Eugene Weekly Guard. ----------■+-- - CAMFBKLL ■ I,roprl«or. ♦---------- EUGENE .................... OREGON. A few touche« of nature smooth many a wrinkled «kin. An honest man’s the noblest work of God. unless be doesn't belong to your party. England keeps on raising priucease« for the German princes in spite of the strained relations. Time waits for no man, but man has to wait at least an hour when u woman tells him to wait just a second. Wheu a girl begins to apeak of her «elf as a bachelor maid It Is a sure sign that she Las given up all hope. The author of "Goo-Goo Eye« dead, but the «Teator of "A Hot Time’’ has not yet gone to the reward of which be sang One good turn deserves another, ev ery place except on the vaudeville stage. There the proportion is about one to ten. Good deal of talk in the air about ■ German American alliance. All of which is as Interesting as a last year's mare's nest. The nuintier of first poems written by Whittier Is now equalled only by the numbe.- of oldest Vale graduates who have recently dhd The man who halves church just as the collection plate starts around may have been taken suddenly 111, but he rarely gets credit for It. No kissing ever occurs In Japan ex­ cept between husband and wife, not even between a mother and child. What a shameful u<*gl«*ct of opport uni ties. Prince Henry was not born In a log catiin, nor did he work lu a brickyard in bls youth. He achieved his present greatness without these '““«sters which are so essetitial in the greatneM- »proutlng business lu America. Tlie panic lu the diamond market Is growing worse Instead of better It 1« now utmost Impossible to get No. 2 whites In carload lots; No. I blues can be obtained only in bushel lots; and No. 1 straws are no longer quoted, except by the peck. A tire In a fireproof building In Cill cago the other day revealed a quau tlty of Intlaiumiibh* aals*et<«i. The tire chief of Chicago lias observed that much of tlie nsliwslo« in use In large office structures is uot only not fire­ proof, but highly combustible The quick burning construction buildings are wnrmut«*d to have It soon over Willi. Hawthorne wrote In Ills note book: “No place ever took so strong ii hold of my being us Home, uor ever seemed so close to me mid so sliangely familiar 1 »I'm to know it better than my birthplace, mid to Imre known It kmg er." The words furnish on«* of many reasons why the proposed statue of Hawthorne In tin* Eternal City will I»- a fitting nt 'inorlal. Mrs. John Jacob Astor defines a gen tieman as a college Mlucaled man. Mark Twain dlsagrtsst and give*» bls defini­ tion: "A kindly, court<-ous, unselfish man. who thinks first, not of himself, but of hts fellow man, that Is what a gentleman la, uot one of these society ‘chappies,’ who lu r ii us for liavltig them. It Is as true of nation* as of men, that wise saying twelve centuries old, which latwell rendered: He who baa a thousand friends has uot « friend to spare, Ami be who lias one i-iivniy will meet biiu everywhere. The authorities of a Feuuaylvanla towu. afflicted with a scourge of small pox, act««! in the llgtu of experieace when they orilertsl that all «legs and eats found ruuulng | a ride u|««n th«* canal that pmux-d through Kami«, the ui*«l*ni KAom t’shtin. In the Fayfim. The ticket gives the po>- setiger ■ asms, the pla.-e front which he sailed, amt what la »up|«sv«sl to lie tlie captain's acknowledgment that the fan- was paid. The traveler was l*t«> lemaeua son of I’aiioiuleu». ami laido- ma. son of laldorua. was the pilot. The last line of the dm-nment la "Even full.’’ the ’’even’' being Interpreted to mean that the passenger ha-l settles! the charges, ami the ‘‘full" that the tick«*! bolder la ng aa far as the tsstt mute extends We moderns would aay “through" Instead of * «nil '* The ticket Is assign«**! to the aeroixl «-entury. The papyrus measures two am! a quarter Indies by three xml a half lm*hes, am! has l*een folded, or perhaps rotted an«! crush««!, four tim*-a It Is too late to wish l*tolenia<*us a good voyage or to congratulate Isidoros on his rr*-*ir*l as a faithful pilot, but the survival of | their names haa a pathetic Interest am! I Is a reminder that time haa an unex , pa« tad w ay of »paring w hat m ght ran ••nably be