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Advantages of a College Education.

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. l8.-The annus !
fall handicap meeting of the Princeton
University Athletic Grounds association
was held here this afternoon and was re-
markable for the fast time made in the 100
and 220 yard dashes, by Carey. Of '93. -Four
experienced timers gave 81 as the record
for 100 yards, which breaks the worlds rec
ord made at Washington last Saturday by
John 7. Owens, Jr., of Detroit, and 20 for
22O yards on curved track, equaling the
American record for the Same distance
straight away.
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5 Shouted to the Jurors.

ELMRA, N. Y, Oct. 1S-The jury in the
Ellenberg murder case came into court this
afternoon with verdict of not guilty. The
prisoner was discharged. This morning
while the jurors were taking exercise in the
street in care of special officer, George w.
Palbert, wealthy milk dealer, shouted ia
them, IF you convict that woman you
ought to be shot," Officers arrested him
and Judge Rumsey held him to the grand
jury.
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Diverted by Boulanger.

PARIS, Oct. 18.-Naquet, for long time
Boulanger's most trusted supporter, but
who abandoned the general, says the re-
sources of the Boulaneist patsy having be-
come exhausted through the extravaganza
of the general, the royalists, who were SO
cretly supporting the BoulanRist movement,
collected 5000, 600 francs to secure the cleo
tion OF Boulanglst deputies. Half of the
fund was contributed by the Comte de
Paris. The BoulanQists, however, secured
only 300, 900 francs, the remainder being
diverted by Boulanger from the use to
which the subscribers meant it should be
applied.
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The AveDger Came Soon.

Macon, Ga, Oct. 1S.-William Singleton.
q negro hackman. was taken from Jail last
night BY an armed mob and hanged to
rape "a mm upon m "s'yo young LADY % whose ,s name was
suppressed because of social prominence.
She is a granddaughter of the late Chief
Justice Lumpkin, of this state.
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Avenged His Brothers Murder.

WINFIELD. Kan. Got. Isl. @. Van Dyke,
a brakeman on the Southern Kansas road,
yesterday fatally stabbed Will Long. This
morning tina marshal took Van Dyke to
Grenoea. When the train reached there
Sol. Long. brother of the murdered man,
walked up and fatally shot Van Dyke. He
then surrendered himself.
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All Were Colored.

ST. Lou1s, Oct. 18.-Shortly before one
o'clock this afternoon Albert Whitfield shot
and killed Grandson Jones. Charles New
ton was shot through the neck by a stray
bullet and Whitfield received slight
wound in the head. The shooting took
place on board the steamer City of Baton
Rouge, lying at the foot of Market street.
All the men are coiored. Jones was cap
tain Of the watch and refused to advance
money to Whitfield.
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Fcll From . Bridge.

THE DA1Izs, Oregon. Oct. 18.-Captain
Nicholas J. Skettove. Of tho Bzitish army.
fell from . railroad bridge last evening.
distance Of twenty feat. striking on the
rocks and sustaining probably fatal injuries.
6kettowe was about seventy yoafs of 40
and with his wife was making . toar = -
world
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Balfour Justifies the Mob.

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-At a meeting of the
Northern Conservative union at Newcastle
to-day Balfour renewed his attack on John
Morley. charging him with misrepresenting
and misquoting some Irish authorities. He
defended the action of the police at Tippe-
rary, saying Col. Caddell, knowing the dan
gerous character of the mob, was perfectly
justified in moving on it.
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The bank statement shows reserve de-
crease ta.6OA, 600. The banks hold &3l9 900
- than the Legal xula.
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Brooklyn wins Two Straight.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 1S.-The Brooklyn ma
tional leaguers took the second game, five
to four, from Chapman's champions to-day,
in the worlds championship series.
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The Man who Robbed Cora Milton.

