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'che PtUczk'h i1fclinner ALBERT BIENVENU. S :' r,. . , . , , 1 . , ,t , . t a , , , wl 4 1 1 1 ; : 1 1 ,1 1 c er. I r. in 'tl.o ' l< ' 'eve ti' - tir''- -t ''li tn hi,vr be ", r \ ritekl'el in the' dis, 'i--irn whlich 15' f,,i'< ie, tile -is:l'te:rs Ilt I.nlsn, R<tllt in l M1r 1ir.p4 ,lii.. It i= the French re.ul st orl wrlich ll;aket' a tenant or bleso-cwne f;n;ni 'illly ,ioln"iiil ll fior Idama e sy or ti 'h:It "sI1 "'1t1 , l 't l5 lii rerosmses . 1 It i es.'timia r1d Ih:it 'ilr Almeri-an ,tiir intz in 'tiM sWl.rt r nint mil nlion diotllrs in Eurpl' :, .1r'. o i. ,lllr.st c 'errain thati . r'sere 1) l t, ;:.:elle of .Al thi" will ec' r float hea k It ,, ,n lshores. 1'hi. ip :in nor miu".5 mrrlo< ,it , f o11,11ii.'y. It i. dubl'e tilhe amlont Ueim I t"dlt has :i ion .I;l it i1 :ill the n .N0elrlre trl h l.l o' Iet the' ,lliunitl . It is ne'arlyv ti.e r which So -irer'ary N,nhe r intimrltr' fey- t e' ntit " "s ' tp- i :1 llI. lln I>'1.1 It I.- tir; 's ier' 5thl n it taket'. l " 1ie tw i , r trlrrl I or ll1Sc !ll of t Ih 1 -" i-. rn-ll nilnle fo, : l y'^I. It i. :lhol it i1,o . tl 114 Neo-' Y'( T, 7" , r he i'ore. 1\e i1" 1 a far.: ,,'r c -h ., off tll , i t el r nd 're r ~nt,,l :,! ", thl" r1 0 ' ll ,1 . , ; , ,o " - o ,~ i'" ' -, ,I, L o v. ,,f 1H , ..i ,.r ,'. 1 ,, , .'n : .1 , Ilr n.i . 1 . i r- -re'li l r I ·' ". r i . I;i l !- ' ee-,.' or t s ' per-; ri B r~,' ., ' ne l r . I!'r it'-h' m ,n , ",1n th l; or1l ai; , "- r: ,i1:111,4 I,'r I1, r. !, l liid. ia r I . \' 1 - vt, ,u :1. ..1 1 ,a:iil_, , ,. than1,i p r- .r e. ' tr..i rintl teml, ,1,r , :,l1 c'h l4 ic. et11 h t' eh dTe.''ilr,1crl:tiOs t tIlhe P'rturI',, "'. t mr:t :I-o e il r Ited in 1I1~ 4., i 1', i , . :rIe i 11.i1";'111s' ( 4 I t'rl rsll,s cm,,-f..I tby Inio '"."ilno inlinenwll'w, i. ,"1In ilm n S1h1 0.S ; I. s1 . :Sil,. while ir t ires.- nitll kill I,, tsi, ke1rlls t'.ehohli oin lifet Inld art 'Ily i 1o r it,.;rr- 5'i' infiiant mortality. The chidr, ,ns i l'.rrlin'rtc' 1411 Italians, do( n ,; se,'ti to far ' <,, hol.ly i th,' r'iil ,dren oiif pir-.t. cmning from nmori- , rth er] ' ,,,,ntrr F"v 5 I r"r'vateve Englani the tl-ir ar e' Irr'led schanged. T'he cane ha1- ah say', i,-en e.on.siide'rerd a< ne'.e'ssary 3 ira's r5o to' -( hoolm:jte'r'" floie-'iions n· the splilnil r iro and corporal punish ml'' ,l revalt- there trl :i)ll extent that w,.eidr not s,- toleratei.d hir.'. A ihoe.,l lmaivst, 'va r ',enstlv .isel It the father t ai pupil wi.-,: he had iu:iniercifs,lly he'ltrl ly iy i:i lhimia on tar 1'::. andl h!e rli.lti ,e, gclve .. i. ..':" a,!..ei the j" -.lla'o1,)yor j' th e rou id thit caning 11:1 'he hatld was "ittendd,,l h'; a rink of in *,rs. ai t' ,hs-r ' were' "'sso: sei:l ot car. urr: p lrh'ie;snesnt iluiter at .sl'ailable, I. ea'.ier'-i n, not ni''iee''eirail i' atteliled hr 'nrv riv'k, whicvh thi' Ihenleliant miniht hare 'isel "' Th' Ieli ,' steols of t he army ma re ore l'. 