CHAPTER XVIII. Marguerite Lilboiirne and Mary Stcll- Ing 'sat lazily over their breakfast In a private hotel. It was April a fair , sweet spring morning : All London was looking its very best , and the flower sellers adorn ed ( he streets with masses of pale primroses and dainty Lcnt-lllles. Mary was reading a letter , .Marguerite lis tening. "And mother likes the house so much , " said Mary , "and Is longing for us to come down. She hopes we shall not stay In town more than a week. Can we get through everything In a week , Madge ? " "Oh , I think so. I am longing to see our , new home. " "We are so delighted that darling Marguerite has decided to come to us , " read Mary. "The society is , so nice here ; we have had all the best people calling already.- 'am sure you will both be pleased with the garden and tennis lawns. As to Marguerite's rooms , she must choose and furnish them herself. The father went over yesterday to look at Bernard's estate such a uoblo place , he says--magnlfl- cent timber and plenty of game. The marriage is to be on the tenth of May. Mildred is everything that we could wish most kind ; but I can't help thinking now and then how nice it would have been If our Madge could have been mistress of all that splen dor. " "Poor mother ! " said Mary , break ing off. "She will never forgive Bruno for jilting you , Madge. " "It is a great pity , " returned Mar guerite quietly. "I forgave him long ago. " "I know you did , " said Mary ; "at least you said so ; but , If it is true , why did you refuse that nice Mr. Lennox at Nice ? " "However , it doesn't matter , for it seems you will have plenty of chances. As I wrote to mother , I found it no sinecure to chaperone a pretty heiress ranre of l.erf'lutcht carSabllUles When he judged her to be unfit for an elevated position. Suddenly , as SMQ rend , the hand which held the paper began to trem ble , her lips tightened , h.er colqr rose. Her eyes were fixed upon a short para graph , , "A gentleman was thrown from a hansom in the Strand last nlgiit and seriously Injured. He was taken to Charing 'Cross hospital , whence It is not Considered prudent to remove him. Letters found on him prove him to be Mr. Martlneau. of the firm of Leroy and Martlneau , solicitors , London. " ' "Madge , " said Mary , pushing open tlte door at that mlniitc , "do you know whore Mr. Martlneau is ? " " 'Marguerite started violently. Mr. Martlneau ! what what made yflii think of him ? " . "Well , Iwas just wondering how you were going to be Mildred's brldcs- maid unless you got your marriage annulled ? " "That is worth consideration , " re turned Marguerite , graVely. "Mary , would you think me selfish If I went off on my own account this morning ? I I have some business do you mind being deserted ? " ' "Not at all , " said Mary , cheerfully. ' "Thank you , dear. You are quite sure you'don't'mlnd ' ? " ' "Downright certain ! To begin with , here's ' ( tia't letter of mother's to an swer. Shall I say \ye leave London this week , Madge ? " "Yes , please , dear. " Marguerite escaped. Hurrying to her room , she surveyed herself critical ly from head to foot in a full-length mirror added a touch hero and there , donned a particularly becoming hat and carefully selected gloves , then.run- ning down stairs , let herself out , and hailed a hansom. "Stop at the first florist's you come to , " she said. Having loaded herself with lilies of the valley and marguerites , she gave "POOR MOTHER ! " SAID MARY , BREAKING OFF. all over Europe. Oh , dear , how differ ent life was this time last year eh , Madge ? " "Oh , Mary , how different ! " "Would you like to go back to those times ? " . " " said emphatically , "No , Marguerite , I should not. " "What are you going to do this morning ? " asked Mary , after a pause. "There are the bridesmaids' dresses to try on. " "Yes ; and to call on Mrs. Browning , and ask her If she will chaperone us for a few theaters. " "We must takq a , hansom to go and see" her. We will leave that till this afternoon , " "Very well. " ' 'I will go and hunt out the address of Uiis dressmaker of Mildred's , " said Mary. ' 'Our gowns will cost us a pretty penny , Madge. " "I suppose so , " said Marguerite , rather absently , as Mary left the room , humming a lively air. , Marguerite remained seateu , a far away , thoughtful look In her eyes , as If her mind wera dwelling upon some absent one. "I cannot go to him , " she said aloud , "and hq.wlll niyer , comp 9 me ? ' LJ ho Jn England , I wonder ? 'Oh , wliere ? Never once did we meet him , all through our travels , and now now there can be no sucji thing as a chance meeting , here In London. " With a restless sigh she took up the newspaper and glanced idly through the news. Very charming she looked as she sat there. Her dress was taste ful simple but costly. It set off her slender figure admirably. Her face had gained In beauty since the autumn before , though it had somewhat lost Its childlike roundness , and fur the pres ent at least the fun and mirthful mockery were hidden away. Her win ter In Florence where she had mixed A In the best society had given her an nlr of grace and dlstlnctlon. Bernard Selwyn had shown a lamentable igno- tbe cabman the name of the hospital , and was driven speedily tnii.ier. It was not until she had paid and dismissed the cabman , and stood wait ing for admittance , that she began to realize what she was doing ; and she was frightened at her own boldness. "How Is Mr. Martlneau ? " she in quired , with an air of confusion "I wanted to hear how he Is ? " "Which ward ? " asked the porter Marguerite could not tell. "An accident. " she tried to explain. The gentleman was thrown out of a cab , and brought in yesterday. " A ray of intelligence Illuminated the porter's face. Ho departed to make in quiries. CHAPTER XIX. 