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 til (ly« I :ii:; out U will icirt â-  ti.l-. Ai-bta, lll.t IIlVCNt Ksiiod is :a fstiiicnia irttl Ilie ID- iniiiccf?oa STRANGELY_WEDDED, A TIIKILLTNO STOEY OP ROMANCE AND ADVENTUKE. CHAPTER XVII. t"""" }^ M«t»Ym aeclued that ahe mod [go â€" she was late already TIIF. l-iriN' TIMES OF PEACE. i " Good-bve than " u^ U.J._ mt T.n no. .. you know and judge not aU ycm «« .^^^ "^y^l^^ " Sod^e^fiSLe^!!!^; if vou would live in peace. Ethel) " I fiDoe we .hftU niet •ttin." W hut l.appeiie.1 to MademoiaeUe Valene "Many tfi«,k«â€" I hope eo^^MBwewd 1 Kiii'l bVnnis an'l lack Trevor passed EtheL out ol li..- loUy v? the H^ymarket Theatre •• g^^ eiacUy aUke foraignen are, iv imr Impii. on .l.y.vvo, Te- ^^'-^ u if I didn't know wiietSar 1 1MB on my head CH- my heela. Iwiahone '70tt feBovra would order aie » btmndy and There waa abell on the table and a bmIi near to it stmck it immediately. ' ^ria^ Mr Trevor a fanndy and noA^f" he aaid. Meantime the man who was reading the letter â€" George Dalrymple â€" read to the end with many an ezebmation ol sarpriee tlien he jiuraed up and shook Jack's hand beartay. 'My dearTreTw^arlmnstcall yoaRou- tsevcw very sotm now, I congratulate yon with aD my heart. I had no idea there was !ir«a vttMMr giw aU to M» M.jorldai.iu flUhl t^^^a^^^r^ » Aowety and happening." U Time went ..What is nhe-a Ru-ian or a Pokr Wiiy au'l the Dennises still Ethel asked. *w«!. -.vt.u s.ife from the re- j " A Pole. *I asked her if »he .li ,p' Ros- I. .n |. .i.H.iuw which huJ pursued them so i gian the other day and she shaddered^Mra. uni.h,*xr.tly ;tt h.-rtM-y. Maravin replied.â€" "I'm sore Ican'tteU why .\„.l .1 rlli. ti.n- thc-y all -ot on in a won- j they shoold make saLb" a'fui'abont tQ di/- -l--iliin iik-;.-;nit u -y. Mujor Dennis was *;-â€"â- -- " -w»v n«. «« !.ut little ill The KhiLs hu went a great .!.;tl t'.hHclut., i hi--- Iiiti*- in liif-';i)i .iV.tiliy,' -wli ji.iV hi."' H'^jM'Cts I' ti.-'.UL'h ^he ii.i.r v.!.' II Kth.l VV;iS jii.t.l.-:. â- j.,f,^\ .h-:t! •â-  U's so vt-iy ' SifA ilf T til" --.ecu! iiu\ h.i'l miwit-, " \,4: .-'J iin.M'fUs Lo ki i.niog, â- â€¢\\li\ .i.,n 1 he .-pent a great deal of ipujiy of "dear old Charley hinl never .yet managed to htT, oM cliurn"i wife. Stay, ;:oiie twice to The Fhita lit, ami Major Dennis had ii the circumstance, hi, yon know, Kthel," he !nl tall whieh Charley Gov- 't h;vt oM Cliarley shouhl now \iju uud should miss if.; v.-ry iAil v.- k him t'odinm 'oxi'd make â-  i;-. .!. â- v. il! I« ril;i^k (.in ;,'o( I yuu tly. 7h li. â-  yx--. '".lu good idea :ni lii-niorrow r toa theatre.' I K:h-I -*M" " cried the -eh And ii'it :i,ccept tlie ill' il;Mi..ri im! iiniii;. Ir: !.;.. .lly auhU poor f* ll'jw h.r. iii^ (.'â- â€¢â- II out of the way of dinner- (j(.'li' iuv Hi. my a !on^' year. Major Dennis ^;i.t- 111' .â- ^ru»i_-.-i t'» Kl!u-1, and ahled the in- i'-r:ti;i.\v,]. that "old 'harh-y ri uch a desper- ai'ly .shv '.-liap, I duie say heriliirkfi it." Klliet di'l not, however, tliiiJc very much •f thi: .ii^-uni.-^Uiuce, foi- not having heen f (i.irley C'tvuiitiy, he Indd no place in her nuri-l. She .piili; a'..-':epled tlie 'lajor's e.\ciise a-- "â- in;r a not unnatLiiutl one, and thouglit no Ir,..M ..t it. Ill tiuth licr life Was at this time a very Ui II '.I 'i)ji.-.l liiii:, and \n: Wiw a.s liappy an Tl [....v-iMe tor h. ... k'ii. w.;- -.^ i-ale.-l Iritnd, t-r V day and -ti I rhili;: Tllill win ..; and Maj..:- liitiess 'ihe had ,•'â- , .As il was siie W;ib m-l Lc her^. Slie hhik â- ii.cumes ht;vt;ral times come to l»e an under- !•â-  .--he Went, lie would IVnnis so far from re- i; It. i'-,':ud'-d tlie arranj^cinent m the liL."' oi a i.ially iiiiiiiix^'d liieMsint' wliieh w d p'luil him tn come and g'l accord- ii,i,.;. ..- i.i- -Avn -u.-.-t will .liclaljd. .\uA \i!\ ^.".11 Ktlnl l.i-^'aii I'h make II!. i.U ;iii.rio h.4V.- |iiil.- a rii r little circle 1.1 ... t'j .mtaii. •• "^hr L"t to know -icvcral ' Th.-.Mals. or tiny got .to [ic\(-i _\ou like and through Lti'-w soiiic viTV plLa.-.ant ji M iiiiidt- ill-' (-'oniiiuinity â- r rh.-.-^un- i...,ftivc. And V. t !. â- : liiil::.' [.cnph- living 1 ' ii.il liiMf. i'hi-ic was a \\ 'â- {•â- \\ â- â- .•.•â- itii'i: into vciirs, ;â- . uh.b'l..,; dic-^cdhigh f"'...U..l 1: ,...., old .Mar- i 'i-"'^. Ami liicie wu.s Mrs. '•â-  iiiosl hiiliiaiit e.-j-^ayi.st (if ,\i.ih tiic .-.hai i..'.sl pen and iit*l the niild-;^t and sweet- 1" .I.l. iuiirj 1 k. t II ... â- \\ '..â-  L'ot I "Il-t'.WIl sr.' ml. :i lar;^ir r.liKirily all Ui.Kls of s...-i,-ly, .. Il.q.py I" .\...( \!t-. i â-  .: i! ,1 lior i.wi •:...l.v .-Ihc-s. -.[IKi.l fiUH-y l( l,li..v.. lii- said to tier the !ii- iii' li.-r â-  " it is not often I '• li V. i 'Hiiaintaiicc.' 1 am //" a ^. ].. :\iv ex.iiin^' party with :ii ;]l !i,umI and deals iier v;.sit- â-  .1..- f 1 â-  rormlgMMc. I always â-  III' pie, alwavs. IJut ..i.-.siind I should- u'reat- •"â- 'â- â-  .^ •i: i.cllrr. Won't you ;:i..-il \i-.\ itituh." --aid Klliel, â- [\ [.'.-.- id ;ii'r| i !ii!h- liatten-d. i 1... Mrs M.uavin as one «,f ,„.1.„- 1,. -l..s.-i's in London. MM.' ;tl -ir MIC ihc dav alterlo- lln- Oiciiioon," said .Mrs. ,;,IU. â- â-  1 shall have a little ,1...iil 1. .iii-lv MTi o: thing you gen- iiit Kcliicf, \\\nt plays ind M.dame de Vida. ^Wâ- ^ .tli'.n. W oil I vou iu- hn^hai d !•• itieV w i^ha^dal•ce -].' d-.L 1 i-ui'Iing closeliy. 1, le. â- â-  Thai i.s not mv 1 â-  M.ii ' Ml liuL a :,'reat r'nend il.- .ill-: ii!\ husWaiid were in the â-  ;il .i; 1 1 ha\c known him .1 ilMir li-ld. dark, lei .me in- 1.. ^il^ Maravm."' ,,â- .-,,., I •. wards them an.l ixiwed i- M:^ Ma:..vm. who looked j.i;..llv •v.-.-i. a ni..-t womundid. tlU.a -: i..,d i.ecn Kc-LdngMis. â- i.;c ail. -r, ]vv. iii.d :hat she u uonl. Ironical.MP. ,,,.-,,.,: "i-l...i,.Iuil! coiiiclon,"" 1 1^. Kl â- 1. V. !â- !:;, :;l -iviiiL'Tro- :nil\ Im ']•' ii..»ie I'l .11 Ih.Vv his iLi.-iii ot M-r ij.\ i;:ili.iii. "Docs tinctionâ€" really, you know, there is very little difference between them." "But the little difference is all the world to them," cried EtheL "Judge, get us some tea at once, please." " Yes Mum," answered Judge. " W'e.I, I never can understand why there need lie so much feeling in a slight differ- ence," Mrs. Maravin declared. "For in- sUuee, how any woman can be foolish enough to give up what some women give up for tlie sake ot a man, is beyond me to find out. I know a woman now," she went said ^^~" '^o i^ or Ijas been exceedingly hand- sure of '"1" ^^^ ^^^ ' uearly forty years old and aa (lelieate as is possible for a woman to be and live. She had a husband who wor- shipped herâ€" worshipped her. ioo well, had a fine house, horses, carriages and diamonds • that 7^'*^^" ^^^y ^*"ere worth calling diamonds, I can tell you. She had a child too â€" and she has thrown away allâ€"all for a penniless youth, fifteen years younger than herself â€" Oh what a foolâ€" what a fool I" Trevor was the first of the two to recover himself. " Yes, that woman was a fool, an awful fool," he said, 'and the man was a scoundrel." "Oh! Ct:ia Ta Hans dire.," cried Mrs. Maravin lightly â€" Mrs. Maravin was fond of airing a little French now and again. "Well, well, i d:-: t i.nu-7 that it is interest- ing or particularly elifying u» discuss these silly people. Vv'hat pretty rooms you have here." "They are not actually oure,*' Ethel ex- plained, with a sigh of relief at the subject Ijciiig thus changed. "We did not find a large suite vacant, except this v uich was to l»e let furnished for a few n. t'Iis. But we like living here so much that we shall secure the first goo4l-sized suite that falls vacant." "Ah! yes, I see. That hidy, Madame Wolenski, she lives here iJso. But I fancy she hasher own roouis here. She seems a very nice creature. She had a letter of in- troluction to me from a dear friend of mine in Vienna. " " And how pretty she is," Ethel remark- ed. " Yes, she i.sâ€" not perhaps pretty, as so striking-looking, and so distuiguished in manner. And aU tiiat pretty white hair, that is what makes you call her pretty." " Perhaps I thought it lovely." " Yes, and I also. Just then Judge came in with the tea â€" "Is the .Major at home. Judge?" Mrs. Dennis asked. " He has just come in, Mum," Judge re plied. " Ask him to come here, " I will, Mum." Accordingly, two minutes later. Major Dennis came in with his best manner, to be iiitroilueed lo M.rs. Manivin. And Mrs. Maravin was so cliwined by him, that she whispered to Ethel, " My dear child, ichaf. a mistake of mine. Do you know I had an idea.somehow.thatyourlmsband was ninety- nine. As it is, he is quite charming, 'luile charming!" "1 am very glad you think so," said Eth- el, wunduriiig whether Mrs. Maravin would think Cosmo Dennis i^uite charming if she Wiis marrieil tn him? 