Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1874, Page 3

Sw SANTA CLAUS’ POOR SPELL. ‘Word came from the country where Santa Claus dwells | Phat he was alarming!y = . at he'd not be on ed the precious old saint h a dreadful collapse, jedi the little ones puld not contro! for our pennies are sn't a toy thatis whole. t that he'd bring me a wagon,” said a new dolly,”* said Jane. ‘or sied this Christmas,” said Fred y all fell to crying again. € like Christmas, 'm certain ‘rank with a po a mon an‘t about. this room, Took a!i of our shnshine away. « Dear Santa Clans doesn’t like MANS DARLING. ree! Hawkshaw, » England. Thirty icar made a regalar garde: certain corrupt ine- shrabs of ch fa! yews and weep lows, cau ef paths to wind instead of intersecting the lawns at right- les; and encouraging the graves into flower- To be buried there does not seem like THE OLD in Ke = bed : being buried so mach as being planted out. and the grave 1s robbed of much of that extrinsic terror for which we a gloomy predilection Tipeck of the beauty of this church-yard in resent tense, ause [tis tended with as when the late as the tenant of it; but it was only and the roots of the young trees had hardly got fairly hold of the soil on the fine October afternoon when Dr. Antrobus entered It for the first time. Dr. Antrobus was very learned, very ingenious, very clear-headed, and very young; as young asa man weil could be to have taken the degree of doctor of medi- cine. His student friends called him Faust, averring solemnly that he was well on in his i century, but aad drank a rejuvenating fitch’s pat-me-back; and it was cult for the ordinary learner to e how he could have acquired so much English seem to entertain dge inso few years. The secret of his was, that he loved science for its own sake, without any thought of self-interest or fame. rendered him private practice was not the all Possessed of a small property, which independent of his profess ter to him wh beenever so desirous of it is doabtfat whether An: al succe trobus could have attained it. He was thought very highly of at hospitals; more than one learned society courted him; high-class medi- cal and philosophical, journals considered his manuscripts as valuable as bamk-notes. But he was most modest, if ident, hesitating; aud he was not a adres’ man. it was on the third day of his arrival that he entered the pretty cNurch-yard, hammer in hand. for when he found himself in a new part 2 ea e was like @ school-boy alone th a pie. be could net keep his tingers off the and, in cutting the workmen hal exp sting character, there b ment as to how it got there. Dr. Antrobus was of middle height, dimin ished by a slight stoop. the result of ‘studious habits, which had likewise compelled him to pathway on the side ef 4 a rock of in- g Toom tor argu wear spec ; he had a benevolent expressior Of, cou nee, and a broad, massive fore head. His dress was always the same, summer and winter, grubbing in the fields, dredging at Sea, or at a patient's bedside, and consisted of shepherd's plaid trousers; black tail-coat ani waistevat; spotted handkerchief, twisted se es aronnd his néck and tied in a litt ‘ometimes under one ear, sometimes under ther, never straight; high shirt-collars. tended fo stick-up, but not succeeding very well. and ® chimney-pot hat in peed of brushing, and worn too far back on bishead. Dut he was as clean, though HOt so sleek, as aca 5 ging a grave, and Secrets of subsoil. Mattock misin- terpreted the interest taken by the stranger in bis operations. “It will be a dry un, sir,” said he, pausing in his work, and looking up to the top of the pit in which be stood. «So I perceive—chalk,” rep! “ You knowed her, may ba, si the sexton, leanin; viting manner. A the doctor. * continued on his spade in a chat-in- experience had taught him that promiscuous conversation often lead to | bee: . «| can't say till I hear ler name; most prob- ably not.” “Cane, her name was-Miss Cane as w to urried to-morrow.” ‘9; | never hear! of her.” before; that’s certain. No offense. you might have been a relative. Wwunner she were: Doubtful whether this was parr or blame, Dr. Antrobus uttered a neutral ‘Ai!’ ‘ Fon hytong cen ed eats “reg'lar ightning and’ vinegar; "lar lady, too, but such atongue! The children used te eat and run when they saw her,anishe could never keep but one servant, who was stone deaf. But she ment no harm, bless you; ehe hada kiud heart.’ ‘This last sentence was a tribute to death, not the result ofexperience. Mattock remembered the proverb, de mortuis, ete ast then,’and felt that it applied with extra force when the de- parted Wasa customer. He would glady have menti toc to him; so he shook bis head and went on diggin, “ Papa,” cried a silvery voice bebind Dr. Antrobus, who turned round and saw a fairy. I thought O lor, whata who, finding a stranger instead of a father, | opened her small mouth an: large eyes ver; wide, and took stock of him. Approving, she remaived where she was, and smiled. “ Well, my dear,” said the doctor am not papa. Have you lost look for him?” “No. Who are you"? lam Gregory Powder.” “Where are the flowers. “Phe tlowers: well, Id ate no autumn dowers mer flowers are all dead. « What a pity! “ Neyer mind, dear; they w!ll all come again uné spring.’ All come again In the spring? Sure?” ‘yon see T Shall we not see any. There mnted, and the sum- xe.” * Why is Mattock digging a hole?” asked the » peeping in. * They are going to bury Miss Cane.” ‘h! De you know that I did not like Miss Cane—much.” Then, after a r M ne won't come up again in the spring oh, you nice child!” cried the doctor, cate mg her up. I have a great mind to kiss you.” “You may kiss me if you won't se’ub,” said the little ‘maid composed y. “Papa se’ubs dreadful sometimes. Oh, there he is!” ‘The doctor turned in the direction indicated, and saw a stout man with a green net who im- mediately called out: t, Antrobas! I am ms have tit Upon you in this lucky way. I called on you au hour ago, but you were out. I was pleased to see your card yesterday, I can tell you. Is it true that you coming to settle here? ‘The speaker was none other than the famous Scaraby, whose researches in histor: once earned for him the title of the En, Button, though of late years he had confined his personal investi; very much to moths and beeties. His worship of science, however, was catholic, and he was president of a philoso- fon een which Capon Hh Antrobus n promising members. “4 bave fallen in love with your little girl,” said the doctor. “By the by, Scaraby, dia not know that you were a family man.” aL have lose ai bat Ethel,” replied Mr. Searaby u mother baagone from too. ould be @ lonely maa without m: baby, else I had sailed before row to Fevra- gana in search of the Sirgewing /urdevorans, of Which | have no satisfactor specim i would be hardly prudent to take her, Tp “ Hardly; expecial it moth- hunting, you woud not tnd her spurns So easy asina Kgntieh - “ True: and she is @ regular little wraant. Are mes,when papa’s ver: jong chasing intance which alreally existed Ab! then you haven’t heard of Hawkshaw | ed her virtucs, but they did not chance | , their roots are im the grouud, and | were never thonght of by either. Ethel yed the tae cxioerthaen like a kit- ten. It was absurd to see how fond Antrobus wofher. She called him by the first name, } fone given himeeif, Gregory Power, for six months; when he was promoted to Uncle Greg- ory, andthere he remained, though his real uame was William. She was indeed a very | nice child: never troublesome, always able to amuse herself, and very original When the doctor had been settled three years in Hawkshaw, she put the final touch to her conquest. He went tothe bank one day upon some business which necessitated an interview | with one of the partners in his private room; and as he was coming out again into the office be heard his little friend's voice ving: « Please, will you give me sixpence for t drawing back and peeping, be saw her ver the counter h her chin just sur- sted. The gray-headed clerk whom she essed took the paper she presented, in a voice trembling with suppressed laughter ow will you have it, Miss Scaraby—in silver ype off with a bandful of halfpence. When she was clear of the premises, the doc- tor me forward and received this document, written intext band,on aleaftorn out of a d clerk book, trom the conval: ase p a ‘ems a pity that Ethel should have ever grown out of her quaint childhood: bat she did it so imperceptibly that the transition was not observed by either her father or the doctor. Other changes took place; Antrobus ceased to live alone. He owned two maiden aunts, who had bid themselves away in an old corner of Devonshire, and subsisted pretty comfortably annuities. When one died, however, the other found berseit in somewhat straightened ircumstances, so this dutiful nephew had her to keep house ‘for him, and Ethel called her “Granny.” She was a good soul, bat rather odd and prudish, and did not much approve of the title at first. Inieed, she once remon- trated with the child; but the effect of this was tthe next time Ethel called her Grazny in public, she turned round and explained that Miss Antrobus could not be her grandmother really, because she had never been married, and she only called her #0 out of atiection. So, ter that, the prudent spinster accepted her vet in silence, and by the timethe girl came live with her, would have felt hurt had she called her anything else. Came to live witb her? Yes,when Ethel was pn her father caught a pleurisy in shes where he was beetle hunting, t. He left his collections to his ani versity, his property to his child, and appointed his friend and executor, Dr. Antrobus, her guardian. his was Ethel’s first acquaintance with death, for she was a mere infant when she lost her mother, ani the mystery, the helpless griet, the hopeless horror of it shattered her child: hood. The waye of sorrow passed over her in time, but never again iid she recover the care- less, thoughtless, birdlike happiness of her for- mer life. She knew now the evil as well as the good; her eyes were open to the cruel reality that every path in the world leads to one dreary | waste. For the rest, the burden of the child’ sorrow was lightened so far as was possible; she was spared the sudden plange frem comfort to poverty, from affectionate sympathy to cold selfishness, from petting to tyranny, which so often waits an orphan girl. The intimacy be- tween the families had been so close that there was little change on leaving one home for the other,and with both her guardian and his aunt, her wish was law. Indeed, Ethel Scaraby ought to have grown up into an insutferable young ‘yoman, instead of, as was the case, an exceedingly natural, self-forgetting, charming one; but there are some natures that you cannot spoil, at least by kindness. A little more than a year after Mr. Scaraby death Dr. Antrobus was induced to join an ex- pedition having for its object an investigation of the flora, fauna, and geological phenom of the northern astern stsof Africa, g trom Algeria to Aly and com- ia. Sohe set continue liv very good girl’s school in the neighborhoo: which competent school-masters came per: cally from I He dered his ward to be far too ed, to be risked in the chance company of aaschool, while Ler mind and heart fre forming; so he made ar rangements with the various professors—war- ranted middle-aged and married every man of them—to give her lessons separately. It was rather expensive, but that did not matter: for, living in Granny’s simple way, it was impossi- ble to spend her income on her Gibraltar was the place appointed as the rendezvous of the philosophers. When Dr. Antrobus arrived there, he found that certain arrangements connected with the expedition would not be complete as soon as had been an- ticipated, and he