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FEAIIFULLV FATAL FlHt, SevtiiteeD I'wple HuriiMl lo Dcalli ' , Nw Vork Fire Traji. i[j tt ALL ESCAPE CUT OFF. are Faiily Men, Wom-jn and Children Eoast-.d Alive. A last (Friday) ni^lil's New York dcsjiatch says : '1 biitttii people were burned to death ill a aii-atory brick bmld- in>; in the rear of I'l" Bowury thia ufter- iiocn. Six more, bnriied so badly that they will probably die. were removed to vail jtiB hobpitah). 'I hu house was a ram- bha kle hiJdeii in the middle of the block, thecaly ciitrancoto it beinj} a narrow alky fro:r. tiie Bowery. In (rout of it rans a font Jtory building, on tha tirst tloor of whioh was a galooii call>^<l the White i;ii-|'h»nt. Adjoininj! this is Harry Miner's I'toidc'a Theatre. In the rear of the burned liuildinij were two boases h<immin)> it in on the r:hristie street eide. lu thia ca;:ed.in buildint; lived aboQt 150 people. Each of the Hi\ lloora waa occupied by a single faaiily, the head of which was a tailor, who made clothini; for the cheap wholesale clothint; houses and employed from tif- teen to twenty men and women and children, in addition to hia own family, in inakin(? up the clolhin);. They were all I'olish .Je'.VH and the employers and fcmployed worked, ate and slept in the rooms of the dingy tene- ment. The tenants who rented the ftpartments were O. Corn, B. Graft and Mark.--. 8. Harris and il. Lovine. About •1.1.> o'clock thia afternoon, while all the occupants of the building were busily at work in the closing houra proccdinn their Habbath eve, tlamea broke out in the lower fioor. Kiro had already tjained ancli bead way that it v. a3 ia full OUPID'S VIOTIMS, The Uownger UuuheHii of Muntroae'a Third liiwbttud â€" OlhcrHutrlmoulal VeiitureH. A Loudon cabla Bays : Ou Tbnrsday the young curate of the cbnroh at Valham, un- der a spcoial license, quietly married the l)owa(;er l>uchess of Montrose, known on the turf as " Mr. Manton," to her third haabaud, a brother of Lady Durham. Not a whisper of the event had been heard pre- viously, for the secret was well kept. It lias been the social sensation of the week. The groom was Marcus Henry Milner, a young man of '22, while the bride is in her 71at year, und she haa been married twice before, the Urst time in H:iij. No woman in London society has a wider or more peculiar reputation. She does and say.s tilings which nobody else would venture upon. Her anecdotes and her jokes are generally better suited to the smoking than ttic drawing room, and she is very apt to stagger the moat hard- ened man of the world by what some of her friends call her " emancipa- tion from cor.ventionalities." Other pccople may be hampered by the rules and obliga- tions uf ordinary life, but the Duchess of Montrose acknowledges no such restric- tions. Everybody knows that the old Duchess takes a great interest in racing, and is iudeed the proud owner of a stable, her horses running as " Mr. Manton's." She likes play actors and everybody, pro- vided they are young and do not belong to her own avz.. Naturally, therefore, she t;enerally ha-, a young man or two in her train, and one of them ahe haa chosen for hor husband. There is a matter of nearly fifty years' disparity in their ages. Hut what of that .' The Duchesa haa fully 120,000 a year, and ia nice and lively as a cricket. Crabbed age and youth can live very well under such circumstances. Mr. Milner is not the hrst young man who has married for mone>. The Dowager I'ucheaa of Montrose was born in H17, and at the age of 1'.) married the Duke of Montrose. When lie died oa ••-J â-  â€" . •â-  •• •â- -. possession of the I jjgggmi,g, .tuth. Is71, at the age of 75, the Ktairuay, and escape by It Bcemed impossi. l,^g^„g „ja „ell ^jyancod in years, and ble. Many of the frightened inmates liOJvever, rushed