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 ^gQjyggymyj^gfmi^ Mia IN fiOLDEN BONDS. CHAPTER L " Wanted, a Governess must be young. I cnt cut the advertisement thus headed •agerly from the Timca. I was eighteen. End â- ly youth had been the great obstacle to my gettirg an engagement noir here was some delightful advertiser who c nsidered it an advMfttage. I wrote to the address given, enclosing n^ ^i»|og»p(» an4 the-J^frof- nrfg qualilicatiblrs. "Mttrfn it week I Vaes^aTeP ling down to Geldham, Norlplk, engaged to teach "one little girl, a^ed six," srt a salary of thirty-fiye pounds a year. l^e corres- pondence had been carried on by ;my future pupil's father, who paid be womd meet me at the station at Beaconsburgh, the market- town nearest to Geldham. It W8 abonnt five o'clock cm an afternoon in early August that I sat, trembling with excitement and fright, at the window of the railway- carriage, as the train steamed slow- ly into Beaconsbu^h station. I_ looked out on to'the pSffwna. \^y^eiS^^^]^J^^7 few people c h it, and there was no one who appeared st-ali like the gentleman I bad pictured tg B3iiPlf as my future employer. There 'wfetfe two or three redfactdmen who gave oae the impreeeion of being farmers, and at one end there were fwh young men engaged in securing a larjje mastiff, wnieh was bounidng about in great excitement at sight of the train. I got cut and tpoke to" the station-master. "There is Mr. Eayner himself, mam," â- aid he pointing toward* the two young men with the dQg. One of tiem was now looking about, as if in search of somebody and I walked timid- ly towards him. He seemed puzzled as his syes fell upcn me then suddenly he raised kis hat. " Miss'Christie " he said interrogatively, growirg very red. " Yes," said I, bowing and blushing too. ' ' Will you come and show me which is jGur luggage." I was surprised and rather confused to And Mr Rayner so much younger and less self-possessed than I had expected. I fol- lowed him and pointed out my bo:xes. " The dog-cart ia waiting outside," said he; "Jet inecariry your bag," I fonowed him through the station. Three er four big dogs began jumping up upon' kim and upon me aa we came out. " Down, Rover Down, Luke Get down, Tray " said he, raising his voice. I had noticed what a very pleasant rich Toice he had when he first spoke to me, and BOW I remember how particular he had been in his letters about my music so I concluded that Mr. Rayner sang. He helped me ihfo t^ d«jg-cart, carefulTyt^^ ' ped me uj) with a ru^, and then, instead of getting in himself, "paitted the neck of the brown njaro, who tuipei^ her head aad pi^fe her nose into her masters hand. IWasftry' ing to 'get over hiy bewilderment.' Of course I might have expected that the father of my six-year-old would not be the' middle- aged gray-haired man I had pictured to my- self but for him to be a man who did not look more than three or four and twenty was a surprise and to find him so shy and deferential did not seem quite right, consid- ering our roBpectire positrem. H^-waa-^big and broad, «Bd rather maffiire, h«E dSrk hair and mustache, grey ejes, and a kind simplicrity of expression, which perhaps, I thought, with his habit- of blushing, made him lock youngeijjhan he waa., *.H4iie;t the mare and stood hy nie. again, ... ,. ,.„, "I am afraid you will find the coujptry dull. Yo« will miss the j^aietyof Ldndoft." " I haven't led^a. v^ry gay life," said I •'I don't think jfeof. peopte_ aiiB vett gay anywhere," :\l."-% Tk "Bu^^u bav^, P£tr been shut up in a â- choolrlnif^MdB; ^Pmn'tlhink how yoti' will stand it. I always hated schoolrooms; and it^v^pft th(|^ waa never isi a school- witho^||i^ tolOj^hat ]^^^ .a c^sgrac^^tq Hr. Rayner did not seem much distressed as he made this confession. • ' I itikfitafy ftp iita^ tptodi at cifSff^, j^ rewing, oP-^i^figlitpg," I hazarddii feel- ing thatfop|4fei^flr wm ^ji^t«fe^^ ' " Ne, 1 wasn't. I remember giving a boy a black eye once for calling me a dunce. He was quite right, you know. And I remem- ber being snrprifced that I hurt him go much; for I generally get the wcret of it in a fi^ht. They used to say ittcok agooddeal toronse me and I didn't do much harm when I was roused," he added, laughing. " I hope your daughter does not share her father 8 dislike of school routine," I broke out anxiously. He started and looked up at me, coloring â-¼ividly, and then said, with some amuae- ment in his tones â€" 'Did yen take me for Mr. Rayner?" The next moment he seemed sorry for my evident c oaf U^O^^d added, looking.