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HOME WILL MISS THeE.

Few will misa thee, friend, whsn thou For

month in dust hath Jain,

Skillful hand, and anxious brow, Tongao of wisdom, bnay I rain— All tbon wert shall be forgot, And thy place shall know thee not.

Shadows from ths bending trees O'er thy lowly head may pass, Sighs from srery wandering breeaa

Stir the long, thiok chnrohyard grass. Wilt tbon heed them I No thy sleep Shall be dreamless, calm and deep.

gome sweet bird rr ay sit and sing On the marble of thy tomb, Boon to flit on joyous wing

From that place of death and gloom, On some bough to warblo clear Bat these songs than shalt not hear.

Bomo kind voice may sing thy praise, Pat sing near thy place of rest, Fondly talk of other days

But no throb within thy Breast Shall respond to words of praise, Or old thoughts of other daj

aaye.

Since so fleet'ng is they name, Talent, beauty, power and wit, It wera well that without shame

Thou ia God's great book wert writ, There in goldon words to b3 Graven for eternity. —[ChambesB* Journal.

THE EVIL GENIUS

By WILKIE COLLINS,

4 iithor of "The Woman In White," "New Magdalen," "The Moonstone," "The

Law and the Lady," "Armadale," Etc., Etc.

CHAPTER Vir.

SYDNEY SUFFERS.

IB the autumn holiday time friends in the South, who happened to be visiting Scotland, were invited to stop at Mount Karven on their way to the Highlands, ml were accustomed to meet the neigh l-ors of the Linley's at the dinner on teir arrival. Tbe time for this yearly f'jstival had now come round again, the nests were in the house, and Mr. and fra. Lialey were occupied in making their arrangements for the dinner-party "With her unfailing consideration for reryone about her, Mrs. Lialey did not rget Sydney while ske was sending out Ler cards of invitation. "Oar table will I full at dianer," she said to her hus liand "Mi3s Wester field had better join us in the evening with Kitty." "I suppose so," L:nley answered, with hesitation. "Yeu seem in doubt about it, Herbert, Why?" "I was only wondering "Wondering about what?" "Has Miss Westerfidd got a gown Catharine, that will

He laughed uneasily. "I doa't know how I came to think of it—unless it ia that she wears tbe same dress every day Very neat, but (perhaps I'm wrons) a 1 ittle shabby, too." "Upon my word, you pay Miss Westmfield a cempliment which you have never paid to me! Wear what I may you never seem to know iiow I dressed." "I beg your pardon, Catlia: ae, I know you are always dressed well."

That little tribute restored him to his j^lace in his wife's estimation. "I may all you now," she resumed, with her gentle smile, "that you only remind me »f what I have thought of already. My dressmaker ia at work for Miss Wester field. The new dress must be your gift." "Are you joking?" "I am in earnest. To morrow is Syd iiey's birthday and here is my present." Hhe opinfd a jeweller's case, and took mt a plain gold bracelet. "Suggested by Kitty," she added, pointing to aa in)*id miniature portrait ef the child Herbert read the inscription: "To 8ydiiey Westerfield, with Cathariae Linley's ere."

He gave the bracelet back to his

wife in silence bis manner was more serious than usual—he kissed her hand S

The day of the dinner-party marked an epoch in Sydney's life. For the first time in all her past experience she could look in the glass and ee herself prettily dressed, with a gold fraeelet en her arm. If we consider how men in one way and dressmakers in 1 aotker profit by it, vanitv ia surely to !e reckoned, not among the vices but 1 mong the virtues of the sex. Will any uoman, who speaks tbe truth, hesitate to Acknowledge that her first sensations gratified vanity rank among the most xquisit* and most enduring pleasures that ske has ever felt? Sydney locked lier door and exhibited herself to herself -in the froat view, the side view, and tbe back view, over the shoulder, with tyrs that sparkled and cheeks that f.-lowed in a delicious confasion of pride ti :d astonishment. She practised bowing

straagers in her dress she practiced baking handa gracefully, with her bracelet well ia view. Suddenly she stood still befare 1 be glass and became serioas ind thoughtful. Kind aad dear Mr. Linley was ia her mind new. While she was askiag herself anxieasly what he vreald think of her, Kitty—arrayed ia )er new finery, as vain and aa Itanpy aa her governess—drummed with )eth fists eutaide the doer, and an1 ounced at the top of her voice that it »as time to go down staira. Sydney's rotation at the prospect of meeting the \dies in the drawingrooat. added a harm

ita own to the lush that her

exercises before the glass had left

life. Had she ever ielt as unhappy as she felt not No, not eria at her aunt's school!

Friendly Mrs. MacEdwin tor.ched her arm. "My dear, you are losing your pre'.ty color. Are you overcome by the .1 Shall I take you into tbe next re n?"

