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Without being exactly gourmands they liked their food cooked to a turn. Most bachelors who have turned 4C exhibit the same liking. The Talberts took c great deal of trouble about their cuisine, and expected to be rewarded by finding every? thing, from the salt to the salmon, as it should be. Such a matter as a hard-hearted potato was all but unknown at their table, and would have formed the subject for a court of inquiry, and, if needed, a revision of kitchen utensils. At their refined dinner t>arties it was un? derstood that after a certain time of grace no one was to be waited for. It was their theory that keeping several guests waiting for one laggard was a breach of politeness. There were unkind people who said that the broth? ers would break this rule for a lord. They wronged our friends. They would have waited for no one under the rank of a duke or at least a marquis. So that when Whittaker haying struck the resonant gong and so proclaimed that lunch } was ready, ten minutes passed by without 1 Beatrice's responding to its hospitable suni ?i agpns. it is no wonder that Horace and Her j ?MMB^^?mTbc soup was on ^ ll ^^^m&s terjj m\\m\m ^Peaker reporte _ H Merarse and the l~ ^^P^^^^B?Ttimmediately after breai faSTani^^Prot yet returned. ._ "Then the nursery dinner will be spoiled too," said Horace sadly, as he seated himsel m and ladled out the soup. Horace, with hi " kind heart, felt for any one who was dooma to suffer from a spoiled dinner. After a solemn lunch the brothers waite* for a while in the dining-room They ex peeled every moment that Beatrice woul< ? appear. They did not of course mean t .% scold her, but were prepared to say a fe* words of mild remonstrance; to show her ia fact, how the bad example of unpunctual ity must demoralize an establishment. But as Beatrice did not appear the well meant little lecture they were tacitly pre ; paring turned into open expressions of won der as to why her morning ramble should Ix j so protracted. Perhaps she had gone some ' where to lunch. Perhaps something hac happened. Just as they had reached this las "stage" caf ^apposition, Whittaker brought in t telegram. It was fr?x^-2^vV?:?i-.and sen: from Oxford Circus. We are in Lond?iFH? ran-do not be uneasy ; will write to-night. They were greatly surprised, and marveled on what errand could she have gone to Lon? don? No doubt it was all right. She had most likely gene to her father's. Perhaps Sir Maingay was ill. Beatrice might have intercepted a telegram and impulsively started off at once. But why take the chrtd and the nurse? Why? There they were unable to make head or tail of the matter, sc could only wait for the morning's post. "Beatrice might have been more explicit," said Horace, looking at the telegram once more. ."Yes," said Herbert, "she had nico wordf to spare." "Telegrams are one of the pests of modern life," continued Horace. "People dash of! these 21-worded, unpunctuated phrases in? stead of a propor letter. No one caa write s decent letter now." Horace, who had the gift of writing pecu? liarly well-constructed and elegant^frathei too lengthy, epistles, felt keevj?t? mm^, (i^dency oflhe age to conduc^tscor^^^W ence by means; of short, snapping sentences after the manner of Mr. Mordle's style o: talking. "I hope she will be back soon," said Her bert. "Frank comes to us the day after to ' j marrow." i *He is in good health now, isn't he?" ; i 'Splendid, I believe." ; "Then I think we can give him the '58 thii time-the '47is growing low." This was not meanness. It was but th? caution a wise man exercises over his cellar. ; Besides, who could complain of the delicate graduation? 1S58 is a fine wine; many pr?fet ; it to 1647. Beatrice's promised letter came In the morning. Horice read it first. His face was a perfect blank. He read it again before he handed ic to the anxious Herbert, who, al? though he saw from his brother's face that something strange had happened, was for once unable to make the slightest guess at the truth. Here is Beatrice's letter: "My Very Dear Uncles : I should be ungrate? ful for the kindness you have shown mo if 1 left you in any anxiety a moment longer than I could help. I sent yoa a telegram yester? day afternoon to show you that no evil had befallen me. "I scarcely know what to say to you. I can at present offer-no excuse for what 1 am about todo. I can gi ve no explanation. When I came to Hazlewood House I hoped to be able to make it my home for so long as you would keep me. Now, I find, I am forced tc lea ve you and make a home of my own. More J over, I am forced for a whiie at least to keep silence as to where that home may be. At this moment I have not even deter mi ned. It will, however, lt? out of England. I cannot even tell you why this must bo so. Will you ever forgive me? "Pleaso do not fear on my account. I am growing old and can well take care of my? self; besides, Mrs. Miller will be with me, also Harry, so that I shall not be dull. "If I cannot promise to tell 3*011 where 1 am, I will at least let you hear from me now and then. Please, oh, please, do not try and trace me, but do endeavor to think kindly of your loving but unhappy niece, BEATKICK." "What does it mean, Herbert C said Hor? ace in sepulchral tones "What can it mean?" echoed Herbert. They sat staring at one another and feel? ing that such an unlooked-for catastrophe had never before happened since th? world began to be peopled by ladies and gentlemen. Their niece, the feminine counterpart of themselves; the embodiment, to their minds, of all that a well-bred, well-born woman should be, to be guilty of such aa eseapady. It was awful, perfectly awful' They