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 ^.^s;^::' ,* Pip?? V "-- ' "^^^KSb and un like. By M. E. BBADDON, ^, '« Lady Atolet's Sbcbke," " Wyixabd's Wmbd," Bic., Bia ' to Treat a Wife- wife secondly, be pad t;reat trials and perplei 38 with the world bi( carry to your home a c srow. Your wife m»y i hough of less msgnitad ir to bear. A kind cod tender look, will do her brow all clouds of your d liiculties in op ven's cool breezes; botj at in from these reviv" ler health fails, her iticity. But 0, be« i .trials and sorrovil §t stranger, but which deprive of all their her efforts to promote )t receive all her good :ourse, and pass tnem I being very sure to on )f what you may " J not treat her with intt nld not scar and ratered by kindness, jf your existence throb i sincere affection for your wishes to hen. be as strong as yoni* lulgence to yourself toJj ink vou it is not as difflP up always? Is thewj deem you selfish J 1 she cannot love »l show yourself » wife may look up to u wUl act nobly, «» ndgment. f Water in England. water in many 1»^«*^ 1 is causing tnnc *«1 •rpool, and thesu-.rj otiier p«"ir- -; hanfwd«»*^' IS in viewjjf/ Lapteb XIIâ€" (CoNTiinrKD.) the die is cast, and we must '^Kf fate." ""' Constance Bel- ««*•-. Adrian is eone, and if we i^^'him to"come back he would not exclaimed ""Adrian is gone [r^him â-º I knew no doubt, that bis prea- I* '" J have been an embarasament ^/Valentine. He leaves yon mi« • TO life And now I think,to HS^d^'^^^Tf^' y"" andVal- ' 1 manied, and the more quietly "" done the better. But the i*m to obtain your father's oon- 1, ^ai be dread -ully angi Jthashiverof apprehensi angry," said hension. She r ii^rna'cWneat Lady Belfield's feet. Kw ceased, bather whole attitude r jfhe depth of self-abasement. Kman of the world and we can â- wToect him to be pleased, r^ebim." said Helen. "Oh, R.llield ycu are so good to me, even yL^g Will you break the news to r will you shield me from his anger iJfonlyseen the sunny side of his f* He « dreadful when he is angry. ,[Vi;i do all I can, Helen. I will send »"f,rSn. Not to-day. There ,Snot delay an hour, Helen." Lrine came into the room, carrying 7»8 if bis conscience were unburden- ,the moat mfinitesimal speck of guilt. L received his brother's valedictory and had digested its contents at hia He thought everything was set- ielf iu a very comfortable manner, L there need be no more fuss. ,ent over to hia mother and kissed lliee you know all about it," he said would only lead to an elopement and a clandestine marriage. "My yonngar aon may not be a good match," she said, quietly, after that interval ^thought, "bathe will not be penniless. He will inherit my fortune." " May it be Ions' before hia day of inheri- tance, dear Lady Belfield. Bat in the mean- time, if he marries he will have to mMn fatiw hia wife. Pardon me if I remind yon that he can't do that â€" upon ezpectationa." " I would make a aettlement. I could apare five or six hundred a year." " You would settle that upon my daugh- ter. A very liberal aettlement on your part, and more than a pennileaa giil like Helen has the right to expect, but if the young people had to live upon it â€" atarva- tion, or, at leaat, genteel penury. I ahonld be aorry to aee my pretty daughter fading in a third-rate West End lodging, afraid to ac- cept invitations on account of the expense of cabs, or dying of dulneaa in a amall coun- try town." " If my son marriea, he muat turn bread- winner, take np a profesaion." •' "Very good in intention, dear Lady Bel field, but there are so few professions that will take up a young man who has not been bred to woi k from hia fifteenth year. Your aon Valentine has a aplendid intellect, but I doubt if he will ever earn a sixpence." " Then I must do more for him. Trast ime with your daughter'a future. Colonel Deverill, and she ahall be to me aa a daugh- ter." " She is a fool, and I have no patience with her," said the Colonel, pacing the room. " She had as fine a chance aa a girl need have, and she flung it away. And now you aak me to reconcile myaelf to genteel pov- erty for a girl who might have aet the