through the tlamea into the narrow court with clothea ablaze. Si\ cf them were so severely burned that they were taken to the hospital and may die. Tliere were lire eSJapes in front and rear i'. the Inuse, but before any of the inmatea liid tim" to eacap'! by them the llamea 111 1 ascended through the house and were rui!.ing from the windows so that descent by llie lire escapes wiis impossible. One niati, already half burned to death, <--ic«iied from a fourth-story window and fell, a mangled n^^^^s of tlisli, in the littlt> toirtyanl. Others jimped from the second Btory wiiidowa and emaiied with bruises. A. H. Slieldon, manager of the I'eople's Tiieilre, on dis JVeriiig the tire, sent out an alarm mid the tlreinen responiied, but wIkmi they arrived the llauies already had complete pussissiuii of the lious 1 and nothing could be domi to save it and littl.' to aavo its inmates. Charles W. Norm*n. proiiorty man of the tlieiitre, with Bcv( ral of his ooniradeh, ran to the rouf ul the theatre, carrying a ladder, which they Btrelchcd over to a window of the hiirniiig building. A woman with her hair and clothing already nbla/e appeared at the window and Nurinaii called to her lo I'rons over the ladder. She cried haok that che could not leave her two ehililren. Norman tried to crosa over on the ladder, but the llamus dra\e him buck and he could not Have her. Afterwards the charred bodies (jf the mother and two children were found ill tli'j building. Three men, however, Rviiileil thumHelves of the huldur and cscajied lo llio roof of tlie Ihoatre. When th"? Hremen had at last drowned the llanieu BO that they could enter the house they Boarched lloor by lh>or as they ascondcd und on the third Hour they found the burned bodies of a man. a woman and a boy. On the fourth ll mr they found live hodlea ao badly buriiod that it was imposaible to tell whether they were men or women. On the liflli lloor no bodies were found, but on the 8i.\th thero lay on the lloor live more bodies and tin y also were burned ao that it could not hu told whether they were men or woineii. 'I'hia made thirteen bodies fnuinl in tlin building. That of the man who encapi'd from the liftli story window incn'ased this liat to foiii'teeii, while it ia feared the deaths uf some, if not all, thosa in the liuupitalH will make tlii.^ iiumbor greater While the firemen were aearohing the ruins, the cry caiii'i that the roof was falling in, and the crackling ot limberi was heard. The Hre man did not desert the building, hut ran to the winili.vs, where they awaitc^d ordns. They sliouled to Chief McCiill. who was on the roof ot a Imver house. lie .â- limbed a lailder hi I Haw the rouf nagging in, and ^ave ord-rii to prop it up. All thn Ixidira bail not III en taken down and untd thiswaH done the lii.'moii would iiot.|e.i rl tlieplaen The listo' the dead as far iiH kiionii is mi follows : Adelo (iraft, aged 'Js. with her new burn balm and two children, aged V and I , riiilip I.%lo|ili, aged Jl. killed by jumping from the Hi\tli iilory , Henry Hchwart/, tailor. Ton men and niiii woiiiaii are at the niorgiin hiiriind bevoiid recogni lion. Six wiirii iierioiiHly, im.l in iiinsl oases fatally, burned or injiired and several others hligliMy. Hh others are imsiiing. 