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 composer fcK- '"^,':;rt8 b»ve h»d •ome «uoce« V" ^rtS^ln opera wi^thetW. f"" history in the time of the IcP-""' '•"• -a^Iinvitotioa of the Emperor 'â-  Wme Cariatine Nilsaon haa '""iniiorthetirs: time in Berlin. :^_ ',n »ii 'ne mirabers of the ' .^ aowr, got iato a itreet car '" Heaij8: "Ihe aeata were l*'iariy h*l "â-  •'•" *^y " '•' • .i-ie of her. .Sne toid him to ""'/N'tae oid gentleman, meaning; f/'o'lcime home feeling my 54 SVieliii'l and li-iinhold," ntiired in Germany, con- ^xtriioruinary eatiinate of T sH/PrnTin muaicianH hy one •â- "'t'.,rt::.'.r j.^eta 'n 1793 Wie- «â-  ,/'.j K-iunoid " I ehi'uid be ' V'V ieit 'ould occur on a day i;!.' o-«retti 'I'cr ^i'J'n °er Itiina' ".."'tne inoaic of which is said :â-  "".%' inly 6'«et and charming â€" â-  jhorhand, Moiiri'a'Fii/'iro' a-'id to t;ie l»l('a?UrP3 of ut " n i" iv tjcfore yeottrday, ie the moat v. tiling 1 have ever heard in my !Stii «)0 -,' A'^rta fell in love with his •Vn V;ie w^s ti'tceo, r.nd he .i green 'r- e-':- â- '~^e "â- "" *^® daughter of ^â- ."' rdn^-r, of eriuo^.t, and wis b ,y^-,j i;.a.'!.- w.jB homfilv. They .i .i: btr ho;re in Verm mt, '^*eat..« ly to New \orli, prom- ' T o r 1 :i wh-n he had m^de e ough ,,. -ia n. trrj it ;,' At twenty-five he C ,rj?ne:or iiiinaulf 'a a lawyer, i ictniber o"' one of tlie chief New J. .;,„,»,. one m .kia^, it is aiid, a to- ,,'i.j4f 'iLf. -At thia time he m^r- iouHi' 'fter be irini; him thirteen J5 (till well ind h.ppy. j3 i iihile ti.e 'jueation is heard: -.,s he'um ol .Mrs. Tilton r" The â- jiQ ul.i. w.-.s a fe«- years ;.j;i the eiv kr.TAn .\m^-râ- iean wom:in in tlie jv-'s wi:h»her aged mothir, Mra. ja "â- â€¢' .: ttrecjt, in I'rooklyn, in ic'l .â- '"' t ilvtr since tne remark- id 1 L'-ia bHh hag liv -d in the aame ne ho.'iie of Mrs. Tiiton with her J „!ie of taete, refinement and eleg- [joy of the pi-jtures t.";it were m ide iV tr.e r"p^4t':d yarna in the court- no* Tneod^jr.;, in hia nightshirt, 'tiirf'Und tlie lio3uerch:i;.jging them rsof the iii,'bt. are to be seen on of aer ^regent brown-stone home. ati.ry v. i^ toil .iboiit Mr. Henry 1 recption of H irv.ird alunaii at '-ViK-Q "he l!Tuli.4h actor viaited i'rceidi'i.t .1 :d Mra. i!liot were [.- h[j.(:f.'Vra lit his firat ^erform- ii order to do hojiiir to the h wja inviti d out to Ilirvard, lh*j c-.'jil'ge '".ions" a-id tinilly en- ac a lui chi en to which a select (iiatiE^'uiahed ones w r-; bidden ny, .\1 Irvine,' a^idthe preai- h :i pr.'ii^e ^vorlby desire to open rr '.ioa Ufion a *unj*'ct of general â- '.Are you .i univtrsily m^n " ' •.wattle -etrir 3 nnart'er then, as :f ' th â-  r (ily tniijht be tik*n ;»s •tv »ini'li!-Lr di.-jr« "p-ct to the col- y l':;i»B ui ^e!.» r .!, ne added, "but i3 iii.i' "ijer h' re is. BytiieGata. Kteht orar i» ihonlder I Mw tb« IHM Tba tola bib-siRls ww AxiMrSBn' Uk«agoU«annodolVd*-li«r*kii In tM iDK we-Dtta, ftu-lnibdlS,^^ ^^. going ufwui,lowm»lnaMpiif„. ••Fold her aboat vith bspciimi, LtH- My bnibt-t,^ni, browunijed. iMutlfal ~M Whie ti,. a.ooB Uk« » htt otgoktai oial Ibere in the hesmu sbore nu mred. ' ' Aod that little prayer of my hewt- Ah, me Itluak God heaitl it and eaj, her the beM. The tiappineai wiapt In im.iortal net -^ She tl epe In her baautr ao quietlr ' With p add palms slaaped on her polaeleae bieaet Now aa I stand here and look at the skr Alone bird Chi rp« in the tree by tee gate. While I in myaolitode pray and wait â-  And the nisht-wlod paaata me gently by AS the lull moon rises np rooud and late. Go, wind of the night, onto thOMi irfio weep I f^Jhem, I pray yon. the meenge I leiid H^l *h»t 'he aorrow-touched heart cf a friend Speaks as he stands where the shadows ate deen Hera by the gate where the tree-branches bend. 0-e by one fade out the lights in the town As we have seen Uehts la onr lives grow dim â-  Soft on the ait Soats the sound of a hymn. And the anowball flowers drop their peUls down. And the dew dripa over the lihes* brim. Then I turn away from the gate onoe more, Aw»y from the brook as ii flows and faUs, From the bird that hides in the tree and calls A faint farewell, when I open ihe door And meet the ailence that stands in these halls. A TERRIBIJ TMGIDI Bi/ the Attihor of " The Flowkb Gikl," " Lovely Lady Lynhubst," c o. f vr.Imne by M r. K •f, .lel i;!t r iii "In 'I'H 90IJ1- ;.rn:l^iri^' i H mJ .l'-ti.ilt-3 III I » impi-r-fict luMrii .1 1, the veter- iring a- d mis- iiMtr.atioMs of ii- liy r p'.rt- U, cius! d ii'it ly ty til' inipeTf;ct articulation tiT3 they wer.' rt-portii'i;. Tliua W4S 'â-  ir.! written dovvi. for "ov-er ,Vhi:.g ir ".) tlie llomiu eye" for ' 'rotn tm ir home o:; hi^n;" **a â- y 'ji.t l"r "â- â€¢ â- j^-ma and a .i,'nat "ii't sii r \\.t" for 'county sur- .H-;jkr t;i-|i.rli.i'iiynt oric: s.dd, tfte liiik-i wt t" To be a n-i- i» w.sprint;d."i'o 1.-^ in Asia." • â- â- !ti.;.s. i.oicif.Mr. Kiight'a ».B ;r.i •: nu. .1 n.to 'vtudora of lie tl..-.-- pTt i.f the stat'.iiMut f.rmi in this •-'antry have 1 en wit by pr. -sduri-," wa.s reported iUt I'y I'.usai.i." "I'dw rates enemies i f the Church" was ' •ir.t-.-u urc lli'-i Lr.^*eit'et en- Names far Children- iltat ae-idi the following in- pphii; ironi an old country u'e.vinj^ tiic battle of the har.'ired a-..! nineteen children, 11 aa iemaic.1, received "Alma." Ciifie. liilakiava, Inkerman •1 aUo speedily gave their iiifLinta, a-^ i one " Siege iia riijiareretl. Tiio acijui-^ition 1 ia the .\Ifdit-rr»iiean during -« t'ne. moans cf introducing â- AWn prH5.)ua! nomenclature; 'Liter date still, a 1 1 borer's i' 'le, I'.mibridgeahire, in '-, was iiaiii-d " Tel-el- Kebir. ' iS'.VL'll ...ii,ilit-«ry, find their nts. "';iarter 'ia arecord- iiiiti:; the popular move- Mil •â-  Ui-rurm " ia alao an ex- iiati m. lu n birth regiater of ^i-e per.-*unal designation of •I'lrpo, who became a mother !ti.rti!ii^'n«r.e '-Leviathan." It i^ stated, was bom or iiTO i.f the lauuchin.^ of iJrun- 'teiiiis.i-.ip, «hi..li -.133 at firat ;n It ha; .iinee 1 eu known as "•t.-a A little girl, daughter »" b.-iro early ia.ttie last nam- " ia.sa.w.-x, rti-eived the name •Muiiuliiy ia eonimemnr .tion of •erwture i,f the Zoological 'f^mt I'jik to America. s^M-ica-. !.,i,U Will 3t on the ™»,whjta„ you think of the •-' Will remember app-ared Wetinii: in the monthly Armv •! -in e, •â-  Willi ini Wellington -sitiljy " -â- =iagPoi:tsiaLife. '_«ii t'ricn, in hfstory, or in the â- *itare and science, we find i '""i"ie f turnin^'-pointa in ',griai!