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Dorcas .Caledon, E HEIRESS OF CIDON HEIGHTS ar A.xroBIOGRAPFn E? NLOBENCE E. DIAM1OND. CHAPTER VIl. To add to my discomfort at noon a dris sling rain began to fall, and soon the wind blew fiercely. So severe, indeed, became the storm I was forced to seek shelter in 2 wood where I remained the afternoon anc night, wet, shivering and nearly perishing with cold and hunger. The storm cleared however, in the night, and the sun rost bright and clear in the morning. I draggec myself out of the thicket where I had lain and by great difficulty gained the high road but I found I could no longer continue mi journey. My limbs ached, as did my head while one moment I was chilled to the bone the next burning with fever. Lights dancei before my eyes, and I grew so faint and giddy I could scarcely stand. Slowly creep ing along thus I determined to stop at neat white house, by the road, and accord ingly opening the gate I crept slowly u; the walk. A sweet-faced lady was briskly opening the shutters as I came in. But she pause< and uttered an - exclamation when she sat me, and no wonder, for a more pitiable look ing object could hardly have met your eye than I was at that moment. My clothes were wet and splashed wit] mom; my hat hung limp over my disheveled hair, and my shoes were in tatters. Bu my failing strength made me regardless o looks. I went to the window. Itried to tel the woman that I was weak, starving an< in; but my words mixed themselves up m i strange, confused manner. A mist cam, before my eyes, and I remembered nothin, more till I awoke lying on a lounge in pleasant room with the kind face I had seen at the window bending over me, while she bathed my head, rubbed my benumb< hands and strove in every way to arous< me to consciousness. When I had in measure recovered, she removed my outer garments, took of my soaked shoes any stockings, and smoothed out my tangles hair, her soft, gentle touch soothing some what the burning pain in - my head. Sh< asked me no questions; she merely accept ed my situation as a matter of course, am If I had aroused her curiosity she did not ex press it. She then brought me a cup of tea and i bit of toast, which she urged me to eat; but while I drank the tea, I could not touch thi toast, though I made several ineffectual at tempts to do so, wishing to gratify my kine benefactor. "Never mind eating it, child," she said seeing my attempts. "If you do not fee like eating you had better not." And I sat tears in her soft blue eyes as she spoke. She then conducted me to a room, dis robed me gently as a mother might, an( tucked me in the softest of beds and dret the curtains to shut out the light from mi aching eyes, and I soon fell into a trouble< sleep I remember awaking once, but afte this came a long blank, or rather a dull con fused dreay in which in imagination. traveled hundreds of miles, ever toiling or over stony roads and up steep and dizzy heights, or else I scrambled through dens( thickets, or was lost in the labyrinth of deel - forests, or I walked by cool streams anc bubbling fountains, but not one dre.p couli Iobtain to quench my burning thirst, and ever before me was the face of Irma Bar rett. I saw the gleam of her golden hail and the glint of her blue eyes wherever ] turne& But thase were dreams only, fever dreams thatworried my brain, while the fever tha coursed through my frame burned unceas. inglyantil, compelled to die out for want o1 fuel, itleft me weak as an infant. But, at tended as I was by a skilled physician, and watched over by Mrs. Kent (for that, ] - a,'was her name), with the utmos sol~citude, I soon began to grow better. -Ithad'been November when I fell ill, but Rtwas mid-winter when, wrapped in shawls, - 1crept tothe window for the first time ani gazed out on the leafless trees and brown jwzigvines in the ;garden. But I was !ga ocreep back again to the warm-cush kedchair by the fire where Mrs. Kent sal buily kitting, and smiling at my attempts aSwalking. ?3tlgrew better rapidly, and was soon eblestolay aside invalid wraps and chairs. ,0aWsydqwhen I had grown quite strong, Mrs;Eent- gently asked me to tell her my stoary, for she felt sure, she said, there was ueandhing amiss or I would not have beer %ra'uch a strait.. Without any hesitation ] 4'Eky told her my entire history so far as ikunwit. Of my parents or their antece dents of course I could not say, but I lef1 nothing untold; even my childish attach ment to Mr. Dudley Irevealed, and my trus1 iln ls assistance in helping to unravel the mystery which I felt sure surrounded me ThenI told of his return, his cold words, Ibis'seeming indifference, which broke m3 Iheart, and made me resolve to no longer ~be adependent upon the bounty of others. .d--rg. Kent sat silent and thoughtful foi some