1'IiATTsMOOTll WKFJCLY IIEUALD.TIIURSDAY OCTOBEU 20, 1857.
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"JESS ' tUB WITCU't EEAU," ETC
Before the statue.
"Look!" he ront on, pointing to the statue
on 'which tho moonlight played so brightly.
"Thou Kcest that angel woman who rests her
hand upon tho forehead of tho sleeping man;
and thou secst how at her touch his soul
flames up and shines out through his flesh,
even as a lamp at the touch of tho firo; bo is
it with mo and thee, Nyleptha. Thou hast
awakened my soul and called It forth, and
now, Nyleptha, it is not mine, not mine, but
tbino, and thino only. There is no more for
mo to say; in thy hands is my life." And ho
leaned back against the pedestal of tho
statue, looking very pale, and his eyes shin
ing, but proud and handsomo as a god.
Slowly, slowly she raised her head, and
fixed her wonderful eyes, all alight with tho
greatness of her passion, full upon his faco,
as though to read his very soul. Then at last
sho spoke, low indeed, but clearly as a silver
bell:
"Of a truth, weak woman that I am, I do
believe thee. Ill will bo tho day for thee, and
for mo also, if it be my fate to learn that I
have believed a Ho. And now hearken unto
me, O man, who hath wandered hero from far
to steal my heart and mnlro me all thine own.
I put my hand upon thino hand thus, and
thu3 I, whose lips have never kissed before, do
kiss thee on tho brow; and now by my hand,
and by that first and holy kiss, ay, by my
people's weal and by my throno that like
enough I shall lose for thee, by tho namo of
my high house, by tho sacred stono and by tho
eternal majesty of tho Sun, I swear that for
theo will I live and die. And I swear that I
will love thee and thee only till death, ay,
and beyond if, as thou sayest, thero be a bo
yond and that thy will shall be my will, and
thy ways my ways.
"Oh, see, see, my lord I thou knowest not
howhumblo is she who loves; I, who am a
queen, I kneel before thee; even at thy feet I
do my homage;" and the lovely impassioned
creature flung herself down cn her knees on
tho cold marblo before him. And after that
I really do not know what happened, for I
could stand it no longer, and cleared off to
refresh myself with a little of old Umslopo
Eaas' society, leaving them to settle it their
own way, and a very long timo they were
about it.
Some three-quarters of an hour afterward
tho "pair of doves" camo strolling toward us,
Curtis looking slightly silly, and Nyleptha re
marking calmly that tho moonlight mado
very pretty effects on the marblo. Then, for
she was in a most gracious mood, she took my
hand and said that I was "her lords" dear
friend, and therefore most dear to her not a
word for my own sake, you see. Next she
lifted Umslopogaos' ax and examined it curi
ously, saying significantly as she did so that
bo might soon have cause to use it iu defense
Of ner- ., ,t
After that sho nodded prettily to us all, and
casting one tender glance at her lover, glided
Off into the darkness like a beautiful vision.
When we got back to our quarters, which
wo did without accident, Curtis asked me,
jocularly, what I was thinking about.
"I am wondering," I answered, "on what
principle it is arranged thut some peoplo
should find beautiful queens to fall in love
with them, while others find nobody at all,
or worse than nobody, and I am also wonder
ing how many bravo men's lives this night's
work will cost." It was rather nasty of me,
perhaps, but somehow all tho feelings do not
evaporate with age, and I could not help be
ing a little jealous cf my old friend's luck.
Vanity, my sons, vanity of vanities!
On the following morning Good was in
formed of the happy occurrence, and posi
tively rippled with smiles that, originating
somewhere about the mouth, slowly traveled
up his face liko tho rings iu a duck pond,
till they flowed over the brim of his eyeglass
and went where sweet smiles go. The fact of
the matter, however, was that not only was
Good rejoiced about the thing on its own
iperits, but also for personal reasons. lie
adored Sorais quite a3 earnestly as Sir Henry
adored Nyleptha, and his adoration had not
altogether prospered. Indeed, it had seemed
to him and to me also that tho dark Cleopatra
like queen favored Curtis ill her own curious,
Inscrutable way much more than Good.
