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In vain: the stranger only laughed
the more.
"Come. I ceanl no hartu.'' 1 e uiil
pleasantly. "Mij I not even touch
this rot' Such a e-ipper as it L, too!
I ll do it no harm J urn used to rods."
stretching out his nat.d an the coveted
possession m ,ric i inano'.Ler direc
tion. '"h, i see now it is." continued
tie, "jou bavu 'no r ngljsh,' and 1. u ri-fortunat-
y, ha.e. no Oadie,' so Lai's
to I i-ue.' te' furious, the prei'y
vixen," a-ide ' ts-.' hi,-,- or
we sha i tome U tii w.- riexk He .
young nomad hey, ! say. 'h s.' yo.i
tiave '".ft tour tongue'at last, haw
you What is ii? 1 .ant for tbe i i f
of me hear a njui'.cr like that, you
liiUBt n i'a ,0-dcr, yOU liUOW. ltidc-,
mis.-, lou'.vr. " Loddmg at ht.-r "li,
she is iijt address .ng me at all to
deeply t'ei:ueil l-uw--e ai.d .tison.v
lo tti: o'ler w ild man of the wood,
that she w:il condescend to " but the
speaker's own voice died away lux
fell apart, and the smhe fiidded
from hi- click. a he caught a! ia.-t
one d.srinct, unmistakable seu'ence.
and thai Uei;verei m accents winch, in
spile. .! their childish tr t.ie. had a
r.ng of command at. we.l as tiie refcne
tuent. of modulation.
"1 onaki, tod this gentleman from
rne, tha' this is my burn, and that
1 (five him no leave "to fish in it. and !
that I desire bira to go away at once." i
..jUtvcr taWt's were turned in the
twiniiliii of aneye. they were now ujoa ;
that tra.iaut younjr hfe-u&i ufiuan, j
Capt. I reut rick AuL'tiiitua i.tUuiiUeo,
the great man of his family, and ureat
match of hi county, and the ia.t imt
ion in the vorld to have be n nade a
fool of by hi own blunder.
There was no rn ataking the serlou
nejs oi the situation.
Ihe raed imp. to whom the order
lor UelienUen s numtnary ejK-tion wan
entrusted, turned ulraitrht ujxin him
if, nd in his own I&nhion conlirmed
Lt forthwith.
"The leddy say lt will not be here
you will tihh. nor thicburn you will tilth
to-day. The leddy cays it i you wbo
will go where yo i corne rom.and leave
this p,ae;" and in further demonstra
tion ol the validity of his authority,
the sturdy shred of a clansman pointed
with his tinker up the tank, wten. e
he divined the intrusion had been
mada.
- 'Good heavens ." ejaculated tho
ama.ed Helienden.
"rcb''" ehrieked Donald again,
drawing closer to him. and t-till fiitdly
pointing up the bank, "teh'f la it the
way you woid know'' There is no
other way but that "
"But I-1 waatlo fish here."
"Trio loHHlT t.
"Surelv the lady" and be glanced
lady will pernilt me to fish-"
"I wii do nothing of the kind'" said
Jerry, with a amp.
The next instant she waa l:diajr
about on the face of the wet and slip
pery lock, nut altogether free from
the dantrer of slipping o er either: and
Good b avens.' again e.aculated 111
lenden. ior he was now alarmed on a
new count. The next instant he had
thrown aside his own ioI. clas ed the
swaying orm in bis arn.s, seized a
birchen branch with one hand, and
was swinging hlmseii and his burden
by it to a place of safety. At the mo
ment 08 came the "sou wester," and a
glorious profusion of shining hair half
bid the crimson brow and cheek be
neath it.
"A lovely girl," thought the stranger
at once: ' and what a blessed fool I have
made of myself." Aloud he merely re
marked: ' 1'ray, young lady, as long
as you live, remember to beware of
standing so near the edge of a slippery
rock, especially if you are engaged in
an absorbing o cupation. I. pon my
word, I thought you were down just
now,"' taking off his cap and brushing
his hand across his forehead, "it was
horrid. Ughl 1 can't think of it."
