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Tbo h'ii:fiu ii >lretrul lou< :4ouiu Kinco Milly'fl gono »w»y; VbtiUvli hUi-.'n uuly L">nit aoroiw the ruad it's All' wllL'II RllOCuUluA tu SOU mv Dow phu'.i full (/ U'k ..' F.*»c». Trll I'd hk.i t-i trtka>.iui hu'^litho Ijitrii an'imiicli lijui iul^ lie&d. It btH)!ii-i tu u;i> Iti i;>oJ <u.l (lay-i is ovur i:it'.v A r An' not Ji III' lift but lOEM'i^otticticfs ati' {;niy lnjrj Why, r 'nniM*'9r whoa bho Uhn I to cuuio a-lod- dllii' L<> tUOKAt -. Au' I*'* waicliiu d -wn t'lo lauu lor ino. au* c>>(iMii't liArdiy wriit Tell bin- RRv." i.iu o 'iijo tt liiirryiu' ii]» Iho Uno to h<fr Hit' li me, Aii' Ihcii nuthiii" c uMn't li rM her. shb'ti a-j Rla-l to MV<< JIIU COtll * Tljuii wlifti (<M Ka't<l iiiiLii ('iiiiio [iruiind atid iilvc|*|JimM w»»iil'l 111*. !»â- Â» ini-' '-"^^^U tho H'.unus iit;lit *-\co|)tin' uuly liiO. An* til' li wlii-u sho was dlibr li-.w her purty c!i''fk:i rti>ul«l 1- l'«w Wiit'i; h)if'.l »»v "-lin'il -ituk t.) fathgr, dii'nt HKflt IlU ')ll>€>r )»-Kil ThMroi. tin uiio liow l^ i.'ol.i inr ef 1 woar a • l:aH|i> cuat, Tli.»rc'- .1 -L.^ly ti> J-ad iJir ill th». vjay that I • houlil vota . Tlj^ri-'^ n lij.ii but rtiii'MiiljiT till authius liki* l.I.r.ik, Thouji'i I try i » st«<*LJi as chipi'tr ^.h old timoi5](:8t f>'r lit-r h.iko. O. Millv, t-1 you oul V «*"uM !<;! liti «. unco again â€" Just tiii I. ur>oar oifl. i!i,^.t 'iiiiit lovu uu uno b'l' Ii'.'.iUT -tatMi Jcat l'^ kf.-]» JO i-o -uricltaiiKi:!' t-J Iho Blot-py 111 iii â- â-  i!io r>Mjn(l. An' yo'i a.i'l luo, uiy baby.slcpL l^J^;t^t^JlJr uu-it-r- fcruu::.U dies iiud l)»etli«. Waiitol.in.n. Not Hyi»t«au>t m auit wine, N.t faitt. .V.;,. i>.i«l r\<*.-*, Not wottlrli i< m<-iititaiiiti ]ijlf«d. Sif- |io*t r - iiV tn-acioiiB ninile, Nut (I'nil tllopwlrliL itcn â€" Wiatci ijiuii I \Va:i*o<l. (lot'ds. Nut w>>rtl III uriiiijlii;^ Iicite, N'jt, t:i 'ii:;lit- froiii lit â-  r< mote, f'lt fuii'l rt>:iKl 'U- ai< h, Not H e* ily iHi.Kuid prayun, hut tKjftJy B'*fHliMl crocddâ€" WtfciitO'J, 'li-e '-n '. M^uatifldet-d-*; Thoy ItiA' can d.iKtar.d do. Not Xoiimuu oi tlii> new, 'i>l 11 UtlllU III I liu ' Id . (io<><l iitu a'i>l Kctiiiu* txi'tl, Tlic'H© iLu <»<:oa4i<) â-  t.fodnâ€" Uuu aud ditO'.b t -Far in r. BELLNDA:A BEAUTY " A very itnerei'.ini^ co iiilry lltii), bir." obiKrVi'H tliti i^dy , Id ikuj|{ » I'lriy at Itoif'^r'g hsiidbuino {>ouâ€" ub, .'ilim it>irk», yuu who tift'Oa )t'ir» s>;o, uuuM look »t no luan witli'jut a iii>-lii>i:j uriiil';! liut i-ii'j'i ara tho rcttiilts <ji e«rii«»th*-->4. •' Intatoitin^, I mean, lu tliu«u urtiu vj-i', il witti h purpoia." " Vt!i*, 1 (hin *'>1>1 vuu »{'-t virry fair Muip*** shojimu licro lu wii<l<r, ' Kiidwurn ilu/rr, whu do'D not anil-^rblixKi tho br^u: of jIimi Jilirke'ii bcct. "1 upnik uf the iiihtbltaiilLi ; sank now in su^.'-mtituju. iiut iIim ri-in^i^iiiiii of n noblu ra<;'i. Vur urt*. r>« rhitp^, not awikre that tne BaMj 11 linit uuiiivaJ livii iii><tiiint [iixiplrs â€" the t;artli«Kin-«nii, Ctltb, U jniaai, (ioiaa, fluid BAraooiia '.' " Uurrty," uayn italiuda, iu a atniie whi^iier â-  •' lutroilii tory Ki'inarkH oi' tbo I'ymiioj,' pane t*o lumarod au 1 furty- nino." llj;'cr atrokeii hid nion.-it^cliti and tries to look u.liliL'.l " Tho li*fijiie ijiujl i:urCkinly bo ViTy oM," he bo^iiu, lu^iliiilily. "Uui ttiu wuik 1 aiu L'i.:{aK"d on at prfin-ni, tli'i work that itnlci'd Itlld eveiy m >iii <'>t of my tiiiit', Id tliii dvandi uf illU'itraVio.i. Y'lU li»Ki. |j rbapu, li'<ard thro uli Mi^a O'^hut tint 1 am wriiuiK a bo iK 7 N'> ; I iui|{liL II Wn n'.n Hii:(\ ai mu';h. Mm-" O Hh"»'H miarifstt do ii it Im in lh« direction of my own. A book Dutiileil ' The Vfomau of tht) l''iimn' " I am a Ubor<.T, Bir, tliuu^li a huuiblti oiih, in tlin u,^amU»t, reforiiiaiiuii of our day, iIih work uf restor- ing womu'i to tho p'lli'Binl from whence the blindjd projuJic«8 of ctnturieH hive du- throm^d bit." "All, )iB," Htjii U i;;i r. in no very on. thudiaiitio tooa, and Klaiiciii(< an tie Hpoaks at tlia |)»lih-u where darrn ouKht to bo in iJ.linla'u blo<;Kiii«ri. ' I'or my pari," he add-*, >{allanliy, " I cannot »t'H thai any re- formation in noortod. It Hi-enm to niu that women ara < iomdmjjly <:liariuin;{ ad th«-y are." "A) ll;'i "'"nrk, ftH the dnbanod .