The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

(All RighCl Reserved.) WRITTEN IN FIRE; OR, THE WITNESS IN THE DARK. BY FLORENCE MARRYAr, AUTHOR Of •Lova's Oennict, Fighting the Air," "Her Father's Name," icc., dlo., die. CHAPTER XIII. VABIAN IS CALLED A THIEF! At Farmer Hayes entered the room, Fabian W{ Undecided whether he should shake hands with hiiu oc not. He was perfectljr free and independent of hii ancle, and had he followed the dictates of his inclina- tion he would have told him frankly what he thought of the cowardly treatment to which he had subje. ted hie daughter. His heart was burning at the relation of what the poor child bad aunered.but he waa aware that if he wished to benefit her, or Andy, he must begin by conciliating their father. We meet with so much deception and double-dealing in this world, that if we are not utterly to go to the wall, it is incumbent on us to meet our enemies with their own weapons and to smother natural candour under policy. Fabian felt this keenly as he advanced to meet his unole. He had a positive aversion to take the farmery coarse hand in a semblance of friendship and with him "Good day,' a* though he had heard nothing to his disadvantage But- had he not known it to be necessary Milljr g implontiw took and gesture of fear. would have urged him to the a-turi. He could not have found it u. au hoajbtr ;nait>" the present mire Unpleasant to her, nor the fULn. more to be dreaded than it was. "So you've arrived remarked Farmer Hayes, in Do very cordial tone, as he aat down and drew off his clumsy, soiled boots, and threw them with a clatter that made Milly start, to the other end of the room; "aud you ?e determined to give up the pill- box for the paint-box and make a fool of yourself after all, eh ?" Well, it would be difficult for me to make a fool of myself, ancle, as, according to your usual estimate of me. I am a fool read) made," returned Fabian, with a light laugh. There was a dasb of sarcasm in that laugh that con. liderably nettled the farmer. It was not much, but it meant a great deal. It meant freedom, indepen. dence, and the power to laugh without asking leave of anybody. And that was not the way that the people whom Mr. Hayes was accustomed to see gathered round his festive board,were in the habit of laughing. It reminded him that his nephew was no longer in dread of his displeasure, and it stung him,like a horse-fly. "What. do you mean ?" he commenced to Fabian. bnt thinking better, stopped short, and vented hi8 wrath upon Alilly instead. Here, girl; make haste and pour out the tea, will you? D > y 'u t t, k.p me waiting about herp half the evening whilst you Stand pioking your lingers at the window. DI) you sap- pose I work hard to keep a strapping la-s like you to do nothing but amuse yourself ? Pass the bread ? Where's the:bntter ? Didn't I order the sausages I loft at breakfast to be kept for my tea ? Why hadn't Robecoa put them on the table? Ring the bell and ask. If those hussies have eaten them in the kitcnen I'll know the reason why. Bat it's yonr business to look after such thing). You're no use in the house at all. I might just as well bring in one of my scarecrows, and put the keys in its hand, as trust them to you 1" > "But, indeed, father, I have not forgotten them," aid Milly, humbly, as she opened the sideboard door. I put the sausages away for you here on purpose that there should be no mistake about them." And do you mean to tell me that you've kept meat in that oupboard the whole of to-day, with the wea her M hot as ever we've had it for the time of year," roared the farmer. Why you're a born fool- an Idiot, No one but a darned idiot would have done moh a thin If. You wanted me to get cholera, perhaps, or typhoid fever, or some other disease from eating lOur meat. You ought to be ashamed of yourself You're not worth your salt! A great idle, hulking, worthless girl." O! father father! indetd I did it for the beat lobbed Milly, as the sausages flew from the farmer's hand to join the boots at the opposite side of the room. "Hang your best," growled Havea. "You're the moral of your mother. Everything you do is wrong, but it is always for the best I Go and pick up those sausages. Do you hear ?" Fabian was boiling with indignation, but he dared not shew it. It would have charmed him to have taken- hold of his uncle's cost collar and kicked him av of hia own house, and round his farm. And he Bonld have done it too, for, though slightly built, he was muscular, and had the advantage of youth, and the knowledge how to use his fists. It would have been a ease of the greyhound opposed to the coarsely- bred ball-terrier, but still an open question whether Wood would not have won the day. But where would have been his chance of befriending Emily and Andrew, had he obeyed the dictates of he nature? It would have been an immense comfort to him to redress his cousin's wrongs, and pay out hia ancle for nine or ten years of tyraany, at one and the same time; but Fabian reeogniaed the selfishness of the indulgence, and, as the story of his future Ufe will prove, unselfishness was his most prominent virtue. Yet, affection for his pretty oousin, com- brjed with the natural gallantry ■>? bis nature, pre- »njted him from wuuesaing 'li: a disgraceful aoene as the above in silence. He sprang from his aeat and forestalled her in exeouting her father's com' maad. Excuse me, Milly," he said, as he took the plate from her hands, but I oannot permit'jou to do this Allow me to restore your father's nurages to him and down on his knees went Fabian to recover the scattered dainties. The girl submitted, but as she did so, she looked timidly round te see how her father would take the oircumstance. A very fine gentleman," sneered Farmer Hayes. "lauppoae all this faniangled politenesa is a rem- Dant of your foreign education, Mr. Fabian. We're not used to it at Mordham." "I never thought you were, unole replied young Delacoort, as he placed the dish of sausages before him. What the devil do you mean by this, sir ? de. manded the farmer, regarding them. Why, didn't you say you wanted them picked up for you? But not to eat I Do you suppose I am going to touch meat that's been kicking amongst my old boots that have just come out of the straw yard ? "I didn't know what you might not be accustomed to do in Mordham, uncle. Nor did I think j ou would have ordered my oousin Emily to pick up the meifc you threw across the room, unless it were necessary." It strikes me, sir, you mean to be impertinent," observed the farmer. 