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. Mat* beauty uiav utove but a I'lteUOBi , All glitturiBx Uiuu( ar uut gold ftj TII all very well to be haudemuu. liul thin 111 il,e .1 lotnue I hold Aswuel diBjiOattiuii of ei'irlt Is mpre than a beaut. 'ul face, \nJ lrit hi tne srtleof true merit Tue character holds hi*ht (ilaee. We find, uow and then, at tbs bottom Tbat beauty Is nnlv a screen, 1 Luke liuit tiit eeeui ripeiu the antumn Wb,u u sod ODDS should calj be greeu ; la autioijtatiuu enjoying We promt*** our palates a treat, Aud bo* disappointing, annoying, To had a wur uieatuii deceit I Yt! acorn not a lovely complexion Though <>uly as de*p as loess in, For loots though uot maKiog perfection Mav add to tbe beauty with! j. Tbe part they serve is to embellish, As pollen of tune lo tbe speuch Ots taoouht au a Iditl-iual relish. Al nob color does lor tbs peach. Poeu say in each heart is bidden A piaoe called the 1 uueruiost room, Like plants. Its thoughts spring up unbidden Until into aotloos they bloom . Like tracing a stream to its fountain, Prum action to motive we trace Till oODduol leads u p to a mountain O'er looking Ihs innermost place. U nothing is seen then bat goodness, Deeirtj, that are noble ana ure, And designs which wb.n worked out would blew By making lif better and truer. Why ! L*i the flowers bloom In their beauty, Toe stream aparale bright as it moves, For thus all tbe better they suit me, Their .ovelioeas only improves. INCOGNITO, Hamilton, Nov ind, 1IM6. TBE CB01CB OP THREE : A. IVOVEL. " I mm sors I am vary much obliged to you, uuole," began EroMI fervently, for unoa the previous evening be had clearly reali/ii thai it WM ueoeiieary lor him to tuake a beginning of doing ajmething. Bat bis nuole oal bim eh irl. ' All ni(hl, Ernest, wt will understand til thai. Now, Jaremy, for you. I propose mat you shall be articled to ma, and it you work well Mid prove u-ef ul, it ie my mien lion ID lime lo admit yon to a than of tbe basinets. In order tbat you may uol feel entirely dependent, it le my fortber inMn- lioo to make you an allowance alno, on me amount o( wbieb I have aol yet Milled." Jiremy groaned ID epiril at Ihe thought of beaaming a lawyer, even with a " rbare of the botioeee," bat be remembered bin eoDTenalioo witb Dorolby aud tbauked Mr. Oardns with th beel graoe lual be ouuld mailer. All right, then , I will neve tbe artio.ee prepared at onoe, aud you ean take to your tool ID tbe office next week. I ibink thai ii all I ha? e to My." Aaling oo tbii blot, tbe pair were depart lag, Jeremy in tbe deepeel Hate of deprts loo, iodoeed by the near prosper! of thai llool, when Mr. Oardoe called Erneit btok. " I waul to epeak to you about something le," he aaid thoughtfully. "Shot tbe > Krueil tamed oold down the baok and wondered if bii uncle o juld have heard any- thing aboal r; va. He bad tbe fall inten- tion of speaking to him aboal tbe matter, bwt II would be awkward to be boarded bimeelt before he bad made op bit mind what to aay. He ebol tbe door and then, walking to tbe glace entrance to tbe orehid- blooming booee, etood looking at ttaa flow- en and waiting (or Mr. Oardoe to begin. Bat be did not , be seemed to be loel lu thought. " Well, uncle T" be eaid at last. 1 1 is a delieaM business, Erneet, bat I may ae well gel il over. I am going to make) a reqaeet to which I beg yoa will give ma no immediate answer, for from lie nature it will require the) mott anxious and careful oonaideralion. I want yon to beteo and eay nothing. Too ean give me your aniwer wben yoa oome beak from abroad. At Ihe itme time, I mnel tell yoa that II le a matter that I trael you will not disappainl me in , in- deed, I do not tbink that yoa cjuld be no srnel ae to do to. I moet also tell yoa that if yoa do, yoa maei prepare to be a great loeer, fiaaneially