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WEEKLY COURIER. C-, DO AX lil. 3'ubllHhor. , CV. tCopvrlRhtM!,IW.by inu AUliiur j T IS ten years ngo to-niff lit h I n e o thu occurrence of that awful event w h i c li o h a n g c il thu whole course f my career. Mv pnrents had spared no expense in g.vmg niu a first-class musical education, anil the tutors had been very lavish m their endeavors to develop me int what I then was an instrumentalst of no mean skill or promise. l or three years I toured around and about the provinces as a soloist; hut I goon began to tire of traveling and longed to settlo down in such an engagement as would permit of my residing at home. At the age of eighteen I succeeded in securing a leadership in an orchestra in which 1 was the only lady member of a London theater, Possibly some of my readers will say that this was not "coiiune il faut" for a girl of tender years. Rut I was perfectly happy and would not for the whole world have p'-ne buck to the excitement of the concert stage. 1 had been there some time when our conductor vacated his post to a foreigner of some five or six and thirty summers. It was soon apparent that ho was as uwliuiably clever as he was handsome; yet. m spite of his talent and attraet.ons I fancy he was aware of the fact that he was no favorite with any one of us. About him there was that cold distance and peculiar reserve which at oii-e cheeked all kindly feeling and friendly advances. Somehow, instinct" seemed to tell me that it was' I whom he disliked and avoided most- lie was wuiit to become unpleasantly abrupt to me, and often very rude in coming and going without even passing the ct tnpliments of the day. I would sometimes sit and muse upon Ins behavior: for it seemed .so strange that I should meet with nothing but s.ights and rebuffs. I was always attentive to business, and ever trying to the utmost to please and make friends instead of enemies. When Otto Zetch had been with us about six months I noticed a great change in his manner towards me. I did not like the looks which he frequently cast in my direction, and I felt a peculiar sense of fear and mistrust -whenever I met the gleam of his dark fiery eyes, which were so powerfully mesmeric in their influence. Heing a girl of quick perceptions, it was not lontf ere I discovered his secret. Otto Ketch loved me! Yes; in spite of his former indifference it was now quite evident that he had conceived a passion for the little violinist whose talent had been the means of bringing us together. As I gazed back upon those years I feel that I can speak unreservedly of my pretty face and recognized accomplishments; for now that my features auis! have lost their charm and beauty, any vanity for tho past would avail me nothing. Night after night. Otto would follow me home, and persisted in dogging my footsteps wherever I went To make matters worse, his passion "was no longer unknown amongst the members of the orchestra, whose talk and joke it was. As my heart had long since been given to another man, his attentions

nr. nAiutni) the way. "to repugnant to me, and I avoided im in consequence. Asa feeling of coining trouble grew "upon me, I began to lonthe him, and I vouhl willingly have left tho theater had another engagement offered itself. One night he asked mo to allow him to accompany me as far as my residence. Of course I did not wich to offend or to make an enemy of him, us n,y dismissal lay in his hands; thus it Av's that I reluctantly consented to his talking with me, which he did for some weeks How 1 longed for tho time to come "hen Fred Hamilton would again be J'aok nt tho theater; for then. I 1 nought, he would protect rno from this bail's annoyances. My lover bail been ordered away for thu benefit of his health; but he was ?xIected to resume his post as stage Manager in the course of a fortnight. 1 he night before Fred was to return tbe theater, Otto Zetch eatne to my u und asked me to bo his wife. I jnink my refusal almost maddened hu. UtcMug e roughly la his arnu kit

vowed that nothing should prevent m

