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10 THE ( XMA1IA PAT-LV. . .MISTS : SITNDAT , JTTT/V" 20 , 18f)0. CHAPTER XXI. Continued. "Wo all have our own feelings. Sir Clmrlcs. and you will permit mo to say that resent nn Injury as a serving man may much aa a gentleman , though the redress of the duel Is denied him. Hut I am tclllnK you frankly , nt Lord Avon's request , all tlmt I thought and did upon that night , and I shall continue to do KO even If I am not fortunalo enough to win your approval. "When Lord Avon had left him the captain remained for some time In a kneeling Atti tude , with lila fnco upon n chair. Then ho rose and paced slowly up and down the room , his chin sunk upon his breast. Bvery now and then he would pluck at his hair or slmko his clenched hands In the nlr , and 1 saw the molsturu glisten upon his brow. Kor a time I lost sight of him , and 1 heard him opening drawer after drawer , as though ho was In search of something. Then ho stood over by his' dressing tnblo again with his back turned to me. Ills head was thrown a llttlu back and lie hail both hands up to the collar of his shirt UH though ho was striving to undo It. "And then there was a sound as If a ewer had been upset , and down be sank head In the corner upon the ground , with his ner , twlHted round at so strange uu angle to his shoulder that one glimpse of It told me tlmt my man was slipping swiftly from the clutch In which I fancied that I held him. 1 slid my panel and was In the room In tin Instant. Ills eyelids still iulvered. | nml it seemed to me , as my gaze met his glazing eyes , that I could read both recogni tion ami surprise In them. 1 laid my Unite upon the floor and 1 strclchwl myself out beside him that I might whisper In his ear one or two little things of which 1 wished to remind him , but even as 1 did so he gave a Kasp and was gone. "It Is singular that I , who had never feared him In life , should be frightened at him now. and yet , when I looked at him and saw that all was motionless save the creeping stain upon the carpet , I was , seized with a sudden foolish spasm of terror , and , catching up my knife. I lied swiftly and si lently back to my own room , closing Ibe panels behind me. It was only when I had ruacbci' It that I found that in my mad liasto I had carried away , not the hunting Itnlfo which I had taken with me , but the bloody razor which had dropped from the Head man's hand. This I concealed where no one has ever discovered it , but my fears would not allow me to go back for the other , as 1 might perhaps have done had I foreseen how terribly Its presence might tell against my master. Anil that , Lady Avon and gentlemen , Is an exact and honest account of how Captalil Harrington came by his end. " "And how waa It , " asked my undo an- crlly , "that you have allowed an innocent man to bo persecuted all these years when a word from you might have saved him ? " "Hccauso 1 had every reason to believe , Sir Charles , that that would be most unwel come to Lord Avon. How could I tell all this without revealing the family scandal which ho was so anxious to conceal ? I con fess that at the beginning I did not tell him what 1 had seen , and my excuse must bo that ho disappeared before I had time determine what I should do. For many a year , however over since I have been In your service. Sir Charles my conscience tormented me , and I swore that If ever 1 should find' my old master I should reveal everything" him. The chance of my flyer- hearing a story told by young Mr. Stone here , which showed mo that some one was using the secret chambers of Cliffu Royal , convinced mo that Lord Avon was in hid ng there , and I lost no time in seeking him out and offering to do him all the justice in my power. " "What he says Is true , " said his master , "but It would have been strange , indeed , If I had hesitated to sacrifice a frail life and falling health In n cause for which I freely surrendered all that youth had tc offer , lint new considerations have at hist compelled me to alter my resolution. My son , through Ignorance of his true position , was' drifting Into a course of Mfo which ac corded with his strength and his spirit , but not with the traditions of his house. Again I reflected that many of these who knew my brother had passed nway , that all the facts need not come out , and that my death , while under the suspicion of such a crime , would cast a deeper stain upon our name than the sin which he had KO terribly ex- plated. For these reasons " The tramp of several footsteps reverber ating through the old house broke In sud denly upon Lord Avon's words. His wnn face turned even u simile grayer as lit * / SV.11) MY PAN'HL AND WAS IN TH1 ROOM. heard II. and ho looked pllcnualy to his wlf and sou. "They will arrest mo , " he cried. "I miu submit to the degiadatlon of nn nrrest. " "This way , Sir James , thin way ! " sil the harsh tones of Sir Lothian Hume froi without. "I do not need lo bo shown the way In house where I hnvo drunk many a bottle r iooj clnrcl , " cried n deep voice In repl and ( hero In the doorway stood the broa llgure of Squire Ovlnglon , In hla buckskin and top hoots , u riding crop In his ham. Sir Lothbn Hume wns at' hii elbow and naw Ihe faces of two country constable peoplns over hla Khnulilors. "Lord Avon , " Bald the nqulre , "ns a magla Irate'nf the countof Sussex It U my dut to tell ymi tlmt n warrant IK hold agalna you for the willful murder of your brothci Captiiln Hnrilngton , In the year I7SO. " "I am rendy to anuwcr the charge. " "ThU 1 Id ) you as a mugtatraic. Hut ns man .and the squireof Rnughaiu Grntigi I'm right ; | ! jrt to s e you , Nod , nud here1 my hand on It , nud never will I bellev thai n gf.cd lory llko yourself , nud , a ma