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/■,/ } ''The aoyffte jjtatuiuii VOLUME XVII.—NO. 786. ATLANTA, GA, 8ATUEDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1891. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. THE WONDERFUL SOOTH. Narrative of Her Unprecedented Material Progress. The Story that Continues to Astound and Startle the Modern Universe. The solidity or Southern progross has another illustration in the valedictory address of Mayor Glenn, of Atlanta, Ga. The gross income of this thriving city last ye ar was fl.488,600.93. Of this amount £165 0C0 was received from 4 per cent, bonds issued to redeem the same amount of maturing bonds. These were sold at par without commission, something un preetderted in the history of similar transactions by Southern cities. The actual income from all other sources was £1,323 600 03 The exnendltures dur lng the year were £1,204 594 50. The cash in the treasury at the nose of business December 31* was f259 755 93 Against this were outstanding obligations due, but not presented for payment, amount ing to 1250.568 13, which, when paid, would leave a net balance in the treasury of £9187 80. There are also due the treasury various cash assets amounting to about £60,000. The increase in the value of real and personal property over 1889 was £5 510 301, ana this without any increase of as sessments. Atlanta's charter requires that the property shall bs assessed at its cash market value. At public sales, which are constantly taking place in the city, property frequently brings more’ than double the assessment, and rarely less than one-third over it. This is, therefore, a very conservative estimate of the city’s Increase. During 1S90, 92S buildings were constructed at an average cost o' £3 5C0 each, or a total of £3 248,000, wuicb, Mayor Git nn pertinently remarks, "would alone make a larger city than many of those which a few years ago were claiming to be the rivals of At lanta.” The nine items of large expenditure in this report tell the story of Atlanta's progressive spirit. These are as follows: Public schoo’s Sanitary alUi rs Building sewers Improving and paving streets. Fire department Police department — Water works department Lighting the streets belief ri.; 59 70 51 709 fill 101141 52 2.'d i:;: s7 ( 575 U0 102 976 os 55 085 17 15 570 02 45 579 02 Four mining companies employing an •gfjregate capital of II 500 000 are engag ed in this business. The Cherokee fur nace located there makes a coke iron of acknowledged excellence. Other manu facturing enterprises have about £250,000 in their business, and besides these there are 50 mercantile booses and two banks. The third annual exhibition of the East Carolina Fish, Oyster, Game and Industrial Association will bo held at Newberne, N. C., from February 23 to 28 Inclusive. The preceding fairs of the as sociation have been largely attended and have awakened an interest In the water products of Eastern Carolina that has resulted in considerable investments in the fishery industry and in oyster garden ing. No pains will be spared to make the coming <x> ibition surpass all former ones Id attractiveness and practical value. For particulars address Charles Reigensteln, secretary, Newberne, N. C. The production of cotton in Texas in creases at a remarkable rate. DuriDg the season of 1889 '90 there were shipped by rail from the district in the western R art of the State, 130 miles in length, jing on the Texas & Pacific Riilroad. between Baird and Big Springs, 3 895 bales. Six years ago not a hunareu bales were grfiwn In that district. r| his season the product is more than 7,000 bales In the same territory. “The stcond, third and fourth items are particularly noteworthy. A city of less than 70 ( 00 population that spends an nually uearly £410 000 for sanitary pur poses, sewers and improved streets, will take first rank In the estimation of con servative capitalists, for they have un bounded confidence in all places wbere v«a«t KB s — ] <*•* . an. ti.ves( In mem in preference to other localities where a niggardly policy is pur- ■ ed. Mayor Glenn leaves the city In charge of an excellent successor, Hon. Wm. A. Hemphill, the sagacious business man ager ol the Atlanta Constitution. Under her new mayor Atlanta will advance steadily In her prosperous career. Testimony to the greater progress of the South over other sections Is some times found where leaBt expected. Even the statistical .report of the United States Po8tefiice Department bears wit- ness to the advancement of the South Postmaster-General Wanamaker's an nual report for the year ended June 30, 1891, shows that the total number of new postclfices estab ished in the United States during that year was 5 560, and that of tnis number 2 628, or nearly one half, were In the fourteen Southern States. As new posts dices are only es tabllshe d where the requirements of in creasing business necessitate them, it is a striking illustration of the Sonth’s growth that it should have received nearly one-half of ail the post* dices es tablished during the year. Especially noticeable is this in view cf t.tat fact that the white