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JIEW YORK FASHIONS
MATE} LKROV DESCRIBES NOVEL
TIES FOR FALL AND
WINTER.
BLACK STUFFS IN VARIETY.
BILK'S CHEAPNESS MAKES IT NOT
<*tITB THE PROPER
THING.
BOI'AVE JACKET HERE TO STAY.
In a Hundred Different Shapes
and an Many Different
Style*.
Among the newest ideas for fall and
winter goods one finds black stuffs in
great variety, and some of the goods
are very fine and novel in weave and in
the combination of different wools. Al
batross cloth, so long out of style, is
among the newest, with this difference
from the old: The Australian wool,
vhlch is a soft, dull black, is mingled
with mohair, so that the mohair does
not really show, and yet one recognizes
GOWNS FOR LATE SUMMER.
Its presence by a brighter sheen than
albatross ever had before. There is a
very heavy gicilienne for bathing suits
and for traveling gowns and wraps.
This is the thickest that ever was
woven In this goods, and the meshes
are very coarse, but the gloss and
finish are exquisite.
I see also among the demisaison
stuffs some very rich luster mohairs,
email and medium sized figures, in self
brocade, and these make up very
dressy, but inexpensive dresses. The
English sicilienne resembles the French
tstuff very closely, but is of better and
more durable quality, though it does
not look quite so smooth and glossy at
the first view. The genuine English
goods costs $1.25 to $2 per yard and 1b
62 to 56 inches wide. Next to these are
Borne very rich silk grenadines woven
In armure design, so that while they
are porous they could scarcely be called
transparent. The canvas weave black
wool and silk grenadines are produced
In many new fancies, some being like
black cheesecloth as far as appearance
Is concerned. There is a new black all
•wool French suiting, brocaded in fine
figures. It is soft, but very fine and
rich and makes elegant gowns for
ladies of refined tastes.
The English brilllan tines are produced
In all the greens, reds, French blues,
resedas, grays and browns and will be
favorite materials to wear during the
fall. I noticed that there was a num
ber of pieces in cream and pearl gray.
These and also pale lilac, are intended
to make dinner and reception dressea
A NEW SQUARE-NECK GOWN.
of to be trimmed with medallions of
lace and other light and airy fabrics.
They are rather better adapted to the
younger ladies, though when properly
made quite dressy enough for older
ones and for swell functions.
Silks are so very cheap now that it Is
rather distinguished not to wear them,
provided the wool or cotton grown Is
one that will bear trimming. In that
case the care and taste shown In the
waking and the quantity and quality
©f trimming does the rest. A very
pretty fancy Is the applied lace medal
lions. White cream and ecru are all
very dainty and look well over any
material now in vogue and any color.
It is but recently, however, that I have
seen black lace medallions applied.
Some of these are put solely upon the
Bleeves of a gown and the pattern pick
ed out with fine cut jet beads. The
richest effect is obtained wh«n It is ap
plied over dark silk or satin, and the
most refined when the black figures
are sewed over fine white net and the
net used to trim the garment.
Among the prettiest of the goods
for outdoor and also indoor dresses are
the new shepherd checks. They coire in
all the latest colors, and also in black
and white, brown and white and blue
and white all woven in diamond shaped
checks. There is also one design of
"blue and blue," where the ground Is
a pale shade with checks of a rich
deep blue over It. This fs very beautiful,
but perhaps not quite so modest as the
brown on cream. The all-wool French
henriettas have reappared for fall in
the new shades, which consist of all
the browns in warm and rich tones,
soft rush, olive and roseda greens, deep
cardinal, garnet, rose and blues in sev
eral different shades, including blue and
periwinkle. Some of the browns are
so near yellow that one can hardly de
fine them as real brown.
Grenadines, it is expected, will be
worn quite into winter, under the new
regime of having bright iridescent silk
lining. The patterns in the grenadine
obtain such exquisitely beautiful and
always unexpected effects that one
season is far too short to exhaust their
popularity. The armure weave and the
plain iron frame are very much liked by
the conservatives, while those wl#je
taste is far more striking effects choose
the figured, brocaded or satin striped.
One lady said, speaking of slilks,
"Pilks are terribly cheap this year."
