The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1898, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1898. Copyrighted, 183, by Bret JHarte. PART L HEN it isn’t a question of property or next of kin?" said the Consul. “Lord! no!” said the lady, vivaciously. ‘“Why, goodness me! I reckon old Desborough could at any time bef died have bought up and bought out the whole lot of side of the big pond— . No—it's only a matter Kentigorn felt much re- t delusive Consul at St. thusiasts and obstreperous cls Certainly there was no sugeg: this n the richly d and bediamoned matron before him, nor in her pretty daughter, charming in a Paris frock, alive with the consclousness of beauty and admiration, and vet a little d indulgence. He knew the mother to Dbe the wealthy widow of a New York millionaire, that she was traveling for plesaure in Europe, and a chance meet- ing with her at dinner a few nights before had led to this half capricious, half confidential appointment at the con- sulate. “No,”” continued Mrs. Desborough, “Mr. Desborough came to America when a small boy with an uncle who dled some years ago. Mr. Desborough never s hanker much after 1glish relatives as lon but now that I and Sadie are sed we might look 'em up and s sborough'’s rather a good name,” ad f sample d the lady, with come down from the past all ready and settled for l‘you. “Ddo t¥1°n‘: ?lfiml]ntdoy s:gflqm! the present Lord Beverdale }.:x:x };%‘;:Trflge% uflf—r ng;:eercl‘a'lns e s Y turrifi“ Amelyn loolge‘}l! sho%k?d. £ lg‘ela'“ve‘ohindy"tlo nh: & t S 2 T ” - o et B R L cabors had passed awny paused, and then sald, timidly: “fsn't it that way in : ¢ from it. “In fact, it came into the family by one of those Amgrica®™ ., yies pesborough had a faint recollection ‘outsiders’ you deprecate. But I daresay :‘:f’edrotr‘“:htng?. mmrt)?el:.:enxas oomnething In the constitution or the Dec- Dlacesquite s comtortable with Lord ESyo0 that AT Jraependence against primogeniture. “No! the T T L R cousin?” he laration ot ali their own way there! Not much v ked as if she did not care to “ 2 es in these prefer- this - .87 ences? Em e Conaal with & smbe: 2 &nd Tord Algernon are e O e aae o twice.t0 “No," said Miss Desborough, with the same frankness; “No,” replied Miss Amelyn, 'he came once or % at “T think maw's rather cut up at not finding a Desborough. the priory for (he holidays, when N1 ory woll off, and his She was invited down here—but she’s ratner fndependent, Marlborough—for the L G oy, and, of you Know—so she allowed I could take care of myselt— father was in India. He Was G VO 2o8ioo While she went off to stay with the old dowager, Lady course. no one ever z!n;xtgm“ i o Do pleased with Mistowe, who thinks maw a very proper, womanly per- Miss Desborough fel ity resent this possible snubbing son. T thade maw mad by telllng her that's just what this, and yet nalf inclined to resent tils Boos Nl S illage old Lady Mistowe would say of her cook—for I can't stand of her future husband. But tAC¥ Wi h 00" 0% object, of these people’s patronage, However, I shouldn't wonder if and Miss Amelyn turned the converrtll iom Sillage for I was invited here as a ‘most original person.” her visit. ‘It was a new village—an WARIDSONT YL T "I But here Lord Algernon came up to implore her to sing all that it stood near one of the ES°ES O, - e que it them one of “those plantation songs,” and Miss Desbor- had been given over to some mUACS [rih "o yncie of the ough, with scarcely a change of voice or manner, allowed in its vicinity—and to the raliwey WL, Sh0 4 numphed herseif to be led to the plano. The Consul had llttle chance present Earl had resisted--bug the T VY 0 There wi to speak with her again, but he saw enough that evening and the station for Scrooby BHAYY NAG, 0 ina weathe 1o ‘Convince. him that not only Lord Algernon was very a grim church on the il o R I s Teposing cross: much in love with her, but that the fact had been equally beaten stone, with a few YU SURCST0e 40 village was and complacently accepted by the family and guests. That legged in the chancel, but the SWMICE iy apiener eoun- her present visit was only an oportunity for a formal en- as different from the pri orym.r I ea Miss