speaking." " 1 have not Ihe faiaMal Idea what yoa are driving at, node," eaid Erneil turning from the glaee door to peak. 11 I know yea have not. I will tell yoa. Lieten , I will tell you a little itory. Many yean ago a great miefortone overlook me, a misfortune eo great that il etrnok me ae lightning sometimes doee a tree. Il left Ibe bark eoand but turned tbe heart to aihee. Never mind what tbe details were, they were nothing out of tbe common. Boob tbioge lometimee happen to men and women. Tbe blow wae so eevire tbtl it almoel turned my brain, eo from thai day I gave myeelf to revtnge. It sounds melo- dramatic, bat there wae nothing of tbe tort aboal il. I had been arnelly wronged, and I determined that thoee who bad wronged me eboald taete of their own medicine. With the exception of one man they bave done to. He bae escaped me for a time, bat he ii doomed. To peee on. Tbe we mm who oeated Ibe trouble for wherever ibere il trouble there ie generally a wjman wbo eaueeelt bad children, Tlnse children are Dorothy and her brother. I adopted them. Ae time west on I grew to love Ibe girl for her likeneee to her mother. Tbe boy I never loved ; to thie boor I oaonol like him, tboogh he Ii a gentleman, whieb bie father never was. I ean, however, honestly ay that I bave done my duty by bim. I have told yon all Ibie in order tbat y on may understand the reqaeel whiob I am going to make. I trait to yoa never to epeak of it, and, it yoa can, to forget il. And no for tbe rrqoest itself." Eraeet looked ap wondiriogly. " It ii my moet earnest desire that yoa boald marry Dorothy." Hii liilener started violently, turned quite pale and opened bii lips to speak. Mr. (Jardne lifted hie band and went on : " Remember what I asked yoa. Pray say nothing ; only Helen. Of eoorie, I otnnol toree y>n into Ibis or any other marriage. 1 oan only beg yoa to give heed to my wishes knowing that they will id every way provi to yoar advantage. That girl hae a heart of gold, and if yoa marry her, yoa 'Will in beril nearly all my forlnne, which ii now very large. I bave observed tbal yoa have lately been about a great deal witb Eva Geewok. She Ua hand>ome woman, and very likely hai taken some bold upon your fanoy. I wan yoa that any CDtanglimonl in tbat direction wold be moit disagree able to MM, and would, to a great iitrat, destroy you proipeoti, so far as I am oon- earned." Again Ernest wae aboal to ipeak and again bii uncle stopped him. I want oo oonfilenoei, Krnesl, and bad tuuoh rather tbat no words passed between us thai we might afterward regret. And now I understand that yon are goi jg abroad with year friend Batty for a ooople of mouths. When you return yon shall give me your anewer about LMrolny. In the meanwhile here U a entque for your ixpen- ewe i wbal it over yon oan spend ae you like. Perbape yon have tome bills to pay." Hi gave bim a folded cheque, aud then cut on " Now leave me, M I am busy." Ernest walked out of tbe room in a per- feat mace, in the yard be mechanically unfolded Ihe obiqoe. It was for a largs sum two hundred and fifty poondi. Hi put it in bis poikst and began to reflect open his position, wbieb wae about as pain- ful at a position ean well be. Truly be wai on tbe horns of a dilemma. Probably be- fore bs wai mncb older one ot them would havi pierced him. For a moment he wai about to return to bis uncle and toll him all the truth, but on reflection he oould not see wbtl was to be gained by inch a coarse. Al any rate, II eaemid to bim tbat hi mutt first eonsoll Eva, whom hi bad arranged to meet on Ibe beach at three o clock. There wai nobody elae whom hi could consult, for be wae sby of talking about Eva to Jeremy or Dolly. The rest of thi morning wsnt very Ul tor Erneet, bat three o'clock came at last and toond him at the try sting place. Abonl a mile on the farther