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MARCEL’S PORTION.
for your abilities and penetration are far be- i bad ceaaed to wri 5 j to Mr. Sniff, for bet la*l
■;>nd your age, how wedded I had been to ! letter bnt one to him mentioned that fact.
The Lord of Sikkim.
.The Death of Bishop Wilber- | trots which they
\ NOVEL IN THREE PARTS.
BY SANDY DtTAVAHES.
Entered according to Ai t of Congress, by the Hibalo
Pum- C ■'•r-iHY, in the ofhco of tbe libra
rian at Washington.
[ Continued from last Sunday.]
PART SECOND.
•CHAPTER V.
CROWDED TO-
For some months after her departure Bello
kept her promise of writing Tom. At first
her letters were long and were full of inform
ation about his little pet, she always referring
to the child by this title, and never using any
other name. She wrote that toe girl was get
ting on ^amonsly, was happy and contented,
and had quite a vivid remembrance of Tom.
He replied to all the letters, and occasionally
hinted that he would very much like to 6ee
his Pet. But Bello never took the hint. She
never returned to Goram, and after awhile
her letters became less frequent, until finally
she ceased entirely to write.
At first Tom felt this neglect very keenly. ; T , ... u a
He bad done Bello more than one important I ^°« 8e
service, and done them in the most disinter
ested manneT. That she should treat him so
indifferently he hardly expected. Not that he
cared anything for her. Indeed, it is doubt
ful if he ever gave her a thought, except in
connection with the little being that had filled
his heart. Still, after the first ieeliDg of dis
appointment was over, he dismissed every
thing of the past from his memory, so far as
it gave him concern, and relapsed into the
same old life of wild, careless, good-natured
Bohemianism.
There was one young friend of Tom who
did not forget him, and that was Marcel Van
Dusen. The boy came to Goram regularly
twice each year to visit bis guardians, and he
never failed to go down to the Repeater office,
sit patiently until Tom came in, and then go
off* with him on a walk. On such occasions
Tom was in his glory. Rather injudiciously,
it must be admitted, he introduced Marcel to
the Congenial Society, which clustered around
the tables in the bar room of the Bohemian
Shades. He, however, would not allow the
boy to drmk anything stronger than port wine
in small quantities, while he narrated his
school adventures in Baltimore.
The most singular and at the same time the
most amazing thing to Tom was the intimacy
which had sprang up between Marcel and
Mr. Sniff. They first met at Mr. Koppered’s
store, to which place the boy had gore in
the company of Tom. Every day after that
memory had wandered back to his Pet, and
he had waited silently but anxiously to hear
him say something of the one link tha;
bound him to the little chair of romance
that had placed a golden fetter upon the long
ago.
When he raised his head, Marcel saw
he had been weeping.
“Have you told this sfory to many per
sons?” he asked.
“ Only to Mrs. Carroll and to Father Mel
rose. Mrs. Carroll told me that Mrs. Lander
was very eccentric and took sudden dislikes to
people. Father Melrose did not say anthing
on the subject. “ But why do you ask.”
“I knew that lady when her name was not
Mrs. Lander. I’m glad you have’nt told about
her to any others. For your own sake tell it
to nobody else. I know yon have a high
opinion of that old Sniff. You think him a
very good friend of yours. I think him a
bypociite.”
“You are wrong.” said Marcel, eagerly.
“I know that he thinks a great deal of me.
It was only the last time I came to Goram
that he told me to ask Mr. Fradden if he had
GOVERNOR OF BENGAL—A P
CE-'S HIDING INTO COURT AS
TRIDE A MULE.
The Calcutta correspondent ot he :_.ondon
hat, limes writes about the visit ol the Mahara-
whoee toot never before touched British ter
ritory, and whose country is, or may be made,
the highway of commerce between Calcutta
and Thibet—to the Lieutenant-Governor of
Bengal, Sir George Campbell.
The position of Sikkim is peculiar. Its
Maharajahs, who came originally from Thibet,
about £300 in cash, from the Thibetan Gov-
dependence. Napaul on the one side and
Bhootan on the other are dangerous neigh
bors, each of whom has long had hungry
eyes on Sikkim. We have beeu compelled to
take the little State under our protection, and
not bought some stock with some money J to forbid its corresponding direct on matters
belonging to me, and if he said he had, of war and peace with either of its neighbors;
to beg him to sell them at once. 1 j while wo have made it clear to them that we
did so, and yesterday Mr. Fradden said that j will brook no encroachment on their part,
by selling them he saved me fourteen thous- j About twelve years ago, under the influence
and dollars. Mr. Sniff told me that the | of au intriguing minister, the Sikkim ruler
stocks wern’t worth anything. Now, was not j kept l>r. Hooker, the naturalist, and Dr.
that friendly ? He had^ nothing to gain by it. | Campbell, for some tima in captivity.
the buainess of your father. I had had the i But, while Marcel was speaking, Tom’s l V isn 0* aw rvuuv rurvi r ™
| sole management of it for many yearn.” [ ’ —■ ■—*- *-- - - 1 ™ n °* AN n ‘ BUN PBlNtE T0
“ And you shall have it again, ’ put in Mar- I
eel impetuously. “ I’ll be a man before long,
and I’ll place you in charge of it.”
j “If I thought »©,” observed Mr. Sniff,
| quite delighted At this outburst, “it I thought
that the das would come when I should serve
the son of Henry Van Dusen, my young
friend, I aJa old Die Happy.’’
“You shall, upon my honor, you shall,”
exclaimed the lad.
