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A luuitru with ibe puQBive iilctun lsc Wbuw> n-veriiw ar* a*)> with dim despair ; vain tbe laughing iu. beaujh woo iby lluile, Caress thy not brown buir. Too IODK have shadows held domlnloo there. A calm submission wielding to trim Ku- ; A heart that cannot itTc the <t>rkfued clouds, A mournful cry, " Too Ut." Ah, uo, the gold still gleaine from 'ueath that blue, " I'siieuce, thy Lore will com* ;" already 'now Tbo rulliut: tun of day in mighty power breaki (rom the greeu billb bruw. Gleam* lorib, end given tbee lovt'e rvfulgeut MBCi Thy winsome uuile rtspouslve in a face, Whose every plane* beti nys a uoble soul, Touched with beautou grao. i'Usuc< inbliiiie, thro' wondrous change and ehaoce, Travene.1 are oft Ihy paths la saddened wo* ; Ho ! Hope lemdi Love aluug the abluiug way Beneath the iauwt'<igluw. A bit.!'. Id. ! What uiakei it night '' I want to go Way <>II beblod the sky and **e, Tbe world as round an it oau be, Homebody told me, so 1 kuow. Too yellow WOOD, bow bright you an I Hate all the stars been i'ui to bed? And it it true, as nutaey taid, Thai you ry Uke baby btars* maxuma ? And are tbey souieiiiuee uaighly. too ? 1 cried a little bit to-day ; Tbe Mars woul.l eoiue where do tbey stay, When people .<)t won't let them through T Tbe clocks ar* striking In the town. l>u. dear ! 1 haven't said my prayers. The little bird*, I think, mug tbeira I heard them when the sun went down. Where did It go, and wby ? Some day I'll kuow a great deal luurr, 1 gut. Wbcu I'm not ao ulsepy. Vet, Uauiiua, I'm cumiug right away. PHYLLIS. T IH1 DDCBM*. AilJ I 'Molly Dawn,' " TL . Baby, Fairy Lilian," *to ,<*. " Then by yonr own word* and action*," he goes on in tb* aams measured fashion, oppressing forcibly the fir* and agitation that lie beneath his cold exterior, " 1 bave MO a hundred times bow little real affec- tion yon entertain for Garrmgton ; there- fore yon are not bound to him by tb* tie* af lev*. Will you nol consider for yonr own sake ? I offer you my name, my rank, everything I possess. Few men would be tempted to do so much, perhaps." " Sir," say I, feeiiuK halt choked, " be lieve ma, I tally appreciate all tb* aaen- teas you would make for my sake. Pray i both m* and yourself the recital of "Sacrifices?" interrupts be, eagerly: " no, indeed ! I never thought of It in tbat light. I only meant to put the case clearly Wore yon exactly a* it is, without any false light*. I tall you thai so far from my present precaution to you being a aaorinoe a my part, I would gladly go on my knee* to yon this moment, if by doing so I could gain your consent to my plan*. I will take you to any part of tb* world you may ekoose to name, at bom* or abroad. 1 shall he pronder, more blast than I can lay, if you will oonMnt to be my wife." ' Have yon quite done ?" say I, in a tone treacherously calm. "Have yon anything i to say? No? Are you tor*.' Now i to me. Even if the circumstances I totally different if I were free M air if you war* tbe last man on earth I would ot marry yon. Whether I do or do nol iove Marmaduke, i* a question 1 decline to answer to you. At all event*, to my own way of thinking, I am his wife now, and hall ev*r remain ao until death divide* a*. But M to whether or nol I love you, I feel no hesitation about answering that. I look upon you a* tbe lowest, tbi meanest ef m*D, to com* here behind your friend'* hack to traduce him, and insinuate be* about bim, so a* to do bim injury in the eyes of tbe woman b* love*. I loathe and detest yon with all my heart, I am scaring bi:u valiantly in the face Ml Her these denunciations. My check* are onrason with rage, my eye* ar* flashing , for tb* mnment all my old strength, and naore than my old spirit htT* returned to me. I bave worked myaelf through tb* force of my eloquence into inch a paasion thai I literally tremble from head t j foot. 1 feel humbled and insulted in my own yet. All these month* of lonely wean M* bave failed to bring home to me tbe faot that I am not a married woman. This nan's complete acceptance ot it bas mad- deued me. "Thank yon," says h*, slowly ; "bat pray do not stop yet. There most be some- thing more you wiah to lay. Don't mind tne ; don't take my feelings into considers " I