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KATHARINE NORTH. V1IL "AUNT KATE." CBPfTlgB.I lOgg Bv 7"B? ri-f.roir AiinfiaUon, Katharine did n..t aee Mrs. Llandaff until sho 1 a-. served out her cbowder aud her tish. Then .is ghodggWhaok*?aOok hurriedly a.the rest of her ..penal provime to see if other orders were wuit ing. she was awnre that a l*dy tat down at t.hc tcatost- table nnd that d e beekoned to her. She wns also aware, with a suddon quiekoninz intereet. that it was the sume lr.ily who had aske-1 her a few queetious. sihe walked up to Mrs. Llandaff and stood with ore hand on tlie toble, hor erapty waltct in tho other, looking down at hor. And tho woman for the tirst instant, eould not sneak. She wao ?Mgeooed by that ridiculous notion that. thi- was li r former self, projeoted on the o_nv,is of the present. and lenhing at hor as if there bad l?eeii no years between hei yeuth and now. Kathnrine's oy.-s wore on her, rlear, nneonscious and with s.mething pafhetje in them. It is tei rlble to aee patho* in eyes 90 yoiinj. It has no right to he there. Mrs. Llandaff more/l uneasily. Some o_e nt the next table tappivl a tumh'.er rmperatively. Katharine turoed. took an order aad huriied away to obej* it. Tte eider woman aat there. She waa sayinu to herself: " It is ab~lrd that she ihonld lie Rony's ehild. Sba shoild have been mine. Tlow I eould have ?_nderstood her! She shnuld hnve shared her very eotil wlth me. Roxr'o ehild! What was (Jod tbinkinif of to give the ehild to her?" Katharine cam.e ba- k agaln wlth ber tray laden She glaneod with a alight de-prei ating stutla at Mrs. Llandaff as if to apoioiji/'e for negleet. In .-. moment she came bach and wnite-i onee more. ?' I want ?" The lady pauseJ, " bring me Him' tliing-anything.'' K-tharine snuled again She bO_t_t_-i sllght-y, Iten she said : " Everytliing h-0 a tin spoon ln lt here,? She laugbed a little, meeting the etr-nger. Unrlerstandin^' jjlunce. "I know it I leally eame to see you." The girl fluehed ileeply. "But brlng me some eake and toll me when you wiil be at liberty. I want you to come up to the Af-lnntie. "No, I will take jou out, driviiig; that wUI be batter. Tell me when you bave a sparo hour. I want a long talk witli you. I enn't eay anythiug here Oh, that woman waato setnething. Von must go.? Tho girl turned away. She mee.ba-lcally went back and fprth for the next Ive niinutes obe\vi_g calls. She jestled _?ai_st Joaurtu at the order wlndow. "Ain't it funny?" aald Joanr.a,' "there's the publie epeaker a__ln. Did you Icnow- lt?'' " Yes. I know it," answored Katharine. "I thonght she bad enongh of tt bere las* Rme. She couldn't eat a thing >Vhat does she waut aow?" "Some oake." ln a low roiee. "Oh, dear; Im fik_ I ain't got to w-ait upou her. Take ber all kiads. But she wont want any. I eh'd thiuk she _ etay away. "Where's tho youug man?"1 "Whad yonng eiaa?" "Tlie eae tbat w*? with her tlie etier time n " Oh, I don't know. ? The tw_ hurriedly separated. "When are you at librity?'' fm-tediafrly re peated Mra Llandaff a_ the girl came asain Katharine eould hardly pnt from ber tiie feeling that this atranger was m_ki_g a mistake: that ahe would soon Hooawtt tlie mistake aad that would be the ond of tbe matter. But she answered with shy promptnees: "Tbta week I have frorni eight until nlne ln tlie mernlag. I ailght be at llberfy aome ether times, but I abovild pot be ?ure of it. That ta very earl v. ? Mra. Llaadaff aeknewledged tihat lt wa? very early. Kbe was rarelv at ber breakfaat before nine. But she. oanld alwaye he govenmd hy ao impulee, ppovided the inapulse vrere stroag enough. Aad ln this caae it was. "I will oall for you at eight,'' ebe said. Then she walked out and oame near forgetting to pcy for ber order. Joanna, ranlf running by the empty ehair and the untauehed plate of oake? had aeCBOlan to say "I deelare:" a_ain. aad more stro-sjlv than ever. She laoaflded ta Kmma Taff. and also to Katha? rine at the Hrst opportnnitv, that she gnessed ptihllc gpgohln' waOB . good for women. It seemed to take away their wits, somehow. And abe wondered il tbat IJandaff womuu waa going to keep eomlng and orderlng tiiings. What was she up to any way ? Katharine looked at Joanna as she talked.^ Hhe wondered "what a persori must be made ol" who eould speak af that lady aa "that Llandaff woman." She eontrolled tlie impulae she had felt to tell Joanna every word wbioh had been said to her And be?ldes, deep ln tlie girl's mlud, waa a strong doubt as to whethcr any one would call for her to drive in the morning. Everything was too stranr She trlod te p-tt the whole aflair away from her; and as a reenlt of this endeavor she tbought of it more than l*fore. if poesible. She oould not aleep, eave by little unrestftil snatWies, durlng wli-;h she dreamed of Mr. Orove and ber mother. She was gaiRllged that in her waking moments she oould thi-lc ol Mr. (?rove so little. S_e had supposed oho sliould never g_?p thinking of him. And be bardly eyme into her mlnd, save wl.en sorne tall man suddenly eatered the r_t-t_* rant. Then her pul?e? would give a eiekening Jump. and wem to at_7>, until sbe knew beyond a doubt that the tall man was not Mureellns tirove. He bad said that he wasn't going to glague the life out of ber. 11 had been hard for him t/. consent that she ehotild oome down h?-ro with Joanna. Still when be was convinco.l thut she would come, whethor he gBVO his 00-8001 M BOt, he ?avc IR 'lh.-re was a BBBld'BlBg sen?e of helplessne* iu Lis heart when he walked away Irom Mr. North s after ti.at targiyiew. Ile ba/1 oaly retnained in New-York two day? lontrary to Kathaiine's e.\peet?tioiis bel mother had -wi.