Mr. Sniff smiled benignantly at Marcel, and
commenced again to ply him with flattery
until it was dark, when he drove the lad over
to his residence, wheTe Charley was awaiting
him. The two returned to Gorham together,
and during Marcel’s stay in the city there was
not a day that Mr. Sniff did not see him, and
see him only to flatter him.
So three more years passed, and then it was
decided to send Marcel to Europe to com
plete his education. He was now grown a
tall, handsome youth, in his eighteenth year,
quite manly for his age, and very proud of
the soft down that had appeared upon his up
per lip.
He came to Goram to make preparations
for his departure, after promising Father
Melrose to return and pay him a farewell
visit. Tom hod not seen him for two years,
as he had been absent from the city during
each time the lad had been there. He was
delighted to see Marcel, who declared that
Tom was getting old. And so he was. Al
though the same person in speech and man
ners, his hair was almost white, and there
was hardly a dark hair to be seen in his small
moustache and imperial.
D—m me,” he observed in response. “Of
I’m getting old. So are you. Quite a
man. Been making love to the girls yet?”
At which Marcel blushed. “Bet,” he added,
“that you’ve broken half dozen hearts already.
Did that sort ot thing myself when I was
young. Getting old now, though. Have to
quit it. D—n me if the boys don’t call me
old Tom now. Lets go to the Shades. Best
place in town. Remember it well, hey?
Know it for twenty-three years.”
They went to the Bohemian Shades, took a
private room and sat down before a bottle of
champagne, which Marcel insisted upon hav
ing.
“Now, Marcel, my boy,” said Tom, “Tell
us about those people in Baltimore you wrote
me of. Have’nt any idea who they can be.”
“Oh, yon mean Mrs. Lander,” the other
returned. “She is a widow, and her sister
or sister-in-law—I dont know which—is Mrs.
Carroll. They belong to a great family in
Baltimore, I can tell you. The Carroll’s and
Lander’s are big people there, and are very
aristocratic. They are both widows—the
ladies, I mean. Mrs. Carroll has two daugh
ters.”
“D—U me,” laughed Tom; “I thought as
much.”
“You are wrong,” said Marcel, getting red
I in the face. “They’re both little girls twelve
i years of age, or about that We used to
! dance together, that’s all.”
! “But about the lady who knows me ?”
That is Mrs.
THE HJEUTEN-
force.
The fatal accident to the Bishop of Winches
ter created the most profound sensation of
sorrow in Imgland. The newspapers devoted
quite an unusualamu.mt of epac$ to the event
»nd nil of them give long and highly eulogis
tic biographies of the diatiuguielied prelate.
bility to the
ML
. 1 passed an<i their suita-
;n which they had been
The jury returned a verdic
death, ' and the proceedings
i 'Lately afterward* the emaur.
bishop a) removed in a hr a
ftwtirn they were
residence of Us family a
accidental
•d. Imme-
3 deceased
Gomshall
by rail to
ingtou, in
BRIGHAM’S DIVORCE CASE.
jah or Lord of independent Sikkim, a nrinoe The Time* gav. the folio
• - - - — --- accident:
On Saturday (July 19) the Bishop, accom
panied by Lord Granville, left London by
tne Southwestern Railway, with the in
tention of paying a short visit to the M • * *
Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson Gower,
of Ilolmbury, near Dorking, where Mr. Glad- „ 1
marry Thibetarf\rivet, Uve'for a thhd"of the ? tone had arrived t0 meet Uem. At Leather- A XttOrmOIl VerSlOIl Ot the Affair.
year at Chombeo, iu Thibetan territory, and i tbej were met by a groom with horses, j
receive annual allowances in kind, worth ! The Bishop mounted one, which, on account , _
— 1 of its quietness, was a special favorite of Lord • * *
eminent. But it is solely by our influence j Granville. The distance of Holbury from
that they have been able to preserve their in- | Ueatherhead is about sev?n miles, and the
MONEY-MAKING LAWYERS WORKINC IT UP
route lies through the most picturesque part
of Surrey. After passing the Burford-bridge
Hotel, they left the high road, and, leaving
Dorking in the valley, made their way over
Ranmoor common. From this point, they
pursued the bridle road towards Leith Hill,
where the scenery is specially attractive. Be- Mormon lawyer of this city, one whose repu
From the Salt Lake Herald. August 1.
Some length of time ago a leading anti-
yond the Achurst Downs Lord Granville. I tation as a student and well-read lawyer takes
being very familiar with this part of 1 a front rank in the territory, bad occasion to
I know he is to infernally pious, and all that,
bnt, upon my honor, I believe he thinks a
j great deal of me.”
“Don't wish to prejudice you against him,’'
answered Tom. “ D—n me, it don’t make
any difference to Tom Suckers. Believe,
though, he’ll make money out of you yet.
That's not the point, though. Will you do
me a favor? Never mention a single word of
what you have told me to Mr. Sniff. Won’t
do you any good to tell him; can’t do you any
harm not to. Will you promise?”
“If it will oblige you.”
“ Yes, it will oblige me,” be returned.
“ Fact is, Marcel, my boy, if you tell Sniff
about it, you tell him something about me.
Might get me iDto trouble. Can’t explain
now—will tell you some other time. Mrs.
Lander can’t hurt you.”
the country, led the way down the
hill toward Abinger, nnd arrived
a piece of moorland locally known
.v» ^ Wflll “Eversheds rough.” A wagon road here be- county. Subsequently he married the lady.
