The Ness County Pioneer from Sidney, Kansas • 6

in her Jtint Clituli'H in ci rtaiuiv wtiiiv. tioiis In wuh inr-mluT of I'iirliiinwnt, I know Itis iiiconii; in limitc'it, out lie fOHiiiiitttx-iimn, it railway din -tnr( tin might allow mi to look a littl like the Chuiriiiaii of a host of H'M'i tis fur pro-ivnt of the worlil. Mih. M'(llicott'n 1ms- muting universal lnijjiinHM, ami how I mini in in 1m; huiik; otlict, mid hits, i-ould Win pittridtif: htoop to dart; nav, tlit' Hanif salary; hut. hfw tin- minor details of rommon hoii.st'hold tilin'liit jfH And thtiM Helen, tiiHtiiif tlie wrt-atlied wiiii- in the golden i hi; mint II MUM, J.

V. II, KOoNM. I ww hii nl-1 n.iiii with a 'uk nmy U-ant fin whipI'tIiik round hii'1 niiirnl Ilia fun- wiih wrinkled mid thin nnd maml, And cp! bfiit on tri- ifr-nind. Ifn wriit thmuifli th'i cnrn-fifl'N, and iijj tlm long lam-, And uim.it Oif old orcli'irl-tnf. I thought Ihf pfMir firit(ttnr wmh mm-ly lnnix', llllt, HUld Hot.

hntljtT lint, I'vf initde a mtftak'' H'n Into, and I'm ulnw Thouih I'm? wrought I'very day In tin- wwm, I thought I had hiilf-li'-d labor bWow, And fut mi my way up to Ui-hmm. Hut tin- antrd that waited to wlotm inr: thro For tlm Aiuile of my youth DiHde rwpifist Twhm li-re tint I wore it; 'tin a thing all tintut wear Who cntiT thu hlr of ihr; bleat. II niimt havp U'n hern that I lnt it oh me, Why did I fillt WfHrtlig it ever? I'm horribly hnmi-lv without, it, yon nee, Hut with it I think I looked dever. My heHrt nrln-n to thlhk how my poor, weary wiO Oft pl'-ml with me not to forget it, it.lt I In-eded her lint, and nhe of life And lett to doiihly ngn-t it. Meeiiuw? our dear rlilMrft? went awy one by one, The nioiiienl they knew It wan lot They're Hix'kitix the hut run undone (I would I hud counted the cotit! 4() Kiiin hateful rain toll fur unrewt! treiiHiire hiid up for the ru-t V')t UIjii In there hid for the po(r wounded breast? What Kold Ih there under the (hint? Love, love Ih the light of life'n dennlati; path.

And tunlh-H are the liInnoiui of love The unspoken worth that turn away wrath, The laritfuaKeof Heaven nboe." Tint" wMling nroiitnl the drwrted old 'I'll ut kIi hi :1 Iiiim- fn-iu young with delight, He wari'heil every corner, would trace and retrace, Hit lootxtep from iimming, till iiigJit; Till one dny found him crouched down by a client Of keeMHkcH, Ht reft lilt wiih dead! 41 K'irekH The picture were clafped to hi bread. Hi- tamlly group-little Once light of the household, the pride and tlm j.iy, Unit hHd thr in lii" bahtllM.d dtel The Hlllel iM-helil when he xiniled Oil lit ljny, Tb'-n bore huri wife homo o'er the tide. elegantly mic ilresses what a Imnilsoinc house she has, in a fashionalile street, too not like this humdrum sulmrlmii solitude. Ah, I was certainly very foilish to think only of love in cottage!" Poor Helen, in her first days of wedded happiness, how cheerfully did she enter this little rural liotver; arrange within ill simple, tasteful furniture, and commence her modest round of domestic duties with a meek and content, as if she felt overshadowed hv the white wings of household angels Darker grew the cloud upon the young wife's brow, and a soft cooing from the lialiy's un. i i ill tn.ul i.liun'i.K.i l.f It tn.t.t 1 ns-King mat, stiiieii tne tenner sounn, I and Helen returned in bitterness to her i self-torture.

