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Uarrfson Journal CAftUSOK, 1KB. word j A pain hu nationalized "Tankee," the A curious thing about rumors la gen-' oral la that they must either float or fiy. Mt bavlnf any ground to stand an. Sudden Worms mar come up as an impaniment of battle, but that a no they're necessarily having a picnlc. Fteach milliners protesting that their tasjatrj la more than devoted to Amer ica la slso a form of talking through heir hata. Oae benefit to the Illiterate part of in Is that they won't be under the ilty of learning tbe map of their ilona all over again. Detroit paper explains that In the peAlsh language "Monro" means a Jg bluff." That seems to be what warfare means, also. From the number of cigarette smok ers rejected as recruits, in time sinoke taaa powder way be no more a military asaulreinent than a smokeless cigarette. The San Francisco Call editorially clares that "pie aud cake are all right easMigb in their place." And isn't their place about three Inches behind the third veat button? Thirteen dollars a month Is pretty assail pay for a human target; but our hay In blue may thank their lucky Mara that they are not serving in Uus ate, where the common soldier receives aaly three rubles-about ?2.25per aa- The war with Spain may bring many Mbatantlal advantages to this country, vat none better than the present dispo attion to reunite completely the once arrided sections of the country and to ahUterate all useless and Irritating i of domestic strife. Here are two new illustrations of the attfulaeea that Is in tbe heart of little atria: Annie warmed the water for aha kittens to be drowned In; Mary a light burning all night in the where the new poppy was to that he might not suffer from and homesickness, as once she done In the darkness of a strange The Australian ballot system baring aaaae Into general use In this country, aha Australian system of land transfers ss saw proposed, and will probably be ipaai It provides lor aooiiuon m present cumbrous and expensive i of searching titles, and Is there- i apposed by lawyers who do that , bet by few others. It is wortny sf aota that the older nations or tne should hare so many things to i af aome of the youngest i Spaniards are the Spaniards a ation of many distinct and marked br none of the race characteristics of the an- l wrarid. The flctitlous "grandeur" I "Latin race" delusions If they give assbsfaottoa to some people , unac aaaaa.i1 with history certainly do no fcatfr eat harm. , Bat with nations, as aatah Individuals. It Is by Oielr deeds that they are to be Anally Judged, and t hi thus that we Justly estimate the Umalarda. Madrid paper Informs Its readers "the commander-in-chief of tbe army la one Ted Rooserelt 1y New York policeman," who ear Haarlem," "emigrated i when young." was educated M 3arrard Academy, a commercial ' (there being "no universities or la America"), and that his is "fittingly termed rteters.'" All of which la ex- laterestlng. although It giree aha aristocratic Dona a contemptible 1 1 oar arm and civilization. who acquires American lip witbont any desire or in to become a bona fldo citizen sf aha Darted States Is apt to go back ta Ma aatrre country. vloUte IU laws, aad) whea Joattce gets a grip on blm. to the United States for protec Whea Congress gets time to con- domestic affairs as , we anggest that It m ght he astrhmbte to proeide that, If an I etttaea goes pack to bis native I reside there hla American rtti- i shall lapse after a stated nam- tar a years. We doa't desire or need Kama who are not aad do not mean fee Aaserkaaa. I are absolutely essential la any aeM of end oarer a tttt aua aad the right conditions t3 flwet If theee factor are prea f'lawetlsmareBeceaaarr. Richmond t". Caaaaa la eae of the beat-known Oaa la laawlra to-day. aad hla aame Is Cf at the attoraMet parte of the c4 tea aay age he was merely oae tr--fi aaK la a nation of T8.000, Ofh Whea the right oaportaaJ. tj eaaat ha deaaoastrated that ha waa asu to meet It, and the whale CTJ kaewe the reaolt. Chance Bgwes fjj hi each affair. There are many I hi the Aawricaa eery aad tbe amy, ad all that hi re- i i si nstrti tlrt n ,Cl crfyhr faaa le aa opvettaalty C mt waa toe tte Ber- t eaattaga to aar CM tie j rhtn as ware a opportunity mis not come, that I nil j It way never romp; but a time of na i tlunal stress, a ix-rlod whli-h trie men's souls. Is a time w ben heroes are labrled aud tbe uncertainties of war furnixh the constant hope that Home day, some where, somehow the chnuce that every boy In blue longs for may come. Charles E. Trlpler, tbe man who has performed such miracles In tbe produc-, Hon of liquid air, has been fnruiag his , attention to the practical uses to which this powerful product may be put. , Liquid air is expected to overthrow all the present standards of force, and Its : development will give us new powers' which seem beyond the dreams of pos-! slbillty. Some idea of Its expanding; qualities may be gathered when it is ' known that a cubic foot of liquid air represents Just 800 cubic feet of ordin ary air. Mr. Tripler says that, by the use of llauid air in conjunction with steam, a battleship could almost double her speed on one-fourth the consump- tlon of coal, and "would be able to keep k iv from a collier for the best Dart of . a year. Liquid air would enormously increase the speed of the torpedo boats, and would enable them to move at night without telltale sparls from their smokestacks. Submarine boats could be managed splendidly. Moreover, liq uid air, by reducing temperature, could control yellow fever, and consumption, so It is said, can be cured by Its means. As liquid air Is not very expensive, the new possibilities that it opens for peace, as well as war. for saving human life as well as for destroying it, seem to show that even at the end of the cen tury we are Just beginning to realize how little has been done, how much re mains to be done. We are on the edge of progress. Electricians will win the next war. Back in the month of March a sjitra cious naval commander said the war w ith Spain if war should come would be won by seamanship. He meant that the rapid handling of vessels would de termine results. And the event has proved hi wisdom. Whatever advant age either side bas gained came from ability to maneuver quickly. The Amer ican fleet before Cavlte would surely hare suffered seriously If It had been compelled to take up a certain position and hold It Even the worst of gun ners could have found the target In time. The Spanish fleet In tbe Carib bean Sea enjoyed an advantage be cause of Its superior speed. And that must be the problem of the future. Builders of naval vessels must not be content to launch floating fortresses. They may be more terrible than an army with banners once they are en gaged. But they must be able to choose position, to surprise an enemy, to make of small account the leagues of distance which will always confront a force on tbe sea. It will not do to depend upon navies which can travel no more than ten miles an hour. They must go with the speed of the wind. And they must not sacrifice weight or power In doing It An Inventor is said to hare constructed a boat to be pro pelled by electricity. It will cross the Atlantic in three days. It will run forty knots an hour. That is none too much. And added to the speed must be a fighting strength of the Indiana or the Oregon. "The battle Is not to the strong alone, but to the rlgilant, tua active, the brave." And tbe greatest of these Is activity. The war with Spain has made every one familiar with "prizes." But after they have been seized, what become of them? In a general way, we may Answer by saying that Spanish mer chantmen, wherever captured, imme diately become the property of the Uni ted (Mate in so far as they and their cargoes are owned by Spaaiah aal Jecia. The fact, however, that neutral per sons may hare property , Interest In such ships and cargoes compels the Government to bold a prise court to protect neutral fights and decide Just how far tbe property seised is lawful prise. A captured Spanish mercnaat utan, therefore, ta taken to an Ameri can port where a prize court may be held. All the evidence aa to the eels- ure, nationality, destination, crew aad cargo of the ressel la submitted to the court, whose decision Is final unless re versed by the Supreme Court If it be decided that the edsnre waa lawfully made, the United States marshal sell the condemned prnpertr, and the pro ceeds are deposited In tbe Treasury This may be done and, at tbe sain time, neutral persona owning part of tbe cargo may be reimbursed for their lositea. Of cou.se. If the r easel only were condemned, the cargo would be returned to ita neutral owners. Ooa greae baa enacted that tbe proceed from tbe sale shall be distributed, la whole or In part among the mea who aetaed tbe property. The captors re ceive tbe entire earn If tbe enemy' ship waa of equal or superior force to their own; while the Oerernment keep half If the enemy' ship waa of Inferior fore. Tbe prise money la shared, la proportions prescribe! by law, by tbe officers and crews of all tbe war-ships within signaling distance whea the capture was made. Tbe share kept by the Government 1 turned Into a per manent fund for pensions to naral oA- cers and seamen. The rales governing the condemnation of enemy's property, Ma aale and the distribution of tba pro ceed thereof, apply also to ship aad cargoes under aentral flaga when cap tured while trying to break a Mora ade. Verrala. The plaat kaowa as rerrala, which la not distinguished for Its beauty, aad which grows nowaday atterty diere- earned, was aa aacrad ta the DraMa that they only gathered tt for their A. ... t. k iilirtfeae asm mat kaaaaw tar Int ' Pjf Ip ' v CHAITEK XXII. "Well " said be, "1 call tht ahont the coolest thing that I ever taw. The next tiu,e gD. -m going to have one of her fits jor her faints, or whatever it was, 1 nope i she will choose somebody else's room for her stage, Marvel said nothing she felt a little angry. She could not forget the assured wsy in which Mr. Scarlett had held out her band to him, and her subtle smile also lingered in her memory. It wan all very fine for him to appear disgusted with her now; but there had been a time when Yet in her soul she was glad because of bis slighting tone. He wan watching her attentively, and. as she seated herself up on an ottoman, he noticed the languor that seemed to fill all her limbs. "She ha frightened you," he said. "It was a little shock; and 1 am afraid he id really very ill she looked so pale." "Not paler than you are. Why on earth aren't you in bed at this hour of the night? I)o you know what o'clock it UY" "No." "Half-past two a moat ridiculous hour for you to be up!" "I might cay that to you," said she, w ith a faint tmiile. "Eh? Oh, I was smoking and er readingT But you?" She made him no answer, but wit silent, twirling ber wedding ring round and round her finger. "What a fire you have, too enough to freeze one to look at it!" He stirred it for her a well ss be could, and, after a considerable amount of noise and dut made it burn up brightly. She sat qniet all the time, snd was indeed so white and still that be grew uneasy. "You are looking awfully ill," he said at last, going over to her and laying hi hand upon her ahouider. "What is the matter with you?" "Nothing," she answered, with a heavy sigh. She got up, as if to ewape fmra bis hand, and moved languidly to the toilet tsble, where she Mood pushing idly to and fro tbe bottles and caskets and pots with i. it.. a mi., iki n-1 like beraelf thst he 'was really anxious ; .tut snd followed ber to the table, determiued to accept no repulae "Tell me whst you were doing sll these lonely hours," he said. "Thinking." replied she, briefly. "Thinking!" He repeated her words with rstber undue force; s dsrk d mounted to his brows. "Of Ssvage V fce Mked involuntarily. He was horrified when the question passed his lips; but it was too Iste then to look for anything but the way In which she would receive it Tbst wss with the utmost indifference. Evidently she had not understood the real meaning of it. "Oh, do!" she said. "Of what then?" persisted he. "Of the past the old dead days of Ladr Msry. and of" She had averted ber face, and now her eyes fell upon the locket she had dropped upou tbe table. od. with a little, quirk, ighing breath. be laid ber hand upon it as if to conceal It snd closed her trembling finger round it It wan ber badge of ilia me, ber dis grace, the thing thst perpetually remind ed ber thst ahe wss a parisk a being apart from the world iu which for a sea Mn she moved. But the little white bsnd bsd been too slow to do its work; Wriothenley too had seen thst old trinket, snd bsd remember ed it A pang shot through bis heart. With all her other griefs and regrets, had she to battle too with this? "My desr girl." be said, very gently. "why permit yourself such morbid medi tations? Why think of what eannot bow be helped, and of what Is really of so lit tle consequence T" "1 think of it always," she said I never forget How can I r Why caanot you? you ssean. Here you are, respeevee, lovea ny many, ana the very center of attraction, as It were, by right of yoar grace aad besoty; and yet yon would pull caps with fortune." "Yon will tell me aext as Cicely does. thst the very mystery that surrounds me adds to that attraction; but, how to sotre thst mystery, even at the root of the at traction! Yon caanot understand what M is to feel as 1 do. 1 am different from all those with wboss I wove. They hare parents, homes; they know at least from where they sprang: bat, as for She drew ber breath sharp!, and looked at him with miserable lovely eyes. "Oh, tbe cruel pain of It!" she said. "Yon yourself create that pain," be was beginning, warmly; but she stoppej him. "Do I r she said, sadly. "Yon arc kind; Ihm there is no real truth in what you ss). aud you know it! WouM any man wili.iuly rhoose me for his wife, do yon think? No, bear roe" checking tbe in terruption he would here hsve made. "Would ym, do you think, have married me, had I not in aiy mad childish ignor snci' ssked you to do so, and bad yon ooi tu a moment of pique a moment when yon were broken-hearted, and felt the world no longer contained any good for ron --consented? Knlke" Isylng a burning hand upon his "wbstever else ia between ns, let there st leant be honesty, ffc not seek to contradict what I bar 'aid. There was indeed so much that was true iu what she had said thst be could not an swer ber reassuringly, as be would fain bare done. He stood therefore silent be fore ber, for which she honored him the more; yet ber head drooped daring that sad silence, and the mournful lines about ber month grew more pronounced. "I am an outcast," she said. "Don't talk like that" said be. angrily "there m neither sense nor meaning ia M; and, as to what yaa say about ao man raring to marry yon, are you prepared to say that among ; all those "i'"1,1"ow kaew there b not oae who would wllllag- 1 ca" 7 wlfsT He ragarsed her with l "tlsy a he ssked this. "Not one," rpplied she, slowly. "You are wrong," he said gently. "Al though you so distrust me, although our marriage had little of romance about it, I still am pleased with the thought that I ran call you wife." She smiled in a rather abstracted fash ion. "You were slwsys kind," she said; snd then, with a singular abruptness that quite disturbed the speech he was shout to make "It is late. Good-night!" "Good-night," said he in turn, startled iDto that commonplace respouse. "As you soy, it is time we thought of our beauty sleep." He looked down as be spoke, and by chance saw that her band was still claoped nervously round the un lucky locket. He went closer to her, took the hand and with gentle force opened it. "We have had enough of this for one night, at least," he Raid; "better give it into my keeping for the future." As be spoke he tried to possess himself of the locket; but wiih a sudden vehe mence she clung to it "Do not take it! I promised her auntie that I would never part with it! Oh, Eulke, do not deprive me of it!"' There was so much fear in the eyeii she raided to hia that he resigned all idea of taking possesion of the locket "A you will," he Raid. "Good night then." "Good-night." He had moved sway from her toward bis own door, w hen some sudden impylse swayed her. She went quickly up to him, snd, laying ber hand upon his brcsst, raised her cheek to him as a child or a young girl might have done, asking for a rsrewi. Wriottiesley, taken so unawares, fluiihed crimson. He placed his hand be neath her chin, snd, turning her face more tow ard him, kissed ber w ith exceed ing gentleness upon the lips. "Good night," be said again. CHAPTER XXIII. "Marvel, don't stand on ceremony with me," began Mrs. Yerulam, bcrwlf paus- Ing on the threshold of Lady Wrioth W bedroom one night, a couple of weeks "e '. ' you; bo, if you are too tired " "I was going to make the confession tbst I tu dreadfully hungry." "Never say it again!" cried Mra. Veru lam, gsyly. "Come those cormorants of this evening have no doubt left us some thing still upon the supper table! Let us go s-torsging." Slowly, sorely came the messured tramp of men's feet up the staircsse. They could hesr Gerslnt turn off there, snd Dameron go on psst their door; while Wriothesley entered the next room, sad there went fussing about a good desl, snd did quite s tremeudous business with tbe poker, ho that it might reasonably be sup posed tliut his (ire was now aglow. And then kudilenly all sounds died swsy, and the house was ss still ss though destb alone instead of eager life reigued in it Come now!" said Marvel, who wss standing at tbe open door to make sure that the last footsteps had Indeed died swsy. "Now we may venture." They stole downwtnirs on tiptoe snd en tered the supper room, which wss desert ed snd lstapless; but it wss only the work of a moment to transform It once more into a chamber of light. They lighted tbe lamps, ia fact, and drew their chairs up to tbe table, and. In spite of the depreda tions of the former visitants, procured for themselves an excellent supper. They were stilt laughing and chatting over it whea the door opened and Nigel Savage came In. He tasked pale, haggsrd, and altogether as miserable as a man might be. The smile he conjured np, when with a start he awoke te a sense of their presence, waa both strained and unhappy. "Why, I thought you were all In bed!" cried Mr. Verulam, half rising from her chair. "The rest may be; I am not" returned he. lightly. "1 am a wakeful soul at all times. Bleep Is cey with me, and elodes me many a eight and oft so eft 'adeed that I sometimes dread te woo her. To night It wss a happy fear, as It chances. as it has oae more brought me Into your cotnpssy "That most unlovely of all passiona, banger, brought os," said Mrs. V em Ism, gayly. "Bat what, may I ask, drove yon at such aa boar to the d routed banquet hall?" . He looked embarrasaed, and hesitated as one might who waa aboat te arrange an answer that woald he far from the troth, whea gladly Fate, la tbe ekap of Mrs. Verulsm's maid, saved him from "y read is lie" that waa now prepared to trip with lightness from his tougne. "Msdame," whispered the maid, "a note from Sir George. H said It waa to be delivered Immediately. It la In your room. 1 " "Very good," whispered ber mistress, sedately "y on can go." But then she went too, leaving Marvel and Nigel Sav age alone ia the half-lighted oak-paneled dining room. "Well," said Marvel, lastly, looking np at him, "what brought year' "Mast I tell yoo-reallyT" he asked, ia a ton that, wa Slightly unsteady. Something In his manner warned ber, aad ahe glaaeed np anickly. "Not If you doa't wish it," she said, a little hastily. "I do wish itr said he. defiantly. "1 came for thia." He went over to a ebalr that waa pushed agalaat the WH. pulled H oat, aad picked up from tbe floor be hind It a white nee-faded now, but etUI sweet aad eahallag a perfume. "Ton dropped thhV h said. "It wa dlfllcult to alah It ap whea all the rent were took Insj a; but I poshed H ia there, aad witrbed aad waited uatll the hews awpt -a I botitred to earn aad reaeue it" Be spoke with a esrtala careful eve pets hat the Ire la ato eye aad voice broke tatoaah all bsada aad betraredhlm I to her. She roue sbruptly u. ber feet her face whitening. "Nigel!" khe iJ- Her voice trembled; It was such s disastrous such s terrible discovery to her that words faiiid her. A sense of Iok. too, ws with it. His friendship, upon which she had so fmi'lly relied where wss it now? (Jiie-wal-lowed up in the tierce torrent of this over whelming paKsion. "Yon are surprised," he ia'd, with a short laugh that was tnineralle enough to - . .. ... v. .. vn. 1 .f. A -.. ? v fti . .. ,, . i i n.,(f you auccessruiiy an aioua. "- v.. A t ,. .. .he alsi. agree- ' . - - . - t;A ... !,,., , m., rl turn w hen name for love, uut now yeu "" He spoke with an open defi&Tice a? though glorying in her blindness. Ill black eye gleamed, and his nostrils were sligntiy m- isted. "What do you call me now?" be went on, as though passion long represxeo drove him hither snd thither ss it willed, "A traitor-one who purposely misled and deceived you!" He bsd been speaking with a fierce impetua, but now It raiiea blm auddenlv and his voice tank. "1 i this to be the end of it" he said, "that you are to remember me only with scorn ; and hatred? Oh, Marvel!" He fell st i t nA trvnlr fold of her gown in ! his hands and pressed bis lips to It con vulsively. The eirl stood motionless, ss If turned to stone-shocked, horrified, hardly yet ; believing It was a hateful revelation that robbed her of one good friend upon whose Bood-nill she would have stake.! much, snd she wss unable for the moment to realize the anguish thst lay crouching st her feet. "Marvel!" he said again, in a low, sti fled tone: and still no word of comfort, no hot of paylon, came from ber. A long awful minute iwept ny in m!"" "' lence, and then he spoke again. "You have judged me and condemned!" he said faintly, still with hia face hidden in ber heavy' sigh escaped blm which rose snd reached her ears. nwn -it a lust nernaiw. uui Suddenly the floods of pity that always lay close to her gentle heart broke loose. She bent down over bim, and witu ner ilender hands tried to raise bim to his feet. Oh. no. no!" she whispered, brokenly. "Oh, Nigel, it Is s miserable thing, but perhaps you could not help it!" The simplicity of the little sjieech went to bis very soul. No, he could not have helped it. "Dar ing Beloved!" be said, wim s wild sob or two. snd csught the tender healing hands snd pressed them to his lips, You must not speak i'k'" thst," she said, anxiously, bending over him an.I re leasing after a moment one of her liau.ls from bis; the other he clung to with s des perate longing. "You forget. Do not kneel there, Nigel, but get up." He rose, obedient to her word, snd stood before her with bis hesd downbent, as if ashamed of the emotion he betrayed. She raised her hands to cover her face. and then, as if unable longer to control herself, she burst into tears. At that moment Sirs. Neriilam re-enter ed the room. She glanced hrst at Marvel, in tears, snd then st Savsge, white and retched, snd s rsther dismayed expres sion came into her eyes. "Whst is this? Whst has happened?" she ssked, turning indignsntly to Sav age. "It is nothing nothing indeed, said Marvel, miserably; "it is only my own folly." "I told her I loved ber," ssid be, sul lenly. Then he went up to Marvel. "I wish you wouldn't cry like tbst." be ssid, SDgrily; "I wish I were dead rather thsn hsve made you cry, and you know it! If you have any humanity in you, stop!" "I t'.iink you bsd better ninke up your quarrel ss quickly as you can," said Mrs. Verulam, impatiently. "A little more of this snd the day will begin to break. Marvel, ssy good-night to Mr. Savage and come upstairs with me. You can punish him In the morning, if you will." 'There will be no morning for tbst sort of thing," said be, mournfully. "I shall have left this town by dawn. 1 wss shout to bid Lady Wriothesley farewell when you rame in." "You are going?" said Marvel. 'Yes-forever!" lite looked with hag gsrd entreaty into Mrs. Verulsm's eyes. "If I might If yoo would let me alone with ber for even three minutes!" he said. Olcely hesitated, and then gave In. Af ter all, three minute out of the rest of his lifetime wss not much to grant She went silently out of the room and closed the door behind ber. "You are really going? I shall lose my friend V said Marvel, deep sadness in her tone. "Tell me," said he, taking her hand and speaking as If with dlmculty "I know It already, yet, cruel as the longing Is, I do long to hesr It from your own lips you hsve never lored me?" She hesitsted and, grew an miserable tnat he certainly knew it tnen, it sot be fore. "Dear Nigel, as a friend 1 do Indeed dearly love you," she ssid, nervously. He seemed lost In grief, and the tear ere running down ber cheeks, when a sound behind them made both stsrt. Wri othesley wa standlsg in tbe middle of the room, gaslng at them with an expres sion of profound disgust, CHAPTER XXIV. "Are yen going?" ssid Ird Wriothes ley te Savage, who came toward him. "Pray doa't let m "Can yon give toe a few moments?" said Savage, some agitation In bis tone. "Certainly though, If you could make It one, I should feel grateful." They were outside in the hall now, aud had closed the door of the sapper room so that Mar vel might not hear. "Well?" he said, harshly. "I am leaving England Europe for an Indefinite time; I start te-morrow," began Savage, hurriedly. "Just new you wit neased my farewell to ber. You know I lore her; but" be wa apcsklng very disconnectedly "I feared from what you saw that you might misinterpret might think that Lady Wriothesley eutertsined for me anything warmer than the most ordinary friendship. He stopped, hopelessly embarraaaeJj. It waa Indeed a damsy speech, and Wrl ethealey put It from blm, a it were, with an insulting gesture and a abort laugh. "Not I," said be. "That Lady Wrl ethealey should do you the honor to es teem yeu above the crowd? Nol Believe me. ye fiatter yoarself, sir. most vainly lie res hla eye eonteeaptuouslr over lavage from head to foot Hi whole air was a tadloasly laaaloat that Savage, la reea. Mt Me wroth esstw be wit kin ao.e mena to wnom you euuiu .u.u ,,m,. a.,... that troubles availed you. You were almost gratulat. on on the wmmou j ssnse that aorry for me when paltry gossip-as short- kept you from r. n g .ay w it. i h.m. sighted .. it wa. conte,nptib! Insisted Marvel, band trended I ' that my mild friendship was but another did not look up or change her pos.tion in iim hi. ryes lU-bed "A ths color for ,k his ll: but Wriothesley, aa i though ,lid..i..hr further ceverse with biuv, went back int.. the supper room sud debo, erntelv hnt the door in his face. Marvel was slill Hamlin on the hearth rug her hnndker. hief to her even, crying Bfib-, but ini-rably. The sight of her o maddened Wrh.tb. .ley; s very demon of r.ige aud ahauie snd diKappotntmei.t ,l,ok him. He leaned over the bark of a chair and stared at ber with eager, s-lonmv eve. and a cruel little sneering .m e eur ed bin lip. . . j,, h. ,M .Inwlr "Quite right, my dear he said, slowly. .. flR I con- r.cuer er.. in... ..