' a & JiJ' KITTYfS By Author of fa CHAPTER IH.-(Contlnued.) "What Is the matter, Kitty?" ho asked, In a grave, kindly tone, when he had looked at me for some minutes. "Nothing," I returned quickly. "Do I look u.s though something was the matter?" "Yes, very much," he answered quietly, nfter a momenta pause. I threw my work away from me, and looked across at him defiantly, desper ately, with a sudden passionate Im pulse to pour out In hitter words all my nnger and resentment. "Yes, Homethlng Is tho matter!" I exclaimed. "I knew that," he replied, in his quiet, kindly tone. I looked at him quickly, my breath coming and going In little excited, angry gasps. And In a moment, as I looked, my flash of courago vanished. My heart was beating fast tt!!, but heating lu a frightened, fluttering my. "I ought to understand your moods by this time. Kitty," he continued gen tly. "I knew in a moment that some thing had worried you. Tell me all about it." Tell him all about If! I had sud denly realized that nothing could ln duco mo to tell him a word about It. I could only wonder at myself for my own temerity for having said so much. I looked away hastily out of tho win dow at the organ-man and his monkey and the growing troop of ragged chil dren. "Oh, It was nothing!" I returned hurriedly. "Homethlng vexed me. It was nothing not Important." It surprised me that he did not urge mo any further. He sat regarding me gravely and thoughtfully. Them was something of anxiety in his oycrf when I turned my head again and surprised his glance. "Oh, Mr. Mortimer!" Tho exclamation came from the door way. Meg stood there, her hand on tho door, and looked In and hesitated, evi dently trying desperately to think of Mime excuse for hastily retreating. As John Mortimer roho and went to meet her, she came in reluctantly, looking at him with a half-deprecating, half laughing glance, her blue eyes twink ling even a.s she mutely apologized. She I BOWED MY HEAD stood In tho middle of the room for a minute, us though hesitating whether to go or atay. She took off her pretty, shady straw hat, and shook her hair free into loose, airy, pretty waves and curls; then suddenly alio banlahed the thought of retreating, sat down beside me on the sofa and gaVc herself up to the pastime of tormenting us. Bending forward a little, with one el bow on her knee, and her pretty chin on hor llttlo pink palm, she could face us both. Now her eyes glanced inlb chlevously into mine, now suddenly, with a swift Kmllc, Into his. And how hewltchlngly prc.tty sho looked all tho while! I found myself wondering with a sudden eagerness, and a strango sick ness of heart, what John Mortimer thought of her prettlncss. "Kitty's to leac suhool, Mr. Morti mer," she told him presently, In an admirably simple, natural tone. "Bid you know?" I bowed my head lower over my work,conscIou3 that my fneo was grow ing crimson, and that two pairs of eyes were watching me. "In that true?" ho asked. "Mamma says so. For some nowly arisen nnd mysterious reason, Mr. Mor timer, Kitty is to blwom forth at onco into a grown-up lady aren't you, Kit ty? She's to turn up her hair and learn how to make Jams Instead of Latin prod!. Mamma, you must know, awoke this morning or, rather, this afternoon In n most astonishingly do mestic mood. Sho descended upon us in our nlttlng-room and took our breath away. What do you think sho 1U MtMs.tiS HUSBAND "Hetty," Etc, m w "Meg, don't!" I cried helplessly. "Mr. Mortimer doesn't want to hear." "On tho contrary, he's looking most eager," said Meg, provoklngly cnlm. "From nil we could gather, Mr. Morti mer, Kitty's to renounce tho higher ed ucation and take to ladyllko accom plishments Jam making and the put ting of fcathcra Into her hats. Now, what would you say was going to hap pen? You don't know, of course?" "I wish 1 did!" "Kitty, you know, was destined for a governess " "I'm to ho a governess still," I in terposed. "Tho plan Isn't changed; nothing could chaugo it. I want to bo a governess!" "You want to