who could nhow his Ji"r o's tail to any IM In the wliolo down country , would ever l > capable cf so vlU1 an net. " "You do jus Jua'Uc , .IRICCH. " * aU Lor ENCC A-CONAMDOTLB \von , clasping the broad , brown hand which the country squire had held out to him. " 1 am os Innocent as you arc and 1 can prove t. " "D d glad I am to hear It , Ned ! That In to say , Lord Avon , that any defense which you may have to make will be de cided upon by your peers and by the laws of your country. " "Until which time , " added Sir Lothian Hume , "a stout door nnd a good lock will be the best guarantee that Lord Avon will tc there when called for. " The squire's weather-stained face flushed to a deeper red a he turned upon the Londoner. "Are you the magistrate of a county , sir ? " "I have not the honor , Sir James. " "Then how dnro you advlso n man who lias sat on the bench for nigh twenty years ! When I am In doubt , sir , the law provides mo with n clerk , with whom I may confer , nnd 1 aslc no other assistance. " "You take lee high a tone In this matter , Sir James. I am not accustomed to ho taken to task so sharply. " "Nor nm I accustomed , sir , to bo Inter fered with In my ofllclal duties. I speak as a magistrate. Sir Lothian , but I am al ways very ready to xuslaln my opinion as a man. " Sir Lolhlan bowed. "You will allow mo to observe , sir , that I have personal Interests of the highest Im portance Involved In this matter. I have every reason to believe that there Is a con spiracy afoot which will affect my position as holr to Lord Avon's lilies and cslalcs. 1 dcslro his safe custody In order that Ihls matter may be cleared up and 1 call upon you as n niaglstralc lo cxeculo your war rant. " " 1'laguo take It , Ned , " cried the squire , "I would that my clerk , Johnson , were cottage when I * aw the lull green-coated Mr. Corcoran drilling down the garden path. My father was waiting for us at the door , with an expression of subdued delight upon his face , "Happy to servo you In any way , Sir Charles , " said IIP. "We've arranged It 'or tomorrow at 7 on Dllchllng common , " "I wish these things could be brought off n little later In the day , " ald my uncle. "Ono has cither to rUe at a perfectly ab surd hour or else to neglect one's toilet. " "They are stopping across the road at the Friar's Oak Inn , and If you would wish It later " "No , no , I shall make the effort. Am brose , you will bring up the batlcrlo do tollcllo at 5. " " 1 don't know whether you would care to use my barkers , " said my father. "I've had 'cm In fourteen actions , and up to thirty yards you wouldn't wish a betlcr tool. " "Thank you ; I have my duelling plslols under Iho seat. Sec thai the Irlggers are oiled , Ambrose , for I love a light pull. Ah , Slslcr Mary , 1 have brought your boy back to you none Iho worse , I trust , for the dissipations of town. " I need not tell you how my dear mother wept over nip and fondled me , for you who have mothers will know for yourselves , nnd you who have not will never understand how warm nnd snug the home nest can be. How I had chafed and loused for the won ders of town , and yet , now that I had seen more than my wildest dreams had ever doomed possible , my eyes had rested upon nothing which waa so sweet ntul so restful as our own little Billing room , wllh Its terra cotta colored wall and lliose Irllles which arc so Inslgnlflcant In themselves and yet so rich In memories , the blow flsh from Moluccas , the narwhal's horn from the Arelic and the picluro of the Ca Ira with Lord Ilotham In chase ! How cheery , too , to see at one side of the shining grate my falhcr wllh his pipe and his merry red face , and on the other my mother with her fingers ever turning and darting with ncr knitting needles ! As I looked at them 1 marvelled that I could over have longed to leave them or that 1 could bring myself to leave them again. Hut leave them I must , and Ihal speed ily , as I learned amid the boisterous con gratulations of my father and the tears of my mother. He had himself been ap pointed to the Cato 01 , wllh posl rank , while a nole had come from Lord Nelson at I'orlstuoulh to say thai a vacancy was "I SAW THE I3AUONET LOOK Ul1 AT OUR WINDOWS. " ticre , for I would deal as kindly by you as the law allows , and yet 1 am , as you hear , called upon to secure your person. " "Permit me to suggest , sir , " said my uncle , "that so long as he is under the personal supervision of the maglstrale be may bo said to be under the care of Hie law and that this condition will be fulfilled If hn Is under the roof of Rougham Orange. " "Nothing could be bctler , " cried the squire , heartily , "You will stay with me , Ned , until this matter blows over. In other words , Lord Avon , I make myself respon sible as the representative of the law thai you are held In safe custody until your person may be required of me. " "Yours is n true heart , James. " "Tut , tut , It Is tile due process of the law. I trust , Sir Lothian Hume , that you find nothing to object to In It ? " Sir Lothian shrugged his shoulders and looked blackly at the maglstrulo. Then lie turned to my uncle. "There is a small mailer still open bc- Iweon UH , " said ho. "Would you kindly give mo the name of a friend. Mr. Cor coran , who Is outside in my barouche , would net for mo and we might meet tomorrow morning. " "With pleasure , " answered my uncle. "I dare say your father would act for me , nephew. Your friend may call upon Llcu- lenanl Slono of Friar's'Oak , and Iho sooner Iho boiler. " And so this strange conference ended. As for me , I had sprung to the side of the old friend of my boyhood and was trying to tell him my Joy at his good fortune , ahd listening to his assurance that nothing thai could ever befall him could weaken