'I'lio miiirting are lielievml to lie aiiinng Ihosn hiiriied beyond rei o;;iiiti ou. The (Inath of biaiah Hpeimotl at the h.Mpital at a late hour thin ovnnliig makeii the seven t«t(iiilh ilenlli lo iiiidiiight. One of the most pitiful incidents of the torrible lalaiiiity was llio .leatli of Mm. (Iraft. In thn awful paniii iihe i;«\e birth III a child und the motluir and babe were Jiiirneil to a ensp. Her two cliildroii were vintimii by hei iilde. , ^ . Ilvni'li Kins III l*in Mnthrilanil. Aooriling lo the latent rurliamenlary retiiriiH, 1f7.riOO,(HM> wan rneeivod for beer liiM'iiMUR in I'.nglaiid laiil year, and as an indication of whore the pnillts go it ia annoimned that Lord l.iitiHilowiie haa jiiut Hold three of bin llnost pictiiren, two Item- braniltii inula (Jnyp. for «'!..l),l)00, lo HIr Arthur liiniinoHi. who haa niado hU monoy ill brn»iiiK beer. -//o»(en HernUi. fr' lliiibniid (to wife) Do yo" believe in the theory that the grealiiesn of n falhor iiften proves a iilnuibling blook li thn advainv nienl of hill noil in llfo'/ Wife - I iwrlaiiilv ilo. 1 mil lliaiikfiil, .loliii, our boy will never Ihi haiulioappod in that way. Hub- Iwiid -Oh had boruQ the Duke aix children, the lirat of whom waa born in 1S45 and the laat in IHTi. Within thirteen montha of the Dake'a death Duchesa Caroline married W. B. Stirling Crawford, of Milton, the celebrated owner of aucceasful racers. The Duchess, in retaliation for the criticisms of the Montrose family, took every opportunity to display her preference for her aecond husband. A social sensation waa oaoaed by the announcement that the Ducheaa had aecured one of the most valuable and interesting pieces of burial ground in all Oreat Itritain (or tboremaina ofher second husband, who died in ISMil, paying SI'iO.OOO (or the grjutui aloue, and invited from the best architects of Europe plans for a mausoleum of idassic style and unprece- dented grandeur. The Duchesa declared that this septilchro would e.\euiplify her alfectun fur (rawfurd, and that it waa her ambition to excel the effort of Artemisia. Mifs Violet Isaacson, diiugbtcr of the great dres,<maker, Madame Eliae,wae mar- ried to Lord lloaumont in London on Hat- iirday. The Duke of Aosta, the rx-Kiig of Kpaiu, and his niece, I'riuuesH Letilia, the only daughter of I'rince Napoleon and Princess Clotilis, will bo married in Turin in Heptembor. DAYS ANU MIUUTS OF AGUNT. Juhu Andsnton Tells of Uls Ureadful Kxperlence in the Well. A Johnstown, Neb , despatch says : John Anderson, who was imprisoned in a well nine days and was released on Batnrday, saya that when the boards and sand closed in over him he "was crowded into a box about two feet aijuare and with not enongh room for him to aland erect. Ue could not got on his knees or ait down, bat had to atay in a crouching position daring the whole of hia imprisonment. About the lirat three days," said Anderson, " I got along very well, bat itfter that I began to want water badly. The fourth day when it rained I heard what I thought waa water slowly dropping. Feeling around]! foand it, and holding my mouth open managed in thia way to get about a dozen drops of water, which gave mo much relief. I had no difficulty in breathing until the well below me came so near being tilled by sand occasionally coming in, caused by the diggers above. I had breathed the air over so much that it had become impure, causing me to (eel a smothering sensation, but about thia time the rescaers ^ot near enough to let in air from above. " By having a gooi supply of chewing tobaci;o I did not suffer so mnch for food as might have been expected. From the beginning I could hear considerable that waa said and done above. I beard the waggon when it started to town (or lumber and heard some one say the man is dead and the order given to try and pull m> box out. When they began to pnll I knew there waa great dangerot the boards giving way and crushing me, and for my own safety and to give evidence of being alive. I cut the ropes and heard the e.