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 AT THE FULL OF THE TIDE. Among the stiminer visitora that year were two young gir s, without friei^iis or ac- quaintances in the gay company. For them was no lawn-tennis, no rambles with congen- ial spirits by the shore, no drives to the one or another of the many points of interest about them. They choee from necessity an unpretentious boerding- place, where the fare was not always of the best nor bounti- fully supplied. Plamly dressed, they wtre often seen m some picturesque nook by the sea or en the mountain roads, the one with her easel before her, U r with her brush she strove to increass the income ^hich their small prcperty afforded; the other with folded hands and patient face â€" pocr girl, she wa» blind â€" a picture artistically perfect, and one Tfhich touched each hearc with pity. Nor w( ra the sketches â€" one could hardly call them mere â€" of the young artist without merit, for the caught rhe spirit of nature and â- transferred it feelingly to her canvas. One or two of these litt.'e pictures had found their way into the hands of fash- ionaole gutsts, and one of them â€" a few storm-beaten tries, and a bit of rock jutting out into the breakers â€" was now attracting the attention of a group of tennis-players on their way to the field. "A very excellent pictor3," commented one of them, a young fellow who had recent- ly come from the city, "Ya-as, rather, but very crude," returned another of the number, who aped English wa8, and was consequently admired by the others "I must disagree with you there. I find it anythirg but that. There is a sentiment about it wnich lifts it at once out of the or- dinary run. I should eay a lady painted it." "It loots like one of Miss White's," ahimed in one of the young ladies." "I have seen two or three of her pieces." "Who is Miss White " inquired the new- comer. "Haven't you seen her yet? She is that pretty girl wilh a blind sister whom we met down by the beach yesterday. You surely must have noticed her." "Not I, I assure you, Bat I should cer- tainly notice anyone whom I suspected of being a fellow-art; st." "And very impertinent it would be, Mr. Fillebrown," cried a little fair- haired lady at his side, "if you were walkirg with me, as you were then." The other regarded her laughingly, and so the subject was dropped, and they passed on. Was it his ^superb .figure, set off by his light flannel suit, bonnaing lightly over the grass to return or volley the ball, or was it the light-hearted nc S3 of the four playera ts they eagerly followed the fcrtunes of the game, which caused a paaaer-by to draw a long breath, perilously like a sigh, as she glanced at them over the pailing Her com- panion remarked it, and pressed more close- ly to her side, "What is it dear?" asked she. Her voice rang with a vague plaintive nesa born of her sftliction, and her hand trembled on her sister's arm. "Nothing much, pet, only the same old story, 'For one was poor and the other was rich.' I ought to be thankful that it has been given me to keep ycu from want aud harm but sometimes my heart rebels, and I wonder how it is that others have means to gratify every wish while I must struggle for our daily bread." "Don't talk so, dear you make me feel as if I were a burden to you." The other stocpod and kissed the upturn- ed face, "Never that, pet you can never be a bur- den to anyone. My nature demands that I should love someone, and you are the one who satisfies it." "Yet " "No, not 'yet.' Never. You always fling that horrible word •man/ at me. My dear Nettie, they are monsters of iniquity, all of them. They have no feeling for anyone â€" th«y are all self. If you think that I shall ever link my fate with one of them be un- deceived at once." And poor Vellie was so overawed at her s'ster's superior wisdom and her earnestness that she kept silence until they had entered the forett. There was, indeed, some truth in her judgment as regarded three of the players, but Walter Fillebrown was certainly rich in the usual sense. He had a moderate assured income he had once or twice made success- ful ventures in stocks, or grain, or cotton, and his artistic talent paid. But he had a warm heart and a lib nl education had fit- ted him to hold his own in whatever com- pany he was placed. And, although Miss Rivers was far from sufpecting it, she had interested him