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CHAPTER XXIII.—(Contrnvxp.) “© T don't imi ‘How could 1? One" ‘sasenonoely fonts row or-pity for & person vis wa one openly profemes to ‘hate’ and |even eee Teaplon™ ent tenty, while. sencohing hee ERTS rh his eyes. short but sharp Seas ny pressure upon his. ais ** Perhaps,” she whispers, Ieaning « little shoul towards him, and yatiny, her liy sl lington as she aa, by the intrusive wind, ‘ perhaps Pai not uite mean t eit 3 Then, seeing how hole Bose scandal that #0 changes and Weghten, abe half regrets her | connects moat, in her Surely itis too late in the year for noctur- | nal rambles.” «TL my life depended upon it I don’t lieve I could make him go a bit epee droop until they jartially (but only par- tially) conceal hex eyes fro ie CMinge w remiss I am! When one has onl, ly tor got ae ase of one hand, Sirensases Udte; slems-beed not 2 e ing to withdraw her fin- were to restore you both yours, you might be able to ee ‘ at horse to take us his heels, and never draws breath until he malls up before the hall door at Ohetwoode. per in “ Yes, Sir Guy, directly,” says Parkins, i tairs to a ee ieee an exact meaning of his Teueeuced e qelad two couples Berm to eating tect-a-teet, it is all w with 'e1 of their he Neatraint—-milder, perhaps, ‘A THRILLING COE 5 e OF be i, re ENTUKE. oa ning apo ‘He embraces. Lilian and Lady Beai eat 1 ce of his joy” within their doors, and is welcomed. with effusion by every individual Isietabar of the. I household. ey a evidently happy st being agai 2 | quarters) still see thou guest * indignas cit niger Saat what Yen ee doing all the | a sae the | pres bh 1” replies Lilian, | ou, es, and her ai SKA aN has a sae lazily | samiaton for sy ‘and a fabulous for- return to yur—lam| - esi ald Tae vetaraed. Chetwoode ; so has i i eo air, ‘‘ more the man,’ his in- woode, fand very nearly. Miss arrival, in tl e exuber- on the contrary, appears. lone’ up, and faded, and, Ele in s sad at heart, and dis- tent He fol ements ina very melancholy fashion, and herself also, until it becomes apparent to. every one that his jepression arises from his. increasing in. le i Venecuel and thirty See tela arrited ie Bie her uucy ways, an % un- takably distrait when States le about aes now than when he left, and, otter ok with his "feelings for a few da inal tempt fortui oe again, and lay himself and Possessions at Hs kes up his mind to oe 3 the wetter me wet aay against the w-pane t drops are fling- ing g thermselv ves mally, eS though desirous of ismal ing in a mild be tas which ocoupant of the Foor will make the first rem: ark, Lady Chetwoode i is knitting ber one hun- i; | dred and twenty-fourth sock for the, year. says aay, suddenly in tones melani mbt an, are naturally, could anything be more able h ** Thope it will be fino & morrow,” says | p; Mr. Musgrave, i devel volun “But [shouldn't wonder, just because is Bel and one always | oneal re le is to be “Let us get up a spelli ee 3M Beauchamp, cheerful alacrity Fe $0 1 % Oh, don’ bps , Mi don’t,” eatreats sty tearfully,—‘‘unless me enternally. Ti can't even if Icould, the even. were it al “But my dor teiow hres Cyril, laying § r, his conscie but still oppressive —most unagobuntably ale seat "farther penance eel a Hert falls between them. Silently, and very geatly, but somewha distantly, he unfolds the plaid from round her slight figure, and, drawing a chair for her e tal Raising the glass of wine beside her she yous should Ie yourself to the ork re of :sonctionte tighaly with her lips, and says, ayly,— 8° Come, fill, and pledge me, Sir Guy. Uitle frewn fromgue brow. | Ha your speak? with suspicion okooaiek- ape Ls *Chetwoot's. he handsome lips part in leased smile: he s his face gladly, willinly, to “Why do cake ask permission of yonr slave, 0 Queen of Hearts?” he answers soft 'y, catching the infection of ier gurety fazed at her with unchecked and g1 telling himself, ag he has told himself a | thousand times before, that to-night she is dogs ing ip pres ¢ flushed from her late glittering golden love Jocks have hecn driven by the rough wind from their natural resting-place, and now lie in gracious disorder on her white fore- head; her lustrous re pleas rroees an ‘ ill ‘t ere was an excufe first let me give you a litde ae “Suill th " ‘Samivel, Samivel, my son, never marry a idder.'” a aiow happy some, ofr ne some can. ing upon him, full of: Deitel get her lips ate parted, showing all them tapi cn “Chriss, r wor °) Bonne camaraderie, whispers sfthy-—— “Come let 28 be ABPY together bis et as hod rises also, Stk cae Be eat ected offect