4, Not at all. On the contrary. I am vexed to W .ink anything should disturb the harmony of my first meal 1 in the old place. But as you don't like to see th e sausages we'll give them to Carlo," and thro vin; up j the casement Fabian quietly threw the, ooateata Of the plate to the house dog. Thefarmer, who bad only objected I GO the restora- tion of the meat, because it bad bee- n restored, and had iwtended quietly to appropriate it Is soon as general observation had been diverted #rclr his actions, now felt really aggrieved, but di^ uot.) now how to express it. Fabian was at Mordh am Fftr- fcQ up acoount8, and there J™. u weU „ tbe nex, six months' inters fae paid in dvaQCe> 80 he thought it best for reaa0ns not, to go too far. At this ST hoover, Andy join, d the party and Fabian r ug persuaded Milly to sit down to the tea table, ,jg perluaded. w.1 y 0 .us meal proceeded, for a whale, m peace. ••You don't ask me abou*. my future piano, uncle, „id Fabian, who waa anxious to gam an opening to sake his request concerning Andy « Future fiddlesticks What plans should a lad t. «,« have ? You'll drink half your principal .odjoa'.n-e .tin. •» your gr,vo In a Couple ol years, without money left behind to bury you deoently. That s my prophecy of your future plans Oh 1 father deprecated Milly. so You're a. cheerful party to consult about anything, 1 must say "observedhis aaflkfe 1 ur preaictious doat m»ct me," said labia, cheerfully, because I know it lies in my own powe to falsify thorn. I've never been drunk yet, unole, nor extravagant,and 1 don't mean to begin now! l am Mas sfr—k** ov»r to Btasoa to bwooM p*u»t«r lik« my ratner. Remaps in a year or two 1 may go to Rome to study, but in everything I mean to be guided by the advice of my dear old friend Fere Raoul." "A Papist!" sneered Hayes. "Aye, uncle but one of the best men God ever made. Oh he is so good! You do not know! He spends all his money in rescuing poor boys from the streets and sending them out to Batavia to get werk there. M. Fevrier says he has saved hundreds in that wa.)." I. Perhap8 he may assist you by-and-by then, when you've run through your money." growled the farmer, "for it will be no use your applying to me. "You do well to stick to your rich friends, Fabian. Your father did the same before you, and died worth five thousand pounds, though no one knows how he made it;" Evtrijonc, knows how he made it," replied Fabian, excitedly. He earned it by ha: I work, as I hope to earn money, too, and not by sticking to rich friends as you Moat unfairly insinuate. No one ever did anything for my father but himself. And no one has ever done anything for me, but him What do you call being taken into my house and fed and clothed for ten years, then you ungrateful young hound ? demanded Hayes. You've been paid for it," answered his nephew, coolly, "and well paid too. I know the value of money now much better than I used to do. By the way, uncia, when will yau be ready to go over the half year's accounts with me, for I wish to know exactly how I stand before leaving England This allusion sobered the tarmer. He almost wished he had not spoken so roughly. Are you in such a deuce of a hurry to leave us ?M he asked. Not at all, but it can make no difference to my departure when you hand over my money." Your consins will feel your going," continued Hayes, you might spare tham a couple of weeks be- fore rushing off to the other side of the world." This amenity, so vastly dissimilar to the usual way in which Mr. Hayes treated the idea of affection, mad a his son and daughter stare, and emboldened Fabian to open the subject which lay nearest his heart. Uncle, I have a favour to ask of you." What is it ?" I want you to spare Andrew for a few weeks." "What for?" To go to Brusoa. It will be a holiday for him, and real pleasure to me. It will soften the pain of parting from Mordham, and though I have not always been quite happy here, and you may hardly believe what I say, this old place has been my home for many years past, and I sincerely love it." But his nephew's proposal had wakened an avari- cicus thought in the farmer's breast, and he fancied he saw his way to make use of it. Since Fabian so much regretted leaving them (and he knew the lad'a candour too well of old not to believe him), it might be feasible to work on his feelings so as to induce him to remain a few months longer at the farm. And Mr. Hayes' affairs were in a very embarrassed condition. No one oared for him, or his interests,and he was cheated and robbed on all sides. A few months' delay might turn the tide in his favour. The interest of Fabian's money to the end of the year, tm.id as it was, would be a great boon tj him, in the present state of the exchequer. And to have to pay up the arrears due would seriously incon- venience him. But in order to keep his nephew at Mordham, he must not allow Andrew to leave home, even for a few weeks. All this flashed through his mind in a moment, and his denial was given shortly and at once. 41 I am sorry for you, Fabian, but I can't spare him It's your own fault that you're leaving the farm, you know. You might stay on with us if you chose; but any way I won't hear of Andy leaving it—not for a day." At this announcement Andy gave a growl and a jerk of impatience, and Fabian resorted to entreaty. 