in the blind girl and her ar- tistic sister, so that he was on the alert to meet them, and followed them with his eyes â€" thereby making a serious error of pUy â€" until they disappeared. It was not altogether chance which led him, an hour or two later, along the path skirting the shore. By his side the billows lashed the rocks, or crawled up the steeply- sloping beaches overhc ad great clouds flew, producing changes of lisiht and color almost magical the aroma of the pines and cedars were bcrne to him on the breeze a great bird wheeled overhead, seeking its tinny prey a white-winged vessel was run- ning in from the open sea with legions of feathery waves chasing at her heels. He turned a sharp comer in a cove walled on one side by titanic-rifted, square-cut rocks, while on the other great trees sprung at the water's edge from clefts in a rock flooring, on which lay fragments thrown up by the tide. Here lay a box of sketching materi- als and a few colora beside an easel inclin- ed a girl, asleep or deeply plunged in re- verie over against her another was search- ing in a pool between over-lappirg rocks just above .the water-line, her sweet profile revealed or hidden in her eagerness. Fille- brown saw that already the water had run over the only path by which she could return, and just then a wave higher than its fellows swept under the easel, which fell clattering on the rocks; swept, too, through a concealed chan- nel into the rock-pool bubbling up among the mosses. Both girls started the one diew back with a pruity gesture of affright, the other rose, uttering a temfied excbuna tion, and stretched out her hand uncertain- ly- "Where are you, Grace " cried she. For answer a manly hand grasped hers, and a strange voice replied to her instinctive op- position. "Dj not be afraid of me. Your sister can not come to you just now. Allow me to help you in her place." "Grace, Grace?" called she. "Well, pet?' ' 'What does this gentleman mean Who is he Where are you " ' 'He is a stranger to me. But he is right. The tide hai cut me off. Bs careful of her, s:r, because ?he is blind." "I know it. Miss White. There"â€" leading his charge under the pines â€" "now the water can not possibly reach you." He leaped across the fissure in which the tide was al- ready knee-deep. "Permit me " She looked hesitatingly at the rocks, rue- fully at her easel, the sport of every wave, and shook her head. "I am afraid, sir, I can not attempt the leap you have just made and my poor easel " "That is quickly remedied." He leaned over, and taking advantage of the counter- current, drew it to the shore. He held out his hand to her again. "Now can yon come " Fiercely curled an oncoming breaker and dashed against the rocks. The water deep- ened behind her, and a little stream trickl- ed from it over the platform on which they stood. "Iâ€" I fear I can not. Do not think me cowardly, sir, but " "So be it. Excuse my impertinence, if impertinence it be." He clasped her in his arms, and clearing the waterway stood with her by her sister's side. Her face was covered with blushes â€" a man had held dene before. "1 thnk you, sently, "though than my own." her as no man ever had sir," she stammered pre- more for my sister's sake For she had noticed the water already rushing over the spot where her sister had been. "I could have escaped with a slight wetting." "Doubtless," he returned courteously; "yet it is better not to wet one's feet when it can be avoided." He showed no dipoeition to continue his way, but stood watching her as she gather- ed up her box of parcels, then glanced aeross at the little pool, now part and parcel of the fast -rising tide, as she locked back. "May I a»k what you were looking for over there " A faint color again arose to her cheeks. "Sea anemones and star-fish for my aquari- um "There are plenty of them hereabouts. Though one oughtn't to look for them when the tide is rising unless one knows the ground." She had by this time collected the sketch- ing materials and had come over again to where he stood. "You addressed me as Miss White just now. How did you know my name, sir I don't recollect having ever met you before." He laughed quietly. "Perhaps you are not as entirely unknown as you imagine. You were pointed out to me as an artist. Being somethint; of one myself, I was inter- ested. Permit me to tay you paint exceed- ingly well." She