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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1890)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. a. I CAMPBELL. . Proprietor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. JAMES WHITCOMS RILEY. (Wetbout ary apology.) OOT to thlnku' f hha-a ODwUDMi a fIW Of tb night he rln aleo tur to the folk la Bbelbyvlll, An' w Mt up ontll day agnt, u them lecterer sometime do V-talkln' of hundred thing that mightn't hv t TMt irou; I mind the things be rattled off thai tight, la boyish glee, Bedtatlon bo recltod to a audience of mo: Bow 1 laughed ontll Uio Un'lord oomo ao' aet u to be still no t fot to tblnkhV of Mm as' that sight at Shot Byvllla. Then he'd kind o' quit hla nonaeu an' we'd aetUa down a spell. Tall Jim ud turn upon mo an' begin agio "Dev tell Bout too Uma I want to franklin for tba Baptlal college folksr a' I'd stretch 1117 mouth acroat my face, ell read 7 tar tba jokea; But ba d branch off la a story 1ut tba "Many Workera" band. That, "Dies you knowed tba "Workera," you e'd hard 1 j undentand; 1 a'd bear myself Mwallerla', tba room ud aaam ao still no I fot to thlnkln' of blm aa' that olgbt at Sbel- byrllle. I got to thlnkln' of Blm-tlketwaa Jest year ago- Vor Uma, that Diet ao faat In dreams, In almlnlcka to alow; Bawaa workln' like a beaver, laotura' bara an' lecturn' there. An' a wrltln' 00 lha railroad care, Id Utera ever'wnere, rrtntln' poama Is tha paper, apaakla' pleoas at the fairs, Aa' him an' ma a traraUn', now an' then, around Id pairs; Aa' bo seemed to think 'at ba waa do aooount at ail-but still I got to thlnkln' of him, ao' that alghl at Shelby- villa, I got to thlnkln' of him -an' tba happy "Days gone by," Tell tha sweet "Old fuh toned Roeee" Beamed to bloom agin end die; Aa' I hear blm talk agin about "H brldathatla to be," Whan ba'd ootna to "Orlgsby station" jest to bara night weth me; 1 klo aea blm aeltla' down agin, to giro tba Prlno rock, When "Tha froat waa on tha pumpkin aa' tha corn waa In tha abook ;" Aa' I hear a laughing voice I to red, with muala In lu trill to I got to thlnkln' of him, an' that tight la Bbelbyirllla. Bo last here aa' I wonder at I know jest what II mean, mm I ana "am print hit poetry In aU tha mag alnaa; . Aa'Iane blm on tha platform with tha James and Howell art, Aa' bear the people aayln', "Ilea tha beat one of aarotV , Aa' I keep a wlnkln' back tha lean that make my fool eyee shine, far I couldn't foal ao prouder at ba'd baa 4 boy of mine; Far he jest tha aama old Riley, an' he'll ba tha eamejlm atlll, Aa ba waa tha nlgut 'at bun an' ma aet up at Shel- byrtUe. Hubert J, Burdettn la Brooklyn Eagle. Afield of Daylight. "Do you reollta, young man," ha said ' aolemnly, "that when you lia down at night you may ba called before tha morning dawnsf "No, air," replied tha young man, "I feat quit aafe at night; but when I get up In tba morning 1 realite that I may ba called befcre tha aatting aun light up tha weetern ky." "Justeo." HJuat exactly ao, air; I'm a baseball uro-Blra."-New Yol k Hun. A Weather Expert. . Passenger (to atranger) 80 you think wa era to bara a hot lumnier, airl Stranger (pounding tha Beat) Thlukl I don't think anything about It I j know ao! Tha whole country, air, will alula until enow ftiaal Passenger You see in to ba positive, Btranger Positive! Why, I am at aura of It aa I am that I run tha fluaat hotel In tba DogtkUl Mountalnl Put that card la your pocket; it may aara your life 1 Ufa, Education In Missouri, "What are you doing now, Bootbyr "Teaching school. Teaching achooll Why, you oent spell a word of two ayllabh." "I know that, but I can lick any two pu pil together. " Liuooln Journal. Easy to Compute. "What's my bllir Inquired a Chicago dele gat of tba hoUil clerk. "Number of roomp MI dldot have room. I slept on tha billiard table." "Oh, sixty oeuta an hour, please." Time. A Wider Experience, Dumley (who hat given Feattarly cigar (ram hla privaU box) I'ra smoked worwa dgara than these, Featherly. Featherly Ye-es, Dumiey, I 'post you bare; but you muat remember that you are as older man tnau 1 m.-uia Jut Hla Utk. Pnnwngar What wrong t Brakaman The train behind of cant alow p. There'll be an awful collision. Paaeenger-Aud I'U be killed. That just kka my luck. 1 wu fool tab enough to buy a return ticket -Detroit Free Press. A Question of Time. Young Sappy I waa knocked aanaalaai by a) polo ball two year ago. Old Sappy How long before you expect to twoovarl Exchange. Easily explained. Employer-You eomerjto your work later ajad later, young man. Can you explain itl CSark-Yaa, air. 1 go to bad later and later. New Haven Newt, A pack of bjena la reported by tha Indian paper to bar appeared near Monjbyr. Tba anlmala are making wroat depredation. On light a child f about two year of eg waa carried way. Ia the morning tan baa4 and $wa haul war found. 