Amelyn pro- gagement was clear to every woman in the nouse—not ex- ty. They stopped at the rsples)a'nd Fitts, which the Amer- Septing, 1 fear, even the fair subject of gossip herself. vided herself with certain doles and @155 S0 o o Myt for Yet she seemed 'so unconcerned and self-contained thatthe jcan girl would have augmented With @ T8 N pijjingy Consul wondered if she really caréd for Lord Algernon. Miss Amelyn's horrified concern. o8, DT, q atore And having thus wondered, he came to the conclusion that would do, and they woulg be as g N it dlan‘t much matter for the happiness of so practically they wouldn't understand.” =~ = 1. .. pere sald Miss organized a young lady if she loved him or not. “ “There's a wonderful ol Dione and tnateh cottage Tt {s highly probable that Miss Sadie Desborough had * Amelyn, as they halted before a Stone 806 (00 vV a1l nim not even gone so far as to ask herself that question. She quite on the outskirts of the village, We FEE - ong awoke the next morning with a sense of easy victory and one of our poor, for he still works, althoug? OvCr, 0 glig ol satisfaction that had. however, none of the trans- {v’s his pride to keep out of the poothouse, 3 wa manags orts of affection. Her taste was satlsfied by the love of & it ‘off’ the hands of his grauddaushier® W o5ts by ft. Randsome voung fellow—a typical Englishman—who, if not to do something for them. and we FOPS v 2" ‘make a exactly original nor ideal, was, she felt, of a universally One of them is at the priory; thevre tns 'o, Jigor iy accepted “hall-marked” standard, the legitimate outcome maid of her, but her queer accent—they'xe TXOR, T8 "ot of a highly ordered, carefuily guarded civilization, whose —js against her with the 5ervnnt».'i Yo-tay, though the Tepose was the absence of struggle or ambition, and even see old Debs, for he's at work again s Wwhose regular features were not differentiated from the doctor has warned him.” 3 Test of his class by any of those disturbing lines which “Debs! ‘What o funny name!” .0 read nor not always cor- come from the . "Everything was made ready for “Yes but as many of these Deoj Bee it care of preparation; she had not even an write the name 1s carried by the car, and 1deal to realize or modify. She could slip without any jar rectly. Some of the fallway mavvies., or dislocation into this life which was just saved tromuizl;i North as he does, call him ‘Debbers. e and sybaritic luxury by certan conven i"\lx‘li(‘-“slgnotn:cuw?y Qa!ndame occupation of amusement, which, was so low that it seemed to % r position, even appeared to suggest {ts drooping eaves of thatch mingl h amgiter / ffieogloli‘:?fi ‘))32;9?:{ 2? 2 %uty! She could accept all this beside It. Brebs was not at home. ?%‘bé‘{,s-vmcm','figfie 3 without the sense of being an intruder in an unbroken lin; was there, who, after a preliminary "Hob, G 0" cage—thanks to the Consul's account of the Beverdales’ stirring of the pot before the fire dnnleme girl's speech and / inheritance. She already pictured herself as the mistress What the American understood of the gITs speech BIZ of this fair domain, the custodian of Its treasures and tra- manner struck her as having very Wtte SVMPAL ferg Qitions, and the dispenser of its hospitalities—out as she efther her aged relative or her present vis i Vi dependence about her that Jusly believed, without pride or vanity in her po- was a certain dogged, selfish in e §?!?§rcllig:xil(yual§‘: intense and thougmrul appreciation of it. Miss Desborough half liked and Fnlfnrc::gte:n" oaging Nor did she dream of ever displaying it ostentatiously be- Miss Amelyn dld not seem to notice It, and, SCteT S950R fore her less fortunaate countrywomen the contrary, a botile of port for the grandfather, she togk hef, I4ve she looked forward to their possible criticism of her cast: and led Sadie away. As'they passed intp, the VHREL {ng off all trans-Atlantic ties with an uneasy consclousness carriage_ returning to the priory, filled with (hetr fCCOW perhaps, her nearest approach to patriotism. Yet guests, dashed by, but was Instantly puied 7B 4 & WOl i Teasoned that as her father was an English- from Lord Algernon, who leaped from the vehicle, hat i was