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........ uqung me Knocked with 3 hope ill Fol`, trim and ttark, that portal yide _A_t her hand : touch mocked `and her pr: , ` med.` ' 7 Then sickfat hehrt, that hgundv not '.8hc'-turned'h`er again -and nlkht to taco A~tQI`tOItllI'll on swift toot toes; 4 And; lot` the clear out _all_- climbing ton. 4 -.-w_- unxonq not or the nylean night One cgmo: to :,door_that `wu barred on unt. ,, `A-`glimmer, Q.-gleam through.-beckoning chink [ lore `Ibo quad their shrine to win.- An Mun" lamp : Itlll Beam. u with taper : blink mm mm are mohn of the wild qt_in 1-. "And ed (tear itsmennco bo'r e"` ' ` `WEN it . `Ion Boo: (Mm nuns`. I-A - .I--._ u The length of the world's railways is mofe than 17 times tho` ciroumfurenoo of the earth at the equator. The Railway Age statistics or new rail- A _ . building in the United States in 1393' show 8,018 miles as against 1,880 miles in 1897, 1,848 miles in 1896, 1,808 miles in 1895, 1,949 miles in 1894, 2,685 miles in 1808 and 4.193 miles 1n"ls92. - AA. g.-.__. v_ .~v-av \rL (Ill ' it The world : ch-out rm...1:p-n...-..' A W '.l'raveIn'ig 50 miles an hour, ve given out.58,800 pus. ` n..-.a..-.-- -----~~ - - --u vyucn WIJB, out t to me I toolislrthlng to do, you sleep all the time you be dead." " no 11 - ..... vsu usauloueu yeuow shoes. That fellow," continued the barber, became rich suddenly. after a life of hard. uninterrupted work. `Now that he has money; he knows of nothing better to do4_tl _sIeep. He sleeps all the time, and\it isrnining his health. In the morn- -ing he comes down to breakfast at his boarding house, messes with the food a little. and then, as soon as his bed is made, skates up stairs for s snooze. At dinner he tries hard to eat. but his appe- tite ls bad. _He. plays with his food and ` blows to the othor boarders about the p ns naps he takes while they are work- ing hard. and it they pretend to be en- vious he shows that he is delighted. 0! course` he sleeps all the stternoon, but at night. although he denies this, it lswell known that he restmpoorly. I. suppose it is better it `you are rich toruin your health by sleeping too much rather `thsn by drinking or dissipating in the other ways, but just to sleep seems to me toolisinmm. tn A- 5- ---- -- -~ f Indeed, thou , guuppose that I will endow with the xysm: ox madness. Bytthe bearded" the Prophet," he exclaimed, " that is too good a joke! . art a simple youth to and `secret one who, on account of : he similarity of our names, trades on :_un=y reputation and pa ins-clients." entices away good ,'hen`he swore with deepand Ieartul (baths that Atzul ibn,Hassan_ shou_l_d .-iuulli-.. 6|... l.-I'I ..-.__IL.. A - grrienas and acquaintances without re- tuzrning their salutations and stared `aimlessly at objects print upon my mind. . So toward eveni in the direction which left no im- rig I took .my way of the rose garden, faintly hoping that Afzul ibn Hae- san -might have discover to` my uncle's spell` and ed . his change. 1 7 Dual: -In- I -A _\_ -_- _*_ ed an antidote `thus `preserv- daughter from _the"_. hateful lleeplng His Life Away. There goes the happiest man in the borough. said` I Norristown barber. pointing out of the window to a little, elderly man. dressed guyly. who walked with his eyes xed complacently on hit new but old fashioned yellow shoes. Thnt 1-..|i.~..." ....-~:----: A - - l I wns glad to learn the truthot that trying experience. but I have not cared to avail myself on`. Cousin Annie : invita- tion. . ` 1 Dear-F'lorrie-l and my husband feel that we` owe you some explanation `for an affair you can- I not. have forgotten. The man 'whoee convict clothes you helped to bury was my husband. Never mind about hie eo called crime. In my eyeehe le innocent. for _never was a man killed who deserved death`more than he who met hie death at my husband ; hande. When I knew Jim a sentence, I took Brackworthy farm on pure l pose, if possible, to help him. Our marriage be- ; my secret. I was the better able to do this. Other clothes were placed where Jim could Ilnd them on the moor. a hiding place provided at Brack- worthy whenever he should be able to get there. The rent you know. Pardon my inhoepitality. I had no thoughts while you were with me eave for Jim. Pray forgive him aleo the (right he caused you. It was neceeeary for his ealety to intimidate you into silence. Come and eee us here, where we are sale and happy. and we will promise you a warm welcome. More than1'8 nmnths aftr I had left Brnckwon-thy .I heard from my cousin Annie, then in America: I . nvuu ucnuvv ucuuu a cart NUU ll0l'SE. Two people left the faun. I watched them get into the cart` and drive away. They were Annie and. Mr. Hartland. v-vuu-u Lilli II [III I.|l\Il Co A farmhouse stirs early. but the sounds that morning seemed -earlier than usual. I rose and looked out of my window. It was neither dark nor dawn. and on tho road below stood a cart and horse. mtmn nnnnl- nun ;L._ 1-.