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lts byaf lug BIUW L_y , JUUB 1.1.15 nuu1uvnuusuJ nu... .. TAh, . said Maisie in a. low tone. Ah, so it is as I thought. What fools people are to say she is dead! A black cat? Yes, of course she is changed into a. black cat." "-_1 _ L`_I ..L....-v.-.11 nunnl-11I0n UL UUILIDU DLIU ID \.I.llILl6U\A Ll-JU\J U. _v-v-~- V..- , The animal, a half starved creature, deserted by` some former owner, uttered a low cry, and springing to the stone curb in which the railings were set, came creeping toward the spot where Maisie stood. _ - Pussy, Maisie_called softly. Here, , pussy, pussy, cometo me. . The cat advanced `slowly. With a quick motion Maisie thrust her hand through the rails eandwclutched the loose q skin at the back of its neck -and held it i 1 fast. -All animals wereqfond of Maisie, and aftera little pattingand coaxing it was quite quiet`, and she helped it squeeze its attenuated sides through the _ narrow space, and now she gathered it `up in her arms and held it fast, and walked along the street until she came to a little shop where milk was sold. This she entered. , V VVill you let me have a pint of milk for my cat, she said, and a nice saucer to feed it fwom? She is most particular about her china. ""` ~ -----nu Aut Q`-\r\*r\`nI1(ll'|Dt1 OE GHQ - asked Maisie. To be sure it s VVUU-151-I aunnvua _ _v 7 Don tI;ou think it a. pwetbyf ` e? `X0338 3s.[ y `name; but she don t look the least T like a. young lady, [does she?` ~ No-of ' 99 8.DOuB nut uunua, The woman of the shop laughed as she measured the milk and lled a big china saucer. ; V ` s 3-]. -u--:;:- ..;:n 1....m ...+ Huuucs. A . The cat, which Maisie still held fast, lapped the milk eagerly, purring cheer- fully the while. She seems hungry, the woman said. . A Yes, said Maisie, 'she\ha.s been locked up in a church for a day and at `night. poor thing. Take a. little more, Eugenie; you shall have all you want. (I Tn -uni: nnf VIDIYIDA mllni ?, yUu. -BILGLI V U uul J vs. vv \-C-it Is you cat named Eugenie ? the woman asked. M n1`P\ ,IA..L--_ L`I..3..-.1- -:I- n course uuu. Certainly not, malam, said the V woman, stiring at her. - N_or a bit like an enchanted prin- cess/. said Maisie. ` _ ' `_`The_ milk is? thgee cents, "ma. am, said the woman, stepping back a little. Maisie gave her the change, gathering the*b_lack cat up in her arms. ` . 'Il"'I'-.. ....:I....'L-'I'I succinct! cl-un-n nut} In.-nu nrnaura `in `the_'.Britiah Empire Mutual] and,ge20 per cent. _!_or your ino_ne`y' as. well `as insu1f9.nce`on.yo_1u::_life. ' ` . Una` DIIIUK U340 up Lu. I.u:u.- on use: Hers nails shall gwow sharp and her a teeth shall` gwow lang, and on hen: four feet she shall Vgang',js he sang softly. I shouldthink it-much better to`. be a cat than-. a. ewy dwagon, shouldn't you? she asked the shopwoman in a condential tone, but before the; latter `recovered from .her5`astonishment shfe . had out of the stores L xuII'I_-L IAJ6 In n f-Jig urn.`-{j`g_n DIG VI. ULlU ,DU\JI\-u ' Thu lady is crazy, the woman sand, calling to some one in the back room; n.`..... 4.1.` mnn1innnu` nf_f_i':rvxHhn (I989- caumg 130 801116 Uuu xu yup Uanpn xyvau. Puss, the` meekness o4fstAiu-vaQ.tion 0961', was struggling \`r'io,Ie`1_1`tly;'f An ?_ empty c'ab_passee!. .Ma,i_s1Ae Iiai1edit.T - ` . V photography has accom -_ .=pliahs_d.;-many wonderful results; but noth- Adisc overies`up_onth`e moon. The moonisso near by; andhas been so carefully studied with the most powerful telescopes for hundreds of . years, that the astronomers [had cometo think that they knew pretty much all about it, or at least about that face of the moon which is turned toward the earth. But it turns. out that photo- graphy possesses the power to reveal - things upon the moon. which cannot be seen by the eye, even with the aid of the best of telescopes. A careful study of the negatives of the moon made with the aid `of the great Lick telescope has revealed the existence of many unknown objects there, including great crater mountains andrifts or chasms in the surface of the mean, as well as some of those mysterious of bright streaks or rays. `NI --- `kg ..\-l1Q` Anafnh EA jug" perhaps more surprising than its objects that go under the descriptive name. D1 Dl'IguIn.qvI:uo.Iae,.