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CHAPTER XI.- (Cotttina4.) "Mr. Harril vill walk with nie." Jaitersd Dorothy. shrinking back. "By v.'ia; right?" demanded David, n a Utter undertone. Bj fa right of Miss Strode's wirh, ff.r."' p;r. In Dick, Icily, "md in -some mm by the ii?..t of having be : he but Dfr?an to whom 341m inmsdale strike to this world, and in 3ome j - k b rfh if having been one the three persona who saw hrer til".' It wan ail over minute or two. a::i! nr.iy those staadiBg very near to j then heard a word at all. Utm iook i bold ol Üorotby'i hand and drew her ' oat of Mm room, and the real of the j aOQifJ followed as they would , David Stevenson among them, his j bead well up la the air, but his eyei j . .. i . glenming with anger, and his ra. as white av chalk. However. i; was useless to show anger about euch a matter, and the incident anted by. And when the last end Oflfcee was over, the large company separated, only the lawyer from Colehaater returning io the Hull to make the nog explanations and to read the am to Dorothy. "And are you going to remain here for the present ? he asked the girl kindly. -Oh. no. am going away hi once," ehe answered. "But may I ask where?" he inquired. "Tea; we are goin away, Barbara and I. for a change 1 must get away; it i3 dreadful here. I hope I shall never come buek again." Ten will fe.-d differently after a . time," said the lawyer, kindly, lie knew how things were with David Stevenson, though net what Dorothy's Jedlings towards him were. The three were alone then. Dick Avisier haviug purposely abstained from upparing at the house after their : -turn from the churchyard; he was. indeed, at 'hat very moment, sitting by he fire in Barbara's little room at the ack of the house. "Yes. perhaps, after a time," she answered feverishly. "But. Mr. Marks. 1 wanted to ask yon a question- -Mr. Stevenson told me that 1 should have about a thousand pounds''" "About, that. I should think; but we ir.not tell exactly until Miss Dinistfale's affairs are settled." "Bat will you get them settled at nee? I want to have everything settied." she said anxiously. "Too see, I cannot arrange anything for myself until I know just how I stand, and I ohotild Uhe to know just what I shall be abie to do as soon as possible." "Very well, we will hurry everything on as much as possible." said Mr. .Marks to David; "Miss Dimsdale's afSiirs were :u perfect order." "Oh! yes. it will be asy enough." naiu Darbt; then as the lawyer was gathering ins papers together, he said to an undertone to her: "You are very nnxious to shake the dust of UraveTteigh off your fee?. Dorothy." The great tears welled into her I yes. and for a moment she could not j 9pHK. 'I don't think you give me I and encouragement to do anything : else. Daai I " she said, reproachfully, j "l urn very anxious to go away, be- ' rsaxji" t It dreadful living in this house j ttlhnt untie dreadful: and T n I Tery anaajp David, and I don't Jhink it is rerv kind af you to be so aw hat there the sobs "hoked her id. she stopped. "J never thought you mold be unkind to me.'' she said binder he:r breath. "I'm a brute," he answered! I'There. Oou.'t cry, Dorothy. You shall have vajA'thing as you want it." T-.-h resnll of all this was that, two Jys ihr, IVrothy and Barbara went eff to IJtfAirnemouth. aoompanied by 2orne Do.jae in a big basket, and there they rema, Dd. quietly and gradually recovering -mi the great shock of X'ii !dtnsua f' death. If they were ot .ry happ.v in their simple lodifcgs 'hey mata v fvy peaceful, and once INCI came aad sta..ed at the hotel near K08HBD OFT OF THE ROOM for a couple of days, and then Dorothy was very happy indeed. touring this time their banns were published in one of the churches at Bournemouth and also in a Ixindon charch. in the parish of which Dick engaged a room and put therein some f bis belongings, so as to make himIf a standing in the place. Rut Dick was only at Bournemouth for those wo days, and twice when David Stevenson was in Cokh oetOT ou business he