had a fortnight’s spare time onhis hands, which he at once determined to devote to a trip that had often ten vi ed him—a K passage on t to Sicily and Etna; so he tov ard @ vessel bound for Messina. Take ten fine English sunsets, borealis, mix in a dozen rainbo: up, and you may perbaps have tl on your palotte, to depict the sc Antrobus was enjoying as he sat in asmall boat | manned by two picturesque s » who culti | vated long black moustaches, and smdked cig- | arettes instead of chewing quids. ‘The sea was a broad sheet of exquisitely stained glass, without a wave or atiaw, and having a single jewel, shaped like a two-masted | felucea, set in’ it. The mountains, awelling Re upwards till they culminated in “tha, looked too soft and ethereal to be trae, Enchanted boundaries of paradise they seemed, which would recede if mortal man approached | them. But the doctor, who had walked all over | them, routing in tufa and scorle, knew better; | he wasalso aware thatall these fairy tints would become black with a rapidity unknown | to more northern latitudes directly the sun was | turned down, and that therefore, as he was | more than a mile from the shore, it would be as well to go about. Justas he was about to give directions to that effect, however, he prog hme a handkerchiet waved, as if signaling him on board the felucca, which was not above five hundred yards off. So he told his men to row up to her, and found, on ap- | sonra that bis surmise was correct; a lady, eaning over the bulwark, was beckoning her. | Can I be of any service to you?” he asked, when his boat touched the side. * Ob, you are an Englishman!" exclaimed the lady, exerting herselfto make her fee voice audible. ‘Is itfartoa town? Can you get me adoctor? I am soil!” For answer, Dr. Antrobus pushed his boat | along to the gangway, and stepped on board; a couple of Maitese sailors, who were seated on the deck forward playing at cards, neither as- sisting nor Bindering im. They merely gave bim a keen look went on with their game. | The lady, though dressed like a young wo- man, was certainly past fifty, probably a good many years past; but some faces age sooner | than others, and she was suffering. *‘Tam a medical man,” said Dr. Antrobus, “what is the matter?” | ** A burning pain that never leaves me; and | prevents my sleeping; sickness whenever I take food; at times a dizziness as if I were dying.” | ‘How long have you had those symptoms?” | “A month ago, at Naples, f first felt the | burning, after sickness; but it passed off again at that’ time. Then it returned, and grew worse and worse. And you are really a medi- ma yd an aurora well beaten right colors ne which Dr. | Certainly.” “« Pardon the question; direct answer to prayer’ me, will you not?” | She became hysterical; when she got a little | better, Dr. Autrobus helped her down into the | cabin, where he expected to find some female | attendant; but no, except the two sailors who | Were playing at cards on deck and themselves, there did not seem to be a soul on board. Yet | the vessel, though of Genoese build and laten rig, was fitted up ke an English yacht, and as she was of about twenty tons’ bur: len, her crew i — oe or Svan men only. er certain further inquiries and examina- tion. Dr. Antrobus asked j - | ken & passage in the vessel. “ Ob no,” said she; ‘we have hired it, with the crew, and have been cruising about in it - wards of three i a a en you first experienced these symptoms | just before you sailed?” “ Yes; we bad engaged the yacht and made all arrangements.” “You say we; I conclude that the rest of your rey. has gone ashore?” * Yes.” mur coming is much a Pana you wil save she had merely ta- “ Do you repose perfect confidence in all | those who are constantly about you?” | “Tell me the truth, sir, I adjure you!” cried the lady, grasping his arm; “am I not—poi- soned.” * Yes.” The sufferer wrung her hands, and fell for- ward on the table at which she was sitting, in anagony of fear and grief. When this had | passed by a little, she broke out into violent ex- clamations. “« Fool that | ‘ “to believe in tance, his love! To be his pose talked over again by tis soft t | oughly disew own mind the wisest course to take, and he ad- bered toit. The newcomer had consider: command over himself, also, for he very pale, and his lips twitched slight! on an expression of indignant surpri bowed slightly to the intruding stranger. “Pardon my having boarded you in this nn- ceremonious fashion,” said the doctor. ‘1 was deceived by the rig of your yacht, and thought it was some trading vessel in which I might get @ passage to Italy, This lady has undeceived me, and Ihave but to apologize for the mis- take.” “Pray o not mention it,” said the man, wit!, an evident effort to steady hi “Won't you—can’t { offer you somethin ** No, thank sou,” replied the doctor | fully. \<Tmust get on shore at once; it will be dark, presently. Good evening, madam.” CHAPTeEr Il. Dr. Antrobus was a philosopher, and by no means easily flustered or excited; bat his pulse certainly throbbed taster than usual as he was leaving thefelucca. He had nodoubt whatever of the trath of the wife’s suspicions; that she had taken poison for some time back in in- creasing doses he knew for certain. No suicide has ever been known to kill him or herself pain- fully by inches, when speedier methods were at band. “There was no one about her but her husband. He had adirect interest in herdeath, being almost @ lad, tied upto anold woman whom he had married for money, which she withheld. Lastly, he had not yet quite stitled his conscience, and to a student of physiognomy his face proclaimed his guilt. In less than twenty-four hours his time was up, for the steamer which was to take him back to Gibraltar sailed on the following afternoon from Messina, which port was ten miles distant by land from the small inn where he had been staying, and close to which he was presently landed. the