Pittston Gazette

              »'■ ■ _ CL' .D■C.; .-■'- ■  a'- / 8 b-'"^.-T M t| -s T«* & /M tf UXsA Mitt of m {f aaAv;' J = n , C'3 s';- I fl nmJSWM • I A 'KD,_ "-i. r % m - ■-• \  nnvHr vol. *J,I. tmKsamasmnamrcr.- 4- 1'ITTSTON. r.rZKHNK ( ().. PA., FRIDAY. .H I.Y 10. I *_• fefV 11 wt"C' \eat»wa3^^^SlS^^irrCfl i«.for ife* Vf r y Jf) v \Cd W4B Sf it N r in the Wyoming Valley . A W«*}y Local and Family lournal. 1— - ■ ■ _ a A Bong4^D' Aiajjnout Mot his With njtUoatjW W 'Wf win fci-urd :(Withiu UA 1 islt iicr's.wayvvi lit Mil V A lieave&l y iDaUs». ;• SBM i :v J . He fared Vt his way with a lK'nisoij_ y On the jpitrcr, who never knew -i How the qkreU-sMfenri rif da idtn liCur r. H Ilivd h»uflD.-Cl a om 14 i» »-»gtjoi V* 3 ~ Alioa. NY111 iajaia.' ifa-otiiortoiiu -ur.r* I ml t;f\ 1 It i. Aij3 bkjfbte they could: (settle ■ any *Drt of composure the liell »in, •nil more bandies and boxes' was when rhtve order was given' that Pr.tuce was defeated. Sedan was mer«ly the corollary. - ,'-iqe 41 And were you at Sedan alsoV" •» 'Jo "Yes; I saw the end. Wttien MauMahon j got his wound it was .stj? early in the morning; ho Rare his c6unu«iid to Duo-~ rot, who was tn his bright toM&flj and, $6roetved- that onr only li«p& wa*-tb break through to the westward ui*d grtin C Mezieres. But the French ttrte ddon»d. DeWimpff«», who had bwn appointed MacMahou's contingent sKCi  ders frohi Paris, was maid enough ttD »ot only countermand Duerot* - jwdtffs, but to prepare to pierce the enemy's litaes totfce eastward and inarch for Metz. You C may imagine, martemaieelle, the con.-: fan ion. It wan became consternation, and, with sataa, panic. Meanwhile thfc " Germans Encircled us;* from -Clia buiv rcunding hills their cannon flayed on , us, conVrt-gingi We could da* nothings what we could-we tried, in tho- morn1- , thVm—bur when they arc gone, mid "Xut really! Well, well! So the old ■yefflsUS'te passed since tfteil'departure, liotisb js to baye an occupant at last! t&cf sentiment becomes loss controlling. i Well, I declare!" It is three years, yyu r,ay, siuie this'iaan j "YCDu appear to "have been familiar (lied. May I «;iy tTbat. it seems to lave . with it?" «uJ the count, amused. Isbeeua reniarkable friendship-' "!:• ;l are, yes, I knew Harry )\ "It was not a coramou -friendship. , Trent w"11—very well. He built that D(taint d»Li-le, and there was never any' lionse fo'live iii—as he thought; but inone like Keppel Dark*. If von knew ■ ; • T of living in ft he was murdered in 'im MP/aD ' If." -us, captain, the ways of ,'K£ppeI'tiaAeVMntfeiTnpicCIt1jeti!onnt. 1Pif)videScef 'Poor old Harry! Friend of "1 have 'hoard the fiauie. Yes, It w:n yours, sir/* yoiu; rricwi'Mf. Baniuck .who spo!:e of "I haye met Jiilu. Who are you?* hijn... A wdeed.- lie kitted / Garcia.13.my name, captain. Harry ohi a«ittaiota»ce..of mv 'Sounds doesn't it? Well, I am own. iMilif 1111 11111 faia friend, rode- i'i' foreign extraction. Since my bnsitneiselte'? lean! se6' that he pnsFessedf' noss connection with Trent was severed talftkt,-trafr4fca$bfcdeserved you.- regard by'his decease I have met with some reth.Tt seortis sfrq.tftW ' verges, financial and other." . \ "Coutj't do Lisle,'1 sjiid'OlyMpia, rising "What Caused them?" up in ai)CTyfridi«iWkti.VU which she fouuil ! KjteioiU point!" ventto coiitnj, "you doi»'t luiow what rOTe$ "othbf;' "very carious to one ['yoy jye that iayour only cs-Y vi'hcrJs interested in the vicissitudes ,'Custik: 'iKeppel 1 Darke died ijn innocent (T lira; \.The fcetppn directly lnfluen■mai»,'4Ie-\ta» net my friend only; 1 tLi 1 in my disaster was the r f-'tuld him #0 wliwi I Ittsib forLOT-iy known as Sally Match- L,saw liliri, itnfl if lie were • alive ?'lfl?6tfltl'J Bfiy bnt ribw as thfe widow of this WW ' Thdt 'is the same Harry Trent. That fascinating ftipt tiling in; painttd, it is the only * brit fatal Woman, captain, put me in jail ,,th£ig ol his lluit is li ft to me. Do you rh a baseless chfrrge, and I only got out think .1 would part with it'/ But you' a week ago. I was the best friend she did not kitew or yo»* would not have" ever had, and she used me for all she idaeed-to speak so!" - I was worth. But I am a free Tbe Goant de Lisle listened with his ''man again now, and only one leg gone, head bent, jmC¥ without answering lie I think the other may yet do me to get J inched to the window an.l stood looking up with Mrs. Sally and recall myself to C nit! After a while he turned and leaned her 'recollection'.' Ah! here we are." with his ba^kagainst the silL "Alonr.o Ciarcia!'' said the coant "to [ saitl,':1 himself, atf he followed the servants TlJjye that Keppel Darko was inno- who wfre carrying the cripple into the md. do believe it, for I aan sure that 'fiotl^C.' *'Baye I ever heard of him bo- not have loved a man who wds tore? I shouldn't' wonder if I might capable ctf such a crime; but Mr. Baq- use gfjptg,* nick told-me he was not ■executed. Are * ' jdu 6ertaVrt tliUt he Is SetlSV' '.'fflj ljody was found chained tC5 thp .,ofifc|ic who/ was taking him to prisop. .ibftre. \verc auy. doubt!" She. pressed her hands togetl??r and her lips lturu; t ue p.»r.". Dh.u ei.;ni:.Dm stales oat ot bight. Bat. It hi,a build a palace iu n night, likv! A'i'hiiu; drink ;t priceless ; pearl, like CleopaSrti throw a bridge of j gold across the ili'Bfeapodt; give ft feast ! where fountains sh.ill run precioiw wines, the dish.'.: lDy" set with di;niiu:ids, the guests be-seated on chairs of gold and ivory, and every breath they draw be freighted with t he \.i!aj of priceless treasures. The d, the imj)u«ib&! are what we CJeaiatrlo£ bound leas rtetoe}, • and wo are continually disgn-v&ed,* because, after all, nothing very much out of tliq common seems to take place. j Count do Lisle, however, 'wa:i still an unknown quantity; he had not Showh what he could ilo, and ho miglit tbuT)- fore still do anything. His fancy of a great free school and a museum of art, which a few per 'ins we're eogmzant 61, looked well lor a side issue, but frr biia it could hardly be more than that. It was known that he had purchased a tract of land several miles ip extent on Long Island, and was having it laid out ttnd improved, with 4 vi,e\\», apparently, .of making a private or seiniprivatu park of'it, an I no iTotibt fhfe situof the school won Id bathers. He liafl D; t and Saratoga, aod pal■i sail, i:i varioiu £aropeaia Cotintru : he'huit, sht?'j (ftomfdg1 tlo 'New. York, g.venord .-re for the building of a stca'.a yacht which was expected  bine iln best qualities o: Cloopatra'te barge its 1 an Atlantic greyhound: As tb th« Treat h:;uso, as it was slill'ealied, nb oajAiiew. what ho was doiug with that: lie had Already taken up hisquatterfc thcvh,'bi*rf'ii was onderitbo'l that alteration; of si:n; kind wCre still going on; , After ;ijl lcnowa facts were allowed.for, if was felt tlr.'