EUGENE CITY GUARD.
LkCAHrBELU Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
DRESSY NECK-WEAR.
011k and Satins. Mull and Nets Which
Cover raelilonabl Tbrnatn.
. Fashion soems to have run into ei
tremes In. regard to neck-wear. One
sees either the greatest profusion of
lace, mull, net and crepe llsso, or none
at all, according to the fancy of. the
wearer. The practice of wearing dresses
without collar or ruchlng can not be too
severely criticised. The habit la an
untidy one and ahowi a decided negleot
of that daintiness which should char
notorize the wardrobe of every lady of
refinement and (rood taste. An excess
of neck-dressing is much bettor than it
absence; therefore, It la well to en
courage evon the most elaborate allalra
of this sort
There is, however, a happy medium
which should be sought after by all
ladies, especially those who are young
and desire to observe the minor proprie
ties of the toilet A simple rucblng or
a collar of linen will be found most ap
propriate for morning wear, while for
afternoon wear pretty, plain ruchlngs
or plaltings of luce will be found bo
coming and suitable. Among the charm
lng accessories of a more dressy char
actor are collarettos made of vandyked
lace. Theso are set slightly full
upon straight bands of mull or net
with a bit of foundation to preserve
the shape. This fashion, however, In-
volvessome trouble In laundering, as
the not must be renewod. A much
easier way Is the uso of a straight band
like a linen collar. The lace is sowed
to the lower edge of this band and a
narrower lace of the same pattern to
the upper edge of the band. This fulls
ovor this strip of linen and meets the
collar proper. A bit of ribbon may bo tied
around tlio linen band, and will, show
through the meshes of overhanging
points. This makes a vory pretty finish,
speolally for young ladles and misses,
and. Indeed, Is suitable for those of any
age.
Another pretty stylo, but which Is In
tended for dressy use and can not be
laundered, Is made with a foundation of
suitable material, over which Is set In
collar form a atrip of embroidery. In
side of this aro bias holds of crnpe do
Chine or crepe Usse. A section of tbe
crepe Is attuchnd to ono sldo of the ool
lar and draped across the front, the
corner being concealed tinder the edge
of tbe collar on the other sldo. This
seotlon is edged with lace or embroidery
to match that used for the collar. Prop
erly arranged this makos one of the
prettiest nock dressings.
Another style bas a straight, high
foundation collar, which is covered
with sblrred net or point d'osprlt,
among the folds of which are set little
loops and ends of baby ribbon. Hands
of velvet are attached to the collar on
ltbor sldo, and between these bands
are straight sections of crepe de chine
or not gathered Into the coll, and sulll
clontly long to extend some distance
below the waist. The ribbons are sowed
to the fabrlo at its outer edges, and all
are drawn together at the walst-llne
and may be tiod in a single knot or be
drawn togethor and hold in plaoe by a
band of velvet ribbon.
Another style shows a straight,
round eollor of foundation covered with
folds of crape do chine. From the front
andsldos of this collar are long.stralght
sections of figured lace. At least an
entire breadth of lace will be required.
Tbe collar and outer edgos of the luce
are finished with very narrow edging
rosettes, while an abundance of loops
of vory narrow ribbon finish the collar
and are set at tbe waist line where the
lace la drawn into a very narrow spues.
The lowor ends of tbe laoe are out in
doep points and trimmed with edging.
Young Ladles' Journal.
I DEATH OF A PEARL
Ntory ef the Ilrc.iy of a Russian Gentle
mau'e Precious tiem.
One peculiarity of pearls is that, un
like other precious gems, they are liable
to doouy. Occasionally a valuable pearl
cbangos color, seems to be attacked
with a deadly disease, and crumbles
into dust. Huch Is rep u tod to have been
the fa to of the most magnificent speci
men ever known. It was found by an
ignorant fisherman, who disposed of it
tor an Insignificant sum. Passing
through successive bands, It finally bo
came the property of a Russian mer
chant, aud found a possessor who knew
its immense value aud prised It accord
ingly. He kept It carefully In a so
eluded room of his magnificent mansion,
apart from all other of his troasuro.
It was the wonder and admi
ration of favored friends who wore per
mitted to look at It The merchant
finally became involved in a political
conspiracy and flud to Paris, taking bis
one great treasure with him.
lie kept it bidden for a time, but at
last consented to show It to some dis
tinguished lovers of precious stones.
But when he ooened the caskot he full
back In dismay and staggered although
strickon with death. The gum had be
gun to change color. A fatal disease
had attacked It It was soon a worth
less heap of white powder, and the once
wealthy merchant was a pauper. The
death of a pearl Is caused by decomposi
tion of the animal membrane which en
ters into Itasuhstanoa. Chicago Herald.
Item m Wrather I'ropbete.
It la undeniable thai animals have a
sort of prescience of coming weather.
Nature ha evidently provided them
with special nerves that are affected by
changes la tbe weight and moisture of
ths atmosphere, to which all storms aro
due. Those little creatures, ths bees,
are peculiarly accurato weather bar
lungers, but bow far ahead the bee may
be able to look la an open question, a
keen observer, by looking at them la
the early morning, during tbo working
season, will soon be able to form an
opinion a to what the day will be, and
that almost to a certainty, for they will
sometimes appear alugglah and Inactive,
although the morning Is vory bright
and showlngevery appearance of a clear
day, but the sun soon become clouded,
and rain follow. And, again, the tuora
ing may be dull and cloudy, and some
time rala may be falling; atlll the bees
ay be observed going out In consider
able numbers, and as sure as this is
sea the day become bright and fair.
Oolisa Days.
A New England journal thinks that if
milk must be M nnder regulations for
quality the rule should apply to other
products as well. There are'hunilreds j
tf tons of inferior fruit and vegetables
told that need Inspection.
THE ANORY WORD.
Wear sod heartsick from work and pals,
Wh H an? wonder tbe bard wurd earner
With eblldr-B's clamor and heavy care.
