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VOL. XI V.
BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. €,, AUGUST 6, 1891
No.
f.nishing uio duties which he-had left
undone durin™ tho day, Imagers was
landing over tlie paper on his desk. nVb
room was lighted dimly by an argand
Bj CUAELES DWIGHT WILLAED. !f w ‘?W u ’ 1 ‘ c " at last l.o lookea u r ,
v ; Iio discovered that ho was no longer
{ alone, but that a tall dressed in a
N a cer- ’ shabby suit of black cloth, was standing
tain win- j n^ar him. lie had entere'tl unpojticod, i to excite my fears by predicting my
although Indh the street ami office dbors j death, jt will avail nothing. I am in too
were closed. His arms were folded, and ! good health to allow my spirits to he
from under the brim of. his black slouch i touched hy superstitious dread of such
m-
s
whom hefbolieved to he nn impostor.
iVfter a few moments of silence ho Raid,
with Apparent unconcern: “It i:vevident,
whoever you are, that you know much
about Howard Russell and myself, yet 1
am in no way affected by the pretended
messages which'you deliver. I do not
believe.in them at all. As to vour effort
ter morn
ing, a few
years ago,
Mr. Clark
Rogers,
»«%VMndpn(RNai
the “Co.” in the
firm of llarkness,
Lyon. & Co., in
Bansomo street,
appeared nt the
oltice with a very
unnmial expression on his face. Ilark-
iie*w, who was an affablts klmlTy nmn,- f gtronge-^hdtor. waaaicak.m^i hlmyd., and
noticed It, and ftakod whether ho was not some unearthly being;'Mr. Rogers’
‘This Is the last report of Fate/
Diego by boat? Itks a pleasant enough
/rip if you are
Rogers started and said, rather tost
ily: “What in the world put that Into
your head? Lhatt) tho water, and have the door of the oflice in the djiisk npf tho
never beeti on nn ocean l.oat in my-life.” j evening. ^ *
After some little discussion ns to the
comparative • merits of seasickness and tremor seized him, and for an instant lie gone and he rfvLs still a sound man, with
death, the firm began to look over the j fqlt sick and faint. A moment later he prospect of many years of life ahead of i
him. Tiie m^steriorm coincidences had j
’HE LAND OF
(vwpfct'ly had ho driven, the ghostly 1
■rarfengo from his jthoughta Uavt he did thougiit Rogers; "how euperstition does 1 pr<v of Kntnr#
>st- not rcinemhta-that tlvla'visit to the doctor, .. jnsiilt a nmh o,vlipn slie has him d^\vn.” t; cr •ud'VWt
nto had been predicted, until I to Rtfjptl before t On the morning of the twenty-swanth n ' * fnllownm? It *« rr
f
INVERTED ORDER.
Ik
hat a pair of great, deep set eyes looked
down upon the merchant.
‘.‘(jooi iavcni’ng/’T^iid ho, when Roger?
“How did you get in?’’ naked Rogers
in a startled tone.
“The doors open quietly, and you were
much aljsorbod in your work,” the man
answered.
As it became more evident that his
Seen
Vlclnltjr* ' ■-? a j
. . a, In the folldwing it is proposed to t«row
gamer wont out the OoHen Ou o with that Anatnaianan bo termed “The Land
m .Clark Rog.*ra a» a (meecager. The pa- 0 fi, 1T erted Order.- In the Antlpod«B»
Tlu-n. a^ he rang tho loll, a midden ; du tod day of htt d.afl, had come and : ^ „ f that ncw s„ nth Padfic re pdb.
nvhhrhw crh»'r/t.V f»tsH fr>t» f.i» La* »rwl h/> wri* fi a/'iiinil mart tv»m» «. , f , •
he everything has gome reraarkabte
i eharacteristio peculiaritr. Instead oC
letters which the. corresponding clerk I regained control of himself, and laughed him. a lie m^styFions-comci.lcnces had , h aves h ivmu tlieir flat aides turned
had laid out. , *j cprolc«B)y as he remembered how nb- revealed to him thatsyango things ^ the'-gititmd they fltiuid edsewiM. The
One of these was from a traveling surdly the medium inui failed in his might happen fer whiottitjp'eoAM not ac- ^ tisRum pf Atr>enca is the only »»
an event.'; , agent of the company, whoso route lay ■ ctTort k> describe the physicinh’s appear- j county hpt they ha4.vstop|M i short ©I of iwtmchod anfmal khown to vLb
in the southern part of the sfute. It | ance. • : 'v> . ’ | m(>rt> dangerous ground. He was now '• o U «to pf Australia. On tho Atistndhus
■j ■■■ tho Inllucmc «f lim m.pt.wtl. <ou ti„ c „t fboro ore *t leut 110 opedM
HH H| BBS . eervm^wba.nhi.iiri.^..l.tl.e. t. lb.,. ■ n'nuid .ounh cnl ircly./ktftLtal.^ htein;- thtt ^h.tin-.iiBihng j^cullority.
