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TL I 1 1 ' ' Cl n camp I tie rosiiiwiress ot lau e nun. \ - 'camp, the only woman lu a settlement of 40 **** - f V I.KIT II VK1. Francis Bret Ilartel* a native of Albany. N V ., w here he wa* born 5-' yr>. " ol kmc llh. Herman and lle*r-iw.i :r> While yet a hot. hu father, who had IK-, u .1 professor la s woman'* school, died, ami mis.l ihu family When brighter days came aud the settle- ment liad increased by one or two families, and laggard capital had bmm hurried up to relieve t he atili beleaguered and locked-up wealth of Burut Kidge, the needs of the inn-'.- -' ' l-liirn i of t ! interior, and mliurllDK with I he roils;!, char irr- that peopled them, tin- Lot ii.n ;...! Irom ac.inal experience in. HI) of tin- ni> i.'.-n --v li. h afterward grew under lii-< matfi- loin h mio the now familiar idy!-oi tin- embattled du- iftiiK". the Uwlt-~i. rial, ami the immoral In Tne flrnt Ihrm- jmr-of In* life m California he. had all the mixed fortune-* of , nion^er , .11 id tried hi* hand at many im-.m- uf livelihood. Tor .* Uim he wan a compositor in . m:* HPHIMT ..ill. i At K.iireka ; then hoininid for hiiu-elf, withont largely increailnK In-, forninc. Us -. hool ,4-mher he wa able tn IndusKe BMre liberal!) the hterarv ta*lei awake***] hr In- work as sprinter. Thew latter experience, afterward grew, with all the.r n.ilural olor nil textures, Into the delic it. ,n,dv entitled 1 M IIM." A jrear* work an rxi.rciw niex*cnjr"i i(av* him the clear cut picture-: of Tuba Rill .11.1 other kniirhi- uf the [. In l < Mr. Harte went to nan Kr.imi-.-n i.ik ing fit* place as arompo-itoi in t !i oiflcv of - In i.nld. n Kr.i. A few noheini.in -kef-hc* wrii ten a* a cop)- brought him umli-i i In- favorable ml ire of the editor, and he wa al nm-e trans- I* ted from Ihe car to the di-k. It was In l-Uil that hi. flrnt nke'ch appeared in the Kiwi More than lo rears aco he left America u> be cnn*ul at 'ila-Kow. and although he Vi- U-en NII lieraeded in thatofllee. he contimi.-n 1.1 h v .- abroad, his home tying in it l/ondon -u>>. rb. CHAITKK I. The IK nl -lagr liad jn-t pjwi| Laurl KIID. Sn minillv that the whirring Ion. I uf dun draggeii with it down the *lep grade from the lumimt hung over the leve' Jong aftrr thr ita^'e had vtniahed, anil then .li ,ft- ing away, liuwly sifted a ml |>rr<-i|iul<; nver tlic hoi |i!&tfnrin of Ihr l.^nrrl Knti fH>t otil.T. Out of thin cloud pir.-rittly i-niergfd the uett figure of the pottinutreM, with the mail lg whicb had bren doiteroualy rtuog at hrr feet from the top o' tlia ruaaiug ve- lll.'lr A .1. /<!! lounger* eagerly itrlclil out llieir handi U> awint her, but the warning. " !(' agin the rules, boy*, foi any Init her commu-illy and the claims of I lie widow of ,'<>hn lUker were so well I >lil in political ,h.4""-l" llt the pos.onVeo, Laurel II.,., ac- '* wmtoi expressly for Mr. Duung the firM week the s.Ue of stamp* al Laurel Him post office was unprece- deuted in the annals of thu department, l-'ancy pi i- H were given for the first issues ; Iben they were bought wildly, recklessly, nnpiolitably, and on all occasions. Coinpli- mentary congratulations at the little win- dow invariably ended with " and a dollar's worth of stamp*, Mrs. Kaker." It was felt to be supremely delicate to buy only the highest priced stamps, without reference to their adequacy ; llien mere quantity was sought . then outgoing letter* were all overpaid .ind stamped in out rageou* ]>roportii.n tu theii weight and even The imbecility of Ibis, and tu prohtMa eil'ei I on the repulatn.ii of l-iura! Run al the general pmi ollicc, being pointed out by Mrv Hiker, stamps were adopted as local currency and even for decorative purpoae* on mirrors and the walls of cabin*. How long the extravjgun- would have coi-t in iied is not known, but it wa* not until it was rumored that, in connequenrr of this excessive flow ol business, the depailment ba<l concluded that a po*tira*u*i would ! lttei fitted for the place that it als>te.