made a t^esti re of dissent. "I only wish I coull feel that whatjoi tell me la true." '•B:j a3surel that I never praiae without cause." he returned quickly. She busied herself in some way near her sister and said nothing. After a short pause, "I trust that if we should become better acquainted, I may be pi rmitied to sometime see your work. Par- ilou me for having foroed my company upon you so lor g;" he lifterl his hat and passed away undt r the trees. The elder sister turn- ed Kiid looked after him, half -expecting that he would glance backward at them, but he did not, and was socn out of sight. She re- membered him now he had been amorg the tennis-players he, too, was one of the lordlings of the earth. "What do you think of him, pet?" for she was accustomed to trust to her sister's intuitive perceptions of true gold eind false. "He is a tiue man," answered the other, "without fear and without reproach." A huah fell upon them, broken only by the monotoncua roair of the breaktrj. Graoe seated herself and began to sketch a gnarled stump before her, about which werj growing gay colored flowers. Her sister clasped her hands behind her head ani lay back on the rocks and mosses. "Without fear and without reproach," she repeated. ' 'Sister, you should love a man like that." A brush fell from Grace's lap on the rooks. She stooped and picked it up before replying, "Yes." "Yes. Ah, if I had only the gift of sight I might love such a one myself. Perhaps my infirmity quickens my other senses, but I know by his voice that he is a man one might trust utterly." "It may be sd. I had not thought of it," returned her sister, busy over her sketch. Some day you will think of it, and then you will go away from me and " "Hushi" The other rose quickly and Eressed an impulsive kiss on her sister's row. "What have I done that I should deserve this " it was no more than just that Miss White should notioe him when they next met, and having done so she could not blame him for j oining he r. He introduced himself frankly, and in his off-hand, ea«y way at once won her favor. A foot-hold thus gained, ne rapidly developed in her s strong interest, so that she learned to consult him in many matters relating to her work, and to place reliatae upon what he said. Though not forward or obstrusive in his intentions, he was nevertheless so much occupied with her that his former companions saw less and less of him. He was by no means a great "catch," yet cne or two of the summer loit- erers did not cot sider it unworthy to engage in a slight flirtation with him â€" such a one as consists in moonlight strolls along the bar, or evenings passed in threading the litt e fleet of yachts clustered ar jcn i the pier, â€" which, if conducted by one more ia earnest than he might have become serious. Bat, however he m'ght be inclined to flirt with those who invised it, his intercourse with the fair young artist and her sister was free from any suspicion of it. Sometimes a bunch of wild flowers â€" it was astonishing what numbers of them he founder of cul- tivated plants fotmd its way to cheer her on whom all beauties of color were lost or his timely suegestions supplied the one thing lacking to insure the ready sale of the pic tures upon which depended so much one or two sketches, the joint work of both, add- ed to the little pile which was steadily ac- cumulating sometimes he read to them while one worked and the other Uitened in contentment too complete for words oc- casionally as they floated near one or an- other of the rocky islets he would sing bal- lade to the accompaniment of ihia banjo. A^ the Bommer deepened, deepened with it their intimacy. He heeded not society calls to other aammer resorts he seemed onmindfol of the enchantaneDt of sweet voices which had bpen wont to cast over him their spells. His thoughts, his mind, his soul, were absorbed iii this grpat en- chantinent, which overtopped them all. Small wonder was it that the elder sister, coming suddenly in, saw the younger's face buried with passionate fervor in a handful of flowers. Small wonder was it that in the moment of her happiness, as they stood together in the glow of the setting sun, she forf ot tor an instant what she had seen, and answering, met his lips as they sought hers. And then she dreaded to speak of what had come to her, and for the first time the bond of abso- lute confidence between