desk in the afternoon,vyou will ex pc- mg on their I nooks for a number of thou- j “Step into the oflice, please, and I will 1 save tltat at tnn<*8 he would perhaps look
ricuce a fudden fluttering of the heart, ! sands i>f dollars, had l»eeomo badly ! speak .to him.” Rack to laugh at hi* unexpected display
followed by a strange feeling in the J involved in* land speculations, and, It! The gas had not been lighted, and'the ' of weakness.
was belib^ed, was oil t)ie point of bank- offlee was quite dark. Mr. Rogem scrvled i Nevertheless, he’ found himself
Ff thoeaao wero Ixandhui care-1 Uimtielf near one
man
“As to your health, it is by no means
what you believe it to he. On the day | contained tho information that a cu3*> j “Is the'doctor in?” lie nsired of-Uio-Lfi'ijg from tho Influence of tho 'Hupersti*
arteries. This will Ik? repeated at inter-
val i, until you are compelled to consult-; -rupteyr
this
They have been arranged into fir©
tribes, according to- the food they eat.
The root eaters (wombat*), the fruit eat-
not feeling very much out of sort* that
rooming. It did not escape Lyon, the
practical managing head of the firm,
who ventured the remark that Rogers
erldenUy had soruelhing on his mind.
*0 •
cahntjca-* returned. He motioned the
man to a seat opposite to him-iflf in front
of the (Jock, or.*!,.for a minute, looked
intently at.Ids face* as tho light fell ou it
from tl.e gas lamp. Tho lucdium's feat-
The bookkre^'ers, who wore ncctistomed i un * were large and striking, and of a
lb puifc uuder—Mr Tinmxrm' illn^-iton 1 waxy paleness.
entlv, wiien *Fr. IR-g^rs
ootxiiK > nt4'd ujKin- it nt noon to one an
other, and decidtsl that wane thing very
qtietr ruu^ liave lutpjtened to him
so deeply.
TIk* eotnething very (pi'X'r which had
rrpeK tl»e mattcr-of-fart intellect of Clark
Ro^era, and ha^i brought'the'a! mined,
bewfbWrd look upvn his fatv. was a k't-
ter which the poatmun had drUvered at
bU twcUekw apartiuents that niohning.
widr tho* reeding of tb*tt Mternc«*m-
pine revolution had taken place in his
WHnd. For tlie first ttmo ludrta life of
forty-five years he w.i* brmirh.t
face with ai'mkti i:^ f >r w!
find no cdncei^jole nphina
tofora no pn>l*"in had ever pr sc
•»*4f to which In* plain co- me i
wna not npiaL Ik-ing tin'* •’!
thrown from the regul.ir orbit w!
w as ar(-u.-a*wr.sl to lrA«i r>>. t!.o
wn.* emucthing very bke a j«antc.
* The strang* thing umc^rning thf
t**r, which had omuc regularly thr
the mail and hore The .‘•'.m l* ran
piwtuiark of th# preo.'-fina; day,
that it cam# from a dead man.
Howard Knssell was
be no douU, for i
fore Regers him*
hi* hmly to the g
frten istloring ’hi
in a d.s*ayi*.g Ni*
tlie min'© hand.
vv->tlils dnu>4 tli;
lionar 1 Raw ‘ft.
name, was m ritt*
hand, an*) ountilt
of which no t»ott «*»*»
n Mralwl effort!'»iu
11 ,pw* na 1 am! ro r
|»encncing as he
<>f meet a I minib
foil..***:
W v l*v«a Gt v”*
f.A r.-o,-tT- % i-i'+r
W
Pn
«* lf control
ppcak, lie s;ii
buflncs* with me?’
“1 (lv> not know,
III* nirtliod of
Mrango ns
k lowly, yet
at n breath.
“You do m-
you come for?
Tl»e man |»*i.
ius ey t s. mmi
'*rt’ r cj'T
My phy Mciiin has a long black beard,*
said Rogers, grimly,’
“Thy one you will consult lias not.
However, your death Is not to Ijo the re
sult of illness, for l can see you n siiort
time before the oCcurrerce, and yoiiaTe
then a robust man, a. Ultio palo, but in
good heaiilt.
