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Flesherton Advance, 20 Dec 1883, p. 6

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v N*> iMm No MlMt to-night, b DTK til* pallor ol uow ; litri i. tbo lu-avcii above ua. And dark i< th earth below. h'o snuMt to-night uo tinting Of purpl of junk, or gold ; The day .iiMsaUly m shadow. And Ihe night cuuir* dark *dd cold. h.iuihiua tomorrow I buush uo \ hiua tomorrow mortuni ! I ill brighten ih* astern rtjr . Tb* bird* will 1*11 a* at J.wuitii; Aiuirolwiu*rin: by. Th* pallor ol uow will vanish, And UM duk ckxd* drift *>> . The gnu* i* i.ndtrihe *now <ir*V And ib-_- b.ue ik; under ihe'fray Mo ttiQM>t to-nitftt in l)i bbusvbold. Tlio hearth *ijae i dremry sad *till . T her* u tutui-iliian luo matter with fath.r, And mother it weary and ill N i pls.nic to-mcht in the parlor. h ' iury. no laughter. uo *ong, And the little OU** By Ij thU tlM>(i Witb t feeling of sorrow and WTOOK bit to-morrow bra aha4ow*l*ogth* . T.be baaxui <f Ul U ru.idv aajjubj . Children will chub on too father kne?. And IU mother be well aud bright . And Uio *un o'er tb* little ii juwhoi.i Go down IB th* glory and bleu Of lauabier, and u>rjr. and muiic. Of * father** and souther'. kut. And tuy heart bat oft mouinfslly *aid IB my Ule no wjlT-T t /-nigal . Cray ii the sky and nesiins. ' Cioudi piling to l*f : and to nfbi . Uuneara tb* perple and auilm not*. Th tiuimurrot pink and of (old . sly Oa> ha* UenaUiu uioahaiow. Anlnr uigbt cocneib dark and coid ' Then.low! inUieuarn-.agnivglarv liew beauty of earth auTof ily, K*w hope in my lor* and my duty. A. 1 .. .vl..:i> i.,i:> OU high . Bbaduw* last oly a night tiuu . I.. Lea kajipvMni. UOK them *wav . 'or af tr the uight c jme* th* dawning And tb* bio* *ky 11 uuder tb* gray ' OB The People Loved Her Much. H to redy to b* profuse in bin apologia* f or having iniM*d bit appointment with her at hi* dub, and though ba think* it iingu- lar that tUt aboold not have attended to hi* te., -i*t aad followed Li !D to Mr*. Bt. Jobn't, .;!. matters have goni, be, i ralhir gjai than othsrwto* tnt abe bM cot don* ao. Clever a* abe u, *b* i* mob. a dsar, uutdspioioon. good nttured creature tbat I tie* Ju'l leir bar t> retting any Lome icqui- ri Ibat may lead to uopieatant diaclo* -ires upou me,' c* tbioki, a* be turn* into th* Oro*vi ir. But in pite ot bu uobelirf io tu* own word*, be npvritnew a lartling evulsion of feeling wbeo be oatcbe* the fin*. glituatt ot my Itdy'i f* a, and ban tier flret words : B'i! you have been, to that woman, witbout n>e ! You have beeo liatniax to bar *nee>kiQ(! ineiouaU >u and malcroJent ren Jenny* of the r.-aaio wby w parted, kY you? ' abe begun, to a voioa ol *uob ooeeatrated fory cott Lord Killeeu aJmoel feel* lor a moo.eLt at if be were guilty of that wbicb abe i*cbargiO|| bio*. I weal to kin. Bt. Joko'e beeMiee ah* wtut* to atk me to we ber. and becejiee I imagmed that yon and abe were friend*." be *ae, lojciicioutly, for by bi* lat word* th* (mo: of knowing uow that 'Friend*!" e repeat*, in a voice of unutterable aeoro . and to ber wrath abe u ery uiocur*f<]U> fend bandeom* " What- ever 1 may be. whatever that woman may try to inak* me oat to br, I am not ao meau and falae a tiling M abe n , I would CJ*. end for hfr bridegroom if Hue had trapped a man into marrying ber in order to p3teon hi* mind agatnat ber." Sbe ba* failed I mean, abe OMI never *nce**d in poieoning my mind againat you, daiimg." be *y* pmcineail v. (or their room U oo a fully ooaopied corridor, and be baa no MM of tb* thioknea* of the wall*. At all timee L*dy Killeen'e voice) i* a load, oli-ar, peuetratini!, bell-like organ, bat wben raited in wrath abe could be beard from OD* aide of Btoneheogi to the other. 