Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1889, Page 10

10 Written for Tar Evextya Stan. ETIQ' TE AND MANNERS. What To Do and What Not To Do in Society. BOW A YOUNG LADY SHOULD ADDRESS A NOTE TO A YOUNG MAN~MORE ABCUT CALLING CARDS— WEARING TEA-GOWNS—THE USE OF THE FORK— ESCORTS TO BALLS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES, (Copyright 1889} The following questions have been selected for this week Jas to inform me in regard to the uid you address a y t * note? and the note whieh » « one pe } ware both interested. i card party, n his mother ladies to a © Foun red with the French ise sauce: the French dress- salt and pepper, should be | and a little vinegar added be prepar | } dressing. a Ms ing, which is ither with a course, or on ti | or the purpose. At informal dinners it | not be out of the way for the host to salad at table, as a salad is better er it is served. void be written in the third compliments to Mr. S., an { ' i | It si person, would Ir is encumbent to call upon the gentle- Ban's mother or leave a card, Do not leave | or the gentleman. mere than two or three times. tmey be proper. but it is much more de- corous to go with an elderiy lady TITLES « i i entitled bis » but with { put on a visiting card. Officers of the army or navy always give their titles, as Smith. vy. but h Cler: ! sfcssion r the parpo: th tes Supreme Court eommonly justices ts do jung cards. Would it be ix J taste for a young Indy te rown he worn at home on easions, such as evening receptions, 5 o'clock teus, musicales or card parties. HOW To USE A FoR! whi We use rs on t n served without silver m the left hand, fork is for the end of poliow of the h i, with the prongs used in the right hand. with the handle must rest between th ger. The fork is very often asped between the fingers of the gant eater i nas much which he man: does, but it is diffi scription. © gentleman calis to accor to charch waich Whe prongs up. t thumb and fi ena y young lady | E SIMPLETK Have the two little simpletons been quarrel- ing? Why could not either of the little simp| tons say to the other. “If you shall we not go?” We are not tie up our conduct in rules. A little kindm little deference, 2 little regard for the con’ nee of others, wiil solve difficulties of the kind that haa a tly embarrassed the “Little simpleton. A BALL Escort. Should a young lady (who unfortunately has not smong her near relatives and fri thecompany of a young man toa ba quaintance with the gentleman was on seh which both were puj fed. Pi vitation under such cir- h the accepted rules o} ept hi her have accept t cumstances und comply wit Proper etique A young lady should not accept the escort of spy gentleman for a bali unless she knows him thoroughiy well. In fact. she cannot, cording to the strict social coc Vitation of any gentleman for a party or bail, unless she is chaperoned, but the laws of the | chaperone are of uncertain application in this country. EATING OLIVES, at table? 1 who should take the © best book on etiquette ¥ society? 1. Take up the olive with the fingers as you a@ grape or a raisin. . The man. Sherwood’s “Manners and Social Mrs. Ward’s~Sensible Etiquette of the “The Bazar Book of Decorum.” Etiquette of New York,” are excel- lent books on this theme. VISITING CARDS. Should the name ou a visiting card be given in full? According to the latest fashion the name should not be engraved with an initial, but printed in full. Under the operation of Tule people with only two names Fejoice. A treble name is often ¢: a fine, noble ring has the nam ington? aving the names in full is of course derived from the English, who commonly write their names in fall or with both initials—as J. S. Mill, or John Stuart Mill. AT A PARTY, Will you please answer the follo c sont wing questions ut whatever lady he ms: Yersins with; or should be always wo down With the lady whom be escorted to the party 2. ven A Fenth n calls to eseort a lady to some Place of amcsement, whose place is itto say when to ~ 1. It is imperative upon a gentleman who has escorted a lady toa party to take her to the supper room. [f he is conversing with an- other lady when refreshments are announced be must exense himself and 60 at once to the lady under his charge. 2. As a man carries wate ably better informed as to the Beach the place to which they are going. the intimation should come from him. But of Course this must be made with deference to the lady. by inquiring if she is ready. But people generally get al with these informal things Without formal rui ‘Tue Actor oF “ Doy’r.” ni ts Caschere’s Explanation. ‘From the Clothier and Furnisher. “Explain yourself.” A flood of moonlight streamed in through the window and bathed Julia Slimback’s golden eurls in a soft mellow radiance, She stood there in all the warmth of young womanhood, ber hand resting lightly on the back of the an- tique chair that had been a relic of the family ever since they had moved to Hoboken. «James Caschere,” she went on. the mellow tones of her voice rising and falling like the gf murmur of the sea, “do not harbor in = tickle breast the idea that you can for one stant trifle with my affection. Since you first came to me to-night I have observed your itation. I have seen, alas! your studied in- [erence——" “Julia As James Caschere uttered this one word in @ half pleading way a look of anguish over- Spread his face. “Julia Slimback,” he con- Snued, “you know not what you say. It is true that I have not been myself this evening. Bomething. alas! has conic between us. The secret must be buried forever in my own m. Iswearto you that ere another sun bas lighted up these portals this obstacle shall be removed —' “Now or neve: James Caschere “You know not wi ly. jone. “Then, J; his ch and is prob- time required to '» face turned deathly ‘ hat you ask.” he muttered “Is there no alternative?” convulsivel, = te, “it moe bee news. My suspen- ‘ulia,” he went on, hands in his pocke' er way I will break the have parted!” gracious, are ly. Which of these suitable for a corsage Mr. Lowcut—“W. the blush roses, beaven's sake.”