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CM AI'TICR XXIV.
I.aily Nfvll hail Iwrj In Iwniilon three
r i'ek; the ai na.ni n aa In full awliijr. Klie
hail riKente(I Mmli;e to her anverelisn,
and Mil. Ice wn In hiicli apirita anil enjoy
inif l.er t-iiyetlca iinmeraely. June had
been home mire, and Kir Thomaa had
seiit two niirlita In London, on the nccn
aion of lila ife'a jiIvIiik a dinner party at
wliirlj t wua thoiiKht deairulrle he aliotild
preaiile aa hoat.
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mn to Hy abi.nt of an expedition to KKypt
In whieh the liunnla were to take part.
At tirat the Idea was ridiculed, liut (trnd
iiiill) it enme to lie entertaineil more !
rionaly, and then to lie reeocnized
fnet. IluJIna' liuttnlion wna for aerviee,
and aa aonu aa thia waa known to the
niuiea in uroKvenor atrwi ii nu.i a moat
inoilieiiiiifc- eiieer upon tneir apirua.
Mange, it la true, artected to atiare the
MHiiueiaaui oi iaiiaa, anil raiaeti gayiy
of the diatitietiona he would earn the lioa.
ibllity of uieilnla and Victoria criisaea.
Mra. Kllemere waa aerioualy depreaaed
al tlio thought uf the bonUhip and dan
ger her favorite nephew might incur, and
na for June, each time ahe realized it, a
kiwi roue in her throat and a miat came
la-fore her e.vea, and ahe felt aa if life had
iiddeuly hecome blank. She would look
furtively at him aa he wna laughing and
tnlLIng in the gayeat of apirita, and thou
her vivid imagination would ace bitn lying
ileud, with livid, upturned face, on a bat-
iienetu, or worn and wanted hy fever in
some wretched hoaptlul. made her feel aa if she must burat into
Late one July afternoon June and Mrs. teara. There was a wistful look in Dal
Klleaiuere left the carriage at the top of j lna' eys. as though he were asking her if
the ltow and took chairs under the tree, j she was really sorry he was going if she
lialla wna to ji,athem there. Madge j would miss him.
woa apending the afterniMrn w ith a friend
Mr. (arlukr 'ns.eil. then stopped, turn
ed and naked penniaaion to ait down by
Lady Nevil. l'reaently a friend of Mra.
Kllesuiere joined ber, and the tirat pair
were left to each other. Naturally
enough, the conversation turned on the
coming campaign, atij Jnue. who was al
ways trying to get comfort i. ,ub-jiH-t.
aatied Mr. rMriake hia opinion of
the chnucea of hghting.
June tried to draw consolation from Mr.
Carsiakc. He did not think it would be
a very serious affair: he was not impress
ed with a belief in the fightinj. qualitie
of the Kgyptinns; a change of masters
would make very little difference to them;
they would still he oppressed under any
rule. The climate waa tlm worst part
of it, though the Iledouiua and the Nile
might seriously impede our operations.
Then Mr. Cat-slake, not looking at Lady
Nevil, but trying to make bis voice in
different, said:
"I suppose Miss Kllesmerc feels Broke's
ing very much?"
In a moment his meaning dawned on
June, and she saw that a golden oppor
tunity was la-fore her.
"I do not think so." she answered. "Not
nearly so much as my aunt and I. She
only thinks of the brilliant side of war,
and not of .of the danger."
"She will feel it more w hen he is gone,
no doubt," said Mr. t'arslake, tracing a
pattern in the gravel w ith his stick.
"1 do not 'kiiow," replied June. "Peo
ple never thiuk anything is likely to hap
pen to their friends unless it is a matter
of vitally alisorhiug Interest to them,"
"But I thought such was the case."
"Certainly not," exclnimod I-ndy Nevil,
with great animation. "There is nothing
of any sort or kind between Mndge and
Mr. Broke, except the most ordinary
friendship,"
"Oh!" and Mr. ("arslake looked up at
her. "I was told that if not actually en
gaged they were next door to it."
June felt that her opportunity had come.
"What do not people say?" she remark
ed. "Do you believe every report you
hear?"