supposed doomed to destruc­ tion or to oblivion. NOVEL WRITERS’ PAY needful ronsumptlon of food supplies; wagons were left along the trail, and the next comers helped themselves to such parts as th<*y needed, or fancied they needed. I knew of more than one such thrifty party who picked up and mended a broken wagon, only to And, later on. that they bad encum­ bered tbemsefvra with something that they did not want. Queer-iooklug con­ trivances for minlig. worn-out cloth­ ing. and even valuable tools, were plentifully scattered along the trail. Everybody seetne«! ‘o be stripping for the conflict with the rode force« of na­ ture that was to com- when we reach­ ed the heart of the mntinent. It was our habit to to gathvr fuel from the float«am and jetsam er of years. they are tsiund with wire binding. For "Esmond” Thackeray had 1.2UU given at Windsor Caitle In the earlier Wire binding Is cheaper and quicker Victoria guineas, aud “The Newcomes” yielded days of the reign d Queen than thread binding It Is also a geries of perform- have been worth £4.000 a year-an In­ tsiuud with thread. When opened they manage- come that will certainly compare with ances at Windsor wider the stay open, and. after the American luent of Charles Kejn. and It Is to be that of the editors of any twentieth monthlies, they seem a delight to hold. presumed that the «-»medians felt the < entury monthly publication. absence of tha hearty approval shown ’ Pickwick ” brought Charles Dickens In view of tha wrecking of the City In the regular theater for one even­ Havings Bazik of Detroit by It« vice £2.500 and a share In the copyright Ing. when the queen s»nt an equerry prewldeut, F'. C. Andrew«, who, by after live years "Nicholas Nickleby” to Mr. Kean to know If the actors means of falsified statement«, appro- was worth £4.500, and “Barnaby would like anything, meaning refresh­ print«*d about $1,000,01)0 of the bank’« Ridge” £3,000 for the copyright till six ments, the actor replied: fund« to ills own use, the advice given months after publication. It is luter­ “Say to her majesty that we should to young men by William J. Onahan, esting lu view of the 300,000 copies be grateful for a little applause when president of the Home Saving« Bank sold of “The Master Christian,” the the s[>ectators are pleased.” of Chicago, aa to the best mean» of ac­ KMk.tMJO of "The Eternal City,” the 500,- Back went the equerry »nd conveyed quiring a competency or wealth be- OOO of "Richard Carvel,” aud the 80,- the message. At the enl of the act corn«*« I hi II i Interesting and timely. Gue 000 of “Tlie History of Sir Richard there was a slight sugges lon of hand­ of Andrew«’ frequently expressed max Calmady,” to note that the original clapping and exceedingly gentle foot­ Inis was tliat it was idle to expect to sale of "Great Expectations" was 3U,- tapping. James Wallack "ho knew get rich merely by Having a portion of 00«i copied nothing of the message sent to the In four years George Eliot received queen, hearing the mild demonstration, one*« salary, and that it was only but "Romo- through daring sjM«ii which to build a bank account, that was at the beginning of his ca­ No Breach of Diaclpline. and that while riches may soiuetluies reer, and "Griffith Gaunt, or Jealousy” The Colonel was entertaining some of Is* acquired by other means, the attained to £1,500. Anthony Trollope, cham-es that a departure from correct a st«*ady and persistent writer, made his friends with storltuv of army life, prlm-lples will lie followed by «llsaster from hl« books a gross sum of £70,000, and the talk turned to the inflexibility rather than su<-<*<*s» are so overwhelm or some £2,000 a year. “The Claver­ of orders. That reminded the Colonel of Ingly great that the few exception« ings” brought £2,800, “The Small Tim Murphy's case. Murphy had enllst«*d In the cavalry serie only to emphasise the general House at Alllngton” £3,000, and “Can service, although he had nev«*r been on rule. The fate of Andrews himself 11 ! You Forgive Her?" £3,525. lustrâtes the truth of this clearly. Mr Charles Kingsley sold "Alton Locke” a horse In his life. He was taken out Onahan is exceedingly well qualified to I for £150 to Messrs. Chapman and Hall, for drill with other raw recruits under