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HHoldenhii i \fl r yy Coprrwtt iw, br Roi CHAPTER XIV. THB CBTPT. The human mind, tboogh busiest when exchanging ideas in conversation with others, dives depest in solitnJe. Probably no case was ever profoundly considered unless the student was done, and never so profoundly as when involuntarily?when the mental faculties are so absorbed in contemplation of one subject that divenilon from it is as being awakened from sleep. * .. u>?lnn<iai1 tlila tantk when hlV- I A r*|ICl?CHVCU IUJ9 MW?M log retired to my room, set down the lantern, and exchanged my boots for Uppers?I placed my elbows on the mantelpiece and my head upon my hands, and stood so for I know not how long. That such was my attitude for not less than two hours I am sore from the interruption which dispelled my reverie. I had emptied my pockets, and all the money I possessed-sis sovereigns and some odd shillings?lay before me on the mantelpiece. Perhaps It was the sight of these few coins which led me to review my experiences of the past twelve days, and to seriously ask myself for the tut time before seeking assurance by actual essay, what were my chances-to And the treasure wbicb bad teen deposited in uie > beneath my father's bouse. Tbat tbe I treasure of whlcb 1 bad that day read bad been disposed of as described by My ancestor. I did not for a moment doubt; that such a treasure should be suffered to rest undisturbed for more than two hundred years, there were many reasons to doubt Yet was it not distinctly asserted by Roger Trueman that tbe treasure was In tbe Ab, feot's Cell in tbe crypt?that it was to remain there until be built a hospital? Might not tbe bricked-up arcb which ay aunt Gertrude had noticed when abe went over HoJdenburst Hall be this same Abbot's Cell alluded to by my ancestor; snd might not tbe reason for its being bricked up be to secure its contents? And if that were so. could Its contents be other than tbe quarter i of a million Venetian sequins which J had so strangely fallen into my ances-1 tor's possession and been as strangely bestowed by him? It must be so. No one of my family bad ever bnilt or endowed a hospital?no one of them had ever possessed so much money as a quarter of a million sequins, unless It were this same Roger True man; and had so large a sum of money been found in our bouse and appropriated by any member of my family at any period I could not.have failed to bear of It. Yes; the money must certainly be there, and I would presently go below and look at It, and my father and I would fetch it upstairs in the morning. Then would my father and I inalat on returning to uncle 8am the money which he had so generously glren to us; then would 1 ask Conatance Marsh to become my wife; then? What a thing is money?the epitome of all men's desires! Why, those six mall yellow counters lying on tfie belt before me would boy tbe bait! dally labor of an East Anglian giant, who to gala tbem would sweat aud toil In tbe parched fields from sunrise to sunset for twelve weeks?wages current this last qcarter of tbe nineteenth century. For less than two of tbem will not a man labor in darkness In tbe bowels of tbe earth with constant peril to life or limb, or stand before a roaring furnace, or work in the noxious air of a factory amid the maddening whirl of machinery for a week, esteeming himself fortunate if such slender means of life so earned be not denied him? For want of these same counters has not a loving husband and father watched hia wife pine and bis child die? Answer, you who have been up and down this England of ours, you who have traversed her towns and villages, you who know bow tbe poor live and how they die. is it not so? Why, in the towns of Christian England, is every man plucked by tbe sleeve who posses along tbe liyeway? What is the cause? Lust? Nay; dire need of a pitifully few silver counters, and tbe inability of hundreds Of thousands of women to gain tbem by means more honorable. Even I, whose fcfe baa not yet run to two decades, and who have always lived re mote from the busy haunts or men, cannot bat knowa these truths; uud i? It not wrong in one wbo hag youtb, leisure, and tbe luxuries of life to so passionately desire to grasp tbls treasure, wkicb be baa done nothing to acquire and wbicb certainly is not his? Bnt a few days ago, and tbe wbole apirit of greed was foreign to my nature; now is my wbole being dominated by it. Alas, can It be that Lore, purest of passions, evokes Avarice? Ko; desire of that wbicb is necessary la compassing a natural and laudable ambition la not avarice. These se quins are accessary to me if 1 am to win the girj upon whom 1 have set my beurt; cay, more, perhaps they have been reserved in this mysterious way for this special object Have not ilie wine wen oI tbe earth in every age ascribed wbat are commonly called , mysteries to ibe orderly decree* of high powers? But for toy