36^by mawon ofcf . INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 CHAPTER V. ) Off DON’T understand ^11 how you happened to cross that rough -ofll mountain In your SHI route froih the de QyLXi pot,” said the elder brother, when the wf' family assembled fi. that evening for " what Miss Field al ways denominated «■ It 8 € a socianie, oia fashloned tea,” which, la the country, wfis served at the town dinner hour. "Could you obtain no conveyance ,at the station?” “None—unless I chose to wait sev eral hours. Surmising at on oh that my letter had not arrived In season to no tify you of my coming, I left my bag gage In charge of the station master and set out on foot. I pleased myself when I was here two years ago with surveying an air line between your house and the nearest point of the rail road. If one does not mind some pretty steep hills, he can save at least two miles by availing himself of my topo graphical skill. It was a pleasant va riety to me, after six hours In a narrow car seat, to stretch my limbs over the rocky pass and breathe the fresh air of the wlldwoods Instead of smoke and cinders." v Vv i “The mystery to me Is how and where you met Mrs. Withers!" chirped vivacious Harriet “Do explain! k was never so astonished in my life as when I eaw you two walking up the avenue talking together like old friends.” * “A8;;we are,” smiled Edward at his elster-in-law. “She was sitting at the foot of a cedar near my projected road, enjoying'the prospect beneath her. I recognised her from her reseniblance to the photograph you sent me while I was abroad, Elnathan; walked up to her, like the Impertinent fellow somo people think 1 am; introduced myself, and offered to eacort her home.” "You should have taken a servant with you, Constance,” raid her husband, magisterially; "It Is not safe or proper for a lady to ramble alone in this thin ly-settled neighborhood.” "There .are charcoal burners in the mountains!" Miss Harriot Interjected, shudderlngly. “The most ferocious looking creatures, with long beards and black faces. I saw one once when wo wfere driving out. And there used to be bears, when the country was first settled-” VAnd wolves, and catamounts, and red Indians with no beards at all,” fin ished the younger Withers warnlngly. "Mrs. Withers, let me advise yon to take me along whenever you stir be yond'the'garden fence. I saw a Rocky Mountain savage once, and last year waa one of a party that went out on a bear hunt in Norway. We saw nothing of Bruin, it Is true, but my Instructions how to act In case he crossed my path were so minute that I am confident I should prove a valiant protector in time of need." The Invitation thus playfully given was renewed In earnest on the follow ing day. The brother and sister-in-law wen excellent friends from the mo ment of their meeting. The .traveled member of the eminent banking firm of Withers Bros, was about 30 years of age, and attractive In person, rather from a certain grace and elegance cf bearing, and a trank, Intelligent ex pression than from regularity of fea ture. He had read much, and seen many lands, and knew how to use the knowledge thus gained for the enter tainment of his companions. A passion-' ate lover of music, he waB not slow In 'discovering Constance's kindred tastes. His coming gave a different complexion to life*' In the secluded country house. There were horseback rides before breakfast, and diligent practice with voice and Instruments—piano, flute and violin, besides a couple of hours' read ing in the forenoon; then came the after-dinner walk, seldom ending un til sunset. In the evening Elnathan Withers dosed In his stuffed chair while he tried to beat time to the duet going on at the other end of the room, and Harriet, bolt upright In the middle of a sofa, did wondrous things with a spool of cotton or silk and a croehet needle—and took observations with her beady eye#. . 5 . : oi-v She waa discreet onto the remit of these. For aught that could be gathered from her words or conduct she ap proved entirely of the growing Inti macy between the married lady «nd the agreeable bachelor. Elnathan was not n man of fine feelings and strong affections. He had made up his mind to marry because a stylish wife would add to his Individual consequence and adorn bis plready princely establish ment Constance Romalne pleased his critic*! eye. and captivated whatever of fancy dwelt fn hts practical nature. Yet, h«rln* wedded, he trusted her. She offended him sometimes. He often wished thgt she were interpenetrated J| ■omotblng of Harriet’s reverence ;; <*r himaalf; that she would put forth *, BW cffbrt to anticipate his wishes, herself in all respects to ;4 n of fitness In demeanor and convsrsai Vo a. He was never harsh in bis treatment of these deficiencies, but bis pertinacious schooling, his curbing anfivHctatlng, the portentous vifcnJ|uowa, irritated her to the extreme 1 *" pwiwmvm BhdkO jpf ,*P head and solemn curvature of gfif tebearanoa. Mward had not been twelve bouts house before he perceived this aadamror on his brother’s side to mold Jjjpf. women Into the likeness of Mcfib and the effect wrought . .