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i r 1 CUAPTKIt VIII. July n-lRiis vice .Imio. dethroned, Iiut till the roses hold full sway. Seaton Dysart has mine niul Kne tunny n time to ami from Ureyeourt. nnd by decrees a Utile of the constraint that liiul characterized his early vMts has worn nway. lie lins even so far ad vanced ns to be utmost on friendly terms with Giisehln. Hut between him and Vera that first dark veil of distrust still hanc heavily distrust that, on Vera's side, has taken a blacker hue and merged Itself Into dis like. Seaton Dysart's arrivals beliic only looked for by the fdrls at nbout seven o'clock In the evening just an hour or so before dinner Kiive.thcm plenty of time to prepare for his comlnp. Any day on which he was expected, Mrs. Orunch brought a formal message to Vera from her uncle to that effect. Never yet had their cousin come without the announce ment being made; and so thoroughly un derstood was It that he would not put In an unexpected appearance, that when, after a rather longer absence than usual, an absence extending over all last week and part of this, he turns up at half-past two in the afternoon, his coming causes distinct embarrassment in several quar ters. "What can have brought Mm at this hour? IxHidon must be reduced to nslice," hazards Griselda, her tone now us genial as usual. For one infant a Bkkenlng fear that it might lie Mr. Pey ton's knock had made her blood run cold. There had been a short but sharp en counter between him nnd her the day be fore yesterday, and a wild fear that he had come up to have It out with her now, and here, had taken possession of her. At such a moment the advent of Seaton Is bailed by her, at least, with rapture. "Why, what happy wind drove you down at this hour?" cries she. with the friendliest air, beaming on him as he comes into the room. "It Is good of you to call it hnppy," cays he, casting a really grateful look at her as he shakes hands silently with Vera. "In time for luncheon, too, I see, though," with a rather surprised glance at the table, "you don't seem In a very hospitable mood. Nothing to spare, eh?" "We didn't know you were coming, you see," says Griselda, mildly. "And it Isn't lunch you see, or rather you don't see, before you; It Is dinner." "What?" says Seaton, Gushing a dark red. lie has got up from his scat and Is regarding her almost sternly. "Is ft true?" nsked Seaton, turning to Vera. It is a rather rude question, but there Is so much shame and anxiety in his tone that Griselda forgives him. "Why hhould it not be true?" says Vera, coldly. "As a rule, we dine early." "She means that we always dine early except when we know you are coming," supplements Griselda, even more mildly than before. "And this" with a hurried glance nt the scanty meal, "do you menn to tell me that that this Is your dinner every day?" "Literally," says Griselda, cheerfully. "This Is the chop that changcth not. It Is not all that one could desire, of course, but If sometimes it might be altered for " "Griselda!" interrupts Vera, rising to her feet. "Why should I not speak?" asks Gri selda, In a meekly Injured tone. "I was merely going to add that a fowl occa sionally would be a good deal of moral use to us. I have always heard that to keep the temper In a healthy state, change of food Is necessary." "I feel as If I ought to apologize to you for all this," says Dysart, with n heavy sigh, addressing Vera exclusively, "and as if, too, no apology could be ac cepted. Hut I shall see that it does not occur again." "I beg you will do nothing," says Vera, quickly. "Nothing. I will not have my uncle spoken to on this subject. Griselda is only in jest: she fpenks like n foolish child. I." folding her hands tightly to gether. "I forbid you to say anything about it." "I regret that I must disobey you," eays Seaton, courteously, but with deter mination. "My father's house Is in part mine, and I will suffer no guest to endure discomfort in It." "There is no discomfort now. There will be If you try to alter matters in our favor." "You mean that you will accept noth lug at my hands; is that it?" exclaims he, passion that will not be repressed in his tone; the coldness seems broken up, there Is fire in his eyes and a distinct anger. "You have had that 'time' you