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THE TWO SALOMES.
xx.
"HE WILL COME BACK!*"
ftpyttpM. ammo Ry The Tribune Amttimttmt,
Mrs. Garry befaa la mend. Her ImproveaMBt
gppeend tu be more a matter of will than of any?
thing clio. She must get well. Her daughter
flgsdcd lier, lt would have been iinpossible for tho
mother to di* then. And she remembered that she
had always boen told that she had the Ware wa*
Ititiition. It was now that the Ware constitu?
tion a?sert"l itself
Hie period of absolute physical rest had enabled
brr to ronan her grasp on strength. In a weeb she
eouhl Mt pr..|ip.sl np in the lied. M .ore was lavish
jn his bi* .Bea* Strengthening Miracles, Howers,
everything tho young man could thia* of winch
could help the invalid or amuse her. he brought
out ti th.- hut. And in all this week he had bad
-nworl alone witii Salomo. She fold him that
,1m* did nn*. wish to leave her mother for a mo*
?pent. Ihr mother might want something.
The girl shrank from her lover with a terror
flat she could not conceal. And when she be?
lieved that silo was not observed Mn* watched Ins
lice with an intent ness that ams piteous.
And her mother watched her; and ai she
fitchs), Mrs. derry prayed with a kind of im
***cious agony that sho might have strength, and
yet more strength. For she would n.-ed it all,
ihe was sur*.
The tw i ivomen talked no tri.ir.- abonl tho for?
gery during that week. Hut they talki* 1 a great
deal in an impersonal, extremely cheerful manner.
And Mrs. (Jerry gained every day. In the be?
gin ni:, g of the second week sin- was abie to ** be
about thc house," as she would have said; but
moistly she sat wrapped up in ii blanket in the sun?
shine at tie* door. And Salome sat by her. some?
time* reading to her, but oftener silent, looking
cut arnon:- thc pim* trees.
It was hen* that Moore found them for severn]
days. Ue also webld sit down. Ile took bia piac
on the other side of Mrs. (Jerry. He would make
aeveral brave attempts at talk ; then lu* would
subsi'la* into silence. In this sil.-ne.* he tried not
to look at Salome, but it always ended in his fix?
ing hi's eyes beseechingly on her BBd appealing to
forget that they too were not alone together.
One day in tbe hist of the week, while the three
sat then* in the sunshine, they saw a tall man
makins hi* way slowly tn them.
Salomo knew directly that if yvas Walter Redd,
gnd presently Mrs. florry exclaimed :
"Why. it's Walter:"
Redd came and shooTc hands with them all in hi*
Somewhat ponderous fashion. H.- said lu- wouldn't
Sit down: ho couldn't stop: but ho had just como
from his trip through Florida, BBd he wanted to
know how Mrs. Gerry was. H.* iv.is .lad enough
to lind she was better; lu* had been sure sin* won] 1
pull through.
As he talked on about orange troves, and land
Bnd investments, Ko often cave a long, questioning
gaze into Moore's i.irtt.
Moore begiin t" resent this gaze, though there
seemed to bi* Bathing hostile in it. Hut Moore was
by this time in a frame of mind when he felt him?
self hardly responsible for nnythiaa he might do.
He had been raftering for immy dav*. lb* had
flep' little. Tin-re wen times when In- was des
perate willi th* uncertainty, and with the tin mg
ing. terrible thoagbts upon him.
Salome was as evasive, as unsatisfactory, a* if
ghe were a sprite, anil not flesh sad Moo 1 at all.
In those dav Moori- fell himself growing old.
He could hardly recognise himself, ll" .ave up
Ms business entirely, lb* could think of nothing
but that girl, and what sh-- had fold ' im. Hil
heart longed for ber and turned toward her with
an entirely ungovernable Impulse. Hut hi" jui:
ment?Moon* resolutely thrust hi* judgment if.t i
tlie background, ami if ams only now and thou
that it teemed up too prominently, lib* u spectra
that would BOOM dav assort itself.
His natural 1\ chivalric feeliaq t iward ail wemen
was now concentrated into an UBspeakable t**:i ter*
ness toward nan woman whom he wished to defend
and protect, even against herself. Wli.it mattered
it about ins jadgment ?
And Salome held herself mist' r> ly aloof. Every
morriing and every night he asked himself h iw
long she would b(* like that, lb* would have tried
to break impetuously through tin* guard if there
had not b,-en a certain beseeching shara in iV*
girl's attitude. It was as if she asked thai Iw
eh-uld he ber ally in whatever sin* wished to .l..
Now when Redd .? *i.t In- mast go hack to tlie city
he tunic 1 toward Moon- and asked if he Would
po then: Bedd added thal he particularly wished
to sse him.
Moori- rose in a kind of sullen scquiescence; air!
to be anything like sullen showed how ke-nly he
had bein Bufferiag.
He tuned toward Salome, but ?li" only bowell
?gravely io him ii- if to intimate that he might
better L">.
.Vs the two youi!. mea walked away Mis. f.crrv
took the -ni's head betweea h.-r own hot, dry
palms
?'Salome," .she said anxiously, 'wliat are yoi
doing ?*?
Salome radenvnred fo draw herself up.
**I?" she asked, " 1 am doing nothing."
'? Rut you don't let Mr. Moon* have :i ('nance."
Salome shivered. Thin sin* ram and stood with
her back to her mother.
"I don"t kimw how I can bear to ?.*- him alone,"
she B*Jd.
"Rut he wants a talk with you : an explanation."
"There can ls* no explanation," was tlc response.
"You cannot tell tiiat. It is unfair Bot to 1-t
him ge* yu ii."
"' I'nfa t ?:?'" Salomo wheeled about. 'Then I
will -i-o him. Rut I know it all now."
" Ue loves you. Salome."
Tlir- mother's voice, however, was very aad a? it
pronounce,! tlmse words.
Thc .ul stool sih-iit an Instant befon she was
abb- to -ay :
'"Ve-, I Udah he die* live in-. And you love
tte, motlier, but you Jo not respect me
notwithstanding nil ber aelf-eommnnd, Mrs.
Gerry, as sin heard and saw ln-r child at this mo?
ment, gUV* 8U audible ginini.
She leaned ber hi ad beek and aha! her eyes.
Salome drew yet nearer.
'Mother,' sh,* nail. ' you never lie; you never
|atv*rie*te. Aflswer me thi*: Do yon rrapeci nae?"
Mrs. i..rry's Iii* '.row Mill, bat Bl last they
Ohfled her.
"Salomo, I know yon are n >t bise I am your
motlier, and I know you uro not base."
The woman soddenly sextended h?-r arms, and
with a swift seoras nf Binngih she drew th* -iii
?lnt.i them
Mrs lierry began to sob, and she could n >t at
first check tites* sob*. Now, nf las', sb" felt a- if
ber heart weald break, faeeaas. ol Salome's unhup
?pin.-ei, and mon* heeaBBB of the girl's lack of
genuine rectitude.
In that brief time while sim feebly held th*
young head a.aitut beg breast, u process ni reagOB*
-B* _Baahld tiir.ni.il h.-r mimi. In thee-- days she
Wnt, always leasoBiog ghent the girl in ti.? hap*
that mu might arrive at some solid justification of
Salomes Mt**ms. Wu* then-not g moral diathesis,
as then- was said to _BJ a physical diathesis, Bad
how accountable was Md who-!i<*re tbe- woma.i's
thoughts gn-v. incoherent. What Jastiflealbm Vt*
there for falsehood.* What could one build upon
a shuting foundation t
'"You do not answer me." said Salome. She
withdrew berrelf from her mother's embrace " lt
la eiiou.h that you Lave busltaie*-"
She knelt by lier mother's kiu-s and put her
face in her mother's lap. -She appeared weak and
prostrated.
With lier face still in that position, she said:
. "I can endure from you. beoause you w my
?other, whit I couldn't endure from a lover. Hut
it is hanl from you."
