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A QUEER 03Y. toma of the W in ff'Hcli II Develops Ilia O.I.LUIi. jt,. flrexn't 11'; "i ul v It "wraoni his eyes." liul tie "r.tfiit roi k" of took will insure a aur ii;. 1 t l- iit'ont Indiana, ftrnts, or benrs. Aud lie's lot-ifor ti.e buy lu all uiuiia.uie af fairs: . , Br suu.itf t F-llTht M rlMnn is clcur. Kuw, Ua't thai queer Attliour' t. of au errand he's "tired a a ' ,',' '' . Verv ciu.volTfe. ami of 'Mriiniplnf nmtind: llm, II tin r s it Itutiil or u c:rc;i In tight Ijo v1'i lol.ow 1. t ud.y Iiom morning till Tli iiii.w uiiia will cupturo him, cotue day, I For ho Is so quocr. If there's work la tlio fc-arden his liond "ap'ics i II, Anil his i ho Is (to liimo lie "em't dtjr a Ml:" Hut Uient.oii base-Lull, uud Le'a cured very ftxilt. And lu 'li ilg for a woodchucktho wholo after Do you iliink lie "plays possum? Ho seems quiio siccem; Lut Isn't he finder. V . l;. S. In Ft. Nicholas. fqiii)t"last. Jr-oj)liine 21 ay how was left nn orphan in her childhood, the so'o in loiiior of her father's princely forlintf. 11 ui guardian conscientiously fuiliiled ki Uuiv in t lie premier investment of lier money, but left Ler intellect and character to l.e formed by the servile crowd uf money-worshipers who sur r a in li I hor. Con ccpieutly sho grew Uji SH.lisli ami huugiiiy, impatient wf contradiction, claiming uud receiving homage unit aliuitatiuii as her right. Sho posscs-ed great beauty of liolli face Ami limine, a ml was well educated aud accomplished. Joephiim tosided with her guardian, lie was a widower, ami his family con si sled only of Iiini6eif, Josephine ami his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Monroe. Mr.i. Monroe was si nice, at ient lit'lo woman, scarcely more than a child in Tears r strength of character, yet old In n now and trouble. Jsho had mar ried George Monroe against Iho wishes of her iaiiuls wla) aavr uiul coiupre heniJtril his utter wotihlf ihih, mid Very oim wlie rued her haiiy Hei, for ho firoveil wild anil dissipated uud cnr.tii of her comfort ar plen-iiire. Unlovely n wa Jixepiue in many resufcl, t ho rich tivninure of utlortion of many a manly heatt wax lavishiMl upon her; hot her heart remained un touched until 46 met Norman Rmn iuton. Ho wn berpjnal in birth and station, and grimily her superior in moral worth mid true diHity of charm ter. S ie hood locd him with all tiie it r dor of her passionate nature, and gladly plighted to him her troth. Korni.in lavished upon her the earnest devotion of a at run;;, loving nature, lie thought lie saw beneath her appar ent heal ties? uija soiux true wouihmIv sensiiiilities which ho fondly dreamed it wou.d Wo hii euro to uwakeu and develop. ' Soon after their enjjnjement Nor miu had exproHsed his disapproval of Mr. Caj)er Fenton. one of the most peiisieiit of her follnnen. He was of f;oinl family imd of rather prepo'nes " n ppea ranee, hut lie had a dis-ii-led. ousel tlrd )fk. Josephine, w ill) er womanly instinct, lnl mittrufltird liim from the first, and had only per mitted liim to join tlio train nf her ad mirers that Kl o miihl havatlie pleasure of Kcoruiii hiiu wheu he should pro limin to propose. T..ere was tn ! a lnre chnrity bull, got up by the elite of the place. Norman ask ml Josephine to go, ex tending at lae nuuif time his invitation to Mrs. Monroe. Mdch to Josephine' chagrin she accepted the invitation, and when alone she petulantly asked: Why dM vim asic that low-bred widow to nccoiupany u? You niint at least have cousultod my pleasure llrst." ' ''My dear Josephine, e.nt asilo nil anc i Uiwmnaiily tlmiirhis and feel iii. I piiy her loneliness, and it 0tir!y will not harm us to give her cm? eeiiiii of p'iMasinv." Josephine nhiuod Ler iliouldcra, lint reir;aiiie l ai'ent. S'o did not care for :ih oihmi rupture with hr lover, lint ihe mrntally determined to punish him by lurinir nnin l her aide Gai'r Fenton. wrniii he dcpied uud haled, as did ever) honest num. The ball had already henn when tliey enti-rtxl, uud Mr. Monroe bein clHimcd by an !d N'(juaint:inre for the will 1 35 just funning. Noruiiii and Jom liinc wfi'o noon Uoaiin aUiul in i I H dizzy mazes. After tin dance he left ler o HH'ak to Home friends. Ga -per Fi-nion. who hd been waf ch in his chaiir. now ahppd forward and paid his ri'sM-cH In iho hauhiy Imniiii v. S'.io was all amiles. And em boliliMied by Ids anave rwiiMtion, be beil llie favor f her hand for the iet just forming. Site rraeiouslt ae n'pled. darting a look of Iriump'i at Norman, who was just trading Mr. Moiwot to form one aide uf the same iiriiriih. Alter Iho lanee waa conrlndpil Nor man li'd Mm. Monroe to a eat and oiiilv exriHed himself. Turning in aei'k Jom-piiine, he a.siw hor jut ai- 1in Ihroii'ii the j;it w;inlftw to Iho alrinv. 