\Hlatio thinkji of liU »l«vea'/ ' oriM.I Mita llurke, botly. " IJO yuu, an Dni^liiili'nan, ni:iually ; sdvanco th-- pr j()0!tilio:i t htt t.) )>tM;haraiiu^ ia a fi'. riioii' J fur an imoiorlal bnin^j'a ei- i iatenuu ?" " Tim moit charming woiiinn appear to ! me to bii li ' vvi'liuut any iiiotuu at all," ' •aya IC»(e.-, muiittlly nKiinuriMt> tliu dia- ' tan'O hi'U.ocii hn a wimary and the door. ' *â-  lint I am roally tUu worst fellow living at •n arKUiiiorit." I "Oil, lim m a vitry nany way of nauape. I It ii pi>rfe<:tly uvidont to what cynical ' â- cho )l joii l)i-lon;l tho Uf' li^Ut in whndi >uU re;{'»r I otirii<-Kl ('rtoyotl a^jleuinly kfiiriii, i-ir, ( a^b; it with tlin carnuHtiixsa the •ubjiM'.i ri<|'>iree, that yon do not look apoD ! IIB as tO)ii f" Thui |iiil, as it were, ii(>on oath, Uoi{nr ' Teniplu uoiirfidum Mik^ Iturko's personal attraotuiiiH i.ioro cloaely thin ho lias ytt donu; tile liini, oild features, the ^lldtenin(( •yos, till) Wat: li aprini^ Hgnro. He feels that he dues nut, that in bis wildest moments he nevor CMU'* lo ik up in her in tho ob- Doxioun ll,^ht uhe d'ipruoaloH, and with a perfe'itly cl( .fcr ouiirtiji'-nee nti-iwer^, *' No." " Tbiiii may 1 »»k what do you look upon OB as?" nays ISorke, puileriily. , H tuer nut only niut^mros the dietancn Im)- twuun himself mid iti • door; be ri os to hit feet, ill! Ii*s IwHii held a bravo Holdier in BOtioii, It bar ly H|i(>rtHmaii in ili ' liol.l ; but tie It horribly afraiil of Mias Lvdia Iturke. .« I _I really bp(| pardon â€"but I have iiaiially lookod iipo:i women as women," ho answers, Jiuiiilily. i Mids lUirka taraa her head away in con- ' tempt. I •' Il really ia ino4t wonde^rlnl," siKhs Uoae. I who has i-.auK'i^ ''"' '<"*' words or two o( the disens^iuii, "most i xlraordinary how KontliiiiiHii ilu disllkii liitolloot in us I 1 am euro, for iiiNSolf, I envy oiiperior women, •nd I have alwavs wmhoil ami wished to be Wno; h»v*m't you, lloliiiHaV" "Ob, I I'lie m) natural hue well onoagh, Bo^ie," ansv»«r< the ^irl, p.rtly. " Still, if 'i wers forced to ohani(e, I bolieve I would ,«â-  Konii bu Idiio as some other colors. fiA^riir women do not iisaally wear rou^a .«r MMl powder, do they 7" Hho looks more ♦horoi^hly hard, nioro deliboratoly.oltlshly VirJioil than nvor as she implants this aav. MO i>tkb. Alaa, where are »ll the budding ({racep, whero ia the soft, shy, dawuiu;( womanliness of the "Lagrimaa" of lait ui^ht 7 " But mu3t your choice, of necessity, lia between tho two, my daar Belinda ?" Uj.4«r asks, in that (|uie( tone of hia, which at once Bufcena and exasperatea her. " Are blU'j sud roU'.!o tlia only two colors in the world t" j "Certainly thoy are not. Captain Temple. There ia bU'itau for instance. Van Dyok brown, the Una natural color of ({ainins, bet:)i'\T«, i<ypsieB, iiud all the f;rea« unwashed of uainro. My color." l.'nwashod ! You iiuito pain me with these expressions, Belinda," said Rose. ' But you must try not to d«>Bpair about your coinple.\ion, dear, rtpencer shall make you some of hor milk of rosea. She (4ot tho receipt from Lady Harriet, and tliey Bay the effect is extraordinary ; that sou- tan, and even freckles, can be enrol by it. For my p»rt," cncuura|jini{ly, " I have no (ireat faith in cosmetica. Yon are fair or you are swarthy by constitation." It I.S loiii{ before the visit draws to an end ; and Captain Temple, duubly yaard'jd by Kisio and Miss Burke, does not ex- chanjje another syllable with Belinda. At Usl, in the middle of one of Miss Burke's tiiM'St p roratiois on woman's destiny, the girl brusquely takca her departure from the room ; and a jcomptnyiut; her to the top of the hotel stairs, Uu^er geca a word or two with her alone. " You are not Koin;^ to play pannie