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Full of nnspeakable great thonghta. '-How mnoh T This leather fellow at yonr Midaa-tonch Should torn to gold and gold I need, Hea- ven knows." Over the coontor, spectaelea on nose. Old Richard atooped "Ah, sorely ao it la I onght to find a purchaaer for thia " And named a price that tonchad the strang- er's pride. "What! sell a life-long friend he cried. 'Td sooner seek an air-hole in the ice And drown myaalf "he vowad â€" and to }k the price. Than, with a amile ao qnaint it well might move Anothar'a taara: "Who knowa bat thia may prove Tka nndena of a fortnne T Thanka " he aaid, Fhmg tlie blaok cape once mwa above hia head, And went hia way. ' In dark and aOant mood, Adda, meanwhila, the second stranger atood A tall fair yonth, bnt anzions-eyed and wan Browa noUy arched, bnt all their freshness gene, WitiieredaDd parched by firea that raged witliin â€" The hidden firea of suffering and of sin. Why he had entered there I scarce cu.telL He neither came to purcbaae nor to sell Bat, aa a hunted wretoh, in daaparato strai*:, Remorae and terror knocking at liia gate, Seeka any oomer, Manriea AUaabnm, Haraased, beset, not knowing ^Mie to torn. Had paused at Bichard'a door. If all were told, Perhapa lie would have dntdied tiie old num'sgtdd. ... For Allanbnm, a piou widow^s sout Affianced, loved, even to the vaige had run A secret oaauaa of ruinous exeaes, TUl he was ready, in his dire diatresa. To fl!ng himself en any fraatio deed. To mount unbridled violsBoe aa a ateed. And leap the a^raa» vt pariah ottarly. «*]iBlionor I will aevCT lira to aao When aU haa fled, tiien Oas I" he aaid, andpcaaaed A hidden vial aowed into hia •The awlft newa ol my aath_ihall overtoke The rumor ol disRrae^ and Unity trerit Ikeir poor heiiti first." What hope la tiMie Hefaaisbaad traakad Dy aptaa Some thonaaads in hia abeenoe, comes to- morrow. Gold, only gold, mnch gold this very night. Or ignominlons and precipitete flight â€" Naa((ht eke can save him and he will not fly. 'There's none so Wretehed, so insnared, as I!" So Micrice stood and watehed. The shop man and trade. "What forioos need of gold to such as be T" ' He matters. "I conld langh at poverty, And welcome toil, no matter where or what. With but a crust by honest labor gat. Has he staked all npon some reckless game â€" The hopes of youth, aa honorable name 7 Is life itself, and more than life, at stake â€" mother's love, a girl's heart to break If not, let him be happy." With the air Of one who had a common errand there, Maurice drew near, and cast an absent look Over the pages of a little book Wliich lay npon the coontor, till by chance A single sentence riveted his glance. Turn back, turn back itu not yet too late Turn back. Oh youth nor seek to expiate t dshy worse, and save the handjnm shame By plunging all thy soul into the fiame. He started, read again, and still again. With a atrange fascination. Bnt jost thenâ€" 'An admirable book," the old man said "Bight Thinking and Right Living .-'twill be read. And, I predict, be funous, centuries henoe. The author is a man of wit and sense â€" Charles Masters. Oat of print, I think, just now. Only a abilling. Thank yon," with a bow, "A merry Cbriatmas to you, and good- night ;» And Richard R»y once more turned down the light. And with a quick glance np and down, to learn If he ia apied and, followed, Allanbum Goes forth again into the the whirling stcnrm. The crowd aweepa by the diop-girl's flitting form The brisk mechanic coming from his work The prosperous merchant, and the honaat clerk; The haj^y noor man, with his pack of toys. The Santa C'aus of his own girls and boys The fatiierlflss apprentloe lad, who atopa To f eaat liia eyea oef ore tlie glittering shops â€" No Christmas gifta for him, but he can fill Hia dreams witii presents, and lie happy atiU The deigUng partica. In their fairy ahells, The muffled drivers kbA the jinglbig bells The cherry newsboy, shouttog through toe stonn (Blowiag his finger-tips to keep them warm) The laat great fo^ery, the awfial crime. " Whose turn," thinks Manrioe, " wlU It be next time " And Itears in fancy, " Shocking Buldde !