"tIw Maharah'waTrBce'ivo'd’iii'Darbar in n i )D S ver y of rate, they left it for the turf, The territorial law confers this power upon
way to enhance his dignity in the eyes of the wbic h 18 '’ery light and springy, V>ot is not the probate eonrt, and upon them only; con-
neitjhbormg States. Ho is accompanied by I « 00<1 RtHopmg ground. The bishop and gress has never annulled that law; hence the
his sister—a comely damsel of twenty yet | ^ ord Granville were in conversation when lawyer jeferred to was satisfied that his course
unmarried—who rode into the court in Orien- ; the bishop’s horse stumbled, it is believed, was perfectly legal. But if the district court
tal fashion, astride npon a mule; by the little
ek a divorce for a lady and a few thousand
dollars. He succeeded. The divorce was
procured iu the probate court of Salt Lake
■ over a stone, and threw its rider on his head, alone has the power to grant divorces then
Kujab, who will succeed him, a boy of 12, who I After n sli 8 ht convulsive movement, the his wife is a bigamist, and he is in rather
is his younger brother; and by his illegiti- bishop became motionless. The accident canons position as the husband of another
mate brother, who really administers the State.
A retinue of some 200 men and women fol
lowed, among them many Lamas, with the
most wonderful arcliiepiscopal bats and pray
ing machines twirling round in their hands
as they talk. The civil and military officers,
such as the Hon. Messrs. Schlach, Bernard,
and Beaufort, of the Bengal ^Council, and a
bright bevy of English ladies, were present
at the reception. Under a salute of fifteen
guns the Prince was introduced to Durbar by
happened opposite a range of farm buildings, man’s wife !
the only houses iu the neighborhood. Lord This week suit has been commenced in the
Granville at once dismounted, and seeing no Tbiid District Court by Ann Eliza Webb
signs of life, despatched the groom for as- Youug (“ by her next friend, George B. Max-
sistance to Abinger Hall, which was the near- well”) against President Brigham Young, for
est house. Death appears to have been in- a divorce and alimony; the motion and affida-
stantai.eous, as the bishop fell on his head, vita being matters that will be duly handled
aild turning completely over, dislocated his in court by the lawyers engaged. Messrs. F.
neck. The body was conveyed to Abinger M. Smith, F. Tilford and A. Hagan are the
Hall, the seat of Mr. Farrer, the secretary lady’s attorneys, and their modest demands
of the board of trade, Lord Granville assist-
“That does not give me a thought,” said I Mr. McKenzie, the Secretary to Government, I in 8 t0 carr ? tb ®
Marcel. “ But what do you know about her ? j an d Mr. Edgar, C. S. I., Deputy Commis- to I> orkin g a ®“ Shere fo
worth reproducing. They ask—the fic-
Expresses were sent tion of law makes it appear that she asks—
J| <u, v/. w. * jlxc uir vuiuuns- — r medical aid, and $1,000 a month to begin with, $20,000 for at-
You have made me curious. Is she any rela- i sinner. TfiaLiiotenuit Governs welcomed I D J- Clark“*nd Mr. Fnmival were soon on 1 tomeys’ fees, $0,000 as a starter, and *14,000
five of yours? Was their any connection be- j hi s Highness to British territorv assured him tbe S P°*’» but the Bishop was beyond all as- after a while—and $20,000 at the close of the
tween her and my father? Of coarse what 1 of the good wishes of our government and 8 * stauce - From the moment he fell he show- proceedings as the divorced lady's portion,
she said to me shall go no farther. I oniy j bestowed and received gilts in the usual Ori- j ed uo 'signs of life. His hat was completely Owing to the peculiar way in which Judge
wish to know, so that I might understand ental style of compliment and ceremonial: i crusbe d in, but cu the body there was no McKean has managed his tourt for some
what inflnAnftad hpr pnndnot tnwar^H mo ” ! snu ff an( j caracoa. however, taking the place mar ^ 8 whatever, though yesterday morning time, legal business hangs fire and fees are
what influenced her conduct towards me. j
“Can’t tell you now,” answered Tom. “Am j G f oil of roses and pan. The lady, who
i there was a slight extravasation of blood un- frequently visionary; hence an attempt to
going to see her myself before long. Perhaps ! full of intelligence and l'ond of sight seeing, der the left ear. The lace was as placid as , work up a case of this kind is accounted for,
I am mistaken in the person.” i drank up the scent which Sir George Camp- J 111 bfe. The intelligence of the melancholy even with the thermometer among the nine-
“ You must go with me, then. By Jove ! i b e u B0 gallantly poured into her haul, and | even * was at once telegraphed to his lordships , ties. By a grand jury, empanneied after the
we’ll call upon her when I go to Baltimore to i laushed heartily when her mistake was point- ; and yesterday morning his younger i style w’hich Judge McKean loveth so well,
*.n r.aii,.. ne : - 1 j son, the Rev. Mr. Wilberforce, arrived at President Y’oung. less than two years ago, was
; Abinger. He visited the scene of the acci- ! indicted for “lascivious cohabitation” with this
ThhT°wa8°conducted dent, and caused a cross to Do cut in the turf very applicant, we believe, she being recog-
brother and Minister ’ "'here bis father fell. On an examination of j nized as one of his plural wives. That in-
tell Father Melrose good-bye. Of course you j e d out.
make the trip with Charley and myself. I j Thereafter came the serious business aris-
Lander. She’s the funniest
the MoraTman'waa certam'to J meet with ’the woman I ever saw. She is an old woman I
son of his late lamented employer and
friend, to give him a littte moral advice
deftly mixed up with a great deal of very
marked flattery. Perhaps it was this praise,
poured unstmting(y into the ears of a lad of
was talking to her one day, and spoke about
you, and she gave a little start. When I a3ked
her why she did that she said she knew a
person of that name, but couldn’t tell if it
was yon. She doesn’t like me. We have had
uuuicu uuntimiuL y juiu mo cam ui n lau. ui - , , , T ... . ,
fourteen, already manifesting a weakness for : 80me dr .f d,ul <I u ? rrel8 - 1 like to tease her
receiving with pleasure the adulations of because it annoys her. She told me one day
others, which made Marcel Iseek the society that s J\ e bid< ;, d me - ond would make me
of Mr. Sniff. When, in' company with I T*
“Queer woman that,” said Tom.
try residence-now his-Mr. Sniff tamed up , “ She is the , queerest woman I ever knew.
