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A Tilt N? II 'L at thought! should Aed you with the girls. Mr. (jodwi. You shouhi have bees with us. We've had amoh a scramble over Resister Crag. snd Iwought beck a. snd of !lowers for Oerused. Bet one thing I must may that fellow Lomford is a jolly mune. though he dcean't look it. Justt etuak, girl, end nothing else. Will you give me smeo tea, Mrs. flodwin'" "Whet nonsense yoe talk. Bob!" cried hip mister, cosousom by moms fern lamne inetinct that her friend's face was hotter than a moment before. "You are a perfect manveam enfant bursting in like that. I wish Mr. Lomford would teach you manners." "rd like to sec him. tg. It would take a pluckier man than las is. Why, he wouldn't comns within a yard of the edge, Mrs. Glod win ?" "He slowed his usual good menae. e yi tart reply. She had her reasonse for looking favorably upon Walter Loa.fordt, of Loeford Court, Moo mnauthalaire, by no means the least hon oid4 janest at Mr. (lodwin's lake villa. And they were a very i-heery and pleas ant party -the pleaseantot set, tier tr'el. thought, that her mnother had, ever got together, and Gertrude vas a young( hlay of decided tastes and smoea what difficult to please. Even Bob Marate., when he was not maying meala propos thing., and appearing where he was not wanted at inopportune mo maenta, was as amusing as any other FRton boy. Nevertheless, at this mno most two peoole- at least were ardently longing to wash. his ears tingle. "And vhat is the progranmme for to morrow, Mr. (lodwin," resumeod the young gentleman, not a whit daunted by the unfavorvhle reception of him last remark. "Can we pionlo at~ h e Bed like? It would be Jolly fun." The heat hummed and hated; he rather preferred an open-air entertain at taplace acceselble in an open carriege. Bet it you have a home amoeg the mountains. up them yeu muat go. The climblag disease is in feotleus, and there is so evadang it inn ti by a permanent remidense yea be asmo proof against lb. attacks. Mr. Godwin would have to succumb sosner or later. yigdown the fawt ~ h tm we will g, a tes b i And Bob, who thought timet, in his hw 1 e had rather "put his loot inItwan codssrted and knew that to the Rled Pike he would go. Gertrude's face, as she went up to dress for dinner, was thoughtful. "He showed his nases good mense," Mrs. Oodwin had said, sad the words kept ringing In her daughter's ears until her lips begaa tocurl wlthaeocr. If there was one thing which Gertrude admired it was coursge; was she beginning. almost more thaa 1beginning. to like a man who could he called a coward even lby a boy? It made her cheeks tingle with shame sand anger. Proud and high-spi~ritedl herself, good sense of the kind Mrs. Godwin meant was not iu high esteem with her. And, alas, the insinuation chimed in with other things. Walter Losfoad was hardly one to please a roimantle girl at leat sight. Cold, sensible ant wanting in euthnaiaesm even in his ambition, try. lag nearly everything by the arguments of rvason with impartial severity, he wonld have maend a just anad not too merciful judge. Living by rule of plumb. no wonde-r that he. looked older than his thirty years. oir that he ree ldc an e aqualatanees, who cle himanaprig. Generally reticent, he would sometimes tell tihe truth with rude abruptness. Altaigetherhbia friends said, a little wanting in charity; too Tractlenl, too matter-of-fact, And yet, poor eiertrude! when she met him at dinner, thne hauteur ale assumed melt edt away, and she blu..head and smiled at his glance; for what Is :;o fascinating as the homage of cne who seems utterly almsat contemptuouly, careless of all benide? If Walter hail apoken that evenin he would have asenredlv gained hi b stand Mrs. U'.odwhu. been male a happy women. The fled pike was red indeed in the evening sunlight, e :ry olaf that hat treesed Its rugged top burnished to rd dineap, and yet the party lingered, re luitaat to abanil u lbs view of sea sand land from Forth to Windermere that held them entranced. Tea was over sad the servants had started downward with the baggage, yet the party, whicb all day had wandered separately or in pairs at their several wilts, still eat to gether on the top. &kb was on the move. skirmishing hither and thither untiringly. "1 say. ttertrude, here's a specimen for you? Hers's a blue gentian grow ing on this cliff, and a rare good climb It will be to It." The party hastened to tl.