-- I Q-I-Iu\o' uuu I uuu I lint,` olauugrlc. ` Annie was vory.7kind-kinder than I had yet knmvn her-and when l went to bed she came and brought me mulled cider. I drank the stuff. but I did not like lt. It tasted funny. and. though I slept. it was with feverish dreams. and presently I awoke hot and restless and could sh-ep no more. A O........L...---_ _.L:..__ __,|, 1 . .n - -1- July! I don't know what Annle replied. She soon left the room. and Mr. Hartland followed her. .11 he had gone with the in- tention of murdering her. I had no power to stop him. My nerves were utterly ` shaken. Whether she was gone a long or short time I could not say. but Annie came back alone. . \\.'here s Mr. Hartlnnd?" I said. He left." she carelessly replied. The overstrain was too much for me, and l burst into tears. `II; I, _ e-. upon`: 5 nauouu. uutv LI ulna f`It has been so lonely." I sobbed in ex- cuse. and [don't like strangers." A.-...`:.. nu... ....-_ `|.:...x I.:.__1,_ .n_-_ 1 Iluu LII`; I|IJI.lII\ul5J |.v \7I-IIJO But Annie had entered the parlor and greeted the man with three words. Yonare come," she said. _ I have come," he answered, adding- nd I thought he looked signicantly at me as he spoke--your cousin has taken good care of me." I .I-._.L I__.._ _-L_A A..._l- ._-_l2__I EL- Such being ouznposition, it may be assumed that I strove my best to bring 4.... tr mum l.ual. l.ul uuaunpuonl 3 a about.` a good understanding between `my uncle and his rival, pointing out. Win so far as I was able, h-ow`his repu- tation for generosity would be great- jly enhanced by permitting Afzul ihn` _-Hassan to share in the benefits of his :-ether injury. `discovery, rather than by using it sole-I ly as a weapon .to_` do the latter fllrg` ; 7At`the mane suggestion my uncle was A-in `turn convulsed with laughtenand` = enraged almost to the point of spar-. `joxysm: of madness. . z ` CI nu I-`.4 L-..-.I -1` LL- I-|,,,AI A -- I uuu LCM LICI. 045. A4: I.lllll\.l In uyuuc \ l_went into the passage and told An- } nie. She shook. swm-nd. caught the W3}! with her hand. I Chan] not comprehend her agitation. ' . '` Here. and I away!-" she cried. V I guessed rightly that he might come." I said. Do you know him by sight, Annie? ` "Of course I do." _ , Then she would know this; man was not Hartlund; I wondered why he had had the audacity to stay. I)..4. A....2.. L...) .....t.......I LI..- osa|nn'A\nn A...` nu: uuuse._ - ll -shall never forget the strange horror ofthat afternoon. I sat pretending to work`: myvisitor` dozcd over a magazine fnthe buckot the parlor. . We made no attempt to converse. "Now andthen he i looked up. usually when the clock` struck. } I think he found the time as long as I I did. His danger was not yet passed; be A must have chuged at the sunshine of the long summer day. Wheels sounded` on the road at last. My cousin is coming back." said 1. Well. -you know who I am,. replied my companion, ewithout moving. Go and tell her Mr. Hartlund is here." ,.._n __.x ...|.: A- mar he sum. `'1: mass cwtnes are 'totm_d, you are repponsible, and you will have to answer any inquiries the police may make." - , Shoulder-in: the spade, he trudged into AI. _ L `_--_- the hnise. "L -lI ..._ . Inc-nu -_ _. ._ AI, RAILWAY TIES. IN sAc`ruAnv. ' of the hffnl` An II. . --y unucp DCCILII 0, because when u might as well ;on 113130. 4 `Inc ah:-.5 brawn. do- l_\:u!:u. uuu U11 LHE 'l`il.l it-,-}'_xt;i1ug.para'd`e itheg nine dtplat-e` of-leeks. Ever) "77 `:10-Ellt. Who has "never eaten um` V mi`. ' `-DJ V-I'll K-'|n JJGVIILO ull . L'LL(1L "". . zjthe r-am Ina-Jor,a0(`(>z1}=~4!2.W'{ 1"` g 80349. th mnshot of the 1-"`1"`.`|`7 bdwbd With rosettes of red --xv` "_. ribbon, marches around the tunic.`-'-g` -'-L'1:...._.I LA 3- ,_ .,.._..HnlI ml` 15 -customary elpewnere. ' ,_. or all the lwogimc-ma. the \~ -~1~h ; _ aiaesrs have the lmusr. ullriu-" "I". toast. It- forms part of Mn N 4m-ony of the grand diam-.1` giwll ?'"I' an on St. Da.x'rid's day. A'ftc.r mi.` `? 1 hub!` "'hn (`angina wins. I-.. .\n4-t\I|\lI'lI3`.)`-!` `Juan D IACKIUI-Ila It Is a curious fact--th-u mi;-'i Which .18 not know'n-th-at the health, on shipboard, is drum`: "3 ... offiours sitting, inste:-ud uf .~s`l:1mI`.'. M7` is customary elgew here. Iliiauilu fhn \\'|'lHhE one Regiment wluere ller llenma It IDl'lllk--.l Wrlsll l'm|-I. Them is only one regimr-nt jun-`-' those in the British -army wl-i-`h 5-" not toast hot majesty at vn~<.~'. I": .8 th Seventh FllSi"Hl`.~'., :m:~l fhu" gvi-m-out `us extremelly proud A I" `W " Vtzintion. It seems that upmn "1" L ca-Sion, in long ago, .~m1u<' F" (If IEngia-nd'v}V_g'a.s dining with Mr` jioers ofthe mglm-ant, and IN. "(V dinner, that tha loyalty uf she 77' onth was sufficiently well n-`~*`f Without their drinking lln` 6" oighfs health`. . .. -.-..-----. a__; LL. ..2 .in I I Kl`\-Fl`? IJIJKKII `I LICI I: III (I `NC I I I The quantity of amn1uni'i'H 5? ed in the Transvaal, is .