Eugene Weekly Guard.
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EUGENE ......................... OREGON.
They are now «peaking of Mareonl-
grams received from «lili» at sea.
At 30 a man la auxiotis tor fame; it
fio he la willing to accept money an a
subs titule.
The Congn-sslonal package of gar
den aeeda heal» many a poatoftice dla
appointment
As an effectual wrecker of banks the
the borrowing bank officer remain» a
class by himself.
Many a woman who knows how to
dress herself knows very little about
dressing a turkey.
President Harper wants E20,000.000.
There is a brotherly feellug for Dr.
Harper everywhere.
Job had bls patience aorely tried,
but lie never lost bls collar button ut
an Inopportune moment.
The man who wants to prove every
thing lie says advertises the fact that
bls word Isn’t to be credited.
This Is the apt definition of the St.
Ixmla Globe Democrat: "A boodler la
a thief who preys on the public.”
Some men have the faculty of seis
ing common occasion» and converting
them lulo extraordinary opportunities.
The num who ottered blluself for
vivisection has arous'd so much bos
tile comment by bls action that be
feels all cut up ubout It.
A Kentucky man has l>e<-u sent to Jail
for having thirteen wive*, lie should
have remembered that 13 Is unlucky
and stopped with a dozen.
China bus bail Io stand a great deal
of rousting ou account of tlie foot bind
Ing habit. And still Chius Ims never
been addicted to the corset habit.
Wilhelmina s Prince Henry seems to
lie really trying now to live a blame
less life, A testimonial of some kind
ought to Is- forwarded to encourage
him.
How d's-s It buppeil Hint women do
not have appendicitis? I» It |sisslhle
that men liuve secured a monopoly of
this trouble? Equal suffrage leader*
should look Into this.
It Is said that the new British post
age stumps are to be called In and de
stroyed becuuae Hie engraver made
the king face the wrong wuy. But,
dear »likes, the king can do no wrong
Htudents nt a college hazed a uew
mini the other night by gagging ami
blinding him aud then dropping him
twenty feet down n coni hole. Yet the
Victim fulled to see the Joke. Home
people lire so obtuse.
The gravestone of an English mis
sionary, slain by the natives, ban been
used as a foundation atone for the eu
thedral In Uganda. The saying, "The
bliasl of the martyrs la the seed of
the church,” la thus written once more
In enduring characters for hint who
hue u mind to discern spiritual cer
tainties.
ladder, he ban a right to be proud and
to feel that tlc-re is amm-thlng In bls
make-up that makes him superior to
bls fellow men. A few weeks ago Mar
quis Ito was being dined and feted In
England. Dukea «nd Lords did him
honor, lie was made the guest of the
greatest city in the world. Great Brit
ain was at the feet of the man who
Las been four times Prime Minister of
Japan. It wasn't Ito'» tirst visit to
England. Ou bls first visit bauds did
not play, there was no bowing or bat
waving. In 1803 the English sailing
ship Pegasus arrived In London from
the far East. Ou board with the crew
was a Jap youth who had worked bis
passage before the mast. He was as
|Mior as poverty. He bad eaten "salt
horse” and taken bis share of abuse
from the ship's officers. He was so
absolutely friendless that when the
crew rushed ashore lie remained in
the forecastle, forgotten, and went to
his bunk supiierleas. That was Mar
quis Ito's start, and It is uo wonder
that lie swelled up a bit when lie con
trasted 18)13 and 1902. *To-day be is
a power lu a great nation. He may
be uo happier than the humblest citi
zen of bls home country. But he bus
done much good. His country Is a
world power, ami a man who bad no
money, little lutiuem-e and u great deal
of ability bus again provisl that there
1s no position worth having that cau
not be secured by intelligent effort.
"He died learning" was the epitaph
desired by J. It. Green, the English bls
torlan
Aristotle has given us what
Matthew Arnold culls "this immortal
sentence: 'All men naturally desire
knowledge.'” Bas this noble passion
ever more active than now? Did It
ever stir so powerfully the minds of
oil sorts and conditions of men? And
were there ever before such adequate
provisions for Its grutltlcutiou? The
rich abundunce of instruction, the ex
pansion ot cheap printing aud the mul
tiplication of libraries have practically
brought every branch of knowledge
within the reach of any one w ho cure*
enough nlMiiit It to pay the price of <1111
gent seeking. The desire for mental
Improvement Is not confined to |<ost-
graduate students; it 1» taking posses
slim of those who ure called "the com
mon iwople” because there are so many
of them
It is notably active among
men and women whose early oppor
tunities were uarrow, whose school
room life was cut short, and whose
dully toll 1» exacting us a means of
livelihood. The demand for shorter
work hours Is more urgent because
multitudes are hungry for something
better than dully bread. University ex
tension work mid other |sipular lec
turer come to meet this want; tbesebol
arshlp of the land thus tends to diffuse
Itself and to make learning common
property. The Chautauqua courses of
rending work In the same direction. In
struction by "correspondence'' la said
to reach a greater number than are en
rolled In all the colleg««» and high
sc I khi I s of the country.
