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 [gJGY PTIAN RO MANCE 1^ of Lore and Wild Adyentnrs, finmded upoE StarUing HavBla- P tions in the Career of AraU Fasha, .i""*^ £xa. Etc. nsBB," ** Thb ReaaiAH Sn, CHAPIBRXLVUL I .rrHIKB 13 ALBKADT MT WOT BT I _« in » very agitated and hyrter- \fi nf wine reatored her in eome l^Sthet agitation grew rtronger f^ SmM PaJia entered the H'"' u, followed by a Ulema or Mmlem '"^Iflo^grobe. and a Protert«it ;iS,r3^« black coat and white voo will not thbk me guUty of '""•"Jv hMte, MiM Trezarr." said r* ^inoh w extent to my country Kdevote but very Uttle of it even r «rMt »nd my dearest. It ii aim of 'l^S taportwce. both for your liTJiM and yonr own, that yon ihonld rju quickly as peaslble regain the '*7,iter of my palace at Cairo, where at â- VheDopuUoe are much less inoenaed °lr creed and race than they are l^dria, where, perhaps, in a very l^e even the soldiers would refuse ,Lyon. Yonr parents having de- .LitwUlbe for yonr supreme wel- (U, ,00 become my wife, I have here a ,pjiy faith and one of your own, in ,ti»t DothiBg may be wanting to make don » laored one, and believe me when k, thit in the future yon shall never re- ' and here he came to a full atop and («i for » reply. t u i- Ob. G»d, have pity on me. I belieTO 1 mean me well and that you Ioto me bat I cannot marry you. I am not yet f.foar honH a widow and my heut la bloedy grave of a murdered husband, Jm] by the fanatics of yonr creed." ilkafaoatios of all creeds murder upoa ilMi," replied the war minister, •ome- tbltterly, "and, besides, I gather from ,priwt (pointfaig towards the Anglican mta) that yoor mirrlage yesterday met 1 lawful one and that, therefore, yen J, DO hniband. Be says that being under [pooeold no'» have really married with- invparenti' consent." low cune yuu to learn that I was mar- it ill yesterday I only informed my Id of the fact a quarter of an hour ago," led oar heroine, sharply. ..war miniater looked confused for a jte, but then made answer Ictnoot explain at leiuith, but I know reiythlog that occnrrs in Alexandria. I neceaatty of my position and of the ilzed times. Come, Miss Trezarr, liiher, my own Nellie, surely your jDti know what is best for yon They ktsr natural protectors and yonr beat tn, your truest friends, and those that yoor interests moat at heart. You ;ield te their advice and entreaties, I [In ill other matters but this present. linthia l.would dio rather." |Dli looked Tsry like a dead block and as igiit have proved had not the Anglican jfman came to the rescue. doabt he was a well meaning man and I, loreover, grateful to the war minister Ibvlag preserved his life, an event that Itiken plaoe an hour previously. I Ii France," said the minister, "which t say is a Christian country â€" to a ^extent at leastâ€" parents marry their I without their having any voice in |stter, and I have been told that such I as a rule, turn out happier than t therein daughters are left te choose tkenuelves. Perhaps it would not lie 1 to follow such precedent except in ez- Tonil caaes, bnt where such important sue at issue as In the present instance B-hawâ€" that is to sayâ€"" ^ite 10, my dear sirâ€" quite so. I catch tmettlng perfectly. And yon would iVi I ' ' I la^i»'t interrupted you, }w k j38t one of those casesâ€" aw â€" aw P're a beloved child is non compos men- reason of severe and repeated shocks Biyetem, and «o really does not knew »" good, proper and right for her to ,,5 ""cited tones from Mr. Trezarr, Ittsclergyman nodded assent. I«« the cer,emony shall proceed," said l«arr, sUlI more rapidly than before. PBwriage is the dearest wish of both IhuV '"' "°°*^®" '»*»r*"t we know Thk " "wfitD" interest, happiness IhS*" "d that her choioe-that Is to |B«r ohoice-ls a noble-minded, large- rj^trtot, whom history will pronounce â- PwtMt man of his ageâ€" the preserver â- Â« Mantry-the-theâ€" theâ€" and so li?'.