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happened to M0I him iu the street. ! no; a little to his relief. ...... . . Ann .Mr. Marks meantime worked away, and. for a lawyer, really hurried tilings up in a wonderful way. so that by the time Dorothy's twenty-first birthday came everything was settled, and he was ready to hand over to her the money to which ;he was entitled ander her aunt'fl WilL Mr. Marks i therefore wrote to her. telling her that ! he w.is ready to hand over to Barbara ; the HUB of one hundred pounds: to her. i Dorothy, a sum of thirteen hundred and forty-five pounds, the sum let, Ger and above after all expenses hau been paid. He asked her BlW) when age and Barbara would be able to meet hiai and Mr. Stevenson, the executor of Mlsj Dimsdale's will, Dorotbv reniied at once that she would be in London two days later, ! and If it suited them both would meet I them there-would he write to Mr. ! Motley s Hotel, to say if that would be convenient? And eventually they did meet at Morley's Hotel, and Doro thy and Barbara signed the necessary papers, heard the necessary explanations, and from that moment were absolutely fiee of all eonnection with Qrareleigb for ever, if they so wished. You will put that check into a proper bank." said Mr. Marks to Dorothy, Yes." Dorothy answered. "It will go to the bank before three o'clock." "And remember, if at any time there is any little matter that I an do for you or any advice I can give you. you :an. write to me as a friend, and I I Ii i M 1- t . win aiwas no m for vou." the old lawyer said. "Thank you so muc h." cried Dorothy, pressing his hand affectionately. The old man blinked his eyes a little, patted her shoulder and coughed, and then took himself rather noisily away, with a kindly hand-shake to Barbara. Then it was David's turn to say goodbye. "I wanted to tell you. Dorothy." he said, huskily, "that i bought the old cobs, as you wished, and they will have an easy berth in my stables as long as they live. And 1 wanted to tell you. too. that I meant every wmd of what I said to yon the day after Miss Dimsdale died. If ever you want me I you have only to say a single woru and I shall come. "Ton are very good, David," said she. with trembling lips. "1 don't know what yon are going to do or what your plans are." he went on. "but I hope you will be happy, and that God will bless you. wherever you are and whatever you do;" and then he bent down and kissed her little, slender hands, and. without looking at her again, rushed out of the room. CHAPTER XII. OOR Dorothy fell sobbing into Barbara's arms. "Oh! Barbara, it is all so dreadful; it is all so dreadful; it brings it all back again," she wailed. - 3 ay, nay. dearie, think my of to What'i ü f . Barbara going tomorrow. murmured. A ! tenderly. "Don't grieve like this my dearie: don't, now." m "But I can't help grieving a little, Barbara," Dorothy cried, imnatientlv j "You forget what they have been all j my' )lte to me until just now. And ' Auntie wanted me to marrv David almost to the last, and though I wouldn't do tiiaf, Ti beeü very f Kind and generous to me, and I half not to be friends with him, after all. And then I meanf to tjjll him r little about Elsie Caf I ugt off , aüi then each time I've seen Mai I have ,felt so miserable and so guMfy, Barbara, that I could have cried of tiMme - : 1 CS, 1U- I deed. I could." "Well, but. my dearie, over now. and David Stevenson woulu rfjfef have been satisfied to have you friend w,m him. Men never are when they ant love. And. after all, it wasn't jfohf fault that you never liked Uavid; ' never could abide him myself, and I'm sure. Miss Dorothy, dear, that you detested him long enough before you ever set eyes on Mr. Harris." "Hut, Auntie -," Dorothy sobbed. "I'm sure the dear mistress was the J last one in all the world to have knowj Ingly made you miserable about David , Stevenson or any other gentleman on out wiat did you want to tell U. t . ... me about atlas Carrington. dearie?" "Elsie always liked him." Dorothy began, when the old servant interrupted her. ' -'ay, now. Miss Dorothy, take my advice and don't you be meddlihg between Durid Stevenson and Miss Carrington. They wouldn't either of them thank you for it if they knew it, and if you was to mention her name -ven it would set Mr. David against her forever. Never you trouble your head about him; he's no worse off than he's always been better, in fact, for he is richer now than before the Halt ell to him. I dare say hell feel bad about you for a bit, but remember. Miss Dorothy, that it's harder to lose what you have than what you haven't got and neyer had."