"I bad Donald." said Miss Campbell,
but in rather an altered voice, for she,
too, bad been frightened, and did not
feel quite as she bad done towards this
stranger a few minutes before.
"That chiid," said Helienden con
temptuously. "He can take tare of
himself, I doubt not," lor Donald wu.
at the moment, stepping from iedgeto
ledge of the giddy point as daintily
and safely as a mountain cat might,
"but what could a little bit of a crea
ture like that do to save you, If you
bad another trip like this." l)o, pray,
be warned. You - you are very young
yourself. Do your parents know you
come to a place like this?"
;
bosom ,
"I have no parents." Her
heaved.
rorgive me," paid he, very respect
fully; "but you must have some one
some guardian "
'I have my grandmother."
"And you iive with her'"
"She live with me," quoth the heir
ess of lnchmarew.
"Oh hi ' Every instant brought a
new revelation. He grew more and
more grave and courteous.
"And this lady who takes care u
you your grandmamma, does she
Know this placer
with you here:"
Has she ever been
But this was to much for Jerry. It
wae too funny. She really could
not help herself: she must lough if she
died for it. Granny at the high pool!
Granny, who had never been near the
burnside in her life, who knew as
much of her tools as she did of the
i alls of Kiagara, and of her birchen
bank as of the precipices of the Andes!
Bhe gave way once for all now, and a
laugh so sweet, so jubilant, so frank
and eSUdlsh nog out la the ears of
tho obco again astonished Boilendon,
that ho foit as If bewitched by a crea
tor only half mortal What was sh
s to BOW?
"On. you arc so funny! Oh, if you
y kn--w now f jnny voii are," cried
child, .auffhinf her hiifh, clear,
I ke lauL'h aa.n and aa'n, "to
if granny iwu.i here Granny!
dear! oh. dear Ami 1 he knows
f'la-: oh, dear. b. dear " and
shook her curly hed with eyes
bnoimed oier.'as if the m:rth of
icn a sutfeetion couid neier have an
end.
' Well. I-J supj oe I m;.t bi funny
since you say I am." responded the
stranger Mttr!y. "thout-h upon my
word 1 did not know it. Yountf ladies
of yourajfe." mentally appraiaiDjf her
t iZ, for her,'ae wasninuularly ung,
though he was tail enough, "youiis'
iadie of your ae uo not generai.y tro
aooul aionc, or with only mountain 'l-
lles. an J 1 shouid say that if
your
granaiiiJi nir.a nr;ew wtiat a dangerous
I iaee this is
' "Trie real dant-er was what you did
yuurseif." retorted Jerry, with a 'id-
, den pout '-Wl enyou startled me like
tliat 1 might have alien oT very
eaxi!y"'
"iou might, and 1 can only say I
had not r. ali ed the tdippery stale of
the ro k.-but anyway i outbt not to
hue don- it. I ut now." "he added
w.th a -mile, 'van jou forgive and lie
frl' n Mv- ft-e. I mo-t hum My sne lor
rar.V.n. I am a tojnl stranger here: I
kn.w noliodr; and being stranded tor
tii" n'.n'ht at the inn down there, wa
U:d by in.' good woman who krrjw it
that I lu.ghl b uig her in a iiifj o'
tro.it !c tn this turn, ard she i eciailv
rnei.tini). d tiiif. )hii within the grounds
of in. h . an-w t aftie."
' "he iiid' ' tried Jerry, tor eve:,
glaring
' I -ect she never thought of oy
one e's. l.'irijf out on such a dav. "
"tn- imd no tin.-in-fs to thin aUu. ,
it. he knows that this is n.y burn, .
and that I keep it for ruvself. and my ,
friends." " J
'Oh." said the young man. and the'
truth bnr-t u on him. "Then you are j
Miss Campbell of lnchmarew," he said.
I HAI-IKK III.
I !YJfi;.' WHAT A NH K ( HILIif
'Hut I sll lt msklrts )o
V isn lis tMitf n., u ioiuj'rti,sbi it
j After this admission it seemed all at
once its if the clouds rolled away, the
sun shone out, and ail was right.
