Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1890, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1890—SIXTEEN PAGES. is ES spendthrifts in Yvetot want to marry his flippancy and gayety had manifestly suffered | generously spoke of her as free from all com- ” showers THE ENGAGEMENT RING. J M A D E L EI N E; Be iic na head [emt npeler np 2 Hee Rima ero diminntion, and, above all, his opinions of and plicity,carried much-needed balm to that poor, IN PERUVIA soaebetsiee Wa becs eer tiens baaee occasionally fall here, say ouce in three or four Bashful Buyer none of | periling his life in that way. conduct toward women bad un CITIES. years. To form a tolerebly correct iden of the patty = , not even your “The next time.” added , “remem | and suppression. Briefly stated, he was not the | | Now that Capt. Boulanger hed accomplished appearance of Paita you have only to imagi: Bocitcesp days — this oe Maitre = and a Soret gyre ee ee ee = aay ee natn ie pede peg oat org hg = of a a of }, barn | From the Jeweler's Weekly. as pa carried his answer to ‘Dumon- | There is no one wait me; that's brother officers that in the hour joubled what remained swallow, somewhat enlarged and turned] 4 man that he wante an engage- A LOVE RECORD. | Zphyre jotary There is no one waiting fa Lpdagtl pone sy Sop ple wipe peed mage ipoey et Monsieur Dumon- | The Character of the People of South | Potzom sde‘up." Its queer ‘shops, and house | ,,4 mam Tarely say thas be wonte Oy ey. “TI tell you, friend Dumontier,” said he,| But ite of frivolous speech, Andre grief so intense and tier several times at the club at which he had . ‘are set close together, mainly on one long street yee his mind. He looks over “what I've told all the others who came to me | was touched by the devotion of his | that to it, and not to the effects of the climate, | been introduced by Guillot’s and he American. near the bench, their wicker-work frames so | ®*if nothing was on ‘that WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAB BY | with their fine promisce. Tl not give my friend, he quietly resolved that if it ever | was to be attributed the breaking down of his | was not alittle pleased to discover this thinly dover with mud that a passer-by the chow case and asks for soveral things Sad OENET. bway! I've 20,000 francs educating her. | came to a test he would lay his life down compe pay! pyle ge it thrust his finger through, and roofed | he has no idea of purchasing; then afters GEORGES a She hasa mind of het own. She knows whet tho keep a shadow from resting on the fair fields wants better than Ido. When she gets to rn Capt. Boulanger himself quietly but firmly | was good for him, a habit which often led to with a matting of braided rushes tied on to the | yj feels a little more at his ease, vant a When she gota ready, | Bose-Mewnil " si AG all atterpts of tls itimates to get at) his Being boisterous and ill-mannered. st, the A STREEF CAR WITH SAILS. rafters. Some ‘of ‘them are two-toried and rage nage tread magne oreagersee eee el mak ick. 108e young- fhole year peed since Guillot | the trae inwardn matter. card ‘and even unscrupulous in . 'y well furnished, being occw age ‘Tae Engtiah Adaptation by Phillige sters that’s what Maitre Zophsre aa ~ had “miffed the onthe ‘of the flowering} “Leave that melancholy in Paris!” Hence it was not at all to be wondered at ‘that of foreign commercial honser, hs ens) paid ex- | tobe shown some solitaires, If it re pens When Rene heard this decision on the | shrabs and blossoming fruit trees of Bose-Mes- | ‘Come back to us with a new liver and a new | the hot-blooded Parisian should have on such | Interesting Sketches of People and Their | traordinsty sslaries tor coneonting tone Tesi: | be his frat venture, and be doten’t feel quite rt of the old farmer hisheart strings snapped, | nil. Madcleine's lettors had reached him with | fpl¢en, 00!" an occasion hurled his cards into Dumontier's| Ways—Scones in the Ports_Supplies for the | deace here. ‘There is a big bamboo cathe coe = ates ee eens hae taiber's ome ne i _ Remember that like cures like in love!” i i and the most notable objects in it are an image | 15 4 __, | igfuence the thrifty peasant to favor his suit, | tween thems bocarse pe Sy ei | Bach wore some of the Geog bumored bite of | cheat to Feople—The Commerce of Palta—Hoepl- | Of the Virgin with: chee oer ee ets nAS® | itaires are not sometimes used as engagemen: 66 PRY IJOVE, what s beautiful girl!” cried | Now that the q n of fortune was eliminated | the warmth of their officers when im. ; tone, too, advice volunteered by his Tt was still early in the evening. Suddenly it| tably Entertained. (to me) unknown saint who carries a hatchet, |"i0ES "J Guillot tohis friend, Rene | from the contest. Rene becamo suddenly con- | lowered. Guillos was distressed made required Boulanger parted with them. occurred to Capt. that he bad prom The clerk's answers usually remove every Lieut. Arman: ‘men halted and | ious of his wofal lack of that ability to trans- | all of Boulanger's tokeep him from ised Dumontier, as the two young late his feelings into words. That he loved | breaking down com; Xo CEMETERY. Once out of the moist al here of to 8 visit -Mesnil. By good < i doubt, and then the purchaser throws aside she : the east, Capt, Boalanger's health mented rep- | fortune his horee had not beew'emt back tte | ren tue 9 aE Rpiorinpleglerer dams greaeremens [east pe tend cin glares gazed after the fair creature who had flitted by | Madeleine as deeply as Guillothe did notdoubt; | One morning the call and long roll of | idly, and by the time he found himself once | stable, and leaping into the saddle Boulanger wveling Commissioner. sda oe ee the happy medium between depth of his them almost like a vision ina dream. “I never | but would he be able to tell her so and totell her | the drums aunounced that the enemy was | more in the whirl of Parisian life most of the | turned the animal's head toward the farm Ox SurrBoanp, September 15. | they dry up in course of centuries and blOW | Amnoctenn and that of his pocket. Now and ” continued Guillot, “and | $0 in such Tay as %0 persuade her that he was | about to attack. “In deep silence the long lines | old-time dash of manner and vigor of action | house. It might be his last visit. It might be | [ IFE ON BOARD one of thee great Eng- | 8ey into the desert. Weare informed that 3 man asks for something for @ saw a sweeter a may foot until E have as Lag Sagem of ——_ troops took up their position, while hed returned to him. Sette: copii levied look that he sea ~—e a lish steamers that ply the Sout Pacific = — <ticems weve very vaya Buary ring tn Gheeas 66 Gown bam, no grass shall grow - ‘bat was the question, very important } from the hills of Lan le made but a short at the cay |, how- | of t sweet. pale face, with its wondrously ten- a ithern ve yard a few years ago, ad ly he made her acquaintance. Yousarely must know | , That was the q ang o very trumpets of ‘the Chinese fellowed forth die | ever, for he longed to be where his thoughts | der and soul ences. Durronticg had the tons tas ite peculiar features, but is by no means | ing heard tha much am fnatitntion tea featare he that her, Rene?” : Days and weeks went by, and with such ex-| cordantly and the puffs of blue smoke floated | Were, and within a week after his retarn to | utation of being an excellent swordsman and | ™npleasant. The three-story habitation afloat | of Met clase towne. They laid out en aa | ti oe OF A rail be vai frit | fe the tenon at tha rende tas tay | then Entry Dlceed AAT ROSA AP | Rune Mees thd Eo Nek, lt | Capt Bonanger, siange ter did 201 felon wate of watre with its crowd of pase not induce auybody to be interned alive. Fr | pumetitoe offers to let im take the. ing €0 iy rn ‘vals, for it | rep no two frien i body : his friend befo rac Rags parapet pce aac $= f bezan to persuade themselves that she | and they went whistling over the heads of ths | Boulanger reached his friend's birthplace, anc | have desired fo have veal fax vtech: he wae | SetH its living cargo of horses, cattle, sheep, | nalirs vem seme along which had a man on | wovigiers ed ag evn Ne wan love a hy toe. would really end in i and fowls and ite tonsof fraitand other freight | board at the point of daw he had | Re Teiuses, saving: “Oh, never