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.