-alum-!~:I<*1.'f ossal, and would suifix`-e fur '1 years` war, even at the prownt -' A` I344;-n Hauble than Uullfll UH RUIPUBK1 (7! U] "" A `On the while, it In-3 been f~':v.4 " the F renvch,atmmumit.inn, is 1:1`-1*` A__,, ,_ A0: _, thatmad-9 in '6-410* `curred on purpose or by w- uu I. LNG] l.Lll I J l.I\)'L . In at least one instanm n ~.4 Iing contmetemlps occurred. \ lot of ammunition-esom-e 1t- I !--wuent nstrray at the port, mi -- not be found. The port --v~t.v~ more sum that they had hQ`(`II in but the railway officials mu`-I n u count for them. in any way .\I ~' -axft-er the lapse of many m~mh.~: t-urn-ed out that by some xxr-swwii able error the whole lot, In-1 in-en shipped to Beira, and had gr:-` v?1!"*V-` to Buu-wa:yo, and was cox11fv:1'?1. posing in the mgazimxsz of ".0 (`T temed Company of British S nth` rioa. The Boers indign-.-mtzy win" their ammunition: Mr. Rh. <' V cials said, " Very well, no-xnv aw! 5 it; but as we happan to w:v".` V71"- v thispa-rtioutlar brand our.- VVS. r had hotter let us pay you !`.- Er. ' 8:1-y no more on the sul_jo.t ' HM" ulally happ-enced, but it ~ !`-"` ouird out whether the m ~< `co ~n.. 41... ..`.l..'l.. :4 1-..... L...,... 4' ...~.1 nu; auuusvu Luz` yuura. _ ` | Considering the relations which ex- isted between Allzurols father and my uncle, neither of us had dared to make known our mutual affection, but we! "contrived to meet secretly .in the rose garden of a, friendly astrologer, who possesed sufficient power to` screen our - actions. A.t whatlength I could di- late upon those blissful hours; the o-moon, that friend. of lovers. peeping -end smiling upon `our happiness through sheltering foliage, the sweet- .`.'Q8t flowers pen-fuming the air upon which we exchanged vows, of unalter- nble devotion, our way illuminated by `those `winged insect lanterns of `the East, in riuds of which flitted in the e void an clung to every branch and twig. Ah. what entrancing nights were those, to be terminated `by one `of. 11-` most fearful description! Rnnh lrninn Anal vu'..:+:.... :4 ...___ L- I I AN ESCORT or` .A.R'l'lL!.l-j:{'1'. : rides with the w*ag<>u.s arm z~-;_. m_ dll-3 delivelry Of the I!. 1Jl!H|1hi7i<:n V .,. In the-erase Otf funalgtn imp -Ihd-.2`-` munition, Leae-Melfnrti, .\i.:1-~:. ;: heavy gun shells, it com '.x , 5 u,;..:'!; .I"~r-ezilch or` Dutch steaxwsr I 1),-A.;` bay, and is there unshipperi, ~x.n~;i fax longer or shorter pm~.uJ in I "W-natnched tin shzunties on H1-'.\;_< "VVhi.('-h d0 duty for bolmk-.d \v..1'vh*.v and then, whe-n'a1l the t`,\I rm.-:~;.r. 1 Portuguese fo.r-1n;aal.i1.ie.s 2116- --m;..-( lit is forx'.w.a.rded by train, by nd~._v Korma-ti Poomt, to Preturiw. .-.m:r~ is taken` again at `the dmvi .-:' r..,-I f'romT the rzvivay station m ,n. I the farts, or to the governxzx-.nI mg`; zine out on the vesidt, hP_\'rrnvi gm * course. Now and again. ~ iH7"g happened just before the pww-ni broke out, the Portuglxezso of -i:.-. Lomenzo Marques, Delagna tn}; 5 some reasons best known -Isvellves refused to pass tho -nnmu: tion, and then theme is an rmqry ii h:a:1.t~ed exchange of letters in .41 .- -mixtuvre otf Porrtu.g'u-ese. Du'Fn English, nnd .aftaeu' a long `..-Hy" goods mny arrive at their .1--~iw.j _ or they -muy not. In unl- 1 '1) Hi : Lon-`:14 Ann :-no-Ln-gnu The ummumition is MK---I1 w.'.-.; the di?J.1d of night on Iuu;~: u.'.1g.,;_.; " one or another of the rum W.- Pretoria-, and a portion is nil:-n Oven` to the Johanxxeslaurgg frv."L,b1;'_- by rail, as the joltiug n.i .-;; r. 5.1` .-; IF gvarous in the c..se or My :~xn:i.:=~ put together expic.~yivu.~a. '1 :n=Jl: eons braved the fo_rty-xxx-, u;.,~, .03 the night, and unl-(rad at 15. - .luim.-;-d'| bwrg fort on Hospital hill in :h;_. 1y moaning. _ M go -_p-...;~-.-.... r... . ......- . ,, , - .; -_~ ->- -v---mun UL _[_1Denchm~. : ' 0Um[nAI`at.iV0ly small - A - . 1 . '* W83 made In Engtiand Q - mat. The tar-,tou'y' was (anti 'Gieu'm._ans, and, curiously 1., bend thereof was a Mr was always ca.nafu.l to ii , ,` A was no_rve.lation what.s1,~.,-~.-;~ U, sident. The works xwrv nmr poort, about four mi.J-as `).J[5i(1j Ur toting and in the imxn~.li:n,e vi, *1 Of `Z1136 cement W'O[`k-3, \'`ht*re _gU.,.~ Transvaal Portland (rcluwm was made. The powder f:*"`ur`y is JSJIOUBIY guarded from i1n|ru.lg,-5. " '- even the Itallians from :11 (15-M fcaactotry 1101} _many mil--.~. :2w.'\_v {,3 WC nothing of its inbarnrrl 4-mrlorm is thought qu-estionaahlvse M rnmy that any actual m-anux .-..-zun: :_,"];`h phabe here, or whether, 4, .n iiug'_Th of the dynamite wurl{.~4, 12,-. irup.-aw] in-gr-edi-ents am just yu! up in .., rides on the spot, an -H m M-;_-,. carry out the 1'-6qllil'(`-L1Lv`.'1 4. I,;,-. elusive concession. nnugh` J{!'l,.l8`(a " mi .~;,:r't rm. roasrs T0 QIEEN vxcrom. ~ - -u,I-I yy"r' Boers is at German orl:PI,eu::; I:~ In taotune. A ootmparativeyy Sm ` mndga in Iinmhllld . `.~ 1-,; A\ ` T36 ' Van! Ila: 3 Supp], g.,;n::e-cg V [ a Ten-Yenr Wm, , "Manor! 1 - ..