the two young girls was broken. Y^et, none the lews was he with them both none the less did he shower kindly attentions upon the poer helpless girl, and, if he sometimes took advantage of her infirmity to touch her sister's lips, or press her sister's hand, who shall blame him for it? He rowed them at evening out into the bay. Calm and still were the waters, the moon looked over the mountain-tops, and made a path of ysilver over the sea and be- neath it all wan the great treachery of the tide, which set with a strong current away from the shore. An oar snapped somehow â€" he had taken but twoâ€" and the rower, seizing the ocher, attempted to skull again into the harbor. But the force of the wa- ters was too mighty he was borne back- ward, and, as the lights paled and faded or were concealed by intervening rcks and trees, he became for the first time uneaay. Then he called, and his voice rang loudly over the water, but it met with no answer- ing cry. He ceased skcUing and looked blankly about him, A heavy cloud arose and ob- scured the moon. Afar off a psle flash of lightning 'gleamed, and the dull, distant boom of the thunder proclaimed the coming of the storm god. Grace rose and clung to her lover's arm, for she was of a timid na- ture after all but when she asked her sister if she were not afraid, a high smile lighted up the blind girl's face, and she made an- swer deeply "I fear nothing since Walter is here to protect us." A blush of shame rose to the other's f*ce. This love which trusted| eo utterly was indeed greater than hers, for she had 'sought a visible support. So they drifted |till the mountain-tops and the distant land-line were enveloped in a black shroud, and around them was only the softly -swelling sea. The blind girl shivered and drew her shawl more closely about her. "I am cold," she murmured and her sister rose from her lover's side and went .over to her, and gathered her into her embrace. "Thank you, dear, ' she said, and nestled into her sister's arms. "The tide must be nearly at its ebb," said Walter bravely "we will be carried back before morning." Out of space behind them came a black shape, silently, like a ghost, gliding over the sea. Two colored lights, its eyes glared at them a third clung higher, and gently swayed from side to side. Propelled by sonie mysterious influence, the great mis- shapen thirg crept nearer, as though to run them down and destroy them. From it presently came a sound of music, and a change in its course revealed a line of light- ed cabin windows, which ag%in swung out of sight. Pattering drops, the edge of the passing st»-rm, swept over the boat. Walter rose. "Steamer a-ho-oy 1" he cried. There was no response. Thank heaven that he had at least powerful lui'g4 I Again his clear voice rose, and now an answerintr trumpet-blast. "Where away?" smote on their ears with startling nearness. "In a row-boat â€" dead ahead â€" or broken â€" drifting out to sea " A thrill seemed to pass through the Hear- ing shape, a lantern nurriedly crossed it, a confused group of shadows rushed hither and thither then the onward motion slow- ed, and on deck a blue light tuddenly blazed, illuminating the sea with a sti-itnge, steely glare. It flooded the faces of those in the boat so near were they that fifty yards advance would infallibly have crushed them. By it they could see that some of the shadows wo-e long robes and now their voices were heard, sweet and clear, among the deeper tones around them. Arms were extended, fingers pointed. "Lower a boat, " cried Fillebrown; "I can not ckull against the tide." They were indeed sweeping past the steam yacht every foot was taking them further away. The blue light went out, a second was lighted up, the davits creaked as a cutter struck the water and flew toward them. "Lidies " exclaimed the coxswain, in a surprised tone. He had evidently not ex- pected such. It was the work of a moment to fasten the boats together then sturdy arms pull them back to the steamer, "Let Nellie go first." Bat she shrank back as her lingers touched the cold iron. "Where am I " she cried. "It is only the ladder, pet, leading to the deck." Yet she hesitated she turned un- certainly. Fillebrown interpreted her wish, though he was far from suspecting its cause. As his hand touched her she trembled a little, then becftme passive, and ccurageons- ly began that accent of which