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GOLIATH. It WM raining, -aoftly, fluently, persist- ently, raining as it rains ou the afternoon of Ihe morning when you besilate a minute oi vwo ai the hat-stand, and finally decide ml to take your umbrella down-town with yon It was on* of those tine rains I =,; not praising il which wet you to the skin in about four s*uoa*W. A sharp twenty- minute*' walk ly between my office in < 'ourl street and my room* in Hunting!. >n Avenue. I wa* Handing meditatively in the doorway of the former eeubliahmenton the lookout for a hack or a herdic. An un usual number of these vehicles were hurry- ing in all directions, but u each approached within the arc of my observation, tlio face of some fortunate occupant waa viailile through the blurred glass of the closed win uow. Presently a coupe leisurely turned the corner, a* if m March of a fare. I hailed the driver, and though he apparently took no notice of my geilure, the coupe slowed up and it jppe.l, or nearly Btopped. at the rurhstone directly in front of me. I .loaded across the narrow sidewalk, pulled open the door, and stepped into Ihe vehicle. As 1 did so, come one else on the opposite *ide performed '.be same evolution, and the two uf us stood for an instant with the crowns of our hat* glued together. Then we s. ate.l ourselves (imultaneously, each by this token chiming the priority of possession. " 1 h.-g your pardon, sir," I laid, ' but this is my carriage." 1 beg your pardon, air," was the frigid reply ; " the carriage is mine. " I haiked tVe man from that doorway," i aaid, with firmness. "And I hailed him from the creasing.' 1 " But 1 signaled him tint." My companion diadained tu respond to thai statement, but settled liinwelf back on the cushions as if he had resolved lo spnrd the rest of his lite there. '' U . will leave it to the driver," I laid. The subject of this colloquy now twisted ).:s body round on the dripping box, and ahouted : " Where to, gentlemen ':" " 1 lowered the plate glass, and ail Iressetl him : " There's a mistake here. This gentle man and I both claim the coupe. Which .l us tint called ymf Hut the driver "conldn'i tell f other from which," a* he esprem.l IL Bavin* iirn far.- innde, he of coura* havd uo wiiotiesir* to piouownor a decision that nettM Murssarily cancel enr of them. The situation had raclu,i this awk4r.l |>hae when the intruder leaned forwr.l and inquired, with a total change Ml i final ion : "Are yon not Mr. lUvid \Villi. V " That i* my name.' 1 " I am Kdwm WaUou ; we used to know each other slightly al college. " All along there bail been something farm lar to me in the man's face, but 1 had at- tributed to the fact that I hated him enoiiyli ai first sight lo have known linn intimately for ten years. Of course, afler this, A-rc was no further dispute about the carrMn. vt. IL. wanted to jo to the I'rqtrid try-plao* it ii-itli a Jog ; it'i a place I should like to avoid." But ai 1 hail accept! il the invitation, an. I ai Watson wai to pick me up t (irtea I odge station, und, presumably, *ee me titfvly into the home, 1 aaid ro mure. Laving i he did on lonely road, and likely at any hour of the night to have a These reflections were not calculated to hnfghten my enjoyment of the beauties of nature. The gathering durkneai, with it* few large, liquid turs, which a moment be- fore hud keemed *o poetical, began to fill me with apprehension. In the daylight one has resources, but what on emrtli wu I ;oing to du in the dark with Ciliath and. g, l-iirglar or two drop in on him, it wai likely enough, a couple of hlojdhotinds at propei that Watson rhould have a Hog on j my throat ? I wished myself safely back lite ground*. ID any event he would l.avc | an*oiig the -rowdesl itreeta and electric dune so, for he had always had a maniacal j lights of the city. In a few minutes u.ore p*lu Ilia I equally 1 