8be bai failed, you lay I Then ebe baa tried the ctl" > That to quite unwwrUiy of you. be ai>P. iu a tone, of under remwatrano*. " Wby irritate) youweU ad dietne* m* about auythioK Mra.Su J An m.ypotaibly M ^neca<oeeba: abe bat >aid will rankle in your mind ; became, if 1 am tabbed iu the back I will turn upoa my aeaailant while 1 bav* life ; becaoa*) in lending for you he ba. challenged Be to a duel, and- I mean to accept her challenge, one of n* jit (all- " It ahall cot be yo, uiy wit* be eayi oo . noneen*e ! Yon don't know what you are talking about if you think you cau meet and refute that womao'e lom- ooous aitack.. D*d be tall you wby we m enr* I forget." be eayi with unaf tndi*ranc. (or be regard* all thi* an a. Utupeet in a teacup. ' Forget ! you are a worthy all? truly if yoo-for#*f an in.ult that i* offered to me " abe aaya. aarcattioally. for her ungov iroable temper that temper which bat ben the bane and oaree of ber life ie IB arm* now. and ebe doei not care for oonae- <3U *p ! erbapi we bad better cloae the subject with thit agaoranee from tne. that Mr. 8U John haa not aaid anything againet you. an! that if *ne had done ao. it would not have made tb* alighte.t impreaeion. ' - -Are you really ao pachydermatous? ar you eo oaltoae to my Donor and happi MM? ' ahecrie*. ml*ondermtndiBg him in 1 er rage and conitrning hi* indifference to e%-it rep rt of ber into ' D<llR r noe * You are miBinterpreting what I ay yon are the alave ol Ibat woman'i Ingratiating, fawning manner. She aJwayR Jjd abe could, would, and did guide , you. Lady Killeen cries, almoet beeide hernelf w!th paetao now. " Why dil I no leave vou tf bi > t I? wb > did r lmk m y Io-. with a coward who lacka the courage to oefend hi. wife aain.t a (aUe ntuok. or to aocuee her if be Tbelievee the attack to be ^Wby'did I link myee" witb euob an utterly nnreaeonaWe woman? 1 be eay*. oooJly taking up a new.tpe. Her repol- Jon o( htTfriemdly advance* and eplana. tiuui.. the distorted view which (be will pertiet in taking of hit oondnot in the Sair. bae worn out hii patience at la.t. He i* entirely unprepared for what fol- low*, or hit patten** would stand a littl further strain apoo it. At he pickt up tbe paper he leans baol in hit chair, and tbe large theet of thi Time*, lifted up to bit reading level, inter otpli tbe view of which be it rapidly tirini namely, that ot bit infuriated wife. Suddenly tbe paper it snatched from bit haudt.and there before him ttandt Lady Kil leen, her whole form quivering with panion ber faoe white and distorted with such rage and suffering as will stamp themselves indelibly upon hi* mind and viiiou, and in her baud s knife which abe hat caught u| from the luncheon-table. You shall not toora mt ao!" ah abrieks. " You shall suffer for it,' anc abe lift* the knife high into tat air. hesi tatiDg for a moment whether sbe sbal "unge it into bis heart or her own. At this moment the door to thrown open by one ot tbe servant! of the hotel, and at Darragb walks into die room, Lady Killeen turn) ber bead with a gurgling cry. in whiob there it pitiful despair ; and at she fallt backward on thi floor tbe knife it wrerted from an epileptic woman'i band. Ber Udyship it taken unaccountably ill," Lord Killeen say., hurriedly, to tbe servant-, "fetch a doctor the beat-ai once ; Darragh, bleat yon for coming evet to thit." Poor fallow I the veil hat been rudely rent from before hi* eye* already. It seems to Darragh tbat it to her vooa in to witness ghastly toenet, and to min uter to tbi tuffering now. bhe takes bw plaee in tbe chamber of imeuiibility, and carries out the doctor's instruction* with regard to tbe unconscious aufferer a* natu rally a* if the and Lady Killeen were fond frieudt and the (Uarragb) had trained fora boipilal none. In mercy (at Lord Killeen (sal* it to