Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1888 — Page 1

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KS. JOCK FIJASER, having; crosvd the misty loch in safety, arrived at Iln-siiitirc, an.1 as warmly welcomed by L:o::o:ri, who liktd tili stalwart, sb 'rllir daroe. nd where do you think 1 have been, my dear?" asked Mrs. Jxk, niter she had kissed Leonora on both checks, shaken hands in a somewhat cool fashion with Mi. Conw ay-llope, and nolded to the two or.:t' girls, whom slie had interrupted jn : t icing a due? at the piano. 'In-! !, I can never toll where yon have horn," smiled Leonora. "I !i;tve loon cailhig on y.mr neighbor, Mr. I.idihilph :" ami Mrs. Jock was quite quick enough h note t!ie deep blush that spread nvcr beotiora's far; at the imexpocted mention of Mr. Hiddiiiph's nauio. "Atd ilt 1 you see. hhn," she asked, lierx on-l v. '1 snv. Iiii-i. an " I I got him to buy a pig, finl I have invited him to dinner next Tuesday." "A w hole host of business, then?"' ''And, üi'-ioot-r, I like him," continued M is. .h ck ; "ho is trf; l loi'king and ge:itloMatdy. 1 wondor if any one know anything about him before he came brie-' -I think," sr:id 'Mrs. Con w ay-lIfpo, wh' ha!el to he hit long ut -f a mnvt r--::Mo!i. i:.id not forgiven Mr. biddalp'.i, nor Nora thher, fur preferring the ):i oüüuiit t lur M.'cietv, "that Mr. IÜ-1-tui h looks like a man v.h bad a pat." "We ail have a part. Mr-. ( 'omvayIb po. ' n p'ied alt-. J k. "only a. good Herd '.epend., on how we have spent it." "Ye-, imbed'" And Mrs. Conwayfopo looked down and sighed, thinking witii sati.-faotiou oi the exemplary nature of her os n Ido. "However, there he is, as we find him," continued Mrs. Jork, in her downright way. "a pleasant, good-looking man an addition to the iieighbirhn.l ; and 1 want all you good people to eouie and meet him at dinner next Tuesday. What do VoU Fay, Nora, my dear?"' "I shall be very pleased, for one," answered Xora. "And yen, Mrs. C.nvay-ILe?" "I have just one question t ask." ans we red that lady, with a curious little pnortini sound, which sin deemed a lauirli, hov are we to got tin-re?" 'ly boat, to he sure!" said Nora. "It w ill be dark. Nora, my dear, I am pure Mrs. Fiaser will think it rude of nie to advise von, but I do advise vou not to "I am snrry I can t take your advice," answered Nora, with a smile, "1 mean to po." "Then you ill h ave one f your quests f.. h ."riolMrs. t on way-l lope, sinkjnir back into hor chair; "but it is no mailer.'' "Il you yotiV.'4 people come, it will be nl! ri'jht," said Mrs. .To k utifn linly. "And now, Nora niv lear, will you huy OIK" t IT! V J Tbrtl Mrs. .lock lrpr;iti d Ihc sad Story f! h.i.! 1 1 ! Mr. r.iddni p!i. and Leonora h-'lc!ird ipiii i. synipatiiv. (!. bow dread in!". Mrs. I'ra-er!" she P:i-!. " ); en:tr-e I wiil I I ' one of theiii; I it . '. .;t t-l.-e can I do lor the poor V o:i;.i;s "We er.-t think of that afterwards, my dear; ;:! oii .-i'i.t I 'ai:t j ut a n i-e ! i 1 1 !e s;;n, ;i ;, ;i tin-j,.,r i r.'a'tire i:i the l:it I'liiM i ! le-i i i i I a ;n w i 1 1 A I ii k "iv. -!' aiT.-r I h-ave ., tl-.on'i Jock ; i - !; 1 eiieve I rl ali -rri'tt' a six'ence O'.t !;!:! ; hu! I !ia an i try." .i.'n.i !:;'.!; d. "You i:ii;-t have a::v rate. ':e sjni, ami a "II-. .i'o' k j.. i ii : 'n . Ii :t b. r trav ! i: ' with I. h- r v. ; 'i .h.ek i. a i- M ,t 1 . i i r loath, for the lr h id a! tti'd her appetite. a-. Miiiii i a!y ! ftailüv'.'inn'i and al'l'T an a !.'i rt iouaio p.-.r:-o.ior.i.aud a friendly one with .. !- oii-iii's l!ire L'iii sts. Mis. is.i'M.i ; baiie.:. bou-ver, V-.. i ili i I ;: v:: -I lope s siixcpti1..1-; vanity ly iet a--!i:: le-r aain lodiiie at ii ''i' !i en the I'"! lowing Tuesday, lhoa-'i ( 'on wayllope bad alreaiy dei hli'.'d to !') S't. ' l,e is i i y nice, isn't s!ie," said Leonora, as she re-en t "ivd the room, after se Mrs. Jock safeiv awav from thj jiail-l'..:. "Ye. -i,e is very nice," answered Mrs. 0 r way liope, her tone rontiadictint: her words, "he.! don't you think she is rather oud. nv !. :irV" "J.oial? Not in 1 1 ic least; she is a frood, w. roi-!, art"'l, motherly woman. How rat si r- ho called loud?" replied Nora, indignantly. "She st it;' k mc as hoins'j. bubl may bo n.i-fak .mi." "I k ally tliink yej are mistaken," said J.otiora ; a::d Mis. Oniway-IIopo irave a litt'e e ive nioveie.ent of l er head. Slie v;s Ihinl.in -..hat a pity ;t was that dear bora's tei.tpi : was so quirk. A tao'ii at later l-ono;a loft the room and w i.l up-st.uis to her own bedroom and stood looking out oi-r tin misty loch. She v. as Middle.,' o! what Mrs. Fiaser ha.l to!d h r of Mi. r.iddulph; for Mrs. Jo k bad half whi-pcrod to hoi, as they loft the d:niv::-rooiu tr.'fther, of Mr. I'.idflulpli's ;renr ions .'ift to the poor, bereaved v .o-nan at Airdiinn. And sSiu was think ii.". t'x. oi !:at oitivi r-ation rolatinvr to hi- past I'e -. 'Muah-riii about the mysteri ai- v ariii.i that vchli i nilit had reai lu-ti 1 or 1 Vv'h.: fouid it mean? .V.-ain Leonora ir:t'I r. :d ro-i ca-l I h vtraiej' iiessairo that Ji.nl coin'- to !,-i u h tie- dav. nin days of anew -v,('l l:ih'. And sndlenly a blush, a tide f c-iioi . ilye. I the lair and clear f'.inei l.ooiiora's iVce. .""lie Siad thought la-t ni''ht, v, hen th y 1 : i ) sO.imI tc-t ther iü the l;.'iiiii.dd, of t f i 1 1 Ii if r. I'.iddulph of this serict enemy that had be n so -v i ;'t to itmI his i i pntatioii in the d.nk. l'.ut im , I'ci!- iü'." a-ain at those tnvticrJf word-, -lie eiiMlnb red that she could never tl i this, for they implied what '!i l n-.t really exist, except in the deep hid. ! n feelings of her ow ii heart. Then-lore sie- was tonne-lird ; he rmi.-f o-. t t Mr. r.iddutfdt ! Ihonirh thi t! l!!' id not bei mi ; she had b"st try to forfet it. f.nt I. 'f.nor.i knew this '.vas all but impossible. Still she inusl try, and, having lecidd tri dothi, she presently rejoined, hi r net-ts, though her mind r.udorf d ndn nnl anin to. th new v.n'Mof luinbaan, who was nt ttii- riKi.i t.t In a terrible ttutc of mind, ia which