was to be left alone and defenseless on a dismal highway. U lien we leached thu junction of the Green Lodge road and the turnpike, I felt that I wai parting from thn only friend I had in the world. The man had not spoken two words during Ihe drive, and now rather griitlly refused my proffered half-dollar ; but I would have cone home with him if ho had asked me. I hinted that it would be much lo hi* pecuniary advantage ii h* were willing to go so far out of his course as the do jr step of Mr. Watson's l.ouau ; but vc i penon passing along the highway wilh ' either because wealth had no uliarms lion for the canine race. I remember ni keeping at Cambridge a bull-pup that wa* the terror of Ihe neighborhood. He. had his room* outside the college yard in older that ho might reside with thu ticud. A good m tn>.il) or a good collie if theie are any good cullies and good mast if s is per- haps a necessity to exposed country-houses ; but what i* the use of allowing him to lie around loose on the landscape, as is gener- ally done? He ought to be chained up until midnight. He should be taught tu dii- | iingiiish between a burglar and an inoffen- in Mention of taking anything 1ml the air. Men with a taste for dogs owe il to soci-jty, not to cultivate dog tint have an indis- criminate taale for men. The Tuemlay on which I was to pass the might wilhWaUon wan a day simply pack for him, or because he had failed to under- stand my proposition, he made no answer, and, giving his mare a slap with the end* of the reins, rattled off into space. On turning into the main rnaJ I If ft bs- hind me a cluster of twinkling lights emit- e.l with evil omen*. The feathered cream { led from some dozen or twenty Tittle cot- at breakfast itrnvk tbu key-note of the day's j tagcs, which, as 1 htve aince betn told, irritation. Kvciyihing went at ross-pur- [ constitute the village of Pookapog. It wa* poses in the oflice, and at the last moment a apparently alive with dogs. I heard them telegram imperatively demanding an answer going off, one after another, like a string nearly caused me to miss the six o'clock train the only train that slopped at Green Ixi.lge. There were two or three thousand iher train* which did not slop then . 1 ! waa in no frame of mind for rural pleasures ' awnte.l me beyond. of Chinese crackers, a* the accient farmer with his creaking axle passed on through the village. I wa* not reluctant to leave so alert a neighborhood, whatever destiny when I finally seated myself in the "six o'clock accommodation" with my gripsack braid* me. The run from town to llrccn l.o.l,c is about twenty-five minutes, and the 1 ut Fifteen or 'wenty minules later I stood in front of what 1 knew at a glance to be "The Brier*," for Watson had described it to in-. The three sharp gables of hit de- scription had not quite incite. I into the stoppage before reaching that station in at blackness which was rapidly absorbing Kradville. Wo were, possibly hblf- way every object : and there, too, hut indistinct, Lciweeii thee Iwo points when Ihe train were the twin stous gate-posts with the slackened and came to a dead halt amid cheerful (Grecian vase* ou top, like the en- some ragged woodland. Head* \vcre in- trance to a cemetery. stanlly thrust out of the windows right and I I cautiously approached the palin?, and loft, and e\ery body's face w** an inlerroga- looked o\er into the inclosure. Il was lion. I'resenlly a lirakemao, with a smnli : gloomy wilh shrubbery, dwarf spruces, and red flag in bis hand, alalioneil hi MM* If some I Norway pines, and needed nothing but a two hundred yards in the rear of the train, few obelisks and lacrymal urns to complete iu order lo prevent Ihe evening express from l the illusion. In the center of the space rose telescoping ns. Then our engine suddenly , a circular mound of fsver.il yards in dia- detaclieil uself from the tender, and