A few sentences did the rest It
j seemed but a minute ere be bad offered
a respectful hand down the bank - very
different to the grasp which had oon-
I veyed her up it - and the two were
; chatting away as long at they could be
', heard, and nodding, directing, and a;
i proving, as the case might be, when
; too near the fall for siwecb and the
sport began afre-h.
j Af'.erasuc esful hour or so. Geral
din next oroo-)ed a move further up.
the presence of the new-comer leinp
a-cepu-d by iJonaid with the stolidity
common to his kind, and the three all
r.ow ujion the best of Wrtn.
After the next hunting-ground had
been at ndoned. "VVhere next" cried
! Helienden gaily, "where next'"
! ' l am alra.d we have no other really
; tood place," replied his youug ttostesa,
almost apologetically, for she was now
as anxious to do the honor as she had
erst been to avoid them. "I hardly
think w ; shall get many more to-day.
but if you would like to come aaln to
morrow " she a-:ded. shyly, for it
was a , oat event to her to give an in
vitatio of the kind, and she could get
no further.
To morrow I am araid 1 shall be
many miiss away and I shall be shoot
ing instead of fishing."
I "Ota." baid Jerry. "Tbat'a a pity,"
she add" ! simply.
"1 am on my way to Klncraig," con
tinued the speaker, not i.nwiillng to
volunteer a little information in the
hope of getting some in return, for
things be had beard lefore had been
rapidly coming bsxk to bi.i during the
silent sport o the past hour or two. and
lt wao, on the who.e, rather interesting
to have had an adventure with this
od.i little wlt. li of an helresa, who, re
port Said, possessed, or WO'uli p0nSOH
one day. the test estate ami grandest
moor in the country. A jiart of this
, very aoor was, he knew, at present
rented by the very friend with whom
hj was going to shoot on the following
day, and a. cording ly, "I am on my
way to Klncraig," be began; but Jerry
mterruptd eagerly, and with the
pleasurable eKcitement of one in whose
li'e coincident and event were rare.
' "kincraigl' she cried. "Are you go
ing to stay wish Archie Kineraig"'
"No. my friend's name is Campbell,
lie Is Archie, however," said iieilen
den. ' Oh, Campbell, of coursr, but we call
! him Archie Klncraig, boranae we are
all Campbells here. I should have
been called In"hmarew if I had been a
man: a-t it is. 1 am 'Jerry lnchmarew,'
because, you see, t I am the head
of the bouse 'and again she
drew up her young proud figure, and
again, alas the ill-aisiosed ye. low oil
skin coat hid the grace of the uncon
, scious movement.
"Your name ia Campbell, I know,"
; said Helienden. amuse J. "I was told
a great deal about Miss Campbell on
the boat, as we passed lnchmarew Cas
tle, but 1 did not hear 'Jerry lnch
marew.'" l nat is only t.y my mends, you
know, not by my people. "
ji it uad, j mi n . lave heen a little
quicker in guessing wbo 'Jerry lnch
marew' was."
She laughed, tier wrath had com
pletely gone by
"And so you have let your hooting?"
continued iiellenden.
a part of it. Not tbe best
part neither. That is kept for my
coualn Cecil."
"Ota:"
"My ousint Cecil Raymond. Ho
comes to as every 12th of Auirust. and
we expect him thli evening. There
I believe that is bla boat coming tn
now," eylng a long, thin streak of
blue smoke dlscernable over a head
land Id the loch below. "We shall see
her directly if it is. Yes, there she
comes, rounding the point now," said
Jerry eicltedly; "look! do you see her?
Hh comes in to our own terry pier
next"
'(sec her."
''I wonder If Cecil it ia fcer," mur
mured the little girl to herself, with
what seemed to her co.npaalon some
thing oi Under Interest.
