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Show I was Jnrt as happy as a girl loving aefl oils'll to he. Her Lca::ty had Ircrcusod wonderfully; hepo had ircrc than renewed t f e.-nrd corfidrst love hsd te Dow of Orange Rltboa." Sequel to Fiver to ter face and form a splendor of color aid expression, that captivated everybody; though why, or how, d she charmed, A HOVE STORY BY AMELIA E. BARR n they rever she rhrrmed. Ore day the llttlo bevy of feminine (Copyrithi. 1WH by Amalia B. Barr) conrcl.Mors IrckeJ et their work, and proriin cod ail beautiful, ard all uou.d see Uem, and yet keep his big CHAPTER XV Continued. and then there ana a lull in the "Your own way you will lake, until and Utile oaths under bonds, I should busy louse! old, Sd then every one Into same great trouble you stumble. believe in t.is clean torgue." was crrsricus rf being a little weirv, "And then my own way 1 shall take, Arenta. you are tormenting your- and every et e al'o felt that It would self with anger ard until out of It I stumble. and above h wc'l to lnt heart, ard brala, and "I have told Rem what he must do. all with jealousy. In foris way you are Litres and feet rest. In a few days a irar he must say, 'I did wrong golrg to miu a great deal if pleasure. there would likely be anrtVrr English and I am sorry for it,' and so well I I advise you r.ot to qd.irrel with letter, ard they ctuld (hen form some think of those he has wrored, as to She will be a great resource. idea as to w ;eu 1 orl Hyde would arbe cure they will answer, it is for- Taii aTteirccii someth!: g Is rive. The lest letter received from you.. I shall take no ufierse. You will rim bal been v.rl ion ir I ondan. and given. " And forgotten. the '1.1? In which ho wav to sail, was regret your had temps'? To frryive freely That is Arena C1J irrret; hut ta.Irs on her a:;n, v.Mie he ImIs what we owe to our cm. my; to for-- ' people Co rot always say they are pale: iiy v eiled at his hotel for rctlco get net. Is what we owe to ourselves. seny. when they feel so. She sat la it l.cr being ready to lift iter anchor. 1 think It Is crurf, father, to aslt the shadow cf her wl: dow curtvlrs The dcrtir thcu.--'t It bir .y probablo Rem to speak truth to hii own injury. and wacbed almost constn- -t streams Hyde wcv.ld fellow this letter in a Even the law la kinder than you, it of visitors, ard me'serers, and wee'-- : cr p rhays lo taka no man to accuse himself. Interval Doctor tradespeople at Doctor Moran's house. Curing tMs and &lr3. Voran dri'.c cut one after-rooRight wrongs no man. Till cthera move in this matter, you he quiet. If to Hyde Maror ifose. A from Madame Van Heemsklrk you talk, evil words will you say; and mind this, Arenta, the evil that comes ns..ed this favor from them; she wishout cf your lips, into your own bosom ed naturally that they should aee how will fall. All my life I have aeon this." beautiful and comfortable was the home which her Juris had But Arenta could not be quiet Sae would sow thorns, though she had to trusted her to prepare for his bride. Bnt she did rut wish Correlia to see walk unshod; and her fathers advice It until the brldcgncm himself took moved her no more than a breath r.er across Its threshold. moves a mountain. In the same afterAn old noon she saw Madame Jacobus going woman's farcy t is. she said to Mrs. Mora:.-Inn r.o harm is there In It, to Doctor Morans, and the henr she anu not much jo I like women who remained there, was full of misery to bus. tie about their houses, and have no her Impetuous heart She fancies at all. was aura they were talking of Rem Nor I, answered Mrs. Moran with and herself; and as she had all their Do you know, a merry little laugh. conversation to imagine, she came to conclusions In accord with her susthat 1 told John to buy my wedding picions. rlrg loo wide, because I often heard But she met her aunt at the door my mother ray that a tight wedding and brought her eagerly Into the parring was iiLlucky. Then both women lor. She had no visitor! that day, and smiled, ar.d began delightedly to look over together the stores of fine linen waa bored and restless and lorglng for and dan:ak, walch tho mother of I saw you go to the conversation. Jorls bad laid up fur her son's use. Doctors an hour ago, aunt, she said. It was a charmlrg visit and the I hope the Captnln 4s well. sweet pause