read the letter again and again, discussed the meaning of sentences, even of words; but this analyzing process helped them nothing. So they turned to reconsider in a now light Beatrice herself as they knev. ber or fancied they knew her. Although neither of the Talberts had -ver felt tho tender passion, it was thought by many that if either were attacked, Hfirb"rt would be the victim. A widow anxious to re-enter the holy estate of matrimony would have directed her attention to the younger roan as being of a more malleable material than tho elder. There wa% indeed, a vague tradition floating about that Herlwrt had once upon a time looked rather tonderly upon some young lady, and that bad not Horace with praiseworthy selfishness promptly inter? fered and nipped the affair in the bud he, Horace, might now be living in solitude with all the cares of Hazlewood House on his shoulders. So it was Herbert who first ap? proached the puzzle from the romantic side. "You don't think," he said, "that Beatrice could have any-any unfortunate attach? ment of which we should have disapproved!" "How could such_a thing be possible?" "Wo thought such a thing as her leaving us like this an impossibility." This argument impressed Horace, ae thought the matte* carefully over. "No," he said, with the air of a judge giving a de? cision, "it is impossible. She has given no signs of such a thing. She has seemed quite happy and contented. Her appetite has, I think, been very cood." "Yes, very gooo- n said Herbert. "Besides, who coald there be? She is also her own mistress, and if she wished to marry we have no voice in the matter. She is quite capable of having her own way. Witness ber leaving all that money idle." Horace had never got over that present of seven per cent, to the bankers. Herbert, in obedience to his brother's views, disniissed the unfortunate attachment theory and bogan to look for another. "I wonder," he said sadly, and after a long pause, "I wonder if we have misunderstood Beatrice's character?' "1 am almost afraid it is so," said Horace. "She seemed so quiet and . contented," dghed Herbert. "True, that affair about those people and tho boy upset her." "Now," said Horace, "I believe you are getting nearer the mark. Can it oe possible .hat any fear that the child would bo taken .rom her induced her to make this foolish light-I can call it nothing else?" Herbert objected in bis turn. Beatrice had icen so certain that the claim would come to nothing,'and events had proved her sagacity. So they talked and talked, suggested and rea soned,"but never got near the truth. They could not even frame a theory. Nothing in this world is more annoying than to be with? out a theory. At last Horace rose. "Something must be done." he said, decisively. "Yes," assented Herbert, inquiringly. "We are, it appears to me, placed in a most unfortunate position. This mysterious flight involves the most grievous conse? quences. We must do something which I feel sure will be repugnant to both of us." "You will not employ any one to trace her?" . . "Certainly not. She is her own mistress, ?hg chooses. I am think toge___ is likely to want for a len^KyvlsT?^ui?'pSc the nurse's box and the child's things." Jane courtesied and withdrew. Present!; she returned and asked how many dresse she bad better pack? "Two morning and four evening dresses, said Horace, promptly. Herbert almire his brother's groat mind, which roso so equa to the occasion. Then Jane wanted to know which dresses The two new ones, of course. Then what The black silk, the black lace, the high bod: with jet trimmings, the brocade upper skirt or what? For the moment even Horace wa at fault. He soon recovered. "We will come and assist you," he said. So they went to Beatrice's room, and witl eye-glasses fixed stood one on each side ol the trunk and superintended the packing Much as they delighted in .odd jobs of thi kind, to-day they felt no pleasure. Thej scarcely dared to glance at each other. The? felt ashamed, as ail honorable men do, wh< by irresistible stress of circumstances are compelled to act a lie. The packing wa completed. Jane was sent to see to Mrs. Mil terk-o?d <he boy's things. The selection o; these our friends did* not" ttp?fLtixd. ?&> boxes were brought down, placed in thc wagonette, and Horace and Herbert drove away with them Nothiug could havo boen more skillfully managed." Even Whittaker was completely deceived. They took the boxes and warehoused them in Blacktown. "You see," said Horace, as he turned the horses' heads homewards, "Beatrice has gone to London. She means to make a lengthy stay. She must want her things. Any woman would." "Every word you spoke was the exact truth," said Herbert, consolingly. But they were horribly upset: FO upset that they forgot all about Frank's impending visit, or forgot about it until the next morning, when they found it was too late to telegraph. Frank, with "hope eternal** growing li!;e a eucalyptus, came down as he had fore warned his friends, by tbj^morning train. He was ratke??r!