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/ THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH MACON, GA m WEDNESDAY MOKMN(i, rlANAURY 15, 1800. MISADVENTURE, • By W; E. NORRIS, . nt ••Mv r»m»D Juu" “llura >m> Unto*,- *•!.» Pni* AanacjUM,' "Matbimosy,” rrc., rrc. TA11 Hishti R^crred.] CHAPTER XLVII.'—Last Woju*. “Cktly would hare bellered you nnd Mr Lowiulos advaucod into tho room, itorvl by you," he said. ■ . nlan whom ho would u«»er I . she didn3 lovo mo cnoiiRh for rrcoculwd :is Archie Bligh was tlwt. I think ono would have to lovo a tad, propped up br pillow,. man very ranch before ono could accept ihe unfortunate young fellow wa. aa •“<* » »tory and marry him in tho face truaciated If hehad had a long ill- of the outcry that would be rafae.1 hi, beard hnd been allowed to aaatnrt hint. I don’t deny that I waa bia checks wcie aa wiiito aa mar- wrong; but I'm not sure that I wasn’t Sf .'nd hia features had tho pinched wise. Anyhow, I was punished; for it ink which is tho forerunner of death. ; turned out, after all. that tho whole I?e turned his head sluwly and smiled,' ««no had been witnessed by old Cop- V v io out Ilia hand. ! pard. who was in the wood,—poaching •uih* mr poor boy !•’ exclaimed tho : t suppose. Ho kept it dark form long honest rector, with tears in his eyes: ’’I time; hut at last be blurted it til out to I rather have lost my right arm , Chetwode, and that was final. Tho only d,an found you Itkn this!” thing left for me to do was to get out of “you needn’t he sorry for me," Archie the place and break oft my engagement t. sill right. Everything; nod—nnd find nom«hnHy acoommodattej his happened just aa f wished, except j cn T 0 , u 8^° nut an end to me.” "”7*. i ai-Mn’t killed on tho spot; and now if. poor Archie had beun aound and , h ‘, vou hare coinc, I am very glad I ’ w cM, Mr. Lowndes might hare felt It his What a rioce of luck tliat you I duty to scold him a little; but as matters thmiid have turned up in Vienna, of all Mood, he could not bring himself to do ftt this moment!’ that and only said, sorrowfully: * S poke with aomo difficulty and his it was Chetwode who persuaded you ViTeathmsi was tubored; but he seemed to ‘O Kp. then; to quite composed and in full possession “Not exactly. I had made up my nf his faculties. ' mind to go, and all ho did waa to give “I'm thankful to have found vou. and | “• mtrnductions to people who seemed ■hall be still more thankful if 1 can be to put m. in the wny of being do- .. f.et tn vnn " ’■iiawpl'Mi Mr Ctntljf killed. “1 daresay he was willing enough to do tluit." ‘•Perhaps: I can't tell for ccr- tain. Ho lias kept my secret, and I think he may have been disinterested; though Hobby Dare, from whom 1 had a letter not lung ago, doesn't, ami I pre- of’anv comfort to you,” answered Mr. lowndes, mournfully ouough; “but f rant be thankful to nee you as you are. Why should vou have wished it. >> hat made you light lids dn.tr ••Well/' replied Archie, “I believe 1 shall do no harm if 1 tell you. Thera ure certain things to which 1 have sworn ! fc ume, from your face, that you don’t Kcrecy; but vour hearing the main ; fnher. If it hadn’t been for Bobby’s facts will injure nobody; and it won't letter I shouldn't have made a clean . s I.^m. I'in.l IH’i'list BI It fn i-mi it ivnnl.ln'f. Iinva take it,any muiutmto refute them. Find a chair for yourself and ait down. If 1 faint or anything, you had bettsr ring fra the nuise. Sue’U know wltat to da I mar as well begin by saying that that duel was reullv an execution and that I nalr got what 1 suppose were mydoeerbi hr being executed. Before I left Eng- Uatf I joined a secret society, which 1 mustn't particularize, and my Isjllef was Mat 1 was to be employed in some sort of soldiering work-in raising nn insur rection, in lack However, that wasn’t the view of any employers, and when 1 git otders from them to assassinate emiiebody, I cuuid ouiy refuss*." I should think so. indeed!" ejaculated the astonished rector. “A nice sot of fcoumlrcls they must bet What on earth could have tempted you to join them, Archie:'* - "You shall bear presently. Of course, after disobeying their commands and hreaking my oath of allegiance, 1 was bound to let them punish me in any way that they might think tit—’’ “1 don't see tha’ at ail," interrupted Mr. Lowndes. “Well, I thought •*>, and I think so •till 1 Added to which, my one with wa* to gut rid of life. Daith, as you can ewailr understand, i* the only puni-h- ment that they ever indict, and they •©nt a man here to kill me. Aa bo was a good fellow and had bran a friend to mo, isc naturally tiidu'i like uta juoj w 10 make it less unpleasant for him. I made a pretense of quarreling with him an 1 accepted a challenge from him in uoe form; and—and then he didn't quite abo« it rue through the heert 1 dareeay.