iRON MOUNTAIN ORE.
There Is Moro of It In Slcht To-ilny Than
Thoro XVn In 1S44.
Thcro have been sold from Iron
Mfttuitnin, Mo., 3.U0U.UUU tons 01 oro.
But there is In sight to-dny moro oro
than
James Harrison saw when no
imo horo forty-odd years ago
and
and
flurcd out fortuned for himself
associates.
Thrt.product exceeds 3,000,000 tons.
Tho moro exact hgures are ;i,u.),uuu
tons. What does this mean in dollars?
U is hard to say. But there has been
times when Iron Juountnui oro was
ivorth $10..r0 a ton loaded upon tho
. i i
cars. It IS oven remeiuuoruu uiui uncu
n ear-load made up of picked oro
brought $15 a ton. This was an extra
lot wanted for some special work at
Feckham'H Kimmswick furnace, and it
brought an extra price. Tho bulk of
the product Inn gone at $9, 8. and $7,
with prict-s now ranging still lower.
Perhaps, for a rough estimate. $8 a ton
might be takju as a fail- uverage. That
moans ?2.0K),000 for tho product.
Early operations were primitive.
Tlrf' ore was picked up from the crest
.f "ihn mmintnin In chunks, trundled
down tho mountain-sido on tramways,
A 1 , .. .1 .1 tl... ........ i.,i,1if tr... M.l..
;ym loauuu mi iuu u.na i iui "my
mont. I'icu ami snovoi uisiougeu me
. , . 1 !!. .
masses, urnvity lurmsneu uie power,
for the. loaded car going down pulled
tho ompty ono up. That was picking
up dollars. Ono workman Wis good for
six or eight tons a day. Oro was
worth $!) and $10 a ton, and 100 cars a
day left tho mountain for the furnaces.
Thoro were periods when tho ship
ments wont, over 1,000 tons a day, and
every ton meant a oiu to mo siock-
holdors. A not income of !f;),0()0 a
day! A profit or.?lo.000,000 from JfL'o,
000,030 gross income.
Urn! um!" said old lorn Uwyor,
"but those wore tho days when tho
mountain made monoy."
And yet here stands tho mountain
to-day, reduced in size, scarred and
furrowed and tunneled, with moro ore
if, sight than there was in 1311. St.
Y SHINING THE BC
BOOTS.
t
f An Ilumblu Operation Which Turns Illnck-
in;; Into Itenl DhiiimntN.
', A wise man, says Spurgoon, can seo
1 -wisdom in every thing, and can find in
struction in to most eommonplaco ob
jects. Few pursons would think of
looking for frosh knowledge m tho
simple blacking of a boot; but it is
novertholoss a most interesting sub
ject.
"Did it ever occur to you." said a
ihomist. "what a remarkable and
lniquo process tho blacking of a boot
is? You see, we sin'jar the boot with a
iroparaticfl of bone black, which is cn-
rtirelv devoid or luster: anil men, by tuo
notion of a dry brush, mako it shino
Jiko tho stffi. Th3re is not anothur pio-
&ess like this anywhere in tho arts, so
Jar as I know, and 1 never read uny-
jflioro any seioiuino explanation oi ino
process. I havo a theory of my own,
Rlowover, which 1 will give you for
jyhat it is worth.
fr "The key to the mystery lies in tho
fact that diamond is nothing moro than
crystallized carbon. The blacking is
little more than carbon paste, and tho
friction of a hairbrush, being one of tho
piost ofllcient methods of gonorating
electricity, In tho effect of crystal
lizing tho carbon of tho blacking. As
Soon as this is done, tho boot is covered
Rvlth millions of infinitely small dia
monds, tffid, of course, begins to shino,
W m t 1 1 "X
is a mass ot aiamonus wouiu. ui
Xjourse this is not a perfect explanation
'of tho phenomenon. What part tho
jbther ingredients of tho blacking play.
Mind especially, whLt isthuttheblack-
ng must bo moistened, 1 can not tell;
porhaps somo ono elso can. But 1 feol
Ijirotty sui'o that the boot-blacks are
cngagou in turning unletting into uiu-
ionds." iV. r. Voice.
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
How to Act While Kiijoj'inR tlio r.uxury
oT ii (iooil lllnnnr.
Don't oat with your knifo, for, as
Some writer has said, "that is u relic
5)f barbarism."
Don't feel thffi you must swallow tho
?oeds of raisins and small fruit. That
is dangerous.
Don't hanir vour napkin to your col-
lnr-hutton or stuff it inside vour collar.
It was made to protect your lap, not
your necktie.
When vou raUo your spoon to your
'lips raise it laterally to tho mouth.
Don t bring your elbow around at right
angles with your face.
Don't bo in a hurry, for hurry Im
plies confusion and disorder. If you
ii wi confused vou will surely unset a
dish either upon yourself or your neigh
bor.
