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T x)^^-w"3sr. CHAPTER XXXI.â€" Continued. (I appreciate beauity, wib«a I h*Te tiaue „__ ,, , , . »â- Â» 1 I, _ :„ ' t<* think atxjut it. I observe that you Mrs. Ciu-r Jiad a beautiful hou» .a ^^ u^aiitiful. 1 am not very well-off fitoaveoor Square, a place in Leiceater- .foj- my jxaaitifm. You, on the other rtirp, whiTeahe huntel a little, a pla<e hiuid, are iiumeaitely ruJi. With your ilii the Isle of WigM tnat she rarely I """»?• 1 «ea in time, become prime _â- -:* J J 1 ., 1 . «. 1 • mmlBter. It w. i-oiMteqWDtly, evident- viB.ted, and liuslly a place at Madeira U^ ^ ^^ advauAagrtbat yiu Hhould wber,' sb.' lived for nearly halt the year, jinurry me, atid 1 have sacriificed a very Tiler n^ver hud been a breath of scan- dal ^([A'anKt bcr nam/e, nor had she giv- »n causo f<»r any. "As for loving," she would Buy, "the O'lly thiugB sht; loved were l>?etlea and mummies," for sie was ^ cIcveT naturarsl. and a faithful stud- ent of tlie loT.i of tha ancient Egyip- iuiiportaail appointment in ordt^r to c«mi and settle it.' " Agatha laugliod. "And bow did you answer him J" "In liiH own style. 'l,or<l Minister,' I said, 'I am, for the third time, honored by your flattericng proposal, but I have no wiiih to ornament your table, no desire to exiHMe my Ixjuuty to your tians. The beetles, she •would explaim, periM-tual odmiratiiuin, "and no' ambition had l)eeti the connecting link between to a<lvanc* your poliltical career. 1 do tile two sclenceii, since beetles bad led her to srraliatM. aud acaraliaei to the 'human husks with which they are to lie found; but this stateme-nt, though am- va'ag, was not strictly accurate, ca she bad ill reality contra-ted the taste from her InU- huHltand, who had left her tt large oolle«'tifHi of Kgyptian antiqui- ties. "I do adore a nmiiimy," she would â- ay, "I am small eiinugh in mind and body already, iiut it makes me feel inrlies Hznaiier, and I liike to measure mgr own dioiinuliveneHs. She was not inufb of a reader; life was, she dMrlared, too abort to waste in study; tut, when she did lake up. a book, it was generaUy of a nature that meet women of her claes would have Wiled lUiff. and tlun she could read it without going to sleei>. In .iddiltioD to these oorupations. Mrs. Carr had had various crazes at iliffer- •nt St ages of her widowibood, which had now endured for scuue five years. She had traveled, she had "gone in for art;" once she had six'oulHted a little, but finding that for a v.oiniaa, it was a los- img game, she was too shiruwd to con- t iiu<' ilvia kutt f.astiine. But she always ca.Tne hauk to ber beetlej and hur mum- mies. StilJ, with all her money, her places, lieT offers of marrag*. and her self- made orcuiiatiuns, Milrir-d Carr wa« es- Rentially "a weary woonan. sunk deep in tasc, aud sattd witih her lite." \Vith- in that li<tlp fraime of hers, there t>eat a gr>-at active heart, ever urgimg her t»•^^•ar^l toward an unknown i-nd. 8he would de«cril>e herself as an ill-regu- lated wnenan." and tie d'scription was not without justice, for siic did not pos- sess that placid, even mind which is iK> â- nwvBsary to the comfort of English ladies, and which enables many uf them to liury a husband or a lover as ccoijKieedly as Uiey take him. .She would iMtve given worlds to Ije able to fall in love with some one, to fill uy the daily Wnptiii:'fl« of her exiatonco witJi an- other's joys and griffs, t>ut she could not. Men iKiitwd l)cfore her in endless IiiVDTHii.iiii, all wirts aad conditions uf Wiein, ami for (ho most ])«rt were anxi>- «UH to marry her, but they might an Well have lieen a string of wax dolls for aught she could I'are aliout tb<'m. 'X'o her eyea, thi'V were nolh.ug more ttia«i â-  suivessiiui of frock-coats and tall hata. full of sh'jiie aud empiiiKSS, sig- nifying nothing. 