S.-dnev expressed her sincere sense of th» lady's kindnees. Her commonplace es ise was a true excuse—ehe bad

he-lacte, aad

to her room. Approaching the door she found berse" face te face with Mr. Linley. He bad iust been giving directions to one of the servants, and was re entering the drawing-room. She stopped, trembling and cold but, in ihe very intensity of her wretchedcei?, ehe found courage enough to speak to him. "You eeem to avoid me, Mr. Lindley, she began, speaking with an air of fcrmal respecf, and keeping her eyes on the ground. "I hops—" she hesitated, and desperately looked at him—"I hope I haven't done anything to offend you?"

In her knowledge of him, up to that miserable evening, he constantly spoke to her with a smile. She had never yet seen him so serious and inattentive as he w»8 now. His eyes, wandering^ round the room, rested on

flinley's

jr a party

Linley's wife looked

him as if she

doubted the evidence ler own senses. ''Fancy a man thinkirg of that!" ahe 1 xclaimed. "Uprber1, you astonish lie!"

MM.

led

her

1 tee. Shyly following instead of leading )er little companion into the reem, ahe presented such a charming appearance ef outk and beauty that the ladies paased in tkeir talk to look at her.

SOBS*

few

4mired Kitty's governess with generqas iiteiest the greater number doubted Mrs. Linley's prudence in engaging a 1 irl so very pretty and so very young. .Little by little Sydney's manner—simple, Modest, shrinking from observation— leaded in her favor even with the ladies who had been prejudiced against her at the euUeU When Mrs. Linley pretested her to the guests, the most )-eautifal woman among them (Mrs. Mac3Cdwia) made room for her on the sofa, 1 ad with perfect tact and kindness set \e stranger at her ease. When the gen1 emea came in from the dianer table, Sydney was composed enoagh te admire 1 ie brilliant scene, and to wander again, f«he had wondered already, what Mr. Linley would say to her new dress.

Mr. Linley certainly did notice her— at a distance. He looked at her with a momentary ft-rver ef interest and admiration which jnade Sydney (so gratefully and so guiltily attached to him) tremble with leasare he even stepped forward as if

approach her, checked himself, and •rent back again among his guests. Now 5 none part of the room and now in anher, she saw him speaking to them.

Linley

brilliant and beautiful and laughing gaily. Why was he looking at his wife with plain signs of embarrassment in his face? Sydney piteously persisted in repeating her innocent question: "I hope I haven't done anything to oflend you?"

He seemed to be still reluctant to notice her—on the oee occasion of all others when she was looking her best! But be answered at last. "My dear child, it is impossible tuat you should offend me you have m's understood and mistaken me. Don't suppose—pray don't suppose that I am changed toward you." He emphasized kind intention which those words revealed by giving her his hand.

But the next moment he drew back. There was no disguising it he drew back as if he wished to get away from her. She noticed that his lips were firmly closed and his eyebrows knitted in a frown. He looked like a man who was forcing himself to submit to

Boms

hard necessity that he hated or feared. Sydcey left the room ia despair. He had denied in the plainest and kindest terms that he was changed toward her. Was that not enough? It was nothing like enough. The facts were there to speak for themselves he was an altered mau anxiety, sorrow, remorse—0ne or the other seemed to have

ot possession of him. Judging by Mrs. gavety of manner, his wife could not possibly have been taken into his confidence.

What did it mean? Ok, the useless, hopeless question? Aad yet, again and again she asked herself: What did it mean?

In bewildered Wretchedness she lingered on the way to her room and stopped at the end of a corridor. vn her right hand a broad flight of old oak stairs led to the bed-chambers OH the second floor of the house. On her left hand an open door showed the stone steps which descended to the terrace and the garden. The moonlight lay in all its loveliness on the flower beds and the grass, and tempted her to pauEe and admire it. A prospect of sleepless solicitude was the one prospect before her that Sydney could see, if she retired to rest. The cool night air came freshly up the vaulted tunnel in which -the

s_tep3

were

set, the moonlit garden oflered its solace to the girl's sore heart. No curious women servants appeared on the stairs that

to the bed-chambers. No in

quisitive eyes could look at ker from the windows of the ground floor—a solitude abandoned to the curiosity of touris s. Sydney took her hat and cloak from the stand in a recess at the side of the door and went into the garden.

CHAPTER VIII.

MRS. PBESTY MAKES A DISCOVERY,

The dinner party had come to an end the neighbors had taken their departure, and the ladies at Mount Morven had re tired for the night.

On the way to her room, Mrs. Presty knocked at her daughter's door. "I want to speak to you, Catharine. Are you in bed?" "No, mamma. Come in."