mind! I know t Mai dismissing them both as | French with weird, musical ring. it seemed to him that he had never seen a more | justly famous. oe of frui a point of death, and, a | hho will be nathan.” is Madeleine and she's the daughter ay, | Stitors. Suddenly a staff otticer ang: in his horse | beautiful country than that which lay around : Madeleine met him at the door with a smile, | #® miniature village separated from the rest | neither friends nor money, the captain was | "il be satistied. Zephyre, the wealthy farmer of Bosc-Mesnil,/ The time was now approaching when the | within heari Jewelers are sometimes amused by» the of Lieut. | about the famous old Norman town. As the | which in nowise bettered matters. ‘The captain | of the world and forced to rely upon its own | €*#ily persuaded to put him ashore to start the | y,Je™Sle" ea have thie city. An only child, she has been | king of Yvetot was accustomed to entertain the | to the colonel a ar sated OO8 cea epeccutaed tae clin Re dees gees ere yet flinched before a woman's exes, | resources. for wusteuance and erneeraeat, {ew cemetery. But no sooner had he reached onze he desizcs to bay o ving for ; friend. He plays it well and anybody bute : “, 1 r *s i : land than he be; to dand short Ld - 7 careflly educated, aud foe to boa clove | Series of tee © showman cole lantern | and tere e a later Ee Gece SoM eee | fers Beha hoe east oreHcea | Nat he could pet withstand the myatrign fa | There inno better place for the study of hw [Ind eat, Tobtet at the rast of them. ‘The | swauld totsee @hrough hie ruse, He and lovable as she is beautiful, but a bit of | 3104". mellow radinves ‘upon the fountains | ‘A letter for me?” involuntarily queried the | 8% Bose-Mesnil ad as the fragrance of the | of this woman's soul. He quailed before it and | ™#" ature, because the frailties and inconsis- | term “old citizen” is no misnomer in Paita, H : : : that his triend will like it, He is told that if : tte withal.”” and banks of flowers, imparting a fascinating | young officer; ‘where is it?” blossoming trees entered the car window | turned away, but he couldn't escape that | tencies with which our common humanity is | where the average age is raid to be well on into | ho iy umecrtn vilege “Sache Dumontier was the eon of one of the | air of Unreality to the aedade and Goummieas an the hands of the quartermaster,” replied Fepegdenen ae fhe nesting birds reached aweatly melancholy voice, ie foliowed ‘him; it | aflicted, us well us the occasional gleams of = cee pon & —— Moveiag tnaka- returning o ro, = ae ¥ tories. At one of these cer. fount very rid im; it mov rim like some faint mel- | godliness i " = ¥ wee it the iu SS in ber a op eeliary s led the fair Madelein. Guillot raised his eyes to his colonel’s face. | stem the rising tide of grief. ody heard by a drowning man; it promised that redeem the poorest specimens | hundred or more and “flower girls” of twice Te will be no trouble and even goes so e north of France, so famo: = = 3 from utter unworthiness, are more plainly ap- | thi a hey tell far as to have the initials engraved. ; ball room and into the | That officer read th rf ‘What astrange thing is fate!" he murmured | help and yet it seemed asif he would rather — plainty ap- | three score and ten—so they tell m ! off his hat, r ingers through tory as constituting a little kingdom all bY | seeming world of fantasy which lay around | in them. “amped Cte ar 7 was it that poor Armand | listen and io than have it come. oo eless to | Parent where there ia so little chance for priv-| One is strick by the extruordinary number | strikes the counter wine hae wane itself. The story is a strange one: Jt seers | the chateau. “Go and get it, lieutenant,” cried the colonel | Could not have returned hither instead of me?” | him. acy or concealment. of geunt, balf-starved dogs that lie sleeping | that he cannot remember the ti that the French king, Clotaire, slew one of the ) , Armasd could distinctly feel against hig arm /4n a cheery tone of voice, and as Guillot hur- | Capt. Boulanger's first step was to seok out] “Why, Capt. Boulanger,” murmured Made-| Like other mall communities whose ways of pon the sand heaps or go prowting sbout im | studies for at least Gites tntuuten, trying te ro the very altar of the] the throb of her heart now that ita beat was | ried away his commander added: “Poor fellow, | Guillot's cousin, « well-known manufacturer at | leine, “how preoccupied you are: How welike | life seomoree and monotonous, a good deal | js sometinee iapored ni cred ieee tots | think of them. Finally be pulls a piece off lords of Yvetot before very .ds for | Mtensified by the intosicating measure of the | if © Chinese sharpshooter should single him | Yvetot, and deliver to him certain messages yourself. Has aught happened? If you huve | or ooegi te x » 8B is sometimes imposed upon credulons travelers | per from his pocket and a smile over Ute cathedral of Sissons, and, to make amends for | Wait, out he would at least have had the consolation | 8nd keepsakes in accordance with the dead | any tronbles will you not let me sympathize | °f Sosip is rife, but generally not of the en- | to the effect that what hhas caused these canines | Pree ay . yes, here they are!” he saya; his terrible crime, decreed that the lords of | “Mudemoiselle,” he uttered, almost in a| of having heard from home before dying. officer's request, and also to communicate to | with you?’ yenomed sort that taints the atmosphere of | to look so lean and lazy is not lack of food, but | otd boy has Put them ona piece of paper Yvetot should thereafter and until the end of | whisper. “my leave of absence ‘has almost ran| Boulanger hud soon his comrade Hurry away | this relative the full particulars of Guillot's| "The captain blurted out some flimsy excuse | many otherwise, delighehal cousten pisces, aa | the great distance they have to go for water. | tue and I had forgotton about having the alip.* time be real kings—kings of Yvetot. its length—" to the rear, and immediately guessed the object | death. for his absent mindedness, but it only served to | the slime of toads and serpents would poison was gravely assured by a bare-footed native | "The feneter places the inscription in It is one of these good little kings of Yvetot | Instinctively Madeleine drew closer to Ar-| of his errand. The Parisian could feel the cold |_ While scrupulonsly carefal not to give Guil- | increase Madeleine's disnicn, are tadined rt ogple, on a Jong, vorage | teat over morning before sunrise all the does | ring. bclicving Mis cuctoonee to bufing the ring who has always been such « favorite with | mand’s side as these words were spoken and be Porspiration beading on his brow as he waited | lot's cousin the faintest intimation of the awful | | He was conscious that he was constrained in |are inclined to pair off at once into small | ic village assemble in the plaza; they march | for himeclf, but not certain, and beat on @nde French posts and been held up by them in| could faintly feel her hold tighten upon his | for Geillot to return. At length the young | nature of hix errand to Yvetot, Boulanger | his manner, even cold and distant, and quite | Cliques, drawn together by those mysterions | together ina body to the river, thirty miles ing out. After the inscription is engraved strong contrast to the real kings, who seemingly | arm. Seie = came in sight and took up his place — =. difficulty restrain = (oilman! = Crees = AUG ‘ = poe! ragecsen) — — sony Shree ty 3 bag ana te — — the ring it is wrapped in tissue paper. placed an in taxing and oppress- | 'Y, Madeleine,” continued Guillot,scarcely | wi company. A strange hac at the heart of the mystery which enwrapp suddenly leleine sank upon fa, and, won none can explain, remaining always Z J oy » | a neat little box and passed urchaser. ae se ee ‘ariving. them of to be | above whisper, “that fs not all. After @ tow | spread hie taney” HOG te Teagan oe eet oe covoring her face with hor hands, began to | 8Fouped together at the tableron the shady | beiue quite ‘worn out by the time they have : poe FF Fi i it : ; r L always give of my customers who i days stay in’ Paris I must hurry on to Mar-| Boulanger made haste t him: marriage of Madeleine to the notary's son. ‘weep. side of the deck. singing songs’ in the