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P Lady Blanche Varley was the only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Riv- __1.,... mm was also the loveliest [girl of VLIU IILIUV UI-IU VVQIIVI I3-ll`-A I 1130 DIILVO Theymight have shot me from the shore, but they hagd either left their revolvers in the house or had `none, the revolver being too noisy a weapon for burglars as a rule. mnnwnn `kn nnrlan flf. TR IIUU MUIBJ a weapon LUI uusanuno an on luau: Whatever the cause, they did not re, % and I did not wait for it. at least that close. A hundred feet out I began to be myself once more, and I stopped rowing. e urrn._ .1....u. ...... nnrvla An N I ahnni-Ad 0l1(36_u.lUl'U, lulu 1 auuppcu. luwluao Why don t you come on, I shouted back half hysterically. - utI`..1.l A-u , Ctxiuc-I nut` T nAI1`(` `lnli W I-IGIL LI DVVLRELIJO "Hold on, they yelled, and I could hear .them running up and down the shore A in the darkness.` ' HA1. (Ir:-u1 mn n11 wink}. 7 T Inrlohp `hr-1'V_ NW um'Lu0_B5o. "Oh, you're all right. I laughed shrilly. "I l1 come back and take you 01! in the course of a few hours, and then, fearful that they might get their guns, I rowed away as fast as I could for the mainland. 1' 1..:..-.1- `I moan +1-not f]-nvnn rnilnn in half away as Iasu as 1 cuuxu wr uuc Luuxunauu. I think I made that three miles in half the record, and when I found the first po- liceman he was for running `me in as a lunatic or a. sleep walker, but -he knew me. and as soon as I told my story a. force of- 10`men boarded a. tug, and we returned to LL- .l_1-_.I `Doc I-`~31-1 I-Erna `Inn IYPRV I 1!) men Uuunusu a. uu5,_a.uu. vvv u..uu....w. .... the island. V By this time t e first gra. streaks of dawn were showing in the sum- mer sky, and as we cautiously ran up to - my wharf itwas almost light enough to i see the house. T`lT- _-._. ..- 1...._...1n..n Lnuvnwnv nnr llflv ECU lIl.l.U l.lU|ADUo _ We saw no burglars, however, not any signs of them, though I knew I had them pen ed up on the_isla.nd, and escape was imp ssible. We waited until daylight, -and then deployed as skirmishers; the po- licemen began .to7move `across the island, expecting any moment` to ush a. burglar or get a. shot from ambush. . A- ...... no!-nn run in than hnmm one of the get. 8. 31100 1l.'uu.1 um uunu. As we came up to the. house one of the burglars appeared in the doorway and was covered on the instant by a. dozen guns. ut1__.__ 1.. ...A-u&`nv-van-grin nnv-no viahf. in ha covered on ne lnsuuuu uy u uuzauu 5u.:w- Cbme in, gentlemen; come rich}: 1n, he said cheerily. We were expectmg you. and we ve got a.-nice breakfast ready. rm... ..........).. nAn1nnca nlmnnt tnxvn man than came away. . ` At this time Count de Lornais, a scion of a an old and wealthy French family, made his appearance in London society. De Lor- nais was a handsome man, with polite and fascinating manners, and it was soon whis-e percd that he, too, was enthralled by the supreme loveliness of Lady Blanche. A H 6 Inun-I-I rvk Ann T .1111!` nn Hn aunt and we've g0D u-uwc urua.nu:u:u tccvugo The man s coolness almost gave me the hysterics, fort! knew by the sound of his voice that he was the fellow who wanted to x me._ : ` e But he was uttering the truth-they did have a nice breakfast for us (out of my lar- der), aadnot that only, but they had found that `Henry was not dead, and they had washed him and done what they could in caring for him, and haddone it so well that he is alive today with only an ugly scar on his neck as a memento. 'I'- -_.- _........ 0...... :n 61:13 Inf, anti` Inn ghnn '.l'l1el'B were Lulu: nu uuu um, uuu. vvv nvvan had them handcuifed, and then we 33. down to breakfast and enjoyed` it, though I must confess that by this time the condi- tion 'l was in. physically was not pleasant. LL1'r_-_).... .. .....u... own`-elv ,7 unit` thd Iinntnn- TIIOD. l W38 1u.puyau;au_y wean uvv y_&vIUws~uvn You're a. queer gang, said the lieuten- ant of police to the leader, who had invited us to breakfast. What did you do this p__,l\!! ILDVV ton? U'I"1\ 4 thing to do? for?" l . The breakfast, you mean?. And all the rest of it, f said the omcer. ~ Well. cap n, he replied, it s like this: We wuz here` fer do swag. kill e_r no, and we thought we had killed the fust one, | and of course the other one had to go to stop ' talk. Then when he got away and had us penned up like rats we came to the conclu- sion that we had better git out the best way we could. The one we thought was dead only needed repairs. so we repaired him, and we knowed you'd be here bimeby to look fer us, and probably coming out so early in the morning you might be hungry. So. beggin the gent s pardon fer trespassin, we turned in and xed you up a nice break- fast. Now, wasn t that about the white A 1` r...a 1...! mmnah tn nut-. mnnf. men in n tanmg bu uur Ihad had enough to put most menina bad humor; but this candid -statement; struck my funny bone somehow, and I laughed until the tears ran down my cheeks, and even the policeman smiled. t\I nnnn -51; I-I-In `\I1I'('l`10I'C hn fl lnu even um puuuculuu muuou. . Of course the burglars had d e the best ` "thing possible for themselves, a d the very unique plan they had adopted of necessity was in their favor, and they only got 10 years apiece, Henry testifying so earnestly to their politeness and care that that part of it was not taken into the count at all. 15-41. 