* sdtletl Archie, meditatively, “tliat hia hand was a little shaky; for 1 have eeen him practicing with a pistol in a shoot- ing gallery, and abetter shot 1 never met in my life.” “Ah, dear mar groaned Mr. Lowndes; “I wish he had been a worse one—or that he had had a conscience!" “Ob, he lias a conscience right enough. He did his duty according to hie lights, and he certainly thought that 1 had failed in mine. Personally, 1 shouldn't like shooting a deserter; but 1 might have had to do it, you know, in old d # vy*. I’m glad to any that 1 can die without •ny iil-feeliug against these fellows; though 1 doubt whether they are much use. Anyhow, they have answered tny purpose; so 1 have nothing to complain •bout,” “You mean, 1 suppose, that they have done for von what you would have hesi tated to do with your own hand. But, *ny poor dear fellow, why did you waut to throw your young life away? I’m vsry much afraid that you have been cruelly deceived by somebody." “No; the deception has been on my side. Now. Mr. Lowndes, I am going to wnfees the whole truth to you if I can; nut you musn't interrupt rue, plea v. or l shall never get through. 1 dareeay you remember tliat 1 left the Priory for Aldershot on tho night when Morton mft with hU death. Well, it was I who killed him.” Mr. Lowndes could not suppress an •jaouLttion, notwithstanding the request which had just teen made to him. Archie went on, “l kilted him, wugh I was as innocent as you are oi intention to commit murder. It waa , ,uck * I miased my train, and bile 1 waa wandering about waiting foe the next one, 1 met Morton, who had Jiut beard of my engagement to hie aia- *bo was drunk and abusive, m! 1**° ky trying to get up a row with rj*, ; "®t courts 1 wouldn't have that, US,** * Bx>k him by the arm to get hun JJJfJy P*** the cull—because he was !?*!**$ about the place—he first pre- lYV* 5° ^ TOf 7 »ncxtiouato and then tt? hk ** to me over the edge. *n«end of it waa that he did sbovo me f 04 * ** * bndn’t been brought up * ? trrow of rock I should .bvco dialled to pieces. Ood I had been! However, I J9J *. now w,| o* vni to come; eo I ^ a (Operate -tru^ta for life, and be feU ““d rolw 0>K tba That , tho whek- truth. I'm sure 1 wooJd JOU » ho on u.iiL*“ o V“ D0 ‘ h » T * jam of M Arciiiopou-od.ml smik t«ck ^for^resuz -Wh, did you nut ■/STT.* mk 1 ‘1“ «M U I - K»s kaov. I am AM nMhr “»» what ImmSS I •ii °« to Akl-nt ot, ii.d V.«il it a. "‘for I tri^i io to t \, Soeh honff;“ »•«« it tho zrcl lent. It ’..I elm.. - 'I tit llM . . ' 1 ' ti'il, !• ., 1, . I ......v stands to ICMt ho. f# ( brua*t of it to vou—it wouldn't have been worth while. But now I think that Cicely ought to know tho truth, and I want you to repeat all I have said to her. Then ehc can judge for her*wlf. And will you tell her, please, that I never loved and never could havo loved any* one hut her. I meal ion that because Lobny wrote some nonsense about Madame Sotiravietf, which she may have belie veil/’ Archie's voice bad been growing weaker and hia articulation 1cm> distinct. He now closed his eyes, iiud Mr. Liwndcs, after twice speaking to him and reeviv- r«p!>, iliuugui ii belter io ring the!«!!. llie doctor and tho nurse at unco appeared; and tho fonner, when he had administered a rrstomtive to his in dent, said: '*1 will ask yon to leave him now. air." Ho added in a lower tone: “Later in the day—if there should beany rhango—you would perhaps wish to be at hand—yes? I am obliged to go away, but the nuix* will call you, if nccrm&rv. J tliinK, however, that he has probably a day or two IcR to live." All this time Mrs. 1 -o-vnd** had been waitiua imjationtly f.»r her bus .md to •• ci»rt her to tlieliiii < r..d Picture Gallery and tliM .Sclmtxkammer; so that when he a.*)>oared she had some incisive remarks to make upon the seltishnera of unpunc- tuahty. At soon as ehc had heard bis excuse, however, site became as sym pathizing aa could be desired and wanted to mako some beef-tea immediately be cause she was sure that no foreiguer un derstood these (hinge. But the rector ssid: *Tm afraid it isn't worth while, Maria. The doctor tokf tne there was no ho;>e, and indeed 1 could see that for uiyself. It bus been a most deplorable affair. If only the poor lad had had senna enough to sneak the truth at the outset l” “But even if he had, Robert, I don't see how Cicely could have married him. It et«ma tliat he really did cause the wretched man’s death, though he did it unintentionally.” “Under all the circumstances, I •houklu't have regarded that aa an in surmountable obstacle, and 1 don't be lieve that Cicely would either—if she really loved him.” “Oaly, aa I have so often told you. she didn't. 1 am ready to acknowledge that I have maligned him and to heap ashes upon my head; but 1 know I am right about her.” “It does not much signify now,” ob served Mr. Lowndca And then, after a pause; “I think we shall have to go straight home ae soon—as soon as it is all over.