'J'ne xilvery tnooniiijtu airn j;leil faintly Ihrou j i the p.irted i-ur-tains, and pi-slciicd aoi'tly on iier sjilin robo as .i.mi Hept from his view, llo heiialel a nionienl and I hen strode alter llieni. W.nkinj: up lo them, be ollori'd Jonp!iine his urin, without HiH iein l'eulon. Toe ni'.'ht n'r ia too chilly, lie aid, ' nfli r llm heat of the d une. You Lad lietlrr H I urn." Meeting his iel)ii1;lnrj glance with didiani'e, ulie said. j'cosv: Kxchsh me. Mr. l'eulon. I mipposo I have lo liiton bowed, anyinij, "Hememlicr th next wait is mine." .Norman hurried her in without rir ln lo r limn to reply. IIh aald noth ing; but willi a determined, almost a fierce look tnvi Ids face he led her to the conservatory and. plaHn; her In ft aeat where I hey were hidden from View, ho aaid abruptly, "Now, Jose phine, explain your conduct." Really, Norma-n, your touo of com Daftii.d U iiiznlv offensive" Josephine," don't Irille with me. You have insnlled me. and evidently with a -jurpoe. I want you to l e 11 'inn why yoii bira ihn optinly delied my expr'!sod wish" by reeelviu that base acouudrcl with freedom aud auav-liy." to uuen nn autboritatiro manner. I reseut it. You c oose your own com p.iuious, and I claiui the liberty of do lu I he naiuo.M Jusephine, oneo moro I will -suppress my just indignation and be of ouIob1uiu that mau. lln is, tnuler "the outward sumUance of u geiitlo in a ii bold, bad mau; an udept in all manner of evil, a gambler nnd a tcolTer nt women. You know me loo well lo think 1 would thus malign any one without undeniable proof. His Very presence is contamination to any woman, and my wife must never con port with buch an exceptionable char acter." Sho aroso with a gosturo of impa tience. , You are really quite dramatic. If Gasper Fenton is so dreadfully wicked, why, your f.irovite, Mrs. Mon'roo. witU her over-abundant supply of goodness, restores the balance." Norman turned vcrr white, but re mained speechless, lie followed her back to the crowded rooms. As I hey entered Fenton met them saying, Ileal ly, Miss Miyhew, I began lo think you had deserted me. Our waltz is just going lo begin." She look hU u im, her overweening pride exultant at thus defyiug her lover. Norman did not como near her again during the evening; but when she desponded the stairs, shawled and wrapped for homo, ho stood ready to conduct her to the carriage. The drivo home was a silent one. Mrs. Monroe, slill excited by her unusual dissipation, chirruped merrily about the pleasures she had received; but the tiim alienee of her companion quick iv qivnehed her flicVerln gtyety and she sank back in the carrugo oppress ed, she knew not why. Arming home. Norman conducted the ladies to the house, aud, with a cool good-night retired. Putting on his dignit," aaM Jose phine to herself as she went up lo her room. Ntxt morning, afler a restless night, a aoto was prnooutesl to her which, on oponiag. made her Hush willi anger and surprise. It ran as follows: "Utsa Maturtt: i B-4 .Uimi 1 whs rompVtely mtetakm In your c! roir. W oou a uorrt be happv to iremrr, iu.d I uliall couslilar cur vug ajfurpeut auuuliU. Youca, eta , NoaMAT Rtiii-fOTO-f." A variety of emotions struggled ia her heart; she had loved Norman Rem ington passionately. Pampered and spoiled as she had always been, alio had never once thought that her rebel lious folly would lead to this. Pride and resentment were dominant traits in her character, anj she exclaimed, "He doubtless thinks that he has in llicted the direst puaisliDioat upon me for opposing his wisacs and means to return to me when he presumes I am sutlicirutly humiliatrd; but he shall learn his mistake. When ho next ad dresses mo it will be as Mrs. Gusfer Fon ion." One month ntfer t"ie eventful ball Josephine married Gisper Fenton. It was a brilliant affair, and the voting couplo started oil on their wedding tour with all the pomp of circumstance whieii wealth alfords. Two years of unmitigated misery passed away. Josephine's rcreugcful act had recoiled upon herself. Her husband had proved to be more despic able than Remington had assumed. Restraint no longer necessary, ho at tempted no coucealment of" his evil compuuionshio or ,his immoral prac tices. Nightly he either held an orgio at homo with compauious as brutal as himself or went abroad to some den of no doubtful character. He had long since ceased to treat his wife with any semblance of respet. He taunted her with