she knew no- thing. But his arm supported her at that moment, wet and chilled through as she was, she was happy. As they gained the deck someone came to meet them. "A«k the lady to step this way into the cabâ€" why Fillebrown how are you What brines you here?" "I .will tell you in good time." He clasp, ed his friend's hand, then in a low voice, ' 'Take cliarge of her for a moment, please she is blmd." "Poor girl I" A look of pity pused over the other's face as he hesitated to comply. In another moment Graoe stood beside him. They joined the others. "Mr. Adams â€"Miss Whiteâ€" Miss Nellie White." The owner of the "Siren" bowed courte- ously to the ladies, perhaps more to the se- cond, though she could not know it, than to the first, then led the way to the cabin. A young fellow rushed from some shadowy corner up to Fillebrown and shook his hand with enthusiasm. "How are you, Walter, old boy I" he cried. "Delighted to see yoa " then lower, "She's a 'stunner.' In- troduce me, will you Who is she " "My betrothed wife, "answered the other, cahnly and then the "Siren" resumed her courae and sped through the thiuder-storm into a safe harbor at last. Every day the task which Grace had set for herself became more difiScult. Why had she not spoken at first T Why had she pre- vented Fillebrown from speaking, and in- fluenced him by speciona pleas to oonoflal from her sister their relation to each other? er thi. For the poor blind girl's love for him had unkes in the he:ea' become almcst a pawion, and she, accustom- and be joined for etemit-^ i' ii^ ""'â- â- (I «d to ooofidje in. W skter, oooftlidd- tWfl t» ' HiwJtdfgfven spirit. " "" K her also â€"her hopes, her doubts, her feara "Does he love me ' she would say. "Some- times I almost think HO, he ia so kind, bo tender, so gentle. Hiw could he be this if he did not love Aad yet, no â€" he can not. I am blind and helpless he knows I woul 1 be a burden to him, even as I am to you. Do you think he lives me, sister 7" And that sister unnerved by the great sorrow which tortured her, would murmur some re- ply which quieted the questioning for a little, and soothed the questioner's troubled heart. This sorrow she mus tbear alone, for it mask never be told to him, and he, manlike, stray- ed not into the faintest suspicion of it. What a terrible double part she was forced to p ay, and how would it end Some dis- closure, some breaking of the charm which DOW held her sister in its power, and then â€" oh, what au awakening would be hers. For her only chance of happiness in this world lay in this, aad this could not be. The long summer days glided into their fruition and decay on every side were evi- dences of migration the gaudy-plamed birds of passage were about to resume their way, and leave this northern climate for a more ccngenisl abiding-place. Yet these three lingered the golden-rod blossomed for them, and the trees put on their gayest livery the rocks reflected In sinuous lines the glory about them the sea took on a c laer hue, and the sea anemones, with their hosts of cousins and co'osinsgermau, drew themselves farther from the unfriendly air. On an elevation overlooking the bay and town sat the lovers, through the branches the sun sent down his kindliest rays â€" poor, cold things they were at best â€" upon them. For a while a desultory conversation had been kept up; but now the third, reclining among her shawls, lulled by the faint roar- ing ot the breakers, had fallen asleep. Presently, seeing this, the two took up again the old subject that nerer-tiring sub- ject which held in its power the hopes, al- most life, of that other so near. '•No, Walter. It can not be. Your in- come is not large enough to support three, and Nellie must always be my care." "Yet you earn barely enough to make both ends meet." "We can struggle along," she smiled faintly. "Better it is that you should wait; you are young yet and have a future. Achieve it Some day, perhaps in five yeais, perhaps one, your talent will be pro- perly reooguized, then I will come to you gladly." "And I must wait till then ' "Yes, dear we will not become a drag to pull you down. Perhaps â€" though it is al- most a sin to say it â€" perhaps if I were alone, I would yield to you and come now; we could fight our battle together and make ourselves a foothold." "Y'^our words are sound sense " he spoke bitterly now â€" "there speaks