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THE ROMMCE Of. SUMMER, T LYDIA M. WOOD. CHAPTF.lt I. The London season wai over ; the last At- Home* and dance* were .juickly becoming thing* of the past ; and the fashionable world was preparing for it* usual flight to " (rush fields and pastures new." Already the ranks of youth, wealth, and lieautv, " Well, we are sure to see them soon to speak lo, and then you can judge more cor- rectly ; " snd Mrs. Standish drew back tbe curtain in she spoke and looked in bur turn a TOSS thr dusky street. But all was still a<ain. The cab had turned away round the corner, tho green door of ihe house opposite was closed ss firmly as ever, and save for a freeh light in the front window, everything |.>k.- I a* before. The uexl morning Humphrey was up be.- lime*. He had arranged to go out fishing tint morning with hi* landlord's sou ; and the two swallowed a hasty breakfast and - a! o you, e, a. , whi, h had thronged the. Park during the hot ' > *>"". the , c . alm unhl waler lon June -lay., had .fun, considi-rably : blin.l. '*' the blind in the oppos-l* home were were drawn .low ,, ,n * good many mansion-; i ' lr w "I" " *'- "I*"** ">""" * i good many anil a general air of tltuerled loneliness per vaded the streets at you turned wt. In abort, Town that paradise uf tin- wealthy aod high l*>rn was getting positively un- bearable. So at least il appeal e. I to Hum- phrey Standish, u he ga/e-1 idly out of the wii,.|.. of hi* mother'* i Ira wing room in Wilton Street, looking und feeling lc.-i.i-.lly bored by the general unintereat- lognet* of e very thing. Hew.ua tall hard- some fellow, 01 about Mveu or eight and twenty, poisessed of an ordinary supply of br-iin, and enough money to enable him to live very comfortably without the leait ex- ertion on his part -a fact which hit relation! the little craft, rowed by the four ttout anna, danced along u if she had been alive; mid it was not long before they reach where e. and I their accustomed before fishing ground their anchor, they let down their lines. Fishing, as all who have, tried it know, is terribly engroiiiug work, especi- ally when you make anything like a good . dropping i no. I is), . ,il. h en y and it w 1.1 eleven o'clock before either of the young men thought nf turning Tin u Humphrey, looking >t hu watch, sua- li-n!v r.-. ..ll.-.'ic.l that he had promised to take bin mother out for a abort row that morning ; and hantily pulling in their tackle, he and hi* companion made swiftly were wont to deplore, being old-fashioned for tne "ore. enough to prefer a young man with nome ' There, on the narrow strip of shingly object in life. Object, so far, he had none, beach upon which the boat* were moored, except to make himself generally agreeable, and occasionally " dabbling" in a dilettante fashion in Art. On these occasions he in- variably assumed a velveteen coat of ex- traordinary cut, and ruffled his hair till it atoo.1 OM cod like a furze-bush, as is the wont of Amateurs of a certain class. T i-.lay, however, tbe garb of Art bad been laid aside, probably on account of the heat : and he looked a very mo, lorn young man tmleed, a* he stood there in Ihe bright sunshine, his brow somewhat pucker- <-<l up. a* if ho were endeavouring to solve some hard problem. And so he wa* tbe problem of where to go for the month of August. Hi* mother, a gentle sweet-faced . :i,.m. who loved and trusted her tall son ntitely, knowing more than others did of the -.Serling qualities which underlay his ap ' indolent good nature, had left it to him to .l.-cide their destination ; and the ! i-.nn was a difficult one. Of course there the. shooting to fall bank on but he .lid not particularly care for that ju.it 'Inn ; U'sutes, he preferred going by hiin-eh 111 September. Hi* mother had suggested a trip abroad : but that was slow. They hod been so ofUn ; and it require.! such a fearful amount of exertion to *pcak lh..