I degrees it appeared to i her as if the lirelight faded away, and she saw around her a faint, a.ure gleaming, like winter moonlight back from an icv stream. The atmosphere grew chill, as if a frosted wind penetrated it and a voiei sounding far awav, us if divided from her by il- liniitabli) space, yet clear and vibrating as the tones of the crystal harmonica, I struck upon her ear. "Helen!" it said, "I mn the' spirit of thy future life Jiehold its talisman jan unfading rose I'luck the leaf from its heart with cverv wish that wakens in thine own for change thy wish shall I I be grunted, but the thorns of the rose shall be gathered ith its leaves a grief for every jov. To thee alone can it be visible, and to no human ear canst thou disclose the secret of its possessions." The voice censed, the tile leaped up with a sudden Hash, and danced with ruddy luster us before; but Helen saw ways puts me in mind of Clicapsidc; she plainly on the little table beside her a has quite the air of plebeian. They white rose wi re, I was told, immensely rich, but I An iuiioeeiit-looking llower in itself, hear whispers that she is extravagant to but invested with associations that made marvel, and they do say, till, well, it is it terrible, she ga.ed upon it with a a pity for Aubrey; he' might wear a cor-sliuddering fear, mid an irresistible im- (met 'with dignify; my daughter, Lady pulse urged her to take it up.

It was Laura and you know' she is woman of fresh and fair, but on its heart-leaves discernment says he wants only rank there hung glittering drops like frozen to--but they are leaving the tables, I tears. wonder ho lias taken Xjiuly Laura down It is impossible," said Helen, that to supper?" a mttm: Three bftrn miners, Tlir lriimnnTn wnt WVt Out tin- Wt-t with liVw tin- that him l-t, An.l tin-- liVw tl, turn. Kit hum watf ht-ii arr AikI Jaw lw- ,.11 p. th'-y at the "bar" st, ,1 Three ilrumn.er nwearlliK from hour to hour '1 made not a Mile fn the whole wi.le wti They awore at their lock ainl they rave.l ut the times Their namea were ltoliiimon, aiui llrowti. Tor niil.t wait lien Jiriee.

are weak, All'l jaw InllKt lie liy rheek. Vet they at tile bar -oil jroanilii. Three eoi-paea hung limp from their ftriipn, Their nample-lisK triip and their prleei Three are wul'inw their trailed Ami the lose, of KobliiHon, J.iiie ami llrowu. For jawa ean't waif, Alld UMfleKK iM cheek. hen tlr uiiiinerH in through In a week.

Anil at the ruin-bar Ki-oaiiini. liiiiiiuriiiliw. The bell of the kitchen The dinner bell. Oi'oht a woman to kiss a tobacco-chewer Yes, if she chews. PAiu.oit matches Courting in the drawing-room.

Only nine counties in Texas are without newspapers. A Utah wedding paragraph says the bride was togged out in white gauze." Little Carrie Vt said she liked seu-biithing, "only her mouth leaked and let in the salt water." San Fuancisco has shipped gallons of wine to Germany, the first shipment of the kind ever made. A YOl'NO lady was asked recently which she preferred of two brothers. She responded: "When I am with either of them, I prefer the other." Misthp.ws Bridget, didn't you hear me call?" Bridget Yis, mum but ye towld me the other day niver to answer ye back and I didn't." Isn't that your friend, Mine. who is dancing there?" "Yes." That's a frightfully ill-made dress she has on." Y'es, but if it wasn't it wouldn't tit her." How doth the little busy bee? Oh, as well as can be expected under the circumstances.

We have just mashed him for unfolding his interest-sting tail, ding but him "To calculate the entire cost of trip to the top of Mt. Washington you have merely to summit up," remarks witty individual. We presume, however, it would answer the same purpose to foot it up. Miss Jennie V. Stanton, M.

is lecturing in New York towns on What Shall We Do with Our Daughters?" First, get your daughters, Jennie. No woman can do an; thing ith her daughters until she has a few. A ltF.PEATEK tried to vote for a dead man in Sun Francisco, and iv little Irishman objected. On hat grnund said the Judge. "Because, begorra," said Put, the mull died in the Fourth ward, and ye are after voting him in the Third.

