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SLINGS AND ARROWS Br fcUUU CONWAY. Author f "CalUd flaek" "Dark Day," "A family Affair," 4,'te. vJnllan," he Mil, "In order to undwitand - IDT action In tlie matter, you watt Brt of all bear In mind the truth which you gwvuoj Intuitively when tint we mat I lovei Viola with all the strength of mv nature. I luvJ lore! bar fur year, and I wa waiting In tbe bop that soma day the would be mine. It wa bitter blow to return borne and find that another man was about to marry her. It needed all mr power of will to bide my feelings from bnr, and do what I could to Insure her happiness." lie sls-hei an I wa silent for awhile. "However," be continual, "sharp ai tbe pang wai at tbe time, it u now a thing of (he pant 1 have conquered mysulf. My love now fur Viola u that of a brother to a dear tister. You will believe thin, Lor- ainef I nodded. lie resumed in a lighter ra n ner: "Yes. I have conqiierel It. I think now punr all mr love into my book. But at that time I worshiped ber. I would Lave (riven my life to aave ber from grief. Jler wish was to me a command. Her smallest request an obligation to be dis charge! at all coat. Leaving thin out of the quMtton, ber mother confided ber to me. This was why I did not tnll ber loved her. I forced myself to wait until she was 21; then It was too late." Another pause. I glanced at his face. Its expnwion waa one of actual pain. If Eustaos Grant bad con q acre 1 hit bopile.il passim the moniory or it was stm Keen. 'IVitnember also," be went on. "I mis trusted you. I hws'.tated long before I made up my mind not to inUrrira. Your ro tuantio suppression of your true name and position is accountable for the mistrust I felt Ho I start with two itro? emotious to sway me ova lor Viola, an I mistrust of the man who wu to marry hir. Do you unUnr.ittndr "Yen; but, for mircr's sake, lei me hsar what nappeuedr "On Viola's twenty-first birthday," be began No; I w;il not give his story In bis own words I should be bound to break it a bumlrel tim'n by tbe insertion of my ejncula'iom anl cxprosslon of wonder monr. When railed. It loft me as completely in the (lark an ltore. If it cleared Viola from ibo accusation of vulvar iu fidelity, it pJungul me in tenfold pirplezity ai to tus motivj whica Indued her to fly from ma This briefly is what Oraut told met Upon reaching Uie solicitors, According to ap pointment, be found that Viola bad already rrrlvo.1, mil was waiting for him in the room into which I was afterward shown. Oranii rxriiiing'vl a fnw word with tier. thou W'.ih iwcic Ui Mr. Monk anl spoke about details of business. Everytlilnii was in order and ready for my inspection when I should arrive; so Urant re lined my wire. Uo had much he wished to say to her, many queitlons to ante, and, as be hoped, eon- rrululatlom to olr r. Miie appeared strange, absent-minded and opprmsed. He thought she must be ill Suddenly, to his bewillerment, the fell at his feet, and in a passionate way besought mm to take her away at onoe. Take t er any where. Hide her from her husband. Lot him never know where she was; never soe ber again. At ouce this momont before he arrived, she must go, and leave no trace! All this she prayed Grant to do besought It absolutely on ber knees. Tbe man's blood boiled. Here, a fort night after her marriage, was the woman whom he loved bogging him, in wild ho- cents, to save her from her huiband. He could Jump at only one conclusion. I bad In ome way maltreat 1 her. I was an utter vil lain I My wife hail found out mv true nature. and her only rofugo was fi ght. Was it for the man who lovel ber to urge her return to what, from her wild mid despairing prayers, he gathered must lie absolute misery! No. She boKonglit his aid. It him 11 ng pru doiioe to the win I, and do bnr bidding with out awing wuy or w hererore. Thore was no time to siwe for nueitlons. Viola seemed in an ai?miy of fear. At any mo ment my step ml.lit be heard. Orant, who ixu.eviM ium i nan, in the course of a few days, turned my wifo'i love into late, felt no Inclination to kIiow mo any niorcy. He raised V.o'.a, and promised to save her. Ha led ber out UiiouirU the door which opnued to the outer world, cnllol a cab, placed my wife in It, and drove off, without troubling as to direction. Her only wish at the moment whs to avoid meeting me. Once within the call, Orant triod