<>- abominable jargons. No, no ; France for the French, anil F.ngland for the Kng luh, was his motto. suddenly a light broke ncios* his face, and turning to hi* mother, who was reading on the sofa, he cried joyoir.ly , " I know what we will do, mother ! I've ju*l thought of it." Mr*. Standish laid down her hook ami lixik-d up in.|innngly. " Have you, dear V I., laid. " What is il, then '" " Why, you rentenrher that little village i Sanrield wa* talking about the other day, on the north o.iasi somewhere, you know well, it'* |Ut (truck me that that would he the very place for u* me* and quiet, apd lots if lisinng and Uniting, lo lay nothing of krl.-hing. What do ym think ' Shall we go there ?" " It would U- the very place, if you don't think you would find it dull without any -..inpanion* but your itupid old ni.illirr. Nay " laughingly, a* Hum phrey wa* about to speak " I know what you would say ; bul all the aauie, I know that I, or indeed any elderly woman, would not Ixi very lively company fora young man like y.m II, ,w ever, of noiinw, if yoiidon't think you will And il slupid, I shall be only too glad to go them, instead of lo Scat Imroughor, Spa or any of those dread fully crowded places. And perhaps, after all. we may meet some very nice |>eople ; one can never tell." And so the great problem was settled . and the. next week saw the little home in U ilt. .n Street shrouded in adeath-like Mill- neii. like its neighlxmrs ; and the few IN'. .pin who Mill remain",! m town loll . n h other, not without secret feeling* of envy, tha' " the Standishr* bad gone olT to bury then nelye* in some nameless out-of-the-way little tithing village," instead oil following tl.. tide of fashionable folk* who were Lent on repeating jn a different way the various ssand struggle* after Pleasure which tie , had been srstaining during the past sei -n ll.it Maik'si'.ive in appraranrn, at lout imply oomi.eni.ated for any longing thev might privately haw had after more, ml i/e.l solely. Situated as it was on one of the wilileit pint, nfthe eastern coast of So,, t I .n. I. surrounded on ll.rce side* by ranges of I. ill., backed by distant rim* of purple n nUkitis. and on the fourth lying expound in the resll.s* expanse of O|M<II sea with its ever varying feature* of storm and *un the '<!.. with it* .Miami ruggedly limit s nml stiagglini'by streets, wasindcr-l a n. in from an art ill h point of view, nml U.ih Humphrey and his mother were de light i I list fellow SanfieM know* what'* what." the (.inner would cry enUiusiaMicikMv as he rowr I Ins mothei gently up an.l d.,wnthe hay in ll>e bright afternoon nun. " or he Would ne\. r hnve I o, ,, M imrllile.l tins place Tl nlv unnder i ni-ire people don't Bnd (.nt alinul it and come. " I'M! no.RBesermndtoknowalMiiit it, orelne ..lere.l it beneath their notice , (. r their I 11 il.nly - u.l thai " gentlnfnlka wasna just vo i x p'elll lftlltliri'i\l..illt-,at loiuit || been in liei tune ;" audit certainly secine.1 true, for they M.I.I IMHMI them nvei a fort burden. Steadying himself carefully with one foot on a firm ledge of grass-grown rock, and the other leg bent into a kneeling position, he leant forward and endeavoured to raise her. Slowly, painfully, for she hung like a leaden weight in his arms, he managed at last to get hold of her, and then com inclined the return journey. If the descent had beeu dangerous, the ascent AflUAT AMMlVBsUABY Hi. Atlsallr tblc'4 lrlry Aearur*>r a < . in . . . I rlumi.li. Twenty-five years ago a great event in the history of civilization occurred. On that date the reconstructed Atlantic cable carried * - message* from this country to the Old World. nt was .till | all<li a f ur year* of effort, Cyru. \V. Field len h * I found the enterprise to which he bad devot- the enterprise , 1Ilucb e ,,, p tience pUced on a more so, especially to one lad with a human burden, and every moment he 1 to feel his foot slipping backward*. < pe r , iunont ba* ig ;- Some years before this, and terrible visions of their joint fate in such a , you remem ber, tn( . cable hod been uc Me rc*e before his mind. oeMfully laid, but, after working satisfa.