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1 have seen * broad stream flowlnx Cleat and rippling O'M 1U itr ' " Au.ltbo verul tisnai l>loui> Making earth a beauuou* laud. I have heard crand )i/ uiue ascaudiof And salt twtt'rliw uu tb bow ; 1 havcseea vaat iiaadour bUudinf Till new thoughts iuUuiJ my brow I havharil loud thunder railing, bw tu lifht'ulug'a vivid flaab. Heard Ilia tjlciuu ohurcb belli lolling , 1 have bwud arul'ry cnuUa. 1 bav* SM>D t eratl dasoeudlng Down tbe iUrk abywiual wave; HMMII a iurtial-re<iul*Qi wendlag. Heud it Uub bmiiite tb* grav*. 1 have seen the new-born slambar Uu Ilia kiu.1 iulruJ brMil. baw MM oJour liouebold uuiiibr Knietl from IODK and JreaJ pnreei- 1 bavs b*rd tb* laub of sneering Au>l tlif druukw reveller (wear, lud 'tie tlirUlinrf foiotiof cbeering > "" aooo" " "I prayer. All t/iM* tblng* touch shades of fooling. Nuutfbt ID iuijuai{e ilulb |>urlry, \ t lu itbadM of AUIUUID Ujling i >'n tua Uavaa that fJt awsy. J. AjuoTHONu, Hamilton. Bit K YEWS 1\D BLACK ; A Story of Blood and Iroi Iba full glow of the wax candles poured a Hood of light over tb* beautiful appar- ition, which seemed created for the gorge- ous d *me of these surrounding*. And there the young bride stood before tbe miner, 1 mob llutmann, at if nothing of the com- mon, working, every day world could oome in contact with her. Bnl vividly aa her whole appearance indicated the arutooratio talon danu. in wbiob role (he bad appeared before her gueste, her eye* betrayed that she oould be Homething belter, a* in ondii- guised natisfacticn they retted upon tbe young man whom ahe now approached with a cordial friendly air. " I am glad you answered my summons. I wished to speak to yon to explain a mis- undemtandiog. i'leaae follow me." She opened a Hide door, and entered^an adjoining room 1'lrioh followed. It was her own parlor, which lay between her chamber and the reception rooms ; bat wbst a contrast it bore to them ! Here tbe pale subdued light of tbe lamp floated over tbe delicate blue of the wall*, and tbe silk upboleetry ; soft carpet* deadened ever] f ,ol fall ; tl jwer perfumes, delicate am aweet, pervaded all the air. 1'irion, as if epell bound, paused upon tbe threshold, lie felt no timidity ; but things her* wen so diflarenl from what they hat been in the glittering state apartments ao much more beautiful, so dreamily silent He oould not recall tb* hatred wilb which be bad gaz^d upon the magniBient outside Instead of tbi*, other emotion* swayed him (motions be had never before expert enoed, and to whiob he onld give no name but they were in nniaoo with these nei urrouudings. And yet at this very moment, a pasaion ate lid* of anger paased over him. H drew back iustiuotively, as from som Hcaroe defined danger ; and hi* whole nalur roe* in dumb, deadly noati iiy against thi atmoopbere of beauty and perfume will its enticing rpell. Eugenie bad remaine landing, a* with aome surprise tb remsrked that tbe young miner did no follow her. She sauk down on a loung near tbe door, while her eye critically aean ued hi* fact. Tbe curling blonde hair quite covered the treah sear; but tbe wjund which for any oth*r would bave been dan geroua, had searee been able to affect tbi robust nature. Kugeoie vainly sought bis features a trace of recent euflerin; H till her first <jneation was in relation to tb injury. ' Have you fully recovered '/" she aeked " Doe* the wuuud really give you no mor pain?" " No, my lady ; it wa* not worth men Honing." Eugenie seemed not to bav* noticed the short, bitter lone of tbs answer. K'n a* at first, she continued ' 1 beard th* very next day from the physician that there was no danger . other wise, we should bave shown greater anxiety for you. After hi* second visit to you. the doctor repeatedly asuured me that there was nothing to fear : and llerr Wilberg, who, on the evening of thai eventful day, I sen! to yon, brougul me the same intelli- gence." At the first word II rich bad lifted his aye*, aud looked fixedly al her ; bis gloomy forehead slowly cleared ; and his voice bad a milder lone, ai he at length answered " I did not know that you bad troubled yourself so much, gracious lady. llerr Wilberg did not tell me be came from yon, or"- Or you would have received him more kindly," added Eugenia with a light ton* of reproaob. " lie complained of your rudenem to him thai evening ; and still be wa* full of sympathy for you, and, with tbe moat friendly satisfaction, offered to obtain for me the desired intelligence. What bave yon ageinrt II err Wilberg ?" 11 Nothing. Bnl be play* tbe guitar, am makes Terse*." Kugeuie laughed involuntarily al this ratber singular, but still exhaustive den rip tion of tb* blonds young officer. That seem* to be no especial reoom mendation in your eyes," said abe bait jeatingly, " but I believe that even yon might be guilty of such things if yon held Berr Wilberg'e plaoe in life Bat let that pass. It waa for something elee I sent lor yon. As I hear," tbe young woman somewhat embarrassed, played witt bar fan " as I bear from tbe director, you have rejected tbe token of our thank* we proposed to offer yon." ye* /" declared Vlriohsnllsnly, without softening tbe roughness of Ibis " y*s," by a siDgls word. 11 I regret if Ibe offering, or tbe manner of making it, ha* offended you. llerr Bsr kow," a slight bluah overspread Kngenis's (aoe as she uttered this falsehood - Her? Berkow certainly iulecilod to express to yon personally bis thanks and my own , but be was) prevented, and oboee tbe director to repreeenl him. Il would deeply grieve me if yon eaw in this any ingratitude on our tide toward tbe preoerver of our live*. W both know how deeply we are indebted to yon i and yon oould nol refuse, if I begged yon to accept from my bands" f Inch started up. Ths flnt word* bad softened him ; but the last spoiled all. His face became white ; and in reckless passion b* exclaimed, " No more of Ibis, lady t If >oa offer me a reward, even TIC, I shall wish 1 bad let th* carriage and all within II go to deatruotionl" Eugenie started back al Ibis sudden outbreak ot that unrestrained savagery whiob had made I Inch Uartmann feared tbrongbont tbe work*. Bneh a tone and tlanee had never before oome near tb* dunbier of Baron W indeg. She replied in offeuded tone " 1 would not presa my thanks upon you. II tbe expression ot them ia so unpleasant to you, I regret having lent for