perplexity, ra?e, unol bitter ancrer at his own conduct by-turns hehl sway. For James Diddulph knew well, rs he read tho freshly carved ietters on t!;e tree, that the mad "foil of his youth must he known to the hand'that cut the bark. And he had hoped t escape the consequences of this folly; tu bide himself away in this lonely Highland home.where everything was new tu him. lhtt here whs "that hateful name "Natalie." commonly called "Natt." agrain before him witii its prim significance, its shaiiiefai memorios and disjrvaee. And as he looked at it. a sudden passion, an uncontrollable tuiy. as it were, seized on thus ordinarily calm, collected man. Snatching Iiis penknife from his coatpocket, he bewail hastily, with muttered curses on his writhing lips, to destroy the letters, to render the name illegible; and lon after he had done this he hacked and cut at the tree, as though physical labor were some relief to his perturbed and anirry heart. In'the meanwhile Mrs. Jock was arriving at the house of her brother-in-law, Mr. Alick Fräser, who was the i ich man of the family, and as such was naturally regarded with consideration. When old Mr. Fräser of AiidlSnu died lie left two sons, Jock and Alexander: Jock, the elder son, iiiheriiini the. family estate, and Alexander a modest portion of Xl'jXX). But during the thirty-three years which had elapsed since the father's death a great change had taken place in the fortunes of the two brothers. Jock, the laird, had fhot on the hills and lished in the streams; had married, ami Ids children had ;rruyvn up around him, but he bad ;ot poorer every year. Hut Alexander, the younger son, had carried his JC',oi)0 to iüasgow, had become a ship-builder there, and gradually had amassed a hu ge jol t tin e, ami now, finally, bad become a laird too; at least, lie had" bought an estate en the opposite side of the loch to Airdiinn and had built himself a brand-new bouse there, double and more the size of the pvy old roof under which he had been born. lie was walking up and down on the. "terrace of bis new hone, smokinir, ami mentally calculating the profits of his last investment, when ids sister-in-law, Mrs. Jock, app -ared through the mi.-t. "Ah, Ji nnie, is that you?". said Alick 1'raser, in a loud cheery voire, going forward to meet her. "And how is Jock? and where have you s-pruug from this misty morning?" "I've been wandering over hill and dale, on business bent," answered Mrs. Jock, with her ready laugh. "And what's up? What have vou been about?" "Let me go into the house and 1 will tell you." and Aliek Fräser led the wav into his well-furnished hous, where, evervthing; was new and evervthing was good. And the master of the house was good to look on also. A tall, stalwart, clearskinned man of alxxtt fifty-three years was Alick Kraser, wi'li si shrewd, wcllfeaturcd face, and humorous dark eyes, like his brother Jock's. J'.ut there was this diilerence in the expression of their eyes: In Jock'8 the humor was kindly, in Alick'sitwas hard. All the same, Alick was the better looking of the two, and had also a cheery manner, ix iong head and a close hand. "I'vjust come from Nora .Stewart's," said Mrs. Jock, as she seated herself in one of Alick' comfortable arm-chairs. "Ah, a tine girl- a very line girl!'' "And as good as she's bonny, I believe. She and two voting girls that are staying with her, and our new neighbor, young 1'iddiilpb, are goin' to dine with us m-.r Tuesday, Alick," continued Mrs. Jock diplomatically. "Will you come too?'' "Next Tuesday? inn"t know anything to prevent me. So you've made young F.iddiilph's acquaintance, then ." "Yes; I called on him this morning railed on him about a little biisim-ss. Malcolm and Minnie met him last night at Nora Stewart's, and he's a gentlemanly man: ves, certainly a gentlemanly man." "That's all right,' then." "1 wont to see him because we've had a sail business at Airdiinn, Alick," .-aid Mts. Jock, cautiously approaching the real object of her visit. "Jock would have been to see o;i about it before, but he's hid up with 'frightful toothache." "HiohM have 'ein nut." "'1 hat's what I tell bin:, but I can't p-'-v-suado him to go tin .-ugh the wrench. ltt logo hack to what I was saying. p,,Nichols you remember the red haii.-d st:i!!e-in.in? fell irom the hay-lott last Wednesday morning and broke his neck. He was Li i Iff i ou the spot, and he's 1 it a widow :iml four small iiildre;i, and nothing worth speaking of. besides, exrept a litter of rive little pig." There was no pity in A lick's eyes. "They nui-t eat the pig-4," he said, with his hard smile. "That would net feed them long. No, Alick; I am trying to sell these pigs tu tho-ncighbors round. I have sold one to young biddnlph, one to Nora .Stewart, and now 1 have come to you." "It s a pity you gave yourself the trouble, Jeanie ; I've a splendid litter of pigs black pigs." "Ves, but then this is for charity, Alick. I want a pound a piece for them, to make up a little sum for the poor widow. Young Ihddulph gave me two pounds for his." "A fool aud his money are soon parted, my dear." "Ah, but Alick, do buy one," pleaded Mrs. Jock, quite earnestly. She wanted the money, for one thing "and fihe wanted the triurnoh, for another; for Jock had told her piie would fail. Hut Alick only laughed, and f-hook his head. "lt'n no good, Jeanie," he paid, "I never throw away money, and I won't to plea.-e you or any one r l.-e. And this is throwing it away. Suppose you collect a lew pounds; it won't keep the woman and he" children. They must go to the place the law provides for them, and w hirl: we all help to Hippovt , and the sooner they go the bettor for them nnd you." Mrs. Jock did not speak. She was a kind-hearted woman, and she felt her anger rise hot within her; but hhe was prudent withal. Alick Kraser had mm h in hispower. He was unmarried, and die had children, and for their sake.sshe suppressed her wrath. "Then you won't give anything?" she said. "Not a fixpence, my dear," answered Alick cheerfully. "At all events, you'll come to dine on Tuesday?" "Yes, if yon promi-f? not to name your interesting litterof pig," said Alick with a laugh. "There's a good woman, don't let us hear anythinglaore of them." "Very well," said Mrs. Jock ; und she rosn .ti) a ninile and held out her hand to her brother-in-law, "I won't come bogging any more to you, Alick." "Not . if you aicwi-c," he said w ith some iignificance; and th'-nthey parted in friendly fashion, and Mrs. Jock returned to her poor husband, w ho looked up from his armchair and his woolen comforter w ith some interest as fche c ntciod the room. "Well," he said, "and did you get anvthimr out of Alick?" .Mrs. Jock shook her head. "lie was too tuuch for me" hc imswcrcd ;