** Mrs. Lowndes' face fell a little, but t he waa a worthy woman, in spite of tome small weaknesses', and she answered submissively: “Well—if you think so, Robert.” “I might write,” said her huslumd; “but ujion the whole 1 would rather con vey this nows by word of mouth than hy letter. What i dread Is tint Cicely may engage herself to that niun Chetwode, and If once she were to do that, she would lw very ant to shut her esra and Stick to her word.” “But hoe lie done anything disgrace ful } l suppose be wotnd say that, wnen he beard the truth, he did the most friendly thing that could be dona. He didn't give information and be helped the unfortunate man to escape.” “Yes, yes; but I don’t like that assas sination business If he didn't actually Instigate it, he must have known what was hkejy to happen and what the inev itable consequence would be. Unless I am wry much mistakau in bar, cicely won’t marry him after bearing this story. Anyhow, I should never forgivo myself if l left any stone unturned to save her from him.” This good couple bad not the heart to go sightseeing that day, the remainder ot which they spent in their bedroom, drearily enough, awaiting a summons which did not come. But late in the evening somebody tapped at the doer, andj.be doctor put hi nis head. said; “but if you have anything more to say to your friend, it would be wed that you should go to him now. The aisier tells me that his mind bss >-n a g «d deal wandering. To-morrow, ;~r. be would not know you.” The tor, of court*, hurried to Ar» chio’sL*<i*kle. and feu -d Mm quite ro:n- posed and rational; but, m truib, there wa* little more to be said. The dying man had a few niesaa,* sto w.-l to hu fr. Ni .-. and for the re-:, I. was ready and wihirg to accept the la-t 'rn**.- : i • . n. h.i[; \ '• i mi:. Lie other young men lead-knot much better 1 Comte Taul will havo t and certainly not any worn?. Ho tvna meet her ut auy place betwi sorry for tho sins that ho had committed j Russia which ii my pi. as and glad that ho bod never been guilty ; point.” of conduct unbecoming an officer and a i Madauio Sonravieff t !• ?i gentleman; and ho was not afraid to die. j that she would leare for a “1 funked it a little bit some time! first train, and made prat ago,” ho confessed simply; “but now 1 | her journey without. n in don’t f'-’cm to mind. It's all right.” | Her uiind was iu a tumult a A plain man like Mr. Ie>wn<l(s could I ami she could r.o( co:i- • '' only hoj>e and believe so. If Archie ; other consideration w !• o Bligh was not “all right,” tlien assuredly I bj* tho one great and L i< -i i nine-tenths of us must be all wrong;' was free. lk>uhtles:> t -I’.’..! *o f-l -lu'ill'! I. vaa aware. I! improbable that ip i e M-.-ui.i *"i inv l” <l" t > Ii.:-" iv • >• ;»'i *i .• .jra\ i-'fT," «.tld H-e Rector Ii. niddi-rdv■, • | dm iv you will excuvo •r . ms Jlludli tn ip whirh ton miv i\e heard already. People mder the tmjir III.. Iv ig.*»l deal to with ■ l'lir als tlwj hand ot Mark Chetwode. “oiitf can throw the man over, though.'' JIr. Lowndes consoled himself by reflecting: “and it shall be no fault of mine if she doesn't.” CHAPTER XLYHI.-Maiiamk Hot'KA* viarr Hbam some Good Nkwh. Anyliody who Has ever committed an act ot telf-aarrii c -and most o ns, it may be ooajecturvd. Iiave been gu Ity of • that folly onoe or twice— must Ur nnrs that only after the « e.tl has been d ue do •* tho shoe really wgin to pinch. A c I . r. willing to five up a very great deal ; for il.o o whom we lot#, or what wmiUl < '.r !•..«_* I.c »•. <.fi I i’ll \v < :• !. . \> u» our fecliogs *i. mid l*» «j *111 — understood, and If win oul I only die and have done with it, perhaps «c should die more or k-se hr.ppk. hut wt* srr not, a* a general thing,'tequirvd U» uK. wuiuv imiraiy w- MUired to part witli a right arm, or a right leg, oi a >me tritle of that suit, and when ouce tho mutilation lias been ac- coiupiiahed and the dreadful, inevitablo reiction has set in, we are left to n»k ourselves mournfully how we are to get through the rest of our exist. m*e in that maimed condition. Itisio the !</ s nut the pro. cm of growing oex-uctomed to the loss that is so weary and intolerable. Thus it waa tint Madauie RouravietT, after aho had lightly pitched her wan dering tent in Park, waa a resthse and niiserkb e woman. So longaa aho had fell sure of Mark's love, or at all events had only half doubted it, she lied keen pretty nearly destitute, for her - d claim upon i»er late iituband firttt e was only a modest ono; but ►no could not bring herself to contemplate mi mournful a contingency a* that lie khould have Iett everything away from her. Only she know that ins biolUcr Count Paul, with whom she had not been upon speaking terms for years, would surrender nothing to her tliat ho was not obliged to surrender, and it cei- tainly behooved her to accept the invita tion se.it her by that hostile pertonsgo. Gastein is a somewhat inrccc >\b!o sjHit, and when at length she readied and although that ia perhaps the othodox do trine, it is a very hard one for good- folks to swallow. Tho night passed without much per ceptible alteration in the patient's state; but towards morning he Lecsruo de lirious, and. as the doctor had antici pated, ho never recovered consciousness, within twenty-four hours of tho time whe n he had made biscoufetsion to Mr. Lowndes, ho died, leaving behind him st least one person to whom his death apneared in the light of a calamity. But Mrs. Lowndes, after shedding some natural tears, raid that perhaps it was all for tho best. “You see if ho had recovered there would inevitably have boon rompUca- Hon* It Kn’t as if Cicely really loved him; and supposing that she had mar ried him without really loving him, they would both bate been miserable, it seems almost a pity that she should have to bo fold this tragic story.’