to in duco Viola to talk rntionally; to give some reasons justify ins; the rash t His of forte were unavailing. All ahs would say was thnt never could she meet mo again. Hue must fly-go far away. If (Irant would uot aid ber, she muit go alone. Finding bnr so firm, and not doubting but that my conduct hnd brought all tills about, be consented to do as she wished. They drove straight to Cbnring Cross and took the first train to Folkestone. Here he left her for tbe night at a quiet hotel, rotumed to town, made bis preparations, and had the encounter, which 1 have already described, with me. '1 he next morning, as my spy Informed me, the fugitives crossei U Houlogne. At this point Eustace Oraut finished bis Ink As I have said, it In crease! my Intensity tenfold. Until ths moment when Grant made what we both thought a dying avowal of bis innoceuce, Viola's flight admitted of a natural, If ahamciui, explanation. Now that the ele ment! of faithlessness atid criminal love were removed the matter was simply in xpilcab.e. fcuslace Grant might have thought, mlht even now think, that my lU trontiiient of my wile bad forced hor from my side; but I knew better die knew better. Uut Grant had not revealei all "Go on," 1 sal J; "toll me more." "I have told you all 1 can, Julian. I have explained tue part w hleh, rightly or wrong ly, I acted. 1 promised nothing more." MTV. II l . i . . j on ms wnero sua is, mac l may see ber, and learn all from hor own lips." "8.10 is with good friends, who love hor. I can say no ninit'1 "la she bappyl Tell ine the truth." lie bwiintud. "1 dan not say the la happy," ueanwered; "Lut 1 believe she is as happy as she can U iu this world." These unsatisfactory auswers were simply tnaddoulng. "UronU" IsaM, fioretdy, "for some reason you are concealing Untruth from ma I cannot force it fn m y ou. Until I know it I cannot say whether thnt reason is right or wrong; but 1 will work until I tlud out everything. Hut tell me this: Do you now believe that my nlfe left me on account of wrongs which I did her Bpoakl" He made a pause, "I cannot answer that question," be sail "Dolus; so would lead to others. I have already said too much." "You have answerel it!" 1 cried, tri umphantly. "You answerel it when you threw that pistol away; you answer it every time you take my baud every time you peak a word of friendship to me." "Uobeit," be said, wearily. "And now, knowing, as you do, all, toll me If you approve of Viola's leaving me mo, who love! her above the world the buiband who worshiped her; toil uij Uu" "1 cnu say no morA, i am weary, worn out Help ma to my room." I did so. We ported for the night. As be took my Imni be looked me straight in tlie face. "Julian.'1 be said, "he w.ge, and asknouiorj. L avj Ibis place, anl forgjt Viola, 'ihore is no hope. All this cone, ai mant all that has been done is for your saka Goodnight. CHAPTER IX A FARIWKLL. I went to my room, aud threw myself into a chair, liore, until dawn, I sat pus- cling over Grant's wordi, and trying to turn thorn into a key which migut unlock the secret door which stool between my wife and myself. My efforts were uselets. I soetned like one surrounds J by stone walls. throub which tuere was no escape. Each way I turnel, I was met with some iraissrvious obstacle. "For my soke!" This concealment was for my mM 1 am plunged in to desDair, am told U re is no hope Yet all this is for my oflsn(eI The riddle grew more and mora dlfllcult of solution. Grant could doubtless solve it if be chose, but weald be do sol Not he. The next day I once more at' tacked him. I implored, commmdoJ, even threats nou; not one word would he speak. I was on tbe varge of quarreling with blm; nut as 1 loucisa It was oniy by bis direct or Indirect aid 1 could And Viola, I restrained my very nutural wrath, and on the aubjict til viola a sullen silence succeeded my use- lets question. I lingered on at the farm long after Eustace Orant was wed enough to dispanss with my services. . Where else could I got From whom but Grant bad I chance of ascertaining my wile's preiont aboduf I must wait uni waicn. a chance word, a letter, anything, might put me on tbe track. Moreover, 1 hud a presentiment that Viola was not for away. People, when driven to their wits' end, put a vast amount of faith in presentiments. Much as 1 hod learned to love him, severe as were tbe twinges of remorse still felt