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MR ESHOLTS YOUNG WIFE BY T. W. Hl'EKMI I i II APT Kit U. others fur tint was " King Hu(l*oiTi> \ l<> tin m HIM lor speculation ill lailway fcrip un.l shares. 'I'll accuninla'cd savings of Tb* Hev. Edward Granby was vicar , . , I * i i .* i i II Ull'l BIIM~*rs>. a 11 ssjvbuiii 1. 1 .. sss,- Ht. Marys, Kccle.fi.ld, a sinall country , m ^^^ n t ,, gl . t |,e, -with what was Wwn .on tho north east border of Lancashire. lett f.t In, wi.es |. , rime, all of which I, ,y Th* living was a comfortable one, his wife bad brought him a small h* was tolerably well lo do in mallei* He had not nnrried till rather lat in life, and had had but on. child, lie youu lady whose .icquaintanc-c we h ive already made, who at this time waa nun MM years old. His wife had died many yeais before the opening of our ntory, ami Ir.nn tin tune, worldly that time the little household had lieen _ inii-nd-d :. r bis daiiglner, dissipa'.d in .1 lew fatal months. Tho small v. mines in which he had al first embarked h.iv inj; pio\c I -ui . essful, he had b.-en 1 i-d into deeper w,it<-i.<, onlj- t.. struggle .1 tor t m.-, while mi-king deeper and and lie hopelessly submerged al last The key w.i- loiind, the riddle s-.Ivcd; when Miss M iri'i went in memory over her brother's manner and conduct duri , , , * UVB IM IJIIIVI B III. kl' IK I nil M tVIIH MV * vs,ui nisi govm tied by h,s unmarried .,,.. who was fc f .^ , , realiH(( ! } ... tn. > t.f t*...,i v*.:ir viniiuifi I linn hur lirntlier. . . r some fifteen years younger than her brother. Mi. (iranby had neither an impulsive disposition nor a warm temperain.nl i'l his familv circle In- had m-vcr cun through what u Kml-arasiahjf struggle he iini.-l have pssM-.l. Tun lliougiitful for those he lnv'd to make them sharer* of his ' V' , Mirtcrings, perhaps too ashamed U, lot them tracted but two real friendship, both o , which dated from his college days. Ot thorn friends one had been Wilinnl Bui- rell's father ; and the other u person whose life hail been given over to commercial pursuits in a distant town. He, how- ever, had died some half do/cu years back. When Wilmot's father lay on his death- bed, Mr. (iranby pmim-ed him tnat ho would bring up bis son as though he were a child ot his own. That pron.i-c he hod conscientiously fulfilled, When the boy WBB old enough, he bad been sent to a good boarding-school, but all his vocations were spent at the vicarage. When, at six- teen years of sgu, he was asked what busi- ness or profession he would like to follow for a livelihood, he replied t bat In: wanted to go to sea, and to thai determination he adhered in spite of all persuasion to the con- trary. As Wilinot had no fortune of hi* own, Mi. iirsnby did not feel justified iu obtaining a commission for him in tbe navy (it was before the days of competitive ex- aminations) : he was consequently obliged tolalllucki.il the mercantile marine. A little while Istir a situation was found for the youngster aa trading captain's clerk on board a merchantman lit-longing to a largo t-rin in the African trade. He had been several voyages already in that capacity, and so well werehis employers satisfied with him, that on this occasion he was going out in the responsible position of supercargo, with a small commission mi the freight in addition to his salary. Agnes and he had been so much together almost from childhood that it seemed but the natural outcome of their intimacy that they should liec'iiiie engaged to each other when they grew up. Mr. (iranby offeicd no opposition to the arrangement, for although Wilmot was without pi ivate means, be bad so imbued the simple minded vicar with a belief in bis abilities that the latter felt sure he c.inld not fail to in ike his way in tho world ; besides which and this latter rea- was a weighty one with tbe vicar Wil- become aware tt-at he was a gambler and a dupe, lie had h.ckid up thu secret in his breast, and unable lo retrieve his H.I pn. had gone on fi om bad to woise. Hoping vniisi hn|te. till tbe fatal knowledge, no l"ii < to be gain-aid, that he and those he loved dearer tlian life were irremediably ru.n.