'Oh I 1 do 1 am so glad to have seen him Major Dennis, your wife has faithfully pro- mised to come over on Thursday afternoon now 1 hope you will come too." "Ill do my best," said the Major in his most clFusive maimer. "That's not half a bad sort of woman," he reniarked when Mrs. Maravin had fairly goneâ€" "but quite the style of woman to take you in and do for you from the cradle to the grave. â-  If Trevor could help it, he never laughed at a joke of Major Dennis's â€" that one, how- ever; so exactly described the lady who had taken possession of Ethel, that he could not help going into a hearty tit of laugh- ter. " .\b, you may laugh, yon may laugh as miieh iis you like," cried the Major--" And i!id there ,iin who did o wrote phiys â-  who paint- 'cs, and was ilou of I he I'll people ;ia Kiel all the lMiitL:li iiiaiiv .xaetly abfc •ny phasant rv Would like I plc) bu! 'l ;tli\\e "..I 1 ...1 I tiu;*;i i tl.il, J ;. .1 .in iiiv.iliil _i. ,1 .-i.r.if oMi.o is any- ' filieiiiiswer- li,-ai.r,„ eiy mud â- p'ly ;.uy- relief. 'Al. • oeieiv n nv-a- reful in tVL-n fir wivt fuily. an vou just s. 1 1 y.-t now. y l!ie bye, yoimg man,- there's a letter for u at the club marked Most important. 1 vv.iiited to briiiig it round to you, having caught a. glimpse of it in the hall-porter'a hand, but though I told him yon would cer- tainly lie here, he didn't see it. Hadn'tyou belter go round ami get it?" " Oh, it's safe enough there," said Trevor easily. "Still you had far better go â€" It may W â€" fri.m the regiment: Or shall I send Judge round ?â- ' " \ot a bit of it, Major I wouldn't tiouble you for the world. PU go round presently and see what it is. A money-lend- er wants to lend me money, I've no doubt." He tiivished his tea and asked for another cuji, ate two bits of buttered mufliu and pre.-'cntly sauntered off to go to the club to liiid the important letter. " Major Dennis tella me you have an im- porLuit letter forme," he said to the hiU porter â€" " you might quite ar.fely have given it to him." " It's as much as my place is worth. Sir, to give up a letter to anyone but the own- er," the man replied. "It wouldn't do, Sir, it wouldn't indeed." " I (laie 8;iy not â€" thanks,*' and Trevor mi»vel on turning into the snioking-room, where he pulled an easy-chair near to the fire and settled himself comfortably there- in, before he broke the seal which secured llic enveloiH;. " \ow, let us see what it's all about," he siiid to himself. Mu-K: Ml a- I Hii .. iiti!.. !.tl»-lled ii..un.-d l-r.^ep-i be t.ll I. th.Mi V. *â-  I â- ; mAi I h Mai, of ti 'i1 gon â-  W. lijlt mi .lake," adinilte.l Ktliel \r,. .MM liii'lied. '• .\h people â-  liioni .,ie v.gy cild 1 (Jare.-^ay i^v ac-iu.iinlaaei.i- ::iiMk me as otld k oTiur pe.-p'e ;-omeli!iies still it in Vihg^^heii iiii .si-iid a Woman an 1 .uid yiii i'itlur li-nw out iier hiis- (1 t hi-y live tojillui inideverything 1-eiwecn them, or vou jnit liiui in iti.it ^hc is a widow or that her :ind ^he ha\e!il .-^pnUeri fov over ir-^. 1 tiiiiik people ought to be iM wear a little t.a,l-e â€" 'M' for ;nid .a! ri-ht -AV for Vidowâ€" 'S' .i,;-d e.iuples. I ;;mi sure it would â€" eonhismg and far less awkward lU'W," ipi»ei: Would." saiil Kiliel â€" "but, hi\e barilly Iegun to ask anyone. .[le ou ^\ dl come allliough I have I ot clever people to attract you." ;iil come to see Voil," saitl Mrs. kii! I!\. " I'.y llie-bye, wliat part orld do voii live tn V .â-  in 'Hie Khits, " Kthel replied, re lily. Ah I liiat is very nice. I 'aeii AimesCale â€" I like to have '.s^ within reasonable distance and, wird. 1 know so many people in that 1 could spent! a whole day â-  t!oo,' toiiiiother." on t now â- . " Kth. "lM:,.n:i vin r-plie.;. "Oh ,1 Society. " iv " Yes. I .- themselves » I asked. and p.iy me alittle visit iimensely," Mrs. on up or down?' Mara- \\ e are |uite in the dregs of ricil laughing. iippo.e tiie lop people do pride m It," Mrs. Maravin said â€" then lo4ked at the watch on her wrist â€" " a quar- ter pa'st si' -well, if you want me lo come in for t. 1. ii.iiutes, will you lake ine now?" "Olio,;i-e 1 will," Kthel replied. So they liieii went down to the next doorwhere the Dennises lived not, however, without interruption, for a lady just entering the room was an acquaintance of Mrs.-Maravin*8 UJitl siopi^d to speak to her. "All! Madame," alie said â€" "how late you are â€"1 am just running away." " How sorry I am,"' replied the lawly â€" " I have leen elsewhere this afternoon â€" Town Is ijuite busy, is it not " "Oh I quite so. Are you coming to me on Thursday ';*' " Yes." ' Ah that is right. By the by, let me introiluce you to my friend, Mrs. Dennis â€" ^rs. Dennis, Madame Wolenski." V^fae two ladies exchanged greetungs aad CHAPTER xvnr, II.A) D LIKES. "Nothing to do in this world oCour**! Where weeds spru.g up with the fairest flnw- ers! Wliere smiles have only a flCftil playl A iid hearts are breaking everyday " Vcr a few minutes aft^- Jack Trevor had read that letter he sat quite still trying to take in the sense thereof. In plain words it ran thus, but just at firsi they seemed to convey no meaning to him :â€" " We regret exceedingly tha.t we have to inform you of the demise of oar honored client. Lord Kosstrevor, which occurred last evening between ten and eleven o'clock. " Since the death last month, without issue, of Lord Rosstrevor'a only brother, the Hon. Hugh Trevor, his lordship had spoken to us of communicating with you, as he be- lieved th:it you were the son of the late Uishop of Hlankhampton, who failing issue of the Hon. Hui^h Trevor, was next heir to the title of Ros3tre%-or, our late client never having married. His lordship was, however in verv' bad health nd at all times of a ner- vous anil retiring disposiiion and the definite orders to communicate with you were never given. "If, as we surmise, you ar« the son of the late Kilward Trevor, Bishop of Blankhamp- ton, you are now Lord Reastrevor, of Koss- trev'or County Autrii.t, and of Trevor Hall, Norfolk. AVill you be Icind enough to communicate with us at once and inform us whether you will be present at the late lord's obsequies or not? " Our xate honored client left fall direc- tions for his funeral, which we. feel justified in assuming that yodi will wish to be carried out to the letter. ** We are, sir, your most ob^sdieht â€" " RXKDLB, NeWISOS Co. "Solicitors." Jack Trevor went over it a^in and agun. If, as we surmise, you are the son of the late Edward Trevor, Bishop •»( Blank hamp- ton,' " he read aloxid, in a tfiesperate effort to get the right senae of the vords into hia mind, "*you are Bt»w Lord Roastrevor of Rosstrevor, County Antrim, and Trevor Hall, Norfolk.' Wby, then 1 must be Lord Rosstrevor â€" I â€" ok t no, they .«n 't mean tiiat, it's impoaaible I" Then he read tke letter OTur again. "Yes, that's what ther mean. *Yoa are now Lord Rosstrevor,' 1 am Iji»d Boastrevor. I â€" Jack Trevor â€" I â€" I â€" never fdt so idiotic in my life." He got iqp bom th« 1^ ^air aad went towards the window. HeUo* Jm^,' exclaiaied a man aitting t^ere vitb »e or two other mmk. "What's up? You're as white as ohalk. Anyaa iU? I hopeyba havent bttd atrw* us that letter.