population of the South Is only about one-fifth or the white population of the country. The total net increase in the number of new < dices in operation in the United States on Jure 30, 1890. compared with June 30, 1889, was 3 102, and here again the Suuth lea with 1,619, or nearly one-half again. During the year 17 Presidential cdices were diecon tinned on account cf the decrease in their postal receipts, and of tnis 17 oniy 2 were in the South. Connecticut lost 1, Dakota 1. Kansas 8, Minnesota 1, Ne braska 1, while the only two In the South were 1 in Florida ana 1 in Virginia. Few people would ever 1 ave looked to the report cf the Postmaster General to find proof trat the Scuth is distancing all other sections in advancement, and probably the Postmaster-General him self has never noticed these figures, but grouped together by sections as we have done they prove as conclusively as any thing could do that the volume of busi ness is increasing more rapidly In the South than anywhere else. Moreover, thCBe figures indicate very clearly the steady advar.ee Id education, for postal requirements Increase with the increase of education and business. Telling the truth about the South is a one sU ed operation for many ne wspa- pzrs. Whatever stories retch them about the oppression of the colored race are pubii-.hed with conspicuous head lines, often followed by sharp editorial comments. Readers of such papers never see the other side, and naturally enough conclude that there is no other. Some time ago the press gave accounts of the bulldczing by a party or whites in Louisiana of a number of negroes who preferred to live upon and cultivate their own lands instead of hiring out to other farmers. In this affair a colored man was killed. This incident was made the most of by those, perhaps which habitually misrepresent the South! A press dispatch from Baton Rouge dated January 4, gave the sequel ol that sad afiair, saying: The motion for a new trial in the case of Beverly Maloney and Alexander Ter- roll, convicted of manslaughter and bull bczlng negroes, was overruled yesterday and they were sentenced to 20 years’ im prisonment In the State prison. This dispatch was published in most of the Southern papers, and presumably was sent North aleo. Thus far, so far as we have observed, no paper that pub lished the original account of the bull dozing has done the people and courts of Louisiana justice by reporting the Eevere legal punishment indicted on those crim inals. ‘-Tote fair’’ is an expressive phrase in common use in the South. If our Northern contemporaries wouid observe it habltuahy they would in time gain a much needed reputation for fair dealing with Southern news. The success of the Ocmulgee Brick Co., of Americas, Ga., Is an illustration of the profits that are made in that class of industries in the South. This company was organized early last year, and held Its first annual meeting a few days since. The net earnings from the business on a paid up capital of £33,000 were £17,000, out of which a cash dividend, payable on de mand, was ordered, and the stock was In creased to £50,000. The Pennsylvania Steel Co. has ap pointed Mr. A. £. Jenkins, of Anniston, Ala., successor to Chief Engineer James B. Ladd, who, after many years’ service, has resigned on account of Impaired health, and proposes to go to Europe for Its restoration. Mr Ladd has been on duty at Sparrow’s Point, near Baltimore, ever since the company commenced operation there In 18S7. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Exchange Bank of Macon, Ga , was held last week. The chief busi ness done was to authoiize an increase of £100 000 in the bank's capital, which will raise It to £500,000. The Exchange Bank has long been considered one of the most solid monied institutions in the South. The Augusta |Ga. | Exposition Co. is a permanent institution. At a late meet ing of the board of directors it was de termlned to hold the next exposition in their beautifnl and commodiour building for four weeks from November 2 to No vember 2S, 4 i , , 1- - l • ■>- . 6 THE CROWD MOVED UK A Bystander’sSugge» i «ie"said.su’ted The Other Man’s Wife. A MOST CHARMING STORY OF EARLY LOVE. BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER. The Handsome New Residence oi Hon. Frank P. Rice, Atlanta, Ga. BRUCE AND MORGAN, ARCHITECTS. THE SOUTH IN 1890. PRINCE BISMARCK. DEAF, DUMP AND BUND. A. Period of Prosperity Without Precedent. the Old Lai)}’, sisk-.s; A good-humcred man was se.ling tickets at the box office of an uptown theatre when a fat old lady with a re fined face, elegant drees and a small boy, planted herself in front ol him. Gi'me two matinee tickets for tomor row, she said, as she laid down a crisp £5 bill. No matinee on Wednesday, said the nrbane ticket seller, Mr. Hopkins, smil ing pleasantly. No matinee tomorrow? That’s fanny, replied the old lady. Well, why Is that? Because we do not have them, madam, was the still polite reply. No? turning to the boy. What will we do, Willie? Willie took some time to consider, and while considering, about fifteen people had made up their minds what they’d do; if they only had a chance they’d buy tickets and get away. Willie decided that the Garden would be a good place, and so notified grandma. Is there a matinee at the Garden? asked grandma. Mr. Hopkins reached for a copy of The World, kindly scanned the toeatrical column, and answered, No, madam. That’s funDy. Yes, ma’am, said Mr. Hopkins. Is there a matinee at the Star? No, madam. How funny! Twenty people in the rear did not think so. I How abont the Stacdarc? None there either. Really? Really. Madison Square? No. Well, I declare! Boor Jonathan? No. Daly’B? Yes, madam, Eaid..