TEE SIOUX C Um JOURNAL.
I. J. SIX1IOXS, Proprietor
HARRISON,
NEBRASKA.
Let LttoM the Liberty tl.ll.
Taor. N. Y. June 21.-At 8:15 last
evening Miss Eugenia P. Meneely, a
daughter -of Cliuton H. Meneely, let
loose a Hood of metal at her father's
rVundry which, when cool, will be the
liberty bell of this century. The
molten mass that followed at her com
mand was composed of patriotic
in:t erial, implemeuts of warfare, ma
terial of the . most his'.roic interest,
swords that have been U3ed in battle,
nit-tal identified with every progress of
ii.-dention and science, remembrances
an.i iove gifts to precious to be trusted
by a mortal looking for war J to death
in any o: her place except the Colum
bian liberty bell. H
It was originally itr.endel that Mrs
Cleveland should touch a button at
Uray Gable whereby electrical apparat
us at the foundry would be set iu mo
tion releasing the metal from the furn
ace, but Mrs. Cleveland wa? in poor
health and could not venture out in the
itorm which prevailed at Uuzzard'sbay.
Wneu the bell is cool enough it will
be made ready for transportation to
Chicago. It is proposed that the bell
(hall ring at each smir ge and sunset at
J o'clock in the morning on anniver
ary days marking great events in the
world's progress toward liberty, at 12
o'clock ou the birthdays of the "creators
of liberty,'' and at 4 o'clock it will tell
f the auciversaries of their deaths.
Thought to be m Volcano.
Denver, June 21. An immense
column of smoke has been observed for
several days rising a few miles ncr h
of Ihompson's Springs, a station east
of Green River n the Rio Grande
Western lailroad railway. C. II. Hal
let, a well known mining man returned
from that section yesterday and re
ports that it is caused by a volcano
which has just burst forth. Owing to
the smoke, the party was unable to ap
proach closer than a quarter of a mile,
but powerful held glasses showed a
break in the formation, through which
the sulphurous fumes were pouring. A
limilar disturbance took place near
Crevasse, just across the Colorado line,
four years ago, when for three weeks a
volcano emitted smoke and fumes of
sulphur.
Fires In Colorado.
Cripple Creek, Colo., June 21. A
forest fire was starred yesterday on
Squaw mountain, due to the Kosebud
mill The fire rapidly spread along the
north side of the mountain, and for a
time the towns of Anaconda and
Mound City, located in Squaw gulch,
were threatened by the furious flames.
The inhabitants turned out enmass and
fought the fire and, aided by n
fortunate change in the wind, saved
their homes. Many of the citizens re
moved their furniture to places of safe
ty. Another fire was started on the north
west slope of Bull mountain, close to
the favorite shaft house. A high wind
took the flames through the heavy tim
ber in a northeasterly direction toward
Pharmacy City, and by 3 o'clock the
little burg which has grown up around
the mines on top of the mountain, was
threatened with distruction. All the
miners employed on the Pharmacist,
Zenobia, Victoria and Issabella turned
out and succeeded ill cheecking the
progress of the lire, and t ie town was
saved. At Pharmacy City the mer
chants and inhabitants had removed
their goods to a place of safety. The
danger of the complete destruction of
Pharmacy City and Hull's camp on
Hull mountain is still grave if the di
rection of the wind changes. Thous
ands of dollars worth of valuable tim
ber has been aest roved already.
An Attempt ai Solclde.
Denver, Col., June 24. A woman
whose name is unknown, sought quar
ters at 1518 Welton street at noon.
Soon after, suspecting that something;
was wrong, the landlady went to the
room and ge ting no reply, entered, to
find that the nom;.n had taken chloro
form with suicidal intent.
Prompt efforts succeeded in restor
ing her to conciousness by evening,
a d the woman was taken to the police
station and placed in the care of Mrs.
Lickens.