It seamed that mine was tbe "lion's sbtra,"
And John, with a look tbst told be beard,
Went oa to bis work with a ealm absurd.
Wearv and heartsick all of tbe day,
Tbe heavy hours went slowly away,
Tbe night earn down, but no John returned,
To where the hearth Are sulkily burned;
I save the children their supper aud bed.
And erouobed by lb coals with an aching bead.
0 was It a dream-that I seemed to be John
Bo weary and painfully hammering on,
Beemed to be laboring oror my strength.
Till the long, long day was over St Icoglb,
With cruel words and a taunting sneer
Flung often at bun by tbe overaeert
0 was It a dream that, tbe day now e'er,
They doubled bis tank and abused blra mors,
That the patient mind bad but one refrain,
"I twar, for my home and the living to g ajar"
But the word I bad pokno Sld Its smart,
And was Ilk a fire la tbe patient hrt.
A step oo tbe stalrl 0 John has returned.
Tbe sulky Ore now more brightly bas burned,
A leap In my heart move, me on to tbe door,
1 sob In the arms of my darling ono more;
O never again by a word or a sign
Will I claim that bis burden Is lighter tbao
BQlA.
. Detroit Free Press.
A QUADHUPLEX COMPACT
Wby a South-Side Rosldonco Will
Soon Be for Boot.
There was considerable excitement of
a quiet kind In tbe neighborhood and
nota little cause fur It, either. The
roomy bouse in the middle of the block,
that bad stood empty for several un
eventful months, bad been re n tod. Al
1 . , t. nl,ln.l. l.,iU wh. llvi.rl nn tho
I gmj ollluiutcd as a perambulating
repository of all tbe news of tbe local
ity confided to tbe insurance mans
wife, a litllo lower down, that a tull
young man with luvendor trousers and
eyo-glussesbsd en to red theempty bouse
tlio previous afternoon and pulled the
'For Kont"carddown outof the window.
Moroover, he bod drlvon up in quite a
natty cart and had worn light kid gloves
with broad black stitching on the backs,
in addition to the lavender trousers and
eye-glasses; a olrcumstanoe that Indi
cated the new tenant, whoever be was,
to bo a person of perfect respectability.
If there was mild excitement when
the news wont about that tbe house was
rented, it ceased to be mild when It be
came known who was to live In it, al
though it must be confessed that the
excitement was confined principally to
tbe young ludies residing In the vluln
lty. The newcomors wore nothing loss
than four spruce, dupper young men
"four beautiful dudes," as tbe red
haired girl across the way, who nover
appeared In public without her tennis
racquet and terrier pup, expressed it It
gradually bocume known that the four
young men were guiltless of blood rela
tionship to one another. They were
simply friends, all engaged in business
down-town, all sick of the numelcss
horrors of modern boarding-house life,
and all enraptured with tbo prospect of
the stagger at housekeeping they were
about to make.
And it may bo said at the outset that I
llkellor-looklng quartette of young mon.
as young men go nowadays, would have
been bard to discover on the South Side.
They differed somowhat in appearance,
of course, but each, In addition to tbe
neat and becoming clothes he woro,
bore In some measure the stamp of re
finement and Intelligence. They wore
the kind of young men who look out ot
plaoe at a snide variety ahow or a cock
fight II.
Tbe neighborhood was curious, the
marriageable fomale element (as before
lntlmatod) especially so, to know more
of the latest arrivals than could be
gained by mere ocular observation; and
if tbe neighborhood could have been
made aware ot the peculiar, not to say
unique, compact that bound the quar
tette together, this ourioslty would have
been Infinitely enhanced.
The surnames ot tbe newcomers do
not matter; Tom, Dick, Harry and Jack
will sorvo to distinguish them.' Their
compact was simply this: Their lease
ran for two years, and each one ot the
tour was plodged to his fellows not to
marry or evince any inclination to do so
until the term had expired. The ex
penses of housekeeping were to br
shared equally. Each ono was to take
his turn for a week at doing the family
marketing, pay flie bills and so on;
while an antiquated colored lady had
been engaged at a liberal wage to pre
side over the kitchen. The terms ol
the agreement were ironclad. ' No mem
ber of the quurtotte was to be permitted
to stick tho other three If the latter
oould bolp it
The arrangement, moreover, seemed
to work swimmingly. The experiment
was not so costly as It might have been.
The young men lived comfortably and
felt contented. They wore all musical,
and with two mandolins, one guitar and
one banjo manipulated by them, formed
a very respectable string quartette.
Attired In fetching neglige dress, they
sat In their porch In the languorous
June evenings thrumming popular mel
odies after tbe healthily enthusiastic
manner of amateurs, to the great enjoy
ment of tbe families In the vicinity. And,
ot course, on such occasions, all tbe at
tractive girls in the block, looking vory
wholosomo In their fleecy white frocks,
found occasion to pay many visits to the
corner drug store and back, tbe route
taking them, ot course, directly past the
porch wherein the plsyi-s sat When
a group ot them passed by It was tbe
habit of tbe young men to gaie blankly
up at the stars, though tbe gaso was
often productive of discords from Plok's
Mandolin that brought wrinkles to
Tom's alabaster forehead.
ni.
"Carrie," said the red-haired girl to
her chum from Vassar one bright morn
ing shortly after tbe last of the young
men over tbe way had gone down-town,
"I think that little dude who wears ths
black sash and the cute straw hat Is
simply lovely. I wish I knew him,"
Tot" rejoined tho Vassar girl with
a reproving look on her classic features,
"how can yon say auch things? Bat 1
don't really think that one la as hand
some, and ho is certainly not so die-
ilngulshed looking as the tall one with
the lavender ahem! the lavender I
Mean the ono who wears light clothe.