eide ot Ki- terwick. that is two mild or so from Tithe- burgh Abbey, tbe cliff jolted out into tbe sea in a way that corresponded very curi- ously with the little promontory known as Dam'e Meet, the reason of its resisMnoe to tbi action ot tbs wavee being that il was at this ipol c .imposed cf an uperop ot rook of a mort dorble nalnn than tbe sandstone and pebbles of tbi remainder of tbs line of elifl. Jail at tbii point of Ibe promontory tbi wavu bad worn a hollow in Ibs rook tbtl was locally dignified by ths nams ot the cave. For two boors or mon at high tide tbii hollow was under water, and il wai, therefore), impoeeible to pass tbi head- land except by boat ; but, during Ibe reel of the day it tormtd a convenient grotto or Irysltng-plaoe, the mon eo as anybody sit ting in it was quits invisible either from Ibe beach, the cliff above, or, indeed, unless Ihe boat was quite doee in shore, tbs aaa in front. Hire il was tbat Ernsit bad arranged to mill Eva, and on turning tbs rocky oornir ol Ibe cave he found ber eilting on a mate of fallen rook wailing for him. Al Ibe tight ol ber beautiful form he forgot all bii troublet, and wben ruing to greet bim, blosbiog like tbs dawn, the lifted hsr purs fact for bim to kiss, there was not a bap- piir lad in E igland. Thin the made roam tor bim bteids ber tbe rook was jost wids enough for two and bs plaeed bis arm round ber waist, and for a minute or two ehs laid hir bead upon his shoulder and they wen very happy. " Ton an early, be said at last " Yes ; I wanted to get awav from Florence and bave a good tbink. Too bave no idea bow onsleaeant ihs to. Hue seems to know everything. For intlauoe, she knsw tbal we wsnt out sailing together last evening, lor Ibis morning al breakfaat ehe said in Ibe most cheerful way thai sbe hoptd Ihat I snj iyed my moonlight sail last night." " Ths dsnoe ihs did ! And wbal did you sty?" " I aaid tbal I enjoyed it very much, and luckily my aunt did nol take any notice." " Why did yon not say al once tbat we win engaged? We are engaged, yon know." " Yes that is, I suppose so." " Suppose so ! Then ii no rappoeilion about II. At leaat, it we are nol engaged, what an wa ? " " Well, yon see, Ernest, it sounds so absurd to sav tbal one u engaged to a bey. I love yon, Ernest, love yoa dearly, but bow oan I eay tbat I am engaged to yoa ?" Brass! rone in great wrath. " I tall yon what il ii, K va, if I am nol good enough to acknowledge, I am nol good enough to have anything to do with. A boy, indeed ! I am one-and-lwenly ; that Ii full age. Confound II all, yon an alwayi talking abonl my being eo yonng, joal ae though I omld not gtt old feet enough. Can't yon watt for me a year or two ? ' be aikid with Mare of mor- lifiottionin hit ivei. "Ob, Krnesl, Erneit, do be reasonable, there's a dear ; wbal is the good of gelling angry and making me wretched ? Oome and til down here, dear, an Mil me -am I not worth a little patience ? There ii nol tbe slightest possibility, so far as I ean see, of oar getting married al present ; 10 the qnes- llon ii, II U is ol any oil to trumpet an en- gagement tbat will only make ns the object of a great deal ot gossip, and whiob, per- haps, year nnole would nol like?" "On, by Jovi 1" he eaid, " that reminde me," and sitting down beside ber again be told ber the etory ot tbe interview witb his ancle. Bhe listened in silsnoe. " Tbii is all vsry bad," ihe said whin hs bad finished. Tes, It is bad enoagb ; bnt what is to be done ?" 