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|HE FtOWEKS UKEffcflW' / VOLUME XVII.—NO. 787. ATIANTA. GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31. 1891. PRICE: *2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Narrative of ller Unprecedented Material Progress. The Story that Continues to Astound and Startle the Modern Universe. The Manufacturers’ Record has always said tbat it is during times of depression and low prices that the South's advan tages are brought out most prominently. When the iron trade is active and prices are high all furnaces, even badly located ones, can run, but when low prioes cut down the margin of profit then only those furnaces tbat are located to the beet advantage as regarus ore and coke can profitably continue in blast. It in variably happens that at such times Northern ana Western financiers make a great howl against the South and South ern furnaoes and Southern railroads. The Rev. Sam Jones Inelegantly but somewhat forcibly once said that “it is only the hit dog that howls,” and so it is doubtless true that Northern iron inter ests are being badly hit by the South. A dispatch from Pittsburg says: “The c>mpetition of Southern iron is beginning to make itself felt here, and serious alarm exists among furnace owners. They say they cannot continue operations undt r the present conditions on account of the large amount of South ern iron now being shipped into Penn sylvania and Ohio. They assert tbat since May 20, 1S90, from 40 000 to 50 000 tons of this iron have been r<celved, dts placingan equal amount of local produc tion. For months a fair quantity of Southern iron was delivered at the Youngstown Mills for $11, and at this price large sales were made. Last week the prices qnoted were $13 25 to $13 So for Alabama pig iron. Tue recent shut down if 25 blast turnacts in the Sheuan- go and Mahoning valley is attributed to this destructive competition. Southern railroads virtually enter into partner ship with the Southern furnaesmej by hauling material and prooucts under the sliding scale arrangement, iron is hauled from Birmingham, Ala., to Youngstown, Ohio, about 500 miles, for $4 10 per ton Tue rate paid on pig from Youngstown to Pittsburg, 64 milts, is 80 cents per ton. In one c-tse this Is cent a ton a mile, In the other 1 23 cents. In moving furnace supplies the Southern roads again favor the furnacemen. Pocahontas coke is sent into the Chatta nooga cistrict at the cost of Connells vliiecokein the Mahoning and Shenan- go valleys. Tne valley furnacemen say that, being situated mldw sy between the j oe abie to produce iron 'in competition with any part of the North, and would do so were they protected from Southern inroads. 8 per ceDt , but the great majority seem to hate paid 10 and 12 per cent., and some even more, and at tho same time added largely to thetr surplus account. Manufacturing concerns, railroads and many laDd improvement companies paid liberal dividends during the year, and enter 1891 with bright prospects for still larger profits. A few items picked np here and there during the last weok as to dividends declared may be of in terest. DARLING ROBBIE BORNS. Scotland’s Great l’oct People. of tlic RETURN 0E TUE HARD'S JilKfflDAY The Clark Mills pioperty on the Au gusta canal will be auctioned at Augusta, Ga, Fdbiuary 3 The property includes complete machinery for flour atd corn mill, lot 160x183 feet, brick building 40x140 feet, ample storage capacity, railroad tracks, elevator, scales and other mod ern conveniences. The situation is said to be the best on first level of the canal above the highest freshet ever known, with 200 never-failing horse power for nished by three turbine wheels. The mill is fully equipped with all shafting, pulleys, etc., for any manufacturing, and can probably be secured at a low figure. Another development enterprise is abont to be put on foot in Buena Vista in the shape of the North Bnena Vista Co. Its projectors are Poiladelphia, Ohio, Lexington and Bnena Vista par ties. The compaBy has been organized and oliicers and directors elected, with a capital of $3,000 000 as the maximum and $150,000 as minimum, which latter has Detu subscribed. Options have been held for some time ou property adjoin ing Buena Vista on South river, which will be closed and about 1,000 acres of land purchased, but no holdings to be placed on the market at present. The prospectus of tho Virginia Con struction Co. nas been issued. Tuis company proposes to organlza with a capital of $100 000, and a charter enabling it to operate anywhere in the State. The principal office will be at Buena Vista, and its first fi-!d of operation will be at Shenandoah, Va., where It will improve 150 lots just purchased with buildings to the amount of $3J,000 within twelve months. The Buepa Vista Loan & TruBt Co., a strong and reliable concern with a large capital, Is an iDstltntion with the sav ings bank feature, allowing interest on deposits