of her mad words. What is he going to say te her? ‘What folly urged her on to repeat that ridiculous line? The who has at this moment returned from his dinser- -partyy—entering noisily, comes to} St vher rese CHAPTE! ER 2 XXIY. a “ como naked thougntsthat roam about ‘And loudly knock to have thoir passage, ont.” Thies Gay's Cyeil, springing om I halt with Jo Tonglog tee het" dayacehak are. nb determination 0 forget those _unobstrusive anziety, anda tender on ccept Flo St » invitation to stay 2 ee Pher, and be happy and ery. As sure without telling that Lilian gains ears one svittary attempt at | our vows yee ko Tomasal jeu id engage c cabal bes vand i ityou could o only [ ‘at thos seit) the iceeoncs © Caste’ in spelling able Sr acter with alk wa eisai ive yout | it eaiec naan: Nevertheles, T Sing myself upon your, tender mercies, let us have a historical bee,” sub- fava is always | rearing two or three important questions that have tormel Cs be stancs, .1 wal cles: or Worcester, why 0 uncomfortable as | meatal = ysl with an affec- ent; whereupon Tally, my dear, “ hasan orshine,’says | and migh “Pal goo is feet with sudden ratio al Tyr, declares Guy, stuffy, will you come wi au; “You "ell Se, Sot,” with increasing glance cleverly di- a et ‘bo will get drenched,” exclaims probabl; iy get his d fi ak Seo Slammin ofthelangs. It ‘ble to think of it! Guy, be warned; as you go out to-day, you may prepare to soln shed this mortal coil.” indeed tl he is, if pose ; to pes ‘onclads in New York ‘baton my fei sly arth’s surface 500 or 3,000 feet Tike. a the Comstock. ———— \d don’t let us go in for apall ‘tre German lever will die for yon before rit ‘ter time lips with both ‘dish,’ ” re- ” says Lady Chet woode, bt but throsgh ai ime. Bat shi oe of gines, drawing twenty- oa ra guests ever the line, The Hn a for Ube First Important Road. Lead mbankments, Two Ta The recent trip a the bp te John Bull” jicago in to "Amsricand ai idea of t_ practical ii - t he country being at the outset decidedly i in ake - t nee HARLY ENGLISH RAILWAYS. Eyen Grades and Light Ourves of the ofthe moat distinguished a haraatera ate , eMinavath ana blsiyanres naveang ie Thirty-one Miles—Ket the Liverpool and Agee cater Read Pala agouy terminated his life.” Bs baconeat ted the ectumsiatiea: aretaiey of money, In all these ‘countries the need |! minu felt, and the devslopne Gr eseaantie b- le in them all at engin operated with jasaregen wire alfaay ic jockton and Darlingtor 18 land, opened 1 small scale, bo cables operated by stationary engines ; he ee hte meten co was an altertho rations” oneof them said “were inde on} HOW MONARCHS TRAVEL. a seal great maguifioence to render this a ceremoney of no ordinary kind, a wited and attended. The Northum! ly of rat Lig cepeng.sligeod tc erriaget 8 aod on ee os ypene: . Hus! boaistat arent ‘On the following day the Northumbi an running regularly between the Ieondly court. e eraging about later an engine attached ran over the line in | fr ” were attached, catrying Jar, 34 sacks of malt, 63 sand bales of .and their freight weighing ent. On ‘this Rie neo With much greater freedom of locomo- 22 a com| os was formed to. pro- ible communication Be tors and operatives. from the beginn its railroads was @ marvel in construction; but the practical railroad man will ask, ‘did it pay In miley ‘and the company began with a 2,000,000, in shares of 690 each t_ abundant “das do determined that grades and curves 6 to pia yh ning ae lighted Deaaieess The whéle construction lef th mak 50 fee tet The roi hardly inferior to the best in present use. were used, each 15 feet Jong and weighing 8 pounds to me. of ihe Bae tained Geir: cable feet teen miles St ‘the ie. with oak plugs driven into the holes. ever’ three feet on to ex: garda This rst of England's great railroads wae and as leval as any road thathas i es would drive a jer coaches, carried about sngalaned ir “| ‘The which form its digestive | tgrning eee Baga ut In ara a the grovad is frozen the hin, amily. Getake aeuube n> ia on ees we ne avail. out of the day gave glowing | somewhat as Columbus himsel desorption af ‘this opwving ee * Prepa- | diseo ene, ever sipstlentet and great ations the King of some of 3 ahding ren stops of five nly |‘ This,” say: on he | By the 25th of the following Febrnary a gine consuming 1,376 pounds of coke in the | ¥ ip. 6 Sakis ob ees) yall the great railways of England were laid. And a great many | fofiistionn yore latd tint ate never allt | upon, By 1846 Parliament had passed 272 | selg, authorizing the construction eens. 5,000 miles of railroads. Most of these