-d, h --1 eni-hi d his already enleohled constitu- tion with its intolerable weight, and IU the to liear up under it his heart had given way. A number of bills which Miss Maria had U-li'-ved to have lieen paid !o:.;: lie-lore cam. trooping in like i-Umni.ius w.>:n- us soon us the news of Mr. (iranby 's death was circu- lated abroad. None of 'tin-in wa heavy iu divi.lually, yet when taken in the aggregate they made up a total sufficiently alarming to one who saw no means of liquid.tt ing them. Miss Maria, after painful reflection, saw no course left but to Mil off the library and household furniture, and after everybody should have been paid, for her and Acnes to retire to some spot where their sli.ry would be unknown, and there face the dark the few articles of furniture they bad brought with them from the vicarage, rtrr sundry other articles dUpoueaied , the rooms put on a much more ploaaaot and home like appearance. And yel what a contrast ^to the 'lear home they had so lately left! To dwell upon the ditfemue would have lieen lie ii t bieaking, aii'l i:i-itber of them spoke of it to the other. Neither of them forgot the white-haired old man lyiug low beneath the Hhadnw of the ytwn in a far-away cnurch- yunl. He was much in their lliou.'hu. With the fiinnlinr v..ic- of the old c!-n-k sounding in their er^. thc-y hadonly to shut theireyes to enable them i.-'iv tbemselve* bu-k at the vicarage, ai.il to half < xp. hear the vicar'* well renntmbered footstep in the passage. They cru-d i|inetly together without speaking niin-n, like women who know and coinprehei.il each other's sorrow. No sooner were the hnakfaal things i-d away next morning tbun our two ladies -et themselves seriously to i (insider kind of regular employment ii liehoved th-.-m to look out for " something at once gen- teel and remunerative," a* Miss Maria put it, 'and suitable f..r Uli.s in r>< circiiinstancei." Truly, a dtnV-ult ijueiitioii future as liest they might. So about a moii ih after the funeral, the sale of "the lute Mr. (iranby's valuable effects " was announced in the usual way. Thu aftcr-pam was very bitter Imth to the elder lady and the younger one. To have the home of so many years broken up, ren- dered still more sacred, as it seemed to them, by the recent presence of death to have the hearth round whi--h no many memories clustered invaded by careless strangers, no chamber too -. i i. d to restrain their callous curiosity and thoughtless remarks, no article to rest unprofaned by their rude touch, accustomed to appraise everything by the si-ale of the auction.-, i s hammer to near her brother's conduct com mot wa* list- son of Im dearest friend the friend of his youth to whose menu ry his thoughts still clung with old time U-n.lcr ness. Then, again, Agnes herself would not be with. nit fortune much larger for- tune, it might IH-, as the vicar often said to him ell n n an inward chuckle, than any- body was, aware of. Little was said about it at the vicarage, but it was looked upon as a settled thing that the tw young )<. pie should In-come man and wife al no \ry dis- tant date. It wss a matter about which there was no need for hurry. \Vith our little groupat the vicarig.- lime flowed on for some mouth* after VYiim.it's departure freighted with little or n. .change. Day followed day, an i one week merged ilii-df into another, each bunging its rounds of humble duties and it* share ol quid plea mires ; but neither in their thoughts nor their conversation was the young wsn.h i.-i forgotten. It was aliout Christmas when Miss Maria first began to notice how much her broth, i s corrc-p.iiidenre seemed to have increased nf late, and how he M mild stan-l ga/mg out of his study window of a moruing watching impatiently foi the coining of the postman. l-'i.i several years past his f i lend Squire Dorison had sent him the Time* day by day after U had U en duly read and digested al The Sycamore*, and this had hitherto satis- fied all the vicar's re.iuiiem.iiits with regard t" in-ws from tbe outside w ,il-l. But n 'W the I.M-S.I liookseller hail orders to obtain I be '/'mi. < direct each day and forward it to I be vicjirage immediately mi it* arrival, which, iu those day*, when th railway system was far from being as complete as it is now, was not till u six o'clock iu the evening. The vicar's alweiu-.