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BAR HARBOR. A Wild, Weird Tale of Love ' and Adventure. 1 B"V AMOS LEE, PCDLISnKD BT SrECIAli ARRANGEMENT WITH tiie AtrrnoR. CopyrigKted, 19X7, by 0. W. Dillingham Alt jiigMt Jieiercea. "If Nobbltt sailed direct for America, his steam-yacht must be soon oft Cherbourg. Wire somo shipping company there to charter nnu scnu oui nnmeuiaiciy a lug; intercept him, and givo telegram." By this titno tho 1'aris central ofllco, tho offlco of tho banking company and the smaller ofllccs along tho telegraph lino. were thoroughly excited ; as for tho oper ator at St. ilalo, if theso last messages had failed to reach Mr. Ncbbitt, ho would havo torn his hair from very vexation and disap pointment, so bent was ho upon Fair fax's success. Paris soon replied : " All done as you say. Wo await result with interest" jflio hands on tho dial marked ten minutes pfist four. No reply had come. " If any message comes before six o'clock to-night, send It to mo at once. Hold all (hat como after that for further orders," was his parting injunction. So saying, with firmly closed lips, but cvi dent disappointment, ho mounted his horso nnd had begun his headlong dash, when a yell from tho rear caused him to turn hi3 head. There stood tho youthful operator, danc ing up and down In tho exubcranco of his joy, waving a piece of paper, and all but tending on his head. Inn second Fairfax had it in his hand. Tho message was from Chcrbourg,and said: "Nebbitt's yacht just appeared.in harbor, suddenly changed course and wont back to ward Ilavro. Havo wired all ports likely to stop nt, to keep watch; and havo our tug in readiness, in caso she appears again. Can't lau to get her now." A sudden and transient gleam of joy shono in tho stern eyes of Fairfax. His hard, set faco relaxed for a moment into a faint smile, whilo tho oporator behaved liko .a lunatic. f Fairfax slipped a coin into his hand. Ho rejected it indignantly with tho remark: "T ivrml.l ritthnr lulvn lnqt. n nimrtnr'ft Ho wrung the other's hands at parting, notwithstanding tho assertion of tho Amer ican that ho would return beforo midnight again. CHAPTER VI. HOES SHE CAKE FOR JIIM? It was now a quarter past four. Fairfax actually mado tho distance from St. JIalo to tho villa go in ono hour nnd twenty minutes, arriving about twpnty-llvo minutes of six. Dick stood ready with the chaiso. 1 JJUUJt unci IIUS UUISU, JUIiUlUlU. UUUIl- Tiouc s an rigut," caiicu t v riax, as no Reaped into the scat beside Oxford. . "Well, Mr. Iliclmrd Oxford, I've been in purgatory since I saw you last, sir, but havo como out successfully," continued ho, tak ing tho reins out of his friend's hands. "And it's only a question of tlmo and lu5k whether I'm successful or not in this llttlo matter wn'rn now pnlntr to unilnrtnltn." Dick was burning with curiosity but awaited Fairfux's timo for revealing the so- crot. "I'vo telegraphed your bankers, and they tfavo sent on tho money. I ought to rcccivo w.to-night, when I go to St. Malo to tako tho night train for Paris or Havre However," added he, seeing Dick's look of surpriso, Jr'I shall return in a day or two." Rapidly thoy drovo toward tho flat-rock, Dick all tho timo on flro with curiosity; while his compauion was consumed with anxiety, although inwardly cool and con versing in an easy manner. "Follow ma aud keep quiot,"was his imper ative sentence. Dick wonderiugly obeyed; but, ns thoy neared tho' cliff's edge, forget ful' v exclaimed: "What n stunning view!" Fairfax turned quickly and put his flngor to his lips. Dick understood nnd submis sively followed. "Look bebw, but don't let them seo you," whispered Arthur, leading tho Englishman to n sheltering bush on tho edge. Oxford cautiously got down on his hands and knees and did look over. Drawing back imme diately with what just escaped being a loudly-uttered word of surprise Talcing his comrade by tho arm, ho led tho latter farther back, to a po sition where thoy could not bo heard, and surveyed him from head to foot with a com- 1 J! . 