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i.kwis m. grist. proprietor. (Independent ,J;ainilt! ^lco:spapfr: Jfoi; the promotion of the political, Social, agricultural and (tfoinmercial interests of the ?outh. (terms?$2,00 a year in advance. vnT,. 4.O. YORKVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1894. ISTO. 28. ? -? BY JOHN J. Copyright, 1891, by the American 1'ross Assoc CHAPTER VI?CoxTixt'KP. 'Are yon going to Worcester first?" "Worcester? Worcester? Did I ever tell you anything about Worcester? I did not remember it. But there is no one in Worcester I care to see/' l ufu ii is true; "What is true?" She must be more guarded, she warned herself, else he would get a clue to the knowledge she had gained from Raymond. -i "That?that you are going away?" but her mind was more on Worcester than on Denver. "Of course, dear. Now be reasonable. If I stay here, I can't find out what yon want to know, and what I want to know too. Isn't it better to settle things at once? If I don't bring the story back, it is the first time I have failed in an assignment." He spoke in a strain to cheer her. and he tenderly added: "How many days after I come back will it be before you are mine?my own forever?" "Oh, Laurence, it can't be!" and , horror darkened her face and made her frame tremble for a moment as if a strong current of electricity had been I sent through every nerve. "What can't be?" "1 can't?can't?be?your?wife," slowly, as if every word punctured her heart like a stiletto point. "Isabel, are you wandering?" "Oh, maybe I am, Laurence; maybe 1 am," she said pathetically, despairingly, as she threw her arms around his Deck. " uon r minu me, jjaurence, don't mind me, bat don't be angry with me. I love you so." Her eyes suffused with tears. He was mystified. She loved him, was more demonstrative in her devotion than she had ever been before, and yet gave less encouragement to the prospects he had builded on the foundation of his own adoration for her. Had the cer- j tainty of temporary separation unnerved I her? "Isabel," he said, "what is wrong? j Tell me, love," and he smoothed back the curls from her moist forehead, I trying to soothe her. "1 can't, Laurence, 1 can't." She was bordering on the hysterical. "Then something is wrong!" he ex. claimed, holding her from him and peering madly into her eyes, as if to read therein the working of her mind and draw out, with mesmeric force, the meaning of the incomprehensible sorrow that preyed upon her. "You will always be dear to me," she said. "Always dear to me, Lau- . rence. Another day you will know all. 1 Be patient, Laurence, be patient, hut 1 love you, indeed I do, and in a few days you will be sorry that you doabted me." She showered kisses upon him, the j kisses she felt as a sister she could give, the first warm effusion of her love? kisses whose ecstasy he had never felt before, and which awakened, more | strongly within him the one grand passion of his life. Love him she did! Again he held her from him, seeking to explore her thoughts in searching glances. A light footstep broke the spell that Isabel might not have been able to resist. ! Mother St. Gertrude entered. Her ! sharp ey? detected the situation. Her keen mind suspected the cause. Isabel had told her the story; never once had |* this fair young girl reserved even a thought from the mother superior. "Laurence," said Mother St. Ger- | trude, "thisshould not have occurred." "Is it a nightmare?" he asked wildly, advancing toward the nun. "Am I crazy?or what?" "You're simply foolish," was her hasty response. "You've excited Isa- 1 hel and yourself. Let inetell yon something. Come here." He followed her into the hall, where she turned aud faced him, saying: "It is better that you should go now. All will be right. Mother St. Gertrude says so. She is your friend. Have no fear. Leave Isabel with ine." "May 1 say goodbv?" "No." He spoke and acted like one in a stupor. He knew Mother St. Gertrude too well to argue the point. He waved adieu to Isabel. She came forward to speak to him, but the great door had closed. To the iron barred window she ran and looked after him as he walked To the iron barred window site ran and looked after him. down the big courtyard. At the gate be paused aud glanced back. There was mutual recognition. He waved his hand and passed on. Two faces looked as if two hearts were breaking. Isabel was awakened from a reverie by Mother St. Gertrude. "Oh, mother." cried Isabel, "what Bhall I do? He is going west after all." "It is the best thing, my child. It will keep his hand out of trouble and his mind occupied. You had better take a rest. Come with me to your ! room." Isabel went with the sister, but not before she peered again out of the window, through the bars, seemingly ex- , pectant that Laurence would return. She wished he would, and just at that ; time she felt that her secret would be his. "He has gone forever now!" she cried. "I know he has," and the mother superior deemed it best not to contradict her or to dwell upon the incidents or the afternoon. CHAPTER VII. MORTIMER SENT AWAY BY RAYMOND. Raymond saw his way clear to mnr- I riage with Isabel. He had no doubt of that; so he wanted to get rid of Inez. ; Philip Mortimer's health had suffer- 1 pd more than usual duriiu? the winter. The decline had fairly set in, consumption had nearly done its work, and Mortimer was becoming less regular in his attendance at the office. Mortimer, as people afflicted with his disease will, indulged in the delusion that he would continue for years as he was. sometimes bright, sometimes dull, but with animation enough to deceive himself that the days still bis were far from being , few. "Why not send him to Denver," mused Raymond, "and Inez with him? Before he dies he will linger there long enough to keep Inez from interfering i with my plans." ] With Raymond to think was to act. I Mortimer had failed that day to put in i an appearnce at the office This was 1 nothing unusual, but Raymond made I McGINNIS. iation. it the pretext of paying a morning visit to Inez and urging upon her the advisability of taking her brother to the l ??t?:ii ? i.: ?..,i i ?.;n wrai. 1 win inmm, aiiu i *wi? uuoo you, Inez," said Raymond. The words were not uttered in a spirit calculated to deepen Inez's impressions of his sentiments toward herself, but her anxiety for her brother made her regardless of inflection. She saw in Raymond a benefactor. She knew him to be practical, and an idle sentiment from him assumed the force of earnest determination in her eyes. He had been kind.' He had even been tender. He had intimated much, had declared little, and his praise of Inez to her brother, repeated with fervor imparted by Mortimer's own love for his sister, gave Raymond's honeyed phrases to herself an importance unmerited. Raymond was making a sacrifice, to her mind. Miss her he would. Ho had said so, while she knew that her brother must have been in some way especially serviceable to him, or the two would not have sought the library 60 often to discuss political and business affairs alone. But Raymond was really making no sacrifice. Mortimer's deputy was as acceptable as Mortimer, and in recent years more to be depended on by virtue of the physical strength that guaranteed his presence when demanded. But Inez knew little of politics, and Raymond's profession of interest in her brother's health more ennobled him. Gradually ho was assuming the form of her ideal. "Your sisterly care