Mn. Gerry gasped in an agony of silence
The vision of her childs future pis***! now plain?
ly befon her eyes. Sh? was asking if Salome had
?hat bowra ot relf-sacrlHce which is so Bpontsoeous,
Hf e-moe* ia voluntary to rame feminine natures.
. itt Ito Oerry cpuld pot wy anything, lt* I*
her secret soul she sympathized with her daughter
in this. First and foiemost Mrs. florry f. lt that
she must be respected. Hut If .sh- wen* not worthy
of respect ph* mist do without lava. She knew
that this wa* what was in Salome's mind Hut
would it endure in Salome's minn ? And sh<- could
say nothing. Bm tin* phase sf character Baloiae
had not Inherited from that ancestor whee* traits
were no Impressed anon her, this phase wa* a
tincture of .W-Knglaad blood.
'Ibo two young men who had left the cahin to.
gother walked on for some distance without r-i-eak
ing. Mooro had no wish to speak. He strode on
with hi* head beat, brooding upon the one subject,
?'ind I o almost forgot that 17e had a eompaniofl unlil
Redd spoke.
"May be," said "Redd, "you'll say I've nc right,
but I guess I'M venture ta, take the right, anyway."
Ile stopp.-! in his walk in such j, way that
Moore was compelled to stop al*o
"Well, go ahead," said Moori-. Impatiently.
His thoughts were a torture to lum. but ha- wa*
Indignant if any ono intruded upon him and pre?
vented that constant dwelling of his mind upon
thc one theme.
Redd was very slow, and he did not speak im?
mediately. Moon- kicked at a palm-tt" stump
with (-omi* viciousness as he stood an I waited
Hut nothing waa likely to hurry Held When
he was quite ready to speak lu* squared round upon
Moore, taking in a* be did so tho bright attrac?
tiveness of Moore's aspect. That aspect was
Cloudy enough now. but l.edal perceived with .,
smoldering anger bow bright and winning it was
Batata! for Moore to bi*. And as he took this in
be Bad a crushing sense of the diflerence th.-r.* wis
between them.
," I understand," he said, "that you aro going to
marry Salome."
"That is my intention," -was the answer.
"I haven't got anything to say about that," re?
turned Redd heavily, "but I want to look tata
things a little. I ain't going linnie till sin* looks
different from what she don BOW? that is. I
don't think I shall."
'" I don't know what right you have-? began
Moon* hotly.
Ile found that his temper was like tinder in
these days.
'" It ain't worth while for you to get mad," now
remarked Ked L " I don't know as l can particu?
larly whether I have what you call any right or
not. Bul I love Salomi' Gerry "
"I was sure of it!" Interjected Moore nvugely.
'" All richi, is* sure'of it." was tin' response. '* It
doesn't harm her to have me love ber. And she
never pretended to love me any. She loves you.
Now what I want to know is: Are you up tn Bay
thing that is milking ber wretched ? T.-ll tin- that."
Redd'a eyra burned deeply as he apoke. Hut he
stood with perfect quiet, his figure looking larg"
in the sunlight.
Moore plunged his bands into his pockets. His
face was crimson, lb' lowered himself to a eu li?
ter fug.*.
"" Yon seem to forget that she is grieving for her
father," he said.
lb- could no longer dispute Redd's right. And
he was obliged to Acknowledge that this somewhat
uncouth man from tin- country had a power of
presence and personality.
'* It ain't that," sahl Redd. "V.a know- ii
ain't that I mean. It's something about you. Some?
thing i* throng."
"Yea," e\.l:iim?d Moore with sniin* violence,
"something is wrong: but it's nothing I've done
I am waiting anil hoping tn have a word with her
Can't you sis* I'm so wretched myself that I'm al?
most nady to put a bullet into my bea l '"
Moor.-, in spit.- nf himself, was so ronsciona of
tl:.* genuine ncaa of th.- man hefon him that he
spoke differently from whit In* had intended.
' Von give nu- yo ir word that it ain't any fault
( f you:-:' '
Redd looked at Moon* with unswerving, stern
gaza*.
"I give, you mv ward," said Moon*. Then he
laughed. '" Yon see I h-t you cateehin ni" Hut
I should like tn know what yo i woil.l d , about lt,
BBS wa v."
A dark flush came into TJ,.a|,r? face
" It's no matter," he -aid at last, " what I'd .1?.
Hut I'd make this w trill an uncommon bad pla.-..
f..r anybody that did her any narro. Bnl I lielteve
you, \ fellow's gol tu believe you somehow. I'm
glad nf it, -incl- -I,.* curra (nr you. lt must be a
-.!< um thing to Ik- loved a* Salomo loves you."
Redd timed away. After an Instant nf silence
Mc,o:e cann- closer tn him. If.* h.-l I mit ins hand.
'Will yon shake hands with in*-. Redd?'' he
asked.
'("tie two men clasped hands.
Tin n they walk'-d on toward the rite.
Hut Moon c "bl 'mt -tay in Augustine, ll
tried boating if a panacea which sometimes had
power. To-day, however, ho could nol en lura- t,,
st,iv nu th" river, and in half au Imur le was Bl
tin- wharf ;i;id bud thrown bis oats d iwn with ..?
lief.
\* in* stood there a patty came down to go nit
iu a vachl. lb- saw Mi*. Nunallv mii'.ii. tho
group Sin* looked toward him au I smiled, Ile
sud,lollly walked up to le-r. She knew, and -Io?
was .1 woman with exquisite perceptions. Women
understood; and tl..-y '.tera- so sympathetic. lt
would I'** a gnat relief to lum. M"..r" thought, ii
lu- might spend the next hour with Mi*- Nunally
perhaps hr- conk] thou endure th" tim.- until lie
could go out to that rabin again
Then was \r-r.v little ol th" stoic about Moor.
lb- craved sympathy almost a* a woman might
crave it.
" Vu- von going with all these |ieopl* '.' ' he a ?!*>? I
abruptly.
" I waa goin:," was tin- answer.
"Th. ii do a deed of charity and como with me
Hieas,* com., with me. I shall be a miserable com?
panion, though. I warn yon nf thst."
Moon was (.alis, iou.* if a ili-ci'b'iT filling ni
gratitude when Miss Nunallv turned to lier friend
and explained that sin* wis asked tn dn a di--I ol
charity, aad that a deed nf charity wus something
ilia! brougbl its own reward
The next moment Moori- had handed her late
the boat he Ind jual tefl, lb- pushed oil into th"
tiver, while Portia waved her handkerchief at the
yachting party.
"Tills i-> so kimi of you," Moore said when tiny
were well away.
?? It is no' so difficult to tie hind to you, Mi
Moore," was tin- iceponsc.
Mi*** Nunally mel bb rather nbseal gas* with a
look nf simple well-wishing which had a faint
comforting potnr upon th.- young man.
Moore "fiihavoied to rous* himself. II" must
imt ts* .rely a lump of Beeb in this girl's prc
<-nc<-.
?Why do yon Irv t.. talk"" Baked Parti* kind?
ly " lt is ant necessary. Yon bm!.' a* If you wen
sintering, Mr. Moora. Lei aa he riteot. Von row
wherever yea pteaan. It ia always a pleaaun foi
im- tn iw .ni th.- water."
For a long time Moon simply obeyed h.-r lb
was BOS-bod by her mere pn-s-ina* and b\ the knowl
edge that she iimlerstn. d. He need imf tell her
She understood
Th" linea in his fun-head flew h'ss deep Iii-.
wbob attitude relaxed, lb- wu* imt thinking of
Miss Nunally at all. She knew this fact perfectly
Mn- did not look at him. but sh" saw tin- ell*age in
lum
She silt leaning against tbe shin of llie bria!, her
para-id over her bend, In-r face calm, a faint glow
in ln-i eyes, the white rov-s in her corsage moving
gently in thi' wind and exhaling their fragrance
lavishly.