the woman of business." He caught her appealing look and checked himself, "I know you are right, darling, but what you say is none the less distressing for that. No. It has in- deed narrowed itself down to this. My income will not suffice for three but it might for two. This is a lesson I must learn; and, having learned, must profit by it." He rose and paced nervously over the fallen leaves she rose, too, and clasped her hands about his arm. "B'lt I love you just the same, Walter." "1 know it, my dear, noble girl and it will not be my fault if oar marriage is long delayed." They passed away together into the full gladne-s of the sunlight. A slight figure sank still deeper into the coverings about her she emitted a smotiiered cry â€" they, bound up in each .other, heard it not â€" then voice and form alike were still. Presently the two returned. "She is still sleeping," said he, glancing at her, but his companion saw there a nameless something which filled her with dread. With a bound ahe was at her side. "Nellie " she cried, but the lips moved not in answer, nor was the pressure of her hand returned. "Walter, corns here. What is the matter " The face was white and cold. An agony seemed to have left thera its fearful imp-ess. The little hands clutched a few broken twigs and leaves bat the pulse beat still, though uncertainly and faintly. The two fell beside her, and rubbed her cold palms and colder brow. Water, which they had brought with them, was dashed in her faca, and at last she revived. Slowly the color chased away the pallor of her cheeks. "What has happened ' though the elder sister trembled as she asked the question, knowing full well the reply. •Can you ask me, Grace?" What pile- ousness in her tone 1 What a world of re proaoh in her sightless eyes 1 "My God 1" murmured the unhappy girl, "my cross is greater thin I can btar." And in their privacy of their chamber that night "You were cruel, sister. He would not knowingly have deceived me so. " Thereafter on this subject she held her peace. Only the pallor of her faceâ€" its hard, pinched lookâ€" the listlessness of her move- ments, told of the great forbearance which she exercised of the struggle which was goirg on within. Still she accompanied them on their artistic strolls, but she took little or no part in their conversation, seem- ing always to.hug some phantbm of her im- agination, or to meditate upon some over- mastering resolve. And once, as they sat by the shore, they missed hT « falling, they received no answer searching, they found her not till at lant y'f.^v, SOlEHTIFiFco^ Protection to Oil Paintings^,., grams-False Co;nets-i J^ ' Contriranee for Stei*' Shaft, Sec, c ' Rapid progress is making on «, North Railway, South Africa wt pleted this lino will form a short jS route between the coiisf; and tbe F ^^ and Basutoland. '*( At Bourke, Ndw South VVa'es th temperature of the hottest njr- f "" for the first fifteen days of the nr '"« was 119 6 » Fahrenheit, and thlTj'l temperature recorded durino tht H was 122 ° Fahrenheit. ' M Mr W. H. Massey oftheS,cietv,f, egraph Engineers, London, hasstr pi« MOST ed the introduction of a small irjDgij.,, dynamo-electnc machine on each lrv.f °* '" couple Brutally ^•'^liDg the Jury. „rder trial which promi. /^recently commence, "^Ti^t without wur. ^tiieaccrsedi-opeNei **• Jl farmer who Uvea n "vrort murders in Chicago *^Hoi.rin the light of di "•^.briefly this: -Sixtee C"TwiS.e^a.^Inahai livedJames L. WiUson K"" was 72 years old snd raioon^r^ Vere wealthy, a "'freqaently came to the^cit „ft. money matters. On K 13 a young lady named if whose custom it was tc 'y aid remain with the ok hll on wa.inthe city), rang t '"received no answer T jred, and no noise could be Th 'r^'ssed to the rears and ent rf -.:^Ar,tD What a window. EI Izel waa BLOOD WAS EVERY WH thewalls, the ceiling the f. The old man WiUson of his bed-chamber, deac were lodged in his body, a ,e and nine ribs had been c IjnnipiDg of the murderer u; â-  in her bed, was Mrs. \\ u.t out of human semblanc 1 lay outside the blood-soa „,f thin fingers were grasping Ihich had snapped in two whe iherself. She had been bea rith a pair of iron tongs, whic liBping with blood at the I ,wer jaw was splintered, her ud her right arm broken m tw jnng woman was horrified, i atcher whose shop was with plioited his assistance. Ida Keil McKeague, the new prii -he came to the