-s from home, too, began to IK- mm. friquenl than bail ever been before. Hi I: id biKineas of ini|nii tance to transact, I., to'. I his sister, at tbe market town .1. -"ii .inlcs awy. Mi-s (iranby felt that <et soinewl.de, the first I hen h.ii.i'i been IN tw. en In -i Km! hei and her and she strove in her quiet way U it, but 111 vain. .\ i the winter advanced she was pinned 1- ire bow much older Mi Granby liegan all al i .- lo look. His parishioners, in then ly way, said among themselves th* I he parson was get I ing tbe worse fo - i " The lines round Ins m. nitli and th. s on his blow grew deeper ami mon pi.: i nl i observable, and he acqiiu. d a habit iiinc the wall with Ins fingers as he wi >..d ibout tbe house, as though he were eitain of his steps. Mies Mai la felt he was ill, and told him so, I .- i. plied that it was all nonsense, |Miiemptorily forliade her calling in nv in.-'li.al advice. As winter i . ' .1 into spring his coni-spondenee grew H eighty and his absences Horn homo . cut. II is congregation complained vs sermons became weaker and more .hi i-.. I every Sunday, and that he frequent l\ -nd the same thing I wo or three times ..\ ei As spring advanced he grew weaker in Uidv and more prem , upi. d in mind, and a strange feverish excitement shone in his ..nee so calm and gentle Hi.- temp, i , which had wont lo be so sweet and equable, had now U-.-oine in ilabl. and iin.-ei l.un Still, seeing it could hardly I HI said that be showed i|'n- of any absolute bodily ailment, it .sine as a cj eat shock to all who knew I, nn when ..i.. m. iinmg it was reported through ihu town that thu vicnr hail lieen found dead in bis lied. All his failings of ate were forgotten in the recollection of his pure and blameless lift and of bis faithful uboins n his pansh for nearly forty years. But still greater was the shock when it I..-, auie bruited about that he had died a ore victim amoin/ thousands of in- nt. d on bcncalh his own roof by those who saw only one side of the pictures was more than Miss Maria could bear. She In.) sent Agnes away to a friend's house, with- ing li> spare her all unnecessary 1*111, intending herself, true to her theory ..I duty, to remain on the premi.es till the last. But at the end of the first day aft.-i th c intents of the vicarage had been on view, she was compelled in shear weariness of heart to abandon her post, and leave tin- house and all it contained iu charge of the men ap- |Miinti-d by the auctioneer. There were some few things she could ie.t bear to see pats into different hands, which knew not the lio.y value they p<sMess<-d in the eyes of a daughter and a sister. Sit. h u.-te tbe l-iige Uiblc on' of which Mt. lininbv I,. ill b en used to read to his household daily foi in my years ; tin- tamily clock, an anii [ piece of liniiituie, which bad sto..d in tin old house al home when Miss Maria nn I her brother WITH children ; the lied on which the \ i ar had died, together with an cm .hall and to de.-ide upon a iiue->tion which, w> long as they were at a distance from the spot, had not liem without its h -jiefnl aspect Mid ha I secintd capable or e-i^y solution, but which, now that they were here among the veritable bricks and m.nt.ir of a large t.-wn, put on ,|uite a different ap- |H-ar.ince. The longer they discueii u the more nonpluiwd they bi-.-nn .-. At last, ill sheer ilesp:iir, they summon ' Mis. Slrakc, (lie laii.llody, to then sjMMteill -a worthy person, not devoid o: idr .-, only that l-.i-r ;- moved slowly, as UIOUL;'.I th' y nee.l -d lubricating. She did little :..->re than shake bi-i bead and say, "she really didn't KM-IW and "she really couldn't think" Misa Maria was a little dmlieartei .-!, bin would have scorned to acknowledge il. N.