4'111 i'tr', tio r' l I ' rel t ' ro re..: ,tlir inc te' i-,rrent se'sniOtn. It is not likely tbh e -rey ;tt ';' , will hir ilerseir' tsr rerry , i-n-s-pl I ew Well.e ,' id'l ea of i-erie v use, ,,:y inilieaey -t jiin intfe :i, j':ie- of thi irse, ref Ihf he' 'elisteld lit'.| than i' n' ,' in " i :: re l',,-- re' 'titiih '' - eef reei, l elltsee;5 !"," , ills. 'i'lrh' reeri'it mnilst of ,,;.e lee s1el first enf .elI :se .rdI serhlier, c! Se yeavi' S e, reil, , r.erii-sin,. e :is will keep him .o .'o,,l si' iie'r inut it is Ilinot ter'e' - isr e io IeX st West o'o ist tii se',' :lrsout a hert prrrlesrti,,n of the' 'isy is rs'eilly re gu",'e foi setS andii lirew ii'lsnh ire left for To Avoid Accidents in Factories. ,e very u, iful i5Ve'ntitiei, t'seninlgj to ,'rwe'ni t~hlri lp,--ibilhiy ,f :i 'cide'nt- in fate 'oesrr. isr no'Iw re-in,' e'tenseivj'ely sieleepteel i.lei ,> u5llu5-td(l l.seir.i ilhe' wall oi <C ,*: i re ' s - *: the, m ill, w ill :it onre . -t,'|i 5- -55 e: ss Si s in-5'! fLn"y ehi- serrates :; e'S':,i: ' " - tIl.eil at Orne ,f the .'T I-. 5'' i'V i it 5 lew .'st'eondts. seil i ou. ghisl. asho-er ,lorhest hil liaeconme eranrie,,l in asn -epright shaft. was rc leasel uuini urcl. Al1 II ' - . l 'ý i "r . "! I /,· "11. "1 t i "t , I ,If h\ _ iit I t r I I it . T h .. .i " , "Ii . I. ''- . i ' t .\ , l.. .:. 1 L. ,I r. y r u ",, Atil niiiii tii tin lua k that chtrd she- w h\ at ' hat t1 e, , ', ' it, ", . e. al I t heir pnik. to a oie td their I r f A Ih, n I - i .fra ira jtit t:a frtk,I t An all Ih i ui t hli,ie l;i iia w iias d lrk Wl-.i h lute' r .I i amt i with l lring . t~ll t lt. .illiI f lllint it i t l ir a Ii- -ii" 1 ii 1 were iiii i i 1hi n t - iood uk u uiI t~i ' a4 h tji -i t ri . i citttlulituu ail . tll lill- .ilt.ih t- he arI,, tu lii :1 cup el f tilltu.' 'rlnr, tit 'nII t.-, cit I ihr u t tl the iltriir i t uti ' ,i;il~~ handi of het ntl i l e . lnir, nitil rit ,liu i a, d nh ri til ti -time in w i tllr t' t l. c t. ii: -t ill ti u- i .:l ir." l tri , illi: .I l trwl li I i rlitk l a t ,u ilt hlr, a f:_in: t nit t heur li l. tl l rul in ll imnll, the fu rniture, bil, the, tfloo1r coiv emit with a rfn hri-lii \era. much tht. air i-vta fore-tl t'll her jitntirsk t iltheil t ta ·li \\tlit- lhs!.t of her rothi .h ihcl " lin wehir Iiitik iiin ro Itu ari, lrt-. i. I ft. had sitl: ni. tilt un f cut a : li t le It fui narlil ti fat e i teti -l iiiiutc lith it hl r it i.lthr. ttr e. foi a. ii -l;.t \;1 a helm h" us~ek4 .'pl r. st il abeotut het Itirt , I it ,-v-ti tn i 4, lr and tli mi tit-. Ther it i ther wia-.u:Ii:tl tri iht n, a nati ti tl ish even- ptttn k 1 it, the rTw f lri "hrt tin tiit e : ri he, l t h, - sif we rt i itill 't ia -ain.~ dl the l nlik drhtr t. it lf i d .itnit e llll i "rh, ilei ilr h 'tini. ,i.t fir slittilr-. now fvi ir ti Il, r inl . In thei an:I l\t s fi it t iti- r tnel4 d the i, :a lir n, lie l ,f l tir e-p lii e , I' h elii liketn f1l. lithe rii k, , i r ilarwll.lne di ,a -. ;l; in .is t1,r abn h l , ,f f althr , hpar i tt, .till" ttfir ithe \ : acI t, few . it airS lt liI i ha t iiii rn t t :I t. ,tir f:,r, builte Priscilla hai , mi ls iat,, iacriti ,e: hf i ithfi l inlinati-h , in tih , why of ill ". .e ril: -ir and rilboin. A rlund, tibl.