3 4 i4k PITH AND POINT. Softer ipendlng an bour with ft pret ty tool, bow refreshing homely peopl Are. Atchlaon Globe. When the bouae dog; bark tt the milkman in tbe morning it U ft ture lgn of hydrophobia, LouUrllle Cou rier Journal. Only one wolf bat ever gone around Id ft tbeep'i skin, but many ibeep ba traveled for mile and milot in ft wolf kin. Dallas New. Tbe woman who carrle pin in ber mouth U supposed to be closely rotated to tb man "who didn't know it wu loaded." Ram' Horn. . Good advice I wortb much more tban monny, but Jone ay that ome bow be can not make bla creditor tee It In tbatlight-N. Y. Ledger. "Are you really become Socialist, Will?" "No, Indeed." "Hut you told Jack you bad." "Ob well, I wu dead broke then." Yankee Blade. "How doe your girl treat you, John." asked the mother. "She doesn't treat me at all, mother; I am obliged to treat her every time." Boaton Cou rier. When ft man think himself geni al be let bl hair grow long; when woman think he ba ft mission to lui All in life ibe ouU ber balr ihort N, Y. Ledger. A man recently committed aulolde In England becaute he thought bl wife wa too good for blm. Tul will be oueer reading to ome American. Bam' Horn. "Why are you drinking that black coffee?" "Decauae I have tbe headache. The headache? Why don't you do as those do wbo have the toothache? n by don't you get It filled." Fllegende mat ter. Mrs. Wlnks-"Wbat kind of girl bare tou now?" Mr. Mink "A very nice one ever o much nicer than tbe other. Hbe doesn't oem to object to having us live in the house with ber t 1L"-N. Y. Weekly. After tbe Dinner wa Over. Null- wad "What an absurdity it wa that ft bachelor abould reply to the toast o( Tbe Ladles.' He can't know any thing bout 'em!" Enpeck "Can't, ehl Why do you suppose be i ft baoholor? ' Bos ton Tlmo. Owner (looking disconsolately down tb row of vacant house) "Not one gone yet, Marks?" Mark (the agent, briskly). "No. Something mint be done. I'll put old' in the window of two more of them to-morrow morning." Harper's Batar. Charles "I don't see you very often lately, George. Where do you spend your evening?" George (clork in busi ness omue) "we ve been oaianoing our books, and there was mistake of three cents discovered on the balance sheet, and I've been trying for the past week to discover where the mistake lies." Blade. An old gentleman who bad at tained bis one hundred and second year ' was thus greeted by a frlendi Good morning, Mr. Bhllos, bow does a man foel after he has en tered bis sooond century?" "That all depends," my son, said the venerable seer, "that all depends upon bow he spent his first one." Miss Beauty (at a church fair) "Don't you want some pen-wipers, Mr. Bach?" Mr. llach "Naw at a dollar pleoe, I presume?" Miss Beauty "Oh, no. Tbe minister said we must not obarge more than we thought the things were worth, Those were made by that horrid Miss Pert, and I think they are wortb ten for a cent." M Y. Weekly. BELL'S INVENTION. Tbe Telephone tha Outgrowth or At. temple to Aid III Mother' Hearing. A. B. Bonnett, in speaking at Dun dee, Scotland, on the occasion of the Inauguration of some local telephone tinea, gave some very interesting do tall oonneuted with Graham Boll' ear ly history, and these were largely sup plemented by a ceualn of He ire. wbo wa preaent It appear that Bell waa always, when a boy, trying to devise tome meant of improving the hearing of his mother, who was very deaf. He then conceived the Idea of passing sound along wires, and this ldoa, which arose out of hit regard for bit mother, ulti mately became perfoctod through his devotion to hit wife. Bell became a teacher In a deaf and dumb school in Boston, and became enamored of a lady who wa partially alBlcoted, whom he marrlod. He now applied him elf with redoubled energy to tbe prob lem of transmission of sound, and In the course of hi experiments be lucceodod in enabling bt wife to understand con versation and to be understood. Boll tried to push hi invention in Edin burgh with but little (uooess, and after ward turned bl iteps to London, whore be met with more encouragement It la (tatod a a curious fact that Bell blm- elf did not perceive all the great possi bilities bofore the telephone, and looked with scant favor ion the idea of "ex changes," which have slno assumed suoh proportion all over the world. Mr. Bennett wat strongly Inolined to think that the telephone bad been spo ken of prophetioally many thousand years ago, and be instanced, among oth er passage of the Scriptures, that In tbe mime, describing how "tholr line Is gone through all tbe earth and their words to the end of tbe world," as hav ing a decided telephonlo flavor. Chi cago Post, HU On Fault, "He's an awfully nice fellow and a good friend of mine, but he has one grievous fault he Is always quoting Vrenoh and Latin and all tbe other languages." "And doesn't know one I tuppose?" That's Just it; he doet know Um tad I don't" Judge, The Proper ronlehnwat. "What are you itringtn'th poor feller p for?" asked a Texan, aa h cam upon lynohlng party. "Be 'lowed he'd lng 'Little Anntr Booney,' an' we ooulda't top him." "Sarve him right! I thought mobbo he'd only killed man or two." Tb Jury. rnvtlea-en Chametnre. Little Nell Aunty took me to tbe raatlnee to-day, and all the Idiot asylum in ma tea were there. Tbe manager aent them free ticket, and put them all In en part of the theater, in a whole lotof teat by themealvea Mamma Indeed? And bow did they aot? Little Nell-Ob, 1ut aa if they had a CX.-N. Y. Weekly. A monument to Arnold of Braacla It to be erectnd ia Rome, oa the vary pol here he wu turned at the (take. A RIM. OF STEEL. If AU There I Between a Railroad Fas annger and Eternity. "I tell you what it is," remarked aa eld railroad man. "it used to be that they couldn't turn a wheel any too fast for me, but It's different now. Tbe way these follows run nowaday make my bair stand on end. We used to think that twenty-five or thirty miles an bour wat high running. People were just well tstisfied, if not more so, tban now, and there weren't so many accidents. Those dsy when a man got on tbe ground there was some chanoe of bit getting away alive, but when you toucu ground on one of these fast runt now vou'ra m lo-h t v liable to star there. Peo- ttleere getting to look upon a mile minute at a common thing, and are Just bowling mad at a road