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L. XII. XO. 28
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RAYED;
RK MARRIAGE
MORN.
of Loue, Intrigue and
Iri mu
SY MRS^kJAJGE P. CAR STON.
and not leaving
compromise her,
CHAPTER XVIII—(Continued.)
Under the dominion of the passion
v^ich controlled him, the voice and 1 n-
guage.-of -the--Senator, became more ele
vated./'
Hii/eatures a‘sumed an air of sombei
I dignity and imposing grandeur.
A slight shade of paleness passed over
the lovely face of the young womnn, and
■ jBLglffid frown contracted Her forehead.
->y .an'CCdt, wir ch in a better cause
;ulA, have been sublime, she quickly
stored tho r s ng we ikness, and, cold--
ijgling out to her husband the draped
hich he had entered, said:
well, eon'ce 1) ourself there!"
will never forgive me?”
‘You know little of women, my dear, if
you rdo hot know that jealousy is one of
the crimes that they not only pardon
but lore.”
“jay God, I am not jealous!"
“Cull it yourself what you will, but
station youiself there!”
“Avid you a o sincere in wishing mo to
I io sis?"
•I'frog you to do so! Retire in tho in
terval, leave the door open, and when
you hear Eugene enter the hall, return."
“iCb!"snid the Senator, aftera moment’s
hesitation: “since I have gone so f ir”—
md ho sighed defcply—“I do not wish to
e .ve; myself the least pretext for distrust.
If 1 leave you before he comes, I am cap-
-able of fancying ”
“That I might secretly warn him. Is it
not ap? Noth ng more natural. Remain
tiered then. I nly take up a book; for our
'onveiBatioh.uriderthe circumstances,caa-
aot. be lively.”
Hs-sal down.
"Rut," he mused “what mystery can
llieig- be between you two?”
“V;ou shall, see,” she said, with her
" Ux-like smile.
The Senator mechanically took up
book
Sh.e stirred up the fire iu the grate, and
reilf’cted. .
AS'she Tke-d (error, danger and dramatic
incidents to blend with her intrigues, she
should have been content; for at tliat
j men out f-hame, ruin and death, we:e at
her door!
But, to tell the truth, it was too muc
for h r; and when sle looked, in tho
midst of tho silence which surrounded
her, at the true character and scope of
the perils which env roned her, she
thought her brain would fail and her
beat! break.
She was not mistaken as to the origin
3i the letter. Xh g shameful work had
been planned by the private secretary.
To do him jnstico, however, lio had not
-.us;ected the fore.- of the blow ho was
t \ dealing.
Of course he did rot really lelieve in
> he lady’s viitue; for duiiug the perpetuul
nrveillance ho hnd never relaxed, be had
.ot failed to see the evict nature of the
Watercourse between Eugene and Cora.
But it must not. be forgotten that li8
himself in love with Mrs. Eiliston,
; ’ he dreamed of securing for him-
e-q/lo hig master's place.
■ntrprftrB go on thu% long be-
b<- seen how he Cuuld very
Rlithout making an enemy
j-(t he did n'ot wish to do;
ling her - intimaoy with
cl ll loved bet",: st) far as
capable of loving; au.d
pl.vtv-t wealth that would'
j gunncEs death, and of
lily willing *to assume-
. -liington, and reninm-
boring wlrfami-iXrt^seen just before leav
ing the hoitso iu New York-, his jealousy
.- and:iu .treil of. the rival who now had the
4*1(1 all to himself, got the better of him,
and,be determined to act. To awaken.the
di-brust/rf the Senator toward Engine,Ao
.as i o cause his, doors t o be'closed against
bin/. au<) .to hasten.the lady’s coming to
iYasbmgloh, was? however, all ha medi-
{ -tided at-thit lime.' C :
ft- - H6* w.ote the Tetter, dated, it a day
IS; ahead, sent it to ayiftintidentral friend-f in
r e • ’ NeW-Ycirk to be remailed, and so it reach'ed’-,
L ?»the-Senator’s band; .-
1 .But,dike.most villainies o£ the kind:.
. this anonvmons missive was a more fatal'
and murderous weapon than its base au-
. tboErfSttseined- 1 :
The Senator's young wife then mused
while stirring-the fire, casting from time
to time”a_furtive-glance.at.tbe clock. ’
Eugene would soon arrive. How could
. ahe warn him?
r ' In the ptese'nt state of fjieir relations it
was . not . impossible that the very fin-t
words of Eugene might immediately di-
IgS their Secret, and once betrayed there
, is not only for her personal dishonor—
, Scandalous fall, 'poverty, retirement
•but for her husband or her lover—per-
. ips for both—death!
•When the dobr-bell rang, announcing
(gene’s approach, all of these thoughts
jy wded into Cora’s brain like a legion of
(antbins; ' ; "T •
fefent sho rallied* her-eiraritge; by Sides-
T rate effort and strained nil her faculties
the execution of The plan she had.httst-
. conceived, which was her last hope’
id ohe 'vrbrd, one gesture, one mistake,
one carelessness of her lover might
^ . irt-brow it in a second! :...
Y meiijent later the door was' opened
a servant, announcing Jfr. Cleveland.
. /'ithout speaking she signed tphejbus--
id to t.ain liis- hiding-place. ;
_ Jhe S'enifor, vfho had risen at the.
—sound •vof.'-the-‘'-beH, seemed still (o hesi
tate,. but shrugging his shoulders, as if in
. . disdain.,of himself* .retired behind the
curtain which faced the door. =:.
Eugene entered the . room carelessly,
and- advanced toward ti e fireplace, where
' -Cora was seated, his smiling Tips, half
opened to speak,- when- -be - was struck' by
“^peculiar expre's ihn “rfii; Cora's -Tape,
and the words were trozen. on iirs.Iips-?.
.This look, fixed upon him from bis en- :
trailce, had a- strange, weird lhfensity,'
whi h, witho’utjvexjsresstlog anything, s-
made him fear everything. Bntjhe was.
becoming accustomed to trying - situa
tion s, and was as tvary and prudent as he
was intrepid. He ceased to aifiito, did
lot speak, but waited. ;
Raising her right hand, she made A-
- gesture intiniat'ng that he must preserve.
