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NUMBER IL.

eyes 70 the outside glimpses of the real
world, busying myself in delving into the
Impossible and-perhaps- possible, ideal
world of my own.
An hours ride brought US to our destina-
ton by rail
From Maidenhead we were 70 go by boat
TO Marlowe. There "A friend meets US, and
we go winding away across the country
again 10 Oxford renowned old Oxford
and from there TO little nook in the hills
miles further on; Gladys old home, you
know.
L do not know that have time to tell you
OF all the beautiful landscapes, wooded
parks, soft, hazy meadow stretches, still
green and inviting, and the thousand other
lovely visions which will be green in mem
ory for many a long day. But / wish TO say
that our ride on the Thames from Maiden
head TO Marlowe was one round Of delight
full surprises and enjoyable diversion. There
are many picturesque scenes on tie banks
of this old, much-sung, much-paiuted river.
With its numerous locks, weirs, lovely Old
mills and hospitable inns, with its pictur-
esque scenery of wooded heights and hand
some and ivywreathed, ivy-crowned
churches and country seats, ''old Father
Thames" is remembered as a very genial
friend.
No wonder the artist raves; no wonder
the poet strikes his sweetest, graudest num-
bers along his banks. No wonder, L say, no
wonderl
Oxford being on the flow of the Thames
also, regretted very much that we had
not had time to boat it further; but neces-
sity knows no compromise with inclination,
and Gladys must 60 by another roate.
Days and days il would have taken US,
Gladys said, TO have gone up the river 70
Oxford, and of course it would, when we
come 20 take into consideration the classic
windings Of the stream.
Well, 1 am sure / missed great deal OF
beauty and lOyeliness, but il can not be
helped now, nor could it have been.
Gladys old home nestles in a bright little
nook among the hills, and a beautiful littie
country residence it Is, situated on the
banks Of the Thames, but not the great
river we left behind US at Marlowe, or Ok.
ford, for instance.
No; quiet, suvery, unpretentious flow
just below the garden, where we stood and
watched birds OF migration pass over our
heads in the gray OF the evening light,
while the BRISK breeze went by and sighed
itself TO death among the hills.
The house itself is also iYy-wreathed-
every thing is ivy-wreathed, or ivy
crowned, IL seems TO me, in Inerrie old
| Ergland-as well the more preteutious
neighooring residences; alow-eaYed, many
gabled affair, vita solid masonry and heavy
! wooden shutters. A little, wooded park
and an MISUNDERSTANDING summer house al
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ITO Be Continual
coNvIcrs IN SIBERIA.
A Comparison of the Sufferings Endured
by Two Glasses.

"A comparison of the Suherings Endured
by Two Glasses.
Regarded as places of punishment
the Nerchinsk mines did not seem to
me so terrible as they are often repre-
sented to be. 1t is not very pleasanC,
of course, to work eight or ten hours
every day in a damp or icy gallery
three hundred feet underground; but
even such employment is, 1 think. less
prejudicial to health than unbroken
confinement in a dirty, over-crowded
and foul-smelling convict prison. The
mines are badly ventilated and the
gases liberated in them by the explo-
siyes used are doubtless injurious; but
there are no deadly fumes or exhala-
tions from poisonous ores like cinna-
bar to affect the health of the labor
ers, and experience seems to show
that the death rate is no higher among
the convicts who go regularly every
day into the mines than among those
who lie idle day after day in the
Vitiated air of the prison kameras. If
l Were permitted to make choice be-
tween complete idleness in such
prison as that of Algachi or Ust Kara
and regular daily labor in the mines,
/ should, without hesitation, choose
the latter. So far as / could ascer-
tain by careful inquiry among the con-
victs themselves, no one has ever been
compelled to live and sleep in these
mines day and night, and / believe
that all the stories to that effect pub
Hshed from time to time are wholly
imaginary and fictitious The work
ing force may occasionally have been
d vided into day and night gangs, or
shifts, sent into the mines alternately,
but the same men have never been
required to remain there continuously
for twenty-four hours At the pres
ent time there is no night work and
all OF the convicts return to their
prisons before dark, or in the short
days of midwinter very soon after
dark. / do not wish to be understood
as saying that the life of Russian con-
victs at the Nerchinsk silver mines is
an easy one, or that they do not suf-
fer / can hardly imagine a more ter
rible and hopeless existence than that
of man who works all day in one of
the damp, muddy galleries of the
Pokrofskl mine, and goes back at
night to a close, foul, vermin-infested
prison like that of Algachi. 1t is
worse than the life of any pariah dog,
but at the same time it is not the SEN
sationally terrible life of the fictitious
convict described by Mr.. Grenville
Murray-the convict who lives night
and day under ground, sleeps in
rocky niche, tolls in hopeless misery
under the lash of a pitiless overseer.
