4^1 1% SB or 1 ' i i 1 i i v PBr &JL IL' 14J 1 gpsi^. ? J38g -??^r ? M jj WEEKLY EDITION. ^ OCTOBER 12, 1681. I THE BLACK ROBE. BY "WILKIE COLLINS. to ?AUTHOR OF? "THE WOMAX IX WHITE," " THE 1IOOX0TOXE," " AFTER DARK," "XO XAilE," " MAX ASD "WIFE," "THE LAW AXD K THE LlADT," "THEXEWiUGgj| PA LEX," ETC., ETC. CHAPTER IV.?FATHER BEX WELL HITS. Art has its trials as well as its triK amphs. It is powerless to assert itself against the sordid interests of every-dar lifp. Tna err^ah^ai. nnnlr avpt Tsrifctfln. I the finest picture ever painted, appeals in vain to minds preoccupied by selfish and secret cares. On entering Lord Loring's gallery Father Benwell fonnd but one person who was not looking at the pictures under false pretenses. Innocent of all suspicion of the conflicting interests whoso struggle now centered in himself, Bomayne was carefully studying the pictures which had been made the pretext for inviting him to the house. He had bowed to Stella, with a tranquil admiration of her beauty; he had shaken hands with Penrose, and had said some kind words to his future secretary?and then he had turned to the picture, as i i Stella and \ Penrose had ceased from that moment to occupy his mind. "In your place," he said, quietly, I to Lord Loring, "I should not buy this work." " Why not?" "It seems to me to have "the serious defect of the modem English school of [painting. A total want of thought in the rendering of the subject, disguised under dexterous technical tricks of the brush. When you have seen one of that man's pictures, you have seen all. He manufactures?he doesn't paint." Father Ben well came in while Bonayne was speaking. He went through ! the ceremony of introduction to the master of Yange Abbey with perfect M politeness, but a little absently. His K mind was bent on putting his suspicion A of Stella to the test of confirmation. B Not waiting to be presented, he turned I _to her with the air of fatherly interest and chastened admiration which he A well knew how to assume in his inter I'juurse wiui wymea. i "ilay I ask if you agree with Mr. Eornayne's estimate of the picture," he jaid, in his gentlest tones. | She had heard of him and his position in the house. It was quite needbess for Lady Loring to whisper to her, "Father Benwell, my dear P Her antipathy identified him as readily as her jympathy might have identified a man who had produced a favorable impression on her. "I have no pretention to be a critic," she answered, with frigid politeness. "I only know what I personally like or dislike." The reply exactly answered Father BenwelTs purpose. It diverted Ko JLIO ?> itUCAidVii xxviu iuuko ^vuvuv w Stella. The priest had secured Ms opportunity of reading their faces while they were looking at each other. "I think yon have just stated the true motive for all criticism," Eomayne said to Stella. " Whether we only express our opinions of pictures or books in the course of conversation, or whether fwe assert them at full length, with all ^ f\? -rv>nr?f. TTA oro TOO 11TT IJL1U iiUlXiUXiVJ K/JL jyiiMVj M?.?W peaking, in- either case, of what peronally pleases or repels us. My poor pinion of that picture means that it ays nothing to me. Does it say anyhinc to yon ?' i He smiled gently as lie put the queslon to her; but there was no betrayal emotion in his eyes or in his voice. Klieved of anxiety, so far as Bomayne Ws concerned, Father Benwell looked Bteila. Steadily as she controlled herself, the fcfession of her heart's secret found its v into her face. The coldly composhad confronted the Hist when she spoke to him melted Br softly under the influence ofBoBne's voice and Bomayne's look. Biout any positive change of color Kelicate skin glowed faintly, as if it Rome animating inner warmth. Her H and lips brightened with a new Hty ; her frail, elegant figure seemOftensibly to strengthen and expand, Hie leaf of a flower under a favorHnny air. "When she answered Bo I (agreeing witiilum, it is neediess there was a tender persuasiveher tones, shyly inviting him speak to her and still to'look at lich would in itself have told [Benwell the truth, even if he fc been in a position to see he? Confirmed in his doubts of her ed with concealed suspicion at Loring next. Sympathy with ras tindisguisccllj expressed to Eic honest blue eyes of Stella's kriendfccussion on the subject of the &te picture was resumed by Wng, who thought the opinions Bj-ne and Stella needlessly Rady Loring, as usual, agreed Husband. While the general R^as occupied in this way, HTwell said a word to Penrose? silent listener to the disBgtt seen the famous portrait gpLad'v Loring, by Gains5$' asked. Without waiting Swa took Penrose by the arm M way to the picture, which Hf Jkial merit, under present H*-^Bof hanging at the other BYi R like Romayne?" Fathei V Bt question in lovr pereinpKjT flgKentiy impatient for a By me already," said PenV kks so ill and so sad, and _j| |) kindly?" ^kther L en well interH has produced n favorRyon. Let ns get on BLl'oii Tnust produces |& on Eomayne." HI to m^he myself Rhom I liko," lie Bn succeed. TLey Rford that I was Beat is against me. He of yoni social j advantages, Father!" "Leave it to me, son. Are they still j talking about- the picture?" ! " Yes." "I have something more to say to ! you. Have yen noticed the young j laJy?* "I thought her beautiful?h"t she J looks a little cold." Father Bcnwell smiled. J " When you aro as old as I am," he j said, " you will not believe in appearj ances vrhera women aro concerned. Do | you know what I think of her? Beautij fni if tou like?and dangerous as welL3 ! "Dangerous? In what wav?" ! " This is for your private ear, Arthur. She is ia lore with Romayne. "Wait a ; minute. And Lady Loiing?unless I | am entirely mistaken in what I obj served?knows it and favors it. The beautiful Stella may be the destruction j of all our hopes, unless we keep i Ecmayne out of her way." Tbese words were whispered with an j earnestness and agitation which sur- j prised Penrose. His superior's equanimity was not easily overthrown. " Are ycu sure, Father, of what you say?" he asked. " I am quite sure, or I would not have sookon." J _ "Do you think Air. Komayne retuma ! the feeling?" "Not yet, luckily. You must use j your fh-st friendly influence over him? j j what is her name? Her surname, I I mean." "Eyrecourt. Miss Stella Eyrecourt." j "Very well. You must use your in- | fluence (when you are quite sure that it i is an influence) to keep Mr. Eomayne j away from Miss Eyrecourt." Penrose looked embarrassed. "Iam afraid I should