the love that he bore me , My uncle touched me on the shoulder and we were about lo leave when Ambrose , whoso bronze mask had been drawn down once more over his flery passions , came demurely toward him. "JIeK your pardon , Sir Charles , " said he , "but It shocks me very much to see your cravat. " "You ure right , Ambrose , " my uncle an swered : "Latlmer does his best , but I have never been able to fill your place. " "Avon has the prior claim. If ho will re- least' me " "You may go , Ambrose , you may go ! " cried Lord Avon. "You are an excellent servant , but your presence has become painful to me , " "Thank you , Ned , " said my uncle. "C'cst lo mailleur valet possible. Hut you must not leave mo so suddenly again. " "I'ermlt mo to explain Iho reason , sir. 1 had determined lo give you nollce when we reached Brighton , but as we drove from the village that day I caught a glimpse of a lady passing In a phaeton , between whom and Lord Avon I was well aware there was a close Intimacy , allhough I was not certain that Him was actually hU wife. Her pres ence there confirmed mo In my opinion that he was hiding In Cllffo Royal , and I dropped from your curricle and followed her at once , In order to lay the matter before her and explain how very necessary It was thai Lord Avon should see me , " "Well , I forgive you for your dcserllon , Ambrose , " said my uncle. "And , " he added , "I should bo vastly obliged to you If you would rearrange ray tie , " CHAl'TRR XXII , . THE END. Sir James Ovlngton'a carriage was wall ing without , and In it the Avon family , so tragically separated and so strangely re united , wcro borne nway to the squire's hoiipUablii home. When they had gone , my uncle mounted his currlclu and drove Ambrose and myself to the village. "Wo had best see your father at once , ncplunv , " said ho. "Sir Lothian and his man started Home time ago. I should be sorry If there should be any hitch In our meeting. " For my part I waa thinking of our oppo nent's deadly reputation as a duellist , and I mipposo that my features must have be- Iraycd my feelings , for my uncle began to lauch. "Why , ni'phcw , " said he , "you look as If you weio walking behind my coflln. It la not my first affair , and I dare bet that It will not bo my last. When I tight near town I usually lire n hundred or to In .Man- ton's back shop , but I ilaru say I can IIml my way to his walstcoul. Hut I confess tlmt I am somewhat upset by all that has befallen us. To think of my dear old friend being not only alive , but Innocent as well ! And that he should have such a strapping con and heir to carry on the race of Avon ! This will be the last blow to Hume , for 1 know that the Jews have given him rope on the score nf his expectations. And you , Ambrose , that you should break out In cuch a wavS" Of nil the amazing thing * which had happened thin Kccmed to have Impressed my undo most , nml lie recurred to ll again and again. That a man whom ho had come In regard na n machine { or tying crayata ami brewlnj ; chocolate ohould suddenly develop fiery human paislami wan indeed a proillcy. U hU allver razor-heater had ( alien to evil way * lie could not have been moro urtoundod , Wo uvre still a huudrrd > aidu from the open for mo If I should present myself at once. "And your mother has your sea chest all ready , my lad , aud .you can travel down with mo tomorrow , for If you are to be one of Nelson's men you must show him that you are worthy of It. " "All the Stones have been In Iho sea service , " said my mollier , apologellcally to my uncle , "and 11 Is a great chance that ho should enter under Lord Nelson's own patronage. 'Hut ' wo can never forget your kindness. Charles , In showing our dear Rod ney something of the world. " "On the contrary. Sister Mary , " said my uncle , graciously , "your son has been an excellent companion to me so much so that I fear thai I am open to the charge ol having neglected my dear Fldclio. I trust that I bring him back somewhat more pol ished than I found him. It would be folly to call him distingue , but he Is at least unobjectionable. Nature has denied him the highest gifts and I find him adverse to employing the compensating advantages of art , but al least I have shown him some- Ihlng of life and I have taught him a few lessons In finesse and deportment which may appear to be wasted upon him at pres ent , but which none the loss may come back to him In his moro mature years. If his career In town has been a disappointment tome mo , the reason lies mainly In the fact thai I am foolish enough lo measure others by the slandard which I have myself set. 1 am well disposed toward him , however , and I consider him eminently adapted for the profession which he Is about to adopt. " Ho held out his sacred snuff box to me as ho spoke as a solemn pledge of his good will , and , as I look back al him , Ihere Is no moment at which I see him more plainly than that , with Iho old mischievous light dancing once more In his largo , Intolerant eyes , one thumb In the armpit of his vest and the llllle shining box held out upon his snow while palm. Ho was a lype and leader of a slrange breed of men which has vanished away from England , Hie full- blooded , virile buck , cxqulslle In his dress , narrow in his Ihoughts , coarse in his amuse- incuts , and eccentric In his habits. They walk across the bright stage of English his tory with llielr finicky slep , Ihelr preposterous - ous cravals , Ihclr high collars , their dang ling seals , and they vanish Into those dark wings from which there is no return. The world has outgrown them , and there Is no place now for their strange fashions , their practical Jokes and carefully cullivated ec- ccntrlcltles. And yet hehtnil this outer veilIng - Ing of folly with which they BO carefully draped themselves they \vere often men of strong character and robust personality. The languid loungers of St. James' wcro also the yachtsmen , of the Solent , Iho fine riders of the Shires , and the hardy fighters In many a waysldo battle and many a morn ing frolic. Wellington picked his best olll- cers from among them. They condescended occasionally lo poetry or oralory , nnd Hyron , Charles James Fox , Sheridan and Casllercagh preserved some reputation among them In spite of their publicity. 