coarso allusions to her lovo for lleiiiingtoti, which ho knew sho still ciierished, nnd never ceased to worry her for sums of money. One cold, wretched day in winter, as she eat by tlio windo.v. gazing wearily out at the wildly drifting snow, her husband entered, and taking a seat In side her he said, "You do not look Wbil. Josephine." Indeed I am quite well." sho re p'ied; for sho wou.d never acknowl edge to him her increasing weariness. Sim well knew that he would rejoico vther tna'u weep over her death. "No. V'u are not well, and have not been for some lime. Yo i should SCO a physician." Yes. and make my will, I suppose?" sho adde maliciously. A look of hatred flashed from hi eyes, but he answered quietly, "I did not mean thaU bnt it is certniuly ever)' one's duly, who has much property, to make a will." . "Yiti are wonderfully anxious for my dcalh." she said, bitterly. "How ever," s.ie continued, willi the sem blance of rosignalion. "perhaps it woo d bo as well. If you will bring mi attorney here this afternoon 1 will ca-. your mind, if iot my own." His eve sparkled with this tinex period compliance, and ho said, uuhe.s ilaliuglv. "ami dare I will you." "O i." sue said, quickly, "to whom should I leave my property if not lo you? I havo lu) near relatives or irieuds." Willi a countenance radiant with ill suppressed j y ho look her hand aud sai!: -My dear wife. I hope yon may live long lo enjoy your wealth. I see I have mi taken oi, and I humbly beg your forijit eii-ss for my hirshness toward 31m. You sec," ho continued. "1 was madly jeaious of that Reming ton, and feared you still cherished his memory. 'and il made me act unbecom ingly, lint hftcr such an uiimis'aka bio evidence of your love I can doubt no longer. 1 shad return presently with a lawyer." And ho hastily left the room. Joephlno cnt n scornful, mnllgnant glance at the retreating figure of her . husband. J "Fool! does he think to blind mo ; with his insudliu sentiment? I will j outwit him yet." Fenton. fearing to let her resolution I cool, soon letuniud with a lawyer, nnd a will was quickly drawn up' and at tested and signed. this will Jose phino gave to her husband with every appearance of saiisfactioii. and Fenton, locking it securely in Ids private sec retary, muttered exultantly: "I never hoped to secure ty so easily. It uhnll now be mv caro to aes that she makes no other.'' Kut Josephine was n match for Ma cunning. The very next morning sho bad another will drawn np, leaving everything . to some distant relative whom she hnd never seen. Her health gradually failed, nnd when tlio cold, raw winds of March a wept dolefully mound her dwelling sho was confined to her room, nnd soon, she was too weak to riso from her bed. She know that before the balmy, life- ivingairof summer would como sho would bo lying In her grave, but. tho thought of her second secret will was the source of nn exultaut joy even ou tho borders of tho tomb. Fenton, too, kuuw that 6ho was dy ing. T wilt search." thought he; "sho Is sly and crafty, ami perhaps she has eluded my vigilance and made a later will than tho one I hold." So ho searched the house over, but found nothing. If she has any. it is secreted about her bed." he thought; nnd he watched her with cunning, cautious eyes. Ho soon detected her nervous habit of feeling aiMiut her pillow, nnd once thought ho saw the corner of a paper. "Tho sly jade!" he lietvely muttered. "She hs one Imneath her pillow; but, by heaven. I'll havo it and destroy ill" "Watching his opporiuuitj. ho enter ed tho room where she had been left nlouo. He had been drinking to drown his nnger nnd disappointment, nnd when Josep'dnn saw bis lieud-liko face, she shrieked with feir. "Hush your noise! You ihonght to fool me. but I'll have that will that you ve secreted nliout you. if 1 havo to , clioko jou to get it." 1 lie made a rush toward tlio bed and snatched the pillow from beneath her head. Fi led with tierce strength Ixirn of 'excitement, his w f e clutched him about the neck with her attenuated haads. thus impelling his movements. ; lie attempted lo shake her oil. but sho : clnng to liiai with a deathly grip. Her 1 suokan eyes glared frightfully; thai round, red spots on her cheeks deep- , ened, showing more vividly the ghast-' y pallor of her face, ami hrr hrill err for help rang through tho house. The servants rushed to the room, nnd dragged tho infuriated madman from the bed just as his frantic clutches nt the led clothes had disclosed a legal-looking document. The dying woman sani buck exhausted. Tlio glaring eyes grew filmy and expres sionless, tho jaw