-'sileriee.' /V ... ,r ' '"
“Either she is ihad,’’‘3*; gald-tthi Bim*i
self, "or there is some great peril!”
■ ‘ A searching glance info • Ayr. pyes in-,
creased his alarm, and a .sn'dden-and"
heretofore unknown feeling -of dread
• •• seized him and almost stilled the beating
of his heart. ’ •> . ..
CHAPTER: XIX.
• : TBS OEDE^p. P.tSSSD.
With the rap-d perijepfio'n of he*genius . ... . _ „ .. _
and of her love. Cora EiTistoirf etc That of oonf-usiQn and humility, he took hel
Eugene unleisiood her:
him time to speak and
iu'-tantly said:
“It is very kind of you to keep your
promise."
“Not at all,” he replied, slowly seat
ing himself.
“ Yes, but it is! For von knowyou come
here to be tormented. ”
There was a pause.
“Have you a: last become a convert to
my plan—to my fixed idea?” she added,
after a second.
“I am not sure of that. It seems te
ma you have a great many.”
“Yes, of coar-e. But I speak of the
plan—mr best idea, in fact. In a word—
of vonr marriage.”
“What! agam, my dear -.friend?” said
Eugene, who, now assured of his dinger
and its nature,;marched with a firmer
foot over the burning soil.
“Yes, indeed, and I piomise you that
until you consent you will never hear ths
last cfit.”
“Oh! ha e mercy, I beg.”
“Thevs’s no mercy for you; and I will
tell jon another thing—1 have found the
|.ei->on.”
“Ah! Then I shall run away!”
She cut short his smile with an im
perious glance.
“Thin yon st 11 adhe e to it?” he said,
with a forced laugh.
“Most firmly! 1 need not repeat to you
my reasons—bavin; prec-cheT about it
all wilder—in fact so much so as to dis
gust my l usband, who suspects some
mvsterv between us."
“What! Aly uncle? Is it possible?”
“Oh, nothing serious, you must under
stand. Well, lot us resume the subject
where we left It."
“ W bat! go over again that tiresome list
of available persons?”
“Exactly. Miss Osgood will not do; she
Is too blonde—an odd objection for me to
make, by the wav; nor Miss Van Name—
too thin; nor Miss Gould, in spite of het
millions; nor Miss De Lancy—too much
like the Umberlields and Tborndykes.
All IhiB is a little discouraging, you will
ndu.it, but finally everything clears up.
I tell you I have discovered one—a per
fect m.rvel.”
“Her name?” asked Eugene.
“Flora Boland!”
There was silence. Eugene Cleveland
experienced the s ime disagreeable sensa
tion that had affected him the day when
ho saw the young lady’s brother descend
ing the broad s eps of their father's man
sion and saunter down the street.
“Well, you say nothing, ” resamed-Cora,
“becarse you can have nothing to say—
-because she unites everything—personal
beai.ty, f mily, lortnne, everything—al
most like a die im. Then, too, her father
and ycur uncle are old friends; they are
connected in business matters—at the
-bank, you know, and in other ways. Ho
also owns your old homesiead, the place
you loved so well, and which will thus
come back’to you. Ab, you see how I
have thought of everything, my friend!
But I cannot imagine why wo never came
to think of this before.”
Eugene did not reply, and Cora began
to bo surprised at h s silence.
“Chi” she exclaimed: “you may look a
Ion : lime - there cannot be a single ob
jection—you are caught this time. Come,
my friend, ssy yes, I implore yon!”
And while her lip-- said “I pra.vyon,” in
a tone of earnest entreaty, her look said
with terriblo emphasis, “You must!”
“Will you allow me to reflect upon it,
Mrs. Ellison?” be asked, at last.
“No, my friend!"
“But leally,” said Eugene, who was
very pale, “it seems to me y ou dispose of
the hand of Miss Leland very readily.
“Miss 1.eland is ver/ rich, and they
court her on all sides; then her father is
very pron!. 1 o is the president of a
bank—the o:.e from wh eh I was dis
charge 1, and her mother has pecnliar
ideas about, a husband for . her daughter,
while her brother' ■ -”
“1 eba 1 go myself with all that,” inter
rupted ( ora, impatiently.
“But what a mania you havh for marry-
Tng'people!”
.' “V Oman who do not make love, Eugene,
’always have a mania for match-making.”
“But seriously, you will give me a few
dfr. B for reflection.”
"To reflect about what? Have you not
told- me a thousand times you intended
remarrying, and were i nly waiting a
proper time, and the right chance? Well,
now is the:riglit time, and you can never
find a better chance than this; and if yon
let it slijvyou will repent the rest of your
life.”
. “But give me time to consult my rela-
■•fions!”
- “ Your'relaticus—Vhat a. joke! It seems
To me you have reached full age; and then,
W’hat "relations? Your mother’s connec
tion, Mrs..Mprgnn?”
, “ilouhless. she is one of them. I do not
wish f o'ottend her.”
“Do not worry on her account, I beg.
‘ Indeed','she will be delighted.”
“Why should she be?”
“I have -my reasons for thinking so;”
and the lady smiled knowinglv.
Eugene, to whom little by little the light
fell stTongel- on the mo e obscure points
of tho terrible enigma proposed to him,.
s tw the necessity of shortening a scene
whioh had overtasked all her faculties to
an almost, insupportable degree.
He rose. '
“l om compelled to leave you,” he said,
“for I: have an engagement for this even
ing. But I will come to-morrow, if you
will permit.”
"Certainly; But -ydurwill take Flora?”
"Good gracious!. -Yes,- if.I can get her,
for 1 really can see no reasonable objec
tion. ”
“Athousand thanks!: And you would
like the Senator to-broach the subject to
her father?”
“I certainly would if he were here;
blit-;——
'“flon’t ibisturb yourself; I beg. I ex
pect him home on a brief-visit, and, in
deed, 1 know he would come if for no
other reason than to oblige you.”
“He'is very good to me.”
“He iotes'you well.”
"I have had substantial proof of that.”
.“Y'on will have further proofs. And
now you will wish to meet the lady.