*"' j""°*^" that an Egyptian *^ J. ""^ewhat showily appareled, «Uhl' °' refreshments and laid It "te'V'"'"' to retire, he winked Jfwi also screwed up hfa mouth In j^a 8t a way, yet she noticed neith- J^lfeUow did not seem to be one bit dtlip:i • ® '^®^* instant he per- fly .J^" Impressive though not par- «^ ST" Iv PMto'nime right inMr. ^fromi^L" *?* ^*°"«' "toed "ome what Kha '.J? •" '^^ â„¢*o **!• »'i ^»ccenti I. v° ,*!°P'^«»«*^e, but low- i yon" fall L°l' 8^* *°*® » "«"• oM I'lBdfinilK^i .«" two steels, you ikkSy^^'J "iP by pressing somrtldng •ottak« «^°^"*» "tl though ho N *»t hlu °°^°'» '°°^ *« Khedive, '•«dEf° T^"" »"" ^^^ out Xfte^^^ '**""«• owing to the that at tha sama time no EoropoMM ahanld be ontikled to any indemnity who had, nvo nadar eompnlrioB »mo«atiBg to four of doatl^ affnrdad any aid to or l ea ot tod witfa Vk» rebela, iriiethor moh dd uiiiiJstail in meaay, arms, ratioas, or oven tiidr (^ea oenntssi- aaoe and rappart, bat, oa tii* ooatrarTt their wealth ahoold be oonfiwtted, and they themMlvea ahonld ba ont-lawad," and than tha proclamation want an to say tiiat "srith tha aid of his highnaas'a alllaa tha laballlosi would very ahort^ ba qnellad and order re- stored throughout Egypt." Tha exprajriiw af Mr. Trezarr't faoa iriiaa he had finished reading wa« tha moat comi- cal one imaglnabls. " Wealth confiscated 1 outlawed I far only oonaorfeing with rebela By Jove, what than will become of me for beatowing my daughter on this arch rebel and availing myself of his' protection and countenance all through the entire afEair If the Khedive's party only get the upper hand again T Can that aar, Glad- stone, really mean anything more than his usual twunoe, I wonder t Anbl has persuad- ed me, and I've persuaded myself, too, that It will be all smoke and no fire, j ost as it was at Duldgno. I wish I knew what those d Ironolada reidly meant ta be about." Thni the banker refieoted, and it might have been as well perhaps if ha had not re- flected quite so long, for the war minister at this moment came up with a amiling faoe to inform hba that the Ulema had done Us work, that the Moslem marriage rite was over and tliat the Cliristian one was about to be oonuneBoed. • " Dan't you think that after all the aeoeiid ceremony had better be postponed," itam- mered Mr. Trezarr. " At all events for a few days; yes, for a few days, we wfil That ii aa yon like," responded ArabI, with a slight elevation of the browa. " The second oerAmony was to satisfy your own scruples. Your daughter la already my wife by Moslem law, and aa my wife I ahall as- suredly hanosforth treat her." ** You told me yonr poaition w«a qnita se- cure. Tb ot the fleets would only thnasso I" I said r IghUy. Look out of tlia window and you wHl see die entire Frenoh squadron steaming away toward Port Said. Tna Brit- ish will soon follow them." " I hope so I really hope so. Bnt it seems to me that the ships of every other nation are getting away aa well, and under every inch of canvaa that they can spread." ArabI gave utterance to what sounded very like an oath, as glancing in turn toward the window he perceived that Mr. Trezarr spoke the truth. " It looks strange, aa though they were running from some apprehended immediate danger," said he. " True I received the British admiral's ultimatum yesterday, but of oourae it Is merely an Idle threat made to please and humbug the bondholders, A Brit- ish Liberal government will hardly dare to trample under foot a national uprising such aa ours, I therefore say sgtdn, aa I have often said befoire, that it is Duldgno re peated." Hardly had the words quitted his lips, however, when a sonorous boom came from seaward that caused every window In the house to shake, and it was quickly follewed by an awful roar as though the very heavens had been rent asunder. The terrible bom- bardment of Alexandria had commenced. CHAPTER XLIX. IN WHICH THE CANNOIC BOAB AND THK DUMB SPKAK, The voice of the " lend