moon- | Teached home! y c bought « pretty pin,” Sena Gumie bai fou puidesiod een the | scilles and join my regitcent, for it has been or-| ‘Well, well, what naps teal “Although great effort has been’ made," be-}_ Bonlanger had never presumed to call her by | light, playing Stchees, whist and rocham- commence. says the jewcler, as he takes from a drawer'a > school, and was very proud of the | dered to Tonquin.” “You mean the letter,” auswered Guillot, with | 88” the cousin, “to lead us to believe that Ar- | her first name, but she seemed so utterly deso- | beau’ or ‘going ashore at the va 0 7 «ports. | Paita isa place of considerable commercial | pretty bangle pin. “If yer me m.which ect off | | Madeleine shuddered and her heart seemed | vacant stare in his eyes. “Oh, I've not opened | ™&nd never really loved Madeleine, but through | late that he softened and in a eympathotic tone | Each little party secretiy considers itaelf ke the ad yon SS som me pene ~ e i importance, chief; ount of being the | name I will e; itor tor you.” Not eful cur- | to miss a beat, for ebe raised her hand to her |it yet. Ihave it here, Ite wot feom Rene | motives of vanity merely wished to show the | of voice sald; criterion by which to judge of all things worthy | only ontler teen Parra ant OF being the shat the Seometinadas ; oe dreaming of what the joweler is after, be gives gray eves, | throat and pressed it there as if to encourage | leine. “I don’t know the handwriting.” flood people of our city how easily he could | | “Come, dear Madeleine, come; you must | of, cmiulation and is disposed to be extremely | Only outlet, from Piura valles. ‘There ia a) the stu inttale foe aha Thee hn ve for iatrong contrast to the pale and | life to resume its healthral mareb, Boulanger's heart rose into hie threat, but he | Beur the farmer's daughter triumphantly away | strive to pert with thiascrrow, Don't sou heat | critical concerning atisganners and motives of | tong mole. The place used to be a favorite re- | %¢ TINK. The sharp jeweler remarks in & hisfriend Damontier, whom he | “Madeleine,” murmured Armand, “the time | managed to pull himself together eo” from all wooers if he soderired, yet to my mind | me, Mudeloine-—" Sausiders, and more dificult would it be for one | Sort for whalers dad thele reodee neon ee ore | cazual tanne mu and your friend have tuiting, Demoutier’s father being | has come. You must apeak ora “Come, come, Armand,” he cried out in as | ¥#s this only a part of « wicked scheme of de-|" With a quick movement Madeleine looked up | t®.cut loose from one clique and cetablinh lita plies and repairs in days when those huge filch | Be&rly the same initials.” His face flushes as nian, At this moment a claster of white roses | cheery a tone as possible.” “Courage, comrade! | ception which shortly after Armand’s departure | and riveted her gaze with a strange intensity | *1f permanently in. another. than for an Wn-| Gere more numeroas in these waters than now. | K€ scems to remember, and be slips out te had passed very litticof his life in | pinned upon her corsage was loosened by her | Why, it may bring you the very lest of news. | Was entered upon with a view to break off the | upon Boulanger s face, to gens abelian, withont money or “eurcles of | hating is comparatively” eacy he 3 imagaeor dhence it was quite natural that he | arm, which still lay ucrows her bosom, and fell | Open it and read it, for thingy are going to be | €N&agement and secure Madeleine for young| A blind man could have read the thanks in| t° in admittance to the exclusive circles should nat fa * _ sboukl have turned to his friend f. . informa- | to the ground. Guillot stooped and picked | pretty lively ina half howe sence Dumontier. those tear-moistened over. Marray Hill. mon sete Peer raeced na ; As | the das he did so th of Guillot di ‘And now that Maitre Zephyre has died friend,” sh this world crelgeehig ee Te eee eee tion conesraing the beautiful Madeleine. As | them up, and as he did so the figure je no- | Guillot drew the letter forth and. wit =| now that Maitre \yre ied,” | ‘‘Ah, my friend,” she murmured, “this wor! IN THE MORNING. Dne the farmer's dhughter dimppeared in the dis | tary’s son appeared on the graveled walk, | He | bling hands, broke the seal. A efit pain continued Guillot’s consin, “{ greatly fear me | is firmly revolved that I shall get no happiness | Yet outwardly all is serene as.a summer morn- | onod' ne row, pale gray streets between | 02 Who Can Make Good Ones Earn Lots tence a strange silence fell upon the young | was seeking Madeleine, who was pledged to him | sion of suffering came over his fuce as he'vead | this mystery will never be cleared up, for, nat- | out of it. T feel it. I know it.” ing. Everybod: is ‘abocyboily ales share: | hb bemiced femneed of cane one aed: saeuanee of Money. Gisec. ca tn edited slang; with ele quae Sine | or Genes Gina. the letter. His lips moved, but the storm of | Urally, the Dumontiers, father and’son, the| Suddenly it occurred to Capt. Boulanger | ove; dpe he Hen wai, the pale gray cliffs and looked ont upon. the York Sur, upon the ground. ._ |, As Armand held the roses out Madeleine fixed | battle bad already burst upon the French lines | Chief conspirators in this wicked business, will | again that possibly this was the last time that | Ver met with smiling recognition dnd if one | Vo Pee of. pale gray sand that stretches away mes 8. Goodwin, who was run over Come, come, Armand,” said the notary’s | her glorious eyes full upon his face. They | and noone heard what he aid. Before Bou- | Rever speak to confound themselves. ‘Their | he ehould Mect Madeleine, and ho ‘mace an | isill the entire community view wi hone another | for alxty miles “We were thirsty on returning | @ few days ‘don't take’ this thing so much to heart. | were filled with tears. Janger could eta word from him the bugles | !iPs aro sealed forever.” effort to free himself from the mysterious feel- | in kind attentions. Among” otier noticeable | £2" Stn pale gray expedition and were told SS cue ere You'fe « soldier and you'll win the love of} | “Keep them. Oh, keep them!” she whis-| sounded an advance and the comrades tere | At this mention of Guillot's perfidious friend ing of adoration which she inspired in him. | characters in our daily dramatis persoim it a | that the malon thot we hee ee et an | Bumorons periodicals in way which, if not + the bays of victor; Reiman s tor a ual ter ngloved hand within | separated. Ax Boulanger took up his position | Boulanger felt his hot blood beating on the| Madeleine saw this and thanked him with | bevy of young ladies who eamelon bowed at pale gray reminiscences had been brought from | Pectierly his own, #as one in which he was Sai ee eee | rT hestercl toot imesant, then turned away | he caught one more glance of Guilot's face. It | Walle of his brow, but he curbed his inelination | one of her smiles of almost celestial sweetness. | Puta, the Cape May of Eeuntor.. ‘They areevi adi thirty miles on the beck of » easily first. Although not the originator, be heartless. Love making is a mere pastime | and hastened toward Dumontier. had changed its expression completely. A de- | t0.