t -4. -"-
(
(
f Hll'iKK X V.-rrni.inuril.
S now we know as much aisiut the
.-ttter. or erv nearly as mu h. as
( ..-aidine liiil herself. Shi' hail lieen
u 1 1 jii lor her morning ride, wh )
t..ni gloves in hand, ere she had
broached the sub eet, an 1 there ha t
l en no t ime !or discussion, nor for
n -nt ioning tins idea To Cecil, who was
in waiting outside: more than th s an
opjur! uriii v lor conveying t he de ision
lo lieileiult-u unheard had to ix
waii he i for and altogether it seemed
us i; sin.-Mure engaged in something
i otitralmtid,
l.elleiidoii was ia the row that inorn
In. atiil it seemed to young Ka.mond
that, tin- eontidence of tiie preiois
mailt, had not deserted bm. He was
riding, niori over, which he had not
inn ! Is- ore lione. - that he could now
oin cum; any with the cousins it he
an.t he ij:d ehiHO-ti. lie put his
alongside ol theirs as a matter
is , and their was not h I r.r to i e
el.Osi
liOlsl
u: -o
said
1'!-.
- ii 1 U ( ieraldine murmured some
thing to lii r:i aside, r- lie lient over her
t.ad le to do so. aftectmu to steady a
luig. t ou 1 he part of her horse I ut il
ould scarcely have been any thin L' to
ilo with "Sir Lancelot's' re- le-sm-s.s
which i ought 5 he ins antareo s look
lit pleasure i nlo her oni ; union s face' as
he iKti'lie.l. What CO ltd it ha . e lieen
lieheii'ieii looked, i ml -' I , as ); I'uit.
p ;
V o
one
know."
ol vour
e ciin take a
he oh erveij.
cousins like to
. o a:
that he
more i .
In tm
if the
I ahi st:
aire id1
o. the
un-nt i
groal.lv p cased. "U
iourt h.
""would
eoine '
"Tie-y have heen a1 ready, all ex
i:ept i. eel " here i o-rui nil" stopped
suddenly. Win.t was she-say irtgy .-she
tlel not want ( 'eeil aKi'd, would have
I ecu a liv put o:it had lie been so. and
in: ii! she wa-. as it were. hinting for
an uuitalion for him. So it wan taken,
evident iy.
".-shall I a-k h.m'" said Hcilcnden.
after a moment' ! a use.
.or. lie glanced at rier. -w
-ini 1'. have none, and was
lent ed than ever,
ii, it had lieen the merest slip
mgiu-onl eraldine's part, the
emeiU of fact, h nee she was
beginning to wish t hat t h" ring
o rhcll would not unite so fre
nieun vo ng i a monu's voice
in the l.all. and step i pon the stair. and
what it was not to tie tskeci so com
pletely for granted that he was to be
of the party whe ever anything was
arranged between her and hthel and
Aiirii. Thev i on Id not now go to a
concert, nor a tlower show, i or a pic
ture gallery they co.iid scarcely walk,
stint, irdri.e, b.it what the brother
'oidd he met somewhere even if he
ii..d not started with the rest at the
itset. To be sure, if he had been
fi ax Iwlonj the uiere!; attentive
iiihinami iisfnl conipanon, his eom
y ,r .'iiiht sti.l have been welco-ne.
hilt ..'ack a eir s rner instinct
tiad told her of late Hi . I the time for
ihis haU i st
Those constant vj. its those uneasy
looks, t'.o.-e e ose anil frei.ent cross
3xaminai ions I ho.-e htful dayso:' moody
Jepression s ici eeile i bv bursts of light
iiearledness and relief aii carried
their own tale.
To ask him now to make a fo rth as
Bellenden s u Is And for hers. -If.
to have to sit. by ellenden s side, con
Beiou.s of 1 hose ealons w tchfnl eyes
following every inovement. those shaiy
earn on the catch lor eie.y word? She
could not no it.
"(Jenny - gently. Sir faneelot."
"Vonr horse is tidyettn ior acunter,
Miss Campbell. ''
And oi they all went, ami not an
other word was said about the ojiera;
b .t the affair came ofT nevertheless.
The Htrawberry tea brought no im
pro ement in matters, in so far as ?tn
jj-ivers were concerned.