to- day 7 ' For she has a racket bill and sohistcra, as usual, in her hand. " Under this oroiling sun ! Belinda, I will not allow it." " Will yon not, indeed. Captain Temple 7 Why not, pray ?" " 1 do not uhoo e to spoil your complexion, for o:i« thiiij;." " Sly UMwaBhed complexion that ia to be iiiipruvrd by I>»dy Harriets milk uf ros^B ! Isn't it line to Ifar K >sie and Miss Burke taU! What advantatjes I havo had, sir, io bi int> tiuided by those two extremes of foniiiiinu intelligence." " I'romise mo you will not play paurae, Belinda, today, or any other day." Sho llo^ilate« and looks ilowu ; a ijuiver on her lips, a tell. tale binah dhiuiu<< beneath tho e'ear olive of her cheek. " LsK'i'nae! ' bo wbispera softly. " Will you proiniso .'" And then hhe raises hereyes. They prom 1-40 -uiinonHcinnsly they prO.Tiise a world too much to Koyer Temple. CHAPTER Xr. A Ti.ANaJ'oiiii.ilIu:; «r:. ;.â- :•. Have joa watched au almond trio Aoi er't Bare, Khiveriii:; bouaihs lod'iN, to morrow, niidir the .'irst warm kis-iof .-^pril. a eloiid of odorous blossom. Hii>-h iliaiiiio, suidi nuldeii miracle of growth is wroiubt durin;{ the ii-xt four days in Blin.la Uor choek trains color, her figure rO'indiusa; her hair no Ii>ui(or dinlit!Urt»l by tlio villai.i ous plailt>, han><s runnd lier neck iu waves of tlossy choitnut. Her tnovemonts loa^ their inasculiiie rouuhnes.*, her .irea-i iirows neat. Uirlisli i^raee, eirlmh eoftnesa, uiodenty â€" all have ro'ne to her. Who sliall unriddle thu4p tniii^e .' " B linda is not uoini^ to bn so un fortunately plain, I do believe," Rose will rem-krk corii[ilaoeiuly lo Uor lover. " Khe has igmto made up hor iniiid to marry Air. Juiiec- |uile , and yuu see lio w she brit(h tens up at the proxpecl uf richoa. I am afraid I v/m rixhl ab lilt that poor thiiiy from the I lirit, Ho;^i'r. 1! dinda has no heart." I .Miss hurko accrints for tho transforma- tion otherwi.te. ".V nature like Holinda's," says iM MS Hurke, "cau oi;!> devil. ip from ono frivolity to another. Iler childish love of play uutt;rown, and Belinda takes to I what '.' Karne»t work, higher culture, re>:u,{nuioii of the world's wants nnd iiiis< r. iosV No! To inuslins, ribbons, .ind laces; I tbo livery, the b-tdije of woman's ue^rada- j tton lu ilio HO('i«l scale." Hi think the'o ladies. Wli\; .lo3S Uoj^er Tenplethmk? Ho;4. r 'Temi in ia in the frame of ii:iiid, readi r, vheii nil uf ns are apt to shun seif- cutnoninioM, to Ui I'p tho eyes of tho noirit ' shut. By natiir,^ the ino-it ohivalrij>iuly lo>al of men, liojier Isd.-iliin:;, dally, hourly driftinij, into disloyalty. Ua i:\ nioro atteii- I tive, moro dovo:oLl than evor to KuKie during tho hours that he is at her foet^poor, iin- j conscious Kosie, [lerpetually dcvisiiis; toiloU I forColonol Drewe, who as yet comes not! But there are a Hood many hours of lli-i day when he is not at Uosio's feet. The j adorors of mature beauty are ifooerally de- barred from adoration darin<{ the forenoon, I that saiTed, mysteriuus tiino for women to whom Heaven hath uiveii one face ana who ' maiiufautare to tliemsolvea Hnothor. ' ill elevon o'clock tivory inurniii|{ I<u>{or is free, and Belinda also. .Vficr the Casino ball at nieht ho Is froo a>jain ; and then, in the starlielit, " Ija^rimas " bteals out upon the balcony (so fatally near his own) of tho Maison Lohobiai^u, ! Miss itnrke, ab< irbed in the " Women of tho l'*iiliiru," seeH iiijtliini{. Uujieenwrappnil ill lavender ribbons, Kpaulsh combs, ami ai{itated anspoi.se about that elej^ant creature Htaiiley, susiiects nothiui^. And then, uinler the southern skv. in ihia do nothiiif; life, the path, no dittiMilt one in any climalu, that leads from llirtation to frieiilship, from friendship to a warmer feeling', is b(> easy, i''oiir ({lowing iiixhtleaa daya ptaa by like one; Miss Burke on<{«i>«>l philosophioally, liu-'O niakliiK futile millinury preparations for Colonel Drewe, lio^er Temple and Be- linda falling; about as de.'