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I LOVE YOU. Bhe climbed upon my willing knee. And softly whispered unto mc, "I loyc you." Iler dainty arms were round my neck. Iter sunny curls were In my face; And In her tender eyes I saw j The soul of Innocence and grace. And like a sunbeam glhitlng through The clouds that hide the klcs of blue, Jlcr ismllo found ncccM to my heart, And hade the shadows oil depart 0 moment of apocalypse, In which I saw the stately ships, That erstwhile Failed away from me. Come riding back across the sea, 1 would you might return and stay Within my lonely heart alway. God bless the darling little child, Who looked up In my face and smiled: And wrought upon my heart a spell More tweet than songs ot IsrafcL O angclf, listen while I pray That you will make her life as sweet As that brief moment was to me, Whene'er I betrd her lips repeat, "I love von." James Chater Jlockwtll, in the Current Sandorf's Revenge, A BEQOEfj TO JUTJIIAS BANDOItF AKt . DOCTOR ANTKKIKTT. 3Sy JiiIcb "Vei'jric, AUTiion op "jounNiir to the centhh OP THIS RAimi,' " Tllir TO THE MOON,' " AHOCND THE WOIU.D IN l'.IOHTV AXS," "MICnAKIi STItOOOFr," " TWJCNTV. THOUSAND IjKAOUKS UNDER. THE SKA," ETO., ETO. Tmtulatton copyrighted by O. IF. Uanna, JAM. CHAPTEIt XVII-CONTINUKU. Point Pcstiado and Capo Matifou hur ried after him. A hundred paces fur ther ou Toronthnl stopped. IIo had Jumped on to a rock which overhung ft Eccipice whoso base, huudrcds of font low, dropped deep into tho sea. What was ho going to do ? llad tho idea of suicidocrossod his brain? Would he then end his miserable existence by hurling himself into tho waves i" "A thousand devils 1" exclaimed Pes code ; "wo must liavo him alivol Catch bim, Capo Matifou, and hold him tight 1" But they had not gono twonty yards boforo they saw a man appear to tho right of tho path, glide along tho slopo among tho myrtles and lontisks, and clamber up so as to reach tho rook on which Torouthal stood. It was Sarcany. "Hallo I" exclaimed Point Poscado. "Ho is going to givo his friend some thing to send him from this world into tho next! Hurry up, Matifou. You toko one III take tho other!" But Sarcany stopped. Ho risked being recognized. A oursa escaped his lips. Thou Hpringing oir to tho right boforo Pescado could reach him, ho Yanishcd uinoim tho busl.e An instnnt afterwards, us Torouthal had gathered himself together to jump from tho rock, ho was seized by Capo Matifou, and pulled back on tho road, "Let mo go! Latino go!" "Lot you mako a miHtako, Mr. Torou thal? Oh, dear no 1' answered Point Pescado. Ho was quito unproparod for this in cident, which his instructions had not foroscou. But although Suroany hud escaped, Torouthal was captured, and nil that could now bo dono was to take him to Antokirtttt, whom ho would bo received with all tho honor that was hia due. "Will yon forward tho gentleman at a reduced rate ?" asked Point P03 oado. "With ploasuro," said Matifou. Torouthal, hardly knowing what had happonod, made but very alight resist ance. Pecudo found a rough footpath leading to tho bench, and down it ho was followed by Capo Matifou, who Aometimco curried and sometime dragged his inert prisoner. Tito descont was extremely difficult, and without Poaeade's extraordinary activity and his frieud'a extraordinary Btrongtb, they would certainly have had s fatul fall. Ilowovor, after risking their lives a Hooro of times, they gained tho rooks ou tho bench. There tho ehoro is formed of a succession of small creeks, capriciously cut baok into tho sandstone, shut in by high reddish walls, and bordered by ferruginous reefs, tinting tho waves bright blood-color as they curl over them. Day had begun to hrr-nlc when Point Pescado found a shelter at tho baok of a docp ravine that had boon out down into tho oliff in geologic ages. Here he left Toronthnl in ohnrgo of Cape Matifou. "You will stop hero I" ho said. "As loug us you like." "Twolvo hours oven, if lam away?" "Twolvo hours." "And without eating?" " Jf I do not breakfast thU morning, 1 ehall tlino this oveuing and for both of us I" "Ami if yon do not have dinner for two, you shall have suppor for four!" And then Capo Matifou sat down on