-- --v Wh`at'n.1`;'unoie accomplished foi At- ._,_..-fgul ibn Haesan I do not know; but doubtless he was bountifully supplied with "those lessor veiations, which f " harass the soul beyond" the-limits of I 4*: patience. In general my `unoie adopt-I.` ed a grave demeanor, "as became one _ of his learned profession, so that when -"hishumor bluhbie-d over, like the eeeeth- , ihg messfin one of his orucibles,~then J I judged that Afzul ibn' Ilassan was,` plucking the hairs out of his beards` end petitioning Allah for vengeance. [.5 lLLI__A will I -'_he r=:~ v -mg`: on her In the first plane I fell passionately` in love with the most beautiful crea- twrein all Persia, whose name was Llzura. who finally reelprooated my sentiment, and who. strangely enough, yras the daughter of my unolefs bitter rival; and second. mv uncleunravellod the grand seoret of night metamor-, hoelation, or" the changing of the` orgy of a oneature at sundown, upon Hvhtoh both the magicians had assidu- ously labored for years. ` . (`nnnhhn-inn I-I... .....l..u.......' ...|..:..1. -.. - course of my. lite. At the time, when I reached my six-. teenth year, my un-cletconisidering that I had `made sufficient progress in the. Itudy of astrdlgoy. determined to ad- vance me to the higher branch of his ,work--tne science of magic:-when two eventhgmurred, bearing directly upon! one another, which changed the whole` '}_VVi`thou t entering toolminutaly intb: the details of the situation it will suf-' tics, as an exam-pile, of what we on- `duured, to say that our perfumes were _often turned into the vllust of odors, our food_ into" the most unpalatable shes, gut house filled wit-hsmoke. shoes with `scorpions and beds with nocktoaches. ' 4 i cut: . - W - rvwinu 1 ~~T"Duri_ng m.y childhood scarcely a day, passed, [but that we would suffer from` the effects of some enchantment be- ing directed at our well being. and. doubtless, as my uncle had slightly the advantage in power and knowledge, of his art, the household of Afzul lbn Hassan suffered even to a greater ex- te-nt.- ` ` ` _.__ wuounvcw van A-lab!-I-ID! `It is said that even among the learn-i a Off the Gloaurs professional jealousy at times leads to strange acts of retal-. `iation; but, illustrious sir. it can eas- _|cly be understood that when the con.- ztending parties for public favor are, -`powerful magicians what peeks or `trouble they may heap upon each oth- .e'f1_'-`s head. _ H U ' AA 4 Now, it `happened that in the same :=,-pity where .we`dwelt, and where my '-lllncle practiced his exalted profession there lived another magician, called . At`zul ibn Hassan, between whom and "my uncle there existed a rivalry so hit- ter and far reaching in its conse- ` puences that the` fame of it extended toithe borders of Persia. _ It is learn- at lily b understood that when the enn- 'i .. ~ in " uisnti" 1 at lasigv cried. Get .thee.gone, brute. - Away. and fill thy stomiach with..inioe, as from the sound of thy voice it maiustl be as hollow `as a drun." Then I `hit `at ,it with a switch, but while eluding my blows _the cat still kept close at hand, ceas- ing not its moui`-nful wail. ' "Then, as I stoodfor a moment re- Erdlpg the creature with no little |_811!`Drise at the constancy .it had attached itself to the poor with n gaze so full of pathetic mean- ing that at once the conviction forc- ed itself upon my mind that my vindic- tive uncle had changed the form of `the hnnnl-ifnl Al........ :...4... u...a. 1.2.1-... my PBPSOH, with which ` beast raised"its eyes to mine _ .__`_ _ . _ 1 .u 1. V t . n_ . ~ must kllow, 0 _illustrioust.<:lnt.`?-W 1` a my doc: 8, ahwpp` tranger, that I was born inutha. cityl I entered the garden and quickly Shirazan, my lathe-r-peizoe to his md 111! Way to.our'placs of meetins. he `___b I -- but foftheifirst time for many moons is 3 8 as 9` memhant wh'- tau Alzura was not there to give mo'greet- ijloaling raised hinmtos. position of high 31.33 F 1. h-1 I mud b k ~ d i -jhononin the eyes iot the'Govornor and forth, '-x(;iona1en'ta1lr":ly'. expecting?Ji31er_-aa!;)- Westeem in that of his fellow-citizens. gggrnw. dud tltlfln I ,tvefnt;red tiotgaill 1 7 name, so ,v a it ., an en ` A as! for my prospeots,xhowever. he` auttle louder__.. Alzum Alzurm AL `-mas gathered to the `arms of the Pro-mpg 1 but the only response that .-J "hhet when T ism: hut nu Infnnf and nnmn flfrnn um: H... nI..:...o:.... ........... {Alasl mynprospecta, Ihowever, he` aiw-as the Pro-{ "phat when I was but an infant, and. ipassed under thaguardianshig of an "'I1_ncle-a sage magician of` the name at Hassan ibn Atzul.` '. `I2 Magician! III UBDIIIG Much depressed in spirits. I left my I uncle`: house, determined nevertheless _ that come what ill fate might I would _I remain faithful to Alzura. . g `I `L4 -A-_._!_.I__. A ;-u A 0 vnlul-IaVo * _But alas! no aoour h_ad ljrrivod at' our. place of meeting than I Vwaswol-I oomedpby` the `same plainttvr?" Meow, and, with tall erect. `Alan-ra trotto_d iout frbm `under 'u.bush.'