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Till- VIENNA PROGRESS.
I 7
TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Whete They May.”
JOHN E, HOWELL, E4itor and Proprietor,
VOL. XII. NO. 24
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
MY SWEETHEART.
■RT AI.KXAKDER BOWKS,
I know not why in (iarkrHt skies
The out Jibe whitest.
But I know that from'iny love's dark eye*
The ht’Hksflocjns nlwityd brightest.
1 know net why the golden light
Ct sun set seems eo fair,
But it touched my sweetheart's
bright—
A;»d shining is her hair.
i know not why an angel's face
To innocence is gi* on.
But 1 know that in her smile I trace
The purity o? heaven.
I know not liow Love found its home
In hearts where no lights shone,
3nt I know her Jove to me has come—
And I know it’s all my own.
1 know not why, nor when, nor how
All things that are may be;
But my heart knows with gladness noi»
That my love loves but me.
*Tis only this I know, and this
To ine is all of life ;
And all of this my sweetheart is,
My sweetheart is—my Wife.
Chicago, 111.
BETRAYED
DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
4 Rom ante ' of Love, Intrigue" iuici
Grime.
BT MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON.
CHAPTER X.—(Continued).
The next morning he arose unrefreshed,
aud feeling that he had already lost too
much time, hurried through his break
fast, and started for the publishing house.
He took his place at his desk, and in a
mechanical sort of way endeavored to
perform his duties.
An hour or two passed. It was nearly
ton o’clock. The door of the Counting,
room opened. Listlessly he^looked up,
and to his unbounded astonishment, not
to say app,f‘eljAnjiotf, saw his uncle enter.
The visitor came straight toward his
desk.
Eugene slipped from his stool and caBt
a hasty glance around.
The door of Hr. Norton's private room
was open/" 5 -**.»’ '
lie looked in. The apartment was
empty.
He motioned his uncle to enter, and
fallowed him into tho room.
As he closed the door his nnole turned,
and seizing him- by the lapel of his coat,
in an impressive voice said: *
“Well, young man!”
“Well, sir," gasped Eugene.
"What aro you doing here?”
“I am at work, as you saw.”
“At work? Urn! Sit down there—sit
down, I say!”
Ho threw himself into Mr. Norton’s re.
volving chair, while Eugene seated him
self a short distance away.
“Well)' well!” he repo at od, after &
pause.
“Well, sir; what is it?”
“The deuce! You take things oalmly,
it seems X ■ » -
" ('alinly;^^
"Yes; you have married sinceIsijw.you,
last, and \vTi:3f JIIaEve?-lost yoiir ‘wifo^ itr
a very shanking m AjJfoFniu§i kfty.’A ; ,
“It is trnF that X have been married,
and alas! it is also Lcjcp-^that my.jvife.is
dead.” " *" "■_y"
“Very saS, . iiu-itsd-tP saw-Accounts*of it
all in the papers. It qhocked me, very-'
much; I nsfiure.)tqiW»uBerhbps , ’ s yori have
noticed how ag tatcjj»t,»a.m.; at this, mo--
mont?” - •
“I had thought you were not as calm as ;
usual, uncle.” ‘ ^ ‘ ,', ; V ... ..
“Calm! Forljd&dst,. Far’frpm it v and ,
I remembered tdone you „pi£i«-’.
justice!" - --'.wT'.-’r.. V ' . _
. “Let that pass, if y on: pi ease, sir; I.ltad
forgotten it/V'HX?;?*.' . -*
“But I have nof t *¥orgott'en it, and I
iemembor.jthe,4lWBbJnt.wilh real -pain.
I could wialiuo_;Ke.t .myself, right with
you.” ’ -3-..V JtV.
“It’s all ri^jL as.jt. ’*, sir. '.'I am far .
better oil Imio.lSpa^ gxas, at> thq.bjmk;: I*n
am, indeed^’t, . "......j ,
“Glad tO*n$ff'ir. An<f "you' li^.-tlje ,
business?". „ • "I.\
“Very mftflS’tfr.'® 8 . ~
“See hert^’n!>. , n ?*''’Vjieai; plainly,T"
owe you nothing. ” “ , ....
“And I have never dAiaifg9a’'pafflient
even of that, sir,” returned Ktdfene,. Vith
a smile, -tufl .ti .0
“Ah, th»hMJtr&elt ®W iffy
nephew, and I have wronged you." y .
Eugene malls*altl>r&o;Sorj^giSstflfrS.
“Cm!” w'Snf AnSatausaidol'T'am mart'
ned, to be sure, and I may say that mj
wife was made to adorn:-fiordbty. A very
lovely lady, my boy!"
‘ Indeed sho is, sir! A very queen!”
Right, sij3t*tfiett»>'T«hirtov-norchildren.
nor am I likely to have.”
Eugeno looked up quickly.
“In a wagl,” ci»it*iiiU£.dv$ijs; uncle, “1
cau well ntflJM tQ jj!A*splHBj±iAng. 1 a i " jon.-? 1 *
“I am doing well by myself, sir.”
Jir. Elliston brushed this answer away
with one majestic sxveep'dfffiis hand. . . "'
You like this business,’-you say?” bs
asked.
A long conference followed. Then the
three went out together.
Baton the street they separated, Mr.
Eliiston and Eugene going to the office
jf the former's lawyer, where, sooa after,
;hev were joined by Mr. Norton and Lis
attorney.
It was past noon when Mr. Elliston left
them, aul when Eugene again entered
the doors of the publishing house, he did
so a partner, owning a one-fourth inter
est in the business, for which his nncle
had paid 837,500, and the firm name
henceforth was to be John Norton A Co.
For one moment, at the end of the
transaction, Eugene's peace of mind was
bomewhat disturbed.
As they were leaving the lawyer’s office,
his Uncle took liis hand and said:
“Eugene; my denr boy, I ought to tell
von-, for your conscience's sake, that Mrs.
Elliston is aware that I intended to ren
der you th s little service, and that she
approves of it. She has a great deal oi
love and affection for you, ray dear fel
low; he sure of that.”