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saiu LfOTOiay. a mue tomionfii. "Ay, I am right there," said Barbara, j wisely. Well, the next day Dick Aylmer came up from Colchester with all the deight of a long leave before him. and in the wildest and most joyous spirits, so that Dorothy was fairly infected by his gayety. That evening he took her and Barbara to dine at Simpson's, and then to a theater to linish up the evening. And the morning following that, Dorothy, dressed in a quiet gray, gown. with her silver belt around her waist, got into a cab with the old servant and drove to the church where their banns had been "cried," and there they met Dick, and the ;vo were made i man and wife. It was a very quiet and solemn wedding in the gloomy, empty church, I with its dark, frowning galleries and its long, echoing aisles, down which i their voices seemed to travel as into the agrs of enmity. And then when the short ceremony ! was over and oh! what a lifetime of mischief a clergyman can do in twenty minutes Di(k kissed his Wife and then Dorothy kissed Barbara, and they ! all went iu to sign the registers. "You'll have your lines, Miss Dorothy." urged Barbara. "No, they are safe enough here," Dorothy replied. "But I would have them, mj dear," Barbara entreated in a whisper. "Yes. we will bare our lines," said j Dick; he would agreed to have carried ! the church along if it would have I given them pleasure, he was so happy ! just then. And then they went off to Dick's hotel, where they hud a champagne kissed Bis wife, lunch in a private room, and Dick j drank to his bride's health and Doro thy drank to his. and Barbara drank I to them both, and then insisted that j the wine had got iuto her head. And aft4 r that they parted for a short time. Dorothy and Barbara going off to Morley's to fetch their .uggage and pay their bill, and meeting Dick again with his belongings at Victoria Station, where they parted in earnest from Barbara, who was going to srend the two months with various friend! and relations iu or around London. "And Barbara, this will keep you s;oing till we get back," said Dick, slipping twenty pounds into her hand. '"But. Mr. Harris." cried Barbara, feeling that there were four notes, "it's too much; 1 shan't need it." Take it while you can get it. Bcr-.--r "s ..-- bara. he laughed; T dare say we shall f be desperately hard up by the time we get back again;" and then the train begaji to move, and he pushed her hand baTk. "Good-bye. you have the address: Mrs. Harris will write every week;" and then the train had slipped awaf beyond speaking distance1 . "Poor old Barbara' she cried. fiek cad gilt hold of her hand. "My darling, i have got you all To myself at last," he murmured passionately. The.v were soon HaT fVom London and off to Dover, for Dick had foreign leave, and they had agreed to spend the next two months by the sunny shores of the Mediterranean. (To be Continued.) ABOU SAFFRON. it ft!!.' Trice If R Pecullel ifrin of Arftfwierrfflöi Saffrov fNM trik ah' tftühnrj 09 I server a nmaAmAw V ' 1 - - f i shillings par powada, until loid hat it hi composed of the cenvral tfmall OCT pv tioni only of the1 flowery -of a species ot rocus. 70.000 of which.it lakes to yield the material for one poiVhdvsays i'hambera' Journal. The wOrAder then becomes that it is po cheap, thiit it caji ay to grow and gather it af.Die price. fa a matter of fact, it has failed to pa) "he English grower by fbte .retaining in the name of his tOvVrf of Saffron Maiden, but a hint .of foi'rrvtf importarrV in this particular direc tidtfV French an-f' panish soils being mörd I BUicaDM to therruil growth of the .flow ers. and foreigii' fcbOY cheaper in the worn oi picKing. JU use in medicine ha practically di d Vn. bar. perhaps, the popular belief ; '.at' eped in hot milk or cider, it helps tr" ff Option Jf measles to fully appear.' , Xl ji dye in creaming curtains and to gtve ;i rich appearance to ake it is still, .'owerer. in general demand, for which purpose It i well suited In being both hai oMefcs and sarong, one grain, composed of tie atyle and stigmas of nine flowers, being !Uffl lent to give a distinct yellow tint 1o ten gallons of water. Its high price, by the way, has led to a peculiar form of adulteration, for, apart from i A. the crude and commonplace one ef fluffing with a heavy powder, such as gypsum, to give weight, the similar portion of other and commoner flowers have been specially dyed and worked thoroughly in among the geui j