Indeed, “the
higher education” must now be under
stood ns a relative term; any round of
the ladder In higher than tlie one next
below. Ho the whole procession may
an well be moving upward. Progress
In Intelligence In tlie peculiar need of
free Institutions, for na l.nboulaye
says, "What kills republic» la Ignor
ance." The warning against superfi
ciality. conceit and big beadodnes*. an
well as pig lieadevlnesa. Is always In
order. But at every stage of attain
ment. low or high, docility Is the true
safeguard against shallow pedantry
ami vulgar Inflation. Grant White puts
It well: "A little learning la not a
dangerous tiling, If we only know that
It Is little.”
The truth Is apparent enough that In
politics, and even III the same political
party, the old rule applies "In essen-
NEW YORK SOCIETY QUEEN.
tlals, unity; In noneesentiuls, liberty!"
Times chungo ami Issues cliauge with Mrs. Charles Huns Gibson, the l.rmler
of the Hniurt Het.
them. The policy upon a given subject,
If you don't know Mrs Charles Dana
whether of tlnance, administration or
what not. Hint seemed urgent mid e* Gibson, of New York, you aren't any-
sentlal In n past campaign may be al hotly. That Is the dictum of smart
together Impracticable mid Impolitic
society In the me
tropolis, for Mrs.
to-day. Manifestly, It Is absurd to label
Gibson Is Its un
such expedients with the misleading
crow lied
queen.
title of “eternal principles.”
Not to lie able to
A few years ago nil France and many
quote Mm. Gib
foreign societies celebrated the fiftieth
son's latest witti
anniversary of the public career of the
cism, not to lie
great chemist. Monsieur Berthelot Be
acquainted
with
sldim creating a host of new drugs,
her gowns, not to
dyes and perfumes, and never taking
have been Invited
out a patent on discoveries which hate
to her last tea —
brought millions to others. Monsieur ,
nil these speak
uà», unisex.
Berthelot has served for fifty years as ’
badly
for the
professor, written countless pamphlet» woman who aspires to social distinc
for the government. Is an "immortal,” tion.
a life senator and au ex minister. With
Mrs. Gibson, whose husband Is the
I'asteur and \ trciiow he ranks as "per- well known artist and illustrator and
haps of all men of Hie nineteenth cell the creator >f the "Gibson girl," Is
tury most useful to bls fellow men.” credited with having one of Hie flnest
ill view of such achievements, the med flgurea In Gotham She has n beauti
al recently presented to him by I'real ful voice, Inferior only to that of Mel-
dent laiubet. Inscribed "For Country Iva. and ¡aissesses a charming manner.
and Truth," speaks no empty praise
Like many other successful society
women she s a Southerner and as
The College Club of Boston, an as Irene lainghorue was a famous belle
soclatlon of women graduates, recently ¡ In Richmond, Va. When she married,
gave an arts and crafts exhibition for j her huabaud was a struggling artist,
luemtiers only. It included Imoks and | and for a time In New York she de
lHH>k bindings. paintings. photographs, «•lined many invitations on the ground
sewing, embroidery, and all kinds of that she could not afford to accept
fancy work, and many things good to ¡ them Hhe Is said to be the only worn
eat. such as Jelly, cake and candy, ¡ an who ever refused au Invitation to
The design of It all was to disprove ' dine at the Astor table.' Hut uow her
Hie silly charge that the higher edit ; husband Is famous and growing
cation unfits women for "practical ‘ wealthy and she has made her way to
work." for housewifery, or even for the top of the social ladder. Mr«. Gib
the manufacture of dainty and orna son Is related to many of the wealthy
mental trilles, of course the plan was families of New York
Justified by results
The exhibition
I ncomtortable Chair*.