¢FY out in fury at the infamy of this sworn | Again and again he called her Meceleine, and | dently sisters and the daughters of wealth, gray donkey.” was the chief author of the “comic,” 1 with them.” Gaillog quickly thrust the roses into the | moniac look was upon it. ‘The’ lips quivered | fiend of Armand’s, and merely said, inquir- | every time he spoke that name it grow sweeter pr cold the sen winds ‘blow they appear | 8™YGonKey" hu stig # gre Boies “Tat, tut, Rene,” replied his friend. “Don’t | breast of his tight-fitting uniform coat and | and the eyes were fixed upon the enemy's ad- | BLY: and sweeter to them both. But suddenly a sort | every day in thinnest dresses of white mall ae . :: amorous illustration with an explanatory ic so lightly of thix matter. I tell you I love | stood there watching that retreating figure, so | vancing lines. All the world seemed dead to | “But Madeleine?” of panicky fear came upon him. His friend’s | with sky-blue sashes and breast knots, their | A rather more interesting coast town is | dialogue, either overhead or underneath, is that gict mac though it may be love at | tall. so like a wood nymph's in its native grace | the young officer, and he faced the furious fire | ,, “Poor child,” murmured Armgna's cousin, | bleeding form rose before him. He cold hear bi n their backs }Pacasmayo, also surrounded by sand hills Jat the ends with blue ribbon. echnically tern first sight, yet that's the most dangerous kind, | and beauty: and as he stood thus straining his | of the cclestials'as if it depended upom hive | ‘the world, with all ite bright promise of lise. | Armand's piteons cry, “Madeleing Madvleien lerneath, is sti roT'm told. It’s like a shov at close range, it | eyes to follow her that wad of crushed roses | alone to stem that wild onset. ful existence, has slipped away from her com-| wait for me,” and he ‘felt like a thief in the tears its way through with terrible effect.” seemed to be burning into his very heart’s| ‘Then the smoke of the French bat! letely. First made to believe that her lover | holiest of places reaching out for monstrance Again deep silence came upon the two | fiber. But its fire was such a blissful pain that irled up. between fl as Proved recreant to his vows, then forced | and chalice. trick boots, gloves, friends as they crossed the public square in the | many minutes passed ere he could bring him- | friends, and not until his captain had called out | "to ® marriage with a man for whom she has | He rose to escapo from Madeleine's presence, | las Americanos with looks grand ol town and directed their footsteps to- | self to move away, lest by stirring he might ! hi: no affection, fate would have been Longacre but her hand was laid upon his. ward the club rooms. It was early in the stay the charm of those flowers which still | fest the old-time eagerness to lead his men into | if ithad popped there. But thon eame the | “Oh, Andre! Ob, my friend,” she pleaded, the fra; and deserts, with no glimpse of vegetation far and Jas the exe can resch. The surf is alway: the flannel | hy and often dashes over the lofty, | kets of % pier. Going ashore in rough | as :n artist. at Plainly sav: child's play, but we ventured it. | ized world d And when the duenra an Was a coal-black Jamaica negro, noon and very few members had made their 4 = . th like a trap door, but to his pres- | wit p- | glowed with the warmth of the bosom from j the fray. news of the death of Armand, tht hero of the | “wait, wait; Ihave much to sy. Don't leave | is mercifully seasick, with what gusto do they | ence of mind and trampotiike orders to two | tigures were _— The no aye son led the a into | which they had fallen. ' Although the celestials withstood the furious | battle of Lang-Song, when there was every | me alone in this great cold world. Don’t let | engage in despe flirtations with the young | or three helpers we probably owe our lives at | Stiff and his ‘work generally mechamcal and Teading room, and, strange to say, the two y onslaught of the French troops et ; reason to suppose that he threw his life away, | me sink into the very gulf of despair. Reach | ship doctor an: couple of handsome bull | the present moment. A sudden wind sprang | labored. Ali he attemy ted, therefore, to froeetnlheln (Pied noe ate and last of all her father's "donth out your hand. I'm lost if you withdraw your | fighters, the latter being wonderfully bedecked | yp, rendering the rudder of no more ase" thas | inake a skeleton ot the pictoral idea he intended. within the lines of their fortifications, ey it} ferrible, terrible!” whispered Boulanger, | faze from me, if Icease to hear your voice. | with diamonds, each wearing hia hair braided | q straw, and cont the only thing thai could | to convey, He sometimes cut counterfeit pre- Andre Boulanger had juated from the | ¥#s not until late in the afternoon that the re- | ®Nd then, after a moment's silence, he in- Oh, Andre, Andre, can you not understand | into the bobbing pig tail which betokens his | be done was to keep the little boat, which wes | sentments of men, women, horses, dogs, or Grats e' young men half instinctively drew apart and HAPTER iook seats on opposite sides of the room. They CHAPTER IL both unhooked a tile of papers from the rack and seemed to be suddenly deeply engrossed in read- be A fap i : ired: fession. fearfully knocked about by the billows, from | whatever he wanted, out of the back’ numbers y : military academy in the same class with Guillot | $¢F¥e* were ordered up and the command given | Wired "Z00 well, too adeteine,” 3 t : : ge oy ty yt ing. but a keen oberver would not have failed bi 5 - to carry the fort at the poi ‘bay. ‘Does she make her home at the Dumon- Te ‘ll, too well, Madeleine,” whispered cow KILLING. cing driven to the bottom by 1m of the pul tions to tributed, ] to notice that it was mere semblance of atten- | “14 been assigned to the seme regiment, and | Hore it was that Boulanger after el mac tiers?” Capt. Boulanger, “and therefore I must not} Besides the dai i w amie aa 4 ped t : : seme : . : ughter of pigs, poultry | broadside. and then grouped them to suit the situation he Mon that i reality neither of them was real. |no and grasped Armand's with more cordi-| found his unfortunate frond Guha seertod saoh RO,” yas the anewer, “she is too deeply | tarry. You musi not constrain me. Tmust not | and sheep to supply the larder, every second AT THE CONSULATE. Wished torepict. Ie oceasionally traced such ing a word. It was a mere pretext on the pur ry than did his upon the return class- | upon a bed of straw, tender! attac! 1¢ old farm at Bosc-Mesnil to con- | vex Armand’s soul.” is si ‘il a i drew ‘i sures in f cutting them i ofeach to enable him to think calmly over the | mate from the old town of Yeetot several of his) mon. Tt did "act aller ee | nent. to leave it. ‘Here’ she hee aki berets up |, Tear nunght, Andro.” entrented Maueleine, | Snird day's sow iskilled on the lower deck, | Deine Ghscunghly dcaschiel! with euesy, we | Sines in Hemet Comeas penaek ena scnes is f “Fe 4 . : ¥ . : nade the illustrated humor of the past adventure of the half hour just past and the | | Boulanger was a genuine Parisian, as ready | trained eye of «ainer C2 from the world and persistently refuses all ‘ad- | “it will give our beloved sleep! Look at me: let | which the animals share with the freight and | sought the conzulate to dry ourselves and wait | Yoneritute to that of the fee ene Pat words which it had prompted cach to speak to | for a duel as a drinking bout—a handsome fel- | tally wowrlel tae vi felt ti Clear | Yances of friends and acquaintances. ‘She ia | me but feel that I may speck. “Oh, L implore | the steerage pessonge for tho wale to culside, And heroan agressbie | Sade to produce comic, She chibereer, at the other. dow gr th large dark eyes, curly brown heir and | and he welcomed hiv comrade'with a etaile, { Sid to be almost an object of worship to. her | You, Andre, lot me tell you how Io" constructed that the « pene Sar Be Manion i notary’s son had been fippant. almost | small. regular tecth as white as a dog’s. It was | saying, as with a great effort he held out his | Overseer and farm hands. In fact, I'mtold she |" “*Stop. leleine !” cried Boulanger, turning | 8t#te rooms open upor second deck, whils | yewrs Sir. Jesu. War i not a mere subterfuge? Did he | not to be wonde “Lat that women, turned soft | hand to him: looks more like ministering angel in her shnost y upon her. “Don't bring that petrol — [pa ap eye not mean to throw his friend off his guard in | glances upor this handsome face; but lan- |" “Ah, Andre, I'm glad ome. mourning robes than ehe does like an inhabi- | Word across your beautiful lips! I must not | © eee a eee ee ang $ Mr. Goodwin did not writ dialogne order the better to outstrip him ix his race for | ger's admiration wes for th general. | something to nay to Sogn Go all ever, | tant of this cold and eelfish wort.” hear it, I'dare not listen to rou. If you would | large openings in. the middle deck. securcly ie rary house, pot far from the | tnen manufacture a picture tomatch eee hing bat Bingen’, Bo bine ie ees AE, | womans! too short to devote one's welf to one | Those villainous celestials, they thought my | \:Avd Dumonticr?” ulmost gasped Boulanger, | not make me execrate mysell dismsian two in | fenced around bY iron, re i Papenge | mandsa splendid view of the rolling tartan | otter way.. He saw a humorons situation