£opklns, very much relieved. r«. — - Thanks. I guess we won’t go there; we went there last week. How about The Llliputians? None there either. And Union Square? Saturday matinee there, madam, said Hopkins, beginning to get JuBt a little bit weary. You can go and see the Texas Steer. I have seen that. Are there no oth ers? Yes, ma’am; there’s a matinee at Koster & Bial’s, said one of the impa tient waiters. : Grandma grew red in the face and tak ing little Willie by the hand, she indig nantly marched ont, leaving the weary Hopkins to wait upon the weary crowd.— World. Cel art own, Gi., is the center of a rich agricultural district in Western Georgia. On every side are hills and mountains stored with Iron, manganese, slate, mar ble, granite and limestone. The high grade of the brown hematite ores of this vicinity baa created a demand that has i Oedarto »wn one of the largest points of ore shipments in the Sooth. w Face Your .Troubles. —*— rr .rrz: ■*&T “I had plowed around a rock in one of my fields for five years,” said a farmer, and I had broken a mowing machine knife against it, besides losing the nseof the ground in which it lay, all because I thought it was such a large rock that it would take too much time and labor to remove It. But to day when I began to plow for corn I thought that by and by 1 might break my cultivator against that rock; so I took a crowbar, intending to poke around and find ont its size once for all. And it was one of the surprises of my life to find out that it was a little more than two feet loDg. It was stand ing on its edge, and so light that I could lift it into the wagon without help.” ‘•The first time you really faced your trouble yon conquered it,” I replied aloud, but continued to enlarge upon the subject to myself, for I do believe before we pray, or, better, while we pray, we should look our troubles Equare in the face. Imagine the farmer plowing aronnd that rock for five years, praying all the while, ‘‘O Lord, remove that rock!” when he didn’t know whether it was a big rock or a little fiat stone. We shiver and shake and shrink, and sometimes do not dare to pray about a trouble because it makes It seem so real, not even knowing what we wish the Lord to do about it, when if we would face the trouble and call it by lte name, one-half ol its terror would be gone. The trouble that lies down with us at night and oonfronts us on lint waking in the morning, is the troable whoee pro portions we do not know. The South had tn the year 1S90apsrlod of prosperity without precedent in the last three decades of its history, it was a period of remarkable activity in every department of industrial and commer clal enterprise. Nearly 100 new produc tive undertakings were organized during the year, according to the Manufactur era’ Record, and a large proportion of these organized in 1889 were carried to completion. The assessed valuation ot property for 1890 was greater by £270 000,- 000 than Id 1889, and greater by £1 600,- 000,600 than in 1SS0 The cotton crop was 7,313,720 bales, or 296,019 more than in any previous year. Southern cotton mills took 549,478 bales, as against 266,000 bales five year 1 , before. There was an Increase of 279 spindles employed upon cotton In the twelve mouths of 1890 The production of pig iron was 1 960 600 tons, or 1.000,160 tons more than in 1889. Dur ing the year the South built 2,490 miles of rai read, sgatDst 2296 in 1,889 'V’9 gre-ta eariii-.i j ' V C' ». -A' /!»r 1»90 were yi«0.6o» n/, a gain o;£l0. 604.047 over the previous year. What is more important from the point of view of the investor, net earnings showed a proportionate increase. Beyond question the railroad interests of the South are more promising to day than those of any other section of tne Union. Much of their prosperity in the past year has been due to the Increased movement of South ern proaucts Intended for exportation. The value or exports from all Southern ports in the eleven months ended No vember 30, 1S90, was £268,293.213, or £24. 