For a moment Eugene was unnblo to
speak. At length he faltered out: “But
does one know all. Hoes she know
“Y’es,” interrupted his uncle; “she
knows all about it. I informed her that
I did not intend to take any receipt for
whatever sum I might advance on your
account, and that no reclamation-of it
shbuEd be.ffia.Je at any time bn any ac
count. ”
“ You'ure too good, sir.
“Not at all. This, or something like it.
is what I ought to have done before. And
now good-day.”
“Good-slay, sir, aDd miny thanks.
“31? the. way, Eugene, your evenings
nfust be very lonely. Come up to the
. aouse to-niiht,?
1'ndor the circumstances. Eugene re-
garded this invitation as ia the nature ot
a command, and therefore accepted it
promptly.
All the afternoon the thought that he
was' to moot his uncle’s wife" so soon
again made him nervous. He had
shrewd suspicion that it was wholly
owing to her influence that he was now 0
partner in the house of Norton & Co.,
and this suspicion tended to make him
s ill more nervous; so when evening came
it wa3 with a somewhat lagging step that
he approached the st itely mansion, and
asceuded to the broad platform before the
mansion doors.
He rang the belli, and stepped into the
vestibule. T-he-'hall porter almost im
mediately opened the inner door, and
skowod him into the library.
His uncle was there, walking up and
down the room with nervous tread.
The moment he perceived the young
man entering:; . ..
“Ah, it is yon!” -fie cried, darting an
eager glance upon lrim. “By my faith,
your arrival is fortunate!”
“How is that, sir?”
“I am called away—have to meet tht
State Central Committee in less than
half an hour. Mrs. Elliston is not well:
l don’t know what’s the matter with her.’
“I am sorry to hear that she is nol
well; I ”
“I know, I know, and you must set
her."
“But if she is ill ”
“She is not confinod to her bed, yon
understand, and your presence will dc
her good. She needs some one to cheei
her up. You must go. to her at once
You owe her this mark of attention. Anc
■—er—Eugene!”
“Sir?”
“If you discover anything you must tell
“But what should I discover, sir?”
>, iX*'o deuce! How do I know? But you
(nidbrsland women better than I do, and
3*jfliaps you cau find out what’s the mat-
leshttfik her. SomelhiffighjjfjljubHng her.
.sfi&fiit I am ceitaiiu,aiJd'-£'-*,rohld like to
,'ajpwn just what fjjtrb.-”' fiiiyMvfO
” From lsffr ac^umsN^TTietl sfe^iasQ.ye-
v .1,1 ImrunT" I IT, V- n ( 7-1'’WsS; ■ - -
jhr-ved towartTnye-Eisp imnehetrabi’ey^
•- '■‘‘I think-aAirs: telliston is naturally
cold',’*” saiiSEugeue.
x“Yes. ” l’csponued his uncl&, thought-
fully. “Y'cs, 'and in some respects I—but,
realiy now, should ' ou discovor anything,
1 rely on your.communicating it tome.
And stop! when you have-seen her do nol
leave the house, but have tho kindness
lo return to.tbis room, I shall he back in
a■' coujile of hours, sooner if. possible.
You will dWise main.this?' -
■ = ‘ J > ertainly, si,. Yhhen yeii-rctura ytnr
iwB find me h'-j;e.” . . .. ..
‘- .“For my part T lovo^er.like a.fpoir>i'—j
TU»t : is onty’rigGt.'sufy'' v-V- ’ V
l® ; :!.-.“'-jluui! And wli,at do yon flunk of 4er?”
horgaKjoh^Staited." •••• t; •:
As:fc have already told you, sir,” he at
lung!Iw-athink h'er very beautiful—
queenly,, in fact, but naturally cold.”
^.".TbittSs it, that A it:, and no w go to her.”
inhere shailT'find her; sir?”
^.ui.her boudoir at the head of the
'it‘ai4'^; ...0-. ,
...Eugene thought he knew the room, and
is. Ip's uncle’left the house he ascended
th‘d'broadstaircase leading to the second
fleer. ' ...:
Arriving.at, what he supposed to be the
right door,'be knocked.
Obtaining no answer he entered with
out hesitation, - lifted the curtain which
bung in the doorway, and was immedi
ately arrested bv a strange spectacle.
Yes, sir. x.. ... .
“You like Mr. Snrto’u?” -, *
“Yes, sir." ? .:
“Well, I have made inquires. He is ai
honest man—a.pushtu# man. This houst
will soon rival the" Harpers—the-Apple-
ions—any i)ij&£ t ..Yau.-shall; -have,
au interest" m"Tt‘,‘ffiy'’hoy.’’ jjn'd .with.a
grand air, Sherwood, jeflistou". fitajted.t.c
his fcot. ' 'k"i**Vx'" .V .y v ■
“But, uncle',“.^irofosted-Engeuo, "I can-
p.ct take a gS^t'bi mduej: from you—and
ito large a sum as it-.-would* require to buy
even a smallduturest'h'e're'”
“Well, if Tmj;.jvt)0.’t»take it as a gift,'
you must acceptJdt us a»Tpau—but mind,
it must be for rr long tijue and without
interest.” I*”.: \
"But, un^C.vr?"’ »vj*v
“Enough! I must do this to quiefnlj’
conscience; anjljtiecauss, to' tell you tho
tlllth, 1 have ji iegard for yoim ”
“But if any^avg shouid; happeu v -ahfl'
the sum you a<W:5i|eed is losi ' :
“In th-'t case, 1 shall not exuect.y.oii tc.
return a dol 1 tfr'of ‘.^take-.iw;ft
eeipt from you. au3. if .you ue-v-erTetTrin
the loan iir-dsrfikvuy circumstances," '£i>u"
will confer a gdffi favor upon me.”
“Really, uyqlc --—*
“Como, Accept it as from
fxiend — fioCyXli* relative — from Ypi::
mother s brffterj- .op .any. grounds yur
please, so yiJil Incept. JE not, I swear
you will won&dijurlsuriptsiyi”
Eugene rose. k sftirlfe's hand, an3’
pressing it, witgffiflotioirrffacd briefly;
“T accept, sir^jiltlianks!” \
A look of relief came into Mr. Ellis-
ton's face,
then
; --<tt«APTE!t xr.-- * •
TlfEt WYles op Ythe siu'ex.