\oiting talk that prevailed when it was discovered that I was alive. It waa music to me and from that time on I waa hopefnl of being rescued. " .About the sixth day I felt something crawling on my hand and found it to be a lly. I thought by this that an opening bad been made from above. I was correct, for soon a wet rag waa passed to me. In reaching it to mo it bt-carao covered with sand, but no honey over taste^i better than that wet rag. Soan a bottle of water and a piece of bread were given me and I was truly thankful. " From this time on I began to gain strength, and by helping my reeeuera the time passed quicker than one would aun- jMjae. When my feet, which are badly awollcn, are better, and I dare eat a a.jaare meal, I will be all right." KKMAKKAItl.K FAITH VtlKt':. Mm llAiiittt Mil ainilouKljr l(t.4-«»\ ernllio l'it« â- if Her l.v|{. A L iwell, Mass . deH|iatch saya a mirac iiloUH and well attested instancu u( (alth cure lias occurred in thia city and excited the wonder of all who know tlio oirciini- staiices. Twelve years ago Mrs. Charles Ilamul, of this I'lty, then a little girl, con traetod aseveri) uuld which avttled in her right kiioo. Bince that tune hIik has been niialilu t I step without a urntch. 'I'lio Unt physicians have treatiMl her in vain. Diir iiig hor married life nhu has worktHl hard ill doinistic duties and reared fourchildren. She is of a very religious nature, and bus regularly attended the servicoa u( the No vena this week at St. Juaopb'a ('hurch, of which aim i< a moiiiber, going to the church in a hack. Thursday waa the last day of the services, and nhe atlendtKl high mass with a deterniination to end her uuf foriiigs by prayer. .Sho us«kI iH'r crutch on going to and returning from the oomninii ion table. an<l then knelt in her ih>w mid (irayud for relief. .Vt the cIimo uf the Her. vice sho arose fr.im her kiiees and, Uuiviiig her crutch in the pow, walked to the door without iissistanov. Since ttuit time her liinli has been apparently well and strong. Her case ha-, created great ikHtoniHliineiit, und liiindrods of peopio bay* called upon her to h 'ar her story. Tlio uriitcli lias been liiiiig III front uf llio altar of the cliuroh. It Wmii l.onc Wnlk. .\ r*rkorsburg ( W. Va ) deapatnh Buys: It IS rare, nuloed, to record an elo|iement on foil, I'll such a eaati has just ooourrod in .laokaoii uouiity. Miss llestor Tyfe, !.'< years, in spite ot the opposition of her parents, deiideit to marry tiooigo I'lneld, I 'I years. Ho was a farm band, and. lie- twpon thom tlioy only had SI '.!.'. f.aHl I'riilay the\ met by appointment and walked lifty miles lo thoOliio Uiver, taking lliroe davii for the louinoy. CroHsing the river, a justice united thom. Tlio appear aiice of the groom and that of hiii hliisbing liriile Ix'lrayed their poverty, and the jus lice declined the piece of silver olTered an Ins fee. and gave the happy young woman n blesi.mg. wiiicli ho nealed with an iilVicial Kiss, ami hid I hem go, and naw that they worn ferried hack to West Virginia for nothing. When on this side, after another tllty miles' walk, the home of her parents wan before them They footed ovory ntop ot the "ay. happy in their now relatioiiH, and reache.i the ol,l lioiiieslead this morn, iiig lo Und father and mother, who thought thoir , laughter lost, wailing a blesning and a welcome. Up tVoiilil Try. I'roud Father (displaying Iwiiis to Air 0|dboy)--Whal do yon think of them, idd fellow".' Mr. OMIiiiv (whodiwan'l oaro for babies) Not bad. ,liiik», not had. Krâ€" arc you going to try to raiao 'oni both. Tha Trinoo of Wales la golnn to I 'ublin. It H said that Mr. Oladatoiio haainadohim a good lloiiii) Uulor. TIfK IMKTHIAN'S FAHSENQEKS Traimrftrmd and Sriit to llonion From I'ot- iMgf City. A Cottage City, Mass., despatch says : The schooner which uoUidiHl with the Ktenmer I'arthian was the .\yr. Captain Fowler, of St. .lohn. bound for New York with a cargo of lumber. The weather at the tinui of the collision waa foggy, and Captain Fowler, of the .