in the vivid life of the Jacobus is quite well, thank God and Doctor Moran and Cornelia. I past few weeks was equally charming The door flew open, to Cornelia. She rusted in her room have been looking at some of her gowns. A girl so happy, and and she longed to have her hands till the short daylight ended; then she who deserves to be so happy, I never among the lovely things and to give went to tec parlor and drank a cup aw. What a darling she is! her opinion about the delightful events of tea, and closed the curtains and It is now the fashion to rave about sure to make the next few weeks full sat down by the hearth to wait for her her. I suppose they found time of interest and pleasure. And after father and mother. So still was the house, so still was enough to abuse poor Rem. And you he Lad received a letter from Rem, I would not lie revolved to humble herself that the little street, that she easily went could listen to them! to the land cf reverie ard lost herself have done so! No! not if listening had she. might he exalted. meant salvation for the whole Moran "Rem la already fortunate, and I there. She thought over again all her family. cant help him by fighting his battle. life with her lover; recalled hla sweet Yon are a remarkably foolish Forgetfulness Is the word. For this spirit, his loyal affection, his handv.c'1 beloved THE AA!D sf AAIDEN LANE THE LIONS WHELP BY AMELIA E. BARB. Author of Tho Bow of Orongo Ribbon." The Maid of Maldon es-e- I ve.-.m- g dlffi-ren- t re-ti'- ul n mea-tag- e , g wed-dii-- g , j young woman. They never named Rem. People so happy do not rememHe lias ber the bringcr of sorrow. been shut out In the darkness and coid. I am ashamed of Rem. I can never forfglve him. He Is a disgrace to the family. And that is why I I wish you to make came here Rem understand that he must not come near hla Uncle Jacobus. When Jacobus Is angry he will call heaven and earth and hell to help him speak hla mind, and I have nearly cured him of a habit which la so distressing to me, and such a great wrorg to his own soul. The very eight of Rem would bresk every barrier down, and let a flood of words loose, that would make him suffer afterward. I will not have Jacobus led Into such temptation. I have not heard an oath from him In aix months. I suppose you would never forgive Jacobus, If you did bear one?" "That is another matter. I hope I have a heart to forgive whatever Jacobus does, or say he is my husband. It Is then less wicked to blaspheme Almighty God than to keep one of Lord Hyde's love letters. One fsult may be forgiven, the other Is unpardonable. Dear me! how religiously Ignorant I M iQli Yon ' look extremely handsome when yon are scornful. Arenta; but . to-da- Right wrongs no man. It Is not worth whllo wasting your charms on me. I am doing what I can to help Jarr.hus to keep hla tongue clean, and 1 will not have Rem lead him Into temptation. As for Rem, he Is guilty of a great wrong, and he must now do what his father told him to do work clay ard night, as men work, when a bridge Is broken down. The ruin must be got ant of the way, and the bridge rebuilt, then It will be possible to op ii pome pleasant and profitable traffic with human beings again not to apeak of heaven. You are right not to speak of I title. It heaven would be heaven. Item will not trouble more Captain .Tncr bur. For try part I tbiak a Man that mrr.oi bear temptation Is If py uncle very poorly wrong can have no victory, and to be forgotten Is the only hope for It Beside Cornelia lsd her full share In my happiness, and I will not let myself be defrauded of my share In her happiness not for a few words no! certainly not. This reflection a few times reiterated resulted in the following note: "My Dear Cornelia I want to vay so much, that I cannot say anything but forgive me. I am shaken to pieces by my dreadful sufferings and sometimes I do not know what I say, even to those I love. Blame my sad fortune for my bad words, ard tell me you long to forgive me, as I long to be forgiven. Your "ARENTA. That will be sufficient. she reflected, "and. after all, Cornelia is a sweet girl. I am her first and dearest friend, and I am determined to keep my place. Well, then, If I have to eat bumble pie, I have had my say, and that takes the bitter taste out of my mouth and a sensible woman must I dare warrant