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WEEKLY
MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY M
MISADVENTURE,
By W. E. NORRIS,
Author of “My I wend Jim,” “Major and Minor," “La Belle Amer:
“MaTIUMOSY," ETC., ETC.
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CIIAPTER XXTX. — COUNT Soura- I that, however bad ho might be, he wain
visrri's Correspondence. I bo bad as all that Presently, at thilat-
Kurin* tli.1t summer tlioro used to lm |ho“CuS'/ uanl U ' d
cn, hobbling up amldowo the alleys at lne Cun ~“>'
the) ml
liver and chronic gout, a most thoroughly
miserable ono.
Of this, indeed, he inode no secrot,
ted wtu'.d ccnfidc his woes in a plain
tive, fjuerulou.; voice to all who could bo
jersuadod to listen to them.
“Ah. madame,” lie would say (for it
war. chiefly to ladies that ho was wont to
appeal for pity), “you see in mo nn un-
foi lunate condemned to purgatory be
fore his time! Vor my part, I do not
believe in a future state of purgatory—* |
you are aware, fierhnps, that our church
ha-* never accepted that dogma—and it
is therefore the more hard that I should
U* compelled to admit its existence in
this world without having done any
thing at all to deserve it." And then,
witli a very littlo encouragement, ho
would proceed to relate what a terrible
life iic had had of it for years past with
the countess. “I livo in terror, madamo—
positively in constant terror, I do not
Know what fresh scandal l may not hear
t.f any day—I who abhor scandal! You
will a;k, perhaps, why I allow her to
livo apart from mo. Ah, madnrae, that
b becauso you do not know Madamo
b/uirrieff! She is a woman who lias
raised the power of exasperation to a
line art. At 'Jay age and in my slate of
iitMuii I nm uo !uu$ei aula to eiiuuta
\l!iat 1 could put up with when 1 was
younger and stronger. Rutin!—death
auues at last to all, nnd ono may hopo
that after death comes nt least peace.”
Ladies very generally felt sorry for
this forlorn and forsaken invalid; but
the sympathy of the until battalion of
dependents with whom hu traveled
about was denied to him, because he was
lot rot*» and capricious. As, however,
he them very well, they remain -d
t nn«l hoped that
.hbv
Iiov
baring they had been with him. Victor,
lib valet, had gradually become his mas
ter—a lucrative noe»l; for it was not
Madame SouravcitT alone who found
it advisable to replenish Victor’s purse
from time to time. Tho man. upon
tire whole, iimM ilia |wwti ior liiu
general good and did not client
uioat who bribed him, unless it
seemed quite necessary for his
own comfort and security that he should
1 «*|- t:.«• t il _. ,..l II w a 1-
most always necessary to deceive Count
NuiravietT; but that was nally no fault
of his. It would never have done, fur
t-xumple, to let the old gentleman know
who Mr. Chetwode's tenant wa^j and
Victor had confined himself to the state-
!!.' nt tli .t mnfiaim- had tab :i a, i i.ii
house in tho remotest part of England
fur the summer months. As the count
d.d nut corre»pond with his wife, and
did not core where she might bo so long
an hIio was out of in itchier, that assertion
was accepted without further inquiry.
Hut one meets aJlsort* of people at
V i.-daden, and in these days the well-
to do inhabitants of every county iu
England. remote o * otherwise, are pretty
»ure to leave it ut least once i year,
There was, therefore, nothing extraordi-
»rary, although to some persona it may
have been inconvenient. in Che coinci
dence which brought Count Soura vleff
Mu speaking terms with Sir George
hire, Sir George, when abroad, made
'- a r.;ie to apeak to everybody wiio aj>-
pvnred approachable, aril even to somo
"hu did not. Amongst the latter might
inv.» liecti counted tho pevisti-looking
»• ' . * old man whom lie r.otitod on .two
•; •'wcutlve evenings Btltiug all-alone
th« maiden In front of the hotel; but
t: (H iliai*. was uil tire wore reason
znss: tr VtuT'n ui as3 rh«fc y !xr ,1 „ th ' n s t:wreo , jud
X"on?^ct° n .^.RM n ,ut
‘ 1 a cleanshavenT»«, tli. ekin of “ ' •**» ''‘‘"VS°£ e “J? P ,
c £Sg e . w i t . h £#■&,* “
number of wnnues as that of in-, , urh ,
sRsr&T i .f^ 0 &p r rf iraed8 tf^
black frcx:k coat, which hung loosely ? a d S'fiJ *
”I«. D . ^“^“Ldrv'omw^ilVd 1 J *Wcl."JoSourali.
SSSriSfea#,
hotel nt which ho had taken up his P ,c0 ne
tataJ5S T t5l3S? L ‘““'lady of whom you .peak is ,0
Sithavorvrichmaa^"?uX ' ?°» l,t J m r »!(•’." roplio.1 tho count, dra
«< w«'1hou|ir,o ^’bi 0l> Ho atn acquainted^ with hor?h U
Sat, lion in 8k day U a somewhat dis-
utirrie. h',ought upon i.i.u’by a/eccen- ™LVTv
trie "froni 0 an°tiimihr oWi " ed to insist upon her leaving I> ti-
! riS do ", w *>0» »!•« hail made herselfto c u-
which I hare hitherto caused to bo paid you had 1 otter do it thorou.ddy. Judged
t° you. according to tho u»w of his own con
spicuous ns to bring down upon in(
very sharp rebuke from our foreign
ortice."
S r George pursed up his lips and
nodded.
“Oh," said ho, “that was tho rcajon
she buried herself for tho summer in $ur
quiotpartof the world, then? To
you tho trutli, we were puzzled to im
agine what her reason could be."