- edge of the cliff; an a cranny of the rock about twelve feet down, grew the dlower tier trude land been long seeking to obtain. A slight opening in the wall of the cliff mad~e it joist feasible, if somewhat dan gerous, to reach it. "Robert, don't go too tear!" cried Mrs. Gimdwln. (lertrude turned with her face alittlo lashed to lmdoen. "Cyamyu get lare me, Mr. Loefoed ? she ai gently, and with inmasthhg of appeal ia her wales. "Not without a reps," he answered calmly; "we will being one up to-mor row." "To-morrow!" cried Gertrude, with audden heat, "I want it mow. Bob would get it for me lnam moment if I asked him, Mr. Loaford." "Bols head Is perhape, steadier than mime," answered the other, keeping at a safe distance from the edge. He wee inumo weydiaomposed until asa he lm. lehed, hie eyes met the glri'sa full of contempt and anger. Situng by the look, he took a hasty atep toward the edge of the clif and bet down to make the attemn$. Foe a moment he re meined in that poaitionas iet entranced, scanning the depth below, a sheer three hundred feet, and then a green hedge. and then, far beneath, pale-blue Crum. mock Water. With a quick shudder he pasaed hisa handa acrosa his eyes and reco led, white to the lilie 'Iecaa't get it foevyon. besaaldhoarse. ly. falling back, while the othera looked at one another In astonishment. try any such foolhardiness, Iben " cried lren. Goodwin, loudly. Loedl , but notano that he failed to hearth one word "Coward!I" or to distinguish the tone of contempt in which It fell from her daughter's lipe as she turned away. The next Instant he wes hila old calm self ageain, but he knew that he had hie dismisaL. An for the bit of blue gentlaa, Bob brought it up in a twinkling, end chat. teredon in euch a way as to earn every one's gratitude. Yet it was a dell party that wended ite way down the hill, and clear It wee to more than one that a budding romance had come to an end over the little blue flower which nestl,'d so harmlesaly In Gertrude's fair hair. Yet motlaera are sanguine, and Mrs. Godwines face grew scarlet with anger when the spray appeared again at dinner oonepicnously fastened' in the bosmoa of her daughter's dreee. If it wee only an awkward hour at dinner that Airs. Godwin feared, Fate was to new her hospitality from, to do her Jstc, aneunwonted slur. tHebly, after helping thoaonap. D you know, Violet?" Miss Marston did not. Bob wano wont to he punctual, end the wee about to o when the butler, who had been and whispered somaething inthemaste Gr.M.Coodwin rose quickly. m~y eLia,, -a IS -r news. 11ere1 hsbee..a fall at the lead-works." "Ho unlortusate! I am thankful the men were mot at work. Or Neven worse, we might have bean viewing them, as Robert has been plaguing us to do, and been all crushed together like any .autsin. laborers! Shocking! But where can Rebert be!" "I am afraid, ma'amt," put in thahuat le;nin c low voice which every oae haead welU, with preternatural dlstla*t nsess, "that Master Rbr-sews he went that way when he came back ie In thars. John bow gone to the vil Thnwsadead mileonc round that fair show of linen and glass and gleam ltshrrsif the hand which warned had uponý the aws]. Then Gertrude to her ed's side, and put her arm round her. The gentlemen hurried from the room, but almost as soon as they reanched the scene the women appearedb there also. The poor boy's sister could not he restrained, sad Mrs. (lodwin, whome woman's heart was sound within her, sigmed to Oar. trudle to let her go. Anything was bet ter then lnaction. Mr. Godwin's wad-hole and works were