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FROM CIUITKK VlU.-tContlnued.) One uwuina; about two weeke after ward Mary wan In the meadow gathering cownllpe for dinner when ahe heard aome n calllm lir name; ami looking up, ahe esw Jean hurrying toward bar, her aunhoiiiift banging down bar bark, ai umial, and her cheeks fluabed with vio lent eaercla. Aa aoon aa aba ram up she began with, "Oh, my, ain't I but and tired, and 1 can't atajr a minute. either, for 1 ran away. lint I bad anr-u good Of wa to Ml you, that I would coma. You are going to have a treat deal better homo than thla. Toti know where Itlc Corner la, the dlntrh-t over eaat? Mary rwpll.nl that ah did, and Jenny continued; "We all went orer there yea teit.ay to e Mra. Man, Bho'e a real nice lady, who ud to lira In Iloaton. and be liitltnata with mn, until three or four year ago when Mr. Maaon died Wa didn't go there any more then, and 1 aaked Ue what the reaaon waa, and ahe aald Mra. Maaon waa poor now, and ma had Vtit her;' and when I aaked her what alia rut her with, ahe only laughed, and eald aha tillered I dldu t know any thing. Hut aince then I've learned what it nteana." "What doea It?" aaked Mary and Jenny replied: "If a peraon dlea and learea no money, no matter how good hla folk a are, or bow much you like them, you mum n't know them when you meet them In the atreet, or you miiet crone over the other aide If you aea them romlng; and then when la dlea call and apeak about them, you muni draw great, long breath, and won der 'bow the poor thing will get along, ahe waa ao dreadfully eitravagant.' I poult Irely heard mother aay tbnea very worda about Mra. Maaon; and what la ao funny, the waahwomao the aame day eooke of her, and cried when ahe told how kind alia waa, and how ahe would go without thlnga heraelf for the aake of giv ing to the poor." After a momeut'a pauae Jenny proceed ed: "Tbla Mra. Maaon came Into the country and bought the prettleat little cottage you erer aaw, She baa lota of nice fruit, and for all mother pretenda In Ittton that ahe doea not vllt her, juat aa aoon aa the fruit I ripe ahe alwaya gnea there. I'a aaya It'a real mean, and bit ahould think Mra, Maaon would aee through It." "!ld you go there for fruit yeatcrday?" aked Mary. "Oh, no," returned Jenny. "Mother aald ahe waa tired to death with ataylng at home, llceldva that, ahe heard fconie thing In lloaton about a large ratal In England, which poaalbly would fall to Mra. Maaon, and ahe thought It would lo real kind to go and tell her. Mra. Maaon hah poor health, and while we were there ahe aked mother If ahe knew of any good little girl nlie could get to come and live with her; 'one,' ahe aald, 'who could be quiet when her head ached, and who would read to bar and wait on her at other tlmea.' Mother aald ahe did not know of any, but when Mra. Maaon went out to get tea, I followed and told her of you, and the teara came Into her tyea wh'n I aald your folka were all dead, and you were alone and aorry, She aald right off that ahe would come round and ee you aoon, anil If ahe liked you you ahould live with her." So aaylng. ahe ran off; Mary, having' gathered her cowellpe. aat down to think of Mra. Maaon, and wonder If ahe ahould ever aee her. That afternoon, when the dlahea were all w nulled, ahe, aa nsual, etolc away to her hooka. She hnd not been long occupied ere aome one called her, aaylng Mr. Knight waa downntalr and wanted to aee ber, and that there waa a lady with him. Mary readily gueaaed that the lady muat be Mra. Maaon, hnd carefully brush ing her hair and tying on a clean apron, ahe deacrnded to the kitchen, where aho waa met by Mr. Knight, who called out, "Hallo! my child, how do you do? 'Pears to me you've grown bandaome. It agree 'with you to live here, I reckon, but I'll venture you'll be glad enough to leave and go and live with her, won't you?" pointing toward a lady who waa juat coming from Mra. Parker'a room and to ward whom Mary'a heart instantly warm ed. "You aee," continued Mr. Knight, "one of the Lincoln glrla hna taken a mighty ahine to you, and it'a queer, too, for they're dreadful atuck-up folka." "If you pleaae, air," aald Mary, Inter rupting him, "Jenny Iwn't a bit atuck-up." "Umpht" returned Mr. Knight. "She doea not belong to the Lincoln race, then, I gueaa, I know them, root and branch. Llncoln'a wife uaed to work In the fac tory at Southbrldge, but ahe'a forgot oil About that, and holds her head dreadful high whenever ahe aeea me. But that'a neither here nor there. Thla woman wants you to live with her. Mlaa Maaon, thla ia Mary. Mary, thia la Mlaa Maaon." The Introduction being thus happily over, Mra. Maaon proceeded to aak Mary A variety of questions, and ended by say ing ahe thought ahe would take her, al though aha would rather not have her come for a few