0 uncle, do let me persuade you to alter your mind. He shall not stay more than a month, we will both promise Tjhat. And if the [expense is any obstacle, /will pay for his journey there and back gladly, and for his provision meanwhile, sooner than go without him." I tell you it can't be, so let me hear no more about it." And why can't it be ?'' broke in Andy, injudi- ciously. "Am I to be kept all my life mewed up in this precious hole without a chance of seeing outside of it? Other farmers' sons are allowed to leave Mord. ham. Old Benson sent Harry and Bob for a coupie o f months to London last year. Why am I only to be kept like a common labourer>plodding over this beastly place all the year round, without pleasure or amusement of any sort? It's too hard." And as he concluded Andy threw down his knife and fork upon the table and leanod back in his chair, with anything but an amiable expression of countenance. The farmer had intended to conduct the business quietly, but his naturally violent temper could not stand this exhibi- tion of his son's discontent. Why why he ejaculated because 1 choose it. 18'nt that enough for you ?" "Yes, and more than enough," muttered Andy. "I know if I had the choosing what my choice would be, and that's never to see the farm nor you again." Andy, Andy, be silent," said Fabian, who foresaw what a terrible outbreak such a speech must lead to. 0, that would be your choice, would it ? rejoined Farmer Hayea, in a marvellously quiet tone. You would choose never to see me nor the farm again Well, then, I tell you what, sir." he continued, sud- denly breaking into a voice of thunder that made them all start in their chairs. I' ve a great mind, in return for that speech, to horsewhip you off the farm before nightfall, and dare you ever to shew your face within the walls of my house from this hour to that of your death." And that would be such a precious loss, wouldn't it?" sneered Andy, who was now thoroughly roused- "Your house-your prison, you mean. The gaol where you've brought up that poor girl and myself to quake- at the sound of your voioe, and to have but one idea- in our heads-how best to cheat your anger by lying, or thieving, or deceiving in any othtfr way that came easiest to us to do." Here's a pretty "sonfession," roared the farmar. 'Take care I don't end by landing you in the county gaul, young man, where I'd put yoa as soon as look at you, if I found good cause." "I know yo'j could. You'd have sent us and our pc-or mother to the union if the parish authorities would have allowed it, in order to save yourself the cost of the bread and cheese we ate. You'd have jumped at Fabian's offer to keep me for a month, if it wasn't tJ ¡at jou know you'd have to get someone in my stelli I to do all the hard and dirty work you put npon me, and that any other farmer in the county, in yuru position, would be ashamed to see his son do. Yoa'tf -called 'Skinflint Hayes' behind your back, all ov er Mordhaaa, and I've never had the face to eonfcr adict the name. I wouldn't tell such a lie for aLl the oringing up you've given me 7 he farmer made no answer to these remark?, but bj/ j countenance worked with anger, and as Andy came tc. a conclusion, he rose from his seat and walked tt)wards a corner of the room where a. number of whips and sticks were piled against the wall. Milly and Fabian, who were watching his movements anxiously, guessed his intention at once, and did all they could to avert the coming calamity. "Andy, darling, for God's sake be quiet," implored his sister. "Don't be a fool, Andy," said his cousin, with sterner caution. "You're provoking your father beyond endurance, and hopelessly losing your own cause." But Andrew Hayes, as has been said from the .first, was very like his father in some things, and there was a dogged obstinacy that was entirely blind to its own advantage. The more his eousin and his sister en- treated him to be silent the more determined he be- came to have his say out. Ii There's not another fellow of my age in Norfolk who would take the trouble to ask leave to go on a visit of a few weeks, and I think I was a great fool not to go with Fabian straight off, and leave you to find out where I was as you best might." You do, do you?" said the farmer, approaching his son in the rear. Andy looked round, and caught sight of the whip in his hand. In a moment he had sprung to his feet. h That's your little game, is it ?" he exclaimed loudly, as hs confronted his father. Well, strike me, if you dare But as there is a God in Heaven, you'll live to repent it Uncle unele 1 Pray don't!" said Fabian, rising also to his feet. Father!" screamed Milly, in deprecation of his uplifted hand. But Farmer Hayes* temper had beet too much excited to permit him to listen to reason, and he had been too much used to thrashing Andy to Si thf ienaea upon the shoulders of the young man heavily, ind had been raised a second time for the same pur- pose, when Andrew sprang forward, and seizing the whip-handle from his father's grasp, broke it into a dozen pieces,and flinging them upon the floor, stamped on them. "That's the last time you thrash me he ex. claimed, w;th set teeth; "so make the most of it. And"—clenching his fists-" if you come one step nearer to me I'll knock you down. If you were twenty time? my father I'd do it. So look out for yourself. Aud if you don't live to repent this day, may I Andy," interposed Fabian, coming between the ;wo men, I cannot let you speak to your father in my presence like that. I love you, Andy There is ao need for me to tell you so and here, before my incle, I repeat the offer I made you ta come to Brusca with me at my own expense, and see if a mouth's ab- sence may not soften your feelings towards each other. But take my advice now, Andy, and go-you are not m a fit state to speak to anyone. Leave the room, md don't meet your father again until you are cooler ¡ ind better able to argue the matter." "You're a downright good fellow, Fabian," said his cousin, with white lips. Yes, I'll go, as you idvige me, but I repeat what I said-that mas shall live to repent this day's work and what it brings him. He rushed out of the room as he spoke, and they heard him go up the stairs. The farmer, after looking it the broken pieces of whip handle in a vague way, is if he could not at all understand how they came to be there, staggered towards a chair and sat down. The arm he leaned upon the table shook so that Fa- bian mistook his rage for emotion, and attempted to console him. Andrew spoke very unwisely, uncle, but I am sure he canncrt mean what he said. He will ask your pardon by and by. But he is sadly disappointed abuut this little holiday. He has worked hard, and he considers he has earned it. Won't you think better of yout decision, uncle ? Would it not soften down a great deal ot this bitter feeling between my cousin and yourself, if you were to grant his wish, and let him come