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A TWEJTTYDOILAR BET. It fftllw('ii ul Nr I orb Mala Mar alcr. VTF.a-roww, X. Y, May IT. The par ticular hav been revived here c ra mming (he murder of Henry Forney by William Mouorief, oil mileafrom i)we gatfbia in the Adirondack, on Wednes day morning. It appears that the mur dered mao'a brother, Leonard Fomey, owed Monorief t30 which bo failed to pay when due. On Wednesday morn ing Monorief loaded hia gun with a heavy i hirge of buckshot and went to Forney ' house, which ia only about f arty rods from hi own. There he de manded toeea Leonard. Joaeph Forney, the young man's father appeared and tried to pacify Monorief, who is an old man of ungovernable temper, but wi'.h no avail. I'pon hia father's returning to the bouae, Henry Forney, one of Monoriefe beat frienda in the family went out and urged him to leave. Mon orief then in a fit of rage raised his gun and discharged its contents into Hen ry's body cauaing instant death. Mon orief then returned to his home whore he was arrested in the afternoon. He submitted quietly to the constables al though he had numerous fire arms ready in case of an attack from the For neys which he said he had exiected. Themtrder causes great excitement. The murdered man was about 27 years of age and was the pride of his family. Plead Utility. Lomiox, May 1". Kir Charles flusstel accompanied by hia clienU, Arthur Newton, solicitor, and Frederick Talor aon, hia clerk, charged with connivance in an attempt to defeat justice by facili tating the escape from England of per sons charged with complicity in the re cent Cleveland street scandal, was in etiurt. Newton pleaded guilty. Sir Charles stated that it was his client's Iwliet that io doing as he hud done ho waa aiding to defend men who were about to be blackmailed. He had only don what he considered liest for their interest. The court then announced that it wonld pase judgment on Newton on Tuesday. No evidence having been adduced to identify Talenwn with the affair he was discharged. Drnle Ilia) Knimtr. Dai.timorf.Md., May .14. President Myer of the mil ti more & Ohio railroud aid: "Vou may y as coming from me that there is no truth in the rumor that negotiations are pending ljetween t he Richmond Terminal or any othor com pany and the Baltimore Si Ohio for any of th stock owned by the city of Balti more or the Garrett estate. V; other words, there is no foundation for the rumor." Given two Dijri la Leave Town. Eaton, O., Mry 17. A white cap no tic waa last night given Mrs. Elizabeth .T. Noaset to leave town within two days. She is the woman Dr. Hawley men tiooad in a note to the public as iieing the cause of his suicide. About twenty fireman visited the Noaset pieinises last night but Mrs, Nosset and her hue hnnd were not at home. This fact doubtless prevented a scene of violence, Will Hue The Warlit. New York. Mav 15. Mr. Ouny has decided to sue the World for libel on an count of its recent publication of state menta affecting his personal integrity. AS Editor In Trouble. Detroit, Mhh., May 15. The Hernld nays John H. Wallace, editor and pro prietor of Wallace's Monthly, has been robbed of 950,000 by a relative named Kobert L. Wallace, a young man less than 20 years of age, who waa employed in the offlee of the elder Wallace. The young man has fled, but Leslie E. Mac Lod, iociate editor of the Monthly is locked up at the police headquar tenon suspicion of complicity in tho theft. hmawade AeeordlBt-to AnuounreinrnU. Nr.w York, May 16. The Doran Wright companies of this city and Bos too, which were separately capitalized for 1100.000. suspended yesterday ac cording to announcement. Letters and telegram began pouring into the oflice, 10 Wall street, today and as secretary William aaid, some of them w ere of character to mako on weep. Some were from hrakera whoa only resources wr placed with the firm. Mr. Will iama said ther were practically no as sets. ... Knight ef Maaorl Memlon. Dktroit, Mich, May 15. Every state nd territory la represented in the na tional convention of the Knight of Honor now in session here. Prominent among th delegate are Judge K. A, Havage, Maine, who is presiding oflicer Judge George 8. Hallmark, Pensacola, Fla., and C. H. McCurry of San Fran cisco. The convention will discus th advisability