n rook, so as not to loso sight of his pris oner ; and Pqint lVweado made his way along tho shore from crock to creek towards Monaco, lie was not away as loug as ho expected. In loaa than two hours ho eamo upon tho Electric moored in odd of tho 'deserted orioles ; and an hour later that swift vessel hid arrived off tho ravine in which Capo Matifou, seen from tho sea, looked like a mytho logical Protouu holding the bhoep of Neptuuo. A numito or two afterwards ho and liia vtrisouor were ou hoard, and without having beon notiood by the coist-guard or the fishermen, tho Klcctrio was off. mndar full power, for Antekirttu. GHAITEK XVIII. mm XXAU1NATION OP TOnONTHAU Asd now we must retnrn to Au'.ekirtU. Twmithal and Carp u a were iu th TOHONTHAIi CAPTURKD AT MONTH CAULO. Doctor's power, and the pursuit of Sar cany would Do resumed as soon as opportunity offered. Tho agents entrusted with tho discovery of Muuumo Buthory's retreat, wero still unresting in their endeavors but with no result Since his mother had disappeared with only old Borik to holp her, Pierro'a anxiety had been constant. What con solution could tho Doctor givo to that twice-broken heart ? When Piorro spoko of his mothor how could ho holp think ing of Suva Torouthal, whoso namo waB uuvor mentioned lwtween them ? Maria Ferrato occupied ono of tho prettiest houses in Artenak. It was closo to tho Stadthaus. Thero tho Doc tor's gratitude had endeavored to ensure her all tho comforts of life. Hor brothor lived near hor, when ho was not at sea, occupied on somo sorvico of transport or survoillance. Not a day closod with out hor visiting tho Doctor, or his going to boo her. His afTecu'i for tho children of tho fisherman of ltoviguo increased as ho knew them hotter. "How hnppy wo aro!" said Maria, very ofton;"if Pierro could only bo so!" 'Ho cannot bo so, Luigi would answer, "until lie linos his mother; but I have not lost all hopo of that Maria, with tho Doctor's means, wo ought to discover whoro Borik took MiuhimoButhory after thoy loft ltagusa !" 'And I also havo that hopo, Luigi! But if ho got baok his mother, would ho be happy ?" "No, Maria, that would bo impossible, until Suva Torouthal is his wife !" "Luigi," answered Maria, "is that which seems impossible to man, impos sible to God ?" When Pierre had told Luigi that thoy wore Urothors, lio did not thou know Maria Ferrato, ho did not know what a sister, tender aud dovotod, he would find in her I And when ho had become nblo to apprcciato her, ho had contlded to her all his troubles ! It soothed him n littlo to talk them ovor to her. What ho could not say to tho Doctor, what ho had been forbidden to say to hiiu, ho could say to Maria. Ho found, then, a loving heart, open to all compassion, n heart that understood him, that consoled him, u soul that trusted in God, and did not know despair. lu tho casemates of Antokirtta thoro was now a prisoner who know what lnd bocomo of Suva, and if alio wero still in Sarcany'a power. It was tho man who had passed her oil' as his daughter Silas Torouthal. But out of respect to his father's memory, Piorro would never speak to him on tho subject. iiiver since his capture, Torouthal had been in such a stato of mind, in suoh physical and montnl prostration that he could huvo told nothing, oven if it had boon to his interest to do so. But ho would gain no advantage in revealing what ho know of Suva, for ho did not know on tho ono hand that ho was Doc tor Antokirtta's prisoner, and on tho other, that Piorro Bathory was alive ou this island of Autekirtta, of which tho namo ovon was unknown to him. So that as Maria Ferrato said. God ulono could unravel tho myitory ! AO sketch of tho smto of tho colony would bo complete without mention of Point Poseudo and Cao Matifoiu Although Sarcany had m:nagod to escape, although his track was lost, the capture of Toronthnl hud boou of suoh importance that Point Poseudo was over whelmed with thanks. And whon tho Doctor was satisfied, the two friends wero quito satistlrd with themselves. They had again takon up their quarters in their pretty cottage, nndwuitod rtady for auy service that might bo roquired, hoping that they would still bo of use to tho good cause. Sinoo