for my murderous act, it was all 1 could do to force myself to believe tbat Grant was sin rlo- hearted In his determination of keeping me lu tbe dark respecting my wife. Tbe more so, as it was my conviction that. could 1 once meet her, my pleading wouu oe eloquent enough to bring ber back to me, to begin once more the nappy life so strangely cut short, Only let mo see ber once more, take her by the band, guza into ber eye.i, coll up the numory of too few short days when we were all tbe world to each o'her; suruiy I must then be tjld tbe truth, and conqu r. One morning Enuice seemed distracted and ill at eon. He answered my questions absently. l'ron Uy be said : "Dj you mini making a short journey lor mjf" "Certulnly not. Wnere tjf "I want several things not procuralle here. Will you go to L Orient for mef "Of course 1 wilL But how era I to get tburel Ibe dillgente doej not run to-dny. "Jean could drive you in the light wagon, but that would be tedious. I will try and borrow a borse," 1 favored tbe horse. Twenty miles in old Boulay's wagon was not a tempting pros- poet. Bo tbe borse was procured, and 1 de cide! to stay at L Orient for tbe night, and rid 3 back tbe next day. My purchases could be sent by diligence. Urant gave me a list of tbe articles be wished bought. Smie of them, it struck Die, seemed superfluous and trivial, and all might have been ordered by letter. Then I mounted and rode along the tableland. down tbe hill, through the sleepy little vil lage, up the other bill and away on tbe aunty road to IV Orient. It was a blasine hot day. so hot tbat I Diamed myself for not having started on my ride either earlier in the morning or later on, when the power of the sun began to wane. 1 wondored that Grant had uot suggested the lalter course. That wonder came coupled with another thought, a thought which made my heart beat. I roniembered how anxious be had been that I should make the Journey to day, and contrasted that anxiety with tin importance of the errand. Could it be that be was for some purpe Bonding me out of the wayl I rode slowly on, giving this questioi full consideration; and the more 1 considered it the more I lecaino convinced that my errand to L'Orient was a run Having determined this, my mind was at once mads up. 1 halted at tbe next farm house, and stating that the borse was lame le; t him In charge of tbe good people until 1 could send lor hlia lhen rapidly I re traced my steps, until I reached the too of the cliff from which once before 1 bud Kaie 1 at the bouse which held tho man on w hom I ha 1 come to wreuk veusenuee. 1 threw myself on the turf, and for hours kept my eyes on the house or on the road which led to iU If I saw nothing to oynflrm ray suspicions I could regain my borse and rid) to L'Orient after nightfall. There would be a moon, and I could no doubt find my way. tso, witn eaer eyes. 1 watched and watched, until at last I saw, struggling up the hill opposite to me, a carriage which must have pasiwd through BU tSeuria 1 saw it appear and disappear, according to tbe Demi ol the road, then emerge on to the table land, and finally stop In frout of the farmhouse. My heart leaped with dellirht I saw Graat come out anj assist some dark figures toaliebt. 1 sawtbem enter the boust. 1 saw tbe carriage and horses taken to the stables at the back of the form. Then 1 rose and went to meet what fate bad in store for me. I descended the one hill climbed the other, and walked briskly toward the farm. 1 felt sure that the carriage seen bv me had brougbt viola to my temporary homo. Grant knew that she was coming; hence the errand on which I bad been sent, I chafed at (he thought of bow nearly I bad fallen into the trap. About a hundred yards from the house I saw on my left band, seated on a lares stone on the edge of the cliff, the form of a woman. My heart beat so violently, that for a moment I was forced to stand still. Changed as was her dress, unfamiliar her attitude, I should have known ber among a thousand. At last, after an interval of two years, 1 saw Viola! She was clothed in Afttr an interval of tiro ytar$ I taxi Viola, black she, who formerly detestel the som ber buel Kbe was sitting wita ber hands Clasped rounl her knee; ber head bent for ward In a sad. thoughtful aUituda She seemed to be gacing at the sea "below, yet seeing or bearing nothing. Aoisolessly crept over the soft turf until I was close to ber. Now tbat the moment for which I bad longel bad come, what should 1 dot Cover ber with reproachasl Coldly demand an explanation! InsiU upon her returning at once to ber dutyl No; none of these. My only thought wu to throw myself at ber feet, to daip ber in my arms, to cover ber face with kisses, to swear tbat, notwithstanding ail the pait, 1 loved ber as of old. In another second I should have done all this. But suddenly she turnel her bead anl taw me. Bbe started to her feet, and, with a low cry which told of pain, even horror, turned and fled toward tbe house. 