“Madame SouraTietT," answered ilat
lady’s husband gravely, “has usually
more than i.ne reason for her actions, tut
nut all of th£m ore as good as that which
I have mintioued. May I ask you to tell
mo once more the name of the house in
which she U living?"
“Upton Chctwode. I think you know
Mark Chctwode, the owner. At anr rate
ho is a great friend of the countcsas,and
he has established himself in lodgings in
the village during her tenancy, in ordir,
I suppose, to be near her."
Sir George knew that this was a rather
risky thing to any; but ho could not re
sist saying it, and watching tho (fleet
upon his companion, who, indeed, pulled
a wry face aud muttered something in
audible. But before anything more
could bo said on cither side Lady Dare
and her daughters appeared upon Ilia
scene, nnd an introducti.u follow ml
which presently furnished the count witli
an auditor of the sex which ho preferred.
Thu Dares had a good n a .v friends in
Wiesbaden, some of whom sown joined
ti e young Iii lic-s while ,"',r Ueorgj was
buttonholed by a conservative M. 1’..
who had paired for the remainder of the
w H-i n and h:i«l a grsat deal u, say ahont
the obsiructive tactics of the opi»u«itiou.
Thus l outit Smiraviull was left to walk
’■villi Ladjr Daru up and duv n «Jh» 1-ioad
gravelled e.vpans- in front of I he Cunujii,
which was thronged by a thousand sc.
of other Curgasie, ami lie Inst no t inidin
t- ilnu h«-r < i bi' <•< i, ju v.l troui-I,
which she lent a most willing
pasion&to ear.
“It is very ^distressing ^for you, and
when she had concluded her recital;
“stili l doubt whether you have any
causo for anxiety as regards Mr. Chct-
wode, who seems to bars other designs."
bli*? then explained at some length the
position of atluirs at AbboUport, and re
lated how Archie BUgh had apnarentiy
been seduced from hu allcgiamv, add
ing with an annoyea look:
“I had a letter this morning from Mrs.
Lowndes, tho wife of the parish clergy
man, which throws a xsry disagreeable
light upon 3lr. Chetwode's chamber.
Kioto what site tells me, 1 can’t'
but think that ho is trying to
kill two birds with ' one stone.
He probably wishes to free him
self from Madame HouravielT nnd is also
anxious to bring about a quarrel between
young iUigh nnd lib couisin, who, as I
mentioned to you just now, is a groat
heiress. 1 am afraid—I am very much
atrakl—that his objoct is to take young
Bligh's place."
Luly Dare spoke with no littlo emo*
tk>n; because it did M«m to her atrocious
that, if this engagement was to coino to
nothing, poor Bobby should dettTJ no
advautagu at all from its annulment. As
for Count SouraviolT, he naturally did
not caru much wlutt Mr. Chetwode’s
eiiinetcr or designs might le; Iflit he
wan irriuitod by bis wife’s ( utaeftyfn
taking up her rcsidonco at Air. Chet*
wode :i ho'.iK?, and when lie rvturuod to
the hotel Victor had a bad live midutes.
‘Receive, madamo, tho assurance of
my very high consideration.
“IiOUIxi SOCRAVIKFF.”
This, the count felt, was both digni
fied and businees-like. He was not a
strong man, and I.o knew* that ho was
not; still, lie held the reins and the whip,
which nobody could take away from
him. Experience had not taught him
that it is one tiling to sit on the box and
quite another tiling to bo able to drive.
As for making his wife move in any
other direction than that which ft
pleased her to take, he had never in his
life managed to accomplish so much; but
| then, to Lo nure, he liad not very often
tried. Ho dreaded her political far more
| iban her social indiscretions, and if she
) had been content to keep the latter
within reasonable bounds, ho would
hardly have troubled himeelfto interfere
I with her; Lut, as he had truly told her,
he had a great dislike to being made
ridiculous, ami he thought that she was
I making him ridiculous now. Moreover,
j h<? was encouraged to bo arbitrary by tho
somewhat unexpected readiness with
| which she bad accepted her dismissal
I from London. Ho looked forward,
therefore, to a nioro or less prompt re
cognition of his authority, nnd in the
meantime ho cultivated the Dares, from
whom he teamed munv interesting par
ticulars ni to Madame Sucravieil’s man
ner of life in the country.
“I sin almost ashamed to say so,"
Lady Dare declared, in the course of ono
of her conversations with him, “but I
really cannot help thinking the mud I*
privy to this shameful behavior of Mr.
Chctwode. I doubt whether he would
venturo to pay lm addresses to Cicely
without Madame SouraviefTs permis
sion,"
“I am auite sure that he would not,
madante, replied tho count, with a
slight twinkie in the corner of his eye.
“But how very dreadful that ist It
shows such—such depravity! lean un
derstand his wanting to get rid of
her—"
“So can I!" interpolated the count.
“But I cannot understand her wanting
to get rid of him—and in such a way!
It is unnatural—at all events, it is very
unlike a woman—to bo so cynical."
“It would not be very unlike Madame
SouravietT,’’ said that lady’s husla id;
“she is capable of a great deal iu the way
of eccentricity. And it is not proved
that sho wishes to get rid of Mr. Clict-
wode. Because a man is married, that
is not a reason for bidding him ndicu.
O i the contrary, marriage sometimes
affords increased opportunities for,friend-
sblp."
At this Ijidy Daro could only throw-
up her hands and gasp.
“Cicely must never bo made the vic
tim of such horrible machinations!” she
ejaculated with fervor.