of an assessment to male up for th drain on th treasury caused by th unusually largonutnber of deatl daring th past year. Mrihere will Ciapitha. Praoit, May 17. Negotiation look irur toward th effecting or a oouipro- m's between th masters and their striking woramM will be renewed her. Tb men have receded from their orig laal daoand, and announce their radi- Baa to accept a nine hour day with ! pr mot incr of wags a a anlu tk oft troubl. Hbonld aa . uadr aat b arrived at th strikers will retsra to work tomorrow. MoFilrngrr'a letter. I'akikMh I!. The d involution of the Houlangifct committee it announced by General lloulanger in a letter he has a rilten from the Inland of Jersey. The genrna eav that he no Ion gar d- res any intermediary himself and his I followers in France. The letter is pub-j libhej without comment by lioulunibt I papers. lliegfrlkaU Ovrr. Chicago, III,, May 15. The (strike at the malleable iron company's works is practically over. Several hundred men ill addition to those who returned yes terday, reported for work this morning. WHEN TRAIN WAS YOUNG. (illaipa of George Franc-la WhM ate Waa a i mat favorite. Ill 1H57. during the Sepov reliellio In India. Colonel Greene, the editor of the IWton I'okI. took :i trio to r.urope. Iu 1ondoii he fell in with Mr. Train, ml told him that he was itbout to in ke an application to Mr. Hiichanuu, hn was tlieu the American Minister at the Court of cit. James, to procure him a ticket of admission to the. House f Commons. -It is not necessary," said Mr. Train; besides, it will take he ol I fool half a lifetime to put. his pecu ou, and the other half to procure he ticket. Come w ith r e; I know the fclieaker." When they arrived at the estihule of the House Mr. Train sent is card to the Speaker. Iu a few min- les an oflicial with a Ion" rod in Ins hand courteously saluted Mr. Train ud conducted him aud the Colonel to peats on the floor of the House, where Mr. Train introduced the Colonel to several distinguished members, with whom he seemed on intimate terms. After satisfying his curiosity, the 'olonel wished to withdraw. ''Now,''' ill Mr. Train, "I will show vou some of the live lions of the British Umpire, Generals, Admirals aud statesmen, who re tnking their ease iu withdraw-in rooms, to which hut few are admitted. Hero they found nieu of all ages sitting n groups, at tames, some reading, others writing and others talking. Mr. Traiu introduced the Colonel to lords and other of high degree with an case and familiarity which astonished him. whf) remember Colonel Greene know that he was eminently handsome, above the middle height, well propor tioned and of pleasant address. He made tavorable impression wherever he went, and was treated with marked curtesy by the gentlemen to whom he was introduced. An Admiral, who had served on the North American station,' ml who had visited Boston, invited the Colonel to take a seat by hnu, and entered into conversation with him about several families whose acquaint ance he had made. As a conversation alist the Colonel had few equals, nnd in a very little lima he nd the Admiral were chatting away like old friends. Their conversation, however, was in terrupted by loud talking at the next table. Mr. Train and an old Indian wore discussing the Sepoy rebellion. I ted you, sir, said Air. traiu. "vou "ill never suppress the rebellion with youv present tactics. You have not men enough; your means ot transpor tation are insutllcient; your Cimman r-iii-chief is au old man, kept down the best part of his life-time, and be fore he gets ready to move his army will be gobbled up. lour Olives ana Wesleys are names of the past." The Indian calmlv replied, with a pleasant smile; "Why, Mr. Train, you have hut a limited knowledge of the vigor of Sir Colin Campbell, who has served many years in India, and I think a lit tle more knowledge of India will lead ou to a different conclusion." "My ord," rejoined Mr. Train, with energy, "I know all about India, its history, resources, castes, etc. t studied tnein II, for I was three weeks In Calcutta. This drew forth roars of laughter, but George was not abashed. He contend ed with increased vehemence that In dia was lost to England. He Had the last word. Colonel Greene felt embar rassed, and whispered to I rain that he had an engagement to meet aud must be punctual. At parting tie gentle men snooK XIV. iraiu voruiuiy oy mo hand, and some invitee him to call at their houses. He was evidently a great favorite with the whole parly. George was then voting a,ltl handsome, had made the circuit of the globe, aud teemed to know every one worth know in". Where uow is the irrepressible Geor"e? For vears he has been a soli tary man, whose principal business in summer was feeding birds will) cruinns Of bread and amusing chil.'