UOUIg IHK, 1 struggled from him und mulled piuitingly to this door, but alns! he barred the way. Sow that it was too late, I became aware of my terrible peril. With a mocking hinile, ho laid his hand upon mv arm. j "My darling!" lie said, drawing mu passionately to Ills breast; "my darling! which shall it he lifo or death with its? Swear that you will be my wife, or this very hour we die together. There is no help for you now; we uro ulone in this building, and you uro at my mercy, tho limit of which depends upon your answer. If you will be mine I will spare no pains in endeavoring to make you happy. Oh! my darling, without you, existence "would hold no charm for me. No other man shall ever call you wife shall ever rob mo of that nlfeotion for which my heart pleads and pleads in vain. Now, Stella St, Clair, my life, my soul, mv all! which shall it be? The workmen will bo here at live o'clock; as I have much to do before tho dawn of that hour, you must decide at once. Come! sweetheart, tell me." As I felt his hot breath fan my burning cheek, I shuddered. Choking back my tears, I spoke with ull 'the hauteur that I could muster. No! even were I free to do so, I would never become the wife of one who iiad taken such an iniquitous advantage of a woman's helplessness. 1 told him this, adding: "1 had rather face a thousand deaths, wore it possible, than be your wife." Producing a revolver, ho leveled it at my head. "Stella, reflect!" ho cried, in the angry voice of a maniac. As my eyes fell before his, J felt that I was completely in the power of a godless .scoundrel, and I offered a praj'er for deliverance from the cruelty of this madman. Like a Hash of lightning a bright thought presented itself. I would turn over the lamp which stood on a table close by. "With one bound I had grasped anil hurled it to the door. Great Heaven! shall I ever forget the agony of that moment when, with but mi iff w im 1 1 I GItASI'KU THE LAMP. little hope of escape, I rushed to the door and ran down a passage which led to tho property ioom? In my terror und excitement I descended the wrong staircase; the one which 1 should have taken terminated at the stage door, where I should probably have made a successful egress. My utter exhaustion was my only excuse for making auch an error. In the distance I heard the sound of footsteps. Otto Zetch was following me. I think the tcrriblo Idea of onccasrain encountering him must have invigorated me. It was the work of a moment to dash along the corridor at the end of which I came to an cilice, in which I gladly took refuge. Locking the door behind me, I ran to the window. Alas! there was no hope for escape. I could not possibly jump from such a height I stood considering what I should do. Presently 1 detected a stilling odor of fire nnd a deafening crackle of burning sparks. Oh, what a dreadful night that was. My only gratification was in the knowledge ih.it I had managed to avoid the villain whose folly was tho cause of all that misery which I had experienced in those early morning hours, when I was shut out from the world and locked up in a building which was now a mass of angry tlames. Through tho crevices of the door I saw tho ghastly reflection of that deadly liend which wreck's so many happy homes the destroyer of brave and valuable lives. Only thoso who have been grasped from out of tho jaws of death will understand the awful feelings of being brought f ice to face with a cruel end and ruthlessly Hung to a grave for which so many are unprepared. As a hist resource I opened the window, out of which 1 screamed for help. Good heuvens! would no one como to save me? Was 1 destined to die therewas my life to bo sacrificed and to meet the same fate as that of the man who was a would-be assassin? Hark! What was that? The door was giving way the tlames were rushing in upon mo and scorching1 tho walls which seemed to whirl round me. Another moment and I should be an unrecognizable heap of ashes. Should I risk it and jump from the window, or should I face the sufTocating conllagration and endeavor if possible to retrace my steps? I could not think; my brain wai burning-and aching with excitement, anil seemed to be losing its sense of understanding. With one hitter scream I fell to tho floor, where 1 lay in a state of semihelplessness. In 1113 delirium I thought I felt a hand grasp my waist, and above the roar of splitting rafters I fancied that 1 heard a well-known voice cry: "Stella! found! thank heaven!" Then I fainted. Ycsl It was no weak wandoring: of tho mind. God had heard my prayer fur mercy, ind at a moment wkea I

least expected rescue He had save.! mo from a fute terrible h.-vnr.il

Three weeks had passed since the d striietlon of the theater. During this time I had lain on a bod of sickness and insensibility, My Hf had iH-en well-nigh despaire'd of, anil I had had a very narrow escapo of succumbingto a severe attack of brain fever. Hut, thank heaven, I was at last out of danger and well on tho road to convalescence. As l reclined upon a couch I bade Prod tell nie the story of my rescue. It was this: On tho night of the lire he went tc tho theater to meet mef After waiting in vain for some time he concluded that lie had missed me. On his arrival at my homo he learned that I had not yet come; thus it was that, in the hope of ascertaining tho cause of my absence, ho returned to our usual tryst ing place, which was at