That afternoon Tot the red-haired
girl, tennis racquet, terrier pup and all,
was drinking; a glass of that ooncoctlon
)ompoo4 principally of sugsrsnd wind,
but which Is known to ths general pub
lio as "soil a," at tbe little store kept by
n rrcn, two street sway, when
ha of PPls world. houlJ
walk in but Dick, his loins girdled with
.he inevitable black sub and bis bead
adorned with th cut atraw hat She
was so astonished that th racquet fell '
io to floor with a elttter, arid as sne
snd Dick both stooped at once to pick It
up their bead bumped together vilely.
Both apologised profusely, of course.
Dick had a rather guilty look when be
faced bis friend at dinner an hour or ao
later. ' When tb four were seated on
tbe porch In th twilight, be bowed with
great politeness at tb girl aoross th
way.
"Who's your red-bslred friendr in
quired Tom, surlily.
"A young lady I know," was tbe In
different response, as Dick thrummed
carelessly on bis mandolin,
Tak care," mouthed the other three
In unison, scooting treason. And then
th regular evening concert proceeded.
IV.
Tbe four friends bad a box at tbe Au
ditorium for ono of the Strauss concerts,
and Tom found bis gsz wander every
now and then to tbe face of a statuesque
beauty who sat In the purquot next to a
girl with red balr. He was certain be
had seen bor somewhere, but could not
quit decide where. She wore a fluffy
white frown with wonderful puffed
shoulders, snd be ws forced to confoss
that she was provoklngly pretty. In the
fover. durlnz the intermission, he
atrsyed away and found a friend who
Introduced him. He was a lime sur
prised to find that she wss spending a
vacation at the home of the girl with
red balr who lived opposite to him.
Both young ladies wore very Inquisitive
ss to how he and his companions got
along In their bachelors' ball but be
parried their questions with the adroit
ness of sn old stager. It was with dif
ficulty, however, that he dragged him
self away and Jolnod his friends in the
long room near tbe cafo where more or
less Inviting liquids sre dispensed. It
may readily be surmised, however, that
be made so revelations as to events oc
curring in the interim.
That night just before th Vassar
girl dropped off to sloep, she whispered
to th red-holred girl: "You see, dear,
I was the first to get sn Introduction to
on of your dudes, after alL"
"Nonsense, dear," croned the rod
haired girl, with a suggestion ot tri
umph in her drowsy tone. "I have
been on excellent terms with th little
one with the sash for over a week.
Sllenoe.
T.
Somehow or other a sort of cloud
hung over tb house where the four
young men dwelt There were fewer
evenings spent by tb four together,
and a tinge of restraint seemed to have
fallen over tbe party. Hurry and Jack,
two of tbe handsomest snd best
behaved boys in the world, who had
hitherto been tbe life and aoul of the
quartette, spent a good many evenings
out as the summer wore on, snd when
they did stay at home were less cboery
and llght-heartod than formorly. They
smoked incessantly and assisted very
little In the conversation.
Bf the merest accident one afternoon
"Tot" returning from a slushing tennis
tourney at the park, saw Harry, all
about whom Dick, of course, bad told
her, emerging from tbe house ot owe of
her frlonds three blocks below her own
horn. (She bid boblnd ber torrler until
th youth had passed from sight and
then pounced in on the aforesaid friend,
a pleasing miss with a pair of wicked,
snapping black eyes.
"Ilow long haVe you known him?"
was the fair caller's groetlng.
Without detailing the conversation It
mag be stated that tbe black-eyed
beauty confessed to a six-weeks' ac
quaintance with the departed one, and
from that tbe talk grew very confiden
tial. "But do you know, Tot," said tbe
little hostess, as the red-haired girl
rose to go, "that there's something
queer about that boy. If ever a fellow
loved me" tbe black eyos glistened
"he does, but he seems to have some
thing on his mind. Tot, I am ashamed
to say it, but he bas sworn he loves me
to death, and bas never let fall so much
as a hlut about marriage. And more
than that bis friend Jsck, who lives
with him, goes about with Tilly here,
my next-door neighbor, and she says ho
acts In precisely tho same way."
During this speech Tot's gray eyes
had been growing bigger and bigger,
while each particular red hair shone
with added brilliancy. "Maud," she
gasped, "another of those dudes tbo
one with the black sash-Is In love with
me, and bis sctlons are precisely tboso
you have described In tbe other two.
There is a mystery here, and we'll un
ravel It. Come up to my house Satur
day night and bring Tlllle with you."
The bluck-eyed one agroed and tbsy
parted.
VI.
"Dick," demanded the red-hatred
girl, "do you love me or do you not?"
Tbey were standing In a sequestered
pot In South Park on the scorching
Saturday afternoon. The young man
fumbled nervously at his sash. "You
know I do. Tot," he observed, meekly.
"Then," answored the red-hatred girl
unabashed, "will you marry me?"
A piteous look oamo into Dick's face.
"I I I" he stammered and could get
no furthor.
"You monster, you!" ejaculated the
red-headed girl, In a white heat ot pas
sion. "You would have me a woman
scorned, would you? You say you love
me. You. Bah! I ssked you to marry
me for a bluff, ao I did. Marry noth
ing. You're a milksop, a dude. You
pretend you love me because you want
a summer girl, I wouldn't marry you
sow it you got down on your knees and
legged me till you woro two holes In
the grass each big enough to bury you
in."
Thla was too much. In another ni In
st the unfortunate youth had grabbed
both her hands and poured out his story
kbout the two years' lease and the dead
ly antl-matrlmonlal compact When ho
bad finished, he face was atlll a wholo
pucker of frowns. "Oo then," she said,
lrainatlcally, "go hack to your friends
and your lease and your compact and
leave me here, (io, I tell you!" and tho
two and a half slipper hit the turf with
a dainty thud. Slowly, therefore, tho
crestfallen youth moved off with tho
Bute straw hat pulled far down over his
eyes. When he had disappeared th
red-haired girl leaped to her feet like an
antelope and sped In the direction ot
th train for home, ripples of delighted
laughter falling from her lips.