shop she foui [tending in the doorway, look r towards Willson's house. THE CKIMK A MY«iTl Who committed the murder y the first thought. Its objec lobbery; but why should roob icnple if they were not known fcrdaiary professional crack sm For the poor girl had dragged herself to where the moiuing soa attracted herâ€" through the scanty woods, over the shelving rocksâ€" till the froth of the breakers rolled up to her feet, and their voices bellowed, m- viting, in her ears in order to supply incaudeecent lam!, means ot whicn, he maintains, railrn riages cin be lighted batter 'and than by gas-jets. The first Londoner acccrdini? to the fl er, who idtroducdd conduit water it premises, was a tradesman of Pieet-gi! This is how a record of 1478 sets forth occurrence "A wax chandler in p street had by crafte perjed a pipe qj condit withynne the grjund ani so oonvi the water into his selar wherefore he judged to ride through the citie with a dit uppon his hedde," the city crier while preceding the criminal and pa ing his offense. Card telegrams are much in use in P There are two kinds of them â€" one hke ordinary postal card in form and color the other blue and OApable of being so' ed as to conceal the writing. They ate large enough to contain a message of 1. 60 words When a card is dropped inti card telegram box of the nearest telei office the official in charge picks and has it transmitted through one the pneumatic tubes which extend all o the city, thus insuring its delivery at place to which it is addressed in half an hoar from the time it ed." A correspondent of the Scientific ii.. ican describes sever.*l false comets obsern by himself and others in and near Philadi phia within recent years. He ascribes tiii to rtfl'iction by a water- charged atmospiii of the sharp and well-definea flaiaes prodm ed by the ignition of natural gis at the tremity of escape pipes. 0;her places Pennsylvania have been the scene of lib een? 'a number of »rres phenomona under analogous circumstancd iro forma of tramps and other Probably similar spectacles witnessed « jns seen in the neighbourho Porto Rico and Sulphur Springs m*y, wia ni no evidence forthcomic all the facts are thoroughly sifted, be fom heir detention. The heir of to have their origin in not diaimiiar term jjled in the services of Pint trial agencic s jvjb, and a clue was qu'ckl; M. Cailletet, one of the two French n irhich led to an arrest. At 1 vants who succeeded in liquidizing the 1m norder there was snow upci of the gases, has invented an apparatus fc "racks were found in the sn- the continuous oroduction of intense coH he front gate. Exact plaate It coasists of a closed steel cylinder contsb racks were taken by the det iag a coil of copper pipe, the ends of whit! oom« where tbe crime was c( project from each head of the cylinder, onud three rubber vest bntt Two copper tube s are also screwed into tk nake. The name of a Pa: cylinder, and one of them communioat! itamped on them. All were with the mercurial piston pump alreaij One had a piece of cloth atta- used by Ciilletet, while the other receive) irom somebody's clothes. the ethylene which has been oompreased bf links in the evidence were n; the pump and cooled by methyl cnloride. i care of. The day before the circuit is then formed in which the sani! quantity ot condensed ethylene is repeatei ly evaporated in the copper coil, producinjii tense cold, and then compressed again b; the pump being suffioiently cooled wia ethyl chloride and ready for evaporatim again. In the absence of flexibility other tha that provided by the springing of the screw shaft of a steamship the Emjinecr raiintaim that breakages will occur, and in order tc minimize the results of friciures, snggesa an ingenious expedient birrowed from roll- ing mill practice. In rolling mills a "breat' ing spindle" is always introduced betffee: the driving wheel and the roll trains to save the rolls and gearing from the efTects of an- due strains. This spindle is simply a short length of shaf ling of sma'.ler Siction ttw the rolls or roll-necks. If something must give way it will be the weak or breaking spindle, which being of cast iron, can be re- placed for a few shillin(;s, and with no men than a few minutes' delay. Why, veryper- tineatly asks our contemporary, should not screw shafts have one short length in each, with a strength of, say 75 p^r cent of the rest of the shaft? Two or three lergihi might be carried. If the shaft breaks at »11 it will be here, and the broken bit can be taken out and replaced by a sound section is a couple of hours. ..t1^^^' y«8. 