141 010 more than in the like months of 1889. The significance of these figures win be seen when it is considered that the increase of exports for the rest of the country was but £3 834.1.i. The paying crops of the country—those most In de mand abroad—are those evidently of the South, and the improved transportation facilities of the trunk lines of that sec tion are giving increased business to Southern ports. With an increased vol ume of commercial transaetlons, the South has naturally developed improved banking facilities. The number of its national banks is now 590. with an ag gregate capital of £90.763.705, the Increase In 1S90 bavins been 104 in the number of banks, ana £10 935,000 in capital. Tueir prosperity is Indicated by the fact that their net profits In the twelve months ended November 30, 1890, amounted to 11'... per cent of their capital. With such profits it is not surprising to learn that the national banks of the South have much more than doubled In number and capital In the last decade. The pop ulation of the South, including the Dis trict of Columbia, was over 18 500.000 at the close of 1890, an increase of about 3 00 ,000 since 1880 The solidity of the prosperity we have been depicting was illustrated by its steadiness dnrlhg the tecent monetary troubles in the North. Tne storm that wrecked so many North ern enterprises left those located in the South without a scar.—Baltimore Sun. The Story ol His Fall at Last | Remarkable Work ot Teaching a Made Public. The following aooonnt of the circum stances which bought about the resig nation of Prince Bismarck is published by the Times and vouched for as accu rate: France now begins for |ttie first time to understand the cause of l’rince Bismarck’s fall and the circuit stances, unknown till of late, which accompanied it. All theBe reflations are such that the ex Chancellor’s bitterest enemies hardly venture to discuss what a shadow he cast in his descent from power. HIS IRON RULE. The iron rule of Prince Bismarck had been an obstacle and an embarrassment and a cause of initf y ‘ and constant difl?cnfy>^ * the despatch of public affairs, L none of tb^ ’ ~ whom he was the cbi£. 'jlf, ’ione of their objactiyny'fv ”■ ^.veand definite or erK .-CC • his atsc>Uat6« Child So Afflicted. or 'era ^2 his atsi'ibiUs l,« uue r. A-JtVflL. 1 jo Y-.iu*- lie was almee t ^ ln^'-esdiL.s, and received only those wto^i his caprices tnvited round him. He /tolerated no objections, listened with a condescending smile which condemned beforehand the ideaB submitted to him by his youngl master, the Emperor. He even ceased really to work, while complaining bitterly of the slightest decision that was come to with out consulting him, and yet professed himself overwhelmed with labor when ever documents were sent to sign. Ho had become a terror to all who were, obliged to come near him. Nobody ven tured to contradict him; even the Em peror saw him only occasionally, either because his Majesty was afraid of dis turbing or irritating him. War’s Awful Carnage. Grn. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, when in Washington a short while ago, told quite an interesting story a be ui the greatest fatality of the war in proportion to the number of troops engaged. He was talking about Congressman Carlton as an artillerist in the war. "When General Sedgwick’s corps,” he said, ‘‘surprised our troops by dossing the Rappahanncck at Fredericksburg, they captured a regiment and a half of General Barksdale’s Mississippi brigade and a portion of the Washington artil lery stationed between Fredericksburg and Hamilton’s crossing, on the Rich mond and Frederickturg railroad. Among these troops so cut off was a bat tery of artillery in position just opposite Deep Bottom Run, on the Rappahan nock river, and far in advance of the Dal- ance of that portion of oar line. ‘■A brigade of Sedgwick's corps, which had crossed the river at Deep Bottom Run, discovering the position of this battery and seeing that it was unsup ported by and cut off from the main line of oor troops, marched upon it prepar atory to charging and capturing It. “The Captain commanding this battery, who is now Congressman Carlton, of Georgia, discovering the movement of the enemy,at once realized the situation, and knowing full well the attempt to re treat in the face of the enemy wonld re - salt in the capture and loss or his battery, although entirely unsupported, moved his guns forward, meeting the advanc ing brigade, and when in easy cannister range, poured a volley into the enemy’s ranas, which staggered and drove them back. “Reforming, they advanced again, when Carlton repeated the dose with the same success. “Attempting a third time to charge the battery and teeing the resolute determin ation of Carlton and his men not to yield the field, they rushed pell me 11 Into an adjoining ravine, when the artillerist turned his guns upon them in their hid ing place, and scarcely a man was left to tell ihe.tale. “The official report made a few days af terward by the F-deral officer in com mand of the brigade, as to the loss in this engagement, was abont 1.000 killed and wounded. The loss sustained by Carlton's hattery was remarkably alight.” Jan. 8,1815, was the day on which the Oceans, in the second war with Great Britain, waa fought. Won- ^•rful vi/rtory of Gan. Andrew Jackson with his entrsnohments of cotton bales. THE PUPIL TURNED MASTER. At last the moment came when his pupil—now his master—confronted the fact that he was not master but only chief servant. The long restrained Imperial dis content broke into opan quarrel on the minor question, and poured forth in such a torrent that the Chancellor, taken by surprise and disconcerted, suddenly saio: “Then I can only offer your Majes ty my resignation.” The Emperor was silent ana Prince Bismarck withdrew. Two hoars afterward, the resignation not having arrived, the Emperjr sent an aide de-camp. The Chancellor greeted him very affably, being convinced that the Emperor wished him to return and reconsider his idea of resignation, but to Prince Bismarck’s horror and surprise the aide-de camp had been sent to de mand his written resignation. The Prince, very uneasy, made the laino ex cuse of not having yet drawn it up and deferred the matter till the morrow. Next morning the aide de camp reap peared. This time Pi i nee Bismarck was calmer, but again made the same excuse, saying that before preparing a written resignation he wsb bound to pay a visit. AN APPEAL TO EMPRESS FREDERICK. Accordingly he did pay a visit, which, incredible as it may appear, we can vouch for, was to the Empress Frederick. Yes, in a panic at his fall, this man, who but the day before had bean the great Chancellor, now stooped before her whom he had so long bumbled, and t x plained the danger of the Empire in volved in his fall and the fatal conse quences which the young Emperor risked in thus overturning the founder of the Empire. He begged her Msjasty to in tervene and prevent the disaster to Ger many and the remorse that her sovereign would feel at this unmerited humiliation of his most faithful servant. A BITTER REPLY. The Empress heard him out. She saw humiliating himself before her the man who had hated implacably her hus- b and and herself, and who had sown aistrust between father and son. No doubt she cr joyed the spectacle of see lng at her feet this bitter enemy, now dismissed by the very son whom he had reckoned on making his tool against her, and in a single sentence becoming an Empress, a mother, and a woman, she returned to this cringing diplomatist all the insults he had cast upon her. She said: “1 much regret being quite powerless. I should have been extremely glal to in tervene with my son in yoor favor, but yoa so employed all yonr power in es tranging his heart from ns, making his mind foreign to mine, that 1 can only witness your fall without being able to ward it off. When yoa are no longer there, my son will perhaps draw nearer to me, but then it will be too late for me to help yon.” The Prince withdrew with downcast head, and returning home found the aide de camp, who for the fourth time had come for his resignation, which the fallen statesman handed to him.—Toron to Mail. Although whales grow to enormous size, sometimes eighty and even ninety feet long, the throat is so small that the animal couldn’t swallow a bite as large as a tea biscuit. This applies to the common whale. She spermaceti has a month large enough to swallow a man, Signore Jessada, the great lace fabri- cant ot Genoa, Italy, carries back the manufacture of Italian lace aa early as the year 1400, and has in his possession specimens which he declares to be of that A little girl, walled in from the world since infancy, with only her hand out through a chink, has learned how to communicate with others. Willie Robin, deaf, dumb and blind, has been taught by patient hands the first steps in ex pressing knowledge by Unger signs She is the child of a ranchman who lives far in the interior of Texas. One day he chanced to read In an old newspaper that a child affected as his was, had been taugiit to read, write and use the deaf ana dumb alphabet at an institulisn in Boston. He brought his little one here, and she was placed in the kindergarten for the blind at Jamaica Plains. After she had become acquainted with her to everybody surroundings and witn those about her, 1 she was given in charge of Miss „ . , , Thayer, an lustiuctor of unusual he had seen i aD( j j en days ago the task ■“ >■ whom was 0 f teaching her that thirgi have i names was begun. The first tLing se- ; ected to teach her was the word bat, it-in this w<\y, Hi./- I ’was gi\cn oae day yj auAse herfeei” with n round Japanese ousket that was orna urented witn a bow. As soon as she felt this bit of decoration she put the basket on her head, thinking that it was a hat. H6r teacher then spelled in her hand the letters HAT, then gave her a hat to ex amine. Then she made her make the letters on her own fingers. At first, of course, she did cot comprehend the idea at all, but Miss Tuayer worked with her very patiently. Diff erent kinds of hats were given her, and she was made to spell the word. By and by she began to comprehend that these signs with her hand meant the object. To test her more thoroughly, one day Miss Thayer got ready to take her out for a walk Sue put all her clothing, except her bat, on, and then left her. Instantly the little girl began making signs for her hat, putting her hand to her head and pulling Miss Thayer's dress to attract her attention. But Mies Thayer sat quietly and wonld not be mov ed. Suddenly a light of intelli gence flashed across her face, and as swift as thought she spelled the word with her fingers. Instantly Miss Thayer put the bat on her head, and the child gave a sigh of relief. She knew that the word and object were one, and