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It was reported a few days ago that on “ Your headache is better?" asks he. “ I “ White’s that for news I Wf’nder ‘3”, He April 1 the East Africa Company hauled knew the intolerable heat last night was ponders to himself. “He‘d-mt look like a down its flag in Uganda" and Sir Gerald bound to make you ill. The arrangements gent as. would be_frec “1th his tiu. To perm], as represeumnve of the British were fit? from Pel'feeth They have mede 1‘ heel) Slleheei }9 it? Eh! But I blew Government" hoisted the union jack and prisoner of you all the morning.” ’twel‘e 51X 'e_5hlt - I proclaimed an imperial protectorate over “A5 0' I'lllei Ueibhe!‘ heal? INI‘ 001d “Heels One my 0! comfort alone Shetams h‘" i the country. She could not afford to dam- meâ€"iu fact, nothing does much,” replies she remembers that Branksmere seldn’m i'e- age hm. prestige as a colonizing power by She 031ml)“ “But I eonfeSS my head \VueithrFS from town “hm the eeVe“ ‘301001‘ retreating from this country. Moreover, a trouble to me to-day.” tram: and e‘h‘ely She W1“ he site “1 her it is not to her interest in a material sense "I have bee“ thinking that Perhaps halt 0W“ room before theto A3 10“ the Others, to abandon Uganda, for, though the coun- an hour or so on the island would do you iShe "13y escape them- , try may long continue to be a drain upon She may, and does for five minutes or so, the treasury. it ha,3 great, elements of ' OR, LOVE IS ALWAYS THE SAME. Perhaps he is hardly aware with what strange Pmestness his Wife is perusing his “Tom l" with an accent of unqualified countenance. Muriel sees something about scorn. “I Wonder if Tom could tell you at him that warns her it will scarcely be wise this moment whether he has five pounds or to bring herself into prominence in his five thousand in the world. Now what eight so long as she has Staines in her train, under heaven would I have done with Tom? but- 9. mad fit of wilfulness is upon her, and He is all very well, I grant you, as this, or a longing to sound him, to see if the fire as that, but as a husband! No, thank so unmistakablysmouldering within him you! For the rest I am positive if you “There was always Tom.” n ‘w ‘ ,, will b ‘ ' . , . - , good, says Stainea. ' . . u Ituigsgoa‘tvzglligfg lfitggélgnge ,.. she 2:531:52 ,fma'lyl'e 1b’ one man 13 as gGOd ‘LS “ There is scarcely time, is there?” She but Brauksmere is standing in one of the gmwbhraud an whine men who have been i ' - glances up at, the clock “It, is now very I open Windows as she and Stalnes come down the“: say that after the completion of the says to Staines. “ Come into the hall.” “There is a noble broadness about your She moves slowly through the thronged views that one would do well to imbibe,“says room toward the place where her husband Mrs. Amyot, admiriugly. “I own, myself, stands, but as she reaches it, she sees he to a silly prejudice in favor of youth. Ah! has quitted his position, and is now moving Here comes your warrior at last. He looks '» indolently away from her, toward some dis- as if he were about to order out one of his ‘ used rooms. native regiments for instant execution.” _Possessed by her one idea, she follows “He is only going to order me home. him-â€"Staines always beside herâ€"into aside Don’t be alarmed. I shan't go,” says Mrs. 1‘00!