mouthed artil- lery"' spoke only one sentence to Mr. Tre- zarr, and kept on repeating that sentence, which took the form of " You've fallen be- tween two stools, for it's all up with ArabI. You've fallen between two stools, for it's all up with ArabI." The bombardment opened, he knew that Great Britain had gone too far to recede with honor, too far to be able te back out without disgrace, and that she stood irrevocably pledged to stand by her protetie, Prinoe Tewfik. Bnt the effeot of the roaring of the oannon, the rattlfaig of the Ghitlings and Norden- feldts and the shrieking hiss of the rookets had a very difierent effect on Arab! Pasha to that it had on any of the other anditen In that room aasemblad. It seemed to change hla aapeot, usually so calm and benignant, into that of a perfeot fiend. ' I have been deodvad, betrayed, lured on by false hopea only te be crudied at last by tbe most unexpected of events. Corse the British government for not being consis- tent in Ita dnplioity and for raising the lying cry of ' Wolf i Wolf ' ao often that at last no one believed tliat tdie animal wenld ever be unohained. Bat tbia is no time tax idle words, for great deeds are expected of me, and by Allah and the prophet, great deeds shall yet be wrought. Ladiea andgantie- men, yon must at once take refuge in the undenEronnd oella and oellafs, where alone yon wiU be safe, f w this building atands di- reotiy open to the fire of ai least three of the Britiah irenobub, wboae hnge balls may at any moment knosk it Into aafaapeless heap of stonea, and yet yon are a bnndred timea aafar here than yon wenld be in the streets," he said. Nellie'a expreasle. of faoe betokened that she felt safer no« than aha had dene five miantaa previanaly, before the bombardment had oommaBoad, and tiia war miniatar aa- ticed thia and bit hia Up aavaosly. Heolaned bla bands thrioe, and then walking aoroaa ta bar aald braaqnely •* Yea are my wife, litUe one, whether you like it or BO, and aa yea will have to anbmit to the will of AUab and to oentent yourself with what oannot be avoided. He tiirew Ma arm areoad her aad wonld haveUased her bad aba net atragglad via* lantiy aad ae eeoimed the embraoe. ' Her Blether did no* mimnjm wr » dofaga^bat sat nlUegpaptiflaUyillD, aad 1^ he waa itill mnttertav^ « ^TT^^^^^J^ Um niiaB||e wara h ollmbte the tope! tile fsalfthore Iwiilahew laNeilie'a puaats' asatimaata te- Um, aad f qoaUy plainty kaaw tha **U after alll tree aad maiiit^fa myaalf tbem tha* I lamambar it. aad gi va them feed teaasa for ramembacb^git alaa»" he matter- ed to himself bat aa hia two avderllaa at tills jnaetnTaaatscad tha roam la aaawart*. hia haadalapaiBg bataraed raoad aad aaid to them: "Ratib aad KhaaBiB^ asoart thaoa, my ASM d coaats, belew stdrs aad make aooh empty oella aa yoa biSTe at dlapoaal aa oom- fortaUeferthemaspaasibla, with oarpata and athay naosaaaiiaa takaa from Ike veoms above. Plaaeatttair aorrioe as a gnard aver thensâ€" agoard, I meaa toaay, for tlieir Ktteo ti e a a oe h man aa yen oaa depead ea fidelity, aad remsmber that yon two willhava to answer to ma with yonr Uvea, if aeoaasary, for whatever aril happaas to tiism whUat th«y are la year keeping." Haviag thus isanad his iostruotlons he toned again to Mr. and Mrs. Trezur and ' Yon will do weU to at onoe follow my orderUea, and te take your daughter, my wife, with yon." He then agdn tried to take NeUle's hand, aad this time aba gave it him, for she did not like to part with aay osm In anger, eapaoiaUy whan there was apesaibiUty that she wouM never aee them more. Bat whoa enoonraged by tUs aotien, he eaaayed to kiss her, she onoe more rapolsed him and her eyes flashed angrily as she did ao. fie made no further effort, bnt aald, aome- what pointedly "Farewell, then, my wife, ontU we next meet," and neddbig haughtily to them whom be coatidered to be liia father and mether-ia-law he adjuatad hia awmrd and aaUied out of