bo n governess?" re peated Mr. Mortimer slowly, in a some what puzzled tone. Well might he be puzzled! Times beyond number I had confided to him my utter detestation of the post of precoptrcss told him I would rather sweep rooms, make match boxes, sell apples at street corners do anything! Nevertheless "I shall lovo to bo a govornossl" I declared, with steady decision. "Kitty my dear, dear Kitty!" ex postulated Meg. "I shall lovo it!" I rcpoated, with do fiance. CHAPTER IV. Looking up, I found John Mortlmor's eyea still ilxod upon me -with a steady glance, half puzzled, half troubled. Ho made a hasty, resoluto attempt to change tho conversation, and succeed ed; in n few minutes Meg was gaily do Mrlblng our plans for summer holidays In August. She had forgotten mo and tho pleasure of tormenting me. "We aro going to Cornwall," and she sighed. "Cornwall's quiet that suits father; and Cornwall's cheap that suits mamma. It doesn't suit us nt all. Hoi n and I hate hills and cliffs; wo 1'kc promenades and bands and ten nis. It's a frivolous thing to confess we don't care! Wo detest cheap places, and, If thero's one thing worso than a cheap place, It's a quiet place! Are you also coming to Cornwall, Mr. Mor timer?" "No; I am going to Brittany, if my present plana hold good." LOWER OVER MY WORK. "That's where your slstor lives? "Yes." "I don't think I would go to Brit tany to see my sister if I wore you." "Why not?" "Oh, sho don't deserve It. I don't like your ulster. Mr. Mortimer you don't mind my saying so, do you?" Mr. Mortimer smiled quickly, yet half reluctantly. "How did you come to know my sis ter?" ho nsked. "I don't know her; I don't want to kne-w her I don't Hko her! I road nn article of hers onco In one of tho dull magazines tho magazines that father taken In. It was on 'Girls of the Nino trenth Century.' I dare say It was very clover I know it was very horrid, sar castic, superior, hateful! Sho was a 'girl of the nineteenth century' herself once, I supposo, once or l Hhe nearly ninety?" "Sho Is Just thirty-six, Miss Meg." "Poor thing!" Wo both laughed at tho long-drawn-out pity of "Meg's tone. "At thlrty-slx I can imagine that ono may feel a hundred!" sho said feeling ly. "Still one may feel n hundred with out feeling so superior about it. Father gavo mo the article to read; ho thought It would do mo good, and It didn't!" "No; you don't seem to have been benefited, I confpss." "It only mndo mo rejoice to think that I lived in the nineteenth century. Girls In the last contury were much less frivolous, as well aa lc3s independ ent; they thought less about their hats and dresbes made their things lust spoke when thoy were spoken to, and wcro altogether models of correct de portment. Well, I'm glad 1 wasn't a last century girl! Hcaldes, 1 haven't tho least bit of a wish In the world to bo dead and burled! I'm glad your sister lives In Urlttany! Brittany's a good long way off. If she lived in Lon don I suppose wo should have to know her?" "Yon will bo sorry to hear, Miss Meg, that I believe sho Is thinking of coming to London." "Oh! To live?" "Yes I think so. She went to Urlt tany ten years ago to live with a very dear friend of hers, who married and r.ettled there. Her friend, Madame Ar nnud, Is a widow now; there Ib noth ing to keep them In Urlttany any longer. They aro coming to England In September Indeed, I am going abroad now to help them to settle their affalrn before thoy leave." Meg was tapping tho ground softly with her llttlo pointed shoe, nml look ing down nt It with an ahsoibed, puz zled air, her brows knit In thought. "Mndamo Arnnud Madame Ar naud!" she repeated. "I buvo heard of Madamo Arnnud!" He did not offer to quicken her memory. It seemed to me that an expression of anuoyaneo crossed his face. "What B it that I have heard? I en n't remember," said Meg, raising her eyes and appealing to him. Thero was a distinct note of Impa tience in his grave tone aa ho an swered her. "I am Euro I can not say. What ever you havo heard must have beeu