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Show BART. E ElED A X- .Jkaa I f1 El. theyancere community.", t?1r '.t1?01'" , t S . . The editor of the humane sheet, al Jvjlt. Jipi tvauted ; to eating, hlscwn WQlUa, mnt'i ytmiru a iuuic uuuiuio ;r s in o u a A r t I" nd xplliJtretvae,tion o? the "unlucky P t c f not fault of error into which", through " our.s''we hAve, fallen." than praced his He columns 'the following mo'f'ftfng. INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION I could hardly have exprensed himself : ha'tf Edward Witters more forcibly' of their In cr8 the very sight practiced CHAPTER XII. him. Instead of busi were' bright indeed I 'never could-) : This sir! craze rs a ssj ILL you have the trusting victim. Her eyes, in passing really horsewhipped find to to 'do of evil import," their threatening bring an ness. The artist makes profitable it; klnlnoss to ring from their smiles and tell what color they were of,: but to-.- , the "girl," that bell again, langulshings and caresses to,. the serene action for libel as well, in favor returns the the by the best . of 'in v. .Judgment thev were; girl sweetly ' Or bed, at her Cons1ian.ce breakfasted Harriet, and in- face bent over tke tho what Solomon called 'dove's eyes,' and artist; making alterhusband's request, cn the day succeed quire whether Mrs. wrapt in Innocent slumber,, had Uhe Christy. Gilbert. Fisher, Flagg- sne is aimosi me oniy "woman i ever..; The pop Withers has return- nately overflowed with tears and- glow- ing the.Pynsents' departure. saw whose lips were scarlet. and a boat of other girls, all apparent-ular daily, above referred to, lay as ed?" fretted the ed with Indignation. Gibtho "The sweetness arising from united by only original ly inspired usual by Mr. Withers' plate when he son "But. all this., was", aa nothing comconvalescent. "It is will no doubt convince a fu- graces was guarded by a ' dignity girl, tnoVn-ln'folded what with g went, af ter. six o ciock. pared with my sensations on.lhe ture generation that the usual young which kept all admirers in awGi in so . of the day in which you made your was known, to its constant readers aa. woman' and I am faint for of our time' was honestly rep- much that she was the woman In the outermost. Har want of nourish- will. Chancing to enter your dressing-- the naughty corner resented by these artists. Now, ia world to whom that fine description room, on my way to, .your bedside, riet was engaged In concocting her this ment." of Solomon could best be applied, 'Fair the case?. .. really cousin's cup of . foaming chocolate been not Has as the moon, clear as the sun, but ter- artist 'The duteous dependent obeyed, then I surprised; Mrs Wither b and ilr-- . the popular she both but his he when ' sheet, invesWithers opened .ageUe.-heto room .standing; push Slipped from the again' at his old trlck' of depicting rible; as an army with banners.'" upon his bosom .his arms uphold- - saw and heard the paper rustle like a the women fiarlv nineteenth ' century The after a pre tigations upon a plan of her own. In head her,, a then ; before paper-bougstorm., he while loving Ing whispered she reappeared n quarter of an hour scribed pattern, this pattern being brought in a quite hew type of girl, of with an agitated, yet important counte- words in Her ear.. He. kissed her at grow., suddenly end. unnaturally still. composed in varying proportions of which" Iawrence and' his contempor siierit entrance, When Mr. Withers lowered it there artist's characteristic manner and aries have left some lovable records. nance.., that arrested her cousin's re- - the very moment! of my in 'voice or expression, to .be-- , the with this remark; 'We have too much to the senti At this time the startling innovations . of his that ought was ment ofpower time represent; as to consti In dress, especially the what "What Is it? Where is she?" he de- to live and to hope for, to nurse. uh- -' tray, to Ms hrqther his, the meal was. over he tutes feminine charm? manded, lmpa"ent"y. "You have hear,! healthy tosurmises and tears.'; VI could amiss. When clinging frocks, though exposing the to .his wife's room,' taking'-witdeas anything else person to an almost unheard-oas It's something. Tell me at once what it testify andtheamlanguage ia a. court of repaired surprising which he hau him the newspaper Justice, positive, that his ,ref-- j sex haw cleverly women gree, curiously enough, gave an intbo about is'" possible recovery." not,, as was his custom, offered to pass Harriet collapsed as gracefully as her erence was to yourmisehlef-niakedescribable air of childlike and inno was o Edward. "No mo.re.!" The allow i cent simplicity to the wearers, which unpliant 'sinews and stays wouldfloor at scared out of her gloomy exaltation by Without a word he spread it 'before Into a kneeling heap upon the was much aided by the fashion of partface turned toward her. .the pale woman whose haggard coun-- . his feet. "My beloved cousin! My dear, the altered hair in the middle, with soft the ing deceived angel! I have heard nothing "Please excuse me from going down tenance should have