It is suid that the scorpion, when surrounded by a circuit of tire, turns and stings itself to death. Probably it feels something like the young mull utter he is jilted, und whose only ambition is to get out under the silent stars and kick himself over a fence. Thk Hea.on for "ttreena" liaa come, ha, ha! With Hawa unit vetfet.ib!,. truck The fextlve eiK-nuilier will lis tu-ta, And to lila npriiitt work will buck. The lively Hlnall boy will keep an eye on The place aunmier niiachief to hatch, IlidiiiK hi time the wur-puiht to And sicken the mufk-melon patch.

What do you ask for that article asked an old gentleman of a ju'etty shop girl. "Five dollars." "Ain't 'von a little dear?" Why," she replied, idl the young men tell me so. The old gentleman looked as if he thought he had been misunderstood. As exchange hus an article on the Curiosities of Courtship." One of the curiosities of courUhip, hich the author forgot to mention, is when the girl's father fthakcH you by the hand and says he is glad to see you. It is curious because it rarely happens.

A man, noted for the non-payment of his bills, remarking that he "sprung from Mother Earth," a bystander said i If that's so, you are a disgrace to your miiternal ancestor." How so?" inquired the impecunious man. "Because she til ways settles in the spring, and you never was the reply. After family prayer, few evenings since, says an exchenge, a little boy asked; "Mamma, how can Ood hear folks prav when He's so far away Before the lady could frame a suitable reply, a sunny-faced little miss of live summers vehemently said I'll jes' bet He's dot telephones a-ruiiniu' to cv-, cry place." 1 At a schiMil some time since a lsiy was reciting a poem referring to some ancient mariner ho insists upon living by the seaside because he cannot dwell beyond old ocean's roar but, unfortunately, "grim palsy holds him to his bed." What is grim palsy cried the school-master, interrupting the boy. "Grim palsy, sir? please, sir, it's his wife, sir," i answered the boy. my tni-lyin adoi- "Hold, Lord Algernon," interrupted I), "who has presumed to whisper of neglect, or how have I encouraged this daring?" "It is too visible, fair Helen 'he leaves your fair side nil ladv, mid the! enchantment of your beauty emboldens the truest of your worshipers.

I'ly with me, dearest Helen now, even now too, Imvft wealth, and rank. and, above all love to share with tl Kise, Sir Poet," hissed voice in the ear of Chutclar "we will play out this scene by moonlight, in the garden." fVuV.rey dear Aubrey." shrieked Helen, protect im I am innocent I have loved von ever Madam," said her husband, sternly and coldly, I am the guardian of mine own honor, and its avenger Sir Poet, Kuy lilas has a sword for Chatelar." Lord Algernon answered only by unsheathing his rapier, mid the 'husband mid thi; roue rushed out together in the garden. The shrieks of Helen soon drew a gay crowd into thi! conservatory, and, while the ladies endeavored vainly to remove the mihiippy Countess, the gentlemen hastened to the scene of the death- I struggle going on without. It was already decided. Helen saw that the pule form brought in bleeding, mid laid fainting on the silken divan, as her husband.

She rushed forward and clasped him inn wild embrace, dabbling in his blood the silver tissues of her robes, lint she spoke no word in that bewildering agony; she only listened for his voice. "Helen; my Helen!" he uttered, in a "oaise, niriiggiing wuispel, --tne OKI with death. We were hap- on her biKoin, und, with low, shuddering sigh, the husband of her youth expired. At that moment, a hand was placed upon her shoulder; a soft, warm kiss breathed upon her lips, and Helen Aubrey awoke! Shi! was once more in that snug, quiet parlor; the tire burned merrily, the lamp was lighted, und a smile of roguish niirt.i lit up the frank, glowing countenance of her handsome husband. A All, Helen sanl lie, "1 liave stolen g'es wniie you slept so soumi- Poor little wife, was it lonely mid drowsy this winter night? Come, waken up, dearest, I urn impatient for a cozy cup of tea, and baby Charlie is crowing merrily there, as if he knew pupa hud come home through famous snowstorm, to be as happy us lovo and leisure can make him." With what rupture did Helen receive ''r smiling noy.