"Iknow some lUvmojxlt," bo ob
served. "I wonder H tbls on bo one
of thoas-Lord Hay mood's family'-"
Why, of courw And (Veil ! tha
eldest .n,"triirrr, with reoewej
eciunienu "Why. how ery. very
odd! And you know m Aunt Char.
lotUs - I dr tUymond - and -and Ktbel,
and Alicia, and all of them? Uh Gear,
bow strange it See i s "
iieiiendcn iaiijfhed. It a. not guile
so stranire in bis eyes, a man of the
world, who went eerywhere, and
made new acquaintances eery day,
int he was aroused an. 1 pleaded with
the iruj.re-ion the wonderful diwtv
ery ma.3e UKn hit little fnend.
" h. yes, I know the n ail at least,
I sup) i do.'' he, said, ' I do not
uo tuemvery inin auriy, minu: you
muit not uut me thrx)ut'h mv ta. itijjs
luo severely, but I Lave certain'r met
both Lord and ldv Havtnoud
if
"And Kthel. and Alicia-"
'.Not that I remember I do not re
member any Mir liavn.onis."
"Oh. but they are hardly Miss FUv
niouds yeU Ktbel is onlv a Vear older
than I am, and Alicia is just my ge.
But Cecil is grown up -he i nearly A."
"Twenty? Ye, the lUymond I
know must le about iv. At Oxtord?"
' -Vs-yes. At Oxford."
' "I stayed with him at a "bnuse this
year. 1 remember him perfectly. Tail,
, and fair and "
"j . that is Cecil -why, It is Cecil',
of couie. Oh, you must come down
stki see him. orne alone, quick, and
ell meet the t-at. lfe run uowti
stialght from I.-ie.-we can easily head
her. and gel to tbe pier hist, lajcoiho:
t Veil wi.l ie ,s to meet him."
"Like this''" suggei-led Hel enden,
leaking first at her and then at nim
seif. though, truth to teil. it was of her
apje'srance only he hud his doubts.
1 or himself, he was all ri'ht, rouehiy
but suitably and l-cominfc'ly cla i, out
Jerry was such a Jerry! And be'
knew well that young ixoniaiia Uere j
sensitive on sui-h points, and not likely j
to appreciate being bailed, e.enon aj
Highland Pier, by Highland k. sins
wrapped in oilskins and lopped by sou -wivters.
"To bosuro. I hal forgotten." owrv-d
the little lady herself. . oioi riig slight
ly under the imputation, "i do iisik
rather queer, don t 1? And Cecil is
jiiist frigbtf il.y. dread fuLlv p.rtie iiar.
1 should cited it from granny ever so
in j -n ii ne w ere loo me.
"Hut you don't mind my seeing you!'"
"Oh. no at least. 1 mean i never
thought aloiit it. Granny would have
minded, 1 daresay: but then you will
not see granny, unless" and ak'ain tho
round young cheek was sufficed by a
blush ' utiies you wiii come home
w ith me. and - "
Now this was the very proposal Hel
ienden was longing to have made bim.
"I should like to see tbe Itaytnonda
again," he saiu thoughtfully.
i'erhap he really thought at the
moment that he should like It. lJer-
i bat it was only the remembrance of
the clone, sturly, whisky-reeking little
inn at the ferry, whb h made a chance
of escaping inuu it so seductive: but at
any rat the unfortunate traveler fell
that for life or death hisonly hope was
to hang on to Cecil Kaymond uow. and
that never in his life before bat an a
quaintanceshlplurned up si. h trumrx.
I nil! within a few moments be hid
been fon-ed to contemplate pass. tig a
luckless night in a damp, rouh led.
amid the coarsest surroundings, with
heavy mists obliterating a.i the beau
ties of the landscape without, and w ith
no companionship, sae his own
thoughts, within. He bad been jo-d-lively
assured that there was no possi
biiity of reaching his friend's shooting
loige until the following morning; that
the boat on which he had depended for
proceeding up the ioch did net go be
yond tho ferry on that especial even
ing of the week, and that the (jest, in
deed the on y thing to be done wae for
h'jD to take up his quarters at Daiue
Jdaconocbie's little public bouse, and
Inhabit her one spare room.