The Man who Robbed Cora Milton.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 18.-[Special. IA buzz OF
interest in the municipal court room to-day,
a rapping to order and the case of Stanley
Wild, the hack driver. charged with appro-
priating $500 from Cora Milton, the gayly
dressed keeper of a bagnio at Helena, was
called. Her testimony, together with that
of one of her witnesses, was very direct as
to sending the accused out with a $500 bill
for the purpose of getting it changed. and
that he had failed to return. Lawyer Mo
Cafferty, for the defense, moved to
dismiss and asked for recess. claim
ing that he could show by authorities
that it was not case of larceny. Prose-
cutting Attorney Egan coald see nothing in
the matter to warrant continuance. Law
yer McCafferty said: "I've been misled
as to what this case was. The evidence is
very different from what I expected and I
need the time. y Recess was taken until after
noon. When court reconvened the attorney
spent over an hour in summing up and
then Judge Twohy held Wild to the grand
jury, fixing his bail at $1,000.
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A Dipl omat Gone Daft.

LONDON, Oct. 18.-It is reported that Sir
Henry Drummond Wolff. British minister
to Persia. in addition to physical illness, has
become insane.
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PRO AND CON.
Differing Opinions ~ to the Policy to
Pursue In France.

Differing Opinions a. to tho Policy to
Pursue in France
PARIS, Oct. 1S.-There has been great ex-
citement during the week at Lyons over the
new United States tariff law, and Burseau.
the Lyons deputy, has given notice that he
will, in the chamber, demand retaliation
for the increased duty on French goods. He
will especially propose that retaliatory
duty be placed on petroleum. and also sug-
gests that boards of inspection be estab-
lished for the examination of all imports
from the United States. On the other hand
the committee for the defense of the silk
market held great meeting at Lyons at
which the speaker took the ground that
retaliation was likely to do more harm than
good. The president of the chamber Of
commerce called attention to the fact that
the retaliatory policy against Italy has al
ready cost Lyons the market for 100000
francs worth of business and given Ger
many industrial supremacy in Italy. Be-
sides. the notable injustice committed by
France and other countries toward America
in the matter Of pork had led to
eonferrng con extraordinary powers uRoa upon
States Sta pbs''0shs bv the Edmunds S retaliation Ho
bill and might entail dangers to great
French staple articles of export, particu-
larly wines and silks. The president was
followed by senator and two members of
the chamber of deputies, all of whom spoke
to the same effect.
The Petit Journal thinks the bill af-
fects England and Germany more than
France, which ought not to be drawn into
making reprisals against the United States.
The Temps holds that if the new American
tariff is injurious to French interests France
cannot complain, as it has for over nine
years persisted in enforcing an unwise act
that has been injurious to America. The
moment has come. it says, to repair this
mistake, and the circumstances are favor
able. The council of the department Of
Bouches du Rhone has already called for the
annullment of the decree against American
pork. A meeting OF the cabinet was held
to-day, at which the final draft of q
general customs tariff was approved. The
cabinet also accepted the reductions made
by the budget committee in expenditures,
as estimated by Rouvier. minister of finance.
This leaves 4.50O,OO0 francs available, thus
permitting the government to reduce the
duty on alcohol.
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NOT GUILTY Of MURDER.
John Evans Acquitted Of Culpabil-
ity in the Death Of
David Davis.
A Clear Case Against tho Hack
man Who Gobbled Cora Mil
tons $500 Bill.
Intense Excitement In New Orleans Over
the Discovery Of Organised 80.
cloties Of Murder.

BUTTE. Oct. 1S.-ISpecial. Tho trial Of
John Evans for the killing Of David Davis.
July "a last, in this city, ended in the ac-
quittal of the accused. about II O'Clock to-
night. Davis was a large man and had at
tackled Evans before the fatal afray.
knocking him down several times. They
afterwards met in front Of the Clarendon
saloon. when Davis repeated the attack
and was stabbed by Evans, in the abb
domen, inficting what proved to be fatal
wound. The injured man lived several days
and as two sets of surgeons operated on
him, fight between them ensued and their
charges against each other of having really
caused the death of Davis, assisted mate
rally in the closing events. Arguments
we're closed in the district court tonight,
and the jury returned q verdict Of not
guilty after being out a few minutes. The
verdict will be generally received as just in
this community, where Evans stands ex-
ceedingly we'll.
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DEUXIEME PARTIE
LES DEUX EQUITIES DE SANG
I.-QUATORZE ANS APRES,