be) tbe Irish girl refrains from asking a single ijote lion, or hazarding a tingle tuggeetion. The illnea* with whioh ber cousin ' un- lortouate wife haa been to suddenly smitten claims all ber sympathy, oar*, and atten lion, and it receive* that which it claim*. Then ie a tint* of comfort and teoonty to Lord Killeen in tb* way iu whioh hi* cousin laket off her bonnet, and proceed, t j make herself useful, without fuss or conjecture. Do yon think thi* will latt ;iong ? do rou think the will git over it?" he whit j*r* to Darragb, aa together they itand by he tide of tbt bed on whioh thi form of L,ady Killeen u being wracked and tortured >y one of those convulsions wbicb tb* lector bat an u red them " are more >ainful to th* witBitm than to the >ati*na." " I don't know Killeen, it't a ntw illnett o me; over eicitement bnigt it on. Dr. Gordon say*, and your my poor cousin, ia* been terribly over excited of late you Lnow." " Terribly." be aayt, tersely, but b* basks bet with a look for the way in wbiob ahe be* aacotded kinahip to Lady iilUeo. hall May and watch ber, the will want torn* on* with btr when ah* come* ut of thit slat* of coma ; 11 is better that aomi one afaoold be a relation and a friend, tur My diar Darragb !" b* eayi, with emo- tion, and be can aay no more. 4 80 you mutt send aline to Mr*. Thorn* or me, asking for some thing* to b* t to uii. and saying hy I'm staying, low beautiful .be u, Killeeu," ahe eon- moet, bending down over tbe pill 3 won which tbe while face repose* peacefully again. " How we will both Hoard bir agaiott doing anything to bring on another attack, won't we?" Hi bowe hi* head in aisent. Darragb't word., unintentionally a* tbey are uttered, U him with remorse. If be had not obeyed !r*. St. John'* mandate to call on her if e bad only givin hii wifo tome ampler assurance than b* had roeoeedtd in giving ber that ah* wa* unahaksn on tb* pedealai n wbiah be has placed ber, thit dread hing, tbi* tit tbat it like s tierce tiger, would not have aeeailed b*r. A* it to, b* to oo thoroughly frightened and nbaken to 1 confidence of being able to protect er properly in tbe future. So there it ttle beaides grateful humiliation in the one in which he says "Yon will be ber beet friend. Darngb.aod be will erust you and lit you help her," rom wbioh remark, inde[t>odently of tbe vi dene* of thi uplifted knife, Darragb nfen that it bat not been all smooth sailing since tbe lately married pair embarked on fe't ocean together. But Darragh ha* tbe discretion which u orn ol aelioate feeling and kind-hearted eae, and eo eh* neither aak* not looks a nesuon. Her weary, anxious watoh last* without intermission for many boors. It dark night when Lady Killeen recover! atjetao*nii*t A night-light dimly illunii- tot th* room. With a few quiet word* Darragh draws near to the aide of the) bed, accounting for ber own presence hire in an aay. natural way that almott ptrsnade. ady Killeen "to believe tbat there hat no collusion " for a moment or two. But the warped nature baa been tricked and warred upon indirectly ao often tbat it annot all at once take up ita diluted habit f faith and trust. Evan in tb* clear light f inch a faoe at Darragh 'a Lady Killeen ill see darkly for a time " I came to call just at you tainted, and >emg yoar oou.in, ou know, I thought ou would rather have me (or your none ban any cue else," Miss Tbvnn* says, soothingly, laying her hand on the broad, aaufcful brow tbat is bent upon her so ternly. ' It wa* will done to steal upon me una- rare, and take me at my wont; it wa* rranged between you and your courin tbat on should oome in and tee hi* wife behav- ng like a madwoman wben be had mad- ened her I It was nobly planned" Wordi (ail ber, and she falls back upon he pillow, weeping terribly, (or