was a complete «ucees»
Ho la the
At a dinner given in her honor a lady
college woman, as a rule. Just one
danger threatens from her special of small stature suddenly fainted. It
training, and this exhitktiou was one was tbrti found she had n<vt been able
of many proofs that she perceives It : to touch either her feet to the floor vr
and I» or. her guard against It What her back to the chair; and the restricted
It is was oace suggested In a sentence circulation and prolonged discomfort
by a woman w ho was long a power at I had Anally overi ome her An antiquar
\ assar College ”1 do not see any Ian traces the present mania for high
room In your life for a blue checked ; seats to the fact that at the ol<| French
apron." said this lemons teacher to an ' courts set« of handsome furniture were
ambitious girl who had been express I ranged along the walls for effect, but
Ing at length her plans for work and , never occupied. The chair* aud sofas
hopes for fame It was a quaint re actually used were much lower Fur
minder that, although housekeeping Is nilure makers of today copy the more
not woman's only province, every showy pl eve*, aud further enhance
woman should cherish the spirit of the I their inutility by spring «nshlous. The
home maker The blue checked apron dictum of a famous cabinet maker is
la not necessarily a shroud for any that In cbuoalng < hair* the knee of a
lawful ambition; but there la no worn fversvvn should come clear al*ove the seat
an so gifted that she need hesitate to he Intends to occupy. More even than
acknowledge that she knows bow to home*, churches and assembly rooms '
the great railway statlona. In spue of
put it ou.
their sumptuousnesa. offend against th«;
When a man Lan triumphed over comfort of nine tenths of their sevs
obstacles, has forvvd his way up the ! panto.
.
ATROCITIES IM NEW GUINEA.
FEMININE FRENCH IMMORTALS.
Forty Roysl Women, A*thor*S*S* Ar-
tiata «nd Actrea«*a.
rence, relates ttat the yacht Salvantl,
with the mission on board, bad author
ed off the const of New Guinea, aud
that several of the explorers lauded.
"After an apparently friendly reception
from the natives the latter treacherous
ly attacked them during the night mur
dering tblrty-two of the party, Includ
ing Baron Villars, Couut de Saint Rvtuy
and MM. Hageubeck and Vries, and
wounding thirty-three, including M
Houyer, the chief of the mission, aud
another Frenchman named Reimer.
SI. Itouyer writes:
"We were all sleeping peacefully
wheu there was a great uproar and we
were attacked by hundreds of natives
carrying torcbea. Several of us were
felled to the ground with clubs, hatch
ets and spear». Others were overpower
ed. carried away and bound to trees. 1
was among this number. I received a
blow on the head from a club and
fainted. When 1 recovered conscious
ness at 5 o'clock In the morning I found
myself tied hand and foot and sur
rounded by savages, who, believing me
to l>e dead, were keeping me for them
selves I saw the body of Baron Villars
near me. bouud to a tree. His body was
naked, his head had been split open,
and his eyes had been gouged out.
The Count <le Saint Remy had been de
capitated ami hla head stuck on the
end of a spear as a trophy. M. Hagen-
Tita serve or uobhoes .
beck was spitted on a bamboo and was
being roasted over a tire.
“I waited my fate. 1 was afraid to
move. My bead hurt me dreadfully. All
around me the ground was strewn with
corjvwes. Suddenly a great clamor arose,
followed by a fusillade. 1 opened my
eyes and saw Dr. Fortier and the re
mainder of the mission from the yacht
firing on the cannibals. I shouted and
the -eseners ran to me and cut the
bonds which bound me to the tree.
Th canniabls fled, leaving many dead.
The clothes of M. Vries were found,
but his body was missing He had evi
dently l>een devoured by the savages
during the night."
TIMECHECKON POSTAL CLERKS. |
“Ah! That reminds me." said the
elder of the two, “of the old John
Every Employe In the Postoffice Must liardsley house and the story of bow
Contribute to Hi» Own Record.
"Remember the Bundy” is the watch the sparrow came to Germantown."
Walking up the avenue farther they
word lu the big postoffices, and Unde
Sam’s gray coated men are in constaut came to a halt In front of a little white
dread lest they forget to “ring In” or painted two-story house at the north
west corner of Upsal street and Ger
"ring out.”
About a year ago the United States mantown avenue. For over an hour
Postoffice Department at Washington, the two old men lingered in front of
D. C., conceived the Idea of procuring tblH "old house.” and the following
a clock to keep a correct record of the story was told:
The bouse was occupier for a number
arrival and departure of all employes
In that branch of the service all over of years by the late John Bardsley. bet
the United States. which resulted In ter known as "Sparrow Jack.” During
the supplying of all postoffice» of im the time that William F. Smith rep
portance with the now famous docks resented the Twenty second Ward In
at a cost of over fl»») each. The Bundy Councils he presented an ordinance
dock is a large affair, having three appropriating $300 with which to pur
strong mainsprings and an Intricate chase English sparrows to destroy the
time-recording apparatus. Two of the measuring worms that liad become a
springs work the clock ami the other nuisance in the city squares. John
Is the power of the striking part, for Bardsley. an Englishman, but for
the Bundy strikes off the time the clerks many years a resident of Germantown,
and carriers report on and off duty, not was delegated to go to England to se
like other clocks that only strike the cure the sparrows. Being familiar
hours nnd half hours of the day. It is with the English birds, he bad no trou
a complicated affair and many a poor ble In catching them In nets. He se
cured between 300 and 4<s>. On bls
j way over from England, oue-balf the
i sparrows died, but enough existed to
I Insure a rapid Increase of the little
pests, which have »Ince become more
troublesome than the worms.
