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LOVE REASONS NOT. " True, I have you, but I mean some one free and eligib e. | " Am I not free and eligirde ? ' he asked, Th.yd,dmet again and again, always | quick.y ^an-Uhe^ h, brave young face CHAPTER XXVI- MAN'S m M.KNWJ. with pieaiure on hii part, and very ioon j .,,,, . lnil<> with komelhing cite on hers. Wherever | O f course I am moiher'i lluw, "1 do not mean that ; nut (ree ur eligible in she was she looked oul above the dark Italian heads for the tall, erect figure and preu JrU oW c brave Kuglish face of Lord Chandos. She I.i')y Lanswell lo did not talk much to him, but there was a light in her eyes and a smile on her face most pleasant lo see when be wai near. She never sought him, she never, eilber directly or indirectly, gave him any idea of where she was going. She never contrived to meet him, but there were very few days during which they did not spend lumehoun together. Lady Lanswell paid not ihe least atten- tion when Lady Knkme joined their parly. that sense of the word, yet 1 think 1 am quite ai well able to entertain young ami She wet kind and cordial, but she n -v r made the leait effort either to enteruiu her or to induce her to itay. If ever by chance Lord Chandoi named her, Ini mother receiv- ed the remark in total silence in fact, me completely ignored her in which ihe ihow. ed her tact. Had the ever mad ) the least attempt to bring them together, he would haveaeen through the little plot; and would have taken flight ; ai it wa, the net wano akillfully woven, tht he waa caught in it before he knew there wai a net at all. If the counteai arranged * party for any place, he never included the young lieireai among her guests. So thit their freijuent interviewi were to completely accidental, neither of them thought anything of it ; they drifted un- awarea into an intimacy at which every one amiled but themselves. It flattered Lord Chandoi to see dukei and princei draw back when he came near Ihe beaulilul heiress, a* though it were quite understood that he had the right to claim bet alien 'tion to see a proud Human princj, with a long pedigree, make way with a bow to see a court. y French duke resign the aeat he had waited half the night for to lee the eyes of envy that followed him it flattered him, and he never asked where it would nd. Lady Laniwell aaw it all with well pleas- ed eye*, but laid nothing ; the wai biding her time. One evening they met at Mr*. (,'heeterV There wai neither lull nor party, l.uta quiet at home ; and their friendship made greater itridei than it hitherto had done. Someone asked I.vly Knkine to ting. Lord Chandoi looked at her. "Ira you ling ?'' he aiked. And the answered with a quiet imile : "Ve*, it ii one of the few things I do well enough to content myielf. I have a good voice and I sing well.'' "Are you what people call fond of muiic?" he aiked. And ihe answ.-rd : ly Lanswell liukeu keenly st him. "My dear Lance, 1 will do anything to please you," she laid, "but if you persist in considering yourself an engaged man, you musl forego the society or' charming Bl'. I hsve no desire for another visit from that tempestuuui young person." Lance, Lord Chandos, shuddered at the words "a tempestuous young pel son" this was ihe heroine of his romance, bis beautiful Leone, whose voice always came lo him with the whisper ot the wiud, aud the iweet ripple of falling water. "A tem- pestuous youugpemn/'his beautiful Leone, whoie passionale kisses were Hill warm on his lips, whoae bitter tears tveine j wet on his face Leone, who wai a queen by right divine. He turned angrily away, ami Lady Laniwell, seeing tint she had gone far enough, affected not to see bis anyer, but spoke next in a laughing tone of voice. "Von see. Lance, ID my eyes you are very eligible, indee.i, and it seems to me almost cruel to bring yeu into acircleofyounggirli, one of whom might admire you, while I know that you can never admire them. Is it not so?" "I am not free, mother, you know as well as all the world knows; itill, I repeat it that it is no reason why you should till the house with dowagers and never bring the bloom of a young lace near it." " I will do as you wish. Lance," said my lady, and her son smiled . "Though I oonnder myself, and am, in all sole'nn truth, engaged, still that does not make me a slave, mother. 