“Let us hope that she may be pre
served from them," returned the count,
tolerably shrewd con-
fo's aims and motives;
vould like Mark Chet-
rich man, and ho un-
-ady Dare, who bo
lt race, would never
ilii't a combination of
might lead her to net
rd to bo acting. Uo
PH iing
science (and, after all,
attempting to fix r
other principle?) JL.« ......—..—j v - —-
dishonorable. It gave him gn at dis- ; Olin^tlt,
comfort to act in what he f< It to i it liaviL
bo a dishonorable way, and nothing [ Uafar;
but cm., id- rations ’of paramount othetm
importance ever made him d»t>o. li
differed from mod Englishmen, i
doubt in very many res[ >- t-. but in nt r
more so than in his ability to dec-it
others, when he gave bis u.ind to it, an
his inability to deceive himself. To pin
the part suggested ttf him fay Man
houravietf did not precisely coincu:
with his idea of what L becoming in
man of strict integritv, aud to improt
upon it by throwing dust iu tho eyes «
Madame Bouravieil herself jarred a Jitt
upon hi. sense of self-respect; yet, hav- :i
ing once determined that a certain i
amount of dirt must be hwallowed, lie w
swallowed it without making u\'ly faces. 1
If lie made any false excuse for u
himself, it was only in so f.»r h
ns he still clung to ti'o notion that
the iBligh family had pilfered hit ii
land from him, aud that ho lied a sort «
of moral right to get it back by any <•
means that might offer. t<
Ho pluyed his game with great cool-, li
ness, {ict and success. U s fellow-con- ,
spiraturwas persuaded thfit tin* wind • r;
business went against tho grain v ith i
him, and constantly scolded him for n< g- j tl
lecting to make tlie mest of his oj»i>or- c
tunitibs, while over Cicely he established ^ i
by degrees a sort cf ascendancy which i
was not tho less daugerous to her because t!
she was absolutely unconscious of it. In fi
his intercourse with her ho did not ngain |
use such freedom of Bpcech as lie Juul : v
jK-rmitieu himself t’ a: afternoon on the i si
beach: but indirxcUr be made her aw are
tlint ho understood her feelings v» ry
well, and it*seemed to her that ho win
the only person who did understand
them. Archie, it was true, had been
told in tno plainest terms what they
were; but Archie had apparently for
gotten what he had been told. An *un-
accountablo change had come over
Archie, who now assumed a dictatorial
tone when lie did not take ud an ag
grieved one, and was evidently i
is DOffe* worst that
aovthtng lik..- the wui
lie that hi o Will learn to disregard
Oitogitli* r-to ti . -at you with tonte
It is an inevitable process! Don’t
win touie signs of
tuitelr for him he did think so;
his love for Cicely nnd his
laetjpI- ►eiiso of alit nation fiom her
would'iii nil probability have led him to
defy fsi . , w ;*■■■, },■•
foundL* It-solace in listening to these,
in ftc 1 *y combating them, and in
>.| on his w im by the iioqr; inso-
uitto^iiint when ho wont away, poor
Madatho Souravieff almost yawned her
head plT.
“Ccbt ,i ■iommant!” she would exclaim
^■illr to Mark. “Never since tho
world 1 an w. s there such on imbecilo
a’ that aung officer! Everybody who
i in 1< e is wearisome: but he! Oh, no
'\orda i .a express how wearisome ho is!
I-Vanki .1 hometimes doubt whethor it
v u - w« tn while to undertake tuis ex-
liausjkg labor even for you."
“i -• r. erely grateful," tho per
il, ti ns M.rk would reiciti, “And I can
t ci i f \ ou. ltememTier that I am not
cx.i' tl enjoying mytolf all this time, I,
t<«<>. nave tospond somo long hours ami
lia t .i .urs."
Snoli as.'ertions pleased Madame Sou-
ravAff, and restored h**r gaiety to her.
t he lurious thing was that she believed
thong Or possibly it was not so very
s, becau&e most of us know from
al experience that a great deal is
n1 in tor no better reason than
Lbclicf would bo too painful to be
satisfied with tbo humble pi.»itiun which
ho had at first accepted with so much
eagerness and gratitude. In meditating
upon it, Cicely called th s change uiuc-
countablo; but of course it might be ac
counted for, and she had in reality, al
though not confessedly, adopted Mark’*
solution of what did not look like a very
obscuro enigma. If her pride wan
wounded, os doubtless it was she con
cealed any mortilication tliat she may | 1
have felt, and was very careful to lay
no sort oi restriction upon her b trothed
or upon liia manner of passing his time.
If he wished to bo released from his en
gagement, it was for him to take tho in
itiative; the had no complaint to make
and made n ine.
dignified attitude to adopt; f»ut naturally
it widened a breach w hich had already
been noticed with complacency mid *at-
i*fa< tion by cverylnMly in Cicely’s suinll
circle, w.tn tho solitary exception of Mr.
Lowndes. The rector," for his part, did
not half like the turn matters were Ink-
[ ing, iimi went so far as to cotitide his
uneasiness to Miss Skipwith who said
i nhe really thought tlist when i«opU
app«*.d fur sympathy | showed iln-iuselvts in their trie c' lors,
[•mtind -tbs* h.s wif* I one should be thankful Jntcad oi grjtns-
lier-elf from his «
ud cot:
uitti;
*ply
h, he thought itm
for a reply before
1 given an order,
rn of post, and a ’
itisfactory fcort of reply it
"M. * ^ - *
that.
Ions.;
makii
ous p
only t
once,
mhsi'
, t l ,J B The valet, of courjw, protected bis
irviug Vo clicer the melancholy ignorance of madamo** whereabouts,and
up. On tbo third day, accord- his master told him roundly tliat he did
m. who lu«t iu .t lighted not believe a word ho said. Thenu 4 »ou
■ Victor r joined with dignity that since
ho was uo longer trusted, I o w ould prefer
to give up hb situation, how there were
- atter-ditmer cigar, plumped him.-elf
" D i.;cn an iron chair facing Count
• uravkdf and tq-cred fire.