over to Brusca with me ?" No air it would not," said Hayes, thumping his hand upon the table, and he shall not go. That's the long and the short of it. The young hound has got the best of it this time, perhaps,but I'll thrash him again—and agam-and again-until he crawls to my feet and licks my hand-as sure as my name's Henry Hayes!" He will never do it said Fabian, decidedly. He shall do it!" exclaimed the farmer as he rose to leave the room, "and if I hear any more of this nonsense, yon shall do it into the bargain. You'd better try it," replied Fabian proudly. "No, uncle it is of no use speaking in that manner to me. I am beyond your control And yet you expect me to go out of my way to serve jou," said Hayes, turning upon the threshold, "to send my son over to the confounded foreign place where youwere brought up,to be made a greater scoun. drel than he is—to learn a strange liugo and a strange religion-be turned into a Papist maybe,and come back to fill Mordham with graven images and strings of beads. Well, there I won't do it-l won't do it Do you hear me? I won't do it!" And with that the door slammed violently, aud the cousins were left to them- selves. He is quite mad said Fabian, with mild pity, "It's the most charitable way of looking at it, Milly." But poor little Milly was sobbing without restraint. "Oh! Milly, pray don't cry. It is terrible to see you." "Fabian! what else can I do? I am so miserable and so frightened. Father will drive Andy away from home by his violence. I am sure he will. And you are going to Brusca, and I shall be left alone-quito alone- with him." Milly I will not go. I cannot leave you unpro. tected! I will stay in Mordham until your father gives his consent to your leaving it with me. Would you come, dear Milly ? Would you be my wife, and come and live in Brusca with me No one shall hurt or frighten you there, dear. No one shall ever come near you without my leave, and I will stand between you and every sorrow, Milly The thought was like the thought of heaven to the girl's perplexed and anxious mind. 0, Fabian she commenced, do you really ove me like this ? Do you really care for me enough to marry me ?" She had lifted her tear-stained face from the table, and Fabian was just about to kips the tears away and make some answer in the affirmative, when the door was suddenly flung open again and Far. mer Hayes stood upon the threshold. Not aa he had left them, red and choking with his rage,but livid with chagrin and trembling with excitement. "Robbed!" he ejaculated, holding out a small empty canvas bag towards them. I've been robbed, I tell you, of fifty pounds in gold. Fifty pounds that I put in this bag only yesterday, and locked away with my own hands. And I believe it's you who've done it," he continued, advancing towards Fabian. "No one in this house would have dared to touch it except you. You've come back to Mordham, and you've robbed mo like a thief as you are,you've robbed me of fifty pound* in gold, like a thief." .¡o'" (To be continued.)

THE SLOUGH MURDER. I Alfred Augustus Payne, aged 16, has been tried alj the Aylesbury assizes, before Mr. Justice Lopes, for the wilful murder of Ann Reville, at Slough, on the 11th inst. It will be remembered that the deceased, the wife of a butcher at Slough, was discovered by some neighbours at about 20 minutes to 9, on the evening of the day in question sitting in her room behind the shop quite dead, with wounds in her head and neck. According to the evidence of Dr. Dodd, who, together with Police-sergeant Hebbs, was summoned to the house immediately on the di « covery of the crime, there was a wound on the bacK of the head about an inch deep which must have required considerable force to inflict. In his opinion this was the. first blow delivered. There was also a wound on the right side of the head, cutting into the membranes of the brain, and a very extensive wound on the side of the neck, from which there had been a deal of hemorrhage. The first blow would render a person unconscious, and there was no sign of a struggle. If the murderer stood immediately behind the woman, witness would expect to find a consider- able quantity of blood on his clothing. The ser- geant's evidence shewed that Mrs. Reville's pocket bad been interfered with. When the prisoner, how- e\'er, was apprehended no money was found on him, and only one small spot of blood was found Dn his shirt, whfch he accounted for as having been received in slaug htering a sheep. The following letter in pencil was fonnd on the table by the side of the murdered woman "Mr. Reville, you wiU sell me no more bad meat lute you did on Saturday. I told Mr. Austin at Chalvey I should do for her. I done it for the bad meat you sold me on Saturday last. H. CoiXJNS, Coin brook." A chopper stained with blood was found close by.-Hezekiah Reville, the husband of the deceased, stated that at 8.10 on the evening of the llth of April he went, leaving his wife sitting at the desk engaged on the books. The boys Glass and Payne were in the shop. The latter was in a corner of the shop, writing on a piece of paper. His wife complained of the prisoner leaving his work about a. month before the murder, but she had found no fault with him since then.-Philip Glass, aged 15, said that as he was leaving the shop at 8.25 to go home he saw the prisoner enter the room where Mrs. Reville was. He was behind Mrs. Reville.—Kate Amelia Timmr; said she passedGlasa in the road at 8.25 and about 8.36 she met Payne, who was then about three minutes from i Reville's shop.—George Roffe stated that he saw Payne leave Reville's shop at 8.30.-M. Chabot, expert m caligraphy, said that from a comparison of the note signed H. Collins with other admitted writings of the prisoner, he was of opinion that it had been written by Payne.—Mr. Attenborough, for the defence, contended that the evidence shewed that eight minutes had elapsed between Payne leaving the house and the murder being discovered. The I interval was, therefore, ample for some stranger to enter and commit the murder As for the evidence of the handwriting, nothing could be more vague or speculative.—After a very elaoorate summing up, the jury retired and deliberated for half an hour. In the result they acquitted the prisoner.