\yr. miatook the position of the steamer when she whistled, and headed directly (or her. The next i natant the Ayr's bowsprit struck the steamer, snap|K'd anil fell ott. The x\yr re))oundcd, struck again and again. W the third time she struck the I'arthian just at the water line, making a rugged hole about four feet in diaiuetei just amidships in the eiiginocrs' ooropartmeut. In a moment every one was on deck, and the wildest cou- fiision nigiu'd for a short time. Capt. Nickorson and First Mate Lane allowed wonderful coolness, checked the prevailing exoitenient and controlled the crew. On their asBuraneea of safety, the (laaaongivs soon calmed theniHelves, and iu>arly all had rotire<l within an hour after the collision. Captain Nickorson headed for Vineyard Haven, whore thn I'arthian was run aground about 1 1 o'clock. This morning at 10 o'clock the tug Contldenoo an 1 lighter I )ak. of the T Wharf Company, of Itoiton, transferred the passongers and luggage to Onk UlutTs wharf. Cottage City, and left here on the stciuitor Martha's V ineyard at MTi thiaafiornoon. NAVKI) IIY fKK.SKNCK OF MINU. A Miitlu'r'n Ciirelrtoi Art Atttnril ftir by Hf*v llrav»ry. A Chi.iago tolograin aaya : Mrs. ,1. Nor- iiiiin attempted last ovoniiig to roploniah the fuel in hor little oil stove while the wii k was still atlanuv Sho allowed thn ml to run over and it ignilnd. The tlames reached to the ceiling, and Mrs. Norman SI I /-.I'd a pail of water to .pieiich tbiiii This only tended to maki) maltors worse. The lila/iiig oil ran in streams about the ll.ior and ignited INIrs. Normun'M dress. She hastily rollisl horaolf \n a blanket and eNtingiiishnl the bla^ng garments lH<foro nhe waa aoveroly biiriiiid. Liltio Clara Norman, who atteiniilod to put out the lire, alno had hor ctotboa ignited. She sei.red her baby hrolhor in hor arms and was about to riuih out with hii». The llames had comiuunioated to hia clothes and the two would have biH<n hurmol to a cinder had not Mrs. Norman caught and wrapped them in the same blanket which had saved her. She then smothorod the tiames from tlio burning stove and foil to the lliior oxhauntod i^'ilh hor elVorts. I'ortimatoly all throe osca)iod with a few slight hums, whioh will soon heal. KOI'UIIT KOK THE MOON. tVllil liidlaiw llixlly FriKhtfillod liy llio Relt|iNO. .\ Miinkogoo, I.T., tolograni says ; Four thousand luankolod ComaneheH, Kiowas, Clieyeniien, .Vrapahoes and I'elawaros were at tho Anadarke agency last wroU to got their rations, when the total odipso of tho moon occurred. The iiavagoa wore tilled with alarm and bocumc very domonslra live. Tho principal chief ordered thom to iihiiot at the " evil thing trying to harm Iho moon, " and the eiitiro forif of Indians oponiil lire in Iho nir,koopingup tho shoot iiig far upward of an hour and until thpy wore out of amiiiiinition. Wlioii tho moon appeared in full, after Iho eclipse, wild whoops wont up for what they lielievoil to have boon thoir victory. It in related Bmong other exploits of tho desperado iko I .ainbcrt, who was reoonlly nrrenleil in Alabama for killing throe men, that ho oiiiw oonipnllod a young lawyer lo pieK a banjo all night for hia amiiaement, koeiiing him covered tho entire time wilh a loailcd revolver. A MVSTEBIOl.S COMCEBN. Its Proprietor Saya l>e Colna Money from Dirt. A Boston despatch aaya : There is a man in Melrose who claimg to have disoovered the art of coining money out ot dirt, and he has been doing it some time. The bnsi- nesa has been conducted in such a myste- rious manner as to attract the attention of the secret service oflicials, but they have left hia retreat mystitied, bat satisfied that he is not breaking; the laws. The man's name ia C.H. Washburn, and his inventive genius has enabled him to manufacture aluminum from ordinary clay. He keeps the methdd a profound eecret, yet the facta have leaked out. For two years thia mys- terious work has been conducted at Ked Mills, but none of the town's citizens have obtained the slightest hint