spoke of; has it fullilled its missions has It taught you to detest me? No!" detaining her deliberately as she seeks to leave the room. "Don't go; you should give me a real reason for your studied discourtesy, for I won't believe that I am naturally abhorrent to you. There must be some thing else." "If you must know," says she, looking back deliautly ut him, her blood a little hot, "you are too like your father for me to pretend friendship with you." "Oh, Vera, I think you shouldn't say that!" cries Griselda, now honestly frightened at the storm she has raised, but ucither of the others hear her. Vera, with one little slender white hand grasp ing the back of a chair near her, Is look ing fixedly at Seaton, whose face has changed. An expression of keen pain crosses it. "Has he been so bad to you as that?" he says; and then, with a profound Blgh; "My poor father!" There is something so honestly grieved la his whole air that Vera's heart smiles her. "Why will yon bring up this discussion again and again?" she says, with re morseful Impatience. ''Why uot let me K my way unquestioned, and you yours? What am I to you when all Is toldV I mm outside your life I ever shall be- yet It seems to me ns If you were In-nt on compelling my likes and dislikes." "You are right," snys he, going closer to her, his face very pale, "I would com pel you to to more Ihnn like me." "Compel!" She has drawn back from him, ami her eyes, now uplifted, look do tin nee Into his. "If I could," supplements he, gently. lie turns and leaves the room. CIIAPTKlt IX. While the two girls were discussing, In n frightened way, the result of Griseldn's Imprudence, Seaton whs having a tussle, sharp nnd seven", with his father. "They arc all alone in the world,' 'he says. "Yes, ye," acknowledges the old man with a frown. "Kxcept for me," hastily; "1 I alone came to their rescue." "That is true. It was quite what I should have expected of you!" "Why should you expect It? There was no reason," says the old man. shnrply. "It was of my own free will that I took them. Do you question my kindness to them? What more am I to do for them? Would you have me kneel nt their feet and do them homage? Have I not ex plained to you how dcfcirous I am of mak ing one of them my daughter? IIu! I have you there, I thluk! Is not that af fection? Am I not willing to receive her? You should best know." "Yes," says the young man, stonily, his eyes on the ground. "Why, look you; I would give her even you! You! My son I My one possession that has any good In It!" "You must put that idea out of your head once for all. I could not combat a dislike active as hers." "Her dislike? Hers? That beggar!" his face working. "What d'ye mean, sir? I tell you It shall be! Shall!" "Talking like that will not mend mat ters. It certainly will not niter the fact that I myself personally nin objection able to her. I can see that It is almost as much as Bhe can do to lie civil to me to sit at the same table with me. I en treat you nqt to set your heart upon this thing, for It can never be." "I tell you again that it shall!" shrieks the old man, violently. "What! is the cherished dream of a lifetime to be set aside to suit the whim of a girl, a penni less creature? She shall be your wife, I swear It, though I have to crush the consent out of her." He falls back clum sily into his chair, a huddled heap. Seaton In an agony of remorse and fear bangs over him, compelling him to swal low a cordial lying on the table near. "Here, sir. lie patient. All shall be as you wish. I implore you to think no more of this matter. Yes," In answer to the fiery eyes now more ghastly than ever In the pallid, powerless face, "I shall try my best to fulfill your desire." He feels sick at heart ns he says this, nnd almost despicable; but can he let the old man die for want of a word to ap pease the consuming rage that has brought death hovering with outstretch ed wings above him? And yet, of what avail is it all? A momentary appease ment. Even as he comforts and restores his father, there rises before his mental vision that pale, proud, sorrowful face, that is all the world to him, and yet, alas! so little. Vera having made up her mind to go to her uncle and fully explain to him that neither she nor Griselda desire any change in their