VARIETIES-GRAVE AND GAY. I Thoze people who don't think thare iz enny honfcty in th" world liav been studying thenisclfs too clussly. — Josh BitliuffS- A beggar held out his hand. "I h;tven'ta copp,er,' said the gentUman. "I did not specify the coin/' responded the mendicant. Singular Telegraphic Blunder.—" Carriage has arrived. Send cheque by afternoon post," was cleverly rendered, "Carriage has arrived. Send chaise by afternoon post." There are two things that will make us happy in this life, if we attend to them. The first is never to vex ourselves about what we cannot help; and tpe second never to vex ourselves about what we can help. Inebriate, lyins; in the snow before his house door: "How is it? Have I been dreaming, while I was lying snugly in bed, that I bad come down a cropper in the snow; or am I really lying in the snow, and have I been only dreaming I wa, in bed ?" "Yes," said Jones melodramatically, "my home is a little heaven on earth." I never knew any- body who was really in a hurry to enter heaven," was all that Robinson answered but it was noticed that Jones started homeward an hour earlier than usual that night. Teacher: "John, what are your boots made of ? John: "Of leather." Teacher: "Where does the leather come from?" John: "From the hide of the ox." Teacher What animal therefore supplies you with boots, and gives you meat to eat ? John "11y father." A governor of Williamsburg, in the time of British rule in America, returned the salute of a negro who was passing. "Sir," said a gentleman present, "do you condescend to salute a slave?" Why, yes," replied the governor, I cannot suffer a man of his condition to be better mannered than myself." Yaas, stranger," said a Missouri steam-boat cap tain, George Washington was purty great an' high an' the father uv of his country, an' fust in peace an' war, an' other things; but he'd been nowhar in racin' any boat he ever owned with this yere scudder, the River Queen, on whose quiverin' deck you now stand." Scene in an American newspaper office.-Manager Editor "We want a few lines on the Governor's message. What shall be said about it?" Editor "Have you read it?" M. E. "No; have you?" E. "No. John, have you read the message ?" John: "No." E. Jim, have you read it?" Jim: No." E. Oh, well, call it an able document, which points out needed reforms, and shews the in- creasing prosperity of th& State." Mrs. Crawford says she wrote one line in the song, "Kathleen Mavourneen for the express pur- pose of confounding the Cockney warblers, who sing it thus: The 'orn of the 'unter is 'eard on the 'ill. Moore has laid the same trap in the Woodpecker A 'eart that is 'umble might 'ope for it 'ere. And the Elephant confounds them the other way A helephant hastily heats at his hease, Hunder humbrageous huirbrella trees. "Impiety" of Science.—Mr. Crosse, of Taunton, was once shewing his electrical machinery, and dis- playing two Leydon jars, remarking that he could feed them with electric fluid at any time when the state of the atmosphere was favourable; whereupon a grave old gentleman said very solemnly, 'Mr. Crosse, don't you think it is rather impious to bottle the lightning?" Let me answer ycur question by ask- ing another," replied Mr. Crosse, laughingly "Don't you think, sir, it might be considered rather impious to bottle the rainwater ? Farmers must be green, or else scarecrows must be scarce about Oidtown, Massachusetts. An Irish farmer near that place put up a scarecrow in his field, and the farmer of the farm adjoining thought it was the Irishman himself, so he called out, "Dennis, you're doing nothing there bring over a drink of water." The scarecrow made no reply. The re- quest was repeated with the same result, and at last the haymaker got mad and shouted, "Darn yez, can't you answer, whether you'll bring the water or not?" He never will hear the last of that from his neighbours. At a private party an extra maid of Erin was engaged by the hostess to assist the "regular" in passing round the cake and ice cream. The extra hand," to whom this sort of thing was quite new, got rather excited, and bustled to and fro with consider- ably more energy than grace. When about retiring, after going the round of the room, she suddenly stopped, and pointing to a portion of the company in another room, innocently inquired of the "regular" housemaid, loud enough for the whol company to htar, Hev ye fed them over there?" She disap- peared downstairs amid laughter so loud that it must have troubled her sleep for a fortnight. The following curious advertisement lately appeared in the Appenzeller Zeitung: "The undersigned, knowing his failing andforeseeing his weakness, of his own free will entreats all innkeepers and cafékeepers to give him nothing whatever without payment of ready money, and even then to let him have no more to drink than is good for him. If, on the other hand, the proprietor of any such establishment sees that I am drunk, or even slightly affected by drink, I earnestly beseech him to give me nothing whatever, and I take the liberty also of asking in this senfe the support of the honourable public. Urnfaeoh, October 23. (Signed) JOH. RIGNKR AN DEB KBAEG." Mr. Spurgeon is a funny man. On one occasion he was much annoyed by three young men persisting in wearing their hats. He appeared for the time not to notice them, but proceeded to tell his audience of a visit he had paid to a Jewish synagogue. When I entered," he said, "I took off my hat, but was informed that the great remark of respect was to keep it on. I did so, though I can assure you I felt very strange wearing my hat in a place of worship. And now, as I paid this mark of respect to the synagogue, may I ask those three Jews in the gallery to conform equally to our rules, and kindly uncover their heads?" The young men "collapsed." A man whose cranium resembled a billiard-ball rea, the following advertisement in a well known daily paper "Dr. Bogus's wonderful lotion. War- ranted to make hair grow thick and curly on the baldest heads." In order to test the veracity of this announcement, he went to the doctor's, and purchased a bottle of the liquid required. Is it a fact, doctor, that by applying your lotion to my head I shall see my hair grow? No doubt," answered the medical man. So, seating himself in front of a looking-gla^s, the hairless man began to smother his head with the stuff, and said, full of confidence, "I will wait and see the result." "What," screamed the doctor, wait in my shop ? Why my lease is up in a. few months The thrifty character of the emancipated negro haa of late been questioned-unjustifiably, we think, to judge by the following. A gentleman travelling through Georgia the other day came upon a log cabin surrounded by a patch of ground which a black woman was