At laet Moore glanced at, his companion with
eyes that were a little loss strained. Then Mira
Nunally spoke
" Does she know how gen Stiflerf" she asked.
Tin* young man threw up hi* bead a* If a (hep
breath might have a restorative power, lie lo ike I
wist fully at Hort ia
"* I don't know." he said slowly, resting upon his
OHrs "She is very ii nhs npy. Hut I don't know
nindi about women They an- so strange
think Salome has sumo strange i(b-a in bet head 1
can't till whit it i*. I have a suspicion, though."
Moon* now drew in his oars and learns! In* urini?
on his knis-s Ile was Kiting steadily just beyond
the girl in front of bim.
??And what aro your suspicions? ? she inquired
"That she will want to break our engagement,"
was the reply. '
Portia suddenly lowered ber eye*. She put her
handkerchief to her lips. Rut rho responded di?
rectly :
.. v"'. because sha- doe* not love you," sin- saiaT
"No." he Bald slowly. "It i? not QOBCeilOti in
me lo think she loves mr But women an* so
different from men. Sometimes I think they don't
knOW lo,tv |0 love."
No BBSWet tn tin. remark. Moon- still continue.)
to gan beyond Ml*- Nunallv: and Mi*. Nunallv.
who waa not accustomed ip having men gua* In.
youd h,-r. still eon tin oed to hear this attitude of
her companion with apparent caha.
" I), von believe that wobbcb know how to
lov..''" questioned Moa tr
Hut he alni not wait for any reply. He went on
In.m.- li.itelv
" I have sanVrod more within the last few day*
than I . an .-tor sutler again Mv mind is one nor
rii.lo chaos Then i* only on.* thing I clearly
know Only one thing "
"And that la?-" a* the speaker hesitated
"That I love h.-r. No maller whit -.tu* lu*.
tone, I love lier "
Mi**. Nun.illy heal down as if to pich- up some?
thing from tin- bottom of th" boat
"Hat.- yoi assured her of that'*" sin* lninireil
in a ch-,ir voiea>
" I have had no opportunity. You know how
ill her mother has been "
M.? re took hi* onn Bnfl '."gan to row again.
Alter a tim.. Mi-* Nunally said
" Perhaps we might better ge back to the wharf."
Without answering Miine turned and began t.,
tow toward tb- city ,\? th-v dn-w near h.- looked
at her with a glance whit li for the lirst tim.- really
saw bra
"lb.w tired you uro!" he exclaimed "I can't
forgive myself for having bond you BO."
"You haven't bond ty." shs answered
"Truly, haven't I? Yon sn s,, good, Miss No*
rally And you have helped tn- so much Von
lave helped nie so by just lettin . nu* ht* with you.
don'l von know'* And you know all about it
Miss nunally," with vibrating earnest ncaa," I wish
VOU Were going to be happy. Hut you never will
I." happy if rou marry that man. And von don't
cv.-n pretend tn love bim, do jrouf"
"Oh, m.; I don't even pref.-ml to love him." now
meet ina bra companion's eyes -And I am not go.
lng to marry bim, Mr Moore "
' Ah "' with a start of infer"-!.
Moore again pulled in his oar*. He held out hi*
hand. As she mi her* within it she said ?
" I couldn't do it. iift-r all. And I .ll not for?
get what you said. Mr Moore, about such thing*.
Now you will congratulate m,., won't you ?"
Sim ali,| not allow h.-r hand t<i remain an instant
in his
"Indeed yes, [ congratulate you," Impressively.
Then Mool" l,.-::in to i,.w, ami bj* fae elouiteil
n\er (hs-plv again
When flu* two part.-.I mi the Plan the youn*
man thanked th" girl again for her klndrtc***, bis
eyes dwelling nn her with a half absent but wholly
wretched exprcssi-fl. And shesaiil nothta..
In an hour he was out at th.* cabin again. | ting
thi* time with a Well-deflned resolution not to
l.-av,. until h.* had had an interview with Salome
H.* was somewhat surprised to -.-.. nra rotates
to iini-t him She Lft h.r mother sit tin 2 at iii.*
door of th.- cabin, **h,. fenced h ich at lhal R-iira
which now alni not lean back in lt* chair any limp
Win, th.* first strauigth sh.- baal Mr* Hei rv erurr I
to loll." Sh.* sat now upright ami witched bra
daughter as she went toward Ma.or.*. Sal ann* hail
-ii-l nothing, and her mother hu I given no a lino.
**'ha* f.-lt that fbi* wa* a mallet solely between
those two. and fha' -h.- cul.| not advise.
She noted the -'il,du.-il enperm?l with which
M... r.* gre 'ted tin* girl She saw them w.-lk away
among th'* tie.-*, arith Jsck following sedately i
few feel boin*- l th.-h.
Then, after a while, the woman went and laid
herself on the bed Hut Ae had been then bul
a few momenta, she thought, when thi- hound came
in his sa.ba-r way in af the door Mr* (Jerry ro-**
hurriedly, She looked nut among the pines an I
saw Salomo c. ming alone Jack went hail, to h.-r
am) ranged himself behind her
Se lome cam.- straight on until She reached tlie
hom**, lira mother hastened t<> meet her
" Wall '" -he -aid. lor heart sinking.
** ll ? ha* sane." raid Salomo Hut .h.- had hardly
spoken when Moori* came rapf.Tlv toward them
lb- went directly t.. Mt- Orri, taking both lor
hands. She ha I never asea him look Ilk* this
in tie- least.
" I'm ."ing," h.* began Ile stopped BB Ideuly
Then le- i.".-.ni santa. ** I'm going, because -lu- m
-i-t* upon it. She mys she know* Bhe is richi.
She suv- -h.- knows hersell so well thal Bhe know*
sin- j* right Will?" he seato found bimralf un?
able tn go am Hut he waited until l.e could ray, " I
can't pro--.- c.it -),? i- wrong Hut I hiv.- her. She
cam "t make nu- promise not to come huck. Hood
by "
When lo- had gone Salome, still stan.linc by bet
ni''I cr. sail, with an appearance ai calmness:
?* l want to rar what j bav* to ny now. r?,r I
can't -*o nu talking shout it I knew In- couldn't
respect ne* fully. \nd lu* couldn't tell nie hr
could tt" said he was bi-wibb-re I. confused lb
said 1'* was -ip- "f dim tai... lhal h.- i< > ^?-' me
ami wanted nu. for hi- wife." A paun. IV*
??fitly ii,.- girl* voice went on again j
?In l.i? place I eba.uld have lied and saaerted
that I felt respect, that what I had done did not
really allin ni", and **> "ii Hut h>- could not.
\.,l | t.,ld him 1 had tendencies which 1 could nol
control, snd which weir not, I think I mi I aren
not. honest And that tln-V would make him Un?
happy. I told hun -I.ut it millie n" difference.
lb* ha- '_'..ii". Mother!" with i sudden s'...irp la?
tona ti m, " he hil*, n ne
"? Hut h.* will .-.line hark." ind Mn fterrv.
?'Will !b' '.' Hu how can I change f ||oW can
I he a diffi-rent woman ""
Sal,in-- looked at lier mother willi a ti mot of
pas-ih -i it.- Inquiry.
Hut toi- ne.r iiib?id.-d instantly. Sh** was loo
-petit with what -h.* h.ni ju?t m neted lo I'"'-I in
tens.iv now. llefon- Mi*, (-terry could think nf
anv reply, Salome .-in. ttith j lind of dull Bb*
rn pf ii-? :
* Miss Niin.illv loves him "
? ||,u' do v ou know '" < 11 ? i. ? lt 1 v.
" I al,,ut li now it : lon I believe it."
Ti.a p. u i. nothing to n-spoii l to ibis.
Th" tw., -i.I there togefhet at th" |...,i of tim
.al,m. |'l,.*y stood in th" full light of tin- sun.
Nilotic turneil toward tin- wotnun Isolde her.
?? it i- you and I, mother," slie said
? 'Yi--."' vu.I Mi* In riv, "you and I, with Lol
tai llll|l il ?