.'en, and now he sheds the radiance of his intel lect on the whitened stone which makes hideous to the timid the Charles Sliasl J til Uottoii Ikrald. Humane and Enctle. When Dr. Cyrus Edson, of the board tf health, was'a medical student he was like most medical students, full o! life 'and fun. says the N. Y. IkraU. Ho lived with his father in the annexed Hi.iri. L and this story is toiu on mm it m,.,.h troubled hv the crowing aarv l islti" rooster owned by neighbor, "which used every morning o take his place under the young student f window and raise such a racnei lun '! iltlDOSsiblC. -rl.- f...i , a fiivorile of its owner, ...i .(Tort, to buy him or get rid k:.n in nv viv was futile, loun ,'1 III, ,M .-"J J , , Edson nuzzled his brains not a little o . .,! ni 1 ! Htruck it bright IA V...,v ,nn In.irnillL'. 1 II St OS IIIS enemy had started his pics, ho armed himself with a sharp lancet, crept an l-.),ln,l I lie llllSUSKOCl ing IOW anght him, aud in less lime than it . n . ... i A I lit. vnrti ArtAlvl It mile Hie coons laiiL'h thereafter i il.n riumler irct un on tho feuce, flap his wings antfgo through all the motion! of crowing with never a sound oAmlnff from his beak. Dr. Mson ever had any trouble in sleepiug aun Uat, tiiougn. The Telephone la America. Tb are mora than 170,000 mile of telephone wlr in operation in the Unit Ml Stales, orr which l.UM.000 mea am ar wot daily. About 300,000 Wafkoaea ar in us ia this country. MERLE'S CRUSADE. ar bos HADcnicrrs cakkt. vJior o fBarl-ara Jfrathrotr'r Trial,' Vntf it him," j M rxarcit Banl Lyndhurst." CHAPTFB H. GOLF'S PKKITEXCE. From a child that story of Casaofanca bad faseinateit me, and I could see it fas inated Rlf. -IIow 1 do like that follow Cassy what do you call him" he exclaimed, enthusi astically, wlieo I had finished. "I callihat plucky, and no mistake, to stick to the burning ship. What a brave man he would have made if he had lived!" "Yes, indeed: but he lived long enough to do a man's work in the world faithful until death. 'Faithful in little, faithful in much,' Kolf. C'asabiaLca would never have disobeyed his mother, or thought he kuew best, would he?" "No, Fenny." io a contrite voice, and sidling up to me again. 'I am afraid you cau never be a soldier, dear!" What do you mean'" sitting up erect in bed. wtih his beautiful eyes quite glar ing at me In the twilight. "1 mean to be a soldier, I tell you. and use my father's sword! I shall be Colonel Markham, too, one of these days, unless lam killed iu battle." You cannot be a soldier unless you 1 earn to obey, Kolf; you cannot rule your men until yon have submitted to rule yourself. Officers are gentlemeu, and gentlemen are never cowards; and 1 call it cowardly, Kolf quite a mean incK w treep lulo the nursery In mr absence. Honor should have kept you from crossing the threshold." Now Kolf could not endure to be called a coward, so he lost his temper, and, I am sorry to say, called me a nasty, spiteful old cat, "which you are, Fenny, you know you are, and a great deal worse! And the next moment he had ttirown a rough pair of arms rouud my neck, his penitence nflicting on me excruciatiugtpnin. There, there, never mind 'hugging me "I don't mean it. You are a dear old thiug. Fenny, and I mean to marry you when I grow up. ) ou are such a plain young woman, as molliersays, mat no one else would ask you, so 1 will." Do you think 1 could marry a coward. Kolf?" . There you go again" in a vexed voice "but I shall never be a coward any more; I mean to be a brave boy, like Cassy what do you call him? I mean to mind mother, and not to forget; and I will throw my cannon Into the sea to-morrow, though I am so fond of It, and Mr. Kossiter (Walter I call him, but he doe not mind) gave It to me. It cost a lot indeed it did, Fenny but, all the same, it shall be drownded