—American Lubroan es | age and constant usage, but I soon learned my | | to take in my po: | P | of 1» | about to show | out to b ‘eyes and faxen cur for all | jooked at my fac e the | that she was going e half | In} { } nd, | ds an escort) accept | when the ae- | - accept the in- | * | lost, and I went into the pocke THE STORY OF A PENNY. Some Incidents of Its Travels as Told By Itself. DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN WHOSE POSSESSION IT TAS BEEN AND HOW THEY HAVE TREATED IT— THOUGH AN HUMBLE COIN IT HAS SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF THE WORLD. “Whack! whack! whack! wi Perhaps you think a penny isa very small thing and beneath your notice, but I can tell | you I have seen some strange scenes and trav- eled a great deal even in my short life, Ire- member that I was very proud when I first came from the mint and my face shone bright with the pleasure of a new existence, I didn’t know my actual pecuniary value then and felt my- | self fully equal and even better than a lot of old | nickels and dimes that had become dingy from tolerable erectness and s nig! think,” remarked the gent youth, a fiery-headed, _ pi Seotsm: that'll h where ve've no call to be. Poor little Samuel. Briggs! viously he had seen his shouti maddened school-feli chaises for the Chri cousin, Malthus B: mistake, I found that I was a coin of the | smallest denomination, and that by a good | many people I was bat very slightly regarded. Yet { found that I played a very important part in ti conomy of a great mass of persons, and that there were some who, when they got me in their grasp, held on to me with A VERY TIGHT GRIP, Tremember ouce, before my brightness had worn off, I was given by a gentleman to his little son, and the pleasure that the boy seemed sion, He took me and looked me over, turning me first on one side | ud then onthe other, and, deliberating what he would do with irst he thought he would bny some marbles, then a top, then some candy. but finally he decided to put me in his little bank and keep me unti! he got some more pen- GER, sre, a fog-laden playsround with spending five long weeks This was in the y father. ( rew on board the Fre Pil, and the little fellow he cies of the captain's 8, a wealthy B Sohe dropped me into the little bank | in grand state in a big hou which his father had given him, and I lay there | type of the over H fora long time. Not alone, for he put other | ennies in to keep me company, and © lly he would drop in a nic a dime. and once, when a rich old un to visit him, the little fellow surprised u: bank by dropping in: H d to take @ H seemed happy. and th tut 8 in the | j little cousin as an interloper -rest in that iamily, for little boy was proud . for he would take the bank and shake us | decide that Briggs, ju school during the ( Brigga, junior, we HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAD, | into the “great bl room. carefully One day the father died suddenly, and when | Shut the door atter him. sat dow m at his own | ots 5 P ee , | desk, and, unable to control his feelings any his affairs were settled up it was found that Lee | longer, buried his face in his hands and let the little boy and his mother were left without any | pont-up ery come. out bubbling, property. ‘Then they had to come to the bank, | streaming forth iu an irresistible torrent till it and one by one the pieces of money were taken | scoured the ink-stain food with. I know I went with four des mur | his euils and poor little red-eliap other pennies to buya loaf of bread. I've re noel 4 often wondered it became of them, but 1] there's a little lov couldn't keep track of them, for after I got to | pti the baker's f was kept in pretty active cirenia- lation. He gave me in change to a little girl who bought some cz and she exeb slate pencil. from ove child to another, and T rather that, for althongh none of them long time I used to like to w: happy faces and note the satisfaction they ex- need, both in reeciving me and in a ne is, and Pd tle v I'm not crying. St ‘all right!” ine! me One ya bright. laughing girl, with blue | who was about fi man, years old, gi clothes are ne: ped with another ¢ school tol Imost m way into the domes lum House. The kitchen was decke: tletoe and evergr said, *maste id as hov mi KEEP ME FOR L So she tucked me away ins home, when she we then she put m her glove until t up in her room, | | a ws whirl sar Bs months before, fallen gallant ol merch k, and. 0 hands ped up. an, t-handkerchie said Susan, Come along, now. ‘ve something so | BRIGGS, JUNIOR. CHAPTER 1. hack!” te htness., le | mply A fortnig ne. mong the | had been left alone in the desolate, drip the pros t Tusculum He Briggs juni ggs, had ly ut ‘the neh ad be brothe e-proud was, a House, and a and had in no smal! degree helped his fi j » should re of his ug’ 1 oie: 3 dcheeks a pu sie thus Briggs, son and | s has been | as Susi The sound of a merciless cane on a passive body; a most unorthodox sound with which to usher in Christmas morning; then exit from the study of the Rev. Donald McStinger—pre- ceptor and principal of the