diacusa the subject of money getting In a sum certainly less than a twentieth command of a sergeant, and, as luck all Its phases. Nome time previous to of the tluanctal return his daughter, would have it, secured one of the worst b<*eoinlng pr«*«lerlod of five he was hurletl bead over h«*els through lias been r«*p<-iiti* hard that tlie uien of experience and authority, but same terms at the end of the n«*cond breath was almost knocked out of him. "Murohv!” shoute«! for all ttial there are many imtsou », p«*ll«M. vi hen lie discoverol the man spread out young nnd old. who s«-«-iii to think that Going back to the beginning of last tlie uictliods by which tlie large for­ «■entury It Is Interesting to remember mi the ground, "you dlsmouuted!" “1 did.” tune« of «ollie year« ago were built up that while Scott received large sums “Did you have orders?" have become antlquat««! ami «re no for the Waverley Novels, Jane Austen “I did.” longer applicable. Thin certainly Is a «•artied during her lifetime less than “From beadquarters. I suppose?" mistake £700 In all for the work of her pen. with a sneer. Macauley was one of tin* first nil­ "No. from hlndquartera." liar«! to Matriculate. thors to receive payment ón the royal­ "Take him to the guardhouse!” order Mr. I’l-lxolo, lodgekeeper at Glran! ty system, that being his arrangement College, prides bliiiH«-ir on hl« Intimate with Messrs. Longmans for lila Ills eil the sergeant knowledge of the regulations of th«« tory, anti George Eliot also hud a «1 mi Silenced. Institution. Th«« other day a bright- lar arrangement with Blin k woods for Those who make light of religion nnd looking young hoodlum of some 7 years some at least of her novels. morality seem sometimes, by the very of ago, carrying a teh-scope bag and An author now r«*celves as a rule energy of their nttack. to Is- getting th«* with a cigarette jauntily poised in bl« from 10 per cent In the case of an un bent of It. but now and again they find mouth, entered the lodge. known writer to 25 per cent In tin­ themselves worsfed by tin* ready wit "Bay, I want to come to this school,” case of an established favorite on tin* of som«> quiet listener, who turns th«* said the visitor. gross retail price of Ills book, 11«* also, tables upon them. Such was the case "You can't come here If you «moke of course, receives larg«* sums for tin- with the French «Indents of whom l‘e- that thing.' answered I’elxoto. serial rights. As a matter of fact, lu ter launbard tells an amusing story In “Well, I'll -throw it away.” was the th«* case of mauy writers the receipts the Church Times. ready reply. from the serial rights often exceed the An omnibus full of I’arlsl.-in students "la your father living?" usked the royaltie« on the complete l«s>k. Ap­ was making Its way nlong the Rue de lodg«-keeper. proximately It may, therefore, l>e con Rivoli when a priest In his robes of ‘“Course he 1«.’’ «aid the t>oy. eluded that In the <•«»♦• of a novelist office jolm*d the party. The students “We don’t admit pupil« whose fatli like Miss Marie Corelli, with an enor­ hailed the newcomer with delight, and ers an* uot dead, only orphans.” mous anti constant public, one book, began at once to tell nil the objection­ "G«*e!” was th«* response. “Then to although «lie never serializes it, will able stories they could recall. The get In I've got to kill the old man. bring nt least £2t*,4Mk) In nil. a figure priest spoke not a word till be rose to Dat'a tough!” Philadelphia Times. which Is also probably reached by get out. Then he said, politely: “Au revolr, messieurs.” many of the l«ooks of Mr. Kipling aud Too Early. The French “au revolr” means liter­ Hall Caine. In- On«* raw February morning tn \\ lien on«* reads the statement that a ally. “till we see each again.” One of ■tructor In the University of Michigan wax calling the roll of an eight o'clock sm «-essfnl liook is selling nt tin* rate th«- students evidently liad this In mind of between 1,1MW and 2. a week, It when he replied. elusa In English. “I m.” be said. “We don’t want to is safe to assume that the author Is ’’Mr Hobbin».'