-ton How he managed the climb he never could lv for three weekt u h|ul . a ,l,f e nly become remember ; but at last he stood one,, more ,[,!, Then flowed the civil on the breezy hill-top, the scent of the salt water mingled with the fainter one of wild thyme blowing round him, und the bright August suuligbt gleaming over the white unconsctou* form at his feet. That she wai merely unconsciour, and not dead, he had perceived when he tint touched her as she hung from the golden thorn-busli ; and now kneeling .L.wn l.y liur *ide hu chafed her cold hinds in hi* strong warm ones and sprinkled the water in her little tin painting- can over her white face, until at last the heavy lashes ware rained and the eyes below into his face, urmured, half raising gazed wooderingly up i " \Vhatu it ? B them sat hi* mother, and by her side the elderly ady whose advent tbe previous evening had caused such excitement. The girl was land- ng some little way off with her )>ack to- ward* them. A* he leaped out of the boat, tossing the fish into a shining heap upon the beach out of reach if the waves, Mr*. Stan- dish called to him. " Humphrey, come here ; I want to introduce you lo a very old friend. This U Miss Marchmont, who used to be a school-fellow of mine. Amelia, this is my son Humphrey." The young man bowed politely, apologis- ing as he did so for not shaking hands. " That fishing i* such awfully dirty work, yon know," he said, smiling. He was just turning away, when Mis* Marchmont said kindly : " Allow me to in- troduce you to mv niece. A rice, dear, this is another acquaintance for you. " The girl thus suddenly addressed turned sharply round, showing one of the most lovely face* Humphrey had ever seen, crown- ed by iniksse* of wavy hair of the i tensest Mack. Her complexion was perfactly dark, like t hat of a Spaniard, aud the eyes which glanced up at him with a smile of greeting were half hidden by their thick veil of curly dark lashes. The eyes themselvei, strange to say, were of a dark blue. " 1 am very glad to make another ac- quaintance," she said, as she extended a dainty little hand, which Humphrey hod much difficulty in re'raining from accept- ing, " fur I certainly thought we were, the only people here, until we met your m.it h. r." Then catching sight of the silvery pile of fish at her feet, she cried joyously : "Oh, how delicious ' Vou lish. di> you ? Oh auntie, ilu let me go too. I '>r fUhing " " Really, my dear," -tpoetnlated Mis* Mar.-hmont with a comical sigh, " you would mil gel so excited. Supposing Mr Standuh did not wn.li to take you, what a very awkward position yon would plaoe him in !" A slighl flush tinged the pure oil re cheek, and she was looking up with an expression of penitence, when something in the intense amiUMunent depicted on Humphrey'* face truck biT, and instead she went ..'1 int.. peals of light girl s,h laughter. Tbe young man laughed too, and mur- muring something about lieing " most happy," disappeared lip Ihe boaeh. Thenceforward Ihe .lay pasne.1 very quickly, and the new-comers had lioen at Mark's t'.ivo a whole week l~-i..ie they had half n-ali/e.l that they h.nl U-en there two days. It wa* now the second week in August, for the Stan 1 1. lies bad left town the third week in July, and the weather wa* perfectly glorious. " I never knew inch weather before," aid Humphrey one day a* he and Avioe sat sketching and dialling on the ton of one of he l,raes " V.ni mint have brought il with you ; for I'm sure il was nol half so ine. before you came. " It has certainly been splendid, " she re- ilie.l tliniwing.l.iwn her paint brush in des- lair of ever oalrhing th peculiar tint* of e* and *ky " loo aplendid to la*t, I'm (ini.l And then we've been having such a lelicions time nf it, boating and fishing and all that, and do you know it makes me half and cable projects languished. Hut Cryut \V. Field never lost faith in the practicability of the scheme. From iMin '.o IStil he was constantly crossing the Atlantic and urging by public speaking and private intercession further effort in the matter. In IMS the Ureat K istern