"Only when It ia borne out by appear
ances." "You are quite mistaken," said Lady
Nevil. "Madge has never been In love
but once In her life, and then ao seriously
that I think it will quite prevent ber
ever caring much Sir anyone else."
"Tell me frankly," said Mr. Cat-slake,
"are you speaking of me? I should not
venture to ask, uuless "
"Yes, I am," replied June, with equal
frankness.
"And aud do you really believe she la
not indifferent to tne?"
"I aia quite sure that you are the only
mutt for whom she has ever cared seri
ously." To Mr. Carslake's infinite chagrin, Dal
las came' up at this moment. But June
felt that enough had been said, aud that
Madge's future, at all events, was safe.
Dallas saw June and Mndge off by the
train next day; he took cordial leave of
the latter, aud ahe wished him a gay fare
well, and bade him bring her hack the
scnls of numerous Egyptians aud return
covered with glory.
"I shall see you again," he said to June
aa the train was starting, keeping a long
hold of her hand and for once not at
tempting to prevent his eyes from betray
ing to her all he ftjlt. Aa for June, site
was deathly pale; her Una were quiver
ing; there was a look almost of agony in
her face. The whistle sounded, the train
moved off, their eyes were fixed In one
long, Inst giue, and then they were parted.
June leaned back In the carriage and
closed her eyes. Madge made some gny
remark, but her cousin did not answer,
and Mndge took the hint and left her
alone. Her own pleasant thoughts were
company enough for her; the misunder
standing hetwecn her and Mr. Carslake
was at au end, and hs bad asked her to
marry him.
The time waa drawing on, and June
had not yet found courage to tell her hua
baud ot her Intended visit to London; ahe
felt inatinrtireir Uiat he would not lie
pleoae.l. And, whatcTar hannened. ah
could not, no ahe could not, ie ut that
cheriahed idea. She muat at Dallas once
more.
One morning, fonr daya before the an
nonnced departure of tiie Cuarda, ahe said
to Tom, aa he waa about to leave the
lireukfaat room
"I am Koine; up on Saturday to atay
iho niirnta wim aira. Trevanion.'
n. tie uttered, and atotnu-d ahort.
"Have you not bad enough of London
yet r
mere wna aomething onnaual in hla
voice; tt had a ring of distinct displeae-
ure ana aiafatiKfaetion,
1 here wa no miatake about hia dla-
. -H-nnuir. aii- .rarre T book to n.a w ire
pienaure.
ii. . .
j uunng tnc dnya that preceded her jour-
uey io i,oniloti. lie half Doped the would
nnderatand that he did not wiah her to go
anu wouiu give up the Idea. But, though
i June waa moat arutelr minaeinna r.t hi.
dikpleaaure. ahe felt that, nnleaa he for
Mile her in ao many worda, go ahe muat
And now the evening, to which June
had heen looking feverishly forward, had
arrived. She waa sitting opposite Dallas,
no appeared to lie in the highest spirits,
and thinking every time abe looked at bis
handaome, cheery face that it was for
the last time. Her heart was like lead
within her In-cant; she knew she should
ueven, tee him again. She tried to smile
and talk, but w hen she opened ber a
choking sensation rose In her throat and
Mrs. Trevanion made superhuman ef
forts to talk brightly; she would not allow
herself to dwell on facts, hut insisted on
putting the most cheerful face on the ex
pedition and on making the very beat of
everything. It waa quite likely the whole
thing would be over before they got out,
she said; but 1 'alias indignantly protested
against the idea of their being made fools
Of fur tiOtnittg. IThai .... v ...
them lack from Kgypt? he hardly knew
what the specialties of the country were.
Hut Mrs. Trevanion bade hinS bring him
self back safely, and they would be quite
satisfied. His sword belt bad arrived just
aa be was starting for dinner, ao he had
brought it with him to try on. And. with
the help uf his hostess, he proceeded to
eqmp himself in it, while June. Icy cold.
with burning cheeks, sat looking an. Dal
las, however, seemed pleaaurably excited.