* said he. receiving between £100 mid £150 a m«*et you again, old dismal I” There no answer. “But. au revolr.” repeat«! the cure; “Mr. Robbins,” In a slightly louder week for It. and so on. Of cnirw “we are sure to meet again. I am the only apply to at the most these figure« voice. half a dozen novelists. Another tw«-u- chaplain of the Mazas prison.” Still no reply. ly. however, wlll receive from £4 to “Ah,’’ said th«* Instructor, with A H*-o professor of history at side th«* ranks of th«* first thirty writ­ River Findhorn there Is a great ex Cornell, and It shows hint In the pleas er« novel writing nowadays hardly panse of shifting sandhills, known as Ing light of a man who could be boy pays Chicago Rw-onl Herald. the Cuiblu Sands, which show all the Ishly gay at a gray nm! cheerless hour great peculiarities of a great desert. OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA no small feat. If one stop« to consider au«*stic articles Bln* M ho Is that playing the part of lumbus. another paper city. Columbus have b«-en plck«*d np. Some tragic the banished Duke! boasted an Inu. a blacksmith shop aud stories are till current in the locality He That’s Barton Hill, one of the a trading post. The passage of the of the wonderful escape of the Inhale veteran« of the prof«*«»lon. l-oup at that pla«e was accomplished Itants from the blinding sand-drift on She !» he very old! by means of a rope ferry, for which that terrible night. He Well er I don’t know Rut he service the ferryman, before landing Nix Historical Age«. « rested that part New York New«. us on a sand bar near the farther bank Kc-lexlsstleal authorities divide the of the stream, exacted a fee of a dol The “t'aniiy <’r«se." history of man Into six ng»*« (D Front According to a Loudon |*ap**r, ths lar and a half for each tram; the cat Aiknm to Noah. (2> from Noah to Abra “candy erase" Is th«- l«t«*»t fashionable tie were swum across The tide of ham. (3) from Abraham to David: <4 ltup«>rti«U>>ii from America "Ko the« travel was so great that we wen* from David to the Baylonish captivity, ter party." it i> • announ*»«! “worthy of obliged to wait all «lay for our turn to i”*) from the captivity of Judah to the the name, can exist for half an hour cross 1 sake«! the proprietor of the birth of Christ; (fit from the birth of without the comfort of th appearance terry If be had bad any touch of th- < hr «1 to the en«! of the wocl I California fever With a twinkle of of chocolates and sugared al iuon«!a.” Weight of the Water. hla eye he surveyed his ferry an«! hi« farlo*® <>ntetrry. Water sufficient to cover one acre smithy, and said: “Wai. I allow Munte Carlo han a npevial criuetrry yere la Callforay enough for nre “ one inch de«>p will weigh 101 ton«. for tfainbliuu rh-ttrnn a ho commit nul Our trail after leaving the last net ltee que»tiou of sex never app rhìe Sin*'® WHO oirr 2»000 graven tleiuenla. was strewn with lame ami so gigantic to a man as when I» start: have beta lu< there. abandoned cattle at.«! the di«*«rd<-*l out in search of a servant flirt material of those who bad preceded ua. As large «romp»nice passed on. they I found their burdens lightened bv the continued, in a tone, doubtie-» to be placatory, “and you wj|| j * well.” “I take it to be my duty, Mr g». hanlt,” I repli«*d ,“to concern nq», with whatever affects the welfare Of tL* people; and, to my mind, the .itoa,ij condition of the valley, and—’’ u by J. MACLAREN COBBAN. “Oh,—d—d sentimental non-enw-.. he exclaime«i. "The valley is |lere f us to make money out of the best w >v J' cun. attention (often to little purpose) that “It is, of course, of no eon«equM CHArlTK II—Continued. clergymen are expected t.- fliv o then, that 1 don’t agree with you," ,. Mid I; I weezin the morning and discovered can hardly be conceived by th- m “but as t - what I shall think or •»»0# e ■ there or any other matters, I can 4 cer. how t*6 »‘range tints of the water were hold cure« in the s*zuth. 7’«^. The p nd was fed by a run- i. a grand pnx-es.ion round the pansh tainlv take no orders from i0”, tit. which flow J at the bottom Of the of scholars and their friend» You must excuse me saving it. »« in their new finery - ‘ • ’’ "'I'an'e. .tank on one side of the lane called by “Very well.” He sat a moiIlent , silence, fingering liis glass; he see^ the name of Lacroix. This lane, ■* flaunting banners and a blatant alreaily learned, had been in other days bond, and heeded by their clergyman- not to have expected this conelu,10n the private carriage drive of the firs The procession halts at fixed |«>int«. Then be rose ami said, as if he WeJ l^croix (before a steinhardt had been forms into mas« and sing.