time after hearing my story. Ev idektly she was striving in her own mind t< *rrive at some definite conclusion in re gard to the matter. But she spoke at last quietly, gently as ever. "Well, my dear, I can not help thinking perbaps you would have done better no1 to have left so hastily; at least, not unti yuhad seen and talked with this Mr. Dud 'ey," she said. "But what is done is done, and we can not change it. I do not kno's this family, though I have heard of them: but itis likely that Mrs. Clayton and this Xiss Armund are connected by some secret, but it might be and might not be for youm benefit to discover it. However, I wish non to talk of yourself. We have been brought together under very strange circumstances. I can not help thinking that some good will arise from it. Now, Doreas, I have a plar to propose. I am alone with the exceptior of Ann, the servant girL. I have no compan sion; my two children are both married and living abroad; my husband, as I once toldi you, died a. few months since. Therefore, lam very lonely. I should dearly love a companion. I like you, Dorcas. You are young and friendless. Will you accept a borne with me?" "Would I remain in paradise, if I could? I cried, falling down at her feet and laying my head in her lap in a perfect transport ol joy and tanklfulness. "Mrs. Kent, if ] ever prove ungrateful for your kindness maylbepunished aslIdeserve. Surely there is no one as kind and good as you." Mrs. Kent smiled and stroked my hair with her white, shapely hand. " It is settled UTEE NECAA the yu aieman it me, sh'sid and y asentwasa jofulone Tha witerI cassd aongthehapis coey, o eniIreaevte wth eh other tad tedious. We seldom went out except to church. Mrs. Kent, I found, was a cultured woman, and under her teachings I improved rapidly. CHAPTER Ix I will not weary the reader with a full So count of my life for the next two years. It passed with very little of interest to the outsider. At the end of this time I was a well grown girl of seventeen, and though I had mixed very little in society I flattered myself I was in a measure free from that awkwardness so painfully common to girls brought up in seclusion. I had during this time heard occasionally from the Clayton's, who still resided at Caledon, as of old. Irma Barrett was not yet married, though she had been a reigning belle for two sea sons. Her beauty and immense fortune brought her hosts of admirers, but her vain nature would not yet allow her to be bound by the chains of betrothal or matrimony. Oliver Dudley was still single also, though I sometimes heard with a strong pang at my heart, of his assidious attention to Irma Barrett. "What was it to me," I asked myself, angrily, "whether he married the heiress or not!. Surely he was nothing to me. Had he not scorned the little beggarly dependant, and did I not have cause for hating him for such an ungrateful return for the devotion to him I cherished! And I did hate him, I cried, angered at my foolish heart, that just as often gave proof of the falseness of this assertion. It was the winter of my seventeenth year t that Mrs. Kent received an urgent invita tion from a friend in New York to visit her. They had been old and dear friends, and Mrs. Kent, though she did not like the idea of a gay winter in the metropolis, yet felt obliged to accept her friend's invitation for the sake of old times. Having never yet caught even a glimpse of the gay world, it is no wonder I felt some delight, yet a great deal of trepidation, at the thought of being a visitor at one of the richest and most fashionable mansions in the city. Mrs. Kent, having no desire that I should appear backward or illclad, provided me with an ample wardrobe and spent much time in instructing me in fashionable etiquette-to I all of which I listened with closest atten tion, determined that if possible my kind patron should have no cause to feel morti fied at my appearance. L "Dear child," said Mrs. Kent. "how anx - ious you are to improve yourself in my eyes; though," she added, "you are good enough and polished enough already, for you have never caused me a moment's discomfort since you became my dear adopted daugh ter." l And I felt that she had paid me the high est compliment I could have cared to hear. I We finally found ourselves domiciled at Mrs. Leiberg's splendid and hospitable mansion. She, like my adopted mot':er. - was a widow with married sons and da: - I ters. One son, however, resided with his mother and his wife and their lovely chil dren were the pride of her heart. I We were warmly received, and I felt at home at once with the whole family. I now for the first time enjoyed the society of young people. I felt somewhat backward at first, but this gradually wore off, and I was soon able to chat with comparative ease with my new acquaintances. We