HERR STEINHARDrS NEMESIS
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
Bawl. I permitted myett to b Ukn
to hotel, where I ordered breakfast.
Alter partaking of which I revived, and
began to think of Uia arrant! on which
I had come.
Sim my arrival I had been oncer.
tainly using French and German, au4
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CHAPTER X-Contimied.
'"Manuel," aaid he, "in double
dyed villain, if he doe aught to harm
Paul's girl! 1 can see what lie's up to,
though j he has given no account of
Paul's affairs yet, and if he can get
Louise to marry Frank he needn't. He
may want all the money he can get
hold of soon; the plaintiffs in that pat
ent case have appealed, and he'll ha'
to appear again and fight at th' next
sitting of the court. But he chanuot
plunder the lass. I mun find if she's
with my sister, and if he's frightening
her nd if he be, by th L d! I mun
get a writ of mandamus or tummat,
and tak' th lass whoam wi' me. I'm
guardian as much as hiin, and if the
lass would rather bide wi' me he can
not take her. Yea: I shall set about
it."
I drew hid attention back to the ur
gent necessity of doing something in
her father's cam; had he anything to
suggest?
"Well, now ,let me think," said he,
"We'll suppose Paul came home that
night late, you think, wry late wi
his little portmanteau carried in his
hand; he pulls out his handkerchief to
blow his nose, or his repeater watch to
know the time, as he comes down the
lane, and so he drop that ticket. It'a
near one o'clock, may be, and there's
not a light anywhere burning; yea, by
the L d! bnt there is!" he exclaimed,
turning and catching hold of my arm.
"Right in th road, as it were, " as he
enmes by the pond, he sees th' light
that burns all night in old Jaques's cot
tage! ( Birley alwavs pronounced the!
name 'Jakes.') Th' owd chap seldom
is put to bed; he usually sits or lie up
in that chair of his all night and all
day. Paul was aye fond o th' old
chin: now Haas K lift lat.-K n,t ;n
just to my 'how-de-do,' or does he 8ue always liked clergymen; die liked
think it is too late, and he'd best go on me ,ittle ue we thought I was g
In
land, but surely no other to whom the
implication, which I read between the
linos of this advertisement, of broken
faith with a woman-would so well ap
ply. And she seemed in urgent dis
tress; she begged him to go to her. It
was scarcely probable, I thought, that
fctemhardt would see it; he read little
of newspaper literature, I knew, and
his usual paper wae the local daily.
What, then? In spite of my ab
horrence of him, and my wish to'avoid
him, should I not, for the woman's
sake, inform him of this? I pondered
this idea ail the rest of the dav, until
the evening, when I took it to Birley.
Certainly," said he; "the scamp!
Let him know of it. I suppose he only
married my sister because she had a
bit of brass."
So I called on Steiuhardt that very
evening. ,
"Thank you, Mr. Unwin," said he,
when I had told him my errand; "but
some kind friend has already seut me
the paper" (taking ud a codv of The
Times). "Yes," he continued, reading
11 over ana cnuckitng at Ms composi
tion. "I suppose she thought she must
write fcngiish for an English papei
trie laid the papei down.) "Poor
tmilie, she wants me; but I can't bo.
you know. I must go to London about
my lawsuit again. I might send Frank
out l really want him here.
paused and looked at me, meditatively.
louareuoing nothing, Mr. Unwin
would you go for me? You wool
really and truly, do better than
snouia. bhe thinks she would like to
see me and speak to me, but she
wouldn t. She seems to be verv ill
Ofing. l auppose she thinks herself,
poor woman and to speak to people
sick and dying is more iu your wav
than mine. She will like to hear von
Id,
and see w hat Steinhardt' up-, to If
we could only get th' old chap to speak
and tell us!"
ing to be a a clergyman.
He turned slowly to the fire, took n
the poker, and carefulfy raked out the
asues rrom the bottom of the grate.
Waa memnrv ltta4ln k!m K....L. .1 .
I j " -J P. mm iMaim ItTlill l
CitAirtK A.1. antly to those davs of his n,th. mi
It is not necessary to detail how we compelling him to ask himsalf hth.
nnauy succeeded, alter five days of tor all he had gained since then he had
naro laoor, under the direction of not paid too great a price?
physician, m getting old Jsqnea to on- "Well," said he, manifestly shaking
vcibmuu UBt no wanieu w Know, nuniemmg on, ana turning to me,
namely, whether his nephew. Paul La-i "what do vou sav Mr. rrnwinf I .-in
croix, had visited him on the night of of course, pay your expenses, and you
the 18th of March, 1882. We did roc- will take Em i lie a letter from me, and
reed, however, in not only getting him money I daresay she means she needs
to understand, Out In obtaining indis-1 It."