will be worth more to him than that of less interested nurses," continued Raymond. "Thereports are that Colorado air is highly restorative to the lungs." "Oh, I should so much like him to have a change," acquiesced Inez. "Come in now with me and let us prevail upon him at once." "Better leave him to me," he interposed. She had started up, an,d in her enthusiasm grasped his hand to lead him to her brother. Raymond lifted the hand gallantly to his lips, then playfully held her arms while reseating her, I with mock force that was uot displeas- I ing. "I know tho way, and you stay right here. I can manage him better alone." He went to Mortimer's room, in cheery voice saluted him, and after a conversation of half an hour's duration I convinced him that he ought to go to ' Denver. "You'll be up again tomorrow," was j Raymond's advice, "and do not exert yourself. Husband your energies for the journey and remain inside until all the preparations are made." Mortimer was so used to obeying the \ will and wishes of this man that he made no further objections. "What does Inez think?" he inquired. "She's worried lest you may not go. , Your physician, I understand, for 1 met him yesterday and talked to him on the subjtiet, counseled you some time ago, but you did not follow his advice and instructions. I'll call upon him on my way back and send him to you to build you up for the trip." "Build me up! There's no need of that. I'll be all right." "He ought to see you anyhow." "Oh, yes. I didn't mean he shouldn't come, but simply that I'm not so bad as i you think I am. How long ought I to ! stay?" "Stay!" repeated Raymond. "Look i here, you must agree to two things? take the advice ot your physician here | until you get to Denver, then take the advice of the physician there. You know something about politics, nothing about physics. Therefore, if you want to recuperate, you mustu't try to instruct a doctor, as you would an election district captain." Mortimer smiled. That smile was an assurance he would not neglect to follow the course mapped out for hhn. Raymond accepted it as such and turned to go. "I'll see you again," he remarked. "I want to talk to Inez." He met Inez in the hallway. She had heard the door of the room close and advanced to meet him, so eager was she to know the result. He surmised this, and gently turning her face in the direction he was moving, by the pressure of his left arm around her, he took her right hand in his and they walked toward the outer door. "It is settled," he said. "You must ( make arrangements to be absent some time. Discharge the servants, close up the house and be as speedy as possible. I will ask the doctor to see Philip this afternoon, and then he will tell you whatever he may consider wise under the circumstances." He kissed her hand, and with a simple au revoir passed outward. "Strange," thought Inez. "He is so cool. But maybe he was afraid that it would pain me to talk of parting, and that it was best to postpone it." Her anxiety for her brother dispelled all other thoughts at the time. She began her preparations, and in three days everything was arranged. Francis Raymond had not visited the Mortimers. He wrote to Inez expressing his regrets aim temng ner mat a very important matter bad made bis presence at Albany imperative, but urged ber not to delay on that account. "Philip will understand the situation," he wrote, "but when the legislative session closes I will straighten out my affairs ami seek recreation in n She lifted her head thouyhtfully. dip to Denver. By that time Philip will be stronger and I will accompany you home, when I will have many things to tell you." "It's the only way I can get out of it decently," he reasoned with himself, as ho inclosed the tickets he had promised. "If I went with tlieni there might be a scene. Mortimer will never :ome back, although a change may prolong his life. I can easily write an ;xcuse for not visiting them, ask them to remain awhile longer, il he does im prove in strength?but, pshaw, he cannot. The doctor says his time is short. They are both out of my way, and it is better for her that she is not in the city when Isabel becomes Mrs. Raymond." "He is killing himself with business," was tho reflection of Inez as she perused Raymond's letter, "and yet ae finds time to think of us and plan :or our comfort. He will come back with us and?and"?while she reread ^ :he message to be sure of it?'' will have ! many things to tell me. I wonder what they are"? and she lifted her head thoughtfully and allowed her imagination to linger among fancies that were never to pass into the world of actuality. CHAPTER VIII. SORROW TO INEZ MORTIMER. The Mortimers were but a short time in Denver ere Philip took a turn for tho worse, instead of improving. They ' were at the St. James' hotel, where they had decided to stay until they had selected a place where the bustle of city life was absent and the air uucontam inated with the breath of trade, the factory smoke and the exhalations from the thousand and one pestholes indigenous to municipal life and progress. Philip's decline was a sad blow to . Inez. She was alone in a big city, practically without friends, and her devotion to her brother precluded thoughts of aught but him. Hence she had not the opportunity to search for a country cottage and locate in more congenial quarters. Her brother, too, had conceived an intense dislike for physicians. Their inability to infuse new vigor into "his wasting frame was to him sufficient proof of their worthlessness. At the solicitation of Inez, he continued the medicines prescribed by the family medicine man, as he termed him through force of habit from his use of the nomenclature in the Society of Red Men, to which he belonged. But he had refused to listen to any more advice from physicians. "They are a lot of quacks, Inez, all of them," he said in a peevish tone. "I can get well without them. If I'm , not going to get well. I can certainly die without them." She was propping him up in bed. A tear fell upon the pillow. He realized its import?a message from a heart suffering through his affiiction, poignant with grief at his helpless state?and he hastened to satisfy the wish that he knew was hers. "Till *,.11 V,... Win,, ? 11 1^:11 Jt'U, 1UCA. X VU VUU iu a physician. It will please you, but they're no good." Inez had made many friends in the brief time she had been in Denver. People in hotels do not add many to their ! list of acquaintances, except at summer resorts where class distinction sinks temporarily before the generous operation of unrestricted recreation. But, | somehow or other, from the bell boy to the chief clerk, on to the proprietor and through him to guests of permanence and character, sympathy arose to lighten the sacrifice she was making. Not through any act of hers was it known that she had trouble to bear, but Philip had become cross, was churlish to the Bervants, imperative in his ways, and they instinctively pitied his patient nurse. But if Inez suffered it was not apparent. Indeed she became brighter than ever that morning when Philip consented to allow another doctor to test aisskull,"experiment upon me," Philip would say, "and keep me from improv^ " ' *'' -V' ^'' He went walking around the room. What physician should she summon? She knew nothing of the reputation of any one in Denver. She went down to the ladies' parlor to see the housekeeper, a woman well along in years, whose motherly spirit beamed in her kindly