her pbyti- al atnasth to spent, and hate and suspi- cion are flying ont. Then ahe proceeds to catechise Darragh triotly and eagerly a* to bow she " really oe* look ." and whether a touch ot color, a bow of pink or crimson, wouldn't be an mprovemect fastening the lace under her Inn," and at Darragh fails to find tbe quired ribbon in a drawer (allot gorgeous tier, Lady Killten begins to sigh for Mil- ar " again, and to feel herself bereft of ongenial society. She ha* apparently quit* recovered ber ormal good temper and light- hsartedneet, n*) saber etreogth retursm, ahe stem*) to >ave oast aside all embarrassing memorie* f that fit of rag* or madnesi whioh seemed ikely to have nob a tragical termination wben Darragh entered th* room and taw th* knife being balanced impartially b* tweeu Lady Killeen and ber husband. Bu with bar good temper and light beartednass has oome back her insatiable craving for excitement aud change. ' How tired you mutt be after np all night. I wish you'd go and rest now and send Millar to me," she says to Dar ragh, and the Utter bat no excuse for no obeying her. Oive me * kiss," Lady Killeen exclaim impulsively, a* Darragb i* going away tbsn with on* arm round the girl's neck she goes an " When I get put out as- at I was pu out yesterday by something you know nothing about, I loae my head for a time and then I believe I say horrible thing! to people, no matter whether I am fond o them or not. It I've laid anything erne to yon forgive me, I have not meant it for you." Darragb accorded ber a free and perfec forgiveness. That's right!" tbe woman who i* ail ing in body and mind tayt quickly, bending forward to catch a glimpse of ber own pic turesqoe charmt in the oheval glass at tbe end ot tbe room. " That's right ! n,cd now go and send Millar to me." You'll see Arthur tint?" No, I won't ; when Millar hat held up my new dreaaet for m* to look at I shall be in a better mood for Killeen ; but you'l stay and be nice and kind to him till I'm ready, won't yon ? I'm not laying a trap for you, I'm not indeed," *be continues starting up again. Laying a trap !" Darragh repeat*, in bewilderment. " Wby, yes ; don't you see ? Borne women would be mean enough to aak yon to stay and then wicked enough to make ont tbat you had itayed for the take of the man to whom yon had once been engaged ; don't you understand? " I don't think I do, quite." Darragh aayi. Then aha freee hiraelf from Lady Killeen s areesing arm. and goes in search of Millar ' It's like mtosut to want to drag me up when I'm having the fint refreshing sleep I've bad for hours," that functionary grum blet when Darragb arouse* her. A* for on, M n* Tbynne, I pity you for having bean with ber through all ber tantrum*. tor I know what .b* to when she . coming out of them fit* ; th* hain't a good word aay to any on*.' Bb* bat said several good words of yon, at any rate,'' Darragb aaya, quietly, " and as she wacte you viry much, I hope you'll ;et up and go to her." " I pity my lord." Millar snap*. Oh ! I bop* hi will aeon be bitter and stronger, Darragb say*, heartily, purposely mituodentanding tbe pause wbicn had elicited ibi* pity. Call him wbtn you're dressed. Millar, it will b* such a relief to him, poor fellow, to know hit wife u liter. Are you going, mist?" " Yes, but I shall oomi back. Darragb says. Then tbe goes away, and peering out f a window Millar tee* a waiter putting lisa Thynn* into a oab. " I'm so used to my lady, it's bard for mt to judge whether any other woman to more angel or devil," be sayi, meditatively. When Lord Killeen, summoned by Mil- ar, doe* vi*it bto wit* thi* morning he nod* tbat lady in a bright gay humor that rpUxe* b'm. She to lying on a sofa io s tea gjwn of young sycamore leafed satin, rimmed deeply with