(i «e see how a scandal â- â- '"'the prohibition of a ban- " "evoluti„n, and precipitated '?* »t literary or scientific 'â„¢sof wabbi-'a timourously 'Wou Burke, and induoirg him ^rfl- 1 have no doubt but â- "^y- Bnswith lightnings '"•«r the lines and satisfied ^~^«™«w8there. \Vh«i ^^^ Vi lin tTn* ir g' neroua and enlightanad, is ni Lti to take care of Mm day. H^ was only a poor hoy, working hard and hon- ng his employment, and in- hirst for ki owUdge. He mehow or other to hear the 'imphry Davy, at the Royal â- "ith trembling solicitude f ir copy of the notes which hia leciuree. The result is araday receives an appoint- Institution, and lays the 3 "pleadid and benefioent g ho K to the past, that was the life of Colnmbos, when, Itry dsy beneath the fieroo i asked for a drink of oold :nt door. The prior entered ^^ withliim, andâ€" struck by and afterwards by the mag- ty of his ideas â€" gave him the lo sirely n eded and thus Castile and Arrajgon a new CHAPTER II. -(Continued.) " Then it is more serious than I thought," the old woman said slowly. " Some one fchonld speak to the child." "Yes, yes," burst out Tom eagerly; " that's what I come to see you about. I am such a blundering fool, 1 should spoil everything and she'd never forgive m if I doubted her and, though she doesn't love me," the poor lad went on, uucrnscious thit he was betraying hia own secret, " she would hate me then and I couldn't bear that But it breaks my heart to hear Meg and the othir girls talking of her aa they do â€" and, oh, Mro. Lwe, she likes youâ€" Dolly, 1 mean --and I know, if you'd give her a bit of advice she'd listen to rea-on she has no one to tell her or to warn her And then I m frightened about old Adam. If he should get to hear anything, there wonld be murder and no mistake, for he worships Dolly and if he thought any harm had coTie to her through the Captian, he'd as soon shoot him aa look at, him." " Well," said the widow, with a slight shiver, caused by Tom s energetic speech " ill make a little excuse ana come up to the forge this evening and then. If I can get Dolly by herself, I'll put her on her guard." "And you'll be very careful what you say ' urged Tom. " Dolly is so proud, and â€" and 'â€"with a gulpâ€"" I dare say she ia a bit fond of the Captain â€" leastways, he's handsome enough and soft-spoken enough to turn a lassie's head." "Leave me to go my own gait, lad," the good woman answered, nodding wisely. And Tom having thus far accomplished his errand Bucceaafully, was fain, with many expressions of gratitude, to take his leave. The old cluck in St. Jude'a tower was striking aix "S widow Lane put np the shut ters of bor front parlor, called by courtesy a shop, with unusual punctuality and then, equipping herself in her bonnet and shawl, stie turned the key in the street-docr, and set her face towards Adam Jarvis's forge. In her band she carried • a lock which needed some repairlrg, and which would serve as a pretext for her visit to the blacksmith's. Fortune however favoured her in an un- expected manner, for half way down the struggling street she saw, tripping along towards her, pretty Dolly Jarvii herself. She wore a crimson kilted skirt, and in stead of the- rusty velveteen bodice, she had a black scarf with a woven border of gold crossed en her bosom, with one end thrown coquettishly over her left shoulder, while, in place of tho old straw hat, her head was covered with a closely-fitting hood â€" to match the skirtâ€" and from which the wavy chestnut hair peeped ont, forming little ten- drils on her smooth fair brow. A very gr cef 'il quaint liitle figure she looked, mak- ing a strange contrast to the other village girls with their unkempt tresses, slovenly dresses, and generally dirty and nntidy ap. pearance. It was hardly to be wondered at if other young men besides the rustic swains were not indifferent to pretty Dolly's charms, the widow thought as she stopped to speak to the girl. " Its a nice evening for a walk," shn f^aid plesently, " and, if you^re not boun 1 on an particular errauid, it's with yon I'd like tj go, just aa far as Oliver's Mount to see the sun set." If Dolly had not jastthen been thinking of something else, sne would have laughed wickedly at the idea of the boxom widow's sudden turn for sentimentality, and have guessed it was a viel to hide her real reason for wishing for her company. " Oh, no, I was only going for a stroll myself ' she answered, so readily however that the old woman, who iiad surmised from her " smart ' appearance that she was up to mischief, so to speak, decided that her suspicions were unfounded. So the two turned togetherâ€" a queerly as- sorted couple â€" and began slowly to aacend the winding path leading to the accUvi:y called diver's Mount. " It's many years since I dragged my old bones up here," declared the widow, aa she dropped panting on to a bench placed half- way up the steep ascent for the accommoda tion of wayfarers " but, when I was a girl, I used often to climb this pathi for it was poor Jim's favourite walk, and few were the evenings we didn't watch the sunset in thos" my courting days." " You've lived in the village nearly all your life, then " Dolly sa'd, a little absent- ly, for she was wondering whether a group of equestrains she saw in the distance be- low was the party from the Hall. "Ay, ay â€" 1 was bom here. There' ve leen Langtonsâ€" that was my maiden name â€" here, year in, year ont, since Cromwell's time. They served the Braithwaites In those days even as they do now, though I've heard my father say there had been Braith- waites at the Hall long f ven before that, and a scapegrace wi d set th»y were, though generous and open-handed, to give 'em there doe." " What did they do -to get such a bad name '" Dolly questioned interestedly. ".Well, you see, they were what they called Royalistsâ€" they took the sideofthi^ 'h^^^M^-^M^HyCieV'FU wanted tcL X the V^^^^^H^ antl no wondar^ _^Oh,8irE»lA kM CMwa atajy with Sl'?:'?^ fi»di«gtlM* DtdlrmideDO Mtmipt tofioiahthe sii»ao«.