-va lD Ia - - Near th%-~great crater which we call equal dimensions is shown upon the nega- tives, although it is absent from the most ' elaborate `maps of the moon, and cannot be seen even, with the Lick telescope, exceptnwhen-the magic eye of the camera, instead of the human retina, is applied to look for it. When itxis considered that this mysterious crater represents the remains of a mountain ring more than fty miles in diameter, it appears exceed- ing strange that it should escape detection by the telescope when directed` to the moon, and yet be visible upon a photo- graph of the moon. The reason appears to be that the walls of this newly discov- ered crater were long ago destroyed, being razed by some denuding force nearly to the level-of the surrounding surface It is}-consequently but the remnant of a great "er ring,` Even in that condition, how- ever, it would be visible to the eye, but for the fact that its-huge neighbor, Coper- nicus, whose walls are still standing to a great height, is surrounded by enormous masses of luminous material, which looks like lava that must have overowed the surrounding county ages ago, and reects back the light of the sun to our eyes with over powering brilliancy. The glare of this broad reflecting surface. covering hundreds of square miles is so great as to conceal the comparatively low relief of the broken crater ring. 1'4 2- -1. :1. 2.. .....L :nnnwnknk1n+1\O,*. (lulu-H"- iopernicus, another crater of nearly 4 W10 DIOKBII crawl: ruug. In fact, it is not improbable that Coper- nlcus is responsible for the disappearance of the other` great crater, which doubtless was the predecessor of Copernicus and once towered up to an equal. height above the surrounding plains. After it had ceased to be an active volcano, and Copernicus had burst forth, the latter probably over- whelmed it with torrents of lava, which, A`L- _..-_.. _.:L`I..:.-. N. I-n-nlznn wnehnlea IF Wllill BUIIIULIIIIS Ul. Lavu, vvunvu, lling up the space within its broken walls nearly to the level of their tops, submerged it, so to speak. beneath the new surface thus formed so that only the summit of its broken walls remains to be caught by the acute vision of the photo- graphic plate. , 1.. ..n..,.. .....+. AI! Hm mnnn similar events grapnlc plate. In otherparts of the moon similar appear" to have taken place, and there are a number of large craters, enormously greater than any volcanic craters upon the earth, which seem to have been buried by the outburst of lava from subsequently formed volcanoes in their neighborhood, so that only portions of their mountain walls now remain visible. , , .L __ .1: .... ...... .1... calcium Frnm in- Wall! remain vnuuw. Another discovery, also arising from in- most perfect `crater in the moon, Tycho. This extinct volcano is some fty-four miles in diameter, and is surrounded on the outer side of its lofty walls` by a com- paratively level region,-"iome twenty-ve miles broad, of a much darker hue than that of crater itself or of the surrounding country beyond. The hundreds of great streaks which radiate from Tycho like the spokes of a wheel, varying in width from ten to twenty or thirty miles, and in length from a few miles to nearly 2,000 miles, have always appeared, when viewed with a telescope alone, to take their rise from the outer edge of the dark rim sur- rounding the crater, but the Lick nega- ? tives show that some of the streaks at least pass through this dark rim and ex- tend clear up to. the very walls of the crater. The suggestion that these myster- ious streaks had their origin in the vol- canic energy _of~Tycho when`: it v(r1asl:ti1ln _ -a:_._ ._.Ln- n nl-.1-Anal . BUB V t spection of the negatives made with the , Lick telescope, relates to "the wenderful i system of bright rays surrounding the 1 canic Vorlycuo Wuuu u. nun ....... .. active crater, is strengthened by this evidence that the streaks actually reach to the crater itself. . These discoveries are `likely to give re- newed interest to the study of the moon s , 1,1- Some people are constantly` troubled with boils-no sooner does "one heal than another makes its a earance. A thorou h course of , PP _ E , A ...... .. u.......m....11. Hm lmm. of blood mmers makes its appearance. A ululvugu Uvuxuv VI Ayerfs Sarsaparilla, the best of blood puriers effectually puts an end to this annoyance, We recommend atrial. ?