and is slowly poisoned TO death by the
fumes of quicksilver. Such things
may be effective in a sensational
drama, but they are not true. The
worst feature Of penal servitude in
Siberia is not hard labor in the mines;
it is the condition OF the prisons
George Kennan, in Century.
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CHAPTER xxi.

''She told me in secret he said, present
y, looking up with sigh; ''but as you
seem 10 know Of her whereabouts also, Ipre-
sumo 1 am not betraying my cousin to
stranger or enemyf'
He paused and his look of inquiry melted
all the reserve was trying 10 muster, so
said: 81 may as well tell you, then, see
ing you know her plans, that am that lady
friend and that Miriam lives with me at
Bay View" =
''Ohi at last have heard directly from
her?' he exclaimed, almost beside himself
with Joy. Then he came forward and gave
me his hand and said he was "glad TO see
Miriam's friend.i'
knew that before he spoke, for the glad
ness was written all over his fine face in
happy smiles, Enthusiastically.
"When are you going backl" he vent
ured,r eyeing the toe of his neatly polished
boot and, doubtless, hoping that had not
read his secret ~ R-----'-s a. -
'In q few days." I answered; miriam
sent me TO the Hall on an errand, and that
is why am here. came to visit friends
elsewhere. But did you wish TO send word
TO your cousin, or were you contemplating
q tripr'
He iooked at me for. a moment as II my
words had put a new idea in his head. Then
he said: "lf you will wait. Inadane, yvill
write note, providing you will be kind
enough to give it her; that is" and he
hesitated, ''if she still remembers nes''
looked at him. How could any one for
get that face, 1 thought. Then said 'sOh
certainly, she leInembers you. Mr.. Per-
ciyal- have heard her speak Of you quite
often, and knol1 she would be glad to get a
line from you
He raised his eyes once more, and slight
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CHAPTER XXI.

''An' it's moighty strange what l1oinde ov
folks ye Americans are, ony way. Oi
reckon as we're so indipindint the other
soide the wather that ye're not afraid O.
the spirits, or the dead, or the divil his
selfP'
standing in particular fear Of any one but
GOd-"- ...
SAN Oh ruther guess some ov 'em don't
sthand in quakini fear o. Him, not by an
overly soightn
could not help smiling at the earnest
ness OF the old hOusekeeper and the near
ness OF her shrewd guess 10 the facts of
the case. Butt SAID: "Wel, viii you go
with me, Peggy, to find Sir Rupert in the
central hall some night before go homei"
And she promised me she would.
II happened on rather sunen, gusty
night that Peggy aud chose 20 Investigate
the ghost story, or rather, chose, for
Clarkson did not choose, save only for the
sake Of her promise.
With the recital Of Sir Rupert's roaming
about the central hail doing penance ring
ing IN my ears and burning in my soul /
waited, in conpany with Peggy and Ancil
in the deep silence for the spirit to ''yvalk"
Ciarkson, al in a shiver Of fright and ex-
element, declared that had taken "the
very koinde ov noight on which the
spirit wud be most loikeiy 70 give Us fair
show"
Idrew mywraps about me In the dense
shadows, and Clarkson clung TO me ike
frightened child as we entered the central
hall, and our footsteps echoed hollow and
strangely as we proceeded
Had II not been for my overruling desire
OF experiencing genuine spirit visit and
my morbid love of adventure with the nys-
FERROUS, should have given up the project
NJ the outset because of the old housekeep-
ers increasing umidity. But could not
BRING myself TO say: Let US give it up"
and so we proceeded,
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"ASD WHY COULDN'T SHE wAITf' SAID PEGGT.
forth nervously, restlessly, and kept watch
ing me out Of the corners of those blue
eyes covertly. i must make = random shot
II fnothing more or Peggy Clarkson would
soon begin 70 believe that l was an i'm
pOstor. .....a Of.