^ 'My naioei^ ]B,e«B4-6-s; Rayner s^nlj brougham'^oi^foti But a waggon ran into it and tl^k one of tte wheels cfi' â- ? J nyti my cart atrybtir d»potfaI. I hopeybo dra't nind driviqg in ».1^aibgt:tik» this " :: ::' "Oh, no r I said. " That was ^. Kayn« on tGS d|||tiQ^ with me," be weHt on. ~*'Hi8 do^Tasft^a out just as the train came up, and he asked me to see to your luggage while he held him. I don't know why be is so long." As be spoke, Mr. Rayner came out of the station, letting his mastiff lose at the door. I saw in a moment that he was a few years older than my companion, and that, while they both wore round hats and Norfolk jacket^ he here th*. jiippiiieas-of tpwrbrwd- ing as ^learljr as 2(|i;.. Bead^ did ttl^ of nie country. He waa.^8iyht, wteil niWe, \ribh delicate features '^a a dar^ golden beard and mustache. He came up, raising bis hat, and shook hands with me, "Yen have been marvelling ' at the bar- barism of Norfolk manners, Misii Christie, and asking 'When ia the next train back to Iondon ' But I have been warned by my vife not to make my reappearance without • certain parcel from the 'Stores' which- has ^een due at this station about ten dayii» but has, for seme unaccountable reason, failed to turn up hitherto. By-the-way, I hop« my sprightly young friend has been enter- taining you well!" "Miss Christie took me for yon, Mr. Rayner," said Mr. Reade, shyly, reddeoing gay, deceiving Norfolk lads. rence, my boy, if jW wa«ti3 before th»jni»t»s«i,^hi|be *^^'"Sir. Eayner sp|«i^K.np *!»°" got up in front by my side, an reins and off we started, with the five dogs bounding, barking, and growling along the â-  """"J.'j^" Jtl^^-^rtf" aebWIPand"riHJbtbiy road as we went. We had W dT«r«^|^ "".IK Li?^nceVterV through Beaconsburgh up «'1ong UttrW^ ro^s, the market-place, which was lively and busy, as it was market-day down another long hill, lined w^tl^ the .dreary old bp^sea of tbe elUed »pf#*i«ciaj tO#n »l9fJN»- yard, over sinaU bridge •rowrted with cat- tle returning from market, and then M?mi2 • twq miles of straight, willow-bordered road over* marsh. The scepery was notpartid- i^larly pretty but I had never lived in the country, and everything was new and inter- esting to me, Mr. Rayner was occupied at t'he;back with letters and fapers, and Mr. Re^e bstened to my commoits with flatter- ing interest and appreciatiolif '*How beautifully green everything is " I remarked presently, " Yesj r^her too green," Mr. Reade re- joined, raefvUJs:, "We have had a wet sum- mer, and now we are going to have a wet sntumn, I believe, and thTs" place will be .jwthing but a sw«ti»pt "â- -â€"â€" â- f*' Don't (se^^ Misa Gfaristie against the place,' Liureiic6;".»aii,;Wr. Rayner rptlier Now, Lau- ^•^et iine^ up to the French windows. I opened om of tHtoe ai»'weiMfo't. I had never b8fc m WioIibeKTilMF(le°^^°^- ^^® 4LwU«ift aSTspi* and well kept were no stiff beds of geraninms and ver- benas, but under the treea and againat the bouse, and wherever there was a spare cor- sfiafply, We p^sed through a low-lying village â€" ^m($ of tin tpae8 which were flooded iu winter, Mr. Reade tdd me â€" up a hill, dowu S hill, and up another sloping road, at the side of which stretched the marsh atjain. -^ "There is the Alders, Miss Christie," 4ftid he, pointing with his whip to a pretty red boasts half covered with ivy and sur- rounded by trees, which stood below the road, on the borders of the marsh. ^, "Heie, X^aurence, I'll get down and take TThe short cut," f aid Mr. Rayner, There waa a loot-path which led from this point of the road straight to the house through a couple of fields and a plantation. After