morning, but he now felt that there & moment to be lost if the murderer was brought to justice, or his victim saved. Of the last he had’ little hope—the poison had got too much hold of her already—still there was a chance So he ordered a horse and guide, and packed saddie-bags at once. In vain the innkeeper remonstrated; the roads were bad, and not entirely free from banditi. The doctor showed his pistols, and replied that he bad a better chance of making his way past any peo- ple who tried to intercept him i by day-light, for that matter. Besides it was a suestion of life or death, and he had no choice but to go. Never had he felt so vexed and dis- turbed as during that gloomy ride; he was thor- fied with himself for not haying made inqniries concerning names, relatives, dates, residence in England, ete., before the husband's return. His disquietude culminated when a puff of air, which at first merely breathed upon his face strengthened till he had to tie his bat on. If the owner of the yacht had the slightest sus- picion of what had’ passed in his absence, he would u ay at the first breath. ~ tious after all? Would it not have been the better course to denounce heredeerfal to his face, and seek to carry off his vietim? ‘The inn-keeper had exaggerated the difficul- ties of the road, and in two heurs the doctor as not to be reached friend’s house. He was welcomed very beartily, but his business was not so wi received. ** What rest an English subj on board his own acht: take his own wife away from him, and accuse him of attempting to murderher! Many atown had been bombarded for much less. Then suppose the charge could be substantiated ?”” While they were discussing the matter, the captain of an English frigate which was ¢ruis- ing on the station came in, and when he was referred to, espoused the doctor’s side. He saw perfectly that there wasa chance of getting into a.legal Scrape, but agreed it was worth some risk to save a woman from being poisoned like of it. The worst of it was that it wasa hun- dred to one that the yacht would be out of sight by daylight with that bree “There is no use m detaili a Sicilian ficial from bis suaded how they roused mbers, and p e matter, for the him to take action in t! ‘ssurmise was correct, and when the where the felueca had | z, there was not a ha heavy heart t hat afternoon for Gibra while after the owner left it. thou t Dr. Antrobis, igh a reserved and silent man at dinner par- and tea-tights, which he hated, was ade iia] companion at home, and his aunt and ward missed him terribly, the girl most; for though Granny believed in her nephew to'any extent, her's was a blind faith. Whatever he said must be right, and any one who averred the contrary was a willful heretic and wanted burning. But as entering into the why or wheretore, 1 do honestly think, without exag- geration, that such an idea, supposing the pos- sibility of it getting-into her head, would have turned all the brains. She did not even know the names of the sciences which honored him. Ethel, on the contrary, studied the newspaper for mention of his name, read the reports of as tociatious and meetings connected with him that she found there, asked bim for explana tion of what she did not understand, and, in a word, enlisted her reason in the service of love and admiration. She could not hope e to comprehend all, but she did in might Inclade more and more. The much-indulged girl found her masters with their regular tasks were irksome at first, but Granny, as she continued to call Miss An- trobus, discovered a sure method of keeping her up to the collar. “How pleased Uncle Gregory will be if you m play Thalberg to him. or read Italian, or : ‘rman or French with him, when he comes ack.” ‘So and her industry brought its own reward, tor learning is only irksome when we attack it list lessly; for those who put their heart into it, it ix always a pleasure. Not that she was a recluse, entirely shut out from all the pleasures and amusements common to girls of her age. Hawk- shaw was not a dissipated place, but people did meet at one another's houses, where the elders played whist, and their juniors less absorbing games. There was an archery club, too, of which Ethe! was a member, and = prizes not a difficult matter by the by, for they had them for all shades of proficiency, and there were few blanks); an occasional e1 ‘ainment, more or less d ic in character, enlivened the town-hall of a neighboring borough, and formed an excuse for an evening’s outing; and though the word ball would have frightened the leading houses into fits, for Hawkshaw was puritan, a juvenile party, where dancing formed the principal amusement, was not considere:! worldly. And the interpretation of the world juvenile was free. Then there was the Honora- ble Mrs. Trefoi], a lady with an aquiline nose and other traces of former beauty; a tine wo- man a”, though old enough to have once been a toast. This dame pe! taken a great fancy to Fthel, showed civility to Granny, who was rather afraid of her, and insisted on calling her “My Lady.” To Ethel, however, she was merely a good-natured, friendly neighbor, who gave very pleasant little R ies, and whose carriage was useful in the flower-show season. Beyond and above all, on two several occasions, Mrs. Trefoil turned the gloomy miwinter into oy and gladness by carrying Granny and sthel boldly off to London, and giying them a glimpse of (theatrical) fairy-land. assed; the Doctor still remained , and the jast petals of childhood fell hel; a fact which was first brought home poor Granny by the intrusion into thvir or to peaceful life of a lover. At one of the friendly lawn parties Mrs. Trefoil in the summer months ven by ere ap- eared a stranger, who fluttered the Hawkshaw vecot, an assistant surgeon, and the second son of a neighboring squire, now an under- graduate, and intended for the bar, and who might be fit for the matrimonial market in twenty years or