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2 THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA GA.. SATURDAY MORN TNG. OCTOBER 8 1*^7. !i h for the Scatty SonTN. AN AMERICAN PENMAN. A Great Detective Story. FROM THE DIARY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES. BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE. [Copyrighted 1887. All righto reserved.] CHAPTER IX. Hr. Frederit B VsDderblick was a young Hew Yorker to the manner born, the son of a wealthy man who bad made his money in banking and intended his son to follow the same profession. As a preliminary step, how iver, he sent him to Colombia and then to Eu rope, to make “a thorooeh gentleman" of him and enlarge his mind. The boy was of a ro- eiable, regular and enterprising disposition; full of animal spirits, quick to comprebeud the scape and details of a business matter, but somewhat lacking in prudence and sober lodgment. He matured rapidly, as such men so placed are apt to do, yet without losing his youthful ardor. At twenty five be was a bov in conyersatijn and impulses, with the good- natured scepticism and facility t f a man of the world of fifty. He looked well, talks d well, dressed well and lived rather loo well, consid ers g that bis businees enga entente seldom allowed him to make up in the morning the sleep which bis social engagements obliged him to lose overnight. Bu>. bis vigorous con stitution had hitherto annulled the iil effects of thU haid treatment; his eyes were brith'. and bis Chet ks had c ilor; and af'er ail, if his life ended fifteen jears sooner than it ought to have done, he would have lived fifteen jears more actively while he was about it. He now occupied, nominally, the post of a clerk in the bank of which bis father was president; but it was undeistood that, when he had mastered lb- routine, le was to be taken into pariner- sbip, and, probably, succeed his father in the supreme control. .... Mr. Vsnderblick, junior, took his friend into the directors parlor and introduced him to VanderbUck, senior, with all the honor?—as a partu u'ar friend and ebum of bis while abroad, as a distinguished nobleman of the Ruesian Empire and as a seven-iold milionare—all ol these titles 8"d esteem belt g enumerated so rapidly that Fedovsky had no opportuui'y to modify >beui, though he perceived, not with out a pang of conscience, that the last of the three had an especially ingratiating e Sect upon the old gentlemen, who promptly iavi'ed the count to dine with him on the following Sun day evening. This tinder having been accept ed, Mr. Fiederick observed that he wanted to show his friend round a liitle and desired leave of absence for that purpose It was immedi ately and graciously accorded, and at pariing the venerable president arose to shake his visitor oy the hand and to accompany him to the door, thereby causing the latter to feel more like a rascally adventurer than ever. The two now iep tired to the club, where Vanderblick inscrined the count’s name in the book, and caused him to be presented with a visitors' two-weers’ ticket. Then they went min the smoking room, where a few of the old habitues were ensconced in their easy chairs, aDd Vanderblick ordered a bottle of cham pagne and cigars, and introduced the count to those present iL the same terms as before, and the party drew their chairs together and be gan to converse after the manner of the Amer ican gentlemen of the olubable sott. Finding himself so hospitably treated, Fe- dovsky could not ant reciprocate, and it was evident that he made a verv favorable impres sion on his companions. He talked well, and found that he had a great deal to say that was new and interesting to an American audience, They went particularly concerned to hear about his E iglish experiences, and made in quiries regarding various persouages of dis tinction belonging to that nation. Morecham pagDe was ordered, more men dropped in, and ever and anon one or other of them would be invited to join the circle. The conversation became general and voluble, though Fedovsky always remained the central figure. His loss of fortune was so recent, that he still had all the reminiscences and feelings of a man of millions, and ofteD, in the genial glow of talk be wouid forget for a time that he was now virtually a pauper. As often as he recollected tho lameritable fact, a shadow would pass over his face, and he would become silent and thoughtful. How wonld all this end? At all events it went on very sgreeably. Everybody wanted to have a hand in the count’s entertainment, and in the course of a few hours be had received invitations enough to keep him busy for a fortnight. These in vitations, again, wonld be certain to lead to others. In one way they would, of course diminish his expenses. But, on the other baud, it was impossible for a gentleman to as- aocia e on equal terms with gentlemen without spending money as they spent it. For exam ple, Fedovsky fe’.t it incumbeitt upon him to order a bottle of champagne. Nobody present needed champagne, and Fedovsky wonld rath er have kept the