BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale of Love
' and Adventure.
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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-
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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)?
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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 "
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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.