scarcely know Low to do that," lie said. "But I should naturally, as his assistant, encourage him to keep to his studies." "Whatever Arthur's superior might ! privately think of Arthur's reply, ho received it with outward indulgence. "That trill come to the same thing,"he said. " Besides, when I get the information I want?this is strictly between ourselves?I may be of some vse in placing obstacles in ihe ladj's way." Penrose started. "Information!" he repeated. "What information?" " Tell me something before I answer you," said Father Ben well. " How old do you take Miss Eyrecourt to be?" " I am not a good judge in such matters. Between twenty a^d twenty-five, perhaps?" " We will take her age at that esti mate, Arthur, in former years I nave had opportunities of studying women's characters in the confessional. Can you guess what my experience tells me of ]\Iiss 'Eyrecoui-t?" "No, indeedl" "A lady is not in love for the first time, when she is between twenty and twenty-five years old?that is my experience," said Father Benwell. " If I can find a person capable of informing me, I may make some valuable discoveries in the earlier history of Miss Eyrecourt's life. No more, now. We Jtrnd better return to our inenos." CHAPTER V.?rATHEiv Drbrrrraij irrss??i. ? The group before the picture -which had been the subject of dispute was broken up. In ono part of the gallery Lady Loring and Stella were whispering together on a sofa. In another part Lord Loring was speaking privately to Bomayne. "Do you think you will like Mr. Penrose ?" his lordship asked. " Yes?so far as I can tell at present. He seems to be modest, and intelligent." "You are looking ill, my dea? Bomayne. Have you again heard the voice that haunt? you ?" Bomayne answered with evident reluctance. "I don't know why," he said, " but the dread of hearing it again has oppressed me all this morning. To tell you the truth I came hero in the hope that the change might relieve me. " Has it done so ?' _ , .. "Doesn't that suggest, my friend, that a greater chaDge might bo of use to you?" " Don't ask me about it, Loring I 7 can go through my ordeal?but 1 hate speaking of it." ?T -.1CT r*f C/vm^fTllTl t* JLiCU Hi* VA V-WWJ then," said Lord Loring. "What do you think of Miss Eyrecourt ?" "A very striking face; full of expression and character. Leonardo would have painted a noble portrait of her. But there is something in her manner?" He stopped, unwilling or unable to finish the sentence. "Something you don't like?" Lord Loring suggested. "No; something I don't quite understand. One doesn't expect to find any embarrassment in the manner of a wellbred woraan. And yet she seemed to be embarrassed -when she spoke to me. Perhaps I produced an unfortunate impression on her." Lord Loring laughed. " In any man but yon, Eomayne, I should call that affectation." < "Why?' Eomayne asked, sharply. Lord Loring looked unfeignedly surprised. "My dear fellow, do you really think you are the sort of a man who impresses a women tin favorably at first sight? For once in your life indulge in the amiable weakness of doing yourself justice, and find a better reason for Miss Eyrecourt's embarrassment." For the first time since he and his friend had been talking together Romayne turned toward Stella. He innocently caught her in the act of looking at him. A younger woman, or a woman of weaker character, would have looked away again. Stella's noble ; head dropped; her eyes sank slowly until thev rested on her long white hands crossed upon her lap. For a T'r.mmo ]nnlcf il at, liftT I I ??XKJXA.X\ZXJ. V Ilivxv jLWVUkv^'iiw AWX.N'V. i with steady attention. He roused him- j j self, and spoke to Lord Loring in low-' ! cred tones. " Have yon Known Miss nyreeourt for ! ! a long time?" j " She is my wife's oldest and dearest j i friend. I think, Romayue, yon wonld i . feel interested in Stella, if von saw : more of her." ! Ivomajne bowed in silent submission ' ! to Lord Lonng's prophetic remark. " Let us look at the pictures," he i said, quietly. | As he moved down the gallery the ; ! two priests met him. Father Benwell j ! saw his opportunity of helping Penrose ! to produce a favorable impression, j "Forgive the curiosity of an old student, Mr. Eomayne," be said, in his pleasant, cheerful way. " Lord Loring tells rae yon Lave sent to the country for your books. Do you find a London j hotel favorable to study?" i "It is a verr oui^t hotel," Romavne ; answered; "and the people know mj I TT-s-vc " TIg tri Arflmi' " T inv own set of rooms. Mr. Penrose," lie continued, with a room at your disposal. The solitude of my house in the country is distasteful to ice. There arc times when I want to see the life in tho streets as a relief. Though wo are :u a hotel, I can promise that you will not be troubled by interruptions, when you kindly lend mc the use of your pen." Father Benwcll answered before PenI rose could speak : " You may perhaps find my young friend's memory of some use to you, Mr. Eomayne, as well as his pen. Penrose has studied in the Vatican library. If your reading leads you that way he j knows more than most men of the rare i old manuscripts which treat of tho early history of Christianity." This delicately-managed rc-ference to Eomayne's projected work on "The Origin of Pveligions" produced its effect. __ .no cecame msiaauj mier;;s:;ea la i cnrose and his ?tudies. "I should like very much to speak to yon about- those manuscripts," ho said. " Copies of some of them nay, perhaps, j be in the British museum. Is it asking j too much to inquire if you are disengaged this morning ?" " I am entirely at your sen-ice, Mr. Komayne." "If you will kindly call at my hotel, in an hour's time, I shall have looked over my notes, and shall bo ready for you with a list of title:; and dates* Thero is the address." VYT* 2.1. it. ~ 1. ^ - ,1 1 i. _ A_ t_ ^ Willi muse ?orus up au.va.uceu. 10 tane his leave of Lady Loring and Stella. Father Benwell was a man possessed of extraordinary power of foresight? but he was not infallible. Seeing that Romayr.o was on the point of leaving the house, and feeling that he had paved the way successfully for Bomayne's amanuensis, ho too readily assumed that there was nothing further to be gained by remaining in the gallery. In arriving at this conclusion he wa3 additionally influenced by private and personal considerations. The interval before Penrose called at the hotel might be usefully filled up by some wise , words of advice, relating to the religious uses to which he might turn his inter course with