0 , , | • , , . . . » i i erM (pbalangersj, the grata eaters (fcsn-
of k thc. Wimlawfl, and : WQrutng 8ubj^t_to n.strange «ort of do- ; ar ^ Uie insect -eaters and tho fish
entered at t he other lu-er^ion, for which l.o could not account. , t . att . rt ' (na ti vo cats and rats). Of th©
a piiyHicma. I see you with him now. fully, tho agent Considered that most of ’ pn^iently a
Ho is a short man, with bristling tho debt could be realised, hut If the' side of tjn> roopiwliom hbdid not recog- it gsemod to no’ ^conoecUon with U,wo*pbait» there are four species, all of
brows and ni gray mustache.” matter was neglected there might be a \ nize, blit wiio he saw by Ms stature could the disagreeablb'fhbugItt* ~oT the pj»Rl" which burrow in Uio ground.
not iraljr. BomL ' . ‘ ^ | few days, but was uniqno and indescrilr-
“Excuso mo a moment, until l light! able. Ho wandered about the ship, try-
conr.idcrajde loss.
“One ojC^ us mint go down (o Ventura
imtnfHjHfely alid h.>o what can bo done,”
«a>tT lark ness.
“Without a doubt.” paid Lvon; “here
the gas,” said, a voice, which soundwl
familiarly oh’ hhi car; “Dr. lionet Is out
of tho city, Mr. Rogers, but i suppose
ntly cs ; a'aU bed to
>U. dir. v hut i t v our
answered the man.
jMiiking was quit© a*
ids appearance. lie spoke
uch scutctK'O seemed to conn;
know
what
“Since you can to’! no much,” RanJ the
merchant, “why do you not reyoal it all
to me, how and when my death Is to j
take place? ’ • , # ,
“I will tell yon all that I can see,” an- 1
•wored the clairvoyant. “You are be
fore iuy eyrs now, with death l*:t a few
moments away. You stand in u small
room, with white wooden wiiIIa. It re-i
is Rogers’ ocean trip all mapped out for ' you would juntas soon consult with me.’
him by fats'.” ( As ho.spoke the light flashed up and
“1 Uni Very b :sy Just
ers, fclowly, and ho liegan to f.s*| his
heart !>eat with rapid, pfUdcrousoliokcs;
“hew scion ought I To go?”'
Itefors tho suswor came hy felt what |
it was to be. ,
“There L* no very presdn * haste: four
or iito days Is soon enonJo; p. k y tho
twenty-fifth or the twenty-sixth.”"
“If 1 went 1 should go by kind, I
think.” -
“You can’t do tint very well*»Lthis
season of ih# Tcr.r. 1 notice by tin* pa- .
that tl*u tnnta rktri Is v.-ry h :h f
lug in vain to get away from tho dlscom
fort of this new sensation. It was tho
reaction, ho t<»ld himself, of the strain
through v\hHi he had l»oen passing.
Once thrown from its balance his mind
CiSii and a i.ien.lw r c-f Ib.gt i'n own club;
a short man, with very bushy eyebrows 1
and n gray mustaches
On the evening of tbo t.cxt day, ns
Mr. darkness was dining alone with ids
wif«v he remarked to ncr that Ibigera
had rceoived a bad blow that morning.
“rtogera’ heir, you know,” said be, |
“fa Uis'ki tcr’* sou, n: young fi lhw by the '
norweof Wi tfalL Tl^t morning’s pa-t
p r* contained n <!! j| ateh to tho effect i
l!»at Ik* had eomroltted a aeri
Uoa, mid had Udl-nl for talc
tcyrihle .alfufr, end 1 never
I || |» l ^ W
► to c©ntn*|"liiiieclf, and
ling but br«yv| over it all
home ho;*?* that ’It was
■ railing-far Informn-
mtiiviy conflnued.
‘••nee; ho went tor., e
t. v. ho wamV*.! him
v n ill, and M
all Id* previum
f> depi'fid
Fiona of
mldetdy, j
•w'CrvCT. I
c
It IMH’lllc
itliful rsanan
one
y«s»o> 1 hu'.* e
! unv
mmJ
loctoalth j m. «.. ! ft l
..-1 1 1.
