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CHAPTER IX. ( Continued. ) "You frighten n;e." she cried, tremliing: still. 'And 1 am so alone now. 2 used to have Amine. I could have "borne a:;, thing then, bt now I feel Jike a poor Hrtle rudderless boat going out to an unknown sea.' "Not. rudder icsa while I live,'" he rejpUeti tesderiy. "Well. Dorothy, my darling. I sJ as well make clean breast of the worst at once and get it over. Don't "tie frightened, dear, but n:y name is aot Harris at all.' "Dick!" she cried, then sat staring at hint as if she could not believe hrr own ears. Dick!'' "Yes. I Know. Hut wait till you hear a!!, dear, and then you will see that it was no; my faulr. to begin with, and that 1 never meant really to deceive either of you."' And then he told her everythingfetflS Lad .lane must have mistaken .aim for his friend Haines; how unconeclous he sad been that the mistake 2iad befn made until she Dorothy, that is had called him Mr. Harris; htm that fellow Stevenson had passed Just as she spoke, and he bad forgotten UtJ he got back to Lady .lane's. near'.y. that he had parted from her leaving her under i wrong impression about him: how. oddly enough, almost tne same thing bad happened at Lady Jane s. Then be told her all a"-DTit his uncle's letter gave It to tier to read, in fac t pud told her how he had come to call on Mis Dimsda'.e. and had been prevented from giving 8lis real name to Barbara by Dorothy s coming to meet him and introduc ing toim to her aunt as "Mr. Harris," and, finally, how he let the mistake pass, Sfceling that the whole situation was a ery awkward one for him, but having always the full intention of making a clean breast of it to Miss Dirasdale sooner or later. "And the fact was." be ended, half apologetically, "I thought if you both got to like me you wouldn't care whether my name was Tom. Dick or Harry." "But it is Dick?" she cried quite 3iteously. "It is Dick- Dick Aylmer. at my darling's service.'' he answered, "and, after all. Aylmer is a better name than (Harris any day." "And you will be Lord Aylmer one day?" she said, her soft eyes filled with wonder to think of it. "Yes. always supposing the old savave does not contrive to carry his 'DICK, ' SHE TRIED. Chreat about an heir cf his own into actual fact," Dick replied. "But then jou won't like me any the less for that, I hope." "Oh, no. I was not thinking of Stoat," she said. "I was only thinking hew wonderful it was that you snould want to marry me. But. Dick, what wrill your uncle say when he finds out about it?" "He will cut off my allowance wromptly." Dick answered. "Oh. Dick: " she said. "Well, now. my darling, that is what ff want t talk to you about. You see, nobody about here, not even Lady Jane, knows me except as Harris, regftxaent vague. And if the old savage Ands out that I am married he will make it a necessity for me to go to India, which I don't want to do if I an help it. But if you would consent to marry me privately under the auxbe of Richard Harris, we should be jterfeetly safe, so long as you were not jiaowa by any of the people in the a-egi men t that is. If you lived a mile or two away, or in the next town." "It would be quite legal?" said Dorothy, in a trembling voice. "It would be perfectly legal," he answered. "Oh, my dear!" he burst out. "do you think I would he such a villain as to make a suggestion which -would not be legal, while your sunt who took eare of you all her life, and ho left you in my charge, lay dead 3n the house? Listen I have thought It all out. We shall be married, if you eocsent, as soon as we possibly ean he. Barbara will witness the marriage, taM will not know my real name. I will at once make a deed declaring that T was married on such a day. under the name of Harris, and leave it sealed in some place of safety, so that there an never be any trouble about the Identification of the Richard Harris who was married to iorothy Strode We will tell Barbara that it is necessary the marriage should be kept - ret for a time, and she will live with