_._A row on the stems of their neighbors ; pack IIUW to aunu llvvvyau nu; ----. Cut owers are constantly sent through the mails, but seldom in such a fashion as to preserve their bloom and freshness. To effect this, pack in a light wooden box with wadding or cotton batting, laying over this subset of tissue paper ; then lay the owers, not on top of each other, but in rows side by side,` the blossoms` of each` closely, otherwise the owers will be dis- Dlaced and injured in the journey. Be"- fore packing, they should stand in water for several hours in` order to absorb mois- ture enough to" keep them from wither- ing. It is not well to sprinkle them too heavily after they are in the box, for without. airthat is likely to produce mil- luncvuuv 59.: AIIITIIIIIIII Vuvwye Aluminum is down to fty cents a pound already. Likewise an aluminum boat has been built and successfully launched in Zurich, Switerland. It is only twenty feet. long, and will be exhibited at a Frankfort marine exhibition merely as a miniature of the ship of the future. It is run by a two,-horse `power naphthgengine, and its hull, screw `and machinery; are all madeof aluminum. The little craft is entirely sucoessiul from .every`point of , -vie1;,r.`~ ;There is allreason to believe that is who now live will behold the ushering otthe age of aluminum, "A beautiful 3 shining ' ezvzilllbe. 00;~..better than the _ fabled den_age....- . . r Congr_egatioga1 _ Church. `Preaching lervices every'S_n4bbath at 11 3.111. and 7 p. In. Sa.bba.th- Sohgpl at 4 p.m.A Prayer meatingd, Sabbath 10.15, mm. ,' and Wednes- ` day Ms `8 p.1na Rev.`fJ. R. `B1gck,AB.A., Vpupt91_"._ " trangera welcomed. 32 T--* nut to sona r1ow`grs by Hall. . , _, L`._ _-..L LL-. Aluminum chean. REL; `A, DR. FOVVLEBIS %fEXT: OF 0 j __`\!Y_|_|;|9.'.- _ `TURNIP TURNIP SE5; % TURNIEA `T _ I _._._-- _ W--_ -_ AND ALL summer: co.w=LAihs AND FLUXES or me: BOWELS 11' IS SAFE AND RELIABLE FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS. Just to hand an immense stock` of New Tm-ni Seeds. direct from the growers, which must e cleared out. Horse-Tooth nd Canadian Corns, Rape. Millet, Buck wheat. un rian, and all staple varieties A! Winl and nr an Seeds- Buckwheat. Hun Han, and of Field and Gar en Seeds. |d.M.BOTHWELL ITHE ADVANCE, --:-:: :__.T orpun-E Cod Liver bifwnn HYPOPHOSPHITES OF IIMB AND SODA. The patient suffering from 1-345171137 ll"l\rI'II t\\T T "' l""""' "" ""'O " ' CON s MPTI 01. BIIONCIIITIS, COUCH, COLD, 01! WASTING DISEASES, takes the rnmadv as he wmxid take milk. A bar. VVAB'I l.11Ii ulannsna, button but: remedy as he would take milk. A per- fect emulsion, and 3 wonderful esh rodncer. M Take no other. All Druggiats. 5 ., 1.00. nntnrnnv n. hniiflfl `l)..`ll.-211.. `~ _ ' t. 4,, _ H011; tgzo part them ~Waaia 5.; M.1: .a.:a: uai8i- make her ugly and wash`! but 32m, oh, that i3 fwightul3<:- herl . -t as ajudgme_nt,_whyV,_how,% Sorry? But to do 11: myS9lf.!? ,- couldlb Svn de courage, said 3Mm`e;-5" on Smtting her mouth tight, -_ Pihn her face into a. thousand` mwinfs You is skeery; white.-folks : . , ' . ' ' Q L k ery, G0 long`: (1.9 Lot donf ts 6 tdon' help demselves. Sfpose , away, he foller on long asvsho so ` shrgg and sing so. Whoo! Take away P an atom 9', Peucome back to _ _1 -...-.4. vn-u~|uaa1"- is "105 help den) da ` '..I.'1'IIB3eu uunu nu; nu... ...-..__,_____ . I `able Patents, mgown invention, 1n'1`rnss- - es,8 inaland lnbFeetInsu-uments. I Ruptnro-! wl guarantee tohold largest Rupture without touching your hip, no, straps whatsoever, waterproof. I.srgeststook'n Trusses I the great Oluthe Spiral. '1`:-gssgg 1t$ck. nedgtg system for onnnnm l::l!t:Ih.::l. ht _: -` J ' Splnallnstrumentsome, 9, - and more ooctive. A ' ' ,, 4 -_- The last 25 years I Trusses than any man this ma own eatgpiinal and IIRE have adjusted more 1nAmer1ca. Valu- in Truss- lnb Feet Instruments. nnfl PAA HI hld Rupture VFIUIII IIIU|l IIllUlIIvu]_uu,5g; mug i and more enective. FEETIclaimthe onlyme- ohnnical system to string]: born Olubl'eet(Patented.) Iwill provoto anybody thato tion never did not can straigh on club Feet. Send 6 cent stamps for Book. V an An 1m.I~nrIIl!. 1l8 Klnz St. mm; _9_S___AhI_l}__0BGANS AND AHEBICAN PIANOS. Unexoelled in 'i`on`e, Touch and Durability. Inspection solicited. Always pleased to show goods. In-rgs stock slwnys on hand. Also lot of good second-hand instruments to sell on easy termsor to rent. sale stsbleot rst-class horses, young. - Lo Eoodrgglvers nnd heavy horses, Sound young orses taken on instruments. ,___---ggj Oico, Warorooms. End stables. Corner Owen - T _ and.Sovh1aSt.Barz-lo.` |b'e.