look to her future. Cornelia is now answering my letter. I dare warrant she will forgive me very sweetly. She spent half an honr In such reflections, and then Cornelia entered with a smiling face. She would not permit Arenta to say another word of regret; she stifled ail her in an 'embrace, and she took her back with her to her own home. And no further repentance embarrassed Arenta. She put her ready wit and her clever hands to a score of belated things, ami snubbed and contradicted the Van Dien and Sherman girls Into a respectful obedience to her earlier friendship, and wider experience. Everything that she directed or took charge of, went with an unmistakable vigor to completion, and even Madame Van Heemsklrk was delighted with her ability and grateful for her assistance. "The poor Arenta! she said to Mrs. Moran; very helpful she is to us, and for her brother's fault she is not to blame. Wrong It would be to visit It on her. A lid Arenta not only fell this gracious justice for herself, she looked murh further forward, for the said to her father, It Is really for Rems By and by sake I am so obllgir.g. people will say there Is no truth In that letter story. The Marquise Is the friend of Lady Hyde; they are like rlasied hands, and that could not be so, If Rem Van Arirna bad done such a dreadful thing. It Is all nonsense. And If I hesr a word about It. I shall krow how to smile, and lift my ahould-er- s and kill suspicion with contempt. Yes. for Rem's sake I have done the best thing." So happily the time went on. that It appeared wonderful when Cbriatmaa was close at hand. Every preparation waa then complete. It waa a very joy to go into the Moran house. The mother, with a happy light upon her face, went to and fro with that habitual serenity, whlrb kept the temperature of expectant pleasure at a degree not too exhausting for continuance, and Cornelia, knowing her lover wae uvery day coming nearer and nearer. (Copyright HI, by Dodd, "I. Thou ond the Othor On." Ua,m Uni k Company, Etc. ililui rrwnmi All ) r.J d, Cor-rell- some face and enchanting manner. Heaven has made me ao fortunate, he thought, and now my fortune has arrived at my wishes. Even his delay Is sweet. I desire to think of him, until all other thoughts are forgotten! Ob, what lev or could be loved as I love him! Then with a soft but qnlck movement the door flew open, she lifted her eyes, to fill them with love's very Image and vesture, and with a cry of joy flew to meet the bliss so long afar, O lovely and bebut now so near. loved! O my love!" Hyde cried, and then there was a twofold silence; the very ecstasy that no mortal words can utter. The sacred hour for which all their lives had longed, was at last dropped down to them from heaven. Between their kisses they spoke of things remembered and of things to be. leaning to each other In visible sweetness, while Love limit lii-- d In sighs slid Through two undersong." illi-mv- a souls, one ruptnroni (The End.) HE FOOLED ALL FRANCE. Impostor Made Paris Believe He Was Ambassador From Persia. Toward the end of the year 1714 a certain Mebemet Rixabecq, who railed himself ambassador of the king of Persia, ar.d the bearer of hla commands, disembarked at Marseilles. He was received at two leagues from Paris by the Baron de Bretcuil. usher of ambassadors, and the Marshal de Matignon. On the 24th of January, 1715. he made his solemn entry Into the capital, with great pomp. He declined the royal carriage generally used on siu-occasions, and entered on horseback, preceded by the finest horses uf the king's stables, superbly eaparisored and accompanied by trumpets and bands of music. The ambassador, richly arrayed in the Persian costume, was attended by a numerous train cf domestics, and preceded by a herald bearing the Per sian standard. The presents which he offered to the king were very After passing a short time in France, during which he concluded, It the name of his pretenned master, a treaty of alliance with Louis XIV, he sailed from Sweden and Denmark and w as never heard of later. Rixabecq, accordirg to the Memoirs of the Reign of Ixniis XIV, was a Portuguese who had never seen the prince be represented, nor even visited a single province of Persia. The government paid the expenses of his exto 1,000 cellency, which amounted llvm a day! Mirror. CHAPTER XVI. Continued. very