Peggy" said 1, sit may be that the grief
Of losing her husband and little innocent
son viii kill her before she can return. j
believe that it is grieviug that is killing her
anyway, instead of disease. She has the
portrait Of Arthur and the baby, but has
not her own, and doubtless she desires 70
have them. all together. l do not know
whether she thinks she viii ever be able 70
return or not dreaded always 10 mention
il, and she might not want me 70 either;
she is so sad, Peggy, so sad"
''Och hoonl'' walled Peggy, sam it's dying
she'l be in that far-away country, an it's
me that'n niyer set eyes on me darlint ony
more, ouy mOrer'
As long as there is life there is hope,
Carlson" / ventured, cheerfully.
''Oh, yis; but yvhin there's not much of
aythur TO depind on its therrible.'
"well, Peggy" said, hopefully, "when
go home shall tell her just how you feel;
how happy you would be 10 welcome her
back 20 Heatherleigh, aud l verify believe
she'll come, for she remembers how you
used 10 love her"
"Arrahl and thin re can hev the por
thraIt, ma'am; yis, me Leddy, We can take
the swate, proud face from the gallery, and
carry me old weary hearts blissing with it
to Miriam"
Ipresume never telt so fully relieved in
my life; so glad that / might fulfill my
promise made on the spur of the moment,
and which / had dreaded 10 carry out ever
since set foot on English soil .r
But that was gotten along with / went
over 10 Peggy ana Kissed ner withered
cheek. miriam viii be so glad, so thank
ful 20 you, 1 know. Her pale face viii
brighten, l am sure, and you VIII be glad,
too, that you have given her happiness, If
only for day."
"An' it's roight We are, ma'am; it's roight
ye are Peggy Clarkson wouldn't be name
enuff TO wrong the swate lady on the foot
sthool, mother. But do behave the mas
thurs spirit viii be therrible angry if that
porthrait laves the Hall" she added, drop
ping her voice TO whisper and making the
sign OF the cross on the snowy folds Of her
vandyke.
"Poohi 1 don't believe that Sir Rupert
can know any thing of it,'' said, lightly
''An' ye niver moinde, ma'am, whin he
cooms in the midnoight to do pinance, and
goes a waIl1in' an walkin' ov the great
house, he'll miss the porthrait, or Peggy is
q fool"
''Do you really believe that his spirit is
here everP' / asked, earnestly, looking
straight into those great, blue eyes.
81 know it, ma'am," ;" she replied with un-
mistakable emphasis; and gave in
swell, suppose it is, ;" said "Won't you
go through the hall with me, Peggy, some
night and let me hear hIm walkl I'd very
much like 70 hear him; indeed, / would"
She looked At me in wild-eyed silence.
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remembering that Peggy said something
about the masters falling to the foot of the
stairs -as ----..-r. = .-.-,-
The lamps burned DINNER, and / was
conscious of presence other than mortal
Ny heart gave a stified throb and seemed
to stand still, and found myself foohshIy
asking: Where amIl" Presently saw, or
seemed TO see, an object moving about in
the extreme end of the hall. Slowly and
hesitaJingly the indIstinct shape seemed to
be hunting something. The soft footballs
heard plainly, now again, and my eyes
riveted on the moving object Of shadowy
existence. i followed its constantly-cnang-
ing positions, now standing, now crouching
low, as if weary, with strange feeing Of
fascination i am not able 10 descr. e.