And wben she, too, had vanished, a
tall form, with its lower extremities
encased in lavender trousers, emerged
from th bushes, mounted a bicycle and
flew swiftly northward ovor the dust
road.
TIL
Al th dinner-table ot tho four that
Bight a gloomy ailenoe prevailed. Dick
was sulky and said nothing. Harry and
Jack seemed la low spirits, while a look
of awful sternness overspread Tom'
blond feat urea. It was a rllf when
U snsai was concluded, bat as ths?
rose Tom said, grsvely: "Qentlemen,
will you kindly stop Into tho parlor for
a moment?"
Dlok gave him a quick look, but th
grimly set face afforded bim no com
fort Wben all were seated Tom rose,
advanced to the center of th room and
announced: Gentlemen, wo have a
traitor in our mldst-or at least one who
stands in danger of becoming a traitor.
Gentlemen, to-day I saw" pointing at
Dick whose face had grown ghastly
j wblto "to-dsy I saw
I "You saw something very Interesting,
no doubt" Interrupted a musloal voice,
and lot In the doorway was a strsnge ap
parition. It was the red-haired girl In
the vory sweetest of complicated sum
mer costumes, and as abe moved for
1 ward there appeared In the rear throe
'other girls, tbe statuesque beauty from
Vassar, the black-eyed Maud, and Tillio,
a diminutive blonde, with a dimple in
ltber cheek.
"My Paw," went on tbe red-haired
girl, without deigning to notice tho
dazed astonishment of tbe devoted four,
"wants to buy this house, and bo sent me
'over to find out who the owner is? ("On
.Totmay Heaven forgive you!" gasped
' the Vassar girl.) I didn't quite like to
' com alone so brougbtsome of my friends
for company. What? Are you acquaint
ed? Why, how funr.j'1 I do declare,
there's my old friend Dick! Its too nice
for sny thing. Say, who does own th
house?"
I In about flvemlnutossomeonebad pro
1 posed a danco, but tbe red-balred girl ob
jected because there was no chaperon.
I An appealing glance from the Vassar girl
sent Tom hurrying Into the kitchen
whence he presently returned with th
antiquated colored lady who, he said,
would take great pleasure in chaperon
ing tbe party.
So, while one couple supplied the
music the other three danced, and th
antiquated colored lady sat in a big
arm-chair grinning like a Cheshire cat
and beating time on the oarpet with ber
! biff old feet
VIIL
Whon four people enter into a com
pact and all got sick of It at once there
' is no special sin In smashing It
The losses of a South bide residence
will soon be trying to sublet It Harold
B. Vynne, in Chicago Journal.
JOHN ADAMS' PUPILS.
A Lively Deacrlptloa of Ills School and
Certain Thoughts Thereupon.
After taking the dogree of Bacbolor
of Arts at Harvard, John Adams taught
school at Worcester, Mass. In tho fol
lowing letter, written March 15, liTifl,
be gives a lively description of bis
school and certain thoughts thereupon..
The lot tor Is to Judge lticbard Cranch,
of Boston:
"I sometimes In my sprightly mo
ments considor myself in my great
chair at school as some dictator at th
head of a Commonwealth. In this little
State I can discover all tbe groat gen
iuses, all tbe surprising actions and rev
olutions ot tbe groat world in minia
ture. "I have several renowned Generals
but threo feet high, and several deep
projectlng politicians in petticoats. I
have others catching and dissecting
flics, accumulating remarkable pebbles,
cockel shells, etc, with as ardent curi
osity as any virtuoso in the Koyal So
olety. "Some rattle and thunder out A, B,
C, etc., with as much fire and Impetuos
ity as Alexander fought, and very often
lit down and cry as heartily upon being
outspelt as Ctesnr did when at Alexan
der's sepuloher he recollected that the
Macedonian hero conquered the world
before his age.
"At one table sits Mr. Insipid, top
pling and fluttering, spinning bis whir
ligig or playing with his fingers, as gaily
and wittily as any Frenchified coxcomb
brandishes his cane or rattles bis snuff
box. At another sits the polemical di
vine, plodding and wrangling in his
mind about 'Adam's fall in which wo
tinned all,' as bis primer has it
"In short ny little school, like tho
great world, la made up of kings, poli
ticians, divines, LL. D.'s, tops, buffoons,
fiddlers, sycophants, tools, ooxcombs,
jhlmney -sweepers and every other cliar
sster drawn in history or soon in th
world. Is it not then tbe highest pleas
ure to proslde in this little world, to be
stow the proper applause upon virtuous
sad genorous actions, to blame and pun
ish every vicious and contracted trick, to
tear out ot tho tender mind every thing
that is moan and little, and fire the
new-born soul with a noble ardor and
Imulatlon? Tho world affords no greater
pleasure." Youth's Companion.
The Vagaries of Fortune.
"If you please, madam," said a tat-
tared trainp, "I would like some cold
victuals."
"I suppose you are a flood suffcror,
replied the housewife, sarcastically.
"Worse than that, madam. One year
a,ro I was rolling In wealth. To-day I
im worse than penniless."
I "Indeed! What is your misfortune?"
"I am a stockholder In a base-ball
llub.'-The Jury.
I Why lie Keluseil tu fay.
Colleotor (hotly) You admit the debt,
but refuse to pay tho bill! What Is your
reason, sir, for this?
i Boston Mun (coldly) It Is not prop
erly made out You have 'used the word
"balance" In the sense of "remainder."
Tloklowell, show this man out Chi
oago Tribune,
I Ducks in China are hatched in large
quantities, artificially, in ovens heated
by fires of charcoal. They are kept lu
, immense quantities by the boutiuen
Who buy the young ducks from farmers,
who in turn buy from the men who
i batch them. The boatmen pasture them
along the river banks. They aro trained
to return to the boats when called.