toitiMn nN**lH*.n thr* -i r*i
1 1 .*4-
Ms J*
%r4 rW l 11) 1* 1 «»**:;•
-<y«u,;
Jit+I by MirK**;l **An *. ■» ** t-
* Ui*kr
'
1 km.» t’wt «h*v I* all
m;t <J \
Your
ro!u*f. K*.j**T!« r'* * i r* 1* *v«*r
j*hi th# |ilitr i f tli-* n ;
If*-* *.# *
<u U*
• Mrth s'ls-r *'< C-p-utii
r»tro'i
Two other very curious animals ar©
found in Australia that are unknown in
any other part of the world. These ar©
tho echidna and the’ ornithorhynchns*
This latter is a species of beast shaped
like a beaver, but having web feet and ©
bill like a duck. Then there is a flying
~- v% * mor..- p, abmtt half the false of -
mbn mouse and of a bright rod color. Ill
u l v ’ n ^ , , ' , has n very long, furry tall, which is used
As I'oi leaned against tin rail, a prey , ^ a rmldcr and loriluninch like a feather
to these moody reflation*, someone w i Kn fully expanded,
touelicd Ida arm, end bo turned to die-i Tho trees uro always in full leaf, bnt
cover a farmer u>t>l:k. r|H r <.f tho firm, ^bod their bark every year, which fact
wearing thecap and uniform of tho pur f . lI wj wonld ]>e pnmdcut to make th©
! Antipodean continent a wonderland.
iLi. t-
ca m:^ht seize
sr-r <»f the ship.
“Mr. Rogers, Tam aatonlsln/Tand de- i
ligl-.ted to wo you, sir,” ho said. . Never ,
in his life had the merchant stood tnoro j
Da- . in tu*e^l of compcny. The cordiality with |
u it is a i which hu reliumd
a man so ' greeting <pfne'n#(t»*nl*l»ed that genflenian
li^i Afn*r rimw Iwni tiilkud a
.1:
at iherc Is somriKfng (lie n.alter with j Ik.*!. Tho iaitcr was a ta!kat|vo young
s heart, and that hx liad I* *t ©la? to U - man, * Ik? i*x jh rk*nciHl an unrsunl degree
et til* nIT.ifrs are ail iu order. Iio had ' of pi
The loaves of nearly all the trees ar©
highly aromatic, but the native flowers,
though of most brilliant tint, have no
fragrance whatever. In writing of th©
I is former ckrk • b/ 4 ckward order of things in Australia.
* *| ‘ J Mr. M. W. Ullathorne says;
“-■"ATT'fraiia is the ewtlpsAw of the
tiro world. In that country a rising
I barometer indicates rain, and a falling
1 baroincter f.dr weather. The swans ar©
j black and tho eagles white; the mole I©
! oviparous and has a dock's beak; th©
. dogs hare a wolfs h-ad, a fox's tall, and
i never bark. They also have a bird with
a tjn;pi* like a broom, and a fish which
, ho* port of tho body belonging to th©
miro hi ruiviing ns an equal bis KllU nn(i ^ totho ?rna(|
iil.^et.cf jpkom ho had form* rly j xianjr winged serpents are found ths«©
! end fl«h with large feathery wing© Th©
| emu ie a bird oe large as an ostnoh, hot
i instead of feathers has hair.. On© bird
has a nob? like a bell, another cries ilk©
' Won’t > uU votno to my
Ilo^en*? It Is a coxy. Rule
otlco j uilUTf* UAt look ing. well,
illy for you here, is it net?* 1
i was nuall butpleasanL Mr.
*uph*d a chair hy tho denk,
mr ,*r K.t mi the evlgoof tlie
a??*e. While IFUeiing to
tU?, Mr. Hogors’ uucasLutws
ilshM.
at of n darTerous trip; dc
you know li/” ©?id the purser.
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yi ifr \ v v •Xtt' rtf
*a1> y.w to UMfiwi* n Shi ■ *
tJiat jri .» *U< ' 1
IlnaurU Itu*** !i > uTK.n
J »ia r**nitml *. i <»f t*L'
* liSii > ca UlllvVi » ’‘i 1 1*‘ h-
»ny <W**.lli. that I sealil r> n
ft'iy * to >
? iai, t<*y « f t’ <*«
h*^*tii«s t!i- w-.-l
•i*ml «ol.*t'iiiK t.vrt'i.
of -wr wTO nnent
ymt lma r -lni* th it n::f «>r. <
tins** two«H , ctirr«*.H'iV».
It N tar th-« Mar;
to s; vak to you, .n. I l>* v c wi
you o»o* ly.rv* h"f yr> i rr.*
t!>** *'v**i.lr.>;of th * •!:y +rh "
y«*n will flnil yoar.iolf
='Uiifiii.>Ji , >l work . Tlwr* w i
V Iio w ill (five 111 < n.VIH? > s ( ‘ ilti
to R)»rak my wokU You
)i*aru your dwtiny. nn<t n< t up/n t:it*”n lvk\*wliu h
I* t.-o lcrcd. IaS m t your «l. ibelief l:i t'.it* ; j
lilllty of thlit (•!•<*«' ).»ur* i;-.»loth<* tnd'i Ui:Ii
fioki judkhustt forth** i«re.*ut, but li..i.'ii f^itli
f to my imt«.i .a.