.C the r*al nucleus of tilt; matter had scarcely and that tlu£t nation w :s yet toeome.i :v.V v.i D coastV'fl moaej a fortune f l i' / 1 if' i t A'' ■ • • i ,- hquse v. lta ;i Rpul tmi 01 surmise ana anticipation. ' ■ : ' ■ '• T N\ iiMKUiJ FEW SEEDS ' Oh, blank the wine pres8," he saiiL as he took another dipperfnl of the Kiuterne. "I never use one of those." This wine hag a bouquet also. It ai very potent indeed. It is like the bo#- quet of a crushed tragedian. The readac has no doubt witnessed the acting of # tragedian whose work by the critics hn been classed as rotten. Well, yon tain a crushed tragedian of this class, arw you get a bouquet not unlike the moonlight sauterne works of the mrmnfaina.. This wine is a good antidote fortlM bite of the deadly moccasin. It is used for that purpose almost exclusively. The use of this wine along the valley of tb» French Broad has now almost wipeS out the moccasin and substituted A bright green snake with a vermilion stomach. nppeafed, until the little dining room looted, like a haberdasher's and costVauer's a&opt. The four happy people taHeod «o fast that you would have thought there were a dozen of them, and between the outbursts of adfeii ration and" delight at the new things Tom interlarded "Ma Acwrartt ot the morning's adventure with the millionaire count Finally theflowers arrived ift two divisions, one i Idj-iMja; Bannick anjl one for Olytapia I-..T livother. CHAPTER XII. 1 Mrs. Harry Treiif, widow of the lalje diamond mewliant and formerly Saline Matchiu, arrived.at the county rehid«ncie lato.in the..aftopH)on, in or dear ta talk over the arrangements with hftn. .fcilie was drts:*d for the 'dftuitr.'but b' Billtun wrap over hewirtxi»afcd lioulder*. yUo Wfa *huDnefi; UvDn. wheh we last saw her, but not less handsomi;' herflhely WoMed fhee wak 'of'thrjmije patrician typft It# expression » wan dnjipMbive, but it. wap «»sy to, s?e that this wa-3 the result of resoluto training. Thrre was pa=sio'il underneath; you could see th« latent sparkle «f it in liar naw,|»di#ioiD,.}n.»n unconscious . mpvepieni of .t,hCD dre*S was of golden ftucn Satin. sC D of i J • u) - t s A 1.1,1 E UATCUIN HE CALLS ON THE. HON. JEREMIAH HU3K Ffifll ASSISTANCE. And Tells the Socretarjr Something About Mis Xorlh Carolina Surroniid- Incs — Amiiiij Otlirr Products, Thoy Uhlae ttful Ootid, Serviceable Luugs, M A I.rtDt Cliorrf. I f'-'i' itcjroac day -j ,. Ws woarD-ftpd itl id Ski*;' I N: D• «KY!.AND, Bancomba CO.i N: C., i * -i j July 4, 1891. 1 IICmora),le Jeremiah M. Busk, Secretary or 'Agricultufe, Washington, D. C.: SiiV—Wdifti it Mother yoti too much to 6ei*l me a few seeds for my place here •in North Carolina for use another season? We have a climate here that is peculiarly ftdapfeil to the growing of fruit, but not ospefeially good for cereals. It K.-aWt the same oliraate as that «f France and Italy, but there are not $o ibariy foreigner here. One rfotices ivhile traveling in France that it seems tp l*i largely overrun by Canucks. Such [CopyHjftt, 1891, by EdKar VT. Hye.J Attdf Overt is too glorious!" exclaimed Tom's i Jiitti. bear an- iaB&Ericxattsssmei C• rihing—tonight! Tom, you are ail "hngei, anosff Is the count! What soijt k"f V * • VJf, ffrcjfcl Nik re,"' replied Tom; Or what I was dreaming tlivn; The soil of the eastern part of thp state is what is called a transported saa$ gravel or clay, of the Tertiary period, "the assorted detritus of the abraded hills of the metamorphic rocks in tlM midland country." In the western pari of the state the Boils are whafc is termed clayey, of a most violent and tenacious variety, running from a cream color to a deep, dead red, and when it hal ground itself into the clothing nothing on earth will remove the stain. Everything has been tried, from benzine down to special act of the legislature, bat.it will not cdme out. Some eat the clay of North Carolina, but it is an acquired taste. Yankee invalids will never get so they will W willing to board where this is the piece de resistance de terre. It wonld de tem a good many from coming, I fear, M a waggish-bat feebleminded person said to me yesterday at the asylum where I spent the day It flpodwl tlio curious twiliifht, Liko tli»eWso of%n angel's psalm, '} V**J J Ca of u It quitted [Klin and aorrow, IJUe love o'orcominf; strife; it bocined Uio hiirmon1'arfS,*&,5&D* — From our discordant life. "blonde, with dark eyes; a handsome fell'*v,|Miss Raven! He's a bit atift id *53 TlrTD?^t WL*?** Crtfcil^AVe by the by, I caught my&aM half & dozep as if be werp in?? I had, at Napoleon's request, headed our line at Daignv, trad held it for two with Lx-r a Uflttiish look. Whether or not iho rolo oi»e had assumed' rot* \mMJe\%nu;f'^ftjre,ip' good tasrtc (tf vfcJtf, she uadoqbtedljjrtvas wail,.fitted} lo undertake it, on t£e score of beauty, cUintty and distinction, as any* woman in -Slew; York, A face of; refined strerigtfc andlgiuiuine 3»b$letyj 4  tejnperamont, coqstjintly watched owr and astfoirj will; a|l' fwnihine' gtfweei' «#d aecorttfDli»Mte, bat exercised, perhaps, rathe* as aaojrt of contemptuous concession to spcijd usage thata as fee flfDweririg'6f 'a natito impulse;'u low ciwitrtfto voSt;?,1 anfl [a. habit of slightly narrowing  whep .Waking u direct, were features that one noticed in fire# 'meeting'Sirs, rfafrv Trent. Whrthlr, ■ftlW-had - Hn  £fw people luiftw her  hours, and later, wh»ii iwmly At last an old acquaintance, though I never njdt any one rt bVt like him beforfc. I suppose oil .good-fellows will belike one anothei, stofmsluw. But it was odd, all the same.!' gnr*D way before the Fifth nnfdE&ventfy * 'dorp* At Fhiring and we tvoto iitts being drive® in rrpon our center, I joined !in ■ the charges of our Seventh cavalry, and ' t believe it was there that I won fbe cross. At any rati?, I toiis, ptMI'y badl j hurt there, and late in the afternoon, while I lay inside the fortress, listening to the cannon »nd wondering: if any one would be left alive by morning", the emf peror came in. 1 ''He tookerl ns-if he bad been  ; to death himself; and so he had, fbbugh not by sword of bhllet!1 His lieaTtand spirit bfokftii. Bdfh'e s4|uted  ' Courteonslv, and 'rained, M. de Lisle. I am about to order the white flag to be hoisted. But I wish to , »»y to you that it is not your fault that r France falls today. You saw the remedy, *nd urged It; you have also exposed your life like a brave man, and in ' a manner to effect the best reftiiH.V Yott 1 have done well, and I thank 3*0:1. In an hour I shall cease to be emperor; meanwhile, let me bestow upon yqu what is U linked all puriflesed ' 7 Xu t» xDnt perfect peaces p And trembled afray into silente. As if it vcretoalh t»rwl»ec \f.i ffli ) :it ijt vV| iK\\-, I I have sought, but £scek it vntalyj ' That one lost chord divine, That came from tho.souUD£llic organ And entered inlo mfne. CHAPTER X A L Q N Z O GARCIA "Before you