Tbey thrivo and grow rapidly with very
little lecding on the muddy river banks.
. Boston has a street-railway horse
forty years old. who for twenty-five
years jogged along before a car running
between Boston and llrookline. In that
time he never lost a trip from sickness
or disability, and actually traveled 125,.
000 miles. 11 Is now on the retired list,
and will nover be required by tbe com
pany to do any more work.
One ot the most striking Christian
enterprises in Japan Is an orphan asy-
lum started two years ago at Okayama
by a medical man and hia wife, in Imi
tation of George Muller. Its home Is In
a Buddhist temple and It has now fifty
five orphans.
I It Is stated that the Indians of the
ITongu River Agency thinks that a Sa
viour is shortly to appear among them.
They think be is white and that he Is
somewhere in the mountains. Tbey
believe that when he comes he will de
atroy th whites and ask all the Indians
to giv stw firearms and us only bows
and .spears.
COLONELQUARITCH.VX
By H. BIDES HAOOABD.
"We niut try to forget" she went oo
wllilly "Ob. ool not I know that It is not
possible that w should forget Vou wont for
get me. Harold, will you" And though It must
be all over between us, and we must never
speak Ilk Ibis galn-uaver-you will al
way know (list I bav oot forgotten you,
will you oot but that I tblnk of you al
wbvsC
"Tber I no fear of my forgetting, b
said, "and I am selllsb nougb to bop that
ou will tblnk of me at time, dear."
"Yes, Indeed 1 will. W all bav our bur
den to bear-It I a hard world-and w
roust bear them. And it will be all tbe same
in tb end, in Just a few year. I dor ay
tbese dead people ber have felt tb as me,
and bow quiet tbey arel and perhaps there
may b something beyond, where thing ar
not to. W bo can say I You won't go away
from this place, Harold, will yonl Not un
til 1 am married, at any rate; perhaps you
had better go then. Say that you wont go
till then, and you will let me aee you some
time, it is such a comfort to see you."
"1 should bav gone, certainly," be said,
"to New Zealand probably; but If you wish
It 1 will stop for tbe present
"No, thank you, aud now good-by, my
dear, good-by. No, don't come with me, )
cau find my own way home. And now, wby
do you wait! Good by, good-by forever In
this way. Yes, kiss nieouceand awear that
you will never forget ma Marry If you wish
to, but don't rorget mo, Harold, r orgive me
for speaking to plainly, but 1 speak as one
about to die to you, and 1 wish things to be
clear."
"1 shall never marry, and 1 hall never
forget you," be snswered. "Good-by, my
love, jjeodby."
In another minute she bod vanished Into
tbe storm aud rain, out of hi sight and out of
bis life, but oot out of bis heart
And be, too, turned and went hi way into
tbe wild aud lonely night
An hour afterward Ida came down Into tbe
drawing room dressed for dinner, looking
rather pale, but otherwise quite herself.
Presently the old squire arrived. He had
been attending a magistrate' meeting, and
had only just got borne.
"Wby, Ida," be said, "I could not find you
anywhere. 1 met George as I was driving
from Boisingbam, and be told me that be
saw you walking through the park."
"Did ber she answered, indifferently.
"Yos, 1 bave been out It wo so stuffy in
doors. Father," she went on, with a change
of toue, "1 bave something to tell you. lain
engaged to be married."
He loaked at ber curiously, and then said,
quietly the squire was always quiet in any
matter of real emergency! "Indeed, my dear I
That is a serious matter. However, speaking
oft-haud, 1 think that notwithstanding tbe
disparity of age, Quuritcb" ,
"No, no," she said, wiucii.g visibly; "I am
not engaged to Col Quaritcb; 1 am engaged
to Mr. Cossey."
"Oh," be said, "oh, Indeed I 1 thought from
what 1 saw, tbat-that"
At this moment tbe servant announced
dinner.
"Well, never mind about It now, father,"
she said; "1 am tired, and want my dinner.
Mr. Cossey is coming to ee you to-morrow,
and we cau talk about it afterward."
And though the squire thought about It a
good deal, be made no further allusion to the
subject that nigbL
CHAPTER XXIV.
THS sqCIRS OIVXS HIS CONSENT.
Edward Cossey, returning to BoUingham
on the evening of bis engagement at once
wrote and posted a note to the squire, saying
that be would call on tbe following morning
about a matter of business. Accordingly, at
balf past 10 o'clock, be arrived and was shown
Into the vestibule, where be fouud tbe old
gentleman standing with bis back to tbe fire
and plunged in reflection.
"Well, Mr. de la Molle," said Edward,
rather nervously so soon as he bad shaken
hands, "1 do not know if Ida bas spoken to
you about what took place between us yes
terday." "Yes," be said, "yes, she told me some
thing to tbe effect that she had accepted a
proposal of marriage from you, subject to
my consent of course; but really tbe whole
thing is so sudden that 1 have hardly had
time to consider it"
"It is very simple," said Edward; "I am
deeply attached to your daughter, and I
bave been so fortunate as to be accepted by
ber. Should you give your consent to tbe
marriage, I may as well say at once that
1 wish to make the most liberal money ar
rangements in my power. I will make Ida
a present of tbe mortgage bonds that I bold
over this property, and she may put them In
tbe tire. Further, 1 will covenant on tbe
death of my father, which cannot now be
long delayed, to settle two hundred thousand
pounds upon ber absolutely. Also, 1 shall
be prepared to agree that if we have a son,
and be should wish to do so, he should tak
tbe name of De la Molle."
"1 am sure," saidahe squire, turning round
to hide bis natural gratification at tbese
proposals, "your offers on tbe subject of
settlements are of a most liberal order, and
of course, so far as I am coucerned, Ida will
have this place, which may on day be
again more valuable than it is now."