don't," I reply, viciously stamping my foot. " But M it happens, I bav* said all I ever wiah to say to you. Yon may take frem my lip* now tb* vary last word* I hall condescend to utter to yon. Leave m* ; I hate and deepise you I" " I will," on** b*, furiously, losing sight of all tbe Mlf-imposed restraint that has hound him during the IM! fifteen minute*. But I shall tak* Bomething else, too. As ywu decree we shall part here never to meet gain ; I shall at least kit* you in farewell, fer th* insolence yon have shown m*." " Hi* face is full of anger and settled purpose ; h* i* white to th* lip* ; hi* eyes gJMm steadily. There is no sign of waver- tag or relenting about him. Oh, bow I regret my intemperate speech. An awful fear seizes bold of me. I oan al- fanoy bii committing murder with look in hi* eye*. I forget all but a wild desire to escape, and, breaking from aim, I rash madly towards the bare, uu walled cliff that overhangs tbe sea. Bnt a very little space divides m* from the edge, a* his hand catches and clo**s on my arm and drag* me roughly backwards. The sexton, all prying eye* and gaping mouth, shows me, heavily veiled M I am, into tbe Carrington pew, gneMing instinct- ively, though he hM never seen me, tbat the strange lady of Hazelton has at U*t given in and oonferaed a craving lor spirit- sal consolation. I kneel and pray n in a dream. Tbe voices of tbe village choir rise up around sue. yet scarcely enter my dulled ear. Tb* Litany, with all its grandeur, all ite olemn beauty, fail* to impress my sick- nod soul. I sit alone, apart, my veil drawn down, asy hands clasped npin my knees, turning neither to tb* right nor left, dimly con soious that the sermon I bear *o coldly i* far beyond the average of those usually served up to tbe oongreg atiocs of remote, almost forgotten country towoa. When it is over, and my neighbor* hav* well departed, I move down tbe aisle, and make my way down again to my her mitege, unmoved, unsoftened, by all 1 have heard and seen. After tbe mockery called luccb is at an end, I go to my chosen sitting-room, and, getting iuto a window lht overlook* a imall inlet ot tbe sea, sit down to my incessant musing. Presently, far off through Ibe houe. corns* tne sound of impatient knocking. I oannct hear distinctly, so thick are the ancient oaken doors that divide me from the hall ; but that it is a double knock I feel small doubt. This thought, ao foreign, being forced upon me, after quit) six months ot perfect isolation, raises a nervousness that is near akin to tear, within my breast. 1 wait in palpitating expectancy for what ie to fol- low. Perbaps the vicar, emboldened by my appearance IB bis church, has detw- mined to strike while tbe iron, in hi opinion, must be hot, and has ridden over to try and gain aooes* to the on* hardened sinner who disgraces bis parish. Many conjecture* rash through my mind, but this taken root. It most he so. Stops in tbe ball. Is it t>Miubl* the man ha* admitted him on his own responsibility against my order*, or has h* forced hi* way, setting bis duty before bim as an excuse for his impertinence ? Stepi up tbe stairs, alocij the pasaags step* almost at tbe door. 1 spring to say feu, and push back my ebair. Who u it ? Who w it I bear ? I move still further to tbe window, I clutch the curtains to steady mys*lf, I put both my hands op to my bead, to stifle tbe wild sob that ria** in my throat. Nearer, nearer 1 1 lean against tbe win- dow-abutUn, and am trembling like one in ague from head to foot, as tbe door op*ns, and Marmadoke comes in. Oar ey** m*tt, and then of a sudden a great calm falls upon me ! " She it dead," sayi he wearily, and niog* himself into tbe chair near which he is asaodiog, lie makes no sttcn.pi to come nearer to me, to touch me after that tint long, **g*r glaBor. A* for me, I cannot utter even on* i>jor word. Am I glad ? Am I aorry ? Am I bait mad with joy at the very sight of him? or am I altogether iudiffeMot? I hardly know. She i* dead." The words keep ringing in my ears. My brain echoes them. " She u dead dead I" A clammy moisture, cold and weak, covers my face. My baud* fall to my side lit alee*. Not" I stammer" cot you did ot " Harder b*t T" supplies h*, with a bitter augh. " No hough I could hav* don* so with