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From Sin to Contrition ■ ■ OB ■ — Luey Warrincham’s Sacrifice. ■ ;■■ ■ J- ( ■■ . ■ ■ ■ The Story of a Hasty Marriage and Its Tragic Sequel. BY ERNST BRUNCKEN, Author of “The Bibliomaniac's Crime,” “A Terrible Secret,” etc., etc. •CHAPTER Vll.—Continued. THE HAND OF DEATH. Jack Spofford was veved in the extreme by the behavior of the girl, who ■eemed at the same time to attract and repel him. She had not said no, he thought, even if she would not say yes. But Jack was determined now to have a definite answer. Upon what he had called his cowardice had followed an almost reckless pertinacity. Poor Hattie was in a truly pitiable plight. She felt that she was incurring the just reproach ’of coquettishness by \ her behavior, yet nothing was further from her heart than that contemptible display of egotism. She really liked Jack very much—regarded him as one of her very best friends, but marryipg him was entirely out of the question. . But how could she tell him so? Whatj would she answer him if he asked ar reason for her refusal? Coul 1 she tell him that her heart belonged to another man who was married and never had thought of her? “Please, dear Mr. Spofford,” she said at- last, “do let us Speak of something else! I cannot say yes, but please do not ask me any more questions. ” Jack had to desist. But he vowed inwardly that he would return to the attack and that he' would yet win this pretty little obstinate girl, cost whatever it might. After having raged for three hours, during which Hattie and Jack had been imprisoned in the grotto, the rain finally ceased, and it became possible to venture forth on their homeward journey. The « clouds, which still covered the sky, caused a premature darkness, although the sun could hot yet be below the horizon, and before they had completed half their journey .it was night. Hattie was very anxious to get home. The company of Jack Spofford could not now be but embarrassing to her, and she hastened onward as fast as she could. Conversation' lagged still more than it had done on the upward trip,, but for different reasons. Hattie gave but brief though never unkindly answers to the young man’s remarks, and Jack himself was too much vexed, too much vacillating between hope and despondency, to be a very entertaining talker. So they reached home. Jack took leave from her at the gate of the Warringham cottage, and she did not invite him to have supper with them, as she had always done before on similar occasions, nor did she shake hands with him. When she entered the house she was met in the hallway by Jeannette, the French maid, who told her, with a terrified expression of countenance, that madame was very ill. Hurriedly she entered Mrs. Warringham’s bed-chamber. Her aunt was in a violent paroxysm of fever! A physician was present. a 2 I hope it is nothing serious, Miss Beckford,” ho said. “But I cannot conceal from you that it may be very bad. After the long ailment of Mrs. Warringham, it is doubtful whether her const!-, tution is strong enough to resist such an attack. Yet there is no necessity for despair as long as there is life. Terrible words! Hattie know that they meant even more than they precisely stated. The words of the Doctor were spoken in an undertone, but even if he had raised his voice s to a higher key the patient would not have comprehended them. Her mind was wandering in the madness of feverish dreams. Ever and anon she would utter the name qf her eldest son, sometimes with a low wail, sometimes reproachable, then again in a pleading voice, as if she asked him to come back to her. Long sentences she would mutter in a scarcely audible voice, but at intervals break forth into a loud and violent malediction oilier who had lured him away from Ims mother. At such mombnts she would Else from her couch into a sitting posture, look around with glaring eyes, but apparently not seeing anything but the wilfl, fantasms o's her overheated brain, and madly gesticulating, as she poured forth the terrible execrations. The physician would calm her for a few moments by gently laying a moist cloth upon her head, but soon the vagaries of her imagination would be renewed. —-’—'7 It was a terrible spectacle for the young girl. When the patient seemed a little quieter the Doctor took his leave. Be'fore»he went away he gave Hattie some instructions in regard to the treatment of her aunt, and directed that he should be sent for as soon as she should seem to gfbw worse. Hattie remained in the sick-room. Jeannette cowered on a chair in the remotest corner of the room. She was completely overcome by terror and fear, and Hattie soon saw that the servant could be of very little assistance to her in the nursing other sick aunt. . ’When the rainstorm had come up, so Jeannette told her young mistress, Mrs. Warringham had become nervous about v the safety of the two pxjomenaders. She had repeatedly gone on Vhc piazza to look up the valley, whether she could not see them come back. Thus she must have caught an acute cold, Jeannette, thought, for suddenly she had felt very ill and almost fainted. The footman was at once dispatched for the Doctor, but before the latter arrived Mrs. Warringham was already in the condition in which she was