Geraldine and her grandmother ar
rived late, and stayed aownstiirs eat
inf ices and rtrinkine eofTee. until af
ter the recital had begun, Mrs. Camp
bell considering that he miht please
Iiernelf an 1 take any liberties she chose
in her daughter's house: and. accord
ingly, when at length the two came
upstairs, the laree room was full to
the brim, and not a chair to be had
upon seeing which granny protested
that she was glad it was so, for sue
preferred remaining in the cooler at
mosphere of the landing outside, to
ny a rount, of fine re itation in a pant
ing, breathless, overcrowded drawing
room. Cerald'me was of the same opinion:
t-he bad be n surfeited with amuse
ments of late and the sounds from
within excited no curiosity or desire
for more in her Itosom.
Presently she drew her chaperon
o it upon the balcony, cool and tempt
ing under its shady awnint'. and
banked in with Mowers: and Ce il who,
as ill-luck would have it, had got
wedged in at the very far end of the
largest room, close by the platform
upon which he had had to introduce
the reciter, and from whence s .bse
quent escape had been impossible,
could just perceive the wreath of rose
buds for which be had been looking,
hit past in the far distanse, hopelessly
out of reach.
He must now perforce wait for the
half hot r's interval ere anything could
bo dime
ever had sueaker been so weari
some: never had erformance seemed
of such unending length:
1-iuih were fluttering, lace scarfs
were being loosened. , ositions were
being changed, yawns were being
milled, and it became evident that
every one wait hot, and tired, and
longing to move, and bored to death,
ad the 1 ckly author ol the mischief
knew that he bad only himaelf to
tbnlc for the general ennui. He had
elected few long piece, lnatead of
greater number of short onei, h
Idea being that out by Geraldina'a
tide, be bouia not De require
move so o ten. and do his part aD host.
He had to U his iiitw.D to lie -ariy and
landed she had promised to be so 111
which case hhe too would have imt-n
up bes.ue the little plat form and e.os
to the largr nuiitlow her - ue had
kept place vacant aslouas he co Id.
He ha i known she would iiKe tueai".
imd sne mijfht, he tle.i;:h:. lave
trusted i im los'-e eae had it.
lie was now caujnt i.'i his own trap.
The iiiseouds au:-ti'J. w hither he
coiilu not 'olli'W. and then, wm n the
losig-.ook' d-for int'-rval did at last
coiee. and starlin j lioin his set. he had
n. aliased to strigg!e down the room a
little wav - bemj; ai-t o-t rude to oue
and another in h s determination not
to le detained, his mot her li smother
again! caught h.m an i all unwitiitgly
frustrated every advance by pri -eiil-ing
a lady of coiise cure, for wn in
his arm to tie' tea room was re u.ue I.
W hat a place ol torment a- that
warm, u hixing. b iuting tea room to
'.j i m.
( eraldine was nut there, as he had
faintly hoped she iriini Is-; bid in
numerable other ladies were, and as
all. or nearly uJ of t i-m, were known
to him, and as men wn e lew, it fol
lowed that he had to wait on one and
allot ier, pi oeui e tea for til s fa.r. o ee
lor that, am! carry cakes, and untie.--rolm.
an 1 s' i a a oeriues uIkji:. till his
very soul si. keiied within hi.u.
In the fullness of her sat slaet on at
t e t ine wnen the tei-partv tiail ueen
in embrui. his n o her h.i.l oi ueriil
w it h so Kiiei a; a harm that no fewer
tlu:n three ktniis of cool, builuinu''
delicious cream iced. cio'ted. and
pa-n were no.v oi'teri d Witn tue
st raw be, rii-s. to l e aceepied itcco.-d i u
!o!a. te and tills el, oire. nece-.-j'atillg
delay and i o.i, p,i.ne;)t , wa- thela-t
straw on the came.'s bark tothe uu
fort .nn-e lover.
He thought he sho .Id never have
done never u. t up-ta.rs n..in. As
last as be hud -alishrd some o' io-rs
appeared aud his own da-in: w.is n-i:
to be ; r-ua n .j in o ituiiatu'tice u re
iicei: i. Ao: sic- tha'lKed iiiin. nut she
w.i- i,uite eomloi tuli.e. and quite u id
in; tu a't a iixb- w hit" w h re she
Has. s,j1(, j.j.j f,,.ni u,, 1U friends to
taik to ould he come for her pres
ently .'
St 1 !: no ( e -r. villi ne. lie had '1st ina li'
up h ;s m .ud to msti uji-ta r- an i b -ing
down his oiisin. re-;arii.es o! ob-tr-ie-
tiolis. when he was beckoned .ip by his
rtyhtfid charge, ulid t he clian e pasxed,
since, when he had deposited her
ab n e ii)ui a soi.i. the riMiiu had near y
fi J ii-ii aUiin. and the second p irt of the
programme was aljout to i.ein.
ile would not be caught again, he
vowed, and to d himself he knew bet
ter than to be lo ini irisi ie the door
way, so Hew back U) the landiii.
an. I hovered there, p ering this way
and that, hanging over the banister,
scanning the hall below, making' snort
t : i s ursive Mights, into the balcony, b t
never om-e taking a rea1 hsik among
the seated audicm e until the w hole
thing was over, and they, too, iiad
risen.
