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CHAPTER IV. ( Continued. )
She paused , and a bright Hush cov-
ireil her fair face.
"An far as I can calculate , I must bo
twenty years old , " she said ; "I have
decided that It Is lime to net. My life
Is all before me. Am I to let It bo
spoiled by this dreadful bond ? I will
find the creature , callli't ; himself a
man , who was guilty of such unheard-
of cruelty as to marry a girl a more
child and bandy de-icrt her ! If nee-
cbKary , I will spend years In search of
him ! " She was silent for a few mo
menta tears were on her long eye
lashes , her face v as hcarlct with emo
tion. "Will you help mo ? " she asked
then , with bewitching sweetness.
Mr. Martlncan looked down at her
they had both risen.
"What fate would you consider bad
enough for the delinquent If wo find
him ? " he asked.
"Ah , I should not care so much what
became of him , provided I could but
bo free ! " sighed Marguerite.
"I would give a great deal to bo able
to set you free , " ho said , with a long
breath. "If you will put the case Into
my hands , I will sec what I can do. "
A brief dialogue on the technical
points of the case followed , In which ho
pledged himself to search for the will ;
then , with shy thanks , she held out a
hand In leave taking.
"I shall be eternally grateful to you , "
she said.
"One day I'll remind you of that
promise , " was his reply.
CHAPTER V.
Marguerite's small figure attracted
but little notice as she threaded her
way through the city with the air of
a girl well used to London. She took
her seat In the train at Broad street
station , and was carried through
Mlldmay Park and Dalston on to a
poverty-stricken part of East London.
Alighting from a second-class com
partment , she at once encountered a
tall young man who had hurried along
the platform to meet her.
"Bernard ! Did you come to meet
me ? "
"Of course. I'm not going to have
you running about this pastoral district
by yourself. But you are late I've
watched three city trains In" wuh
which he drew the small hand within
his arm , and they left the station to
gether.
"It In good of you to wait so long
.or mo , dear boy , " she said , grate
fully.
Bernard Stolllng looked somehow
out of place In East London. He was
a tall , aristocratic looking young man
3t live and twenty or thereabouts. His
features were good , his eyes largo and
bright , and ho was Justly proud of his
long chestnut mustache. Ho was a
bravo young fellow , too , for he had
been born In the midst of poverty , and
nad never lost heart. His father and
mother were of the rare quixotic few
who live , not for themselves , but to
mitigate the sorrows of these around
them. Possessed of talents which
would have made his fortune In a
fashlonoblo west-end districtDr. Stoll
lng still chose to live and work in
one of the most unsavory quarters of
the east end , sometimes getting paid
for his labors , but more frequently not
and indulging whenever he could got
the chance In such an extravagantly
generous proceeding as the adopting
of Marguerite had been. His own
small private fortune ho had devoted
almost entirely to the education of hla
son ami daughter , Bernard and Mary ,
the former of whom had Jnst obtained
a mastership In a public school , hav
ing passed very creditably through the
university.
It was perhaps to bo regretted on
more than one ground that the impe
cunious Bernard had fallen in love
with the penniless Marguerite ; yet
thrown as they % had been together , II
was scarcely to bo wondered at.
Together they walked along the dir
ty , hot , close streets.
"Well , Margueiite , what luck ? " ho
said. "You sec I condescend to ask ,
though you did Insist on going off by
yourself In such an Independent man
ner ? "
"I gave you my reasons for doing
so , Bernard , " she answered , with a
sigh. Her spirits were low ; she was
tired out. "There Is not much to toll.
Mr. Leroy was out ; I saw his partner ,
Mr. Martlneau. He Is going to search
for the will , and lot mo M-C It. I told
him the whole story. Ho seemed to
bo greatly Interested. "
"Did ho give you any sort of opin
ion ? "
"I fancy ho thought the whole thing
rather hopeless at present. Wo have
so little to go upon , you sec ! My
Ignorance of the names is so dreadful ,
and there bcems to be no way of Hud-
Ing the place where my uncle lived.