attended concerts, musical soirees; we visited the art galler ies, the museums, we rode in the park; we attended the theater and opera, in fact, in dalged in all those expensive luxuries and) gostly pleasures that only the rich can af ford. We were one day driving in the park, my self, the younger Mrs. Leiberg and the children, when suddenly a carriage passed us in whose occupants I recognized some thing strangely familiar. I leaned forward to catch a closer glimpse, and as I did so the gentleman turned his head and I caught sight of his face. I could not be mistaken -the dark eyes, the soft curling hair and shapely form were none other than Oliver DJudley's. I knew him instantly, and it only needed a glance at the golden hair of the beauty beside him to ascertain that it was irma Barrett. I sank back with a quick, keen pain at my heart; my hand clutching aimlessly at my rich sable muff, my cheeks growing strangely pale, I knew, for kind Mrs. Leiberg at once enquired if I were ill. "Oh! no; it is nothing," I answered, calmly enough, wondering even at myself that I could be so strongly moved at the sight of this man, who was not, nor ever could be, aught to me. I went home feeling strangely depressed. It was probable then that the Claytons were in the city. I had heard of their some times visiting here. I should be almost cer tain to meet them I knew, and myheart beat quickly at.the thought, for I never could re gard them in any other light than my bit terest enemies. Mrs. Kent met me in the parlor. "There is a gentleman to see you in the drawing room, Dorric," she said, smiling. "Strange how attractive Mr. Balfour (naming the gentleman) finds our house of late," she added, archly. "And Colonel Baily called also this morning. Really, Dorrie, you are getting to be quite a belle." I laughed lightly at her words, and ran up to my room to remove my wraps before going down to meet my friend. I felt angry at myself that I could not feel more than a passing interest in this handsome young Balfour, whose admiration for me had been a patent fact since our first meet ing. He was- rich, young, handsome-what more could I desire. My friends, too, all look4 upon, him with favor, and I felt guilty when I remembered howlI had en couraged his attention when I felt for him only friendship, not love, not even the ghost of it. There was also Colonel Baily, another, in every way, eligible suitor; except in the matter of age, he being a number of years my senior, though not old, by auy means; .he was handsome and courtly, a very king among men, some would have called him. But I did not care for him,I said~perversely. I should never fall in love; men were all alike to me, and why did they annoy me with their attentions. "Now, if Oliver Dudley were Edgar Balfour," I found myself saying. and then I stopped. "Dorcas Lynn" I cried, mentally, in a rage with myself, "for such foolish thoughts I am ashamed of you; Surely you have lest much of your boasted pride to lament a man you never knew, beside, one who is engaged to another;" and thus silence. ing my heart I went down determined to be very kind to Mr. Balfour in future and to permit no thought of Oliver Dudley to stand between me and the duty I owed Mrs. Kent, who, I knew, regarded Edgar Balfour as a most eligible young man. I think I must have succeeded very well in my at tempt to appear agreeable, for Mr. Balfour not only paid me several rather extravagant compliments, but several times I barely avoided receiving from him a direct offer of his heart and hand by judiciously turning conversation into another channel The next day as was our custom, we d - in the park. and again I saw Oliver Duda,., but alone this time, and I could but remark how pale and worn he looked, like a person hard worked or ill in body or mind. We passed hi:nx twice and at the last time he raised his eyes and gave me a direct look that made me start; but he evidently did not recognize me, for his eyes did not linger, only turned carelessly, almost mournfully, away as he passed on, leaving me flushed and troubled and disturbed. The next day I went again; in vain did I resolve not to go near the park again; the temptation was too great, and that after noon found us again among the crowd of gay aristocrats that daily flock ere. But to-day Iwas disappointed; thou~ Istrained my eyes in all directions for a sight of that well-known form, I was not rewarded. Mrs. Leberg softly inquired if I were looking for any one in particular. "If it Is for Colonel Bailey, there he is," she said, laugh ing, while I shrank back in the cariige feeling ashamed of myself, yet devoutly But I could not mope, though much incline to do so, for the Colonel accompanied us home and then attended us to a musical en tertainment at the house of a friend. It was one o'clock