1 , 1 irm iook, paruy inuigiiuui uuu puriiy ncascu. "So that's tho way you treat your friends, is it! Play off innocent and guileless! O, Jyku'ro n villain of tho deepest dyo, my boy. How you must havo smiled at my ud vlco to you about her." "Advlco to mo about her I You never .gavo mo any advico about her!" " Never gavo you any advico about her? I'd like to know if I didn't sit up there and talk to you liko a father about tho interest sho showed in you nnd tho advantages of marrying such a woman. Humph! You needn't protend to bo so innocent, again." " But, my dear fellow, who said any thing about Lady Lydia? What has sho to do with tho present occasion 1 What put tier into, your head?" r " Arthur Fnlrfax, you must think I'm a blanked fool, if vou believe I'm going to -swallow any such gammon as that! What put her into my head ! Doyou Imugino that, when a man goes on in tho most melodra matic maimer, making every ono quuko in his boots nnd each particular hair to stand on end, like quills upon tho fretful porcu pine, and then caps tho climax by taking his friend to tho vcrgo of a most horriblo preci pice, telling him to look down and seo a darn el seated thero below do you suppose that other fellow isn't going to havo doubts of the first fellow's sincerity, if not sanity, whon ho asks in tho most brassy manner Want put her into your hcadr V hat put course, when I looked over and saw her etuoid. What olsel" 1H Kit Mt ON 1MM Ml)? "A u vwB "V.IUi UAl'luUXllAI rairfax. n shndn mW IrCC. in his ;mrnr'trv 4tYcs, tho Lady Lydia thoro! clover was- tc: "I givo you my word of honor I didn't. I thought It was tho Princess." "Well, so sho Is, too; but, ns 1 told vou before, the don't count. Lydia h rcadhig aloud and tho Princes a paint iug. Como nnd i ti, IVV . seo ror yourself. But I caift understand why you should be so confoundedly myste rious about It nil. If I wore running this affair, I'd skip down thoso rocks immediate ly, uuu umu u sociauio emu wim 'cin. ' FnirfUT R111ili1ni.r..1 nt thr. l.nmi t.lnn -.,.1 ..w ...VJ A IUVH uuu, taking tho irreprcssiblo Did: by tho coat- vwii,ji Biuivu in uiul wonnv in a vvnv mat iiiii uiuuu nil ii ui inn nnnpsanv ni annrtnv tMa tlmn n lime! hen they gained tho bush, Fairfax's breath camo faster and harder. Ho half hesitated, but only for a moment, and again siccieu mmseir to tins sneal.-mj way of spy ing upon an unsuspicious nnd loveiv bcintr. At a glance thoy took in tho whole stato of affairs. Directly below sat the Princess, bendinc over her painting. Thnuk Heaven 1 tho sketch was not yet finished. At least two days' work upon It wero nec essary cro it could bo taken, even in tho rough state, to finish in tho studio. At tho expiration of that timo ho hoped to return, and then? Close besido Natalie sat Lydia, an open tK)k in her lap, lost in n brown study. Tho air was very calm nnd tho two spies, without much effort, could hear tho slight' est sound below. Tho Princess, bending low over her iramting.was saymg,In a quiet, indifferent tono of voice: "Lydia, who was that with whom you wero talking last night J" Lydia became suddenly wide-awake, nnd nervously replied : You mean tho young American wlto Whom I was tetc-a-telt, as you came down tho stairs, I supposo. Why!" "Because," said tho Princess, turning her largo dark eyes toward her questioner, in a frank, ingenuous manner, "becauso ho had so sad a face, I felt interested in hlin. Do you know his history!" "I was about to ask when you had mot him, Natnlio, and what yon lenew about nlml" Fairfax's faco flushed crimson at tho Priii cess' mention of himself. Now that ho had become tho subject of their conversation, he could bo eavesdropper no longer nnd at tempted to pull Dick nway by force. But that widc-awako individual suddenly uo camo n3 obdurato ns his friend. In a loud, clear whisper he said : "If you don't unhand mo I'll yell; and then your game '11 bo up." Fairfax, surprised at this unexpected turn in affairs, and rocognizing tho fact that Richard's obstinacy had become aroused, retired In confusion. A secret joy filled his heart. Natalio had acknowledged an interest in him moro than his wildest dreams could havo realized 1 To bo suro it was a contemplative sort of nu interest, but sho hadn't vouchsafed even that to any other male at'least, so Dick nau said. For tho moment, tho