'For their o;.iuiuD too, and ihat of tlie Boi-ik<ty which tboy heiiwd to fur.ii, kIw bud a most tomplete and wrung-hcailcd cont?am>t. She careif liotii.:ng fi>r I ho urdinury laws of social liife, and waa prepared t/> break liiiougU the.ni on emergency, us a wasp breaks through aSj.ior'H wv*<. IVriiaps she gaiesacd that a good deal of breakiiiig wcHild be forgiNvm In t.h:' owner of siuH* a Icwely fucv., aii'l more than twenty thousand a year. W iiLh all Ihia. 8h<< waa extrenuly utjseriant, ami poMsess- ed. uiikniiMn to herself, great powers of m.ind, ami gri'at though doruiaiit, cajactii's for paNsion. In sliort, IJiis little rtiwiui.ii. Willi tlK- baby fa<v, suiil- Jtig aiiil Kciviie UA the liLuc sky tJiat hides thi- gHtlifruiiK hurritano, was ra- ther o:UU'r tJuui the iiiujor>ty of her â-  h is perhaps saying a great not love you,, aind 1 had rather become the wife of a <r<iesiing'-ewvei>er that I loved, than that of a member of the glOTerntmient for whom I have every re- spect, but no affection." " 'As the wife of a «rossiiilg-s weeper, it is prol>abltv' he answered, 'that you would be miserable. As my wife, you would c-ertainly be admired aud pow^ erful, and <'ansequently happy." " 'Lord Minister," I said, 'you have studied human nature but v.-ry suiier- ficiiilly, if you have not liaru'ed that it is liettcT for a woman to be miser- aide with the man sh-; loves than "ad- mired, powerful and <-onse<juently hap- py," wilb one who has no attraction for her." "'Your remark is interesting' be re- plied; 'but I think that then' is .irnie- tbing I'arartoxicnl alwut it. I umst be going now. as 1 have only five n.inutes to go to Westraiiistf r; but 1 will thiak it over, and answv-r iit when we renew our cfw.versation. wiiich I propose to do very shortly, and Iva was gone liefore I could ge.t in another word."" "But why should that make you go to Madeira f" ",Ii'<auKn, my dear, if 1 dom't no sure as I am a li.viog wxnnan. that man will tire mi> out and marry me and I dislike him, anti don't want to marry him. I have a strong wi.ll, but lyis is of iron." And so it came to pass that thi- names of Mrs, Carr, Mias Terry and three ser- vants a:>peared uimmi tb.- passenger List of Mi'SHrs. Donald Curri? * Co."8 royal mail at'-amshii;) "Aarwik Castle, riuif to saJJ f«r Maleira and the Cajw porta «n the 14th of June. CHAPTKR XXXn. Arthur arrived in to^vn in a m«lan- ciho:y c<»n'l-<ion. Tlis was a tfni:'ra- nieut iMK-uliarly liable to suffer from atla>'ks of dc^ r ;.6 r>.i, and t.' hid, with s<«ije exruH", ii sufficieutiy severe one on hini now. Do whal he would li- bbusbâ€" '"tli«re 'm an end at the ques- tion."" "Uy no meanst,'" interrupted Arthur. "It is a matter of perfect indifference to me where I go. I beg that you wiiLl take it." "Oh, thank you. You a-re very good, but 1 could not think of robbing you of your cabin." "1 must iniiilore you to do so. Rother than there should be any difficulty, I will go below."" And then, addres.sing tlie clerk : "Jin so kind as to change the rabioiB."' "1 owe you many thanks for your courtesy,"' said Mrs. Carr, with a little c-ourtesij'. Arthur took off his bat. "Tlie.li we wiil tonsider thai tettled. Good moroing, or iierhaps I should s^y au revoir;" and, bowing again, he left the office, "'What is that gentleman"8 name?" Mrs. Carr asked, when he waa gone. ""Herd it is, madame, on the list. 'Ar- thur Preston Heigham., {leaseDger to Madeira." " ""Arthur Preston Heigham I" Mrs. Carr said to herself, as she made her way down to her <-arria/3« in Fenchurcb Street. "Arthur is pretty, and Pres- ton is pretty, l»ut 1 don't much like Ile'glhairn. At any rate, there is no doubt a)x>ut his lieing a gentleman. I wonder wh»ut he is goiiing to Madeira for » He lias an interesting face. 1 think i atn glal we are going to be felloiw-paseengrrs."" The two days thai remained to hini in town, Arthur spent in making bis prepujalioiiis for kU-parlure; getting money, buying aft^-r the manner of young KngllSiliiuien starting on a voy- age lu foreign parts, a large and fear- fully sliarp bunting-knife, as though Madeira were the tome of wild beasts, and laying in a atock of various other articles of a useless description, such as Icnpenelrable sujii-dielmets and leather coats. The tioat was to sa'V at noon on Fri- day, and Oil Thursday evening he left Paddingtun by Live mail that reaches Unrlmouth a)x>ut midnight. On tb» pier lie and one or two other fellow- passeng>*rH found a l>oat wabting to take thenn to Uie great vessel., that, panted a dull gray, lay still and solemin in the harlior as they were rowed up to her, very different from t.lie active, living thing that she was destined to liecome within the >ir»xt twenty-four hours. | The tiidi.