received in small amounts. The electric light plant here has been a marked success. Within one year from the time it was introduced, S00 lights have been tskeD. The demand for lights txce^di bj 200 the present ca pacity of the dynamo, so it will be nee essary to enlarge the plant at an early day. The Americas Investment Co., of Amcricus, Ga., has been in cx’stence IS months. Its capital at the start was $500,000 At the ena oi its first year, in July, 1800, it declared a cash dividend of 100 per cent., having earned $500,000 on a capita) of $500 000. The stockholders were offered their dividend lu cash or in siock, as It had been dtcided to increase the stock to $1 0 0 000 in the last six months of 1800, during which the com panv’s sti ca was $1 000,(00. it earned net profiis of 50 per cent, or $200,C00, brine at the rate of 40 pt r cent, a year. This company is engaged in general railroad and land development business. The Harry Myers Manufacturing Co., one of the young and enteipilringinanu- facturing establishments of Nashville, Tenn., has secured contract for manu facturing the Thompson Co. corn shel ter. The Harry Myers Manufacturing Co. makes a specialty of novelties, both iron and wooc, competing with many of the loDger established Eastern and Northern concerns. The company 1b in position to do electric work cl all kinds, including plating. Its piant occupies a large three-story brick building with yard attached The energy oi this con cern is commendable, meriting au at ur>d- ance of success in all its undertakings. Jessup Bros., of Augusta, Ga., are manufacturers of what they claim to be the best open draught arrester ou earth, it is known as Wilson’s champion spark arrester. The idea of its value obtained from the testimony of many users under various conditions would seem to con firm the claim of the manufacturers. Borne of the strong points claimed by them are t h at it makes steam as safe as water or horse power for ginning; ad justability to meet the varylDg draught of different boilers; has a free open pas sage for the smoke and soot, and a con venient manner of disposing of dtad sparks; also possesses great durability. A complete chair factory, located in what is spoken of as the finest hardwood section of Georgia, is offered for sate to settle up an estate. Included with the factory, which possesses a lull line of chair and woodworking mschinery, ere two acres of land ano a tract of timber laud. This offi-r will bo held open on y for a short wnile, and parties feeling in terested should communicate at ones with Dobbs & Saeiverton, Austell, Ga. Southern financial and business enter prises had a very prosperous year in 1890, judged by the excellent dividends declared, A few Soutnern banks declared The Fort Worth Iron Works, of Fort Worth, Texas, which employs 130 men, earned 28 per cent, net last year, paying 10 per cent, in dividend and putting 18 per cent, aside to surplus profits. Fort Worth enterprises generally bad a very prosperous year in 1890, all of the banks bavlng declared 12 per cent, in dividends, besides largely increasing their snrpluB. The directors of the Norfolk Real Es tate Investment Co. have declared a divi dend of 10 per cent. Tnis company was organized 18 months ago, and has paid op in that time 90 per cent, and declared 17 per cent, dividends, besides having a handsome surplus left. The Chesapeake A Ohio Development Co., of Clifton Forge, Va., which was or ganized last summer, has just declared a dividend of 10 per cent. The India a River State Bank, of Titus ville, F.a., paid 16 per cent, dividend, besides adding to its surplus account. Recalls Memories of His Homes and Haunts in His Beloved Ayr—Alloway Kirk and Cottage. Our monarch's hindmost year but one Was live and twenty days begun Twas then a blast o’Janwar' win’ Blew hansel in ou Uobiu. One hundred and thirty-two years have passed since the gossip keekit In the loot of the waly Iny on whom the blast of Janwar’ win ’ blew hansel. To-day the name of that little visitant to the wee clay biggin near the anld toon o’ Ayr en circles the earth and the fame of Robin grows greater and brighter as the years roll on. He Is no longer the Ayrshire poet, he is no loDger the Scottish hare; he belongs to the world. Scotchmen have carried to the ends of the earth an undying love of “darling Robbie Burns” and to day his praises are being sung in every land and every tongne. From the uttermost ends of the earth a a straggling l* u .e place, with queer, cro ihe.l strceipr Burns’ Inn is a place *o which the a ention of a visitor is at first directed. Tners one finds several rellcj cf Burns' freemason days, par.'ic m'ariy the lucga books containing the minutes he siloed Tarbolton has been immortsizid in “Death and Dr. Horn book.” In the Freemason’s Cmb was one J :hn Wilson, a village teac- er, who also sold drugs sod gave m dical advice. Burns and WilsJti" quarreled one night, and Burns, trailed “to hing him up in sang