1' -__ -.....-.... .-.p... T 413:] nnbvnn Run`: `in 012 lb was uuu ouzsqu Iuvu uuw uuuuq no can. . But I can assure you I did not go back to the island again. I gave it to Henry as it stood, and he lives there with his wife, re- spected and admired. Ido believe, by every burglar in the guild. for he holds them in the highest esteem. . l'\1.. Ivan I nlvnnul-. fnranf. Than thfg one nlguuau uauccm. Oh, yes, I nlmost. forgot. When this story came out in . the papers` and my part of it was set. forth as only reporters know how to do such things. Isabella. of course M heard of it, and one moonlight ' night, she ` said to me: ' u1t_:-.. 1` 4.L---...LL Anna -u-nu man; nab-, OLA I18 I186]: as u uJ.I:l..ucuuu. There were four in the lot, and we soon LL-.. I......fl...-.413.-..l nn 4-I-nan urn uni-_ THE LADY S DREAM. Saul DU [HUI A Major. I thought once you were not the ` kind of a man for a. woman to marry. but I ve changed my mind. ' 1' c....1' .....1.... ..I.1:.-uannnn I-A Hnnrn I-nu-nrlcnu I` Vt! Uuuugpu u.|g uuuu. - ` I feel under obligations to those burglars myse?1f.-W. J. Lampton in Detroit Free Drona [I] y span. Press. nova-nu-n-V-.. -w- ._ v..__. Three men were standing in front of a big hotel. It was time for folks to go to the theater. One of the men was waving a handkerchief gracefully-about his head. urnL:.. ........:....l.. rerun -0 Ln:-no 7 kn 1-avnnt-PAH nauuuercuuu 5l:uuc1uu_y-a.uuuu nun uvnvu. ."This reminds me of home, he remarked ' as he made a. slap at the back of his neck. "Pm from Camden, you know." \ - MT .'l-...7L ....8...l I-In-gun 'I~N-Fla I-,|\{nnu " unit` It'll] u{uu1 ucuuuxzu, yuu nuuvv. I- don t mind these little things, said the short man, who had registered from Texas. Why. when I was down in Mis- sissippi shing in the bayous, the mosqui- toes were so thick that they stopped the progress of the boat. and the guide had to cut a path through them with an axe. p mnnm I-uuan nuvn in alnridnw n_qk9.d'f.hn cut; 8 pbll. Iallnuupgu uuuux vvluu can nave Ever been down.in Florida? asked" the man who was smoking a 15 cent cigar. Well, if. you want to see mosquitoes, you want to go down there. I went snipe shoot- ing one morning around a "marsh. I shot for three hours" and bagged 80 brace. I ` knocked em over two and three at a clip. i I carried them two miles to home. and what V do you think? . stir-.. Annie I-nnnn so an`! mv were mos. (10 you Iauuuu You don t mean to say they were mos- quitoes? broke in the little fellow from Texas excitedly, "Because it --- Of course they wa.sn t mosquitoes. Don t' you think I` know 9. snipe` from a. mosquito? ` Whet I was going to say was the reason I shot so many snipe wasbeeanse they were so busy fenc`in`g_ with ' their bills with the mosquitoes that" they did not see me coming `up on them. `'That s Vdierent, `said the man AJerse `taking 3 deep breath.-:-New York Hera. ' l .;.7Sort ofrootry. Mrs. Dim1ing-M1'-s. Totling. says - her new gown is a perfect poem. Mrs. Diml1ng-Fr'om' the way I hsard hm- hnsband swearing about the bill, I-thought . `L -----L `A4-~ n -I-Jan]? Fm usuuuu BWUDLIIIBGIIVMV ....... -.. It must be a`b1a.nk*'verse.-I Dno Sllprellns VIUVCIIUUSD UL .IJW\.LJ Jaauuvuvu All through one London season the count continued stanch in his allegiance to Lady- Blanche, and then it began to be rumored that the handsome and wealthy Frenchman had beaten all his rivals and won the great- est beauty of the day atilast. V rm.,..... .............., mmnhn thn any-1: nf Gnrhr Reminder; of Homo. I-UV uauscu Ul_ .-I-III? `yglsauuu cu. huallj III the exgrciqe of. their calling. Tue lax {elI.ihB_Of a famous race-. m.eir mllnes enjov in I._:uiuI_n and the con sea of Tuscany a certain" renoun and an undu- niable popularity. ' A few years buck they had a uumc-mus hand of :ns.~m(-iau.-s. Death and the galleys have n_\- ue,_l'\-e-:1 reduced their number. Domenico Ti- , was a;,co_wherd at Geller:-. burfzi, the most formidable of the llxree, 4n'-A . 5 Ansuini: Ti|'urzi `and FIomv_an-li are thenames of ,tll"btigands actually in `lung auunnutan l\' Q|\n: lIc\I':r|ar 'l`n.d Inui years of age, he had his tirst differences with _line lauv _ L:_.l-_-...-- ....l.|..._..- ..-- --.A.._-.. IIU uau IIID IAIUII IAILLGIVLIVCD vvumu lllv |(|\v -a highway .robber_v, an extm-tiun ami- a murder. Taken a_ud_ condemned to p,en'_'al 7s_e_1vitude for life, in January, 1874; he escaped from the salt mines of Corneto Tarquina. From then until now he has remained at large, eluding alleorts tocapturehim. The fm'e.~t was. and is now. his refuge, his king- dom ; there. between Civita Vecchia and Grosseto, in the wide solitudes of the macchia, he has lived for twenty years, defying the spies and the rewards oered by the public authorities. l`l'\:I..-.....: ..L.....-....... Li. ....G...... ......I .... Li- v-vow-Va -J ---v x--.'--' -u- V - . V . . . . v ~- `Tiburzi, strong in his. refuge and m his terrible fame, which he takes good care every now and lhen to review, lives- permit the expression--as a man of hon- .