« hymns, e< quite unconscious of having treated m« heard of) from his tine mansion to his bv the brass band, while the banners with rudeness. "Wo had better ioin take up positions to display their hide­ the ladies.” dve works and his model farm. niansion, with iU noble rookery, had ous devices and pictures. For another “If you will excuse me.” ««id I, “j long ago become the prey of the omniv­ «lav a short excursion in wagons, with think I must say gissl night.” ’ orous sp«-culative builder; the model tea or milk and buns, an«l games are “Eh?” He lookeil at me in farm bail disappeared, ail but the farm arranged for the benefit especially o’ surprise. “Oh, you should talk to th» house which, squeezed into a «oruW the younger scholars; ami for a thir l women a little while at any rate. Bul corner of the spreading village, was now day a long railway excursion for the just as you please.” let out in tenements; a Steinhardt now others. All these arrangements I ha-l The invitation was exasperatingly reigned in the Lacriox dye work« and, to undertake (some of them much unconcerned, but, thinking this w>l in his scorn of the past, was in the against the grain. I confess; for I pre­ but his habituaally churlish Teutonic habit of “tipping” bis aniline refuse fer to go through the parish as through way, and that if I did not ap; ear in th» down among the tree root« of the cher- life, unaccompanied by instruments o draw ing room the ladies might be dis- ishwi avenue, narrowing more and brans)—to undertake alone, along with tressed, I accompanied him. Both ol more the already constrict«! channel o all the duties more properly parochial the ladies glance«! at me rather curi­ the little stream, ami poisoning and and clerical; for the rector was still too ously; probably I showed signs of di». discoloring the once clear flow of water ill to attend to anything. 1 composure. Soon Mr. Steiuhardt with, neighborhood. This it in the whole neighborhood, For three weeks or so, therefore, I drew to his study and his pipe. was which washed color into the pond had no time to rumintae upon extrane­ “You've lieen having word« with and gave it its varying tints. ous matters, and no time to spen«l at Emmanuel, Mr. Unwin,” said Mr». I stooii thus in some doubt and great Timperley Hall. But I then made an Steiuhardt, almost as soon as her hus indignation—doubt whether Miss I-a- acquaintance that considerably influ­ band was gone. “It's all about that croix’s dream might not after all be enced the later events of my story—Mr. i dreadful lei-ture affair, I suppose. H« capable of as simple an explanation as Freeman, the minister of a quaint lit­ : thinks you’ve gone against him in it, I had found for the tints of the pond, ) tle Dissenting Chapel in the village. and Emmanuel can’t bear to be gon» and indignation at what I saw around We encountereil first on the day of the against.” (The good lady always pro­ me. I had never before ventured into procession in the Lacroix lane. He nounced her husband’s name with » Lacroix lane; I now passed under its was marching along from the opposite lofty sense of its scriptural prestige.) wretched dying trees, along the brink direction to us at the head of his mod­ “I do not see” said 1, still rather of its cinder mud, ploughed a foot deep est and silent troop; the lane was nar­ sore, “that Mr. Steiuhardt should ex- into ruts by lumbering coal carts and | row ; he halted, took off his hat, and pect to have his own way evervwher» wagons, and fancied it metamorphoseil smiled (while I could do no less in re­ and in everything, any more than an­ back into the private, shady, well-kept turn), and he anil his jieople (some of other man.” avenue of the first Lacroix. I had 1 them with reluctance, I have no doubt) “Mr. Steinhardt,” said Miss Lacroix, walked almost the whole length of the stood aside to let our noisier and more "is now alone in his authority, nos lane when I met Mr. Birley, Mrs. imposing procession pass. That was that