^a dan wut for the Captam. whafs bnd in tba bone is :nifBto come ont in the flesh, and tb« less â- ud abont h m the beltar." " I U tell yon what Ufa!' Dally eriad, wita sudden pstionate indignation. "I I hate people who are ao mysterious, and hint at aU kinds ot horrid thius, but wiUsay nothing plainly. Captain Braithwaite la a gentleman at least, and I for one don't heed the rillage-gossip." " Hoighty-ioighty but you needn't be so neiy abont him, its uttle yon know abont htm or his, my lass l"tho widow rrjtad Jrily. â-  " Though, now I coma to think of it, I may be wrong, for I've heard tiiat, like the rest of Ids Uad, he sometimes paaaes an Idle hour with yon. Take oare, Dolly â€" re- member, 'tis hard to play with fire without getting burned." " Ob, I see So that is why yon wanted to see the. sunset |rom Oliver's Monnt â€" to have a chance of giving me a lecture," the girl laughed bitterly. The widow's words had wounded her cruelly, perhaps all the more because of a vague doubt and unrest that had begun to harrow her own soul. " I suppose you are like the others,- yoa think that Captain Bhathwaiteia sim ply amusing himself with me." As she spoke she drew herself up with all the dignity of a queen her eyes flashing and her bosom h^viiig with emotion. Thewid- ow regarded her now with unfeigned sur- prise. " What else should he be doing, child " she asked a little impatiently. Then, more gently, as she saw the tears standing in the girl's bright eyes, and laying her hand on her arm â€" " My dear, I knew your mother â€"she is gone now â€" let me speak to ynn in her stead. I don't say you've meant to do wrong but, my girl, can't yon see that you're putting your name in every one's mouth, being seen about with Captain Braithwaite It s not only that he has a reputation for being fast, but he's a man who is on the point of being married " " It's false 1" interrupted the girl raisiog her head, which had been drooping, ana stamping one little foot passionately ou tho ground. "Xo; it is true," the widow rejoined firmly. ' ' I thought you knew what everyone else in the village knows. Ciptain Braith- waite is to be married to his cousin. Miss Geraldii.. Mainwatiog, in the spring. If you don't believe it, ask him yourself, next time you meet him, and see if he will dare to contradict it." " It is false ' repeated poor Dolly, clasp- ing her hands together but her tone was less assured, and she was beginning to trem- ble violently. •' My dear child!" cried the widow pity- ingly and in genuine alarm. She stood up, and would have drawn the girlâ€" who had risen also, and was confront- ing her with, oh, such misery in her bright blue eyes, such a pained look on her white scared face !â€" towards her but Dolly, with a low cry, eluded her grasp, and without casting so much ai a glance behind her, turned and fi 3d down the narrow pathway which they had ascended so short a time be- fore, having the worthy dame literally dumbfounded at the result of her well-in- tentioned "warning." SiaeaHhadtBbadaM.ha wwUMtkb fate to the tsrt. wi heat fuOar delay, he decided, aaka awng Gantldine iato the aaddle, and Oen hlmaeU mo un tad the cheat- ant oobtha groom waa hoUbg forfaioi. Kotthat he had much donbt aa to what Mi«a If •inwaring's anawer would bo whaa hepotthe momentooa qtuatfaa to bar, he thonxht, a littk mefnlly. Her larefanDae .. â€" „-- for him had bean aaffiaenUy marked, and Jx^est dry gooda merefaanta in New until lately Harry had pnnad blaiasU osaV ' pi««enttd two farmed dsaekato of the most devoted of the heiresa'a wor- *â„¢^»p* *«thin the past month, got aioney ahipera, for, althonghhe did not aetnally "ooth, a-d tseaped arrest and pablidty, love her, she had been aa neitriy hia ideal aa ^.^ f" hardly believe it but it ia so. any one he had hitherto met, and he had been '" 'a'^w made good the amonat. Almoat oontent to hovar around her, to pay her *^"7 week some one managea to defrand ns those little nameless attentions so natural *°'"° **'• *° ' â- * "ly once in six moatiia HOW BAIU AIIB BWDDHiED. TfeeTrfckbr â€" --%7Va»li«jl â- imifcâ€" 1 stele PIf lera TfciBsaajr attiaa. " Baaka are oonatantly beioK Impoaed ap aa,"aaidtheoashierof alarge baak,"aBd tile pabUe kmas nothisg aboat it. Why, U I «aato taUyoQtttai the aonof laeei CHAPTER in. " There must be no mors trifling, Harry either yon make up your mind to marry Geraldlne at an early date, or I wash my hands of you and your dsbts. The estate is heavily burdened enough already â€" it will bear no more. Besides, it ia not fair to Percy." Sir Rilph Braithwaite spoke -without temper perhaps he remembered his own youthful peccadilloes too well to visit the sins of his younger and beat-loved son too heavily upon him "Oh, Percy knows how to take cure of himself " the young man said, with an im- patient shrug of his shoulders. " And I mnet say it is a little bard ?n me, at my age, to expect me to settle down ii.to a ben- edict. One naturally desires to see a little of life while tne is blessed -with youth and freedom." " I think yon have seen a little of life, as you call it," the old baronet replied, laying his hand significantly on a pile of unpaid bills that lay on the escritoire beside him. " Well, one can't live on the air " Harry declared irritably, following his father's glance. " And it costs something to keep up the family dignity if one is in a crack regiment and belongs to an ancient family like ours." This was a sop in the pan, for Captain Braithwsits knew his father's pride of race was a weak point with him; but the old gentleman waa not to be thus molified. " Ah, um What is this I" he i^iestion- ed, turning up a blue document from amid the heap beside him then, after reading aloud a Hat of expensive wines that had been supplied to his son, he added drily. " That does not look much like living on the air, does it Yen want me to settle with your creditors, i tell yon I cannot af- ford to do so but I will stretch a point to oblige yon â€" conditionally. It is a simple question for you to decide." Harry fidgeted uneasily. In his mind's eye at that moment was a graceful little fig nre in a crimson kilted petticoat, with soft lustrous eyes that sought his own in perfect trst. For a minute his good angel predom- inated, for a minute he bitterly regretted his selfish cooduct, and would fain have undone the work of the last few weeks. It had been the maddest folly, and he had never intended to seriously engage the girl's ajfect'onsâ€" as for marriage, such an idea as that between himself and Dolly Jarvis was too ridiculous tD be entertained I Yet those hours passed in the company of the village belle bad not been without their charm. Was it his fault, if, car.