That is true, but there is nothing so
crisp as silk, and while a pretty plainly
made taffeta will not cost as much as
a mull or batiste gown it gives a cer
tain feeling of being well dressed that
the cotton gown does not. Certainly
there are silks which cost more than I
shall tell here for fear some unfortunite
man may receive a shock on seeing
it. a.nd there are silks to be bought for
25 cent 3 a yard. These are 20 inches
wide, and have cotton backs and swivel
pattern of silk completely over the sur
face.This silk is only fit for linings to
such garments as are not expected to
be much worn. There are now shown
rrany designs in fancy check satins.
The changeable taffetas are still among
the silks for mldseason, but they will
be principally used for fancy waists.
In black silks there is a superb satin
damask, with enormous designs and
as thick a» pasteboard. This has the
satin weave one way and the brocade
thrown over it In such a way that it
appears raised. There is also a new trip
le warp India taffeta, brocaded in large,
small and medium sized designs.
This is brocaded grosgraln. and a long line
of surah twill silks, generally In polka dots,
though some have figures and some are
plain. The taffeta with clouded figures is
often used for waist or sleeves, and the pre
vailing tint matches that in the rest of the
gown. A case in point was In a costume
just finished of biscuit taffeta. The skirt was
laid in deep plaits in the back and smooth
across the front. Down each front breadth
was a row of brown soutache braiding. The
waist was of taffeta, with shaded flowers and
faded leaves upon it. The sleeves were of
the plain silk, with a row of braiding. There
was a plaited front to the waist, with a
Swiss girdle of plain silk edged with the
braid. The stock was of brown velvet with
a plaiting above It of the taffeta. The back
of the waist was of the plain taffeta, with a
flat fold piped with tan down the center. I
saw this gown copied In mohair.
The zouave jacket has come to stay and is
made in a hundred different shapes and
trimmed In as many different styles, but the
zouave jacket is so Individual that no matter
in what guise it comes we know it for a
dear old friend. I saw a lady wear a suit
to visit a rival friend. The dress was of the
dainty shepherd's check taffeta, the color
being brown over gray, with a faint line of
green. The waist was a full blouse with a
myrtle green band down the front, with
croam laoe applique on that and on the stock
and cuffs. The belt was plain myrtle velvet.
The jaunty little zouave was of myrtle vel
vet covered with lace medallions and a bor
der. It was so cut that there was a wide
collar with flat revers. Some of these little
jackets are made with gold embroidery or
thread or little breloques or gold or silver
or Jet. These jackets may be purchased
ready made or made to match a costume.
Black velvet is the most useful for all pur
poses, and black silk or satin comes next.
I have noticed some new and very pleasing
effects wrought with lace and thin stuffs.
She who invents a new way to combine the
fabrics so as to evolve something new and
pretty, certainly deserves as well as the man
who makes two blades of grass to grow where
there had been but one. Well, this dress
was a pretty organdie lawn with corded
stripes and large pattern of leaves on a white
ground. The belt was wide and of dark green
grosgrain. The waist was loosely gathered
at the belt, and down the front were lines of
lace and apple green ribbon. The stock was
of apple green crepe lisse over moire ribbon.
There was a collar with epaulets, and each of
these had a sort of bretelle which ended with
a jabot frill of lace. Thus there were four
of those jabots down the front. The sleeves
were plain bishop shape, with cuffs of apple
green ribbon sewed over with narrow lace.
I forgot to mention that these lace additions
extended down the front In form of tabs,
and they were passed under the belt and hung
down about twlve inches, the lace bing sewed
around them very full.
There are a few designs in Irish dimities,
satin str'pe batistes, Persian organdies,
French organdies and Persian cords. I notice
among the samples for fall wear some nun's
veiling In light colors as well as black. Some
of this has a bourette stripe, which, though
effective, still looks too heavy for such a del
icate-surfaced material as nun's veiling. Still,
we shall see so much of the rough, shaggy ef
fects in all kinds of goods for winter that
what seems startling now will have become
familiar by that time.
This week I have seen several more double
skirted dresses. One had the underskirt of
brown velutina. with a little ruching of
pinked-out taffeta around the bottom. The
overdress was of tan taffeta sewed all over
with oblong black lace medallions. Around
the bottom it was cut out in deep scallops,
and black lace was applied, all the mesh be-
ing cut away, -leaving only the pattern. The
velutina showed but little, but et'll enough
to prove that It was a double skirt. Tha
waist was of the silk, the front being laid in
smooth plaits on the bust and having the
lace applique below. The joining was under
a ruche of the tan silk. The sleeves were
shirred and had doubled caps. Another skirt
was cut in deep ruffteE of lace. These were
ten inches deep and fell over a shirred ruf
fle of the taffeta of the dress. There were
others, but no space is left to speak of them
in. • — Mat Leroy.