*' Jack k»ked at the letter aad then at tke questioner. "News," he rcptted. "Y*" and ika knu^ed xh over " ' **Kot moiMy bMsea, I hof, aUl toll Nor L I never thought about it," said Jack rather wistfully. " J knew that I had some relations, but Oh, well, I can't talk about it just now. I feel dazed and half off my head. Ah! thanks," as the waiter brought him the refreshing stimulant. " There, I begin to feel more like myself than X did. Thanks, Dalrymple, old chap, thanks." He tore himself away from them all with the excuse that; he must wire off a reply to the lawyers at once and he went into the library and filled in a telegraph foim. "Yes, I am the only son of Edward Tre- vor, Bishop of Blankhampton. I will come to-morrow as early as possible. Carry out all tlie late Lord Kosstrevor's wishes to the letter. John Trevor, 15th Ti-k oons." Then when he had sent this off, he walked out of the club and back to The Flats. He found Ethel wearing a loose white gown and alone. ** Well " she said, looking up. " Where is the Major?" " He's going out to diuneiâ€" he's dressing now. Why " " Do you know what iias happened to me " " No. How should I know?" " I am Lord Rosstrevor." He was so eX' cited, so utterly upset, that he blurted the news out without any idea of what its effect might be upon her. " You are Lord Rosstrevor â€" what do you mean " she cried. "I don't mean anything. Oh! Ethel, Ethel if we had only known, if your inother had only known, she would have let you marry as you liked. But it's loo late now^ too late to be any good." His face was quivering, although I do not mean to imply that he was near to tears Ethel, however, dropped Ijack into her chair with a white face and shaking in every limb. **0h. Jack," she cried in a piteous voice, " it is hard. Oh I it is hanl." It was the first lime that he had laid bare his heart to her since the day when he had told her that whenever she wanted him he would be ready lo throw up all the world for her. They had been the best and clos- est of friends, he had been affectionate and tender with her, but he had never shew^l her the wild passion of love which always raged within his heart at the sight of her sweet eyes or the touch of lier soft fingers. He gave her the letter to read. "1 can't hold it still," she said, but she put it ou her knee and read it through in silence and be- fore she got to the end of it, Major Deimis came in. Hello, Trevor, so you're back Well, did you get your letter " he asked. "Yes, I did, Major." He tried to tell him what had happened, but the words fairly stuck in his throat and he turned away to the window. Ethel look- ed up and with au etlbrt she gathered her strength and her wits together and spoke. " Something very wonderful has happen- ed to Jack, Cosmo," she said, and she wond- ered that he did not notice howstrained and agitated her voice was. "His uncle or cou- sin is dead and be is Lord Kosstrevor now,' " Lord Kosstrevor 1" repeated the Major. " My dear cliap, I'm very glad, very glad indeed. What a blessing your uncle or cousin, whichever it was, did not go and. marry and have a lot of small childn n to cut you out, asmine did. Andyou'rc going down wherever it is â€" of course.*' "Yes, I'm going lo-uioriow morning,"' Jack replied. ' Ah, I'm sorry I can't stop and dine with yon. I would if I wasn't solemnly engaged elsewhere. However, the wife will give you some dinner. I'm sure you must want to talk it over with somebody." " We could dine down here, couldn't we?" Ethel asked. " Upstaii-s in the dining-roont, thjere is such a noise and â€" and â€" Jack is not dressed." "Oh, yes, have it here, by all means. Well, gootl-bye, old-fellow. See you again in a few days, 1 daresay " He was gone before Jack could answer, shutting the door after him with .a crasli. Mrs. Dennis rang the bell. "Judge," she said, when that personage apieareil â€" and Judge really was a person- age in that small establishineiit, aye, and in the greater republic of The b'lai-s as well, â€" " .Mr. Trevor's going to dine wiih me. And we will have it ttowu here. ' "Very good. Mum," siid Judge, **I'1I at- tend to it. " They were very quiet that evening, and Judge waited on them with an imperturbable ace, as if it was quite a usual thing to come iiil( Lilies and lo (iiae with Mrs. Dennis alone widle the Major wiis dining elsewhere for, of course Mr^. Dennis hail told Zelle that Mr. Trevor was Lord Kosstrevor now, and eijually of course. Judge's bhish rose had told hiiiu And at last they were left really alone. "Shall you stay in the Service, do you think, Jack?" she asked. "No â€" I shall get out of it as soon as I can," he replied. You'll liave a very different linie now, of couise â€" ^you'll have lots of duties aud new interests. I wonder if you are the last of the name. " "Idon't kuowbutlfancy so, I know really very little about my people. They cast off my grandfather and neilber my father nor I have ever held comniunicatiou with them until now. We've been steadily ignored al- ways. So you see I know very little. My father never" spoke of liis people to me, ex- cepting of his own father aud mother. My grandmother, used to tell me long yarns about the Trevoi^, but I never listened â€" il all went in at one ear and out at the other. " There was longa silence â€" theuElhel spcke painfully and with a supreme ettbrt. "Jack," she said gently â€" "you will have to marry." "Never â€" "he burst out â€" "Unless " " No â€" no â€" not that. If you are the last, you cannot let au old name ilie out and â€" and â€" it will be your â€" duly." Her trembling lips could scarcely frame the last word, but his jealous ears caught it. "Then," he cried â€" "let me tcU you plainly from the beginning that if it le my duty a thousand times over, I have not the very smallest intention of doing that particular duty, not the very smallest. Oood Heavens, what worse will the world be a hundred years hence if there is no Lord Rosstrevor? If there is no Trevor family Not the least bit worse, probably the lelter if the general family stock is the sort that cuts its sons off for ever because they marry for the best of all reasons. While if I marry a woman I loathe or at best am indifferent to, loving another man's wife- with all my heart, 1 shall make a thoroughly bad husband â€" one couldn't make a good one, you know if one felt like that â€" well, the world would be the worse for what I had done, most distinctly the worse." " But what sort of a wife must I make ' she asked in a pained tone. " Y'ou make a very good wife, far better than- your husband ever deserves to have. Besides, you did not marry him with your eyes open, knowing what you would feel â€" it is different. What is a cruel misfortune to you, would be an unforgiveable sin in me, a crime, because I shoiddn't have the smallest shadow of an excuse. Why, if I married another woman now, I should never be able to look her in the face. Noâ€" no â€" for "your sake, Ethel, because I believe in your good- ness and your absolute purity, I am willing, aye and content, to go on living as I am doing now â€" ^your friend, and nothing more. But I am not content to think of marrying another woman for the sake of a family which has never done arching for me until it couldn't help itself. Well, at last h« de^rad tbatheioaafebe -belud alot flf letten tavzita aad tbafc Iw oB^t te m wmad ta Locd lateaaitvaa,iH^M^ the „ news. So abon^ h^V%irfi. i -_ hatniiiiJMinlf swaj. *irl Itbtl fi|«t with hiin m Aa haad of tte staios. ixli^moat mtt ]fe ^iaMned «ie i9e of th^ lilL AJid as thOT^ reached the Bead ot the â- taira,MadaineWolc9kaktcamenptotiianaBd greeted the two in her elaborate fureign manner. "Ah! Madame^-good erening! Mr. Trevor â€" I am charmed to see yon. But â€" is anything the matter? Yon look dis- turbed.*' " Mr. Trevor has had rather distorhing Qews,** said EtheL Yes I hope not very bad news," she said in a sympathetic voice. " No one in your family has died, Z trust. " " Well, yes, Madune, my seccmd cousin. Lord RosstreTor is deadâ€" â€" " " Oh " broke in the lady in a sad voice. "But I have never seen him," Trevor continued. " Oh!" in a tone of comprehension â€" "but the news has disturbed yon, of course. " "Well, yes â€" and I must be going. Good- night. Madame â€" Good-night, Mrs. Dennis." *•â-  Good-night," Ethel replied and then he ran quickly down the stairs leaving her and her new acquaintance, Madame Wolen- ski standintron the landing together. {TO BK COSTINCED.) Al^ ABOOr Itt fll MOWII tt(^ Story of a Sonth Aioan Diamond. In October, 1889, a Dutchman named Nicholas Wilhelm Pentz Came to the detec-. tive department at Kimberley and handed in a rough and uncut diamond weighing 87^ carats, alleging that he bad received it about 20 years ago from an old sweetheart of his, who resided at Heidelber,- Cape Colony. Neither the giver nor receiver was aware that it was a diamond. Pentz, according to his story, appears to have kept this stone as a memento, and carried it about with him wherever he went. Being in poor circumstances, he managed to make his way to the River Diggings in order to try his luck in winning diamond?. He arrived there in October, 1889, and was informed by some old diggers that the' stone he had taken such great care of was a dia- moddof good quality, worth about £1800, Pentz then came to the detective depart- ment and requested a permit to sell the diamond, as, according to the law, no one is allowed to sell diamonds without a permit from the detective departmeiit. The chief of the department, however, refused the permit pending inquiry into the story told by Pentz, and retained the