Lea 1 e me to arrange that,”
“ I leave everything to you. ”
“Thanks again, Yon are a dear, good
hoy;”- and she gave him her hand, which
lie pressed convulsively, and immediately
departed;
•Hi would have required a much keener
vision than that of Sherwood Eiliston to
bave'dotected any break or any discord-
aheo iff the audacious comedy which had
just beentplayed. before him by these two
great artists.
. ’The 'mute play of their eyes alone
could-have betrayed .them, and these he
could.not see.
As to the tranquil,, easy, natural dia-
ldgtie, there was not in it-a word which.
lie : c-euld seize upon, and which did not
remove all-his disquietude and .confound
all his suspicions.
From this moment, and ever.afterward,
every- shadow was effaced from his mind;
for to-imagine-such a-plot as that in
which his wife in her despair had sought
refuge, to' enter in o such a depth of per-'
ver'Sityy was not in the. Senator’s eti aight-
forward and-simple spirit..
When ho reappeared before his wife, on
leaving his ' concealment, he was . con'-
straibed and awkward, i With a gesture-
hand and smiled upon her with all the
love and tenderness he felt for her beam
ing from his face.
At thi3 moment Cora, by a new reaction
of her m rvous system, commenced weep
ing and sobbing, and this completed her
husband’s despair.
I Ont of respect to this poor deluded
man we shall pass over a scene ihe in-
tererest of which otherwise is not suffi
cient *o warrant the unpleasant effect
would produce on all honest people. We
shall equally pass over without lecord the
rouversatioa which took place the next
day between Cora Eiliston and Eugene
Cleveland.
Eugene had experienced, as we _hav«
observed, a sentiment of repulsion at see
ing the name ci Flora Leland appear in
the midst cf ths foul intrigue. It
amounted aim asr to horror, and he could
not control tin xitnifestation of it.
There were several reasons for this. In
the first place, he had some acquaintance
‘ ” “ -iked ’
with the young lady, and liked her very
much. He knew her to be a girl of lo ely
char -cter and sweet disposition; high
minded and refined. But he did not love
her—had never thought of loving her.
Had he been at lit erty to choose for him
sell—if, indeed, he must marry ag in—
his choice undoubtedly would have fallen
upon Meta Fielding. But tied as be was
to Cora Eiliston, he wanted nj wife, and
the idea of taking one seemed a mockery
as well as a terr.ble injustice to the woman
selected for the position
But there was another reason—an in
definable, a subtle reason, that he him-
seif could not understand. All he knew
whs that in the presence of eithor of the
Lelnnds—brother or sister—a feeiingcame
over him that was akin to death—a sen
sation fearful to experience and that por
tended tho blackest evil. Then, too, his
conscience rose up against him and bat
tled for his soul.
How could he conquer this supreme
revolt of his conscience to the point of
submitting to the expedient which would
make his intrirue a safe one?
By what detestable sophistries he
dared persuade himself that he owed ev
eryth ng to his accomplice—even this
we shall not atlempt to explain. To ex
plain would be to extenuate, and th t we
wish not to do. Wo shall only say that
he resigned himself tc this marriage.
On the path wfiich he had tntered a
man arresta himself as lit tle us be can a
flash of lightning.
As to Cora, one must have formed no
concep.ion of this depraved though
haugbty spirit, if astcnisliod at her per
sistence in cold blood, and after reflec-
t on, in the perfid ons plot which the im
minence of her danger had suggested to
her.
She saw that the suspicions of her hus
band might be reawakened another day
in a more dangerous manner, if this mar.
riage proved only a farce.
She passionately loved Eugene; and
she loved scarcely less the drarnatio mys
tery of their liaision.
Sho had also felt a frantic terror at the
thought of josing the great foitune which
sue regnr -eu as her own; for the disin
terestedness of her early youth had long
since vanishe 1, and the idea of smk>ng
miserably in the social world, where she
had long reigned by her luxury as well as
her beauty, was insnppoitable to her.
Love, mystery, fcituno —she wished to
preserve them ail at any price; and the
more she reflected the more the remar
riage of Cleveland appeared to her ths
surests ifeguard.
It is true, it would give her a sort of
rival. But she h id too high an opinion
of herself to fear anything; and she
preferred Flora Leland to any other, be
cause she knew her, and regarded her as
an inferior in everything. •
And -did she give no Thought to her
poor innocent victim in Roxbnry? Ala
not one.
CHAPTER XX.
WAREF.N LELAND’S PK0GEE3S.
“Loosen the dog!
This order was sufficient for Warren
Leland. He was not a coward; he would
not have budged an inch before an en
raged tiger; but be would have traveled
a hundred miles on foot to avoid the
shadow of ridicule.
Profiting bv the warning and a mo
ment when he seemed unobserved he
slid from the tree, jumped into the next
field, and entered the woods at a point
somewhat farther down than where he
had scaled the hedge.
This done, he resumed his walk with
the assured tread of a man who had a
right to be there.
He had gone but a few steps when he
heard behind him the wild barking of the
dog, which proved his retreat had been
an opportune one.
Some of the farmers he had noticed as
he passed before were still standing at
their doors.
Stopping before one of them, he asked:
“My friend, to whom does that large
house below there, facing the road, be
long; and whence comes that sweet mu
sic?"
“You probably know that as well as I,”
replied the man, stolidly.
“Had I known, I should scarcely have
asked you,” said Leland, in a quiet tone.
The farmer—a poor one, by the way—
did not deign further reply.
His wife stood near him ; and Leland had
remarked that,in all classes of Bociety
women have more wit and good-hnmoi
than their busbar ds. Tlurefire he
turned to her and said:
“Y’ou see, my good woman, I am a
b!ranger here. To whom does that house
belong? Probably to Nathan Metcalf?”
“No, no,” replied the woman. “Sir.
Metcalf li'-es much further on.”
“Ah! Then who lives here?”
“Why, Amos Denton, of course.”
“Ah, Am os Denton! But tell me, he
dpes not lire alone? There is a lady who
sings—his wife?—his si ter? And nn-
olheT-wery beautiful. Who are they'?”
“Ah, the first, no doubt, is his daughter-
in-law, yotmg Mrs. Denton. Mrs. Clara,
who ”
“Y’ee, yes, and the other?”
“Is a young lady who is living with her.
