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MISADVENTURE,
By W. E. NORRIS,
Author of "My I-'ujwd Jim,” "Mjuob axd Mikor,”
“Matkkoxy," etc., etc.
[All Eight. Rmr^,]
CHAPTER XXAlll,—A CotU'ETEt-T Ad- tlmt you luid loft tho placo never to re*
. viax^ turn.” '
MACON, GA., WEDNESDY M< )RNIN(J, NOVEMBER 27, 1881).
Arcluo hastened auay, without notic
ing or caring whither lie went. He
passed through tho shrubV. rios, crowed
a. corner of the fork, and at length
r.‘ached c summer houso commanding a
view of Al>bot«mort and the bay, which
had lv*en erected in the days when summer
Uuses were tho fashion, but which was
row given over to spiders and car trigs.
Hera he ret down nnd tried to think.
The ilr&t question he asked himself was
whether his petition was really at des-
j .era to as Mark Chetwodo had Hindu it
out. Coppard, no doubt, was corrupti
ble; Copjwrd would liardiy have held Ills
per.ee ki long lied ).# not expected to de
rive pecuniary advantage from silence.
There was that possibility; and there
was, besides, tho hopo that Cicely, when
Imtfi ahnnld ho tn linr wniilrl
the truth should be revealed to her, would
understand and accent it. Surely she
would take tho word of a gentleman
rather than that of a notorious vaga-
l« nd: surely, too, she would see the ab
“If I agree, should I bo sent straight
out to Bulgarin?” lie asked presently.
“No; i think you would have to go
first to Athens, and then either to Salon*
ica or Constantinople; but you will un-
r . „ derstand that I am not at liberty to give
La Lelle America!, e, y OU any particulars until you become
ono of us. You would receive your in
structions in London.”
“Well, m chance it,’* said Archie,
with asigli. “When ought I to start?’’
“If you ask me, I should recommend
5 ou to start enily to-morrow morning.
’ot that tilings nreripe in the East—for
l believe they arc r.ot—but because, if l
were you, I wouldn’t see Miss Bligli
ngain. I don’t think you could very
well see her without betraying yourself,
and I know that, for her sake, 3*011
wouldn’t wish to do that.”
But do you mean to any that }ou
“But why should that bo a necessary
condition?” inked Archie eagerly.
“I am afraid lie would consider it bo;
these half-educated T“«pto nrd always
ohitinale. You must remember that ho
retdljr believe. you Intended to kill Mo r . RJ
to... and bis belief would luinlly be , vou td ,Imply Adt, without packlngup
thvbrn hv ™„r -l.nl.,I thing.« My teg * word uaiiyfelv.
ihskcn by your denial.'
“Thon why didn't ho say so before?”
him. He was an a A . n. t ■, m l
■^ , although his acting did not entirely de-
Mr. Chrtwode did not linppen tie In c*H her. it confirm.nl that forlorn lio|>o
want of huch a thing, but lie v.ted ; of 1 ers that his f. u y for the English
Coppurd to be so good as to give li his gir! ..uhl fm»» nway and leave him in
attention fur a few minutes, if hwas what, after all, wgp perhaps his normal
I not in a hurry. to: iiion. Their conversation inscns.bly
friendly and less circutn-
’ them grew le t delimit of
d Ik*t re their interview
id rea lied the }K»int of tli ;•
wa-> to he done with the
be l'ii;h estate?.
Cicelv ! * ! 1 * iv« d w ith i 0
ihim/it tho mtt'j of her
nturo mid hi. souuwlmt
to the effect that ho would
tom Ijupdou. But for his
.ior in alcftiti-ig him-.. If on
•Hill, slit? WOUl l Jill-
39fSs£ ^TAr;^zv.! design forcounthyiiousk
CALHOUN, THE N 1
A tfla
r bami ,
ha* changed hi, mind. and thinks,
rightly or wrongly, that it would not. It
isn’t quite a case for bribery, you sea;
though 1 don’t say that a bribe would bo
refused.”
This ohitned in well enough with what
Archie recollected to have heard from
Coppard’s own Ups; yet ho could not
think tlmt ho must submit to ruin and
shipwreck because a drunken old fisher-
( man disapproved of his marriago. "Of
surdity of" imagining that her cousiu coume," said he, “I would make It worth
had deliberately compassed her broth- Oupnariu whits to hold his tongue. And
er's death. Nevertheless Archie dont you thluk that, if Iliad a talk with
could not flatter himself that I 1 "". I .00Id get him to understand that
either of these idu rnitires was likely to, nil*h.keii about Cicely?
save him. From the payment of black- Mark did not reply, but .hook hi. bead,
mail lie shrank, having sense enough to ; taking his chin between his Anger
le aware that that would be tantamount » nd thumb, looked gravely down at the
to an admission of guilt, and would j C **T** > ,
probably icsjlt in nothing better than | "I know whut hy mean.," Archie went
the putting off of tho evil day; while aj ' °f-, '’Cicely and I duln t agree as to his
formakiugatnrdyconfessiontoCiccly.lio laying up tho arrears of Ins rent, and
could not but perceive that Ills own tolly there ware one or two other points con-
had rendered such a courso useless. She nK ‘ cd »Rh the property about which
might accept Ins word, hut sho wuuld wowcrc not quito of ono mind andwltjcli
not pardon Ids cowardice, nor would tho ho ®»Y have heard of. But tlmt i,n t to
consent to becomo his wife. Ho felt so *»T Ihat them hiu been any real dispute
sure of thU that he dismiss, d the idea of hetweehus. You can assure lilm of
enfession from bis mind almost lm- that. I should think, if howontbehevo
mediately. What, then, remained? m '- .... ,. , ,
Nothing, that h« could tie. except to , * /«r that ho wouldn't be con-
uwaittho course of even;, lvuslvely. vlncod, answered Mark. -‘And even if
Even If he cared about saving his neck, The truth is, my dear Bllgh.
it would he scarcely .vorth white toha». that although I am very anxious to servo
recourse to flight; for ■uspected mur- y°“ to th. best of my ability, I am still
derereemn be arreted anywhere and more anxious to spare your cousin, and
evcrvwhere in these days. Moreover, »»«<* her sako quito ax much as for
he hid no great fear of being hanged, yours that I want you to leave Abbotsport.