' In a small satchel were two letters
addressed to two sisters, named Mrs,
M. Little and Mrs. M. Goodman, living
in 'lopeka aud in Quiucy.Ill., respect
ively. From one of the letters it was known
that the woman had been canvassing
in Greely and had not succeeded in ber
work". So she came to Denver, brought
e uoroform hi d sought to end her trials
by committing suicide.
. ; ... Set on Fir,
' Emporia. Kan.. June 21. Thursday
night about 11 o'clock lire was dis
covered in i he store of the J. M. Nelson
Grocery company, which lost about
13,000 by hre and water, besides the
damage to the building. The general
Impression ; is (hat the store was firn
burglarized and thru set on lire, as the
cash drawer was found rifled and the
back door opened when the firemen
first arrived. No clue to the criminals.
Detroit Tribune: "My lines are not
sat In pleasant places," sighed the
Ml m he stood Ulpieasly by and saw
-l-tX-Wwhsj latest effusloa Into
Hill Day.
CtaOOO, June 19. "Bunker Hill" day
It the fair was celebrated on a grand
scale. Hancock house was crowded
with its Bay state people. The Mass
achusetts board of managers celebrated
the anniversary of the battle of Banker
Hill on their expositions grounds.
Nothing had been left undone to make
the program a success.
At 10:30 o'clock Governor William
C Russell and his party left the Audi
torum annex for the fair grounds and
led the way to Hancock house for the
other visitors from the eastern states.
During the hours from 11 o'clock to 2
o'clock in the afternoon a reception
was held in the state building. Then
Governor Russell and ex-Governor
Alex H. Rice and ex-Governor John D.
Long, Governor Russell's staff, Presi
dent Alfred S. Pinkerton of the Mass
achusetts senate and W. F. Barrett,
speaker of the bouse, assisted by a
special committee of eight senators
and twenty representatives, received
the natives and guests of the Bay state.
Among the invited guests were ex
President Harrison and Vice President
Stevenson. A luncheon was served.
There was a magnificent display
of fire works at the World's fair grounds
that evening. The Massachuetts board
of managers thotght no better entertain,
ment could be given their friends than
a display of fire-works. So a program
was arranged which promises to
excel any disylay which has heretofore
been made on the on the World's fair
grounds. The court of honor will be
the scene of pyrotechnics and the
special features was Bunker Hill
nonumect, the facade of the Mass
achusetts at the fair and design en
titled. Massachusetts Greeting" in
.ines of fire, i
Sunday Opeulng Won the Day.
Chicago, June 19. Chief Justice
Fuller this morning overruled the decis
ion of the federal circuit court, which
issued an injunction restraining the
directors of the world's fair from open
ing gates on Sunday. He decides for
the United States court of appeals and
remands the case to the circuit court
for a reversal of its action.
The court room was crowded and the
utmost interest at the outset gave place
0 the utmost satisfaction at the close.
The decision settles the matter finally,
as the only appeal is to the supreme
court which does not meet till October
when the lair will be ended.
The opinion rendered covers only the
national points, owing to lack of time.
1 ha full decision will be rendered later.
The opinion began by overruling the
motion of the government counsel to
dismiss the appeal from the circuit,'
on the ground of non-jurisdiction of
the appellate court, as untenable. It
was also held that the gift from the
United Mates to the fair was in no
sense a charity trust, and that when the
grant was made, in consldeartion of
he local corporation having exgended
upwards of sixteen million dollars to
ward a public enterprise, it was not
done for the purpose of obtaining con
trol, in whole or in part.
'ihe restraining order of the circuit
court preventing the opening of the
Kates Sunday must therefore be set
aside and the case remanded.
Justice Bunn and Allen concurred
on the decision making the court's ac
tion unanimous.
The court made the point against the
iction by injunction that it was not
shown how any interest which the gov
ernment might have in the fair would
be damaged by the opening of the fair
Sundays.
For the President to D-sclde.
