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v â€"â€"v-v them to so shear the Presidency of its prerogatives, that little real author- ity is left it. The result is that a great mass of Frenchmen are wearied with what they deem the common-l ness" of the existing Republican sys-g tem, a second-rate President govern-' ing through second-rate ministers, who are unable either to heal the root- ed jealousies of the social classes, to keep the army in its place, or to main- tain any consistency of policy. That they are wrong in seeking to “im- prove” the situation by upsetting a system to which they could give any trend they like, we believe. That they seemfitflodoabt. iW’ith than!” once mafia as a . It offth‘e Drey- fus'case, {he dummy he made-“ any time. of the kind that Frenchmen crave. They have, therefore. been obliged to put up with second-rate men, who have exercised neither definite nor an- thoritative leadership. Indeed, the ex- isting constitution has, by its provision for the indirect election of Presidents through the Assembly tended directly .to produce this condition of things. The Senate and the Chamber have delibâ€" erately chosen second class men, while the fact that the ministry is respon- sible to the Chambers, has enabled Now, whether genius is dying out in the world, or long periods of peace are unfavorable to the rise of domin- ant personalities, certain it is that since the death of Thiers, the present Republic has not thrown up a leader of the present system, the operation at once of universal suffrage and uni- versal conscription, and with it the disappearance of the menace of mili- tary dictatorship. Again, the French people, whether from living long under a dynasty, orli as the: result of some inherent quality,‘ craves for an individual leader. It;k wants a strong, dignified man as the" head of the state, not a committee, a? visible chief (who will guide it, and ae-; cept ultimate responsibility, and w.=ho will stand on great occasions, for allf that is meant when Frenchmen speakf of France. It longs. if possible, for some striking figure, but in any event for a strong .man, who will decide, will keep the army in check, and suppress disorder with a stern hand. Under such a guide, it thinks the social cleavages in France would close of themselves, the nation .would be given a new initi- ative in the affairs of the world, and both the; outward successes and the in- ternal happiness which it craves would be secured. Moreover, an important factor in this result would be the re- conciliation of the two opposing facts 1 In this condition. it is of interest to inquire why so large. a body of the French people are dissatisfied with the Republic. It {has stood for a quarter of a century. is in the hands of the people to make it what they like. and when all is said, is best ad- apted to the needs of France. Why do they want to overthrow it? Therei are many reasons. the chief, per-g haps, being the desire of Frenchmen to be conspicuous. to achieve external II successes w‘hich appeal to their im-! aginations and contribute to makel their state great in the eyes of the. world. As under the present sys- tem. the nation has not, in their opin- 1on. been brought «sufficiently to the front. their first impulse is to change the system. just as it is the impulse of other peoples living un-l der Parliamentary government to: change. under like conditions, their' ministries. They do not believe that in doing so the continuity. of the state ; ; will be menaoed. for despite the fre- l1 quent changes of its form since Louis :1 XV. died, itis large and stronger than 1 it was at that date. Political revolu~ tun: his thus far less of terror for Frenchmen than it has for other peo- ples, and, indeed, when a new syzstem is set up. it is with the feeling thati if it proves unsuitable. it can beit changed. e c c E A" close observers of the progress of events in France agree that there are many signs which seem to menaco the continued existence of the Repub- lic. at least as at present organized. The prolonged and bitter fight over the Dreyfus affair has brought out all the forces of reaction. and arrayed them in opposition to the existing regime. None of them has the same ends to secure. and nothing could be more opposed to the conditions ordl; narily prevailing in France than a working coalition of, say, Republi- can revisionists and Clericals. Each knows that acting alone it can do nothing. but that an alliance, however informal and unacknowledged, of all the elements of discontent would probably represent more than one- half of France. With the Republic overthrown. each might ham to at- tain its objects through a plebiscite, or if it seized upon power. to have its title confirmed by the electors. rather than plunge the nation into anarchy. ( EDI TORIAL NOTES. Observation of Ernest Westbrook’a cha current at En m-a-._fl€?d..t!1° whole "He was, 5a: the lady. not (11 mganigg. “Did Ignâ€"BBVVIV‘GDIi en a}: having done. bur. he was a good-natured. good- bumored young man, always ready to do a kind action, and he felt some pity for the girl, whose story had been told him, and who, despite one or two sug- gestions he had made on her behalf, had never known what. it was to have bright enjoyable holidays. '11:“ ‘ MALL - [ Moreover, the-liine for which she had i intended to pay for her education had 5 already been exceeded, and it was now rdesirable to decide upon the girl’s fu- ’ ture career. “Dear me, she must be seventeen," remarked