At the other extremity of the room, /ac-
iug him, was a large mirror,.befpre which
stood Cora Elliston. Her^baok was turned
o him. - ’• " " '
She w as dressed, or rather draped, in a
sort of drossiugjgown of .white .cashmere,
without sleeves,.yhich left.her arms ami
shoulders hire.* Her auburn hair was
untfound'and'floating, and fell in heavy
misses almost to her feet. One hand
rested lightly on dhe - toilet table, the
pther,.lield together ’over her ' bust the
folds of her dressing-gown.
. -;-§he was gazing at herself in. thj .glass
‘ and weeping'bitterly.’
The tears fell drop-by drop on her
winterxfiesh bosom and glittered there
' hkey'tlia drops of dew which one sees
jjllinfhg'jn .the morning on the shoulders
oE*;tjs8cniai$lb nymphs in the garden of
iiiplh>vhdna. ; - :
1 :: TkF'n.‘'Eugnnfi quiel-ly drqpped the cur-
• fflijislbi.ihg.rftntritncq.-and,noiselessly re-
Livei';T;!;iaikin’g wilh hi4 .n.cyerfhelesSj an
etetikalnSbii-Adir of thissfblerr visit".
'Hcf itijd#' aiuquiiies and finiiUy -fdiind ■
'ttfjtA'db'rif iffisqarv'h of, and where,,
shortly vflei'Wstr.d, 'he.wes joined by Mrs.
-Ki-istoa.
-Tchia ia^toiiisteneut her face-was-net
’bj^^^garei’jt'waajayp n F. .
fessed to himself this fair siren was ac
quiring over him.
Nev rtheless, the sensation .caused by
the very knowledge of his danger was s
lelightful one, and the evening passed
hr too swiftly. It was with -real regret,
then, that he at last arose to say good-
aight.
“Y'ouwill come again soon?” queried
Cora, as she, too, arose, and offered him
aer hand.
“As soon as you like,” he said, quick-
ly, and then his face flushed a little.
“Hid. you know I was going to give £
grand party?” she asked, abruptly.
“I had not heard of it.”
“Well, l am. It is for your uncle’s
sake—to further his political projects,
an-l bring certain important personages
together. ”
“Ah, I see! YYhea is it to be?”
“Some days hence, and I wish I aright
have the benefit of your advice about
some arrangements I desire to mike.”
“I fear my advice will be wotth very
little to you, but of course it is freely at
your service.”
“I want to make some alterations in
and additions to the garden—clear away
here and there, and add marble statues
and the like.”
“Ah, indeed!"
“Y'es; and I propose to light the whole
by electricity.".
“That will be charming;”
“Will it not? YVhat delightful prom-
snailes my guests will bo enabled to take
during the intervals between the dances!”
“I cannot conceive of anything more
lelightful."
“Then come and tell me where the new
plants and statues should bs placed.”
“YVith pleasure, if you really wish it.*
“Of cour o I do. Come to-morrow—
come to luncheon at two.”
“Very well,” and bidding her good
evening, he descended to the library.
He had hardly seated himself when his
uncle entered.
“Ah, there you are?” he exclaimed, com
ing briskly forward. “Eh, well?"
“Very well, indeed, nncle—much better
than I had expected.”
“You have seen her, then?”
“Yes; ceitainly. ”
“And what did she say to you?”
“Not-much; but she was charming.”
“Seriously, you did not remark any
thing?"
“I remarked only that she was very
lovely and very kind.”
“That as a matter of course. But
what I want to know is—in plain words:
Ho you think she loves me a little?”
“Assuredly, after her way as f 4nuch as
she cau love, for she has natuially a very
cold disposition.”
“Ah, ns to that it doesn’t much matter;
all I demand is not to be disagreeable to
her.”
“Y’ou are very far from being that, sir.
“You think so? Well,.you g.ve me great
pleasure. Now you may go, if you pie se;
but come back soon—come of-en. Stay!
We are going to give a grand party,
ball, or something of the kind. It’s nec
essary, my friends say. I wish you would
come."
“I should he glad to do so; but you for-
forget; I am in mourning.”
“Ah, true; but you m ght come and
keep me company in the snuggery. I
never dance, and soon tire of the crowd
in the parlors. ”
“Well, I can see no harm in that.”
“Quite the contrary, I should think.
You will come, then?” ;
“Y’es; and to-morrow I have promised
Mrs. Elliston to run into luncheon,
rV ,jmil„ give her some advice about certa n
changes she desires to make in the gar
den.”
“Ah, do; I shall tako it as a favor, as 1
am obliged to bo away, and she always
mopes when left alone."
“Ho is going to be away and she at home
alone,”mused Eugeu. “I wonder if that
is the reason she was so anxious I -should
come." And he loft the house in a very
thoughtful mood.
. 'However, at two. the next day he was
promptly on .hand, and a few minutes
latertwas summoned to the dining-room.
' "Hiring, luncheon little out of the com
monplace was said, one or more servants
being alw ys present. But as they rose
froin the ialile Cora asked:
"Will you go into the garden with me,
now?”
' Fie bowed, and she led the way througl
•f side door.
A_s they reached the walk she turned
ap.d. said:
“Let us go to the summer house. I want,
in the first place, to get your advice aboul
that. ”
“I don’t see it,” he replied, looking aboul
him.
“Of course not, it is concealed by the
trees, and that arbor yonder.”
“Ah, that is it.” Antl.they.starteddown
the walk together.
“What aro you thinking of?” asked Cors
abrubtly,-after a moment’s silence.
“Nothing. Only watching the coming
storm."
“Are you becoming poetical, my friend?’
“There is no necessity for becoming, for
I already am infinitely so.”
“I do not think so. Will you stay tc
dinner?”
“Thanks, I can not. I must return tc
the store.”
“That is unfortunate. There is so much
I want you to do for me.”
“I am very sorry; hut there are certain
matters that I must attend to for the
lirni.”
“Nevertheless, it is unfortunate.”