hardly a quarter of a mile from the house, though hidden from It by at steep shoulder of the hill. He guessed at once that the boy, anxious to exhibit to the ladies the wonders of the wad hole, had taken the private key, which generally lay upon the study mantel pee and hed gone, it might be, to ma smor. ee¶pastl, whereb ham servant seeking him when dinner wee ready, dissovered the accident, end, af ter giving the alarm in the servants' ball, had gone on to the village. "Is there any hope?" said Gertrude, In a low voice, with Violet Marston'a hand tight clasped in hern. "Ara they The Earing light of the pine-knot Mie, juet kindled in the little inclosure at the mouth of the hole, fell upon a score or two of strange-looking figures, chiefly woman. Some were moving to and ire before the hiss., but most of them stood still and impaenve. The shining clothes of the men procamd their trade, as they brushed all dis tisetlons forgotton. against the gay dresses of the house party. "No," replied her father, with a groan. "The props at this sad are gone, and the men may the whole hill is coming down. We must wait for help from Keewlek." Gertrude was turning to the group indu anntly. but one was before her. "ow, men, I can handle a pick, though I am a Londoner. Tan pounds to every sman who joins me! D~ont let them may that the Cumberland men left their master's guest to parish became they were cowards." 'Ile cold impassive face was aglow with ene.rgy en.! exc-itemeut. Was It 1le rtru.lcsa fancy. or was it that word in his voice really struck her like a while. "The hill is on the move, niaster, and be lie decad, too," said the foremost san. but shame-facedlly. "Hush, hi., sister be there!" put in a woman softly. There was an iznstant's hesitation while all wieahehl bg mimer; then. LI lier a lamwsat their faces: "We're with ye.masher, cried he, 91 ale ek ted?. aisfa est likea giant The spell was brokes; and who the. so rsckless ae the Cumaberlsad mie.' Loeford scaes had to ekeck them, mud assist the foreseen to compel them to underpin, end take other przper jrs cautious as they worked, tame, more flocked tram neeighboring asits to the spot, sad the task was carried on by gansp.Notwithstanding Mr. end 11ýr Goowb7entratie, tpoor girl lmast conomred would not leave; and hour after hour, while seemlng)j count less loads of earth were whee or car ried from the deepening entrance, she walked to end~ fro, or lay with Oaer triad.'. hend Laa hera on the wraps laid in a corner formed by two walls. How each shining worker was gazed at as he came from the darkness into the blaze of the fire and deposited his load?! Whoever worked by spells, the figure Gertrude knew heat did not appear. But, when the faint lingering hope was dying away, one of the ot~aer we. stay V iolet. "isMaraton, do not he too a-. in the main working.. Some of the men fancyv thast they have heard him knooking." Violet made no reply. She was sob "Lanyone hurt?" asked the latter, eagerly. "Yo. hardly at all. A few cute from stones." Another hoar passeod, while theo crowd thaickened said listened all breath lessly to the dull, mulffed sound of the tools and the creaking of the berrows. A fresh gang wee at work, and they came out more quicklyv. The sk was growing gray, and men's faces looke so, too, as the fire burned with a paler light and the hilltopas came out In cold majesty. hushlenly the tools reased; a barrow an its way out stoppled inside thae en trance. The crowd outside drew closer acd breathed more quickly, and women hid their faces as the sound of low murmuring voices came from the pas sage. Thee a little crowd of men preased out, and in their midst Walter Loford, stained sad ragged, with the hey's form In his arms. He laid him quickl on the wraps by the women. The blo was trickling slowly from the cut is his ow forehead aed his lass, where it was not lead-grimed, was pallid with fatigue. "He has Daly fanined," he said, as the doctor heat over the boy. 