“ he” lishten and void of decoration. Vyner, smoothly. “He aIWays makes a _Lady Branksmere, not seeing some loose point of removing me when he thinks I’m Wire in the dim light, catches her foot awk- having a good time. I confess I have been Wal‘dly in it, and stumbles. She sways doing pretty well to-night, and he has a. nervously, and puts out her arms as if with perfect talent for knowing when I’m en- an involuntary demand for help; a. little joying myself.” ! rounded “ Oh i” of alarm breaks from hei- “ I wonder you are not a little afraid of lips. him; there is something about his under With an exclamation, Staines springs i jawâ€"thatâ€" for"Vard and catches her. His fingers close \ “ N0. I um not afraid. You know that “early tom‘- Those People Will he eomh‘g the aveh‘w- Mhle- V0“ ThWSk ‘5 5“?th m railroad from the coast it may be made a home again, and will expect me to be here u 10W \V§Cker'CllhereM hllh- - profibable colony. t0 giveflhem their Wan" “Ah ! ’ She "mi, “ here 15 lady Bfahks' Capt. Macdon-ild has been appointed “Tut! that will not be for hours,” re- mere at last ! We, all know how difficult British Resident of Kampaia, on the north torts he geYIY- “NOt until you have had lb 13 m drag 0m.” sen away irom’the coast of Victoria NYanza, near the capital time to be there and back again, over and warmth of an evening such as this; but I of King Mwa‘nge“ Porbai did not find it, over. I promise you shall be back here be- 3"} glad that She has managed to get home necessary to enter into negotiations with fore they are." , before, the arrival of the others; Mrs. the N16,. 01 Uganda, as the British Gov. “That, Of course i I wonder if I could vy‘her 5. tongue 15‘ Sharply Pomted- ernment has succeeded to the rights which get to the ielehd and home again in two 5he 5181‘s! and moves toward the. d°°n were obtained by treaty from the King and home? NOW that you have Put it into my anksmere milk“ her no replY' H15 eyes his councillors by the British East Africa head 1 feel as if the lake is the one thing I have met Muriel’s and are resting on them, Company, Treaty making in Uganda is desire. Oh, for a, breeze; And were both can see that the other’s face has grown quite different from treaty making with might be an small One thel‘e-" Strangely pale' most African chiefs. Uganda is not quite ” A foregone CellelUSlOD." eFleS he: gel" .After a’ moment or 50' Brd’nksmere drops a savage land, but has long enjoyed an in- ly. “Let us start atonce, then, if your his 3131309 end leeV83_thԤ,wmd°W' . faut civilization. The King and chiefs return M the time you say is imperative") “ 1h“: woman agam! {flutters Munel thoroughly understand the nature of a Time is mOVh‘g away from them! and betwech her teeth“ Her vome 18 Very low’ written centréict, and they consider nothing any moment now may bring 'anksmere butsmmes hem he“ ,, definitely binding till it is written down. home to keep the appomtment With .“ I have already. warned you' he he" Most of them are able to write. When Muriel, 0f WhiCh She is ignorant, and "nude her- “ It Will be insult upou m' they made their treaty with the British which Staines has pledged himself to pre- Slllt-i heaped. l” And then. as She mOVes E,“ ‘Africg. Company every clause was dis. vent. ' away from him through the dark old hall, cussed in all its bearina. words were 31. “come: then,” She eeyei lehguldlyv he knows her to my a 13's“ impressive tered, and the white mgn’were astonished being already prepared for an afternoon word' ,‘,‘ Remelnb" ! .i'here is always 3‘ at the kecnness displayed by the natives in _ Stmll' remedy ! he wmshers’ "1 a 10W tom" forecasting the bearing which every stipula- ~ng I The Walk through the Shady W°°d be' (Tohh CONTINUED-l tion would have upon their country and its “ neath the scented pines is rich with a sweet peopie. The rights which the whites have fragrance- The Wey has seemed neither TIMBER FROM THE PAUIPIO- acquired, therefore, in Uganda, are a. mat- loml “01‘ WeerVihgi end it appears 9‘ 5°” 0f "â€" ter of record, attestedzby the King’s mark, surprise to Muriel when at last they come The Good Ship “Highlands” Arrives at for the young potenbate cannot, write, and to its end and emerge upon the borders of Monlrcnl' Anci- a Long Voyage, by the signatures of his principal chiefs. the lake, where sits a ferryman to row the Lying in the lower basin of the Lachine .. .._.._-_.._, . N .