Mrs. Westbrook, thought- fully, as she sat at a writing table in--l diting a letter to Eva. ‘ "Yes, I suppose she is,”~ replied her son, carelessly; “rather a plain little thing, isn’t she i" could not injure a girl in his mother's l opinion more fatallv than by praising: good looks. ‘ â€" vvvcvv' At the end of four yea Mrs. Westbrook thought like to see the girl whom soyed to befriend. vâ€"vâ€"vâ€"v Besides, this practical lady never forgot that she did not mean to adOpt Eva as her daughter, but simply to enable the girl to make her own way in the world, and in every one of her letters she impressed this fact upon the mind of ‘her_ grotegee. AL L‘__ ‘ â€"'â€"â€"--J ' She spent her vacations at school, for she had no home, no friends, and though Mrs. Westbnook wrote to her sometimes it did not; suit that proud lady to have a school girl spending her holidays at Westbrook Grange or at her house in London. The first three years of her school days passed .uneventfuJIy. And she made the purpose of the Christian Warrior her own, and press- ed onward bravely in the battle of life. l This was not encouraging, and a girl. village, who saw her riding 300“” 05’ less resolute wpuld probably have falt- ' Mrs. Westbrook’s side, never recog- ered in her purpose, but Eva knew nized in, the pretty young lady the that for her there was no looking back. poorly-clad stepdaughter of Mrs. She was like a wanderer in astrange Church. land, who, having crossed a chasm, So pleased was the lady or the had thrown down the bridge behind Grange with her young portegee that him, and had therefore no chance but she had more than once felt temPFOd to go forward, and often, when she to keep her with her as a campfiqmn felt weary and faint-hearted, she and discard any project for training would repeat to herself this old verse the girl to a life of independence. . which she had met one day long ago in But two objections rose against this 1 a neglected album that had been her course; one was that Mrs. Westbrook ‘father’s: [did not require a companionâ€"not be- “Dream not that the way is smooth, ' ing a particularly companionable wo-i Hope not that the thorns are roses;;z manâ€"and the second was the girl’s Cast no longing eye of youth anxiety to work. , Vt here the sunny beam reposes. “I should like to become an artist, If Thou hast sterner work to do, you think I have sufficient talent,” she Hosts to cut thy passage through; Close behind thee gulfs are burning, Forward lâ€"there is no returning.” said, one day, when the rector and Ernest Westbrook and his mother were looking at some of her drawings. ‘fDo cér'ifan hour she Q'vould sometimes have to spend a whole mormng ovgr: CHAPTER IV. Eva Randolph was not a quick girl. What she learned she learned thor- oughly, but the acquisition of know- ledge was always a great labor to her, and what other girls would mas- {eplied, 01: gave her shoulders rug as she heard this; 1 her pen in the ink resuming her letter. lust ask the girl here,” 'nlln his. pa rent 'from v v .‘v’ her any means sensitive [1113. Also he was mother, and he often her very good-look- remember that you She Would Be a Lady four 'years, _however, THE DURHAM * CHRONICLE: _er meals with estbrook, dubi- secondary rank V6 to be very a woman be- me hxs w_ife, she would Pay 3 3 often enviec’l. Westbrook Grange is situated near Phe south coast, a mile from the sea vâ€"vu' “London I” said Mrs. Westbrook, thoughtfully; “a girl in London liv- ing among strangers will be exposed to great temptations.” "Do you think that temptations are confined to large cities ?” asked her son with a cynical laugh.,, “No; but London is a dreadful place.” “I don’t think you and I have found it 80.” he laughed; “but I firmly be- lieve that to the pure all things are pure. However, I won’t’ attempt to persuade you. Eva Randolph is your L‘Oftffgee, not mine. * , t-v~vwabuu1 “’5 11210 a I London, an artist, who had daughters, and he thought the be willing to take Eva tol sthgy with them.” _J uwuug‘ and that no further responsibility at- taches itself to me. The next ques- tion is, how to begin ?” “Mr. Carlyon said, as I walked with him back to the rectory this evening, that if you decided to allow Eva to follow her own inclination in the choice of a profession, he had a friend in â€"â€" ”av muuv L‘vo. “And why shouldn’t she marry 2” asked the mother, sharply; “she 18 as good looking as most girls of her age.’ The young man shrugged his shoul- ders as he asked, indolently: “Is she 3” “Yes, I think her so; but, at. any rate, I will let her learn a profession; then I shall fee ' and that no further regmngihilih. 0+ l to “That just depends upon what you m'ean to do for her in the future,” he reapiied between the puffs of his cigar. “How! What should I do for her in the future,” she asked, suspiciously. ' “You must either make some pro- vision for her, or give her the means L- _,44 “What do you think I had better do with this girl?” she. began; “keep her here with us, or gratify her desire to leer-:1} some profession?” to bed that Mrs. Westbreok betook herself to her son’s room to hold a consultation with him. the notice of Her patroness, and she scented danger at once. ;But she was too well bred to make any comment, and it was not: until Eva had retired She had not meant to address herself to him, but her eyes encountered those of Mr. \Vestbrook, and he replied, warmlyâ€"boo warmly, his mother thought: “Yes, I am sure you have.” The bright flush of pleasure that game over the girl’s face did not escape “I