Therefore it was a relief to him to learn that
his unconscious rival was permanently and
satisfactorily attached in another direction.
His face fell a little, however, when ho was
told that tho whole thing was to be kept as
secret as the dead, above all from Sorais for
tho present, inasmuch as the political convul
sion which would follow such an announce
ment at tho moment would be altogether too
great to face, and would very possibly, if
prematurely made, shake Nyleptha from her
throne.
That morning we again attended in the
throne hall, and I could not help smiling to
myself when I compared tho visit to our last,
and reflecting that if the walls could speak
they would have strange tales to telL
What actresses women are! There, high
upon her golden throne, draped in her bla
zoned "kaf " or robe of state, sat tho fair Ny
leptha; and when Sir Henry camo in a little
late, dressed in tho full uniform of an officer
of her guard, and humbly bent himself be
fore her, she merely acknowledged his salute
with a careless nod and turned her head
coldly aside. It was a very large court, for
not only did the ceremony of the signing of
the laws attract many outside of those whose
duty it was to" attend, but also the rumor
that Nasta was going to publicly ask the
hand of Nyleptha in marriago had gone
abroad, with the result that the great hall
was crowded to its utmost capacity. Thero
were our friends the priests in force, headed
by Agon, who regarded us with a vindictive
eye and a most imposins band they were,
with their long white embroidered robes girt
with a golden chain from which hung tho
fishlike scales. There, too. were a number of
the lords, each with a band of brilliantly
attired attendants, and prominent among
them was Nasta, stroking his black beard
meditatively and looking unusually unpleas
ant It was a splendid and impressive sight,
especially when the officer Laving read oul
5l 1 foj 1
each law it was handed to the queens to sign,
whereon tho trumpets blared out anil th
queens' guard grounded their spears with a
crash in salute. This reading and signing cf
the laws took u long time, but at last it cuino
to an end, tho last one reciting that "whereas
certain distinguished strangers, etc.," and pro
ceeding to confer on tho threo of us tho rank
of "lords," together with certain military
commands and largo estates lestowcd by tho
queens. When it was read tho trumpet
blared and tlio spears dashed down as usual;
but I saw sonio of the lords turn and wLi.-por
to each other, while Nasta ground his tueth.
They did not liko tho favor thut was shown
to us, which, under all tho circumstances,
was not perhaps unnatural.
Then thero came a pause, and Nasta stepped
forward, and bowing humbly, though with
no humility in his eye, craved a boon at tho
hands of tho Queen Nyleptha.
Nyleptha turned a littlo pale, but bowed
graciously, and prayed tho "well lieloved
lord" to sjeak on, whereon in a few straight
forward, soldier like words ho asked her hand
in marriage..
Then, before sho could find words to an
swer, the High Priest Agon took up tho tale,
and in a speech of real eloquence and power
pointed out tho many advantages of the pro
Iosed alliance how it would consolidate the
kingdom; for Nasta's dominions, of which ho
was virtually king, were to Zu-Vendis much
what Scotland used to bo to England; how it
would gratify tho wild mountaineers and be
popular among tho s-okliery, for Nasta was a
famous general ; how it would set her dynasty
firmly on tho throne, and would gain tlio
blessing and npproval of tho "Sun," i. e., of
tho office of high priest, and so on. Many of
his arguments were undoubtedly valid; and
there was, looking at it from a ixilitioal point
of view, everything to be said for tho mar
riage. But, unfortunately, it is difficult to
play the game of politics with tho persons of
young and lovely queens ns though they were
ivory efligies of themselves on a chess board.
Nyleptha's face, while Agon spouted away,
was a perfect study: sho smiled, indeed, but
beneath the smilo it set like a stone, and her
eyes began to flash ominously.
At last ho stopped, and sho prepared herself
to answer. Before she did so, however, Sorai
leaned toward her and said, in a voice suffi
ciently loud for mo to catch what sho said,
"Bethink theo well, my sister, ere thou dost
speak, for methinks that our thrones may
hang upon thy words."
