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CHAPTER VIII.
sISTERLY AFFECTION.

SISTERLY AFFECTION.
Whe. 7 returned to the hotel toward
evening I found Hasnip waiting for me
there in the hall.
"Ah, MI. Leslie, WANTED to see you"
His voice grated rather harshly on my
ear, and his manner was not cordial.
We'll, here I am. What have you to
say?" This is too public q place; we'll
20 over there into the managers private
room" And he led the way through the
bar into an inner Office, which We had to
ourselves.
You have been leading US astray." he
said.
Not intentionally, I swear. You shall
not impute anything of the kind"
IT'S all about this Fawcett; you we're
altogether on the wrong track. He was
away-had gone that afternoon to Gar
chester, and did not return till the very
last train; that would not land him here
at Bythesea till 1:30 o'clock, and he could
not get to the hotel for half an hour or
more"
"Cornelis did not tell me the truth,
then"
How could he have heard Captain Faw-
cett quarreling with the murdered man2
That part Of his story was manifestly I'M
true. Why had he lied to me? Was the
quarrel q pure invention on his part?
More %perple1ityl The case grew more
and more involved and confused.
Il have nothing to do with the waiter"
said Hasnip, roughly, when I mentioned
this seemingly useless Misrepresentation.
Il mean to deal now with what I Know
only. We are in possession Of certain
distinct facts. There is the hair-pin and
the ownership of it; these circumstance
must be traced home
Homer"
Yes, we must devote attention to
the person I first suspected, and on whom,
in my opinion, something more than
mere suspicion o rests"
You mean Miss Bertrand"
Yes, the young lady-your friend"
You would not dare to arrest her with
out more evidence 1t would be mon
%strous; as much as your place is worth"
ats the Bench that acts, not me-"
THE Bythesea Bench would be held up
to scorn and derision throughout the
whole country, when this conduct became
publicly known"
My vehement protests seemed to nave
some effect upon the generally stolid and
self satisfied detective.
you don't think we have enough to 60
upon?" he asked; and there was undoubt-
ed hesitation in his voice.
We'll, have your Do You think 30
yourself? Granted that the pin is proved
to be Miss Bertram's, you have no evil
dence to show she dropped it."
May be not. It muy be wiser, safer.
to hold ones hand a bit. I don't mind
doing so, if you will give me your nelp."
How can II"
Get Mrs. Sarsield to talk. Extract
from her somehow or other what she
knows. whom she wishes TO shield"
That was my idea, / will admit, al
though I do not see for the moment how
to carry it out"
II leave that to you. Only I promise
to hold over the warrant for another day
to give you a chance"
[To BE CONTINUED
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FRIED CHICKEN WITH OYSTERS.

Joint a tender chicken, season rather
highly; sprinkle over very finely
minced parsley and onion, q little table
oil and a teaspoonful of lemon juice; let
them lie in this msrinade, turning every
now and then for several hours; then dip
in -four and fry until brown and tender.
Lay out the pieces as fast as done, keep
ing hot in a covered-earthen dish. When
all are cooked, if there is more than a
tablespoonful of fat in the pan turn the
rest out, add a large tablespoonful of
butter, a gill of hot cream and a pint of
thoroughly drained oysters. Season
lightly with salt and pepper, and as soon
as the boards of the oysters begin to
open, by which time the gravy will have
thickened slightly, pour all owe the
fried chicken. In frying the chicken
care must be taken that there are no
burnt particles left in the pan, as this
would spoil the delicious flavor of the
oysters and cream sauce.-Ameriean
A~gricuturSst.
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A Wild Woods Family.

One morningI went out from Uncle
Buck Wright's cabin and walked up the
gulch. There was a rare flower there
that had long puzzled my slender stock
of botanical information, and I wanted
to find out more about it. Iclimbed
upon a shelf of imesone projecting over
the gulch, and sat down under the
shadow of the live oaks, looking at the
hills blue distance, at the sunrise, still
rose purple. I sat there for perhaps half
an hour resting quietly. Then l heard o
sharp tinkle below, as if two pebbles
had been struck together. and in a little
while I caught other sounds that aroused
my curiosity. By standing up I was
able to look over and down upon a lower
shelf overgrown with trees and shrubs
a peculiarly lovely spot, fresh with the
sparkle of water from a spring, and yet
arched over with clear blue sky, and
sprinkled with sunlight and shadow.
Just here, in a space like a lady's par:
lor, a doe and two fawns of six months
age were playing in the most homelike
way. They had climbed up from the
bottom of the ~ravine, and circumstances
had so greatly favored me that I was
actually within twenty-five feet Of the
unconscious creatures. The heavy boughs
of the live oak hid me, but a small open
ing enabled me to see clearly, and the
wind blew from the doe, 10 that, as !
said, it was a rare opportunity. A natu.
ralist might have had some theory to de-
fend or demolish, but I was well content
to enjoy the scene without thinking Of it
as material" I remember that l was
especially pleased by the refined way in
which the doe nipped off a leaf here, a
small twig there, in the intervals of her
play with the fawns. It was breakfast
time, but when I went down to the place
after they had gone, the keeuest scrutiny
could not have seen that anything was
marred or spoiled. Natures wild gar
den was the wild garden still. They
tripped away as easily and gracefully as
Spanish dancing girls, and the memory
of their haunt in the canon by the mount
ain springs was n that kept me IN
hopes of another such experimentation
est and Stream.
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nv discovery of the U1oody knife and it's