a good will, I refrained from that \Vbn 1 reached ber she was lying shrouded in b*r coma." When did she die?' I ask ;" and bow?" " In Florence, a fortnight ago, of *om* malignant fever. I have oome her* with at little delay as posaibl* to tall you of it. 1 glano at him irioaly. It is not the old Marmaduke who has oome back to me. H* i* travel-stained, worn, and "JIL. Hi* voice has lout it* old ring, his eye it* bright- ue. There I* something dejecud in bis very attitude. Snob a meeting, after such a parting ! I marvel at it inwardly, though cunaoiou* I wotld not have it otherwise. Alas I how wrongly things bave gone with us during our brief married lite, trom beginning to end 1 II u indeed uu* that when tbe miat and the rain arise to bkit our hopes, nor time nor vengeano* oan suiuo* to make *u*t*nc* quit* tb* same again ? How can 1 tell that ah* I* really dead ? " say 1, moodily ; " you deceived me once. Perhaps some day she will come M lite again to Jefy and turture me. I do not think you hav* any tight to peak torn* in this way," replies he, quietly. I may bave deceived yon paativwy ooo* in my life by forbearing to mention what would do no good in the tolling, and might bave caused you grief, or tt leact, uopleaa antuMi. But to yon or any cth*r bMng I have never lied. I MW tne woman dead with my own *y**. I attended her funeral. I did not think proof* necessary , bat if you require it I can produce a witn***," He paus** calmly tor a reply, being utterly pa*alonUa* in hi* manner , but I giv* him Lone. I am still wondering at the change in him, the change in myaelf. " You will not believe me guilty of false- hood in such a case .'" h* aaya. You surely must see I am speaking tbe troth." " 1 toppoM *o," I iuurn.ur at length. " Poor woman I She did not long outlive ber revenge." 1 sigh heavily, and my bead droops. My thin white nngen oiaap and unclasp on* another aimltstly. My thought* ar* to indistinct 1 can pat them into no sbape. The light falls upon my bent figure, my slight, shrunken form. "1'uyllis!" ori* Marmaduke, epriDging to his feet with a sudden, sharp onange of ton*, bow whit* yon are ! how emaciated / how alt ired in every way ! Have you been ill ? Ob, my darling I" with a groan " I hav* ruined your life, and broken yonr heart ; have I destroy ed jour health also?" H* make* an impetuous movement toward* m*, a* though h* would oaten me in lna arm*. " Don'l do tbat," I cry, hastily, shrink- ing further into the reoas* of the window. " Do not touch me. Reitember you are not my husband." H* stops short, and his eager arme fall empty to bit aide*. Hi* faoe grown a sbade paler. " True," he *ay*, in a low voice : " I bad forgotten tbat , you do well to remind me. Fortunately it i* a matter tbat oan soon be put right." "Ii it 7" I qOMtion, coldly. "Can any- thing tbat ha* ouo* gon* wrong in thm world ever be pat right again, I wonder?" " This oan at all evente," regarding me oloacly. " W* must be married again here, and without d*lay. The few who know oar wretched story oau b* oar witaMs**, and no on* beyond need be a bit tbe wiser. " You forget that walls bav* earn, and that on*'* "in most alwayi find on* out." " There WM no premeditated sio m this case, and" speaking somewhat curtly " I do not believe we have been found out. Ou my way through London coming down here. 1 Bounded a few of my acquaintance* on the subject, and all teemed ignorant of tbe real cause of our separation. However, tbat i* an ootaide question altogether. The principal thing BOW i* to put onuelf beyond the retch of scandal When will you wish the ceremony, Phyllis ? Next week ? 1 tear, tbi* being Friday, it will be ilLpMtible to arrange it aoontr. Ton will want some of your friends with you." He is oalm again, but is now watching me narrowly, I don't know," I y deliberately, " whether 1 shall oonMLt to a second mar riags. i bave grown accustomed to my |'.