-... `I -Tn Anna nnt rnh- ha (Inna nnt afoul 9 pelllllll vuv vAy|coc|vn--au u uuauu vs nun- or. He does not rob; he does not steal ; he does not harm anyone. He levies taxes after_, his own fashion. The wealthy of the neighboring districts pay him every month a xed contribution- money`, wine, bread, weapons, and to- bacco. In recompense. he guarantees the safety both of their lives and of their_.g property, In short, he acts asa kind of public gua-tdian for them in the mac- chia. ` n11_- __-I_A.:-.. l....L......... 41.- I;-n.n..-.nA an;-I CHIH- The_ relation between the brigand and the people are of a. most friendly de- scription. The poor when destitute of food, come to Tiburza; he also gives them coin, with which he is always well provided. Do not imagine that; such amicable relations exist only with -the poor and uneducated country peo % uh: UIIT `I\-IIJO $IA.\n u---sun-v-v--v-v- `-__.___ ple. . _ ~ It is the rich landowners who pay most willingly the tax which brings them "an entire security for their rural property. But woe for the spy! Soon- er or later, be it afar or near, the ter- rible hand of the brigand strikes him, and an atrocious vengeance rouses the authorities, and convinces the unbe- lievers of the existence of the legendary brigand. In this way Tiburza lives. Seventeen dierent warrants hang over l J ["' l him; but, excepting the rst crimes, the others are all for acts of vengeance against supposed or dreaded spies.- Chambers Journal. At the time of our visit to this Brazi1- ! ian penal island there were 1800 convicts in the settlement. Of these, 1000 are divided into ten companies of 100 each, under the command ofa sergeant, him- self a convict. They live in outlying villages, and are employed - at work in the elds and plantations, and tend the sheep and cattle. The rest live in the town, and are engaged at different ` handicrafts in the workshop, or sh in ` catamarans. the native Brazilian canoe, too roughly built to attempt toescape .-.. i...:.m rnnrnlv -two "or three logs (`SB beauty 01 but: uuy an xaau. , These rumors reached the ears of Gerard Ransford, who drew his own deductions therefrom. ..rm_.. .......:..1y:nn Ii`:-ann1wnnn s: mnnnv has C00 I'OUgl_ll_y Uuula uu auunupu vucuua-yo in, being merely `two "or three logs bound together, and propelled by sail or .....,I.-Iln IJ\llll.l\4l vvavu--v-, .._... r__`_-,_,. paddle. All have to work for their food and clothing, which they obtain from the Government stores in proportion to the work performed. Some ofvthe convicts themselves are allowed to keep private stores, where their fellows may purchase any little extras they require beyond the bare necessities of life. Convicts of good behavior are allowed to have their , ' _ wives on the island should they be will-. ing to come. . n-11-....- urn hxrn nnhnnln nnn for the mg UU puuuv. There are two schools, one for thel children of the olcers and soldiem, and one for the children of convicts; the masters in both cases are convicts. At the age of twelve, the sons of the con- victs are sent to a. military school at Pernambuco. - The girls are allowed to stay on the island with their parents, if they wish to do so. A ____:_4...:... -...In-u nvnnnm {Wanna 190 they Wisu w uu nu. To maintain order among these 1800 ' prisoners, there were at the time of our visit only sixty soldiers in garrison. Little diiculty, however, is experienced in their management, punishment for ill behavior being detention in the peni- tentiary, ogging, or, in extreme `cases, banishment at Rat Island, a small, unin- habited island about a mile long at the northeast of Fernanda, where its occu- ` Eant would have to kee himself alive M y shing.-Chambers ournal. The French say there are -several ages," as well as kinds, of beauty: the beauty of mere youtfulness, which they call la. beaute du diable; also, a beauty ugliness, of old age, and of thin- .......= v Minna la. beaute du sinze. Fred- V ugllne88," OI "Ulhl H56, dflu Us IIIIIIJ` ness, called la beaute du smge. _ erika Bremer, the Swedish novelist. had the beauty of plainness. She was so very plain of face that her expression of trustfulness, as though appealing to you to nd some other qnalities_ in her than mere look, shone` out with a. perfect radiance, that ennobled her face 'andl drew friends to her, because she had no other beauty. But Miss Breemer took pleasure in her well kept hands,of which 1 she used tinny; "Even hands have their __-....4..(O AF nlunn-n1 Fatal Accident inn Ilnrrismn ~awm|I! Yesterday. HARRISTON. Ont., Dec. 6.`-A fatal ac::i- denb occurred here yesterday in Howe: & l4eighton _a ua.w_mill. Thomas D.s- y. em- -ployed in the . electric light; plant of the above firlii, was in some way caught. 1n the chnfting and instantly killed. Being alone it the time no one witnessed his terrible ` death. _He leaves as wife and two children. .5llB um.-u uvzu-r_y, 5.7.... moments" of charm. , A Young 0. 1`. R. Iiralu-umnn Luau Hm ~ Rlgm. Hand, HAMILTON, Dec. 6.