nnd she could not resint a laugh at her own defeat. "I told you so," answered Jock, subsiding back into his comforter with soniosat-i-raction. "My tirm belief is. when Alick departs from this life he'll contrive somehow to carry his money alonjr with hint, or he'll bury it. No one will ever benefit a penny by it." CHAPTER IV. XKS. JOCK'S niNNKR PACTV. No 'one would have ever thought that the e:;!m, rather haughty-looking gentleman who entere! Mis. Fraser's drawing-mom, on the evening of herlinncr party, w as the same James biddnlph w ho, w ith pale lips and a countenance distorted w ith rage and shame, had .stood hacking at the tree ia l;is avenue long after the name, which for him possessed such hateful recollections, had been uttet ly erased from the bark. Yet it was .so. We change our moods like our garments, and one day put on our best and another oe.r worst. And it had been a bitter day for James i.iddulph, yon dreary, misty one, w hen he had been suddenly confronted by a past ho would fain have forgotten, and ail the evil of his nature had for the time held possession of bis onl. but Iiis brow was smooth now, and Iii Midie as rei'dy as if no secret weighed upon his heart. He had a natural grare of manner, and Jock Fiaser, w hose face by this time had once more renewed its ordinary proportion, as he advanced to meet his guest, w as struck las his wile had been) by Mr. Uiddulph's remarkably good looks. " "til id to see yon." said the kindly Jock, w randy shaking his hand. "Your poor uncle was a great stranger among u, but I hope you mean to be a good neighbor." "Yna are all ,ery kind to receive me as you do," answered Liddulph, "and I hope to be a good neighbor," and he smiled. "You know my ite." continued the ma-tor of the In-use, in his pleasant way as bid, hilph was shaking hands with Mrs. Jock and h'-r daughter; ami this is my brother, Aliek I'r.;.-r, and mv bov Malcolm." " " The uncle and nephew the good-looking man of ii ty ami the handsome young man of tu enty-om now both exchanged gteetings w ith the new owner of Ih:nbian. Aliek Frar fixing his ke-ui, obst i ing i ves for a moment on biddulph's lace. "dadto make your arqu-iintanee," he said; and thou he looked at. biddnlph again. It struck him he had seen him before, though at the moment he could hot remember w here. "And do you mean to take up your abode amoiig-t us," coi'inued'Alirk still eyeing th? stranger. "For some months in the vcar, at all events, I hope," replied biddnlph. "Ali, not a true Soot," said Alick. "The mists w ill drive you aw ay," and he laughed aloud. Hut as he did so there was a little stir at the door of the room, and Nora Stewart and her two girl friends, the Lees, apjwared. Nora entered first, and the eyes of every man present uneonsciousl v followed her. For one thing, she was handsome; for another, she was a landowner, and a little heiress in her way ; and this last consideration, no doubt, materially added to her charms. "How are you, my dear?" said Jock Fraser, kindly shaking her hand. "Well, young lady, how are yoti getting on ?" asked A lick. "Nora, how late you are I" said Malcolm Kraser, with his blue i vcj li: ed on Xoia's face. Only Mr. lliddulph said nothing; these two shook hands in silence, and dining the dinner w hit h followed were placed far apart, Jock 1'raser taking in Nora ami

Mr. biddulph Mrs. Jork, and somehow Nora found it ety hard to keep her attention Ii xed on the laird's jokes and pleasant, homely talk. She is :i hue gill, and the land joins." Alick Fraser sat thinking, as he ate his dinner witii app-.-tlte and satisfaction. "she ibea:!liiti!," sighed poor Malcolm, who did not f.-oi a-- hungry as u-.-i.il, ami del not see' whv Miss Maud bee should always exp-'r'. htm to amuse And he n-lt a:-o a strangl her. hiike growing w libit! him to t! gi ii i. in ii !-; Linman ai iming so lie- r.t w i ' i i ! bivadt ii- a-l of the table, ,o was talk-vgri-ea' !y to his mother with his lor.gtie. 'ihis voitng Highlander, is stalwart length i f limb ami i of muscle. I.i.- stiaight feat ".res and bine eve- am r;g i , i" em ling chestnut hair, had bcc'i on pretty teim with him-c!t until the la.-t .-...id t.-W w ecks w hen Ml bid!alp!i had arrived at I ut i baa n to ilis'.ui b ids eouanimit v. but now. with that subtle kuowh-dge which I comes to us un.-ougiit, which tells usgrim truths ag iin-t oar vanity, our hopes, Maloim Fraser knew; that this stranger was pioterred befoie. him, and that Nora I Stew ait s dark eves seldom met hisow.:. Ami the young man's natural sunny nature had grown changed, lie had Ihrome more silent, sometimes Millen, and only his fond mother's ' s gimssed the cause. Slu was looking at him now her handsome, boy and Mrs. .h k gave a little sigh, and Mr. I'.iddulph In-anl it, and. I gianring ai nor tare, wiuiuereti w oat cross this seemingly prosperous, happy woman could have on her path of life. "And you mean to live here?" she said, looking at biddnlph curiously, in the into'ivst of her son. "How can I tell, Mrs. Fraser? We are driven hither and thither by opposing currents in the. stream of life, and know not where they will land us. Six mouths ago Ounhaau was but a name to me, and my poor uncle never entered mv mind. Now, you sc I sit by his lu atth stone, and his Iiiends have become mine." "I'oor man, be sought few fri.-nds." "Yet I believe for Mr. Stewart of Ilnss-moro-Mi Stewart's urn-le ho had a very st long regard." "bosMiioie saved his life, you know. Nora showed me the magnificent net-Mare he left her. It was a strange thought of the old man. I wonder where he got it? I'eihaps there is some romance connected with it." And'Mis. Fraser I. iugl.d. "I believe hi I'vcry man's lite, who is: w on by of t he name, there is some romance. I sometimes think, as 1 sit alone at I'un-b-ian, .f the glim old o!onel, shut away there, as it wer-, from comt::i:i:mn with his kind. No hmbt ho had his romance some lost loe--to ke'm'comiiany w ith his menioiv in his lonely hours.' "And vou mu-t Jitid it lonolv, Mr. Iliddr.lph?"' "In a way; but I am us-ito being alone, and I am w i iting a book." "Indeed! This is interesting. May I a-l: what :-ort of a book?'' "On tin !i and manners." answered 1'idthdph, w ith a laugh. "It sei v.es to amuse me. if it. wiil not a:nu-e the world." "1 expect you will put us all in. What do you say) now, to my brotherdti-law, Aliek Fraser. for a good chaia-ter?-' I liddulph turned his gray eyes in the direction of Alick l ra-tcr, and looked fur a moment or two Mi-adily in his face. "There are all the indications there," ho said thoughtfully, "of a successful man." "Well, he is one, yon know." "No inconvenient tol'tness of he-art; no oppo&inj (icutiiacnts or fccnsatione; one