Nyleptha mado no answer, and with a
shrug and a smile, Sorai leaned back again
and listened.
"Of a trut h n great honor ha3 been done to
mo," sho sai.l, "that my poor hand should not
only have been asked in marriage, but that
Agon hero should b' so swift to pronounce
the blessing of tho Sun upon my union. Me
thinks that in another minute ho would have
wed us fast ere the bride had said her say.
Nasta, I thank thee, and I will bethink mo of
thy words, but now us yet I have no mind for
marriage; that is a cup of which none know
tho taste until they begin to drink it. Again
I thank thee, Nasta," and she made as though
sho would rise.
Tho great lord's face turned almost as
black ns his beard with fury, for he knew
that the words amounted to a final refusal of
his suit.
"Thanks bo to tho queen for her gracious
words," he said, restraining himself with dif
ficulty and looking anything but grateful,
"my heart shall surely treasure them. And
now I crave another boon, namely, the royal
leave to withdraw myself to my own poor
cities in the north until such time as the
queen shall say my suit nay or yea. May
hap," ho added, with a sneer, "the queen will
bo pleased to visit mo there, and to bring
with her these stranger lords," and he
scowled darkly toward us. "It is but a poor
country and a rough, but wo are a hardy
race of mountaineers, and thero shall be
gathered S0,000 swordsmen to shout a wel
como to her."
This speech, which was almost a declara
tion of rebellion, was received in complete
silence, but Nyleptha flushed up and an
swered it with sj irit.
"Oh, surely, Nasta, I will come, and the
strange lords in my train, and for every man
of thy mountaineers who calls theo prince will
I bring two from the lowlands who call rue
queen, and wo will see which is tho stanchest
breed. Till then farewell."
Tho trumpets blared out, tho queens rose,
and the great assembly broke up in murmur
ing confusion, and for myself I weut home
with a heavy heart, foreseeing civil war.
After this there was quiet for a few weeks.
Curtis and tho queen did not often meet, and
exercised tho utmost caution not to allow the
true relation in which they stood to each
other to leak out; but, do what they would,
rumors ns hard to trace as a buzzing fly in a
dark room, and yet quite as audible, began to
hum rouud and round, uud at last to settle on
her throne.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE STOItM BREAKS).
And now it was that tho trouble which at
first had been but a cloud as large as a man's
hand began to loom very black and big upon
our horizon, namely, Sorais preference for
Sir nenry. I saw tho storm drawing nearer
and nearer; and so, poor follow, did he. Tho
affection of so lovely and highly placed a
woman was not a thing that could in a
general way be considered a calamity by any
man; but, situated as Curtis was, it was a
grievous burden to bear.
To begin with, Nyleptha, though altogether
charming, was, it must be admitted, of a
rather jealous disposition, and was somewhat
apt to visit on her lover's head her indigna
tion at the marks of what Alphonse would
have called the "distinguished consideration"
with which her royal sister favored him.
Then the enforced secrecy of his relations to
Nyleptha prevented Curtis from taking some
opportunity of putting a stop, or trying to
put a stop, to this falt3 condition of affairs,
by telling Sorais, in a casual but confidential
way, that he was going to marry her sister.
A third sting in Sir Henry's honey was that
he knew that Good was honestly and sincerely
attached to the ominous looking, but most
attractive, Lady of the Night. Indeed, poor
Bougwan was wasting himself to a shadow
of his fat and jolly self about her, his faco
getting so thin that his eyeglass would
scarcely stick in it; while she, with a sorb of
careless coquetry, just gave him encourage
ment enough to keep him going, thinking, no
doubt, that ho might be useful as a stalking
horse. I tried to give him a hint, in as deli
cate a way as I could, but he flew into a huff
and would not listen tome; so I determined
to let ill alone, for fear of making it worse.