1 am free to do as I like," "Certainly," said my lady, and tor some minutes there was silence between them. Lord C'handoi broke in. " Why do yop never ask Lady Krskine to vim you, mother? .She is a charming girl, and you like her." Tbe countess looked at him itiaight in the face. " 1 think it is more prudent not to lo so," shs laid. "Lady Marion ii one of the most perfect women 1 know ; I know too, that she admires you, and * you are not free to admire her, you are better a art." He Hung himself down on the carpet, and laid Ins handsome head on his mother's knee, looking up to her with coaxing eyes as he had done when he waa a boy. imagination md arouie all the faculties of one's mind. Talking to her wai rest, grateful as the shade of green trees after tne glare of the summer's sun. The sweet voice, the clear, refilled accent, the gracious and gentle thoughts, the apt quotations, all were something to remember. She was by no means a genius, but ihe was well read, and had the power of remembering what she read, h*d the gift of making most of her knowledge. If you wished for an hour's interesting conversation, there wai no one like Lady Marion. She had such curious odds aud ends of information ; her reading had been univeisal. She had some know- ledge on every point. She had her own leal, too, clearly defined and rlraight- forward, not liable to vary with every paper ihe read, and in these days one learns to be thankful for consistency. Un those lovely, life-giving dayi, when the un and sky, earth and air, flower and tree did their belt, it was Lord Chandos who liked to linger under the vines talking to this fair girl whoie very face wai a haven of reit. He never thought of love at all in con- nection with her, he felt so sure of one great fact that he loved bis wife ; he forgot that there could be such a thing as danger or temptation. Lady Marion had grown to love him ; it was impossible to help it ; he had great and grave faults, as all men have, but he was so brave and fearless, so gallantand generous.io kind and chivalrous, no one could help loving him ; his faults were lovable, a fact that was much to be regretted ; since, if they had been disagree- able, he might have been cured ot lh<m. Lady Marion, in herquiet, gentle fashion, had learned lo love him. She appealed to him continually ; the reading of a book, the singing of a song, tho arrangement of a day's plans, the choosing of acquaintance*, on earn and all ol these points she made him her confidant and guide ; it was 10 gently and naturally done that he inseniibly guidei her whole life without knowing it. What Lord Chandossaii or thought was her rule. It was such a pleasure to guide and advise her, she was so yielding, so gen- tle, the took such a pride in obeying him ; she would apologize to him at times and ay: " I told yon. Lord Chandos, that I must always have a stronger mind than my own to lean upon." He listened to the words with a smile, it did not just occur to him that she would not have his mind to lean upon much long- er, for he muit go home to England to Leone. Once or twice lately he had been iru:h struck with Lady Marion's manner. She was 10 gracioui, so charming with him. When he had suddenly entered the room where she was sitting lie hail seen the crim- son blush that rose over her white neck and took the young heiress out for a drive with her; when they were seated, driving through soenery so beautiful one could hardly be lie\s it to be a fallen world, the countess in her sweetest manner, which ihe kne how to make quite irresistible, said: " Lady Marion i want you lo help me to jo something, if you will." "You know I will do anything I can for you, L%dy Laniwell," said '.he girl, gent- ly ; I could have no greater pleasure." She did not add, because I love your son, bnt this was in her mind, and the countess quite understood it. She continued : "You know how I love my dear and only on, how inxious 1 am for his welfare, how devoted to his interests." "i can imagine it all," said Lady Marion, warmly. The countess went on : "He has an idea, a quixotio, foolish and moit unhappy on-, one that if carried out will mar his lifeand rain his prospects, and in theend break his heart. Now, I want you to help me break oil this idea; he thinks of returning to England in June, and if he does, all hope is over. He never allows Inmself to be coerced or persuaded ; as to the word 'marriage' it would be a fatal one, but we might, I am sure, influence him that is, if you will help m." "I will do all I can/' said Lady Marion, earnestly; her sweet fane had grown very pale. "He muit not go hack to England," said the countess;"we must keep him here until August bow can we do it T" "Ask him to Hay," said the young girl, imply; that teems to be the moil straight- forward plan." "Yes but it would not he of the least use he must be influenced. Now I think that he prefers your society to any other; sup- pose you plan a tour through Spain, and ask him to go with as." The pale face flushed. "I will if you think he would agree. "she replied. "I believe he would; if he seem* inclined t ' rstuse, and you are in the least dugree disturbed over it, I believe firmly that he will go. I do not think that he know* the