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you and take care of you when 1 am absent. There, that is my idea. I know that it is a great sacrifice to ask of you, and I hardly like to ask it, but you see I am in this old savage's hands, so to speak. Then, on the other hand, if you don't feel that you ought to do this, or that your aunt would have objected very strongly to it. I ill write at once and tell Lord Aylmer what I have done, and he must make himself as disagreeable as he pleases. Only, my dearest, that will mean India." "Dick, dear." said Dorothy, slipping her hand within his. M we will be married privately. I don't think Auntie would have minded a bit. If he knew a thing was right, she never cared what the world had to say about it." CHAPTER X XI) so it was set tled. Whfn Dick had gerne again. Dorothy rang the bell for Barbar;1. "Come in here Barbara." she said. T have something to tell you. Listensit down. Barbara, and promise me ' that what 1 tell j ii nuaui Ii- a ueaq Sr,.ret Ior OVer until 1 release you from your promise." "Miss Dorothy." said Barbara, sniffing. "I promise, but surely you know it isn't necessary." "Xo. Barbara, no." soothingly, "bet it is best to say all first, isn't it? First, do you know that this house all belongs to Mr. David Stevenson?" To David Stevenson!" burst out Barbara, indignantly (she had known David from a liittle boy and detested him always). - But. Miss Dorothy, surely the dear mistress never let him get round her to that extent?" "Xo. no." cried Dorothy, "but Auntie had to sell the Hall to somebody, and she sold it to David, and 1 never knew it till he told me ye erday." "Then I think. Miss Dorothy." c ried Barbara, in dignified disgust, "that he might have had the decency to wait a day or two before he told you." "Xo, Barbara, you are too hard on David. He has been very kind and considerate to me -most kind and considerate, indeed. But he just had to tell me. he couldn't very well help himself. Of c ourse, he does not want to turn us out-he he wouldn't mind if W stopped here for years; but then, you sec-, Barbara. I am engaged to Mr. Harris, and and this no place for me." Does Mr. David know?" Barbara inquired. "Not yet: and that is what I wanted to tell you. You see. Barbara. Mr. Harris is very awkwardly placed. He has a relation who insists that he does not get married because he would not marry some rich girl or other that they wanted him to marry. And. of course, he wants to many me, and he means to." "Yes?" said Barbara, intensely interested in this very romantic situation. "Yes. Miss Dorothy: well?'' Well. Barbara dear, we are going to be married quietly.' said Dorothy, edging her chair a trifle nearer to the elderly woman's hair, "without letting anybody know, do you see?" "Without any of the folk rouud about knowing?" Barbara asked. "Just so. It won't be for alwayW, you know, Barbara only until Dick comes into his property: and he hasn't asked me to do anything but exactly what he had made up his mind to explain to Auntie, and ask her to give her consent to. And I feel sure she would have done so. dear Auntie, for she did get so fond of Dick." "Yes. she did," Barbara agreed. "But Miss Dorothy, you are sure it will be done properly that you'll be married in church and have your lines, and all that?" "You are to see me married, Barbara." Dorothy answered, simply; "Mr. Harris says so." And after that Barbara gave ner consent, so to speak, and promised to be true to her trust and stand by her A BI RST OF BRIEF. dear Miss Dorothy as long as she lived. "I think the dear mistress would be glad if she knew. Miss Dorothy." "She did know. Barbara."' said Dorothy, with a tender smile shining through her tears. So the two sat together for a long time, talking long, and now and then

weeping as some word brought bark the memory of their loss. And Dorothy told the faithful servant all the plans that Dick and she had made for the strange and almost unknown future, which seemed so terrible to her who had lived all her life all that she could remember, at least under the same roof and guarded by the same tender eare. It was so sad to have so little joy in her engagement and her coming marriage, and yet. "You mus' n't think that I don't love Dick." she cried to Barbara, when she had another passionate burst of grief over the dead woman lying above. "I do love him with all my heart, and I know that I shall be quite, quite happy by-and-by. But it is all so sudden, so strange and new; everything is going from me at one stroke, and after we go away from Oraveleigh I shall have nothing but you to remind me of the past at all. Why. I don't know. I am not at all sure that everything here does not