foolish young fellow gavo himself up to jov, and had tho effront- ory to thank Heaven for his luck. Meauwhile, the incorrigible Dick, who was now in his clement, chuckled to nun self and lay thero listening with all his cars At Lydia's question, Natalio turned to wards her with unfeigned surprise -every thing about this girl wasgenuino; sho ox pressed nothing sho did not feel and re marked, almost dropping her painting palette : ""My dear Lydia, I tiever taw him bo fore ! What do you mean !" "Then, why did you both blush so con sciously when your oyca mot? I novor saw a man so disturbed as ho was when ho caught sight of you." A slight flush suffused tho faco of Na talie, as she answered : "I wasn't awaro that ho was disturbed. If so, it mcy havo been at finding himself tho cynosure of a staring pair of eyes. I was simply annoyed at finding myself caught gazing so boldly at an cntiro stran gcr." "That mny bo true in your case, but cer tainly not in his. No strango man over yet could bo so visibly embarrassed as ho at finding himcolf tho objectivo point of a pretty woman's cyo," replied tho wise iiyaia, witn a Soionion-liko air. "So, there, my dear, you'ro cntiroly wrong, I know." "You may just hot on that, ma chere," said tho irreprcssiblo Richard, oo voce from nbovo. And," continued sho, "to tell tho truth you end I havo no secrets, you know I'm a littlo curious as. to tho history of tho follow myself." Hero she slyly bent her head down and ex nmined her boot for a moment. "And I'm going to nmuso myself by studying him a trille. That fly-away, Dick Oxford "Dick mado a wry faco and romarked nsido: " Thank you ma'am"" says ho is of noble birth and can traco his lincngo back to Lord Fairfax; that ho is n gcntlcmau of leisure; but, from a feeling of duty, has accepted a very high position in somo department of Government." " May Ood forgivo mo for that whopper 1" muttered tho penitential Dick to himself. "But," ho added, npologetlcally, "ho cer tainly is not of moblo birth, nnd I do bo lievo ho is a descendant of tho old Fairfaxes. Ho it a gentleman of leisure nt present, at least, until school-teaching begins. And I'm suro it was a feeling of duty (to himself, to save himself from emigrating to tho poor- houso) that led him to accept a high position In tho department of Government nheml of a set of spoiled youngsters. So that llo's not so bad uftcr all," added ho, with a feel ing of comfort. "But, at any rato," continued Lydia, " whatovcr his position, or from whom do scended, ho has interested mo ns few men havo." Tho imaginative Dick thought ho could perccivo a shade of jealousy creep up tho Princess' back hair and spread Itself over hor hat. But ho could not seo her face, for sho bent moro lowly over her work, and vouchsafed not u word in reply. "Now just look at that!" meditated Dick. "Hero am I dying to fall in love with that dctcstablo Lydia and to havo her fall in lovo with me, been trying theso hundreds of years -moro, or less"-he udded, half explanatorily "and it don't work worth a fig. Along comes this penniless Yankeo confound tho dog) I can't help admiring hun- und scoops in, not only Lydia, but that frigid German iceberg, without tho slightest effort, or apparent intention, even. Hang Hull! I can't sCo how ho does it; still ho did look douccdly well last night." Hero Natalio begau humming a strain from tho "Addio," Lydm interrupted her with: "How ho Hturled whon you ttruok into that kong, lut night I And I thought 1 hoard him bay . 'It iwmu my fut I' " Nutulio lunl down W uloitu und bmth, ami loaning biu k In hor cliulr, turnul htr fucu ourwuly toward l.jdia, naylng: "liu you ktMw llwit i wry lruiiHl Tlx IlkuUtvttl I kUW lU . Hut Mtlitf, wltUdt liut) im imuiiUutf ih ut ur ! tlurintf Hie utttnti cwuiuK, u " tutwl with luy loi ttUtff, lltfihw IU'Ium HM Will (ulnuhlul iwerify II iHMiinwl lu tell In liuinrywi.il (n Nww )ti Mr Uhmi Murt hi kwu hWMi' tr--. it itiMii" citAPrni: vii. AND IFfWE DOES, I11HV AnOOTTHE OTHER? Dick w.w not ii clever follow, but he, cer tainly, was not a fool. Ho eassyed to make a mental cstimato of both girls, and suc ceeded wonderfully well. Tho Princess, ho acknowledged, was a woman