now. Hattie told tho maid tp go to bed, and Jeannette obeyed with neVer-seen alacrity. The young girl remained alone by the bedside of her sick aunt. How slowly the' fingers crept forward on the dial of the clock that stood on the mantel shelf! Nothing was heard but the slow, measured ticking of that clock, and tie terrifying ravings of the patient, or, in her quieter moments, tho fitful, labored breathing of the latter. ' Following the instructions of the Doctor, Hattie frequently renewed the application of a cold, moist cloth on the patient’s forehead. She also, from time to time, with the thermometer, observed her temperature, for the Doctor had told her that if the mercury reached a certain spot he must be instantly sent for, *8 there was imminent danger. Fortunately this did not become necessary. Slowly, slowly the hours woi« on, and at last the morning dawned, finding Hattie still at the sick-bed. What a night she had spent! What tormenting thoughts had crowded upon the troubled heart of the young girl! The absence Os Ralph, yesterday’s conversation with Jack Spofford, her aunt’s sickness and

possible death —her® were sorrows enough, indeed, to overwhelm the, heart of one so young.. Morning dawned, but the new day brought no change for the better in Mrs. Warringham’s condition. All that surrounded her did the utmost to save her, but all was in vain. When night had come again, Hattie Beckford wept over the cold clay of her who had taken a mother’s place by her, when her own dear mother’s death left the child of scarcely five summers unprotected and alone. CHAPTER VIII. UP THE RHINE. One of the magnificent floating palaces that serve as steamships between this country and Europe safely landed Dr. Ralph Warringham and his young wife on the coast of old England. Ralph s honeymoon was scarcely that round of unalloyed joy which it is commonly alleged to be, and which the Doctor had expected. When he was alone there was always recurring a pang of conscience, not for his filial disobedience—he was convinced that he had done strictly right in that respect—but for another He could not banish the self-reproach that he had obtained a bride under false pretenses, in not telling her his exact financial position. Only when he was with her and nobody to disturb them he felt completely happy. But he soon began to think that his wife did not give him that pleasure as frequently as he would have liked. During the passage on the steamer she was the center around which the passengers, at least the male portion of them, gathered, and it must be owned that she understood, as iew women do, the art of entertaining a large circle of admirers. But her husband soon began fi.o think that she devoted herself rather freely to the exercise of her social accomplishments. It has been said to be poor breeding for a married couple to make their relations apparent in company by too exclusive devotion to each other. Os this error Mrs. Warringham assuredly never showed herself guilty. When she was sitting on deck with half a score of gentlemen surrounding her, all eager to get a smile and a pleasant word from her, and none disappointed, surely none would have guessed, from appearances, that the handsome gentleman, who usually sat a little aside and took by no means a leading part in the conversation. was the husband of that vivacious and charming lady. However this might please, others, it was not to the taste of the Doctor, who, in the-fervid-ness of his young love, grudged everybody the slightest glance caught from tho idol of his heart. Ralph fell to thinking on this subject, and, eager as he was to find excuses for Lucy’s behavior, called himself a jealous monster. Did he expect his wife to have no tongue nor eyes but for him? If that was the case, he should go to Turicey and shut her up in a harem. Was' not Lucy, by her theatrical career, accustomed to an unembarrassed association with men, and could she break up a fixed habit within a few days? Probably the idea had never struck her that she was not acting just as he would have liked her to do. He might throw out some hints, and resolved to do so. But notwithstanding all this reasoning, which to his head seemed conclusive, his hetirt would not be quieted. It obstinately asserted that his reasons to complain were as plenty as blackberries. ' He did throw out hints, pretty broad ones, too. But Lucy had away of turning off the shafts of his anger with a jest, a smile, a kiss, and a funny little pus de seal that was simply irresistible. Ralph felt his anger vanish like snow under the rays of an April sun, folded her in his arms, swore that lid had the dearest, prettiest little wife on tlie globe, and promised that he would never again trouble her with his foolish jealousy. These little occurrences becani6y-eS>eQ during the nine days of the ocean voyage, of daily occurrence, and always ended in the same manner. Mrs. Warringha’m went on as before, and Ralph spent most of his time inventing grounds on which to excuse-her before himself. To admit that she did not care’as much for him as he did for her would have seemed to Ralph equal to a sentence of death. His love for her pervaded all parts of his being, and he could not even bear to think of her faithlessness as a hypothetical