New York, June 19. B irton D
Kio Barbco, of Brazil, an envoy sent
to ask President Cleveland to act as an
arbitrator in a dispute between Brazil
and Argentina over the posession of
; he strait of Panama, is in the city,
diaries E. Girandot, private secretary
for the Baron, returned from Washing
ton and said that President Cleveland
iiad consented to act as arbitrator.
rguments will be presented to him
immediately upon the arrival of the
special envoy from Argentina and the
case will be left for the President to
decide.
The Lait Bon of Contention Removed.
Chicago, June 19. The lines of the
Western Passenger association settled
a basis for paying commissions. The
old rates were adopted with the excep
tion ot that between Chicago and Kan
sas, which were cut from 81 to 75 cents.
All other rates on tickets to Kansas
City will be proportioned on that be
tween Chicago and Kansas City. The,
agreement on the subject removes the
last bone of conteniion on the associa
tion agreement, which has had such a
tough time of it for the last tore months.
Fell Three Storlei. .
Ottcmwa, la, June 19. John
beasly got up at 4 o'clock to sit in the
third-story window at the Laclede
hotel to cool off. He dropped off to
sleep and fell to the pavement. His
arms and legs were broken and he will
probably not . recover. Beasly was a
Rock Island conductor. His father is
wealthy and lives in Washington D. C.
iMaed Statement.
New York, June 10. The clearing
house did not issue the usual detailed
weekly exhibit, but only what Is known
as a consolidated statement, compris
lag the I ocal showings of banks. - In
formations as to applications by banks
for loan certificates was withheld,
it it understood that no certificates
were Issued, but that some of the
stronger banks will call (or them early
next weak to pave UN way (or banks
actually is nwgtfjbfsa.
Great Damage In the Eaat by Cyclone.
Leavenworth, Kan., June 23. A
terrific wind, rain and lightning storm
struck hers Wednesday evening. About
4:30 p. m. dark, ominous looking clouds
came up from the west and at 6 o'clock
it was as dark as midnight, while al
most incessant flashes of lightning and
a drenching rain prevailed. The city
nau a very narrow escape from a
cyclone of no mean proportions, which
passed about two mile3 to the north,
crossing the Missouri river and cutting
a wide swath through the forests on
the Missouri side. No damage except
the temporary prostration of electric
wires and he breaking of several sky
lights by the wind has been reported.
GREAT DAMAGE NEAR ST. JOSEPH.
St. Joseph, Mo., June 23. A cyclone
passed through the Lake Contrary dis
trict, four miles south of this city.
Lake Contrary is the pleasure resort of
St. Joseph and the p irk was badly
wrecked, trees being blown down and
buildings unroofed and blown away.
The grand stand of the Lake Shore
Jrivnig park and the stables were de
molished, causing a loss of 84,000.
Much damage was done to growing
irops. A Santa Fe passenger train
was hemmed in at the lake by falling
Irees and held there for several hours.
So loss of life is reported.
I'AT.WXTIES AT STAXBEItllY.
Staniikkuv, Mo., June 23. A ter
ific wind, rain and hailstorm struck
lere. Much damago was done. Judge
Mastin's house was struck by lightning
uul burned. William Cummings, a
farmer, v .s instantly killed. Three
nemboro of John Doyle's family were,
lilled. Other members of the family
were seriously injured.
MANY HOUSES DEMOLISHED.
St. Joseph, Mo., June 23. News has
ust reached this city of a disastrous
:yclone at Conception, Mo., sixty miles
lorth cf this city. The wind blew at
.he rate of eighty miles an hour. The
louse of John Doyle was blowu down
ind Doyle and his wife aud an old man
lilled, the latter being decapitated
fh6 soild frt nt wall of the abbey of
Sew Engleburg, being erected by the
Uenedictine monks, was blown dowi
ind ten thuosand feet of a brick wall
umbled inside of the structure. Tor-
ents of raid completed the destructio:
f the edilice. Twenty houses and
arns were blown down and a number
i people hurt. The Omaha and St
uouis railway depot was utuoofed.
