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Devoted to Agriculture, Horti^ *>0^t'cs an(* ^e. Current News of the, ~~ ^ -* THE STRUCK) LE t JVulr. I pray yon, lot mo got* i (It U n Soul that struggles ho.) < oh "liody, I'bo j on yondor height II ill mflox of m solemn light ; * A DiiiIih that Bhiuoth from (ho pleeo { Wbero Heauty walks with nnktd laaa; )' in it fhttno you eivi not see? 1,1? ili'wii, you c1<hI, niul sjl mo fr?> B "lb dy, I pray von, lot inegnl" lit is a H ml that alrivoth bo.) h "body, I lioiiriiini Round* tifar p IMpping from roiiio diviner ntnt; . ) >1111 k<iiiihIh of joyous liari.miiw It if my mates t hnt eing. mid I ( Must drink that song or loot* my heart? Doily, I play you, lot impart. "t'oiimido, your Jriuim is worn and frail, |l Your vital iiowors begin to full ; I long for life, but you for irst. " Then, 11. dv, lot us both he blent,. When you are lying 'math I ho dow I 1'ltcoino. noino'ilines, and iiiug to y. n; " I'-ut you will fool nor pain nor woo - K Pi.dy, I pray yon, lei. iuo go." r 'i'lniH Htrovo ? Doing, Motility fain. lie broke hiti Iw.ii.Ib kin 1 ?l?-?l imia'n, v llo ih il; t lie lio.lv It*y In-left, lint I'-ll it R lips iv Blllilo vvhfl lef, 1 As if I lint Spirit, looking hack, n niciiiou ujwili ills npnur.l ti.ii'k. Vv iih joyous tono nml himlrit l>rcn?b, M Homo iiiflSHtts" Ibnl oonlil comfort. Iimih. V *-l>iinksku Dmn iilijr, in The Cimlm;/. | the" LITTLE WAIF. S \ " * 8 A Story of Absorbing Interest. j; _ H ii By BERNARD HERBERT. r CIIAPTKIt XV. 11 bA 1ANKM.A. ?' While tin- ovonls iinii'iiliu) in tin1 pie- . coiling ctmptoiH luul liccii transpiring, 11 silence ami mourning had rt ignoil in the quirt huuso of the Aitiims up in *' juaricm. l'onr Itnpert had returned from his unsatisfactory interview with Ueteo- 11 tivo lhincker at. police headquarters, utterly prostrated with doulit and grief." ?f It had all been a terrific blow to a man of his sensitive, high-strung <M nature, and at first it seemed more than rl lie could hear. lie had fallen hopelessly, madly in ,,! love with little Clrncie, lie had believed }' her as pure as the angels, and aeeordingly had trusted her as he would trust. ul 110 other living woman save his own be- h loved mother. The thought that tortured liii- was, that if little (Jraeie were innoet . of nil wrong and had trusted in his ro- 01 teetion. why had she fled from him in 1,1 the night like a guilty creature; why h had she not sent him some word-of her al ?whereabouts, if slio had repented of her hasty action, so that he might go and ,V( bring her homo again? lint no word b' had como from her; sho had vouchsafed no explanation, and though lie Rf fought like a tiger with himself to re- rf press the suspicion that assailed him, | ?' it wolilil Inln ftirm iff /if ln?n * tf I * haunted him like sonic grewsomo spec- ! " tcr. I 'r Consequent ly, when ho reached I he little homo sifter his fruitless search in 01 Mulberry street, he went straight up to his room, locked the door, and in the h denotation of his heart lie tiling himself K1 upon the bed to try to plan how he should shape his future course. ! * ' And Mrs. Aruim was wise enough to leave him to himself. ! All day long she went about her household duties silently, and it was 11 not until the dusk of evening had elosed in that Rupert sought her of his own t>! free will where she sat in her accustomed chair by the window of the deserted studio, sewing. She raised her eyes as he came into Vt the room and welcomed him with a fond smile, lie approached, and for ai some minutes stood beside her looking h out at. the darkening street. si 1 le was sadly changed, poor) he h was as pallid as the dead, In ( /cry h calm. At last it was he who b.oke the ci opproxive silence. ti "Mother!" n "Well, my hoy?" "Have yon no pitv tor mo . si Iter kindly eyes tilled with tears. I v fuel her voice was full of reproach as she answered : d "Oh, 1 lupoid! My heart is breaking f< for you in your trouble, and I have w done nothing but pray the good laud ti to help you. lbit I have not intruded <1 upon you because 1 knew you would b neck nie when you wanted such com- ( fort as I can give." |j lie stooped and kissed the upturned fi brow where the soft, wavy, brown hair showed signs of the tell-tale silver. I "Well, she has gone forever!" ho a raid, sadly, raising himself and turning his face to the window again to conceal li any passing trace of emotion that might v b" imprinted there. h "Yon have heard no tidings of her?" h "Oh. ves; I have heard her denounced t as a murderess; I have been informed ? at police headquarters that she is in s custody." n "Then it is better that she has gone e f-ii'Vi'i', 15iipert!" came the rejoinder h I:-> si ione in 11rin ( (in\ ici inn. II He shuddered fivun head 1o foot at c 1 i\*.n? Init t-oiiiimimlotl himself. I am net prepared to believe all m Ilia! i hear, ' lie said. sternly; "I shall n 1 v; *i; 1 Ii?t iih sin innocent. injured girl t until t!i?' nnitrary is proved !" ii "Then you mean to waste your time in follow in;; up a case, t lie results of p which may bring you only further mis- I t*ry V" ' ti "No! I feel sure that if she is clear, of the shadow of crime that- I shall , know it. No. I cannot alVord, for your lake as well as mv own, to waste an h other hour. I am going to work at. once. M other, I shall attempt to paint t no more Madonnas. In mv present, n frame of mind, I think I should suec-ed I letter with the other description ol woman something; dark, brilliant, o t pally lieantiful, a sort of Satanella.