four dollars; but these consid erations were nothing to the purpose. It was such incidental outlays—the taxes of social etiquette—that are inevitable and constitute a serious drain upon the purses of those whose means a*e limited. But there was no way of escaping them, except to announce h ; s true financial situation; and, a though anything un derhand was very distasteful to him, there nevert beiese, seemed to be no good reason why he should, at this stage, take these gen tlemen into his confidence. He was doiDg them no harm; he was not tak ng more than he was ready to give. In every personal respcc ke was ail that they took him to be. and so k>Dg as he paid his shot and borrowed no money, what had he to reproach himself with? It might be urged, to be sure, tha. if his new friends had been aware of his pecuniary con dition they would not have invited him to dine and sleep at their bouses, nor even to become a guest of their club; they wonld shun him as an adventurer—that is, as a person aiming to profit himself at their expense. But did he jin end to profit himself at their expense? Weil, not in any way that would involve any loss to them. All he wanted was to maintain himself for a while in that social level where the best opportunities for advancement were to be met with. There was nothing dishonest in that. And yet he could not satisfy himself that he was not guilty of maintaining, or ac quiescing in, false appearance, and he deter mined to do something toward putting himself right as soon as possible. It was nearly five o'clock and a good many glasses of champagne had been drunk by every one present, when Vanderblick reminded the count that he was to dine with him and others at Delmonico's, and they had better be think ing of dressing. Accordingly, they ar. se and bade adieu to the others, and sallied forth into the street, which was reddentd but not warmed by the beams of the settings sun. jt wa s oDly a few blocks to the hotel, and they walked thither arm-in-arm. “L tt me come in and have a look at your rooms,” said Vandetb'icks. “I know the clerk here—he's a good fellow—and if he hasn’t rot you fixed right, I’ll give him the tip and he’ll see that you’re suited.” Fedovsky knew not bow to object to this f olite offer, and Vanderblick was as good as is word. He introdu:ed the count to the clerk in the usu U style, rather exaggerating bis aristocratic and pecuniary accommodatio is than otherwise, at the rate of, say one hundred thousand dollars to each glass of champagne he had diunk, asked the situation of his rooms, and on learning that it was pre ty far away in the upper regions, insisted upon his beiDg transposed to the secord floor, and having a suite of parlor, bedroom and drawing room. This beirg arranged, and orders having been given to have the tranks removed to their new quarters, Mr. Vanderblick finished np his ben efactions by saying jocoselv: ‘•Now you treat hm white, boss, and if he goes back on you, you can come down on me!” and so withdrew, laughing, with the under standing that they were to meet at Delmon- ioo’s in an hour’s time. “Well, sir,’’ said Tom, as he bustled about, opening the trunks and getting out his master’s evening clothes, “this is something like, ain’t it? I toid you how it would be. We’re all right now, and it won’t be long before you’re as good as you ever was.” “At the rate we are going now,’ replied the count, * our suspense will soon be at an end, at all events. I tell you plainly, Tom, that we are goii g the wrong Way to work. We had much better let our true position be known at once, ins'-ead of waiting until it is found out, This money of yours is beiDg thrown away, with nothing to show for it. These rooms alone are em ugh to ruin ua; and yet, unless I tell them that I can’t afford it, I cannot refuse to ccmpv them. I want to make a clean breast of it.” "Don’t do it, sir,” replied Tom. earnestly; "don’t do it. It’ll all come out straight, bless you. Yoc’ve got those swells to back y. u up, and you can live here a year without nob >dy so much aa asking to see the color of your money.” “It won’t do, Tom,” returned the other, shaking bis bead. “I g ve yon fair warnii g that I won’t ran in debt, whatever happens. I shall pay as I go, and when the money comes to an eno I shall go for good.” "Very well, sir; bat the money won’t come to an end—yon may take my word for it Things are in jmt the shape I wanted them and you'll find out I'm right.” Conversations similar to this frequently oc curred between the c >unt and his valet, and always with the same result. At half past six F dovsky was at Delmon ico’s and found Vanderblick awaiting him. They were given a private room and sat down to dinner with four others, some of whom '-be count had already met in Europe. When the c ff *6 and cigars were served the company gn uaed themselves together sociably and chatted at their ease. “I i uppise you will do like the rest of our distinguished visitors, couni,” said a middle aged gentleman known *s Judge Farren. "You will go East, West, N irth and South, see even hing and wiite a book