thing but flippant. To him life was an earnest | woman,” was one of hi» favorite shibboleths. | heart wam’t heavy enough’ Bice a) an| “He comes and goes between Bose-Mesnil | silence. Oh, Madeleine, save me, save me from | the “win it and eg aR | a eee ee any the rolling surf and | ip real life, o inkis mins'oepe ond tenerete Garnest, in fact, that he had thus | As evers fiber of his frame was attuned to br-- | ounce or #0 of cold fe eee ace and his father's home,” was theroply. “Osten- | myself.” and as Madeleine hid her face oT eae mre er a pained Eee rent par oye explain it. After holding the father the old RaneRt alt the cftorte of is ) vers. the news that his regiment had been or-| Boulanger, who had thrown hiraseif upon his | Sibly they are mun and wife, but in Feality they | his breast and he felt her form rocked by thie {frequent cow killings go on directly below one | home, fn this peta the seta he | mixror of amor up to nature, ie made Soe futher, the old notary, to inveigle him into to Tonquin wes extremely pleasing to knees and ras holding his comrate's chil hand | rh, Tifeas: tocever: storm of grief he took her head gently between | of these openings. in full view of whoever cares buy fn this part of the world, in- ittered after a Fogg ‘i iy ord suit th is pi marriage. Rene would not be hurried; he | him, and almost the first word he u clasped between both of his, turned his face Capt Boulanger hnd dinm ‘ised hia ceb, for he | his hands and raising it slowly bent it back | to Witness the bloody performance. It is sig- ine pictares, dainty china anda French | Tyne ie nee ce Seature of his pictorial puppets. wanted time to think the matter over. ‘The | encircling Guillot in a vigorous embrace was: | away to hide the tears which 5: These vessels a1 saloon 2nd all le ir. B. H. Kauffmann, a brother of one of | £. disguised the figures so that their the Washington Evextsa Stan, | Mesut a a ro a American consul at Pacasmay: omer ; > _ is the principle on which the best comics is | had resolved to return to his hotel on foot, | Until the soft light of the candelabra fell full | nificant of the difference in cliracter between | | are believed to be made, and it is the one which reenattculariy struck be his he eee | ro aan ahh timand: ms boy. im't this superb? | efforts to appear calm, were trickling down his | He now found himsclf somewhat outeide the | Upon it. For amoment he niood there in u-| the Latin and Anglo-Saxon teces that while a ae m particularly struck by his friend’s banter | To think that in less than sixty dava we are to | ch city limits, and it suddenly occurred to him | lence with his gaze chained to that divinely | every one of the thick-shod, ansentiments!- | M n ng | Work, teaches his imitators to follow. It ng. Utstartled him. He found him- | smell gunpowder on a zeal battle field. Ha, ha, | “Never mind, Andre,” whispered Guillot. “It | that it would be much more pleasant to dine at | fair countenance. Never had he seen such a | looking American girls flees from all right and | &¢e several very pretty children, who are being | Vx; Sack necessary to draw an outline to ine pane Weakter Gavemagipe cian as [ie thee en happened jast av T'wanted it. It is my | the old inn which Armand had so often de- | face, nor had he felt himeelf wo deeply moved | Sound of the bute gducated at home byen English governess. |b the ‘author of @ comic A cescripton of ‘ae hotling wp before hie even with a eud-| cotarade, do vou know what Tm going toe? | oenstitiae Thad saya i, Ht is my | the old inn, which Armand had so often de-|fce, nor had ho felt himeclt so deopls moved | sound of the tate he young dangliter, who excels in music, is = den nppulse he towed the file of papers aside, | Every celestia! I kill I'm going to cut off his << tone i fally familiar to him, and he unconsciously | of some cathedral he watched some angelic | ans, in their angelic white robes sprang up and walked to where the notary’s | cue and take home the collection for braids for iu# Madeleine proved false to ly : striking specimen of the blending of the two | {he seene pd grag Re gasped Boulanger. ““Oh, the vile | strolled along, pausing now and then to enjoy | countenance of the heavenly choir pictured on | Dons, hang over the railing from first to | races, showing the white skin and fair hair of ve with in. Moliere’s play, ; han; 5 talked prose without knowing it, so a man may ng. my «weethearts in Paris. Hi cconkise! the sd satisfaction of looking across the fields | the windows. last, evincing the great f ‘hing buted ant sexpreesixe eves, fine | bo the autho com nding 8 “Rene!” exclaimed Guillot, solemnly—sosol-} Guillot made a wry face. . replied Guillot, “don’t, ob, | #4 meadows with Armand's eyes, us it were. Madeleine's heart stopped its beating. She | detail, from the time the poor form and tiny hands and fect of the Peruvian | pe. ng by = ow ae emnly that his friend was quite startled br it. | _ “Why, mon Dieu, Cuillot, what's the matter?” reathe a word against | The table was set in the garden of the old | hung upon Andre's lips like a criminal upon | down and its throat cut till its skinned and | mother. casmayo especial | Without realizing its capability of illustration. “For heaven's sake, Armand,” answered Du- | inquired Andre. “You look so changed: you're believe that che was falas |i and, Uowlanger lingered go long over his | Judge. He nttored no word, but. ending | dhembowcled carcars hangs upin theskape of |, Among the sights of Pacamavo ro monticr, “wha. the matter? You really | not the same jolly fellow you used to be. “Look | to me. ‘They have deceived hee. mention should be made of a street car pro- | more than 0 se ne rae ely to get or surgical interest | pelle? by wind. Tt runs on ra other cars, |i¢ the picture be only outlined, he gets three auotive power, except te siewlewt hands ofthe | Hee much. A dollar paid fora comic fm gp Oeil Which can ans of the | which the picture ix described instead of being Dumontier, | dinner that the sun was well down in the west | forward, pressed a kiss upon her forehead. meat. Since the charming scnoritas Dumontier lias done it all. Read—read—whai | #10 the hum of the bees had elmost ceased | | “It cannot be. Madeleine,” he murmured, | powbly feel the scienti " ; they write to me.” And the young ofticer drew | When he rose to continue his walk in the direc- | slowly; “I have not told you all_——”” in the taatter that may actuate their attending the fatal letter from his breast and hended it to | tion of Bose-Mesni Alarmed by these words, and feuring lest he | Cavaliers, the doctor and the picadores, th his comrade. For an instant, as his gaze fell|, The evening promised to be one of unusual | Might escape her, Madeleine locked her arms fear for blood shedding “must hi frightened me. I didn’t hear your step. I was | you, I'll wager 10 francs to a wisp of straw that thinking about Madeleine.” You've fallen in love with rome country beauty.” ‘The young officer fairly staggered as this| “There can be no wager on a certainty,” re- name struck his ear. It seemed to him that the |g Guillot, quietly. “You've struck it, An- notary's son had rot pronounced it in a sufti- P rs it 1 ai 4 + deliencated. For a very good comic more is Thave fallen in love; nay, more, Pim en-| upos the ri an bewuty ond serenity, and. the whim came to | about his neck. herited from their buil-fighting forefathers of Himit emergencies, just like that of a | nett Contributors of they are ciently respectful tone of voice. Although he | gaged to be married to one of the swectest wo- | scomed to have set a seal of Tree a te ees | him that he would ike t0: woe Ue ye eae # et, not vet, Andra” she gasped con- | old Castile, who intermarried with the savages | Yacht, ‘There ure brakes, of course, and right | Paid. Contributors of comics, if they are.af sll had heard the name> of Madeleine spoken «| men that ever drew breath—an angel, a perfect Coes this quocr ‘land ship send along, | cte‘to ‘brite labor, Ms Goodwin, wie e town end of the long pier, od not 0 ruck, ; when the wiad happens to be in the right di | oe ee et ther onto a ‘a large income. It was n't make €N0, 4 i the letter and in another with merciful i ing of Bose-Mesnil at the twilight hour, when ely, as if about to sink forever. “I know | of the new world. z