droppod, and tho clenched hands relaxed. She was dead. Gasper Fenton was handed over to the authorities, and the last will and testament of tho 11 n Sappy Josephine, beygariug her husband, was executed. SENSATIONS AT DEATH. Th Enll of n LlOtlm llptl In tha Itrulii nt Ilaiielur r Urowoln;. In Blackwood some curious examples nro given by tho writer of n well known phenomenon the fact that I he events nf a lifetime will pass some- tiuta in a moment through tho mind of a person who is on the point of death bv drowning or suffocation. Speaking of the death of Lor d Pouson- by, who was hanged by the mob in Paris in 171)1. and cut down before life was extinct, the author ays: He (Lord Ponsonby) proceeded to give nn account of his seiiMition on re turning to consciousness. Iln could not havo been actually suspended in mid-air more than n few seconds, nnd jet in that brief space of lime all the events of his past life passed through his mind. It is true that his life to the date had not been a very eventful one. being only ID years of age, but every past sensation was renewed in all its Ireshness. It is also remarkable that ho did not at the limn experience any sensation of fear, w hile, he added, his was an cs3eutially nervous temper- a,1i?,n. ... , llus remarkable mental power of calling up the past in moments of sns- pe in 1ml animation 1 have heard fre - quently ineittionevl. Ouo was the case of Count Zieny, in the revolution of 184H in Vienna. He was caught by the savage moo. hung like Lord Pon- sonby iu the middiu of the street. when his owu regiment of dragoons charged dow,i and cut the cords ns he was swinging lu the air. Ho fell lo the croumlaml was sui . nosed lobe dead: r... 1.: ' . .. inr uiih 1119 iteiorit wn, a tn) inurinii verv was a very different Lord Ponsoaby's. for -0 agonies, and fo? ten .lavs mailer irom I....I U,.(T.......I ... . B..u. , "o " 1 ,'rLu had four men constantly with h.m. lie ile.-cnbes exactly tho same seusa- lions ns Lord Ponsonby; the scroll of w it at w.i h inueii longer inuwas 1111- roiled, even the smallest detail rushed back on Ins iiiemon ; he had the same fearlessness 11 1 the moment, bnt he felt nil the horrors of the agony when t'iu danger was pat. A most interesting littlo book called "Admiral Beau for a Experience of Dro tiling." bears testimony Id this seemingly uuivcrsa! experience in sud den danger. "Thought succeeded thought.'' says the Admiral, "with a rapidity that not only is indescribable, but prolxibly inconceivable by any one who has 1101 himself been iu a similar situation tint event Ihat had just taken place, I he effect il would have on my family, ami a thousand circuni' Stances, connected witu home. Iravd- Ing backward iu time in reirograilo succession." All this proves thai du ration of life docs not depend on hours, but ou the number of iuiprcs fcious c.iivoed to tho brain. DijraoM In Ireland. Sho is nn Irish woman, bright, witty, entertaining, as mi educate I Irian wooiau cannot help being. S.10 was telling me of a gathering iu a certain hotel parlor In the (in-en Isle soon afler one of the periodical uprisings among the Irish people ngalust land lordism. In mentioning certain facts regarding tho persons present at this mccliig she sjhikeof tho Imprisonment of this one or that as a mailer of course. 1 remarked that it was a strange con dilion of nffairs that iu which Iho prison had lost its taint. "Taint!" the cried. "Not to hav been in jail lr disgrace!" Tweututh Century. Governments In Mexico. Within sixty-two yeara Mexico )m had fifty-lour 'presidents, one regency, and one empire, and neirriy everv change of goverumeut has been ellec d by violcuije. "THE DUGKESS." CHAPTER XVIII. Contixued. "I warn you." says she, fa tha same In tonne way, speaLin almost under Let Lieuth. nd I rftis- f o listen. I tell yon I can not lhetlds t in ;o it: I must end It ona way or tl;e other. You know you must tint if ycu will bay Lut ouo word ouo I "Are you mad, that yon poak to me like th's?" exil.dius bl;e, recoiling from him. There is horror and condemnation and sonu tiling else in her glance. Is it da spair? t he leans hoivily apralnt tho trunk of a treo, ntvl puts Lack lota hor arms at if to hold and cl.n? to it. 4 I don't pro tend to misunderstand you," she goes on presently, "but what I really fail to see is why I 1J10v.ll my thut word. Do you know?' with a faint nnd most unkind smilo. "Can you tell ma:'" Komli!" "Xny, hour me out. Now, mre for nTl. It spcnis to mi yen nro In' or ng u ulcr a d hulon th'it I wou d g'ndly oisi el. It is indeed a ma'Ur of life nit I dorvth with m tlt sprnkint" of 'th s word,' thatyoi," with a thil ia't emphasis, "a tan to think Am I so mnd y des runs t si you froo tent I th." I ronkin; o!T suddenly, as i' uKo-entnj-, find inakl s a t ush o:.atj moveini-nt with l:cr lo.t ty naV:ol nrm, as ii l!in ;ing from her fouio haUiful th.'n'. "It is iu EUlTerab'e." 