-J. Patterson 11 lbrakcsmsn on the Grand Trunk, was run- ning alongthe roof of 3 muving car and Ilippcd,-falling heavily on his head. His right arm dropped acres: the track and ~ in terriblyhcarated. `At -the hospital it. wit` fonndnecgusry tounputato the arm. The young man in mid to be one of n. fami y H pf-1.3 brothpru. "And Be Loot 33280 by the Tick Icing Burned. Nxwnono, Dec. 6.-A emall but serious reuoccm -redin H. A. Laing e house last ' night. ebouo 9 o clock. A lamp placed on o N ahead In 3 bedroom exploded, eetting are to ` the hed.tick.in which was hidden $3283. Before .the re we`! extinguished the money end bedotothoe were all burned. , therefrom. _ _ The smirking Frenchman s money has `won her, said Gerard, while I am dis- carded because of my poverty. , From that moment Gerard became an altered man. His days were now devoted to the betting ring and his nights to the card table. Formerly one of the most cheery of companions, he was now an eager, greedy, grasping gambler, caring for _ not pastime or amusement unless it led to gain, which simply means the winning 01 money at all hazards, and the primary cause, of this` great change was the ckle will of a woman. ` 7 Phryne Marland was a. lady of voluptu- ous beauty, who posed" on horseback in Hyde park and lounged in private boxes at the principal theaters. From whence she came or to whom she belonged no one appeared to know, and now Gerard Rans- ford might be seen by the side of Miss Mar- lnnd in all those places of resort where so- defy loves to congregate. \r.........1.:1.. Danni-. HA Lnrnais was gra- An Italian Brlgahd of To-Day. Fernando do Noronha, HIS BED WAS HIS BANK. WVHIRLED TO DEATH. Beauty of Plainneas. FELL OI-=F_ we CAR. - `j V 7 T " ' 7 Ten years of age, but who declines to give his name to the public, makes this authorized, condential statement to us: When I was one ear old, my mamma died of consumption. he doctor said that I, too, would soon die and all our neighbors thought that even if I did not die I would never be able to walk. because i was so weak and puny. A gathering formed and broke under my arm. I hurtmy tin rand it athered and threw out pieces 0 _ bone. It hurt myself so as to break the skin, it was sure to become a running sore. I ha to take lots of medicine, bu nothing has done me so much good as Aye:- s Sarsa 8:- rilia. It has made me well and strong. '- 'J.`. D. M., N orcatur, Kans. AYER S Sarsaparilla -I-u_,,._-__-.aI.__ `I II A......n.l'I- Y.......II `II...- (`HWY IOVCS IJU UULI6LU`lVDo .\Ieanwhi1e Count de Lornais was gra- cinusly received by the Earl and Countess of Rivenham, and the count himself imagined that his success was now assured: there- fore he irnportuned Lady Blanche to name 1-; day for their Wedding. ` , \6'-A-u xmrnnlznn flan nnnnt month after Prepared by Dr. J O. Aye: 8: Co.. Lowell, Man. _Cures otTl1ve'1T's,_'1i11____i:u1-e L191; :ltls the new shortening-3 :takIng the place of lard: }-`or cooking butter, or-C ::both. 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Tom and I. of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites is both a food and a remed . _It is useful as a; fat producer an at the same time gives `vital force to the body._ It is benecial in nnunllll l'|"l'll'Ill w--v because it makes Eaea-ufzd gives strength. It is benecxal for . because they can atetmilate it when they cannot ordinary food. It is benecial for caucus] Ann .tc9w.s..c because it heals the `in-itetizon ofTthe V throat and builds up the body and --A----.....- 61.1: AmnnN>11 IDIUBE auu. uuuua uy snav ...._l ...- overcomes the diiculty. 0A`U'.I.'ION.-Bewnro of nnbotitutol. ' Genuine pug):-ed by Soon. & Bowno. Bolldvllle. Id by all dmuisu. ` Inn. And QLM. Bell 500- ovulo. um and 01411. DR. vypo1_> s ouumv mu: 1'0 Aun's`.a`:i`.% n. K. Fmnanrix in no. Lava: Univ: cu IcKLY"H1_LpnE__N day for men? Weucung. After befooling the count month nmntll she one day abruptly informed him that marriage was the very last thought 'l..... .,.,.1.-,`I' Wellington and Ann Sim, MONTREAL. ATVALL eaocens. -I uun-yo-v.--- - Ebnsumron Madevoialy by Whit 18 it uuu lnntul 5 any` in her mind; The linnet piped amid the sedge. The blackbird`s notes-were `guy. on hill and plain. on bough and hedge. The happy sunshine lay; ' He questioned as he held myhand. I murmured a. reply 7 As we walked through themeedow land Q Together.'Tom and I. And oft the spring has brought since then The bloom to peer and peach, ' ` The violets to the lowly glen. The green leaves to the beach.- And scattered with her i_.'e.iryl wand The grey mists from the sky Since we Walked through that -meadow. ' land Together, Tom and I. And we have had since that spring day Our share of good and ill, ' - And now. though old and bent andtgrey. We re fond. true lovers still. In perfect faith. and hand in hand. We wait the parting nigh, , o` Since we ll meet in the better land Together. Tom and I. - -Cha.mbers' J ournal. liter OI UUU 4111 : uuu. Uuuuvcou va. .;u;v- fzlnlzgm. She was also ,g1l'l the day, but as cold and unimpassioned as a statue wrought from purest alabaster. 11.... ._.:...m1ilzn smiles lured Gerard Rama. In Iwr mum. , T Monsieur le Comte, she said. "Yu T -.-1 not. one of those foolish m0,"'h5, T,' loZa`2 who imagine that ever! My around whom theyuttel` is dying Of love 1.. .1 . _. I1)! Dncnunnn 14. 1893. ` In|kl\lll\L vv nu iorphem? uxv I` 1 1orALhem? , .