> ebbing past her iron sides, the frcj^h, strong Hinell of tihe sea, the tall masts pointing skyward like gigantic fingers the cjb'luue of the bell upon the br tge, tb' sleepy steward, and the stuffy cablm were all a pleasant varia- t Vm from the every-diiy monotony of ex Bt'-nce, and contrHiuted toward the oiiirlusion that life was I'arliilly worth living, even wh'.-n it mulu not be llv- ry, a stout, solemn looking person in spectacles. "Now, then, Agatha," called Mrs. Carr, from the stern sheets, "be quick and jump up." "ify «lear Mildred, X can't go up there; I can't indeed. Why, the. thing's moving." '"But you must go up, or else be pull- ed up with a rope. Here, I will show the way.'" and, moving down the boat, she Bi'rulng boldly, as it rose with the swell, in the stalwart arms of the .>^ail'tr who was wailing on the gangway lanl- ing-slage, e^d thence ran up the steps to the deck. "Very well, I am going to Madeira. 1 don't know w!,at you are going to do; but you must make up your mind quick.'" "Can't hoi 1 on much longer, mura." sail the boatman, "she's getting way on now." "Come on, mum, I won't lei you in," said the man of tiie ladder, seduclive- h "Oh, r'ear, oh, dear, w hat shall I dof" groaned Miss Terry, wringing the hand that was not employed in holding on.'" "'John,'" callert Mrs. Carr. to a ser- vant who was behin I Miss Terry, and looking considerably alarmed, "don't stand there like a fool; put Miss Terry on to that la !der." Mrs. Carr was evidently accustomed to being obeyed, for, thus admonish- el. John seized the struggling and shrieking Miss Terxy. an I bore her to the t/.'ge of the boat, where she wa.s caught â-ºv two .sailors, and amid t' e cheers of excite I passengers, fairly dragged on the deck What Victoria Reads. Now that the Queen of JEngland. Uke her grandfather, George III., suffers from failing eyesigbt, two parsons in her household have come to possess more and more importance. Tbeas are the "lectrices,"' or readers, employ- ed by the nation to save what remains of tier Majesty"* visioni. 'I'he late Lord Beaconsfield once humorously de- scribe'l the two lectrioes as '"the yueen"s pair of spectaules." For many years Fraulein Bauer and Mile. Norele have held these places, the Queen unly needing their services for German and Fnenuh, as her English is read to her by her ladies la waiting or maids of honor. Through the courtesy of the Queen's private secretary, a cliat was recent- ly obtained by the London Queen with both these ladies regarding I he tastes of their mistress in literature. Mile. Norele, a sprightly and oharmiag Frenchwotn .n, was easily enough in- duced to speak. "Her Majefciy," .--he declared, "reads very little of the ligihter side of our literature, uuleis, indsed, one excepts the various periodicals which aresenC marked for perusal from the secretary's office. Bhe is especially fond of the "OhI Mrs. Carr," said the chief offi- older authors' works, Xavisr de Mais- (iHi.it not for a s n^le hour tree his . ed w.th Angvtn. Indeed, so much are mind frnm the sick longing to »;â- <• or w-e the creatures of circumstance, and hear from Angela tl.ai n additi'.>n to ' «o l-,ibl« to lie influenced by sur- ihe mental QTstr-'ss it iKcasioned him. ' roundings. thnt Arthur, who, a few amounted alniost to a pjjysical pain. ! hours before, had b-^n plunged in- After two or three diys of lounging to the depths of d.