- ` ` - . V A. .`,[__., _______;_` 1 _____._.__`|_`, .1- l'wit_t;`i:l:t `:::;1;:t;9`I`a:e'maxn:br} Iboa (ca-mo conscious `ot a purioua `shrinking ` uenntion throughout my limbs- Small- :`_or and Imallar I . seemed '_j 'to- become`, whilg,auoh.inq_tant Alz_uru`_a sand to mid lar3or=unj:i she ver- to be ruonatcr the size jI_;._.`hllIO- ~.;'.l'haI.! :a_n awful. torror seix- `- if tiny,` :hnoI5.> an,1~1.n.9l:i ` !>s9II_!_:`tled uauuuu to mzura. `ul`.=Ilu1i.ng the remainder of that day I wandered without purpose up and down the bazaars,'ao preoccupied with the dismal outlook that I passed by gtriendi and acquaintances without re- 'tua'ning their im- mingl. Sn 1 ' " on-nun n --_._-__ 7 I ` In- nut. Ill LIIH qlltln. My uncle gazed. at me inquiringly -or a moment, as it he yet doubted` my resolution, than replied :-" Listen. I! willyet give thee until sundown to repent at thy purpose, when. if thou still persistent to thwart my will, `aok A to thy safety boy, or! may remember :thee in a manner. of which thou dost not- even` dream." Then, "with a motion of his_ hand,.he waved me from this 1 `ll.--I. .f._,_;,,,, 5 I -1-` - " ` 5 uuuuv WILU DIS enemy. 1` It` was 0! no avail that Itriedi-to ar- .. gue the injustice of hoIding Alzure re-' I-sponsible for her father's actions. At -. the mere mention of Afzui -ibn Has ; sun's name my uncle's countenance he- 5 came distorted with fury as he shout- ed. at me, "Choose, thou" cobra that I ' have taken into my bosom. between I I-Inssan ibn Afzul, thy'benefactor,and , Afzul ibn Hassan, my enemy." V 1; I truthfully ansivered that I natur- ,ailly preferred to choose the one from 3 whom I had received so much .kind- ness and from whom I anticipated no ,' harm. ' ll I`IVI._._v LL , , vvtul. .. uu-., wen -(Doll nadst better gft thee with all speed out of the land 0 Shirazan." - ` -"Sir," said I, respectfully, but with determination, "my choice is already made." I thank you for all your.peet' goodness, for which I shall ever re- main gratetul, but to renounce Alzunfa is. out of the que ntinn." -' ` Mu irnnln ...._...I -1. ...A 1 A My uncle threw back his head and laughedderisively, "Light of thy ex- istence. forsooth!" he cried. "Thou shalt, In truth, make fuel for her ex- istence, it than dost not pay heed to my word. "Look you,_ boy," and he l placed a five minute timeglass upon the table between `us, "If before the `sand `best run out thou hast changed thy pigheaded obstin-aoy it will be well; it not, then thou hadst better gftqthee of `O L `Iirnmah V Illslllo III. U1. BXIBCBDOO." ..uuu uauual. :uzum.". ' V "Sir," I protestd, with 8 ch calm-` neas and decision, as I ma fzable to `summon to command. " that I cannot `do, for she is no jade, but verily the light of my existence." c I M17 Iannln I-I.-....... L_-l- I-'~ ` ` " an-bull! "V'I.`l`xe.n` thou wilt swear by the holy Kaaba, said he sternly. never more to speak. or by sign communicate, with that jade of Afzul ibn I-Ias'san's whom thou callest Alzum.". ll Q}, 3) f _,,__L__L.I,I uuruv 111 nor ratner's offence. This intention I sought the earliest `onportunity to carry out, but if Ian- 'ticip-ated any sympathy or deviation in his cruel purpose I was quickly un- deceived. When I made known to him myepassiom for his rival's daughter. and that we had already exchanged vows of fidelity his distress and sub- sequent rage were eteartul to be-' I hold. ` . First of all, he charged me with the .basest ing'ratitude,`.pointing out the when he tookme under his protection as an orphan little did he imagine that I would.grow up to make common cause with his I was A? nn nun}! Ll...` 'rL..:-.I L- -_ ulfzuv on we marrow, and entrant him, `W: b all the eloquence of a desperate `"91 . to wuthdraw the spell from one ;1h `YRS comwetlye innocent of any 8 We In her father s offence. 'Ph;H 7 _..._LL A_ 74" MA 3 "~ -~-----as vuv jiuuz -uuau.Lu1'u uuu my rms. _Iwept bitterly. ! `Farr into the night I caressed and _soothed my transformed Alzura, strnk- _ mg` hf-it unkempt cont. so that the fur flew Into my nostrils; permitting her. Wlth_0ut a protest, to sharpen he`r tal- ons in may limlis, so that they were covered \Vli'h scratches, and allowing her to crawl all over: me, for which I r suffered tormcnts on account of the Eparnsites with _which my uncle -had V not omitted to provide her nlentifully. In def!!! grief I finally parted from myenchnnted lady, determined. how- V91`. to lay the whole case before my uncle on the marrow, and entrant him, \VI",`I 1!!` (`kn AI...-....___- ,3 , 1,_,_,,_,n , ' -' ` "" `-`-.---es. 5- uuuuuuu ' " Alas. Alzura 1" I "cried. " Surely thy 8-Weet nature _mnnot be embodied `in `Such `"1_ ungainly sham. Alas, alas!" ,`"`d taking` the Door -creature into my u 13.... !_A._ LI, . . . - _ -- unvv uunuc uuu L`-IMIIIRBIIV {DB IOTHI OI `the beautiful Alzum into that hideous [bone protruding grimalkin. uni-.. 