1 followed, overtook ber and selisi ber bands. "Violal my lovel my wife!" cried, "why do you fly from tnel" 8he made no reply, but struggled to free herself. "Sneakl look at me, dearest!" I pleaded. "Tell me all 1 can forgivel Tell me noth ing save tbat yon love me I" She looked at me; ber eyes were full of fear. "Let me go," she said hoarsely, "or I shad die!" "Never I" I said, "until you have told me all. What does it mean I What am I to think r Bhe laughel wildly. "Think? Think tbat I am false to you tbat I love another that I bate you! But let me go. Julian, let me go!" Her voice sank to piteous entreaty at she spoke the last words. "Never!" I repeated. I wound my arms round ber, and kissed ber passionately. She trembled in every fiber of ber body, and when once more her eyes met mine, the look in them positively frightened me. Suddenly, by a supreme effort, she tore herself from my arms and flei rapidly toward the farm. I was on the point of pursuing ber, when a great revulsion of fueling came to me. What bad I done that this woman should shrink from my touch should regard me with dread and horror? I bad lavished love upon her; 1 was willing to take her to my arms without a word of explanation, or an entreaty for pardon for the misery toe bad caused ma Yet sue Bod from me as if I were some noxious reptile. However deeply anl blindly a man may love, there muit be a limit to bis self-abase' ment; so. as 1 strode into tbe bouse, to find, not her. but Eustace Grant, my heart was full of black and bitter thoughts against the woman I loved. I entered Grant's sitting-room without either knock or warning of any sort. lie was seated, and, apparently, in earnest con versation with a pale, sweet-faced woman. some ton years hu senior, and woo was dressed as a Sister of Charity. He itartel to hit feet, and lookeJ at me like one aston ished. "You here, Lorainel" be cried. "Yes; 1 did not get so far as L'Onsnt" Grant movjd toward the door. "Excuse me," be said; "I shall b) back in a monvwit Tills Is my sister." The lady bowed, and smiled plea antly. "You are too late Grant." I said, some what coldly. "You cannot prevtnt the meeting; it has taken place." "Poor girl!" he said. Then turning to his sister, speaking in French, "You had bettor go and find Viola." She rose, and left the room. Grant and I were alone. "Weill" he said, calmly. "You have seen her?" "Yei, in spite of your subterfuge." "I acted but for the best. It was only this morning I knew they were coming. Some absurd report of my recent illness bad reached my sister. Not having beard from me for weeks and weeks, sbs came to learn tbe truth." "Came from wberef "From Nantes. She is the superior of a sisterhood there ohe is my half sister. Her mother was a Frenchwoman." "But Viola? Why is Viola with her?" 'tine has been in her charge ever since she left you. It was to my sister I took her." A thought crossed ma "Surely," I said, "Viola, a married woman, can bind herself by no vows She is not one of the sister hood!" The sisterhood is a purely charitable one. Persons can leave it at discretion. Viola has been my sister's guest, thatis all." "Urant," 1 said, "I am now under the same roof as my wife. She shall not leave it until 1 know everything, f rom ner Hps I will learn the meanlnj of her conduct. Go a id send ber to me." He said nothing. He left ths room, anl In a few minutes returned, leading my wife. She sank wearily upon a chair, with her tin- corn nervously moving one against the other. 