*s?rpr:^ at nor seeing wm two tall ?dusins on the platform, or an} signs"""5r^*he wagonette outside the station Ho secured a hansom and drove straight U Hazlewood House. Whittaker opened the door. "All well Whittaker?' asked Carruthers cheerily. H< did not hear the servant's reply, for at thal moment Horace and Herbert appeared and shook hands heartily. They took bira inte the dining room, and once moro the three men shook hands. "Well, how are you both?" asked Frank. They told him they were quite well, but, all the same, Frank knew by their solemn faces that something had gone wrong. He won? dered what the cook bad been up tc. "And Miss Clauson? BeatrieeF he con? tinued wich an assumption of carelessness, but longing for the door to open and admit her. Tho Talberts exchanged sad glances. "Beatrice," said Horace, "is not here." His voico was so solemn that Frank's blood ran cold. Horace was not addicted to the use of canting colloquialisms, but the words were spoken in such a way that Frank believed "not here" must inevitably be followed by "but gene above." He was immensely relieved when the speaker stopped short. "Not here," he said. "Gone out, you mean. My greotings must wait." The brothers' eyes sought counsel of one another. "Beatrice went to London yesterday," said Horace. Frank seemed much aston? ished. "To London* She left London only a few days ago. Is she gone back to ber father's?'' He was already framing excuses for leaving Hazlewood House and returning to town. An ominous silence followed his question. .What is the matter? Is anything wrong.'"' he asked in great agitation. "My dear Frank," said Horace, "some? thing strange has happened, but it is so strictly a family affair that we are consider? ing whether ive ought to mention it to you. ISot but what your advico might be of serv? ice to us." Frank grew seriously alarmed. "But I ara one of the family,1' he said hastily. The Talberts shook then heads doubtfully. They were not sure about it. The family con? sisted of two, or, counting in Beatrice, three at the outside. I have another right to know-a stronger right still." said Carruthers, who was on thorns of suspense. "There is no reason why I should make a secret of it. I have toved Beatrice since tho day we met. IVly one hope is to make her my wife. I claim the right to know anything that concerns her." The astonishment depicted on tho brothers' faces spoke volumes in favor of their trust? ful natures or Frank's circumspect lovemak? ing. "Good beavens, Frank!" ejaculated Horace. "Yes; I asked her to marry mt before i left here last autumn. She refuel; I was o</w gomg to repeat, my offer." "Siie refused you'C asked Horac?. "Yes," said Frank, sadly. "But what is the mattei-'i For Heaven's sake tell mo." "Heribert," said Horace, "I believe this gives us the clue to the mystery.'*' Herbert tif'^cd: -'What clue? What mystery? My good follow^ don't you soo you are driving me mad?" said Carruthers. "Beatrice left us yesterday. This morn? ing we received this letter." Tho letter was haaded to Frauk, and whilst ho read it. the brothers drew aside and talked in whispers. Frank's astonishment need not be described. Like bis cousins, he eould only ejaculate, "What does it mean?" Horace and Herbert came forward. Her? bert spoke. As tho romantic side of the question ha/1 again turned up, it was felt right for him to be spokesman. "Frank," he said, "wedonot wish to nus judge you, but tno fact of patrice's having refused you, and of your coming down to renew the offer, makes us think that she must have fled to avoid you. We know little about such mat? ters ourselves, but we have heard of young girls flying to get out of tho way of distaste? ful-ahem, what shall I say?-" "Persecution," put in Horace. ..Ko the word is too strong-distasteful advances, Frank. This is, of course, a mat? ter entirely between yourself and your con gC?<>nCe." _ ls the oration proceeded Frank stared from one to the other. Then he burst into a short peal of laughter. In spite of his anx? iety about Beatrice, the situation over? powered .him. "There is nothing to laugh at Frank," said "There is madness, sheer madness m the air mv good men," said Carruthers. "Do I look like a man who would subject a woman to distasteful persecution? Hang it! I am prouder than you are. I had Beatrice'sper mission to come. Perhaps you may know that it was arranged that we should travel down togetherr . , They remembered that Beatrice had told them this, and at once saw the folly of their new theory. They apologized humbly to Frank. No men in this world could apologize more gracefully than our friends. Then they talked the whole matter over again, without any result. Frank did not say much. He wanted solitude and quiet thought. By and by the wagonette came round to the door. "You must excuse our not having sent to meet you," said Horace. "The truth is the reads are dirty and we could not have had the wagonette cleaned in time to taxe us out." . ", "Where are you going ; for a drive ( . "We are going to make a round of calls. Frank marveled, and thought that under tie circumstances this social amenity might have been postponed. .?It is a painful, a most painful duty, said Horace " but we feel it must be done. vY e must go round and indirectly give our friends to understand that Beatrice has left us under every-day circumstances to pay a long pro? mised visit in London. We can see no other way of arresting inquiry and scandal, ^j^^^ftorjicaring this that Frank undcr mmmmmmmmmlmmi - Horace's nature. liJmo would i-ould universal favorites no scruple in continuing! the very latest moment chowed by society Then they drove home feeling they had don all they could . to throw a curtain ov? Beatrice's extraordinary indiscretion. CHAPTER XXIV. AN OUTRAGE ON WHITTAKER. Carruthers, when Horace and Herber went ?