pa* on yon* aktftt tVV fj^» prish to shake lnmcLs with yoiy Count du  itleiisttliatyon'VrtinAfV kJfppy today, ind if that's vour custom all 1 have to ""* CHAPTER XL on 6, .ibout 7,000,000 pounds of state, Mr. Secretary, on a 1 it meets with a" ready cr is now being made a it is most deadly in its efr ve hail with joy the openmarket for ow rice vr&' o notice that the beer in *es a desire on the part qf m lay waste some of t» ♦izens of the state. Biq| be most disastrous in Mr movement is on foot to iftjng the commumstvof Ne#- ic'ago. It kills the  years, I am told. Theonfit might not work on W that its fatal results d£ apon its action on the •ain. Tobacco does well here and .grows to a freat size. Fine cut tobacco, so largely ased in the middle and western states, planted about the first of Jane and harvested in September. The prodnc . runs as high as 23 to 35 pails to the acre. Smoking tobacco is planted a little kte and runs lugher as to *$rodnct, being 9 to 110 papers to the acre on a good yeai Plug tobacco, unless it suffers fror We raist rice in this good year, ai. sale. Rice bee Georgia, but fects. Wliilt ing of a wider are pained v some c;ises crea the consumer best known ci beer is said tr effects, and z troduce it an York and Chicago, in about two -— Of.^ ' I ini it, TilfM, \V f f " I iosav,. not, jftwomi.n tp.blafi &crer5 or* to ifiir cdfcntlelifie oy'gjiViii ctbA4' r«4o Ctfherv-bofc: i]C o; hi- . i riofcii:iv ■ 1) •:! 1 rrtfa 'bifctcnci, or ir svc.'-M liavo l;f,r.i Sv.ird of. \Vf»s itp i U;;.- luirttt-sgf. i th3t t '• v c.jnut Uaji to :*.v V.iilc: ;.!i!, ac'eiA-jin;* to liis oWi ■w*;oo:;fc, li.1 tfw» syii- 6P n single ErciitUfceiuJfJtan. sib 1 bud root-rod bits ii'd.'.ofiVo::» Jiapoleaa—a f .twmlilitL n m.\V£n/r si'3 "Of eonrse there cau be none. But had he'fivWl j*mi wiirHil' liavte been his wife?" j •. ' J '-imno i JO0 bin j» AajWajftuiA.; j u tuooii no sr4N I r D i li-L-Ua B flic flijtirc sifdkl erect; it wis 'ikotfw? i.l.*.t- - A-^-—i- —- V « -n.-i.-pM -MM D, . tjie oas? here. Vfe have a good quiet (;laas 'of residents, mostly whit( ' 1 vvrth bMdk'irolTca dots, of course, this bC t teg whMfe fllarory Used to spawn in tk j; ewJy Sflt . . But tho country Is settled by a pead abl£'class or dtjricul turfs tsj #fio hare aC quired from the summer boarder an ai ,a of, on vacation. Man ) .iamcra ii} .wpsterri North Carolina, b ' 'SvdtchTng tlioir o'hdntv?, arc enabled 1 • ftell iQit&r At forty cetrtsin the fa in my power to bestow,'. He then yave She covert her fate with her liands,. and then dropped into her chair anil beaCl against (the back of it. , , 'Ihe'count stooCl looking down at beC. flte tool* hi# eyeglasses* and. bia po werful dark .ayes were bent upon her with ap- intense) expression. His Hps .-wrens ptoted as if t&Bpeak. Bat at that mCjinAbt a sound of'voTces was frudible' ih 4n aBiyipJng rdwm, Mrs, Banindc and. shqwiing expedfti&n., 'fflwit; recow-, , ere37binieel f in an instant„,., ,,; ; ,i i - Mi will .do myself the hooor to call again; Miss Haven," he said. ''Forgive me for having disturbed you. I hope yoti Witt think df urt as your friend." * ' And Rifei7 ?i's'thfe lmlites opened the door, | Ue!lD6w&l to them silently an 1 ceromoni-. from hia breast, and,put ia 1 my iwul a fp}ded paper-rthe patent of nobility. 'I have observed yonr oanr duct,' he said, 'and provided thii uecogjnition of it. Had destiny been kind to us you shcrald have been great 1a France.'"; "It was very nice of him," remarked Olympia. ''No wonder you lite Mich a jjQf^n. if D j '.ii a . "I eptreated him , to go to America," pluneulary gift morojy, unaccompanied by revenue. Per'jiipi In hal found the key to 6-D-n t!i j lxig closed treasurp housacf t'.i • M-xiteBumnJ. Perhaps liPi had »tu-c.VD! -'J nym a hoard laid up ait. the p'rio 1 of Maximilian's aspossionL when Franco anticipated training a permanent foothold in Cue country. Perhaps ha bad discovered a diamond- minfe on his own account richer than those ojf Golconda. Or possibly he had only comb suddenly into a nnrr.ber of great Inheritances, to wlifch circumstances hail given a multipliod valu?. Tu? foundnjtion of the wealth of tbo Rotbschilda had been laid by speculation on the results of a war; There had lately-been a. great war in Europe, but it was difficult to see lDow it (*Dutd hava put so much gold into'any one mia's picket. Besides, tl» present ac-sruttmlatibiw' of the Rothschilds wer.D t ho gradual increase Ctf several generations; whereai Di Lislejs fortune ha I, so to say, sprang up in a night In the course of 11*2 season tli3 count was seen at tho principal houses in town); but be n'jv.-r r -mained at any pla;fc more than jfii'tasn or twenty nuoateil ai; 1 always aricne 1 in ore in6eite3t thaiji ho satisfied. Without soeming to be so, ho was eartfn/ in his selection of acquaintance*; oniy th3 select circle could. say they know him. It was evident,! therefore, that tho count did not intend to use any of his power in the amusement of defying society—as of conrse he might easily have done. He was goin£ to bo conventional, like ordinary.men-* always with the difference ttiat be was the richest man in tho world. But that fact actually rendered his conventionality eccentric. (.-»■D Frfbr .ry came, and sayi ing that the season was over, when all ak once invitations wero issue. 1 to a dinner and recaption at Coant do Lisle's. HerJ 'was a sensation at last! Evory one whCD was invite 1 bal a different idea of wbtijl it would be lik?'. There were two hum . di*e l and fifty invitations all told—a good Size'l dinner party, btit sttlT by no iheahs a larger amount of guests NeW York's highest circle vonld easily have furnished. In fact, Qiuqber coulC| not well have "been smaller; but the* they were tho choicest of the choice. Thji most beautiful girls, the most arisrtojC ratio ladie.), tas most distinguished gentlemen. It wrDnld be a brilliant occasion-, no ofta had a right to  although, of cturae, those who were hdfc among the elect might bo expected to feel disappointed. . .. | There was one point about this affaif that excited a good deal of euribtis speculation. The count was a bachelor, anC\ as a number of unmarried women weri to bo of tho party, it was natural that he should ask some lady to assist him in retceiving hi3 guests. Who should thifc lady be? It was assumed that she Would bo sorno recognized leader of  somebody who would be recognized at onco as the right person in tfee right place. But when it became known (ai happened a few day3 before the date of the dinner) who she really was, there was a genenil stir of surprisp. Sallio Matcliin—or Mrs. Harry Trent as she should be called—was to standlDeD- side Count de Lisle in the drawing room! and'greet the guests as they came in* ' Everybody knew who the lady was; tot although she bad been in retirement ever since her husband's death, the tragicaut} still somewhat mysterious story connect ed with her last public appearance was not forgotten. While it could not be said that tho lady was "off colo»," there wai yet a feeling that her career had not been, socially speaking, exactly fortu* %ate. Her marriage had been a secret one, and the event that had caused it to be revealed bad been sinister and terri-D ble. It was not her fault; but society is selfish and fastidious, and prefers not to be brought in contact with peopld whose presence recalls hideous things. This was not the only reason,  for criticising the selection of SalHq Matchin. Two others wero immediately conspicuous. ' ! The first was that the house in which the dinner watt to be given was built by. her husband, and was the scene of bia murder. The second was that the datei appointed—February twenty-five—waa the anniversary of the dky on which he was murdered. 