'Toa't ro to: frr;" i.ays Denis, ia a cud-ou-ly corn re scd t ji;e. "I cull jut." v horrcntly. "To srty fnniioh flu t it Ihn tlin'.nnA.v Tint, uhn cuH tii d wor.ls su'Ilcient fr such a cause ! my maimer, t!.o inainer oi wli'.ch yoi you so fwd j complain, not taught you that that-" "Whnt'" crtch'rg hrr wrixt. "Tlat I hnte nnd dutost yoi!" cris sho, with a sudden burtof in 1 ignition, wron Iw ing Leixelf Ireo. Her cyes aro ullamo, her Hps quiveriuj. Never even in her loveliest moment bus idij evt r IooUe I s Uvuitilul. Ho!" mys he, I itter'y. Her beauty is lost to him juftt then, though in a sense he iee it, uik! afterward remembers nn I re calls every chnrni: but now m h wild rage povt rrw Lis heart, that only the keen hatiol that Is nhvays s i mv.r nllied to a keen love burg's within Lis breast. "Has it never occurred to you," says hn, hfs own yea fnhhlnj, "that you might touch ino to return thitt feeling.'" "Re'r.ru it es heartily as you will The moro bcartily the better I shall to pleased." "It Los come to this, thou. It Is to be open war between us." "I don't ktow nbout the coming, the newness of it 1 bno thought of you for a long time ns I think cow." "lathe old dayscf BallyhirchJ" Ills tone has agida hoftenod. Tlicro Is even easer npf eil now in the eyes he turns on ler. Loth the apenl nnd tho altered tone cn'y servo to mnllen her. Alaa, alas, for tbnt old dv.ad day', "At Bollyhimh," says she, growin; deadly wlute, lut st ill let'arding h m with au unwavering gaze, uyou tH;iijve l I was In Jove w.tl you! Is not that so? You thought " with a littlo low laugh "that you wire a hero, a leing from another, a fiuu onatlo w or III, in t! e cyis cf tLe littie, ! in;ple cotmlry gill, with whom it pleu.'cd , 7 to h;!e away th telious hours, -ome ' Handing lack from hl.n wi.h her 1 arms 'I clasjKti beh n I he and a m xj.'cuiij eiuuo ujMn 1 er iij-a 1111. i uuios irm nun liu misery of hor eyts "confesj you did not know me then that I was a silly cou :try laby, il you will Lut tla nt all events, I was uoj fool'th enough tJ Low down aud worshi p you." Oh, t'.e s.lf -contempt that awakes within bcr as sho taya this! Tha bunting pain at Lor I cart! Had bho not 1owj1 down and wonh ped and g.ven, umuke 1, all the fiist swoet love of her Lfo hit) his keep nj.' I.cr breattt is coming quickly tLrcujih bar rod, r pj lips, TLe i:'.holence, t!io beauty cf her. rou-WJ in Lelaney an anger untontroilablij, but with it u p iston more uncvnitro.lablo s'LL As bho s ands thus tyclore him, de. ant, lovely, ho makes a sullen step forward and .i. 1.. I,, . n 1.;.. . i'i 1. j --ZZn ' aai .bt l.e.irt u last touch oJ remorse and then he kis w h r ru Lo Las n. ver vet kU-sitl nn woman, as he will never kia ' an iher. Ho lo s ns h's nrmr too late! A sense cf his own tct, a tnowlct'ga tat t ho has 'sinned beyond tedetuption. so ovtr powers him thut he can find no words in which to ' excuse hun e f. As Ikj stands silent, trieken w.t.i regivt, a low, sobbiag breath lal4h ul ?1 n ear. 'h: that I tould kill your exclaims the P'' iu a kuo so iuteuaow to Lo almost . ,, , , ,1Lfjr .nrf Ending, facing each lT, VZK h Inauuib.o, remorbeful hen a light footstep sounds upoa ,K.r rgJ.t jUVofuntai lU J,xh ruU ,1.1,. tMllfi mriVrt . .,., fl;,.i,ttl. as lliw faza et ccmes, with Ler usual slow, j unuu.atinj btep, trom tlie bhaUoWi that Its th.tkly 011 tLe t altera walk. CHATTER XIX. Tlopes and fenrs belief an 1 licllevlnj "Is it a reheaif ? J?" asks a!ie 6weetTy, f mi ing upon J enU "If so it hardl need rej etiUon, 1 th 11k. It w.ll Lring down auy Louse. ou are L oth, so f -v as I am u Ju gv, jterleo ia your fwU." Tao Duchis', palo as death, stands mouonlisi llo much does bho kuowf i bat has sho seen 'i-oa't be frighrane.L I shall not b3 ray you, ' says Id'sa CuzaJet sUnng ! might at Ler with an auoin uajlo f .tie laugh. "It is a K.rct as yet, I sap- Iie, tins very l.vdy muta iinient of 1 y u;a, and I shall sake care not to mention iftnlesa . You La e kt pt yocr e ves, so far, huv you it q'wte to not How c.eti rr of you." 