`so1d very reaaonuue. uuu. u Apply to James McQuay. Angus? ENSILAGE CORN THE BEST PAPER -IN SIMCOE` d ask you (1 51116 .,V_ prettia h qr 9 come to on good Chris en help mak . V doulgt you fee l good say?n1 u;:l;,::PDy_ ~ Nd ut night, an thinkin how he kilga-I91-3` 9) _ an cuddle her. I could not bear , 1t? -Mame. uni, d0 it; PIGRSB yourself;: .a: )UEEN 8 hom at Angus for nha .1. nmumt by Mr. James at. Sands for Book. Vg QIIAB. churn. 1l8 King St. W.. Toronto. HIV vvvvvn aavv nan vvvv...-V. -7... - ' scarf :9 BOWNE, Beztecuz. \l\a\a\I\ "\;VWh}|~.W smzawoo D-, JEEDP8 HOTEL an Angus Lu: .1 pied at present by Mr. -. I Ilmnnad hotelinAngu._1ngoo Especial Prices to Dealers'& SEEDSMAN. BARBIE. |TR2`!?.,my `SE-`$`18`Bu` L:-I C a\x /' _R AM PS dwaws mm IWUII1 mg, - M Her own face was Hard and set, her cheeks pale, her eyebrows drawn to- gether, her eyes cruel, and their blue - turned to green. She looked-no 1'1; a (uaint marr little witch ae1`en%ale i1 np of `a.t_an bent of; ' chief. V ' ' . fnv o'I`\\.'f)`|;'l10' {IE seemed IARRHCEA YSEEETERY iHd f;ii`iu I1o.1er:2;_1`.I9.h Hdlol for Sale. SUBSCRIBE FOR That Helps to cue The di reeable'~ .-taste of 51939 con_uvn on _ _I!____'.-L_J !.. is7dYsi5'aiJ1"in" The Gold. T%'i?5??d" 5dd' henoould -Maisio" . k d, wringing her hands.- .. `hlifv cried the old woman, Ho, you to ms you help yourself. Soloxpon 6; mejes how, Wantto know? ' wuyes said Maisie; suddenly drawing` W1; `up to her full height, I do t l1I;E ;he1'e is a. spell by ,wh1ch I - - u k by beauty fwom her. I w1ll.~do'1t. ta.s`1 )ey_`zs; but dem spells cost consular- ab1e, Miss Maisie, send the old negress. Day is expansive, .dar 13 no doubt. I don! know how I gxb you dat spell less dan 8, hunerd dollars, I don . V I have more than that inthe savings bank said Maisie. I saved it before Mamlna Bunny adopted me. I do not care'1l0\\ m11C11-I give if I can have Woy She has wobbed me, wongbdg . ._ Mn nm- what hannen to theld SEED For Light Soils. By the Ton. `smmo For Heavy Soils. ' I To Suit any Soil. SEED care now xuuu--+a~ - -~-----'- " '-v.. back No, nor what happen to the face that lures him and the voice that him fwom nlg, -rr ,_ Ali! fnnn van Rafa An!` ant, hill` cruel I111b`L'1uvi. She was ready for anything, as the old woman plainly saw, anytliing, and a strange fellow feeling possessed the soul of the latter. She liked Maisie, with the ardent liking that old black women often feel for young white girls. She really , wanted to help her, even while she in- tended to be well paid for doing so, for the money she demanded would enable her to leave a place too hot to hold her 9 much longer. Fortune telling was by no means her worst offence against so- ciety, and she was in danger of arrest. Morever she was in debt. She needed the money as she had never needed it be- . fore, but she honestly intended to show M-aisle how to harm her rival, and for this unknown Eugenie she had no more ` mercy or pity thanshe would for _a ven- emous snake on whose neck she was about to set. her heel. ' - H I - L4- 'L-:n -.-a!..-..-.: 4.1.... i!UUul. LU mum 112-1 uccl. In her youth she, too, "had suffered the I pangs of jealousy, and she had had her revenge. The memory still lled her soul with savage joy, old as she was,_ toothless, wrinkled, racked with aches and pains. She would still at times rub her black hands together, chuckling, shaking her head and whisperirg, per- haps to Solomon, the toad, jHi, den, she didn get de best of it after all, dat dar yallergal. T " _ B1-i_r_1g me do hundred dollars, 'den, .1 (LIJUI bu Io B1'ing den, honey, she said, patting Maisie s head softly; in-ing me de money. Dey is tings in what I is gwine to gib you dat isn t to be got in shops. I digs em in de m0on1ight;I knows whar. Deyvgrowa on de grabes of men_ datfs been hung and of women dat s kill deirselbs. ` Dey grows whar blood has been spilt, some. 01) dem. I trabbles far to n em, but_ Solomon goes wid me; Solomon knows. Dey is a place whar a. little dead, baby % was put, choked fus by its own mudder. I knowed, I knowed de stuff, grow dar, so tiny mos"folks cou1dn t n i . I found it. ,1 : gone dow1i' into ole mines to get some ob de stuff, and up into high mountains. _ Da.t s why it com], - You so much, Miss Maisie. Dey `is tim Igoes--I goes away and t_rabbles-trab- b1es-me and Solomon. Don't we, Solo- mon? eh, Solomon? `T_._.`Il , ,1 AI, _- 4.. ._ __. 1"...` . .n. snavlavlao old woman nodded, and eaccoI'n- 1 pained Meisie down stairs, opening the . 