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CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV ERY AND INVENTION. Effect of a Bee's Sting The Amount or l iquid Disponed by Man During lilg Natural Life Various Notes of Science and Industry. Kffects of a 15ee Sting. N English physi cian relates an instance of a lady who was stung by a bee. At the lirst moment she eeemto pay Aery lit tle attention to it. but very soon her face became flushed and spots appeared all over her body. Suddenly she developed a most severe attack of asthma, finding gieat difficulty in breathing. Another instance J is that of a young lady who was stung j on the back of the head by an ordinary honey bee. In less than live minutes her face began to swell and very : marked red and white spots appeared i all over the surface of the body. The swelling extended over the entire pi rson, accompanied by severe pain. burning and giddiness. The eyes were al- ! most closed and the countenance was I so distorted as to be unrecognizable, j Very free bathing in soda water, with j a little soda taken internally, and hot ! applications to the feet and thorough massage finaily afforded relief, but. it was some hours before the patient recovered from what was truly an alarming condition. Violent attacks of nervousness accompanied the trouble, and the sense of suffocation was almost intolerable. The young woman had been stung a number of times before without any apparent unpleasant result. The physicians were of the opinion that the bee had been feeding upon some extremely poisonous plant, which became concentrated in the venom ot the sting. Be that as it may. the condition was such as to excite grave apprehension, the more so as it was several days before recovery was complete. The Match of the Future. We are promised a revolution in matches. There is a prospect of the wooden match industry being apparciably affected by a new invention for manufacturing matches from paper, as the best wood for this purpose is constantly growing scarcer and more costly. The new matches are considerably cheaper than the wooden product, and weigh much legs, which counts for much in exportation. The sticks of the matches consist of rolled paper immersed In a solution of wax, Stearine, and similar substances. They are made in one operation, being turned by machinery into long. Ihin tubes; pieces of the ordinary length of wood of wax matches being cut off automatically ),y the machine, after which they ire dipped in the ordinary way. Klectric Kel in London. Once more an electric eel is in residence in the insect house at the London zoo and once more visitors, anxious to test its powers, can be thoroughly shocked at sixpence. Pretty well half of the body of this extraordinary bein is occupied by organs which are not only electric batteries, but accumulators as well, and the shock is siifticiently powerful to numb one's arm for a minute or two, and to kill a good sized fish on the spot. The two ends of the fish seem to be in opposite electrical conditions, so that those who wish to make experiment of its properties should grasp both head and tail simultaneously in order to obtain the i fuj benefit of the discharge. 9 Arte6kau Well in Dakota The results of irrigation the past ) season In South Dakota have been very gratifying and demonstrate that the semi-arid portions of the state by this means can be made as productive ;.- SXSfeataahjsea, .'SM any phl of the northwest. There an two dfatnfet methods w irrigation in this sU'te 'nals whlcll receive Jheir supplier of Water froaa he spiug freshets ßthj nv UW .overllotf ot rivers, and canal's whoae wafer is obMbit ' from artesian weM. This season about 10.000 acreY wer irrigated in the ed in the ( countrv. Among Jhe fMCed ii.w.i I forms of the northvv.t hfilhw CarpentaV. ;'h farm ( ontalnsii V a res ot BlIgB&y rolling prairld larwl. Jhe artesian 'ell has an eight-inch pip.' ,doWD to sain'1 rock. There the dia meter jras reducec- and a six-inch nine reath to the Wlesian basin. 1.P00 feet below' the surfhee. The normal flow ,f ihei well Is 1,200 allons a minute, sufti cleat tc1 irrigate a tract of l.i'oo acres. As a Bihttwr'of 'precaution 'the wejl lrti