puuoie evidence. - Mr. Lacroix had "lam much obliged to you, Mr.
stopped at the cottage that night and steinhardt," !id I, "but"
nau iert lorihe Jaques a package of "Uti," said he, "it is I will be
Paris papers bearing date from the obliged, bnt of course that does not
i urn u tiie itu of the month and a matter."
statement to this effect was signed by "It is so unexpected," I continued
lueomman, wuo nad sufficiently rerov-H mignt nave added, "and extraordi
ered Mouse of his right arm to sign nary."
nis name legioiy. well, yes; I daresay His. But you
The anxiety and excitement ol those know what the Frenchman says about
uv uays nau Deen so great tor me that e unexpected.
ror some uttie time I was almost proa- Let me consider it for a day; and
trated. I need scarce say that I was if I decide to go I shall be ready to set
uiucu BDcooraged oy oar success with out at once.
laquee: ji nad the papers with bis Oh, yes; consider it, and consult
signed declaration, witnessed, of course, ymr friends. But if you do not
by Birley and myself, securely locked nobody will go."
away in my aest. inn should have l went Immediately from him to
stimulated me to immediate further Birley, and stated at once the extraor-
action, and, 1 have no donbt, would dlnary offer I had received.
have, had I not been still eaten on with "Go, lad," said he: "it will be
anxiety about Louise. What if the I pleasant holiday for ywi, and the pool
ufu i v w nuw h uw cdq gj an wug""u""1 vi course, would rather see
tne nope of taking her from the fears somebody from 'Manuel than only get a
auu uaogers mat nung about her, of ieer irom mm."
having her aa my very own. mi wife! I hesitated : I did not desire hnli.
whta if this hope was being baulked then, even on the Continent wbeie
while I was thus busy? The mere I bad never been, but at the same time
thought of such contingency was on change was becoming necessary
tuuwsu hi orui my none oi carelol wueiueriDg me low condition to which
evidence regarding the Lacroix mystery I mT finances had sunk.
tonougut. i eonld only discover "But," said I, "I believe he has
, where she was! and that she still asked me only to get me out of the way
thought of me, as I fondly believed she for nie purpose. I think he suspects
had done a little while she was yet in I have been finding out something
iiuipeney: eini reiused to yield to more.;
the cajoleries and threats of Steinhaidt, "And what does that matter?" asked
and hoped I would deliver her! But I Birley. "Lookhere, my lad; I know
had no news, and I was devoured with you're in a way about Louise. Now it
anxiety. , strikes me if you go away for a little
Ao news except the tonfirmation w""e (n you may as well go at
from Birley that she wag not with Mrs. 'Manuel's expense), things will turn
Bieinnarat. He bad written to his out better lor you than you may think.
..on-, iwuuiug auuui. uuuiee, ana nadj "u """i ' u" same lime as you are
been answered to that effect; Mrs. y. he is away, too. Frank must
bteinbardt bad reason for supposing back to the works, and there will
she was in Blackpool, but at what ad- " n0 reason for keeping Louise at
dress she could not say. Blackpool. Take my word for it, he'll
i euireaiea ciriey to go to Blackpool 0TmS nome; ! shall manage to
to endeavor to find out, if he coqld 868 her, and if she claims my protec
spare the time. But he needed no en- tion M her other guardian, I -shall tak'
treaty, for he himself was also becom- her borne with me, and when he comes
ing anxious about her. back he can't ta' her from me. Don't
"I mun spare the time,' said he; you see, lad?"
"and I mun go and find her. It's, of I admitted the force of the reasons
course, no use asking 'Manuel where he urged, and all next day (which was
she is." t Sunday) turned them over. My going
But before he had arranged to set might certainly be to Louise's advent
out, something occurred which obviated ge and to my own. Even if Stein
the necessity of going, and produced re- hardt brought her back to Timperly
milts of a more remarkable sort; and on'y for a visit of a few days, there
this I must proceed to relate. would be sufficient opportunity for Bir-
As I nave already indicated, my ex- ley to tok her home to himself. On
perience of the way in which such evi- tne other hand, my refusal to go would
denceas I had regarding Lacroix's fate bng no advantage nor prospect of ad-1
had rather come to me than been found vantage. And might not, indeed,
oy me ranoea to make me what I may I "lemnarot s otter be a suggestion of
can "'a waiter upon Providence." I Providence?