absoihing ideathe main chance, Uo was sure to succeed." "That's just about his character. All the fame,' Mrs. Jock wnsthinktrg of her children "I t-houlJ not like him to know I think so." "I do not suppose he wouTd he offended. I believe, by the expression of his tare, he respects his own character and despises the weakness and foliy of those around iiim. He has a keen head, and not a big lioart. A happy man, I cail him," ami Liddulph laughed softly. Leonora Stewart, at the other end of the table, heard that laugh, and her dark eyes met Biddulph's and she smiled. "Anil how do you like your neighbor, Nora?" the next "moment asked Jock Fraser at her side. "Mr. Biddnlph, what I have seen of him I like very much." 'A remarkably cood-looking fellow, isn't he?" "I tliink he is good-looking." "Ah, ah, Miss Nora!" and the kindly laird shook his head;' "you only think, do you? I call it puspicious w hen a handsome young lady speaks w ith such reserve of a handsome young man." Nora laughed". "You always have your joke, Mr. Fraser," she said, jrood-naturedly. "What is his joke about?" asked Aliek Kraser from the opposite, side of the table,, who had been trying to hear what his" brother and Nora were talking of. "Never you mi rub Alick," said, Jock, with a twinkle in his merry dark eyes; ''it's about a youtig' man. and so can have nothing to d"- with old fogies like you or I." There was a pen era I laugh, in which Alick joined, though it was plain by his expression he did not like it. "AM right, old hoy,'" he said; hut there was a resentful look i.i his eye, as he glaneed ;t his brother's fare. And when the linner was over, and the men ivjoined the ladies in thedrawingl ooni, the ilea.f his age was still rankling in A lick Frast-r's mind. "So my brother Jork had a stupid joke at my expense at din:; .-.-?" he said, addressing Nora w ith his hard smile, "but the fellow forgets he' ten years ijy senior and more." If for ten Alick had said two he would have been very much nearer the truth. "It is Mr. Fraser's fun." smiled Nora. "bather- bad fun for me, though," answered Alick, now trying to hide his disromtlture. k "I have never ha 1 a word with you the whole evening," the next moment said. Mr. Uiddulph's voice, a:.d Nora turned round with a blush an I a smile, and torgot in an instant that such a person as Alick Fraser existed. "1 am going to ask a favor," continued Ilidduloh. "Shall I say politely it is granted before I know what it is?" "I'lease say it is granted?" "Yerv well; it is granted." "Then, it is that I shall be permitted to take you safely aerossthe loch in my boat. It is" moonlight and it is lovely, and I want something to soothe me, for I feel awfully irritable tonight." "Why lon't you take to smoking?" paid Nora, with a little laugh. "SmokiiiR is all very well when one can get nothing better, biit to-night I hope I can. 1 want you to take my mind away from myself, Miss Stewart"; awav from worries ami troubles, and all evil things." "And have you many worries and troubles?'' asked Nora sofdy, looking; at him as sh" spoke. "My sh ire; peilup.; lit oes. its." "I "suppose there is no life without them?" "Non-," said I.iddulph abruptly, almost passionately; "our evil divds, and their black train" come back tons :u surely as we live." "And our good deeds?" "I have none." "Ahl J do not believe that;" and again

Nora glamed at. I'.iddulph s handsome laoe, wiiicn. at- tins nmmenr, w hieh. looked loomv Mioug: but they had no tune for aay further privat; conversation. Mrs. 1-ra-cr insisted upoti their joining a. round game which the young people were getting up. and again i.idduii.h touud himself separated from Nora. It was not until the party was breaking up. and hats and w raps wer" being railed for, that I.iddulph rather pointedly joined her as they quitted the house at "Airdiinn, though on her other si lo lottng Malcolm Fraser was walking with his stalwart .-tops. They were not live minibes' walk from the iochj and. as they quhud the sombre shade ot the trees in" the avenue, a scene of wondrous beauty was spread out before them. The moon was at the full, and the gn at ma-s of water, the huge mountain range beyond, the steep overhanging rocks on either si. lo, were all alight with the white shining beams, which showed tlnun as plainly as t he miii. "Are "you an artist, Miss Stewart?" asked Ihddulph in rather a low tone. "No. Nature is too beautiful; I cannot portray it."" "You moan," said IhMdulph, smiling, "you have tried ami faileL" ""That is about the truth," answered Nora, Miiiling also. "No one can portray nature as it is," said I'.iddulph slowly ; "jus: is no author an give a perfect" pictuie of a human heart. We catrh the salient joints; this man's characteristic; the lip oj yon mountain or yon hill, l'.ut the million bidden things ;the changing shadows of the earth and sky; the teeming changing thoughts of cadi human soul, were inner written in ink or painted on canvas." "You think that no mind, then, can perfectly understand the other?" "I ani sure of it. Are we nut mysteries to ourselves ?"' "lVrhaps-" r.ut now they had reached the pebbly marge on which the boatmen and the boats wore wailing to convey them across the water. "I claim your promise," said I'.iddulph, taking r.'s hand and leading her toward his boat. And as Malcolm Fraser saw this action a (lush came to his cheeks ami a frown to his brow. "Are you not going with us, Nora?" he said. "Mr. l'.iddulpli does not cross the loch, you know." "liiit Mr. biddnlph does," answered I'.iddulph, with a little laugh, as Nora paused a moment. "I iv.cau lo see Miss Sb wait safely to b'ossmore. "Then," said Malcolm, almost rudely, "our boat ue (I not go too; there is plenty of room for the three ladies in one.' Yet the moment after he had made thin speech lie repented it, for ho had shortened the time he could be m ar Nora by his own rashness. "V ry well," said Mr. Piddulph quietly ; I shall take charge of the three ladies. If you w ill help us to push otl", Mr. Fraser, that is all we shall require." I'oor Malcolm! He stood there in the moonlight and watched them prüde away with a burning, aching heart. He hoard the ilip of the oars, and the soft laughter of the girls; and then the snatch of a nong came floating on the night wind, but it had no Kwcetness nor nuisie to the young man's earn. Ho van anry ; lie was jcal-

ous. and the pleasant things of earth w ere ail as gall and l -itt .-i m s to his soul.