Bardsley was always an enthusiastic
admirer of the sparrows, and to show
I his love for them he fed them regular
ly during the winter months, and had
a number of fantastically constructed
| I Kiel's, surmounted with weathervanes
and ornaments, for their use. lie al-
j ways reprovnd any one who Interfered
with or abused the sparrow.—Philadel
phia Telegraph
Luck Better Than Brains.
OIIIKI.XU THE TIMS.
hard-worked clerk ami carrier w ill ver
Ify the statement. for It lias cost some
of them much of their bard earned anj
small salary.
The Bundy Is worked as follows;
When the office opens for business at •>
o'clock In Hie morning the clock Is the
first thing attended to. The three dating
keys are used, and the date nnd hour,
tl a. m. is Imprinted on the tape; then
the employes each take their key and
"ring In” their arrival. Each employe
lias Ilia own number nml that number
I* on Ills key. He Is uot allowed to use
another's key er "ring in" or out any
fellow clerk or carrier, under penalty
of dismissal from the service. The let
ter carriers have four keys, the first
IH-Ing used when he reports for the day
at 0 30 a lu. When he goes out on his
first trip he takes down Ids next key,
w bleb In the key bearing the letter
"L." and "rings out” and leaves the of
fice. 1»n Ids return he Immediately oti
entering the office "rings In" his arriv
al. the key bearing the letter "It." nnd
after he ha« performed hie office worn
and It Is time for him to take his "lay
off” or "swing” for nn hour or two. n
carrier not befog allowed to work more
than eight hours per day. he uses the
key bearing the letter "E." meaning '
end of duty As each key 1« "rung In" |
the clock registers the time to a frac
tion of a minute.
Letter carrier* are allowed by law
to work only eight hours, ami when •«
carrier has worked over that time. If
only for one minute. Intentionally or
unintentionally, he must pay the penal
ty. which Is usually suspension from
one to three days without pay. for Un
cle Sam Is a very strict master in the
postoffice and the Bundy never lies
There are penalties for failure to ring
the clock on arrival aud departure, for
all employes, from the heads of the va
rious departments to the porters. Let
ter carriers are suspended from one to
fifteen days, according to how many I
prior convictions there may be record I
ed against them In the record book.
Clerks suffer for their mistake« by be-
I
Ing tim'd from one day's salary up. as
the case may be. as prior convictions
.
also count against the clerks.
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Supposing a second Klebelieu, recog
nizing th* achievements of the mod
ern woman, were to found another
French academy, reserved not this
time for men. but for feminine mem-
I-ere only, who would be the forty
"immortal” women who would occupy
its armchairs? A general vote ou this
question has just been taken among
the readers of a French review, each
of whom was requested to send in a
list of forty names of living «omen.
Tbe women "immortals" thus elected
Include five royal personages—one etu-
pre«s ami four queen», sixteen author
esses, eight actresses and »lngers, nve
artists, four women emlneut for their
philanthropic works, aud two compos-
M. Houyer, a survivor of rhe massa
cre of a French scientific mission by
csunlbals at Slleraka, New Guinea, on
| Jan. 1. lu describing the horrible occur
Ex-Governor Upham of Wisconsin,
who. ns tlie Post stated the other day.
was once mourned for dead, told a
good story on himself at the Capitol
yesterday.
"1 was once Interested In two lum
ber deals ’ he said. "I bad offered a
valuable piece of property at $tkt.i»»i
nnd at the same time I wns trying to
buy a tract of pine trees. YVhile the
deals were pending I ran across a
gypsy fortune teller lu the woods aud
1 asked her to tell my fortune.
" 'You wdl be very lucky in your
deals.' she said.
“ 'That's go<Kl,’ I remarked.
“ 'Yes.' continued the fortune teller,
•your luck will beat your brains.’
Governor Upham says that the wo
man spoke Hie truth. A few days
later the syndicate which held the op
tion of $00.000 upon the property he
had offered at that price decided not
to accept It. and It was not long before
he was able to sell the land for al
most double the amouut. Washington
Post.