** His own dread Cate by all the newsboys cried. The wordswOl find tiie widow by her fire; And she wOl sigh, " His work is never done. Ah, L^aTa, what a huabaad you have won I So Mthfol, lo.indostrioos, ao aedate I No wonder he ia pale and worn of late, with aomoch bnaineaa on hia hand" â€" ^the while Ha hutana to the bar*room to beguile Hia miaery for a moment, and impart Freah reaolntlmi to hia faltering heart He meeto a friend pota on an eaay air Of gidety, and aeea throngh hia despair A sudden gleam. "Ah, Murdock. yoa'te my man! Lend me a trifleâ€" any thing yon can For Cbriatmas gifte have rofaied me, and I Have atill to pnrchase "â€" forging lie on lie. The loan obtained, they chat and clink their son aa h« reads, the bans ha And-ia tliair fiowB aoiuwea atK» Wt *«aw. DismUa the evU co«n«d o/2ece«, FUng off the nmh, and dmnamrd to thy Let tht faiae vestwre of eonceainuntfaU, And, owning o« thy wrong, atone far aU. At aveiy wori he j^ato the aaardjgrta^ That pcwbaalba quivering heart, bntpcobea to heaL Jvery /ofoe j»o«*i «*««?* f*^ and Umg U LeadU^some pit; and happy ikoa may^t Thy wayward youth, whose letson comet not OfortwMUe, whenntostvnfortunatel .reattorT^ i^^^^^^^^X H-^jUth Whits, S*;? Aa AU^abum. with hom««rf, '" Awakea the echoes of CIJ*^^ The ahopa, on Chtistmu^ Ught, •*"•«« iij^ Are cIobmI nil .)..i ... ek";-- ...' So Allanbnrn, with aoul abaorbad, intent, Read on and eaoh prophetic word aeema For Ma own heart auoh broad bright wia dom dijnea. Are 2jjd and dark «thl,'^- And Maurice notea a short alight man who passes. Advancing to the bar with eager pace. In short black mantle, and strange blight face. The wondrous eyea and the great sool within Glow with deep fervor as he calls fcr gin, Helifto with neivoua hand the glass and drbiks. And pays with Richard's coin. And Maur- ice thinks " Was this his fearful need, his mad ?eaire. To quench a fiery tbvrst with fiercer fire 1 No hope for him but I may yet restore All I have periled, by one vcntare more." Stndght to a gaming palace he repairs Climbs with quick step the too faonillar stairs The hot hope mounting to hia head like fumea Of maddening wine, he waUfa the gilded rooma. The aoene of half his losse" Seated there. To Heaven, or Chance, or Fate, he breathes a prayer. To look with favoring eyes upon his sin, The last, he vows, if he miy only win. Not for bis own, but for his motoer's sake. For L«ora's, he implores and his last stake On the green cloth with trembling hand leto fall. Wins, loses, wins again, and loses aU. Mother's eyes no more with glad welcome at the more I hope evermore!" they latfit; tta lietaed In groupa, or trisodly oooplas, or alooe, Baeta with a hope and purpose of his owa, Heseas tliem pass aad taiaka what plea- seat tidngs XlM asasoa to the hamUaat finaida fcrian. Happy sllke who give aad wko reorive; And all his memorise of Chrlstmaa eveâ€" Iheezpectaat steddaci 7 the cbimaey huag; ' rhe aweet coaapbadea of old aad yonaa i Thm^CMBaM.tno, witii Ite ^ip^tog "'b^S^ P*«*«a.booki, tite bey's finfe "'•JJJ»,I«'«* â- â€¢*•«. aad ttw profcd food AadBmi^»fiMlt.odBiaay a bmh. .» And all ia over. Shall meet him door. No more for him the roae of love ahall bloom. And tranoe the aenaes with ite oharmed per- fume; Beauty delight, or aocial pleaaure blow The heart'a doll embera to a heavenly glow. The world ite myriad indoatriea aluul ply. And all ite vaat oonoema f ull-aailed aweep by; And Frlendahlp ahall endure, and Hope ahall trim Her deathleaa lamp, but never mere for him. So Allaabora opoa that Cbristmaa-eve, Hia rubied youth denalrfaig