in her praise that ono may Bafely af firm!" Meg mndc a little gesture of dlsdnln. "And docs sho belong to this cen tury?" sho asked, after a pause, her blue eyes looking nt him seriously. "Yes she belongs to this century," he said, smiling. liut again, in splto of his smile, It btritclc mo that the conversation vexed him. Ho was impatient, not nt case. I had not spoken, but now I felt a sudden need to ask one question tho saino question which indirectly Meg had asked. "Is sho young?" I asked quickly, looking nt him. "Not what you would call young, Kitty," ho returned gently, in a differ ent tone. "Sho la 3!) perhaps a llttlo more than, 30. I have not seen much of her theso last ten years, but I saw her for an hour or two InBt summer; sho was as young then as sho was nt 20. Sho is ono of thoso women who will never grow old. When sho cornea to London, Kitty, you must know her. You and sho will be good friends 1 think so." "I don't envy Kitty," said Meg, in a stage whisper to her pointed toe. "Is sho a French woman?" she nsked in a different tone, looking up again. "No-English." "And she married a Frenchman," said Meg. "How horrid! Was ho Hko tho Frenchman ono sees upon the stage always rubbing his hands and bowing? Why did she marry him?" "Because sho loved him, I suppose. I never nsked her." "Then why nssumo that it was love? Very few pcoplo marry for lovo ex cept In books or so mamma says. Not that mamma's opinion Is worth much; it ; her opinion that our dresses should las: two summers, and that tho sec ond summer, If wo look guys, wo should bo contented. All tho same, all people don't mnrry for love for In stance, I henrd today of a person who thinks of marrying for a very different motive." Ho showed no curiosity, nor did ho show much signs of confusion. Per haps ho had not heard what Meg said. Ho did not seem, Indeed, to bo heed ing her; ho was rising now to go. "If ono wanted to fnll in love," said Meg, "ono would never chooso a Frenchman. Madame Arnaud Ma damo Arnaud? I wonder whero I havo heard and whnt I havo heard of Ma dame Arnnud." (To bo continued.) Htrunso Duel. Letters from Buenos Ayrcs civo de tails of a remarkable- duel of which tho famous Italian fencing master, Chevalier Plnl, was the hero. Plnl re cently opened a school of arm3, in tho Argentlno republic, and, having been subjected to some criticism by u local Journal, told tho bcrlbu In his own frank, pleasant way what he thought of him. Reparation was demanded nnd pistols wero tho weapons selected. Tho conditions of meeting wero singular. Tho adversaries wero to be placed back to back, and nt tho word of command were each to tnko fifteen steps forwnrd and then turn around nnd flro Rlmulta neously. On tho ground tho men wore plnced as arranged, and, ut tho given slgnnl, began to march forward, ono of tho seconds counting tho steps. Plnl had only mndo flvo strides when ho heard a report nnd the whistle of a bul let past his ear. Ife turned nnd saw his adversary with tho smoking pistol in his hand. Plnl, In a furious rage, dropped his weapon, rushed at his man and gavo him a bound threbhlng with his fists. Tho seconds took sidca for their respectlvo principals and a gen eral moleo wont forwnrd until somo gondnrmes arrived. Plnl's ndverbory then tool: to his heels, and boa not been seen since P.ill Mall Gazette. A Itnniloil Adder. When Tom Hood was passing hla honeymoon In tho country ho killed an adder ono day. "Tell your father," he wrote to his wife's sister, In do scribing tho Incident, "that they aro called adders because two and two to gether mako four." Tlio fxrnn u Loiic-Mred lllril. Among it, blrriii tb swan Uvea to be tho oldest, in extreme cases reaching 300 yoare. The falcon has been known to live over 162 years THE BUIllUAll. i. Donaghuo knelt at the door and put a practiced ear to tho keyhole. There was a faint sound of breathing, ro still I that Dounghuo pleased his rough ear still closer to the brassy aperture In tho door and listened even more Intent ly. Hlrt small