town in a blaze. But yoti are all goodneaa, I^dy Bslfield. You would melt a stone â€" and I am not a atone, aa you might have known nearly thirty years ago. It aeems natural Sh child has been crying and con- 1 **»»* â„¢y daughter should marry your son. '"" ... iiili- I i. Snnh A iinB.rriii.arA linka nii.Bf.KnH nrnonnf nnr. J md breaking her poor little heart ctiat which neither she nor I could Ltook the tone of a master at once, spoke ueffly-betrothed with the free and easy I s husband of five years' standing. It was none of the reverential tone with ii lover nsually speaks of his mistress, y the respect which the worshipper tiij divinity in the early days of be- lltii all very sad, Vileutine," said Lady Id, while Helen rose plowly, and went iipiue at the breakfast table, downcast, |,iad unhappy looking. ih, my dear mother. There need be bess about it," answered her son, seat- t before a covered dish, and help- likself to its contents with the air of be- liiacellent appetite. "I wish you'd pout my coffee, Helen, instead of sitting 11 like a statue. Pray, mother, let us \tw funereal faces. Adrian is disap- A, I admit, and has the right to feel iied and angry, with us or with hb my. But he has asted like a sensible It, tnd he is going the right way to get I utter ot his disappointment. Six s hence I daresay he will be engaged mebody else, and then you will feel 'siimpleton yon have been to make a tiiyottt of such a simple matter." Bstance Belfield said na more. She r her son's temper too well to argue Nm. To her miod the whole business Iftaoght with wrong and folly but if liiQie's happiness were at stake if he B be happy this way and in no other, lioTeforhim forbade her opposition. It itbethat in this strong and passionate pe [here might be a greater capacity for rian in Adrian's calmer temperament fAdrian could better bear the loss of his 1 wife than Valentine could have pomtment in his unreasonable Such a marriage links past and present cur' ionaly together. Pleaae aend for Helen. " You will not be unkind to her â€" ^you will not Bcold," pleaded Conatanoe, aa ahe rang the belL "There ia no good in acolding. The girl ia a fool, and there if) no more to be aaid about her." Helen came, pale and trembling, "You have trifled with a good man'a affection and with a splendid position, girl," said her father, sternly " You ought to be desperately in love with Mr- Belfield." " I love him with all the strength of my heart," " And were I to forbid you to marry him What would happen then, do you think?" " I believe I should die." " Well, you need not die. You can take your own way. Lady Belfield, I leave everything in your hands â€" settlement, evey thing. I submit myself to you in all things, and as for this young lady, I wash my hands of her and her fate." year. Imoimted messenger was despatched to pmb directly after breakfast, and Col- PDeverill was with Lady Belfield before |Bieon. f interview was lo g, and in some parts IT. Colonel Deverill was intensely He would have sent for Helen and his wrath upon her at once, but Ifield interfered. \m shall not see her till you are calm- l«l you have taught yourself to think â„¢%ntly of her error," she said. tu m my charge, poor motherless girl, Fi»m beholden to act to her as a mother." Vl 1^ engagedâ€" engaged herself of [»»ii free will, mark youâ€" to a gentle- â- M high position, a man of wealth and "W: and without the faintest justifi- â„¢ Jilts that estimable, highly ac- i young man to take up with his «*â-  she 18 so false and fickle that she '«ep steadfast to the man who has Jed her by his choice for half a p«i shameless " [™«i? your daughter and my future P»«rm.law, Colonel Deverill." I taon me, L% Belfield, shftwas to have tT^^ghter-in-law, and that future (J ^^ at once an honour and a kte „' '^Pf*"»e happmess to me but "«t consented to her marriage with tinv 7* ^°- forgive me if I say that •ujht r^ 'â- ' exceptional attractions hXl •"'^^^ *R"°d match. Beauty ^£80 to society just now; a reaUy ^i^M-^ ^^ "»11 at ter feet. Now, '^Ja^§^^^ ^°^es him, Colonel r««^; '^^ ^^"^^ ^« "appy '"th h"^y Belfield. you know that '^V'V'"' E" girl says as I kiio^"^® .fancies l»erself in love. I "•iidiff* " **y niuoli 8ix times ' WT""'i â- '°™- ^y daughter Helen •kji {oJL.!"