It had bec a sorry look out; but it
had been mitigated by the dame's
suggestion that he should take her
son s rod. and bring her In some trout
from tbe lnchmarew burn, not a mile
off. which burn she assure 1 hira would
Ijo in I tie trim after the rain, and was
noted for its trout.
The worthy woman had not added
that the fishing in its best part was
jealously guarded for tbe benefit of thn
young mistress of the place, and that
any one caught tresuilng within the
lnchmarew grounds in pursuit of sport
would be in an awkward predicament.
Hhe had trusted to tho gentleman's not
being caiight. The odds were that be
would not be so; tho day being so ex
ceedingly bad, and the stream having
been so greatiy augmented by tbe re
cent rains, she concluded that the little
mis would hardly be allowed out, and
that, at any rale, If the worst came to
the worst, the stranger would say noth
ing about her. bhe did not think he
would even know her nanio,
TO UK txjNTJNLiia
A ew-KanKled Hwln Witin.
A curious application of tbe phoo'V
graph to walcbes ban ten made, re
cently by a watchmaker at Geneva,
Switzerland, lu whose repeating
watches the bell is replaced by a cir
cular disc of vulcanl ed rubber less
than two Inches in diameter, upoo
wbl b phonoaraphlc lines correspond
ing to a a rtaln ser es of fcpokeo words
are spirally engraved. The passage
of a vibrating point over these lines
causes the watch literally to bell -bo
hours, and even, when desired, to
sound an a arm and awaken tbe
sleeper. It has been demonstrated
that the point may pass many
thousand times over the lines on tbe
disc without wearing them away ap
preciably. When tbe watch akg
the hours IU voice is c ear and distinct
twenty feet away with a closed dcor
between.
Kvldantlr a Htar Himself. -
Professor I)., a well known and
very talented man connected with
onefof our best universities, has a lit
tle son who ban an exalted opinion of
bis father's ability.
One evening a friend was showing
the little fellow the stars, and said lo
him.
"Johnnie, do you know wbo made
the stars. "
The little hoy thought a moment,
then said earnestly,
"No; lam not sure, but I think
John I) (bit fatben did That man
Is smart enough to do anything."
No mam Is competent to Dick out
woman' dross; a woman caooot do It
aatlsfietorily herself.
IMTUOT asd tho dovll never sloop.
. ., . ..ici'ivn
Ulh b A.M) UUMJMi.
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WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Brtf GUutrrs at PsM-ba Fsnilntiu, Trlro
tuum, M7hp, and 1st Offered la lbj
tlie I list I ha Unulliii Mar Prvsw
Bastful to Wsartod H u mankind.
Gossip from (sy Ciot hun.
rn-sfs.ii'lfic.-
I.OWI.Y as tbe
public la In Iwootn
Ing convlnrvd that
the times are good,
for bard times ar
chiefly canmsl liy a
seneral fear of ca
lamity, ihere Is lit
tle sign of doutit In
trointu'i gowns.
I.'legant and cost
ly a ever, they
show so n ic feu t tires
thnt hint plainly of
curs vs nance, and
they certainly an
eloquent of suffl
cti.iit f.iitlsv t.i e.ti-
I i-tlti;te ev 1 d e n c e
thitt money Is pleii-
one particular are they
re wasteful than Iti the
K-enlngly
employment of furs. These nrc strip
ped In bits or used ns entire gar
ment, but, by either methiHl. are
planned to suggest prodigality. In
n. any ens.-, tbl Is more appearance
thiiti actuality, more cry than w.sil --
that K than pelt; but the !k of It Is
there to u ri extent that make the fash
ionable ppiinwiiplcr a startling lot.
tine f:ihb'tmblc fur adjunct, however,
hint of eeoin.my. It Is a cut of shot;
Jacket that end at the walt. and at
lirst sight makes the observer think thafl
L lack of tails Is due to the blgiii'ss of
It slis-ve. I'.ut afP'T Seeing other It
iMs-onie plnln that these abbreviated
garments are planned simply to nt
Lain novelty, without the b ust consid
eration of economy. Tin y art- part of
street costume worn without cloaks.
i-i . .