1-i ',"- "r ~--so \I\JVvVl.l Iu Ill l\JU|.nLr|u3. . "llishtl" I at last' cried. "Get . thee gone,.bvrute. wIth..mioe. voice` mawst. II l`I`II1I II FHL-.. `I L21. --4. 0; ,,9LL _ -~--~~- . `nun. uuo only reapuusa Luaul. Gauge to me was the plaintive meow of an 111. favored looking, hungry visaged yellow out that had mrni-tonfly ral- |1W0d P andvdown in my footsteps. H `I.'?I'I...I.L In 1- . . "gt-rs-. tdhat I bet oul: `lot the rose gar- den of our friend-to meet AlzuI_'a _ all usual; not, however. without `mI88i_V' lngs, `tor my uncle appearged to be In exub'era_.nt `spirits, repeatedly strokinz, his venerablobaard and exolniming, ` " Mashallahl but Afzul ibn. Hassan will now lio_.at door as a.auPP.1i- cant. V ,\ ....,..., A gum.---:. vgyqs ll'.t_l|g` .noyr d'rug_ -_v",f*fV%`i`,`A*.w.; TI#`e~iust..!2?!r' 2. = ... ' `.'.1f`~ ,._ "Ln 1300,". -concluded tho? llM5111 8ulI,T "thiali true _o_f- every: bushy gtatlod sni- msl I have` been on terms of sulclent inr thnpoy `to see asleep. It is `u voryfklndly arraingomen__t`na_5uro `has made {or their oo3ntqr_t,1.nd they do not. %ueen'L.td'; minds. very xmichi can-ylnsraround. than-_.~w4ntor amnola lngthg au,mmer.~, :11 thkdld not .om1, `them w1,th..:1zhe.2n they WW3..'.th0!1V9\i1d..P95&blJ..;Ioao:;|?h9mo.-Ill the red ngan_'P1`.VZ8_inj'his` tulo6tf_t_ho' -guard the,""rabbit;"-"1 i." -lj'.- g _f , yuan; uassvullullullnlb Know no other use` 1 or.their tails than as protection against the cold. Did you ever see a fox sleeping? That ii one eight of which the most patient student of wild litevcannot always boast, becauseea to__;_: is always wide awake I ' and has a general antipathy to being looked at. My own observations with! sleeping ones have been `conned to two that I raised from pups. When it was cold, they would shrinliup and seem fairly to ; wrap their tails about them. When the air grew warmer, they would uncoil `a. little and sometimes discard the tail en-l tirely, just about as "impatiently as air sleeping child will kick off the covers; when he gets toowarm in the night. I ' do not think that. this attitude is habitual with sleeping foxes.` When `the weatherl was warm, they did not curl upat all. ; but lay.` sprawling, with their tails. on the 2 groundbehindvthem. A V . " p ":The raccoon makes the same -use oti his tail. Did you ever see one preparing `tor-a nap? `Like the fox, he goes to sleep on his side, but he makes-more fuss about it than a lazy lad. getting up in the` morn- ing; -First he hitches up his shoulders and.aroh_es his back, `Send in the; cavity thus formed be carefully tucks away his knees and elbows and head.` Then he 'rhrin'gs his tail up `close; the `end of it ourv-. ` ingvover-his head. _ He unwinds himself j halt a dosen:~ti_mes.hefore hexget-sourled up . K . % iililch ?3`;I8I inufl. without the-oustomaryl 4 A '. ~'.l`he mum: also . covers`. -o1t:mh.h1s:-u. faiepmg .nm.s and uvuo 1. oauuullulluu xnyseu: In 8. Dl1SUl8SS' In the principal bazaar of Shirazan, `where we together enjoyed many years{ of great`. happiness and prosperity, be- ing often. visited by the friendly as-I `trcaloger who had assisted us to that on . - i ------- - 4 ' new Animal: who Wear Then mu. ` lac Them In Winter; - ; "Some or our wild animals," said a! naturalist, carry about with them all! summer that which nature "has evidently ; - intended as a substitute for. their winter 1 tlannels. I mean their tails of course. i Sofar as I have been able to judge the L bushy tailedanimals know no other use fnlhthnlr tnn than` -a ......a....u-.. _ _-n_ -+ I `Apparently a mutual recognition! took place simultaneously. and. heir brute instincts `gaining the mastery over their cunning and discretion. they at once set upon `each other with ai fuaryi born of `years of jealousy and re- `crimination. ' ~ ' Ah, Allah! how those beasts foguhtl With their sharp teeth they tore he; flesh from. each other s bones, thevg squealed in their rage-and fixed their; jaws in each other's throats, until. in; ashosrt space, the lives of both were exterminated. . y Why dilate further i The story is fin- ished, Alzura. when her grief for heri father's death had subsided and the!` I required period of mourning under- gone, yielded to my entreaties. to per- ; mit me to fill his place as her proteo-I F tour. I established myself in business` in i1hn'I1n-inning] human -9 01.3-- _--- l `__--..- .. . .-u :2 uuuv..1uuuu- I thanked him profusely. and. feeling'_ assured by his nssertion that the stone would protect us both from further misfortune. awaited withoutfear the events of the night to come. Now it happened that Afz-ul ihn Hnssnn. work-- imr upon the same problem. which my uncle had solved. himself thatfd ~dis..;l covered the secret of night me or-," phosis and resolved to `change my un-' ole into It rat at the same time that my uncle determined to transform his rival into an animal of the same ave- vies. so that when night fell both ma;zi-! cians found themselves suddenly eon-_ fronting each other in the shapes of_' two vermin with.all' their hatred ? retained. ' LI, uuuu. . , ` 7 . ' - "' Stay, said he. " You will not suf-, -fern repetitionof the last night s en-' chnntmenhfoa` I can see`that Afzul ihn Fl.