The Coming Waist.
The Grecian waist is coming, according to
an authority, -which la rood news for every
woman. Parisian dressmakers are already
measuring die inches round of .the Venus of
Milo, the Pallas and Diana, and sternly for
bidding their customers to adopt any sash or
corselet band one inch wider than those
Hellenic dames would have approved. All
of which points to the hope that the reign of
the flat chest, red nose and pained expres
sion of countenance is nearly over.
Apropos of tight lacing, it Is pitiful to see
that some women still think they can serve
God and mammon, care ride a wheel and
pinch their waists. The sight of a woman
pumping along on a bicycle strapped in at
the belt line to the appsront point of break
ing in t»ro. is not encouraging to those who
think one of the greatest benefits of the
wheel is it* Influence toward rational dress.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBBt SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1896.
PIMS AtfD GREENS
ARE! THE FAVORITE COLORS SEEN
IN THE LATEST OH-
CiANDIES.
SKIRTS ARE MADE PLAIN.
RHIBOXg >IIST DE EDIiED AM I H
A %Mt!tO\V BAND OF
BLACK VELVET.
API'ABEXT SIMPLICITY POPULAR.
Square Necki Are an Hflecilvf Cat
for the Latest Dreaaes iv
the I'arlu Mode.
Some of the prettiest gowns seen
thiß season were sent from Paris last
week. As to color, as lons as it is '
pink or green, in thin goods, and dark
blue with irregular figures of white
in foulards and light weight silks, one
is absolutely correct. Not only is pink
used in dress fabrics, but this color
predominates almost every article of
an elegant toilette, even to the hat.
Large rough straws in this shade
were seen at all the recent fetes in
Paris, and are at present worn at
Trouville to the exclusion of other col
ors, light green only running a close
second.
As a rule there is never a season
why certain colors should reign su
preme, but this season's "rose-colored
rage" has a meaning. It is seldom
unbecoming; it rejuvenates and soft
ens the face of the matron and adds a
peach-like delicacy to the face of the
debutante.
VELVET BOUND RIBBON.
Ribbons still give a kaleidescopic
variety to summer gowns, but no
longer are they used alone in their
beauty. They must also be trimmed,
for no correct be-rlbboned costume
will leave the hand of the modiste
without its narrow band of black vel
vet upon its edges. Whether the rib
bon is used on hat or gown the new
law is unflexible. Its edges must be
velvet finished.
This new style of ribbon will not
affect dresses made before July's
fashion, for a wise woman will buy a
bunch of narrow black velvet, which
is inexpensive, and sew it neatly on
her old ribbons and thus find herself
at once in a style conspicuous in its
simplicity.
HER TWO-BUTTONED GLOVES.
Full skirts and two-buttoned gloves
are the most startling novelties to
which Dame Fashion, as represented
by our French sisters, has introduced
us this summer. What the thin-armed
and sharp-elboed women who are ex
treme in dress are to do with short
gloves remains to be seen, but they
will surely find a way to follow the
fashion, gracefully.
Apparent simplicity in a summer
gown is affected by those who do not
find the least necessity for even an
attempt at economy. For example,
a twelve and a half cent lawn was
worn one hot day last week by a
fashionable woman who had run into
town to buy some cool frocks. It was
made with a full, round skirt, finished
with two bias ruffles, a waist which
followed the style of a shirt, and
with its plain white linen collar com
pleted the gown. It did not fail to
attract attention by its lack of orna
ment, but the swish of a silken petti
coat was unmistakably, the "simple"
hat bore the stamp of a fashionable
milliner in the very twist of the rib-
F, MB HOLDER ED MUSLIJT AND LACE.
bon bow, and after all the Impression
was one of disappointment.
PRETTY AND CHEAP.
A woman who arrived last week
from Paris with several trunks over
flowing with creations in summer
goods designed to subjugate Newport
and Lenox held up to the gaze of her
admiring friends a blue and white
•triped organdie, saying : "This pretty
thins only cost ?2, but to carry out the
idea of sweet simplicity which go«s
with It. I was obliged to spend an
even hundred." With a smile she ad
ded: "Men don't know this; they see
the effect, and the girl says, 'Like It?