the first lesson was learned. For the first time it dawned upon her that objects had abso lute terms belonging to them, or at least that one object had The next word that was taught her was fan. She mastered that a little sooner than she did hat, be cause she had a little glimmer of an idea of what was required of her, and what she was trying to da. Then came an other word and then another. The method of teaching was always the same. First the object was given her to examine, then Miss Thayer spelled it on her hand; then she taught her to make the letters with her Ungers. It was slow work at first, and yet when one con siders that there was no opportunity for explanation, that everything had to be done through the medium of touch, it does seem almost a miracle that in less than ten days the child should have com prehended the idea of absolute signs and have learned these words. The progress of the child will be watched with great interest.—Globe Democrat. DESTITUTION IN COLORADO. Fastern Counties Suffering' from a Five Years’ Drougth. Great destitution and no small amount of suffering exist In the eastern part of this State along the Kansas and Nebras ka line caused by continuous loss of crops through drought for five years, principally in eastern Arapahoe, Yula and Phillips counties. That section is what has been termed the rain belt and is on an average more than one han dled miles from the Irrigated portions of the State. It was peopled largely from Nebraska and Kansas under the delusion that cultivation of the soil wonld bring enough rain to grow crops. The experi ment has been a failure, and now the settlers find themselves In a helpless condition, heavily mortgaged, with no fuel, little or nothing to wear and prac tically nothing to eat except meat. For tunately the weather thus far has been mild, but a blizzard or a heavy storm would cause widespread distress. Subscriptions were taken up in this city a month ago by a committee from the destitute district and £4 000 was ap propriated by the County Commissioners for relief purposes. Additional reports having reached this city of the want ex isting an entertainment was given at the opera house which netted £1,000, the coal companies contribited 100 tons of coal, contributions of clothing and provisions and cash are being made and agents have tuen sent into the destitute dis tricts to distribute the same. Additional appropriations will be made by the County Commissioners and perhaps by the Legislature. The drought-stricken districts is out ride of the vast agricultural area of the State, wbere irrigation has been success ful for thirty years and produced a crop this year of an estimated value of $10- 000,000 —Denver Newspaper. Different classes of substances have been found to affect the organs of taste in the following order: Bitters, Mdds, saline substances, sweets and alkalies. The taste nerves are nearly 2000 times as sensitive to quinine as to sugar, CHAPTER XII. Love can neither be bought nor sold: it.s only price is love.” When Jack Trevor went away from the Major’s quarters that pleasant Ssptem ber evening under a pretence of writing letters before dinner time, he had not the very smallest intention of doing any thing of the kind. But he wanted to be quiet—to think it all over with a help of a pipe—so he went into his room and turned the key in the lock feeling fairly sure, at that hour of the day, of being left alone. And then he began to think—well, to think that at last he had spoken out all that was in his mind, and now Ethel knew that he loved her and woald love her for all time. Ha had not meant to teil her—he had fully made up his mind never to let her know all that was raging in his heart, but the sight of her dear little slender wrist blackened and bruised by the cruel grip of Dennis’s drunken fingers, bad been too much for him and now that the truth was out, be was not sorry for it. Sorry—why he was glad— gladl He felt a sort of pcssessive right in her now, as if It was a dreadful mis take that legally she belonged to another man, as if-If he only waited long enough and patiantly enough, it would all come right by and by—by and by. As yet, he hardly knew whether he was disappointed at the turn of events or not. Of course he loved her, loved her with all his heart anu soul, and still he felt a wild triumphant joy that she had been good enougn and strong enough to resist him and had refused to listen to nls plan for amending the mistakes and miBiortunes cf her liie. I think :t was somewhat remarkable that at this time, Jack Trevor only thought ol the present and not of the future at all. He never thought of the footing on which it was llaely their friendship would be, he only was filled with one thought—“she loves me—she loves me.” He got up suddenly and went pipe in band across the little room to tne fire place over which there hung the por ira.-is Oi his ‘ iveavewt i vl.'lioCiS^ Lauy Gascoigne looked out from a neat oaa frame, and his father’s handsome eyes seemed to see into his Inmost soul. Jack Trevor stood and looked at them for long time. “1 wonder what you would say to all this?” he said aloud at last, “you knew my dear little girl, Dad—‘Darling Bish op,’ she used to call you—1 wonder what you d say lr you Wtre here now and I could go and lell you all aoout It. How I wls . I could, Dad, how 1 wish I could. 