-_ __......_‘_ warmly round her lovely naked arm ; He cousin of his, Elfrida West? I wormed a is rudely awakened to the present by an little secret of his out of her, that Will stand arm that coming between him and Lady to me if he ever dares to tWit me With any Branksmere, hurls him backward to where Of my Shortcomings.” the wall checks and supports him. “She betrayed him ‘3” . é When he recovers himself. it- is to find “bhe sold him for forty pounds. I paid 7, Branksmere staring at him'with an unpleas- he? that down for it. She always is hard antiy savage longing on his dark, swm‘thy up, that poor Elfrida ! and her woman had given her to understand that she would wait no longer for her bill. So she gave away the colonel. ” “What a bore these dressmakei‘s are! One would think one could have money for l face. Staines goes down before that look, i and stands, panting heaVily, against the friendly wall. i Lady Branksmere has shaken herself free l from herhusband’s grasp. She has thrown . u ‘ ' up her small, queenly head, and is regard- them the moment they chose to ask for it. . ing him fixedly_ ' “ I was immensely obliged to Elfrida’s Not a, word is spoken A atmnge hor- woman for all that. Out of simple gratitude I rible silence seems to oppress all three. At 1 gave her quite large order the week ' length when it has grown almost beyond later- Yes; does“ it the Old man look fur; l endurance, Branksmere breaks it. He bursts 10113 i that has he heard DOW: I wonder? he Unto a harsh, gramng laugh. “Perhaps he is tired,” suggests Mrs. P “ I fear, Captain Staines, that my inter. Amyot, kindly. “Borne down by the bur- [ ference was rather a much one,» he says, den and heat of the evening, he is naturally a i lightly. “ But when you remember my ex' “film-t" get home.” - ' ‘ cess of zeal arose out of my anxiety for He is uniiaturally anXious to spell my ' Lady Branksmere’s safety, I 'feel sure you I sport. To see me happy is lo see him regu- wiu Pardon my seeming discourtes . one ilarly on the champ. He. is, I assure you, or two old world beliefs Still cling 3; me. I the very dearest old thing !’ says the col- ‘1 ‘ was absurd enough to fame that; I as her ‘ 0118‘ 3 “he: geYIY- , . hushand was the one to féscue 11'” in_ “ I hope you don't wrong him,” persists crisis such as this“, ‘ Mrs. Amyot, “he is old, you know ; he may ; Captain Staines hows an acknowledgment bejhneng'sd of this curiously worded apology. I “ I had forgotten the strength of my arm. I did not hurt you I trust !" says Branks- mere, with a laugh, slow and cruel. He 9’ removes his gaze Slowly from Staines and mem' , _ _ i bends it on his wife....who returns it “Well, I dare say he is a little wearing i haughtfl . at times,” she says, leniently. - ‘ “He is about the most unmitigated nuis- ance I know,” returns the charming man’s wife promptly. He llilas ccidme lip 1to her by this time. He _ '. is a ta , so ier - ookin man, at least Paths are best" And one may tun once thirty-five yearsyolder thgan she is, with an too citen l” n Sound advice i) 1 ,, imposuig moustache. I , Sic returns. May I “VVhatis t,lhe hour eh, , . hope, my lord, that yourself will take it to heart.” Then, her whole humor changes, and she One important question which confronted visitors to the exquiSite little island, about canal is we British barque ” Highlands.” Sir Gerald Portal when he hoisted the union half 8: mile from the BhOFe- , resting quietly after a. very long voyage. jack was what would be done with the Stepping into the boat, Muriel: Wlth ‘1 This good vessel is laden with OregOn pine, many hundreds of Soudanese troops, the vague sense OI rest and pleasure 11an or, more properly, fir fromBritishColui-nbia‘ vestiges of Emin’s force, who had been her draws 09“ her gloVe end lete one Wlhte and it is the first time that any timber from brought into Uganda by Capt. Lugard, act- elendel‘ hand drag idly through the Pleeeeht the Pacific Coast has been brought to Mon- ing in behalf of the British East Africa water. Leisurely'the boatinan plies his meal by way of , the Horn, Last, year Company They were an element; of dan- 0313 end Presently brings the!