like an c l d potato bcgle"—as he after*aid saM- - rote that terrible t ffn- sioe: Some books are lees frae eu' to en'. Tarbolton krew of many or Barns’ ex cesses, and as ooe.eaiks along the road between Lotb, YJTid the village thire naturally arisen • Viclure of the swarthy, flashing-eyed plowman, five feet ten, of bnirdly manhood, striding along with manly independence—and sometimes “a weedrappie over muckie’’—goy late at nicht. after some debate at the Bache lors’ Club at Tarbolton. Dear Old Moiagiel. Mauchline and Mossglel, what memo rles cling around them! The queer old village has mbib that recalls the poet. Over in the little kirkyaird sleep the Ar mours—Burns’ wifte’s family. There, too, lie Deddy Auid.’Hoiy Willie and Gavin Hamilton, Burns’ laird and friend. Near the church la the famous Cowgate. ' At its entrance stood Johnny Dow’s public house. A new erection has taken the A Bedford City land company recently declared a dividend of $900 a share on a par value of $100 The I’almatto Brewing Co., of Charles ton S. C., has declared a 10 per cent, div EMMA ADROIT. flow the l’rima lloutia Soothed Emma Abbott once sang “The List Rose of Summer” to an audience of one, according to the San Francisco Exami ner. She sang the touching words and plaintive music without putting a price on them. She was not Emma Abbott the prlma donna, for the moment, but a big-hearted, charitable woman, able and willing to contribute of her riches to soothe the feverish fancy of an unfortu nate foliow-creatnre whose sands of life were nearly spent. Philip J. Boost, who died recently of consumption, was a resident of Detroit a few years ago, and a passionate lover of music. He was a regular patron of the Abbott seasons in tbat city, and never missed hearing the singer in “Martha.” Her solo, “The Last Rose of Summer,” was his ideal of music. When he was first attacked by tbe pul monary affrctlon, he came to California in hopes of bring benefited by tue change of climate. He gained strength and vigor for a time, and was able to accept light employment, bat not for long. For weeks he wri bedridden at the home of his brother, 113422J st. With hope of life gone, poor boost had little lo wish for beyond a speedy termination of hi3 sufferings, until Emma Abbott began her late engagement at tie Baldwin Theatre. Tne young man read every criticism that the press afforded, and with the r adieg came a longing for “The L tst It -se oi Summer.” He implored his physician ana rela tives for permission to attend just one performance of F.oto.v’s masterpiece. The man of medicine pronounced judg ment that Boost could not live to make the journ-y between his bed ana the theatre. It was impossible—he was too ROBERT BURNS’ COTTAGE. who died 2lst July, 1796 in the thirty- seventh year of his age,” etc. But Burns wrote his own epitaph, and it will live when all others are forgotten: Lives there a moil whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs him-,If life’s mad career Wild as the wave. Here pause, and thnugh the starling tear Survey this grave. The soor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And Keenly felt the friendly glow And toiter flame; But thought'ess follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. Reader, attend! whether thy soul Soars fancy's High is beyond the pole Or, darkling, grubs this errthly hole In low pursuit. Know prudent, cautious Self-control Is wisdom's root. Remembered by His Virtues. The world has acted upon a good Christian principle as regards BurnB. S aaispi are says: heartfelt sympathy thrills out to “Auld Ayr.” Most Scotch people have seen the commonplace, tliatch roofed little build ing which draws visitors yearly to the number of eighteen or twenty thousand. Where Bsb Was Born. Gilbert Barns has told ns that the house in which his brother was born was built by his father. “It consisted of a kitchen in one end and a room in the oth er, with a fireplace and chimney, and there was a concealed bed in the kitchen, with a small closet at tbe end, and, when altogether c ist over Inside and outside with lime, it had a neat and comfortable appoarance.” The house that now stands may be fairly taken to represent it. It consists of the same “but” and “ben ” Tho kitchen haB a very old-fashioned fire place, a set-iD bed, a wee window of four small panes, the old oight-day clock of William .Burns, the griddle used by the family in baking bannocks, the chair on which The mither wi' her needle and her shears, Uar'd auid elaes look amalst as weel’s Ihe new. There is another relic, but, of a different kind—tne taole which stoed in the cot tage when it was used as a pub tc house. It is covered with names and initials j Tne cottage was iet as a pub ic house by the incorpoiation of Shoemakers of I Ayr, into whose bands it had (alien. But j a butler fats was iu store for it. In 1SS1 j the trustees of Bures’ monument pur chased It for $20 000, threw np the license place of the old and on