|,and a compromise waa affected with the general ottice by a permanent salary to the post mist res*. Such was the history of Mrv Baker, win. bad just finished her afternoon levee, nodded a smiling "goodby " to her la/it customer and closed her shutter again Then she took up her own letter* Liu before reading them, glanced, with a p "> impatience at the two official envelope.! ad- dressed to herself, whi-b di- Ind shelved. They were generally a "lot ..t new rules, " ur notifications, or "absurd "quest ion* u Inch had nothing to do with I AIM el Hun, and mi y to 'or. h it," from a h\ NUajuliM , <tn<l quetti!i shako of the In ad from tliu post- niilr lisrself much more effort ie than any oiti.-ul intrrdict withheld tlie>m. I'hr ha)( wan not heavy -Lauial Kiln waa t.>o rroeni a settlement to hi.-' ittrjtcteil I stuff, don't hother,'' or, much correspondence and the young wo- 1 did*." man. having pounced upon her pray with a "M tin I. inn- in, tin. I, dixf|pd n, uot with out ilifti. ully, liehiml tlir partitionrd en i lsiire in ihe ullice and livkfd the door. Hrr prrtly f bothered her and "mid' lier boad a lie, and she had usually rafuriiMl them to her admiring neighbor at Hickory Hill fur ex pluiation, who had generally returned 'hem to her with the brief indorsement, " I'urp, Hog w.>ih. let it bag to convey his foolinhneas came aurnw her. It would never do confess now. " Now, I should like to refer an umlaut to my first communication to you. II you got it handy T" Mrs. Baker' face fell. " No ; I eiu it over to Mr. (!ren of Hickory Hill for in- formation." What Terrified al the sudden aeriouiness of the man's voice, she managed t., gasp out, how- ever, that, after her usual habit, she had not opened the official letters, but had sent them to her more experienced colleague for advice and information ; that she never could undiT-Und them herself ; they made her head ache, and interferred with her other duties, but he understood them, aad s<-nt her word what to do. Remembering, also, his usual ntyle of indorsement, 4 lie grew red again. " And what did he nay ' " Nothing ; he didn't return tlicni." "Naturally," said Mr. Hume, with a peculiar ripr*ion. After a few moments' silent stroking of Ins (ward, he suddenly fa-ed the frightened w.cnan. " Von oblige me, Mrs. Kaker, to spei mote frankly Ui yo. i thin I had intended. You have, unwittingly, 1 Iwlieve, given m- format ion lo a man whom the po-. crnnienl suspect* of peculation. You I'ave, without knowing it, warned l lie |H>*t master al Hick- ory Hill that he is suspected, aud us you might have frustrated our plans for tracing ' a sei iet of emUv/leuicnts to their proper source, you will ee th.it you might hive also done great wrung to yourself as his only neighbor, and the next responsible person. " When 1 open thai lug in this otlice to- night, and do not liml a certain decoy letter in it, which was laxt checked al Heavy tree (Yawing, I shall know that it remains in (ireeu's possession at Hickory Hill." " I will leave you here alone for awSile, 111 a* to divert any sn*pn.-iou. You will come, a* iiHual, this evening, and INI seen by your uei.di. 1 will only b here when the bag arrives to open it. iio >.|h\, Mrs Kaker: it's a na*ty bit uf bunin---. but it's all m tin: ilay's work. I've seen wre, and, thaiik ii >.l, you're out of it." In ihe breathleM sileu-e that followed, a woodpecker took up his interrupted work on the roof, and seemed to beat out mono lonously in her ear the last word* of the stranger Siant'.n ' .nu a tln-l ' Siaiiton lir.-en, oneof the " lwy" John had helped out of the falling tunnel ' Stanton (ireen whole old mother in the Stale* still wrote letter* to him at l.