1 cannot think how the historian of the fu ture can hope lo undersland them when I , who know one of them so well and bore his blood In my veins. , could never quite tell how much of htm was real and how much was due to the affectations which he hail cultivated go long that they had ceased to deserve the name. Through the chinks of that armor of folly I have sometimes though that I had caught a gltmpso of u good and truq man within , and It pleases mo to hope that I was right. It was destined that tbu exciting Incidents of that day were even now not al an end. 1 had retired early to re. ? ; , but It was linpossl. bid for mo to sleep , for my mind would turn to Hey Jim , and to the extraordinary change In his position and prospects. I was sill ! turning and tossing when I heard the BOUIIC of flying hoofs coming down the London road , and Immediately afterward the grat ing of wheels as they pulled up In front ol the Inn. My window chanced to be open for It was a fresh spring night , and I heart the creak of tlic Inn door , nnd a voice ask ing whether Sir Lothian Hume was within. At the name. I sprang from my bed , and 1 was In time to ecu three men , who hoc alighted from the carriage , file Into the llghled hull. The two horses wcro left standIng - Ing , with the glare of the open door falling upon Ihelr brown shoulders and patlenl heads. Ten minutes may have passed And then 1 heard the clatter of many titeps , and a knoi of men came cluslerlng through the door. "You need not employ violence , " said a harsh , clear voice , "On whoso suit Is II ? " "Several suits , sir. They 'eld over In the 'opes that you'd pull off the light this morn- ln' . Total amounts Is 12,000. " "Look hero , my man ! I have a very Im portant appointment for 7 o'clock tomorrow. I'll glvo you 50 If you will leave me until then. " "Couldn't do It , sir , really. It's more than our places as sheriff's officers is worth. " In the yellow glare of the carriage lamp 1 saw the baronet look up at our windows , and If hn/rc / , could have killed , hlB eyes would hnyy b n aa deadly as his pistol. "I can'ft , , mount the carriage unless you free my linms ) , " said he. " 'Old ' > d , nm , for 'e looks wklous. Let go o1 one arm at a time ! Ah , would you. ilienl"n - ' / . "Corcornnl/'jCorcoran ! " screamed a voice , and I say , ' . . plunge , a struggle , and one frantic fltfurc-j breaking Us way from the rest. Than rnme a heavy blow , and down he fell In-ithr middle of the moonlit road , flapping nndJumping among the dust like a trout new landed. "He's nnppad It this time ! Get Mm by the wrlst.iii Jlinl Now , all together ! " He was hoistedUP like a bag of flour and fell with n brutal , thud Into the bottom of Ibe carriage. .The three men sprang In after him , a whip whistled In the darkness , and I had seen the last that I or anyone else , save some charitable visitors to a debtors' Jail , was ever again destined to see of Sir Lothian Hume , the once fashionable Corin thian. Lord Avon lived for two years longer- long enough with the help of Ambrose to fully establish his Innocence of Iho horrible crime In Iho shadow of which be had lived soi long. What he could not clear away , however , was the effect of those years of morbid and unnatural llfo spent in Iho hid den chambers of Iho old house , and It wns only the devotion of his wlfu and of his son which kept ihc thin and flickering flame of his life so long alight. She whom I had known us the play actress of Analy Cross became the dowager Lady Avon , while Hey Jim , aa dear lo mo now ns when we harried birds' ucsls and tickled trout together , la now Lord Avon , beloved by his tenantry , the fluent sportsman and the moat popu lar man from the north of the Weald to the Channel. He Was married to the second end daughter of Sir James Ovlngton , and as I have seen three of his grandchildren within the week , I fancy that If any of Sir Lothlnn'a descendants have their eye upon the properly they are likely lo bo as disap pointed as their ancestor was before them. The old house of Cllffo Royal has been pulled down , owing to the terrible family associations which hung round It , and n beautiful modern building sprang up In Its place. The lodge which stood by the Brighton road was so dainty with Its trellis work and Its rose bushes that 1 was not the only visitor who declared that I had rather bo Ihe owner of It than of the great house among Ihe Irces. There for many years , In a happy nnd peaceful old ago , lived Jack Harrison nnd his wife , receiving back In Ihe sunset of their IIVPS the loving care which they had themselves bestowed. Never again did Champion Harrison throw his leg over the ropes of n twenty-four-foot ring , but the story of the great battle be tween the smith nnd Ihe wesl counlrymnn Is still familiar to old ring-goers , and noth ing pleased him heller than lo Votlght It all , round by round , ns ho sat In the sun shine under his rose-girt porch , Hut if ho heard the lap of his wlfn's stick approach ing him his talk would break off at enceInte Into the garden and Its prospecls , for she was still haunted by the fuar Ihal Im would some day go back lo the ring , nnd she never missed the old man for an hour without being convinced that ho had hob bled off lo wrest Ihc belt from the latest upstart champion. It was at his own very earliest request that they inscribed "He fought the good fight" upon his tombstone , and though I cannot doubt that he had Blade Haruk and Crab Wilson In his mind when lie'asked It , yet none who know him would grudge its spiritual meaning as a sununlng'yp of his clean and manly life. Sir Cliarji-'s Tregellls continued for some years to dhow his scarlet and gold at New market andr his inimitable coats In St. James' . 