(■ CHAPTER XXX1W—(CoNTiKt bd.) | implanted in the heart of a loving wo the old man In the garden, looking un usually bright and hale; but bis talk was still confused; he mingled the present with the past, and continued to speak of Marjorie, and to address her. as If she were still a child. The sun was setting when they left him, turning their steps toward An nandale Castle. They lingered slowly along the road, talking of indifferent things, and sweetly happy In each other’s society, till It was growing dark. Then Marjorie held out her hand. "Let me go with you to the Castle gate,” said Sutherland eagerly. "Not to-night," answered Marjorie. "Pray, let me walk alone, with only lit tle Leon." Very unwillingly he acquiesced, ami suffered her to depart. He watched her sadly till her figure disappeared In the darkness, moving toward the lonely brid across the Annan. Having wished Sutherland good night, Marjorie took the child by the hand and walked hack across the meud ows toward the Castle. It was a peace ful gloaming; the stars were shining brightly, the air was Imlmy; so she sauntered along, thinking dreamily of the past. She walked up by the bridge, and looked down at Annan Water, (lowing peacefully onward. As Bhe looked nhe mused. Her life had begun with trouble, but surely all that was over now. Her days In Paris seemed to be fading rapidly Into tie dimness of the past; there was a broken link In her chain of experience, that was all. Yes, she would forget It, and j remember only the days which she had passed at Annandale. And yet how could she do so? There was the child, little I-eon, who looked at her with her father's eyes, and spoke his childish prattle In tones so like those of the dead man. that they some times made her shudder. Hhe lifted the hoy In her arms. "Leon.” she said, "do you remember Paris, my child do you rememher your father?” The child looked at her. and half j shrunk hack In fear. How changed she ; had become! Her cheeks were hurtling feverishly, her eyes sparkling. "Mamma,” said the boy, half draw ing from her, "what Is the matter?” "Nothing, darling,” she said. She pressed him fondly to her, and set him again upon the ground. They walked on a few steps farther, when she paused again, sat down upon the grass, and took the boy upon her knee. "Leon,” she said, patting his cheek and soothing back his hair. "You love Annandale, do you not?” "Yes, mamma, and grandmamma, and Mr. Sutherland.” “And—and you wrould he able to for- j THEATRICAL TOPICS. CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE STAGE. \ I'rlmt •* m Tl»« “IKIaok (•rdintr Rooii to llt» I’ro a< e ’ It seemed Strangs jr*t it must I- liu» Yes she was free •t l**f t llAfll.H XXXV ITKH lh* routes •ion of hsi love fu« rtuiherlaad. and the promise hi* H*»* I had wrung from her Irewldtag tip* , Marjorie was not a Hill* Mounted Again and again i she re preached heteel* for waul ml Mrllly to t'suswt glen* Ms-' hearted and eouid gut r*adll» I rget what the man heal >.*. • !■•»(. to her lataile «» the vhtwo Kr forgir«g«es 'on Frenchman, when he beguiled you iwa’, and poisoned your young life, ny bairn. You owed hlrn no duty liv ng, and you owe him none dead. Up was an 111 Ilmmer, and thank Cod he's n his grave!” "Ah, do not speak ill of him now. t he has sinned he has been punished. Fo die—so young.” And Marjorie's gentle eyes filled with ears. "If he wasna ripe, do you think he would he gathered?” exclaimed Miss Hetherlngton, with something of her aid fierceness of manner. "My certie, he was ripe—and rotten; Lord forgive me for miscalling the dead! But, Mar jorie, my bairn, you're o’er tender hearted. Forget the past! Forget ev erything but the happy future that lies before you! Think you’re Just a young lass marrying for the first time, and marrying as good a lad as ever wore shoon north o’ the Tweed." Marjorie rose from