case. It would have been a fatal blow to his vanity also, of which he possessed his full share. It would have justified all the malicious criticism of the world which he had so proudly despoiled. And, worse than all, it would have meant thht he had given the love of his admired mother for tho possession of a creature that was utterly unworthy of such a sacrifice. He consoled himself with the hope that all would change for the better as soon as they left the ship, when they would no longer be thrown into hourly contact with strangers. Tho intention was to.stay but a short time in England, and, after having seen the principal sights, at once proceed to the continent. Ralph had been in England before, and felt, in advance, the pleasure of serving her as cicerone. But here he was to have another disappointment. He soon found that Lucy felt very little interest in the things that had the greatest charm for him. At Stratford-on-Avon he could clearly perceive that inwardly she pronounced Shakspeare a bore, although to please him she declared herself “charmed” with everything he showed her. At other places of . interest this experience was repeated,! and Ralph was greatly shocked, when, on the boat in which they crossed over to Ostend, she admitted that of all the things she had seen in England nothing had pleased her more than the magnificent shops in Regent street and the afternoon parade of “society” in Rotten Row. The fact was, that Lucy’s education was of a very limited nature, and the natural endowments of her mind not of a very high order. Everybody knows that the gift of mimicry is but remotely allied to the higher talents, and it is a common experience that even great actors are seldom, if ever, men of extraordinary general intelligence. After spending some time in the ancient cities of the Netherlands and Belgium, the Doctor and his wife at Bonn took a steamer for a trip up the Rhine. Perhaps no other journey can be made so thoroughly enjoyable as one on that river. Having been one of the chief attractions to tourists ever since the modern great traveling mania begun, the Rhine and the adjacent-country have brought all appliances for the accommodation of tourists to that perfection which is born of experience. It must be confessed that the same experience has developed in the inhabitants of these regions an extraordinary talent for luring the jingling coin out of the traveler’s pocket into their own. But that is a small grievance, after all. Other rivers may have grander or fairer banks, be richer even in historical reminiscences and poetic associations, and see a sweeter grape “ripen on their sunfit slopes, but none can boast of such a combination of all that makes a journey interesting, profitable and entertaining as the favorite stream of the Germans. To sit on the deck of one of those magnificent steamers, with the heat of a summer day tempered by the refreshing exhalations of the water, surrounded by people of every civilized nation on earth, to sip the golden wine of the country and to watch the ever varying shapes of the hills on both sides, now bold and craggy, now softly sloping, the ruined castles of feudal lords overlooking

every bend of the stream, the vineyards covering the dower portions of the hills, and towns and villages hidden picturesquely in the smaller valleys and glens, is to experience one of the greatest pleasures which convince us that life is <■. indeed worth Jiving- A thousand facts and legends are recalled to your mind as you pass by the places that are souvenirs of the Nibelungen, and Attila, and Charlemagne, the Hohenstaufen, and Luther, and Napoleon, and who knows how many more of the great names of the past. You are under the influence of by-gone time, yet the present life around you is so vigorous and beautiful that, instead of being plunged into melancholy musings, your tenjoyment of the realities surrounding you 13 merely given a faint but sweet flavor*of elegy by those shadowy associations. The very inhabitants of these countries are different from ether Germans, from all other mortals. They seem to carry life’s burden with a lighter heart, the blood seems to course quicker and healthier in their veins than in those of other people. In all Central and Southern Germany people are fond of music, but nowhere on earth do you hear more singing or other musical utterance than along the Rhine. This music is purely spontaneous, not meant for the ears of others or to gain applause, but simply the manifestation of pleasure felt by the musician, like the songs of the birds. Lightheartedness and joyfulness is epidemic on the Rhine, and no. tourist can escape the infection. Nowhere on earth does one hear more merry laughter or see more happy faces than aboard a Rhine steamer. Dr. Warringham and his wife felt the influence of this atmosphere of joy, as they stood at the stern of the boat - and let their eyes greedily drink in the beauty of the surroundings. Lucy, indeed, knew nothing about historical associations, and cared jess. But she had her full share of capacity for enjoying the present. Ralph had ceased to bore her with explanations, since he had discovered her lack of comprehension and interest He had no reason now to complain of neglect on the part of his wife, as