1t seemed to me that -losrspIy individu-
ality; 1 was really myself no11nger. felt
that 1 was also a shadow being, like the one
was gazing at so fxedly; a sort of OBJ
scure, vapory body, full of life, however,
and sympathy. l thought with wonderful
rapidity somehow, and felt myself merging
into the shadow at the foot of the staircase
II was not SIR Rupert 1 had forgotten
him; but it was nyself-my other self
from away off-from the spirit land, and
was weary. The burtnen of my thoughts
seemed TO be such a sad, hopeless ques-
tioning. Why for me was there no rest
no repose, when needed il so muchl
There was such a restraint on me, invis-
ible, but such a CALLING restraint would
drive mortal man mad TO endure. And
my situation was plainly mapped out be-
fore me. and ] knew the replies 20 every
question i might ask before 1 could ask
them .-tr .rr-H H
OH what an existence. There was ne
undoing what had done, no getting out of
this wretched groove of useless regret Pin
ioned by an unseen power, I felt that was
doomed 10 wander forever back and forth
the length of my enslaying, invisible chains.
Always going and so weary, but never eO-
hausted-
felt that this was my terrible, endless
punishment of soul agony for something
WHICH had done and for which there was
now no repentance, and in my deep despair
UTTERED a low, piteous cry.
The sound of my voice had broken the
awful spell which the apparition had thrown
over me, and 1 found myself standing before
the door OF the fateful drawing-room How
i managed TO get there can not say, as
was not conscious of having made a single
step in any direction while in my strange
state of sympathetic sorrow, and finally my
own soul weariness.
Although did not remember of having
made move, / had been drawn the half
length of the great central hall by the power
of the weird, fascinating object, which faded
instantly at my unearthly cry, leaving me
my Individuality once more.
At this juncture all WEAKNESS had left
me also, as well as fear, and / was con-
scious of the fact that the object had eone
INTO the edrawinG-room. and felt impelled
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flush came over his face which left it almost
pallid, while / fancied a soul-mist dimming
those glorious eyes. He grew visibly agi-
tated, but calming himself with an effort
he said: eff you win please TO sit down on
this seat and wait for me | will indIct few
lines to my cousin Miriamf'
/ sat down on the rustic seat, old and
ss-grown, while he drew forrh pencil and
pocket diary from an inner pocket OF has
coat, and, tearing leaf from the book,
wrote 10 Miriam.
/ watched him with curious interest.
Would Miriam be glad TO get this letteri
was sure il would be letter into whose
short length would be crowded the passion
ate thoughts of years. believed that
Miriam would waken from her morbid, help
ess grief after its perusal, and watched
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FACTS ABOUT RINGS
A History of the Use of This weII-Known
Ornament.

OrhdlhenA
The practice of wearing fnger-rings
has been almost universal from an early
period in the worlds history. There is
a tradition which ascribes their inven-
tion TO Tubal Cain; and the old Latin
author who gives currency TO the story,
speaking of the wedding circlet, says:
'"The form of the ring being circular
that is 20 say, round and without end
imparteth this much, that mutual love
and hearty affection should roundly fow
from one TO the other, as in the circle,
and that continually and forever The
first authentic reference to fnger-rings
occurs in the Old Testament, where
Genesis xxxviii.) mention is made of
Judah's signet-ring. That they we're
also in use among the Egyptians at that
time is evident from the forty-first
chapter of Genesis, where we read Of
Pharaoh taking OF his own ring and
putting it upon Joseph's hand, when he
made him ruler over all the land Of
Egypt"
The hands of female mummies. found
in the tombs Of Egypt, are profusely
covered with rings; the wealthy ladies
Of that country wearing costly ones
upon nearly every finger, while their
poorer sisters had TO content themselves
with circles of bronze, glass or pottery.
The ancient Chaldeans, the Persians,
and, according to Herodotus, the Baby
lonians wore rings; and IL is probable
that from Asia they were introduced
into Greece. In the later Greek legends
the anciont heroes are spoken Of as
wearing them, and at a more recent date
every freeman throughout Greece seems
to have had one.
The earlier rings appear to have been
used not so much for ornament as for
the practical purpose of affiXiDg seals;
but later on they became merely orna-
mental and were set with precious
stones. The Romans, who are believed
to have derived the custom from the
Sabines, wore signet-rings of iron-as
was the case with the Lacedssmonians
and every freeman had the right 10
wear one.