8 greenish powder. ' door for her; but when Maisie was gone Mme. Pinohon did not proceed to the grave of the murdered man, the bottom of a mine or the top of 9. mountain, but hobbled into the omce of the doctor wh6 occu pied the lower oor and there made sundry purchases. when foreseeo ` end time Maisie left the -house she car- ried with her a. little pill box `containing 1 Than `ll - `I3.-"nu-v manna hnmn Auuu ; cu, DU.l.Ul.uULl I ` I will getthe money, Mme. Pinchon said Maisie. - I will 0 to the `bank ; I have done being goo, I Will ght 501` " myself. If girls who wesemble angels can be so bad as to wob other girils of their lovers, the wh should no_t't ese ugly little hmhacgs like myself- 17 1...-..... _ ___:-.1.LJ.- 1175...: .. ....:...L6- 4-.` run`! I 10 N I 1 J Alt UIU Iljwuvili Lnaav on-J -IV. }u1;'e a wightto Woy , a Wight own sweetheart. `I will come back at once, and you will ahowme what: todo, Mme. Pinchon. -I1 -I 1 ,,,____ 51 CCIJIBU. PUWUULO When Mr. Bunny. came home to- Box`1d Street at 3 o'clock he the r6.81I_ Parlor where Maisio was_ [Slaying the Maiden s `Prayer ? 011'; the ;.~p`ib,l;o Went up stairs. Mrs. 'BuIiiiY7;*eVa !'3n V 1} room arranging hervbureau _d!"`wers. 79 nfnA AAQJ-D nnL nn:t: Inll` ` -vtuu arranging nervuureuu =u1'wvIuo -W; "Ome early, she said as he kissed her.` See ere, ere s the rnt present hgvgr" 7 gave me, and `she shovpe_d~,_him '5 .. blue bead ring. % `A M 2 : T m1..u. .....'...1..' 4- I..;.. ......n'.".s`&-..-Jfu. A V . I" ;i'Ly 771 7;c;; `;11'ch` to buy P'?:;f,;df`.%\ my dear. Said h'}`.`b?9I `1goa'vve. lasting thing--my 31' ' ' % } 0 ' '" > love is out of task`?! `9T'= 97: and he sighed. L `__- __ n.----- --`"!` as ,,,.s.,,_ ----- * *--- av 51 1160- ' ~ A ` " ` `:1You v some bad news. Bu9~"j Sai his wife. V ` f ` , v. n ,0; oung Gio1_'d-, a.sja 6 to-day, stud Bunny. _ ad. `E5 the hea.r"l nbiv; . 9 ; bck. There : is Maisie, and heguve `" 1; ylgoh she read with `Ff, makes it_:`pl.IiIp I891. L'o's ar1:;._ei?&h'l. qut:I .i:`a i?xed`;3 T"`; isi:iiP36'`%3i?'for?TIaisIFib r i;if "1 we ';-` said Bun'nir_ 7%.. . g.,.,, ; -aid Bunny. body does in that -(way of trad? Or iat, it ; a. sort of play. If :you d;sooue her y1ou d a.ve thought Ftwas wibchbs broth? said Mrs. Bunny, `_`and not agbit would she givo` the dog, and 1m_begging -for it. E loves sugar, you. know. Why, she kicked im away. Oh, she was as glam! ' A _. What is your advice, old asked B'::=nr- .o L do Oh, tell` or about Roy `bemg called ome, and let her nd out the rest by de$ an-"Ana unit` 4-): Inu l ` S !."|.!'.!, :.U,.I!"-`U011 oerned, sand Mu. Bunny. _`.`Sh'g g no erse1fabit; she's been making candy 5] day. . . ._ urnI.-u-_ -I_;-_.,_| fa ' V.` . . .n -a1-oao .0. GUI up Z$b1.1\g.>_'>Ul-IIQU UV, LIIUU her life. She. was well enoug. pond a.ppy enough without i"im: Ah, I ve done greqt misch_gi_g, , .I ts well she isn't my daughber-well for that puppy, Roy Giord. ` ` ' ~ 7 ` n1'll __.-_._- I\-___..__. II _,2, I `If 0 o 1 V-_-V3 --K -10- -VA cg:-Au vuu vuv {USU II I.I.U' -1.1';s`.-`:`5h: a`;.. ,;n I , y, may put my ngqr in; some pie-\ vhero it : nottnggdgd` before I die, but there ll be no match. . making in `it. I thP.t`l5oy into ` LAO turns In!n Auunuuonin Q0. __-- 771Vfam 3 ~ % V > on the sta,`ii1~3,u.',1I`,:; cgiled Ma1s1e s voice aeyvice at St..Joan s "g ug to a'ftmn V 099 TV EU. _Y IIZII I7! w:`You couldn't do a. better thing, love, rep1_ied`Mrs. Bunny: when; gzheedoory ` closed behind the " two _ looked out of the window after her very lov- ingl .. . . . , 10 steps lively, said. Mr. Bunny. `kn an nv\u.-:`-- kn up--A- L J. - u-go-v auxin: o-vv-J, . .wInl\=_. an: aauasaglo Oh, the g1rl"a.s 9. spmt; she won't die, of it. - ' . n`l'|`I_.._!-_. -r 9;..- _..L n , -1 `up 1\ I ` w`:iless er, I ope.not, ? aid Mr. - Bryn- I ny; shefs a. good ljttle.creature. Eugenie sat in Mrs. Morgan's pew in St; Joan. s listening to the organ and thinking of home and Herr Schelling when a la.dytiptoed up the aisle, and a. `rustle of silk, a. `utter of ribbon, toss of plumes and 9. tinkle of bracelets ceased at her elbow, and [she looked up to see Maisie and moved back to allow` her to enter. V . haw- V \v-nvv Ma'.isie sVe.3;os were gleaming hind. ah!` had, 9. red spot on eithercheek, She had come thither to try-te witch s spell on Eugenie-the green powder which she had mixed in certain candy balls now in her pocket. ` A An! Lou: 4\:un:r\ I-1-.1; n1r1 xurlnnxnn Bot` CI`? In tI\IV2\l U0 Again end again the old woman had reiterated the statement that it would rob her rival of an her power, that her ` face would no longer be fair nor her ` voice the voice of _a. siren, and that this being done Maisie would find her lover at her side again. 