Tub t.riniT or II »AW» Rctictx.
Now, bad any one oi tlark R .v r - j
friends, wbo wito wort to admire tlie j
cool, practical way In which'ho too!; Iho |
CiTnirs of life, njabnl such an occurrence
to him, ho would have been uLno lo . tfoi
nn explanation. “Some entorpri: u:;;
©windier,” Iio would luKy doclnrcd,
“who happened to have learned there
facts alto'di. you, imitates the dt ad man's
Ii.and writing in Uio hope of getting you
to pay for further direio-nros.” Yet, now
that the case was of Ids own experience,
this explanation was dismis.-c i almost
■without a hearing. For a lime his
thoughts continued to grope about blind
ly. striving to grasp anything by which
they could lind their way hack to light.
The^c 8cn)nied to be nofiiing within reach,
©nd for oneo hopeless amazement ruled
in his mind. . .
As Mr. (.lark Rogers had no rela
tives, ho proposed to leuvo his prop
erty to his sister's son. a young man
of consul era Ue business promise, who ■
lived in a city cif the middle west. Such
© lif© was without perplexities of any
•ort. and tended to rakhe ijarder to l»oar
anything etraugo or unexpected which
came to pass.
• For tlieae rcapous, tlierefore, tbo face
©f Clark.Rogers wore tho troubled look
which had attracted tho notice of Ins
partners and the clerks,
advised him to BiisjKUid judgment until
bo should have further evidence, and in
the olfort to accomplish this ho found
himself unable to keep hiathoughts ujion
his work during th© dav. Ibul ho been
able to offer himself any explanation
whatever, he might have dismissed the
question from hi* mind, but in default
of that it eonsiantfy returned to torment
him. rrestsitiy a curious d(^ire to ©eo
the eottciusion of tiie-stfair t.iok posses
sion of him, rrvi lie began to wonder
whKh«r the alleged “mediuui" would
put in an appear.^*?-'. .
vo
w!
d? 1
years unee y.-.u evrn uu*a .*i oi ^:ary
Yon have n >t cun d t>* Kara whetln i
*ljei» happy or ?\Tel •bed, although at
one time hiu* wa* to have been yuurwife.
You !.row that t ho w a • now a widow,
but bow »ho b a maintaini d. lierself and
her efiildreai you have not n-kid. In
yoiTT narrow and T-'wrro way yon havr
uhvaya blnme.l lur tor (!ic t epurution
"which your i. gieet nr. 1 eoldness foreetl |
her to bring .' iM-ut. When kIjo niarri.'d '
you <!i mi.;, eil !- v -r Cv nn your thoughts j
as having -been—tmwcrihy of yea. > You
arc as eelh ’.i r.nd ca unfeeling now n« i
you were when by your*! uperffir itrengtli
of will y ou compelled me to give her up. ,
“Fi r years 1 have seen the woman I >
loved ninei'ing fr<>in poverty and hard-«
riiip, and luive Ion;;; d to help her. 1 .
knew that it vena idle to communioah i
with ybti. foj die is too proud to aeeiq>< ’
tho h!i;;!it.' t lienetit from yon v.diile y ou 1
are etili niive. i'vents Lave at last taken
a turn we.ieh puts it in ybm power to
offer her u&-Lionet* that siio will !.(»t ro*.
lUFC*.
“-Clark Rogers. I come to warn you ]
that tho day of your death C id bund: it
i;*?iot i\ month away, it a K’aivejy more
than a week. The will which you had
drawn up three years ago leaves the
bulk of your property to your nephew.
Within three days you will iveeivo in
formation through tho newspapers of
his iK'tiayal of tho trust imposed’inTJm,
and of his disgraceful flight. When you
framo a new testament—and S(.k? that
you do not do Lay in doing so—remember
tho woman whot.0 iito was rendered
miRcrablo by your seiG- h neglect* The
Tho letter bad money which you had intended to leav© |
toAmur pister’fl uuworthy son will goto
re
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“KcmemlwrJ" said he.