one of the back entrances. As he passed the office window he behold, from the opposite side, the reflection of llames, and was about to call assistance when my screams reached his ears. With as little dolay as possible he procured a ladder and bravely saved me at tho risk of his Own dear life. "Ah, Fred, how can I ever repay you?" I cried, pressing the hands which lay locked in mine. "Hy trying to get well as quick as you can," he gently replied.' showering kisses upon the lips which had never responded to the caresses of another man. "Come, darling, when will you be my wife?" "What, Fred, would you really marry a woman whose face is forever disfigured and rendered ugly?" How well I know what his answer would be. I think a negative would have broken my heart Folding mo in his arms, he said: "My little Stella! To mo those scars are as proofs of virtue and love. Whenever 1 gaze at your dear face I feel that you sufTored all for my sake; for had you not the. option of leaving that building as you entered it a woman of beauty anil attractions? Though the world tuny consider you somewhat disfigured, 1 shall ever think that those marks but tend to enhance the fascinations of thoso sweet cheeks whosy roses I claim." "And Zetch what is become of him?" I timidly inquired Fred averted his face and was silent. After a pause I repeated my question. Taking" my hand kindly in his, he gazed searchingly . into my eyes and .said: "Stella, arc you strong enoughbrave enough to learn the truth?" "Yes." I gasped. "You will never again be troubled with his attentions, for he is dead." There was a reverential compassion in his voice, as he spoke of tho misguided man who had tried so hard to wreck our happiness. "Dead!" I echoed. "Then he was "Hurled among tho ruins of the theater." "Did no ono try to save him?" I inquired. I could not help feelings pity for one who had suffered as 1 had done. "Yes!" Fred responded, somewhat reproachfully I thought, "yes! the firemen were a brave lot of fellows, but all efforts to rescue him proved useless. Hut failing their assistance, did you think that I would see a man die so awful a death without exerting every endeavor to save him?" "Dear Fred. I know that yon are the best, the bravest man in the whole world." The real cause of that fire was never known. Rut it is my opinion that in my hurry to overturn the lump, it must have ignited with something inflammable. I cannot bring myself to think that Zetch was so utterly heartless as to carry into operation his cruel, unmanly threat Yet this is tho belief of most people. Sometimes, as my thoughts wander back to that night, I cannot but feel grateful for tho miraculous deliverance from the hands of him trom whom 1 should have met with little mercy. It seems, however, ns though the conflagration which at first so terrified me, had proved, in tho end, to be the work of a kind and watchful Providence. That page of life' history has entirely changed my career; for after the events which I have just recorded, n peculiar dislike for performing in public grew upon me. and, I have long since abandoned all idea of doing so. Sometl mes my husband gently remonstrates with me for this, and says it is a pity that a clever musician .should withhold her talent from the world; but 1 laughingly tell him that my blemished features woula be a preventive to my securing as' engagement, an argument to which he playfully gles way and cou forms to my superior judgment. It would, indeed, be untrue to say that I mourn tho alteration in ray life, for s tho wife of tho man whom I love, I am happier now than I could ever have been otherwise, and tho sweet and peaceful solitude of our little home is dearer to me than all tho deafening applauses to which I was once accustomed. In our quiet chats about the days of our early courtship, Fred and I often refer to the startling events of that night when I was "Saved by Fire." A w Wrlon. An illustration of how children seize the sound of words occurred when a seven-year-old girl was nsked to tell about her Sunday .school leoson last Sabbath. She replied: "It was in the Psalms, where it said something about running his cup over, and at tho cud said: Groihicss, gracious, mercy sakes alive.'" This is certainly a new version of tho twenty-third Psalm. Omaha lice. Would bike to Know. First Old Maid--"Well, you know marrlago is a lottery, and I truly believe it" Second Ditto "So do 1! Rut when doyou sup om I could get a ticket?" Truth,