-r t d ,in the , int i . iii of the ro .ll, rh ,,It r-i -ter fa ,ilt hitle. two matll aluta, iia copy Of h ithkespe ,re :uni a rla ,,- lamp. Thcrc were hitalf a ti zi it ws-i n lciii fh ir: aaiur1 "t the atll.:nd a settir i. Ilrldl with a vre ,tonuiIu. (h iori l the high mantel eiI o painr of lafi hiia, l ta hntina ieph rdeor a -il :oil t aucir that hail hold Mltn to l'ri.c il irlsu.gr rit isthcr i and a imall m riuu illa'- gf1rt e t liik in ev ury article of furniturlie in the tw iiriolm and thenT iher eye reted on her -th, . runi, thtfahet,i wear-i l lking woman, whileil life had. ieen one l u ti i tti ,,il with alii-r e, pr It villa ilwant -, felt I ti hi h itter towardsl It dcitti l hard that even njwt in her .put it. a e I uialer thought thelf very luck i.t aunt," ,, iii 1h risii lla. *Y ir ftindi plenty o' girl willin' to di p into our shoesflanow you're to hii e Old Matlth -w Poturiii fi, ,lhurtune. ' iOh ' vury likely. now. said Pri. cilla. "rut d-In'k tihe 1414 lure that I'll have tih,, f ,rtnu . Aunt Iarkett. The will 1li 1 I \ . :1 I . 1 i1 ., h . . 1 . I ' 1 4" I i 'n1 II 1 1 II' ,ri'i i- i I 1' ' I I .IIIr 11r ,the , I ,1 .1i. , w:,\ 1,, d . ,l 11+' 1- . +, 11" , 1' h ill l\ :111. f:g1l'rl-. 11 I 4 11 1 1\4.\ ir 1r:e i,' 1t 1:1i 1114' I11 ' i:1- Il r e'., If. It 14h: 1 ,1 11 r l 14,l - ill -1,,n, h1 ,1-,' i at -k a 11id tn hi r 1\ in n f: ,tlh , .r. \ h ,, \\ cu hd | l cv e r h : i e' :iad , ' t h e :Ilp,'tl hint-t lf. It h:la Iho,,n r, fu-, 4 in dli. i l 1111 1" I1 11 :l1'- 144 1 it 1 1' 444. 1 •1 e 1 e1'1 n,, , 114 11 i n 11. ;111 t 1 o hdi lpl 1 Il,. -.dI the o ld lm n. -"and I ýtart,.d without a ,hd l'b " \ V i:W t one loan can do ;nl "ther ':n. \ h ,n :l In n'! d.n i t i hi' ow1nii i4llt. 11 1:uale, no on 11 o llaillL' for i blLut him-'elf, and hle ran't expet other i',,h"'l 1to .tT,'r tor hi- faulli-. ;1i.y m1 ,,n . lIla m:1(11" b hard work. ai l I aint 4,,in' to ur indI:i4. r it. 'You lo'l tget : cenlt of it low. nor after I'm gone. linn' tl \1ect it : you'ld only ,1o diappol1'in ted. My plan foit.r hdipo llinl fh. ' " y l 1i halltl.: hen hlut and dr1ie1d for Itw 11'nt' f 1a;r-.' 1 The c ,hi. hearth '-- \\ ,,rd - cam e hack to Pri' illa nun. :I- -he. a.1 it the 4ate in '!Iri'c4,4 li. dead and noldli ' will could he ,nnd. 1 I ,f he had hied int. iltat. ai" isemed 1 ,to b ch'ei c-,. 'ri -,illra ou l have, t'\ er'i hing. 'lIt ,<only on mothe-r',- acI untnl I want it,'" '.h1 though. .Poor otiher Shel, , oll't kn1,w h14--. I f n- nmitre-ll' of ln lh. " lie h ,,: n 'd th , -o u n d o f i o r<e '< hl ,o f, ion thle hard r,. l. :anil1 I,,,l4 d 11p for., rl-v. h11,. color , h riht ninhl . :( - ihe ' a\\ hhn .11 rri- on hi, hi, rIl:lk ,l r' Dian:i. It -, m lll s it tiltl :,r itl di l 11i , i 1 n ,1;i d to -tolp.l,an Pi- illit'. h'11t 'turned'.i'k \ ith di-:lpintln til :ii l -irpri-. for .ohn "h11 n1 p;i-- d th,. ,ott:,,, .:ithi,, p u i li for i f1 \\- 1,r4 - i ~ he r :1 t le i Iia t.1 Ih jii lu- I,'vnd ilth _ate. he pulled ill the Mare \\ ith a jerk. "I i: r 1. 