Romayne, when hehadsuf- | ficiently established himself in the con- : lidence of his employer. There migh^ 1 no doubt, be future opportunities for i accomplishing this object, biit Father . Benwell was not a man to trust too im- ! plicitly in the future. The present oc- ' casion was, in respect of its certainty, < tlie occasion that he preferred. Making i one of his ready and plausible excuses, I he returned with Penrose to the library, i and so committed (as ho himself clis- i at CV Lxinxn Q?r~oX f-o>rx? \ mistakes in the Ion? record of his life. 5 In the meanwhile Romayne was not 1 permitted to bring his visit to a conclu- J sion without hospitable remonstrance l on the part of Lady Loring. She felt j for Stella with a woman's enthusiastic devotion to the interest of true love; j and she had firmly resolved that a mat* ter so trifling as the cultivation of Ro. ( maync's mind should not ce aiioweci to stand in the way of tlic far more import- | ant enterprise of opening his heart to the influence of the sex. j " Stay and lunch witla us," she said, | when he held out his hand to bid her | good-bye. ] " Thank you, Lady Loring, I never take lunch." "Well, then, come and dine with us ?no party; only ourselves. To-morrow and next day we aro disengaged. Which day shall it be ?" Bomayne still resisted. "You are very kind- In my state of health I am i unwi&i^-fo mrti'engagements which I j ^ , , i _ , Sy_. may not oe auie u> iteu. ^ Lady Loring was just as resolu^^on her side. She appealed to Stella. "Mr-^ Eoymane persists, my dear, in putting j me off with excuses. Try if you can per- , suade him." "I am not likely to have any influence, j Adelaide." i The tone in which she replied struck , Eomayne. He looked at her. Her eyes, j gravely meeting his, held him with a | strange fascination. She was not her- , self conscious how openly ail that was | noble and true in her nature, all that i was most deeply and sensitively felt in her aspirations, spoke at that moment in i her look. Eomayne's face changed; he | turned pale under the new emotion that she had roused in him. Lady Loring observed him attentively. "Perhaps you underrate your influence, Stella?" she suggested. Stella remained impenetrable to per- | suasion. " I have only been introduced to Mr. Eomayne half an hour since," "T nnt. vain enough to [aiXC? OCl*V4-* A -y _ suppose that I can produce a favorable impression on anv one in so short a time." She had expressed, in other words, Romayne's own idea of himself, in speaking of her to Lord Loring. Ho was struck by the coincidence. "Perhaps we have begun, Miss Eyrecourt, by misinterpreting one another," he said. "We may arrive at a better understanding when I have the honor of meeting you again." jtie nesnaieu, uuu iuuucu u? u>u; I Loring. She was not the woman to let | a fair opportunity escape her. "We will say to-morrow evening," she resumed, "at seven o'clock." "To-morrow," said Komayne. He shook hands with Stella and left the picture gallery. Tims far the conspiracy to marry him promised even more hopefully than the conspiracy to convert him. And Father Ben well, carefully instructing Penrose in tho next room, was not aware of it! * ?*>** But the hours, in their progress, mark I the march of events as surely as thev i mark the march of time. 'i'ho day ! passed, the evening came?and with its ; coining the prospects cf the conveision brightened in their turn. ^ Let Father Benwell himself relate how it happened, in aneSH port to Home, "written ing: 111 had arranged ~ith Penrose that he should call at my lodgings, and toll me how he had prospered at the first performance of his duties a3 secretary to Romayne. "Tlie moment he entered the room, the signs of disturbance in his face told me that, something serious had hap- ; pened. I asked directly if there had been any disagreement between ilomayne and himself. "He repeated the word with every appearance of surprisd. 'Disagree- ; ment?' he said. ' No words can tell how 1 sincerely I feel for JMr. iiomayne, and ' how eager I am to be of service to him!? ] "Believed so far, I naturally asked < what had happened. Penrose betrayed < s marked embarrassment in answering ^ my question. '"I have innocently surprised a , secret,' he said, 'on which I had no < right to intrude. All that I can honor- ] ably tell you shall be told. Add to your ! many kindnesses, Father, and don't ^ command me to speak when it is my ] luty toward a sorely-tried man to be t ailent, even to you.' " It is needless to say that I abstained * from directly answering the strange ap- j peal. If I found it necessary to our in- ( terests to assert my spiritual authority, c 1 was of course resolved to do it. 4 Lst c me hear what you can tell,' I replied, J - -i ii ,.v> a ana we/i we sunn acc. " Upon this, he spoke. I need scarcely I ^ recall to your memory how careful we were, in first planning the attempt to c recover the Vango property, to assure ^ ourselves of the promise of sticcess, * which the pectiliar character of the pres- r ?nt owner held out to us. In reporting f what Penrose said, I communicate a dis- ^ covery which I venture to think will e be as welcome to jou as it was to me. e " He began by reminding mo of what ? ? had myse'.f told him in speaking of ^ Romayne. 'You mentioned having t heard from Lord Loring of a great sor- t' row or remorse from which he was suf- t fering/ Penrose said ; 4 and you added ^ that your informant abstained from ? mentioning what the nature of that ^ remorse, or of the nervous malady con- c aected with it, might be. I know what ti he suffers, and why he suffers, and with s: what noble resignation he submits to his n affliction.' j? " There Penrose stopped. You know n the emotional nature of the man. It Sj was only by a hard stmggle with him- a! self that he abstained from bursting into S! tears. I gave him time, and then I ^ asked how he made the discoveiy. "He hesitated, but he answered sj plainly, so far. '"We were sitting to- a< gether at the table, looking over ids k notes and memoranda,' Penrose said, S? 1 when he suddenly dropped the manu- 0 script from which he was reading to me. A. ghastly jjaleness overspread his face. n. Ee started up, and put both his hands ai to his ears as if he heard something e: ireadful, and was trying to deafen him- s< self to it. I ran to the door to call for ^ help. He stopped me; ho spoke in ^ faint, gasping tones, forbidding me to fe :all any one in to witness what he suf- a Lri Tf 'urno. ri^f ^Va aid; it would soon be over. If I had w not courage to