-eett life ; solitude suite m*. Now I am iree ; then " I have scarcely. I think, rightly oalou laied the full effect of my words. Striding forward, Marmaduke asize* me by both arm>, and, turning, forces me to meet his gaze. What are you saying?" he cries, fiercely. What folly i* this? Do yon know tbat for all these pait month* I have been half mad, when toinking of the blight I bav* brought upon yonr honor, and are yon so mseusible to it that you oan hesitate about accepting this one only way of redeeming it ? Your dislike to me must hav* grown indeed, it at mob a time yon oau itarink from taking my name." " Yon misunderstand me. I only shrink from changing my present oalm mode of living." uo you know what tbe world will do, when sooner or later it find* out tb* truth a* it surely will ? Do you know it wiU cut you, avoid yon, wound you in every poMible way ?" " Wby should I oars?" I interrupt, reck lessly. All these month* I bave done without companionship ; there is no reason by u tbe future I should IM! tbe want of it. Bet ides, tbey mud ee it is through no fault of mine that things bave so arranged themselves." " Tb* world will never be content with to* true version of the story. Itwilluoi rent without adding to it such false outline* a* shall serve to lender it more palatable to ite scandal loving sir*. Yon must be indeed iguoiaiit of iti ways it you imagine otherwise. It will ask wby, when the obstacle was happily removed, I did not then marry you ? Wnal answer will you make to tbttr " Who will question m* T If I shut myself away from every on*, how shall 1 b* affected by tbe snimiae* of socuty ?" " Yon talk Ilk* a foolish child, and like a very seltish one. Am I unwoitby of any consideration ? How shall I bear to lock on while society vilifies yon to it* heart's content and leave* yon without a rag ot reputation ? Yon in yonr present pwiuon a woman without a name would have M much obanoe of admiauon within your own circle tb* verieel Pariah tbat could be produced. I will Dot listen to your folly. Even if you bate m*, I shall insist upon your marrying me." How oan you insist?" I atk almost angrily. Thar* i* a wild, nnatttled throb- bing nf my heart that puzzles me. 1 scarcely know what it is I would or would not wish. All these past months of bitter, maddening thought and unbroken loneli- ness have crushed tbe life within my breast and dulled my intellect. " You hav* no claim upon me '.'" No," in a changed, softened voice. " 1 cannot, indeed, insist, but I oau plead net for myself, Pbylli*. hut for yon. I bav* put tbe case before you truthfully, and now otr*st you to become my wit* before the real reason for our aeparation get* abroad, offer you my name alone. One* having put yon in possession of that, I I will rid yon of my presence forever if yon wish it. Will that content you ? Why should tb* idea be ao repugnant to you ? unless, indeed " Her* b* pauses. A detp-r*d, passionate flush suffusee hi* face. Placing bis bands heavily upon my shoulder* b* onoa more compels m* to tneel his eyee. 'Unless, indeed, you wish to hold yourself free for another ? If I thought that if duriLg my absence you had seen atiy one slse, who " ' Ob, TM !" I interrupt, bitterly ; " that i* so likely 1 My married lit* ha* be*n so cleaaant *noh a prosperous on* tbat doubtless I am in a hurry to try it again. No ; believe me, I bave fixed my affections on no one during your abernoe. Yon an quite safe there. lam a* heart whole as when yon left DM. I feel no wild deeire to throw myself into tb* arms of any man." H* draws a long, deep breath. I would kill you," he nays, tlowly, ' if for a moment I doubted your truth." 1 am hardly worth tb* killing," return I, with a 111 tie, faint, chill smile, looking upon my waited band* and fragile figure a* it reflects itself in an opposite mirror. " Wby do yon want ms *o much ? I hav* alwayi been more of a torment to you than a joy, and now 1 bave lost even ttaOM tow poor littl* charms I uiayonoe bave thought 1 possessed. Ice iteelf cannot be colder than tbe woman you wish for the second time to make your own. Wby will yon not take toe chance of escape I offer ?" He makes a movement of impatieno*. " Yon are unwise in letting it slip. What oan yon see in me to love ?" "Just what I always saw in yon to love. I cannot change. To me, yon are my wife the most precious thing on earth. I will not give you op." " And yon anw her lying dead ?" I aay, irrelevantly. " Yes. Have I not Old you so already ? Wby name ber to m* '.'" " Poor soul I How strange she must bave looked," I say, dreamily, " lying tbere with those restless, burning eyes forever closed so