tbat doesn't make It Tbey nevor stop to think of the danger. All tbey think about it to ret to their destination. "Why, when I stop and think of being whirled across the country nrty or sixty miles an hour, down bills and around curves, with only an lnob and a half of Iron between me and eternity, l get so scared I twear norer to get on a coach again. What do I mean by an inch and a half of iron? Well, you know what a oaasenirer coach Is, don't you? You know bow they're built A coach i pretty solid thing now-a-days, and to look at one a person would thing luey were pretty safe, but that's because you don't know any thing about it Tbe coach itself is all right as far as It goes, but It's the wheels. Did you evor look tt the wheels? If you did you may bsve noticed bow they're mada A good slxe. broad enough and heavy enough. and with a tire of tbe finost kind of steeL But. on the Inside of the tire, vou gee a sort of rim or flange. That flange is about tn Inch and a half thick and about the same depth. It doesn't look as if it amounted to much, that little ploce of steel, but that's Just wbst the lives of all the passengers depend upon. Tbat flange keeps the wheel to the rail and keeps the ooach from run- Ding off tbe track. Well, now, when a train it going fifty miles an bour around a curve you see bow much depends on that flange. The whole weight and speed of tbe train is against tbat flange on one side, the outside of the curve, and it is all that keeps tbe coach from whirling from tbe track. Suppose tbe flange broke, or, as Is often the case, was worn down and had been missed by tbe car Inspector. The chances are ten to one tbat the flange couldn't bold, but would climb the rail and there'd be another accident The reporters would be told the rails tproad or something of that kind, and no one but the company would know what caused the accident There are a good many acoldents that happen tbat way, but It doesn't ap pear to be any of the publlo't business. As a general rule a ooach wheel Is watched mighty olosely, and the min ute a flange begins to wear new ones are put on, but many a time an Inspect or will miss a wheel and then the chances are big that there'll be an acci dent" Kanaas City Star. JACK'S COSTLY RIDE. An English Tnr Mounts the Bronie Steed or Peter the Oreat. Among tbe most famous "sights" of St Petersburg Is a fino equestrian statue in bronie of its renowned creator, Peter tbe Groat Tbe figure which stands on the left bank of the Neva, opposite the 8onate House is appropriately mountod on a bugo block of grey granite from East Finland, which wat one of Peter's first conquests. The great Czar is represented as sitting erect on a rear ing horso, and pointing with his right hand to tbe apot on the opposite bank where be built with his own hands in 1704 the first bouse of bis new capital, while beneath bl horse's hoofs lies crushed tbe serpent that typifies tbe grovelling ignoranoe and superstition which impeded bis grand designs. Now, It happened that one cold autumn sight an English sailor, who had Just landed from a newly arrived cargo steamer, wat strolling baok across tbe Sonate House-square, and, as bis 111-luok would have it stopped to take a passing look at the Imperial statue. "Well, it that's the thing they make such a fuss about, I don't think much of it!" oriod Jack, dis dainfully. "It's nothing like so big as I thought it was. Why; I could climb to the top of It myself; and I will, too." No tooner laid than done. Over the railings went bold Jack, and, olawlng his way nimbly up the roughened surfaoe of tho granite pedostal, he succeeded in clutch ing first tbe tall of the serpent and then that of the horso, and found himself in a trice astride of the latter, olose behind tbe bronie figure of the Czar. So far so good, but Just at that critical moment tbe moon clouded over, and poor Jack could not see bow on earth to get down again. What was to be done? To stay where he was perched on tbat cold bronze, would be little botte? tban sui cide on such a bitter night To doscend would be to risk breaking bis neck or limbs; and to call for help would de liver him ot once Into the hands of the police. But the question was unexpect edly settled for him. Ills muttered ex clamations of dismay taught the quick ear of ft paaxlng patrol, wbo at once turned their lanterns upon the monu ment whence the sounds appeared to ltsue, and, discovering Master Jack In bit elevated position, promptly tent for ladder and hauled him down. Anight In the tthatt (police look-up) rewarded our hero' exploit and tbe next morn ing a stern-faced Prefect ot Police ten- toncod him to a fine which loft poor Jack t pockets as empty as his bead, Silencing the culprit's remonstrances by saying, with a grim smile "if you will rid with the Czar, my frlond, you muat expect to pay blgb for mount ell's Saturday Journal atobeoa'i Cbolre. What! Leave theee cctJ brertea for a tummer In Canada f "Well, my btuband i tbere-ajHl" . "Gooduceal Tb Urn of hi going there V Well, be prafarrad Canada to Sing Bug." THE LOCUST TREE, o It la Mom Common In Europe Tban In 1U Native Country. Cobbett during a forced residence la the United States from 1817 to 1819, 00 eupled himself In farming on Long Island, where be established a small nursery for tbe propagation of fruit and timber tree. It wat at mia time mm he came to the conclusion "tbat noth ing In the timber line could be so great benefit as the general cultivation of the locust" On his return to England be carried a smsll package of the seeds of this tree home with blm, and began tbe systematic raising and selling