Tusculum house academy for young gentlemen, sit village of Barncombe, in Devonshire—Master Samuel Briggs, very red-faced, his mouth com- | pressed so that the lips were perfectly white, | his little fists clenched until their knuckles | were of the same color, but with never a tear in his eye, and. considering the nature of the punishment he had undergone, waiking with at the “That will cure ye, ma fine young fellow, a’ eceptor of faced little | , standing five foot nothing. h ye not to go tumbling into ponds ht pre- A, nd who was a | ¢ He was of « giuttonons and und bultied his | m study and | course, | 4 hands, little ly face, his ear, A pretty, fresh- tanding by him, and the It’s all right— | imanfally tried to nd the ou're a Your derness she led | tic regions of Tuscu- | with holly and_mis- | Ithough,” it was all nons mess and a litter just becanse it was », and told us not to do it, whi: n ee rea nt so F Tike ta. | me and cook and the others said we'd give now and then sh Lome and open the | notice if we wasn’t allowed to enjoy ourselves nd look at me, calling me her lucky | One day in the year.” There tons e used to a she hi . frizzing and steaming in the the tire place was bustlin maids were b f ter looking z er. Of course I | eve that I did her any good in that | she used to think so, and it made me | felt so kindly toward sion that I was going a her, but I didn’t, me np one night me down stairs in the pustlil fun. “Lor, Master Brigg: cook, wiping the per: with her apron, to have for in about and got me “Has he by perlor, T nd a handsome young man | Trea chaste ors Lone, os | whom’ she called her cousin, though I heard | 18.2 shame save I, iss, j her mother say that there was really norela- | Sieg y dann enter Bri tionship her a n th and he had brought -box filled with scissors, i ything that a young girl | would want in that’ line. It was her birthday, I found, and he had brought this as a present. “You know Cousin Joe,” she said, ‘it will cut friendship if you accept scissors or anything rp asa present, so I am going to buy this of va with my lucky penny.” And chen she gave until they be both € me to the young man, who said he would always | t® be ee chap like ee | ke: in Of ‘the oceasion, and he | t0 hare a look, and goths | slipped me into his vest pocket. He was going | 0VeF the fence when I saw | to Europe the next day and I anticipated the ae with much pleasure, when I heard him | tell her HOW CAREFULLY HE WOULD GUARD ME. We sailed as he had said, and he transferred | me to his pocketbook with great care, taking | me out every now and then to look at me and say something nice about the girl from whom he had received me. 1 found that he was very much in love with his cousin, although she wa so young. and that he intended to marry her in | three years, which was to be the length of his trip abroad. When he got to London he wrote a real long letter and he said a good ¢ me, for he took me me out don’t know how funny I felt. | time anyone had kissed_me, and the ex- perience was entirely new. However, | knew that it was not for myself but for the one who gave me to him that Mr. Joe kissed me, and caus and Sqnire Adams is ing in the park. Well on the middle all safe, whe she tumbled down and_ the couldn't see her. the grass, and her e as white as snow. and she opened her was all right, and she said, m through, and—-and that’s all.” that moderated my mere nd old Gin, We saw lots of sights and my young man got | he?” said Susan,‘ ; in with a very fast set. In fact he began to | from the Hall, that’s who it neglect me. He didu’t take me out and talk to nd once when he was at a sup- per with so fellows and equal: girls he took out his pocket book to ; Lroiled out on the floor, He picked “Hello! there’s that d—d penny.” said one of the girl 0,” said Joe, “that’s a keepsake.” anything, for S T'll toss you for it,” said she. and says he It's 2 go,” he replied. and then muttered, | P48s on his ground: “now I'll see if there's anything in luck.” “Heads for m | me high in the air. Imade up my mind to | show my face if it was possible. and as I struck | the carpet I beunced up, turned two summer- saults and landed with MY FACE IN FULL VIEW. “I keep it,” said Joe, and he put me carefully back in his pocket book. I hoped that would have a good effect upon him, but it didn’t, for he kept getting worse, and worse and one day he matched me agsinst an English farthing and of an English lord somebody who was a frightful dude. He didn’t care a ng for me and tossed me to a waiter asa “tip.” He paimed me off for beer ata “pul and then I went from one hand to another so rapidly that I couldn't pretend to keep any record. Iwas generally depreciated in value, for I was a foreign coin, you see, and people snubbed me even while they took me. Finally I got into possession of a young Ameri- can and came back to my native land with him. I was very glad to get back, for I've a good deal of patriotism in me, and would rather be an humble penny in the United States than a len guinea in England, but I've been kept much on the go since my return from 4. and whet may seem funny, I am now in the till of a baker, to whom I was given last night for a cent’s worth of yeast. I often think of what has become of the young girl who e called me her lucky penny, and of the young | express delight or thankfuln man who ought to lave kept me, but didn't, | ofadisagrecable duty, Ab, me, life is full of changes, and though [ | here give: am the smallest kind of change I've had lots of | your conduct, and has h: experience, and will sights before I become so battered