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Show & . frs&m ing at the unusual luxury by which she Lor ! Mr. James, as if one in the house wasnt more than boy enough nuisance already. No, sir; no boys for me, if you please. If help I must le it be with as little trouble as have, may be; so, with your leave, Ill look out for- a respectable young gal to do the scrubbing and such like for me. Ruthven had remembered this speech as be stood In the police court. Mrs. Garrett wanted a young girl, and here was a young girl in want of a home. Why shouldnt she do for Mrs. Garrett? It all seemed very feasible at the moment, but when he had completed the bargain, and was driving to Kensington to introduce his protege to his housekeeper, he felt that he might pethaps have been a little hasty. However, before he had had full time for repentance, the brace of cabs rattled up to his front door, and Mrs. Garrett appeared upon the threshold, ready to welcome the apparent visitors. - ! Continued. but to alternative no I've I CHAPTER Well com- -. for theft, said the magistrate, the option of a fine three weeks, I penalty of five shillings. Remove and call the prisoner, constable, of the populace burned at the sentence, but aTheCahearts them thin murmur, immediately Cked by the cry of "Silence, they Lid give their indignation no vent. Evens heart burned in unison with low That delicate, frightened-look-- 7 neither chnd, who had evidently the offense for which she nor the puninad been brought there, shment that had been awarded it, to for three weeks, to ha sent to prison nerd with the lowest and vilest of her to be released for what sei, and then understood1 8nd? Ruthven knew what he longed to do, but false shame and the fear of ridicule prevented him for a moment But a long wail from carrying Jt out. were reas constables the of terror, the dock, decmoving the prisoner from ided Wm. dont take me to prison, "Dont take me to prisoshe screamed. n. Ill never do' it again, indeed I Let me wont. ' But I was so hungry. never do it again ol this time, and Ill -- no! not if I die indeed I wont. She was appealing frantically to the policemsir!, "Oh, en, if they had the power tto as mitig- as they lifted her, unkindly, but decidedly, off the ate her sentence, rot of action. Remove the prisoner! as magistrate, angrily, s.ene repeated the her shrieks hisiearsir and Ruthvens mind reached ns made up. He went round and met constable at the other entrance. "I wish to pay this fine, he said, and will look after your prisoner for a few allowable? days. I suppose Of course its allowable, sir. So long the its is paid, thats all we have to is with the matter. So now youd bet-- .t the fine :$ thank the gentleman for your and see you dont get into no more lib-rt- y, and with a Dye hear? to Miss Peg OReilly, and a touch rapes. hake helmet to Ruthven in his acknowl-igme- nt a douceur over and above stipulated fine, the constable went rout his business, and left the liber-re- d captive alone with her benefactor. Ruthven felt himself to be in an awk-war- d position. There were spectators the interview, and ne did not know vial to do what was best to be done. Dat the little girl was gazing up into is face with her wistful blue eyes, and he look of want and starvation upon r pinched features did more for her han any amount of elocution could of te o -- ave effected. here whats your Peg very hungry still? Tin allays hungry, the child re-e- d, in a frightened whisper. You can speak out to me. I wont t you. Have you no friends nor "Come Are you aarne? .rme? I never did have. you live? Who feeds you? I picks up things. where do you sleep? Cnder the market arches, and some-he- s None, sir. How do in a doorway. se so, Ruthven y.Mthey were covered with sores. you like to he respectable. v -- a (I , - hats that, sir? fce kept clean, and have warm 3 a good dinner every day. k'3M3nt I! But no one wont give m to ne. he a good girl In you ill ? you come with me. Peg? II V, with you! Of course I will, take me. Why, its all because ':u 1 aint hi prison. A Id go with you other end of the world, and be to. i '1 Ill n?ht. see what I can do for 7r Ikre, cab! bailed two cabs at the same the child in one, his own position in the other. - very benevolently disposed 7 3 as he already began to tell ; .lut he could not quite go the in the same cab as ? ,friin" As two vehicles took the T toward Kensington, Ruth-- 3 :nced some decided qualms to how Mrs. Garrett would new addition to the house- bd told him only that raorn- rtly as it went against her ,7 V:c a young girl racketing 7 T rvi o, she felt she could not imager without some help. r ' so