their return to Antokirtla, thoy had visited Maria and Luigi Ferrate, and then they had called on soreral of tho notables of Artenak. Everywhere they wero warmly welcomed, for orery whoio they wero esteemed. It was worth a journey to seo Capo Matifou under suoh solemn oiroumBhinoos, always very much embarrassed at his enormous llguro taking up nearly all tho room, "But I am so small that that make up for it I" said Point Posoado. llis constant good-humor mado him tho delight of tho colony. Hia inUdli geuoo aud skill worn ivt every onu's dis posal. And whon ovorything had bean Battled to tho gcuornl satisfaction, what entertainment would ho not organize, what a irogrotmuo of gaiety ami attri tions would he not keep going in tho towu and its neighborhood Yoa I If necessary, Capo Matifou and Point Pes cade would not hesitate to resume theii old profession, and astonish thoir Auto kirttiun audiences with thoir woudors ol acrobacy ! Till that happy day arrived, Point Pescado and Capo Matifou improved their garden under tho shado of the lingo trees, and their cotUgo was hidden beneath its masses of bloom. Tho work at tho littlo dock begau to grow into shape. To seo Capo Matifou lifting and carrying tho hugo masses of rock, was convincing enough that tho Provencal Hercules had lost nono of his prodigiour strength. ThoDoctor's correspondents had found no trace of Madame Bathory, and thoy wero equally unsuccessful with regard to Sarcany. Thoy oould find no trace of his movements since ho left Monto Carlo. Did Torouthal know what had becomo of him? It was at tho least doubtful, considering tho oircumstancos undoi which thoy had soparuted on tho road to Nico. And admitting that ho know would ho consent to say ? Impatiently did tho Doctor wait until tho banker was in a fit state to be questioned. It was in a fort at tho uorth-wost angle of Artenak that Torouthal and Curpena had boon aoourod in tho most rigorous secrecy. Thoy woro known to each other, but by name only, for the banker had never boon mixed up with barcany s bioilian aflairs. And so thoro was a formal order against their being nllowed to suspect each other's presence in tins fort. Thoy ocoupied two caso matos far apart from each other, and thoy camo out for exercise at ditl'eront hours in different courts. Sure of tho (ldolity of those who had charge of them two of tho militia sergeants of Antekirttu tho Doctor could bo certain that no commu nication could take place botweon them. Ami there was no indiscretion to fear. for" nono of the questions from Torouthal and Carpena us to where thoy wero, had been replied to, or would bo replied to. And there was nothing to lead them to mipposo that thoy had fallon into tho hands of tho mysterious Doctor Anto kirtt, whom Torouthal had ouco or twico met at Bngusa. But to find Sarcany, to carry him off like his accomplices, was now tho Doc tor's object And on tho 10th of October, having learned that Torouthal was now strong enough to roply to any questions that might be put to him, ho resolved to proceed with his examination. To begin with, tho subject was talked over by tho Doctor, Piorro uud Luigi nnd Point Pescado, whoso advieo was not. lo bo despised. Tho Doctor informed them of his iutontions. "But," said Luigi, "but to ask" Tor outhal if ho knows anything about Sar cany is enough to make him suspect that wo want to got hold of him." "Woll," replied the Doctor, " whatdoes it matter if Torouthal does know, that now ho cannot oscape us ?" "Ono thing," ausworod Luigi, "is Uiat Torouthal might think it to be to his interest to say nothing that might damage Sarcany." "And why ?" "Bocaubo it might damajre him." " May 1 mako an obsorvutien ?" naked Pfscado, who was seated a littlo apart "Certaiuly, my friend!" eaid tho Doctor. "Owing," Baid Point Pescado, "to tho peculiar circumstances under which these goutlomeu parted, I have reason to believe that thoy are not likely to caro very much for each other. Mr. Torouthal must very cordially hate Mr. Sarcany for leading him to his ruin. If, then, Mr. Toronthnl knows where Mr. Sarcany is to Ih found, ho will havo no hesitation in telling youat least I think not If ho says nothing, it is because ho