smile. The housekeeper advanced to meet Inez and asked: "Anything I can do for you, Miss Mortimer?" "I think there is." "Im sure I'll be happy to do it. You don't care to bother me,'* she added, reproachingly, "and it isn't because I'm snappish, is it? Why, bless you, child, I'm the most worried woman you ever saw when people come and go and never asked me about anything. Perhaps they imagined I bite their heads off." "That's not the reason. You are so careful that nothing is required." "Do you think that is the cause?" and this old fashioned woman, who looked upon every guest in the hotel as her own, appeared to have a great load lifted off her heart. "Undoubtedly that is it." "Well, now. you want something. I Bee it. Be plain. I told the girl in charge of your rooms to bo very careful, but she is always blundering, and I know she has made a muss of something." "It isn't anything about the house, I assure you. I wanted your advice about a physician." "A physician, child?" "Yes, for my brother." "Consumption?" "Yes." The old lady shook her head and mused awhile before she said: "There is one, but I don't know what to say about him." "Don't recommend ono of whose ability you are in doubt." "It isn't that, child. Ho is a very peculiar man. Ho will accept no pay for services. Ho is not a practitioner in tho regular sense of the word. He has made u specialty of consumption. It is a hobby with him. Ho is the only doctor I have any faith in.' But he labors among the poor. Just think of it! You wouldn't speak about bills, would you?" "Oh, yes, I would have to pay him." "Then he would be angry with me, 11 1- - - -t 1 D..1. T * 1*1 1..11 inueeu 110 wuiiin. xjiu i ii u-ii .vim. Don't talk about payment fur a time, and I'll fix it somehow. Trust to me." "But who is this queer man':" "Queer, child? Ho isn't queer. Ho is one of the host men on earth, and" "Oh, he must be. I'm sure of that," said Inez, lest the housekeeper might feel that a reflection had boon east upon her medical friend. "Yes, and you'll like him. 1 know vou will. Everybody is in love with him." Inez had to smile at her earnestness. Then she asked: "But are you sure lie is the best man for a case like this?" "Positive! Positive! Why he has studied abroad and, oh, let me give you his story and then you will know how good he is. Come over to the window and rest yourself while 1 tell you." Inez was amused and interested? amused at tne earnestness 01 tne Housekeeper and interested inasmuch as that the narration might afford her the opportunity to form an opinion on tho doctor's merits. "This doctor is a young man. His father was killed when he was but a child. Tho father had a mania for buying land, and when ho died owned considerable property that is now in tho I heart ot the city. This has made Dr. George Lcland immensely wealthy. Ho was a curious lad. Tho stories of people visiting Colorado for health, for a cure for consumption, led him into a determination to make a special study of that disease. Ho is still studying, j and older physicians turn to him for 1 TT 11 > ) counsel, ne is uiu ngiu man. "He is not too young, is he?" ' 1 "Never mind his ape. When he conies in, I will bring him up stairs and introduce him. Yon want to go away, I see yon do. Goodliy for a little while." "Where does Dr. Leland live?" "Right hero in the hotel." "I'll go hack, then, and await his ' arrival." When 6he entered the suite of rooms occupied by her brother and herself, Mortimer was lying on a couch reading the papers from his home. The news from the city where he was born and bred acted like a tonic, and Inez was delighted at the change in his appearance. "I'm trying to catch up with the times, Inez," he remarked, i "I had intended to read up myself," she said. " We forgot to subscribe for the local papers, and some good friend has remembered us?Raymond, I supnnso ns his nnnlntrvfor not writinc." "Raymond writes little. If I keep on as I now feel I'll go back soon, and in that case, should he care to see us here, it's about time he began the jour- ' ney." Inez was so used to her brother's con- i valescent periods, so to speak, and had seen them so often followed bj* days of . weakness, that she was not inclined to agree with him. But it waB better io acquiesce, as she did by saying: "You look much improved. Dr. Leland may be able to keep up the im: provement." "Dr. Leland?" "Yes, you know you told me I could call in a physician." t "It was the name, not the profession, that prompted me to inquire." ' 'Why the name?" "It wa& that of a client of the old lawyer with whom Raymond and I j studied." "Nothing strange in that." "No, Inez, nothing. It occurred tome and at the same time I remembered that he was killed in Denver." i "Why, so was the doctor's father too. That is strange." "Then Raymond is ? oh, never mind." "Raymond is what?" "Now, Inez, don't bother me." i The peevishness returned. She turned aside while her brother tore the covering off another paper and threw the crumpled wrapper on the carpet. She stooped to pick it up, watching him all the while. His eyes suddenly took a ? wild expression, he arose from his re, cumbent position with a strength born of excitement, rescanned the paragraph that had caught his attention and stirj red him, and holding the paper out be- 1 fore him exclaimed: "I'll tell you what Raymond is. Inez. I'll tell you what ho is!" "What?" "A fraud!" "A fraud!" " Yes, look here"?and he pointed to the paper?"ho has deceived me, he has wronged you! He has swindled evi erybody!" "Don't excite yourself, Phil. Let i me see what's the matter." "What's the matter? He sent me ; here to kill me! That's what he did! I'll go back tomorrow, and I'll live to j j kill him!" He went walking around the room as quickly as his weakened state would j ; allow, crushing the paper in his frenzy j j and denouncing Raymond. "What has he done?" asked Inez, go- j j ing close to him and putting her arms ! around him to soothe him. "Everything, Inez, everything!" "Tell me one thing." ! "That one thing is everything. He ! has" j j "What?" ! There was a rap at the door. "Come in," said Inez, who, recogniz- J 1 ing the tap as that of the housekeeper, ! ' lightly ran across and opened the door. ' i The old lady entered, the doctor following. "Oh!" exclaimed Inez. "Win'ro lint fvinhfpned. mv child?" "No-o-o," said Inez. ' She had been struck by the singular resemblance Dr. Leland boro to Isabel > Le Clair. He was a man about 25 years old, the slight stoop of a student mak- < ing him appear less tall than he actual- 1 ly was, but detracting nothing from his I dignity. He wore a Vandyke beard , which made him look older than his years, but notwithstanding that this ; classed him in a set of men of facial uniformity his bright eye and strong individuality of feature lifted him j above the level and distinguished him j ; from his fellows. He was too well bred to notice Inez's ejaculation of surprise. , He knew tho old housekeeper well , enough, to know that unless he stop- ^ ped the fountain of her curiosity right at its source she would let licr linguistic outpourings run and carry embarrassment to the girl. "We were unexpected, I see,'' said the physician, presuming on the license his profession enjoys. "I am Dr. Leland. Your good friend and mine was under the impression that you awaited us." "Wo are glad, indeed, that you called," said Inez. Tho more formal introduction came, and in a few minutes Mortimer and ! . Dr. Leland were engaged in conversation. There was something about tho : ! physician that attracted liim. Not so keen as his sister, Mortimer could not associate the face with that of Isabel Le Clair, but he did connect the name with that of the client of his old preceptor in law. "I knew a man of your name, a | George Leland, who was killed in Den* * V _ 11 1. 