young as I was, dir. mo-placi- ng 1 ( ' -- ' yt , vvcrl: blaster Hamilton t LMieving, what with his it;-- I b-- ? boots; and to, though I is not wo i tli tlir ir emit, knee and their mipn s D5 - 'lb 7' a 1 i'- - OTHING could exceed the housekeep- ers surprise at see- ing her master return home at so unusual a time of the day, except, perhaps, the intelligence which followed it. Bless my soul, Mr. James! no things the matter, I hope? You havent fcrpke yaur leg, nor heard bad news, nor had any misfortune, surely! "No, Mrs. Garrett, my legs are ali right, thank you, replied Ruthven, leaping to the ground; "but look here! I want to speak to you for a moment, and, linking his arm through that of thei old woman, he led her back into the passage. "You told me, this morning, that you wanted a girl to help with the housework, and so Ive brought you one. yquve brought me a gal? Lor! MrJ James, youre joking! f am not, indeed. Shes in the other cab; and I want you to be very kind to her, and look after her fyell, and all that sort of thing, for me. "Rut youll excuse me, sir, for asking Who is she? for you cant bring any sort of gal into a respectable house like this, to knock about the things and damage every article she touches. Ruthven considered a moment. He felt it would not dq, all at once, to initiate Mrs. Garrett into the antecedents of Miss Peg OReilly, and decided that a little Innocent deception was necessary to win the housekeeper over to his cause. "Now, listen to me, Garrett. I ask you to take charge of this girl for me as a favor. I know she is not all that she should be, in outward appearance at least, to form your companion; but, with your ready wit, you can remedy that In a few hours, and I have a peculiar reason for wishing to befriend the child. "You know her people, then, Mr. said the housekeeper, susJames? piciously. Of course of course, he qnswered, hastily; "and all about her. Shes been terribly misused and half starved; so feed her up well, and dont let her out of your sight; and heres a note. Get some clothes, and make her look decent as soon as you can; and and thats all. Youll find her in the ps d, e. e, I they did. Now, I. cant have no nonsense! 'tier, ic till. an 't U id. -- break-r- - I must have, or I and the work I the c : L.t- - she exclaimed, as she saw Peg stepping into the warm water as daintily as though it had been the broken flints her hare feet were accustomed to traverse; "into' it you go, head over ears, and you dont come out again until Ive had my will of you. Ive never had a speck of dirt in this housed and you dont begin it, I other cab. back Ruthven can tell you. leaped Saying which, own with all speed into his vehicle, (to be continued.) t, out to . of desirous get only before Mrs. Garrett should- introduce herself to Peg OReilly. He could do MENDING DAY NOTES. he but stealth, certainly good by Suggestions of Mothers Who Would "blushed to find it fame. Blake Best Use of the Needle. As soon as her masters cab had driven away, the housekeeper beckoned On Monday I wash my dolls clothes, On Tuesday smoothly press em; to the second one to advance, and deRuth-vens On Wednesday mend their little hose, scended the steps to welcome Mr. On Thursday neatly dress em. protegee. As a child Wednesday was my bete What was her astonishment to find, not only was I obliged to mend sitting in a scared attitude at the bot- noir, for tom' of the cab, what appeared at first "my dollys clothes, but my own as and proved well, to say nothing of darning for the sight to be a bundle of rags, boys. on nearer inspection to be a Remembering in later years the old weird-lookin- g child, with, filof intense adage that "misery loves company, I thy ,hair and skin, and a look The dirt dis- have always done my mending and fright upon her features. darfiing in company with two or three gusted the precise old woman beyond matrons of my immediate neighbormeasure; but the evident fearof the hood, meeting at each others houses poor girl was in excited her compas- on Wednesday afternoon, so that I have . sion. come to enjoy it. Now, a workman is "Lor bless me! This cant be tbe gal worthy of his tools and good tools, as Mr. James meant? so too you will do well to lay in an Wheres the gentleman? Him as Is outfit comprising a good sharp scissors demanded Peg, so kind to me? and shears, needles, long and short and anxiously. all degrees of fineness, spool silk and of "The gentlemans gone away and left silk twist, with strong, smooth linen better got thread, a piece of wax, an emery, you to my charge, so you had me. down and come indoors with strong sewing cotton, fine twilled bindde"You wont