so,if all went well. Dudley was the stranger's name; he had no profession; dressed well; rode a valuable look1 oTse; Was tall, handsome, with very white feeth, and a very black moustache, and a certain keen ex- | pression In his eyes which always makes a man pass for romantic; aboye all, was single. Theré wére cignt young fadies belween the ages of seventeen and twenty-tive at that fete, and seven of them were immediately prepos sessed in this Mr. Dudley’s favor. The ig! th, who shuddered at bim, was Ethel, who had a prejudice against dark men, and thought there was something especially Cal oa gpa em expression. Mr. Dudiey man- not go far. He acres In another county, and wished to farm them himself, if ee aie avery state of health, shduld die, It was Tequisite that he should practical farming, and for that purpose he tool Py bieabode witt Jobn Huggins, a substantial yeoman, whose homestead was not a mile out Of the village. favorable for en eee was not Sra oes It had been his intention to go over in | the dark than | @ rat, and said be was willing to take his share | The house at Hawkshaw was dull for along | part, and | Ethel became anaccomplished young lady, | cacy to the extent, trary he was very and there did not seem to be any rational getting rid of him4 he was of suitable means, conducted himself with had been introduced by the one | resented aristocracy at Hawksh: | Perpiesity. + Would it then be reail herself perpetually through several to was that there was somethin, shocking in the idea of an or forming any attachment while her was in minded Ethel would never do such a thi until thei herself broached it. less about love and marriage than she fore Dudley paid his court to her, an was taken unawares. It was certainly ed; and to meet with sent wretched ed bim | ing be | strangely; it certainl: she thought, to spen | ion who was so very fond of her. | marry, fay". jady who rep- | frica, and she was sure the and | and | Several | aggravating neighbors called upon Miss An- | tobus and Songratulated her upon the conquest Etbel bad mace, thereby adding greatly to her ‘@ good thing tor her to marry this man?” she asked , sleepless | nights; and the only conclusion she could come improper and an young lady uardian igut- | ing. So the eubject was never mentioned between them 1 don’t suppose that any girl had everthought had be 1d 80 she pleasant ‘a fellow ught all she «lid perfect, all she said wise and witty, who, when in her presence, was in a state of wrapt enchantment, when ab- id all this, and she believ- tor whatobject could he have in deceiv- Her power over this wan affected ber would not be a hard fate, her life with a compan- If she had to and most women had, it seemed, it | would ‘certainly be better to marry a man thus infatuated than one who took a more common- place view of her attentions and duties. then, peor fellow, he would be so very mis apy seemed positively inhuman it she rejected, anc accepted him,that to say No. Not being a she Nero then, and Dud her into a corner, sbe said Yes. ) Ethel, Ethel!” cried ¢ so eapremely Africa! 4 “Of course, Granny dear, if Uncle An py ley driy- anny, shedding sof distress at the news, “and Uncle Greg- Gregory disapproves, there i¢ an end of the matter: tor Tam certain that he would not do so without good reasons; and he will come home very | scon now. desr.”” “She calle him Richard!” cried Gran; went in hysterics. Dr. Antrobus was hardly less perturt Richard is going to call hig sister when be received the letter inform Absorbed ar him of his ward’s engagement. he bad been by the congenial inquirie bad occupied him the last two years, his hi with had corstantly turned homeward on you, ny, and bed than 8 which art hu | yearning which grew stronger and stronger as | the time for his return drew near. Of the question had been put to him he wo said that t by abusband; but yet he had never f cognized the iden; he associated her wit thin, deed, sbe was bis home, for his aunt his affections in a very inferior degree, course if uld have sibel must now be a woman, and hat he supposed the would soon be carried off fairly re- h every- belonging to himeelf and his home; in- | e and now now he felt at first as if hé had been personally rob- bed and injured. As, however, he was an emi- nently just and reasonable man, this feeling | was scon quelled, and he resigned himself with | asigh to the inevitable. | not remain a child forever,” he said to course she would himeelt: | “she was sure to form new ties and forget her | old friend some day. Why, I am not even a dis- tant relative. Itisa mistake to love anything but science.” 7 One November evenin |.drawn, the lamp burned clear! | “engaged, as was her wont, in a | row toa p | pleted part ot which was rolled up into mous globe. Ethel sat before a framed flowers. An open piano, with a piece o: | wiee evidently in the habit of “Is Mr. Dudley coming to te: «He said he would,” replied Ethel. the: mug at | Hawkshaw; the fire crackled, ‘tae: were Granny was ng TOW upon ‘odigions piece of network, the com- an enor. piece of canvas, upon which she was embroidering silk f music on it, looked like @ familiar instrument, not a fetch, and the books scattered about wei re like- ing read. iranny asked. A pause of balf a minute; then said the elder lady: “Hew s him to arriy cn did you say we migh urelly expect from the former sentenve t expect | Now, Aim was not the lover, as you might nat- but Dr. Antrotus, who had announced bis immediate return to England. Some girls, expe ly: but Ethel knew where Granny’ were, and was not much intatuat Wednesday, th might possibly come heme the Ob, if ships were like rail-way train answered, looking up with affirmation ‘The ship is due at Southampton on day after to-morrow, and he ne evening. and arriy- cially if much infatuated, would have answered crooked- thoughts So she this ed punctually, how nice it would be to go and meet bim, would it now?’ way; there will be a great deal of lugg mens, andsuch things, will there not “Oh, | could help him with that, or, | {em sure I would not hinder him.’ But uot do it, for we might just miss him, of meeting him sooner.” “Exact | lieved; for she haa once beer on a quay vessel was unloading, and had been so 2 “Yes; and yet, perhaps we should be in the e, speci at least, we cap- instead my dear,” said Granny, much re- when a bustled and frightened that she had not recovered her week atterwards. | compesur pleasant to see friendly faces the tir when you—Who ean that be?” & foctstep on the sta’ room. and the shepherd’s plaid trousers, and came in eviderce. “And can this fine the little thing I met | who drew sixpenn: bank without having a balance?” said tor, when the first greeting was over. “T have developed, Uncle Gre; But how nice an earliest.” “T have come overland. a Frenchman, asked me of our party, te ‘h-him to Paris wit word you see.”’ i kt ant to exp! house in the first moments ot his arriy: it was too late. Seeing — in the room Dud! near the door till Ethel said; “T' Antrobus, Kichard;” when he adyau bowed. bad risen from his chair when the door apd now he stood erect frownin, “Who is that man?” he aske: manding tones, such as neither G Ethel bad ever heard from him before. distressed. “Don’t you know? Don’t member?” “What are you doing here?” contin doctor, not heeding. “What have you done with your wi At the question the color faded out mad, tillsbe heard stammered. “Murderer!” cried the doctor. thing had come so soso 4 upon him wae utterly unable to pu even sufficiently for bluster. tinued Dr. Antrobus. “I don’t know what you mean,” with an effort. ry; that is all. quick your ship has been; we did not expect you before Wednesday, at the replied Dr. Antro- bus. ‘‘After | had written my last letter, one ‘ive certain evidence which | be wanted, promising that I should not be de- layed inthe long run, And he has kept his n to Dudley when he came what bad happended, so that he might see the advis- ableness of notentruding upon the master of the in the surprise and excitement she forgot all | avout her lover till he was announced, and then | Agnyind Dr. Antrobus did not return his salute. and surprised. in quick, com- rangy, nor “That is Mr. Dudley,” said the old lady much “Sir!” said the young man, fiushing red. ley’s cheeks and the anger out of his eyes. Ebel looked from one man tothe other in as- | tonishment; she thought her guardian had gone e other’s astounding re- ply: “J bad the misfortune—to—lose her, imself together, “Is not one victim sufficient for you?” con- said Dudley i ~ 'r else,” resumed Ethel, “when you have been away for @ long time, it must be very st. thing A carriage had stopped at the door,which was a phenomenon svficient to break off any sen- tence. Then there was a knock and a ring and . ‘Then the door was flung wide, anda man, bearded, bronzed, and wrapped in an cutlandish cloak, stood in the ‘Unele Gregory!” cried Ethel, running at | bim. | “it isn’t William!” said Granny. ‘It can’: | be William!” as she looked at him, “It is Wil+ | liam!” as the outlandish cloak was thrown oil, the tail- ccat, and the thirt collar drooping on one side, oung woman really be in the churchyard; and checks on the Hawkshaw the doc- to go to al. But is Dr. ced and He opened: you re- usd the of Dud- he that he £ | or biliows fever. On Monday the Sanitarium bacco desired. Onthecon-| Dr. Antrobus found out the mi persevering, and | relatives, and excuse for ardered wo- man’s _ — ted ag them, and th prosecute; buat awyere decided that there was no legal evidence unless the body could be discovered, and as it had, in all ——. been committed to the sea. this Was impossible. All Hawkshaw knew of Ethel’s engagement to Dudley, and the girl chafed under the general complacent ssmpathy expressed or understood, so that her spirits and health suffered. The doctor observed this and and moved to London, where she in time got over the shock, but sb Was no —— the same for him. If it bad u been for that two years’ absence, he mig! have felt toward her like a relative to the end the chapter. As it was, he, who slatte: self that he was avove such sentimental non- sence, fellin love with her. There could be no Her figure pursued himevery- | bratory, in the dissecting-room. | on the mountain side. Worst sign of ail. when | ] oung men made themselves agreeable to her, e feita ang of jealousy; an pened twice fi when, as hap- three years, she rejected good ¥. offers, be felt glad and not sorry. At the end of those three years Granny dled. and the doctor felt in @ very awkward position: he did not know what to do with his ward, whom he was in love with. So he cut the Gordian knot by tying another I mean that he married her. y ‘ “Because, then, we should be aboutofan age and I could ask you to be my wife.” “Léon't like boys.” “ ‘Better be an old__man’s man’s snarling.’ There and reason in the proverb; though snarl A noun is @ poetical license.” “The idea of calling yourself an old man’ said Ethel, when all was satistactorily arranged ‘Past forty, my love, past for Fancy tak ing the compiaint so late in life +Forty times over let Michaelmas pass; Grizzling hair the brain doth clear. ‘Then you know a boy anass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to forty vears.”” Ethel herself is nearly forty now, and oetor is sixty: and up to this date neit once regretted what some k the time their ill-sorted see: An Interview With Franz Listz. Translated for Appleton’s -Journa At the request of the Burgomaster of Vier I called, the day before yesterday, upon Frat Liszt, the vir/ucso and composer, t participation in the series ot conce imperial government and the municipality the capital have arranged for the benefit of the suftering mechanics ot Vien! 1 found the illustrious man the Hote! @Etienne, in Pesth. I was shown up to nis room, on the third floor of the hotel, and was