Robed in a dressing gown of delicately mingled white and blue, and luxuriously accommodated on the softest pillows that could be placed in an armchair, Mrs, Linley was meditating on the events of the evening. "This has been the most successful party we have ever given," she said to her mother. "And did you notice bow charmingly pretty Miss Westerly looked in her new dress?" "It's about that girl I want to speak to you," Mrs. Presty answered, severely, "I had a higher opinion of her when she first camo here than I have now."

Mrs. Linley pointed to an open dcor, communicating with a second and smaller bed chamber. "Not quite so load," she answered, "or you may wake Kitty. What has Miss Westerfield done to forfeit your good opinion

Discreet Mrs. Presty asked leave to return te the subject at a future oppor tunity. "I will merely allude now," she said, "to a change for the worse in your governess, which you might have noticed when she left the drawing-room this evening. She had a word or two with ~erbert at the door and she left him looking as black as thuader."

Mrs. Linley laid herself back on her pillows, and burst out laughing. "Black as thuader? Poor littte Sydney, what a ridicalous description of hsr! I beg your pardon, mamma don't be offended.'.' 'On the eontrary, my dear, I am agreeably surprised. Your- poor father—a man of remarkable judgment on most subjecta—never thought much of year intelligence. He appears to have boen wrong you have evidently inherited some of my sense of humor. However, that is not what I wanted to say I am tbe boarer of good news. When we find it necessary to get rid of Misa Westerfield

Mrs. Linley's indignation expressed itself by a look which, for the moment at least', reduced her mother to silence. Always equal to the occasion, however, Mrs. Presty's face assumed an expression of innocent amazement, which would have produced a round of applause oa the stage. "What have I said to make you angry?" she inquired. "Surely, my dear, you and your husband are very extraordinary people." "Do you mean to tell me, mamma, that you have said to Herbert what you said just now to me." "Certainly. I mentioned it to Herbert in the course of ttie evening. He said, 'tell Mrs. MacEdwin to mind her own business—and set her the example yourself.'"

Mrs. Linley returned her mother's look of amzement without her mother's eye for dramatic effect. "What has Mrs. MacEdwin to do with it?" she asked. "If you will only let Ine speak, Catharine, I shall be happy to explain myself. You saw Mrs. MacEdwin talking to me at the party. That good lady's bead a feeble head, as all her friends admit —has been completely turned by Miss Westerfield. 'The first duty of a governess' (this foolish womu said to me) 'is to win the affections cf her pupils. My governess has entirely failed to make the

The one neglected person whom he never children like her. A dreadful temper ven looked at again, was tbe poor girl I have given her notice to leave my ser»r gi f»hom his approval was the breath of her vice. Look at that sweet girl and your

little granddaughter! I declaro I could cry when I Bee how they understand each other and love each other.' I quote oar charming friead's conseese, verbatim (as we u*» to say when we were la parliament in Mr. 0rmond's time), for the sake of what it led to. If, by any lucky chance Miss Westerfield happens to be disengaged in the future, Mrs. MacEdwin's house is open to her—at her own time, and on her own terms. I promised to speak to you on the subject, and I perform my promise. Think over it."

she asked leav.e to retire

Even Mrs. Linley's good nature declined to submit to this. "I shall certainly not think oVer what cannot poesibly happen," she said. "Good night, mamma." "Good night, Catharine. Your temper dots not seem to improve as you get older. Perhaps the excitement of the party has been too much for your nerves. Try to get some sleep before Herbert comes op from the smoking room and disturbs you."

Mrs Linley refused even to let this pass unanswered. "Herbert is_ too considerate to disturb me, when his friends keep him up late," she said. "Oa these occasions, you may see for yourself, he has abed in hia dressing-room."

Mrs. Presty passed through the dressing room on her way out. "A vei7 comfortable looking bed," she remarked, in a tone intended to reach her daughter's ear. "1 wonder^ Herbert ever leaves it."

The way to her own bed-chamber led her by the door of Sydney's room. She stopped the door was not shut. This was in itself a suspicious circumstance. Youn^ or old, ladies are not in the habit of sleeping with their bod-room doors ajar. A strict sense of duty led Mrs. Piesty listen outside. No sound like the breathing of a person asleep was to be heard. A Strict sense of duty led Mrs. Presty next into the room, and even encouraged her to approach the bed on tip toe. The bed was empty the clothes had not been disturbed since it had been made in the morning!

The old lady stepped eat into the corridor in a state of excitment which greatly improved her personal appearance. She looked almost young again as she mentally reviewed- the list of vicea and crimes which a governess might commit, who had retired before eleven o'clock, aad who was not ia her bedroom at twelve. Oa further refection, it appeared to

barely possible that Miss

Westerfield migkt

preparing her

papil's exercises for tho next day. Mrs. Presty descended to tho school room on tho first fioor.

No. Hero again, there was nothing to see hat an empty room. Where was laias Westerfield?