1 ?,? ver, nut no was um cuougu iu ut-jum father." "And ho was niv father." ( "Ho was?" "Yes. What did you know of him?" "Nothing." "You must have heard something." "I was a student in the office of the lawyer that transacted his business." "You were? Then maybe you can , explain what my father meant when he 1 , said, 'Telegraph my death east.' Ho left no papers. His attorney in Denver ' ( had only the deeds of recent purchases here. An eastern lawyer had other papers and a will. I have frequently advertised for claims against my father, thinking that creditors would he most likely to turn up and give a clew. But no responses were received. Now fate has sent you here to unravel the mys- ( tery. The public administrator appointed an executor, and I, as the only living relative, own the property that , was once beyond civilization, it seemed, but on which this hotel and the j J blocks around have been erected." Mortimer listened and said nothing. Ho picked up a paper, the one he had been reading and had dropped when tlio doctor entered. Ho read over the paragraph again and said: "I may bo wrong. But there is one j man who can straighten things out. I shall write to him tonight, or better, why not you come homo with mo?" " You-are not able yet to stand the journey, however much I might like to go-" Ho said this emphatically. It attracted the attention of Inez, who had just taken leave of the housekeeper. Inez's anxious, inquisitive look, noticed by ; the doctor, awakened his interest. "Your brother wants to go back," ' he said. "I'm sure, Miss Mortimer. ; ; you will join with me in urging him to ; remain hero a little longer." I "He ought to be guided by medical 1 counsel." was her reply. "He promised me he would." "Dr. Loland understands Inc." said ! Mortimer. "I'll obey his wishes. lie should he more impatient than I." "Why?" queried Inez. "Never mind," said her brother. Dr. Leland had been so completely unnerved by the unexpected revelation | that ho folt it would bo wiser to turn 1 to other subiect&juntil ho could^. tegujn I his equanimity _ Inez was not'bllnfrto ' his agitation. She ascribed it to some j reflection of her brother upon his pro fession. Philip was liable, in some fit ' of peevishness, to forget the courtesies i required by social law. Inez regretted that she had been the means of bringing any one into a disagreeable situation. Her sympathy went out to Dr. Leland. Cultivation may reserve tho more 1 t fouHrur? thnf cnolr 1UI LTlUi U1 KilO ??MV own v.*pression in look and gesture, but where ( tho outburst is restrained more gentle ' indications unconsciously assert them- i selves. Dr. Leland felt a strange thrill under the intense solicitude her eyes ( betrayed. A physician, skilled in the ways of human nature, the loveliness of this girl's character bad at once impressed him. He was not a man to be touched with personal beauty alone, i but somehow ho felt himself envying Mortimer tho care and affection of which he was the recipient. "With your permission," said the doctor, "your brother and I will retire to his chamber. Perhaps I may soon strengthen him. You mustn't be discohraged, Miss Mortimer. Our air here ' is good, but, like medicine itself to strange lungs, it must be taken under instructions. Wo will leave you for awhile." "As you will, doctor." The two men went back to Mortimer's room. There the unselfishness of the physician first turned to the physi- t cal discomfort of the patient. In words j that had a subtle influence upon Mortimer, impelling him to cheerful acquiescence, he made him move as he pleased nothing wrong in that. I have equal j rights with other citizens to bid for the property." "I told him so, sir." "What did Mangan say?" "He said you had the same rights, but the favors were more partially dis- j tributed." "He did, eh?" "Yes. He said that there was a big political ring in town that bought these lands for the taxes at auction sales surreptitiously held." "Mangan didn't stop at that surely. Goon. I'm amused." "Well, he declared ho would break up the ring by publishing the enormity of its crime, and ho bad the impudence, sir, the great impudence, to ask me to convey his compliments to yon and assure you that the rightful owner would redeem the Leland estates ere the time came that would make you the owner of millions you had bought for hundreds." "That's a way he has to scare people into admissions." and Raymond smiled sardonically. "Ho doesn't know me evidently." " LT? fl,n lot,, tU/-,linrVl " illtor. until the basis for diagnosis nau ueen . obtained. "I will bring you some medicine Inter." said Dr. Leland, when the ex- ; animation had been finished. "But about that other thing, doctor | ?your father's case?" "Oh, yes. You spoke about a man whom you could write to. Who is he? ' The lawyer?" "No; he is dead. That's the trouble." "Who is the man?" "Laurence Mangan, a newspaper j man. He is on the track of a discov- j ery. I will write him a letter now. You mail it, and it will bring him on 6urely." Mortimer walked over to a secretary, | unlocked it, arranged the desk board ' and wrote: St. James Hotel, Den veil April 20,1801. Dear Mr. Mangan?The secret of the commission bill and more startling revelations will be given you, if you pay me a visit here. I am too | weak to go home. I will defray your expenses, t You are needed to hunt down fraud. Do not j fail. Yours truly, Philip Mortimer. "What does this mean?" asked Dr. j Leland. "It means that you and your sister are" "My sister?" "Yes." "I never had ono." "There must be some mistake. I understood your father left n boy and a ' girl. I heard the old lawyer once refer ! to a will of George Leland, your father. My partner took the papers and later j said to me that you were both dead." "Why not go to him?" "No use. Ho has reasons for decep- [ tion. You cannot prove that the two George Lelands are the same." "But my siscer, what of her? Let him restore her to me, and I care not ! about the will." "I know nothing about her. 1 tell | you, we must wait for Mangan." "What can he do?" "What can't he do? We must con- | suit him." The doctor took .leave of Mortimer | and said a few encouraging words to i Inez as ho passed out, promising to return later. "Inez! Inez!" her brother called. She obeyed the summons. There was evidently something annoying her as she entered: "What is it, Phil?" "Bring mo in The Bugles." "I've been reading them." "Then you know what Raymond has done?" he asked, peering into her face from the lounge whereon he sat. "I j 3eo you do.'' He laid back resignedly, turning his eyes upward, as if imploring strength from God, and Inez considered it best not to disturb him. CHAPTER IX. RAYMOND KILLS MORTIMER OFFICIALLY. And what had Francis Raymond been doing? Ho returned home the day after he j had received word that the Mortimers had gone to Denver. His plot was progressing favorably, his mind was eased : of worriment, and his step had an elas- ! ticity that distinguished him among I the pedestrians who rushed by the public buildings in the forenoon. It was Raymond's rule, as it is with ' other political leaders less cautious even than he, to exact from