Don't "saw" your mouth with your
napkin, and don't reach in front of
another guosttogotany thing ho might
pass you If you had askod for It, ns
Kiiniim'. of course, that the waiter was
l 'w ri
"not standing by.
Don't forgot that thoro are othor
pooplo at tho tnblo as well as yourself,
and that you are In duty bouud to boas
eolleitioub for tholr comfort as you
would be for your own. Therefore,
don't spread yoitrsolf all over tho table.
Don't be afraid to bo ohoerful and
happy at moaU. "Cheerfulness is full
of significance; It suggests good houlth,
a -Jtar consciouoo, und u boul at peace
wifi all human nature." L'hoorfulness
iLo mother of good illgoaUon.
Don't bo afraid to out hard uhuoso
with the thumb anil foreuirr. Of
ooure the Mift oheoe will wv to be
' nuldli tit ttfW LttiA.
of Mift cbueee uimmi your urma with the
odgeof'yuur knife m you would butter,
1 the projmr wuy. - fiuat"n '''
U lUvuHtr Uiw lialr shuiu dwut ii vu
THK PFMINIMP CD I
llnirllcent i:ilrct of the I'mcrfssUo r.n
S llcliti'imifiit of Women.
One of tho signs of tho tlnis is the
increasing nttontion that is given to tho
education of woi . n. It is only in com
paratively recent times that it'has been
thought necessary that women should
bo educated at all. Throughout the
Middle Ages women could not read nor
write. Only a hundred years ago most
women were only Instructed In the
simplest rudiments of knowledge. Tho
extant letters of Martha Washington
show a most fearless independence of
the spelling book. Th letters of many
of the wives of the prominent men of
our early history show uu ignorance
that would be deeply humiliating to a
fond husband of the piewnt day.
The plain truth seems to be that no
nation has been much more than half
civilized until within the last ono or
two hundred yours. Thoro havo boon
nations that have attained a high de
gree of enlightenment as far as their
inasculifte portion was concerned, tflut
by ono of the htrango perversities of
human reason, it has been considered
unwomanly and masculine for a woman
to be highly erhicated. The time is not
very far distant in tho past when prat
tling ignorance and garrulous and
thoughtless chatter were thought the
.rowning charm of women, and the
pledge and guarantee of innocence.
Hut all these things are gradually
changing. Now no one but an ignorant
man bolittRs an educated woman, and
feminine education is only ant-onized
by masculine boors. Women now go
through college by the thousands every
year. They are taking prominent posi
tions at the bar, on the platform, in the
pulpit and in the fields of journalism
und authorship. They arc like a new
race that have como up from serfdom
und a kind of savagery in the last hun
dred years into a high estate of civiliza
tion and progress. It is almost as great
u change as when tho untutored Goths
and Vandals imbibed the culture of the
Roman world, and those sanguinary,
half-naked barbarians became tho fath
ers of modern civilization.
The civilization of tho world must
take a new phnr-o through this progress
ive enlightenment of woman. The
laws, institutions and policies of nations
have hitherto only been representative
of one-half tho population. The fem
i line element has boon lacking. Wo
ii(jn through tho superior arrogance
of man, and through her own false no
tions of what is becoming and proper In
hfr sex. has hitherto restricted herself
within must narrow and prescribed
limits. But all this is changing. The
enlightenment of woman is destined to
work out a most remarkable change in
the world's civilizution, and give the
greatcbt inipulnolo progressive thought
and advancement that tho world has
yet seen. Yankee lIUulc.
A Siberian Prison Cell
The room was about ft.1 foot in lengin
by -'5 in width and 12 feet high; its
walls of hewn logs were covered with
dirty whitewash, its rough plank tloor
was black with dried mud and hard
trodden tilth, and it was lighted by
three grated windows looking out into
tho prison yard. Down tho center of
the room and occupying about half its
width ran thosleopiiigbeneh a wooden
platform 12 feet wide and !0 feet long,
supported at a hoight of 2 feet from tho
lloor by stout posts. A SfWinn prison
cell contains no other furnlturo except
a large wooden tub for necessities.
The prisoner havo neither pillows,
blankets nor bed-clothing, and must
lio on these hard planks with no cover
ing but thoir overcoats. As wo entered
tho cell, tho convicts, with a sudden
jingling of chains, sprang to their feet,
removed their caps, and stood silently
In a doiiho throng. "How do you do,
boys?" said tho warden. "Wo wish
your health, Your 1 1 igh Nobi5ty," hhout
ed a hundred voices in hoarse chorus.
'Tho prison," said tho warden, "is,
terribly overcrowded. This coll, or
example, has spaces for thirty-fivo or
at most forty men, and 100 slept horo
last night." I looked round the coll.
Thro was practically no vontilation
whatever, and tho air was bo poisonous
and foul that I could scarcely forceny
solf to urolith It. Century.