moved him to de baby curls about the face. dinner today-- l am very weary, and lay her accusation and sentence. One 'that surprised me. I dared not speak to It appears that simplicity and mod' shall alone,-"the of the swift took puras the in spend evening import glance now, before to agonizing of it you esty were Just coming into fashion, was my solicitude. You would have sued Mr. Withers, with a pitiful show cruel article, and she buried her face but it was soon to be the day of driven me from you in anger had I of his old and pompous style. He arose in the pillow with a cry that destroyed adored heroine, "the kind, Thackeray's as a signal that she must go, what faint remnant of hope might artless, tender little whispered a word of what has been the when further fresh, smiling, she threw, herself , before him have lingered in his bosom. "My sin town gossip for months, to which you domestic goddess, whom men are inhas found me out!'. f , t were blinded by your noble, your and clasped his "knees. clined to worship," "the pure, bashonly "Elnathan!" the beady eye's strained A heavy hand was laid upon her arm.ronernna vour suDerhuman confidence ful maiden, modest, tender, trustful, In your betrayers. I see that you are In excruciating appeal, "do not banish "This Is childish, Constance, and you weak." as he nie from you In this your. .extremity! have shown yourself to be no child "a rartlally prepared for the blow,"success simple, yieldln?, faithful creature," Who! Who should be near you to sua In craft. Nothing short of your own and so on to the end of the chapter. grew pale and tried without ' Her features were in all the books to interrupt her. "Brace yourself for tain and weep with you but youV poor confession would have persuaded ma what you must know, my poor, ill used devoted Harriet she whose life has that much contained In this paragraph and magazines and left their Impress and your wife but'one end the hope that she' might is true, that you have abused my conevery portrait. Sensibility and darling! upon serve and aid yOu"; but one reward, fidence, sullied ' my name, and mado nave eloped to Europe In company!" sweetness were' fashionable and she' For one second the husband stagger- your smile, and so much of your love me. the object of universal contempt grew "sweeter and sweeter until she you may see fit to bestow upon so you and and my brother!" ed under the shock. His eyes closed as dwindled away. Into insipidity. an object?" auddenly, as at a flash of lightning, worthless This type, with the head carried in. But in the honest sorrow, that bowed and his features' were distorted, as in a deprecating, birdlike manner, the wrench of mortal pain. Then all that the listener's proud Bplrit to breakface framed in meekly parted oval Tama Catamount. ing, her factitious, transports' taet no was true and dignified In the man ralenormous eyes shyly droopthe hair, . Probably It is true that some men lied to repel the insult to the two he response beyond weary impatience. The" small mouth . unnaturally the ing, fluttered the have had nature that bea peculiar power over wttwcrtby by cajolery had trusted and loved. "I do not a in confiding sweet, curved upward lieve' it," he said distinctly and with complacency of his prosperous days? wild animals, and it is a matter of com to a girl gave place gradually smile, rnon experience that animals sometime deliberate emphasis. "You are the dupe hrang discordantly upon bis present come another from have who might some mischievous slanderer, my good mood. Jle wanted pity from no one, strike up sudden friendships with per not admitted be will Now it world. woman. Edward Withers is the soul he said to himself, and. in his rejection sons they have never seeu b fore. An that sixty years ago girls had sweeter of Integrity, and my wife's virtue Is of hers, there was a touch of resent- extreme Instance of this kind is and yet natures than they have ment, the consequence of her unspar by a military cone. oudent of Incorruptible. Who told you this at present fashionable the expression He the New Yoik Sun: "Perhnpj of all the ing denunciation of Constance. tale?" one. reoellant . V a crtmew-ha. J tn . Banma '" ia V O. W to eoon come her himself hate wild animals that may be at least par J'Mrs Withers stated to you that 6he might It Is either haughty, supercilious, Just now he almost abhorred the one tially civilized or tamed, the Rocky irolne- to drive alone this after From Sweetness to Haughtiness. coolly indifferent or simply impassive,' noon. cMd she not?" Harriet forget the who had opened his eyes to his .own Mountain lion or catamount offtm the chin, raised eyebrows, mean well, I dare say, least promise; and yet in the wriier's Imitate the fashionable ideal, despite but a pathetic in the' malicious triumph as shame. "You corners and she proceeded to prove her rival's guilt. Harriet," he said. In his harshest tone, experience one specimen- was as gentle the greatest odds. It is an old trick drooping lids and mouth head are of the women of set forth to a the of the are and "but carriage soldierly you your painter Injudicious, "You