Was it within the limits of probability that she had boon bold eaoagh to join the party ia the smoking room? The bare Idea was absurd.

In another miaate, aevertkoless, Mrs Presty was at the door listening. The men's voices were load thev were talk' iag politics.

She

peeped through the

keyhole the smokers had. beyond all doubt, been left to themselves. If the house had aot bern fall of guests Mrs. PreBty would now have raised aa alari

ety ti

chair behind the begin her

opening in a position which Commanded a view of Sydney's room. Wherever the might be, her return to her

governess bed chamber, before the servants wero astir in the moraing, was a chance te be counted on. The night lamp in tho cor ridor was well alight, and a venerable

person, animated by a sense of duty, was I heave of the boat parted the. painter and a person naturally superior to the seduo- we were swept away. There was one tions of sleep. BefonS taking the final loud cry from the deck of the brig and precaution of extinguishing her candle, the next moment we drited, stem first, Mrs Presty touched up her complexion, I upon the reef. There was no time to get and resolutely turned her back, on her out an oar. She plunged into

nightcap. "This is a case in which I must keep up my dignity," she decided, as

Bhe

took her place in the chair. One man in the smoking-room appeared to be thoroughly weary of talking politics. That man was the master of tho house.

Randal "noticed the worn, preoccupied look in his brother's face, and deter mined to break np the meeting. The

asked as a moderate politician to decide between two ga'ests, both member* of parliament, who were fast drifting into mere contradiction of each other's second-hand opinions. In plain terms they stated the matter in dispute: "Which of our political parties deserves tho confidence ef the English people In plain terms, on his side, Randal answered: "The party that lowers the taxes." These words ac'ed on the discussion like water en a fire. As members of parliament, the two contending politicians were naturally innocent of the slightest interest in tbe people or the taxes they received the new idea submitted to them in helpless silence. Friends who were listening began to laugh. The oldest man present looked at his watch. IB five minutes more the lights were ont and the smeking room was deserted.

Linley was the last to retire—fevered by the combined influence of smoke and noise. His mind, oppressed all through the evening, was ill at ease as ever. Lingering, wakeful and irritable in the corridor (just aa Sydney had lingered before him), he, too, stopped at tke open door, and admired the peaceful beauty of the garden.

The sleepy servant, appointed te attend ia the smoking-room, asked if he skould close the door. Linley answered: "Go te bed, and leave it to me." Still liageriag at tho top ef the steps, he, too, was tempted by the refreshing coolness ef tko air. Me took the kev out ef the lock secured the door alter he had passed threagh |it put the key in his pocket, and wont down into the garden.

T» b* flbirttw»d tit tJU fcni|f Jhpi sn.]

litfe of a Wooden Indian.

Chicot* Hwnld. "What Is a five feet wooden Iajun worth?" repeated a carver in wood yesterday. "Well, that follow over ia tbe the eornor with a bunch of tobacco leaves in his hand and a ring ia his aose sells for $25. A six-foot Iejuu eosts mere, for the reason that we usually put a little ere work on him. We generally give him a war bonnet of Turkey red, Venetain blue and Naples yellow, and a gan or a club of cucumber wood. With this sort of an outfit be is worth all the way from $3£ to $59. A fresh coat of paint now and then is all that is needed to preserve a wooden Injun to a green old age. What becomes of him after he falls into desuetude is a mystery to the trtde. But, mind you, it takes many a long year for a wooden Injan to lose his grip. He comes down from generation te generation as a necesary chattel in the tobacco business, and it often happens that in the course of his existence he serves a score or more of masters, either aa a mascot or a Jonah. It may seem strange to yon, but it is nevertheless a fact, that out of the 600 wooden Injuns in Chicago only twelve have passed away in the last eight years. Seven of these

Women are now employed on the stafl of over two hundred newspapers in tbe United States.

TAB KSPBm TEBBE XAUTS, SUNDAY, NOVKEBJUS 14,

AFTER DEA7

Now that hec--clasping love bas loosea its hold And dropped from thy life's majesty aad straagth,

A little thou remembere«t at length To mourn her—thou so pasdonatelesa of old!

Just aa the oak, [lond winds being calm, no mora Hears tinder hfo large deeps of rain-wet leaves

The delicate vine stems fluttering, and grieves For that whioh he has heeded not before,

So thoa, day's olashing discords mute, dost mark Her absence, and art mindfnl of it then,

When evening purples the vague west, and .when The golden firefly reels through summer' dark. —[Edgar Fawoett.

,1 TRAGEDY OP THE SEA.