1 know what you d say though—pa tience, my iad, patience’—wouldn’t tnat be about it? Somehow, I feel as if I wanted to tell someboay or other about it and I’ve got nobody—nobody. Monty Carlton will only jibe and jeer at me for a fool and an Idiot—Granny will get a wrong impression of my dear little love — so what can 1 do? I must just come and tell you, Dad, when I can't keep qnlet any longer.” He was still standing there when his man came to dress him for dinner—he looked at his watcb as he took It off. “It’s ever so late,” he said. ‘ I shall have to hurry up.” And hurry he did, and even then was but barely in time for mess—Dut as he slipped into the room at the tail of the fi e of men just passing from ante-room to mess-room, he noticed a good way on ahead of him, Major Dennis. There were several guests that evening and Trevor happened to find himself nearly opposite to the major, who, re ireshtd by his long sleep during the af ternoon. was in his best form tnat night. Now Major Dennis’ best form was simply enougn at any time to make Jack Trevor very ill, and tnat evening, alter an after noon so tragic, he was less inclined than usual to take or seem to take any interest in the stale jokes and lumbering witti clams, with which Major Dennis loved to regale the officers of tne Fifteenth whou he dined at mess. Therefore as soon as they left the table for the ante room, he slipped out into the quiet night air aud walked across to the major’s quarters. And as he passed through the gate of the mess hut, he saw or thought he saw, a familiar figure turn and tilt quickly away. “By Jove, “I vessen that woman some where—the walk, height, carriage, every thing—who la she? Wnat’s sue doing here, 1 wonder?” Already he was giving chase but the stranger was quick and light of foot, She sped along drawing her long dark cloak closely around her as she went. Her way was past Dennis’s quarters, and as Jcck reached the paling where the ivy and the sweet-peas were growing he saw Ethel In her loose pale gown with a fiescy white shawl about her shoulders, leaning over the rail. “Why, Jack,” she said In surprise. He stopped short. “Did yon see that woman?” he asked. “Why, yes.” “Did yon see her faca? Would you know her again? I was juBt following her up.’ ‘But, Jack, surely you recognized her. That was the dark woman who followed us in the High Street one day and then into the old china-shop. Don’t yon re member?” “OI—conrsel” he gasped—'“of— coarse! And, E^hel, who is she?” “How should I know?” wonderingly- “She is Mademoiselle Valerie.” “Jack! ’ She stood looking at him for a mo ment, her face pale In the brilliant moon- light, her eyes scared and fall of trouble. “What Is she doing here?” she asked scarce above a whisper. “I don’t know—bat I Imagine she is following the Major ap for some reason or other.” “Tiacing him about, do you mean?” “Yes.” “OhI Jack—Jack,” she cried, “I do see such troable ahead. I’ve been thinking —thinking tonight and I see nothing but trouble to come, lock which way I will. Was ever such a husband and wife? I feel half mad already.” “But,” he said tenderly—“you are hap pier than yon were this morning, darling. I know it and surely that is something. Why should you worry yourseir about this woman—her business, whatever it is, is not with you! Yon can do nothing to help yonr husband, and if you could he does not deserve that yon should and probably would not wish it either. You must leave him to manage such a piece of business by himself.” “Yes, I suppose so,” she replied. She rested her hand wearily on the top of the paling and Trevor laid one of his large firm hands over her little cold one. “Dear,” he said in a very low voioe, “I’m so glad wo wont that walk today” ‘ Yep,” sho answered under her breath, “but I can see nothing but trouble bo come—nothing but troable ” ‘ You are shivering, Ethel; you had better go in, my dear littielove; you must take care of yourself now, Tor my sake.” He held her hand in a close pressure for an instant and watched her till Bhe was safely within doors. Then ho walked back across the bit of open ground to the mess hut—not that he stayed there long; in fact, he did little more than look in to see that Mejor Dennis was excited and apparently enjoyinn himself very much, and then ne went u., to his own quarters aud got into bud, thankful that “the fel lows” wfere ail too much occupied with their own business to troable themselves for one evening about his. About an hour later Major Dennis went home; the light was still burning in the little drawing-room and he found Ethel sitting there making a pretence of read ing. “Hallo! aren’t you gone to bed yet?” he remarked. "Not yet,” laying down her paper and looking at him with her grave gray eye?; “I stayed up because I wanted to ask you sometning, Cosmo.” “All right.” He took out his cigarette case and selected a cigarette. “Go on,” he said, as he struck a match. “Cosmo,” she said, and