diamond. Mean- time, the chief clerk of the detective de- partment was despatched to the district in which the young lady who was supposed to have handed over the stone was last heard of. He found her residing on a farm and married to a respectable farmer. The whole circumstances of the case were narrated lo her, and the actual diamond shown to her. She admitted that she knew Pentz in her girlhood, but she did not recollect hav- ing given him a stone such as the one shown to her. Now comes the 'strange part of the story. The sister of the lady alluded to herein now put in a claim to the diamond, stating that she was the person who actu- ally handed Ihe stone to Pentz. She stated that slic picked it upon her mother's farm, and asked Pentz lo ascertain the nature of it. She had quite forgotton the circum- stance until her memory was refreshed y an account of the tliamond appearing in the local papers. Pentz denies her story i7i (0(0, and defies her to prove it in a court of law. The consequence of all this is that Pentz is bringing a friendly, iiction against the (Government to restore the diamond, whilst the sister here referred to. is suing Pentz. The cases will shortly be heard in the High Court, Kinilerley. The diamond has been valued at ilSOO. The Sational Use of Medicine. Nothing indicates more clearly tiie mod- ern progress of medicine than the tlisappear- aiice of the bulky and disagreeable blouses, powders, draughts, aud mixtures which the physicians of former times administered to their patients, in many cases with but little effect except to put an additional burden upon an already wearied and overloaded stomach. The homeopathic physicians have at least shown' that excessive medication is unnecessary, and that no medication at all will result in an equal number of cures in a great majority of cases, whilst the present tendency of all schools of medicine is to limit their prescriptions, both in number and quantity, and plac^more reliance upon hygienic and sanitary precautions, com- bined with watchful and experienced nurs- ing and care. The philosophy of prescribing what are popularly known as "medicines" is really a very simple matter. It is a well- known fact that certain substances, when taken into the "ystera produce physiological effects. Thus, opium, and its alkaloids pro- duce sleep, ipecac causes vomiting, quinine is found to have a remarkable power of con- trolling intermittent fevers, and so on through the list. There is really no differ- ence between a medicine and a poison, ex- cept in the violence of its action, and, in fact some of the most powerful poisons are found to be valuable, medicinal agents when administered in minute doses. The scien- tific physician, therefore, will not attempt to " cure " a disease by any specific remedy, but will endeavor to fully understand the cause ami nature of the abnormal physiologi- cal action which is taking place in the sys- tem of his patient. Novel Use of the Electnc Motor. Thclatest aud decidedly the most novel use of the electric motor is to replace human energy in the manipulation of the death- dealing Galling gun. The Crocker- Wheeler Motor Company, at the request of the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance, submitted plans by which the Galling guu might be operated by electricity, and have just completed a nintor attached to the breech of the guu, which is a marvelous success. It has been necessary, heretofore, in operating these guns, to have the services of two men, the gunner, whose duty it is to train' the gim and drop the shot where they will do the msst execution, uiid also a man to operate the crank which sets in motion the mechanism which causes the balls to hail down upon ti^e enemy. The adaptation of the Crocker-W heeler motor not only does away with the services of the latter, but en- ables the gunner to train aud operate the gun at will by touching an electric button. So completely is the galling gun under con- trol of the giumer that he is enabled to fire either a single shot or to pour them out at the rate of I,*200 per minute. The Bureau of Ordnance exiKcts that a gunner will be able to do more execution when not discon- certed by the man at the crank, as the power is applied; more steailily, and because ot the absence of wabbling, which is un- avoidable when operated by a man. X^ailroadliDe from Xac^bov laT^hiaW ^idia, nam ibxoai^ a ceantiy wImi» tha t^eraad pantheryet oMinich Wiiliin aooad oTthe ear -wfaeeb, aadwlma almost avety tnin paasing up and doim eiEta.aBrpanta in two aa they crawl ot^ tlw tracb from eover to cover. I heard it stated over-aad over again that three surveyors lost their Uvea nv every mile of the road, and if this had not been true the company would not have employed me in the capacity it did. When the gtading began at Lacknow, or, tatbo*, after it had progressed a few miles to the west, I took the advance with a party of fourteen natives. My title aboold have been, "TheHonoiable Tiger Slayer and Serpent Killer to the Honorable Lacknow and Weat- em Railroad CcMup ny." I was employed to.protect the railroad hands, and the poai- tton was far from being a sinecure. It is as well to stat« how we were outfit- ted. We had two horsM and carts and an elephant. The latter had been used veiy often lor hunting, and was a wary aud intel- ligent beast. He was my personal proper^, and when I rode at all it was on his hack. I had a rifle carrying an explosive ball, and ray men were armed with double-barrelled shotguns. We had a sufnply of Chinese bomM and several hundred sheet-iron cylinders, which could bechargedfcn- shells. In addition to the above I had a case of Con- reve rockets, the chambers of which were lied with swan shot, andwhen we took our station on the line no party could have been better prepared. First on the line came the pioneers, who cleared the track of trees and brush. Within nine mdes of Lucknow two of these were BirrEN BY COBRAS. and died before help could reach them. We were to beat the route ahead of the pioneers for at least five miles, and on the very first day we killed two cobras and ran off a panther. From that day for almost two years there was scarcely a day without its adven- ture. One morning, after we had made our camp about two miles ahead of the pioneers, I started to ride back on my elephant to con- sult- with the foreman of the gang. About the same time he started to walk to my camp. Ten minutes before I saw him my beast, whom I had christened "Zcb," announced in his own peculiar way that he scented tiger. He flung his trunk from side to side and breath^ in an excited way. I had passed out of the thicket to an open spot when I saw Mr. Williams about half a mile away. He was in the clear grotmd on the edge of a dense thicket. I held up, and he soon saw me. He was niiving his hat in silent saluta- tion, when a magnificent specimen of tiger- hood bounded from the thicket, struck the groimdonce, and tiien made a leap of about twenty feet and bore W iUiams to the earth. Two or three seconds later he flung the un- fortunate man over his shoulder and started off. He did not make for the thicket, but for a ravine to the west. I urged Zeb after him OS hard as he could go, and hearing the crash of his footsteps, the tiger halted and wheeled around and stood looking us in the face. I was so near before my beast lialted that I could ace that Williams was gripped by the right shoulder. He lay almost on his back diagonally across (he tiger's body. At a distance of not over fifty feet the ele- phant halted. He saw that the ground was broken and that he stood no show of pur- suit. 1 had my rifle ready, and though I felt almost certain that I would kill Williams if I fired I raised the weapon to my face and fired at the white spot on the tiger's breast. I believe he leaped three f^t high with his burden, and he had touched the earth again when the ball exploded. It made AN AWFUL WRECK of him, and as I rode forwaid I had no hope whatever for the man. I found him Covered with blocd and hair and flesh, and his coat- sleeve torn oil, but I had scarcely taken him by the heels lo draw him aside when he rous- ed up and was soon able to converse. The tiger had given him a severe bite in the shoulder^ aud he had been considerably shaken up by the explosion-, but in two weeks he was at the head of his gang again. The tiger must not only have been a man- eater, but in the full vigor of life and strengtli. An old tiger would have con- tinued to run for cover. This f Mow