It costs only $2,' and when he leaves
her his mind is fus of holiness only,
and he never takes in consideration 1
minor, but more expensive details."
YOU HUfeT- SftISTLE.
Imagine the stl|E *n : silk or taffeta
rustle for which vre listened when our
grandmothers aiwsoacied being used
as skirts by leaders i'of fashion. A
very new thing, too, is its appearance
in the voluminous skirts, which are
unlined and absolutely devoid of
trimming. The relief from the som
ber comes in the waist of pink gauze
which has crowded c«epe and chiffon
almost out of existence. The illustra
tion is a reception dress made of these
materials. It may be for protection
from a possible draught that the great
ruff of black gauze, Elizabethan in
proprtion, is thrown ftbout the neck,
but be that as it may, it is, most cer
tainly a fascinating acquisition to an
already charming costume, which is
not finished, however, without the
great pink straw hat loaded with roses
and bits of green and crowned with
a huge bow of rose-colored ribbon, the
rv^yx "*■ "^SsSfc
LATEST FRILLS IN HOME AXD VISITING COSTUMES.
edges of which are finished with the
inevitable black velvet. Add to this
the absurd little gloves with their
heavy stitching and two buttons, and
the effect is novel, but elegant.
THE CUT-OUT NECK.
An organdie dress which will create
envy In the breast of every woman
and admiration in every man who
sees it is made with the cut-out neck
to the plain waist. About the square
neck is a wide band of black velvet,
which never fails to soften any lines
and always makes the skin look white.
The skirt is finished by five narrow
ruffles, and the waist is outlined by a
band of velvet. Velvet is used as a
finish to the elbow sleeves. The ma
terial is light tan color, with bunches
of bright red cherries, which relieve
it. This costume is worn over a slip
of red or pale green taffeta. A sailor
hat trimmed with coarse netting and
bunches of cherries adds much to this
dainty costume.
Pretty Bridenmalds' Dresden.
White alpaca gowns, the material of ex-
quislte fineness ana pliability, but still al
paca, were worn by the bridesmaids at a
reoent wedding. The frocks were softened
with fichus of white chiffon and the toilets
completed by black tulle picture hats that
had white satin crowns and were trimmed
with ostrich feathers and roses. Another
group of alpaca-clad bridesmaids had their
chiffon fichus caught down with violets, and
wore large violet-trimmed picture hate of
white chiffon. They carried tall whit* sticks
trimmed with ribbon and violets.
ft Perilous Wooing
Household Words.
At one time of my life I was gov
erness In the family of Sir William
Mordaunt. My only pupil was hie lit
tle daughter May, and both Sir Wil
liam and Lady Mordaunt were the
kindest and most generous of em
ployes. My pupil was a sweet, docile
child of about 7 years old at the time
the event I am about to relate took
place.
Then the Inevitable "he" appeared
upon the scene In the person of Frank
Dudley, a young brother of Lady Mor
daunt. Frank was in the army and
had been in India for some time with
his regiment, but was invalided home
for six months. Before that alx months
was concluded Frank had fallen des
perately In love with the pretty gov
erness — I am a staid old married wo
man now. so this Is not conceit — but
when it came to the crucial point I
could not find it in my heart to say
the little word that would make him
happy. For one reason, though I liked
him and was pleased with his atten
tion, I was not sure enough of my own
heart to marry him; and for another,
kind as Sir William and Lady Mor
daunt were, I did not feel by any
means certain that the marriage of
their young brother to a penniless
governess would be altogether to their
mind, and I was too proud to enter any
family where I should only be received
on sufferance. He went up to London
for a few weeks, and was thence to go
to Ireland with the regiment into
which he had exchanged.
When Prank had left, of course, af
ter the fashon of my sex, I wished him
back again. Life seemed very flat
without his sunny smile and cheerful
kindly ways. But it was too late then,
I so I tried hard to persuade myself that
| it wa.s "all for the best," and devoted
myself with exemplary assiduity to
the interests of my pupil.
Our next visitor was Jasper Mor
daunt, a brother of Sir William. Mr.
Jasper had been ill, suffering from se
vere mental strain and nervous depres
sion. He was not happy in his mar
ried life, and it was thought the com
plete rest and change in the bracing
air and lovely scenery of our Welsh
home would be beneficial in restoring
him to health. Sir William and Lady
Mordaunt went to town, but the former
only returned with his brother, Lady
Mordaunt having gone to Brighton for
a week or two with Mrs. Jasper.