about it.” ‘ Not at all, ’ replied Fedovsky. "I have serious thoughts of settling down here in New York and taking out naturaliziti in papers.” “Oh, y u il get out of that i lea after awhile when you’ve seen more of us,” rt joined a Mr. Weathei by Brooks, who o»ned a yacht and had been educated at Oxford. “Democracy seems all right as a novelty, but a ltllow finds it a bore in the end.” “Another thing,” said Dr. Warren Beale, a gentleman of thirty, who had already made - fortune in the treatment of diseases by electri cal process, “an Amer ctn is sttppostd to have something to do. Of course B *ooks is an ex ception; hut he’s an Anglomaniac, and does’t count. But an adopted citizen, at all events, is expected to occupy himself at something What do you mean to take up?” “I sh uld like to learn how to make a liviDg in any respectable way,” said Fedovsky. A’ this there was a general laugh. “You Russian nabobs want the earth," re marked Colonel Jack Oakley, who, wi h his close cropped head, red mustache and portly stomach, locked the personification of woild y well being. ’You cau’t maee a living in this joun'ry. There isn’t money enough in it to pay the bill.” “I spoke quite seriously,” said Fedovsky quietly. "And you spoke good sense, too," remarked Vanderb ick, coming to the support of his guest. ‘ You've the correct American idea. Because a man has g it a few millions, more or lees, la'd by f. r a wet day, it doesn’t follow that be shouldn’t Jearn bow to gain a few thou sands by bis own work. Tba.’s what my gov ernor al ways told me, and he was right. I only wish theie were more fellows like you. I’d like to have a few of your sort in our office ” ‘ I am open to an engagement," replied the count, “and I am willing to begin on a verv moderate salary. As to tbe millions you talk about, I must say, so far as I am concerned, you are quite oil the trick. I have very little, and my desire to make money is practical, not theoretic.” This was plain speaking, bat it was not the right sort ot plainness. Nobody believed it Some of them knew for a certainty that he had been very rich a few months before, and they never imagined that he could have lost all his possessions in tbe interval. If Fedovsky had entered into explanations on this point, tbe t ffect would have been d fferent But he had in some measure relieved his conscience, and hoped that it might lead the way, without further revelations, to what he wanted. “Never mind;about the millions, my dear fellow,” said Vanderblick, with a laugh. “R’s none of our business how poor or rich you may be, so ling as yon are tha good fellow that you will be always. For my part, if you were to prove to me that you hadn’t money enough in the world to settle your hotel bill, I’d settle it myself, and install you in the guist chamber at our house. But, seriously, that’s a capital notion of yours—to find out by expe rience what business is like; and if you are willing, on sober n flection, to follow it ont, it would be a good plan to mention it to my gov- erner at dinner to-morrow.” “I have taken more champagne than is good for me,” returned Fedovsky, “but I'm still so ber enongh to assure you that I mean what I say. I want to begin at the bottom and work up, and to be treated just the same as any other clerk in the office. But I rather fancy that your father may have other views.” "Most eccentric fellows these Russians are, said Colonel Oakley to Judge Farren, in an undertone. “What do you suppose his game is?’ "Oh, seme fad of his,” the judge replied “He -as always queer. But I knew him ia Lmdon, and he had twenty million.” “A fellow can afford to have fads on that capital," said the colonel with a sieh. would be a bank clerk myself on the same terms." CHAPTER X. The dinner at Mr. Vandsrclick’s house the next evening was a family affair, and there fore the more a compliment to Fedovsky, who was thus invited, as it were, to consider him self a member of the family circle. The circle cinsisted ot Mr. and Mrs. Vanderblick, Fred, and tbe daughter of the bouse, whoe name was Sallia. 'Jhis young lady was twenty years of age, and a very favorable specimen of ihe New York girl. She was of a delicate, high bred, spirited aspect, and had evidently bad tbe advantage of tbe best social and education al training that the resources of modern Amer ican institutions can bestow. She bad brown hair and a pure white skin; her eyes were large and somewhat imperious in expression, aud her other features, though not strictly regular, were refined, and made up a very beautiful countenance. Her figure was well proportion ed aud had a certain maidenly dignity in its bearing that distinguished her from tbe aver age young lady of society. She was self-pos sessed and not talkative, though when she did say anything it evinced a good mind well bal anced. She was on a higher ineffectual and moral plane than the rest of tho family ; there were, indeed, still some traces of rusticity in the old people, who had not, in their youth, had the advantage of the training and surroundings that they were able to give their