“ t0 the '9th several large sticks were brought over the gei- unless they could be made the employees beach that belongs to the island. She has I Canadian Pacific Railway, and everybody of the British Government, Two years ago almost forgotten the existence of Staines in wondered at their size, There are just, as Capt. Lugard found thesesoudanese nem- the this vague hew’bom Peace Of her3i_ and is large sticks on board the “Highlands.” The south of Albert Nyanza. He induced them altogether “flatware that he has hhgered “Highlands” is 8 New BNDSWiCkel‘, 8 hand- to travel almost due south to Torn, where he hEhind hel‘ to say 84 word 01‘ two to the fer‘ . some VESSGl, and 3: gOOd Ballet Her regis- builtfive fortsbetween Albert Lake and Lake ’ , ryman- Presently, however: She hen“ tered tonnageiis 1.234 tons, and she was Albert Edward. The army he installed in him hurrying the“ her- buill‘a all Stu JOhni Nu 13-, about ten years these five forts numbered, with their wom- “ You told the man *0 Welt.” She “he, ago. She has been engaged in the India- en and children, over 8,000 souls. He 4 eDXiouelY- "Y‘m know “‘3' Stay hem mu“ and China trade until recently. built the forts in order to protect the north- i .1 be Show." Captain H. P. Owen. ahardy New BFUDS- western border of Uganda from the inroads l “ 1 WM him the-ti” reassuringllh “ I Wicker, is in command- The “ Highlands" of hostile Kabarega, the powerful ruler of v j warned him you should be home bya certain I took cargo at; Vancouver, consisting of 697, Unymo, and While guarding this border he hour; 50 I suppose it Will be “11 right" Let l (00 feel? 0f Oregon Pine, 0f largé Sizes, and would also prevent the subjects of Kabarega us {Orget time for the moment," gayly, "end : 200,000 feet'of cedar boards, and sailed on from raiding along the shores of Albert ’ { enough, in all conscience. One might perhaps indeed say he is old enough to be once again young enough to be eager for an early couch ; but that is not his ail- “‘3’ t0 enlOV t0 the full this deliClO'Je hftel“ Jan. 21 last. The early part of the voyage Edward, where -they had been capturing noon.” was clear sailing, but after leaving the many hundreds of slaves. A little trembling wind has arisen, fmd trade winds the weather became unsettled, In these forts Portal found the Soudanese is blowing right into their faces- It 15 3° - and the "eeeel encountered heavy Sales“ In still forming a bulwark against, the hostile blessed 9‘ thing, that Lady Brahkemel‘e latitude 5'2 degrees south, and longitude 107 natives to the northeast. He decided to thI‘OWS Off 1181‘ hat and Elvee her burning west. the “Highlands” ran into 8: severe abandon the two most northern forts and forehead to its e°°hhg cerees- hurricane: ehd he? deeke ‘Vel‘e Swept from increase the garrisons of the other strong- Aftel‘ 3‘ time She Sighs "Vearhy and rises Stem t0 Stem by big lveves- The second holds. So he has taken all the Soudanese to he? leet- mate: Thomas SCOtti was Caught by one Of into the service of the British Government, “Come let us return.” she says. “In is ' these and swept overboard and drowned. and they will continue to form the promo. “ We could net SiWe himal’sa'id the 0313' tion of a. part of the Uganda frontier. ' tain. “We were running very fast, and Large detachments of the Soudanese have the poor fellow was out Of Sight in an 13- been transferred to Kampala, where they istfint.” That was April 1- The Horn