CHAl'TKU V. AN VMVKU-iiMS Ol' EST. An hour later, still in the gleaming moonlight, Mr. Piddulph landed at the little pier at Dunbaan. He had seen Miss Stcwaitaud her ft ii-nds safely home, and then lind returned across the loch, and, having quitted his boat, walkeil on alone toward the house. Ashe entered the avenue he frowned when he saw the disfigured tree w here his own hand ha I so rudely cut and hacked the bark. The moonlight showed this very plainly, for it lit each fading leaf and bough, the shadows of the tree falling with extraordinary distinctness on the mossy, soduened sward. He t'rownel, and his thoughts went from the sweet woman he had just quitted, from gay words and mirth, to a woman who was sweet no longer, aud whoso memory was baneful to his heart. He gave an impatient gesture and a sigh, and then a sudden start. Ciood heavens! was he mad? On this tree, on that tree, on seemingly half a lozen trees, the same name that he had erased the other day was now freshly carved; "N AT A LI F. COMMONLY NATT." The letters t romed y sw im oefore his ey-s; the weir I shad .ws to shift and change, as he stood there staring blankly before him. Put ho. did not draw out his penknife tin's time. With a uiuttcr! curse he walked straight and quickly on to the house, and rang the door-bell violently when he reached it., Tiie o'd servi'.ig-i.can. who had lived with his, utu-lc, ipiickly . pvnod it. "Ponald, who ha been dostno ing tietrees in the avenue during my a'.v-ence '."' he asked in a loud angry voice. "Pestroying the trees sir?" repeated Ponald, in utter astonishment. "I never heard of such a thing." "Some one his," wint on Piddulph sternly "carving some tomfoolery or other on halt a lozen of them. Unloose the deer-houn. Is; I'll make an end of this." The old man h-sitated for a moment. "Nero is verv sava;e, sir," he said, "but still " As bespoke, bis ma.- ti-r's angry eyes fell, and. some shame came into his face. "I forgot they are savage," he muttered. "No, don't loose the dogs; I will. see about it to-morrow;" and h-turned away. Put, hour after hour, when all the rest of tin household were ashvp, Mr. Piddulph was walking up and down the library, his heart full of anger ami bitter, bitter pain. "I will make an end of this," at last he decided. "1 w iil see Nora again, and then 1 will go away; I am be.-t away. Two days later, about 1 '2 o'clock, to the surprise of the ladies of Kossmorc, Mr. Piddulph was announced. "I was just w ishing I could t-legraph to yon," said Nora, rising to welcome liim with her charming blush and smile. "We have been talking about you all this morning," cried Maud Pee, with her shrill laugh. "After such pretty speeches, you mav be sure thev have a favor to ask vou, Mr. Piddulph," said Mrs. (.'onway-IIope. "I only hop they have," answered Mr. Piddulph, looking at Nora. "We really have. We except" you will think us alt mad, though; but we want to get u j a pieni- a picnm ji letol .-r "1 do not think you mad, but I third; von rash," said Piddulph, still looking at Nora. "We know we are." she replied brightly ; "but the truth is, Mr. Piddulph, that my two friends here, Maud and Atie, Ui-Iare thev have not seen half of our loveiv loch, and they leave Scotland, to my great regri t, the -nd of this week ; so they want to .-ail up the loch, land m some lovely bit of scenery or other, have our lunch, and then go home again." "After taking iiiMiK uza, sore throat, or even consumption," suggested Mis. C'oii-way-Hope." "Oil, cousin Margaret, d not bo so horrid." said Nota. "If you said '.sensible' instead of 'horiid,'iny lear Nora, it would be more to the point," .suggested .Mrs. Conway 1 b.pe. "Then pi ase, cou.-in Margaret,!'! not be so sen-ihle." Mis. Conway-Ih pe roiimed her knitting. "And. to return to the picnic," continued Nora, or.ee more addressing Mr. Piddulph; "we want your company lor one thing, and to borrow your two boats for another." "My boats and everything that I have are entirely at your command; but 1 i.dU'd at this unseasonable hour to tuy good-bye.'' Oood-bvel" repeated Nora, blankly. . "Ys; I intend to n turn to town." "Not until after the p'u nie, Mr. Piddulph," said Maud L-. 'lnd-ed, we shall not hear of it. Nora, tell him he must stav; we ran 't lost one of our best men in this frivolous wav;" ami again Miss I.OO gave her curious little laugh. "I wish vou would stay," said Nora, rather in a low tone. Piddulph hesitated. "I should like to .tav." he said, but" "We shall listen to no 'huts,' " said Maud Lee; "it iss ttlcl. Nora dear, put Mr. Piddulph low n on your list." "And his tw boats, "Vmileil Mrs. Con-wav-Hopo, raisin-' her eves Irom her knitting. "Shall I?" asked Nora, almost sdiyly, looking at Piddulph. Very well," he answeretl. smiling. "I want to ask all the neighbors," said Nora; "the Fra.-ets, f course; poor Mrs. Mflodonald. and Lord llendoyne, whose father, curiously enough, useil to b: a client of mv father's." "Oleudov'ne!' said Pidd-alph. "Isthat the man who has the shooling-Iodgf at the head of the loch?" "Yes. it's the same man. I knew him nightly b foiv, and be called yesterday, ' answ ercd Nora. "I think the picnic has boon thought of since his arrival." n inarked Mrs. Conway Hope, vigorou-ly going on with her knitting. Nora looked annoyrd. "Yui are quite" "mistaken," she said rather .sharply ; "Maud arid I wore ab-o-lub lv talk ing" of it when Lord tilendoyne arrived." "And we asked him ami lejis coming." said Maud bee triumphantly. "And when we have scoured Mr. Piddulph, we shall have- some di lightful men." "You ! not give tli-. in much chance of eseapo, Mi.-s L-e," suggested Mrs. Conway Hope. ' "One of them at all evcntsdoi s not wish to -eape, Miss Lee," smiled Piddulph. "It is settled, then; but vou have not told me the lav." "U'e thought of the lav after to-mor row," imsweri'd Nora. Thev discussed the details of the picnic after tliis. and presently Mr. Uiddtiph left Possmoro. "I hall sav good-bye at the picnic,, he thought, sadly enough, a,s he parted with Nora. lit returned straight heme and as he en