1x'r1...n...... 4.1.}. A1,: vsnruw-and Imlim-m thin all ll-UL DIUU _Gl.I-In Whether -B2619 old negress believed this who can say, but to Maisie it was a. reve- lation. She had no doubt whatever, no doubt and no remorse. - :I'I`iY ,_.. .___..- .3..- mnimn (I"|l\ QUUUIJ Clauu RU lutuvsuvu "Woy was mine; mine, mine, she: said to herself. . I hadvsgwight to him. She came 1ike._a. wobper to steal him fwom me. It is as if I took the pistol , fwome. burglar when I take her beauty and her song., Meanwhile she "chat- tered in a whisper, lest Eugenie. should i suspect; something from her silence. A "I HAVE A FEW IN MY Bonnomvlmzm. YOU MUST TAKE THEM. 1 T What a splendid voice your clergy- .man has! What lovely windows! It is" such a. pretty church.-` T A I:A.A.`I-'..J!4-.-n.-u-nu! O-MA a-{I-In 11-A11` th Bucn H. pretty Uuusuur _ A little afterward the girls held the same book and repeated the responses together, while Maisie was saying to her- self: Wetoh, whothas twied to web me of my Woy, soon shall ` the judgment fell upon you. ` ` tr. .1 'uI.. .....n:A 1nn1z`m-I at hm` at that mo- nstitute 18.11 upuu yuu. HadVEu geni_e looked at her at that mo- ment she must have seen her hate in. her face, But Eugenie s thoughts of Maisie were gentle and loving, . ' Service was over at last; people were going out. - I must speak to Miss Fanning, Eu- genie whispered; her W grandmother is ill. Don t`wait for meif you wish to'go`. . Oh, no, sai_d.Ma.isie, lI will `not; but f js` so sweet, so peacefu1,xeo heaven- : ly h`" e,` -one-feels as -if one might be- i come an angel. So. elevating that I j would like to stay alwA-ays. . ..r\1, I_2_.."i:LL1A nI'a*:A - Woulu LUSH M) nun; ul.vv'a_y nu- Oh, lying little Maisie. Her heart was hot with hate; and . evil thoughts hit; mind even as she spoke. 1 So _hea'.v,_enly encl _pe_ecefg1l, she w5;1:a$;n`1`;;;&+P6`:c;;1:l: "E138 re- pated, fanning hraelf with a. "little. crimsonfan that seetned *0 81" 1 3 cdal of fire as" she waved it briskly` to and fro. ' _ '___ 91 __:.I -au::Q l\-XL unsung` An`: lllh > . _ 0h, yes, said Maisie, one must as]: after people s welatives when they are ill, or they will nevah forgizven one. Which is Miss Fanning-the lady still kneeling there? Vewy pwobably A3119 is Apwaying -for her dear grandma. You cannotilI`39`iVr1Ph_1'~f.0`11'39- We ` can havefa raw mor hiiutes to liat:'-I ,, g1. - ;_ ......-.`..I.. Thnk .n'-"vni1'3 ni-in. ' OED IIBVGG IIIVLV slouch-nvv-r `,...., enjoy it ioevmufch. Whpt do'~'yoi1 snip: pose I have been doing today? ' N'Dnnv mid Emzenie. I arh bad at UV\ouJ I 1 DEVG UUU1-I us`- ""5 ' Really, said Eugeme. guessing.l - am You can never $18.53. 33-id % Making `ca.mi'y.' Oh, it is such fun, such fwolio- .1 made peppawmit *i1 and dwomiot a1l1`avors.= bought 8 in my ~bonbonnier; you must *9 . 116.3 `J .9,_!ittl.o1.,e.b0`x. % V y:i:?1gi; 15111: yon n1ust`ex- `Ewery Lady ' _Hw:_.d,m`.`cone'ooner. I have` a-few. . ` " `,_`.;,._u., -:3, . mazmi. m.Mahie'n;. 01186 me,-" salglulgsva-9: A"litt1o' Ibbwl 6n N[ainie u, .orehead.. Eugenie %. saw, that. she _ Sh; magic 9, strong effort to `con-A ` quer herself. .8h'Tputv out:_;her ha.nd,;but u..c..:=.: ma. hua'liin:r;Aa.tta;if1.L I.` '1. .. herself. .I:u_1e pup uuguc. ........, ....- Maisioh-.vva._n 1g.ug1_.;_;g.g.gai1;,. `I.vse.e . -she -is, those Adblicate mawl -co1ord :.0p_n yQII1`-`Inouth'~ _and`.I"wil11i5op in>,1 so. -> Slie held "littIe-green drop between her,-ngers qnd stood on tiptoe. Eugenie lgughod _and`opened he`: 1ips,"and the next in- sta}nt'the littltev was in her mouth. It was soft and sweet, but the after taste ,wasunp1ea_sa.nt. Instantly Maisie opped in a.nother.. Is it not nice? Will fou } haze so1':_1e mqreif ' L8! `;e;;';..ineq from swallowing th9__:eond,ba11.A " 3 - ` 0h,`nO,? . she `said; the3"'. are\very 7 nice,` Of eoizrse, quite a.new.idea. making your own sugar plums, but. I never eat . candy. before dinner; it_ takes away my appetite; . \ Have. you _ madeany ta_y?: I used_to'make that when I was `a- little girl; `We thoughtit great funto pull it. Now Miss Fanning is riing. I` mustgo I to her. 1 Good-by-4-un1ess iou choose "to ` _ wait" for me. ' I A -nth `In I 1 VIIJAU CV. onavv A Then ehe spoke to MissVFanning.aheut ' her grandmother, .hea.rd'that the old lady _ was better, and had fairly, got out upon the churehsteps when she remembered that she had left her parasol in her own WV`. . I must go backaud get it, . 