1 Tbue ii nothing to be dons at pre- sent " " Khali I make a clean breast of il to bim ." " No, no, nol now il will only make mat- tere worse. We mnit wail, dear. Yon must go abroad for a oonpls of monlbi, as yon had trrangtd; and tben wbsn yon eome back we muet tee what oan be arrange!." " Bat, my dtarest, I eannot heir to leave yon. It makes my heartache to tbink ol it." " Dear, I know that il is bard ; bat il must bi done. Yon oould nol stop hers now very will without speaking about onr our engagement, and to do that would only be lo bring your uncle's anger on yon. No, yon had better go away, Erneit, and mean while I will try to get into Mr. Oardne' good graces, and, il I fail, tben when yon oome baok we must agree upon some plan. Per- bapi, by that time you will taki your uncle's view of the matter and want to marry Dorothy. Bbi would make von a better wife than I shall, Ernest, my dear," " Eva, bow ean jon say euoh things ? Il is not kind ol yon." 1 Ob, why nol ? It is true. Ob, yes, I know that I am belter looking and that is what yon men alwayi think of , bnt ibe has mon brains, more fixity of mind, and, per- haps, for all I know, more heart than I bave, though for the mailer of that, I feel M U I wen all heart jnet now. Really, Erneel, yoa bad better transfer your allegi- ance. Give me op and forget me, dear; it will lave yoa math trouble. 1 know that here ie troable ojming. II u in tbe air. Ualler marry Dorothy and leave uu i to fight my norrow out alone. I will release you, Ernest," and the began lo cry at the bare idea. "I shall wait to give you op until yon bavi given me up," eaid Erneil wben be had round means to stop her tears, " aud. M tor forgetting you, I oan never do that. Pltase, dear, don't talk to any more. Il paini me." "Very well, Erneit, tben let as vow eter- nal fidelity inetaad , but, my deal, I know that I eball bring you trouble." It is tbe prioe thai men bave alwaye paid for tbi imiles of women like you,' be answered. " Troable may come so be it, let il oome ; at any rate, I have tbe eon- eoiooineee of your love. Whin I have loet hat, tben and thin only shall I tbink that I bave boogbl yoa too dear." In tbe oaoree of bie after life tbeee words often oami baok to Ernest's mind. CHAPTER XIV. Erneat, on tbi morning at Mr the meeting in the oave, said good bye to Ev* before he went abroad. II WM a public good-bye, for, M il happened, Ibere WM no opportunity for Ihe lovers to meet alone. They were all gathered in the little drawing-room at the College ; Miss Ceswiek sealed on a straight- backed chair in the bow window ; Ernest on ooe tide of tbi round table, looking in- tensely uncomfortable ; Eva on the other, a scrap book in her hand, wbieb ehi itudi- ously kept before her face ; aid in tbe back gronnd, leaning carelessly over tbe baok of a chair in eneb a way that her own faee oould not be seen, though thi could tnrvey everybody elae'i, WM Florence. ErnMt, frot i where he sal, oould jail make out the ooilmM of her olive face and ihe quick glance of her brown eyee. And H j they tat for a long lime ; hot wbal M eaid be could not remember, il WM only tbe eoene that imprinted i welt upon hii memory. And tben, at lait, tbi fatal moment came be knew tbal il WM time to go, and eaid good-bye to Hies Ceewiik, wbo madi eome remark about bis goo 1 fortnni in going to France and Italy, and warned bim to be oareful not to IOM bis heart to a foreign girl. Tben he eroeeed the room and thook bandi with Floret cs, who smiled eoplly in hii face and real bim tbroogb witb her piercing eye* , and lael of all came Eva, wbo dropped tier album and a pocktthand. keroniet in her eonf nsion as the rose to give bim ber band. He stooped and picked them up tbe album be placed on the Mble, tbe little laoe-edged handkerchief be erumpled up in the palm of bit left band and kept ; il wai almoel tbe only souvenir ha bad of ber. Tben be took ber band and for a moment looked into ber face. It wore a imile, but beneath it the features were wan and troubled. It wai eo hard M go. < WU, Erneil," aaid Mies Ceawiek, " you two are taking leave of each othei M solemnly M though yoa wen never going to meet again." " Perhaps tbiy