<(>oratoly in love with each other as ever two people foil on this ointradictory earth. For the fifth day Rii4e has planned an oi^W; hours' excursion into tipaiii a lltnJuye, Foutarabia, home throuKh the moimtiin pass of Itohooia by mooiilinht. iMr. Jones ia to return early in the morning from hia tour, and as a matter of course will aocnmpany them. "Two pairs of lovoraâ€" 1 never heard of anythin)^ BO ridionlous," says Ro-iie- With this Miss Bnrko, note book in hand, as diienua or I fifth wheel of tho coa(h. I Au;;ustiis arrives piinotnally by the early inariiin){ train from Bayonne, and with lover-like ardor makes his way at once under the broilint{ sun to the Maison Loho bisKUe, where Belinda, already eijiiipped for the day's excursion, nuetj him just outaido the hooas. ForKotten .lonea duriii|< his absence, she haa not ; nor hor own quaai encouraKement of his anit, having in- deml been pointeilly reminded of both alMut six tiinea duiin|{ each twenty four hours by Rose. But just at this present moment, dresjed, poor litilo nirl, in a anm- mer frook and hat ihat Bpencer haa con- I desoo din^ly made up for her, a flower in .her waiat'belt, tho sanihine that haman Uvea know onoe in its extramaak brit^htneM faaoy. Ia it your Bt«p-mamma, I wonder, Bhinin;4 from every feature of her face at or Captain Temple who ia acting aa your tihis partioalar moment, I say, the su Iden advaor? Not your atepmamma, surely ?" apparition of Auifustas, more blistered At the insolenoe of his tone, hia look, than ever after hi< journey, more mos<jui(o- Belinda's aelf-posseasion returns to her. bitten, more amative, com-js upon B dinda " My own heart is my adviser, air," ahe with all the cold chill of au unexp cted cries. " My own heart tells me I could misfortune. She ohantjes color painfully, never endure to live a day with you aa your does not offer to take bis outstretched hand, wife, let alone a lifetime!" and can Iiud no utterance of weljotne more ! " And have you male np your mind - flattering, more lover-like, than the mono- althoai<h you do treat ma bo cruelly I must syllable, " You?" always takj the warmest interest iu your " Me," aaya Mr. .Tones, nu^rammatioally welfare â€" have you made up your mind, tender. " I have not kjpt you waitinj;, I Belinda, to live nuder Captain Temple's hope? You have not bsen expecting ma . roof for the future ?' I ahall do whatever be thinks best for me, air." The worda stab her, but she lona?" Expoctin>7 Well, certainly not. I don't know that I expected you at all," j utters them with a kind of despairinf; answered Bjiliuda dryly. " You have seen resolution. "It would be impossible for Rose 7 " j me to live under the roof of any one I like No, Autjuatua haa not yet bad that , and honor more than I do Roger Temple." pleasure. He found a note from Mrs. " Ob 1 What very delii<htfili sentiments, O'Shea on his table, invitin({ him to accom- ' what charmiu;{ filial aubmisjiun ! And you pany them for the day into Hpaiu and were so desp-rately prejudiced, if you ra- tbenâ€" " Then, of course, I rushed off at i membsr. Only four days ago you were once to Eee you, Belinda," he adds in ready to ijnarrel with me for assuming the tenderer accents than before. " Haa time Inuin heavy on your hands?" Mr .Jones baa an u ihappy knack of composing sonten :e3 brimful of murdered aspirates I " Baa your heart told you that â€" that some one you cared for a little was away during the last four days!" " My time haa not hung in the least heavily on my hands," anawered Belinda, coldly, emphasizing every "h." "But I have been aware of your absence, if you mean that." "And what have you been doing with yourself? No paume-playing, I hope? ' " I havogivenup paume plaving forever, ' she exclaims, her cheeks glowing, a sudden shame coming iuto her eyM as ahe makes the confesBion. " My dear Belinda, this delii^htful com- pliance with my wishea," begins Augustus. "Your wishes!" aha interrupts him ijuickly. " What do yon mean by that, sir .' What do you suppose your wishea have had to do in the matter?" "A good d'-'al, I should hope, considering how we stand to each other as â€" aa engaged people, and that," says young Cratius, pur. pliig, Kelinda turns from him impetnoasly; i-he t:itles with the flower in her belt, she ht joj.s and pats Co-ita, wl o with an air of di^iiilied triumph eits in the sunshine ejo- ing the discjnililoro of his enemy askance. " I did nut itiink you would begin any of llut ridiculous tionsenee again, Mr. .lonea," sho remark-i after a minute's xilence. "En- usgoii, what for, pray? Maccaroona at ILirriinooitr'.