*' Ileaily to humor his extravagant j> fancy, Mrs. \rinm repliel: 'It might liea good plan; hut lia\e a y<> i an idea for sucli a face?" i "I left an advcrjiscmonl fer sin h :i i model as I came np-lown. I may get u an answer and have to go to work to- u morrow." ,1 "The sooner the hott \ Rupert." ,| It was no idle fancy, n?* creation of a s disordered mind which suggested this | teati(e du Diable to the yonng nrtist; t wns rather a firm conviction that he ould creato something of the kinil i lltch .thouId make his name famous at he forthcoming exhibition. In proof thereof he was early in his fudio on the following morning with a nok of determination upon his handomo face. His first duty was to relieve the portrait of little Graeie from ho easel and turn it fact* inward to he wall. lie did not bestow a single glance i|K>n tlie lovely pictured features; periaps lie did not rare to. perhaps he did lot ?lare. Selecting a fresh canvas ho seated limself before it and began to ronglilv ketch in with charcoal something of lis idea. So interested did he become in his fork that he failed to hear the sharp ingut the floor hell, or the rustle of silk s a lady entered the studio. Ho was uito unaware of a presence in the oom until a low, melodious, voice, that hrilled him to llm soul, pronounced is name. "Mr. Ami in ?" llo turned quickly, stinted to his sot, and confronted his visitor, who I ad just raised her veil. For an instant I e frit as if lio must bo bereft of lii? I'llBCS. II ho had Ina n ,i magician and posrsied tin1 power to ronjnro from tho owi la of the earth a spirit to suit his urpose, he could not have dreamed in is wildest Might of fanev of a face, a guro, a lout rnscnihlc more perfectly i accord with his idea of the proposed latanella. And when we inform the ruder that the person in question was ! one other than Cora, Hoyden's dis- j aided wife, he w ill appreciate how fully lie woman would agree with the picture i t he artist's mind. "In heaven's name who arc you'/"exhumed Arnim, when the 11 rat shock of nrprise had passed. She smiled upon him in a way that indn his Hood tingle in his veins, as lie replied : "I am the model you advertised for, I suit your purpose. "Suit my purpose!" lie exclaimed, iilhusiasticnlly; " why, von are t he very iiihodimeiit of Satanclla." Then his face fell and lie grew serious s lie glanced at her rich attire. "Hut on are no oidinary model," he added; I fear that I, being a poor man, cannot It'ord pay you your price for sitting ? me." She smiled again, utterly bewitching im with her mystic beauty. "As you say," she replied, "1 am no rdinary model. I have never sat for ly portrait before, and I would not sit ? you?if I did not like?v+rm?iTXpoef rid ask no payment for my services. I tall consider myself amply repaid if ! m produce ;i portrait of mc which mil set. the world talking nlioiif, inc." Ho war uhout to interrupt lu*r with >mo caper exclamation, when she lisrd her black gloved hand in token r silence. "Wait," she added, "'until you hear iv terms. Perhaps you will not. agree > them." "I agreo to anythinp, so long us I m paint you!" "You cannot paint me here in this ouse, nor even in this city, for 1 am oinp away." "I would follow yon to the ends of ic earth to paint such a face as yours!" She smiled such encouragement that er victim was translated. "You need not take so lonp a jourc.v," she answered; "within a few ours I will send von word whore you in find me. May 1 depend upon you?" "If 1 live I will conic to you!" "Very well. 1 need not tell you tat I am glad to have met you. An fro//"." lie followed her to the street-door lid saw her enter the cab that awaited er. lie saw In r fatally beautiful face nilling upon him, hut he failed to hear or give the address which, within the our, would bring her into the presucc of the sweet, pure girl who, fortlie me being, had been swept from his icniory by this stranger's unholy spell. Thus 1 ho first step toward the eon animation of Hoyden's villainous re- j enge was taken! While Arnim sat alone in his studio, j reaming in ecstasy of the vista which j n tune had opened before him, the cab. Inch contained the baleful enchnn- ; ivss rolled rapidly down town in the j inviHMi oi iMMiTiivt1 huncKcra nuin- : Ic home, where, at 1110 moment, litilo J Irueie and her friends were eonvened, istening to the report of the detective's iiiitless search. Discouraged at the fruith si outlook, jiiwyer Falgar had just risen to his feet ( nd exclaimed : "Very well, my client shall no longer ! if kept out of her properly!" when the ' eiled woman ascended the steps of the | ou.se. and rang for admittance. The I Iilid luck which had attended her hrough life had s owed to place her in ommunication with ltnperl Aniim.aml | he daringly trusted to it now to fur- | ish her w illi tidings of little (Sraeie by ( ailing upon Detective ilaueker, who, ' er hushand had informed her hv writ ng on her tablets, had ehargo of the ase. It was seizing the bull by the horns l itliu vengeance, but Cora lloyden was (vera woman lo stop and consider lie eonsfipi 'iifi s w hen she was plav* ng for high stakes. ller appearance in Mr. llaneker's arlor caused a decided sensasion. aery eye was livetcd upon her elegant igure and veiled face, and it was the setive, as master ot