-xt morning, after c it. fully scanning the adverliseiiients in the newspapers, aiiioni' which they found nothing likely. they put on their out.toor things aiul sallic.l forth. Arm in arm thi.-y went for a long ramble through th. busy streets, peering into the shop window sand thoseof establish- ments and emporiums of various kinds, but mm here finding a i announcement ut any- thing likely to suit them, as, in.b-ed, it would have been somewhat wonder- ful if they had. At length, to Agnes'* l delight, they found theiim-lvcsnn one of the quays near the Prince'* Dock, with the splendid river shining full and broad before them. They sti-od for a long time wat Inn; the teainen Ilittinu to and fro, and the great ships float ing out with the tide, and the bn.-\ erow.U of people that swept round tl-.t-m' in an uneuding stream. And so the second day cams to an nienVclual end. Mrs. Strake came up from her basement ktt.-hen nent morning with the breakfast tray, ami a suggestion that the two l.ulies should open a Kchool in their little sitting- room for young ehil.lmi. Tin-re wa* nothing of the kind iu the neighbourhood, she went on to say, nnd the want of one was much felt. .She herself would engage to rind seven or eight scholars utiiimn her neighbour* The Mln ur ltiMl..l" It isn't the thing you d<>, dear. It's the thing you leave undone, Win, h gives you a bit of a heartache At the *ettmg of the sun. The tender word forgotten. The letter you did not write, 'I'll* (lower* you might have sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts to night. The stone you might have lifted Out of a brother'* way, The bit of heartsome counsel You were hurried loo much to nay ; The loviiiL; touch of the hand, dear, The gen lie and wiiuome tone, That you bad no time or thought for With troubles enough of your own. The little acts of kindness, illy out of mind, Thouc chances to )>e angels U'luch every one may find, I o.-y come in night and sileii' '. Kach 1 1. ill. reproachful wraith, \\ h.-n hope is faint and tlaggmj. And .. blight has dropped on faith. Kor life ii all too short, dear, An. I sorrow is all too great, To sut'er our slow compassion That, tarries until too late. And it's m>t the thing you do, dear. It's the tiling you leave undone. Which K' ve vou tue l) ' t Al the setting of the sun. I III T lli. to begin with: and by putting a card in tin- window, they would no doubt Iwfore long have as many as they could find room fur. Then she added that if the ladies agreed t" her proposition, she should want un extra hilling a week added to ill.- rent, in con- sideration of the annoyance and dirt w'.'idi a number of children "traipsing" in and out of the house would cuu.-e her Miss (iranby, atu-r ' ...inking, her, sanltbat she would take a little time to consider the matter : but at the end of a couple ol ' lioun she sent foi Mi- S. -ike and told her that she and her niece ll.nl dccldcil lo accept tin- suggestion. So in the course of the ila\ Mis-. Maria hunted cut a lews, c. ml h. in. I ben. lies at a broker's .-b.-p. und p. IT . I. AM d some few other articles. These dear relicsMi-s spelling l-niks and other USJOdl I itook m Maria caiiseil to be remove I prior In I hit When all wss ovei and all debts bad been paid, Mis* (iranby found hei self with a balance in hand of t wcn-y-live pounds. 'Ins sum, together with un annuity of her wn of twenty pounds a year, was all that he and Agnes had now to dip. ml upon iVhiib. i sl.i uld they go'.' To what spot ihould tley retire' It was evident tb- > would have lo I . MI, u for their living, and i, ..mo large and busy centre of life then chances of obtaining suitable emph-vincnl would be much greater that) in a small pro- vincial town. To some 1. n ^i l..wu therefore, they must go Not to I bm n as too trade, and on the Monday muriiiug follow in g the school was opened in dm- bcii In a loi -night fioin the d iluof opening they had as many scholars as they could .HV..H. -ninlate. It waa a pretty sight lo see ibe yoiingslei s ...me trooping in ol u morning as the clo.