“How do thee# waters suit you, sir?
1 -* don’t seem to get much good out of
■ . nt first; hut I believe In the after
• ct». I find that by coining lure every
i-.amcr I can kw p’ pretty clear of the
it for a twelvemonth. The great
i ing is to have fait In"
i full of faith," replied the count
It must bo confessed
u mil -n (u be rthiicu-
ucfortnnate trick of
Why all these sonor-
know that you have
wonl and I will at
Viestaden, os n sub-
i. Be good enough to
icrsu hbyour wif.h,
irecbely fond of being
cry body will liegin to
certain secrets connected with tho count’
toilet and the treatment of hit ailments
which Victor alone jrisiesMiL Count
Souravieff, therefore, had to do what
many potentates have to do when indie- >
I*, ii'ublo personogi s tender tin ir resign a-!
tioa, and eat humble pie. However, he j
did nut deem it advUable to despatch j
this doubtful envoy npou a third special i
for I,
laugh ..
laugh at ras when it is know n that I
tuve cnce more been commanded to
iJiift my quarters st a moment’s notice.
If I leave Upton Chet wode, I louve En
gland. By tho way, if you had thought
iiroper to ask mo tho jiuostiou, I sbouli
!»ve told you that Mr. Chetwodo (of
whom you’aro so good us to say that you
are not jealous) had let his hoimo to me.
1 am afraid I cannot flatter myself that
liis remaining iu the neighborhood is due
tD any poor attraction* that I can offer.
•Shall I let you in;u» secret? It is not
improbable that wo may hear bofore loug
of Ida betrothal to a lady who lias large
states near his, und if you will believe
aie, I am giving him all the assistance iu
power. Tout a vous, “Ot/JA.
j Thu count seized pen ard paper and
promptly delivered the following coun-
Krbl ist. lie was somewhat agitated at
Starting, but he cooled down as he went
“Madame: I do not wish vou to oome
to this place; in fact I forbid you to do
so. My fctato of health does not allow
of my supporting the scenes with which
you favor me whenever we meet. At
the same time, I Imre to repeat my re
quest that you will* leave your present
domicile. You may go to any other
place in or out of England tliat may suit
vou. Permit mo to observe that your
ru»o is sufficiently transparent to tWa
vho have
with you.
IiOwndi-:
what do
rue color
a patiently
BUpJiurtt! l<
l iic lirst letter which Madamo Soura-
viiff received from her htis>and was
imply a iource of amusement to her.
. he re; lied idler tho manner related,
.Giving perfect confidence in the efficacy
.-I her threat, end troubled la b If no
uioi'j about tho matter. But the second
lettcF.waa another affair, and tho count
would have been mucli gratiCixl if ho
1 id - . I or face while she perused it
O ie may ► hut olio’s eyes to tho truth fur
; ino-t any length of time, unlc.'d somo
,:iueJ. wretch thinks fit to put it into
words, but wlicn onco that hasliappciicd.
.1 n over. Focts are facts, whether
state! or not; Lut the statemeut of them
frequently makes all tho difference,
•i:.d ii. ro were threads of grey in
Jladaniu Souravi^lFs abundant dark
irusse**. Gazing into her hand-mirror
now.it .. med to her that they had
lately l*o>'m> nm. li more n i -’i-.
Theiewiro lines on her forehead, too,
and'sum- In: g Ike a find indication of
.row’s-fe t at tho corners of her eyes,
"erbeari (altered and tank is she con-
mplau-d herself. Beauty had not yet
I tserte-i her, but youth had, and ia cer*
s youth is invariably and in-
the victor. Innsinblcn access of
struck her forehead sharply
ached ban i.
Ami then
re men Hke that ? ere •«>>.
e him if ho were old and grey
i—it \vt uld make nodr.li ri nee.
us ; they only love
ff may hnvo been
x at large—let
hIio v ,i' rot at
lo Mark hot-
had co.utfd lo lov*> her ev, n
Cicely Bh ;h. 'llie
hut this was so came upon
& kind of eattolnly generally
ffthOUt pitJOf dl'WW'W lit «HlS it
l<> make .vnuniii. c duubiv
of a lad
silai’N
Hs
declaring all alonj, that the
what he wanted.* Now y
liiink ihui iuj U rualy tu siiui
tato and Cicely loo for tho sa
who, I dare ray, is as innoc
desire to flirt with him no yoi
do you reconcile two such op
of the same individual’:"
“I don’t tee anything ir
about them," Miss Skipwith i
think just what I have always lh< ught
about tho young man; I think lie in de
void of principle." And she nodded tri
umphantly at the rector, ns tlicug i in-
vitii g him to find n \v.\ik place in that j cici
succinct analysis if he could. j era
The rector did not atten pt to provo its bps,
absurdity; he only got up and shook | kno
himself and said:
“Oh, dear ine, what nons<
then:—“A pretty n»e*« you
make of it among you."
What perturbed kirn more tl
thing el*e was the increatiug i
between Cicely and Mark Ch<
which was being freely coramen
.1 footpath by which 31o
* going to t
tbo gate
winch divided -Mark < b twodc*’:; v: late
(loin that ol lo-, inor** wealthy m iglifaoi.
whom should she descry, standing on
either side of it, but the two persons of
w hom In r thoughts were full.
They did not notice her, but continued
their conversation, which had tho np-
pearunco of being an interesting one.