3 : whs he who Invented buttons and loops dt tjie ends of dress pantaloons and who 1 > rokosfresh ground by hla Investi gation of the comparative merits of Isinglass and of stnrch.iln the preparation of shirt fronts. There are old fops still lurking In the corners of Arthur's or of White's who can remember Tregellls' dictum thai a cravat should be so stiffened that throe parts of the length should bo raised by one corner , and the painful schism which followed when Lord Alvanley n nil. his school contended that a half was BUftlciolit ! Then came the supremacy ot Hrummc'l ! and the open breach upon the. subject ol velvet collars , in whlclr-tlie "tojvh followed the lead of the younger man. . My uncle who was not born to be second lo any om lellred inslantly to St. Albans , and. an nounced that he would make It the center at fashion and of society Instead of de'gen- cralo London. It chanced , however , thai the mayor and corporation wailed upon him with1 an address of thanks for his good In- lenllons loward Ihe town , and that the bur gesses , having ordered new coats from Lon don for the occasion , were all arrayed in velvet collars , which so preyed upon niy uncle's spirits that he took to his bed , and never showed his face In public again. H'ls ' money , which had ruined what might have been a great life , was divided among many bcquesls , an annuity lo his valet , Ambrose , being among them , but enough has come to his sister , my dear mother , to help to make her old age as sunny and as pleasant as oven I could wish. And as for.mp the poor string upon which Ihcso beads are strung I dare scarce say another word about myself lest this which I had meant to be Ihe last word of a chap ter should grow Into the first words of a new one. Had I not taken up my pen to toll you a story of the land I might per chance have made a betler one ot the sea , but the one frame cannot hold two opposite plclures. The day may come when I shall wrlle down all Ihat I remember of the greatest battle over fought upon salt water , and how my father's gallant life waa brought to nn end asflh | his paint rubbing against a French eighty-gun ship on one sldo ami a Spanish seventy-four upon flic oilier , he Blood callng an apple In the break of his poop , I saw the smoke banks on Ihat Oc tober evening swirl slowly up over Ihe At- lanllc swell nnd rise and rise until they had shredded Into thlnest air and lost them selves In the Infinite blue of heaven. And with them rose the cloud which had hung over our country , and It also thinned and thinned until God's own sun of peace ami security was shining once more upon ua , never moro we hope to bo bcdlmmcd. ( The End , ) UFI.HIOI s. Arthur Klein of Cambridge unlverslly , England , who has become widely known as an evangellsl In Australia , is holding evangelistic meetings In Cambridge-port , Mass , Ilov. Dr. Oeorge L. Robinson , pastor of the Roxbury , Mass. , I'resbylerlan church , has resigned In order to accept the profes sorship of Old Testament literature anil exegesis In Knox college , Toronto , Canada. The total recclpls of the Southern Pres byterian church for the past year wcro $1- 535,5&5. as against $1.880,120 last year and $1,913,580 In 1893 , and 530 churches did not contrlbulo to1'any cause. It has been f flu ml that in England the curates incrells.odthrco times as fast BH the benefices , Ad inconsequence there Is a large number of 'Writes that are out of em ployment. The1 'proposition Is to provldo them with pensions. " ' ' The annuai/alMress of the bishops of the Church of tne' united Hrcthren In Christ shows un Increase In membership of about 10,000 , placing the total membership at 233- 204 , wllh 4HC : organized societies and 2,101 persons In tno''fnlnlBlry. ' The Young Poo- pie's Christian union has added over COO or- gaulzallons anil 25,000 members , Dean Hole1 inailo n scene In Rochester ca thedral on a rec'cnt Sunday. A canon whose business It was to read the first lesson omlllrd ceHaTrf passages which ho thought Improper. The , . ( lean was to rad the second end lesson , 'but , before beginning ho solemnly ' emnly rt'adj'jiej.jiassages omitted In the first leseon. , . Turkey contalps 223 foreign missionaries and 1,001 , natlvp pastors and workers. Slnco 1821 America hae sent to Turkey S50 iniH- fcloimrles. Amurlpan missionary propurty Is valued at J2.500.0.00 , and wo send Turk i every year 1225,000 , America has spent on Turkey from tbe beginning of our missions there until now af. least $10.000,000. The American Unitarian association re- peru an Income during the present year ol $7SitM.09. In 1S92 tbo gross appropriations for home missions , foreign missions , theo logical education and denominational liter ature wcro IU1.1SC.55. in 18'Jtj ' they are } 06- I5IJ.23. All salnrles and fixed expenses arc paid out of the Income of the Invented funds of Iho association so that all money received from Individuals bnd churches goes directly Into mlsBtoiiarywork , Forty years 1n the market , still booming with greater sales than ever. Cook's Im perial Extra Dry Champaune- ? < How Franklin Powers Won His Way by a Feat of Gallant Daring1. ( CopyrlRhtp.l. ISM. by S. S. MoClurc To. ) In the \lepths of the redwood forest of California , where the huge trees