eyes glistened In the dark hallway Hko tho eyes of a eat (hit had been nicknamed "The Cat" for thh very peculiarity), but there was no one In the housa to fcu thiuc glistening eyes save the servants, fast nslrcp two stories above, and tho occupants of this one room. He had watched that hoiiKo three preceding dns nnd nlghta. II" ! anew mat it was occupied by a young man and hla wife -evidently newly married and beyond doubt rich. It knew that the Kcrvants wero a cool., two maids, and n butler, and he hint almost worked out In his mind Jus whero the pretty wife placed her Jew elry when she went to bed In the w- ond-floor room, and Just what me.iiH i the husband took to secure his pioli.i- j bly well-lllled purse. Donaghuo was patlenco personllled. nnd ho received the reward that all patience deserves. Ills thin face broad ened Into ntmllc as ho realized the fae: that the breathing was that of a wom an, nnd that she was nlone. When ono Is In tho habit of making social calls of the description that Donaghue wns making it Is much bet ter to find husbands nway from home, tho servants and occupants of the house all asleep, and the policeman on tho bent quite out of hearing. Donaghuo was not In tho habit of entering the mansions of the rich by tho front door, or being ushered Into the presenco of tho hostess by a liv eried flunkey, of mnklng pollto Inqui ries concerning her health, and depart ing, after leaving his enrd. The fact was, Donaghue shrank from notoriety. Ho preferred n quiet en trance by tho window wholly unob served If possible, nnd, departing, left not his card nor anything else was of 'DON'T MENTION IT," valucnndat tho same time portable. In deed, Donaghuo was not the tall, hand some fellow that most heroea aro. On the contrary, ho was of medium height, sparo, slouch, and had a general ap pcaranco that was anything but pre possessing. "Dead easy," said Donaghue to him self. "A young married couple, ns 1 thought, and husband's away on the loose. She'a calling his name lu her sleep. But I needn't expect him until morning, and when ho does como homo he'll probably bo drunk. That's what I call dead easy." He turned tho knob of tho door and opened It tho fraction of an Inch. His small eyes glistened In the dark nu ho found thnt tho door was not locked and that in all probability It would not squeak. "Tho easiest thing I've struck la my twenty years' experience." said Don aghue, again to himself a remark that was noteworthy only bpeaiino Don aghue was little over 20 years of age, and, therefore, must have begun his efforts to get on In tho world nt quite nn early age. Slowly and with Infinite oaro he openrd tho door and entered the mom. Four fcot from him. ns he stood al most breathless, with his hand still clasping the knob of the door, lay tho sleeping form of a woman. A Hood of moonlight from the window foil upon her and melted the pink of her cheek, the cream of her throat, the laee of hor night-dress, and the white sheet that wrapped Iier. into one senil-golden hue. Tho undulation catwsert by her breath ing mado her look like n drooping Illy swayed by the gentloBt of breezes. "Great heavens!" thought Donughuo, "what a beauty!" Hn could hear hor faintly mutter the name "Paul--Paul" at Intervals, and he had n vaguo con sciousness of a certnln dUrrtpect for Paul, whoever bo might be. A man roust bo a brnta to leave euch i. wom an alone at night. II lingered but a lmmirnt, tlntigh. Beauty was a thing of little aluo to Dunaghue. 