Mr. itayner had alighted, Mr. Reade and I drove on by the road. "What a lovely place " I cried enthusi- astically. My companion refna'ined silent CanteVKufy tftltt; trtlnce' and such simple flowers. Tbe house was bqilt on the very border of the marsh, at this bottom jof a hULMlliich â- lape?.4o^%»3Pia erld j«?»h-f^+1*# tj»^to««^»*« of the house. I made my way round to the front of tbe hjoas-grown portioe-^from h«re one caught glimpses of the m^rah through the thick trees. I followed a grasc-^atb. cut- tl»ougb them, facing the front ot the house, ui^til I came to the pond which bad excited- my admiration from the dog-cart. Hfiror ttra v4zetation grew unchecked. The watferir'as half covered with i»mootb green duckweed aiM water-lilies, and tbe reeds and rushes, wtich grew tall and thick round the mar- gin, and encroached much upon tbe little sheet of water. Tbe path I bad followed was continued through the trees, within a few feet of the pond.Jo the outer edge of the little wood which enclosed the house and ?|arden there a few rough steps over .thp ence connected it with the foot path along the borders of the mv»h, which join^sd the â- ^t^jfcad at the descent of the bill. This was the short cut by which Mr. Rayner had reached the house before ua that afternoon. I liad turned back towards tbe garden, and was close to the pond, when I beard a low crooning sound which *eemed _to come out of the ground at my feet. Looking about 1 saw sitting among the reeds, at the very edge of the water â€" so close to it that her little shoes kept slipping in tbe moi«t yield- ing earth â€" a tiny, elfish-looking child, about two years old, in a dirty white frock and pinafore, with a small,' pale wrinkled face, and thin red straight hair, who rocked her- self to and fro and went on with her mono- tonous chant without seeming at all dis- turbed by the appearance of a stranger. She only stared at me, without altering her poM- tion, when I told her that she must not sit so near the water, or she would fall in and be drowned but, when I stooped to lift her " And, oh, what beautiful pond 1 f. ^o/ up, she proved her humanity by screaming befieveit has vnfcieitlilies " I ' exclaixBi^v f loudly and reproaching me in baby language again. " And has now to suffer itiB awful disap- pointment of finding that Mr. Rayner is an old fogy after all. Miss Christie, forgive my gray hairs. Tou will find me a great deal more trustworthy than any of these it^D^'iig round iralfilreathless at aubh a glorious discovery. "1 wouldn't have that stagnant water near my bouse for my children to play about for something 1" said he, in an energetic growl which'surprised ine. I said no more until we drove slowly down the sloping carriage drive through the trees which led to Lhe house then again my admiration broke out, i " Oh, how delightfully cool it looks, IjWith the ivy all over it to keep out the hot fcun:" â-  "Yes, and to keep in the cold mo'sture, ' Miss Christie. The ivy hasn't been cut for tie last five years and it ought to be torn down altogether to make the place fit to live in. It is no better than a pest-house " he went on, getting more and more excited. "jl wouldn't let a laborer live in it 1" " A laborer won't have a chance until my lease is up, Lauirence," said Mr. Riyner, dryly, coming out of a path among the trees. And tiie two men exchanged looks which ^owed that at the bottom of their hearts "lley were not friends. .V But then it was not likely that Mr, Ray- ner would care to hear his beautiful home called a pest-house. We drove slowly down to tbe ball door, which was open,: and a gaunt, untidy-look- ipg servant came out and carried in my boxes. Mr. Reade helped me down and stood by me, apparently examining the har- ness, while{I looked in an ecsAtsy of admira- tion at the dark red house thickly covered yith ivy, and at tbe gray stone portico, the jpfllars of which were stained with pictur- esque patches of green, while the capitals W»re overgrown with soft bronze and bfown Okoss. Then he seized a moment, when Mr. Ilayner waa speaking to the servant, to