>rth at tho call of duty, had aske< that Beatrice's letter might be left with him As he had fully proved his right to tx admitted to the family council his requesi was readily granted. With the letter in hii hand he went into the library and pond?r?e what had happened. The question he hac to solve was what motivo could have beer strong enough to force Beatrice to take suet & step! He had heard from Horace all about the claim made upon the child, and this had ex? plained a matter which had for seme days been troubling him greatly, namely, Bea? trice's abrupt depai tare from London. But here he could seo no strong motive. Th? chum was abandoned, or at least lay quies? cent^ JUcs4desr .Beatrice, as he judgedhef; was far moro likely tcv fight than'to fly! He dismissed anything to a^-with, the boy, or at least put it aside to bc iurjuired into collaterally. Herbert, too, had hinted his idea ubout an attachment. Frank having ascei-tained that no shadow of suspicion of such a: thing hung over Beatrice, sternly put it ouV. of sigh:. Be-ides, there were ouo or two lection* which he carried always^wtta^him and which rendered such a vulga^ unw orthy explanation something not /far short of sacrilege. He reckoned Beatrice a worman of superior abilities, logical and perfectly able to foresee consequences. He felt that j she would not have acted as she hajL?Ta?d?without care? fully conj^erjn^-rwbat it entitled. No ro ^^?i^rTgirlish impulso had hurried her ay; ?o eccentricity of character had led her to shape such a course, ?be reason, whatever it might be, was to her mind am? ply sufficient fche was unhappy. Her own werdf sai? so. Did some danger overhang her? Did some evil threaten her? What danger] What evil? Why could not he, Frank Car? ruthers, be at her side to shield and aid? Heaven knows he would do it and seek no reward He groaned. He was very miserable and cast down. It was in this very room he had bemoaned his first sorrow. Ho had recovered from that and had encouraged himself to hope that the woman he loved would, after all, bc his. And now to come and find her gene-gone without a word-gone no one knew whither-no one knew why! To feel that she was flying from some menacing evil and yet not know what. Ho wai very un? happy. he had come down with such news for her -news which even as a friend she would have been glad to hear. Ho had breathed no word of it tj her in London; had resolved to say nothing about it until all was settled. At last he saw his way to giving up the drudgery of teaching what he bitterly called fools. He had for years been a thrifty man, and the money te ha-* saved was not a small ?uni. For years he had dreamed of literature as a profession, and now he saw his way to a realization cf that dream. His political articles had attracted attention. He had been offered au important journalistic post. A manuscript from which he expected great things was in the printer's hands. He saw a certain amount of renown if not fortune waiting for him. All this he had come down to tell Beatrice before he went buck to Ox? ford, wound up his a?Tairs, and bado the classic town farewell It seemed as if, whenever ho counted on draining the cup of joy, it was struck from hin lips! He must find Beatrice. Sacred as her wish not to be traced might be to Horace and H.-rbert, Frank felt that it did not affect him. He would not of course stoop to call? ing in detective aid, but the utmost he could d'i to solve the mystery should be done. To Frank, Boutricv's flight appeared in a far more serious light than it did io her uncles. /ie must go and look at her portrait. There was a flue one iu tho drawing room. Ile went there. sU.od be foro it for a long time, and to the representation of herself vowed that she was tho fairest woman on earth, well worthy for a man to liva or die for. Then he begau to retrace his steps to the library. As ho crossed the hall he .saw a strange sight. j Whittaker, tho irreproachable, the digni? fied, with indignation written in every lin* of his blaek-i-oa'ed limbs, was standing at the front door against which ho leanc'l his full weight, whilst with h!s right hand he was struggling with some object which pre? vent?! him from quito shutting the door. Closer examination showed Frank that this was th? end, about, six fnche?, of a stout walking stiek-a contemptihlo object, yet, as it was held, powerful enough to f?>il t he old servant's efforts. Whittaker was puffing and blowing, not so i-H'.'-h from his exertions as from anger. Iii-, face was ns red as a turkey cock's. Nothing imp ress.-d Fra.uk more Strongly with lb-- feeling that unusual things were happening ut Hazlewood House ihan tho sight"of this r. nieefable old retainer in such abnormal diilicnlties. "What's the matter?" ho said, going to tho door. "Ifs a man, Mr. Carruthers^ puffed out Whittaker. "What do*.?: he want?" "Ho asker! for Miss Glausnu, sir; I told bim sin; was away from home." "Well, what then?" Frank grew inter? ested. The parties outside and inside re? mained in the deadlock. "He ^kp^^jy?B^rt^--, slr: ttold bim did uojfl "Well, wnat tnen?' "He called me a damned liar, Mr. Car? ruthers," said Whittaker, with supremo emotion, and ina voice so low that it showed bow ashamed he was of the occurrence-"a damned har, sir." The repetition sounded almost tearful. "Open the door and let me have a look at him," said Frank. "I wouldn't. Mr. Carruthers, if I were you, sir. I believe he meditates making an attack of personal violence." "Never mind; open the door. Ho won't personal violence me, and you can stand be? hind me." This, as he was a head and shoulders taller than Frank, Whittaker felt to bo sarcasm. However, being accustomed to obey, he opened the door, and Frank found himself face to face with a man about bis own age. A strong looking, muscular fellow, dressed in the very height of fashion-too far up, in I fact, to look a gentleman. Maurice Hervey, of course. Having given Beatrice more than 24 hours' grace, he put in execution his threat of looking ber up. Not that he expected to see her; not that he was prepared with a plan of action in case she proved recalcitrant; but he know tho call would alarm her. It was only when he beard from Whittaker that she was out of town