Valenciennes lao*. Ier complexion to pale, full of pearly reflec- tion*, whiob Darragb ' untutored band had ailed to put than, and on a table by her ide are all the daily piper*. Tbe recollection ot bow they parted on the previout day flaihe* into bit mind at i* tees ber, but in a moment tbe ditpilt the unpleasant memory. I have been eo impatient for yon to to me ever since Darragh left," abe ,), stretching out a jewelled band and miling very sweetly. " While Darragh wa* her* abe ie to kind, so p*rf*ct I idn't want yon." Tb* soft clasp of her band and tbe beam- ng affection in her will-trained eye* a* he say* this do away with the uuflatter- ng suggestion her words might otherwise sonvey. At least they do away with it in Lord Luleeu ettimation, but not in Millar'*. According to her view of the cat*, Millar aa borne the brunt of the litoation, and Men the one to make it practically pleasant a Lady Killeen this morning. What Mia* .'hynue may have done in tbe way of nurs- _ in tb* night to nothing to Millar. She Millar) hat been the pet; on wbioh new reeaes, Ireab from White's and Worth's ave been bung this morning, and abe it 1 to whom tnit delicate pearly hue of outh and purity on Lady Killeen 's cheeks due. Th* soul of the sewing-woman to in arms a* the reflect* uj these things, and to with a touch of unun.'al asperity in ier tone tbat she aaya I'm lure, my lady, if I'd known that on'd bav* preferred Miss Tbynna to get ou op, whioh you would naturally, slie being so ' nice and kind,' I should have tayed in bed gladly, and got some of the ree; whiob your illness broke up last night." You can ga ont of tbe room now, at onoe," Ltdy Killeeu aayt, chillingly ; and Millar drops a dresi, in which broch. velvet, cream -colored silk, ana Mechlin lace meet in well harmonized contusion, on the floor, at ahe abruptly retreat* from th* room. " I hear 1 wa* atejul last night wbtn the attack came on '.' ' Lady Killeen say*, pathetically. Bb* ba* mad* up hsr mind to forget all that abe remembers having beard about or said of Mrs. St. John. " No, no, not awful I" Lord Killeen aayi mendaciously. He knows now chat he ha* made a bad bargain, but there it no need to give bto knowledge to the world. Then be goea on, " You are much better now, yon know, dear ; yon 'II have to keep quiet and give up political excitement. She laughs softly. It would almost please ber better if be said Yon ar* a tigress ; yon will alwayi be ready to tear the** wno oome athwart you. Bee t I out your clawa." But he doe* not say this. On the con- trary, he give* vent to ingratiating remarks, and tuff era ber to see that sbe will not be called to account (or ber rabid dtoplay o( yesterday. This give* bee the victor'* (eeling, and then are some women who cannot gain a victory without growing dangerous. "The dootor aayi my whole nervoni sys- tem ha* been ovanlrained, and Darragb back* him up and say* I have need of the moet perfect rest and quiet. I suppose they ar* right," in* aayi, with an air of tudden prostration. Than with a well- eonoeived portrayal ot enriotiiy ahe adie- " What wa* it biade m* ill yesterday?" Nothing that I know of," he sayt, care lessly, for he i* resolved to k**p Mrs. 8t John ont of tbe oontroveny it possible Bnt Lady Killeen to more tban a match (01 him. "Surely I remember. Yea: I do," the say*, putting ber hand up to her forehead " I was hurl my feelings were tried b hearing that one whom I bad believed in a* a friend had been cruelly aspersing m to you." " Sbe did nothing of tbe kind, because wouldn't let ber," Lord Killeen *ays, vehe mently, for be doe* not desire a aeoonc edition of yesterday. Then hi* wife, whi to perfectly miitreat of herself now, anc aware that in a masterly inactivity sb will find th* most perfect safety, beaus