before I was at liberty to seek my own room and there muse over the changed appearance of Oliver Dudley, for to keep him from my thoughts was at utter impossibility. I saw his face in the gleaming embers of the fire; I heard his voice in the moaning wind; whatever way I turned I was confronted by the same form, and I fell asleep to dream strange, troubled dreams, in which the center figure was always Oliver Dudley. I awoke in the morning strangely de pressed and unhappy. I wandered aimless ly about until evening, when - we went, as I SAW EI3 FACE IN THE GLEMftG EMBERS OF THE FIRE. usual, for a drive, but this time I dared not let my eyes search the crowd as yester day, for I saw that Mrs. Leiberg was watch. ing me closely. But suddenly we came to a standstill; there was a crush of carriages ahead, and for some moments we were unable to go on. It was during this delay I suddenly heard an exclamation, and, turning my head toward the side from whence it came, I encountered the gaze of one who, for a moment, held me spell-bound with terror and amazement. Surely I remembered the hard, ugly face, the keen, gray eyes, the scant, whito hair. It was, it could be no other than Miss Armund, who stood gazing at me, evidently lost in astonishment at seeing me, for I saw at once that she recog nized me, and I felt, as I always had, a sort of fear of her, and now I turned pale, actually shivering with terror, as I saw she was about to alight. What did she nean to doI But just at that instant our driver, an noyed at the delay and seeing the way cleared at last, gave our horses a sharp cut with the whip and we were whirled away, leaving Miss Armund, who had alighted, looking after us with a vacant stare. Mrs. Leiberg was too well bred to aslk questions, but I saw that she had noted the wholeoccurrence and was full of conjecture as to who the strange-looking woman could have been who had evidently recognizedmi at sight. But I did not enlighten her. could not, without giving details ,I did not care to disclose, for I had hitherto passed as an orphan, a friend of Mrs. Kent had left, and whom she had adopted, and no one eve: dreamed of my being a foundling,reared by charity; and, though they were kind and generous people, I dared not trust to their aristocratic cars the true story of my life, hoping I could hold my place, as before, among them. Mrs. Kent, too, had thought it best to say nothing in regard to my pa rentage, though she as well as myseli would have scorned to have told a falsehood concerning it. We merely kept silent, thereby not committing ourselves to our friends. Our drive home was silent and depressed -evidently Mrs. Leiberg expected an ex planation, and was somewhat angry because it did not come. And I was embarrassc and vexed that I could not give it, and so we arrived{ home and betook ourselves to onm respective tasks, each feeling hurt at the other, yet without cause. Bow it would have ended I know not Whether I should have confessed to Mrs. Leiberg the strange circumstances that sur rounded my intimacy with Miss Armund, or whether I should have preserved a suller and discreet silence on the subject, I caz not say. But fate had arranged a differen1 explanation for all these petty difficulties, one of which we never dreamed. We had arranged to attend the opera that evening; yet I little thought what a strange chain of events were being forged for me. as I finished my toilet, and posed an unnec essary length of time before the cheval glass, viewing the effect of a new costume of cherry and cream satin whose lustrous folds glistened in the gas light of the pretty room where I stood. A vain and thought. less girl after all my hard lessons of pover ty and seclusion, I often found myself won dering that I could be so happy, I, who had once seemed only born for a drudge or to be a perpetual nuisance ever in somebody's way. 1 sat down idly after dressing, and it be ing early, I took up a paper and began t read it carelessly at first, but finally a name struck my eye that made me at once won derfully interested-it was the name of Irving Barrett. For years I had scarcely thought of the boy, for however his sister might interest me in regard to her friend ship with Oliver Dudley, I had never a thought in common with her brothers But imagino my surprise and horror at finding his name at the head of the criminal calendar, accused of stabbing a fellow stu dent fatally while engaged in a drunken carouse. He had fought the officers, so the paper stated, like a wild beast, but had finally been overpowered and lodged in jail, where he now lay awaiting trial. I read the account over twice before I fairly comprehended that Irving Barrett was an accused murderer, and very likely to suffer the full penalty of the law, as pub. li opinion seemed much against him. Iwas