wiivotvou may say, i was convinced nu "u J""nuay morning 1 Called on
I should best attain further result, Bteinhardt and said I was.readyto set
by keeping myself open to evidence out at once, and in the afternoon I
more than by ranging about and rack- was whirling through beautiful Derby-
ing my brain in search of it. All fear 8b're on my way to London and the
being at rest that our experiment upon Continent. I could not forbear feeling
old Jaques might have fatal or un- something like delight at the chanm
A .t . t . ;li rai. . . . P
towaru results tne was now more alert om wrrioie ximperiey to these bright
than ever, and frequently asked, in scenes although I scarcely knew where
writing, tor "tne girl"), I had betaken 1 WM journeying, or for what. Could
myself to former habit, and every then have guessed what strange things
day almost went into town to the free would hear when I reached the to me
library to read. Sometimes I read a unknown city of Basel on the Rhine,
book, and sometimes the newspapers. coullf I have guessed that I was being
I was thuB occupied one afternoon lurrie1 along y the Divine Vengeance,
with The Times. I turned with a curi- 1 1 WM not 80 much deputed by
oalty which waa half listless to the ""N""1 ee amine Haas as by
"agony column," and my attention iht Overruling Power who wai im
was at once arrested by this: pelHng that man on to his doom, what,
"TO EMMANUEL STEINHARDT J hve 'ten wondered since, would my
. in England Emile Haas in Basel send fe''ng9 ave 1 M borne along
i found later that in the hotel, at
least, I might aa well use my native
English); but on inquiring my way
trom the Ludwigstrasse to the obscure
street I sought, I had to draw exclus
ively upon my stock of German. I dis
covered that Frauleln Kmilie Haas
lived in one of a row of old tall house
(not unlike some of those in the city of
Edinburgh), with little window in the
steep grey roofs, which gave the im
pression of eye with sleepy, heavy
lids. Up and up the bare stairs ot the
uous i stepped, uu i tuint l was on
uie lourtn noor ai any rate, l waa aa
high as I could climb. I knocked at
th door of a. humble "apartment" ol
two rooms, and an old wrinkled woman
appeared. 1 inquired in German foi
Franlein Haas, and was informed ah
was from home, "giving her daily les
sons. 5-hewas not, then, ill? Oh,
no, she was not ill she was well. I
akcd when she would be at home, and
was told "at five o'clock' in the after
noon." So I departed till then, with
about six hours in which to tax my in
genuity in guessing why Fraulein
Haas's demand to see Steinhardt had
been so urgent, since she was net dy
ing, nor even ill.
At five o'clock I called again, and
fouud Fraulein Haas at home. I wat
"asked to come in. I looked curiously
at the Fraulein. She - waa a middl
ed woman, or the thin, nervous type
of German (or, perhaps, Swiss), with
bright, keen, grey eye. She rose,
smiling, but perplexed, to receive me,
and waited for me to state my business.
"I come from England," I said in
German.
"1'hen yon do not want me to
lessons, said sue. pushing away
"prospectus" evidently laid reedy for
presentation; "my mother thought you
nan come lor mat."
".No," said 1 "I come from Eng
land to see you, and then to go back
again.
She looked bewildered. I took from
my pocket a copy of the Times adver
tisement, and handed it to her. At
once the expression of her face changed;
paie before, it became paler now. and
ner eye seemed to dilate, ai with
tear.
"But yon," said she, "are not Em
manuel Steinhardt? Ferhape. how
ever," she made haste to add, "vou are
his son? He married. I know." I
shook my head.
I am no relation at all to Herr
Steinhardt. Very likely that will ex
plain who I am" and I gave her
Steinhardt' letter.
She wa moved when she saw the
handwriting. She read the letter
through eagerly. It was short, I could
He thinks I am ill, and in want of
money of his money! Ach! Thi
will not do! You must eo away sir!"
bit tiirm th clmplria lltrir ana la th
QIt thom th laarla tarj with their
111V.
(Wr th hHmt4ht har twatrn hUI-
nmra win Btx (tul vr dootimt but
10 ai;
One th.T wr flowing nrlth frlmiUlilp
N'ow those grMt tptriu art soaring tlmta.
nrtTeijr thlr blood to tha Hallo they
men is bar hoaom lhy found theot (
rare.
Cow tha thniiMimti who ale far
Slwp whr thlr trUada camtot And ttivtu
10-tr;
The who oa mountain and hlltald and
OKI I
Rt whar thrj waarlad and II wham
. , thr tall.
Softlv tha (nuu blad craap 'round thatr
Sweetlv a bora than th wild (owarat
nioira;
ffphjrra of freedom (It anilr o'arhead
Wblapvrtn- prarars for tha patrM daad.
when tha loaf rear hat rolled slowly
war,
K'ea to the daara nf earth'a ritneral dav?
When at the mavis' loud trumpet and tread
use up ta rare and forma of the dead;
When the great world Ita laat Judgment
await.
The th hiua tkf a hall ling ope It gate
onu toe long voiuiuu luarr aoieuinijr
throturh;
Blesalnit for gartanda shall cover them
over.