-^ .' Wo shall have time enough tu uet some, I (iare say, before »o start for Siiain." Without answering a word, Jones shifts his position from one leg to the other, then "lands critically gating into the trans, parent, girli-ih lace betore him. Wounded vanity is llooding Mr. Jones' intellig-jnco with u curious amount of light at this moment. " 1 don't know how it ia, but il seems to ine that you liave altered a k:ood deal since I went away, Miss Belinda. Upon my word you look three, four, any number of years olJer.' " That is not a complimentary speech to make to a young lady, ia il ?" cries Belinda, but in a fluttering, ill-asaared voice, v.lth tho traitor blood still deepening in her cheeks. " And )ourdrcss â€" all thoie refined female e oganoeB with which I have no often wished lo see you invested," says Augustus, pom. poiisly. " But I suppose, aa you expected ino to'dav. I may without vanity attribute a little uf that to " " i'rav lion t hesitate." "Ill tho very laudable desire of giving me pleasure, my dearest Belinda." Upon this she lifts her eyes, and returua his i;a/.e unlliiichiiigly. " i have taken to rpfioed ele^^anc's" aa I have given up ptuiiie-playing, to auit my own taste. I ncvir thought for one moment of giving yuu or any oee else, pleasure, never." Tho natural expression, by no means an possibility of Mrs. U'Shea'a marriage " I did not know Koger i emple then," says Belinda bravely and simply. "I can excuse Rjse now. I think she or any other woman would b« honored by becoming Roger iemple'a wife." And htving got back to the familiar re- gion of truth, the girl'a stout spirit rallies. No further blurh of shame rises to her cheek, no further tremble of the lip betrays her. Shame was for the drat discovery of her weakness. For her love itself, mis- placed, hopeless though it may be, she can feel none. Mr- Jonea makea hia exit, not again to cross the stage of this little drama ; and Belinda stands blankly ga/ing at a world from whence all fair perspectives, all gracious harinoniea of color, seem abruptly olotted out. 'The chcerfnl atnots â€" 'tis a high Basque festival, and the town is thronged wiih peasants from the neighbor ing villagesâ€" the balconies with their gayly- painteii awnings, the lluih of purple hil'la across the ri%er, every familiar object upon which she lixika eeema changed â€" vivid, in- ton«iti..d, aa external oV>jsota become in moments of tharp bodily pain, and still distorted to Belinda's untuned, jarring Bense. Her life is distorted. The gamin life, with its April joya and tears, ia over. Over! why the feels old already; those children playing yonder under the trees aeetn aeparate from htr by a score of pain- ful years! The past has died by anddeo harshest blow, and she haa no future. That is for Ho^e ; for all happy women wboao love has been Bought for and returned. And thenâ€" â€" Tbo'i across tha girl's htart awtep thoughts that are intoxication, memories of words spoken by Koger Temple to " La- griiiias " when there was only the ni»:ht and >olitudc to hear â€" worda carrying with them the ring if truth, of earnestness, all unlike the tawdry compliments be laviehes on Rose. Ah, if \if> care for hor ever so slightly, and she inav see him some'imea, feel the preiisnre of bis hand, meet thekind- neBJ of hia eyei', can Blf not be contented? CIIArTEB XII. ;ilB MKUUIIY Ul' A KISS. On reaching ilio Hotel laabelia, Belinda lindH