111!! own Maggie was haidly curcd with tho fatal gift of beauty, and sho was quite ;M jeiiiou as other wlvcn. Ho stepped ,.oftv nmj o.iilrkly to the drosslng-raso !lt t'ni, other end of tho room. He plekrd up a perfumed lace handker chief and threw It away Impatiently, although In his more youthful days a hire handkerchief ho would have considered a prize of no mean value. Below It he found what he wanted .uid exported a locket and chain, n Jeweled watch, n heivy bracelet, a pin, and what seemed to him a handful of rlnns. He held them nil up In the inoniillaht nnd noticed how they spmkled In his trembling hand, and h nulled with delight. "Theie'a uothlne the matter with this." said Don ighue, nlmoRt aloud. "She won't lonl. ho pretty lu llm morn ing, after w h.tn cried for an hour or two rthe'l: n, of course, but she' i Mi. and can arToid to Iiwp them. Hhe aii gel others Just like Ilium. Her husband will buy them for her Juitt to keep her pietty mouth shut about hi being out so long. Handed If I '' how In- f.in keep away long enough to give a fellow like mo a chance to make a living." He turned and looked at her. lie felt like adding a stolen kiss In the other Jewels he had taken. He almost laughed aloud at the thought of nueh n mull as he kissing such a peerless beauty as the woman who lay on the bed before him. And ho was Just about to depart as pearefully as a social caller, when suddenly bo heard the illumining of the front dour In tho hall below, "Hor old man," said Donaghue, for getting that he was probably a young man; "and I'm caught unugni imr-glnry-tcn years nt lenRt. I'll. kill him. But I'll be caught whether I kill him or ' not, and" (solf-upbrnldlngly) "I rould hnve got away easily enough If I hadn't stopped to look nt her." Again he stopped quickly to the door and listened. He heard footsteps In the hnll beneath, The man had stepped ANSWERED DONAGHUE. Into the back parlor, or llbrnry, which ever It was. Perhapa tho nun had been nut on bnslne.SK and would stop thero for a mlnuto or two at bis desk. Per haps there was, nfter all, a chance for escape. He was cool and careful. Ho droppod the Jewel on the bed. It would not do to bo cnught with them about him. And he went out. II. The door yquenked this time, nnd the young wife started In her sleep, awoke, and half-roso In her bed. Donaghue, at the name time, heard the Hhufllo of feet In the room below. Ho pnused and listened at tho top of tho stairs. Even though the man had heard tho door squeak ho had not left the back room. Donaghua tripped down the stairs ns softly as a cat. Ho had been In a tight fix before, and he wan never eloveror than when hn knew that ho was In danger. But luck wns against him. There was a fur rug at tho foot of tho stairs. Tho floor beneath was polished. He hlipped and fnll, nnd In splto of him self ho uttured an exclamation that was profane enough to bo unmistakably masculine. He heard tho man rush from the. library, and how It all hap pened he hardly know, but somo way or other ho managed to dash Into tho dark imrlor, to throw wpen tho window, and Jump out. Ho expected to fnll at least eight or ten feet. Ho did not fall two. Ho had Jumped out nn a porch, evidently, for ho could see tho railing In tho moon light. Thero was, ono thing to do to hide dlreetly, beneath tlio window In the shadow and wait. He knew his pursuer would be there In n moment. He know thero would be a hue and cry. Still, there was a chance. True enough, tho man camo to the window hut, to tho Infinite Mirprlso of Donagliue, he made no outcry. Ho beard tlio man utter n lulf-nrllculato, "Heaven has It como to tlilsl" Ho heard him walk n few stops nnd strlko a match. He saw tho light of tho gas Jo tn from tho window and then ho know that he was safe, and ho cursed himself for a fool for leaving the Jow els behind, It was tantalizing'. Ho raised him self cautiously and looked In tho room Tho man wns sitting In a gront arm chair In tho center of tho room sobblnr an though his heart would break. Don nghuc almost laughed aloud at tint slyht. There was somothlng In It nil (hit he could not understand. lb' wanted to find nut tho renl meaning of It, Brsldpc, he had n sort of dnie devil Idea that perhaps after all be might gel the Jewels. Ilo waited lie had hardly time to scratch Mm head In perplexity when the door of the room wax opened, and tho woman, whose beauty had boon unconsciously the cntiM' of Donaghue's folly, entered hhe wai still In her night-dress, hut she wn- eiy pain and very frightened She ran to the tubbing