way of living, waits pa tiently for Seaton's departure from his father's den, and now, nt last, seeing the coast clear, goes quickly forward. "Uncle Gregory, I wish to say some thing to you," she is beginning, hurried ly, hating her task and hating her hearer, when suddenly she Is interrupted. "Hah! For the first time, let me say, I am glad to see you," says the old man, grimly. "Hitherto I have been remiss, I fear, in such minor matters of eti quette. Sit down. I, too, have something to say to you." ne fixes his plerclug eyes on her and says, sharply: "You hove met my son several times?" "Yes," says Vera. "You like him?" with a watchful glance. "I can hardly say so much," coldly, "lie Is neither more nor less than a com plete stranger to me." "As yet. Time will cure that; and 1 speak thus early to you, because It Is well that you should make up your mind beforehand to like him." "Why?" she asks. "Because In him you see your future husband." There is a dead pause. The old man sits with bright unblinking eyes fixed upon the girl, who has risen to her fret und is staring back at him as if hardly daring to understand. From red to white, from white to red she grows; her breath falls her, passionate indignation burns hot within her breast. "Absurd!" she says, contemptuously, "Cull It so If you will," with an offend ed flash from his dark eyes, "but regard It as a fact for all that. You will marry your cousin, let me assure you," "That I certainly shall not," decisive ly. "That you certainly shall. Did you not know that your marriage with my son was the last wish, the last command of your father?" He Is lying well, eo well that at first the girl forgets to doubt him. "My father?" she says, with much amazement. "Ho never so much as men tioned my cousin's name to me." "To me, however, ho did. Do you wish to sec the letter?" This Is a bold stroke. Vera hesitates then, "No," says she, steadily. "Even If my father did express such a wish, I should not for a moment accede to It. I shall not marry to please any one, dead or living, except 'myself." "So you now think. We shall sec," re turns he, in an Icy tone, "May I ask If It your son la aware of this arrangement?" "My soh is willing," says Mr. Dysnrt, slowly. At this moment Hie door Is thrown open mid Seaton himself enters. "You kuowl" she cries. Her tone I low, hut each word rings clear ns n hell. "Yon know! Oh, coward!" she breathes very low, her slender hands flinched. Housed from his lethargy nnd stung by her contempt, he would now have made his defense, but with a scornful gesture she waxes htm aside and leaves the mum. "Great hemeii! how did you dare so to insult her?" cries the oiiiig man, In ter rible agitation, iiddiesslng Ills father. He casts a limning glance nt him. Dysart cowers before It. "Out of evil conies good," he says, sul lenly, "and 1 did It for the bet." He stretches out his hand to his son. "See, then," he ciles, eiitreatingly, "I did It for you- for you!" "Fur me! Yuu ruin the one hope I had, which meant silence time and you say it was fur my good!" "I thought to compel her, to frighten her Into a consent, and I will yet," cries he, eagerly. "Nay, Seaton. do not look thus uiion me. I have uot betrayed you without meaning, and nit for the fulfill ment HTAOIN NU l'NUI NUl NUl' lug of your desire and mine." "You misunderstand tue," snys Seaton, curbing his passion with dllllculty. "I would not hnve her us a gift on such terms. Is It a slave I want, think you? No, uot another word! I cannot stand it to-night. Forgive me, father, If 1 seem abrupt, but " He seems heartbroken as he turns aside and disappears through the door way. Irting after he has gone the old man sits motionless, his head bowed upon his breast. "Curse her!" he says ,at last; "the same blood all through, and always to my. undoing! Cursed be her lot indeed If she comes between him and me! Iiut that shall never be." Presently he passes through n door on his right hand, gropes his way along the unlighted passage. Unlocking and enter ing an apartment here where the strange old cabinet stands he fastens the door securely behind him, and goes quickly up to it. Kneeling down beside It he unlocks the secret door, and taking out the withered parchment opens and reads it with a feverish haste. It seems as