Interesting and Instructiv
An Immense terrestrial globe, con
structed on tho scale of ono-irJllionth,
will bo shown at the Paris exhibition of
18S9. A placo will bo set apart for it at
tho center of the Champ do Mars. Tho
globe will moasuro nearly thirteen
meters in diameter, and will give some
idea of real dimensions, since tho con
ception of tho moaning of u million is
not beyond the powers of tho human
mind. Visitors, to tho exhibition will
too for the llrst timo on this globe tho
place really occupied by certain known
space, suuh as those of great towns.
I'wrls, for instance will baroly cover a
square eentimotor. Tho globe will turn
on iU axis, and thus represent the
movomont of rotation of the eirth. Tho
bchome was originated by JIM. T. Vil
lard and C. Cotard, and it has botm
placed under tht patronage of tevural
eminent Ft ouch men of bcience. .
Xtttttrc.
Some peoplo havo a queer idea or a
Joke. Hocuntly tho "bolle" of a little
I'emibylviuiUt town "playfully" throw a
handful of hsmouU in the fnuu of a
Methodist mluhttur at tin oruulng rc
uttpUuu, Miid that iMiighod hoai tlly at
the "joke." The mloUUu Uty low for
k few day., until on morning thu
' Im IIi " Muvd Uio jHtrftotmgu, w)hmi hu
In, full) ' llirtW H Um1I of Mlltp bU(U
uu Ik u hut. Then Ut him tltlltfliBd
,i i.i. jui.f. li.it thu Uillu itw furltrtibly
.i i j . i, i UuuttlMiwt Vo u thu luluU-
AN INTERESTING SUIT. !
Tlie lllclit or I in lil. 11 en drd Men tu
llrllnrd by u Kentucky Court.
A peculiar law suit has just como up
before tho Supremo Court of Kentucky.
Some tlmo ago Colonel E. P. Bradshaw,
one of the mojt prominent men in Cen
tral Kentucky, was alarmed by the dis
covery that his hair was falling out
Ho consulted numerous physicians and
mado secret visits to a number of hair
charmers who hatl established thom
solves in tho neighborhood, but nono of
thorn brought tho relief which tho Colo
nel craved. In his earlier days ho had
been tho proud and, you might say, vain
possessor of a suit of hair that would
make a cowboy envious. Ills hair camo
out so fast that well, ono morning
ho awbko and found It all on tho
pillow. Ho was. therefore, reduced to
the necessity of wearing a wig. A few
days ago ho swore out a warrant for tho
arrest of B. 1). Moorhouse. In court,
tho Colonel mado this somewhat unique,
statement:
"Your Honor, tho defendant and I
havo over been tho best of friends. I
took him into my eonfldcneo and lot
him see that I woro a wig. I did this
because 1 did not wish to have any
thing conccnlcd from him. Wo occu
pied the sumo room at a hotel. Tho
other morning 1 got up as usual. It
has been my habit during many years,
your Honor, to get up at morning.
My friend had dressed himself and
gono out, 1 found my wig on tho
dressing-case, and put it on. Having
worn a wig frg some time, your Honor,
1 had got into tho habit of putting it
on. That day my friend loft tho city.
That night 1 went to my room as
usual. I am in tho habit, your
Honor, of going to my room when
other places fail to attract mo. I un
dressed, a custom which I observo just
beforo going to bed, but when 1 nXf
tempted to romovo my wig 1 found
that it would not como off. I pulled
at it and experienced great pain. In
much alarm I sent for a physician who
roomed down-stairs. Ho mado an ex
amination and exploded in a great
and insulting horse-laugh. It was
some timo before ho0could tell mo
what was the matter. Finally ho told
mo that some one -and 1 at onco know
who haJ skillfully sowed a porous
plaster in my wig. Judge, and you.
too, gentlemen of tho jury I am aston
ished to seo you chuckle over bo serious
a matter. Is it possible, Jntlomon,
that a bald-headed man has no rights
in this country? Is it possible that so
soon as a man loses his hair he forfeits
his claim upon dignity and becomes the
ludicrous victim oi men who formerly
respected him?"
"."our remarks are timely," tho tit
tering judge replied, "and wo shall
now seo if bald heads aro to bo tho butt
of American practical joking. Some
time next year, when your wig cmnos
off, wo will then discuss tho moral
points of this question. Wo must now
confine ourselves to tho law." Tho re
sult of this poeuliuroeaso is awaited
with much intorest. Arkansaw Trav
eler. MALE ELOQUENCE.
How It Wus Airroliit'il Iiy tlio Illrcctrcss
of a I'Vnuiln Scnilimry.
It was commencement day at Madamo
Breckinbridge's seminary. Bov. 1'. F.
Olliot Pcaso had como sovoral hundred
miles to speak words of wisdom to th&
graduating class of fourteen young
Indies, and direct their eager feet into
tho right paths of duty and happiness.