'Just so!"' aeid the'latter cheerily. "He only wents a gleam of sherry." Gertrude rose. frame the boy to thank the bearer, her cyesdim with appiness. Buat he had turned away. "The worst tmae was justbeoety ho i.Greny. I thought theeat munt fell again, or momethinhe to revent thhemw reaching me, confde Bo ohrwhen ahe viaited him next day in his room. The whole matter was to Meeter Bob oen of pure congrat ulation, and he spent his time ina re hearsing a graphic account of the ad venture for the benefit of him dames% house. "But that fellow Lomford is no end ofea trump. He's been up to may good-byve, and I told him what an sam I'd mae myself about him. That's a orufort. I heard him voice first of all, do you know, anti Mrs. Glodwin says that they wouldn't have got me out but for hint." The likelihood of this alternative ap pered to give him unmixed metieftso. "I don't think they would," mur mured Gertrude, eagerly presenting him with a lerma bunch of grapee from a side-table. "I'll get you smaie more, Bob." 'You liet your boots they wouldn't. It' a pity he cen't climb. Fancy a fel low like that with what the doctor calls 'ooastitutional tertigo! I can't make it out." And Bob fell into a brown study, which passed into a doze, and thus re freshed hte was enabled to chatter wrth out ceasing all dinner time. Gortrndo stole out of the room, and runnigdown stainm, found him in the hell. He bud mislaid a favorite stink, "Mr. Lomford," she began hurriedly sntanding before hime, in she knew not what attitude of pretty humility, "I sald anmething yesterday, the memory of which in burning me with shame. I -a not forgive myself; but will you may you do? Bob ham made ameind. Let me do mo. What a foolish girl meid can not have hurt you?" she pleaded, as he made no answer. "Bather, should not have hurt me," he rplie graely;"yet it did cruelly, Miss win. Bu for the chances o cureace of last night you would be thinking so still. It was ungenerous as seoli at thoughtless.' Gertrude winced under each almost contemptuous word. She had not bar gained for this. Too much hurt for tears, she murmured as she turned away : '1 am sorry.' "A moment, please. From any other woman I should have accepted the apology without a word. I have acold aed you th at you might know what it was like bteftre I asked you to give me the right to tio it. Glertrudle, will you be nv wife?" And (lertritte said. "Yes." W~hen slht' htad fully siatisfied him upon this point elte astked : "Andl von have quite forgiven me, Walter ?*t "I tihall have when o luhave done the penance I order.' Ihere was a twinkle of fun in htis eyes a stranger would nat have believed col "a-t bar there. O itethat youwar duh bit .1 blue gademi at diaaer this oem carned Bob go blush the omly buhb was guilty of in his embeod daym. "vam you helile H.I, my dear BeeslaI At Saratoga this summer I actually dameed with a hotel clerk. He was ec handeome a fellow!I" Wllhelmina Wilmerdlng wee reclining on aloaugelme parlor ofa bourn Ii Fifth avenu. ha put a smelliag hot. tie to her -os as she spoke. "How romantic?" said her freied. "Do you really think as, Besse!e I have beealae och an egomy of douhi about himr "No, no, not eo had em that. But, whether oranot,I should ad] his o~e, to my liat." "Every maa counts." said Bessie. with a look of jdloleilgravity. "Whom aeas did you captivate, my dearoconeine?" "There wee a young man slender and sc eweet. He was over hoead and eaum in love with me. What nights we bad The moon! Bersie, folks may laugh a the moon, but they can't laugh it down We ueed to walk together, and hie tali wee just heavenly. And he danced like a cherub." 