only returning to her old home. As to her hand, and implored the fair truant a /] Vel e %y C e had already comforted herself by noticing cer- join them. s E i % P rspancles 1n that Indy's temperament, which led “We're just making a tour around Mg her to believe that she herself alone inherited her father's back to 1|‘\“¢'heonv g he S{“}é"ov;v‘r(xhyl;); :\'g:.er.fl hos .knen o ibod nature—for her mother was, of course, distinctly Ameri- you a 'f':‘\lxisifit{ir‘:fl)"]i:! nfl By Jove! wed have got Up & can! So little conscious was she of any charming snob- S belief, that in her superb naivette she and g IS = D have aygued tHe point with the Consul, and em- "And you hayen't seen hait” said Lord Beverdale tfom ployed a wit and dialect that was purely American. the Box. ¥3Miss Amelyn's too phrtial th the village, Thercs *She had slipped out of the priory early that morning an old drunken retired poacher so o Wl i t ight enjoy alone, unattended and unciceroned, Crawley Woods, whom it's death to approacn, exc ::2 n:gzc{“o’lz};;a{‘{fisn estate which might be hers for the a There’s malignant lh.p!’uhAan: l(‘:s»:rgl ;&e} mere accepting. Perhaps there was some instinct of deli- with measles at the Keepers’, cacy in her avolding Lord Algernon that morning; not an gld woman who has been bedridden for years. wishing, as she herself might have frankly put it, “‘to take But Miss Desborough was adama 7 stock” of his inheritance in his presence. As she passed ghe thanked him, but said she had just into the garden through the low postern door she furned *who had been lying in bed for twenty g ana to look along the stretching facade of the main bullding, spoken the truth once!” She proposed 'golng outside of with the high stained windows of lts banqueting nall and Lord Beverdale’s own preserves of graln-fed poor.” and the state chamber where a king had slept. Even in that starting up her own game. She would return In time for though sparkling. years crisp October air, and witlhhthcl green of its 11\']041 ha(ltltu- luncheon—if she cnr\;\lld: i‘r n;:xte.ts'rlw ents against the gold of the distant wood, it seemed to of the first incapable she E . o H‘e in (hg languid \‘g ose of an eternal summer. She hur- Yet, actually, she was far from ‘l's‘;‘v;.—;i::"!n%:ol\’\ti'x?: 'I’l‘tl‘[ ried on down the other terrace into the Italian garden, & eidentally discovered by these people c vo_older uaint survival of past grandeur, passed the great or- her capricious whim of the morning. One or two older Gngery and numerous conservatories, making & crystal lndles. who had fought shy of her frocks and her, frank hamlét in themselves, and seeing everywhere the same pess the evening before, were quite touched now 115 juxury. But it was a luxury that she fancied was redeemed butterfly, who was willing to forego the sunlight of soci- oth the vulgarity of ostentation by the tong custom of ety, and Sofl her pretty wings on the haunts of xhg impov rvl;nru and geri‘nratiy;ma. so unlike the millionaire palaces of erished with only a single companion—of. her ow nf sex = er own land, and in her enthusiasm she even fancied it and smiled approvingly. And in her present state of mind, Wwas further sanctified by the grim monastic founders who remembering her companion’s timid attitude tow rd Lord had once been content with bread and pulse in the crum- Beverdale's opinions, she was not above administering this bling and dismantled refectory. In the plenitude of her slight snub to him in her presence. lacency that, however, bad a suggeston of query e feelings she felt a slight re?gznluonlof some l’;eneli “"x[fh'[' When they had driven away, w['lth mnrn.\‘_l;"'i!\"‘i\ lg!f; ; i » ~ vho had rolled this golden apple at her feet, and felt Amelyn was deeply concerned. “I am afraid,” she said, P r‘“flfi"‘fi{i? hth-f *,’"“S; Ty SHE SEEMED SO UNCONCERNED AND SELF-CO NTAINED THAT HE WONDERED AT HER ACTION i:nsgu“s?