This speech was two hours long; tho
hall was crowded, and tho heated audi
onco listened in breathless admiration
whilo he poured volley after volloy of
red-hot advice upon the heads of those
helpless young women. Madamo
Hreckinbridgo saton tho platform witha
calm binile, through It all, and when it
was over sho thanked tho reverend
gontloman in hor most gracious milli
ner. But, after tho crowd and tho spoakor
were gono, sho called tho young ladios
around her, and privately address thorn
ns follows:
"Young ladles, you havo to-day been
permitted to listen n learned man,
whilo ho told you what ho know about
young women. Young ladies, I wish to
givo you a proverb, which I trust you
will alwaj's remember. It is this: 'A
man never shows what he does not
know so much as when ho attempts to
toll what ho knows about women.'
"I should bo thoroughly ashamed of
nny ono of you If I ever heard you ex
press such idiotic sontlmcnts as thoso
with which tho reverend gentleman has
favored us to-day. Ho knows not half
so much about young women as you
know about Catling guns and Winches
ter ritlos. Should nny ono of you fol
low tho advico ho has given you to-day,
you would only prove a lamentable fail
ure In every dopartinent of llfo which
awaits you.
"Young ladles, it has cost mo just
ninety-five dollars to sccuro this gentlo
man's services horo to-day. Young
ladios, next year tho commencement ad
dress wjll bo delivered by bomo intelli
gent, cultured woman, who knows
whereof she speaks."
1'orhaps you havo llstoned to Bov.
Mr. Pernio in tho past commencement
season. Detroit Free Press.
Napoleon as a Deserter.
When thoflrhtNupoloon having aban
donud Moscow arrived at thu ferry on
tho river Nluiuan, ho askud tho furry
man, who did not know him, If many
French lUnwtiM's had crossed ovor.
"No," whs the raply, "you are tho
!lrt.My,4 tHUiifft.
i .i !
A hi hloodhoimd attack d it lively
gtiNUMKM in it yard In Culuinbt'i. 1'a.,
ii fttwdH Hifo,Hiul not only ijoil-antan.
but b4 Umiglil of bgth yus lw iroywJ
by shu fgvrr fpurn
BAR HARBOlt.
A Wild, Weird Tale of Love
and Adv2nturc.
33-V- AMOS JL.E33.
t'cuusitcD nr Srr.ciu. Ahraxobmkxt with
the Author.
Copyrighted, 7. by G. II. fliltingham AV
Hif,tn ltfttrttd.
She, too, had been struck with tho sad
ness and lino expression of Fairfax's
countenance on that eventful night nt the
Mnrehionoss'.
When the man was under the influenco of
any unusual or thrilling excitement, as ho
was during that, evening, his entire nmuuer
was strikingly rourtcous, rclliied and digni
fied. He never nniK-arod to better ad
vantage than when suffering pain, mental or
physical.
With a woman's eagerness to solvo n
mystery, she desired to learn his history.
She was convinced that there ten some
mystery tnnnc'tid with it. Why had he
been so disturbed at Natalie's apiicarancet
Then, again, ho had actually all but "cut"
hor not intealionnUy, sho supposed; thus
making his action the mora annoying, bo
cause of his absent-mindedness.
At any rate, whatever the cause, her
thoughts were continually reverting to
Fairfax, and sho found horself making tho
resolve to sco moro of him, nnd also to
fathom his relations with tho Princess,
But fate, in tlio shuio of Fairfax's wily
note, hud forbidden her proposed confi
dential litilo chat with Natalie upon this
eventful afferaoou.
Only yesterday Lydia had written n
p'uwant little note to her "Jly-away"
friend, llichnrd. iuvitin him tea dinner tho
following evening, and begging him to
bring his friend, Mr. Fairfax, if ho liked:
for whom she also inclosed a note.
Cursing Ins fate and usiiijj snmo similar
associative expressions with regard to the
headstrong and obstinate Fairfax, whoso
inexplicable conduct was thus wittingly
casting away so niagniiiceat an opportunity,
Oxford sat down, grinding his teeth and
with tears of anger in his eyes, wrote a po
lite reply to Lydia, regretting that Fairfax
and left for Havre tlio evening previous
'with the intention of sailing thu r ; tUvj
for America"- and that ho himself was
obliored "to depart in a few hours for Paris,
whence ho would soon lcavo either for Kn
gland or for Switzerland."
This turn of affairs, whilo it annoyed
I.ydia, only served to mako her more doler
nmcd. ami, during her ride to Dol, sho
car to the conclusion that, if sho would
puin nny headway in learning tho history of
this yot ng Aiiicricun, sho must nmko hor
.ivr..:ng countryman tlio objeotivo point
of hi":-attack.0 '
At l?i.l, of course, she found no Aunt
Blanch", und no explanation of that lady's
nou-upticuranco. Whereupon tho eucrgotio
girl sot about solving this tin? riyatery.