Ambassadors IN the early years of the
republic used to wear gold rings as part
of their official dress; this jus annul
aurei being afterwards extended to
Chief Magistrates. Senators and, Later on,
10 equities. Emperors were wont TO con
fer this right on those whom they wished
TO favor, and the privilege BECAME grad
ually more and more extensive, until IN
the time of Justinian all Roman citi-
zens could avail themselves OF it.
The later Romans used TO wear many
rings upon their fingers, some even hav-
ing different ones for summer and win
ter, while the height of 'dandyism'
was reached by those who never wore
the same ring twice, but threw IL away
when once il had done service.
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MIRIAM:
The Romance Of HGathGFlGigh Hall.
By MANDA l.. CROKER.
CoPYRIGHr, lses- -rr.

II hardly know" I answered Her
health is not the best, but should suppose
she might be able TO come within year
or so. II she only could get over her being
banished from Heatherleigh believe she
would be sure TO come"
''Ohi whin yos go home plead with her
for me; tell her that Peggy's heart is just
bhreakin' to behold the soight ov her swate
self once more. But what was IL, me Leddy,
that Miriam sent 20 puir old Peggy forl You
have a mlssagc for me-"
Peggy, she wants her portrait from the
gallery"
She made no reply for some minutes and
was beginning 10 think she meant to deny
me after all But presently she turned to-
ward me a face never shall forget
''If the young misthress names to iver
COON back why wud she be Arthur hayin'
the porthraitg' queried she, bracing up.
AN why couldn't she wait until she cooms
herselfg Seems strange loike TO me old
head
Peggy had struck the chord vibrating a
false note, and she half distrusted me
True enough, IL she intended 10 come back
to Heatherleigh why send me for the pict-
ure The old housekeeper rocked back and
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Wonderful Results.

-Ang.hor marked effect Of the use OF tbis
80. .l,,.. me ., was the strengthening of nav
,-LI Mrs. Carrie Adams, HoIly
|Sprugs, Texas. A''''y
hal a dry scaly humor for years.
- s'3iirrri terribly and. as my broth
anu SISTER were similarly afflicted II
',N1ne The malady is hereditary. Iast
.''r, br. Tyron, COT Fernandin,
.,.'y recommended me TO take Ayers
sllsilsarilla, and coutinne IL Tor ysar
-. T' ,.s'i sEe mouths took il daily. I have
. h., l So. ulcniSh upon my body for the
- 'aErt months. II. u. Wilev rs6
numbers 81, New York City.
|, Last tau and winter was troubled
~ uH.l, heavy pain in nv side Il
.ld NOT notice IL much AZ first bnt u
@''ul''N grew worse until a became
.u.''S. gnhcarabls. During the LATER
l."It "i 'lts time, disorders OF the sfonn-
!. ~ am liver increased my troubles. Il
ln taking Ayers SarSaparilla, and.
u,rr faithfully continuing the use ~
t's medicine for some months. ,be y,i,
l,psarcd and 1 was Completely
II,.isd. :, Mrs. Augusta A. Furbnsh.
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BOGGS&BUHL,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
LOng-Standing

Blood Diseases are cured by
the persevering use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
This medicine Is an Alternative, and
causes radical change in the system.
lAr process, in some cases, may not be
IGH'te so rapid as in others but, with
. lrrs strucc, the result Is certain.
L'1t these testimonials -
For two years / suffered from n Sc
NCre pain In my right side, and had
other troubles caused by a torpid liver
anl dyspepsia. After giving several
,lru'yiurS a fair trial without cure, I
tr-an 90 take Ayers SarSanarilla I
WaSS greatly benefited by the first bottle.
nnd after mkiug FIVE bottles was COM
lirirly cured "- John w. Henson IN
\ ''1-'.Wrencc ST.. Lowell, Mass.
LAST May a large carbuncle broke out
on my arm, The usual remedies, hal no
tIect and was confined 10 my bed FOR
cisht weeks. A friend induced me 70 try
,Nyrrs Sarsapariila. Less than three
t,,i.rs healed the sore. In an NV expe-
rlehce with medicine, never saw NOR.
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the back, where Gladys and l found rich
purple clusters hanging iuvitingly along
the raGters of a broken-dowu treIlis belong
ing thereto.
ITO Be C0atiRucdl