-hed her |0 stny ut home. The shrewd woman BBW very well Uiat if tbe lUrl remaiued Bt home she wouhl b^ umler her own eye, and would be where. Mr. 010*0 might vL-it hor. But Mrs. North annoureo'l openly tliat she didn't pret'-nd to have any rii'ht now to tell Kute vahat she Btaat do or Bb_0_B_. WkOB a woman had B husband she BVABt lo"k to him for gui-lance. At this i-euiurk Calburo Norfh hnd not been Ohlo to rostrain B satineal crunt. Bal he knew too mueh to BBOho any arti. ulate sound. Mrs. North went right 011 to remarh thal if a liufcbaud couldn't teH bis wife what was b.st bhe didn"t know what- the world was OOOBlag to. So Katiiarine took the plaw as waiti-r-ijirl whieh Joanna securod lor her. Aud her latlior drove her Bad l-?r little trunk to the statten Her motlier kissed her a dutiful and very lotid kiss on her left Qhogh. aud she lold ber to be suie and eee *hat her clothes fregg airod well before she put IhoflB on. Katharine was very unhappy all t.hion-jli the drive. She aat with ber hand tnehed under her father's arm. They did not ppoah g word UM te aay good-bye ae tbe ears came up When she waa ln the train, howver hhe grada* Blly emerged from the -OtfRgag of the ejoota upon her. But her fi'tber, drivin; back 1o his tluifl.y and comfortahta home. feli -Bat thg blaeknoss was Ktowing thieker about him. He thought of the n.an over in Iho novt part <>f tha town who li_4 been found liari^ine, deail to a repe hltohed to a beam in hia burn. He oould almuet Lavc teld bimself that he envtad Uuip -an. Hc _a_ uiade an eud to -iin_e. Mr. North lrejied his ebin on his hand as his horso sunnterod throusjh a lonoly pieeo of road. " No," he thought, " I can't tic a rope to my neek as long as my little plrl livea She miirht nood me. Theugh lt. preeioUfl little I CBB .io. iVrhaps, tho'igh, jist bnowing I'm allve is a eomfort to her. Qed knowa I wnnt to bo 0 eonifort to ber. It's all thoro is in the world." When Katharine ro?c tbo novt morning at liva o'clock, Joanna, who ahared tiie bod with ber, gmanad that it was not time to ij-ot :ip yet. " I know it. Bat I can't sloep. Iin going tO iho lieaeh." She drossed heraelf carofully to be ready in ease t.hot lady should remomher that she had said she would call. Then she hurried out on to ihe shore. It was Inw tide In ten minntes the waves would e\p.-ri enee ihat mysterious ebange whieb abould put life in them. Now the oeean had with-lrawn itself: it was BObbiRg a little in an andertone. Tho water rolled loklly. liko oil. BWuhing fair.tly upon the f.md aud talling back lii'icui.lly. There waa not a hnman lieins; in sight a* Knthit rine walhed down the ?|npe. Soine snndpipers ran in their peeuliar g-ding way on before her When sle camo too near tbey flow, then settled again on tbe sa-i.l. There was no hluo gRy. Everjrthittg was softlv gray. There was no wind; only a fnint breath of air came from the east: it was as full of fhe edot of salt as it touehed Katharine's e.heeks as if she beld a hand--] of that just tr.sscd up Irish mos*. to her face-. Thp glrl liked eaeh dny_ as these. They BOOthed her, without her hlMWiag what lt was tliat \v,.s ao comforling. One of these _ruy, silt. daya waa like the presence of ? fiieml who likes you and approvea of you. So Katharine felt it. She need not bo back at tbe cafe t>cforc half past. eix. She sfrolled on and on. The space she had p..ssed wao ju-t liko the space that lay abead of hor. Soinetimos tliere wae a little BtrOBget pufl from the oee.in. She eould not aee the water, BRVO the llne where it touehed tho ohoro. But OOCaolooatly there came the BOUndaof oars i:i lowtooha, of a man*e voice glviog some order, of the rpla.-h ol water on a boat'g airle lar otf in fhe bay. Kafhoririe alrea/ly knew how early the percliers and eodders soiuetlines u-ent. out r,, oateb for tl.e hotel lahlea On clear davs she gow them itart from the stamy beaoh whloh curved between two blnfla off at the right, as aho stood in fron; of the eafe aad gaxe.l abont her when tliere B-0 ? lull in the ordo.-*. Evarythl_4 was very different from F.edinp II lils. It was like beioe. iu atiothcr world. hhe ttlmoet thotifhl that. lt mlfiht b<- posaib'e Utat ebo horself was onothet glrl. That, would be so lovely?te be unothcr girl--and to brgin life free Not that aho was parlidlarly conseious of nrt belng free A ohair. may be s* licht atid lo.ne that lt seems not te fetler. And Katborlao.- spirits were now RRogaally lrifrh: she was so P--Rg and healihy and busy, and iu a uew plaee. There was onlj Joanna fo romind unr of anythin. dis.igt??ible: and Jaanna ha.'i pa-fiTy ot 6ubjects of her own for tbongbt, Ihe ehief among tiiem belng the tri.velilng sitl.tvaati Bealdea, Joanna araa fond ef Kate la Ihal onpei lieiul, thoti^hlle? kmd of a way in whieh a girl who has a trawliinc BOlfamOO may bo fan-l af OM who ia not so fortnnate. ThlB morning Joanna was Rred, ns she tokl hereelf, that Kate should have tahei a nntion to r.M up ln this way. Aml she eould n->t po t<> sJeep ajrain la-ea-ise she hopaeued ln aok hen-elf if anything were the matter. KatO was m, different lhat was the mosi pnvoki-s thiric- Mie waa difTeront, and yet Havteg come. after raanv yavrns, to this la-t phra6e, Joanna sat np in bed. It was a room only a few feet lar.-er than the l?ed whieh stoorl ln it. It had _ wlndo-.v in the roof wttuib was tilto<l up on an iron sipport.. Joanaa put her h.-ad to this wicdow and sniffed. She looked out upoa the ocea_. "It's Just ao cloudy as it ran bo," she aaid pet_!antly. " And I wonder where Kate boo gon< tw. I don't know whai *hc oan want. to walk on gneh U beach aa tbat for. I wonder if Uiat is her," as her eyea llghted OB one flgnre moviug alowly toward P-unt All.rten " I ihauldn'l wonder if ehe walked oJoan over to H'lli." Joanna dreased. She t.wisf. _ ber hair baek aml aet her fcat ftrmly down ov.-r the stnall wads of bair that wore oenflned _?'.- lier erimpors. It w.ie " torrlble hard to keep one'a hair in o.nmps af tiu shore. ? She thoupht she should bny one of those little frinires of hair sue.h _s some of tho other gir's wore. SLe eould lay it aeross her forehead and tiie daoBgneoB dtdal oooai to affe--t it. She hurried dawa over tho heavy. clogging gand until she wime lo the hurd, wet floor ..t tiu- beach It wais lonnOQIBr to her without any people roun.1, and ne band plaving. And how diaagreeable thal kind of a moauing ih.Ik- tiu* w:i',-i made BOUBded ! She wlsbed tiiat she badB't Come out. She kept fe'olui{ on. Vee, eertninlr, that must lie Kate; she wns jiml turnlng np 00 lhat old, half-buried wreck. SIk would probubly,-it down tiieie and l_ .Ioacna -li-l not go aud ca.ll her ahe misht keep ou siftin^' there arul not L" " on hand" to wait ti|ion Ihe folks betweea oevea and eighi There were some people who always eamo I'i breahfOOt then and Kate was oue of the W-itetB. Ju.inna hcrself didn't go on BBttl un hour later. It was Katharine who was sittJut? on the wieck. And she was iu a mood by this t.nio wbiob fully jnatilied h<r frie.itl in thinking thal she might forget to come baek to wmt upmi the S'-.-n I'eloe.k " luealers ? " If I bada't got her here I g'pooe I shouldn't foel 00 kind '.f re-poiisible," gaid Jo.tnna ai, ahe walked oqoately on, not looking at water or land, and wtohtBg as she wer.t that. this kind of air di.l not t.'ilvo tlie curl ontaof her hair so qtileh. It was rather 0 long walk. aiul it. was many minnles before the Wtech seeiiie.i to grow nny u.