- bad spapeeted It in the course JBpJ&itJal interview with his broth era wife upon the mountain. Ho uever told her that, attracted by her singing, he had stealthily neared the spot where she sat, and, unseen by her, been a witness of the tearful struggle between her real self and Pate. He had pitied her heartily then, while comparatively Ignorant of the reason for her seditious emotion. His com-, passion was more profound as he bet ter uqderstood the relations between t^e Ill-matched pair. Had his personal liking for his new sister been less de cided he would have pronounced her unhappiness to be the righteous punish ment of her crime and folly In having linked her destiny with that of a man whom she did not love. Ho had known dozens of other women who 'did the same at the bidding of similar motives, and his sympathies had lain dormant. But this one had heart and Intellect, and*both were famishing.' — I have said that Mr. Withers’ sensi bilities were not lively, nor his IdVfe In tense. But of all people living this, his only brother, had most hold upon Ills heaft, most Influence upon his judg ment. He made much of him after Ms formal style; listened with obvious re-,, spect and secret pride to his opinions,' and conceived the notion that his wife, was highly honored when Edward sin gled her out as the object of his marked attentions, and djd not dis guise the pleasure he, the lion of many* brilliant circles, took in her society. • This fullness of confidence In them both, and his unselfish regard for his nearest living relative, might have be gotten softer and kindlier sentiments; toward him in Constance’s breast but* for the palpable fact that he encour aged the association, not because it brought her enjoyment, but as a means of prolonging Edward’s stay with them. “You ecem to amuse my brother,” he said to his wife one morning, ns she was arraying herself for hor ride. “His admiration for you is highly compli mentary. I trust you will leave no means untried to induce him to remain with us some weeks longer. It gratifies me to see how amicably you get on to gether, and the friendship Is especially creditable to Edward, Inasmuch as he was universally regarded as my heir prior to my marriage.” “In that cas? he deserves all the’couM tesy I can show him,” mused Con-i stance, going thoughtfully down to her steed and cavalier. “I do not know* many men who would be so complaisant to a stumbling block in the path to worldly advancement." The conversation would have thrown her off her guard had she ever consid ered It prudent to be wary in an asso ciation at once so natural and inno cent. She had always liked Edward, and was growing to like him better every hour. They were near the same age, and, being of harmonious tempera ments, they usually enjoyed the'some things. He was good, kind and spright ly; amused and Interested as much ns Mr. Withers and Harriet wearied her. This was the reason why ths sun b’^ono more brightly,. the breeze was more odorous, her favorite exercise more Inspiriting on that early midsummer morn than these had ever been before.. “l ean hardly belief that I enter t&‘ Jay Upon the third week of my sojourn in this region,” said Edward, when the ■teeply-rlsing ground compelled them to slacken their speed. ’Tb It possible?” The exclamation was hot a polite and meaningless for mula, as Constance hrought her startled eyes around' to his, “It seems a very little while ago that you came to us. , You do not think of leaving us soon, I hope?" .. " '■ “I cannot say posltlyely how long I shall stay., This visit la a welcome ex*> change tor my long wanderings. This —my brother’s home—Is the only one I have In America. Yet I .was dissatis fied with It last year. Elnathau was often absent—you know best upon what business’’—smiling ; meaningly, “and, to be candid with you, our cousin Harriet is not the person whom I should voluntarily select as my only companion In a desert. But for my gun and fishing rod I should have Commit ted suicide or run away and left her to the tender, mercies of the Hibernian domestics and the bears. I would not be so communicative touching her to any but a member of thq famljy. But she is one of ray betes nolVes. I never liked her."; V» : .. “Nor II" answered Constanoe, tne* getlcally. . • - - •, “Then, my little slater,; you and I should unite our forces -to counteract her Influence with my brother. His disposition Is, In some respects, singu larly guileless. He believes .that Har riet’s officious regard for his comfort and deference to his wishes and opin ions have their root la sincere attach ment for himself. We know better know her to be as mercenary as she thinks herself cunning, and that she clings to him as the leech does to him whose blood Is fattening It. I lose-all patience with her fawning and flat teries when I recollect that these are the tiicks by which she hopes to earn her living, and, at his decease, a com fortable legacy." * ■: - !