belong to David. Perhaps he can even take my Lorna Doone away and and even drown her " "Xay. nay. Mr. David won't want to do that." returned Barbara, soothingly. "Besides. Lorna never did belong to the mistress. Her ladyship gave her to you the dear mistress had naught to do in the matter. Then. Miss Dorothy, dear, aren't you going to tell her ladyship about it?" "Lady Jane last of anybody," dried Barbara- "last of anybody." "I see." said Barbara, with an air of Wisdom; but all the same. Barbara did not see any thing. She thought the whole arrangement very strange and unusual, and she reminded herself that she had never been mixed up with anything of the "kind in her life before, and now that she was being drawn into something distinctly clandestine she did not at all like it. Still, on tilother hand, there was only the prospectof remaining at Oraveleigh Hall under David Stevenson, and Barbara cordially detested David, as she had always done. So. between her dislike of David Stevenson and Dorotify'l promise and Mr. Harris' wish that she should see the marriage tak place, Barbara graciously gave her sanction to the private union, and did not try to place any obstacle in the young folks' way. CHAPTER XI. ISS DIMSDALE was laid away in (Iraveleigh churchyard three days Lmt e r. Ereryonn. high, low, rich and poor for several miles around Hie Hall, came to pay the last token of affection and respect to her. and bitter were the tears that fell that day for the just and kind friend who was gone. Naturally a good deal of cariosity was felt about Dorothy's future, and many were the speculations as to whether she would remain at the Hall alone with Miss Barbara or whether she would eventually decide to go to Holroyd, or ;o take the good-looking officer who had been so frequent a visitor at the Hall for three months past. With regard to Dick, there was almost a quarrel, for Dorothy, as a matter of course, had invited him to the funeral, as indeed she had asked all her aunt's friends who would be likely to attend it. Xow. Dorothy had not a relation in the world, excepting one cousin, at that time wintering in Egypt, and therefore unable to attend the ceremony. She did not enter the large drawing-room until the last moment before starting, and then only spoke a few words to those nearest the door. And when the time came for them to go, David Stevenson came forward, and. with a very authoritative air, solely due to the presence of his rival, offered Dorothy his arm. (To be continued.) Natural Perfumes anil Kmienee. The preparation of natural essences, according to the Popular Science Monthly, is still a genuine agricultural industry. Flowers and leaves are the raw material, and they have to be treated fresh. The original laboratories are therefore generally established very near where the plants can eiijoy the most favorable c limatic conditions. Hence the crude essences generally come to us from various di.tant regions-essence of Bang from Manila, of geranium from Reunion and Algeria, of lemon and citron from Ceylon and China, etc. But as the Imported materials are generally scandalously adulterated, Europeau manufacturers have been impelled to bring home such of the crude material as will bear transportation. So sandalwood, cloves, patchouli leaves and vet i vert grass roots brought dried and with their scents unimpaired are distilled in France and (iermany rather than in the countries of their origin. The most important easier of this manufacture is the little city of Oraate, near Nice and Cannes, which, besides being a large center of production for the distillation of plants and woods, is the chief phot where these- special processes, which have been transmitted through ages, and are the only ones for the extraction of the perfumes of Mowers, are in use. The only chemical agents employed in these processes are vapor and fat. The manufactories of artificial perfumes, on the other hand, are ran laboratories of chemical products where the habitual agents of chemical industry are employed, requiring the intervention of chemists and engineers, and are established by prpff SSACC kt the great industrial centaie,