the room. No sooner had he gona than the ordbrliae (the aame two who, on the preoeding day, oendncted Captaio DeneUy to his plaoe of bla imprisonment), made a sign to ttie Tre- zarr party to follow them, wnioh they loot no time In doing. They aeon foond them- â- elrea in a narrow pataage, and deaoaating a somewhat steep tncline into what was evideatiy, from tiie humid smeU tliat cams up from balew, aome aort of a anbterranaan. When they had got to the bottom they came to rangaa of dean ea dtiier aide, some of whioh wereopea, others daaed and faat- eaed with heavy ehaiaa aad bari. A minute or two later aba beheld her father and the elacgyman pished into aaa of tliese preanmad dangaona, whilat a few secenda mere aaw her mother aad haraelf the tenants ef another, and before leaving them then one ef the orderUea aaid In a mixture of Frenoh aad Egyptian, which NelUe oonld juat make out the meaning of " We must look you up, bnt not ao mnoh to prevent your getting out aa to binder otheralram getting in to out your throats. But that our Uvea would pay the forfeit we would gladly do that ourselves, but as bis exceUenoy wonld have our heads, even fi othen did it, we wiU take the greateat oare of yon, for great la the aelf love of moat men." " I dont think that anytUng can hurt ua here," said NelUe, " for the ground rises outside even to half the height of the win- dow, and the bottom of that is at least four feet above our heads as we stand upright. Oh, there is a strange noise at the door." " 1 believe it Is some one trying to speak to us through the keyhole. Hist, Nellie." At first it aonnded like a mere blowing tiirongh the keyhole â€" a bleifHng that was first cousin to a human whiatie, however â€" but on NelUe going close over to the door and bending her head down until it was al- most on a level with the look, the whlstie changed into paiidy articulated words, and this was what the words were " I'm dumb, but I've my wits about me, so cheer up, for fair and easy goes far in a day and all's weU what ends weU, only the ending aSn' come." Then the voice ceased and the aeund of stealthy reoediug footsteps took its place. CHAPTER L. STONI WALLS DO NOT A PBISON HAKS, NOB IBON BABS A OAGK. Surely no proppheay, even of the Sphinx, oonld have been mnoh more inoamprehen- sible to ths uninitiated than the onewhioh had just bean telephoned through the key- hole. It was Intended to give hope, that was certain, and it was spoken in EogUsli, whioh Erbaps, waa the meat hepefnl thing abont but mora than thoaa two facts had to be guessed at. It is impoarible te deteot the natural t(«as of a man's vdoe when it ia sent through auoh an arlfioe, mere eapaoiaUy when it ia rednoed to a whisper, so that NelUe, convinced of the fntiUty of tha at- tempt, soon gave np even gnsaalng, and her mother had never oommeaoad to gnaaa. Perhaps it wonld have beea joat as waU had bath ladiea ocouj^d their ndada in that manner, since It would in seme degree havereUeved themenetoay ef their oaiB- finement, for it was impoarible for either of them to climb np and leek ent of the upper portion of the Uttle square window (the tower half waa beaaath tiie level ef thegroond oottide) as Frank DMieUy had dane in his oeU the preoeding day, bnt was not now do- ing. Thei reader may wsader at this aad think it meat Btanmge uat he ahonld net be seeing aU tiiat he o*ald aaa «f. tha momaatons aveats that were oconrriag without. Bnt tiie fact wastiiatlike atmelriahmaa Frank didn't oare mooh aboot a row onleaa be oonld plnage into the very middle of it and beaidaa, ha was tandm^ the tenrible ex- oKamaat aad the terrlflo dn te (aa be moat aiaoarely hapad) better aooooat in aaether Fo: 'or he bad found in eae of hia peoketa one ef tlieae kalvaa tibat aaem to oompriae aa satire tool oheat, tha majority of hia in- atramanta baiag e'arian^ attha baoh by a orodcad pidcer for getting a atone eat of a bacse'a ahee, aad tlie