-k struck lillir, ..i-h iM.bbmg a lntle courtesv, nrtoncbing a shining look brushed carefully by loving hands before leaving home. Miss M uia they liked, thoiiuh llu-y stood ,..n ibly in awe of her; but Mi- Allies ill. \ l.ixed with all their hearts, as who, indied, could have helped doing. The children were young and their |wic Slaiia's c" Thr Msusarrr al Blso The little island of Biasao has just wit- nessed the massacre of nearly every man iu tbe Portuguese garrison, over 4(M> *otib) fall- ing victims to the assault of 6,000 native warriors. In the history of the West Coast of Africa no tragedy of equal proportions i* recorded in which the whites were van- quished. Kisaao is at the mouth of the lieba River, a little south of French Senegambia. In 1MSS, when tbe scramble tor Africa wa* at its height, Portugal, by a little trailing with France, secured Dermiasiou to occupy about 17, <*N) square miles of territory on the main- tain 1 watered by tbe (ieba Kiver and oppo site the Kisago* archipelago. This little region, which, with Portugal's possessions further south is now known as Portuguese (iuinea, is a fertile, well-watered country, with a p"pii!.tt i..ii of not more than 1 people and an annual trade of aoout OUO. Hisaao, which is the largest of the Uisagos Inlands, has a fort at its east end comnmn.liug the entrance into the river that foniik the trade route into the country. There is no Portuguese settliment except at .he east end of the island, and the fort, which had a garrison of a few score of Por- uguese troops and about 4UO native soldiers, was doubtless the scene of the tragedy. At Lisbon tbe Cnverunr ot Portuguese iuinea is blamed for the disaster, and it is said he will be removed at once. The fort 'n li.ssu.i was his residence, and in attack- ng that )iint the natives struck at the seat of government. Only aUmt (Mil) natives live at Hisaao, and as the force of hostiles is re- 't ted to be ten times that number, most of he rebellious blacks must have come from he mainland ami the nci;;hlMii ing islands. The inlanders areskilb'ul boatmen, and have .he reputation of being formidable enemies. In the days of tbe slave trade these native* were of great service as slave catchers to the white outlaws engaged in the business. Kor years after th. -u :. ,-d world began it* war on the trade l!iitil: .in users never left be m ig)ihorhoo<l (it the llisai.on Islands. We are likely to hear that Portuguese nisrule is responsible |..r the massa i .' Hisaao ; and thin is not the only quarter in Afin-.i wi.uc tin- native populace have little o\ t - ;.-i thin- Portuguese rulers. If the s.ill unwritten stories told by travellers ru- nning from Angola are ture, .spirit of h- Hltchl *ll,i balled, which may nine day ring disaster, is smouldering in the breasts >f the natives. Iran. .- I* be tiiii.-kc.l Tbrouak BVlKlsiSBV In spite of the old French saying thak guns aru maile to I* fired, many people be- lieve that the very extent ai.d perfection of the armaments in Kurope form asuregur- ant if lasting peace. In other words, the impression is growing that the powers are ,o well armed that they are afiaid ol each other. On the other hand, the majorityof rrcn.li writers upon this subject, while expressing their indent wishes fuf peace, seem to havt i down to the convict ion that war must come. The peace of Kurope, they say, is at the mercy of a whim or an accident; and LI.- . omtequences of either, if this view be correct, cannot IMS averted even by a whole- Home dread of smokeless powder and of t military surprises which that mysteriou* thing is U-iieved ! hold in reserve. The .V.iwivtf. /:<'>" recently announced that there was t secret treaty lietweeu Bel- gium and Germany, guaranteeing U Utter the right < march troops t Belgium in the coming Franco (ierman war. Then the (Irtrroi* came out with the same assertion, and backed it up wilh evidence from what it call* the " most authentic sources." "In ISH.V' our (ienevan contemporary says, "at a soiree at the residence of the Austro Hungarian Ambassador in Berlin an