ploughing with a team of girls. Near at hand sat the husband and father, feeding a stout and healthy mule. The stranger, curicus to know why the father did not harness the mule to the plough instead of his daughters, asked for an ex- planation of what he saw, whereupon the tiller of the soil replied, "Boss, dis mule ismine_, de ole oman is mine, and de gals is mine nobody is gwine to fetch dem away; but if de morgum on dis mule ain t raised dis fall, de white man will send de sheriff and take de mule and all I'se got. So I thought I de keep de mule fat, and let de gals and ole 'oman wrrk, and save dis hossflesh as much as I can, fur if de wust comes I can ride off on de mule, and go somewhat else to work. Dat's it, boss de work won t hurt de gals." In the year 1831 Hood became acquainted with the late Duke of Devonshire, who appears to have been a kind and useful friend to the poet all through his life, and to his family after death. At the Duke's request, he sent a list of book titles for what is called a "blind door in the library at Chatsworth; and nothing can surpass the wit and humour of some of these productions. For instance, "Dante's Inferno, or Description of Van Demon's Land Ye Devil on two Styx (black letter)"; "Lamb's Recollec- tions of Suet "Lamb on the Death of Wolfe Plurality of Livings, with regard to the Common Cat"; "On Trial by Jury, with remarkable Packing Cases"; "Boyle on Steam"; "Bain on Eques- trian Burglary, or the Breaking-in of Horses" "JoÎJn Knox on Death's Door "On the Site of Tully's Offices"; The Rape of the Lock, with Bramah a Notes"; "Peel on Bell's System"; "Johnson's Contradictionary" "Life of Jack Ketch, with cuts of his own Execution Cursory Remarks upon Swearing"; "Recollections of Bannister by Lord Stair"; "U de's Tables of Interest"; "Cook's Speer mfTû; of the Sandwich Tongue"; In-i-go on Secret Entrances," &C. Teacher in American high school: "Ars proband con synonymous or opposite terms ? Scholar Op- posite.' Teacher; "Give afi example." Scholar "Progress and Congress." Recently an Irish girl applied to the principal of the State normal school, at fcalem, Massachusetts, for a situation as cook, and exhibited with pride the following testimonial from Gail Hamilton, the au- thoress Margaret F- has lived with me 14 weeks. I have found her invariably good- tempered, immunda [dirty], cheerful, obliging, exitiosa [destructive], respectful, and incorrigible. She is a better cook than any Irish girl I have ever employed, and one of the best bread makers I evet saw. With neatness and carefulness and economy, she would make an excellent servant. I heartily I recommend her to all Christian philanthropists, and her employers to Divine mercy." G belonged to a family whose thoroughly Hiber- nian love of a joke was irrepressible. One of them meeting an old acquaintance he had not seen for many vears, found the latter full of inquiries. And how are all your children ?» he said. Tell me about them." •• Children I have none." "Oh, beg pardon, my poor fellow I'm so sorry I ought not to have asked. You had such a fine flock "And they're that still, folks say. Fine young men and women, every lone. They gTew up well." "And your brother? "My brother? He's long since gone the way ot all flesh." "Ah, poor H the merriest, jolliest, best fellow in the world. Dear, dear, what a pity. So his bachelor friends all say but really 1 don t think he's worse off than any other man who s gone and been and committed matrimony. You 11 find him wub the «uu aa erec."

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BITS FROM BOOKS THE SENSE OF SMELL. The sense of smell occupies itself with gases for the-e alone can gain access to the organ, or cause the Ren,at iOIl (If smell. Lest the reader should suppose this statement opposed to the testimony of his ex- perience, from the well known fact that solids, such as cedar-wood, camphor, and musk, excite the sen-u- tion of .stnel), while ordinary scents are preserved and carried about in a liquid form, it must be explained that these suhstnnces contain volatile essential principles which on free exposure to the air are slowly given off in a state of vapour. Some solids give off particles of their substance in a state of vapour without first lie- coming liquid, as is ordinarily the case. Thus snow, which coats the earth in winter, will diminish daily, even though the air is frosty, and there is no melting process going on. In other cases, as in cedar wood, oila naturally volatile seem to be long entangled in the solid matter, and but slowly rendered to the air; but their odoriferous power is so great that very small portions of them pro- duce strong perfumes. This is sometimes truly wonderful. Dr. Carpenter stages that a grain of musk may be freely exposed to the air for ten years, during which time it perfumes the whole surrounding air; yet when weighed, there is no perceptible loss observed. Matters which exhale odorous emana- tions are detected at a great distance, from the tendency of gases to pass through and diffuse them- selves equably throughout all other gases. Thus, though there be but a very small escape of coal-yas in one part of the room, it soon announces its If to the nose in every corner of the apartment. This is a faculty peculiar to games .-CasseUs Popular Educator. A DESERT SANDSTORM. The wind continued violent and bitterly cold, and carried a great deal of sand with it. It came from the west-south-weat. We had camped under shelter at a small tell, close to the Tell Guteyfi, which proved to be the same as one pointed out to us by Awwad from Ain-el-Giaour; and once beyond it, we found ourselves on a perfectly open bit of plain, ex- posed to the full fury of the gale, now more violent than ever. Sandstorms are evidently common here, for the Tell Guteyfi, which is of black volcanic boulders like the Harra, is half smothered in sand. We saw it looming near us in the thick air, and soon after went almost hidden from each other in the increasing darkness. The sun shone feebly at intervals through the driving sand, but it was all we could do to keep the caravan together, and not lose sight of each other. At one moment we had to stop and turn sail to the wind, covering our eyes and heads with our cloak", waiting till the burst was over. Nothing could have faced it. Still we were far from having any idea of danger, for there really is none in these storms, and had plenty of time to notice how very picturesque the situation was, the camels driven along at speed, all huddled together for protection, with their long necks stretched out, and heads low, tags and ropes flying, and the men's cloaks streaming in the wind, all seen through the yellow haze of sand, which made them look as though walking in the air. The beasts looked gigantic yet