disap- meter, piled wi'V rocki, on which probably peared. What lad happened v An over were mosses and nasturtiums. It was too turned gravel-car lay across the track a <laik to distinguish snylhiug clearly ; even " I was fully ai: wa* removed, lown again to its coupling. I smiled bitterly, thinking of Watson nnd his dinner. Th* nation at Uraen Lodge consuls of a low platform upon which is a she I covered hour before the obstruction our qngiue hod to know which wan the gate and which the pia//a. I believe that I shouted " Wat- son I" once or twice, no doubt at the wrong place, but I do not renaeml er. At all events, I failed to make myself heard. My brain wa* in such confimon that at inter- val* I could not for the soul of me tell whether 1 was chasing the dog or the dog was chasing me. Now I almost foil his nose at my heel, and now I seemed upon thr point of trampling him underfoot. My awift rotatory movement, combined with the dinner w'.iich I had not had, soon in duced a sort of vertigo. It was a purely un- reasoning inniuct that prevented me from flying offal a tangent, and plunging in'.o the shrubbery. Strange lights began to come into my eyes, and in one of those phos- phorescent gleams I saw a shapeless black ohject lying, or crouchiuc, in my path. I automatically kicked it into the outer dark- ness. Il WM only my derby hat, which had fallen off on one of the previous trip*. I have *Dokeu of the confuted state of my mind. The right lobe of my brain had mspended all natural aclion, but with the other lobe I wa* enabled to sp^ulale on the probable duration of my present carrtr. In spite of my terror, an ironical smile crept to my lips a* I reflected that 1 might ptrliap* keep this thing; up until sunriie, unless a midnight meal was one of the dog'* regular habits. A prolonged angry snarl now and then admonished me that hi* pati- ence was about exhausted. I had accomplished the circuit of the mound tor the tenth possibly thn twen- tieth time 'I cannot be positive), when the frontdoor of the villa wai opened with a jerk, and \Vslwm, closely followed by the pretty housemaid, ctepped out upon the piazxa. He held in his hand a i.rrmiu student-lamp, which he came within an ace of dropping as thr light fell upon my count- enance. "Good heavens ! Willis ; is this you? Where did you tumble from ? How did you get 'art .'" -* " Six o'clock train tireen l/odge white hone old man I Suddenly the pretty houtemiid descend- ed the strps and pick ?d up from the gravel- ed path a little panting, tremulous wad of omathine not more than two handful* at most, --which sTie folded tenderly In her boiom. > What'* that?'* I asked. " That's (.oliath," aaid Watson. THOMAS BAII.KY AI.DHK-H. I III RAND. left one ui doubt. The house stood well back on a slight elevation, with Iwo or Ihree step* leading down from Ihe pia/za lo this walk. Here and theie a strong light illum- ined a lattice-window. I particularly no- ticed one on the ground floor iu an ell of on three sides wilh unpaintcd deal boards 'he building, a wide window wilh diamond hacked nearly to pieces by tramp*. I ! Tr*(lr I n.l era Traveller Ike River riallr. Some years sgo. before '.hat ureat over land route, the Union Pacific Company' wa* constructed, at a time when the whoop of th* Indian, the U-llow of the buffalo *nd the howl of th* coyote were not uncommon sounds on thu prairies of Nebraska, a l:aud Mr t m e station, which \ras direct ry nu the ay 10 liunlinglon Avene. Thr ufi.iir arratig I iiwll. W* foil into plea'rnt chat onn .einnig the old Hanaid days, and sJFre i.i I.MM- 1 when lint ,-oupo drew up m friint of Ihe red-brick clock-tower of the sUtion. I h. acquaintance, thus renewed bychatjce, .oniiiiu-d. Though we bail resided *ix years in Ihe lam* rily, and had not Diet liefore, w were now -ontinually meeting - m the club, at the down-town restaurant a Inn. we li.n.-hed, at various houses where .