of what ia going on. Those in cliarge of the experiments ure extremely reticent. It may be spoken of, however, as the "atomic theory," or the disintegration of one substance and the formation of another by a new combina- tion of atoms. This combination has been secured by tho action of certain chemicals. To purchase these chemicals without be- traying the secret, and transport them to the factory, has been one of the most difhcnlt features of Washbnrn's secret, yet he has done it ^ccessfully, and only the capitalists backing the inventor know how it ia done. This mysterious shipping of chemicals and boxes with their uniinown contents attracted the attention of the Government oflicials who are on the lookout (or connterfeitera. Detective Can- ton waa the tirst outsider to force his way within the barred door, and be found noth- ing, as Washburn and hia assistants were engaged in a legitimate experiment. The Government agent, after a careful examin- ation, concluded there waa no cause for him to interfere. Mr. Washburn is 40 years old. .\fter live minutes' conversa- tion one ia unlikely to soon forget him. " People think all sorts of things of me," he said. " Some imagine I am a counter- feiter, others that I illegally carry on a still. Yon might go to my laboratory now, and,yon would see nothing to shed light on what I'm doing. The secret ia not to be iliacovered, but it is big enough to revolu- tionize commerce by and by. Why, I use water for fuel, and that is only one of many wonderful things I can do. It's too early to say anything yet. In two months I expect to have all in readiness, and then the public shall be enlightened. " Washburn has the backing of prominent capitalists lu Boston. He was formerly in charge of the Ciovernment secret service. A COKNER ON HYSTKIIIC:^. .sixtreu Silk Milln Ki»|>lnyrv< Make an KxrltlBf Sc«nr. .V Wilkesbarre despatch says: The silk mills in South Wilkesbarre were the scene ot an nnnaual and exciting incident yester- day afternoon. One of the young women employed there waa taken with an epileptic lit. She fell to the tloor and the other girls gathered around and beoame most alarmed and excited. Suddenly one of them gave a wild shriek and fell over in violent hyster- ica. The evoitement increased, and in a minute or so another young woman waa sei.-.ed with hysteria. The ^t\» were i>ow almost wild with ncrvoas excitement, and one after another waa soi.u>d with hysteric convulsions. Their cries and atrugglea as they lay iiuivering on the tloor combined lo make the scene an extraordinary and excil. ing one. Sixteen of tho girla wore thus prostrated. Me<lical aid was summoned, and the girls were revived and sent home. A MASONIC ASilbVM. ot Tlii> Miinlllmil Olfl of .lulin li<Mict< L4iekport. to tli« l>r,l«r In Npw Vwrft. .V l.ockport. N. Y., despatch says : Junnir (irand Warden John Uoilge. ol the State Lodge o( Masons, has ikmated tho old Gov. Hunt place in this city, valuod at $.'>0,0<X>, to the State Lodge (or an asylum. Tho estate conailta of a beaatiful stone mansion ou an cminonoe, with loilgo, aorva of lawn, barns. snmmor-hoii«ea and con- servatories. Ihere are Wl acres of land. Tho name of tho place is Wyutlhani Lawn. This munitlconl gift of Mr. Hodge will he greatly aiipreciate<i, and may oring the State .Vsyluin to Lock^>ort. lt«yiU Vlttalt*** The l^^iicon of Italy on roi-cnt occasions received guests seated in the chair of state jiist under a picture of her hnsband, the king. She was drosstvj in a aevere robe of black velvet, which showed otT her mag niticont [laarl nacklaco to the groatest advantage. When tho rriiioesa of Wales ol<enl^i the royal naval and military ba. aar she \yas dressed in navy blue »Uk, with throo bauds ot scarlet ou the Ixhlioc and some touches of rod visible o« tho akin. Tho younu rrincessiia Victoria