Poor Goodl he really was very ludicrous in
his distress, and went in for all sorts of ab
surdities, under the belief that he was ad
vancing his suit. One of them was the
writing with the assistance of one of the
grave and reverend seigniors who instructed
us, and who, whatever may have been the
measure of his erudition, did not understand
how to scan a line of a most interminable
Zu-Vendi love song, f which the continually
recurring refrain was something about "I
will kiss thee; oh yes, I will kiss thee!" Now
among the Zu-Vendi it is a common and
most harmless thing for young men to sere
nade ladies at night, as I believe they do in
the southern countries of Europe, and sing
all sorts of nonsensical songs to them.
Availing himself of this custom. Good be
thought him that bo would serenade Soraii,
whose private apartments, together with
those cf Lor maidens, tvere exactly opposita
our own, on the farther side of a narrow
court y-id which divided ono section or tho
griat j ul'ico from uuother. Accordingly,
having armed himself with a i;ativo zither,
on which, being an adept with tho light
guitur, ho had cosily learned to strum, ho
proceeded at midnight the fashionable hour
for this sort of caterv. .-.tiling to make night
hideous with his amorous yells. I was last
a-loop when they began, but they soon woke
me up for Good possesses a tremendous
voice and has no notion of timo and I ran
to my window place to seo what was the
matter. And thero, standing in tho full
moonlight in the court yard, I perceived
Good, adorned with an enormous ostrich
feather headdress and a flowing silken cloak,
which it is tho right thing to wear upon these
occasions, and shouting out tho abomina
ble song which he ami the old gentleman
had evolved, to a jerky, jingling accompani
ment. From tho direction of tho quarters of
tho maids of honor camo a succession of faint
sniggcrings; but tho apartments of Sorais
herself whom I devoutly pitied if sho hap
pened to be there wcru silent as the grave.
There was absolutely no end to that awful
song, with its eternal "I will kiss theel" and
at last neither I nor Sir Henry, whom I had
summoned to enjoy tho sight, could stand it
any longer; so, remembering tho dear old
story, I put my head to tho window opening
and shouted, "For Heaven's sako, Good, don't
go on talking about it, but kiss her and let's
all go to sleep!" That chocked him off, and
wo had no more serenading.
The wholo thing formed a laughable in
cident in a tragic business.
Well, tho more Sir Henry held off the more
Sornis canw on, 03 is not uncommon in such
case3, till at last things got very queer in
deed. Evidently she was, by some strango
perversity of mind, quite blinded to tho true
state of the case; and I, for one, greatly
dreaded the moment of her awakening.
Sorai3 was a dangerous woman to bo mixed
up with, either with or without one's own
consent. At last tho evil moment came, as I
saw it must come. Ono fine day, Good hav
ing gone out hawking, Sir Henry and I were
sitting quietly talking over tho situation, es
pecially with reference to Sorais, when a
c iurt messenger arrived with a written note,
which wo with some difficulty deciphered,
and which was to tho effect that "the Queen
Sorais commanded tho atteudanco of the
Lord Incubu in her private apartments,
whither ho would be conducted by tho
bearer."
"On my word!" groaned Sir nenry.
"Can't you go instead, old fellow?"
"Not if I know it," I said with vigor. "I
had ratner face a wounded elephant with a
shot gun. Wash up your own dirty dishes,
my boy. If you will be so fascinating you
must take the consequences. Ain't you just
in for it now, that's all?"
"You remind mo of when I was going to
be flogged at school and the other boys camo
to console me," ho said, gloomily. "What
right has this confounded queeu to command
my attendance, 1 should like to know? I
won't go."
"But you must ; you are one of her officers
and bound to obey her, and sho knows it.
And after all it will soon bo over."
"That's just what they used to say," he
said again. "I only hope she won't put a
knife into me. I believe that she is quite
capable of it." And off ho started very
faintheartedly, and no wonder.
I sat and waited, and at the end of about
f ort j'-five minutes he returned, looking a good
deal worse than when ho went.
"Give nio something to drink," he said
hoarsely.
I got him a cup of wine, and asked what
was tho matter.