\'o, Lady Blanche. replied 119: 5111111118 sigrxicantly. I am not a moth of that ma." He bowed dis`t.antlY and retired? and Lady Blanche saw him`n0 mora- vn... ..,.....n.. ......:+u nrn wnunded. and hi! tllltl Lady blancne saw 111111!` nu Luuxvu . The count s vanity was wounded. and chagrin at this unexpected repulse -W88 2 Very great. His belief in himself with re- ` Raul to affairs` d am'our was tlnbounded. and as he could not attribute his failure (30. any fault of his own he concluded that some more favored rival must have won`. the lady s heart, and as he had heard thll the young English oicer. Gerard Rlf-D5` ford, had been a suitor for the, l8dY'5 hanflv he now imagined that Gerard was the suc- cessful lover, for whose sake, `he Vhimsevlft was rejected, and he hated Gerard accord-J lmv-I v ,_., _ . . l Tifne passed away, and Lad! B13nh' J still led a. cold and unsympathetic life, and ' at last a drear sense` of loneliness fell upon ` her. and she became spirit haunted. Fort . night after night by the side of her 6u!l9Wp White couch a. phantom stood and In W075` 07 sadness and sorrow-diacoursed of 10%: and never before had Lady Blanche listened .. to words so sweet as those which.08l11?f ,?`.`- `he lips of the phantom.` ' Thin ufknnnnl ......I ..l...u'l;uu-on `Cnnnn v... ups U1 we pnanwm. . , . . This ethereal and shadowy form ofttimea assumed 8. vague resemblance to herself 7 sometimes its dim lineaments retninde d`-h1' of Gerard Ranstord, but not onceToould,-811.9"? `Moe the faintest likeness to any other . V'|f0rm with which she was tamiar; "* ` ha n....._.__,,, ,1 LI, - `_.I_-_A.'.1... u-ohm.` ~-'`-nu: wxm wmcn we was Iamulara . V , *8 appearance of the phantolli ;`;."..`;` , mstant. night after night. B.1a.,he grew accustomed to itI.I00.W`_i'l.|. W` Bhesrieved when aura % - Her heart held commune! with l TOM mo `I : Stanue vvfuuguu 1..Luu.A yunvov Clnialuunvavvoc Her sirenlike smiles lured Gerard Rans- ford, a young oicer of hussars, to her side, and he soon became enslaved in the meshes . u-.... mhinh nhn hnarhlenalv wnnvn IRA La -Chambera' Journal. unaurs m}t'iih`_isr"i:i1'Ens`vn"'t<"3;'TI::"oi-615; thelyl exchanged thoughts a.nd ta.lked to- get er. I\.... -I_LL. 4.1.- ..L-_n.-__ |__x_' o_s,' `W UIICII One night` the: phantom bade Lady` Blaiuche to follow it, and it led her toys" strange country over the sea, and when `she glanced around she found herself in asunny land. wherethe impenetrable? dome of the skies above was of a soft. deep with- out a neck of cloud upon the horizon, and where the violet tinged sea. beat musically against a ower crowned. shore. and the walks were lined with orange trees in blos- som, and magnolias beautied the hedges with their pure white owers. She followed h the phantom through a grove of palm trees ; and into a garden of lemon scented gera- ` niums, every one six feet high, and then- down an avenue of myrtles. and everywhere the balmy air was perfumed with the sweet scent of owers. !I'!L-_ L-1L__I 1_ n,,,,,; ,3 , I.` -vvuv VI. I-I\_I W CID: They halted in front of a large white building, into which many persons, both men and women, streamed, and on all-their faces Lad-y Blanche observed the same eager, anxious and cruel expression 7...! 11'n`v|n1-no I9`:-nvunana I-|1uI13Ju\nn1uo -L LL- enact, wunsvuu uuu up IAUA UAIJLUGBIULM Lady Blanche glanced hiquiringly at the phantom.` ` Yes, it said in answer to the lady's thought, this is Monte Carlo, and that is } nu.-... ,.- "n c. u,._ VII VIDHOAJVI 'i`hey now entered a. large room. where many persons were seated round the tables. I perceive. said the phantom, `-`that you recognize some of the gamesters." UAIII )I"|I!V'|l!lhI` Inn Sal, uuun~un_1-A.` I -ul- I-VIII-lblllllli ovyuv UL U GHIVDUULD. ` How changed uhe Elsi remarked Lady Blanche as she glanced into the face of Gerard Ransford. Changed! cried the phantom mocking- ly. Blighted hopes and gambling losses would change an angel, 1! one wereso fool- ish as to fall in_love with a ckle woman and wreck one s life over a card table. 1' __1_.1'n_..-L- .1___.1'.1___._~n __ .1.-- 4,1 .- Iv bvvlt VLIU W A U VIVA. (I \L unwav- WLady' Blanche shuddered :;she noted the bloodshot eyes and ushed of Gerard Ransford. " "'1'-here : a hot altercation between two men in a. erce passion, whispered the phantom as it drew Lady Blanche to one sir_1e of the room; ' _ 9,,-,- n.,__, L`. -1- _'__L.. -_..I Dl|lD IR. ULIU LUIJIJ-In Two men had arisen from their seats and were now gesticulating violently. and they were soon joined by a fashionably dressed 1-3.. and D8 BUUU UEUGIILJU Uuunuv uu Au vuu u.Luouvo of 1ove which she heartlessly weaved around him. ' A..- Acv:-\v\`:I\fI nyknn n1n'nn In-.11 1aA1I'h1 #114: VVUIU Hvvnn Jvnnovun Iv` vu -u-nu--va-u----a u--'V~-v-- lad . T . "i think you know these `persons.,re-' marked the phantom to Lady Blanche. H A 1.... Urns, ah`: 1uAv\`{aH' 'l`I'|n +131` man 3I&`1;."L,"Zs?72`i2"r;1?eE7 `-'~i'1IZ?;Tf `man ,` is Gerard Ransford ` and the other Count` de Lornais, and the lady- But here Lady Blanche hesitated. L51 - ~n1_______ II-..1-_.I it .....!.1 4.1.... ..`l....