?J°gate her inclinations. " hentu " splendid position and 'axtoaM *! i^^- She has shown 'lie^i'l^'^Maginp her own life. ' bnamess to look after her in She ield w*8_ Silent for some mo- son's determined CHAPTER Xin. Making the Best of It. While Lady Belfield pleaded her son's cause with Colonel Deverill, Valentine him- self was engaged in a business which had very little to do with Helen's future happi- ness. He was trying to find out the writer of the anonymous warning which opened his brother's eyes. Mrs. Marrable had been his mother' housekeeper for nearly twenty years, and Valentine had been her favourite as a boys She had indulged all his juvenile whims, and had kept him liberally supplied with pre- serves and pickles, pound cakes and Devon- shire cream, when he was at the University. Marrable's jama had been a famous institu- tion among the undergraduates who break- fasted with him Ho went to Mrs. Marrable's room this morning under pretence of enquiring after a groom who had been on the sick list and then, after learning all the housekeeper had. to say about the efficacy of her beef tea and the infallibility of her mutton broth, he asked casually â€" "How about that half -gipsy girl my mother took in Does she get on pretty well?" "It's a very curious thing, sir, that you should ask that question to-day, above all other days," she said. " The young woman worked with a good heart, and did her very best to give satisfaction up to yesterday. She was a very reserved young womui, and did not seem to be altogether happy in her mind. She was always on the watch and on the listen for what was going on in the drawing-room and library, and such like seemed to take more interest in all the family's doings than it was her place to take, but beyond that I had no fault to find with her. But this morning she doesn't appear at the servant's breakfast and when one of the maids went up to her room to see if there was anything amiss with her, she found a letter pinned on her pin- cushion, and the bird was flown. She had taken some of her clothes in a bundle, I suppose, and had left the rest in her drawers. There's the letter, Mr. Belfield. I took it to the morning-room an hour ago, meaning to show it to my lady but I thought she looked worried and upset at Adrian's having left home so suddenly and I made up my mind to say nothing about Margaret for a day or two. Why_ should I trouble my lady about such an insignificant matter f " Why, indeed. I hope she hasn't eloped with my brother.' " Fie, for shame. Sir I It's just like your mischievions ways to say such a thing." Let me look at her letter. The letter was fairly written m a bold, large hand, more mascaline than feminine in character, and the spelling was ooireot thronghont. " Dkab Mbs. M*»»abTi», Yon have been very kind to me, and I can sssnre yon I am natefnl to yen and to all at the Abbey who have been good to a waif and stray like me. I am going to London to seek my fortonojin awvuse or to some other em^oyment. Yon need not be afraid ♦hat I »m gdng a«- I •» "« thatl lofafi^ I belioTe I am made "â- 'i Uifl u ' »«uB aeiemuuoa 1*»uB.iJl. .^*°^d herself that once »i*JJ^» heart, he would find a ijj' g her Witt or without the w** i «* «. »-•- j ^. __ _i_«j Am "*^\nfe'" not the kind cf of very hard -^ «* J^J rS^SSflddL • lJ»«»l»nit his inolinalion. to wear and ti« of Ufa. I ^^iSMnS-T ^*«1« wthority. Oppodtfcm'ttihewiHallair «•*«*» "^ft*"*!"