Hanging is not a dignified method of 1 am afrebl you haven t vot realised that
making one’s exit from the world, but if under no circumstance, could you be
lie wer.- to lore Cicely he would lore «>“• h * r huslmnd now. I tell you
everything, and hlj life might as weU frankly tlmt. if nobody else Hepped in to
end with hie hope*. i Hop your marriage, 1 should fuel bound
That is the kind of thing which is to do so. Ono can t allow any woman to
"aid and aeldens or sever meant. JMtnT is ignorance a man who
At Archie's ago the physical clinging to killed her brother; though> S» may have
life which we all have in a greater or done It, re I bay. no doubt tliat you did,
In. degree Is very strong, and it is not ■" “«o self-defcure I am quite sore
likely that ho would have .urrendered ,y«> w ero situated a. 1 am, you
himself to the police fcithout making a »oi ld look at the matter juat aa 1 do.”
dash for escape. That tho very best Unhappily this waa .ally too true; and
thing he could de. under the clroumf.^b* faint sperx of hop. which had been
stance, waa to aurrender himself to the kmdle,l in Aridnc a heart du.l away,
police waaan aa|>cct of th. csss which I , h « “ ld - m » lu "
didn ,,t present itaeU to him. HI. one vole,-., '#1 hadIjadea cUa*!',;.-r. f
wus to rvtain Mich lovp aa Cicolr B at the time, it nil h^fi .v** Um". <Uffcr-
SSnaUetOEitaSnViuid that long- but itb to* bto now. All that I
ing recnT ^Jilir^o^h^-YSJ. «n do for her U inrev.- h.r from the
lifa. so far,aa this place U concerned, ia hiimfliation of «vre hearmgtbe truth. If
at on end,'’ Mark had told him. Tho •'“'/ f «"'M * U»t wl*ou» running
words rang in life eara liko a aontcuco «»»/! bhawfil think 1 have deserted
from which there waa no appeal. I **«. .... ...
He oat foravcrjlong tiuio where ha Yai. (»«wd tUrk; “that it M-bat
was, and had arrived at no daciaioo, 1 wA* *kink.. It is beat tlmt ah. should
" hen -t hu Kid HI>4 WAitUcieti w^a tte atftHni niter a tuoiuent
down toward Ahliouport. Chetwodo, (»“ d probably lie waa quite aincere), "I
who had spoken of giving him a--U|. never felt more sorry for any man in my
anc, wield porefbly he able to advia. lifa than I do for you,-Wight but I can
Idm. bethought. Chetwodo was clever suggest nothing hut flight to you; there
and cool-headed and seemed disposed to !* iKjthiug .Iso for It. l'erlmre it soiindi
le friendly. Th. lack of relf-reliance, nearth.i to any re; nevertheless, il U
which was tho iswr fellow’s worst fait- <*“»«■ J™ »re young enough to begin
ing, inclined hun to clutch at any hand | * career elrewhere.
held out to him, and If he had aometimre _ •’That wlll ho so easy woo I it r re-
U-en a little jealous of Mark, tlmt was a •“™' d Archie, with a bitter laugh. “AH
petty sentiment which had beau die-' ono has to do la to forget everything and
pelted by far more pja-erful emotions everybody. I euppore you mean llmt 1
At all ovenls.it was essential that h. had better settle in Aiutralia under a
should consult with Mark, since he was i feigned nam.I”
in Marx’, power, and lie was fully pro- ' * d °n« "• " h T y«* should change
pared to be guided byre ImpirtUI a I T<«r naniei You might setlls In Aim-
counsellor. ih-menibcrlng, however,, tralln, if you Ihouglil that desirab a, hut
that he would not be expected before »*'•“ * thinking to^ay what I
evening, he did not proceed straight to could do for you it .truck mo that you
Mr. Simpkins’, but streyed for some little “%*•« P>»*«r the chaure of a little active
utanco along tho beach and thco. »vvlce in Europe. I think I could very
and nfcver Ik- iu-nrd of again’;''
,, . , -- 7— —-- -- i "No; 1 should tmek upovcnvmiig,mu
Hmt might rauw unhappinea. to MUiiwanted ond by the ilrat train,
Bllgh. Ho thought at first that it would leaving a measa -o to say that I had been
railed away suddenly and would write
from London.”
•’And would you wilte from I/)ndi;n?”
“Yes—a fen* line?. Yoa will have to
tell your cousin that she i< release.! fioni
lier endowments and tliut, for reasons
which you cannot explain, you are about
to quit tlio country. It won't lie a pleas
ant letter to write, but you can make it
a abort one. The s, or ter the belter,'*
Mark's quiet, uncompromising way of
stating tho case did not fail to impress
the weaker man, who, after tliut, ac
cepted the instructions given to him
without reshtnucc or demur. lie vrus
told where lie was to go and what he
was to do on reaching London; he was
cautioned against teeing anybody except
the servants when he returned to the
Priory; be was oven advisod as to tho
terms in which heshomd let the servants
know that he would require a dog-cart
to take him to the station in tiie morn
ing. It all sounded very sensible and
nracticul, and Chetwodo, if not particu
larly sympathetic, was doubtless doing
the best ill his power to befriend one
who could not benefit much by any
friendly offices, lie sat with Mnrk until
tho iiignt was far advancoJ, so aa to give
Cicely and Miss Sklpwith plenty of tune
to retire to bed; be beard a good deal
about the state of feeling in the Danubian
principalities, and gathered that,
although his companion was no enthusi
astic believer in Panslavism, tho adhe
rents of that cause were numerous and
E iweiful enough to disturb the peace of
urope.
“At least,” Mark said in conclusion,
“I can promise you that there will be a
big fiu ;ht some uny, and all the informa
tion that 1 have had points to its taking
nle^.v Aswan Ifnie. If Ire Ia Ire luiiMtn I ,l,tei',
distance along thj beach and then,
throwing himself down under an over
hanging rock, apathetically watched the
ml .ing tide till long after sunint.
Into as he supi*»ed it to ho when he
mdied Mark's temporary abode, his ar
rival teemed early to that gentleman,
vho was flubbing his dinner, and who
greeted him with a surprised' exclama
tion of
“Already! You must havo
likely procure that chance for you.