remain with him I could w 10, and return when ho was himself ^ igaiu. I so pitied him that I found the *Dj courage to remain. When it was over, t? ae took me by the hand and thanked te ne. I had staid by him like a lo i-iend, ho said, and like a friend he 01 S6 ,-ould treat me. Sooner or later (those rrero his exact words) I must be V( ;aken into his confidence, and it should tt be now. He told me his melancholy al T i m iil or a vnn. Father. don't ask I h me to repeat it! Be content if I tell you ^ the effect of it on myself. The one ho^e, the one consolation for liim, is in our {.j. holy religion. "With all my heart I iE ievote myself to his conversion, and, in tv tny inmost soul, I feel the conviction *c that I shall succeed!" ^ To this effect, and in this tone, Pen. :ose spoke. I abstained from pressing him to reveal Iioniayne's confession. S Tiie confession is of no conseque^e to ai IX as. You know how the moral force of ^ Arthur's earnestness and enthusiasm c< fortifies his otherwise weak character, u [, too. believe he will succeed. ^ But, before I close these lines, there ^ s a^'^uestion which i must submit to jj rour o " You are already informecH&^here s a woman in our way. She sliall notR" succeed in her designs on Romayne if 1 ;an prevent it. But other womew maj ^ ;ry their temptations on him. Even sj she conversion, from which we hope and w ?xpect so much, cannot be relied on to ai secure the restitution of the Yange prop- ^ jrty. It is not enough for us that the property is not entailed, and that therw p: is no rear relation with any p/etentionq h to inherit it. While Romayne remains ^ i marriageable man there :s always the jj, danger of an heir to the estate bting g, born. In my humble opinion, the one h safe course is so to impress his mind, by " neans of Penrose, as to cultivate in him ? s. vn^nt.inn for the DliestllOOd. As a tr priest-, we are sure of him. Be so good % is to present this idea at headquarters si ind let me know the result at the earli- a: ist possible opportunity.^ Having completed his report Father Ben well reverted to the consideration a: of his proposed inquiries into the past c liistory of Stella's life. b Reflection convinced him that it | would be unwise to attempt, no matter c how guardedly, to obtain the necessary n Information from Lord Loring or hia e: wife. If ho assumed, at his ago, tc a take a strong interest in a young lad1? ? who had notoriously avoided him, they ! a would certainly feel surprised, and j si surprise might, in due course of develop- j f( nent, turn to suspicion. | A There was but one other person un- j s3 T ^ Y ~ ~ TTrlinTri Tl fi I P" ler uuru jjuxiiig o iw? ?v 1~ | jj ionld address himself, and that person j ^ ?as the housekeeper. As an old ser- j c rant, possessing Lady Loring's confi- j v fidence, she might prove a source of in- j ^ formation; and she would feel flattered ' *, by the notice of the spiritual directoi j e: of the household. j n "It may not be amiss," thought;^ Father Benwell, "if I try tho house- f ! TV fceeper. j g IIP BE CQNXXXUED.) j y ip "Never get no thin' right in the pa-' f: pers," moaned an old man in the bastile si last night. "Name spelled \n-ong in tl the police report again this morning."? o Rochester Democra'. v BBMBns. Rclizlous Rewi ex The Lewistown (N. Y.) Journal says: Some of our readeis have seen the Shaker service. Many have not. For the benefit of both we give a report of last Sunday's Shaker meeting at the little chapel on the border of Androscoggin county, some eleven miles from Lewistown. Shaker village is perched on one of the most arduous hills of the country. Miles away you can see the large stone fortress-like building where one of the two Shaker families composing the community lives. The second family's home is in a weather-stained, old-fashioned building, almost one hundred vears of age. It was built in 1795, and the elder said, after semce, last SunJay: "It's not lit for a Christian to live in. We're making preparations now to build a new one." The Shakers in their ib'gnifitd drab coat-taiis and Shakerjsses in their neat, plain govrns, glistening white pointed kerchiefs and their scrupulously starched bonnets, were narching from the house to the chapel Frhen the reporter arrived. In the ihurcli the Shakers formed, standing n two squares, the males in one and ;he females in the other. The two divisions stood facing each, other, with ;heir hands clasp?! in front of them, [n the rear rankle? each body stood. ;he young -waraA** ^ rhere were three*'tle bcys^ol ciglit To" ;en years, and ha*! a dozen girls apparsntly of four to 'fourteen years, whose ong, braided hair formed a marked :ontrast with the closely-concealed locks >f the Shaker women. The little boys' irmimc trora /?1/">cp7v tcVi-JIq the flV II VJ.U VAVW\i I VM) ir?**w vuv ocks at the base of the head had been illowed to grow down their necks, in mitation of the flowing, patriarchal lair of the aged Shakers. Standing in this position, one voice :ommenced a strain of quaint song, fhich all took up. It was something >etween a hymn, and a chant. The aelody was strange but pleasing, and ras sung by all the voices, male and emale, in unisoir. An impressive effect ras given the last chord by all the siagrs gradually softening the tone and nding the diminuendo in barely a muraur, at the same-time slowly lowering heir hands from the clasped position o their sides in perfect harmony with he movement of ihe music. The elder LHJJLL iVXVfOiU UV C1.LC OpVU UCween the two sections of Siiakers. 'he lines of his face indicate a man ox emarkable firmness of character. The igh, sloping forehead, the prominent loman nose, the unrelated facial musles, his stately demeanor, and the disin'ct, solemn utterances of a deep, muical voice, all pointed to a mind of the lost positive convictions and ability of o mean order. V-The elder read the Mirteentli chapter of St. John. The ien, women and children then sang piritedly a beautiful hymn. This and [i the following .hymns were given the ime tremulous diminuendo ending as efore. * In the next song one common spirit jemed to move the worshipers in a ;atelv march backward and forward . 11 _ a _ L* - _T 1 ? mi -Toss me noor ax ine ciiuptu.