upon him rewardingly, and asks him to promise bar that he will never go near tha " restless, ambitious Mrt. St. John igsin.' " Your hands iu mini, your head on my shoulder," Darragb says. " I have no desire to embrace a serpen it may crush me to death in its affeote* affection," Lady Killeen lays, struggling a* well a* bar weakness will permit, to push Darragh away from her. You're dreaming still; it U I Dar ragb," Mitt Tbynne aaya, soothingly. She will not even allow herself to be astonished fst lea* annoyed, at the extraordinary tone bioh thit woman, whom sbe hat been tending with the tenderness of a utter and the skill of a physician for ever*, hour*, to adopting toward btr. I know it to yon, Darragh," Lady Kil leen answers. Then to something sneerin| as well as tierce in ber tone, and Darragh involuntarily shrinks away from it. Don't pretend to shrink from me u U I were a mad WOE ," Lady Killeen one* I krone that ii what yon will tell people now, a* yon timed your entrance ao cleverly just as I was gelling ill; it wa* planned between you and your ooustn your old lover to giv* him a handle against me. Contest tbat It waa," Sbe grip* Darragh'* wrist a* abe spttk*. but neither the pain sb* inflict* with b*r nervous, clinched fingert nor tbt intuit wbioh her word* convey have the power to discompose Darragh I should be mad myself to think you to," ah* aayi, cheerfully ; bat I know yon Have been very ill, and I want you to keep quiet and get strong, and then have Arthur in and relieve bto anxiety about Poor Arthur wai to frightened about rou when you fainted." "I know what i was doing before I fainted,' at you call it," Lady Killeen tay i, with a smile and a cunning glare in ier eyea tbat would almost warrant the tntpioion tbat madnesi and berstlf are allied. CHAPTER XXXIII. Lal>T tnjJUK UMEHBESB aKD rO*JOIT*. " Well, we won't *p*ak of it now." Dar- ragb replies with invincible good humor. I am your nun* please to remember tbat, and as I want to get my patient np and oat at aoon aa possible, I muit get ber tc eat something." ' Eat! I shall never eat anything again." L,ady Killeen aayi rather wearily, falling back upon tbt pillow. How cruel people are ! How cruel Nature it !" ahe goea on, and teare welling into ber eyea a* sbe apeak* seems to attest the .ruth ot her assertion. " These awful Unease* of min* I" tb* addt, pttooosly. ' Mo on* know* what I suffer before they oome on, and when I'm recovering. I am sore and bruised in body and broken in mind, and every oni it looking out for lawt in my conduct to punish ire for being punished by Nature already." 1 Let Arthur oome to you now t" Dar- ragh plead*, taking advantage of the lapse nto the softer mood. But Lady Killeen nrnt stubborn instantly. "By 'Arthur' yon mean Lord Killeen. [ auppoee H* ha* never been Arthur to me, you mutt remember." " I mean your hosbaud ef course," Dar- ragh aayi. The girl'* patienoe is being soiely triad by thi* fraotiouanesa but the maintaini the appearance of it etill, for vuo will stand by thi* woman with the wnt in her mind if the (Darragb) rifutee to do so? There is tilenoe for a few minute*. Then -idy Killeen put* a band out, and gropes ~cr something on the little table by the tide f the bed. " M., powder-box and puff, wben ar they .'" ibi ask* peevishly , " it is my strict irder thst they ar* put here every night. Where are tbey ? Where i* Millar, my maid?" Millar went to bed, and U probably asleep now . let me help you" " No, no yon won't know where to find be lace for my bead, and if yon find it you won't know how to pin it on," Lady Killeen say* eagerly, half ruing in the excitement if these toilet qoeitiont from her recnin- nl position among the downy pillow.. beaidee, can you put on powder properly ? don't believe it!" " Yon