up a8 to be | proper frame of mind, use! much of duty is plain, pull him out! said the ‘cook. ants, said Briggs, ried away to answer i Presently she reap it, red. come to see the mas up into the dri them crumbs aw: hair a bit.” fur-lined coat thrown oj swung a large bunch of gold of course, the great Br thus Briggs Sumue Lodge.” light up in the smallest de, thus dangled before him. “Well,” ing to ss fixed upon the carpet pattern. “No! Well, as you do not ieee Intoxication by Radiation. From the Popular S¢ience Monthly. A prominent military man who had drunk moderately during the war and had abstained from that time on, while attending a dinner with his old comrades, where most of them were intoxicated, suddenly became hilarious, made a foolish speech, pe settled back in his | Briggs, senior, chair in a drunken state, and was finally taken | turn him a do! home quite stupid. have no doubt half, but——” “don't want Bri the hardened little sinner, q.3choolmaster and uncle ir. used coffee and water, and yet he had all the symptoms of the others. only bis was intexica- Briggs, tion from contagion—the favoring soil bad | the falling been prepared long ago in th v. Another case was thatof a man who had been an inebriate years ago, but had reformed. | was a He was recently elected to office, and gave a bimsel. dinner tosome friends, Among them was a “ physician who has been greatly interested in | ter. these studies, He sent mea long report, the | And he went, junior,” iration boy,’ but I was as big as she w junior, had no two of the reproaches course; but whether they would be whether they were likely to fall on juestion the solution of which he kept to neighbor from h shame, liding. of a ice broke, nk yo will be. beneath seal with hi mighty hood of the stalwart Devonshire cook bout, and three or four other ng about, all with red and | that it was palpable that. at | domestics of ‘Tusculum House | were not going to be deprived of their Christ- | | aid the jolly | er fa e "un again? | But ‘now | junior, and eat | et me hear your | And what made ee go tumbling into the Black pond, Master Briggs, junior?” asked Susan, who was seated by Briggs. “Well.” said the youngster, as well as he could with a mouth fullof mince pie, “it was | like this, There was a frost last night, and I | thought the Black pond might be strong enough So I went » and I was getting little girl on the ice. She didn’t see me.and I wus glad, be- I thought she might belong to the hall, Ty strict about trespass- nd she was dressed in furs, and hud a red hood on, and a red dress and she had black eyes and curls; and she sudden and I} So—Iran on, and I got in, and I pulled her ont, but I thought we were both going tobe drowned, for she clung so tight to me; but I got her out and laid her on es were shut and she was ThenI rubbed her bh: 1 and presently she up—at least, I lifted her up, but she said nds got she a, little 8, and she gave @ penny which I didn’t want to take, and then she ran off, as her clothes were’ wet r thrashed you for it, did | That'll be little Miss Doris Just let him tumble into the Black Pond. I wouldn't echoed each of ,the other sery- “But he doesn’t know where I tumbled in,” nd nobody musn’t know, not for quire Adams is very particular, I put all boys in prison who tres- Farther discussion of the topic was inter- he cried, and then he tossed | rupted by the loud ringing of a be! “he tront-door beil,” said Susan, and bur- “Master Briggs, junior, there’s a gentleman r, and will you please go ng-room? Bit wait—wipe + and let me straighten your epared, Briggs, junior, ascended to ‘awing-room, wherein were seated r,and a large replica of Briggs, senior, ape of a corpuient gentleman with an unhealthy face and @ brown wig, attired in a pen so as to displ: waistcoat of marvelous pattern. 2 h which s. This was, istol merchant, Mr, Mal- said his uncle, “I came here with the intention of bringing you away to share in the festivities of the ‘season at Jamaica Strange to sey. Briggs junior’s face did not gree at the prospect aid the great man; “have you noth- As Briggs, jr., had nothing to say, he said nothing, but stood motioniess, is eyes seem disposed to ¥ agai m him ess, Lam relieved Your beloved pree 3 mea very unfavorable accow t ‘ inted that a little probably see many more | Wholesome solitude might bring you round to path Your cousin Malthus desires me to present you with a sixpence on his be- 88 Senior's sixpences,” said exchanged glances of “Very well,” said the great man of business severely, “I' shall report your message to as you call him, and I shall re- mation he can ill afford, and I that his gentle re) ‘hes will He had not drank any spirits and had Only Reins your head when you mee! regain De in next Opinions about in due entle, or ‘is héad, ‘You can go, Briggs, junior,” said his mas- substance of which was thi: To do the reverend gentleman justice, “On the occasion referred to many of the com- | not trouble his charge again theta og & pany became partially intoxicated, and the | in company with his rubicund betterchalf aud host, who drank nothing but water, became | two rubicund female like: hilarious, and finally stupid with them. He | image, drove off to ki was put to bed with every sign of intoxication, | in the compan; but recovered, and next morning had only a ter, and the jj junior confused notion of these events.” devices, an wi nesses of his own ‘eep the Christian festival y of fellow-countrymen at Exe- Red left to his own suited him ex- The third case occurred four years ago. A | ceedingly. reftemad mean, of twelve years’ sobriety, went| He