children. Mrs. Vanderblick was pious and rather simple; the old gentleman was a man of force and abil ity, bat with the hastiness and bruequeness that often belong to men who have had their own way to make. All of them, young and old, were hospitably disposed toward their dis tinguished foreign guest. Fedovsky, on his side, was immediately in terested iu Sallie. He had seen Ametican girls in Europe, but thev had not happened to be of the best class. They were audacious, voluble, and conspicuous rather than indepen dent, seli-respecting and intelligent. At table he sat beside the young lady and addressed to her most of his remarks that were not merely conventional and polite. Her questions were penetrating and stimulating, and her replies to his own inquiries were straightforward and satisfactory. They seemed to draw out what was best in each other. "Do you like a democracy better than a des potism?” she asked. "Who dots not, except the despots?” re turned he. “But you must have a reason. What ia it?” "Every man should have a hand in the mak ing and administration of the laws by which he is governed," said the count. "They do not have it here. The corstitntlon says they may, bat they do not. Oat of every ten men one will have more authority and abil ity than the rest, and among those ten one is stronger than the others, and so on. The sub ordinates vole as the leaders tell them; the leaders act for their own interests; so our laws are made. A few people realiy do it ali, and though they are generally clever, - they are not generally good. They want money and power, and they get them at the people’s expense. Is not tb&t something like what happens under a despotism? And the despotism has one ad vantage—that it does not pretetd what it is not, as onr democracy does.” •‘Bat you nil- not deny that you have a free pre-«, which niuit represent the pqnplfe be cause jt deoet di op them lor its tx steben.” "Jf i o bel(fcje?khat"tie papers siy of one another, they are *ll fa!sV“por: upt and venal. Uur people ara careless and easy, and put up wt h the best they can get I don’t think we have much dignity, or conscience, or faith in d sintmst d goodnes.-; ai d I thiuk the papjrs encourage us to have le?s sti.l ” "But you Bureiy doii’c mean, Miss Vander blick. that you prefer a de-popem to a democ racy!” Fedovsky exclaimed in surp ise. “My preterence can make no difference. One mutt be more nearly right than the other. 1 should only like to know which belongs most to human nature, for that is the one that must winintbetnd. Men will never be equal in in tellcct and energy, and the most intellectual aud energetic men must rule the others, i hey cau’t help doiDg it, and the others can’t help obeying them.” ’ But take a practical instance. Tbe Ameri cans are the most enlightened people in the world, and the Russians are mostly barba rians.” ‘ Enlightenment is not necessati’y goodness aDy more than light is necessarily neat ” "But we must become enlightened; and is goodness anything mute than enlighteuid sel fishness?” "1 think it is something entirely different.” “Then you think goodness is more important than enlightenment? ’ “Yes," said she; “I think that no eriiihter- ment that does not come through goodness is worth having or will last.” "Are you two talking transcontinental poli tics?” inquired Fred at this point? ‘ You rnusn’t aind her, Fedovsky. She is an an archist and crank of the worst type, and will stop at nothing.” Sallie smiled quietly at her bro her and said nothing. Fedov.ky was too sincerely inter exied to make any conventional protest. Mrs. Vai derbiick observed that tea would beseived iu ihe drawing-room, and atose and departed, Sallie following her Tbe gentlemen, af er they had left, eat down again and took out their cigars. “By the way, father,” said Fred, here’s the count wants to make a living. Can you help him?” ‘ Fred tells me that you think of b-c r m ; ng ait American citizen,” said the old gentltmau “Is thai real y your purpose, sit?" “1 c une hete meaning tomikeitmy coun- try,” answered the count, “i shall never go back to Russia; aud no other place attracts mi” "And you wish to enter into the life and ommerce of New York? Why, all I can say is, you are doingateiy good thing. I'm a b inker, and of course I believe in bai king. It you want to invest your money in that busi ness, you will tiad it as pr.,fLab!e as any that is equally sefa.” “H isn’t ot investments that I was thinking. I have little or nothing to invest. I would like to learn the banking business, beginning in tbe ordinary way aud going on step by step As I said to your son yes erday, I literally want to make my own living.” “The long and shon of it i«, father, that the count is a crank,” put in Fred, "and be is bound to ride his bobny in his own way. Now, cau we give him a lif.?” “Weil »s to that, 1 dare say we might fi d or make a place for him,” replied Mn Van. er b. ick, with a slow smile. "We had thought of adding a new department to our business, by aud by, and that might give sn opening. II >w ever there need be no burry ab ut it, I sup