dead." If thine eye offend thee, pluck It out." I think there was something very real io that childish sacrifice. It was bis treas ured plaything, but It had tempted him to disobedience; he would fling It away wltn both hands. How few of us repent In that way! Mea bulpn, we say; but we bug our darling sin close to us; it Is not. like Rolf's cannon, "drownded dead. Brave, poor little faulty Rolf, I begin to have better hopes of you! So I kissed and comforted Rolf, and he clung to me quite affectionately. I asked him if he bad said his prayers, and be said no, he had been too unhappy, because no one would forgive him; so we said them together, and afterward we had a nuie mote talk. I was just going to leave him, wheu a light crossed the threshold, and there stood Mrs. Markham, with a lamp in her hand. She looked very ill and un happy, and I am sure she had been shed ding tears. Rolf sprung np In bed. ':Oh, mother, ' do forgive me!" he cried. "I am sure I have been miserable long enough. Fenny has beeu telling me about Cassy you know the fellow; and I mean to be line him. I will drown my dear little cannon and I will never, never, never disobey you again!" 1 think Mrs. Markham was longing in her heart to forgive him. She had Buf fered as much as the child. She said nothing, but sat down on the bed and held out her arm, nnd Kolf nestled into them. She kissed him almost passionately, but a tear rolled dowu her face. I think you will break my heart one day, Kolf, as your" She checked herself, and did not finish her sentence. Did she mean Rolf's father? Colonel Markham had been a bravo oflicer, I knew, and hnd died in battle; but he had not made his wife happy. "Oh, no, mother," returned Rolf. "I am going to be a brave man, like father, and tight for everybody. I mean to take care of you when you are an old, old woman. Won't that be nice? von won't mind my marrying Fenny when I am quite grown np, will you, mother? Because she Is such an old dear not really old, you know, but so nice." Mrs. Markham smiled faintly at the boy's nouseuse, but she looked at mo pleasautly. 'Thank yon for talking to Rolf, Miss Fenton, and helping him to be good. He is sorry, I think, and I hope this painful lesson will teach him to be less mischiev ous. But now you look very unfit to be up. Yon have done us all good service to day, and we aro all extremely grateful. I,ctme help you back to your room." I was very much astonished at this civility, but I declined her assistance, and wished Kolf good night. I was still more surprised wheu she held out her hand. "You must lie careful of yourself, Miss Fentou, tor my sister's sake," she said, so kindlv that I could hardly believe it was Mrs. Markham's voice. I marveled at her mauner greatly as I retraced my steps to the night nursery. She was really grateful to me, I could see that. Probably she realized that my prompt action had saved her and her boy a life-timo of regret. To extinguish life accidentally must he a bitter and sore retrospect to any human mind. Rolf's boyhood would have been shadowed if his little cousin's death had laid at bis door. I tried to cheer myself with these thoughts as I laid awake through tb greater part of that long summer's night. 1 could only sleep by suatches, and my dreams were full of pain. 1 Imagined my self a martyr at Smlthfleld, and that th fagots were lig tiled aooni my leet, i could see the flames curling up round me, and feel their scorching breath on my face. F.xcruclatiug pains seemed to tingle In my veins; I cried out and woke Joyce, and then the misery of my burns kept me restless. 1 was qulu 111 the next day, and could not stir from my bed; but Mrs. Markham and Kolf cam to see m mors than once, and Reggie played on my bed; and was w dsar and coed, and Jerc isot creeping up to me to kuow what she could do tor nurse, iiud every two jr three hours Gay's bright (ace seemed to bring sun shine into Hie room. She had always some pleasant thiug to tell uie: a kind iuuulry from Mr. llavrlry. 