W33 will be subject to the orders of the British , rounded during the middle of April and the Resident, 'ihey are strong enough t9 in. a Weather was, 8'5 it generally is in thht [Dee-1' timidate the King and his councillors . - “It is very extraordinaryâ€"it is incen- ity, unsettled and bad. But after having shoum they meditate any resistance to the ,3. ceivable,” says Staines, “I can’t imagine worked around the‘worst of the voyage was British . how the fellow could have misunderstood over, and the “Highlands” sailed the The establishment, of British mie in ‘ l l “ You have escaped this time,” he says, slowly. “ But if you will permit me to adVise , I should recommend you to avoid unfrequented places in the future. Beaten Not going to stay here all night, ch, ch ?” V“ It is dull, isn’t it ‘2” responds Mrs. tur L St . . l . _ yner. “Iliad hoped darling, seeing you 116522;“ 1:23.85 Wlth the o d' calm 118171638 ‘so gay all night that you had not felt it, “ This way evidently leads no-whither,” 3:533" for meâ€"l am Posmwely done to she says, iiiditferently. “Let us return to civil' t' .” . She shidedhdlleisurel toward the door b “ Are you commg home DOW? These y y mixed assemblies are very trying, don’t you which she had entered and once again - 9 . ' . - h ' :liitléll‘s the world of lfight Without. Slowly, Eggrgiestiifnhfigihe;oflgliEgghazprazndezgi the 10:“ “"mlo‘l’eal .mnt’ 81;? Passe“ down their equivalents, in the rear of our own sot.. . g 00° la ’ Feet 1 “gel?” Pale, Don’t let me hurry you Dou las butI con- w1th downcast eyes ; past Lord Primrose in fess I should he lad ’to 11% he ' if a shady nook proposing once again to Lady to this dreadful evgen'in up 8' rmma Ion Anne;past all these and many more goes u ,i__m__m 9” saysglhe colonel “ It Lady Branksmere, With Staines always - 1 beside her, and always with head erect afid gigfiibnoccur to me that you were dun to- a calm brow, though in her soul is rigino‘i . . " . . ‘ a “ I lio e I shall never so far for at m - a tumult of assmna‘e a - p ' g y p ‘ WT [b that Increases \self as to look emmyee,” smiles Mrs. Vyiier, already past the hour.” He rises, too, and she going first and he following they arrive again at the small beach. It is deserted. “How is this ‘2” asks she coldly looking round at him. “' Humph 1” says the colonel. me, and yetâ€"” Atlantic at a good clip, arriving in Quebec Uganda will doubtless prove a, blessing to “You told him to wait ‘3” 136 days from Vancouver. “That was very the country, The natives are divided into “No. But I very fully explained to him ~g°°d selling,” remarked the ehPWihs ” but Catholic, Protestant and heathen parties, that you wished to be home at a certain We would have got here a few days 300118? whose fanaticism has been so wrought upon l hour. I am awfullysorry if any mistake of mine has causedâ€"” “That is of no consequence at all,” she says, contemptuously. “The thing now to be considered is what is best to be done.” “He can not be much longer away.” begins Staines, eagerly. “Half past five already,” she exclaims, addressing herself. ' It is now close on six o’clock, and still no signs of the ferryman. Good heavens, if he were to forget to come at all! As this horrible thought suggests itself the only We khoeked about the G11” e 800d by their religious teachers that they are al- . bit” mostat sword points. Itwouidrequireonly The “ Highlands” fllrled her sails about the removal of‘the superior power new con- - - twenty miles below Quebec and made the trolling them to plunge the country into , run up the river in tow of the tug “ Lake.” the worst, phases of civil war and anarchy. ' The cargo is consigned to J. SI. B. Grier, But, the proud kingdom of Uganda has lumber melehantsi Of Montreal, and the reached its end. The King will remain on enfiel‘pl‘lso i8 experimental- Should this