towered Up gigantically , n harsh and "modern" noise came echoing from afar. Then louder and nearer It became until presently a snorting nnd pulling locomotive , diminutive In size , seemed to Issue directly from behind a mon ster tree on a curved and winding track. Dehlnd It a train of flat cars crawled , re minding one of a great mnny-jolntrd vorm. Two blasts , shrill and startling , ramr f.'om the small whistle then , and Hi" rumbling stranger stowed down and hnl'.od , the risis being stopped besldo a ro'i-ji : nnd dusty platform made of log * . Three or four men who had hron lazily lying or sitting on the cars , row are " , nnd Hinging their great HOOK"- ! lovers to tlm platform , mnde ready the oars for ( heir liiuds , and lay down aim : to wait all but one. The one wasn't .1 man ul .ill. Ho was young Franl.lln Pow < : M , : i toil , wiry 1 1 who stepped about actively as If In search of something upon which to try the bulging A 'I ' lM | lV % SHOT WITH IT ADOWN THAT FRIGHTFUL DECLIVITY. sinews of his arms and legs. Up a small nearby ravine he went , whistling an answer to a mountain quail. This place was scarred with evidences of man's advent , for bushes and trees had been cleared away to form a wlda path , and a deep-cut groove , or run-way , was worn In the soil. TUB HULL TEAM. From away up above a series of sounds came down through the trees. Faint they were at first , but growing rapidly clearer and louder. Then , amid a fearful dust , a clanking of chains , a bellowing low and painful and the wild shouting of a man , a queer procession came suddenly Inlo view. Procession ? No , hardly Ihal , cither. It was a team of bulls , yoked In pairs , hitched lo a long , heavy chain and dragging a "Iruln" of giant logs from the ridges above to the platform besldo the railroad. Fifteen yoke were here of the great straining beasls In line , Ihelr heads thrown wildly forward , their shoulders thrust stoutly against the yokes , Ihelr HankH reeking with perspira tion , their muscles swelling big upon their legs and their tongues lolling forth from red and dripping mouths. Hcslde them ran a man or rntlicr he bounded ulong a fierce , red-eyed Mexican , six feet in height , rod In hand , shod in heavy boots , clad In rough pantaloons and a half-open red shlrl bare headed and shoullng llko a demon. "Hoi ! Hah ! Oee ! Sacra ! Hen up ! " he bawled , dancing nml tearing along from one end of Ihe bull team lo the other and back , lashing and prodding with his fear-compel ling goad , till the bulls bellowed sullenly , tbo load behind creaked and rumbled and the whole wood echoed with the din of It. U all rcemoil a wild , puri-osclcvs tumult , in Its clouiU of dust ; yet the hulls well knew their part and were glad Indeed to strain and haul In redoubled efforl lo Jerk Iho sliding logs nl last athwart the loading place alongside the walling cars. This slghl was ever of Inlercst to Franklin , and ho watched the weary bulls go off , spiritless and with drooping heads , every day , always with n feeling of plly In his breast for the dumb creatures. A STINGY UNCLK. However , lltll-j tlmo he had now for any thing but work ; he therefore picked up his lever hook nnd helped lo roll the mighty logs on the cars and chain them down. No iasy task was this , for the lever handle was large , Iho logs wcro nol always round and Iho lifting nt times waa exceedingly heavy. His bands had spread and hardened till ho looked dismayed upon them , but nothing could ho do about it. Ever and over the mill down below required the timber for Us hungry saws , making ll necessary for Ihe Iraln crew lo felch at least four loads dally from the rugged mountain above. And whole armies of log-cutters and woodsmen were encamped far back In the virgin forests to fell the monarchs aud saw them up to furnish the logs. Young Franklin had. Indeed , been very thankful to get a chance to work at anything ; for hla falher's death had left hla mother and him In desperate stralls. Not knowing what else to do he bad applied to his uncle , John Powers , for work and this position had been the result. "It's a little bit stlnny and mean of Uncle John , " he had said to his mollier , "but I'll take It and prove that I nm worthy cf something boiler In the mill. " Ho had proved it , ho knew lin had ; but his uncle was a dry , shrewd man , who rarely hurried In advancing anyone in his employ. So there the young fellow was , laboring Oajly In the silent redwoods , nnd living In a cottage near the mill with his mother , . . . , When nt last the logs wcro loaded and firmly chained and blocked upon the earn and the miniature locomotive had switched dqwn and coupled to the other end of tbe train , n sharp whisllo saund d and tbe whole thine rolled nlowjy away. A beautiful roulo the railroad went , aome eleven miles in length , and It termluattd on a high embankment above Ihe mill pond. This placid sheet ot water , on the edge of which stood the mill , was of considerable extent and doptb , nud wan more than half filled with floating logs that huddled to gether , like sheep In a fold. From the em bankment whereon the cars were finally stopped , n sleep , wide "chuto" had been built that ran out over the water. U was greased along Us whole length perhaps ISO feet and down It the logs were soul lo Ihe water. Young Franklin and the other men , with their levers , rolled the huge pieces of trees Into It from the cars and down they shot , end first , at a fearful velocity , diving In the pond nmld a shower of spray and splashing * , to leap again above the surface n hundred foot away. A pplcmllil slghl II was and qullo exciting , bul there wore few to enjoy it. The men had grown ttccuslomod to II and wore lee busy moving Iho cars back and forth. In unloading , to notice