& r:ully Should l1ke to ~do Rood" in her sphere. Sieh Timid consclentiousness “Ihhn\'le kflph[ o Soay ghvil;ug ady. 5 a palace with her mother—they’re very rich, you know. mon, “and I think s getting a little queer in his head. He 1f'o clistos il neRsing through & Sl ECe N the o A D o il i one DIE fo it mean {t may be an old Norman name," taying with Lady Minever at tledham has a trick of stopping and staring straight ahead at park, she saw walking, a little ahea T 2 young gir el o e o e > ‘over and invited her with a little times, when he seems to go off for a minute or t whom she at once recognized as a Miss Amelyn, one of the B TLot out the rest of your show.” said Sadie promptly, enough for m id the daughter, Desborough.” There,” continued the young man with a light laugh, “I guestse! hoev. fl};tflgem paniment of ons OF two songs *“‘and we'll wind up by lunchipe with the rector.” just settle it man. I never msul gave a slight start, and was aware that say! he's doing it now!” They both turned quickiy and that she played the accompaniment of one or two song: AN Ted by too doliohted. dhid N bout that D Beverdale was looking at him. “Perhaps you know her?” gazed at the bent figure, not fifty yards away—standing in upon the plano, and had even executed a iong solo durthg “Held be toc dellghtec, | 5nd U ¢ find it called ‘Debborough’ here, and said Beverdale. 2 exactly the same attitude as before. But even as they the general conversat OP»h‘T. l‘“! fl“ u“" = HOTSelt 4Gb: you know—it really w,,u,,i,vt be quite right t im0 said the Consul, smiling. “Just enough to agree with y‘mx thutdshe is (;]hrirmlng!," guzf. he ’sluwly lifted his rake and began his monotonous g}&:\;\.;fi?x&;}wfi:&y R\:‘nflmxlx(}hi#- &Gm‘?“‘,,‘, e 'mn'gi D Tont Toiro iiy obicivet weset vew et dud. thoy'd Miss Desborough lifted her pretty shoulders and made isul. I dined with them and saw them at the work ‘again. : 3 % gl led think T hed taken you off.”" 3 ing grimace. -‘Then we won't acknowledge -em. g At Berocky Friory the Conaul f0una (nag the same ot Uier peculas cdmg e e e Chriati s “Well » said Miss Desborough, impetuously, “what's No Debborough for me! , ves; T always forget you are a Consul. Then, of his falr countrywoman had, indeed, preceded her, and 1 Ghststia) 2 7 W : “You might put an advertisement in the papers, ltko course You know all about them. I suppose (liey're very that the other guests were quite as ‘anxious to see Miss by the Baclandhadisiway oetnipalpahlv uesigiodt of & th anatisrwithy that 1uEsthe ac ious- e can‘eet & the ‘next of kin' notice, intimating, in the regular 'way, rich, and in soclety over there?” said Beverdale, in a voice Desborough as he was. One of them had aiready met her sight at times. These trifles led Miss Deshorough to co D oL S Ny G then »uld ‘hear of something to their advantage'— that was quite animated, in London, another knew her as one of the bouss party at__ clude that she was some kind of dependent or poor rela- ey By O, O e ohiicornad soain siha would”—continued the Consul, with a It was on the Consul's lips to say that the late Mr. the Duke of Northforeland’s, where sho had been a cen- ~ tion. FHere was an opportunity R e ANV st 7 o i e e B T SIS T R vould be such a refreshing change to the kind of ~Desborough was an Englishman, and even to speak play- tral figure. Some of her naive sallles and frank critfcisms ing good.” She quickened her pae R e R G R L R S G g thing I'm accustomed to, don't you know !—this Idea of one fully of their proposed guest, but a sudden instinct with- were repeated with great unction by. the gentlemen, and Amelyn. B ith SOMTE shé.sall eraelstials for luncheon. Do, please!” It woulld be ever S0 much bet. of my countrywomen cpming over just to benefit English held him. After all, perhaps it was only a caprice, or idea, with some slight trepidation and a “fearful joy” by the Let me wal W“ » 3?“]~ S “fm but looked her ter for everybody, I feel quite guiity as it is, and I sup- relatives! By Jove! I wouldn't mind undertaking the they had forgotten—perhaps, who knows?—that they were ladies. He was more than ever convinced that mother The young English girl sm ? last night's eves unat- pose I'm already in Lord Beverdale's black books!" whole thing for you—it's such a novelty.” He was quite alréady ashamed of. They had evidently “got on” in En- and daughter had forgotten their lineal Desboroughs, and surprise at seeing the cynosure of last nigi 3 e A R L S S carried away with the idea. ” glish society, if that was thelr real intent, and doubtless he resolved to leave any allusion to it to the young lady tended. & e A e R T e e it akalle, But the two ladies were far from participating in this Miss Desborough by this time was quite as content with herself. “Oh,” said Sadle, an.:xlv;v%fl_nx _l:)d"{" fn “I'.