She stood erect. Sin- put her nrm ab mt lo r
daiigliier, 'th, also stood erect, with a difference.
Above them some black spot- came movins on
liol', towal I St. Au.o-tino -illunie saw these
moving iInn---., si,.* became t-i pater.
* Molter." sh- said. ** iii. ie ar- tlie .rows. They
fly between mr ami the -un. Hut ii h no matter.'
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writer'a frl'-llUalllp illili ililliiillill.il PT Miall. .Nil'.ll'
Bli) .-muli vi-, .ii'p 'liie'i I'l.-lina ld. Ile dil excel,
len ll) bo lui ii- t.a..nu; li. i nan lue Btam*. sad BMine]
,,,'...,", ic Ill I.Ill l,a I.all",I IO III.ll..' l.|..'l, i.| UlB
M.. al .,.,. la!l"l'- "ll III. oil.aa. Jil linc lime .Ul III
-|,i , I ur tt.i ut lo vi-ll lil:i'.
Il,, ll -Jl Ilia, la.l,a-. I..tl,lp 111*.,Ut till. III. OU*' lilli
uini Hilo) iii udna I."* 'i.i* vi-Im*. 11 ,i tame (nra
a -mall Ii.iiii. iMlHUUg ll-ai UM uopm. lo ttnicli lo
i.ci. mil io *ei narai. lt *_* Ow vnlagr. barr-osi.
iiiie.. meii sw alluring oa ihe tar, ana ihen acre
-it.nil oilo-i vei) nmyv\ iii-ioni. r- playing fain.
il..- a, ..| .iiiilul'l' lo.o.iliK ?ia* an oin m.ni wltn a
.... \ il. inti lani, .i bin*' '.limo I -Inri, ii lag pistol la
il- lull iiinl u lerj ?? Lilli' In-all. Ile WW gillio..Inn
tiUpgtiy au- io.-lllji*. fSBl. Till- va- I nial.lin utan.
I. ?? j. ,-tiii.isler.
a fen bouts taler the tespertw railed al Ihe poe*.
nfhee, ul,ia li occupied Hu- p mest fm me bulMIng ni
iu- iowa, (niii itu enan -ut un a |mcklnB*ot near
iii.- ironl don. looking ..ul ai iii.- beasties of nature,
? lille a ileih wu- Itlui: up ibe lattin I ?i* lilui. Lt*
Inuring bl* HMlor'ii i-rr-Bd it" po.1 mader said:
?.-., m..i in. ii un-AoMce insprau-r. WMI, you'll
lim! 11..-i a- nin'i iioiiun' tuuii* uini lld-. < lix ?? ii >i
.lute 1 bad ll. I'.int -nj Minah hr ll befon timi."
lila- lll-p'l lill' hllltaU lll.lt Ills UK ll,lilts Itel!- ll lillie
i Va lill.a., ililli Sti III la pll.ll 1
" Yen, that's right. -lt. .Illlllllt. boo ill*.Ul lllalll
iiioin-v rider WU-. Ihat bean pnld >??? .'"
"('ll. Ilia, I Upl-lill" silltl the I a-lii. *ln.l ren.ila.? 1"
I'te I.i.ii ut lng .1 ("Hg Uni" to get you to lix ihe*. BB."
??Ye-, iii,-,!'. .Hanny." Then be BdUed, turning
lo tb.' I naper tor, ?? Von aee, I Ih-i-h si bu-y."
The |lo-t|l,!.-tiT ils.enle.1 li tin- llls|i. cl r". piol.;-l
lou III laaa.li ol ,1 Hiv holli*. 1 l,e) il IIU'llI, 11*1 IO l|o|1ll|l|J
BMW Ililli I sfliall |las.l,.,.ak -Mila ll ,a.niall..tl :. le..
ciiiiie, ol stamps, ajblske] ac-ouuis, paid sal unpaM,
mon t paid on a ho,,., ibal swaa oas building, mid
ti,ri ,iis oiler private BMOtonada. Ii I'.'.l* a tt.-ek l i
al I'," aim.il. ul, li's, lint] li, hu,I oul Ihut In- awed Hu?
la.,',, nun, nt , tar -ii.i'.iu. .. rambler oho mu un id
liolnl paid over lite lu Li nm ? un ou demand ani the
C'lpl.lltl ROI II l.ll'f leno III J,ill.
.1 NEW 1NSTKUMHNT FOR NAVIGATORS.
ira.m Tin- Baltlmara Baa
Mii-i.-s-fiii cs11 rinieut. have ret-eutlj 1,-,'i' iea*e
v.lMi Un- inimical liistrimi-Ol kiioiiii a- the - Inr
oin-i" i on board Un- I nliid Miilis light li<'ii-e m.un. r
Vlialet lu Chess peake Hat and baltlmi-r-' tarbor. Tl.e
soliirotiiei! r ls Hi., li,*,, ni,ct, ?f |,ie,'ti n.-iiit gr ll.
!;...|i..-i, United Mill-. Navy. ll I* Iniended ?c
, Ul;,Illy to lilla III lue a Va?'al's pisltlol' III Ml, ililli
tier eonpaaa error i.y otetervntloiri >.f Ibe sun bwo*
.a stars al nut lime one of iin ia l- visii le. indevead
.-III Of Ito- tl-ll,lilli' Ol l|,,. .en |,..|t/ol anil "lilioiit
nny rlaborata ralcutaUnii-i. Tba laetrninenl I
mounted ra ismrd tba strainer, nnd aernptes a apara
s|\ feet 111 diameter oil Ihe (leek. Il I- ililli! g.-d
with ii constant level hear a BBSl Iron tlo.n lu a
ISrgS bowl ci iilnli'li'i* l-l. puuada inu'iiry. Th
bawl ls npaarted i.y gtaibala mu ? ?teBd ra the
.1.ri. The tesl* were n.i.il.- under favorable eon
illili.ns. The method of ulwlvtas I- te adjaat mic
sradaatsd nre la Ita de. Iii.mimi of ihe -u" or l.a!)
i,, Im. obacrVed ?< gives in the ?? Nuuilcal AlflBsaac".
nnd tie ii lo lum Ibe 1-li-rSpB to Ibe ?t?l"i 1 bi tb.
?kV To pet Ihe Sllll III the axis of IBM telescope it
ls' mci ssiirv lo nils.- or lotter Un- pats -'! lbs In
strumeiit. and when lt ls adjusted to tic vt*l'.ile In tile
axis of the telescope the angle nhor-i ly thc umduated
ure li Ihe veivl's bitlttido. Thc latitude, declination
snd slUtude ticing known, tbe hour angle or local
apparent time la read ou tbe hour circle, while tba
Royal Baking Powder will be found the
greatest of helps. With least labor and
trouble it makes bread, biscuit and cake of
finest flavor, light, sweet, appetizing and
assuredly digestible and wholesome.
mian.tl, I*- rt ml .ri th-* t.t.riroii Circle An ti dex In
'it.e un., or it... beet ihowi th- dlretiion of Ibe tru
r.crtb. and affardi Bunna ir. du. mine ti,.- error
of tin- ship- cempuaa In a hook >f atlmalb tables,
il.- ;i7iiiiut:, corresponding la a certain declination,
latitude aml si Ima tb nre civet, rbrae quantities |
nm-t be the rama M read from tbe Instrument.
Hence. whenever in -tact vs tte* I* Iskra tin* it*
server km rn da.finitely if lils rssulls fr* right fr
wrong
Further experiments nil lu- nude on lbs Violet
when opportunity enan.
STORIES AROUT RRIGNOLI.
QUEER WAYS OP THE TKNOR.
Winn Janies Morrissey wu* mannaor of Hie Emma
Abbott Opera < smpaaf be bm_* overtares to Drlgaob,
Koine to Hie Everett ttease to see him shoat ibe ea
gagement. Ih* oas sae of ibe bsrdral me* tn the
world to milo* s Boatracl mill. He would insist on
lalkiiik' BS niiicli and Objecting -o tiuicli Unit tin- mann
per could not say a tv ard. Morrissey ld him tulle for
nft.cn iniiiiit'-. thea eagnatatated.