Archie pricked up Ilia ears.
“I wish you would!” he exclaimed.
“It is just the ono thing—the only thing
—that I should care to five for.”
“Ho I imagined. Well, 1 can't make
any promise, because it is very doubtful
whether war will break out this year;
but i can bring you into relations with
Ixit l cau bring you into relations with
pcoplo who will only ho too glad to avail
:ui«u« 'fiourerlelf. hrepitalllr very
*^1 fonjot * UrwmnreJ Archie t "uud I. “ V %*“ !*P!“ A
I ‘liuuMr.'t havo gone if I had remem-
hcrcdil. I luvon'
taw ycu. r
placo soon. How it is to be begun 1 don't
know, but in nil probability a rising or
mutiny in Bulwarin wifi »«»»«• first step.!
Now I' will wuh you good-bye, Blign,
and if you won’t think 1 mean to be
ironical, I will wish you good luck too.I
Wo may meet again uuder mure exciting
circumstance^:—who knows? But if we
don't, you may at any rate trust me to
keep your secret,**
Archie thanked him, wilhont any
mental reservation, and went away. Ho
was too wretched and downhearted to
ii j.i?ct h ry : i. .r did iff f taUh
Chetwodo 9aiId hare 9 :*•.! olnenvt e you
then us lie had domv For his own )M»rt, [
a stray bullet was al! that he of
Fortune, and that modcht aspiration wax
pretty sure to be fulfilled, ho thought.
No hitch occurred in the progiaiuinu
which had been sketched out for him.
It was between 13 and 1* o’clock when
h- r.t fh?- Priory oniHH
requisite order to a sleepy footman.
During Iho night he packed up n few of
his belongings and slept a little, and loug
before Cicely was stirriog the next day
ho liad taken his lost farewell of her and
of home.
It may be that he had ca)iitulatcd too
readily; but nd one can give hiniaclf
qualities which art foreign to his nature.
All hie life loug Areliie had been subject
to the influence of tbuaeinto whoso com
panionship ho had Utu thrown, and it
would be ns at surd t.» blame him for
taking Mark Cbetwode's advice aa to
blame a blind man for allowing himself
tube led iuto n ditch,
CHAPTER XXXiy^--MA»K’« Orron-
turned Archie. “All 1 ask for is a pretty
[>f getting shot. I'm willing
against anybody, except the
queen.’’
Mark smiled.
“You will bo asked to conspire against
the so-called Priuco of Bulgaria," he
"Doyou mean tossy tlmt you have
l ad no dir.ucr? Well, I can't offer you
v ’ ry Umpiing fare, hut such as it is, it
in carrjriDEout
• ^ " mX hun.rv " tlul d fi-te c ' ot th -® w fi° *" ConmlHnf
h Z ? ’ UgnInS hm. 11, i. not . very Intunrec-
^'$$Si , sL,' o r££z I 5sr.r^ns
1,1 a ** ate of coll.ipse. Tou must | | dethronement would V* proliably fol-
L ra * na « c a B»uttonchop and aghus b a Huto!aa occupatibn. nndihen
And Mk 6 I tho fire would be started! If fighting U
* . , ^ f . . .. what yoa want, you would 1# likely to
Archie yielded, not thinking it worlh ,. e t pluuty of it, supposing that you could
yln'e to daoute about trifice. Ah a mat- Sofia in a quasi-military capacity
w of fact, he did want food and felt ^ t hc right moment. Only you will
>«lt.-r after it, though scarcely more | ttve to sw*ear blind obedience to your
v-si-rful. When he nad finished, his employers: otlierwise they wifi have
n*t. v. lio until then had refused to en- nothing to do with you. I myself hare
Ur K»n any dbcussioo, said: I done tits sane thing; and it they call
“Now let us endeavor to bo as sane upon me I shall have to go, littloasl
rruccnablu as wo can. Have you care about such matters nowaday*.”
jheugh: nt all this aftereoua aLout what “What do you mean by blind obedi-
t*» become of you?” ' eroe!** inquired Archie. “I suppose
,“l hxvo Ijecn thinking about nothtrwr »:>*»y won't oH*** to sssassina!® any-
r, ««un%«teu Archie; **uut tluukiug , body, will they?”
c.^a’t seem to mend mitters much. 1 1 “Upon my word I don t know, an-
IP P'X what will becomo of mo will be svrered Mark. “I msde very few in-
u at | sIiaII be tried for murder,” qulries when I took my oath of nllegi-
“Oh, I think not. Tlio case, you see »nce. I bollcve that ono is bound to
•tand. thui: Tlu.ro Ucno witure. wUo QUHny ordm thxt OK mij r.
•; r^’Fared lo wear tlmt U. »aw a crirej.hull
••njJSto between you and vour rouaiu rererelnx. Huy genoreUy mato cboico of
*-uch ended In ih. way that wo know aonre othawwa uwlare pwwiu. You, re
of: ho certainly couldn't wear Ihat you * n ex-cavalry officer, would not beat all
IToiokod tho .trucrlo or that you mint **>«■. »" d fcaotu uql^y tbet Ujo;
«to .nd in that way. Tho unlucky dr- - » » ,l d »•“* ?°“ A
tcfiuunc, of couree, U your having wouhln t wtw for Urero, :
what occurred; but there U no I are aurethat ^ ^^nrplo
;•'? for that now. WcU. it to happrot »>*““ putting wood to any pareon whom
*i»»t that witness is to some extent in they wanted out of tho way.
fr ppwen Apparently ho does not love Archio was sikiit to* a few minutes.
J**u, unt hehasa deg-hko sort of nttsch- The offer tendered to him was scarcely n
ter Miss BU^h. and altogether I seductive cue, yet it bore enough of the
J? inclined t6 think that his silence character of n forlorn hope to f*«
^htk# secured. That is, if he knew. him in bis ptveent desperate stale,
That providence ever Intvrvenee in hu
man affairs was a doctrine which 31aik
Chetwode held to boa lucre superstition,
for he considered tliut oil evidence and
experience go to prove tho contrary.