.V,,. 1„ »1I„ tZ ! Her neices are both afraid ot her. She sel-
Charley, he made a trip to his father’s coun-
on the grounds and morally insisted npon his ! ‘ ‘ "V, u
vouthfnl ocouaintence. as he called him, 1 d . om leaTe3 ber bo “ 8e > and e ™T b “ e *g 0
there with the children, we always hud her
youthful acquaintance, as he called him,
nding over to his honse and partaking of a
ci B r with Mrs. Sniff and the family. Then
at table, Charley having declined to [join, Mr.
Sniff solemnly brought out a bottle of cham
pagne, which he placed before his guest say-
ing:
•‘As an indication of how I appreciate the
honor you have done me, I have consented
this day to drink wine, and my wile will join
us.”
“God bless you, Sir” uttered Marcel. “Let
the boys and girls have some. It won't hurt
them. I drink wine every day after dinner
with Father Melrose.”
“Yes,” replied Mrs. Sniff sharply. “Those
papist priest think it no harm for people to
drink liquor. For my p..rt I think it very
wrong, except at Com muni m. It is best not
to teach the children to diink. It I take a
glass of wine with you, I do so because of j
respect for your father's memory. Peopie may j
speak against him. I remember that through
his kindness we own this Ujuse." And she'
sighed.
“And I remember,” put in Mr. Shiff sol
emnly, “I remember how I begged and
prayed him not to become a candidate for
Congress. I told him that I foresaw danger.
He was ambitious though. Never, no never,
shall I forget the night that my dear friend, I
may almost say my benefactor, was brought
home murdered by a slaveholder.” [He
paused, applied his handkerchief to his eyes
and silently opened the bottle of .champagne,
which he had brought up from Goram the
previous day for the special purpose of using,
if he could persuade Marcel to dine with him.
It thus appears that Mr. Sniff did not meet np
with the lad accidentally,bnt deliberately way
laid him.
In spite of Mrs. Sniff’s objections, when
Marcel repeated his request that the children,
now grown to be thin, sharp-faced youths,
seated in the parlor, near the centre-table,
with her arm resting upon it. Y’ou cannot
imagine how she does stare at me. She used
to know my father,”
“Hallo—d—n me !” exclaimed Tom.
44 What’s the matter ? ”
“Nothing. I gdt my loot under the chair
leg. Goon.”
•* One day I went there to bring home the
girls. I found her alone in the parlor. She
told me to sit down and wait until the girls
came in ; they had gone to the next house.
Then she gazed at me for a long time, and
afterwards opened a small box on the table,
took out a note and asked me if I knew what
day it was. I told her yes. She gave a little
laugh, and answered that it was the anniver
sary of iny father’s death. I had forgotten
all about it.
“ ‘On tbisdaj,’ ” shwsaid, “ ‘tenyears ago,
your father died, and I gloated over. it. I
hated him, and I hate you on that account.’ ”
“‘That is rather hard, Mrs. Lander,’” I
answered. “ ‘I never did you any harm. I
am sorry you spoke that way about my father.
He is dead, and has been dead so long, that
you might let him rest in peace. I shall not
come here any more. I never should have
come, if Mrs. Carroll had not asked me to
walk home with the girls. Y’ou have told me
over and over again that you hate me, but
what for I cannot imagine.’ ”
She struck the top of the table with her
hand.
“ ‘Because you are the living image of your
father. ’ ”
“ ‘I can’t help that,’” 1 replied, rising from
my seat and preparing to leave. “T am
sorry that you have acted the way you have.
It has been very disagreeable. Because you
are an old woman, I have quietly listened to
all the unkind remarks you have repeatedly
should partake of some of the wine, Mr. Sniff I ma( ^ e this is too much now.
graciously consented. He poured out half a Good bye; I shall remain at the gate until
wine-glassful for each, and filled each glass I the. girls return ”’
.XT. f U nTA 4 a. V A TV. A .1.1 i L . . — — iL — 1 _ 1 ! tit gf) _ mR A fl I
spoke with Charley on the subject, nnd he i j n g out of tbo visit.
said certainly.” j with the Maharajah’s ouuioici, . , . _ , r T - . ,
Then they changed tho conversation, and j an extremely clever fellow for the chief him- tae ground, it was ascertained that there is dictment the Chief Justice refused to quash
spoke on other topics for about an hour, at ! «elf is a Lama who is snnnosed tn have done a ®hght declivity at tbe place where the aeci- aud said that although the case at bar was
Mta, A - supposeu io nave aone | ^^t occurred . Tbe boof-marks plainly entitled “The People vs. Brigham Young,' its
tbe Government of
jgamicTneocracy.’ ”
applicant, according to her motion.