?? Mv dear r.riu." In* sui.I, " Wa* never can undefN'and
each otbet if you old Bot listen io what l nave to my.
\v?. cannot .nine to u-nii-* unless you bear aw."
DrlguoH ihen launched mt i another lon-.' sa-rle-i of
objection ..
?* My al.rir Brig," BXpMtUlBtSd Morrtseey nenin,
"when are yon Kolnir to let nie talki Ho ahead mid
flni.-h arbal fem hive to -,,y, nnd then give mo a
i linnie.''
So slatters drifted along for the entire afternoon,
nml tl.ey vere un Bearer an agreement than wbra they
began. Finally Morrtiaey Mild :
"Brig; I'll civ you Bfteea minnies more, thea I
ttrinl to hate nv,; minni... to myself. We cannot tl,
anything lids tray, l wi ii not interrupt you, and you
mu-i promise hoi tn Interrupt mc. i*. lt a tradet"
Rrlgnoll nt int consented i?i.ive Itoni-uey a ehan.'e
- '-bul only three minute-; live Blinnie* wera ta,ai
tu int."
They loo* out tbelr natebes, mid BrlgnoH talbed on
for bil full Uni". Tin n Morrl-wy -t -pped bim.
"Nott, reiiiiinl.i-r tour Igree.nt, lllig," be IBM.
"YOU mii-t uni Interrupt ina-."
Tbe tailor wrillod tbe flamr fnst nnd furioii-lv ai
Morrl*->v Utted, n, ter bealing a w,,rd Ital wa a said,
he nan *?> veted al bring hep! rtlent, A .: ?/? n limes
in* attempted to Interrupt, bal Morrl ey called bia at
ianda.n to Ihe s gre eas? nt. snd he oas forced lode-dat.
Twa, minute- a,f Morn--''v'- time Wen- nastcd in Chech
lag t'i interruption*, bnl In the ..n" thal remained Ibe
manager succeeded In bringing Hrlgnofl to terms.
ll*- alarayi expected bb amor.*, no Btatter whew or
nba! be sang, mid if lt una Bot fun h,,.mimc he ama <.tf
la a rage iii-ianM*. in .ni" amati country tdwn he
ii ii ^ tri- fat..nie ...ni., "i.un .- i..mihi,'' ia icrenada
fl ".'ll iHSlltetti'l "lloll l'll-a|l|a|a.," til'll HUH.II.ll arira*.
nii'l v.:iiu.ti ott Un* itsge perfectly ntl lani, psustag al
Hi- -tin.-, to ll-i'-n lo Hr,' Bpptefl-?? I" hi- utier
amatemenl lhere ns not s Mond ol approbation. Ile
*irode into ti* droaslng-room, Blattering ital be would
ii,i respond i.i mi ,ii,an-: li- would retune to sim;
snottier -on.'. Mill Ibe bouse rmminrd ilteut. "Nol"
be .li.-i !? ih,? ui-iit him. -i refuse ia. ling again.
I rrfu ?? lo reapand lo Ibe i Beare:"
i;.,ii..,-ii. i, u io un, mora, a lever I ha fl ihe ordinary
sort rn,t. j,un,i,i> approached and whl:
"Mguoc i.iu'ii',ii. i,ni sans 'i'ii Uhe aa sageL Tbs
graph could uo! appreciate ll."
Tbe obi tolbra Bearii a ept,
"HgrbagelataI Biy -tad!" I.Belabued. "Olva nie
your bani. I (IPI not koon you were -lull ra 11111-1
ainu Mv ?. -f r Tagbaptelra, I munt Introduce you
io I in 1 tan .'a 1.1 tra, my .art.11,1" turning to "Tag," who
-t.aaxl near l.t. -Ile I a greal mu.b inn I Ila BppN
alat.s my nlnirins mole ia,tu nil ll. fool-.**
Brlgnoll wai to ..ireful ..f bb mice wbra bc bad ts
-Inr M1.1t be B -r-I?l lei! -|.-riU nt ,11. runt wns III Ihe
hnbit of ttrlilm; hi- nisbet on a piers "f peprr. Daring
th.- 1.i-t thirty var. of ;,i- nf. h.- nv,i at ihe Kveretl
lion? abra tun on tin road. It look bin at brat
Mini- ...ii ,i ..-r at rm hour lo gQ from lil* room to tb*
ildewalk. Ile fnu*t i: t Bled to the a ., ii .-.?, t ? rt gra I
unlit Leaving the room, be aroald peee up ind ah,un
Un- hall lol '.li ,.r lill., a ii. il, ul. ? . nulli ibnruiigli ly?
la . lill.,, 'II ll. 'a* le hill." I! I. .,||a| . ,l . llld fl-O fl I III- le
t*..um j, i io Ibe lobby to . \|..-rl. in- fnr tm ni) minute*
ii -h.'iitlv lower degree af temperature, ai tl.ad rn
hull nu Imur he ii-.mill reached 11..- Vestibule, ti lu ra?
le- it,mM pi-, another quarter, opening tbe uuti-r dmir
oem lousily In ft 1 la?te ol Ibe fresh air. When
Ibm mehi) an ilniii Hird hen*, b? button, iii greairoal
clune nba.ni I...11 uni llcpped DUI on the poVcUICIlt.
One night la* Invited levers! friend in mp with Ulm
stier .1 performs ure in ItalHirnit-e. and un ic, iou.' 1.1
ri j. j ll m. n* ^ I .uni ile lal I.- -el ami ite Haili r- in i-.nli
ii-s, io begin bringing In Hie ill-lii*. Ile tia, ex?
tremely pntlll ular it laina' Hie Appear.I bl labia*,
.uni alway* loot 1 critical rbrw "t Ihe crockery, *llver,
linen. ,t... befon- Invliiug hi, friends i.a .11 .laattn. un
lin- Olia sion bi* ingle eve ,li- .1 1 1 ? ai .tar il a-mall
Ji-1"- la Ihe Isble I'llilh, and lill sngrr ll. all nil nu?
lli nil Iii -lilli I. lon lull a,I BTnth IO *P':ih, Ile caught
ii,hi ul lb.uer <>: ie h.,tu and guvt one lung,
l|Ull'k Jerk, I'-allliL' Hie InbI- a ..;,i|,|el. Iv niel s, ,11. 1 iri,:
knives, f.'.rl,-. .pUlll*, platiH, etc., nil ov.r Ihe room.
lb". astounded watten ran lo the proprietor willi ne?
ille, i.int tt ir. i, be arri vi d . u Ita ?* ene Ihen1 ?.i* dan
.-r in In eye.
li1i7iM.ll Know be wa* lu ellon- ii Hilde, and forth
ttiu, bronchi in' , play all hi* runnlug to sri ont of li.
11, protruded ital Hie waller. Iud irenti-d him in 1
rn,, : o'lira^'.'ii- manner: timi Ihe inMerloth ti., nol
lu n.i a hog In eal <>it ni ; Ital Hie dinner wa rnl*, thal
1 lie urine* tteie warm I rt .liori, lie made Hie i*rouriet<ir
belie-..? llinl even ll.Itu: V, jil.I rr- Ind :. |i,.*sil,|...
Ihen If Iiegan lo molli't bim liv prat-lii*. hi- hon.-.