Indian Diaturbauce,
Miles City, .Mont., June 23 Ai-
ilioughthe ollicars at Fort Keogh re
fuse to give out any information, th
'utnor revived is that live Indians hav
iten ktlieJ and several serious:
vounded in a li'iit with troops at Lam
User, Cheyenne agency.
The In. incus at this agency are de u
y enemies of the whites and have sp
iral tv.rt-ii killed settlers on si gilt pr
oc.itiou. A few days ago one of i;
jnlisted Iudiatii of Fort Keogh r
eived leave to visit his people at ih
igency. lie overstayed his leave an!
letachment of Indian troops was se.
o bring him back. He refused to re
urn and his friends at the agency d
:lared they would not allow him to b
aken. The commandant at Fon
ffeog requested the agent at Tully t
irrest the deserter, but the agent r
fused to do so and Lieutenant Marahii
jommander of the Cheyenne troops n
tfeogh, had orders to proceed to Lam
Deer and make the arrest. Orders a
?o sent to the commander of the trooi.
rationed at Lame Deer to extend a
tid necessary to Marshall. The Ind in
t ik sides with tidr Fort Kto i
brother, with t ie above bloodly resul
Dynamite Explosion in Madrid.
Madrid. Juae 23. The greatest ex
j.tement prev it is as the result of th'
lyiiiimite explosion near the house o.
x-jrinie Minister Castillo. In addi
tion to the damage already reporte ,
.nd tue loss of life and personal in
juries, the explosion shook and parti
wrecked a building near by in which a
circus performance was in progress,
causing a panic A grandson of the
marquis of Havana, president of the
senate, was hit by a piece of the fali
ng ceiling anil so badly hurt that he
will die. A sou of the marquis ol
Gaudelest was trampled to death by
the panic strijken throng. Stven oth
ers were sevrely hurt. It is believe
the explosion was tha work of Barcelo
na dynamiters, the revolutionists ther
being very active of ate.
From documents found on the per
son of thojnl) thnwer, killed by h
own bomb, it is believed he is Ernest -Alvarez,
a well known printer of an
archistic literature, who has heretofore
escaped conviction, though frequently
arrested. Several anarchist printer.-!
are under arrest"
The wounded accomplice of the dea i
bomb hronerhas made a partial con -ession
uiwer pressure from the police
The man whose name is Suarez, admit
ted that the dead man was an anarchist
named Kuiz and that he carried at th
lime of the explosion a bottle contain
ing gunpowder and shot. Five more
anarchists have been arrested in thi
city and seventeen in Barcelona for
complicity in the bomb throwing.
Continue! to Born,
StPaue. June 21 An Ishpeming
special says: The forest Ores raging
throughout the upper peninsula o!
Michigan were checked by rain, but
they are raging fiercely again. The
Duluth, Lake Shore & Atlantic road
has a number of trebles bnrned be
tween here ami Duluth and saved oth
ere with diillonlty. Other roads have
suffered Mm liar loss, reports of dam
age to homesteads come in on every
band. In Ontonga county there it con
sederable destruction.
mat is, & s va w
LADY MAJENDiE
CHAPTER X VII. Continued.
Tkev woDt on talking till the walkinp
party came in and tea was ordered.
Every one was f"ll of Mablo Grcthards
marriage. Arthur had once met Angus
Mactnon&ch wheu shooting in the rjnrth
of Scotland, and hid teen invited to
pass a niprt at Dunraonalgh. Ho said
that Lady Armine s admiration was by
no means exaggerated: and described the
position of tho grand old house, with the
heather clad hills protecting it Irom be
hind, and the deep, clear loch in front.
"Miss Grethard will be a strangely
iitodorn element Id that romantic old
place," he said, "with her Paris boots
and gloves. I am glad Macmonach is to
bo married; it would have been sad (or
that good old family to have died out."