surprised alike at the appearance of the apart- ment and the man. First, about the room: a very simple bedstead, a magniticent crucifix above it, a bureau, and three pianos (one of which, a so-called pianino, of American manu- facture), a washstand, asmal! clothes-press, a few books and newspapers, stacks of music- | bcoks, and you haye the place where Liszt has | sojourned for nearly five weeks past. As to himself, be looks leaner and drier than ever; but the clerical habit adds to the remark- | able expression of his head, which Peter von | Cornelius, years ago, said was one of the finest the Almighty had ever placed upon mortal shoulders. His voice is musical and seductive. «What had I come tor’” “On a mission of charity.” e was not rich, but would na k “It is not money that 1 come for, but your covperation,” I said, “in a truly benevolent enterprise He slightly knit his brow. 1 banded him my letter from the burgomaster. Liszt's face brightened at once. “With pleasure, with pleasure,” he sad, mo- tioning to me to take a seat. “But,” he ded, archly, “are you and your friends sure that 4 will still «draw?” * ‘Like a magnet, as always,” I rep thusiastically. “A magnet, by age,” he retorted, times loses its power.” ‘Ab, fee, you can turn a con splendidly,” sai parallel is’ fanity. men’s fingers get with stiff fingers? ‘This sally 1 also managed to parry, and 1 clinched every thing by asking the abbe 10 ; me a written letter of acceptance. Here is what he wrote: « PrsrH, November 2,1 “Mr. Burcomaster: I will play tor you every evening, as requested, and I inclose fifty florins as my contribution to’ your laudable en terprive. May God bless it! “Frank 1 «But what shall I play at the concerts?” then arked me. «What you choore, of course,’ I answered. « But I play, nowadays, only compositions by Wagner, Schuman, and myeelt,” he suggested, thoughtfully «There are none more popular. ‘This answer made him laugh. “ You do not know what people im Paris think about that;” he said. “Still, it is my rule not te play any thing else.” | T bowed in silence, and received from bim a fitty-florin note. As be opened his pocket- Look, I noticed that it contained two more bills of the same denomination. Liszt really is not rich, but it is bis rule to spend one-third of his income for charitable pur He asked who else woul concerts. “When Liszt plays the piano at a concert, I answered, “who else would dare todo so?” | “Excuse me,” he answered, laughing. “There you are certainly mistaken. One day I played the organ at Notre-Dame,in Paris ‘The Organist, who did not know me, looked at mein surprise; and, when I did not stop, said he I replied. es. | play at the proposed to me, ew Monsieur, are you aware that wedo not allow any amateur to vouch these keys?’ Of course, I stopped. The good man never found out who I was.”” “* But the Viennese,” I eaid, ‘‘know and love you.” “Oh, yes,” he rejoined, pleasantly, “they were the first to encourage me. Forty-three years ago I give my first concert in Vienna. The applause I received did me a great deal of | good In every respect. It give me faith in my | mission.” | All this was said in so simple and good-na- | tured a manner that I could not help admiring —— old man more and more. } leparted with thanks for his kindness, and Liszt dismissed me with these words: | “T hope the charitable Viennese will fill the | hall to overflowing every night of those con- | certs.” — Vienna Evening Post. | the I When Doctors Disagree. | ‘We take two health journals, and ens worry | us nearlytodeath. The Sanitarium will come on Monday with an article showi: allcases of consumption are a! ated tothe | practice of ag rs the bed-room window open at night. On Wednesday will come the Family Physician with an editorial demonstrating that bilfous fever arises from keeping the windows closed at night. As we must either close them or epen them, it is clear that we have to choose between the itive certainty of consumption | that nearly shows that tol is a deadly poison, and that a smoker is certain to have cancer in the mouth andertire destruction of his mental faculties Sooner or later. On Wednesday, when the | Family Physician arrives, we that a cigar may be uzed with advantage when there are sores in the mouth, and that moderate smo! braces the nerves and keeps the mind cicar. The Sanitarium insists that suspenders make the shoulders round, and ee, injure | the chest. days afterward the Family | Physician declares that unless clothing is worn | very loose about the waist the health will be ruined. In such a case it seems there is | nothing to be done but to go without trowsers; | and if we consent to do that, some other health | journal would come out with the statement that unless the legs are covered inflammatory rheu- matirm is sure to setin. One says coffee drink- ing is certain death; the other asserts that it is the only way to perfect health. One affirms tat persons should drink a great deal of water before going to bed, and none when they rise in the morning. The water should be drunk uw) rising, andnot upon retiring. One states that everybody should take a walk in the morning upon an em (@ poor sort of a thing to parade on, by the way,) and the other declares that thousands ruin ir constitution ev. yearby doing so. These things are calc perplex unless he epinion of 0 ‘which wo have grad: any Oe y ich is, ' G ul , inna gy thatehey are. generally, faz Adeler. : Not Lone since, a nervous lady took the Tip-top "White Mo ductor— Madam, the Sue ee cia give way, what do ive youdo then?” Gonductor-© Madam, we then LADIES’ GOODS. R.AMME. LP JEANNERET dave omer LOCKWOOD, HUFTY & TAYLOR, M torerd from Parts with a choice mesurt ment of B: Latest nore! Show roum 7 Pennert 3 N.Chartes street 623 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BREBLIN ZEPHTRS AND WORSTED GOODS, CANVAS, SILKS, AND ALL MATERIAL FOR EMBROIDARING STAMPING promptly attend MRS HAVE JUST RECEIVED Sle dherect ope P ‘s; : 4 MISS FE. A. MeCORMICK 900 Pexx AVESUE( up stairs. . mise er00R oF A large and elegant assortment of ee tee Se IMPORTED BONNETS and BOUND Bats, constantly on hand. Orders for DRESSES, SEY.of New York city J. 3: TOUNG Cy vome pazaan. ‘asbionad!e Headgnart for FaRCY @OURs. Hos ¥. MEMINO UNDERWEAR srt At lowest market prices to all. = Sige 4a) SEVER TO STRERT. NEAR B. iy apizs® ao FRESOH STARCH ERA &c., filled by Mies GED- ter GLOVES! GLOVES! FOR dest article to the world for dot: or Stualin. It imparce & beautiful gion to the fabric. For sale GENTLEMEN. 