* “She is certainly goiugto be told,” an swered the Rector with dccUion. “Wo will start for England ns noon na wo havo hurried our poor lad; and mean while I have telegraphed to her, merely saying that her cousin haw been killed in a duel here and tliat 1 am coming home to give full particular.*. They hurry hi* pleasing duty to relieve * things over coin these countries! The doc- “l have thought it advisab tor tells rue we shall be able to leave in a * • * • -*• couiilo of days.” Tills forecast of tha doctor's proved, however, to have been somewhat over sanguine. Within the specified time all that was mortal of Archie Bligh had in deed been laid in tho cemetery; but the police cave u good deal of trouble, and many formalities had to he gone through before Mr. Lowndes was permitted to take posvxsion of tho |«pw*rs and effects of tl»« dceeast’d. Not until after tho lapse of ten dnva'was the harassed and impatient rector ablo to take hia place in the Cologne express, and a* during that time he had had no new* of Cicely be yond a brief acknowledgment of his telegram, he was hy no lucaua us easy in his mind nUmt her as ho couM have wished to 1h>. For, after all. tho met* fact of Archie’s death would hardly bo enough to prevent her from accepting Mb‘i i worth contradict- ’ .V in VMM- M rn*d at such things there U no truth “1 nover believed t there was; and Iiov i know that the« were false. But v. ii.;; 1 relieved all ale ..g, and new know u> L. a tact, ia that ytjr frier.d Chel- woil-.* «as i t the bottom of it. It is tak- in;- ..rent iilvity to ask w-hethcryou aho a i, aware of that?” mUs Souravieff shrugged her ’ ’Huy be a.* you say,” ahe auswered, ■ ) \ . iw r ,-r a fact that it Is so you I.:.* u niti rmore than I do. Terhapa I er destination she was ready to drop Mr. HI (i Im^ confided something to with fatigue. Nevcrthflma—for in the you : ofera hedkdi*’ course of her protracted journey t-he had,' The Ator oonsidawd for a moment that she would bo glad to see him faefo retiring to ri*st. In obcdlestco to this in timation. Count Kanl fjouravitff, a tall, j straight-backed old gentleman, pri • cntly enteivd her fitting-room and • bowed low. He said, w ith an ironical smile, that he could nn :• rstan i I.cr 1 anxiety, which peruana waa scarcely Io I bo considered groundless: but that it was 1 It he added, “that betore tranej '' -•tini: tho \ \ remains of my lamented brother to Kuv , , sis, I should seek a personal Interview , with you, in order to explain dearly to j you the conditions of his will and to j . warn you that non-compliance with 1 j tlicso will entail forfeiture of the reve- i ( nuca to which you will otherwise be cn- . titled.’ It now appeared that Madame Saura- *, rh ff would be a very rich woman in-1 deed, os long a* she devoted no portion of her wealth to Hwdling the funds of se cret i*>litical societies and withdrew from all connection w ith any such soci ety to whk-h >he might already have lie- come affiliated. “1 am told, observed Count Taul. “that these stipulations may b? difficult or eviu impossible for you to accept.” “No," answered Madame SouraTieff, quickly, “Indeed? ! am glad to hear it. for tour sake. It may perhaps occur to you that we have no meann of ascertaining whether you keep to your engagement* or not; but 4 feel bound to caution you that this is a mistake. The •lightest bna< h of faith on your part willl «■ promptly reported to us and as promptly acted upon. “Oh, I am Madame Souravi “Permit uio am very clad, fu I Lola vc I havo ireuring an ally . tl.-r . r* : !•• . . ».•;. « i. <|, n*i.i icrai i< as- i h© thought it quite •le th..t Mndarrc 'iiraricll s co-op- •n 1\'. hi I-' . • ■ '• , Ro r SU*>, • • t«-.i «h. .Ilit •!« to thi i u;e. I io would probably be able to • information with regard to li-t« • < 'Jc ■* >mt«edents: if, cn the i.m •. siiH uas in faTcr of it. no woiM 1-h dune by arcertaiuing nti—. nth. The «-nl> question was her in- nap • i.t tied to reveal to her 111 uilirAar.rr*- mi !• r ..! . »» ! .ti met ith his death. But a* > tii© rector had already made up 'Hid that tl>’ I'!" 4 1 •’ ’l." I'M! I.* nIni Neither i or.Cicely’• sake nor •*eke».i Archie's memory was it il.lt ii nt .'d irk Dietwodo and old 1 l>o left tn a position to tf.r-'mcn di-.-■!.»' t' l'l. K-.pl' Ac aid: •If you . .m spare me ten minutes. T| will I..- <m ir iraiik with yoa My wife i •» in the refronhinent room, getting her brc.ikfast, :in 1 I ain sup|use-J to be wa-liing nt I shai ing my ■‘"If: 90 that wre flmll not b" interrupt© I. 1.. 1» 4 ;in wnh. !• m«- *ny n m» many words that l am sureClwt*■*!© means to^marry Cicely V". Heath." gilt about his certainly frank.” ob- uravieff, with a faint t wile* told hm tali* ly Hi» he©-*cnieH a ilu-V : ’"•'w.‘ , Xm.w ... .... !;ivll,at i Uil.-.l, “1 'lnr.-M, .Ill ttn.l.r- ml the provision^ of mj 1 us you would be i nt•• “Th« ; ti :»-n< *». 