hue (215195! from her cheeks. “But I think that, with assistancea‘ a way might be found." 3 Their eyes met, and this time Mildred ' took up the parable. "Should I be wrong, Lady Bellamy”~ if I supposed that you have not come. to Madeira solely for pleasure ‘I" “A wise person always tries to com- ' binne business and pleasure.” g “And in this case the business com-l bined is in connection with Mr. Heigh- : am’s engagement 7" . “Exactly." : “And supposing that I were to tell; him this ?" “Had I not known that you would: on no account tell Mr. Heigham, I should not have told you." “And how do you know that l” “I will answer your question by an-; other. Did you ever yet know awom-j an, who lovedaman, willingly help him' to the arms of a rival, unless indeed‘ she was forced to it 3" she added, with f Something like a sigh. ‘ MKS! I g l l U __ I'""â€"" " "fiâ€" â€"0’ thoughts ?“ She laughed a little. “I am an adept at tlbe art. Don’t be down»hearted. I should not be surâ€" prised if, after all, the engagement be- tM'een Mr. Heigham and Angela Cares- foot should come to nothing. Of course I speak in perfect confidence." “Of course." “\Vell, the marriage is not altogether agreeable to the father. who would prefer another and more suitable match. But. unfortunately, there is no way of shaking the young lady's determination.” “Indeed.” , _, “v vuv ““65”” Ire made; may have. perhaps, 611300? .. She dul not even get into a. terrific After this she fell into silence. Pre-E sontly Lady Bellamy raised her eyes»; just, now filled up with the great pup- : 115, and fixed them on Mildred. ! “You are thinking," she said, 810W”, ,‘ “that Angela Caresfoot is a formidable g rival.” l Mildred started. ‘ “Hozw. when you pretend to read my? Al “That cannot be,” said Mildred, soft- ly “like draws to like; She must have found something in him. some better part” some affinity of which you know nothing." She is a woman intellectually, physic- ally and spiritually, immeasurably above the man on whom she has set her affections.” the sea, and as definite as its tides; who lives to higher ends than those we strive for; whose whole life. indeed, gives one the idea that it is the shad- uwâ€"imperfect. perhaps, hut still the shadowâ€"of an immortal light; then you fill get some idea of Angela Caresfoot. not reach, or, at any rate cannot breathe. flat if you can imagine a woman whose mind is enriched with learning as profound as that of the first classical scholars of the day, and tinged iwith an originality all her own, a woman whose faith is as steady as fhat star and whose love is deep as “A8 to her character, I can hardly describe it. She lives in an atmosphere of her own, an atmosphere that I can.- CHAPTER XLVI. CHAPTER XLV.â€"Continued. Hlish here ébuié -v .u the ttie pros- conscientious. her own reputation she cared, com- paratively speakmg, nothing; whilst for Arthur's ultimate happiness she was But there was this peculiarity alout the affairâ€"namely, that the affection which he tore her was born more of ther stronger will than of his own feel- ings. as was shown by the fact that, so long as he was actually with her and within the circle of her influence, her power over him was predominant; but the moment that he was out of her sight his thoughts would fall hack into their original channels. and the old sores would begin to run. How- ever much, too, he might be successful in getting the mastery of his troubles by day. at night they would assert themselves. and from the constant and tormenting dreams whichcthey inspir- ed he could find no means of escape. Occasionally, too, he would fall into a fit of brooding melancholy that would lost him for a day or two, and which Mildred would find it quite impossible to dispel. Indeed, when he got in that way, she soon discovered that the only thing to do was to leave him alone. He was suffering acutely, there was no doubt about that, and when any animal suffers including man, it is best When Mildred saw him in this state of mental desolation, she would shake her head and sigh for it told her that she was as far as ever from the gold- en gate of her Eldorado. As has been said, hers was the strongest will, and, even if he had not willed it, she could have married him any day she wished; but, odd, as it may seem, she was too. M-“--_L.