strength ot his own feeling! for you. Let us try it. You can speak to me about it before him, then I will leave you with him and you can finish your good work." " he ?" "lie is noi likely to be vexed, is asked Lady Marion, timidly. "Vexed, my dear child, no; he will con- sider himself hignly favored. You aee it is in ibis way. I cannot show any eager- ness for it, and you can. My son would uipeot my motive: be knows your's must be a good one, and will feel sure that it is liking for hit society you do like it, do you not, Lady Marion V Yes, I cannot deny it," replied the A JAW MADE OF GOLD. rVcull.r rttleal Op. ration un N CW * >rk l-i, , , Nut to the pleasure of being known as a silver-tongued orator comes that of hav- ing a gold jaw. Of that unuiiul possession a prominent physician of New York boasts ; yst he experience! no different feeling with it, M exactly is it adjusted, than any one else does with a commonplace, everyday jaw. Some time previous to iu acquisition he suffered from a throat trouble, such as Gen. Grant had, called epithelioma. Surg- eons ireated it by beric measures. To reach thi ipot where ihe malignant growth lay, under the tongue and near the thorax, necessitated an operation wherein the lower jaw was entirely cot in two and a portion of it removed, and important muscles were severed. Then the two parts of the lower jaw were laid back to allow the surgeon to work under the roots of the tongue. A peculiarity ot the case at this juncture lay in the fact that the muscles on each side of tile mouih being independent of one an- other, the sevsral parts of the lower jaw could not work in unison. The msMeter muscle, attached to the smaller remaining portion of the jaw, contracted in the process of healing, and the doctor, who bad bewo a fine-looking man before the operation, now went about with a misshapen face. The masseter is one of the strongest muscles in tbs syitem, being the only one that does not act as a lever, but having a straight pull. Notice, in illustration of its fKiwer, how the boy wno wishss to crack a nut pole it between the molsrs and then wills the masseier to crush ahead; or the jlayful puppy, who know, by instinct where his oest grip is, struggling with a bone. A dental surgeon now came to the rescue. Ittook a knowledge of the power of machin- ery, an inventive faculty and the skill of a culptor in addition to the 1). Us regular acumen. A jsxikscrew with a be.ll and socket joint exactly such as would be used to raise a locomotive, except in miniature had to be resorted to, and the jtw was jacked open, brow. He noticed too, lhal she had rarely. y oun 8 girl, "and I will help you all 1 can ,. , if ever, raised her eyes lo his fscs until ; You do not '" him to return to Kngland Doei she really admire me, mother ? that blush had passed away, lest they ln Junp - I *" Jo my **< to keep him This beautiful girl, who has all the grandees " Yes, I often put my own thoughts to music, and if 1 meet any words that seem to me very good or very sweet I never rest until I have f .mud a melody that fits them. I came across some the other day. Shall I sing them to you ?" There wasa slight commotion in the room when people saw the beaulifu! Knglnh girl led to the piano. She turned with a mmie to Lord Chandos. " My song is Kngliih," she said, " and will not be understood by every one." "I shall understand it," he said; "you must sing it tome." When ne heard the words he understood the bluih that covered her face. "I should change my long," she md, "if another came into my mind. 'I n. . words are by A poetess I read and admire much. It is called 'Somewhere or Other.' " She sung in a sweet, pure voice ; there was neither fire, power, nor passion iu it ; but the words were clear and distinct. " 'Somewhere or other there mu( surely bo The face not seen, t he voice not heard. The heart Hint never yet -inner yut-ah, me, Made annwer to mjr woril. " ' Homewheni or other, may be n< ar or far, I'oxl land anil Hen,clear out of lKhi. Jli jonil tin' wamlerliiK moon Ihn fUr, That track* her iiitfbt by night " 'Somewhere or other, mnjr tie far or ncnr. WtthjiKt a wall.a hc.lKe. between, With just the last i. ... f i he dying tear Fallen on a turf HO green.' " He sto d I y her side while she sung, his eyes fixed on her face, thinking how pure nd fair she ws. When the sweet strain of mmio ended, he said . "Somewhere or other you will find it soon. Lady Marion." "Kind wnt? ' she said. " 'The hearl that has never yet answered a word, ' " he replied, quoting the words of her song. "People do often meet their fate without knowing it." When ho law the fair face grow crimson he knew at once that she thought he was speaking of himself and hrr. After thst there seemed to lie a kind of iinderxtaniiing between them. When