In another instant .ho was gono. Rog-
ers Beizcd his pen and began to work on
tho]K>okn which wero lying before him,
noting down flm raPulUof his calcula
tions on,,«> of. paper. Frequently
>rn
p.udc n;; jin K P.ecI j
with wbieh htiliad I
r.-L rnTTtl i n nv I: j<» *•
lea su Idenly ovanorat*
Mic<x sslqn of pr<*ifs ro* o before
the vision of kings to Macl»etli.
part of t!u> me. sago remained
,unfuIlilTcd: that bo should go to sea on I
tho twenty-*jxth 'and there meet his j
death. An 1 he wa - r oing to m* et fate j
instead of avoiding (hoehaneo of its con- i
rumination. No power coul 1 carry him j
«>n 8 hip board if ho i**fu«ed to {►>, and ‘
l thero was no reason why ho should not |
n j delay the proposed voyage. Tho doctor j
silence. had csjjecially warned l.im to avoid wor-
“You rp«a\* in a ft ran go manner.” he . r y end exeitehieut, and by deciding to
said, “as t ho*rgh something wero trou- g 0 on Bomo < t!.er date he Could save him-
hlingy-ou.” 1 self this ngitati -n, fool.-h it was, to be
Rogers drew his hand slowly oyer his sure*, but none the I i po drive.
t'y° 3 * . j He caught eagerly at this comforting
“Several odd thing j have happened to Buhtcrfugo-and wo-n chrmt to goto the
nv?of Into,” ho confe se l; “l cannot cx- | senior partner, 'when that gentleman en-
plain to you what they were, but they 1 tered Mionx^m witli a newspaper in bis
have* tempted t:ic*Jp yield to superstitious j hand.
fancies. I stipposo each tliiugi never “l say, Rogers,” lie said, “wero you
trouble you.” % j expecting t * go to-morrow?” Theh.with-
“Oftcn, often,” paid (lie senior mom-1 out waiting for’an am wer, lie continued;
ni-j “Leeaueo you are iinblo to bo disap-
\ ' X \
"Thin (.* a *ort nf a ifitnjemvn trip.*
“Why, bow L tljat?” inquired the tuer
Juant, nervotiMr.'
“Wo are carrying nljout r.H the gun
poBi*T*r and oil and sue
that tiro policy will allow. If we should
catch flr© now it would not tako long to
© child, whllo a third Ungh© M though
hi© side© would split.—bt Look Bo-
public,
B©wtfc©ra©.
Ancestry and local sarroondinfs, men-*
U1 gifts And mental defect©, unit© to
tnako Uawthorue th© greatrat mailer of
tin* pr* h-roatnml, the ma^lciaa of the
•poll of Baix?ruaturAl aw©. Fr- m every
ride come tlie element© which produce
tho effect of nnsubstAntUlity—his power
of pensive brooding, the brown twilight
color which wraps his figures in a strange,
hazy Atmosphere, the coldneee of his
Analysis, tho self posses don of hi© style,
the indefiniteuroa of hia toheh. the ind©-
termiuateness of his end. ilia heroes
and heroines Ravo little warmth; they
scarcely talk like ordinary men end
women; they move self consciously;
they speak constrainedly, as though
there is something present which reads
their thoughts, notes their gestures,
registers their actions.
Tho human interest Is never §o over
powering as to break through the film
ihRtotoUlik ! °f VHttaHtttHK. A tUMlCT Of U» b y -
play of suggestion, his hints meet us at
every turn. His stlCtle mind and pic
torial imagination give ghostly signifi
cance to the commonest object© Ho
him for a moment
her, drooping i.'iL> a.Beat; “but Idiad i:
aginod tint you wero altogether too
iuatter-of-faet to bo a.TectOvl by sueli
f.j!]y. For uivai lf, 1 have been addicted
to lli.it sort of thing K,> constantly that J
Imve,^ la t, foi-mulatorvu theory on tlip
Did l ever mention it to you?
I hold that a superstition positively ex
ist;? for you if you belie vo-iu it, but if
you repudiate* it, it i i dead. If youlmvo
tbo Mrengtli of will to go deliberately;
and do what the portent, whatever it
blow VIA skyward.” -
Mr. Rogers said hut little, rot being byj . ... .
ULUiua .nji um.iiiflluruTlu n...ir Wll, i '"I*!' 1 "
.ho purser It * ... ililfcrcnti It wa. notj 3S *“ l1 ' uent P^ntlnR II nitea^TSB
often that bo tecured so attentive a lu*-
tener ns bis present one.
"Are you going to stop In Ventura •
very long?” be InquimL
“No.” answered i!.o other.
“Well, you_ougbt t >.” H.iid t’jo pui’ser,
“everything Is beautiful «I*i w n*.! lefS ITOW.'
The lulls are a velvety green and tbo
m or daws are fairly carpeaed with wild
flowers. -Spring begins a little earlier
than It doe* u,» alxr.o, and it is already
well under way.
Tor winter’« rafns nni nilna an? over,
/.u*l ail U.e Kouson of luiov.n aoi] j>nui r
always giving it concrete shape, exhibit©
it from fr sh points of view, offers it i©
new combination, till the reader end©
by fooling that ho is himself haunted by
the impalpable, inevitable presence of
Hawthorno’s thought.—Edinburgh lie*
view. _
CmiM) nf White Hair After Burning.