-issan is even now" successfully" working a spell to counteract your`un- r-lc-`ct rlnuixrns. Tn nrfv onsa I willzivn you a talisman to render you proof `against his charm." and he handed ma :1 dark, transparent stone, upon which was `engraved a verse from the Koran "I have given Alzure a similar charm, to prrotectiher also " he concluded. [ '1` I pace.` ll (`L Va. |.'|U y,zuut'u._ - ' I " \Vhither in auch haste ? he asked, 'ac-costing' me in a kindly ton_e. '- l I told him briefly `of my experience of the previous night, saying that no consideration T would induce me to chance a repetition. Farewell! I cried, ". and may Allah -protect` you. I desire to make all haste to a place se-! were from my uncle's malicious influ- AI`! no VY IJOIU Ll) UU BUB. I paused, regarding my T surround- ings nos :1 man that has awakened from a horr.il)le"lre.1m. Then, as the real- ity of it all was made plain, and -a mighty dread-of becoming the toy of -Alzura s paws took possession of my being, I turned to flee by the first road from my uncle's vengeance, when- I enoounfered out friendly astrologer of the garden. r1.:n..... :.. ....1. 1....:.. an L- _-I---`I -,-.-_ -- ~~-.. _, Such was my posmon for seven `un- ending hours-hours that seemed Ii!-'0' seven `decades. Toward morning my. senses must have become so stupefied. with terror that I lost consciousness, until I suddenly` found that dayl_igh_t hnd` com-e,A that I had resumed my on- ginal form and that A_lzura was no-. where to be seen. . I I` .....__.s -~ ` l i(F)'t_it_Iie toil horror or that -night I; am; unable to find words to fittingly describe the situation. Conceive your- self, Owillustrious one,-cramped -at the inner. extremity of a small hole, with two enormous` green eyes; appearing as the size of two full moons, glaring in with hungry watchfulness. Imag- ine, iI you are able. tlie~hot breath of a` terrible monster, every now and then*'fillin3"`the tiny retreat, and a seemingly gigantic pa.w at intervals thrust within almost a hair's breadth _ of your shivering form, in strenuous endeavor to hook you out. & eliance ' f hia__ aniuiosity, [changed the T `into `a mouse. so that I might become a supper instead" of nyhudbandlfor the famtshod Alzura. ~1ia_o'i-`mi'ef..{; . `_.. .. an. .' 111] Atzulibn Hanan`: chickens ea-oh`; :-:\(_l4g`l31_: `in-to `enormous frogs; that kept. nob a lively - oroaoking-`under ithb, `a window. that reat_iw}iao_.a'tRr,' hi; 1-1o:w,,u the uublivrrll ..._- ..'_"_1_ - --L` ` -:_*;w;'ho commenced by t-tauatormingii bti . lm! ;-tho -_J9!,!, of . ';f%|:o';.V_!_5 ,1'co_T-`iT u.;r my =:::;e_u*Tiis';"a:u., [t`e.jut Iov'h.| A usHy`1'AILa. THE NoIi':HEiN fA_.l) VA_'`N'(3E; , "3_i urn, unaaa l`IUl'llCo 3].. She thrust a dirty local paper. some rm-" two days old. into my hand. and then of run after Annie. who was calling her. ed ' After they left 1 read the account,of I the couvict s escape with no particular ion: lnterest.~.lt was written in a sensational e.i_-r style.` giving a graphic description or try the man. Jim _Phipp_s_,.. who was under iey_ sentence or 25 "years (or manslaughter under `such doubtful circumstances that re- it seemed almost like murder. V `r.nI-nu In LL- -..-.--l--- -r - ::*.ra x-Td.T `f_to`::`nd[ ` ">b1`ouxht` it fa`, af . A .. IA"";`;;_ {t9gv;;>men."- .7 K .. :l'i0I|t!'!;--W1. Id 3: : ~ .`.;'.u".::.;':..,%'m= - -up :`:c:e:*"*: -I I D lnnf~-anal 11....) .g_ _,._.a Ing_. . . .;.'m.~. ` ----a --V Ins: HIV clot `tumbled. -131: e I I.eat='auddared say noth- nerl IA .f'l"`.V':Vil1 _ `hold .yoir 1 d-_ mandv. '" ' ~tnaeed; in`di:d, i w i1I."".-'i_l',`rile`1.1A. V: (51 wgil may `no `vi"9rd"_t `any on`e." b `T . A : -`:Y9_u can help me,'.' he_grini1yvremark- % ed-Iscthereuo_qmck1ime;o t_h_e gs.-gym , think so. 1_ replied. ~ T Amen %%retc3-.:`..rx~::~s as M: cn."' I u.`.-3., It A;.;' _ `. _yu_.a`:vww uuul. 1 Will. UHQOW our :_m=y and away '3.`pa jng ; clients." In4ui.".`I.. -nu.-- -..u.|_ .u_-_ I - - - vacupe criminal! p -A. V In an instant I remembered _the'_'newa- paper`description. Jim` Phipps was tail, ` ot gentiemanly Jppehrance and a man of good eduqatiou. An involuntary. ex- clamation `escnped no. ';'1`iie min turned round and saw me there; Never have I seen anything like the expressiomot his ` `I809. What Brought you -here'."'. cried. seizing me by the wrist; I came to ae--to.see"--.I gasped- . What `I _w aI. doing} ' Fatal curioqity. A of course. i'1`h}e"cu_1-no ;ot moVther.__'Eve-in on all you .woIn'on."'. v - , . -_.-,1. -p'.A.-| -,. I -- , _-_-....