Mark was leaning over Use gate mod
talking with more animation than usual;
< u ely w,h a - • i.ing in im 1 w nli n- i
jt down, and a smile upon her
,ow was Madams .Souravieff to
ut they were engaged upon a
s discussion os to liw respective
An ,l j lots of the Ihnwian and English peae-
■ y| i■ ii job 0 them, with anger
nay iu her heart and a counte-
•xpressive of pleased ►urpri-.e.
i not look in the least dneon-
>ut Cicely, who of Into hod taken
'l«*r I j ",
r.l'rfMf
' the 1 ,r
t'j.dr. -ISn Iriwl v«7 nearly all; mibaiun w Englm'nd. lie clcnutocd,
** len ‘ n "“WP* now * ““.I *5*°^ I in.'tcad, to depart so far from his cu>tmn
1 ;- l dily T ct I go on trying. It L, ^ write to his wife, and before retir-
‘“pcMlble to be more faithful. j j to LitJ ho composed the following
, Grow won e?—do you really?" said Sir i * *>.... 4
Grerge, much interested. “Where does ^ ’ ... T ,,
h < alch you now? With ino it i- n’t so I “Madame: Although I am well aware
w ch in the feci or bauds; that I should ’ th*t the word tliscr turn has no place in
mind; let’s have a gooo, sharp fit and your dictionary, I liave MwwiU) believe
W cone with it. But tho nuisance is that that you are not usually blind to the dic-
*'rt of all-ovcriahncas that one gets ever. tates of ordinary prudence. I have ther«.-
long before matters come to a climax, fore learned with surprise that you havo
U ways tell my doctor tliat l really can’t considered it prudent to u«.fy me in
WK-the use of him unless he can itop what, even fur you, mun be calle.1 & po-
vrU, i>a m)|« ...nrinma Wl*v tho culiarlv imprudent mmner. I shah
tytnptoms are worse ‘than tho disease—' scarcely be accused or jealousy, yet i
wha&> ; havo a certain regard for the credit of
‘Symptoms have at least one small ad- j the name which you still Bhare with me
Vantage, which is that they afford an and a certain aversion to be rendered
»;r*-eab!e subject for discuMion; and publicly ridiculous. In becoming the I
^peciallrso when you are able lodi*- tenant of Mr. Clietwmk*. whom you
cuss them with one w ho has experienced have pursued from one country to an-
fii -in all, only m a more ap^ravat«di other with little care for yoar reputatir n I
* rm. On the other band, if you are the or mine, and by persuading him to take (
greater»utlerer cf tho two, that gives up bis resident incite proximity to
M a a certain prestige; and eo it was that you, von excrel all i*. r:m-s'ible limits,
t!ics»? two patients formed a high opinion and 1 have to re*iu**st that yoar tenancy ,
of each other’s intelligence and conrcre shall ce.oo forthwith, Anv extra ex-
»ti >nal capacities. The count, who spok j>e»s*i which this may email snail, an
•xcdlcnt hTiglish, related in cotail and asm!, be preiinrei to meet; but l must
wit j deep feeling, the res fits of the ra-, bag too to mtderetand that I expect to
r.uaa cures to w (u Ii ho had been per-. be obeyed. Inthoevemofnon-conipli-
i !■) ziv<- a tn.-.l, W 1,|1. «. a.*. l-b-ll -*■•• in* eelf comp-lu-.. ni'i*di i
1-t u;:i 0 o|*cn-mouth'd,».b i'ik*T Juki tu.*3 ayaiii.t my wdi, to atop the remittances 1
wunjuu. *».«»» well believe that j . irlr .i pnnii"li far m f'i-i*l» »ti
are anxious to marry Mr. Clietwodo to a 1 * £ ' , T ) J? f ^
lady who owns Urge esUtra, and i
have no difficulty in guessing at l^yw>}avement by U..* L.-.-un isdy.
tliu late of things which you ihink likely
to result from cucli a marriage. What
is a littlo droll is yi-ur capacity for shut
ting your eyes lo tho uangers which
should be obvious to a woman of your
age, 1 have sources of information
which I need not specify, but which
lesd me to beiievo that in this instance
you have overshot your nuuk. Has it
really not occurred to you that Miss
Blicn (am I correct in siallnx Mu? lady’s
name:) is young and ixautiful, as well
as rich, and that, in spite of tho ikx.1,
On ne revient jamais a tea aacicnnes
amours?
‘•Deign, Madamo to accept the assur
ance cf uiv sympathy and my highest
consideration.
“Bnwm Rnnuvirnr."
I think," said tho count, rubbing his
liand**. that that la^t paragraph wiU en-
liuMiisn friend with
a hat c Id politeness, ceased to
, and, niter the interchange of a
ornmonplaces, observed that it was
for l.er to go home.
«,ii always run away from me
'• Madame Hourovieff exclaimed re-
hfaliy. “Mr. Chetwodo is more
iuif;’wh«o y n are talking to him
are in no bt.ch hurry to find out
o'clock it is,"
“Why did you say that?’ Mark in-
lired, when Cicely had wished them
•ih L-uodbye nnd had retire d. “It was
<1 111 Very K* 0,1 ta-te, was il^
Madams Siuraveiff answered his
ic.^iion by another.