"What sort of a man is ho?'' asked
Mrs. Arthur.
"lie is a very queer, quiet fellow. It
is a curious caso of defeated ambition.
Tho man Is exceedingly clover, but ho Is
tuandue."
"How sad!" said Mrs. Lee Aston, seal
ing a letter.
"In what way do you mean?" asked
Perdlta.
"It Is difficult to say why. Ho tried
elaborate farming, and was defeated by
the impossibility of cultivation in that
grand mountain country, that ran away
with money, destroyed the peat that is
absolutely essential for fuel, and fright
ened the game. Then he tried Parlia
ment he made some able speeches in his
0 1 st sessioD. He was a Conservative, of
course; and at the last election a loud
talking Radical went down to Dunnion
algh, and defeated him on bis own
ground an unheard-of catastrophe; but
they sav the tamily Influence has gone
rapidly down of lato they used to carry
all beiore them."
"Is he unpopular?''
"Undonbtodlv. He is a very old man,
with a sort of irritability about him. lie
calls his people by the wrong names, and
knows nothing about them or their fam
ilies." "That never answers la Scotland,"
said Mela.
"No, Indeed, it tries tfoo stanchest
loyalty.. His mother is a magnificent
specimen of the feudal chatelaine."
"Let me see who was she?" said Mrs.
Arthur.
"A i'iti-Jaines; they have royal blood
In their veins. Sho must have been very
handsome, and Is now one of tho ftrand-est-looklng
old ladies I over saw, but so
dignified that Mabel's life will be a bur
den to her at first"
"Is this Angus the only son?" asked
Sir Edward."
"Ves; there was another, but he died
was killed hunting or something, not
long after bis father's death."
"Poor Lady Orlsclda," suld Mrs. Lee
Aston, kindly.
CHAPTEK XV11L
The next morning was so Ono that
every one went out except Mrs. Lee
Aston and the invalids; the former had
letters to write and retired to her sitting
room, after seeing that her guests were
well supplied with books. Edward Nor
ton, who had passed a sleepless night,
was disposed to be melancholy. Perdita,
on the contrary, was in brilliant spirits.
"I am to get upon crutches to-morrow,"
sho said, gayly; "and once upon
the crutches. I may as well pack up my
goods and chattels, and relieve Mrs. Lee
Aston of my most troublesome presence."
"I wish I could bo tinkered up, as
easily as you," said Edward, moving un
easily. "But your shoulder Is going on all
right, is it not?" said Dita, anxiously.
"I hop9 so oh!" he became suddenly
very pale.
"What is It? Can I help yon?"
-'If I come to you, do you think that
you could move my bandage? it is dis
placed there to the right. Oh, thank vou;
by Jovo! it did hurt. As bo knelt besido
her, sho gently put tho bandage right.
"Go and lie down," she said, "and
keep porfoctly qulot; you do not look
well to-day.''
"Don't I? Well, I never closed my
eyes all night with the pain. I think
Griflitns has tied mo up too tight, or
something; it seems to get worse every
day. And he lay back on Ills sofa, look
ing pale and exhausted.
Presently he began again, "Do you
think me a great muff. Miss Lovcl? I am
a very bad hand at bearing pain."
"I know that some people are much
mure sensitive than others, and in con
sequence actually suffer more."
"That is quite true. There was a poor
rollow whom I knew once who actually
lied of pain."
"What a terrible thing!"
"I think very serious pain would soon
out an end to me," he said.
"No, that could only happen In rare
case;. I think people must get used to
suffering after a time ''
"I tblnk piople ought to be allowed to
put their frlerdscutof pain quietly when
It is beyond endurance."
"It would bo a very tempting power."
said Dita, halt laughing. "Supposing
I bad put you out f your pain quietly
Just now, what would yonr feelings have
been?"
"Perhaps tt would have been as well,"
said Sir Edward, gloomily.