'Wee there no one else?" "There wae a men who moil, I think, lhave come from the west. He wae a thumper; he wae No. 3. He wee just wild over my singing. Both of them are coming to visit me." "so rou mean to may they didn't pop? What slow coaches." "I lied to come away in a burry for my aunt's funeral. There ie thn' bell. 0h Bsieit's Vincent's card; Its my seeond; it's No. 2. Yon must leave us alone; only I wieh you could hear him talk; it'. just music." Bessle, however, left as the mlender youth enteredl the room. "Miss Wilmerding," maid the young men, "I am so fortunate to find you alone. I have myself been alone sinee you left us. I never thought Into what a mocking deeert the absence of one charmer caa turn a smiling world." "Go on, Mr. Vincent. It Is too love. ly for anything to hear you talk." "Waihelmine, I love youl I haew some to offr you my head, my heart mand my fature." "Tear fuurisl Mr. Viacent," saa. Wilbelmia., "are you a spesualtor I. Fataree? Papa will aever conseaut to my uaion with a grain epeculator." "What do you mesan, Wilbelmina? 1 lm not a grain speculator." "What is your businese, Mr. Vin sent?" 'Jams aoe. 'That'.est a lovely business! I dots on poets. Why did you never tell me?" "Invrhad the courage. I wam afraid 1 could not satisfy your ideas et worldly grandeur." "What nonsense! I have no Ideas of grandeur. A house, a earriage-why. altogether. I couldn't spend If I tried, more than tJO.000 a year." 'Is that all?' "ThatiIs all. I am suhecyou san easily spin that out of your poetry." "I can In time." said Mdr. Vincent with a touch of melancholy in hia voice. "How soon, Albertr" said Miss WiI. rnerdinfnina trembling whisper. "A thousand whatr" "'Tears, Wilhelanlna. Oooel-by." "Bessle! Bessle! Bring me my salts! Isn't it too bed? His talk was so love lies-dreaming like. The hell is ringing again. I feel too weak to speak!' "Who was that shaking 1a of houese that I met at the door," asked astrong, sudy-looking man, entering the per lor. "'Mr. Loaagworth. is It you?" said! pWilbel~mins._ "I thought you knew Mr V incent, the post." 'Nfever sat eves on him before, miss. I reckon he don't move much in our circle. He meat be a pleheian. Bat business is business. You're a prime at say fair. I love you and I must havs you!'n "Mr. Lcngworth, you upset me en tirely! You take my breath away. Mr. Vincent lass just told me that he loves ins.' "What! that beg of bones? Why, have more need of hiaaa thcan you. Ha make von an cffer! I'll pay more foe him thana any one else will. A po mtaE!'. 'Whomar you?'" said Miss Wildmer-, dnawed by his proud manner. 'I sin the. biggest ve'nder aind hone. pulverizer" in Chicago,'"said Longworth 'What!' cried Wilbelmnaa, with s look of wonder. 'Every day I laoil down 10,0100 hogs' carcasse. 'Oh!'" cried Willielmnina, placing the smellisag-bottlc to laer nose. 'My income is reo.Oeai ie Yar, and I'ar a power in +soiety said polities, I[am!1' 'Fifty tlaousa'su do.llars!' said Wil helmina, "I call. I mn.'nn shaow your band it. o te Iove-raor, and it's al right. Ill be your partner for thes real of the game. A thou'aiand yenrs, in. deed. Mr. Longwortla, I'll give you a tip. Don't offer Mr. Vincent too mieeL for his hones. Ta, is, love! Au re voir !' "MP ain 6emmL " Journalista have been escuged from fservlnga gciur ain Indle, the Judge. s in so decidiag, followlng the precedent .laid down by another Judge In Natal. H. went as far asets my that all r qior *twos should he excused from serving on Ia jury because, through their presence at prelimlinary examinaatlo.'i and Is gsrefrthe purpose of publishing teen snwe, they might lie in proe sessioa of facts which might come out is ein dence, and probabily they would have ptqsudged the case. The theetbical business, so all the p. poet declare. has been very disastrous. This yost complinaes have gone to pr4cr. on all aides, and actors mr walking buck to New York from overy direction. 'The theatrca of the metropolis are do leg baudly enough, but outside of the ctiy the businese is eves worse. A deat family in Now Hampsuhir has besn traced back to the Fourteenth cen tury I. England. and In all that time. ! hena.msarly shown a successolo of deal mutes. In Maine there is a family in which there are asnety-five deaf mutes all of which are connected by, blood or marriage. The greatest depth so far discovern-l in the ocean is 29,1.W) feet, five nmilesq or about 2,200 feet lesa then the heiglat of the world's loftiest mountain peak. Mount Everest. one of the Himalalya chain, which is found to hie not la-n.. and apparerntli- a little more, thixan 2!1, 000) feet above the sea level. flosewood trees arc found in South America anal in the~ En-t ldiaajq- and neighlioriaig islandas. 