Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1879, Page 6

whieh I was pleased to speak tache. Still, I was a sturdy LUCRETIA. A Christmas Eve Adventure. 1 will acknowleage joung manin the year ’67: indeed, Iwas only jest turned of twenty, and was inordinately proud of a slight downy fringe on my upper lip, at | wascertainly a very of as ft as my mous- young fellow enough, In spite of my consumptive tendencics, and not way; but ven to grou@diess fears in a generai T must allow that 1 was decidedly frightened by my adventure in the Richmond Hotel on Christmas Eve of that aforesaid year of ce. It may be a foolish reminiscence, yet I re you won't mind listening to it. When I say the Richmond hotel, you must not ‘understand me to speak of the Star and Garter in the town of that ilk situated in the county @f Surrey, England. The Richmond where I passed ray uncomfortable Christmas Eve stands ‘on the banks of the pretty St. Francis river In Bower Canada. J had gone out to the colony in the autumn of that year to look after a small yperty of my mother’s near Kamouraska; and Pomeinalty intended to spend the winter in mebec. But as November and December wore away, and the snow grew seeper and deeper wpon'the plains of Abraham, became grad- wally aware that a Canadian winter was not the best adi with a sumption. Quel during those two, ted tonic In the world for a young man fight hereditary predisposition to con- Thad seen enough of Arctic life in ital months to give me a good idea of its plefSures and drawbacks. Thad steered my tal the Falls of Montmorencl; I had driven asleigh, dete-a-tete with a French’ Canadian. belle, 10 a surpri skated, eontent; an down the ice-cone at, plenic in a house at Sainte Anne; I had show-shoed and curled to my nd I had caught my death of cold on eart’s: the frozen St. Lawrence, not to mentioa such minor misfortunes as gettin; feet frost-bitten during a Chaudicre. my nose, ears and ving party up the Soafew days before Christmas I determined to strike south. I would go for a tour through Virginia and the Carolinas, to es eape the cold weather, waiting for the return ef the summer sun to catcha glimpse of Niag- ara and the great lakes. For this purpose I must first go to Montreal; and, that being the case, what could be more eonvenient than to spend Christmas-Day itself with the rector at Richmond, to who: 1 had let- ters of introduction, his wife bein; cousin of my mother’s? Richmou on the Grand breaking and pluin puddin, that in fact a first lies half-way k line between Quebec and Montreal, and it would be more pleasant, by my journey there, to eat my turkey in a friend’s famtly than in ‘somewhat cheerless hotel, the Dominton Hall. Sooff I started from the Point Levy Sta- tion at feur o'clock on the 24th of December, me toarrive at my journey’s end about one @clock on Christmas morning: Now, those were the days, just after the great American civil war, when gold was aimost un- known, either in the States or Canada, and every body used greasy dollar notes of uncertain and purely local value. Hence I was compelled to take the money for Ce ee on my projected ‘tour in the only form ot able, that of solid sfiver. specie which was avail- A hundred and fifty pounds in silver dollars amounts to a larger bulk and a heavier welght than you would su DI ; and I thought it safer to carry the sum fnmng own hands, loosely bundled into a large leather Teticule, Hine iti lacrime; that was the real cause of my night's adventure and of the pres- ent story. When I got into the long open American rail- Way-carriage, with its comfortable stove and warm foot wicks, I found only one seat vacant, and that was a red velvet sofa, opposite to ai other ceounied by a girl of singular beauty. I T to this day exactly how she was can remem! @ressed. be I dare say my lady readers will think it horribly old-fashioned at the present time, but it was the very latest_and the most enchant: ing style in the year ‘67. On her head was a ecquettish little round with one of those warm, soft, fleeey woollen veils or head- girls know as Nublas. Her dress was a short Winter walking costume of the period, trimmed with fur, and vandyked at the bottom so as to show a glimpse of the quilted down petticoat Her little high-heeled boots, dis- played by the short costume, were buttoned far above the ankle, and bound with fur,to match underneath. ‘we dre: just asi chee plate-bonnet, bound raps which Canadian while a tiny tassel at the side added spicion of Parisian coquetry. Her cloak Was lined with sable, or what seemed so to my indiscriminating eyes; and her rug was a splen- id piece of wolverine skins. As to her eyes, her ps, her figure, I had rather not attempt them. ican manage clothes but not goddesses. Alto- ther quite adream of Canadian beauty, not levold of that indefinable grace which goésonly with the French blood. I was not bold in ’67, and I would have prefer- red to take any other seat rather than face this divine apparition; but there was no help for it since all the others were filled; so I sat little sheepishly, I dare say. lown a Almost before we Were well out of the station we had got intocon- versation, and it was she who began it. “You are an Yes," 1 ‘lishman, I think?” she said, Jooking at me with a frank and pleasant smile- answered, coloring, though why I — have been asham ri 1 ed of my nationality for t solitary moment of my life I cannot im- agine, unless, perhaps, because she was a Ca- nadian; “but how on earth did you discover it?” “You would have been more warmly wrapp2t ie if you had lived long in Canada,” she replied. “Tn spite of our hot stoves and hot bricks, yo find yourself yery cold before you get to y jourhey’s en “Yes, > T said; “I su at night in these big cars.” “Dreadrully; ob, quite terribly. ppose It’s rather chilly You ough te have a rug, youreally ought. Won't you le me lend me one? I have another under the seat here.” “But you brought that for yourself,” I iater- posed. gets a little co “Oh, no, I shan’t. me, it’s wolve and what an unusually friendly girl. ved rine. “You will want it by and by a it This {s warm enough fo You have a mothe What an extraordinar: question. I thought Was she ite as simple-minded as she seemed, or could she be tue “designing woman" of the novelst ‘Yes, I admitted to her cautiously that I pos- ‘sessed a maternal moent safely aren! it, Who was at that mo9- i her tea in a terrace in South Kensington. “Thave none,” she sald, with an emphasis on the personal pronoun, aida sort of appealing look in her big eyes. “But you should takecare of yourself for her