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Intrrnwtlonal I.maon for April 2, II Joioplr iorglTlHg lila Hrethrtin-QN. 45i 1-15. (Specially Arnvcgcd from Pcloutxn's Note.! Jotnurf Tfcvr If thy brother trespas against thee, A Mike hlia; and if ho repent, ferCivo him. I.u'k'o 17: a Tim Ii Ii. Ci 1707. Th? second year of the futnina Nino years after the last IcMon, aad twenty-two alter tho sale of Joseph hy his brothers. 1'i.ack. HcUopolis. lo Ktrrpt: Mtuatcd on thu N'lle, near tho head of the Delta; or Zotn tTanls), near tho outlet of tho Tannic mouth of tho Nile. It was tibout two hundred and llfty miles from Hebron, Jacob's homo. Jacou. -About oao hundred and thirty years old. Still living at Hebron, with eleven of nU sons. Josrni. Thlrty-nlno years old of which ho has njwnt tweuty-two ia Ejtypt, thlrteoa of them an ft sluvo and uino as governor. Ho has a wife and two children. Jicujamin must bo twenty-four or twonty-nvo yean old. IXfcSO.V NOTK8. The Famine. After tho seven years of rare plenty there followed seven years of bitter famine. There is an ancient legend that once Joseph scattered a few kernels of grain from his full garners in (loshcn upon the Kile, (.lowing steadily on into the Mediterranean. These were wafted along by winds nnd currents till they lodged upon the shore of distant Palestine. So they 13 that the words are to ba taken literally: "Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt" C. S. Ilobinson. I have read somewhere that the Egyptians cast their chaff upon the Nile, and this, flowing on the tide, went to every land and told them of the plenty there was in Egypt. A Panorama. The story that follows is a touching series of pictures from life, each with its own pathos and instruction. The Famine in Hebron. Jacob's family of eleven sons and many servants, on tho borders of starvation. Consultation. The Caravan to Egypt Ten brothers go. Ilenjnmin at home. There were probably many beasts of burden besides those the brothers rode. There would be servants and each one could drive several asses, as now in the east. Joseph's Rough Treatment of His Brothers. Denounced as spies, imprisoned. Partly in order that Joseph might have occasion to learn about his father anil Benjamin without betraying himself. Tho Ghost of the Past. In their trouble they remember what they hud done to Joseph. The past confronts them. It is not dead. Ileubcn recounts how lie had tried to save Jd peph. Joseph himself overhears and understands all this, although they think they are talking in a tongue unknown to him. Keubcn's character and action are thus revealed to him, ! and he knows how to treat him. Simeon, whom his father calls selfwilled, cruel, fiereo in anger (40:5-7), was kept in prison, as the one who most needed discipline, as doubtless the fiercest toward Joseph. The others arc released after three days, and return home with provisions. The Second Caravan. They cannot go back to Egypt without Benjamin. The father refuses, starvation is at hand. Jacob consents with sad reluctance. Benjamin goes. The Second Iteception. The touching scene at a feast. Joseph sees his own brother once more. Benjamin's fivefold portion. Joseph must express his feelings in some way. The feilver cup, put in Benjamin's sack, ao as to be sure and bring him back, and so as to make no distinction between the brothers who had sold hhn. The return to the capltol! Why did not Joseph's brethren recognize him, while he recognized them? (I.) The change in appearance was much less in them than in him. They were grown up when he left them; but Joseph left them ns a beardless boy of seventeen, and he wns now a man of forty. (2.) They were in the shepherd dress in which he knew them, while ho was robed in the magnificence of nwalty. (a.) They spoke in his native tongue, while he spoke in Egyptian, and to them only through an interpreter. (.) They had no expectation of seeing him in such a position, whilehe knew the country from which they came. (Ö.) Joseph's name had been changed. Joseph's treatment of his brothers seems at first to be strange, but the reasons appear to Imj in order. (1.) To learn all about them and their circumstances, so as to know what course to take. (2.) To awaken their memories of tho past, and stimulate their conscience toward repentance, if they had not repented before, (a.) To render his forgiveness of the past more complete, since the would know that it was in full view of all they had done. (4.) To test his brothers, to sec how worthy they were of tho benefits he could now confer, and confer in proportion to their fitness to receive. He learned how they now treated their father, how they loved Benjamin, how kindly their feelings were toward one another. Their trials had greatly improved tfceir character. (5.) To show them that God had fulfilled Iiis early dreams (42:9); and, therefore, his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams was correct, ml God had been In all his life. Joseph Reveals Himself. When Joseph had sufficiently