that the idea of her attempting to ovade him by flight occurred to him. lt completely threw him off, his balance, mada him disro spectfui to the old servant, and even when that functionary replied as a gentleman's servant should in such straits reply, by simply closing the door, induced him to put his stick between the door and the post. Hervey looked at Frank; Frank, little guessing what this man's existence meant to him and Beatrice, looked at Hervey. "Well*" he said, coldly. "I wish to repeat a few inquiries which I made of the servant when he so uncivilly shut the door in my face," said Hervey. "I beg to repeat the servant's answers which you so uncivilly received," said Frank. "You do not know her address?' "If you are speaking of Miss Clauson, I do not" Hervey hesitated. "You are not Mr. Talbert?" he said. "I am not," said Frank, coldly. "Mr. Talbert can no doubt give me the in? formation?" "No doubt. But I presume he wDl want to know your reasons for asking." Ife?^Tll wait and see him" ^^>n't think you will. Of course I have Itto prevent your calling again, but B ^fca^s-it here." ?.^^.ynil you try and tam : ?pi pel T '^J^yL^wt'ed. " Will you. try and turn ^^#.5T:'.?" he said. "Certainly not." said Frank, pleasantly. "You stand higher than I do; you must weigh tv. o stone heavier; you look in perfect condition. Oh, no, I shall merely send round to the stables and have the dogs loosed, or I may even send as far as tho village and fetch the constable. I shall not interfere further tuan that." Hervey muttered what Frank knew was an oath. He turned away os if about to tako Frank's warning. Suddenly he changed his mind and came back. "Does Mr. Talbert know his niece's ad? dress?" he asked. For a second Frank felt almost sick. His interrogator had tried to ask the question as if it bore no hidden meaning, but he had failed. As by inspiration Frank knew that this man, whoever he might be, was aware that Beatrice had fled. "No," he said, look? ing him straight in the face, "Mr. Talbert does not know it." 1 Tithout a word Hervey turned and strode ? away, Tiank, with his head in a ferment, walked acrosV-tSL the library. Dimly ho J guessed at sometbin^-not the truth, but something which from it3> vague terrors was 1 worse than the truth. AnoTTn^pnsequence of that half-formod guess be turnou"s4rna??>r at once and began to fight on Beatrice's side^ ready to aid her and to keep her uncles in the dark. He paused at the door, and called to Whittaker. Whittaker came. "Y"ou set that fellow down properly, Mr. Carruthers," he said, approvingly. "Did Ii If I were you, Whittaker, I should not mention the affair to your masters." "Sir," said Whittaker, with emotion, "I should bo a>hamsd to breathe a word about it Both Mr. Horace and Mr. Herbert would bc so mortified at the thought of a servant of theirs being called such an op? probrious epithet." "I should not mention it to the maid? either, Whittaker." "Sir!" exclaimed Whittaker, ina tone of great surprise, "Ah, I forgot to whom I was speaking. I bo? vour pardon, Whittaker-I quite forgot." "Yes, sir, you did," said Whittaker, with tme dignity; but, nevertheless, if only in order to show th~ro was no ill-feeling, tak? ing tho two half-crowns which Frank ten? dered him. Who was this man so anxious to ascertain Beatrice's whereabouts? Leaving out of tho question his ungentlemanly behavior to Whittaker, instinct told Carruthers that he was not of the class from which Beatrice drew her friend?:. Spurious metal; no eigh? teen carat stamp any wtiere, h*j felt certain. Horace and Herbert would look gentlemen, whether dressed in tho pink of fashion or lounging about in rags-not that they ever did the latter-so, although he was: too modest to add his own name, would Frank Carruthers. But this-fellow! Sud lenly Carruthers started from his tm happy musings. Why had ho lot the man go.' Why not have forced him to say for wlmt purpose he wanted the address? He tonk his uni and ran quickly down tho drive and along the lnne in ihn hopo o? overtaking the man. Ho ran right down to tho village, but saw nothing of him. Hervey had canglit a passing cab, and was now well on his way back to Blacktown, and carrying tho pleasant reflection 1 hat lKitri<v\s man? aor of getting ?mt of h->r difficulty ha 1 put hun into a cleft stick. Ho bogan to wish he had been contented with money, and fore? gone revenge. In the nineteenth century an attempt ar revenge proves a failure th nin.i , ty-nmc cases out of a hundred. Although Carruthers did not find the man h.- wanted ho found youie one else-Sylvan us Mordle. Sylvanus au-1 his tricycle formed the centre of a sympathetic group of vil? lagers. Something lind gonn wrong with thc metal SM'-V), an ? tbe curat"; smiling as if a foundered tricycle was one of the greatest unexpected Messines that cnn visita clergy? man, was examining wheel*, spokes. cranks and chains. Varions suggestions. sortir; "' prompted by rustic wit, were barrmlod bv i lookers on: "(rot tho stagger?;"" "want's a j fee:l, poor thing;" "light, a fire under him, j sir," etc., otc. Sylvanus took tho jokes of I bi> flock in good part, but, presently looking : up, saw Carruthers among the spectators, j He left his helpless machine, and the two ; friends shook hands warmly. "Here;"..sail : Mordi?; turning to his flock, ! "bring that. :%H"iiir to my house, some of you. j Now. OW follow," to Frank, "como and haye ' achat. Heard you were to be down this j week. Com? lo my lodgings." Ho took i Frank's ann and swept him away. "Can't give you more than a cup of tea,'' i be continued, "tobacco and tea-that's tho 4 offer a frfon?fwhisky until after 10 o'clock j at night. An enemy m;ght go by un? awares." Tie rattled