stoop a»d say to me quickly â€" " Don't let them put you near Mrs. Ray- ncr's room, " could not axswer, could not ask why, the next moment he was calling out good-bye to Mr, Rayner, and, raising his bat to me, was walking by the side ot tbe dog- cart up the steep drive that led through the ,^,arden .to the road, I was sorry he was gone. I wanted to ask what he meant by his strange warning, and to thank him for his kindness. A distressing sense of loneli- ness came over me, Mr, Rayner who bad mrown grave and silent and deeply obcupied with his letters daring the I*t part of the drive, had gone into the hjftise forgetting to invite reein the servant nad diaappeated with my last box. Instead â-  of following her, I stood watching the dog cart and its owner out of sight, untU a harsh vwnian's voice startled me, ".Won't you come in 7 I'm to show yon to your room," It w^B the gaunt servant who addressed me. I turned, blushing, and followed her into a long low hall, dark, cool, and old- fashioned, such as the outside of the house had prepared me for up an oak-lined stair- case through a few of those short and in- convenient passage which abound in old houses that have been added to from time to time; to a corner, roonj, shabby, dark, and iKtre-looking, where my boxes were already installed. I sat down on one of these, the only friendly things I had about me, and began to cry. Somebody might, at least, have come to the door to meet me 1 1 thought of Mr. Reade's words, and began to wonder itb a new- sense of dread what Mra. Ray- was like. Was she an invalid Was ___ mad If not, why bad '-be left the corresponc^ence about her child's governess entirelj to Tier husband? My tears dried slowly as i went on puzzling myself useless- ly about this mystery whicti must be so very soon solved and I waa scarcely ready when the servant returned to tell me that tea was waiting for me. But my coriosity was only to be sharpened. Tea was prepared for me alone, the servant saying that Mr. Rayner was busy, and had had Uis taken into the study ,._ Not a word about Mrs, Raynerâ€" :no sign (^ te.pupQ I So great were my anxi- .ety and curiosity that! forgot how hungry I waa, 4nd in a few minute a I had finished my tea, afid was standing' b; t^e window look- ing out into tbe garden. It waa not yet seven o'clock and a bright summer evening. A light breeze had sprung up and waa swaying the tops of the treea that grew thickly round the house. Oa the side of the dining-room a moaay lawn streitched from the roots of the treea right £ too indistinct for me to understand, I sup- posed her to be the. child of the garedner or of some neighboring cottager, and, not quite knowing what to do with her, I carried her, still scream'ng, to the house, where I met the servant whom I had already seen, " I found this child sitting with her feet nearly in the pond 1" I said, tragically,. "Ob, yes, miss, there's no keeeping her away from the pond 1 She's there pretty nearly all day by herself. Come now, Mona, it's time for you to go to bed. Dirty little girl, look at your pinafore " She took the child from me, thankful to have been spared the trouble of bunting and catching the little wild thing, and carried her off leaving me wondering whether my pupil would be as eerie a creature as her sister. As there was nothing to invite rr.e to stay indoors, I went out again, this time to explore the side of the house which faced the marsh. Here the grata grew untrimmed and rank up to the very walls and, aJs I made my way through it, my feet sank from time to time into little unseen pools and swamps, which wetted them up to the ank- els after a few steps. However, I went oa as carefully as I could, past a tangle of shrubs, ycw-trees, and straggling briars, until, pusbiogasidethelow-banging branches of a barberry-tree, I found myself within a few feet of a window so heavily shaded by gnarled and netted ivy that for a few mo- ments I did not notice a woman's face star- ing at me intently through the glass. As soon as I caught sight of the sunken face and large lustreless gray eyes, I knew