-iin-r, and Katliarin.-'s BgatC to be.'onii' inore ile flned an.l reeofrnizable. When Joanna was within B feiv rols of hor frien-i, o horoe eantered latooigfal from u-!.in<l nw of the hills. The boTBC hore a man mi his back m.l wns eomiag on rapidly, Joanna ball aaused. A glow of ancer __Bgmd with the glOW of exereiM- on her fOOO KatlmriBe was eertnlaly very qaoer. Had she eome out bere to nmet aetne -.m-'.' Tbe i.ext monent gbe bad giaaped Kate'fl arm aud bad said ar.hrilv thal BtaC hoiie.l Kitly wouldn't !?.;id ber aaeb a ebaoe a?ain. And who was that man, anv way ? Kathatiao tnraed a bewllderod, nbvnt f;<re to mrd thla guddea ejoeotlaner. She roee a.n-1 toened to Ihrow off oome power whleb i ad beM her ?Ih it time f-" ne to lend tbe lahlea?'' ehe aske'.l "I forB'.t. Bnl it can't be time oituer." But Joanna dld not reply. She w:.s loohlng toward tho horfeman, nnd now she aald: ?WTiy. it'-s Ibe pubhc speaket's gOUBg man, II certainly WIlS ,hv,'n I'Ii,n?l"u'. Ile had rbblen over to IIull bf tho r .ad. and ho WBO now e.un ing boeb by the beaoh. He unconsciously slackonevl his berOOO pa"'' gttniewhat when he saw the twa (,-irls ut the wroeh. , , . They stood holding eaeh otberB har.is. hfarini! .Ddtagataedly at Wm And I.e Otosad at them. tboagb not neirly so nndtagotaedly | and. if the truth must bO OtltOtJj stated. he saw only one of ihem. Kathurino. There was still left on her face tho glow, nnd 1l,o rapt introvorted kind of l.,.,k whieh had am to it while ohe sat there "eommanl-g wlth raature" as the oM phr.se haa it. Thoro are BOUX ()f ihe aid abmooo mWeb etili bave rather b ?UrtliBg deitree ef meaning in them at ti.n.s. And yauag UamBm* waeatarttod. lie mM to hh-BoM "i? is thal oafa -iri : a_oa mentHlly ho contrailieted his own BWtloa. Ile uiade lu* hoOOO e^yacole aud under c-.ver oi thie manoeuvre he camo atdl r.earer. Vea, it certainly was that cafe girl. He had bad nn idea that 6h* hnd a faee lik* thnt. It wne a fa"e !fke-his hnrae thunuered nfT ov*r th* hard aaad and it* ddef did nnt flaiah hi* *cnten.-e. Rut the fact that lt was nnt tiiushetl. l.'it m.ust ba lladahed aametlme, reaaatnad nebnbraaly with him an aomething deeldedly ai?r*enhle. "Odd, ain't Hf" r.-'i.ark"'! .loanna affer a moment. "What is it that's odd ?" "Why, lhal thnt young man aliould he on the bcaeh this morel-.]*." "oh, thev'r.- i'vcrvw!i*re," returned K.it'ia riae. " I aappoie IVa laai h* add that arefa h*re. doa'l you ?' She tontc .T.-nnni's arm nnd the two bcn-n to wnlk qnickly ba, k. "I araa worrled," sai.l Joaaaa lu an aggilered tono. " becanae it aeeaied so stranue for y.m t.. _?-> 0 :t mi the beaeh in a elondy, dnll aaornbag like thla Its jusi's loneaome'a it can be." " < ii'i'l.'.- ? Loi c-oine .'" Katbarine f'.nk her bat off and shonk baek her hair. "I think n- beautifnl. Its-*' Her arlent aot, ? stopped. She bethonghl her se!f in time that her companioB niitrhf think i-lie waa eraay if ahe wenl nn in that way. .loanna Wiis qnlte likely t.? think anv one was crn7V wha shii- thlaga ;'.i a my differeal wap from what sbe hersclf BBW them. Kafharlne was m season for her morning dntiaa. As she diatribnted fried i-crch she tbought she had aevei dialiked th* nd .r <>f bol greaee hs ahe did this nmii.)-._' she onghl to have beea bungry atti-r her ivalk; bul she could nnt eat. 'J he Beaaa <>f expeotaaey npoa her araa so eaget tliat- it ir.is uhu"? t poitnuif. Ofoonraa thut lady woald nnt r*meml.er When it waa ten minntee aft*r eight tbe girl araa anffering B8 that it seemed :m it ihe muet ety Bloud. Bai die did not. She atood outaide nn the plat form, h*r pale faee and hot eyea taraed Bteadily, bai quletly, toward lha head of tlu- beaeh. She did not, kaow ln whal hind of a carnage Mrs. I.luinliilt would coiiie, if abe cam*. Kathariae had knoars tliat sb* eared, but the wns anrpriaed now tn flnd tliat slie eared so mnch. r*ivc mlirntea weal by. A sharp d*?,]?iir wn.- aettliag nn the girl'a heiut. IIoiv wnrse than fooliah it araa for her to have expeeoed anytbiagl Aad yet it araa strr.r,^- lhal thal lady ahould bave doae euch u tbing. "Oh Katal" cxcUimf-d Jnanr.a'e awestrucU voiee clo-e to her. Joaana *ei/ol her aim "Wh.it, do you think? That pnblio spi-aker i* right out here. Siic'n iiff.-r you. She said ahe araated Katbarine Korth. I r-'pn* that's you. Ihongb 1 don'1 know wha, the deaeoa waald aaj ui that"?here Kate ahraah n-ibly?" anl ahe telhtiK Mr JbcIwoO thnt h" 88081 exctit-" pou il .rn'i nr* not baek by nu.", and Mr. Ta.'ks..n h nmiliug 'a' Hairmlng BO end, 'b' aayiag jea, BM 889, yaa We e'a egey put _-(>th*r 4>rl Ui her place.1 Oli, my: Alat you la htek? 1 woadei If you'll we h*r young man. IfcU ua all about fciui il you do, I*- - lf*." At rhi? f^-ini K,': irioe had twi?ted her u in free nnd BOW ni.e li rm-'i ri.'iun tr\ the *1li' r door ll.eie arar Mra Idaudafl ln a h^ht ?ingle car riage. bolding tba linea heraelf, aml idon-. in-t riani iu." ahe mii.i iviUi tbataurtof auavc ubr,,p'iies,, whieh abg aometimaa ueed. " I'ih a little lat-! bul I've nn-.ii ..ii wifh this gentle i:i:,-i," bere profuae en :;<?? fr-mi Mr Jaokaoo, ?? gnd *.e ra e lo' i nrry ?ck." Hbe turned '?" baiae akilfully. Tbe erastnre ahook ui- bead aad atariod iayfnlly along llie road ,l.ui-t....'i ., uioiueui -..;n, M'i- araa |oined pceaenlly bj brntna Tafl Tlu ?, .'.in,:. . eat all Aiid tl ey 80 coiintcd lor i ? -'??'-? ol ibiaga by tbe Ibct lhal Mra. Liandafl .-?--- :' on*e -v woman aad i p -;..-.;<er. Therefore :' maai aol be aeeounteJ ?ir.it,_e lhal Bhe iii.-l . .me aad taken Kiii- ofl in thla way. i.i ti,.- ,:,iri ,-?? Mm Llamlaff remariied: * We "i'l e"-' away Irom :ln-?* people.'1 And tl.i-ii w ?? aaid not-l li,- more until il.ev were on aoe .-t thoae roada u, L'ohaaeei tbat ur?- *till oBiparativel) louely, even in "boarde. time a. t..i ? ??: impaniu abe aai jx-n.-. ;h atill SemeUmea ahe glanoed ahyly do-.m if the perfectlj ,,ttm_ gruintleir. on Um aanda tbal warr hol . i . ,!_? liues Bul aba did no' i,"-,4 aay lurther, aad -l,.- .ii i aol epeak It iliil ?iit. s,-e,u to her uei 18881J that aay thing ib.iild be aald I'ven th, extreiue ounorilj ih_t bad iMiBanaiail iu'T waa gradually glving place to a aeuaaViuu of n.infort and bappiaeaa 1i< h _* ahe haO not liefore knoi*n. Sndiii-nlv Mm UaadaO broke ?bo alleaee. Bm iirsi she nufiiei the bome from tu* road ta Ibe . vi ol .? pioe in-c l ?? i ,i bad by tbla tlaic driv*n away fl ?? eaatarl. ? ' Sbe turned toward the *.iri and looked al her ateadily, almoal inienaely, ^'> cloae a'aa the m rat-nj ibe iaie. ?' Yt.n oughl i" know me,M _h* _.