the front one reads'- This is the house though built anew. Where Burns cam’ weary frae the plough To iae a crack wi' Johnny Dow Ou nlchts at e’en, And whiles to lasie tne mountain dew Wi 1 bonnie Jean. Poosy Nancy’s lodging house, Nance T1 mock’s ale house and Jamie Smith’s shop were in the vicinity, but have been removed. One relic remains, however, and it is worth going many miles to see. In an old fashioned two-story house in Back Causeway Is the identical room to which Burns brought his young wife Near by Is Gavin Hamilton’s house,where Burns was married. A short walk aloDg tbe country road and we reach Mosagiei. Like most or Pink of Dandies a.s He Appeared Burns’ old homes, it has been rebuilt. The world has provided Burns a better fate, and ms fallings are written in water and his virtues iu brass. Some o>.e has said that it is a law of providence tbat t::e earth stains which pollute tbe foun tain of genius sball be deposited by tbe stream In its courte, and that the living waters shculd at length run clear. So Burns is remembered by his best, for his sturdy Independence, for his hatred of a mean and creeping subserviency to the titled aB “the man who first taught the Scottish nation to stand erect,” and the brother man of every member of the human family “It Is Impossible,” says Chambers, “to contemplate the life of Burns without a strong feeling of affectionate admira tion and respect. His manly Integrity of character—which as a peasant he guarded with Jealous dignity—and bis warm and true heart elevate him in our conceptions almost asjmuch as the native force and beauty or his poetry. Some errors and frailties threw a shade on the noble and aff.cting image, but its higher lineaments were never destroyed.” It was Burns’ misfortune to live in a small soiled generation. Around him were the narrow formalisms of an Icy, iroi. rlbt ed, copper bottomed theology; within him that warm, impulsive spr.t WLlcii seeks to brtak through all bar riers and embrace all creation In tne arms of love. Ho knew a theology be yond the ntrrow bounds c f CaiViuism; a destiny of , man unkno wn to stony hearted preachers. They preached hell and damnation; Burns preached the gos- pri oi lave. it wouid be a mistake to call Burns a saint, fur his own honest pen condemns such |an unwise position. But ne was a truly religious man. “Religion,” he says In one of his letters, “has over been to me not only my chief cependence, but my dearest enjoyment. A inaihc a? revs: ~ s -f- character; an irreligious poet is a mon ster,” And again: ‘ 1 am, I must con fess, too frequently the sport of whim, caprice and passion; but reverence to God and integrity to my fellow men I hope 1 shall ever preserve.” His religion was unquestionable and if, as Guthrie says, be had met an evangelist of the right sort Instead of the humbug preach ers and fret zing creeds of his day he would never have started off the rails of moral rectitude. But, foolish though he was, be has preached many a nobie, ele vating sermon at d will continue so to do in undying pieces such as “Tne Cottar s Saturday Night,” rich in high moral sen timent—pieces that will A MOST CHARMING STORY OF EARLY LOVE, BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER. Harby G. Fouler. HOW DRUM MEL DRESSED. utterly help,ess to even walk tc a car- j and tur '-ed inuio a cofi’ee house, riage. j — Tne dying man, usually tractable and : gentle, .vas persistent in refusing to be j resigned, “if I could hear Emma Ab I bott sing ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ I would be ready to die,” he remarked to ! Mrs. M. A. Hotaling, a friend of the fam j iiy, as she sat at his bedside. Mrs. Hotaling fives at the Baldwin Hotel, tne temporary home of the prlma denna. It was not a difficult task to con vey the information o. Boost’s passionate longing to Miss Abbott, and Mrs. Hotal ing accomplished it through a third per son. In the midst of a violent downpour tbe I lady was surprised by a call from Ab bott. Tne prlma donna was so cloaked and hooded that Mrs. Hotaling Jid not recognize her at first, but the fair visitor soon stated hertr:and. “Now, Mrs. Hotaling,” she said, at the conclusion of her recital of what she had heard, “I want you to take me to your young friend, if my si aging will give nlm one moment’s pleasure or forget! ul- ness, 1 don t think I can spend the aiter- noon to bett.r advantage.” •‘But the weather? it Is raining,” began M's. Hotaling, pleased, but surprised. * Never mind the ram; it won t hurt me a bit, and I have set my heart on this. Will you accompany mt?” Mrs. Hotaling needed no urging, and in a few znomeuts the errand of mercy had begun. Tf e introduction was almost too much for the invalid. Joy came near killing in this instance. 