-.4-A-n I) IUILIULIU UB1 ucwcu. Is Phryne Marland, said the phantom. completing Lady Blanche s unnished sen- tence. ,_,_-,_._1 so __ ___-__1_-.1 J.1.-..L.._J-.u~. HUD. The quarrel, remarked the phantom, will not end here. There will be a. duel at some quiet spot early in the morning. (XI-. Innnunnl `KT:-dz a Run` T rn-av! nrin lib SUILIH qtucu Bpuu Cally Lu uuv l.l.|lJLl.I.|lJ`o Oh, heaven! Not a. duel. I pray! cried Lady Blanche, clasping her hands together. ttvnn 7! gm}.-I Gina ~n'|-uonfnnn nnl'.Inina- I;-an: uuuy Duzuuuc, Uluaplug nu; uauuu Uvavvuvap Yes, said the phantom, nothing less will satisfy-the count. Ransford, as you are aware, is an o_icer'ot the _English army. and he has struck the count a ter- rible blow; Look at the gash laying bare l the count s echeekbone. For both their honors sake they are bound to ght. TL ---.- A-..Jun nun:-\`|Vu'=I\l'D An `I-`an aunt`: V n0nors' sane ouuy arc uuuuu uu u5uu. It was early morning on the sands by the murmuring sea. and the white crested waves followed one another unceasingly, and old Monaco s castle looked down from the rock above. In this quiet and secluded spot a group of men were standing to- gether. e . - can as H... .1m.'I H urhihnm-Ad the nhantom gamer. It is the duei, whispered the phantom to Lady Blanche. which I foretold would happen. You know the principals well enough. . u A 1-..: circa: 7! aka vnnun univ (`.m1nI-. enougu." Alas! yes, she replied, sadly. Count do Lornais and Gerard Ransfordl u.tI"r_L-L 4.1.....~. H nnA I-Inn nhnnfnrn A Q6 LJ0l'l.lalB uuu Ucxulu ;uu.u:u.vu.4u Watch them, said the phantom.` A duel to the death is a pretty sight and a ` game in which Frenchmen excel. 1....1.. nnmnlm trnmhln from head to foot arounu um: One evening when alone with her in the ear1 s drawing room he declared his pas- sion. She permitted him to toy with her soft, white han as she glancedinto his enraptured. face a smile played around her lips. Gerard imagined the smile to be an omen of success, and his delight: was unbounded. n,, L`... :.........1...-. nlan vnnv-nan!-.1-unn1nannR RIDE In wnusu L` I;cuI.`Iu.uuu. canon N Lady Blanche trembled from head to foot % and held her cambric handkerchief before her eyes. A . :1... ....... gomu-.1.A kw 1-Elm Inn -mnnrf. of ner eyes. a She was `startled by the loud report of pihtols, and taking the handkerchief from her eyes she glanced toward the spot where only a` moment ago she had seen the two" ; duelists facing each other. One was now ` prostrate on the ground, with his head rest- ing on a lady s breast. Lady Blanche made an eort to rush forward, but was prevent- ed by the ever watchful phantom. ax... 1....1...A mmin and `saw that the wnrmd. ea Dy `DUB CV51` wuuuunux pumutuuu She looked again and saw that the wound- ed man was Gerard Ransford, and the lady kneeling down, supporting him in her arms. was Phryne Marland-. ` fl'-n. manna n'I1t`l`AI'\1V nhnnan was rnryne xuurxuuus _ The scene suddenly changed to a draw- ing room in a London mansion, wherein was an old gray haired man and a weeping woman by his side. . as-ct-.. om...-.1 an-ha! an-n'|zon thnv .Ii.1'A; ny ms Blue. How terribly grief stricken they are; remarked Lady Blanche, and much changed since I last saw them! ' u\1'..4..._..`II.. 54-`. H -nnn H-in n'hn.nf.n1n sea. near the castle or old Monaco. -~. - Alas! yes, replied Lady Blanche, sigh- ing sadly. T i e Lady Blanche sobbed convulsively. For her the world was cold and dreary, with no bright promise of joys and pleas- ures to come, and when her mind reverted V memory to dwell upon! Naught but the remembrance of a loving kiss-the kiss which Gerard Ransford had imprinted on 'her`1ips. _. . i A e um... ..n..im1zu1 hank thromzh the dim to the past what was there for her fondest c cnangeu 811106 J. Luau saw uucuu Naturally so, replied the phantom. Persons such as they "are certain to grieve over the death of an only son. whom you remember to have seen after he had re- ceived his death wound onthe sands by the the castle of old Mona.co."-. ' V u A 1A.: _...- M -..o.1.ul T.-:31-r Dinnnhn a(v11- her` lips. , When sh looked back_ through vista of years passed away, the one oasis _there was that solitary kiss. Take that from her, and her life `was blank indeed, and without one joy worth memory s cherishing. ' _ She felt as one to whom human love was denied, asif the power to love, which once was hers, now lay buried in the clay cold, grave with Gerard Ranstord. V - 5 u....`a......m was over. and she awoke with with urerara nauswm. Her dream was over, a tremulous cry upon her lips and glanced around expecting to find the phantom by her couch. but only the pale Amoonbeams . streamed through the chamber window ` and lay upon the oor,` and by their -soft rays Lady Blanche saw that she was alone. heartfelt prayer thanked the Father of all mercies that the dreadful scene she had witnessed on the sands by the sea near the `I castle of old Monaco was, but the shadow .0! a dream, and she rejoiced that she was taughtto know herseltyat last. ` :- From that night Lady Blanche was an altered human being, and her friends mar- veled at the change and wondered by what magic spell the good was wrought. I The sequel may best be told by a para grahirom-The.Morning Post:' L _ A, 'marriage_has been arranged between Lady Blanehe Varley, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Rivenham and Lieu- tenant G _ Ranstord of the Tenth hus- w W place early in the spring at t1ia.co_:n1ng.year._!?.