“Cannot Sly—Slyme help you?”
“IIo cannot do everything, you know."
“.By the way, I do not like your Slyuie.’
“Nor I, either. And do not call him my
Slvme, if you please."
“How eimle mv nncle to engage him?'
“He was recommended to him at the
same time by an old friend as a free
thinker, and by another as a very religious
man.”
“YVhat nonsense!”
“Nevertheless," said Cora, "he is intel
ligent aud witty, and writes a fine hand.' 1
“That last is au advantage.”
“And you?”
"How? YVhat of me?”
“Ho you also wr te a good hand?”
“I will show you whenever you wish."
-“Allband will you write to me?”
It is dimcnltto imagine just the tone in
Which Cora said all this. '
“I will write you either prose or verse,
as you wish,” Eugene answered.
“Ah! you know how to compose verses?"
"When I am inspired.”
’'And when are you inspired!”
• ?.Gene rally m the morning."
. “It is.a’flernoos mow. That is not com
pTinient-.ry to ineG’
Bui you had no desire Jo inspire me,
“1 have; hut 1 smother it."
“Very- possible. I have suspected you
of hiding your merits, and particularly
from me.”
“Why should I conceal my merits from
you?”
“I myself do so. It is charming."
“But why?’’
“For charity—not to- dazzle me, and
with regard for my peace of mind. You
are really too good, I assure you. Here
comes the rain."
Large diops of rain commenced to fall
ou the flowers, the grass and the walks.
The day was passing, and the sudden
shower bent down the boughs of the trees.
“YY'e must go in,” said the lady; “this
begins to get serious.”
Fortunately the summer-house was
close at hand; there were openings on two
sides, but the structure was large and the
roof tight.
Cora entered, and took refuge in the
driest place she could find, and her com
panion followed her.
The storm, iu the meantime, increased
in violence. The rain fell in torrents,
inundating the soil around the frail
structure. The lightning flashed inces
santly. Every now and then a great
branch of tho neighboring tree scraped
the roof, detaching pieces, which fell
heavily to the ground.
“I find this very beautiful," said Cora,
presently.
“I also,” said Eugene, raising his eyes
to the roof, “but I do not know if we are
safo here.”
“If you fear, you had better go!” said
Cora, quickly.
“I fear for you.”
“You are too good, I assure you.”
She took off her hat and commenced
blushing it with her glove, to remove the
Irops of rain which had fallen upon it.
After a slight pause, she suddenly raised
aer uncoved head and cast on Eugene one
}f those searching looks which prepare
a man for an important question.
“My friend," she said, “if you were
rare that one of these beautiful flashes of
.ightning would kill you in ten minutes,
vhat would you do?”
“YVhy, natu ally,” he replied, “I should
inke j'ou my adieux.”
“How?”
He looked her in the face in terror.
“Ho jou know,” he said, “there are
times when I am tempted to think you
ire a devil?”
“Truly! YVell, there are times when I
lm tempted to think so myself—for in
stance, at this moment. Ho you know
what I should wish? I wish I could con
trol the lightning, and in two seconds you
would cease to exist.”
“For what reason?”
“Because I remember there was a man
to whom I offered my love, and who re
fused it, and this man still lives. And
this displeases me a littlo—a great deal—
passionately!”
“Are you serious?" he asked gravely.
She commenced laughing.
“I hope you did not think so. I am
aot so wicked. It was a joke, and in
bad taste, I admit. But seriously now,
Eugene, what is your opinion of me?
What kind of a woman am I?"
“I fear I cannot answer you.”
“Ah, well, I am not so very bad; indeed,
1 am a good woman—one who iovei you
well—with a little rancor, but not much,
and who wishes you all sorts of prosperity
in this world and the next. Aren’t you
glad? Ho not answer me; it might em
barrass you, and it is useless.”
She left her shelter, and turned her
faeo towards the lowering sky.
“The storm is over, ” she said. “Let us
go in.”
t>he theu perceived that the ground out
side of the summer-house was trans
formed into a lake of mud and water.
“YVhat shall I do?” she Baid, looking at
her light boots. Then turning to Eugene,
added:
*"YVill you get me a boat?”
Eugene himself recoiled f om placing
his foot in the mud and water.
“If you will wait a little,” he said, “I
shall he able to fiud you some heavy
boots or rubbers, no matter what.”
“It will be much easier,” she said,
abruptly, “for you to carry rue to the side
door;” and without waiting for the young
man’s reply, she commenced tucking up
her skirts carefully, and when she had
finished, said: “I am ready. "
He looked at her with astonishment,
ind thought for a moment she was jest
ing; but soon saw she was perfectly se
rious.
“Of what are you afraid?” she asked.
“I am not at all afraid,” he answered.
“Ho you think some one will see usi
They cannot.”
“I don’t care if they do.
“Is it that you are not strong enough?"
“Great Scott! I should think I was."
He took her in his arms as in a cradle,
while she held up her dress with both her
bands. He then left the summeis-house
and moved across the garden with his
strange burden.
He was obliged to be very careful not to
slip on the wet earth, and this absorbed
him during the first few steps; but when
be found his footing more sure, he felt
natural curiosity to observe the eounte-
• snee of the lady
Her unconvered head rested a little one
Bide on the arm with which he held her.
Her lips were slightly parted with a half
wicked smile that showed her fine white
teeth. The same expression of ungov
ernable malice burned in her dark eyes,
which she riveted for some seconds on
those of Eugene with penetration, then
suddenly veiled them under tbe fringe of
her dark lashes. This glance sent
thrill like lightning to his very marrow.
“Ho you wish to drive me mad?” he
murmured.
“YVbo knows?” she replied.
The same moment she dist-ngaged her
self from bis arms, and, placing her foot
ou the ground, ran up the veranda 3tepr
They reached the back drawing-room
without exchanging a word.
Just as F.ngene was about to withdraw
Cora turned to him and slid
LIFE.
Dining and sleeping;
Laughing and weeping,
Sighing for some new toy;
Loving and hating,
YVooing and matiDg,
Chasing the phantom, Joy.
Losing and winning,
Praying and sinning,
Seeking a higher life ;
Hope and repining,
Shadow and shining.