It was late in the evening when Sir
William and his brother arrived, but I
own I felt somewhat scared as I caught
a passing glimpse of our new visitor's
sallow, cadaverous face, and wild, dark
eyes. His appearance the next morn
ing did not tend to reassure me, more
especially as he Immediately singled
me out as the object of his exclusive at
tention, and kept fixing his eyes upon
me as I sat at the head of the table
dispensing the tea and coffee in a man
ner which was, to say the least, slight
ly embarrassing. He addressed nearly
all his remarks to me, and kept paying
me such broad and unnecessary com
pliments that I felt myself getting
crimson, partly with vexation, and
partly with amusement. Sir William
looked on laughing, and at last said:
"Come, come, Jasper, this won't do;
if you say so many pretty things to
Miss Monroe I shall have to send for
Susan" — Mrs. Jasper — "to keep you in
order. And by the way, you have not
told me how you slept last night. I
hope you were comfortable."
That set him off.
"Slept!" he cried excitedly; "why, I
never slept a wink all night— not one
blessed wink, Miss Monroe."
I expressed my regret, and Sir Wil
liam inquired the cause of Mr. Jas
per's insomnia.
"Well, I'll tell you all about it," he
said; "but first of all, do you believe
In the transmigration of souls?"
"Certainly not," replied Sir William,
with conviction. "It is an exploded
superstition."
"Oh, is it, then?" answered Mr. Jas
per. "Well, I can tell you it is nothing
of the sort, but a real certain fact, and
I'll prove it to you, and tell you why
I could not sleep last night. Some
years ago I knew a lawyer; he lived
next door to me, and was reckoned a
very respectable member of the profes
sion. Now, this man was an awful
scoundrel and swindler; used to get
people to intrust him with their money
to invest, and then make away with It.
Why, I knew three sisters for whom
he was trustee, and whom he com
pletely ruined. Well, at last this man
failed for I don't know how many
thousands, and numbers were Involved
In his ruin, among others the three
sisters I have told you of. Then the
man shot himself. Now that man had
not the soul of a man at all; he had
the soul of a rat, a miserable, sneaking
vermin of a rat, and when he die*? his
soul went into a rat's body. It was late
one evening when I saw a big black
rat run through my room, which was
on the other side of the wall to this. It
was an enormous rat, quite black,
with long white whiskers, and very
bright eyes, and it ran squeaking and
shrieking through my room, and then
disappeared. I could not see where it
went to.
The next morning I heard the man
had shot himself. Then I knew it was
the man's soul which had gone into the
body of this black rat. Of course, they
had an inquest and brought in the ver
dict, "Temporary insanity," and they
had a big funeral, and all- his relations
came. They invited me, and I went,
out of politeness, you know, but when
they came to that bit in the service
about "the soul of our dear brother
resting In peace," why, I could have
laughed In their faces, for I knew it
was not resting in peace at all, but
careering away somewhere in the body
of that black rat."
Sir William, who had been looking
very grave during this tirade, here
broke into a smile, and observed:
"Well, old fellow, I dare say you are
not so far out; It would be the fittest
punishment for such a scoundrel as
you describe. But, did you never see
the rat again?"
"Yes, many times, but the last time
of all waa here, in this very house,"
cried Jasper, excitedly.
"Indeed!" said Sir William. "Why,
■then, you must have brought it with
you."
'No such thing," retorted Jasper,
scornfully; "a rat like that does not
want to be 'brought' anywhere. But,
he continued, "I am confident it is also
identical with a little dark man who
has taken the lawyer's house, and goes
to business every day carrying a
black, shiny bag. I watch him every
day as he passes, and I always say
'good morning, sir rat,' under my
breath. You mark my words, though,
and look out for that rat. I got up and
chased it all around the room and out
into the passage and I am confident it
disappeared in the drains. You have
not seen the last of it yet."
Before Jasper had been very long in
the house, it became evident that his
mental derangement was of a more
serious character than had been im
agined. At times he was quiet and
lucid enough, and then would suddenly
break out into some incoherent ro
domontade. His inconvenient pen
chant for me still continued, and he
would haunt the schoolroom with gifts
of flowers and fruit, or sweets and
music, or anything for which he heard
me express a liking.
One morning, soon after breakfast, I
was on the lawn with May, snipping
dead rosea off the bushes and gather
ing a fresh supply for the table.