such trifling displays. LITTLK ERIC. On thin particular day the train with the second morning load Imrt halted above the mill pond Just as the whisllo blow for noon. The looomollvb engineer Hanked tils fires nnd the men put nn their coats to depart tholr several ways to get -something lo enl. Franklin WHB among Ihe very first ones back. As he jumped along from rar to car the mill engine started again and the whistle blew the 12:30 : blast. Across the mirroring water came Iho song of Ihe saws , llko Ihe buzzing of giant bees ; the smoke from the refuse fire curled about languidly and ralrn and contentment seemed to live In the air. Afar off , on the other side of the mill , a queer little something bobbed about on the logs In the pond , clambering from one to the next and scampering thllher and yon In evident glee. No one Haw Iho llllle climber , nol a soul , and yet ho waa none clso than the six-year-old , curly-paled little Eric , who called John Powers "papa. " Imi tating the mill man who climbed from log lo log and brought the hiigo fellows up to the smooth and slippery Incline to be dragged In to the saws , lltllo Eric Jumped aboul in the liveliest manner imaginable. So light was ho Ihat the big logs scarcely moved at all when ho leaped upon them ; but at length ho hopped upon a slender "boom stick , " with such force as to send It floating away from the rest at a rapid rate. Chuckling In Joy , Iho youngster clapped his hands ; and big Tom Crogan , the log man , saw him. "Saints presarve us ! " said Tom , but In stead of calling out and thereby alarming Iho little fellow , he dashed headlong up the Incline through the mill , hollering the news as ho went , to get upon the other aide. Then a frightened crowd left taws and all dashed outside to look , John Powers In the lead. Not ; i sound had been made to warn the men who were busily working two giant logs from the cars to the lop of Ihe chulo. Mut Iho falhcr , whoso face was blanched with fear , Ihrow a hasly glance across the pond and saw a ten-fool monster tippling before It plunged below. "Hold it back ! Hold It back ! " ho screamed , And Franklin looked up quickly , seeing everything ; it OHIO. Too late ! The grease ran smoolh on the slimy way and the log leaped down llko a flash , With an echoing boom It struck the water ; the spray flew high , the surface was churned and foamed and the log wad diving straight for Eric , the little. It seemed an ago that tbe log remained IIB STRODE RAPIDLY OVER THE LOGS. under , then up It bhot , like a filghtcned whale , When It lauded asalii , la the agitated waves , the whirling boom stock had lust Its precious cargo anil tbe curling locks wcro seen a moment , BWiiuUed about by the ripples. A groan went up from the pule-factd men. Tom Croaan was not ytt come to even Urt upon ( i IOK to the rescue. All had hapr In a twinkling. TIIK RKSCt'K. , , Hnlf A minute of agony , In wlilch j hollered wildly nnd the little Imnd t up and went down again , ensued , " clear , above the nolso and excitement of the voice of Franklin Hounded. "Ovor with her ! Heave hrr overt' commanded , nnd with Herculean efforts tugged t the second log that almost nncod In the chute. The men , obeying blindly they knew nol why bounded ward like mad and slowed the log's i. around In n Jiffy. Then , while they KI It a final Jnb , and before * noul had dlvTi his Intentions , Franklin leaped upon throw himself flt , and clinging with i the power ot hla great long arms and slno\ legs , waa shot with It ndown that frlghtfu smoklt.g declivity. A crash , a deadening , awful crash , ho fo when It hit ; then a gush ot waves ongulfr him and n horrible , rushing sound was I bis oars. An endless flood seemed pourl' by. llko n torrent , tearing and wrench ! to wash him off. yet. except that his lull , wore nearly bursting for nlr and the Un seemed Interminable- felt no worse tlm when ho had dlvrd aa a boy Suddenly the quivering log rose fish-Ilk from botionth the waves. As U foil ngn nnd rolled In the water Franklin sllppi quickly oft nnd struck out with his puwerf stroke. "Ahead ! Ahead ! " shrieked Crogan fro n log which at last ho had nifuineil. A tiny , waving hand appeared , six fo away from Iho swimming ! nd. to sink fi Iho laal tlmo. llul It never sank Frank ) ! swam llko a soul and now ho dived like grebe nnd oamo to the lop almost Instant ! bearing In his arms the tiny Eric. All awed hush had settled upon the me who witnessed the perilous deed. Opel mouthed they had stood since the tlmo tin Franklin loap"d upon the log In the chut but now tholr liatn went up and gron heaving reservoirs of sound burst bourn and rushed through their throats till ( ! air waa rent nnd echoing with wild , heart shoiiln nnd hurrahs. And nmld the din t voices and Iho whistle on Iho mill the Orli ping Franklin strode rapidly over Iho loc wllh the dripping llltlo Eric nofcly claspe against his beating hcnrt. * * "Mother , " said Iho young fellow tlmt ever Ing , "I think Uncle John Is n mighty nlc sort of n man after all , especially when hi uenrt Is touched. PniLlPVERRILL MIGUELS. _ WATHIl TUlVlvS. SiiKKi'NtliinN for C'lovor S , , I in in on Wlm I.Ike (11 Krone In ( InWntor. . There is no end of tricks n clever swlmmci , can do in water. Then there are sporls am lA games played on rnfla or water shoes , log rolling , high diving , water ballets , polo and jockey. The most popular sport nl present however. Is shooting Iho "chutes , " or wate toboggan. Moro In the nm.ileur's line Is hocking 01 the water ; a ball ami hockey clubs ar necessary and llttlo "boata" for the fee' which are kept on by slraps , somelhln llko snow shoos. QuarlcrstnfT Is anothi waler game. If the players don sailor sull it adds to their picturesque appearanc The trousers , say , of