Knghsh officer remarked that the French would never IMS able to recapture the line c the Khine on account of the formidable works that defend it. A Prussian General, who is now a great favorite of Kmperc William, replied that Germany would find extreme difficulty in the attempt to invade France f mm the east. -The trench, said, ' have massed their best troops on the eastern frontiers, and they are commando* by their best Generals, and on that . SHI they have accumulated reserves of artillery and munitions inch as no other nation pos- -esM--. ' " Then," said one of the guests, the great straggle m all probability VIBMI Belgium?" The German General nodded hi* head without uttering a word. Then, faraway, and the very men! o i of it fright- ened Miss Maria, who bad ne\ei IK en there, but who had heard fearful accounts of its size and w nkednesf. Not to Manchester mil i.ly but factory | pie b\.d I here, or so ran the belief iu remote conntiy places ; and besides, it wan said to U- exceedingly imiiky and dirty. Why not to Liver pool T What place could be more eligible than I bat flourishing town'' 'Indeed. I lay call it a delightful town," said tb. spinster, when debating tbe point with hei niece. " I spent a month there when 1 was about your age, and I ten. .-ml ei i lial it w.i-. a continual w bill of dan. -i -n. .-on. cits, am! pi. in. s across the water. But I ' i the Livci pool people have sobered .lovs n in some ii.easiire by this time. Ami very genteel society, loo, my dear, which is al- ways a comfort to any one who has Is en pro peily brought up." So lo Liverpool it was d. cidi -I I bat they should go. Agues was secretly delighted tbil they were going there, for she would then be. on the spot lo welcome her lover on bis return. She had written to him, nif.ntnlng him of nor father's dealh and their altered cu .inn stances ; but there bad not yet been timo to hear from him in reply. A fortnight later, our two ladies were seltl.-d in their new home. It hail been dreary work limiting for I. 'doings, and it was not till the i Item. .on loniih day after their arrival that Miss Granby and Agnes slice. -. ded in milling i s win h were at all to their liking, anil liillille.l some at least of the reqiiiii-ments which Mi-- M .1 ni bad catalogued in her own mind as being absolutely essential liefore letting Hilton their weary search. " Liverpool is very much change..), my dear, " she, said t" her niece with a nn Ian eholy shake of the bead " changed fur the worse, 1 m afraid, since I was a girl. It is so dismal and dingy, that 1 should scarcely have known it for the same place, and the manners of the people scum to have very much deteriorated." The apartments they had engaged com prised what is called the " parlor floor," to- gether wilh a small extra room fitted upass kitchen, of a small house in a quiet street of' the London Koad. Next da|, win n places hail buun found for were ents |KI. i , slid Miss Maria'a charges wei e necessarily low, she soon discov. .-,! thai, notwithstanding the nuinU-r ..I her scholars, it was imperatively needful th it njHM she and Agnes should seek some addition il mode of adding to thfir income. Con scqncnih, Mis St rake was again consulted. That slow thinking pel noli revolved tin n, .tier in her mind while washing up hei |ts and pans, then she went up Mails and standing In-line Mil-* Mana, i-.iid abruptly Mint nuking ' A blush mantled on Miss Maiia's cheek as the wind fell on her ears ami afu-r that, she fumed for a couple o lays al the thought nf two gentlewomen i.u, i my them-' Kes in do wi k i. ft he char implied But as the great fact thai he\ could not make ends m- et out ol their iiescnl means forced itsell more forcibly m her mind, she lgan to M-C the neoessit; .1 vie'. ling, at all events tor a : in- an nil something more eligible should ..Her lUelf. So Mr.