to reMeve, Looked ia Ua mslaaoholy lodglag alto Aad medttataa, or walka the room by fita, Aod writes hia everlasting aad farewella To those he lovea, uatil the Chriatmas bel'a Peel joyonily upon the atoimy afarâ€" Peel aweet aad dear, aad throush the tu- mult bear The golden tf diaga of the rdga of Peace. "For love fa iiorn: let wrong and aorrow ceaae Sorrow no ring; "Hope evermore! love evermore! they alng. To aUAe world and all the wodd la bleat To all the world but one, for whom ao rest, No respito from despair aad sagolsh, save A shameful death and a dUtonoted grave. Aad after death T He will aot naoae to tMnk: Reaolved to leap, why falter on the brink Folded hia letters, with a atrangdy ateady. Cold hand he eeala them, and now all ia ready. He reachea for the vial at his breaat, And finds Instead, f orgottea ia hk vest. The Uttle book pkoed there acme hours ago. The leaves fall open In his hand, and, lo Before him, like a flaming sword that turns All ways, once more the fiery sentence bums. Turn back, turnback; it is not yet too late • Turn back, youth I nor seekto expiate Bad detda by worse, and sate the hand from shame. By plunging ttU thy soul into the flame t He ttarted to his feet, dashed down tiie book, Aad too aad fro acroaathe ohamber todk Qoi^fraiisiedaferldea;timihoirriedly pre- pared The deadly draa^t, aad la tiie mluur glared Ml^ ownspeotee, ghaatiy pale and grim, ^nHh (!•« apliftod, oddly iSocklaghBn7 "TIs bota^hadmr, aad what nrai* ami Oome, lla tMwn sas aad, Wedd aad LBe. good-bye l" HeraiaedtiM fiaas-tiM ahadaw dU tiie Hedeaadhls eyaa, aadsuddeaty,llke flams. Lsaped f ortii tiia wandafTtoUi faaar dsht! Ia living letters iwTS^hefrii^UyS" Turn back, turn biek; itianot vtttoo late. g^hO^rijs Um0^ V«m£L7orliu, SoB^riu haa stayed Uahaad. VnaToB tile floor He takes tiia UtUa mora. book sad raada OBoe When aB(s2ost,«ie Oaesoemi ' But in the homea about Um u What pleasure sparkSs^^k glows "«t (^ The daaoe, the bode and ifei». â- nraptured chfldhood aiti, u. page •â-  Tne hranely games, uniths »«* Soenea whidi tiie o«taSdlS?'^i oonoeal: ^*°*n*o»,, â- ^*^»*» Joya which friuai L. tiiatglad time-with symuttfa^, He aeems to see and heaj »S^' InaU and npw hi. esger W*L' Before to hu own home andlSi!* domsbinea, ,. "»«wUeoi« Sodi swift ooayiotioa U«»»tWM ia ttelfaaa. i And aU the while the hdy bella are rinmng, ^â„¢'J|j'"" "• The spWteof the Christmas bdls are sing- ""» Filling the stormy world with hymns of peace. " For Love Is bom let wrong and sorrow ceaae Sorrow no more hope evermore " they " Hop9 evermore I love evermore " they And'Sfthe rock of self is deft and sha\ en And deep witltfn, aweet bleeaed springs awaken Of comfort and new oonrage, not to die This coward's death, and like a trdtor fly The demons he haa cirjured, hut to Uve, Strong in the strength which only trath can give. life, P^woihUh.^, ^wlf";^" •"« •*»»«« *«#»„ The everfaithfil Laura. Foadlva, I His own good mother from h./^, I Watehos the baby Maurioe ontt.T'^l UpbuUdingstUl,to,eeltwr^t: His toppUng house of WockT* „ 2^ amile ' '"W On little Laura by her side tiie wiiu Bending m the warm light hereW^ Hoihirg her doll and puttmg it to fc^ The last house falk b rnini; htlielio j Are packed at laat the bright new CiuZ.1 blocks; ^1 The doll's asleep, the cradle pat avi,. And so the happy children end their iL And in imaginition now he leee ::35:".S^^K " ' HOPB EVERHOBE MVE EVERHOBE !