-pre.ss'on. turned aljout h H club ,>r he was im no mood for going outâ€" lie began lo feel tl.at this sort (iif thiiig was intolerable, and that it wa« atiwolutcly iiecessiry lor hiui to go Boinewlu-re or do souuibiiiK. It so liniipejifd that, just aft?r lie hud cunie to this deciwion, lie overheard two men, who were s.tting at the next table to b in in tiho club dining room, talking of the island of .Madeira, and BiMmkimg of it as a chaniiiiig place, II>< ac.eiit< d this as an um n, and determin- ed that to ModeiTa b',' sliijiuld go. And, the pIvKv would sui.t hi'iu as well am iwiy other to get through a portion of hs yeaj of prol^it.o.i in. anil, whilst afforjimg a coiu5;lrtU> thaugi- of scene, wouM not lie loo far from Kngland. And so it i^ume to i^ass that on the morrow Arthur found hiiiseif in the off;»-e of M.Bsrs. Curri" & Co.. for the purpose of book Piig his Iwrth in the ves- sel tlml was du< to sal oa llie Hlh. ri!rr,< Id.: was informed by the very affable clerk, who uss sled liiim to cbooKS ha cabin, that the vessel was unusually empty, and that up to the present time, berths had been taken for cmly five lartii's, and twi» of tiuui Jewesses. "However," tlw clerk added, by way of <onsol,atlun, ""this ' ' sex. wli â-  ileal. One day. alwut a week before Arthur departed friiau the Abbey Uouse, .Ag- atha ferry wilh silting in thi.* blue dirawiiig,-r<Kiun in the h<(u»- in Crosv- enur .Sipmre, when Mrs. Carr rame in, alin/ot ul a run, slaniuied llie di^ir lie- biwl her and pluiiijied hersi-lf down in a chai.r with a sigh uf relief. "Agatha give orders lo jack up. We wi^l go to Madeira by tin- next boat."" " (ioo.lness gracioufi, MiUlred! across that dreadful Imy again; iind just Ibink how lw>L it will he, and th^ l^eginning of the iK'ason, too."' "N(»*, Aguiha, I'm going, and there's an end of it, so it is no us.' arguing. Vou can htay here and give a series of boll and diiiuiers, if you like," "Nonsens*', dear; me give pnitios in- deed, and you at Made i,ra 1 Why, ii's Just a.s Ibinigh you nsk.-d Uuth to en- tertain the reajiers without .Naomi. I'll BO and give the orders; Iml I do bopo that it will lie calm. Why do you want to go now ?" "I'll »i>ll yon. Lord Minister has been propnaing lo me again, and «n- nfinnres liis intention of guing on ibi- In^ *"> till ( Bcciiiit hliui. \na know lie biiN juMf giirt iaili) th-' cnbin.-t, so be has celebraled Uie event by asking mo toniarry bin, for the third tiiiic" I "Pfx>r felliwi Perhaps k' fond of you." "Nol a bit of it. He is fond of my (oo'l looks unrl my money. I will ttll • yow -the Bul>slinice of n",-* s;ieech tliis v/jfjiijOg. IH" stood like I hiv with his ^"vnils in biH ptNkelM, and said. "I iim *'•*' a rabiinet minister. It in a g<M>d •hir.M nmt a eabii.nft niJuisUr should **'*â- * '>'.-n''boly'prepPiitali'«" lo sit at the *•** •*• <â-  n tabl*. Yim are prtwautabl*. ., one, p<iiiiling lo Mrs. Ciirr's name on the list, 'is as bands. an<l very g»K>.l lui a cargo," and he whstUsd, ex- PTi'BS'vely. "What do you mean *" asked Arthur, his curumity slightly exiit.ed. "1 meanâ€" my wor.l, here slu' comes." At that iiumiei,! the swing doors of the offic-:- were puslied open, and there <vMiie through them one of the aweet- cflt dainli..'M!. .ittle wiwiien Arthur bud ever s^ven. (She was no longer nuite young. She might lie eight-and-twen- ly or thirty; l/nt. on the olhef hand, j exccjition of some heavy baggage tbal iiiiitnrily had but added to the charms - ""•< ^eiiiit wor'.el up "from a cacKO- of youth. She had big, brown eyes '*""'<• ''.V the donkey-engine, and alui- that .VrlJiur thought oould probably i urious cane chair on the ileck t bat bore into his n'irri«v licrth aftra tremend- ous struggle with tlai shoetsâ€" which Htewarls arraiic^e on a principle inconi- I'retiens'ble to Ian '-lubl ers, and pro- bally o.nly partially un'erstnod by ti.ciiiyelvei*â€" with consi'erable sntisf.ic- tion and a pleasurable sense of excite- ment. The next morning, or rather the ear- lier part of it. be tievoted, when he was not thinking