every appointee a resignation with a blank date. When that official gets refractory, the date is j filled out on his resignation and sent j in by the leader to tne proper officer. With it goes a recommendation of another man for the office. Tins is an appointment practically. It only re- 1 quires the form of an announcement through the legitimate authority, who ! acknowledges, without protest or mur- j mur, the power behind the throne. Raymond held Mortimer's resignation. The time had arrived to use it. Ho walked into the office of the regis- | trar of arrears. The deputy, now acting registrar, was effusive in his greetings. Raymond smiled significantly at the deputy, who followed him into the privato office, where Raymond acted as if j it was his own. Ho sat down at the desk, pulled out his wallet and extracted Mortimer's resignation. He unfold- : eu it on tue ueSK, took a pen out 01 mo rack backing the inkstand and filled in ; tho date. On the back cf one of his j own cards ho uiado a memorandum, | "E. R. Black to succeed Philip Morti mer." He inclosed the resignation and | the card in an envelope and addressed j it to the mayor. "Here, Black," handing tho deputy the letter,"send that over by special messenger. You aro the new registrar of arrears. Tomorrow, when you re- : ceive tho appointment from the mayor, I will suggest tho man whom I would like you to name as your deputy." A suggestion, but it meant a command 1 Tho deputy simply bowed assent. There was no sentiment in the matter. Each knew what was required of tho other. Words were superfluous. They 6hook hands. It was tho only expression of congratulation from the one, : of thanks from tho other. Black knew j that tomorrow Raymond would name ' the deputy, and ero tho official's up- i pointment was handed over ask his i own resignation for uso in an emer- | gency?that is, Raymond would ask it, if Black was so obtuse as not to save Raymond the trouble and himself abasement by having it ready when Raymond called. Tho evening papers announced tho promotion of Black. Politicians read tho news and were surprised. What new deal was on? Tho people?the dear people?saw nothing in it calling for particular comment. One official, stepped down and out, another assumed the duties of tho position, advanced ac cording to tlie exaiteu rures or civu service. Tlio mayor was an aristocrat. He had wealth and social distinction. 1 Thero could ho no deals traced to any action of his, no degrading suppliance to any class of politicians. So reasoned tho people, if they pon- ! dered 011 the paragraph long enough to . bring their minds into tho byways of politics. Possibly not one out of a. thousand of theiu .ew that the glamour of public lifo had dazzled tho mayor and that bo carefully avoided running i counter to tho party machine over j which his respectability was thrown. Ho was not committing political sui- j cide. During bis term I10 had signed I but one resolution of the common council, that for tho renovation of a contagious disease hospital during a smallpox scare. Tho popular outcry was for promptitude, and ho was for popularity. Every other resolution passed he had permitted to become a law in tho operation of timo without his signature. That was a practice that enabled him to justify himself and to declare, if wrong or fraud were ever charged, that ho had not sanctioned it. It was the practice of his predecessors, it is the policy of his successors, and will continue to prevail as long as there is a premium on hypocrisy and tho people are quiescent. "Black," said Raymond, after reading of the appointment in the first edition of tho papers, for which ho had waited at the office of the registrar, "1 want you to hunt up the files in relation to tho property assessed to George Leland. My memory is that the time in which it can be redeemed is about to expire. A friend of mine is interested?you understand? Hunt up the date and have it for me tomorrow." "It expires on July 24 next. It is now April 12. Something over three months yet." "How do you know?" "I went over the books today." "Why did you take particular notice of those blocks assessed to Leland? They extend into several wards, and . you must have overhauled as many books." "I did," in an apologetic tone. "1 couldn't help it." "Couldn't help it, man; explain yourself!" demanded Raymond, beginning to be nettled. "You don't think I was inquisitive, Mr. Raymond, do you?" was the cringing query as his promotion appeared gliding beyond his reach. "Indeed I wasn't. It was Mangan of Tho Bugle who made mo do it." "Mangan!" "Yes, you know him. That fellow who is always making a fuss in the city and county offices. I knew ho was after something. 1 used every endeavor to put him out, threatened him with arrest, but ho only laughed at me." "And then?" "Why, he said ho would go over to the supremo court and get a mandamus; that it would make a fine story! The books were public property, he said, and he was going to examine them. It would avert a scandal to let him sco them, and I handed them to him." "That's it, eh? Well, you were wise, Black." Black had been bent fawningly. He straightened, quick as a Jack-in-thebox when released, jumps up to the limit of the spiral spring that propels him. It was but for a moment. The j cheeriness left his face, ho doubled up as if his muscles had been contracted and he was in agony. But the pain i._1 4.1 was Djoro lueiuai man jjijjohui. "I forgot to tell you," he whiningly said, "that Mangan knows who holds the certificates." "The devil he does!" "He insisted on looking over the private minutes of the office," continued Black. "1 didn't know you were interested in that section of the city, it has been so recently annexed. He soon discovered in the minutes of the date of sale, as shown in the books, that you wero the certificate holder. It couldn't be helped, sir; indeed, it couldn'tl" "Well, never mind, Black. There's XXXJ AUU?0 tiJO 4C4W, u,vuhlt, ...... jected Black, "and will bo cautious "2 forgot to tell you," he whlnlngly said. about libel, as lie said it was a pity ! you could not be indicted and sent to Sing Sing for tlieso transactions.' "The scoundrel!" "Why, scoundrel's no name, Air. Raymond," said the deputy, with an indignation meant to impress his loyalty. "He's an infernal villain to offer such insults and interfere with matters that do not concern him!' "Say, Black," queried Raymond, ignoring Black's criticism, "is Mangan going to print all this tomorrow? Did he say anything about that?" "No. He intimated, however, that | ho had much moro investigation to j make." ! "Why didn't you try to get rid of him by sending him over to the county register's office? 