-ild. f?be aaailed alishMv. "11 would be one >.f tbe aweetem thlnata il.ut ever bap|i*ned t,. me ii yoo ahould h.'-k in my tmt* now aad call me?tefl m*; han- yoo ao Idea wba! yoa oughl to call un-:-' At Uie aeuad "i that ralce la thal cadenee. mr m_ aach worda lo h.-r, the girl toraed alowl) toward the woman beaul* hei Occaai i:i.ll -. in ont llvea tbiaga happen thal tcoui s.. inreal tbat no effan on -nr p_rt caa al Brat make them aeem otherwbw. And n-t Uie. _!?? ith i. i! a- tbe tii-.sf ordtnary, *or<iid everyday ad la fact, realitv i- oftcn ga rery bcititifnl ibal it wonld be immediatel. rejectea tm "BBaterial1 by _ ?' realiat." Katharine'a hnnds involuntarily elaaped them nelvea togethrr on lu-r lap. ?? Nn " ahe aald, "il I* Imposaible. Tha* would he troly lmpoa*ible." Sbe waa gazing ateadily Inlo Mrs Uaad-fTa faee "Would yon like lt ll it w-.-ri- pns.iiiie''' aaked ii,,- el ,ei woman. "Oh, rear whUpered Kathnnne. "Welir aald Mra UandalT. "Then vnii aie my Aunl Kalef* ?,,. Trul}', I .nu V.i'i ar* Mire yon're nnt -'.I iv '' " Sorrv '''1 Kathariue made a t-lii-'lit movemeal towanl Mis. IJandhfl I'bere v i- tometlmea about Ihe jir| an entlre alua-n ?? ol aelf-eonaeionaneaa She beni lier bead until l.*r foreliead toncheil tbe wmiiihii's aliouhler. ?- How lovely it is'" abe ?>:ii I, atlD In a wbiaper. ?? j)n you Uilnk --.'" Mrs. UandaflTa fac* araa aoftly radlant, "Oh, rear1" again, aud *-?j 11 m ., whOper. She keai ber head where ah* bad place- it She cloaeJ her e.ies ar, if ehe wer* keepini. h viaioa within them ,\s foi tbe elder woman, nom* nnaeenatomed uud BtlnglBg tenra eaaie tn h'-r eyea; they ahul oul tin- iandwape an i aeemed ro ahul her In wltb this ^-trl who waa so tienr of kin to her, and ao ver in-ir ill l:e:irt. Sbe put her nnii alioiil tbe ?lenilcr li?ure. - It ii;.-. cruel to l.."|. from me the knowledge thal you were ln Uie world,11 ahe aald al laat lt waa rinf ir.l thal bIm> ahould ti?t at flral l.latne hetself ui the leaat fnr aii lnr Igaaraace 01 affalra ln Feefllag llill-. "I.idn't you know tbere wns eaeh a pcr-.fi Katbarine now lifled hei bead. ^he apoke with more aniniation. Sbe alread] had an exqtiiaite sense, aml fot tlu- fimi time In her lir.-. ol what it wms like t.. he with one with wlmin she waa irc- ta be heraelf, .,,.,. not to i. ? nn tin?h?mtoo i ?? ,\ ,. | (lidn't even know ynr motler had married. But." *!.<? addeal, "I rappane I am to ijliine- fnr my IgaoraBce." ? >And you are .v.nt Kate ' Aunl Kata '*' Knthniine movei) her l.aii'l until her li-rrers toti'-hel tlie rdge "f the ligbl i-.r:,p which h.-r conipanion wore. -1 iiw-.l tn dream aboul my Aunl Kate,*1 _he m|d 'I ulwnih .Irciiiit-I BUC0 bcOUtiful thingB, ton 1 wlabed thal 1 eould make ihe rireanai come oftener, bm I couldn't. Mi mother um--I Ib r-11 I nu- tliat ? lleie Katharine pauaed and blnabed. But ?he went on : ... ??She would aay to me, tbat am* piM like y.,'ir Aunl Kate', and tbal I 'look after my aaal.1 I ,iiirt kaow why, but I waa alwaya proad when she Kai'l 80." " J_.nr ahe anl i it wlien yon hnd dwpleaaed her? - \'e-," reluctantly. "That belng tlie caae yon can anderataad tbal your limther aad I di-hi't get on well t?iiether. \inl perhapa neither wns lo i.'ame " "Oa, I can anderataad thal sn well," eagerly. "I doa'l kaow how it is. bat amtber? ? Iler.- tbe Kir' paaaed ^.ml Inhaled a loaa hreath. It .eetneil t.> her tbal ahe w.i_ t..lking very .-asilv nnd fieeiy. Hut she could nol lu-lp it ?1 kaow ronr mother perfeatly well." Mrs Llano__ra tonea nnd ??> ?li-{ht rln_- iu them whlch ahe had not Intended aliould '?* there. "Flnally 1 a-l?-l father," aaM kurh.-irino, 'whal tbere araa aboul my annl Kate. Vm. se:*, I BUppnae i";i know ,!,nt mother dhln't e_aetly approve of yoo, aomrihow." Katbarine atroked Mrs fjandafl s m:.n!!e and looked up ln Mra. IJandaffa fa."* whbjh was now turned ouiekly toward i.er as \t* owner aaked : '?? \nd what' did your l-ther m ?" "lle uni'l i'". were nl! right, Katharine langhed gently. - I'ni mach oiiii-'i-.i in your fatber. And what is ponr own impr.'ssi,.ii ?! im-. little oae '" ;-?Mi vn'i kii'.w- verv well. " But WO snni'-tlmes like fo lie told what w, may already gaeaa." _____? Mr? Uuii-all dieiv her arm more tltfl.tU* *buut, For Summer Cookery Royal Baking Powder will be found the greatcst of helps. With least labor and trouble it makes bread,biscuit and cake of finest flavor, light, svvect, appetizing and assuredly digestible and wholesome. tbe giil She wn* surprised af the depth of nleaenre thi- Interview gave her, lateal npon nringing it about ..- she had been. But then ehe had had exprrienor onou.h tii know that tne thlngg we m"!< maal atrenuouolf ti?) "ot olwayg rea .inl ut, in the lw\ Ing. "Wliit i- yoiii UupreaaloB of y>ur aunl Kate now thal you are faee to faee with her? Doeaaan dtaappotht yon ?" , The yonng eyea and tho oMer oycs met eaeh Other fof i inoiii.-iit Katbarine'a lipa wore parted in that way whieh glvea aueh a toncbing and ar-lont evpro-snm to a yoiitliful faee. "'ih. .1 ii nt Kate," she said after a siloneo. As th..ti_h a woman lik- you COUld dbapnoinf any one!" She elaaped lor handa a^aln as sno went ii, "Von iire? v.iti i.re lovelier even than I bad 'Ireatneil foo wer;>. I haven't anv vvonls. I ioiit know whv I was let to Rnow you. I'm snre tVrhape it waa to?te maha up to me, you km.w Ital von don't know. I .loti't- want to tlilnk Of nnything hnt happineaa now." " Now you are wise." iraponded Mrs. Llandan. " I>et us think -mlv of bapplneoa." Bat the stinle whleb Bccempanted these wordg waa a lomewhal tremulona one. SOME ANTE-BELLUM RELICS. ABANDONED __Av_tQUAl_tER8 IN TIIE BOUTIL PLEABIRO MRMOBtSB OP UNfT.K rmv.r.FR? TTPICAl. BKORO CABIXS Oi THK M W BOCTB. " Who'll pdli de eotton? Pnt OOttOfl nm nobber g??m be plehed, baaal" mu-i the eolorai drlver. iii.. Roulhetn negro bm anhstltutei 'bo?i" for the ?v) fiiniiiinr "atai-e," BBd hla u=e nf Maoes" aeema t.. rme a Und of rerbal Wrd_-eye view o' the wanderfol rhange ii the aegro. Btataa brko the _-m-. Ti travaltar wns looMag iv-roas an aabempl eottoB tl"i- - more tatea than rntb n aod wondertag whv evn this sm.ll portl.ii of tbe gveitt Southeru alaple BhOUM be gQowed IB go to w.iste. Per yrvi ran liunk aa BOtteB ill Ute s -..ti, A- n>?s the ii/|rl wa<t a rlump of atatslT treea nml in tiiei- si i..i?.e wet?? twe rewg of dftapMated to?rtng i il.li.s witb their eruinbllnr mtid ..himreys. Th driver, BeHng thal tlie itranr-r'a even leeted on these mblaa ramarbed: "Po-o um de ol- letd-alggera' inartera. Ral Oei aui no ni-gers dar now- no on. tO plrb de eotton." Am?