‘;r"~“n[ Bin; to show her independence by returning, as she had set out, hi ouldn’t do. You see,” she went on with supes through his son and heir, Algernon, as if the nd a real evening after her arrfval. ‘*Who'd have gnt of meet- D " rou’ ¢ 1 :gh” fo E cut across the park, and they separated— [ Resh The Consul ing you here?" she said, sweeping her skirts away to make ~ walk together; Wherever you're going is good enough for short cut across the park, and they s vAmengaéogfl?e;,fi would be just giving ourselves a ugh was all right in g about his folks! We ain't here on a improve the Desboroughs, nor to gather in any It was evident that in spite of the humor of the situa- was as little doubt jof the young lady’s wealth as there Hengist ai tion and the levity of the ladies there was a characteris- ticalness about them, and the Consul, t gave the address of one or two resp sible experts In genealogical inquiry, as he nad aften befor. as impossible {o offer any advice to s thoroughly capable of managing thelr own af- his fair countrywomen, yet he was not without uriosity to know the result of their practical senti- mental quest. That b uld ever hear of them ag doubted. H fter the first loneriness hac off in gathering at a London hotel they were not likely to consort with their own country people, Wwho. Indeed, were apt to fight shy of each other, or even duige in invidious criticism of one another w to that society in which they were all equally strang So he took leave of them on their way back to Lon- with the belief that their acquaintance terminated cident. But he was mistaken. ar following he was spendinghis autumnyaca- resence of h a 5 untry house. It a his se, and h ept by, looked after him with a stirring of pain. stock in the family until it had risen.” guess? B : ;- ? always Btruck him a8 belng oven in vhat }L‘:‘lf;}ie{y“g? s Rather an old man to be still at work,” said the Con- During this speech the Consul could not help noticing I lived there when T was a little girl, with my, aunt, toric seats—a singular example of the vicissitudes 'of En- sul. Beverdale laughed. that although her attitude was playfully confidential to the Dowager Lady Bever fl"r-‘ sal 51' "‘5.3? d th 0 Hi him hear yow say so; he considers him, her volce really was pitched high enough to reach my cousin Fred, who was the young heir, died, an e glish manorial ost in his prime to unexpectedly That estate, howey uncle only through older family, whose walls upon the likenesses, older famils war or the and ruined chapel was still felt the dead hand o! ed religious found It was this s saw it. For. however changed were those within its walls, whoever were its inheritors or inhabitors, Scrooby priory never changed or altered its own character. However in- lords. His ates and the mutations of 1 had t n uncle’s title and estate. b into the possession of the E with the daughter of an Vil is ma portraits youngest and allen branch. There were . memorials, and reminiscences of still 0 had occupied it through forfefture by which could not be shaken off. Songruous or lll-assorted the portraits that looked from its walls roate in the long nights when the family were great house itself was independent of th 11 the bewigged, belaced and befurbelowed of one day’s gathe ering. . The round-headed, steel-fronted and p chiefed © ] (3 o S5, L met that they might have flown at each @ (] (] [ gregation of another day, and even the black- bare-armed and bare-shouldered assemblage of to- © had no effect on the austerities of the priory. Modern es might show the tastes and prepossessions of their e dwellers, might have caught some passing trick of the hour, or have recorded the augmented fortunes or lux. © uriousness of the owner, but Scrooby priory never! No one had dared even to disturb its outer rixtd Integrity; the breaches of time and siege were left untouched. Tt held ite