More comfortable for you than for
ne But seriously," she said. "I always
tb'nk that the natural clinging to Ufo
which wo ail have. In spite of pain,
traable, and sickness. Is a tpeclal gift of
"DOTOii think so?" said he. "1 had
CASTLE
always looked upon it as an additional
tiounle. adding to the horrors ot deith."
"Thai Is not inv view," said Dita,
gravely. -Our business Is to live, and to
live properly, and to do a certain amount
of duty and service during our life. If
the tervfee was very, very hard, and we
were woary and in pain, our longing for
death would be overpowering, aud would
perhaps unlit us to bear the burden, were
It not for that instinctive love of lito
with which we are etidowed."
"Is it love of life, or is it fear of the
of the human soul from the borders of
the Unknown Land?"
"1 thfuK,"said I'erdlta, "that they are
all part of tho instinct I .'peak of. The
holiest man I ever knew," she continued
reverently, uending her head, "was the
Hlshop who con firmed inn. I only saw
him once or twice, but no ono could bo
with him without carrying away some
good, some wish to be hot ter. And he,
this great, man, who lived like a saint,
had a groat dread of death, purely sent
to prevent him from yearning to leave
the worla in which his lif't was so valu- j
at.ro." I
"And is be dead?" asked Kdward, I
deeply Interested. j
l es, ne is ueao. lie as spaiuu uhj
knowledge that lie was dying: he slept
ou earth and awoke in Heaven."
hdward sighed: "I believe you are j
right, he said; and to take a iroro prac
tical view, wo ild bo a selfish thing to
wish to die merely for your own comfort
that Is, should you leave friends to
regret you."
"How does your arm fuel now.'" asked
Dita, charging the subject,
"It hurls mo so much," he answered,
"that I think tho sooner I can run up to
London and havo It looked after the
bettor. Hut do not disturb yourself,
Miss Lovcl; it is much more co.nfortable
than it was." !
"I hopo it has been properly set," said j
Dita, anxiously.
"1 do not foci sure; when I toll
Griftiths of the continuous pain ho looks j
surprised, and that Is suspicious: but I j
havo got It Into nti easy attitude just
now." !
"I am so glad," and IVrdila took up
her book.
"Oh. you arc not going to rca-i? That
is too bad I" lie cried.
"We talk so much," said Dita, "that I
consider that I ought to read a little
sometimes."
"Not just now," said ho, imploringly. J bc par,ian,. 9aid ho.
Vu can read when the people come ..You have nothing for which to beg
'nu. i. .t . my pardon. At" Sho fancied sud-
JClJ ZZZ onlytliathewas asking her pardon,
V.Vvh(jL-ISali d ' , ilbecauso ho m.it to Include her ojn re-..
"Jaques,"
"Is his real name Jaques?" asked Sir
Edward. "And I havo often wondered
how you camo by your woudcrful name!
Were you christened by it?"
"")," she answered, tho color mount
ing Into her cheeks. ' "My real name is
Margaret Margaret Griselda; but my
father had a great passion for Shaks
peare then, so I was named after tho
flower-loving heroine."
"Aud the melancholy Jaques?"
''The same, his real namo Is James."
"He is a very queer kind of fellow to
be so much at homo with all of you,"
said Sir Edward, curiously.
Dita laughed. "Ho was my earliest
and dearest playfellow," sho said. "And
though you may think him ugly, I think
his rough face quite beautiful. You should
seo him when he is playing tho violin, or
poring over soma now or very old book
it is a great triumph of expression and
feature."
"Must I go away when your melan
choly Jaques comes?"
"Oh no, why sluuld yon? If ho had
his violin I would u.ake him play j,,, but
I am afraid thero Is no chance of that "
'iuu Kiiuwsr ii ne is such an
e- j
thuslast perhaps ho will have it fastened
on his back as a troubadour has his gui
tar, or born behind him by a beautiful
page. Talk of the "
"Hush," said Dita, for tho servant an
nounced "Mr. Danby," and Jaques
walked In.