1 ward t<» open i i- eljN ‘ I and I • mn'ii fed Mir© that thi-v will h. . ; o|h ij. hv the i-' t* that I »uv© m-n i i oi^ , - I*hough '*■ U-'." muni those fad? i.ondon i:\Mv i.ii.tins. Experts tn iimum •; >n'j ft I urn of tbe iinalUli Mium. rr • ’ 1 ,| A Linden hank teller always experi ences a feeling of relief when he nnd* hiS mC£«7 ;wuH.t Ml lltt* cwm?V * ii- day’a work, aud this feeling is u unlly shared by the re^t of the >tatl w ho can- noi leave the bank until he eith. r dis covers his error rr sati Hit* himsclt ;n to thft actual shertage. Thegr. at bulk of the kbirtages u a l<i Acnna bank counter s in England are believed to occur on that daT. Next in order of l ad davs tor th* tel er •cashier, as heisdevgnaiedi « • -n i«n, corara haturday. but there the bad w is ioteUigiUe. Salurdsy is wagra day, * no sooear has the teller l.k. i till and loadeil up his shelves with tiller ■ .v 1 ■ ' ' 1 • »n ; i. • • .it. i. sets in like a flood. Until IS 6clxk he is paving away with both lands; after that hour, if m is a receiving clerk as II. he begins to receive heavily, for Saturday b also the last day of the week, 1 everyone elects that tho bank should receive lus deposits ratlur than that ha shou 11 k©.-p tl.cm in 1m own less secure cu tody over Sunday. in bmrtnnlnf work on Saturday the I/indon*toller face* on open mxhojrany counter, of wiii'-h tho ixr. ion co«troll< I. by his desk is probably 6 feet long by 3 i. ft «id.*. H" l.k"* to h*\" " rol. square view of hi* custom- r, and it is ono of the canons of British linking' that the ©yes of the staff shall command J ti < .."i t’ •. W it.i vi. ii ..ii ..|.< -i < ci.:.!' ' the chief clerk is ablo to keep the Whole ti* Id tin hr I s cyi- at < n*> tiu.". ar-1 ' relieve the overstrj'm *t any particular d"*k. The effret of the exposed c- n !:• tinn is beneflcial too on the staff, tho members of winch preservo a stemdii-r demeanor and attend inoro cloeely to bevn-** w hile thus under the eyes of the public. The London teller is a quick manipu lator of coin. This is largely owing to the fact that the smallest note hsued in London is of the value of iAcrf’*. When asked for gold inagreatcr amount than bin eye can count at a glance. tl*e teller, after counting it quickly with a pianofore nctiun, throws it with hie cop per scoop into his faithful scalee, and so checks his count. The weights of thew real©* arc arranged in suitable numbers. The teller also checks tho gold which ho receives by weight,' and Imre his knowledge of his liusiness will be tested. One hundred new sovereigns ere of full weight, rather more. in fact, but tho same number taken at ha]>- ha-tzard will be found to be nearly half a -■•’©' I- i; i I | r • • M. ir • 1 'I " : ’ . . "•bile £ joqjj. scrcrrigsa . I *. •' I 11.»• S 1 I j •• I . I.t •' . I 111 i.ii'.;*. 'I..* iGl i hi .,mkly satie.'y hiiusclf ns to whether the d© W. O. McCJuro in Thr church st Horn© aoH Abroad. Tho old calendar or system of compute tug iime. ami tho ono euii m quite gen eral use. was bu&cd on tho lunar month. Tho year contained twelve months. Some months had twenty nino and some thirty days. Each month was divided into two porta of fifteen (or fourteen) days each, and in certain years an extra month waa added, making tvo t. ! : . f _ f months in tlmt year. It was very a« L- .,n u . ward for foreign*'™ to keep account of | lion, the mouths and day©, aud eveu tho fee* t amese had to dep< nd ujK>n their mem- > houa*i oricsor tho prk la in tho wats. Tba | kno .nd to i;v . a pe rfectI y hune, father.. . |, j grouse, i v a hi! ©r in i,. : . ,t and btreann It is a fine, large male 1 at first, in pacing th»- wiudow street, thought it a skilled r p . ii the taxhh.rxni.-tN arL I btop{H.<l into t‘i • • n , and, u;->n in-|nirin V™ “ :r - d it ? hi torv. wats doabtleu kept about the correct tunc, for some of their ceremonies, as hair-shaving, etc., required the strict observance of certain Hay*, and beside* tho Wan Phra or holy day came four -1 by th< by d (hr th< further r- tii 'ion-. tiling’ Msdsice Sonravieff aikcl. : fr-1 a pause. “N. :l.i . u ! .iv t«» r* " • : . I l !.-/ Lou at Paul, who had hitherto been , Si.. .. ..... jou SMSOMpuMUF v In' irreproachably i nnilisora. allhhahk/iM 11*** was not best ; !• a.*d at sorting > “Oh. I am on year side.** two-third* of nn inheritance « hkh | MaJauie N*arivi«^r, lauchin might have been his. f©rgn*. hlu.»"!f so tremulously. “IcouMhelp might have Ix-en his. forget 1 far us to laugh outright at this. “Keunaure yourself, uadame,” swi ml; ‘ nola woid L said up mo>t important jiolnt. 1 ccugrmu, you upcu the common senso. «« ''ell tiio giKd taste displayeil by the qi lion, and I have the honor to wi«h ; good evening." Two days after thie, Madnme Sm vieff left Uastein on her i©turn jour to Pari*, without having a. ..m ■ ■ r> brothel-iu-law. - lia.l been able Io amuse herself very well when | changed through Victor, .