has nothing to say." Tho reasoning wus ut least plausible. It wus very likely that if tho banker did know whero Sarcany had gono to, ho 1 would willingly reveal tho secret, for his true interest was to break with him. "Wo ahull know to-day," said tho Doctor ; "and if Torouthal knows noth ing, or will toll us nothing, I will seo what next to da But as ho must bo kept ignorant that ho is in tho powor of Doctor Antekirtt, and Unit Pierro Bathory is alive, it must bo Luigi's task to examine him." I ant at your orders, Doctor." said the mate. Luigi then went to tho fort, and was admitted iuto the casemate which served as TorouUiol's prison. Tho banker was seated in a corner at a table. Ho hod just left his bed. Thero could bo no doubt that ho was in much better health. It was not of his ruin that lie was now thinking, nor of Sarcany. What was troubling hiin was why nnd whero ho was in prison, and who was the powerful individual that had earned him off. When ho saw Luigi Ferrato enter, ho aroso ; but nt a sign he resumed his scat Tho following dialogue then ensued: "Yon are Silas Toronthal, formerly a banker at Trieste, and lately living at Itagusa ?" "if. havo no reply to that question. It is for thoso that keep mo prisoner to know who I nm." "Thoy do know." "Who aro they?" "You will learn in duo time." " Anl who aro yon ?" "A man who has been sent to intorro gato you." "By whom 1" "By those with whom you have ac counts to settle." " Once more, who aro tiiey ? "I shall not toll you." "Iu that caso. I shall not roply." "Be it so ! You were at Monte Carlo with a man you havo kuowu for nany years and who has not left you lineo your departure from Bagusa. This man is a Tripolitan by birth and his namo is Sircauy. Ho escaped at tho moment you were arrested on tho road to Nico. Now this is what I havo been sent to ask you : Do you know vhero that man now is, and if you know, will yon toll mo ?" Toronthal took a long timo to nply. If they want to know, ho Ithoilglit, whero Sarcany is, it is obvious that they want to got hold of him as hoy have got hold of me. Why ? Is it for something wo huvo both boon con cerned in during tho years gono by, nnd particularly for our schemes in tho Trieste conspiracy ? But how can theso tilings havo been found out, aud wlo is thero interested in avenging Mathias Sandorf aud his two friends who iied iifteon years ago? Theso wero the banker's first thoughts. Then, ho vent on to himself, it cannot ba any propejly constituted authority that threatens ho nnd my companion aud that is sui ous. And so, although ho had no doubt that Sarcany had fled to Tetuau o Namir, whero ho was trying his thiid gamo nnd forcing it ns much as bo could, ho resolved to say nothing about it. If later on ho could gain anythinr by speaking, ho would speak. Now h would bo as reserved as possible. "Well?" asked Luigi, after giving him timo to reilect. ' "Sir, " ana worod Toronthal, ' ' I conld I tell you that I know where Sarcany is, and that I will not eay; but in reality I do not know." "That is your only reply ?" "My only roply aud tho truth." Then Luigi returned to inform tho Doctor of what had passed. As thero was nothing inadmissible in the reply, thoy had to bo content with it And to discover Sarcany's retreat, all that coidd bo dono was to press on tho search and. sparo neither pains nor money. TO BE CONTINUED. Jtusidiui Lady Doctors. However slow'ly civilization may travel in the land of the czar, there is at any rate ono thing in which Russia is further advanced than most European countries, and this is the opening of the learned professions to women. Par ticularly anxious is tho government to mako tho study of medicine as oas3 aa possiblo to women, and thero' appears to ho a real demand for female inedico3 all over tho country. The St. Peters burg Gazelle, commenting on certain resolutions which havo lately been passed by tho St. Petersburg municipal council on tho subject, says that tho medical faculty for women sprang up without a proper organization, without secured resource, and before the stato had recognized its existence. It was hoped that tho institution would livo and develop ineroly by the aid of bo novolcnco. This went on for a lime. thanks chiollv to tho patronage which tho war ministry had extended to the' women. The young women Hocked to .1... ....