6119- said.- unonq; you well, dear? asked Miss ' Fannilig. . HAL ....... 99 ...-.33 "11.-u1\-`:15 TKT.'Lq-p Rn S Qh,53.res, sai Eugenie. Why do you ask? , - ' r ` . ' ' .6153-:11`-o AB mint: no-:11 Mina Wonn;nn ~'"::~s';,;;ny of me, gaid.Mjs_s Fa.nVni`ng,V ,I_ thought you. looked a. little pale. Eugenie s`I_ni1e'd'and turned back into the church. ,,_;,_-_1 -4. A4. ...:.1..:...LL vu_.uLvu. - The lhoufs passed on. At midnight Mr. Bun_ny s household had retired, but Maisie, between hope, and fear and qualms of._ `conscience, could not rest. She had slipped off her shoes that noone might hear, and in her stockings feet paced to and fro over the brilliant car- pet she had chosen with such delight i when_ Mr. Bunny rst brought" her home. 1 1'_.... .._..... LI`.-. 1r\r::n11+l\cl" 1-nnrn {In +1nn 1lU.Ll_ $11.1. .L!|.I.Ll.l.IJ .I..|Du unvub-_.v V. ..v...... .Hers was the brightest room in the house, with its gay drapery and orna- ments, its cushions and pus and scarves, its Japanese fans and Chinese vases, and oddities of polished brass and lacquered wood; and all the pretty tries that a. woman loves to -make for the nest that isher ovn." IIIJUI. UVILIO _ Pictures hung everywhere upon the walls. Always pictures of -lovers in every conceivable `attitude of adora- tion. Lovers kneeling` `at, the adored one s feet, serenading -her to the tinkle of the light guitar, tossing owers to her overwalls, slipping letters into her A hand"while sleepy duennas nodded be- hind open fans, sailing with her, skat- ing with her, kissing her beside silver fountains--a store of chromos and col- ored photographs which Maisie had been collecting for years, and which were her choicest treasures; but she did not glance at them to-night, nor did sheeven ` need the gay reflections of her satin- i smooth hair, her golden pins and crim- A son ribbons in the myriad little mirrors in all the nooks and corners where mir- rors were possible. One thought lled 1 her mind." She questioned the spell. how 7 would it act? What would it do to` Eugenie? Would she be old and ugly. All at once, would she nd her power gone Without knowing why? `How would the beauty she so feared depart? Never for a moment did she doubt that something would happen. The words of an old ballad came into her mind. As she walked to and fro she repeated them to herself: A _ - A heavier weird I will her rede Than ever fell upon vile woman, _ Her nails shall grow" sharp, her teeth shall noun-no 1:101!!! LL05 I-LI-IIIAQ 9:-Iowan bn\lvv ._..--`., -.-.. ---__ ., grow lang, T And on her four feet she shall gang. Ah, _whispered Mmlie, the step- mother changed .into a ery dragon. Eugenie is worse than any stepmother, ` but I don t wish that she should become _a ery dragon or even a black cat. I only want her to let my,Woy albne, and she can have anybody else in the wide 1 world. I d wother nothing very dwea.d- ' "111 happened to her`; _I have only done whatwas necessawy. She` seemed to l address a Chinese mandrin upon the mantelpiece, and as every movement that was made in the room Set him to nodding his head he now nodded it furiously as if inreply. _ T A-L 4.1.4.. :....L..-.I- 4-I-an ah-not nnrurnncr l.|.ll.'lUuE.l)' an L5 tu. aclug a At this instant the street door ~_ra.ng violently, its clang lling the silent house. The sound lled Meisie with terror. ALA- terror. _ V , At first she hid her head in the pillows of the bed, then she -started up `and _ joined Mr. and Mrs. Bunny, whom she found talking to a. little messenger boy `in El}? hail! below . J,-4- 2.1.3.. - ....-..'......... 4'...-...... Ill. laueuuu ucuvvvo Maisie, dear, it s a message from Mrs. Morgan, she said. Mis"S Eugenie ismissing. V ' ' - .. nun. --_ -.... ..........I 15115415` +1-unt `gonna: ~ 13 ullumug. .. ._ They are scared out `of their,senses, said the boy. I ve'. been'to twenty places They thought she might be here. V _ .' e _ . She hasn't been here, said`Mrs. Bun- yny. Oh, dear, dear! She n_1aybedead! gDead! \"cried_gMaAisie sbrilly. What nonsense! It:Ai`s,n,1uch'_z`11ore4 likely she 1 has been changed -into a. bla.ck`,`cat.7 The messenger etar`ed,i as well hemight. n'n.9_ - ..-..- L3.-.nv 1: -iomncv Mginig_ Inc 1.`~\uuuUI-I531 90-mu. cw " --~--` ---a---" 0.11; ; 9, poor time- for jesting, Maisie, .A love, said ' Mr. Bunny.` Your friend missing and -all, it" soundsLhe..rtless. -u-..:..:..