He drew bis sword from the scabbard
and. flourishing it lu the air, wondered
laughingly huw many Egyptians he
should slay with It. Then June shut her
eyes, and a horrid picture came across her
imagination. She saw him, atill grasping
his sword, but falling, staggering under
his death wound, his now smiling face
convulsed with agony. Oh, it was noth
ing short of murder to send out a boy like
mat: Ana in wnat a cause: Overwhelm
ed with agony, a great sob rose in her
throat a sob that would not tie stifled;
and then, 8truck with sudden horror at
having thus betrayed herself, she rose and
Hill from the room.
Dallas stopped short, as if paralysed;
tne color leu nis cneegs, and he stood
staring at Mrs. Trevanion. who affected
not to notice what had happened, aud
went on arranging the belt.
But Dallas put one hand on her arm
and said, lu a voice stammering with emo
tion: "Do you really think she cares about
my going?"
"Do we not all care?" returned Mrs.
Trevaulon, evasively.
"Yea, but I wish I had known before!"
uttered Dallas, leaning against the chim
ney piece and putting one hand over his
eyes.
"Why do yoo w ish you had known be
fore';" said Mrs. Trevanion, reproachfully.
"Would you like to go away nursing a
dishonorable passion in your heart? Do
you thiuk It would be any comfort to you,
supiHising," and her voice faltered "sup
posing you had to look death in the face,
to remember that you had brought uuhap
pluess aud doubt into the home of an hon
est man a man whose peace of mind you
hnve every right to respect? And, be
sides, you are wrong in attaching any im
portance to Lady Nevil's agitation. She
is very sousitive; she has seen a great deal
of you lately; even if she had only the
most cousinly liking for yon, she might
well feel upset to-night. Do you sup
pose," the teara standing In her eyes,
"that I do not feel bad about your go
ing?" "Heaven bless yoo, my dear, I know
you do. But but," opening hia blue eyes
rather widely at her, "you you don't
think I sha'n't come back?"
"No, no," cried his friend. "I am quite
sure you will. But I should like to think
you went out with a free heart and a clear
conscience."
Then there was a long pause, broken
at last by Dallas.
"Do you thiuk," he uttered very wist
fully, with an imploring glance, "that I
might see her fur one moment alone be
fore 1 go, just to wish her good-by?"
"No, no, no!" answered Mra. Trevau
lon, with the utmost resolution. "Not for
anything in the world; not for both your
sakea. You know there is nothing I would
not do for you. But not that."
When the wheela had rolled away, the
two ladles sat down and wept greviously.
And theirs were not the only hearts that
ached that night.
CHAPTER XXV.
Tom received his wife with extreme
coldness oa her return. He scarcely
spoke during dinner, and, when it was
over, want away to his own room. He
did not mention Dallas' aame, or make
any Inquiry about his departure. June
was perfectly conscious of these signs o
displeasure, but a sort of apathy had
stolen over ber; It seemed as if nothing
mattered very much. In a few days, per-
haps, she would feel differently, and then
she would set to work to propitiate her
husband.
In reality Tom felt himself deeply ag.
" grieved. It took a long time to get
Idea into his head, but once It was there.
a atill longer time waa needed to dislodge
it. Why ahould June have wanted to go
to London to bid Dallas good by again
nnleaa ahe took a much greater interest
In biin than she had any right to? A
for him, of course, he had been at b
infernal tricks again; and Tom ground hi.
teeth. Ob, how mistaken, bow mistaken
be had been In June.
Well, he must put np with it now, he
supposed; anyhow, the boy was left to
him, and they two would be all In all to
each other, please God! There would be
no one to come between them for the next
twenty yean, or so, at all eventa.
Day followed day, and atill that apathy
waa in June's veins. She who waa wool
to be so active sat listless and idle and
took scant interest in anything.
At last the papers recorded the arrival
of the Uuards at Alexandria, and, after
that, June looked every day eagerly for
newa. She was not, as a rule, given to
reading the papers, but now, the moment
they came, ahe seised upon them eagerly,
This also Tom remarked with displeasure.
Her husband's altered demeanor was by
no means loat on June; she began to feel
that their estrangement waa a serious
things
. Agnes, who came occasionslly to the
Hall, had every opportunity of seeing the
estrangement between husband and wife
Indeed, June took special occasion to be
captioua and frigid to Tom in the presence
of that sainted creature.