-.!...,; r... I .......... 1 . .1 1 .1... I perilous position in which thev found In Augusta, Ga., tho churches have themselves, and which became oven ruJ'3 which forbid gentlemen from sit moro precarious after thev had finished the on tho right sido of the hoiuc, as thoir .studies, thev havo braved all i dangers, misery nnd calumny, and have succeeded by tho more force of perse-, voranco and dovotion to their work. At present no ono questions uie: desirability of having female doc-1 tors, who are tho indispensable complement of the inalo medical personnel. It is particularly in tho vil lagos that tho women doctors are most in demand, and thoro are places whore thoy alone aro trusted. Tho fact is, that they havo acquired a stable posi tion in private practice as well as m hospitals. 'J'his victory of tho Russian women has been made in tho course ol the lust decade, nnd at present no one denies their usefulness. The erovern. nient has now resolved to admit the! schools ot medicine tor women nmou tho number of high constitutional schools with n fixed organization ami tho right to give diplomas. A project for the organization is now before the minister of education. A municipal council of St. Petersburg, considering that it is incumbent on the overnment, and not on tho town, to ta this insti tution under its protection, has nrooo.s. ed n joint arrangement, by which the town undertakes to pay annually the sum of 15.000 rubles towards the maim tenance of tlio institution, the procur ing of a house for the installation ol leeturc-rooms, museums, etc, and b) extending tho right to female student to pursue thoir practical studies iu all the St. Petersbursr hospitals on the con dition that tho professors aro ekosou irom among me physicians ot thc-o hos. pitals. Thus tho material position ol the medical faculty for women is safo, headquarters, money, and hospitals be ing provided. The' QaxctU. hoprs thai other towns will follow the gencroin example or tno capitoi, nnd we hope oi every coior oi mo rain now, ami cov that other1 countrlci its woll will profit red in browu paper tied with plain by tho lessou. string. HERE AND THERE. A salt well was recently sunk near Alexander, N. Y. A New York sign is: "Boiled Clam Julcc on Draught " Sfrawbcrry vinos arc still bearing in Sumter county, Fla. A forty-Jivc-inch sunflower is being exhibited at Travers. Cnl. Vermont olects state officers, legisla ture, and congressmen Sept. 7. Thirty-five firms iu Barrc, Vt., aro engaged in the granite business. A large number of colored peoplo arc patronizing Saratogo this year. Los Augcles, Cat, is considering the proposition to change tho city charter. A collection of eight thousand but tons is owned by a Halem, N. Y., woman. Miss Leah Brooks, of Senoca, N. Y., who is only 0 years old, weighs 12'J pounds. A Canadian claims to have found a piece of barbed wire in a hen's egg recently. Over ten car-loads of salmon have been shipped this season from Oregon to the cast. Promenading on the beach after dark is one of tho things Asbury Park will not tolerate. A Connecticut editor was compelled to apologize for referring to a court as a Lime-Kiln club. Caterpillars are said to bo doing con siderable damage in tho cotton-liclds near Avoyelles, La. Over $3,000,000 have been stolen by Philadelphia cashiers, clerks and oth ers during tho past livo years. It has been figured out that it costs S1,!)00 every time tho roll is called in in the house of representatives. Steamers arc carrying cargoes of California watermelons to Portland, Oregon, which sell at S3 a dozen. Frank McDonald, aged 15 years, and Essie O'Neal, aged 13 years, were mar ried reccntlj' at Knoxville, Tenn. A Bucksport, Me., idiot recently won a wager of $1 by driving his horse and buggy oil' the wharf into the river. Two Parkcrsburg, AY. Va., young ladies have started on a drive to Clarks burg, a distance of one hundred miles. The $10,000 floats figured in the Albanny N. Y., bicentennial celebra tion were sold at auction recently for $G5. A tunnel 2,300 feet in length is being cut