had lost no teeth and had lots of pluc :. W^e were beating a thicket, in vvh'ch was a large moss of out-cropping n'cl:. The route ran right through the thicket, and within forty feet of the eastern edge of this out-crop. We knew it to be a good place for serpents, and we were not long in find- ing them. With a shot-gun I killed three large specimens of the cobra-manil- la and one of the men hit off two sand- snakes, which are found in the thickets as often its in the sands. Others ran to cover, and we brought up our ammunition train, and made ready for business. We had sheet-iron cylinders from the diameter of a candle to that of a tea canister. We selected a size to fit any hole we found, and they were loaded with powder and buck- shot, and a fuse inserted. The cylinders dropped down after the snakes, and the ex- plosion settled the fate of anything in that hole. I think we killed sixty or seventy serpents on an acre of ground. The first Chinese bomb I used on the rail- way line was at a point eighty miles west of Lucknow. One morning a native came to me from a small village ou our right flank and said that a panther had carried off his two- year-oldchild theeveningbefore. Af tersunset, while the family were sitting about the door of the hut, the child, which was just begin ing to walk, toddled off around the corner of the hut, and was seized by a panther lyinj in wait. Its screams roused the whole vil X had aBBnaly laid ik^ doroaadBiefcad«pah»fcBhH mJA lage, and everybody saw the beast galloping away with tlie child in its mouth. This panther was known to have two cubs, and her retreat was IN' A ROCKY RAVISE fmr^tvauk thergrookd and eaiwht tba aM tf tM-hox-ttir uraMtttea^ wfta Ua fon pawa. X oaMl-the hat^cfc to aevar Ids paws, aad both dropped ioaideas faaniUad offto, ungrooad. Zeb waa now needing aloQg like a mn- awayhone, and I had I eoohl do to re- tainmyaeat. He iaed hia tnmk right and left, and mwe than wce I heud a wolf howl out aa he waa knocked over. I had no mahoat, always acting aa my own, and Zeb had always been wonderfully obedient to my voice. I had no wders to give him now, however, and only knew in a vague way thai he waa heading for oar camp. He fin- ally reached the far edge of the open, and now I expected to be swept off his back as he ran under the trees. Instead of going into the woods he skirted them to the west- ward, and after a run of five minutes he reached a; small lake, of whoae presence I had not the slightest knowledge, as it was walled in by thickets. He ran straight into the water, which M-as about four feet deep and alive with alligators. It was about an acre in extent, and Zeb waded out about 200 feet from shore before he stopped. The pack followed us, each ^olf obliged to swim, and I counted eleven of them. They prob ably reasoned that we were going straight across. When the elephant halted I had my shot gun ready to opeu fire, but there was no need of it. Zeb let the wolves come on onlyto their desiruction. The first one he got hold of was flmig thirty feet high' and the blows of his trunk broke a bock when- ever it could get a fair blow. I Iwlieve he would have cleaned out the whole pack with- out help, but I killed two, aud then aid came from an unexpected quarter. The al- ligators, disturbed by the row, were quick to catch on to the fact that food Wits at hand, and they came up by the dozen. Three or four of the wolves made for the short- after a bit, hut not one reached it. When the last one had been pulled do^-ii Zeb wad- ed ashore and headed for camp, which we reached without further incident. When I came to look him over I found tliat lie Iwd received several severe bites on the trunk, and a sharp stoue had severely cut his right hind foot. After that night the sight of a wolf iu- stautly aroused his ire. 1 had him in the town of Sundella one day a year later, when a native wearing a wolf -skin should cape happened to pass near. Zeb at once charged him, and seizing the iwor fellow inhis trunk flung him clean over thctelegraph wires and on to the roof of a bungalow. The man had a leg broken, and. of course, I had to settle the damages. After two days of palaver he named his figures. He wanted a sum equiva- lent to $25 money, and his friends thought it a fortunate speculation on his part.. -^"2. tate Cable News. YOUNG POLKS. Some ThezapeaticUses of Batteimilk. Thus it will be seen that, on accoimt of the large quantity of water and lactose, the fats being in much smaller quantities even than in milk that has been skimmed, an 1 nost ideal diuretic is at hand, it is some- what strange that buttermilk has been used for its diuretic and laxative properties so little, though we confess that its taste is an objection that in many instances cannot be overcome. In my own practice I have been forced to^ stop using it several times on this account^ The writer has prescribed butter- milk, not only in cases of albuminuria, but Ukewise in cystitis and other affections of the urinary passages, with universally good effects. It has seemed to be indicated wherever mucilaginous drinks, administer- ed solely fir their soothing effect, are pre- scribed. The amount of nitrogenized mat- ters present probably adds somewhat to its merits, while the salts give a flavcv not at all disagreeable, when it can be taken at alL It makes me furious to I On the whole, my use of this preparation, hear of my duty to my family â€" I have no duty to the Trevors, excepting to John Trevor, of the Fifteenth Dragoons. " ' I (Ud not mean to suggest anything that 'would hurt yoo. Jack," she said meekly â€" **yon do believe that, don't you?" He began to feel himself a positive brute to her. ** It would be well for me," he said if I were half as good and half as unsel- fish as you are, dear. No, you needn't shake your head like that. Do you think I have ftffgottenhowyeara ago, when we were the heat of chnms at Blaiikhampton,yonBsed to let me have the beat of everything aad always made me feel I was doing you a favour by taking it? Youarethe same now aa you -were then. „ " I want to be tiie same," ahe cnedâ€" " but oh Jack, I feel so different, ao difer- ent that aometimes I look back and wonder though reatricted to affections of thahidneys and organs connected therewith, for the most part haa led me to esteem it highly and to believe it worthy of great confidence whenever the practioner desires to excite the flow of urine, to modify its character, or to soothe an inflamed and ccmgeated mncons surface over which this excretion ia to pass. little happy chBd per â- dens at the Ciiffe uatj if I ever was that .^, iriio ran abont the gardens at the CMe mmufi. aadthoFtfaea withoata care in thewidaj^ â„¢,y â- J, ;-i,l «» I Daaatinii 'â- StT..-â€" iid he t«ndariy-"y~«!«f*S'*« aaA win afav^a ba jart that awa child, ftha^dd. Woiting a Sin Mine. " 111 give (100 for a kiaa," aaid a rackleaa yomg man to a DwigfatviUe ^ri the other ni^t when the moon waa neariag ita fall a^ soaoeptiwe minda ware feeling ita in- floence. J " I think yoo can make even a better bar- gain than that," aaawared tba fair creatnre. ' Why not preenmt the daim and work the lode? Asthayi^isiaexhanatiblcLtibeooat per headoaa berodaoed toaa auoln ilntely Ban took. tUa a mile from the village. I took five men uid the elephant, and, accompanied by about thirty of the villagers, went to the ravine. It wasn't exactly a ravine, but a basin of thicket and rack, with a spring at the bottom of it. My men soon beat up the ground, and found a well -worn path leading to the den. It was about twenty feet below the crest of the sink, and the opening was nearly as large as a barrel. There was no question but that the panthers would be at home at that hour of the day, aud after arranging my men with their shot guns I dropped the bomb into the den myself. It wasn't a bomb for a mortar, but a heavy gia^s bulb filled with chemicals and cxphHled by a fuse. When the chemicals were released they created such a smell as no human nose could endure. The bomb is simply an improvement on the stinkpot. The latter is of iron, and its contents have to be lighted by hand. I heard a growl as I retreated, and all of us caught the sound of the explosion. In- deed, we felt the jar of it. A few seconds there was a rush and a roar, and one panther was hardly out when a secpnd followed. They were cut and bleeding and seemed to }.e on fire. We fired as they came into sight, and both rolled to the bottom of the sink, dead. It was a full hour before a native could enter the den, and then he found two dead cubs and some of the bones of the vil- lager's child. We gave them the scalps of the panthers, that they might claim the Government reward, and the father of the child at once forgot his loss. I had had my elephant seven months be- fore I learned his real value. He h«d been warranted a ner^'y beast, but it often hap- pens that if an elephant is transferred to new scenes he undergoes a change of heart. One afternoon I rode.