o'.hnrs were ipeak- IIIK h would quote the wordi : "Some where or other," and then Lady Marion would liluih until hei face burned. So a kind o' "ee.rrt undemanding grew between them without either of them quite under- standing how it wan. Lady Lanswell wai quite happy : the bait was taking : there wai no need fur her to interefere, all wai going wull. "Mother," mi. I Lord I 'nandos, "I can- not understand it ; you invite all the old dowager*, and spinsters in Konie to your afternoon tea* and lolreei, but you never inviiesny young ladies, and there are some very pretty ones." ' My dear I,ance, I know it, and deeply regret it ; hut you lee I have no one lo entertain young ladies. '* He railed hii head with an injured air. " Von liave me," he replied. The counted laughed. ' in Rome at her feel does she really admire me?" " 1 have said i'," laughed my lady. " Who told you.mjther? How do you tnow?" "I mall not tell you. Lance; lufficent for you to know that 11 u quite true, and thai I consider I am limply acting ai prudence dictates. I should admire you, Lance, if I were a young girl myself." "1 am very muct. flattered," he said, slowly. "Kven if it Iw true, mother, I do not quite iee why you should think so mu.-h prudence needful. 1 admire Lady Marion; why should we not be I r tends ?" "Would the tmpeituiius young person like it. Lance *" asked my lady. And it i> very painful to stale that an ex- ceedingly strong and highly improper word came from between Lord Chandoe' closed lips. "Ho not tease ins, mother. I lee no harm in il; if I did, re quite sure I would not do it. Lady Marion and I can always be fricndi. I like her and admire her ; there is a certain kind of repote about her that 1 enjoy. Why should we not be friendi?" "He friend] it you like, "said Lady Lans- well ; "bat, if, in the coarse of s few weeks, you find that mutual admiration does not answer, do not blame me." From that day Lady Lanswell laid aside all prxtinie at scruple, and allowed matters to go as they would ; she visited the young heiress contantly, and smiled when she saw that her son was becoming, day by day, more altncled to her. She noticed another thing, too, with kern pleasure, and it was that, although the same number ol letters came from Kogland, not naif so many went there. "A step in the right direction," thought my lady ; "1 shall succeed after all " To do Lord Chandoi justice, he was quite blind lo the danger that surrounded mm. He intended to be true to Leone he had no other desire, no other with he had never contemplated for one moment the act of deserting her ; he would have denounced anyone who even hinted at such a But he was young, she was beautiiul, they were in sunny Italy And he never dream- ed of loving her. They were friendi, that wai all ; they were to be exceptions to ihe general rule they were lo be friends, wilhoul any of the elements of love or flirtation marring their intercourse. Only friends. Yet in the beginning of My when Lady Camhrey and her vard dei line, I lo return to Knglund for the sum- mer, hut rrsolved to spend it in Naples, Lord Chandoe went there also, without feeling at all sure that he would be back in London by .lune. C'HAl'TKK \XVII. "TKI.I. .MK VOflt NRi'KKT. ' The sunny summer days at Nice who can tell of their lieaiity. the glory of the sunny blue sky, the glory of the foliage, the iweet, Laliny breath ot the wind, which seemed dally to bring with it the perfume from a hundred now flowers? How did the time pass? No one knew ; il waa a loin; roll of pleasure and gayety. There was pleasure enough in lieing out-of-doors; a picnic thero was a very simple matter. They heard of a very beautiful spot, drove i in ii', remained there 10 long at it nutted them, then went back again. There were, as there always are, some very nice Knglish peuyls at Niue, but none like fair, sweet l-ady Ms.no/). At the charm of her tweet character grew upon him. Lord ('handoa liked hei moie and more. He enjoyed her society. She WM not witty, theconld noi amuse a whole room full of people, she could not create laughter, she was noi the caune of wit in others, nor did talking to her awake the I Ms\ I UIUBI1 Ui| pe>sjeci We*J , IC t Miry should tell their own secret. And one day j * w y- " he said to her " Why do you nsver give me a frank, open look, Lady Marion such as you gave me always when I knew you tint ? now you torn your face away, and your eyes droop. Have I displeased you ?" " No," she replied, gently; " it if not that ; you could noi displease me." " Then you are keeping some secret from me," he said, and she smiled a slow, sweet, half-sad smile thsi stirred his heart with curioui power. " I have no secret," she said; " or if I have it matieri little to any one but my- slf." " Tell me your secret. Lady Marion," he said, with