of locust trees, his total sales amount ing to more than a million plants. This, be tolls us In his book called the "Wood lands." which, In some respects, Is the best book on tree-planting which has been written In the English language The author, In bis preface, gives bis reason for having written It Many years ago." he says, "I wished to know a bet ber I could raise birch trees from the seed. I looked Into two rrencn books and Into two English ones with- out being able to learn a word about tbe matter.. I then looked into the great book of knowledge, toe Encyclopaedia Brltannica; there I found In tbe general directory, Birch Tree. See Betula, Botany In dex.' I hastened to Betula wltb great eagerness, and there I found, 'Betula, Sue Birch Tree.' Tbat was an; ana this was pretty encouragement to one who wanted to get from books, knowl edge about the propagating and rearing of trees." There are throe-planters of tbe present generation wbo turn to tbe literature on tbe subject wltb results which are hardly more satisfactory. Cobbett' t book has long been out of print, but no other work gives such clear and specific direction for rearing and planting trees, and there are por tions of It which might well be re printed for general circulation. Cobbett' enthusiasm for tbe locust tree and bis teal in propagating it caused it to be generally planted in En gland in bis time, and the fashion, at it always the case with English fash Ions, crossed tbe Atlantic, and fifty or sixty years ago no tree was so often planted In this country. Remnants of old plantations may be seen up and down the Hudson river and in tbe neigh borhood of all our seaboard cities, and the locust is now fairly naturalized in a large part of the country east ot the great plains, although originally its range was ft comparatively re stricted one, it being found only n the foroBts of the Allegheny mountains, from Pennsylvania to North ern Georgia, and, doubtfully, in a few isolated stations west of the Mississippi river. So far at the United States Is concerned, however, the locust tree bas not fulfilled tbe hopes of tbe early planters. It Is preyed upon In this country by a horde of Insects wbo bore into the trunk and destroy the trees or the value ot their timber, and the prophecy of the younger Mlchaux tbat tbe locust tree would become more com mon in Europe than in its native coun try has probably been fulfilled. Garden and Forest Justice In Holy Rus.ln. Ivan Demltrleff aued his laborer, Pe- tro Demltrleff bofore a Justice of the peace In St Petersburg for damages to the amount of 50 rubles, because the laborer had spoiled his horse. "Deml trleff vs. Domltrleff," called the Justice. "Are plaintiff and dofendant related?" "To be sure," answered the plaintiff; "the laborer is my father." The Justice was amazed at this answer, and tried to persuade the litigant son to drop the case against bis father. But the ton would not listen to it insisting that he demanded Justice, and that tbe Judge bad no business to take the part ot the dofendant because the latter happened to be the plaintiff's father. Tbe case was tried In due order, and Judgment was found in favor of the defendant The plaintiff, however, was determined to have bis father punished, and ap pealed from the deolsion ot the court The case was tried again In a higher court and the Judgmont ot the lower court was sustained. Leaving the court room tbe son exclaimed: "There is no use trying to obtain Justice In holy Rus slal" Chicago Herald. ChanceliW Caprlvl'e Demooratle Way. A Berlin paper, discussing General ron Caprlvl's every-day life, says that tbe bell Is rung at tbe Chancellor's door as at any other mortal's, and it Is pos sible, without being pre von tod by the doteotlves who formerly wore posted In front of Palais Kadzlwell, to penotrate as far as the threshold of his study. Whether the visitor succeeds In gain ing a personal audlonce depends, bow ever, on the importance of the occasion and on the time which the Chancelor has at hit disposal. The General Is busy every day from morning until even ing. He rises early and works much In tho morning hours. As early as ten clock he receives bis colleagues. After a very simple dlnnor, at which the new Chancelor seldom has company, he rides for a few hours. On returning be receives official visitors, except on the days when he goes to Potsdam to the Emperor. Then comes the reports of tbe ministers. Tbe remalndor of his evenings, when he now and then re ceives tome military visitors, and when, as in Prince Bismarck's time, tbe long pipe Is lnvokod, be' spends In bis study. Tbe Chancelor uses only half of the rooms of the palace, the whole right wing standing empty. Tbe beau tiful park which extends to the Koenlg gratier strasse, he doea not use as often as Prince Bismarck. Tbe latter often walked there even at night accom panied by a detective and bit dog Tyres. Chicago Pott "While in Mexico on my last trip," tayt a drutnnfr in the St Louis Globe Democrat "I had my breath taken away when I saw what I guess is the most magnificently constructed railroad In the world. The ties are made out of the finest mahogany and bridges built of marble. The waste seems criminal, but the builders are actuate 1 by mo tives of economy, aa they find the ma hogany and marble along the track side. The road hasn't really cost much to construct bat if the materials were ap praised at St Loulaor New York ttand ard of prloet tbe total would mount up In the nillllonn." J. C Beese hat at bit farm at Car toll't Manor, Howard County, Md., a three-legged calf Just four weeks old. Tbe twe