I don’t really know ”
"All! thunk you. thank yon, my good
woman! You flare children? Buy them
presents with these;” and dropping sev
eral pieces of silver in the lap of the
obliging woman, Leland walked rapidly
away.
Returning homo, the road seemed less
gloomy and far Bhorter than when he
came.
As he strode on, humming the prelude
of Bach, the moon rose, the country
looked more beautiful, and, in shoit,
when he perceived, at some distance down
the ever gloomy avenue, his own house,
bathed in the white 1 ght, he found the
spectacle rather enjoyable than other
wise. .if.
■ And when he once more ensconced him
self-.in the maternal domicils, and
breathed the odor of new damp paper anc
old moldy trees that constituted its at
mosphere, ho found great consolation in
the reflection that there existed not very
far-from hm two yonng women who
posessed charmingfaces, delicious voices,
and one, at least, a pretty name.
. Next morning, after planning into a
cold.bath, to the profound astonishment
Of' Seth Gridiey and his wife, Leland
Went to inspect the farm. He found the
barns and other out-building3 well con
structed, but not so picturesque as h«
c mid desire.
Nathan Metcalf gave preference , ,, . „
fortilizor to this machine for is it a rose were full In flower
Whose earliest buds we knew not grown.
But he w-s amazed to near tr.e farmers ;]
he met arguing, in the r peculiar Yankee
drawl, on the various modes of culture i
and crops, like men who were no stran- j
gers to all modern improvements in agri- j
cnlture.
The name of Metcalf frequently oc- !
enrred in the convers ition as confirma- j
tion of their own theories, or experi.
ments. Nathan Metcalf gave preferenci
to this fertilizer, to this machine for
tvinnosing; this breed of cattle was iu-
irodmfcd by him. Nathan Metcalf did
this, Nathan J jetealf did that, and the
farmers did like him, and found it to their
advantage.
Leland fonnd the Congressman had
not exaggerated the local importance of
this personage, and that it was most es-
sent al to conciliate him. Resolving,
therefore, to call on him during the day,
he meanwhile went to breakfast
The duty toward himself fulfilled, ths
young man louoged on the versnda, as
he had the evening before, and com-
meneed smoking.
Thousih it was near mid-day, it was
donbtfnl to him if the solitude and si
lence appeared less complete and oppres
sive than on the preceding evening. A
hushed sauklm? of fowls, the drowsy
hum cf Tees, and the muffled chime of a
distant bell—these were all.
. Leland lounged on the veranda, dream
ing of his club, of the noisy crowd, of
the rumbling stages and street-cars, of
the playbiil of the Mad son Square The
ater, of the drives in Central Park—end
the memory of the least of these en
chantments brought infinite peace to his
soul.
The inhabitant of New York has ont
great blessing, which he does not take
into account until he suffers irom its lo;s
—one great half of his existence is filled
up without ths least trouble to himself.
The all-potent vitality which ceaselessly
envelops him takes away, in a vast de
gree, the exertion of amusing himself.
The l-oar of the city, rising like a great
bass around him, fills up the gap in his
thoughts, and never leaves that disagree
able sensation—a void.
Now, Leland had within himself more
resources than most men to conquer the
blue devils; but in these early hours of
his experience in country life, deprived of
his club, his horses, and his French cook;
banished from all his old haunts si,J
habits, he began to feel terribly the
weight of time. It therefore approached
a delicious sensation for him to suddenly
he r that regularly recurring beat upon
the road, which to his trained ear an
nounced the approach of seveial riding
horse*.
Next moment he saw advancing up the
somber avenue and turning into his own
grounds, three lo>ely females on horse
back, ooe of whom was a mere giil _in
point of years.
Though quite amazed at this charming
spectac o, Leland remembered his duty
as a gentleman, and descended the steps
of the veranda. But the ladies, at sight
of him, appeared equally surprised as
him«elf, suddenly diew rein, and con
ferred hastily together.
Then recovering, they continued theit
courso, taking the private carriage way
to a road in the rear, and disappeared in
the direction of a lovely lake, a promi
nent feature in the neighboring land
scape.
unaware
loins' d»y, when falls a sudden seffsi
Of perfect peace on heart and brain.
That comes, we know not why or whence,
And ere we seek is gone again. * '*
ipien breathes the unexpectant hour
Strange beauty of an instant blown,
Perchance one winged moment sped
Down the-white hights of heavenly air,
Some spirit of our blessed dead
Hath stood beside us unaware!
THE BOTKINE BATE
BY ADELINE S. WING.
of the vanity of authors. " He would
at least take this down to see if any
passages were marked, and might be
lured into the perusal of some other
books.
Mrs. Botkine pinned on the wall
some colored illustrations of various
forms of bacteria, and then surveyed
the effect with the calm satisfaction of
a general who foresees the suocess of
his manoeuvres. She sighed regret
fully that she could not bring herself
to introduce into the room a few sam
ples of the “germ culture” that her
husband was carrying on, but she felt
that she must draw the line at living
germs.
She smiled again. * To be sure, Hr.
Smith might think her husband rather
EOFESSOB
Botkine, of tlse
University ot
California, w»&
sitting on his
front 6teps at
Berkeley in the
morning of a
sultry Jujy
day. He was
delightedly
TT: watching the
'.v efforts of his pet
,?. r toad to capture
a very lapge
angleworm,' and his enjoyment was
enhanced by the fact that his beauti
ful German wife, who usually declined
to interest herself in anything which
she even suspected of a connection
with science, was seated beside hpn,
giving eager little pressures to iis
hand and uttering a pleased exclama
tion, in her pretty foreign accent,
whenever the toad made an extra
effort,
t The fact was that she, while cutting
roses, had been the one to see the be
ginning of the contest, afld felt the
proper pride of a discoverer. The
toad had been sitting still, looking as
if carved by a Japanese artist, and
giving no sign that it saw anything.
The worm gave a little wriggle as it
began to come ont of the ground, when,
quick as a flash, the toad made a leap
and seized the end of the worm in its
mouth.
Then began a tug-of-war. ' Every
time that the toad gave a pull, the
worm drew back. But the toad was
not to be discouraged. It jerked and
jerked until it fairly stood on its hind
legs. Still, it could not dislodge the
worm.