1 bad now time to no ice what changes the two years bad made in her. Beautiful as she still was, it was not tbe girlith beauty which had won my heart; it was tbe sad, swoet beauty ot a young wo man who has su lie ret Youth was still there, but the gayety and exuberance of youth were missing. Viola's cheek was paler than of old; her figure looked slighter; altogether she was more ethereal more fragile looking. For a while she kept her eyes away from mo; then, finding I did not speak, she looked at ma. Her eyes were full of tours. "Eustace tells me you want to speak to mo," she said. "Will you not spare mo, Julian! 1 am very unhappy." "Unhappy! Spare you! How have you spared met Ibink what my lite bas been from the day you left me think of it, and pity me!" bhe pressed her hands to her brows, and heard ber sobbing. I could not bear to witness her grief. 1 kneeled at her side. "Viola," I whispered, "toll me all. Let me know what black cloud lias between us. Tell me why yoa left me!" "I cannot! I cannot!" she wailed. Hoe Hess of Grant, who was still with us. I besought hor, implored her to enlighten mo, or at least to say that she lovel me still; that, now we have mot, we should part no more. In vol a I Again and again ber lips formed the sad yet firm refuioi At last she sail: "Ask me no more, Julian; it is tor your save mat i am si lent." For my sakol Grant's pirrot cry ! I roie in bittor anger and turned to Grant. "Tell ber," I said "toll this woman, who bears my name, and who is still my wife, tbat nothing can make life more terribh to me than this concealment. Toll hor in what frame of mind 1 nut you. Bid her speak. You have power over her. She will listen to you, if not to ma" "Viola," said Grant, in a strangely solemn voice, "be ii n;ht; we are wrong. He must know the truth." She raited ber white face. "Never never!" she moanel "It must be," continuei Grant "He is a man; and it thsr is a burden to be born, he bas a right to bear it, He must know all." She stretched out her arms imploringly. "Eustace," she gasped, "think of tbe horror I Let him hate mi, curss me, go away and forget met" "He Digit be told," said Orait, firmly. She press 1 her hands to her eyes, and was silent for sorai minute. 1s:j13j my heart, and neither spoke nor move!, although I saw the tears trickling through ber dosed fingers. Presently sbs spo'te: "Not until I have mn K . ico: not until thMhinhaiSAiUd " ST. KILDA. A Commnnlty la Which tbe Most Primitive Manners Still Prevail. Tbe methods bj which tha Inhnbit anta of St. Kilda were recently com pelled to communicate with the main land, sending the news of their needy condition in a little boat cut from s block of wood, has brougbt out many description! of the island. Hirt, as tbe natives call it, may be regarded as the Ultima Thule of the Hebrides. Though a part of North Britain, It is only in very clear weather, and then from a considerable height, that it can be lighted like a dim cloud in the waste of waters beyond. Sailors sometimes notice it in formless outline on the horizon. But its coast bears a bad reDutation. and the cautious helmsman gives its skerries and wave-lashed cliffs as wide a bertn as ne conveniently cnu. When the skipper out of h s reckoning hears through the fog a boom of break ers, and high above the roar of its waves the discordant scream of sea fowl, be instantly sheers from a local ity so dangerous. For, romantic though St. Kilda may be for fair weather mar iners, the Captain who is not desirous of having an uncomfortablo interview with Mr. Rothery prefers to loave his curosity ungratifiod. Once ashore, at the only landing place, the visitor has difficulty in real- 11 Dg tUB laVk klinb DO IB Bull ntuim tag limits of the realm. The people are courteous, and though they possess the osual Celt.o characteristics they are onlike the Highlanders whom be bas left in Uist or Eigg, or Harris or Skye; and even to one familiar with Gaelio their dialect presents certain philological difficulties. The island, which is barely seven miles in circumference, is surrounded by beetling cliffs, attaining in some places a height of twelve hundred feet, and the moderately level ground tit for growing a patch or two of oats or po tatoes, or capaoie oi anoruing grazing for a few sheep, is extremely scanty. The huts, some nineteen in number, are almost prehistoric in structure, the locks being made of wood and fastened with a wooden key, though so honest are the people that even this precaution of civilization is unnecessary. The population does not number more than seventy or eighty and has been gradu ally decreasing since 1697, when it amounted to one hundred and eighty. The law