had his Christmas dinner in the kitchen, on a military excursion with a drinking com- in spite of orders that he was to be served with y, and, although he drank nothing but | that meal in the gaunt solitude of the school- Pmtnnde,” became ee much tn asthe | room; and « capital dinner it with “TF seat at he bf of mh mene | Recent eninge eet and loss to and otherwise, | an insignificint part, treat the company to at this time, a, ae bad bow topertorm the chorus of “Auld ot | al It grieves me as as I know it grieves him, but our Lang Syne,” as he had many a time seen it perfornied by sailors on Bristol quay. Then when tobacco and something strong were introduced, Briggs junior's tact hinted to him the convenience of his departure, and,hav- ing thanked everybody for their kindness, he started for a walk. There were only two houses of note at Barn- combe—Tusculum house and Barncombe hall, the residence of Sir Hercules Adams. an Exeter merchant of great wealth and acknowledged position. whose brother was Ranger of Ex- moor. and whose family had lived about Totnes and Bowdon for centuries. Sir Hercules was very grand and very proud, and very high and mighty generally. “His hall was a sort of select world of itseif, shut in by broad acres of wood- Innd. strictly preserved and jealously defended an army of keepers and an array of traps ring-gnns and thunderingly worded no- ards—against the incursions of the one of the keepers’ lodges Briggs, junior, went. He knew every one around— keepers, gardeners, coachmen, —footmen, grooms with their wives n—and was a universal favorite. ‘a he was but a little ten-year-old schoolboy, there was some- thing about him which, just‘as. it disgnsted the high and hanghty, endeared him to the poor simple. Thcre was not one of them who | would not have done anything to please the «getting dark as he reached the iodge, was dauk and dis: i ~ e there 'y light. and the silence was broken by sounds of song and hter proceeding from within, he was not w However, } ‘Come in timidly pushed the door a sure I beg your pardon, mered, as he fonnd himself confronted by party ‘of men, women, and children, round fire, with a table laden with dessert ; ‘ome in, e in, Master Briggs, | junior aid half you o° Christmas Come in!” So Briggs. junior, entered, not little ebushed at the attention shown him, and deposited him- self on ‘y edge of a ‘chair which was set au the very center of the company. “Lonly came in to ask after the little girl who im into the Black pond this morn- Miss Doris, sir,” replied the head it was the young gentleman happened to be—but anything about it to th \ Briggs, night Sq Morris. you squire, will “was trespassing, you see, mig “If so be what pulled 3 quoire knew as how it was yon ss Doris out, sir, he'd do and's what t do; he'd shake your hand and eall you regular out-and-outer, that he would. Squo [b strict man, but he’s just, and he dew love Miss Doris.” 4 | « Briggs junior’s hand, then glusses and his health was drunk—probably for the lirst time in his life. «'s all right, sir,” said the kee the ceremony was concluded. and a bit queer, but all right. You won't sa | plead r, when | “Wet through, VY anything about it though.” Briggs, whose terror of Squire Adams was only sceond to his dread of his school- master, Thon they settled to singing and stor: telling, but Briggs all eyes and ears for his neigh. bor who was home on leave from the fleet at ymouth, and who told such stories of tights and adventures, and sang such a rattling song about “Capt. Edwards and the bold Benjamin OM that Briggs, janior, felt an irresistible longing to siart there and then for Dartmouth or Plymouth and offer his serviecs, “I tell y sir.” said Bill Morris, the ow're ent out for a sailor, sir. Your father died for his king and country, nobly a fightin’ “gin the foe, as the poem and you're the one to take his place.” “But they wonldn’t take such a youngster as me,” said Briggs, junior. “Lor! wouldiet hee though? G ’em. Young blood, that’s what they blood is what we wants, Why. I shippe the Boyne, Capt. Hughes, before 1. was your and got my first'wound before I’ was ag And Briggs, jnnior, pondered over this, al- though he said nothing, So they went on talkin, 5 g and langhing and singing and story-telling, until supper-time, and Briggs, junior, would fain have bade them good-night; but they would not hear of it, and so he sat down with them, and made as good a supper as if he had had no dinner at all. After which it suddenly occurred to him that he was was only a school-boy at Tusculum house, and that his bed time was 9 o'clock. So he rose, and pointing to the clock in the corner, which proclaimed the hour to be 10, hinted at immediate departure, adding that, as had received already one’ thrashing that day he rana very fair chance of earnin second. He got away from the lodge with a good deal of difficuity, and saturated with Bill | Morris’ sea stories, felt brave enough until he | came in sight of the great black, lightless mass of Tusculum House. Then his heart sank, and he couid not help wondering if Duncan, or Jervis, or Nelson, or any other of his ‘pet heroes ever felt as he did now, before they weut into action, Of course he did not make for the front door, but crept round to the kitchen entrance. Pretty Susan answered his feebly tap at the door. “Oh, Master Briggs, junior, sir,” she said, “master is ina way about yon. He came home an hour ago, and he says, says he, ‘Is Master Briggs in bea? and I says, ‘Yes, sir; I believe so.’ But, lor’! he goes up to the bedroom and he comes down again using language frightful to hear, and h—” “Has Master Briggs returned home yet?” was at this moment roared down the kitchen stairs, In answer to which, our young gentleman resented himself. We draw a veil over the ast act of the Christmas day. Suffice it to say, that the same descriptive monosyllables with which we opened this chapter might fitly close it. At 10 o'clock next morning a liveried servant from the Hall presented Squire Adams’ com- pliments, and he would like to see Master riggs, junior. But search as they might, no Briggs, junior, was to be found, CHAPTER IL. On the morning of December 1, 1803, the Old Noll, privateer, ten guns, seventy men, Com- mander Briggs, sailed into Dartmouth harbor, bringing in tow three French vessels. Consid- ering that she had been reported sunk off Saint Kitts, with all hands, and the name of Briggs had been expunged from the list of the living, her arrival caused no little excitement and re- joicing. _ Moet fatioue ct privateers was the Old Noll; most famous and fortunate of captains was her commander. She had been out cix weeks, and during that time had fought eleven pitched battles, had snnk the famous French priva- teers, the Susanna, of Calais, and the Grande Tark, of Saint Maio, and bad taken twenty- three prizes, of which she had sunk, burned, or taken ransom for all but the three she now brought with her. She anchored in mid-chan- nel amid salvos of artillery and loud cheer- ing, and ten minutes later ‘a small gig put off from her, out of which leaped on to the quay a smartly-built, brown-faced young fellow, in | whom it would have been hard to trace any re- | sembiance to the poor little school boy we left | at ‘Tusculuum house thirteen years ago, He hurried through the crowd who wanted to shake hands and congratulate him—his pass- word being “fifty prisoners below deck”— passed up the main street by the Buttery Walk, | turned into the agent's office, and found that his prisoners would have to yo on to Totnes lock-up, a8 there was not an empty cellar in Dartmouth. He returned at the same pace, jumped into the gig, and in half an hour's time from the moment of dropping anchor, fifty as desperate and ugly-looking Villains as ever slung yard or stoppered a topsail-sheet were on their way to ‘Totues lock-up under a heavy guard, Little did Samuel = think that all these movements of his were being watched by the keen, although fishy and bloodshot, eye of his dear Cousin Malthus, who had, of course, heard the news of the resurrection of the Old Noll and her captain, and had gone out to verify what to him, for most particular reasons of his own, were very unwelcome tidi “Curse him!” he muttered, as he bit his nails to the quick. ‘This will upset all my arrange- tora I must lose no time and secure my wrize.”” 4 So he hailed a double-sculled boat and ised the men a couple of crowns each vena Ireron ain at Totnes bridge within the the nocked, and on receipt of a | owed his ‘example, and | ere filled with port-wine negus | bent, shriveled ghost of the once proud Squire Adams of Barncombe Hall. “Ha, Mr, Briggs, glad to see you, glad to see you.” said the old gentleman, with a forced smile. ‘Any news in Dartmouth, sir?” . t I know of,” replied Malthus iggs. e come to bear your daughter's ultimatum. “‘Well—there she is—ask her, ask her. I can do nothing,” said Mr. Adams, “Doris, Mr. Briggs has come to ask you, once and for ail, if you will marry him, and save me from utter ruin and disgrace.” “I can’t answer, father, indeed I can't— just vet,” said Doris. y not, Doris’ Y said Briggs. “Ii Tsay no,” said the girl, “you refuse to help my father against his creditors, he will be — and imprisonment will kill him. £1 say yes. I am acting a lie, for I am vir tually acknowledging that 1 will love, honor and obey you asa girl ought to acknowledge | to the man who is to be her husband.” “My darling, remember that youowe your life to Mr. Briggs,” said ber father. “I know it, 1 know it, father; and I have thanked him ‘over and over again for it, al- though it has not brought me much happiuess,” ephed Doris, ‘But—but—there! do not | love Mr, Briggs as he d the girl he will make his wife.” “Small wonder!” thought the old man in his | heart as he lookdd at the common, over-dressed, 'y-laced millionaire before him, and then at | raceful, refined girl. a! Twenty | arsago a fellow like that would never have | Briggs stood at tie | ing his nails; Doris sat looking ab- | stractediy at the small fire in the small grate; | Squire Adams was ng as absiractedly he window over the old Priory orchards, Sud- mds of cheering and the tramp of | ere heard. Malthus Briggs ran to the door, followed by “Surely i { window biti he stam- | Doris. In reply to his inquiry as to the cause | f the excitement, a man said: * Whot, they’se be French prisoners for the | lock The Oid Noll is come to life, end wd, lore privateer work,” said the squire, when told him, “I hate the word. privateer. Privatcers ruined me, as they've ruined many another man, and, by George, they ought to be Briggs, Malthus considered, Delay was what he most wanted to avoid. and yet—an idea seemed to flash across his mind—he granted the girl's | request, and went out, “F ‘ather,” said Doris, when the door had closed behind her suitor, “I'm going to Dart- mouth to-night. Don’t be alarmed. I can take care of myself. and it’s for our good.” Low ¢: ” asked the old gentle- man. “Youcan't raise ten thousand pounds to settle with my creditors.” ‘ : Ihave put off Mr. Briggs, Do you know what has happened? ata lot of poor devils have arrived ic of cold and starvation in the lock- *And that