'Marguerite sat down upon a bench In the largo lobby In which she found herself. She was trembling from head to foot. Never till this minute had she realized the force of nor own feel ings. Long since she had come to the cpncluslon that her feeling for Ber nard had been merely that preference which EO many young girls mistake for love. But this other feeling , which for months had been steadily growing in her heart It had needed but the fact of Valdane's being In danger to reveal to her the strength which It had at tained. Thoughts of delirium , ampu tation , fever , death , came crowding upon her imagination. She was obliged to summon all her self-control to keep from breaking down. Presently the porter came back with the nurse , a pretty dnrk-eyed young woman , with a sympathetic face. She looked at Marguerite kindly , but spoke in rather a coldly authoritative man ner. ner."I "I am very sorry. I daren't let Mr. Martlneau see any one without doc tor's orders , and the doctor's not hero now. " "Oh , but I must see him ! " Marguer ite said , a frantic sense of helplessness stealing over her. "I'm very soiry. It's not visiting time , you know ; and I got Into trouble last week for admitting a visitor like thla. 1 really tun soriy. Try tomor row. " Tomornnyl Ho might be dead by then ! Now , now whs the time. Hav ing come so far , she must attain her end ; perhaps tomorrow she wpuld not be able to screw up her courage. "Is no one admitted not their near est relations when they are so 111 ? It Is very cruel , " she said. "Well , perhaps his mother might be , or his wife. " Marguerite was past sticking at tri fles now. "I am his wife , " she said. ' , 'Are you ? " returned the nurse. "I thought hjs wife , was dead. " "Why should you think that ? " asked Marguerite. ' . 'Because he's got a wedding , ring suspended from his neck by a piece of ribbon. " ' "Oh,1 yes ! " Marguerite stammered , "I know that Is all right. But .indeed I am his wife ! Oh , let me In ! " , The nurse was conquered , and re quested Marguerite to follow her. Now that her point was gained Mar guerite was filled with all sorts of fears and was shivering nml trembling as she followed her guide now wishing from the bottom of her heart that she had not come , now utterly carried away by the thought of , seeing him again. She dared not ask the nurse any questions as to his'condition she could not trust her voice. They reached the door of the private room ho occupied. "Now wait hero a moment , " said the nurse , as she passed Inside. Again the suspense was almost sick ening. It seemed to Marguerite hours before the nurse returned. "It's all right. You can go In , " she said : For the first time Marguerite won dered what she should do. "Is he delirious ? " she asked of the nurse. "Oh , no ; he's perfectly sensible ! " Marguerite had expected delirium she had not realized the fact that Val- dahe would know her , and now felt herself tremble' until she called forth all her strength , physical and moral , and walked steadily and noiselessly Into the room. There was a slight movement as Valdane sank back upon his pillows "My wife , " ho said , in a rather low but distinct voice " "my wife. I could not believe it. But it is you reallv ' you. " The flowers fell from her hands. She made a step forward , and tried to speak , but could not , for the tears which overran nor eyes and fell down her face. He had held out his hand and she took It , held it for a moment between her own , and then impulsive ly carried it to her lips. "Take care , " said Valdane gently "Do nothing you will regret afterward' You think I am dying , and I hoped I was ; but they tell me now that I am to live and bo sound again , so let us have nothing that you wish recalled " "You will live you will ? Ah how thankful I am ! " "Thankful ? " he echoed. "Yes , thankful so thankful for ev erything ! First , that you married me , then that Bernard threw me over , then that I happened to come to Lon don yesterday , and last that I came here , with you with you ! " "And you said you were iny wife you told the nurse you were my wife , " he said slowly , his eyes fixed long ingly upon her face. "Marguerite , my life , my love , did you mean that ? " There was a long silence. At las' she said : "Yes , I meant It. " The bed was strewn with fragrant flowers. A shaft of spring sunlight streaming through the tall window rested on the two heads. "Val , " she whispered , "Val , " we must never be parted any more. " ( The End. ) DOG DIES OP GRIEF. St.irreil Himself