hind legs are perfectly natural, but there la only one foreleg. Tbe frout leg la placed very nearly in the enter ot the body, and there are indi cations ot ft fourth. Tbe three-legged curiosity managea to f t along very well hj asdulaav COLONELQUARITCII.V.C. By H. EIDER HAOOABD n oy ooarl wall, 1 nrverl la an a fur rlnerr b ejaculated in antonitbment If you mean me, you dirty, woeei gran- Ing tin bow, you," said Edithia, wbo was bar you lose your place too. Do you under by now in a fine bellicose condition, "I'm no itandf" mora foreign tbnn you are. Shut your ugly mouth, can't you, or" and be took a tp toward tbe rtout station master. He retreated precipitately, caught bis heel against tbe threshold of tbe booking office, and vanished backward with a crash. "Steady, marm, steady," said George. "Save it up, now, do, and aa for you, don't you irritate ber, none of you, or 1 won't answer for tbe consequence, for she' an inyjred woman, ihe Is, and injured women it apt to be dangerous." As chance would have it, a fly which bad brought somebody to tb station wa still standing there, and into it George bundled bi fulr charge, telling the driver to go to the sessions bouse. "Now, marm," be said, "listen to me; I'm going to take you to tbe mau as baa wronged you. He's sitting as clerk to the magistrate. Do you go up and call him your butbaud. Then he'll tell the policeman to take you away. Then do you tiug out for Justice, be cause when peopiesings out for justice every body's bound to listen, and say that you want a warrant against him for bigamy, and show tbem tba marriage certificate. Dou't you be put down, and don't you spare blm. If you don't startle him you'll never get anything out of him." "Spare him!" she snarled; "I'll make him alt up; I'll have bi blood. But look here, if be' put in cbokey, where' the tin to com fromf" "Why, marm," answered George, wltb splendid mendacity, "if the belt thing that can happen for you, for if tbey collar blm you get tbe property, and that' law." ,UL! ,7 " 10 . T' he'd have been collared long ago, I can tell ; "Ob, he answered, "if I d known tbat ?0UL .. "Come," sold George, aeeing that they were bearing their destination, "have one mora nip just to keep your spirit up," and be pro duced the brandy bottle, at which she took a long pull. "Now," be said, "go for him like a wild cat" "Never you fear," she said. They dismounted from tbe cab and entered tb court bouse without attracting any par ticular notice. Tbe court itself was crowded, for a case which had excited publio Interest was coming to a conclusion. The jury bad given their verdict and sentence wa being pronounced by Mr. de la Molle, the chair man. Mr. Quest wa sitting at hi table below the bench taking some notea "There' your husband," he whispered; "now do you draw on." George' part in the drama waa played, and with a sigh of relief be fell back to watch its final development He saw the fierce, tall woman slip through the crowd like a snake or a panther to its prey, and aom compunction touched bim when he thought of the prey. He glanced at the elderly re- ipectable looking gentleman at the table, and reflected that he, too, was stalking his prey- the old soiiire and the ancient house of De la Molle. Then bis compunction vanished, aud be rejoiced to think that be would be the means of destroying a man who, to fill bis pockets, did not hesitate to destroy tbe fam ily with which bis life and the lives ot hi forefathers for many generation bad been interwoven. By this time the woman bad fought ber way through the press,, bursting tbe remain- ing buttons off her ulster in so doing, sod reached the bar which separated the spec tators from the space reserved for the offi cials. On the further side of tbe bar was a gangway, then came tbe table at which Mr. Quest tat He bad been busy writing some thing all this time; now be rose and passed it to Mr. de la Molle, and then turned to sit down again. Meanwhile his wife had craned ber long, lithe body forward over the bar till ber bead ... .i,r,t I...-..I ith hithoi, r tiw. table. There she stood clarini at him. her wicked face alive witb fury aud malice, for the brandy she had drunk had caused her to forget her fears. As Mr Quest turned, his eye caught tb dash of color from tbe peacock feather bat From thence it traveled to tb face beneath. He gave a gasp, aud tbe court seemed to whirl round bim. The sword bad fallen, in deed. "Well, Billy," whispered tbe hateful voice, "you see I've come to look you up." With a desperate effort Jje recovered blm self, A poliremsn was standing near him. He beckoned to blm and told bim to remov the woman, who wo drunk. The policeman advanced and touched ber on the arm. "Como, you be off," bt said, "you're drunk." At that moment Mr. de la Moll ceased giving judgmont "1 aiut drunk," said the woman, loud enough to attract tbe attention of tba whole court which now, for tbe first time, ob served her extraordinary attire, "and I've a right to be lu tbe publio court" "Come on," said the policeman, "the clerk ays you re to go." "The clerk say to. doe her she answered: "and do you know wbo tb clerk 1st 111 tell rpectability and the wealth tbat brings it you all," and she raised ber voice to a scream; He had overreached himself. He had plot "he's my husband, my lawful wedded bus- td and schemed, and hardened his beart band, and here's proof of it" and tb took against tbe De la Molle family, and fat bad tbe folded certificate from her pocket and made use of his success to destroy him. In flung It so tbat it fell upon tba desk of cn another few months be bad expected to be