though he hopes thus to slake the raging thirst for revenge that is tormenting him. Long he kneels thus, conning each word with curious care, gloating over the contents of that mysterious document. So lost is he in his perusal of it that he fails to hear the approach of Mrs. Grunch until she lays her hand upon his shoulder. "What, don't you know It by heart yet?" asks she, derisively. (To be continued.) WHERE TO LOSE THtASURE. licit anil Fa f est finer Feemi to He In a Pari Cab. If n man must, lose his purse some where, perhaps the best place Is In a Paris cab. Major Arthur Grlfllths, writing In Cnssell'a Magazine, tglla some wonderful stories of money re covered nfter being: thus left. He nays that thu cabmen of Pari are honest enough possibly In spire of them selves, for they nre n rough lot nnd nro carefully looked after by the police. As n result, sonic curious Instances of self-denial ou tliu part of these poorly paid servants of the public have been recorded. One night n rich Itusslnu, who had gone nway from his club n large win ner, left the whole amount, ten thou sand f runes, In n cab. lie was so cer tain that he had lost It irreparably that he returned to St. Petersburg without even Inquiring whether It had been given up. Some time later he was ngnln In Par is, and a friend urged him nt least to satisfy himself as to whether the miss ing money had been taken to the lost property ofllee. He went nnd naked, although the limit of time for claiming lost property had almost expired. "Ten thousand francs lost!" said tho official. "Yes, It Is here;" nnd after the proper Identification the packet was restored to him. "What a fool that cabman must have been!" was the Hussion's only remark. The comment spoke III for public morality In Husshi. On another occasion u jeweler In the Palais Itoyal left n diamond panire worth eighty thousand francs lu a cnb. The police, when he reported his loss, gave him little hope of recovering tho treasure. Not only were diamonds worth sixteen thousand dollars a great temptation to tho cabman, but worse still, tho loser did not know the num ber of the cnlminn, having picked him up In thestreet instead of taking hint from .fhe rnulc; anil more unfortuuutu yet, ho hud quarreled with the driver, for which reason he had abruptly left tho cab. The enso seemed hopeless, yet the cabman brought back the diamonds of his own nccord. Tho quaintest part of the story Is to come. When told at tho prefecture to ask the Jeweler for tho substantial reword to which ho was clearly entitled, ho reiilled: "No, not I; ho was too rudo. I hope I may never see lilin or speak to him again." All cabmen nro not so honest ns this, yet n great deal of treasure finds Its way to the prefecture, whither every thing found In streets and highways, In omnibuses, theaters, cabs and railway stations, Is forwarded. In ono case nn emigrant, who hud mndo his fortuno in Canada, and carried It In his pocket In tho shnpo of fifty notes of ten thou sand francs each, dropped his purse as ho climbed on to tho outsldo of nn om nibus. Tho conductor picked It up nnd re stored It with its ono hundred thou sand dollars Intact, To be sure, ho was rewarded with two thousand five hundred dollars, but tho temptation ho overcame was great The Flrt Tlilntt. Munson What do you think WO ought to do with tho Philippines? Brlsbe I'm thinking that It might be a good Idea for us to capture them. WONDERFUL TIDE CALCULATOR. Uncle Snm has n wonderful clock at Washington, 1). 0., which represent the thought and effort of nineteen of the best jenrs of the life of William Ferrell, to whom mariner owe ns much, probably, as to any other man. The clock I a tlde-predlctlng machine. Day after day a woman keeps turning it little handle, causing the hand on the center dial and the smaller ones.at each side to revolve until they reach' certain figures which Indicate the time and height of the tide at all principal seaport on the North American coast, lu like man ner, the time of low tides I ascertained. At soino seaports the tides rise higher and full lower than the average, and tho pressing of a handle make tho neces sary connection for such places. To attempt to describe the Intricate nrriingemeut of this wonderful machine would bo futile. Sulllce It to say that In a