send me to prison? ing tape of various widths and butof pearl, linen, agate, bone and tons manded Miss Peg OReilly. talkmetal. There is a "just how even in "Bless the child! what are you Use stout come, get into the sewing on a shoe button. ing about? Here, 4 a No. needle, wax the have all linen thread, house quick, do! before we windows and you double it, although thread, the neighbors heads out of the of end one the thread to knot only staring at us. which knot avoid a clumsy might hurt And having bundled Peg out of the the foot; take three stitches to each fare, rab Mrs. Garrett paid the drivers r button, fasten with an extra stitch in laugh-tehis of shoe and go on to the with magnificent disregard followed the lining of the without at her discomfiture, andhouse. next button cutting the thread. the into hrr hew companion where Mr. "What makes men of mature years And now I Just wonder a he call "Probwhat wear so sad an expression? picked you up, and so to mortified think lot to befriend you, she soliloquized, ably they are all have they thought forgotten they as Me regarded her. left school. when knew they court. they the perlice me out of "He star Boston Transcript. I the gentleman did. replied five-pou- nd ear-sho- arent you cold at night? 38 girl only shivered for reply, and her naked, dirty feet one over And CHAPTER II. was surrounded. "Why! you've never a thief, I hope, cried Mrs. Garrett. "Yes, maam, I am, said the girl, unhesitatingly. I took three onions, cause I was so Tear, and the perlice-ma- n saw me and took me off to the lockup, and they would have sent me to prison, too, only the kind gentleman brought me here instead. "Just like Mr. James, murmured the housekeeper; but she was a good old countrywoman, and Pegs story shocked her, less on her own account than on that of the girls. "Poor child! she exclaimed, it would have been just like em to have sent you there, a set of blundering old fools! And all for the sake of three onions! Hadnt you nothing better to eat, then? "Please, maam, I havent had nothing to eat, for three days at least. "And whats your mother about to serve you so? "I havent got a mother, nor a father, nor any one. "Where do you live? "Anywheres. I walk about the streets all day, and at night I sleep on the door-steonly the policeman will make me keep moving about from one to the other all night. "It gives me the shudders to think said Mrs. Garrett. on, "And Mr. James has actually picked up a gal out of the very streets to be his underhouse maid. Why, we may all be robbed and murdered in our beds. Oh, these menthese men! They are so scatter-brainetheres no making head nor tailpf them. Her attention was diverted by Peg pulling at the skirt of her gown. I wont rob and murder, please, maam, Id be glad to do something for the gentleman that brought me here. He looks so real kind, he does. "And so he is, child the best gentleman that ever stepped on the earth. Whats your name? "They call me Peg OReilly in the market, so suppose thats it. Some one told me once that my mothers name was Nan OReilly, and she sold matches, and she died in the work-hous"And why didnt you stay in the work-housthen? Wouldnt they keep you? "I stayed there till I was ten, and then a lady, who kept a grocers shop, wanted me to be her servant; but she beat and starved me terrible, and so I run away from her and tried to get my own living. "And a nice business you seem to have made of it. However, if you behave, youre provided for now; so you may think yourself lucky. But come along into the kitchen" and Ill get you something to eat. I must give you a warm bath and get you some other clothes before Master Hamilton comes home, or youll frighten him out of the house again. "Whos Master Hamilton? Another gentleman? "Weil, hell be a gentleman some day, I suppose, if he lives long enough, and conducts himself as such; but hes only a lad at present. Hes Mr. Ruthvens nephew; but no more like him In face nor sperrit, than you are. When Peg OReilly nad bread and cheese and cold meat set before her, she fell to work with a ravenous hunger that made the tears rise to good Mrs. Garretts eyes, and rendered the task that followed the meal less unpalatable than it otherwise would have been. The girl could understand the uses of food and drink; but those of the bath were less familiar to her, and had it not been for the housekeepers decision, might not have proved so efficacious as - t half-starve- d, t lie TKrd Canl rr.iin. The success of the Suez canal has ha 1 an extraordinary number of unexpected consequence s. In the first place, its success was unexpected. Before, tho passage to India around