"What is tho matter? Why, if ever there
wa3 trouble there's trouble now. You know
when I left you ? Well, I was shown straight
into Sorais' private chamber, and a wonderful
place it is; and there she sat, quite alone,
upon a silken couch at the end of the room,
playing gently upon that zither of hers. I
stood before her, and for a while sho took no
notica of me, but kept on playing and singing
a little, and very sweet music it was. At
last she looked up and smiled.
" 'So thou art come" sho said. 'I thought
that perchance thou lmdst gone about the
Qaecn Nyleptha's business. Thou art ever
on her business, and I doubt not a good ser
vant and a true.'
"To this I merely bowed and said I was
thero to receive the queen's word.
" 'Ah, yes, I would talk with thee, but be
thou seated. I cannot lift my neck so high,'
and she made room for nio beside her on the
couch, placing herself with her back against
the end, so as to have a view of my face.
" 'It is not meet,' I said, 'that I should make
myself equal with the queen.'
" 'I said be seated,' was her answer; so I sat
down, and she set to work to look at mo with
thoso dark eyes of hers. Thero she sat, like an
incarnato spirit of beauty, hardly talking at
all, and when she did, very low, but all tho
while looking at me. There was a white
flower in her black hair, and I tried to keep
my eyes on it and count tho petals, but it was
of no use. At last, whether it was her gaze,
or the perfume on her hair, or what I do not
know, but I began to .feel as though I was
being niosmerized. At last sho roused her
self. " 'Incubu,' she said, 'lovest thou power T
"I replied that I supposed all men loved
power of one sort or another.
" 'Thou shalt have it,' she said. 'Lovest
thou wealth?'
"I said I liked wealth for what it brought.
u 'Thou shalt have it,' sho said. 'And lovest
thou beauty P
"To this I implied that I was very fond of
statuary and architecture, or something of
that sort, at which sho frowned, and there
was a pause. By this time my nerves were
on such a stretch that I was shaking liko a
leaf. I know that something awful was going
to happen, but she held me under a kind of
spell, and I could not help myself.
" 'Incubu,' she said at length 'wouldst thou
be a king? Listen, wouldst thou be a king?
Behold, stranger, I am minded to make thee
king of all Zu-Vendisay and husband of So
rais of tho Night. Nay, peace, and hear me.
To no man among my people had I thus
opened out my secret heart, but thou art an
outlander, and therefore do I speak without
shame, knowing all I have to offer and how
hard it had been to thee to ask. See, a crown
lies at thy feet, my lord Incubu, and with
that fortune a woman whom some have
wished to woo. Now mayst thou answer.'
" 'Oh, Sorais,' I said, 'pray do not speak
thus' you see I had not time to pick and
choose my words 'because you are putting
us both in an awkward position. I am going
to marry your sister Nyleptha, Sorais, and I
love her.'
"Next moment it struck me that I had said
an awful thing, and I looked up to 6ee the
results. When I spoke, Sorais' face was
hidden in her hands, and as my words reached
her she slowly raised it, and I shrank back
dismayed. It was ashy white, and her eyes
were flaming. She got on to her feet and
seemed to be choking, but the awful thing
wa3 that she was so quiet about it alL Once
sho looked at a side table on which lay a dag
ger, and from it to me, as though sho thought
of killing nie ; but sho did not take it up. At
last she ppoke ono word, and one only
" 'Go!'
"And I went, and glad enough I was to get
out of it, and hers I am. Give me another
cup of wine, there's a good fellow, and tell
mo what is to be done."
I shook my head, for tho affair was indeed
serious. As ono of tho pods pays,
Hell hath no fury like a womun scorned,
more especially if tho woman is a queen and
a Sorais, and indeed I feared tho very worst,
including imminent danger to ourselves.
"Nyleptha must be told of all this at once,"
I said, "uud ierhaps I hud better toll her;
sho might receive your account with sus
picion. Who is captain of her guard to
night r
"Good."
"Very well, then, thero will be no chance
of her being got at. Don't look surprised.
I don't think that her sister would stick at
that. I suppose one must tell Good of what
bus happened."
"Oh, I don't know," sai l Sir Henry. "It
would hurt his feelings, poor fellow! You
6ee, ho takes a lively personal interest in
Sornis."