cold, ao white, so (till. And you looked down upon her. You war* glad to se* ber there," with a shudder. " You rejoiced that de%th had stepped in to conquer ber and free you of a chain that dragged. It is a dreadful picture." " A very natural one, I think. Glad ? Ye* I WM glad. I wa* more than that ; I WM deeply thankful to ate her tbere, now- erles* to work her wicked will or pollute tbe world again. I think I bop* I forgave her ; but I WM glad to nee her dead." There is a pause. Weary of standing, I ink into a chair. I push back my hair from my forehead, whioh ba* begun to tbrob a good deal, and than let my hand* fall listlessly into ojy lap. Kneeling down beside me, he take* one of them gently and strokes it. While h* does so, f examine him critically. He ba* grown more like himself by this time, and but for the hollows in his cheekr, and that hi* moustache i* somewhat darker and longer, I at* no great alteration. Verily be hai emerged from tbe fight unscathed, and triumphant in comparison with m*. " Tell me your real objection to my pro- posal," h* sayi, softly. " Doe* my disinclination to be married so much *urprise you?" I ask, slowly and gravely. " Dntil I aaw you I was a light- hearted child" I feel that new by foroe of contrast , though often then I fancied myself ill used ; I did not know tiie meaning of real pain, of hitter enduring shame tbat oruelest of all heart aches. You enlighten me." " Phyllis my love spare m* I" " Here, in tbi* quiet spot, I am tt peace. My life is going trom me slowly ; I hav* little strength left , do not urge me against my will to enter again into tbe turmoil and troubles of every day existence." ' Ob, my darling, don't speak 10 hope leesly. The melancholy of yonr life has caused you to exaggerate Ibe evils of yonr state. Change of air and a good doctor will do wonders for you. Only do not waste time. Delay is of too fatal. Pbylli*, think of your mother. For her sake, pro- mise to marry me again next Monday." " Very well ; yon shall bave your way," I return, fairly beaten by hi* vehemence and determination. " That is wise I tbat is a*nsibls !" be ays, eagerly. " Any ctber course you adopted oould only be suggested by weak and morbid ssntimente. Everything later on sball b as yon wish. I will go back to London by tb* night mail to arrang* mat- ters. So It t me know now any things you may require what friendi a* witnesses, for instance." " Harriet and Bebe, I suppose ; and Dora and George Auburn. That will b* sufficieLt, will it not '.'" " Your mother?" "Mamma? Oh, no I oh, no!" I cry, weeping. ' Not mamma. Bhe dressed m* for my nr*l wedding ; I will not bav* her now. We would both b* thinking of tbat all tbe time, and it would break her heart. But go to her, and tell ber everything. Bhe may find some aonsolation m your tidings. " " I will go to her to-morrow," h* wbi*- peri, soothingly. ' Afterwards I may go on w Btrangemors. Can I bring you anything trom there ?" rjeud me Martha, I would like to bave ber wita me again." I wiU. Phyllis, my dear, dear girl, wby do you cry so bitterly ? Of what ar* you thinking? Surely you must see that I am only acting for tne best. If I consented to what you propose, I would deserve tb* name of blackguard ; no term would be too harsh to apply to me. Sooner or later, darling, you will acknowledge this, and thank me for my nrmuess." ' I suppose so," making a violent effort to suppress my sobs. " I am only weak and nervous. Your coming wa*; so unex- pected ; yon should have warned m*. And I have been so quiet bar*. Remember yon bav* promised that I shall not b* disturbed afterwards. You will still leave me to myMlf. I am fit foi nothing else. Ob, this pain tbi* famines* ! Will you riug tbe bell and gel me a glass ot wine ?" H* reoei vw DM a* I totter feebly for- ward, and lays me on my couch with tbe utmost tenderness and a good deal of tre- pidation. Th*a he rice* the bell, and a* the man ei-teri, give* the order for tbe wine in tb* old clear quick voice, tbat seem* to m* to belong so entirely to Strangcmore as to b* out ot |il*oe in this other bom*. Not until I tm quite recovered, and apparently little the won* for my faint- new, does be take his leave. Gently kjsaing my bands, with the annranoe that hs will be bsok again with