calm, Indifferent sway over all who passed its low- arched portals, and the Consul was fain to belleve that he —foreign visitor—was no more alien to th lareim il the house than its ‘I'm expecting a very charming compatriot o % to-morrow,” enld Lord Beverdnle g6 thes srms S ins n together. *‘You must tell me what to show her.” T should think any countrywoman of mine would be guite satisfied with the Priory.” said the Consul, glancing thoughtfully toward the pile dimly seen through the paris I shouldn’t like her to be bored here.” continuad Bove erdale. “Algy met her at Rome, where she wes occupying 000000000000000000000000099 HOTOGRAPHING without light, while a verbal con- tradiction, i8 so far the only term found that lends itself to describing the recent experiments of an English scientist. His name is Dr. D. J. Russell and he is a lecturer on chemistry at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. His work has caused no little talk in English scientific circles and among the growing host of photographers, amateur and professional. Dr. Russell announces that he has discovered that cer- tain substances are able to produce exact images of them- selves on a photographic plate, even, though the substance and the plate are kept in total darkness. Some few years ago the great French chemist Becquerel proved that if the metal uranium, or some of its salts, were placed on a photographic plate in perfect darkness and al- lowed to remain there for some days, the plate became act- ed upon, the action manifesting itself by the ordinary photographic process of development. This curious fact re- mained almost unnoticed until Dr. Russell discovered, while repeating Becquerel's experiment, that mercury, magne- sium, cadmium, zinec, nickel, aluminum, pewter, fusible metal, lead, blsmuth, tin, cobalt and antimony all give off rays capable of reproducing an image of the metal on a photographic plate when placed in company with it in a drawer, or other place where light cannot have effect, for a few days. A polished piece of zine—that is, well rubbed with coarse sand paper—if laid on a highly sensitive photographic plate in a dark cupboard will, under certain conditions, even in four or five hours, so act on it that on development a com- plete picture of the zinc is produced, showing the scratches or any ruled lines and faint pattern drawn oan & If 20000000000 nd Lord Desborough a s way, but we most men of old family he with the obe recalled from foreign service himself quite as fit as 11l looked down from the Self. His great aim is to be independent of his children— vette? There was a certaln miSchievous, even aggressive oritism of kings, and in its stately cloisters }flfflnc 5 S “Bcems to be going a bit stale lately,” sald Lord Alger- tures on the walls, this elegant foom, everything that has erty and title. inred Wird those sahe 1t il 0000 0000000000C000000000000000000000000000C000000000000000600C0000000000000000 ong their own relative re before we found out what they were Knew that Lord Beverdale w:;: I:U:; fln Lr“!:_ ;Zfigmggugnhjizr_i {m;<ax§n?lr ,E:‘,IZ‘.,"SOS :;rur‘t usht?nfl le?:‘e? ?gttgigcee glfl;‘l}:‘_ “I'm going as far as the village,” sald Miss Amelyn, kep(_x\h celrialn_ supyfi&agfi uvr,:d alf-f!asclnatmn over the indeed, the Consul had Seen very few noblemen off fogical gentlemen in_ Londen.” looking down doubtfully ‘at Sadie’s smart French shoes; English gltl, even while she was conscious of an Invincible B L e e e B Care 0 B0 DAk 0 Do skirte. hlthongh less stylish than her own, had 4 two peoples. Why else this inherittd consclentious revers was of h attractfons. boroughs’ and ‘Daybrooks’ upon us maw certain character, better fitted to the freer outdoor life of envg_f"vlr Lfiord chrdgzl:!’i: posli‘tlon. sl;{)wn by i\nss Amelyn ‘Th ring the house through a long avenue got a drawing ten yards long, that looks like a sour apple the country. But she only said, howeyex:: The village Z\fil(;cnols ‘;-ldirrlsmr:d W‘:);?d \]'&‘stso A;xel;f%mag?ll I!