< At this interesting point a train
whistled.
“Why, Selma!”said the professor,
•‘there is the train already. I had
quite forgotten that I must go the city
to-day. Where is my hat?”
“Do wait an instant, dear; just see
she ans-
and encountered the gaze of Mr.
Smith, who stood before her, looking
decidedly uneasy.
“I beg pardon for interrupting you,
Mrs. Bodk ne,”he said; “but I wish
to thank yon for your kindness and tc
make my adieux.”
“Why, Mr. Smith—” she began,
but he waved his hAnd apologetically
and contined;
“I am very sorry, not to have found
Professor Botkine, but perhaps 1 can
come again. There is just time for me
to catch the five o’clock train. ”
It was her turn.to be astonished.
She opened her lips to speak, but he
went on, nervously:
“Pray forgive my leaving yon sc
abruptly. Thank you very much.
Good afternoon,” and, bowing pro-
As they passel the comer of the house, i
Leland bowed low, and they returned his : ^vhat that toad is domj
salutation by a slight incl nation; but he ! wered, holding him back,
was quite sure, iu spite of the veils that He glanced down and saw the toad
floated from their riding-hats, that hi j twisting its leg about until the worm
youn 8 ^ pianist * “ d *“* j was wrapped twice around it, then the
After a moment he called to Seth Grid- I toad gave a hop, and out came the
ley. J worm.
Gridiey/ he said, pointing to the car--M i This had been too fascinating a
riage way, “is this a public road?” . ; spectacle to the unwary professor.
It certainly is not a public road,*&. j He daslied into the house and back
Leland,” replied Seth.
“Then what do those ladies mean by
using it?”
Bless me! Mr. Leland, it iB so long
since your grandfather’s death, and since
any of the family have lived here! These
ladies mean no harm bv passing through
your grounds; and sometimes they even j le ‘! J ou to® 1 tnau Jir. Droitn, tne
stop at the house while my wife gives j nadian, who wrote the paper
them fresh milk. Shall I tell them that
this displeases you, sir?”
“Displeases me! Why the deuce dc
you ■•uppose it displeases me? I only asked
information. And now, who are the
ladies?”
Oil, sir, they are very nice ladies, in
deed! Mrs. Denton, her daugh er Ediih,
and their friend Miss Mildred.”
Mrs. Denton—eh? And her husband,
Mr. Denton, does fle never ride out with
them?”
“Great Scott! no, sir. He never rides
with them.” And grim Seth Gridiey
Amiled a dry smile.” ,
“Why not. prsv?"
“Why not? He has been among th«
Bead this ten years, as, no doubt, you
very well know.”"
Gran'ing that I know it, friend Grid-
ley, I wish it distinctly understood that
these ladies are not to be interfered with.
Y'ou comprehend?”
Gridiey seemed pleased that he was not
to le the bearer of so disagreeable a mes-
sage; and Leland suddenly conceived
that his stay at Boxbury would not only
be prolonged indefinitely but at the same
time be very agreeable.
Yhinking thus, ha directed .his steps
toward the residence of Nathan Melcalf,
of which, at last, from Seth, he had ob.
tained correct information.
He took tbe same road as the preceding
evening, passed the quaint old dwelling
that he believed hold Mrs. Denton and
her lovely friend, glanced his eye at the
great oak that had served him for an ob
servatory, and about half a mile fnrtbei
on discovered the somewhat imposing
house he sought.
He swung open the gate, sauntered’np
the well-kept path, and reached the
broad veranda, which was shaded by
climbing vines and rose bushes.
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The Superstition of Three.
There is much superstitious regard
for the number three in the popular
mind, and the third repetition of any
thing is generally looked upon as a
crisis. Thus, an article may twice he
lost and recovered, but the third time
that it is lost it is gone for good.
Twice a man may pass tlirough some
great danger iu safety, but the third
time he loses his life. If, however,
the mystic third can be successfully
Three was called j
passed, all is well
by Pythagoras the perfect number,
and we frequently find its use symboli-! ble.
cal of Deity; thus, we might mention j ow u dimpled hands got down a new
the trident of Neptune, the three- • - - -
again, kissed his wife, and, with a
regretful glance at her rippling hair,
and soft blue eyes, started off.
* Suddenly he rushed back.
“ “Why, dear,” he cried, “I forgot to
tell you that that Mr. Smith, the Ca-
on
bacteria, will be here this afternoon
to stay a day or two. He may come
before I am back. ”
She clasped her hands in mock
despair. “But what shall I do with
him?” she wailed; “you know lean
not talk science and pollywogs!”
“Oh, don’t be alarmed. He isn’t
bo very dried up. Just let him have a
good soaking in a bath-tub. Then he
will come out perfectly human and
happy. He’s an Englishman, you
know,” and the professor, with a
laughing glance at his little wife’s rue
ful expression, threw dignity and his
coat-tails to the winds as he madly ran
down the street, “looking like a great
black bird of prey, ” as Mrs. Botkine
laughingly remarked to herself.
> But she grew sober as she thought
how ruthlessly science and scientists
seemed to dog her unwilling footsteps.
Her husband certainly loved her, but
he had a way of becoming utterly
absorbed in his studies, and then burst
ing into her reflections with remarks
which sounded positively ghoulish.
He had appeared only yesterday in her
own private sanctum carrying a “hor
rid snake” by the tail, and, although
he had not yet reached the pitch of
Professor Agassiz—who was said to
have consigned infant serpents, for
safe-keeping over night, to his wife’s
boots—she did not know where his en
thusiasm might lead.
“I’m half afraid to go io sleep,” she
had roguishly said to him on9 night.
“I’m afraid that your deepest interest
even in me is only scientific, and I be
lieve von are capable of cutting me
open to see what queer thing there ia
in my healrt that I love such a bookish
old bear with.”
“Now here was this Canadian com
ing ! And hew was she to be properly
interested in his old bacteria and not
disgrace her husband by betraying her
ignorance on the subject?” she asked
herself.