pose. You will want to get used to our Ameri- c. uwaysa little—make the acquaintance of some of the men on the Exchange, and so on Aud I presume you will be pretty hard worked socially for some weeks or months to come By tie time you are ready for us I dare siy we shall be ready for you. And you may pier- haps uot ret ret having been given time to t-ike a st cond thought on the matter, sir. l’eopl- ebauge their minds sometimes, you know.” Fedovsky thanked It s host and said no more on the subject. The situation was quite as promising as could have been expected, and to push it too rapitl/ might result in losing the opportunity altogether. For the rest, he was quite willing to adjourn to 'he drawing room and have some talk with Sallie. She was the only woman, save one, that he had ever met in whom he felt a rational and^ennine interest. There was no particular reason for it, only there was something in her that was deeply congenial to him, and that be seemed to have been seeking for a long while. The sensation was like what a lott traveler feels, who, just as he is making up bis m : nd that all is over with him, sees a familiar ot jict that assures him he is at tbe tbreBhold of bis own borne., It gave him a happiness quite nnres, sonable under the ciicuinstances, for the idea of marrying never entered his bead; and Sallie was, most likely, not in the least aware that there was anything out of the common in the matter. She was a nice girl—that was all, and he was glad to know her. Ou rejoining the ladies, Fedovsky fennd that two or three other gentli m°n had dropped in, and one of them had taken h : s seat by Sallie, with tbe apparent pnrpxtse of holding it against allcomers. Meanwhile the count himself was seized upon by Mrs. Vanderblick, who, it seems bad taken a great fancy to him, in her own extremely quiet way, and had a number of naive questions to auk bim about, tbe pe culiarities of domestic life among the Russians, and how the ladies occupied themselves, and what sort of ministers of the gospel they had there. Tbe young man replied to her cariosity as best he might, though he felt that he was much more likely to astonish and scat dalize her than to gratify her. Nothing els* of im- po tance < ccurred during the evening. But i he stranger carried away a pleasant impres sion of tbe American tamtly—the first that he bad ever entered; aud the Rutile and touch of the hand that Sillie gave him at parting sent him back to bis hotel with alight heart; though regarded f'om a merely ratonal point of view, be had no particular cause for self congratula tion. [to be coxtisued ] The Bride of the Antilles. ’ ft ■ -- : ' MRS. MARY K. BAILY. TAUT 1. ‘‘Oh! eontd you vl w me seen“ry dear Tha* now uepratti mv wtooow Ites. Y m’o t'dnk teat Nature lavlsued nere Herpure-t aav-, •> r sobest sst-s, T.» make a heaven tor love to sigh tn, F r birds to I ve and saints to die it.I C o-e tun; wood*d bank hel >«, to grassy calm me waters sleep. Aid to tie sunbeam proudly show Tbe coral rocks tb-y love to steer !" Clara—And there c omes Georgy Gussie now. dear p pa. to get yonr consent. Pap —Georey Gussie! Wbat do you know about Georgy Gnssie? Is he a bus'ness man? Clara—He’s all business papa. He’s p-r- feclly devoted to money geiting. You just ought to bear bow be praises your thrift in amassing a great fortune, “Good bye,” says the Boston girl, starting for the I«les of Shoals, “and be sure to send me the Atlantic Mmithly directly you have fin ished reading it, and be sure to ask Affce for Dr. Paine’s ’Mental Growth Under Restful Conditions.’ ” After she had reached the foot of the stairs the stopppd. and like Hugh Con way, “called back”: "Don’t forget the chewing gam. I shall be all nu~, in a week." Masonic Temple at Augusta. The contract for tbe building of the new $35 000 M s >Dlc Trmple, as designed by Arcbitect W oo- ruff. of M aeon, has been formally awarded to Mr T. O Brown. Tbe new temple will act be com pleted before the first of June. Georgia Gold Mines. C.’lonel J. T. M Hifre aud Hm. W. M. Willing ham lrt r L->xtugton. Ga , on tbe 28 h.for WMte City, to look after soma valuable gold mines (bat tney own near NacoocUee valley. It Is rumored that these genslemen have a 9 v> offer for tbta prt party Tne American edition of Tbe illustrated London News tor Oct. 1st contains a full page Illustration of Miss Mary Anderson aa H‘ rmoine in “A Win ter s Tile,” picture? of the New Chinese Naval Fquadron, and an lilEHtiatcd Article on Engibh Exjloratton in E-ypt, besides niber articles of In terest and pictures ot merit. I) altrs now futnisb this noted period cal fortenemts a copy, and at the i ffita of pnb ieaticD, 237 Potter Building. New York, subscriptions are received at very laferable rates. Latest Foreign Cablegrams Con densed. The eptdemlsof scarlet fever In Lend on iaatil spreading. There are now l,Me eases In the hos pitals. Tbe total cost of the Stki final was leaf than $100,- 0- 0 000. Already $275,000,000 have bees spent i» u.e Fanama canal Tbe largest tenant oa the Marquis of Lusdowne’s Luggaeurran estate baa rt-eeeined