*- to a nameleaa gitL I diaU always n- bw witii loviag jmtitBde. *• Yonn Tmly, MAJDaM." "She most be a determiBed hvumr," â- aid ValentiiM. " Shd's a cnKowi kind of girl, but I believe what ahe says of herself in her letter," an- swered the honsekeeper. " She is not the kind ot ffirl to go wrong." " Bosh 1" cried Valentine, contemptnoos- ly. " She goes to London and she goes to perdition as sorely as a raindrc^ is Icat whoi it falls into tiie sea She has gone to look for her mother, I daresay. Her moth- er went to the bad before this girl was bom, and this sirl is tired of mstioity and servi- tude, and has gone after her mother. I wonder you can be humbnnFed so easily. Mra. Marrable." "I know more ofgirlaand their disposi- tjonsthan you do, Mr. Belfield, andlbs- lieve this one is no common girL" " She may be an uncommon girl, but it will all come to the same in the end," an- swered Valentine, as he went out of the room. Lady Belfield had her own way. Valen- tine was impetuously eager to seal his fate, would not have heard of a long engagement, had the impedimenta to apeedy marriage been ever so numerous. Happily there were no impediments. Lady Belfield'a private income, derived from her father, and settled upon her at her marriage with full disposing power, amounted to nearly three thousand a year. She settled six hundred a year upon Helen, with remainder to her chilcbren, or to Valentine in the event of his wife dying childless and she gave her son an aUowance of four hundred a year. They would thus have a thousand a year to live upon. Lady Belfield's position as tenant for life of the Abbey and home farm, obliged her to maintain a cer- tain state, and her income would henceforth be barely adequate for her ex- penses, bat she luiew Adrian's generous temper, and that she would be assisted by him to any extent she might require. They had divided some of the expenses between them hitherto, his purse maintaining the stables and paying his mother's coach- build- er. She had saved some thousands since her husband's death, and she added two or three hundred a year to her income by judi- cious investment of her accumulatioiis all this without detriment to her charities, which were large. Valentine accepted her sacrifice of income lightly enough, diamissed the aabject with brief and careless thanks. He was living in a lover's paradise, spending all his days and hours with Helen, in the gardens, on the river, on horseback in the early mornings 'before the sun was too hot for riding thiiw- ing only for her, living only for her, as it seemed. They were to be married on the tenth of June, just ten days later than Adrian's ap- pointed wedding day. In a week after Sir Adrian's departure, everybody in the neighborhood knew what had happened, and pretended to know every minutest detail. There were at least six different versions of the breach between Adrian and his betrothed, and not one of them was in the slighcest like the truth. But every account was dramatic and had life like air, and made excellent sport for afternoon tea parties. Mra. Baddeley had not been reticent. She had gene about everywhere lamenting her sister's fatuity. " Such a nice marriage,and we were all so fond of Sir Adrian, and to take up with the younger brother. I feel vexed with myself for having ordered such a lovely trousseau. It ia far too good." Happily very few wedding presents had arrived before'the change of plan. Those premature gifts were sent back to the donors, with an explanation, and duly came back to Helen. It was for her pleasure and not for her bridesfroom they were given, wrote the cdvers reassuringly. Except for those early morning rides, or for boating on the river, Helen hardly left the grounds of Bslfield Abbey till she went back to Morcomb At the end of May. She was never in the drawing-room when callers came to the Abbey. She ran away ac the sound of the bell, and hid herself somewhere â€" afraid to face people who had doubtless condemned her as a j ilt and a hypocrite. "You should brazen it out," said Valen- tine, laughing at her. " So I will, when I am your wife. But now it tortures me to think of the way peo- ple talk about me." " I never cared a hang for the opinion of my dearest friend, much less for that of a set of busy-bodies," said Valentine con- temptuously. It was all over, and. Helen was Valen- tine Belfield's wife. The wedding had been the aimpleat of ceremonials no guests had been bidden, and relatives only were present. There were no bridea- maida, and there waa no beat man. Colonel Deverill, his eldeat daughter, and her hus- band, and Lady Belfield were the only wit- nesses of the marriage, save the clerk and pew-opener. The