roads, of course, were not built, a ea ikely to y y Mabsreatistes-Altoaether ae prospect f he retires to rest at all Qe | that South Africa will yield mot less than | eamp bed, b $50,000,000 ii in gold in 1894, $34,000 South Africa. The tail of the beaver gare the hint for| # = the trowel o! Director General | Davie, of the Columbian position at Chicago, shows by an elabor- ny, the United States Government, the| States and forcign governments,” This total sais ing Febru yw and more Petal engine, called ‘the is eatliest of all the great English | t" y? It did ‘All her heavy Inggage, the otees expenses (ineludin, ees change 8), se a net profit of fe sen thee tiee Rae eer ea and aguarter the road mad T publi pa fietiper tars Gold in Africa, fas i up ve Hardly a doubt remains that Sayin is | official c ce | ot te a ot less than a Dillion dollars’ worth ot gold | an d from the fields alread: by any means, however, ; sent to th the gold-producing territory | copy to the Minister sovereign isaboutto nda seqion aly 600 silien gestiaane ot seer ofa company, and frequently the the Wiuretonrandt Beld’ in the el Beales agree in regard tothe extraordin- the Triple Alliance has some ‘eoek and fan Great Preparations for Their Safety and sees Comtort- Queen Victoria's Be: ng banger to the Crimea. is Shoikcihe: ths tle ula. wa ir ja the erael shassae which blew up the ireooa, valng And smoking saloons, an item 2 aiveritelen the Ete cars of extreme a n annual practice to cross over to the Contin- certain formaliti the actual cost of building se magnificent and decorated’ in. foyal Setia ate Dele ery tion of the Bass the gauge is» to the river for As the ath is frequently not on| with e in the river rector, is at the engineer of the tine enters a not fill is ee mith ane water standing in| is esl This -will mez re. Will fally 33 per ventin the total annual #2 wit by oe on the ‘most the gold stand Stranger things have | whole body of often happened then the solving of the cur- |the train as lon; rency , problems of the day by the gold | ritory of the eb. In Italy the <NELS Boo er bitharts SadighlBoat, cefioud now famous Transvaal siaea| {to pomp and represent ee eat yes me ofthe people clea aid Vat cholera, because their “etied of night sitting up dressed in a comer of the ‘a { could in the open. the women remain at work in the nodses and plantations, ” has a fall dress of divare warrior, given him by a young doctor doom- yy his i pea for allowing three Mr. ed to deat ne kill at Jivaro throws it ini d ready - es seem: coal, oid scrons the St.Gothard to the silver weddi af the King of Italy is comy Sonica their gate ina minute sur- were a marded by nspesHien train Beer led the ion, anda to Rome to concert with ‘the, Italian patios the m ,000 has so far been devoted to| the Em) of the expenditures of exhil aiossig ookor tal eccaldcatl nal exhib is sone seat not allayed by the recent dynamite ihe remains of long slinst woalters of the} Tt outrages in bat ads iy belore he a ki O. T. this city, ante = collection ne ‘beantil fal butterflies, Jivaros along. the Beton a d pei are RATT assed through: the ear, y four long peadants of beetles’ wings of gli tening green, gold, and parple, strung 40 a8 to ety. tassel ‘iant y fo pia sarpanal one GEE passed though the lower I “One of most interesting things I them at was killin, ke} Nyon beet atave hid ahonidee are ital Y he asks, SAVAGES OF THE UPPER AMAZOY. Strange Stories fee Fahd Jivaros, the Apaches re phies of the natives. Ib men never venture into the ere I travelled among them is almost as far from the Pack fic coast as Nevada is from You will generally find the rivers, There are no ‘ature is so vigorous and luxuriant i in ‘hab hot and ity region that covered wi vegetation rag tet ey Mgrs best thing to fltowin the rivers. With “They cultivate plantain, banena, mango root, and live on th the game they ‘On a Dahaeg nes ton. eapons, for he ean Biow poisoned arrow tar Hoy or Fish sto tee in oatehing fish, The mimi so he "al ot isoaege = ch iran tron ite oe anv an Then tor fully tweuty ‘dlles Hates evi Grice aE e gathered in cano rater. sry thataally geva a tity of uishivawd eal rg the “Se rn | at once proceeds to decres yply liquor, | When 3 | es,and goes thro a hid Thien ‘hetiooky at bis pal almost drun! ralgr gee Ae te she ofisy waLipiicint gavale Al ees uestion is repeated, and each time the ings pion, or lizard, oy acakeyt sooth until the re is some improve- an forth ® scor- an gare hem to me very maven has one oe the fae eae iosities. TI ds. They wieenes object the ae ve @ man’s e dead face is horribly resl. > eh gs