'and some flowers aud fruit that Mrs. Coruish had arranged; a book from the vicar's wife, w ho had been very stocked to hear of the accident, and thought I wanted amusement; a message from Squire Cheritou, with a basket of flie pellow plums that he had picked himself; and, later tn (lie evening, a tin or cream and souie new-laid eegs from Wheelers Farm; that Molly had brought herself. I begged to e Molly, and she came up at once, looking verir respectable in her Monday gown and straw ixjiniei, crossed wiih yellow ribbons. She shook hands heartily until I uinced.with pain, aud then begged my pardon for her careless ness. "Thauk yon so much for your delicious present, Molly," I said, gratefully. "Oh, please don't mention it, Miss Fen ton: it is pleasure to me and father to send it, aud father's duty; and there is a chicken fattening that will be all ready for eating ou Thursday; aud there is a pot or two of cherry jam that I shall take the liberty to send with It. It-is just for the children and yourself, ns I shall tell Mrs. tumble." "Every one is far too good to me," I stammered, and the tears came into my eyes; for the old squire and Uay had been so kind, aud there were all those beautiful flowers and fruit from the Ked Farm, and now this good creature was overwhelming me with homely delicacies. Molly patted me with her rough hand, as though 1 had been a child, and then kissed me in her hearty way. "There, there, poor dear; who could help beiug good to you, seeing you lie there ns helpless as a baby, with your poor arms all done up iu cotton wool, aud the pain hard to bear? Never mind, tho Lord will help you to bear it: aud He knows what pain means." And with this homely con solation she left me and went in search of Hannah. When Gay came to me to see if I was all all comfortable for the ulght, I asked her rather anxiously if she expected to hear from Mrs. Morton in the morning. She looked as though she w ere sorry I had asked the question. "Well, no the fact is. I wrote the letter, Merle, but fath er forgot to post It, aud it has not goue yet. I am very sorry," as I uttered an ex clamatiou of annoyance, "but it cannot lie helped, and it was all father's fault; he Is so careless with letters; but now Ade laide has written to say how well Keggie seems to-day, and both of them shall go by the same post to-morrow morning. Benson shall take them.". It was uo use Baying any more. Gay was sorry, and It was not her fault, fo I only asked her to add a word or two to explain the delay, and tin , she promised to do. She wanted to write to Aunt Aga tha as well, but I would not hear of this. Aunt Agatha was very tender-hearted, and could not bear to hear of nuy suf fering that she could not remedy, and I could see no benefit in harrowing her feelings. I would tell her myself some day. ' Dr. Staples hnd given me a sedative, so I slept more that night, but It was three days before I could leave my bed, and all that time we heard nothing ol my mis tress. On the fourth day I put on a dress ing-gown Gay lent me, with loose hanging sleeves, for my arms were still swathed like mummies, but the pain had lessened aud though I was weak enough only to lean back in an easy-chair and watch the children at their play, I liked to be with them, aud it was pleasant to sit there by the nursery window and look out on the terrace aud sun-dial aud the sunny orch ard, with the old white pony grazing as usual. i" (jay had come np that morning with rather a troubled face. They had had a letter from Alick, she said, but he had not received cither tier's or Adelaide's. Violet had seemed so ill that ho had taken her home to Prince's Gate, that Dr. Myrtle might see her. They had left Abergeldie before their letters had arrived, and he could not possibly receive them until the next morning, but of course they would be forwarded at once. I was much distressed to hear that the letters had miscarried, and still more that my mistress was ill. H was dreary taking her back to that great empty house; but then Dr. Myrtle understood her coustitu thin, and would rfin? more good than s stranger. I begged Gay to tell nie what was the matter, but she did not scorn to kuow. It was a collupse, Alick had said, a sudden serious failure nf strength; he had written very hurriedly, and seemed worried ami anxious. "I wish 1 need not have told you nil this, Merle," she finished. "It has made you paler than you were before. Violet has never beeu strong since Reggie was born, but I do not see that there Is any need for special anxiety." But though Gay Insisted on taking a cheerful view of things, I could not bring