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continued, "and when supply the broken
portion, will be yours. -
He kissed the little emblem, swore again
and again to be faithful, and pressing her
hand to his lips, bade her adieu.
He was conducted away as mysteriously
as he had been brought thither; nor could
he by any possible means discover where he
had been, his companion rejecting bribes,
and refusing to answer the simplest question.
Months roll on. Colonel Merviue is true
to his VOW, and happy in the anticipation of
love. Suddenly he was ordered ON an en-
bassy to Vienna, the gayest of all the Eu-
ropean capitals, about the time that Napo-
ess Maria Louisa The young Colonel is
handsome, manly, and already distinguished
in arms, and becomes at once great favor
ite at court every effort being made by the
women to captivate him, but in vain; he is
constant and true to his vow.
But his heart is not made of stone; the
very fact that he had entertained such ten
der feelings for the white domino, had
doubtless made him more susceptible than
before.
At last he met the young Baroness Caro-
line Won Waldroff, and in spite of his vows,
she captivates him; and he secretly curses
the engagement he had so blindly made at
Paris. She seems to wonder at what she
believes to be his devotion-and yet the
distance he maintains! The truth was,
that his sense of honor was so great, that,
though he felt he loved the young baroness,
and even she returned his affections, still he
had given his word, and it was sacred.
The satin domino is no longer the idea of
his heart, but assumes the most repulsive
form in his imagination; and becomes, in
place of his good angel, his evil genius!
Well, time rolls on; he is to return in
| few days-it is once more the Carnival Sea-
son; and in Vienna, too, that gay city. He
joins in the festivities of the masked ball,
and wonder fills his brain, when about the
middle of the evening, the white domino
steals behind him in the same white satin
dress he had seen her wear year before at
the French Opera House in Paris Was it
not fancy?
81 come Colonel Eugene Merville, to hold
| you to your PROMISE" she said. laying her
| hand lightly upon his arm.
SIS this reality or dream ?" asked the
amazed soldier.
''Come, follow me, and you shall see that
it is a reality" said the mask pleasantly.
'I will.''
''Have you been faithful to your prom
Use ?" asked the domino, as they retired in
to saloon.
"Most truly in act, but alas, fear not in
HEARTH
"Indeedv'
cit is too true, lady, that have seen and
loved another; though my VOW to you has
kept me from saying so to her."
"And who is it that you thus love?"
81 will be frank with you, and you will
keep my secret ?"
s'Most assuredly.''
cit is the Baroness VonWaldroff," sa id
he with a sigh.
"And you really love her?"
'Alas, only too dearly said the soldier,
sadly.
Nevertheless, l must hold you to your
promise. Here is the other half of the ring;
can you produce its mate ?''
''Here it isl said Eugene Merville.
'Then 1 too keep my promise" said the
domino, raising her mask, and showing to
his astonished view the face of the Baron
ess Won Waldroff.
She had seen and loved him for his manly
spirit and character, and having found by
inquiry that he was worthy of her love, she
ihad managed this delicate intrigue, and had
tested him, and now gave him her wealth,
title, and everything.
They were married with great pomp, and
accompanied the Archduchess to Paris.
Napoleon, to crown the happiness of his
favorite, made him at once a general of di-
| vision.
| SIX MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STARVING
| Famine in India has come to be an express
| sion of all that is horrible in human suffer-
| ing. 1t is now some years since there has
been general famine, but the failure of
the crops this year makes the prospect of
terrible suffering very probable. At best
the natives have seldom more than just
sufficient to maintain life, and any falling
off results in some misery. A dispatch
from Calcutta says the crop prospects in
Bombay becomes daily more gloomy. The
districts of Khandeish, Nassick, Ahmednug-
per, Poonah, Sholapore, Kaladgi, and
Dhurmar, containing population of nearly
six millions, are threatened with severe
distress. The local Government estimates
that over 200, 900, persons must be relieved
| in three districts alone. 1t is stated that
the Monsoon crops have entirely failed, and
the absence of rain prevents the sowing of
Winter crops. The Collector of Poonah re-
ports that not single blade of grass is visi-
BILE for miles. The tanks and rivers are
| drying up, and cattle are dying from starva-
i ton. The Collector at Sholapore gives a
opened relief works, and is employing peo-
| Pile in excavating tanks and making roads.
| In 1889, when George Washington retired
from the Presidency, Dana, the editor Of
the aurora, malignant maligner of ''the
Father of his country" called upon the
people to .'thank God that the man who
had caused all the evils which had been in
flicted upon the country was that day re-
duced to the condition of a private citizen. :"
In 1876, Dana, editor of the Sun, is equally
and his administration, and could not refrain
from venting his spite in his publication of
the Thanksgiving Proclamation of President
Grant, by heading it with the sneering re-