sailed, under the command of Cant. James Anderson, to lay another electric conductor in the ocean's bed. Success ac- companied the marine giant for 1,'JOO miles, when the cable snapped and again the de- rider* of the enterprise were given an oppor- tunity to chuckle sarcastically. But their triumph was short-lived. In 1866 a cable Awftl evaitali*i fasur4 i. These rru Ihl. < .nclnrnl. During the past three or four years the French government haslieru making strenu- ous exertions to beat .town the arsrles of locnsU coming from the south on to the fertile lands of Algeria, ^nd duriuv the pre- sent year they are also having s> similar fight with these pests on the southeru borders of Tunis. The cheap Arab labor obtainable for this purpose has made it posaibl* to employ in the work a veritable army of ran, the government ordering the tribes to form en- campments along the line on which it is pro- poeed to fight the oncoming army of locusts. and, in this way, the crops have been in a great measure protected from the ravages of this plague, although no permanent relief has been obtained. The manner of fighting the locusts adopt- ed in Algier* and Tunis has been to con- struct a ditch, or a ditch with a fence at one side, across the line of march of the in- sects, which come ir such vast numbers that the ditch ifuickly become* filled up, when the natives jump in and trample thorn to death at the same time thrashing tba liv- ing mass with a heavy stick or log of wood. The fence at tbe side of the trench consists was laid beneath the wave*, and on July 27 c . Mong bands of cotton cloth or calico s up- ot that yesr messages were wnt from this \ ^^ oa ,, tlck ch |ence , extending in country Ui Lord Stanley. Mo than that, g^, plftcetllcrOM a mileor more of ^3*9, theC.reat hastern returned to mid ocean, the miterull , t the top ^ vi . tl ? found Ihe lost cable and ihereby succeeded I WMed ^j^ ab<Jut ^ jnche $ wU^Q again of the awful sight he had witnessed. " Let me see. I fell, didn't I T" she in- quired, looking up into his face. " Oh yes ; I remember now. 1 went down, down, ever so far, until at bul all liecam* dark, and 1 remember nothing more until I aaw y >u landing by me and felt all thr water trick I- ingdown my neck. " Aud silling up, she Ii ied to dry her face aud neck with her handker- chief. herself on her elbow. " Why do you look so frightened, and why doenny head feel so queer ?" " You have had i bad fall, Miss March moul. and must keep quiet, ' replied Hum- , OU ou ii iu.i UIB >; iu... 7 """~ waxed border about four inche* wile, kept phrey. 'Ihonk Heaven! it i* V'hin K ( in furnishing two conductor, for telegraphic moUt , daily oiling. The insects cannot more, he added in a lower tone, thinking j communication between the Lulled States ,-g^p their no ld on this waxed border and u..i_;, 1 and Ureat Kritain. inevitaUv drop back into ihe trench beneath, Such very bneBy, are the fact* that which - JJJ thre< ^ (our {e< . , make the oc.ksion worth, 'ol nol*. r Wh ^ the lnjecu haM atuined , iwenty five years ther. ha. been no serious where M ^ 4 ion Q{ t|)M break in communication between the ,<> the y are foughlby a line of continent.-!. Not only thai, bul Ihere has , been during thai period a constant improve- j menl in the cable service and a steady re- duction in cable rate*. The newspaper* of ; this country to-day print an amount of . U! Ktwi'liout nny one of then .iwn < lass. 01. pi n occasional tourist who pan .d through on hi* way farther north It w** therefore with no small surprise and rtrilement that one everting, as they were 1.1 it ing down to nipper, they saw a nal lodi-n with luggage, draw up in front of a mall house on the opposite, side of tlie way Regardless of Ir* ronwmanrrs. Humphrey .in p. -I up and wrnt to the window just ii tun to m-e t**n flgnree one an elderly lady well munW op, and thcvolher a youiij glrl u in i I. mg grwy elnak and olimn lilting little cap nnter the house, door. They were, fo! b.we.l by a third, evidently i> maid, whi was superintending the dwposal of tli. luggage. " I .1... i.,. I ,.. .,..1 *orry soms one, i...i_ i" nme tn share our sniilitde I" he. nrlnd as be returo*d4n tho tea tal.U.. " I only hope they ai rule* 'I he girl looked inthii jolly, as nmeh of her as I onnld aee in I he nn. .irtan but the old lady seemed rather foi In. I .llicntnfi'l table. " Uiiroinfortabl echoed Hnmpbrey, >endiiig liidiead .ntically tn one lide, a* if to scrutinize hi* own drawing, but in reality to catch ikglnn|Mke of hicoiu|>anin' " nn onifortable ' \VliyT" ' Well, I d.in'l unite know," Avice re- turned, have nhyly, " except that when one ia liee.li hat mg all extra good time nf it, it always seem* a* if -oino misfortune were mre t<> follow it by way of balance, aa it were. Don't ).m o> .1 think that'" ' Tin. only i-vil win. -li I *<< tinuiincnils mpending." naid Humphrey, " intho.liMi- ger of your rolling neatly over the top ..f he i III! into tli water l.elnw ; and to avoid .hat eat ikslrophe I should ndvise y.nit.i . nine klittlo more inland. It will lie laf.-r at east, if lek* romantic Hut thi* warding ratne Ion late Turning r.nind ~li.i plv at IIIK wordn. A vice insenii lily advanced nritcr tbe edge, and the next inilanl she was over. "My <lod '." burnt niM.liintarily from Humplii.-y ' white ttpn 11 lie rushed forward Thankful to find her so little the worse for her adventure, Humphrey helped her as best he could ; and then, rolling hi* coat up in the form ot a bolster, bade her lie itill while bo collected their joint materials and madu thmn ready to take home. " It U very funny, you know, that I should just hare happened lo roll off Ihe cliff at Ihe time when I was prophenung some misfortune," remarked Avioe, a* at length they lurned iheir steps homeward again. " I little thought my words would have such a swift fulfilment." " The moral thereof i*, don't prophesy evil, and especially not on the edge of a cliff. At anyrate, plea*e don't do so in my com- pany. You don't know what a fright you gave me. " Miss Marchmont was naturally a good deal alarmed by the account of what had happened, and surveyed Avicc critically from head to foot through h--r goM -riinmod spectacles to make sure that no bones hid been broken. It was with difficulty Ihat they could prrtuade her not to put an entire veto on all rambles ol any sort from that day for- ward ; and before Humphrey retired across the road, she had succeeded in impressing bun vei-y strongly wilh a ense of his utter unworthinen tn her eye* at least toesoort Avioe into dangerou* plves. '.me thing more that day'* work had done f.it Humphrey Standuli 'it had revealed lo him tbe*late of his feelings towards Avioe Sacharty. Hitherto, he had not thought of her otherwise than a* a friend -a very dear one, but itill merely a friend, a girl with whom he had nasoriated on much the aim 1 term* as h* did with th* other girls with uliniii he wa thrown m contact. H.-n forth, he roust regard her as the woman of his choice, a woman to be wooed earnestly and won at any onst, one wboee slightest wiih was more to him than any law yet framed in short, Humphrey StanJuh was in lore. Th* feeling was a novel oue, for he was not oue of those youth* who have a fresh amour every month. He had never cared much for Ihe girls he had met in society. They were all vary well to talk lo, very bright and lively, some of them clever even, often enough ; but there wms a some- thing lacking about them a want of that which goes to make up true oonjuusl l.'ppi ness an unreality *>'' sham which were totally foreign to his nature, an.l frmn winch he inatlnctivsiy recoiled. Avioe Sacharty had none of this. Living a* she had done almost ill her life in the seclusion of the country, mixing nnU m moderation in the county society, tin':.