Anil then, just as he was aluml to
ask his mother and his sister w hether
the vision ot the rosebui wreath had
been a delusion on his part, and Ceral
dine had never realiv been near the
p. are at all. whom should he see but
her fair self coiningdown from the far,
far end of the risun. from behind the
platform indeed, where young madam
had eiiscon.-eu herseif during ail the
latter part ol the entertainment, hav
ing seen her cousin saleiy pas. (town
stairs tn the iutei v a . and feeling se
cure that he would not re-enter the
great room on his return.
She had been disjmrting herself on
the balcony Pelienden w.th her, dur
ing the ear.y portion of the afternoon.
p a she ra dovnta r Uithera
riage Wee e were tle y yOllig tha
evening' ne no .i;ci1. !1 hd Hot
tnowii of auvtiiing long "on .'
'i u it too !; :
ile was st .1 uiideci led when hi
carrtago roi e i i.av am' rh i .t
wa weiu tor ht- n. ght r.ol have lie-n
inn ed to o n the arty, and w he' her
he had a i.ot. n won d erta.u.y hae
d sauprove 1 id ii
The iac es vv -re going " pa- or
o it-of iu. r even ng in the i." .mil-gar-je;'
-neii growiug to 'j 'Ue tu)V
eity ;.c 'alked alo it and a ught tor
w li I'tl lita of en been piolitleil but
so i.e ' t her mnuviin iit ha 1 as invari
ably inter ened Ih-ih u.ii" had act i
i.ilv not ls""i et in rim-- uetiee aud
no, on I'-elietiden s .il g- s'. ing tn it
he co Id iiocijte fur lo r and Mrs.
ainiU- I a'm s-ion to the ; g : 1 1 : -;g-
tuWer il the, WOlid T ' It il . Ill !0 dc-
conipanv them. Iju could ha.ere-fu-ed
so eorni a'l o;S r' I mhii tln-e e
trie-light ;ig tower, he a -tired them,
in omparab v the I e-t view o! tin)
scene was to be obtained: mil the ma-s
of pe j,.e the thousands of colored
light, and th-si.'very fo n'a bs wi u
their evet-i hiiiigiiig hues ami t t,' ; y
lfig up into he iiui k skv overhe, li
the whole was a sight worth see i,g.
For his part, he liked tin- place, there
wa-so in uch to li- ei-n. and so many
c rious ; h i ng to ne investigated, lio
lied tiie a iiariuin - had they rciilv
never seen a largo a iiarium unl iL r
a di in- was so f. ti l of sea cr. a-ures' ile
in s! t ke he-, at b-a-t. to Usof at the
anemones The tiiieuioue. were htier
than any he ha 1 seen a'H w here
And wi! h t he la-t to.ne had ne a
certain hesita' .on. and iioth had knoA-n
ot w hat l e oilier was thinking.
Ii.it it had all ended weh. i'e had I
b 'i n bidden to dine n !o itit St ret tat. I
u.uv -early h"ur, and the carriage had i
been ordered to be at the door mr tne
t iiree to go to t he gar. b-us at -o u urt.-r :
- o clock. It wa- tie- rem--inni-.m of !
thscariv dinner hied bad set - i-,
alu, ne to t vv tchiiig her gi anu iiiiilli' r '
slee . c at ! he i ,'a v liion s .
,T' VV. I i.Slls'l !:.'.' i
WARNED IN A DREAM
of t.
s 1 e:
! bill
A Cure lor
liUUg I liiil
Itores.
t it -iii ri
Fun
Us .1
, I.
d-
iiiu
lie
miii-
d I
s.lt.
Mint a: in ;
I; it is rcl.itcl thai
sc.! ot t iaitile-1.. lu
lling tiichl tin- foil. .V. it.g
'( Mice. VV hell ill I'll- 1-,
id a visit to a le spdal !
(Lets. iietc li" pe o iei
te-t it lli.'itl Who ll.ld lost
a ins. and he entered into i
with I. iiu
Where di l oti lose
:i-keil the Ktiipcror.
"At Uiitiuloo. ymir Majesty."
'I'lieii, no doubt, you curse the Km
pernr ittid your country eve y tiinr vmi
look at your unit .1 ited liinb:'
" No, indeed.' protested the Vctcliltl,
f r the luinpotor and my native land I
would readily sac. nice my other arm,
if Ill-I lls ll:'.'