"Here comes Uncle Jasper; lets
hide," said May.
I turned and beheld Mr. Jasper ad
vancing in his peculiar ambling- fash
ion. Flight was impossible, so I held
May's hand and waited until he came
up with us. He held an enormous full
blown crimson plcotes in his hand and
came eagerly up to me.
"Ah, my princess, I have found you;
I have been looking everywhere for
you to give you this," pressing the
gaudy blossom into my hand. "Don't
you remember the old rhyme, Miss
Monroe:
The rose la red — the violets blue,
Carnation's sweet, and so are you.
You, you," he cried, "you are my rose,
and my carnation and my morning
star all rolled into one. I — " Where this
outburst of poetic eloquence would
have ended I know not, for this mo
ment Simpson, the butler, came up to
Mr. Jasper.
"Mr. Jasper," he said, "will you
please come and speak to Sir William
in the study? He wants to see you on
business very particular."
"Now, why do you come and talk to
me about business when you see me
conversing with Miss Monroe?" de
manded Jasper testily. "Go away! I
cannot attend to you or to business
now."
On my representing to Mr. Jasper,
however, that I must attend to mine,
and take May to do her lessons, he con
sented to accompany Simpson to the
study, saying as he walked away:
"Well. I will go now, but I shall
ccme again; I have something very
particular to say to you."
About a week after this Sir William
and Lady Mordaunt — warned by the
doctor that though Mr. Jasper was not
dangerously violent at present, he
might at any time become so — went
up to town to see Mrs. Jasper and ar
ranged with her about having her hus
! band placed under proper control, even
if only for a short time.
"Simpson has had experience in men
tal cases and will take charge of Jas
per, so you need not feel nervous," said
Lady Mordaunt to me as she went
away.
I resolved that I would spend the day
in the schoolroom and give my eccent
ric lover a wide berth. In the after
noon, however, May complained of a
headache, and I sent her to her nurse
to lie down. Then, tempted by the beau
ty of the day, I took my book and went
out, intending to spend the afternoon
on the cliffs. I walked through the
Crowley woods, now lovely in their
! autumnal tints, out on to the rabbit
I warren, and over that to the cliffs. I
| made my way to one much higher and
steeper than the rest, known as the
Great Tor, and climbed to its summit,
a moss-covered bit of tableland jutting
out over the beach and commanding
a grand view of the surrounding coun
try. It was a dangerous spot, and one
to which I never ventured when I had
my restless little pupil with me. I es
tablished myself as close to the edge
as I dared venture and sat for some
minutes lazily enjoying the quiet beau
ty of the scene. Before me lay Three
Cliffs bay, with the silver shimmer of
| the water shining through the arch of
> the first tall cliff, while on the other
j hand was Oxwich point, sloping down
in a grand, -richly wooded curve to the
water's edge, with the quaint little
square-towered church nestling at its
foot, and looking as though it rose
directly out of the sea. The waves
sparkled and rippled In the bright sun
shine, as they gently kissed the long
stretch of golden sand lying between
Oxwich and Penard. For a few min
i utes I gave myself up to the luxury of
enjoying the beauty of this fair scene
and to the dreamy influences of the
surroundings, nor thought of danger
and peril so close at hand; then I open
ed my book, and was soon absorbed in
its contents.
For a little while I read on undis
turbed. Then a sudden shadow across
my book made me look up, and there,
with a wild glare in his eyes and a
look of savage frenzy on his face, stood
Mr. Jasper.
I started to my feet with a cry of
horror; there was no mistaking the
deadly light of insanity in his eyes. I
was on the edge of a dangerous cliff
with a madman!
"My gem, my princess and star," he
cried, "I have found you at last; they
have been trying to keep us" apart all
day, but now we have found each other
and will never part any more."
His "gem, princess and star" — though
I imagined I must have resembled a
frightened thunder cloud more than any
of the above similes — turned on him
indignantly, and I did the most foolish
thing, under the circumstances, that I
could do; I forgot that I was dealing
with a lunatic, and spoke to him as if
he were sane.
"Please to go away at once, Mr.
Jasper; I came here to be alone, and do
not wish for company."
"Oh, now you are going to be cross,
just like my wife; she is always scold
ing and nagging, never gives me a min
ute's peace: But I love my wife, I
do," he added, reflectively, as If by
way of afterthought, "I love my wife,
do you believe me?"