Dashing off a hasty telcjo'apli message,
sho bade hor eoaehmnn luuid it to tlio op
erator in tho depot. That ofiiciul, tho mo
mcn'. ho glanced at. Lydia's signature, gave
tho coachman a note that lie declared was
intended for Ids mistress.
Tearing open tlio letter, Lydia read: .
"'iliia is simply a ru e to draw tho I.ndy
I.ydia out of the way. Hor friend, tho Prin
cess Natalie, lias been abducted. Kindly
mako known the news at Chateau D'Or.
urging tho usclcssncss of any search for
her. The inclosed note is for Madame X."
To explain tlio lettor's having been in liia
possession, tlio operator quietly handed
Lydia a largo envelope, bearing tlio ad
dress: "Telegraph Operator, it. 11. Station,
Dol." On a slip of papor inclosed therein
was the following request:
"Please hand this envolopo to Lady Lydia
UroadacrcH, if sho comes to the It. H. Sta
tion. Otherwise, hold it for further direc
tions." That was all, but quite enough to en
Hghten Lydia.
Horror-struck and greatly agiuited, oho
hastened back to tho chateau.
(Fairfax onco again wai successful. He
l.al not planned tor nothing. Kro bidding
ndii'ti to tho steward of tlio "Namovim" lie
bad placed in thai tellable servant's hand
.m envelope, "which you will post from
Hivrc," ho added- it bore tho postmark
of that port, ar. Lydia observed.)
""-N-.rortuin whether or not sho wero tnc
victim of a eruol, practical joke, tho poor
girl, in an agony of uusponae, kept urging
hor co.icUr.iii to speed tlio horses to their
utmost. Ai'Jiough accompanied by hor
maid, usually a great conlldnnto, she reso
lutely kept t'.o news to herself, notwith
standing the anxious questions of that kind
hearted body, who poreoived that her young
laintross wus unusually distressed.
Lydia's lips wore Urinly compressed, hor
chobk was very ode, and determination ni
peared in every lineament of hor face;
whilo that blue eye, hitherto so tendor and
inditing, no'.v glittered with a baleful glare
of supproujud linger and distress.
The carriage actually arrived at tho
chateau in somewhat, less titan two hours.
Tlio titonn was fast coming on, nud tho
belated lovers, DimitiOand Catharino, sud
denly ii roused to tho fact of its rapid aj)
proach, hudftils been making exertions to
gain tho shelter of tho chateau ere its
breaking. Thoy reached the gates just
ahead of Lydi.i.
Tho latter, -subduing hor agitation, in or
dinary tones inquired of Cuthorino wlioro
her mistress was. Tho muid, in surprise
and sudden nlurai, replied that sho supiwsod
tho Princess had liecn at tho chateau for
sometime. Lvdla involuntarily exclaimed:
"Thank God! I trust It is bo," and began
to fool soniowhat relieved. Her iwrturlmtion
might, after all, be caused by some frightful
blunder. Sho niui.t keep the out iro affair a
secrot until farther developments. Ho
covering her seif-coutrol sho quietly asked
Cutliarino to Inform the Princess of hor ur
rivnl. Aftor what socinod to her anxiety an ago,
rho liehold Cuthorino returning with u
scared, white fuee.
"Oh, my liuly, sho Is not horo, nnd Ditn-iU-i
soys Modji la nowhoro to lo found,
oither. Whore, O whew can sho bo. And
lm in. tm. Whut
iun uiuiiwiwi"' .
Hliuli I dol l'oilwiri. rjy lady, l.o wont to
Koe you. 1 lniov :i w: tfreau)- mui
pointed whoa she rea- ' your note."
W1k.ii Catlieruie n.ude this announce,
inent, Lydiu's lieurt uoak wlUiln nor und
sho fcit u'jliacd u yill to tho liorrlblo cer
tainty that tao impudent missive had told
ho truth.
Bomothmg must bo done,nnd that quickly,
too.
"CJbII MnOunw X," MM she.
The mutfaw entered, greatly alarmed.
AJready drotw of ruin were beginning to
CU precursor at the now rapidly np
Mvooktig uw. ready to buret tfwhind
(nail Hi fury The vrtnd dotefuHy
through Um tm. Fiotl of lightning
played wamlagl iu thu (UstHweo, aad fcrflt
Kt IwntdruijTs of thunder frequently sweto
I'jeil tu-' ur
'1,-tfutl.or. itm iwu wun lo'rui! inn
...i.. H...1 I i.l.i l.ud tll'OUtflll lulU )H4 il
. . d ,i i f..Ul.