he had during their passage over the Atlantic. She could not speak German, and for once, as an exception to the rule, there were but few English-speaking people on board. As a rule, the English are very conspicuous on these boats, and every one of them who utters a word of his native language is at once set down by the good Rhinelanders as a “British milord,” with the accent invariably on the first syllable. No distinction is made between the subjects of the Queen and the Americans, so Ralph found*himself promoted to the position of a British nobleman by waiters and cab-drivers. But he had to pay dearly for the honor, for a “milord” must of course be immensely rich and able to stand a generous drain upon his pocket. Since their arrival on the continent Ralph no longer felt the pangs of jealousy, and there was but one thing left to disturb his perfect contentment—his relations to his mother. From day to day he expected to receive an answer to the letter he had sent her immediately on his arrival in Europe. His surprise was very painful when, instead of the hoped-for conciliatory answer, his own letter was returned unopened! All hope of conciliation, for the present at least, was accordingly vain, and a letter from Hattie corroborated this sad conclusion. To \Valter he had not written at all, for he could not forget the incidents of that ominous supper party. But notwithstanding he was now certain that for some time at least he could not expect to see his purse replenished out of his mother’s income, Ralph still neglected to open Lucy’s eyes in, regard to their financial affairs, although, from the generous expenses in which his wife indulged and which he tacitly countenanced, it was evident that she believed him to be very wealthy. His cousin’s letter was a great consolation to him. It proved that at least one member of his family still regarded him with the same sentiments as before his marriage." Not for a moment did he dream of what character and how deep and true the sentiments were that Hattie Beckford entertained for him. When they reachejl the city and fortress of Coblentz, where they remained a day, Dr. Warringham and his wife had an unexpected surprise. They were just returning to the steamer on which they were to proceed on their journey, when they were saluted by a gentleman whom they recognized as their friend, Count von Hohenfels, the German Secretary of Legation at Washington, who proved to be on furlough in his native country. “How glad and "Surprised I am to meet you here, Mrs. Warringham,” the Count declared. “I hope you are going up to Bingen, Doctor? Excellent! Then we can make the trip together.” There was nothing left for Ralph to do but to express his extreme gratification with such an arrangement, although he inwardly wished the young diplomate, whom otherwise he liked well enough, two thousand miles away on the other side of the Atlantic. Worse was in store for him. Count Hohenfels proved to be accompanied by a friend, a lieutenant in the German army, who was introduced to the Americans as Baron von Greibern. This gentleman could not speak a word of English, while on the other hand Mrs. Warringham’s knowledge of German was of the most limited extent. Ralph spoke German perfectly,. and so it was but natural that the Count took it upon himself to entertain the charming ex-actress, while her husband had to be contented with the company of the young soldier, who proved to be a conceited coxcomb of little knowledge and less intellect. The most interesting portion of the whole beautiful river is that from Coblentz to Bingen, which they were now traversing. Kaub, St. Goar, the rock haunteeb-by the beautiful Lorelei, and a hundred other spots known to legend and history they passed, but Ralph’s enjoyment of these sights was half spoiled by the necessity of listening to the shallow conversation of his military companion, whose mental horizon did not comprise more than his profession, horses, and wine, and who bored him with the most ridiculous questions concerning America. Mrs. Warringham, on the contrary, seemed to enjoy tho trip more in the company of the Count than she ever had in that of her husband alone. She kept up an incessant chatter and laughter, and was evidently in the best of spirits. Ralph’s sensitive jealousy was soon reawakened, and he remembered with annoyance that Hohenfels had known his wife before he himself had ever seen her. Yet he was conscious that there was so little reasonable ground for his suspicion, if his vague chagrin could be termed a suspicion, that it would be perfectly ridiculous to have a scene with Lucy on account of her behavior, or to quarrel with the Count. So they traveled on, Mrs. Warringham merrily with the diplomate, the Doctor bored almost to death by that durice of a cavairy officer, who, to frown all, showed/himself far fonder of Rudesheimer and Niersteiner than his constitu tlon warranted. - When they reached Bingen, it fell naturally to the part of the Count, who was acquainted with the country, to propose arrangements for the following day. At his suggestion an excursion up the Niederwald Mountain, on the summit of which stands the colossal statue of Germania, was agreed upon. (to b> CONTINUED.j