^own the route about five mil«s to a villagp to procure medicine for i| sick man In my par^. The route was thrmigh foreat and tiiicket and over stretch es of open covered with tall grass. Before going I exchan^d my rifle for one of the shotguns, knowing that it would be a more effective weapon nom the back oi an ele- phant. There had been a murdercommitted in the village that fvenoon, and this and other matters detained me ontil abont an hoar befoore sunset. As 1 made ready to start back a native hunter said to me " The sahib will need sharp eyes and a steady hand. A wolf haa jost appeared in the village.*' I thanked him for hia interest and rode away. The wolves oi India do not pack in such nnmbera as ebewhere, seldom more than five or six being fbtind together. We hid killed a few along the line, and th^ had Aowed DO fight atalL Aa Zeb shambled along I thou^t far leas of wolves than of bigger game. Twaan't a mile ontof thevilla^adMB ZiA began to swing hia trunk aa a sign that he aoented daoger. Ab we left the cover of the woods to croaa one of the opaa qiacea, he tnunpeted in excitemoit, aad increaaed hia pace. loooldaae Bothiagat fizat teaiarm him, bot two or three aiiaateoIaCarlcaa^t â- i^t of rm LABoa woLvn OB oar trail, aad this number inoreaaadto twaato ahaoat ia a twiakKng, Wavarcaot lafe hdf «v acsoai t^amn whaa tha pack Outwitted. It seemed a pity that a boy who had so goo^l a mother should make her sad when he could have helped it yet the sorrowful truth was that she often sat alone in her pretty room, unableto read or write,sotrouble- ed was she over Paul. He was only these years old, and not a bad boy in the senns that we mean when we use the word, though I find I cannot help thinking that a boy who causes his mother needless anxiety rather deserves the name. Paul meant to be good he told his mother so every night. He was good-tempered aud cheery, and kind-hearted, as a rule. The trouble was, his love of fun was constaufly leacling him into scrapes, M'hich made his teachers look and speak reproof, and brought troubled wrinkles into his mother's faqe. She was a widow, and he was all she hod. The last thing Paul hud done was to get in- timate with a class of loys whom his mother did not approve. They were schoolmates and neighbors, and she did not want him to lie rude to them only to have as little to do with them aa possible. And it was wonder- ful how skillful he was in finding rea- sons why he should go up .town or over to Uncle Dick's or down to the river in their company. Ou this particular afternoon Mrs. Wheel- er sat in her most tlioughtful attitude, not heeding the lovely sunset with which the sky was aglow, thinking her troubled thoughts. Only a little before she had seen Paul pass the house with those three objec- tionable friends, his face full of eager inter- est, his eyes shinuig with suppressed fun, his whole manner indicating that some scheme of unusnal interest was being talked over. His mother had' knocked on the window and beckoned to him, but so interested woshe in what the boys were saying that he had neither seen nor heard her of that she felt certain, and almost c|iially certain was she that one of the boys both saw and heard, and had kept it from Paul. If she could have heanl them talk I fear the lines ou her face would have deepened. " Mean old thing," Rupert Blake waa say- ing, " always getting us into some trouble or other. It was her fault that we lost our recess to-day. I said then I'd pay her off. " But at this Paul looked not quite pleased. " She's well enough,' I think," he said, " cross sometimes in school, but she isn't when it's out, and she isn't cross only .when we do something to bother her all the time. I think it would be fun to scare her it is so dreadfull silly for a great big grown-up woman lo be so easily scared,' and Paul laughed at the thought. ' Your false face is ugly enough to scare a soldier," said Rupert. "I never did see such an awfid old fellow as you look with it on." Paul giggleil. " I think myself it is rather ugly," he said, "but after all how silly to be afraid of it You see it is t5X ugly lo be a man's face at all, or a boy's, aud that ought to make folks think that it is a joke of some kind. Folks don't slop to think when they are scared." " She is awfully silly, any way," said Ru- pert. "I heard her tell Mr. Jenkins that she was afraid of those false faces when she knew they were false. She said if she should meet somebody just at dusk with one on, she believed she would faint, even if she knew who was wearing it. Now what do you think of that for a silly V Paul giggled again. "She wm't faint," he said, "she'Ucut andrun. Whatfuntosee her go Will she wait to climb the fence, do you think, or crawl through the hole? If she climbs this fence Illlthrow off my false fare aud come and help her then she'll never guess who it was. But look here, how are we going to get her down by the old tree in just the right time of the evening? It will have to be pretty dark or she will know me, and then of course the fun would be over. " "That's all fixed. Dick and Teddy are to coax her out to walk with them. They are to tell her there is something awful pretty down by thebig tree that they want to show her, and that they would rather have her to take a walk with than anybody else because she tells them so many nice things. You know she is awful easy to flatter, and I've primed them on what to say, and how to act, and all that. Jerry is a cute little fellow, and will do all I tell him, I guess. Oh we'll have no end of fun. " But a sudden change had come over PauL He almost stopped iu the street, his eager, merry face growing sober, and a look very like indignation b^an to creep over it. "But Dick and Jerry are always in trou- ble with Miss Fletcher," he said " they don't either of them like her, and there isn't a pretty thing down by the tree it's a hor rid ugly place." "What of that, greeny they can pretend to like to have her with them just for fun, can't they She's sure to believe it, because she thinks everbody likes her and as for the pietty thing, if your false face isn't pretty it is astonishing, anyhow. She will be the best judge as to what it is after sh^ has had a glimpse of it. Come on fast, I'm afraid they'll be down there before we. get you rigged." But Paul moved slower instead of faster, and at last stood stilL " I'm not going," be said boldly, " I just begia to see the mean aide of it. It isn't fun, it's lying and cheat- ing. You hire Dick aad Jerry to do the ly- ing â€" I Buppoae you promised them scnne taj^or peanuts if they would. That's a little too much like Jndaa to suit me. I aaid only laat night, if there were a f elknr I despiaed it waa one that woold go and kiaa another and pretend to like hinu just to get him intoa scrape I No, lir yoa dtm^tc^ch Paul Wheeler m that tziek anyhow I've read Mndaa* to lately. Fm going right atraight home," saying which ne whined abont aad left the aatoaiahed Bapert itand- ingitariag at him. ** TonVea greeny,** he diontad, aa aoon aa ha could reoorcr ipawh. â- * All right,** aaid Faol diaerUy, Td rathtt be a greeny than a cheat, aay day. ^I^ raarh^Ufe;mi^ was bora Mar Bal- ^aonlin 18S9L Ha wu a Carmer'a aoa, aad •ataradthe Qoaeai^ iervfce in 18«9,'aa a Giffie, loattcadM* oarrii«a and laad her ponyiriitlatiatha Hii^faHida. Baiag thua I aiavty *B Mdiaazy aartaat, ha waa unheard of oat of Scotland antil hia thirty-aixth year, althoogh ia ISSB be firat became Qer Majea- tya renlar oot-door atteadant every^riiere inthalDgUHida. However, in 186.1, the Queen advanced him to the poaitioo c^ an ' upper aervant " he waa then styled her " permanent peraon- id attendant," and from that date he accom- panied her in all her journeys, wherever ahe went. It waa then that he was first seen in the Isle of Wtj^t. In seven or eight years after that, he had risen entirely out of ob- scurity, was well known throughout the land, and had virtual control of l»th household and estate. Then the servants and others (by orders) called him "Mr.,"addrcMed