'Cutherh.e!" logins Dclanoy. "J o, n t a word. What atioiTd there be to eipiiim to iivj? Secrecy ia the pniuipal tl.lng in a luat.w" of tub kind is it not.' ltis always more Hiuts;ng ao, eh. At least, so 1 hate Uen to d. td U a piqu .n y t) the atl'a r." It is imp r.ible tc deot ioe tho Smiling ins donee of her niaaner. "iou ha1 totier Lear me," says De laney, coming a Hi en or two forward, a lsk j of eag f txt it meiit on h s lace nay, more an lut nse b e! "lr you think " "I don t, 1 am sure," UUrr. pUshe with a clever l.aste. "Uut if o 1 w.ah to ua.-Jau-ate that the extremdy anlma ed scene I j a now vit aed was not a.t.ng, I fear it must mean a very serious quarrel between you and your cousin." rUm looks quite ronrer. ed. "May I net act as mediatorr" fche Mxes her garocn Korah, who bieathes a little more freely. Is that all, then? Hod sl.e only heard those last angry words of hers, ouly seen ihe h d gnutinn of her look and gtsture? Is she entrely ignoiant I of what gives rise to them "I think not. As J legin ao I must flv- ' Ish ny feuds for nys(df," she says beuten tiously. 1 hon, "Have you no one v th your' peering into the darknesa beL"s I, wLere Mhai Cazalet is standing just on the moonbeam's edg No," a little taken off hor guard by this p-i mpt uuentiLn. . "Ah! Then you con take Penis off my 1 hands," says the Duchess with a swift movement tliat at once sepai ate her fro n I the other two. Peo stops quickly pat ' t en and a second Utor is swal owel up by the sl.al .wi With her koz II. -ws Ca alet's assu ued ludiHei enee and biu.lmg uaoun- J cvrn. "Yon and your cousin are lettcr friends than I havj Uhmi le i lo lelievo," bho say, I turning a Keireliiii1., a rathor couteinjituoai j glance on Denis. "ily coutdn hates me," roplioi he, gloom Uy. "You sar that! Well, I should ot have I thought it." I "iou of nil others 8'iould!" rctorta he, ho'ly. "Vou aw more than yen, pretend, Kat.iorino; you law all. And " ".All! (Jh, no!" aajSbhe, with au inox pltcablo smile. " ou saw enough at least to prove to y u that Noruh is in nowise to blame to night, that I I oidy w ha stop as th Uh it were inpossibie f r him to procee , and a heavy sijja bioks front him. "1 be haved aloiuinably to her," he bursts oat at Lut "I am riot thinking of l er -of tho in jury done to Ler lino feelings," coldly. "1 am thinkiigof myself." "1 know; I nnde.btan I that you have much to complain of. I can quUe so that nf .er this you w 11 wish f put an I end to " "I shall put an end to nothing," steadily. "Do yo-. ihink." w til a glance bupposod to bo fond, nnd that makes his heart did within hiin, "t at I outd not forgive you so much, nn 1 that I have not for mod my own opinion of this inipiensant matter! I I el'evo tho truth t be that you were I 'd l:it it by a consnm r.atu topn'tte, a heart le s, unpriwi. 1'kI f.irtl" The words siwm to to re fr Jin between hor clenched t.eih. Her eyes grow vindict ve. "t'ne w .rd, KatLerine!" says Dolaney, btcn.ly. ''i'oa i-hall my no slanderous thing of "my cousin. Iteiuem!er thut. It is imp sib!e, bavin; "ea orah, that you should think so of hor." "1 lutvo my own views, as I toll you b3 fore," wi:h a curl of hor thin lips, "and I leave it to time to prove nio light. Ifean wLIlo," coldly, "it woul 1 1 o in bet'er taste, I think, if you wore to refrain from defe id iiiS ln-r in my jiresonro. How-ver, 1 Lave no biieation oi quaireling with you on such worthlO'H grounds. Come. Let us retium to the house." "Well, I don't know that I ever enjoyed mys.lf more," says Lady ULuulore Li lier languid way, alluding to thejoyof thj mht night. It is nowcnce mire a new day, and bo:no of them are wan-Ioring aim lessly down tho pathway that lead to the &hrublery, di. casniug the good and evil of the dead dance." "I am bure I didn't," Bays Mr. Creeno, who is as usual orah's s. a lo.v. "But Miss Uelaney is c minously silent. "What cloud lies ou your Lroin, Mits re'an'y" "Norah Nonsense!" says Lady Clan dore, corning pood-iiamrcdly to tlw girl's rescue. "Dou't Lelievo bur if she pretends to melancholy. To my certain knowledge sho dan e 1 holes In her stockings. What could any well regulated g rl desire more.' "t 'nless it might be stot kings Lit previous to holoH, 1 1 don't know," responds Mr. Greene, meekly. "Oh! one ndht desire moro than that," says Miss Cazalet with a little subdued suiile. "As for Jany Blako " lAdy Glaadoro Is legian'njr, when suddenly the two in ad vamecry 'Hush simultaneously and onto to a deol stop; their eyes are rivotod upon n blank s; ace in the laurel hedge before them, theough which a Lack canle dls tbaMy sooa. r-'urely it is the back of Na'icy tlake heise f, and surely, to, t iat oth-r Lack so clote to her belongs to Lord Kil enrrllT. All this mtht bo as nothing; but w hat is that it obscures the dainty roundness of MLss liiako'a waist.' With one consent tho advancing army right aVnt face and turn and fee Land? (iLiudoro, who is specially delighted by this littlo glimpso into bcr frien l's preoccujia lions, laughing immodera'ely all tlie way. The Dueh.hS, p-i haps, is in a degree sur prised. It ii always a surprise to a woman to dud that a man can see any charms Lu another, Laving once been charms in her. "Isn't Nancy delicious!" says Lady ( I lan don. 