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being reduced to a flow of 780 gallons a minute. The well was put down six years ago and cost $3.a00. At present prices it would cost not more than $3.000. London's Electric ysteui. The American system of using locomotives with the third rail is the only system which can be employed on the Central Underground railway in London. This road, which is now approaching completion, is eighty feet below the street level. It runs under Oxford street and Holburn. from the bank of England to Shepherd's Bush, a distance of about six and one-half miles. All the electric plant will be American. The power will be transmined by an alternating current system, to be changed to a direct current system at proper point?. The motors are to be small copies of the large electric locomotives now used in the Baltimore and Ohio railway tunnel. Burglar I'root Shutters. A new German safety shutter, which ;

is invulnerable to burglars, is made on j Alaska is no place in which to experithe principle of the roller strutters, the j ment in food, or try to economize with strips of hardened steel three-quarters ; your stomach. For use in such a of an inch in diameter, placed over i climate, and under the trying and

rods or on pivots. The sides, the only vulnerable part, are hidden in grooves, and as the tubs revolve freely, the burglar's tools can obtain no purchase upon them, thus rendering strong rooms, etc., absolutely inaccessible. Theater curtains constructed on the same plan would also prove invaluable for the preservation of life in case of tire. AVhat a Man Drinks. The amount of liquid refreshment taken by a man of 7 0 yean would equal 76.700 pints, and to hold this a nail twelve feet hiirh and more than 2.500 times as large as an ordinary pail would be required. The weight of üie liquid would be over forty-two tons, (This Gigantic Pail Will Just Contain a Life's Supply of Liquid Refreshment.) - rvIf it had been used in the torture of a criminal by allowing one drop to fall on his outstretched hand every minute day and night the supply would have dropped from the days of Nero up to the present time and would not now be exhausted. lee riows for the Neva. Admiral Makarof of the Russian navy has invented a species of ice plow capable of breaking through ice from twelve to even twenty inches thick. The experiments have proved so satisfactory i hat the government lias given orders for the immediate construction of two vessels of 10,000 horse power each armed with these plows, by means of which it is expected to keep not only the River Neva, but also the various Muscovite ports open to navigation throughout the winter. The majority of Russia's ports and naval arsenals are ice bound during more than four months of the year. Speed of Telegraphy. When the first electric telegraph was established. the speed of transmission was from four to five words a minute with the five needle instruments; in 1849 the average rate for newspaper messages was seventen words a minute; the present pace of the electric telegraph between London and Dublin, where the Wheatstone instrument is employed, reaches 463 words; and thus what was regarded as miraculous sixty years ago has multiplied a hundred-fold in half a century. Longevity of AniuiaU. It is said that the giant tortoise oi the Seychelles Islands is the longest lived animal in the world. The known ape of one now living is 150 years, and this dates from the time the creature was full grown. How old it was at the time of its capture no one is able to conjecture. A fine specimen has been presented to the Zoological Society of London, It weighs about a quarter P a ton and is an exceedingly livelv animal. ""ä, Ojlaoltalani for raln Hucket. illinium if being tried for grain by lhe Ihdia Wharf Hrewing of Brooklyn. The buckets btfehwte com patty are attefr d to an endieac cnain ana by making them of lithe decrease in weight it is thattfcV uminium ti: . would resiirf s'a a saving of power and -,v.wl th i-iirrpi'f npis experience htS 0 at the concldWioV v ütemtf for r " , nil 1H.:mnt nKltAr Combl&tfdn fti hnsv lphur torn rape or nittirtdrd dw ftw are Sili, rubber like substances rlftfo faciure 1 . A 1 - ...... .1 : .t. ." tvt 1 v uocu m in mm un of India robber compounds. PtN ar fnicanised India rubber will fioaV.K 1 ly submerged in water, while thV v BtüttOtatea, being slightly heavier i pri?kor.ioii to their hulk. sink. t A Bieyelc of (;ina. neweat bicycle is made entire! The of gV ''v'n trie Dan bearings being - .... of thV material, whn h is exceedingly harrt, .it is claimed that the machine leal J"fc if H "n "Äflö of eav.