1 I Unquestionably the coincidences were accidental, its far as the count was concerned. Ho had bought the Trent bouse lDecause it suited him. lie had appoiutedi February twenty-fivo because be was fiot able to complete his preparations earlier. But it was no accident1 that Uailie lay is New York will be sad to part with jrouf' reason why i communist is pgnd entirely bi tlrlt'Or y&tfr first &teit to AmcricaT\ Tom Bannick and his wife soon move! into {Heir new quarters, and Mrs. Ravel nrflqivypm accompanied them. Olyra pia, indeed, had felt somewhat sensitivj keeping up such intimate H-laUon j Mt i ffcatole noW wealthy j*but|pb j yie CJe4 jfo thd Baonicki'  .cere iirotestationa. B«ifles, tig pfic given for "her pictures by Count de Lisl , and bis promise ta order another mad I ber feel almost rich herself. One morning while she was paintii h fn ttleroonj set apart for her stud; mother and Mrs. Bannick wt out the Count was brought in to her. giv* jne-the orde*f'ahe and reflecting that it wo i Y«MVeC Wih in h( in IfcntS, sh» hack* the w De Lisle took the IrMkmttn'a baad awl gave it a powerful grasp. "I have had enemies," saidlffe'/iJ hlfal felt the hostility of the world. Now that I kave poayer, it i*'iqy  frieods. Nut jb feayuhito.Ufcr. Banoioty J know how; to" txnct ilv rvalue ( f my wealth, Mfafei that fc?i^ueliflotl should be glad for a few people to feel that there is something-in raetp.lijMnnd respect besides my money. It G S great deal for a richipajito hope  be tboaght of * I'fpwi I nfli man; it is»f»enilty o#gre;*thcIm*.  hare ventured to hope-itihia morning/' continued the count,'and offered : .to undertake .to, bring hun here..' J said: 'Whan these troubles are overfVance will ask for you again.' Bat lie answered that i* was too late. 'Franco will never forgive me this defeat,' he said; 'and; Besides, I am a ctying man. I once thotight thier6 liilgfht Wa future fdr' nie'atid Md taken steps to assure it. But all thai is past tope. I shall retire to EngUwdi Po' yon go to America, if you will. And, seek 'ortnne that I have lost.' Other De told me; among them secret* only to hftbaeM. Btit -I weary demoiselle, with so  JlymJ»ia'Tiftd Ixferi deeply Inter4- Beneath an Wtward pi and .manner there w'as in Coiifit Suppressed fire and empiuwif . »ascinated the and auniinoned pictures before the imagination. f ;pj»Injmy, of it in tb at one dollar per bushel to plat : ' afi'd ' feea To sloclt. Thts tnildg np j trftfftb in cereals, atnd has a tendency t m*te'tlief&iwpr'a son aslr himself wh t M4W ef is the inost independent c any J' u ' _ ' 'J "*n»'avenge ta'ean temperature of tli state ii 58 de^., ItMijt for this portion i only ,52 tic;;.-., which you see is a ver fine average, and well adapted to til 'gWNvth* of "'iilmesfr anything. Our sol .lieJ».Dliowevi*rr iaippor, I .must admi ' Pft-'reitary of agriculture 1 for T woula not wish {o conceal anythin ' Mint yortf lirfreixil. Our soil is a rathe pleasing , rwlji clay,, covered with a thi . of .footprints deposited bet ■by tna soldiers who during the war r« fi*eaterf froth eacli othef' at tf high rat of speed, sit Itching, perhaps, a watci * $e'on frenn noncoijfibjitant as the) ran.'' , ■d To fee H ftsncotabatont here and i .b'ctv York-society and Count Luc ten de lAnlc ay reed, very well with one another. jnitj ♦;! * ' '•'HIr oarriago, with two horses, was 'stirtiding before the door. As the count emerged from tli£ house on tHe sidewalk ther6 Warf a sin jnlar bright and,triumphant cmempqgi,oij "fiu faice, ia if some ro- him,. ! An un«l«rsi%ttd man of dark C oujplosion, with a blAck stubble of beard (in hie face and wearing a ragged coat and a derby*lifit rust\-with ngf» arid two rnzet too big'fbr hini; Was Shambling along gdi; In a pairjaf boots that were '$ot plates,' .the XfOuilt do Li$i ap- Iproaclied liis carriage (lingy wreck New York society and Count Lucien de Lisle agreetl very well with one another that winter. In these later time* wo are become somewhat cautious and jsiieptiM»l in our dealing# with eminent foreigner* Whom we never heard of until ttey turn up in avenue with a 'ro» liautio and dazzling autobiography and ,with some my sterious magnetism, which audi by attracting the precious metals oat til ©nr jweketsk after which the high born enchant jr vanishes We no longer thiri kind of people So iwpetti* i Hi sir « Vce did. But though it irtay be .HfBcuit to distinguish between good (dst'.' an .l a diamond we all recognize the- (Jwniunii it jolf when we aeo II. A ' charlatan nxiy make us doubt, bat a true n«hn aurrieg eonviction with him. lid be OT^^R£p'0UD lu; r Btndio, ggndncW^^^ np th| I Li^U "And by George, you were right!'' r4 plied Tom, with tw«i| fjJ* eyea "Tfieres siaff y» yoa better fhan evef e»mfD out of a gold Tflyvi.  to yonf' / L'« 113 "Welcome to my home!" tSu count, ingetjiig hjf a§ t you'already kuow it .Wtter than yo l - Drov«lnyalteration*/' "What .'jo* hav/j daao is BUreJo I j" right." 8lie "but yon »rp mi: taken in 'l? Knljw%e noua. ThWf9!my«fstifilattdfe.H !'» WOD % fc'tRaaJIff the v«ry Mi4 , T had sopposed th ; time your husband, mat hi* death; bat [ v.. 44You were inisiofcrmea. 11 ''So much fhe b^ttsea*." Yotl 'Will' hav i no painful associations to contend .witl. But partjon t speaking frankly of .these things? H D • hlad' lM H'h&B Off th D hall, uas ibumin ; •toil ai yo  'Ho yon reUwnfci*4tfwwiit»ffnia ;hen the door closed, and bp w.vjgoiic. The rest of that day passed very pleaajmtty U» Tom Bvwttk.. &DD dapMh.-l. his ten thousand dollars iu the  and then drew ont VMUffa itoftare h» the form of doiliur Laiki «Une of these he presented to his office boji the latter eat ob the spot. The remaining forty-nmehg detpoeiW# fci the hip poclret* of tifeCfiftroprsf He tfouW have preferred the jiogle of gold iu Cififorriia fasnton; it seemed si much moCe.iitoD^e^,wtial|!ljwhAWi4ebui the bills were new and be took a subtle Miytaf im. cmmpMng them «BDWT their 'twft in. -• ' .  