-iurel Run. in a few hours lobe a disgraced and ruined man for ever ! She remembered now, as a thoughtless woman remembers, tales of hi* extrava- ed. " Yea, 1 was owing some hills. the collector wai waiting here for the money, and I (oak something from the. packet But I wan going lo make it up by the next mail I twear it." How much have you taken 7" "Only a trifle, I - " How much ?" "A hundred dollar* '." She dragged the money she had brought from :..i,i. . llun from her pocket, and counting out the sum, replaced it in the open package. He ran quickly to get tho sealing wax, but she motioned htn> away as she dropped the package back into the mail bag. "No ; a long a* the money is found in the bag the package may have been broken accidentally. Now burst open one or two of those other packages a little so." She took out a packet of letter* and bruised their ofhcial wrappings under her, little foot until the tape fattening was loon- rned "Now give me something heavy. " She oauiiglit up a brass two pound weight, and in the same feverish bat collected halt, wrapped it in paper, waled it, stamped ite '" and, addreaaing it in a large printed hand to lieritelf at Laurel Hill, droppexl it in the '""ft' Then *he closed it an I locked it. He would hare aa*itd her, but she again waved him away. "Send the eipreeiman, and keep your- self out of the way for a moment," she said curtlv. Mrs Baker wiped her moist forehead and pan-lied lips, ana shook outlier skirt. Well might the young rxprmuman start at the unexpected revelation of those sparkling mint, clicking the coins agaisat each Then he said carelessly, " Did he get quit* away, Mrs. Baker?" " I'm sure I don't know whatyoo're talk- ing about," said Mr*, liakm-, with a lofty air of dignity, l>ut a soirewhat debasing eolor, " I don't sec why I should know any- thing about it or why he should go away at all." "Well, "said Mr. Home, laying his hand qently on the widow's shoulder, " well, you see, it might have occurred to his fri-ndu that the coins were marked ! That is, no doubt, the reason why he would take their good advice and go. But, as I said before, Mrs. Kaker, 'you re all rn;iit , whatever hap- pen*, the government stands by you.' " i list. i: >, i tmi< She remeiubered now that he had nut re- turned the two last. \\ith knotted biow j and a slight pout she put aside her private I coiiespondence and tore open the Hint our. It referred with official ciirtneas to an un- wimlow, was Might l> liu.he.l with toe i answered ciMiimiiiucatiou of the prei ions | * "' f " 1 I'vmg.of which the ha<l taken e,erlion. and the looi- c.idn of her fajr w.-ek, and was " .ximpelled to remind he. ,f "" n"' 1 . ""' *" "' ' *ha,ne, of ride 47." Again those horrid lules ' She u|>eiied the others : the frown deep I . n. .1 on her brow aud Iwcanic lixeil e* and that demurely milling mouth at he little window. -Mrs. Baker!" She put her ringer qnickly to her lips, ami threw a world of unutterable and enimatical meaning into her mischievous (ace. " There's a big San r'rajicisco swell takin my place at Laurel to-night, Charity. " " Y** ma'am." " And it'* a pity that the omnibus way bag happened to get such a shaking up and | . bang-ng round already, coming here." "Kh ?" " I say," continued Mrs. Kaker, ' great gravity a id dancing eyes, "that it would be just awful if that keerful city ' -lark found thing* kinder mixed up inside wheu he come* lo opn it. I wouldn't give him trouble for the world, Charley " " No, ma'am, it ain't liaeyoa. " " So you'll be particularly carettil on my account. " .. ..gr|.iir r Waeiler* < all* iw mion is> the Pmrll. . | B . I ,,r. ll.lr />UIIT A few week* ago the ./<>< i'/ (Jrograpk- iqiif published a supplement to its regular edition containing two remarkable stories from Africa, The stones were printed in big type, double leaded, and with strftlmg head lines. One of them was that Kiiun Pasha bad returned to his old province and utterly routed the Mahdists, had captured an enormouD amount of ivory, had reestab- lished his government, and waa again in high feather in the equatorial province. The story was told with much circumstantiality. The other report was equally sensational, and the scene of it was located near the head waters of the Congo. The story about Knnn fell at