on merrily, and appeared to be in the highst spirits. This, of course, was because he felt certaiu that Frank'* second visit to Oakbury would not have been paid had Beatrice remained an unattainable prize. Frauk only came again because he felt sure that a second attempt would insan success. "Lots to say to you-lots," jerked out 8yl vanus as they entered his rooms. "Fan shawe writes me that you are going to give up coaching. Want to hear ail about it; but wait till the tea's made. Ever sea me make tear "Wonderful thing tea is," he continued. "Cheap tea helps Christianity tremendously. Great blessing." He put the already steam? ing kettle fully on the fire, and opened a canister. "I-I, Sylvanus Mordle, found out the error of modern tea-making. People make it as they made it twenty years ago, ? when it cost seven and six a pound-spoon I ful each head, one for the pot. I go on a sliding scale, according to price." He abso I lutely shoveled in the tea, and dashed tho I boiling water on it. "Kow two minutes, ' and then pour. The aroma, the soul of tho tea, is caught Taste !" Frank thought that even an aroma must be cunning and subtle if it managed to es? cape this bustling, energetic parson. The tea was certainly good. "Kow," said Mordle, stretching out his long legs, "ted me the news." During the process of tea making Frank had been reflecting. He saw that he wanted aid-more aid than Horace and Herbert, whose one idea was to conceal Beatrice's flight from the neighboring gossips, could give him. Ho knew that Sylvanus was true as steel, and would keep the secret. He hoped to gather from him some useful partic? ulars as to Beatrices everyday life during the last few months. So be told Sylvanus the news-the wholo news. And having told it, Frank Carruthers saw what few, very few in this world have ever seen; that was the Rev. Sylvanus Mordle looking the picture of utter misery' and self reproach. The chango in the man positively startled Carruthers. "It's been on my mind over since," said Mord?a, dejectedly. "What's been on your mind? For mercy's sake speak out if you have any clue to give." "I have been very wrong. I ought novar to have yielded. But I did 1 couldn't refuse." -? . . "Did what? Pull yourself tozether and tell me what you mean." Mordle did so, and gave Frank the whole if the expedition to Blacktown, [ew hours before had heard claim, tried to relieve certain extent suc trico had visited, anc at the interview. He f(^^^^^ veer round to Horace's orH|^^?Kory, ,tha Beatrice had fl>d to in^uroherpet's safety Perhaps the man with whom Whittaker ha< struggled was a lawyer's emissary. Beatric might have paid her mysterious visit in orde; to delay proceedings. If so, her strange ac was but an act of folly, and all would com* right in the end. He tried very hard to take this view of thi case, but he could not. No, there was more, much more, in the background, and he fell that the man he had seen Inld the key of tho puzzle. He cursed his own unreadiness ol resource in having let him go so easily. ftO BK CONTINUED ] How Justice is Dispensed with ii Kentucky. The condition of affairs in Itowa? County, Kentucky, which has led to si many crimes and practically rcduce< the people of thc county, including tin county authorities, to the rule of th< gangs of ruffians who infest its territory was clearly illustrated by the trial anc release of the men concerned in thc killing of Rayburn, a few days ago. Under one of the laws of Kentucky, when two magistrates disagree the de cisi?n of the one most fovorable to th? accused prevails. In accordance w:tL this law, Craig Tolliver and his accom? plices in the murder, nine in number, were discharged from custody, though one of the magistrates declared that thej ought to be committed to jail without bail. This remarkable result of the remark? able law above mentioned was naturally not unforeseen, lt was coolly proposed to the Attorney-General at the begin ^nV?|.of the trial that "the State should selectee magistrate aod the defence the other/^ftt^the proposition was in? dignantly declin?is AU that the de? fence needed or wished, ?T^?MLTse, was to bc repiesented by one magistrale" ibo trial, and the State could not and would not become a party to such ar agreemeut. The result was the same, however, as if the agreemeut had been made, and was plainly due to thc ter? rorism which exists in Kowan County. The trial, it should be observed, wns merely a preliminary examination. All that thc State asked was that the men should be committed for trial by the Circuit Court. The aroused public sen? timent warned the Toi I i vers that the trial would be no farce and that the law was to bc enforced with the utmost rigor. Delay was dangerous, and io the face of the evidence, in the face of the law, bowing to a spirit cf recklessness and defiance, sharing in the sympathy ex? pressed by the county attorney for the accused, Justice Phillips turned thc gang loose again to hunt down their en? emies and terrorize all classes in the com m unit)r. The power of the criminals was fur? ther shown by thc fact that, in order to j obtain some shadow of authority for the ? murder which they had com nutted, they { went to a subservient police judge, j named Minnik, before the examinai ion was held, and made him issue a warrant i for the arrest of thc murdered man, l?ay I burn, hours after Ilayburn was killed, j as was well known to Minnik and lo j every one else in the town, j Though ho escaped so easily from the velvet, clutch of thc o lucers of the iawjji^ his own county, however, TulHver is not yet safe, as there are other rharges against bim which ho will have to an? swer elsewhere, ile is now umler in? dictment in