tne end of which time they left the Shades, | with sublunary things, save when there is a ■ , , , , , - - , , - , -
Tom very weak in the knees, with his hat; chance of increasing his income The Min- showed where the horse stumbled, and a lew other and real title was ‘th<
perched on one side of bis head, and Marcel j ister’s quick appreciation of facts and clear : feet ,urtber on "here it recovered its footing, the Vnitea jjtutes vs. Pelyga
, J quick appreciation ... ...... .....
with his face very red. They had not gone judgment of their value made it pleasant to The inquest was held on Monday, the 21st Thi
far when they met Charley, and the three ; deal with him He gave much useful infor- of ’ ,al - v ’ llt Ablri ger Hall, by the coroner tor knowingly aud deliberately became the plu-
wenttothe Repeater office, where Tom was j ma tion as to trade with Thibet Cashmere : West Sarrey ‘ Alno “g fhose who were pres- |b|. .t™i. .t...
much needed to tarnish the printers with a | merchants, and Nepanlesa traders are allowed i ent wer “ Mr ’ Gladst one. Earl Granville and
supply of copy. I f re eentrance into Lassa, but English mer- ,lvn 1™° " f 1
Tom, it must be mentioned, was np longer j chants are stopped on the border,
a reporter, though no less a Bohemian. ‘ f* — - ~ —
wife of a man who had already more than
rile. That marriage, purely an acclesi-
Lord Gran- 1 astical affair, independent of civil ceremony.
Three years previous he had been promoted | sen d Mr. Edgar into Sikkim after the rainv
to the very responsible position of news edi *
tor. Drunk or sober, he never failed to per
form his duties. It was something wonderful
two sons of the deceased bishop. L .
j ville was very much affected in giving his ac- or legal enforcement, entitled her to just
It i* the Lieutenant-Governor’s intention to I count the ,*’?; d ardent. The" testimony is i such care, protection and attention as the
a_ ,1 11 - —| faith both parties professed demanded, which
e- : have been liberally extended if we may judge
reported as follows
season to inquire carefully into tbe actual D°rd Granville stated that on Saturdav^B H , —
state of things, and to ascertain the best line I h ? waa , breeding OU horseback with ! from all the evidences y sougot tor in
for a road to the frontier. The Lord of Sik- I tbe bxsil0 P frojn Burford Bridge to Holmbury ! such cases. Ibe laws ^the Lnited States
to see him seated at his desk, so heavy from • ktm and his people have undertaken to facili- ( tbe re8i( ^ ence °f his brother, Mr. Leveson recognize no such marriage; the
liquor that his speech was thick and guttural, | tate the mission, to supply labor for the road I Gower, M. P.), and after riding rather quick- ! States courts cannot recognize sued
United
such a mar-
with water, remarking that as they had never
Go,’ she answered, waving me off; * but
drank anything stronger than cider before, it I y° ll ’B come again. It is your fate. Which of
was necessary to dilute the intoxicating fluid. I t * 1 ? se neices of mine have you taken a fancy
Mrs. Sniff, however, swallowed her glassful ' t 0 *’’ They’ll make you come here. Go; but
with as much ease and comfort as if she was ' rei ^^tnber, don t you, when you grow up,
taking the sacrament-something, by the way, ! mari 7 eitb f r of them * Remember, if you do,
she took regularly every week. j ^hat^ I ^teil you now. Aud she halt raised
After dinner they adjourned to the balcony.
for it was summer and the weather was warm.
herself from the easy chair in which she sat.
Years ago I told Henry Van Dusen—your
Here Mr. Sniff had Marcel ail to himself for j father—that if I conid destroy the happiness
the first time. Curious to know something of 1 Him and his, I would do it. For your own
his father’s life, the lad begged his host to tell I Rake i. 1 hav6 b «en better had yon never
been inside of Mrs. Carroll’s house; but itwn
your fate. Go, now. You'll come back again,
upon me numiruuie man-1 11 ifi Lottie, you’ll follow her back; if it is
in which he had managed the business oi ^Littie. she 11 make you come back. You boys
deceased gentleman, but never saving I are n0 l ess fools than men. I’ve had my heart
wrung. I’ll wring your heart yet. Go !’ ”
‘•I have never been back to her house
since," continued Marcel; “I believe she is
half crazy. Y’ou cannot imagine how her
eyes do glitter when she becomes excited.
She is quite thin and weak, and that makes
her eyes look all the worse. Of course, I don’t
care anything for her threats, but they are
very annoying. I have no idea what harm
my father could have done her. Yon know
people say that when he married my mother
he was engaged to another lady. I wonder if
she is the one he was engaged to. Sometimes
I think she is.”
Tom had listened quietly to this story, and
had remained apparently plunged in thought
whilst Marcel spoke. \Vhen the youth ceased
he turned to him.
“Has this lady any children?” he asked.
“No, not now,” he returned. “She had a
daughter, but it died about four months after
I made her acquaintance.”
“My little Pet!" groaned Tom. “It was
my little Pet I”
“Why, what do you mean
him of his former relations with Mr. Van
Dusen, which Mr. Sniff did at length, not
omitting to enlarge upon the admirable man
ner in which he had managed the business ol
the deceased gentleman, but never saying
anything of that last interview he hud with
Mr. Van Dusen, when that person expressed
the opinion that the Moral man was a
scoundrel. | During bis narration, Marcel
inquired why he leltthe services of his father.
“It is a sad tale, my young friend,” he
answered. - ‘Your father was a man of strong
will and determined purpose. He conid not
be moved from his purpose. I left his ser
vices on account of a circumstance that
finally caused his death. I will not say
what that circumstance was. Ho made me
his confidant. I gave him the best advice
that a member of the church could give. Had
he taken it, he might have been alive now.