"That's true; and after all perhaps there is
no need to tell him. IIo will find out the
truth soon enough. Now, you mark my
words: Sornis will throw in her lot with
Nasta, who is sulking up in the north there,
and thero will bo such a war as has not been
known in Zu-Vcndis for centuries. Look
there!" and I pointed to two court messengers
who were speeding away from tho door of
Surras' private Apartments. "Now follow
me," and 1 ran up a stairway into nn outlook
tower that rose from the roof of our quarters,
taking the spy glass with mo, and looked out
over tho palace wall. Tho first thing we saw
wns one of tho messengers speeding towards
the temple, bearing, without doubt, tho
quoi n's word to tho High Priest Agon, but
for the other I searched in vain. Presently,
however, I spied a horseman rushing furi
ously through the northern gate of tho city,
and in him I recognized tho other messenger.
"Ah!" I said, "Sorais is a woman of spirit.
Sho is acting at once, and will strike quick
and hard. You have insulted her, my boy,
and blood will flow in rivers before tho stain
is washed away, and yours with it if sho can
get hold of you. Well, I'm off to Nyleptha.
J ust stop whero you arc, old fellow, and try
to get your nerves straight again. You'll
need them all, I can tell you, unless I havo
observed human nature hi the rough for fifty
years for nothing." And oil" I went accord-
1 gained audience of tho queen without
trouble. Sho was expecting Curtis, and was
not best pleased to seo my mahogany colored
face instead.
"Is there aught wrong with my lord, Ma
cumazahn, that ho waits not upon me? Say,
is ho sick?"
I said that ho was well enough, and then,
without further ado, I plunged into my story
and told it from beginning to end. Oh, what
a rago sho flew into! It was a sight to seo
her, sho looked so lovely.
"How darest thou come to mo with such a
tale!" she cried, "it is A lie to say that niv
lord was making love to Sorair:, my sister."
"Pardon me, O queen," I answered; "I nail
that Sorais was making love to your lord."
"Spin me no spiders' webs of words. Is
not the thing the sumo thing? The one giv
eth, the other taketls but the gift passes, and
what matters it which is the most guilty?
Sorais oh, I hate her! Sorais is a queen and
my sister. She had not stooped so low had
he not shown the way. Ob, truly hath the
poet said that man is like a snake, whom to
touch is poison, and whom none cun hold."
"Tho remark, O queen, is excellent, but
methinks thou hast misread tho pect. Nylep
tha," I went on, "thou knowest well that thy
words are empty foolishness that this is no
timo for folly."
"How darest thou?" she broke in, stamping
her foot. "Has my false lord sent theo to me
to insult me also? Who art thou, stranger,
thou shouldst speak to me, the queen, after
this sort? How darest thou ?"
"Yea, I dare. Listen. Tho moments
which thou dost wate in idle anger may well
cost theo thy crown and all of us our lives.
Already Sorais' horsemen go forth and call
to arms. In three days' tiaio Nasta ,wi'.l
rouse himself in his fastnesses like a lion in
tho evening, and his growling will bo Leard
throughout the north. 'Tho Lady of the
Nis-ht"' (Sorai:-) "hath a sweet voice, and she
wiil not sing in vain. Her banner will be
borns from range to range and valley to
valley, and warriors will spring up in its
track like dust beneath a whirlwind; half
tho army will echo her war cry; and in every
town and hamlet of this wide land tho priestj
will call out against tho foreigner, and will
preach her causo as holy. I have spoken, O
queen."
Nyleptha was quite culm now; her jealous
anger had passed; and putting off t:u char
acter of a lovely, headstrong lady, she, with
a rapidity and completeness that distin
guished her, put on that of a queen and a
woman of business. The transformation was
Hidden but entire.
"ihy words aro very wise, Macumnznhn.
Forgive mo my foliy. Ah, what a qv.een I
should bo if only I had no heart! To be
heartless that is to conquer all. Passion is
like the lightning; it is beautiful, and it links
tho earth to heaven, but alas, it blinds!