>fig the treea In the dl-'it ? I to Ibe Ughl waa the ..:g mar-t ui adfl Ita it-tel* Orcian rotamaa, woatber__Blaol und apparenlly ta tiu- advaared itegm el eenav, Ibe ati _-r>ien a Btaat .,f rwnR weeOa, Ihe ahrube ? langle ol braah. Odl throiigg tha rl bety gate whtaO I.n.. tm a <ln-'l" .?-. r.?'... .i tiepri on it ''tiioiiiituln ranary," ::? Bhay .iiii rhe ni ije, Ibe aotl ary gnat-lan of what BBd been ,: Rn Dplral "l.i BoMtbortl bom. near an s__s&____b '^ OS J !; J ,"*. Bff |'"'| ^_jj^|iJ^HQB-S TTPICAl. CARIR OF TO DAY. aJetauaa town, In Hm rear f-f the mnn-i<.n wer? eev ara] raavatary I.??..-'?a Hte 'iimrie? of ihe "hoaae t prer." a- Ihe .Irlvi-r i aiol them, ? gptelt !ng ihal f.- bonse nlgsere" beal Umtl boodi rerf -IgRaoowa um ? :.?:.! i i.s'-t " Tl.e travaltar made tili war tlkniugh an old Uine ajjiig the adge ol Iho negleerad - "tton-t'eid toward .. ,- .? : .i iiv qaartm. tr -itt ti.e treea. The '.iiiii -;.- - gti ng among Iho bi taehei ns :f n* nrnlng . ? "... w.niit. of olbei daya '1k- twang al frie baojo 1.1..1 iha - " - "i.t a er- am t to Jntn in th.- torig now- long rli -? i.'i-b-'i One .?f the <\?>n> "f Ihe ,i,,.i!,l.- i*i.tn waa -_i-.ii.iiia free aml eteablBg on it hlngea, boarda i:-i rotteO away from Ihe fwnl aad .... dropped from tba roof. Tbera tt vt,,.,ri. g ..'.I. "i it regimi Ihal tau paaaed away aa Bbaadoned ,.,... ,.lw|,| ,,f an niite i.eii-iai boiae, thal h'.-u.. 'i .;< ., i._: i , .,.,.|.mefl. InOlde w.-ie onlr th.' I. i ? mnd pla lered walta BBd nu:.l fl<> r. all In beeplng ?i,h ibe dllapldated ritertar and Iba ancared for ? oitoii lii-i.i. ? "a it .'ii picg da eottonr g lem :.f.., ih,- vi-i' ... these a-tndoned atave qnarterB tlie ?tit.r elmReed t'> meol o Bumbm of Sonlhernen whose futlier^ l.-.d been BtovehoMers and mIi.- rhUdhood a-d ranlb h;wl been f??'-U Ml ti.. ptaniailopa wllh atavaa il?-I teem. T-ey h-iit ..... blndllesl memorlea of their .11 aervfRMa i.n t alao , ,,, ?. ? , deeper tatereal ta ti?^ welftrm ef ihe negro raee than tbe yoaager geaeratien of B uth era wiui.-^: for they appeared 11 loou upon the Begreee ii-. th'-ir pi'otegra iin.i to rin^iiier Rmametvea la r. r.i'um -ii ? reap n-i'.le for tt m ?? thal liai been thrown BBiutered upon tbe wmbl; nt:d t.? lemember how in tie- "bi pi i t.'ti "i 'i?\s Um alnveB wwm <-Hn-i f,-r m if taey wew .i.ilui-e'i In Um Rortb people are Bkely 1 i thlnh of tiie riavaa ?s -.rkltp. wortdng aad worblag aad rtretvlng aothhg ln retarn for ihrtr labor In patal "f fhr'- overy anal wn- nip-,.lie(i ,!,,.., an.l ll.ei. n OaHy e\i-te1 between Ihe -liv.v Knider'a famBj and tba davea an u?itanta .-oini..!'.-' .,ft-? laehlag ta Rorttmen 1 BmsRoMa To Ibe l.?lv "f the tiuiusioii the .luve-i wi-re a con itaal sourr < of ilioufl.t. -.bo waa olllg-d to have ,..-?', neoaon- aiipplj of rlrtJitng mady m that between . ,, the atnatag mom Blwaya preaaated * baay ,,.;.. n,e ?i .. -i.v to it laal roo.1 provtalona wera .npi.iied to the qiiartora. if there waa a aadden , bange ia Um weather -he would aand far tiir rbOdren fi n 'be qnarten nn-t aaeartalfl if they had h.-en ,in'l the haflllh i,roperly rlolhad by tltetr mother.: ,,f tiu- dave* aml their fiituili a wns a i.i.istiint aaaree ,f oiintiide to her. II often bappeaad lhat, when i igive who had beai partlenlarly taltbfnl anUTted. Ihe iniiiriaj-e ima mtaauuacd la Ibe parl >r ...' ihe planter. nanaloa, Ihe tomlly ---in. u> gits.t iroable to ittmnir.i li tor Ihe ltieaioay nnd tho iliime wlileh Mioive.i a/tarn ? .hiii araa bnra ta tbe qaartem Ihe Inrtdenl wa mgtatared lo the famiiv lilbl-' nn1' .-____'' ^.~ 3_\ S^S^M aUANDONBD M.AVK QVARTERS. llie rhlld _u- br.ught np to IhO liou-e fo be natn-vl. ln more rt-mote toeaMtha an Mneraol rdmgyamo wmil.i vlali tb" plai.tiitiui .mio a rear und eoodaet marrtaga, faaeral and bapttaaml lervtegg, ne Bmtter boa toag*befnta hi- ekM t:?e ineUcnta covered by ihe -tivii. - bad aeearred. Tbe three! of brtao aoM wns the. most dtrafal Ibal i- um i<- ii'-i.i ovee a reeah*ltaal itave. bead. Par, if ..nid, b-- pa-s.-d mto ihe BMMta <>f the uegro-imder or .ipeeatater." in r.._nrd ta ii.e emel Iteatamril of rlavta tbe erlter waa n-.urd by didhteroated people lhat, whUe tbera aata uadoubtd laataneea of eraetty Riward aRwoi. ptaatera who ner" guiitv ..f lt nnd Ihdr fan.lll'-<' taal nll BOdal atau.llng ln thoir nclnh borbood. Rotbiag - n. eould be aald of a plia.ifer than that li" wa=; "ituel to his nltrg-r*." The ile Bf I -lave v..iiild oft'-li si'|i_r:ite a niarrl.-d eaapta bal ?-? laere ?^s cooatOerabta taxltt iu Hm quartero Uta partner left bebini md n t imij: reamta itagto. The arrlter ami loW ..f a mtddtd-ged negreaa nl,,,, when h?-r lii'-l.inid. it alnvc ..n g IMlgbhOrlng plantatlon, waa to ba * Id, waa ?o land m ber l-.m tntatl BB Uml ber ninstet- to ii-sujigo her gllef l.ouitltl Iha -ln-- .t .. hlgh prtra, for h- wai- a m^-han'.e \\h??i Bhe beard ol thR iha Regrem eaddBnly eoaaa. rrylng ?'id exotatmed: -i.n', |laiOel Wu' lot you buv that ti1 i""ii'it nlggerl i vi- a awyae io Btarry in iiini"-t I..II ii naetadda IbeeB arere ttavm w_o l,.?l i.n i-ivi ii WhfO tlilldren fo i-Mlih'-n of tliii tamlly n.-<i ba.i irowa og wttk then:. regardlag them with tlio meal aineero BdotUon Uao iRBtoaoe t-?ld wns <>f a formor sluve i.,w gp.iwn old. B_B -its snp p,.itin_ ti..- gtaatpatai nud inipovert.sh.-d s.m of hi. gju "?oam." XBea itatre hcm tJio 'fuiuiijr _J__e?a,n as tli* duvps wi;o had beloaged to th* ptaater'a fnther or grandfaibei u"r* ralled. To them wara allowad mnny prlvUegee, They ni.ciit eveii " B-g-ty" adtb BteatbafB of tha fuinlly and etpecti- cO-OdOiahO immaaltf from worh, rhe wriler wai t.ld of one .-id - fnmiiv nlgger" oa a Teanaaaaa pkinlahoBi whose 1..1111" aaa L'bcIi Cbsgger and who alwaya pteaded exireaM igi aa nn exeane for am aarhtag, BfheB arrn*vl rrf e-aggerath g his a?o h* woaM reply! ? Oarae, roa'sa doaa' luerw now oie dis nigg'-r _m. WhCB -ns |t, nnir-i', gat WaahlBgtOO made de. re*re:it on Mo-i-nv ? lot i waadar: I waa darl" Of coui-e tlwr" aaa n<, ' BrgBfving" agaln-d siich a plea. ilaea ?*en he wai run, <il. icolded for l-cng t!:e aattle gei Into Uie con, he -argnBed" himaelf oat of it a- f.'ii.W'i: "Oaraal Voa_e no rurl.t to abaae di. nlgger. Ii aaren'l de cattle, lt aam dc Imp, he nl gel Into de eorn 1" This -..ni" i ind,' Chagger Mld ta hli mant*r, wt,,, ?hm nonakterlBg what orden to iilve Uie oM ma?i for tbe diiv - - iv.'ii, riwr-c, whBe yoa'ae calt-vatla1 your n.iiiti ru co I'uiiivnie de. potatoe*l" lh.