'To e'cuiilcly simple, let lit." "80 do I," says Mr. (Jreese, lnr.o-ently misunderstanding. "I've always said that li3 was the dearest mid bimpiest fellow I Un-w." "I didn't mean that," says Laly Glan dore, a littlo warmly, who cm make fun of afr eixl hernclf, Lut won't hear others dolt "w hat I said vm ". "That Nancy was deHoinus,' " puia In Sir I'Lillp. "And who s'tall gainsay yon? Fhe is one of tho few charming pjoplj btill left npot t ie eartlt." "Is sho so charm'ng'" q -estlons Mis Cazalet, with a dolieute lifting cf her brotvs. "I bnpposo sh must oe, but I confess it :'s al ays a matter of wonder to me what It is you all so about her." "It can't be a wonder this time at all events, " say Mr. Greene inhdiy. "Yoj saw it yourself." "U'liat " sharp'y. "Why, ICilgarrilf's nrm. That was aboat her. wasn't it'" Whllo Miss Cazalet is bofraying her very natural contempt for this moan Joke, Pe anoy, going up to Koran, t aches hor lightly on the arm. "Com i this wty; J want to spnak to yon. linnet." ho Fnys. pointing to a sidewalk tlat lea Is to tl.e riht. (Something in his wholo air in Ju ei Ler to actxle to his re quest nr.d sl.e turns na'cie nnd gres with him down tho shaded unfrequented path way he Lad indimtod to her. A sudden turn in it eireeiuidy centals them from the others on the upper walk, who Lr this timo huve swej t o 1 beyond betring. "W'e'l " nsknhe, coldly, stopping short end looking at him. What she sees sends a uharp parsg to Ivr hnrt lie is ale, hag card and wretch--d looking. Dark slial ows lying ender his yes tell ofani -ht f ncd wi.'Lout bleep, and his face is drawn and de 'ec ed. "Nora'i, forgive me," he cays, earrerly, b-yirg to takj h r hand. ",s my s n no enpanb nib e a one that I dare not rsk for mercy.' Think have Ity on me. To you who do not care ail this is as nottdng, but to 11 e to mo who love you so madly, so misera' ly, your anger is as death. Bay you forgive me!" "No, it is lm possible," P tho Puclfss, a'owly. Tho color has fade I from her chek end she has turned h -r eyes upon the ground. Pho cannot boar to loo!' at him. And yet it is true; forgiveness she cannot grant him. "Do r.ol say that," entreats he, gently, tnt with a force undercurrent of ag.tttLTa. "Yoa should weigh well your words before saying such a cruel thing as that Bee, I am going away this afternoon In an hour or so and I shan't tie back until to-morrow; do not send me from you with this horrible weight upon my heart Do not, I beseech you. I have been so many hours so many sleepless hoTir brood !ug on' this thing Hint,' w.lh a heavy slj;h, "I would entreat you to give me a kindly ward, to lighten my rmore somewhat" "A word what can I sayr" . "iliat you forglra m. It is a great deal to fcde. I know, but" "i will not; I ca not," exclaims sh bu rlodly, her cyet a ways on tlio ground. "Vtill. so le it," says he v.ear lA lfo p'O'-es s wav from ler. and then ait'oTnty conies bae'e a (tin, an I raibi ig her fa wir.h 1 ne Land, couijmLs her to return bis regard. "V. hat a face!" he savs. "All love and tonderiieai and swoofcue.ss, yet how h .rd. Low unforgiving yoa can lol Are you 1 esh and 1 lood, that you fi s cold y rj rouaee n.e' A moment bineo I sa d ull t lis was no! bin g to yon, Lo auto ou dil not cro; but." pu'9.lonatety, "I spoko ngahxst my lttor julgmoit then I be hove aain.it everything i,h-tt you do car t. You were ni ' fiijnd onco; you cuunjt bo 60 a'togethcr chan ae 1. "And yet 1 am. I," with a little qnie frown, as though something hni tr.irt her, "A hardl f know myself s nce I enmo hero. Cell mo enpri'it us, what ou wi 1, b it o .ly beiijve." e lderly, "that. tho girl oi kne-r ut Lallyhinct is nltlitirl )ou know n w. All my tnslcs nre aberod. What I lik 'd t'.o.t I tiiin i wurtiiiess now; wi at then contented me bee iu now of ti e poorest; value. IVrhaps th'a may explan the cLargi.i moot whi-h 300 complain; itt mu-t, it bhoul I," with a ehom nt des rot couviiic., "iectuse tin re is no ether reason, not one, for U10 tho d-.ilco that i now feci for you. " ho bus said this rnpl lly, with a rervoua haste; an I ns ho 11. iLsh' s 1 kt almost on t:o point of tainting. PeLui -y, who has Left waUhng her, wtdht Istnng with a cvrious I'ght in his c yo.