Care, and worry, and strife.
Hoarding and wasting,
Loitering, basting,
Missing the golden mark,
Praising and flouting.
Trusting and doubting—
Taking a leap in tbe dark.
—Clarence Henry Pearson.
THE MARSEILLES CLOCKS.
HERE is a
tradition in
Mnrse i 1 les
that on a par
ticular night,
many years
ago, all the
clocks in that
city were put
forward one
hour—-a tradition which is said to
have had its origin in the following
story:
There lived in the vieinity of that
City a M. \ alette, a gentleman of an
cient family and of considerable for
tune. He had married Marie Dan
ville, daughter of the Mayor of the
city", and, with their two sons and two
daughters, dwelt in a beautiful villa
near the city—a seat which had been
the favorite residence of his ancestors.
As his children grew up, however,
he was induced to move to Paris,
which place both he and Mme. Yalette
conceived to be more suited to the ed
ucation of their family. The removal
of M. \ alette and of his family was
deplored by his tenantry, to whom he
had been as a father, hut particularly
as M. le Brim, whom he had left fac
tor on his estate, xvas, though a just
man, of harsh and unaccommodating
temper.
M. Yalette found it necessary in
Paris to adopt a mode of life which but
ill accorded with the moderation of
his fortune. He made frequent de
mands for renewed remittances upon
his factor; an 1 the latter was forced
to use rigorous and oppressive meas
ures to procure for his master the nec-
mg accomplished the principal object
of her residence in Paris—the educa
tion of her family—assented with
pleasure to a return, and in little more
than a year they found themselves
again in the chateau of their an
cestors.
About eight years after their return
from Paris, the family mansion de
manding repairs, they found it neces
sary to remove for some time to Mar
seilles, where they resided iu tha
house of M. Danville, the father of
Mme. Yalette.
Time had effaced the impression of
his dream from the mind of Yalette.
Sitting one might after supper iu the
midst of his family, a loud and sudr
dea knoc-ang was heard at the gate;
MRS. PfiARY AT THE POLE.
THE ARCTIC EXPLORER'S WIFE
WRITES OF HER EXPERIENCES.
Life Among the Eskimos—Comical
Adventure YY'ith a Baby Walrus
—Eskimo Method of Osculation.
RS. JOSEPHINE PEARY,
the wife of the explorer,
has published a journal of
her twelve months’ experi-
. enee on the shore of McCormick Bay,
midway between the Arctic Circle and
| the North Pole. She is the only white
| woman who ever penetrated so far
; within the frozen zone as did the
members of Lieutenant Pearv’s last
bat when tho servant went to open it, i expedition. The most interesting
he found nobody without. After
short interval the same loud knocking
was again heard, and one of Yalette's
sons accompanied the servant to the
gate to see who demanded admittance
at so unreasonable on hour. To their
astonishment no one was to be seen
there. A third time the knocking was
repeated, still louder and louder, and
a sudden thought darted across the
mind of Yalette.
“I will go to the gate myself,” said
he; “I believe 1 know who it is that
knocks. ”
His presentiment was too trnly re
alized. As he opened the gate Le
Brun appeared, and whispered to him
that next night at the same time—for
it was now the twelfth hour—he must
prepare himself to leave the world.
Then, waving his hand, as if to bid
adieu, Le Brun disappeared.
M. Yalette returned, ghastly as the
phantom he had seen, to the family
circle; and, upon their anxious and
urgent inquiries as to the cause of his
uneasiness, related for the first time
chapters in the book aro those which
Mrs. Peary devotes to the manners
and mode of life of the Eskimos with
whom she came in contact.
These natives belong to a little tribe
of about 350 individuals completely
isolated from the rest of the world,
and dwelling on the northwest coast
of Greenland. They are separated by
hundreds of miles from their neigh
bors,, with whom they have no inter
course whatever. They had never
seen a white woman before, and some
of them had never beheld a civilized
being.
The steamer Kite, which left New
York on June fl, 1891, landed Lieu
tenant Peary and his party near YYhale
Sound, and a camp was built here and
named Kedcliffe. The sailors went in
search of an Eskimo settlement, and
brought back several of the natives,
who were induced to live at Redcliffe
for nearly a year. Mrs. Peary says
thev were the queerest, dirtiest-look-
ing individuals she had ever seen. Clad
entirely in furs, they reminded her
they could smell each other' - without
doing this, but they are probably no
accustomed to the—to me—terrib'm
odor that they fail to notice it. '*
Mrs. Peary spent thirteen months at
Redcliffe, and she says she Git home
sick when she finally packed up her
things to return is civilization,—New
York World.
WISE W0R9ta
the incident of the dream and the j more of monkeys than of human be
promised warning he had just received.
A sudden gloom and melancholy was
spread over the faces of all present.
Mme. Yalette threw her arms round
the neck of her husband aud embraced
him with tears. M. Danville, how-
ings. Ikwa, the first man who came,
was covered with a garment made of
bird skins, the feather work next the
body, and outside of this a garment
made of sealskin, with the fur on the
outside. The two were patterned ex-
tion.
No sooner had M. Yalette retired to
his- apartment than M. Danville, en
deavored to impress the' same opinion
on the family of his son-in-law. Ap-
essary means. The scanty vintage of j prehensive lest the very presentiment
the preceding year had made such de- | of the event might occasion it, or at
mands doubly hard to obey, and Le ■ least be attended by disagreeable con-
Be sure that at heart I am \em good,
really."
Notwithstanding this soft as3ertion
Engene left the house in a decidedly un
comfortable state of mind. Indeed, he
carried au ay the most painful impression
of the scenes of that afternoon.
[TO BE COXiniCED.I
■ —- ...
fctjaSijfciYqJl.." murmured Eurene, as be
toofc hei’’ptoffQrecf iaud. "If wash duly I
7 * £ls ' ■-‘ '• ' ” *
txitsfeijqu were pleased to
room.
Eugene liDg?feff,'*wogaqlrjfl£: hgh.
become of hiqi-_._ —
In a few nroffirints hpjrAirj;i)ed, accom-
l think
.-."Why not. then: I should be happy
and proud to. doso. Ho yon know what I
•should like, to put there?” - Anti .she
stopped before a beautiful fount uu.