Since, however, most jeople find it ncc-
ei-ury to believe that their destinies are
ruled by somebody or something beyond
their control, he, who had nt one period
of his life beeu a great gambler, had
learned to t«lseve firmly In runs of good
and ill luck. Of the former he had
hitherto had vary much lev** than his fair
share, but now the tide seemed to havo
turned, and it behooved him to taku full
advantage of it before the ebb should st t
in ouce more. On the morning after his
inter flow with Avvi.ia Bligli he wssabie
to tcli him* If that hn had not txeu re
miss In this plain duty; nor was his self-
approval disturbed by any (wagft of ccu-
sciunce. Good luck for ouc maa very
often, if not always, implies bad luck
for another; still it is not the fault of tiie
lm ky ono that the nature of things is
what it is, sod Mark had really done all
he could to facilitate the retreat of his
dL-cor.ifitcd rival.' Even had lie had no
per.oni‘1 intere >t iu the nistter. it would
have boon out of tho quextiou to let
Archio marry the sister of the man
w hone deatli no had caused.
It now remained to deal with Madame
Sourav ieff, w ho was still formldabUr, or
at any rate might become so when site
pleased. For more reasons than one
Mark was now extremely anxious that
she should leavo the neiglihoriiood; but
hu doubted whither she would do that,
and of course it would be fatal to let her
guess his wish** Upon the wltole, it
seemed advisable to walk up to Upton
Chetwode and try to find out which
way the wind blsw. Accordingly, be
set out as soon as he had finished his
breakfast, stopping at the postoffice to
dispatch a tclccrara. trhfrfi
vexed the young woman to whom be
handed IL Why should people want to
send telegrams which, read forward or
backward or in any other way tliat in
genuity can suggest, form nothing but
sheer nonsense? That sort of thing
shows a nasty, secretive disposition, and
justifies the suspicion that those who
resmt to it are no better than they
obould be.
But Mark, having thus prepared a
fitting reception in London for Archie,
went cheerfully on his way, without any
pity for baffled local curiosity, and pres
ently whom should be meet but Mr.
Coppard, going about h*e daily avoca
tions, which were various and at this
time consisted in the hawking of fl«h
upon a barrow. Coppard touched his
cap, when bsckooedto, and said, with an
air of much innocence, that he supposed
My time in yours, sir,” repli* d'op- bet i
pan I urhanslv, '
“Well," said Mark, “I won't i . i tl •
you long, but I think you hud h r t • *i<
told that youug Mr. Btigh left hi/ ■
don thi? morning, and that he wifr> , »e
ably never return. It seemed to < . 1)
to fc?t h m know what I had bear#' i *m..:
you, him, finding that your stun' a* | ro-
•uirstoulially occuratu, I was conf^^^^H
to iusist ii]Km his releasing Missi.^h J writ
from Iter engagement. This In* Imwne, T Jtrei
or will do: so that tho uinttelMHHB
now very well 1« nl!owud to restJJu*] hsw
derstanu thU, however, you wifi I m> »
l.u.h-mouey citlier from him ojocu|Jjym
me. aud ” 1 wMM
“hir,” intunupted Coppard, dran/i i
hiniself uti, “I haven't usk-d forjcmlps
nor y et don't mean to da If 4jia*L£pi
wanted to Iw bought lioff, 'twoumar Hppj
lieun easy for mo to go to the ylnj n
gentleman nfoio now, *Twas forliti* • >
Lkflv'n bike osl kep' nuict, and ]ai
for Mu* Cicely's sake as 1 ‘ “
I -- -
told you tat
1 !'• *«>alla
“Jli, I thought it was because pu j W Ai biu "
were afraid of being sent to pVisoa. lit •*’ l*oi t Ot
never mind. Whatever your reaps
for speaking mny Im've been, I iliil 1
can gue you quite ns good a one forpl
speaking again: namely*, that you a|j
put yourself in a most uncomfortM
prcdiciffnent if you da Do you kwr
what an accessory after the fact WI
was not sure myself until last r.i^t
when 1 looked him up iu ulaw book i l | 1.
che\ed that 1:# had been
ipon some matter of bu*i-
lid have thought no more
it was, t»he coald not avoid
l that Madamo Souravietf
lie for all this. Pending an
•he held her judgment in
t is* to say, that, although
•d, alto oUiaine l through-
long day from formulating
i which were In he;- mind,
lUsSkipwith without mercy
lady took the liberty of laying
conduct umouiitcd to noth-
n outrage. But on the fol-
ai ningtlie i»o*t brought hern
\t(.(ordinary, and at the same
equivocal, tnat she had to read
ree times before she could be-
vidmceof h. r own senses. It
»u term* (and without giving
tint Archie had thought fit
V • of the girl whom beloved:
*ly: I don't kuow how
found that he is one who, having coji- t<* »*rite t-- you, but it matters very little
ranee of tho cotnmissiou of a felonv, V-' w- 4 I -ay " «l n't say. Yon Wontun-
ceives, relieves, comforts or *etsts,'l< »h him. and 1 can never tell you, why I
felon—in other words, who helps hinio ( I at giMfjou up. But so it is. Yon
evade juOice. And do you know, h. j m r. • ir »ni this moment. I am gohur
Coppard, that in nmnlercawsacoamoft*. I t< ue I .ngland, aud I daresay you wifi
after the fact may be punished by ] iiil I n« * « % vi n 1 n ar of me again. Tlie|
servitude for life'/’ < •
Coppard quaked visibly. He did
know much about the laws of his • • u-
try. but such personal experience • ns U
had had of their operation had not t«n
reassuring.
“You wouldn't never go for to do t.
sir r he exclaimed. “You wouldn't •«•
the ruin of a man as done you no liiniuk,
without it was them leverets, whlh
you'll allow as I give you inform tt In
amountin' to up’nrdso' their value, -if
“Oh, 1 shall not ruin you, of cot-. «''
answered Mark; “I only thought it mi t
to caution you against raining ycui sG
Good morning.”
That seemed to dispose pretty satur*
torilv of Copnard; but a much h-s f
hand method of treatment wax requi
for tiie next person whose discretion 1:
it possible, to be secured, ‘and Jfl
Huk wm shown into the presenev
Madame HoumviefT he -had assume*
worried end anxious air which that I;
not unnaturally misinterpreted.