her seat, and walking to the window, looked dream ily down at the Castle garden, still tangled as a maze and overgrown with weeds. As she did so, she heard a child's voice, calling in French: "Maman! Maman!" It was little Leon, playing in the old garden, attended by a Scottish serving maid, who had been taken on as nurse. Wo ua tar u r i/irio Io/ih Inn <1..... n . i looking up with a face bright as sun shine, waved his hands to her in de light. "How can I think as you say," she said, glancing round at her mother, "when I have my hoy to remind me that I am a widow? After all, he's my husband's chlld-a gift that makes amends for all my sorrow." As she spoke she kissed her hand fondly to the child, and looked down at him through streaming tears of love, "Weel, weel,” said the old lady, soothingly; "I'm no saying but that it's weel to forget and forgl'e. Only your life must not be wasted. Marjorie! I must see you settled down Itefure I gang." "You will not leave me. dear moth er!" answered Marjorie, returning to her side and hendlug over her So, no; you art* well and strong." "What’s that the auld sang ays? returned Miss Hetherlngtoii smooth ing the girl's hair with her wrinkled hand, as site repeated thoughtful)) 'I hear a voice you cannot to > That says I must not stay I see a hand you cannot see That Irerkon* me away ' That's it Marjorie! I n an old woman ilow old before ID) tltue litet has been kind tu me, far kinder than I d« serve, hut the grass will soon he green on my grave lit the klrkvard (art m> Sleep tti prate! Matty lidiititti doth •rlwnd at my Ul> «tu« and I •trail km you will netei oatri a friend dm it tender tearurulbg had its weight with Marjwrte inti it failed tn > uiuintv bet er ruplea altogether dhe , ,t) Ie tnaibed tn the •tradea of hey form*' sorrow. fearful and ashamed tu par* a* .h» could have done at otre step, into tbe toll sunabtn- of tt<- pea* *i.., brighter life. Mo tbe days passed on lit) at last there m varied an event ru sttaag*, •« aneepee ted and spirit • >out*diiu« that It threats red N a time to Orix our he rota* Into turlon and deapair On* summer afterntsro Mar pore- a evOMpoahhl by little lawn met dot bn land In tha village and aalhed with bint 19 iaSemobr «*M*g* I h> y fvogd 111*- UICU'MUI unit: v>'- lit ■ IA Paris?” “And papa?” “My darling, your father Is dead.” She pressed the child to her again; raised her eyes and looked straight In to the face of her husband. Caussidiere! It was Indeed he, or his spirit, stand ing there In the starlight. With his pale face turned toward her, his eyes look ing straight Into hers. For a moment they looked tipon one another—he made a movement toward her, when, with a wild cry, Marjorie clasped her child still closer to her, and sank back swooning upon the ground. When she recovered her senses sho was still lying where she had fallen; the child was kneeling beside her, cry ing bitterly, and Caussidiere, the man, and not his spirit, was bending above I her. When she opened her eyes, he I smiled, and took her hand. “It is I, little one,” he said. "Do not be afraid.” With a shudder she withdrew her hand, and rose to her feet and fac-d him. (TO BE COST!SCEO ) HARSH ENVIRONMENT. ——— TK»a« IVnple Are Si unit'll l»y It Mur* Surely Thun liy Itereillly, In I.imousin there Is a barren range of low hills which lies along the divid ing line between the departments of Dordogne, Correze and Haute-Vienne, about half way between Perigueux am! Limoges, says Popular Science Month ly. The water courses show the loca- ! tIon of these uplands. They extend ‘ over mi area ahou< Keventv-ttve miles long anil half as wide, wherein average ! human misery U most profound. I arose | ignursnc.i pit vails There is more II- , literary than In any other part of | Trance. The contrast In staturs.even with the low averuge of all the sur rminding region. Is clearly marked hy the daik ilm There are tutor fed tr hits [ of equal illnilnuthetiei.il elsewhere to the Hottth aud toe l.iit mine are so ’ • Mended III Ml extreme Two-tlllrd* Ilf tile mm are la low live feet three IIP hen tu bright. 