by her likeness to the child at the pond, that this was Mrs, Rayner, I retreated in as leisurely a way|as Tcould, trying to look as if Ihad not seen her for there was something in the eager, hopeless stare of her eyes as mine met them which made me feel Uke a spy. I crept back into the house and up to my room, unpacked my boxes, and sat down to write to my mother aln account of my jour- ney and arrival, I did not tell her quite all that I bsid seen, or all the strange impres- sione this first evening bad made upon me, I felt very anxious to communicate them to somebody but my mother was a gentle, nervous woman, whom I had already, young as I was, learned to lead, rather than be led by I knew that the least suggestion of mystery would cause her an agony of doubt and anxiety about her child which I could not allay by letter so I contented myself with a description of the picturesque beauty of the place and of Mr, Rayner's kindness. I had to finish this by candle-light, and, when I had ended, I rose 8«d went to tbe window to give one more look at the scene under a new aspect. My window, I after- wards found, was over the one at which I bad seen Mrs, Rayner'a face it was high enough from the ground for me to have, through tbe gaps between the trees, a good view of the marsh and the hills beyond, A low cry of admiration burst from me as I looked out. Over all the wide expanse of marsh, which seemed to stretch for miles on either hand, lay a white mist, rising only a few feet from the ground, but so thick as to look like a silver lake in the moonlight a range of bjlls two or three miles off seemed to mark the opposite shore. The mist ^as dense under my window, too, on the very grass that I had waded through a couple of hours before. As I looked out and tried to imagine little fairy boats in the elder which rose here and there out of the mist-hidden marsh, a shiver pased over me and I drew in my bead with a sudden change of thought. " How cold it ia Sir. and Mrs. Rayner mnst be devoted admirers of the picttiresque to live in a house that most be bo damp," Very CHAPTER II. I was down iu the dining-room nextmorn- ing, with tbe unfailing punctuality «1 a new- comer, at the seund of the breakfast bell before any one else was there. Mr. Rayner came in in a few minutes, handsome, cheer- ful, but rather preoccupied and' I wa listeniBg to hi,s i bright amiall-talk with .the polite Biranjper'a smile, wh^ I discovered without having heard any aonhd, that Mrs' Rayner waa in the room. She had glided in like a ghost, and, without more iillaraat ia the life around her that a ghoafermight ahow she waa standing at the ^bU, waltif^. I waa standing at the ttkbU, waltizn. thankful to see that tbcce wa« aota traae in her eyes now of the ateadfaateager gaaa hiiirbaaWwarfjeTfcd mo o^fenight be- hand when her husband introduced me. " She musthajre beea pretty -ian ymra ago," I thought, as I looked at her thin T»rfttt-«arW faded complexion and TrairftrSyT^esrTSsfe was a gentleness about her which would have been grace still, if ahe had taken any pains to set off by a Uttle iomaiily coqmetryJier slim girUke fagure, Lallthin bi^A£'ttCJ*W*8 ot long brown hair which were carelessly andunbe- Somingly dragged away from her forehead ind-. wisted up on her heao. Theb'tbe do6r etened, and the servants dame into prayers, with the elfish baby and « pretty delicate-looking child, blue-eyed and fair-haired, who was presented to me iefore breakfast as Haldee, my pupil. Nobody talked during the meal but Mr. iUyner, and the only other noticeable thing iras the improper behaviour of the baby, who kept throwing bits of bread at her father when be waa not loD^g, And aimed a blow with a spoon ^tJxiinf*hen he passed her chair to cut himself sonie cold meat. He "iawlt and laitigHed at Ker. "It is tbe most extraordinary thing, Miss Christie," said he "but that child hates me," ' ' I thought he spoke in fun but, before I bad been loog at the Aiders, 1 found that it was true that this most unpleasant baby's strongest feeling was dislike of her father, though there seemed to be