father is gone, and he is by hii Steinhardt’s brother “Jim.” our introduction. M hen the \\ hitsun­ nature what you would sav a desk­ •Ah, there you are,” he called cheer­ tide matters were all disused of, he oil, yes, dear Mrs. Steiuhardt, he is—i( ily, when he espied me, “I was just called on me one evening to ask me to any one is not obedient to him he is coming to look you up and take you be chairman at a lecture he was about not nice at all. He said hard, rude, round a bit; there's not much *biz’ do­ to deliver in the lit’le public hall of the cruel things to vou, Mr. Unwin—in- village on some point of the land ques­ de«*d, yes,” said she in answer to my ing, and so I’ve taken a holiday.” After greeting I gave venf to the in­ tion. I was somewhat taken aback by look of surprise, “I know be did; I felt dignation of which I was full. Me re- j his request, and I suppose I showed him saying them all the time—and be­ that I was. sides, I saw him saying them with his turned along the lane. “Y’ou are surprised, I daresay, Mr. eyes all dinner time. But you must “Well,” said be, laying his hand on Unwin,” said he, with a little con­ not trouble about his words; they come my shoulder, “it’s not nice of course,” strained laugh (he was a bright, genial from his nature, which he cannot help, —standing ami surveying the lane. little man, with a big, red beard). “I I suppose.” “But it’s not for you or me to mend it; “What things, to be sure, you do though I’m joint guardian with ’Man­ 1 will explain why I ask you'.’—because, I understand, you, like myself, ,come say, Louise!” exclaimed Mrs. Stein- uel of Paul’s girl” (he meant Miss La- j croix), “I’ve nothing to do with the from the south, where pure streams, bardt. “and what eyes you have got! property, and 'Manuel, you see, can’t and clear skies, and healthy trees may My word!” bear to s;>eiid the brass, and doesn’t be seen, but especially because I be­ (To be continued) care a—well, a button—for Paul’s fam- | lieve you are the only man in the ily history. Poor Paul! he was a good neighborhood who holds somethig like chap. I suppose the name Lacroix is the same opinions as I do; my friend, THERE WAS A DISTINCTION. done for, and it has been what you Mr. Birley, has told me of the talks he learneil fellows would call historical.’’ has had w ith you about the way our Lancashire friends treat nature.” Both Were Soldiers of High Rink, but ii I asked what he meant. He stopped “Y’our friend, Mr. Birley,” I ex­ Different Armies. and pointed up the lane, away from claimed. Dr. Edward King, the venerated and Timperley. “Yes,” said he, with a comical twin­ "You mightn’t believe it,” said he, kle in his eye, “Mr. Birley and I meet saintly bishop of Lincoln, in England, “but if you follow this lane right out to not on theological, but on simply is now much advanced in years and Recently he ha« the end you’ll get to the Bastille.” human common ground, anil lie is tlie somewhat infirm. (■rim near uni gentleman called it friend of everyone who knows his good been visiting Bournemouth for his health, and T. P. O'Connor, in his ”.M. "Bastile.”) heart.” I looked at him: I failed to com pre­ I began to like my visitor, I agreed A. P.,” tells the following story of the hen-1. to act as his chairman, and we then venerable prelate's visit to that rea.’ide resort: After resting for some time one “Y’ou don’t mean,” I said, “the settled down to talk. famous French Bastille?—the fortress On the evening of the lecture I took afternoon on a seat on the “Parade’’ prison of Paris?” my place on the platform in a consid­ the bishop desireil to move, but, owing "That’s it,” said he. "Y’ou’ve read, erable flutter of nervousness. There to his age and infirmity, found some I suppose, in your history books of the was a large attendance of work folk, difficulty in rising. A kind hearted taking of the Bastille, and the man with a fair sprinkling of well-to-do peo­ little girl of the town noticed hie that was governor at that time, De ple from the neighborhood, brought to­ trouble and ran up, saying: “Oh, let I-acroix; —that’s the family, The poor gether, I suppose, as much by curiosity me help you.” The good bishop beamrd upon the old fellow was killed in the street«, I to see two parsons