Father, hnahand, brother and lover:
t'orer them oeer. theee hrothera of oart,
Cover I hem til with beautiful lowera.
r
mm i H m m i 1 1 1 1 1 t"M"j
MarA's Substitute.
give
this. Though you me have forgotten I w'th rush and roar in the railway
not you. I am in very much trouble
and fear from you, many times since The first night of my journey I rest-
flrst, now again. Come to me, come, ed in London. I went to that hotel
before the 'Too fate' must be gewrit- (Bacon's) in Great Queen street, where
ten," (A Basel address wag ap- Mr Lacroix had commonly stayed on
pended.) 1 his visits to London, but I found noth-
Wag it not natural that I should at n8 ' consequence,
one think this waa addressed to the I was wretched, cold and hungry
Emmanuel Steinhardt I knew? There when, about 7 o'clock in the morning
if ht be otherg of the nam in Eng- of the third day, I left tha train at
(To b continued)
Naming th Child.
Now, neersarily, when the new eirl
baby arrived there waa much discussion
among the members of the family as to
wnai ner name snoura be. -
"We will calb her 'Geraldina,' "
id the fond mother. -
"Why not call her 'Esmeralda?' "
asked the first grandmother. "I saw
that name in a story once, and always
wanted to try it on a baby."
un, murmured the second grand
mother, that "woold never do. Let
u call her 'Fanchon. "
But don't yon think 'Eltessa' i a
pretty name, and go odd, too?" nut in
one of the aunt. '
Excuse me, ladies," ventured the
poor father, who sat near by. but you
seem to forget that we are trying to
find a name for a human being, and
not for a 5-cent cigar." .
Wlrtlcu Telegraphy.
It seems that as yet the sneed at
wnicb the Hertzian currents of wire
less telegraphy move has not been de
termined. Marconi says he thinks
they travel about the same speed ag
ngm, iso.uw miles a second. There
fore, should Marconi be able, as he pro
fesses to believe he will be, to send a
mes?aite around the world, it would
occupy in transmission approximately
one-eightb of a second, and the click
of the sending and receiving instru
ments would be almost simultaneous.
Knew How to Tak Proud.
The late historian. Samuel Rawaon
Gardiner, used to say of Froudei
Whenever I find myself particularly
perplexed on any point I look to see
what Froude has to say about it. I al
ways find his help invaluale. for I can
trust implicitly in his unfailing in
stinct at arriving at false conclusion:
and the more positive he becomes the
safer I feel in adopting a diametrically
nnrwtiatai ,a "
About "Max 0 lUIL"
That most genial of ohilosonl
Wax ORell." celebrated hla S4tS
birthday on March 2. This year is an
interesting one in his life, for it i th
JUin anniversary of his going to Eng.
lano as tne coiresponpent of certain
rrench papers. It is an interenting
charasteric of his career that ail hi
worxs, wnich were first published in
franco, have been translated into Eng
lish by his wife.
r
grown
Tolitol Not Afraid of Death.
A Russian journalist relates regard
ing loistoi and his recent illness that
when the doctor told him that he waa
out of danger, he replied: "It is a
pity to give up the resignation at the
thought of death." What troubled
him particularly during his illness wag
that big physician would not allow the
wmuuwa wi ue aepi open.
for Coronation Presents.
King Edward has ordered tha
tion of 100 medallion portraits of him
self. These, richly mounted, are in
tended for presentation to distinguished
guests at the coronation, including thai
leading representatives of the colonies
and India. His majesty is beine
cully photographed for tha purpose.
Ara Occupied by Indian, ,
In 1890 the area of the nation! it.
main occupied by Indians aggregated
116,000,000 acre! today it anrembi.
85,000,000 acres, which is about aa
much land as w have in the ilitu ni
Ohio, Tt""nna and lUUtolav -
"M drafted. Kit."
"Oh. Mark!"
And with th excumatloa pretty
Mr. Weidmao. fell into her buabaut)'
arm, ahivering with terror.
"There, l'v blurted It out in th worst
way, after all thla laat hour auent in
thinking how I could break It th ai
est."
"But It will kill me, Mark. Whut ahull
I do: what can I do? 1 can't Hand It.
and 1 won't let you go; they may ahoot
jou her first.
"There, there, Kittle;, dear, jou do not
know whit you are saying; you uuiat try
ad be patient aud subtnlaaire. There'll
be toni way provided, though I don't
aee how 1 can ave you just now iu tb
beRinainf ot winter."
foor Kit weot until completely ex
hausted, entirely dvat to her husband'
weak attempt at connotation
It wa a ad home, but not th only
one in th land that dread November of
1801
The fatal "draft" nut out tb light for
ever oa many a hearthstone.
So yer drafted, be ye. Nellf remarked
the postmaster at The Forks, eyeing- the
stalwart young man addressed with a
look which plainly aald, "and I'm glad
of it."