-a-ilixchanne- t ` ` V Earl and Uounuesa m ;..w........ tenant Ge Ranstord sars. and, w 1 take place in of the coming. year.. . -4-Exchange 11l1D0U.I1UUUo On the impulse of the moment he clasped her into his arms and imprinted 1;. warm kiss upon her `lips. 11.. ....... nu. Ami-. Invarwhn had nvpxrdared Madge-W a lorgnetter `ll -n__h; sun. 7 Max_nie-'-T her;- -Club; - A A Dedly Weapon. _ Madge-Whydoes Miss Murrayhill oar!) Jorgnette? Her eyesight is perfect. . Maud-She keeps it to sn_ubp people with! A `7--- `Yank . wu1:..-r 4 Belle Ont of.'l`une. -I thiiik {she is the belle of the sap- '-'rh1en bwhgdid n 0 one tfy tonz-, . People said I was very foolish when I ` bought a. 10 acre island three ._x_ni1es from the shore and built my summer house on it, but` I laughed and said quiet was what I sought, and there I would have it, far from the madding s crowd ignoble strife. Being ` a .bache1or,'with few wants, I took with \ me only my man Henry, who was an excel- ` lent housekeeper and cook. 7 .1.._u. n..a..1. T nwnh nn 1`n1!`nA` 1-n1-ruvalf rnm-A 16111 : nousuneupur unu uuun. ` I I don't think I ever enjoyed myself more than the first four weeks I spent on the `island. In the morning I took to the water or took a walk for an hour or so; then I wrote for three hours, and the after- noons I readand loafed, and at" night I slept- Some days I would row over to the mainland, and every day Henry went over after the mail, unless it was stormy. Some- ` times I had a friend or two to drive with me, but no woman was allowed to come ashore there. " r T -_.. ..:...x.'I 8-. can JnI~nwvn:nn+.{n1I A11 A MARINE BURGLAR. 8SIl0I'B `M18176. I was rigid in my determination on this i point, for had not one Isabella Ventnor told me two weeks before I bought the island that she did not think I was the kind of a man any woman ought to marry? m...1....A and em 111121`. I had fnmwnrn all _K1ss upon. ucr ups. I He was the rst lover who had ever dared to press his lips to hers. Soon her cold na- ture asserted itself. She extricated herself from his arms" and turned away disdain- fully. Gerard saw the dark frown upon her brow and trembled, but it was against his nature to recoil , therefore he `determined to learn his fate at once. u1\,_'_ T..',I... `I31.-us.-.`Inn 7 Ian Ir-Jamaal` in women. 1118.11 any Woman Uuguu uu Luau. She had. and for that I had 3-sworn all 7 -#--- ----l--_-..A1-. Lnuucuvv IE1` Ln As" I say, I was supremely happy all by myself. excepting of course the hurt Isa- `bella. had done me, and I think that was healing slowly, when one night the entire scheme was overthrown. nu.-L _.-...1..4. ......-. .. Ruth Ann `Innl-. h11itA scheme was overunruwu. , That night was a dark one, but quite still, and I went to bed feeling .falr1y com- fortable, as a couple of my friends had a been with me until, 7` o'clock and were .to return` early -in the morning with a sail- boat for a shingtrip out to deep water. `About 1 o clock, or perhaps later, I was , awakened by hearing a disturbance of some sort down stairs, and beforel hadmy eyes fully opened Henry rushed into . the room, slammed the door and locked it. - - What s the matter? I exclaimed. For God s sake, major, he gasped, "get ~ up and help me. '.l`here s burglars` in the 3 house, and I'm done for. ml.-- "Anni! nun-at nuvn nn f.hc'a,nn1-in n 1101.156, uuu J. l.l.l uvuw u.n. N Then Henry went down on the oor in a heap, and I lit 9. lamp, as there came a ter ric banging on the door. 1111.- 1:.-..I.& at...-no.1 nan nnnww I-nun:-a'urif]1 l.'1.l1U Uuugnug uu uuu uvusu The light showed me Henry covered with blood, his throat slashed, lying there dead or dying, as I5 supposed. What to do I did not know, for the only . arms in the house were across the hall, and "door. the burglars had me shut 01! from that di- rection -and were rapidly demolishing my ' ,_ _'_.J _'..._J-J -_L_.1-_......._.5I VH1: They swore end pounded, entirely regard- less of the ordinary rules of burglary, for they knew that so far away from the shore they were perfectly safe. tsrznanmn nnirn and col: f.hnf.nx_ 'I' heard mey Were puupuuy acuc. ` Go down stairs and get that ax, I heard one of them say, an1.we l1 have this: d-_-d door out of the way in .a minute. We ve done up one of em, and now we ve got to do up the .other so there won t be any tellin tales out of school. . ml-um kn Iona}-ma-`I and I hpmrd fnnf.nf.enn lly IJUHJU ocuca uuu VI. nuuvvu Then He laughed..a.nd I heard footsteps down the hall and stairs. I` l____._ A.I....... --an -an Inn`:-u `An I-`sown QUVVU. DUE nun uuu nuaua. I knew there was no help for me there and only a chance anywhere, and {I took that. One window of cmyroom opened out on a back roof and from that it was only a short distance to the ground. Once out of the house I had one chance in a million of escape. In a. minute I was out- of the window. over the shed and on the ground. I had on only my pajamas. and the sharp stones cut- my feet cruelly, but I did not think of that. It was life, and life is very sweet to us , even though some fair Isabella may have slipped "a drop of bitter into it. n... H... wmlza mu-`I ntnnml T aw, crnincz I Across `thd table than I see he,r;sitI.Ing now--her` hair; V , Her eyes. her clgipty ngers." too. _Ju3t"q.n`in yeo.r_a`g_qg'_one I k'n9w. '~ - My pg:-ner. . ' to warn 1115 Luna nu uuuu. Dear Lady Blanche, he pleaded .in tremulous tones. pray pardon my impetu- osity. Words are powerless to express how devotedly I love you. Do for pity s sake. hold out one ray of hope. BL- ........1......nA v\r\ -punt-:11-r Imnf. l'.111'!