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Bonie Requirements That Will De Found Indispensable. The universal article of diet in that country, depended upon and indispensable, is bread or biscuit. And to make the bread and biscuit, either in the camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be used it must be baking powder; and the powder manufactured by the processes of the Royal Baking Powder Company, miners and prospectors have learned, is the only one which will stand in that peculiar climate of coid and dampness and raise the bread and biscuit satisfactorily. These facts are very important for every one proposing to go to Alaska and the Yukon country to know, for should he be persuaded by some outfitter to take one of the cheap brands of baking powder, it will cost just as much to transport it. and then when he opens it for use. after all his labor in pat king it over the long and difficult route, he will find a solid caked mass or a lot of spoiled powder, with no strength and useless. Such a mist ake might iead to the most serious results. fatiguing conditions of life and labor in that country, everything must be the best and most useful, and above all it is imperative that all food supplies shall have perfect keeping qualities. It is absurd to convey over such difficult and expensive routes an article that will deteriorate in transit, or that will be found when required for use to have lost a great part of its value. There is no better guide to follow in these matters than the advice of those i wno nave gone through similar experi ence. Mr. McQuesten, who is called "the father of Alaska." after an experi- , en(,e of years upon the trail, in the i camP- aild the use of every kind of supply, says: "We find in Alaska that ; the importance of a proper kind of ; baking powder cannot be overesti mated. A miner with a can of bad baking powder is almost helpiess in Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and have been obliged to settle down to use nothing but the Royal. It is stronger I and carries further at first, but above alt things, it la the only powder that will endure the severe climatic changes ! of the arctic region." It is for the same reasons that the United States government in its relief, expeditions, and Peary, the famous arctic traveler, have carried the Royal Baking Powder exclusively. The Royal Baking Powder will not cake nor lose its strength either on board ship or in damp climates, and is the most highly concentrated and efficient of leavening agents. Hence it is Indispensable to every Alaskan outfit. It can be had of any of the trading companies in Alaska, but should the miner procure his supplies before leaving, he should resist every attempt of the outfitter to palm off upon him any of the other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of g'reat disappointment and trouble. RETURNED TO HIS OLD HOME It DMn't Like Indian Territory and Tramped Hack to Illinci-. When Mrs. Frances Lee and family, residing eight miles east of Versailles, left about one ago overland for Vinita, I. T.. they were accompanied by the faithful old shepherd watch dog Carlo. The dog has arrived at a ripe old age and. though unaccustomed to traveling long distances and averse tt giving up his East Morgan home and i friends, he stood tlie trip well and t ' - - - . . err without a murmur. Three days of life in Indian territory sufficed, however, for Carlo. He simply shook the Vinita dust from his fm and ed 11 back to Morgan, arriving at his old home about a week ago. Our informant. Hy Madole, who saw Carlo the day of his return and read a letter from Vinita of his mysterious disappearance after three Jays' sojourn there, says the dog was footsore, fagged out and hungry as a dog. He was happy, though, at being home again, and showed his appreciation by the canine smile and wag of a tired tail. A Mexican tfltacomb;' The largest catacotfrb of the öw world is at Guanajuato, yxico. It IS a portion of a treeless cemefr. perched upon a mountain ridge ovei looking a narrow, sterile valley in which i located the city, containing a living population of 50.000. The high, thick, adobe walls of the cemetery contain receptacles for the coffined dead. When rent for these receptacles is unpaid the bodies are removed to the catacomb, uncoffined and piled with more ancient bones and dust. The catacomb is blasted out of the rocky soil, with a level floor twenty feet under ground. It is a roomy corridor, with vents for sunlight and air through the arched roof of rock. The bones of the unnamed and unnumbered dead are piled compactly up at either end. Slowly the open space is contracting, but there is still 100 yards of it. Along its facing walls partially preserved cadavers have been placed, apparently to attract the curious. They make a ghastly array, with male subjects on one side and females on the other. Most of them are recent dead and some are clothed wholly or partly. A few have papers loosely p:nned to them stating the names and dates of death -a pitifully feeble effort to stay, if but for a moment, the relentless march of oblivion. -Leslie's Weekly. The Rraaon Why. imma. Aunt Julia is the mosl 4,Ä ""St lady I ever met." perTecV. makes yon think so, Georg"WlM . ... m - lie"?" , mi aott'l S6if have to asi ! "CiausA" liece 0f pumpkin pie.Mför a secouJv rrmaha Bee

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