is represented by a "cate- chist," who combines in his person tho functions of minister, schoolmaster and magistrate, and who, though an ad mirablo person according to his lights, rather puritanical in his ideas of what is eood for his subjects. When Mr. Sands lived under his jurisdiction, the three greatest men in the world, were, in the opinion of the St Kildans, Prince Bismarck. Mr. Gladstone and Dr. Itogg, though ought to be remarked thit it was only the ecclesiastical side of their char acter that found favor in tho eyes of tha islanders. The inhab itants were at one time addicted to playing: tbe jewsharp and to dancing:, and used to greet the coming of the seafowls with a strange song, calling to mind the verses with which the Rhodian Greeks welcomed the return nsr swallow. All such carnal pleas ures are now eschewed. To walk on Sunday is a s'n; to speak above their breath an onense against the canon law; and, as the worthy miuister is, or was, the only man in possession of a watch, or capable of speaking English, no one ventures to dispute his dicta. Formerly, the islanders used to dress in sheepskins and wear shoes made of the heads and necks of holan geese. Nowadays they weave cloth out of the wool of their dwarf sheep, and manu facture "Millions" or moccasins out of their hides. Fishing and fowling are almost their sole occupations. Men and women climb the cliffs like goats in search of the eggs of tbe sea fowls, on which they subsist during the winter, and even the dogs are trained to capture the puffins and gannets. The women work harder than the men, undertaking most of the labor which horses perform elsewhere; but the men make all the clothes, not only for themselves, but for the other sex also. Children are bard to rear, and the entire popula tion is necessarily intermarried through and through. There are nearly twice as many women as men, and only six surnames in the whole island, an adjective being usually added for the better definition of the person addressed. Thus, for example, there is Callura Beng (Little Malcolm). orDonnell Og (Young Donald). Quar rels are unknown, in so small a com munity everybody being mortally afraid of offending his neighbors; and the direction of public affairs is dis cussed by a sort of island parliament, which meets every morning in front of the cottages. By and by the St Kil dans will become extinct. A few have emigrated, though on the voyage to Australia they could only be kept in perfect health by an occasional meal of tho rank eggs and dried puffins they carried with them. They are, more over, greatly attached to the island, and are anxious to return to it if a day or two absent in "Scotland." The owner of this lonely spot is a gentle man who, by one of those curious con trasts in which civilization delights, was, until recently, Secretary of the Science and Art Department Ter haps who knows? amid the perusal of the dreary minutes of "my lords" and the calculation of "payment by re sults" he mav have sometimes heard the waves dashing on distant Dunvo gan or the scream of the sea mews as they circled around his far-off lordship of St Kilda, London Standard. m In 1851, when Louis Napoleon was President of France, some coins were struck with his head upon them. He examined them, said they were all right and told the m'mtmaster to go ahead with them. A little later he no ticed a st.ff-looking lock of hair over his temple, such as we call a cow-lick, and ordered a new drill made. That was done, but in the meantime twenty three of the pieces had gone into cir culat on. one of which is said to be in tno possess on of Quvtn Victoria. On, thousand dollars apiece has been of fered for these rare coin, without taken. NOBLE DANES. The Characteristics of a Valuable and Precious Usee of Dogs. Just here, where tbe hurrying throng is the busiest a modest little sign at tracts the attention of the passer by, U represents an English mastiff lying down waiting for its master. Under w- this is the following: DB. BAPPIPORT, Phvslclan and Burireon for Dog Disease. Inside the modest office sits a wide- iawed, gray-bearded, blue-eyed man, about fortv vears of ace. From the Dictures and trainings that are dis played, a visitor would naturally infer that the occupant was a dog doctor. A Obbe reDorter found such to be the case when he called there, one day last week, to find out about the