mirror of his courageous spirit, ?My dear Martha, 1 di I not thick of has heroine weak a::il I trcmMIrg. telling you t'.i:s Just yet, ani especial- can toil yon uim ttrii y , M irtha, a hut the vu: is wero at my thinking soul is aN. ly sorrowful Ups, and then they wt-rout, without enough, but it I.; a great s.iul my leave or lUcr.Fc. Now there la like Oil vers, and It U wretched fur nothing for It, but letting you know, J any cause, tLen eu-rdraws p.amp and plain, tint you ard I. la blood" to-da- win ucc-as- ij thuj.n our fathering years, must up and out Cromwell hnd hoped font Mb gr-of England. Oliver Cromwell la dy nilUctUr.s would bring his frlena I ,n the grave, wist? wrn back u h!s side; hut envy, hatred au E.lhcr Stuart, or civil wrr. If It U frocily ambition are vet to he ce-- i.i- . e Stuar,, my hnd will bo wanted; atP(1. nt t,.,, Ull, j ,,0Wi , I "tu'.i',rt, cr t.ert. Vane. Harrison. Mattel: ,:r all the or S r Harry Vane. I r)(.n w; on l.c hnl trurtel. n"d who e'.?1n will rot do It verily, I wi r.ct! bad trusted Mm. flood n'.rof from I Is have fought under Cromwell; I will ce sorrow; and their sullen flfht urder ro lors a general, aa.I in wounded him to the quick. Ills to less a quarrel tl an he led in. That work drove at him like a la act tied. You said Martha, 'for bettaskmaster. He must tuuko groat ter, or for worse.' baste, for he knew that the tight was She did not answer, and he dropped comng. her bacd and cuntirued. I will never I am gad he is tack In Whitehall." force thee. Martha, r.ct cne step. If said Martha to her husband, when she thou lovest England better than heard of tie change. I remember me something that Jane said about that I dont! I don't. Israel! I love old, rlcoiuy Court; he will get better nothing, I love nobody better than in I know not, Martha. Israel Swafibam. I waa thinking of answered Isj t t-- 'a-ra- fr 1 1 Swaffham. I shall sign the rale of It to Cyni-ll- n aa soon as Cromwell dies. I and thou ran build auother Swaffham; thou art but fifty, and my years are some short of sixty. We are in the prime of life yet. 1 am forty-eignot quite that Isrsel; and Swaffham waa very up and down, and scarce a cupboard In It Wherever you go, Israel, I will go; your God la my God, and your country shall be mine. I was sura of that, Martha. God love you, dearest! And any country where your homo Is built, and your children dwell. Is a gcod country) besides which, this Now World Is really a land of milk and honey and Tonbert and Will could rot be bought hack hers with as earldom. sun-hls- rael, sadly; Fairfax was with him and he m'ght aa well have drawn Ms sword on his old friend better and kinder had he done so. Fairfax Is proud as Lucifer. What to-da- did he want? , The Duke of Buckingham has been sent to the Tower whore he ought to have been scut long ago; but ho is married to tho daughter of Fairfax, and the haughty Lord Cereral went to see Cromwell shout the matter. He met him In the gallery at Whitehall and asked that ths order for Buckingham's arrest should be retraced. And Cromwell told him that if tho offense were only against his own life, the Duke could go free that hour, but that se could cot pardon plotters against the Cum nion wealth. It grieved him to the heart to say these words, and wl-.ei- oul. On Thursday night, -- Now let me I There is another thing, Martha, both of them are going to be married. "Married! I never heard of such a thing." I thought I wouldnt tell thee, till needs be; hut 'tls so, sure enough. And to what kind of women. Israel? Good, fair women, they tell me; sisters, orphan daughters of the Rev. John WllmoL Thou seest, then, Mar tha, there may soon lie three families coming up, and not a grandmother among them to look after the children or give advice to the young mothers. I don't see what Touberts wife, or Wills wife, or thy own daughter Jane can do without thee. 8he shook her head slightly, hut The looked pleased and important. wife and mother was now completely satisfied. So the summer days went on, and England had never been so serene and so secure in her strength and prosperity. Cromwell was working fever ishly and suffering acutely. His favor Its child, the Lady Kllxsbi-tClaypole, was still very 111; he had premonitions and visions of calamity that filled his heart with apprehension, and kept his soul always on the