man and fell on her knees ns hho cried out: "Oh, Paul. Paul! what Ih the unit- tor?" To DnnnghiiP's surprise the iniiu pushed her roughly awny. "How cm you look inn In the fnuiV" he ciled. "How dnre you como to nn after this?" Calmly the woman raised hernedf In her feet, and, looking nt tbo manTtfoh) In a forced whisper: x "What do 1 moan. You know what 1 nirnnj" nWwcred tho ninnT ''Ho Mm been here St last perhaps wot for Hie first time. But I havo found lt,ul 1 have found you out." Donaghuo heard n stifled, moan and tho crash of a body as ll' fell, jn the. floor. Ho began to gather a criulo Idea of what It wan nil about. Ho hud some experience with Maggie. IfoJmd been Jraloun himself onco. Ho rrtlsetl himself a llttb higher nnd peered over thntdll of tho window. The woman wns not moaning Qff. but In a dend faint, and, with her fa as white as tho shcot that covered hei In the room above, she lay nqtloplcuf. nt tho feel of tho mnn who flVeuiA'd hrr. Tho ninn stood over hor with burn ing cheeks nnd clenched hands. "And the cur ran nway from yqp Ho didn't even stay to light nin Hko u mini! He's a euwaid. I know it whoi' we met him In Baden. He's n villain 1 knew It when hu followed us to Ion don. He can take you now. 1 don't want you. And somo day ho'll inn away from j (ill, poor, beautiful,' nilsui nble fool, Jiiht ax he ban run away frqni me." Thero wns conMdernblc human na ture In Donnghiic, oven thoifah-'IiQ rilil' make htn )llng In a pcrullnr way This was a little more than ho could' stand. Ilo Jumped up aurl-li'nprd buck through tbo window. "I.ouk here." hn shouted, and then was suddenly silent, 'for a pair ol strong hands weie olanped about 1itt throat, and tho heavy weltfbt of I lie larger man bad borne hint to the flout In a moment. ' "You, such a being aa you, m wife'n lover!" roared the mnn, "No!" norPaniod,Ipniiahuq,,iiMl(lnn ' desperate effort to frou himself, "Well, who aio you?" nnlil tho man "Let nn Hit up nnd I'll tell you," anawored Donaghue. ' Tho man released him, etlll keeping him within arms' reach In the coriici of tho room. Donnghiu) felt his throat tenderly. "Well?" said tho mnn, peremptorily "I'm tho man thnt wan In tlm liouso, ' said Dnnnghue sullenly. "What do you mean why were you hero?" askqd the man. "Well," answered Donaghuo, regain ing some of his customary brnvnilo, "I wanted to add somo of your Jewelry to my collection. See? Jf you don't bellovn mo, you'll, find It where 1 threw It away, up In your wlfo'n room." "I shall fond' for tho police nnd have you arrested," said tho man, quietly "Thnt wouldn't bo vnry fair," said Donaghue. "I camn back here becaut.n I wanted to clenr things up between you nnd your wife. I could havo jcot away easily enough. If I wero you, I'd send for a doctor, and even though Vim a thief, I'd ask my wlfn'H pardon. Yon may not got a nhanco, tho'njjfi. )e looks ns though sho wore doa'd." The man turned nml dropped to bin linros by tho filde of tho pro.ytrali woman. Ilo put his-par tojhwrr'hjjlitl and when ho raised his hoad - again Donaghue tnw that there were leriiw In his eyes. "Thank God, aho ban only fainted!" tnU tho man. "Bring mo some water from tho library." '' ' ' Donaghue brought tho water In a hoI Id silver pitcher that made him High with u vain wish that ho had got nway with It nnd the JowpIh above. "Sho will be nil right In a moment," said tho mnn; "and you may go." "Thanks," said Doiiughiie, nuiicbn lnntly, going toward tho window, "Perhaps, It Id I who ought to,Uifthh yon," said tho man, "foi' uftir! nil soil havo proied that my wife Is true In me." "Don't mention It," nnswuiPd Jjona ghuo, nrf ho disappeared "at, lcn$t ot to tho police. "Sparo Moment. nin itmificM. IdaWho is that man we- caw, in front of the cave? May He talus ground. tourht- " I'" ida Goodiicsii! he jiiuet. be an nn- dortakcr. Kriiilnr Ilmuiuliii; Mar MQira. TUero are now published 'JbPurln 2,685 periodicals, nenrjy vjpd,wqre'Umiii wero issued nt the comiratf(t)g,'a:ato last year. I f f ) .. I II ftftiiftLaSj. ,