of singularly fine, puro and lovely character, deep nnd strong In hcrt.fiectiona, simple-minded nnd guileless, yet not devoid of what is commonly known cs strong com mon sense. "Dcvpnnd lovlngwheroshelovcs; butUiat sho docs not love, I ntn positive. I could swear to it!" With nil her soft woninnly traits, sho was too susceptiblo to tho sin of pride. It had unconsciously bocomo a matter of pride with her to show no interest in mankind. With no other woman, except Lydia, would sho havo spoken so freely; ni!d, even with that friend, sho could scarcely depart from her pretty, proud, llttlo reserve, without a visi blo effort at unbending. Her blushes wero clearly not becauso of her Interest in tho man, but proceeded from n sort of shamo at acknowledging, and even nt entertaining, that interest. "But," said Dick to himself, "tna cftnr mante, your interest is ut present contem plative. What that interest might develop lnto,undcr tho proper circumstances, I can't say. Hut I do say that Mistress Lydia is most decidt-d'y interested in this young man, nnd that it. would rcqulro but slight effort on his part to deepen that interest. And, if sho loves, 'sho loves forever.' Her nature's strong, but craves something upon which to expend that strength; can't exist without it. Natalio lives In tho realm of her imagination und docs not ask for sympathy, delighting in her arts. Lydia is strong, but looks for sympathy and love, and something upon which to expend sympathy nnd love, in return. She couldn't find what sho wanted among thoso frivolous fops of soclptv. nnd now Fairfax has uppeared, nnd unconscious ly touched tho deep chord that never beforo -ibrated. Weill they'd tnako a splendid pair, and ho'd bo a fool not to try for hor, She's worth four of tho other In my opinion, although I acknowledge that's saying a great deal." With this sage nnd indisputable conclu sion Richard was about to KJtirc, by push ing himself backward, until ha deemed it safo to stand upright, as ho saw n movo mcnt in tho camp below that indicated prep aration for flight. However, his attention was arrested by a sentence, half suggest ive, half-timid, nnd altogether remarkable, ventured by Lydin : "I had thought of ask ing Mr. Fairfax to call with mo at Chateau D'Or." "I came hero with tho intention of receiv ing no visits but thoso of my oldest friends," said Natalie, frigidly; "and I seo no reason why I should alter my intention. Besides, my dear Lydia. I leave Chateau D'Or in a few dnys,at the latest, for Lako Mnggiorc." Lvdia said no moro, and tho two girls, evidently both feeling n llttlo uncomforta ble, nnd yet both striving to conceal their emotion, prepared to depart. Dick, now executing his rctrogrado move mcnt, arose and found Fairfax who by this timo had recovered his equanimity, und shaken off tho bliss aroused by tho fair Natalio's words in tho midstof somo calcu lation or other, using his kneo ns n tuble and a leaf of his diary as note-paper. "Havo thoy started, Dick!" nsked he, sud denly. "No, but thoy aro on tho point of start ing." Fairfax turned to tho left in tho mnin road, and -whipped up his horso to greater speed. "Aro you not going back to tho village!" queried Richard. "Wait," laconically nnswored tho impor turbablo Falrfnx, A short distance from tho brook ho reined up nnd drovo tho chuiso nniong tho trees. Ho then led tho way to tho road, Tho noiso ot clattering hoofs coming nearer. caused tho pair to retreat behind tho bushes that had sheltered Fairfax tho afternoon previously. Tho wero ensconced nono too soon. Tho two girls apjicared directly, and rode to tho pool, whero thoy ullowed their horses to drink. Natalie leaped to tho ground and stsod by Medjl, holding tho reins in her hands. Fairafx took noto of this, nud also of tho fact that tho servants again delayed their appearance. "It i3 to bo hoped," sadly remarked Nat alie, "that thoso servants will not forget any thing to-day. Cutharino has just con fessed thnt Dimitri und she had already passed tho brook und gouo into ono of tho wood-roads to gather somo wild (lowers, when thoy suddenly missed my camp-chair, und, to savo time, mado a short cut through tho forest, coming out by tho brook whero you Bee tho opening yonder." (This made clear to Fairfax tho mystery of tho sudden disappearance of the servants yesterday.) 