1I 4,,iia illr f ' 1 o1" 4 hi flrtUlll'. Pris illa:. ' mil:d i. :,- he \\n uni hihn-".f from the 'iaddle. "lI1 uppo-i 1l ought ito c ln r 't\ulat' \o." -W ail l iuntil th. furtun, i re:illi mine," '.aid Piri-illa. OIlh, thiere tol m to Ilbe doluit thatli mo'll lhave it." uaid ,John. gloomily. •lAnd I c:an't aTi r to wait. for prot The clor died nut of l'Pi-,illa.'s face. 'lFor a moment she could Inot "utter ai word. "Vllhat do you mean..Tohn ?" sheo a.kid, wht n s'he 1 ouhl conmand her v oie.t.. ""(nl\ thai t 1'\-e h:ld nI otfer folr the here. ' 4'ri'(illrs .aid nothing in reply. She14 ia. iir knl ' heil '.elf what e' ial he i t 111 fIrl' i 1'h lif1.dt. I ,l (' 44lor 't.'ll. 4 4S('hIe l1' iem l h4't n1i. Inir rt 1 1 n . i t lllnh 1 allr'l iltiait 1 n ,r lit i' 114 heu 1 a't he l o . al !p chin proev c,,n ut hbi unr. of clun ean1 of t h hi e l e .' 1in4' hier m n ver. S:1te :'4l h 'rt 1ni7rttr hat whe h.-e her "ridthnl 44.5 ith at 114-n' i r. ni' 1o led . ai plpe 11d 114:441' t h4 4re, 4' 4ith h in orher 4h 14:. 11 ni 1h , ' sI'. wau4 isa irc l , 1 h1n'inui rinv l' 1'i 1441 (4 4t'uht I 141. h r i ' I waf lm r 4.4t ' i ir i -er he':1l wh11in t' 1 e hai t-uti T'l '1 her. H41 hd m1t:4 ''herlIften hi k&.r o4l4k ii hadi . 1:41 h.4i, .ome wih: her, 4in 114' 1' iih h l'1s4 n' .hin fi r>. hich't whil,41111 i' he444 ritit nor''hil l 1'itn ittyl mad ri 14ilf fi he'rt hea h idt1 bnde hert' is if Johrd mrrie whrn tobne thins dredh of ,I ti , , , '- -" i.. I . . t41 the he Ie I l is 1 1t 1" t , " , .i , ' i i , ". -li. . , ia ' . . .. i. r tit, I, !," ..- , , .I ,, ', t ii . k I,, : " . , .L, ,1n in,1hibu 1,,,, 141 tea -s llnlhi tht flt \t It 1111._ " iYi d,,Ion i.kk t, i likt i :e l lasir *, Pri.,il .",I ('i.,el. Y'i'lur 1 Sllhat oilut I to (do:" as;-kesi lPri-, ills. W\lI,!. I -,In'i kInow eiat:t. I inewver -:\ il he'ir<-- h.. l r,. I'll re':i il onI the -tihijct a.il h't l,, know. Ar,' .iu ain. to tih, fusertl thlii alfterni oni : Blut of rlli.e o llarel r. Ever'l s. r slvlas itL: Iv erbo1yIv ,'xc.pt ,1,,hn. 1h1 ha gione to hllirnes ills'. :aijl wiion't l, lllk till riilght. I -lhouhlin't \onildr if he werl'e olnting Amelia Racun.'" Thl,' tiif' with i hich Pri-sillta wsll --pre:' lii .i"lly lhis.ped to ithe tallh' with a i'hlt,.lr. ,rh, pulh'li ,iotrn the table ,Iraiier. aiil benti o'ver it. prit('dtinc" to ahe -:iarct'hinit for ,sonethiiltjig. " " -h4 , i" .1n lelia baton:" .he ask( (. '".l girl h, met it Iit. I ,intr' fair lact. year-'. Slih live. in tiarnsi'sille.''anwere.l I 1I h-he tails I" as-k,,i lPriW('illas. reliell h,'rinti her sires.t. (5 .i'll s tlr,. iir a.nt l t' as tss tsist ( 'i . F i t r ,{ s t r ill ll."t h e r ; it l io 'm eni l . liWhait ai qIier siuis.ion." iht said. 1No; -Ih,"'- ie1. itl\ loiely. uit ishe i-l' t lhe: -o11rt f a ,irlt t1,, !,'et alofiia. a farm. .hllliiin .'ht not to think of her for a minn nt.. Mr-. ILa keit ,:inl,- in just thin to see if Pri-i'i ll.l int i, li i, iar lm urninii to tl:l. ftiiuni-ral. :ntl -. io .-sull t of tilhs fair .