oevw will," said Florence in ber clear voioi, and M tbtl moment Er- neel fell M though be bated her. " You should not croak, Florence ; it il unlucky," eaid Miae Oeawiek. Florence smiled. Then Erneet dropped the oold band, and lorniag, lift tbi rojm. Florence followed him, and, matching a hat from tbi pgi, passed into tbi gtrdin before bim. When he was half -way down the garden walk be found ber ostensibly picking aomi carna- tions. " I want to ipeak to yoa for t minute, Erneel," the eaid, ' turn tbii way with me," and she led him pael Ihe bow window, down a imali ihrobbery walk aboal twenty paoet long. "I moil offir you my eongratnla lions," ihe win! on. ' I hope tbat yon two will be happy. Saeb a handtome pair ought to be bappv, yoa know." ' Why, Florence, who told yon?" "Told met Nobody told me, I have eein il all along. Lei me set, yoa firs! took a fancy to one another on the night of Ibe Bmytbei' dance, wben she gave yon a rose, and the next day yoa saved ber life qoite in Ibe romantic and orthodox way. Well, and tben events took thiir natural course, till one evening yoa went out tailing logethir in a boat. Bball I go on ?" "I don'l tbink il ii neoeseary, Florence. I am eare I don't know bow yoa know all these Ihinge." hue had stopped, and WM Handing slowly piokiBg a carnation M pieoti leaf by leaf. " Don'l yoa ?" ebe anewersd with a langb. Lovere are blind, but II doee nol follow thai olber people are. I ban been thinking, Eroeel, that it is very tor la u ale thai I found on! my little mietake before yon die covered youri. Supposing I really had eared tor yon, tbe position would have been awkward now, would It not?" Erneet WM toroed to admit tbal II would. " Hat luckily , yoa MO, I do nol. I am only your true friend now, Erneit, and il ie ai a friend ihat I wiih to eay a word to yon abonl Eva a word of warning." 1 Oo on." ' You love Eva and Evi loves yon, Er- nest, but remember tbii, the ii weak M water. She alwayi was M from a child . tboee beautiful women alwaya an ; nature doee nol give them everything, yon see." " Wbal do you mean ?" " Wbal I say, nothing more. She is very weak, and yoa must not be surprised if she throw yon over." 1 U x>d heavens, Florence 1 Why, the lovet me witb all ber heart I" " Yei ; but womin often tbink of otbir things buidii their bearti. Bat then, I don'l want Mfrigblen yoa, only I would not qaite pin all my faith to Eva'i constancy, however dearly yoa may think ehe loves yoa. Dan't look so distressed, Ernest, I did not wish to pain yoa. And remember thai, if any difficulty should arise between Eva and yoa, yoa will always bave me on your side. Yon will alwavs think of me as your friend, won't yon, Ernes!.' ' and she held out her hand. He took it. " Indeed I will," be laid. TLey bad tamed now, and again reached Ibe bow window, one of the divieioni of whieb stood open. Florence touched bii arm and poinMd Into Ihi room. He looked In through Ihe open window. Mite Oeswiek bad gone, but Eva WM elill at her old place by the table. Her bead wai down upon tbe table, resting on Ibe album be bad pieked up, and be < mid tee from tbe motion of ber shoulders tbat sbe WM sobbing bilMrly. Presently ihi lifMd bar faae II wai all Htaiuod with Man-only, however, to drop il again. Etneet made a notion M thogb bs would enMr tbe home, but Florence stopped him. " Best leave ber alone," ehe wbmpered and ' tben, wben they were well pant tbe window, added aloud : " I am eerrv that you eaw her like tbal If yon eboald never meet again, or be beparated fur a very long lime.il will leave a painfal r fl olion in your mind. Well, good-bye. I nope thai you will inj >y yourself." Erneet shook bands in silenoe there wae a lump in hii throat that prevenMd bim from ipsaking and then winl on hii way, feeling utterly miserable. Aa for Florence, he put op ber band