she sat forward in her chair looking at him earnestly— Who is Mademoiselle Valerie and what ts or was she to you? ’ He flung the match and cigarette into the fireplace and sprang to his feet. What tbe d—1 do you mean?” he cried roughly. “1 mean nothing; I asked you a ques tion, that was all,” she answered. It was the first time in her life that she had seen him In a towering rage without being afraid of him. At that moment, however, although his eyes were blazing and his face all a-dame, she knew absolutely no fear whatever. “Who is she, Cosmo?” she asked again, in her anxisty rising and going towards him. He turned upon her in a fury. “How dare you aek mo that?” he cried, catch ing hold of her by tbe arm. Cosmo, you are hurting me,” she cried. •Hurting you—I feel like killing you,” he thundered—“What have you got In ynur head? What are you trying to find out? Answer me instantly or I shall do something desperate.” In state of the merciless gr'y cn !'ei aim, Kihei still v;as not in 'err—for one thiDg she knew that he hau bean drink lng and was not in his right mind, for another she kntw that what she had to tell him would probably bring him down to the practical side of the question with - out the delay of a man ent. “I want to find out nothing,” she said looking at him steadily—“did I try to find out who gave you that embroidery? Not I? I don’t care—you are a free agent, so far as 1 am concerned—I don’t even take any interest in your doings. But i am your wife and I live with you, and when 1 see a great danger of a great an noyance coming upon you, am I not to tell you of it? Last year 1 was afraid of you, Cosmo, but I am not afraid of yon now—I shall never be afraid of you again, not even when you are drunk.” He stood staring at her in amazement, recognizing that some new element had come into her life; and in his surprise he tightened his grip upon her arm, until she could hare shrieked in the agony o! her pain. “What do you mean?” he asked, but he spoke In a quieter tone than before ana his eyeB were filled with a new fear. “Tnat woman has been prowling round here this evening,” Ethel said. “What woman?” “The woman whose card you had the other day—Mademoiselle Valerie.” H3 started violently and let her arm ga free—“She has bsen here?” he cried in- credulously. “Not in this house—no. But she has been watching your movements outsid i the mess-hut, tor Jack Trevor caught her.” “And how did he know who she was?’ 1 suspiciously. “Feople are not all blind, Cosmo—most of us see more of other folk's business than is always palatable to them, and we have seen a good deal lately.' “And you have been talking me over with—with that boy? he demanded. He was getting sober rapidly now. ‘ Not at ail! Sit down, Cosmo, and I will tell you everytning that I know. You know,” ste went on, “when you went to town last yoa told my old friend Jack to look after me, and he did so.” “Oh, of course. Well ?” “Well, we went down to the Recrea tion Grounds one afternoon to hear tbe band and then 1 saw that woman first. We noticed her because she was alone— quite alone. She is a handso me woman and not in the least common looking, and we wondered tnat she should not know a soul—not have a single man saiute her. When we went home she left the grounds and she passed and repassed us several times. At last we went into a shop, really that we might lose sight of her; she followed us in there also and asked to see some miniatures tnat were in the window and we at last got rid of her. Well, I have seen her abont pretty often since then, and today it has come back to me that she passed up the High street that day we went to Htghfi'ght and the gray horie bolted. I did not understand at the time why you cat at him with the whip; I thiuk i do now. This afternoon I could not imag lne why you should make such a fuss about a dressmaker’s card; but tonight I realized and so dla Jack, that Mademoi selle Valerie and the woman who has been prowling round here tonight are the same.” “But about tonight?” he asked anx iously. “Tonight I was feeling tired and lone ly; my head ached a little and 1 wrapped a shawl round me and went out for a few minutes among the flowers as I often do. Whilst I was there I saw that woman come quickly from the direction of the mess and pass along toward the gates, followed by Jack Trevor wuo had just come out of the mess. He asked me If I saw her; said he had surprised her watching through the windows and added at once that he had seen her some where, and when I told him, it reminded him of the Recreation Ground and the High street. He said at once, “She! 3 Ms demoiselle Valerie.” “And be is right enough; she is Made moiselle Valerie,” said toe Major gloo ily. m ■ “And what Is she to you? What has shebeen to you?” Ethel asked, a certain stern dignity in her tones. “Nothing—absolutely nothing,” he an swered—“I awear to you, Ethe', that Valerie never was anything but my dead ly enemy and never will be.” “But how?—why?” “I can't tell you all that now. I will some day—not tonight. I am too knocked over and all to pleoee.” “And what does aha hop* to gain by tracking yon down In this way?” __ _