hor sMp-mutber alone, dreaaed in the sprighilictt, most juveoile white muslin wrapper, and wearing on the summit of htr blonde lo ks what the I'arisian mil- iners neatly term "a ravishing futility," in the way of a cap or badge of widowhtxid. " Belinda! and Dot Mr. Jones? Well, it ia positively a repriuve I am too upset, too miserable to bear tbo presence of a mao. Oh, Diydear t-><l> think what tor- tures of suspense I am going throu^jh I ('uionel Drewe haa arrived â€" is atayingin this very hotel." There is not one of her little poaea iu which Rose is more suooeesfiil than that of bashful girlish perturbation. In her youthful white dresa, and holding a micro scopic patih uf cambric and Valenciennes to her lips, she really at this moment does not lujk a da\ over two and-tweutv ; in a a'ii(>.|io one, of .Mr. Jones' faco. replaces in i a heeonii all tha oily tenderness which, aa a I •>»" ''«*>'. »' "-ourse, and viewed, as every suitor, ho had thought it wise of late to I "«''"'««"""»'»'â- Â» '^'»'=fvca to bo viewed, dissemble. Truth, he feele, is going to ba | 'rom the prop«ir focua. told between him and this keen-tongue.! I " '' appears ho came by a late train little vixen ai last, and ho is quite de- 1 y"»'«''''»y. *"'' I ''"•»' nothing abont his arrival till tlii^ morning. 'Ibepoor fellow picked lip Bpeiicer'a acquaintance iu the teriuiiied to render truth aa unpalatable to hor Hs may be. " Well, MlhalJ'dhea," look- ing at his watch as he npuaks, " you areuot in a very complimentary mood this morn- ing, it seemg; bo tha sooner we wish each other gootl-bye. the better. courtyard, and questioned her, and ob Belinda, I ftar things are worse than I anticipated I Spencer says tho li^^ry look Aa rei:arda that came into bis eyes when she told him . >tf<^»>.l« 'Pa.....i.. .»..- !.«-« .,.. ,u:..^ >oiir party into Spain, you will mention to •-'»P'»''],'''emplB was here was louiething Mrs. O'rthoa, perhaps, that ciriiumstanoea . "*'"'"'â-  do not allow of my accompanying you." | " Lo'^y that you oan keep out of his wav " 1 will deliver any measagu you like to ' '<"â-  '^« '''.V' "«''^- I'bere was a beautiful y measagu y send by me, Mr. Joues." " 1 have received a letter that calls ma hack at onno to Loiidon, and shall leavu tills iMirsed hole with only toiuiu .h pleasure, by the twelve o'clock train. However, I have no doubt you will thid Captain Tern- plea very willing substitute I Before we Spaiii'.li ducliess in this hotel last summer, and »ix duels wtro fought about her before the veasou was over. We must hope Col- onel Drevve will have had time to get bis fiery feelinga nader control by the tune you come back to night." Mrs. O Blioa for a uiiaute or more part thero is one question that I should •-'"•aineB tho pattern of her laced handker- like, jnat for curiosity, to ask you. What °«"«f >" "i'":";". "The duty that hoa was Miur object in giving ma the answer before me la a most cruel one," she aigha at you rtid foiireveninga ago, here in your own ,'»'"• 'ool'iiig up with soft, remorseful eyes odgings?" at ihe ceiling. "I hope, in consenting to " I don't '"*"y '"y P-)or Roger, I have acted cou- Oh Mr. ^'''^"''"""'y* ' hope it, and I believe it. ofTe'nded ''''y fejoction of him would have cut Roger I Tompio adrift from his last moral stay iu life. But I cannot forget that there are other, il may bo prior daima. Yuu talk of duels jestingly, Belinda! You tittlo know li The answer 1" she stammera, know what answer you mean. Junee, do forgive me if I have yuu 1" ' What was your object, I ask?" he ppr- siatsRavagely, " Is it ao perfectly impossible for you to apeak the truth 7" , . "laiiawored you more in j.