jjiKe tne eneiianteu Caliph, a whole life had tleeted before her in that short oblivion, and us she guzed I 1 1. 1 II 1 upon her recovered treasures she breathed t. i.i'..i a silent prayer of thankfulness thut tin- Magic Kose and its train of sorrows were but the ild phantusnui of a dream. in Some miles west of Pembina, on the British side of the boundary line, there is a large settlement of Russian Men-nonites. About 7,0110 have come to Manitoba, where the Government has reserved acres for their settle-.

merits. It was a beautiful morning when we set out on a "prairie yacht," behind a pair of quick-stepping horses, to visit the Mennonite Reserve, Our loud lay along the north bunk of the Pembina river, skirting the edge of the timber, and occasionally cutting across a point of win ids hich run out into the open prairie. We passed many thriftv-liHiking farms, where the men were still working at the remnant of the harvest. At Smuggler's Point there was a log tavern, and we stopped for a little dinner. The landlord was a frontiersman who had tried life in many Territories.

We usked him whether the Mennoiiites were good settlers, and how he liked them. "Well," he said, "they're quiet enough, and some on 'em lives pretty white; but they ain't no good to the country. They live on black bread und melons, and raise their own tobacker und hen a crowd on 'cm conies in here to drink, eiich man steps up and drinks, and pays for his own liquor." Such conduct as this, of course, is subversive of the very first principle of American society, which recognizes "treating" as the true medium of friendly intercourse. A few miles farther on we tound the i. i thi n( tht vi thu it wiH (w (lf lV8t ,,,.) WIW Well-worn Wll tnu.k OVer the bare plain.

An irregular line of a dozen low thatched houses on each side of the road and a steam saw-mill made up the village. The farms radiate from this center. Every mull ciiltivutes his own land, and the four-and-twenty families have the advantage of living close together, and making common front against the hardship and loneliness of frontier life. Each village has its head-man, or Si iuh its school-master who tenches in Oermun; and, if the village is too small for a church, the J'furrrr conies over from 1 1 1. cold lleglect, whi ation of tyiree, toiunl (nly uhHyuthu in draught.

thy What now remained to her for coiiso- latioli or exeitement? Ihe (jonversation of two dowagers in the, card-room, unwittingly overheard, suggested a new amhition the portentous silver tissue and hirds-of-parndise turban of the Countess of Camomile, and tin? yellow point-liiee lappets and cairngorms of tin Lady Klspeth M'Turtan were well known to Mrs. Aubrey Howard but a polite i i crowil ot lasliliinaliles, going down to supper, prevented her retreat, thus she had thi! uncommon pleasure To Ihtmi'I' ax Ith'T we u. Ah, my dear Lady Klspeth," said the Countess, in that bland tone of agreeable bitterness only to be acquired by a long course of censuring the follies of our neighbors, "ah, my dear Lady Kls peth, Aubrey Howard has himself a no- lile presence, quite an aristocratic tour-! itiirr. lint his poor little wife. Her at- tempts at assuming the airs of a lady are ludicrous in the extreme.