-lied in ..minon. Mr. Watson Was in ihe Unking l.ii-inem ; he had Iwen mar- i i.-.l one oi two jean, and was living out of lown, m what he called a little Un. on tlie lope of Blue Hill. H had once or iw u.Mled me to run out to dim- and spend the nitht wuh him, Imt *ome engagement or othei disability had interfered. Our . .. n at the Si. Bot'.ilph, I ac. . pled I., invitation lor a certain Tuesday. \V*4*. whe wujt laving a vacaiiou at T I .- l in . , \v.i i a . oiiipafiy n.c from town, Imt wax to meet n. e with hii pon\ . art at l.ieen Lodge, a small l!ag itulion nn ihe Providence rail- way, Iwo or ihreo miles from " The (triers. " the name of Ins p'aco. " I shall 1 . proud to show you my wife," he snid. " and Ihe baby and (iohalh " i.olialh ?' "That'* lh dog," answered \Vatson, with a laugh." " \ nu and <;,,]iath ought 10 meet David ami Coliath !" If Uatson had mentioned the dog earlier in the conversation, I might l.avn slur.1 a' his h,->|ilta!ity. | may as wc!l at once con- fess that I ilo not like dups, and am ..liai.l .f i hem. Of some things I am not afraid : thi r* have Ix-en occasions when my courage waa not u> be donb'ed for example, the night I secured the burglar in my diiiini;- i. ...tn. ami del. I him until (he police came ; and notably Ihe day I had nn interview with a young bull in the mid. He of a pa* inie, whfie ihcie was not H. inn h as a minlock leaf lo tl> I.. ; i'l, my red i|k po. : Uct-h*n lker.;li:.f I ueploved him as V us if I ha I .. .n i | I slate these unadorned facts in no , ._ r ,_ In shaped panes -Ihe dining-room. The cur- autumn and winter the wind i.ere, iweep- ' tain* were looped back, and 1 could *e the some, cultured man riding a well-bred horse iiig across the wide Noponset marshes, must pretty hoummaid in hei tap comingfand i nd evidently fresh from the Stale*, ac- bo cruel. That is prolably srhy lliclramps going. She wa* removing the dinner things: ' compsaied by one of those familiar char a have destroyed their only decent sheller bo- ' she must hav e long ago taken away my un- : ters of the West, of bronzed and swarthy twxcn Readvill* and Canton. On this used plat*. complexion, wearing a sombrero and riding evening in early June, as I stepped upon The contrast between a bnlli.intly light- a broncho, left the main trail and_ turned in the platform, the air wai merely a ripple *! luxurious inieiior and thr bleak night j the direclion of the Platte. Within half and murmur among iho maples and wil. oulside is a contrast U.at never appeals lo I an hour Ihey reined in Ihcir horses on the low s. I me in vain. 1 irldom hav* any sympathy ' north bank of that mighty stieani of sand. I looked ai oui.d for Watson and the pony- j for Ihe outcast in sentimental iici ion until Th* river appeared then as it does to-day, a cart. What had occurred v^s obvious. ' the inevitable moment when the author .mile or more m width, straggling stream* of He had waited an hour for me, and then ' plants her against the area-railing under "hallow water and numerous islands oi driven home with ihe . nn\i.:i!oii that the the window* of the paternal nunsion I , *and. Kor a few moments they gazed upon train must have pa-sed bi-foie he gol llier.-, like lo have thn happen on an in len.ent ' l>> oulh bank, then earnestly debated the and that I, lor *ome reason, had failed lo Clnislniasor Tnauksgiving eve-and it al f! ' '"" ways does. come on it. The capfixed gravel-car was an episode of which lie could have knonn nothing. A walk of three miles was not an inspirit- > ing prospect, and would, n ; ha\ e been even l.ut cvtn on a pleasant evening in early .luno il is not agreeable to find one'* self excluded from the family circle, especially when one ha* traveled fifteen miles to got of crossing. There was a differ enre of opinion, hut the mailer was onn ettled by tlie handsome stranger ridigo straightway into the lie 1 o: the river. At first everything -XI.MIH T.I (\\.1R 111' UICISI01, ^ lire. There certainly was , an j ntn t( , lhe deplliofthe saddle skirls. , -. -atent dog at>om the i.lac-e, though ; Al thil momem hi, r i ler stood erect an, I " \Vht I OIIKIH to MV* done to day," 1 vet no dog h*d .Uveloped. However, | empf d ll|(On , j,| an d of white, dryland. reflect*.. " was to stay in l*.l. This is one "nle*. 