no reason for it, since he never did anything harsher than laugh at her. She would not even take sweets from his hand. " You do not know what primitive people you have come among, Miss Christie," said Mr, Rayner, during breakfast, "W'e dine here at half-past one. If we were to suggest late dinner, we should have to prepare our own food, like excommunicated peraous. It is bard, as it is, to keep our modest staff of three servants. They say the place is damp, which, being interpreted, means that it is too for for their 'young men' in the town to come and see them. Were you not surprised at the wording of my advertisement?' "Yes, Mr. Rayner," ' ' My wife was afraid was afraid it would frighten off many desirable young ladies by its ogreish abruptness. The fact is, the lady who has just left us, quite a typical in- structress of forty, with prominent teeth and glasses, nearly frightened our lives out. She wouldn't talk, and my wife wants a cheerful companion and she said she was dying of rheumatism, 4uid threatened to prosecute me tor decoying her to such a damp place. So we registered a solemn vow that we would have nothing to do with hoar antiquity again," "How could sbe say anything against such a lovely place " said I, "Well, uow, Miss Christie, I grant she had a show of reason on her side, »,have sometimes thought the plice damp myself but my wite has got attached to it haven't you, Lola " " Yes," said sbe, without a signer feeling or interest, " And so we remain," he went on, "A lady's wishes must be considered and thare- are special reasons why they should be in this case. You must know, Miss Christie, that I am a penniless wretch, dependent on piy wife am I not, Lola " He turned play- fully to her, "Not quita that," said she, gently, but with no more warmth than before. " Practically I am," he persisted, "She was an heiress, I a ruined spendthrift, when she married me. Yet she trusted me, and the only condition she would allow her friends to make was that I should settle in the country â€" out of the reach of tempta- tion, you see. Miss Christie," He ipoke with some feelingj and looked affectionately at bis wife at the end of bis unexpectedly frank confewioiv but she re- mained as impassive as ever, I could not help feeling rather sorry for Mr, Rayner. He was always kind and at- tentiire to his wife; but, whether he was in a bright mood, and tried to make her smile, or silent, and needing to be roused out of his gravity, she was always the same, limp, n»veles8, apathetic, apaaking when necessary in a low, 8o{t voioe, slowly, with many pauses. She had a habit of letting the last words of a sentence die away upon her lips, and then, after a few moments, as if by an effort, she would say them aloud. I soon grew quite afraid of her, started if I met her unexpectedly, and felt more re strained in her presence than jf she had been one ot those brjlliant satirical women who take tbe color out of tbe rest of their sex Anxious to shake off this strange diffidence, which waa beginning to cast a shadow over my life, I offered to read to her when my short hours of study with my pupil was over. She accepted my offer, and I went into the drawing-room, that very afternoon and read her some chapters of Adam Bede, while she sat in a rocking chair with a piece of em- broidery making alo^r progr«B8 in the thin white fingers. I stopped at the end of each chapter, waiting for the comment which never came, and rather hoping frr some lit- tle compliment upon my reading, an accom- phsbnient I took pride in. Bat ahe only said "Thank you" very gently, and, when I asked her if I shcfald go 6n, "Yes. if it will not tire you." Presently I found out that she was not listening, except for a few minutes at a time, but tlftt she was sitting with her hands m her lap Ustlessly playing with her embroidery, while her eyes were fixed oa tho.garden outside, with a deep sadaeaa in theni which contrasted strangely with her usual apathetic indifference m afl things. htSll I read on,'pretecding not to notice her mood, until such a heavy despairing Web broke from her pale lips that my heart bwt- tast for pity, and I involuntarily stopped short m my rea-Ung, and miaed my ey^ with tear^ia them, to hera. She atartecT Mid, tummg towards me. seemed to hold my eyes for a moment fixed on her by the fascination of a gaze which seemed aMibha thoughts. A Uttle oolor oame^ heroheekat I could see her breaat heaving through the ^LTi^^ towardsme, and in another mo- ment I believe she would have called me to .