I s'poae I am."
GoinT
No, air! When Neil Weidman get
ready to work for Unci Sam he'll let
htm know by enlisting: until then he'd
bar hi Mijeaty know he ain't a-goin'.'
Not very patriotic!" sneered a by
atander. "Now, I'd a been thar ionic ago
if t hadn t a been fer tail her game leg
o mine.
Small loa to tb country," growled
.Neil.
S'poae Mark'll not go, neither?" Inter-
ioaed the postmaiter.
"Mark!"
NelF turned a face suddenly
ter and white.
"He ain't on the draft?"
"But h be."
"Yes, and told me he'd have to go,'
added th bystander.
Without another word th young man
turned on hla Heel, involuntarily looaen-
Ing tb acarf ilwut his neck that he
might breath more eaaily. Swiftly be
paasea oot into tne dull November day.
looking neitner to rtgbt nor left
un, on he walked. Ilk a man in a ter
rible hurry, until three mile lay between
mmseir and the garrulous little croup at
The Fork. Ha wa turning in at hi
own gateway, but, changing hi mind, he
paasea on, anil at tne burn rate of acee.1.
Twe nior mile were paced off in tbl
mad fashion; then he wheeled about and
raced toward horn again. -
When one more h found himself
there n felt weak and apent. Slowly
then h pissed In and up the rude afhira
into the little loft denominated "Nell's
room."
"Wht' np now?" his sister remarked,
"Ain't thit draft buslnea sll settled V
"I a'poae It' ill right; he sent on the
money," returned her huaband. who hid
vainly tried to enlist, but hid been re
jected on account of deafneas.
"I bet If I wa him I'd nll drat
chance now 'nd get my money back," he
continued.
"Everybody ain't o fond of a dollar,
nor so ltchen fer a fight as you be." re
sponded bis wife, in the ah rill treble b
always used In addreulng him.
"I ain't no coward, non of th Most
ly be," he retorted.
"Neither b th Weidman, Dick Mose-
ly, but they've got en enough to look
out fer number one. They ain't dirt
poor."
Nell, lying at full length on hi couch
in th loft, imllcd grimly at their alter
cation. -"Dick
ain't fit to manage here, but 1
don't care," he muttered; then turning
nis race to tne wan, ae slept through
sheer mental and physical fatigue.
When he awok it wa growing dusk
and Motile wa calling to know if be
were sick, or why he did not go out to
attend to his part of the "chore" as
usual.
No sooner was breakfast over the fol
lowing morning than be buttoned his
coat about him and started off.
"Bom wiy, Neil acta awful uueer,"
shrieked Molll to her husband,
"Doe he?'
"Doe her she muttered, turning away
In disgust. "How itupld men are, any
way. Mark ain't, though, and Nell didn't
use to be."
It had been a terrible night at Mark
Weidman'. '
Kit' mother had been tummoned, but
vainly sh tried to think pf something
eomfortlng to say: Th outlook was
dark.
. Kit might. In fact would have to atav
there In their little cabin home with her
little one. There waa no room foe her
at ner fatbefs, for already a widowed
daughter had com back ther with four
children,
A younger brother would have- to com
ana stay with her It wag the only way.
ne might go and stay at Mollle'-
omy ehere wis Neil.
Tt was about 10 o'clock when Nell
Weidman rapped at his brother's dotr.
Mark's, fsee showed something of what
h was iuffering when he, opened 'it.
"Nelir Come in." , r
Can t: I'm In a hurry. I was on th
draft, but had Ihe emh all ready, so aent
It in yesterday. I hear you ire on, too."
I am; and heaven know a how 1 can
he spared, but I could not raiae fifty
dollar, much lea three hundred." Ill
vole broke a lit! I.
'Well, I cme to tell you 1 will bo in
your place, tlood-by,"
"Xeiir
Mark sprang forward, rrailni hi
brother by th arm and falrlv dram-lus
him luxlde.
There, don't make auy fue about it."
muttered the jnung man. You can't be
lred-l can. It will make no difference
to any one whether 1 live or die."
Mark bid bowed hi head on bi handa
and was shaking with emotion. Klt'i
vole from the other room called feeblv
to know wht the matter wia, Mr. Bell.
her mother, had gone home for a few
hour, taking th little boy with her.
Springing up tgaln. Mark opened wide
the middle door, aiylng: "It t Nell, Kit
tie, and he offer to be my ulatitute.
Com in here, brother, do."
Uaven t time thi morning. Mark.
Give my respects to Mr. Welduun. I
may b in again before leaving . Ill
hand wa on the latch.
"I'leaae. Neil, com here."
It wa Kit' pleading tone, and befor
he realieed what be wa doing th youug
man stood by the bedside looking down
into the face of the one woman lie had
loved. It wa five year since the had
told him sh wa going to marry Mark
ana in an mat tune tbey bad never ipok
cn had rarely met.