tered the hall at I. unban, old Donald met him w ith a on: ions c-xpios-iiois on his wrinkled, time s arred face. "There is a l.tdy waiting to see you. sir," he sriid mv-ieriously. 'A lady?" r- peatl-d bidduV-h. and be bit his lips ami grew a lt'tle pale; "where is she?" "She is in the library, sir; she said the draw i::g-room was -o '!." Then Ihiidulph trussed the hall and opened the library tloor, and as he did so a little woman who was standing before the tire turned sharplv around. "Well,'' she said, addicssing him rather in a mot king tone, "you iil not expe't to see me here." "1 certainly did not." answered Piddulph, stern! . CtDifimird itfil WffI:.) SHE WAS FKOM THE COUNTRY, Hut She Mail the St:it-st. Loungers Turn ami Stare at Iter. The prettie.-t girl seen on State-st for many a day was out shopping hist Thursday, says the Chicago tIcro!l. She was obviously a country girl, with a-country girl's curiosity concerning the shops the show-windows, the cable cars, the women ami the men on the street. She was accompanied by a plain and mid.be-agod woman, probably an aunt, and a young man, perhaps a luekv dog of a cousin. Her escorts were proud of her, as tiny had a rigid tobe. Not that she was perfect, for she was far from it. Tab. siim, angular of body, awkward of motion, clumsily attired in a gown whiih mitlnr litte! her nor, in color suited her complexion, withanugly bat and a gawky manner, she nevertheless oroah d a seiisata-n whoivver sh- went. Men and women alike pausi-d to look at her. Her lace was when is there an adjective for this Lice? "iVauiiI ll 1 ' ' is too common p!. ie-; "prettv" oalv suggests the pietuu-; "sublime'' is too loity; "divine" -well, it v. as not a divine lace. Il w as ilesh! , sen-uous. Tie- e -s

i v. re sparkling laughing, m t am v, a : J gehe. The wavv. light bnmn huh h its ungicts smile on ti ahont .'-aneiiv. Thce wr.s a !ii--ispiayei. now perhrt oi and tuen, the mo.-t iccm. n in;.' an i pir.i:, ac:i a-, pure and delicate as tho-e on a babe's body, chased -ach oth- r over tierounded cheek and the oval lace and ran a ra-e for the tli.np'e in the white hin. 1 'id this simi-le country maiden know she i. was attracting attention was e (on- l scions oi her own beaut v ? Alas. ves. It M-i-ms nature has no spot M'i hidcd mr,gh where n to grow such fiowvrs without womanly eyes, oars and intuition. A heart-trapper ? She swept State-st. as clean of hearts as a 'drove of Texas steers would sweep it of petticoats. The jK-ople not only watcheil her, but talk-d about her. Ilvn the clerks in the stores negleeteil their custiners to eye this uniYatm'd painting in flesh. "Oh, what could she not be with Sgou and a dressmaker!" exclaimed an admiring matron. "Oive her some decent clothes and two years to fill them a little, fuller and she'll he the beauty of the world," said another. "I could" take that girl," remarked a man who owns a big restaurant, "put her behind my cashier's dgsk, where only her head woiild he seen, r.nd make a toil tine out, of her." Thus the neople chattered about the beautiful unknown. THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. IlOHulti of Inton-st ing lxp-i iuicnts Ivy l"r-ti-li s it-mist-.. lMi-.lii-:il llcoml. Some experlriciital losonrrhos modo by M. Main-t und M. C'tiule::i:ih', ami just i-oiiimniii-cated t tin? Academy of Seii-ru-i-s, on tin- degenerative ia'lia-iue of tlie use f alcoholic lienors, an- very interesting. It may pel li:i j.s he a little ircm;iiuri to lrav -inchisioiis Irom animals to man, hut tla la-ts jiht-n are very t-triking as to tin' hereditary et!'.-, t f alch die t;:il)i;s. A male dog was l;r-t cxpi-rii.iei.n ii I ui i, .uiil lie was kepi iiid x ic.i It il u il h ul ,-i m ! for a hmg thai- until he was ia a chronic slate f ah-ohii'i-in ; la- was ll.ea pel eiilt.-d to have rönnet I em uilli a perfectly l.t.-altliy young lilleli. She g;'ve hiri'i l twelve ptippii-.-, tu o of i hielt w i re b i n ilt-id, and the iv.-t i:t-l irm various pa!li'Oo-jie:i lritll'!i-s uilliiil two li:. -Hill- til I r 1 1 1 1 1 1,. Some li.el eiili !i;ie attacks, others had intc--tin;i! troiiUe-, and secr:d b . i I p i 1 1 o i i i : i r.v or peritoiie.il I uherea ! i - i s. C:i:t-id an i epsies it e made, and in al! the t-.i-i-s lc-i..;-s wen- loan I !:o ing al' i-Initic il.--.- -Hi r.it ion, thickening oi the or in i.i 1 hone-, a ilic-ioii ht-tweon tic- d.ui ma : er and t lu- sL nil hones, ilitten-net' in i ! lit I'l-lnecii tie: I'm eeiel.t.il lit-mi-jilier-s, and fatly dcgi in ! atien ul llu- liver. Tin- si-i-ontl uial as made on a vigorous female dog, hich. din ing the l ist three weekid gestation. ia- !;-pl in a Mate of intoxie.ilioii v itii alcohol, ."she gae hirtii to six pappies, iloi-e of which were dead. The three li.illg oms were l.et h.elly lonned, hilt Were not at all inn IIL-cnt. Th-third one of tle-iii w is a leinale, and .great iliflii-nlly w as found in laising i-r. This showed the ii.!hieii'- of alcohol on the tii-t gem-ration. In order to si its clli'i Is on the second io Herat, -a tiie !s;i nif slat was kept, and in due i-tnirsi' wa iinprregniiteil fry a hrahhy male dog, by which slie had three puppies only. One of theiii had club-font tmd mi atrophy of M'-r;tl toes; another died of atrcpy, and had patency of the font' a ovale of the in art; i lie thiol li.nl atropbv . the hind leg- and tabes inesetiterica. Siroiig arguments might be draw n from those experiments lor temperance societies and bygienie use, but il nftiy bo well in awnit the liti.il results of this form of Kudy, which is to befolhiwcl up. Ait Acnlf Ii:tioiiilmont. I Ne Vork Sun.) Mr. Waltio (of no-ton) "Quickly, renclope; come t the window. ' Miss Pcin h.pe (ovfi turnin: a table ir. her hast) ''Oli. who is it mamma?" Mrs. Valilo( impressively) "Tlial g:t;tl nn.n, I'enelope, is the Uev. Joseph 'i.k!'' Miss Penelope "Oh. jish.iw. ia.i:io:::i ; fioni your excited manner I thought il nni?t he t-iilicr Mr. t'hiikson or Mr. Kelly." lie Thought It I'nnny. New York Tril.n'ne.j xV i fc (reading a hi!r) "Well, this is civ funny. . Mother ays tli.it owing to ickne-s in i he liniiily she viill have to give t:p her visit t us next vv eck." Ib.i-'n in I -'"!I.i! h i! h:i'." Wia "Uh.il are yoa h. III.. lauhin at, vi i a Husband "Why. dear, didn't, yoa observe that Minn. thing wa very liuiny" In tlip .'Inri.i-t I'lace. ! New York Sua.; "Vnii have a very sour leak this laonnag,' remarked a cucumber to his neighbor, a dys pcotie straw hei ry. '"Ves," was tl.- tart rrnly; "ortp is i:ccc.ss.ir:ly atu!easan:ly iuleetcd when eompi lied I iismii.i tv- with such a n-t-dy party n you inc.'' '( 'aulillovver by any other name 'twill rr:ell us sweet, '" shouted (lit oiou uiiir by, w all a peel of laughter. Oolng Wlilmitt Kpsl-natinii. .W;-.:iin,-.t!in Ciit:P Minister (to siek vl'icial ) "Von nre aware, dear brother, tliat you ure about to die?'' .Sick Ot'icial "ii, I urn Hware ol it.-' Minister "Aüd do jou feel thid yon run with resi'nation?'' tsiek )tticial "Yes, but I'm poiiig without resignation. We die, you know, but we never Sorely Trinpleil. 1 New Voi k Sun. 1 'Have yon )okch to my ilattghtcr, fir, upon the subject of miirriatre?" "Not a wnrd, sir." responded the young man. "I thought it would be more noble on my part toeeexoti lirst. but I was ttrotigjy teinpicd to, sir, last evening w hen she kited uc ,ood liishU''

NECKLACES IN ALL AGES. Tley Arc O r ii : i tr 1. 1 lor Mimirii To-i J , lint lliiii1 Wirr Undoes to sl:ivrry. A l.eaatiful in-ckl '.oe of any -f the natiV different kinds w hieh iuio can see ia '.he je v. tiers' Mores, when around the nook ot a Ine iboine woman, inii-t ho said In improve her looks Vieaily. 'J'he iidvantagcs w'hieh tiie neck, both Irom its jiosii inn ;;mi t-hapc, pi-ess,-s as a Iioint for ailernim nt w ie arly seen by tie; niiiuii ra c, and the ii- kiace is n:c of the oldest nt' human ornaments. lVoia the very first a bmad Ii .tinet ion was tlraw ii l-iwe'ii tin- neekh'.ee which could le r-ii.oveil and the collar w hidi could uoi ; the fir.-! being the sjj., l the I'u-o, the seet.iiti tit the slave. I ullars of metal were twi-ted tr rixctttl i:jion the tiO ks f captives r linii.se hot ti slaves, ml t.Min them lilt' ii. line of the nwoer or comjuerer rudely cut. This usage survives li-tl;iy in the leg collars which are placed ujh.ii household JUts The necklace. In. w over, could for many years nly be worn by the Iret man. In primitive Man's of society it was the badge of the warrior ami war, often made of distinctive spoil of the chase r d v.ar. To this day one U the must vid liable ami coveted poseinns of the western Indian is the iicckhu e of the grizzly tK-ars' claw s, a jirool that he has nu t and coihjiu-wI the gray termr it the mountains. Among the Tartars of the time t-f (.ienghis Khan the n ' k

l.i.-ee was eilen made ! human lei-ili, striutg O.-jellier u ooii w ii e. '1 his :'i Oi ular term ut ornament is found ia South America in the jpa v s ul t he I Inhalts. '1 he earliest ixieiwn f.nni of necklace outside of such pieiiiiivt- tyj.es as -I, ,-lis ami hits of Colored -Van- cotiics tioiu Tgypi. 'I licy f re .I iv. w Lii.d-, in nanu ntal aud whalin.iyhe a I : I, im- the lack ii a hitter word, superstition-;. 'I in- K.riie r w civ ci'ni po-etl of sin. 11 m-i'Ih-s. oi which lilae i.is ajpaieiitly the lavi'tiii i-"!i.r, s,-t in-'ivei oi enlil ami joined tngeibc;- in a i-ii.siii. I i.e ).n n r. tin-;iiinlets, were m:.ilt- nt' liuur.s nt :od-, t mm three, to seven iai 1'es long. J hive or lour of tlicse were Iiioi-j in a chain of beads. 'I he -acred h.iagos were behoved t v.nad off daie.-i r of iaiect ion, piislort tine or bad Juck. Sometime- these amulets had .i godson tlielll, bill w i 1 1- en.i: p.i-.d ot t-tiv;ies or hits of sinne rrr.et-M-tl i.i :hc loi inset locked lioin.s, lisJi or cm -i i iij-, ea.'Mi-mai ie ot their suppo.-i-d po wers. 'I'iiis Mtpi i-oti-.us .nHii- of i lit necklace i widely :-1 i . ! --(';: among people who aio iui rv h'-a in t iv ili7..;ion. lu Stuitli America il.cie are Ifi.ml iicokke-es .f a peculiarly 0 ail cd -et- I who'll beliile.'S n; piailt C10illl i.ly on lie- m. iiiiai.is, long the snow line. Tl;.-.f .-cub when lir-t githered are blue ill !.. r, and jic -trtmg on strings. Tliey jire 1 1 i u-i : ! - x ;.h:i d, iioi only for th ir I entity, but 1--a i-e of i he gti at ihaieulty in ol tainiag thorn. In i In- old gr;;cs whieii arc fotuvl now and then -ti in-.--! the-o seeds are oft-n lisenvcreij, and li.cy nr' siiiim.m to bring the gieattal pt'S'.ile luck, especially to cliiii.ren. but one dots tie i have to go among the peons of Setiili Ai leriea t.rthe neuro, s of Africa with their gee gee nt-ekhic'-s to liini evidi iiee )f s1: pt-rstitmu. Thousands if people id.icft necklaces of coral U-ad- an nul tm- iin-r.; rt h.il.ies, with the l.elii-f that ihey will assi;t the 1 hihaea in teething, ami there are many pt-r-s'tim w ho weai ne -laces all the time thinking; ili.it they bring hick. The Southern negnw-j constantly ut-ur their bead necklaces, looking tijion them as genuine harms, and they arc very particular about keeping them intra t, linlding that the charm is broken if even the relative pt.