-1.......4- {ml-A l~AnI-aunt` rnnhnd nn Iv DI.I|Ll.l\LD`lI\J_ID4Iv Ill-V93`-II Maisie` burst into tears and rushed up stairs: but in her own room she began to laugh again and to chatter to the. V mandarin. - ~ nlfl." ;I.-....." 1->45:-n Gui:-\n19At` , nu`-an Th carm has .`worked, she said. Ypu and I know that `I shall have my Way back again. There can be nothing t0attrat'him in 'a'bla'/:1": cat. Then she lgughg softLy to herself and -began to W_aing_`;l1;h old _ ' cu:-1: % cIiAP';:ER V1.4 #41. ` 'rUst%, `Imam somy. 4. `ne_:xt_mo1fning}.at_ breakfggw jimo gain :lnr`.`IlJ 9 ;l_yVIDIl\Q v_-'-4lQ\`UlI.lH\_ }a,I-sou: cannaiwstl 1 . 3t?pp;s; fsiti&B1i?8g., vJ:BtIntiy- ` ;'iahe%f11?biriIisl ` A ti. pi}; , apartments sin ` neighbors only suchbinformation as `was conveyed` in the remark, ` `Good riddance of bad rubbish, we all say, had begun to. wander about the (city. Where , she went or why, except Tthat s he.ha.d' + some wild idea of meeting Roy Gifford * andnding him all her own again, now that Eugenielsc fascinations were at an end, she could not have said, when at three o'clock in the afternoon she heard thebell of St. Joan's` and found herself approaching its entrance. There was a crowd about the step, an excited, surg- `ing crowd, and as she joined it the sex- ton, bareheaded and with his white hair oating behind him on -the wind, came down the street followed by ..two police- men. Pushing past the people they en-A tered the church, closing the doors be- hind them. u-rrn..- .:...'L') ....ln..1 A "on-'17 al-nnrlinn 51533---1s:uge'1i;"_'i 7"` `?I?f', M i ` hetaken `herself ea}: ,i, that .orE1cle s _ . anda.J1:h6r:goods and ~ chattelscvanishedg and. receiving-` of~ her . _ :Atvh13i1nr"|Ays_f;)nd*}M;.isi7.';Io niissing`;`, unL.`..- 4.- .-.......:.... ..|......a. 7u':.`....-`a\.-..... ....... "3`Tu;Zb2 .fmcu.;1 niece of Mrs.` Mor- gan; that musical Mi_ss Ashton, re- plied the other. They have been look- ing for her all night. Mr. Smith found- her lying dead in her pew. Such a. A sweet girl. KIWLAL as nnnnn an. 06%,`! `HI ',, DWUUU 511. said Maisie shrilly. :11 ' -__.M. `I...J.'--nu 36- n-1:11 What nonsense! She ca1v1 tbed4e'a.d! I-`kn `oar Lu LILGIBIU 311.! 11.1 I ' I {can't believe it, said the lady, bursting into, tears. A ..J ._..... mt-\ An:-ups Annnn IV-tun nu-nun` Uuuauug, uuru, vccnuo ~ And now the doors opened, the crowd drew back at the command of the po- licemene who preceded those who bore a. bier covered by a black cloth. Treadiug slowly, together they passed down the street and out of sight. c1...... .4: +1.... Inaiua an!-an-a Han r-]1nrnh_ ,p".At| street and out UL guguv. Some of the ladies entered the church, V others walked away; others still mostly boys and the rira gathered in city streets by every excitement, were driven o by the sexton and athirdy policeman, who afterward took his place on the church step. " " ' l(I'T:`|1 An `A 31: vs-nnnsi-I139 +}\" ouuruu uwp. - . .W ill you go in, madame this latter said to Maisie, who still lingered. They will have service as usual. IKXTA J-Inn:-`Iv c-tsuc 1111:!` NO "ag.I.u-:_y vvug. uuvu aux now an .u-3-_w~ No, thank you, said Maasle. NO, I believe not. No, it is excusable not to T go in. un..-a...:...1... 99 .....:A' 4.1..` vudinlamgn Dar. 30 Au. _ ` Certainly, said the policeman. ` `Per- _ha,ps'you d better walk on in that case, ..-_.J-..h.. Yes, said Maisie, but she Stood Still- Upset by what has happened? said the policeman, taking her by the arm. ` It was shocking. Now which wayvdo you go, madame? . `IT :1nn I- `rv-nnrn unit` M-9;iD' T Q.n,t you go, 1.ua.ua.u.ms I don t know, said Maisie; I can't think. Where would you go if you were I? ' - . -' 1- , ,-_,,.._ as .._:.:l 4.]... can; Why home, of course, said the liceman, looking at her gravely. ' ::1T_. 99 ._..:_r*u'..:...:.. ..!.-...'.`ln um. vac: 11(:eIua.u, IUUISILIE db HUI slaw U1: Yes,_'said`Ma_isie sIoWly._ . h, yes. She alldinied hin'?:tQ. lead her to the cor- ner, whencehe returned to his pest. rm----- ---.... ;. 1:44.`... ........Am-. mm!-. mu-. IJCL, VVUGULU no Luvutsnvvn vv -.-.a 1--.." There was: a little garden spot sur- rounding the church containing some well rolled grass and a. few ower bor- dens. `The cellar windows opened on this iuclosure, which was set about by. iron raiilings. Maisie drew close to these -railings and leaned upon them. Her eyes were xed on one of the cellar windows, from which a leanblack cat` was creep- eing slowly, looking suspiciously about it. '15 A 1. 99 ...n:A llniaia in n Inn! tnnn, Ah_ .`7\`1c7i;'3`}'%it? agked a . la.dy `standing at; 9-2-