-ied away by the ex- citement of the moment, he had spoken words which should never have passed his Ips, if his manner to her had been such as to mislead her Well, well, it waa over now he supposed he must marry Gerald- ine, bince hia people would have it so, and Dolly would wed one in her own station of lifeâ€" Joe Smith perhaps. It would be best so, an easy solution of all his difiSculties and yet, with strange inconsistency, he bit his lip at the thought. " Well?" queried Sir Ralph, who had been patiently watching his son aa he went through his mental struggle, knowing fall well how it would end, how it must end. "I suppose I've no choice in the matter, sir," the Captain said, a little sulkily, " I'm glad you've sufiSnent sense to see it in that light,' Sir Ralph rejoined, taking oare to suppress all signs of the satisfaction he felt at his son's decision, which he knew would only gall the young man. " Gerald- lne is warm-hearted and true to theback- bone, and, -with her money, ahe mi^t do heaniAbetter than wed a etmoelesane'er^wiai" toll-and they drank and fonglit and gam^* "Thank you 1' Harry crtad, rMng haoti; bled and cheated and made love to all the ball game nyt "hu- ^ulton, the new {rftcher, all This must have been an a for the umpire. It ia a long turn in it. pretty girls they came across they didn't car.; whether they broke their hearts or not, or what Ilea they told, or what promises the/ made, ao long aa they amused them- selves. There -wasn't a girl in the country- side, gentle or simple, who hadn't cause to rue the day she made the acquaintance of a Braithwaite. Tbere waa one Sir Henry Braithwaite, who actually ran away -with his neighbour's wife, and another who starv- ed hia own wife to duth beoauae he fell in love with and wanted to marry another lady and they thought nothing of robbing and killing anyone who tried to prevent their wrong-doing. ' The widow waa drawing pretty freely nptm her imagtrtitf-- notioing all the while, with secret satiafaotion, that DoUy waa liMtening 'with -wlda-opm eyes ezprea- slve of aurpnse and incrednlity. **They couldn't aH have been ao bad, she said sofUy, iriten her companian paoaad, more f«wwant (rftamtti than beeaw aha had exhanstadhor catMory oltte tbmtt Se Hiaifliwaltaa. •'Il-w'a 8^ **»Pk ~^. Inevwbsaid to* he robbed -g Sl OT, ia fiwt, did any harm at an, and r» ly "Don't try me too mneb, fatiier. I have consented to make the baixain yon de- rire. Yon pay my debto, and 1 many my conain there the matter ends. "Not quite," Sir Ralph returned, sffll good-humouredly. "Whilst »â€" we are aboot it. wo may as weU fix the wedding-^y. "Oh^tn* it aU, I'U !«•â-¼â€¢ *•»« yoii f' the Ca^cried. 'di-aaj^d •* «» o*-^ prompSSe, and chafing to end the iater- "xbSm ia Angaat," aaaoaaoed Sir BU]^ is agrenble and oea not «»Mid«r » too soonafter my brother in-law a d«»tt Harrrsnasad. Imt made no andlble reply. "fttaVSJd then,- Wa father waat oa eompaaadly. "Yea tad better apMk to ^x oSi:*s3*w-to wtbi. ihw. usuennno. he eaooimtsBea taa an^MC^at their late ooamraatiaa, ready eqa^ped riding. «Ui HtOe] toamaaof {adiion,to whiaperaoft Uttle sentences which might mean ao little or ao much. And, truth to tell, there was a great deal that waa lovable and worthy of esteem in Gsraldine Mainwariag. Her f eaturaa were regular, her hair dark aa the raven'a wing, her complexion that of a bru- nette, her brown eyes large and pieromi; yet ahe jost fell short of being a beanw' Mr. Mainwaring had been aa American financier, and had wejded pretty frasile Grace Braithwaite, Sir Ralph's only sister when quite a girl. She had died when Ger! aldine waa fifteen. Since then Geraldina had bean at aCantinental bouding-schooL Mr. Mahawaring had b. en kiUedm a rail- way-accident a few months before, and then Geraldlne had found herseU thrown upon the world, an orphan and the possessor of a large fortune. If Harry Braithwaite entertained no warmer feeling for her than cousinly regard, it waa different with the girl. E ven in those early days when her father was either too greatly abaorbeu in hia speculations, or he toundthe journey across the Atlaiitictoo long to spare the time to visit his daughter, and she had been accustom d to spend her hoUdays at Braithwaite Hall, Harry had been the object of her passionate attach- ment. With her elder couain Pe cy she waa shy and reserved, which might perhaps be accounted for by the fact of hia being sever- al years her senior. Harry's legimeht had been quartered in Ireland for some time, so ic happened that the cousins had not met tor several year Get aldine having been on a visit to some of her father'srelatives when Harry had been on furlough. It was during the long summer that Cap- tain Braithwaite, deprived of his cousin's presence, and finding the time hang heavily on his hands at the Hall, had made the acquaintance of pretty Dolly Jarvij, Ac- customed as he was to the society of fashion- able belles, he had all the more readily fallen a victim to the bow and spear of the unsophisticated rustic beauty, with her childish simplicity, quaint artistic tastes, and native manner. He had not dreamed that she would attach any serious importance to the honeyed speecheswhich fell »o natural- ly from his lips when he was talking to a pretty girl. He had forgotten that what was merely a pastime to him might be at tended witii danger to Dolly â€" still less did any thought of Geraldlne ever arise to make him desist from his harmless fliitation, as he called it in his own mind. And then one day there had come the nn- welcome knowledge that his difSculties were becoming so great that he must do something to extricate himself, that he must rouse himself from the easy dolct far ntente state of existence into which he had been drift- ing, if he would avoid ruin and disgrace and with that knowledge came another, Dolly Jarvis loved him with all the intens- ity of her simple childish heart, loved him with all the purity and depth of a first lovci whilst heâ€" well, he loved her after his own careless selfish fashion. To his mother, in a sudden fit of confidence one day. Captain