you." rib* turned, and mad* a motion as it to leave the room : and thl* brought lUrieb to be aensaa. He made a hasty step toward bsr. " Qrsoioui lady I forgivs m* I I would not do barm to you I" There lay ia me outcry such sudden, pa* Donate remorse, that Eugenie paused, and gaz*d at him in great perplexity, as if in bis faes aba sought some clew to tbe char aotar of this enigmatical being; but tb* wild entreaty had disarmed her auger. " Not to mt >" repeated she. " I* it, then indifferent to yon, that yon wound others by yoor rudeness ? Ibe director, for instance, and llerr Wilberg." "Hal" returned I Irioh sullenly, " ai indiflorent as they would b* toward me Then can be no talk ct frisadship between tbe officers and me." Can there nol '.'" asked Eugenie in sur- prise. " I did not know that tbe relations bsre between officer* and workmen were BO unpleasant; and llerr Berkow teems to bavs no suspicion of it , other wine, he would ail as arbitrator between yoa." "Herr Berkow," said Illriob cuttingly, baa for twenty years) dona everything possible for tb* works, but cobbing tor tb* workmen , aad Ibis has goce on ao long, that ws are beginning to lake affairs into our own bands . an j then ah, my lady, I quite forgot that you are tbe wife of bis sou. Pardon me." Tb* young woman was Hilent, almost confounded at Ibis bard reoklsse candor. What she now beard waa indeed nothing other than sb* bad now and then incident- ally baard of ber father in -law ; but tb* terrible bittern*** in the words taugbt ber Ibe whole depth of tbe gulf which lay twtween bim and hia uuderungs. Whoever complained of Herr Berkow could be sure of the sympathy of bis daughter -in law. ihe bad herself ibe bilterstt proof ot tbis man's otter want of principle ; bat ths wife ot bis son must not, even by geiture, Mlray this. Bbs must seem not to bavs icard tbe remark, or reprove it. Bh pre- 'erred the former. I And so yon will receive no token o: recognition from my hand* ?" ihe asked turning quiokly from this dangerous subjeo to ths former topic. " Weil, then, it onl} remains for me to ezpna* my thanks to thi man wbose band resetted me from certain death. Will yon alao reject thi*? I thank yoa, Hartmann !" Bhs reached him ber band. It was onl; a few seconds that tbia band, white an< delicate as a rose leaf, lay in tbe rough toil hardened fist oi tbe miner ; but tbi light touch seemed to strangely thrill him All the bitterness vsnuhed from his glance Ibs scornful head, tbe Btiff neck, bowed and hs bent ovsr tbr lady's band witb an expression of mildness and compliance non of bis superiors cmld boast of ever baviu, seen in I'lriob Hartmann. " Ah, yon ar* giving audience, Eugenie and to one of our miners," said Berkow' voice behind them, as he at tbi* momen entered with bis son. Eogtnie drew bao her band ; and I'lriob quickly roe* to bis full height. It needed only tbis voice to bring biack to his manner its dumb boa tility ; and this was but iuoreaied, wben Arthur, with a ibarpnees in strange con traat with hia usual languid tone, asked " Hartmann, bow came you here?" " Hartmann I" repeated Borkow, ai b caught the name, and drew a step nearer " Ah ' so we bave here oar Sir Agitator who" " Curbed oar frightened horses, and in so doing received a wound while b* sav our livss," interrupted K ogenie calmly bu emphatically. " Ah ! is lhat so ?" exclaimed Birkow embarrassed as much through thi reminder s* by the very decided tone of hi daughter in- law. "Ah, indeed 1 I bat heard of this already ; and the directo also told ms tbat you and Arthur bat rewarded him. Tbe young man is here, suppose, to return thauka for hi* preeeul Were you *ati*ned, Uartmann ?" Tbe cloud upon I nob's forehead grew threatening . and tbe reply wbiob tremble on his lips might have bad tbe heavies consequence* for him; bal Eugenie step ped nearer ber protege, aud, giving him warning look, touched lightly hi* arm will ber fan. H* undarstood tbe warning ; b looked al ber ; saw tbe expr**aion ot nucon waled anxiety in her eyes ; and spite an bate again sank powerless, aa bsoaliuly almost coldly, nplied, " Certainly, Her Berkow. I am content with my lady' thanks." " That delight* me," returned Berkow curtly ; llrion turned to Eugenie " I may go now, gracious lady 7" Bhs bowed her bead in silent acquiss oenoe. Bbs eaw only too well with whaleflor this obstinate man controlled hie anger A nod to tbe chief and his son a nod in whiob haughty restraint was plainly visible and tba joung man left tb* room. " Well, we must confess, Eugenie, tbal your protege, has nol much affability,' remarked Berkow aneenngly. ' He left without ceremony, without even waiting for permission. But wbere indeed should such people (earn manners 'I Arthur, yon seem M regard Ibis Hartmann aa an especial cariosity. Have yen gax. id at bim long enough ."' Arthur had indeed kept hit glance fixed upon tbe retreating form, and now gs /. 'd at ibe door which bad eloaed behind bim Tbs young man's browt wsr* contracted ail lips compressed ; bat at bis father'* jaeition b* turned round. Berkow, with great urbanity, approached hii dauitnter-io -law. " I regret, Eogenie tbat your ignorance of existing oiroum stances baa allowed yoa to go too tar in your condescension. You could naturally bavs no suspicion of tbe role this fello plays among hia oomradss . but he must in no svenl enter thi* house, and least ot al your parlor, sven under tbe pretence o returning thank* for gifts received." Tbe yoang woman bad seated herself but ber fao* wore an expression wbiol made ber father in law deem it inadvmsbl to take his plaoe by ber side, aa h* had a first intended. He remained standing opposite ber. She allowed him to admin ber only from a distance. "Is** tbey have told yon only half tb story. May I ask wben yoa last spok wilb tbs director?" " Tbis morning ; and bs told m* that hi was about to take to Harlmann a sum which I think qoite loo large. Wby, it wil be a fortune for anob people I Bnl I ael nc limitations before yon and Arthur, if you really believe in tbi* extravagant way o expreaaing your gratitude." " And do yoa nol know that the youni man has rejected the whole sum ?" "Rejfct edt" cried Berkow, starting back. " Possibly because it offended him to be aenl a sum ol money through a third per sou, while Iboss he rescued from death dii nol think it worth wbile to offer him a word ot thank*. I have tried to atone for tbe latter