his throne only if he consents to be awilling rather than dies as the moments go by. sweetly. ,, But to ynu the truth surely Prove BllcceSSful the same firm intends to tool in the hands of the British. The may he confessed. I have endured agonies since I entered this house. Indeed, I should say plainly that I have been insuli‘ei'ably bored, only I know that would vex you, be- cause it would not be nice to the poor coun- i l CHATER XXXI, bring out other vessels. . The Messrs. Grier dynasty that; has ruled the country‘ since 5 Mrs, Amy“ looks up M Lady Brauks_ Will retain about two-thirds of the cargo the days of Queen Elizabeth has been (19. t mere, brushes past the cozy nook that con- for their local trade, and the balance will be prived of its power, and Mwanga, the lush Shipped WeSt end exported to Glasgew- The of the royal line, is now a king in little more tains her and regards her curiousl . t . But reall these mixed cntertainm nt . ' ‘ ' ‘ is She is as impassive as a Sphizx n she 21,, very trying, and this one is even a rim: blrmd surges Wildly up into her face. What 3P9?1heet1°h edhteme seine very fine ePeelel than .iiaine. _ . 4 says. ’ more higgledy-piggledy than its fellows n will be thought of her by Mrs. Vyner, with I gf‘amed Cede? and Pine _ lumber: “151 It is little wonder that he and'his advm- 4 H scarcely1 ties chem . she is safe to Oh 5 Yes, I have been very duih Very in her sneering smile, by Mrs. Amyot, with i t‘mhelf “f Very large dlmehelone- There 15 , ers a few years ago undertook With fire and 1 break out later on ” mumiurs M rs V ’1161‘ u The fact of its being mixed is a s ecial hel‘ amused one? “that Will be thought by ‘ one suck sevenl’y'five feet long and. three sword to wet out the European mhuehcos i he am“ it Talk; hm E ,n ' 5 ’ was I wh ,e"sl 1d 1 ‘ f 1 t p __ Her teeth close savagely upon her I feet square straight and perfect. It is to be that, were getting a foothold in their amm- , 2 Ya . c l‘. i ‘ , ° 1 Y, Vi” 1°“ ‘ 3e eere u 0 cast “0 ' - d i . hoped that the enterprise proves successful, it . The asserted then that, the mission. ' , If that be so , she will find herself res. slight upon it, returns the colonel. “ These under hi” and She turns 3“ den l “Pt11 I - - . - Y Y . i i w . p , . . . . . - - i i , h and that a. trade With the Pacific provmco arms and other whites were merely the open- 4 ently the center figire of an imbroglio that â€"erâ€"â€" stiange people have theirsensibilities Sim-mesl Wlt‘ 9‘ heme ‘9 emence' - - . . i 4 I for one should prefer steerino' clear of as well as we others. Selfishness anrl--er “DO Something in She cries' Will be firmly esua‘thhed' lug wadge’ and that the days Of Uganda 8 i 4 ' There is something Odd about Brinksmere’s -â€"-open disregard of the feelings oft-hose not “What eh“ I d0?" desperately. “All """“â€"""â€"â€"._ Independence were numbered unless the i4 7 eves. Ever noticed it ‘2” quite in our own class are defects that, that is left me is to tell you how bitterly I The Longest Fence m the World. whites were turned out. Circumstances , , v “ Neither that nor anything else about; should be crushed !” ' regret4â€"” I A Wiremetting fence of a, total length of were to? much 1'9? l’ghemi and: Indsplte Oi :4 him. lnstiiict long since warned me he i “ You are always right,” she murmurs All the regret 0f Whmh You coulh be 1,236 miles has been. erected in Australia the terrible Penmguonsd’ha‘b Page “galhs i 1 doesn’t admire me, and I never waste my : presently, but I do so want to go home." capable would “0t get "‘0 h°me 3' minute as a protection against the rabbit pest from ' the Europeans an. the” mauve convelts’ [ , timel’ E “ 1 see the duchess has not yet gone. Seoherv” heelel‘es Sher iml’ethWSlY- “Why i which the Australian colonies have sufl‘ercd thel’owgr 0f Ithe might? h.