to ehads her keen eyea from the inn, and watched bim till be Inrned tbe corner with a look of iutonte love and longing, wbieb ilowly changed into one of bitter bate. Wben be WM ont of eight she lorned, and making ber way to ber bedrojm, flong heieelf upon Ibe bed, and, burying her face in the pillow to itifli the sound of bsr sobbing, gavs way to an out- burst of jaaljun rage that waa awful in itt inteneity. EMt had only jut time to get back to Dam'e Ness and go through tbe form of eat- ing somi lanobson before be WM obliged to etart to catch the train. Dorothy bad paoked bii thiugt and m*di all those little preparatione for hie jooraey tbal women think of, so, after going to tbe office to bid good-bye to bis onele, who caook bun heartily by tbe hand and bade bim not for- get Ihe rakj ot of their oonvtreatioo, be bad nothing to do but jamp into tbe cart and etart. In Ibe liiiing-ropm be found Doro- thy wailing tor bim with bii coal aod gloves, alt-o Jeremy, who WM going to drive to Ibe station witb bim. Hi put on bii coal in silence ; tbt y were all quite silent ; in- deed, he might bave been going for a long scj juru in a deadly climate, instead of a two- montbi' pleasure tour, so depressed WM everybody. " Good-bye, Doll, dear," be said stooping to kies bsr, but sbs shrank away from bim. In another miouM be WM gone. At tbe ilalioa a word or two about Eva pa>eed between Jeremy and himself. "Well, Ernest," Mked the former ner- vontlv, " bave you pulled il off ?" " Wiihber?' course Wbo ele ' ' Ye, I bave. Bat, Jeremy" Well ? ' " I don I want you to eay anything abonl 11 to anybody at present." " Very good." " 1 My, old fellow," ErnMt went on after a pause, " I hope yon don't mind very much." " It I said I did not miod, ErnMt," bs answered ilowly turning bis honest eyee fall on to bie triend'e face, " I ebonld be telling a lie. But I do ay thie. As I could not win bsr myself , I am glad thai yon bavs, beoauM, nsxl to her, I tbink I love yon bsl- Mr than anybody in tbs world. Yon always had tbs luck, and I wish yon j >y. Here's ibe train." i .mesi wrung bis band. " Thank you, old chap," be said, " yon are a downright good fellow, and a good friend, too. I know I have bad tbs luck, but psrbapi it ie going lo turn. Good-bye." Ernest's plans were to Bleep In London and to Isavs on tbs following morning, a Wednesday, tor Dieppe vta Nsw Haven, which place be expecMd to reach aboatflve or eiz in tbe afMrnoon. Tbsn he WM to ineei bii friend on Thursday, whsn Ibsy were to start upon their toor through Nor- maudy, and Ihsnos wherever thsir fancy lid thsm. Tbii program ms hs carried oal to ibi let- ter, at ICMI the most part el it. On his way from Liverpool Street Btetion to the rooms where be bad always slept on tbe few oeoMioni tbal he bad been in London, hit hansom paseed dewn Fleet itnet and got blocked opposite No. IV. His eye caught Ibe number and be wondered wbal there WM abonl it familiar to bim. Tben be re- membered that Itf Fleet street WM tbe ad- dress of MeMrs. Ojslings and Bbarpe, tbe banken on whom hie uncle bad givsn him Ihs oheqae for 250. Bethinkieg himself that he might M well cash it, hs stepped Ibe cab and entered tbe bank. Ai hi did eo, Ihe cannier WM jail leaving hii leak, for it WM past closing hour but hs courte- ously took ErnMt'i eroeeed obeek, and, ibongb it WM for a large lum, OMhed il without hesitation. Mr. Oardni' name WM evidently well known in Ihe eeteolishmenl. Erneet proceeded on his jonrnsy with a crisp little handle of Bank ot England notes In nil breaet pocket, a circumstance tbal, in certain events of which at that moment be link dreamed, proved ot tbe almost Mr- viee to bim. It Will not be necessary for ae to follow him in bii journey to Dieppe, which very mnob resembled olber people's journeys He arrived tbere safely enough on Wednes- day