of conflicting creeds believe.” together as by interest in the subject child with one of his sweetest smilee, Thus he went on, with much fullness of the lecture. I observed on a back and the smile of the bishop is very of irrelevant detail. I gathered these seat Mrs. Steinhardt and Frank, Miss sweet, indeed. “Y’ou are a dear little feats of consequence which 1 here set Lacroix and our friend, Mr. Birley. maiden,” he said, “but I do not think down:—At the time of the great emi­ Steinhardt himself was not there. On you are strong enough.” gration of French nobility to this coun­ rising I was astonished to find myself “Why, bless you, sir,” was the re­ try, a tnemlier of the De Ijicroix family greeted w ith rounds of applause, and ply, “I’ve often hepled up daddy when found bis way to faincashire with one on explaining in a few words how I he was a sight worse drunk than yon or two dependents, a packet of jewels, came to be where I was, I was cheered are.” and some scientific learning, and with­ with such hearty vociferation, that I O'Connor says the truth of this story out his aristocratic prefix "de.” He concluded I had become, without know­ is vouched for by a canon of Ely, so it prospected about a little, and at length ing it, a popular personage. I accepted must lie true. invests«! the money he got for his jew­ the explantion Mr. Freeman gave me A story of General Sir Charles Tucker els in the Turkey red and Indigo dve afterward:—“It was a brave and risky is not quite so good, but it is well au­ works of Timperley. He prospered. thing to do, you know, to appear with thenticated. The general was on his He was one of the first to apply chem­ me; and these Lancashire folk above way out to India, when he found that ical science to the manufacture of dyes. all things admire a bit of pluck against there was another General Tucker on He made a large f«>rtune, and became odds. ” board the ship—General Booth-Tucker the great man of the neighborhood. of the Salvation Army. As the P. 4 0- He ha«l, however, a family of four sons boat came alongside to land passenger« CHAPTER IV. who gave him great trouble. They at Port Said and the gangway was This adventure with Mr. Freeman i almost ruined their father and quite crowded a woman was overhearil to say broke his heart before their several ha«l results that I ha*h c«e Lacroix. can t have you ami him disturbing ¿v aork|«eople, ami setting them against 1-nial possess ions. The Ophir hr -igbt CHAPTER HL ‘ ',v anything to him. but hon e an astoni-liing number of fr- - k«. V’Jt «ír ’’’OU1Ca,‘ tl,aVe il « flannel pettn-oat- and w raps that the 1 had in all this abundant food for future queen had taken the time ti cut rumination during the next two <>r I n t know,” I answered, “what and make during her trip, assisted three week*. Fut I he«i little time for right y»« have. Mr. htembar.it, to talk her ladies in waiting. rumination an«i no time at all for visits to me in this fashion ’’ to Tipmerley Hall until Whitsuntide I wa* angry. He moved al*out the Ptcul.ritv of a Fsmiiv A m past. Whitsuotide is the great gla«.e. ,Bli ,f^.nter, near «•* Mr«. Susan Holloway, a resides* o* festival in the Izincashire cal en«lar. What right’ Yo0r ,alarT Then mills and pits are idle for a out of p,,ket. (.an.t I >v 4 icinnati, ha« three brother« and t’1’ sisters, and «11 of them have six fle«** week, and the work p«**>ple have a spell on ea« h hand. Mr«. Hoilowav ha« :t>rt of serious enjoyment, and wearing of rh“' . ’* "*• • ffiatter between given birth to a baby girl win b” * new simmer clothing, for which nv n you and the rector, sir ” has been saved from Christmastide * vnu‘th^T,‘\’B"11 w*"‘ V» tell similar redundancy. Mr«. Holi »•?* mother and grandmother were •!•' earlier. Some go on jaunt« to the re«- ■ide for the w«ek ->r f**r a «lay W two; ou that I must be master in this vil- orated in the same wav, as is her broth- Mwiuii To " up °* cr • infant son. but the re* reations and dissin • : i - I '*‘h n*-hetween me .nd the the multitwie are tbooa cnnm-cted with ‘ «II the Mindsv «ch**«-l», whi«-h are gigantic Y.«n ze¿Z John ______ ■T,’hn Daniell, g « X, M» -.« „ York m**r ■in*’ and popular instituth ns. tl>« tima and ^T’ Atarriage a secret for 34 <** <1 Ek wl», ivmlel jj, ,