Had Given It Up.
"The priest was here the day,” said
Mm I.aiiulgau to her husband, as the
two sat down to supper. "He said be
was hoping you nor your brother Tim
would go to hear that walking delegate
that's making speeches all around the
town."
"Sure, and til'd no Intlntlons to go.”
said Mr. lainnlgiin. bls utterance
clogged by a biscuit.
"He said." proceeded the wife. Im
patiently. "that the man indoolged too
much In hyperbole. What is that. Ar-
thur?"
Mr. lanulgan looked at her reprov
ingly. and paused In the middle of an
other biscuit
“Ol’m a tlmperance man these eight
years,” he said, loftily, "and If you are
wishful to know what «anything of
that kolnd la. Mary Anu. It's from
some wan else besides me you'll have
to get your Information. Ol’m amazed
at ye. woman!”
I.sw |<> Promote Honesty.
"We have an old statute In Arizona
making ft a misdemeanor for a hotel
or restaurant keeper to set out viands
on his bill of fare that he is uot actual-
ly able to serve," said Clarkson South-
ard. of Bisbee, "and It might well t>e
adopted here. It was snacted many
years ago when prospectors and others,
returning to the tow ns after months of
privation, were deluded and enraged
by elalsvrate bills of fare, to And after
ward that the only article* they could
THE ENGLISH SPARROW
! really get to eat were bacon and beans.
Hew ths Ohnnll"it< Hird W«l Hronght »« usual.
So many »booting* resulted
to This Countrv.
' that this law was enacted and for a
Two old residents of Germantown
time was strictly enforced. The neces
took advantage of a delightful day to
sity for Its enforcement has long since
Mtinter up Germantown avenue, stop
pasaed. but It has never, so far a* I
ping now and then at the different
know, been repealed.”—Philadelphia
place* of historic Intervet along the i Tluiew
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avenue. They spent some of the time
A
Ivy
doesn't
believe the m<»tb>e« in
at the old Ship bouse, telling each other
al>out th* ancient structure, and a* to bi* cot'y t>ook after be I* ten. a girl be
bow the ship cam* to It* placed ther*. lieve* them all her life.
when their attvnt:on was attracted by
A man make* a sweeping assertion
niyr ads of sparrows that congregated when be Alls bls opponent's eye* with
up on the root.
dusk
A sovereign lady in her own right,
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland heads
tbe entire list, with 5,212 votes, where
as the tirst of the authoresses, Mme.
Adam, has only secured 4,150.
I he
four other royalties are the Czarina.
Queen Margherita of Italy. Queen
Marie Christina of Spain and the
Quwn of Roumanla. who is. of course,
a writer as well as a queen. Among the
authoresses Mine. Alphonse Daudet,
with 3.433 votes, and tbe Countess de
Martel ("Gyp”), with 3.040. run Mme.
Adam close. Tlie remaining eight in
clude Mme. Rosemonde Rostand, who
who wrote verse before she married Ed
mond Rostand; Mme. Severine, the dis
ciple of Jules Valles; and Mddle. Lucie
Faure, the daughter of the late Presi
dent of the republic.
Among the artlsas are Mme. Dumont-
Breton. Mme. Madeleine Lemaire and
Mddle. Louise Abbema. The actresses
who would sit In tlie ladies’ academy
are. of course. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt,
and Mmes. ReJane, Bartet. Marie Lau
rent. Emma Calve, Adelina I’attl. Miss
Ellen Terry and Signora Eleonora Duse.
1’lie last three women, with Mme. Au
gusta Holmes, who would represent
music in tbe academy, by the side of
Mdlle. Chaminade and Baroness von
Suttner, are tbe only foreigners on the
list of forty.
Apparently the readers of the review
in question, says the Ix>ndon Telegraph,
are not very well up in contemporary
English and American literature.
HIGH DIVING IMO IHE 1IBIR.
Plunging into the lllver TII k T used
to be a favorite pastime with the au-
cient Romans. Modern Romans have
revived the old sport and have added
some frills to it In the way of aero
batlc feats and feats of daring.
A society, known as the "Rarl
Nantes.” Is the patron of the sport and
offers each year diplomas for "winter
swimming.” These are awarded to
anyone who braves the swift, cold wa
ters of the ancient stream during the
months of November, December, Jan
uary and February.
At tlie fourth meeting of the society
forty-two swimmers won the diploma,
although the racing took place in a
stream swollen to nearly fourteen feet
above its normal level by torrential
rains. High diving and swimming races
In clothes are now exciting the sport
ing section of the Eternal City, and the
Illustration, which Is from a remark
able snapshot photograph, shows the
high diving In full swing.