11 Hue l'i..iin X will l ud
I', N4h U lai ili. ui l fr'iu
Ainigbor it ,n nuum mis oeci ,
id .Till Ik taken to prevent tho slightest
jury or insult to her. No ransom will bo
ked or accepted fur hor lelease. Sho will
turn certauilv i-i six months' time from
e date of her nN'- ction. nnd in nil proba
cy much somk In the intervening
riod she will receive tlio most courteous
.d (xinsidcrnto of treatment. Her fuvorito
thora and uusieal composers will bo nt
r hand. A m.ihl will observo her every
ish. Meilji will accompany her. From
A'k to wrck one or two notes will bo
ailed to hor jurcnts. stating the condition
r her health and mind, ttac ly as they aro.
lwnld more sjicrdy means of cominunlca
jii be feud necessary, the telegraph will
e i-esorted to. Should her family de.iire to
ommunicate with her, let their connnunica
ion lie mailed to each ono of tho following
ournals: The Talis li:in, tho London
nine and the New York JlerM. Use tho
following cipher:
'Beginning with the letter O as II, Has
it'. 1 n til. und so on. return to A. which, ot
course, will bo "1 ; Unixh at F, whoso number
will thus boitt: e. g. : '111, 10, U.-V!., 5V, Hi,
10' 'All wll.'
"It will be utterly useless to even mi;il
to loam the Princess' whereabouts.
"The foregoing premises will bo kipt tfelu
o , ni ioi. mill no euori n uuiuui..m i m
rescue heror UMllsi-ovor any thing whatever
with regard to her. .
As regards inufji- communication, li
taat be
neceisary, teiegrapa a o .ricriiis-
lvitch to the sane
paiKrs, Willi xik' rvqr.osi.
in insert the cipher-mo
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Both ladles were horrillod and astonished
st the enormity anil miring oi um ucc:.i
laidplan. They could scarcely believe tno
cvidciu e of V.ic'ir senses that such a bold af-
.nir luul nctuiiUv taken tilace iu a district so
populous and carefully guarded. It seemed
1 nponsiblc, and yet the proof of it lay iu Nut
ulio's absence and tho two notes.
CIIATTBK XII.
too i .vrr..
T!ie storm was now raging in its full
f nvo. Tho rain, in perfect torrents, was
driving against tho chateau wans, ino
wind howled about tho house-corners ami
down tho chimneys, real alter peal oi
iifcning tlnmdor rang through tlio
heavens, and tho lig.itniiig in nuniuiig
t'.tishei soenied never to cease. llic en
t re hotuio wax in a state of wild confu
i.m and alarm, and each servant was
: .i-.'.iing aimlessly around, questioning tho
idier.
i)i..iitri and Catherino swore that tho
.''riiieess quit toil her painting only a
f v minutes boforo they themselves loft,
iV twrnco. They exhibited tho picture,
int. with freshly-laid colors, as proof of
. t work during tlio afternoon.
Neither man nor maid had seen nor heard
: iy th'.ug unusual. On tho drive ltotuo
1 icy pa-wed no porsons, excepting ootuo
i ..iters and a wayfaring pedestrian
'.I men well known In tho neighborhood.
ii thcio pjr3ons lud wltnesstvl nny thing
- r.uigo they surely would hav.o spoken
if it.
"Llttiyl Dlmltrll" said Catherine, with a
i ludeii inspiration; "do you remember
i.otK?lng nomcthlng qiieert"
Dimitri relleciBi a moment. Said ho:
" Do jvu ine.ni that, v.iilstloJ "
"Yes." was her reply; "and do you re-BfrnlK-r
that I spoko to you about it and
t-.k h what it was"
"You are right," said ho, "and tho first
whistle Bounded only nJ'ow moments aftor
tho l'riiictiss went."
" Yes," continued IhoMjngor girl, " and
the Hoeond was blown after wo left the
artor.i tiad that farmer, thin aldo of tln
nwl. Tl:cy were all fellovs living about
turc, going to St. Mulo with vegetables for
tho market ta-morrow. I think they must
bj nt tho Inn for shelter from tho rain.
Yoti'd hotter jump on your horuo and run
down nud question thaiu."
Suiting tho action to tho word, Dhnitrl
hurried off.
Lydiu'n eommou r.cnso told her that in all
probability Natalie was now far boyonl
rescue. Something In tlio frankness nuj
general tenor of tho two notes led her U
fee; thrt no harm would befall hor friend.
That, it was no ordinary bram which luul
r.ehlevcu tho deed, sho was tally convinced.
Bvery thing went to provo this tho vorj
bo!Ji.o.s of tlio schcino itself, the notes,
tlieir general tone nud language. Although
nearly brnl: Mi-h'-nrled over the nlTuir, fdil
'.xilievcd it quhe usoluss even to iublittlto .1
search.