tested his brothers, and found then tender of heart, rcpcntant,full of kindness to Benjamin and his father, Judah being willing to become a slave to save his brother, that they had "got rid of the evil passion whleh had led to their sin;" then Joseph saw that tho hour had come to reveal himself to his brothers. IT.ACTICA I. SUOOK.STION8. The evil results of sin set out tho guilt in blacker colors, and awaken the conscience. Much of the punishment of all sin is future punishment; Joseph's brethren were suffering for sins committed twenty-two years before. Those who have done wrong must expect to be tested and proved before they are received back into friendship and trust, "U is rrencrally by some circumstance or event which perplexes, troubles, or gladdens us, that new thoughts regarding conduct arc presented to us, and sew impulses communicated to. our

GRASPING AT STRAWS.

ftepabllran Kxuhrratic liver tba liked Inland Klrctlnn. Ono of tho encouraging signs for democracy is the eagerness with which the opposition seizes upon tho slightest political event that can bo tortured into evidence of popularity rcgaiued with tho people. The republican organs of high and low degree are especially jubilant over tho news from Ilhode Island. A clear view of tho situation fails to justify their exuberance. The republicans were in a minority at the previous state election in Rhode Island, but they were in power and simply asserted the right of possession, despite tho fact that they were outvoted by the democracy. The democrats of that state polled about tho same vote that they did a .year ago, but six thousand new republicans put in an appearance from some unexplained quarter and scored a victory. If it could only bo assured that this new vote was brought out by patriotism aud not by cash the outlook for tho republicans in Rhode Island would be nioro encouraging. They held the government as against a superior number of democrats, and it is better for the reputation of tho state that they have a title which they can defend upon moral as well as legal grounds. But experience enables every reading man to understand the political reactions and to realize that they go to tho feelings rather than the convictions of tho people. Time and again the voice oi the electorate has made itself heard with results such as those recorded in the recent elections. There is little in the election of a constable, an assessor or even a mayor to indicate a change of belief as to the merits of the tariff question or a sound financial system. It would be idle to say that thero is SOWING THE n AR VEST. not unrest and disssatisfaction resulting from causes which voters are not analyzing with the same care which they will exercise when their votes upon tho national issues are to be cast By many tho ills that exist arc hastily charged to tho administration, though they had their origin in a system which at the last national election the people of the country denounced with a nearer approach to unanimity than any party has attained in years There is dissatisfaction because some of the servants of the peoplo at Washington are not complying with tho orders they have received from thoso who are the real rulers of the country, and there has been an expression of resentment. But all this docs not go to the root of the matter. Men do not abandon a creed because some of thoso professing it prove unworthy, nor do they surrender political convictions because some of thoso whom they havo trusted prove recreant. The evils of a protective tariff are as great as they ever were, and at no previous time have their disastrous effects been so apparent The menace to a sound and honest financial system was never more aggressive than it now is. The wrath of tho people will be visited upon thoso who havo betrayed them, not upon the principles which they indorse or the party which is committed to the support of such principles. Republicans are united by tho cohesive power of plunder and have no higher purpose than to be in power. Democracy is the party of Independent thought, and when It expresses indignation nt men or methods it has no thought of abandoning the great work of reform on which the safety of the fovcrumont depends. Detroit Free 'ress. Thero is much more at stake in tljo national senate than n difference of tariff percentages on tho various classes of foreign Imports. Tho assault made by the group of so-called "conservative'' senators upon the very vitals of tho tariff-reform billfree coal, frco Iron, and lead ore, and free sugar brings into view this fundamental question: Can tho government be rescued front the corrupting domination of privileged wealth under which a generation of republican rale kaa placed it? Baltiawe Sua.