nature vf the so-called Russian bloodhound. "There is no such thing as a Russian bloodhound." said the Doctor. "What is callsd the Siberian or Russian blood hound is the same kind ot a dog as the English bloodhound, only the British have the better kind of dogs. Like the Russian fox-terriers, their bloodhounds are mongrels, part pure blood and part curs. 1 hev frequently get good prices for them, however all the way from one hundred to five hundred dollars and it generally happens that the greatest mongrel brings tbe biggest price, i was oorn ana Drougnt up in Russia, and have practised in England, and know what I am talking about" "Do you mean to sav," asked tho re porter,"tbat the Czar s dog and Bis marck s b g dog are mongrels? "No, no, no," replied the excited Doctor, gesticulating wildly and fall ing into dialict in his anxiety; "I zay no such thing. -Ze dog of Bismarck, he no bloodhound, he much too big for any bloodhound; be Noble Dane. "What kind of a dog is a Noble Dane? Describe it" "He is about three and a half feet tall and long for his height His hair is short and smooth and varies in col or from white down to mouse color. His ears are not near so long as the English bloodhound, but his neck is thicker and stronger, being firmly placed upon a pair of mammoth shoulders that look capable of great power. He weighs from one hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and twenty-five pounds, usually exceeding two hundred, making him the largest dog in existence." "How much is a NobleDano worth?" "How much is a man worth? How much will you take for your dearest friend? My dean sir, the Noble Dane is priceless. It takes the whole estates of a rich nobleman to buy one, and the biggest King on earth can not afford to purchase two. In fact, they can not be bought They are kept in perfect palaces in the imperial kennels at St Petersburg, and tbe Czar gives them to powerful Kngs and Princes on whom he wishes to bestow marks of his special favor. Twenty years ago he gave one to the Sultan, and when that one died he gave him another. Bis marck's famous dog was also a pres ent from the same source. The Chan cellor thinks more of that dog than he does of any human being on earth. The dog follows him everywhere he goes, and has been present at more momentous discussions regarding na tional alia rs than any living man ex cept Bismarck himself. "In some respects the Noble Dane is superior to all the breeds of blood bounds or any other kind of dog. Most dogs ean be made to like and follow other people by feeding them and treat ing them well. The Noble Dane will take to one person and follow him all his life, no matter how much he is abused and starved or how well other people use him. The Noble Dane not be bought" Boston Globe. can HE OBEYED ORDERS. An Incident Illustrative of the Metropolitan Reporter's Cheek. Each newspnper in New York, of course, had a b;g force at the Grant funeral. Well, it took so manv men that some of comparatively little ex perience had to be given pretty im portant assignments. Among these was a young man on tbe world, who had been in the news paper business about a month, alto gether, lie was told to goto the Fifth Avenue Hotel in the morninc ami never lose sight of the Grant family till mem. Tin he went br"irht and purlv nd i . o . i -" - staved till tho procession was about to staru men ne was in a auandarv. He never could kppn tli linnu in sight if he went on foot through the muuuuue. cesiues, it was about six miles to the park. A hartriV wtVia cfynnlr n!m A Twenty-third street was a long row of carriages to oe usea dv uie W rants ami prominent peoplo who were stopping at ins noun. no. vnrv mnctiv this young out enterprising journalist threw away his cigar, straightened his hat. and walked out He stood a moment on the steus. and then mntinnnd tn tha driver of the best looking carriage. Jehu drove up quickly, and the re? porter got in. " V hat number are you?" he asked. The driver told him." "Yes: that's richt. Now, An know where you come in?" ine anver am not "Well. VOU follow thn Orant nr. riage that stands by the door now." The driver suDDosed it via all naturally, and as soon as the proces sion started he pulled in behind Colonel rreu urani, sin. sartoris and tho others. And tbat fellow rodn in statu " V., UU alone, all the wav to Rivpmiiin p,.t Talk about nerve! N. Y. Cor. Tro'u Txmts. A little School crirl oaVn t.. teacher what all the folks meant when mcy spose oi "Mrs. Urundy." "Why my dear." replied the teacher, "by Mrs. Grundy' they mean the world. " A day or two afterward the same teacher asked tbe geography class to Which this infantiU hii.t r. l. longed what was meant by the term micr some Hesitation, the little one spoke no. with itoi ... ance and confidence, "I know, teacher; it the belt around Mrs. (Jrundy'i want" Exchange. 