\tmlia it a;- 4l 4r11 l,l,'.1. Buit thnothll tl hail sl.i l; -:aidll .to. :111 , .n-i hs'r:.'llV to tlh .iihl is t 11'I i!l:l- lheaart. hei 'l lsot-rga: tI,. f. I : - t Lt. _'if i,.111. hir'li l t- If all itd .ht11ihn is.:- _,i',',%'it ,ivr I\ ileh inish ,d. The fAu,~l( r; - aI t.- t on. di-manl aiffair. pth , di-t mr- ... " ,n,1 plur, ant te,,liou :iit, I'ri-, illa :,-" tar'' ,..l , \hien it w., all opsI. aindl s-li . i- alt HilTrtl toi return lit tati'. Shei' lastl . ill 1 n,.ill hiiss llr iostit -sits tlht 16:i, i. ti'-, .. hI ha:il .orn oiut i4f ri',- Irt' i h. li"r .\11nt IIake'tt' ildeas of l'er'iiiumn. hlin Mr. Saimpson. heli late' _raitldn.'les's laiy''er. calltd sto si- her. 1His sManner waI tlli' st- tr iessncelta of rel set. It ",', 11'i,'.l 1 i 'ri-s illa lthait h ' did itil fur to,'t for a nliinti, that Ihle had iinherited shi l st ilaith, '" tionit. S"'Th1sres' Ilses a t lhorough search manide for this' will. .1i- arel't rw,' he said. "But it hiasn't e'n fltind. I ('an't account for its I,s. for tlr. Pos inise \lasn't ai ini to Ibirin one lwill Ibef ire lie hall maidle aiti sth,"r. Aind his- heart w e- -ti on hiudiiii. an hospiital for ili men: hei spoke of it to lit, vi'rI oftl-tn. Blut al things ares., (ou're thls hei'r. aiil you an moveit into the s titne hollu to-,til ,'nrrsw if yii lilk."' -1 think 1'11 -wait awhile," said Pris- I villa. i'oollv. "I iwanlt to blie on the safe side,. astn the iwill nay tet le founi." -There'.- ;nt a tnl'h lhiinei of it," said )r. i-ipn, lilt ithe did not arigue the mliatter. Pri.-illa put onlt her best ,res- and tied a ]ink rillon at heir tlhroit Sunsday svein illng, fir. in "lite of what C'icely had satid abolut Atntlia Hlarin, site filt thatr there wall, a chac'e thsat .hnll might come. But houiir after houisr pasls-. and bhi didi niot aippeas . :inI only Mtirs. Carew taslted the .jelly eake' t snulswr. Priscilla would not tlilch it. She1 told herself she wasis sorry she hall bieen s.o foolish as to nmake it. anl that shte might have knowIn there'd he nto ione to eiti it except her mother. " ,Leit himn tgo t (,lo rtalo." she thought, as at nine o'lok she re'paired to her sown r anlo . "I sh-a'n't sa:y anything against it. And lihe san marry that Amelia Ba s-n' I dson't iares." Shet cried her-selIf to sleep'. nevserthe less. and lioke.l like a gh"st when she satins' shssin' t:lirar is' thnxt nmsornitnaz. Sits rodss ti this- sihoolhiouss aftsr hur'aikfas-t in F:srtiia'r Ni ls . itt.'. light saigsrn, hliving thankfully ac'es'tsed thls offer of a "lift;" but i-.for. s-hi' had dri\isn a rod slht i i-hs-i a-has had a'1n( (in fo, it, as ui i. for "sr t' Na-hut It't itn at os-t..: to talk of Jhhn Mlsrris. ".Jolhnt tol its.' la-It es-enin' that he haid to giv- tin itii-tier to-tnorrsow alisouit the firi." said tihi 1,h! sstmin. "lie seems set sni soin' to ('olorsitsrly. 'i' wons't wait no lonstgr'n to sgit is.