- mev ept perfect time with the tune they rag, and marched with the legnlaritj E militia, making square wheels, and ;companying their march with a swingig motion o? the grins and hands, palms pward. There were several line singers nong the men, and all the women had tceilent voices. ;The juvenile Shakers ;emed to enter i?k> the service with le same enthusiasm as the veterans. It as amusing to a spectator to watch the )lemn faces and attitudes of the little illows. Not a suggestion ox a smile ime over their^f-^^rres, and, to our. . as a lad of perhaps ten summers?1" jafi"; ore a loose, cherrj-colored sack, and high-buttoned -velveteen waistcoat. .0 had a fair, untanned face and pale [ue eyes. The blue veins were seen trough the delicate skin covering his mples, and he had a dreamy, far-away , ok. The neck-locks of light hair fell rer his coat-collar.'? He seemed possssed of a most intense spirituality, id was as deeply absorbed in his de)tions as the Elder himself. Some of ie young Shakeresses once in a while lowed a sly smile to inteirupt the connuous solemnity. The Shakers take tese children by adoption, ana nave .ore requests to take] and bring tip rphan and uncared-for children than ley can comply "with. The wards are identured to them until they are Tentj-one. Then they are at liberty > leave the community and go into the orld if they wish. The Shakers educate lem, and give them the best of home aining. After several marching songs, the hakers took seats. We had noticed nong them one sandy-haired young taxi, apparently of not more than renty-five years, who wore a plumtiored coat and who sang with much nction. This young man stepped forard nervously, drank a little water om a glass, opened a Bible which lay a a window shelf, and after a nervous fting of the shoulders and compression f the lips, read a text from the eighth erse of the third chapter of Second ??er: "But, beloved, be not ignorant : thing, that one day is with le Lord as ^ars an(* a lousand years as one da^iw^s ^en )oke earnestly for about fifteen mmulMi^ ithout notes in a measured, distinct id cultured voice. The speaker's ords were listened to with the mo?t rofound attention by the audience. He as William Paul, the eloquent young reacher of the Shakers. Mr. Paul has een with them about four years. He ; older than he looks, having reached le age of thirty-five years. Me was orn in Scotland, and educated in Glasdw. There are few pulpit orators who ave the power of clothing their ideas i such chaste and eloquent language, r addressing themselves directly to the earts of their hearers to a greater deree than the young Shaker Scotchman, fter he concluded, another song was mg. The preacher then arose again ad said: "If any of our visiting friends esirc to say a few words they have perjet liberty." One cf the strangers present arose ad explained the recently inaugurated astom of passing the contribution ox. He said that it had not been orinated by the Quakers themselves, but y the outsiders who desired to see the hapel enlarged, in order that they sight be accommodated more convenintly. He then passed the hat and got liberal collection. The Elder arose and said quietly: Let us lay aside our seats and form in circle." The settees were placed beide the walls. A small circle of fingers jnned in the center of the chapel, .round this inner circle the other worliipers formed in double file, and larched, while all joined in the Shaker ymns, and kept up constantly a swing A-Mt-iiirt ftn/1 T*o-n/^c in lg 1LLULIUU Ui lucix aiuis tiuu .u?-uv?w ^ ncert with the rhymth. They took a ery graceful, promenade step, the omen leading and the small boys ringing up the rear. The queenly jrm and bearing of one woman, appar- j nt-Iy one of the Eldresses of the com-j iunity, wa3 noticed by every beholder, j . handsome white silk handkerchief j nd the regal grace exhibited in her! alk distinguished her from her sister ; bakers. The sightless eyes of one ! evy aged and infirm Shaker, who took > artinthe other exercises prohibited him J :om participating) n this. Four or five rags were sung, and accompanied by lis strange, sober walk-around. One f the scalp-locked lads was in the file 'ith the Elder, and the little fellow botli lengthened his stride and drew down his face to equal proportions with the Elder. The marching ceased, and the Elderi after a few remarks, read an article from a publication called "The Shaker Man ifesto," published by the United Socie- j ties. The reading was followed by tes- i timonies by the brothers and sisters. 1 One aged, gray-haired brother said: ' "I'm not ashamed of the Shaker life. * I'm glad I have given up the life of self and given myself to God. I want to be j a better Shaker." A sister said : "I think the angels have come near unto ] us in our devotion?. I am glad I am a i Shaker. At the age of sixteen I said to 2r myself: 'Shall I serve myself or the ^ Lord ? Shall I lead a life of pleasure * or a godly life ?' I said I would serve I s* - a i -T "l Ti. -* uoa ana a ieei msi 1 uhyo uuiie u. xo has bec-n a satisfaction to me to escape -t many trials, get otit of the world, assume ^ the plain dress and language, and live a g life of purity. I'm glad I did so. I v know I would have been as liable as ^ any woman in this world to succumb to temptations of the world if I hadn't > placed myself beyond them." After * more marching the venerable blind j Shaker closed the exercises by speaking r I a few words and requesting the audi- t ; enee to remain seated while they passed out. This was done. The Shaker ser- ^ ' FA3IILIAK PH1USES. c The Orisio of Some of Them?A Story or ^ Artcmus Ward. 9 Out in the Cold.?An expression fre- a I quentlj applied in the United States v ; and England to'persons who have been ! driven out of office or who have not ob-1 f tained the appointments they had de-1 sired and solicited. It is nearly a cen- J g tury old, and wjis one of the sayings of j 2 P. H. B. Wyndhim, in 1874. ^ CastJes in the Air.?Used by Bobert a Burton in his 'Anatomy of Melancholy," k over 250 years ago, and since used by 0 Dean Swift, Henry Fielding, Philip Sid- *( ney, Colley Cibber, Charles Churchill, 0 William Shenstouse, and innumer- 11 able others, until it has become a very common expression. sDead as a Door-nail.?Taken from the door-nail, the nail on which, in old c< doors, the knocker strikes, and there- k fore used as a comparison to any one ^ irrevocably dead; one who has fallen ^ fas Vircil savs) mvJiamnrtn. i. p... with v ti J 3 "" ?7 , abundant death, snch as reiteratioc of strokes on the head naturally produce. *c Better Late than Never.?Originated in 1557 (in the reign of Philip and J* Mary) with Thomas Tussen, who put it ^ into his "Five Hundred Points of Good a< Husbandry," but it became among the c* household sayings when put by John o1 Bunyan, the half-inspired