'Oh, Neil, you ar too good -you ran
not mean It. .
"I mean it," he ald, coldly.
inrotigh it all be had never suffered
a he did now. to ee how willing u wa
to nav him aacrlnce himself for Murk.
It w a moment of supreme bltiernea.
jet in spue or nimself He lingered to
gaieor perhap the last tiui into tb
sweet face.
Her eyes were full ot tear, mil catch
ing hi bind ah paased It to her ilna
(unning: .
"Yon are o good, o noble! If It
not for the cblldreu w could not coneeut
to yar going.
If only we could ral the money, but
we have little to aell and ther I no one
to buy what w have."
'I have made up my miud and ihonfj
go anyway, now. There I ootblng to
eep me.
"But, eil, thi i too much." said
Mark, who bad now sufficiently recovered
himself to comprehend the situation, "
cinnot let you go, but If you could look
after things her some and aee that Kit
did not Buffer, 1 could go eaaler. There
l only joe to do anything."
No use talking, Mirk, I am going; and
now, gooa-by all. ' . ,
lie almost snitched hi bind from
Kit s cliap, and was gone.
"Mollle, I am going to th war."
"(Join' to the war. Neil? Whr. 1
thought you d sent on the money." .
yes, o 1 did; but Mark was on the
draft, too, 'nd w couldn't nohow raise
another three hundred, 'nd be can't be
spared from home at thi time o' veur:
so i n going in "
"In his place?" interrupted Mollle. ex
citedly,
Nell nodded.
"Well, if I ever s'poed I'd live to see
you give your lift for Mwrk. after lis cut
yon witu '
"There, there, Mollle! Now. about
things here on the place."
"Why, I am sure I don't know: I s'oos
kick sua me can manage, though I shall
have the most of it to do. If Dirk Is mv
husband, 1 must say is I've said before,
the Aloselys are mighty poor managers;
but, Neil, I hate awfully to have you go."
iney talked a long while, but Mollle
never dreamed of the terrible battle her
brother fought out with himself that dull
November day.
Hhe never knew how tempted h had
been to let his brother the man who had
robbed him of bis life's happiness look
out for himself.
The tempter whiapered, "Let him go.
and if anything happen you ar not to
blame; then Kit will be a " But, ot
course, he turned bi back at this junc
ture each time; but the struggle bad been
a desperate one,
He was with Grant in the Wilderness
and all through the disastrous overland
campaign. He was with him until sent
under Sheridan to Five Forks, where he
was severely wounded, but to him there
wa never such another battle as the one
fought with himself during that mad
walk under the gray November skies.
."Nell is woundud and I must go to
him," Mark exclaimed in deepest anguish
as be read the name, "Oh, Kittle, wbut
if he dies! I never can stand it."
Before the sun went down that dav be
bad kissed his wife, boys and Infant
daughter Nellie good-by and was on bis
way to bis brother's side.
The meeting between them was affect
ing In the extreme, but Neil was by :ar
most composed ot the two,
,'Tve got to go, Mark, but It Is no mut
ter. I am so. glad that It Is not vou."
Before the end came, be seemed to real.
Ize that ho was not unloved and that hi
heroic sacrifice had been appreciated,
xo ward too last th wounded sold er
became dellrl.ma, aud l wa from hi
ravtug that hi brother leirned of hla
great temptation and the miatery gained
over self that eventful day. He talked,
too. of "Kit" until tear bathed the face
of the agonised watcher.
When all wa over, Mark Wel.liuau
went back home with the remaiui of hi
"ubtitute," and laat Memorial Hay, alt
ting by the Hower-decked mound with
Kit now an elderly woman and Xelll
a lovely young oitroul heard this lit
tle story.
On th marble alsb t tb head I tb
Inacriptlom
"Oreter lov hath no man than this,
that s nun lay down hla life for hit
frlenda."
WHERE 129.838 SOLDIERS FELL
Tb Oreat Hat I let Id la lll.l ry I
Arouad Frterlckhr(, V.
Th gretet aud moat historical bat
tlefield poi in the world la that in and
around Frederlckahiirg, Va. A compara
tively small territory in tbia region would
tak in place where were fought the
great battle of Fredericksburg, t'han
celloravllle, the Wlldvrne, Hpottaylva
nla Court Couae, Uurel Hill, the Bloody
Angle, Todd'a Tavern and a half de
smaller but hardly tea bloody atrtimrio.