" -1 can hardly believe that..' th.' F.nt
Tor iiii tly remarked, and pa-oi d on.
"lint the soldier, anxious to prove
thiit he w;is in earliest, immediately
drew a saner from its sheath and lopped
oil his other arm."
Here lleak Would pause and fix a
penetrating look on his visitor.
'Welt, what have you to say of su -h
a man and such an action?"
'-A sublime act of self-sarrilice.
truly noble character;'' This Wits
style of reply invariably given.
"l!ut the storv hits one Maw,'
would gravely add.
"What is thiit, pray."'
" It is simply impracticable. How
could a one-armed man contrive to cut
off his only remaining arm ."
A
the
' he
IteliKiouH Musical Jloxeu,
S'k music boxes of an elaboration
ilmost unsuspected bv the average
and we may i esure he had not left her N,.w v(rL,er are sold hv'( iennati-siH.ak-
ultt.i-u.-ai.il. ! . '
ltig svmsh in the (tcrinuu iptarter. I hey
are of all sliaties and si.es. Not onlv
atterwards.
Tiiey had l.oth enjoyed the recital,
and had I stoned to it. with a iolitetiess
iHirn of contentment with tneir own
situation and the surroundings. Cranny
had been with them, well enough
pleased, too: granny was beginning to
have her own ideas about sir i red
eriek and to think that his punish
ment had perhaps lasted Hitl.cien.ly
long anda i no one had helped ioor
Cecil, and his mother, whoought to
h ive been h s chief support, had done
him an act al in ury.
"A great success, Charlotte,'' qouth
the old lady, blithly, to her daughter
as she now passed out; " viry pleas
ant party, if I had your rooms I sho.ild
have liked to try something of the kind
myself. Hut though our little house
bu ts me admirably, it is not intended
lor entertaining. Another year, per
haps we may be accommodated a lit
tle more commodiously."
"I had all three kinds of cream at
once, Cecil,"' wnisperec Cera dine as
if i e were f tire to laugh and be de-lie-hied:
1 had, indeed: and they were
- or rather it w as i-o (jood. And such
strawlierries: It was the strawberrie
that kept granny and nie downstairs
we could not tear ourselves away from
the strawberries, could we, granny:-''
''Ihey were delicious, certainly."
assented granny. "Charlotte, you
must tell me your greengrocer, or did
these come from your own gardens'
for they were now in a family group,
and could ask family uestions.
So. th straw Ixirries had not i ome
from their garden there were none so
line in their garden: bit these had
1 een g .polled by Lady' Raymon i's own
particular market-woman her market-woman
w.t i whom she had dealt
fo.- years and vea-s, an who had never
disa pointed her, and might l de
pended upon for anything else she i n
dertook. Htfore she had finished a
gratified eulogy, Cecil saw (ier Idino
twitching his grandmother's sleeves
to go.
"You are in a great hurry." sad he,
moodily.
"I'e a use we are late. I am not in a
hurry to go. but In a hurry to bo gone.
Therein lies the difference. If we are
not gone within a few moments we
shall have to scamper thro gh all the
mav the (iermaii drink his beer to the
tune of the "Walch on the lihitie,"
played by a contrivance in the false
h itt dn of the mug, hut there ar- also
musical flower jots, cigir temples,
work boxes, and artificial birds in
cages. Odder still are a musical cruri
tix plaj ing aTe Ileum, pious sUtuei
witli like musical attachments, and pic
tures for the stations of the cross that
play appropriate sacred music. These
things cost all the way from $1 tofiV),
and some made ecially to order bring
much higher prices. The musical
phoru graph has somewhat injured the
sale of musical lxixes of the iiickel-iti-the-slot
variety, though they are still
made and sold. New York Sun.
The Front Fish.
A curious lisli, the "frost fish" of
New Zeal irul, has been recently ex-
! hibited in Kdinburgh. It was brought
over to Kngland by one of the meat
I c irrying steamers in the refrigerator,
and is described as nearly live foot in
1 ttigth, with flat Hides about four inches
j deep, and at the thickest part not m i e
j than one inch through. It has a lo.igt
) hard, sharp head, armed with several
i sets of formidable teeth, a most deli-
cately transparent back fin running
f oin head to tail, about as fine as a
j film of gelatine; the taper at the tail
j not more than a quarter of an inch
across, and the tail is ofvery small
' size for such a fish, ineasii; ing not more
than two and a half inches across the
outer edges. Judigng from its present
apjiearaiice the fish in its natural state
must be as silvery as a herring, though
j without scales. The "frost lish" is said
.' to lie excellent eating.