-nun: Illll[I3Ic` "3 him open. and it did not take cover that Mr. Hartland was burying something. It was 1 convic't s dress! The 1` Itranger was no man of._businesI. but an escaped criminal! r A C n An -l_`_L_,, IVVIIIII` I_.u|` u_l] SUCBL ` Out of the back door `I the moor. where no tree hindered the `view. for min "Hat-tla_nd about aequarter the hnrmn '.. .I....... - I--- me in his `tum ` we taclturnt tnought I. I'm sure you must bebusy." he pres- ently said. Don't let -me hinder you. I'll take awalk round the farm and have a look at the place." Evidently he did not ciety; I reflected. He we leave me. Some men wo me for a stroll. or hhvestaid to enter- tain me since he knew I was alone. Mr.- Haitlnnd7s behavior did not prepossese 3 very willing to uld,have invited I ..I..L-.I A -- care for my 80-- ma-nan..unI..y anus; uuvv upunc UL I.Ll_l'lIJo One morning. a few days afterward. `she snid'she- must drive into the town for M busingss and would be absent all day. I might be lonely. added she. come with her? - utxu, no u . . ' -- Wbuld I not nu u oupyl (`DBCU unlc. E I watched her drive away. our maid ' beside, her. Eliza could_not- understand . I was staying at home for my own. pleas- '__ ure`and tried to cater for my amusement ,1. before she left. - ` _.| "One '0 they convicts from Prince's ,;- Town's escaped." she said to me, when ,- Annie was out of the way. Tis all _ here in the paper. I'll leave it for you to , read. since you're not able to come with us, Miss Florrie." ' QI... A_L_.,-,A 0 - 4......,,. out 1 can snow you the farm." - I o'ered to dlsposeof his knapsack. but he would not part with it. All my impor- `tunltics only served to make him slip it from his shoulders. lay it on the table and leanone elbow on It, while he ate the luncheon I had prepared for him. Had Dartmoor the etfect of making peo- ple taciturn`? thought I. ` I'll! ling rung. _..-__A I-- " "I " vv nu... - vpcucu U18 0100! . No. My cousin has gone to Aahburton and won't be home till late." Then sud- denly remembering who thls must be. I added. Are you not Mr. I-Imtland? We were expecting you. My cousin was so sure you would not come while she was `away. But I can show you the farm." `- I nnrnrl fn :llan......--3 L2- I----~- lo Iuv SIUIIJ rub During the days that followed she often asked me if I were not getting tired of the glace. in a style suggesting that she would not bevsorry if I left. One morn- lng_ she bserved to me: `'1' am expecting a visitor here. Flori-le. He may come any day. I'm not sure of a particular time. It --it is _n gentleman who is coming to see, the farm. You know I am selling the place. I intend wing to America. 74- -....... LI... 2....` 4:..- I l....I I.A._.._I -4 _._,__ .. uuculcu annual. uni: Iuuruer. Later in the morning some one opened the gate. 1 saw a tall. good looking man. clean shaved. with something in his ap- pearance that suggested an actor-1 knew not why--carrying -a knapsack over his shoulders. ' - V 66112.. fl` yugsua vslvl-I I II- '1`heu`_ho; onafths that ibn Bassan should; ai-ealize the full penalty of havln _oa.ll- .*ed;'_him,:a"chanp,and pitl_ul_-tgrlo _tor., _,-Aejwould `quickly prove to thoyworld 'v`rhi-ch of the two was the groator mag`-, I `..'.n- ,A..u, - - - - ` ` " v\'l "**f's'higwe11 at home? he asked, when I opened the door. N1\T.v. ll- .._....i-- L - uvuus; vvI|.|.I utl 6 ' Oh. I've plenty tohmuse myself with." . I answerd. `.`l shau't feel dull. and who knows?-ypur possible purchaser may turn `up. and I can show him the farm. What s-hi name. in case he should turn "up?" said I. just to tease her. His name? Hartland." she answered. In u suppressed tone. I .....4..I....I L-.. .I..:_- -__.-, V -- lIlID\-\io I lIlL\ l.l\l `alllls LU FLILICI ICE: It was the first time I had heard of any of her planspand I observed with what gliictnlty she now spoke of them Q [\-`A -n......:.... .. 1...... .l_..._ _n;.-_.'_..-...I I III-\.\IllIJ|. You'll nd here. F101-rie. . 1 to stay long. I'\.-..8..... Ll... J- o`. v` -- -.- .-av- But her welcome was not or the hearty kind -I expected from a west country woman. ` She greeted me without enthu- siasm. I observed that we were almost strangers to one another. and she made no professions of wishi-tag we might be better acquainted. |l`7..-- II 12...] .-.. _._.__. .I_-II _._.I I_._-I_ -~v- -- -.:vvv I I `thought .,myV cousin. il `Ri'gwell.V would have made me-more welcome when I came to stay with `her at her Dartmoor ` farm. I had beeniill; change of air was recommended. so I o ered myself to my cousin. in that fashionable manner. as a} "paying guest." mid ll must admit that after a long,_.hlllydrlv,e to Brackworthy I thought she surely would he glad of so- ciety in so isolated a spot. _ I\ ,3 AL. |_.___;__ us.` Ina `us very dull and lonely she said..You won't want I _. _. --uoIl IIIIIIUKI 9`. expressiomot `_ _ . are '9". he ercely I` ll In an original deedtor t:h`o..'1-egfxlation :qn,d'on&owment of.Han~o_w- school. "dated 4 ~';V5Q0.?11F.1H: dirbqcd_gfou shajl;zsllow yam : vQIlI'lIlI|UUn ' V , 4'" am: unnompo upon 31-} . _. " un,`~":iho- ~To9nioo}y ad -tho , , ' 18 :1 ~ ;: this my \ ugncly wn on lion-11.}!