helpless, like antedi- luvian creatures overwhelmed in a flood. Still, as I said, there was no danger, for the wind was steady in its direction, and our coarse was directly across it -that we knew-and by patiently struggling on, we managed to get over a deal of ground. Suddenly the sandy plain over which we were travelling seemed to sink away in front of us, and at the bottom of a steep dip we could see clumps of tamarisk looming through the storm. We knew that a refuge was at h-iii'i. A Pilgrimage to the Ntjd, dc. By Lady A nne Blunt. THE LOWEST KNOWN OBOANISMS. If a drop of pond water is placed under the micro- scope, many living objects, some of which shodt quickly about in all directions, are usually discernible in the water. Side by side with these occur certain oblong or rodshaped bodies, movingtretmulously about with greater or less rapidity. The organisms of which we are speaking belong to the lowest rank of the organic world. They are living beings, for they move, they grow and they multiply they can be killed, for instance, by boiling water, and their independent motion then cease*. This is nearly all that is known of them. Next to them rank organisms which are somewhat more complex in structure. They are small lumps of semi-fluid, granular matter, which is called protoplasm. This semi-fluid condition, intermediate between a liquid and a solid state, is characteristic of all organic mat- I ter. It is due to the absorption of water ihto the pores of a solid mass, which in consequence swells and under,l(oe-; an intimate mixture with the water, and in which the molecules can then change their positions in the same way, though perhaps not quite so easily, as otherwise is possible only in liquids. A. thin jelly-like clay would afford the best representa- tion of thi, condition of aggregation of protoplasm. A small lump of protoplasm of this sort may in itself represent an independent living being, exhibiting vital phenomena of such a kiad that it is impossible to refuse to call it an animal." It moves by itB own force, and, as it would seem, voluntarily; it imbibes matter for its own nutrition from the surrounding liquid; it grows, it multiplies its kind, and it dies. The most evident motion in this case occurs in two ways. Sometimes single processes are seen to protrude from the whole mass; these processes gradually affect the whole granular mass so that the whole body is displaced and a genuine change of position happens to the animal, or the processes being again retracted, other similar processes are again protruded from another part of the body in such a way that the direction of motion is changed in short, the animal creeps about on the glass plate on which it is observed by mefns of these processes.—General Physiology of Muscles and Serves. By Dr. J. Rosenthal. ANECDOTE Or SOTHERN. Perhaps one of the densest crowda that London ever knew assembled to witness the entry of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra, some years ago. The procession having to promenade Fleet-street en route to Temple Bar, the editor of Punch issued invitation to a select coterie of artistic and literary friends to assemble at the Punch office, to partake of lunch and see the show from the windows, and a more brilliant assembly of men of genius, perhaps, rarely met under one roof. Among the persons expected was Sothern, the comedian. The procession was not to move until 12 o'olock, and Lord Dundreary did not leave home until about half-past 10. All was plain sailing as far as Fleet-street; and,discharging his carriage at the corner of a street intersecting this thoroughfare, he reached Fleet-street, and by dint of hard squeezing and pushing, prevailing, and watching every move- ment of the gigantic crowd, he at last got opposite the Punch office, and there he was compelled to halt. To cross the street was simply impossible. Deeply buried in the dense throng, he stood for quite an hour watch- ing his friends at the windows. By the gods," mused the comedian, I'm missing an eqormous treat I I must get across the street by hook or by crook-but how ?" Happy thought I At that moment he saw a policeman. He worked his way towards him and said, "Bobby, if you'll manage to take me across the street to the Punch office I'll give you a sovereign." The policeman simply smiled, and.pointed to the im- penetrable throng. I know it will be tough work, and perhaps I may lose my coat and hat in the struggle," pursued Sothern "but it's most important that I should be there with my friends." "I've no doubt of it, sir; but it's impossible. Why, you might as well ask me to take you through the walls' of St. Paul's there." "Nonsense," urged Sothern, with irrepressible persistence. You are a tall, strong man—I'm thin and wiry; if you'll open the way, I'll follow, and it's to be done with little effort. Look here (whisper),get me over, and I'll give you a £5 note!" At this offer the policeman shut one eye, rubbed his ear, puckered his lips, elevated his nose, stoi lei on tiptoe, and surveyed the scene before him. "Brace yourself for a mighty effort," said Southern encouragingly. He made an effort, but without success. The crowd instantly howled with one voice, "Back, back, Bobby, back I Where are you shovin' to ? At that moment, Dickens and Shirley Brooks came to the window, each with a glass of champagne in his hand, looked out, surveyed the scene, and then retired, radiant with some obser- vation made by the n' thor of Pickwick." This tableau was too much L r Lord Dundreary -to mias all the brilliant talk of that morning-to miss being Eresented to some of the most gifted men on earth e would make one last effort. Policeman," whis- pered he, have you got a pair of handcuffs ? I'll strike you. Arrest me. Shout-I A pickpocket—I've got him P Drag me across-the crowd will take up the cry and make way—that's the programme— here's the money in advance 1" The policeman was a huge, strapping member of the force. It was the work of an instant. Into his pocket went the note out came the handcuffs. Sothern made a plunge at the breast of the man, who literally hurled himself at the crowd, dragging his victim after him. Off went hats, down fell half-a-dozen people not physically gifted, and after three minutes' hard noting with the most savage opposition, the twain landed on the steps of the Punch office. To say that there was a yell of execration at the policeman for his vigorous coup dt main would faintly describe the bowl that wer.t up from the crowd. Happily at that moment a loud voice shouted, 'The Prince is com- ing—order and the excitement lulled. Sothern saw the show, made some charming new acquaintances, partook of his lunch, and uttered his cry of wel- come to the pretty Princela-firmly bound in strong iron brace-letl.-The Theatre.