Bnt he grew angry, and used language that
necessitated my leaving him. I am happy to
know," he continued, “that before he died he
confessed I was right.”
Mr. Bniff proceeded with bis narrative. He
told Marcel how he had frequently begged
Mr. Van Dusen to allow him to take his only
son to his humble house, where he would find
fit associates for his age. Mr. Van Dusen
had refused, doubtless because their stations
in life was different Next he spoke of his
devotion to his old employer, and the love
and respect he felt for Marcel. Then, amid
much flattery, he came to the Point.
“Had your father recovered from his
wound,” said he, “I feel certain he would
have sent for me and said, “Sniff, comeback. ”
And I did entertain a hope that his executors
would consider my familiarity with bia busi
ness and appoint me to manage it. But they
thought differently. Not that I blame them.
Oh, no, I felt the slight, but the Lord had
provided for me, and I was content. Still,
my young friend, you can readily imagine,
““ small increase to bis pension wall be well re- ; ‘ . - i ■ -, , - “ y , - ...
hod prepared three columns of copy, written pa jd. Then there is to be frequent and full . whlcb “ e bellevel i went by the name ot gress is bulgered to declare illegal that which
a number of paragraphs and gleaned over 1 communication between the Sikkim Court ! “Eversheds Bough. ’’ The grass there was I the courts in Utab have declared legal.
some twenty or more exchanges, taken trom a j and the Deputy Commissioner of Darjeeling,
pile beside him. When he had finished, he , Nono can tell so well what is going on in
had a brief talk with Charley, on the subject 1 Thibet as thev.
very smooth and level. He was riding a little j Taking the casein nl! its bearings, weigh-
to the left of the bishop, nnd was looking to- ing all tbe circumstances published, and the
ward the hill, when suddenly he heard a heavy I privately expressed opinion of one of the
of his going to Baltimoce. It was decided Besides this, ther have offered to send in i tba< ^ 011 fhe grass. He turned round, and i legal gentlemen engaged in the case, one
that one of the editors should take his place i some young Lamas' to learn vaccination and sa T that the horse whil ’ h the bisho P httd been I wouM be H P t t0 tbink tbere was Inore the
until his return. j medicine, and speak of giving the heir appa- ' rldm K "i™ on his legs, while the bishop was | affair than an honorable professional eegage-
oonnubialities.
The flower you placed within my button-hole
Has faded; but there lives within my soul
Another rose, uufolding hour by hour—
Your beauty'8 Belf in its immortal flower
That makes me rich with au unfathomed wealth,
And happy in the heaven of its health.
Ho living warm this dainty flower glows.
As if % sunbeam blushed into a rose;
With fragrance like a waft from heaven afar.
And look as lustroas as the morning star.
I do not come to crown yonr beauty sweet!
Nor thank you for it, kneeling at your feet;
But pray that ou Love's bosom it may rest,
as thornless as its likenes in my breast.
until his return. ^ ^
“ When do von start, Marcel? ” he iu- i rent his education in the Bishop’s school/
quired. i ^ —
“ On the day after to-morrow.”
“D—n me! that's rough,” be rejoined.
“Let’s see.” He sat down again, scanned
the columns of that day!s Repeater until his
eye hit upon an article describing the new
Combination Anti-Burglar’s Lock, invented
by some ingenious individual and very highly
praised for its capability of resisting the most
strenuous efforts to open it. The article
stated that four of the most accomplished
blacksmiths in the city had worked desper
ately at one of the locks for six hours, endeav
oring to pick it open, and they had utterly
failed.
“By the way, Tom,” said Charley, “that _
article about the anti-burglar lock is entirely j Monday than ou any other day.
too strong. It is the biggest advertisement
I have read in our news columns for a long
time. I can’t allow any more like it to go in
the paper.”
“D—nme, Charley,” he answered. “Its
enterprise. Splendid invention. Much need
ed. Of interest to the mercantile communi
ty in general. Made nothing by it. Purely
disinterested you kuow. Must encourage
genius.” And rising from his seat he took
up his hat and cane and left tbe office, first
asking Marcel and Charley to meet him at
the Bohemian Shades that night, and he
would stand treat for three bottles of cham
pagne, d—n me, tbe first brand.
“Where the duce does he get the money
from,” asked Marcel when he had left”
“I suppose he got paid for that ridiculous
puff about the new lock,” was the reply. “It
is very annoying to us, but tbere is no use
complaining, and we will not discharge him.
He has been connected with the Repeater for
twenty years, and is one of the most useful
of our employes. We offered to pension him,
and he flew into a passion, declaring that he
on his legs, while the bishop was | affair than an honorable professional engage*
! lying motionless on his back, with his feet iu ment; and if any doubt remained the Jour-
; in the direction in which they had been going. : nal of Wednesday would dissipate it in the
. He at once stopped his own and the other | following language, which appears to show
what is aimed at:
When the ease is tried, if the crafty proph
et does not compromise in a handsome sum
While | to prevent an exposure of his inner life and
his hat the beauties of his heaven-given institution,
the bishop’s shoulders J polygamy, there will be such developments as
his clothes. His j will astound and disgust the world !
There is one word which covers this admis
sion—blackmail; but, though everybody un
derstood it before, it was poor policy to blurt
it out thus plainly. This simply says, certain
legal gentlemen having little to do. and ima
gining that willing court would not hesitate
horse and dismounted. The bishop made no
' effort to rise nor any movement whatever, and
i his lordship then sent his groom to Mr. Far
rer’s, Abinger Hall, for assistance,
i the groom was away he put
{and coat under
(and loosened
! eyes were shut, his countenance was
| quite serene and composed, and he had a look
: of satisfaction and happiness about his face.