tin- house, who ,e ami addressed lier first. "I heo your pardon, madam," lie aid, "do you wish to see me?" "Are you Itieliard Ihiueker, the deeetive?" i lie itii]nired, Haiti;; her most nelodioils tone. "I am." "And are you Mr. F.dfjar. the lawyer f the late Mr. On in ( Milldid ?" Though eotisideraldv surpiiind. the entleman applied in t)ie atlirm.itive. "Then permit me to introdiiee myelf," she said, raisin^ her veil and ex?osin<? her lienutiful fare. "My name < Cora ClitVord Hoyden. I am the lieee of the late Mr. Orrin ClitVord, ml the wife of his nephew. Ma\ I'oyIt'ii. ConseipientIv, lieitif* his brother's lauphter and married to his sister's on, I have a double ? laini up >n his rout iensdiip." ;? ? >i?nmp This ostouishing pirco of information fell 'ike a thunderlwlt uprw the little group, and it was Lawyer Ldgar w lio was the first to como to his senses. "Without for a moment doubting ycur.wcr I, madam," lie said, politely, "permit me to ask whether you hnvo the proofs to substantiate your statements ?" "Certainly, I have," was the haughty reply; "here is the certificate of my marriage to Mr. Hoyden; his engagement ami wedding rings are beneath my glove, nnd. if you care to inspect the record of my birth, you have only to seek the proper authorities." As she ceased speaking, she drew a parchment from her bosom ami tendered it to the lawyer, but he courte misty rehisprt to exnmine it. "The proofs of your identity are no doubt sufficient, Mrs. Boydcn," ho suid; "unfortunately for your claim, however, Mr. Clifford made a will just previous to hiit death, in which neither youe name nor that of your husband is mentioned." "Indeed? Will yon oblige mo by showing ine the will?" "1 r? grot that at present I am unable to do ao." A scornful smile played around the adventuress' lips ur she retorted : "Oh, that is singular, is it not? However, mny I l?e permitted to know to whom my uncle left his fortune?" Cora's brilliant eyes shot to tlio shrinking figure of i>oor little Oracie, and rested upon her for a moment, in impudent sent tiny. "I)o you mean to tell me," she said, once more, addressing the lawyer, "that that gill is the person?" "Yes," replied Mr. Edgar, "this young lad v is Miss < I race Clifford, and her father's side legatee." "Oh, absurd!" cried tlio woman, bursting into a cruel laugh of withering scorn; "my dear sir, how you must have I icon duped! If mn- iua.clo mix!,") such a will he must have been ot unMi mni 1 mind ftvmi nvpneeivo ?ioa a f opium, which wan his fatal habit, ami which unquestionably cause<l his death. That Kill?" she exclaimed, pointing an accusing linger at little Cfracie. "If I must speak, I suppose I must. That girl is Mrs. Clarissa Clifford's child, but Orrin Clifford is not her father I I do not think I need speak more plainly. {She my uncle's heiress! Hah! she is an impostor, and as such I denounce licr 1" CIIAPTF.lt XVI. 1ARING TilK ncr.r. IIY TUB HORNS. Perhaps they thought that littb?_tlra? eie jmidd?burst ilito tears or swooii. Not she! The fair fame of her mother had been foully assailed, and she alono felt the obligation of defending it. She rose to her feet, every nervo iih firm as steel, her lips white and cominto n rlgttt line, lier lirigllt" eyes dark with the menace of wounded pride. "What you say is false?and you know it !" she said, firmly; "false as any word uttered by a tiend incarnate! You are a iioui, uau woman: j roan u in your eyes, ami 1 warn theso gent loin en to doubt every word that you say, except that you are the wife of Max Hoyden. If such is the case, all I can say is that yon arc well matched !" The woman had been recoiling before the lash of her righteous scorn with much of the sinuous action of a serpent about to strike. As the girl ceased speaking she drew herself up, and her eyes fairly lanced the fires of hate. "You insufferable upstart!" she hissed ; "you deserved to be whipped from end to end of the town for your insolence!" "Not by you, madam!" "You are a brazen faced adventuress!" "And you are no lndv!" If she had stabbed the woman with a dagger, (tracie could not have wounded the creature more vitally. In her ungovernable wrath, she turned her back upon the girl and addressed Mr. Edgar steadily, though she was livid to the lips with rage. "I shall enter upon the rights of my uncle's property," she said, "until his will is produced. Then 1 shall contest it. And I warn you to keep all impostors out of mv wav, for I am merciless!" Willi these words she swept out of the room and the outer door clanged behind her. Once more seated in licr cab, she glanced l ack at the unpretentious house which shielded her rival, and clenched her hands until the delicate ki?l that covered them burst with the vicious pressure. I" olw. l,nu v uinr in i nn\; iiiiiii \ u , nuu into insulted nie, wounded mo to tlie quick, but she shall pay dearly for it! Sho may have her property if she can wrest it from me, but I will have her hoji)ii tirss!" In pursuance of tho threat, she sent a note to Hnpert Ami in that evening, and as he read it, the blood surged to his brain and blinded him with a guilty jov. The brief missive ran as follows: ' I go l?y the Fall River l?