1 ds.ir.-d to rouse the inmates from Me landed upon his feet, but was ankle deep of the days, when I am unfitted to inoxe their l>e<ls, 1 aaw Dial I ought to announce |n t }, sand a few steps forward and the I among my fellow-men, and cope with the myself without much further djlay. I m,,! was to his knee* One desperate Strug- complexities of existence." loflly opined the gate, which, having a i a j e he ma ,ie to bring'himself npon the 'sur- i olf.irl carried him waist deep. then to ieul]/f his terrible pool- tion, and lifting up In* voice gave a message BIIIH\I. i in ii m i% r trm UUM I* Trarr In Ha LlaraaMrnit (kr Pro..r ..I lulrllrelnnl liarnrl.rl.il. . As every face ban an individuality of its f wn, <ind is different in many respects from every oiher face, it may be interesting lo trace the varying *entiinenls and <htv/ac- teristio* of humanity as exhibited by t!ie line* and expression of each face. Thu* the horizontal lines seen npon th* forehead are produced by mental anxiety, flic worry and fr>-t of life. They indicate a tendency to nervous anxiety, and are wholly opposed to the serenity of unruffled brows. If the upper part of the forehead is intersected with conspicuous lines, especially if they are circular, arched wrinkle*, while the under part of the brow is mrooth, the sub- ject i* certainly droll mid stupid, and 1- nio*l incapable of any abstraction. I; -:i.-volen is indicated by short hori- izontal line* just above the roof of the nose. When found just below the roof of the nose they show one used to exercise author- ity, eipeoially when il take* the form of forbidding. Noats wliieli easily and continually turn ! u;i in wrinkles are aeld >m to be found in > truly good men. A single vertical wrinkle between the | eyebrows show* strict honesty in money ! matters. A disposition to require juatiee I in others if shown by two wrinkle-, each side of the firs'. Wrinkles outward from { these show conacienlioasima. These line* aro often .narked in those deeply ab>orl>cd in butines*, in thinker*, | wilier* and inventor*; and with straight I lowered brows iudicat* strong concentration of purpose, long and hard thinking, abaorp- lion in affair*. The lines raying outward from the eye* chow capacity of employment a* well a* the two deep furrows forming the mouth by the npprr lip ; they are the penalty wo pay for mirth and form the future channel of the tear. I'lesruea* ou the power of perceiving and expressing truth clearly, especially when the lilies lurn outward from the nose to the cheek. These line* are deepened when pleasurable icnsalions draw bock the upper lip, or it is extended by laughler : therefore they indicate capacity for such sensation*. Scorn forms a transverse line between the lower lip and the end of the ch>n, the under lip is pushed outward, the chin rise* upward. The cioee-shat mouth, wilh downward line* at tb* angles tells a miser def to the cries of human needs. Hospitality m*ik* the face with irregular uurv**l line* a\oi fsr from the outer angles of the mouth when they are pronounced a warm welcome i* given she si roofer within the gales. Keoneniy broaden* th* no**, making it rar her short and thick abov? the nostrils ; it gives m ag* a broad double chin. The wrinkle extending from tb* side of the nostrils toward the end of the mcuth U one of the most significant. On iu obliquity, it* length, its nearness to or dis:anc from the mouth depends the evidence of the whole character. If il is curved without