L
n B HTVI.tMUI.T 7JUKA(IKt).
and are often made clone fitting of
1'erslan lamb, baby fur, or seal. Home
of them end at tbe waist with a wide
lelt of the for buckled richly with
heavy sliver. In such the tipier
sleeves are made full, and the lower
sleeve Is of rich wool to match the
skirt of the dress.
Of this general order Is the costume
of tin Initial lllustrntlnn. but tbe jacket
bodice Is entirely astrakhan, tight fit
ting atuj not extending xyond the
waist It fastens beneath the buttons
on tint right side, and Is finished with
gray fur collar and cufT. The skirt lie
low It comes from heavy gray suiting,
is nine gored and garnished about th
bottom with several rows of machine
stitching. Il la considered especially
desirable In these get-tips to have tbe
headwear In accord with the dress, but
It la not decn-ed that tbe matching
must be so clos that the hot cannot be
worn with other rig. In this Instnne.
tiie hat is of black velvet Irimmed w Ith
a bow of gruy -mirror Ttlvet, buckles
and two black wings.
HUH another expression of this gen
eral Idea comes TU fur coats, tight It
ting as a dress bodli-e, made w ith' a
tiny point front and back and cnt shoi t
to tbe waist line at the sides. Thei
are much in vogue. They button double-breasted
from waist to bust line,
and here deep revers of satin, velvet or
moire turn away over the bust iti-l
shoulder. A yoke of the fur and a high,
close collar of the same appear alsive.
Th sleeves are enormous, and It 1m
admissible that they be of tnab-rl.-tl
to match the revers, but that almost
AS rKOM OUT AN OLD PIOTtB FItAMR
always smacks of economy, and, as baa
imwu luuuiaieo, mat win uardly do.
wnen it cornea to shredding pelu the
fur tinkers must use some such ma-
enioo as do the maker of Haratnn
chips, for they slice 9 sdgtnfs so 0jm
s rw 1 .,rs i o
liful. lu 11.
Ill
If
0
ttiat tt'a a wonder they bang together.
Koine of tbeoi ate a scant of balr as
a dude's niusiji I.e. but they make
dainty truiiinings. ami the Inch widths,
which are couniionlv the narrowest,
are extremely showy. Ibis Is espe
cially true of lh"e from less costly
fur, which tan be had at very rea
sonable tl.nre With the strljs ob
tainable, the method of laying them
on I the next lnt to consider. In
the second Illustration there I shown
a handsome pattern. This costume is
an x pensive one iu ewry piirtbtilar,
and It m-e.1 to tie to carry tastefully
so mti'h fiir. but a little fur trimming
of the rheHper sort Is not at all out
of place on far l- expensive gowna.
lere taste and dollars combined cod
A.MmiKit sunt y Hiii.iruF.a
THKA I MI.M
their union resultisl In bl.irk embroi
dered velvet, bluet velvet and fur for
materials. I'.Inck velvet gives the
gored skirt, which U embroidered
round the lM.tb.ni. n;. 1 between the
long tabs of the Ini.II. i- with Jet. I'.luet
velvet Is employed for the Isxllce,
Whose deep pleated yoke of White
satin Is Is.rdere.l with fur. the tabs le
lug similarly edged. The IkhIIcc fast
ens behind, its sleeves have bluet cuffs
and large puff of plain black velvet,
and the standing collar Is made of
white satin to mntch the yoke. Muff
and dres trimming must match.
Hlnce the truthful chronicle of stylis
must admit that sleeves are no smaller
there's riot much to lw said as to them,
for how cmi they Ix-come much larger
The next sketch portrays an attempted
change In them that Is current. As Is
Indlcnti-d with startling plainness In
the pl.-tnr and In all the nnshd of
this departure, the puff Is to Is- con
centrated nt tbe elbow, leaving lower
arms and shoulders bnre. Whether It
Is to be generally adapti-d Is as yet en
tirely uncertain. In thl costume It
Klvi-s the last touch of itinlntness to an
excis-dingly demure get-tip. Its ma
terial are hcltotroK woolen suiting,
mauve velvet and manve galloon; and
Ira distinct feature are Hip stiffened
skirt, the yoke outlined with galloon
and continuing In shoulder cnus, and
the long velvet tabs starting from the
shoulder. Hurh a rig will attract many
a glance on the promenade, and the
contrast of advanced novelty and gen
eral air of sobriety w III set folk a won
derlng. And w ho could desire to create
more of a sensation than that?