- v. as a freshness and true rnthiismom abou her which, unfortunately, *eem nnw ti be Incoming rarer every day An.) then, thrown aaiho an.l Humphrey ria 1 lieen so entnoly age long palm switches, a method of slopping their progress which, to be effectual, presup- pose* the simultaneous exertions of great numbers of the Arab palm wielders. Prof. C. V. Kiley, the entomologist of the Oepartnient of Agriculture, at Washington has made a moat thorough study of the locust as it occurs in several different varie- ties in the United State*, with the be*t . . - . ! means of de* ItisinUrestingtoremarkatthismom.nt Wlshe j ^^Vches on the subjecl have lhal the man to whose untiring loyalty to 1 ^ n< , oubtedlj . v^,, o( t advant .g e lo the seemingly hopeleas project the Atlantic f. rniert cable owes its existence U alive and well. The locuM M J genfrmlly kDOWn> j. fresh foreign news that would have amazed the newspaper readers of a score of years ago. In fact, we often read of Kuropean events her* before they have, according to , , .* .. ., . ... | , l;,-- Ill vie 1 Illll-u .-.laic*. WILII kUO UW* our time, taken place m the Old \\ orld. memn]| Q , Je . tr mg then anil ,,i. wlllely It , , .^r*Bt i n i, f ^^ rjkn\krk t I I, , M,nrn I . th , able to lejoice with the people of the world in tins wonderful annihilation of ti.neandl space. Cyrus West Field will be 73 yean ' of age on Nov. 30. He wa* bom at Sio-kbri.lge, Mas*., and i* one of a family ll.at has made a marked impression on the progress of the country. Perhap* there have never been four brothers who, in their several wars, have gained uch prominence a< < 'yru* VV. Field, David M. Field edilor of the A',,,/,/ They ffMf n where are all of them well on lu life, bin their i j ,"_ _ phyairal ami mental vigor still remain* un- impaired. Speaking of l>r. Henry M. Field remind* me that he recently < ne the writer a very interesting account i>f the recovery of the lost cable of IHftTi liy the Great Kasteni. Said Dr. Field " At a dulsnco could Ih) discorned the of crick sts, ing *horter horns and feelers and a more robust body and limb*. The Rocky Mountain locust, w huh has been the most destructive pe*t that has appeared in this country, breeds .very year in a large section, embracing most of Montana and Wyoming, western Dakota, and a part of Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Oregon. In a country direct- ly to the east of this section is a conssd- u liable to breed for some years, multiplying in exces- >ive numbers, bat from which it in time ditappears. Through a very much larger section, extending, almoet to the sdiuissippi aird>theOulf on the east and sooth, and to the Pacific on the west, the locusts migrate in years of excessive abundance, and it i* in such migrations that they are mo*t destruc- , although in these region* ihey was in 1874. when Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas erv overrun, and parts of Wyom- ing. Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Mi**ouri, New Mexico and Texa* were ravage.), vast swarms of locusts from Montana and British America (weeping over these section* in that year. In 187S-78-7T. considerable dam ige was dene by the locust*, but the boundaries of its depredaUons were narrow- ed each year, and they have not since vnited any . .n-ulerable area beyond the limit* of their known permanent habitat. MI I lie stopper* was sent lower down to the grapnel, and with hammer and mar- linspike the rope wa* untirnaUtly freed from the tenacious grip of the dukes. T'le signal being g^ven to haul up, the western end of the bight was on one another's ocioty. their nature liad | c it with a saw. and grandly and majestically gone nut toward* each other s they could j the cable roue up the frowning bow* of the iiein bavsdone under any other cirimi ' *!re.U Kulrrn, slowly pasmg round the m nice* : so that itWASsmall wonder that, sheavr at the bow, and then over the in.en.il. ly ami, as it were, u< spit o of him wheels 0:1 t.i the fnro liar: of th* deck. The If, tli.- 'yiunj; mn sbuuld hve grown to grei'r i ;>.'<iU>' cireslia.! to be taken by Mr. regard In* c. nip iiiion n h feeling* warinri < nrung nn.l hi* i\i*t*nl lo .