bride was married in her travelling dress, aud bride and bridegroom drove straight from the church to the sta- tion, on the first stage of their journey to Switzerland, where they were to spend a long honeymoon, moving about by easy stages as fancy led them, and not returning to England until the end of September. " Foolish people I" exclaimed Mrs. Badde- ley. " They will have more than time enough to get tired of each other." While they were honey-mooning, Lady Belfisld was to find a small house at the West End, just fitted to their requirements and their income, such a house as exists only in the mind of the aeeker. She was to spend a month in London, in order to accomplish this task, and when the house was found she waa to fumiah it after her own taate, and at her own expenae. ' No wonder they were married in tiiat sneaking fashion," said Miss Toffiitaff, when she heard that Miss Deverill's wedding waa over. " It shows how thoroughly th^ were all ashamed of the transaction." " Come, now, Dolly, after all, it most be owned that the girl was not mercenary," re- monstrated her sister. "It ain't often a girl throws over a rich man to many a poor one. "How do yon know it was the girl who broke off the engagement? She tirted Midadonsly with Mr. Balfidd, and Sir Adrian threw her over. That* a tin tratii of tiie story." The Miss Tredaoeya Bfaragged tiidr shoalden, and deelarad tiiey had never ez- peeted any good to oome of Sir Adriaa's {oolish •nta^^en«nt. Th^y talked of it BOW â- â-  aa ' oatuMlaiaflBt^" ud ooonatalat- ed deatert I*dj Belillddii|MBher(rt^ "You *Bafe I be so gbd," said Hatflda. laotatallj^ lamvety food of Helen, and I am plMsed to have her fw my dani^hter npon any terms, but I had mnoh rather abe had prorisd tme to her first love." " She ia vary mraet." mnrmored Matilda, patoeiving tliat it wonld not do to depieoiate Lady Belfield's daughter-in-law, " bat I cannot think, from wnat I have seen of her, that she has mnoh strength of oharaoter." " She has no strength of oharactw," re- plied Lady Belfield, " bat she has a warm affectionate natore, and she will make an admirable wife for Valentine. He has too strong a character himself to get on with a strong-minded wife." " Yes, I understand. He will have his own way in all things, and she will be like an Oriental wife, Nonrmahal, the Light of the Harem, and that kind of thing." " I believe she will make him happy," said Lady Belfield, decisively, whereupon the Miss Trednceys told all their acquaint- ance that Lady Belfield was very soft about her daughter-in-law, and inclined to be huffy at any word of disparagement. (to BE CONTIinTED.) THE T.TMFrKmr CLUB. "Man is an nnreasonable animal when yoa cum to figger him down," said Brother Gardner as the meeting quietly opened and Trustee Fullback finally got seated. • When I go to Drade horses wid a nian I expect he wul pint out all de ringbones an' spavins on his beast an' let me conceal all de ailments in my own. " If my naybur liain't got sugar to lend de fackt riles my hull fam'ly. If I havn't a hoe to lend him I calmly advise him to bay one of his own. " We git together an' agree dat de kentry ar' gwine to de dogs on account ef dishonest office-holders, an' on 'lection day we turn out an' work hard fur a rascally candydato bekase he has promised us a fat 'pintment. "We see the need of a stringent law an' we 'leckt our best lawyers to de Legialacher to make it. De law ootehes us whar' de h'ar ar' short, an' we go to dose same law- yers an' offer 'em a bribe to find a loop-hole. Waydown Bebee buya a hoas. He aprimpajon de hay in order to buy mo' to- baoker fur himself, an' bekase de boss begins to show his ribs, Brudder Bebee howla about de dishonesty of de farmers. "We sot on de fence an' injoy de sun- shine an' count up how many bushels of turnips orter grow while we are off fish in*. If we are short on turnips we excuse our- selves but blame de Lawd. " We kin see whar' de man nez' doah can't afford to keep two hired gals an' buy his wife a sealskin cloak, but it's all right fur us to buy a planer an' put up a lightnin' rod on a gooid deal less