1c was several min utes before he recovered sufficiently to even attempt to express his gratitude, and then his visitor refused to listen. “Save your strength, my friend; you have but little left, and use it in making yonr peace for the life to come.” The strange interview was between the two alone, ana it laBted for nearly an hour. Then Boost’s friends were sum moned for the song. There was no stage, no costuming, and all the properties but one were lacking. In her left hand the actress held a blush rose, and with the notes tho petals fell to the floor, one by one. Boost lay on his pillar as one en tranced, breathless lest a note of the la vorite lo which ho had been so long eon slant soouid escape him. His were the only dry eyes in the room, i It is doubifu! if more pathos ever eu- I tered into any comp sition that Miss Abbott 6ver attempted. At the end Boost dropped back utterly exhausted. Tne strain was too much, and for a few moments it was f rnred that the excitement had killed him. He rallied sufficiently later on to say good- by and express his thanks, and in the evening he penciled a request that the leaves of the rose be preserved and sent to his mother in Detroit. Not less familiar Is the ro-: 11 ss ruin of Ailoway Kirk. Burns left Alloway when he was seven years old, but he never for got the scenes of hts early life, and in after years he lifted Alloway Kirk a: d the Brig o’ Doou into immoitaiity by bis “Tam o' Sranter.” And ic is Daon tbat he endeared io Scot’irh hearts by his song, “Ye Banks and Braes.” Begiuiiiiis lie Liatile of Life. Mount Ollphant is close by, lying among tte “heiebts and Lowes” three miles south of Ayr. It was here that Burns began the battle of life; here he received tho last of bis education; here he started to work on the farm. But, most important of all, here It was where he developed the hardy, independent feeling of manhood that in afier years expressed itself in his great song of de mocracy. William Burns was poor, but he was proud, and be took the farm of Mount Oiiphant, that he might be able to keep hU family about him and not be under t'C necessity of sending them out to service. And it was such sturdy inde pendence that taught Robert Burns to sing: What tho’ on hamely fare we dine, Wear boddiu a ray and a’ that; Lie fules their bilks and knaves tlieir wine A mart’s a man for a’ that! For a’ that, and a’ tbat Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, though e'er sae poor Is king o’ men lor a' that. ‘ Lochlea and Tarbolton. Who has not beard of Lochlea and Tar bolton? Familiar as they are, however, there is little of the former place to in Tne house in which Burns lived was one story, with a thatch roof and a small ga tret, where the poet slept and wrote many of his poems. A two story, elate- rooftd, comfortable looking bouse stands In its place. The old home has gone, but MoBsgiel will be forever associated with Burns’ best work. It was there he wrote: “Tbe T« Doers.” “The Vision,” “Hsllowe’n,” “The Cottar's Saturday Night,” “The Two Epistles to Davie,” and “Three to Lapraik,” “The I ines to a Mouse,” “To a Daisy,” “A (dress to the Unco Gnid,” “Adoress to the Dell,” “Scotch Drink,” “Man Was Mace to . Mourn.” “The Jolly B- ggara,” and “The Holy Fair.” Two miles from Mauchline is the spot J where Burns took fareweil of Highland I Mary, so pathetically described to “Mary 1 in Heaven.” It was there that Burns to Contemporaries. The dress of Brummei has been par ticulariy described. It was he who in troduced the starched white neck cloth. He is said to have invented the trouser which opened at the bottom of the leg and was closed by buttons or loops. His linen was fine and he used no perfume. Lord Byron, who saw him often, said that there was nothing reini-rkab.a in his style of dress except a certain exqui site propriety. The poet Crabbe, cer tainly no bad judge of character, saw him at Bel voir when he was in hi- prime and spoke of ‘the manly and ever cigai- fi.d expression of his eeuntsnanee.” “Tne impression 1 britevo was general CHAPTER XV. Of all t! e numerous ills that hurt our peace, That press the s tul, or wring the mind with an guish, Beyond comparison, the worst are those Which to our folly or our guilt we owe. “Moore,” said the Major—“I want to get down here. Do you mind driving the cart round for me?” ‘ Not a bit, Sir,” answered Moore promptly. So the Major got down and the other took the reins and drove off Major Dennis tarned eagerly to Trevor, who was watting with an impassive face to hear what wonid come next. “Who is it, Trevor? Anyone yon know?” the Major asked. “No, Sir—1 have never spoken to the lady,” the other answered, then added— “I know her by sight. She is not an English woman.” “And she—is it Valerie?” he gasped oat. “Yes, Sir, I believe it is,” Trevor an. swered. He felt an unutterable and merciless contempt for his superior, nor did he believe for a moment that this Madtmoiselle Valerie neither was nor ever had been anything to him. For Dennis’s own sake be Bure that Jack Trevor would not have lifted a finger to stop the most scandalous scene in the world. He bad acted as he had done entireiv for Ethel, for Ethel