More thin fHHI.UMi troop were engaged
in these battle. Tb total !.. in kill
eo a uu woumiea ai these battle ttert
I.1I.H.W, bosldi- an luimt'its imutlier ot
death from disease. In the ollitial data
collected by Col. Fred I'btsterer, in hi
jtatUtlcal record, the Hgurea of the losses
at r redertekaburg and other Important
battle in the vicinity are givn a fol
lows: Fredericksburg, Dec, l.'l, 'i.
i won lose, 13.3.13; Confederate loss, 4,
57tl; Chancellorsville, I'nlon lo, 1 t.t i:t
Confederate, 12.2S1; Wllilernesa, I'nlon,
Ji.iJi; uonrederatp, II.4IKI; HpolUylv
nla Court House, Including Laurel Hill,
the Bloody Angle and Ny river. Union
los. 20,4111; Confederate, ,l,fMI. The
general oltieers, killed In lbe engage
ment were: I'nlon, Mj. liens. John
Medgwlfk, Hiram U. Berry and Auilel
W. Whipple. Brevet MaJ. (iens, June
H. Wadsworth and Alriander Hayt,
Hrlg. (lens, George D. Hayard, Conrad
r . jackion, Mmmid Kirby, Jaine C.
Itlr snd Ihomas O. Htevennon; Con
federate officer of prominence killed
wer Ueiit. Hen. Thorns J, Jackson,
Hrlg. (Jen. Thorn It. tt. Cobb, Junius
nnnlel, Ahenvr I'errln, Maey Uregg, H.
K. I'axton, J. M. Jones, lroy A, Staf
ford and Mlcah Jenkina.
THE INSATIATE SEA.
Crnel Tribal t.isited from Flhr
Kola of UloMCtr, Mas.
Every year In iloueeto , Ma, a
memorial service for Osheruieu lot at
sea la held Iu McClure Chapel, In "An
gel Alley." "During th service," the
chaplain and malinger of th Fisher
men' iuatltut recently said te a writ
er In th Ho too Herald, "a Hat of Hum
who have boeo drowned I read, month
by mouth. Boineiliiie It ta a w tie
crew, again a man swept overboard,
often a single flstieruiau lost In a dory
which drifted away Iu a ft g and wa
never celt again. The grave ar scat
tered over tb Iceland tutting grounds,
Norway, tb Uraud Hank, th I sic of
Shoals, the Ueorgea, even dowu to
ISaateru l'olnt Itself. It Is the saddost
day of the year, i know nothing I dread
so much."
While tb chaplain wa speaking a
little woman In maty black, wlih UUu,
white hair aud lb patient, suffering
face of a Oiheriuau's widow, cam In te
see the mloiater on buslurwa. Hh car
ried a package of crocheted ring tor
pulling In th trawl lines, which tb
widows and orphans make aud sell to
the stores.
"Yet," b aald, Iu reply to question,
th chaplain' been mighty good to
m be and his wife. They've stood by
me In all my trouble, and I've even a
ight of It I'r lost five men folks on
the sea my father and my huabaml
nd IbrvMs snns.
Four time I've seen the ship come
In with the flag at half msat, a id once
It never rams at all. I've hkd Brt fun
erals Is my parlor not Ilk you land
folks' funerals, but the kind we oblng
folks bsve, where ther Isn't any coffin
or any funeral prurtwalou. And there
r Bv slab In my lot In tne cemetery
that say, 'Horn at Uloucester; died on
the Uraud Hanks.'
"I tried to keep my last boy at home,"
th trembling voice went on. "I got
him a place In a lawyer's oftlce, but be
was jut wild for the sea. He'd lay
awake listening to It and longing to be
gone, and I Just had to let hi in go. Tbo
sea's a terrible thing, a terribl (blag!
It draws you to It,. snd then It kill
you."
It my. msny another ha wsthed for
the ship tbst never bsve come, or lis
seen them come In with lowered color
t the mast, for Gloucester alone lose.
on an average, on hundred fishermen
a year.
WHEN I WAS A BOY.
Grandmother' Heatful Lap on a Bum
mer Afternoon.
urouuiiiouirr Btiiuiny Inn was not
so nice aa her other ones to lie In. Her
Monday lap, for Instance, was soft
nud gray, and there were no texts to
disturb your revery. Rut grandmoth
er would stop her knitting to pinch
your check and y, "you don't lovt
grandmother."
"Ye. I do."
"How much V"
"More'n tougiiecnntell. What Is a
tongiii'cantell, grandmother'"
And while she would be telling you
she would bo poking the tin of her
finger Into the soft of your jacket so
that you doubled up suddenly with
your knees to your chin; and while
you guarded your ribs, n funny spider
would crawl out of your collar, It
would suddenly creep under your chin.
or there would be a panic In tlio ribs
agnin. Hy that time you were nothing
but wriggle and giggles and little
cries. .,
Dou't, grandmother; you tickle."
And grandmother would pause, breath
less as yourself, and say, "Oh, my!"