- now draws bauk a step or two as if to go, "I must accept your exjTanalton, of co re. There is nothi ig olu left to mo. Well, (.ncd bye," says 1k, raisi.ig hij hat. "iou ate not goiug to ih.s theatrical eu tertahim ut to-uig .t, thon. nt the Ear laoiis:'" buys alio, w.Ui an evident cil'urt at oniinary eoa . erat.on. "No. I cm ;oing to nothing plerusnt not even to the devd," njs ho w.th ablnw t lauh. "(ome fedows in my raw might find it poor tonsolaton Li taking ihat roaJ, but to me e ven such pa'try cow: or t is 0o nie.l. Will you t oiru bacii to tho houje, or will yo 1 join the otli rs " "Neither. I thou d liko to remain here alono," replies sho, turning inipatieitt.y aw ty from him. To Le aU ne, however, is denicd hor. The last sound of Delanoy'a depar.iag footsleps is still upon tho air when Noruh, glancing apprehensively to hi-r right, sai Mis? Caz aiet ad aiicmg toward hor lrom tho upper walk. "How fortunate!" says Katherino, seeing from a distance a des:re 0:1 Nor th's part to escape, and thus c utting it short. "1 Had no idea you were here, and I wanted so much to see you. There is something,' with a peculiarly unpleasant smile, "1 wish to say lo you." , "Ves," says the rucha3 faintly, instinct warning her that her hour is comj. "When next," I egins Misst'a- ale.t in her clear,' cutting tones, btanding opposite to the g n aui H1L12 hor w.th her light, piti- ,4I ALWAT3 KNOW WHAT I AM BATIXO less eyes, "when next you want to kiss a oung man do t ot chooso tho shrubberies as the scMiie of action, and do not chot9 Penis:" "You cannot you cannot know what you are Baying," gasps the Duchess, turn ing gha.-t'y pu.e. The poor child is tre ub l.iig in every liir.b too horrlliol, t fri'htenol to make any further proie.-t "I do, perfectly. 1 nlwuys know w.iat X am saying," sayi Miss Cazalet, calmly. "I saw you last niht with Pi nts; 1 stw him " the pauses an t casts a g auce of vivid hatred ui.cn tho siirivking girl lefore her. "W ul l you liave iuj repeat it?" bho aya contemptuously. "i. o not sp.-ak to me lik? that," says tho Duche a in a t no so low as to bo almohb inaudibl?. "If i.' indjoi y m w.tj thei lust night you must havj seoa that I did not ti.at." stauiuierin puinfady, "I woa not iu fau t that 1 did 11 rt do thU tiling of which you ho crte'ly aecusi me. I," wiih a sud ieauj lifting of hor tone, "I could not Lo-t..e a.,uutxd hsbanl of ano.lijr woman oh, no no," covering her oyes wi.h Ler hands, "it is nt hue me. It wi ul 1 n t be me ii I could do suoh a Udng. Yoa niti-st know that." Her breach is coini.tg hoavily frim be tween her p.1; te I Jijw. All Ler natural b Haest courag has for.sa'ceu hor. B'.i has fixed her eyes, which have grown hire and wild, upon s.Ht erine, and o en as the lat ter wat.'b'n h r two beartrbroea t ars rod down l.er cheeks ' You must know it," she says again, ab solute tnuvaty in lier tone. "I kn. w m y what 1 a. and hoar," re turns Mis ta.nlet u.mioveiL "And I saw you n h a embrace. Your pretended anger afurwar 1 did i.ot deceive me in tlio leuAt It was a mere part of a well nr jinked wholo. However," enreeaiy, "there is read no reuoO 1 why we a t..ut I dwell 011 smh a rut.er vulgar epihle. I only spokf oi it a a. I to warn yoa to repea.uig her words with col I nua nn ; eia p..ii. is "wa n you to uvoid uon.s in too futurj." "To warn me!" says the Diches3, recov eriig h r courage at this .uiuitaud ila Lvug Lauhd.y. "Vuite so," calmly. "If yon interfere with utii and Dcn:'s again, I tod yi u ojien.y t. at I ih.dl' .n 1 or m ev.ry one Lore of w.,at 1 saw Lu t niht" 'iobno li'i'e would liel'cve yoar vcraioa of it no one." pis-o:ia ely. "St.l," with nn in pi -a t smile, "such stories damagot A. d besides, 1 n inby think yo 1 w uld rare tor me to make tu experiuienV" The DiKh jj makei a slight gesture withi her little truinb. ng l.a d. IS ie can.iot speak. A setLsaliou of po I ire s cknovs i overjsjwenng i.er. Lh, to got away Iron this h rrible woman; auy where, o.uy aw. iy. "Vou uitdeisia id," says ML Casilot remor-olcady, e.ijoying with an only naif concaied amusement the girl's agony ot sli ante. "There is no reason why you slioul! speak to me like ths," says the DucoeM making a sipronie effort to be ral.n. "Penis is nothing to me nothing aixl I am less to him! You mistake altogether." "Aud lost night did 1 mistake then too" "Denis was in fanlt then, I admit,' presdng one hand tightly over the other as a help to sustain lite ddhcidt calm. "I to.tl hint so just now." I know," says Miss Cazalet, with a pe culiar glance. "But you should rememlier,' with a foolish, gem-rova des're to exonerate! him Lai TO UK CONTINUED.)-