wages. "De man who gits up in Jinuary an' howls fur spring kin alias be found cussin' de hot weather 'bout de middle ef July. " If Samuel Shin lends Picklea Smith a couple of dollara he can't aleep nivhta fur fear he won't cet it back. If de contrary ar' de case, Samuel kin aleep till 9 o'clock in de mawnin' an' loaf all de rest of de day. " Let a friend cum to us wid de toofache an' we kin calmly give him direckahuna how to reach de nigheai: dentist. Let us have an achin' molar an' we expeck ebery pusson to break his back huntin' up some remedy an' feeliu' sorry. Take us all in all, an' we ar' a selfish, onreasonable, inconsistent lot, an' de only reason de La\id lets us lib on is be- kase He hain't got no place to bury us idl to ence." accepted and dischabqed.' The Conmiittee on Progress and Art, to whom was submitted the query from Boston, " Does an old two shilling fence standing in front of a $10,000 house represent progress or bull-headednesa," reported through their chairman aa followa " De queshnn baa been duly conaidered an' frequently tamed ober, an' dia com- mittee ar' of de imanimoua concluahun dat ahe doea." On motion of Giveadam Jonea the report was accepted and the committee diacharged from the further consideration of the same. stoked away. The Secretary then read the following poem, which was ordered to be tied up with red string and stored away among the relics of Shakespeare WHEN DE SILVER MOON AM SHININ. BT JAMES F. DOOLEY. Author of. "Jasper's Barbecue." Dar's gwine to be a hop to-night. When de silver moon am ahinin' So hoi' yo' hoaaea good an' tight, Shinin' bright above dar. Like naboba we will all appeah. When de ailver moon am ahinin' None like ua on dis hemiapheah, Shinin' bright above dar. CHOBCS. Fo' we're highly fed, highly fed, Perfec' fittin' clothes, Leadahs we, of high degree, *Aa ev'rybody knows Du^ky dames, with charmin' names. An' 'ristocartic mien, Grad-u-ates of fashion plates. Attired in bom-ba-zsen. (Fortissimo.) Den shine yo' alligators An' hoi' yo' hcM ereo' We're no small pertatera, Fo' we're boun' to aweep de deck. Slam on yo' ahiny beavah. Pile on yo' atyle ao gran' Fo' we've got de dancin' fevah. An' a joy-producin fan' SECOND VEBSS. Selec' yo' podnaha fo' de fray. When de ailver moon am ahinin' Fo' de oppah cms' am oat to-day Shinin bright above dar So overjoyed we all will feel. When de silver moon am shinin*. When dey yank dat "01' Yirginay Beel" Shinin bright above dar, Chobvsâ€" Fo' we're highly fed, eto. THIKD TBBSK. Oar oirls will laminate de scene. When de sillver moon am shinin' With graceful gambols on de green, Shinin' bright above dar Idf yo' limbs, balanciy all, THian de sflver moon am sUnin' Pon't yo' hefth dat promptah oaO, Shinin* bright above dar. CSbobusâ€" Fo' mfn higbfy fad, oto. lUlBirw. at tids pdnt, ' to mMuhnn do tadrtdatT ar" ia receipt of akttw dat I oast jort wte ont. It reads as foDan (OOtlflUCMZUU) BaumioxB, April 1, 1888. Brotiier Gardner Dear Sirâ€" I shall leave hwe onerabon* April lOtii for Detroit, where I prepoM to open a "bank," uid the object of this Isttar is to seoare year oo-raeration. I have been engaged in the bnsinesB for a number of years and feel assured that, witb my long experience and knowledge Jw bnaineaa, I can offer yon and the dob a "system" that will oommand your oonfideooo and support. By this " system," which is the resalt of years of constant study aad praotice, a carefnlly conducted " buik" will easily earn 200 per cent, per annum np« it* capital stock. It will be necessary to have some wdl- known and repatable citizan act as Preaidenft to inspire confidence and attract busineas. You are the man. Will you accept the office The duties will be nominal and the salary lar^ A good, strong, sharp man will be reiuired as doorkeeper, or, I shonld say, janitor. How would Pickles Smith do Or can you suggest some one else whom, you would like to have the position Give this matter your caret ul oonsideratioa and be prepared to give me a definite answer u^n my arrivaL Please observe this commnnicatiim fii strictiy confidential, and whether yon i or decline, " keep mum." Yours