'Possibly they may have dropped my knife, although I am ture I put it in my pocket, just boforo starting." (Ayol so you had, fair maiden, but oven Princesses havo holes in their pockets.) With that sho begun, ubscnt-mindedly, to hum. But Lydia, interrupting her, gayly trilled: '"I know not what It meanetb, That I am to sad to-day; But a konK of the tlmei departed Will not from tay brain away.' "You aro constantly humming that 'Ad- dla.' Do you know it, Natalio minol" hereat, Nutalle, infectod by her flow of spirits, laughed und said : "lion- ubsurd It all is, Is It not! And, after all, what foolUh creatures wo are." Lydia, not comprehending thli irrcluvunt remurk ut II rut. Mured; thou, remembering tho wcontrlcltlcs of hor friend, ventured the equally irrelevant und iioji-commlttui stutoiuunt ttmt: "The whole turn nnd ubtunce of the mutter lit, uKuluiuuii uy: 'J-Vur God und' -uhuin!-l udd, olxy your huUuud, when VAII ItVtt " WWW -KxiMimniJiiU urn lmlng idihIh on I'riunlitii nillnmiU with itxIw-hwxiM lit- M with IxmrliitfK ut VutfMluMw iuiuli iiimmi In ilui of imi Thu nluliu U IIU(m Hint tllMat) IMIIIIIIVm iuMir iiiimi Iwr In iii"i" 001 NO OVER TO TIIK HTO.NE, Tiler SAT DOWN. BLOOD AND DIAMONDS. A TlrltUh Sulillpr'n l.urk In SrcurliiB a lile of Orrnt Vnlur, "Thnt cost mo $7.60." stiid n pontlo mnn to n reporter, ns ho showed a handsome diamond ring. Whon tho reporter looked incredu lous tho gentleman suid thnt thoro wns a story connected with it, and then ho told tho story. Ho snid ho wns nt ono tlmo nn ofllcor In nn English regimont. Whilo sitting nt tho window of n military club on St. James street, London, ho looked out of tho window and noticed a rnthor rough lookinp eliap walking up and down in front of tho window nnd look ing at him curiously. "Suddenly," continued tho1 pentlo mnn, "tho man disappeared, and ono of tho club servants announced that somo ono wished to speak to mo. I wont to tho door nnd thoro found my rough-looking customer from tho side walk. He looked liko a workman, and yot thero was an indescribable some thing about him that pronounced him to bo a soldier. Ho 'aid doprecat Inply: " 'I want to speak to you a moment, sir. I know whero thero aro diamonds .worth 110,000 buried, and I want holp to reach them, and it will only tako 12 for mo to got thoro, and I promiso you to pay you back with intorest many times over if you will loan mo tho amount.' "Ho said ho wns a deserter from tho English army, and that during his term ' of service tho battlo of Umlah was fought, during tho Indian mutiny, and that ho was presont. Immediately after tho battlo ho was summoned by tho Lieutenant of his company to fol low him to a certain bungalow on tho outskirts of tho town, whero thoy found about a dozen native women huddled up in a corner and guarded by a Lieutenant in a Highland regi ment nnd a Captnin in a certain crack caviilry corps. Tho sight that dnzod his eyes was tho glittor of tho dia monds that sparkled on tho limbs of tho womon. "His cupidity was urousod, nnd ho readily fell in with tho officer's plan. Thoy all fell on tljo womon and slaughtered them without morcy, ovon going so far as to hack tho arms from tho bodies of tho murdered womon, so that tho bracelets, which woro soldered around their limbs, could bo ensily ob tained. Whon tho massacro was fin ished tho olllcors mado thoir inforior tako tho jowols and bury thorn beneath nn old tombstono. "In a battlo that followed all throo of tho olllcors wero killed, and tho pri- vato soldier was tho solo dopository of a rich secret, but his rcgimont was sud denly called away from India. " 'For years' ho said, 'I havo tried to find somo ono to pay my passage back to tho Eastern ompiro, but without success, and now I am a workman in a candle factory in Battorson. "After thinking a moment I gavo him 12, nnd away ho wont. I callod in an intimate friend and told him tho cir cumstancos, getting unmorolfully chaffed about my idiocy. "Tho whole thing was soon forgotton, and it would novor havo occurred to mo again, but ono