once into tbe hands of news agents, and it was cabled all over the world. The New York Sun printed hair, wei with pempiratmn, curled them- elves over he>r forehead into tantali'ing n" I- ring*. K it the window shutter wai quickly l.. -I. and I hi* tix.mentary but .harming vision withdrawn from the waiting public. " i in v'ni'-nt oughter have more s*>nae ifiajt o make a woman |>ic mail bags outer the !, naid -lo Siromons, sympatlietically. I am l in her day ' work anyhow <iuv nt inightei band rm over to her like a !nl>. It'* rich enough and ugly enough." Taiu't guv'ment ; it's that stage com- )Miiy's airs and gracen, ' n,t. rnipte<l a new- . .HOT. "They think it's mighty line to go lielim' by, makin eciyliody lake their lii*t, because ktofipm ami intbeir con- tract. Why, if that "XureiM <uan who hm-ke.i down the hag bad any teelin'n foi s lady." liut he slopped here it the amused tares of his auditors. "l)ue> you don't know much o' tuat e- pusaman sfeclin's.strni'ger," said.Siiinnoiis, grisjly. " Why, you oughlitr see him just no*in' that bag like a bswiy, as he come* tearin' down the grade, and then rise up and sorter heavr it to Mr*. Kaker, e/ n it was a $"i hokay ' Ht< feelm's for her ! Why he. 'a give hiinaelf so dead away to her that were looking for him te forget what he'* do in' nrit, ana just come a sailing down Ins- elf at her feet." Meanwhile on lh olhrr unle uf the pain ion, Mrs. 1 taker had bnihed the red dust -.in (lie padlocked bag, and removed what 'nmed to be a supple, nentai) package at .- In-. I to it by a wire. <>|>ening it, she found a handsome vnt Lottie, evidently a superseded gift from the devoted eipreasmaii. 'I'hn she put aside with a slight smile and the murmured word, " Foolishness." But when she had unlocked the bag, even it* sacred interior was also profaned by a covert parcel from tbe adjacent postmaster t B rat Rilge, containing a gold "speci- men ' broooh and some circus tickets. It wa* laid aside with the other. This aUo was vanity and presumably veiation It wa* a summary of certain \aluable money letters that had niMiinrd on the route, and of which they bail given bei -pre- vious information. Kc.r a moment her cheek* hla/nd How date they ; what did they uieau ' Her waybills ajul register* were always it with an expression that it was spurious, Siving some reasons why the itory wa* evi- ently a hoas. If the news agents had taxen tbe trouble to look in the mam sheet al llmr'mf*! U'lximphvfur they would have seen hidden away in a corner a brief an- nouncement that the two stories iu th* supplement were made out of whole cloth. Mr. Wanters, the editor, *aid he wished to show the persons who habitually concoct Vicaii matter* that he could put I lie* in circulation as eisily aa themselves. w-th i ^* "** tlre/ * ' 'l ev """i; * much space to ' tbe contradiction of ridiculous falsehoods, and thought he would take a hand in the main game. He said that yarns about Africa get cur- rency because no contradiction from Africa can be obtained for several months. 1 f plaus- ible stories are invented it is easy to deceive thu public for many weeU*. present* **nt her, that she now i-learly *aw must have been far Iwvond hi* means. What nhould th Imys say ' What would John have ssid ? Ah' what would John have done She started suddenly to her feet, white and col-', as on that day thaf she bad parted tiom John Baker before the tunnel. >h* : A story he felt Mr-. Baker.' sanlCharley- with mtinite ; c t' le<1 "P n t9 contriwli<)t '"' ' of his newspaper was a yarn of Portugueiie origin to the effect that the natives had cap- tured Stanley falls, a story which proved t lie a canard. There) are a few people and newspapers who for one reason or another are hostile gravity, if that bag should tumble off dozen times between thu and Laurel Hill: I'll hop down and pick it up myself." " Thank you. Shake ! They shook hand- gravely across the window ledge. ! to v rj oa . enterprises in Africa and who And you am t SOHI down with