shocked and grieved at this, for, though rving had ever been my enemy, and his proud sister had scorned me as she would a leper, I could not but feel this must be a terrible blow to her and her hanghty mother. And Bertie, dear, brave, manly little Bertie, ow this keen disgrace would wound himi My heart ached for him. But my meditations were brought to a close by the entrance of the servant with word that all were ready and waiting for me. I hastily donned my cloak and hat and descended, expecting to find my escort, Mr. Balfour, waiting for me; but, instead, a note had been sent saying he had just re eived a telegram from home announcing the dangerous illness of his father and ask ing his immediate return; so I must excuse him from attending, though to forego this pleasure, he said, was a disappointment - yet duty to his father came first. And then he had hastily scribbled a good-bye and a strict injunction not to forget him, though in the exciting scenes that follow'ed it is doubtful if a thought of hin ever rossed my mind The opera-house was filled to overflow ing. The elite of the whole city were there, it seemed, and I gazed over the brilliant scene where the bright flashes of diamonds, the soft glow of silks and satins, waving plumes, bright faces and lovely forms, seemed to give it the likeness of fairy land, with a strange dreamy restfuiness, as if all care and suffering were lifted for a little while from my heart. It was the lull be fore the storm, it seemed to me afterwards. With a crash the music broke forth, and all eyes were turned instantly to the stage, for a new star was to sing, and the music loving world was on the quci rite. The first part was over; there was a lull, and then the curtain, slowly rising, revealed Madam f-, the celebrated singer whose beauty nd music a world applauded, standing be fore us. To the day of my death I shall ever fnrget that scene.~ Th euiu woman in her silken robe glittering with jewels, the gay bright company who fol lowed her every move, are figures that are stamped on my memory in characters never to be obliterated. The band played softly a lovely prelude, sweet and soft as the breezes on banks of violets, and then Mad am L- began to sing. Slow, soft and sweet her voice rose, filling the wholeevast room, when suddenly there was a flutter, a murmur on and near the stage; it grew in strength, the singer paused, then went on, but in an instant a man sprang on the stage screaming fire at the top of his voice. For an instant the crowd wavered; a single tongue of flame like an evil eye darted out from a screen; that decided them. With a wild cry the people were on their feet in an instant; the next a rush, a jam, a furious battle for life and escape, and the scene beggars description. It would be quite im possible to describe the horrors of that hour. The building was really in flames before the crowd had half escaped from it. . I stood for some time where I had first risen, utterly dumb with horror and fright. I knew not what to do. My friends, mad with terror like all the rest, flung them selves into the surging mass and fought like demons to gain a foot toward the great en trance doors that stood so invitinglyly open, but blocked by the fighting, seething crowd. I saw Mr. Leiberg with his young wife clinging to him. push madly on, leaving me to my fate. But I remember even then thinking how fortunate it was that the elder Mrs. Leiberg and Mrs. Kent had remained at home. Just at that instant I found myself sud denly lifted by a strong hand and borne rap idly toward the stage, where a side entrance was placed for the convenience of the performers. It was from the stage the fire had caught, consequently it was here the fire burned hottest, but my preserver, who ever it was, made straight for the side entrance, but flames barred the way. "My God! too late! too late!" he gasped, but at that instant some one cried: "To the other side l There is a window there-fling her out there-better death on the st ones than to be roasted alive herel" [TO BE CONTINUED) BRIC-A-BRAC. OUR crrOIcE. Some l oys like the maiden with saucy blue eyer, Or fancy the girl with gold hair: Some chaps like the lass of diminutive size, Or maiden with a scholarly stare; Some youths are quite partial to tender young dears Or beauties who weightily crash: But men are convinced through the know ledge of years There's naught like the girl with the cash. The telephone operator has a perpetual holler-day For weighs that are dark commend us to the coal scales. The cold wave flag carries a black lozenge in the centre. This is for bronchitis. A sailor is a lightning change man. In a twinkling he can turn into a hammock. The mathematician's favorite season is the sum-mer. The milkman's is the spring. Song of the emancipated debtor-'We do not