incivility ; but I could not per snade him to accept th* smallest turn. I does nol appear as if the director bad so ' excellently arranged' Ibis matter." Arthur bit bia lipe ; be knew to whom tbeee last words were directed, although they had been spoken to hi* father. " II seems then tbat yon scot for bim o: your own accord ?" be asked. Certainly." I 1 wish you had not done thit .'" said 3erkow excitedly. " This Hartmann is on all sides recognized aa the revolutionary element among the workmen ; and I wa* about to deal with him with the utmost severity. I now see plainly that too muob s not been told ms. Il i* evident that his man rejected Ihe money, beosna* in ayiug it we did nol enter into those extra- agant formalities bis pride demands. Yes, >e ii eapable ot all tins. I mu*l rimiod <>u, Eugenie, tbat my daughter iu-law Duel pay regard to certain consideration*, sven when sbe would givs a proof of ber generosity." I pon Eogenis'B haughty lip* again lay thai scornful expression with whiob already the had often enough met bsr >ther m-law. Ths remembrance of tbat vo whiob he bad driven ber was certainly not in the least calculated to make ber accede to bis wish** ; and the anger, newly flaming up at this recollection, made her overlook tbe justice of hit demand. " I regnt, Herr Berkow, that other con- sideration* mutt atill have weight witb ms, besides that ol being year daughter-in- law," returned sbe icily. " Tbi* is an excep- tional case ; and you must allow me in all snob oases, lor the future, to make my own judgment the sole guide to my actions." It WM again every Inch tbe Baroness Windeg wbo s*nt back th* plsbeian mil- Il3nair* to hi* prescribed limit*. But angered past endurance, or exulted by tbe win* be had taken at dinner, be did not tui. lime show bis usual nnlituitod ruiptet to bl* daughter in ls.w. U* replied excitedly- "Koaijy? Well, then, I must beg you to noieoibiir" further be did nol go ; (or Arthur, who bad hitherto remained quietly in Ibe back ground, now cams to bis wife'* sids, aud laid calmly, " Above all thing*, I implore you, papa, to let this troubleaome sflur rest. I bave given Eugenie tb* fullest liberty in all mob matter* ; and I do not wish that any one should seek to restrict her in this." Berkcw looked at his son aa it he had nol heard aright. He wa* mjouttomed to lee Arthur allow all events, weighty or trifling, to pts* by him with the same passive indifference ; and be knew not what to think of this sudden interference. " You appear to be in a rebellions mood to-day," he said sarcastically. " I think I may as well take flight from this u oiled opposition, especially as I have bosi matter* to attend to. I hope to ii ad you somewhat leas quarrelsome to-morrow, Eugenie, and my sou ratber more tractable than he has been to-day. I wish you both a good evening." A* witb illy rrp-sssed rage he left the room, Berkow had no suspicion thai, by this sudden departure, he bad tkrown Ihe newly married pair into aa embarrassment tbsy had not known since their arrival, namely, that of being left alone together. They had since then met only in the com- pany of strangers, or at table, in ths pre senee of tbe servants; and tbi* unexpected tftf-u-ttte wa unwelcome to both. Arthur might well feel that he could not at onoe follow bis father without addressing a fsw words to hia wife , bat several momenta paused before be oould force himself to say a word ; and he did nol speak until Eugenie said coldly " It ws* not necessary for yon to com* to my help. I onld very well alone have maintained my independence of your father." " I daobl nol in tbe least your independ- ence. ' replied Arthur in an equally cool tone ; " but I doubt my fathers'* delicacy of feeling in regard to certain things. He was just about t? bricg to your remem brauoe some facts which i did nol wish yon to bear. Tbat wa* tbe sole reason ot my interference." Tbe young woman was silent. She leaned back in ber chair ; while Arthur, who stood at the tabU, seiz-d th* tan lying tbsre, and apparently wi h tbe deepest interest studied tbe arabesque* upon it After anothsr uncomfortable lileuoe, be said at length " A* to tbat Harlmann affair, I wondsr at your self delusion. Suoh circles and snob person* must, of all others, be your antipathy." K jgeuie's large eyes opened wide ; and in tbeir dark depth* lay a world of con tempt. " I have an antipathy to weakness aud vulgarity," an* said, " but to notbiny slse. I reepeot svery ons who folly ana energetically maintain* bi* plaoe in lifs, whether upon the heights or down in tbe valleys." There waa a bard tons in her voice Arthur's band still plsyed carelessly with the fan ; but there was something nervous in this play and in the tremor of biilips. He bad started involuntarily when she Rpokeol weakness and vulgarit . , although bia face preserved through all tbe moil perftol uidiffenne*. " A very exalted sentiment," he said negligently. " O ily 1 fear you would suffer some disillusion, should yon form rearer acquaintance witb tbat wild, rough c -eature wbo rules down there in the valley." ' But tbu young miner i* no common individual," declared Eugenie very decid- edly. " He may be wild and uncontrollable, a* a man of such native strength i* in danger of becoming under untoward cir- cumstance* ; but rough I bav* nol found him." Uoconscioasly to herself, bsr voice was fomewbal excited. Arthur's eye* bad again thai half smothered tire in tbeir glance, as be tited them upon ber. 11 Ton seem to bsve won strange power over tbi* wild, uncontrollable, itroug man," be Baid. " He was about to attack my Father ; yon only touched bis arm witb your fan, and tbe raging lion became gentle a* a lamb." Tbs young man's slander white band here (but tbe fan so violently, that the costly toy was in ssrioue danger, while bs mockingly wsnt on, " And bow obivalrio wa* bi* manner aa b* bowed ovsr your band ! If ws bad not oome, I believe be would, like a true cavalier, have begged to kins that band." Wilb a passionate gesture, Eugenie rose. " I tsar, Arthur.' *be said, " tbal tbia man will sre long give you and your father some thing more than sport; and I do not know tbat your f tner would do well to drivs his underlings into a yet fiercer opposition ; tbe consequence might fall back on him self." Her husband looked at her with a quiet unmoved glance as she thus stood before him ; to him, this rustling silk dresa. Ibis fleecy cloud of laoe strewn with roses, Ibis glitter of pearls, was nothing new, any mor* than tb* beautiful blonde bead wilb ibe proud features, and tbe dark eyea cow flashing witb anger. Perhaps the lively partiztnabip an* showed fir bar frottgi was new to him. Ha still retained tbe care lea*, mocking tone he bad maintained during tb* whols interview . but behind Ibis lay concealed something like raging passion ; and tb* fan met witb tad run fortuue in hi* nand*. Tbe delicate, artist- ically carved ivory was broken, as h* hurled ratber than threw it on the floor. 