my spirits to her level. I felt nervous aud unaccountably depressed. I had not sufficiently recover ed from the effects of the accident to bear the least suspense with equanimity. In spite of my efforts to be quiet and self controlled, I grew restless and irritable; tho least noise jarred on me; it was a re lief wheu Hannah took the children out and I bad the nursery to myself. My nervous fancies haunted my dreams that night, and I woke so unrefreshed that Gay scolded me for not getting better more quickly, and pretended to laugh at my dismal face when I heard there was no letter from Mr. Mortou. "It is nonsense your frettingabont those letters," she said, in her brisk way. "Alick has them by this time, and we shall hear from him before evening. Do, pray, pull yourself together, and I will ask Doctor Staples if a drive will not do you good; your in-door life does not suit you." I did not contradict her, but I felt there would be no drive for me that day; perfect quiet and rest were all I wanted, and I knew Dr. Staples would be of my opin ion. The afternoon was showery, so the children played about the nursery. I did not admit Kolf, for his noisy ways would have been too much for me, but he was very good, aud promised to stay with Jud son it he might come to me a little in th evening. I bad gone luto the night nursery to lie down for an hour when I heard footsteps coming down the passage. The uext mo ment I beard Mr. Morton's voice speaking to Oay. "Yon can go In and see the children, Alick," she said, "aud I will join you di rectly, when Adelaide has finished with me;" and then Jove called out "Kardle," and 1 could hear Reggie stumping across tb floor. I waited a few minutes before I made my appiaranc. Much as 1 loured to mm Mr. Morton, I tuougbC be wonld rather meet his children alone. I almost fell a though I intruded when I opened the door. Hannah was not there, and he was sitting in my rocking-chair with Keggie iu his arms, and his head was bowed down on the little fellow's shoulder. He started up when he heard me, but I never saw him look so pale aud agitated. 1 kuew ' then that he was a man ot strong feelings, that his children were more to him than 1 had dreamed. "Miss Fenton," he began, aud then be bit his hps and turned away to the win dow. I saw be could hardly speak, aud there was Keggie patting bis face and calling him "Fada, fada," to make him smile. "Keggie is quite well," I said, feeling the silence awkward. "Yes, yes," quite abruptly, "I see he is; thank God for that mercy; but, Miss Fen ton, you have suffered iu his stead. Yon are looking ill, unlike yourself. - What am I to say to you? How am I to thauk you?" "Please do not say anything to me," I returned, on the verge of crying. "Deat little Keggie is all right, aud I am only too thankful, Tell me about my mistress. Mr. Mortou; we are all so anxious about her." I thought he looked a little strangely at me. He held out his baud without speak ing. That hearty grasp spoke volumes Then he cleared his throat aud said. Quick ly, "hhe does not kuow: i have uot told her; she is very weak and ill. Doctoi Myrtle says we must take gYeat care of her. She has been overexertiug herself. ' To my dismay and his I burst into tears, but I was not quite myself, liable to be upset by a word. "Ob, she is always everexerting herself; she does more every day than her strength will allow," I cried, almost hysterically. "It makes one's heart ache to see her sr worn out and yet so patient. Oh, Mr. Mortou, do let me come home and nurse her; she is never happy without the chil dreu; it will do her good to see them; she frets after them, too, and it makes her 111. Do let me come home: there is nothing 1 would not do for her." I heard him beg me to be calm. fwas ill myself. I heard him say, aud no won der; aud he looked pityingly at my band ages." ' Ionly wish you could come back to us, Miss Feuton," he went on, so kindly that I was ashamed of giving way so. "Th home feels very empty, aud I think it would do my dear wife good to have th children's feet pattering overhead. She is too weak to have them with her just now, but it would be pleasant to know they were near." I pleaded again that we might conw home, and he smiled indulgently. "You must get well first," be said, gent ly, "aud then I will coiae and fetch you all back myself. Just now you require nursing, and are better where you are; and It is still hot in Loudon, and the sea breezes will benefit the children a little longer. Come, von will be sensible about this, Miss Fenton." Aud then, as Gay joined us, he turned to her and reiterated his opinion that I must stay at Marshlands until 1 was well. Of course Gay agreed with him; but I t hought she was a little graver than us uaL I knew Mr. Mortou was right. 