Manifestly, he must take a bath, and
everything possible must be done to
make that bath-room attractive, so that
he should stay there a_s. long as possi-
She went upstairs, and with her
eccentric in pursuing his studies in
this room, but he would certainly feel I foundly, he was gone,
that he had found a congenial spirit- F° r a moment she felt stunned,
in a man who could not tear himself < Then a flood of questions poured
away from his beloved bacteria even S through her mind. Was the man in-
in his bath. j sane? Or what had she done to offend
She had done all she could. With 'him? What would her husband say!
this virtuous feeling she was able to ' What was there in science to turn an
go about her occupations for the day, ; apparently “nice” yonng man into
and in the afternoon even banished t such a distraught savage?
the thought of her expected guest? “Ah! recommend me to a plain,
enough to take a quiet nap. commonplace man who has not bacilli
She was awakened by a knock at her : ou brain !” she sighed,
door, and the maid handed her a card ! The rest of the day seemed endless,
bearing the seemingly innocent in* 1 she descried Professoi
scription, “Mr. Worthington Smith.” [Botkine, and with him a rather desic-
She was filled with a nervous fear, ! C!4 ^ e( ^ nn( l “dng-up”-lookmg man.
and her heart heat fast as she walked “Oh, dear!” she moaned; “there ii
down the stairs. She lingered outside ! another scientist, I know to look at
the drawing-room as long as she dared, him. What will he do, I wonder?
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
Tie HappcniDgs of a Day CliroiiicM iti
Brief and Concise Paragraph
And Containing the Gist of the News
From All Farts of the World.
forked lightning of Jove, and the three
headed dog of Pluto.- In mythology,
also, we find three Fates, three Furies
and three Graces; and coming nearer
to onr own times, Shakspeare intro
duces his three witches.—Chambers’
Journal.
A physiologist in France has been
observing the working of flies in flying,
and has arrived at the conclusion that
the wings ol a fly make about 330 beats
per second, and that a fly can travel at
tha rate of a kilometre per minute.
cake of perfumed soap. She eyed it
critically. Perhaps his severe scien
tific mind would be disgusted with
suoh effeminate luxury. Perhaps—
who knew?—he might' discover even
in it the presence of bacteria! She
had heard it said that-a man with a
theory finds examples of its - truth in
everything about him. 1 Never mind !
She would place beside it a*cake of
white castile and one of ; tar soap.
ThenJ whateveVhis tastes, be'must be
pleused. She put the alcohol and a
cologne bottle within easy reach; got
out smooth and rough towels and - a.
bath-blanket; saw. that the - shower-
bath worked; and with asigh of relief,
went down stairs to impress the cook
that during the entire afternoon there
Coal Creek Convicts Escape.
A Knoxville special says: Fifty con
victs escaped from the branch prison j must be plenty of hot water in the
at Coal Creek Tuesday by crawling ' l '~ ;i
through the bars of tho waterway
leading to the stockade. This occurred
about dusk and it was not long after
that the guards discovered the move.
The guards gave chase and fired prom
iscuously, although it is not known
boiler.
Suddenly a happy though struck
her; she went into her husband’s study,
and brought out every book on bac
teriology that she could find. - These
she ranged on a shelf at the- foot oS
the hath-tub. Standing out a - little
J
that any were killed. Several holdups beyond the others, as if but just
are reported as following the escape, • shoved in, was Mr. Smith’s own pam-
It is doubtful if any will be captu^ 1 on ‘ > -- J -” av - — —--
^-/i
and then, putting her trust in the
bath-room, walked in and greeted her
visitor with a smile of timid welcome,
He did not look at all alarmin^
She was surprised to see that he was
young, darkly handsome, and dressed
with more regard to fashion than the
scientific mind generally deigns to be
stow. He saw her timid air and blonde
beauty with evident admiration.
After the first polite commonplaces,
Mr. Smith smilingly observed: “Pro
fessor Botkine’s recent researches
have been of such interest to scien
rific men that they must lay him open
to a great deal of persecution from in
quiring admirers, but—” «
“Ob, not at all,” she ^--answered
rather incoherently; “or, rather,
should say, he likes to he persecuted
—that is” (with some confusion)
will be delighted to find you here when
he returns. In the meantime, I hope
that you will let me look after you.
Mr. Smith thought that he should
like nothing better, but contented
himself with remarking:
“Thank you, very much. Perhaps
you would be so kind as to explain to
me a few things I should like-to know
about Professor Botkine’s theories on
bacteria. ”
He was surprised to see a deep flush
and a look of distress come over her
face, and, before she could answer, he
hastened to add: “But I fear that
am trespassing on your time. Pray,
do not let me incommode yon. I have
some uncut pamphlets in my satchel
here, and will look them over as
wait,” and he looked down embar
rassed. J'.
A furtive feeling of relief crept for
a moment into her eyes. Then the
thought that she could not be guilty
of cuch inhospitality as leaving her
guest to shift for himself forced itself
upon her. But here he was, plunging
into science the very first thing and
turning shy besides. Oh, she must
send him off to that bath! It seemed
rather awkward, but she nerved her
self to the effort.
“No, Mr. Smith,” she said, gayly,
“I am sure that I could not tell yon
anything on the subject, and I can
not think of leaving you here alone.
You must let me make you comfort
able. I know that after your journey
you would like a bath. ”
He looked amazed and then em
barrassed.
“Thank you, very much, Mrs. Bot
kine, ” he stammered, “but I do not
care at all for a bath. I shall do very
well here, and—”
“No, no!” she said, nervously;
Know that you are only afraid that
there is no hot water on such a warm
day, and you do not wish to give
trouble.”
He put out his hand and tried to in
terrupt her, but she shook her head
and went on rapidly:
“It is all ready. Everything is in
the bath room, and I will ring for
James to show you up.”
He looked thunderstruck at her in
sistence.
“But, I assure you, Mrs. Botkine,”
he exclaimed, “it is not at all worth
while. I—”
“Not another word, if you please,
Mr. Smith. You will' really annoy
me if you refuse;” t
She thought to herself that he little
knew how more than annoyed she was
at the thought of his possible ques
tions. As the man-servant appeared,
she said:
“James, take this gentleman’s
satchel to the guest chamber and show
him to the bath-room.”
Mr. Smith endeavored to hang back
and 6ay something, but Mrs. Botkine
smilingly waved her hand toward the
stairs and walked into another room.
She had looked alternately vexed and
triumphant.