about Angela, to arrang- ini; his goo'ls and cl attels in bis small <!oinain. to examining tlie lovely scen- ery of Partmoutb harborâ€" the sight of which is enough lo make any outward- bouii'l individual bitterly regret his 'letnrinination to «tuit his native land â€"an I to iusjiecling the outward man of his fellow -pitssengers with thai icy stolidity which characterizes the true born Briton. But the great event cf the morning was the arrival of the mail-train, bringing the bags ilestin- «l for various American ports, loose letters for the pas.sengers, an I a mot- ley contingent of the passengers them- selves. Amongst these latter, he ha I no difficulty in recoguizing the two Jewesses, ol wiiom the clerk in the of- fice, lial H|oV«n, who were accnmpan- ioljiy indivduals presumably their hus- rcinarkable for the Hplen 'or of their diamond studs, and the dirtiness of their nails. The only other specimen of saloon-i assenger wo- mankin I that he could see was a pret- ty, black-eyivl girl of about eighteen, who was. as be afterwar I discovered, going out un !er the captain's care to be a governess at the Cajie. an I who. to ju Ige from the intense melancholy of her countenance, <lid not particular- ly enjoy llie [irosiiect. But, with the cer, reproachfully, when Miss Terry la I been Natisfactorily deposited op a bench, "you are late again; you were late last voyage." "Nol H ail. Mr. Thompson. I late speniing longer than is nei-ess;<ry aboarvl ship, so, when the train got in, 1 totik a boat an*l went for a row in the harbor. I knew that vou would not go without me." "'Oh, yes, we should have, Mrs. Carr; the skipiier heard about it because he waitel for you before.'" "Weil, !iere I am, an 1 I promise that I won't do it again." Mr. Thompson laugliofl anJ passed on. lAt this moment Mrs. Carr |ier- ceived Arthur, and, bowing to him, they fell into conversation about the scenery through which the bout ra.sang oti her wagr lo the open sea Before very long, in 'eed. as soon as the vei-sel begun to rise an 1 fall upon the swell, this talk was interrupted by a voi-e from the seat where Miss Terry ha I been pla'-ed. "Milired,'" ft said; ""I do wish you won] I (ml come to sea; I am beginning to feel ill."' 'And no wonder, if you will insist upon coming up ladders heal down- ward. Where's Johnf He will help you to your cabin; the <leck one, next to mine" But John bad vanished with a i>ar- cel. "Mildred, send some one quick, I beg of you," remarked Miss Terry, in the solemn tones of one who feels tlial a ter's, Victor Hugo's, and portions of Balzac's, for instance. I think that tba story she likes best in all French liters' ture is Oe Maisire's touchii^ 'Lepreux de la Uite d'Aottte." I have read it to her times without number, the beauti.ul pathos of the tale appearing to soothe ber in a remarkable man- ner. "Of all the moderns, I really lielieve that her Maji»->ty holds M. Alphoikie Daudet alooa admirable. She thinks his satire too mordaatr though, and prefers the delicious 'Letters from My Mill in Provin.e' and 'Trenls Ans de was I p„rig. f^ {},p better koown books. You will be, i>erbnps, astonished to learu that the Queen likes Ueori Murgerl and many a ilme have we laughed to- getlier over the graceless scamps ot the 'Vie de Boheme.' Last year wa read Fenelon's 'Telema^iue" from coveil to cover. Her Maje>»ly declared that the work brought back ber life's hap- pvest periodsâ€" her own childhood's dajs in Kensington Palace, ana the days ia which she taught her childrsa their French. "A very im(>ortant hranch of my work consists in reading the many let- ters received daily by the Queen from memljers uf her family and intlmato Nearly all of those are eitb- crisis is approaching. I "*f"""' "I lant see anybody except a very ' ''^i"^- dirty sailor." "Permit me. , . ,.,.„_. lo t' • rescue. " f a«vustoined to send her long weekly Yoi are very kind; but she cant I '^''.'