I<eather of the Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians were skilled
in tbe art of tanning leather and man
ufactured It In various ways and for
various purposes besides that of fur
nlsblng coverings for the feeL Indeed
It Is to those builders of the pyramids
that we are indebted for the first artis
tic forms of footwear, and so far as can
be aseertalnrel from history and the
researches of archaeologists the Egyp
tians were the first shoemakers who
were worthy of the name.
It 1» a fact too. that tanners of to
day employ very much tbe same meth
ods as did the ancients. About the
same materials are used, and the proc
esses are almost precisely similar to
those In vogue hundreds of years ago.
It 1» true that tanners of the present
day have found means of greatly short
ening the time required to convert a
hide into leather and that steam power
and modern machinery have donemueh
to expedite and Improve the processe*
of finishing tbe leather; but. after all.
the principles of tanning remain the
same as they have been from the first
The old Cellar.
A treasure cave it seemed to be.
Full of delicious mystery.
Across the windows' narrow panes
The spiders swung their silver chains!
Upon the swinging shelve* e'erhead
Were jars of jams and jellies spread.
Which, when unsealed on festal day«.
Outshone the ruby's richest ray«.
In one far corner’, dreamy dusk
Ripe apple« stored their balm and mn»k.
Huge pumpkins from the next one rolled.
Like giant beads of richest gold.
Ranged upon «helves upon tbe wall
YY'ere firkins «hort and firkins tall.
Where, youthful palates to entice.
Green pickles swarm in seas of spice.
Among them, bulging boldly out.
YVa» the brown oak cask filled with
"kro«t."
Perchance that cellar, rough and dark.
1« type of many a man of mark
Whose mind, unpolished, yet has stored
Rich viands for life'» festal board.
—Good Housekeeping.
Renetl» of Ho»r«lto*-Ho**e.
CHAPTER XXIII.
stwkLT
"C™*
h«- sight
•tr.ke« terror to her heart
tk
,
of the wtrL
7 Th* h 1"11
hirh
•
* ** that, mountain«
th'm^ to
iB1,n!
'“’h
r*k»;th7X i7^.
,h* rrani''
prominent; he seems to tower above
those around him. He is evident], .d
dressing them with passionate words, »-j
now he spring» into the boat, an,] ^¡7
renewed eloquence seems to compel t]^
present to follow him. His voice, 1. j?
vehemence, rise» even above the »tor*
Not that the stricken girl crouching
in the shelter of her rock needs that t<L
timony to know that it is he whom b»
soul loveth.
Vera staging* to her feet ami star«,
blindly into the semi-darkness.
he»,-t.
cry goes up from those crowded togethw
on the beach. The mists have cleared
away from the moon, and she can »«
as well as those eager watchers that •>
Ave black spots that were upon the rig.
ging are no longer there.
They have been successful, then, io
far. They have taken those five half,
dead creatures into the blessed Ufeboit
Surely, if the rescuers could go throuR
j such a sea in safety, they can return.
A blessed relief comes to her, so share-
ly, *o unpreparedly, that she almost giT,.,
way beneath it. The good ship, indeed
is gone! Where the black, indistinct m«M
stood a minute since, now all is bare-
there is but sea and sky, and the meniurr
of it! But the lifeboat still lives.
Every onward dash of the tempestnoM
waves drives the lifeboat the more sure
ly into shelter, until at last it touchy
ground. A hundred eager hands are
stretched out to prevent the return:»,
wave from carrying it backward.
the men, more adventurous than the re^
rush into the surging tide up to their
waists and seize tbe boat and drag it for.
cibfy into safety.
„
Dysart, springing to land, helps out the
rescued men, now exhausted by fear sj]
exposure—one of them, indeed, has faint
ed—but there are kindly arms open to
receive them and kindly voices to bi!
them welcome—and to praise the God ¡g
sea and land for their delivery from
death this night.
With a hurried wave of the hand be
turns abruptly away from the cheerinf
crowd and the dancing torchlights, and
makes his way through the heavy dark
ness toward the small pathway that win
lead to the road above. Stumbling, u».
certain, and feeling altogether exhausted,
he nevertheless finds it, and put» out bli
hand to grope for the rock that he know,
stands at the right sid* of it, where the
beach commences.
“Good heavens, what is this? He
»tarts violently, and then his lingers fast
en with almost convulsive energy over
the small cold hand that has been thrust
Into his.
A sharp little cry break«
through the darkness, nnd then the cold
hand is hurriedly withdrawn, and two
arms are thrown round him, and cling to
him with passionate vehemence.
“It is you—you! And you are safe!