The others of tlio household Joro for send
mg out immediately to search tho nolgr.sor
hood and di.wovor some trace bf tho lo3t
Princess. All lie avallnblo males woro
accordingiy pressed into tho service, nud
sent out to scour the country In ovory dircc
ion. Tho first objective paint, of courso,
was tlio roi'd in tho vicinity of the ixol.
But not tho slightest cluo could thoro bo
discovered. Tho liouvy rains had obliterated
all tho wheel-tracks mado by tho wairon
into tho wood, whore the tJ'rincess had llrst
boon carried. Searching far and wide, thoy
could find positively nothing in tho way of a
traco of their lost mistress.
Meanwhile, Dimitri roturncd from an In
terview with tho carters, and thoso individ
uals all agreed in saying that thoy hud soon
u horsewoman oniorgo from thu cliff road
and rido rapidly toward tho village uu tho
public road. From tholr description of tlio
woman and her hoOu, it could bo none other
than the Princess herself.
They met with no stranger, excepting
a huntsman wQj lmilcd them near tho cliff
road, and got them all into souio angry
dispute witli regard to tho land thereabouts.
Thoy, too, observed tho loud whistle, hut
Biipimsod it that of some hunter calling his
dogs.
Lro Dimitri left tlio Inn, a fannor, also
living in tho neighborhood, entered,
dronchod through and through by tho
storm. On Ids wuy to St. Malo, ho luul be
come alarmed at tho severity of tho storm,
and, supposing it uu all-nlglit affair, turned
back to tho iuu of thu village
Dimitri remumbered mooting with him,
just after Cuthorino and himself passed tho
Jiool.
Hero now was a cluo.
The ivagonors woro not to bo diverted
from thoir idoa that thoy saw tho Princess
going toward tlio pool.
Had Uil.i farmer, on thoojWe sldo of tho
pool, seen lwrf No, he had not. Ho saw
nu cub, excepting a stranger whom ho found
sitting by tho road-sldu. This man nud him
self enjoyed a iciirf talk about crops a talk
of iwrh ins ono quarter of un hour In length.
No woiu.m passed them. Of that he was
iif-f--ut least no woman excepting tho ono
"with that man," ioiuting to Dimitri und
referring, of ooun.o, to Cutliarino. Ho, too,
oborvoJ tho sharp culls of tho whistle.
Lydia Uatowil quietly to Dimltri's story.
Horo, at Inst, was a trace toNatiUfo-tho
wily duo, prhiipi, to her illtmppourauco.
" Bond tor nil tho wagoners and tho fann
or, Immediately," nuld she, autlmrlutlvoly.
The Urlnplng Imud of jKiasauts sihiu iqi
ptaml Iu thu hall, llttJ rlrulots trickling
uVwn frwn their drencliod iruieiits und
-oyurtng tie Hoar Willi nilnuuiie Kiuda.
Tbey sUxnl huddled tugether, iiw-tniuk
and awkward.
giuwii4iuig thew, Lydln found that Nut a
lie i iu.i liii' l' ii l'i.,i Uu,wtMi the WUtfllU
'. i i in- ikliiuf m nxl and the faruwi
un lie niliii nkl, und, tin iWufe, hi lite
1 1 1 !lii,rli.l of, mil iy pi nimbly n(, the
-! loll, ui d lltMl llio kUaXljei' V,itu
l.-ie''vj HUll IW fill 11, r, ma (Ui)
huntsman who u sputcd witn tno cariers
were, undoubtedly, accessories to llio ab
duction -for they both disappeared almost
immediately nftcr the second whistlo.
Tho wagoners snid that tho llrst call was
heard just before they saw tho Princess.
Tho mystery of Nntnlio's disappearance
now becamo clear to Lydia,
Tlio huntsman nhl would sho havo be
lieved hor oars had sho been told who ho
wus? must havo been on tho watch for the
poor girl. Tho warning signal of her ap
proach toward tho abductors was tho first
blast of his whistlo. This, too, wnrncd tho
outpost, on the opposito side of tho pool and
both outposts stopped all passengers upon,
tho road, thus preventing interference ivitb
the capturo of Natalie.
As soon ns tlio Princess had been secured,
hor captors, iu turn, gave tho signal to their
accomplices that tho deed was done and the
coast clear.
Unless Natallo was still in tho neighbor
hood of tho pool which was highly improb
able sho must have been carried toward
tho scu-const; for th'' showed her captors
did not come toward tlio village was quite
certnii?froin tlio statement of tlio icasants;
tho abductors rmust, therefore, havo fol
lowedQie opjwsito direction so reasoned
Lydia; und correctly. But her intuition
told her it was too lute now for rescuing her
friejul.
A full hour nnd a half had elapsed since
Nntnlio's disappearance, and It was now al
most eight o'clock. To the sea-coast from
tho poolTvas a drive of porhnps thrco-quar-tors
of an hour. Therefore, if Natalie had
been carried thither, sho was by this hour
far at sea, undoubtedly.