"And thou thinkest that my sister Sorais
would levy war upon me.. So bo it. She
shall not prevail agaiast mo. I, too, have my
friends and my retainers. Thero aro many,
I say, who wi.l s: out 'Nyleptha!' when mj
pennon runs up on peak and pinnacle, and
tho light of my watch fire3 leaps to-night
from crag to crag bearing the message of my
war. 1 will break her strength and scatter
her armies. Eternal night shall be the por
tion of the 'Lady of t'uo Night.' Givo me
that parchment and the iuk. So. Now sum
mon me the officer in the ante room. He is a
trusty man."
I did as I was bid, and the man, a veteran
and quiet looking gentleman of the guard,
named Kara, entered, bowing low.
"Take this parchment," said Nyleptha; "it
is thy warrant, and guard every place cf in
and out going in the apartments of my sis
ter Sorais, 'Lady of tho Night,' and a queen
of tho Zu-Vendi. Let none como in and
none go out, or thy life shall pay tho coot."
The man looked startled, but he merely said,
"The queen's word shall bo done." and depart
ed. Then Nyleptha sent a messenger to Sir
Henry, and presently he arrivoj, looking un
commonly uncomfortable. I thought that an
other outburst was about to follow, but won
derful aro the ways of noinen. She said not
a word about Sorais and his supposed incon
stancy, greeting him with a friendly nod and
stating simply that she required his advice u pon
high matters. All the same thero was a look
in her eye and a sort of suppressed energy in
her manner toward him that made mo think
she had not forgotten the aflair, but was
keeping it for a private occasion.
Just after Curtis arrived the officer re
turned, and reported that Sorais was gone.
The bird had flown to tho temple, stating that
sho was going, as was sometimes the custom
among Zu-Vendi ladies of rank, to spend tho
night in .meditation before the altar. We
looked at each other significantly. The blow
had fallen very soon.
Then we set to work.
Generals who could le trusted were sum
moned from their quarters, and ns much of
the state affairs as was thought desirable was
told to each, strict injunctions being given to
them to get all their available force together.
The same was done with such of tL5 more
powerful lords as Nyleptha knew sho could
rely on, several of whom left that very day
for distant ports of the country to gather up
their triliesmon and retainers. Sealed orders
were dispatched to the rulers of f;ir olf cities,
and some twenty messengers were sent oir
beforo nightfall with instructions to ride
early and lato till they reached tho dis
tant chiefs to whom their letters were ud
dressed ; also many spies were set to work.
All the afternoon ami evening wo labored,
assisted by some confidential scribes, Nylep
tha showing an energy and resource of mind
Vint astonished ine, nml it..wuiLoYlock be-
Ir can hardly be truthfully claimed
that the American Hankers' Association
will have uo important question toad
dress itself at2its convention, which is
about to open at Pittsburg, Tlia subject
of providing a suitable basis for circula
tion, to replace the bonds which the Gov
ernment is compelled to redeem, is even
more pressing thnn ever before. Scarcely
less vital to the country's interests is the
subjectjof the relations. between the banks
and the speculators. AVithin the present
year banking institutions, upon the most
inadequate security, have furnished funds
by which the prices of food Ave re ad
vanced on exchanges and boards of
trade, and injury inflicted on 00,000,000
people, in order that a few audacious
ami unscrupulous conspirators niilit
make inordinate profits. There are other
questions Avhich can uppropriately be
brought before the convention. How
ever, if these two subjects should be
given the coMsidc ration Avhich t licit- im
portance demands, the bankers will be
kept rcii"onably busy during their entire
session. Olubi3. Democrat.
What am I to Do?
Tli-3 symptoms of biliousness are un
happily but too well knoAvn. TiiL-y differ
in diiivuent individuals to some extent.
A bilious man is seldom a breakfast
cater. Too frequently, alas, he has nn
excellent appetite for liquids but none
for solids of a morning. His tongue
AVill hardly boar inspection at any time;
if it is not Aviiite and furred, it is rough
at all events.