When Madge returned from a visit she
had paid to Mr. Carslake's sister she ex
perienced a of consternation at see
ing the state of affairs.
"Juny, darling," ahe exclaimed, "what
on earth ia the matter with yon and Tom?
This sort of thing will never do. Yoo
are more like two strange cats than the
two devoted people yon used to be."
"Oh," returned June, bitterly, "that
the way with married people. Yon and
yonr Mr. Carslake will be just the same
in a few yeara' time.
"Never!" cried Madge, with immense
emphasis.
"He will tire of yoo, aaid June. I
don't believe men have any affection. At
all eventa. It doea not last."
"Juny," uttered Madge, wistfully, "do
you know, I don't think It can be all
Tom's fault? I think yea must have done
something to change him.
"What have I done?" flashed out June.
"You will be angry, I'm afraid, if I tell
you what I thiuk," aaid Madge, slightly
embarrassed.
June looked at her expectantly.
"I think," faltered Madge. "I know it is
absurd, but I do thiuk Tom is jealous of
Dallas."
Then Lady Nevil fulfilled Madge'a pre
diction by evincing great anger at sucb
an utterly ridiculous and unwarrantable
ler'ion. and Madge waa compelled to eai
r werua anu ej.pie uw t,uicai wu
trition for having suggested anything so
impossibly and wickedly absurd. Madge
was so extremely happy herself about thia
time that she had little or no leisure In
which to occupy heraelf with her cousin's
concerns. Mr. Larsiaice was at tne rec
tory, and was to spend a week at the Hall
later.
The marrioge was fixed for the middle
of September. Sir Thomas and Lady
Nevil were to go to their place hi the
North the second week in October. There
had been no visitors st the UslI this sum
mer. June had felt scant inclination to
play the part of hostess, and Tom waa
never very keen about having guests In
the house. Mrs. tiles me re was at Horn-
bur g. and had been there ever since they
gave up the house in Grosvenor street.
Mrs. Trevanion was tne only person who
had been bidden. She, however, had oth
er engagements, but promised to come for
Madge's wedding and to stay a fortnight
after it. To this visit June looked for
ward amazingly.
Meantime, things went on much in the
same way. Agnea, indeed, took advan
tage of June'a apparent indifference to
come more frequently to the Uall, and.
n one way or another, managed to see a
good deal of Tom and to man if eta a great
deal of sympathy for mm. tie did not
actually complain of his wife, but It was
any to ace he was a disappointed man.
and Agues was able to say a great many
words in season.
Madge was far too much occupied with
her own affairs to continue her system
of espionage over her sister, and June
had grown not to care only to feel a sort
of contemptuous indifference. "If tt
amuses them to be together and to abuse
me, let them! YA hat does it matter?"
Her soul was harassed by what she read
in the papers the hardships the troops
were enduring, the privations, the heat.
(To be continued.)
Tbe Paradoxes of Science.
The water which drowns us can be
walked upon as Ice. Tbe bullet which,
when fired from a musket, carries
death, will be harmless if ground to
dust before beta? fired. The crystal.
izwl part of the oil of roses, eo grateful
iu Its fragrauoo- solid at ordinary
tomierature9, though readily volatile
Is a compound substance, containing
exactly the same proportions, as the
gas with which we tight- our streets.
rite tea which we drink with benefit
aud pleasure, produces palpitations,
nervous tremblings, and even paralysis,
f taken to excess; yet the peculiar or
ganic agent called thelne, to which tea
owes its qualities,' may be taken by It
self (as thelne, not as tea) without any
appreciable effect.
The water which will allay burnlnj
thirst augments It when congealed toto
snow; K to stated Dy explorers or tne
Arctic regions that the natives "prefer
enduring the utmost extremity of thirst
rather than attempt to remove tt by
eating snow." Yet If snow be melted
it becomes drinkable water. Neverthe
less, although. If melted before enter
ing the mouth. It assuages thirst like
other water, when melted in the mouoh
tt has the opposite effect and increases
the thirst.
In Austria at the present day the
public executioner wears a pair of new
white gloves every time he la caued
upon to carry out a capital sentence.
Only 8 W cent, of Russia's enor
mous population can read and write.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprebcnarvs Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers. -..