“ consmngly 4 “ I am afraid your little story about Lady ; Perhaps to avoid even the appearance of don't you hot? Why do ye“ Stand there 1 so much during the past few years, and with mclgase ’ aha “9‘1" b g““ 3‘ 13 3* meé'e 9' 4 Branksmere and Staines has some fouiida- 1 giving offense We had better stay another Wlth that Inca-Delhi) 1001‘ upon your thee? a view to checking the onward march of Pen ency’ 5‘“ Yul ecome "1.0m 8'“ more 4 ‘ mm.” : hmmn Surely something canbe done. There must ‘ these objechiOMble rodents. The whim“ completely dominated by foreigners. ; 4 " \Vhat are you afraid of ‘7." i He walks off with his most military stiff- he a Wall? Of atti’f‘ftmlg the fttegltmh 0f .l were introduced into Ausftraiie; a fpwcytlaars l l I ‘= Well, I should he aorr if matters out ‘ness. one 011 We Opoom e 8 “He 3 ere no * arro fer the )ur oses of om ort 1e 0 on- - - ~ - ' 4 too far. I like Branksmef'le’, and I migrate i “ Dear old man !” breathes his wife. Signal- YOU can make to the me“? He may id’ts ; they lfavepsince multiplied so rapidly Cal‘mba'hsm Among Bicaped Council?" a 4 her, though I grant you she is at times a. I “ How generous ! how noble-minded 1 how he the”): he hwy. he“ ,you- The dayâ€"0h i that they have become a pest. Some idea The Vladivostock, published in the R_ua- , 4 degree impossible." itself-sacrificing he is ! See how willing he 119: the evehmg 13 3° Shh: that rmY sound of the nuisance may be gathered from the slum Pacific settlement of that namehgives 1 “ If you said she is on rare occasions a is to resign his own comfort and linger on Wlheen‘y that Sh‘h't diat‘lhce- Try some“ fact that a single pair of rabbits, if uncheck- a terrible account of the treatment of Bus- , degree Possible 1 might follow you. As it, i here in a social martyrdom for an hour long thingâ€"anything. 1 ed, can multiply in four years into l,250,- sian convicts on theAisland of Ouora. Tile 1 isâ€"I have often warned you, my good 9 er, now that he believes that I ainâ€"not en- “There is no need, the man is coming,” i 000. The Cabinet of Sydney, New South investigation recently made into the charge child, that those quiet ones are never to ijoying myself! Ah ! Sir Robert, my ice at returns he, pointing across the lake toi\Vales, in 1887 destroyed 25,300,000 rab- of gross and barbarous cruelty preferred be trusted, and I expect we shall have an ' last? \Vhat a time you have been absent. where about can be seen. Presently it is I bits, having spent £700,000 in four years against a certain Khauofl‘, chief labor over- i explosion at the castle next autumn. I quite thought you had been making it.” out in the more open water, and in about 5 to mitigate this pest ; 100,000,000 acres seer'of the penal island, has resulted in that But, hush ! here comes the colonel, and I _ ten minutes or so he reaches them. Staines I of land are estimated, on high authority, oflicial’s suspension. and arrest. -â€" This know no one who so cordially dctests scan- - CHAPTEP XXVUI goes up to him. ito have been more or less injured by them. Khanoif, who was himself originally sent (18.1 as that priceless fossil.” V ‘ ' “What do you mean by being an hour ’10 check their onward course, a fence of out as a deported conv1ct, perpetrated such “Except me,” supplements Mrs. Amyot, The heavy, hot silence that is lying over late '2” he demands in a loud, angry key. 290 miles between the Macquarie and intolerable tortures upon the unfortunate “ when it is directed against myself. everything out of doors. seems to have rush- Her interview with -Branksmerc is now an E Darling rivers was made at a cost of £24, convicts under his charge that twenty of “ I never feel like that," smiles Mrs. ,cd inward and wrapped all the house in its impossibility, and this solitary ramble will 000 ; another of 346 miles'froin the Murray them. mutilated themselves