>ul lo-morriov evening. My destination is Itoslon. You mnv aeeompany me if you olinnse, or follow ine at your own discretion, Kataxki.i.a." I to you ask what his determination was? ('an you ask when you know how liewitched he wan, how insane lie had become | neath her fatal spell i He aecompjfiiied her, and the lonely mother slept that night unprotected in the humble home in Harlem. Meanwhile little (iraeie bad consulted with Lawyer Edgar, and hail come to the conclusion flint the lirst and foremost step for her to take was to start in search of her missing mother. So much seemed to depend up >11 her being found that tho lawyer reluctantly assented to beginning the quest. Hut where to begin? How find a woman who bad vanished utterly, leaving no trace, no elue behind her? "I shall go to Huston and to tho old homo first," (Iraeie said; "the place lias been closed since we went to Europe, but knowing what I do, perhaps some of the neighbors can assist me." "Is the place in tho city?" inquired Mr. Edgar. "No, it is in a lonely suburb, but 1 know if well, for it has been my home ever since I can remember." "Then you lived in tho house witlj Mr. , your father?" 1 .. v i/ #?Cstotai)t roplv, ?rf?i \?? 'armcf 8 "I hod a pKflty room in ??" Aurt-OitUuri ?" *T&V' "lie lived in the cottage, tooi?^i?^orc "Perhaps the farmer is still tflguS. "No, he went ont West to we left America; I don't know wlionth?r~> "There niust havo been servants, and old ones, too." fr "There were, but they were nil (lis- In missed, and the housowos closed." c The good man looked discouraged. "To whom shall wo apply for infor- hi mntiou tlien?" he asked. ? "I scarcely know; I must take time t-ti to tliink." j bi He was about to take his leave and . di return to his hotel, but ho returned to j w the girl, laying his hand gently u|?on n< her bowed head. ! si "Little Oroeie," ho said, gently, j pi "our way looks darklieforo us, but with j n; Clod's help ami your pluck y littlo heart I to j * "I do not ro?r,'','^^^^iwvocrd, glane- ? MR "P into faulenjnjn^t.fith a wan J'1 "shall wo startto-inorrow?" "To-morrow, if you wish." ',f So it was decided, and Lawyer Edgar c' took his departure. All that night Tittle Gracie lay in a waking trance, Wi going over and over again the events of j AV' that painful day. ; R1 At last, toward morning, who fell ni asleep from sheer fatigue, ami dreamed j . ?dreamed so vividly that she awoko with iv wild ery of pain, and found her- jv self staring nt tho rays of the newly ',l risen sun I hat- flecked the carpet of her chamber. Sho had dreamed of Rupert Arnim?dreamed that he waH in soino 1,1 mortal danger. .She seemed to see tho J"'' long, dark shadow reaching, reaching . over nearer him. "'i She saw the look of dazed agony upon his fnce, even heard his voice, like tho w' voice of a lost migol, calling in anguish " "it'4.,J,1 she awoko. ll+JBS&agpiy' 1 renvoi " ' ; she Bnid to fiTTOclf; "cost what it may, I must seo him and warn him of t ho danger which menaces him!" J And in pursuance of tho detcrniinu- 111 tion sho left the house about noon of Wi her last day in New York, and, without saying a word to good Mrs. Ihuicker, made her way across town to the ?dovated railway and took a train up to U1 Ilarlem. , ,u! , ..... wi ono ion 11 in in, nimosi lerrincii u> find herself in the noisy street:? alone I . and unprotected, bnt the bravery of 1 p ber object in view braced up her heart, and she went on in safety until she paused upon 4he-htrprr^OT ITio littlo T TTonso slie knew and loved so well. -n With a start of apprehension, she > noticed that tlio shutters of the studio were tightly closed, and that the house jp generally wore a deserted air. With a hand trembling with dread , j, she, nulhul LluiJiull^wul u-n.o.n.il <>. ) iU U j,V relieved a inomOlit or two later to hear wj footsteps within advancing to answer j tier summons. j The door opened and Mrs. Arnim nppoarcd. tIl "Oh, Mrs. Arnim!" oho exclaimed, to then paused, chilled to the core of her 11, being by the woman's strange look. to "Oil, is it you? What do you want?" she demanded. in "Rupert! T wish to sro Rupert!" In "He has gone away." pi "When will bo return?" hi "1 do not know; not for days, and fr, perhaps for weeks." n, "Oh, what shall I do?" <.a "You seem to do very well without liim." The bitter reproach fell upon deaf ears. Poor little Graeiewas busy hastily brushing the tears of disappointment from ber eyes. "I am going away, fcoor" "tie faltered, : "and I did so wont'to see him before I left. Did lie leave*no word, no message ai for me?" nt Mrs. Arnim started suddenly, an- cl swering: "Yes, here is a letter." hi She turned to a table at.'* handed Graeio a letter, and while the poor ; child pressed it to her lips fervently, o( closed the door ui?on her. What to do then hut go nwuv? Kvi- w dently she was not wanted there. With w a sinking heart she turned back into li< the street, and with lier tear-filled eyes Hi riveted upon the missive, she wandered | on until she found herself at the en- J 1,1 t ranee of a pretty park--Mount Morris ' Park?where the laughter of merry children invited her to enter and rest. ,|. Selecting a sunny seat, she sank down upon it, murmuring: l>< "Now, Ilujrert, what have you to si say?" l'i Sho had never seen the handwriting *! of the inan she loved, consequently she was deceived l?y theJiold forgery which |l( met her eyes. Ic Iiike lightning she read the cruel ti words within; re-read them, and then M staggered to her feet, with a scream of wild dismay. Heating the air with her aims in her blindness, she endeavored to resell the j(] gates by which she had entered, but | ,r ere she gained them, she staggered, j |> wavered an instant, and fell prostrate ! w upon the sandy walk, like one stricken in: a i111 death. j el She ilid not hear the affrighted cries 1,1 of tlu* children, nor the voice of a man 11 who called to a park-keeper. "Quick! Summon an ambulance!" This woman is dying!" ,.