heard her say It," laconically, and docile as human kindness could of the characteristics as a of his all most salient are unwelcome fers of the strong bearing day defensive. on sympathy mm. still the and make lie followed bis master in These Does an a create ho I likeness. fashionable am sure receive Fhall that type shortly "Yet John" says she called by the of around like a dog. obeying every wish family features Ideal without he which with any of type themselves, this generously mys Edward Mr. explanation satisfactory Withers, fice to take up or nod, but would allow no other per and that they drove In company to terious affair. As to your gossiping sons to approach him with offers of endows each one. or does ho kindly worth speaking of, make an excellent them all as he knows they Imitation of the Gibson girl. the wharf, where lay an ocean steam- friends. I can only regret that your kindness or anything else. This crea represent The Imitations, it is to be feared, er. He saw them go on board, arm in associates have not been chosen more ture was a full grown mountain Hon, would like to seem that Is, in acstanfashionable with cordance Now can the arc much more numerous than the go. you arm, and, although he waited on the wisely. that for some strange reason had taken dard? We can never ld the no pormade She real but further was put Article, and it is no more univerin vessel resistance, as the sight, a fancy to a Cheyenne Indian. Wheth pier as long Is but to it the proof, sal than It ever was to have level hers was one of the chamber doors er in camp, on the they did not return." or In the trait painters prairie, was a Holbein there beautiful eyes, Bhort, straight that unclosed mid at brow? very that likely .stealthily when, "I will see the man myself." post, the brute could always be seen girl, a Van Dyke girl, a Gainsborough nose, nobly curved lips and chin, in latch-ke- y a th'e of sound rattle a firmer room with step" the night, Crossing quietly following the Indian, but h than had been bis since his Illness. Mr. ed through the front hall, and was fol would never leave hi master's heels girl and a good many other girls of short, to be cxtramely handsome In a the same sort. lowed by the entrance of the two sup- for rather boyish manner and distinctly Withers rang the bell and summon any reason except at bis master's statelinessof Th more exwere There a classic model. As a living realdelicate, exquisite tallied after voyagers. coachman.' evidence His posed the Of'.-- n would he accompany In- bidding. flatunder roof wakeful that that eyes ity the Gibson girl only exists in mi .' actly with Harriet's report, and she buck the he store trader's nna pot idual Instances, and when you tered herself that the inquisitor's man- night than the master recked of, and where bis tnce was the signal for sho stands forth a goddess In- ner was a shade less confident when the a bevy of curious. gazers peered from all dogs to t out and for not blpeda of Into third the the story obscurity witness was dismissed. acquaintec with the situation to lose "Yon have said that this disappear-ans- e the entry, where Mr. Withers, had or no time in taking to th" counters. The a! to be was no matter of surprise to you,' dered the gas kept burning ' ' omcers or the potl In.iuy persuaded ' . and added something about vulgar gos night. the Indian to part with his pet for a "said Ed "You see we are expected," pip. I wish a full explanation." he said, ' and the lion, after being consideration, to his ward companion. silll maglfterlally. Mr. Withers met them at the he. securely, caged, was t!);;ped as a presThus bidden. Harriet told her tale. ent to the National M at Wash Before their return' to the city In the of the staircase, clad In dressing-gowington." How of seasons and are. here had she yon anxiety slippers; "Ah, autumn, relative to the Intimacy between Mr. did yoir get back?" "The obliging captain hailed a fish Thm Ulrntom ef 1h Crow. Edward Withers and his beautiful Not. the unsuspecting vir- ing yacht and put us on board.' A naturaUft who i in'irh interest-gin was careful to affirm, that she answered his brother. "Have you been In birds says that the ;o Is the i doubted then the good faith and right uneasy about us?" est of all feathered ai i nals. He hs "r lest you misrht be carrle; made a number of Intentions of either, but she feared Wt i r menis recent Mrs. Withers' part'ality tor the younger some distance out before you fell In ly, and W1arf thatexjan well brother might render her negligent of with a returning vessel. You look very educated rrow ran cunt nrdinarily o twenty, and 1 shall not let her that he has found a her husband's happiness and comfort tired, Constance. pf crow, very The winter festivities had brought the go with you again. Edward, unless obi and very can count to t) Sixty Years Behind the Times. wie, two Into a peculiarly unfortunate po- you promise to take better care of her. twenty-tlHe made dIscoten'e. the fine ladies of Gainsborough, Rey"Tell him Just how It happened in a sition for the growth of domestic viry. nolds and the other eighteenth cenvery Interline Ilecently tues, and eminently conducive to the Connie." laughed Edward, and the con he spent some time in the mountains tury painters is perfectly expressed In progress of the fatal attachment which f erence was over. of a of where rurpmy boys the following pen picture of Mrs. was now beyond the possibility of a deed because she happens to be la "They played their parts well all o wasWales, On day fc fonnl made by her husband in 17C3: out. camping doubt. Although one of the family, them," muttered Harriet, stealing back a flock of crows fashion. 