love oI Constance Marsh tbe question whether there exists a bidden treasure lu our bouse or not would only languidly Interest me. Che *ara sara. Now will I ligbt my lantern and go below. II? Heaven*! wbat was that t I turned about in a fright ax great as that of a tblef disturbed iu his nefarious work, yet it was nothing more than a gentle tapping on the outside ?i my door. It was now a quarter or an hour past midnight, and my father and the servants should bare been in i>ed at least two hours. As I glanced At my watch the tapping was repeated, V irstilHaliHj AbTER BLOOMFIELD idt Bimai Bona. as gently as before. I am asbamed to confess bow mucb tbis simple circumstance alarmed me. I listened intently for a minnte, conscious of nothing but tbe loud ticking of my watch and tbe violent throbbing of my heart, whan thp tannine was repeated a third time, a till very softly. With a great effort I disguised my terror, and called out ooldly? -Who's there?" "It's only me. Master Ernest." replied the feeble voice of John Ada ma "What do you want?" I aaked. flinging the door wide open. " re you 111? Is there anything I can do for you?" inquired tbe old man. "No, I am not HI, and there is nothing you can do for me. Why do you trouble me with such an absurd Inquiry?" "1 thought I heard you walking about, and that I saw a light in your room." "Why, I have not moved off the hearth-rug these two hours or more, and tbe only light here la that taper on the mantelpiece." "You are not angry with me. Master Ernest?" plesded tbe old man. "No. no; why should I be? Tou are very attentive. Co to bed st once." 1 watcbed the old man at he alowly walked awaj along the corridor carrying a lighted candle in one band, and shading its flame with the other, and did not re-enter my room until after I bad heard his door close. This simple incident abated much of my courage, and caused me to postpone my visit to the crypt for a full hour. I was very anxious and nervous. but not to be deterred from carrying out my resolve. At half-past one o'clock I quietly emerged from my room, doting the door behind me as noiselessly as possible. In one hand I carried a lantern?lighted, but with the wick turned so low that it emitted only a feeble gleam?and in the other a riding whip without a thong, on the butt of which a heavy hammer was mounted?an instrument used bj my pporting forefathers for opening obstinate five-barred gates. I tried to persuade myself that I carried this weapon solely to assist in removing any lumber or other inanimate obstruction which might lie between me and the object of my search, and not for defense?an ingenious but unsuccessful attempt at self-deception. The light from my lantern, feeble though it was. caused my form to cast an enormously exaggerated shadow on the floor and wall of the corridor. The carpets had been removed from the corridor and stairs, a circumstance I bud not considered, and despite my soft slippers and careful tread, a dls tinctly audible and weird creaking proclaimed each step I set. I paused for a moment outside Old John's door. It waa closed and all was dark and silent within. Tbc creaking of the staira was so loud that had any Inmate of our bouse chanced to have been lying awake my errand must have infallibly been betrayed. Once in the entrance ball, I again paused. All was still and quiet aa the grave. Setting down my lantern, I took from my pocket a huge key 1 had been careful to abstract from its accustomed place a few hours before, and which opened a dsor in a stillroom at the back of the entrance ball, whence a steep flight of steps led down into the crypt. There was now no further danger of disturbing anybody, and I entered the stillroom with confidence, but was annoyed to find the door which opened on the steps which led to the crypt standing partly open; and rcoroached myself for my care lessness?for doubtless 1 was the last person there?regarding the circumstance as additional proof of my nervousness. However, it could not matter. and I pushed open the door yet wider and boldly descended into the crypt I bad not visited the crypt since 1 conducted my aunt Gertrude through k, and perhaps less than half a doxen times before. Certainly 1 had not previously observed it so closely as I now did. It was a large vault, built entirely of stone, the mainway of It being an apartment about eighteen feet wide and aa long as the house?that is to say. a hundred and ten feet? with eight arched recesses on elthei side, whereof the one to which I wai bound differed nothing from the otben except In being closed by a brick wall at the front. The mainway was tolerably clear, but nearly all the recessec were filled with miscellaneous lumber. for the most part ancient and pe cullur? terrestrial and celestial globes, telescopes, retorts, crucibles, and strange instruments of which 1 did cot kuow the names, doubtless the whole of them long ago rendered worthless by modern and improved means of scientific investigation. Not withstanding my extreme eagernesi to accomplish the object of my visit to this place. 1 procedeed bat slow)] on my wuy. looking into each recess first on the right and then on the left resolving to thoroughly examine ever] object in it after I bad informed mj lather of my magnificent discovery. My s. irits were greatly elated; foi indeed it was scarcely possible that 1 should now be disappointed, my great est fear? that the workmen employe* about the house had been into tb< crypt to use it as a store for their tooli and materials?being dispelled, for n< sign of them or their belongings wai anywhere to be seen. In this mood I reached the Abbot') dell. and. bavins turned uu the wict of my lantern, stood before it am considered it. Yes, there it was; ant its aspect was the same aa when mj attention was lire; called to It bj aun Gertrude. Aod now. bow was I to re more so mucb of this brick screen at ' ' 'i?': / I would enable me to get through to where the treasure chests were concealed? I observed with joy that the mortar between the bricks, from age and want of timely repair was nearly all crumbled and gone; but though I could have drawn a few of the bricka out of their places with the aid of my hammer, 1 refrained from doing so for fear of the upper bricks falling upon me, which from their loose appearance seemed more than probable. To get a couple of boxes, stand them on end one upon the other and inount to the top, was the work only of a few minutes. 1 then applied my hammer aa a lever to force up one of the topmost bricks, and was surprised to ttnd that It was merely laid in its place and not attached in any way to its fellows. This was the case with another. and yet another. Why, all the bricka were perfectly loose?merely piled one upon another as a child builds bouses with wooden blocks. I removed more than a hundred bricks which formed the upper rows by simply lifting them one by one and laying them aside upon the floor. When a sufficient number had been removed to enable me to see what was within, I stood my lantern on what wan now the top of the wall aud. with feelings of intense satisfaction and delight, beheld several square black chests at the end of the recess. Forgetting In the excitement of the moment that tbe wall with which 1 was dealing was only such in appearance. I leaped on to the top of ti. and by aid of my bands dropped down on tbe inside, pulling a large part of tbe structure Inwards with me and dashing my lantern to the ground with so much force that tbe glass was broken and tbe light extinguished. Fortunately 1 was not unprovided for such an emergency, as, being a smoker. It was my custom to carry matches. 1 soon extricated my lantern from among the bricks which bad fallen with It. and baviug relit it, proceeded to examine my surroundings. At the end of tbe recess stood tbe black cbests which I bad noticed from tbe outside, orderly disposed in three rows, three chests Id a row?one cbest less than I bad expected to find. Looking about me more particularly, I beheld with dismay the tenth chest nearly in the middle of the apartment, with a half-burned candle protruding from the neck of a bottle and an ordinary up-to-date box of mutches standing upon it; at sight of which my burning hope fell to zero. Having removed the candle and mutches, I tapped the cbest with my hammer; it was resonant. I lifted it; it weighed scarce ten pounds, and the lid fell off on to the floor. I held my lantern closc and scrutinized it eagerly, and? Ob. cruel fate!?it bore every ?ign of having been recently opened; the thick black paint wax grazed in a way that denoted the action of a double-pointed crowbar as freshly as if the cbest bad been forced open an hour ago. I stood It down, ran to the other chest*, and quickly moved them from where they stood. Not one of them contained anything, but each of tbem bore the same unmistakable traces of recent viola tlon as I had observed upon tbe flr*t Mad with rage and disappoint ment. I quitted tbe recess in tbe manner I bad entered it, pushing outward a lot of loose bricks in tbe act, and was striding rapidly along the mainway witb Intent to go at once to my father and tell blm all, wben an object met my gare which arrested my progress and almost stupefied me with terror. In a recess near to tbe door by which I had entered tbe crypt crouched the figure of a man. his back towards me the better to conceal a small lamp which he carried. I was neTer robust, and my breakdown at this critical juncture must in justice be ascribed to natural weakness rather than to cowardice. My first impulse was to rush at the intruder and strike biin down with my hammer, but all power of locomotion bad deserted me. I tried to sbout for belp, bat my tongue refused its office, and. involuntarily relaxing my grasp of my lantern und weapon, 1 sauk insensible to tbe ground. To be continued. Trminm?a Bothered b7 m Spook. Engineer Gene Smitb. of tbe Colorado Midland, doesn't believe in ghosts, and that's wbat troubles bim. He was rounding a deep cut near King station one day tbis week wben be saw tbe figure of a woman dressed in wbite f lying across tbe track. "It was too late to apply tbe brakes," be said to a group of trainmen to-day. "I gave I i the whistle. It was an echo of the despairing wail that rose from toy heart. 1 closed my eyes, but we struck nothing. Looking out from my engine a moment later I saw before ' me floating up nnd with the hand war ing mockingly at me. the figure which > I had just seen lying prostrate on the tracks." J. D. Crowley, who runs another t train over the same route, confirms i Smith's story. Both are men of unI questioned veracity. There is much apprehension among trainmen over that j > branch, and it is said there is a strong j demand for rabbits' feet and other talismans.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. I lb* Horse Blew First. ' horse breeder residing not fat from Newtouards, Ireland, seat one of I h's men to blow a medical powder up | I a youug horse's nostrils. In a short - tiiue after going out to perform bis i task the master proceeded to the stat hies to see how the wjrk was being r done. lie found Pat leaning up against . the stable door, coughing, rubbing his . eyes and appearing very much r alarmed. r Master?"What is the matter? Are you hurt?" r I l'at?"Ob. I'm killed entoirely. Whin [ I put tbe tube in tbe haste's nose, . shore be blew first, and tbe powdber I Is down me throat, and I'll be after ? drine tbla mlnlt!" i > Clinching a Bargain la China. > When you engage a servant or make a bargain in Cbina it 1h not considered i binding until tbe "fastening penny" I baa been paid. Although his bad faith 1 is notorious in some matters, yet. to ! do him justice, when once this coin baf r been paid by you the Chinaman, coolie t or shopman, will geuerally stick tc - bia bargain, even tf tbe reault to blm i be Iom. ?. . ^de .:.iA u. i; Stories A^out U?et- | I t> Eating Plants i 8 ? I O By J. Carter B?*rd. O 000000000000000990000000 8 0E have nil of us been accustomed to wonderful stories of tbe wisdom of ant* and of bet*, ns well an other worthy members of entomological races, that the doubts which certain scientific investigators are beginning to entertain with regard to the truth of any assertion that attributes conscious intelligence to these little creatures, comes upon our sentimental appreciation ol their ways with something like a shock. When we consider the wonderful adaptation of means to an end. the prevision ami the ingenious method* employed hy many sorts of inserts in carrying out the purposes and objects of their lives, we are indeed inclined to civd!: them with intelligence of a hich order. It is only after we are forced to recognize the extreme limitations of this so-called intelligence, its Inflexible nature, and its Inability to adapt itself to other conditions titan those under which it is habitually, or ordinarily exercised, that we recognize how much is wanting in tbe behavior of insects to furnish conclusive evldence of their possession of any Intellectual capacity whatever. Light, for example, attracts insects in general, as it does also plants, but it does not necessarily follow that vision. In the human sense of the word, be-1 longs either to plants or to injects. Intelligence doeR. Indeed, direct the i PLANTS THAT Actions of the bee lu building her comb and tilling it with honey, aud tbe ant 1b her wonderful domestic economy; but It is an intelligence quite as much above the plane of consciousness of the bee and of the ant. an it is al>ove that of the orchid, for iustanee, in the admirably ingenious manner in which the flower enlists the aid of the insect in c^iveying pollen. Reflex action* of this kind mimic intelligence on the part of the actor, something perhaps as do the movements of the l>ait. said to have been inveuted by TesiJ. which, worked by etheric waves, proceeds in any given direction, turns or dives beneath the surface of the water upon which it flonts, not In obedience to any directing power on board. but at the will of tbe person operating a battery on the shore. Take from the cell excavated by a digger wusp, the grasshopper she has placed there, and upon which she has laid her egg. and the wasp, after entering andj'Xploring the cell. will, instead of restocking it and laying another egg. calmly close it up. just as she would have done had it not been robbed. The sand wasp (Bcmbexi can unerringly return to the entrance to her cell from the distance of a mile or more, over a featureless wind bank, and although her burrow is covered over with Band, and to human eyes entirely indistinguishable from the parts surround AN INSECT CAL'UHT IN TIIE TENTACLES OP DROKERA ROTrNDIKOLlH. Inn it <) /. !? .. on /.Mil !llil?lif IHMin fill* lUfc II, IUV " u-'l' I | exact spot, scratch nway tin* sand and enter tbe nest; but remove the surface, exposing the tell and the larvae, and Beuibex In entirely at a loss, unable to recognize either her own titst or her own offspring. Nothing can more perfectly show how an interaction of forces, without a conscious, directing Intelligence, can, in a certain particular way, achieve a marvelous result, while In every other, it results in confusion and failure. Tbe unu. Jul happeus, and an organism constituted as is the Bembex. is thrown out of gear, much as would be a machine in whieh a wig-wheel has failed to engage the answering, cogs of another wheeL There are in plants fully as many Ingenious devices to Attain some de i sired end. and nn ninny adaptations tc special environments, perhaps, a? among Insects. riant*. however, root ed as they are to one spot. nnd in pen eral im-npahle of movement, exhibit contrivance in the only way left them to do so. in their habits of growth, nnd in th<> form and arrangement of their partJ. as seen, for instance, in th?? manner In which many provide for the din tribution of their seed, and the in j rentive faculty. so to epenk. shown io the modifications of form in orchid* to secure fertilization. I say In general Incapable of movement, hetnuse the rule admits of very notable exception*. In the telegraph plant (I")csniodiuro 1 gyrauust of India, of the three leaflet* of which each of Its leaves are <-omposed, the larger terminal one erect! Itself during the day. and turns sharply down at night, while the other two smaller leaflets move constantly day and night. describing complete circle* with n iK'cuIinr jerking motion like the second hand of a watch. Occasionally they rest for a period, and then go on again, tints bringing every part of every leaf to the full action of the sunlight. Many plants shift the positiou of their leaves as the direction of the light changes. This power is possessed to a considerable degree by some of our common house plants. If an oxalis shrub, for instance, is exposed for a time to the light in a window, and then turned half way round, nu observer can by watching. Fee the leave* readJust themselves to their new position In relation to the light. Certain movement* of plants seem to testify to the possession by the plant* of something answering to the tactile sense in animals. A number of plants besides the f f. 1 WTTSBflT CAU6ST IB THE m?. / EAT INSECTS. common sensithe plant, exhibit apparent sensibility to external impressions and manifest also the power of trans- mittin? the perception of these impressions from one part of the plant to another. In addition to this power, there are plants which jkisscss a power of discrimination thut certainly seems to have as just a claim to be called intelligent, aa tbc actions of some in- I sects. If a drop of water or a grain of sand j falls upon the gland-studded leaves of j the sundew (Droserai, nothing more | happens that as if they had been dropfM'd upon the leaf of any ordinary | plant; hut let an Insect or a hit of j meat take the place of these inuutritious substance*, and you shall see the tentacular glands gradually hend over, and assisted l?y the curling up of tbe leaf itself, enfold the cHculent morsel, and cover It with a digestive fluid, which at once dissolves it and adapts it to be assimilated by the in8ect-<*atiiig plant.?Selentitic American. ? . r.(iladttou?'i Lanrh. "lie bud a most enviable appetite for plain. nutritious food." said Mr. (i. \V. K. Kumk-11. in bin charming discourse on Mr. Gladstone at the Cambridge summer meeting. "The word reminds me."' writes a corresfK>rulent. "of a luncheon party at Ilawarden Castle a year or two before Mr. <?ladMtone'x death. He was then, by medical orders, on very simple diet indeed, and while we others p.-rrtook of all sorts of dainty dishes he ate his hoik'd fish and milk pudding without a word or sigh. giving us meanwhile one of those delightful sparkling 'mono* lnjrues* to which Mr. Hussell refers. Toward the ei:d of the meal, however. I noticed that Mr Gladstone lost a I little of his smiling serenity, and once (>r HVH'O IOOKCII ;IM>IIUU M'lurn li.i i tin- j lively to sh* if the mini behind liis chair had departed. When this event li:id at last tak??n plnec the old man row Willi a twinkle in his eye*. went to the sideboard, rut himself a substantial rust' ofT of the loaf. helped himself to a plentiful supply of cln'ese. and wldle we toyed with hothouse grapes and peaches, he ate the 'forbidden fruit' with the relish of a fchoolIwy."?Went minuter Cazette. Nine Men and a Tailor. Onee upon a time there was a tailor who had only niue customers, but as the nine were very wealthy niPti. who | wore a great many suits of clothes each season, aud were not at all particular us to how much they |>aid for | them, he nueeeeded in accumulating a fortune lu a few years. Moral.?Nine men can make a tailor. If they only upend enough.-New York Herald. Wild Elephant* (!row Scarce. It Is estimated that there arc fewer tinin 10.UUU wild cU'pluuits l?-ft in all the eouutrlcs on the globe. aud that live of these will he kilk'd o(T where one is l?orn. It is a matter of only a few years when the last must no A single pair of rabbits can multiply j in four years to ],250,UU0. j i I Napoleon's | Magic Table | Great Cariosity Now Owned | by a Noble Swc4bh ? ff^XWCnratntfTCQQPJGCPCnOPCnCEClOOO Ji MAPOLEON'8 magic table i one of the greatest curloaltie - ^ from the time or the uram Emperor. who bad it in hi itudj at the Castle of 8L Cloud. Afic the death of Napoleon it was bougb c?* . ^ ?sa& I ^ ???? TOP OK NAPO In London by Baron Kebausen. Swe< Ish Ambassador to tbo Court of S James at that time. It is now owm through Inheritance, says the Strati Magazine, by one of the foremost fam lies of tbe Swedish nobility. Insii: the drawer of tbe table is pasted an ol lip on wbicb is printed a descriptioi napoleon's magic table. which in modernized English reads ' follows: "The Em|k?ror Napoleon wj highly delighted with this extrnordi ry work of art. It formed the surfa* of one of the table* in h!? study. ar was always shown to all foreigners < distinction who visited the imperi court. It is a (minting, whose rescn blance to what it represents Is the mo 1? K?? iKa f??n itin 4 JIIUKIVe r?fl IHUuuiru >v ? ?. t>* man. One may look nt this strnuj production of nrt in different liglit* the piece* of money, the fragment < broken glass. tbe penknife, water ar cards retain aq equally illusive appea ance as the observer moves round tl table?but it requires a very minute e: amination to discover all the trul magical wonders it possesses." 1 these times, when relics of Napoleon are eagerly sought for. the pr^sei wherealKuits and the picture of th mastcrpicee should certuinly Interei all connoisseurs. *? ******->?i hv PhnfncrpAnhT. IMior . m? A new method of measuring for to I om has been patented in I'aris. T1 j>erson to be mrnrarcd is placed Wfoi the camera. and between them is intr duced a network that it photograph* at the same time and serves as a stam ard. Certain articles are necessary i obtain a complete result; thus, certal hidden parts, like tin* armpits, ett must be indicated by objects visibi THE PRESID] v <*ir: . ^ >;p>: - V . : ' m M ; , ' .< :* ?;VsFi^v^ :'. / 5 " ' " '* C*// * THEODORE HOUSE 1 I from without, and. finally, MTeij | view* must be taken from various I standpoints. The subject In also fitted f with a sort of harness which Indicate# IKiintK of comparison. These i>olnta I may, however. Iw marked directly on I the person Instead. The relative poalI tloos of the camera. the network, and [ the subject are carefully adjusted so that the subject appears always on th# I, Mime scale, and then the photograph la 5 taken from the various necessary standpoints.?St. James's Gazette. 8 ? Jatloai Romans. j The Villa Borghese, whose coo^ g shady part is the daily promenade of r fashionable Roman society and the re* it sort of many Americans, has Just bceo LEON'S MAGIC TABLE. 1- oflTeryl for sale, and Is the centre of t- the deepewt interest In the Internal City, d The park is private property, but by d the will of Cardinal Sciplon his helr? l* are obliged to keep the park open to tbel ,e public, and at the name time to keep 'd the property in good order. n* The cost of keeping up auch a domain is Immense, and the villa is heavily mortgaged. Recently the property was put up at auction, but no offers were made. Speculators are kept away by the conditions attached. The Kom.ine are very tenacious of the rights glveo to them by their fellow citizen. Cardinal Hcipion, and will not hear of allowing one of the venerable old tTees to In- cut down and the land divided into building lots.?New York Times. Koatcd th? Emwjt. Counsel, too, have their private luncluon room in the courts, and apropos of this I may tell what I believe Is an unpublished Lockwood story. One day the sanctum was Invnded by * gaunt female who upon being courteously approached by the juuior flatly declined to leave. Thereupon nu un Musing Q. C. looked the lad}- In thofnee and expressed his mind. Htill did not budge. Lockwood then interlg vened. "I do not think there is anyja tiling unseemly in this lady's presn. enee," quoth he. "She wears a sown, and?yes. I'm pretty sure that she also l(j wears a wit;.*' The lady went.?l^ondoo 3f Tatkr. 3' Koimb Spoon*. jOiia !: : ..riiAl i n: C O w These , used by Roman*. had pointed end* to use in drawing snail* j from their shells. ie Illinois capitalists have bought up the re big marshes opjioslte New Orleans' oo the Mississippi, and propose- to reelalia them after the manner prevailing la Holland. i?i in In Prussia, during the year WOO,. r?2T?7 ronles and 1403 females committed le suicide. tNT AT PLAY. . ~T v - . . . " .. . WWr- i i?.* I " * ?''/ ' A~" }ii ;%k : Bill iriTHHTBWMii H SHSMplf N IVELT OS 1I1S Hl.NTEIt. I