bis homing by lying tbe amount of the Judicial decree and eoata. Its tximpie win be followed by other tenants. Tne Paris Obttrvateur saya P believe* tta Prince Bismarck bis suouiiiud hi ihe Vatican, the quulnal proposals regarding tne Brown quest La, sau wth shortly be earrltd Lto i n et. A CARD. To all who are suffering from the errors and Indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loesof manhood, Ac., I will send a recipe that will cure you.FT.EE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the (.Jemal, untos. Btmtim A r«rb Ctbw Spring with i's bright, sunny days ha* passed away, and summer has dawDed upon u«. It is now August The hills and vales of England wear their softest, and most charming garb, and Hastings Castle, the summer residence of the Percy family, looks more than regal in its magnificent surroundings. The old grey tow ers seem brighter in the sunlight; the stony battle neats look less grim and warlike. The meadows have acquired that rich golden hue that render them so attractive. Here and there an evergreen shrub brightens the scene which contrasts beautifully with the other sur roundings, gleaming like em- raids, embedded in tbe richest gold. The garden walks are edged with beauttfu 1 , btilliant flawers; fuchias, daisies, pansies, and ferns cLartn the eye. Tbe artificial water fall looksc ear and transparent, and with tbe sun’s rays r< fleeting upon it makes millions of little rainbows. Afar to the right is the broad ocean, sometimes calm and smooth as a summer take, and then angry and agitated, and foaming mountains high. To night the billows sre breaking and dashing against the toct-s. and murmuring a sad requi em, which contrasts greatly wkh the merri ment and joy within the castle. In his liixu-iouslv furnished library isseated Clareuce Feicy. Fr« m the beautifully fres coed ceiling to the soft velvet beneath, are im mense cases of books; in marble urns, rare ex otics bloom; paintings from the best Italian schools decorate tue walls; here a Madonna, «ith her calm, s veet, holy (y- s smile upon you; the Transfigure'ion by Kaoltael entrances you; aud many beautiful lat dscapes add a charm to the scene. All the suirouidicgs in dicate culture and refinement. Si ated in an easy chair is Clarence Percy, the owner of this tin e honored castle. Iu one hand be holds a large volume, and on the oth er his brow reciine-t. A wealth of silvery hair crowns a head i f mrrt than intellectual pro- porti >i.s He closes tbe book and addresses Heim, bis beauti ut daughter—queen of bis household, and the idol of his hi art. ‘•Well, Hel u, have you come to a decision yet? St Leon was here this morning, and urges his suit very earnestly. It is time, now, for you to decide one way or another.” * Fatuer, do you with to part with your Helen? Surely you lo7e me more tenderly Have I not always shown tbe utmost devotion towards you si .ee that summer morning long, long years ago, when you laid my mother to rest among the flowers of sunny Italy? Have £ not been your solace and your joy—in a word, -onr all? Every joy of yours was mine, and everv sorrow caused me ii tense pain ” "Yes, my dariing, you have always been a dutiful aud affectionate child. You are the ruardian angtl that has cheered my weary footsteps and soothed my aching heRrr. through n any lonely years. Ah, yes, I remember that sad day. I. was the fi st and greatest sorrow of your young lif-. Your mother took your JilUe hand aud placed it in mine and then breathed her last But let us consider tbe othtr matter. The quesli >n cat be solved in a few words. D > you love the matt wtll enough to becoL-e his wife?" "I regard him wiih feelings of great es’epm, and si-e evf rv trait of beauty that acorns his character. Not an impulse but one of gener- osi v prompts him to any setion " “My child St Leon is a gentleman of good intelli-ctual capacity, po-sesses a handsome for tune, is of disiiugu'sbtd family, and above all, a Christian gen'lemau. For the Woole world’ my dear, I would not have you to tisk your fate with a man whose heart is not imtued with tbe fear and love of God.” Clarence Percy was devoted to HeleD, his only child, and she was doubly dear to him siDce her mother's death. Inside tbe castle all is bustle and excitement. A great dinner will be given on tbe morrow, and all tbe old servants have different stories abont the matter. Some say a grand stranger is coming, a rich foreigner, the Lady Helen’s betrothed. At last the large gates opeu and St. Leon’s magnificent rqnff age enters. It is drawn up btf re the principal entrance, and with the assistance of his footman he alights and is ready to see my "lord of the castle" and his lovely daughter. St. Leon is rejoiced to meet his old rfifcfid once more.' fle thinks Helen the most beautiful creatnre be has ever seen. He is a man of keen observation and high intellectual powers. He is not a mere dup« that every pretty face wiil fascinate. "My dear Victor,” sa d Mr. Percy, “how glad we are to greet yeu 1 H-l-n, my dear, let me present you to our old friend, Monsieur Victor St Leou.” "Accept