"Now, you must do It some more.
grandmother," you would urgo, but she
would shake her hend at you and go
back to her knitting again,
'(Irandinoiher's tlrod," slio would
say.
You were tiled, too, so you Iny with
your head on her shoulder, sucking
your tliulul), To and fro grandmother
rocked you, to and fro, while the kit
ten played with the ball of yarn on thn
floor. The afternoon stuiHliliin fell
warmly through the open window.
Bees and buttprflle hovered Iu the
honeysuckles. Birds were singing,
Your mind went a-wiiinlerlug-out
through the ynrd and tlio front gate
and across the road.-Hoy Rolfo ail
son In Harper's Magaslue.
INDIAN CONJURERS' TRICKS.
Sans of Tntm Probably Worked by
tiypaotlalng Observer.
The conjurer threw a woman, lnmi
nude, Into kind of ritsleple aiste
of rigidity. Four of our officers'
swords were then fixed, polut "I"'
ward, in the ground. The woman wa
laid with her elbows on to sword
points, her heel on the oilier two.
Three swords were then removed, and
he lay, horlxontal and rigid, auiiport-
ed by one eltiow. one sword point.
My friend and the surgtsin of the reg
iment examined ber carefully, feeling
all iron ii.l her Ixuly, but they could
discover no KtipNtrt.
The Kuiperor Ji lianglr la not th only
recorder of tint row trick; an ey-w li
ne of the thirteenth eenlury deserllie
It In Col. Yule "Mawt I'obi," Hut
he sdinlts that S friend standing In
side him nw no rope, and no limn
climbing It; so. pMlmhly. thi Arab ob
server w hypuotlxed, ss Kim. In Mr.
Kipling's hook, was not, when be wa
told to aee th broken v mail
whole. Hut It uecded all of Klin's res
olution not to see what he was told to
ace- A lady, well known In Ilieruiuiv,
lua told ine that Indian coiijurer oft
en ask the spectators to wntdt H mon
key' polished skull being swung round
before they liegln to perform, snd ah
thinks that th watching causes s kind
of glamor. I hav not elsewhere beard
of this. ...
The Pawnee are aald by nn official
eye-wltues to do the mango tree trick
(maize doing duty for mango tree)
without contact, so that palming Is Im-
possible, Tbl rather needs corrobora-liou.-Andiew
Lang in Longman.
A Costly Dog. ,
The other day my wife and I made
the pretext of an errand the excuse for
Balling on the blue waters of Hbsua
shank Hay, and engaged old Captain
Little, st the customary price of DO
cent an hour, to take us across to a
village on the opposite shore. With
the Captain always went bis dog Tas-
so, as Indispensable companion, rather
thiui as necessary crew. Arrived at
tbo village, the errand wag promptly
done and we were ready to depart,
but the dog could not bo fouud. We
called and whistled, and sought him
high and low; until at last, at the end
of a good half hour, he strolled on to
the dock, calm and unruffled, and
without suspicion of malevolence Iu
eye or action. The soil was thereupon
resumed, and the captain, who 1 a
good skipper, after laboriously pushing
us off a sand bar on which he bad In
advertently grounded, Anally drew up
at the wharf, at the end of three hours
from th time of departure. "Well.
captln," we said, "you have given us a
good sail. How much la It?" "Waal,"
said th captain, "It'll be a dollar and
naif. Wo've been gono lost throe
hours. Te aee," he continued, "It took
us half an hour to look up that dog."
Harper's Magazine,
Not Bufflcleat Kvldence.
"You think that I, te chef, do not
know my bcezness?"
"Faith, I duiino! I'm not thot sure a
mon knows Iverythlng about cooklu'
jlst because he's Frlnchl" Puck.
Hopeless Case,
"You hove a heart of Ice," sighed the
young niiiti who had failed to win out
"Ihcrefore, In the Inngiiago of the un
couth," rejoined the Boston maid, "you
cut no Ice with me."
Royal family of Boxers,
Boxing Is a favorite sport of the Dan
ish royal family, Prince Valdemar be
ing the best boxer among them. When
he challenged the late Emperor Alexan
der HI. Of Russia, however, ho unit
more than his match. King George of
Greece Is also skilled with the gloves.
The present Emperor of Russia, on big
travel around the world, used to have
a bout wltb Prince George of Greece
very morning on the bridge of the
steamer.
Lowest Temperature Mark.
Tclsscrene de Bert, the French ouro
naut, hag secured the lowfikt tempera
ture mark on record-72 degrees centi
grade or 07.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho
reading was registered on a tlicrmome
ter in a trial balloon sent up recently,
which rose to a height of 38,000 feet.
Blind Asylum In Ceylon.
It has been decided to found an cyo
hospltol mid an asylum for tbo blind
a Ceylon's memorial to the late Queen
Victoria. ' ;