-ititnso:' the In-ad-should be altered when wear makes a new Mring necessary. The common practice anmng sonic religious scitsof wearing a medallion a round the n' k hung to ehuiii or string is akin to this necklace ide, and in fact is aCiriant of it. Among men who have worn the necklace mu it bo ranked the warriors tf ancient tinien. Thr gold toroucs of the (Vit, the massive ol-l neekl:t'osof the Modes, Ktruseansainl Egypüans wliich foi m the most vaiuahle iir-igma of the warrior elitss Imveeouie down to u thmtiuli the piclurcs in the tomlis ami l he ueiuuJ sK--iiiiens in the tninhs tlieiiisilves. Sunie of tlu-:e were eiiorii.ou.-I v costly. They were ! stowed as. rewards of valor and p- marks of civic distinction. The letter survive to-day in the gnhl clu iti? of ol':ice worn by the mayors uf cities ia tiie old voi k:.. Ali orders ot knihthootl had the neckh-iee or collar as a princi-. f! iiisigniaiu, atnt this rnsmm of tlei-ur::iio:i with lb" necklace dates hack at lea-t n tar a- the time of J.wph, for as a marl; f his iiuilmriiy i.i l'i'pt l'h..raoli "put go id -hain aii.utt his titik.'1 The women of aiitit;uitv rao-Iy wore them e.c-pt as brides, when in m ilk tin- ie-pect i.i which they were h ! I necklaces vre pl.tced up'iii them. The however, v. a- a prominent adoruinenl o i:ie at lie.f the L'o-ls. Tc.e orn.ii ieiit oi'the neck! ice was so valued t hut when the Saxmi dyna-ty was overthrown by the Nonn. n. s all j-ersoiis i-li.vv a certain miik v. ere 1.: oidden to wear them under heavy penaliiis. In I he i- iga of Ilea r.v VIII., that kieg oi lehrari-d hoih Im his wives ünd his reXohag.iinsi le:in-. a uvone win. had not 'JtO pt r i .!i- icco-.üe coiihl not wear a neeklaeo. At that time, li'.wt'ver, tin y became the comiia a or.'s.eiu id of women, and in the l.lizal eihaii tlraatat i-ts there are m-tny illusions to ll;em. In r.iigh.ini iii.ii.cr has al.vyt been oue of t!:e favorite mate! iais tor the nci klaee. Kvti. in the h e-rows of the early Itritains a'ldier beans ;. re loirad, and the specimen- of m e'vlaccs tro::i On-icign of t harks I. h.ave I amber set in gold. T l'uritans aholishe.l t!u mas they ahnh-hed verything they laid : heir loin-Is nu w hieh savor.- ! of ornament, but I i.e necklace w;.- revived again under the merry monarch laurc extravagantly than belor". It gradeally came t coiisi.-t f several chains Innig around l he neck, each rent-hint; luidicr down than lin- one In-fon. To the hu gc-t was hr.ng the v hi-tle of gold or silver UM-! a- :i ll for s r va.it. s. Thse necklaces were of nil materials gold, silver, umber, heads, j vv Is or iin daliiotis. Some of llicui cost verv iarje stuns of money. Oltl-linte Missouri ('iiirthliip. .St. liui Pot-D:pc.clid "When I w.-tsn young nam," sail the politici.in, I travelled in ihcSotidiwest coii'i'doniblT, selling saddles, t ie. On one if my trip I stopped in'iT niglil ia :i M-ttler's cabin in South-i::st-rii .Missouri. The settler nnd hi tbiuily were mighty cordial, gave me the best they had and in. nie me w h-onie tn a bunk on the flour with tin in. The ohh st daughter was sixteen or seventeen jesir hl mid a p rl'cct b-atity for her situation. he was the kind ol girl novelist w odd break bis iievk lo cet bold of for it her. inc. She'd he vi ry picturesque ami pleasing ia a hook, but 1 shudder when I think o! her in teal tile. She took ipnte i. siiine lo me ami l.etore wo laid down she !.ad t Id me la.iily everything she ever heard. A heavy r.iin teil ihn in- the ni-dit. ;.ad a- tin' mads had been heavy bcleie. they were ml passable lh ii''.t ni'iii.itig. S i 1 had to stay lit the cabin. The ,-iil via eei v a'.'eutive lor the tli:-- days I was then', and o.i i!u- evi iiiiigol the la-t day she Mid. 'Sa. is you'c.ns mariasl?' I told her 'no,' tod v. anted to km.w why she asked. i II. ii" you'uu ain't,' he siiid, 'we'uns mi.,-ht Set sj.ii.'eii.' Tiie speck r p:ot?fd to idlow his heareit time to bi oak ul! their buttons and then proceeded : "II. r I'adi.-r apj-roved lieartly of the plan. 'I've been wishing you'iy.s would bitch ever st.n-i' I set ti veu'oii.s,' he said, and the whole family w :ts .-. eongi-alchitmy that I was Hlraid tinh'i-liae I pretended to nc eil. and otlered to ride to the mecOiej heU-e, about twenty miles awav, an-1 l- t tin- preacher. They ! uu lud nt "the idea." 'Wc'iuis can marry urst Ivi s by hi ing ev r tiie e.tnd'e,' the n,l Mid. I in-iMod on the preacher, and utter n Inns argument ot riy imrse out t ride for him. Jtisi as 1 was al.n'it to laottut the fg i iI ctmie out im' 1 1.- i.iiii.n an ayed to ;; w ith tin-. That v as too .. h. I mounted in u hurry, laid m switch to ihc !ior-e's think and rude oil at the t.p oj the h. i -e's -peed. 1 have never seen I lie ehiil HUT since." An addition,: lb-si.-He I lor I I ace til a - J ul :l Hat 11; l-. l I piece if t:il-lt- wn re ba Ieeo he n .i and bim h bnattl in (he ooa vxith a tni:g eji row bundle -siis-hke hciv ! w rnuclit in lial t r.nccil ol l-i'!! and fiiyt-ivitn;. A llun-.'nl IcaiüV , ii is ab-' a n-e!lll il.li'icel. I ii J.nui ii I. lioliMih, !.lu!loM;d. a la.'t I tup, or 't'U brvwtd in a llus-i.tn bnwl the stiHiiiii'; piMtii i-np;litd to the seen e el t!ie stit am tn kit p the fruit. Icn vc oi pulp lieiu escaping into the tandcer at nip. 1 in a' a:i- oval, t iriidat, an-J niv shapes, iitnl foi in seiviin treppe, airtI'lt'sial nr net l.irs, son ami wheel patterns nm loi'.ncd. The Miann-is ;.vt tage !,, ami as un eyiusive tiovthy innke a ino-t jicct j t;ihle Mt-d (hint tritt. (leorce Cartw right, the famou brglir h londistan e p-destriau, has sailed lor this cuttutrj on the jsci'via.