-'y mairried. I don't -se' ishis tir. t givc hilaa the notion o' goin'. I ai lt-s th, Jih. o nilit olt, s the shtady Pri-(illa was glail when the school hotiu iwsas ra-is rlud anid sl -he sotld i-scape the sound if her Io-.r's name. But she found it haird to gis- hair thoughts to her work, niasd her t.asic'hina that mnorning ws piurely nmes-h;siui'ail. Slis' could not for-et fora Ita nismnt that John ias going to (solorado. At rei-ss. as shitle sit at her desk, try iug to ive g liar mind to the ('orres.tion of soms' examtla's in multiplicaition. she was surpriasd to s-c her Aunt llasi'kett enter, brsathlbless aint s'xs'it's. "Priusilla. I' ~cot m<itii' apis ful news to til 'tilt'. -las' stisr sI. :is. -h,. lhtt wi- hsrs.lf ,'\hlihastt., ilist th s' ,iIa -oin a-it. "'Try to Ittair it. s-hilI. 'l'lh .'v',s foiatil thi . n ill al,,k, I ala.v-i: ia i ,,1,1 dislli'ii.a ir'y. .inI si-ia Voiii'. 'a I as to 'lilt\ htot as li, tail '. It l ii',,. t .a hli-istail. Elh. sinht it -hani' 1l': I ,Ia--r-. I ,adl "a' biir-t right out aIi'i 'aheia I haril it." lPri- 'ilta h:atI n-iish lit hair fis t asi hser antii it'e:in ;,i -p|sik, hut now satik into lwr slh't:iir main. "'I slwav- i-,i- iuhli.'id thle"'d fitid the will. Atint tllassk.it." -hi. iaid. "I never fil't at all like ain hti ins. * Anil Voisi see- I wausn't born to god lusk, after all." Scol S. I. rained at , .. . .. ,: . . . I r.. . It w as ,,, .-:\ , '·' . ' ,' ;. "]I,' ! '' ed the h Ir.'"" h 'i". t }. .) . . , i r. :'ndlt turned .. . 1 , tul ing un. Sle.. 1 '-h. . ..i arrtin. " I want to tell you flht i'm ,"t ,,in,. to ('olorado, after * Not , ,t:_ " l ime'd Priscall I' Vihy hal, yiu ,iiven it up?"' i " lHeaue ",u v,. lht your fortune, Pri-'ill. ani I want to take the place of it. it ( :1'll1 have me. darling. I couldn't " a-k e-u t. I.. ly wiffe if yon were going to , rich. Iri- 'ili, but " "Ami and ,i.\ nclia Flacon,"interrupted Pri-i'illa. " i.(.-iv tolld me--" • A lot of tInn'.el'.. She told me about it. dear. -het onli wanted to find out if you really carn d for me. Lo you, Pri. .illas " It was quite dark when Priscilla ea tered the( snfl kitchelln of her humble home,i where her mother and aunt were disceusins over the tea-table the loss of Hihl Miatthew'\ money. and wondering why Priscill:i lidn't clm, home to discusr { it n ith them. The girl'-v eye. shone like stars-her cheeks wiere, flu-i'ed and her mouth smiling. Aunt HIliakett." hlie 'aid, bending iver that einelyt little woman to press a kiss on hetr -till - ln -lt clheek, "you - iwre- riliht. I tn:l I horn to go(od luck." " \ haelv, r di, you mean, Priscilla? G;raciousn to ulok at you, one wouldn't .upposl e 'ytu had just last a fortune." • Il've lo't one and found another," lu,.ilu h, , h'ri-c(illa. .1.t1 thn sihe toldl them about Joha -- Ame.i ,in ('uiltivator. China's Chief River. Thin Y:lnu t-, kiun', the third hwlgest riter in eth, iorhl. and more thian :1,00 miles lon: in all it' w"inluingls, from its ri-se in the nllartli,( trll c"t, imountains of ('lmi, to it- di-l.h:rlu'_e inttheYellow Sea, i- n.vi:,_,bhle. l s a ovrre-pondent, bj itmanltli:Lt si far a- .Jehln,g -1,000 miles utip frtin '.hiirhaii. The di-tantce friom Shlanghai to Hankow iA arl) milt'i. : IdI t trill there and back, n hith ,,(.upietd nin,. days. pri" ed in every may intere..tina and enjotyable. At new inttirval. l al n Iacil the river banks, are little muld h .veI.