“I.do notinow.” .
“Yon cmnot even guess? f. would like
to put an artificial "rdbk there, with a
marble nymph resting upon it.”
, “ YY hy:not a natural rock? In jour place
I should put a natural one."
' “That is an inea,” said Cora, and walk
ing on'thev passed the fountain.
“But it really thunders; I admire thun-
, r _ . ler in aplace like this. Bo you?”
Her skirtsVame incoiitact'Withbis limb. ' *“I prefer it down town. ”
The jt<TCch: thrilled*.himjand ha'began to “Why?” ..
experience;a,strapga-.sensffi;ic!n qf* fear at “Because I should not hear it."
the tremendous bower he"; reluetantlv con. “You have no imagination.”
-¥bir-«in' fesC assured of that, mv deal
it.” i **~*- --•* - *' - -
with
herself
PAPER
it Will pay
Her Feet May Not Have Been Pretty.
The woman who left orders that she
be interred in a robe that sho wouldn’t
be ashamed of at the resurrection could
appreciate the feeliDgs of a man of
whom the Greenwood correspondent of
the Oxford Democrat tells the follow
ing story: “A woman died in poor cir
cumstances, and one of the neighbors
started out to procure funds for a bur
ial robe. The first man interviewed
was Mr. Blank, who is not so much
noted for piety as eccentricity. On
hearing her story, Mr. B. inquired how
much the garment iu question would
cost. ‘About $5 for a long robe, while
a short one can be had for considerable
less, perhaps >3,’ was the reply. Mr.
B. drew out his pocket-book andhand-
jd her a $5 bill, with the remark;
'Here, take this, and buy the first kind
mentioned. I don’t want to meet that
woman in heaven with a Bhort robe
an.’”
M
ou,
Their Resignation: Announced.
A cable dispatch of Thursday from
Rome, Italy, says: The vice president
of the chamber of deputies announced
the resignation of Signors Saner del li
and Crispi and other prominent mem
bers of the chamber of deputies, in
cluding that of the Marquis di Rudini.
Admiral Brin urged that the resigna
tions should not be accepted, where
upon, they were rejected almost Uiian-
imously, only a i ew socialists pro
nonnoing themselves against the mo
tion.
Brun became as odious to the tenantry
as Yalette had been respected and be
loved.
These circumstances were but little
known, to Yalette, or he would have
revolted from a manner of life which
wrumrifrom his tenants almost all their
hard-earned substance. One night, as
he slept in Paris, the form of his fac
tor appeared to him, covered with
blood, informing him that he had been
murdered by the tenantry on M. Va-
lette’s estate for rigor in collecting his
revenue, and that his body had been
buried under a particular" tree, which
it minutely described. The ghost of'
Le Brun requested, moreover, that M.
Yalette would immediately hasten to
Marseilles and deposit his remains in
the grave, of his ancestors. To this
request Yalette assented, and the ap- 1 proached. Prom a large open window
ever, obstinately declared his incred- j m-t |y alike, made to fit to tho figure,
ulity, and considered the whole as one nut short at the hips and coming to a
of those unaccountable illusions to , point back and front. A close-fitting
which even the strongest minds are j i U)ot l was g ewe d to the neck of each
sometimes liable. He declared his j garment, and invariably pulled over
son-in-law must be the victim of j [jj s head when Ikwa was out of doors,
some delusion, and, although he could j fjj s ] e g S were covered with sealskin
not account for his dream, said that j trousers reaching just below the knee,
this last vision must be mere imagina- ; n-here they were met by tanned seal
skin boots. Mrs. Peary learned later
tbat sealskin trousers were worn only
by those men who were not fortunate
enough or able to kill a bear.
The woman’s dress differed from the
man’s in pattern only in the back,
where an extra width is sewed in,
which forms a pouch extending the
entire length of the back of the
wearer and fitting tight around the
hips. In this pouch or hood the baby
is carried; its little body, covered
only by a shirt reaching to the waist
made of tho skin of a young blue fox,
is placed against the baTe back of the
mother, .and the head, covered by a
tight-fitting skull cap made of 'seal
skin, is allowed to rest against the
mother's shoulder. Mrs. Peary
writes:
“Early in the morning Ikwa came
running into our house apparently
much excited, crying, ‘Awiek, awick!’
This we had learned was walrus. The
boys tumbled out of their beds aud in
a very few moments' were in the boat
with Ikwa, pulling in the direction of
a spouting walrus out ■ in McCormick
Bav. In a short time thev returned
sequence, he thought of a device
which, as Mayor of the city, it was in
his power easily to accomplish. This
was to cause all the clocks of Mar
seilles to be put forward one hour,
that they- might strike the predicted
hour of twelve next night when it
should be only eleven; so that when
the time set by the ghost should be
believed by Yalette to have passed
over without any event supervening,
he might be persuaded to give up the
fancies with which he xvas so deeply
impressed.
Next day the unhappy Yalette made
every effort to arrange his worldly af
fairs, had his will executed in due
legal form, received the sacrament,
and prepared himself for the axvful
event he anticipated. The evening ap
parition at once disappeared.
The morning came to dissipate the
gloom which the vision of the night
had occasioned; and though he had
been for some time astonished at the
unusual silence of Le Brun, yet he
could not help toneidering the whole
as a mere illusion, Stories of ghosts
he had always considered as fit only
for the nursery, To take so long a
journej" on such an errand he knew
would be regarded as the height of su
perstition ; and he made no mention
of the incident.
“You are more thoughtful than us
which looked into a beautiful garden,
be saw the sun go down, as he believed,
for the last time.
The lamps were now lighted in the
hall, and he sat in the midst of his
family and partook of the last supper
which, he beliex*ed, he was to eat upon
earth. The clocks of Marseilles tolled
the eleventh hour.
“My dearest Marie,” said he to Mme.
Yalette, “I hax - e now only one hour
to live. There is but one hour be
twixt me and eternity.”