- -- auv way. "I have no doubt you think now you have reached the very lowest depths of grief," he went on in the same sneering tone. ' n. o .... u -"' "- " good enough? The lose of that rather brlgand-nke lover of yours is at course . " 1" Ann .r r,.,M. ...... -- - - - prosaic as a resectable life h me must appear after the nr. i.ani careet n, fered you. .nil it will be s life .that, mill pay you better in the long run than-er- mat omer. If he thought to see her shrink hurt. angry, wounded, from him after such an abominable speech he found himself im- meneiy mistaken. .She threw up net head with a pretty, proud movement, came a few steps closer to blm and look- ed Dim tun in we lace who ...sr. ......- i muit eyes You are a very vulgar person? ha said, in her clear, distinct voice. (To be continued.) The K.llu.r .s m Gentleman. We bavt a fine list of exchanges and we are Juntly proud of them. They come from all quartern awl are of a.l degrees of exccli.-nce. All nre gnod but . mime are better th-a oli.crs. ne have Ilearne! to know a'ld love tbet.i, tuid ' know lw: about what v. e wm una iu ea.a ai. where we will Cud It, without i .rou,,.. Once In a while the papt-r shows that Its editor I suffering from a ease of bud digestion, and bis writ ings are so peevish and cross, that n hurriedly lay It aside aud wait for the next week, till be is In a better hnmor. Tbe poorest exchange that coiuea to this otnee Is the one that devote most time to a criticism of its eontempora- i -, ,,,..1 himin. ss rival. Tbe editor 1 j . . hiking after tbe affairs of his neighbor that he bits Utile time to detote to his own, and the result La easily seen. Wbt u we shut oft an ex change these will be tbe first to go. W don't like a man with a sore on hiui. when he (wrsisU Iu keeping his sore on exhibition, and all p.-evlsbiiese and carping is a sign of littleness, and we know the bruin pan of the owner can not exceed J or 4 in s'z. These case form aa exception to a general rule that we nre proud to say covers the great bulk of the exeh.iuges that greet us weekly. Tbe paper insy be small, badly gotten up, poorly printed and have very little In it but there Is a son nlness aliout It that shows tbe great heart awl soul of Its owner, with not a word of fault-finding, back biting or niud-bllii'.-ing in It columns, and that too when envious rivals have been pouring hot shot Into it fur weeks. Why Is It that every man in the profession can not tx- a gentleman, and treat bis brethren like gentlemen? Why does tbe Isbmaelite gloat over au error fouDd In the columns of a rival? I there a nuui on earth who never make a mlt-take? We tip our hat to our ei changes, and extend the hand of wel come to l hem all, suitl ask them t kindly overlook our errors and mis takes, even aa we would do tlielra should we discover any. IVes-Stwe-tator, Salisbury, Mo. Ortaln Namms. A uuuilx-r of surnames were derived from the signs used to distinguish house before they were numbered; thus we get ocb peculiar names aa Bull, Tankard, Hart, Nutt, Salmon, Ba con. Hogg, etc. Then tbe office of the household furnished names, a Butler, Oook, Fisher, Hunter, Carpenter. Rid tcule seems to have lent Its aid to the formation of surname; thus we bar Sbee)sbanks, Troll .pe. Donltttle. The original Trotter may hare been n run ning footman. Many names were orig inally formed by the addition st either the commencement or end of the fath er's name of some syllable meaatag "eon of," which made hi name apply to his descendant. Tbe most familiar use of such an affix I simply tbe word "son" appended to the end of a Chris tian name, a Stevenson, Johnson. Th Scotch prefix, "Mac," mean "son of," snd by Its use we bare the familiar Scotch names Macdonald, Mackensle and hundred of other. In Walaa, too, name were Imllarly derived; centuries ago It wa customary for a man to call himself, say, Ap Richard, meaning ana of Richard, which la tiros became Prltchard; and to this origin may bo traced a very great number of the name that begin with P. The "O" ao familiar aa an affix to Irish names. Is snotber Instance of s like kind O0o nell meaning nothing but grandson of Connell. rsBlstisuTv7ew a It, Mrs. I)lggs-1 wa too 111 to attend th Woodbe-Uperton wedding. Were yoa there? Mrs. Hlggs Yes, Indeed. Mrs. Dlggs-And what did you think of tbe presenter Tbe paper praised them very highly. Mrs. Blgga They were just too lorsly for anything. I do wonder of whas firm they rented them. ' As It !. Id B. Smlth-What blank doing now? June oo fall t yt the queauoa properly. , Smith-Why, bow' that? Jones Yo should bars asked who he la doing now. I Modern prophet .boold male them I Nradlrtwtn ta asHwvrollttaa.