Still, us ty storm gave G.jns of abating,
Lydia ordered her carriago to follow, whilo
sho herself, with Dimitri and ethers, has
tened forward on horseback to tho coast.
Dimitri hud always imagined his mistress
n peerless rider, but l'nind Lydia quite hC
equal. Do their beat, tho men woro iilwajji
sumo dlstuneu behind hor.
They met sovoral of tho searching party,
who declared that every nook and crovico
had been oxatninod more especially in the
neighborhood of tho brook. All efforts
failed to discover any thing like tho faintest
cluebeyond W grove in which thcro had
been n recent onennipment. Bits of bread
wore strewn nbout upon tlio turf that bora
tho imprints of horses' foot, ns thoy could
seo by the light of thffr lanterns. Lydln
perceived that it had been tlio Jiiding-placo
of tho abductors.
Onward sho dashed toward tho sen-coosU
tho men following her.
Kach person with whom thoy met was
closely questioned, but not ono had scon or
hoard any tiling unusual. No vessel had
left tho harbor sineo noon. Those that were
O
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oxw.vitn sin:
i)A'Uii:n.
lylug thoro woro only tlshlng-sinaclra, all
belonging to tho village. No strange vessel
was seen uloniplhd coast recently-certainly
during tmt day.
Lydia realized Hint tho search was hopo
less. Tho ffiductors might havo gono to SU
Malo; or they might, have taken thoopposlto
road loading along tho wcQorn coast. Cer
tain it was that men who no clovorly
planned and so sldllfully concealed then?
plans would by this tlmo havo made good
their escape.
It was now long after nitio o'clock, nnd
Lydia's carriago had nriAvod. All sho could
do was tc igo back, so slip wroto a hurried
noto to the head of th iolieo department at
St. Malo, nud another to tho chief police of
llci'il at St. Brioux, stating clearly and con
cisely all sho know about tho matter; giving
descriptions of tlio Granger, tho hunter,,
nnd tlio Princess herself, and sotting forth
her own viow.i of tho matter.
Thoso notes wero immediately dispatched
poaMiasto to both cities, whilo Lydia ro
turncd homo.
Passing onco moro through tho vlllago of
Y sho found tlio pluco ablaze with excito
mont. Around tho iuu was gathoredalargo
crowd. Baudray, tho landlord, saw Lydla'a
carriago driving by, and ran out toward it,
holding an envelope in his outstretched,
hand.
Said ho:
"My llttlo gill has a number of pot doves,
which iilio alway.i shuts up iu tho dovo-coto
nt night Sho missed ono this morning, and
thought it had been killed; hut a few mo
ments ugo sho heard n lapping nt hor cham
ber window, which looks ovor tho roof of
tho Kirch. It was the lost Baba iluttoring
at tho window-pane, and apparently ox
haunted. Tiiis little note wu'j fastened to
tho bird. It I.i addressed to Chateau D'Or.
Lydia tore It. open. It ran thus:
"Agreoutilo to our promlso, wo send tho
first message. Naturally, tho Princess was
somewhat alarmed at thu outset, but iua
qulto rocovorcd from tho shock, and, al
though failing to discover why sho should bo
hold iu durance vile, is rounoimbly happy
and perfectly well, as a hoarty meal she
bus just complotod, can testify. Mere
anon."
If not so worried about hor frlond, Lydia
would havo laughed outright The Idea ot
purloining u Princess, and afterwards send
ing comforting notes iu this chatty, con 11
doutiul manner was oxtrcmoly absurd and
woli-nlgh incredible. However, hero was
tho into, nnd no doubt Natallo was safe.
Lydln broathed moro freely, and nctunlly
bogna to almost enjoy tlio novelty of tho.
situation. Sho foil inclined to lio on her
oaro, as it were, and await tho next devel
opment tu tho cuso.
"Who could have stolen tho pigeon?',
askud she of Itundrny. "Who 1ms gono
uwuy from tho Inn f
"My only gneatn who havo loft aro Mon
siour I'tiirfux nud Monslour Oxford and Ids
valot Monsieur l'tilrfax loft two days ugo,
and b&ilod from Hnvro to Ainorion yester
day. Monsieur Oxford and his valot lv.fi
lust night, und txjur th-y had gono, my
littlo one counted her bMs and lurkt thorn
sceuruly In thu dovo-coto. Thoy woro all
right In nuuilM-'r last niht, ami tills moru
ing tho doer was still looked; but yet una
wan tfunu."
A .'HlltMipll WOUIlhl full IlltOHmlll-
ihiuii iuu! when tilio wuu losuued a ien-
I
KiiiiKl iiHlfteli wtyi iiiitiinglml lit her wlr
liimtlu
lltJi' IiuhIhiiiiI wiintuil (o tt)l ho"-
itualn, but ehu wimld
mrrhtown yrW
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