days, as she waa going to tie absent. Miss Grundy waa now inter rogated concerning her knowledge of work, and with quite a consequential air he replied: "Perhnpa, mn'nm, it looks too much like praising myself, conslderln' that I've hnd the munngin' of her mostly, but I must confess that she's lived with cue ao long, and got iny ways so well, that ahe'a aa pleaaant a mannered, good tempered child, and will aeour aa brigh a knife aa you could wiah to aee!" Haturday came at laat, and long before the sun peeped over the eaatero hllla Mary waa up and dreeaed. Juat aa ahe waa ready to leave her room ahe beard flally alining In a low tone, "Oh, there'll be mourning mourning mourning mourning; Oh. there'll be mourning when Mary a gone away." About nlna o'clock Mr. Knight drove np alone, Mra. Maaon being alck with nerroua headache. "I ahould have been here aeoner, aald he, "but the roada awful rough, and old Charlotte baa got a atub or eomelhln In her foot. Hut where'a the gal? Ain't ahe ready?" lie waa anawered by Mary heraelf, who made her appearance, followed by Hilly hearing the box. And now commenced the leare taklnga, Mine Urundy'a turn coming nrat. "May I kl.a you, Miaa Grundy?" aald Mary. Mlaa Grundy bent down and re ceived the chlld'a klaa, and'tben darting off Into the pantry, went to aklmmlng pane of nillk already aklmined. Uncle IVter between tlmea kept ejaculating "Oh, Lord; oh, maaay aake I oh, for land!" Hilly knew It would be lonely without Mary, but be waa glad to have her go to a better borne, ao he tried to be cheerful. Aalde from blm, Rally waa the only cotnpoaed one. It la true her eyea were very bright, and there waa a compreaalon about her mouth eeldom aeea, except Juat before one of her freniled attacka. Oc- caalonally, too, ahe preaaed ber banda up on ber head, and walking to the alnk, bathed It lo water, aa If to cool Ita In ward heat i CHAPTER IX. Very different thla time waa Mary'e ride with Mr. Knight from what it bad been aome montba before, and after brtmhlng away a few natural teara, and aendlng back a few heart-algha to the lov ed onea left behind, her aplrlta rallied. and by the time they reached the border of Hire Cornera there waa auch a look of quiet happtneea on her face that even Mr. Knight noticed It. Aa they rode on Mary fancied that tile country looked plcnnanter and the hotmea better than in the region of the poorhouae; and when a atidden turn of the road brought into view a beautiful blue aheet of water, em boaomed by bright green hllla, her delight knew no bounda. Springing up and point lng toward It, ahe exclaimed: "Oh, pteaae atop a moment and look. Ian't it lovely? What la it?" "That? Oh, thafa nothing but Tor dunk Pond, or aa folka moat generally call 'em, eecln tbere'a two, North and South Pond." "I low far la the pond from Mra. Ma- aon'a?" aaked Mary, caating longing glancea toward the diatant aandy beach and the graceful treea which drooped over the water'a edge. It'a farther back than 'tla there, 'cause It'a uphiU all the way," aald Mr. Knight, "but here we be at Mlaa Maaon'a thla houae right here," and he pointed to a neat, bandaome cottage, almost hidden from view by the denae foliage which aurrounded It. There waa a long tawn in front, and 'nrt0 the carriage road on the right of it Mr. Knight turned, and driving up to a aide door, said to Mary, "Come, jump down, for my foot la ao lame I don't be lieve I'll get out. But there'a your cheat. You can't lift that Halloo! Judith, come 'ere." In auawer to thia call a fat pleasant looking colored woman appeared In the doorway, and aa If freah from the regions of cookdom wiped the drops of perspira tion rrom ner round, jolly face. "Here, Judith," aald Mr. Knight, "help thla gal lift her trapa out." Judith complied, and then bidding old Charlotte to "get up," Mr. Knight drove away, leaving Mary standing by the kitchen door. "Come in and alt down," aald Judith, pushing a chair toward Mary with her foot "It'a aa hot here aa an oven, but I had crambry aaas and ginger anapa, and massy knows what, to make thia morning and I got belated; but sot down and make yourself to home." Mary took the proffered Beat, and then Judith left the room for a few moments, saying when ahe returned that, as Mra. .Mh son was still Buffering from a head ache, ahe could not see Mary until after dinner. "And," continued Judith, "she told me to entertain you, but I don't know what to any nor do first. Hurry died Just a week to a tlay before he was to bo married, and ao I uever had any little girls to talk to. Can't you think of aome thlng to talk about? What have you been used to doing?" "Washing dlshea," waa Mary'a reply, "Wall," answerod Judith, "I guess you won't have that to do here for one night; when aome of the neighbors were in I heard Miss Maaon tell 'em that ahe got you