him as "Sir," and letters directed to. him were addressed, "John Brown, Esq." Further- more, what he said orsuj^ested became law, and all his wishes were verified, but, instead of lieing tyrannical, he grew quite popular, and all tried to please him, for he took ss much interest in the servants as did the Queen, and many, a good turn done to themi and to individuals in the outside world, is all due to John Brown. Naturally, he had a few favourites, and assisted his own rela- tives, but none seemetl jealous and nobody had cause for complaint. In character he was soopen, staunch, honorable and upright, that people could detect no flaw in his con- duct though, a few of the "aristocrats" were not inclined to Utlerate him, as he was, in their narrow-minded views, forgetful of his position, but on the other hand, his position was so great that the forgetfulneas lay on their side. From a "personal attendant" he was ncx t promoted to a rank called the " S(ivereign'8 Body-squire " (adopted from the Gennan Courts), aud in this position he ranked as a gcntlemau of the d-ays of chiv- alry, though that is a difiicult degree lo de- fine in the present century, but such it was that he rose superior to evcryIody who could be termed a servant whatever, aud so far gained the confidence of his royal mis- tress, that she eventually declined giving her final ord irs to the pages over night as before, and caused all her commands to permeate through John Brown instead, and so well did he arrange matters of every description that the Queen had never occa- sion to find fault. He could enter any royal room after simply knocking, without await- ing the word of admittance, and his own sense and experience warned him when to withdraw. He looked, and was, however, a brave, truthful, and loyal man â€" one of ' Nature's noblemen " and iu the heig'it of his power and position was as sociable with his subor- dinates as when be was only their etjual, as well as to the cottagers, with wliom he never interfered unless it was to do them a favour. We all know by reading the Queen's Diary what she thought of him when alive, and ber opinion was thoroughly detverAeil, viz. tliat " his attentijn, care, and 'Mthfubivss can- not be exceeded, lie lias all the independence and elevated feeUngs peculiar to the Higldand race is singularly straighi- for^vard, sin) pie- minded, kiud-hearle«l and disinterested, always ready to oblige, and of a discretion rarely to be met •kith," and this he really was to all who knew him. To an " outsider" he was very polite, though a certain amount of blunt courtesy was per- ceptible he was plainly outiipokeu, but never rnde. He had a beautiiully-furuishcd room, where a visitor would be shown iu (for lie had a man-servant to wait on him), aud the visitor was offered port wine or Scotch whisky (to both of which J«fan Crown Mas very partial), and a splendid cigar, he ImjIul' himself a gi-eat smoker, and perliaps the only person in the Palace who could smoke in his own room with impunity. He" would con- verse in the most free and hearty manner possible (though with a broad Scottish accent), talking usually on Court topics, aud if you required his assistance to see the Queen privately, depend upon it, if he promised it,you would see her he would send you a message staling the hour, and when the time arrived, he would â-  Stanlqy-Buttalot Againâ€" Tfc» Otamritek in Tvmmâ€"Aa^Vmxwgtmt AlUaa. 3%e atatemoit made by Mt, Staalay, »»ri t the death of Major Barttalotwaaacaaa '*Dot of mardar, but of killiag," ^vMilaanM to ba the subject of much ooounoit in Tifmdtm, I is directly controverted by Lient. Baart, ii^ statement already published, and I am now enabled to confirm that contradictian by an officialcopy of the finding of^the ooort mar- tial of the Congo State. Thia finding waa in the French language, and the following ia the official verified tranalatioo. "Stanley Faixs Station. " Official report of the proceedings of the Court Martial held on Aug 6, 1838. "We, the undersigned, Louis Haaeoae President Alfred Baert and Oscar Bodaon Associates Edward Huick, acting Recorder met in session at a court martial, m order to pass judgment upon the act impntei to a person named Sauga, accused ofa murder committed on the person of Major Bartt^ot, chief of the expedition, according to the coin- plaint hereto appended of M. Jameaon, member of the Emm Pasha expedition. After hearuig the accused Sanga and the witnes- ses, the court has unanimously decided that conformably to chapter 48 of the oixUnaaoe of Aug. 27, 1887, the penalty of being ahot to death shaU be appUod. The proper ex- tract from the sentence waa read to the ac* cused and the execution of the sentence im- medi;itefy afterward took place. " Done at Stanley Falls, Aug. 6, 1888." On Thursday the Czarewitgh spent eight hours iu Vienna, and had what is described as a \ory cordial reception from Emperor Francis Joseph and his people. Russian semi-otiicial newspapera distrusting with good cause, Austria's feelings toward Russia, hai^ireviously declared, with sus- picious um-inimity, that the youiic Prince's visit could have no political meaning or im- portance. To-day the same journals are decUring that the kindness shown to the Czarewitch canliot fail to -contribute to the maintenance aud cousolidation of peace, and this sentiment is echoed by the Vienna official ijreas. The incident is considered another proof of the uncertain position of European affairs. It is rumored, with what ilcgroe ,,f truth it is impossible to say, that Russia is just now engaied in the Balkans and at Constantinople in work w~hich, if known at Vienna, would certainly precipi- tate a conflict that the Czar was not cer- tain how much of this was known to be sus- pected by the Austrian Goverument that he feared his son might be treated coolly or in- directly insulted, and that he had resolved in that event to draw the sword without furth* delay. It is'certain that the young art* witch was extremely nervous as to his re- ception, but then, according to official chror- iclers, he is naturally a shy young man. Ho is tall and handsome, and tho heir to the greatest, if not the most firmly settled crown in the world, and ought therefore to have a reasonably good opinion of hunself. But when he alight* d from the train he stood still in the middle of the platform, blushed ileeply, cast doM'n his eyes like a bashful lover, and actually took off his Austrian helmet and dwiddled it about m his liauds. How long he would have remained in that queer iMjsilion had not the Austrian Emper- or helped him out it is impoesiblc to say. He was doubtless immensely relieved when Francis Joseph ran up to him, took him to his breast, and kissed Iiim vehemently on Iwth cheeks. That kindly action put the C/Jtrewiich at comparative ease, and there- after things went smoothly enough. The English and Portuguese governments have agreed upon a modiM vUfMdi, to re- main ill force for six months, pending the ne- gotiations l)etween the two gnvemments re- garding disputetl territory in Africa. The agreements made since August :*0 with na- tive chiefs by British agents on Portuguese territory are annulled. Thafintatadpcawaa nadaialSm i^ipadoi[tiBai»U«iRiaaBd«iMdia«B XfyaawfaktowfttewaU, ataty tka ttfo hnovad witfctta Qaaaa*! praaeaoe a wu Ammma aa OMgr waaMr mai^V ahv^yoa ia tka jfMac mUm » M ,^{ fimm m ommbj, and ahe facaiahad Us hoaaa i9Madfta,aMl«^NiHAaVpada*«ff«7M.:fjlM«. l«ata(£9H^aa*wa4lii«gifti. " TROT VOL' L'l" TO IIEU MAJESTY in the coolest manner possible, just mumb- ling something in her royal car as he did so; he would then stand away a little on one side and when ready, at a secret signal from the Queen quietly take you back again, and another time would tell you what Her Ma- jesty thought about you or your bu.siness, for he womd be sure to ask her, after onee takingyou in hand. Having liecn a gillie, he was a splendid shot, and all the game ou the estate was eventually placed under his superintend- ence, ana he had once hud the woods le- stocked with pheasants, rabbits, etc. He was devot«d Ui shooting, and on one oecasion wore trousers, as his kilts were consUmtly in contact with the bushes,^ but he avowel he would not wear such a garment again, as he was never so cold in his life before. Strange lo remark, that though he was an excellent rider, he never appeared on hoi-se- back in the island. Another amusement he revelled in was dancing, i" c, Highland dances, and many a boisterous reel be has eujoycd with