“Why bavu you deceived me;' she
w* i fixing her eyes upon his. “Since
Mr. Lowndes was much more afraid of I luve fallen ]** that girl,
f Arpl.l >• <. ri« why 1.ad you ool the honesty to tell me
,or 10 so? Did vou think that I should never
nnd it out:"
Murk h.i 1 not been quite so sanguine
as that, but he had thought tluit the di*--
Only he did think it "rather odd that the j coV ! r > veI 7 Wl '^ ^
joun* man bliuulil ,pen.l m> much timo -^1, uni, U ri.ould no Iookm b. a
nt Upton Ct^twodi Very Ukclj h< , to loin. II. did nut, hower.r,
woulu bare thought it .till im.ro odd if 1"“ .nOrfd tlmt expbnatiott ot hu
lie could hmoTffhmnl tbo kiml erf di* conduct; lie only temorhed.
logue which took place th* ro daily he- ^oracuody has i * imi suggesting ao-
tween Archie and his frie;i<l’.y adviser. Burditiss to * ,ll PP®2i i
Tbo differences which are o„t t„»riio : - r »uige«t<J th. trutli
between eupund wraon, »i«w —. 1»»■—," »h« return*), -it io rtnwy
.1. :, ■! t" Hb »: , . ; f ■ ■ • •
life of them w why »i. I, a prodi*i,m ' •‘ r "S» il * h ', :l
... uli I- *u. • I. -■
■undines Which afo.v words could.t .™ i,l }r
straigbL 1 '
But Madame Souravieff, wliatevcr n ‘:
may havo lx?ca her private eonvi. u nt .
as to tho nrobabl.v «f!«* i of ih • o few 8,1
words, had no notion of allowing them J* r
to U3 spoken, and .i"<ir<.l Architi Chat j 14,1
all over the parish.
had had the impudence to s;N-al
about it—Coppard, who had
Archie’s wish to dispossess bin
cottage which he did not pay
who did not scruple to Kay: | nr
“Furriner or no furriner, that there I r
Sir. Clietwodo is a deal u ore ten !er- j 1“
hearted than somo as should in* Lm bet-) } f
ters, being Britons mil Christi.us by I
birth; and if Miss Cicely havo found It
out, why so much tho better, *ir, in mr
opinion." “He added, “No offense, sir, :
when the rector frowned at him; but Mr. ;
Lowndes rejoined:
“There ia otfen-c, Coppanl; there It J
very great offense in your talking hke |
that, and I beg you won’t do
t.ier-
that I know the truth
ical in tho extrei
Unt S.IOW
.lli.h. IU-1 nm lit- .1,-. _ ftI| « ro - n •• .1,.. Yvwiil.1 .... in
rage her. It may net be irue, but she ^ to hi« simVwl it uuuruU^n’la-
w.li certainly think thatjt is true, and | 1 .. What ‘ a j
pacing discomfort?
lion of ' *■
a hole life. It is
you."
“Ami if It should be
tbo young man ono day,
the will grind her teeth.
CHAPTER XXX.—A Little Loss or
Teupkb.
It is not very easy for Western people
to realize the ethical standard of men of
Mark Chetwode’s semi-Slavonic nature.
Western people object very strongly to really don't think 1
tolling dinn falsenodda; but can with- After aU, tho proj-c rty
out much difficulty reconcile theme elvea
to a suggest iu falsi or a supPWlo veri.
Easterners, on the oilier band b Id (per-
l.&|is mure logically) that the harm of a
lie is in the deceit, and that, if you are
going lo deceive your neighbor ut ail,
but of
or w ith
»ry
_ _ i hers,
i if she d<
muiakis, tho wont tb it can tupf^n i*
(h it kI.m will lo-** a f>-w hundreds a year
—w hich she won’t
“Ail, no, my fn* nd," returned
MaJamc bouravu-if, bimlwig sadly, “that
-it.-told him about the letters which
j ha l received from h« r huxbwnd,
iwingniuro excited whilo she spoke,
i finally giving way to one ol tliov»
rwmtfnlhkuU psroxTsms uf wrath
iirh was -o rcjicilent to him.
•You will ne I. i t.».. : I cam.-.:
u 4l n . . t.i, . r in wr i...
zlared i:i conclutiun. “I bluill obey
• count; I shall leave this place. Then
u can marry Mi«i BUgh it she w ill
vc you, and you will not have to play
? hypocrite every day, os you have
ne "lately. That will bo a relief to
•OU, I •
11c 1..,
U1 think."
difficulty in pacify*
e in tbo cour.-e
sddeh ensued ho
sufficiently to run pncli risk*. Sho u-ne
a powerful ally and would be a danger
ous enemy; that nho would remain neu-
tral it was impossible to believe. And
yet, with all tlie troub'o that ho gave
1: in elf, hu achieved uu mote than a
partial success. Her anger, indeed,
cooled down, but she only half believed
asseverations to which even hi* fckitl
could hardly impart n ring of sincerity.
“Nevertheless, 1 think I will go
away," she said at lost’ “I have done
i ll that I can for you, \ ou will manage
what remains as* Well without inu in
with me. There is no need ioguou pro
testing—it was simply what was bure to
happen from the first. It is nobody’s
fuuft, I daresay."
M irk was far from satisfied wlion ho
left her. Resignation, as hs know, wua
not o.io of her virtue*, nor wa;» con
sistency among her attribuLA. Because
sho seemed to tie passive now, it did not
at all follow that she would not bo setivo
to-morrow, and only a little activity on
her part was required to demolish the
edifice he hud so laboriously built up.
“What alio w-anti,” he mused, “ie
something to divert her thoughts. If
only those wietclied people iu Bulgaria
would move! They are leng past their
time, as it b. I must remind her of
that—and that it is luck of money that
is keeping them back. Anyway 1 am at
her mercy, and must remain at her
mercy f or a loug time to come. If I
were not one of the most unlucky of
mortals she would have wearied of me
before now; if she hasn't, it is not be
cause I haven’t given her cause, heaven
knows!’’
(To bo continued.)
JEWIXrD QAHTKRS.
romen Never Iluy or liven Ask the
Prf* e of Them.