- Strake's services w put in requisition, and by means of some occult when the Belgium military attache prote*t ed. he wa told by another General, who belongs at present to the military Cabin* of the Kmperor, that there were " supenoi necessities to be considered, and lhat Belgium had already several times witnessed the shock of arms between France and Germany.' " The ASM*** then goes on to give the sub- stance of an interv lew at Ostendo .between the Kmperor and King Leopold, peror, it says, dwelt upon tbe ne^ctsity that the German tr<p ottld pass Ibrough Belgium. "France," he said, " wanteil a revenge. She was preparing it, and was ei couraged by Russia. A victory for France would mean general revolution at short notice. The countries honeycombed by socialism would be most threatened, and Belgium was tbe one above all others t wa, must troubled by socialism. In t general interest, therefore, it was necessary U. take from France all possibility of wur uing. To-day France could not be c.mque by attacking her on the east ; the only po* sible way to vanquish her was to attack h on the north. The treaties which guarantee the neutrality of Belgium were made long aao, when it was impowible to foresee t present necessities. Kngland would nut pose the simple passage troops through Belgium. llm nee possessed by hr, o were mppbed by one of th ting IHT large outtit- tirius in Lord Street with a mini ot shirts, ready cut out, whu i they wen- ici, Mud t.' bciii, fell, l>ack- ititch, gusset, and turn out eomplei,- at all points, and that for a -inn H pieposleroiisly small that Miss Muna went n-d and white by turns with surprise and indignation when It was told her, as many nnb.i tunaleseiinistre'ses besides herself b.n . t. ..!._. XM.-I.I i:ii..ii A cuious instance of trading with wive* is . -|i .1 ted in the n--Mpa|H-r Km L'l. of Till is. In tbe village ot Xa.lu.bu a peasant by thu mini- ot ti.x.-.in married a ginnl. looking ,01:111; woman A lew weeks later his n- ''.'r. Keriinoil, oilcied to buy his wife ti..iu um. He v\.n sali.-slie.l losell her for cost pri.-e it Keiimolf would pay him I.'MI rubles which had s|.ent on Ins wedding. Tbe baigain was rn.i.ie (ioosein signed a paper renounc- ing all hi* rights on the woman, ind K.-II l! t.Kik lu-r to his home. Two weeks later tbe woman .bs ip|-*icd friuii her new home, A search was instituted, und she was found in tho village of Karadjaly, living with u nan named Abdalv -Ktlendy Ogly, who had been her suitor before she was married to I tin I'IMII Kenmotf, deprived of his wife and of the I.V) rubles he had paid for her, wo* in despair. He applied to the ad- ministrative authorities anil to the clergy bnt neither , ..iil.i help him. At last he sued Ablaly Ktlendy ti.r tin- -um ol I .Mi rubles wlncb he hud panl loi h. wif The latter ap|M-an d lii-lore tbe jusi nv and pleaded that he hid neitlier robbed nor stolen the M oman. She hud ...me to biin ot her own accnrd, and was at liberty to go wherever she chose. The justice dismissed the deb n. hint and ad vised the plaintiff tosue the woman herself. She in tin n ''|'|.< 11 ..I I .lore thel'ouit plead ingtbit she bid m vei received any money I i..in Kei-nmll and.. ed him nothing, she was not i .-N|Hnisil.|e for the money he hail paid lo r two ladies I i ..IOM-III. Finally * iooscm, her lirst husbami, of the German Of that the Km- ,H.,U, was o^suredT On the other baud. Belgium, whose neutrality would not violated, but simply eluded, would I right to compensations. There were certain neighboring lerntories which would uoces- sa ilv I* allotted to her." I he King replied that Belgium wanteit n annexation ; lhat, while she did not wont I lose any territory, she certainly did not want to take any, and that the question ol the passage of (ierman troops llirougn hi U-riiioivslionbl IK- referred to the Cabinet ,,. 1.,.,-diin. As a constitutional sovereign he was obliged to be extremely reserved, but I,,- would leave all liberty in the matter and all responsibility with his Cabinet. 