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Lo g : 4 8 i 5 E momen ; Louis ked, **Tomor- I had to control myeelf with « violent effort | Sonabie a ah a wae on tie with mapelfist fear, butit was all of no use. row it makes eight days since we were bit-| mine was recently in Maine hunting and he frem OE : athe I feel differently ; only when | ten,” I felt = cold shuddex creeping over | tells of the experience of » companion meio morning abou dogs was an old wife's fable, but it was of no uee, | had my#hild on my lap and buried my face | me. of his there, which is rather in his gris while the tears flowed freely,| We went early to bed ; my husband did The hero of the adventure is a Waltham, ld yen jaar ep ‘ated all raged spedig sh odhe ary Ag come Pia rig Mass., sportsman = w: been in him, and we ly go away, : ae - | ¢r Was to i i ie did not ‘ a * | camp at oe lake, the i centre aan4 te i ere i eK: k 4 if i i gee 3 F eg | : F i ah e 8 + L i E BE ach gine AS e & Sine Ht ; ehiit iat pogpk Hid ieah 9 8 Pgh § q F cel Fees Heads F] Hit ance g i F pia & Bei SEPEES jib Pa Sols FREE g . HHip Bethee tten : Come quick.” I let him lead me some |». adjacent, and the lichts in the drawing **Never mind her,” sai husband. room were put out, but across the passage I : ni LF i; ce He j Pa Hb k xf ~e iy aE Fe EF 8 8 I Z ; =e He cd aa al bE rE fe B 3 symphonies, ? 50. int: . s . adagio, and leant my head lar a ln Som — eo ©) thathe bai brought down a maznifisent an’t go an,” I whispered. t days, can’c express lat the evening came. It was late | My admiration for how he has acted w got to the station. The train was|me. Now I understand that strange to " in ask to | 8nd ha¢failen asleep in his nurse's arms. | he thought God would lighten I trav- | As we met several acquaintances on | 4nd take him to himself. He the floor. He was | the pla who ali asked us where we | time said what was passing in his mind as him Sewever | Perhaps with her who | Were ging to so suddenly, did, and he suffered much more than L And | to catch the buck by one of his’ horns, and destroyed my wedded happiness! This| “ Mywife has had some bad news ‘rom | ‘he talse tidings we got at Vienna ? He mus : thought drove me mad. I ran scross the | her relagons,” Louis answered, “and I am have telegraphed at the frontier for them to | , be sent in order to be able to show the ans- Sock. Wakteceaemak tas life of a citizen ad Haslam in the : sod strong, young animal would have gored him z 4 g F iu be E [ FI i : F é & 3 q t E e ; ES i ms f F g 5 4 : i & 8 ry F i ETL Hf g Fs BE rpee jeep aay eRe a i EF 4 z 3 E 8 a E si : g z FE ai F pean oon “ : ey | dear! ured Satinon, shall only know it | grasp nl wed an 7 “Because I can’t stay and see it,” he re- “< Nowwe are really off, and I shall never y to a8 ly w it on the han knif a es _ plied, looking me ful in the face with sce my Inne again.” when - will te m “" + De — of th an almost. defiant or. Louis teld my ; | bim . —. spgebeys _. phir ge wage A took up the sheet of paper on which | the trainsped onward and the carriage rat-|°=¢ t¢ her fora few dsys, and under this|‘ween the forward of : wor “7 o sit down, and then, the pen had been dropped; it was evidently j tled and shook. I lay down on the seat | Pretext Iwill pass from him, It mustbe/ mal. fhe first stab seemed only to add ore my —_ could answer, my eyes | sddreesed to me and rap, “You are quite | and closel my eyes. Louis sat opposite eon ae eS ne meee & en fees to his me in the one overwhelming thought, “* My they will act é = mother in his A. quickly and eesiy I am | was in anoher compartment of the slee Oyocr ia tks Inemmory. was heavier, stronger and - gt Louls had not : he had xiiting: te your tecthars Wee ill be here | car. ing |" Afterwar tha. nameless dread will again or kept spon hie fers all the thavc, aeiee Lia “ es Uiition answered : he ing | i three daye.” ; “‘ Why are we going to travel throngh |O*e™Power me. I feel it already approach-/ knife with fearful effect. Back and forth Prt then coaterinad it, but all the dee Te | “Lwon't have it 1” I cried. “£ won't | Moldavia?’ I sked. It had jast struck | 16 and then death will come. Oh, my God!| they swayed. the eyes _of the buck shooting suthing. aaiy that ae ees any one, no one sha!l know it, or even|ire we were ping to Vienna by that | Death is almighty everywhere, whether or | firein his madness and fcr fully fire minuter— » only nameless anxiety guess it, till all is over.” route. =< me no longer fraught the hunter thought forfive hours-they held ei the whick . t, anna. Why pak was not a big one, and then he let his partings still harder ? bu:—” He stood up. | dead? My bran wasina whirl, I “—— 1 I had spectach remain i cut of a brow: study. He came and sat | and he is like his father. tearing by cn ether teor than the nest hed quickly “You have been called away, then?’ I | near me and sad: y ok ke kl . oe kk his chess and stomach each time by. He as a aon «| atked distrastfully. “I was thiniing whether I ought to tell they struck him. Had he not seen the deer id _— , bailed “Very likely,” he answered mockingly; | you something or not. For natures like} 1 have seen my son for the last time. How | weakening from loss of blood his courage see _ |‘*but come, we have now more important | yours euspenseis harder to bear than cer- | Louis with emotion as he saw the | would have failed for he was becoming ex- Ve turned the corner of the Stranda (':-| things to consider—our child. 1 have long | tainty, heweve bad it may be. Do you | quiet how hard it was for him not/|hausted. Finally a plunge of his knife rol into Pod, and there; just what I had/ago made my will’ remember the ime when you told me this | to cry aloud, **Bat will never see him | higher than the previous thrusts struck a ry a — a = a will die with me,” I inter- { yourself, and _ then au-wered you, ‘ Yes, ognin {patie y let the child out of his | vital spot and the crazy dropped to rupted him. -, | it is true; [low another’ and you bore it | arms. t solemnnees of approaching gtourd dying. The hunter, this street without meeting one ; ae the | _ “Aneal he exclaimed, horrified. Do | quite cally?” ; my J iy ‘ies deo you w that would be a crime 7” W; _ ; out at the glittering sheet of water below, | ped near thedeer and lay motionless until I began to as I saw the men with |” Now Iwas calm. “Louis,” I said, “the | way pravennd atv and ho went on culetip; |and I sank down giddy and faint. Now it is| be was recued and recovered bia mind and / their horrible black cloaks with gold bor-| happiest life on this earth is not worth “That is wh 1 told you what I believe | here—the terrible disease—the dog was mad, | had the suprzme satisfaction of seeing the dere, holding long tapes in their hands, | living, and ocr little orphan boy’s life would to be true, instad of Jeaving you in doubt ; | *24 Louis knew it—all will soon be over !| deer die before his eyes. An approaching. ButI could nop help look- not be of the happiest. Some day he mzst out the dog hs not been kilied, as I told Farewell ! : showed the bnilet from the rifle had strack ing at the ig ge Through the gises lid | die, and I feel I cannot part frem him, you. He is etng watched “and perhaps <= — ae young | dreadful though it may eound.” we shall e news awaiting us at a ase, Bam deer for a moment, did the uneven thad camsed the heed “The child can't dle; be reasonable, | Vienna thst hrwamn't mad after all.” * Beath of Lord Napier. oa rat et reyes accived. om Anna. e not 80 as you think, “*Lonis, is tht possible 2’ pain and cor- ee eae I could bave screamed though I also should not care to live mine} ‘You may sell ask,” he continuei, “why | Thedeath of Lord Napier of Magdala was | nered, was ready to fight for his life, and gat eT wil not die” sud Yolo,» over again; and I wil act allow my soa [all cis une [bare ormestod youn oo snaosnoed in Eaglnd on Jw. 163. Hels |aid i's the fllexient of hpowers streets in like manzer, but with my child | P¢murdered. aid le ine | pecemmarily. be I thought you would not) J14 will be the first soldier to share the — ? mine, mine in my arms—without the child I would no . aie A - : _B9?| alone, What have you dons that you de- | eda wish to fis; besides which, I can’t Tit terred < His Beason. Site wart te ee we veraiag hia?” © vale Se omy mator | deny Hi, te meihe dog seemed mad.” he ees sl gg Bg Recent reports from St. P my "sk ateewebile _ Now Itt P “Oa, cm it 2 possible ? I can't believe | warrior’s death at the age of 79. Robert} plain the Czur’s failure to recognizs the pons B oarentoay: He tock my banu ob las ha atl upeak ont’ eb sos bs tock s in so muct hapinces.” I cried, and threw Corasiion, Bares Napier of Magdala, has | new gvrerementot :Heext. Tas Czar is “Must we also dis?’ I asked quitl iow. tures up end down the room, and then the child tnd ell it him ; I Icnzed to cry it | enviable tdon in British military circles. and is said to the foul wids of heaven. 'e was the son of Ms pier, R. A., | lics in are or £ 3 g“ F 8 F £ wildly. hall be both dead j.070F. N A “Yes, thank Ged,” he answered quickly. it to insu ent bates probe bat ~t ‘Life ignoteo bad, then *”’ Louisa asked. ar Som hou fen Chenin A 1810, Ejuca’ I drew my hand away; he would be glad koow thas f our ta xing ie the de alin brig o bal yon est tore Poe fy er gre ala gg ay ¢ ave thought mp a great coward,” I added in a| ijentenant, In the Sutlej campaign of 1845 6 | mitted suicide or have been Hie emibd, stab ths ttte of afer; Daring the Eedian fares Sx cai teyal aun em with ti msjor. Daring the ar! royal palaces, The stay here, I ie ed 3: asalilated hn my love mating be farther dustingnished himnsolt as eaplonsge has reached. its highest clon. weakness Bo poyer ver you any chief engineer department Sir | ment. watch sples. these Si pcawag e ex Pe a Now I a — “Oh, can it) Colin Campbell’s army. Sir Henry Law- eeeniinne tn ex canteen oe His 7 “ true—rtall: trne?’ J’asked sgain. and | rence, recognizing the soldierly qualities of | system of t by spies is ap asked. * Thank ourself,” he answered shortly omnia tn wy sqtere. “How I know teerei if » ad +4 sais . >} isa (od above, ee SS his ajministration, The k retain his throne for a time if he consents to of z zi y hen a War so the & moment, admiring = back ° later on in his} Rassians and satiefiss their aspirations _— pnbape borg pesitivaly sbrank a | ceiving meanc eee career. a s indus a rn — o- do not think = while of coos symptoms of growing ough Thus | shattered away in my joy; but/ o' tee river to government. idea of reaching the jor paypal“ oe eae cram ma the thongk would somehow come, ‘‘is he| siege of Luckoow. When, after the fall ot | Mediterranean is fimly fixed in the mini of - | courtyard I shuddered and felt q sick, | deceiving ou!” but then the thought of | Lucknow, the rebels had reunited under the|every Russian. Any movement in that I felt ashamed of myself, but I to | the telegrm which I tvould go with him | fiagof TantiaTopee, Napier, now acolonel, | direction gains immediate support, and then I hurried upstairs to wy boy, my sweet | have lost all control over my feelings. | to fetch a ar-iving st Vienna reassured | was given command of the .orce sent out/| every other issues allowed to rest. If the little boy! He came runningto meet me, | took my boy on my Isp-and leaned my burn- — sie, lens oan against — con Seno annes Sil peek ward off death enough, he cushions, o ne: & restless ancture, Sir Hugh claiming execte | bably move ® must © him, = when Louis enter-| | oot wahing the child, I was still at|tion of thie tuak. Napler was forced to Sine eanirithed: Seer at feo te mos! “Where have you been to, mamma?” “I have settled everything,” he cried, | ™y toller, when Lonis came eed yield, but, nevertheless, as second in com- | sovereign must make an effort to opsn the Idid not answer, I only pressed him | ‘and we start this evening.” room, hcing an open in to Russian closer tome. It did me good to feel his “We are going away!’ I asked aston. Band. . \, soldier ships. P. little warm tody in my arms; yes, at such | ished. I read jand with a joyful cry, I threw | was now widespread. He added to his laurels heart ot Asis pleases the Russian people but ® moment I could even die, but the tears “Yee, we will make the most of the time | ™yself ito his arms. “We will live, |in Sir Grant Hope's Chinese campaign,|isdoes not satisfy them. aring peace, started to my eyes when he repeated, where | left us. Did you not say yourself, last | we will lit!” and I burst into a flood of | and was rewarded by being made a major-| they struggle to gratify their desire have you been?” night, you wished to enjoy life over again 1’ | teara. i 4. oN I : better With pspa in the hespital.” “Yes, but to-day Ican’t any more, I He loohd at me; he was moved and /| of Sir John Oatram as military member of | fiad the .hief obstacle in the Czir “‘With sick people!” be asked, <stonish-| feel euffocating, I think I am going mad | €Vem eomrhat embarrarred as it seemed the council of India. Bat the most brilliant} despotic methbde, Tho Rassians are a 7 me. je went up pine ae (pprtadepe oer SS ee ea ae and in time will “ Yes ;and I ssw also a faneral,” “Leave everything and trust who wassitting up psying w i was created commander-in-c a ve their wi hind, withallh pone a boantifal | entirely.” “im - te ys oe ronnie, ts pomp. “And we shall die ina for land, more.” fo _ HOuF 15 The servant brought me the glass of water|of cocrse the child Sa ere aw “*You sy timtasif you qaite tted | celebrated campaign in Abyssinia against} The Portuguese Cortes are dissolved, the bat I itdown untouched, though I | eagerly. not being tls to try your on ‘heodore. Its os " : knew I could not, as yet, have reached that] ‘The lest day you shall decide that,’ he | him,” I ane laughing; *‘ but anyhow |-to rescne the Christian cs tives which that this action has been taken to give the Gov- stage of the'terrible disease when one flies | answered slowly. “‘Coms now, the carri-| We can’t sve Vienna Aad taken. ‘a power 3 at the sight of water. . age is waiting, and we will go for a drive} Louisloked impstlent, but saw I was | made him a national kero. 1868 occurred | rangements with Eagland- respecting the How long bad I still to live? The wound | and take a last look at the country ” right ‘“‘Iphoild like to go Home again,” the battle of the Heights of | African question, E i : i E if BEES fi je aT: : i : % pee Ce it aif stl ti gee one it ae OFPEE .! ap LS i Ht = SE fat tig f geviFee pESbRE's : : 8 F ‘ g i i 4 | 2