a sigh. " I will answer you in the words of my favorite poet," she said; " listeL, Lord Chandoi/' They were Handing near the ihade of a clustering vine, the wind thai kissed both fair yoang faces was full of perfume, the flowers that bloomed around them were full of sweetest odors, the whisper of the odorous wind wai no tweeter than the voice in which she quoted the wordi: " ' I'erhapM XOIIK* lantpitd nummer dny. U lien ilrownyblrdH i*inK le and U--H, And golden fruit in ripening to exoe**: If there not too much wind or too much cloud An.l the warm wind t-i neither tlll nor loud I'erhiipM my Mi-ret 1 my say, Or you may gusts." " What beautiful words," he cried. " It seems to me, Lady Marian, lhal you have a whole storehouse fall of the moil apt and bfauliful quotation*. You ought lo have l>eeii a poet yourself." And ceed? the question was would she iuc- [TO BE "No, she replied, "I can appreciate, but j I cannot iiivent. I can make the words and the thoughts of a poet my own, but I can- not invent or create ; I have no original- ity." "You have what is rarer, still," he cried; a "graceful humility that raises you higher than my other gift could do." He spoke so warmly that she looked up in wonder, but Lord Chandoe turned ab- ruptly away ; there might be danger if he ssid more. So the lovely.leafy month "f May ended, aud .lune Iwgan. Then Lord Chandoe be- gan to think of home his birthday was on the thirtieth of June, aud he knew what he had promised for lhal day. He could iee the pretty, flower-covered window the roiei which muit be thruit ande the gate he had promised to open ; he remembered every detail. Well, it was all very pretty and veiy pleasant ; but ho conl.l not tell why, the bloom of ihe romance WM gone, that wai quite certain. He had learned to associate piwtry with the pale moonlight and golden hair, with a very fair face and soft ripple of sweet speech. Still he intended most honorably to keep his promise; he took great delight, too, in thinking of Leone's |a'sionate happiness, of her beautiful face of the ecstasy ol wdcomr the woul I give him. Then, ot course, he musl marry her, the very day after that would be the first of July* and, for the first time, he thoughi of his coming martiage with a figh it would separate him so entirely from hii mother, and from Lady Marion; in all pro- liability he woul I never tee much nf her again, lie thought more of her Ion than of hit own. How tho will mil' .ne," he laid t< luin- c'l; " she will have uo one to coniult, no one to advise her. I wish we cnnld always he the same good friendi ai now." Then it occurred to him that perhaps, ifier all, his wile would not care to know that he wai on u:lt ooulidcnual terw iih anyone hut herself. )(< would have felt fur IrS'iure of either his return or hit marriage it h had over- head a slight conversation that took place between his mother and I dy Marion. T'te ol Larswell called one d*y aud BENEATH HIS DIGNITY. oiiir <rlim. <<< md Im-lili uf> 1 1 ii r i ii. Keller ol i ... u i,,,>. Sir Hope Grant was the first to greet (General Havelock after the relief of l.ucknow, and describes the affecting scene when the soldiers flocked round the hero and gave him thiee cheer*. Their welcome was loo much for (ieneral Have- lock ; he could noi keep back the lean. Smiles and lean are strangely mingled in this world, however, and Sir Hope goes on lo relate another incident of the day, which stood In ridiculous and almmt pain- ful conlrast to the one in which he had just participateJ. It was connected with the removal of the women and children. The misery they had endured must have been intense. I saw one little girl run up to her mother, saying: "O mamma, there ii a loaf of brtad on the table! I am certain of il; I saw U with my own eyes!" | The poor little thing hod seen nothing so good for a long time. 1 asked one gentle, delicate-looking lady if I could do anything to assist her. "Oh yes, she replied. "If yon could I procure me a piece of cheese, I should be requiring a strain of several dayi to compel the powerful masseter muscle* to relax This aoucmpliihed a wedge wai pat in to keep that partof the mouth apart; then the jackscrew wai used to force the large seg- ment of the severed j.w back to its original circle, where u was held by a splint eo de- vised as to he removable, till it had regain- I ed its normal coniition, whereupon a gold jsw and teeth were modeled to fill the space and al*o bind the two sections ot the jaw together. By the aid of the surgeon's knife the dn etie had ben entirely removed, and followed up by this remarkable fe at o dentistry, the articulation snd occlusion restored and mastication rendered a* com- plete as before the operation. Previous to the denial work his food wss pushed through ihe orifice between the upper and lower jtws. Another point of intorejlliei in the sn- nounoement that new cartilage is forming acrose the chasm, and it is hoped in the course of a year or so to find the jaw working independent of the gold one. THE BRITISH NAVY. Pellil i.,. so thankful! It is fora poor sick lady." I thought the remedy a pretty itroug one, and I confess I wai rather taken abvck. 