thousand times in his life, yet for this once the fangel.” ; Ac have blotied Onl he Denk mer eat | ts abcop were folded, the Gees fey ee ju mean, but, oh, in heaven's name tell | At every port an army of local ofc sound of the word sent @ mysterious thrill] “Oh, bab.” cried Lieutenant Boulanger, | leine, Boulanger could not read word. His | the labors of the day and the cows were tink- | me, Andre, why must I be punished for sins {| 00 board, to improve the opportmnit, through bis frame. He was upon the point of | “that’s enough for me! When man is so| tears blinded him and his hand trembled as if | ling their bells over their feed troughs. This | have not committed? I was tricked into this | square meal and a drink or two at the expe feat ede Ey ae aa eTemume, to mention | much in love as to, call a woman an angel in | smitten with palsy. But gradually he got the | bad been poor Armand’s favorite hour to walk | Marriage. I loathe Dumontier! ‘The lav will set | of the steamship company. ‘hey weer gorge- 5 ‘that lady bp her ‘first name in that way to me!” | solemn carnest he has my sympathy.” mastery of his feelings and read tke message | forth with Madeleine. Boulanger stood for a| me free! I'may be yours, Andre. Oh, I may | 0Us red breeches, bright swords ‘and plenty of | before Cailao, the port of Lima, where we shull when be bethought himself, and, forcing a| | Armand laughed heartily at his friend’s rail- | from Bose-Memil whieh Ind wrought such dice | ong while gazing upon this culm and peaceful | be yours “brief authority” and there is usually one of | bid a happy u for some time to the ocean, smile to his lips, spoke as fol lery. ft effect. _ The letter purported to come from | sene, and then turning sside from the high-|_ ‘Not thet, Madeleine, not that,” whispered | them to about every half dozen packages of | of which we are heartily tired. sens, I — ve it is an old German proverb oe bat wait till you see my Madeleine,” he | Maitre Zephyre and contnined ‘words: ee he followed a path along a flowering a e pope — the _— - port Faxie B. Warn. which says that in money matters all sociability | exclaimed. “To the Li illot: a edge. At once it to take on a familiar | “What then?” Speak, Andre!” she exclaimed | #nd al etinue: the governor of the dis “i -——--__-@e-—______ a sree : : ceases. I think it should be amended and the | “Bat haa she mon epee rene gee een we look and he saw that he was on his way to the | breathlewly: “what els may keep tw apart? | With Lis entire staff: the commandante of the “The Land of Stoves and Sunshine. cause of this vice or of its reported increase; bub words ‘love affairs’ be put in place of ‘money | an air of impatienc y y . yw there are no more stops to be made | P' ’ : t . : i i of bi i= | Prate, ye who will, of so-called charms nd | we incline to believe that while it is in a fews, rageous H 1d bordered with flowers. A strange jo; y vow, Madeleine, my sacred vow ! military garrison and several of his subordi - ota you a “ matters." If any one hail ever told me that any , her father eerie ones Re ae ameennae Tosley | Cok pease CMs tee act eee | eee Your sacred vow!" she| nates: and last, and by no means least either in | mye yerhoar MS RC isin the majority nothing bute thing in the shape of a woman could ever come | plied Armand. think that so honest a face ‘should only be s | tetious psychic foree merged his identity iato | repected with a bewildered look, numbers or importance, the ccllector of cus- for mn _—_ oe atanens, Curable culty toy paniaih- between us 40 ax to endanger our life-long friend- | | ‘Good: that reconciles me to your blunder, | mask to hide the nctartacs workings of » de- that of his dead friend, aay: Badan.” cried Boulanger; “for vou | toms and battalion of inspectors, till the decks | T've Gone the grand for fourteen months in every | Ment, whether the natural punixhment of star- sup. Ishould have been indefinitely amused, | for, my dear boy,” cried the other . praved heart! Your letter te Monsieur Dumon-| _ “Oh, Armand, Armand,” half sobbed | must know that I pledged my sacred word to | ate fairly swarming with them. ‘As the arrival foreign elim vation or an artificial one. The man hates the yet I tind myself oppressed by a mysterious | is a blunder unless a woman 7 it i r for his infe- | of @ steamer is the one event that breaks the | And I've learned al powers of | monotony of their lives, they never fail to cele- . bas money, and | tier something at this carly stage in the proceedings. | even theu it is ouly excusable on the erouad of | weet een read to me, wher ou con- bier elg voice. Armand that I'd kill, Dumout Dumonticr,” contirued the young officer, low- | dire necessity: but I trust you gave her your Pesamnpves — having proved yourself heap of learning, but I've shiv- | self-suppre 10 calls me?” he cried ont, yielding to the | mous treachery, and by the c involved in work, jast as — . aoe the time; can suppress himself if he a v i 4 i i it i And egest bit of wisdom I've acquired—as I wariable does choose, if for ani amonticr.” Smmore accompllshen decalwe crn fascination of the spell which ‘was upen him, | heaven I do so tomorrow morning as soon as | rate it for all it ia worth. © a ib ering his voice, "we must be cara photograph; for ten chances to one she'll never | he and wherein. you inform him that you hers | and speaking #0. tlke Armand that the stire’| there's ight enough for tag ty wee, the ones THE PORTS. Ts tat which teaches that shia land» the land of | M2, be passes under the terrible “Why, what do you mean, Armand?” inter- | see you again, as I am told these celestials are | no farther use for the peasant’s daughter. You | ess of voice startled him. where his base heart lies. Most of the ports are mere collections of lands for me. avoidable discipline of = con gy pene Tupted the notary’s son. coloring up as he met | good marksmen even if their eyes are set thought, forsooth, that the daughter of a hum-| With a smothered outburst, half fear, half| With those words Boulanger tore himself out mud huts, inhabitated by the officials afore- compulsion which usually upon the an oan big, round eyes, crooked in their heads.” ble mt deserved no better usage at your | *Mazement, a slender figure clad.in deep | of Madeleine's arms and sprang toward the Z wv, 1 aun of opinion that a person should get some | idle takes the form of bad food, “I mean,” re] is friend said, employes of the ¥: ‘ious steamship com- | Wart # in this | Many were the long hours which Guillot | hands. Ah, could you have but witsomed the | Mourning confronted him. door. this present life of outs, not all’ in that | lodging and want of tobacco and beer, and matter we must be more than honorable, we | whiled by tales of Madeleine’ ith wh ; eran ” ith il “Andre, Andre,” shri eleine, as she | Panies, and few fishermen. We stop at every | g, aa" t. Such wants are all horrible must be honor itself. “Madeleine must be the | loveliness. Boulanger ended: by becoming wa | neeecas with hic she felt my Muito Nee rons Me eata, can itt litelened pred foreeed tas sole ee a os ores re mse; 1 if x Loreas blows his blast, through it is not s : wants ar A = wonder from Madeleine, f as. tuggered forward, “no, no! Spare hi -|one of them to tak th 3 eS Py wole of our fates. We must not, nor | much interested in this Norman maiden thet | lip tolip by goons ok eee from from Madeleine, for she it was staggered forward, “no, no! Spare him, An-| one of them e on the produce of the and through tow! sing m1, js re lip to lip by gossips an ¥ on-|, “The same, madam,” replied the captain, | dre: if you love me, don’t take his life!” neighboring valleys, muinly ‘su; cotton, | Or; when upon the mu work, which presses and must any one for us, strive in any way to gnin | he found himself encouraging his comrade to | tioned duly. io tee pater T pate tk Madeleine's outstretcled hand and prem” | . But Houlanger, wes gone awe tum moment | oot uns, rere, mal shipmens to Liver. Tolls down, Nwaay streets the stifing tog |" ctost maddens the really idle, just ea am undue advantage. Ispeak after the man- | discourse upon her many virtues. even your cruel heart would have been | ing it respectfully to his lips. Madeleine heard the rattling of his horse's | pool and Germany or to points lower down the | 9, guzzle in a'pub, or plod