afMrnoon, and proceeded to tbe bMl hotel, took a room and inq aired tbe hour of table d holt. In tbe course of tbe voyage from New Haven, Erneit bad fallen into conversation with a quiet, foreign looking man, who noke K JKiisb witb a curious lillls accent. THIS gentleman, for tbare WM no doubt about bis being a gentleman, WM accom- panied by a boy about nine yean of age, remarkable for hie eingolarly prepossessing face and manners, whom ErnMt rigbtly judged to be hie son. Mr. Alston, for inch hs discovered hit companion's name to be, was a middle aged man, nol poeeeeted of any remarkable looke or advantage of per son, nor in any way brilliant-mindsd. Bat nobody could know Mr. Alston for long without discovering that, bii neutral linM notwithstanding, be wu tbe possessor of an almost striking individuality. From hie open way of talking, Erneel gntHsed that he WM a colonial, for he had often notioed at college tbat colonials an much leu re- served than Englishmen proper are bred up to be. He soon learned thai Mr. Alston was a Natal colonist, now, for Ihe firm lime paying a visit to Ihe Old Country. He bad, nntil lately, held a high poeitlon in tbe Natal Gavernment Service ; but, h>v ng un- expectedly eome into a moderate forlnne through the death ot an agtd lady, a sister of his father in England, be had resigned bii poeilion in the icrvioe , and after bii thorl vieit "home," ai colonists alwayi call the mother country even when they have never eeen il, ioMnded to etart on a bi& game-ebcotlog expedition in tbe oonntry, between Beoocuoi'i country and Delsgoa Bay. All tnie Brneit learned before the boat reached tbe harbor at Dieppe and they separated. He WM, however, plesMd when, having seen bie luggage put into hii room, be went into tbe little courtyard of the hotel and found Mr. Alston ilanding tbere with bis ion and looking rather puzzled. > Hollo I " eaid Erne**. " I am glad thai yon have eome to tbii h itel. D j yon want anything?' Well, yss, 1 do. Tbe fact of the mat- ter is. I don't understand a word ot French and I want to fiud my way to a place that my boy and I bavo o jrne over hue to see. It they talked /. alu or Siinln, you MS, I hould be tq ial to tbe occasion, but to me French U a barbarous tongue. Here is tbe address, 3ti Roe Sainl Hooore." " St. Honore," inggeeled ErnMt. " I can talk French, and, if you like, I will go with yon. Tbe table d lute is not till Mven, and it is not six yet." " It is very kind of yon." " Not at all. I bave no doubt that yon would show me ths way about Zolaland U ever I wandered Ibere." " Ay, that I would, with pleMure," and they elarMd. It WM with oontiderable difficulty that Ernest discovered Ibe place, for the address. ihat Mr, Alston bad bad been written down a dosen years before, and in Frauoe, the land Of revolutions, strssM often ohanfe their uarnes ouoe or twice in a decade. Finally, however, be fonnd it. Il WM now called the " Rue ds la Repnbliqoo," wbiah republic doee nol matter, ItWMaqaaint, out-of-the-way little street, an odd Baixtora of old private homes and sbcpi, most ot which SMmed to deal in the carved ivory wan for which Dieppe is famous. At last they cams to No. 36, a gray old faouM stand ing ia ite own grounds. Mr. Alston scanned il eagerly. " Thai is Ibs place." he laid. " Bhe often told me of tbe obal-of armi ovir tbs door a mallei impaled with three sqiimls. There they are. I woader U it ie still a school ? ' (To be continued.) TS)C t hi l.ll.n Tl .rit r . lu I <!. Whsn Stanley came borne from hii trip across Africa he laid there WM a great opportunity for missionaries in Uganda. HII glowing description ot tbe country, teeming with 3,000 000 of intelligent and fairly industrial people, fired the hearts of EjglilbOhrUUans. They sen! several miasionariii to live in the beautiful country near Victoria