â€"â€"â€"â€" “Never mind. Arthur,” said Mildred’s ; clear voice at his elbowâ€"she was rare- ;ly much further from him than his ‘shadorw; “Iawyers' letters are not, as .a rule very interesting. I never yet ;had one that would not keep. Come ,and see if your pavilionâ€"isn’t that a grand nameâ€"is arranged to your Lik- ' ing. and then let us go to dinner, for fAgatha here is dying of hungerâ€"she Â¥has to make up for her abstinence at v w-vv' Of the past he never spoke, nor did Mildred ever allude to Angela after that conversation at sea which had ended so strangely. Sihe contented herself with attempting to supplant her, and to a certain extent she was successful. No man could have for very long remained ohdurate to such beau- ty and such patient devotion, and it is not wonderful that he grew in a way to love her. And so Arthur soon settled down again into the easy ten-0r of Madeira llilfe. He now scarcely made a pretense of living at the hotel. since, during their cruise Mildred had had a pav- ilion which stood in the garden lux- uriously fitted up for his occupation. Here he was happy enough in a dull. numb way, and, as tlhe days went on, something of the old light came lack to his eyes, and his footfall again grew quick and strong as When it used to fall in the corridor of the Abbey House. A: AL . “Why. those idiots at the hotel have returned a letter senit to me by my 'lawyer. They thought that I had left 'Madeira for good. and the letter was 1 marked. ‘If left, return to Messrs. Bor- é [By Son,’ with the address. And the 1 mail went out this afternoon into the sbargaiu, so it will be a month before 'I can get it back again.” , f Had Arthur known that this letter fcontained clippings of the newspaper , reports of the inquest on George Cares- .foot, of whose death even he was in stotal ignorance. he would have had . good reason to be put out. “l was always told," broke in that lady." that yachting was charming, but I tell you frankly I have never been more miserable in my life than 1 was on board your Evening Star.” “Never mind, dear, you shall have a nice long rest before we start for the coast of Spain." « ! So sdon as they had landed he start- ed off down to Miles’ Hotel to see if any letters had come for him during ; his absence, and returned looking very much put out. “WIfilt is the matter, Arthur ?” ask- ed MISS Terry, once again happy at feelxng her feet_upon solid soil._ 1"-- (Here they stopped for a week or so enjoying themselves very much in their new surroundings, till at length Arthur grew tired of the islands. which was of course the signal for their de- parture. So they returned, reaching Madeira after an absence of close upon a month. As they dropped anchor in the little bay, Mildred came up to Al'- thur, and touching him with that gen- tle deference which she always showed toward him, asked if he was not glad to be home again. “:Home l" he said. “I have no home.” “0h. Arthur!” she answered, “why do you try to pain me? Is not my home yours also i” storm, in order to give Arthur the opâ€" portunity of performing heroic feats, and the writer of this history the chance of displaying a profound know- ledge of the names of rapes and spars. On the contrary, she glided on upon a sea so still that even Miss Terry was persuaded to arouse herself from her torpor, and come upon deck, till at last one morning, the giant peak of 'l‘eneriffe, soaring high above the circl- ing clouds. broke upon the View of her passengeg’fl. and *"g". --v;u vul vu “lunc- Arthurfead big letter, and his heart e'r could he forget ‘the sight of Mildred lying in the sunlight, with the marble face of mocking calm looking down up- on her, and the mortal frames of those who, in their day, had suffered as she suffered, and ages since had found the Putting the letters i he followed Mildred in' She was sitting, looking on. a chair, her hands w VQOW'- Q 0 Arthur took the letter. written by the woman he loved, and warm from the breast of the woman he was about to leave, and stood speechless. His heart stopped for a moment, and then sent the blood bounding through his veins like a flood of joy. The shot-k was so great that for a second or two, he staggered and nearly fell. Present- ly, however, he recovered himself, end another and very different thought ov- ertook him. - tne muScuxu. 