and Maud, simply dresaed in brown tailqr-made costoNies, wero wilh thoir motlier. tin the recent 70»h birthday of tho King of Denmark his daughter in law. tho I'riu coas Waldemar. nre»«'ntod lo him a pioi'v of embroidery made by herself roprosonting in heraldic faahtcvtt tho coats of arms of the principal inembt^rs of the im)<orial and rv\val families ot llnaaia, England, Hanover and Orloans. who have hecomn tinitod lo that ot Hia Majesty. Tho King of Sweden was on hia last birthday the reoiiiiont of a pretty little loiter from a Swedish girl I'l years of ago, who, Ixwinniug her epistle " Dear King. " infoniKsl him that as hia birthday coincided with her own she had written in order to congratulate him. particularly as she " loved her dear Kim: so very much." Ho wrote back : " I thank the little Miaa S. .\., I'l years of ago. for her Idler of con- gratulation on my birthday, which is also bora. May sho beome a good woman, and thus aftord pleasure lo her King Oscar." Tho letter waa acoonipaniod by a handsome ):.ild bangle A cui lOus story anenl the .lapauoao I'mporor'fl opinion of dancing is told by the Tokio /VnjM. That journal rolalos that rocontly a minister ot slate, while in umiience, touched upon tho subject of danc ing, whereupon hia luajosty oxprossod Iho opinion that the \>revaleiice of such a voluptuous custom was a sure indication of the decay of Iho nation. Tho Stale Minister in .piostion. bearing his majesty express such strong views on Iho subject, upon ret iring from hia presence immoiliatoly gave private orders to those engaged in the construction of the new palace to dismaullo the dancing saloons in the new building, which was already oonipleted. WHOSE SWEETHEART? I bad alwayabeen led to think that my sister Kate would marry Bert Evarts, for he was in the habit of roaning in to see na at all hoars of the day, and they were to- gether a good deal. That was before Mr. Hope began to call at the hoase. He had been very kind to ua after father died. Foand work for lu both and made presents to mother, but it made me nneaay to see him bo much around my sister. I thonght she was not behaving right toward Bert. It never occurred to me that she did not retam hia love. One day Kate comes to me in a great state of excitement and lays a letter in my lap. I see that Bert has spoken at last, and my other sospicions are etilled. I open tha letter and hnd an offer of marriage, sii^ned " Mortimer Hope, " reijueating that if hac answer is favorable his heart may be glad- dened on his return by seeing hia betrothal ring on Kitte's linger. ' Kate," I exclaim, " I didn't think yoa could marry an old man for hia money ? " "For his money I" she stammers, "why, I have been in love with him all along. Where have yoar eyes been ?'• looking at me in astonishment. Where have tbay been, indeed ? I kiss her silently and steal into the garden, wondering how Bert wiB take the news. He is judt coming in tha gate, and a smile crosses hia (rank (ace aa he sees me. The smile changes to gravity as I tell him of Kate's engagement. That is the only sign he gives that what I aay has power to move him. kl\kt a while ha says : " Bonnie Kate â€" hers should be a happy fate. I hope and trust that it may be." We walked along silently together (or a while, then he said abruptly: 'Margaret, I am going away (or a while. I came to day to bid you all good- bye." Ah ! the brave (ellow 1 Aa i( 1 did not aee through his transparent rase. But not (or worlds would I have him aoapect that I know what ii passing ia hia mind. Bo, care(ally acbooling my tonea to iioiet (riend- lineas, I niter a (ew commonplaces of re- ret, and in a short time we are at the house. Bert goes, and after a while Mr. Hope retorna. We see him very often, and it ia not long before I acknowledge to myaeU that notwitbstandiBg he