1 ventured to lay that it would be hard to find what ihe aiked for; but she answer- ed lhal if I could only find a gentleman by the name of Captain Ximenei ihe knew he would give me mine. I therefore proceeded on my delicate errand, and at last found the individual in question, who at once supplied me with a large pie -e of high-flivore ', itroug- smelling, greasy looking cheese wrapped up iu a dirty old newspaper. * To the commander of a fine force relieving A largo number of hi* country women from a terrible imprisonment, and under the influence of high-wrought feel- ingi of luhlimity, it was rather a come- down, both in dignity and in sentiment, to be the bearer of a piece of nasty strong cheete and I muit own that I very reluctantly went about, in the dark- ness of twilight, seeking the Udy who had made the request. For some time my inquiries were fruitlets but just as 1 was about to throw away my unpleasant burden in despair.the lady appeared and relieved me of 'he cheese and of my anxiety. Dog Is not Bad Eating. There is actually nothing in the flesh of the dug that is distasteful or repulsive. Lewis and Clark, lite explorers, who learn 1 ed to eat it through compulsion, actuall) became fond of it in lime. It 11 not gener ally known thutit is still a favorite article of diet among certain people, hut a French paper says that the number of dogs slaugh- ter! at the abattoirs in Munich has 11 creased amazingly in the past few mont.v. The taste for dog'i Heih is laid to have been imported by Italian laborers, who have re- cently come in Urge numbers to th- Iu vnrimi capital. The meat il not used only at an adulterant for aausagei, but is eaten openly, umler us own I'amie, prepared in various wayi. The lovs men have for little sins is the same kind devils have :cr big ones. n,.ll.. r II ,-, | ral r .,M. . i i ...... ,,. ship* .111.1 Keller (essenl. A despatch from London says : Not- withstanding the very liberal |>enditure already sanctioned by Oreat Britain for the improvement of her navy, the cry is still for more ship*. Columns of the newspaper! are tilled dily with excited appeals to patriotism. British supremacy on the seas musl l>s maintained at any cost, urge the writers. Not a moment is to be lost. Disaster may oome in any hour. Let Kng- land arm. Let the days of Drake. Fro- bisher, and Nelson inspire this mercenary hour. Let Englishmen iwear by their Im- perial lion that svery foe ihsll be hurled, by the thunder of her guns, from her en- circling brine. Let not the nation be lulled by official platitudes or soothed by the so- porifios of Naval Lords. The Admiralty needs reform. The fleet it neither efficient, nor sufficient. In a crisn it will break down. A committee of Defence must be crested, money secured, public sentiment timulited and informed. Britain must be defended. Her bulwarks are now not oak, but walls of steel. Let steel-heai ted sea dogs tight her ships anil yield to none, as in dayi that are dead yet immortal. Men formerly noted for their gravity and tilluess are speaking in this strain. Com- mon people ais becoming alarmed by ile pertinent iteration. In political clubs the first question debated is the state anil needi of the navy. Both Liberals and Tories are haunted I y a fear tha: in the moment of trial the existing fleets would prove sadly inadequate for the defence of the Kmpire Kngland must have ships enough not only lo resist the attacks of two or more com- bined n a Vies, but to thoroughly police the leas aud render secure her mammoth com- merce. . Not to be Reached. The people of the extroina south of France, in the neighborhood of the Pyren- ees, have hard shift to live. Some of them gain a livelihood by timing bears. Many others take to begging, which be- comes a trade by itself, reaKnubly remun- erative and not exactly dishonorable l'.ir.,n HatiMmann, in his "Memoirea," ites thecaseof on of them professional oeggars who amassed a v >>>! property and tinally bgcams mayor or a Urge comniune. Kven then he .-o ii.uiu4.| la ply his trade especially in the bathing season, when many tourists visited the country. One of these outsiders wss so taken aback ac trie sight of the mayor begging on the strtet that he remonstrated with the mendicant. " 1 should think you would be ashamed, laid the stronger, "you, a mn holding so honorable an office. " "Office," isi 1 the mayor, "my office! Why, roan, this is how 1 gained it."