I.-QUATORZE ANS APREs.
CinQ heures venaieut de sonner,
lorsqu'un garcon, ouvrant la porte
du bureau OH travaillaient plusleurs
employees, dit dune voix respec.
tueuse:
Monsieur Marcus, monsieur le
baron vous prize de venir lui parler.
Tn jeune homme qui ecrivait a
une table d'acajou massif, recou-
verte dun CUR rouge ct surmontee
d'nn easier garnl de cartons por-
tant des numeros d'ordre, releva
aussil0t la t6ie.
-J'y vais d l'instaut. lepliqua-
til.
Et, en- effet, ouvrant rapidement
un tiroir place i sa droite, il Y fit
disparait1e quelques papiers quill
await devant lui ct le referma SOL
gneusement. Ce ieune hOmne,
ties brun, avec de grands yeux
chata;ns, await une des plus jolies
tGtes qn'une mere puisse r6ver
pour le tils sur leqnel ellie a mis-
toutes ses esperances ct qui fait
toute sa fiert6. Apres avoir res
serre les papiers avec sOin ct EN-.
pressement, le jenne homme ira.
versa In waste piece Oh deux autres
employees beaucOup plus ages ira
vaillaient, chacun devant sa table,
ct sor,it vivement.
Les bureaux de la maison de
banque Rivadarcos occupaient tout
l'entresol Dun des plus riches hotels
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Emma, soft, i'ai etc cOupable
je 3admets, mais 81 tn m'aimes
pardonne. Apres tout, ce nest
pas envers toi que j'ai peche. Non
bile pas que je t'aime, que Jaime
nos enfants, que pour toi ct pour
eux, ie donnerais tout mon sang
Ne snls.je pas assez frappe! Vas
tn tumr d cette enDemie, ct ne
trouves-tu pas que j'ai assez sonf.
fert ? Toi-m6me, pourquoi ajouteI
de la torture a ia torture? 3? LIE de-
voir dune femme est d'aimer son
mari quot quill ait commits, d'au.
tant plus qua toi, je mai jamais
fait de NAL.
La jeune femme cut nn triste
sourire, pIein dune resignation
navrer.
-Vous m'ayez fait, dit ellie, le
pins grand NAL qui put metre fait i:
vous avez tue en- moi mon admira
tion ct mon alteration pour vous.
Pendant qnatre ans, j'ai vecu dun
beau r6ve, lie reveil est venu.
All! fit-il avec rage, cette
femme est bien vengee
-Mais, rasSurez.vous, Lopez, il
he suis point mauyalsp, ct je n'on.
blierai jalnais que je vous al aime.
Je resterai votre annie tidele, votre
compagne, votre sGur devouee.
Plus jamais de mes levres he sor.
tira nn mot de reproche pour rex.
istence d'augoisse, de deuil ct de
desolation, que vos crimes mont
faite. Et 81 la veuve de Miguel
vous menacait dun poignard, ct
que je fusse Ia, je me dresseraiS
entire ellie ct vous. qui 6tes le pere
de mes enfants, pour vous convrir
de mon corps ct recevolr la mort
votre place. Mails ne men deman
dez pas advantage. Dams mon
cGur brise, il ne reste plus qu'un
sentiment, Famour maternel, ct je
mai pas trop de toutes mes forces
pour WELLER sur Anita, ma file
unique, a present, atm dc la prote
ger ct de Ia defendre, afn de de-
tourner, dams la rnesure du possible,
de sa t6te inn0cente, la fataIite
que son pere traine avec lui.
-Emma, ce u'est pas votre der
nier mot. Vous changerez d'idee
-Jamais
FIN DE LA PREMIERE PARTIE
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No. 81