"1 am glad that they meet with your ap
proval," said Edward; "and now there is one
mora thing 1 want to ask you, Mr. de la
Molle, aud which 1 hope, if you will give
your consent to the marriage, you will not
raise any objection to Tbat is, that our en
gagement should not be announced at pres
ent The fuel is," be went on, hurriedly,
"my father is a very peculiar man, and bas a
great idea of my marrying somebody with a
large fortune. Also bis state of health is so
uncertain that there is uo possibility of know
ing bow be will take anything. Indeed fa
Is dying, tbe doctor told me tbat he might
go off auy day, and that be cannot last for
another three month, if tbe engagement is
announced to bim now, at tbe best I shall
have a great deal of trouble, and at tbe worst
be might, if be happened to take a fancy
against it make me suffer in bis wilL"
"Unipb," said tbe squire, "1 dont quit
like tb Idea of a projected marriag with
my daughter, Miss de la Moll of U on ham
castle, beiug bushed up as though tber were
something discreditable about It but atlll
there may be peculiar circumstance in tb
case tbat would justify me in consenting to
that course. You are both old enough to know
your own minds, aud tbe match would be as
advantageous to you a it could be to us, for
eveu uowadays, family, and 1 may even say
personal appearance, (till go tor something
where mutranony is conoenied. I bav reay
ton to know that your father tea peculiar
niau, very peculiar. Yes, on tbe whole.
I though I don't bke hole and corner affairs, I
shall bave no objection to tb engagement
not being announced for tb uext month of
two."
"Thank you for considering me so much,"
said Edward, with a sigh ofjylief. "Then
am I to understand that yos gfv your con
sent to our tugacementr
I Th iuir rvtlwted for moment Every
thing teemed quit straight, and yet be cu
pw-ted crookedness. His latent distrust of
tb man, which bad oot been decreased by
tbewnof th two night beforefur be
' never could bring himself to Uk Edward
Cotaey-Huva In force and mad bim hesitate
when there was oo visible ground for (Muta
tion. He bad. a ha been aaid, aa Instinct!"
Insight into character that was almost
. feminine In it intensity, and it was lifting a
I warning finger before him now.
I "idool quite know what to tar," b r
plied at length. "The wbole affair Is so sud
. den and to tell yoo tb truth, I thought tbat
' Ida bad bestowed her affactioo In aootiMr
direction."
Edward1 fac darkened. "I thought so,
too he answered, "until yesterday when 1
wo so bappy as to b undeceived. I ought
to teU you, by the way," be went on, running
away from tbe covert falsehood lu hi Un-l
words ss quickly ss be oould, "bow muc h I
regret tbat I was tb cause of tbat scene with
Cot Quaritch. more especially a I find that
there lean explanation of lb story against
bim. Tb fact Is, I was foolish wiougb to be
put out because be beat m out booting, and
aK because, well l-l wa Jealous of bim."
"Ah, yes," said tb (quire rather coldly,
"a most unfortunate affair. Of course, I
dont know what tb particulars of the mat
ter were, and It is no business of mine, but
speaking generally. 1 should say never bring
an accusation of that sort sgalnsta mun atall
unless you arediveo to it and if you do briug
It, be qite certain of your ground, How
ver, tbat is neither ber nor there. Well,
about this engagement Ida 1 old anougb to
Judge for herself, and eems to bav made up
ber mind, so. as I know oo reason to tb cou
trary, and as tb business arrangement
proposed ar aU tbat I could wish, I cannot
se tbat I bav any ground for withholding
my consent 8o all I can say, tr. is that I
bop you will mak my daughter a good bus
band, and tbat you will both be bappy Ida
Is s blgb spirited woman, and In some ways
a very peculiar woman, but In my opinion
he is greatly abov tb average of ber aex,
as I bav known it, and provided you bav
ber affection, aud don't attempt to drive ber.
she will go through thick and tbin for you
But 1 dor aay you would like to see ber
Ob, by tb way, I forgot, tb has got a bead
acb tbis morning, and is stopping in bed.
It I sol much in ber line, but I dare say that
she is a little upset Perhaps you would Uk
to come up to dinner to-nightt"
Tbis proposition Edward, knowing full
well tbat Ida's beadacb was a device to rid
herself of tbe necessity of seeing bim, accept
ed wltb gratitude and went
As soon as he was gon Ida benelt cam
down.
"Well, my dear," said tb squire, cheer
fully, "I have Just bad tbe pleasure of seeing
Edward Cossey, and 1 bav told bim tbat, as
you seemed to wUb It"
Here Ida made a movement of Impatience,
but remembered herself, and said nothing.
"Tbat as you seemed to wish that things
should be so, 1 bad no grounds of objection to
your engagement 1 may as well tell you
tbat tbe proposals which be makes as regards
settlement are of the most liberal nature."
"Are theyr auswered Ida, indifferently
"Is Mr. Cossey coming here to dinuorP
"Yes, I asked bim. 1 thought tbat yon
would like to see bim."
"Well, then, I wish you had not" she an
swered, witb animation, "because there U
nothing for dinner except some colt beef
Keully, futber, it is very thoughtless of you,"
and she stamped ber foot aud went off lu a
buff, leaving tbe squire full of reflection.
"I wonder what it all meansr be said to
himself. "She can't care about tbe man
mucb or she would not make tbat fuss about
his being asked to dinner. She isn't tbe sort
of woman to be caught by tbe money, I
should think.. Well, 1 know nothing about
it; it is no affair of mine, and 1 can only take
things as I find them."