The story of Robinson Crusoe, purely imaginary as it is, has been paralleled in fact a hundred times since the book was first published, and that by Americans. A notable instance of adventure, suffer ing, and final rescue was that of a part of the crew of the brig Wadswcrth, which vessel met destruction on a reef in the Pacific ocean while on a voyage from San Francisco to New Zealand. The full particulars of the story have never been published, and are now related by Charles Samuels, who was the sole survivor. .. •'In addition to the regular crew of the brig," he said, "the captain bad his wife and sister-in-law on board, and we had three male passengers who were going to seek their fortunes ia New Zealand. Our sailing route wes due south acress the equater until we reached a point 200 miles east of the Marquesas islands.

I have nothing to say of the long and tedious voyage te the south until we passed the Marquesas and changed eur course. The captain worked out his reckoning and was satisfied with it, and but for a misfortune which overtook us two days later the ship would not have been lost. A fierce and sudden squall at midnight threw the brig on her beam ends and snapped her foremast close to the deck. "It was about 10 o'clock at night, asd the whole crew were on deck, and moit of them engaged with the new mast, when I being on the lookout forward, heard the roar of breakers aad sang out. There would have been bat one thing to do oven bad we not been crippled. One of our boats had been carried away when we lost onr mast. The other was lowered after hard work and hauled around to the quarter, and then the womea folks and passengers came on deck. The three men were veritable ciavens, while^ the women, though no doubt badly frightened, made no exclamations of terror, and rendered docile obedience to all commands. "The boat was a forlorn hope. Before

As things were, ii.a fear of a possible she had been down ten minutes jre could suspicions concerning the men were real scandal which'tie family might have see tbe line of breakers with the'.naked ized, I suggested that we cut away tbe reason to regret, forced ker to act with I eye. The captain decided that the underbrush and make a path to tbe caution. Meditating in the retirement of chance must be taken. The brig was spring, when Eiigle came close up to me her own room, she arrived at a wise and slowly but earely dragging in stera forewary decision. Opening her door by a most, and the first rap on the reef would few inches, she placed

destruction. There was no

thought to save anything- Tke women were placed in the boat fiist, and, by order of thf siate, I got down to receive them as they came over the rait. The three passengers came next. Only tfyree of the crew, including myself, had as yet gol into her, when a

_r rapidly toward the beach. There was a

the

smother, filled in an instant, and then rolled over and over like a barrel. What I thought is more than I can tell you. It seemed a long minute that I was knocked about, turned end for end, and dashed here and there and then I got my head above water, to find the surfaee comparatively smooth, and my body being driven

opportunity "for which'he was waiting I human being on either side of me, and I light of the case to the women I at once occurred in another minute. He was the three oi us struck the beach at the put the revolver in condition to shoot and same moment. As 1 gained my feet I

turned to help the others, and then discovered them to be the two women. Next moment the sailors came ashore, but so nearly done for that, if I had not been there to help them out, they would have been drowned on the sands. "The women were very quiet. I think tke terror of the situation struck them dumb for the timebeibg. I assisted them out of the reach of the water, dragged the helpless men up on the sands, and then stood ready to render assistance to any one elpe who might come ashore. I could seethe lights on the. brig, but not the men. Once or twi& I thought I heard shouts, but the scream of the gale and the roar of the sea were so great that I could not be sure. It was certain that she must soon strike the reef, and when

Bhe

did the men would make a desperate attempt for. their lives.' The calamity did not occur for three-quarters of an hour, the anchors having probably found better holding ground. When the stern of the brig struck the reef I plainly heard the crash, and it was not five minutes afterward before the wreckage'began to come ashore. By this time the sky had cleared up a good bit, and the moon was about to shine out. We could see the wreck quite distinctly for a few minutes, but all at onoe it disappeared, and directly after that tbe bodies began to come ashore. The men with me had now recovered their nerve, and, as I found the women moving about, I gave them my matchbox and directed them to start a fire. There were plenty of limbs and branches at tbe edge of the timber, and in a short time they started a blase which soon grew into a bonfire,

Well, sir, there we were, and it is sailer nature to make the best of a had situation. My first idea was to save whatever would be of benefit to as. The yawl lay on tbe beach with her side crushed in, and we hauled her up on .the sands. Then we pulled up sails and cordage and whatever else we could lay onr bands on. We got several barrels of beef, three ef flour, a half barrel of butter, a box of canned fruits, soma bedding, several cheats and bags of clothing, a few carpenter's tools, and some clothing belonging to tbe women. 6f cooking utensils we secured an iron pot, a spider with tbe handle off, and two table-knives. We worked hard until noon before we rested for a moment or discussed the subject of the wreck. It wis in the warm season, and we suflered no discomfort from our exposure. When we had saved everything which we thought of value we turned to for a bite to stay our stomachs. The woman bad flung themselves down under thd shelter of a tree and were weeping in each other's arms, and I did not go near them until wo had cooked a bit of meat and made ourselves a cake from the flour. Then I went over to have a talk with them. They were braver than I looked for. It was but natural that they should grieve and lament over the loss of a husband and relative, and that they shonld be

were burned, two weie wrecked by thelupeet by the dangers through which we was at first in hopes to repair the shat 1 1 Ibm Ls a iImmL I LaJ kn aliAii #VtA nrS fn I wavl nnf V! wind, one was sawed in two by _a drunken cai pen ter and the other two. which, by the way, wero bnilt in Boston Ifty-ive years ago, fell to pieces under the sheer weight of years. There is very little demand for Injuns, die sales seldom averaging mere than twenty a year.