1n the houdoir, however, her strength seemed to fail her, and she spnk on a chair. v- “VII“.IHB UAW. About three o'clock one afternoon Arthur returned to the Quinta, having bunched on board the Roman. He found Mildred sitting in her fluorite place on the museum veranda. She was very pale, and if he had watched her. he would have seen that she was tremblihg all over, but he did not ob- serve her particularly. “Really, Mildred, you mystify me. I don’t understand you. What can be the meaning of all this ?” She looked at him for a few sec- onds. and then answered in a quiet, matterofâ€"fact voice. “I forgot... Arthur; here are your English letters." And she drew them from her hosom and gave them to him. “Perhaps they will explain things a little. Meanwhile, .I will tell you some- thing. Angela Caresfoot’s husband is dead; indeed, she was never really mar- ried to him." And then she turned and slowly walked toward the entrance of the muSeuni. 1n the lioudoir. however â€"v qu . Two {more days wen-t by, and there were stlll no signs of 'her. though the telegraph told them that she had left nouthanlpton Docks at the appointed tune. and date. By this time. people 111 Madeira could talk of nothing else. ,\l\....-1. LL - As the autumn came on. a great south-west gale burst over Madeira, and went sweeping away up the Bay of Biscay. It blew for three days and nights, and was one of the heaviest on record. When it first began, the English mail "was due; but when it passed there were still no signs of her, and prophets of evil were not wanting who went to and fro shaking their heads, and suggesting that she had pro- hably foundered in the Bay. 'l“-- 4 ‘ But. if Mildred still hesitated, Arth- ur did not. He was very anxious that they should be. married; indeed. he al- most insisted on it. The position was one that was far from being agreeable to him. for all sue-) intimacies must, from their very nature, necessitate a certain amount of false swearing. They are throughout an acted lie; and. when the lie is acted. it must sometimes lie spoken. Mildred sighed. and did not answer. Though she spoke hopefully about it to him. she had little faith in his getting over his passion for Angela now. Eith- er, she must. marry him as he was, or else let him go altogether; but which? The struggle between her affection and her idea of duty was very sore. and as yet she could come to no con- clusion. “I have no heart for it. Mildred, I don't feel as though I could work; and if you cannot make me forget. I am sure I do not know what will." on. I am sure I don’t know, Mildred, how you can care for anyth1ng so worthless.” She kissed him, and answered: “Dearest, I had rather love you as you are then any other man alive. Time does wonders; perhaps in time you will get over it. Oh. Arthur! when Ithink of what she has made you, and what you might have been if you had never known her, I long to tell that woman all my mind. But you must be a man, dear; it is weak to give way to a mad passion such as this is now. Try to think of something else; work at some- thing. " N uuv AM!” “You are thinking of her again, Ar- thur 3" . "Yes, I have got a fit of It. I sup- pose that she has not. been out of .my mind for an hour altogether during the last forty-eight hours. Talk of be- ing haunted by a dead person, it is infinitely worse being haunted by a living one. "1 am very sorry for you, dear." “Do you suppose. Mildred, that this will go on for all my life. that I shall always lre at the mercy of these bitter memories and thoughts 2" “1 don’t know, Arthur. I hope not.” “I wish I were deadâ€"l wish I were dead l” he broke out, passionately. “She has destroyed my life; all that was happy in me is dead, only my lrody lives “I think it would be a good tmng u I did," he answered, moodi‘ly. “Are you then, so tired of the world â€"aud me? â€" .“No, dear, Im not tired of you; for- g-lye me, Mildred, but I am dreadfully mlseruble. I know that it is very un- gracious and ungrateful of me, but it is the fact." soaring pinnacles to giant shields CHAPTER, XLVII. letters. into his pocket 'red into the Mudoif. ooking very faint, up- hpnds hanging down ' if mg a good th .vâ€"v JV“; “DWI. Ulu awn Mainbraoeâ€"So I was, but I camo home one night and found my trunk out on the sidewalk and the lock chang- ed on the front door. I could not stand that. you know. so I left. How do you keep that big clock' wound? asked the rural visitor as he passed the Government Building with l a chance acquaintance. I V Harrisonâ€"Thought you wi_t§_y9ur sister. old ma I suppose you acquired a good deal of useful information while you were on a farm last summer. Yes. I noticed that while black hens lay white eggs it never happens that white hens lay black eggs. The gypsies of England. are found chiefly in the northern counties. “Indifferent to the minute and mm- piicated passions by which