to DoiitU After Ills Master AVni Killed. New York Times : Ted was only a dog. But he was a faithful and affec tionate animal , and ho Is believed to have died of grief for the dpath of his owner , John Gorman , of West HObo- ken. Gorman worked at the Wec- hawken coal docks. When Gorman went home at night there Was always a race between Gorman's four children and Ted to see which should he the first .to greet him. One'day about two weeks ago Gorman met with an acci dent. He was crushed between two coal cars , and was taken to St. Mary's hospital , Hoboken ) whore ho died. When the body was taken homo Ted eat at the hqad of the coflln , and rc- fusfd to bo driven away. _ When the body was taken to the church , Ted fol lowed the funeral iprocesslon , waiting patiently outside the church. 'Chenhe followed his master to the cemetery. He remained there When the family went home , but relumed't6 the house ph.ortly after sundown. Then ho took the plac.o he had occupled'whlle he sat beside the coffin. The children , whose grief was no .keener than his , tried to Induce him to play , but ho would not leave the place he had selected. He also refused to eat. Various kinds of meat wore set befor.o him , and he was also , tempted with saucers of milk , hut he would neither cat nor drink. On Thursday night ho died , and .Mr ? . Gor man says he deliberately starved him self to death through grief for the death of his mauler. The four little Gorman children placed Ted's body Jn a box and buried it in the garden under a tree. Too sweet words leave a bitter taste. GREAT JAW POWER OF ANIMAL ! CiirnUurn I2xnrol o TrtuMcmloin force Iti Tliolr Cotilllcli. Not everyone has been bitten by a dog , a cat or other animal whose wdap- ons of offense and dcfcnso are their teeth , and consequently has not lived In dread of hydrophobia or lockjaw or blood poisoning. Still fewer among our citizens have any comprehension of thq great power required to Inflict the wounds , that' nil have heard of" , oven though they have not experienced them , The teeth , even of tl\e largest carnlvora , are merely , the "spearheads , " but the force which "works" these In struments Is prodigious. It scorns as if for the moment the anlninl throw nil its bodily energy Into Jho combination of muscular action which we call a "bite. " In most cases the mem shock oi Impact , as the animal hurls Itself on Ita enemy Is entirely demoralizing or Inflicts physical tnjuiy. A muzzled mastiff will hurl a nmu to the ground In the effort to fasten his teeth In his throat or shoulder. Then , the driving and crushing force of the jaw muscles Is astonishing. The snapping power of an alligator's Jaw Is more or less In telligible. They are long and fur nished with a row of polilted teeth from end to end. But the Jaws of alien lion , leopard , tlgor , otter , ferret or babboort ard 'short ' and the loilg' ami pointed teeth are few.Yet each of their species has a biting power which in proportion to Its size Is .almost In credible. Sir Samuel Baker , who haft a long and varied acquaintance with bites of the carnlvora , noticed that the tiger usually seized an Indian liatlvo by the shoulder and with one Jaw on one side and the other on the other bit clean through the chest and back. "The fatal wound was the bite , which through back and chest , penetrated the lungs. " Europeans are killed by the tiger's bite as well as lacerated by the claws. A Mr' Lawes , son of a mission ary of that name , was killed after be ing shaken for a few moments by a tigress , which then left hlni. He died next day. In nearly all pases the bite penetrates to the lungst This kind of a wound Is characteristic of the , at tacks of many of the felldae. Scarcely any bird recovers from a cat's bite for the same reason. The canine teeth are almost Instantly driven through the lung , under the wing. The chcotah , which has a very small mouth , always bites through the black buck's throat. The leopard , when seizing smaller an imals , such as dogs , crushes the head ; when attacking men It alms at biting through the lungs. NORWAY'S SKATING SOLDIERS. Now llraiiL-li of tlio Military S r\lco Hun llcoii Itccontly Orcnnl/cd. A letter recently received by a prominent Norwegian-American resi dent In Chicago from his old homo says that the Norwegian army has lately organized a highly trained corps of skaters. The men are armed with repeating rifles. They wear a specially constructed skate evolved after nu merous experiments with various types. The heel is so shaped as to enable the men to turn with great rapidity. As a matter of fact , they perform the "right about" In much quicker time than infantry , spinning round as though on a pivot at the word of command. TJio cprps can bo ma neuvered with a rapidity equal to that of the beat-trained cavalry , and at a recent review one on of the fjords their evolutions astonished the mili tary icpresentatlvos of other nations who were Invited to witness the dis play. For patrol and spoilt duty they are expected to be of the greatest use , as the Ice season In Norway is of con siderable duration. The men are the pick ° f a sweating nation , and they are commanded by an