tinker, into his immortal "Pilgrim's Progress." Poltroon.?Derived from the Latin ei "pollice truncus" one that i3 deprived, ei or has deprived himself, of his thumb, In old times a self-mutilation of this ^ description was not infrequent on the ^ part of some cowardly, shrinking fellow who wished to escape his share in cc the defense of his country ; he would cut off his right thumb, and at once be- 111 come incapable of drawing the bow, Sa and thus useless for wars. It is net to be wondered at that the "pollice truncus" 9^ ?the poltroon?first applied to a cow- ^ ard of this sort, should afterwards be- s*! come a name of scorn affixed to every a ' base and cowardly evader of the duties W( and dangers of life. frn Ont fn Spp a "Man ?TTiic ^vnrr.c. IS slon, which is often heard, was origi- k2 nated by "Arcemus Ward." The story in of its inception is as follows: Once the lamented humorist was engaged to fill 00 an.evening in^the- lecture ..course j>i a csEngland city. During the lecture an individnal who occupied a seat on one of the front benches seemed determined rei to resist the speaker's efforts to make a him laugh. Artemus soon discovered '^n bcth the listener and his intention, and ^ concentrated all his powers on him. f-r< For a long time it seemed as if the man ?r had the best of it, but by and by one of &a Brown's queer conceits took effect, th The obstinate fellow gave way and sn laucrhed and kicked like a delighted school-boy. Art emus celebrated his fcjJ victory by coolly announcing to bis Pa audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, this will terminate the first act, and we will v>~? cirop the curtain for a few moments; bo while the concert is being arranged for P11 the next act the lecturer will take the let occasion to go out to see a mau," and ab with perfect sang froid he left the plat- *? form for the ante-room, where he took ^ a pull from a flask of old Bourbon. an Hero.?This word comes to us from other tongues. It belongs to the Greeks of old. They seem to have need it in the first instance to desig- , nate the hordes that overrun their coun- , try. For a time it was applied promis. JfJ cuously to all the men in the army- , * Eventually it came to mean such only ,, as had become prodigies, and was ap- , ^ plied to these whether distinguished in war, arts, philosophy or even personal charms. The endowments that made , 1 the hero a wonder to others were ac- Jj counted for, according to the supersti- , o * 'i * ' -- Jl X"U^A OO tion 01 lae lime, on me gruimu mui, whatever his seeming parentage, he was j reallv the offspring of some divinity, ^ and the readj invention of mythology ?* soon produced a fable affiliating him on *n one or other of the gods. So soon as ^f^was fairly placed on the calendar of heroes^!?* column was erected on his tomb, 'saoir^ces *^ere offered to him, , and he bekmc^fe'^ec^f prayer for t* supernatural aid. In this^e jE&mautT|%\ followed the Greeks, and we find that . among their heroes six were held iu ? such honor that they were said to have been received into the communion of ,1 , the twelve great gods. Of these one is fe'' JSsculapius, whose fame was won by ia< the art of healiDg. Among ourselves nc the -word has generally signified one P. " 1 3 _ 1. * _T_ J3 ^ lit wno aispiayeu a very mgu ucgj.ec w , valor and self-devotion in the cause of country, or some such cause. ^ Apes at GibraltarAs the chamois is the only antelope found in Europe, the baboon is the only so Qaadrumana on that continent; it is y found on the rocks of Gibraltar. The . commandants of the fort have orders to l^1 protect these apes, and record all curi- w< ous facts regarding them. It appears s0 from this register that at present the se tribe of baboons consists of twenty-lire 1'^ individuals, which always occupy that P* side of the rock which is sheltered from wind. It is supposed that the wind, ^ from whatever direction, is hurtful to V1' them. They avoid it with the greatest care, and they can detect a change j-" twenty four hours in advance, so that when the officers sec the apes shiftiDg *e from one side of the rock to the other, su they look out for a change of weather. nt These apes eat grass with avidity, roots, bulbs (especially those of oxalis), wild olives and the fruit of a small .date which grows naturally on the rock. 1'They will not touch any fruits which 'o the soldiers put in their way, except P* scrape.*1, of which they are very fc-nd. They sometimes descend to the & aniens of the town in search oi iigs. The apes p< drink at a spring in a cavern, near the rc level of the Mediterranean, at the steep- n? est part of the rock. They make light 15. of the difficulties of a rock which is 400 ! di meters in height, and the sides of which i of are perpendicular. In their gambols j I their favorite amusement is to disap- j pc pear behind the borders of the preci-. al pice, and let themselves down from one ] projection to another till they are a few i w; feet from the line of the breakers, then ! pt to climb the giddy height again with an j re equal agility. > ar PLUCKY GIRLS. .Seaside Srory?About the Baby and Money lUakhi*: La?*?Killed a Crane. Miss Nellie Reed is the name of a young woman of Georgia who accompanied her uncle to Nag's Head, North Carolina's delightful resort. One afteraoon she accepted an invitation from me of her admirers to go sailing on the sea. The day was pleasant and the roung folks enjoyed themselves, staring just before sundown to return to :he shore. In going about the boom struck the yoang man a terrific blow on ho head and hurled him into the water. Vliss Reed instantly seized a boat hook md by hanging over the rail, exercising ler utmost strength, she was able to I rag her companion's body on board, ler efforts to restore the young man to :onsciousnes3 were not so successful, lowever, and it occurred to her that the >est thing to do was to sail with all peed for the shore. She had never landled a boat, but she had watched 'ciT/wa or>d -in ?J f/atr minTlf.A'5 flip raft was scudding along at lively speed, ilost persons would have been appalled it such a task, especially as it grew lark and the wind freshened. A steady un of tliree-quarters of an hour brought he boat to its landing, and then the )lucky Georgia miss delivered her pounded charge into the hands of. his he admired of the"Nag's Head company. Swope and Mrs. Swope are barely out f their teens, and yet they have found ime to meet, to court, to love, to marry, inarrel and to part. The Swopes live t Mendota, 111. When they