THE CZAR’S SON COMING. Hi* Journey Bound the World to Be Completed by a Visit to America. The czarowitz will soon arrive in San Francisco to continue the tour of the world, which he began some time ago. He has spent some time in British India since he left home, and was given a grand reception by English officials and native chiefs in all the principal cities. Some queer stories are told of his actions to illustrate the chronic fear of

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nihilism, in which the whole Russian imperial family live. The future emperor of all the Russias is said to be very nervous and to live in constant exjrectation of assassination. At a banquet given to him and his suite in Madras a ’characteristic incident occurred. The czarowitz and his fellow travelers were, as usual, in full military uniform and wore their swords. A loud explosion was heard outside the banquet hall and the imperial guest and his suite turned pale, jumped to their feet and put their hands to their swords. They evidently thought it was a bomb which had exploded. Investigation showed that it was only a soda water bottle that had burst. It is generally supposed that more nihilists and anarchists have found refuge in America than in any other country, and it is said that most elaborate precautions have been taken to guard against attempts on the young man’s life during his sojourn in the United States. He will visit all the principal cities of the union before going to Europe and will go front here to England. One W’umjm s Questions. A woman wearing a mackintosh and carrying an umbrella stood At the ticket window at the Barclay street ferry the other day. Six men were behind her in lines A boat was due to leave in about two minutes. * “Do boats leave here for Hoboken?” she asked, and the man inside answered “Yes.” “How long will it be before the next one goes ?” ’ _ “About a minute,” was the reply. “Does the boat gd straight to Hoboken?” asked the woman. “Yes,” said the ticket seller. “How long could I wait in Hoboken before there was another boat back ?” asked the woman, while the men behind her grew nervous rapidly. “As long as you please,” said the patient ticket seller; “they are going and coming all the time.” “Could I get from Hoboken to Jersey City without coming back her®?” “Yes; street cars run regularly,” was the answer. “Would it be quicker to go by a car or come back and take a ferry to Jersey City?” she asked. “I don’t know,” was the answer. The ticket seller asked impatiently, “How many ?” “How many what?” said the woman. “Tickets. How many tickets do you want?” The bell was ringing soy the boat to move, and the men in line were swearing. “I don’t want any tickets,” she said. “My sister lives in Hoboken, and if I thought I had time to go and see her and call on my brother’s folks in Jersey City I was going over to-morrow.”— New York Tinies. imagination and Hunger. I observed yesterday another instance of the influence of the imagination upon our happiness of a sort to which I dare say I have before Eluded. I was engaged during the morning in preparing part of an interesting chapter in my new work—not the great one about which I have had so much to say—the one, in fact, which deals with the origin and development of the bonnet I had got as far as the head-dress worn by the Athenian matrons to the theater, and was naturally much engrossed with the work, when an inward monitor, in a still, small, yet unmistakable, voice, suggested “luncheon.” I looked at my watch—it said 3 o’clock! Now I always take luncheon at half past 1, never, in any emergency, later than 2. But 3 o’clock! I felt ill and faint. I started for the club feeling like Rip Van Winkle when he came home for his luncheon twenty years late. I passed a friend. I tried to slink by without his noticing, but I could see that he looked upon me sadly and askance, as if I was in some way a stricken wether of the flock. I went in anil sat down. Somehow everybody else seemed to be late. I looked at the clock. It was exactly twenty-five minutes of 2. I looked at my watch, again.. It still said 3 o’clock. It had stopped during the night. Now' mark the result. I instantly recovered from the starvation from which I had been suffering, and began to converse in my usual cheerful and intelligent manner. But I did not mention the extraordinary behavior of my watch, which I now reveal only in strict confidence!—Boston Post. The Nine Hour Day. “For nearly a year I have carefully observed the workings of the nine-hour system, and the results Are very satisfactory,” says John. Widdicomb, who is at the’head of one of the biggest furniture companies in Grand Rapids, Mich. “I have observed it in all its phases, and especially from a financial point of view. The men in the carving department work by the piece and receive pay for the amount of work dona. They lose six hours’ work in a week, aa compared with the 10-hour day, but th* pay-roll is not si? hours short by con* siderable for each man. The experiment has demonstrated to my satisfao tion that a man can do more work, r«* latively. in nine hours than in ten. Th# pay roll shows it, and if we had th» factory room and facilities the nine* hour system would be adopted in avenr A-wi

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