Hot tia- 11 ital every nne b* kneu in th ti hoi.- 1 ulled
-lutes ||.iii r.Iiilli.lil.it ll :> hllll ll.nt ...lill ll lu
Ital good 1 ??? pl- thought -> v*.tl "f it' Kveryl-odi
hail loht him thal ll tm- lin- onlv lir-l.ln-. hotel lu
lialilinnro Ind lld* ind ihi- wa* Hi- wa) a guesi
na In-alidl -ur h ilran* wa* ??.ni* nh.*, Ttte
lr.ml! .ri coull UOl p.--:bli I.', .-.t I! ni one ..f Iii- "U..-I
lin.l leen sii un). . ,1 on: v.. Hi-I iln-x h.-u ..- Would
-Ulill.il t a 1! '
Iii lion, ii,,- vt iii ol. f, ibo. nab- iii- landlord Ihlnk
bil. Hie ,1 , I abu I 11 i.i cn th. ? ,| 'h. v tti-re Minn
Hie b ,1 of friend*. I".':.- Ismllorri him?'f stlrmi.*! in
Un' Helling .,f the t.il.l- *.,. b.si of ,-t, rt lulu; iu 1 h.
imn-e ttri. put ..ii lt, uno nn cm eli-.ii dinner wa*
terre* ai in. expense, liri?" ;M gave Ihe wslten rio
rai ti tu hat Ing hurt their * -ii:-.
l'rrri-a tt.-ni 11 kag uri. j .. . him. one evening al
rehearsal Ihe orrin- Ira laid d wit ilirlr Instrument ri?
on.an and api'liu.b'ii til- Kinging nf n favorite nong
tong Mild rigorously. He wb* muih pleased and, nu
t n 111 111 -.* IO Ibe |00? light* 11HI1 BU ny .1 bott snd -mile
of sMllsf.irli'in. MM :
? "o-u'.cm. 11: liuiinsiirii. it .ifi.-r the rehearsal lhere
mil be n rhampBgw- supper al Ihe Kt.cn llnusc. I
Haine 1 mut lint- thc honor t * ni. ol yon nil lhere."
li ;- ineilbss io remnrk lin! Uley .vere lhere, every
man of them. The lappet rori DrtgnoU g-OO.
After a pcrtormonra be aa. .1 tremendou* enter. Ills
ajNM-llle ttn, liarganiuaa. Men who dined with him
h.,I,,*l on lu nnisn-nieni. N?r ita- lhere any roa-nn
(bb- Until in bl- drinking cara city. Mr, Marden, pro
|,ri"lor ot Hie ol I Willuri'-. Hotel III Wafthtngtnn, hue's
ind admired llrtgnolt, and alway, regarded him au bi?
gnell ttin-ii in Ita National f'aplt-il. Tbe tenor a I way *
fooiui tin- tin,-' -ot of r.11. ready for him, .net an
rtrellcni rapper walting after the evenlns'* work oas
done \ friend '"..li *apper >vttb him one nlghl there
:i,i.-i- the 1*rformance al Ihe National Theatre, where
hrtgnoU *ang uiih Albiini, nml hi, testimony b si
fol) ot. :
'? I'.ripunll begin hy catlin; a largs porter!i'Mi-e steak.
The* lu- ate n r-icitii-h omelet, In which lhere imisi
have b-i 11 ni l-ii-i ball ? doses ergs. Thia he followed
jil renilt sa.-ins Incredible, nod I am slmo-l afraid to
ten lt 1. by mo doran goo*-stied Biulinn chop*I in
Ihe ne.an time In- Srank two qaarti of wine, 1 became
ilarme*, and -nil 'Uris, have ynu any Mea lr..tv much
ton have en fen " Aad ta repMed: -nh. vert little.
very hui-. A *niiiil puce at steak, a very mile omelet
?mi a few lillie Chops.' I sh,nt.tl him thnt be had
cate* twenty lour etan*, and C"?i bli; ones loo, -Ah:'
he tried, ?but wei I have left the honest ?
Annuic r.riL'iioli's romBOfclllon* ls the march "Love
aad .leiii.iiisv.- ?hbii liflraore, a greal friend or ihe
tenor, Hr-t played Bl Manhatian henri,. i.ri.n,,i! wai
.1 eui- musician, taring taken lim iir-t prlu ns a pian.
virtuoso ni Un- ( aiii-erv.itory In Nagle*.
lie ii.-v.-r wys Known to be mady 1 ? ga a*n nie stage
to -im: bis part. He he* to ?h1i one minu.r <*>vernl
niinui's before appearing. In Hil- h.. was a r'r.'nt
trouble to bmbs* r*. ' iasl eiv- (ne on.. mlnuti<
mire.'' he wouM beg, mid Bruen ital rt.is ,,,, i,,- would
lil'iii for anotber nii'l another, lld all patience obi
rahsasted. _
Ile ilic.l p ?ir nml **S Imrbd by ., friend TN Uti
iiioii.-t ta spent hms received tm a .h.ci; iigned b)
lilli rill A*!o.'. WhO llBd bO_*b! len Ila kel. ,|| *_ .raab
for one ,f iii- con. its. Tht* check llrtsnoll carried In
hi- poebel f.r srarly ina rears, nml never bad it malled
nulli lu the dir.-i extremity.
HU TWO WORKS OE ART.
Irom Th- lt' sion (.lol*-.
I ne (Inf tile swell nrll?t aa* pi.s.liii: the Inilse ol
the younger one. and Hie latter railed lo bim:
.. y\r.'?, 1 hsv Ju*t iiiii-li.-d two plcturra, entirely
dlit.Tent In M-jeet, and n-nld Hln- lo bova to"
? lainlon of Ibem." 'i'lie great ama sahl ta araald be
,nl> 103 happy io look at thi m. s... ushering him
imo the hon*.- and openfu* ibe parter, tb** anmi
iminted lo ina picture* hanging ia thc nail, nnd Bald
??There ihey an-. One Melara l* 01 my father, eosted
from an oM-fa-kt-oed , mbrutype; the other la a palnj
Ing of l.llv 1'itid.'' Th.* nrilst, after adju-tlng lils
,.ya*iiis.sa-s and lcilting cnrefully nt the palntUigs a
mniiient. turned nnd nuked : MYhlcl) vue -ld you tey
was your father. Mr. ?J?
IN THE AUSTRIAN CAPITAL.
THE KEW CARDINALS-ITIlLISIlINa THE
CRIMES OF A PRINCE.
Very solemn ami impre-r-ive tva* tho ceremony
in the court chapel at Vn-nn.1 on Monday, Feb?
ruary lil. when the Fmperor Francis Joesph
iBYMted the newly croate.l cardinals, lialiniborti
an.i Vsraiy, with the r*arlet herat Inn. The
Mered e.llfice was crowded with jjreat digaitariaa
of the Crown am) tin- Household, with ecole-ii
BBtlCa, Cabinet MtBtStel* and oftirers of the army
and navy Indeed, Blmoat every kind of uniform
appeared to he represented, those of the Hun*
gsriau magnates, adorned with jewels and
bordered with costly fur, attraetiag tpeeial
attention, 'lim Emperor waa Mated darlag thc
major part of the service on a throne erected
on tim QocpeJ dido of Ibe High Altar. As soon
as th.* mass had heeii celebrate*! hy the ("ardinal
Archbishop of Vienna, inc Papal Ablegatea up
proacbed mid, after three low bows, proceeded
to deliver in turn Latin addresses, eulogising the
n.*\v Cardinals. They then took tho Papal briefs
from the golden naiver and, kneeling on thc low
est, ata*p ou the throne, held them up toward the
Emperor, who lightly touched timm with his
light hand ami uttered the customary formula
"Legatur," whereupon they wire read Blood.
The A hie.ates thereupon, Bgaia kneeling on the
lowest step of the dais, presented to his Majesty
tin- '.'olden howls COataining the .scarlet llff-ltUB.
Praneia Joesph now put on his grran-piuarad
cocked hat ami turned toward the two newly
created Cardinal*, win. had entered meanwhile and
-.tere kneeling on ihe topmost step* oC tho throne,
mid placed tlie berettaa on their heads, giving
precedence iu the matter to Cardinal Galimberti
who, as Papal Nanete timi representative of the
Pope, is higher in muk than Cardinal Vasarv,
wlm is Primate nf Hungary. The ceremony was
brought to a dos,* hy the chanting of the Te
Drum.