of the magistrate. able to leave thl place a wealthy and re Mr Quest sunk Into hi chair, and there ipected man and now! He laid bis hand was a silence of astouishment through the upon the table and reviewed his past life court tracing it from year to year, and seeing how Tbe squire was tbe first to recover himself, the shadow of this accursed woman had "Silence," be said, addressing her; "silence, haunted blm, bringing disgrace and terror "This cannot go on here." and mental agony witb it making hla life a "But I want justice," tbe shrieked. "I ant justice; 1 want a warrant against that man for bigamy. (Renewed sensation.) "He's left me to starve; me, bis lawful wife. Look here," and she tore open tbe pink satin ten gown, "1 havent enough clothes on me; the bailiffs took all my clothes; 1 have auf-, tered his cruelty tor years, and borne it aud I can bear It no longer. Justice, you wor-1 ships; 1 only ask for justice." "Be silent woman," said Mr.de la Molle. "If you have any criminal charge to bring scainst anybody, there ia a proper war to make It Be silent or leave this court" But the only screamed the moro for justice, and loudly detailed fragments of ber woes to the eagerly listening crowd. Then policemen were ordered to remove her, and there followed a most frightful istence and bi sorrow at a blow, cena. She shrieked and bit and fought in I Ur- Quest rose and walked to tbe door, such a fashion that It took four men to drag Halting, be turned and looked round the ber to the door of the court, where ab o0 m tbat peculiar fashion wherewith the dropped exhausted agaiust tb wall in the yes take their adieu. Then with a aigb be corridor. I went "WeU," said the observant George to him-1 Reaching bis own bouse be hesitated self, "b bas done tb trick proper, and no whether or not to enter. Had the newa ndstake. Couldnt have been better. That' reached Belief If to, bow wa he to face a master one, that is." Then be turned bis Bar' .' Her hands were not clean, indeed, but attention to tb stricken man before bim. ' any rate sbe bad no mock marriage in ber Mr Quest waa sitting in his chair, bis fact record, and ber dislike of bim had been m aaben, bis eyes wide open, and his bands concealed throughout She had never wished placed Oat on tb table before bim. When to marry bim, and never for one single day silence bad been restored, ba rose and turned regarded him otherwise tban with aversion, to the bench, apparently with the intention 1 Aftor reflection be turned and went round of addressing the court But be said notb- 7 the back way into tb garden. Tbe cur ing, either because be could not find words tains of tbe French windows were drawn, or because tfls courage failed him, There 004 it wa a wet and windy night and tb was a moment Intense silence, for every on draught occasionally hf ted tb edge of one of In the crowded court was watching him, and , tbem. Ha crept like a thief up to his own tbe sens of it teemed to take what resolution ' window and looked ia Tbe drawing room be had left out of him. At any rate, be left was lighted, and in a low chair by the fir tbe table and hurried from tbe court In tb ant Belle. 8b was, as usual, dressed in passage be found tb Tigvr, wbo, surrounded . hlaefc, and to Mr. Quest, who loved her and by a Utile crowd, and with ber bat awry and MW that he waa about to bid farewell ber clothe half torn from ber back, wa , " tight of ber, she looked Dor beautiful huddled gasping against the wail. I now than aver. A book lay open 00 ber Sbe saw him and began to speak; but he KOM' noticed not without surprise stopped and faced ber. He faced ber, grind-1 " wtM 4 Blbl But ab wa not reading ing hi teeth, and with such an awful Or of J ' r 4"npled chin rested 00 ber band, and fury in his eyee tbat she shrunk from him to 1 r Ttot 7 "ere fixed on vacancy, and terror, flattening herself against tb wail. Tan (rom "hare be waa he thought ha Wild vhe tears la 'What did I toll your he said, in a choked voice, and then panted on. A few pace down tha passage be met one of his own clerk, a harp fellow enough. "Hera, Jonea," b said, "you see that wo man there. She bat mad a charge against m. "Watch ber. Be where th gAes td, and find out what ab ia going to do. Than come and toll me at tbe office. If you lose sight of - x at, ir, aaia toe uwuiuwi eiera, nuu Mr. Quest wat gone. He made bl way direct to tb office. It was closed, for he had told hi clerks that be hould not come back after court, and tbat tbey could go at half past 4. He bad bl key, however, and, entering, lighted tb gas. Then b went to bit safe and sorted tome papers, burning a good number of tbem. Two large document, however, be put by bl side to read. One wa bl will, tb other wu in dorsed: "Statement of tha clrcumataaaea con- nected with Edith." Firit Ds ted through bl will. It bad 1 mad, eome year ago, and was entirely in favor of bis wife, or rather of hit reputed wife. Belle. "It may as wall stand," he said aloud. "If anything happen to me she'll take about ten thousand under it and tbat was what she brought me." Taking a pen be went through the document carefully, and wherever tbe name of "Bella Quest" occurred he put a cross, and inserted these word: "Gennett, oommonly known as Bell Quest" Gennett being Belle' maiden name and initialed tb correction. Next be glanced at the state ment It contained a full and fair account of his connection with the woman wbo had ruined bis life. "I may a well leave it," be thought "Some day it will ihow Bell tbat I waa not quite so bad as I seemed," He replaced tba statement in a briuf envel ope, sealed and directed to