There was nothing destlnctlvo about
the scenery just commonplace hedges
and lanes. It would bo of no nso to
advertise for Cathlo ; Mr. Martlneau
thinks she would not answer. My un
do would take care of that. "
"If ho stllll Ivcs , " said Bernard
"which I trust ho docs , that I may
have the pleasure of horsewhipping
him. "
"Oh. Bernard 1"
"Yes ; and as for that other fellow ,
If he comes within reach of mo , lot
him beware. Marguerite , didn't Mar
tlneau ngrco that this so-called mar
riage of yours was a mockery a thing
to be sot at naught ? "
"He said ho thought It could bo set
aside , " answered Marguerite , blushing ,
"on the ground that I was of unsound
mind at the time ; but to do that we
want witnesses , and a certificate of
the marriage , and all that. "
"Ah , yes ! " said Bernard , thoughtful
ly. That marriage register Is the
thing. I have been thinking over one
"WELL , MARGUERITE , WHAT LUCK ? "
or two things with regaid to that my
lading "
"Bernard , you are not to say that. "
"Marguerite , this is all folly on your
part. "
"It is not BO , " she said , with almost
a sob. "I am right I know I am. So
eng as this terrible barrier Is between
you and mo , Bernard , there shall bo
no love-making. Think that what
it would bo for me afterwards If
ii
"You are tired out , my dearest , and
you take the worst view. Wo shall
come out of this affair all right , " ho
returned reassuringly. The strong
pressure of his arm comforted her.
"If I could only remember what I
did ! " she said , wiping away one or
two tears. "It is so dreadful to think
that I may have done almost anything
when I was out of my mind ! But tell
me , Bernard let us leave this doleful
talk tell mo what you have boon
thinking of with regard to that mar
riage register. "
"Well , " replied the young man , "I'vo
been putting two and two togethor.and
an Idea occurs to mo. The governor
found you at Paddlngton you recol
lect that the place you came from was
by the sea. Now , the seaside places
to which ono goes by the Great West
ern are chiefly In Devonshire and
Cornwall. Some of the places there
are EO much out of the world that It
Is quite possible the inhabitants don't
see a London paper. I have boon
thinking of offering a reward such as
would really bo a temptation and In
serting It In all the Devonshire and
Cornwall local papers. "
"How clever of you , Bernard 1" she
said ; then , wondorlngly "Mr. Mar
tlneau never suggested that ! "
"Mr. Martlneau hasn't such a stake
to play as I have , " answered Bernard
dropping his persuasive voice to a
lower key. "But , to continue the
place to which they took you to marrj
you would probably bo au out-of-tho
way place , yet , I think , not a very
ulna ) ' one they \umld not care to at
tract notice. Ah , how I wish I were a
rich man for your nako , Marguerite ! I
would sparch every register In the
kingdom at my own expense , but I
would find the name of the man who
so wionged you ! "
"Dear ! " She looked at him with
; rntcful , eloquent oyos. "But perhaps
he married mo under a false name ? "
she suggested.
"Of co irso ho might have done so , "
10 assented , with a sigh. "If , however -
over , as I can't help supposing , ho
narrled you to obtain money.he would
) o rather careful to have everything
strictly on regie , and would probably
iso his own name. Ah , Marguerite ,
f my old godmother would only take
t into her head to die and -leave me
all her fortune. "
"Ah , Bernard , If the sky wore to
rain gold , It would not set mo free ! "
"Yes , It would , " he affirmed , with
conviction. "You shou.d bo free if
only I had the money free to tell m'
you loved me. "
"Bernard , Bernard , don't ! "
"Don't what ? "
' uon't say words you will ono day
vlsh unsaid. "
"Marguerite , you Insult mo by your
distrust. "
"It Is for your sake , Bernard , my
own dar "
, .h , that's bettor ! " ho assortcd wlth
a radiant smile , as she suddenly slop
ed , crimson and laughing.
"How warm It Is today ! " she Bald ,
rylng to speak calmly.
"Warm ! " exclaimed the young man ,
mpatlontly. "It's burning hot here
n London. I've had such a tempting
nvltatlo-n , 'Madge. "
"Have you. From whom ? "
"From Laurie. "
"Laurie ? Oh , yes , I remember ; the
Iscount , Lord Umfrevllle'a son the
nan who was with you at Oriel ? So
10 has Invited you ? "
"Yes , to Clarlsdalo , tholr place in
luntlngdonshire. "
"Oh , Bernard , why can't you go ? "
"Won't run to It , my sweet. I
ouldn't afford to bo mixed up with a
ot of men who live expensively , and
with whom money is no object , so I'vo
cfused.