It approached. There was an un
usual silence in the company. The
nal, father,” said one of his daughters | twelfth hour struck, when, rising
to him next morning at breakfast. ! he exclaimed:
“I am thinking, my dear,” said M.
Valette, “why I have been so long in
hearing from Le Brun. I need money I
and my demands hax'e not been met. ” j
Night came again, and about the !
up,
My
“Heaven have mercy on me!
time is come.”
He heard the hour distinctly rung
out by all the bells in Marseilles.
“The Angel of Death,” said he, “de-
hour of midnight Le Brim again ap- j lays his coming. Could all have been
peared. There was an evident frown j a delusion? No, it is impossible!”
on his countenance, and he inquired , “The ghost,” said M. Danville, in a
of Yalette why he had delayed in ful- tone of irony, “has deceived you. He
filling his request. Yulette again ' is a lying prophet. Are von not yet
Where there arc no MTofc" (fce bat
will be king. >
The collector of mummies will ia
time be one.
The ignorant are never defeated ia
any argument.
When the sense of shame is lost ad-
vancement ceases.
Genius hears one individual and then
comprehends ten.
YVith a mote in the eye one cannot
see the Himalayas.
Before trying horseback one should
learn to ride on oxen.
Negligence looks at the battlefield, •
then makes its arrows.
Give to the hero the jewelled sword ;
to the beauty, perfume.
Be not lenient to your own faults;
keep your pardon for others.
A 1000-foot embankment will be
broken by the hole of an tut.
Who steals goods is called a thief;
who steals dominions a ruler.
The fish which escapes from tha
hook seems always tho largest.
The bat, hanging upside down,
laughs at the topsy-turvev world.
Society, more a stepmother than ft
mother, adores the children who flatter
her vanity.
Seeking information is a moment’s)
shame; but not to learn is surely a
lasting shame.
He who does not bestride success
and grasp it firmly by the mane lets
fortune escape.
Next to the pleasure of admiring the
woman we love is that of seeing her
admired by others.
Sit in quite and consider your own
faults; do not spend your time in dis
cussing those of others.
II the water be too pure fish cannot
live in it; if people be too exacting
fellow-beings cannot stand bsside
them.
If the mind is clear even in a dark
room there will be a radiance; if the
thought is dark, at noonday there will
be demons.
Superiority of American Frnlf. n
Ou the subject of fruit growing in
America, Mr. de Vilmorin, a farnoqa
French pomologist, said: “It is evi'- '
dent that much attention is being-
given, aud with- handsome pecuniary
results, to the growing of fruit iu this
country, but more especially iu ; the .
State of California. Tho display.*,qf
fruit at the World’s Fair after August,
and continuing to the close of the Ex- _
position was probably the finest and '
most extensive and x-aried that was
ever brought together. I find that a
great deal of attention is being giyeh'
to the subiect in eaeh State, not cmly
by private independent growers, but ;
by. the local horticultural and agricul
tural organizations, and by the aid of
the experimental stations supported
by the different States and by the Na
tional Government. Through this sys
tematic organization a comparative
study of the fruit developed and the
with a large mother walrus and her j a;laptabi i itv of particular varieties to
baby in tow The mother had been i )articular s t>ltc . 8 and gee t.ioiis of the
killed, but the baby-a round bundle [ country are mt <dligentl v determined,
of fat about tour feet long—was alive, ! With thia study of the influence of lo*
and very much so as we found out a i { conditions is • associated iuvestiga-.
little later. Mr. Pearx wanted to get ; {; ou ag i- 0 t,[ ie particular insects most
photographs ot the little tiling before j de() tructive to different species, and'
it was shot, and tne boys left the baby i mueh knowledge is gained of a value-
walrus about a hundred yards up on j ble nature with regarcl to fungus flis-
the beach. Suddenly we heard cries.;] eftgMi w that / ru ifc-growers are famil
iar with all the recent appliances
of help coming from the shore.. On
stepping to the window I saw one of | “ bicb ^ has‘eScoVered • to“airf
the most comical sights I have ever
seen. ' "
‘The little walrus xvas sloxvlv but I
them against, their enemies. In con-
clusion, I may say that more attention
seems to be paid and to better pur-
promised immediate obedience, and
xvas no longer disturbed by the unwel
come intruder. Morning came agaiu.
“It must still be a dream,” said bo
to himself “though a remarkable one,
certainly. To-day will probably bring
me the expected letters from Le Brun.
safe? The whole thing is the illusion
of au unhealthy imagination. Y’oii
should banish, my friend, a thought
which so completely overwhelms you. ”
“Well,” rejoined Y’alette, “God’s
will be done! I shall retire to my
chamber and spend the night in grate-
signal a deliver-
Sei-i
| J Ho/r r/NC t Pin N'T
The third night the vision appeare<l ; ful prayer for se
with a terrrible frown on its eounten- ance.”
unco. It reproached Y alette for his After having been nearly an honr in
want of friendship to the man whose b j g chamber M. Yalette remembered
blood hail been .spilt iu his cause, and that he hail left unsigned in his library
for disregarding the peace of his soul. a document of importance to his
“If you will grant me my request,” i family, to which it was necessary his
said the phantom, “I promise to give ( name" should be affixed. Iu passing
you twenty-four hours’warning of tbe ; from his bed-chamber to the library
time of your own death, to arrange he hail to cross by the head of a flight
your affairs and to make your peace i of stairs which led immediately down
with God. •’ j to the wine-celler. At this spot he
M. Y alette promised in the most i heard a faint murmur of voices belov-,
solemn manner that he would set off j and instantly ran down to the bottom
next morning for Marseilles, to exe- ! of the stairs to ascertain the cause,
cute the commission ; and the appari- ! No sooner had be descended than an
tion of Le Brun disappeared. unseen hand stabbed him to the heart.