Two Broidway jewelers were asked
lately what sort of women buy tho
costly jcweird garters, and both pai l
that they had never known & woman to
buy or even price them. Ono jowchr
said that be thought the principal mar
ket for them is with men who make a
great deal of money suddenly, and who
are bent upon celebrating tho gain
among their friends. A broker who
made a lucky turn, a sporting man who
wins heavily on the races, or a college
youth who has a quarter’s spending
money in his pocket are tho men who
buy these jeweled garters.
Kln^ Luilwls mid M anner.
From the Wjulilnfttoa lv*t.
I was once walking with a friend, a
native of Munich, through ono of tho
leading thoroughfares of that beautiful
citv, when be suddenly stopped and,
l« in; !I - to .1 !.'• iwIII II, .*:::ii.'
a large one, was of very comfortable
proportion*, and was surrounded by a
garden nnd had every appearance of etc -
ganoe, “In that liou*o," said he, “live 1
tho ono man who was responsible for the
eccentricities of our poor demented and
now deceased king. It was the home cf
Richard Wagner." I have recently rca 1
a story which is i.i w < in■: the ruin l ,
told by a person who claims to have
been in tho body giii.id of tho
uniortunnto King Ludwig of 1
v.iria, whi'-h kuvs that (
JOB JliFFHilHON. I S l ftON
f ill** mndliood Told by j A I.ondiMi Aud
SrIi;vs«i . j _ **“• ! « .
The Century f< r Nov. "d>or has an an- ! *'*• |L
tobiujrrai by of .lo • j.!i J iTerson. Aft.r ]' h ‘ ' •
tuIJing ot his I.irilq.l i ■ in tire city of 1,1 ' ‘ ' r ‘ '
idjoinmg an ‘ m?
tho deafening
and in n blase
tho situation
in .order to r*
secure I i
hair of his
cried; but I xv;
nature, not
grasp tq>on 1
was short bo; u • ; .vo, i< r :
moment 1 1 .:<! pi 11 ■ i <-ff !
duster nnd • ho;id-dross, wi
thereby unintentionally k
enemy;and a* ho was past to
life, the noi - IVruvbui rt< u :
in tho niMdlc of the bridge i
miring cu. i *v. Tliis *>!' i
flavor of an obi anecdote, Lm
iblj informed .hat I was
TIIK O.tnilNAL bCAU
To go from whlto to b
Crow,” in tin- person of T. 1 .
burst ujoii tire town. TL-
drama Ii.*k nt all times be* n
was a’ great blow. T
of this tho first and <•
be-t knight ut Ilio burn;
quito marvelous, lie drew i
Ilian any star of tho *• a
re port* d that Ins first hit in
was repealed in all ibe pre i 1
country, and his advent in 1
surpstv-ed In* career hero,
ho acted in two theaters n
uamo people in many luni.m-
him from into theater to
course tiffs fantastic figi
intliKnco upon mo and l
OANCEDJUC c
from tho garret to the ce
edian saw my imitation *
stated that I should ap]s-i
fit. So that on tliat oeca-M
black* ned up on*i dre-red n
miniatun- iiuene*s of tie-
put in*; in a bag, which altu-
Uf-
king
that th*- causo of a’l the troubles **f t.. >
inuch-to-be-piiii-d m w n u \a- dt. • t •
li.siuart'k and not to a w*.ii.;i: . i;
trim sliis may be 1 know n. ;. a u l
Wagwer eertuiiffy hod uu a ibou..d-.-.l it.-
orutjh*, Bavarian king, nnd it
many of the fltrenf^tadhenchtMd f.i.d-
ing had b**-n mentioned mi :li»-
tliat, figuratively s;ieuking, 11
were ns much in the d.u k n
Afti-r dancing and singing th*- I
I be began the second, the follow
i the two lines which Introduced
I <> lfv.li.-n mul gentiemra. I'd lino'vou
I TtuU I V.- K'*I- *» UtUsdsrky ln-r-. :iiui
100 pound
( i . v . i a. • i. him. 1 be chief
.t'-m ol tin- pi -|.■rmance of Cyclops, an
.enormously must : mr in: n, ; •*•' tliu lift-
‘ M o of v.-ri ' sand t!-imh li*-ll* ranging
ill weight, itL; .id, from GO up u» 100
I' ' : • - v. .ten inlrO’hicing hia
pupil Samson made tho m-ual offer.
Much to his •; j- ...- it was at
once accepted by a man in tho audience,
" uo, as far as physique was concerned,
w as not to he couq :u- d with tho burly
( • cl ips. When, how*-vor, ho had tak- n
< ’ lia coat and waNo. u .tml v. as seen
" w I ich left
: ■ if. it was nppar* nt
t iiat Cyclops had to n- i a w ith jui ath-
L of imiiKi.3.1 streiM :h, tho di.-volop-
niout of tho muscles of the arm being
«v ’-ordinary. Samson li .d, in Ui*>
uu amime, deposited a bank not*) for 100
i. und* with Capt, Molt worth* who was
accepted as referee, and the ;.u Irene*? s*
jury. Cyclops had »-t;irted tho oom[»eti-
,, l j ll . 11*-ii by lifting two fifty pot I w.igi.ia,
i hiswaa easily perforated by the ao-
.1 1 <>t thecballange, a* was tb« rai**-
;i(1 ;,.i- u w iih one hand of heavy dumh-bolls,
the weighingS00 pound* and 400 pounds,
aiu cr«x'.- ' 1 1 ■ • vt feat v,as the lifting w. u ono
fi»- ‘ i f a wffid mass of stern- w .i.ing
. •• •) | . !*, on which wore p!m -m two
. „ . I weights of fifty pounds ench. This was
JV Jim I accomplished, and it was ghinwvt
"- ' 1 that the 100 pounds had bean fairly won, .