Braithwaite bemoaned the tangled mesh in which bis affairs were in- volved, and received from faer the warmest sympathy but she could only declare her inability to help him except by giving him the same advice that he received later from his father. "Why don't you marry, my boy,' she had said â€" " some one with money, ol course? That would be the easiest and most pleasant way out of your difiSculties. You can hard ly expect your father to do any more for you. He has paid your debts so often that really I don't see how it is to end, unhss you will follow my counsel. There is Ger. aldine coming on a visit next week. You used to be very fond (.f each other, and she has a nice little fortuneâ€" enough for yon both to live on comfortably at any rate, it is worth thinking about." And, being an astute woman. Lady Braith- waite said no more, certain that her words would be more likely to bring forth fruit if they were left to take root of their own ac- cord. And Captain Braithwaite did think of it and, not being qtute heartless, and experience having taught him the ad-visabil- ity of being off with the old love Irafore he was on wi the new, he thought he would break ofi his acquaintanceship with Dolly Jarvis before the arrival of his cousin, to avoid any complication that might other- wise arise or, at any rate, he would deli- cately hint to the blacksmith's daughter upon what footing they most meet in the future. So he had planned the interview in the pine-wood now more than a week ago and, in a moment of weakness, he had, instead of loosening hia chains, but riveted them more tightly. Since then he had bitterly regretted his conduct, for he had come to the conclusion that, though Geraldlne waa not quite the style of girl he would have chosen, she wonld make him most desirable wife. And, on this day, as they cantered down the avenue of chestnuts, he determined to put all thought of DoUy Jarvis out of his mind. She would probably hear of his en- gagement to his cousin soon enough and then, if he chanced to see her, he conld ex- plain all to lier. She would be a little sorry at first, of course but then she would see things from hia point of view and be reason- able. In his own heart however he ques tioned Dolly's " reasonableness," having an uncomfortable recollection cf the scene in the pine-wood. Geraldlne Mainwaring noticed her cousin's abstraction, and regarded him a little curi- ously from time to time, though she made no effort to break the silence into which they had fallen. But presently, when they pull- ed up after a brisk canter alcng a wide- spreading common, Capt^n Kaithwaite spoke. " Gsraldine," he said suddenly, without any preamble, " do you think yon oonld ever care for 'me enough to be my wife I know I am a poor match for yon but we have in a manner grown np togetiier, and â€" and if yon will entmat yourself to me no effort shsll he wanting on my part to make yon happy.' (TO BK COfTHmD.) Lavjer'i Stoiy* Speaking stent hats remindsae i ddeat that nappaoed aaranl^ â€" when I -waa Ihriag at a a leading dty. I* S' toe and ooatdaad lea lotofyoongladiea youwoaldoi«*?a»et. Wd^ «»• J^l «» inidsammerâ€" and H waa ateniUy hot day, too -wbilowe were all dawn atdinnor, aaua entend the haU door, which waa aMadisg onen. and gatiMtiag up the hata oa the rank l^aoilaâ€" there ware aboat thirty of tbem. aad MM fine saiaa, tooâ€" ha startad dowa tiie front atepa. Before ta reached ttesid^ wJk be BH* a aaleaaMawhowaaa Uto f or dinnor, and aio a*ed Mm wba» ho waa doiag widi aU tiioae hats. "Why." add ttMMbOow, "Fma hat dealer yaX arom^ theootaar. aad rmH««gtooleaatteaebats axe at diaaar. "AU MwtiMiaaaallMfkgtta hatsan dl,aad SSJTw.W^^S'd tta M. art el M«. " Uh, Harry," WolJiMdttegWjWl** „^_M„jg^ ,. ajmaracUeadby VSSajlM HtaoportofttoriD^jdhiJ. -^b-i piS-d»h^WiSS^£* ATda- waitingforyoart Isait five ajaatsa. ^^^Tf ^Jii.Vr^ " '-it ' " ••What a sad trial of paMsaa^ «•» â€" f^ *^ ' anwaertafrioiaadiBStf. i^W- " ?T" "port the case to the anthorttiea Some y eara ago," coatianed fte caakier, Iwaathe payingteUer ofabsakia alarge Weatera dty. Among onr oastomara wta a wholeaale merchant named Headersoa, who did a vei y large business with onr bank. Ha waa in the habit of drawing large aoma to meet his bills, which were heavy, and all these passed through my handa. Amnng Hr. Hendenon's bnsiness aasooiatea waa a man named Hirtz, who had Utely come to that city from the East. He was a com- misaion broker, and sold Hr. Henderson a great many goods, for which he laoeived Mr. Henderson's check -on onr bank. One day Mr. Hirta brought to the bank a check for $15,000 It waa the largest check he had ever preeented. I healtated a moment abont paying it. I examined the writing ouefal- ly. It waa evidentiy Mr Henderaon'i sig- nature, aad there waa no questicn abont the hearer befaig Mr. Hirtz. 1 aaked the book keeper how much money Mr. Hmderaon had to hia credit. He had $18^000 Sol paid it. -Mr. Hirtz took thirty $500 biUt, and left the building with the money care- fully coneealed in tus inside vest pocket. This was on Saturday, just before bank doted. Monday aftmooa Mr. Henderson sent a check for $6,000 to the bask. I sent back word that his account was not large enough to cover that amount. In a few minutes Mr. Henderson appeared at the bank himself. He was evidentiy very ang- ry. " 'What do you mean,'said he," "by send- ing such word to me ' " I mean," said I, " that you only have $3,000 to yonr credit" " â-  That is not to,' said he ' I have $18,- 000 here, and if those figures are not correct 1 shall make this bank some trouble.' " â-  You did have $18,000 last Saturday, but Mr. Hirtz drew out $15,000 ' " ' Mr. Hirtz did nothing of the tort.' in- terrupted the merchant hotly. 