Khe has no idea of the dill'ei'eiice between rank and mutual, mid thinks herself on an equality with a Countess, who has sixteen quar- terings in In sinister." sliield, ami royal bar "Aye, aye, my leddie, the nabob is a soncy.cliiel and weel faur'd, but she is a pllir feckless Wllldle stl'ar. "lim suv trui i insipid stnilt und sion of diamonds the little Begum id Unit luglit Jleleii gutlieivu a lent ironi .1... ir i i i llie jvise, ioi sue nan leaiiieu 100 Well the uses of the talisman, ami ceased to wonder when her wish was grunted, A perfumed billet on her bniikfast-tuble next morning coolly informed hur that her husband's claim to the long-dormant Earldom of Annesley had been fully established, and that she was now a Countess, but he came not to congratulate lu with the frank sten mid the beaming glance that blessed her in her cottage home; he hud gone down to the funiilv scat to siiDerinteiid improve- uloiic and deserted, she re- ceived her coronet with tears, und felt thut her husbund's love was lost to her forever CHAPTElt III. MAGIC. She llllil lliT IHlll' rlli'i'k oil tho liler, sln ific'il hiin klKin anp and twa; Wf'll th'Kltlit'r.

th- laii luit ali't'p, A ii, I Inve will "till l' tin- lonl il' a'." It was the last fete of the season, a lull riiHtitmc, ut Annesley House, und the superb apartments were resplendent with nil that fashion and luxury could devise or desire. The beautiful Countess stood in her sumptuous dressing-room, before the silver-framed Psyche, ullixing, herself, the lust ornament of her attire the Magic Hose. She had gathered the last leaf, on which there hung a frozen dew -drop; but her wish was a pure one now; she asked only the return of her husband's love; riches and ambition had embittered her existence, and love now seemed to her the pearl of great price, without which there is no light in the soul. If beauty could win love, Helen felt that she possessed it. Never before had she lonked so radiant but there was a feverish glitter in her large blue eyes, und the bloom upon her cheek was ur-titiciul hiding the touch of care.

Her costume was superb, a graceful adaptation of the fanciful mid brilliant attire of "La U'ine Marie," the first bridal robes of the young Mary Stuart, passing from her convent to the throne of France, und in which, we are told bv ancient chroniclers, she shone forth with the beauty of an angel. Long, limiting robes of silver tissue, and snowy silk the long, wide, open sleeves, and jeweled bodice, rought with seed pearls and gohl until work, and "powdereil with bright-colored gems; a profusion of diamonds ot the purest water clasped jui. blazed upon the antique stomacher and the unique head-dress the Count- ess; the given light emeralds gleamed upon her snowy arms, and pearls of the Orient mingled with the soft blonde tresses of her hair: but the heart that i throbbed beneath the radiant jewels yearned only for the love that had veiled itself before their splendor. Fair shone the Magic Rose upon her bosom, fresh and stainless as in that evil hour when tirst she paid the mournful price I of the Talisman; and with a sigh she i turned away to meet the gay throng of the noble and the fair the silken court- iers of wealth und gratified ambition. i A soft light, like the mellow amWr of any ma liower can be hidden these simple leav or that riches coulil be mine by severing a single petal." As she spoke, her lingers touched the snowy tissue of the llower, and a leaf was instantly detached, seeming to van- ish as it floated toward her feet.

With real alarm she cast aside the rose it fell within the baby's cot, but at the same moment her husband's knock was heard it was loud, hurried and impatient and Helen rushed eagerly to the parlor door, wondering what made Charles in such a hurrv. He entered with a beam ing look and rapid -steps in his hand h' held several papers, and long red mo- 1 i rocco case. "Light the lamp," he said, "dear Helen, and prepare for wonders. We are rich, Helen richer than the wealthy ineivlimit ut whose desk 1 have toiled without being honored by a look Tonight, he shook my hand and solicited 'I'liiisinp, mat is tne worm swav, Helen. A distant relative has died in India, und 1 am sole heir to his enormous Wealth, I have just left the law-; yer's ollice, and I bring with me a few diamonds only a small portion of the jewels which, they say, are in their pos-; session but I could not resist the wish to brighten the eyes of my little wile ith sonic of her new treasures.

I shall certainly assume my deceased relative's limne out of compliment to his magnitl- cent memory. Mrs. Aubrey Howard, let me try on this necklace And the joyful husband placed around her fair neck the glittering brilliants, imprinting on her rosy lips kiss of true conjugal tenderness, A low moan from the infant's cot startled them. Helen drew the curtain hastily aside, and saw her blooming cherub chunged n.gghng wi 1, convulsn.ns With a shriek she raised it to her li sola Alas, in vain It was the thorn of the rose! lliehes and splendor hud obeyed her wish, but the nestling dove had perished on the golden altar CHAITKK II. TIIK THOllNH OF TI1K HUSK.