young offiow had takaa itmtehlshead that witii It he mlg^t be able te j^ok hia way thxaai^ aatanawall te He thooght he aaxttohiaowBO piedaadlh*da« ^. IhMilifi, hi T"'^*^ ' ^vattiatal* h Sa ha n* to worii a* thlak Egypliaa Bwctor ia vary poor and Egyptsla stoae of a very soft aad crumbling natara. haaawdiseavered that ia all probabUity his taak weald be an easier one than he had a* fint oaloolatad on. Am, howavsr, oader the moat favamble oiraawstaaosa,it wiUfeske aavard heais to aaeaoipIiBh, we wUl kave him at his aioaot- oaaoa labora aad perhaps pop back ta aee haw he gets ea ly aad by. For tiie prsoeat* l^aee aax damea. Nat that we ahaU gala aneh by tiie wh s ge ef aasaa, for oae prlsea oell is vary likeaaatiier, aad ovea lady oi^ptivea are net waat toba vary livaty oompanions. Onoe tfasir dnageon door waa opened te »dait of a qoaattty of rags aad ooahiana baiag thrawB la, ta whioh waa preaaatty added a b*eket of aossawhat dainty oome â- ttblea, a jug of aharbat and a oonple of oblboaquea, with the aeoeamry aocompani- Nellie apread oat the rags, arranged the onshiana, and geaeraUy eat their Uttte room in (wder, though mora for a mothar'a eaas and oamfert t^ her own. MeaawhUe, the thunder of the monater gona oeatinaed withoat iaterraption, mfai- gled with the abriaking hiaa of rookets and the hoarse ratUe of the Nordenfeldta and Garda-ia. Nellie would have glveu much had aha only been able to damber up to the window to look out, but there was no wooden atratohar bedatead in thU caU, as in Frank DonaUy'a, te drag underneath to mount on, and even had there been, witii- the block pUlow aa well, Nellie, when standing atop of both, would atiU have been toe short by a good head and aheuldera to have beea able to see oat. As for eatiag, she felt that the mere at- tempt would oboke her, but the csel, re- freahiqg aherbst waa meat grateful to her parohed throat aad her hot, fevered Ups; for, added to her mental torture and the deep grief which she felt for her husband's auppoaed death and which aha did not dare to expraaa apenly, the blows and lashes whioh the orael and vindictive princess had inflioted OB her atiU paiaed her axoeasivaly. Onoe or twioe aha woadored how her father and the Anglloaa clergyman were get- ting on in the adjoining omI on the i^ht, and eftenar atiU aha .woadared what a atraage kind ef aonpiBg aoise would^etoken agaiaat the ether aide of the waU on their Int, whioh, having a very aharp aar, die oould plainly diatingnlsh whaaever there waa aay peroeptfble loU ia tha fury of the bombardment. When aiie called her mother'a attention to the faot the good lady add first of aU that it was sheer imagination, and then declared aU of aauddea that aha heard it dbtinotly, and that it waa the death watoh andfore- boliad tiidr own immediate alaaghter. Thia oheerfnl way of regarding the phen- omeaoa hindered Nellie from m^bjiig any further rderenoe to It, and so the day wore on, and an, and at lart the increasing dark- ness (where It had been dimness and gloom from the first) told them that idght was at band indeed, the shrlU Mnzzin cry, whioh from the many minarets rose above even the thunder of the lurtiUery, had pro- claimed the sunset seme minutes previously, even aa in pdoe and war alike it had pro- claimed it for nearly two thousand years. AU at onoe, too, the roar of the cannon, which had continued without intermission for ten hours, ceased, and tiie stillness ap- peared heavy oppressive after so mnoh noise. And yet It was not a oomplete dlence, for new that aU other sounds were stiU, that monotonous scraping and tapping could be heard more plainly than ever, aa weU as Mn. Trezarr'a oft repeatad ejaculation of " The death watoh I The deatn watch 1 No doubt about it I " It seemed to give the good lady a kind of morUd satisfaction to be oontlnudly croak- ing forth an iU oiiiened prediotlmi, but dter awhile Nellie ceased to hear it, end for t^e rimple reason t oat sheer ei^anstion at lengsb won the victory over her mentd and other sufferings aad plunged her into a deep aad dreamless deep. 