-nvure tlie thus mlent and ir itionle*- in the midst of the sea? Some mysterious mission bring* them here, sad as iheir .. . kt* \pproaeh with measure.. I sweep, at thi* niMn'ght hour. U eems a* if they came with muffled oars to an ocean burial It was still calm, but tbe itea began to moa-a with unrest, asif troubled in it**lee>p. Amidi" ghtdrew mi the interest gathered about the KJWS of the tireat Kantern. The bulwarks were crowded with anxiou* watchers, peering into the darknas* below. Still not a word waisjpoken. Not a voice was heard *kvr that of C-apt .Anderson, or Mr. iiolpin, or Mr. Canning, giving order*. A* it approach- ed the surface t u ,. .neii, who were tried cable hand*, were lashed with rope* and lowered over tlie bows lo make fast to Ihe cable when it should appear. This was a perilous ser- vice, .knd Ino boats ..ore there In pick up these brave fellows if they should drop into ilia water. Ai soon a* it shows itself they dive upon it and, soiling it with their hand*, fallen it with large hempen stoppers, which |inckh attached to live-inch rope*. ' It then i, .1111 1.' say Deane, 1 that the bight i so firmly caugh*. in the spring* ol the grapnel that one of ihe brave hands who pur {e hastily threw an overcoat over his : .H!V i ran t.< the liar of the station house. Ha.i TeTravrl in *J During a very hot night three Austrian cavalry officer* were en a train which ped from Peith lo Vienna. As they had a ' o<ii pkrtment for themselves they sought lo travel ascomforlably as possible. First and vests disappeared, then collars and cuff* and so on until nothing remained on their bodies except night clothing. It wa* *o sultry they remained awake ail night. When the train stopped at one station one of the par'y remarked that it would \t a (ood idea tn have aomething to drink, and than tli o*. tn. n of mere friendship or admirs to I ie spot when, sli be had .liappe u .-.I How shall I *avn liei <" A* ho itt.-red thew word*, he I. Miked dnwli the. dir/y heulii, ni.i aw thn girl'i iliglit l.iiin Kami- ing a* il wore betwixt *oa and *ky, her pro grow arrested, for tho time at least, by a binh of yellow funo. Avioe ! " hi. cried, -t.-a.l\ ing his voice .lilliciilty for fear of alarming her, " do you think you can lu>ld till Ic.uiic'" Itut . ie wik* no reply, only Ihe miirmiiiuif splnsh of the cruel wave* IH|OW an (hey laihe.l tlfinsrlvm angrily II|M>II the rncks an.l lie it high againil the fimt of the dill, a* if hnitui v for their pi N Humphrey sol hi* teeth lirinly togelhsr ami pi.-pu. .1 to descend the ateen *nle o the dilT. A nil kening dread *<ii/od hi* bo*i I a* he did no. Siip|Mi*r ln> wo* too late nup po she. were dead? He dared not l..p d think : but began (lowly, carefully Ing. cnt. lung for *u|>|M>rt at nnytlung which came in hi* way, and knowing well that one false step would burl linn down, !>... .. i I. that terrible mas* of wave- worn ick*br|..w At l"t. aft.'i tiniiiil.'i. of wary olainlvring wtiiili in p.. nt .if pktont (eenied to him liki ysar*, bo rnovlied U>e buih with itsnrauiout ITO r i t l>. I l.|'f ' > < H. 1 " - I . ' There in no more intarosting niglit nu the Icrsey . .l than to nee an oirirvy .Iv t upon tnh If li i* hnili in air and hai long I..-, n *lowly and gracefully Railing nlxivc the water, you will know thit iiotanl that ho nee* a fish. It will l>e itppaiont that he . en II, Iwcause he will rease. hi* forwui.l th^lit pause, and wat. h the water intently V lew strong droko* of his powerful win>r> brim bun to tho point from which Hen- -in- to dosvxnil. llo doe not, it is said, poi*e hi* body above the ti*h, but at a distan e t.. one mdr >>r another of a ve.ru, -.\t line almvr il.n>tbi\t hi* .lefc-enl i* iua.1" *' 11 in ;' I '.tntiA. tini(hl4 wing^Aiul l.m, i n-v i - Ii a I, he allows his Ixxiy to drop not hc.ivily . lint with that control which a niilnr w.nil.l evil "steerage, way." Just before iic i.-i !.. - the mrface he closoii hi* wing* and tiike* the water heavily, with a plah an. I pntter that woukl accompany the imp .d of a *t..ne upon it. In most cases the bird ha* hit the liih fairly and ha* gripped it" ltdy ui hi* lung talons. In *ucn an iwout the M* t.ii.u h - but iilt se the >plash when be *ce* lie Ini.!'