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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. [All Rights Reserved. 1 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