"Oh. you dear Bernard ! You are
trong-mlnded ; I'm BO proud of you
but , do you know" slyly "I'm half
glad you're not going. "
"Why ? "
"Ah , who used to have a photo of
ady Mildred Ames on his bed-room
mantelpiece ? And very pretty she Is ,
oo. I should bo Jealous. "
"You Jealous ? " Ho laughed his
rank , pleasant laugh. "No , no , Queen
Marguerite , you have mo too firmly In
our clutches. "
She suppressed a faint sigh. Vaguo-
y , regretfully , she felt that she was
Iragglng down this man who loved
ier. Oh , to tear away the veil which
ild the past ! Oh , this bitter grinding
vant of money , which stared her in
he face at every turn !
They were very silent as they enter
ed the old dark house with Dr. Stell-
ng's name on a brass plate fixed to
he door. It was a plain looking Lon-
lon house , but as cosy and cheery
vithln as loving hands could make It.
t boasted a garden behind , the door
cading to which was Just now open ,
and the tendrils of Mrs. Stelllng's be-
cvcd and tenderly nursed Virginia
reopor swayed to and fro In the gout
y stirring breeze.
( To be continued. )
A FRENCH JOKE.
'arlnluii Journalist Aslant to HORUH Ilo
lieatrmil of rurllitiiiuntury lloll.
An Interesting hoax has been perpe
trated by a prominent Parisian Jour
nal at the expense of Its contempora
ries , says the London Standard As re
corded some days since , M. Deschanel ,
n the course of ono of his noisy sit
tings of last session , broke the historic
bell placed on his desk to call the
deputies to order. The journal In
question announced that there was to
bo an Interesting rehearsal today .when
with the ushers to Imitate the noisy
deputies , a trial of a number of now
Liolls would be made with a view of
selecting a successor to M. Fiend's
gift , which had done duty since 1850.
The result was tliat a crowd of Paris
ian Journalists wore early in attend
ance at the Palais Bourbon , with a
view of ascertaining the hour at which
this interesting ceremony was to take
place. Courteous ushors.who , no doubt ,
from their long experience , would
make model deputies , were there , as
usual , to greet them ; but nothing was
known of the trial , and the journalist
responsible for the original paragraph
has the satisfaction of knowing that
ho deranged at least fifty of his con
freres , caused much amusement at the
chamber , and afforded a subject for
gossip in me evening at me ciuus. 01.
Deschanel , the president of the cham
ber , Is still in this country ; but on his
return eight new bells , which have
been cast , will bo submitted to him ,
and the chosen three will bo further
embellished with the initials "R. F. "
Ono of these bolls will bo place In
the chamber , ono kept for reserve , and
the other sent to Versellles for the use
of future congresses. It seems that
when M. Deschanol broke the boll be
longing to the chamber , that from the
congress hall .at Versailles , also of his
torical association , for it has assisted
at each of the seven presidential elec
tions , was requisitioned , only.howevor ,
to almost Immediately share at the
vigorous hand of the president of the
chamber a fate similar to that ot the
confrere It had been called in to re
place , and which It has now also gone
to join in the parliamentary museum
For several years the Church Ex
tension Society of the Methodist Epis
copal church has furnished aid for the
erection of two churches a day.
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I
I
m m OP , The Adventures of
An Eton Boy. . .
BY JA/YVES ORANT. |
. , .
c. jc. c. it e. d A. s. e. e. c. f. e. a. At t L *
CHAPTER XXXV. ( Continued. )
This instrument of the law was sim
ply an upright wooden post rising from
the platform. At its base was a low
stool , on which the condemned arc
seated , and about three foot above that
appears an iron ring with a handle
and screw , by the compression of which
they arc strangled , Instantly or slowly
according to sentence.
The crowd was very Impatient ; the
hour at which the grim scene was to
have taken place was now long past.
Loud murmurs arose from the people ,
who had heard most exaggerated
stories of Antonio's stature , strength
and ferocity , and glances of anger and
Impfltlenco were darted at the gilt dial
of the town house , on which a black
banner was hoisted but half-mast high.