And then befell to reflecting tbat tbis mar
riage would be an extraordinary stroke of
luck for the family. Hera tbey were at the
last gasp, mortgaged up to tbe eyes, when
suddenly fortune, iu tbe shape of a, on tbe
whole, perfectly unobjectionable young man,
appears, takes up tbe mortgages, proposes
settlements to tbe tune of hundreds of thou
sands, and eveu offers to perpetuate tbe old
family name in the person of his son, should
be have one. Kucb a state of affairs could
not but be gratifying to any man, however
unworldly, aud the squire was oot altogether
unworldly That is, he had a keen sense of
tbe dignity of his social position aud bis
tamily, and It bad all hi life been bi chief
and luuduable desire to be sufficiently pro
vided witb tbe goods of this world to raise
. i. n I.. If . . M A . L. - ; . ; : u . i
bad occupied in former centuries. Hitherto,
however, tbe tendency ol event bad lieen all
the other way, th bouse was a sinking one,
and but the other day it ancient roof bad
aearly fallen about their ears. Now, bow
ver, as though by muglo, tbe prospect
changed. Oo Ida's marriage all tbe mort
gages, those heavy accumulations of years of
growing expenditure aim narrowing menus,
would roll oft tbe back ot tbe estate, and the
Do la Molles, of iloubam castle, would once
more take tbe place in me county to which
they were undoubtedly ei. titled.
It Is not wonderful that tbe prospect proved
a pleasing oue to bim, or that bis bead was
filled witb visions of splendors to coma.
As it chanced, on that very morning it was
necessary for Mr. Quest to pay the old gen
tleman a visit in order to obtain bis signature
to a lease of a bakery In Boisingbam, which,
together witb two or three otWer bouses, be
longed to tbe estate.
He arrived just as tbe squire waa In tbe
full flow of bis meditations, and it would not
bave needed a man of Mr Quest's penetra
tion and powers of observation to discover
tbat he bad something oo bis miud wbicb be
was longing for an opportunity to talk about
Tbe squire signed tbe lease without paying
tbesligbtest attention to Mr Quest's explana
Hons, and then suddenly asked bim wbeu the
first Interest on the recently effected mort
gagee came due.
The lawyer mentioned an approaching
dute.
"Ah." said tb squire, "then it will bave to
be met, but it does not matter, it will be for
tbe last time."
Mr. Quest pricked up bis ear and looked
at bim.
"Th fact is. Quest," he went on by way of
explanation, "that there are well family
arrangements peudiug wbicb will put an cud
to tbese emlaarrassiueut in a natural and a
prowr way "
"Indeed, said Mr Quest "I am vary glad
to bear it"
"Ye. es."said the squire, "unfortunately.
am uuder some restrain- in siwMkina about
tbe matter at present or I should like to ai
your epiuiou for wbicb, a you know. I bave
a great respect Itealiy. though. I do not
know wby i should not consult my lawyer
I on a matter ol business, I only coiueuted oot
, to trumpet the thing about."
"lawyers are uoulideutial agents," said
Mr Quest, quietly
"Ot course tbey are. Of course, and it la
their business to bold their tongues. I may
' rely upon your discretion, may I uotT
"Certainly, said Mr Quest,
"Well, tbe matter is this. Mr Edward
, Cossey IS engaged to Must de la Molle. He
j bas just beeu berw to obtain my consent,
, which, of course, I bav oot withheld, a I
. know nothing against the young man ooth
i ing at all The only stipulation that be
mad Is, I think, a reasonable one under the
I circumstance, namely, that tbe engagement
Is to be kept quiet for a little while on ac
count of tb condition of bi father' health.
ne ears inai oe m ao unreasonable man, and
tbat be might take a prejudice against It"
During the announcement Mr. Quest had
remained perfectly quiet, his face showing
no signs of excitement, only bi eye shone
with a curious light
"Indeed," be said, "thhj Is very interesting
news."
"Yes, said th squire. "That I what I
meant by saying that tber would b no
necessity to mak any arrangements for the
future payment of interest, for Cossey bas
Informed me that be propose to put tb
mortgag bond in tb fir before hi mar
riage." "Indeed," (aid Mr. Quest; "well, he could
hardly do lea, could be) Altogether, I think
you onght to be congratulated. Mr. de la
Molle, It i oot often tbat a man gets ucb
a chance of clearing tb incnmlrance off a
property. And now I am very sorry, but I
must b 5-mng born, a I promised my wife
to be be-k for luncheon. As tbe thing Is to
b kept quiet, I suppose that It would be
premature for m to offer my congratula
tions to Kit d la Holla"
"Yes, ye, doot say anything about It at
prswMt Wall, good by."
CHAPTER XXV.
BEi.i.1 rar visit
Mr Quest got Into lilsUojeart .,,
bomewuril, full of fueling whieh it - 4n"
dlnVult to describe. 0 11 "miki (
Tb hour of Ins revenjo was com. n
played his curds aud h bud WutuL
aud loitune with It, and hisenemv u??"
hollow of his band. Ha lookej
at tbe proud towers of th 0l8
as b did so that In all prouab'uu,"?".
would beloug to him tefor aiil
was over his bend. At one tun, iL"
earnestly longed lo pow,,, lhi, N
now this was not so much the ol'il J
desire. What be wanted now wnttZl "
Wltb fcfO.OUU III bis bund be ,!, V?
with "bat lie had. be a rich mau aisif
already laid bis plum for the tutu, w
Tiger he bad beard nothing lately "
cowed, but be well knew that it wMo"
awhile. By and by ber ruooltv wJ I "
Hi better of her fear, and site womj
inunoe her persecutions. This ben,
came to a deteriulnation-be would init .J
world between them. Unro let bun ba,k
money In bis band and be would nu, T
llle afresh In some uew country be
too old for It. and he would be a richV''
and then perhaps bo mi-bl get ndofS
care which had rendered so much of hiw
valueless. If Belle would go with hintwl
und good (r not, be could uot help it. tf
did go there must be a reconciliation IU
for be oould not any longer tolerate 11 w
they lived, lu due course b hanted Tkl
Oaks and wont in. Lunobenu wu on vH.
table, at wbicb Belle wus sitting Hue
as usual, dressed in black and beautiful
look on, but ber round, babyish fuo
pule and plucued, und there were black lin. '
beneath ber eyos.