Power of I he French President.
The President of the French Hepub
lic has no veto power, cert.iinly not in
the same form as that exercised by the
1 'resident of the United Stateu. " lint
he has isjwerH not possessed bv our
evening afterwards, and my poo dear t ivesident. He can adjourn the Cham
ber of Deputies at any time, although
not more than twice in the game ses
does not like lo scarai er."
One of two things in the little speech
had a strange flavor of In -hmarew In
his ears as he listened. He had never,
for one thing, heard granny called his
onustn's ' poor dear ' t eforo In I ondon.
He had not seen her coaxed, and hus
tled in that childish lanhlon of late,
Gera.lo.lne herself, moreo er, looked
mu ier, brisker, more mischievous
and frolicsome than she bad pre: en ted
herself to tne world as s grown young
sion, for any period not exceeding a
month ; he can close a regular session
at any time after it has lasted five
months and, with the consent of the
Senate, he can dissolve the Chamber of
Ieputies at his discretion, but in that
case he is compelled to order, a new
election to be held within two monthj
Latt liighl i dozed in iuy easy chair.
Kef my i.i live I rain w sis tired ;
And she eat" ; ud ned t.-side Hie there
The $M I l.sil 1W3 Oekired.
I lc"W tlmt ilus w a another life:
And il s.--iiied mor old than strain:,
r'or she said, like a real and living wife,
". Harry. I want s-.iuecliai.se."
She told nit- itn luiby had a rti-li.
Aud li e is-.k us drunk all da v :
Shi sp-.oe ol li-r lll geilt need of l.llsh,
Aiid the !u!. she laid to pay.
She sahl tbtit Tommy had hurt his kuie.
And Hess... had li id a fall.
Atld I llll'U: Step tielllorreVV litpl ef
If tin- dueler ci.iild not (iili.
She i-ui..-d that .Inliiuiy hail grown t.si
larje
I'i-i- her to correct mu more;
And would I kindly take hmi in charge,
Alld invest, i,al,. why he swore?
She said Then- were holes in the kitchen
si h L,
Aiitl the skvlirht huiktsl H 'nin.
And leiviers. tin plumber. diu't think
Thf boiler would stand the strain.
IShe M-k.-d me what was the price of
VV Ill-lit.
And liiiiieij I should hnve knovvn
Kiioiifli to keep a way from tin- street.
And to let "sm h things " 'lone!
lu lu-rculm. persistent wy- she spoke
Aim in of the butcher's lull:
And then, with 11 lucky sinrt, I Bokt:-
A "lonely hiiclu lor" still!
Muiisey's Magazine.
TIIH JJLACKMAILKHS.
K
mi
11. sir, we are In
such trouble, and
mother has sent me
o you for advice
We ate stire Veil
VV 111 help Us. it' it is
.-It .-ill possible."
'If y mi will try
I.. Cilllll VolllM-lf
mil tell me what
s vv t 111;;. w Will
see what call be
ism 1 .-iy-
rh.-ips. it is
so bad 11s
''b ? think.'
) 1 Itisabo
1 .1
broke down coluil
it best 10 give her
cover. Of the
yum! the fiu-t
nit char-
l,.y ' l'.ut there
ii.y fair visitor
.tely. mu! 1 thought
a little time to re-
-iiuse of her grief, be
that 'Ifciirli-y w:i bef
U . lady. He fancied the ga e a little i after dissolution. B.wklyn Kagl.
biiither. 1 was in complete ignorance,
lie and 1 had been at a public school
together and fust friends then and
afterward. While 1 hud been study
Inj; for the bar he had gone in for the
Indian civil service, and only a few
days before 1 had noticed his name well
up In Hie list of the men selected to
proceed to India lit once. I confess I
had felt inclined to envy him his suc
cess, for I was still briefless. How
ever, I had not lieen long called, and
was sure that briefs would come In
time. Meanwhile, I could regard Miss
tSrnydon as my first client, though with
out solicitor's Intervention that legal
ethpiette demands. My position was,
therefore, a novel one Hrst, in the fact
that 1 hud a client at all, and, second,
that that client, and with whom I was
aliotit to have a professional tete-a-tete,
was a young lady w hom I had long ad
mired, though lu secret only. For.
though a limb of the law, 1 was then
bashful. ExM-rlence brought perfec
tion, or some approach to It. ho far as
undue bnshfiilness was concerned.
At last, after a minute or two, my
companion regained her conijiosure.
I put aside the lust vo ume of the "Equi
ty Itesirts." which 1 had been making
a pretence of reading aud prepared to
listen.