-. -imilar in shape to, and ,not niclh bigg'er than, an ordinary dog kennel. Here, the fisherman lives and plies his trade all day, occasionally, by means of a umbo o-pulley, raising his net fromn the water when he imagines he has made a good haul of tish. "I've belen on this river over twenty years," said our captain, "and I never saw one of them ('atch anything yet." As he spoke, the lishernman at whom we had been looiking drew tip his net, and Io! ther'e wva. one great tish in it, some two feet lontg. Ohhily enough, it was the only ish 1 saw ('aught while en the river. All that day we passed walled towns, built on the slctl of the hillside, and oc 'casionally bristling with fortifications; and now and agntin we would see a group of children playing eLside the water, faa front any signs of habitation, or a water butffalo would appar to enliven the scene, but as a rule there was a still, desolate ait over everything. Next day we lpassed close to the walled town of Nganking. It wore a peaceful air in the early morning---the drooping willows and brown sails of the fishing junks beneath the old gray wall, and the slender pagodals, and the quaint joss houses within the city, rising from amid green foliage, lent a pretty and pictor estlue charm to tthe scene; but those who 'could read between the lines, and wi knew what nt am ,int of degradation, squalor and vice at hinese tewn is capable of eontainin, were niot ehe.eiived by this Ioutward allearunce of slumbrous calm and lopae. It was horrible to t3ink that tev'n as wet lo,,kite solmiei poor wretch be hind the ie alls might ie undergoing tortures indec'ribable. The Favorite Beverage of Turks. Coffee- drinking in Turkey is imiversal and euttinuous. The writecr pas.cl ar greater part of four years in (onstanti nople, where he hhad occasion to call upon the officials of the Sublime Porte so frt cquently that it would Is' diffictult to na merate the. ofefic'ial viits; and with few excepltions, when the visit was protracted to any length. blaek retffe, pure in qual ity aid prpcireid with the grounds, was regularly served in small. deliege cups. All Turks'. from the highest to the low. est, inelule- in the lt ovelralge, a few swal lows at a tim' thrughut t hl t t dth ay, and without any c- il 01it tcs. What make the feet Icucr' rtm'teictkIbleh is that neither the. sued'ili-tt \ hat it' if the Turk nor the quific ': i r i g tic t it .te ea inint if the recik. -.mt, Ii illTte tel Iy the lerpet utcl ituluibin-o i4 the- htiieii-.rc-. Sp s t:wl.is, it ntv 1. reme- -ku'ei. are U litth I U.t'l in T'urk',v a- ili Gru''ce1; nor are' oinphcunt- (,f t h,' -'.-. lii, ire prcvalent, if wc .x(. pt opthahlnlia, lwhiih is lrought from ->re pt. and exists ihibly among the unclean lend ,liss.iute loweer orders. Ai old paisha ontle' teld ts that lie c.onsidered coffee to lie one of the gri'atest bilIet-in voucheafed Icy Allah te the faithful, no only frie its b atefel aroma. but firom i he:alth-pruervlng qualities. .