Alut i'vit, ttlnH the laily mIuIh-iI, A ilnwn tin1 tfolil Hlul fu', My lnvirt In mitr f.ir lh' Ivitli.T i-n. Wliir Love wuh Htill tin' lenl a' The reception soirees of Mrs. Aubrey Howard were the fashion inagicul word uniting pleasure and despotism the golden fetter link binding the world's will to that buttcihV, ch mot whose wheels restless as ixion are still guided by the cloud go, 1,1 ess, the ever- changing "Cynthia ot the minute. It us the fashion to dine with the nabob Howard: the merchant urinee. whose clerk he had been, sat at llis table, almost at the foot, for aristocracy possessed the high places, and were the chief worshipers ut the of the golden calf.

We have seen it in our own day, ut the footstool of the iron crown, so potent is the power of wealth, and the desire to stand well with its possessors. It was the fushion to attend the soirees of the "nabob's" pretty wife; and Helen found her lnairnirieen't mansion in Park Lane again too small TIIK AC IT UOSK. CIIAITKK I. TIIK WINIIINII KI.OWKII. 'dill were lint tin- Hlllti', wllil' 'I'ImiI iIitUh hiT Uiilnt.

Hilf itnil) himI "inu'. I il rriul Ilk lli'iiiiht o' niv IihIv'h hi'iiit, Ali.l Imi hIioiiI'I i-1 1 I l.c lie lor. I o' h'. Auliivy mil ill lnT lilllc parlor, wiiti-liiiiK tin' I'liiiiiKinK hIihiI-ows tlmt tin" liri' i-iist in tin- upon till- MllWlT-piipiTl'd walls. All WHS ni'iit mill wcll-iirriiiiKi'il in that innili'l llllVr's lll'Ht," till' pi 1 Mill II lll'stoWI'll I IV Uirr viiiui lni.slmnil nil tlmt ci'iitrr of his Itl'llll's llSlppilH'HM llis lllllllllll', 'oinfoit- ul'lr liolni'.

Oli; tlmt iniinitiilili wnnl "comfort lvlnit coiintli'ss of Ikvi mill rest, 4f til'CHilll! Cllilll'SS, llf Wl'll-llilVll nlip- )i rs, of easy rlmirs, ti iuli'i- HinilcH, ten iiinl inulllns, luniks ami li'isuic aro hiik-UTOtcil iy that w'tiiitl wolil to tin? wrarv vrcstliTs with tlm aiixirtii's ami toils of What dark, dull city desks niv tinned ly thosn nlilrn svlhtlilcs with a Aiiiilit'iini from fuirv laml what whirling hccls urn attiincil to eeli'stiiil liarmon-ich what nm'h, rude shajics of labor's countless elements are dignified and hallowed 1 iv tin lnviiiK thought that the liardelled hands and toil-dewed faces work only throiiKh their niinistiy "(Mimfort for the loved ones, mid in sure the halcyon Miss ot household joys And Helen's little parlor was truly 4'oinfortalilc. II had no piano, to lie nure, lmt liy her side, iiy with Irnpery mid azure riliUoiis, stood the prettiest little wicker-work liasket that ever contained earth's diviuest treusiiiv a sleeping lialiy. The simple elassic-tihaped Imnp was not yet lighted, hut the ln'ilil lii'i'liht shone on the glittering isteel Kuardiaus, the soft crimson the iav-hued carpet, and the llower garlands on the wall, with a warm and ruddy nlow, mid the hloom on Helen's i delicate check deepened into the tint of a sunny peach as she sat ga.ini; on the i cheerful lila.e. Sin' was very pretty, that fair young 1 wife, in her modest evening dress; its SOU tile lllli-s iriu-irii 11, nil- I i of a deliculelv embroidered i i guimpe, and a neck-ribbon of rose-color. A few lilies of flic valley, entwined with airy blonde, shadowed the rich braids of liri- fair hair, forming an approach to thut symbol of niatronhood a cap but light and graceful enough to jidorn, not disguise, the pretty head as-ttuiiiiug it so curly.