1 was no use to any one just now; but, all the same, it made me feel very unhappy to see him go away and leave us behind, He conld not stay any longer, be said, for fear of arousing his wife's suspicions. He should just tell her he had rnn down to have a peep at the children; that would please her, he knew. He bade me good bye very kindly, and told me to keep up uiy courage, and not lose heart. I could see he was not vexed with me for giving way. No doubt he attributed it all to weakness. I sat down and had a good cry when h had lett us; and ttAre was no denying that I was homesick that night, and want ed Aunt Agatha. I felt a poor creature in my own estimation. Perhaps I was impatient; Dr. Staples told me I was, and his eyes twinkled as he said it; but it Beerned to me I recovered very slowly, The burns were healing nicely; and in few more days I could put on my dress and enjoy the country drives; but I did not resume my usual duties for some time. I could not dress and undress the chil dren; walking tired me; and my spirit; were sadly variable. The news from Prince's (Jate did not cheer tne; my mis tress continued in the same unsatisfactory state. Mr. Morton wrote every day, aud both Mrs. Markham and Gay had gone tip to town for a few hours. 1 heard more from Mrs. Markham than from Gay. She thought her sister looking very ill, nnd considered there was grave cause for anx iety. Sho had au excellent nurse, and her husband was most devoted iu bit attentions; she had never seen any one to equal him. Here Mrs. Markham sigh ed; but her sister looked dull aud de pressed, aud she thought she missed the children. The bright September days passed awny very slowly. 1 was growiug weary of my banishment; and yet Marshlands and Netherton had bcconid very dear to me, and I had grown to love the quaint old nursery. 1 was thankful when my strength permitted me to resume oui mornings on the beach and our afternoons in the orchard. I felt less restless out-of doors, and I liked to have Kolf with me, I saw very little of Gay; just then she war busy with parish work. I heard from he) casually one day that Mr. Hawtry hot1 gone to Italy. I suppose 1 looked aston ished, for she said, quickly: "lie called the other afternoon and ask ed to see the children, but Adelaide hac taken you all for a drive. I thought h seemed a little sorry uot to say good-byi to them, as he expected to be away somi time. He hoped you wore better, Merle and desired his kind regards." "And he has gone to Italy?" "Yes: a young cousin of his is lying dan geronsly ill at Venice, aud so this Dor Quixote has started oS to see after him It is just like him; he is always doing things for other people." And with this speech she left me. . I was sorr y not to sny good-bye to Mr Hawtry; he had been very kind to us, aud it seemed such a pity that we had missec him that afternoon. I often thought about our visit to the Ked Farm, and how pleas ant aud hospitable lie had been. It seem ed rather tantalizing just to make frlendf (and he had always been so friendly tc me), and then not to see them again; but perhaps next summer we should come to Marshlands again. , (To be Coatinaed.) An English traveling harpist has been discovered cheating tbe railroads by carrying liia little girl done up In the green bag with his harp. He had trav eled so all about England, and haa paid no fare for the child. A TOUGH YABX. Told by an Ancient and Truthful Mariner or tho l-iitea. New York Dispatch: Talking U life preservers," auid the truthful mari ner as he knocked th vuea out ot bi pipe, "you remember tb old steamer Roust-about that used to run from Buf falo to Chicago? I waa mat on her the year before ah was lost Wo war about sixty miles from Chicago wh- Mike Lanagan, who was doing onu thing up on the mast, fell, struck oa bi head on the roof of th catin and tran