11 Did our ' deliverer' give you a lecture upon social matters? I regret to bave miHsed tbe lecture ; but al any rate this Harlmann is a curiosity, lie has brought about what no other oould poaaibly bave done ; be has caused an animated conver- sation between us. Bat the intenet in this theme is now quite exhausted. Don't yon think so ? ' Tbe entrance of a servant with a message ended tbe conversation. Arthur al onoe availed bimielt ot thia eiouse to withdraw ; he parted from bis wife coldly and oeremo- uiounly, as wa* their usual custom. Hardly bad Eugenie found herself alone, before, in an excitement she could not repress, she began to pace up and down tbe room. She was enraged at the coldness and heartlees- ness they ehowed toward I'lrioh's deed ; but it waa not tbi* alone which mads brr itep so hasty, and drove tbe flash ot anger to ber cheek*. Why could ihe never meet ber husband with thai perfect contempt it wa* so easy to show to bis father ? Was h* any more worthy of respect ? There lay in this boundless indolence something whiob par- ried every thrum, snd frequently gave him a secret superiority to the prcul, passion- ate woman wbo only too often allowed temper to gain the mastery. It had bean present in tbe deep humiliation of that iveniog, when with euoh overwhelming ranknest, sbs bad revealed to him tb* rhol* truth ; it bad been pressnt in tbat isaviesl t, fiance of today, when shs lad shown him bow falsely he had Isall with hi* and ber rsnouer ; and both imes he had met ber in a manner wbiob roved that be could nol speedily be killed r annihilated by contempt. Bhe wonld not acknowledge this ; she 'ocld not confess it even to herself how it wonndsd her, that, since that first explan- itlon. be bad not made tbe slightest effort o disaolve the icy relationa between them ly one single word. Oeitainly she would have repelled every snob effort with tbe lladaininl prids always at ber command ; >ut tbat he never gave her tbe opportunity to do this, that he never took the trouble to go a itep beyond what etiquette demanded tbat enraged her against uer will. Euge- nie was a woman strong in both ber love* tnd bale* ; and her aversion to ber hua- aand was decided even before sbs gave him aer hand ; but, like bis fathsr, be did not permit ber to look down upon him from an uapproaohible beigbl. The young wife inuiy leli Uu, although sLs could gi/e no aaou wby be compelled thi* seuumenl n her. As Arthur wa* paa*iug through th* o >r- idor, bs met tbe director and the chief ngiueer, wbo both, having been detained or an interview witb Burkow, were about leav* tbi bouse. V .uug Berkow sud- denly pauutd. May 1 **k. Hrr Director," be said sharply," wby Uartoiaun'i refusal to accept tbat money waa Orel oommuuioated to my wife, while 1 did not bear a word ot it T" Good heavens!" nplied the director, somewhat eoibarraaaed. I did not know rou thought it of any oonsequsnee, Herr Uerkow. Yon BO emphatically declined all personal interference in the matter, while tier ladyabip tbowed *uob iutere*!, that I Believed myielf bound" " Ab I" interrupted Arthur, while there waa a ilight nervous quiver aroond bis lips Wsll, ber ladyship's wishes must certainly be followed, but still, I must beg yon in each baeiness matters" be emphasized that word " butirut*" " not so folly to ignore me as in tbiai ease. And I should wish in fature to be first informed. I requeit this molt decidedly." Wilb these words be left Ib* noo-pln*ed ofnoert, said weal to bis chamber. The director looked at bis colleague. " What lay yoa to that?" The chief engineer laughed. " Signs and wonden are frequent in our day. Herr Arthur begins to concern him*elf about buxiuess affairs I Herr Arthur demand anything emphatically ! This certainly baa cot happened before in my remem- brance." " Bat this U nol at all a matter of bum- neass," taud the director excitedly ; " it is a purely private affair ; and I can just imagine the wbole story. Eartrnann must nave treated her ladyship in bis own peon- liar amaiable way Just imagine him in a lady's uUon ! He probably said to ber face what be Baud to me this morning ; and ber ladyship is angry, the young heir also. I shall donbtleea bear aome polite phrases from old Birkow because 1 allowed tbe audience.'' " Well, it it the n rat lime Herr Arthur baa been angry al anything that concerned hi* yoang wife," said the chief engineer, as they went together down ths stop*. " I fiod that tb* glacial atmosphere which prevails in tbia marriage begin* to pervade tbe entire inrrouodiogs. On* perceives tbe ice region as soon aa be comes near them. Do yoa nol Ibink so ?" "I think that Fran Berkow to-day looked eoobantingly beautiful, hue wa* certainly very cold and very aristocratic, but entirely, be wilderingly beautiful!' The chief engineer made a comic gesture of terror. " Hesven help as ! Yen an falling into Vi'ilbern a *tyl*. It i*) a good thing for yon lhat f ou are paat fitly. Apropot of Wilbdrg, he already twimi in a itea of romantic adore lion ; bat I do sot belinve that this, or bis inevitable verses, will awaken any great jealousy in Herr Arthur's breatt. Hi seems as little inolined to bestow admira- tion on his beautiful wife as sbs is to receive it. Amid all these daily cemrenancei 1 oannol tielp feeling tbat things will no take tb nr asaal coon*. I inspect Iba under Ibia ice lies buried something like a bnleao, who, one of these n as daya, wil greak looao witb thunder and lightning, to give us a bit of an earthquake and a worldly overthrew." " Then there would be a (1 vor of poesy in ' this barren steppe of eommonpli hie. as Wilberg wonld say, provided tbe eruption only vpared him and bis guitar But here we are below. Pleasant dream* to yon, my friend. Oluck auf." CHAPTER VI. More than four weeks bad passed since Ibe bridal festivities on the Berkow estate* Birr