"You will pardon tne. .Mr. Crossland.
1 am sure, when you know all."
"There Is nothing to pardon. Miss
liraydou. Tell me what the trouble Is."
"Charley, you know, is going out to
India next week, to an appointment In
Bengal."
"Yes; I saw It In the papers."
"While reading for his last examina
tion he made the acquaintance of a
man a Eurasian, I think Charley calls
him who professed to coach him In his
Hindustani. Both mother aud I cau
tioned Charley against him, as we did
not like the man, but he only made
light of anything we could say. One
evening he called at mr brother's cham
bers when he was out. He must have
seized the opiHirttiiilty to ransack his
desk and purloin some letters. A few
days ago a man, calling himself a so
licitor's clerk, called and told Charley
that he had better consult atwut the
letters, or, rather. alKitit some claim the
Eurasian pretended to have againat
Charley, and that unless this claim
were settled Immediately the letter
would be forwarded to the secretary
of state for India, the result of which
would be that my brother's appoint
ment would be cancelled."
"And the amount of the claim?"
"Five hundred pounds."
"Who Is the solicitor?"
"There Is untie. The man has been
employed at some time In a lawyer's
ottice, I believe. At present he Is a
scheujer who will stick at nothing."
"Io you know the contents of the let
ters?" "1 don't.! Charley assures me he Is In
no way to blame, hut he would rather
pay the two conspirators their demands
than have them published or sent, as
they threaten to do. He says be will
repay mamma lu a year or two."
I knew that my friends the Gray
dons, though at one time fairly well off,
had suffered recently, like many more,
from the prevailing fall la value of
laud. Their rents had been reduced,
and their tenants even then had diffi
culty la paying. The elder Mr Uraydon
hod died a few years before, leaving
his affairs very much Involved, and
, Charley's necesiar"! erpeniWe educa
tion had liven a hard pull on the wid
ow' diminishing Income. I wauled
time to think the matter over.
"I . your brother know of your
coming to tell me?"
"Not for the w orld."
-Iou't you think I had better see
him? Ihi you know, I think te l act
ing rather idnshly."
"He can't help himself, poor fe!!o".v."
"And what do you propose doing?"
'Mother thought tuat we might be
at to raise the . l,y selling mil the
sock standing In my name. Charley
Is sure to pay it back."
"And "hen is this precious arrange
ment to be carried out ?"
"T'.iey are to call at our house to
night The money must Im- paid soiih
days before 11 brother sails."
"Yes. I understand. The best thing
to do would be to have tliein indicted
loi conspiracy to extort money "
"And my brother would have to stay
:md give evideiii e, and the letters tlu-y
luiv e would ! published."
"Well. 1 shall be at your house to
night when ihey can; meanwhile, we
must think the matter over."
At the time appoint... the pair of
scoundrels made their promised visit.
I thought It belter Unit my interven
tion in the matter should, for the time
being, not be known to them, and so
before they were announced I had sta
tioned myself In a small room separat
ed by folding doors from the drawing
room. W ith these left slightly open. 1
was able to see a ml hear all without
my presence being suspected. Eaves
dropping some might call It. but neither
the men with whom 1 had to deal or
the I'ilcuiustatices were such as to raise
any qualms of conscience on my part.
They were fighting with poisoned
weapons, and I felt .Instilled In dealing
with them accordingly.
From what I ovrheiir.l I soon nado
up my mind that Mayer, th - ex so
licitor's clerk, and his ipis!, v us .,-iaie
were imt men to bo depri.et of tin ir
prey by any apparent .niii,-,.. The
loi u.i r v,:;s evidently the muster h ind
in ;lio plot. and. iud lime ju-: milted.
1 should have searched urelullv f,.r
his ant t.-iits He eu-.-s.,. -il his re
gie! for the absence of Mr. (Iruyd'.ti.
vvli.i. he understood, was i., luiiKe ;
tin.-. I nrruiic.'Mo.i)! that i-vonim:; was
sorry, he said, to cause the indies any
ill! UIIVI llielice ol- lllltlecess.-l!-,- alarm;
but business was business, his li. m's
iliiliii was a just one. though tu t re.
loveiable iii ii court of law, and thir
aloie' it was that prompt 1 him to
'lllll.e the use of the I III -fi 111 i mi t ill g
documents he was now doing. Taylor,
his companion, nodded assent, tint said
nothing. I thought of Friali H.-.-o. in
Mi lieus' story of "Ilavld ( "oppordeld,"
and my lingers Itched to take May t by
the neck and throw him down the
steps. Iiui sum 'tiling whispered to
me that lie would have liked nothing
better himself. If lie was not much
hurl, for actions for ass.uit are profit
able sometimes to men of his kind.