'Mr. Hirtz did not draw one cent on Saturday.' " 'Is this ycur writing ' I asked, produc ing the check Mr. Hirtz had given to me. " Mr. Henderson was amazed as 1 lud down the paper before him. '"That certainly does look like my check,' he said. ' It certainly does. Bat it is a forgery.' " Now it was my turn to be amazed. If I had paid a forged check of that size I could count my chances of holding my posi- tion with a cipher. We tsok the check to the cashier and examined it together, and then we compared it -with his other signa- turo. It was so nearly like them that we could hardly tell them apart. The only dif- ference waa that it was not written in the ink Mr. Henderson usually wrote with. We sent down to Mr. Hirtz's office, but it was closed, and his clerk did not know where he had gone, but believed he had left for New York. He had made his escape. This strengthened Mr. Henderson's statement, and after a few days we made good the amount and my resignation was demanded. I told our President that I thought there was some mystery abont the matter, and I had the check lithographed for my own use A month later Mr. Henderson surprised the business community by failing, and after the settlement with his creditors he came out a bankrupt. I determined to ferret ont the mystery, and for considerable time I search- ed the country for any news of Mr. Hirtz, but all to no avail. Finally I came to New York and secured employment in the bank where I am now, " About a year m;o, while I was sitting in my private otBce, I was surprised to see Mr, Hirtz. I recognized him before he did me. " ' How do you do Mr. Hirtz V I said. " The man b.nshed, stammered, and fin- ally, ri-cognizing me, turned and tried to es- cape, but I caught him by the coat collar and held him fast. He made no struggle, but sat down. " What are you going to do ?* he asked. " 'Have you sent to the penitentiary.' '"If you will let me go I will c.nfess the whole thing. ' " What good will that do me?' " 'You won't help justice any by convict- ing me,' he replied. ' I didn't forge tiutt " ' Who did then ' " ' Mr. Henderson.' "'Mr. Henderson?' " Yea. I was a poor broker in that town when I first met Henderson. He gave me a good many orders, and finally asked me how I -would like to make $1,000. I told I would like it. ' ' AU right. ' said he. ' Yon present my check for $15 000 at the Wnk, draw the money, bring it to me, and I will give you $1,000. Then yon go to Europe for six months. There will be no trouble, no wor- ry, no risk, and yon will be $1,000 better off.'" " ' I did as he suggested, gave him the money, and left that n'ght.' " ' What did you do with the man " we asked. " Nothing. He had papers in his pocket which proved that he had told the trnth. Mr. Henderson was dead and Hirtz was a bankrupt, and as he really didn't mean to do wrong I let him go. Henderson had bmtan the bank ont of tbat mnch money, just like robbing it. I have no donbt other similar Crimea have been committed, bat I never heard of them." act. ti- only ;:!!^tMK iS?:\""' Humber Thirty-nine. T^ Po?" in Russia'a jniUU. pro- ^wano further interest M to Wica.^ It eaa wait, and he, unfortnnafc ly. must ^fT" •' "Thfrtyrfne," a woiL. X had fJlen under the suspicion of til. Govern" mMjt, is cited in "RnstSTjlnder ti Ta^' In iUuatration of ti.U stte of affairs -^ wii' ^J^'T^ of b.^ in communication wiUi oomplraton. and of having been a ^^olv^t^t." •"^o'o «» ones denied. „, These chaigesshe at ^he was then accused of other ^^^t.^ "' »*»rching queationa were S?-^f^* her supposed coiaection witii therevolntjonary movement. AU were an- iJ^l"^J'^lj*^ *•• procurator, at " tl^ ^l\ *»'• to reflect Take n^^ Thirigr-Nine back to her cell She went back to her ceU, rejoicing at taving coma so well out of the ordealTand She was full of hope as to the f^re. She was then aUowed to reflect at her eaae she could not complain that the even tenor of her thoughts was distorbed ' by too many distractiona. A whole week passed a aecnid and tiilrd. An entire ^owth eUpted, and still nothing wai said about another examination. Tho montii multi- P»»d by three, by four, by sir. FinaUy when, at the end of the seventh month she had almost abandoned hope, she wtM called before the procurator to undergo stUl another questioning. The examination was sharp ana brief. "Have you reflected " "Yes, I have reflected." "Have you anything to add to your pre- vious depositions " "Nothing." "Indeed Go back to your cell, then." This time she does not return to her cell with a light heart aiid beaming countenance She feels crushed and confused, weighed down by a strange, almost agonizing sense of apprehension and despair. A maniacln numb n Thirty-eight ia knocking furiously at the wall. "Wretched traitress tbat you have been to denounce me. Here is a man with a sack of rats tbat he is bringing to devour me. Coward, coward that you are " The poor lunatic is In one of her par oxysms A horrible fear takes possessirn of the prisoner'e mind. "Dreadful dreadful " she cries. Shall I one day become like her " The months come and go they multiply themselves into years. The captive is undergoing a terrible 3risla. Her yearning for air, movement, liberty, has grown in- tense, becoming almost mania. She has en- treated the official! to send her to exile, to Siberian mines, to sentence her to pena the servitude. The procurator has several times visited her celL Have you anything to add to your dispos- ition " has been hia invariable question. "No." BTSAieSR THAI FIOTIOV. "The Marqois of Loadoaderry, whole- aale and retaU dealer ia.ooab," iaasignto be seen in different parte of London. lai "Very well I must still leave you to your reflections." In the meantime the bloom of health has quite vanished from the prisoner's cheeks. Her complexion has assumed that yellow- green tint peculiar to the young who linger long in captivity. Her movements are slow, indolent automatic. She can remain hilf an hour in the same position with her eyes flexed on the same object, as if she were buried in deep thought Her brain has become torpid she passes the greater .part of her time in heavy drowsiness, mental and physical. What will become of poor Thirty-nine There are many alternatives for her. I by some shook, her -vital energy thould be awakened, she may strangle herself with a p:cket'handkerchief, or poison herself. She may go mad, or die of phthisis con- tracted in prison. If, however, by reason of abnormal strength of character, and vigor of constitu- tion, the survive until the day of trial, her judges, out of cmsideration for her tender age and long imprisonment, may let her end her days in Siberia. Endorance of the EBqnimanz. The amoun t of oold these northern nomads can endure, however, bordera on the phenom- enaL I have seen the littie babies, two and three years old, play, perfecUy naked, for houra at a time, on the reindeer robea