* THEVrSING." ILâ€" CHRISTMAS NIGHT. And aa a traveler- trackless pndrie. iiM^«aeryini|w(Miiaiii And Maurice lived. lost By night upon m OTMsed By wiad-drivea, leapiag flamea, while ever algher Sweeps the red-maned wHd hurriceme of nre With hoof of thunder and devouring breath, Ani aU the air b lit with lurid death- Kindles before his feet the crisp dry grass. And bums the path where he will safely pass; Aad the flames die behind him, and the mom Beholds htm far on b'aokeaed plains forlorn; Bat life Is left, and hope; so AUaabnra, By fraak avowal of his guilt aad stem Self-oondemration, quelled the rage of men, Foreatolled his foes, and won hia frleada agaia, Aa twere 'before he lost them. Deaolato Aad long the labor seemed, to.re-iaatato Fallen fortune and lost honor to restore But will and heart were strong, and ever- more He kept the little volume by his aideâ€" His savior oaee, aad aow his secret guide Aad solaoe ia tdie long ennoblins strife, laoamatlng ite wisdom in hlaufe. To lose with high endeavor is to wen And they but fail who biuld success on sin, Whose gtledd waJlt of happiness shaU stand As baseless palaeu en eea-wathed sand. Eaoh day's experience tought him to constrae Ita old dry troths with meanings fresh and new. I Be then thy conscience as the eternal rock, Wave-bu^ftted, tmmored by every shock Of roaring condemnation, hate, and wrong: Set thou thereon thyphta-os high and strong Ulna ashe played hia arduous daOy part. He leamed Ita lofty pcaoapta tSkhy heut Let two alMed and equal laws omIrU l\^jr9-imof^ UOy and Una for mdi nteasaff^mU»iftniUk» of stedL ^^ Ner pri^eiir.sti'miaafar rfedna thentn It toaght^te 1s|(^mJ%^JH«[^^ Seligion it no Uaf^f^adti niaiw, 0/ UtueUapritngeik, waitrtdl^ ^aod deedt. So "Sf wUfiiH y««r% aolaa alae or ^»*»J»*«C3hrIataaafriiwa btbfci rom Two cherabs in white night-govu on ikl knees, f Mingling their curls before the uMl chair. Lisping with dewylips'theireTeniDgpnjtl How sweet the picture Suddenly the (i I Rises to dash it and he itsrta igout, Seeing his own pale spectral im«ge itul Within a mocking mirror, glue ic hui (TO BE CONTISCED ;^WOl* upoa Ua boat gotn »"r jT ^oot of do«wB, as » P*»*?jg^ naa by tha artioB •eknowWg" fndMotsr. «*?**â-  ...**feS«.'-- *-.;:• PTIAI 4lgn vA KM AdTenti tioni In the Ca^e W " NiKAt Thb Nihilist, ' Etc,, CHAPIBR XVI. H» mSTEf S3. Ain THAT WILL OOSTBST MB." i^iiiur that he had drawn the k*i.**!SKwSthescbbard, Arabl liift *7,-W tiie suuibiae he met [pR^* looking calm, smUing "SjSlaa whom he dwired moht ' V insMdiatdy drew him asil^e. J.'ISSSTIS failed/- said he. fTort have resource to strong. *3m much from jour face, also that " l«Itte 1 us to the strong." Tutoo^e. The Khedive is. Jd. •-unborn, and so we must ba de- b Klw such a result and have al- 'ffllor«- Tewfihas favored J!^ rather than his own people. .5iM he hail sotrn the storm, so let K'^hCIwind. Egypt will rise K i^^ad i»t off the viper that she td in her bosom, the Albanan Twho would take the bread of her Lai o«t it unto dogs. I hail,thee. rA»bI, ai our future Khedive, tame only aa the rannmg safe who fthe approach of Prince^alim. our Srnlw according to tiie law of the rid the Koraiu' Ipflnos Halimisa shadow and no [â- aifhastQlUvM*" Cblttle dwsea of Allah, AUah will Lmt) aiatthJ proper boor mein- ra year, a month, a week and a Ikesp the silver throne empty and nS wi A the Ivory footstool. ' ' r bs a wise plan, for the onselfish L iriot respect, love and rever- B neaawhile woold to AUah thit Nks Saltaa woold sanction oar np- i why should he not, for the Khe- of late seat but little tribute iStanboalT" itaitaatalittle Nubian page, at kpiotareaqae and scanty costame lEfoand diver lace that left hia 1 glossy Uaok limbs almost entire- praaohed the two conspirators, â- i woolly head so that his great r and nose rings might jiagle and ifideaoe of his proximity. I gaudy butterfly look did that with- â- rise, and Arabi Pasha turniog irded him eagerly and keenly, psly boy's lips expanded in a grin ' drow4 of teeth as white as boil- _.j with a salaam he advanced and idoiedfistin the war minister's She Was Fond of a Certain liin Sen^ " It is a beautiful song," he said, u* flute- like tonee of her voice ud the tm* I of the piano a^ioompanimrnt died awq â-  I the f rf sooes tf the ceiling, " but I unj partial to secular music. IloTeSiegiai