ced clean out into tb lake. YYT., t'je captain he see him fall an I he Upped and backed that old Iioustabout quick' era' you could say 'scat.' Mike wont down like a plummet, for ho waa knock ed insensible, and I know 'd ther was uo use to heave a life preserver for him, jo I just hurried up the boys in getting the boat down, although I didn't expect it to do much good. Wd bad Jim King board. Passenger from Chicago. You remember Jim I'.'ng don't you. "Can't say I do," remarked a by- slander. "Well, Jim vzm champion quoit throw ir in them days. He's dead now, poo fellow, but Jim was a boas on thrown quoits. I tell you quoits wero a greu' game them days. Every village had a quoit club and th boys on the farm used to threw hoes-shoes. It was som thing like base ball in these times, al though I never could see as much f u u a base bail as I could in a good game of quoits. "Oh, come off," cried tho impatient iatener. "W hat did Jim do, or did h c. ajfLing? Did -he man drown?" w don't bo to fly. Who's telhn' this y&rr.l" "Well, you don't seem to bo," "Go on! go on!" said the crowd. "Well, you know, in quoits a ringer" was when you put the quoit around the stake. It counted double. Well, Jim picks up tho round life preserver -it's like a great big quoit, you know and as the capp'n came running aft Jim he sings out, Oapp'n I'll bet you J5 I'll make ringer on that man if he comes withi the length of this line." "Bet you 930 that you can't," said capi n. 'Take you,' said Jim, and just at th:l minit up bobs Mike's head about sixt feet astern. Jim threw it, and 1 11 bo durned if that life preserver didn't f plump over on Mike's head clear dow on his shoulders, and there it stud. We got down the boat, and when we git to Mike he hadn't nose to yet, ar.d didn't for sometime after. He'd been a goner if it hadn't bin fur that ringer, al "bough it took tbe skin offen his nose." "Ti i tho captain pay tho $20?" "Pay it? You jiet bet he did. And Jim he handed it over to Mike, and Mike blew it all in when we got to Detroit. I wish some cf it was here now, fur I'm mighty dry. Thanks. Don't mind if i do." Leprocy Here and Elsewhere. Dr. Hansen, the Norwegian discover er of the bacillus of leprosy, came ovv to this country a while ago to trace th ,ory of lP(ier immigrants who lia1 setfiftd in AVisconsin, Minnesota an'i )akota. Of 100 original leper immi grants he was able to find only 13;few pjore may be living, but nearly 174 are ud. Of all their descendants, so far is great-grand-children, not one has bo- come a leper. In this country the dis- ase does not increase nor does it ap ear to be hereditary. The failure to pread here is thought to be due to the nproved conditions of living which the immigrants are auie to secure on this side of the ocean. The Sanitary Inspecter, in speaking of a leper lately found at Brentwood, England, says that many persons be lieve that leprosy has entirely disap peared from England, yat there has probably never been a year in which a score of lepers could not be produced, and that though England used to have lepers enough, leprosy has become a very rare disease since English homes and English roads have been kept clean. Science. Rat Plagues. The plague which the agriculturists of England are now suffering from the ravages of rats is not without precedent in Canada. The nearest approach o this rat plague is the plague of mice which visited Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in the early part of the century. As long ago as 1699 the undue prevalence of mice in Prince Ed ward Island, or the Island of St. John as it was then called, was noted by the French settlers; and in 1774, both on that island and on the adjacent main bind, a complaint arose that these ani mals were again too numerous and too familiar. In the latter year the mice visited the fields and ate up everything, including the potatoes, and having fin ished this disastrous work they turned their attention to literature, and con sumed the leather binding of the aet Urs books.- Ottawa Telegram. THE RCAaOH WT. war Ion, Uw wtad was eokt, Ths atJastrtl was taflm and old." Hestrod within the baron's hall, let a oa blasstd Mb for his fall, P always tanxti his wtleoaw kind kida't eall tb wlad" "th wiaad." ' ' . - - -Flask. An ia-oome tax-Th prio of admis sion at theatre,