of the bed in the igloo, the temperature aa I have aidd, being constanUy bdow freezing and in the fall I have seen them naked, playing and splashing in a pond of water, kng ceedlea of ics fbmiin|; oil the quiet â-  places. I once saw an Etqniman baby boy taken from its motiier's hood, and naked, made to stand on ths snow until she found its rein- deer skin dothing from the sledge, a fairly strong wind, sufficient to drift the loose snow along with it blearing at tlie time, the thermometer-minns38 ° the only protection it had being a aledge loaded abont three feet high, around and oyer which the wind poured. Its exposure thiu waa a good miu- ate, aad to appreciate thia eae mutt take a watoh in bis hsoid aad â- eethat length of time drag 1^, a time that a not ttoaa bat asassHnnsl wrttsc might rsadily jot diontaa fi«ia«r tan aria^tsi Aad I hava loiMra a mU t ll «d asiaap ia bia igloa hy a Mhr agaa aad paraaa hia SI ly graap „ â€" aOOyaria Iptba aaow, the 15*o 20 ° below aero, aad alay hiau Theaa Eaq aimaax rab afaiahy Boow, dipped I The Editor Held the Fort. A few years ago a large number of rail- way passenger agents were congregated at Jacksonville, endeavoring to secure busi ness for their respective roads, aa the trav. el of Northern tourists happened to be very large that Winter. While the passenger agents were infesting the hotels and mak- ing things lively and having a jolly time among themselves, the editor of one of the Jacksonville papers came ont in an editori- al and called the passenger agents body- snatchers, and declared tiiat they were a, nnisaiice, and stated in positive terms that they should be kept away from the depots by the police. The article aroused the ire of the passenger men, and they held a meet- ing in a hotel to deviw ways and means to be aveng d. Beau Carnpbell offered a motion, which was adopted, to appoint a committee to be called the retraction committee, who shoiild call on the editor and compel him to apolo glze. Mr. Campbell, so the joke goes, was made chairman of the committee, and in company with several others, started in search of the office of the abusive paper. After some difficulty the office -was found, and, ascending a couple of flights of dark, rickety stairs, Mr. Camplwll and his com- mittee entered a room and discovered a bin, consnmptive-looking little man seated at a ptne table, writing by the light of a dirty tallow candle. " Are yon the editor and responiible man of thia paper?" said Campbell, becoming very bold aa^e noted the fact that the edi- tor was a very diminutive man. " Yea, sir, I am the editor and responsi- ble man." ' Well, sir, did yon write this outrageous article " thundered Campbell, aa he put on a look of terrible rage. " Yes, I wrote that article," camly re- plied the small editor. " Then, sir, we demand that you apolo- and retract what yon have said, inatant- giao ly," said Campbell, in a thundering manner. "I never apologize," replied the editor "and I want you to get out of here in very quick style " and he pulled out of a drawer in the table before him a six shooter as lone aa • eomatalk and covered the crowd with it CoL Bob Garrett, who was there to render moral anpport to the oommittee, aays he nschad the bottom of the stairs first, with tiie rest of the coiamittee gUlo^g dose at ireaehed the hotel paaaaasraast4 wan airrirwis to «^1M met with. Mr. of the public bo^iitab Japanaaa paper handketofaiefs, ars now naed, with much satisfaction for drying wounds. It is a curious fact that wa^w' nests often take fire, aa it is supposed, by the ohemical action of the wax npoa the aiattrial of which the nest is compoaed. Many of 'he fires of unknown origfai in haystaeka aad farm bidld- icgsmay thus be accounted for. A citizen of Kansas haa in hit posaeaaica the ballot he oast in voting for Gnnml Gra-i, in 1S6S. It was printed on silk, aad afttr it had been kept oa the file, as the law re* quired, ia the office of the clerk, he obtained it, and will hand it down to his children as an horloun. A man put a large spider on a floating chip iu a pond. After walking all about the sides of the chip the spider b^an to ca^t a web for the thore. He threw it as far as possible in the air and with the wind. It caught on some blades of grasr. Then turn- ing himself about, the apider began to haul the chip toward shore. The Cheniere, aa well aa Grand Isle in the Gulf of Mexico, was onoe a sugar planta- tion but the force of conatant winds, tlo ring from one point of the compass, has se/end times oanaed the rollers to sweep acrjas it for several days, and this, after a time, made the aaccharine juice mora salt than sweet. The people aro obliged eitiier to use the wood drifted in upon the waves or bring it in luggers from a dittanoe. As the salt in the drift wood rusts the cooking stoves thero aro none in use on the island. But if the meals ara cooked upon an iron frame in a great, wide-mouthed fire place they lose none of their savorineas thereby. The Journal of Chemistry relates that a celebrated Pariuaa belle wl^o made a pro- fuse use of cosmetics from the soles of her feet to the roots of her hair, took a medicated bath, and on emerging from it was borrified- to find herself as black as an Ethiopian. The transformation waa complete not a ves- tige of the " supreme Caucasian race" was left. Her physician was sent for in alarm. Onar.ival he laughed Immoderately, and said: "Madame, you are not ill, you are a chemical product. You are no longer a woman, but a sulphice. It is not now a question of medical treatment but of simple chemical reaction. I shall subject yon to a bath of sulphuric acid diluted with water. The acid will have the honor of combining with you it will take up the sulphur, the metal will produce a sulphate, and we shall find as a precipitate a very pretty woman. " The doctor went through with hia reaction, and the belle was restored to her usual color. A Sot's Hnnt for Office. Soon after President Cleveland took pos- session of the White House a little chap abont twelve years of age, named Howard Fairfax Lse, obtained an audience, and earnestly pleaded for ah appointment in one of the deparements, to assist in supporting his mother and several brothers and sisters. The little fellow pressed his claim in such a manly, straightforward way that the Presi- dent's