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PROPOSED SEPARATION OF THE EAST AND WEST. Active Operations Were Ilegan Condilion of Thine in the Kanairha Valley Iii the Autumn of l HOG The Government Uecau Alarmed. (Parkersburg, W. Va., Letter.) WRITE from one of the most interesting and historic localities in the Ohio Vailey. A century ago there ame here from a cultured 'town across the ocean a lüdy and gentleman of refinement. education and distinguished family. What allurements brought them into an almost trackless wilderness, remote from home and friends, far from the pathways of civilization, may never be known. Crossing the Alleghenies. they discovered La Belle Rivierre, of the French voyftgenr, 190 miles below the confluence of the Ifonongaheia and Allegheny, and selected for their future home a beautiful island two miks below the Kittle Kanawha. The island is nearly two miles in length, w ith a variable breadth ff a third of a mile; is highly fertile. deeply wooded and picturesque, amid the high hills and spreading meadows which environ it. The climate is salubrious, atmosphere clear and invigorating. Here c ame Herman Blesmerhassett and his accomplished wife in the closing yean of th last century. Here they made their happy home, and here were born children that brought hope and happiness to the young couple. Herman BteBnerhastet was descended from distinguished parentage; born in 17(57. educated with care; at 22 was tailed to the bar; having received his certificate he traveled extensively. At the home of his brother-in-law. Admiral de Coureey, he met the brilliant and beautiful young lady who become his wife to share the hardships and rough fortune which befell them in the wilds of the New World! She was Miss Mary Agnew. daughter of Lieut. -Gov. Agnew. of the Isle of Wight, and granddaughter of Gen. Agnew. who fell in the battle of Germantown. She b;s been described by early citizens of Marietta Dr. Hildreth. Mr. Woodbridge and others as extremely beautiful, of much culture and queenly bearing. She was of medium stature, graceful form. Grecian features, hazel eyes, auburn hair, clear, faultless complexion- a brilliant, superb woman in every respect. The writer s;iw In possession of a person in New York some years ago a miniature of this beautiful woman, painted upon ivory, set in a frame surrounded by diamonds. This corresponds with the description received from Dr. Hildreth, who personally en joyed her acquaintance. Blennerhasset brought from abroad library, chemical and philosophical apparatus, portraits, paintings, bric-a-brac, etc., to establish his new home. He selected a site for his dwelling and grounds at the upper end of the island,

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where the view was commanding and prospect most inviting. Here he erected a commodious and handsome edifice, at an expenditure of over $50.000. and laid out the grounds in ornamental and tasteful style. Native forest trees embowered the home, and peace, plenty and unalloyed happiness pervaded all. This waa Blennerhasset 'i ideal home on a picturesque isle in the Upper Ohio. To-day. as I walk over the ground and reverted in fancy to those halcyon days the descriptive lines of Moore came up before me. Not a semblance or stone remains to mark the spot where th ideal home stood, save the curbing of a well. All has disappeared. Sic transit gloria. Let us now pass from the romance to the reality of this Island Utopia. In the early spring of 1805, when the dog wood and red bud shed their effloresence over valley and hill, when feathered songsters rilled the wild wood with vocal chorus, there came to the Atlantic home of the Blennerhassetts an American statesman whose name was everywhere heard; who had filled the highest offices in the land, save one. Whose military prowess was recognized and related by all, but whose sense of honor and morality was not savory. There was blood upon his escutcheon and danger in his glance. Aaron Burr, disappointed and thwarted in the Fast, sought separation and new honors al the West. He crossed the mountains to Pittsburg, sought CoL George Morgan at Morgana. near the latter city, and then descended the Ohio to Wheeling, Marietta snd Parkersburg Here he crossed, as tradition runs, to the island, accompanied by a companion of questionable reputation. The ostensible objec t of the visit was to admire the beauties of the island. They were invited to the mansion and hospitality extended. The "Lord of the Manor' being about the visit waj brief, Tor-

I subsequently grew up bei tween Btirr and Blennerhassett, which was continued during the next twelve