some bleak malarious m, is multitude eee Ba There metamust be a fair fightin | | Loug before they had reached Tonquin Andre | tonched. But the noble ‘son of my letner | vAtmand’s descriptions of you,” continued hoofs on the highway grow fait:ter und fainter | coast. Nearly every port hns its railway But it mek Of snall restraints, does the savage. ‘They will aucun te £ lere must be uo ambushes, no | Boulanger came to know the road from Yvetot | friend Dumontier will make hes hic wan next | Madeleine in a voice of indescribable pathos, | in the distance und then cease altogether. running to rich plantations in the interior, and ‘Sankeout,my Strunken shanks beside some | not put up with the suffering for the time batteries, no stratagems! We must | to Bosc-Memnil almost as well as if he had trod | week. As for you, sit, I rejoine tee your par- | “Were #o indelibly impressed upon my memo: Searcely had the duclists crossed swords | as there are no harbors on this coast, but only necessary to teach them that it is endurable, have no allies. no companious in arms. We | den itas often as Armand had. The uncom: | ents are not alive tobe witnesses of your shame- | that your face and igure seemed to me like | when Boulanger fell upon his opponent with a | open roadsteads, expensive iron picrs have been ‘The British people say they “don't believein stoves, | #11 will rather, break away into the must ride forth with lances couchant, flying a Parisian was quite persuaded at last | ful conduct. those ofan old friend. “You will pardon my out- | rage that defeated the very eud he had in view. | built out over the surf in most from y’ know;” often a street, where there is only bread to the device: ‘May the best man win!” Do you it there might be other parts of the world “From an indignant father, ery: but, to be frank with you, you broke in | Dumontier was no mean swordsman and was | which the merchandise ia transferred to barges Perchance vecause we warmed ‘em 60 completely, | and water to drink, and no shelter, but where agree with me, Rene?” i besides the French capital to which one might “Marrae Zeparee.” | Upon my reverie rather abruptly. defending himself admirably, when Boulanger | or lighters and taken by them to the ships, They te at, also there is no work to do. ce eee eye ck nimed the no- | under certain peculiar circumstances become | “Oh, that wretch, Dumonticr* coed Derian- | Boulanger was delightod with Madeleine's de- | succeeded in piercing hisaeex, Tike ree ees | ci eeters aud taken by them to th shore, | Cot of heat Amd “stuMness” and “iil | ‘The vice is nearly incurable end we do nob tary's 3 onset carnest tone of voice; | really attached, and he secretly resolved that if | ger, beating his forehead with his clenched fist, | licious repose und ceriainty of manner. Offer- | ouce declared that the fighting could proceed | Where there is no pier, lighters are run through | as tneeauae' inthelr baray ane know that our ancestors were unwise when they ing for myself, while I'm willing to | the celestials failed to make @ cold corpse of | “that infarrous wretch has done ail this.” ing her bis arm, he led her to a rustic seat near | no farther. The brachialartery had been punc- | the surf when the tide is highcst. They are the street; rooms or shiver round | +... coned it among the greater sins, devised the sdmit that I have, ins manner that is charac- | bim he would upon his return to France try the | “You are right, Andie? San Gout faintly, | the edgo of the pond. tured. | It was the work of « few moments to tie | loaded at low tide and then floated off to buoys | With sunshine such @ ratity, and stoves esteemea | many sayings which condemn it, and held it to teriatic of me, wlmired this fair maiden for | effect of those charms which Armand insisied | “And to thinks too, that he chould os cose nde | _ “I trust, madam,” onid ho, “that yon will be | the artery” howevesr and’ thn ducling party |to await the arrival of veascls. There axe asin, De deserving of any punishment short of the more thana year. yet Ihave never, either to | were inherent in Sowering hedges, dark green | forgotten his sacred compact with me! Ah, | Convinced that I come to you in something more | m#de its way back to Yvetot. always plenty of row boats to take passengers | What wonder they are wedded to their fads—| gullows. We cannot resort to the old methods, her father, whom I’ know, or to any living | meadow land, fields of golden grain and long | whs was Isohasty, Andre? Why have] thrown | than the mere guise of friendship.” In a few hours word reached Capt. Boulanger | ashore at reasonable prices when bargained for catarrh and giu? at least until society has grown harder, but we Feathed & confession of my love. So, | stretches of “pasturage. with groups of soft- | my life away like this? Why did I not bide my | ,, Madeleine fixed her eyes searchingly upon | that his opponent was dying and that his pres- | before starting, and the tourist misses a good In Germany are stoves galore, and heartily wish Gen, “Booth could be allowed a ‘Armand, we stand on equal footin -yed cattle browsing on the tender, Cr | titne til the end of the war and first slay this | Boulanger's face, She was amazed to find that | enco was noeded immediately. Madeleine wa | deal who does’ not avail himself of every op- And EN a eg atin Aew fm Jgans ot | ruminating under the clumps of trees which | miserable wretch who has so infamously be, | there was no trace of reproach or condemne: | already at het husband's bedaide: Left slene | Seetity are ele Wet oe ee ee A Ore within the stoves, for German stoves are not | uprrintendent, for example, of ce ond Se eeig cer; “you arearich man’s son, while I have | dotted these fields, all of which were so vividly | trayed me? Ob, what a madman I have been!” | tion there. afier reaching home, the wounded man had vio- BUMBOAT WOMEN. ‘that kind; for he would not hesitate to use it, and it but my sword, and ite blade is, as you | described by Armand as making up the deli-| “Listen, my dear Armand,” said Boulanger | “Then you—then he--Armand,” ‘she whis. | lently undone the surgeon's work and when dis-| 19 gg Siacea isn iacentaaticens tituy | TRE Germans say that Ares make dirt, and dirt's an | make men, my of os oo as 4 know, new and *S" | cious landscape lying between Yretot and Bosc. tenderly as he encircled the dying man’s neck | PeT¢d, breathlessly, turning her face full | covered by the servants was rapidly nearing | |, 1 eral places mane beant Bat the trath nna hopeless pationta, As it in, , wre fear, im “4h, true, my boy,” made answer Dumontier, | Mesnil. : with his arm and set his lips close to Guillot’s | YPOn Bo “forgave me. Ie did not up- | death from loss of blood. w baskets, cigar cases Panama” hats Tentert the pfennig is the average | ybout three years, Justified in turning ith a sigh: Sout you have what I lack—e fine | Above all had the frivolous Parisian been | car. “If you must die, déar tomrede we 4, | braid me? Oi, I wass0 weak—a0o weak tert | “ae er gntared the room the dying | of thelr own manufacture to sel, besides a va- | and since the tr Sant plenniga, energies to another eld of labor, with this con- handsome touched by his comrade's description of cer- . Leave Dumonticr to me. When I get | Would have stood firm hed not that terrible | man held out his hand and smiled faintly. riety of fruit, cheese, duleies, poor pottery and oul denice why, the thrifty | Fiction well graved into his mind, that there faint blush ran up toward the young offi-| tain pond near the spacious farm buildings, letter —” “It's better thus,” he whispered; “it’s a other truck. They have not the remotes! ides Himscif all heat, except what comes with beer and | #Te tendencies in man which, in their conse- er's hair as he cried out: which the moon silvered like a huge shield of “That letter, madam,” broke in Capt. Bou- | own work, captain, but ob that Armand could | ofthe value of mouey and are ‘habitually son exercise. quences to_his social well-being at all eventa, “Good! Then we are perfectly matched!" | Achilles the night he parted with the fair langer, almost violently, “was an infamous for. | know that I was trae to my compact with him," | posed upon by local traders, who take’ their | The Prenchmen are as injurious ¢o bim as tendencies to view. and