they are the prisoners of a Capt. Briggs.” . What of that? Briggs isn’t an un- om nam 0, 1 know it is not, Don't say any more, I will be back early.” A couple of hours—later—that is to say about 5 o’clock——Doris went out into she cold. dark, frosty night. Her road to the riverside, wheré she would take water to Dartmouth, led her past the line of ancient buildings once forming part of Totnes Priory, but now used as gram- mar school, town-hall and public lock-ap. A single sentry was pacing up and down with | fire-lock on shoulder, and uttered a pitilesss joke to her as th s and imprecations of the poor fellows inside, withont light, without warmth and without ventilation, burst forth. She hurried on. keeping weil under the wall to avoid observation. Suddenly, on the oppo- site side, she saw the figure of a cloaked man stealing swiftly and stealthily in the direction whence she was coming. She shrank into the angle of a projectin; buttress, and he passed on. Presently she hear a stitled cry, the rattle of some metallic object onthe cobble-stones, and the full of a heavy ody Peering forth, she could justmake out by the dim light of a suspended ‘il-lamp the figure ofthe sentry lying on the stones, and the cloaked man bending over him. Then, terror- stricken, she fled, By seven o'clock she was landed on Dart- mouth quay; but so strange and wierd a scene was here presented to her that she hesitated to proceed. The whole of the broad area was covered with men and women, who were danc- ing and singing by the light of half a dozen bonfires. The center of attraction was a ship's boat, hauled up high and dry, into which a wild group of men, attired in the picturesque nautical dress of the day, were dipping bowls and glasses and mugs, which were passed about and ‘emptied amidst cheers and songs and laughter. Of course she saw what it was, The priva- teersmen were spending their hard-won prize- money in the orthodox fashion, for such scenes were the usual sequels of successful cruise: and a sea-dog, with an advance note for, per- haps, £500 in his pocket, could hardly be ex- pected to be happy and content so long as it re- mained ipasy ees Whether her curiosity had pushed her too far, or whether she had been carried along by the crowd, Doris found to her terror that she was almost up to the front rank of the Lcarousers, and before she could ‘rence $2 steps a big fellow, with a red cotton eap on_his head, a long pig-tail, and petticoat-like breeches, had seized her by the arm, and sing- ing out, “Here's a Dartmouth lass! Drink | luck to the Old Noll, and confusion to Johnny Crapand!” would have ‘forced a mug of rum to her lips, but that a stronger and steadier arm pushed him aside, and the voice of its owner gaid: “Avast there, hearty At which the giant gave a clumsy salute, put the mug to his own lips, and kept it there until it was empty. “You mustn't mind "em, miss,” said her lib- erator, ‘they've been knocking about at sea for six wecks, and they think they deserve abit of fun. Where are you going? Where shall I convoy you?” Doris’ looked up with some surprise, but there was something in the tone and the manner of the speaker which reassured her, and she replied: “I want tosee Ca) teer.” Her protector laughed and gave a whistle ex- ve of surprise; then he said: ay I ask what you want to see him for?” “Well, partly on private business ——” “Private business! That's queer.” “Yes, and partly to tell him that as Icame through Yotues just now I saw the sentry over the French prisoners knocked down.” “Hey! Hey! What’s that? Excuse me; that means a rescue. Tell me where I may call on you to-morrow morning and thank you for this information.” Doris hesitated for a moment, then she said: “That isn’t necessary, but if you would tell me where Iam likely to find Capt. Briggs of the Old Noll privateer, I shall be sufficient ly re- ee Go riecees an “Tam Capt. Briggs,” sai er companion, dofiing his ne oer “You are! Well! Ob, I'm so flurried! At what time could you meet me at Totnes to- morrow?” “At any time you like. Say at mid-day. Where?” posite the Seven Stars inn.” “Thank you. I will be there without Jem Coombe! Avast, my pt. Briggs of the priva- . Briggs with him,” and ran on to join the | window and surrounded by an admiriag serene of natives, stood the famous captain of the Ol Noll privateer, in his laced uniform, _knee- breeches, and a sword at his side, Doris col- ored up as she advanced to meet him, and in- stantly felt that she had seen his face before. He saluted her with stately courtesy, and she led the way to her father’s cottage. “Capt. Briggs,” she said_presently, “I'm go- ing to take a great liberty.” “Take it, by all means, madam,” said the Captain. nior.” Had Totnes Tower fallen over the street at that moment, it could hardly have produced a more startling effect upon the captain than did this brief announcement. “Why—good heavens!” he exclaimed, stop- ping short, “I haven't heard that name for Fears. t since you were at Tusculum Honse school; not since you pulled a little girl out of the Black pond!” laughed Doris. “And you are she! Doris Adams, daughter of Squire Adams of Barncombe Hail!” he ex- claimed, + well! It I've thonght of you | once during my voyages. I have a thousand times. I'm so glad—so glad.” “Lean never forget that day,” said Doris, “and we all wanted to see you and thank you, | and reward you; but you had gone.” | “I ran away to sea,” said Captain Briggs. | “But, Miss Doris, it's still etranger that, as I saved your life, 8o you should have saved | mine. “save your life!” exclaimed Doris, “Wh: ould that be?” The