! INV Ia obuT ne Nile Anita
hlVaharcos, await etc enlevee, ct
qu'on lgnorait ce qu'e!le etait deve.
nue; mais Ia s'aretaient ses rem
sslgnemeLtS a ce snjet, ainsi uue
ceux du public, ct il connaissait.
CONNIE on lie vcrra avant peu, assez
dautres causes aux inquietudes ct
aux angoisses de son patron, pour
he pas les tiouver suffis.ntes et
S'avISer de chercher an della. Dali.
| 'eGrs, son regard. en- alIant an ba-
ron, exprimait tant de sympathie,
| que ceIHi.ci tendit les denx mains
so" employe, en- lui dlsant;
All ! mon jeune ami, j'avalS hate
ae vous voir. J'ai In, hier au soir.
on pintdt crtte mutt, clr je ne sais
plus CO que c'est que le somme.
votre travail sur les mines de-
C'tst clair ct c'eSt concluant. Tn.
possible de discuter yos chiffres ct
vos calcnls.
-Je Ie crois, monsieur lie baron:
mais, avec les indications ct lea
documents que vons m'avez four
nls, II ne s'agissait plus que dun
travail d'exposition ct de classifi.
cation.
Mails tout est Ia, dams les af.
faires, mon cher Marcus. II ne
STUNT pas de trouver les idees. Ehl
mon Dieu, tont lie monde en- a des
'dees. Files courent les rues. LIE
tout, c'est de savoir les presenter.
les faite accepter. Apres ayoir Ia
votre resume, apres avoir v6rifi6
les chlffres groupes par vons, apres
avoir pese les considerations sur
lesquelles vous les appnyez, ct
don't plusienrs m'avaient echapp6.
Jal tant de chooses EN- tete! ma
conViction es, faite, absolue. Nv
a une fortune une fortune colossale.
u'e fortune certaine, pour qui aura
la concession.
-Et ce sera vous, monsieur Ie
baron...
| Celia depend de-. qnelqu'un.
Ce sera moi, je Pespere 81 je puis
ohtenir son appni.
-Pourquoi!
lie baron regarda autour de Iui
puis baissant Ia voix:
-Ecoutez, moi, mon cher enfant.
je puis parler franchement devant
vons. Je sails que vous etes dis.
cret.. ct je compte sur votre de.
| vOuement.
-Absolus dit le jeune homme
avec un accent de sinc6rite qui ne
pouvajt laisser aucun doute sur ses
sentiments.
-Et ce devouement, je sanrai le
reconnaitre, un jour on rautre.
CONNIE il le merite.
LIE jeune homme devint tres roa.
&c, pnis tres pale, ct sfinclina silen-
cieux, en- baissant les yeux avec un
embarras qui n'echappa point q
Lopez, ct alluma dams les prunelles
dn banquier un eclair de satisfac-
ton anssit6t reprime.
Done, reprit Rivadarcos, TAI
WI K, il y trois iours, au sujet
de ces mines, lui denandant son
appni.
Eft biens
IL ma econte froidement, sui
want son habitude. Quand Teus
fni, j'attendis "a reponse. "Un tel
est votre concurrent, NATL re- |
pondu avec secheresse.
Soft. Mais je suis pret aux
plus grands sacrifices pour reussir.l
Alors, il s'eSt leve, MA tourne lei
dos, s'est apnroche de la cheminee,I
surmontee dune belle glace. Ilpa
trrnie de son haleine, puts trace
de son doigt sur cette vapeur pas,
sagere, lie chiffre an, suivi de six
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--LE
Serment dune Mere.
Par A. MATTHEY.
fSuite.l |