day, three years lator, whilo in tho same club, a man called upon mo who looked liko a prosperous tradesman. I recognized my diamond searcher whom I had sent to India. "Pulling a canvas bag out of his pockot ho extracted a dozen diamonds from it and placed thorn in my hand, nnd insisted upon my accoptlng them, nnd ovon tried to mako mo tako moro, but as I steadily refused ho thanked mo in a dignified sort of way for tho as sistance given him and took his de parture. I hnd most of tho stonos sot forprosonts, and hore," holding up tho ring mentioned, "is tho last." N. Y. Telegram. BORN A FOREIGNER. An Amuftliiff Incident In tlm Kxprrlence of a KlimiKliul MIlonary. A Chinaman sooms to combine with fear of spirits a marvolous faith in their stupidity, as is witnessed by tho expedients ho adopts to circumvent nnd decoivo them. Ho apparently at tributes to them, among other things, a curious incapuclty for rocognizing their claims upon their own people if only thoy can bo got to enter upon thoir spiritual existence upon tho prom ises of others. In such a enso tho pen alty of any neglect will most probably bo visited on theso latter unfortunato persons. It 1b thoy who had better pro vido tho funornl and pay tho oxpenso of it, lest tho spirit, starved and piqued, should return to tho place whenco ho hud set out to wreak his vengeance. An incident thnt occur rod in tho oxperionco of a Shanghai mis sionary somewhat amusingly illus trates a bold attempt to rcmovo alto gether tho risk thnt men ordinarily provide ugalnst by their ancestor wor ship: "Tho missionary was sitting, ono cold winter evening, at his study tahlo. A servant camo in and informed his master that a dead man had boon found in tho garden. Tho missionary wont out to look Into tho matter. Suro enough, under tho wall of tho garden lay a human body, loosely covorod over with straw. An economical fam ily hud ovidently brought tho dying man nnd laid him thoro that thoy might save thomBolvoH tho expenses of tho funeral by throwing thorn on tho foreign inUuInnury, and Die ruling piuislim of thrift had further dictated thu nubatltutlon of a cover ing of Ntruw for liU pornoim! dlotli. lug. Tho mlloiiury full tho ody all over mill found It nlroudy cohh hut, 01) tlio uhliliiMi of (liulr hiiffijx llfo Inft, h hud It lutrrli"! In-door, wlimu ho itourml down II III roii t u iou of put" ml inwiuinu in whiuli hu iiuij iititti faith, nt the same tlmo ordering more straw to bo thrown upon it. Ho then returned to his study. Somo timo la ter ho thought ho would go nnd seo how his corpse patient was getting on. On this second examination ho fancied he detected a faint sign of llfo Jn tho region of the heart. Moro of tho pat ent medicine was given and moro straw. To mako a long story short, the dead man camo to llfo ngaln and stood up In all tho naked dignity of his manhood. Well, tho missionary, who was a particularly tall and largo man, rigged out tho little Chinaman as best he could in clothes from his own wardrobo. and, as soon as ho was well enough, sent him bnck to his loving wlfo and filial sons. As ho approached the house somo of tho latter saw and recognized him, notwithstanding tho strangeness of his garb, and, being sin cere believers in tho doctrino of trans migration, rushed to their mother.cry Ing aloud that their father had como back again to earth, and that this time he had been born a foreigner." AT. Y. Commercial Advertiser. THEIR FIRST DINNER. Lovo, ItoiiHt Hoof nml .N'omi'iwc lliinh Torn (Niuplc of 1(tp. They had just returned from their wedding tour and wero to havo thoir first dinner In thoir own homo. "Well, Percy, dear," sho said, sweet ly, after breakfast, "what shall we havo for dinner?" "Oh, any thing you liko." "No, dear, any thing you like." "Hut I shall liko any thing you liko, my littlo rosebud." "And I shall liko any thing you like, you precious old boy." "Well, then, what shall wo havo, dear?" "Whatever you want, darling." "Hut I want to ploaso you, lovoy." "And want to ploaso you, prec ious." "You old darling!" "You blessed old precious!" "Hut what shall wo havo?" "That's for you to say." "No, for you!" "Hut I'm so afraid I'll order some thing you don't