months. In August. 1806. accompanied by hi daughter. Feodoria. wife of Gov. Alston, of South Carolina. Burr again visited the island, as guests of the Blennerhassetts. Prominent Itizens of the neighborhood were invited to meet the distinguished visitors. Burr embraced the opportunity to advance his theories and unfold his schemes. He cautiously promulgated his views: spoke ' the widespread disaffection throughout, the West and South; that separation of the West from the East was no new project, but had been discussed at Washington: that there was no community of interest between the two sections; that in the event of foreign war the West must, in defense of u-;r own interests, separate from the E.ut: that they would be at the mercy of three powers England. France tnd Spain. This was the old argument it' Wilkinson and others. Burr promulgated it with earnestness and nal Blennerhassett was drawn into the scheme by the allurements of arguI meat and blandishments of prospective I power and affluence. Burr made favf ; orable Impressions upon visitors and soon his scheme began to materialise Active operations commenced; contract with Wood bridge, at Marietta; Avery AARON BI RR. i at Belleville, and others for Iftean ! large batteaus sufficient to carry five : hundred men and one barge for provij sions. munitions of war. etc.; flour, ba con and other provisions contracted for. Money was plenty credit good; ac tivity prevailed and a martial spirit pervaded the cjuiet valley near the Kanawha and Muskingum. This was the condition of things in the -iutumn of isot;. The question has repeatedly been asked, who furnished the "sinews of war?'' Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, instructed John Graham, secretary of the Orleans Territory, to watch Burr. Mr. Graham replied that Burr had a credit of 1200,000 with Daniel Clark, of New Orleans, and friends at Lexington had furnished $40.000 additional. Notwithstanding this, (he writer possessed direct information that Blennerhassett paid for most of Burr's contrac ts at the island. He was promised indemnity by Gov. Alston, who was there, but the promise was never fulfilled. During the period of active preparations at the island and building of the boats, Burr visited Chillicothe, then the seat of government of Ohio; Pittsburg. Morgans, i' - Wheeling, Lexington and Cinc innati, conferring with friends and spreading dissension everywhere. Blennerhassett had general supervision of the island and was active in promoting the enterprise. He wrote for the Ohio Gazette, at Marietta, articles disseminating his views and elaborating the theories of antagonism between the East and West: that the land laws were unjust to Western states, etc. In October Burr, Blennerhassett, Mr. and Mrs. Alston and others left the island for Lexington, descending the Ohio to Lewistown (May 8V tile). Meanwhile the government became alarmed at the military movements on the Ohio. Jefferson, suspicious of Burr's movements, dispatched secret agents to confer with the Ohio authorities and suppress any military movements. Gen. Wilkinson, commanding the department West and South, was ordered to watch and be ready. That officer, who has been suspected to have been in compilicity with Burr, proved treacherous, as believed, to both Burr and the government. His behavior has been subject to severe criticism. The Ohio authorities, ac ting under advice of Jefferson's secret agents, watched the completion of the boats and attempts to load them, when Gov. Tiffen ordered the militia, under command of Gen. Buck, of Marietta, to take possession of. the boats and stores and arrest all suspected persons. The boats were accordingly tied up; Blennerhassett and others arrested, but released by his adherents, when, on the night of October 10, he. with most of his men. having retaken one of the boats, escaped down the Ohio. Bedlam now reigned on the island; the militia raided the house and grounds; broke into the cellars of the mansion, and finding liquor, all were soon in drunken revelry. The house was pillaged, furniture broken, pictures, curtains and

valuables destroyed, bullets fired into ihe walls, shrubbery and grounds trampled down, and Mrs. Blennerhassett even threatened with violence. These disgraceful scenes occurred before the arrival of Col. Phelps, whose presence restored order and succored the unfortunate mistress of the once beautiful home. Colonel Phelps offered her every protection. and on the following day she bade farewell to her Utopia, forever! She descended the Ohio river with hr little family, and joined her husbani at Bayou Perie. Did the kaleidoscope ever work great marvels? The arrest and trial of Burr and Blennerhassett, the utter ruin of the once beautiful island home, mark one of the historic epochs of the West one of the futile attempts to separate the West from the East. The mansirn was destroyed ty fire, despoliation rapidly followed in the train of evils, and to-day the visitor finds naught to recall the splendor of that island