^rJft' ^^t^.t "oe from behind herekair startled as both. (TO BB OOiminTSD.) IS A SNAIL'S miE DEABLi J I ^^^^ -•'-«â- â€¢â€¢â™¦Â«â™¦- The man who does not play a hem is^Mt ,neceaaanly untoot-heard. Physician Who ^^Z^^- Henry Reynolds, the 7 v», Mr J. Reynolds, of 112 l^lfd^jn^ street. WiUiamsburgh. died S '"*^ mornmg from a cause which ^\-!'""i»y doctors who have attended hL^T^ ' death, following that of his siste, T y'« months o d, wiio died last Tuesi. **' ' 5 iJ^B^ Pckneas x.f h£^^'g«i Haryand ol his brother Wili^*^ Wta exhibit the sanie eymptoms J f;.*"" 'k marked the fatal sickness th,.' '""«k death to him and his babv.^ """'« alarmed the neighborhood and ' """ a little discussion among th^ «u "*?'*^ not the vicinity. The house h l^J^"'^^ of of the oldest structures in th.. ki l ' "" Reynold, and his family resSd fte h^' ment. whose floor is only twn f»lf k â-  "**â-  line of the street, but there is i""' Everything about the house is in „/'""• and clean,* Mr, Reynolds 1^^,^ "^^^ â-  the bisement door " """s ob "f^^^^ " â„¢y t«y.'" he said to a retort. yesterday as he pointed to the cofs! "f' clean, well-farnisb^ front basVi* " " the5e8teniy;.two children," he rlnr "" entering tbe back basement, and t^!",^"" a bed in which they lay, and overTh wife stood crying. About the rnnrl ^^ seated a number of men and wonie„ "" sing the cause of the death ardTk^'"" thechUdren. " ""I sicknesa of "About four months ago we mnv^i • this.' Mr, Reynolds continued " S""" no cellar under it, and the landlord J down a new floor and boarded up that sW of tbe room." pointmgto a wall opposite Z door, " H3 did that to keep outTe 2 and other creepers that infested the p^ But It didn't keep them out, for Be/hTe see how they come out of these cracks •'â-  ' The reporter noticed marks, Rlistenir. dots, about the thirty-second of an inch loniT on the boards. These dots he traced from the cracks in the boards aorosa the ceilins, On the white ceiling these dots glistened " Now look at that hat,' said Mr Ret nolds. showing a black felt hat. About the rim, on the top and sides of the hat were streaks about an eighth of an inch wide which looked as if they had been made by some thick, dark colored liquid, " When my baby was taken eick," said Mr. Reynolds, "a sore spot appeared on tb« back of her bead, and one night while lit ting up with her I noticed an animal about an inch m length crawling up the boards to the ceiling, and then I thought that maybe one of those things had bitten my child and poisoned it. That was about four weeks ago. The sore grew larger until ehe died. A week after the sore was noticed on the baby, Willie, who lies there dying, wai taken sick, and a sore like that on the babj showed itself on his forehead. Willie is ;â-  years old. Then Mary who is in the ben with himj took sick the other day, but nc sore has yet appeared. She took sick after Henry, who is in that coliia there, wae stricken down, A week ago to- day he was in the street playing, and he same to hi- mother holding up the little finder of bis left hand, saying that it pained bim very much. There was a sligh bruise on tte finger. Dr. Lang attended the baby who was first stricken down, and when the others were taken sick I^alled in Dr. Mut- pby, who summoned Dr. Dugan. Dr, Sweeney ia now attending the two child- ren who are sick. Two childrenâ€" 1 had sii â€" are yet free from the complaint, whatever it is. I kept telling the doctors that I thoaght my children were dying from the bites of some poisonous animals, and tbe other day, after the death of Liziie, Dr, Murphy asked me to catch some of them for him. Not until after midnight did they