"I did not know that you were eomi-t
back to luncheon," the said; "I am afrai
there is not mucb to eat."
"Yes." be said."! IliiUhed my businesi
at the custlo, so I thought I mlui si .
-v-.v "v, i uavtafaji
"What is itrsbeaskod, looking uothsnlr
for something in his tone attracted "bur atito!
tion and awoke ber fours.
"Your friend, Ed nurd Cossey, Is join- to
be married to Ida de la Molle."
8be blauched till she looked like dttth
itself, and put her hands to her boart M
though she bad boon stubbed.
"T he squire told me so himself," ho ,
on, keeping bis eyes remorselmly USw UA1,
ber luce,
8be leaned forward, and he thou -lit th
he was going to fuint, but she did nut By i
upreuio eiion sue recovoreu herself, utl
drank a glass of sherry which was suuiluj
by bur side.
"1 expected it," she said, in a low vul
"You mean that you dreaded it,"answred
Mr. Quest, quietly. He roso aud loc.od lot
uoor, aim men came aim stood close to h
and siwke.
"Listen, Bella I know all about joer
affair with Edward Cossey. I have proobof
It, but I have forboruo to use tlie-u, bxaua
I saw thul in the end he would weary of jo
and desert you for some other woman, tuil
that would be my best revenge uwu you.
You have all along been nothing but bis tor
the light woman with whom be amused bii
leisure hours.
tine put bor hands back over her heart, bat
sunl never a word, nnd he went ou.
"Belle, I did wrong to marry you whea
you did not wnut to marry nio, but bc,ng
married, you buve done wrong to bo unfa.ia
fui to your vows. 1 bave been rewarded lit
your iulldolity, and your iulidclity has been
rewarded iiy dosortioiL Now 1 bave a pro.
posal to muke to you, and if you are eia
you will accept it. Let us set tbo oue wron;
against the other, let both be furcottco.
Forgive me, and I will forgive you. und let
us make peace if not now, then in s little
wbilu, when your lieu it is not so sure-awl
go right nway from Edward Cessey aud Ida
de lu Molle and Honham and uouinliam,
into sonio new part of the world, nbire
cull Is'giu life again, and try to forget tbe
past "
She looked up at him, and shook ber bcid
mournfully , and twice she tried to speak sod
twice she failed. The third time ber word)
came, .
"You do not understand me," she tali
"You are very kind, and I um very grateful
to you, but you do uot understand me. 1
cannot got over things so easily as I (no
most women can ; whut 1 bave doue I now
inn undo. 1 do not blnmo him altogether,
and it was as much or mora my fault Uian
bis, but having once loved him I cau.-ot go
nack to you or auy other man. If you lite I
will go on living witb you as we live, audi
will try to make you comfortable, but I caa
suy no more."
"Think again, Belle," he said, almost plead
ingly;"! daresay that you bave never gives
me credit for much tenderness of heart, ana
I know that you bave us mucb against me al
I bave against you. But 1 have alwayslorail
ou, and I love you now, really nii truly
love you, and 1 will make you a good dib-
liard if you will let me.
"You are very good," she said, "but It can
not be. Oct rid of me if you bke and many
somebody else. I am ready to take tbe pen
alty of what I have done.
"Dure more. Belie. I be? vou to consider.
Do vou know what kind of a man tbis S
for whom vou are eivinz up your lifel Not
only bas be deserted you, but do you ku"
bow be bas got bold ot Ida de la Molle) H
bas. as I know well, bought her. I tell Jo
ne lias houzht her as much as though lis lad
gone int3 the open market nnd paid don a
price Tor ber. Tbe other day Cossey &
were going to foreclose upon the llonbao
estjitps. which would buve ruined the old gen
tleman. Well, whut did your young
nuu dH
He went to tbe girl-who bates him. bythj
war. nnd is In love with CoL Ouanten-aM
said tu her, 'If you will promise to marry raj
wneu I ask you 1 will Hud the thirty tlwuand
pounds and take np tbe mortgages.' Asdo
those terms she agreed to marry bim. Ann
now he has got rid of rou and he claims U
promise. That Is the history I wonder tw
your pride will bear such a thins- "J
heaven. 1 would kill the man."
She looked up at him curiously
your she said, "it is not a bud ides, I d-1
say it is all true. lie is worthless, tt'bjraoj
one fall in love witb woi -.bless peoplef
tnore Is an end to it, or a beginning
of tbs
end. As I have sown, so must I reap.
"an"
she got up, aud, unlocking tbe door, Mtw
room.
"Yes," be said, aloud, when she had f0
"there is a beginning of the end, L'poa ?
mnnt l,nl l.tton nno thmtr aud aUOtlia.
unlucky devil as I am, I bad rather stand is
my own shoes than in Kdwanl uwse? .
R..IU nnl tn ho nvtm and Sat thinking.
or rawer brooding, sullenly. Theu she P0'
on ber bonnet aud cloak and started o
taking the road that ran past Honham cast
8he bad not gone a hundred yar110!
,i,.iniK..irf.n.n rra with Ed"
Cossey himself. He was coming out of
gunsmith's shop, where be bad been oru-.
some cartridges.
"How do you do. Belief" besald. colonoi
kinf) hft.in.fr hi hat.
"How do you do, Mr. Cossey r h
twered, coming to & flop and looking m
ttraigbt in tbe (ace. .
"Where are you goingr ba ed,
knowing wbat to ray. , M
"1 am com;? to wait up to the cartli w
call on Misa de la Molle."
"I dont think that you will find br. w
im Its frwtrl eavitK . '...!,
vrvv " BVU B UCSI .ISA IIC i
mi .hi u i nn there
mnrnlnr
"Indeed." Then looking bim In tbeej
gain: "Are you engaged to be Birr
TO BI COHTnsimDl.
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roniana s new water sysici" -
nonnced success. The pump ,r 'Z
Us ol supplying 20,000,000 gaiwD