Rajs Dr. Leonard, in explaining thrf
caob-o of the growth of white hair after
burns or abrasions of the scalp: “Th©
burn or inflammatory action has ex
tended deep enough to destroy tlie top of
the papilla, but not enough to Implicate
I. r>Pi»«» y«u M!0 much for ; lraw> awl Urac , n white hair l.tta
iwrtry, hut I am .ray fond of It. and try • ma}t Jf w0 repMent the to
to commit *mio to memory ovory dayi the f.dlirlo h. thYl.t.
. . ‘P’
pointed if you are, Tjicro is a boat to
morrow, but I notice(bat.shodiK's not t top
at Ventura. bYonx your mentioning Iho
twenty-sixth bo -ptsit ivcly, 1 fiU[qx)sed
you had looked it up.”
“When does my l>oat go?”
“On the twcnty-Boventli, the day after
to-morrow, l^upjvoso that w ill be quite
as convenient for you?”
Rogers burst into an excitqd laugh
What strikes you a:rso amuuing?” in-
may be, warn^you against, you are safe'! ?Juired IlarknesB. ■ .
from its influence. If you dodge the! ^To
^To tliijik,” laughed Rogers, “that I
bedashed ids pen through what ho bad*- event, of course you dodge tho calamity. \ ehohld have made nil my plans to go,
written and began again. Ho notieec
that Ids hand trembled and that his iin-
gers with dilBculty , directed tho pen
arjgTit, but this he assuivd himself was
the result of intense anger. 41© under
repair the wrong which you wrought .fitood that ho bad for a time lost control idea?
fifteen years ago. It will onablo one cf~
the nobie t nfKl t nie t womeix who'wair
lived to odHcatoRer childron arid spend
the remainder of her life in pence and
comb rt, blesumg your memory after you
But now, if, l>eliev'ing>in tho danger sig-
tunl,- you either ace i/1 en tally or thought-
l^ssly do whnt you are warned ndain/U,
then the omen holds good, liecauso you
-stiH belmvo-rirr itc Brr
you catch the
if himself, and had yielded to what he
and never looked to boo al>out tho boats.
For some reason or other I had an idea
that muu) would leavo on tho twenty-
sixUn” V '
Throughout the fated-day Rogers Bat at
his desk oyer his ledgers. Several times
“I think I do,” answered Rogers; and hostop^ed, glajacc^tTat theclock and then
at the ‘calendar, cnuK smiled. Iio was
n excitement now, and on-
th© folliclo diagrammatically by tho let
ter A, then that portion above tho crow
bar in tho letter will represent the color
forming part of the papilla; that below,
tho hair forming portion.” ’ -
It is very remarkable that everjtlmrrt
or abrasion of the scalp resulting in the
growth of white hair should be eo ac
curately graduated as to just take off
the top of the papilla—so remarkable, in
fact, that we venture to doubt it and to
set forth a different view of the color
producing process in the hair.—Hyland
C. Kirk in New York Time©
to uso for quotations, you know*. Those
lines are from Swinburne.”
.“Swinburne,” repeated Rogers, mc-
cbanically. Then he gave a quick glance
about tho room, ami his face turned a
bhado pale. Here* was tlie desk, tho
white pointed walls, and the mirror.
Tim purser Blood up, interrupting his
thoughts.
“Yes,” ho said, “I am very fond of
Swinburne; bo much so that I keep a
calendar in my room with a selection for
each day of tho year. By Jove! That
reminds met Yesterday I didn’t”
Ho placed hia hand on a coat which
hung over the desk boaido the mirror,
and was about to remoye it, when th©
officer of tho dock stepped to tho door.
’ “Hall,” he said, “you arc wanted;”
and then added in an undertone which
Rogers heard quite plainly, “trouble
down below.”
Tho purser went quickly out, closing
the screen door behind him. Rogers
started up and drew tho coat to one side.
Beneath it was the calendar bearing in 19 sick, and frequently many lapposably
large rod letters tho number twenty-eix alarming symptoms prove, npoa inve©-
tigation, to be either perfect!
occurrences or of very slight imj
—Monthly Bulletin. _
-fim
Don't Worry About Being filch.
One of the best ways to keep In good!
health is not to think or worry too mneb
about it. If yon feel strong and well
don’t imagine that some invidious di»*
rose may l>e secretly attacking yonr con
stitution. Many people are like the in
experienced traveler who anxiously In
quired about the symptoms of seasick
ness, and how he should know when he
bad it. One generally knows when ho
and the lines:
In his hesrt Is o ? !!*wl rterfr*,
Til hw eywrfojvianjwted^o of deatlx
Tho words seemed to soar hia eveballs
are .dead. ”
>■ ■
AX abnul 0 o’cl
Wtsaii.prtl
day. Frida
. Mr. feiraui
Ar*lVs r.