•"''•T'l *'"="â-  '^^ries in factâ€" of er in German or French. Manv ot said Arthur, stepping I '"'* Queen's juvenile descendants' arj IS very l'K»k languishing, if they chose, and that even in nr<i«e ware full of expres- sion, a foie .soft and blooming as a P«'ach, anil round as a baby's, surmount- ed by a iiuaiitity of nut-brown liair, the very sweetest mouth, the lips rather full, and just showi.ng a line of p«;arl, and lastly, what looked rather odd on such an infantile countenance, a firm, square, and very determined, if very dijiiinutives chin. For the rest, it wjis difficult losay wliii-.h was the moat jht- fpct, her figure or her dross. \ All of which, of course, had little in- teresl for Arthur; but what did rather sliirlle hiiin waa lier voice, when she spoke. Ji'rom such a woman one would ii'itiirally bavo expected a voice of a corrpfiponding nature, namely, one of the .soft and muriiiering order; but hers, on the contrary, though sweet, was de- cided and clear as a liell, and with a pwuliar ring In it tlmt he would have recdgnizeil iwiumgst a tihousand others. On her entrance Arthur slopped on one .siile. "I have <-oimje to say," she. said, with 11 slight '>ow of recognilion to the clerk, "lliat 1 have changed ray mind alxtut my IsTth; i.nnlend of ilw starlxierd deck cabin I sliould like t^ have the port, I UiinH thnt it will Iht «>oler at this lime of yenr, ainl also will you please make arraiigements fV>r three horses." "I mil eKc»'»si>Tly sorry, Mrs. Carr,'" the cK'rk answered; "but the port cabin is en«sged; in fact, this gentleman has just taken it." "Oil, iA^t^t «Me"â€" with a , little her name, no signs were there of Mrs. Carr. Presently the purser sent round the bead-slew ard. a gentleman whom Ar- thur mistook for the first male, so smart was his uniform, to collect the letters, and it wriin.g him not a Utile to think thai be alone could send none. The bell tioun<led to warn all not sail- ing (o hurr>- to their boats, but still there was nothing to be seen of bis acquaintance of the office; an<l, to speak the truth, ho was just a little disap- pointed, for wbiil be had seen of her piqued his curiosity and made him anxi- ous to 800 more. "I con't wait any longer," he heard the captain say ; " she must come on by the Kinfnuns." It was full twelve o'clock and the last ro|ie was being loosed from the moorings. "Ting-ting" went the en- gine-r#)m bell. "Thud-thud'" started the great screw thn,t would not slop again for so many rest lets hours. The huge vessel shuddered throughout lier frame like ati awakening sleeper, and growing quick with life forged an inch or two ahead. Next, a quarter-mas- ter came with two men to hoist up the gangway, when suddenly a boat shot alongside ^iid hooked on, amqng the occupants of which Arthur ha;l no dif- ficulty In recognizing Mrs, Cnrr, who sal laughing, like Pleasure, at the helm. The other occujmnts of the boat, who were not laughing, lie guessed to bo Iier servants an I the lady who fig- ure! oa the ptiHa«|p|f list M Mias Ter- wal .. I know ber ways; sbe has got to the stage when she must be carried. Can ,vou manage lien' "I think so," reidiel Arthur, "if you <!on't mind holdinx her legs, and pro- vided that the veHsel does not roll," an I. with an effort, he hoisted Miss Terry baby-fa.shion into his arms, and staggerel off with her toward the in- dicated cabin. Mrs, Carr, as suggested, hoi ling llie lower limbs of the pros- trate laljr. Preaently she began lo laugh, "If you only knew how absurd we look," she sai I. "Lon't make me laugh," answered Arthur, puffing; for Miss Terry was by no means light, "or I shall drop her.'" "If jou do, young man.'" ejaculated Ilia apparently uncons'.