Tin* Carnival lins leen unusually gay, ami
although there has h,s*n a decline [n the number
of pul.lie halls ami festivities which formerly con?
stituted so marked a feature of the pre-I.etif.en
Benson nf Vienna, yet there luis In-en a Kreat in?
crease <>f private entertainments. A-Boag tho
most notable of the latter was a hall at flu*
French Embassy at which Crown Princess
Stephanie und a number of thc members of the
Imperial Family were present, Tin* cotillon was
led Iv I'i ince Lobkowitg, ned tin* favors, as well
a* Hu* -upper and tin* flowers, had been brought
specially from Paris. If was peeuliurly appro?
priate that Prin/Ce LobkowitS should have been
selected to had the cotillon, as thc palace _o
r ti pied hy the Embassy hear* his name nnd
belongs to his family. (In Shrove Tuesday, too.
lhere waa a i-rand ball nt. the Imperial Palace,
at, which, as usual, tho Archduchess Marie
Hierrae representer! tin. Empress. Dancing
h.-nil at nine o'clock, and punctually at inid
Ili.'ht tin- music stoppi-l iinil the jruests dlspCfS*d.
During tin- course of tin- evening a Bamber of
presentations wa* made to the Archduchess Marie
rin-ri--", while flic Emperor spent some time in
talking with Prince LohaBO-f, tba Russian Am
hasndor; (mint Niirra, the Italian repp-sentative,
and Colonel FrederickD. (.rant, tho United States
Minister, whoas approaching d.-fiarture is greatly
regretted, as both he ami Mrs. (Irani have
succeeded in ptith-ring tba BBB I tts very popular
in Vierm.i.
I he pisa for reproducing a portion of old
Vlenr-a at tho Cbieaga -World's Fair lia* cum*
pl.t..Iv fsiled. It is w.li raeotved in Chicago
and ttaiulal have been given every support, a
syndicate with un Austrian-burn Aaierican oitb.-n
at its head having arranged to guarantee 100,000
llnrin* il tin* Viennese lirnis would contract to
stock tim -Imps with characteristically Viennese
manufactures. Hut the leading business men of
the Austrian capital refused to have anything
to do with the matter, owing to ibe trouble
which they experienced in reenvortni: either their
exhibits nr pecuniary compensation for them at
the close of tin- N"\v-(irleans Kxhibition. and the
tvlnah* plan has BOW bi*m abandnilisl. The Vi*-n
nc-e ar>* all tin- mon- disappointed, as they under?
stand that lhere i* 1 ? he a Prussian Village ut
the Exhibition, where Prussian military music
i- tn In- perl.inned daily.
(.nit anxiety lias rei.ned nt Vienna, nnd in
al.I in all tin* ettie* and tiiwtis alnn- the banka
a,f tha* Danube, during tin- lani three wi-oks, by
reason ..f th.- ic.- moving. Tin* ira generally begin*
to thaw ian tha. l'p|ia-r Danube first, and the result
I.*, that when tin- wat.-r and broken ice come rush
ing down to Vienna and oilier riverside towns and
cities lower down the stream, when- th.- ito still re?
mains linn ami furms a dam, terrible inundations
are apt tn cninie. I'p tn thc Bight ot February
li the City nf Vienna was exposed to the great?
est danger, mid much anxiety prevailed. Shortly
alter midnight, however, the iee suddenly broke
arith a terrille noise, ami on thi- following nu.ru?
in.' tin* Viennese found that the whole breadth of
th- llanu'i,- wis lilh-d with gii-antic hincks of icc
Numerous dmd animals and iilno Mveral hum.ill
trudies were borne down on the pas-sin:: tioes.
The recent visit to Vienna of Prim-" Daaillo,
the eldest sun nf tin- rci.'iiing Prince of Monte**
negro, ami his reception l?y tho Emperor, recalla
to mind the fact that Utera ls now lying nuder
lenience nf (tenth at Spalate, in Dalmatia, a Mon?
tenegrin hearing the minn* of Racco Abratnovi-,
who has Ims'H found guilty ot the murder on Aus
triin foil, of Prince llanillo a half-brother, Grir.io.i
Nikeevtv. tiragiea was a natural son of the
present ruler of Montenegro, and hud been edp*
outed, at his father's expense, altogether at Paris.
When he attained nmnbood ba waa rammened to
i t'ttiiij'*, sad took up his roisidence in the palace,
where he was assigned to the duty of a private
s.'a-retar.v. Il" soon ri*ented thc dillcreni-e bp.
tween tin- treatment accorded to his lialf-brotli"r.
tho loir to the throne, and to himself, and iimp
oM-r, heeam* rxaetiai in bia deiiiands upon
his father for money. It waa not lang
before the aifeetion of the reigning Prill:*'*
turned into hatred, which wa- increased when
he discovered that (.ruglea waa ho! tini; up
certain of his intinnifies, notably hm weakness
lor drink, to tho ridicule and contempt of his
acquaintances. A violent quarrel took place be?
tween faller ami son, ami the latter hastened to
niak" his escape across tin- Montenegrin border.
lt appears that lu- carried with him some docu?
ments nf a moat OOmpromlaiag nature, and the
const.quence was thal tor an entire year lu* wa.*
followed Irom city to city in italy, France mid
laailiiaiu , by emiwartea of the Prince, arba are
now known not only to have attempted on several
,,.tetons io rob him ol his paper*, I ut also to kill
him. lt wns not until (Iragie* took up his resi?
lience in Austria, on th" coast of the Adriatic, that
his father's 'bravi" -nally sinceed-d in taking
11i.s lite. A few months ano he was stabbed in
il:.* banar at Umina, in tin* district of Cattaro.
Iii* assassin was arrested and brought to trial
Iv thc Austrian authorities. In the course of tin*
proceedings it was brought to light that thc
murderer mu* merely tba tool of thc rciirnin_
Prim-,- i-i Mnntenegro, -it whose inattgatiea. and
even command, thc murder had been perpetrated
The matter wns even publicly discussed in tho
Aiitriau pre-s, winch would never have Ikvii
ii rinifti d liml thc Prince not antaRonized tim
Emperor of Austria hy his offensive attitude
during the two or three precilinj years It is
l-elicvod that Prime llanillo, tho heir to the tfnnte*
neiriii throne, would not have been so cordially
received at Vienna had it not boen known that
hi-, too. was on ta-rnis of hitter antagonism with
his fntlior. and that he is tho idol of the National?
ist party, which aims af deposing his father, and nf
placing bim on tb* Montenegrin throne io His
i stead. .
M. JULES FERRY.
THE SURPRISE IN PARIS OVER HIS REI UBI
TO POLITICS.
Paris. February 24.
Tho fresh start ns a political man which tha
Senate has given to M. Jule* Ferry came aa b
surprise to most of us, though there bav* been
Urang premonitory ryuiptnuis that u move *.
thc kind WUS beiag planned. Ilia lioiuiuation by
a caucus of tin- 1 ..-publicans of the Nniate threw
the Royalists into a state of convulsive anger.
It is my belief that M. Constant* and Rino, who te
th'* lint, between thc advanced wing of tlie Oppor?
tunist Party and the Radicals of tho Palais Bour?
bon, engineered this now departure. (Nor have I
any doubt that they worked with thc concurrence
of MM. Speller. FIoi|iief. Clemenceau, and other
prominent mcmliers of Both Houses of the Legialb
tiir?*. MM. Constatia ami Ferry have crows io
rick with tin* men now in office, and the Senate
ia petting frightened at thc manner in which
tin* Royalists aro rearing their heads and at the
attacks which they aro openly preparing to makg
on tho Republic. The Senate is also alarmed at
the incoherency of the Republican Party and at tba
confusion that niggl ut thc Palais Bourbon and
in the councils of the C.ovcrnuient. It te thought
by many who would help him?first, up to tba
Speakership of the Senate; next, to the Presi?
dency of tho Republic?that Ferry is tho beat
candidate to meet the requirements of the present
situation. An energetic man is tieedod to brace
up tho party mid weld together its shattered
fragments. The politicians from whom all back?
bone lian disappeared, owing to the corrupting
environment in which they have lived for going
on thirteen years are too Hubby to deal with the
agitators. Carnot is not alive to the clerical
intrigues to place the (iovernnient in the banda
of M. Plea Comte ile Mun and others who would
take the first opportunity to proclaim Philippe VII.