sake. You really must take rug. Hundreds, oh, thousands of young Hogiishinen come out here and kill tuembelves their first winter by mprudence.” ‘Thus adjured, TL accepted the rug with many thanks and apologic and wrapped myself warmly up in the corner, with a splendid view of my Tis-a-ris. Exactly at that moment, the ticket collector €ame around W on his off tal tour. Now, on ‘American and Canadian railways, you donot take your ticket betore hand, but pay your fare to the collector,who walks up and down througi. the open cars from end to end, batween every Station. | Tlifted up muy bag of silver. walch lay on the seat beside me, an ipradently opened itto take out a few dollars full in sight of my enchanting neighbor. affected curiosity at the heap of uid at being able to give sue and I was pi unequivocal proof ot ms = for what better guaranty of all the noblest moral qualities can any man pr world over than a bag of dolia: “What a lot of mone} lector passed all in coin!” “Tm going on a tour in T confided in reply, * take specie.” years ago of that “ And I suppose tho: What mother gave you that for a birthday pr st be a conjurer or a clalrvoyant, Teticule? “Your 7 said. sini the initials represented m: ignatior me's Lucretia,” said m: lessly, aS a child might have s: work as to surname or qua stances; and from Unat moment me simpiy Luc to the present day. As 3! and baptisma: “My on. a a. “Wh: a pr I think of her as Isaw her look with un- high respecta! nce all th she sald, as the col- an you want with 1c the Southern § cI thought it better fo proud ten or twelve specie.) are your Initials on the ty monogram! Your a spoke, Se pointed to the word engraved in uny letters on her pretty silver locket. a it Slight “ Richmond !” I where I'm going. Do you know tie rector?” “Mr. Pritchard? Oh, yes, intimately. I Suppose she thought my confidence required jé more coniidence th retura, for after a use she repeated once more 7 Lucretia, and J live at Richmond. cried. w yy name's hy, that’s just He's our greatest friend. Are you golng to stop with th him Cousin.” “For a day or two at least,on my way to Montreal. Mrs. Pritchard is my mother's “ How delightful! Then we may consider our- selves acquaintances. knock them up to-night? But you don’t mean to ‘They'll ail be in bed Jong before one o'clock.” “No, I haven't even written to tell them I was comt general 1 €ss of the ancien i Bu ible! ng.” 1 answered. invitation, whenever I pleased. ae you rust ng there my: “They gave mea and said I might drop in ‘op ai the hotel to-night. My people keep the I was thunderstruck. I had uucretia to myself as at least a count- ‘gine, afew of whom still on in Montreal and elsewhere. Her et, her rugs, her eyes, her chiselled fea- tures, all of them seemed to me redolent of the ich nobdlesse. And here tt turned out old that this living an inn-kt ET ERT OE cor al mI re: ice. e the of Richmond, and whom I should meet at the rector’s, and what a dull littiedown it was. But Quebec was and Mon- treal—oh, if she could only live in Montreal, it would be perfect bliss. And sol thought my- self, if only Lucretia would live there with me; but I prudently refrained from saying so, as I thought it rather premature. Or perhaps I blushed and stammered too much to get the words out. “Had she ever been in Europe?” No, never, but she would so like it. “Ah. it would be delightful to spend a month or twoin Paris,” i sugge=ted, with internal pictures of a honey- moon floating through my brain. “Yes, that would be most enjoyable,” she answered. |Alto- gether, Lucretia and I kept chatting uainter- ruptedly the whole way to Richmond, and the other passengers must have voted us most un- conscionable bores; for they evidently could not sleep by reason of our incessant talkii We did not sleep nor wish to sleep. And Iam bound to say that a more frankly enchanting or seem- ingly guileless girl than Lucretia I have never met from that to this. At last we -reached Richmond Depot (as the Canadians call the stations), very cold and tired externally, but lively enough as Is the in- onal ae bbs got oa ee ae our. luggage. A sleepy porter prot to bring it nest morning to the hotel ‘There weresno sleighs in walting—Richmond 1s too much of a country station for that—so I took my reticule in my nand, threw Lucretia’s rug- across her shoulders, and proceeded to walk with her to the hotel. Now, the “Depot” is inasuburd known as Melbourne, while Richmond itself Hes on the other side of the river St. Francis, here crossed by a long covered bri¢ge, a sort of rough wooden counterpart of the fainous one at Lucerne. As We passed out into the cold night it was snow- ing heavily, and the frost was very bitter. Lu- cretia took’ my arm without a word of prelude. as naturally as if she were my sister, and guided me _ through the snow-covered path to the bridge. When we got under the shelter of the wooden covering we had to pass through the long dark gallery, as black as mates heading only for the dim ‘square of moonlight at the otherend. But Lucretia walked and chatted on as unconcernedly as if she had always been in the habit of traversing that lonely tunnel-like bridge with a total stranger every evening of her life. I confess I was surprised. I fancied a a English girl in a similar situation, and I ‘gan to wonder whether all this artlessness Was really as genuine as it looked. At the opposite end of the bridge we emerged n a street of wooden frame houses. In one of them only there was a light. “That’s the hotel!” said Lucretia, nodding toward it, and again I suffered a thrill of dissppointment. 1 had pictured to myself a great solid building like the St. Lawrence Hall at Montreal, forgetting that Richmond was a mere country village; and here I found a bit of frame c re as the whole domain of Lucretia’s supposed father. It was too awful! We reached the door and entered. Fresh sur- rises were in store for me. The passage led ito a bar, where half-a-dozen French Cana- dians were sitting with bottles and glasses, play- ing some game of cards. One rather rough- looking young man jumped up in astonishment. as we entered, and exclaimed, ‘Why, Lucretia, we dida’t expect you for another hour. Imeant. to take the sleigh for you.” I could have knocked him down for calling her by her Chris- tian name, but the conviction flashed upon me that this was Lucretia’s brother. He glanced up at the big Yankee clock on the mantel-piece, which pointed to a qfarter-past twelve, then pulled out his watch and whistled. “Stopped three-quarters of an hour ago, by Jingo,” was his comment. “Why, I forgot to wind it up. Upon my word, Lucretia, I am awfully sorry. But who is the gentleman?” ‘A friend of the Pritchards, Tom dear, who wants a bed here to-night. 1 couldn’t tinagine why the sleigh disin’t come for me. It’s so un- like you not to remember it.” And she gave him a look to melt adamant. ‘Tom was profuse in his apologies, and made it quite clear that his intentions at least had been most excellent; beside, he kissed Lucretia with so much brotherly tenderness that I re- lented of my desire to knock him down. Then brother and sister retired for a while, appa- rently to see after my bedroom, and I was left alone in the bar. I cannot say I liked the look of it. Themen were drinking whisky and playing ecarte—two bad things, I thought in my twenty year old propr iety. My dear mother hated gambling, Which hatred she had instilled into my youth- ful mind, and this was evidently a backwoods gambling house. Moreover, I carried a bag of silver coin, quite large enough to make it well worth while to rob me. The appearances were clearly against Lucretia’s home; but surely Lucretia herself was a guaranty for anything. Presently Tom returned, and told me my room was ready. I followed him up the stairs with a beating heart anda heavy reticule. At the top of the land! Lucretia stood smiling, my Candle in her hand, and showed me into the room. ‘lom and she looked around to see that all was comfortable, and then they both shook hands with me, which certainly seemed a curi- ous thing for an tnn-keeper and his sister. As soon as they were gone, I began to look about me and consider the situation. The room had two doors, byt the kev was gone from both. I opened ofie toward the passige, but found no key outside; the other, which probably com- municated with a neighboring bedroom, was locked from the opposite side. “Moreover, there bad once been a common bolton this Second door, but it had been removed. I looked close at the screw holes, and was sure they were quite fresh. Could the bolt have been taken off while I was waiting in the bar? All at once {t flashed across my mind that I had been im- prudently confiding in my disclosures to Lucre- Ua. I had told her that J carried £15) tn coin, an easy Cord to rob and a difficult thing to identify. She had heard that nobody Was aware of my presence in Richmond, ex- cept herself and her brother. I had not writ- ten to tell the Pritchards I was coming, and she knew that I had not told any one of my where- abouts, because I did not decide, where I should go until [ talked with her about the matter. No one in Canada would miss me. people ose to murder me for my money (and inn- keepers often murder their rues, I thougat), nobody would think of inquiring or know where to inquire forme. Weeks would elapse before My mother wrote from England to ask my whereabouts, and by that time all traces might well be lost. I left Quebec only telling the People at ny hotel that was going to Montreal. hen I thought of Lucretia’s eagerness to get into conversation, her observation about my money, her ues out that Ishould come to the Ri ond Hotel. Aud how could she, a sinall pers daughter, afford to get all those and lockets by fair means? Did she really know the Pritchards, or was it likely, considering her position? All these things camé across me {na momeut. What a fool Thad been ever to think of trusting such a girl! I got up and walked about the room. It was evidently Lueretia’s own bedroom; “part of the decoy,” sald I to myself sapientiy. But could so beautiful a girl really hurt music was lying on the dre: up and looked at It casually. Grad it was a song from “Lucretia Borgia!” He name betrayed her! She too was a Lucretia. I walked over to the mantelpiece. A litt miniature hung above the center: 1 glance as I passed. Incredibie! It wa rice Cenei! Talk of beautiful wo: poison one, they stab one, they alive, with a smile on t ips. Lueretia must have a taste formurderesses. Evidently spe is a@ connoisseur, At least, thought I, I shall sell my life dearly. T could not go to bed; but I pulled the bed: i over agalnst one of the doors—the locked and I iaid the mattress down in front of the other. Then J laid down on the matress, my money bag under my head, and put the poxer conveniently by my side. I{ they came to roband murder me, they should at least havea broken head to account fornext day. ButIsoon got ted of this defensive attitude, and reflected Unat, if I must lie awake all night, [ might as well have something to read. So I went over to the Httie bookcase and took down the fi! book that came to hand. It bore on the oats the ttie “deuvres de Victor Hugo. ‘Tom: Theatre.” “This, at any rate,” said I to myself, “will be light and interesting.” I returned to my mattress, opened the volume, and began to read Le Roi Samuse, Thad never before dipped into that terrible drama, and [ devoured it with a horrid avidit3 Lread how Triboulet brived the sy to int der the King; how the gypsy’s sister bogutle lim into the hut; how the plot was matur2 how the sack containing: the corpse was delt ered over to Triboulet. It was an awful play to read on such a night and in such a place, with the wind howling round the corners and the snow gathering deeply upon the window panes. I was ina considerable state of fright when i it; 1 was in an agony of terror before I had got half-way through. Now and thenI heard footsteps on the stairs; agaia I could dis- Unguish two voices, one a woman's, whispering outside the door; a little later, the other door was very slightly opened and then pushed back again stealthily by a man’s hand. * Suil, I read on. At last, just as 1 reached the point where ‘Tribou'et is about to throw the corpse into the river. my candle, a mere end, be led to sputter in its socket, and after a few inetfectual flickers ny, went out, leaving me in the dark tlli morning. I Tay down once more, trembling but wearied out. A few minutes later the voices came again. The further door was opened a second e, and I saw dimly a pair of eyes (not, I felt sure, Lucretia’s) (et the gloom, and re- the light from the snow on the window. A mais voice said huskily in an undertone, “Its ali right now ; ” and then there was a silence, I knew they were coming to murder me. I clutched the poker firmly, stood on the dollars and waited the assault. ‘The moment that intervened secmed like a lifetime. A minute. Five minut*s. A quarter of an hour. a eey re reat trying wo take Le oft my guard. ps they saw er; case. they must have felt the Dedstend’ the door. That would show them that I pected i held my watch to my ear any ex- and had sie] for my portmanteau had not yet ar- ved ira aepot. Next, I put back the bed and then I took the dollars and Went down to the bar, hardly knowing Whether to laugh at mny last ws terror, oF congratulate myself on my lu ma, den of robbers. At the Toot of e stalrs, who: should I come across but Lucretia herself! In a moment the doubt was gone. She was enchanting. Quitea different but equally lovely and suitable. ioe gown of some fine woollen material, nearly the effect of a plain neat print quite simply to fit her perfect lain linen collar, and a quiet silver brooch. lair tied in a pape broad knot above the head, instead of yesterday’s chignon and cheese-plate. Altogether, a model winter morning costume for a cold climate, And as she advanced frankly, holding out her hand with a smile, I could have cut my own throat with a pocket- knife as a merited punishment for daring to dis- trust her. Such is human nature at the ripe age of twenty. “We were so afraid you didn’t sleep, Tom and I,” she said with a little tone of anxiety; “we saw a light in your room till so very late, and ‘Tom opened the door a wee bit once or twice to ‘see if you were sleeping; but he said you seeined to have pulled the mattress on the floor. I do hope you weren’t ill. yhat on earth could I answer? Dare I tell this angel how I had suspected her? Impossible! “Well,” I stammered out, coloring up to my was rather over-tired, and couldn’t get so I put the candle on a chair, took a book, and lay on the floor so as to have a light to read by. But I slept very well after the can- dle went out, thank you.” ‘here were none but French booxs in the room, though,” she said quickly, “peraaps you read Freneh?? — “T read Le Roi s‘amuse, or part of it,” said I. “Oh, what a dreadful play to read on Christ- ttle "gure. A mas eve!” cried Lucretia, with a little depreca- ting gesture. ‘But you must come ahd have your breakfast.” 1 followed her into the dining-room, a pretty little bright-looking room behind the bar. Frightened as I was during the night, I could not fail to notice how tastefully the bed-room was furnished; but this little salie a-mvanger was far prettier. The paper, the carpet, the furni- ture, were all models of what cheap and simpie cottage decorations ought to be. They breathed of Lucretia, The Montreal nuns had evidently taught her what “art at home” meant. ‘The table was laid, and the white table-cloth, with its lacie silver and sprays of evergreen In the vase, looked delightfully sve I began to think I might manage a breaktust atter all. “How pretty all your things are!” I sald to Lucretia. “Do you think so?” she answered. “I chose them, and I laid the table.” I looked surprised; but ina moment more I was fairly overwhelmed when Lucretia left the room for a minute, and then returned carrying a oe covered with dishes. These she rapidly and dexterously placed upon the table,and then asked me to take my seat. “But, said I hesitating, stand. Are you. wait upon me? Lucretia’s face was one smile of innocent amusement from her white littie forehead to her chiselled little chin. ‘‘Why, yes,” she answered, laughing, “of course I am. ’ I always wait upon our guests when I'm at home. And I cooked these salmon cutlets, which I’m sure you'll find nice if you only try them while they’re hot.” With which recommendation she uncovered all the Cishes, and displayed a breakfast that might have tempted St. Anthony, Not being St. Anthony, I can do Lucretia’s breakfast the ee to Say that I ate it with unfeigned heartiness. So my princess was, after all, the domestic manager and assistant cook of a small country inn! Not a countess, not even a murderess (which ts at least romantic) but only a prosaic housekeeper! Yet she was a princess for all that. Did she not read Victor Hugo, and play “Lucrezia Borgia,” and spread her own refine- ment over the village tavern? In no other coun- try could you find such a strange mixture of culture and simplicity; but it was new, it was interesting and {t was piquant. Lucretia in her morning Gress ofiiciously insisting upon o‘fer- ing me the buckwheat pancakes with her own white hands was Lucretia still, and I fell deeper in love than ever, After breakfast came a serious difficulty. I must go to the Pritchards, but before I went I must pay. Yet, how was I to ask for my bill? I couldn’t demand it of Lucretia. So I sat a while ruminating, and at last I said, “I wonder how people do when they want to leave this house.” s fue ‘Said Lucretia promptly, “they order igh. “Yes,” I answered sheepishly, “no doubt. But how do they manage about paying?” Lucretia smiled. She was so absolutely trans- parent and so accustomed to her simple way of loing business, that I suppose she did not couw- prehend my difiiculty. “They ask me, of course, and I tell them what they owe. You owe us haif a doila Hall a dchar—two shillings sterling—for a night of romance and terror, a bed and bed- room, @ regal breakfast, and—Lucretia to wait upon’one! It was too ridiculous. And these were the good, simple Canadian villagers whom. I had suspeeted of wishing to rob and murder me!_ I never felt so ashamed of my own stupid- ity in the whole course of my life. I must pay it somehow, I supposed, but I could not bear to hand over two shilling pleces into Lucretia’s outstretched palm. It was des- ecration, it was sheer sacrilege. But Lucretia took the half dollar with the utmost calmness, and went out to order the sleigh. 1 drove to the rector’s, after saying to Lucretia, with a clear determination that before I left Richmond she should have con- sented to me my wife. Of course there were social differen: but those would be for- gotten in South Kensiugton, and nobod ever know what Lucretia had been in C Beside, she was fit to shine in the socie?y duchesses—a society into which I cannot Hon- estly pretend that I habitually penetrate. ‘The rector and his wife ga @ come, and I found Mrs. Prichard a good, erly sort of body—just tne right wom. for helping on a romantic love match. So, fa the course of the morning, as we walked back fro; church, I managed to inention to her casualiy that a very nice young woman had come down in the train with me from Quevec. “You don’t mean Lucretia?” cried good 3 Pritchard, “Lucretia,” I answered tn a cold sort of way. “1 think that was hername. In fact, I remei ber she toid me so.” “Oh, yes, everybody calls her Lue: deed, she’s hardly got any other nam the dearest creature in tle world, sim: child, yet the most, gugagtng and ‘kt girl you ever met. She’ brought up by nui t Montreal, and being a very clever with @ great deal of taste, she was their fav pupil, and has turned cut a most eu person.” “Does she paint?” I asked, thinking of tic Beatrice. “Oh, beautifully. Her tvory mintatar take prizes at the Toronto Exhibition plays and sings charmingly.” re they well off?” “ “Very, for Canadians. Lucretia has money of her own, and they havea good farm D2side the hotel “She said she knew you very well.” I tured to suggest. “Oh yes; in fact she’s coming here this eve- ning. We have an carly dinner—you know our sin:ple Canadian habits—and a few iriend3 wil arp into high tea after evening servic i and Tom will be among them—you met ‘4 course?” “T had the pleasure of making T» quaintance at i o’clocx this morning, swered. “But, excuse my asking it, iat ita lite ood for you to mix with people in lielr sition?” 2 ‘The rector siniled and putin his word. “This is a Gemocratic country,” he said, ‘a mere farmer community, after all. We have little society in Richmond, and are very glad to kaow such pleasant, intelligent people as Tom and Lucretia.” “But then, the conrenances,” I urged, secre’ ly desiring to have my own ition strengthened. “When I got to the hotel last night, or rather this morning, there was a lot of rough-lookin hulking fellows drinking whisky and playin cards.” “Ah, I dare say, old Picard and young Le Pa- tourel from Melbourne, aud the Postoftice peo- ple sitting over a quiet game of eca/tewhile they waited for the last train. The English mail was in last night. As for the whisky, that’s the cus- tom of thecountry. We Canadians do nothing without whisky. A single glass of Morwn’s proof does nobody any harin.” And these were my robbers and gamblers! A party of peaceable farmers and sleepy Post omi- cals, sitt ng up with a sober glass of toddy and beguiling the time with ecare for love, in ex- pectation of her males Mails. Ishall never sgela go to bed with a poker by my side a3 loag as I liv About seven o'clock our friends came in. Lu- cretia was once more charming; this time in a lorg evening cress, a peach-co'ored silk with square-cut ‘ice, and a little lace cap on her Diack Pair. I dare say I saw almost the full ex- tent of her wardrobe in those three chanzes but the impression she produced upon me Was Still that of beundiess wealth. However, ag she had money cf her own, I no longer won jeve i at the richness of her toliette, and I reflec ed that & comfortable ttle s<tlement might help tc su any possible pAjucice on my mth Lucretia was the soui of the evening. Sh> talked, she flirted innocently with every man in the room (myself included), sie played di- vinely, and seng that v song from ~ i) crezia Borgia” in a rich contralto voice. As shz rose atdast from the piano, Tcould contain-my- self no longer. I must find some oppertunily of proposing to her there and then. edges ay way to the little group where she wa: “am I to under- .You don’t mean to say. = -Z0ing.......t0. ppOod Ure yen- A about me, andl caught a few a a T paused t0 listen. It was age. young man indeed,” Lu- ; “and we had a most 3 Fa Ne a Baa was able Lingin § down. seemed an innocent boy, so I took quite a heart beat about two hun- say! intelligent talker too, full of wide views and interests, so different. trom our nar- Canadian lads.” (Oh, Lucretia, aoe eorineae I feel sure ofyou now. Love sight on both sides evidently!) “And then he spoke to Ine so nicely about his mother. I was quite leved to think he should be travel itlone eard ‘was to spend the Christmas with you, dear. I thought what I should have felt———” I listened with allmy ears. What could Lu- cretia be going to say? “Ifone of my own dear boys was grown up, ae ne. his Chrismas alone in a strange Ireeled. The room swam before me. It was too awful. So ali that Lucretia had ever felt tary English boy away from his domestic turkey on the 25th of December! Terrible, hid- cous, blighting fact! Lucretia was married! ‘Fhe rector’s refreshments in the adjoining room only went to the extent of sponge-cake and weak . I managed to get away from the piano without fainting and swallowed about a quart of the intoxicating beverage by tumblef-fuls. When I had recovered sufficiently from the shock to trust_ my tongue, I ventured ba kinto the drawing-room. It struck me then that I bad never yet heard Lucretia’s surname. When she and ber brother arrived in the early evening Mrs. Pritchard had simply introduced them tome by saying, “I think you know Tom and Lucretia already.” Colonial manners are So unceremonious. J joined the fatal group once more. “Do you know,” I said, addressing Lucretia with as little tremor in my voice as1 could easily manage, “it's very curious, but I have never heard your surname yet.” » erted Lucretia, “I quite forgot. Arundel.” “And whichis Mr. Arundel?” I continued. “I should like to make his acquaintance.” “Why,” answered Lucretia,'with a puzzled expressioa of face, -‘you've met him already. Here he is!” And she took a Bee nbory young man in unimpeachable evening ress gently by the arm. He turned round. It required a m0- ment’s consideration to recognize in that tall and gentlemanly young fellow with the plain gold studs and turndown collar my rough ac- quaintance of last night, Tom himself! Isaw it ina flash. What a fool I had been! Imight have known they were husband and wife. Nothing but a pure piece of infatuated preconception could ever have mide me take them for brother and sister. But I had so fully determined in my cwn mind to win Lucretia for myself that the notion of any other fellow hav- ing already secured the prize never struck me. ‘t was all the fault of that incomprehensible Canadian society, with its foolish removal of the natural barriers between classes. My mother was quite right. Ishould henceforth be a high and dry conservative in all matters matrimonial, return home in the spring with heart complete- ly healed, and after passing correctly through a London season, marry the daughter of a gen- eral or a Warwickshire squire, with the full con- sent of all the high contracting parties, at St. George’s, Hanover Square. With this noble and moral resolution firmly planted in my bosom, I made my excuses to the rector and his good lit- Ue wife, and left Richmond for ever the very next morning,without ever seeing Lucretia once again. But, somehow, I have never quite forgotten that journey from Quebec on Christmas Eve; and though I have passed through several Lon- don seasons since that date, and undergone in- creasingly active sieges from mammas and daughters, 2s my briefs on the Oxford Circuit grow more and numerous, I still remain a b: elor, with solitary chambers in St. James’. 1 sometimes fancy ti might have been otherwise if I could only once have met. a second paragon exactly like Lucretla—[J. Arbuthnot Wilson, in Begravia, Exhaling Souls. The latest alleged discovery in the field of physiology and metaphysics is that of a German savant, Duntsmater, who claims to have discov- ered that the characteristic qualtty, or, as he hrases it, the soul, of every animal and human ing is exhaled in its breath, and may be pre- served and transmitted. He goes so far as to claim to have established the truth of the theory by practical experiments. Of his theory and experiment the following outline will suffice to convey an idea. Starting out with the as- sumption that the soul is an odor, a pretty vio- lent assumption most persons will say, Herr Dunstmater argued that it is radiated from | living beings somewhat as light 1s from a lumi- nous body, and as light can becollected and fixed by a photographic plate coated with lodide of silver, he argued that the soul odor could also be collected and fixed: “What body, now, is as sensitive to odors as iodide of silver ts tolight? Evidently the nerves. of smellinadog. Inthe centreof the labora- tory a cage containing twenty hares was placed, and a dog was admitted to the room. He at once made violent efforts to get at the hares, which, of course, in their terror, rushed to and froin the cage. ‘After two hours of this tor- ture the dog was killed, the nerves of smell and the mucous membrane removed, and rubbed up inamortir with glycerine and water. Tie twenty hares had been exhaling their sou! two hours. and the dog, during ali his panting and snufiing, inhaling them for the same length of time. The glycerine might be expected, then, to contain a eertain quantity of the soul of the hare, the main characteristic of which is, of course, timidity. That this was the % the following experiments seemed to prove: A few drops of the extract were administered to a cat; she ran away from some mice instead of ponac- ing upon them. By the subcutaneous injuaction ofouly two cable contimetres a large masuit was rendered so cowardly that he slunk away from the cat. By a similar experiment, in wh however, a young lion ina menagerie played art of the hares, Dunstmaier succeeded in {so- ting the soul-Substance of courage, and transmitting {t to other animals. Still ino: interesting experiments showed clearly that these ‘psychotypte’ glycerine extracts had a decided effect on the human species. ‘Thus, after swallowing a small dose of pevcneyele Umicity, Dunstinaier had not the courage to be- leve in his own great discovery. ‘The Use of Pain. The power which rules the universe, this ‘eat, Lender power, uses pain as a signa! o: anger. dust, generous, beautiful nature never strikes a fonl bic never attacks us behind our backs; never digs peas or lays ambits- cades: never wears a sinile upon her face when there is vengeance in her heart. Patiently sue teaches us her laws, plainly she writes her warning, tenderly she graduates her tore. Long before the flerce, red danger ght of pa’ ned, She pleads with us—as though fi ke, Ot OWsS—to de mereiful 1 ou and to each ot d brain to wander from t he turns the ove it s alleys th and beckons us to enter and realize with our senses What we allow to exist in the midst or culture of which we brag. And what we do we do for ourselves! We ply whip and spur on the jaded brain as though it were a jibing horse—force it back into the road which” lea to maduess and go on full gallop. We dreg t rebellious body with stimulants; we original and think we have e: Pe and are very festive before night. aside, as the Pharisee did of old, and pass on the other side with our handkerchief to our nose, At last, haviag broken nature’s laws and disregarded her warnings, forth she cone drums beating, colors Hying—right in froatt! te punish us. Thea we go down on our and whimper about it It having pleas: Aimighty lo send this afiiction‘upon U3, a we pray him to work 4 miracle In order to re- verse the natural consequences of our disobi dience or save us froin the trouble of doiv: duty. In other words, we put our fing ln che fire and beg that {{ may not hurt.—(7emo'e ‘The Cockney Walk. PECULIARITIES OF AN ENGLISHMAN’S METIOD OF CARRYING HIS ARMS Most Englishmen of the lower middie class and the lower class in cltles have a way of walking Which is a distinguishing habit of com- mon life. I had observed itin Englishmen of this sort in the streets of New York, whore 1 could teil them by it as far as I could see them. ‘They lay themselves out: in their walking, as if they were doing a day's work. They waik not only with their feet and legs, but with their hips and their shoulders and ‘their arms, not swinging the latter, but arching them out more or less from thelr sides and potting them for- ward stiffly as they step. Withal they look con- Selous of their walking and seem well pleased that they are doing the correct thing. Tals sg eee ot body is most remarkable the soldiers that one sees about the strests of Lordon and of garrison towns like Canter- bury, and in the vulgar creature who has come to be known by the generic name ’Arry. You Will meet two soldiers tightened up to the ex- treme ofendurance in their scarlet shell jack- ets, with little flat caps so far down the sides of their heads that you cannot see why they hesi- tate at oon down all the way, and these two ‘Fauian vith a jauuey ais SU taceep tas Sosen jaun : of three from their “four sides and will muscles, were by clockw9l ‘The number of thelr imitators aan English gentleman has ‘un takeup the room meu by the set-out of their four arms walk none of this toelisome swagger. He walks q ilte easily f tl and and generally wich 2 Stride, just as a man of corres) 22d- itor, New York or in persons of inf foreon tition see of infer! F mode of which T hays locomotion endeav to. descri Richard Gai W ite inthe atlantic s A Love Sceme as Ac- Sot ra ‘The actor on the boards hat in oo fs not what you al » Let us take him in flagrante deticto. Here is a love scene. S Rete Cote egal in a pathetic of tones. « who reads all can alone fathom the im: i of my love for you,” and then in an undertone: “Come a little closer, Miss Litzcat or the effect will be lost.” Amanda—Can it indeed be true? Sotto yoce—Don my os £0; you Lerasts my Ingers and my rings). ve you. (Heavens, I can’t neat the promy ter. Lover. Sees voce/—A little Pouder, if you Please, Mr. Fresh. Amanda—And from that fortunate moment (you smell dreadfully of whisky). Lover—Sweet words! (I assure you I have not had more than my usual cock-tail.) Re- peat, Amanda— Amanda—(What can I repeat? Mr. Fresh is inaudible!) ‘The lovers look into the whites of each other’s eyes, to the it satisfaction of the audience, who applaud enthusiastically. 3 Enter the husband. Husband—Ah, inthe very act. eee pub- lic who do not appreciate sueh a situation, not an applause.) Lover—(An ice-cream public to-night.) Just heaven, her husband! Anianda—Ah! (Faints, Who put this chair here in the center?) Lover—Sir, you have killed her. (There’s my landiady in the orchestra.) But, by heaven, if there be a Ka of blood in your veins— Husband—(My mustache is nearly off.) Dare you add insult to injury? (Cnt the scene or we hissed.) will be Amanda (retut to consciousness)—Theo- dore! (Take care, your mustache is nigh gone.) Do not condemn me—this fatal appearance! (aes to weep, and under cover of your andkerchiet adjust your mustache.) Lover—Come, sir. let us go out out. The TD eet the devil are you say- ane ‘There's another scene. jusband—(What care 1? do you wish my mustache to fall of altogether?) Yes, let us go— after the fault—the crime. Prompter—Not those words, Mr. Fresh. Lover (who has misunderstood and does not know his lines)—Not those words, sir. Amanda—For the love of heaven, they are whispering in the parquet, and the critics are looking and smiling. Husband—And you, sir, who have forgotten— (Some of these days I'll make it all right with iat inconupuple critic. I'll give him a les- sen. Lover—(At Dillards, where he is more at home?) Not another word, sir. Your alms— «Prompter—(Your arms, not alms. What are you thinking of?) Amanda—(The manager is beside himself in the wings.) Lover—(To the — with the manager!) Your arms, I repeat? Husband—They are here (puts his hand in his coat pocket, and, then. looking toward the wings, whispers in an agitatod tone), quick, I have forgotten the pistols! Aman Never mind, leave that to me. Be generous, and do not shed the blood of an inno- cent being. I alone am guilty, I alone! [Enthusiastic applause and Douquets.] romper anes not a word here of all a Enter Leading Old Man—My daughter, you guilty? Great heavens, this last blow was wanting to bring my gray hairs with sorrow to ae grave! (I came here in time; you were lost, el Amanda falls on her knees; the husband makes all'sorts of grimaces to keep his mus- tache on; the lover signals to the milliner to meet him at the stage door after the play. The prompter scratches his head. The manager chafes inwardly with rage, and the audience applauds with frenzied enthusiasm. ding Old Man—Take my curse!! (all right ea now). Down goes the curtain, enthusiasm and. re eet calls, The quizzed public goes home ex” claiming: “What sentiment Miss Litzcat possesses. And what an exquisite scene they made of the love passages!” And the actors in the green-room: “4 pet of an audience, indeed!” On this basis is registered a new and trium- phant success.—[N. ¥. Graphic. IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? ©, J. A., in Soribner's “‘ Brie-a-Brac.” ‘THE BABE. Begun!—and round me glowed Huge maeks, with staring eyes— And smiles alarmed me more— Jafler saw in pantomimal story. T had no sense of time—nor Overmuch A sense of anything— : ‘eyes confronted with a glory em open more and more, It scemed they'd crack to take it in; Anon, & wall of black would supervene, Tu try to fight it off, and ery aloud!— e beht, was out!— Brief, brief candle! ‘THE LOVER. Ancther spell—twas not the one at school, ‘yet taught me more than aught beside: ‘A being like myself, But unlike more-a finer—fairor— To every sence and thought a newer zest And newer meaning. How great had been the void ‘That now was brimming o'er! What measure's depth could hold it all? Riches untold—a world unknown before— ‘The idol!—and I sworalit pes 5 "Twas burning then, wan life andlove— Brief, brief Candie! THE OLD MAX. ‘Twas further on: I've staying power— For friends are gone, snuficd out An thouch they ne'er had boon— Whilst I, who miss them here, live on alone ‘And Just ahead—my own. There's over all a ghostly hue— And rosy, golden day no more As seen with infant's, lover's eyes— ‘The flame of life is burning blue! And dwindling—near the final flicker! But at its best it ives me handle ‘To ask if it were worth the candle? Brief, brief candie! Hindeoo Cruelty to Animals. The cow fs called the mother of gods, and is declared by the sacred books to be an object of worship. Once a year on a certain day, Hindus, after bathing, go to the cow-shed and perform religious ceremonies over the cow. They strew tlowers at her feel, hang garlands arovnd her neck, give her fresh grass, walk seven times around her and make obeisance. The rest of the she is ae to all sorts of indignities. The sacred Bralmini bull goes about the coun- tury and city locse, sniffing and snorting through the bazars, knocking people down, and doing no end of mischief. It eats the grains that are on sale in the bazar, and slobbers over the vege- t No Bindu ‘dare fetter or destroy him. Ordinary bullocks are also regarded as sacred and fit ‘to be worshipped. Although they are gods, they are also beasts of burden, and are Weated niost cruelly. ‘The natives are hea and soulless and merciless animais, They will or heise or donkey with gi or any me: chandise for the market, Which may be from 10 to 500 miles distant. The patient animal ces aS far as possible a > but after a Ume begins to stagger under the heavy burden and to leg in its speed. The driver then begins to goad it forward. He lashes {t with a thong, runs Spikes into its flanks, beats its sides to a jelly. twists its tall until it breaks, off. Sometimes the poor brute ean go no further and falls down. ‘lien the driver impresses two or three men into the service, and they all set to and belabor the animal with cudgels, thongs and pikes, and finally succeed in prying'it up on its fect again. Having arrived at a halting place, the driver eats and drinks and sleeps; but the beast is ed to a tree. Sometimes it gets a little fresh grass or grain to eat, but as often nothing except the poor stunted grass that grows on the ground under its feet, and which it tries to graze. ‘This picture 1s hot exaggerated. I have stopped and alighted scores of times by the road side to plead for the poor dumb brutes. I have been in India six years, but have never yet seen a well-kept, fat cow or bullock or donkey. A herd of cattie is a pitiful sight. Even those natives who serve Europeans have to be watched most carefully, or they will systematically Starve our horses, cows, dogs and cats to mere skeletons, They will daily abstract a certain tion of the food allowed, and apply it to fill cir own and their children’s stomachs. A man in India who really loves his horse and his dog will always have them fed in his presence.