my thanks. Monsieur, for the love ly immortelles; they were very appropriate, and indeed so much appreciated. Come, re fresh yourself, you must be very tired after your long journey ” "Many thanks, my Lady Rtlen; one smile from you will smp'y reply me for Ufe hun dreds of miles 1 nave traveled.” “We will certainly give you something more substantial than smiles. After tea, when yon desire you can fi id me in the drawing room.” Wnile tbe two gentlemen were engaged smoking their cigars and notirg the common topic* of the day. we will follow Helen to the drawing room. She is gazing in deep thought before a portrait. The face is fair to look upon, and tbe delicately round? d figure is one ot Nature’s most faultless. It ia young, per haps not more than twenty years <f age. A bridal robe of pure white satin, aronnd tbe throat a ruff ol costly lace. The bridal v< il of creamv lace—a f >r une in itseP—is he'd place by a diamond crescent. The braids of golden brown hair are coiled around a bead of classic mould. Tbe face is so natural, the inanimate canvas seems almost empowered with tbe faculty of speech. Helen stood loDg and earms ly gazing before this beautiful vis ion. Tears (all from the soft, tweet eyes, her lips move as sbe brea hes a prayer She is intenupted by tbe tnlrance of St. Leon, he tiiesto retrace his footsteps, no. wisbiRgto intrude on htr sorrow, but it is too late; he summons courage and speaks: “1 hope I am not intruding, my gentle Helen?” * Ob, no, Monsieur, you are very welcome; bo seated. I often come hem to commune with thought ai d with rnyse f;—the p'ace is sacr d to m^, it seems almost like a sane uary. And that picture you see is my mother. She went to Heaven snaDy, many years ago, ye; this very night is the anniversary of her death. ’ A pause ensued, and Helen unclasped a lit tle casket and ui folded wbat seemed to be a jeweled necklace, but on closer observation was a ruby rotary. "How beautiful,” said St. Lon, “and bow costly.” "Yes, Monsieur, it is of rare va'ue to me; it is, in fact, the only precious jewel I pcsstes. it has bten a talisman to me through many weary years. What a consolation I the pay ers I repeat on this lit'le ohaplet ascend btfore the throne of God, and I cau almost see the holy Virgin pleadiDg for me at the shrine of the Most High. And my owd, lost, angel mother smiles upon me, and wafts a b’essing towards her child And to night, when the stars are loosing down so peacefully in the slumber ing earth, and tbe gentle summer night wind comes laden with tho perfu ne of a thousand flowers, and all nature seems so pure and beau tiful. "I come here before this picture to pray, O, Monsieur,” and her animation and excitement becam j so great that the eye gleamed aud the cheek became intensely flushed, and her mag nificent figure was more than dignified. “M> mother was one of those pure and noble characters we sometimes find in this cold and selfish world who remain for awhile merely to cast sunshine and happiness around, and let poor fallen human nature see the higher and nobler aims ot life. My mother was one of those Christians, and when she died, although I was only a nitre child, it seemed as if a ter- rihle blight bad fallen upon mt; the life and light and beauty of every thing around me was darkened, withered and dead. And that lovely August morning, long ago, when they buried her in the beautiful Acropolis for the dead, and the skies of sunny Italy smiled so warm and lovingly upon her. I remember when I returned to the villa I thought she was only sleeping, and wonld soon come to me again, bu. I learned the stern, bitter reality, that she was sleeping the long, last sleep of death. It you should ever journey there, you will visit her grave. A magnificent mauso leum lifts its grand proportions, surmounted by a superb Italian marble statue. It is Faith gra*p : ng the cross with one baud and the other pointing heavenward.” For some moments St. Leon was motionless; the power of speech seemed to forsake him. He had heard what he never knew, and he found the woman whom he had pi aurtd in his own imagination, the pure sld urn beautiful. At last Le spoke: "My dear lady, what do ycu suppose has brought me to your fatoer’s castle? I have had a long and toilsome journey, have aban- coi.ed the mirth, gayeiy and so.ietv of .the metropolis, to decide obr destine. I wiil not deal m sof’ or poetic iangutge, but come like a knight of oid, aod ■ fUr you all the homage of my h»srt and sou 1 . I know you are too noble minded to act the role of the deceiver. Surely those who are so true to the dead, must be doubly so to tbe livutg.” "Monsieur, you are too excited; your reason languishes ” “O, Helen!” And he almost grasped the jeweled band. “Do not trifle with me. I am a man of the warmest ftelings, but am not afraid to meet the worst If you are favorable to me I wi 1 be in a beaveu of bliss.” While St. L°on and Helen were engaged in conversation, Clarence Percy entered the room and aaii: “I suppose Helen has decided to marry yon.” “Father, as you wish, so shall it be." Percy arose, and taking her band placed it in that of St* Leon’s. He was too deeply moved to speak. "Father with yonr blessing, I ’hope Heaven will smile upon ns.” “I t one year,” said St Leon, “1 will claim you as my own, my lovely bride. May onr future be as brig! t, and as pure, as this jewel with which I now pledge my troth. 