Cinemnati, and is in jail to ! meet that indictment in a Cincinnati j Court, where happily the influence of his Kowan County friends will not, by exerted, and where ho cannot count on the expressed sympathy of the prosecu? ting attorney. """ibo Courier- Joiiruid believes that i the presence of tiie Aitmney-f?eneral at. ; the trial in Kowan County and his vig- ; orous prosecution of Tolliver will have the good effect of strengthening the hands nf the law-abiding citizens of the county, and that thc prosecutions will j be continued "un;il thc criminals arc : made acquainted with justice adminis- j tcred according to law/' The decision 1 of Justice Phillips has aroused deep in? dignation throughout iho State, lt il- : lustratcd, as notising else <:eu4d do, the ' County, and now that tho people are j awakened and the State authorities are in earnest, thc good work will go on, it is hoped, until the power of the gang is destroyed and the last murderer among them is punished.-Nttcs and Courier. What Our Editors Say. Crcer.vUle News. Associate Justice Mciver and Col. B. \V. Edwards are very able meu, but they do not ase the gift of condensation, if they have it. We do not believe their elaborate arguments of the frce tuition-iu-tbe-college question have changed the opinion of a dozen men in the State, one way or the other. Not one person in a hundred has the time to read them, not one-fifth of those who have the time have the patience, half of those who have time and patience lack the intellectual ability to compre? hend the delicate points of thc elaborate arguments, and of those who have all the qualifications for reading and un? derstanding, nine-tenths have their ideas immovably fixed. The half fool newspaper man who borrows the idea9 of one or the other of the distinguished controversialists and puts them into a dozen crisp, uncouth sentences, will accomplish more than all the ponderous and polished articles published by our esteemed cotemporary. One thing is certain. There is doubt enough of the meaning of thc words "free and open" to allow the legislature to interpret them either way. The dis? cussion has knocked the substance out of the idea that tuition can not be charged at tbe college without directly violating the constitution. But after all, the will of the people is the supreme law. The best and quickest way to ascertain that is for the opponents of free tuition to concentrate ou a candidate for governor and force the fight ia thc DcoiocratjlMkK 00 that issu f . I . ! I priso the j ty.. while that he was to recommend i^ppwnnrrrs the mercj of the Crown, and the Judge said thai thc recommendation would be consider? ed. Kiel was sentenced to be nangee on thc 13th of September, at Regina Judge Richardson said that he coule hold out no prospect of reprieve or in? terference by her Majesty. Rici tooi the result coolly. The result of the trial is thc all-ab? sorbing topic in Canada. Orangeme?? and English subjects generally consid/ei it a righteous judgment, while amo/n| the French-Canadians considerable/ex? citement and indignatrn is manifested. The latter claim that ti trial was nol fair, that valuable evidence fro&n theil standpoint was suppressed, and that important witnesses were denied the defense. - f A Wonderful Phenomenon-A Kain of Hot Rocks. Lancaster Leaker. Thc rumbling souu^ftin the earth and the ris?Dg of hot ^H" from crev? ice; in the earth ovq?^^WChester and F2.irfield counties, M^m a year ago, will not compare t3*"^^ raia of rocks, which is now creating such a sensation in this county. In tenant houses, on the plantation of Mr. R. T. Dunlap, about six miles from town, lives Quar? ter Reese Reese Posey. Theyjare quiet, g??W negroes, and have never, so far a^Bown, done anything to pro voke d^r?lmighty\s wraf' ortho wrath of ikW neighbors, but, nevertheless^ the yPy rocks of thc earth seem tojt?e up f fall ou them and their houses. .?!iifa?^S??L Ph.eDOmeDon ?? rocks falling has bccxT<^^jn jj?at local itv at intervals, for more thatr^days, and people from five, ten and fitted miles around gather there to witness it. The rocks are flint and vary from the size of au egg to the size of one's head. A peculiarity about them is that they have fallen un several persons without giving any hurt or pain to them. Num? bers of white men, who have hooted at the idea, have visited the place and come away convinced that the rocks do fall. At first the negroes thought it was somebody rocking their houses and would run to a thicket near by but they could soe no one, at last, they concluded to put out sentinels, but finding the rocks dropped all thc same, they re? ported it to people in the neighborhood, and now, almost any time you go to thc place you can find a large crowd of negroes and a few whites gathered to sec thc rocks fall. A number of gen? tlemen of our town rode out ou Monday lo witness the phenomenon. They I j found about thirty or forty negroes as? sembled near the house, wonder-stricken j : at what, they had seen. They were not there long before a sound on the shin? gles notified them that a rock had fallen. It was picked up and found to be ouite hot. h resembled soot. The people marvelled much. A very honest-look? ing old darkey told the party that he saw a rock rise up from near a peach tree aud^iL^raight up in the air, so they must go u'pNiud fall down. They are taken away by" visitors about as fast ns they fall The vnegroes get them and will not part with them. The mat? ter should be investigated. Not Hunting for Offensive Parti? sans. X. u- lin-Sin:. Tt is reported from Washington that! the hunt for offensive uart i.