-st than bow necessary it is for me to see Colonel earnest. You know it. I said that wo l>fe*e without delay, and alone. For miyht try being engaged. We have trieil want of women displaying discretion," it, andâ€" the thing ia impossible. Forgive , *»/» ^wse, solemnly, "some men'a hvee - - - have been aacrifioed in positions like this." me, Mr. Jones. I have acted very foolishly, Very badly, I know, but I ask you to for- give me. I am wiser now." "No doubt of it," says Auguatns, with one of his odious amiUa. " It would ba impertinent, I suppose, to inquire under whose influence your wisdom haa been gained ?' She stands for several seconds dumb, as though she had not understood the question But whore is he all thia time, Kose whero ia thia fiery-eyed ('olonel Drowe? If you mean to see him bofora we start you must make haste about it." "Ah, my dear child, there is the diffi- culty. Is it my duty to start at all?" And then, beckoniug Belinda to her side, and speaking in whispers. Rose unfolds a series of little Machiavellian plans, by then, from throat to temple, the poor little n>«'»n> o' which she hopes to mystify every girl turna white. Uer secret -a secret '""^y 'hrouth lUt th« remainder of tha day. hitherto to her own inmoat conscienceâ€" , l*OiS''"' '" the first place, is lo be told that is bared before her, like a committed sin, s'""" 8bf[">i>it< from headache, and the iu this moment's piercing light. She P»'''y «nii-t start for Spam without her. changes from pale to red, and then to pale 'l'*^'>" <-!olo»tl Orewe is to bo admitted-not again. Hor whole childish faeo works ?». ?":«' admitted; the wily Spencer must pitaoualy. doubt, you are, • says Augustus, watching •n*y ^ s'^e- *<> P"« everything before him her with contemptuous coolneas. "There "> a light as little wounding to hia own may be two opinions, perhapa, aa to the '""''y »» !»«>l'le- My engagement, for- worldly wisdom of these little changes of ^♦'»°*te'y.'>»* "ever been actually given out, =3 and I know, when I have bi m alone, I ca* say many things that will aoftnn the blo«r to him. Poor, pow titanlev 1 Ah, it I coold only persuade him to return ijuietly to England by this eveniug's express t Roger need never know more about tha visit than I choose to let him know, and â€" " (To be CootioDed). A FltiUT TO TMK llfciiTH. Desperate £iiei>aiiter Itvtweeu MKc U ^ n ed Balls on th« Kflg^e uf a l^reclpic*. Thomas S. Moore, a well known and substantial citizen of Garrard cuuuiy. Mo., tells a graphio acory of a lesperaie eucoun- ter that o ;curred on the cruot of a kuub in his neighborhood several days ago t>etweea a couple of enraged bulls, in which both were killed. The animals had wandered to these heights, and, upon eighiiug each other, at once eugtue t in a auel to the death. Those nuacqu.«inted with the m- stincts of such creatures caunot easily imagine what extreme ferocity ihry some- times display. In apeakiug of the incident Mr. Moore said: " Being interested in the study of geo- logy, I happened to be on the knob at tha time, and was startled atioul 4 o'clock ia the afternoon by a fearful bellOAiug. Look- ing some distance ahead, 1 saw the aiiimaUl advancing towards ea.-h other with their noses on the ground, lurniug this way and that, and casting dust into the nir with their forefeet. When only a few yards apart they suddeuiy leaped to the attack with a fri;jlKfuI noise and bet^au to gora each other with (rightful energy. Abufa the tierce and noisy trampling could ba heard the grinding uf ttuir ititerlocked burns and the viuleut siioriiog of brutal rage. The breeze blew a^ide tho du;t, and revealed the tigerish character of iheouset, as with wide-Set limbs and tails cuiliug in the air, they charge 1 again, slabbing with their pjinted h irus. Tmy streatus of blood shot down their ueiks and sides, while their distended notrils emitted a reddish foam. The piodigiuus atreigihof these maguilict^ut animals thus bruu^t into activity aCforltd a >-p'Clacie both tumultooos and thrilling. The exertion of the encounter, added to the pjkui uf each newly inflicted wound, ii.llauieu their com- bative spirit to the (itch of ttmpestuuoa fury. One of thu bulls, following np a temporary advantage, plunged his hurua into the chest of his aulagcist, and, with a quick upward j.rkof tho head, ripped open the desh