old hymns best." ..I "Indeed " she said, as she ran ha Ul fingers up end down the seven octw» 1 "Yes," he exclaimed entiuuiMWil^l "the grtudoldhymnslforme." I " Wdl," ahe murmured, -% nil'^l stole over her damask oheekisnd Im|i» en lashes diaded the bright "d bewW eyes, and a dgh soft aa the perfmnednfV ttatrastiesthe leaves fa the fjl^ grove at eve when tiie diamond drtw tremblas on tiie petals of the m«««'5 dightiy stirred her bosom, " Well.I*' kaow that I oaa blame yon, for I •« """ a certain him myself." Ji m] Thea a aeaaon of osculation eMBj*" whioh we regretfuUy droj. the cnrt* â€" â€" " " " " â€" r^i A magician who can eat «» J'^T' satisfied: Heis alight eater, JOB to* I Is the vegetarian sufferer from o«" toe-martyr 7 „ j m^ Phllippopolis presents a P««|»f â„¢ dons appearance for a place of PV,^ A ghost wHhout a head b «P^^ Laaouter. Some brave man ongM " r a head on It. *w «5i Next Easter Sunday Wis wj^y^ April, a fact which t«»«**S;«* 1784, and wlUn^t ooonr again wi^ You always feel surprised wW« » a shooting .tor, do T" "J,*** because you did not know v» â€" Tlgsra wiB He for hotfi to a w^4 trttlSMtattraotfng •**»^,p,S*l*'l a large paroentage of the repon-^ of tiie average newspaper. ^^ jrf j The etiier day, In 'l^^J^^i Ward Beedier »" "" tkb*:! watoh. While wdklngjJ«gj; .tomlty,aome «"'f"~jX%S An Omaha man olrs $10 »« m kOlad latiiatd^. S^Jf Wfi kakHT prioe. but a ^i^stm •how tiiat It averages about Toea ^j WepfiWaiatheieasonayi^ »p«»l5?Kalgiri%fath«|^^5*|« I bJ |fo| i ^°l I I sol i ' It ' CD aa fs te I th j oa I P^ Hg sei Sa ro oti be lis he th CO ab wi in an we pr to ua ty. bei I withdrew It, however, it had ng behind, and Arabi Pasha, Uy at something, discovered it ^rtag. â-  at once blazed as brightly, aye, Uy too, as the red fire th^^t seem- forth from the very heart ot the I nutkins a rapid sign to the boy to tat a Uttle dUtanoe he returned PMhA and said in an excited i me here, and perchance I will urn ?ritii that wldch we most re- cloads uf doubt and apprehea- ito beroUing away, leaving a clear 1 them. No more at preaent, for I that chafes at delay or tardy obe- [theee words he darted once more ilb's side, and a minute later was I the Nubian page through an orac- t almost deserved the name of a mnch space did it cover, aad s I the trees planted, lad got to the other end of it, i tiie page came to a fall stop, aeiz- Tmmister by the arm, and first k^iiga that he ds, -ad go no further, ia towards a tt ee that was much 'ay of the rest, and intimated â„¢io actions (fjrthe poor little had his tongue cut oat in his "Bcy) that a second guide woald 4adit. rnidater gave him a handfal and pa««ed on, to diacover Ueto be Elnseir, toe baffoon, I with tile usual feminine dis- l^fteloooe oapadoos raiment, •on Mm from the crown of the •^Mfltil the foot, and caused him i»*,P**""bul»tory ootton bale, part, and dde by dde with the T?2?«a jester aad story teller, râ„¢J»ating l^e waddle that char- r'J'a-aged Egyptlaa womea, who r*ffln theflat of thefar feet, and F^B" wide i^art, preeentty enter- â- ytheKEdiveT ' 1^ bM aco .^mpaaled Um thith- [JSJ^ Deadly likewise, E4^ todve aaeoond description iLr"â„¢* **» therefore, to say â- **yiapd«d enrtoin was at last .~o *ar miniator found him- "Boe of tiie Prinoesa Zeeneh. tJr\. â„¢*aaB Zeeneh, for El- » J«, Aad jiot entered thecham- fc?^*** BMMneat the patter J"^J*«Wided farther away. â-  no^ad on aplle of orimson ^7^ attired In a black J* ^^. iJeeve lepa aad very S- " "tmiMated with ailver, Jr*_"Mta ToMdi toousers fc_Z3 •â- â-  llttia stiver oros- |dSSlL!V annaid tiie F^SFf^waalBsd, Iviwy whito yS^^iafttrhdf w;y Into "yt mlim idMed sUmer "••Boovered. The hn^^taoross her ^ef oar Buropeaa ' Wdad'ln aa in- ah. essmsd to en- farm aad Umbs I wre stnd- l^t^itttMwarBilaia- tio or lik W thi PO! of inj ma 8h( an col ini st( aa dc va of te) hi; ev Wi cl ho mi ne to d« w •A'l