tbe riends I bave (xpreased a with for, on the coming 8ahbatb, he quit* tbe bout* a* <jui*tly a* be ei<tared it. On tbe Sunday, about tb* middls of the day, Harriot and Bebei arrive. Dora and George Asburst follow hem in time for dinner. I oan see tbey are all more or lee* shocked at tbe changes that bave taken plae in my sppearanoi, though tbey refrain from saying ao. Hebe lay* herself out to amuse and arouse me by retailing to my languid cars all tb* most secret gosip and racist t pieces of scandal from the London world, bit by bit, a* it occurs to her. Lord Harry ha* been at P again, and WM well received there in *pite of all tbat has com* and gone. Lord Aniputu* WM jUUd by MISM Glanville. George Brooks found the air of Monaco didn't agree with him, and WM obliged to ex- change into another and lea* desirable regiment, to see what time and India would do for bim. Tb* Duke ha* mad* a retched match in the eyes of tbe world. But she i* awfully good to look at, and b* appears provoking contented and bappy. " And he really should not do tbat, you know," iay* Bebe ; " it isn't good form to b* in mob high t pint* with the lid* of popular opinion so dead against you. To see them in tbe theatre is immense fun (I don't believe she ever saw on* until she married him and earn* to town), h* sitting mg ot tb* door, and the) sj>parition ot Mar. tha on the threshold, flushed with victory, and with ber bonnet artistically awry. Seeing m* lying on tbe sots, nbe lose* all pr*suoe of mind (of which ber stock *M always umall), and, regardless of beholders, rushes forward, tend precipi- tate* herself at my fees. 11 Ob, MiM Phyllis ! Ob, ma'am !" say* he, with a lam*nta>hle sniff and a nice forgetfnlneM of manners, as sh takes not* of my leaoneM, "oh. Mm. i'tiyl. -: my dear, my dear 1 How terrible bad yon do look, to be *bor I" Here she tails to kiaaing and to weeping over my band, finally breaking in j loud *ob>. Tbe olu spinster appellation , imtinp M it does my present position so neatly albeit unmeant by my faithful handmaiden raise* within m* a grim sense of amuse- meut. I check, u however, as being uDit for present company. " Nuuseuae, jlartha, I say, kindly ; " don't ga on like Ibst. 1 dare say, now you have oome t j lake oar* ol me, 1 shall recover my beaoty. I shall feel quite insulted if you cry over me any more. ' Martha, com* with me,' bay* Bebe, with authority ; and Martha being like all good one* of ber class, initiootively obedi- ent, rise*, and leaves the roon cloee at Mis* BeMou'l heebi. What a dreadful habit those people bav* gbt of giving way to their feeling* on very poasiol* coeasion !" exclaims the usuttily serene Harriet, wrathlnlly, as tbe door oioses, coming to my side to shake up my pillows and get rid ot bsr irritation. (To a* continued.) Kheern, who has charge of tb* reptile ipeounen* in the Smithsonian Ins'iiute, contradicts much of the popnhtr belief an to snake*. Borne of tbe moet dreaded bav* no existence. Tbe hoop snake, whioh take* the end of its tail in it* month and roll* over and over like a hoop, kilting everything it touch** with it* venom, and the blow tnak*, tb* breath ot which hi deadly, ar* fictions. As serpent* move sbout they are eonrte>x,tly feeling ahead with tbs tongue, and the forward thrust aid peculiar forked a| j earance ot tbi* organ bas given rise to tne false idea that with it the i tinging is done. It i* generally thought that there are a> great number of poisonous snakes. ID Nortb America tbere are bat three rpecies the rattlesnake, tbe erpperbead or mocoaain, and the coral. There are about thirty vanctie* of these species altogether. The eofperhead is probably lb* most dangsrous, M it is VICILUH, and never give* warning of any kind before striking. Tbe rattlesnake, though mote poisonous (nan either ot tbe others, will rattle at tbe aj| roach of any- thing, and try to get away uuleaa brought to boy. Tbe coral i* muct smaller, and ia a native of tbe Southern State*. Tbe bite is not Deotananly fatal if the proper reme- dies ar* used in time, a*, on account of it* uz*, the quantity of poison is small. When a reptile strike* br throw* his wbol* body forward, and tb* fangs penetrate Ibe object against which they oome. H* doe* not jnmp ; the binder put of the body