Berkow, having found little of bii anticipated pleasure m tbe very early visit wbiob be had designed a* an agreeable sur- prise) to hie children, had, after a taw day* returned to Ib* Residence, where urgeni buuneav attain demanded hii attention Now hi waa expected for a long soj mm. Meantime, then bad been no onange in Ihe lits ot the voang married pair, savs tbat, it possible, il bad become mor estranged, colder and more aristocratic than at oral. Bolb seemed to long lor the tnd ot the "honeymoon," which tbey bsx undertaken to paae in tbis country solitude But hers tbey mnsl remain until lummei made possible* longer journey, from whiol tbey were to return to their fixed abode Ihe Residence. Herr Birkow had already arranged the futnre household, which w to be on a Male of tbe moot prodiga expenditure. Hi* day'a work bad ended early . and I'lriob Harlmann waa returning to hi father's bouse ; but be was forced tc moderate bis usually rapid step, for Hsr Wilberg was si his side. This young gen tleman bad I ue rally taken bim prisoner and would not let him go. It was a itrange thing to are one ot the officers in such eon fiisntial relation* with the miner, Hart maun ; aud stranger yet waa the Not tba the advance* all earns from Herr Wilberg Bat there was something more in tbi* thai tbe well known law that opposite* attract Tbe ebief engineer bad no presentiment ai to what bis idle jest would lead. Hi* iporl ive bint tbal Uartmann and bis hsroi deed wonld form tbe subject for a ballm jail in WUberg's Blyle had fallen on an al too susceptible soil. Wilberg had aariousl; .decided lo work up tbis material into i poem ; only he was in doubt whether th prosed masterpiece sbonld be ballad, epic or drams; bs nevei for a moment doublec tbal tb* varied excellences of these tbree modes of poetic art were all united in hi' own {snios. Unhappily far Ulrica, bis energetic am courageous deed had fully impressed this riling post witb tbe idea that hs \ etpeoially designed tor a tragic hero ; ani Wilberg followed him round like bu shadow, to as to itady so interesting i character. When our poet learned tba 1 inch bad haughtily refused tbe proffered recompense, tbe romantic nimbus before bis eyes grew to a radiauce nothing oouk diipel not even the radenes* of the idol ized hero, nor Ihe cutting remarks ol tbe officer*, wbo were diepleas*d witb thi inli raaoy witb one so unfitted for their higher circle. Ulrioh tbowed little inclination for bmnj thai made a "itudy" of by the would -b poll ; often enough, and most impatiently he sought to ihake cfT the intrusive com paniotiHbip, ai one wonld shake off i troublesome fly; bat with small success Wilberg was determined to Bee a hero in bim a rough, wild, untamable hero, to be urn ; but tbe more nnamiable he gnw, the more delighted was our post al the clear development of tbe character hs Bought to depict, and Btndied bim with all tbe more ardor. Tb* young master miner at length, with a shrog ol the shoulders, yielded to tbe inevitable. At laat, each becoming wonted to the other's society, a sort of inti- macy really sprang up between them ; in which, however, there was little of reipecl on Hartmann'* side. Ths wind blew ratber cold from tbe north. Herr Wilberg carefully buttoned bis paletot, and drew bis thick woollen sbawl around him, wbile b* said with a slgh- " Yoa area happy man, Hartmann, with your gianl nature, and your gianl health. Yon go op and down the mine* in heat and cold ; yon itand unprotected in the biting winds ; while I moil carefully guard myself from every change ot temperature. And 1 am so nervoa*, so BennUi ve, 10 excit- able ! Thai comes from the intellect being all too muob for tbe body. Ye*, Hartmann, itaricee from a preponderance ol thought and feeling," " I think it come*, Herr Wilbsrg, from your eterntl tea drinking." replied Illriob, witb a halt sympathetic glance upon th* little liokly oflioer. " If, every morning and evening, you gulp down tbat thin, hot stuff, you ean never be strong." Wilbtrg, witb a oonx lioususaa of iubuite mental superiirity, gaxd up to bis advim r. Y .u do nol uulorstaud, Hartmaoo," bs said ; " I oould not possibly endun your rough diet ; my constitution is not fitted tor it. And then tea Is a bi^L'y tbetie drink. It enliven* me ; it lunpirea me when tba oomiuouplao i work of tb* day is s ded , and in tbe silent evening boun tbe Muses draw nigh" (To be ooulluned). A Pe ITU* I. I. lit M II. Hprai la Mrrk In almost every village ol the country can be foand at least ons person wb > may be designated as a " character," which rather uncertain title u-tually describes onl wbo is diminguished from bii neigbbon b] some striking peculiarity of deposition manner or occupation in fact, one who i* a " little odd." Irwin U no sxosplion fc tbe rule. Upon a steep bluff, two hundred feet above tbe red water of Brush creek and commanding a moat extensive anc charming view, standi a small Iwo-itor] frame liable. Part ol this was onoe usec by its owner as a harness-room and office and in lighted by a small window. In tbis through the oourteiy of the proprietor, has resided for several year* an aged man who baa spent Ihe greater part of hi* lit* in vain effort to demonntrate an idea which before ha* received th* attention ot man] another, and, unfortunately, olten wrecked both mean* and mind. Tbis man began M work upon bu pe idea wben a mare boy, and **em* to bave followed it up closely at intervals until number of years ago, since wbiob time bis entire attention hia been given to it. H eat* and Bleeps in bis rude work-room, au< a curtain across tbe window shuts off Ib interior from the Raze ot th* curious. Ye be is willing to show his model to mo* persons, and the visitor is kindly reoeive< and entertained. In Ibe ball light ol th room a* one looks at tbe tools, and wheels and balls, and Bees tbs itooping figure, an tbs face almost bidden by a beard, wbiol is unthirn and bangs over bit bosom in a mass ol gray, while the eyee gl >am with new light a* Ihe certainly ol mooes* is tok " as soon a* oue more wheel is added, "on can almoot fancy himself in tbe presence of an alohemiat of old, and tbat he i treading the threshold of unknown mya t Ty. But that one wheel has been laokia tiese many years. Often do we see tbe old man boverin around foundries and shops, or walking a tba steep street to hi* room with wheel and rod* in bia hinds, but he "has no quite