us, Mrs. ! ^J om let a week pea* without putting 1 some lie on the new* mai ket. We have course not. It wouldn't do, for diau't you see ?'' " Uf course !" Tlien Mr*. Baker cam* back into the i, and, ai the wheels rolled away, threw put on her hat and mantle, and K oi,,g to I ihat little iron U f. that ,tood n the corner. hen> "'" V Ulr " d moD..rt.ntly gave unlocked,! in.ltooU out it. entire contest, y 'r the ti,,t t.me to an outb,,r*f of rigli 1 ihe knew the name* of cv-:> tn.iu, of "old and silver worn,., and child in her district ; no -,,ch j C ll( . ,,.,, rr .,. llrd l(l . , luor wnwl all( , lher \ T,*n her hand wa, g^iped suddenly. n.imi . a thooe Ixirne by the iins*iiig letter* ,,| pa , l/e j | lol _ u ,| ,,peninx her desk he hail ever ensKxi in Uurel Run ; in. -uch ,.,,)| r ,. te ,l | 1( , r ,u, ir to the lail sheet and biirrn-illy ii.llod them up under her cape. Then, with a glance at th clock ami a rapid mirtry of the road fn.iu the platform, she li|i|-d from it and in- -I to > swal- lowed up in the waiting wood* beyond. addre**e had over been *ent from l^mel poit ottice. It waa a mean innnualiou She would send in her re>igustnm at nee. She would get ihe " boys" to \viite .mm suiting letter to Senatm SliHumh Mi*. Raker had the femminn ide . of iiovei mueni a* a purely personal iuatitution. and o would Hud out whoil waithat ba<l put Hi up to tin* prying, crawling nnpuden. e Uwa, pu.Ubly thai wall -veil ,ld wile of l lu 8 1 * llu( I' 1 '"-". r " kept thepo.tnL.erof Hea.vt,,, , ,... who ,>'/ ^ ''' ' ' '''"' wa. jealous of her " Ken.iud hrr of their U " r<>1 K ". u Ul '" " "'' 1 " <' > "I 1 ?" swer*d.ii.m..nic.l,on indeed | '"'""' lu l" of^l.uMit riisM, where ( k ""' J s "''" niMlai, K . liiu. LigUmng. t'HAITKR II. DO. * n inn i In- friendly iliaduw* of the Mr. B. until al. e r ad left ihelnniled settlriuenl of She found lireen on nis knee* before I.er. She started to her feet. "Listen, Mm. Baker. I have been striv- , "K to get money honestly, dishonestly , any way to look well in your eye* lo make , myself worthy of you -to make myself rich j and to be able to olfer you s home and take j you away from Laurel Run. It was all for you -it was all for love of you. tlarliug. l.Mton to uie ! " In the fury, outraged sensibility, indigua d infinite disgust that tilled her littU caught a good many of these falsehoods on the wing and has given them their quietus as far as this country is concerned. if tea the originators of these fables are very poorly posted in African affair*, and their ridiculous statements show at once that the alleged news is a falsehood concocted by some one who is not nkilled in the art ol lying about Africa. it.. Kiel* ! fklsui. The following i* SB extract of a letter le a lady whose sister ha* long been resident in l 'inn i. It u dated Hang-how . Th* rumour* here were dreadful. A day wa* fixed L. kill iw and burn our house*. The Betty, my people have been very friendly, kind, and sympathising. ' Is it really :rue that they are going to burn your houses and kill you " pr W rrvioa*ur here was that communication, anyway 1 ! She re mhrred sh. had ,en. ,1 I., her ad " ro - uld U ''"" llv '"''"'< itnrer al Hickory Hill. Odd that he hadn't ansuetrd u : ol .uur*r he knew ill about ion m'-anne>-t could he, too, have il.il ml to .ui|M'ct her? The thought turned her criinaoii again. He, Stanton Uieen, was an old M.aire.1 Kunner, a friend of John's, a lit t ! 'tnlliu' and -pre'.ioinm 1 but still an -! loyal Ih* tool ulicii uf llriint Kidge tunnel, where .lo' saddle and bridle alway* hung, was but a ca.ilei utlir- on MIC reached n iin|Mivrived, and anoil.ii trick nl the old days quickly etnni|>uri'. I a side saddle from Simmons' Mexican In-. -. with u* high caulle and born bur. mid the *ul of a blanket Then 'raping to bee neat he rapidly llnrw oil her mantle, tied if by I'he delivery was oo*i*equ*ntly more or < |iri.tiai-leil, hut when ech man had ex nred his three or four imnulen c<mver- on with the fair postwiistre**, a conver- i on at tunes impeded by luuhfolne** or liis , na his part soUly, or reclricted .,'eii to vagn* smiling, he resignedly mi. I. \ to, the next. It wan a formal levee., mitigated by the mlorinaliiy of rustic tact, great good humor 'd miinile patience, aud would have been n.uvng had it not always bseu Irrriblv in i in si ami at times touching I 'or it was peculiar lo the p.>. - and the x-b. and indeed implied the i i Mm Baker. -I..- wan tbe wife of John Baker, the man uf "The last I 'ban. e. now for a \. ,r lying dead under balls mile of crushed .mi beaten in tunnel at Burnt Ridg*. I ben had b*n a sndden outcry from lh 1 ptb* al high, hot noontide one day, and bad rushed from hi* lalnn. his young, h, flirting wife clinging to him. to an- . r that deapairing cry. Hut she rose suddenly with a pale fare, and said : " (Jo, John s I will wait t..i yon hsre." He went; th* men were freed, but he had waited for him ever since. Yet in the *hook of the calamity, and in Hie after struggle* of th* poverty which hail come to the ruined camp, she had i . H changed. Itul the men had. Although she. wan, to ill apiwaranoea, the sains giddy, pretty I) Baker who had been so disturbing to tlo- younger members, they seemed no longer to he disturbed by her. \ . -eiiam diaturlwd aw* and rea|>*rt, as maityrod spirit of John Rakrr still ! I Insarm aronnd her, leemed to have on upon them all. 'Iliey held their In. uh i his pietty woman, whose brief inoiirni I mil neemed lo affect her i heerfulnemi i ii nlay fulness of spirit. pa*xr.| Uloi- h- in Hut ah* sluud lysli utluu aud tin- pioneer of tbe camp. Why hadn't 'oe^mken its sleeves ai.miid her waial, tucked it nude U P' i one knee, and let it fall over tier hone s Ther* wa* the soft muffled fall of a ho, se's ' flanki I'.y tin- time Blue LigH.tr.rog was hoof m the thick dust of tbe highway, the . | S1 , ,,,,,,.11' with a rla.l, of e.,uun- i.coll...- Jingle of dismounting spuis.ard a firm tread i,,,i,, md p, :, k.-d npl,i*rar*. Mrs. lUker uttered a little . Inrpiiu' -ry which here iii'-mU'i-d. and tbe next moiiient they were cul g.Mtie. l l,,,,), i-nreeiinx over the ridge, fell straight j Th, .i.ue would lie at Hickory Hlll ju*t Iwfore half |a*l ei^lit ; sh^ on^hi in antici pale n, ,t |mtaible u woul.li'*y Kliniiiutes and mi the pKi tin m He was a man of .VI, ...n>pa t!v strongly built. A squarely slightly streaked with gnu, from his i Inn lipped but h.n .I'oinc mniitb: hi* eye* wrr* dark, humorous, yet march- ing. "(MM morning. Mrs. Kaker," he aid, pleas:uitly, with his hat alrudy in hi* ha, id. " I'm Harry Home of Sin r'r.incmc.i. " A* he spoke his eye swept approi mgly over the neat cucloiuie, the primly tied paiienmnc well kept pigeon hole* : the pot fit flownr* on her de*k, her china silk mantle and kill ing little chip hat, and nhlion* hanging against the wall, them e lo her own pink flushed face, bright blue eye*, lei,. lulled clinging ban. and then fell upon tin leath- er ail l*g Htill lying aciotsthe table Here i 1 heiMin" fixed on the unfortunate wire of the amorous exprrsaman tint yet hole history j remained banging from !hchra* uardiot I the lock, and be reached hi* band tow u I it. " How dare you Ion, h it,' *bc , nd .,, di n a, illy "How dare ym, come in l,cu Who are you, anyway? (In ..uii.di- nt ome ?' The *tranger fell back with nn aniuied depifKaloiy genliire a-id long, silent laugh " I ought to have explained. " he went uu milingly ; but you are unite right. Mrs Baker. ' he added, nodding I .ward the bag. " A* far as you know, I had no Imsine** to go ne. 11 it liladtosec you know how lo .1.1, -nd I 'm In Sam'* nroperty so well. I wan only a bit uu//h-.i toknnvi," pointing to the wire, "if that thing wa* on the bag when it was delivered to you '" " ll' only the expressman's foolishness," she*aid, with ii -di/lilly ciK|iieltish IOM of her hc.nl " He thinks it -mail to tin Home mm "-me on that bag will, Ihe wire when he tin-'- it down " Mi Home, with hi* eye mi I.e. pieltv face - i med to think it not inhuman 01 nnpii donsblc folly. be doesn't meddle with the iiuyo lion and infinite disgust that till.