Moart Rohson, the comedian, is ill
at big home In New Yore, and bis tour
for the next two weeks baa been can.
celled. '
Miss Kathrine Kidder, the actress, is
confined to her room in s hotel at Kan
Antonio, Texas, suffering from pneu
monia. The largest workinrnen's fair in the
history of New York City will be held
in tbe Grand Central palace, Alarcb 8
to April 6.
William Rudolph and George Col
lins, accused of bank robbery and nmf-
der at Union, Mo., who were captured
in Hartford, Conn., are held without
bail as fugetivea from justice.
Tbe state and federal quarantine offi
cers at Leredo, Texas, have received
instructions to enforce a quarantine
against Torreon, Mexico, where it is
thought the bubonic plague has ap
peared. A lone highwayman entered the Ah.
bey taloon, at Douglas, Ariz., lined
11 toresent aininat the wall utnla
15000. from tha rnnlet mhnela hocharl
out, mounted a borse and rode away
into Mexico.
Officers of three St. Lonis co-operative
building associations, which where the
subject of exhaustive inquiry "by the
Alton, ill., city coort grand jury, hare
been indicted on charges of making
misrepresentations.
Missouri Pacific passenger train No.
40 collided head-on with a freight train
on a trestle four miles west" of Fort
'cott. The engines were completely
telescoped. Twenty or more paseengera
sustained cuts snd bruises, but none
were seriously hart.
Extra'sesiion of senate will be called
March 5.
Tbe Cuban contrreaa" has Aial flea
national holidays.
Senator Aldrich Dromisea'tariff revis
ion at theTnextsesf ion of congress.
Gales off tha French coast h...
caused serious damage to chipping.
The health of thA nnn. lannt on orsiA
r
but alarming rumors are diecredited.
rrotesui wuuaue to pour in against
the seatingjof Reed Smooh, of Utah.
An agreement baa been reached h.
tween the Santa Fe rai.road and tbe
trainmen.
gFire at Halifax, N . 8., destroyed
iaOO.000 worth of Dronertv. Throw
firemen were seriously injured.
Fire at Hastings. Neh ileetmi-a.!
200,000 worth of property and for a
time threatened the destruction of tbe
entire town.
John Baker, ex-minister to Venezuela
and a member of congress for several
terms, is seriously ill at bis borne at
Belleville' III.
The Montana legislature has added
$7,000 to its fair appropriation. This
makes $42,000 to be used fcr St. Louis
and Portland expositions.
Tbe foundation for J. Fierpont Mor
gan's new library building at tbe rear
of bis borne at Madison avenue and
East Thirty-sixth street is nearing com-
pletion. It will cost 1300,000.
The senate refuses to consider the
Littlefield anti-truet bill.
Fire at Lowell, Mass., cost one life
and destroyed $30,000 worth of prop
erty. Two masked men held up the post
master at Bisbee, Ariz., aud secured
$100.
Tbe president is determined on an
extra session of congress unless the
Cuban and Panama canal treaties are '
ratified.
Tbe powder works near Cherokee.
Kan., blew up, killing four men and
injuring 15, two fatally.
A number of protests are being sent
to Washington against tbe seating oi
Senator-elect Reed Smoot, of Utah.
Two robbers blew open the safe of
Hubbard's private bank at Cedar
Springs, Mich., and secured between
$400 and $500.
To Colonel Codv waa nraannta, a
handsome tea and coffee service by the
whole staff of the Wild West show, in
London in celebration of hia 67th
birthday.
The Chicago grand iurv returned 7S
indictments against tha ooerators of
slot machines as a resrlt of a crusade
instigated by the Hyde Park protective
association.
Policeman John Ritchey. of Denver.
as dangerously wounded while at
tempting lo arrest a Ion hlghayman.
A bill to exempt beet sugar factories
from taxation for a period of five years
was killed in the Wisconsin assembly.
Startling disclosures In St. Lonis o(
system of traffic in young women.
under police protection, are to be made
by the grand jury as the result of a raid
on resorts.
The Great Falls, Mont., land ej&w
has received word irom Wash.'taartoa of
tbe return of about 1,000,C0 acres ol
land in Northern Mor.'mna to entry
under tbe general lar.d laws,
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