111 Mime of the run nut ms slid the women are ihtru or , more Inline shorter even than thla (inn man III leu |« below fimr feet eleven Inches in siwture This I* not due to face for r.-vetal ta-lel types are cquallv sti.ni. I In this way within th" »*mr sted It la priniarth due to aeiieiHti.il of - older Him to a harsh i Itlttdle to a soil whuh Is worthies* lor agt* iliore to a itrpli dtat of la tled i hrstuol* aud ttsgtiwui water and to NloSSlttl . dwelltsgx in th< deep narrow an* damp ■ alien* (Mill turther i«o>il mat b* Iwuul i« show that these p. op;.- ar« not stnnt**f t-y mi krtsliisit nluence for it has be«II shown thsl .hlMten born her* bill who migrate and gtuw up eta* where, at* normal la heigh* while lino beta . i« where km who are swh pet ta this ewvitMWm*w< during the 1 growing inrto* ef youth M« piwgs-r ttvtMlvIy iirth-l CLAUDIA CARLSTEDT. to .Napoleon, i he last two acts trans pire at Versailles, when, in the pres ence of both Napoleon and Pope Plus VII., Consaivi is bitterly humiliated. In the end, however, he triumphs over his Imperial foeman, and returns to Home with the (tope after the famous and disastrous Russian campaign. Claudia Carlstedt was born in Bos ton In !S7*>, her father being a musk teacher, latter a removal to Chicago III., was made. In lx<*3. at seventeen years of age, sin* joined the chorus ol the Calhoun Opera Company for u Western tour She remained with the company about six weeks, and then left it in Otegon and returned to hei borne in Chi* ak '. In the summer ol lySS she again went on the nage, thii time in ' Idtlir Robinson Crusoe,’ which was written tty Harry It Smith and produced at the Schiller Theater Chit ago, with Kddlt Koy as the star I luring that engagement \ll»« Cart «t»dt was engaged by Ktrki U Sheik for lb*- role ol Netoerta. in The \Visa r of the Site altd made tier first appear ante In New York in that o|tera, hei striking personality at oat* attractlni favorable attention t he follow ill) gea.i m she played with The viand.* rut,” taring rather eon*pk Huttsl) pia*ed though Without lilies to repea1 mi itisei In sing (Hiring the pant sum torr she appear*d fn Ike Whirl of thi Town at the Casino, Sb» then sign*-, with the Id.*) • kb* Manager I. Sk*tie Jis* deep auireltu I ol VI w t ‘ It h* odefsludte-l lies U t* • It It (he YV lagttl uf the Nik* ami lb* * cttlNI k*w t>Mratio waits song n tki .e. .<«d a t of Ike idols Kit’ Wat sopeelaity artne* fur her at kts t« n * «| (ikr h alill Sill Ike Idol i H*» ’ t»mpah > and M te*els tag psl« alike |sr k»* pbsg and surging (ts Ik# frti nighl of **pphii at rkt Nuesa U* l*h » r*> soil* M o* necessity of Home being the founda tion, the keystone of the unity of Italy, thus becoming the precursor In this idea of the great flavour. Julia Marlowe appears to have made a hit with “The Countess Valeska." There Is no doubt that the play has many qualities to recommend It to the general public, especially In thn second and third acts, while Miss Marlows M i l V M IHUlWK. h*i*tif It 111 la k*l tarlixx. emu attk k*i ntal :ut»r*. lamina i>!.n *>•*»» mxl ' rliii* appear I in hat* t mm In Ik* > imu luaiu* Ikal i j Nti ik* Ot**i" I* M*itk*r a |i*at n»r * a»i*4 flit t*4 ik*i llr limn Irma* * ik|*i“'ii4ilu» «tll ant raah i j *n>.