1 come to you," she whispered It is the only way. I am always a drag, they ., always a drag, always a hindrance. Without could be happy. Oh, my loved oneâ€" my sisterâ€" accept my sacrifice, and rejoice." Gently she slid into the waters. "It is cold, she murmurel, "but I will not be cold long it will soon ba over, soon " The waves engulfed her a bubbling cry."a faint struggle, and then^ â€" So they found her, lying peacefully but arm s depth beneath **«. a^,. â„¢i,»Jl .__ an .r,..i.i J- ^. the sea, whose sprai sparkled m the sunUght. and made aWt mar^. """"^^ ^^^ "** °^ "»« Christ Years may oome aad go, but will those two ever rewh that hapnfnia which seern^ hiv.'TnL/^' °«i^^« "t which SI h»v« united them haa parted them forey«- A eood Clerk. A good clerk is a prise too rarely found, and when found often urappreciated. When a man has a clerk in whom he can plice confi- dence, he may regard himself as extremely fortunate. One good clerk will do mor^i and do it better, than two poor ones. He does not require conatait looking after. When he does anything there is no necessity for h?s employer to do it over agiin. He will alwkys take pains to treat castomer! well and serve them with exactly what they want. He never acts as if he owns the whole fs'-Ablishment, and a very larg; p*"' tion of the world outside of it. He ia politei una-s iming aal aixionus to forwird his em- ployer's interddts. Ho is suffijieutly lev« headed to recognize the fict that the more his omployer'a business increases the b'^ttef i'i his own chance for adrancement. ^^ "" this end in viaw he naturally takes a cloM personal interest in the business. When « man is fortunate enough to get such an em- ploye, he would do well to endeavor to r-' tain him. If he wants a holiday once ip* while, let him have it. He will appreo'»' it and make it up to you. Should he asfe » favor of you, graat it, as by so doing it *^ make him regard you as his best friend an'i the bond between you will be one of fr'""' ship as well as business interest. Mwy em- ployers overlook the fact that a good "' IS a person of some influence. He can ways bring trade with him, and need nev be at a loss for emyloyment. If he le»^ one employer he can readily obtain a P^' tion with another, probably ia the sao^ neighborhood, and draw trade to li" '*^„ employer. When you get a good clerk tW him. You can feel a sense of security f"' • recr* ion had received a consideral eythrough tbe sale of some this money, his gold watch, i book, and other valuable pap bnt $350 in cash and §3,CO0 i were found in an old trun They were probably overlooh TEB srspicioK ri Among tbe villagers who cnssing the murder was the butcher, McKeague. He rep ly, with varying details, a si â- -'hat the night before the r came to his store and said "t a caller th»t night and want steak." The constant rei »'ory made people whisper t possible there was an object The whispering became lom Keague's custom lell off. avoided. It became known owed Willson a large sum the evidence of this debt wi papers carried off by the mi lives watched McKeague. secretly examined and tiv matched other buttons upon fiioroscope identified the tl to one button as beinc the s; ia one of his vests. His pi.= Uta of the same calibre ds tl oan's body. Despite his innocence, this circurastanti lieemed sufficient for h»s arr gentlemanly old man, Tborold, Out., interviewed aonnced him guiltless, 1 eminent counsel and tmpl lor the defence. MCKKAGUE IX THE His trial wa." opened b« thony. The prisoner is a plump-faced, rather good-lc decidedly free from the h *nw usually ascribed to mi iwhionably but inexpcntiv. ««» w»8 oloeely buttoned Wight cameo pin relieved |iu collar ws altogether o W^ his get-up unlike t ™» neon in ga«l for some •w^fem short, and parte y^^ The whole day w "«Png the jurors, fivei ^•cieataons objections tc r^t. or were over 60 year iwnisd an opinion about t " asiae. It was amus wn.1. J^'^onned convict i SS, teL**' i^orswh th. L* "" *«» n the m even if yon will find it a yhima liberal salary, efit in the long ran. "••Jtemc ^^'M somebody had" ^••'â- â€¢lanoe abo. cto»l^"^«»goe trial coe •viSl?!!»^ •ithough ittm TTviyy g* be«n sub â- 8«8«,toh father an. ii^