sneak as we pass by." "Man wants but little here below." But he gets it below zero too often for comfort. Thousand-dollar clerks who live at the rate of ten are the ones from whom the safe combination should be kept. A Greek wedding ceremony lasts all day. The duration of the divorce ceremony isn't mated. The coat-tail flirtation is the latest. A wrinkled coat-tail bearing dusty toe marks means, "I have spoken to your father." "That remains to be seen," is what the young lady remarked when she left some thing on the plate "for manners." The woman who maketh a good pudding in silence is better than she who maketh a tart reply. One hundred and eleven years must elapse before the next row of three figures will stand in line to designate the year. When a fire in a kitchen stove goes out it.of ten leaves undone those things which it should have done. The dog is not much of a pedestrian. but he can make an unlimited number of laps in a very short space. "Don't danee" young men should par take of "hop bitters." It might lubricate their limbs a little. It is a great honor to be a rear admiral. but, curiously enough, we never heer of a rerr general or a rear high private. There is a certain corset factory that turns out two corsets a minute This is a striking illustration of haste m..ing waist. See that your animals are maa-' comfort rble when the mercury is playing; about the zero point. Of all dark traits that disfigure the hu man race, that of wishing to belittle or de grade the charater of another is the lowest. An investigator has come to the conclu sion that women have a larger proportion of brown eyes than men. There Is nothing under the face of the sky that can be quite so stuck up as a sheet of postage stamps when it tries to. "Oh, very beautiful are little girls, And goodly to the sight." So John G. Saxe wrote years ago, And John G. Saxe was right. Quite beautiful are little cirls, And pleasing to the view; Their rosy cheeks and clustering curls I like to see. Don't you? Yes, very beautiful are little girls, And yet the dullest prig Will willingly agree with me They're prettier when they're big. Wife-0, doctor, Benjamin seems to be wandering in his mind! Doctor (who knows Benjamin)-Don't trouble about that; he :an't go far. The age of a tree is determined by the number of its rings, but it is not saf' to apply this rule to the bejewelled oveige maidan or the overgrown monopoly. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether a man is firm in principle or simply obstinate, but the man himself never expresses any oubt. It was the young tailor who said, referr ing to a rival for the affections of a young ady, that he thought he knew enough to be able to cut him out. When you see two dogs growling and etting ready to fight, remember that it is nly a joint debate, and the liveliest dog will get away with the joint. "Yes," said Smith, "when the United States gives away lands to railroad corpo rations it sinks to the level of a colporteur." How is that7" asked Jones. "Because it ecomes a tract distributor." A girl who weighs one hundred and wenty pounds and has thirty thousand ollars in her own right, no matter how hmely, unattractive or cross-tempered she ay be, is worth her weight in gold. "What is your employment ?" asked his lonor of a prisoner arraigned for vagrancy the other day. "Walking, sir." "Where o you walk?" "Well, that's according to hich way the policeman is eoming from." Physician (to patient)--Youlr case is a very serious one, sir, and I think a consul tation had better be held. Patient (too sick to care for anything)-Very well, doctor; have as many accomplices as you "I began wvith nothing." boasted a mil ionaire who had made his money in rooked ways. "And that is the condition n which you have left those who dealt with y-ou,"' was the blunt response of a NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULES. The New York Star gives the following statement touching the new Civil Service rules: "The new Civil Service rules seem to meet with general approbation. Those who consider themselves the particular champions of the new system express their satisfaction with the specillc penalties pro vided for violation of the laws regarding political pressure and partisan assessments in Government offices. But the execution of these provisions will merely enforce enactments that are already very specific, and, in- fact, the rules consist mainly of a condensation of the statutes. As long as these statutory provisions exist, their rigid enforcement can cause no surprise. "Practical men will welcome most of the new matter in the revised rules. The limitations of age are changed so as to abolish the absurd provision that prevented persons over 45 years old from competing for positions, while the age of eligibility is raised to 26 