■; -- ' " ■ ' • -V I -a , CHAPTWR VI ONSTANCE’S, face was averted and screened from his view by her wil low plume. Her voice was low, end had In It an Inflec tion of mournful charity for the as sailed parasite, or an echo borrowed 1*-' from some f«l reminiscence. "She la a sorrow woman, and poor!” she said. "A woman, too, whom society forbids, upon penalty of banishment from the circle in which Bhe was born and bred, to seek a live- I tihnod by manual labor. It is easy for men to talk of freedom of thought and action. The world is before them. To them the bread of charity and depend ence mean one and the same thing. The latter is the only nourishment of most women from the cradle to the tomb. I wish the passage between the two was shorter—for their sake.” “I never looked at the subject in that light before,” was Edward’s remorseful reply. "Poor old Harriet! I see now how much more she merits pity than contempt.” "She is no worse off than thousands of her sisters,” said Constance, in harsher judgment. "Content yourself with giving thanks that you were born a man!” She had spoken out of the pain of a wrung spirit, with no thought of plead ing her own cause. She was too proud to murmur, least of all to her hus band’s brother. But the conversation was a key that unlocked for her in his heart recesses of interest and sympathy which must else have remained forever barred against a woman whp, whatever were her virtues and fascinations, had deliberately bartered her charms end perjured herself in order to secure an eligible settlement. '• i ■ ■ "And, to do her justice, she is supe-i r I or to the practice of the,arts th,atlpake Harriet ncceptable 'to my profjjef and odious to everybody else,'” he meditat ed. “She offers no profession of devo tion to the man she has married, while she accords to him the respectful duty of a wife. Elnathan seems satisfied. Perhaps he craves nothing warmer. Pray heaven he may never guess of how much fate has defrauded him in with holding from him the free. glftd aifec tions of a true woman!” < it mere were any changes In his be •hftvjtor to Constance after, this, Ifc was to be disdjrned In a'gentler address, In unobtrusive regard for her wishes, ex pressed or surmised, and a prolonga tion of his stay in a house that held so few attractions for her. That this ar rangement was highly satisfactory to his brother was not without effect in shaping his conduct. That Harriet plied him with solicitations to remain before his decision was announced, and was loudly voluble in her protestations of delight when the question was settled, had not a straw’s weight with him. Sho annoyed him less than formerly, however, either, as he explained it to himself, because he had learned charity from Constance’s defense *of the lqnely Spinster's policy, or because she kept herself more in the background* titan Was her wont. She seemed amiably disposed toward Constance, too, and he strove to credit her with kind inten tions with regard to one •tfhom meet people in her situation would have hated as a usurper. She abetted what ever project of outdoor excursion or domestic recreation was proposed by him for Constance's diversion, offering herself as the wife’s substitute in the sober phaeton drive on breezy after noons, that Constance and Edward might act as outriders, and never failed to call the husband’s notfqo to her graceful horsemanship and ’ the brighter' bloom planted in her cheeks by the exercise. Mr. Withers never tired of chess, and the indefatigable toad-eater apparently shared his zeal on this point. Theboard was produced nightly as the diiy6 became shorter and, the eyeningp cooler, and music, readtng or' conversation upon art and litera ture was carried on for hours by the remaining two of the quartette without interruption from the automata bent over the checkered surface. For Harriot could be taciturn when need was—a very . lay figure in dumb ness as in starch. Whether she ever ceased to be watchful was another mat* i ter. v * '■ * 1 ^■ >*:•** e * o i (to na coxtixcsd.i Constable*’ staved In tlie Past. *' !i..The .home