finished." Five yean ago bs ws* ex: certain tbal be had his object tbat b sought oat a young man who bad bat wbile before returned from a European tour, and desired bim to go over again in th Intersil of hi* inventioL. He said h* bai no money to pay any tx pence*, but tb invention would bring countless million* a both? Ii is neediest to say thai allhougl Ibe young man would do much for " swee charily'* sake," yet b o declined tbis requeet and Ibe old man went away wondering wb; anv one ihould throw away such an oppor tonily. iiju-i he works away iu hi* retna through winter's snows and summer'* ran bine, apparently regardless of Ibs beauti ful thing* which nature in ber onward march in scattering ao lavishly about bim knowing but tbe daytime for work and tbe night for rest, rarely meeting hi* fallow men, and aeekmg but few, and then onl] when be sallies forth to purchase material for hi* machine or food for bie body. Tbe writer taw him a few evening* since returning from hi* purchase of food. Tb air was cool, the sky was tilled with grea masses of grey clouds, and tbs darkness was tailing faet. Under tb* shadow of long line of arching maples hs cam* witl stealthy, oat-like step, and disappeared in tbe gloom. Thought* came ot tbe lonely life, the all engrossing idea, and tbe reenli ing ssparation wbiob rose like a wal boiween him and other men , and il was wondered whether, after all, there were no some wbo aepired lo the position of leader among men wbo allowed love ot wealt and power to shut them oat of th hearts of their fellows, as well as ths oil man who has devoted bii lifa to nnravelin tbe mystery of perpetual motion. Pitt* bury Chronicle. HH.I.I, mi.l to Koi A young man whom I knsw went up tc Moutaua to eitablisb a trading poat, says a writer in tbe Brooklyn r'nioa. Hs wor kid glove*, a lilk neck scarf, a tall silk bat and patent leather iboee. The thing* were enough to impel the cowboy* of his region to tbs belief thai he ought to be murdered. O.ie of them assumed th pleasant tack of performing tbe obligation to tbe region. The kid-gloved gentleman beard that be was to bs slain, but there was no way in which bs could gsl away from th* post. Wbile sitting in Ihe rude Rtore meditating what be should do, the cowboy wbo wa* to take his lit* entered Tbs kid-gloved trader confessed aflerwan tbat his knees knocked together. Hs ws sitting on a barrel. Within reach was i number of axebelves. Tbs slayer, annonno ing the object of bi* vikil, reached for bia revolver. Before be could reach il Ihe trader seized an aiehelve and brought i down witb all bis might on bit head. Tbe cowboy dropped on tbe floor. Tbe trader picked up hie revolver, went to tbe door and addressed himself to tbe other cow boys, who wen waiting on tbe exterior to drag onl tbe corpse, saying : " Any of yon who want to be killed step up in line with this weapon and I will put a bullet through yon." After tbat tbe trader WM Ike moel popular man in tbe region, and tbe man who wa* going to slay bim vowed bis sttr nal friendihip. W Sml U n. I I . ., rnr.l In lh I* u h II, . hool, II is a carious fact tbat many city boys reach tbe end cf tbs lohool course witbou being able to tell what a monkey wrench is or detoribe a oroes-cal saw, or define thi uses of a taming lathe, while a piston, a team box, or a throttle valve are all far beyond their ken. They can, however, tol the number of elementary sounds in tbe language and the nigoincanoe of Ibe whole cluster of diacritical marks, all of whiob saon fade out of their minds. * * * To change il mean* the risk of a demagogic cry of one school for the rich and another for the poor. Accordingly, the poor inffer, Home liberty should be allowed to a prin- cipal to KUI t tbe edneation he direct* to tb* neoeisitie* of tboie under hia care, that tbe boy wbo muBt be bread-winning at twelve (hall not be despoiled of valuable time in ascertaining to a shade Ibe fourteen sound* of tbe vowel A. A IUrk is 1.1.1 . bs i , , , A Woolwich correspondent slates tbat a missing bullock ha* been found al Siven- oak* under extraordinary circumstances. Tb* animal bad not bean seen for twenty- oue days, and is was supposed that it bad )een stolen ; but it has been discovered in a hollow tree al the back of tbe White Hart lotel. Il is anppoeed that it got into the ree to escape from tbe flim, and oould nol ;el out again. When found tbe bullock was muob emaciated, but il ia expected to oover. The iron moulders in the foundry of Orr, Painter A Co.. of Reading, Pa., are in Htriks for an increase in rates. Two Illiterate beggare were ssen th* itbsr day near tba Pare Mono* au, Paris, wearing on their necks two insert plica*. Upon ths blind man" Fell from tbe fifth i story I" Upon Ihs cripple "A woman's I 'engeenoe I" Tbe placards had been exchanged. ( mi PHI END I 1:1 i\ Tbe hot August sun was pouriug its red team* on tbe world thai 4ay, bat they did not penetrate to when my friend and I lay roue among tbe grasses miukiug our cigars Ad reviewing the glad day* of our oollsg i if*. Tbe beloved friend alone bad com* to m* um tbal glal past, but ouly whan ovs rear* bad taught both of at tbat tbe world xiurn but aloes into tb* open bauds ; ws nust wrest from bsr grasp whatiuever manhood bold* worthy. I lo jked at bim as b* lay full length iu Ibi tall graaaee, tlitdow* lying softly on iu handsome Saxon face, aud tbe love I aad fell for thin man wbo wan no km to me roe* full in my heart, foud and true a* tbs love of brother for brother. " Wingar," said bs, mddenly, " old Fellow, yon don't know bow uincb gool it dots me, after my tramp over half tin world suid my many strugglsa, to rest here in your green country witb you ; trust m*, my boy, you bsvs ' chosen tbe belter part' in settling down on your broad acre* aud leading thi* existence. Y ju want but a sweet woman besids you, at the bead of your table, to make tbi* life of your* a vary Lotus dream." Such though'* bad oome to ms before, and there was on* faos in th* world fair snough in my light to mak* all the world about ii fair enough tor me, " When I bring tbat woman to my home having found bsr yon will be my best man, will you not, Felix?" I askad, and fur an suiswer he held oat bis hand. " I believe w* mads thai compact yean ago," I went ou ; " and now tell ms of yourself. I have sister, yon know, so tbe bead ol my table is not empty ; but there ii no woman's face in your old boms, my