should like to become an artist, if you think I have sufficient talent,” she said, one day, when the rector and Ernest Westbrook and his mother were looking at some of her drawings. “Do You think I have i” she added, looking unhwistfully. -- I C- ‘V UV“ “v- J she 33d more than once felt 1:632:33 to keep her with hex: as a cotrgining and discard any proqect fordence. Eire girl to a life_ of Indepen . . .. . [still less to address a remark to him, that before she had been at the Grange a week the mistress of the mansion was quite satisfied that there was no danger to be apprehended from her. Fortunately, also, for Eva Mr. and Mrs. Church had gone away from the neighborhood, and the people of the village, who saw her riding about by Mrs. Westbrook’s side, never recog-j aned in the pretty young lady the WWW-Clad stepdaughter of Mrs. canine friends one SUITQM1+ o, satisfactory arrangements e, and at length a day was 11 which Eva Randolph was ondon and become an inmate mm. L“... Portraits several m tion'. " Then let' said. with a “I think [had better go in,” she said, hastily; “ your mother is coming back.” her future were, and to tell: her if ever she wanted help or protection to ap- peal to him as though he were her brother. But the sight of that por- trait had upset all his preconceived ideas. It had touched his vanity, and told him he had a heart that this girl in her teens could set palpitating. More than. once this morning he was to him, to let her life’s happiness be his care; but something held him back. ialrid she! never uttered one word to help 1m. \Valking by her side, talking tender- ly, and sometimes idly, Ernest West- brook, with this new revelation upon him, could not say all that he meant! to say, and so he seemed to have B‘Ot rid of his mother for an hour or two simply to idle away the time pleasant- ly with this school girl. But both of them remembered this May afternoon was drawing to a close when Eva des- erted in [the distance Mrs. \i’estbrook’s ‘ carriage returning to the Grange. (CT 4.1.. I her In truth, he; had come out of good nature to a fnendless girl, to ascertain what her real wish‘eg wi§h_regard to ho“ F“ ‘-.Q_A' ____ _ â€"v°â€"- “V‘- “‘1- self too humbly andâ€"fooked upon him 93 far'otoo exalted a personage to think point that his questions were tending. Not that he had any such purpose in 1118 mind when he saw his mother into; her carriage, and then set off to seek!l Eva. “ Yes, I want to know if you really care about going to those people in London, and studying to become an {artist." I “ Oh, indeed I do." she replied, eag- ‘ erly. “ And there is nothing you would like better i” he asked, the recollection of that portrait still uppermost in his mind. “ No,” she replied, promptly. “ You would not prefer to stay here and spend your life with my mother and me ?" She was too childish to see the drift of his question, and she regarded her- selr too humbly, and looked upon him as fa!" tOO exalted a mrqnngaa +n thinly have a chat with you.” “ With me ?” and the girlish heart began to palpitate in a most uncom- fortable manner. “ My mother is safe enough; she has gone off to pay a round of farewell calls; she wanted me to go with her, but I thought I would stay behind and have a chat with you.” “ Oh, no 1” she replied, with abu‘ght look that made her usually quiet face appear for the moment beautiful; “ but,” she added, while her counte- nance fell, “ perhaps your mother may want you or me.” Ernest Westbrook laughed, though he did not feel quite as much at ease asl he would have done had no not seen that portrait of himself. Then he linep let’ us go and meet her,” he , thh a sudden flash of defiance. Dc- L ‘l’ ‘ , “ Yen don‘t prefer solitude, I hope ?’ he said, with a smile, “ because if you do of course I must__go_awey.” H (‘1. _A - "You mustn’t say that,” she replied, rising to her feet and feeling assured by his tone that he had noc seen or re- cognized his own portrait. “Leo is the only one of the number that you regularly take about with you, and. the others; are «glad of a little notice even from me, but they: are ready to desert me any momentE that you will look at them.” “ Then you think I have no case against you ?” “I think I shall indict you, Miss Randolph, for stealing ‘the hearts of my dogs. I verily believe that Leo is the. only one that remains stanch and faithful to me.” Ernest coighed, and Evaâ€"'just had time to cover her drawing with a sheet of paper, when he said, without look- ing at her: ' Her heart was in the work. She for- got where she was; she did not observe the expectant demeanor of the dogs, nor did she hear a footstep on the grass, and Ernest Westbrook had stood behind her watching her for some sec- onds, and wondering whether it was possible for him to escape as he had, come, unobserved, when one impudenti to-y terrier began to bark, and made Eva look up in some alarm. Having finished her water-«color drawing, she took out her boarded por- trait from the secret pocket of her portfolio, and sat, for atim-e, thought- fully looking at it. Then she took her pencil, and began to make a line here, and shade off a curve there. tion from the face, which to her in-ex- periaenced eyes, seemed the most per- fect, manly countenance that had ever been created. , â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"v v-wvu"- next to’ 113 while wa are 7‘.” MO I! u ”3"“ WW I ‘50 010nm] a any. OARVDGU t ”u“ v v.â€" a mOre liberal suppl ” “3,191; fluids. 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