As he followed James, Mr. Smith
remarked to .himself that before this
experience he would have vowed that
she was too pretty to he eccentric.
He had no wish to bathe, but fearing
to vex her, meekly proceeded to per
form his ablutions.
She, meantime, was vastly relieved.
She-smiled to herself at the thought
of' how unwilling he had seemed:-to
give the slightest trouble.
' “I suppose hq thought we Ameri
cana never had apy decent facilities
for a frith,” she reflected. Then:
“Me really is remarkably good-look
ing, feu* a. seientist. If *1 had not
known what lie was, I should have
thought he was just a nice -young fel
low. and rashly feied to get on with
him.. Gh; if George had. not told me
in tirqe.!j=a':IJ^e: .shuddered as she,
tbonglit. t^ffesr-’esetoe.
. *‘F suppose he wfll be dried-up look
ingbefore long. He isawhited-se-
jnllchre kind of man now. I could
•Botsee the slightest sign of baldness
in'Efm, frut' his seething intellect is
bound-to'cook his hair off in a few
years. Even George is a wee bit
bald But how delightful that Mr.
Smith did not fathom my ignorance.”
, She was so elated that-she went to
the piano and sang for a half-hour.
She was startled-by hearing some
one come rushing into the room be-
r.f She whe ""d on the • +r >ol
Dissect my cat, or say that ho cannot
dine with ns because he never eats
anything but bacteria?”
“Here we are at last,” said the pro
fessor; “I found onr friend on the
train. He had mistaken the train and
gone to Alameda. Mr. Smith, let me
present yon to Mrs. Botkine.”
She welcomed her guest cordially,
but the minute she was alone with her
husband, she seized him by the lapels
of his coat.
“What joke have you been playing
on me?” she demanded; “who is this
Mr. Smith?”
The professor looked astonished.
“Why, my dear, there is no joke.
This is the Mr. Smith that I told you
I was expecting this afternoon. What
is the matter?”
“Matter!” she cried; “who is the
Mr. Smith that came here this after
noon with a satchel, and asked aboul
your theories?”
“Why, we met him at the station.
He had a few specimens to show me.
He is the son or my friend, Commo
dore Smith, of San Francisco. He
had just run over for a short call.”
“A short call!” she echoed again;
“what will he think of me? I sent him
upstairs to take that bath I”—Argo
naut.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The proposed Hoboken (N. J.’,
Bridge will have a single span of 5850
feet—the longest in the world.
The greatest depth recorded of
Lake Michigan is 870 feet, or about
one-sixth of a mile. The mean depth
is about- 325 feet, or one-sixteenth of
a mile.
The flea is covered with armored
plates very hard and overlapping each
other. Each is set with spikes, and
bends in conformity with the move
ments of the body.
The largest engine is at Friedeno
ville, Penn. ; its driving wheels are
thirty-five feet in diameter, the cyl
inder is 110 inches, and it raises 17,-
500 gallons of water per minute.
A new process of rain making was
recently brought before the Academie
des Sciences, Paris, by M. Baudoin.
His theory is that electricity main
tains the water in clouds in a state ol
small drops, and thai if the electricity
be discharged the water will corns
down.
An instrument has been invented
for sounding the depths of the sea
without using a lead line. A sinker
is dropped containing a cartridge,
which explodes on touching the bot
tom ; the report is registered in a
microphone apparatus and the depth
reckoned by the time at which the ex
plosion occurred.
The air brakes on railroads are being
built with a view to their use on trains
of 100 cars. The plant on each train
is being built'so that it can be used in
such a way as to bring the speed down
from eighty to thirty miles per hqur
within five seconds. Great power has
to be used, and every part of the
apparatus has to be perfect to stand
the strain.
Dr. Hughes, of Meriden, has re
ceived a letter from B. W. Sawyer, of
Nassau, New Providence, one of the
Bahama Islands, telling of the finding
of a pink pearl in a conch shell there
that is the finest ever brought to
light. This pearl is nearly as large as
a pigeon’s egg and of the same shape,
having no flaw or blemish, and of per-,
feet color and marking. It was sold
to the local agent of a Paris house for
over' $2000, the largest price, it is
believed, received for a pearl at the
Nassau conch fisheries.
At the recent meeting of the chemical
section of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science th9 arti
ficial diamonds that have been made
by M. Moissans, of Paris, were ex
hibited and awakened much interest.
These, as yet, are of hardly sufficient
size - to be' marketable, but there ap
pears to be no longer doubt that this
and the cost are but questions of
technical detail, and that another de
cade. at most will suffice to reduce *
diamonds to the vulgar level of the
amethyst or the Rhine stone.
A farmhand employed on the Hamon
farm, located some twelve miles from
Abiline, Texas, has struck a rich find
in the shape of a bnried treasure, hav
ing unearthed a pot of gold and silver
coin amounting to $3,000.
President Cleveland, accompanied by
his sister, Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleve
land, anil Private Secretary Thurber,
arrived in Hartford,Conn., Wednesday.
The president visited the city to attend
the funeral of his favorite nephew,
Henry Eurastis Hastings.
The First National bank of Fort
Payne, Ala., closed its doors Wednes
day and posted a notice saying that on
account of a constant withdrawal of
deposits and the inability to realize on
its notes and securities it had decided
to turn its affairs over to the comp
troller. It is stated that the bank is
solvent and will pay out dollar for
dollar.
Governor Werts, of New Jersey, has
sent a request to Chief Justice Beasley
to convene a special session of tho su
preme court to decide which of the
two bodies now claiming to be senates
of New Jersey is the legal body. Ho
has also instructed the attorney gen
eral to institute quo warranto proceed
ings against the republican senate to
compel them to show by what authority
they are claiming to be a senate.
A Greensboro, N. C., special of
Wednesday says: The sale of the
Capo Fear and Yadkin Valley road is
not off, as had been supposed. The
time of payment is only postponed
a short while. The agent for tho
English syndicate was to have shown
up with the money in’ New York ou
January 14th. Instead, however, a
telegram was received saying he was
sick, but would be over as soon as pos
sible.
A New York World dispatch of
Wednesday from Tegucigalpa, Hondu
ras, says: “This city was attacked
Tuesday night by a strong force of
revolutionists and Nicaraguan allies.