friind. iiave you nol chosen on* wbo will presently become mistress there ? " He turned restlessly and blew forth a cloud of vap >r before replying. " I have oeen too boiy to look closely at fair facet, and my heart ia my own ysl, Wingar," he said. " Psrbaps I bave corns here to lose it. Wbo kuowt ? " Who knew, indeed? I amiled again puffing my cigar witb enjoyment and think- ing ot JL louore, my sweet- faced sister, who wai ao true and tendar a woman. Tbey were tbe two dearest to me, lave one other, iu all the world ; and wbo knew ? H* told mt all concerning those five yean during whiob w-j had not met, and I opened my heart to him all, savs one aiaored chamber, wbere Vala Lee was sbrmed. Ob, bow bitterly I bave einoe regretted lhat I said no word of my hope* then. Oue little word one tiny bint, and my cherished friend bad surely not coveted what be knew was Ibs treainre of my life ! Bat Ibe red enn sank languidly towards tbe we*t, tb* shadows slanted, aud rising, we walked back M my borne, and in the sunset warmth we found my sister and ber friend, my brown-eyed Y*ia, wandering among Leonore's fl wers ; and I, unconscious that by so doing I struck to daatb my last and dearest hope, led my triend forward and presented bim. I saw bis eyes light glorionily as she gave him bsr band ; I saw ber own droop, bat fancied, ob, blind tool tbat I was, tbey drooped because tbey had seen my love, not hie admiration . I 1 was only a week later when, with a wild cry of desolation and loss in my heart, I listened to my friend'* hope* and fears and tbe confession ot bis love for Vala Vkla, wbom I bad thought would ona day be my own. He opened bis heart to me wben a great love came to it. Ob, bad I bat opened min* to bim thai day, wben be had not yet seen ber, and my doing *o migbt have left ms Vala. Ktuuued and cold, I stood silent there while be told me bow at first sight of ber lovel) face hi* wbols bear! went onl t > ber. I spok* iii i-et tbat day, when I told you I might hsvs oome here to lose my heart," be said, " bat I have just lost II here, and I am ao boy. I know tbis lovs will be a bleaBing or a curs* to my whole futnre. My dear old friend, I want yonr good wisbea . bid me God-speed in my wooing." I tried to *ay it, tried to say more to cry ont by winning Y*la be would wreck and shatter my existence, bat I could nol speak ; only wben be put out hi* hand to me iu the old friendly way, and I met bia frank, honest eyes, I felt comehow a* though Vala lost to me I could not lose my friend, and I wrung hi* firm lijger* in silence. 1'erbaps I yet hoped tbal tbe girl wbose girlhood I had hesitated to startl* by a word of love might nol bs won from me by bim ; now I know I might a* soon expect a daisy to turn its white face from Ihe sun as expect a woman wbo bad not been won to resist tbs wooing of Felix Glenn and I bad not won Vala I I, somehow, fell it tben ; I knew it wben, a month later, bs cams and told ms she loved bim, " mine own familiar friend." " We will be married al Ohnalmes-tide," hi said, jobilantly. " Wingar, from my seal I bop* to see yoa ons day as bappy as I ; and you bavs nol forgotten tbe old n impact ? Yoa will be my beet m%o ?" " Da nol auk that of ma, K In, 1 I faltered. " I give yon every wiah for year future, bal I ban loved bar all my lit*." He wa*i silent so long tbat I looked np at length and his frank, strong face was pale with raoh sorrow as I bad never seen there slnoe I aaw il first. " At God bean me I did not dre am it, my dear old triend," be said, very aoltly, and be Bald no more, bal held oat hi* hand, which I took as I might th* hand of a belovid brother. Wben the holly was gathered and Ibe mialetoe hung I was tar from tbs peaceful country town in wbiob I knew bells wonld ring for Vala aud th* friend whom svsn rivalry bad not parted from me. Wben 1 returned to my borne, my labon and my itndiei, tbey had long been gone, and Leonora, bewailing tbe los* of ber trisnd, would sometimes turn wistf ul eye* on me, wandering why I said nothing. How can we talk of il wbsn pain ha* taken our liven in ite bands and is breaking them. I h l frnrlnl odr Sbs was a Brooklyn girl. He was a young man from Boston visiting at bar bonae. In honor ol bis coming she bad made a custard pie with her own lair hand*. " Do take some," she urged, at tbe supper table. " I mads it for yoa my**lf, yoa know." " No," said b* reluctantly, after an evident inward annggls. " I cannot. If I were al home al Boston I would, but hen I dare not." " And why ?" sbe arged. " Wby, dearest, can yon nol eat it hsrs .'" ' BeeaoM," bs answered with a deep drawn ilgb, " Baoanse now ws are in New York, yoa know, and an attempt al suicide ii a orlme nnder the New York law*." SomfrtilU Journal. Peter A ones, of llelmon t, Me., bad a tooth ixlraoted tbe other day, and th* root* were found to bave been in contact witb metal. Amen b<i been wounded in tb* fao* at Vo t>lvania, Vs., in tb* war, and tbs mllet wit.i usver extracted. Men teeth 'ere dmwn, a part of tbe oheekboi i innvi il, and an iron grape-nbot weighing ou* ounce wan taken oat, after being mbedded there twenty-one yean. The bUtorio town of Ooneord, Mass., will ewlibrat* it* x60th anniversary on Sept. 12th. The Board of Health of Jamcspnrt, L. I., s proeecuting a resident of that village for i-fuaiiiR to keep hit children in the bouse * as tke Boarrt nr*nd, wbils hs had near!*! ever in his family. Tha ran ol salmon in Fraser Rivsr, B.O , tbi* y*ar bss been snormoas. Ons nighi tb* boat* took from 1,000 to 8,000 fl*b taob m v\n ui Coiiip from tht Milhn.r* and Drtsim.k.rt t Horn* and Abroad. Jersey* tsem to have taken a B *w less* bold, u tiiey an in unusual demand. The (all tiyla oalU lor waietooat or simulated veal (toot. Boutacb* braid ID military HVrap* or (rogn ii a il <mred trimming. Buoulder capes have by DO mean* aeeu their day. ai all the indication* point to a renewed interest in them. Tbe*e natty aad drt-MMy little wrap* are just now filling toe early gap belweeo the laoe waist and the fall outer garment. The old-ityle round oape hai eoiirely disappeared, aud the sharply defined Medici affair, with accentuated arm epaalettar, ia seen everywhere. Tbe new oape given a higb-sboulder, narrow-cheated effect very oiuoli sought by atoot ladies. Buck rbadames \P a etylisb oape material. Large ooaiae itraw sailor halt in white and black, trimmed with bauds of blaok velvet aud