Dressmakers are confined In narrow
limits when employed In costumes for
PANniONAIIt.R 1KKI"
MOL'KKIitrj.
di-ep mourning. The question of Iries
Is, of course, settled lu advance, ,
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that Is a tremendous Item In woman'0' l'at raking eye. be wholly broWl
dn-ws, bnt there Is still field for the ex-
erclse of gissl taste, w hich becomes all
the more apparent In Ihe garb of grlcv
lug lss?auM4 Its limitations are so gerj
erally known. The final sketch deplcu
one of the best recent example of fasn
lonable mourning attire, made from
crepe cloth with Kngllsh crepe for
trimming. The skirt has double box
pleats on either side of the fronl
breadth, which Is ornamented with a
deep V of crepe. A plain crepe cloth
belt Is decorated with two dull Jet
buckles and fastens under tbe left box
pleat The bodice front has a deep
crejie corselet and a pointed yoke wltlj
crepe collar fastening In back. Two
mils finish tbe sleeves; one of crepe
the other of cloth, aud the Mary Htuart
bonnet Is entirely of crepe, with a band
of w hite Inside for widows, and Is com
pleted by a crepe veil reaching to the
skirt's hem. Tbu toilet Is l!iJW W,j,
lusterlesa black silk.
Physicians deplore the use of crepe
and plead for the substitution of luster
leas silks, claiming that (he former l a
constant menace to the wearer's health
but It Is still used a great deal because
lu texture make It more effective as
trimming than anything els of a Ilk
hue. Tha only way to abolish It la to
supplant It with something that will
fully tak It plac, and that aaotna dlf
Ilea It
Cepyrtrkt
The ELOQucNcr or silen
It Is Wall lllast -I1 bf
tbs IHotf if
. . J 1 4. S.
".'''sin a'ter I had oinituen ed
p at ll. e of my pmrssloo In ',osl.
Mid .Mr. Vebsr, a circuiustauce
rurred which foi a 1.1 y Impressed utf
my mind the Miiuciiuies conclnsl
e.o,ucnce of silence, and 1 wonder
longer mat trie ancients naa ereel
a sutue to ber as lo a devinlty.
A man in New Ijedford bad
surcd a ship, lying at tbe lime at
wharf there, for an amount iu
laiger than iu real value, lo on.
our insuiauco o bees at i oston: tf
ship bad suddenly taken Ore and J
burued down to tbe watcr'4 edge.
bad teti Insured in the Maasacn
setti lnsuiati e touipauy, of whil
tieti. Arnold Weiis wjs president tii
myself attorney.
"tien. Weils told me of them
fortune that bad hapisnied to t
company in the losi of a vessel
largely Insured, couitnunb atiug
ia at the saine time tbe mmicwI,
extraordinary manner In which it I.
U'cn drsirote I.
" -Isi you intend?' I asked tim,
pay tbe In-uraiicr?'
" i shall 13 (diligcd to do Sl.' H
plied the general.
I thin not, for I have nodou
from the "( ircuiustan es attend!
the ioiei. that the ship wa set .
Cre w tli the IhU'tit to defraud t:
iouipauf of (he insurance.'
" 'iiut bow shall we prove tbs
and what srj.il! 1 say lo Mr. Illai.
w,.en ho iii.ikcs application for i
ujonc)"''
" '.-ay nothing. ' i rcp'ied.
bear .iUictly what be ba to say.'