thought many of tho
> v 1:1 i i oa, hotrjver, maintained that tho
"" r ' :H mcni-y could only be secure* l by tin; uc-
>u] y 11 ° ! oomplishmeot of all feaU which ('• *
j shotUd undertake. Amidst tremeodooa
” »v:' ' v • • r 1 . hour
•thing definite could be arrived at. and
c-ii red as if a gi-r.eral di m- o
w i>uId take place. An up. a! w < nia-iii
to Capt. lfoleswortb, who Ik 1.1 tho
scales with considerah!e fur. r- . and ho
decided that as ail the usual tricks had
been repeated he wr.uld allow i'..iu^m to
naniu two final efforts, and <u tire event
of these being done ho would hand over
tho 100 pounds sterling note to tho un
known. This ended the bother, nnd
pji low proc* eded to lift above b;; head
with his right hand 250 pound* an i
gradually lower his arm till it was held
ut right angles with his body. This w.m»
duplicated, and amid t immenso <> .c le
nient Cyclop) took in hind a dumb 11
of about 3J0 pounds weight, an I h biing
it over his iwod with his ri iit harui
»lri«;**l and liftoff a fiftr nmind wuieht.
raising it in tarn over hb fiend nn . w>»>-
crin.ittO bis *l..-w tbr*-*- tir:i-* ami
nearly a fourffi. Ti..crowd uasrouwd
to a tar.- pi • n of ext r--ni« nt. When,
afl<. upliiu. - both w. i,;iiU in imiUition
ol i y« 1..|iiis rival lou .-n d and misod
the . . I-t • veil times l.*-f*.ro tie put
linglmi j
• bad a great
r. The com-
him nnd in-
for hi* t* n«-
,ml b*
*1. it
nn*l. turning the bug upside down, h
•-mptred mo out hetid first U.-foru ti. 1
S of the -anlagkhi-d audi* nee. ’1) <
■e TOu r ^r. re f^q«n a cun< qs .
t
tl I t
cf art nnd music, amhltl *
bis nntive HavaVUL Lai i
tl o kim-. Midi w.. W- -is f
Nib- Inn ■cn" •' n-i "I’ i i:.i!
ably never have been \
such grandeur, and the g-
of Herrvnohletneee would
as the most wonderful of n
works.
l-'.lrrlrIt'llr Fr**m llw Bodjr.
II. C. Kirk In Nplhr ikrWice Monthly.
Dr. R. D. Mussoy, prut* sour of surgery
in Dartmouth college, in the “Ain* nenn
Journal of Medical N-irnc-*" f(-r Janu
ary, DID, giv«-» an account of Mrs. 1!- — ,
a married lady alx>ut thirty years of
age, residing in Grafton county, New
Hampshire, who gavu out sparks an 1
snaja continuMly for oome thirteen
weeks, when this jower was entirely
lost and did not return again. The dt •
covery of this faculty was a great sur
prise to tho lady, nr.d saberqoenUv
«'.iused her somo arinoyance. ’1 hough
Mr*. B • ■ wore a silk drees at tire time
of tho commencement of tire pt
non, this was exchanged for cotton ana
flannel iu*T*-vivt|y without affeiiing
the result; and Ure marufrstatiens were
found to be due to tho lady's own per
son, and not to the clothing or other
conditions. Dr. Musscy's account is suim
ported by Dr, W. Uusford, the lady s
family physician.
rhcuoiucnu of this sert. when inani-
fested, do not Kent to be confined to uny
one | ortion of tire body, though occa
sionally localized. A Capuchin friar ia
mentioned by Dr. Schneider,
scalp was a veritable reservoir of elec
tricity. Whenever he removed h.s
cowl a number of “shining, crackling
.jerks" would pons from his laid pat*-;
ard this phenomenon, which was
ffv finite and strong while the monk wes
in good health, continued perceptibly
after three week's Ulaesi.
The Dai** of tho Declaration.
I'r-.m too PhlUdoIphl* ITom.
Fruf. Jolin B. McM ister, the historian,
as asked last night for his views of tire
letter of Thomas McKoan tliat was read
bv ex-S.crctary Bayard at the unveiliug
of the monument to Gnw Rodnyr on
Wednesday. Mr. Me Matter said: “Tfrere
is nothing in Ure letter that was not al
ready known. It is well known that the
Declaration of Independent
adopted on July 2 and was read to ti e
public from the state ho ure step) cn
July 4, and so became a pablk- docu
ment. It was not at that tion stgael by
all tho colonial delegate*, for the reason,
among others, that several of thi.it were
waiting fer cloarer Inatructions from
their retpective cole.nice. It wes slzuc J
after these instructions bod been giver.
The secret journals of this coutiuontr.l
congress have Quite all tocn pnnti »ned ti
fragments. What remains of them are
on de;>o-it in the State Department r.t
Washington, and their contents ure w ell
known. It seems to ure that cougn s
ought to uuka uu appropriati n to l avj
tin mall printed, together with letters
and other manuscripts throwing aid -
tional light on tire subject. Tire journals
now, of course, necessarily impel-
'lire sessions of tho congress v*ere
;ite. Nobody was a lm.tP-d er.a ;:
mendx.-rs, unless by leave, ana only a
>rd of procee*line» w-as made tliat
would beaafo. Tire journal* were a;.»
i ly burned when Use British were ia
iKhiogtoo In 1*»14; and afterv. xrd by
u. . i i< tital lire.’
t ti... w.»g«-r had b-*-n fairly
iiiis. lf luuidod tire Id) pounds
er to tire victor. A general
raised for tire tuvme of the