parted the rife carried off the baby. The other ay the baby was taken by its mother to he court house, and the father, snatchag it from the maternal arms, tried to et to his carriage near by. Mother, iother-in-law and quite a number of omen performed a wild war dance ro md the paternal kindnapper,butthe id was napped and placed in the hands f a nnrse in a neighboring town. Be )re the child had been in the custody | f the nurse twenty-four hour3 the lother made her appcarance and, bejre the nnrse could offer objections, ae caught up the child, skipped out of le house, drove furiously over into her Dunty and arrivsd safely at her father's ouse with the little charge. The spunky eroine is now master of the situation, lasmuch as both husband and wife are t wealthy and respectable families, the lair is causing considerable interest >1' miles around Mendota. Miss Jennie Henrie is the name of a ?ung woman who has won the admiraon of the people of Kansas. Some time 50 she secured a tract of land on Ash eek. "To show what an enterprising VI n rln " oqttc T.orran V.nljymrisp i?e Tfill state that she came to that ace several years ago with barely lough means to sustain herself after itering the land. She went to work < r the week and the money she earned < as invested in improvements on th^ nd until now, at which time she ' >out thirty acres under cultivatic mfortable house, well furnished, her valuable improvements. By ju~ i dustry and perseverance she has < ined the admiration of all who know 1 sr. She will soon have a deed to one ] the best tracts of land in that country, e take pride in mentioning such in- 1 mces as this, and thus they will prove < svorthy example to some young men 1 5 might mention to imitate." < A few days ago a young woman who 1 visiting at the Bonsall mansion in Ar- i nsas City heard an unusual fluttering i the room where a lot of canaries were. 1 pon going to seek the cause she dis- 1 vered a rattlesnake coiled around the 1 ge.,. The reptile was in the act of fas- ^ *p ad as by its basilisk eyes. The fair t scuer at once made an onslaught with ? pair of tongs and the snake was 2 /-v.^Vn/3 {mm tVi a omtpi. Sliortlv after irds the young woman found it coiled Dund the leg of a table, and she oised its head so positively that it ve tip the ghost. The charmed canary, ough it had not been touched by the ake, died a few hours afterwards. A young woman, who was visiting in kton, Md., was out with a pleasure rty in Captain Jolliffe's boat when the estion of marksmanship with a pistol is discussed. Captain JollifFe had on ard a large caliber Smith & Wesson's etel. He pointed out to h*r a crane iding along the shore, at a distance of out seventy-five yards, and asked her lire at it. As she was about to take aim e crane flew, but she fired, striking it d bringing ifc down. Lime and Lead. It is said that a rather important fact s been observed in connection with the legraph systems of some parts of irope. The wires have in many parts en laid in leaden pipes buried beneath e roadways, and in some places im*** s\y* TVTi tTAVOT ] UUCU lu iiiuiiftj. VWIMV/UW. It-v*v.v. j is has been the case, it is reported at on opening np the pipes the lead s been found to have disappeared, d to have given place to a basic car- j >nate of a brittle and porous nature. ^ ;periments conducted bj an expert j ,ve shown, it is said, that lead when aced in contact with lime for a time ] variably loses in weight, and becomes ' bjeet to a corrosive action which ulti- ( ately destroys it. A^pipe made of j ad one twenty-fifth of an inch in ickness, and imbedded in lime mor , r, would, it, was found, be eaten j rough sixteen months. ( lis can hardly be an ^ >n, for it is incredible tha^sflH "ect should never have been obse^^l 1 the Germans began to lay their , iegraph wires nnder ground, if^the , ;ts are as represented. It certainly is t so well known, however, as its im- ? rtance requires that it should be, if ae either in mcrtar or cement really ' ,s this effect npon this metal. It ems very probable that the bursting * pipes during a frost may be greatly * militated by the attenuating action of i is kind of corrosion. There are still . me houses :n the bnilding of which ne is employed for the mortar, and j ere are a great many in which lead pes are imbedded in cement. It is ] ?11 worth while to be aware of this urce of mischief, especially as it "??*?? mvr- oocr nf rnmprlf If ninPS ] CUJ.O .w?. vc-v J- ? l-C? . .ssing through a wall were laid in J aster oi Fans they would effectually j > guarded against the operation of lie which might chance to be in their 't canity. It should, however, be under- : ood that this applies to lead pipes j at are leally lead pipes. What would > the accion either of lime or of plasr of Paris cn the "compo" pipes in , ch iavor with jerry builders we can- ; >t undertake to say. Kept Ali c by Eggs. The late Edward John Trelawney, in , 23, when fighting with Lord Byron r the GieeLs in the struggle for iadejndence, was dangerously wounded, sr twenty days he persisted in reruain" ' > timp rjlaea and in the same ? lllvy r? ? isinre, sitting and leaning against a ok, determined to leave everything to dure. In his "Records of Shelley, 71 on and the Author,'' he says: " I d not change or remove any portion my dress, nor use any extra covering:, would not be bandaged, plastered, I )U It iced j or even washed; ner would I j low anybody to look at my woucd I kept alive by yoiks oc eggs and iter." He was reduced during the ocess from 182 pounds to 144, but his covery when once begun was rapid td complete. j ous Seas have Been ereneji. The whale is the largest fish tha^ swims in the sea, and it is probably the most useful. It is, of course, captured for its oil, but there is a part of its body which commerce has made extensive use cf to the enrichment of many men. In the upper jaw of the whale are thin, parallel laminoe, varying in size from three to twelve feet in length. These are called whalebone, and all above sis feet in length is called size bone, a quality which commands the highest price. Whalebone once brought a very high price, especially when hoop j skirt3 were more in fashion than they | are to-day. The Dutch formerly rej ceived ?3,500 for a ton of whalebone, but since 176:3 it lias never brought anything like that price- In 1S18 it brought $150 a ton, in 1834, from $530 to $545, and in 1844 it varied from $1,080 for- Southern, and $1,550 for Northern bone. As the whale becomes scarce, of course whalebone will rise in ! the market, and at present the Dutch and the $cotch whalers are doing a .very poor business. The Americans also complain, and now that this is the case, the inventive^ genius oi nj&n is trying., anften taken. The manufacture of whale- o: :>one into articles of use and ornament p 5 not so extensive as one might imag- L ne. It is principally confined to New Fork and Boston, four manufactories jeing in the former and three in the atter. When the raw whalebone is irst received at the. factory the hair is n _?l hey are scraped of all the gum that b tdheres to them. They are next put in it t steam-box, where a workmen straight- tl >ns them with a knife; they are finally t< jolished, and are then ready to be made a< lse of for any purpose that the dresser st ?