through the hill at Bridgeport, Conn., for the new water-works sys tem. A colored woman at Lewiston, Va., pave birth to triplets last Thursday. Their nggregato woight was seventeen pounds. Cat-tails stained rod, blue, purple, and other colors are being sold by tho Boston small boy as specimens of rural ingenuity. A New York brewer throatens to closo up his brewery unless the quality of water in tho public-service pipes is improved. The grand jury which adjourned at Santa l"e, Now Mexico, on tho last day of July found 250 indictments, mostly on land cases. Tho Curtis house, aged 250 years, was torn down recently at West" Box hurj', Mass.. to mako room for modern Improvements. Fifty-seven of tho ono hundred regu lar guests of a Niagara Falls summer oli) aro foreigners, and twenty of ihoso arc titled. A Hartford, Conn., man circumvents tho gas company by storing his meter i a safe-deposit vault when ho goes oil ffr tho summer. Tho fishermen of Long Island sound ao having rare sport these days in tho clptiuo of bluelish, which are count less in number. The peoplo of Schenectady, N. Y., aw making preparations to celebrate tlo anniversary of tho, burning of that tQvn by the Indians. (V couple of sword-fish wero recently caotured in Long Island sound, off Bildgehampton. N? Y. The ra0iy sco jn t,0iie water3 so fish aro 'tl Prt s occupied by ladies. floblle, Ala., has tho distinction of beijg the only city of tho world which, liglting, has gono back to gas. Jhn Slaughter, a colored citizon of Loijisville, Ky., was severely stabbed onqday recently for accidentally trcad ingjon tho corns of a whito person. Wb Atlantic city hotel pays $310 a wetk for its baud and boards it. Tho amount spent for music at tho various holds this season will reach $25,000. A Now London oystor- dealer has in vented a dredge with which starfish, the greatest enemies of the oyster, can I. . . - l. .1 ill. A "I 1 t bo taken from a bed without disturbing tho Dystors. Nbw Jersey peoplo aro having an un pleasant experience with mosquitoes thisycar. lu number they aro count less, and their viciousness has never boei equaled. It n pocket iu the clothes of a drown ed nan found in the canal at St. John's, Quebec, was a note-book, on a page of wh'ch was written: "Will be found droivned; last drunk." Snce the merchant-tailors of Pitts burgh. Pa., published n black-list old billi aro being paid up rapidly ami now onos are not allowed to accumu late, as rapidly as formerly. A colony of bugs besieged the stores nt ratchoguo, L. i., ono day last week. Iu order to escape the insects the mer chants were obliged to close their buildings an hour earlier than usttal. A ourloiiB publication In the way of nnlntlo bonks is n vnlnmn nf imunii printed In various sized types on paper THE TELEPHONE INSPECTOR. A Tcnncssco Judge "Who "Wished To Bo Accomodating. Judgo F is a very quiet, easy going man when everything runs smoothly, but let him ouco get rattled and the neighborhood can not pacify him. He will snarl at his best friend when annoyed, and the man who plays a practical joke on him had bettor emi grate. Yesterday, ns tho clock struck 1, he was seated in his office, very much worried over a chancery caso in which ho is counsel, and his desk was fairly littered with papers, whilo ho was hurrying through with a certain part of his work before dinner hour. Suddenly the telephone boil rang n gentle summons, just as though tho girl in tho central office know the judgo was busy and hated to disturd him, but was, nevertheless, compelled to, in order to satisfy the individual at tho other end of the wire. The judgo rose hurriedly, jerked the receiver from tho hook, and yelled "Hello!" A silvery voice a girlish wont-you-oblige-me accent betrayed that ono of tho fair sex was the caller. The judgo toned down and inquired, "Well?" "Is that Judgo F.'s?" said theswect toned voice. "Yes," was wafted back. "Oh! I am so glad. This is Mis3 X , and I have been given charge of all complaints on tho line. Before making out our new list I wish to learn how your instrument works." "Just like a charm," replied the gal lant judge. "I have no fault to find cither with the instrument or service." "Thank you," was