the Capa c Good Hope was discovered, as Bagchot has said, all crkntal trade centered in the Mediterranean region, and was thence diffused through Europe. After that discovery the Mediterranean porta lost their commerce, and the trade between India and Europe fell into the hands of the Dutch and the English. Every one predicted that the digging of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez would be a very bad thing, so far as the English monopoly was concerned, for the East Indian traffic. It was expected that .it would restore prosperity to the ports of southern Europe, at the exSo pense of London and Liverpool. astute an observer as De Tocquevillo was deceived, and declared to Senior that it would be the Greeks, the Styri-an- s, the Dalmatians, the Italians, and the Sicilians that would use the canal. If any used it. Hence the . English would have nothing to do with the enterprise, and would have prevented it if they could. But they could not, and they presently found to their astonishment not only that the canal was a success, but also that they were almost the only people using it. The merchandise of India once more came to the Mediter- ranean sea, but not to the Mediterranean ports. Instead of going to Venice and Genoa for European distribu- tion, it went to England as it did before, and her enemies had the mortification of seeing a scheme which it was thought would end her commercial supremacy inure almost to her sole ben&-f- it But if we inquire concerning the success of canal enterprises, we shall find much reason for caution. It is hard "to name any considerable canal except that of Suez that is profitable. It is unnecessary to refer to the awful loss of life and property at Panama. The folly displayed there was too stupendous to bk repeated. But the Manchester canal is in its way equally portentous. That city should be governed by sagacious men, but it is probable that they have saddled it with a permanent incubus. It has been found that the canal has benefited Liverpool, because that city has secured lower rates by rail; but! Manchester has so far only secured The canal has , higher rates of taxation. cost $75,000,000, andthe net recpts last year were possibly $125,000. .They may perhaps exceed this hereafter, but tbe enterprise is hopelessly bankrupt, and the city of Manchester is obliged to raise the interest on the money it has sunk by a severe increase in taxation. The North sea canal, which has just been completed, may be justified as a naval necessity, but it Is hardly probable that it can he a commercial success. The Corinth canal. It is reported, does not earn enough to pay for its dredging. Our own Erie canal, alprofitable, has, though indirectly our to corrupt legislature, owing been a' steady drain on the resources of the state. All these teach caution; but we apthat they will be appealed to in prehend vain. There is,, now talk of a ship canal from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, of a great canal 'from the Mediterranean into the interior of Africa, of a canal at the mouth of the Rhone, of a canal to connect Berlin with the North sea, and of we know not what others. We have on hand the deepening of the Erie canal, and the Hennepin canal, with several others in prospect. The most formidable of these is doubtless the Nicaragua canal, and it Is significant of what is to come that the cost of this, which was first put at $50,000,-00- 0, then at $65,000,000, and afterwards at $70,000,000 to $90,000,000, is by the latest estimates to be $110,000,000. But estimates in such matters are notoriously delusive. New York Evening Post. Did you ever realize the wealth of usefulness in a tin pail, that can be purchased at any 5 or 10 cent store? 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(yf The doctors tell ns, that disease germs are everywhere ; in the air, in the water, in our food, clothes, money ; that they get into our bodies, live there, thrive and grow, if they find anything to thrive on. e Consumption is the destruction of by is where the them. too to weak germs lung conquer The remedy is strength vital force. Scotta Emulsion, with hypophosphites, means the life. adjustment of lung strength to overcome germfavor. It is lighting the germ with the odds in our make their way These tiny little drops of it. and into the system and Whether you succeed with it or not depends on how you can good a start the germs had, and howis carefully the patient one. live. The shortest way to health The gain is often slow. now-a-day- s, lung-tissu- -- fat-foo- d re-fre- E3 cenu anJ Si.CU sh re-invigor- SCOTT & DOWiNC, Chemists, ate 17 CW Ycf3 |