Uko." "I'll liko any thing you liko, dar ling." "Truly, Percy?" "Truly, my darling." "Hecauso I'd feel so badly I'd just cry if I had any thing you didn't liko. Do you liko roast hoof?" "Do you?" "I asked you first, dearie." "What if I don't caro for it?" "Thon wo'll Merer havo a pound of it in tho house." "You littlo darling!" "Hut do you liko itP" "Do youf "O, Percy, you naughty old hoy! How am I ovor to got what you Uko M you go on liko this? And I do want to pleaso you." "Please yourself and you'll bo suro to ploaso mo." "Thon wo'll havo tho beof P" "If you say so, lovoy." "Hut I donH say so." "It shall bo just as my own llttlo, lovoy-dovoy, llfoy-wlfoy says." "No; just as my treasure boy says." "What if 1 say hoof ?" "Then I shall say beof, too." "Well, thon, wo'll havo roast beof." "I love roast boof." "So do I." "Oh, I'm so glad." "So am I." "You old darling!" "You precious!" Detroit Free rrcss. BARGAINING AT ROME. Ilotr liuyliiK nnd Selling Id Currlml Oil In Itiilliin Shoo). Tho real method of business horo, whero tho morning's shopping is tho chief intorest of tho day to tho natlvos. Is to olTor ono-quartor or ono-thlrd of tho price namod. "I paid twico. that prico myself," says tho booth-holdor. "Thon you woro vory foolish and got cheated, or you aro making a mistako and saying francs whon you moan sous," retorts tho would-bo purchaser, "On my honor I can not lot you havo it undor fifteen francs; I should ho rob bing my family. May I bo struck doad If it is not true." "I am vory sorry, I shall not givo moro thnn four francs." Horo tho buyer movos off and begins examining tho goods at another stall. That "fetches" tho sollor at onco. "Horo, mako anothor offer," ho crlos, running after you and pulling you back by tho slooves. "Say twelve." "Four." "Say ton." "Four! Don't koop mo, I am busy, and don't really want your goods." "Sayoight; lam ruining myself for lovo of you, oven at that." "Look hero. I'll give you four and a half francs." "Mako it llvo and you shall havo It." "Vory woll," nnd off goes tho purchaser with tho coveted rug or jar for ono-third tho prlco asked, to ho caught at tho next stall and go through tho performance aguln. It is not only at tho fair that buying and selling Is carried on in this fashion -every yard of stuff a lady buyH, ex cept at ono or two largo shops which havo adopted tho English system of fixing prices, ovory pound of meat tho cook gets for dinner, ovory thing in fact, 1h haggled ovor in tho sumo man ner. A confidential shopman showed mo tho other day tho system by which it is carried on. In Ills establishment ho has given order that foreigners woro to ho nuked the real jm Ii'u, as ho known by nxpjrloiico that thoy do not lko Imrguiiiing. Hut tutnli piece of good wit iiiui-kitd In olihtii'i for l!nJ boi.tiiit of Koiniin. with two pi'li-un, ono to hit lukodi tho other to bo ui uoptod. "l or." ho niiM. "our ludhM iiQVur fiMd lu Ihouifli limy hod trol u good lliiiM unit' limy lunl htwiinn dim ii Ihn jiriKu Tliuy ilun'l Uko L" HER BEAUTIFUL DRIVING. A Humana Womnn Want to Knoir Wha: Allp.l Her Hone. "Woman coming driving a horso!' Tho word was quickly passed nlonff tho street. Children screamed nnd scattered right nnd loft, strong moa shuddered nnd grow pnlo and soma' drow back into doorways. Suddenly sho dashed around tho corner. Thon sho was gono. A policeman crawled out of tho street with a broken leg and ruined countenance Sho dashed on down tho street Thoso who woro warned in tlmo got out of tho way; tho others woro homo, down. Tho truck drivers and Ico wagon mon hurried into sido streets. Tho pnssongors got off a horso-car and. lifted it from tho track and gavo hor tho right of way. Wns sho insnno or any tiling of that kind? Oh, no, not at all. Sho was nil right simply ono of thoso ladlos who "liko to drive."' and "Can handlo a horso bettor than any man thoy ovor saw," "dearly lovo horses," and nil that sort of thing. Occasionally sho turns a corner nniL snaps olt a lamp-post or draws undor a shndo treo. Tho horso is bronthlnff pretty hard, so to tako his attention from his lungs sho stirs him up with tho whip. Thon sho comos to a hill and agitatos tho whip all tho way to tho