show themselves. I caught some of them. They are of a grayish color, about an inch long when crawling, but are able to stretct themselves out twice that length, and tc contract themselves into a ball. Toey have two small horns on their heads. I ga^^ what I caught to Dr, Murphy." Dr, Murphy, when questioned about tb« death and sickness of the children said " The case ia a very remarkable one. The things given me by Mr. Reynolds were com- mon garden snails. I do not know that they will bite people, or that their bites is poisonous. When I first called I tnought tbe sickness might be the result of sewer gas but. as the parents and the other children did not manifest any synpt^f^ and, as I nev'er knew sores such as they m to break out as a result of bieathmg sewer gas, 1 was at fault, A brown scab covered the sore. When this scab wae P«^se" « thin fluid came from its margin. Tm m^^ gave forth a sickening odor. Anotn strange thing ia the places where the so. broke out.â€" A'eic York Times. Malapropos. Talking of dinner parties, a ge^tj-^ not long since was dining with a ineo was asked to take down a certain waj^ Now there were two ladiM pr^^fr." tin widow, whose husband had not diea ib ^^ odor of sanctity, the other a '"p .^ man, whose husband had gone to o^^^ The unfortunate thought he had te d^^^ hidy on his ar», but it was the w^ow,^ turning to her with his most tas«»" smile, he said, „ " Nice day this has been. „ .„ jt- "Dbyou think so? It has been »o fully hot 1" replied she. |jiy "Do you call Ai» hot " sa'd ^e f " Why, it is nothing compared,^ w^^^, your husband has gone to. Magazine. Tbe Archbishop of C^^^'^^lJ^I^ preached a sermon which has e ^^^^ attention, and in some q"';^'!i,tbe«af' He dwelt in trenchant laf.""**' " j openly of sympathy between classes, ^^^je assented his dread of what woald ^^^^^ suit of the hate engendered among ^^ by the indifference of the higher ^j i4arsthat his laog"ag\^t;a W tw "t! race to the indifference shown » ^^^ ^^ of the poor around them by ^^^ people Vho go up to ^^^f"^JtbiiiJ rd^ ^m points within a radius of 1^^^^ if the metropolis, and «bf °°; Lri^be^ »' interest in t^e affan-s of^th^^ bolM which they hve. .Cf^ ,, cod" Uving. in sich places give^P- tionte the primate's words. \m appose me: just as they iempts to ti rist lareely bells, percu particular « .iifSoult figi The solid] formed by toward the ed.'tibe gii conceivable ^^mnafftic p tive lovelin glisten; but The percu ssi performers and each o other on ari quick, decii iian-club sm ug «ort of girls are ade taw seven oi ing around mentto t^k thidtabawit £tomu% :jn i have, how keigbt of fo Others easilj air by the n woma« prof 6 â- mteacLes t is a style of the same as stead of assu ment and inc used to be th gomg to the walk of our Anglomania erect positioi back. But the long stri peculiar to low-heeled w do with thi With tbe Fr to walk in i eggs. Anott tbe rolling fr was doubtlesi sure on the f aim now is t( dirrs, Awki "In formei «f The St. Ja a part of eve iras even coni hut it is q' ohflnged all tl «^t-^d of 3th agracef ouslbat tb Bwvement. a^inst them everything, ham is somet ludicrous, A tipg in and o school-girl te being somttin two or three 1 is a free coun pl^e.; but ii io'{i]ea8ing to " FESr Belles of th A New Yoi 4^|H!hei? fre kiRs^Mi^ A young ma was met with •ee it," is noi girl. "Don't there's a dear tenuity.' " There are t the United Sti gets, to tatkinj tone thaj^it e vi practice, i^vMainj in *fctiDn and n • WlQr^t. I •mce, in talki this and that 1 '"The dynan '*4(dbu vhp "Dearme,tAu rigjt awayi be I wonder, what sunset in Geof »*#fi{: "The rakes down t bEenrgBftatJyax I threw yon I threw • But your fa â-  neas i For I ooul* A wotmui wb daft^XiUyjjCl about it,^ but o; in another way offer extmsesari 't if he had kn An Indians "ivnrciB beosua *itha' feast^ ba masks w«re fa worried *he life ** persuade bin *erld of queer _A trade circi *iU the Coming •ttiptian of tht *• wardrobe oi ♦j"n sufficient t( Ui^ Icpmiag gir I » the pocketto •ir. Miss Edith (s *«Qibbsee ha l^ey. Ella fc ^Bu non and v J^'""** very ^•« boys in th