the (juccii and lh 1'riiice.sscs at the servants' Ixill he also appreciated a good song. He had one alight fauft, viz., luistiness, and would therefore often use the word which a hasty man does when annoyed, ir- respective of who were present, as, for in- stance, when the Com t visi ted H. M; S. Thunderer some years ago ,of ' Oslwnie (and Lord Charles Beresford was her Command- er), John Brown accidentally struck hissbin against the iron-work, anda'mtscil llie Queen aud everyone on board as he gave vent to his injured feelings iu certain language, but he pronounced it in^ucli abroad accent, that itquilti detractctfcrom the naturcof an oath, and gave his remarks such a humor- ous flavour that they caused a general laugh all round. John Brown's high position caused him to be the recipient of many valuable presents, but they were useless .to him, and would only become a cause of contention amongst his friends when he died, so he, preferring cash in lieu, very shrewdly SOLD MOST OF THEM AtiAIX a few weeks after they had been given him, sometimes to the very London jewcllei-s from whom they had btreu purchased, and obtaining almost their cost pric J in return. Taking this into consideration, as also his salary, aud the fact that there was nothing whate\'er requiring him to spend his i loiiey, for he was allowed no holidays (u yearly privilege granted to all other servanls,etc. ), he must have died worth a large sum, and yet nobody coubl evtr call him mean, he was also very generous to his poorer rela tions. Onegift, however, he kept, viz., a hand some double-cased English void lever watch the Queen had given him, which was engraved with his name, etc., and he also greatly prized the " Victoria Faithful Ser vice Medals" he had received, for whilst in pDSsession of the silver one, he was awarded the gold medal in 187*2 in addition, for seiz- ing the lad O'Connor, when he attempted to atUu;k Her Majesty whilst she was about to enter Buckingham Palace ^af ter a drive. John Brown was the -sole recipient of the gold medal in question. It is said that he liad also once saved the Queen's life in a ford in the Highlands, and on another occasion he was just in' time to prevent her being fallen on by a large tree in Windsor Park, all of which added to the great esteem in which he was held. He was, however, a very modest man, and would never boast, nor even say what he had done for anyone in that way, so that it was diffi- cult to ascertain further information on these points. In speaking about the Qu^n, his bright eyes would kindle, and he seemed to look upon her in the light of a deity, and always spoke of her, with a certain amotmt of solemnity, as "Her Mawjesty!" although in the Queen's presence he appeared to treat ber in an almost contradictory spirit. Peo{de might wcmder why this man always remained a bachelor. About six or seven yean before he died, he really had made all arrangementa with a young lady to get mar- ried, bot the Queen hearing of it, strongly objeeied, tbou^ why she tUd so has never been explained It appears, however, that she diatuctly informed John Brown that if he married, she should at once pension him off, and he therefore submitted to her widiaa 1^ remaining single. Her Majesty had on anotiier occasioD, for no given reaaoaa, alao ohjeeted to one of bis nearest relativea aiarrying a moat respectable and imii»li|f woman in the booaehold, and in thia caa^ too, the man ia qneatioa prudent- Ivafaidad by tha Qaeea'a daciaioa rather than aarh^a be dimiaaed fnan her aervice, thoojpt Her Majesty afterwards fnlly ap- preciated hia beiag matried to an entirely diffnent poraoa. Another rdative who waa a iMut tiaie ago at Windaor waa dwittttaQaeaa*! praaenoe at the at a Lumber Shipments. MoNTKKAi., Nov. 10.â€" The New York Ex- port Lumijer Company has closed its yards at H* chelaga for the season, and with it the luinler trade l)etwcen the St. Lawrence and .South America may le said to have also clos- etl, the company named, which virtually re« presents that inule, having despatched its last shipments. The total number of vessels ai'riviiig have l»een only five, as against thirty last year. The first vessel, the Sophie Wil- helmiiie, arrived on June "iS), leing twenty days li-.tcr than last SCjison. The total ship- ments from Hochelaga have l»een 3,Si2,- (i'.liJfcet, as against '2-J,S7«,i;i2 feci in 1889, yv'hile lite qiuiiitity sent from other ports ou Uie.'^t. Uiwrcuee has Ihjcu- :t,79S,O0O (all kind.-.) against l:i,'2!»'J,9lO bust year, mak- ing a grand total of -shipiiieiils from the St. Lawrence for IStHt of only 7,((iiMi90 feel, igaiiist :r,:ji:i,ri73 feet in ISS9. Tins includes for each year timlMT ui every .sort, viz., spruce, pine, hardwfHxl, and what is te^jlinically known ji.s "small stowage," and exhibits a falling oil' for the .-.eiisonof •l~,{\7i'l,S' feet. The last .smallest season within the ilccadc waslhal ni I87**t when the shipments from the St, l.iiwrence, lU porl-s were only :t,4:i7,*»J( feet, or 4,-22:t,- (i'.m feel less than this year. In IS77 the season was Utile Iwltcr, only S,787,9*iS being shipped. .^laUcrs tlien steadily iill- provcil tiiitil last year, whva the largest sliipment i)erliapsiii the hi.slmy of the trade was madi, as sliown, and wliieh renders the sudden and tremendous fa 1 tliis ye;ir the moi'c liscjuraging. The grwit falling off is attributed to tlie political disorder in So..Lh Amerit a. Poultices aud Fomentations. MrsTAUit I'm i.Ti ha.â€" Dry mustard, cold water. Mix fnoujtli cold water witii the mus- tard tomaki.- it iiiija thicKfxiste; when quite Siuooth, spit. id it upon a iiieee of tbiu old linen or en: inn; sicw it roiuid so as to form a bag. Ie eai'-lnl not lo make the poultice larger than i!.';uireil, hold it to the tire for ^i few minutes, so iis not to tliill your patient; time, from fifteen to thirty minutes; -have ready a iiicec of clean soft cotton or a pie-x' of clean wadding, aul when you take off the mustard poultice put on the wailding or the cotton. lluKAii A.sn Mii.K I'm i.TicE.â€" stale bread, cold milk. lioil bread with enough milk to make a thick pulp spread it ou a jiiecc of soft ci)tton, ami apply it very hot. Thisptmlticc is often applied without a cloth between it and the affected part, but poul- tices put into a Iag are cleaner and mors easily rewarmed. Bread poultices are cleans- ing and switbing. LiNSEEii Me.u. Poii-TICE.- Linseedmeal, Iniling water. Put sulhcient meal to make the .poultice the size rerjuired into a hot bowl, and pour on boiling water enough to make a soft paste beat quickly for three minutes, or till it looks oily. Have ready a flannel or coltfjii bag the size required pour in the paste, sew up the mouth of the bag quickly. Apply the poultice to the affect- ed p:irt as hot OS it can be borne. If order- ed with mustard, mix a tablespoonfulof dry mustard with the meal. Good for inflam- mation. FuMENTATIOX OF CHAMOMILE FloWEBS. â€" Two ounces chamomile flowers. Put into a jar with two teocupfuls of water, cover jar very close, let it come to -a boil, and infuse for fifteen minutes, keeping lid close on jar all the time strain off the hot liquor, dip pieces of flannel into it, and apply extemai- -ly to the part affected. Good to allay swell- ing and inflammation. What Oaused Him to Befonn. At a temperance meeting one of the work* ers read a story entitled, " The Little Shoes Did It." It was about a man who had been reclaimed from the vice of intemperance by seeing the saloon-keeper's little child come into the saloon, holding out her feet to her father to look at her fine new shoes. It made the drunkard think of his own bare- footed children at home, impoverished in order that the saloon-keeper's child might be well shod, and he quit drink from that mo- ment. At the conclusion of the recital a sh^by, dissipated-lookingman in the back of the hall began to sob. "Ah," said the reader from the platform, to the sobbing man, ** you have been there yourself. " The weepine man, with hia face buried in his hands, nodded assent. " And have you reformed " Another vigorous nod. "Thei^it was the little shoes of the saloon- keeper's little girl that did it " "No," he replied, sadly; "it waa the saloon-keeper's little boot. He kicked aia out!" ' She Changed Her Kind, Indignant Maiden â€" Sir, if you aXbempb to kias me 1 11 call my mother. Independent Yooac Han â€" If yoa call yonr mother 111 kiM her, toa Maidea (no kmger iad^piant) â€" Yon wiU« eh Well, doat yoatiiiak waoaaget akaw without her t i'lf liflMaJaia JM