The digestive system is Avholy out of
order and diarrelia or constipation may
be a symptom or the two may alternate.
There are often hemorrhoids or CAren loss
of blood. There may be giddiness and
often headache and acidity or flatulence
and tenderness in the stomach. To cor
rect all this if not effect a cure try
Green's August Flower, it cost but a trifle
and thousands attest its cfTicr.c-y. 2
can live nt home and make more
iiioiieA' at work for u than at ;inv-
S tiling else in ihis world. Capital
nor. reeded ; you are started free.
15oth sexes : all ates. Any one can
do t lie work. Larue oni'inti' sure
Ir'tiu first start. Cost lv mil tits and
forms free. Better not delay. Cots in.th
Intf to cend ns your address aid find out : and
If you are wWe you will do so at once. Address
if. Hallett & : ., l'ortland. Maine. 3r.lv
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Ladies' Kid Button Shoes, formerly 3.00, now 2.00.
Ladies' Kid Button Shoes, formerly 82.23, now 51.25.
Ladies' Feb. Go:ft Shoes, formerly 82.75, now 1.75.
Ladies' A Calf Shoes, formerly 8.2o, now 2.00.
Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers, formerly 81.00, nuw Tot.
Men's "Working Shoes, formerly 81.75, now 1.10.
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Bank Cass County
Corner fs'.alu and With Htiet.a.
Xi.,x"x-Ai:oiJ'r3:2: ifsszia
O. 'I. i UMI'J.K. ITelrteut,
1J M. i-ATlhllNuN. Cashier. J
Transacts a GclI EacJiT4 Business
highest cam ii i'i:iciv;
Paid tor County and City Warant$
a.'il promptly rfctnitit n for.
;oir.u tnoi:M :
C. H. l':ir:
Kitd ir:cr,
it. Ji. Vi'luiduim.
James
J. M. J'atterson,
A. B. Sr.lth.
M. AUirrisey,
'attcrson. Jr.
THE CITIZENS
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CAPITAL STOOE PAID IN, - $50,000,
Authorized Capital, $IOO,COO.
OFKICKI.a
JUAiNK CAKKUTll. JOS. A. (,'oNNOK,
President. Vle-President.
W. II. CWillXi;, Caxhier.
1)1 ItKCTOKH
Frank Cairutb, J. A. Connor, U. (Jiitlnnnrn,
J. W. Johncoi, Iffiny Peer). , John O Keefp,
V. 1). Men i:t!ii. Win. Wrtfucamp, W.
li. CiihlMiii;.
Transacts a (Jou-ral l'anktut' liie-triof. All
who In vi ;oiy i'.nnU i-m li:.sitiV.is to t raiisaot
are invited to cul!. No matter how
laiv.i' .r tin' trr.n!-;icl ion, II
v ill receive our careful ;it tei t ion,
and we prc.r.itHe ;il w;iy.s four
tcous treatment.
Iii.'e". (,'crf iP.cates of li'S-iwiis bear'i!;" interest
liuyf ::nd setl-5 Koreiti ICvclianfe, Count y
a::d (,'itv sccuritiei.
JOHN' I II .r. Kit. MA), K. WAt'ow
President. Ci'.fliier
p"i:::GT KATIOHAS.
ov pla!t.s.mo;;tii. nkiu; aska.
O.T-t: t So very 1: t-te!::;!M fertiie prompt
trant-a-:r ln.i ot lei'i: r'ua'e
T A fo V T ?' fi TTQTWPftQ
; .r.i.U ri.Il.vljr jjiOii'ijuiS.
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car ,,u, PvattH drawn, a va.iiaMc 'n ai,y
part of 1!ie Pnited S!.--te Mtd all
the principal fov.un of
Kli'OTjC.
Ccllciitionti made d- promptly rerr.ittf.il
fllhcsl ntarVet prices iv-td 'or County Wir
State :t!.d Coui:ty Horidp.
DIRHCTOHS i
J.-hn VMf'i rr.irt
joini I!. Clark, j). TWkswnr'h.
S. a ii'li. f. Y. White.
hop W orn Goods,
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