'Tlie voice ceased, but tho atrang^r Bat
witlr parted iipirand dilated e^ramteadUy
gazing, at the listener. ¥ rum the first,
liogeft* had nc^ed hiiiiself to meet rums
sort of n »h x;L, but the sound of the dead
i voieefth** memory of a forgotten lovo
*'’r ?T-it evening Hr. and the reference to liiiown ci« ath «le-
. pr.yed him for » lhae-t»f r»>fitrf»l
wt*u*h, was ctu»rueteri«tic of itim./
* . (insioaliy. however,T»t» rtcovtrrod hirn-
•rlf. and determine I that whatever in-
I ternai mtagirtog^ laiyht l-oi(t Itim It©
wuuki put on © bold iuul to this man.
knew muBt ho Biiper^titibn, but he was after Borah ihoro oonyersatioir concern-
firmly resolved that this eliould rio>4ja|>- ing the affairs jof tho firm iii Vontura,. quit© freo fr6m cxcitenftot l , .. . ,
pen again. Thereupon wa-* begim a the partners flopartito/L , * * tirely lightlieartetL The cimught of si’4-! 08 . ^ ' m ,T n ^taggerod back,
Struggle between the will puwer and the ;™. It may have'been, tho consolation of , den death which had flitted through his . tor treat 11. At that instant ho
natural feeling of RrrgrrH, totsiily tho Harkww philosophy which stole mind at frequent intervals during the i J , 0 r c< ‘ in ^ of 1 10 f! reularm ^ .
defltniCtivo>to his pttjesTof mind. over the trouhhd tnind of Mr. Clark last week was far enougli away to be crM ' >iJ the rtnlors, ard the rushing of rather peculiar. Th©
Itogeru. or it nyry havo been that the quito amusing. Ho was m^ru gffablo J maa 7 ©long the deck. He sank j man i a fnH uniform wttk
Two Sight* |a Bo*to*.
I may be ovCneusitiTe, bat
that I.saw yesterday struck n
establudied his confidence in kmuodf; at to lx* for year©
all events, the perturbed condition of j. At 3 o’clock Harknefs came into tho
feeling did not return. Twice more the office wearing his hat and overcoat,
strange ©ennalions at thp heart wero cr- \ “Como uloug wHl» me,” he said; “I am
flnf«n ©at ©lone in Itis private ofiicc. at
te front end of the building ou.Nan'-ouio
To th - rear, bejocui Lb© l&by-
tahiM and tlhomcmsts, wero the
• lienra fw book-
. ax worx.
The next day, when tlie firm r-nem- —„—I w —— —. { } . —
bled, o© was Jthur custom, tb U*!!c ov*cr BudUen exi’rtiojj of Ida will power ro-, with hia clerks tl^aa they had known him tue boor, Ins Iipe parted in the effart! hia hand, .aud th©
. . . . , *i 41 • : ^ .««•«*«• —r_. ap'% « ts 1 . * tr\ Ktvsf'v si nfijtijs si —
tlio raormfigs moil, tuo senior nartner,
Mr. Iiarlinei»9. remarked upon the worn
uud hsggard appearance of 5fr. Rogcro.
“Rn^-B© is vorking t<(0 hard, I think,”
•aid Lrcft; —tic ought to take a idiort va- “fSf^ncMrTnit nfthougtv ff*cy cansod h«» trying on an interesting trip which you
cation.” ‘ anxiety he was not unnenieil, as Ivo bad will fnjoy. 1 l^av© ©umo friends among
hat U tli© idea,” ©aid rLarknew; been upon the first attack, lie d«<cr- t!»e officers of the-frigate If ohican.
.“too have not t©*en Away for tnaoy mined, however. to©ee a |4iy*kaan, and , Ufyicg at anchor in the ha/, and 1
m<-ntUs, ik*w. UTiy don't you take © ' Imrn whetHer any immediate difficulty ; gring <«ut to bo shown about lb© shiiv
Uuk run down to banU B^ibora or ^©n w«© u*OicatcJ byTbes© aymptoois bo 1 Lbey wdi
* . * >
to sp.< •; a name. - | Ham’s mall w^tms
i \Yiu n tlie purser returned, after ad- j furmtuiv.—Bootoii.
justing the ditikulty’for which he had j
j been summoned below, ho noticed th©
} men putting up the boaeatth© condo-j
am