>n* kw IihmM* whit* Ku*a In rjr *■»•*■• It*It*It la a *>»all t*iM Him It*i i> te*i u ii iii* ita*t*•• Ik* ktUMM* wt Ik* (naliKika )i:m case, ami lias had Ins application for a pension made special by thucom niissioner of Pensions, who also took an interest in the matter, and within a few days lie will receive 1*10,000 of hack pension money, with which he in j tends going into business. -———■ - Mr. fSwesnt’y’s Cat in Fly Time. HIM Nyc. Hut I was going to speak more ir. particular about .Mr. hweeney’s eat Mr. Sweeney had a large eat named Dr. Mary Walker, of which lie was very fond. Dr. Mary Walker reniaine I at the drug store all the time, and vva known all over St. Paul as a ipiict and reserved eat. If Dr. Mary Walker took in the town after office hours, nobody • eerned to know anything about it. She would he around bright and cheer ful the next morning, and .attend lo iter duties at the s ore just as though nothing whatever had ever happened. One day last summer Mr. Sweeney left a large plate of fly-paper with wa ter on it in flic window, hoping t< gather in a few (plai t- of flics in a de ceased stale. Dr. Mary Walker used to go to this window during (he after noon and look out upon the busy street while she called up plea-ant memo rics of her past life. That afternoon she thought she would call up souk more memories, so she went over on the counter, and from there jumped down on the window-sill, landing with all four feet in the plate of wall-paper. At first she regarded it as a joke and treated the matter very lightly, hut la ter on she observed that the lly-pa| et stuck to her feet with great tenacity of purpose. .She controlled herself and acted in tins coole-t, manner, i possible, though you could have seen that mentally she sullcred intensi ly. Shu sat down a moment to more ful ly outline a plan for the future. In do ing so she made a great mistake. I he ge-ture resulted in gluing the fly-paper to her person in such a way tliat tin edge turned up iu the must abrupt manner, and caused her great incon venience. Some one at that time laughed in a coarse and heartless way, and 1 wish you could have ceen the look of pain that Dr. Mary Walker gave him. Then she went away. Shu did not go around the prescription ease as the rest of usdid, hut strolled through the middle of it and so on out through the glass door at the tear of the store. We did not see her go through the glass door, hut we found pieces of fly paper and fur on the ragged edges of a large aperture in the glas-*, and we kind of jumped to the conclusion that Dr. Mary W alker had taken that direc tion in retiring from the room. Dr. Mary Walker never returned to St. l'aul, and her exact whereabouts are not known, though every cflbrl was made to Iit • 1 her. Fragments of fly-paper and I rmdle hair were h tavd its far we»t as the Yellowstone Nation al l*ark and a- far north as the llritisli line. I lit the doctor herself was not found. Mv own theory is that -he turned her how to thu west SO as to catch the strong etc telly gale on her (|Uarter, With the >n I she had sei aiofc f Inr tail pointing towaidthe zenith, the ehnnee- for Dr Marv Walker's im mediate return are extremely -lim, Mrs. (hlld’s China. I'klMrll.hl* rillir* It Is doubtful if there is a I ■ 13 ill III, VOlllll |*\ V\ IM’IV 111 * • I 4* |x ,i«* f II11- It III x || rv of thf tiillli* ill ill I'll )u«l* ft|*!tt;t, «ir where -o much nttciil on is g,veil to dinner table deeor.itum. le brie a !*ru. It is itl-ob lido thu* M. 4 outgo W 4 liihls has Ihclihcst table decorations n, Pbtl ; adi lplo i xhc hits a great many very rn'.l.'l'll.'llgt Ml. II at Itu -.l |.| |||. mix, rnrn | 1 n ramli I ilu a amt gnlil |||V ii ihi. nit Jt»r ih»M‘i nu-ri'l Mm* tart# h, ,i »rt< itt tun* run lw |>r.«ur.|»- >ln. it taiii In fc.xxn % * in* i.f 11,,, Hiiftl i .4 tit linn* liiurr l.lalr-t in lit.. . i.iintix n, xi. «, .tl.r In.. !•» Hrt mIii. Mini.,n mill I V|M Ian4» • ml .« nil a* mrirti, n. .« ruin art* allk anl i’arh a grin Manx ul br. I'ial . k tw- >'» «» mm*.4 lt >i,.|i..| a I* >**’ 'lit| . fit. t> |ti la tilt l||t’ I.H.k * 11 I ’ • ■ I* . a .1 '•‘ i* I " . .I.Mi,. r *1 In n‘x |«tt|,m Mr. ilt.Mtian, niltunt any iliHt. nl I», ttl a lai.li IW.I, Mtluw. . I *Im. n i «. a il h i.• nt ntM