-Ainsi, vOus vous ent6tez, re.
prit-il, changeant de ton, d crOire
la haine ct la calomnie de cette
femme attol6e de vengeance, plut0t
que les explications de votre mari ?
-Je croiS vos prOpres aveux, ct
je crois lie temoisnage de Lulsa, qul
tut vorre complice, qui n'avalt
aucun lnteiGt d Sc calomnier ct a
vous calomnler a mes yeux.
-Luisa! tit-il epouvante. Vous
avtz WI Luisa, ellie vOus a parle !!
Quand celia!
lie jour on ellie est partie, Oh
| ellie est venue mavOner qu'elle
await peur d'6tre frapp6e a sou tour
par la veuve de Miguel.
Que ta.telle ditf
Emma lui rep6ta le recit de
Luisa.
Done, conclut-elle. celle qui a
ecrit ces lignes, ellie montrait le
manuscrit, celle qui vole Anita
celIe qul pum Luisa ellie meme
-ans doute, par la mort !; celle don't
Ia vengeance men restera pas la,
Dolores, Ell un mot, ma ,ien invente,
IA ripn exageIe.
Lopez Sc taisait, accabl6 par r6vi-
'lence. Nier plus longtemps, EN-
effet, etait inutile.
Eth bien, quand celia serait
vrai! dit-il ce sont les m9urs du
pays, ct ce qni parait 81 etfrOyable
4 une Francaise, a nne femme
dOuce ct bonne CONNIE vous, parait
simple ct naturel nous autres.
Je mai fait que ce que tout autre
eht fait ma place, IT 81 je n'avais
pas porte a ROsas la preuve que
Miguel await peri, c'est moi que
Rosas eht fait fusiller.
Tout antre n'elt pas etc rami,
lie frete, foblige de Miguel; ct,
dams CO cas-, il valait mieux risqner
la mort pour sol, que la donner
Daillenrs, vous ne me ferez pas
croire que vons 6tes lache!
All dies raisonnements de
femme!
Soft! alorS je vous dirai seule-
ment ceci: Lopez, ouand vous avez
etc impitoyable, vous n'avez done
pas songe qu'un jour, vous aussi,
vons ponrli.z avoir une femme ct
des enfants: Quand vous avez
repousse cette epouse, vous n'avez
done pas songe ce que vous eusSiez
eprouve. 4 ce qu'eAt ressenti votre
femme, 81, marie un jour, vons eus
siez eu a subir ce que vOus faisiez
a ce mari ct & cette femme qui
s'aimaient QUAINT vOus falsiez
martyriser, sous les yeux de cette
mere. cette heroique petite file,
qui Sc mourait plut6t que de trahir,
vous n'avez done pas songe Qu'un
Jour aussi vonS pourriez 6tre pere.
qu'un jour aussi vous pOurriez
ayoir a pleurer sur vos enfants,
aupres de leur mere, folIe de deses.
poir!
Emma
Quand on agit ainsi que vous
avez agi, quand on est sans pitl6
ainsi que vous avez etc, quand on
meconnait toutes les lois du cRnr
ct toutes les lois de Ia nature, on
ne Went pas ensnite demander au
cenr ct a la nature des jOies ct tia
honhenr auxquelS on ma plus droit.
Quani on tIaine derriere sol nn
pareil passe, quand on est pour.
snivi dams la vie par la haine dune
mere incOnsolablr. don't on q etc
10 bonrrean, on n'expose pas nne
autre femme. la sienne. une antre
mere. cei,e d. vos enfants, Lopez.
a devenir aussi malheurense, plus
malhenreuse, pent etre, au risqne
IL. sa franaf0rmAr I'm inur nnur La
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les salleS destinees au public
tenaIent toute la partie du devant
NJ. Fivadarcos s'etait reserve lt
fond pour sou cabinet personnel
ct d'autres pieces on attendaienl
les nombreux visiteurs aui ia.
vaicnt affaire qua lni.
lie ieune homme n'eut done ua'un
tres court corridor d traverser pour
arriver q une ahtichambre on veil.
iait un hui>sier on ne peut plus
solennei ct correct. A Ia vue de
Femploye, Get huissier Sc leya, ct,
sans mot dire, ALA soulever une
lonrde tenure de velours, derriere
laqneile apparut une porte a Ia.
quel'e il frappa un leger coup
avant lie Pouvrir; puis il s'effaca,
pour laisser passer celui Quill in.
troduisait, 1T referma la porte.
LIE cabinet du banquier etair
immense ct agenc6 avec un luxe
inonI, meme un peu tapageur.
Lorsqne le jeune Marcus entra
dams CO cabinet, Rivadarcos s'y
promenait de long en- large, les
bras der.iere le dos, le front
penche, les sourciIs contractes, Pal,
profoudement inqulet ct preoccupe
A In vue de son employe, il essaya
de chaser brusquement cette ex.
preston, OH ron edt pu lire dc