1 think this might j have been better managed." Raymond, for the first time in his life, was losing his self possession and growing nervous. "I told him," Black replied, "that he would find the records of property owners in the county register's office, and he told mo he had been there. He said he had seen the deed of conveyance to George Leland and that the books there would show no moro until the city under the tax laws gave another deed of conveyance to?to" "To me?" "Ho didn't put it that way." "What way did he put it?" "You will not be angry with me, sir, will you?" "Of course not," was the impatient rejoinder. "You'ro not responsildo for him. He's not responsible for himself." "He said the next deed of conveyance would have a narrow escape from being filed by a thief." "Thief!" echoed Raymond. "Thief," repeated Black. "But, Mr. Raymond, the law is with you. Why, the property will bo yours in three months' time. I wouldn't mind him." "That's true," ho replied. He left his chair and walked up aud down tho office, apparently in bewilderment. Black did not know how to humor him and dared not interfere with the contemplations that vexed him. Suddenly Raymond stopped. "Black," he ordered, "telephone for a cab. I want one here as soon as possible. Let there be no delay." .black hurried off to do his master's bidding, for his master Raymond was. "Now," said Raymond, in the self communing that gave relief from the strain of half suppressed emotion, "1 will see Isabel this afternoon. She must consent to an early wedding. I will break Mangan's heart. Mother St. Ger trade herself must aid me, or oeroro this session of the legislature closes 1 will repeal the laws exempting the buildings of her order from taxation. Religious people may he scrupulous, but they feel a blow at their financial standing no less keenly than others. This means thousands a year to her work If the circumstances demand it, and if I put the screws on, she and Isabel must weaken. But there will be no necessity. Isabel has half consented and Mother St. Gertrude knows my influence too well to cast it aside for sentiment. She is too practical. Mangan cannot prove that Isabel is George Leland's daughter, if he has thought of it at all. I'll marry Isabel just to spite him and protect myself. By the gods, I willl" , The cab came rattling up in front of the municipal building, under the windows of the office of the registrar. Black announced its arrival. Raymond hastened out, and when the driver closed the door said: "Make your best speed to the Convent of Mercv." TO UK CONTINUKD NEXT WEEK. aUisffllnnfous grading. LUNATIC LOVERS. Historic Instance* That l'rove That All Iaivesick People Are Insane. There are, I dare say, millions of lovers whose love is so commonplace that, it lines tint nfleet, their reason. Love, in their eyes, means business?a prologue, so to speak, to marriage. The lovers, however, who yield themselves heart and soul to the tender passion, who allow themselves to be bound in the tenderest ties and are blind to the existence of everybody save themselves, must certainly have a screw loose somewhere in their mental anatomy. The Stoics, who looked on all afl'ection as a foolish waste of energy, regarded love as a grave mental disease. Shakespeare?that unrivaled analyst ' of the weaknesses ofhuman nature?is authority for the statement that The lunatic, the lover and the poet Arc of imagination all compact. Rosalind, one of his sauest characters, exclaims: "Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves a I dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason it is not so punished I and cured is that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippersare in love, too!" Bacon calls love a "species of madnesswhile Byron confessed toward the close of bis short, but checkered, career that it was madness for him to have loved so passionately as he did. A large number of the world's erni- j nent men have made fools of them- j selves for the love of women. Father Adam lost Paradise on earth for him- I self and for posterity by yielding to Eve's tempting offer of a slice of ap- ; pie. Holofernes lost his head?in two ; senses?by accepting the caresses of Judith. Antony wus a lunatic to have sacrificed everything to his love of the charming Cleopatra. Paris, son of Priam, ought to have been put in a strait-jacket for having tampered with the matrimonial preserves of Manelaus?the result of which poaching on 1 his part caused the spilling of oceans of luiimin blond, as well as the destruc tion of Troy. Petrarch spent his crazy life penning sonnets to the eyebrows of a portly married woman, the mother of a large family while he utterly neglected his legitimate wife, and would : not permit his daughter to live un- I der liis roof! Dante in his mauldin love for Beatrice says: "So powerful was the spell of her presence that I had to avoid her. From thinking of this most gracious creature, I became so weak and lean that it was irksome i for my friends to look at me!" He was compelled to hide his skeleton | frame in shame and confusion?a spectacle for ridicule and derision. Is not this proof evidence that even the j brightest and strongest geniuses degenerate into silly, addle-headed monomaniacs under the influence of this fatal passion ? When Beatrice for the lirst time denied him her smile, he says that he became possessed with such grief that, parting himself from others, he went into a lonely place to bathe the ground with the bitterest tears. Love found its reudiest victims in the knights and troubadors of the Middle Ages. Ulrich von Lichtenstein, a I mediaeval German cavlier, loved a married woman with all the intensity of a lunatic. He used to drink with gusto the water in which she had laved her dainty hands. He had a portion of his under lip cut off because his mistress told him that it was "so irregular in iMi/iiinn tliut it fli/l nnt. invitp tipr LU1IOVI UV,liUII bllUV ?b w.v. MW ... ...v .... kisses." He used to roam over hills I and valleys in quest of other knights | whom he ehallenged to duels, if they dared to doubt that his Dulcinea was the fairest of the fair. On one occasion he amputated one of his lingers and presented it to his patroness, us a proof of the torture he could endure for her sweet sake. At her command he went among the lepers and drank with them i from the same howl, in order to Test his devotion to his lady love. All this time 1'1 rich's wife pined alone in her chateau in the forest, waiting anxiously for her dear lord, who, when he arrived on the scene, looked so utterly tired and dilapidated that she had to put him to bed and nurse him for several months, at the expiration of which time he would sally forth once more to do doughty deeds for another man's wife ! Ulrieh was a very good type of the lunatic lover. Hadlaub tells lis of a Teuton minnesinger or troubador who fell so helplessly in love with a little girl that, when she used to bite him, he became "blissfully ecstatic" with "all his senses like burning coals. Her bite," he naively confesses, "was so tender and so womanly that I used to he sorry the feeling of it passed away so soon !" Pierre Vidal, another troubadour, was so infatuated with his lady love, whose j name was "Loba"?wolf?that he had himself sewed tip in a wolf's hide and used to scamper over the hills daily so disguised, in order to please his darling. One day, however, the shepherds' dogs chased the unfortunate poet, and seizing various portions of the hide in their jaws they bore otl'a slice of his llesh to hoot, whereupon the troubadour abandoned his wolfish mask, to the great disgust of his mis- 1 tress, who renounced him for his nr- | rant cowardice. Kven the sacrifice of a pound of her lover's flesh in her service would not satisfy this cruel and willful ladv. The lover, like the lunatic, loves solitude. One of the medical attendants at a Huston lunatic asylum assures me that when his patients are let in the garden for recreation they never form in groups. Kach walks alone, moping and brooding over one particular idea. The particular idea of the lover is the only and everlasting , she. Does she love him? Does she i not? He recalls to mind every word she uttered, every attitude she assumed in their last conversation. He ?i .1:.i.? IW1SIS aim lUMlMin 111"! muni m^iiHK.iiiiv remarks to such an extent that he fears she must prefer another to him. ; His diseased mind becomes madly I morbid at the idea of her being ea- i ressed l>y another than himself. Jenl- c ousy lakes possession of his soul, ami c j he swears that if she play him false lie t I will repeat tragic incidents of "Othel- , i lo" without compunction. 