-n 1 h< absent from him and had found the world full of other interesting thing* and per*ons; hut now that she had lost him, now that he waa going to marry a woman younger and prottkr tlian iter- sell, the world assumed an altogether changed aspect and it teemed to her tliat not one Of its inhabitant* except Mark waa interrating at alL It was not that she had any lack of friends In Paris; for at tlw first approach of au tumn all true Parisians are only too de lighted of an excuse to hurry Lack to their beloved city, and ihtre were enough ministers, ex-ministers and future niiuUters on the honks of the Seine at that time to provide ample employment and diversion f< r u patriotic ladv a inongit whose schcmi-s tliat of a Russo-French alliance had ever held a mou prominent place. There were journalists, too, and literary men, besides plenty of her own com patriots, who bad a rospectful admira tion for her. But the unfortunate thing was tliat they all bond her to death. Their conversation, which she had once thought so wiltv, struck her a» labored, stale and artificial; she could not dis cover a conviction or an enthusiasm or an original idea among them; she wished them at the uttermost ends of the earth, tutti qnanti, and yaw ned in their faces without so much aa taking the trouble to put her hand before her mouth. This made them think all the more highly of her, but their forbearance did not in- *pir« her with aay sentiments of grati tude.” “I have been a perfect imbecile!” she kept saying to herself. “It is true tliat if it were to be doc« again, 1 should be a perfect imbecile again; still 1 have given up everything, and I shall receive noth ing in return. ’ Nevertheless, one fine morning the did receive something which ho totally unexpected, and winch tho religious i hr.. - h .H ft:oog l r . uine in her, raiucd her to accept with i' ii. a ..i r turn lor iu r i.;.- It. \ lhis was to less glorious a pi»-«.e of news t.ijntlat £f h r i.u»hand's ii.-ath, con- I V.-W-.J \ ■ > . Ill .1 h it. . Victor. acconipeny her hinduind'a Russia had been dcctim his family, nltliouh her she pleased in the nu.t r in l no: l> n disputed. Bhc had r ,.. .1 that it d. l ■ ' • •• I" i" -1 • ' Mil .* I riv :'i ' so grudgingly conceded, and in truth she was thankful to \v a .1 lih rty. For hvr intention now was to u..;.uo straight for England, uu-1 she was in a territdn fright lest she should reach tint country too late to avert an incim-vM d-.’o calamity. Two things comforted hsr and so* Used her impalitnee cn tho way; she hn. w Mark's deliberate nnd ciutioca n • t u»i of going to work, and she remainLml bow he hail told her that •• would always hold the hr *l| hue in his heart. He had certainly said tluit he would marry lier if aim were free, and now she waa not only free but rich. Of losing her riclies she had no fear. 8he was not deeply implicated with the eocietk-s to which exception had Uen taken, and th.- duties which she had aiiuon-l c^uid easily be got rid ot. U would be under stood that ahe could he of far moru ser vice to the cause in a wealthy and inde pendent capacity than by attending oc casional couucils and bringing no rnon-. y t j the chest. 8he liad proceeded as fir as Minin. i " • ■ •- t. j hit!■ .rm nn.»..| the refreshment ro^n* In order to gc t some breakfast, when she a!u»cst ran intotbeaimsofaburlyg’ I-.an in (1 •• attire of an English clergyman, who ejaculated “God bless my »oul' 1 *»;•• H(.i;l : Mi.:. >■ •» . r © pi p hkle-and seek all over • -I ■ ia i ... i Ma<l*raa bouravut!. •*Om»<iay I *« .• \ ...i in I*ar:s, another day in t-ivar.-* u termUted to inquire whi:i.<?r joa « “lam bound for he. i ?!r. I.-nr.J replied interrupted hmg ild Fielpyi | .lances—but I must a.i ' • ■ tin.' ; • i .rd.. .HI i ..i • I a . tint I *pai M ao tsMnlj! Yea are gaiig lLiti | straight to Abb Asporl!** “Vw. we shall wop nowhere, l have J aln . I\ lxni Cclavi <i much longer than I i. .1 Hldl.Hl. •'ll is not tu:hk< ly that l also may go I to Abbots|iort, for 1 wi»h to sra Mr. Chet- I nod.’. Only it is a!*- lately necessary tluit 1 ah u)d Kj ond a fc-w days in Piiristo buy mourning. I forgot to tell you tbet offer to mv Imshand U dead.*’ Mr. Ixiwrnde* began some conventional expressions of condolence, which she cut short unceremoniously. **i am not afflicted,” said she, you are aware, my husband and I did not live together, and you would not be- here me if I were to feign regret* which I conn t feeL Still I inu.-t wear black f<>r a lira". Perhaps vou had better tell Mr. ,i ketw i.dr,what has hapi* nnl. aud you may add-~f'>r 1 am sure he w:ll be glad to h car it-mat ray husband has left me a great dial of money.” After rrmainin^ silent for a moment, asked, with the same uncertain sort of laugh: “Now do you understood in wlat way 1 can Le of assistance you/”' “Not quite," answered the rector won- deritigly. “Ait!—well, never mind. At any rate I am with you; and this 1 can promise— that r — “ L * “*— Tbige si Mill never take place, iiteie ate ui«re waye than one of put- tnv a *top to It; only tha best and aim- I. t w . would be that she should re- fumi him. 1 think you might persuade ht-r to do that without my aid.” “But suppose she has already accepted hitnr” “In that cast we should be obliged to havo recourse to other measures. I do not believe that Mr. Ctietwode is in love wilh her. I must toll you, and I do not believe that bo was responsible, except indirectly, for that young man’s death, but it ii a matter of opinion, and you hart & tight toyourr. Ilcracomes your w if© l thiuk, U you will excuse me, I would rathe r not stay aad speak to her. Wo shall i * it again sooo.” And Madame Souravieff walked quickly away, leaving the rector to ex plain hi* unshaven cbm and unwashed I lace to bis consort. 