can tell me and I'll try," Darragh ays, laughing. She doea not feel called upon to lecture this poor, weak, suffering woman for frivolity, for Darragh ha* a leart to feel for those thing* below the tar- see which ber clear eyee discern. Thii aoquietenoe iu ber tobenie of mak- ng herself up for the coming ieterview with her hutbind bat a most softening nfluenoe on Lady Killeen. Bhe lies back ontentedly while Darragh bathei the waulifnl pain-lined face, and brusnet out be Hilky length* of soft golden brown hair. lut wben it come* to improving ber com- ilexion, and adjusting th* lace whiob i* to soften it, Lady Killeen grow* restive. ' Ooe grain too much, and it would make me look like a painted Je/ebel," ihe says, aking the powder-box an egg-shell in silver from Darragb'i hands. Then the feebly pplie* it with fingers that tremble, and no ail to do their work perfectly according to ier art m tic eyes and tense of the fit appli- ation of powder. " Bab I" *bi exolaimi in disgust, a* ibi icws the effect of ber work in a band-glass ; it't this glaring morning light that ruint me No woman ought to show beraelf till wtlve o'clock in the day, unlesi shi ii a milkmaid." "Or at least, not until something pproacbing to success in the literay carper f wbioh the to so proud hat taken the enoin ont of her," she adds, and (or the take o( *weet peace be promtoet. And in return (or tbto 111 b* very riendly with your ooaiin Darragh. I'll ake her np," Lady Killeen says, gener- utly. And a* she aayi this Killeen real- ize* " bow very funny all thi* would be U her ladyship were tome other fellow's wile, and Darragb some other man't oonain." Yet in spite of this conviction b* passe* a vary pleasant hour by tbi side ot bis wife's sofa. For she is on her metal t* amuse him, and not only to amuse him puxably well in the present, but to make him forget whatever ban been unpleasant in the immediate past. And being on ber metal with her war-paint on, ahi succeed* admirably well. Moreover, whenever she tee* that he grow* weary of these topio*, the revert* to Darragb, and praiset her, and Lord Kil leen, though he i* not in love with Dar- ragb now, be la* been in love with her. and is proud ot her a* one of tbe (meat branches of tbe family tree. On ber praise* be i* right glad to linger. There U tafety in the topic, be thiaks, and already Lord Killeen it beginning to think it wall to look put for safe topics wben discoursing with his wife. But presently Millar, ttili aggrieved, and consequently very querulous, comes in attar knocking at tbe door in a way that ii at onoe a warning and a shock. Beg pardon, my lady ! ' the say*, with ghastly oiiunotneen, " but you're quite out of tbat nuxber two ' yellow powder, and every other kind blotches your akin. Shall order some more of -number two 1 at onoe ?" No, thank yon," Lady Killeen sty*. with (till more ghastly tnavity -. " my new maid shall order in whatever I may waat wben you are goae. and you will pleas* to take a month'* wage* and go before twelve o'clock to-morrow." For a moment or two the woman it tttg- gered at Iku being tbe result of ber imper- tinence. Sbe bad merely designed to get the whip band of htr mistress ; and Io 1 la som* unaooouQ table wa) ber mi tire** hs turned the tables upon ber. Sbe roeolve* to kick while sbe can, though, and so ahe ay* 11 If expense is an object to you, my lady. it my being here oo*ts more than you nod it convenient to pay and I know that t tb* with you very often I can go at once or pay for my own room " Lord Killeen rues aud ring* lue bell f uri- ously, but before it can be answered Lady Killeen aayi, soothingly Hush! Never mind her insolent tongue : all aervant* are insolent wben they nave nothing more to get from one no* even a character and Millar