reaching out his right hand he his | maiden of Bose-Mesnil, and how that gery! Armand could no more have it | gasped the notary’s son, and then the end came ‘wares at a merely nominal rate in etchange for Tah Of Pee are of cones, the Irish- 2 Young DathersRudioment. friend's right Srmly and heartily, while almost | glorioas firmament the lovers had stood, with than Lucifer have written the beatitudes! His | quickly and silently, more like = dropping off | the necessaries of life and sell them ‘at an | The frugul Dutchinan buys a fire when he has necd mee mere fastinetively thei | — flew into the air | wide borders of flowers between, them om and the last breath was « benediction upon your head!” |to sleep than aught elae: speak, but the | Shormous advance on the original ete Beis | ae ot meat ie ay bon opemgthingohinnn. Gab 2 of a solemn com; water, and excl 01 he “A forgery?” e, lore re dificult for a stranger to buy an; these to say, he pays so much each th ‘ Each looked the other full in the eyes and | could possibly release them frou, “Ob, aire spare ‘te; don't make an sei | scum died awey fa his throst, ‘because they are imbuel wit Senne, es" “ea day toone who | 1. was his first, and he wanted to weigh it. each seemed satisfied that there was 20 or] There was one which Guillot, unlike Not | blacker than it is, Isaw the letter from Ton-| “My boy has died as he has lived,” spoke the ali foreigners are walking gold mines, who | TM 8ecessary living coals to warm his soup and| {t's a bouncer!” he exclaimed. “Where are reservation of thought in the honest and manly | Boulanger. had firmly resolved to quin addressed to, Monsieur Dumonticr. Tt | aged notary, solemnly, ‘with the truth upon bis | may aa wall pay one price as another. I aaked | 1m 10g the ecalee?” fleam which he caw there. reaching Tonquin, and that was to do his duty was Armand’ handwriting—there could be no |lipe. It wat who forged the letters. Lt was f | au dd woman Of a littlo straw basket house Pals they have no need to heat the | the scaler ie hanted up an old-fashioned It #0 happened about this time that Notary | and uo more. No fighting for the mere fun of mistaking it.” eee "8 money in mad | “Fifteen eng edie i Finding that | "Neath balmy skies the native pi: me yard that had come down from a former Damontier was summoned to attend Maitre | it, no taking of risk no rushing upon the ; |, “Never, madam!” exclaimed Boulanger in a | speculation, and it was I who persuaded the old | would not do ‘roped to fifty ‘and louse. me Ciehy Go manta | ele. Mens Gneuly ecebien maniee Zepbyre at the latter's spacious residence at | enemy with reckless impetuosity with an iden tono that sounded strangely solemn to Made- | farmer that only upon condition of this: cents, about double the sum that a dealer Eile house. The baby, wrapped in the feeey. Bove-Mesnil for the arrangement of some of winning decoration or of dying in the at- leine’s ears. would I save him from impending ruin. My | woul have given her. Now, we've no moldy catacombs, no fendal castles {ols of some light fabric, was suspended from erty transfer, and as two witnesses wor tempt. At this moment Boulanger saw a wild and dis- crimes are great, too great for human forgive-] The town of Peru is Tumbez, | xo rufacd’ te hook, and the proud young father Recessary the notary invited his son and his| “My life belongs to my darling Madeleine,”*he tracted look burning in ine’s eyes. With | ness. I must look to heaven for mercy.” in ‘only from the fact that here Pizarro | Our ancient history ig hoon eo hee am Jmed charge of the exercises. ward to accompany him. ‘The two ang men ould murmur to himeelt, ‘and I intend to A shrick she dashed away toward dhe wate, but | | Aland was laid gently upon Andre's shoul yaszet byte Ince, messengers whom King And'we've got atari bill that made all urope | “I'l try it at eight pounds,” he sid, sliding were present beaut ‘ine, ce care swot astrong arm Fore reached . It was sent uire the obj along the beam to that figure. Sec fetndis ban not eu cornet ‘contest aight the hot headed and reckless Boulanger. ik Boulanger led the wretched woman back to “Zerovoll Apdre,” she marmared. the waite man's vist Moses os bomeres But, what is best—thougn short om tombs ana ace-| ST 8n'r do. ideo wetgha over 2s each taniip once. farme: r seemed rat thing seemed d more , where were joined “Madeleine,” cried Boulanger, some extensive petroleum groves— amused than seriously touc the marked | than tobe roused at midnight to take com- ine, Dementor’ aida, wher with pated and instinctively reaching out 49 hold fast 40 | kanes’ to the Ieainee 7 nes ie ee ‘We double discount Christendom on sunshine and | ts" ent owe minds, while, os for Maitre =e —— So Remo t toin'e aid, condiucted Ber sxistress to the house. a aoe % ae —— Since out of mind the vre, romely but forei repulse an attack on the outposts. No sooner Armand’s friend had needod anything to| “Into God’s house, my "she replied. | oil used for lubricating and coloring | Dear land " ” the old. notary Fatt. | bet the Parisian come off unhurt from whet the edge of his purpose to punish®the | “Man's hand ie agathet’ me. Teaven ‘but the natives were on call sea scormc ne ©> 700 frum monies of | “By Govrget” he cold. “hs ference between a rich man's son and young | one fair than he, wae, ready for another. freacherous Dumontier, it was him | will give what the world has 90 denied | Pant of its real character and yale un ie Blessing the honest people whose hearts and | {°2%.t0" army officer was that y wi! jarnings, even reprimands, had no upon Madeleine uj ‘next interview with her, | me! Larkins, from western New York, came down hearths iouliy seme exe ciate Lanse ae Pak ere Beukeee bea tomeny he arnt Guillet oS be a pigrmgeato te bal ie pm NP sone per ies an in | {ale Teas 0 weave 0 | asco wen: cap ‘Tecognized as the same r ‘But there was store for the | tured. ‘This meant death by horrible torture. notary had *o the vila eubterfs | whore Madeleine soem to Suave found Tent ot ‘THE OORAX OATE. Winer nce gor Neeied rea? “aoe and nave | “Dis farmer of Bose-Mesnil, ‘came to him a| At sight of his comrade in the hands of the the simple-minded Maitre Zephyre | lastand he is becoming more and more con-| 4 nite tarthar rs Bat, even then, the burthen of that fatr song shal! | ‘"S.ttcen few weeks later & double offer | enemy and dragged senselessand over that certain of the latter's land Vinood that the fair penitent will ere long make down is Paits, or Payta, as it ‘song. =aintoon of marriage for wughter, the | rocks and across atroyos, even of speculations had turned out dissstrously, and | up her mind to the fact that she has taken fate | 1s sometimes spelled, the ocean gate of the fer- ‘Tast the land of stoves and sumsnine is good | fiX'<*t, notary acting for his pram ay By oe ig) to re- we See reeset ae Sncing. the too seriously. tile valley of Piura, which, with its town of the qough like a son, strain Guillot from a desperate attempt farmer in the face. bestowal of {Tux Exp. Copyrighted.) Toner ot Bares EtY niles away across the —Bverns Frevp. — “You must 4 ._ Maitre | to save his friend. ‘ie hand upon his son Rene was the sole desert of close to the cordillera.| “Say, won't you give me one of notices | shouted, Taher ze both Bo han'a pol of | ing to Seas op s Sortnes hone’ ber aera, eS ne ay ‘Too Karly. Completely, yerrounded, by bare snd fo got utr" adked S colored sonant of ber ans Diggest ‘baby in this country money and the * Grit dahed off paral ot ‘the band. His tolama assurance from Boulanger | "ror. in not's trace of vogotatlon wane Cnet for? acted he hora cizgene poset “Ha, ba!” ch the peasant farmer: “it | vehemence infected his men and they fell upon h Madeleine could not hear too oftes— (rate Suddenly from sleop)—“Henry, | Ail the water. that is used is Brought frees s | “yon hens tore ae eee sateate, seams, friend, Demontir, hat ‘we common | the celestinis with a fury that astounded Wem. Bat Armand was perfooly convinced iat hor aid you § Ene tames o¢ anion Sat mee onze cormerty on Tre one me Gan tia young mo when our lands ! all the ! been severely wounded, was the rescue accom- famous trick or device, end that be nobly and ! evening the Dope) Bor Tl sabe Bre™ pipe. ying within the sodiod aise bab da penet how." —Phdodapgs — replied, » rk } ‘s 7 4