is 40, while Kata is but 18. her love and pride in him are only e>inalled by hia adoration (or her. Aa I watch the lovers an intense longing comes into my heart to be loved myself â€" even as my sister is. But my glass shows me a pale, plain (ace and a small insigni- ticaiit tigure, and the conviction is forcad upon me that not for such aa I are thia world's richest blessings. One afternoon when Mr. Hope and Kata are oat driving I wander down to the beach and clambar up the clitTs to the narrow ledge of lichen covered rock, which ia my favorite seat. I sit and think, regardless that th« momenta are tlting.and that before a great while to remain will be fraught with dan- ger. I think of the past and of the futura and of how lonely I shall be when inyaialer ahall have gone to make the light cf anothar home, and then my mind turna on Bart, atrnggling with hia disappvyintment. 1 draw my shawl closer around me and rise to go, but 1 tliid that while I have beea thus absently musing, with iK^iselees, in- aidioos approach the treacherous tide baa risen . In an instant a full realization of tha terrifying truth hursts uiK>n mo. Th« water had covert<d the narrow (cvit [lath by which I came, and is even now licking with hunf;ry tongues of l<ianl the rocks beneath me. Ou my kueaa urtm the cold sw^ue 1 aiiUi, and with nprais<M handa pray as 1 nevor have iH'forv. 1 am so young to die ; " Oh Father in Heaven, havo pity I " Then I call aloud lor help; it is my laat hope and a feeble one, tor I know that if they have not miasod me no one coald hoar my voioe above the roar of the ale- menta. The waters rise still furtlwr. untila wava sweopa ils chilling enibrac« over my fse*. Another; one more cry: "Help! help I'* A voice answers me ; aurely 1 reoogntae ii. "Margaret is that you? Where " The wind takes tho sound away, but I know that Hod has hoard my cry, aiKl that d*- liverance is .it hand. Over tho heaving waters to the ja^gfod Iwlgo of rock uiHiii which 1 stand iXimea a boat. Then I Ivh<1 mvsolf anatc.ht>d from my (wrilous (vosition and strained for an inatant close to a warmly beating heart, while Bf rl cries ; •â-  Saved, my darlin^;.' Thank (\oA that 1 was not UHi late 'â- " Then I know no more till I wake to con- sciousness, to tind myself wrapptHl in niy mother's and sister's loving omhraoe. So it IS that I find that it is little, plain 1 that Herl loves after all. and has loved all along, though, thinking (rviin my habi- tual calmness o( manner toward him (ha attributed it to Mulirt'erenco) that 1 did no» cart" (or him, he had never danvi to put hn ho|H> into words. lie had retnrnod just as the storm ha4i arisen, and 1 had l>reiiinissod,and. kuowind m\ fiindncfls (or the ocean, had sought ma with a heart torn with anxious appre- hension. " .-VUs well that ends well," and that it IS yvoll Willi Kuto no one can doubt who stH-a her in hor stately homo, ils belovod miatrosa and sovereign : while that it ia also yvellwith nie 1 can aafoly alVirin, ainea do not I reign a ,iuoon. toyy, lu ono noble, loving hcarl ? .she Only tVanlod To*, It seems that Catharine Gafnoy, who foil heir to JUXVlW by the death of h«r bachelor brother in Chioaco, yvaa in Iho HUckwell's Island (N. Y.\ .MmshousoyTht^n found. •• la Ihere anything you waul?" asked tho layvver when he had informeil hor of her giyod fortune. " Yes," she an»wer<>d i)uiokly : " aome tea. 1 only want plenty of tea." •' Well, yon ahall liaveall voucan drink," said Mr. Slillwoll, banding Ker ?.^. â- â€¢ Oh, no ; not all that. Fifty eonta will ho onoiigh," ahe said, pushing the money awav. â- s "Then," said a Bost<yn rojxyrter in hia flno Athenian atyle, whun rejvrling thfl laving ot ft coriioralono, "the holy priiHit, with iinprossivo ceremony, blosaotl the atone in a solemn manner, which waa SI inohos long, 17 wide and Ll d««p."