Belle, and Qnally marked it: "Not to be opened till my death. W. Quest" Then he put tbe envelope away in tbe safe and took up tbe will for the samo purpose. Next it on tbe table lay the deeds executed by Edward Cossey, transferring the Hmih.m 'nTt!rRmu to uJ Out in onn. Irinra.tlon of hla abstaininir from tha com- mencement of a suit for a divorce in which he proposed to Join Edward Cossey as co re rpondent "Ah I" be thought to himself, "that game is up. Belle is not my legal wife, therefore I cannot commence a suit against ber In which Cossey would figure at eo-respondent, and so tbe consideration fails. I am sorry for that, for I should have liked him to lose bis thirty thousand pounds as well as his wife, but it cant be helped. It was a game of bluff, and now that the blad der has been pricked I harent a leg to itand on." Then, taking a pen, he wrote on a sheet of paper which be inserted in the will "Dear B., You must return the Honbam mort gages to Mr. Edward Cossey. As you are not my legal wife, the consideration upon which he transferred them falls, and you cannot bold them in equity, nor I suppose would you wish to do so. W. Q." Having put ' all the papers away, he shut tbe aafe at tba moment that the clerk, whom a had deputed to watch th Tiger, knocked ! "tb.? d,r ? "Weaaldhl master. I Well, sir,- I watched the woman. She ! toPPed Jn PS6 minut. n1 lnen ueore8' "J"1 010118 mn. cam" out and (poke to ber, 1 got quite close, so as to bear what be laid, and he laid: 'You'd better get out of this.' I " 'Where tor she answered. 'I'm afraid.' " 'Back to London,' be said, and gave her a sovereign, and she got up without a word I and slunk off to the station followed by a I mob of people. 8he's in tha refreshment j "m D0W' bu' P"9 thJ they ought not to serve her witb any drink." "What time does tba next train go 7:15, does it not(" said Mr. Quet . "Yes, sir."' "Well, go back to tb station and keep an ye upon tbat woman, and when tb time somes get me a first class return ticket to London. I shall go up mvsolf and give ber In charge there. Uere ia some money," and be gave bim a five pound note, "and look here, Jonea, you need not trouble about the change.' "Thank you, sir, Tm lure," sold Jonea, to whom, bit salary being a guinea a week, on which he supported a wife and family, a gift of four pounds was sudden wealth. "Don't thank me, but do as 1 tell you, I wfil be down at the station at 7:1(1 Meet me outside and glv me the ticket That will da" When Jone bad gone Mr. Quest sat down to think. So tt was George wbo bad loosed this woman on him, and tbat wat tbe meaning of bis mysterious warning. How hod be found 1 herf That did not matter, he had found ber. and in revenge for the action taken against the De la Molle family he bad brought ber here to denounce bim. It bad been cleverly : managed, too. Mr. Quest reflected to him- self that be should never have given the man credit for tbe brains. Wall, that waa what come of underrating people. I And so this wa the end of all hi hopes, ambitions, shift and struggle. The story would be in every paper In England before another twenty-four hours were over, headed "Remarkable occurrence at Bolsing- I bam quarter sessions. Alleged bigamy of a solicitor." No doubt too, tbe treasury would take it up and Institute a prosecution, ! This was the end of his strivings after re- misery. Ana now what wa to be done! He was ruined. Let bim By to the utmost part of tbe earth, let him burrow in the recesses of the cities) of the earth and his sham would Ond bim out He was on impostor, a bigamist one wbo bad seduced an innocent woman into a mock marriage and then taken aer fortune to buy the silence of his lawful w"- More, be bad threatened to bring an action for divorce against a woman to whom kMW he was not really married, and aiade It a lever to extort vast sum of money or their value. I What ia there that a man In this position candor He can do two things he can reven him. elf upon the author of bis ruin, and if be h hold enough, he can pat an end to hie . She bad beard nothing-! he am. - from tb expression of bar faoi- mu thinking of ber own sorrows, nit u sham. M kl ' Yea. ba would ro In. ' CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TBI OAKI EHDXD, Mr. Quest entered tbe house by a side door and, having taken off bit bat and coat Went Into the drawing room. He hod still half in hour to spar befor starting to catch thi train. "Well," said Belle, looking up, "why you so paler "I have bad a trying day," be snswered "What have you been doingl" "Nothing in particular." "Reading the Bible, 1 see." "How do you know thatf" tbe asked, color Ing a little, for (he bad thrown a newspanur over the book when ibe beard him comin la "Yea, I have been reading tb Bible! Don't you know tbat when everything .1 in life bas failed tbem women generally uu toreliglonf "Or drink," he put ia "Hav you awn Mr. Coasey lately r "No. Why do you ask thatf I thought that we bad agreed to drop that subject" As a matter of fact, it bad not been alluded 'to since Edward left the bouse. "You know tbat Miss de la Molle will not marry bim after alll" "Yes, I know. She will not marry him be cause you forced bim to give up tbe mort gages," "You ought to be much obliged tome. Art you not pleasedr "No. I no longer care about anything. 