only, wholly and solely becau-ie she always shrank with such horror from tho very idea of a scandal and a scene, and because he felt toat with her a prisoner in her bedroom as sic was, the situation was one wnich might become a dangerous one at any moment.” “Ai.d Ethel ? ’ “I was sitting with her, Sir, when the— the lady camt; and I whispered „o her to get into her bedroom aLd lock the door- I believe she is there yet.” “And that woman in tne drawing room? ’ the Major cried. “I left her there,” returned Trevor in a hard, wooden voice. “Then s to must be got away. She must be turned out of the camp,” Major “Hadn’t you better see her, Sir, and get it over? ’ “Not for the world.” ‘ She may want nothing very impor tant—a mere trifle,” Trevor urged. ‘ More likely sne’s got an infernal ma chine or a bottle of vitriol to throw in my face,” retorted the other sharply. “However, I’ll go round and give orders myself.” He strode away, leaving Trevor stand ing looking after him; then he suddenly bethought himself that he would like to see the end of it all, and forthwith set ofl in the direction of the Major’s quar ters as quickly as was possible without breaking into a run. Maj ir Dennis had disappeared by the time that Trevor got within sight of his quarters, so tbat he did not hear the sab sequent altercation between the strauge lady and the soldier servant, Judge. That stolid person, after having re ceived bis orders from his master, went quietly into the tiny drawing room and tnus addressed himself to the lady. “If you please, Mum, Maj rr Dennis bids mu say that he is notable to see you toe ay.” “I will wait," said the lady, without moving. “Major Dennis wiil not be home to night, Mam,” Judge added. “No ma-.ter—I’U wail till he do3B come.” “Begging your pardon. Mum, but you cm t wait here,” said Judge, with de lightful civility. “On! yes I shall ” “Begging your pardon, Mum, but I’ve got my orders and I can’t let yon wait here,” he repeated. “Indeed! And how can you prevent it ?•’ “I have but to step up to the guard- room to have a file or men down here iu two minutes,” answered Judge with great urbanity—“and tmough I’d be sorry d ishing with surprise when Eho saw Trevor there. ( “Trevor tells me he ODly came to the gates and warned me that he might save you annoyance. So perhaps you will thank him for yourself.” Mrs. Dennis went with outstretched hands to Trevor. “Jack, yon were very good.” she said, earnestly. “Thank you so much—30 much.” She knew as well what his eyes meant as if he had spoken in plain words, ills looks said—“Tnis man is not true to you, and he ili uses yon, yon carry the marks of his violence on your body at this mo ment! Why do you not set yourself free from him? You have the power, why do you not use it?” She cast a piteous look back at him as if to say—“Do not put such an idea into my mind—don’t tempt me!” “Trevor,” said the M»jor at that mo ment, “you re a good sort. I’ll never forget the good turn you've done me to day. Remember, whether its a fit or a yacht, you’ll always be welcome in It— isn’t that so, Ethel?” “Always,” said Ethel, faintly; and In that one word, Trevor’s short lived hopes of happiness in the near future, died. For somehow in those few mo meats he realized that Ethel would never willingly go in for a .divorce against her husband. It was a tempta tion to her, just as his first proposal that they should go away together, had been. But she had been brought up with a horror of anything approaching to a public scandal, and even in the face of overwhelming temptation, the shrink ing from the very fact of divorce clung to her still. So in the language of a look ho gathered that, in spite of her love draggirg always at her heart-strings, she wouid, unless M->jor Dennis became more violent and his infidelities more spparerri, carry the burden of her sor row to the very e d. After this tne Dennises were soon gone and their plsca in the Fifteenth knew them no more. There was a sale of the furniture and fittings of their hat, which as It was really the one apportioned to tue commanding officer, was an unasn- ally good one. A ad then, as the Colonel was still living outside, the next senior married officer came into possession of it. This happened to be Captain Strat ton, and Mrs. Stratton was very gleeful over the change. ' , Ron’l In w mosh Trevor.” she remarked on the day that her thing! were removed—“because Mrs. Dennis was such a great friend of yours; but un til yon have had to put yourself and your wife, to say notulng of two babies, into a box with four compartments, you will never be able to realiz i tbe luxury and comfort of having six rooms all a trifle larger than those you have left. And you’ll come and help me to gat settled, won’t you?” What could Trevor say? Well, exactly what he did, that he would be charmed- delighted—and all the rest. And every day for a whole week, he gave all his spare time to making himself usefal and little Mrs. Stratton's quarters habitable, nailing up pictures and fans and brack ets and pots iu the sweet little room which was hallowed to him by the mem ■ ory of his dear love's presence. Well, well, the best days In life come to an end sooner or later, and perhaps it was as well for him that the commanding offi cer’s quarters in Chertsey Camp had come under the rule of a new mistress. CHAPTER XVI. “The world is a net: the more we - ir the mine we are entangled.'’