r Ms fall, military figtu i rifinin* eyeglaeis, a* , jfefesftprt, pqinied baard, and feared al CWv*Ujl fijid Mm tiresome. Bat he he fcfHdl do gOufLAo hat friends and hersel anil'hnnai" made'him ont so e*t#&b 1 «J ptrso&hgn; sbte WaS dji 1 1^odMn&Dnll£ tte/iheet of afiy proihisto ■ c&B&j1*. wig*£ Way- ■ ;.P"X interrupt,you at yvu*. work?' sai rffHi a®*1 looking so Tery Freqel . .and with bo jataiked a French accen i that Olympia tinoonsciouely replied 1 : ihiw ui the Gallic tongue, which si 1 well as her own. "ISai 1 ;Tion, monsieur," said 6he; "vous n 'liiTn com mode pas le moirs du moridi e'estjle mon ouvrage que poc D V causer,' restu pasf , bM . lints evidently pleased the count wr uiuaii. and pot. him 'completely atihi ■ etiae. He sat dawn on- the little sofa i: -tfc* window. Olympia remained at lie bftt l$Jd away her palette an JKfel&k, &gd they iyerti soon chatting tc i 9* withtii fieudom and vivacity of old acquaint ,.an#9* OJjmpia did not find thBcoan -.fch«t «iif and rather portentous bein; -.Ahafe-she had pictured him from Tom'i traction be had for her. And again; that he was less a strangef than he-Apitearwlr-'-'Seine- natures exeri cise a mutual magnetism over each other, 40 that yyhen they meet it as if tfcpy had known each other 'before. ' 1 i«£«iyilizatioa sprang to open the carriage floor,-.. having determined at a .glanoe that theeonnt was not only able 'W afford'lAta'a1 quarter, trtr# was in the fight bttmor tb do so. 1 TMe cotiflt looked at tho 'man as |ie sgraping, withbis bat M anCl be put bife nngehi ltf Tils waistcoat pocket Tfyire nvthuss there but bauk notesi; • The oaniUiaext tried tlw pocket oi bis trousers, but millionaires suffer from inconveniences, as dther folks do, though of a different kind. He pulled out,- not sil- Ver, bntoijly a handful of gold." "I am sorrj-," he said to the man; "I have nothing but a tep d/ollaf piece." • better tbau nothing,  Iheman,returned, with, a ludiorens affectation of magnanimity. The count Smiled hi recognition of the forlorn bit of humor trti€ liite the hat." The inan tooik it out between hLs forefinger ajjiJ , delicately, as a prestidigitateur might, and by a quick movement U tP- thanks, captaio," hfl eaid. "Another time I will do as much for you 1" Just tnftp.twr® was a roar ana a rush, : and a olingiug of bells and snorting of steun sweeping across the head of the *oafr, a eoaple*ef rode off. It was-a fire engrae; gajloping headlong to its destination toward the eastern water front. The o oi ioqqi • "IrorsaB wete spirited creatures, and not as yet thoronghly broken in to a springy anij. sprang again to get away, The fioaclimuu braced himself, but felt that he, could, not control them. The ooont, wb'j had placed one foot upon tho •stop, witlidrerw it juat in time to eecapa Iselng '••k»H*k»D: down by the forward ItmifthJfthd earriaM. •' V "'! shabby Jhafl ira,£ erit^ijbrising fit fiiote Ways than in cdlled angeleemothe liorees and caught at been  jjjj stopjBugrtbeia but that Uis hat, being f toe iwwe.'was in.souie way jerked' off liis btmi, aaxV fell upon the nose of the olf hnrse. 'Who •tiD«M*l it up in the air, and • having fcotft&fhe end ttf lrik eiidurancei l plnnge."'Thd pole of| T"^cati struck tho imin ou the feft iwiugi ng him rouud, toward' , iJbe .clung to reins] right hand, but he was being before the near horse, and after *• moment or tMro: his liold dippfcd, and. - £enpC6.sett anil Kentucky during the waj expiiang,] A neighbor tells mj that one- nig it" the federals came an ''took teams from jus thrashinl i («jtchin*,'i{wid two anilk cows. Also hi Count Lucien was no charlatan—the •"keenest'Critics were agreed as to that. .His manners were good, without being too good; Ins refinement was instinctive, aud there was a touch of soldierly sternness in him that gave his bearing weight and distinction. He spoke little about hint.self, and nevtfr blew his own trumpet, ba* bfe evidently expected to be treated with consideration, £5(1 would perfectly know how to assert)himsel€ upon occasion. Ills standing, "however, was that of & quiet and rather reserved gentle,jpan, desirous to be on kindly terms with good people, and conscious, it might be. that he could give them at least as much as they could gwe him. Thefse qualities would have made him acceptable in society, but his wealth rendered his position unique, and, In spite of the impossibility of such a thing as Am. rieau snobbery, it put some queer modification into the spectacles of those who came in contact with him. FeW spoke to him or thought of him exactly ' as they would have done if he had been a man of ordinary fortune. , j Th|ut eveuipg the Confederate Qame ftnd "tpok four shotes and th grands&re of Mie family. Being a ver tb4fehi'Ofcl man, however, ho was re 4WW}.« M \v;,8 hard enough, to be a so] dier daring the war, bat to ben uor "feo'rtitafikrft at that time, Mr. Secret.-.r; and maintain peaceable and friendly rt lations-wlttrtKith armies would orerta fhb tact aSjTl etiquette 6f an nngel. Olympia's fine organization made hej stidceptiWe to' impiteaiiona -that had: fco for ordinary people. Thd ef» feet, in this in stance, was to indino hef rrigpnees. After attending to nesshe walked to Jlis .|aiIorD ud wai iftfeasnrcd for i '(ftrtuJlfe* of fEc Kit suit h« f V to reserve. A young maiden iostinefcively resists whatever threatens to subdu$ her, and, moreover, in Olympia's memory, the figure of Keppel Darke remained "ttjimething sacred, not to be disturbed. •' "How shall yoh amuse yourself' Jn New York?" she asked, breaking a short silence. ' ' [ 'W " r \" | "1 havd made some plans,'* he said) "**btrt the firtt thing is to rCftlre tie 'ac» miaintance'of'the people, Ttiat Jt to'tfet tlo quickly, fot this, Winter I mean to 'five a ball at mj* neto house, and evefy "One who is anybody must be there. Af. ter that I shall be atrhonjo and can attend to my own business. I aril going to build a school of art." dympfci her hesitations. "That's g6b3 irewSP* she ek« claimed. "There is: nothing I could; sire more. But what will #eLih^'pl£n eraasi rmi'i -;ili "I knew yoil were fond of art," observed the count, looking Curiously at Iter, "I will not Bay -your littie pictures ■are beyond critioiam, bofc, tbwse is souse- AMng in them thab I that ren- COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. heavy winds, wMqIi are apt to knock off the half grown plugs, is a very profitable crop. ' . 1 sqffly i? tfta  alone. "It is my impression, Ikj  on, "thttt^  you hajro * stK-agtil anil . elevationit!w ,to.be bad,,, Qn.v)uft,1 1 stopped in at ■ variws wnpotitsns1 ,'c fashion **41 lady's •eatekin IWoupl. of dozen pairs of thelWet Bilk stockings half a dozen changes cambric gloves and dcttfa itt qoamities to suit came near bnyiefca lot - of bonnets and boots, bat that it ii home hevroiti^,o^tveq^ttito$-! iSssstsisaesss^Mi .  »D through Mmen'bnt: iMAftM&y "£*** Vao^y^^juQ^ emdttg, "Boot yon tbipkiaj; 01ynip1a'',C - thing the matter, dear#PESTEInZTZ : Ar titer mmrn Tom imM S3r t*» ring, dears," he Sil&. &dinmhif WiBurae f #»w. * "t1 • r ''•MWi J IMfKvw ladie. W a sWew**^ Oj»" aoil'lieje i» about the only Boil io jha; haa not beeu drenchet wim fraternal blood. Either army coull «&«ipe*at ;Sny!t!md by abandoning thp roads &*d aJlotrtng the enemy to follow) , atjiered to the roads. Thfe wajjoii' roads, ;ven then, were impas* :aftfe. To1 Wrrn the Tjridges behind theii vfax a ti-furatnTai expression only, fojuo ,VuridgC£. .It was so wit| the railroads alio. are riding muci 24or© 6i£tbtt2htt :aotf," -Said'& passenger t » i*he dondoetfcr. i :/'Yes,'?:&e did  way uuik* off the tract ' Slrie triri&sV 'vvti* agricultural methi jxls herwbocauR* "\ra use a single inul| SWtriWS}8S« a little,, shovel plow! such as is uk-i'i for plowing corn at th* north,' But this 1 a necessary, "because th# «ilC ifl so i tllin l.bat to "plow deep  sluggards sleep i i order, to have coruj corn toDyll iirj lrn;D," is fatiil, for yod themtrs turn ■PII H fniserable r^l, past4 in it,,whichcon| jitates abonjrtt;»p:i!y attachment which !Cafttlrrr.i: fArnier has tor hi# t.!orf OJ ' ■ j health is prevalent .to a reuiarkable degre.* lure, Mr. Secretary j 'sttnHt is 'C&e tw:) regions of thq -where casagtunrplBon is unknown, .Ijto ;flPt.uaf resilient? . die,, here. Onljj Mrangers who came here after it was toij latfe. 3fatfy ntJifcheVn people who Com! 'her -with advitced phthisis or tuber 1 diep, es$eC:u}ly if both lungs are gope, but if the windpipe and enough! rang tfede Be leiVtS'tait a trap, the air •b*r® wilki60ot*i add onn nice new red ,l»ug j tpai ssalkfpa on the edge; (Electric lights ifjfe, also common here.) • fftneiul is' Ant?4* I ask«l  Ashevilld thooiMffi! i|D of a bright eyed a goat and a stoqe bruiser ■Tdon't know his i-.uire, sah," he an- ifeiinply. : "It is e&m» northern wmCi stranger, sah. I don't know Lis namo." Evetf the children are bright and'quittj T0Ady in cWnverswtion, Mr. Secretary, far beyond thfir years. " Seriously, however, let me say that hose who chew, especially plug tobacco, /nay wean themselves successfully, Mr. Secretary, I believe, if they will see it prepared. I am not opposed to the moderate use of tobacco, but after seeing the manufacture of plug tobacco, I can get along for a day or two with sassafras I bark. sex; and though you am tpo proud t» -*dsh "fe Spffestr ybu heart yo« think yitii* owii-^odght»ili •%?DlW;0|jv»,l^. a heretic in the garb pf orthodoxy. Yo i ! awm)t'c^erid^d7,4tlie*tf(lrffed; kif*' Yon- lSe;i«B. imnnetetAyRafaeltc and I .lara say. you are quite right abou 'r&.  ncter—fcliaw tdiat'wrfy«^ft*^ .I .really donVt kuojw wlwtb«r I ;ua. j«i« like qther.'people or npt. If seeing ver fetf 'people d.-ni'blakS: me  ought to be so." idJ ila th count, after a pause, me pr« fer the renlitics 6f' life' to any shows Wto|n.l aUieJ ytM bete and hfel »rfu»e.. .Mob so  aro either foots wlio'do not tmnk or cow arUswho 4teaCt ciMcli' Yerir ihosbaUi wjis myiEdeieJ iu, this kpnae, faree yew ago tonight. Even to this vlay it is un kb6wn Wlio s- bliw."' We are all worma of the dust but we are not tobacco -worms, and I do not like a tobacco worm any better with licorice and New Orleans molasses on him than I do with vinegar and machine oil. But i'et us pass on, Mr. Rusk, to other features that are more pleasing. The Catawba, Isabella and Scuppernong grapes originated here, and according to Humboldt's thermal criteria, the whole state lies within the most formidable vineyard zone of the world. North Carolina was last to enter the Fodeial Union, but was last also to sect'l,- She showed her courage by sending into tne army more soldiers than any other Confederate state and losing more than any other. She waa Bankrupted by the war, and for years felt like the prodigal son after his little toot with the festive throng, but now her prosperity is most remarkable. The timfe is coming, Mr. Rusk, when every Mil ifi Buncombe county will have a hotel on it and town lots may be bought as far back as Sandy Mush. 3U«) fs this ybur first visit to Amer- at lwgtb. ; J' J "' 'Tifett already jja mnch at home thai cau hardly thipk it is my first," he re} am .nearly decided to maktt itiiiti:, my ixil&ei. France is not, or ever swill be-, the FVtaoe she was." '•»*» j 10 MThen, von are »n imperialist?  "Wjte^'eiDprttrts'MyfejP' : j ar#' hot like Americans) jtJjey.,. need strong hand. The De were Frenchmen generations be- Corsica. They monarchists; but at present therg is atiii lose hope tor the king than for the ♦■aperor. As for me, I was with Nalurk-on during the war with Germany] ?tnd I owe him much." knew Napoleon himself? Did you like him?" 1 ' adventurer, and he conquered fortunq for a time." ; i f H*fr did ho d9 especially' for count, hesitating * little,' **fro gave* i&6 the Cross of thd Legion, and hb*TfaVa ifte my title. My He actually had the money—that was the strange feature. The rumor ran tliat lie was keeping three or four million .on jleiwai t at several New York banks. Tho rumor was investigated, and resulted in tho discovery that the millions in question were indeed there, bat they were millions, not of dollars, but Of pounds sterling. News came from Boston mi \ Philadelphia that there was as touch more to lii3 credit in those citiee. ft 1 salted out that tha great London and Westminister bank in London was paying Uount de Lisle dividends on eight :million pounds. But these vast suim wero but the fringes of the count's fortrin ». He was a large investor in  Sstato and lands; indeed, a wag started the story th .t be had purchased all of Manhattan island below Canal street, with.its buildings and inhabitants; but this proved to be an overstatement, ftuch faiitwtic exaggerations arc merely illustrations of the impossibility of conceWi7D v really great wealth. dera them very valuable to ma. But 1 didn't know that your interest in the advancement of art lay bo -near your heartf " "I once had a very dear frieid wftq wA&iin artist, and I wa? .faunkyig inore ol him than of myself." &ae drew; a dehiug breath. hat did .not Wash, .1."J can imagine what he would hive wished, and I should be glad to see it done." .u. "This friend—is not now living?"' '"NoJeo»iAt,Chitu9f corfrft j^v'tTftr^,' mterposeid she, j#gh%.di$twbcd, rf'- "kl' fount's maimer _ jyas ftrangely ejpjjlmk: aiid the'topic upon whiclj lie had Taller \vits not, aH; ah atfnw*t!ve Stie said the count gently. C -ii ; ' "He died nearly three yearte ago.'*-"3 '• • And yon still think of liftrt and wish to see his dreams realise#'/" The cotAtj fpoke these words in an undertone, and as if .communing.  ■tW addressing Ulyinpia, j ;«iv0 •There was no doubt :«iDcut who cdni uiitted the ei'im& There waa no mys toty.3 'Av.t v.iD Ktrsw 'iVH What I especially desire is a package or two of the seedless watermelon seed, some good hardy house plants, such aa Martha Washingtons, hydrangeas, fouro'clocks, etc. Also some red eyed polelees China beans for winter use. Ho# are you fixed for potato salad plants? Also please send trellis to flffr. R. P. Flower, of New York, so tnat he can climb up on it and get a better view of the situation. Crops are all looking well. Rye iB now all harvested and is being slid down in shutes to the stack by those who live on the more perpendicular farms. Mr. Clay Williams, a colored man; met np -with a frightful accident while summer fallowing on one of the hillside farms below Homing township last week. The scaffold, it seems, gave way and he fell the entire distance to the foot of the farm, striking the earth twice on his way down and completely disemboweling it Mrs. Bannick gave her husband asmian outrage, their pers&WtMftg ymt don't worry about m&.'';! giympia said: "Perhapa I have money enough to. your rent, Mr. Bannici,' fz* anna I "No? Aud wasitbe tpie criminal pun t po tfgqcH ••• 1 "Yes; so far as tho jury was con cerned.' BuflCi did not live to sen b%u his—'J But, rexHy, ray dear si*;" sh( broke off, laughing, "we mn^t.i%Dt( our valuable tinje discussing ihesC things, 'it win not gtrests ttj il :0» ; 1l , me pleasure, niadnanoisdW -,he. continued, in anofchrr voice, '?to know timti in carrying oot' my projects* I am also fulfilling the desines of ohfe wbo wagtleai* to you." *'• •r,'C w"; ' '"1 »Iw.lTj She had listened with rising color and; sparkling eve*. "It would l)c gloribus!'" ' SHecried, in*6SSfpgr liefc'.'hilnBst together.: can it be doner , "MWyftpopiCW wau th;iu I could do! as Hindi m, litis," he replied. "There is) father was a plain gentleman." i • i WfkMt 'had yo« done to win tie cross?'4 The count smiled. "I was not a great soldier," he safd, ''but I had good luck. Opportunities came in my way. You re-i lueuiber tliat Bazaine foughtat the battle) yf OfaVel'/tte, near Metz, on the eigli,teeB& of August." ■D, . Olympia nodded. '"And he stmt him;seJf up in Metz the saniw .. j ' I seo ycm are not igiKrrant cd) tftww tuiygs. Well, then, he wished toj sood to MstMahon, who was somettheretri'thi west of as—It might be fifty1 utiles or it might be a hundred. It was ,4, hundred, as it turned out, for ij fosnd him at Rhelms, and I lost  thirty, miles ,bs wandering." -*1Y»hi bow the dispatches from Bazalnei to MacMahon, then?" *Diid,,wiiH4rowiiad; I was myaeif wouuded *i» the lC«g and in the arm with urn; thing and /mother. I was three days on the road. I reached MacMalion's wiihp'dti fli6 twenty-second pretty tired. I handed in my dispatches. Napoleon a$a marshal Were in the room together. MacMahon questioned me. The dispatch said that Bazaine meant to break through the investing armies under Prince Frederick and Albert of 9axony and gain Chalons by a northern route. I said that J did not believe he would succeed. The enemy were too strong and were constantly reinforced. Napoleen listened and kept hie eyes on me. "What shotild we do, then, Mr, de LLde?" he asked m "March to save Paris at once!'' I said. Napoleon glanced at MacMahon and nodded. But, as 1 learned later, the minister of war in moveot Met* MauMflhW hesitated;  was not decide, and jjplthe end, OA no doubt you remember, | Wiselle, weeetou* l«f the Iffuae, IJ A ten millions—hundreds of millions—the mind cannot grasp ttio idea of such stimi in relation to any singld ownet; arte seem* practically about ad gopl as another; and, in the effort ta living them wrihin the bounds of com.pbhansiou, \yj give way to jests and; fairy tales. Vvfa ; Count de Lisle's income #\veoty»(ive theusrmd dollars a day—or fifty t more? Whether iti were more or less ho certainly could nod spend it on himself. And yet the innate desire in the human mind to see giants and heroes and gods—men who in their single persons ura the equivalent of nation*—makes us hope that each new ■millionaire will find some way to wear all his millions as a garment, or, rather, as a skin, in wliir-h his own proper life1 circulates. Surely the wants of man dre infinite; hort, then, can any amount of! money overwhelm him? Bo it a billion, every separate dollar of it ought to be tingling with vitality, aipl as busy ministering directly to its owner as are the corpuscles of his blood. That any of it should be lying dead seems a reflection on human ability—on our intellect and senses. The horse is his who mounts it;: the fortune is his who spends it. No doubt great riches need great genius, aud even genius needs practice. The power to mako one's self legitimately cost, sav. a hundred dollars a minute, night j*nd day, from year's end to year's end', ami year after year, is a mighty and admirable power, probably not yet attained On this planet. imjrgj" j. «| ul Mo't stand this much longer,"''iwid Tom to himself. " Wfty ddpS tfcoy thatconfounded parcel rap staimr"' but he compelled hhnself''t£ fch&ke feiid and sigh as if all hope weru vain "I've spoken «J^d^'H" he remarked. . .• ./■!-, D. "Well, we shall feel i&ifff CotTffriflatM; in some leRS expensive place,'? said Mr*. B&nnick, with a smile tlurt  long to jump op" and hug her. "Mamma and 1 have been thinking Torn moment; bat just then the door opened, and in came the serVftht "tfWt Wttti Jfb\g paper box, addreSsed'to Sir.4. 'KHtftil£fe' . ••To mer exclaimcilUattiiSJJffit1 what in the world—wjjo can. Iwc *%nl me anything?" . "Open it and let'*«se what it is," said Tom, thrusting his hand* a a hie pockets lest, in his. iinpatieneev he should tear it open himself. he fell on his back with his head toward; the curb,,, Xh$ ,wbe«la. passed over his; "J will say, however,,what was jflfly mind," rejoined he,regarding her  "I hope to haVe tW; Ir&ibr olf tttOwinj. you better, madaaae} ibat no'friendnhlj bo securu whicfj is Uabjo to the open ing of skeleton clo:-ets. I wish t j have your assurnhee that ytjfl live  horror CDf this place «ul iiccount «£' What was done, her#, Yot* d^Jiet^ear,ty pec specters? You do, not, scent blood m. the air?