'rlahere are haff is dozen kinds. Trhe unaoe is not taken fromthe a-olor oif the wannl an is general ly supposed. lint biy reason of a roselike fragrance wthila it p-n~sees when first cut. Some, of lie tre-as gr ow no large that planks four feet hiraa.l anal tenl fe-nt in length a-an be i-nt fruoua theme. The broad plianks are jaroiuci tly n-ed to make tops for paianofoartes. The rose wooid tree is renmarkabale for its beauty. mucha is Its value oin ananufacturce ass an ornamental wood that aaane of theo forests where it ocue- grew aheunilantly hiars now scarct-ly a sjingle nliacinaemn. New pilantations have bee-n si-t out, so that lbe supply will no~t be exhausted. In Franc., by a refinemni-t of jndia-i al anrolty, the date of exca-otionr i., not knows until the previous evening. No tices are then sent to the (lovirnor of 'he jail, executioner, and chiaplain. From the hour of his sentence the crimi nal is deed to the world. Envii-on--d by gF ale, hae is taken to the cell with two Dd one of whlich is ioccupied by a mouton (prison spy). He is put into a mnit ofl rough canvao shirt, woolen trousese. and felt shoes. A short waist cost e0 esuras, opening behind and se cured by leather straps, is liked over hin atilt, and the long sleeves are attaa-h ed to a cord which passes round the thighs, so that he cannot lift his hands beyond a certain height, and is alnmost helplesto perform the most ordinary movement. His food is taken with a wooden spoon. A warder and gendarme keep perpetual watch. He may sleep or smoke or eat, but no visitors are adl mitted nor any tidings from the outer world. Birthdays in Germany are never neg. leeted. From the fin st one, when the infant receives the presents front the god-parenta, instead of at the time of thebaptism, the thing goes on fromsnear to year, and pesopiet of all ages and ranks eonsider themseclves slightesd if even an acq~uaintance does not duuly appesar with the usual congratulatory s~lt-ring of flowers, etc. Th uso is really a tax to many, for all mnemnhers of a house hoisd consider tlsesvselvesa entitledt to valualsle gifts on theoir hirthdtays. Even servants expect to ho ems'tutststiallv re meambered, and, as on their entrance into the establishmnust they are legally obliged to render is ful account of the time and place of their birth, there is no pleading ignorance as an excus~e for neglecting to notice the day. A resident of Itonkonkoma L. I., pea. sesses a gold watch whichs formerly he longed to the Ill-fated Marie Antoin ette. It is sbout the size of a trade dol lar in circumference, and is open-faced. On the hook it bearn the device of the French Queen, a cupid on a cloud, work ed In goldand silver. The features of the boy god are nearly effaeed ley long wear. A wreath of d(irnes gold ansi cue of Raeman gold surround the disk. The hours on the dial are marked in odd-looking Arahic numbers, The lion eelalu shows the ravages of time in mi aute cracks at the edges, and tse silver hands nearly black with age, are thickly studded wits udiamnonds. The legeud the owner give. is that the watch was the gift of the Queen to the architect of the Tuileries, who shot hmimrn-lf through the head on the day following her execution by the revolutionists. It prsn own er was a near relitive of a well-known American poet, now dead. The watch came into his possession through mar riage, as a gift fronm Ihis ufie's father, who ins adirect descenstaist of the origi. nal recipient. Keep your buildings well painted. It is in the list of true eeonomny, is-sides a villisge lill of unlssintd hn bildings looks dilapidated andi inuprovisdent. Farms look hundredsl of dollars hetter with nicely painted buildingus.