. There is in that part of London which writes 8. W. on its letters, and is consid. ered a distinctly fashionable locality, a huge pile of buildings w.iich is known as “Tne Fiats.” It is sometning more than a mere building in which you may find suites of rooms each aolf-sontained, with Us own front door, and which you may make as much your castle as the most English Englishman could wish, i-'or a; “The Fiats” they take you in and, be. yond paying a certain sum cf money, you have no more trouble than you had when Bllislaud ana Its Associations. ESIisland, too. is associated with some of ihe poet’s best work, and some of his greatest sufferings. The far n house re mains much the same as ‘twas in Bums’ day. On one of the window pants may society of his day, anu during the period rose from her scat on trom isoo to 1S:G ie was a welcome pres st-tite. enco in most of the great houses in Lon don. Hi r chis” c-edontial was his charming manner; and cuarot of manner—such as really captivates and holds regard—is ALLOV.AY KiltK terest an admirer of Burns. The'only thing noticeable in the way of relics is the top stone of a doorway, bearing tbe words: “The Lintel of the Poet’s Baro.” Tarbolton is seven miles bom Ayr, and be seen, in Burns’ well-known hand j possessed except by an amiable writing: j being. Such undoubtedly was Brummei, An honest man's the noblest work o£ God. ) according to Wi.liam Winter in tne New ; iorR Trioune. On second thought the poet scored the j And ho was not only amiable but hon- word man and characteri-ticiily wornan. T“ere, too, be wrote “Mary in Heaven.” “O' a tbe Airis,” and “Taoi o’ Shanter”—‘ a poem wnich does not con tain a single superfluous word or a weak line.” It is said that one windy October night V I Best- BURNS’ COTTAGE, ALLOWAY, orabie. He never betrayed a confidence, and when in the depth oi destitution, to which he ultimately sank, although liboral offers of money were male to him for gossiping and scandalous recoilec tious and relics of his fashionable days and acquaintances, he wouid not seek profit iu that way, and he would not sail his private papers. A Great Dude’s Wit. Many characteristic anecdotes of Bruin- ! mel are told by Captain Jesse, in reply to a nobleman who had accused him of at Ellisland the anniversary cf Mary Campbell’s death came round. Burns could not sleep. He was t hough tful and restless, and going out into the barn he lay down on some straw. When he re turned he sat down and wrote that sa cred poem, “Mary in Heaven. Falling of the Shadows. The end i« at hand. We go to the Woe Vermel Dumfries, where stands a house with the inscripllo’ : “Robert Burns, tbe national poet,. lived in this house refth Mm family in mminer to Dumfries Sim EfiisCff in 1791 ” Front there he removed to Mill Brae, now called Burns ntrpfit and tbt>re ho died. It wag th^r", as CirJ\le fully 8»ys» ‘bat ‘‘Too mild gate of death was opene d to him, and lie p-ri'd. net softiy but speedily, into that still country where the hail storms and fire-showers do not reach, and the heaviest laden wayfarer at leneth lays down his load. 1 8t Michael's chuic! yard is close by. Opening the door of the mausoleum one sees Burns’ grave. A large marble slab facea tbe door and presents tbe inscrip tion: “In memory of Robert Borns, leading Lis son into disreputable courses at gaming, he said: “Really, I did my beat for tne young man. I once gave him my arm all the way from Waite’s to Walter's ” To a lady at dinner who observed that he did not eat vegetables, and inquired wnether he never aie any, he replied: “Yes, madam, I once aie a pea.” On being asked, in an unseasonable summer, whether ne had ever seen such a one, he answered: “Yes, last winter.” When some one inquire! how he hap pened to catch a cold, Lis reply wa;: “I left my carriage yesterday evening, on my way to town iroin the Pavilien, and the infidel of a landlord put me into a room wltn a damp stranger.” “Robinson,” be said to his valet, wish ing to snub a bore wi.o was botheriug him with copious enthusiasm about tn« English lakes, “which of the lakes do I admire?” “ Windermere, sir,”rejoined tho valet. “Ao, yes,” Brummei added, “Winder- mere—-o it is—Windermere. Come to Brighton,” ne cried, “wa’ll tat currant tart and i.ve in cbii- .z and salt water.” sweep or year laundress—they i? in, in fact, and “do” for you tope: in every way. If you are a very sociable pc-rsc may make many acquaintances the three or four hundred p :op! liva under ths same roof wua y you may live there for years and