-.l her littl* | the >' w mild ask. They would he perfectly lMly ;it tlnit moin*nt, she should have been i ama/ed that I would go out knowing of large, iniperion*. godde** like and command- ' tn '" e report*. Some were very indigiiast ing. lint ( . .H| is al limes ironical with suf- j that aurh things should even be talked of. Though in great danger w* were saved. What a victory over evil. Day and night w* are still guarded with a good force, and will lie till November. I was oat on a little trip recently hail only one little woman with me, nothing in the way of protection of course. Kvery thing was quiet and peace- ful, and 1 felt quite safe. When w* cam* back we heard of the mob* and riots. OB this trip there wa* an evident desire to know more of this new doctrine. ' How did you worship this Jesus?' ' How do you be- lieve in Him ?' were questions often asked. Many wanted to learn how tu pray, and I taught tlirm short prayer*. While sitting m inn- bouse, an old lady, going home in her boat lieard that a foreigner was in the vil- feiing u.iii. iiibood And all *he could say was. "Leave me be, looney, or I'll sci-eam ' " He rose with a weak, confused laugh, hall of miserable affectation and half of real anger and shams. " \\ hat ilidyou come riding over here for, then? What did you take all tins lisk for ? Why did yon lush over hereto shsre my disgrace, lor you are aa much mixed up with this now a* 1 am if you didn't calculate to hare everything else with me? What did you come here for, then, if not for me? " Yvs, .liiim Baker, lying under half of Hin n'. Kidge, but mure tome this day than any living .nan crawling over it in in ilal climax 'i lob, l.i nun. ill o' Sundays ! What did I come brre for ? I came here as ''' " " IOPP<1 *>d came where I was. JohiilUk .ru liv.n' wife in carry on dead ' John (taker's work. " Yen, din y work this time, may-lie, Mrs. Creen' but iua woik and for him only - loHiaiigr'horsrs ihe must arrive before it i "P riv '"" ' ''I'*''* what I come here for ; | r fl that i what I live for! that's what I'm >l.e knewhei li..r*e. he kuew the trail, j *"""'' '' u> be up to him and his work *ln- kin-w hersell. l.ui did sb know the man i '*>'' '' ''*' ' ''"' ' { l)' Baker I" n. wl.i.in ), w is riding? A cold chill. MI pt ' v .an|..n <.I.-.MI, di.n'l be a fool! Ids* up over her, and I ben she shivered in a sudd.n I ollt "' thl " ""' ' m " '" Take blast : it wa* niKht a'. Usl swooping down '"'"! | i '"' "I ll'al !K to pay whjl yon owe from tbe invisible Sirra. and possestiiiix ** ov "'"'" ""' '" J"""' ""Kxation. and all it In in bed. | keep the rest In start you in .10 honert (if* But it w**only one long descent to Hick- !l "* l ''' t ' But light out ..' Hickory Hill 01 y hill now, slid the . pi down securely i '-ef'Te tin* lime to -morrow. ' g inside of the hag I sup|me you must put up - ! wilb it.' h" -aid, laughingly. \ ,lr i Ifol recollection that the Hickory Ui' i.<-iiii tit r bad used the inside of the on M* wing*. Half pi-t e.ght The lights of the *eltl<nienl were jn*t aheail oilier, but io, IIMI, weie the two lampinf the> wait- ing stage before tbe |NM tilh.-e and iiotel. Haply Ihe lonngm^ < i.'vtd wi-i- Kathcred around the, hotel, and the slipfted into the pott otlice from the rear, nnperceived. Al be stepped l.i bind tlie partition, it* only ik-ciip in i a good look ng young fellow with a reddish mustache turned toward* her with a Hnh of delighted surprise But it changed al thr *ight of the white dciciinni'd In. o that had never looked on. n towards him, but wai li\c.l upon a large h.i4!, whose, yw nirV mouth wa* still open and propped up beside hi* iiek. " Where in Ihe through money letter that i nun 1 in that bag ?" the said quickly. " What do you mea-i y ' hfl at limner- ed, with a face Ihat had suddenly t'tuwii Inlet than her own ' I me. in that i, a decoy, checked at Heavy Tree Crossing, and th:>l Mr. Hone of San 1'iitncisco i* now wailing at my oHice for to know if you have taken it," The laugh and lie thai ho had at firm tn-d to .11111110011 |o mouth and lip* never reached them I oi iindi-i Ihe spell of her Mijid, truthful face he turnriliifinost mechnni. ill\ to his deck and look out a package. i.,...d (iod ' \ .0. i- opened it already !" ali- cried, pointing In the broken seal. The !'