the sweet rejoin der, "but you know how tho managers would apprcciato a few words of com mendation from von, so, if you aro not too busy, would it bo asking too much if you "would devote fifteen minutes toward a thorough test of your instru ment?" When there is a lady in the case the judge is never in a hurry, and in his blandest tones ho announced himself at the young lady's bidding. Another vote of thanks camo over tho wire, and the soft voice inquired if he could place his ear about ten inches higher than tho transmitter in order to test the power of hearing distinctly. Unfortunatoly, the judge is largo in circumference, but not lar from the ground, and he could net reach his arm abovo the car-trumpet rack, much less place his head up there. Ho was a man, however, who was not to be overcome by trifles, and an idea struck him. lie determined to oblige tho telephone girl, and ho pro ceeded to inform hor to hold the tele phone just a minute and he would be ready. Again tho bewitching voico uttered thanks, and the judge put his plan into operation. The telephone was along side the office window, about half-tray up the casmg was a stout nail; a revolv ing bookcase stood on the floor. It was quickly rolled over toward the window; tho judgo mounted it, grasped the nail on tho window-casing with ono hand, tho ear-trumpet with the other ami sang out "All ready." There was no response, and the judgo nearly twisted his neck out of joint as iie leaned down and repeated tho words through the transmitter. The sweet vo co answered in a low tone, and tho judge strained his ears in listening. "Now, judge." came tho message, "listen attentively and repeat tho following words back to me, so that I may know you heard them dis tinctly:" "What part of speech is tho word transmogrilicanbandanduciality?" It was too mil oh, even for the judge. On the tenth syllable ho squirmed; the nail broke; he mado a grab for the tele phone box; tho bookcase revolved, and the renters in tho story below thought the roof had fallen in. When several of them camo running into tho room the judgo was lying in tho middle of t lie lloor, the law books trom the caso between his knees, while in his hand ho hugged the fatal car-trumpet, which he had clung to in his fall, and the cord of which had been snapped in twain. Tho matter was given into tho Imnds,, of a. detective, who last night reported to tho judgo that the telephone com pany employed no inspectors or testers of instruments, and further, that tho call camo from a private residence whero the judge's wife was spending tho day. An air of unusual coolness permeates tho judge's homo now, and the telephone company has lost a sub scriber. Nashville Union. Courting in Fancy Dress. It would seem ns if thero wore no satisfying tho changeful mind of women. Everybody knows tho disas trous effect produced on tho simple vil lago maiden when the vorsatilo Lord of Burleigh dropped the rolo of painter and showed himself in his true colors. Taking warning by this young lady's sad fate, Mr. Conway, a thoughtful butler, determined to reverse tho order nf things in tho Lord of Burleigh's cruel proceedings. So lie went to America, called himself tho lion. Soy niour Conway, and wooed and won a high-born maiden to bo his wife. IIo then brought his wife to his buttery in England, whero ho of course dropped tho Hon. Seymour part of himself and prepared to" scttlo down to domestic life. But instead of boing delighted at this little surpriso the lady is terribly annoyed. It is truo sho has not died, but she has dono the next best thing, and instituted divorce proceedings. Courting in fancy dress seems not to bo a success whichever way it is tried. Pall Mall Gazette. The Texnn Away from Home. Stranger (to bartender) I'm throo days from Texas, mister, whar I was bo'n an' raised, an' I want or drink. Giinmosuthiu hot. Bartender I can givo you somo pow dored glass and ursenie, sir, with pepper-sauce and furniture-polish. Stranger No live hornets? Bartender Not a liyo hornet in tho place. . Stranger Well, gimme what you'vo. got A man can drink 'most anythin', but I did want suthin ter warm mo up. 1 start, fcr Tvxaa ter-morrer, stranger. Sew York Sun.