1 Ti © n\ elation which had been made | Madame IxKiravief disturbed her lew she had timo to reflect upon it than H—air l after one had Umo to reflect unca tt than MhKSa iS SSSUfS* kluddowstllnt TLtrk haTnot toU -• n r «<; l.( ,»i" , j . or"\o..i!' - : 1 ‘ , l accident I hxppc lioiel where he v illto b' hiM h i havetLe j n to 1 to Ma Vfcto lving, mnl vi u,i at the last. UnU# ’•unistun' c-, 1 preferred g.»,r.. At t • '5j<tt to tuiiaiung my iiuii had chjocteH t< u. that hi» life i M. 1" < rap' rd to i*.u und • i du<’l that h© »-recv*, Li* hes<i. j had led r : r •niinni i. <1 .t-#- I t" .i> Ur. -.,.1 .qough for him. I uch tf the bum* sort ct life li/re. and I. tny that Ma.Lm© s pre-n i i- I ootid'red de-irafcl© tor , ' rai.nl; *rta»*. H..t -ho.M the .our nm- 1 saw Mr. | ye j appear tco Leg for Madatue M. le j -pint* and bad I »ul yo< Hd l*e woun«!tni in mr other r t Mr. Lou r<i< * nliarply. I know nothin/ aliout’u. The !.i*t Bii^h he Hu* in kin*i o mtention of leaving 1 as fur his having taken ad e of ae opportunity to remove fro..: . ii pith, that did not prove i’i lore with the girl who;.! lie Jtoouuy. In short aho would L.r - If u h- e that it was pjwi* •>iindi r in ti^ht of land. BIx had . *Im- had vt-iltb, she had h id i-’iiran- • » » » not an Kn; It-*I •> -.1 -.rl n . Advice to Mothers. I that the i ii-i i • i i ill*r in>. ' a decimal ronvrnit nee among t 11.11 HI ! I. a-< i. il I' l• I .« markable test. The annual 1. sv from e »*ar and t- gold coin in England hy rea->n »*f H*jsen"0 of small net©* it almo-t in* I Ii*. In - • tl He! 11 • -I..- <..* 1 I i Hteplacr* «"ld toe grrat exten’. Scutch tellrr excel* in counting paper money. In fingering a bundle of n< he la king of men. Blaring tho narki- upright against his loft palm, and aelzing tho top corner between the finger and thumb of his right hand, he will turn over the notes so quickly that an ordi nary observer will be as entirely de ceived as by the thrce-card trick, and will probably count only sixteen or sev enteen to tho teller’s twenty. Then, to clteuk his count, he w ill either s’tt r;..x:. Li* hand*, or. pinching the note* ten- zofotally oo hie counter, LohiII mur.t them toward himself with the same j or- alyringsp>eed. Tti- Scotch counter iv twice ai wide as the Loudon on-; it is elevated in tho center and It n imn the rim which fa*-il it alea tho EaglLh teller's dexteritv w ith the coin. The Scotch taller in' lUim- Lurgh is railed in. Hi* on..mi is a Jit:lz! i*;.i.id by il ’f, he i no re sponsibility, be csrriee no belsnce in hii bead, and will not look at a c heck until the ledger clerk, far off in the corner, has countersigned iu An advantage which the English teller possesses over the American and the scotch teller lies in tho fact that be issues clean notes only. The Bonk of England ha* the exclusive privilege of note issues in London and wuhin a ladiut of sixty mile*, a right conferred for a certain valuable consideration granted to the govermue it in yean gone by. AU the not os received by the London teller are nt into the Bank of England, and they are not reissued. The average life of a £5 bank note it two or tnree weeks, that of a £100 bonk note three daya—that is, the interval between iu bsue and return to the bank and final death. Boom of the state menu made by lion Charles IL J. Taylor, the dbtinuui»li>« colored man and ex-minister to Lilwr i arc significant, as they show to what i x tent tue bulldozing of democratic uegn voters ii earned oo in this cuutltry b; the republicans of the same color. While many negroes in the Mouth r*t< number would unquestbioaLly «h> . < nee it not for tear of tffiir own ts y. r If- :n o I, te agi»i:i-tth( tunes in c-acli month, al tho beginning and middle of each half month. Thus the prleals were quito likely to keep an accurate couot. I do not know what method they employ to secure accuracy nn i prevent mistake. One mathoJ, and possibly the one they use. L to havo a sort of calendar written on pVitcboard, with littls boles over th© figures indicat ing the various Hays. A little wooden peg In lifted to indicate tiie day. It is stuck into tba boles over the fijpires in dicating the proper da}, and is removed one place each day. .My teacher has pn t ared a calendar of tlii > kind for ine that is quite ingenious; hy moving two or three pegs each (lay. it shows the time according to the old and now Siamese id English sywtemn. The new system or r ilendtr was in troduccdou April 1. V 'The new sys> _ tern is to bo used in all busiuesa and j $t legal tnuwacUon# Tlio old is to be re tained 1n the wats. in determining the time of religion* ceremonies, etc. It will doubtle#* bo used also by tlw com mon people mure or lose for a long time; for a change like this cannot cosily be made here as it could In a country like America, but it will gradually «-.>rae into general use. Tin* new system in its practical work ing corresponds cx.ictly with our own system. They make the year to begin I with April first, and have given hard Bali names to the months. Blit, on the other hand, their months correspond ex actly iu length witii our own, and they havo adopted the leap year, as in our system: practically it is the some. It is to bo In j od that they will soon adopt the nam * used by other countries, and t•• . y. <r •. "t >• m> n .. By applying th hisrnra name for Ci- SiNiiii, mu i mi*ii uumiuoi »ill wne also as a 8izme*e calendar, new system. rur: Flits'! l<un of i ictsrr. birds lu autumn, :e • >!