| * III CHAPTEK XVII. IN THK TOI1.K. Milton is one of the Wealthiest and most beautiful, and yet, in parts, one of the loneliest suburbs of lloston. JJ Among its wooded hills ami valleys, i one feels lost in the deep country, while it seems'to iWTuteve that a ,;i great city throtm almost within gunshot of its silent retreatH. , For miles around tho lofty "HIno V Hill," erested with its solitary stone J" tower, eoinniands an unimpeded pros- " I peet of hill and dale, of dense forest . and sunny pasture, of winding river and glimmering lake, i The district is tho very (lower of i< Massachusetts, and yet. much of its ex- l> I tent is known only to tho adventurous m H]M>rtHmnn and tho wandering herd. ?'l Knter its emliowercd contines, and ? > you are as practically lost to the world as though you hud hidden yourself ! in the recesses of the trackless, m primeval forest, l< ) t / \ It was just at tho baso and in th ' shadow of oue of the great smoky hill* that a gloomy stono mansion of ampl proportions stood, atvl still stand*, i tho midst of a natural park of oa trees, whoso melancholy rnstle nnswoi ed to tho lonesome gurgle of lit11 brooks among tho rooks, siftVofilOKO brooks trickled dow wore ahsorhod in om tho hilTs, TPm*^ -Qa tH)r u?..-%>idarl rge, plaeid sheet of water,* |h?|.. died "Black rood." 1 This lake l?order.'d the lawn which u vent upward to meet tlio foundations c f the lonely stone mansion, and with > io trees leafless, the grass soro and t rown, with a chill north wind whining ' r smally down into tho ravine, and no I ii elcumo smoke curling from tho chim- | i \vs, no tiro-light dancing ii{>oii tho t( mttcrod windows, tho place was a 1 u act; to shun, and leave to the dead j emories which could he its only j nants. u And yet years ago it had boon a ^ right, nnd "flappy nl?odo, w hen Orrin j linord, then in the prime of life, nnd i 10 vast enjoyment of wealth, had "ought his fair young \tifo, Clarissa, ?me to Im; the idol of an admiring cir- 0 o of friends. " For two yours the house was tilled " itli joyous companions, the stnhles v ere crowd* d with the equipages of the >' tests, while night niter night the ' erry strains of music wandered far up o e lonely hillside, causing tho nesting 1 rds to twitter in surprise, ami the i inkling lights dickered across the ? tvn, to he reflected npon tho mystic f, isoni of "Black Pond." (l Suddenly, without a word of warn- ,| g, the change came. Tim guests used their visits, tho music was . islicd, the; lights extinguished, and by ' glit the hirda were no longer disrhed in their slumbers. and tin; dark 0 iter slept its gloomy sleep. * The cause of it all was tho sudden ? Fiappertance ofMrw. fur- " id. niieriiuil hot died, at least there <J is no funeral. ti For a time it. was whispered among c< e neighboring country folks that she j; id drowne I herself in the lake, which p is said to he fathomless, and to have p subterranean outlet into the sea. _ line said more unchnrituhlc things of e missing lady, hut as every servant ^ inn the place was instantly discharged t| nl as the hushaml shut himself up ^ ith liis hooks and suffered no converse ^ itli the outside world, the mystery nguished for want of support and H Mlly <1 i?>i 1 a natural (loath. * Of course there was Some flutter nr- (t sioned hv tlm arrival of a bevy of r >w servants, especially l?y the com- a g of a grim, repulsive looking man. o lio answered to tlm name of Nicholas si arlaml, with a little innocent lathy in o s arms. j This man took up his residence with it c newIvengaged farmer in hj\ cottage .. <i invnrgtt man, explaining Dial ins r ifo had died in child birth, leaving j in hardened with the lit tie child whom . ! called (Irace. Just what (larland's fanetiom; upon e place were, it would have heeii hard explain. It was given out, however, *' at he acted as valet or hodv servant * Mr. Clifl'ord. Certain it was that he was the only e an who ever approached Die gentle- * an in his sanctum, and it was wliis- I red among the servants that at night o gli words had been heard to issue ? unit lie library; hut upon what subject c eavesdropper was sufficiently sharp- g .red to ascertain. ( Iro IIK CONTINUED. | c ^uirc .Minutes IVitli Authors. ^ iteticonco, ooiioentralion, and continuity e characteristics which can not iiilhieneo ' io part of a man's life without iiillucucg tho icst iin well. < rJntUlO rtocti mil ilo l?y hidvi'H. , id tho nerves which animate the gesture j the lahle aro llie samo which guide tho liscl at tho work lioucli. ' Tho linhit of studying before proceed- 1 g is coexistent with tho necessity of t modeling l e I ore acting; and a man who t reticent concerning one half of his j oughts is not conimunieativo nhout tho j her half. Whatever temper of mind wo choose ' ill surely become chronic in time, and 1 ill he known to those nmoiiK whom wo i re as our temper, as distinguished from i ie tempers of other people. ] He who seeks p- aco will lir.d that with (vanning age tin' peaceful moment, that ico came so seldom, ret urns more readily, id that at last the moments unite to I ake hours, and the hours to build up t i\s and years. 1 boxers wish that the whole earth might | f one pardon, crossed and recrossed by lent, moon-lit paths, and Alien lore has iken the one and left the other, he who ays behind would have his garden janged to an angry ocean, and tho sweet | loss-banks to stoim-beateu locks, that 0 may drown in the depths, or he dashed 1 pieces by the waves before he has had I me to know nil Unit ho has lost. ? / '. ' Uirion Cruxcford, ixi .\furzio'n Crxxciflx. I An I'.xcccdingly l!xpiessho Answer. 1 A lady who w is drosM'irelegant ly and he- ' nigs lo the high perch of social plumage indc a foimul call iccoiitly upon u lady of er acquaintance and waited mi the pailor Itilo tier card \v;ts kcmI up A tmy specilen t.r :t giil was present, who eyed tin; logout visitor very closely anil itnticil inch inlercsleil in her appeal once "Well, iv dear." icmaikeil (lie visitor, with aploval. ns slit;smoolIksI out her sillts ami ices, "what ih> you think of meV" "(Hi," Naiil the little | * i I. with tlio 11 fir tit i ii candor of childhood, "I've seen ounces befoio!" Ihlnnl l-'i rr 1'rtxn. A Weeping Mother. Young mail (to editor) Here is a little ncni of a pathetic nature, sir. I showed to my mother, mnl she actually cried vet it I'alitor (after icnlin^ tho pocini You ?v your mother cried? Young mini?Yen, sir. I'd it or Well, you go home ami piomiso our mother never lo write any more net iv. ami I think the old lady will dry cr eyes. Ilni/n r'n Ihunr. Tito Discourteous Person. Com Icons men and women undoubtedly cep society in a healthy condition. '1 hey ear sunshine with them, and smiles reet them. And how revolutionary in its IVccts upon society i:. the discourteous lie!?lire. Win. I.ineurit. Wish men make tln n enemies their inIructors; fools become enctnics to their jacbeis. THE NEWS, Thomas Oreen, an express messenger, 1 !* arrostod iu Louisville, charged with sleal $H0) worth of diamonds from a trunk.Kx Policeman McDonald, of Chicago, * ? fatally shot by his wifo during a quarrel. n Jani'.-s L. McCloud, a Paterson, N. J., b'arl ft was killed with a razor by Angolo llarbe .. An accident on tbo lloston ami Mo " oad resulted in the killing of a llreiu f hM , 4*Y?ro hurt. The Iron ] md two othSAPw^;^ ,vt woa robl h.-tnge Itauk, of Hurley, ?t ..ia f $.VJ,t>'Jo. (.? > ?rgo 11. West, wiio v??Uip| o come from Chattanooga, Tenn., was ariSted In N?w York, chorgo I with passing nrgod checks. Willinu Kenton, aged wenty-two y, uis, of Philadelphia, commit ed suicide at Asbury Park, N. J. Thirt> ve noraes {tcnsiiea la m lire itiat consumed jhn Ly neb's stable in Philadelphia. udge Eimiru Lewis, of tbe St. Louis Court I Ap|ie>At?, nnit a Mood relative of George Vnsiungton, is dead. John P. l'arker, a roiiiluent colored niaa in Kichley, O., was dally stabbed by Win. Frey u notorious liaractcr. A deal Is s ud to buvo oeon iiiMinun itu 1 bavin,; lor lis object tb-j ool-ctiug of nil distiileri ?s uiidor one inmugtviut. John Tut-, charged with murder, run uei|iiitt Hl at Wilkcsbirrc, l'n. Tneooru A. iierkbnin bas boon urrosted in H >reutowu, N. J., on the charged of disponing f good* stoien Irom Watuimakoi'.i store in 'biladelpina. i'lic livigbt boat Na-htin.of ne Providence line, wits cons.d -rubly <lan.gcd by lire. iSunuei i'ov, the ltnli? n tend or murder in Wilmington, Del., has been ci|Uitted. A false report caused a run o 1 lie Trenton (N.J) Savings Hank. llu f f tlie businesi portion of the town of Kyoto, linn., was destroyed by lir?. The thirty-ninth session of tbo Pacific nulla! conference of the AI. K. Church South nis held in Fresno, Cal Throe children f the widow 1* neon, at Pn*adenn Cab. ore our lieu to dcutb. li. id. I'ewts ??.?w 1 ohn Allen ore crossing the continent on orscliick.-i?A S . IjouIs and San Francis0 passenger train was derailed neur Is'on, 'aim.', and one person killed and s.-v? ral ljurod. Two men were instantly killed 1 a sulky at ii railroad crossing in Chicago. ?The remaining Cherokee Indians in kfOfgin are being urged to emigrate to the herokeo Nation, and tliui strengthen the 'ibe. It is reported that the Chicago and ilton Itaiiro id Company bus a scheme on and for tho piU'cliiso of the Missouri, Kanis and Texas ltoad. ItainH liave miliar baJste-jmicIl crop of New Jersey. In a uarrel am nig boys at Wnrchuin, Mis.'., Heriek f.op /., aged thirteen years, was killed by ix-nnuhv. iiiuk'ih miiKiivti employees f the Hi llnire, Ohio, steel works went on n ' tnke. 1 he Army of the Cumberland roIfCtcil Oener.il Koserrnns pr? sid-mt. Col. . iv Jacobs was named a vice-president from Inryl.md. ami Toledo, Ohio, sdecto 1 as the .. w ? J v>. fat, the ecklosa son of a clergyman of Hoboknn, N, gave a forged check as it foo to th ) minder wlio roc ntly married him. fho two iithraclle h'nst furnaces of tho K-ystono iiinpiny, which recent ly failed, huvo been old to tiio It-'oding Iron Company for $100. nbj.'Ct to a mortgage of $175,000. Win. \ Tobias, twenty-two j-oars old, was nrrestd at Knlnm i, W. T., and taken to Seattle, to wait thcnrrivnl of ofllcers from IbirrDburg, 'a., whore h is wanted for forging the name f his employer to checks to tho amount of 3 500. A tr? mondoil.H landslide iu (Jitclno rushed a number of houses, and many pero::8 wore killed and iiijurovl. Miss Susie Jarter.of (i.-orgctown, and Miss Mils Atwoll, if Alexandria, Vn., wero drown ?1 whilj crossing Beaver Dam Ford, near l'urcjllvili , / a. Tho R >vereign Crand Lodgo of Old Folows will m<-ot next yenr in Topeka, l?un. Whitecaps are scaring tho got d eitiz-ns >f Norwnlk, Ct. Hntnuol Murray, while trunk an<i tMHitinfi uiw of tlia children, ut txmiHlnna, Mo., was shot and killed by his i gliteon-yonr-old son. Clara Hlatz wns omietod of the murder of John Dougherty, icr paramour, at St. Paul, Minn., ami senenoed to twenty years imprisonment. [lev. Kamnel M. liamill, D. D., ouo of tlio irustees of I'riueeton Theologicul Roininnryi lied uc ironton, j. 1 nonius nrown was banged at; Moosehoad, Minn., for the nurder of Polic.anan Poull. The stem. hip I). If. Miller, of tho Merchants ami Miners'Pine, arrivo 1 at Norfolk with the ihipwrecked crew of tho schooner Henry [jiOj, of Portland, Me.- T- n year-old M ix* jie Tobin, of Phil ido'phia, accid jntally shot ?nd killed her six year-old sister. It is lielioved at the Navy Department that by till! lding its vo .s j?b the government can save money.Cornelius Ryorson, aged flfry years, of Patterson, N. J., a few days ago assaulted Ills son an 1 yostorday fata^'y shot his wife. The tonth annuil convention of tho Welsh Proshyterian churches of tho United States wis held at Wilteahair.?, Pi. Alfred Pratt, of Wilmington, Delaware, who took a yonng girl to Philnd-dphia early in tin-summer for immoral purposes, was found guilty of ah luction and sent to jail for three years and fined$.r>JO. Owen J ! ft-ran, a New York hod carrier, while drunk, draggo I his thirtecu-yenr-old daughter to tho i.t >v??, and pouved scalding water over her. Jas. llnskii.s discovered enough giant powder mid dynamite I uried on Ins property at Kan Francisco to li ivo blown up the entire neighborhood. Four Chinamen were kill-d by the explosion of n dynum.t) earl rid > near Oakland, C?l. A conspiracy, in which teveral city t llle.a s are iinpli *ato I, h is been uiseoveroii fu Spokane Mulls, \>. i.,to appropriate thj funds and auppiM.s furnisho I by contribution for th r li f of ill" flrj siifTir rs at that place. A littlo st?Am yacht was wrecked on I>nke Krie and ten lives lost. The latest story circulated in connection with tho Cranio cas> implic ;tes Scotland Yard detectives in tho conspiracy. Fire destroy" ed tho town hall and a dozen other buildings in Soaford, Dol. Total loss about flM.bOO; insurance |y,0 'p. The College of Idle is a new institution in Chicago, oo upied by young women and old men who cl ilin to be rol'gious reformers with a now theory concerning married life. Mrs. lilizabeth A. Mod Jinn, the mother of U -n?rnl (J -orgo It. McClellmi, died in 1'hil idolphia, aged ninety years. John Coinpton, o.' IVrryv:llo,Ky., shot and killed William (irogoi y, whom ho suspeeb d of undo intimacy with Mrs. Couip toi.? ?Kire at Macon, Oa.. d- stroyed Payne & VViu'ingliaiii's furniture factory and H. S. l'armeleoV c irriage repository. Total losi f iusurauco (77.W. uiuijiiiuii u uuimitJ ma ????? fflH /N^Origin and Purpose of thollflH ferenoe. rras >{ejfatos Arc to Da Taken dgp^V >?r, Tho I>*Vq^jPt*tos In i'alaco Cars, t iro. Grantt^jAtf|'? within n few days,at iiie llnltml * whloh may tall nn. There will l>o?Wng commercial even* Ex- Washington, a gltl^^North aivl Houta bed rank among tho lea l^jtross of Amerloaii ini9 in the history of thS^ erica. 1 his la th? OonK^illlery, at '^" e^qjufcrj^'oh ja to mo.jt it a fall Qt t r Nations,wlih ir.n on (v.?crttonai ^ capital for organf^TrtUiitj^HiijFt^bw % and \ after n tour through this country, uhdtr In- *> tolligont guidance, which will show the pirin- .a cipal industries and thegoographlo.il extent s| of the United States, will assemble again to discuss qua it ions of mutual intorestto all the <h government* and peoples in the New Worf# |M wine LoiuiniMis cuscovore.l almost 4U0 juM .: | Tho idoa that nil the nations lp this new -? I world should confer together for their com- ' < *. mon good llrst assumed deflnnto for in ' ; tho |>nt)llo of this country in 1 SSI, wbou Mr. '3|B Mluino, thou Secretary ot St ito for President Garfield, promulgate 1 his plan. The idea. ' i however, is older then Mint. It originated with Simon Deliver, tliut gront lender of moo, whoso statesmanship, patriotism and military genius emancipated live nations? yR Venezuela, Colomhi i, Ecuador, l'eru and Molivia. This Washington of tlvo Spanish- djbd Amerionn Republics realiz-d that to promote their common interest and to secure tlielr individual Huecesa thoio must' he concerted action. Ho o.illed, with this purpose in mind* .? an intornatioiiiil conference ut Panama in 1MJI, to which every independent Amarioan *' Republic was nslte I to son I delegates. Notbing came of this call, not t>onauso the invited powers were unwilling to Join in the conferenco, hut Ik c ms j iiitornal causes interfered. > After Mr. lilaino revived this project of V llolivcr's it hunt (Ire for mini lime, mainly because of tho nssaMiuatton of Pros deatO'.ir-^ .u. Held. The Pit Moth Congress 11 inlly passed a l.jli di'nwdiir lh? iwch"'! ?" hhjmjwWW^P*,' wnwrtwss <>r iii'l npTiusn^TvniUriPrtn uoTcrn> vu ineirs lo meet rcpreoontalives of tho United i States on October U, IXWI, to consider certain propositions of mutual interest. The nation* which hnvo appointed delegates to tliis Aiuericm International Congress are: Hrasil, Dilayctto Kodignos l'orftra, Dr. J. G. do Amuroi Valente, Silvadm* do llondouoat iloliviu, Jnnu F. Velarde; Honduras, Jeroiiiino 'A ilnya; Son Salvador, Jacinto Costalluiios and Samuel Valdoiios; Colombia, J. M. lluatadii; Costa Kicu, Sonor Zalandou:^ Guatemala, Fernando Cruz; Mexico, 3t. ' \ Mateo itoni *o nd Angol O. CosUrlo; Nicara- ? gna, Dr. iloraclo Guzman; Kcuador, Eg President Joso N. Coiuasuo; Peru, Dr. P. C. /, :p>rr i; V itczn !?. Mains Pnrnza; A. : ? I tine Republic, Den Vinculo, G. Cjuesndf Dou ltoque, S. l'ciia, D in Manuel Quintan*^ f Sov. ral other nat.ons have acceptel tho# vitatiou to join In tlio Congress, but / fc names of their delegates nre not yet f f.\ iiouiic.nl. Tho delegates who will repn# A the United States nre: Jolin II. Holiday tof Missouri; Cornelius B. Hliss, ofN.iw W s Clement Sin ieb.ilcor, of lndiaun; T. Jfj V ) son Coolidgc, of Mussachusotis; VVf/ / [ j Henry Treseota. of Siuth Carolina; A11 i/ ^ Carnegie, of Pennsylvania; Morris M. Est P*' rind I wo others.'" " "* ? 1 ll<" lllionimioiiui |'?J in umiuu l>u uun* sidor iii) port jili t questions, hut it bus no power uf dual action. It can only consult and recommend.' It will bo conqiosed of men who rank high in tlioir rospec ivo countries, most of them, for example, standing in tba political dinclv* of their /own Inn i as James U. lilnine, iryiniucl ,.L Kendall, Thomas B. Kocil or Miijor./lcKinlgy figure in tbepuhliu life of the 'Unrt ?i Wtatos. Kor this reason, . V it is hoped tliut the conclusions of the Congress will carry such weight as will result la closer alll lotions between tho government* . of tho Continent and an incroaso in their interchange of.commerce. , llut tho members of the Congress, though I thoy arc to consider questions of prime im- JjL*! portanoo to tliii whole continent, will not h gin tlioir deliberations ut once. Home of ^ them nre already in tho country. Ouhera will arrive in^a fow days. It isexptoted that . the delegates from Houth an 1 Contra)' * J America, to/other with tho ton United State* ? I delegates and the olllcials, will mako up a. dM partv of a' out seventy five. These will nieeti jli Washingto i (>m her 2, an I organise. V It is s?id that tli :r president s likely to bw ! one of the L'uit'd St ites delegate*. After I the adjournment of the IIrst day's sessio i, the i|elegates will call in a body upon H.-cr > 4BB ' V?ry o< Ulaiuo, and iut io oVenLug will^V I probably l o rec rived l>y f'resfdont Harri*on.^**^i Ontbo morning of October 3 tbo entlri V Congress will lenvo Washington on a train . L of palace cars, which will l>\ n?xt to the -j train in which ('resident Harrison made his _* journey from Washington to tbo Inaugural , J I Centonnial in Now York, tho most luxuri- ' J I ousiy equipped over run in this country. It .J j will contain bath rooms, a harb.T shop, II dining rooms. sm jking rooms drawing- /t\ rooms, and sleeping compartments and wi|| *0" ' i bo run on fast t lino by sp vi d schedule, "yjr 1^.4 train will go llrst to Now York, wliorey \ I Congress will triko a stormier to Rail Bf 1-1 Mass. A(t*r v.owing tlio factorial ' I'B ! they will go to I'rovidence, WillimantJ' , \ AR llurlford, all on tlio 4th On tliwotjf jBf . will visit Morld *11, Now Haven and An TheOth wi.l bo spent at West I'oint. I i 1 tlio party will go to Hringflold, llolyol, ' { Chicope<', Mass., and thenco to Boston #h-si? tbrco days nro to bo spent. Miuiohestc * II., and I'ortlmid, Me., will b<y visit ! then tho joiirn-y will run Xhroug^Pmvil Albany, and the cities of contrnl W to Huirilo. A'tur a view of Nia?na* Coii^r* ss will visit the principal udioid tlio West and South, and bjfore re.v froin to Washington will inspect the ire . stool and oth.-r industries of Pcnusy*0 y All tbo expenses of thu Congress ar which ' paid by.tbo Statu Department, our Cjsarno l aving made an appropriation of for that purpos?. ?n Not until their return to Washington, <*h i this impressive tour of tho country w. J gues s iiiey are, will tho delegates km tie . * the consideration of their busiuwH in regular m mt-iun, Their work is divided under eight I lie ids. Thesj are: f 1st. Measures to preserve an.I promote the ] prosperity of the several American states. '? I. Measures toward thu I urination of ftu I American customs onion. M II I. The establishment of regular and fr?t- M quent communication betwoon the ports of tnesjversl American stats. JU l.b. The est iblishineiit of a uniform ?y? srf'tH t in of oust un regulations i i each of thu iudepend-'iit \111er1ea11 slut . uu form uiethot of classification and valuation of uierchnn and a uniform -s tun of in vu'c.'i, and thu sanitation >>f ships aud qu irThe adoption of a uniform system of weights and measures, p dent rights, copy-^^^g 41x1)14 unit int o marks, ond cxtm?uti.?ti ui*hm tlx U' Otli. Tho n?l<?p'ion of a cxnuo i silfiT iX<\ to l?> issu d I?y each (Jov^rmn Mine to Im l-g il-lender in all transactions ii-tween the citisen flHMH Ainerio.in States. / areHB^^H 7ih. An agreement upon am hi IJ lution ryr . |B fl inime.its of a definite p!a:i o( ' Nth. Ami such other subj-i tfl? oref^B^^B| tho welfare of Itm several ?t /a dress. HK^HH is inav lie Drchont d bv unvmtically ??? in "IT, Mrs. TennsHOH /urned from hei^^HP UNITED STATES lKK/JWem|, routoSI cently signedtwo olioct 4nd sppi^red sImHI4 and the other ^ able tVealk. ifeKfr are for money that }[(n tl, ? be-L The* ueusions. ld ho fe? tQ |h# M|l v : 4; .Mrs. Ten nee' condition Wii.1.1am J. Fp - of Mr. Teams and ^H| man in Alloghcnyin'g** serious, although recently by piling. disfigured by lb* HI edly into bis pr?ast jjfll