615 9th street, between PF and @. BH. B—Gvarantes given that no color robe off; bring your articles soon, to get them back in time, ——— A. FISHES, FIRST CLASS IALTIES UF fils BOLE PROCESS, Dresses cleaned without taking them apart Aes clothes cleaned without shrink - ae removed eJectually, se that they 100 doren PARTY COLOR BIDS, in -ue and two . 0 - Buttons, siren te to 5 erate: prnetnality cuaraotecd: NSe: Prices) 50 dozen WHITE KID GLOVES, in one and tw = Bitton, saee Fo 3 THE TRADES. 3 doren LAVENDER KIB GLOVES, eand Ro r twobwion annie 7 BSON BROTHER ae te oe ma to 9. re k and Job Printers, 50 doven BLACK KID GLOV. ° Phe, re Axenve, south sia Buttons, sizes 7% to 9, _—_ st a yd “ . 200 dozen LIGHT and DAR Warnes K BROWN KID two Buttons, sizes 7% to 9. 100 doren REYNIER DOGSKIN GLOVES, which we are selling at the extremely low pric $1.76 per pair. J er GLOVES, in one and FOR PUBLIO BUILDIM a“ PRIVATE BUsipENcee " TENTS FOR SALE OB BERT. rations furnished for Balls and Parties, HOGAN, Manefactorer, Betwoon, Mk ‘and Bik siren rhoortwsine wareati “ADE WNINGS, FOB PRIVATE RESIDENCES, HOTELS, PUBLIO BUILDINGS, MANUFACTURED BY M. G, COPELAND, 43 LOUISIANA AVENUB, P MEETING Ti aS ent SLAGS On ete . iste Deo 50 dezen CASTOR BEAT: rES, | and two buttons, izes 7ie to 9 CLOVES In one 50 dozen OALF, KID, DRIVING GLOV 2 sizes The tog. an be TILLBURY'S © Buttons, J. CAM Ties and Scarfs. = WE HAVE JUST OPENED ANOTHES L. 3 STOUR OF OTHE: ABGE ~ TUBTON, CARPENTER, BUILOR WHITE LAWN TIES AND BOWS WHITE SILK TIES AND BOWS, BLACK SILK TIES AND BOWS. LAVENDER SILK TIES AND BOWS. FANCY SILK TIES AND Bows, ant OONTRACTOR. Orders for Houre Varponterng, ; : irpstor's Work speedily stieuded * ectpentactancn Bhop and Office. yang 17 inch street, below H #t. north weet FANCY SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, PLUMBING, GAS-FITTING AND SEWRE PARTY SILK WINDSOR SCARFS. by SAME ee Bare RO ktS, on reenable tern Tr. BLACK SILK WINDSOR SCARFS. ae 609 Lonis PLAIN COLOR WINDSOR SCARFS, Resid nee 38a FANOY SILK “TECK’” SCARFS, LINED PIPE BLAOK SILK “TECK” SCABFS, } Cas OLEANED PARTY SILK “TECK” SCARFS. EET BEATING WO) | bet. 45 and 6th «ti free of extra charge. PLAIN COLOR TECK” SCARFS, PLAIN COLOR CHANCELLOR SCABFS, PABTY SILK CHANCELLOR SCARFS. BLAOK SILK CHANCEL LOB SCARFS. FANCY SILK CHANCELLOR SCARFS apiaiy ————_———— REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Me°°rTes & 0m (Ofice No. ous. WILL Pay SPBoT GENERAL SEW BBA: reek, ALT gr GE TAXES ata | SAME CROSS, b Broker, | SHEPHERD'S BUILDING, No, 905% PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Wastixetox, D.C. Prompt attention given to the payment of General and Special Taxes dees Sup J STANLEY JONES. . Real Estate Broker, No. S11 Frm Sreeer HOUSES AND LOTS iN ALL PARTS 0. | THE CITY FOR SALE satpetcd LOANS NBG OTIATES. MONBY INV BST- ED. dect-tr Handkerchiefs. Onr stock of Handkerchic comprises— FLAIN HEMM NE &. OHIBES ED LINEN ANDEEB HEM-STITOSED LINEN HANDEERCHIEFS fANcy BORDERED LINEN HANDKER- cis LINEN BANDKERCHIEFS. gus BOYLE. FRANK BABNUM PLAIN AND FANCY SILK HANDKER | JUAN BOYLE & Co. CHIEFS. BAL BSTATE AND NOTE BROK RRS, - 608 1sth street, opposite U. 8. Treasury. Ladies’ Gloves. ‘Operty $00,000 feet of GROUND tn varices Raz Bou matt eetts for cle et low fonee ee eee WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUE | gy." *=°BeNs® for Productive improved “ LARGE AND SPLENDID STOCK OF 2 fernished House for rent et G19 per monte. COAL AND WOOD. oon: woop $0 CORDS PRIME PINE Woop. . tn lots to suit putchasers, Price, @6 per cord dativered, ata oat Wharf, near Market I Con AND KINDLING woo. Bvite the attention of consamers te onr large stock of COAL, all ot which is kept on plans foc + and delivered free from dirt OAK AND PINE KINDLINGS kop: wnfer over, Hickory, Qak and Pine Wood, cord length’ or sawed and Split, a! (owes! market ra’ STEPHENSO: GLOVES FOR LADIES, Expressly suitable for the NEW YEAB receptions, | SEAMLESS HID GLOVES. Bo 4 4 ecotke ss BUTTON PABTY-OOLOBED KID & doz. ONE-BUTTON WHITE KID GLOVES. © doz. ONE-BUTTON BLACK KID GLOVES. 100 doz. ONE-BUTTON BROWN KID GLOVES, 20 doz. TWO-BUTTON BROWN KID GLOVES. 100 doz. TWO-BUTTON BLACK KID GLOVES. & doz. TWO-BUTTON GREY KID GLOVES. 3% doz, TWO-BUTTON WHITE KID GLOVES. 3% dor. TWO-BUTTON PARTY KID GLOVES. BM! aod Depot, Ten strect Wirt, oPovigy, THERE-BUTTON PARTY KID 4 Bep cPovigh, THREE-BUTTON WHITE KID Mics Waar), foot of Bizth street, ofo\49j: THREE-BUTTON BLACK KID SUALES 55 'BON auD Oran, LOVES. Orders by mail promptiy 0 doz, THREE-BUTTON BROWN KID | fynerapycasuprometly » GLOVES. Bloaded and stored or delivered. * acca CEES BE pease, A choles and varied stock Victoria Hid Gloves, | | _INSURANOE OOMPANIES, just received @ new stock of this splendid | T= 18 THE SEASON FOR FIRES, Gh hich selling at v: low prices, We | have them in sll sizes from 6% tof." ‘ pa-big 2 bz as DABK B£ROW! ARD AGAINST THEM BY (NSURING YOCR pati | TTO! wo BROWNS. | BOPABTY (BEAL AND PE ALS Fwo-s ARTY COLOMS. wit Tue GREE-B' WHITE, CORCORAN FIRE INSURANCE CO, 8 H AER BROWNS. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM UTTON PARTY COLORS. OAPITA Lecce nm scenemneneree 100,000 —_ Ivania avenne. OMice, 1429 Pou T. LERMAN, President, J.T. DYER, Secretary. a Seis “ineh rv on 00. on Gloves and Gauntlets. OUB STOCK IS COMPLETE IN LADIES’ CASTOR. bh hn Hie a