A loving wish, but not likely to be duly appre. ciated after a moment's thought, was that made in answer to the son of a fond father, who, when going to war, promised to bring home tbe head of an enemy. "I should be glad," quoth the parent, t" see you come home without a head, provided you come safe." On one occasion when Phcebe Cary was at the Museum in New York, looking about at the c uri- flsities," says Mrs. Barnum, "I preceded her, and had passed down a. couple of steps. She, intently, w;i" thing a big anaconda in a case at the top of the stai s, walked off (not noticing them) and fell. I was just in time to catch her in my arms and save her f rom a dangerous fall. I am more lucky than the first woman was, who fell through the influence of the Aoqm%' Am&" ft8be

LIVINGSTONCOURAGE. In going through a wooéf; a' party of hunters were startled by the appearance of a black rhino- ceros. The furious beast dashed at the waggon, and drove his horn into the bowels of the driver, inflicting a frightful, wound. A messenger was de- spatched in the greatest haste for Dr. Livingstone, whose house was eight or ten, miles distant. The messenger in his eagerness ran the whole way. Livingstone's friends were horror-struck at the idea of his riding through that wood at night, exposed to the rhinoceros and other deadly beasts. "No, no you must not think of it, Livingstone; it is certain death." Ltvingstone believed it was a Christian duty to try to save the poor fellow's li;e, and he resolved to go, happety what might. Mount- ing his horse, he rode to the scene of the accident. Tlie toan had died, and the waggon had left, so that there was nothing for Livingstone but to return and run the risk of the forest anew, without even the hope that he might be useful in saving life. Another time, when he and a brother missionary, were on a tour a long way from home, a messenger came to tell his companion that one of his children was alarmingly ill. It was but natural for him to desire Livingstone to go back with him. The way lay over a road infested by lions. Livingstone's life would be in danger moreover, as we have seen, he was intensely desirous to examine the fossil bones at the place. But when his friend expressed the desire for him to go, he went without hesitation. His firm belief in Providence sustained him in these as in so many other dangers.—The Personal Life of David Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L. By Dr. William Gordon Blaikie. AUGUST 10TH, 1792. At 9 in the morning, the armed mob, raving like maniacs, passed under my window in the direction of the Tuileries. Instantly I left my room. to see what was about to happen. I got to the Tuileries Gardens before the horde. I saw a large armed body of brave Swiss and National Guards moving slowly from the Palace towards the National Assembly. The Kiilg, liis sistejr, his wife, and two children were in the midst of them. I saw the King enter, attd was lucky enough to squeeze myself also in. Never shall I forget this memorable scene. The King took his place beside the President. The women seated themselves on a bench opposite, at the bar of the Assembly. But the King could not stay there, as the Constitution forbids discussions in his presence,and discussions were yet necessary. The question arose where to put him ? While this was being debated, the King, leaning on his hands, lay with his stomach resting half on the table in front of the President. Childishly silly and childishly good-humoured, careless and indifferent, without trace of dignity, of reflection, of mental labour, he listened to the varioui speeches, for and against, pretty much like one who for the first time hears anything ot the kind, arid half laughing says to himself, in a dull stupor, Bnt this is very comical." Opposite sat the Queen, on whose countenance one was astounded to find in double force everything that was wanting in the King. The Dauphin was on her lap,—a lovely little boy. At intervals she pressed him convulsively, as it she were thinking, "What will become of you?* Occasionally she looked about, full of thought and care;' with dignity and lofty contempt she fixed her glamje on every member, from whom, in that moment demanding forbearance and commiseration, there fell unbecoming expressions. I can assure you the. Queen was very touching att this mo- msnt. Soon the first discharges of cannon were heard. For a few instants the Assembly seemed petrified; then it spoke in in- tense alarm. I got out, and from that time was close to the fighting, because I could no longer get back. All approaches to the Assembly were occupied, and there was firing on all sides I saw scenes at which humanity shudders The Swisg were, thrown alive into the fire; they were flayed and mutilated In the evening the mutil- ated corpses were removed, 30 to 40 on a cart, pike-bearers, exulting,being seated on the top. During th^ night of the 10th and the llth all Paris was lit up, as is the wont in moments of public peril. But how ghastly was the illumination! In the streets, at other times so incessantly thronged with movement, and carriages, and people till long pa:,t midnight, not a soul was on the move, but here and there a slowly-pacing patrol, and here and therje trembling, lonely, gliding individual. The slayers werte for that night satiated and -Weary, and drunken with wine stolen from the royal cellars. But the goofl citizens shut themselves within their houses; their seemed to dread the ghosts of the slain. [. It is hepul;hral, and desert, and spectral in Paris.-r Justus Erich Bollmann. Ein Lebenesbild aus Zwi WelUheilzn, Von Friedrich Knapp.