- Soutlicru ue-i-i ?..> a earioaa hahlt of roamlng over the country at olght. Thl- is not beeaaaa la* tbe sai'iti- g. -itni ? Igger can m;ik" an honeal Hvtog Hleatliig chlckeni anu ? irn," bm becaaae au old hiililt (ff -l.ive h ilrlltti; dav* siill i lin?s to th" raee. ln Un- old ilni Uie mnv -p*r" ilnn- ivlilch the liave, had was .., right. They would then -t?--ti away to nelghbonng pfcMitatlons and th.-r" exchange newa. ln tliis manner new* ol Importanl almlra woald be rarrlcd betw_o>i plnntatlnus twenty mUe* aparl oyer nlght, tl,e ilave* meettng nt some half-way qaarter*. Thera *?r*> ancuig even tli" youngrr negroe* of th* >4o?tli n.uny ihainei.tr- n.- sum.-ltur, a- old t'nele ('litir-cer. laa wrlter rememberri oroerlng nt rtniin-i ui ;, iv.tei pi Xeraphli uirhev with eranberry aauco. The iniltcr broaghl the taraey hut s~rv.-d ht"iv"l t'.niato. s insteod of nanberry aauce, expiaintna ihu' ap tit* craaberry bbuc* aaa all <.u, !*? imd brought -fniNett tomato, i ux th<- iie.-tfesr to lf. Thla auae Ncalter up"P<-.r"d nt a colowd ivwldmg WO-Ong efO IdaiaaB.a-oi barauae he reqnlred theni Bai beeaaae he Uioti-hl il tin- ".svell IMng" lo .1 .. H"> had ,,s i, ?rarf piti a liirce kIhss diamond. a verltable K mhioor. A I-.N. da-. later tbe wnlter at an adiolnlng mM* appiwmrl n-itii a ilmllar ptn. When Ihi ilrst wattcr u.us twltted ,.i,out ll 1." n-idied ? x'Pean to mc he (.in m/rtrigtug on mv premgamenm I" Th?- Koathem negreea appear lo be Inrreoalng li, t.hrtfr and the more inteDig.nl and Indnatrlous om.aig them own iirtl- rnhlni, mostiv "-baaghal"- '.. ?-. oaa story and no exte rdnn ob tha nuti-ltlits of th* towns. The front 0 adorned wit.i leml-troplcalloo-lna caetor ln-aii plaiitf nnd with th* rahln tlier" tistinlly go a patrh ol eirn nnd onn of rottofl. Tlie ml.lns nre. as a rule, paJnt-i- whlte BBd, If not Mil.stantlal. are a, lens, thrtrtv li,r>!tlp|f nnd pn smit. i -rea, ,-onlrii?f to H^ abanda??-d -i.i--- rjuarter*. There li no douttt wmril '? plt li dn cotton" thnt btiiw^ ui..,.,, th* new eablB*. Tlter-N ls also tio dniiid ln aome people'i mlnds that tl,* thrtftv rargroea hava alrendy rained themaelvea to a hiRhcr level th.-m Ihe - p.ior WbO-8." BERNHA RDTS S(1RAP-BOOK. A PIQUANT COMP-LAT-ON. From Ihe M, Jaaaea. Oaaette. Kcw arOala Ibee* bave been whose dolnirs nnd suv ini::. luav* atlnu '--d more attenUun nr nnmaed -""ati-r inrioattr itur. time ol Madame riarah BemBanli. H-i itriklng peraonallty, h.-r ahlma, Bincle*, and .arfiiiies. lnr comlngl BBd gotOgl. and li.-i. but nol |M t, her Incontctabl* genlu*. hav* aii furui-i.-a coirl.ms matlei r.r debate and criU-tm. About ln* mhnoan tlier* Ix alwaya i eertain, ir iindeflnable, ? i.i,rm BBd Mail-iiH- liornhardt a movementa partak* -nti. nriiiv nf ,n?t qualli) to eaclte me mt.-r--' v.-Hh wbbh the adiei.t ol the uoexpected li generally .walted. No dlaopjiolntm.-nt. however, l- Hkely lo i? experteu.ed b* thoae nl... nre now leioklag forcard io nn n.ipuearanca nexl -atarday al Or D'uviy i ,ir'<'- ban-iomo theatre, Ihe Boyal ESngtlab Opera Hon-.-, wh. r- ? :?? i Ij a Uttl< army ol c?rpenl i -. pt'ers and workllnll BH! lnj lll ,'in|'liiv-'l Bf-pl I ,or ihe eveul B*arrj iwo yrara have .-i..i>se.i Onee li. gnal Freneh tragedleiine wn? 1;.-' aeen ia Londou; ti rl during lhal luterval ah* ha.iptcted u toar exteiidlng over mo*t ?f ihe prladpal eltte* ta th* , iied btatea, Canada and Aaatralla. Oea ^or:i, l'.ost..ii, Wii-lilnRtoii, I'mladelphl-. In.lmap'lta. Mout real, .-an Fi-wIhco, Melboui-ne. AdeUM ? and is ?! Bar- U> i.ientloli onlv n l_W of n.-r r*-tlag point- tniv, in'e<ieh iii turn wn ti-ite,!. and enJoyM th.- privi hv of laylng theh irlbnte* al tb* feel ,1 th* famoui ,,t;.,.. wi. dri-s.--, voice, laatea, bafalta, uanucra ?nd laleala baaa ererrwher* i.<xmi dlacaiMd wlfii ? rri^siom and an amptitada thal it-ve nothlng to i>c ib In.l. Aud \ct Miniame r-ir_h. u- she ls Invnilithlv .all~l bv nll ? round l.er. I* not enilr*!v Iwppy. "I dou'i rare -o nuoh for not..r!efr." ihe heraelf declarea, -a. peopt* thlnh. Tie- papera have mM a good maiii dl.-agreeable thlni,-- about m*. They ha?e ii. \ .;..| rri) prli'Ble III* to throar their pot?oa*d arroa--. I u..'.-t Ihe -?? inii'-li pubuVlty, noi ani l Bnxioua lo ..nv.- ivord. put Into mv m "ith tli.-.- I ael'er s.ir There i- but oue way fnr an ai-treai toadverOae her lelf. iiinl that is Blwayi to i.-t hei hest. Mere ad vt-rtl?lng dodge* wonl do anv ia.o-1 if you do n.t regard yout Br! n- bigheal .?.' all." From thli it ia.v h* |adged u.-f Oadam* Bernbardl tahea little oi n . pleanure In the aortety wf Uu- ablqultoui Intrr i1*wer. Portunatrty, however, ihe i- Bjund lu pracU ?? to I*? lomewbal !??-- obdurate ttum ahe appean tn Uieory; aud th* world li -n much the rleher by many ii sbrewd remarh and p-int.-i eplgram. Ifevei ii happens thal th* ..rt ofdramatlc crltlclsn beconi** n d-ii.i letter, then alll a--ni-...iiy be aoe and lametiM". ,n ln the ranii- of tl.e theatrleal profeMlon. l .r. -iy Miiat Ihej wlll, theie are im aeiori and tr* ?'> who ran plead nol gullty to fhe aeaknem "f careftilly aconnlng :uul ndigmaaly hoardina Ihe -no M.-es" .,f thilr viiri.,ii- performaaoe*. lu Madaaae licruhardt'ii ra*e flw cuatom can only be regarded ns a ulngiitarly i IPPJ one, iBaimuch as tt u_s lasulted in u,e lormatlon ol a m rap booli compded ander her own eye, whlch, in potnl "f fact, oaer* ? compendloui n-nird ol h'_ *xp*rlencei dnrln: fli" l**t elghtern monihs. Tlie rontcnt* mai ;??? lukcn io hav* recelved ilnditmr li-tiih nti''- o? n eachet, and tlia- ?coule. an rtrrt, m lii.li '.tliei-N.,-0 lliev miitlit ii,uil. Iu imn Ing over the pif. of Mi" voliune oae i- Immedlalelv <trneU |,n tl,,- -iilil, ,tt Ininat-i iliiv that Iw- MOmMed Un. imd'isi ni of even Kin-l of rritfclsm. fl .:[,-?- tbere .,,-.? ni all >:'- g.I. had BBd imlirferent. althnuuli |, I- nierlv Ju-I|ie ,,i -:.,,?? tliat llM ll:-t roii-tllut" nu narrwhelmlng majorliy. ftilll, one rannol tmt admlrr I Uie rvnim^e whlch bIIowi ,h* followlng wrlghty Indlct raent, attered hl a leedtag Mew Vorh rrtllc, to stund. - No impulae other than thal of co'oaml ranlty woaM prompt, or \?oiihl permlt, aay wooun t.> cobh Ibio ptit.il.' vlew ln M,i-h h rhamcter a- thal of Rardou'i i !? ,|Hitni. Th" p?n hns rn., ,i sinvd e. deeeucy ,,, eover lt, H,id. ntois.. -tiii. i, haa not 88* Bhraof ooblUty t,. -vnlt it. ,?r one tonrli of p-?''rv to tie.