1 As to bewitching woman, there is no .1 folly that she will not sometimes com- 1 1 mil in order lo win the man of her 1 choice. History also shows that she \ ; can he wooed and won by methods J that at first blush appear lo be the n ; most improbable means toward a tri- 1 s 1 umph over her heart. There are in- f , stances given in quaint old annals 1 j where women are captivated more I surely by brutal force than by merely c gallant attentions of their suitors. For 11 1 instance, English historical records in- v troduee us to the fair Mnthilde, daugh- e ter of Count Baldwin, Prince of Flan- v , ders, who refused to marry William si the Conqueror, because he was a has- 1: tard. William, piqued by the insult, j 11 determined to bring the haughty girl 1 I to his knees. It was not, however, by sweet caresses that he accomplished this somewhat ditlicult task. He proceeded to Flanders, waylaid s ! the pretty damsel as she was returning I from church in the city of Bruges, ! j pulled her long, wavy hair, cuffed her r on the cheeks and kicked her with the j 1 utmost brutality, after which chastise- a ment he sent her weeping and wailing a j to her father. Ou his return to Eng- ' t land he received a missive from the a j maiden confessing that his conduct t toward her inspired her with a pas- s sionate love for him, and that she was j f ; now ready to be his bride. They were ' j married several months afterward ! ] Another blue-blooded dame, Donna j g Xemene of Spain, was won by the c audacity of a Cid lover, who killed her t lather and shot all her favorite pigeons. a No sane person would be guilty of the I I freaks of thousands of other lovers, j whose antics I could record here were a it not for the inexorable limits of space, t In conclusion I need only add that the a | last and most convincing proof? at j I least so fur as the continent of Europe generally, and Germany in particular, (] ! ure concerned?is the fuct that lovers j are found in abundance in the long list | of persons of both sexes who commit v suicide because of unrequitted affec- c tion. A coroner's jury invariably con- v eludes, and justly, that the deceased t caused his or her own death while e | suffering from an attact of temporary ( insanity."?Eugene Davis, in Kate i Field's Washington. j |j LURED BY BABIES. ? How British Sportsmen, According to One 11 of Them, Hunt Crocodiles. 11 "We used to have great sport in In- F dia going out after crocodiles with t Hindu babies for bait," said an exoflicer of the British army. o "The baby wasn't baited on a hook a like a minnow or a fish worm, but sira- e ply secured on the river bank so that c it couldn't creep or toddle away or t tumble into the river. Some babies v don't like being made crocodile bait of, t but that fact increased their value to i c , the sportsman, for then they yelled i and made a great noise, which was ( I just what the crocodiles were waiting I to hear, and they'd come hurrying c from all directions to have u chance at I the babies. c "Where did we get these babies for a bait? From their mothers. All the ; ii fellow who wanted to go crocodiling ! ? had to do was to noise abroad his in- i s tention,' ami it wasn't long before na- h tive woman would Hock in with their ! s babies to be rented out for bait. The ruling price per head for the young heathens was about G cents for the r day. Some mothers required a guar- j s antce that their offspring should be j f returned safe und sound, but most of 1 c them exacted no such agreement. The j 1 babies were brought hack all right as f a rule, but once in a while some sports- r ninn it'nj 11 trifle clnvv with bis rifle or r made a bad shot, and the crocodile 1 got away with the bait, but that didn't I happen often. i f "If your bait is in good form for C crocodiling, and starts in with pro- I c testing yells, you may expect to get c your crocodile very soon, but if the t baby proves to be what is known as a j I sulker, and takes the situation in I ] quietness and patience, you may have f to wait some time before you get a \ shot. I used to have the option on f an Indian baby that was the most killing bait for crocodiles in all that a part of India. I killed more than 100 S crocodiles with that youngster as a I g lure before she outgrew her usefulness, a She had the most persistent and fur- t reaching yell I ever heard come out of r mortal being, and no crocodile could i resist it. She was a real siren in luring j v the big reptiles to their fate, and I was i omo.tr oun Vior iri'mv nnfl rrpt. tnr> hill' 5 OU"J JVV' ft*"" D~- D J for bait and have to give her up. That c dusky infant always commanded a 1 premium in the market, and her moth- 1 er was very proud of her, indeed. "After he had secured his baby at a proper spot, it was the custom of the j sportsmen to hide behind a convenient j{ bush or blind and wait for his game, e If his bait was lively and of good lung E he would not have long to wait. I've t seen half dozen crocodiles coming from c as many different parts of the river to- f ward a baby live minutes after it was <] set. With such a rush as that, though, v the sport becomes a trifle trying to the g eyes of the baby, but generally the first a crack of the rifle will scare the big a reptiles back into the water, all except J, the one you have sent your bullet into, v and he, if your aim has been good, will t flop over and thrash about for a few a seconds, and then give up the ghost, f But in a short time back will come the / others again, and if you have the time t you can eventually stretch them all 011 h the bank. A considerate sportsman, a though, will not work his baby more h than 15 minutes at a time. Then he j] will have his native servant sooth it c and refresh it from a nursing bottle, a which is part of a crocodile huuter's c equipment. I have killed six crocodiles a over that favorite baby lure of mine in s less than a quarter of an hour. "I was in Florida a year or so ago, and tried to hire a baby to experiment 0 with for alligators after the method in j, India, but folks who owned babies j down there didn't seem to enter v into the spirit of the sport, and I f( couldn't get one. I compromised 011 a (] rather lively dog. He was a success, c and I had quite a lot of fun, although c the sport was a good deal tamer than t it would have been if I had only had a baby for bait."