know* that I .ball not oat of mercy give her M (sis* a on* as I got with her. Yon may go," aba adds, turning with a royal gesture of disdainful iudifUrenoe from the eager !aoed, angry mannered woman who ha* those lio/it* ot rage within which lelf -control 11 possible. You may go I will tell the clerk in th* hall to pay your wagoe ; but Ut me eaotieo you to behave properly if you ohooee to remain here another night." That'* what yon find ao difficult to do yourself, my lady," the woman ssyi, with npitefnl u iff. and a lively reeolleouoo ef laving many valuable* in ber which appear to have paaaed away (rom their owner's her miitrete'a memory. (To be continued ) ftl.KCT rtMtttV i - M |.n -i tar DlsVrrat* H. I .. . . M IS) Tw t- r, . . Prof. Hagbee bat recently advanced views about magnetism, which, if accepted, ill largely modify tbe petition whioh science anaigni to tbi* property. He asserts that where there is uo apparent magnetum. r tbe maguriisui i* neutral, there is not, a* bad been >uppo*ed, an indifferent turning of the molecules in all directions, with consequent balancing ot influence ; bat, on he contrary, there is a perfect symmetries! arrangement, the molecule! (or their lolariliet) arranging ibemeelve* ao a* t* atufy their mutual attraction by b* shortest path, and that form a otuplete closed circuit of attrac- inn. Whan magnetism beoomei evident, he molecule* (or their polarities) lave all rotated symmetrically in a gives direction, but thc"*ymmetry of arrange- ment to enob that tb* circlet o( attraction are iot completed exoept through an external armature joining both poles. Again, be hows tbat we have permanent magnetism whin the molecular rigidity retain* tbe molecule* or their polarities :n s given direction, and transient majrnetitm when- ever tbe molecule* are comparatively (ree. Prof. Hughes also abows that the inherent polarity or magnetism of each molecule to like gravity, a constant quantity, wbiob eaa neither be generated nor augmented, nor diminished nor destroyed. Neither can magnetum be changed to any other form of force or property ol matter. It mnit be, therefore, dissociated from electricity, M certainly at gravitation mutt b dissociate* from hiat and light. Electricity may be generated by magnetitm, ju*t at light and beat (a* in the oaae of tbe tan) may b* generated by gravitation ; but electricity to not a form of magn*tin, any mor* than heai or light to s form of gravity. Comttm- portfgr l.utnrr I ruch I Sojourner Truth's moet remarkable speeches are being recalled now tbat the to dead. In 1851, at Akron, O.. when the wa* 80 yean old, in tbe course of a speech at a woman'i rights convention, sbetboated: " Lin dey talks 'bout dii ting in de head what die day call it?' (Intellect." whis- pered some oa* near). " Daft it, bone*. What'i dat got to do wid womin'a right* er niggsr'i right*. If my oup won't bold but a pint, and yourn bolds a quart, wouldn't y* be mean not to let me have my little baff measure fall I Den dat little man in blaak dar he says womin can't have aa much rights as men, because Christ wa'n't a wo- min ! Wbar did your Christ coma (rom T Whar did your Christ oome (rom ? From Ood and a woman ! Man had nothio' to do wid him 1" MONUOK, Mica., Bept 9S, tan. nut. I bav* been taking Hop Hilton for inflammat <m of kidney, and HaMttJt ha* .loo* for me what fonr doctor* failed to do. Th* ofTaot of Hop Hitton (Mined like magic torn*. _ W. L. CaTa, " Einile," aaki tb* teacher. wbioh ani- mal attache* itwU tbe moat to man T" Emile, after some reflection, " Tbe leeob, air." Formerly the Bishop* of Franc* bid tb* right to nominate tbe midwivem. Now any young woman can become *ag femm* ]ualifled (or admission to th* Hospital

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