-ititlfy It, or oii" iiinil ..f hei"l-m to radrem lt." Or, acaln: "Il l? iiciiuise i d-.-ii" to se<> nn OMow-men fc-ed from tlic s...-ial itii-i's .,j itniii'.ini'.M md aeniaaUt) Ibal l lake np mv pi'ilde a_:iltiM ll."-e Preiich plnvs. I feel tl to ho nothtng -horl of moral degradatmn tn nmh* ihe aaeherhed and proliacted -t"ini- ol hnnun pa*?t<in. ?iii,h me |ir,-n,pd w11ii -mii raaclnatlng attractlve iu- s i.v Madame Hnrah Brrnhardl, to -tand f.ir or to ,. I.,., lnim.,,1 love. If !- a tvire iy of lll- trutli. N'nv. oiore ihe** dehneatlon. are alterty fnis?>. nnd all the morn danarroaa becaiue of the excepOooal aUBty wltb whlch -Uie irivut imgedleBBe' lii\"is n-r rhai ii i.-rs witii tli!-. aupposed poaseHahm." surii atUcIn, hoarever, lt niav nnt anfalny !>* -arud-.-d, eoataln, lu -plt* of ihetr severi.v. ju-i enoagh of whal i. rompU mentary to the trnii,- of th" aotreia tn reader them u'>t ultogetlier unpalatahli. Hv Nia\ ,,, fronUaplero lo ih* ictap booh Oadaaw Bernhardi hns iniart-d i portrall of i,.->_*lf ilnnhtst on rach side bv on? of h"i pct-. Um I)hiiI-Ii |.|.-?.lliouiid llvrtali, imi Mar. Ihe null Wj-* ten ier. 1 ln-e tvto a\ong Niitii ifie mtl" __irl Madelln*, whom ihe reeently adofiled ln Mew-Vorb, are her emistaal rompanlor*. \li.itli-r olijei-t nf her -oll, Itude 1- lll* Imx roiitiilnlcK thn .nakei whlch ggure iu -deopatra." rnhappll) on their uiTiv.tl ln New.Vork th?e were found ap LinetiUv lo ie- laanlmate, bul by ilim nl murh rabblng and warmlng two were al last reatored i<> Hf* by their .iniioiis nii'ti-.-s- -i iihe mahes," wai he. nn-loiii admUalon lo i rrl?nd, uthey bn ao roM i .1 ilaainiy." The qnilltleN, it is to i<- aaipected. ar* htiiiiiv nf a kind thai wouM rerommend them to any ,,,,,. 1--- eeeantrle. In another dtreetion Madame Rernbardt'i ptadlleetloni aee equalljr geeMed. <>f ,,v-t.rs she oonfeasea ataj rannol have too manr, nor of ttiilk ti?. mm li. ller opinion. resanUng her Mlow artiste an- b|mi latereatlng. Mlaa Mary Inderaon -ti ronaMen very Leantifil n-nd graceful, and n- a i:n.Kl actreaa, but not a-i"?t. Mr-., l.amttry is beaunful, boaiiitril' - Hut i-'.nen Tarrj la the arti-t 1 love. ,?h, *h* is n irr~at "rti-t. 11 grand a-iis, so graeetnl, <o heWltchlng: i.nd Or. Irvlng i- an arfi-t too more nrtlst, however, thaa aeter." lf anv of Ihe** rrltl I'l-in- -lioiild I"- con Idend a Btd* illsparaglng. tln-lr lUng ls. at anv nte. ui ? une ?i"a-ur" deadened by tl-> uib?*quent remarh U.at there ar" rery Ow really irreut artlsls ln anv eoOBlry. Madame Bernbardl hohti mai us a geaaral rule aa actor ehonld Niiiltdiiiiv from the hoardl wh.-ii hc lu. reached tl.e a?;e ol liftv. "Bat," di? ranttBoaa, -i have seen minv WBO -Iculd hav.. ts-'lretl .-,, tlveaml ttv.-nty.'* T-ncblng the vexel <iue?ilon of reaBan .,n tbe itaga, ihe aOrma: " "f one Ihlng 1 f,*i r",tr,in, and tbal ij. thnt tbe actor moal f_el the parl be pkaya aad not l.e aOerly wlihoul emoflon. 1 muet dlaaare* wlt'i Ulderot on Uii- pi.lnt. In J?l;?ylng an emoOoaal p,ut 1 think tha aeteir -hould enfer luio |, imxIv nnd -4>ul nnd feel the mfferlBg thal lie simulai"s JtiTt a*. thongh lt were actnallv occurrlna ln r.?-.i iif.-. if an actor Ims to dl* npoo th,- atace, u i* not neeaaaan fnr hlm to dl* wlU.out the p .,-, .ilitv ,.f revival, bai lu ainmlat'.on "f death sh ni'd ,k- 40 ???" Ihe renl thing that I." -Ul n'ni'.st ronvlnce hlms..if that ha has <\< pnr'?1 from Pf*. lf li< Imm Ihe ir, tn earry thli ?lmul?tlon through itacereb". he wlll c me ve.y n-a, ronvtn.'inp thi- Budlen** that hli .'?? .u. i- renl. Ti.i ia a hlgher Bttalnmenl tha--, ih-? ro'd hlooded atruggle for effeet wlth whieh Delaarte'a n.-.n.- nnd Iheory ar* cnnn**ted. And thal la ~t\ r.'ew a! 'h i phaa; ofart," eoni-'inic' Madame Berahardt, arlth an emnharu raataro wl.l li p e-I. cl ?- iba petdblllty of nn fanh > a ian en*. BAXDXL'I BIBTBFLACB Fmm Tho Loodon -tah-Bld. Tha houae ii- whlch llaadel ???? born. Tt llalka, oa Um -.'ni nf Janaary. ld__, li o be -old, and icema llli.-lv |0 l.e lion^llt I.V a hrewer WhO nln-adv use- Um gronndi ns n baer gardaa. Taa araal eompaaar'e ad mtrers ,le-ir*. however, to bave Ihe bO-M otiivertid Into a llandel Oaaaam. ns has been dono wlth lh* btrthplaeaa of Ooeth*, DealhovaB nnd other fumou. nien, and aro colIecUng tuiida for tho puri>o-e. WH0LE8ALE DUELLING. FOUB FIOHTS IX ONE MORXrXG-THE BL CYCLE IX FRA.NCE. Paiis, May 20. Sir.ee the exploits of Ravaehol if is not, eaay to startle Paris. NOvarthelOBB we wore well rou_ed np yestorday bf fhe uceount of a ".itiadruple duel" hiivuig been fought in tho IV.is de Boulojrqe by a M. Roulez, a well-known eVetncian. Tho quarrel orisrinated at the Iirst repreeentatlon of "Salammbo," aml the Bgbt came off in publie at i o'clock in the mornintr, when the (ine people are in tho Bata to take horsobnek and oyeliBg excreise. The wood ranirere did not iiiferfere to stop this extraordinary oncounter, tboagb there is a rans-ors* battaoh close to the spot where it oeearwd. Ihe daaoeaao who io Uius anddenly lifieil to iiotoriety is .Mlle. Morgan. The ele.fri.ian is about lifty. Ho was in tho winja ehatttog aith HTIe. Itergaa' when three gawffg mm, oll BttbaeribetO to tho opera, cumo up and BMde BOB of insultinir lun.uace to him, all speak ing at, onee- li" re* rtod. They then oaa e-sivoiy stru.k him tn the faee, and after u wrangle. in whieh every one came to _.-ti<'u.fs, tho mattor -.v_. lcferred to seeotids, of whom there wore HU. in all M. Rotiloz, ns tho otTondo I party, hud tl.e ehoieo of weapons. and, beh-g an ac eomplished foneor, ohofce tho sword. In tlw? llrsf. duel lll.ndel rreeivo.l almoet at onee a atab in tho ehest, tho sword going into the top of the right luna. Dumonlin. tho ne\t comer, waa voon ilisposed of, Roulez's foil pierciiiK t_rou_h hta i.irerks an.l skowerinR it to tho oh<'i<t ae cooks faeten tho pinions of a f?wl to the bird's body. It wns all so qtiiokly dono af lo loave no time for tho bjotaaihia to feol surprise. Licclero adopted othor tactics, an.l thrust forward con st.intly. This duel went on for a quarter of an hour. and mi,hl have InotOd lon.er had not Banlea gradaally drlvoa [____- apninst a tree utnl when ho got, him thoro wounded him hadly in the fa-o. M. Avira-iiot, who had come ae a fjceond to Blondel, gotting lurlous, advancod toward Roulez und sai-1, "I want to avenffe my friends and ciiallenge you 00 iijjht me.