top. Sho is so fond of riding fast when sho drives. And this horso just lovos to go if you only lot him know what you want ot him. Sho lots him know all right' enough. Sho allows tho horso to rest onco in awhllo of courso notlongf at a tlmo, but, thon, when wo consider that sho always stays for that purposo at tho intersection of two narrow streotB nud right across tho oar-track porhaps It is long enough. Thon she always drives fast enough to mako up tho lost time. She's doing it now. Seo tho steam flro ongino got out of hor way. Thoro goes tho wheel off a hoso cart thoso hoso carts can't stand ovory thing. Thon thoro aro a fow moro hills and tho horso again gots his at tention drawn from tho condition ot his lungs. At Tenth street tho horse lies down exhausted. "Oh, doar," sho says as a policoman approaches, "I ronlly don't know what's tho matter with my horso I novor saw him Ho down this way be foro. I'vo drlvon him from Ono-Hun-dred-and-Twenty-thlrd strcot, nnd h camo all right to hore. Ho muBt b balky or something of that kind." "Is it a quostlonof llfo or death, mad hmP" asks tho policoman, as ho ap proaches cautiously. "Oh, dear, yes, protty nearly. Iam going to tho meeting of tho Woman' Society for tho Prevention of Cruolty to Animals, and I don't soo what thoy can do If thoir president Isn't there. Can't you poko him in tho sido a litth with that stick you'vo got?" Fred JL Carruth, in A". Y. Tribune. m RIBBONS ON GOWNS. TUoy Wcrn Nivor In (1 router Demand by I'urUiiiii DiuneH nf I'unlilon. Itlbbons woro novor in greater ro quost In Paris than thoy aro at present. Thoy sorvo to transform tho bodioo ot average length of waist into ono psou-do-Emplro in stylo. If you happen to catch a front viow only, you fancy you. havo at last como across ono of tho much-discussed short waists; one glanco, howovor, at tho back assures you of your mistako. Tho broad piooo of ribbon abovo, which tho material sots full ovor tho bosom, is sown into, tho side seams upcloso to tho armpits, from whpneo it is drawn down into point, tho back pioco being cut noarly if not qulto as long as usual. Hlack silk drosses aro much worn with colored sashes, now arranged In tho way just described or simply knot ted roundtho waist. Light bluo, mauvov lilac, green and tho slightly bluish, shades of pink aro tho favorites for tho purposo. Hcd is much less worn than It ws, and Is rosorvod moro especially for ju venile frocks, or thoso of qulto younfc girls. Moss and green ribbons nro usod to brighten up gray and other neutrals such as stoho-color, fawn und beige; also as an admirable finish to Pompa dour,, toilets, which contlnuo to hold thoir own ugainst Empire in flu once. A palo pink moiro gown, fig ured with colored bouquets, and mado with a long pointed bodice plain tunic open in front, aad elbow sleeves, is cut throo-quar-tors high und supplemented by fe ll oh u of cream-colored guuzo trimmed with applo-groon leaves. It won worn, at a wedding in conjunction with a tiny bonnet mado entirely' of roses and tied' on with applo-green strings. On tho sumo occasion I notod anotTa or in stripod Louis XV. silk band ot croum-whlto sutln hrocndod with rose pink flowers and pnlo-bluo watorod tdlkr placed alternately, tho trimmed shirt, open in front so as to show a pink pet ticoat fastened with whlto lace. Alsar a train of silver-gray damask combined, with an undor-skirtof tho sumo mate rial and design in pinkish oream; an exquisite arrangement in miiuvo; pale palo inauvo brocaded for tho train aad uodlco and satin to match for tho tab llor and plastron, embroidered with largo pansles In several tints of lllao. inauvo and violets, and two half mourning costumes, without traiaa. Thu first, comported of a doublo-uklrt of pearl-gray sntln. slightly draped and u hlack satin uiilrnsM ruuhtid wlth whlto gulpuro down tho front and oh tho hlpm tho wo'oud In idlvor gray Hlollloiino it i-edlngotoHiid fnn-plalU tdrirt, with a liulMmmiltli of white watered nIII( down thu center hh4 white IiipuI and uulf on tho voat, bound with it hluuk wutnnul mIIU hh. Tlu'in I h tiliiuit of thli ly Hfaa-f (no iMntr 1,'iMmi'l. J'U.. thut yW4 Minimi! t'vur om wwrwl Uk-u-mumI, Hfj4ltJ.