- TITUAIAKatia -toy vvvin/MTVill V T*,' nay tsee uu xiiiucuwuc m ised, nowadays, in the manufacture of d> vhips and corsets. Umbrella frames fi: ised to be made altogether of "whale- a xrae, but since its scarcity and high ii >rice, steel is mostly used for this pur- ejose. Whalebone hats and whalebone s< ibbon have just come into vogue. The o: 'ormer look very beautiful and are very a :0m for table on the head. n Whales, like seals,^do not get time to r< jrow, for they are slaughtered merci- o essly, young and old, in the pursuit of tl wealth. The old ones are often killed ci ?efore the young are able to take care a )f themselves, and the result of this C iruelty is a loss of thousands and thous- u inds of whales and seals in a year, d Mankind will have to be more thought- e: ,'ul in the work of slaughter if it wishes " ;o be better compensated by these ani- h nals, and the whale must be let alone ii or a few years if the ladies are to have o ine corsets and the gentlemen fine o valking-sticks and riding-whips.? n Brooklyn E plants and animals diminish in number, b :he means of supporting human life u rapidly decrease, so that the upward p growth of the population, so to speak, i; is checked long before the cold becomes f< too severe to be endured or the air too b chin for breathing. The bulk of the little band who reached a height of ten thousand feet ire miners, aiid could be nothing else, ilore than three-fourths of the whole 9 population choose to live at less than L one thousand feet, or cor si lerablv less ? than one-Sfch of a mile above the sea, v and only three per cent, of the inliabi- s tanis make their homes at a height of J; two thousand feet. If it were possible . to walk upward from the earth as read- j1' ily as upon its surface, an ordinary pe- ' rtp>jf.rinn in half an hour could pass the p limit at which human Jifa can be per- ^ manently maintained, and in a little 1 more than an hour he would reach a I point where it could not exist at all. I 1 the builders of Eabel had ever scaled * the mountains beyond their plain vision 1 not a miracle would have been required >s to convince them that their enterprise r was a great waste of labor. ? ? t Nothing like it evar happened before t ?an elephant's tail.?.V. Y. News. p anc^H rest tibH the plan^^B Coaches and^H from the shallol^M lovers no longer tavern as the half way^M In the old days the Cha^| was a massive brick bnildiSB like a squat T. Around it on e^^B were level fields that stretched for aays, in the first place, So for-his cer-H ificate, and a semi-annual payment fl hereafter of $1. In case some of his* :o-insurers marry, and there not being B ufScient funds in the treasurer's hands H o pay the sum to which the newly mar- 9 I ied man is entitled, an assessment of H ll is levied all round. These are the I ayments to which he is liable. The H tenefits are that should he marry on the 3th of August, 1882, he is entitled to V 200. Should Ms marriage not occur or five years, he would be entitled to 1,000, and so on. "We don't suppose ^^B bat ladies are excluded from the assoiation. It's a grand scheme. Aip^B oung lady who was known to havr^ f these certificates would be tl; arved of all observers, ana me aanx f all admirers. At church and market-M laces she would not want for swains.?I ondon (Ontario) Advertiser. Bich Siiyer Discovery in Dakota. HI Some "iima ago an old prospector, vjlfl irned Redpath found some float rock on J assayed, and found that it went up to flH le thousands of ounces of silver to the >n. He also showed it to old Color- M lo miners, who pronounced it the pure .uff, and were very anxious to discover here it' came froin. There was a great I eal of mystery at first, bat the secret nally leaked cut, and the excitsqient H jmmenced. It was mild at first, but -fl i a short time it took possession of fl rerybody, and the stampede of the fl fl ;ason was inaugurated. The ground 9 fl o. which the -discovery was made was in I wild portion of the country that had fl ever been prospected. There were no V Dads to the point, and the Srst crowd f treasure-hunters made their way aere on horseback or afoot. They fl ame back with specimens of rich rock, fl ad in a day or two Dead wood, Cen&ST^fl ity asd Lead City were almost depop- jj^fl lated. A town was laid out, lots fl rawn for by all present, rules or gov- fl rnmest agreed to, and the place named West Virginia City." In forty-eightr fl ours the town contained nearly 1,000 fl lhabitants, and nine saloons were in aeration. On the third day two faro ? anks were started, and to cap the cli- fl lax, on the fourth day the first copy of . daily newspaper, called the Carbonate Importer, was issued- Fifty buildings I ave been erected during one week1 H ad as high as $500 has bec-n paid foj|fl uilding lots. The town promises to ermanent, as there have been m? ich finds. ^ Method of Artificial KespiraJWjO We think it advisable, says H ian Journal Medical Sciat&ml set attention ;o the followiaii^B ssuscitating the partially 1. InsUatibj turn patieitfgB rith a large firm roll of chest. Pltfjfl rms undeA 5.isJ is mouth o\\ *ke &r9 -h-nt two Li yur or five < atient's ba-J^' ^yg^. stH ressed out/0* r??foutb. I rains freelf <"jjfBeat, iM 2. Quick r,^M ith roll of 5 possible. Plac^SB^Hj is bead. Kneel with etween your knees, and fix you^JH ows firmly against your hips. Now,* I rasping lower part of patient's naked V H best, squeeze bis two sides together, 1 I ressing gradually forward with all your 1 eight, for about three seconds, until our mouth is nearly over mouth of atient; then, with a push, suddenly \eik ? ourself back. Rest about three sec- fl nds; then begin again, repeating these? ellcws-bio wing movements with per^B ;ct regularity, so that foul air may ressed out and pure air be drawn int