terribles angoisses mails 81 habil-
quill tut a composer son visage Il
81 rapide qu'eht etc la transforma-
ton dictee par sa volonte, il etai,
impossible, an premier regard jett
sur Get homme, de ne pas dire:
VOLTA un homme malheureux
Lopez await, en- effet, bipn chan
&c depnlS lss quatorze annees ecou
lees, qui s6parent cette seconde
partie lie la premiere partie de no.
ire Iecit. Cependant, aucun fait
materiei nouveau ne s'etait prodnit
de la part de Dolores, depuis cee
trois evenements successifs. Les
recherches de la police avaient e,e
vaines, a la verite. On n'avait
retrouve nj Dolores, nj Anna, nj
lie meurtrier de Lnisa.
On n'avait plus jamais entendu
parler d'Anna que lie pere ct Ia
mere pleuraient toujorrs ct croy
aient morte, la veuve de Miguel
ayant voulu, sans doute, rendre
coup pour coup ct torture pour tor.
ture a la file de celui qui await fat
torturer Juanita; mais, d'autre
part il n'avait etc fait aucuue ten.
tative contre Anita, nj contre la vie
de Lopez, ct on cut pu croire que
Dolores await disparu de ce monde.
au grand silence qui s'etait fait
autour dele.
Dependant, nj Lopez, nj Emma,
bien qu'ils eyitassent agec soin de
parIer jamais de la s'veuve de Nj
gneP', ne se tiaient a cette apparente
torpeur. TOus deux sentaient deS
yeux fixes sur eux dams rOmbre
tous deux Sc disaient quinn Jour
quelque nouveau trait empoisonne
viendrnit les atteindre Ell plein
cRur; tons deux, silencieusement
SO demandaient, chacun de son CO.
te, a quel instant choisi s'abattrait
le nonveau malheur suspendn sur
leur t6te.
LIE jenne Marcus, entire dams la
maison du banquier .lepuis deux
ans settlement, n'avait done jamais
comm les jours de tranquillite mo-
rale du baron. Pendant les denx
annees ecoulees, IL l'avait WI q peu
pres dams retat oil nous Ia retIon.
vons, bien que Get etat aIlat en-
S'aggraVaEt avec une PERSISTENCE
ct upe sorte de rapidite pareille a
ceIle que subit un quarter de roche
arrach6 de sa base ct precipite sur
une pente vertigineuse.
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how, in his short period of accomplishment.
what stupendous and majestic legacy, alb
solutely untainted by venal diplomacy and
reward, he left to all mankind. For one, l
come to this shrine with no hating apollo
gies for his character or memory. And as
lies, ! would count it an all-sufioient fame
had the power to at one stroke blot out
all the lessening interpretations of the past
100 years, and make this his memory and
monument in every human heart.
His known and secret struggles we're his
own and his Makers sacredly. Infinitely
we'll was it for the world that he lived and
loved and bequeathed to mankind.
AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS.
Slow fell the velvet curtains of the dusk
Around St. Michael's kirk-yard weird and dim;
While Nithsdale''s fow'ry br es breathed sum-
From Lowther hill to Criffel's hoary rim.
Tho drowsy chatter of old Dumfries' Streets;
The plants of rocks within the steep.e old;
Blent soft in tender murmurs manifold.
The night was come. l fingered still aloneS
Impassioned pilgrim by insensate stone.
IF thou art hero. departed shade,'' cried,
''By pure am ition's hottest faith and prayer.
Let me come closer to thy kindly side.
= Call me one step upon thy re al stair!
GrOping and footsore in the path OF song,
fain would consecrate my lay
To humblest striyers in the countless throng.
That, guideiess, falter on the worlds highway.
O spirit incarnate of Poesy,
Speak, speak thy secret to this deyotee!'
What seer can tell the mysteries of prayer?
Priceless its answer in this yaulted tomb;
For faiths reward comes ofttimes unaware,
Swift flashing through the nausoleum's gloom
radiance lit the epic-graven stone.
TRANSPORTED shone the form of Poesy;
Her mantle, closer drawn, held Celia's own
To her ia T breast. These sacred words spoke
she:
''If thou wouldst gain his all-imm ortal art
Sing sweet and true unto tn, human heart"
EDGAR I. WAKEMAN.