educated mankind is swayed. callous to the pant- ing. gasping effacts of suvh microscopic and superculatured Vices as vanity, am- li'tion. intrigue and avarice. the gypsy only comprehends the simplest re- quirements of a primitive nature. Mus- i'. dancing. drinking and love diversi- fied by a (-hiidish and humorous de- light in petty thieving and cheating constitute his whole repertoire of pas- sions, beyond whose limited horizon he does not care to look." v. â€"--â€"â€"°“- .7- is not, only large, but also 'quite in- fluential. Hungarian gypsies have long been known everywhere. on ac- count. of their appreciation of music and gypsy liands have visited the Un- iuad States from Lime to time and with usually good success. The aptitude of gypsies in acquiring knowledge of mus- ic has always been marked and Franz Liszt has lorne testimony to this qual- ity by saying: j By an authentic computation made irecelntly there are 35.000 gypsies in .Great Britain, 7,000 more than at the i time of the lust previous enumeration. though, perhaps. that may have teen somewhat imperfect. There are in the whole of Europe nearly three-quart- 'ers of a million of gypsies. the figures being: Great Britain. 35,000; Spain, 40.- :000; Russia, 25,000; Germany 45,000, and ‘Austria, Turkey and the Balkan coun- ltries 200000 each. Gypsies who are known as Zi-ngari in Italy, Gitanos in Spain, Ziguener in Germany. Czigan- yok in Hungary, 'l‘zigani in blavic coun- tries, Tchoinganch in Turkey, and Bob- Iemiwns in France are considered to l..e lof Asiatic origin. though the name ”EYDSies“ is generally acknowledged to be a corruption of the word Egyptians. ‘ and in Scotland a gypsy is called anl Egyptian, as readers of the “Little Minister" are aware. In the United States there are few gypsies, for the reason, perhaps, that they meet with great oompetition in the pursuits which in European countries furnish, them with their chief revenueâ€"fortune l telling. divination and soothsaying. ln 3 Europe. though it is popularly supposed that they are mere wanderers. the Parâ€" iahs of civilization. driven from place ; to place as popular sentiment or resent- i went may dictate, the fact is that many ,5 of the gypsies are permanently located ‘ in towns of their own, maintaining: stable administration and prosperingl to a considerable extent. This is (38-; peci'illy true in the districts on or near ; the lower Dannie and the gypsy pop-l ulation of Transylvania in Hungary! Firs; Boy-_-Z 'I‘Iu'y Arc. Increasing. Sui lusnppcarlnz. Am! 'l‘lu-y Are Not Always Wamlcrcrs. It has been popularly supposed that: the gypsies of Europe. like the Indians of North America, were becoming an extinct race. and the conditions of their existence are not such as would seem to assure longevity. But a recently published official report of the Plung- l-ish Government shows that the num- ber of gypsies in England. so far from declining. is actually on the increase, and the same is true of some other Eumpean countries from which figures are at hand. And Mildred! She lay there before the stone symbol of inexorable judg- ment, and subbed till the darkness (‘ov- ered her. and her heart; broke in the silence. happy are those who thus shall find their Angela” whether it be here orâ€"on the! further shore of yondor solemn sea He saw her questioning glances {all Upon him. and the red blood waver on her cheek; he saw :the love-lights gath- er in her eyes; and then he saw no more. for she was in his arms. murmur- lng sweet. broken words. He gazed almost in awe, till the ma- jestic sight stillod the tumult of his heart, and his thoughts went up in thanks to the Creator for the pure love he had hound again, and which had not betrayed him. Then he looked up. and and there, stately and radiant, stand- mg out clear against the shadows her face itlluminled by that soft yet livid Might, her trembling arms outstretched to__olasp himâ€"was his lost Angela. V V'V. V‘v â€"v- vâ€"vâ€"â€"â€" gavrollers, while furtheffrom him the ocean heaved in a rosy glow. Above. the ever-changing vault of heaven was of a beauty that hq brush qggld paint. and spears of fire. Beneath their mass shadowsâ€"forerunners of the night-â€" creptuover t_h9_ fgreggs agd the crest- , L2... 4.1..- PO\VER OF OBSERVATION. COULDN’T OVERLOOK IT TIMELY INFORMATION GY PSIES IN EUROPE. EVIDENCE. 63!! papa. knows more than THE END. were hung his hther his Mt : . e, or hm CD" 9‘" 5' bold in slavery until a" mg. 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