years, in order that mere schoolboys may be no longer employed to the exclusion of citizens of voting age. The standard of eligibility is raised from 65 per cent. to 70 for all except veteran soldiers and sailors, and the veterans are favored in many other ways in all compe titions. A most important and beneficial change is the one conceding to appointing officers the absolute right to rejcct nomi nees of the Civil Service Commission. The former practice in this matter was of ques tionable constitutionality, and the return to sound methods will go far to remove the objections of friends of good govern ment to Civil Service administration. "In the Post Office the age for letter car riers is raised from 16 to 21 years as a minimum, and from 35 to 40 years for the maximum; and for general employes the minimum is advanced from 16 to 18 years, and the 45-year barrier is abolished, as in other departments. The list of officers ex empted from Civil Service classification is made delinite, and is increased by the ad dition of chief clerks and heads of di visions; and in many other ways the ten dency of the new departure is to render Civil Service reform more acceptable to the people." Talked With Her Dead Husband. A North Adams, Mass., special to the New York World says: "Mother is dead; come at once." was the message telegraphed by Dexter M. Bishop, of Readsboro, Vt., a few days ago. The message had to be contradicted, for Mrs. Lois M. Bishop, aged 86. had not died. After lying un conscious for hours, she revived and to day is apparently restored to her former health. Mrs. Bishop says that while she was unconscious she heard a voice say, "Mother," and she recognized it as the voice of her eldest son, Franklin Sylvester, who died fifty years ago. She also recog nized the voice of her husband, who died thirty-five years ago. He asked her what she wanted, and if she was coming to him, and she replied, "Yes, William, I have been in great afiliction." After having seen and talked with her dead husband and son, the old lady says she doesn't want to live any longer, but wants to go to them. She has no doubt that it was heaven where they were, with all its glories and brightness. Just before she was laid on her bed her hands became purple and the coloring crept nearly up to her wrists, and then nearly the whole length of her arms. Her feet became icy cold and the same purple coloring began to show in the body. While this discolora tion was taking place, Mrs. Bishop called each of her three daughters, her son, Dex ier, her son-in-law, Truman Greenslet, and her ten grandchildren and gave them a farewell message. Soon after she was dead, to all appearances, and the fact of her death was communicated to the neigh bors. The story of her coming to life reached the villnge of Readsboro, and cu riosity seekers are coming in force to see her. Why lie Voted for Lamar. Senator Standford, of California. has written the following letter to a constituent who asked his reasons for voting for the confirmation of Mr. Lamar as Justice of the United States Supreme Court: "Your lett er asking my reasons for vot ing for Lamar received. I voted for him because I considered him one of the best men in the South for the place. He is, in my judgment, a broad, liberal-minded man, of a great deal of learning. He was professor of law in the University in Mis sissippi. I think he is a thoroughly con verted Unionist, and I do not think it wise to reject any one on the ground alone that they were engaged in the late rebellion. I think that we want to be one people, politi cally and socially. Gen. Grant expressed the idea when he said: 'Let us have peace.' "Lamar's loyalty and integrity to the Union was passed upon most conclusively when both houses of Congress provided for the succession to the Presidency and made him an heir, only a few removes from the Presidency. I am reluctant to find myself not in harmony with all the Republican Senators, but it was a case, so far as my action was concerned, entirely for my own judgment and conscience, and I voted accordingly." A Beautifli GIrl's Sad Fate. BALT~IORIE, February 7.