'Twas destined, however, ta be only of a very few hours' oontiananoe, and te be dis- turbed in a very strange, alarming and un- aooountaUe manner, tor she was suddenly aronaed by some one tumbUng over her, aad theaaa aba opened her eyea, aha felt two handa feelina her face and heard a voioe ex- claim in half angry and half despairing ao- oanta ' AU my labor baa been In vain, then I thooght thia oaU waa empty and the door open, instead of whioh here Is another un- fertmiate, and donbtiaaa as securdy locked np aa I was. I have turned two dangers into eno, that ia dl, confound It." " NaUfo. don't be talking in your deep," granted Mrs. Trezarr in a aaml-ooaadeua atate, bnt the feir girl never heard the pre- test, for her heart stood atiU at the aound of that oUier voice, whioh aeemed to be ao â- traagdy familiar to her. The owner thereof had, however, oaught Mfa. Trezarr's wards, or at aU events tha word to him meat important of them, tiie name of Ndl, and now he exdaimed in an exdted whlaper ** For God'aaaka, apeak. I oannot, dare not ask who yon are. Speak speak I" But tiiere was no need of apaeoh, for at that instant tiie deotric light from one of the Britiah irondada (again aeMrcbIng dong the ahon te disoover what the Egyptians wara aboot inside jkhdr batteries) threw a radiance aa of a newborn day faito tiie don- Kt oeU and diowed the wife unto the bns- d and tiie hasband onto the wife. Li a mament NelUe bad aprnng to her feet aad tlirowa heraelf tato Fraak'a arms with a glad ay whilst Mrs. Trszur, turning her eavy heikd on tiie pUe of ouddons which die had heaped underneath it ere oondgning lieraelf to the arma of Moipheua, at last auo- oee d ed la openiag her tyea, whioh ao aooaer had die dene tiiui (taking in what looked vwry lUn a most ghoatiy atage tableau with Ume-Ught effsota) she aoraamad out "Thofa: apMta I Ihair apirlts I knew that the deate watoh dldat Hak tn aoUiing," aad wenld oadoabtadty navegosM into hyatarics nadar tiie snnpeaition that her daughter had boon dragged forth and murdered whUst sIm alapl* and liia* her ghost, in company witiihar prevlaaaty da^pitenid Imabaad'a, iMd oeose te visit her m this aMlodramatio mannar, had not yat-anetiiar aanaa d alarm *nili aaooad oaoae «f daim by In tiM aod- lan apaninc of thedangaan daor aad BToioa •i^l.UBdBgthaMalk mAt'^miffm tet'taalh a faffl- wMiT at cLiag. I wander haw ^r«^alMte^ aid lady, if ye waa aa deaf and doab aa aM adtt' (TO Bl OOBTU^nBD.) 8SA80VABLE SMILB8. Awfolty bendâ€" Artaalan wdla. A awoet letler~A oandlad a vawaL Has a big boomâ€" Tha foU aahaener. Oladatane'a fevorita aeaspoaar. Ohapin. laat aa attempt te prove aa aftbi adf-d* aid! A fdae feoeâ€" The feeeofthe dri wha jQtsyoo. Whaa tiie ear drivera akrike they da aa* Ineak aaythiag. AvasadiaoaUedahebeoaaae yooaaebar bow iMfore meeting her. Fooa'-dry mea Moat aaloaakeepsra hav* had thia experienoe. Young ladlM and young man too bad bat* ter ba f aat asleep than fast awake. "AU mea are eqod before tiie hw." Yea, before theUw, but after it gets hold of them then it's differeal When a man pknka down hia awl for hb board is it a fair Inf erenoe that his finanoc* are knot hole? A sure euro for cold In the head ia to atop up the noae with beeswax and starve tha cold out. A witty feUow who was called oa to drag off a large dead horae add it was a cold-boa- ad affair to move. What ia the diffiwenoe between a farmer and a burglar One tilla the luid aad tha otiier"landa"thatiU. Yon may break, yon may diatter tha* 118.000 vaae if you will, but the scant of tha dollar wUl hang round it atiU, OooaaknaUy a good idea oomea from Prassia. She baa juat. ordered the po«k Krazowaki to return to priaon. Iron is mnoh cheaper than gold, and atOl there Is mare demand for gold, and It ra- quires seme brass ta gat it. The only