, 1875-12-27

rerolutc, rtenfire 70 patiently loyal by her
.aa.les't side the little "lot," ovor ut,oso baby
beauty rustcd i shadow Of impending BORROW;
suckcd dosn frurn tbs th'n'ng surface q the
river into tho eIiny marshes: " tho bent blood
Of England In thcir velna,' 40 tho mother ratbot.
icslly moanod, ,-whst Ia 70 became Of them !
What did thay fcol and think in tho hfa Of hopc-
1cas discomfort and aosolatIon into whicl, tllov
waee suddenly uhiried 2 Tho eldest g,rl has or-
tt'ontty uutlsuAl forco. and II mAJ ha that the
rnothsr'8 snissostunen will bring out IN tho
child ono Of these heroic ohar.csors which now
piAce Of aserago human nature to the achieve
ment OF lofty decdB.
Not long ago an American ladv. widow Of
aone snosns. henssss'sR as 10 hos p!aas, met, -
LADY aud ier dsushtar. s{a,asily .ttrsetei.
thsy talked Of taking ; houao toee.her in
London, aud meanwhile Mrs. g. Quo Ameri-
can) accomuaue4 her English friends 10 i}ou-
two months. Hho did not like tho place. and,
astez few dsss, proposed returning to Eagland,
with the promise OF Joining The party IN London
It q later dav. Tho sngRostion caused sneh con-
hut tho poor wotnan uas bored To death, aud,
each tins that she triod to get away, slo
wAs entertained With tho Sane SCENES enfrestioe.
rcmonstranrss, nYcn roproathes, obstacles we're
throws In flor war, until u dAHned upon 4er be-
w,lIered mind shAt hes friend was
TnEtya TO RHEp Her A PRISONER.
In hrtot, to mako long story short, sho was
obliged to corns to An open and violent breach
can Consul before she could otfeot bor osoapc.
Mrs. g. constantly affirms that, It sho had
becn .oungos sud Of = tLnid nature. aks would
probably hare remained the bond-alAra OF tho
Eneliah woman for life,
liofo sad vaa tho otpotfeuoo OF Ellen c.,
: musician, uhnso stofJ has aroused ercAt In
dlgnatton 10 all who kuow OF It. This American
gir! foil into the clutches, In tho Eulse Of an Gu
esgatso boarding -louae missross, OF female
Octopus fn human form naw typo Of chafac-
ter. probably developed only ID our own ago,
and which flattor mEeolf thas lIave betn the
frat to anafyzc And name. For partlon!arRof tho
Octopus, seo, Ia Victor I1uRo's 7rdof,te'trs du
Afctt, tho groat novolieta marvellous description
OF conf1sct between hlR hcro and = sea devil.
Into whose care uuconbcously ho onsered; or
visit tho Brighton Aquarium. "hero may bo seen
number OF specimens af stanlter variety Of thls
redoubtabe monster. Mtss c.. who had como
to England, with hos brother, for year's travel,
was left In deep nfi}ictiou by tho death, after
auddan illness, Of this beloved re1Atirn. An
orphan, with ardent lore Of lnuaic. tho ACCOM-.
rAnimert in hnr case Of truo aenius. slo resolved
to ronhin and become a professional muslciAn.
Uut ..
,tfsronruSns DO not COME s1rc1r.
Scarcely had rho begun her studios. whom hor
Gttie property In America was swept Auay,-a
pebble ia tho avalaucho Of great failure. At
tho hama time. through tho dishonesty OF certaiu
sconpdrels In London, who undertook to carry
through an enterprise for her. mud proved
nttefly uutrus.Tolthf, especially ba.e
called T. (knoWlng tho facss,--nhich I
- cannot use language less atFoag). eho was
left IN utter destitut,un. And now it was that
acter. Hitherto sla had boon obseauious in de-
votion. Indeed, It lad been hor' warm
oFers OF e.1o and ,motherly proteo-
rt Il,
party OF friooda 10 ltaly,-hor first plan,
This was natural: for sho had hoped to maks
capital from having 80 American artist aud
Singer III her house. Finding her abandoned,
timo to mature new plans, to form friends, to
collect her howldesed sonses, aha turned npon
ler With
v1sD1cT1vE cnuKLrY.