We recognized nearly all the crow of
the San Ildcfonso In front of the mob ;
and there , too , were a number of Brit
ish sailors of H. M.'s steam sloop of
war Active , which had anchored in the
harbor that morning.
Several priests In long , gray robes
were hurrying to and fro , begging a
"peseta" to pay for masses for the soul
of the condemned man.
As neither Hislop nor I had any de
sire to witness a scene so barbarous
and revolting as an execution , wo has
tened to our posada to breakfast.whcro
wo were some time later joined by
Capt. Jose Estremera , who had Just
come from the Castle of Santa Cruz ,
where the culprit was confined , and
who gave us all the particulars con
cerning the execution of Antonio that
wo cared to know.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Conclusion.
I have but little more to add , for
with this last episode the course of
wild adventures upon which I had
been so strangely hurried , nearly
closes.
A few hours after the death of An
tonio , when Hislop and I , with Lam-
bourne , Carlton and other survivors of
the Frfigenle were waiting In the office
of the British consul , to make some ar
rangements for rewarding Joao Estro-
mera for his great kindness to us all ,
we met Captain the Hon. Egcrton B
of her majesty's ship Active , who was
so struck with our story that he offer
ed us all a passage to England , an of
fer we accepted with gratitude.
His ship was leaving the African
squadron , and returning home to bo
repaired.
"Rodney Rodney , " said ho , ponder-
Ingly , when the consul Introduced me ,
"you ought to have been a sailor , for
your name Is well known In the ser
vice , " and his words brought the mem
ory of my poor mother's ambition
back to me , and I thought of the old
picture which hung in the dining room
at homo.
After a brief conference with his
shipmates , Tattooed Tom now came
forward , and twirling his fragment of
a hat , said that "If the noble captain
had no objection , as he , Ned Carlton ,
Probart and the other poor fellows of
the Eugenie were out of a berth , and
at uncommon low water , they would
gladly ship aboard the Active and enter -
tor her majesty's service.
Capt B , who saw at a glance that
they wore all first-class seamen , read
ily accepted the offer and promised
them the usual bounty , for which they
gave three loud cheers for the queen ,
and It came from their throats not the
less heartily that they were far away
from her and In a foreign land , all tat
tered as they wore , with scarcely a
shirt to their backs.
"Heaven bless you , my lads , " said
Hislop ; "this Is the best thing you can
do ; and believe me , Capt. B , you
will find my old shipmates neither
walstors nor green hands , but thorough
A. B.'s. "
Aa they all loved him , another cheer
for Hislop followed , and v/hllo the
captain went off to the Active In his
gig , we all adjourned to a posado to
have a friendly glass together.
Soon after , as the war steamer waste
to sail that evening , a boat under a
midshipman came off for us , and then
wo bade farewell to Jose Estromera ,
to his mate , Manuel Gautlcr , to Fra
Anselmo , and the old governor of Sura
baya.
"Como , Dick , wo have no time to
lose , " said Hislop ; lot us bo off to the
ship while daylight lasts. "
I shall never forget my emotions of
joy when the boat with Hislop and the
rest of us came steering alongside the
Active. . &
She was so clean , so trig , so square
aloft ; with the bright copper gleaming.
In the water below ; her black bulwarks
and red portholes , through which her
sixty-eights and thirty-twos peered
above the brine ; the snow-whlto ham
mock cloths , with the gold epaulets of
the lieutenant of the watch glittering
above them ; the red-coated marines
on the poop and forecastle ; the great
scarlet ensign of "Old England" float ;
ing at the gaff-peak , and that no part
of the illusion might bo wanting , a
little marine flfer , playing shrilly but
sweetly "Homo , Sweet Homo" In ono
of the boats that lay alongside , by the
guess-warp boom ,
She was so thoroughly British in her
aspect , BO unlike anything wo had seen
in the seas wo had traversed , that wo
felt at home the moment our feet
. . . . . . . . . - -
. IT lr i rO . *
wore on the dock of good old English
oak aye , as much at homo us if we
stood upon the chalky South Foreland ,
and saw the great hop Holds of fertllt
Kent at our feet , with the gray toweri
of Dover and the whlto spires of Deal
In the distance. Old Lambourne ut
tered a shout , and pointed to the Union
Jack.