.. groat wing* unfolded nnd it* |I.H|V iiectly with the mrngnliiit; ti^li at th below it. Nalnralul- .ie lue tliiil the larger neprvy* can lift and lly wilh a live |x>uud fish. lst month, in the hatlmur of Anca, the I 'lull, n cMiner Condell, mi.-lakiiig the I nun h if the I'nilPil Stalf amhip Tens* '1.1* d>r a label \eel, blow her up, Qve men. M-.UI>; aiTSJO leg", length cable by pultun on -t.ippeni and to watch the progress of the grapnel, rope and shack- le* r.iiind the drum l>efore il received the lo itself.' When onc it w 'a made fast all took a g I reatb The c ibl.- was r.c.>vered. They li.i I the seasnrpint at last. There the minister Iny, its neck tirmly in their grip, .in 1 us li'.ai - hr.iil lying on the deck. Hut eten tlion there was no cheering, as when 1 . kiik;M il two wovks Iwforr. Men unmet line i stunned by i\ sudden sm.-evs and hardly know if il lie nol all n dream. So in., t 'iey In .ke. t nt the cable with eager eyes, bui Million! a wnr.l. .tud *ome orepi tnw-anl it take -i in t! 01 b kii.U. in besiiro Mi it they 1 N . i it is li'e -auwthtt aid out mm i bo sea thirteen month I ..... ..r Tact. (n .1 little i piso.tc of village life we hail lately another r-lrrenting indance of fomi liiietkct. I'pon the conilim.iii nt a mar- liage. in a villige church the bridgf*M*J signed In* register with I.: \ mark. The pi i lly young nride dul the same, mid thru, turning to a young IA ly who In, I known her as the best sib.-l.ki in -chool, whi*pere<l to l*'i . wlnlc l.ne KKil adiniratmn K|H no in h. i .yes " He i* a .tear fellow, but h nut write Hot* going to loi.ni from me, and I wntil.l net *hame him for the world.' To In' able- In My the right thing at the right moment i* a great art. and said only lo be tkc.|iiiie.| l.y in. -so \vlin hive a natural talrnt tliai \\.n Wl. who at . nil '-ii' t klkrr. lather c\eirly p i . i i " i hope be i- iu. i H'U'k M noil ohalance mam ,ig.' n ! iiu.tlu<r'by ran t . Whether the l>ar ten ter was too sleepy or the-ollicer to.lw, to the despair uf the latter and tun i-omradc* the t.iin <tt in motion when he wa* at the dor >( the res>- tauranl Th* two other officers liad tint a hearty laugh and then pitied him foi tlirc.m- dition he was in. But their cmnraile . not of the anxioin Wind A> soon .is he .tn covere<l that the train wa< in in >ii.vi iv ran quickly after it and was lucky . :i ,:^n t . reach thrle|ui<f tlie tail car, n wlr !i n ivm.nn. .1 until the ncxt*Uti.>n rn< t When lie m.i.le In-' .\;>; thry wcro much ,i^t'ii:l- I one ni thkim iukid : "Why. wiirn >.w yon left behind we threw ynr g^- nr-r.t - . it of the window m th.- hope t; i, \..'.-. ta.itiltl get thrin!" Nothing c..i.l.l ! .1 :>. l.nt lel- gritph in the other at.ktion u> )i tvc <.-iu. cue pirk up thr garment* and f>war>l thoni iiy the next tram. 1 1 .h on n. . :.... In me foreign .'-trig list, are quite .miii. MI. I'::-. ..ture is nuo f a group in win :i n . o ii|-i - n arnu that support tlie p.-c:i>i:\l tiii^. in, I thn- enaV.li- the Hsli lo .klk .x!>n,{ the ground almost like a iu.-lr:i|x->l. On the rorks of Ceyion, waehed by the nurf, t!iv.e aro other little walking :i>'i winch run up the wet t.oie.' witli I'M iit.'i. -t roue and rapidity. By the aid ol the pectoral and ventral fins and gill c.k.-c. they mote i.vcr tho damp (and*, ascend the roots of the mangroves, and clnnli up llic nmooih face of the rocks in search of nie. M.mv of the fresh- water fish of tho unit, ulaiul poum the same pnwer nf loavirg their native ele- ment and returning tn it again after long pilgrinuge* on dry land II agai \Vh on the pools they inbal.it get low in thr summer season .it g t off, they start off, led by an unexplained in- stinct. l.> ll> nearest considerable body of wMor. The lih most often Men on shore xcurnions in a specie* of perch. It grow* to about *ix mchi < in length Aided by an adinu .1- ;t!i wln.-hTTature has ifto.l i' little creature iwues Si icnt-, and proceeosl . ,- habiutioo. .i., !c .it night or early in i' ''. on a i i . . K. i* w* with In it* dicreu, l.nvevsr, it n anme- gifto.l bold'y on a Tlio the u dew. time* compelled to move by day.