had passed, but when tbe captain's wife eould get control of her feelings she said to me: 'Samuels, we must malp the best of onr hard lot, and we shall expect you to take the lead in everything. The captain looked upon yon as a good man, and I feel that you can be trusted.' 'God helping me, I will do my best,' I replied, and then I sent the women to the fire to dry their clothes and cook

themselves a bite to eat while I bsd a^ aod liva in hopes of sighting a sail and lalfc with the m?n. maVng such signals as would draw her I should have preferred any other in. We had been ship* two men in the crew to these. Eagle was moi-lb or more before I a man of violent temper, who was always in a row in tbe fo'castle, and tbe other was a Sandwich Islander, who had more than once been rope ended by the mate for shirking his duty. Under the influence of the calamity they had been bumble and obedient, giving me the command and obeying all orders, but I knew that this state of afiairs would not last long. Indeed 1 saw them consulting together while I was conversing wit^ the women, and I subjected that they were preparing to dispute my authority. I, however, made up to them very Jwldly, and while the islander, who answered to the name of Jack was sent inland to look for fresh water and see what sort of a place we had come to, I directed Engle to help me rig up a shelter with the sails. He growled a little, but dared not refuse. The spot selected was on the east shore of the island, just in tbe edge of the palms. Two axes had driven ashore with the rest, and we cut stakts and drove them into the ground until we had a frame work about twelve feet square. The islander returned in time to help us haul a sail over the frame and in a couple of hours we had a fine tent for the women. He reported a spring not over forty rods away, and brought back a couple of cocoanuts and some wild oranges. "When we bad finished the tent we strung lines from tree to tree and hueg up everything to dry, and the hot sun soon took the dampness out of the clothing. We cut up one sail to make a carpet for. the tent and beds for the women. Then, a few rods away, we rigged a shelter for ourselves and the provisions, and before night all of us were as snug as circumstances would permit. During the afternoon quite a number of small articles drove ashore.

and replied: 'See here, Sam nek, who made you boss? On Ibis island all sra alike, and it will ba well for you to understand it, Me and Jack intend to do aa please, and you will be wise not to interfere with us.' 'But wc must live in harmony and woikt)gether if we expect to see hoaie again,' I replied. 'D—n home, harmony, and you, too, he hotly exclaimed. 'You've got your warning, and -now look out. Come, Jack, let's bo ofl.' "Tbe islander dug up the bottles of whisky before my eyes, and the two struck off into the woods together, ihout ing and whooping to give me to understand that they were no longer imder re straint. The affair took place under the eyes of tbe women, and both were ren dered very uneasy. The men bad gone away to get drunk, and there

A revolver loaded with metalic cartridges was one of them, and, I picked this up unseen, and concealed it without saying a word. Unbeknown to me the islander secured two quart bottles of whisky, which came ashore packed in the clothing in one of. the passenger's trunks. This whisky wss to be cause of gieat trouble, The women got on some dry clothes before sundown, and thecaptain's wife cooked supper for all hands. We saved four bags of potatoes during the afternoon, together yrith about three hundred pounds of hard bread which was not much damaged, and we therefore had quite a respectable meal to reward our hard afternoon's work. Tho women were bearing .up wonderfully well, and as wo sat together over the evening meal we had a general talk over the situation. That is, it should have been a general talk, but Engla and the Islander had little to 6ay except to answer direct qaestiooe. Their demeanor convinced the three of us that tboy had struck hands to carry out some plan of their own. The Islander had buried his bottles in tbe sand, and up to this time neither of the men had tasted a drop. "The night parsed without incident, and it was not until after breakfast that my

waB

no tell

ing what might happen when they re turned. I had an idea what they would seek to do, and while I tried to make