alert, watching, watching for its coming. ,'t is certain also that he knew the time for hla own departure waa at hand. He said to Doctor Verity, I have one more fight. John. Dunbar wsa a great victory; Worcester was a greater one; but my next light will give me the greatest victory of all the last enemy that shall he deDo you under stroyed la death. stand?" And the doctor made a movement of affirmation; he could not peak. After the death of his beloved daughter Elisabeth, the life of Cromwell waa like the ending of one of those terrible Korre Fagas with the additional element of a great spiritual ronfllct. Israel Swsflham was constantly with him. The two men were friends closer than hrothera. They had lored each other when boys, and their loro bad never known a sha- the 2d of Sep- tember, being the ninth day of hla hard fight, he bade hi wife and children a good-hye- ; but into thla t acred arene not even the tenderesl imagination may Intrude. Afterward he appeared to withdraw himself entirely within the shadow of the AV mighty, waiting the signal for hla release In a peaceful, even a happy mood, and saying In a more and more labored voice, Truly God is good Indeed He Is He will not leave. My work Is done but God will be with His people." Some one offered him a drink to ease his restlessnesa and It give him Bleep, but he refused It Is not my design to drink or to sleep, he said; my design Is to make what haste I can to be gone. The last extremity Indeed, but one full of that longing desire of the great apoetle "to depart and be with Christ, which la Chinaman Good House Servant friend of mine has at last solved the servant girl problem," said a He doesnt emPhiladelphia man. ploy a girl at all. No, he doesn't have his wife do her own housework; he has a Chinaman. Charlie that's his name has been there now for a couple of moutiiH and my friend swears dow. that never again will he employ a serBnt I am In great trouble about vant girl. Charlie cooks, washes, him, raid Israel to his wife. "It can irons, waits on the table, does all the not last, since Cluypules death dusting and cleaning and even tends he eats not, drinks nut. sleeps not; his to the baby when a deinanJa. strong, masculine hand writing, the A ut A Story of Cromwell's Time yc-?- something of what they aald! Presently Dr. Verily Juiced him. They the atom, aid a few wj.'d their words were emphasised by the falling and crashing of trees outside the windows, and by thunder and lightcing snd driven torrente of rain; aud then Dr. Verily said in a low voice, "Ho knows nothing of th lake Is still as death; he barely breathe; he Is unconscious; where la he, Israel? Not quite gono not oufte here Is he watcbii.g tho battle uf elements In the mill. lie dnrkni-ss?- " Then for rente mir.utrs only the pealirg thunder and tho howling winds made answer. Bui John Verity was thinking, caJ sa scon os thcie was a moment's lull In the uproar, l.e said, Oliver Is ..ranger to (he lmmoh.als, Israel, huvo heard of his fame. In ay they have reen ai:d helped already. Wl.Ue his body lies yonji.r, without serse or motion, is his spirit? Is it now having. Its last ffrht with its great enemy? Israel, I was th.nkirg of what Isaiah ray about hell heirg moved to moot Lucifer at hla comirg. But, oh, John, John Verity, all this great lifo is to ho a failure. AU our travail and to'l and suffering to he a failure! No, foriced! There Is no fallurai We No, no. nnthirg of the kind! have ushered in a new era of Free-dem- . We have made a breakwater against tyranny. Kings will rcmein-lie- r forevermore that they have a joint in their necks. Oliver has done, to the last tittle, the work he was sent to da It Is Oliver the Conqueror! Not Oliver tho Fsllnre. Remember, Israel, it Is. rot Incumbent on us to finish ths work; we can leave ft la God's hands. And though we have to leave It behind ua Incomplete, God will use It some way and somewhere and the newa will find us, even In heaven, and sweetert our happy labors there. I believe this, I do with aH my far better. The next morning, the Sd of Sep' ISBbWrkU-I'ortwsla-PsffJ't- ki' dap of Dunbar Field and Worcester's laureate wreath, he became speechless as the sun roee, and so he lay quiet until between three and four In the afternoon, when he waa beard to give a deep eigh. The physician la attendance said softly, He Is gone!" And