“Oh, no, I haven't” said she, laugh
in answer to what she imagined to 1 •
unuttvred question. “It warn't for t
purpose that 1 went to see Mi
rosterduy, and your sitting m«
quite uiiDccw-ary. It would h
unnecessary
119of me ngain. H»o only
Il have is that I know that
^■ot make you nearly os mis-
n. j as it makes me. You told me
fu tlu- 1.1 -' thnt yqp did not lovsme,l
iMm I hardly understood what
\mi ae.int at tho time. Latterly 1 have
in 1- M.s> 1 Utter, and I have sometimes
dt it id w 11 ether I could have made vou
lump', though think I would have tried.
Tii r arc a *nat many more things that 1
I void like t.. write: hut 1 dare not wr.te
fit-^n, lest)on should that I am not ini
cr. nst atiout what I have written
nli ily. If you set inc down as a mad-
111 nor a Moundrcl, it must be so—I
con' help it. Ail I ask you to believe isl
tl. .ll Hiiouldn't have taken this step If
had U
th? U
..t 11 I ’
1 any possibility of avo1<^
bye. Cicely, and Gooa blei
•nr loving oouisin,
“Archie Bliom."
pw bad taken a good deal
I this most unfortunate ly
c. Debarred os he was
ling at the true cause of
nd despaired of making
ppronching to a case for
to felt that the only use of
L’icejr nt all was to con-
rrcvtM aide war his renun-
H»* IimU thought «>i half
nesses and nae*4ities of human nature |
to know tlmt his oppoitunlty was at
hand.
(To he Continued.)
IN A 00x1)1 It WITH A TIUBU.
, Keeper** I xrliltig Hide Wllh *
Mnnll Klrnssrrta,
From the New York #Bfi.
Tliere ws» a story iu the Sun the other
day abtmt fin elephant that got loose in
Hot oken and made things lively for a
number of men who were trying to get
him to tiie Adstus Express freight de|K.t
nt the Courthindt street ft rry. He was
lluully slih petl to tho winter quururs ol
Wallace x AnUtrxjn's show iu lYnr,
Ind.. together with a carload of otlu-r
wild aulinalp, and Edward Thiuler, a
vouug uiau iu the employ of Chants
Iteiche & Bta, went tn the car witn
them.
Among the animals was a Bengal ti
ger, four 3 ears old, nod of an u ly ids
position. Young Thieler went hJI tho
way to Peru in tiie animal car, and re
turned to this city yesterday.
“Everything went cmootnly between
here and Philadelphia,” he tolJ a re
porter yesterday. “Just before wo
reached Harrisburg, about 3 or U o’clock
in tho morning, I noticed that the tiger
was getting uneasy, and found that he
had torn aeTeral of the iron bars out of
tiie front of his box. He was trying to
get at a sacred cow, tied about four feet
“/drove him back with a pitchfork
and moved the sacred cow out of his
reach. When I next turned my atten
tion to the tiger lie bnd forced his way
out. I got behind the elephant. Prince,
wlien the tiger sprang for Prince's head.
The elephant knocked him down with
hi* trunk, but tho tiger went for him
again and the elepliant dashed the beast
against the side of tiie car and stunned
him. * . •.
“I went for Mr. Anderson, who was in
the smoker,- and we managed to beat
lum l«ck into his box and fasten a wire
screen over bis cage. When we reached
Harrisburg we got some board* aud
tatclted it up.
"W. lay o.er in Columbui on Tutoday
night, and toward midnight 1 waa awak-
t urd by tha animal, and found that the
tiger waa cheering |h. beard, of hla cage
again. 1 got aoin. more board., hut
found that I bad no nail., and to I put
them in place aud put my book agam>t
thrtn, braced my fret again.1 the ttd. of
th. car, aud .toyed with the tlg»i
tcratching away ou the other «ido until
S o'clock In the morning, when aom. of
to. yardmen cam. down. .
"The ek-phaut behaved all rignt until
lb. tiger attacked him and tore a big
.lit In hi. ciitck. Tlien he got mad aud
. ,M th. too? fon. of ay. Inch—. He
knocked a hole in tho roof, and mort or
Ibe tlui. traveled with hi. trunk .licking
up through ii. 1 thought .vary minute
that n low bridge or a tunnel would tako
it off.”
A Plo.ling itxlilbltlon.
Tho Mexican Financier wrltce: "H
ho would call attention to the tmoko
and dux* enveloping it, and lo tile little
black onto rushing and crowding -wimi
great hut puriwelnw nctivity through teawrrfcct imai
ita .t recta Tho little black anta were Turfon. b. Imd ended,
BvSw.d'rm th. higher altitude rf EX-V -nvod to U-rnttokeg
rrsjon. it does not seem strangs that to havo undorjjonj a cl»ar.„M. Ixistt .ui of
many intelligent people prefer to l»w jSSShtSiSS 0V tailViiuit
within the narrow limits of a city. Life high-toned gvnUuony, wtek a - • - »
prevent me.”
Mark made a slight gesture sxpressiv4
of patient resignation.
“Is it,” ho uskcd, “very bad toato t<
remind you that I undertook this busi
ness at your suggeation and with a good
deal of reluctance? I
*•«H.nikcti me to succecti when there
so little probability of my succeed
ing, and uow that success seems to be
within my reach yon apparentlr want
mu to fail. H is unfurtunste j because
1 cau hardly draw Isick with credit
lifter going so far. Still, if you wish me
to draw back, pray say to. Now, as
si ways, I am at your order*.”
“I have no order.! to give you,” Ma
dame HouraviefT declared; “there are
certain things which esnact lie ordered.
1 don't tliiuk I shall give you any more
assistance, tliotigh. You seem quito
ol»l»j to stand alone now, and I contest
that the plaints of tho lover who is going
lobe jilted liave become unspeakably
wearisome to me. That itmluds mu
that l kept dinner waiting nearly an
hour for him lad night and that ho
neither ap|Kmrcil m>r sunt an exeuw. Do
you think that such conduct would jus
tify mu in dropping his acquaintance?”
“Perhaps it would,” answered Mark;
“but 1 doubt whether you will lie trouli-
htl with lum again so long as you are at
Ab' otqxrr. La t night he came, in a
gnat statu of agitation and excirement,
to toil me that ho had made up hi* mind
to leave the place, and I presume that h.<
has ulreadr cone.”