carried both the axes to the largest tent, spent the time until mid-afternoon fixing up the women's quarters and sorting out the clothing which we had saved,and when the two poor creatures kept worrying over the conduct of tbe sailors I showed them the revolver and promised that I would kill both men if necessary to pro tect them. It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when I heard the voice of Engle calling to me from the forest, hid the revolver under my coat and went out to him. He was alone, and be looked the picture of a wild beast. His bristly hair seemed to stand up strai ht his eyes were bloodshot, and theTe was fresh blood on his hands and sleeves, saw this the first thing, but before could say a word he called out: "'We didn't want no such scrouch as him around, and I finished him oft with my knife.' 'Great heavens! Have you murdered the islander?' 'Well, I gave him a couple of thrusts with the knife. Three of us were too many, Samuels. Which of the women will you take? You are to be captain, and can take your choice.' "I was horrified for the moment, and then I warned him that if be even attempted to come into camp I would shoot bim down.. There was no doubt that he had killed the islander, and there was no doubt that he would kill me if he got the opportunity. Indeed, when I threatened him he made a rush at me, not knowing of my weapon. He halted when I covered bim, but he was far from giving up his plans. He argued and threatened by turns, but in the end I drove him back to the woods, and he disappaaied with muttered threats of vengeance. Yon will see what a position we were placed in. He might wajlay me on my way to the spring, or while I l^as absent be might attack the women. We conld not feel safe a single hour nigkt or day with sach a wild beast loose on the island. The women had caught something of tbe conversation, and I deemed it wise to tell them all tbe facts. The result was that I came to the conclusion to hunt Engle down and kill him. It was for starting out at once, and the women woald not remain behind. I took the path to the spring, they following after, and just before we reached it we came upon the body of the islander, dead and cold. Engle had stabbed him to the heart. We were still gazing at the body when the ruffian and murderer rushed out of a thicket at me, wiih naked knife in h»nd. H6 was hardly ten feet away

when

I sent

a bullet into his breast, and brought him down. It

was

not a fatal shot, and

struggled up to close in on me used the most dreadful imprecations human tongue ever uttered. |I shot him again— in the head. Just at suadown I returned to the place and hauled the bodies across to the beach, and floated them out to the sharks. "Next morning began a life which was to have no change for five months. I

tered yawl, but when I came to make sn examination I saw it was impossible. I had neither saw, hammer, plank, nor nails. What I conld and did do was to build a very tidy raft from the planks and timbers of the ship and to rig her with a mast aud sail. I was certain that our island was next to the last one of tbe group running east. Tbe iast one blockaded us from the sea. My idea was to transport ourselves to that island

H-Saz-ii.'.

wrecked for al attempted the

voyage. The distance was about four miles, but for the first three weeks a pretty strong current had been setting to the north, in which direction _1 could observe three other islands. This current finally ceased, and when the wind came fair. I started on my voya°e and reached the island in less than two hours. I found it a sterile place, without a drop of fresh water. Tbe sea washed its eastern coast, and it »as the spot to signal from, 'out we could not live there. Aside from tbe objections mentioned I saw dosens of serpents and great lizards, while sach reptiles were entirely unknown on our island. On the highest point 51 tbe eastern coast I erected after much trouble a flagstafi about thirty feet high, and to this was made fast the ship'? flag, which had came ashore in a locker. I had brought over with me pencil, paper and a bottle, and when the flag had been set ATiag I wrote a note giving our names, number and location, inclosed it in tbe bottle, and

laced the latter at the foot of the staff, was mid-afternoon when. I started to return, and it

IT.TS

POKER IN CHURCH.

Ai Imb&raiilss Exchnage ef Terms. Boston Herald.

Hot far from Bobson and Orane's'sum. mer hoqses at Cohasset there stands }n a shady nook a little house of worshipi which both the actors are wont to attend every Safehath regularly—unless the wind is good for a cruise in Mr. Crane's yacht. One bright Sunday morning last summer, While the birds were chirping in tke trees to eseape sunstroke, and the sheep and cattle browsed on the teedtr pasturage or wadod in the brooks to cool off, the comedians, accompanied by their wives, hitched up the carryall and drove down to church. The members of the congrogatien are great admirers of Bob son and Crane—who have lived among them so many years—and are always dis posed to extend them such delicate and flattering attentions as a B«at in the axuea corner, permitting them to act as ushere, to pass the contribution box, and the like. It so happened that on this particular occasion the worthy deacons who officiated in pasting the plates were absent, so the good old pastor from bis pulpit' asked: "Won't Brothers Robson and Crane be kind enough to take up tho regular missionary effering while Si ter Jones plays a short selection?" The comedians cheerfully Btepped from their seats in the cool corner, and passed np the aisles with the round, old-fashioned boxes so common in the £atsern houses of orship. Not more than thirty people weie in attendance at church that morn ing, and tbe contribution was not what it might have been—in fket, in Mr. Eob son's box there were but 2 nickels and Jiree 2-cent pieces, while Mr. Crane's boasted of the trifling sum of 2 nickels and three l-eent piecc?. Oa being asked to state the amonnt of tho collection, Mr. Crane rose, mechanically shook each contribution box, and replied, in a sort of half-asleep, midnight voiee: "Brother Robaoa has a pair of fives and three duces and the pot's mine, for I've got two fives and three aces." It took Mr. Crane all one week to explain individually to the horrified congregation how he come to fall so far from grace.