way in whioh to permanentiy aettie the Indian queatiaa ia ta permanentiy aettle the oanntry they Uve in. The new aeng entitled "That bouquet I bought for a dollar," premisea te ben greater fevorite with the ladiee than • Ody a paiuy bloaaem," The difference between the modem pngl- list and organiaed labor is that whsn ua latter strikes It hits something. A woman who waa diq^nlaed aa a man waa found out from the faot that tiiere wera no anapender buttons In her pooket. Why la a lawyer awindling a baby hair like a paraon tanng in a breath of pure at- moaphare I Beeauae he is " taking in" a Uttle fresh heir. ** AU the clothes he bought me was a bunch of hair and a ndl brush," was the waUof a woman ia court the other day* who was applying for a diroroa. "Wdl," add the granger, "what be that ticker worth T" pointing to an ornate and intricate piece of time-recording me- chaniam onlthe shelf. " That, dr," aaidthe dark, "is a wondarfd tfme-piooe. It b worth two hundred dollars, and wUlrun three years without wbding." ** Groat Saott I" gasped the granger. " Three yeara without winding I Bay, mister, how long would the thing run if she was wound up t" Boried in a Stone Jar. Near BarkesviUe, Ky., on the Cambsr- land River, a man named Raven was one day fishing oft the bank. This waa in 1866, or a year later. The bank was of day, rix or eight feet above the water, and Raven sat with bis legs banging over. He had been dtting there for an hour, swinging his heelaagdnst tha bank, #han his beotatrnok something which gave out a curious sound, and he instlnotively looked down. Between his feet he saw a stone jar, or at least a portion of one, protruding from the bank. It was at least four fee* bdow the aurface, and he had oonddenbb trouble to unearth it. When he had dona so, however, and removed the wooden cover fastened over the mouth, he found the ooatents te consist of a gold watch, tiiree or four gold rings, six sUver tea* spoons, $300 in Kentucky State bank bills, $50 In gold, $20 In sUver half dollars, and abont a quart of dimes and fiva-oent pleoea. Although the jar waa tightiy corked, tha dampneaa had got. in and mUdewed the ' bank notes until they fdl to piecea in hb handa. Had they been sU rlgh^ however, they wonld have been of no htrinab vdue, aa aUthe State bank circuhtion had given place to greenbacks. Spaculatioa as to who planted the jar brought no due to the owBor further than that It oonld have baea no reddent of the oouutry.. It had probably been b the ground many yeara, far the river had been eating away at the bank with each freshet, and finally brought a portion of the jar to light. It must have been buried sue or eight feet from the bank at first. A Oanadian Dog Stozy* A lad was crossing the fields b tha country, aome diatanoa from any dwelling, when he was pursned by a large and fierce dog belonging to tiie gentieman whose land he was crossing. The lad waa alarmed and ran for Us UU. He strnok bto a piece of woods and the dog gdned on him, when be looked around to see hew near tha creature was, and, tamblbg over a stone, ha pitched over a predpioe and broke hia leg. Unabb to move, and »t the mercy of the beaat^ the poor feUow aaw the dog ooming down upon him, and ezpeoted to be aabed and torn, when, to hia aorpriae, the dog oune near, And, parodviu the boy waa hurt, Inatantty wheeled about and went for that aid whioh he oould net ren- der bimseU, There was no one withb reao h of the obfld's voice, and he most have perished there or have dragged hia broken limb along and deatroyed it, ae aa to render ampotatien nssssaary, if tiie dea had not breog^t help. The dag went off to the nearsat bmse and bailed for bob. Not faodTiag the attaoHoe, ha made an- other viab^faynvatfay to tha bey, and HMmtotho heaaa, Ihaca amkiuaaah do- wenatrftiiuM ef -^asiaty tha*- Be bmOy felbwedhiptotfaf pbaa^whata His ohild by. c' "â- â-  f I t*. 'i .ft* I -: ^^' ;i â- A 1 I ' i: g