A RIOT BREEDER.

AMerlrat laborer DatusgiMt by th PrtrctlnH Tollry, Perhaps there Is no more serious menace to American institutions than is to) be found in the conditions prevailingin the mining districtof Pennsylvania, where tho late riots have thrown an extensive community into a state of terror and almost of nnnrehy. The latest phase of tho strike is that the Huns nnd Slavs aciuse the Irish and Germans of having w orked up tho riots in order to create prcjudico against the former, and thus secure thslr expulsion from the region. Thus tho confiict is seen to be one in which foreign populations fight out thoir national differ enccs. Under our high protective system wo have carefully excluded tho product of the "pauper" labor of Europe, but we havo thrown wide our gates to tho paupers themselves, and the American laborer has no protection against the competition of a class of men whose antecedents and native surroundings render them dangerous to free institutions, as well as incapable of properly assuming the responsibilities of American citizenship. The Poles, the Huns, the Italians, tho Russiau Jews come among us and establish their own communities. They drive out the American laborer, because they are accustomed to live more meanly than he, and will work for less wages than he. Tho protectionists who hire them pretend that their object in asking protection is chiefly to make wages higher, and Tom Reed, of Maine, who is the spokesman of this party, announces a new school of political economy which makes wages the measure of a country's prosperity; because, he says, un less wages are high, wage-earners will j not spend much money. That is the j whole argument offered by hint Yet THE SEED. Chicago Herald. in the most highly protected region of the United States labor riots are of more frequent occurrence than anywhere else In the land, and these riots are invariably the work of pauper Europeans, who have como here to be employed by the men whose solicitude for the wages of labor does not prevent their employing this troublesomp and irresponsible class, because this clasa works for less wages than our own-peoplo will work for. It is a serious question this grafting onto tho Anglo-Saxon stock of tho inferior and deteriorated races of Europe. The men and women who made America great were not bred from that class of Europeans who supply tho rioters and the anarchists of the world The infusion of such blood can only do harm, as harm it has already done. This country welcomes honest me a; men capable of comprehending what It means to be a member of a commonwealth that guarantees individual liberty to every member; but it has no place for the ignorant hordes whose instincts rise little higher than those of hungry wolves. Louisville CourierJournal. KcBtiblleaa Lice Every Intelligent person knews thai for the past two years the republican newspapers of tho country, almost without exception, havo been asserting that the public debt was decreased under Harrison by a much larger amount than under Cleveland The amount usually given is $75,000,003. If any correspondent questions and asks for the figures ho is given thoso of a bonded debt, tho republican editor paying no attention to tho increase in tho unbonded debt This erroneous statement has been reiterated so often that there is no republican, and hardly a democrat, who has not accepted it as true. It is useless to show a republican that ho has been lied to. Lies are his daily food. But there is no reason at the present time, when ho Is not excited over political matters, why he should not have a little truth thrown at him, and tho proof that tho public debt was decreased under ClcvckmJ 102,000,000 more than under Harrhoa made so plain that the next time ho asserts the contrary It will give hia pais la the atck. N. Y. World.