\A may nave suppcu a ul'Uy`UL muum Iuuv w. Over the rocks and stones I ew, going I know not where. thinking I of` nothing but '1 led}; heertllltnlilnk the ui:g- ' It passed around the silent ring, 7 And though it was the best oneout. She paused a. moment. halt in doubt. Then trumped it. \r\IIU`J\II What brought me to my senses some- _ what was my rushing into the water, and at first I thought of swimming out and trying to reach the mainland, but I was only a poor swimmer, and I knew I should be drowned or caught and knocked on the head in the "water bythe burglars as a hunter might knock" a muskrat on the `head, and the horror of it drove meback. } .Then I thought of my boat, but before It ` started that way I remembered` that my friends had -moved it over to the mainland toreturn at daylight with the sailboat, v leavingme only my rockets to signal the shore in case of need, and what were sig- nals now? `Only 9. means whereby the mur-A I deters might discover me. I\... u..:..`I,- .....-mun nt nun}: mhmnntn_I '- VII. `IGKIIIIUK, lcl-ICU WT IIIIU IXIIIII-I-IE1-I She said when she had played the hard. Then. wrinkling up her pretty brow. You will forgive me. won't younow. WA: fun 'I\ nin :99 `Jill Will LUISIVU I-I.lU' II \JI.I IIUWQ For trumping " Another night. remembered weil. She at where moon cast shadows tell. No`po1ie1_1_ed table lay between. ` The `tree bougha made a. wavingeoreen Above`h'er.. V ' We talked of other things than whist. I strove her fancy to enlist ' With all a. lover : gentle a,rt. Yet once again 1 led my heart YTIIIUIIQGIIQA I led my heart again. my last. i T V When round to her the trick had passed. She thought it not the best one out. . So paused a. moment. half in doubt. . ` l`hAn trnmnnd H-_ ..`Oh. partner, that was the oomnian ," Hhn nni whnn clan Fun` nlnun Oh; Innn DU llllllll E ILIUI-l1ULlIag IRIIL III ll.UuUl.Ig . Then tminped it. This time no7plea.ding glance I ceukht. M No trembling lipe forgiveness sought. No eyes with lashes drooping wet Told me my partner did regret To trump it. _'KT4u-xv l\nInnnn"D3nnvnnA H100 11010. Out: Due ray UL uupc. She vouchsafed no reply, but turned -Tfromhim with scorn ineable and slowly left the room without deigning to cast even one look behind. n_ 1.1.- ...`........... I'll...-"1 nn`I1zu1 onnn at shouted: T A Here he is, Bill. We've got him. D-- him for glylnghue so much trouble. we'll fix - I thouht abointu the burglar did, but as I tried to getup I found Iwas in a. boat` drawn half wa.y`up on the sand; _ ' `I almost shouted with joy when I `made this discovery. -*It`wa.s'their boat. andonco. in it and on` the water I .w'a.a- sate. By this -tlnie I ooulhi381'}thir footsteps: along the Awhich~was` ~qu~itel rocky `fund rough "hare; oX$P`?.`15h5. ."i1.i.'?1" 'b."5. f1b9h`Wh9*- . nu; I..'...`.1-..'I s'i1`r..'-.. 1ii! 1d7i!"Ul11d n0I`o`ln6'lih N: U Ucgvuvv ` EU the baAt"'l5'Y ; I WU D551 1. LU U ~Ungua.rded. % AT" `wH|S1'.' : `-was'r~qu1ueV nlungy 'uuu .....,.. th` A ilitle `bit: `_ of* ~ beach" where. ,' and _c1\`y"oo uldT not % malt." e'a'\_ich xl-LII IIII -New 0_rlea.ns`Picayun_o.b Hg: No1;frHE:131IApvANcE. { -I did, as they~=did`1notA the N inn 5`:-Ania`: LL; anal .- " T I"II`l, T UI.ID"IlIII_-IIIIU QIIVW UlIC' . way through the reeks. L . ~ . . But they were coming fast enough and cursing at_ every step. and with the energy of despair! oaught the . boat in my `arms, A and with a wild strain I tried to shove 13' into the water. But it would - scareelvi" ; bndze. Again and- mini 1 tugged. the } blood almost bursting through my ears ` by the exertion and the skin tearing from my` hands and bare arms. Q- .......'.. Y a.1.........l..L 4... ......L.. .....I .4lI lull IJGIJUD GIRL UGIU Qllllo So near, I thought, to safety and still. the danger increasing every second!` Then as I heard an oath more wickedi than the others.as one of the but-`glare tell overa stone, I felt the boat move. and a little wave rolled in and lifted it, so. that with one more push it slid o into deep water. I jumpedin, qaught the oars, and as the bum- glars dashedfdown through the darkness to where they heard the noise the boat shot. out into the water,` and I was safe. mi..'.... _..-...1.4. 1..-..- ..1...4. .......c........ +1.... .5-.. Une IUUK UULllL1U.. i On the morrow Gerard called again at the ear1 s house, but Lady Blanche refused to receive him. She sent him no message, not even a word,` from which he. with all a 1over s fond desire, could manage to ex-V :r:Ict the smallest hope. and so, with head ~mved low and an aching heart, Gerard CHIHG away. A 4. L:.. 4-{nan ("n11v\f. An Tnrnni: 11. Rain?! Of