\prciniii on her face, more than any I lung she hud said, convinced him that ihe knew all. He tainincied under the MIC polled her mantle from the wall and opened t e dooi " \ mi are going?" he said, bitterly. " Yes. " " Yes, I'm goin' to run Blue Lightning again I 'harley and that way- bag hack fo Laurel Cun, and break the record." It is said that she did. Perhaps owing to the fact that I he grade of the return journey to I. uired 11,11 was in her favor, and that Sh* einreued her joy at meeting me. A friend had told her sh* mti*t worship the true (!IH| initead of idols, and that burning income, candles, aud paper money was ue- less. Itease come to my village and tell me tin. ut the true < iod, and teach ins how to pray. ' She was very urgent, and seemed in earnest. It did uot need much persuaaioa to induce in to visit her. We were glad ol the opportunity. After going to several other little places we found ourselves in her village, \\henwearrived there we met a man who knew her and another laxly, both deiirous to bear about the Jesus doctrine. He kiinlly nflered lo take us to her house, as he wa* afraid we would miss cur way This wns a v, iy pleasant introduction to tr village. Hete we nu-t our old friend and many other*. We spent two days hria tea. lung the I;IMM| |>eopte the precious truth* of our faith." A Hut.,, i . r M..I ,II;MI< Cr*W<l The Sydney paper* ,ne an account of a -. ...-., prisoner addressing a crowd from the walls In- , oubl avoid the long, circuitous asoent I of a prison at Deniliquin. The man. whose to the summit taken by Ihe tage. or that, I name is Thomas, wa* charged with th* owing to the extraordinary difficulties iu the . carriage of the way-bag, which had to lie twice rescued fn.ni under the wheels of the stage, *he entered the Laurel Run pout ollice a* the coach leaders came trouinn un the hill. Mr. II. .me wiu already on the platform. As the bolt of the bag was drawn, reveal- ing its chaotic interior. Mrs. Baker gave a little sigh. Home glanced quickly at her, emptied the bag upon th* floor and picked up the broken aud half-filled money parcel- Then he collected the scattered coin* and counted them. "If* all right, Mrs. Baker,' he said, gravely. He s safe this time. " " I'm so glad !" said little Mr*. Baker, w it h ;i hypocritical gasp. " So an, I," 1 1 ' in in , I II. .m-. with iucieas- ing gru\ ily, u* he took the coin, " lor, from all I have gathered tliii ulleniuun, it seems be was an old p, oncer of Laurel Him, a friend of your hunband's, and, I think, more *iie KIIP* nil. lie nvaiiiinuiru nntit'i I ur <[ "i new alarm that Inn despairing tone suggest ( '"""nan knave. II* wai silent for a mo murder of a woman Unobserved he man aged to climb to tint top of a water tank which is abote the gaol wall* and overlook* the street. Observing Thomas, a crowd collected, and he harangued th* psople reo pecting his crime. He said he aid murder th* woman, and professed great affect ion lor her Th* prison officials tried to get Thomas to dsteend^ and the crowd dared him to oommit *uicide, while he bad th* opportunity. Archdeacon Holt, who was visiting the prisoner, went halt way up 4 ladder and tried to induce Thnina* to de- scend, hot h* wiilil not. Meanwhile a warder crept up on to ' I link, and Thomas having got part of the **v du n a ladder, the warder, by deluging liiin v. i I, water, got him lielow the w ilh of the prison anl out of tbn view of i he people The alTair, whi-li I ii.ll nc.iiU half an limn, iiaturally caused much. x.-n. h.elil. It is rumoured that Kuiwia ha* :icquiri-d s protectorate over I'ersis*