1 am tired of passion, and sin, and failure! I care for nothing any more." "It seems that we have both reached ths tame goal, but by different roads." "Youf" she answered, looking up; "at any rate you are not tired of money, or you would not do what you have don to get It" "1 never cared for money itself," be Mid. "I only wanted money that 1 might be rigli and therefore respected." "And you ihink any meant justifiable to long as you get It?' "I thought so. I do not think so now." "I don't understand you to-uigbt, William. It Is time for me to go to dress for dinner." "Don't go just yet I'm leaving in minute." "Leaving? Where forP "London; I have to go up to-night about tome business." "indeed; when are you coming backl" "I dou't quite know; to-morrow, perhaps. I wonder, Belle," be went on, bit voice shak ing a little, "if you will always think 11 badly of me as you do now." "lir she ,sad, opening ber eye widely; "who am 1 that I should Judge yout How aver bad you may be 1 am worse." "Perhaps there are excuses to be made for both of us," be said, "perhaps, after all, there it no such tbiug as free will, and we ore nothing but pawns moved by a higher power. Wbo kuowsf But I will not keep you any longer. Good-by Belle 1" "Yea." "May I kiss you befor I got" Sbe looked at him in astonishment Ber first Impulse was to refuse. He had not kissed her for years. But something la ths nan's face aroused ber It was always a re ined and melancholy face, but to-night it wore a look wbicb to her seemed almost as earthly. "Yes, William, if you wish," she said; "but I wonder tbat you car to." "Let the dead bury their' dead," he an swered, and stooping he put bis arm round ber delicate waist and drawing ber to bim kissed ber tenderly, but without passion, on the forehead. "There, good night" be said, "1 wish tbat I bad been a better husband to you. Good night," and be was gone. When he reached bis room be flung himself for a few moments face downward upon bis bed, and from tbe convulsive motiou of bit back an observer might almost have believed that be was sobbing. When be rose, how ever, there was no trace of tear or tender nest upon bis features; On tbe contrary, tbey were stern and aet like the features of one bent upon some terrible endeavor Going to a drawer, be unlocked it and took from it a Colt's revolver of tbe small pattern. It was loaded, but be took tbe cartridge out and replaced tbem witb fresh one from a tin box. Then he went down stairs, put on large ulster wltb a bigb collar and a soft felt bat, the brim of which be turned down over bit fare, placed tbe pistol In tbe pocket of tbt ulster and started. It wo: a dreadful night the wind was blowing a very heavy gale, and between tb gusts tbe rain comedown In sheets of driving spray. Nobody was about the streets-tbe weather was far too bad, and Mr. Quest reached tbe station without meeting s living soul Outside tbe circle of ligbt from tb lamp over the doorway be paused and looked about for the clerk Jonea Presently be saw blm walking backward and forward under -the shelter of a lean to, and, going up, touched bim on tbe shoulder. Tbe man jumped up and started bock, "Have you got the ticket, Jonesf" he asked. "Lord, sir," said Jonea. "I didut know you In that get up. Yes, here's tbe ticket" "Is tbe woman there stilir "Yes, fr; the' taken a ticket third class, to town. She hot been going on like wild thing because they would uot give ber any liquor at tbe refreshment bar, till at last she's frightened them into letting her have six of brandy. Then sbe began and told the girl all sorts of tales about you, sir said sbe was going back to London because sbe was afraid tbat If tbe stopped here you would murder ber and tbat you were ber lawful husband, and that she would hav a warrant out against you, and 1 dont know what alL 1 sat by there, and heard ber witb my own ear. "Did ibe-did she. Indeed r said Mr. Quest witb an attempt at a laugh. "Well, she's a a common thief, and worse, that's what th is, and by this time to-morrow 1 hope to tee ber safe in jail Ahl here comes th train. Good night Jonea, I can manage for myself now." "What's bis gamer said Jones to himself. as be watched hi master slip on to tbe plat form by a gate instead of going through tbe booking office. "Well, I've had foor quid out of it any way, and It's no affair of mine," and Jone wept home to tee Meanwhile Mr. Quest was standing on the wet and desolate platform quite away from the lamp, watching the red lights or tbe ap proaching train come rushing on through the storm and night Presently tbe train drew up. No passengers got out "Now, ma'am, look sharp if you're going," tried the porter, and tbe woman Edith cam out of the refreshment room. "There's the third, forward there," said the porter, going to the other end to see about Ibe packing away of th mails. On sbe came, passing quit close to Mr. Quest, so close tbat he could bear ber swear ing at tbe Incivility of the porter. There Wa a third class carriage just opposite, and Into this ah got It waa on of those car riage that are (till often to be seen on pro vincial lines in which th partitions do not uip to tb roof and was, if possible, more vilely lighted than usual. Indeed the light wbicb should bar illuminated tbe after half of it bad either never been lighted or bad rone out There waa not a soul in tbe wools length of th carriage. As soon a tb Tiger waa In Mr. Quest watched his opportunity and, slipping up w tb dark carriage, opened and abut the door aa "-lietly as possible and took his seat in tb gloom. The engine whistled, there was a cry of "Right forward," and tbey were off. Presently he saw the woman stand op la ber compartment and peep over into th gloom. "Not a blessed soulf" he beard ber mutter, "and yet 1 feel aa though that devil Biliy waa creeping about after me. Cghl it mas be the horrors. I can as tb took be pre me now." I to it corratcioj.