He felt his pulse and his heart, but there was
no thiobbing or any other sign of life. Af-
| terwards, when Mr. Farrar had arrived ana
Cleveland grants more marriage licenses j brought help, be again felt the pulse, and he
A Savannah man steals his wife’s false teeth
when he wants to keep her from “gadding.”
A precept of the Hindoo law says: “Strike
not, even with a blossom, a wife, though she
be guilty of a hundred faults.”
When a Philadelphia husband comes home
late, his wife makes him say, “Claxton, Rem-
sen and Haffelfinger,” which is a book pub
lishing firm in that city.
The married ladies of a Western city have
formed a “Come-home-husband Club.” It is
[fancied there was a slight beating, but it
proved to be only his own pulse which had
produced that movement, and not that of the
Bishop. He did not see the Bishop fall, and
he only heard the thud on the grass. Being
asked by the Coroner if there was anything
upon the grass that might have caused the
Bishop’s horse to stumble, he replied that he
thought there might have been, as he could
otherwise hardly understand how the accident
happened. There was no ditch in the way,
and they were riding, as he had explained, on
a smooth piece of grass in a kind of shallow
Idip. He himself had ridden over the same
about four feet long, and has a brush on the ! s P ot ve JT oiten, and kuew it well. There
’ - •• was nothing that he could see which would
I make the horse shy, and the horse, which
the was his own, was not in the habit of shying.
end of it.
The women take a lively interest
They are naturally pat- J His lordship at the conclusion of the evi
farmers’ movement,
rous of husbandry.
A youug lady of Mu scatine married a man i. ... . .. ** - _ ,, . , ,
seventy years old, but findiuq that she could in bett< L r s P ! f lts than be wa * U P°“ occa- ) four elder sisters and of the Queen, of whom
not live happy with one of that age, eloped ?'?“• Jost belors the accident he was re- he had finished many portraits, the first at
r joicing in tne fine weather and the beauty of the age —•** — —
dence, said he should like to add that he
t j er saw tbe bishop more cheerful or apparently
to stretch u little to inconvenience and annoy
Brigham Young, conclude to work up a sensa
tional case of blackmail, on threat of certain
disclosures which really cannot be made,
there being no foundation for them. In New
Y’ork, lax as it often is in enforcing justice,
this kind of business is generally visited with
unpleasant consequences; here things axe
managed somewhat differently.
We shall watch and report the progress of
the case, which we have not the shadow of a
doubt will have a very different termination
to that its projectors anticipated.
The Painter Winterhalter.—The London
Daily Telegraph of July 16 says: “A dear
friend and appreciative admirer of the late
distinguished artist informs ns that it had
long been the desire of her Majesty that he
should come over once more to England to
paint the likeness of the Princess Beatrice, in
addition to those he had already taken of her
happy
with an octogenarian.
the scenery, which he
^ It is said that an eldelrv Illinois couple [ every point of the w
would leave the paper rather than accept our i were recently divorced; that the husband has , marked a few moments befo
* • 1 since married the hired girl, and that the ex 1 — 4 * *- r -*
charity; so we made him continue as usual. . _
I never knew him any different from what you ^ as t ft ken the hired girl s place,
see him. He is a good hearted, honest fellow
though, and I would trust him with every
dollar I have. ”
_ twenty-three. Winterhalter's?
as keenly noticing at I name was Franz —not Friederich—and the
He had aiso re- great ambition ot his life was to paint his-
re his fall that he j torical pictures. ‘Florinda,’ a very elaborate
could never get tired of riding such a horse i aud valuable work, which is in her Majesty's
A New Hampshire man of eighty-one years
wanted to marry a girl of twenty, and he
. , soundly mauled his brother for endeavoring
Charley was mistaken. Tom had not been J dissuade him from doing so.
paid for the article—-not at the time he spoke,
But he did pay a visit to the patentee of the
Two business partners in Cincinnati liked
Combination Anti-Burglar Lock, who received ! each other’h wives so well that they both di
him with open arms, declared that lie \vt
laid under everlasting obligations, and pro
nounced the article one of the best things he
had read for many a day. His demonstra-
vorced and then remarried, and now live as
happily as can be.
A lonely fellow advertises in the Chicago
papers tor a wife, and intimates that he pre-
tions of gratitude were cut short by Tom, ler8 a p 0or gi r [. The Louisville Courier-Jour-
wbo took him aside. 1 * - r • •
nal tells him to take the first one that re-
D n me, said he in a thick whisper, I gponcls, and he will be almost certain to get a
hedyou. hirst ' »,onr nn«.
“Y’on’re welcome. Glad it pleased,
rate notice. Worth five thousand dollars to |
you at least. Want to ask you a favor. Ob-
poor one.
In Springfield, Mass., recently, a young
as that upou which he w
Henry George She<
gloom,-deposed that he
> then mounted. possession, contains no portraits. In addi*
Lord Granville’s tlou to Gourt portraits executed by Wiu-
i in attendance terhalter, he painted those of many French,
alf a mile, or less, from Arbincer 1 w ® s wont tosay ‘he knew they were sate,
close to some farm buildings. Thev 1 The fact of hls bem ^ l orced to ,eave 1 * ris in
ng along a piece of very level grass t ant ^ again iu 1870 having lived there
nock to him from
lige me, hey?” And Tom drew himself up bridal couple applied for temporary lodgings
aud gave the other a look that seemed to im- ! a* the police station. They had beeu married
ply he was placing the gentleman under an- ! that day, but had had a quarrel with the old
other obligation. » folks, who had turned them out into the
‘‘Why, yes, certainly. Anything I can do streets, homeless and penniless,
lor you, with pleasure.” 1 “Does one woman io fifty fill the lower
“ Am a little stiff,”continued Tom. “Spent j half of her lungs with air? ” is tbe stern in-
five hundred dollars i*Bt month. Madame quiry of a sanitary exchange. The editor of
| Patia, the actress, yon know. Very pretty,
! but very expensive. This is between ua.