A Theatrical Dog.

Albasy izpresi.

"Poor E eyser is dead," For six years he had been a faithful attache of the Lelaad Optra House. At an early age he was taught to go thrsugb tie opera honse and arouse any persons wko

Might

have failed to take their departure. He was known to every aotor and actress ia the country, and all had a kind word for him. With Mary Anderson he was a favorite, and Lester Wallack at every apparence here wanted to lake Keyser with him. Keyser was only a dog, but was endowed with more intelligence thin many human beings. As soon as the curtain in the theater wa rung up the dog would seek tbe soft side of the carpet in the property room and doze away until the performance was over, when he would go on his nightly rounds through tbe house. He was a good-ns-tured brute and was very fond of children. His fate was Bealed yesterday when he yielded to tbe seductive allurements of a poiaonons button. Peaoe to his ashes.

Mesrucric Trance for Alcoholism Chicago Sews. A suggestion is made by the Journal of Inebriety which is sufficient to open up anew field of reform woik. Hypnotism, or form of mesmeric trance into which individuals of a peculiar temperament can be thrown by a person of more positive mental qualities, is proposed ss a method of treatment for the alcohol habit. The theorist claims that the patient can be hypnotized and while in that condition made to realize the horrors and perils of inebriety. A shock to the brain centers is thereby imparted which is said to effect a permanent change in the patient's character.

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Ister business transacted on Suntey. MAILS tOSS, EAST —Indianapolis and throngb esst11 ra, 1:40 p. sat. atid 88 p.

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well I g?t off as I did.

I had scarcely reached home before a strong gale set ia and continued for two days. "We had been on the island five months, and the winter season was approaching, when Miss ^Warner—such was the name of the sister—was one night seized with a congestive chill. We were utterly without medicines or remedies, and in three days the poor* thing died for the want of proper care. Tbe captain's wife took the matter terribly to heart, and decay had already set in before she would let me bury the body. Before tho death of the young ladjr I had paid another visit to the eastern island. The flag had whipped out as I expected, and I raised apiece of cloth in its place. After the death of the Bister Mrs. Cairnes was badly broken down, and would scarcely permit me to go out of her sight. At least a good half cf every day was spent in trying and grieving, and nothing I could say would cheer her up. Two or three timos I suddenly announced a sail in sight, butfne scarcely gave me an inquiring look. Just three months from the day Miss Warner died the captain's wife breathed her last. For the last two weeks I had done all the cooking, and had given her such care as was possible. Her disease was no more nor less than melancholy. She simply wasted away. I slept in a small tent near at hand, snd or.e night es I was about leaving ber she held oat a thia and wasted hand, aad said: 'Samuels, may •oi bless you for your kindness to me and miae. I am soon to leave you. I pray Hoaven that you may be rescued, and that my relatives may do what is right by one who kas been so faithful.' "I went away erying like a child, and next moraing, as I went into wake her, I found her dead. I had then been oa the island eight months. I soon paid another visit to the easterly island, and then returned and settled down into state of apathy which surprised me. I ate, drank, slept, and meditated, losing all interest in the weather aad all care about rescue. #ne.d-y while I lay on piy back oa the sands of tke beach a boat landed at my feet The long-de-layed hour had come. A Scotch whaler who had come near enough to observe my signal had seat a boat to tke beach, and the bottle had told them where to find ine. The men bad ahnost to force me to leave the island, and it was dayS and days before I felt any enthusiasmabout returning to the world from which I had beeti so long lost."—[New York Sun.

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WEST —St. Louis and through west, 1) p. m., 9:40 ft. m. ana 1:40 p. VacdoUa JR. R., way station ".9:-i0 a. m. and 1.40 p. m.

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y.s TK—Evansvlllo and stations onT. 4 E. R. 12 night and 3:00 p. Florida, Oeorcla, South Caroline and eastern Tennessee, 830 m,

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Hoses on Main street, from First tc Twelfth streets, north on Fourth to Cherry, soutii on Fourth to Walnut and soutJt on First to Foplar, and on Ohio between ?lrst*nd Hlxlh, every week day betweer jj and a. m., between 9 and 10 a. m. between IS ar, 1 p. m. and between 7:80 and p. m. All other boxes are collected twice a day, between no hours of 7:00 ant 10 a. m., acd between 4:30 and 8:00 p. m.

On Snnday the Post Office Is open froa 9 to 10 o'clock a. m., and persons deslrinj tbclrmall can call at the window designated by the amber of theli carrier,

Sunday oolleotlons over the entire cltj

are

made bet-ween 450 and 5:30 p. m., and again in tho business part of the olty between7:J0 and

o'clock, p.m. JOHN F. REGAN, P. M.

1880.

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