turkey red twill , wit red snllor collars on their while shirts an rod band on their hats. Apropos of walcr tricks or "ornnmontn i\ \ swimming" ll is useful on two account ; -"I lo amuse yourself or to amuse otlf" Oflen friends accompany a swimmer' - spectators , and what Is the consequence After Iho bather has been swimming while , they are tired of It , and no wondei They become restless and fidgety nnd kee demanding "When are you coming out1 Hut If Iho swimmer understands n fe tricks , It will amuse and Inlercsl hla frlciu moro than simple swimming ever could di They also tench the bather nerve and plucl Of all water llguros Iho most laughabl Is Ihal of "lurnlng Iho spit. " Here are th directions : Lie on the water as though about t float , then , drawing the knees up to Uv.'l chin , place both hands beneath the kno < ' back to back , and move them gently bacV ward and forward , by degrees increaalr ij the speed. Do not bo frightened by tl Nj result ; you will spin round llko a top. Tl II nature of a spit is to turn one way ar if then another , nnd this is done by out J moving one Imnd until fairly going romr another way and then both are used , a before. Do nol. In this feat , let cxcllemcn run nway wllh your Judgment or you wll get giddy , and giddiness In the water la t > | serious niatlcr. Leave off directly the leas $ symptom ai > poais. The boat llguro la a pretly one , as II i supposed to represent a boal supplied wit' ll no oars. The swimmer lies on his back i l | though about to float , then cross the feet form the prow of the boat , then , Instead i raising Iho arms above Iho head , as I , ? 1 swimming on Iho buck , move them In o : i nctly the opposite direction ; that Is , moI I them from Ihc hips to a line with ll ll shoulder. The arms represent the oars , ar. v | Ihcy may easily be "feathered" by placlr' ' them near Iho surface wllh Iho flngoi ul slightly outstretched. As the foci advaiu ' < | first , this figure presents a curious sigh A clever girl could do this trick easily < well as the one In which the bathing coi lume la changed under Iho water. Tli swlmmer.s puls on , over her ordinary ball -"I " ing dress , another one thai Is nt least a slz JI too large , without fastening It nt ( ho neckcl standing on the diving platform , she mus < J jump or dive lo Iho bollom of the water * ! nnd , hastily divesting herself of the secomc | drcsa , swim lo Ihe top , carrying It In hi ll hands. Deep water. In preference to ( dial ct low , should be chosen for this foal , which ' perhaps , sounda a trlflo difficult , allhough It _ reallly il Is nol. A good way to pracllce reJ malnlng under walor Is lo sink lo the hot-- ! torn on the knees and remain there as long'1 ' ! as possible ; raining the bands above the ff head will keep" you there some lime , but I' "I over you are In danger of drowning do not'jj Ihrow up your anna. , L I'llATTIiH OK TIMYOUVnHTKltS. . " > } Attar the Spnnklng. Mother It liurti mother more than II does you , my son. Willie Why don't you holler , then ? "Papa , what makes this cheese smell an ? . .I "The process by which 11 wns cured , I pro,1 sumo. " ( After some moments of profound .1 cogitation ) "Papa , what would 11 smell llko tIJ If It hndn'l been cured ? " . ( | Tommy Did Iho Ixird make everything , mamma ? Mamma Yea , dear. Tommy-- ! , Then what mnde you say I got this corn on my toe by wearing a tight shoe ? A lltlle 4-yonr-old occupied nn upper V berth In the sleeping car. Awakening once ? < In the middle of the night hla mollier asked > him If he knew where ho was , "Tourno I PI do , " he replied. "I'm In Ihe lop drawer , " ' < "Hobby , what are you so unhappy about ? " ° "I'm mad 'cause ' wo ain't got no big fam'ly ; , over al llllly Hopkins' house lie's got two ' > J gran'maa an * three aunta ter help him git * his own way. " "Mamma , what part ot the body Is the ' trombone ? " "No part of the body , my l'i dear. " "Yes , It la , because It nays In the " paper hero that last nl lit while" returning from the aymphony concert Prof. Grldel fell and broke hla trombone. " Papa So , nobby , you're Iho proaldcnt of your bicycle club. Thai's very nice. Ho\v j to I'hoono ? Hobby did they happen you o Well , you see , papa , I'm the only boy thai' * got a bicycle. 'Why won't mamma's little boy tell mamma what ho'a been mulling himself i with ? " anxiously asked the maternal parent , bending over the couch. "You have been .t In ( lie panlry , Johnny , callni : too much of il something you might not to have eaten at a nil , nnd you won't tell me what It Is. U H make ? mo sick lit heart ! " "It inakeu mo o alck o' tnrt , tool" moaned Johnny , tiirnluj ; n his fnco to the wall. Hut mumma did not catch on. d" LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT HrlghT * DlKonvo nnd otlii-r Kidney trouble * rteal upon us anil iu ilnnly ctlleil Irffoiu wo linmv It. If Hie I.niiR' . Ill-art r J.lvi-r liccomo die- eiitc-J , Ilit-.y lull u > ut U wry quickly. 'I'lio Klilnvyx don't. Their c.irly * ymi > iuiiis nro tut tow uml com paratively Inxlvnlncunl Won < > Mm. r.rt itlic.lv s , who iiriilecU or l'ir It imniM. lli'M , Jp/j.iv , liicn deadi ly eiujwr ( cumn ) cr vunvul- ul'iim. It may nttuck ua at any u u. lu on ! ) ' nlKM may lie u little luMilavln . a IHIIi dulliivx * . n llltlo IvvllcliliiK u ( thu > nua\f \ , A KllKlit la < T lnrH4 or punimm under Ilia ( yi-H , * Illili ! il..i 'i < * iu , flUni MilUu ur riUznifioi urj ti-.cii.llii ! | ; In tuifilciily Mown out. ia-u yuur Kidney. I'H-itrve your licullli , eivu your lifu by lining Ur. llolibi Hparnmu Kl lry 1'lllt , Tlity will rMlevo theiio ovnwurl > "U or irj , ultl ( In-ill In lllli'rlnjf poUcum uiul n- lieu uut of your BjMi'Ml , uiitlvlll lirnl , ftle'Ulb- vii ud c < irr yuur KUln y wiicu 0 l m > iJ.