Y'alette rose early next day, and, al- j At this moment the clocks in Mar
leging to his family that business of : seilles struck one in the morning, or.
the most urgent necessity called him i as it really was. twelve at night—th<
immediately to Marseilles, departed exact time predicted by Le Brun.
for the seat of his ancestors, after an The celler of M. Danville had beer
absence of ten years. There he found broken into by robbers, who, perceiv
that the narration of the murder of fug themselves discovered, saw nc
Le Brun was but too true. Under the j other means of escape than by mur
tree that had been so minutely de- dering the ill-fated Y'alette. by whom
scribed to him he found tho mangled they had been surprised. These men
remains, which he caused to be de- ! were unconscious instruments in the
cently interred in the family vault. In j hand of fate.—Argonaut,
vain, however, he made search for the
murderers. The same causes which |
occasioned the death of the unfortunate !
Le Brun led the tenants to the most At Canton, China, the average num-
obstinate concealment of the manner ber of executions is about 300 per
of it, and Y’alette saw, xvjth horror and year, but in 1885 50,000 rebels were
regret, the misery they had suffered beheaded. Females are sometimef
that he might be furnished with the i strangled and the worst criminals are
means of extravagance. nailed upon a cross. Sometimes the
“Had I imagined,” he exclaimed, sentence directs that the criminal
that my unsatisfactory pleasures while living shall be cut into a number
would have cost so dear, I would long of pieces, which number never ex-
sinee have retired from Paris. I shall ceeds thirty-six. The headsman for-
returu to my estate immediately, that i merly received Hi a head, but the snp-
rny children may learn to relish its ply and competition has reduced the
tranquil pleasures.'’ wage to fifty cents apiece. Most of
M. Y’alette no sooner returned to j the criminals who are beheaded are
Paris than he communicated his reso- \ xvnter/pirates or land bandits.—Chi
Jution to bis wife, Mme, Y’alette, bay- ! eago [Herald.
Chinese Executions.
surely making his way to the waters ; pose fruit-growing in this country
of the bay. Mane, with her baby on ! than jn most European coiintries. Tbe
her back, xvas sitting in tne sand, her ] „pp] eS| peaches and grapes exhibited
heels dug into it as far as she could j by the different states at the YVorld’a
get them, holding on to the line at- j Eair and renewed by daily contrlbu-
l ached to the .valrus without ap- £] ons f r£)m exhibitors, was one of the
parent!y arresting its progress m the j s trikinf^ features of the conduct of
least, for she was being dragged de p ai *tment. Large consignments
through the n rtt '^ : of fruit were sent every morning from
rapidly. YY tide I loo_ed, Matt came d ifl- el .enl States, so that the specimens
rushing to her assistance, ami taking sllould bfc ke))t frc . 3L all the timCi aIld
hold of the line just aaead of wheiv ; ( beb . display gave, not only proofs of
Mane held it, he gave it, one or two , sueeess f n i cultivation, but of enter-
turns about his xvrists and evidently
thought ail lie had to do would be to
dig his heels into tile stud and hold
back; but in an instant he was down
iu the sand too, and both ho and
Mane were plowing along, the sand
flying, and both shouting lustily for
help. So strong xvas this little
creature that, had the other boys not
rushed out aud secured him, he would
prise aud organization which it would
not be possible to match in-any other
part of the world.”—New York
Tribune,
Rise ami Fall ffiv Clipper Ships.
Clipper ships were first built in 1840,
at the time when English steamships
were beginning to take business away
from the Y’ankee packets. The latter
easily have pulled Matt aud Mane to bad beell t] le i-ulers of the seas from
the water’s edge, where, of course, the establishment of the Black Ball line
they would have let him go, and he in 181tJ> That waH j ust after-Uncle
would have been a free walrus once >yam - g r ; g ; :tlj 0I1 the high seas hsd-beett
more - _ vindicated by the outcome of the YCar
Mrs. Peary spent a Thanksgiving j of 1812. The first clippers ware built
Day at Redcliffe, aud by that time for speed, regardless of carrying' ca-
there were several native women about' pacity, but were not very profitable, •
the place. She writes:' ' because of their smal" freight and their
“The native whom Ikwa brought : structural weakness,
bock with him from Kaati is named They were called into being by the
Mahoatchia, and Ikwa says that he and demands of the California trade, and
the one-eyed bear hunter, Mekhtoshay, * i u 1851 the.’secret of building swift,
exchange wives with each other every I ships that were also stanch arid ca- -
year. j pacious was solved by the Challenge.
“While I am writing two native i the Invincible, the Comet and the
women, M'gipsu, xvife of Annowkah, I Swordfish. These vessels were of enor-
with her baby on her back, and Tooky- mou6 size far those days, the Challenge
mingwah, the twelve-year-old girl, are : being of 2000 tons, and their appear-,
both sitting tailor-fashion oh the floor, ance was beautiful in the .extreme,
chewing deerskins. The native method The arrival in the Port of New York of
of treating the skins of all animals in- a clipper that had won repute as a fast
tended for clothing is first to rid them sailer alxvays excite i the wildest and
of as much fat as cau be got off, by ; most patriotic enthusiasm. She caused
scraping with a knife; then they are corresponding emotions of chagrin
stretched as tight as possible and al-j when she touched at British ports,
lowed to become perfectly dry. After i Nor . was the advantage altogether sen--”
this they are taken by the women and 1 timental, for the swift Y’ankee ships
chewed and suck el all over, in order could command much higher freights
io get as mueh of the grease out as pos- than slow British vessels, 830 a ton
Bible. Chewing the skins is very hard freight being readily paid to American
ou the women. They cannot chew skippers from China to Liverpool,
more than two deerskins per day, anil xvhilt- 820 was thought enough for En
tire obliged to rest their jaws every glish masters. Had it not beeii i'or tile
other day.” fact that the English were first to tise
Writing iu Lei- journal just before iron in building steamships, and the
Christmas Day, Mrs. Fearv say.-: destructive work of the Alabama during
“M’gipsu is sitting on the floor iu the Civil War, America might yet be su-
iy room sewing, and her husband, preme on the wave.—New York Times.
niiowkab, comes in as often as he can , .
.ind excuse for doing so. He ire- In 1880 the Argentine Republic* iiA *
nently rubs his face against hers, and ported 6,000,000 bushels of wheat«
>isy sniffle at each other; this takes this year the exports of wheat will
the place of kissiDg, I should think . amount to 38,000,009 bushels.