1 a proportioned roun "With the person finely gathered and known to be wedded to their In- to her sleepless pillow, "But they neer! of Pick out'lort lyjes for yourself In a most preat fire had had a she and of lovely ihai sheep did, terests, she had not been able to deter not hope to gag people now that the body off with a bead of fair lh" crowd snd put th m where you pet a which near imn. sweetnert, flyThey Ny s from sly and overt mention pcandal has taken wind; 'murder will away as he approached. i be hid him-srl- f hair, wih a complexion which noth- think thry belong. It is a fascinatit-of the scandal In her hearing. She had, out.' " in the barn sn .ied; but. they ing could outdo or equal. Her ryes study. New York Sun. Her sagacity was proved by the apcn such occasions, taken the liberty of would not come l.rk. Then ho went pearance In the next day's issue of an out rebuking the offender, and maintainand walked tip the mountain, and Life In a Tolstoi Colony. a circulated of Journal humble His Chocking Example. way, the honor of extensively ing, in her are three Tolpfol Fetf laments canvass a There article hn led "Sc andal in they all settled (lo rt aeiin to the feast. political tier benefactors nam". Hut she coul during That afternoon he tok four boyg from In Recently Pur Eneland one of the candidates met In England at Chrisfchurch; tiot silence a city full of tongues, and High Life!" seeing forth the elopewith him and tby marched an oil friend who belonged to the leleh, Essex, and on the CotswoH the they had waeped fast and loudly of ment, per steamer to Europe, of the Into camp the little buillin? ani wai'el. No oppose party. Liberal and conserv- Hills, no Ions: distance from Gloubankthe husband's indiscreet confidence In Junior partner In a crows fame back. Two of the boys ative adjourned to the club, where cester, but rather nearer to the town with of the beautiful wife house and their shameless ing the guilty partic s. went out. SHU no Then the senior the of the his brother, partner fraternied heartily. There was of Stroud. The rurront number of Ireachery. went and other two the natu- they out. or.ly He cherfced her when she would have aforesaid firm. The intimacy of the much political excitement at the time. the magazine ralid Vitality has an fugitives, the chronicle went on to ralist remained. But th old sentinel The excitement or something else illustrated ariicl on the latter colfiliated upon this division of her subcrow had evidently connied them as made the old friends hilarious. As the ony, with which the editor "was rather ject. "I ill have no hearsay evidence. say, had been much talked of all winto circle In brilliant which ter the they went in. and he knew.thsy fcsd conservative was the It was begun five What have you seen?" Incapable disappointed." come At naturalnot all ths out. deserted The husband on lat as communal plan, but the sen see belonged. to volunteered not, blushingly," he years they of the two, "'rriet demurred, It presently appeared, because she had was ft citizen whom all delighted to ist left the building and ftralghtway the candidate home. When the door that failed. There are now eight huts, This xprl-m- f was sen so little but so much. Duets, honor for his business talents, his all the crows returned. opened and the lady of the house with ten men. four women and four r.t was repeated a number of time vocal and Instrumental, had been the probity In public life, and his private In the hall the conservative children, on this Whiteway farm, the vehicles of living Intercourse hand virtues. "This affliction falls upon with tarylng numbers of boys, but the arpared to his helpless: companion: Inhabitants including two young men pointed would come not crows snd more the him with count, and crushing severity kept whispers, squeezing, meaning sighs "Ixok there, Mrs. II hicks," he hic- belonging to a w e!I known Londom Hsr blood had often boiled furiously from the circumstance that ha has down until the building was eotirsiy coughed; "pee what radical ideas have family. Government Is passive, and to wrong la beholding the outrageous manauv- - been for some months aa invalid. Ha mpty. He can't there is done for your husband! done. stand liquor st ail." -j b ii o'd'by' . chess-board- i I - - down-stairs,- -- . 'Ed-wa- rd r ' : : was-nothin- short-waiste- . , f j r. . , - . - . . i Your-brothe- ; ,f ed to-da- y, rb-su- ..-?- rd "' t " 11 rt - well-lifte- d - to-da- ' n w. ! y r.M-i- e ihe x. 31 'I De-lar- busy-bodie- g 1 con-Fpieio- 1 well-know- n le-ia- t non-resistan- |