• To leavo tlio lilac.!” echoed Madam,
ftouruvl.tr. oMUing li.-r eyea "Uoeatbat
lucau tlmt ho admit, lu. defeat, aud
throw a over lit. coutin to airo himself
from being thrown over? I should never
l.uvc MipiwMcd th.it ho had to much .plrit
lu liiua.’*
1-c.U.ly he U more dreoalrlng than
.pirlt,d,” uid Mark: "potoiM/ alw ha is
more willing to throw his cousin over
now tlan ho wo, a .bort time ago, But
i daresay you know more about tlut
that; 1 do."
The iusinuatiou was not lost upon
Madam, houruvietf, nor waa it allugotlwr
displeasing to her.
••Nonsoiiwr alw returnad, laughing. — . , . ,
II. look, upon me aa a mlddffigrf |ag«m*nt, you know, and you wbbnl
• iatho is neto break itoff. if ,
.id i »preposterou.
tl. which an. man or woman dwelling
wfcin fivo miliwol Ahbotaport could
Iuto Col 1 him that >ho waa aura to
ndpt. To Cicely hi. latter appeared to
atyrd ataolutt-ly cooclusite proof of tba
sdn.ln.us of that ttworv. and it must ha
chfrestd that it nu-de her quito a. angrv
if Madame (Sourarietf Imd anticipaU'd
tilt it would. Anger was, indeed, tlio
i ly motion, except attoni.hm.nt, to
i itch she was moved by It. She neither
I lieved that Archie wm "mberabl. —
I it was Ih. sort of atoertion that h.
v ia bound to uiak. under auch circum-
> lueea—nor felt any pity for ono who,
t sho supposed, had been onlrafqwd by
i Icaigning aud unscrupulous wuuiao.
I SOU'0 extant be might have Usttt a
- ;tim, bat tt was evident that ha had
i 4 been a very unwilling one.
And now it waa nacamory to faca th.
I rtasteful duty of announcing that aba
,d been jilted to her relation, and
tonds, beginning with Mias Skipwtth.
via, liko other distasteful duties, u.d not
dn in auractirenato by being cootora-
ated; so that Cicely determined to tako
c first piumto without further delay,
ia maicbed straight into lha little
ora tug-room, where MiiiBklpwith wa,
meraliy to b. found, busily tngagud in
sing nothing, aud taid:
"Aunt iSumui, I hate coma to toll tint
iv engagement ia at an and. I havo
lU bad a letter from Archie, who say.
nt for aom. time put he ha. doubted
hethtr wo couhl havo been hapny
oilier; aud oa 1 myaalf bar. felt L...
into doubt, it U o trtaiuly better that tr.
Iiould pan. He think.of going abroad;
o that 1 hope there will not bo much
wkwardneu or diocomfort about it"
ki» ftkipwllh was overjoy. I; but at
ha same time sba felt that it would be
xmtrary to all tradition and propriaty to
et to sarious u matter a. too rupture of
in angagtment pas. without some show
if cunstcrnation. Siw llisrefora threw
bar hands and ejaculated:
•Ob, my dearibild, bow vary dread-
tuir
"It may he.” answered Cicclv, raimly,
•but 1 doubt whether you tlihik n,
hunt ftu aa. You never liked tho en
wouuui-and tho wont of tt to that b.
light, becaun tlmt to just what 1 am.
tt ell, 1 congratulatayou; yon hava noth
ing to do now but to otop into to. placo
which ha haa beau so obliging as to
’“lar'k looked doubtful
“You think aoT said lie. *‘I am
not rate ttjtt h. wooldn’t have done mo
a gr.aur ser.ic. by remaining In hi.
place ratiur lot,gar. However, hehaa
seen fit to take to hi. breto, and aaba
k« did not honor mo by expreodng the
lightest four of my baoomwg Ida ,uo-
cresor, I can only aaaumu that tba suc
cession question doton't interest him as
much aa tt ought. That of itsalftoan
excellent ream f.w Utss nu-h'i fceein.
decisively, “She will be very angry
with him, but toe cvrtolidy will regret
Idm; end after a Urn. aha will be glad
that 1m took mat tore Into his <>» n hands,
tottrad of freeing her to .peak tint. I
hadaimeat decided to go away to-mor
row, but now I think I will wait a few
days longer and to. wbat happens”
"Oil, a few day.) Nothing w ill hyp-
eon in a f.w days.”
Well, If notmng Impptu, I might
n linger a few w . k«. l'rohablr I
•hall be able to tomportM with Boris for
that length of time.
“I sincerely bopo you will - answered
Mark, who sincerely hopwl the contrary.
It waa tmpoadbto to snggnt any mo-
tivo for departure to Madamo Bouravleff;
and, that beiug to, b. wisely took tha
IIm of imploring her u--t to dasert
, and s-nd tins tt.w.inc
can porta,
ability of Am
pplr tbs mar
_ »to 1» a mort exe.ll
would saggivt that
imago ttf t Mr.
))75jMt6U *V
HccruUry
Uccollerll
Cirent Carolina Kialssn
I Maoon.-Nov. 23.—Editor T
oM aeronaut In this*moraioKH ima* of jrc
■d to say. while find tbs tollowin^. t II purpe
John WIms, the intrepl
1S3? ‘iSiWJK
he woukl declare that everytUinj: on the
Rlirfaoe of the glob# wax mean, flirty
insignificant >hen nto.ing over a eUy
■ Full to Hie brim of abolition
and prejudice, I waa eoflcr to get
of th* gr*»*t Month CUrnlbta nu!H
diNunionist, and when ho was poii
to me in tlio Senate dwfcber I g;
a starching scrutiny. Uk. apji
satisfied mo completely. Hose
be a perfect image and etnbotli
within the narrow limits of a city
in the country U brooder, sweeter, purer,
freer. City houses no longer monopolize
all the convenience?. Witness *h®
modest though attractive design for a
country bouse subuiUtffl herewith;
Size or StTtictoro—W idth (front), *4
feet: dopth. ftt feet 0 inohee.
liixht ot Stories—Cellar, 7 feet; first
story. 9 feet 0 inches; second story, 8
feet 10 inches; attic, 7 faet 8 inches.