?New York Sun. t HOW 11IU1I WILL A KITH (JO? e It is one of the most diflicult under- e takings imaginable to even approxi- d mately estimate the height of a kite b above the earth. This is on account t of the fact that objects floating in the v air seem to be farther away than they really are. It may be safely said that 1,800 feet is the maximum altitude p that can possibly be attained by a sin- t< gle kite. A kite flying at the height a mentioned will appear even to a con- S servative observer to be nearly, if not t< quite, a half mile above the surface of d the earth, but a careful measurement ' a of the string and its angle will quickly h prove that it could not have been more k than a fourth of a mile above the r ground. Ordinarily, a kite will go no u higher, even if more string be paid > out; this is because the wind depress- b es the cord and causes the kite to really i recede when it appears to rise. It has been said that it is possible to arrange i e several kites, in such a manner that ti they will reach a higher altitude than si "it is possible to attain with a single ti kite." In this manner where three, ' r lour or even a dozen kites have been h used remarkable heights have been fi reached. d Where more than one kite is needed j n inly the main one is attached to the >nd of the string, the others being ataehed along the main line (in a mauler similar to the arrangement of the looks along a "trot-line") at an averige distance of about 12 feet apart. Iinkleman, who made experiments at iuda-Resth, and Irison and Watson, vhose investigations under the Russian Vcademy of Sciences were carried on it Kdeenea, Finland, report curious reults. Where single kites could he breed up into the atmosphere to a icight of 1,300 feet, a pair could >e made to ascend to a height f from 2,000 to 2,100 feet, and i tandem easily reached the highvater mark of 2,500 feet. The three xperimenters alluded to believe that vith a proper arrangement of the kites, ind with a scientific adjustment of 10th the tail and string a height of two niles will eventually be reached.?St. ^ouis Republic. CROMWELL'S ARMY OF SAINTS. In some respects this was the most ingular force that ever took the field ???? T 1 1?a nlnno till v-llviii^ ill iuv hi ?~w J'luwv, t was composed of men greatly supejor to the masses of the common peo>le. The pay of the soldier was far ibovc the day wages of a laborer; by attention to duly a private soldier night hope to rise to high position, md so even, the ranks were filled with nen of education. But the first requiite for enrollment in this singulur brce was piety, and without some ividence of this no man was admitted, ieligious meetings were constantly ;oing on, and, as Macauley says, a iorporal versed in Scripture often led he devotions of his less gifted colonel, md admonished a backsliding major, t was exceptional, however, that the nen who, off duty, were demagogues md field preachers were equally disinguished by their obedience when icting as soldiers, and their exact mrformance of every military task. In the camp of the Lord Protector liscipline and enthusiasm went hand n hand. "His troops moved in victoy with the precision of machines, vhile burning with the wildest funatiism of crusaders. From the time vheu the army was remodelled to the ime it was disbanded it never found, ither on the Brithish Isles or on the .'ontinent, an enemy that could stand ts onset. In England, Scotland, Ireand, Flanders, the Puritan warriors, flea surrounded by ditficulties, someime contending against threefold odds, lot only never failed to conquer, hut lever failed to destroy and break in lieces whatever force was opposed to hem. They at length came to regard the day f battle as a day of certain triumph, nd marched against the most renownd battalions of Europe with disdainful onfidence. Turenne was startled by he shout of stern exultation with rbich his English allies advanced to he combat, and expressed the delight if a true soldier when he learned that t was ever the fashion of Cromwell's likeman to rejoice greatly when they leheld the enemy, and the banished avaliers felt an emotion of national iride when they saw a brigade of their ountrymen outnumbered by foes, bandoned by friends, drive before it n headlong rout the finest infantry in ipain, and force a passage into countercarp which had just been pronounced mpregnable by the ablest of the inarhnls of France. A Curious Calculation.?A corespondent of the Newcastle Chronicle ays: From Itomhaugh's "Gleanings or the Curious," I read the following urious calculation on the capacity of icaven : The base of the calculation is ouud in Revelation xxi, "And he neasured the city of Jerusalem with a ecd 12,000 furlongs. The length, the ireadth and the heighth are equal." jetussee: 12,000 furlongs, 7,920,000 eet, which cubed is 948,088,000,000,100,000,000,000,000 cubic feet. Half if this we will reserve for the throne if God and the court of heaven, half he remainder for streets, leaving a talanee of 124,198,272,000,000,000,000. )ivide this last by 4,090, the cubical eet in a room 10 feet sqliare, and you vill find that there is still enough left or 30,321,843,750,000,000. We will now suppose thatthe world tlways did, and always will contain 190,000,000 inhabitants, and that a ;eneration lasts 33 J years, making in ill 2,970,000,000 for each century? hat the world will stand 100 centuies, making in all 2,970,0?),000,000 uhabitants. Supposing there are 100 vorlds equal to this in point of inhahtants and duration of years, makiug 197,000,000,000,000, then heaven, acording to the measurement above, is arge enough to allow 100 rooms, each G feet square to the human soul. She Used the Wrong Powder.? I young lady living 011 North Meridan street had an experience the other veiling, says the Indianapolis Seutilel. .She was up stairs, and had just urned out her light when she heard a allcr ask for her. She made a dive or her powder-put!' in the dark, and lusted her face with powder. She rent to the parlor and found a distin;uished stranger, on whom she- was nxious to make an impression. He ppeared rather nonplussed at her ooks, hut being.a man of the world, rhich means a man wise enough not o tell a woman her faults, he said lOthing. She sat and chatted graceully, and had a delightful evening. Ls soon as he had gone she rushed to he mirror, as every girl does when er beau leaves. She gave one scream nd went off into hysterics, for in her aste and the dark she had dipped her lowder-puff into a box of pulverized hurcoal, and she had the niaxeup 01 n amateur colored miustrel. The ontrast to her dainty orgaudie gown ud blonde hair was very funny, but he will never smile again. fittTThe fact that the Bible, the best f all text-books, finds no place in the lajority of our colleges, begins to atract attention but there is no reason rhy it should excite wonder. A boy nil of the Bible is bullet proof and the evil knows it. A youthful mind rammed with pagan poetry makes the hances for a licentious life easy and he devil knows it. Pagan philosophy nopposed by revealed truth prepares he way for materialism, and the devil nows it. Science separated from revlation is one-sided and tends to skeptiism and the devil knows it. Boys that lon't study the Bible when they are oys will hardly study it at all, and he devil knows it. The devil knows ? hat he is about. Machinery has now become so effected that establishments now offer o remove trees from 0 to 20 feet in dimeter from one locality to another. Hch trees are now lifted, with from one o four tons ofsoil,and reset before one's oor. Tree moving began in the West ml records its greatest records there, ut quite large undertakings of this ;ind have lately been successfully caried out in New England. People sed to have to wait for trees to grow. ?ow a man can buy quite a respeetale ready-made forest, all grown. (Tutors Kkkkcts ok Frost.?An gg expands when it is frozen so much i>.>? ?ii? iii/.i-oncixl linllc breaks the hell. Apples, on the contrary, contact to such an extent that a full barpi will shrink until the top layer will e a loot below the chime. When the ost has been slowly and carefully rawn out they again assume their ormal size and appearance.