home. Blennerhassett did not attempt to reclaim his beautiful island, but purchased a plantation in Mississippi, which proved an unsuccessful investment. Discouraged, dissipated and ruined financially, the family left the United States in 1822. and lived for some years with one of his sisters in England. Finally, they went to Germany, where, in 1831. Herman Blennerhassett died, his faithful wife levoted to him even in death. In 1842. Mrs. Blennerhassett. accompanied by her son Dorreione. returned to the United States, and for some time vas the guest of Robert Emmet. She petitioned Congress for indemnity for injury and ruin of her island home. Th- memorial was forwarded to Henry lay, who supported it with all his eloT:anre and power: but death came before Congress acted. The invalid son. destitute and forlorn, became an incnate of a mission, where he died. The writer found in po.-session of the secretary of the mission many personal ornaments and mementos which he had obtained from the ill-fated son. The irony of fate has rarely exhibited more striking illustrations. Another son, .Joseph, equally unfortunate, lived obscurely, and died neglected, in Missouri. A distant branch of the family lives in St. Louis. The beautiful island in the Ohio is owned by different persons, cultivated as farms. Some interesting archaelogical discoveries have recently been made on the island, indicating that long before the advent of the cultured family from abroad there dwelt here in prehistoric times, in large communities, a people who have utterly lisappeared from the earth; who have left no history, but great abundance of mute witnesses in the form of artisticworkmanship. Twelve miles above, at the embouchure of the Muskingum river, an extensive system of earthworks mounds, circumvallations, elevated squares, etc. were found by the early settlers, and many are still there. This part of the Ohio Valley was thickly settled at the Mouni period. W. DE H.

Keep I p tbe Habit of Learning. One of the gravest mistakes of life is the idea which is ordinarily carried intj practice that when the school days are over then training ceases. There is no reason why the studious habits acquired during the school days should not be continued indefinitely. Surely, as the mind matures and becomes able to grasp facts more clearly, the acquiring of knowledge ought to become easier. Instead of feeling that graduation day is simply emancipation from drudgery, young people should be taught that this occasion is just a way mark in the path of education. It proves the existence of capacity for learning, and ought to be regarded in no other light. It would be time well spent if the farmers and artisans of ceunt.'y districts could spend two evenings a week at the school house reciting lessons in farm economy or public affairs, or listening to lectures or watching demonstrations of ways to make on acre of land produce as much as is now gleamed from two. The der'.; and the bookkeeper, instead of frittering away a great portion of their time, could with profit attend evening school and familiarize themselves with problems with which they may hopelessly struggle when they start in busine for themselves. The immeasurable advantage to women and girls of classes in household duties, health cultivation and the care of a family ought to be apparent to the dullest mind. A Wagon Load of "Prayer." A country pastor was sick and in financial straits. A number of his flock met at his house to offer prayers for his speedy recovery, and for material blessings upon the pastor's family. While one of the deacons was offering a fervent prayer there was a loud knock at the door. When it was opened a stout boy was seen wrapped up comfortably. "What do you want? ' asked an elder. "I've brought pa3 prayers. They're out in the wagon. Just help me an' we ll get 'em in." Investigation disclosed the fact that "pa's prayers" consisted of potatoes, flour, bacon, cornmeal. turnips, apples, warm clothing and a lot of jellies for the sick ones. The prayer meeting adjourned in short order. Nwr Anaenthoilr Inroro. A new anaesthetic, which relieves at once the pain of deep burns, of ulcers, and of cancer, has been disc overed by Drs. hiehorn and Heinz of Munich It is a preparation of benzomethvlie eth er. in the form of a powder, to which the name of orthoform has been giver. The Proper IMace. Giles "IBi looking for a silent partner to invest son.t money in my business." Miles- "Well, why don't ynaj apply at the deaf and dumb asvlum V