secretary, Str Matthew White Ridley, has Just secured from Northampton two relics of the past that are peculiarly associated with the de partment of the state, of which he is minister. These are two staves, at once the badgds and instruments of office of the village constables of long ago, when men’s lives were consider ed of less-account than they are now. The staff of those days, probably 200 ,y?ars ago, was a formidable, not to say blood thirstry, Instrument of offense. I have1 beeii able to obtain one of the same sort. Mine was formerly thb property of the parish constable of Brlngton, England. It consists of two. parts—truncheon, or handle, laths -turneid, ten inches long, and a sphere, three1 inches in its longest and two and a quarter in its shortest diameter. Both h&ndle (and hall are rtf’boxwood. They;:are united' liy a strong double thong of white leather, fastened by iron pegs into ' apertures bolted into both handle and ball. The bail -has twtf inches of p'iay on the leather*, so that from end to end the instrument Is fifteen inches long. As the bay hrqjgStjlooseljr about, the straight han dle some degree of ford is required to bring it into action; but when this is done the execution the weapon is' capable of is something dreadful." A moderate blow cannot be struck by it; with very little exertion on. the part of the holder a man's head, leg or arm would be very easily broken. No doubt some such powerful weapon was required In the “good old times.”— . Northampton Mercury. . . HU Cur* for It. "When you want to get something from your husband by crying tor It, what does he do?" “He generally bu’ys me a dozen handkerchiefs.”—Fliegcnde Blaetter. Too True. Edith-r“JIa.cues are made in heaven, Grace.” Grace—"But on earth we make light ot them.”—New York World. ' r HINDOO DOCTORS. lad Their Peculiar Method of Treating , ■ , the Slek. The doctor in India, or the "bald,” '.a he is called, is not like the physician >t any other country, says an exchange. , C le is a peculiar genius trho acts in a peculiar way. If a well-to-do Hindoo nercbant becomes ill with fever he lsually fasts three or four days, scarce ly even touching water standing by his bed. His relatives become alarmed, but the merchant refuses to have the bald called, in the hope that two or i.hree more days of fasting will cure him. A gray-haired neighbor counsels the sick man not to take any drugs at this stage. Let the fever run as high as it can is the advice given, and. fur fher fasting should be Indulged in. The fasting does not seem to do the pa tient any good, so the doctor is finally called. The bald has a reputation as a first-class physician. The family be lieves that if any man can snatch a sick man from the grasp of death it is the bald. This man of medicine is con vinced that all European doctors aye but a farce. Ho will admit their su periority in surgery; but then, in his belief, surgery is not the function of a learned doctor. The brothers of a sick loan, after a great deal of entreaty, manage to get 'the bald to accompany them. Arriving at the patient’s house he enters the sick man’s room and sits beside him with a great deal of dignity and composure. The servant offers him the “hookah” (a smoking apparatus similar to that used by the Turks.) About ten minutes spent In smoking, he feels the patient’s pulse and finds he has a very high fever. The bald then takes a piece of paper, writes on it a few mysterious words, orders a simple diet of lentil soup, gives the sick man two small black pills ; to swallow, 'takes another pull of about five mihutes at the hookah, leaves the mysterious prescription behind him and departs without giving any further instruction. The patient may get bet ter or possibly he may die, most likely the latter. The Indian doctor finds his profession a sorry one. The highest fee for tJie complete cure of a rich man Is about $10. Some of the balds, how ever, have been known to effect won derful cures, where the best European doctors have completely failed. A case Is recorded of a European afflicted with asthma, who derived but little benefit from the treatment of htk own coun trymen. When his case had been pro houheed hopeless by the best English physicians a Hindoo doctor gave him a few black pills, which brought about a, complete cure in a very short time. Th,e; European offered a fabulous price for the secret remedy, but the old bald refused all offers. The bald will never reveal the secret of his remedies, for it would cost him his caste, and caste in India is all in all. GATEWAYS FOR STREETS. Noble and Stately Structures That Add to . the Beauty of St. Louis. • A new Idea Is being exploited in St. Louis. 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