gradation or undulation it is a certain sign of stupidity. AI** when the ejtr.vinty without an interval the ends of the lip* a* well as hen it is at * great distance From the ends of the lip*. A masculine character i* shown by stiaight ryebroua ; *icue<] eyebrows show a feminine character. When t hi* II a<}rorn- ptnied by a round, open eye, on* tees much Hi reflects little. One often rinds this type among curious children before rcaron ban developed but while memory is ac- me The pug or retrou*e no<* show* a quick, pert ami saacy nature, <>ie quick to take ollcnse, while the aquiline no*e indicate* a mild, prepossessing, sensitive and loving liispomtiou. The mouth, ears, eye*, are all affected by the mind anil reveal the higher or lower tendency of the character as faithfully a* the looking glaas reflect* the objects before it. ,lu*t then mv ear caught the sound cart-wheel grating on an unoilcd axle was a withered firmer on l wtgon hlowly approaching i iniicii nn liter tidiay . i aavnd was to I loflly opined the gale, which, having a i ) rn ,,ie of a heavy ball-aiid chain altachmtut ouliide, I 7 KOe uut jj,, . Ii immediately *<tppcd from my hand and ' |j t . ittmc d I open slammed to witha King a* I stepped wilh- tio|| ,,) m The nevt sound I heard wa* the scrabble rack, and going toward tin- hills -my own . man of the animal's four paws a* he landed on the graveled pathway. Ther* he hesitated, intended destination. I Mopped th. and explained my dileinmu. lie was will- ing, afler a suspicion* inventory of my person, to give me a lift to Ihe end of t'te diabolical mind which sido of the mound he ing to his horror-itricken companion, strivin )>y word and gesture to make him bend it, but without success. The creeping insidious, devouring ., ,.,, .. ,..., irresolute, a if h* were making up his ; , nm , Hel .. He had taken from the now to hia (..injurious mood. If that birglar had in en a collie, or that dull a bull-terrier, I khould hare collapsed nn the spot. No man ran be expected to be a hero in all directions. Doubtless Achilles himself had his secrei III 'le cowardice, if tuith went known. Thai acknowledged vulnerable lire) of his was perhaps uol hi only weak poinl. U lulu 1 am thur rorertly drawing a i Miipariann I.etween nijrioK *n<i Achilles, I will say lliat that cam* utrctsH Moitive- IICH* of heel is also unhappily min. ... nothing so rends a chill into n, nnd thence along my verlchrn-, as to have a ilrange ing come up mulling in-lnm! me. - ,i... in- scrulable iu-'n.. l Las ndvised all straisge logs of my mitlpathy nnd iiuslllar.inlly. Mi, little .l..-iiu.l all. . Ml. .n. he, ai,, I .^n. , Hi. ,.l I. ce. I lie} I, -i 1. itt me They sally forth from pictiiis<|iie vnrinjas and unsxpeoted hiding*, to shot* lueir icot Ii MJ iij^s^' 1 y^pl where llieie is no ' g, 'i* "-ill i'"">in.te it k hapj . < t" nnfl ., that I a .. lo j. its id* 1 way. ti:i.e- <M\ felluwnie li| Ii.,.*. Si, nogs t|.' ws,.; Iheir tails at ojISer person* Hit lol, I.,,,! 41 .. , ktcpadof ?" I remarked .are lc*sly, as I dropped the spot hall into tireen Linlge ro .|. Thorn 1 could take the ' . M turnpike. He Iwlieved that tho Watson l>l.i.-- was hilt a mile or 10 down the turn ' pike toward Milton way. 1 climbed up lie side hii.. with alaciily. Heyoml giving vent In a suee/" or two lefl over from ihn previoui winter, tha old man made no sign of life as we drove along lie seemed to bo in a alnte of suspended t animation. I talk. Il was a balmy evening, ll.e air waa charge! with sweet wood scents, and here .in. I then- a star half opened an eyelid in the peaouful .link. After the frets of tho day. would take. He neither giowled nor bark- 1 IN-IHK rm ,.i ir III.,>\T od in the interim, Uing evidently one of j what seemed to be a package of paper*, and those wido mouthed, re.taent brut.. Hut holding it atjove his head wan evidently mean business and indulge in