some knelt to pray, and all wept, but unmindful of his tears, Israel Swaffham cried in a tone of triumph: "Thou good Soldier of God. farewell! Thoj hast fought a good fight, thou baat kept the faith, and there la laid up for theo a crown greater thaa England's crown, a crown of right eousness, which the Lord, the right eons Judge, shall give thee. But Dr. Verity wnt slowly to the beloved Dead; he put tenderly back Fairfax saw how ill and how troubled his long gray hair, damp with the be looked. But he had not one word dew of death, and dosed the eyelid of courtesy; he turned abruptly and over hla darkened eyes, and kissed cocked hla hat, and threw his cloak him on his brow, and on his lips; and under his arm In that Insolent way as he turned sorrowfully away forhe was ever used to when In his tem- ever, whispered only two words: pers. And Oliver looked at me like "Vale Cromwell.'" a man that has been struck In the face (The End.) hy a frfond. Then he went to his IN THE WIFE MARKET. PRICES desk and worked faithfully, inexor" ably. all day; but but Rates Run From a Pair of Shoes Up But what, Isiacl? to Twenty Oxen. It Is near the end. In says a foreign explorer, Europe, Interview this with Fairfax Indeed, seemed to be the last heart-weigh- t he it Is customary for parents to glvt dowries to their daughters when they could carry. Tha next day he went to his desk marry, but In uncivilised countries and began to write, but speedily and quite a different custom prevails. In Uganda a man can buy a handurgently called for Israel Swaffham. When lie answered the call, Oliver some wife for four bulls, a box of cartwas in great physical agony, but he ridges and six needle, and If he has when woman took some papers from a drawer and the luck to go said, When 1 am no longer here, happens to be a drug In the market iHrael, give these to my wife. Tl.ur-lo- e he ran hny a suitable damsel fur e has tho key to all Ktsto ques- pair of shoes. A Kaffir girl Is worth, according te tions; he knows my intents and rny Judgments on them. Ami there is the rank of her family, from fonr to one more charge for you: when all Is (en cows. In Tartary, no fniher will surrender over, speak to the army for me. Tell goodly the men to remember me wullethey his daughter unless he gets live. Truly, I think they will. Now quantity uf butter in return, and la let me lour on you, Israel. I am go- certain parts of India no girl cas marry until her father has beea paciing to my last hard fight." Wlrnn he reached his room, he fied hy a present of rice and a few atom! a moment snd looked wistfully rupeea. round IL It was hut a narrow cliam-bei- . Twenty oxen is the regular price but large enough for the awfully for a wife among the Mishlniis, but a rinse, near conflict that he had to poor man has more than once In obtaining a bride ua payfight in it. For ten terrible days snd nights the anguish of the struggle ment of one p!g. At Timor no girl will think of mar went on unreaslrgly, somet lines the "ntl Ntc" and rying a man not provided with a cergreat (.'.iml'atsnt tain number of elephant' tusks, and full of faith and courage, sometimes far down the shoal of life and roasim. at I'nyero any dixtiraliU: hut impecuand wandering uneasily through by- nious suitor may purchase his wife and on credit, lint wil', not lie allowed to gone days of battle snl distri-s- s darkness. enjoy her company until henas paid the ultermo! fan.ling. He had turned to face his last enAmong iniiny tribes or Africa and emy on the 21 h of August, ami on the 20th there was suih u teiuiest ns Asia It is customary for a suitor to a bln-man for his futur work had never before been seen in Engin the same manner as Whole forests were laid on father-in-laland. the ground: traflie was swept from Jaroti worked for atian. A certain the roads and the streets, and the value Is so) nn the girl whom he h,. The lerts ife, ard whun hie wages ships from the stormy seas. chambers of Whitehall wcie fried amount to iiut much he gals her. and with the rmr of the great winds. The not before. A man who falla In love with a naguards leiined on their arms, prayli.i; I or tuliiiii;! solemnly together on the tive girl of tbu Ala. territory fares better, for nil he need pay lor her la prodigy of the storm. Israel sat near the k-s-. and heard 'wo deer kb.a. sac-reede- d 1 d 1 . |