Perhaps you have’nt a couple of hundreds to
! lend. Return at first opportunity.’’
With less of enthusiastic remarks after he
j heard what the favor was. than he made
that paper never heard the voice oi an infu
riated mother-in-law.
‘Keep quiet a minute,” and Tom rested his j before, the proprietor
the Combi-
i nation Anti-burglar Lock, gave Torn two ‘
head on the elbow of the chair.
He was quite affected. Ho had guessed who j hundred’ ’dollars’. In (net it must be admitted
! Mrs. Landers was. As soon as Marcel had 1 that the gentleman
told him that the lady once knew his father,
he guessed that she was none other than |
Belle Lauroussmi. It was something—her j
marrying—that he had never thought of. '
That, then, was the cause of her ceasing to
write him. Ho conid understand that when
she married it was mere prudence for her to 1 „„„
cease all correspondence with those who had 1 recent attend...
known her in other days, and to again be as j is her tendency
a stranger to them. He was aware that she ' house like
An iguorant hii
the only result h«
A Cincinnati man who went off the other
day with all his family, excepting his mother-
in-law aud the honse cat, found upon his re
turn, that the animal bad been talked to death
lor being out late at night.
One of the editors ot the Cincinnati Enqu*
ore averv^cravTface ’ * rer recen ^y saved tne cook of a canal boat
the hand and h ide ’ from drowning, and has received tbe following
j letter from her father: 44 You have saved my
gal. and she is yowin.” No cards. No editor.
The women m this country are still propos
ing to make a declaration of independence.
The only trouble iu tho way is, that if they do
otices from his daughter’s j it the single women among them will
t a college for both sexes j get nmrned. Independence is a pet
j tbe fair
i like it.
upon his master and the bishop upon the oc- Hu>siau and Polish ladies. His finest pic
casion, and that the scene of the accident was 1 f nre3 are *u the galleries of the Queen, where
about half
Hall and close
were riding along a piece .M) M v . e ,
at the side of tbe road. There was a sudden ..
dip, or hollow in the turf, and the horse on wblch be never completely recovered. The
reaching it stumbled and fell on his knees. 1 WOf k painted by Winterhalter for the
The bishop fell over the horse’s head on to the i Q ue ? u °* England was a portrait of ner Maj-
grass. The horse at once recovered itself and ; 8 much-beloved aister, ^ken a very short
did not fall upou him. The bishop was riding ! tia,b belore her lamented death
at a slow, cantering pace—about six or
seven miles an hour. The horse did not
shy at anything but was going very
quietly. There was no hole or rut iuto which
tbe horse could have pnt his foot, and it was
only on reaching the sudden dip that he stum
bled. Tho animal was very quiet and safe,
and he had never known him to stumble be
fore. The whole affair was extremely sudden.
Replying to one of the bishop’s sons tho wit-
nose expressed his belief that the horse’s head
never touched the ground at all.
The Colorado ttesert is an immense arid
basin extending from the southern boundary
of Utah to tbe head of the Gulf of Califor
nia. It 19 about six hundred miles from north
to south, and of width varying from thirty to
three huudred miles. The dry sands of this
great basin offer no inducement to the farmer
or stock raiser, and are as dreary and inhos
pitable as the Assyrian wastes. The hot
winds from this arid basin affect unfavorably
the climate of neighboring cultivated re-
Lord Granville said that the horse had been i gions. Deserts are" more apt to extend
ridden both by himself and Lady Granville, | than to contract if let alone, and how to
and he had never seen him stumble or heard { subdue the Colorado desert has long been
of his doing i
i problem. Mr. Isaac E. James, late Chief En-
when he nliook Tom 1
him good day. *
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
I 'ibtuse Ohio firmer t
Mr. Furnivall. a surgeon at Shore, Surrey. 1 giueer of Trockee aud Virginia City Railroad,
stated that he was called to Arbinger Hall to j left SanDiego, California, in the early part of
see the Bishop at 8 o’clock on Saturday even- i July, to explore the Colorado basin to the
ing. He found him quite dead. There were | head of tbe Gulf of California, with the view
no external marks of injury on any part of the i of ascertaining the possibility of laming the
body. Death had resulted from u dislocation , waters of the gulf into the basin. Mr. James
of the neck, and it must have beeu instanta- j is very confident that the greater part of the
neous. There was no grouud for believing desert is far below tide-water, and that the
that the bishop had been seized with a tit. j cutting of a canal from the gulf to the de-
He produced the hat which hia lordship had j preesion would result in the formation of au
beeu wearing, and which was completely bro- extensive inland sea. The project is worthy
of careful study, for the climatic changes
S’h and m^pe abmtth
sick kitten.
ken and crushed by the tall. ■■■
Lord Granville asked permission to add j likely to be produced by the introduction of
tea with i that os they were riding the bishop was par- I such an lmiueuse volume of water would
but the loul sex dou’t seem to I ticularly observant of everything around him, i doubtless be very beneficial to the surround-
( and made frequent ram arks upou the various \ mg States and Territories.