It was still a matter of difficulty for
Jaques to get across tho room, especially
whoo he saw that Perdita was not alone,
and she was relieved when sho saw him
safely seated, facing her between tho
two sofas.
"You have not brought your violin, 1
suppose, Jaques?" said Dita, eagerly.
"No yes; I could fetch It il you wish
It, Miss Lovel."
"Go back live miles! certainly not. I
should not dream of It."
"In tho afternoon," ho muttered.
"Not this afternoon, but one day If
you would. 1 want Sir Edward Norton
to hear you play so much."
Jaques raised his eves, and viewed tho
other Invalid with a rather strange look.
"He Is taking my measure," thought
Sir Edward, 'and uncommonly close
too." And ho said aloud, "Miss Lovel
has told me so much of the. extreme
beauty of your playing, that I am most
anxious to hear you."
Jaques bowed, and the color flushed
Into his face, as Italways did when Per
dita praised him.
"Aro you coming home soon, Miss
Dita?" be said presently, "you are so
much wanted at home."
"Is my mother not so well?" cried
Dita, anxiously.
"Oh, no, you.- mother is lust tho
same neither better nor worse," ho
said with a sigh; "but Mr. Lovcl is quite
lost without you, and bc won't give
Adams any ordors whllo you aro away."
"Miss Lovel cannot possibly movo co
lore the doctors give their pcrmlsslen."
said Sir Edward hastily.
un, no, no, or course not. How ar
yoti getting on, Miss Dita? I had hoped
that you were nearly well."
"So I am, and I hope to come homo in
two or three days at tho latost Jarm.
she said. "I know that poor mainmin
must want mo, and I do so long to sec
her aaain. Aro you going to stay at !
uumo juat nuw
'No, 1 am off to-morrow
Paris; there Is . areet sale to take place !
there, ana x nave heard of one or two
sWAin in
valuable books that I should like to
Bee."
"It Is dreadful to a scholar to lose a
book on which he has sot his heart,"
said Sir Edward, addressing himself to
Perdita. "My friend Hlackmore was
telling me the other day of his having
once Just missed the chance of De Bry'i
English Virglninas which Is extraordi
narily rare by the merest fluke."
"What did you say tho name was,
sir?" said Jaques, bending forward.
Blackinore Mr. John Ulackmore."
He stopped surprised, for Jaques ut
tered a louJ. exulosive chuckle, and
then immediately resumed his former
gravity.
"How was it?" asked Perdita, a little
ashamed of tho behavior of her friend.
"Ho was bargaining for the book at
one of those bookseller's shops, and the
first day he had to do with tho master,
who seemed a pliable sort of man
enough, so he.ofIered him a low price;
but he would not sw allow that; so ha
wont away, and returning the next day.
ho found only the shopman, an awkward
kind of lad, but who knew twice as
much about the value of the books as did
his master. And this creature this
Caliban, as ho called hliriv-kept him
dangling day after day, and on the very
day on which he had made up his mind
to pay the whole prico demanded, be
coolly informed him that the sbop was
closed, and that they were going to rc-
tire from business.
Another loud chuckle from Jaques,
but he said nothing.
"It seems to pleaso you that poor Mr.
Blackmoro should have been disap
poiutod, Mr. Pan by," said Sir Edward,
coldly.
"Oh, not at all; no, no, sir," faltored
Jaques.
"When lilackmorn told me about it."
went on Sir Edward, turning to Dita,
and smiling, "tho tears were In his eyes.
Ho said that ho had never got over tho
disappointment, tbotrgh it happened
many years ngo; and ho finished the
story with a not very polite intorjection
in respect to his enemy."