spsak to a sirgie soui from year’s year's end. You can give a din though Judge would have promptly j {ort y People with as little trouble knocked down and thrashed almost to a I cin as ^ OQe to c jelly ar.y man that he saw ill using a wo man, yet he had no compunction wbat ever, In her case, of conveying his mas Well,” she said, “I have heard a great! deal abont the chivalry of your English I soldiers, and when I come to visit an j English effijer, I am turned out of his house.” But it was only wasting breath to talk about ehiva'ry to a stolid block of a 30I- dlcr servant, who had got his orders and would csrrv them out at any ejst. Mad j emoiseliu Valerie did not reaiizy that who day and dice quietly with you o’clock—you can go away for si ever, m uer ease, ox vox.,e,x.x B .xx, or a year and you needn’t ttou! ter’s message to her in ail its plain truth anything under lock an never ad to at of e as you W-.dues- at eight : mouths ie to pat he mas- tad uncompromising ugliness. S ie went out of the hut therefore without further ado, and Trevor from a distance saw her go off in tbe direction of the town. “Beaten again,” site muttered as she passed tbe great gates. “I suppose that’s \^hy he cnooses to live iu that miserable little wooden cabin—he knows he can always escape In among bis great brutes of soldiers. Bat ! I never thoueut I could be bellied by a great fool like Dennis.” When tie stranger had fairly gone, Maj.>r Dennis sent Judge across to Mr. Trevor's quarters to ask him to come over before ho went to mess. And when he was dressed T.’evor did so and found the Msj >r alone in the little drawing- room ‘‘Trevor, my dear fellow,” said the Major with boisterous heartiness, “ T ement, does all that for you : or you msy let your suite and have a few gui neas a week to help to pay yoarexpeuaet while you are visiting among your friends aud relations or enlarging your mind by foretgn travel. Then you need not trouble yourself to keep horses and carriages unless you like—tne management will pruvi ie you with anything of that kind tnatyou may happen to r; quire, and you have out to order tho open or the eloeo carriage, as you may think most fit. Well, It Is a charming arrangement, and were I a free agent In such matters—which I need hardly say I am not—that portion of mankind which enjoys the doubtful privilege of uay acquaintance, would, be fore many weeks nave gone over my head, see me comfortably established oil In 1795 a treaty was made with Spain by whtc i tue Mlsri sipDl R’vertroubles were ended. Tnat same year J ohn J ay con cluded a treaty with England, which, though advantageous iu the main, was not satisfactory to most of our people, for It did not provide against tue Im pressment of our sailors by British ships. • thank you'enough for haring ^"can %^ ao Z™ spared me from walking in unawares on L.ats. l can imagine no .ire so easy, that woman this afternoon—I'm awfully obiigtd to you.” ^ _ “Don’t speak of it sir,” said Jack, a little stiffly. “I wished to save Mrs. Den nis any annoyance—that was ali.” “Then she shall thank you herself. Stay—there’s one thing I want to say I know what you must think of this mys terious lady who is paying me such at tention jnst now ’’ , ...... ‘‘I have no right to think about it at all, sir,” putla J-iek,‘ri idly. “Bat I wish you to do so,’ r j lined tbe Major—“because you could—trom a sur face knowledge—only havo one opinion on tbe eubj :et. But I give you my word of honor tbat she was never anything but a bitter enemy—never.” no household so pleased to manage, or with so few domestic worries to fret one’s sonl. Well, the Dennises, after being in rooms in Jermyn Street for several weeks, all at once bethought them of “The Flats,” and determined to go and see whether there were an; suites of rooms to be let. “If yon remember,” said the Major as they drove along—“Etniiy Hardeastle was there for six months at least—she swears by the place—saids e never lock ed a thing np or even bolted her door at night. I believe it would be the very place,” However, when they got there they did net find a single large sixsd Euite cf “She does seem bister enough,” said i r, oms vacant. There were two very Jack, relaxing, a^d yet in a very scorn xut tone. “By Jove, yes,” said the M .jor, “and ’pon my word, it she follows mo up aud makes my life a burden to mt) iu Lon don as she has done here, I shall have to buy a yacht as tue only sa e way cf get ting rid of aer—” then he went to the door of the bedroom and called, “Ethel, Ethel, I want you a minute.” ‘ Yea,” aha answered, and came out, small ones, each with a good sitting- room, a good bedroom, a smail maids room, kitchen and bath room, in reality suites only Intended for one person, O/er these Mrs. Donnis shook ner head— “ vVe must have more room than that,” she said decidedly. “Would you like to take a Tarnished suite for six months?” asked the young man—manager—clerk—or whatever he waa—who took them round, “Then you