in a dreadful Vyner, serenely. The knowledge thin the i languon The stillness that reigns nIii round damage he: in the eyes of her husband. River, north ; another of 200 miles on the manner, in order to free themselves from the 1 acandal was undeserved would, in my case, iis great enough to be felt; no footsteps “ I’m not late, sir. It is not yet Six southern line of Queensland ;and another labor yoke of this official miscreaut._ A I raise me above such weak fancies.” fall upon the tcssellated floors, no gay o’clock.” I of 340 miles from Albany to the Macriuarie, much larger number made their escape into 1 “ Ah l” says Mrs. Amyet. laughter rings through the deSerted gar- “ I desired you to be back here at five ‘ or 1,236 miles in all; but the rabbits broke the’laiga, where they suffered indescribable , “ If the colonel means coming, Iwish he’d dens. They have all started on their four- sharp,” declares Staines. do it. and get over it,” exclaims Mrs. Vy- teen-mile drive through the richly wooded ner. “He was steering forus wig all sails country to the tennis match at Lady set, and scolding in his eye a moment ago, lilount’s. All save Lady Aline, who had and now he has come to anchor by Lady - gone down to the village to See the vicar’s Anne. How I wish she would keep him a wife and Lady Bl‘anksmere andâ€"Slaines. forever. There is a present, now, I would Over Branksmere the stillness remains make her without regret.” unbroken, save for the discordant scream " It has anvays been a matter of specula- of the strutting peacock upon the terraces tion to me why on earth you married him.” without. At last there comes arustle of soft “ He has a few pence,” returns her friend garments in the dim hall, and one of the mildly. “And I always hope he won’t die ibig clogs gives himsolf a. mighty shake, until he has come in for the Bellair title - and goes to meet his mistress. Almost at; and diamonds, and made me ‘my lady.‘ the same instant a side door is slowly Besides. I don’t think there was anyone opened, and Captain Staines emerges from else lust then.” the gloom beyond. “ Six, sir, begging your pardon,” s'ays‘ New South Wales yearly average 15,000,- captured refugee from the Taiga had in his the man firmly. 000; and those from Victoria in Austra- possession some pieces of human flesh, and “ Five, I told you! It is unpardonable lia. 3,000,000 ; Athousand bales of their his confession that the escaped prisoners her ladyship should be subjected to such| skins are annually exported from South murdered and ate the physically weaker of neglect.” Australia, chiefly to the English mark- their companions has. it is stated, been “ I am very sorry my lady,” mutters the ets, and yet there appears to be hardly any confirmed by subsequent discoveries. man. ‘ "But I quite thought as how the ! diminution in the number of these pests. gentleman had said six.” . ‘ ~â€"â€"_â€"â€"_4.»- “ You shouldn’t think,” says Staines, , In answer to a prize lettered by a French The oldest railway in Germany is that ' but Ladv Branksmere checks him. , i‘pupel‘ for the best examination of micro- between Nuremburg and Furth, which was “ Enough has been said,” she decides, scopic writing, a constant reader sent in the opened in December, 1835â€"teu years after passenger traffic had begun on the Stock- ton and Darlington line. It is worked very economically, and pays a lvndflome divi- dend. quietly. “ It was a mistake it appears. whole history of Christopher Columbus Let it rest. The thing is to get home now written on an egg. Another wrote on the with as little more delay as possible.” ; back of a cabinet photograph Francom Cop- lthrough. The rabbit-skins exported from misery from hunger and sickness. A re- ‘ The row across the lake is a silent one, pec’s novel of “Henriette ” of19,000 words. i vv"'v~v~v ' ..»'-'.»-.>-,