to read to her and wait on her. And then ahe aald aomethlng about your not having an equal chance with your Bister. You han't but one, now t'other'a dead, have you?" Mary replied In the negative, and Ju dith continued: "Wall, now you've got over the first on't, I reckon you'a glad the baby'a dend, for she must have been kind of a bother, wasn't she?" Instantly Mary'a thought flew back to aa empty cradle, and again a little golden bead waa pillowed upon her breast, aa often In tlmea past if bad been, and aa it would never be again. Covering ber face with ber faaod Bbe aobbed, "On Allle, Allie! I wish at hadn't died!" Judith looked on In jiuiasement, and for want of aomethlng better to do placed a fresh stick of wood I) the stove, mutter ing to Beraelf, "Now; I never! I might of knew I didn't knoW what to aay. What a pity Harry died. I'll give her that big ginger snap the minute it'a baked. See if I don't." Accordingly, when the anap waa done, Judith placed It In Mary'a bands, bidding ber eat It quick, and then go up and aee the nice chamber Mr. Mason had ar ranged for her. "Come," aald Judith; and leading the way, aba conducted Mary up the stair case, aud through a tlgbt airy hall to the. door of a small room, which she opened, aaylng, "Look, ain't It pretty?" Mary'a heart waa too full to speak, and for aeveral minutes ahe stood silent. With the exception of bar mother's pleaaant parlor in old England, ahe had never be fore aeen anything which aceined to her ao cosy and cheerful aa did that little room, with ita elngle bed, snowy counter pane, muslin curtains, clean matting, con venient toilet table, and what to her waa fairer than all the rest npou the mantel piece there stood two small vases, filled with aweet flowers, whose fragrance fill ed the apartment with dellcloua perfume. All this waa ao different from the bare walls, uncovered floor and rickety furni ture of the poorhouse that Mary trem bled lest it ahould prove a dream from which ere long ahe would awake. When Mary waa finally aent for by Mra. Mason she bad been ao much accus tomed to alck person that ahe knew in tuitively Juat what to do and when to do It, and her atep waa ao light ber voice ; ao low, and the haad which bathed the aching bead ao aoft and gentle In ita touch i that Mra. Mason involuntarily drew her to her bosom, and klxsing her lips, called her her child, aad aald ahe ahould never leave ber; then, laying back In ber easy cbalr, ahe remained perfectly still, while Mary alternately fixed ber hair tnd amoothed her forehead, until abe fell into quiet slumber, from which ahe did not awake until Judith rang the bell for sup per, which waa neatly laid out in a little dining parlor, opening into the flower gar den. There waa aomethlng ao very social and cheeilng in the appearance of the rMm, and the arrangement of the Table, with It glossy white cloth, and dishes of the aame hue. that Mary felt ataost aa much like weeping as ahe did on the a'uht of her arrival at the poorhonae. But Mra. Maaon seemed to know exactly how to entertain her; and by the time that first tea waa over there waa hardly a happier child In the world than waa Mary. Mra. Maaon aoon dismissed her to her own room, where she for some time amused herself with watching the day light aa it gradually disappeared from the bills which lay beyond the pond. Then when It all waa gone, and the stars be gan to come out, abe turned her eyea toward one which had alwaya seemed to her to be her mother', soul looking down upon hr from the trindowa of heaven. Now to-night there shone beside it a amaller, feebler one. and in the fleecy clouds which floated around it ahe fan eied ahe could define the face of her baby sister. Involuntarily stretching out her handa, ahe cried. "Oh, mother! Allie! I am ao happy now;" and to the child'a im agination the stars smiled lovingly upon her, while the evening wind, aa it gently moved the boughs of the tall elm treea. seemed like the rustle of angels' winga. wno sua 11 aay the mother a aplrlt waa not there to rejoice with her daughter over the glad future opening ao brightly before her? ) (To be continued.) NO WONDER HE WAS BALKED. Difficultly the Frenchman Experi enced la Learalng Kig-lUh. A Frenchman thirsting for linguistic auperlority recently oegan a course of English lessons with a teacher of lan guages. After tolling conscientiously through a good many exercises the fol lowing dialogue between the pupil and his master waa overheard: "I And the English very difficult," complained the Frenchman. "How do you pronounce t-o-u-f-h?" "It la pronounced tuff.' " "Eh, blen, 'tuff;' 'snuff,' then, Is spelt s-n-o-u-g-h, is It not r 'Oh, no; 'snuff' is spelt s-n-u-ff. As matter of fact, worda ending In o-u-g-h are somewhat irregular.", "I see; a superb language! T-o-u-g-h Is 'tuff and