no MUII Hour- trying to impress upon his companion the ish. 1 aflerward changed my mind on llie importance of their preservation, but his latter point, v..ic* was stilled by the cruel vid in his 1 held my breath, and wailed. Present ly I heard him stealihily appro%ching me on the left. I at once hastened up the right- 1 was as little disposed to ' ha-id path, having tossed my gripsack in I, is ilue. -lion, with the hope thai wnile he 1 wai engaged in tearing it to pieces, I might pmxildy beable lo reach thepia/xa and ring the door bell. My ruse failed, however, and the grip throat. over A moment more and it had closed head, entombed alive in U.at far ' l wa * ilbing thus to bo drawn at a snail'* V.. r. turned Wal soa. "\\hatiia i . -, -iil.-e williont a dog V I aaid t<> uiy::f, " I know what acoiin- pace through the fragrance and stillness of i ha! fein fringed road, wilh lhe niht weav- ing and unweaving its mysteries of light and shade on either side. Now and then the twitter of nn oriole in some pendant nest overhead added, a* it u.-i. , I.. sileiv e. lo lhe glamor of ihn time, and place, xvheii suddenly I thought of (loliath. At that moment (ioliath was probably piowling .. litiiit Watson's front yard seeking whom he might devour : nnd I Mas lliat predestined noiirishiiient. I knew what sort of watch-dog \\aUon would be likely to keep. There, was a tough streak in WaUon himself, a kiud of thoroughbred ol.stiua.-v -tho way lie had 'H* on the gravel, held nn to thnk ompe months before illn* , ''id not spring up ut lack, which might have served ai a wc.ipon of de'cns*, hJ been sacrificed. The dm; . oiitiiiui'd his systematic approach, and 1 vas obliged lo hurry past the piaz/.a steps. A few second* brought me back to the pomi of my departure. Superficially con sideroil, the gartUn-gate, which now lay at 1 wa* yielding myo!f up wholly 1 my hand, olleicd a facile modo of escape ; hut I was ignorant of the fastenings : 1 had f.. i gotten which way it iwung; beside*, as 1 had no stop-over ticket, it was nccesotary that I should continue on my circular journey. .So far as I could judge, lhe dog HO* now about Ihieo yards in my rear ; I was unable to see him, but 1 could plainly detect his i|inck respiration, and Ins deliberate fo lo 1 wondered why he me at once ; but In ri.-i.l 'til 10 inao I'Mijin in. MII in of-ioie nn " I* " "I * " llv > *! "' lulled it. An annual xn 1 1. tenacious grip, knew he ha.t hi* prey, heknew I wan afraid HII. I 0:1 the verge of bydropliohin, was what "' him, ho wo* playing with mo a* a cat _..u _. ii.. i J.-.K .1 ,,, play* with a mouse. In certain animals there is a refinement ..f ciuelty which some limes makes them seem almost human. If 1 believed in the transmigration of souls, I should say that the spirit of Caligula hud passed into dogs, and that of Cleopatra into wonld naturally commend itrolf to his lik- ing. He had specified I ioliath, but may-he he had half a i'ii/en oilier diagnn* to guard Ins hillside llesperldes. I had depended on Watson meeii up me at lh station, and now, when I w.i no ionger expected, I was forc- ed lo invndn his premise* in the darkness of the night, and run the i isk of being torn limb from litnl. Ii. f .re 1 . mild imike myself known to the family. I recalled \\'atuu'n inane remark, " You ami <!oliath ought to meet -David and (ioliath !" It now struck me a* most unseemly and heartless pleas- antry. cats. It is easily conceivable tnat I made no such reflection ut the moment, for by this lime my brisk trot had turned iute a rim, and I was spinning around the circle al the late of ten mile* an hour, wilh the dog al mv heel*. Now 1 shot l.y the pia/xn, and now past tlu gate, until presently 1 ceased .iw.iv. desolate spol, and Ihe iiland of sin. I t. ,1 Oie sane smooth, dry, an. I appar- ently irm iniiacr. A sm al.Ump spot, an. I near il a t)4ckue of pwpcrs, wan all tc indi- cate