■ tt killed in ‘ouJ ‘ This ono ftotms through n wir fertea house, able to find it. wav articulo mortis wh"i much difficulty it n of water was in. > rtr a bit cf grape r.nlp, I* i mi::l tin t ntii< nt I v io t * clover I« .i\".. raw r pan lied corn, rr h Ii corn,” corn, Lin h Solitary, mL nt in picked up. With annihi'at stinct. The secret to a do been opened to Ik i ii,i i v i | . , ing round an.eng tl and wife for ms t ii in.. ii i i ■ • t: • inn • t.‘! rr v piriaiint to iio.i Tin; in;’ l( Is Cal i.i: viiiF.it. a sho hav lemtlicr bearing that n: hence the question is “What is cordovan?” “Cordovan,” the homo leather made from tlie 1ml now known, wan lln.t fioi burg, Gi leather. ubir protation through In ■ ■ :. V. . r ■ i.t. w-r!,.l;«n: .i - loU^ g;d < gets th© •«© IH.nI. of 1U cm clem <-i ith .iinowy matter - • lith' idt tank—make* Ujo tient leather in existence, und prove* y <»f nld-timo Blir.aniaker?i—that icr of a lung llbr.i will wear—to sken unc, a* tlio “shell" ha* no it ha* a decided advantage over vlth its fibre*; the breaking of JirowH additional strain upon . and a breaking in tho leather soon follow*. Kx|<criciifc has demonstrated that the- ••shi ll ’ hXu hear two or ihitt* lin-. J lomrc^rl.rmcnh.kir.. ^ ^ ^ T \ .irit.’ig" in bung th© niMr.-Nt waterproof^ of any l".ith-r nnd.’. Tho fineness off U’xtiir" .»! O p< rniitt it.-, taking a ver>4 calfskii iiny on the end It., .rl t'.- Oyrae p^aoa kae Lad no niktnu so chartnir^ nn Mrne. Carnot. By her one is welcomed and Immediately put at ease, und a slight deaf new only makes her more agreeable. Mmc. Carnot at first view seems a lit tle I'uriUnicil in appearance, but ;* r- hajistbir© lisa her (harm. Hia* must have readied a “certain age,” becAUso since M. Ckrn t * pre idency a • hild ha* Ken U»rn to tn.ir daughter, Min?-. Cuniseet. But there are limes when Mrue. < ‘nrn t bm mv to bo no inm than years old. In her face there is not a wrinkle—n< t a line. Tl»» r«* is not a thread of silver in lior»l n luir, u. J her Urge dark eyes areas brill at t as tho^© of a young girl. Mmc. Car no*, s’rives to I e tho be-.t drived woman in Frauce, and with Ee- lix, he r favorite couturier#, ahe lisa daily consultations. Her desire to be well drived is not th© passion for drese, but a wish to do everything ia keeping with her position. The gown she wore at the opening of the exposition wat original, expressive aud unobtrusive—a rvdiugote of dark blue satin over .petticoat of old rose, veiled by pricsless |*)lnt d* Veni»e, Tlio presidential electors will probably number450 in the elcctioo of VS'/J, agaiust 401 In 18» and li , '*4. * # * Accord ing to tho electoral vote of 1&£, with South Dakota, Washington and North Dakota added as republican, the republi can vote would I e increased from 210 to It, * 4 ’ Without New York's thirty- even electoral votes, the republican pres idential ticket, oo the beau of the new apportionment, would have 100 voice, or aixleen leae titan a majority* Neither the ten votes of New Jetiey, nor the twelve of Virginia, cor again the eix of West “irginia, nor the fix of Connecticut, ouid be sutttcknt to change the result. Witli the thirty-seven electoral votes of New York cast for the democratic nomi- nee, ho would have w ; votes, enough to win without the gain of any other state. • * * _ In a political way, i the . nd rarely fails p* nolty. As X negro votes f< lcave« him, tho nit ii* -Hi - r*os | the figures given stove is the coutin- I ued and increased importance of* the I electoral votes of Nsw York. Without I ihene neither party can have any exice- I tatioos of wintdng. New York * ill dr- 11. nuine tl'- Mu:t, and it may be ad ’ X diminution to suffer in thu way of a society which afraid to call itself cowards ought ne anything which will Uvity to the enemies ought to proclaim th deal largely in Bout worship the nc^r?; niab© money by it. , a ,:H ■’I .1 i. l I- !" II."f i» :i 1 truth in is” said Mr. Abbey, ns the reported engagement of It detson to Antomo Navarro, porta nave l-.n circulated ti - ain. K Mary At: i : n La i any . . tention of retiring from the stage I cei - tainly should kn >w sui.. ing • t u. -•> ■ is under contract to mo to pUv next ustoo, and I know of i:- .thing but ui ness that can prevent it 1 . •mtr.i t was for this s o.on. W.#*.., . . ill t<» play and 1 filled the dates ■ nor her with the Gaiety Cbn.. ■ - i'h« ■ame contract Is nov. m .re next season, and I rtrtaia^y have tiny raasoo to believe that ahe will i •■,> l. • i iLi t»>^ i r» fulls Frvwa the CMcsfo Trttea* Tba girls came out tat dremad troop of Athenian i n'• - ?> m t drapwy.. Burn* t. . :- .<• Falli cx>nti i- 11 i'. cl i-.i i •alL "They wear not “No, mum, repli with a faint Mush. “Well," the madame is all good for those y when one Is aa fat as wear ’em. * I was far L sic*-you, afla -(War* hks to bis, ©sea i Lsotts* it Vow aa* alp as La* *s p to i Lt* •» Ued e* jm set dews rtropol-1 ***■•: