Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1881, Page 7

‘Tae Japanese silk is seen no more, ‘WATERED SILKS are revived with stripes. Jer CATERPILLARS are considered ornamen- CHAMPAGNE Color combines weil with crim- 0D. Pvrry and tan are the favorite colors for kid loves. . Tue SMALLER the bonnet, the bigger the flowers. PaisTeD French mulle Gresses. Mang MORRISON roses are selling for $3 apiece in New York. ALL CorTon Dagss fabrics this season are Without dressing or stiffness, ‘MusLe embroidered with one color makes the prettiest of summer dresses. Satin Murrs now form as much 9 part of a Wedding outfit as bonnets and fans, ‘Tu® new cretonne fans are simply hideous, having figure big enough for screens, ‘Trarns are no longer allowed to flow fresly, ‘ut are slightly gathered up in the back. On Tux Wrists of black gloves are now ‘worked jet bands, which simulate bracelets. BayaDERE stripes are imitated on lawn dresses by rows of insertion set about three anches apart. ‘Tre ONLY Wrar to be worn with linen dresses this summer ts 8 little shoulder cape trimmed with embroidery. ‘Tes Posssssors of handsome arms are de- Nghted to find that summer evening dresses are likely to be almost sleeveless. ‘THE milliners have introduced a blossom such ‘98 was never seen before, and they declare It to De a Persian flower and call it a ghazi. Mirrs of Brussels lace tled at the top with Diack velvet are the most expensive things that ean be bought for covering the hands, Tae Frat trimmings in geranium and fern Patterns, which are sewn upon satin, look as though they were embroidered on the mate- ial. {3 @ novelty for A CHENILLE Jersey {3 the newest announce- ment. Why “Jersey” it is not easy to see, inasmuch as it is simply a basque in chenille netting. : Wirn gingham suits next summer It will ba the thing to wear collars of white linen em- broidered with small dots to match the color in ‘the dress. ALTHOUGH heliotrope has been somewhat thrown into the background by the spring browns and greens, it is still accepted as a fash- Jonabie hue. CouLaks and cuffs are finished with leat Points to match the edges of basques. The effect is pretty, but these ornaments are any- ‘thing but durabie. A CORRESPONDENT of the Hotel Mall, speak- Ing of the new bonnets, tearfully avers that there is “nothing to them except the price, and ‘that is perfectly awful.” SomB new stationery has wolves’, rabbits’ ‘and deer’s heads in the corner, but they are eivilized animals in Derby collars and necktles, and suggest the park rather than the foresr. ‘Tue Paris correspondent of the Bazar tells of ‘Women who change their dress five times a ay, and occupy an hour and 4 half each time. a they do between whiles she does not Boston Women are charged by the Transcript with going about to various shops and getting at each asample of bead trimming, and col- lecting in this way materials enough to bead the fringe for one dress, at least. Who would have thought so much dishonesty exists In that ‘Virtuous city 7 A New York Fasutow of recent introduction is to give dinners after theater parties. If a New York audience were like a Washington audience, and demanded a repetition of every- ‘thing that pleased it, in what sort of a temper Wouid a cook be before the company returned from the theater ? A PHILADELPHIA Woman Went to church Eas- ter wearing a suit of dark-green satin, silk and surah, embroidered on all its tabs, panels, gashes, collars and cuffs with rose leaves in steel beads and maple leaves in red and yellow Deads. She must have looked like the incarna- en of a Niagara pincushion. Harrgr’s Baza of May 7th says: Mother Hubbard cloaks and dresses of the same name, with poke bonnets, are the caprice of the mo- ent for tiny girls from two to five or six yeara ‘of age. These old fashioned garments make the Attie creatures look as if they had just stepped ‘Out of one of Kate Greenaway’s books, so quaint and picturesque are they. The Mother Hubbard are pretty modeis for the light wraps of soft woollens wore in the spring whenhea’ ‘wadded garments are laid ‘aside. syed THE FouLowrne ts a toilet described in the Parisian of April7, as worn in Paris at the opera, by the very pretty Comtesse de Bech- evet. The dress in white gaze, woven with silver, placed over a thick tea-rose colored silk. N ing could be prettier than this sitver veil, giving the effect of a light cloud in a sunrise aky. The gauze fell tn ny folds over the front of dress. The » Which was Crossed a ia Grecjue, was held on the shoulders by two branches of jessamine. Two large le, there was bunch of flowers with silver leaves. To enter the she opera wore a sort of scarf fa Cuina Crape that was shimmering with fringe made Of brilliant beads that fell over folds of point @ Alencon, and was held on the left shoulder by @ branch of jessamine. ‘THE REGULAR LonDON DRESSMAKERS are de- Voting themselves to making artistic gowns, and among the results are a dress of the thir- teerth century, material greenish yellow or eh eo Leys 4 —, as a a straig) wo, but sl ‘0 fit the Duttoned tront and back; the sleeve Maates in an below the waist, with a gilt girdle platted with Marroon, and dress of fhe Louts Ky period, made of old-gold cashmere, slashed at the sides Dearly to the waist, show! ab underskirt of striped silk, witn a vandyked basque on round the bodice, which is laced back and front and on the shoulders. _——$—— Abont Gambetta. Mr. Gambetta, in some respects, is to Mr. Grevy what the Prince of Wales is to the Queen tis not certain that, at the next vacation of executive power, he will enter the Elysee as President. But meanwhile he acts the part of chief man of the ea. except in the Executive Mansion. It would be for him to do otherwise. Mr. Grevy has no taste for the aur ot public life. He does not take intocon- sidera’ the immense void, social and politi- ca}, which was createg by the sudden over- ‘throw of the Emperor; and, not co: he willmake no effort to fill it in a rej manner and spirit. Receptions at the El few aud far between. There are three balls given there in the course of the bron eran now the it, yeblican are and then 4 dinner. When Thiers was void Igo perceived. roe up and early morning and late at night, and his Bouse was a rallying polat to whice ‘every re- biican and patriotic force Neagle: se His Wing-room at the Versailles Prefecture, at the Hotel Bagration, and tae Fiace St. Georges Was open every evening, and of facile accasa to all those who baa ‘a valid pretext for him. Addresses and patriotic gifts flo in from provincial towns and far-off colonies, onto Scaaer fate ct, +m —— o — and were a3 vel, bynes as the uatrious personages. Mr. Grevy, says ‘the correspondent of the Pal! Mail Gazette, 13 not See aa of simple manner, ‘y8 found In the morning by those taking the trouble to cail upon him. But the visit oust De motive, unless the visitor ig an old bar oF an intimate acquaintance, or a mem- ¥ of one or the other chamber. ‘This is not Mr. Gambetta did not come for- there would be no representa- E hy: over a ae executive - reserve an dislike to public shows and banquets create tne 2 Yon of Dgure-head for Mr.Gamb .2. frne did not take it some pretender woula® Baca Mr. Gambetta is { by commercial - ‘bers and trade unions, barangues them in return, it should not i he aims Power. He only acts the part of larshal MacM: '3 Tetirement. teorich cig Sad tater Ma lent of the repub- ithout either, can Because he “Robinson, the boss wants you! ” “The dickens he does! ” thought I; for Mr. Dickson, Odessa agent of Bailey & Co., corn merchants, was a bit of a Tartar, as I had learned to my cost. ‘What's the row now?” I demanded of my fellow clerk; “has he got scent of our NicolatefY esca) or what 13 1?” “No idea,” sald Gregory; “the old boy seems in a good enough t umor; some business mat- ter, probably. But don’t keep him waiting.” So, summoning up an air of injured innocence, tobe ready for ali contingencies, I marched into the lion's den, Mr. Dickson was standing before the tire ina Briton’s time-honored attitude, and motioned me into a chair infront of him. “Mr. Robin- son,” he said, “I have great confidence in your discretion and common sense. The follies of youth will break out, bat I think thatyou have @ sterling foundation to your character under- y ne oe Superficial levity.” “T believe,” he continued, “that you can speak Kussian pretty fluently.” T bowed again, “I have, than® ne pr “q mission which I wish you to undertake, and on the suc- cess of which your promouion may depend. I ‘Would not trust It to a subordinate, were it not that duty tles me to my post at present,” “You may depend upon my doing my best, sir,” 1 replied. “ Right, sir, quite right! What I wish you to do 1g briefly this: The iine of ratlway has just been opexed to Solteff, some hundred miles u the country. Now i wish to the start of the other Odessa firms In sect ig the produce ot that district, which I have reason to beiteve may be had at very iow prices, You wili pros ceed by rail to Soltef, and interview a Mr. Dimicoff, who ts the largest landed proprietor in the town. Make as favorable terms you can with him. Both Mr. Dimidoff andI wish the whoie thing to be done as quietly and as se- cretly &s possible, in fact, that nothing should be known abcut the matter until the grain ap- pears in Odessa. You witl find yourself ex- pected at the end of SD i f and will shall be ready for your Start to-night. Money expenses. “Gregory,” I said, as { strutted into the office, “I’m off on a mission, a secret mission, my boy, an affair of thousands of pounds. Lend me your little po! teau, ‘8 too impas- ing, and tell Ivan to pack it. A Russian mil- Monaire expects me at the end of my journey. Don’t breathe a word of it to any of Simpkins’ people, or the whole game will boup. Keep it dark!” I was so charmed at being, as it were, batind the scenes, that I crept about the office all day in a sort of cloak-and-bloody dagger style, with responsibility and brooding care marked on every feature; and when at night I stepped out and stole down to the station the unprejudiced observer would certainly have guessed, trom my general behavior, that I had emptied the contents of the strong box, before starting, into that little valise of Gregory’s. It was tmpru- dent of him, by the way, to leave Eaglish labels posted all over it. However, I could only hope that the “‘Londons” and “Birminghams” wouid attract no attention, or, at least, that no rival corn merchant might deduce from them wno I was and what my errand might be. Having pald the necessary rubles and got my ticket, 1 ensconced myself in the corner of a snug Russian car, and pondered over my ex- traordinary good fortune. Dickson was grow- ing old now, and if I could make my mark in this matter it might be agreat thing for me. Dreams arose of @ partnershipin the firm. The no! wheels seemed to clank out alley, Robi mn & Co.,” **Bailey, Robinson & Co.,” in a monotonous refrain, which gradualiy sank into a hum, and finally ceased as I dropped into a deep sieep. Had 1 known the experience which awaited me at the end of my journey it would hardly have been so peaceable. awoke with an uneasy feeling that some one was watching me closely, nor was I mis- taken. A tall dark mau had taken up his po- ‘sition on the seat opposite, and his Diack sin- ister eyes seemed to look through me and beyond me, as if he wished toreaa my very soul Then Isaw bim glance down at my little “Good beaks jmouens I, “ ete — kins’ agen’ Suppose. It was oareles3 0: Gregory to leave those confounded lab-I3 on 7 closed may eyes for a time, but on reopening c them I again caught the stranger's earnest a oe rrom, Peg I see,” he sald in Russtan, show: & row Of white teeth in what was meant to be an almiabie smile. “Yea,” I replied. trying to look unconcerned, but painfully aware of my fatiure. “Traveling for pleasure, perhaps?” sald he. “Yes,” I answered eagerly. “Certainly, for Pleasure; nothing else,” “Of course not,” said he, with a shadeot Irony in his voice. “Englishmen always travel for = don’t they? © no, nothing else.” His conduct was jus, tO say the least of it, It yas only explainable upon two by- potheses—he was either a madman, or he was the agent of some firm bound upon the same errand as myself, and determin that he guessed Titui scery ae t he my ie game. Tney were about equally unpleasant, and, on the whole, I was reileved when the train pulled up tn the tumbled down shed which does duty for a sta- ton in the rising town of Soltef—Soltefl, wno,e resources I was about to open out, aud waose commerce I was to direct into the great worid channels. I almost expected to see a ci- umphal arch as I stepped on the platform. Iwas to beexpected at the end of my jour- ney, £0 Mr. Dickson had informed me. looked about among the motley crowd, but saw no Mr, Dimidoff. Suddenly a slovenly unspaved Man passed me rapidiy, and gianced first at me and then at = oe wretched truak, the causeof all my woes. He disappeared: im the crowd; but in alittle time came strollin ast Ihe again, and contrived to whisper as he iid so, “Follow me, but at some distance,” imme- Giately setting off out of the station and down the street atarapid pace. Here was mystery with a vengeance! 1 trotted along in his rear with my valise, and on turning the corner found a roughly droschky waiting forme My unshaven friend opened the door and I stepped “Is Mr. Dim——” I was beginning. “Hush!” he cried. “No no names; thi very walls have ears, You will hear ‘aul to night;” and with that assurance he closed the door, and the reins we drove off at a Tapid ; 80 rapid that I I thought over the whole matter as we jogged alongin that abominable springless conveyance. “They say the nobles are tyrants in Russia,” ; “but tt seems to me tobe the ovher way about, for here’s this poor Mr. Dimidoff, who evidently thinks his ex-serts wili rise and murder him if he raises the price of grain in the by exporting some out of it. Fancy :d to have recourse to all this mys- tion in order to sell one’s own ‘bY, it’s worse than an Irish land- nstrous! Well, he doesn’t seen unkempt, dirty some one was with me, for, Pant , ’3 @ CUL-throat looking shop! B; 5 beet e. p> SS y Jove, he’s pulling up; we We were there, to all a) honored master,” he helped me to alight. os “Is Bir. Dimt ra) me again. eng ADyting Dus names,” he whispered; “any- Df istres. Cautio! red. and up a stair me down a stone passage ne it “Sit for a few minutes in this },” he said, opening a door, “and a will be served for you,” and with that helett me to my own x “Well,” bt Lh Rn Re Bl ents) jouse may servants are undouvt- edly well trained. +O, sacred: one!’ and rever- end master!’ I wonder what he’d call old Dick- son himself, if he is so polite to tho clerk! I it wouldn't be the thing to smoke in i Leman nines bus Leonia Way, how confoundedly like It certainly did look like a cell. door was an iron one and enormousiy strong, while the single window was closely barred. The floor was Of wood, and sounded hollow and insecure as T across it. Both floor and walis were thickly —— with coffee or. some other dark liquid. On the whole it was far trom being a place where orl aot ‘be likely to become un- I had hardly concluded my survey when I heard Spp) down the co: Bnd the door was opened by my old friend st the drogehky. He that my : 4 3 a announced dinner was ready, and with many bows and apologies for leaving me in what he ou older than myself. He turned ag 1 @ in and Stepped forward to meet me With every aymp- tom of profound respect. known but forthe English labels on your {n ths world luggage; It was the luckiest that Alexander noticed them. We had had no Fersonal description of you; indeed we were P to expect a somewhat olderman. You are young, indeed, sir, to be intrusted with such a mission.” : “My own! bed trusts me,” I replied; “and we have learned in our trade that youth and shrewdness are not incompatibie.” “Your remark {s true, sig,” returned my newly made friend; but I'am surprised to hear tA call our glorious association a trade! uch a term is indeed to to a body of men banded together to sup Pi world with that which {t is yearning for, but wach, without our exertions, it can never hopa to attain. A spiritual brotherhood would be a more fitting term.” “By Jove!” thought I, “how pleased the boss would be to hear him? He must have been in the business himse!r, whoever he ts.” “Now, sir,” said Mr. Petrokine, “the clock points to eight, and the council must beal sitting. Let us go up together, and I will intro- duce you. I need hurdly say that the greatest secrecy 1s observed, and that your appearance ig anxiously awaited,” i turned éver in ny mind as I followed him how I might best fulfil my mission and secure ‘the most advantageous terms. They seemed as anxious as I was in the matter, and there ap- peared to be no opposition, 80 perhaps the best thirg would be to wait aad see what they would propose. 1 had hardly come to this conclusion wien my guice aig open a large door at the end of & passage, and I found myself in a room larger and even more gorgeously fitted up than the one in which I had dined. A long table, covered With green baize and strewn with papers, ran down the middie, and round it were stiting fourteen or fifteen men conversing earnestly. The whole scene remmded me forcibdiy of a gambling hell I had visited sometime before, Upon our entrance the company rose and bowed. I could not but remark that my com- panion attracted no attention, while every eye was turned upon me with a strange mixture of surprise and almost servile res A man at the head of the table, who was remarkable for the extreme pallor of his face as contrasted with his blue-black hair and mustache, waved his hand to a seat beside him, and I sat down “T need hardly say,” said Mr. Petrokine, “that Gustave Berger, the English ise is now ponoring ws with his preseaca, ie 13 young, Indeed, Alexis,” he continued to my palé-face: pte epee “and yet he is of European reputa- tion.” “Come, draw it mild!” thought I, adding am in- aloud, “It you refer to me, sir, though f deed acting as English — my name is not Berger, but Robinson—Mr. Tom Robinson, at your service” A laugh ran around the table, “So be it, 80 be it,” sald the man they called Alexis, “I commend your discretion, most honcred sir. One cannot be too careful. Pre- serve your English sobriquet by all means. I Tegret that apy painful duty should be per- formed upon this auspicious evening; but the Tales Of our association must be preserved at apy cost to our feelings, and a dismissal is inevitable to-night.” “ What the deuce isthe fellow driving at?” thought I. “What Isit tome it he does give his servant the sack? This Dimtdoff, where- or he is, seems to keep a private lunatic asylum.” “Take out the gag!” The words fairly shot through me, and I started In my chair. i+ was Petrokine who spoke. For the first time I no- Uced that a burly stout man, sitting at the other end of the table, had his arms tied behind. his chair and a handkerchief round hts mouth. A horrible suspicion began to creep into my hesri, Where was{? Was I in Mr. Dimidoff’:? Who Were these men with thelr strange words? “ Take out the gag!” repeated Petrokine; and the handkerchief was removed. “Now, Paul Ivanovitch,” said he, “what have you to say before you go?” “Not @ dismissal, sira,” he pleaded, “not a dismissal; anything but that! I will go tato Some distant land, and my mouth shail be closea forever. I wiil do anything that the society asks; but pray, pray do not dismiss me, “You know our laws, and you kaow your crime,” said Alexis in a cold, harsh voice. “Who drove us from Odessa by his false tongue and bisdouble face? Who wrote the anony- mous letter to the Governor? Who cut the wire that would have destroyed the arch- tyrant? You did, Paul Ivanoyiteh; and you must die.’ I leaned back In my chair and fairly ed. “Remove him!” said Petrokine; and the ie cs the droschky with two others forced im ou I heard the footsteps pass down the passage, and then a door open and shut. Then came a sound as of a struggle, ended by a heavy crur ching blow and a dull thud, “So perish all who are false to their oath,” sald Alexis, solemnly; and a hoarse “Amen” Went up from bis companions. & “Death alone can dismiss us from our order,” Seid another man further down; “but Mr. Berg ~Mr. Robinson is pale. The scene has been too crea him after his long journey from Eng: “O'fom, Tom,” thought I, “If ever you get Out of this scrape you'll turn over a new leat.- You're not fit to die, and that’s a fact.” It was only too evident to me now that by some strange misconception I had got in amonga g Of cold-blooded nihilists, who mistook me one of their order. I felt, after what I had witnessed, that my only chance of life was to try to play the role thus forced upon me until an Cpportunity f or escape should present itself; so I tried hard to regain my air ot self-pos- sessicn, which had been so rudely shaken. “Tam indeed fatigued,” I replied, “but I feel stronger how. Excuse my momentary weak- neon 63. “It was but natural, ’ said a man with a thick beard at my right hand. “And now, most hon- Ored sir, how goes the cause in England?” “ Remarkably well,” I answered. “Has the great commissioner eondescended to send a missive to the Solteff branch?” asked Petrokine, “ Nothing in writing,” I replied. “* But he has spoken of it 2” “ Yes; he said he had watched it with feelings Of the liveliest satisfaction,” I returned. “Tis well! ’tis well!” ran round the table. es Aare pa oa crore es Sint pare iy, mn, ALY moment a on might oo ny ee id helped a ie colors, I rose and helped my: ym. & decan- ter of brandy which stood on a side table. Tae pee liquor flew to my excited Drain, and as fat down I felt reckless enough to be halt amused at my position, and inclined to play with my tormentors. I still, however, had all 2. You fave been to Birminguam ?” asked th “You have been to ?” asked the man with the beard. ae . “Many times,” said I. “Then you have of course seen the private Workshop and 2” oo been over them both more than “Itis still, I sup) entirely unsuspected by the police?” continued my interrogator. “Enurely,” I replied. “Can you tell us how it is that so large a concern is kept 80 completely secret ?” Here was a poser, but my native impudence and the brandy seemed to come to my aid. “That is information,” I replied, “which I do not feel justified in divulging even here. In Withholding it I am acting ‘under the direction OC NOu kre Tight penteetiy right.” sald “You are fectiy right,” sat original friend Pet 1. you wilt no douvt make your report to the central office at Mos- cow before entering into such details 2” —” ¥ commenced; but he inter- | a iifromtat oy dite OMY woo happy to get my difficulty. Alexis, “that you Can you give “None when I left England.” the man wit te beat ease ene Wad i—“‘many mon\ zit the bottom be of wocd or iron?” “Of.wood,” I ‘andom. “Tis welll” sald another voice, “And what 18 the breadth of the Clyde below Greenock?” “It varies much,” I replied; “on an average al i eighty Le as “How many men © Carry?” asked an arzemic looking youth at the foot of the table, who seemed more fit fora public school than this den of murder. “About three hundred,” satd I, “A floating coffin!” said the young nihillst, in & cepulchral voice. “are the storerooms on a level with or under- neath the state-cabins?” asked Petrokine. “Underneath,” said 1, decisively, though I co hardly say I had not the smallest concep- ion, “And now, most honored sir,” sald Alexis, “tell us what was the reply of Bauer, the Ger- man.soclaNst, to Ravinsky’s proclamation.” Here was a dead-lock with a@ vengeancs, Whether my cunning would have extricated me from it or not was never decided, for Provi- dence hurried me trom one dilemma to another and a worse one, A door rap! steps were approaching. Then came a loud wed by two smaller ones, ag EO Sign of the society!” sald Petrokine, ‘and yet we are all present; who can it be?” The door was thrown 0} and @ man en- tered, dusty and travel-atained, but with an air Of authority ana power stamped on every (ea- ture of bis harsh but expressive face, Ho glanced round the table, each coun- Venance carefully. There was a start of sur- in = room. He was evidently a stranger “What means this intrusion, sir?” said ena i wage ver Aedes, § piven to understand 1 that T was Sxpeoted, aad looked forward rarmer welcome from associates. J down stairs and rapid foot- ‘3 of Solteff. created groster surprise had fk beat & ir Bl midst of jthem. Bvery eye was 00d ageot. ‘ “If you are indeed Gustave Berger,” sald Pe- troxine, “‘who is this?” “That I am Gustave will show,” sald tbe stranger, as he threw a lege upon the table. “Who that man may I know not; but if he has intruded nimseif upon the lodge under faise pretences it is clear that he must never carry out of the room what he has learned. Speax, sir” he added, address- ing me, who and what are you?” “1 felt that my time hadcome. My revoiver perate men? I grasped the Dutt of It, however, as a drowning man clings to astraw, and I tried to preserve my coolness as I glanced round at the cold, vindictive faces turned toward me. “ Gentlemen,” I sald, “the role I have played to-night has been a purely invo:uotary one on my part. I am no police spy, as you seem to suspect, nor, on the other hand, have I the honor to be a member of your association. I am ab inoffensive corn dealer, who, by an extraor- dinary mistake, has been forced into this un- Pleasant and awkward position.” I paused for a moment. Wasit my fancy that there was 8 peculiar nolse in the street—a noise as Of many feet treading softly? No. it bad died away; 10 was but the throbbing of my own heart, “I need hardly say,”I continued, that any thing I may have heard to-night will be safe in my keepicg. I pledge my solemn honor as a genuleman that not one word of it shail trans- pire through me,” The censes of men in great physical danger become strangely acute, or their imagination Diays them curious tricks, My back Was toward the door as I sat, Dut I could have sworn that I heard heaving breathing behind it. Was tt the three minions whom I had seen before tn the performance of thelr hateful functions, and who, like vultures, had sniffed another victim? I looked round the table. Still the same hard, cruel faces, Not one glance of sympathy. cocked the revolver in my pocket, There was @ painful silence, which was broken by the harsp, grating voice of Petro- ‘kin e. “Promises are easily made and easily broken.” he said. “There is but one way of securing eternal silence. It ts our lives or yours. Let the highest among us speak.” _ “Your are right, cir,” said the English agent; eee ‘but one course open. He must be dis- m I knew what that meant in their confounded .jargon, and sprang to my feet. “By Heaven!” I shouted, putting my back against the door, “you shan’t buicher a free Esglishman like a sheep. The first among you who stirs, drops!” A man sprang at me. I saw along the sights of my Derringer the gleam of a knife and the demonaical face of Gustave Berger. Tnen I pulled the trigger, and, with his hoarse scream sounding In ears, I was felled to the ground by a crashing blow from behind. Half uncon- ‘scious and pressed down by some heavy weight, I head the noise of shouts and blows above me, and then I fainted away. When I came to myseif I was lying among the debris of the door, which had been beaten in on the top of me, Opposite were a dozen of the men who had lately sat in judgment upon me, tied two and two, and guarded by a score of Russian soldiers, Beside me was the corpse of the ill-fated English agent, the whole tace blown in by the force of the expiosion. Alexis and Petrokine were both lying on the floor iike myself, bleeding profusely. “Well, young fellow, you’ve had a narrow escape,” said & hearty voice in my ear. J looked up and recognized my black-eyed ac- quaintance of the railway carriage. Stand up,” he conunued; “you're only a bit stunned; no bones broken. It’s no wonder I mistook you for the nihilist agent, when tho very lodge itself was taken In. Well, you're the oniy stranger who ever came out of this den alive. Come down stairs with me, I know who you are, azd what you are, and what you fue after now; Il take youto Mr. Dimidoff. Nay, don’t go in there,” he cried, as I wa'ked toward the door of the cell into which | had been originally ushered. oe out of that; you've seen evil sights enough for one day. Come down and have a glass of liquor.” He explained as we walked back to the hotel that the police of Solteff, of which he was the chief, had had warning and been on the lookout during come time of this nihilistic emissary. My arrival in so untrequented a piace,coupled with Iny air of Secrecy aud the Engilsh labels on that confounded portmanteau of Gregory’s, had com- Pleted the business. I have litle more to tell. My socialistic ac- qTusintencs Were all elther transported to Sibe- la or executed. My mission was performed to the satisfaction of my employers. My conduct during the whole busiuess has won me promo- tien, and ay | roe ‘g for life has been im- roved since that rible night, the remem- France of which still makes me shiver.—London Society. these credentials 8 First Timeat Church. Chambers’ Journal. A grave sweet wonder in the baby face, Aud look of mingled dignity aud grace, Such as a painter hand might love to trace. A pair of trusting iznocent blue eyes, = ‘that higher than the stained-glass window rise, Into the fair and cloudless summer skies. The people round her sing, ‘*Above the sky ‘There’s 1est for little children when they die”— To her—thus gazing up—that rest seems nigh. ‘The organ peals: she must not look around, Although with wonderment her pulses boand— The place whereon she etands is holy ground. ‘The sermon oyer, and the blessing said, _ She bows—aa ‘‘mother” does—her golden nead; And thinks of little sister who is dead. She knows that now she dwells above the sky, Where holy children enter when they die, And prays God take her there too by and by. Pet, may He keep you in the faith alway, And bring you to that home for which you pray, Where all shall have tueir chuld-hearts back one lay! Precautions Against Assassination. ‘There is, 80 far as we can see, no possible method of preventing a repetition of such a crime short of locking up the sovereign in a well-guarded prison. The bowling has per- manently beaten the batting. Modern science has apenas Itself to the work of destruction, and there is no longer any bility of pro- tecting a life for which a resolute enemy ta willing to give his own. The use of the knife Can be prevented, fer it pee contac! and what with guards, rapid driving, and i cessant watchfulness, contact between a sov- ereign and an enemy can be rendered nearly, if not quite, impossible. The sovereign can be armed, too, and can make as good a fight for his life against the dagger-as any other soldier. Even the use of the rifle can be prevented, partly by armor, by mailed carriages, and pai by the con- stant interposition of attendants between the sovereign and any point from which he could be threatened. It used to be said of Napoleon. as he drove up the Champs Elysees, that it was Impossible to “cover” him with a@ stick, and that was very nearly, though not literally, true. No man along the line could have drawn. & pistol without come Corsican seeing him. ‘The movements of guards distract the marke- man, who, though he does not care whether he Kills the innocentor not, Goes exceedingly care not to miss his aim. But neither these pre- cautions, her any other, are of avail 30 one or two men throwing In succession bombs powerful enough to biow up a cari or Shatter a crowd. Tnere are always poluts at which a cavalcade really enters a pass, or ap- Proaches some unforeseen angle, and assassins stationed at the side have only, as it were, to itch a cricket-ball tolerably atraight, to change le succession to the throne. If the murderer knows how to measure distance, the 9) of the carriage is useless, the fron pl PP way, the guards are destroyed like Bit ae ed di Set oe 0) sl @ shell reach: him in the midst of armies. it oF Vented. True courage 1s hard! @ kind of Tesiguation, races, Ul her acquittal, Vera’ a, any method of shaking their nerva. ‘They risi-- fates, — Got, foryou could ‘not Yo bes on fOr you Cot go beyond on ing alive, both of wolen oa been tried, the one in France, the other in the Southern States of America, and both have Modern fanatical assaszin 1g al- Ways ready to commit suicide, and on a man raised or lowered to the suicide temper, threats of infiicti torture have no effect. ’ He will only kill himself, and so baffle inqutry into hts Tesources. Nor 1s 1¢ possible to explosives to known persons, Laws to that effect only drive the ci als to learn chemistry for themselves—that 1s, invest them Liege oe of keeping their own it of chemistry can make It is a noteworthy tact Pekaet nae Oia tates ne" 7 shy bear somone soe i their ears, ‘which ia bilsstu—-berrioke = (Harper's Bazar.) ‘The “Lancers,” “Wal(z,” “Galop,” “German,” and the “Quadrilis” are the dances namej on the bail cards of the period. The last named has led, however, a precarious existence. It ‘Was attempted at one of the Patriarch’s balls, but the figures were not familiar, and the admit. “rable effort to give the chaperons and papasa cbance to vary the monoteny of their wall flower existence failed. It was danced, how- ever, with more success at one or two very elegant parties, aff then laid on the sheif UnUl the summer, when It dance at watering places. The waltz—ia valse @ trois temps —nelos, as it ears, the first place amo! the roun The beautiful ‘music ot Stress, the truly grace- ful step and motion, are to be accredited with its first success at Vienna, and for the hold It bas had on the world since. The various — of the waltz family consist of the hop waltz, the glide waltz, the redowa waltz, and the waltz proper; all are beautiful. There are, however, spurious daughters of the waltz, which gre occasionally danced by people desir- ous Of notoriety at public bal's, whica should be avoided. Amongst these are what is called the “Boston Dip,” the “Racket,” and the ‘*S2- clety.” “These exazcerated torms of the beau- {ful waltz movement are not taught by the best dancing-masters. As one of them weil remarks: “Should such a style of danclag pre- Yall dancipg must go down. Its enemtes would have unanswerable arguments against it” They are sensational, exaggerated; one might easily use a harsher term. The dance of s0- clety shonid be easy, natural, modest, quiet, grecefu!, aud those dancers who copy the ex- esses of the Bal Mabille or indulge tn thaa’ri- cal poses are in favor neither in Hurope nor in America. Punch caricatures the “pivot: dancers in London, aud the “ Minstrels” broad! Imitate them here. The galop is very fashionable, and excead- ingly graceful. It has, too, the mucn-neeted element ef jollity without coarseness; 10 is “‘Vailegro” of the ball-room. To the in3pirit- ing strains of “Gambrinus,” the galop has lighted up the Patriarchs’ bails, the F. C. D. C., and the superb private balls of this winter. It combines much of that Viking forca and verve which one admires in the daucing of Swedes, Danes and Russians. It is energetic without being romping; it is quick and lively Without being rowdy. A handsome, tall, slen- der young couple in the galop recall the grace- ful visions of the Greek irieze; there is poetry and romance ia the sight. The fair Atalanta skims o'er the plain of the ball-room with a freshness which recalls the morning of the world, The Kedowa is a pretty and a fashionabe form of the wal'z. It is composed of a step known as the pas de basque, and was formerly only danced to the wild Polish mazourka music, but is now adapted to the trois temps. There 1s a Suggestion of the Cossack and the Danube in it, softened by the elegance of a Viennese salon. Its step is technically indicated as a jete, a glisse, and a coupe dessous, The feet however, never raised from the floor, and it should be studied under amaster. ~ The Glide Waltz ts aslight, frail exagzera- ton pa the waltz proper, and should be but very slight.y exaggeratec. It, however, has met With much tavor, and is the best and original form of the now disused “Boston Dip.” The Polka ts never danced tn a ball room by well-bred people. It ts occasionally, with its heel-and-toe accompaniament, danced in the parlor, after a Christmas tree or Easter egg party, by’ a family circle well known to eaca other, Dut It would be vulgar in public, The German Cotillion, or, to use its French name, the *Cotiilion,” began In Vienna forty years ago, and was for a time kept sacred to the princes and the nobles of sixteen quarter- ings. {t is now, as then, the aristocrat of the ballroom. Every ball of fashionable prestige has ended with It this winter. Some hostesses, early In the winter, attempted to do without 1t Ch account of its disadvantages, which are, In the first place, the trouble of gettlag it up, and secondly, the fact (which should always concern & hostess) that certain youog ladies Who aie leftout of the “German” lose their dance for the evening; again, its great length. and the davgers of uncongenlal partner hip; still greater, the intolerable expense, now rendered almost inevitable, growing out of the fact that the favors for the German, once consisting of flowers, ribbons, and bits of tinsel, ate now made by certain opulent hostesses to consist of gold horseshoe and meuse and pig scarf pins, silver and goid bangles, gold pins and pencil cases, fans and cordeiieres. une lady at New- port gave two balls in the summer of 1879, at Which the favors cost five thousand dollars. ‘This 1s, of codrse, impossible to most enter- tainers; therefore it has been sometimes omitted, But the advan of the favorite dance are manifold, and it has prevailed at the ge balls,such as the Patilarchs, the F.C.D.C., and at the more fashionable private houses. Togivea German, the hostess should send out her invitations two weeks in advance. She should cover her parlor carpets with crash, or if she has a parquet floor, tant mieurs; she Taust have all furniture removed, and place camp stools around the room in phalauxes. ‘The butiness of choosing a leader is little less enerous than the choice of a president or a general The leader must have a habit of com- mad, nerve, abd be fertile in resources. Oa his ability and his impartlality does the happi- nes: of his company depend. At the large balls gentlemen tle chairs together with their hand- kechiefs for taemselves and partners, thus putili g 10 a pre-emption claim which is never disiegarded. The German begins after su) 4 and is danced trom cer four hours. 13 variety of Ngures is enormoys, 87 being re- corded inone manual, called the Prompter. The music should be iuil, and for a large bali two bands are necessary. For a smaii parlor German a irae and a violin are all that is ne- cesrary. In the middle of the German hot bouillon is served to the dancers, and a second Supper awalts thcm when they are finished. me of the figures strive to recall that ‘aceiul and beautiful minuet of the last cen- uury whose inittal aud terminating bows have been spoken of by Burke ag typifying “that generous loyaity to rauk and sex, that proud Submission, that dignitied obedience,” which laesee men Cpebempine . a oe a. gain, some figures have the grace of tue Magyar, the military air of the camp, tne ‘‘dexcampativo” of Marie Antoinetie, thestately “pavane” of Queen Elizabeth. It is the con- H lomerate of all ages; it 1s the apotheosis of the lance, One of the prettiest of figures is that called “Bouquets and Boutonnieres.” A number of these prepared flowera are placed on a table, where the leader has arranged them. The first mut 6 attaching the boutonnlere to the gentleman’s coat. Tney Perform a tour de vaise with thelr new Partners, which is repeated by all the couples. Other favors are frequently substituted for Powers, and at the grand Germans the leader biings in an immense cushion with thegold and Silver jewelry which has become so iashion- able, and these take the places of the flowers. Other and simpler favors, such as little bells, rosettes, miniature fi tars, artificial 4 upon achairin the tn, Presents her with a Small mirror. The leader then selects a gen- Hleman from the circle, and conducts him be- hind her chair. The lady looks in the mirror, and if she declines the partner offered, by tura— Serpent” is also @ favorite anda very graceful figure, The first couple waltz rot the gentleman leaves his partner in the Wall, ard then brings three or four ladies whom. he places behind his own lady, leaving a proper Gistance between them. He’ then chooses an jual number of gentlemen (himself included), With whom he forms a loose chain, and then Jeads them rapidly'in @ serpentine course be- tween Jadles, until he reaches his partner, when he clasps his hands, and each daxces with the lady in front of him. “The Kaleldosco| another vi DRY GOODS. SUMMER SILKS. GUINNIP, DAY & CO., ‘S20, S22 and S24 Soventh St. N.We, Azz Orrrnina SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS in Summer Silks, AN IMMENSE VARIETY OF WHICH MAY BE FOUND @N THEIR COUNTERS, WE ARE ALSO SHOWING ALL THE NOVSL- TIES IN Ladies? Mull and Lace Neckwear, IMPORTED STYLES. ap20 GUINNIP, ae CHEA PEST S1LHS s AMERICA. MERT), 5 BROUADE SILKS in all colors BLAOK SATIN De LYON, $1. COLOBED SATIN (en BI STD Be ee Bi 5nd sa D SILKS, NAVY BLUE only bte ‘UL GOUDS for trimmings, (sarge assortment. “NUN'S VEILING, the new style dress ing “MERCEDES,” the new style PARASOLS, lined with net, Bine, White and Black K CASHM Brac ity, 37%. “good” quality, 3 ¢. GOLOE! 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