remain* In position, and none of our make* is in tbe habit of reaching more than half it* length. beaide b*r and explaining every thing, she all big eyes aud pleaaureable excitement. Hie delight in her delight Is quite pretty." Lady Blanche Going hM bad measlei, rnuoh to ber own disgust and Hebe's enjoy- ment. "And bow i* Chaudos?" I a*k, pre eently. " How oan I tell you, my dear, whan I see BO little of him ? H* ba* been making a grand tour somewhere, and ' raking up el i bonss,' we bear ; but tbe where is wrapped in mystery Jericho, moel pro- bably , it would just rait bii dismal dispo- sition." She ipeak* heartlessly, but ber low, broad forehead wrinkle* ever suoh a lilt Ie. " I hope, wherever be is, he will oome back safely, " I say, kindly ignoring her manuer. I liked him no much. To me be never appeared dismal. And your Chip*, what of him?" " Ah I my poor Chips ! He Railed for India a month ago. Such a leave-taking M w* had t It would bave melted an Ama- on. I assure you I very nearly wept; and I certainly kiased him. So did Harriet twice- who WM on tbe spot doing propri- ety. I thought that WM taking an unfair advantage ot me. And he is to shoot every tiger in Bengal, and to Mnd m* the skins. At long last I sball b* embarrassed by my " -. ..!> CteOT** ntVUktM I*. .HIT A London cablegram Betyi : Mr. Ilawkei, an author wt II known in Liverpool, bear* a striking resemblance to the l>oke of Edin- burgh, who i* now orniaioK in the Irish channel. Mr. HawkM a few night* ago entered a theatre at Cork and appeared in aprommett box. The audience believing thai tbt>y were honored by an unexpected visit from tbe Duke rose and cbewred. Mr. Hawk**, who IB a man of inimitable n If - possession, al one* toe k in tbe aitualion. Instead of retrcaliog, b* accepted tbe grseiiigand bowed bis thank* with all tbe dignity and fcraoe of roya.lt> . Tbe manager WM so auszed at the attempt to personate tbe Unke tbat h* stilted Mr. Hawkes by tbe collar aud forcibly ejected him from tbe theatre. Tb* following day Mr. Hawke* inmmoned tb* man*g*r before a magistrate for aaviult *ud battery. Mr. Hawkc* twor* that b* bad given no exoui* for the violence with which be had been treated. Tbe audience cheered and b* bowed ; tbat WM all. Tb* magistrate fined the manager ten ihilling* for tbe a*ault. aw i* SUB *rr\r rr It i* *aid a larver crop of apples i* raised when a hive cf btes i* stationed in tbe orchard. Tbe bee* visit every flower, busily flying from oo to another, and then parsing to an adjoining tree. Tb* pollen on their bodie* i* rubbed against the pistils of myriads of flowers, which become ferti- lized in tbi* way. Many of tbe itrange modifications in Ibe form (f flower* are due to insect*, the transfer of pollen from different varieties resulting in hybrids. Darwin remark* that all exp*rim*nterti hav* been struck with the wonderful vigor, height, list, tenacity ot lit* and hardmem of their bybrid production*." He WM th* first to show that from > flower fertilized by pollen from a different |lant tbe s*ed- tinip were much stronger than from ite own pollen. Tbe wind and insjcct* are natnr*'* great agenti in performicg this act ol Croat-fertilization. nche*." After dinner, w* are all a drawing-room, we become mbled in tbe aware of some noiM that itrongly resembles a soullUi in the ball. It i* followed by tbe indden open - Tbe disease in tbe potato orop in Majo hM begun. Th* Duke of Edinburgh has been wsll received in Inland. Inspector Daly, a wall-known member ot tb* Dublin police fore* i* dead, John Cautwell, dud recently in tbe old family residence of Lougbooppal, Killusty, after a abort illneia, aged H5 year*. Lord Waterford bu increased the rent i of hi* Wicklow teuautn in some case* from 80 to 100 per cent, over the Govern meut valuation. An engineer offers to construct a large reservoir above Dublin for 30,000, whioh will supply th* Liffey with 53,000 gallons of water per minute for 100 days. On Aug. 1 l'h Mr. George 1'erry , of For - meila, when out grouse shooting, wa* shot accidentally by hi* brother ' gun in tbe head. Fatal results ar* not apprehended. Her. JamM Smith, Roman Catholic priest of the pariah of T*>v*y, Cavan, hM been drowned while bathing in the Beagry Lake, almost within light of his rMidenoe.