*' The aig nal W00 -iven for tho fourth duel at twonty mititites past, 9. Rouh z wa.s les.s tho maeter of ln- w.apon lhan in the previoua oncounters. He sent his swor-l into tho right maxoJlary, almoet trrazimt the eatottd artery. Ilv *'> time there woie mnny Iadic.s on horse book Is'h'inil tlio Bt-Wd tbat had .athored. Thoy were iutensoly Bgltatod and ititcnvstcd during the l;,si duel. Tiirning to tlie othor soends, the quad ruplo vietor in a land volee called out: " If any among y<>?, geatleaK-, maa. to try further eon olimiona, I um ready for biflg." Xobody an*wering. he llung tho sword that had done him euch good servico on the ground. A ctirious ga_tb__f enso 1ns been before tho Court of CaataitOB. Uml Soptemlier in the con vorsafiou room of t.he .'asino, a player threw a 1,000 frs BOOe on the table u? a jnnno of lnocaral maa |?i-g ttmnmti. Tlie bank wun, and aa ihe eroupior W00 raktns up fhe stakes, tho "punler" of the 1,000 frs. whlaped it up furtivoly, and atick ,n- il in bifi p-ieket, walked away. Ile waa noticvd dolag this, bnl ir.sisted un keeping the monov. It was aseerialnod Ibal his aitteoedenra wore tho.si- ol a profcr-sionnl Moekleg. TakLng tbia into eonsi'leration. the Correetional Tribunal fienteneed bim to si\ Btontho fnr thoft and for riotoua eon duet in bavlng detrnded hhnaelf with his fista ob belng hold by a eerv_Bt of tho CMoo ae a thtef in tok-Bghaek his 1,000 frs. note. rycline^ which I rcir.omler in ii? infancy hore, is now tl.e .-mr.-e of a vast luisinem, 08 rothet of vast and vnriaao tradea. lt ia oaOttag ont tho rae- eoorae. ThO bonic manufaeture of cytlea and the import trade in tliom have taken an oxtenslon tbat aebodg eould have fore-een when T,be Prinee Imperial, in tbe cloaing daya of tbe Empire, used to praetlse eyclin^ in the 1 iiileries li.ir.len Wtth tho late Kini? of .Spaiu, who n_0 Men lYinee of Asfurias?and iu exile. The old fashioned lumbering cycle, reqtiirtng etron^ foot presaure, w_s ohoardly untmcoful. The podnl aetlon of _ .oml cycle is now so eany that tlie ri-ler of a atoel hore*", bowling aloni,' on a smooth. dry road, sh.-ots forwnrd with a lmhtness an-l ewe whleb havo tbo grae.-fulnesa of the fligl.t of a swi.Uow. I_i<lies iu thla eountry are alive to this, and even young prirls of birtn aud breed lOg are mken to ridinp sehools wheie thoy can eompote in cycle raees a^ainst ladv profossionals. In tho -roiinds ef many ehateaao there are lou^ board alleye ma.ie on pntpnee lor ejn llag racinj. in which brolhcrs an.l sisters are ofton rivals. Poetorfl order eyellBg as a holidav exor.-ise fur tl.e young people. ile Freiuli neoluxisin for the aniiK-'iu.-nt, bl * volece OpBtV The cycliat ia a - veloco-iimn" and tho lady eycllst it " veloco woinan." There are "velueeOBlleta," aud it may be added *voloo--li-aa--l_R?" br_ "velooe battera." It i? agraed thal tho last balf of no matter what comp-site word rolating to trade coniio.'tion with eyclin? should BO Lngli.h. One can even sav " velo. c-Iactory." In Ihe frosh, early moniir:_, when tho woathet is good, one Bndo tho broad alloys of tho lkiia i.e BoalflfBO BUva with voloco-men and veloce weaeB. Amerienns provail am.iii'* tl.e latter. But yotin^ Frei.< li niarried la-li.s as well aa prof-teionala aro Inteal on the spurt. Moal of them do full iusf.ee t.? the voiooo luilors and lutttera, an-l Bta at eaOO on their sfeel horses. A tenrfy nrranKemout of la?'e Ot-hnlenBy knowu as " ancols' wingB" a.bls w..nderfully fo the imprev -ioll of fleet, -rae. ful 0-0?OO of tho voloeo-wouien. Nuu's '.'iling, un le up into a blouse and a sliort -kirt, is jtust now the favorito Diaf.Tial tor t'uj . ater a-rntenta of the la.lv cyclist. Lord Dufterin :? Um hrst anibassador who hofl taken to the stoel hot-se in paMie. Brtak e__ro_a i- a means of gettlBg ri 1 of the bad ofTeet ..f India on hia llver. Ho UisiiUvs heraebneh oxero-Vr and is not fond of walhing. So. ut Iha a.e of sixty-four, he took to cycllmr. Betvlng his apprenticoship on the smooth parts of the Koinau Chmpagaa The Ueneral Rostiiflico here has taken up tho stool horse to orirnize an extra servico for b-OJBB liostcd after the in:iil i-us go to th? rallway termini to cut.-li tho nuiil train.s. Tbe iitunnst delay at the Qcnetal Rostofh.-o nsed to bo v p. m. It is p.ow. thanks t-> le Veloee-Rosf, evtonded to 7:15.' A _ro_t. eyellag eentre in al! sorte of weather is the Mai-iiiues Hall at the Kxhibition I'alace lu tho t'bamps do Mars. A vclooo-phototfriipher hae u studio iu tho buil-liti'-'. (adota fnun tho mili fury school are nssiduous in learninj; how to eyclo, M. <!e Frey--inet having deeided that army eoTBO aro to be intorlinked by means of cycliet IlltaadfO. and lhat tliere are to h,. eyi libt eclair ottrs. A spoeial uniforni Ls boing d?*l|rned. I| i_ to be of JBiniy hooe tvith oolered fa.inita. e a B_fl AI. DPAfis HOLD 0VT. Troin Tbe l.ondon D.-illv ReWB, M. Aletnndre Dunu.s -old his Bidlery. our ParlO n.ni-lH.u.leiit _\s. beeiiuse he wa- tlred of aeelng Dteturea eover avary waU tn his hou>e. Tliere wai not a spoi anv where. but u. the kit.i.en, wlierc tliey ?cr" not bBBg, nnd ther were Hled up ln the gnrret. Ite thonght >t lieeplng n fe? tlilncs out*** told IJ |,o did tlie othere would not sell well. People would my U.at he only sent to the hammer tiilngs by forgenR THF MOTBWBB OF GRE1T Ht'.V. From The I?a'I Ma'.l r,.iette. \ greal dral baa beea wrltten about --the RtOtheffg of Greal llen." R'a tamglaa, bowearer, that the toiii of Uor.lx-ic la V urteniberg. hav- .t;.i't.-l u pi.-. edeut f/v erertlng mernortalii lo .i aartea ?>! mothera <>f irrent ii en This Httle town-lilp of about -_..h>o lnl.nlut.-.rits waa'th* l.lrtii'.laee of Pautaa, tli? fatnou. Ui.tiei ilst theologlan, ? f' - luiltuR. Hia equally tine. .na phllt?o nlirr and of lloeh-tetter, the naturali-t. It waa ii-o'tii'- dwelBng-ptaee of the amfher of the poet s.hill-i from 1"'-" t" 1801, nnd of the nuuh'-r of the -,-t; ??. m-r Keptor t?o renturi. - earllee, tiionuh time vlltagea in the netghborbood eontead f..r the bonor ot bavlng i^en Keader'a Wrthptace. The t.i*--u ranneU or tlie ? -Town ol Mothera," ns it nroadly eaRa itsrif in- iifi.x.ai mbtota t" tn.- walta of th- ..n caatta of Duke lirleh Ihe WeU-hetoved, where Ihe llogna Charta of VTUrteaib' rg llberttes wns -lew-'l bv Um lMiie, iii bonor ol Ihe mothera of ttio poet aan tho aktronomer. We preaojao that the patrlatta town e. un.tllors W?l not -top short at these two honorable woiicMi. but wlll extend -nnlU.r tokeni of rospwt ta the otber moUicrs ot wjiom they are ao ju-U.* ^roud