Nyanza, in Uganda's chief town. French Raman Catholics soon followed ths Eoglith pioneers, and all worked hard aod zaalonely to help and iaslruol Ibe natives. Il coils, the French tell ne, 15 000 to pnl a missionary in Central Afrioa. ThaM Uganda missions have oost not only many tbooaands of dollars, but alao tbs lives of three white men and yean of ocaMless toil and aoxisly. Tne nsws reached us lael weak thai tbi fruits ol all these prteeleM labors and saorifioM have been wiped oal in a bloody tragedy. Tbe King of Uganda DM murdered all the converts of tbe miseionariM, wbo MS tbemMlvM in great peril and implore aamisMnos. For a while a bright future seemed to be before tbeae missions. They built churches and made qoite a number of converts. A short time before King MMea's death about eighty eonverM were admitted to ths EegUab Cboreh on one occasion. Old and jooag crowded to school to learn to read. Mr. O Flaherty learned to epeak Kiganda like a native. Mr. Maokay lailed the (MM lake in the little barque Eleanor, wbiab had been Mnt In sewttout tiuda Kjglaad. Mr. Aibi sxoited mneb wondsrmsnt by digging wells and building a cart. Bui Ibe Ktng't oonnetUon alwayi viewed thea* whltee with inspleion. They often advised tbs King to kill tbsm on Ihe plea tbal they were sabvsrttng tbe ancient beliefs and undermining bii bold upon hit inbjeste. King MMsa on tbe whole WM friendly to tbi missionaries, and they and their work were eafe while be lived. His young eon M wanga, however, Is tbs tool of his eouooil, and they bave tided him with fear tbal tbe whites may some day try to deprive him of the power which Mventeen ot bii ancestors during nearly three oentariM bave wielded. The murder ot Biehop Hannington, therefore, has been followed by tbe extinction of the native Christians. When the itory ot thl massacre reaches ni it will doubtliu be found tbat corns ot IbsM hapless oonvsrM went to their death M fearlewly M the martyrs of old. A while ago King M wanga warned bis subjects of tbe dangen of embracing naw faiths by burning al thi staki two Christian boys wbo refused to renounce their belief. They died with Christian eongi on their lips, perfectly cnstainsd In Ibs terrible ordeal by their unfaltering Irani in Ibs Deity the whites bad taught them to adore. D**sr*(lc Vlrws. The email boy wae regaling a visitor witb the family album : " Wbo it this one?" asked tbe victim M he began tbe photographic volume. " Ob, tbat'e gramp' an' here'i gram' rite Mroet ihe leaf." " And Ibie pretty lady ?" " Tbal ehromo aunt Saks ; she's terror. An' that fel that looks M if be didn't know beam Is nunkey." " Wbo are Ibe two token together T" " Tba'l pop an' mam, only they ain't fitin' there." " And Ibis swMt child ?" " That's me when I WM a kid. An' thai s pop's first wits what dlds ; an' that H aontbir nunkv. Bay, bs don'l look like a bird, does he T Pap says he's a real old gallus bird ; an' Ibis" Tbe entrance ot tbe family prevented further disclosures. A .o..l NUhl'l Mr. I " I've been riding on Ihe limited catlli train all day, m tdam," said tbe tramp in an imploring tone of voice, " and my feel are very tired. Would yon mind letting mi sleep to-night in the cow pasture baok ot Ihebtrn?" " Certainly not," replied the woman kindly, " and I'll tell John to put up tbi bars snug and light, 10 you won't salon ojld." M> Vla-iirr* llln.rll. " Isn't England thi richest ooantry?" asked tbe garrnlooi pMienger. " O! eouree," replied Ihe fanny individual, " bat sbe will have to forfeit the claim M soon ai Beach gete baok to Australia wilh ' hit boodle." "What's tbe matter with 'In- land," put in tbe brakeman, "tor ber capital Is alwayi Dublin." Then U talk ot illustrating Iriih evil- lions in London by a but carried through tbe street., a family of evicMd peMante to bs brought over toe tbs porpoee. ,