-ious burden w ilh won 'erful energy, " I will never forgive you." -•V remark, the suddenness of which so slartlel uim that he very nearly 'lid. "Thank >ou. Now lay quite flat., please. She won't get u.i again till we •Irop bnchor at Madeira." "If I live so long," murmured the invalid. , To De Continued. SY..MPATIHY IN VIBRATIOfJ. If we pla-e two cl cks on the same their doiugii ani opiniona." Fraulein BuuerwtLsIess communic-v- tive thns her collsague. She comes of a family which has served the Queen's Clermau ancestors In many capacities for generations back. ""The Queen," ahe liays, "reads con- Hiderably in modlern German litera- ture. She is even fond of the humor- ous journal.H, and subscribes to all the principal magazines. Her German seretary, Herr Maurice Muther. care- fully watches for all newspaper arti- cles which may interest her, and nends tliem marked for reading. I think that Schiller is her Majesty's favorite tier- man poel, hut she is also very fon.l of Goethe. Heip.e she dislikes intensely. I have heard her quote the Prince Con- sort to ihe effo't that Heine's genius had the phonphorescent light of de- cay." â- "She like.s historical novels, parti- cularly Laulje's 'Der Deutsche Krieg,' an<I.S<-heffel'.s 'Hltkchard.' Ihia taste for hi.slorifal ficlian, I believe, follows the Queen into other languages. She iMlminas Walter Scott. Felix Daha and Kre^vtag are two more favorites. "Heading her Majesty's voluminous G reman corres|M>ndence forma a very large (lortion ot my duty." The Hon. Emily McNeill, who, in her capacity of maid of honor to the Queen, has read extensively to her Majesty in Kngli.nh, wa.s kind enough to }idd a few wonts to those of the le«-tricesv "The Queen'.s t.uste in Knglish litera- ture," shelf and adjust the^r |K>ndulum8 to '^"'^. "ho said, "are catholic. She _ â-  • . . 1 . • reads almost every new book which ia awing in exact untson and set i no of ,i„,., ,,.:,„,, ,„ ,,,., ' " ' '«"» wumi is . . lUerviiiiea to her as possessing real thwni to running in the iv ur.se of time ; merit. Kof years the Queen took Lord thi? other will start up in sympathy. | Ueaconsfield's opinion largely on ths Kai-h found impiil.se caiused tiy thi> vi- bration ot the lenduluni of lh> clin'k that is running is communicated t> the other jienduluin. Ea'h successive impulse adds to the swing uf th- sym- pathetic iienduluni. which liegan iiiun exceedingly small way at the very first stroke uf the oth.-r i>endulum., and this goes on till the 8ympalh->tif j:en- duliini is making its full stroke. Su with the sympHtheti' tuning forks. Each air wave that is .sent out by the initial fork strikes the i ther fork and cnuiea at first a slight vibration which accumulates, lecau.se each sue. cessive air wave strikes the Hyiuimlho- tic fork just at the end oi^ts swing suliject. but .since the great Premier's de;ith her advi«rs are many. "I'he Queen is never tired of re-read- ing Shakespeare. Scott and Dickens, lle-ently she has shown a sympathetio feeling for Milton, and has" been per- using the blind iKxt's works. Lord Teuny.sjMi us, however, her favorite. ThePd is an utterly erroneous opinion abroad that slie greatly dislikes Swia- burue. On the contrary, she has a remarkable liking for "Atulaata in Calydoa" and others of Swiu'>urue'a l>i>eias. Of late slie has oeen reading Mr. Kiplinnr and expresses admiratvoa for his vigor and kepn insight into lui- DQiin nature. She told a friend that Kipliiig ha<l shown her empire to her and works in harmony wilh the nat- | "^..'^''V â- ""**â-  raaliatia manner. ural tendency of the fork to vibrato The result is a co-opeiation. Hach beljis the other. H' >w much letter it would he f'.r the world it men would take imltern after this law ot physics. ONK WiAY TO FIX IT. Bridget, you've broken as much china this morning as your wages MDount to. Nirtv, ho.v can w« prevent this wcurring again? Oi don't know, mum, unless, yez raises m« wage*.' "With her foiulness for historical fic- tion, she evines mucJi interest in ihe new school ot historical fiction. T1k» Celtic Re.nasceu:-o also attruts her, for she sympathi/es with the Gael to a renaarkable extent, and is prouder I verily Wlieve, ot tier kiwslilp to tin- Stuarts than of her descent from il'> Guelpbs, BoisiRRoua. They say Jibw ay s Jiwv tie tnendously loud. . J*-, LoudI why, it wq«l#JBsturo t>.e ulvx- »f a sUk haX) .>.;j»;ii. If ♦ ».