What a happy evening scene awaited tin- weary one, plodding through mud and fog, to enjoy the peace and warmth that dove's nest in the suburbs. And vet Helen Aubrey has no smile upon her lips; her eyes look vacantly around, or brighten with a disdainful gleam. Ah, Helen, what demon has disturbed thy household paradise? Yen, it is certainly as Mrs, Medlieott nays," nIic murmured, the room is very small, and the furniture so humble, ho very unfashionable, thut it would lie impossible to invite any one of taste or pretensions to visit us here. In tact, I could not have a pleasant party." Ah, Helen, was not tliv Christinas party pleasant? Old friends, kind relations an 1 old-fashioned fare; roast beef, plum pudding, green holly mid mistletoe boughs! How merrily they all laughed (the poor old aunt from the almshouse the heartiest of nil); what innocent frolic, hat time-hallowed jests, and olden enrols blithely chorused by Snippy voices, Hindu the little parlor viug wit li gladsome sounds! And now( hat strange sorcery has hushed und dimmed thy Eden? What hawk h.is ruttled thy dove-cote What evil sprite has scattered horns and thistles where contlding lovo Numbered on down and roses? Helen has acquired a new friend, and the whole happiness of her life has mournfully departed! And my dress," she. continued, is vo very plain I have no delicate laocs, mo rich satins, no trinkets my gowns are of unfashionable, colors; even that 'lavender silk, my wdding gow which 1 once thought so pretty, is decidedly AM and faded.

Mis. Medlieott was right I I 1 1 1 I 1 i i Sudden Death fioin Klectrlc Shuck. A serious illustration of the risk attending electric shocks, even when apparently slight, occurred recently in New Haven, Ct. A gentleman was induced to trv a shiH'k "just for fun," from the machine of an itinerant peddler of elec-I tricity. He turned away, but had not gone far when he wus seen to stagger and fall.

He was picked up uncoil-seious, and remained so until hu died, two days after. The physicians pr-o-' nounceii it a case of apoplexy, superin-I duced bv the electric shock. Cot'LD not the doctor's foe, be justly called ill-gotten gains? for her pleasant parties. hut a revo- the harvest moon, shonti from tno penii- jjmH 'an lhihr Jr in lution in her thoughts, her feelings and ant lamps, illuminating the spacious her actions! The superb Mrs. Medli- conservatory, and the rich exotic fra- cott and her house in Raker street were granee of a thousand gorgeous Indian forgotten; but the spirit of that "female i llowers made the air heavy as with in- "er friend" animated the higher clique now cense.

The dark, glossy leaves, and: A decently-dressed workman came to a surrounding her; and ishes, daring and lirge, snowy, rose-like lilossonm of a i photographer's to have taken the us the impossible roc's egg in magnolia rose high around an Eastern trait of his wife. While the operator the old Arabian tales, still disturbed the I divan. La Heine Marie sat there, and i was urrunging the camera, the husband peace of the ambitious Helen. at her feet knelt the poet Chatelar his thought tit to give some ndviee to the But a darker thread now run through lute and sword lay on the purple cush- mipimion of his life concerning her the golden tissue of her life. Her hus- ions, mid his words were warm and pus- ise.

"Think of something serious," he band had ceased to love her she rarelv sinuate as the songs of that martyr lover. said, "or else you ill laugh and spoil saw him, and he was then cither ngreeii-; Beautiful Helen," said he, "pro. jit. Remember that your father is in Ide, blandly indifferent, or coldly digni-, nounee my doom- your love to him is prison, and try to imagine what would tied, as if rehearsing new scene' in pub-; worthless to me it is the light of life have become of you if I hud not takeu lie life. He hud no time for homo alleo- Why should your beauty ither in his pity upon you!".