-a ns is no i longer very actively pursued. Remov? als and appointments are made, slowly * enough, to be sure, but* foster than 1 hitherto, and thc laborious, diflieult, ! and, to speak frankly, very' mean bus- ! iness of convicting .Ut?publican officials ' of having been" too Republican', is* said to bc" sfrnYcwlfct. depressed at'present. j W'e sincerely hope chat' ?Ins is tKe ? case, lt is a sufficient cause of removal hi an o'nleial: that he is a Republican. To attempt to make distinctions aod de? grees iu' parfisaniship: was it! advised. puoncaus wiinuui- u-o "'Z~'~ /?. ' the Democrats, who' ^ alt the offices held by Republican wuet,bf fe??*; ter bav? been red ^ or ^^arm m their partisanship, j^orebver to show excessive partisan*)^ by seere charges aud witness is n?Nfi agreeable mode ?f \VeCdf 'loi know 5b^^^i| tl'ere is in the report that the praT&S? of tracking offieDsive partisans baa- bfe?lpv. slackened or partially abandoned, but it cannot be aban J?oed too s?o?. long as it is persisted in, the Bands ot Democratic officials c^p?i?t?ct Dj tb'? Administration in the place of offensive or inoffensive Partisans will be substan tially tied ana tfc'e party capital of the" Republicans increased. How far Dem? ocratic officials, necessary as their Worfii may be to the party, will be allowed to work for it remains to be seen. The j* might go to the verge ot offensive par? tisanship without hurting Democratic sensibilities, but on account of th? start made by the Administration in the mat? ter, it seems not improbable inzi thef may be kept in check. Thc total aban? donment of the well intentionedJ83t Un? tenable position of the Administration as to partisanship, would open toe wat to giving the Democrats the benefit they ought to receive from even a par? tial control of the Federal offices, and would be a sign most welcome to tba great majority of Democrats that the removal of Republicans was to be re? garded as a party and public necessity for which no new reason? Deed be found; Shall Law or Lawlessnes^Prevai?; Carolina Spartan. The wanton a?d lawi^J use of tho pistol and other dcadly^^Kns is bring mg our State mtoj no public sentimej people without son it is perr ? lies and ncigbborl majority and .bi HjRr Seneca C?ty^Hffiis H BThim there and returned to J In&^&Mfto talk to friends with as much t indiff?r?e as if he had shot 1 sheep ? kiiliugfdog. In Marion recently a na I gro was sentenced to pay a fine for . so nw violation of the law and not bar l in/the money, two white men agreed ? to/pay it if he would work it out Fail : ubg to do this, the negro left and went /to a neighbor's house. Some personal / followed him and shot him as he ! running from the house. These WerP . white men that did the shooting. In ; ali these deeds of blood there is not one ? fourth of the white men of the State' that sympathize with those who commit ' the deeds. We believe the reason that such a state of affairs prevails is because all our peace officers, from the Governor down to the constable, are afraid to use all the means in tbcus r^ ..cr to repress such crimes and punish the criminals". A vigorous administration of law is needed. The Wonders of "an Egg; Every one who eats bis breakfast egg eats a sermon and a miracle. Inside of that smooth, symmetrical, beautiful shell lurks a question which bas been the Troy town for all the philosophers and scientists since Adam. Armed with, the engines of war-the microscope, thc sealcs, the offensive weapons of m chemistry and reason-they have probed 1 ??d weighed and experimented, and j still the question is uusolved, thc cit- 1 adel unsacked. Prof. Bokorny can te?? you that albumen is composed of so' many molecules of carbon and nitrogen and hydrogen, and can persuade you of the differencc ^i;t??f'^"*i n irT~nT p7iT~ *^*WWmr.Ju ai cn, and can show by wonder? fully delicate experiments what the al-, de hy des have to do in the separation of gold from his complicated solutions ;" but he can't tell you why from one egg comes a 'little rid bin,' and from an? other a bantam. You leave your silver spoon an hour in your egg cup, and it is coated with a* compound of sulphur ; why is that sul? phur there? Wonderful that evolution" should provide for thc bones of the fu? ture h'*- There is phosphorus aI?o in. that little microcosm and the oxygen of the air passing through the shell, thus" making good strong bones for the chick and at the same time thinning the pris-, on walls. Chemists know' a good deaT now about the albumen, and if they cannot tell us why life differentiates it-^ j self therein and thereby, they ca?^^H I you how not to spoil your breakfast! ' overdoing your eggs. J^H ---mw--m al Legitimate Results. V A young man came to Charlotte frorH South Carolina, finds the'bar-rooms sol thick that he could not miss them, w From the bar-room he passes down' 1 grade to ar/other insrit'iirion which we will not name, and then by easy grada? tion into a gambler's, hell. The next' time we bear of him bc is on the street' io a frenzy, trying to shoot somebody because somebody has robbed bim. Then on to the guardhouse in ?he bands" of the law for two nights" apd' a day, and then before the Mayor's Court to make atonement for being disorderly. What', is at the bottom of all this troubler' >\ binkey. The State for money authorizes a mau' fo make a str'anger drunk' for money. When he looses his'r?aso? under the' in3uer.ee of licensed w'hi^key and be? comes disorderly, thc State picks, bimi up and fleeces him of what thc barkeep? er, the bawd and thc gambler have left"* and puts it into the treasury to educiaie** poof children with. And . wc cal?'tB^3 Christian Civilization'-MctJiodist ?*c_ vance. Gen. Beauregard and scia1' family passed through Saturday last and sonville. He will Asheville or Af