At hist all was n ttled, and to the ob
vious relief of my unfortunate friends
the two visitors rose to take their
leave. They had refused to abute a
penny in their demands, I never ex
pected that they would, I iad thought
out a plan for checkmating them, risky
In a high degree, but the risk must be
run, or two. If not three, innocent nui
ple would be fleeced by two desl;niiig
scotiiidiels. Clean -veajiotis were out
of the question wlcre they were con
cerned. In pursuance of my plan an
arrangement was made that the tTHSi
lu bank notes should be paid to them
at a certain address in Cardeti court.
Temple, three evenings later, on their
handing over the letters. The address
given was that of my (IciiiiImts. the
three days were re.piired to raise the
money, and further for the purpose
of giving me time to complete some
preparation I had to make myself.
The address they gave vvas one In
Westminster. In case my further com
munication should be necessary, which
was not at all likely.
It was the afternoon of a November
day when I sat expecting the two
blackmailers. It had been dark all
day, for a heavy fog hung over the
city. It was 5 o'clock when they were
to come, and already the occupants of
the adjoining chinitsTS had left for
their resH'(-tlve homes, and I had scut
away my clerk But for two men who
were In the room next mine the whole
suite seemed deserted.
They wire punctual, as was to be
t'Xa-cte(l, for they were about to reap
the fruits of the complete auctvss of
their nefarious scheme. The letters
were produced, Mayer holding them In
his hand while I satisfied myself that
they were such as had bwen described
to me, aud that they were originals,
not copies, for I had 110 faith to put lu
either of the men before me.
"Five hundred pounds Is the amount
agreed on," suggested Mayer.
"Much less than Mr. Griydon really
owes me," whined the olh.r, whose
dusky face was blue and his teeth chat
tering with the unaccuMtoiii"d cold.
"Yes, here Is the money; hand over
the letters," I said.
"i'otl will lie kind enough lo Indorse
each of the Holes?" Mayer asked, as he
he held up one between iilin and the
gaslight. He was suspicious of some
thing, I could see by his -naiiner. Ills
house was of glass of the most brittle
kind. I indorsed them for him. He
Inquired after Charles t.raydon. I
told hltn curtly that I had never seen
liiui since I had learned of this affair,
and that I was acting lu the Interests
solely of his mother and lst.-r. Noth
ing further was added. I liegged to be
excused for a moment, as they pro
ceeded to stow away the ,totes in an
old pocket-book Mayer produced from
his breast pocket
"My clerk has gone," I said, with an
air of annoyance, on my return to the
room, "and my letters unposted."
I heard the two men !n the next
room leare, and made haste to dismiss
my unwelcome visitors, for their pres
ence was almost too much for my
j rquat.lu.1.7. I followed them down
I .talis, and turned up Middle Temp.
' laue. They weut down toward tne ai
1 leading on to the euihaukmrtit.scourse
i I was pretty sure they would take. I
isavv that two allent figures were fol
lowing them, hut otherwise the Telu
' pie was as void of sigh of lir--- a
; isbury plalo. Then 1 retraced my i'ps.
! and. standing at the gate 1 have leti-
tinned, listened anxiously. I heard
i loud and angry words. 1- -f uieu lu
dispute, a sound as of s. uttiuig. '!
; lowed by a blow, and He-" -'"' 'M,,
t steps In retn at
1 "A re. v.m hurt?" asked a voi -e. which
I recognized as 'fay! ir's.
"He has broken my collar bo.,,.. I re
lieve. Who were tln-v? Ilid.l m.V
pocket 1 k's gone. Folic-: Murder:"
I had heard enough mi l r-t "
' my room, l ive minute hit -r I h-ld
: the rescued notes brought to me by the
iii-ii who had been hi th- t'"'' riiii.
The scheme had -onie off -vit!ioitt a
j hitch, but it was a risky one. 11s I
i have said. However, nothing suc-ccl
i like success. It was fort, mat" that
I Mayer had not had time to take the
nuiiiln'rs of the notes. In I used as
: they wen-, tiny repiin-d ."ireful ;u-go-;
tuition, for there was a pi .lie.- hue and
cry- over the matter, and 1 hud 'd'i
; jin tely the satisfaction of test .ring
1 their full value to their rlgb'ful owner.
! -'i it id's.
MAKING A GENTLEMAN OF HIM.