day the woman operator can compute the tides for a month, and she will not have to add or subtract a number simply take reading as Indicated by the posi tions of the hand on the dial. So accu rate Is this machine that the measure ments of the heights of the' tide as they occur are generally within nn Inch of tho figure announced, sometime year lu advance, while there Is usually less than fifteen minutes difference between the forecast and actual time of occurrence of high nnd low tides. To verify the work of this calculator, a machine called a tide gnugo Is used, which require no human nsslstnuce ex cept to wind the clockwork. A pencil presses upon n roll of paper that cover n cylinder. Tim pencil Is fastened to a wire, whose other end Is fixed to n lloat on the water. As the water rises and falls, tho wire tightens and slackens, PHASES OF WEATHER STUDY. Medicine Hut, Home of the llllxzurd, n Plncc of Vurylnir Temperature, Medicine lint! A nnino to conjure by. Every blast from the Icehouse of Old lloreas, aiTonllng to tho weather bu reau, starts from M ed let no Hot. And where Is Med icine Mat? Away up lu Ilrltlsh As slulbola, tl(U) tulle west of Winnipeg, whero tho Alas kan gales come whooping out of the north and the walteu cnossKiLL blizzard Is oradled In the very home of the storm king. Medicine lint Is a town of UWO. Is very primitive nnd unfashionable, and Is situated In a deep depression with bluffs surrounding It on nil sides. It has been aptly likened to n small lump of butter in a huge butter bowl. The Canadian Pacific Itallroad enters the town through n narrow ravine, Ktrlkes straight across the sunken valley and, gradually climbing along the side of the western bluff, comes out onco more up on tho prairie. While Medicine lint I more widely known because of Its con nection with our weather reports than for any other reason. It Is of consid erable Importance ns a railroad and trade center for n large section of the surrounding country. It Is n divisional point on tlie Canadian Pacific and Is the junction point for n lino stretching nway Into the Kootenny district at the southwest It Is also the head of nav igation ou the Saskatchewan river nnd Is a commercial center for a very large area of ranching country. Tho weather station Is In charge of a typical Westerner, Walter Crossklll by name. Just such a character as the art ist loves to picture. While voyaging about the world on a schooner ho stud led astronomy as a pastime; has pros pected through the entire length nnd breadth of the mountains of Hrltlsh Columbia; has fought Indians and half breeds; has been n rancher and trader, and Is now not only weather observer but town magistrate. He Is also a car- penter nn I he builds houses when tho weather Is such that he can leavo It without attention. Crossklll Is 70 years of age. but looks not more than 00. Ho Is not as polished aud well dressed as his Tellow scientists of the city, but finds Jeans, collarless shirt and heavy boots n very satisfactory costume. Crossklll twice each day scuds re ports to Chicago, Washlng'on, Minne apolis nnd to Canadian points. Ills re liability has been tested on many oc casions. Crossk Ill's ofilce Is a small story nnd a half building, well back from the street. And not only is It his olllce, but carpenter shop aud living rooms, ns well ns tho town court house. Weather conditions nt Medicine Hat aro peculiar nnd full of surprises. One naturally expects to find tho thermom eter showing points below zero inoro than anything clso during tho winter months, nnd also to find lower temper ature registered than at any other placo on tho American continent Such Is not tho case, however, though It gets pretty cold in Medicine Hat at the right tlmo of year. In tho Northern States a temperaturo of 35 degrees bo low zero Is often recorded and It has In a number of Instances been lower than MKtllClNf! HAT WKATIIKIl OVV1CE. A.N OUT 1)0(111 TlllK IMIIRAIOII. and the pencil draw curvvd Hue upon the paper, exactly reproducing, on n small scale, tho fluctuations lu altttudo of the surface of the water. Connected with the tide gauge one tuny often see what Is called the tide Indi cator. This Is another clock, so to speak, hut the dial record the height of tho tide Instead of minute nnd hour. Each figure