ex-champion. They are capable of traveling eighty mllef a day on the ice , fully equipped. The 1'riann Illnl. In the Paris Museum of Natural His tory at present there is to be seen the only living captive specimen of what African explorers have called the "pris on bird. " The peculiarity of this feathered beauty Is that he is the most tyrannical and jealous of husbands , imprisoning his mate throughout her nesting time. Livingstone watched the bird's habits while In Monpour , and In his subsequent observations referred to the nest as a prison and the female bird as a slave. The nclst Is built In the hollow of a tree through an open ing in the bark. As soon as it Is com pleted the mother bird enters carefully and fearfully and settles down In It. Then papa walls up the opening , leav ing only Juat space enough for air and food to pass through , He keeps faith ful guard and 'brings ' food at regular intervals without fall. .The female thrives under her enforced retirement. But if the prison bird Is killed , or in any other way prevented from fulfill ing hid duties , the mother and her little ones must die of starvation , for she cannot free herself from bondage. Nor mally the Imprisonment lasts until the chicks are old enough to fly. Then the male bird destroys the barrier with his beak and liberates his" family. "It Is charming , " writes Livingstone , "to sqe the joy with which the little prisoners greet the light and the unknown world. " Varloui KlmU of HoipltnU. The sign "Doll Hospital" has long been more or less familiar , and llke- WEO that of "Umbrella Hospital ; " and to these has been more lately added that of "Hat Hospital ; " all Indicating , of course , places In which rcpainj are made. "Sho devoted her life to Christian science. " "Indeed. What did oho die of ? " Brooklyn Life. Tito Kvpleinltnr A11 in tlf * , President Clmrlcu Kendall Adams opens Iho September Atlantic with a review of'tho IrroslstlbleTohrtenrlPS , " the spirit of the ngcs , the great move ments of centuries Or generations , Which change the face of the world ; Instancing chiefly the spirit of Indlvld- unllHin , to which ho attributes the won derful advances in liberty and progress of the lust four hundred yonro. Ho clalniH that the fundamental fact In that the whqlo of this vast movement la the advance of civilization upon bar barism. Ho innlntnlntrthat It Is Iho over IrroslBtlblo encroachment of the modern spirit upon the spirit of an- tlqulty ; electricity driving out the rush light ; the white man over civilizing the xcd man or pushing him out of the way , . And this gicat movement IB , In the Interests of a larger and a richer1 null a higher humanity. n litti'llrotuiil 1'rotliict * . ( "The''Farmor's Cheerful Helper" Is the title of a book for which a copy right 1ms been granted to the author , 0. W. Hamilton of Den Molnes. Patents ha.yo been allowed , but not yet Jssucd as follows ; To W. II. Lyon and J. C. Walllch , of Crcatoh , In. , for a 1110,11 jiouc ) ) that la adapted to bo opened and ulriscd qutckor than the old style and when closed and locked no- ccsa to the content * * without a kcy la Impossible except by cutting a flex ible-part thereof. To W.D. Weir of Gll- mora City , la. , for a portable and trans formable hoisting machine. A mast Is. mounted on f truck , a boom awlv- elcd to the mast and means for oper ating It , a crane mounted on the truck and means for swinging It horizontally and vertically and a fork adapted for lifting' corn shocks d < Hachably con nected therewith and all the parts so arranged and combined that they can bo readily adjusted to transform the machine to adapt it to bo used advan tageously In t ( doing various kinds of hard work on a larni. Authors and Inventors entitled to protection for their intellectual pro ducts pursuant tb our copyright and Patent laws can t'ousult-urt In pcriton or by letter without charge. THOMAS G. ORWIG , J. RALPH ORWIO , REUBEN G. ORWIG. Registered Attorneys. DCS Molnes , la. , Aug. 19 , ' 09. It la still undecided whether fishing for Kuckcrs la an obtuse or an acute angle. ' Hull's Cutiirrli Cure Is a eonstltutioiml cure. Price , 'ioc. To what deep gulfs a single devia tion from the track of human duties leads. Byron. / ll ' ' i General Manager Underwood of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad , has a plan to unify and simplify the tit * , s of of ficials. Scvei.ii of the officers have duties to perform which arc not shown by thqlr official designation , and on July 1st the ( following changes will bo made : Harvey Mlddleton , Mow gen eral superintendent of motive power , will bo mechanical supeilntenttont In charge of all shops , and the construu- tlon of and repairs to locomotives and cars. David Leo , engineer mainte nance of way , lines west of Ohio river , will be superintendent maintenance of way , trans-Ohio division , and D. A. Williams will be superintendent of stores. I'lriimmt , I'lilalnlili * , ' iitunt. K.isy to liny , cum tota c. msy In action , ci : < y hi i on lu { niuiitiMit ( 'nil ly Cnthutilc.lilrnl HUTU KII latnr anil Intestinal tonic. AllilrugKlnt * , ltH',81 ,1Uf. 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