captain opened hi at and showed, suspended to a bit of . a battered copper coin. ‘hat was the penny you gave me as my re- "he said laaghing. “I've worn it round my neck ever since. Well, a French bullet once flattened itself against that penny, whic! | would otherwise have gone to my heart—se you | saved my life.” They found Squire Adams walking up and | down ‘the little garden ina palpable state of perturbation and excitement, but the clouds all vanished from his face when Doris ap- ared, followed by Capt. Briggs, radiant aud andsome: and the meeting between the poor, oken-down old squire and the young sailor s of the most cordial and enthusiastic nature, lving rascal will be here in a few min- aid the squire. “What lying rascal, sir?” asked the captain, “Why @ man bearing your name who has been passing himself off as the Briggs, junior, who saved my Doris’s life, who is mally in love hild, who is very rich, and who—you rest, Doris; I can not.” So Doris told the captain how her father had been ruined by the capture of his trading ves- sels by French privateers; how he was crippled | with debts; how Mr. Briggs had appeared on | the scene, and, posing ax the little boy who had | jumped into the Black Pond thirteen years b: | fore, had offered to relieve the squire of his | lidiculties in return for the hand of Doris, and le was expected momemtarily to receive | alanswer. Capt. Briggs looked grave. | at must be my Cousin Malthus, 1 heard | | that he had succeeded to my uncle's fortune, We never got on well together, but I never thought he would have done this sort of thing. But time went on, and Mr. Malthus Briggs did not reappear, and the idea struck all three | that, having heard of the arrival in England of | | the genuine Briggs, junior, and fearing ex- posure, he had got out of the w: “Did you have much fighting with the French rascals last night, sir’? asked the squire, “Short and sharp,” replied Briggs: “one fel. low made a dead set at me, a fellow ina cloak, — Thad to knock him overboard; the other | chaps—" At that moment a white-faced servant girl rushed into the room, erying: “Oh, sir! oh. Miss Doris! there’s a body been browt to the door!” They hurried out, and there on a rude stretcher lay the dead body of Malthus Briggs, | surrounded by a silent crowd, he man I knocked overboard!” whispered ptain in a voice of horror. “I did not recognize him, of course, as my cousin Malthn: Depend upon it, he it was who planned the e and the attempted recapture of the wai ribb, | how his fi | Of course—we need hardly write it—Doris Adams fell in love with the dashing young captain and married him; the old squire got } clear of his debts, not with the captain's hard- earned prize-money, but with the fortune of the unfortunate Malthus, which Briggs, j inherited as next of kin, The Christmas of 1804 was kept at Barncombe Hall in good old style, and among the guests who assembled to drink the healths of the squire and the newly- married couple were not a few who remembered the new master of Barncombe as Master Briggs, junior.—Ad the Year Round. ~ tee FASHION’S FANCIES, Tre “CottapstBLe” is the title bestowed upon the new bonnet that can be shut up like a fan and stowed away in muff or pocket. Amone THE Summer Textices for morning dresses have already appeared ginghams in beautifully fine qualities, and in patterns of very large plaids or blocks of stripes in broken lines of delicate tintings. Intsh Portis will be worn a great deal mixed with soft wool cloths or silk serges and crepalines. Pompapour Fovtarps, mohairs and Venetian challes show many novel tintings and designs, EMBROIDERED ScaLLops at the foot of skirts are by no means so stylish as a plain hem with insertion above it. Turkisu Batiste is the name of a new cotton material that is finer than cambric and more opaque than lawn, There are plain and gayly figured goods in this material. - Awoxe Wuat are Known as demi-season costumes from Paris are those of India camel's hair, superbly braided, decorated with bands in silk appliqué-work, in narrow palms of great length, arabesques, scrolls, &c., or finished with deep borderings in Persian or Indian devices, Bisuor Stecves willbe seen upon many of the airy summer gowns, these full at the top and shirred into an embroidered cuff or band at the wrist. New Faxcy Sxots for evening are of bronze or patent leather with narrow ribbon stitched its own width apart across the vamp and orna- = with fine feather stitching in colored silk, Frixyess or Sxirt is the point most insisted on in the costuming of young folks this season, Brack Lace Bonnets are more than ever in favor. 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Parstep Inpra Sixxs as well as checks and stripes are made up into parasols to match summer gowns. They have sticks fifty inches long and no lining. Ir 1s Ruwonep that we are coming back to fail. May I ask if you return to Totnes to- night?” “Yes, if I can get a boat.” “I will get you one. May I offer you my arm?” And Doris found herself bei guided through the crowd towards the eeica ee arm ae the most famous privateer captain of the A sold Noll gig ahoy!” sung out Capt. Briggs, and in Rige Cay same smart craft we saw earlier in the day came alongside. Doris, up in a boat-cloak, was comfortab! e stern-sheets, the in gave directions, and in another moment the girl was being en over the os = ters of rs meted as fast as four of lusty arms coul ive the oars. ‘The dark figure of the cay with his hat in his hand, was discernible unti a bend in the river pee powdered hair. 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