1 synqiatnies for Germany were well sym known to need any further expression from him. Sm-h is the story of the (/ewtnon. I ,,,,. ,-e certainly does not rest upon it Official character, for there is nothing othcial in u but its probable authenticity rests m 1 , ,-nch minds upon the fact that during U past year enough evidence has leaked put to create a strong impression that tbe Ger- man plan of campaign contemplates the in- vasion of France through Belgium. A trsveller 1 1 ..m icwiy leturned from the was MUCH!. All the three husbands of the unman, the Tartar, the Mussulman, and thii Slav came t" coii't ; the Slav, Krrimolf, as plaintiff, thu Tartar, (iuosein, an defendent, and tbe Mussiilnmn. Abduls Ktlundy, as the one who hail the woman in his |Missossion. \liei much talking and artruing on either -1.1. .tbe Justice render.! the following Sol i- 110111. decision: "tiunm-in has purchased a right on I lie woman for the sum of money he inci e -i-wed iiway bard and fot, early in thu I session ot the woman. But since Abdul morning and late at night long after school ' Ktlcn.ly i- now the actual owner of done Uith In-fore and since. Tbe additional i bad spent i.n his wedding. That right he sold in. or.. .- from this source would ba\. Is-eu to Ki-rimi.il foi the sum of l.'m roubles. Tho hardly perceptible bad not b..tb aunt and I latter is coii*c.|iicntl) entitled to the nos- * . 1 1.-. .1.:..!. f.l I... .... ilv- the woman, be must refund to Kernnoll the sum ho hail e\|ieudeil on the article of tiade. ' /V. l-nitnnnit .'" says the paper iu which this case is reported. "The woman is esti- mated as an article of trade, but the free will w Inch she exenises as a human licing may be the cause of trouble and litigations u In. b her purchasers take into the bargain at their own risk." Jiour* were over, till cramped fingers and aching heads compelled them to leave off till the morrow. (To I.K i oNTINl'RI>. ) My Olad to Have Him Go, friends," remarked the mini.st. r, , " the collection to-day will be ilcvoied t.. my , travelling expenses, for I am going away for | my health the more I receive the longer I (an stay"- and, strange to nay, the largest I ".n ever lim.le New York Herald. was then taken. Too Succulent. ' Where are you guing, my pretty maid '" " I'm g.-ii',; a milking, sir," she said ' I'an I go with y. u, my pretty maid?" "The cows would bite you, sir," she said. Pa.-iiic Ocean tells pleasant stories of the Patagoniana. As the steamer he was on was passing through Magellan's Straits some uatives came out to her ill boats. They wore no clothes at all, though there ws snow iu the air. A baby lhat came along wilh them made some demonstration that displeased its mother, who took it by the foot, as Thetis took Achilles, and soused it over the side of the boat into tho cold sea- water. When she pulled it in, it lay a moment whimpering in tho bottom ol the boat, and ihcn curled up and went to sleep. The missionaries there have tried to teach the natives to wear clothes, and to sleep in huts ; but, so tar, the traveller says, with very limited success. The most shelter a Patagonian can endure is a little heap of rocks, or a log to the windward of him ; as for clothes, he despises them, and he is in- different to ornaments. It take* occasional contact w.lh such people as the Patagonians to keep us in mind thai i n dual ion is the mere cultivation of our wants, and that the higher it is ihe more our necessities are multiplied, until, if we are rich enough, we gel enervated luxury, and the young men come in an< carry us out. U .- want so many, many things, it seems a pity that those simple Palagonians could not send missionaries to us to show us how to .1.. without. Must the wants of the body shelter, clothing, and food bo cultivated first, before the capacities of tho soul can be de\ .-loped and gratified ' Doubtless the missionaries know their business, and are going about it the right way ; yet all the name it seems mid that the rudiments of a taste for brown-stone fronts and brocade and terrapin should be cultivated as a fit preliminary to ('In istiainty. Count Tolstoi, is the man for the Patagouiaus. Thoir attitude toward luxury seems to be almost identical with his, and they would have scarcely anything to unlearn before accept ing hi* teaching. From "The Point ol View," in May