1 Ut*ul.xs he has not the stamina wanted for tba
battle which in sun* to te* fought soon. X good
man for a normal tim.*, if lie hud only to deal
with respectable men, he is not suited to a hotly
unlit.mt period. Physically his arms aro long and
" needy," Ins riwab_era narrow and his chest weak.
Hie lace has the sadness and the darkness of
omplexion of om* urbane liver i.s troublesome.
I he inner man concords with tin* outer. " Ha
loves pcBCC ami th.- pianoforte,' Mihi Senator Ram
to one who asked him yesterday why he pre*
felled Ferry tu tin- actual President, of the Re?
public, "and WO want," he continued, " somebody
who will be a mainspring to a (iovornment formed
lo coull.at in defi'iise of tin* Republic.''
1 have been told by another Senator who used
to hate M. Ferry, but is now for him, that M.
Magul!!, tin- Governor of tin- Bunk of France,
was objected to as a candidate for thc Presidency
of tin* Senate fur many strong (CaaOBg. He wa*
too much, to begin with, the luau of the Elysce
and came forward to please M. Carnot and
.Madame Magnin. M. Magnin has against him
too _reat intimacy with tho big linanciors, and
though believing big-act. a Republican, had be
cullie extremely Conservative. Ile might he
brought by thu Rothschilds and ethe, great bank?
ers to shut his eyes to plot* for the proclamation
of Philippe VII. At any rat,- he is gouty, rich,
la/y. Challelllel I.iia'oiir, the lither chief opponent
of M. Perry at th.- Senatorial caucus, lias an ir?
regular establishment which shocki-d many ia
Loodoa when In- was emliussador there. It is
felt that there luis been too much of that sort of
thing in tin* upper sphere* of the political world
here. He would tn- in his plaa-e an a professor of
tin* Collece of France, he being B man of Treat
talent of a professorial order. But his lraaot
biiity nf temper alone should be a di.-iuaiuica
tion for the Presidency of tin- Senate, where bis
task would be oft.-n tu throw oil on waves ot
passion. 1 Vsides lin hus laid himse'.f out as a,
Senator to win the favor and the votes of tha
Royalist Dukes at the Academy. He did this ia
attacking the school laws and other new institu?
tions won after muijy hard battles by tho Repub?
licans. He and M. do Freycinet are now hand in
glove with the Duke d'Aumalc, whee* friends are
beginning to intrigue for him. M. Ferry, said this
informant, has his faults and grave ones. But
he was not one of those statesmen of wtiom
Huron de EH Bach could catch hold by the agency
nf ballot girls aud otte-r moans of corruption.
M. Ferry had the luck to la* out of Parliament
wheel the Panama lottery tennis were on there,
and ho leads in all respects an exemplary domes
tio life. Mis wife is a charmin*, lady, beautiful,
accomplished ami of high character. The Panama
scandals have l>een death to so immy reputations
ns to Baals* it haul tu lind a prominent man wh*
is Opt Btig-BBt-Sed. Hence M. Ferry's revived
pre-eminence. His rising, nt to speak, from the
dead is one of the strangest event- of present*
day Preach politics.
To realize how strange this p-surrection is one
should go hack to the da) iu the spring of 1895
when M. Perry was hurled from tho pretnietship by
all InSignaal Hulls" of Deputies, as a "tool of
Prime Bismark." Iii* escaped that day from the
indignant inuititude outside by g dag away through
tin- 'alden nf th.* Fnreign Ministry next door. He
tlnre lumped into a hackney rsaoh and told tim
di iver to give plenty of reta tn tin* horses and
tai use tba whip. When about ball way ueroM tha
Pool ih* la Concorde In- wa. recognised, and a rusli
waa mad* Bftet the carriage to stop lt and throw
him into tin- Seine. There had been terrible mor?
in lity among tin- troop* in Tonqiiin, and tho
sailors who, under Admiral Corliot. kept up a
blockade on thc coast of China. The Adtnirui
hail just died, hut had also during his illness
written home letters deacamefaag the (ioveriinn-nt
nf which M. Ferry was the ? bteC, M guilty of crim?
inal levity, and as plaeiug their uwu private in
interests above tho*** of their country, lt wus
certain that Prince Ri-maik, to keep France from
thinking about Alsaco-Horraiiio, dangled before
tin-,-y.?-. ol' M. Ferry great African and Far Eastern
Dominion**, ami as a means of blinding lum to
catch Bl a well-baited hook, entered into a cove?
nant, with him to crass the pith of England in all
tarts ol the world. They hath succeeded ia
getting a Uiadateae administration turned out og
nineo, by tue tenable they gav* its Fon-igu Minis?
ter, tin- lat-- land (iianvilie. Tins, as it suUso
queatly proved, was ot a* beaefl lo France. Lord
.-salisbury cuiuing ni and Irroaiing tin- um nvenante
? tl partner nt til" Ingle Alliance?a posit iou tin
wus justiiii-il ni tah_ag, wnut. v.-r tue English
Liberals ami Radicals may say to the contrary.
kerry, egged ou by tttsmurh, made dashes in ali
directions, lirst on Tunis, aud then ou Tonquln,
and succeeded. Lord Du Merin prevented a French
dash being made on Hui mah by taking it, by a
quick, decisive and unauthorized move for Great
Kritain, just as Ferry was stn-t-liing out his hand
to seize n. lt is not on tin- cards that, should
he ri-a- again to a high anal thinly held situation
in French politic*, lie would try to play again the
same colonial card. His health i.s not what it wa*
eight or nine years ago, ami tin* exeh*0-** is in a
far Worn condition. Taxes are being crowded
ui nu the ratepayer. M. Constan's House of De*p>
iitii-s, elected at great expense, han tuxed pianos,
cycle*, liveries, double taxed " built properties,'*
mane food a third dearer than it was two year*
m..., and is going to tax stock e\chan*-e trane
nctioni nnd, under the pretense of helping small
Worekevpera crush down bin stoles like tbe Bon
Mar-he and the Louvre with a poll tax on the
counter assistants, and a progressive patents tax
on each special dopa rt men f.
Senator St. Hilaire is a man of unswerving
honesty and philosophical culture. Ite thinks
Ferry thc only statesman now remaining.to France.
Why ':' lb-cause the onay one capable of sub
initiating his own interests to the weal of tba
nation whom he profess,-* to serve. Self is toa
narrow a busis ter action in it public man. Not hln*
great can lie produced by any one taking his stand
ttn'mj. lt. According to Senator St. Hilaire lt waa
the ruin nf fiambett*. Ferry does not resort to
tricks and artful dodges like De Frey,*inet, whom
the (Senator p-irarils aa n fatal man to France.
Though Senator St. Hilaire is not on the plitfortn
cf thi- new Pp-siilent of the Semite, he holds him
in the blchest esteem. Tn liegin with he iii a
worker. He knows how to buckle to a tack and
to get hy hard study to the bottom of a knotty
question. Nor do*- he wuste hi* power aa did
Gambetta bv hunting half a dozen nares at ono*
and embroidering eloquent Iv upon an nullera num?
ber of trifling subjects. Ferry will not sink lib*
(irevy into indolence ind sloth. As presiding
officer of the Senate his interest will he immense),
The Senate cannot upset a Ministry. But in
the hierarchical order its head comes iinmedittely i
after the President of tlie Republic. M. St.
Hilaire regards the .Senatorial election of to-day
a* the most satisfactory event to all good Bil
publicans that bm taken place for yean. &_b