This, under the circumstances, was a
satisfactory assertion on Mr. Jasper's
part, and I hastened to assure him of
my perfect confidence In his conjugal
fidelity, adding, "but she would not
like to see you behaving in this way;
loose my hands, please, Mr. Jasper,
and go away.
For answer he drew me closer to him;
I could feel his hot breath on my face,
and my terror was increasing every
moment. "I love my wife." reiterated
Mr. Jasper, "but I love the morning
For Preserving
Purifying and
Beautifying
The Skin Scalp
Hair and Hands
Under all
Circumstances of
Summer Exposure
Nothing
So Pure
So Sweet
So Speedily
Effective as
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anrl moat refreahinjr of toilet aata ao4 aura*
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sales of all other skis ma 4 complexion iratjt.
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star, and you, you are the morning
star. Come and let us jump over this
precipice into glorious space, and we
will circle around the moon together,
and be happy evermore."
Then to my horror Mr. Jasper placed
his arms around me and forcibly lifted
me off my feet. In another Instant we
should have started on that aerial
journey Mr. Jasper wished to take.
To struggle in that vise-like grasp was
unavailing; there waa not a human be
ing within reach to come to my as
sistance; one more step and we should
be over the cliff and must inevitably
be dashed to pieces on the rocks below.
I could no longer control my terror.
I uttered one long, piercing scream.
Then a loud, clear voice rang In my
ear:
"Jasper, Jasper what are you about?
For heaven's sake loose this young
lady; do you want to kill both yourself
and her?"
Then I felt myself wrenched from
the grasp of the madman and almost
flung to a safe distance on the grass.
. "Frank, Frank," I cried, "Oh, how
thankful I am you have come."
For Frank Dudley Indeed It was;
though how he whom I supposed to be
far away in Ireland should suddenly
appear in Gower In time to rescue me
from a terrible fate, I did not trouble
myself to Inquire. It was enough for
me that he waa there, and that I was
safe.
"Good heavens," ejaculated Frank, "I
was only just In time; another second
and you both would have been over
the cliff! Has he hurt you?"
"No, I am not hurt, only terribly
frightened." And Indeed I was tremb
ling in every limb, and struggling
hard to repress an Inclination to go
off into a violent fit of hysterical cry
ing. Frank had barely time to place
me on a low piece of rock, and then
turn his attention to Jasper, who now
came forward with very threatening
gestures, evidently bent on battling
it out with the man who had come be
tween himself and his "morning star."
Fortunately, Simpson also appeared at
this juncture, otherwise, strong as
Frank was, he would have been no
match for the madman. Simpson had
but left his charge for a short time,
and on missing him, after a fruitless
search elsewhere, had traced him to
the warren. Between them they over
powered Jasper and took him back to
the house, I followed, feeling still very
shaky, but resolved to "hold up" to
the end. When we reached the house
of course I collapsed, and waa glad to
take shelter in my own room. Here,
under the care of one of the maids!
and with the aid of a glass of Sir Wil
liam's good port, I gradually recovered.
Later in the evening I was sitting in
the small drawing-room, pale, but quite
recovered, when Frank Dudley came in.
"Oh, Mr. Dudley," I said, "I can never
thank you enough — you have saved my
life; but for you I should now be lying
crushed and lifeless at the foot of the
Great Tor."
" 'Mr. Dudley,' " he said, seating
himself on the couch beside me. "I
was 'Frank' this afternoon; please, may
I not stay so?"
"Oh, I forgot then, I was so frighten
ed I did not think what I was saying,"
I replied, and I know I got very red aa
I said it.
"Well, it was very nice. I wish you
would always be bo frightened, and not
know what you are saying when you
are talking to me. But you have not
asked me how it is I am here Instead of
far away in Ireland."
"No, I have not; but how is it?"
"Well, you see the regiment is not to
sail for a week later than was at first
arranged, so, having the time to spare,
I came down here. They told me you
had gone on the cliffs, so I went out to
find you. Elsie, I came back to see if
you would reconsider what you said to
me — If you would give me any hope?"
I don't know who spoke next, nor
precisely what was said, but I know I
found Frank's strong arms round me,
and felt his kisses pressed upon my
lips.
All this happened many years ago.
My husband is colonel of his regiment
now, and my two little girls will leave
their play in the compound and come
and sit in the veranda while mother
tells the story of how poor, mad Uncle
Jasper tried to jump over the cliffs with
her and father came and rescued her.
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