Oh, Seaton! Oh, thank heaven, thank
heaven!”
Whose voice is it? Not Vera's? Verb
and yet the clinging arms are warm, liv
ing, and genuine; the sobbing voice a
real; a small disheveled head is very dnw
to him—very! What has happened? Hu
he gone mad?
He is ghastly pale, white as the death
from which he has but just now: so nar
rowly escaped, and across his right tem
ple there is a alight streak of blood, «till
wet. This adds to his pallor. Vera, we
ing it, shudders violently, and involun
tarily, almost unconsciously, lifts her
band, and presses her handkerchief to
the wound.
"Speak!” says he, and now tbe word
is a command. It rings sharply. There
is a very anguish of doubt in bis tone,
aud his eyes, burning into hers, are oo
full of desperate question, that they ut
terly unnerve her.
The strain of the past terrible houn
has been too severe, and now she sink!
beneath it. She bursts into tears.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes!” she cries, giving
him thus vaguely the answer he requim
In a moment his arms are round her.
crushing her against his heart. To him
those incoherent words are full of sweet
est meaning. Yes. she loves him. Who
shall tell the joy this knowledge brinp
him—joy that is almost pain?
“Darling, darling!" whispers he, softly.
And then after a little while. "I am toe
happy. I do not know what to say. I
cannot speak.” And then again, "M>I
I kiss you?”
He does not wait for permUsion. but
presses his lips to hers—dear lips, tbit
kiss him back again, with honest, beirt-
felt gladness.
(The end.)
Where There 1» No Twilight.
The days and nights are of eq'»'
length at Guayaquil. The sun knock»
off promptly at fl o'clock In the evenlnf
and gets up at 6 In the morning wM
equal regularity the whole year around-
There is no twilight, no gloaming, w
Interval whatever between dayl fbt
aud dark—only a brilliant llltiniinar --i
the sudden disappearance of a red b»-1
Into a blue ocean, a spread of dame ‘’-■i-
or over all the western sky for a If*
minutes and a purple haze In the ea<-
Then the surface of the ocean, like tl*
heavens. Is lighted with mlll ona
strange and shifting stars, f -r the ”
ter Is so Impregnated with phespiM’n*
that each tiny wave Is tlppe1! vr -
light, and tbe foam that follow» in tF
wake of the vessel Is often like a sue»®
of fire. Sometime* you can
i"
poises swimming along the t»w ’’:5'
vessel livid with phosph > '
and followed by a streak of * fi“*
a comet’s tall. The southern ■ ■'«’• ’ 1
the right arm tipped out at proper »*
gle. Iles straight ahead. In th- ml 1’’
myriads of unknown worlds that I1**
strange to those accustomed to
northern constellation«. Un ler the
arm is a large black spot in th-“ b-“'
ena. brightened by only a s n- e u “i”'
star, which the sailors call "th-' '•J
dinner bag." • Over the stern ■ ( tbe v
•«el in the early evening you an P * ,
dlatingu'sh the fatnll ar -on- ci >'
,
-
with tbe children.—Chi ago » "i
The British marquis work ng
: b«*** i
;t. lie’*’* I
the ma«t has turned up n
°o a sailing vessel plying "
gland and Australia, aceor .,L* re **
S*t. Helena Guardian. It is the MH
‘ko-otsisetaMe^UhL?*""* ” r*,rh of Graham, eldest »on and b-'lr .f ’*
brink, and ro
» Huke of Montrose. 21 year* of
»tor* heart»; it i» th» '.if*
failin< wants to find out all aboi it tae *2
chant marine «nd to earn >
I A toll hgur* has .u,lde^y
'"»rtlficat*.
Keeper* of Washington boarding-
houM-* are taking prompt actio* umj. r
tbe new provision of the district code
which Axe» a heavy penalty against
perwon* who fraudulently evade pay
meat of bill* for lodging and keep.
After women beg a w«r.ng
teetk. they ali look aUk*.
CHAPTER XXII.
Night has quite closed in. • night e
eeptionally wild and violent, * *
■
more the sound of wheels upon the gravel
without catches Vera a ear.
Perhaps »he had been listening
—is even in a measure prepared for •
but even If so. this does not prevent the
sudden agitated change that overspreads
her face as she hears it. Her pu »es
quicken unpleasantly and she half rises
to her feet.
. ,
An hour, two hours, pass, and she is in
her room dressing for dinner, when a
servant brings her a note.
"I have to thank you for the kind In
vitation which Griselda gave me. Busi
ness matters have compelled me to come
here again—for the last time-to-night;
to trespass, for the last time, upon your
hoepitality. I beg you will not let my
presence disturb you: my stay will be so
short that I dare to hope you will not
mark the coming or going.”
_ quick wave
____ ________
A
of color dyes Vera’s
face; she lays the letter with studied
slowness upon the table near.
"My compliments to Mr. Dysart, and I
hope be will dine with me to-night,” she
says, calmly, but with an unconscious
touch of hauteur. How does he dare to
treat her like this, to persist in believing
—or rather, to pretend to believe—that
his presence is so distasteful to her ?
What is he to her, one way or the other,
that she should care whether he was in
her house or out of it?
At dinner, however, she will have an
opportunity of widening bis knowledge
somewhat. It will be the simplest thing
to let him see how utterly unimportant
an item he is in the scheme of her exist
ence. There is a brilliant light in her
eyes as she turqs to receive the woman
who ha3 uow come back with au answer
to her message to Dysart.
There is a timidity in the woman’a air
that warns her.
“Mr. Dysart's compliments and thanks,
madame, but he has already dined in
town.”
"Fasten this bracelet." says Vera, hold
ing out her arm. She is aware that the
woman is watching her, curiously if ner
vously, and she so moves that the sudden
pallor of her face, the sole thing that
shows her Indignation, shall not betray
her. "That will do; you can go,” she
says after awhile. She sweeps down
stairs almost in the servant's footsteps,
aud into the green drawing room, a
smaller apartment than the usual recep
tion rooms, and now looking delicately
cozy beneath the touches of lamps and
firelight, and with the perfume of many
flowers hanging around it.
The wind, the thunder, the lightning,
still rage, but the rain has ceased, aud
!n the murky heavens above, a pale, sick
ly moon is striving feebly to break a way
through the dense clouds. Suddenly the
door is thrown open by an agitated hand,
and the woman who had attended her
upstairs comes hurriedly, without cere
mony, into the room.
"Uh, madame, I thought you would like
to know—that you should be told—” she
stops, frightened by the expression on
Vera's face.
"Well?” says Vera, going a step nearer
to her.
“There is a ship in great distress, ma
dame—somewhere out there," pointing
vaguely in the direction of the ocean,
“upon the rocks, they say!
There is
scarcely any hope—— ”
“But the life-boat?” cried Y’era, sharp
ly. forgetting everything now but the aw
ful thought of death—and death so near
—out there upon those cruel rocks, with
the boiling, murderous waves leaping to
receive their prey.
"Yes. madame, but that accident yes
terday you will remember it?—they say
it has disabled six of the men, aud it is
almost certain death to go at all, and the
hands being short, there must be volun
teers, and who will risk their lives----- ”
the townbred girl stops short with a
quiver, and covers her face with her
hands.
"Y'olunteers! Wtiere is Mr. Dysart?”
cries Vera, suddenly, with prophetic in
stinct. "Speak, girl!” turning fiercely on
her maid.
“Gone down to the beach, madame, to
see what can be done.”
"Gone!" says Vera, slowly, as if dazed,
and then again, "gone!" A little convlu-
sive shiver runs through her—it is the
final breaking up of any lingering de
ceits, any last illusions, that she may
still have clung to.
“Order the carriage,” she says, after a
minute or two, during which mistress and
maid have remained silent. This sudden
w aking up has been so far a shock that
it has killed all Immediate nervousness.
Khe feels chilled, calmed, strengthened.
The moon has in a measure conquered
the clouds, and now shines out with a
pale, watery luster, that rather adds to
than takes from the weird wildness of
the night. The thunder still rattles over
head. and vivid flashes light the black
ness. Here and there, as the carriage
passes by the outskirts of the wood, these
intermittent burst» of light show” w'herZ
a ' tree *"**
haa "" been ' felled,
" ’ or'the road ripped
up. or a small bridge carried bodily
away by the force of the swollen cur
rent underneath.
All through the deadly crashing of th*
•torm a booming sound may be heard at
long intervala. Half maddened by it,
and by that other greater fear. Vera lies
back in the carriage, pressing her fin-
gers now to her ears, now to her throb
bing brow, that feel» as if ¡t were bur>t.
•Off-
Arrived at the entrance to the village a
<lriv* of about a mil* froni Greycourt,
she atops the carnage, and opening the
door »prints to the ground. A sudden
gnst of wind passing by almost da.he,
wr <°
' b”' by ■ ’"P-'rinmi.n
Th/a
*nd h,lf bI>nd.-<l bv
he flashing bghtmng. and bewildered bv
th* rag.ng »torm, »he turns aside, and
runs
run. panting,
pannng. struggling,
strugghng. down .
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w77ho« ^"Se^t *
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