They succeeded in gaining a good deal
of ground, but were repelled before
morning. Forty Hondurians were
killed. Seventy were wounded. Both
sides are preparing for another battle.
All available men are being sent to the
front.”
The detective force of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad has been
making important discoveries. Eight
or ten men living near Pocahontas,
Tenn., have been plotting to rob a
Memphis and Charleston passenger
train. They procured dynamite and
tools to blow open the safe and settled
on a day to make the attempt, but in
the meantime- officers in citizen’s
clothes quietly made arrest after arrest
nntil now the gang has been bagged
except two or three.
The building on the Boone county,
la., poor farm, in which the incurably
insane were confined, v/as burned
Wednesday night and eight of the
nine inmates were burned to death.
Only one woman, Mrs. Hibbard, es
caped from the burning building and
gave the alarm to Steward Holcomb,
who was in the main building adjacent.
It was then too late to save the insane
people, and the main building was
saved only by the greatest effort. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
. Natural Curiosities.
Carious resemblances in
Nature
start with tbe cocoanut, in many re
spects like the human skull and almost
facsimile of the monkey’s. ' -The
meat of the English walnut is almost a
copy-of the human brain; plums and
black cherries like the human eye,
almonds like the human nose, and an
unopened oyster and shell a perfect
likeness of the human ear. The shape
of a man’s body may be traced in the
mammoth squash, the open hand in
growing scrub willows and celery, the
human heart in German turnips and
egg plant, and dozens of the mechan
ical inventions of the present day to
patterns furnished by Nature. Thus,
the hog suggested the plow, the but
terfly the door hinge, the frog stool
the umbrella, the duck the ship, and
the fungus growth on trees
bracket.
The Industrial Situation During the
Past Week.
The review of the indue rial situation in the
South for the past week reports that the newly
euiabl shed induulries in the Southern States
continue to steadily increa e in number and in
impor ance. The report tor the past week ag
gregates a lager number than haa
been noted since May. 1893, and they include
every branch of industry. Enlargements of
existing manufactories have increised in equal
proportion, and enqu riea for new machinery
continue active. The Tradesman’s reports,
received from ail parts of the South, concur in
the statement that tho settl- meet of the tariff
question will be at once followed by an exten
sive revival of industrial interests.
Fifty new industries were established or in
corporated duiing tlie week, together with
twelve enlargements of manufactories, and
eleven important new buildings. Among the
important new industries of the week arc ihe
following; A cotton mill with $200,000 capital,
»t Augusta, Ga.: machinery works wi h $i 00,-
000 capital, at Atlanta, Gt., by the Blount Stave
and Machinery Co.; the New Orl.-ans Yam and
H< siery Mill, limited, capital 8100,000, byS.
Meyi rand other*; the West Y.rginia Bridge Co.,
of Poin Pleasant, W. Va., capital 850.000, W.
E. Hesl. p and associates, incorporators; the
American Steam Excavating Co., of Marshall,
Texas, capital $50 000, bv E. J. Fry and o hers,
and a fouudry a’ New Orleans, La., wiih $59,-
000 capital, by the Ivans Manufacture? Co.,
limited. A lumber company, capital $35,00), 4
has been organized at Wheeling, W. Ya.. by J.
W. Be! z A Sons Co.; and one witli $300,000
capital, at Smackover; Ark., by the Globe Lum
ber Co- Afu-nituref c ory, capital $2o 000,
is repoi ted at P.ne Bluff, Ark.; a lumber coip-. ^
pany with $20,000 capital, at Tucooa, Ga., by.
the Simpson Lumber Co.; an ice factory, capital-
$20,000, at Dallas, Texas, by the Crystal Ice
Co.; a $10,001 lumber company at Westminis
ter. 8. C , Ly the Westminister Lumber Co.,
and brick and tile works, capital $8,000, at
Jackson, Miss., by the Builders’ -Supply Co-
Brick works are reported at Glenwood, Ga.;
cotton mills at Opelika, Ala., and Spartauburg,
8. C., and wo-len mills at Staunton, Va;; flour
and grist mills at Piedmont and Pollard, Ala.,
Mountain Home and Roseville, Ark., and an ice
factory at Tavares, Fla, Electrical plants are—
to be built at Mammorh 8prings and Van Bo
ren, Ark.; machine shops at Glenwood, GA*,
and Covington, Ky. r and oil mills and refineries
at Camden, Ark., and New Braunfels, Texas.
Paint works are to be established at Little
Rock, Ark., a pottery at Augusta, Ga.; refrig
erator works at Gainesville, Fla., tanneries at
King’s Moun-ain. N. C., and Et Paso, Texas, a
shoe factory a'- Statesville, N. C., and a tobac
co faetoiy at B de-gb, N. C.
The woodworking plants for the week in
clude a box fac orv at Tavares. Fla.; saw and
planing mills at Emory and Georgiana, Ala.;
Camden and Mammo h Springs, Ark.; Cave
and Columbus. Ga.; Loni-vdle, Ky.; Trenton,
Miss., and Corsicana, Texas ; shingle mills at
Little Bock and Sherril, Ark.; spoke and han
dle works at Pollard, Ala., and Madison, N. C.,
and a wagon factory at Center Point, Ark.
Water works are to be built atMidiaon, Fla.,
and Crawford, Texas. 'The enlargements fc*
the week include a cotton mill at Athens, Ga.; 5
fertilizer works at Louisville, Ky.; an ifeefacio-'
at Columbia, S- C.; iron works at Opelika,
la.,and Augusta, Ga. ;oil milis at New Braun
fels, Texas, and woodworking plants at Pair ‘
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fels, Texas, and woodworking plants at Pat*
ka, Fla., Waynesville, N. C., Lexington, Ky
and Poplar Spr ng, Tenn.—Tradesman (Chat
tanooga, Tenn.)
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Michael Carrwb was engaged to 1
Ellen Vervene iu l ’ennsylvania. Then *
he went to jail in Uhio for four yeara.
A parole ' was offered him, but htj-:
wouldn’t take it because he would have !
to stay iu the State. Recently his term!
was finished, and there was a blushing 1
bride writhin a reasonable number
hours thereafter. —
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