1 wiil visit R >rae, and Venice before I return ” Eatlythe next morning S'. Leon departed from Hastings Castle, for the continent. Helen was a chiid of nature and found much to en tertain, and interest her id Uas ings Castle, ai.d its picturetque surroundings. Dreary as the old Castle seemed, its ivy covered waffs were dearer to Hrlen’s heart, than the polished marble of the most gorgeous palace. “Tre sp'errtor *al s on cas’Ie walla A< d sm>“ y summiis old Id so ry: The Ini g nab! snakes semes the takes And the wl d cataract I- a: s tn emry.” [concluded next week.] R^e Is beartifu' and fair. She has lovely golden hair, S >e has eyes nl briebtes' hne, Her property Is handsome, too, Rhe Is pious and well br-'d, H ie is wise and deeply read; Hie koows sel-i ce tike a b *>k, 8 ?e can drive a bull and CjoE. B it tbls maid, to me sn dear, Nevr-rcui be mine. I tear. Mmy limes. In accents t land. I’ve oeseecbed her tor h*-r bard; Whether sbe says • Y-s” or "No,” 1 cannot tell, she storms so. The Discrepancy Easily Explained. From the Boston Transcript. There is no little amusement in a certain ehctric light establishment in Boston, over the ingenious explanation of a mistake made by a girl s j nographer and type writer Util steno graphers, by tbe way, occasionally make at < dfi mistake when they know nothing whaievtr about the mait r that they are "taking.” This pirticular one bad had a technical letter to some expected customer dictated to her, and bad p-oduced a neatly written typ -writercopy • f it f jr tbe head of the firm to look over. Hr looked i' over. "See here,” said be, rfter he had read alittle "you make Mr say here that we guaran tee to give twelve lights to every horse ptwer. Now, inasmuch as our cucultrs guarantee to give only eight lights toeveiy hoise-p.wer, 1 d m’t believe that Mr. — - ever could have promised to give these people twelve lights.” "t>b, Mr. certainly said sol” "Did, eh? Well, how do you account for the discrepancy ?’’ "That’s easy enongh,” said tbe girl. “The circulars were made when tbe firm went into business. Since that time the horns have grown. They’re a good deal stronger now.” “Whereare jou got' g, my lirrle lad?” “To see de base ball iualcb, ilr,” be said. "Have von got a ticket, my little lad?" “Naw 11 aou’t zteed one, air,” he and. “Hiw will yon see It. my tittle lad?” “i’ll >Mu de fence t< p, sir," be aatd. “Here’s a dime to get in with, my little lad.” ' H.l dls will Dt y smokers, air,” he said. A*d tbe little Arab scampered away, N,tr slopped be a ••tbankre. sir,” to say. Mil'tary titles are comm >n in the South, but no young man can obtain a higher appellation than captain until 1 e is over 21. It ia impossi ble to make a major out of a minor. A thunderbolt struck a small boy In Middle- town, N. Y.. tbe o.her dry, and scooted down his trousers’ legs. As they picked bim np he exclaimed with agonizing earnestness: "oh, teachetl I’ll be good I” First Author—No, I have not written a line th e summer. I can’t settle on a plot. Second Au'hor—Thai’s easy enough. My last novel is simp y a B.ble story modernized and embelished. "But ptople will discover the theft." "It ia to ue published iu Chicago." There are a rummer ot us creep Into tbls woilu to eat and ?hep, A“d know do reus >n wby they were boro; B i* m-rely to consume tbe corn, D'V, uribe c t'le. fowl and fl-b, and leave behind an hud ; mgn. Dr. Franklin's Paraphrase to Horace “A man in my business comes very near lo the beans of the p*ople,” softy remarked a p ckpoyket as he diew a full band from an in side coat pocket. The late Mr. JohD Jones being asked by a friend how he kt pi himself from being involvi d in quarrels, replied, “By letting the angry per son have all the quarrel to hitnseif.” Up in Washington Territory there is a ranch where they shear 2,300 sheep in one day. This tbreattns to rival the business done in Wall street. Foot-lights are not used at Chicago amateur p=if 'nuances. F.et there can be seen without them. Hon. W. II. Felton, member of the House of Representatives of Georgia, from Bartow county, was the recipient of a basket of su perb d >wers, the gift of two of Atlanta’s fair est and loveliest caugbters. It is said that Georgia’s distinguished statesman sent to them the following neat response: Ob, tribute rare From bands so f ilr Abd heart? so t>ue. May the clrctirg air Fver and h rever teat M/ love back to you. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hyaeinth Bulbs, Tulips, Crocuses, Fine Roses. And Rare Plants of All Kinds. Sond tor catalogue to Evergreen bulge Flower Garden, CLAKSVILLE, TENN. STOOL, The “ORCHESTRALORGAN ” heea. v selling out ali ONijir ss 4 s«cy o O Read Description—5 Octaves, iO biops, tub Bass and 2 Knee Swells. 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