'-.some few day after t'.ls couvi
sation .Mr. l.larik c.in.f up to ltosb
and pri'sente i bimwlf to (irii. a
ooid Wells at I he lusurance oil;.
ir. i'.lau 1 was a luan very c.irefu;
his personal a; pearanre and of put.
tllllou deineaiior. He powd. red I
ha.r, wore c.can ruil'cs atid we
brushed hair, ami bad a gravity
sjs-cch tsscoujitig a person of res-rt
hie i-o-ll.on. All this demanded ch
treattneut. aud whatever yo i mlg!
thing of li in, you would natural
Use no h.irsii language toward blu
ue bid a defect In bis left eye
that ,'ien be s,.k turned h
right soutid ee to the person be a
dressed, with a iinjewhat obllq .
angle of tin' head, giving It s..n.
Iblug such a turn a a bcnwli., diJ
covers a hawk In the air. Wen. AnJ
old Wells hail a corresponding defe
lu tbe tight ee,
"1 was not present at the Inter)
view, but i bass heard It tiften &
i scribed ly other who were (jet
j Wc.ls ca.ii" out from an loner ofl'.c
ou the aiinojticement of Mr lilank
I arrival, and Ilxed blm (to use
1 rench expression, with hi soun
eye poklng at him seriously, bu
caiuily. Mr. 1 laok looked at Oen.
eii with his sound eye, t ut n
stcidiiy rather a If be sought i
turn the ticne al's right rank.
"i i.ey siooo tnus, wan tneir evH
cocked at each . trier, for m-jre than
ihiiiuU Im-fore either poke, wbi
Mr. i'.lank thought best "to lake II
initial ve.
" 'It Is a pleasant day. Gen. WellsJ
though rather cold.
it ia, a you say, sir. liiank, i
pleasant, though rather cold qay,' ri
piled tbe Oenerul without taking bn
eye down Trow Its range.
" -1 should not be surprised, Cen
erai. a,niio iea Mr. liiank. lf mi
should have a fall of utiow Mxin.'
" There might I more aurpriam
or. urusunces. Mr. Iliank, than ;
fall of snow in 1 eb-uary.
"Mr. li ana hereupon shifted h:
foot and ripic He did not feel a
ease and the less so from hi de
jx'rate attempt to conceal hi en.
barrasstuTit
"When do you think. General,
be replied, afb r a pauso, "that lot,
gres w.ll adjourn?'
" 'It i doubtful. I should think
Mr. liiank., when Congress will ad
,ourn; perhaps not for tome lime yet
a grrai uxju-s, you know, ujoH
slowly?'
" 'Ikj yo i bear anything itujsjrUfi
from thatquatler, tJeneral?'
" 'otblng Mr. liiank.'
' Mr. liiank by tbi time had I
come very dry In the throat a sen
sauon i nave u-en told, onelsver-1
apt lo feel who Dnd himself In a
embiirrasslng position, from which h"
logins to s. e ho posslhillty of ec
mo leared lo advance ai d did nod
know bow u make a successful re
treat At last after one or two des
(crate and Ineffectual struggle lo re
gam self. pi siscmIoo, pu ling bum-13
nil the whlie within t ointblank rang.J
i
j ,"' a0 J tork his leave, with did
ln! "-'"t allusion to the matter of In-
lurance.
"He never returned to claim thr
raouey."-Tb(j(;rciQ Hag
Cost ml Yarn.
A method has been In rented in
Cermauy or covering tissues of cot
ton yarn with a flexible and brilliant
deposit of tin. A clear paste of com
mercial rlnc powder and while of
egg Is first made and spread on tbe
textures with a brush, the coaling
coagulating when drying. Tbe Hu
is then placed lo a bath of perchlorld
of tin, which metal Is precipitated
on the zinc: and ihn riiei nr
rinsing and drying, I calendered, an
operation Imparting lustre to the
layer of tin,
Heelnc Mbu
JSocturnal creature assume night
activity tor some other reason than
that they cannot see by day or that
lin y see better by night The bat
admirably n the brightest sua
llghu anyone wbo know who ha
ever teased one by poking a stick at
It It will open It moi'th and make
n angry grab at the Ucfc when It
" t near It by soveral loebo Prof,
liolia aay It la the mm With h
cwl Tbe so perfceUr brlf bl atio
llftht, and botur at obrbt Mao m
rtatufM