"Poor man," sai I Dita laughing mer
rily. Encouraged by linr example Jaques
gavo way to an frreprei ilile lit of laugh
tor. Ho struggled, ho choked, bo tried
to slille It in a huge pocket-handkerchief,
it became nervous, and bo was
obliged to get up. and, hastily saying
good-by, leave the room.
"What an extraordinary creature!"
said Sir Edward; "whatcouid he find In
j my story to put nim Into such an agoniz
i ing condition?"
j "I fancy that ho must have known
j something about it all before," said Per
t dita; "but Jaques is always upset by a
i joke and Is one of those unluckly people
I who cannot control laughter it it gets
j beyond a certain point."
I "I confess that I did not perceive the
! joke. I never saw much a person."
"Ah, you do not know how good be Is!
cried Dita. "Ho is a rough diamond In
deed." "Unfortunately," said Sir Edward,
coldly, "ono of tho Innate faults of my
character is an excess of dislike to what
is unrefined. I am too fastidious, for
merit gives mo no pleasure without
polish."
"Voti sneak of this as a fault In a tone
I that tetrays that you aro proud of It,"
nn.ir, tnllrrnn
mada. i he color rushed into her face.
her nostrils dilated, her eyes flashed-
; sho looked quite beautiful,
j "I understand what you mean," she
j said, slowly. "I am obliged to you for
I undeceiving me in the belief that thero
: might havo been friendship between us
I it is at an end; but though it may be
j wrong to say so. Sir Edward, 1 have the
j courage to sav that. In some cases at
j least, the parvenu may be tho truer gen
i tleman."
! . After this sho ought to havo left the
i room, thero was no doubt about It; but
as the fates would havo It, her leg was
broken, and his si;nulder out of joint and
I badly set; neither could move, and at
: least an hour must elapse before any lu
' terruption could come. Each took up a
i book, but each saw that tho other, was
j not reading, and both wero very angry
i Indeed. Sho had called him, or at least
i had as good as told him, that he was not
I so true a gentleman as old Andrew
Lovel; and ho had spoken words that, as
' she undotstood them, she could noteasily
forgive. The clock struck 12 then Its
, single stroke announced half-past.
I "They are a long timo coming In." said
Sir Edward, slillly.
.Moanswer. Sir Edward went back to
his took.
to be continued.
Up Fame's Ladder.
Louisa Alcott records in the
Saturday Evenina Gtue.ttp.
Miss
Boston
that her first story brought her $5 and
her second $10, with a rcqnest for more
of her productions. "One of tho
memorial moments of my life," she
.Kids, "is that in which, as'l trudged to
school on a wintry day, my eyes fell
upon a large yellow poster with these
delicious words : ' Bertha,' a new tale,
by the author of 'The Rival Prima.
Donnas,' will appear in the Saturday
Evening Gazette. I was late; it was
bitter cold; people jostled me; I was
mortally afraid I should bo recognized;
but there 1 stood feasting my eyes on
I ho fascinating poster, and saying
proudly to myself, in the words of the
great Vincent Crummies : ' This, this
is fame!' That day my pupils had an
indulgent teacher; for, while they
struggled with their pot-hooks, I was
writing immortal works, and when they
droned out tho multiplication table I
was counting up tho noble fortune my
pen was to earn for me in the dim,
delightful future. That afternoon my
sisters made a pilgrimage to behold
that famous placard, and, finding it.
torn by tho wind, boldly stole it, and
came homo to wave it like a triumphal
banner in the bosom of the excited
family. The tattered paper stdl exists,
folded away with other relics of those
early days, so hard and yet so sweet,
when the first Binall victories were won,
and tho enthusiasm of youth lent ro
mance to life's drudgery.
, On tho tombstono of a drowned boy,
in Missouri, was inscribed the following
accusation against his companions at
the time of the accident: "Killed by
Philander Fmloy and Mart Begga
verdict of $800,
v n iuhi anit. and srist
J.11K norm i urhn m.. l a
rn .
promise, when they borrow In Ttbo
most nnrarinin tin er
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