Materials for Exterior Walls—Founda
tion, stone and l>rick; first story, clsp-
bosr;U; second story, shingles; gables,
shinglt* and panels; roof, sliinglea
lutellect, a iweet dispoaition.
heart uud a conacientiou- derotioalu
wbat he believed to 1»> rigl.t. I waa
vexed and artoatolMd that such a change
should have occurred in my feeling S
toward the Great Nuiiitler. itaetaue.1
to me that I was* becoming a traitor to
myrtatiuaaan abolitionist, hut as timo
went on the change «ko went on, in
■pit. of all that I could do.”
While I now heartily indoi oeall tlio .
writer my. a. to the ‘.wee, uiapootion
and round heart' of the great Carolinian,
or a. Mr, Dyer mya, the ’Great Hullilior.'
in roy youth I waa taught differently.
Then, the peoplo of North Carolina con-
■idereil nuUiltivuion as the Pom of all
villainies,' and Mr. Calhoun himself a
••Mnarter of moh hktaoe. tieto.
That lo b. haled need, but b. Mto.”
Tha peopio of tho two Carolina, were
unlike in sentiment. The one gavo
obedience to law without guy quo.tlon
as to effect; the other gave K grudg
ingly, and, in more instance, than one,
almost rebelled, llenoe, a suspicion waa
rngenderevl among th. people of Nortli
CvroHns that Mr. Cklhoun's policy would
result in war. Brcsideat Jackson, how
ever, succeeded inputting a quietus to
nullification, and there wasouco moru
tn the gallant little Palmetto Mate.
lough everything wee quiet, .till
tlio feeling of animosity to Mr. Calhoun
existod, and it ia to show tba extent of
tills, feeling that I rotate an incident in
my own life.
I think it was some time In April,
18M, that Mr. Odhoun’» great rival. Hr.
Clay, visited the capital of North.Caro
lina. remaining in Raleigh some eight or
ten days. 1’erhapa never before had
such a multitude of people congregated
in the city; nor do I exaggerate in say
ing that it waa larger than the Confed
erate army, if not of Wlierman'a, tint
paasod by the city at tlio close of ttio
war. No man eeerpoMes«ed greater per- .
serial magnetism than did Mr. Clay, llo
drew to him not onto mee to>-tortre-- ;
and children by a ntouelc-- - , , H
that waa irreeiatiblr. Indeed, no mm ■
"ever had such friends or such enemies”
a. had the great Kentuckian. Of course,
aa Mr. Clay was nt tills timo an avowed
candidate for tho pr.-,iib'n v. ho 7 .ired
Intel
| S symbolical of Hiu
curious maimer in which American
foreign tredo to ‘encouraged’ by the
Washington govemnuR'. Even if the
effigy of Mr. Wlmlom were of leail, and
the head of wood, we should he entirely
satisfied. The entrance ot toil llnaling
miueiim into the harlmrs of flpoureli
American coart citto. would cause a reti
ulion. and there can he no doubt that
lha reprewntation of tha eternal conflict
between protect km ut idea, ami aspira-
tiooa for foreign trad, would he eoaily
comprehended liy hualnrea men from
VtraCru. to Buenos Aim” All Um
same, it to by auch efforts aa tliere to
make different countries familiar with
esc 1 other's production, and require
ments that international trade to stimu
lated. ’
The llollral spot On Farth.
Pteailh. CMcare Km
Tho hottest region on tha earth to on
tiie southwestern court of Persia, where
Persia borders the gulf of tho nai
name. Forty cooaecutira days in the
moallis of July and August, the ther
mometer haa been known not to fall
lower tlarn 100 degree., night or direr,
and to often run up high re 158 de
gree. In Ih. afternoon. At Bahrin, In
tli. center of Ibe torrid |«rt of thb tor-
rib belt, os though tt were nature', lu-
t.nlion to mak. tlio region aa unbeara
ble as possible, no water can In obtained
from digging wells 100, 500 or sv.n 800
feat deep, Jet a comparatively numerous
population contrive to live tliere. thanks
to copious spring, which break forth
from th. bottom of tiie gulf, morn than
a mils from ahure.
Tho water from there eprmgs b ob
tained by divers, who dive to tha bot
tom and fiU goat sklua with the cooling
liquid and tell it for a living. The wurco
throughout; pin.ter ci rcle, and rent
in hall, parlor, totting and dining roc
oak irin, in hall and rflslns sonnv (i “
gto pine trim In second etonr: whit* p
In remalwtor of boure: main
mantels to cost (80: stained
window.; both ' ’
talned glut
piped for t
“Ya, my dear, but I never expressed
wish that he should break tt ofi| Ihat
I a rtry diffwvnt thing. I mud say
1.1 bto tabavior to altogether unex-
icable to me. What cau have bren
ito motive I"
’•Ob, the u«>al and quite auffleient
ins—incompatibility of tompar," an-
weredCktiy. “We hava found out our
ntotake in time; let us bo tliankful for
hat and ray no more about It.
And she refused to make any rreponre
o the questions andiurntbea of her aunt,
s ho thought her rather bard aud unfeel-
°Tha trutli of the matter waa that tha
-M teas V-j-fr..!.- j itac. Him
i'lad loved Archie in one mate, if not in
another; she bad firmly haltered in hia
tors fur her; and to b. rejected to agree
able to nobody. But tt waa imporeibto
to open her heart to her aunt, who would
never understand her, so presently she
slipped out of the house and, tot
ting down In a shady currier of tha gar
den, fell miserably sad and lonely. Al-
her life .hr had been more tooaty than
mort girls; though she had scarcely been
aware of the fact. White herfaliier had
lived she bed had a friend who was al
ways kind, slwsvr sympathetic and abb
to enter into all her joys and sorrows
without raying much about them, but
DOW ha had been taken from her aud
there waa nobody—absolutely nobody—
toft. Tba most seil-reUaat ef mortals
mu-t feel the need qf compaaton-hip
’ mas, and Cicely felt it bitterly
The f-arsin their wum, were
of these submarine fountains to tbuuxli,
to ha in th. green hills of Oaman, some
800 or WO mites away.
Sirs, narks} 1 ! Itatrrtalnmrnf.