-A pitiful spec tacle was presented at the Southern police station this morning when a patrolman led, in a beautiful girl, apparently not more than 18 years old, and so scantily clad that she had been found nearly frozen to death, huddled in an unused ash cart in an alley. From the wild stare in her black eyes and her strange actions it was evident that she was insane. Her black hair hung down her back and the drizzling rain on it had matted it and frozen. Her scant calico dress was covered with sleet and her feet were almost bare. No one knew her. She did not ap pear to be a vagrant, but was likely a stranger here. At times there was a gleam of intelli gence in her beautiful face and then she would talk to those about her. Once she said hgr name was Maggie and that her usband was an army oflicer who had a pension of $3,000 a year. Itis not believed hat she is a married woman. The police re trying to find her friends. She appears o be refined. During her insane wander ings she frequenty exclaimed, "Oh, my rain, my brain,"- and putting her hand to er head seemed tr-ing to force her mind o respoind to the questions asked as to her dentity. A Novel Bet. A novel bet was lately decided in a res twiranit in Philadelphia. A gentleman as ecrted that the majority of men did not now what they were drinking, and offered o bet that lie could confound anyone so hat he could not tell water from whisky. ne of the party accepted the wager and he preparations began. The man was irst blindfolded and then a number of lasses, containing water, milk. whibky, herry, claret, Rhine wine and gin, were et out on the bar. They were handed to he blindfolded man one at a time and he vas told to name the liquor after tasting it. lie got through the list bravely until he amie to the gin. which he called port wine. hen; the man started him back, but it was oon very evident that his palate had been :nocked silly. He called milk water, and inally was forced to admit that nll the iquors tasted alike and that he had lost his >et. Speaking of encyclop-edias, the academy t P'ekin has got up one of those treasuries f human knowledge which leaves the ritannica far behind, so far as bulk is ancrned, being in 10000 volumes. THE BRUTAL WHITE U tPS. A Man Who Went Against Their Wishes Is Whipped Nearly to Death. EVANSvILLE, IND., Feb. 5.-A report has reached this city of a dastardly out rage by White Caps, committed on Friday night near Marengo, Howard county. Ind. In that locality reside Thomas Williams and wife, who were subjected last year to great indignities, so it is said, at the hands of the White Caps. At the time Williams claimed to have recognized among his as sailants a prominent young man, Thomas Courtney, Jr., the son of one of the lead ing physicians of the county. He imme diately sought the arrest of young Court ney, who, fearing trouble, left for parts unknown. Nothing further was heard of the young man, though it transpires that he had located with his father at Fort Scott, Kansas, and, a telegram from that point yesterday announced that he had been arrested upon a requisition from the Governor of Indiana and was back in Crawford county. This news seemed to have enraged the friends of the young leader and they determined to wreakitheir yengeance on Williams, who was supposed to have encompassed the arrest of Court ney. Reports received1 state that they went to his house last night at a late hour and de manded admittance, which was refused, when they broke down the door just as Williams tired three shots into the crowd from his revolver. It is not known if any one was hurt, but it seemed to infuriate the masked men, who proceeded to tie Mrs. Williams to the bedstead and took Williams into the yard, where he was bound to a tree. They then told him that they had come for his written and sworn statement exonerating Courtney from all participation in the crime charged against him and that his refusal would result in his being put out of the way. Though thus intimated, he refused to do it, and their leader ordered that he should be flogged until he agreed to sign the state ment. He was therefore stripped and bound closely to the tree, with his face turned inward. The lash was applied vigorously, bringing the blood for some moments, when the head of the poor man was no ticed to fall backward, and it was ascer tained that he had fainted. At that mo ment the sound of approaching horsemen caused the miscreants to decamp. Wil Hams was cut down and the usual reme dies applied, but he failed to regain con sciousness, and at last accounts was re ported in a dying condition. The White Caps made good their escape. The wife states that during the parley with her husband in the yard, and while she was fastened to the bed, one of the miscreants would have subjected her to grosser indignities had he not been pre vented by a companion. The outrage is said to have aroused that section of coun try, where a very strong feeling has sprung up against the repeated crimes of the White Caps. Died for 300,000. NEW YoRK, February 7.-A trial that is attracting considerable attention is the suit of Frederick B. Smith against the National Benefit Society. He claims a policy for $10,000 on the life of John Tyler. The case is on trial in Brooklyn. Tyler died in a hotel in South Norwalk, Conn., in November, 18S6. The insur ance companies got their heads together and discovered that they were stuck to the amount of $300,000. 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