oooka' tails, fill the vaeaorn left by tbe withdrawal of the white Oriental laoe ea8iJe bat. Coarie blaok Tarn O'Sbauters are pretty above prelly taeea. Nothing could be more oat of place on an ugly woman thau a " Tain." Every fall for many yeare than ban been an attempt to poeh out the very English straight walking hat abeadpieoe ex tnmely ladylike on aome people, while a bold, agKresiiive-looking bal ou otbera. The walk- log bt ia lait oolor* ii to be f aibionable thin fall. All trimmiDg maiaed high and tall in trout. Short women ahoold mark thin. While tight sleeve* will not be so univw- eat aa they bave been lor a long while, maay pretty ebapely arme will nfuae to bide themselves beneath a loose, baggy or clumsily lucked sleeve. Tbe wide-tuoked ieeve ii for thin women, who need it, and the tight model ileeve remains for tbe plump women, who know what art and natnre require. No strange lull-dress eleeve baa aeked favor. Bo far ai bead* are concerned, it would appear that we are to Bee more blaok jet- ted drees fronts, aide panels and iparkling waistcoat* than ever. All autumn bargain* more or leea direc ly bear upon jet or paa*emeoterie purchase*, and beaded Killeta aud bonneta are aa uoivereal a* la*t fall. It wa* feared that tbe great deeeant in prioe* during tbe eummer would mak* tbi* ulyliah mode of elaboration too com- mon . bat tbe blaok Bilk toilet, heavily jetted, net-IBM a* mneh tb* New York woman'* pieoe de retislanoe a* a year or two ago. Feminine eye* are strained looking in at shop windows for the latent designs from Paris or I indon for fall saltings. Tbe ooame blanket Bluff* made up in what an called novelty euitsi are tbe flnt Importa- tion. Bat these have been the primal how tit several seasons pact and an not mapped op by the fashion aeeken as onoe they were. Brown aad white flecked good*, trimmed witb brown braid, are as stylish a* any ready made anils. Fur solid wear during inclement weather all dark clothe or flannels are proper. Tbe etyles in making up street rails an no more varied than the style* in itreot bats for fashionable people, who wear about one UIIDK winter and summer whan shop- ping. Skirls are rather shorter than of late inhtead of longer, aa many feared. Straight petticoats), with numerous panel devices, braid strapped 10 front of skirt and batijue, wiib a mullitndicously looped back drapery, postilion tails to tbe coat and a - .owtt 'i veet is a preferred fashion for tall outdoor toilet*. Broosde velvet* and damasked satins ar* the fabric* still bought up tb* most for din- ner and visiting ooetumea. Then it an inclination towards lighter greens than for Mine time, light vinaigre on abaintbe green flannel* trimmed with a (till paler shade being used in bridsl outfit* for travel. Bronzi or myrtle green velvet is a hand- somely combined fall dnss, wish an apricot natiu brcoade. Side panels and rever*, waistcoat and back pistilion plait* of the brooade when the toilet ia of tbe darker velvet. It is (ar too soon to predict anything as to cloak* except that ibort, waist-line cape* will certainly be tbe rage during the autumn mouths. Bat if vugue hint* and nods are worth anything, it would seem probable thai the hem-deep costly outer garment* bave had their day. At any rats, tbe very etrlieat importations are all in favor ot shorter, dressier cloaks and opera wraps. Bustle* are growing more defined every hour, and if the triple-plaited batqus- tail continue*, tbe outer garment must make way for it, that is evident. Tbo*e who foretold the indden and early death of little bonnew ar* ilill wearing their pretty oookle shell*, wondering bow they could go so wide of tbe mark. Tbs truth i* that many women cling to tb* oliwe filtinti capote, a* they do to tbe eloee Jeney ileeve ; henoe tbe difficulty of doing away with them. Might makea right, in this important affsir o( tb* toilet at least. Little booneto, however, bave altered notably in one respect. Bo far from hiding itaelf, and getting down ont ot the publie eye, as onoe it did, tbe eapot* rears itself, and wear* a crest not to be overlooked in a crowd. Small bonnets are no larger than tbe pattern ot last year, but all tbs trim- ming, as on hats, is matted up in f rout- after tbs Doric style and every tall woman adds six inches to her stature in her "little capote." Every bow or rose bad sticks straight up, aa stiff a* a picks! on a country fence. Tbe demand for strings Is renewed. MatrMe In Nalwrr. Early in Daosmber, 1879, an apparent epidemic of raieid* attacked tbe herring* aud sprats in Deal H >ads, and they rusbed ashore in such myriad* at Walmer that tbe fishermen got tired of oarllng them off, and they were left on ibe beach for all who osrad to help tbemaslvss. Natnre seems now and tbun to pot bounds to over-popu- lation, but, if this be tbe o we, no herring famines need be feared, for economical Nature would never bav* played into the bauds of tbe fisherman who an always at war with her. Suoh wholesale suioidee occur among other forms of animal lite. In Africa regiment* of ants have been ae*n deliberately marching into streams, when they were immediately devoured by fleh. Rats have migrate*! in myriad*, stopping nowhere neither day nor night, and bav* been preyed upon by both large bird* and beaut* of prey. In the Seychelles some years ago several hundred turtles conspired together on tb* island in front of tb* harbor, and carried out tbeir decision. Were they tbe victims of hydrophobia, delirium in- msos or some other disease? Even tbs gay and sprightly butterfly ha* been known to migrate in immense clouds from tbs land straight out to sea, without the re- motest chance of ever reaching another ebon. What could be the reason for snob a suicidal act ? THi Sea . In Stirring Story. For years prior to bis death the fourth Duke ot V arlboroogh lived in complete seclusion in a corner of Blenheim Palace, wbere he died in 1840, "a melancholy instance," observes a contemporary writer, " of the rpBult* of extravagance." Since thai Duke's day no money has com* into tbe family MVS by tbe sale of books, pie- tuns, etc., while a great deal ha* gon* out it. From 1871 to May, HHI, inclusive, tbe French Government has expended on the purohaae ot pictures and sculpture* by living artlits 11.700.413 francs, averaging more than 900 000 frsnos per annum. Ons day recently the thermometer Inside a oiroos tint at Modeato, Cal., marked 1 36 d agree*. ;