That Was All Kiiilil for the Hoy, '"
j II, Mother VVu- Ji.iJ.
j The stout Woman in furs and dia
nioiiil earrings of coins,, ib.i.uoiid e.ir
rings are the height of had f-uui ,1'tsl
now - plumped Into one of the i-r..- is
seats 011 the Sixth avenue .-I, v it.-d train
'. Which left I'l.urleeh'h street at !-:!'
p. 111. yesterday and ptish- d a m.ill !"
' into the e,ii ,,,,.!ii. l,'-i- and is t to
me, A simp girl vv iili a btiicli- had e.
pectcd to lake th.ll seilt. bill the illdlll-
getlt mother V.H. too SV'. itt ol ',( -
1 a writer in the New Y'Ui, I'i-s-. I'.-r
I haps men win. have child;. 11 "f 'u.-if
own don't muddi,. with ih-.se l.,i.iii,:,ii ;
to oi her j p!.-. but I pill l-.y ,l! jit
a round lb- small l...' vv.osi au I bit- t
' lii, II oil tile seal aud s lid
' "Now. take oil your hit and olf-f
your seat to that young lady,"
'III- small boy promptly ran between
ids ne u her s I, le-.-s. 1 ii- y , ,1) i.g gh . cr ui
: Sillied and lle-i I.I led. and t,,e - til
woman tlush'-.i purple, 1 i,.- cvperi
tliel.t seemed to be a failure, but the
! girl vvas clearly entitled to tie seal.
: atid so I looked at her and smiiel -n
i coUinginglv and sii- sa' down. Th-ii
tin-stout vv omati abus.-d u,e to my gr.-at
mortilication and the auiuseiii-nt of the
whole crowd.
"And let me tell Volt, sir." she titlisll
; ed. "don't you ev-r meddle w ith oilier
people's children again."
"Madame." said I firmly, "if mothers
. don't train their sons to grow up as
gentlemen, someone else ought to. HoW
t do you expect that hoy to res peel Ids
mother's sex when his inothc'r se'j
the CMIhiple of despising women's'
, cl alms to courtesy?"
Napoleon -h Carrlnge,
' The carriage In which the first N'a
poleoti made his famous ietre.it from
.Moscow, and which he. as emperor, set
. out from I'arls on the campaign which
closed at Waterloo. Is now preserved
In London among the effects of the
I bike of Wellington. It I a two-seated
' conveyance, it ml the top, or cover. Is
, lined with thin sheet-Iron. There Is
i also a front curtain of iron which can
j be lowered at w 111. The wheels are huge
; and heavy, and the steps tit either side
; silver finished and of a curious design.
1 The rear seat was the one used by Na
j poleoti. Finler the cushions of the seat
he carried blankets and pillows. The
back of the front sent opens, and at the
right hand forms a cupboard, In which
were plates, knives, spoons, water i nn
and a small Hub! lamp. 1 n p,,,. Pft a
small opening extending forward tn-ar
the "dashboard," ami lulu which tiie
euiicror of the first nation lu Kure
and the military autocrat of the world
was wont to extend his hands and legs
In order that he might lie at full length.
The blankets, pillows, spoons, knives
and lamps that were used by the em.
perorare still preserved.
A lion t Kcotch Msrrlnges.
A Scotch minister has been telling
some of Ids experiences in marrying
people, which are rather funny. Some,
times when he has asked a collide to
Join hands the four Join hands all
around as If preparing to sing "Auld
Fang Sy tie." On several on-nsions
when the question was asked of ihu
bridegroom whether he look this wom
an for his w ife no reply was returned
He then repeated the question mr0
IHiiiitedly. which always brought out
the tardy, but cool, resjHiiiKe, "ot a,.m
A common practice after the knot
tied Is for the minister to shake hands
with the young couple mid say, " w-i,
you much Joy." A bridegroom oi,,-,,
briskly replied. "The same to you, sir"
The minister on on,, occasion remarked
to a middle iiged bride tlmt t),H W !(t Um
last time she should sign .r ,.,(,),.
Wle coolly replied. "-Vp ,,,.
It langaneucli. I think !"-Vesttn,11(,(.r
CiiZetle.
Itelle f Nelmebailiie...r
The British Museum has flu uncle,,,
weight, a unique object. In the Hlcipe
of a bit of green dlorlte, allt UlUf
Inches high, carved In Mesopotamia
the year mf, II. C. U 111H , ,
scrlptlon lu Assyria,,, which sets forth
that It was made In (he ,,e f N '
buchnilnez7.ar !l UIi ,lp
of the legal weight. It I, soinewb,
conical, with a flat bottom.
Invisible Wire.
Platinum has been drawn Into aim,,
wire so One that It could not be ,lu
tlngulslied by the naked eye, een Jf
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