‘):;]defiA[?. se variegated leaves were already begin- tree, with lots of Desboroughs hanging up on the branches will do,”” and ’m"'lf took her companion’s arm. orT o Tiicv® e o Detiew NIGtOl: he b e - ning to strew the ground beneath, and they could see the like last year's pippins, and I gue: worm-eaten. “Bit I'm afrald you'll find it very uninteresting, for gornon have made a better match? jilie-thougnt leritated v n upon the yellow October sunshine lightening up nat well enough, but when it came to giving us I am going to vislt some poor cottages,™ persisted Mis young man's affections, the power to marry him, and, as 'n, with a certain timid ingenuousness of manner, 3 Ama ;‘n'-f:ve:. was quite as distinct as Miss Desbor- she believed, kept her own independence In the matter. I promised the rector's daugh- [To Be Continued.] shine, a map of straight lines and dashes with names written voung under them like an old Morse telegraph slip struck by which, ed windows of the priory. 1In the sur shooting suit, stood a tall, clean-limbed } fellow, om the Consul recognized at once as Lord Al- lightning, then maw and I guessed that 1t made us tired.” ough's bolder frfl"k"*’sf*-d 2in he gernon, the son of his companion. As if to accent the ‘“You know,” she went on, opening her clear gray eyes ter to take her place to-d Fown 1 Tad wiheito worn Eraces of this vision of and vigor, near him, in the on the Consul,'with a characteristic flash of shrewd good “And I feel as if I was ready to pour ofl and wine shadow, an old man had halted, hat in hand, still holding sense—through her quaint humor—"we never reckoned any_extent, said Miss Des] HEEL »0‘comv z\, »h;z.“ a TAB ON TIME : rake with which he had been gathering the dead leaves where this thing would land us, and we found we were Miss Amelyn laughed, and yet glanced around her tim- 5 1dly, as if she thought that Miss Desborough ought to have a iarger and more important audience. Then she contin- d more confidentially and boldly: “But it isn't at all like umming,’ you know. These poor people here are not ry bad, and are not at all extraordinary.” “Never mind,” said Sadle, hurrying her along., After a “You know the priory very well, T > avenue, his back bent, partly with years, partly paying £100, not only for the Desboroughs, but a1l the peo- ance of a servitor. There was something s0 ple they'd married, and their children, and children's chil- in this old man standing in the dren, and there were a lot of outsiders we'd never heard ue g year, himself as drled and withered of, nor wanted to hear of. Maw once thought she’d got on ves he was raking, yet pausing to make his rev- the trail of a Plantagenet, and foliowed it, keen, untll she this passing sunshine of youth and prosperity in found she had been reading the dreadful thing upside : coming mastér, that the Consul, as down. Then we concluded we wouldn't take any more pause she went on: in this contrast “You must not le : ind th any younger man In the place, and, the ears of smaller groups around her, who were not only present Lord Beverdale succeeded—he never expected it, ovel though he's nearly £, I'm inclined to believe It following her with the intensest admiration, but had you know, for there were two lives, his two elder brothers, not one of our people, however; he comes from the shamelessly abandoned their own conversation and had besides poor Fred’s, between, but they both died—we wen ge 5 £ o v V. er. V@ S - to live in_the dower house." ge and is taken on at 0dd times, partly to please him- even faced toward her. Was she really posing in her nai L i Yes, Lady Beverdale's separate property. {s property—the prio ughter who is one of the maids at the consciousness in her pretty eyelids. Then she suddenly r—came into himself out of the worknouse. He dropped both eyes and voice, and sald to the Consul in & “But T thought all th : the family through her. “Tt dld—this was the Amelyns’ place—but the oldest son or the nearest male heir always succeeds to the prop- has a grandda an to ce hot Come from these parts—somewhere further north, genuine aside: I like this Sort of thing much better But he's a tough lot, and has a deal of work in The Consul looked puzzled. ““What sort of thing?’ " “Why, all these swell people, don’t you see; their ple- HOW ACUINALDO CAPTURED A' REWARD -OFFERED FOR HIS OWN HEAD ANCHO AGUINALDO, the native | cept a few lieutenants and took to the | one—was tearing things to bits, and | was Ag‘ulna!do. also a twenty-inch dictator of the Philippines, is a | savannas—great trackless pralries, | It was raiming, as it can rain only in|bolo, a rative knife, sharp as a razor, 3 & 3 the Orient, a sheet of black, water | carrled by every Malay in time of very plcturesque personage. He | swampy, with occasional high bits of | fhe Orlent, a sheet of black, water|sarned Oy Svew JURER 0 Lohe o Of is the son of a very prominent|land called “mattes.” Here Aguinaldo|go¢ tne Governor General's gate made |one blow, as though it was a carrot. native chief. Anxious that his| made his headquarters. At onme time |the usual reverent sign as a priest| “I have brought the head of Aguin- boy should be educated this chief con-| he must have had 4000 or 5000 men un- | passed in, who asked if his Excellency |aldo,” the chief sald, touching the edge .fided the lad to the Spanish priests, | der arms of some sort hidden in these | was within and unengaged. They an- |of his jewe}:hxlted belo to ascertal_n 1(% who thought that Aguinaldo’s influ- | fastnesses, ralding the rich settlements | swered yes to both questions. Don | condition, “and I clu{lm'thte fev\(:lrld, ence when he grew up would help to| Whenever they felt like it. The politi- | Basillo did not turn his head as some Hasten, else I shall have to expedite S cal governor general of the Philippines, | one entered. It was his secretary, he| the matter myself.” mafntain Spanish authority among the | senor Don Basilio Augustin y Davila, | supposed, come to help prepare an elo-| Don Basilio was trapped. He had to population. offered a reward of $20,000 for the head | auent statement upon the condition of | open ms1 gesk ‘;and goumt outithe sum N ¢ tWo Vi ago Agui d | of Aguinaldo. Within a week he re-|the colonies. It was not the secretary, |in Spanish gold. Aguinaldo punctili- A IR Tea e g o celveg note from the insurgent chief | but a priest, who said: ‘“Peace be with| ously wrote a receipt, coolly counted C0000000000000000000 a compatriot named Alexandro, also a : v A St 2 . 3 saying: “I need the sum you offer very | you, my son. the money and walked backward Minister's wife—Tommy Crowther, you haven' lieutenant of native troops, organized ml}:(’h and will deliver t)he head my-| The cleric locked the door, and, drop- | toward the door. He suddenly opened washed your face to-day. Sl a revolt in the native corps. Aguinal-| gar > ping his cloak, said: | it and dashed out, just ahead of a pis- Tommy Crowther—Taint Sunday. do’s regiment one morning while on pa- Ten days later the southeast typhoon “Do you know me?" tol bullet that cut his locks on the tem- . rade shot all the Spanish officers ex- | was raging, The hurricane—for it was| Don Basilio did not know him. It|ples. 0000000000000 0000000N 2 oCco flaws in the metal exist they are clearly seen. One of the most extraordinary points about these “pic. tures without light” is that absolute contact of tne metal and piate is not necessary. Dr. Russell found that it ® screens of different thicknesses of any inactive substance be . interposed between plate and metal, thus preventing " . . : contact, the action still occurs. Whil 1 +4 Curious Experiments of a London Chemist Who Believes He Has Discovered Something New in Picture Making. tion, ceilulold, sheet Eelatine, Eutta percha. vesstonle horac: ment, real parchment, goldbeaters’ skin, tracing paper and Sketches of Several Photographs Taken in Utter Darkness by the Experimenter. ; varlous other substanices have no effect, the resulting pio- ture of the zinc being as good as if they were not there, Dr. Russell finds aqueous vapor is ot an active agent in producing these reactions, but that alterations of tempera- ture produce very marked effects, high temperature in- creasing the photographic action of the substance, low tem- perature diminishing it. N Wood possesses a very considerable amount of photo- graphic activity, and any one may prove this for himself. :Lay an ordinary smooth piece of wood on a photographic plate, and, like the plece of zine, it will impress its likeness on the plate. 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