represents one foot, and each bar between the figures Is six Inches. These Indicator are Indoor and outdoor. Tho latter hnve hand 10 to lfi feet long, trav eling over a half circle possibly "0 feet from side to side, with figures which thu pilot of a vessel can sec half a mllu nway. Indicators are Intended for use lu shallow channels, nnd are also found In shipping ottlce nnd maritime exchanges. that. At Medicine lint the lowest point touched was Hit degrees, during the past six years. In summer It gets fearfully hot at times, In spite of Its northern location. Ono hundred de grees above zero Is not unusual In June nnd July, which nre tho hottest months. During the year I1HK) theru were but three, mouth which showed a temperature below zero January, February and March. December show ed the lowest point to liavu been 1 degrees above zero. The average snowfall at Medicine lint Is ten Inches for the year. Snow seldom lie on the ground longer than n day or two anil, strange it It tuny seem of such a northern locality, sleighs nre practically unknown. Such rapid changes of temperature ns are experienced nowhere oI)o In America are responsible for this. It is certainly a queer country a country of strange contradictions and odd condition. To thluk Hint tho "home of the cold wove" Is more often warm than cold seems queer enough, but It remain n fact nevertheless. ALFRED KRUPP, Head of (Irrnt fltrol Work at Kmcii, the Klchcst Man lu (lrritiuiiy, Alfred Krupp. miiliufacturer of gun. Is the richest man lu (icrmnny. accord ing to the Income lax returns. He has an animal Income of moru than 1!0.000. (KM) marks, and tliii places him for and away ahead of any other class of rich men lu the German Empire. Ills grand f a t h e r, Frederick Krupp, who discov ered the secret of funking cast steel, out of which the iiintn itnriT. RrL.n, fortutio has been evolved, died In poverty lu 182(1. The father of Alfred Krupp succeeded to the little foundry In Essen, nnd ho nnd his boh began applying the secret process of transforming steel Into the making of guns. Together they worked out many Inventions, all of which went to building up tho enormous business, the greatest of Its kind In the world, The father died lu 1877, but long before that time Alfred Krupp had assumed entire chnrgo of the factory. Indicative of what an Income of $5,000,000 a year menus In Germany, It tuny be noted that the next richest man Is Ilerr von Thlelo-Wlnckler, the coal master, whoso Income Is 0,000,000 marks, or $1,000,000 a year. TIio Dangers of Palmistry. If the study of palmistry, which Is very general In this country at the present time, were to be pursued only by persons of Intelligence nnd Judg ment, the results would hardly fall to bo good or at least harmless, but as a matter of fact a largo proportion of these students (and shall wo sny teach ers, also?) nro of a literal turn of mind. Tills line, sny they, means that tho In dividual will die by drowning, or by fire, or bo widowed early In life, or In herit a fortuno. Fancy thu Influence upon literal and superstitious minds, and upon nervous nnd melancholic per sons, of predictions lllco lliesel Im agine tho aggregate Influence upon hu man happiness of nn untold value of such bosh! Tho very fact that palm istry seems to bo approaching the dig nity of n science renders Its promiscu ous nnd Ignorant handling dangerous. When wo stop to consider for n mo ment tho class of pcoplo who nro talc ing up palmistry nil over thu country, for tho half-dollars aud quarters to bo picked up, tho forco of this warning Is felt Tho llttlo knowledgo which Is dangerous Is theirs, nnd they nro mul tiplying almost llko tho sands of tho sea, Good Housekeeping, It liookoil Tough. "Will you carve, Mr. Cleaver?" asked tho landlady, ns sho placed tho turkey on tho boardlng-houso table. "No, thank you," replied tho fnco Uoub boarder, "let Mr. Hnckett Ho's a stono cutter." Philadelphia Bulletin. Blessings In dlsgulso aro responnulo for a lot of profanity. R OjF HEAD KIDNEYS BLADDER THROAT LUNGS FEMALE STOMACH ORGANS Whin lit for.iti. When a young lover figure on whether lie con support n wife, liu count in everything except tlio runt, butcher and grocer, clothe and inci dental. N. Y. Pros. 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