— (Cor. New York Observe: i A Christmas Romance i the Rough, It was Christmas Eve. Streets—brilliantly lit shop windows—toys— gay crowds—snow On the ground—everybody out—Christmas turkey. Jane Allalone wandered alone—crowd—swecet, sad tace—wisttul cyes. Five years before, James Goody; ly mas Eve—betrothed to Jane—salled away— India—sbip lost—never heaid of—foundered on coast of A: : Jane—held on to hope—never would marry— pined away—&c. Wiliam Badybadx—rich, corrupt, dissipated— morigage on Jane's mother's house—tforecio- si Away, viliain! | Rather poverty, crusts, &c. Turned out of @oors—homeless. Down by the dark river—Picr No.8 She was about to take the fatal plunge. In fact, Jane Ailalone did. But just then the ship, with Cap- tain James Good;goody, which had not bean lost at all. came Salting up to the dock, loaded v. the water's ede with china, silk dresses and ea. Captain Gecdygoody saw dane sree it in the ae: He tshed her out with a boat-hook T ey stove. They is Graphic, e27In roral Arkansas & “powerful no account critter.’ &2- Builet-shaped buttons palated in ¢1sa- -Ineve colors are fashionable. §2~ The fuel of the tuture—Drimstone. aman without agan is the counter supplied with bi and told het the rate for ten words. She fled away for & quarter of an hour, and then him tn “I don’t know whether that will do or not,” she said, as she felt for her money. “It you were to receive such a dispatch from your wife, ‘would you forward the money ?” “Well—well, I might,” he replied in doubtful “Now you wait! I don’t like the dispatch at = because I tried to. keep it within ten words. Til write another.” over to the counter, She tore it UP, walked ett = three utes handed in a new one, reading: “Am out of food and fuel, and want ten dol lars as soon as you can get it here! If you can’t ‘Spare it, I'll spout the parlor carpet!” “That would bring the money from me,” said the recelver, as he read the Mnes and marked the number of words. “Then I guess it will from him. 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BaTmwone, LigHT ap. ition baths and double Elevator rune continuously to all the floors. Alt lines of city pussenwer care pass the doors. |. W- OOLEMAN, Manager. Balt, Md.. Oot. 10, oct9-3m_ THE TRADES. is carried on as heretofore. workmen are employed, and elma pS 1012 Pennsylvania avenue, third floor. IBSON BRO HERS AL BOOK AND J@B PRI PRACTIO. Wy, TATEES OUISIANA STATE LOTTERY. A Splendid Opportunity to Win a Fortune. FIRST GRAND DISTRIBUTION, OLASS A, AT NEW ORLEANS, ‘TUESDAY, JANUARY lirn, 1880—116th MonTHLy Drawine. Louisiana State Lettery Company. ‘This in+titution was ly incorporated by the islature of the State for Educational and Oharit- ie purpores in 1868 for the ter five Years, to which contract Of the State is ple which. Bewed by an overwhelming of xf cember 2d, A. D. 1879, with a capital of 7606, to which ithas since areserve fund. ‘00. bey :D SINGLE NUMBER DISTRI ON, ‘will take p 6 5 never scales or postpones. Look at the following Dist MLOE PETAL, PRIZE, $30,000. 100,000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH. HALF ‘TICKETS, ONE DOLLAR. LIST OF PRIZES. i 8,008 5,008 5,008 10,000 19,008 10,000 10,000 10,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of. pe) 9 Approximation Prizes of 200. 808 9 Approximation Prizes of 100. 900 1857 Prizes, amounting to....... Responeible corresponding agents wanted at all potnty to whom eral eompetsaton will be paid Write, clearly stating full address, for f in- formation, cr schd orders by express or mail ad- ‘only is Mi. A. PAUPHIN, ‘New @rleans, La., or same person at No. ane: Broadway, New York. 3 All our Grund Extraordinary Drawings aro under ixion and management of GENERALS @ AKD and JUBAL A EARLY. ERKY’S TEA, Guaranteed to preserve and the beauty and freeiness cf youth to the npr, It purifies the blovd und i$. wonderful tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptic increases the apretite, and fsa for dys- ia. It is recommended by the Medical Fs ‘ured by the elite of London, Puris, New Y and Philadelphias Bc has been known in the Orient for six centur is made like o1 Tea: : Pixley uses it ty Hf xcs by tani 0c. and 81. Liberal discount te ERKY'S TEA.CO. 809 arch sts Phila. VOSALS will be received at the ‘ol, North O-street and South Company, corner $d and B ck m., Slat December, 1879, Bee’ from the horses of r the year 1880. Contracts hest responsible bidder. Fer in- 8. S. DAISH, Supt. said companys made with the formation decls-eotdso ANTED—CLD GOLD gnd SILVER, in large mail quantities. Cusin price pala. 821 Penn's aventie, bet and ¢scete foba AS COOKING STOVES. G Washincton Gas Light Compsny have st their office on 102 erectsan amortment of the SUN DIAL GAS COOKING STOVES, in varioue sizes and ferns. ‘This is the Stove used by Alise Dods in res on ccokery.. Galland examine them my20 WALKER SONS, 206 10TH Sr. N. W.—Lime, o Pineier and Comenty FOU hovhng, atarn Felt, Carpet Folt, Rosin Sized Felt, Oharooal and Chininey Grock. ‘3628 M42 Donors ‘No. i728 Penn. ave., has established a FIRST-CLASS OAFE, and will serve Table D'hote every day. Dinner { claret wine incl: l. From 7 to 2; Diner from 8 t0 7, Also tne Sectged. ae carte. Catering for private parties, balls. din « European and Aneriean plan, Tos om te Fo : oe ‘The best cf WINES and LIQUORS supplied. nov20-6m EYES AND THE BEST RTIFICIAL 1 GLASSES. H. H. HEMPLER, Op-. AS ‘Pennsyivenia ave., cor. 4 cate Ofice'hours 10 a ia.to 4 permcand ioe pan wore Gre. W. KERN, RN 6 Pee LAY, ATTEN ond 23 255 wtrect, Chauncey Law Huuding. Ws au, D. decl7 Ini" z — TARRH AND THROAT AFFECTIONS. —Of- yeeros th and Discharses From the Heat and Ears permanent'y cured by usin; i - ELV G GREAT MEMEDY FOR OATARNH > Bold by fll drngwiets. ‘bovl2-3m. ISPOSERS of D’ fe, Be. VEGETABLE SICiLIAN Is a scientific combination of some of the most pow- erful restorative agents in the vegetable kingdom. It restores gray hair to its original color. It makes the scalp white and qlean. It cures dandruff and humor, and falling out of the hair. It furnishes the nutritive principle by which the hair is nour- ished and suprorted. It makes the hair moist, soft ‘and glossy, and is unsurpassed as s hair dressing- It is the most economical preparation ever offered tothe public, and its effects remain a long time, application countries in the world. For sale by Z. D. GILMAN and all dealers. @ec22-¢0