to a cepth uf several incoea, while from this gapin.; wound jets of arte- rial blood began tu spurt. u a toweriag passion and with gleaming eyeballs, charg- ing furiously upon bis adversary, the wounded bull drove bis horns i.itu its ab- domen, making a hurrible opening, tbrou^ which the entrails gaaheil. The iu p^tu- ous aud stormy Latum of tho contest bad carried the combatants to the verge of the cliff, but, blind with deadly fury, thiy saw no danger. Each mortally wuuiioeii and weakening momentarily fiom prufuae lois of blood, wa,ed the battle with that tieudish desperation shown only iu wouuued animals. Il was evident, however, that a crisis was near at hand. The situation bad n solved itself into the grim condition of the death strug- gle. With lowered beads tliey backed away a few yards, defiani, implacable and again collided with a force tbnl weined to split Ihuir very skulls. Thisteirflj shock staggered the bull with the chest wuuud aud forced his eyot<alls from their soiketa. He suddeuiy plunged forward to bis hnee* on the brink uf the precipice, and tenMin- ing in a quivering sliipur, with hu upen mouth burrowing iu the dust. 1 he other, tottering and covered with bicoil, but siiU terrible in his weakntss, charged Inavily upon his kneeling and seuseh ss foe. struck him iu the tUnk with the force of a pon- derous projectile and hiirltd hull lieadloug over the precipice. 'The body executed a somersault in ini,lair, fell with a noisy crash through the tree tops npoii the rocks twiow, where it was subsequenily pre)ed upon by vultures. Tiie nuiaiiiing bull asttiued 10 realize iu a stupid way the dan- ger to which be hiinsolf was expos d. He drew back from the brink over whnh hia hideous muzzle had be-n inonientarily thrust, aud with his entrails traihugon the ground, staggered a little distance off. fell prone lo the ground, rolled over uu h a hide, shivered a mouieiit and then la> still in tba eml race of death. The battle la:>tjd n-srly an hour, and in point of samtuinary dolalU and tragic horrur haa no parallel within tho limits of my recolltctiou." Uiphtlivria Currleil t>j a Turkey. A fowl with diphtheria was brous^ht to tho house of a vtttriiiary surgeon on April 'i4tli and died on the '.j'Jih. IIim feeding and nursing uf the bird devolved on a lad aged 14, who was assisted b> his broiher, aged.') On the evening of May ll'.h the writer was called to aeo the little hoy of 6, who had been poorly for a day or two. Ha had enlarged cervical glands on tho left side, which had come un rapidly. He was a delijate littlu fellow, with lair hair aud anil' nio aspect. Tho fauces were moro or less covered with diphtheric membrane, the left tonsil more especially. Under tna administration of biniodideof mercury and iron the throat symptoms cleared up and the child made a goo 1 recovery. Ou tha day after this case was hrht s>eu tho boy who fed tbo fowl was feverish and had aimilar patches over his fauces, but not to the same extent aa his brother. A sister, aged il, had also a siinilar explosion on tti* fauces. On the IHIh the mother, who nursed them, was attacked, and was simi- larly treated. They were all kept well up with beef tea and stimulants. â€" Brituh Mfdical Jottmal. The Mew President aixl Hia Wir<<. Notwithstanding the result of tho eleo- tion Mrs. Cleveland's photographs sell aa well as ever. Mrs. Harrison di-osn't like to have her pictures placed on sale, and noua are to be had. I'resident-elect Harrison was walking down to bis otficeone afternoon of last week just as the roblio Schools were dismissed, when an ontbusiasiio boy dashed up to him and exclaimed, " Oh, General, aiu't y glad !" Rev. W. T. Turner, Methodist pastor ak Harrow, Ont., died suddenly the other day. Oilice boy (lo editor) â€"There's a mad old gant outside, air, what wants to see you. FMitor - Did he Bay what he wauled? Olfloe boy Yessir; he said that you printed a poem that hia aon writ, an' he says he'll have satisfaction or go to a hoaspital. *