truly. Jack Pot Limit. "Dar's de letter," said the President, when he had finished reading it, " an' p'rapa some of de members kin explain wut it means. Seems to me dat I hev at some time in my life knowed a man named Jack Pot, but dis heah pusson seems to hev dun gone an' got a 'limit' hitehed onto his cognomen. If a respectable cull'd pussen am gwine to arrove heah to open a bank I feeb dat he orter be insouraged, but dar's sumthin' boat dis letter which atrikea me aa ambiggerns. I will appint as a Committee of Investiga- shun CoL Poker Johnson, Faro Smith an' Keno Davis, wid instruckshuna to report at dar airlieat convenience." HE MAT. The Secretary then read the following Batok Bougk, I^ Bro. Gardner Dbas Sib â€" At a recent meeting of the Littie H«tehet Club, of thia town, you were elected (without a diaaenting voice) an hon- orary member of our club, with the rank ci " Broad-Ax." Our object is the economical use of the truth, and our motto is oontuned in that beautiful line of Horace (not Gree- ley) " Non Truiitnm haec Lias accipoe hoe." Freely translated, it means " Never waste truth when a lie will fit better." Our seal ia a littie hatehet, regardant with a cherry tree couchant. Givennnder my hand and seal this 25th day of March, A. D., 1888. Youra fraternally, H. BONALDSOir President, F. A. (Foot Adze). B. F. TiSDALE, Secretary, C. C. (Cold Chisel). "I ar' not quite cl'ar on dis letter, either." replied the President. "I reckon I shall kerry it home wid me to-night an' try an' arrove at de facks in de case, an' if it ar' all light I shall acccept de honor. Lst as now formulate homews^" v^; Some TJndeigroaod Wonders. At Kirknitz, in the Austrian Alps, there ia an intermittent lake that is a basin which at one season of the year ia filled with wa- ter, at another is dried up and cultivated by the farmers of the neighborhood. The im- perial forester has just examined the con- struction of that basin, and found in one part of it an immense cave called Karlovca, which, when the aurface of the water in the basin haa reached a certain height, begins sucking up the water until the basin is empty. This cave leads to a long series of underground lakes, all connected with one another by a continuous current. The for- ester navigated the fiiat five of them. Im mense fields of sand and gravel accumulate, and alternately atop the current or are car- ried off by it. The roof of the cavea in which thia aystem of watera ia located, at many^placea comes down very low, almost touching the water, and in such places the moving gravel beds frequentiy close the paaaage and cause the watera to riae in the higher cave. The foreater, with three com- paniona, waa in one of the lakea when the entrance waa anddenly blocked by a mass of rubbish tambling down from the roof. For more than eicht hours they worked as hard as they could until they succeeded in open- ing a passage by the side of the main en- trance, which was happily still found dry, and they were enabled to reach the auriace unharmed. But their boat and toola were left behind, and will be recovered again after the water ahall have aubsided. â€" [E They Ought to Ciy Qnita. Whatever the upahot of the conferences between the Italian and Abyaainian forces, the most aenaible courae for both aidea ia to make peace. The extreme caution which they have both observed now for three montha ia a clear indication that cash an- deratands the elementa of the other's atrength aa well aa of hia weakness. Geib San Marzsino haa atruggled part way up the heighta that lead from the coast of the table- land of Abyssinia, but has been obliged to draw back at each forward movement of King John, and undoubtedly the fear of » flank attack from the north has caused his main force to be not much further inland than SaatL The campaigning season is nearly past and the unhealthy season is at hand. King John, on his part, finds the Italians unable to confront him on ground of his choosing, but is himself hampered by a lack of supplies and by the frosh defection of his chronically rebelUous tribes. 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