c-o-u-g-h la 'cuff.' I have very bad cuff." "No; it Is 'coff.' not 'cuff.' " "Very well; cuff, tuff and coff. And d o u g h la 'duff. eh?" "No, not 'duff.' " " 'Doff,' then?" "No; 'doh.' " "Well, then, what about bough?" "That is pronounced 'hock.'" " 'Hock!' - Then I suppose the thing the farmer uses, the p-l-o-u-g-h, Is pluff,' or Is it 'phlock,' or 'plo?' Fine language 'plo.' " "No. no; it is pronounced 'plow.' " "I shall soon master English, I am sure. Here we go. TIow,' 'coff,' 'tuff.' hock,' and now here is another -o-u-g-h; that is 'row,' I suppose?" Oh. no, my friend; that'a 'ruff' again." : "And bo-u-g-h is 'buff?'" "N9; that happens to be 'bow.' H "Yes, wonderful language. And I have Just e-n-o-u-g-h of it; that'a 'enou,' is it not?" "No; 'enuff.' " Sheffield Weekly News. ' Preliminary Step. , "Are you educating your child with a view to his future college career?" Oh, yes; he's got to begin next week and take a drop of tabasco sauce three tlmea a day," FIGHT WITH BOERS ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN FORCES OF DIXON AND DELAREY. Tht British Loit 174 Killed and Wounded and the Been Left 35 Dead on the Field The South Africans Were Driven Back Battle Was on Anniversary of Lord Rob erts' Entry Into Johannesburg. London, June 3. The war office .today gave out the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, from Pretoria: "General Dixon's force at Vlad fontein was attacked yesterday by Delarey'g forces and there was sevree fighting. The enemy was eventually driven off with heavy loss, leaving 35 dead. I regret that our casualties also were severe. The killed and wounded numbered 174. Four offi cers were killed. " On the anniversary of Lord Rob erts' entry into Johannesburg the country has been startled by the news of deaperate fighting and heavy Brit ish louses within 40 miles of the gold reef city. The battle at Vladfontein, on the Durban-Johannesburg rail road, is the most serious engagement since General Clement's reverse at NagalicHlmrg. It shows General De larey is in no way daunted by the capture of 11 of his guns by Genera mbington six weeks ago. The gar rison of Vladfontein was apparenlty laregly composed of yoemanry. That their assailants came to close quar ters and suffered heavy loss is ' shown by the number of dead left on the field. FEAR AN INVASION. Nicaragua Preparing to Keep Out tht Colombians. San Francisco, June 3. The steamer City of Sydney, which just arrived here from Panama and othet Central American ports, brings the following budget of news: When the City of Sydney was at Corinto the people were expecting an, invasion from Colombia. The government of Nicaragua, in order to make sure that it would not be caught napping, has stationed 500 men at Corinto. General Bruise, who fled from Nic aragua some years ago, returned to his home on one of the Central American steamships last month. As soon as he set foot on Nicaragua soil he was arrested on a criminal charge. ' President Zeleya, of Nicaragua, will probably visit the Tan-Ameri can exposition at Buffalo. The Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany's coal yards, situated on Noasii island, in Panama Bay, recently suf fered severely from fire, which waa said to die still burning, but under control, when the Sydney sailed, having then burned for 15 days. San Salvador is to have a man ol war. The government has purchased from her British owners the steam ship Soy, and will transfer her into a cruiser, renaming her Salvador. The new cruiser is now at Acajutla, and will go into commission at once, MRS. MCKINLEY'S CONDITION. Doctors Say She la Not Out of Dangi Grave Futures of the Case. Washington, June 3. Mrs. Mc Kinley passed a very comfortable night, and sat up for a while thia morning. The three physicians who are in attendance, after a consulta tion this forenoon, issued the follow ing statement of her condition: "Mra. .McKinley is recovering from the fatigue of the trip. The illness from which she was suffering in ban rrancisco still continues, though in less intense form. She ia still feeble, and cannot be considered out of danger. Her progress will no doubt bo slow, but improvement is looked for." Mrs. McKinley failed to show any improvement during the day, ,and tonight her condition is reported as unchanged from the status given in the bulletin issued this morning. One of the grave features of the case is the fact that she continues ex tremely weak and fails to gain in strength. She is very seriously ill, but has had severe attucks of illness heretofore, and this gives rrse for hope that she will yet show improvement. Rate War at an End. Seattle, June 3. The Alaska steam ship rate war is at an end, temporar ily at least. An agreement waa entered into by managers of the re cently warring companies restoring the former passenger rates of $25 first class and $16 second class. The agreement is to be in force for 60 days, and it is thought will then be extended. The rate war waa forced by Canadian lines, which in sisted on American Bteamers keeping away from Vancouver on north bound trips. 