Ono must bo abroad and far away to
feel to the full the emotions that are
excited , nnd the confidence which is
Inspired on seeing the old flag , that has
swept every sea and shore , waving In
< lts prldo from the gaff-peak of a Brit
ish man-of-war.
It Is then that we feel "what a sway
one little Island has exercised ovei
the mighty earth. "
Hislop and I dined with Capt. B ,
who was anxious to hear our story In
detail.
Our shipmates were told off to their
several divisions , and we were placed
in the ward room mess for the re
mainder of the voyage.
We sailed that night , and under
steam and canvas , as wo bore away to
the north , wo soon saw the Peak of
Adam sinking into the dark blue sea.
"Adieu to the Canaries , " said Hislop ,
waving his hat ; "the next shore wo
see will bo Europe the white cliffs of
Old England , perhaps. "
But next day wo sighted the great
pitons of the Salvage islands , a group
of uninhabited rocks which are claim
ed by the Portuguese ( perhaps no ono
else cares about them ) , and which are
surrounded by dangerous shoals. One
of these Isles closely resembles the
fantastic rocks of the Needles , at the
west end of the Isle of Wight.
On the Salvages the canary birds are
so numerous that an old voyager says
"it Is Impossible to walk without
crushing their eggs. "
Wo touched at Madeira , and after a
delightful voyage of about sixteen days
ran up the Channel , and came to an
chor in the Downs on the 29th of Oc
tober.
* *
I had been absent from home moro
than a year , when I found myself in
London In mighty London , with its
dark forests of masts and its dark ca
thedral dome , that meets the eye from
every point of view a wondrous and
bewildering change , after traversing
so long the wide and lonely sea !
With a heart swollen by anxiety to
learn tidings of my father , my mother
and sisters , I reached the counting
room of my uncle's firm , Rodney &
Co. , in the city , but there was some
thing so peculiar in my aspect , which
pertained neither to sea nor shore , and
was unmistakably outlandish , that old
John Thomas , the porter , seemed In
clined to shut the door In my face.
A short explanation , however , soon
overcame his scruples , and I was then
admitted.
My uncle was at Erlesmere , but his
head clerk assured mo that my family
wore all well , though they had long
since given mo up for dead , as a
handsome ( he assured mo It was very
handsome ) white marble tablet erected
to my memory in the Rectory church
remained to testify.
My letters from Cuba had never
reached home.
As I had no desire to shock my par
ents by a sudden surprise , a telegram
preceded me , and in less than an hour
I was off by the express tram for
Erlesmero. But with all its speed the
express seemed too slow for mo. Mark
Hislop accompanied mo until he could
get a ship , but before looking for that
he meant to visit his old mother , who
lived somewhere in Scotland.
After all that we had undergone ,
all that I had to show my family were
the sword and old book found in the
waterlogged brig , the creese of a mu
tinous Lascar , and the ring given mo
by the governor of Surabaya.
I have now realized the truth of
Goethe's maxim : "He that looks for
ward sees ono way to pursue , but ho
who looks backward sees many. "
THE END.
How InsrrU Muko Hull.
Mr. Darwin once wrote a book , which
many readers pronounced as Interesting -
ing as a novel , on earthworms and the
wonderful way in which they plow up ,
turn over nnd Invigorate the soil. In
a recent address , Dr. L. 0. Howard of
Washington showed that many species
of insects arc also important agents in
soil-making. They are found beneath
the ground , he says , in surprising
numbers , and they penetrate to a sur
prising depth. "Tho minute Insects of
the family Podurldea which are wing
less have been found swarming liter
ally by the million nt a depth of six to
eight feet in a stiff clay subsoil. "
Tlron Vtirmm ' '
Snmll Ones. -
*
Experiments made in the engineerIng - " '
Ing department nt Cornell university , '
have shown that , other things being
equal , a blcyclo runs moro easily with - -
a largo tire than with a small ono. A
two-Inch tire , for instance , was decidedly -
cidedly easier to run than a tire of an
inch and a half diameter.
Wo are yet so unaccustomed to the
automobiles that ono never appears , ?
that a gaping crowd does not follow its *
nrocress with their eyes. ,