that is indsscribable. Tho satisfaction Of
marrying and torturlng hor victim satisael her
only for Blort time. Returning one day from
= d1eary wslk, the girl found her brothers
akotohes, journals, and books (artictes TO her OF
iuestimabio vaiue), ~ weu ~ Ail her own pos
sessions, stolch from her room, and hersolf
A1las O., slough with rare geutus for her
rat, aud Of hiRh spirit, ,as tiu,id,
shr,nking inexperienced, ,-ths drokmy artist
TYPO the last person in tho worid to meet and
cope With such poaition. Thus bnt for ono
Of those Providauoea which show Low the Ktnrst-
inu angels care for their denr ones, aome sHifs
and terrible catastrophe would probably bayo
boen tho and Of this alventuso; nobto lilo sac
riGcel 10 malignant combination of things !" :,
"a fen unprinc,plcd sooundtela, and viudto-
tirs lodging house keeper. Az it was, eho
was waited, ~ 1t by miracle. ins9 the haven
Of happy homo where hes trohbled spirit
found rost. Boon after, thanls to tho iutlutnce
Of our Minister 70 whom tie facts wore mado
kuoHD,--0no only OF tho innumerRbIo instances
In which Con. shenck. with h,s lsrge heart aud
wide.dlaoeraug Intelligence, hns c1erted . be-
ff1I, fhfA1 rf
| In Loudon,-ahe
rousD uEnaELY SURROUNDED M rnEEHDs.
| and in posislon TO continue for tho requisite
period tcr musical studet.
WHO. M You must have perceived. Ia no iesa do
serving tho atudv Of = great altiat than Mrs.
| b. Il. Small. prim. active. wlry,. and
wonderfully ooetgasio aud rssoluto'; With large,
ss''ss sn iss asss 'sf pssbea t'' ON tho 's s1
OF her held. she looks . singular
Cross bosween precise old maid. An elderly
| File dn Regiment and one Of Napoleon's grena.
scans evon 10 havo begun llfe With noble nspi-
| fations and high aims , but her lite hAa been
hard one. snd. In tue loseless, bitter struggle,
her soul has dicd. she Las lost faith, hopo,
! md chAtisJ, hss cuasad TO DO huussa. Doubt,
losa thers aro numerous types Of ecod
aud evil beings snd creatures IN MI Of us,
which struggle for supremacy. Tho soa-devil,
| oolletl II tho base Of this wonap's ohsracser,
has ErkuuAtlT u6f0uFed n6T uoo!er QuAukle8 nn-
I'll. given over to insastsoo svaflce and vindict'
I've cruelty, she rouaalns The purs type In human
| form Of
MOTT 1Sstplous AND FATAL Mo1srgn.
Agnln-Cnn you read thAt terrific description
by Victor Hugo {such ~ no other living writel
| could have portsayed)7 Do you famomher the
cold, roentfess. intloxblo lie-thi1nting coils OF
beAst flung around tho exhausted and expiring
man7 Eysn then, with the s!lmy coils Ct .
Aypocritcal hatrod masked in frieudahip
did she envelop her unnuspecting vi6ti oye1
thus, when Satisfied that sla could uot maxi
profit ont Of her, did she seek 10 crush and de
stroy hcr life. These women, you viii psEhaps
aay, aso exceptional charlcLers. II may bc, Du
these facts haya come 10 tue knowledge OF out
porson Within comparatively short limo, A1,t
| such fdcts show what al atmosphere OF intrigue
poFyades all portions OF Euglish society, the,
show, too, how wary Amorlcans should be il
forming now aclualntAncos among Strangers.
Y. '.
| vt. Nicholas, nay in fiermnnY.
One Of tho deacouesses. good aud wise Htste
EHpcth, tmcine liobo 1nuttor schwester." toit
me how they celebrated St. ktcho1aa' Day Ut hol