1 PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Senators Sherman, Evaru Hoar are cousins. A'. Y. Tribunt, at4 iuin. uiunutun, me Ilimoils 1 !.l 1 ...Ml 1. . Un son s wiuow, in sun living at ir vllle, Tenn, Ku' President Richards, of theMeb politan Horse Railroad of Boston quoted as saying, after a study of eie, trio motors, that the day of horsta past. Jubal A. Early is described ti venerable appearing man, his lon.' white benrd reaching to his waist and his bent figure indicating tbe rapid id! vanceof extreme old age. M. Pasteur has his theory of han. piness. "True happiness," he savi "appears to me in ' the form of a nai of science devoting his days and niehh to penetrating the secrets of natuti and discovering new truths." Parson John Jasper, the f anion colored preacher of Richmond, claim that he bus recently been solicited k go to England on a lecturing tour, tut that a man offered him four hun'W dollars to deliver his great lecture o "The Sun Do Move,1' in a Norther! oity. It is said that the wife of Preside Adams contributed largely to the Stat papers of her honorable and distin. guished spouse, and that Mrs. Madi son was often useful in moderating tbej temperament of the addresses whick her husband wrote during his term ol office. Chicago Herald. ' "Mr. Parnell," says a writer ta the Chicago Tribune, "is a bachelor, and lives the simplest sort of life i,' lodgings, as a rule taking his dinneri at a hotel. His habits are so quiettbal he and his sister Anna were guesttit the same hotel for weeks without know ing that they were under one roof." , Mrs. Bancroft, the wife of the hi, torian. is said to be preparing a vot nme of her reminiscences and expert, ences, and as she was a belle at Wash ington sixty years ago and has seenthi best people and places at home ant abroad, she can not ' fail to favor tb public with an uncommonly interesting book. An attempthfis reeenly been madi in Switzerland to adopt a uniform Go man orthography for tliat country. Thi conference was largely attended bj printers and booksellers. A proposi tion to adopt the Prussian-Bavariia orthography was opposed by the vod of a large majority, and it was decide to refer the matter to a confereDO of delegates from all the German states, j John B. Gough re-appeared on thi lecture platform at Melrose, Mass., i few evenings ago and introduced him self by explaining the cause of his lon silence. "I appear to-night," he said, "for the first time in three months, an for the first time in my life with a at' of crockery in my mouth. I ban dreaded greatly appearing before tbt public, not under false pretenses, but under false teeth." Reports spy that Mr. Gough spoke "with all of hi old eloquence and vigor." HUMOROUS. j Ol Ai .. . ineysay wose artinciai eggs cat not be beaten. Pittsburgh Chronicle, j Jones must have been pretty sea sick going to Europe when he threw up his enfrasrement with hi oirl i Lowell Citizen. ( Said an Alabama mother: "Sevt' would I call a boy of mine Alias, if had a huudred to name. Men by thai name is anus cuttin' up capers." Papa, what is a luxury? Father- It is something, my son, that we cu do without. Logical boy W hat a Inj ury a mosquito must be. Qolden Layi From the prompt and safe way k which horse-thieves are hung out Weft it looks as if that portion of our bV loved country was under the rule of t hemp-era. iv. i. Ledger. A French shopkeeper of Paris eni ea his will by this: "I desire my bod' to be placed in the hands of men cl science, aud that it mav be carcfulh dissected, for I am determined to kno the cause of my death." "Why didn't you como when I rang?" said a Texas lady to a dom tic. "Because l dian t heah the bell. "Hereafter when yon don't hear tki bell you must come and tell mo so." "Xe, mum." Texas Siftinrjs. vieherai u. ti. seigle, ot Lincoln County, N. C, diod recently, agei ninety years. 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