8WEPT OVER A DAM. Seven Persons. Drowned In the Schuylkill River. ' Philadelphia, June 3. A rowboat containing a party of eight young people was swept over the Flat Kock dam, in the Schuylkill river, and seven of them, five girls and two boys, were drowned. One young man was saved. The party, with a large number of others, organized a picnic. They em barked in gaily decorated wagons early in the morning, and pitched their camp at Rose Glen, along the Schuylkill river, on the northern outskirts of the city. The party split up after dinner for a row on the river. Heavy rains during the past week had made the . muddy stream quite high, and the current was much swifter than usual. However, the unfortunate party immediately struck out for midstream. All the girls were huddled in the stern, one of the bove was rowing and the others were sitting in the bow of the boat. After getting in the middle of the river, and finding the current too swift for 1 3m fort, the boat was rowed in to ward the shore. During this time it was being carried slowly down stream. The boy doing the rowing decided to go through the locks, and as he" approached the dam he was warned by the lockkeeper not to approach any closer. The warning was not heeded, and the young oarsman kept on rowing until he found that the lock was closed. He attempted to turn the boat, which was then about 50 feet from; the dam and 25 feet from the shore, but he turned the wrong way. . A moment later and the boat was in the swiftly moving cur rent. Swiftly it was earried toward the' brink of the falling waters, and just as it reached the breast of the dam, over which 30 inches of water was pouring, the entire eight stood up and the boat went over stern first. The drop to the rocks below is ap proximately 12 feet. The boat struck the water bottom up, and as it disappeared the whole party - was under it. .Nothing more was seen by the few persons who saw the acci dent for almost a minute, when the boat reappeared with one boy cling ing to its keeL Then another young man was seen to come to the sur face and make a frantic effort to reach shore by twimining. The six girls never rose to the surface. HONOLULU'S SENSATION. Investigation of Charges of Bribery hi the Legislature. t Honolulu, May 26, via San Fran cisco, June 3. The special grand jury called to investigate the charge of bribery in the legislature has raised the bfggest sensation Honolulu ha had since the days of revolution and agitation for annexation. It has had as witnesses Gov. Dole, Attorney Gen eral Dole, Secretary of the Territory Cooper and other high officials, and on the refusal of some of them tc answer questions, the grand jury has had them brought into court tc show cause why they should not testify. In the absence of S. B. Dole," who is indisposed, Secretary Cooper is act ing governor. The jury began its investigation on a letter from the governor to the legislature, refusing to extend the session because he had information that bribery waa taking place. Governor Dole appeared be fore the jury and it is said told all that he knew. The other heads of departments were summoned to testify, and all , refused to tell what they knew, on the ground that the information they had received was in the nature of a "privileged com munication," having been given to them as government officials. Acting Governor Cooper, Attorney General Dole and L. A. Thurston, president of the Gazette publishing company, were sumomned to appeal before Judge Humphreys and show cause why they should not tell tht grand jury what they had learned re garding bribery in the legislature. Judge Humphreys sustained Dole as it was Bhown ,that he had told the grand jury the names of the men from hom he had received evidence. Thurston had told the jury that he bad heard that legislators had ap proached a corporation with solicita tions of bribes, but he declines to give the name of the corporation on the ground that as attorney he had a right to withhold it as giren in confidence by a client to an attorney. Helen Gould's Health Failing. Miss Helen Gould of New ' York, overcome by the strain of her charita ble work, has been ordered to take a long rest and is believed to be suffer ing from nervous prostration. Treasury Auditor Resigns. 1 Washington, June 3. -Colonel Youngblood, of Alabama, auditor of the treasury department, has tendered his resignation, and it was accepted, to take effect June 15. The president today appointed B. A. Pierson, assist ant auditor for the same department, to succeed him.