- In a wdrd!, maflarfley not : not believe Dttat the influences of an evil deed W be felt more in one place, ttep" another? That the ghost of yc'ur husband, or of the man who condemned; ftfe his murderer, is more tjkeJjr.tocQnfrohiyou in this house than anywhere ■ •to-Wow tha knee,,and liia left leg wasf ibrokou. Meantime a polioeman had icoOie up, and contrived to stop tho! i «vnCt4}oant de Lisle stooped over ' the fallen man. yon baClly hurt?" ho asked him. "One leg gftne, captain. Shouldn't mind if I.lja4 a carriage of my own; but, being as it is, it's inconvenient" "I'll wdl an ambulance, sir," Said the ••policeman to Lis!a. "These ftllera is al- in t/he wny. Serves him capital enouflh in ttuBouuniry engaged ■Msynl lul oJr.i .1 u m spreading indiijitriaa and developing reflourcen. Gitilizatkin can apare me what 1 need fee Cthie hobby of mine; and' perhaps r fnture generation will think ■me less unwise tlmn th& present one." : TJict viuef cotton and «lk flourish iii tiistountry, a'riif if yo'rt have cuttings oI elttwrtftat the could spare I would like Uieui. If yCDn have a dozen cuttings of {jros grain silk that woul*' Jm tiarfty, mdst any shade, I could use them Dn my farm. The Oatawba grape originated lj«r(f, and the wild grape, of which, there are great quantities, is superior to many of (he cultivated grapes of the " The count h&l become moved beyond j Ms wont by the train of thought he wfts. Induing, and liad risen from hid chair,, 'and was pacing up and,down the room. | At this juncture his attention happened; to be attxacied to a portrait that hung in aa alcove at the toft of • the window. I* was an admirable likeness of Olympla herself. "Ah!" he exclaimed, stopping short. • tlrtr!"*' : ';, r. 1 "Gut my ten dollars all the same, idpljby Cfeair* murmured the crippled tsjcrth. Some ot tue native, wine here is very exhilarating, but this is followed later "Dly c.iri'iiigu is not an ambulance," said the count to the man; "but if you I think vou c$n stand it I'll drive you to I my own hoyse. You can bo looked after Hb xroll ae if you were at the hospital." mind about the ambnlanoe, Bobby." said the man; "this gentleman and I-will manage for ourselves. Don't g«tinCthe way, my good fellow! Now, captain, I am at your service!4' He was lifted into tho carriage, and his leg supported on a bundle of carriage The count took his seat beside him, and. they set out. The pavements were New York pavements, and [tp us (joMWumJ Art and Size. Mrs. Kromo—I ordered some pictu& frames yesterday seat home. I find, now that they are too largo for the pictures 1 have. ' L Art Dealer—I see. And now you want to look at some smaller frames? 1 Mrs. Kromo—No; at some larger pictures.—Pnck.on by a most profound depression. I He remained slleht and motionlesa tGj; several moments, but finally said, in au ] indifferent tone: "That is a gooj work. ;| b it your own?" "Oh, 110. I cannot paint like that,'- she replied. "That was painted by my friend, the artist. It was the lost thing he did.before his death." "A good work," repeated the count, j "Are you willing to dispute of U? You can name your own price for .Frank: ly, I have taken a fancy to it," , "I cannot sell it," said olympia. "It is the most precious thing to mo in the wotM."- The count continued to look at the poifrajf, bdtC Vs -falM WftJxMttnCd. "Tftu will pardon me, mademoist-llM" he -Said in a low V/61ce. *\T had not  po#Cl fliat yon, hytVhe  "that j-ou had, rWlf t4ia me*iury. Uu Imwja a.o dear UD nwhile they remain with us—we love StanaJnff'Ctf ftiV'niii Sectloft. 1 A citizen of tho Capcv being1 to*company in Boston the ot}j#r, .iiaj, w$ere each individual had something to say in praise of tho part of the iouitry t&at gave him birth, found it opportune to flulogize the iDendaamla between Buzzard's Bay and Provincetown. "I admit, gentlemen," he said, "that tifci sections of tho country in whieh! you were born are very pleasant to lire in, and very good, iu their war, but you must confess that no;m of uiem can be Cape €Ch1. Boston iB the hub of tho universe, Capo Cod is the parndiseef e&rth.':!! There are no girld In the wrald Bo beautiful as the Cape girls, qo cranberries like tho Cape cranberries, no eggs like thq Chpe eggsj everything frofn the Capo is popular—why, gentlemen, the clothing stores'afr "t4\of country are actually advertising fcape;' overcoats."—("ape Cod Item. D?■ a vineyard here last week. It was in a, retired p)ace in the mountains whei'e there' lived a kind of recluse who m*kee the fcattve wines in great profusion. I did not see his vineyard, but I saw most everything else on the fol[ idling day.' He makes a sort of i Bftuteme which is very heady it seems ' »fo me now, looking back at it. Mrs. Ban nick opened the box, unfolded some tissue mper and disclosed a magnificent sealskin cloak. "Oil,"tMa is evidently a mistake," she said. "The idea of ny having a seolrfrinl Out ollj how lovely it is!" " ':,ti1C""'■■'C*C1 Matchin accepted lmiat havo dorip fo anil knwwinK tliC would jfivu rite. ,1 her motive In * iiik could hardly be vi .is propos ,virh her open,, ivuiarkt tiD which It in* such a tep. It ainetl a handsoin® itkm. Shi The Ministering Angel. Young Do Smith—I have met with % severe loss, Miss Priscilla. My uncle George is dead. Priscilla—What, your rich uncle! Oti, Mr. De Smith—Henry—cannot I do anything to replaco the affection you haW lost?—New York Sun. "No," put in Olympic  planed to it; 'To Mrs. Banuiuk. with tbe best love oF— Why, my dear, it's from I was a long time getting up to his "V&bfnl but I did not 'mind the journey btedk.' As soon as he found out that I Wfs not competed with the government :o be criiicUol Jfa Could s eiwirjpw uut, val. tiremeriV Wrt from well? After having p  fortune by one husband, wiih sho tC reach the highest pinnacle of humai affluence by means of another? If so she might afford to disregard thC5 disapproval even of New York. Time was wanting to discuss the! matter thoroughly. The twenty-fifth of February arrived, and the flower of Manhattan Island drove up to the Trent did their best to add to the torture of the sufferer; but the carriage had wonderful springs, so elastic that their progress seemed more like sailing than driv- Of course it is understood that the spending must ba personal, awl that it must have uu object. It will not du to throw the gold iuto the sea, to burn the banknotes, or even to gamble. Still less must the ide-il millionaire Bhirk his hardens by "tying hp his capital" in enterprises or industries where it will remain for long pjfioda latent—poteutial wealth only. This is simply to make one's self an agent of tli ■ public expend- in any way he made ine welcome. I do iiftfc know when I have felt so welcome as I did then. Both dks felt welcome. -He- laid aside his wo5I: in the vineyard for the day, "And do you have to tread tho wine ftrws alone?" I asked, looking up into his honest eye—the other one had been by the government. "And do you have to tread the wine press alone?" I repeated. to move into are a palace! as rich as Croesus? I spent nlfid fefaAfed '.'mjl, eighty dollars and here's the other odd twenty!" And springing to his feet he embraced first his wife and then Olympia and her mother amid a chorus of exclamation# and 'XiOrath/ila and a sfcehe of excitement to Plain as a Pikestaff. Housekeeper—You hero again? It w43 . cly yesterday i gavo you a regular OieaL 1 Tramp—Yea'm, I ain't forgot it, munjL That's1 why 1 come agin, mu:a. -QooSt News. J ing- J "■And might your residence be, if I may be so bold as to inquire, captain?" said the man, in an interval between two grunts of pain. The count mentioned its situation. "Bless me!" exclaimed the other.