interest was excited, and he resolved, if the case proved, on examination to be a worthy one, to assist the young cffice-seeker. Howard is very email for bis age, but is re- markably bright and intelligent, and ex- presses his ideas of men and things in lan- guage that would do credit to a person many years his senior. He lives beyond the city limits, in the vicinity of Brightwood, and is the eld'est of four or five children. The President spoke to Secretary Manning abont providing a place in the Treasury Depart- ment for the boy, but when the l.itter made bis appearance before the Secretary he waa pronounced too small to be of any material value to the public service. Thereupon Howard repaired to the White House, and, with tears in his eyes, told the President the result of his interview with Secretary Manning. Some one suggested to the little fellow that he wonld probaMy be more successful with Secretary Lamar. Off be went to the Interior Department, where hef ound the Secretary surrounded by a room- ful f.f politicians and ofilce seekers. He finally got an opportunity to state his case to the kind hearted Secretary, who at once- became interested in his story and promised to help him. Day after day the youthful applicant haunted the corridors of the In- terior Department and watched his chance to steal an interview with the Secretaiy when the vigilant colored messenger was not looking. FinaUy the boy waa taken sick, and the Secretary missed his visits to his office. One afternoon last week the Secre- tary, upon Inquiry, found where the little fellow lived and called to see him. Find- ing that the case was really a deserving onf, he Informed the boy's mother that her son should have an appointment as soon as he was able to be abrut. The good news quickly restored Hoirard's health, and a day or two ago he waa appointed a messen- ger in the Pension Office. Never Too Late To Learn- SocBATES, at an extreme old age, learned to play on musical instrumentr. Cato, at eighty yean of age, learned to speak tiie Greek language. Plutaroh, when between seventy and eighty, commenced the study of Latin, Doctor Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. Ludovico Moenaldsco, at the great sge of one hundred and fifteen, wrote the memoirs of his own times. OgUby, the translator of Homer and Vir- gil, was unacquainted with Latin and Greek until he waa past fifty. Sir Henry Spelman neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty years of ags^ Afterthis he became a learned antiqnarisji and lawyer. FiankUn did not fully commence his philo- sophical pursuits till he had raached hia fif- tieth year. Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, commenced the translation of the Iliad, his most pleasing production. Boccacoio was thirty-five years of age when he commenced his studies in light Uteratnre, yet he becameone of the grandest masters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and Petraroh being the other two. We could go on and cite thousands.of ex- amples of men who commenced a new study, either for livelihood or amusement, at an aovanMd age. • But every one familiar with the bii^graphyof distioguished msn will rec- ollect individual casta enough to convince them that none but tlie aiok and indolent will ever say," I am too old to learn." Mansilf. esplaiBed ladaUa, batowfag to iilinamstsnrr- the axseaMoa waa tmnUr. „ ,_ Ha alao lemaihed tiatt Uaieada wonld in water ontoe rmmerS of their ale^gaa sridt! tave to wait antil the Oalf waa fnzse over rbefonhe-woald eoaseat to aorve » a re- tnotisa ooinnlttee again. Col. Oarratt aaya tba next moiaiag tite editor oame oat ia his paper aod ripped the boyanp the back, botaoooe oandtocall the opea palaa of the haada aatil It fraaata into aolidiea, the thsraumeter baiag tnm aera to 80 below, whaa I haw kaowa I* to bedetie. I have seoi aa Etquiawa tiavallac throw UmssUoa the aaow aisd teat ouaifort- ably for baUaahinr, the Aanaoaietsr 71 " behnr MTO, or 103 ° below frecaiag, aad pro- bably doing aome light work with aagl-jvad 1. ThaKiaBeplooBsqniaiaa,wfiiael- baOd ovaa tba amall firea ol Iks â€" *» â€" atoaa lamp ia their igloaa dariag the nqr arfdaat waathar otwiatsr.MaprehaHy ttahafditat of aQ ibaaabaBsaltrfbaaia wtti- rtaaffliglosr taavantarci^ aadsitaioas* ia tlwir eaU. uh asslsas aaiia hiiasts a li b oa. ly Oair aadaqBaanaataaa(ae E qr' W ttsir aBaaqaaBSBMaaisaa B q^Hwz tastmsaitief nladosc afciaa, tiM wUrn Witt tka hi* tantad oatwaid. Mid tta iBMr wittthabair taraad toward aad nrthf his Bttsatien to the matter. What It Woold Oart- ItbfaarfaltotUakwfaataaaaonaOBaez BSMait'waaldbofar PaMta biiag np a obOd. §hewoBld bavato aiagit to alaap eraty aiabt far aboat Oraa yaai% aad A Oa re- ^XvxataathbwoddawHBtto £1,000,000. â€" jtriMttMddhsiatesiag «M tait eaeh aUi^ tba woald liaa to £1,600^000. |^^WBg dJId waa alwayi la good iaa W i AOosriag M __il Udi(l fw tliiawi, aht Trmlil I â€" toitaOal^ telSS di^^av fin It a time. £800 for a law Maatsa prttau Oaa algbt af £18,000. b bar WMdd Eeicape of an English Ship, The captain of the Duke of Devonshire, which arrived at Sydney on the 9th nit re-.- porta having experisaoad for five hours tba nnahast weather he ever met with in the aaOilAiamm. Two taaniara wan obeerved to fooadar at the tlwe, Imt ao aatlstaaoe ooald be landarsd, aa they expected tlieir msB staaaMr to go dowa evais momest. The Dnfca of DevoiiaUn waa ehartered by the Qovammeatto take tnwpa ont to India, but the order was eu un Uruianded at the last moment. It was fortunate, as with saeh a number of men on board tbe hatehea oonld not have been kept closed, and the ateaoMi mutt have inevitably foundered. Dr Bdwarda, surgeon of the ship, gives a thrilling aoconnt of tbe passage through the eyeloaa. Heiaya that on the 31 of June, whUat gdng tiuroagh the channel, the ad- vaiwa « morning nought signs of atmos- pbario cbaagea, the weather became equally aad aaaettlad, aad tbesea nee with marvel- ' them- ina honra no aaboaid ooald move for fear of being ' blown away. Ibeaaoape waa regarded aa aalnealoM. WbsB a vary mad wataaa ba^aa praoUdog iritii a ravolvar the wiaa maa alwaya dodgca ia roaftofbsr aad aaaettlad, aaasoeseanae wnnman loaa qniokaass, huge waves rcailog th aairaa parprndJenlarly, aad braaUagi niaaiaaud air. For nearly two bonn h â- a'liat-T '• t^ t-vi