that but au.omeiil before i: liadtiea. h erously engulfed a human Wing. The man upon iho bank, transfixed by the fascination of horror, ga/ed at the spot he knew not how long. A* he turned away from t'.ie weird, mysterious river he saw a short dis- tance down the stream a riderless horse still truggling with the sand and water. Hack lie road to the main trail tud eastward on the trail to the llrsl settlement. There he told the story of TII M \s i IV-T is THI :S\M>. He wan Inn. -i'li one of llicse hardy .pu il-. of the plains who ** guide or scout was ready for any enterprise that promise. I adventure anil life in the open nir. Hn knew naught of lhe lo-t man- had been enploycd as a Suiile to him to a certain settlement in iho . oiith I'iattc, country. Who tho stranger was, from whence he came, and the purpose ..! Im louely journey, are secrets held by the <|iiU"klands of the Plat to, unlcm revealed by the psckag? of papers left nu I he sand. Which, it is hinted, were aflerwnM.4 *renre.l by one who heard tnfl (Hide's story, nnd that large and very valuable lanHetl property ii wron^ fully held by virtue of the posieiion i that package of papers. Then may yet lie an in- teresting sequel lo the guide's story of the lost stranger. i ii i i . \ r i OF 10 u n . escribed in Hired miner. l.i. I n.lrr << relart lar lit.iiir, In ETpl. "Imagiiea people the most docile and good ...mperc.i in the world in the grip of a religion tit* iroit iutoleiant and fanalical. Irr.acine this people and thi* faith, con- genial In nothing but their conservatism, flung into the maelstrom of European teat- lessness and innovation. Imagine a counkry full of turbulent foreigners, wliom its police cannot arrest except flagranto deliclo, whom its courts cannol try except for the moat in significant oflru<cs, Imagioc the (jo\ern mini of this eeonHy unal.le to legislate lor theae foreigner* without the consent of a .In/en uistuut powers, most of thrin indiffer- ent and some ill disposed. Imagine it mry ing nn its principal husiiieu iu a for- eign tongue, which yet ia rot the tungue of the predominant foreign race. Imagine it struggling to meet the clamoiom growing need* of to-day with a l>u<lget ligorously fixed according to the minimum requirements of the day before y**[<*Nftii Imagine the decrees of thi* lioverument liable to be set at naught by courts of its own creation. Imagine its polk-v really inspired and directed ny the envoy of a foreign Mate, who in theory is only one of a large iiunibos)of such CIIVON-.. ami tli* chief administrative power wielded by a HIM, who M a mere, 'adviser without txectitiv.) functions.' Yes; imagine -ill these thing*, and then rcali/a that tby ure no Mikado '-like invention of comic opera, no nightmare of some constitutional tlieoriit with a di*orJercd brain, hut prowiic, rolid fact an unvarnished pit-line oi tke politi- cal F'gypt of to-day. There is a triht in (.'entral Africa among whom speaker! In public debates are requir- ed to stand on one leg while speaking, anil lo kpeak only as long a* they can stand. This would be a good standing rule lor our Legislator*. '] Yonr fiiand, Mr Barlow, Isn't a very ivil man. He was positively rn.le. to me la*t nigh!," said Maude. " That's Henry's great fault,'' said K'heL " lie liai very hlllo.*|>ott,c*g.'< "Your ticket* were complimentary, were they ueli' "Well, icnlied the man ..n a uaiiifiilly amateur euit rtnin- litii TlflfcJAt llity Mi-e lie HI I *w the show. Mrs. Met Sordid -" i. triac* me that it is awfully disagreeable for you to talk in yenr sleep eviry BhU'' McOonll* " I ngree with you, my dear j but it't the only chaii.-e 1 have at home, you knosr. " Mrs (irimply " I wa* just rending abort a WOUIHII who was on th* point M bting huried v/hen she came to life. Thet'siiwful. I hope. I will never )>e put it t > :ny coffin alive, IJeorgc.' Mr lirin-|.ly " I he-^s ^n, Maria.''