Mm Macksy, tha “Bonansa Quean,'
has. writ.i the Iywidon curres|sindent of
the Msncheeier Cmrior. providedduriu,'
her absence the public of London with a
gratuitous entertainment of thc most
diverting nature. At her open window
in Buckingham palace gat* is a wonder-
ful green parrot, which attracts hun
dreds of people every dav to haarhiut
talk. 'Hie crowd one ftunday was so
great (list th* |o-iccicen had to request
tlio people to mor. on. "Move op,”
echoed the parrot. to tho intense delight
of lha mob. "Po ly, what to o'cotoca’/’
asked a mao. Tim parrot, pretending lo
lerh at the eteeh. r-rier! ret ‘e sever-
"Halt past 5." and ha waa right. "JIow
old are you. Polly?'' "Don't know; bow
old are your waa tha answer, which, uf
course, provoked great merriment, la
which the parrot joined. Asked what
day of the week it waa, the wretch
hupped about scrawling, "Hun.iay. Go
to prayers. Ora pro nobis.” And fall
into a paroxysm of laughter, which was
quite cootagloos.
Ona Pact
i of rhetoric, said an
xicoku Haft)It.
Exterior Colors—All clapboards, light
brown; trimmings, water lable, corner
boards, casings, cornices, bands, ver
anda, pat* and rails, dark seal brown;
front door finished with haul oil. all
other outer doors and outaide blinds
jointed dark seal brown; rain water
conductors, dark seal brown; gables,
dark Uiff with dark real brown panel.;
sashes, dark'buff; vtrsilda flours, dark
brown; veranda ceiling, varnished
nvlurui colon panel work in lint and
second storia-, dark seal brown fur stile s
aud rails, and light brown for jsahcls;
sidewall shingles, bud; root sliiccies,
dark brown. All toiinglea should bo
dipped in stain before laying, and havo
u good brush coat applied alter laying.
Accommodations—Th. principal r-oms
and their sisra. clotets, .lev, aro s'-ow u
bv me liocr plans printed herewith: be-
udo Ilicsc there ore two rooms and a hall
ilnislird in the attic, and tl .ro is a cellar
under the whole house. Tile combina
tion of front and buck stair* economists
space. There to • cost and hat closet in
tiie hull and a closet containing a wash
basin under the main stairs, fttatiouary
tub. and sink in tlio kitchen and a largo
pantry adjoining. The lobby entranre
to tlio kitchen from the back porch lias
a reis-s for an ire box. By enclosing
too ou.eouj »1.1. uvssiug MU OJK'U Uir re
sort is provided tliat Jwill he proof
against mosquitoes and oilier iivtoct*.
Special Features—An attractive and
roomy house. Large enough for a modest
rich man and small enough fur an am
bitious poor man who iutrtids to become
rich.
Cost—Built as descrilrai, for all local
ities w litre price, lor materials and labor
are about tha samo as those of New
York, tS.t.00. Built with brick walla in
place of frame, (4,000. T hose w ho an
interested in there architectural designs
an. It to a fact, estab- should compare the estimates with the
1 of thousands of estimates that are givan for many oth.r
publiJied designs. _ Invariably il will le
found that for designs of equal d
oua inquiry —<
licrvabouts. It waa asCcrtainad that im
bad left his hotel and gone direct to tho
depot of tho Raleigh and Gaston railroad
with a single escort—one man of my,,
own name caul th. only adherent tho
sat statesman had in tha oily.
Putting on a bold front, 1 marched
down to the depot and bravely walked
Into a car. Aa I rtejiped in 1 was con-
fronted by a dtoUnguisI ' l-io 'k.nc
gsnttoman. arrayed In * wtobfll(k>graKr
of black, who appeared to bo taking
things arey, as bo twlrtod hM grdden
sriectaclca rouud and round, nor did lm ■
sen at all disturbed at my apjrevrnnre.
Tha coach waa small and wa. yvimitivo
ifl it.iuphototery* andyct hae.--n.cd ,.-r-
fcctly at area. Imlced, there waa some- •
thing so pltss**" about him that I did
not haribsto to approach closet to him,
and, with hat in hand, said;
"Pleare, air, can you tell mo if 1 can -
sw Mr. C alhoun?"
There was a smile upon hia fins coun
tenance aa ha quietly asks:
"My young friend, my name to Cal
houn.
“What, tor!"
"Calhoun—hold."
But he spoko too tote. Before ha.
completed tho answer I had gone head
foremost out of thc window, almost div
locating my neck In tha fall, but crazad,
with .horrible fear 1 gotup,nowtopped
until I waa safe at home.
This was all tho result of being taught
that Mr. Calhoun waa a bud mao.
Years afterward l lute[ th. honor of an
introduction to him in Wilmington, and
lio remembered tho Incident, with a
hearty tough over it.
Tbeyesn spoil by, wlien full of roars
and full of honors th. grout matt died at
ids post, the entire South mounted, for
they knew that a prince had fallen. L
wa. ono of a guard of hot:".' ilia m -v
Iho iciuaiua at Weldon, ou tlu-n- ro
Charleston where they wtrorec, . \. .1. :.s
wo all know, with every d not. -
of respect by the stricken people.
It lut* hoeaaur h« . prltft -• to ba
met tiie equally disti
WeUlcr, Ui-nry Clay, John Tjhti
K. I’olk, Millard nUn i i
eminent American stai -inen. hi
oue of them waa more amable j
ally than ha of whom Mr. D„ r
so jdeasantly.
Ijfftot thrr KWH sU rvmlafl w,
W« esn iutw our tivse sabltme.
ii. :
k'ootiiriats oa
From tbs N*w York Troth.
Orerhcard * a aWlgii<u cor? Fussy
old gentleman to a chance trareiinglndy
“firs you any children, nisdome?”
••Yes, sir, a soo.”»
“Ah, indeed! Does bs amoks*
“No, *ir; ho has nsrer so much as
touched a cigarette.”
“Ho much the better, msdxme; tho
use ot tobscco b a pohocous habit. Does
be frequent tbs dubs?”
“He bos nsrer put his foot in one.
"Allow :uo to congratulate y< i. I***
he ccino homo ktte?”
.. r . Us goei to bsu airecuy Riter
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