my discovery of the U1oody knife and lts
manifest connection with the ring.
None of these facts taken singly are
sufficient to base a charge against Faw-
cett," said Mr.. Smart; "but, as a whole,
the mans peculiar behavior in seeking to
lead the inquiry nstray, the walters evil
dence of the quarrel, Mrs. Sarstield's up
braiding, all these as a whole, l will adj
NIT. look very black. indeed"
sunless some satisfactory explanation
is offered, he is, beyond question, very
seriously implicated, added Hasnip.
~ will send O man up to London to
make inquiries at the Spanish Embassy
or Consulate. What did you say was tbs
name?"
Xavier de Yriarte. a name sufficiently
striking and uncommon to be noticeable,
and therefore easily traced"
And 1 will devote myself to Captain
Fawcett," said Hasnip. What will you
do, Mr.. Leslie2 Watch the ladies? That's
rather in your line. You can get into
conversation with them and try to draw
them out"
II hardly know them, 1 protested, AM.
ious to excuse myself from the unworthy
role.
You seemed very sweet OF the young
lady yesterday" retorted Hasnip, shyly,
-and she is bound to be grateful to you
for having stood her friend. Besides
who knows?-you may be doing them q
good turn, to say nothing Of acting in the
interests Of Justice"
you will promise to take no steps
against this young lady without letting
me know" I said, by way of making
terms.
yes. yes" said Mr.. Smart. Nothing
shall be done in q hurry; you may rely on
me for that. Only mind you keep ou
counsel and your own"
With this we parted.
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out as he does so. He holds the line
down to the board when he reaches the
desired spot, strikes the mark, takes up
the cup and reels up the line as he walks
back. When a japanese wants to rip up
a plank he places it across anything
which will elevate it a few inches, then
stands upon the wood and cuts it by
Selling the cleaver looking saw in both
hands and pulling it toward him. Thus
by a number of short, quick up strokes
he gets through a plank; not so speedily
but quite as effectively rs an American
carpenter would with the long slow down
and up strokes of the hand saw. The
adze, as stated by Mr.. Morse in his work
on Japan, is provided with a rough ham
die, bending considerably at the lower
end. "In summer the carpenters work
with the scantiest clothing possible, and
nearly always barefooted. 1t is a star
ting sight to q nervous man to see a car
penter standing on a stick OF timber
hacking away in a furious manner with
his crooked handled instrument. having
an edge as sharp as q razor, and taking
of great chips of wood within an inch
of his naked foot"
In certain districts in japan, and as
is the case with the dwelling now
ut the museum, the house is prepared
both inside and out, there being no plas-
ter used.
Besides the order and neatness with
which his house IS made, the cleanliness
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If the .Janapese is one of his most COM

of the Japanese is one of his most COM
mendable qualities. It is apparent in
his body, in his house, at his work shop
and no less in his %carefulness and exem-
plary exactness with which he looks al
ter his fields.
The absence of all paint, varnish, oil
or filling is at once remarked. The wood
is left in Just the condition in which it
leaves the cabinet makers plane, with a
smooth, simple surface, and whenever
workman can leave a bit of nature in
this way he avails himself of the oppor-
tunity to do so.
It may be seen by this illustration how
many features for decorative display come
in, the ornamental openings or windows
with their varied l~attices, the sliding
screens and cupboards with their rich
sketches of flowers and landscape and
the natural woods.
The kitchen differs from the guest and
tea rooms. 1t is without ornament, and
the principal culinary utensils are spoons.
knives, charcoal cups, to hold the burn
ing embers; a stove, house lantern, fire.
place, buckets and tubs, tea pots, cups,
plates, pans, chopsticks and a box con-
tanning flint and finder and fuel. the,
fuel is wood in the form of sticks about
a foot long. There is no pipe to the
stoves. hence the kitchen is often filled
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with smoke, but aside from this the

with smoke, but aside from this the
room altogether presents quite a neat
appearance.
BY far the most interesting part of q
japanese house arc the guest and tea
rooms, but all Japanese houses are not
built the same. Every province in Japan
has a mode Of building peculiar TO itself;
for instance, the dwellings at Nagaskia
are differently made from those of Kloto,
while those of Kioto differ from those of
Toxic and other large cities in the north
ern part of the empire. Besides the diff.
ferent ways of building practiced by each
province the high and low class have
their dwellings constructed differently;
they are the lew class, the middle class,
the wealthy class and the nobility, each
with its own form of architecture to suit
wants and means
The tea room is made for the purpose
of holding the tea ceremony in, while
the guest room is a place to receive visi-
tors, as its name implies. 1t will be no.
ticed by the accompanying illustrations
that chairs or tables are nowhere to be
seen, and this is the case with all Japan
csc rooms. The soft mating which GOV.
ers the floor is used instead, for who ever
heard of japanese sitting in a chair
when he had mattinga On this mating
the Japs eat, sleep and work. The mat
ting itself is woven very thick and heavy
and covered with another n of a lighter
material, not unlike the common Canton
mating. Knowing of the ~softness of
this carpet the japanese takes off his
wooden clogs when he enters the door
and thus saves the wear and tear. But
a foreigner, utterly regardless of the
feelings of these people, is apt to walk
in with his muddy boots and temporarily
spoil the mating. This is one of the
many petty things which makes the
Japanese dislike the foreigner Wash
ington Star.
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RECIPES.

Fried Green Tomatoes-Slice full.
grown, green tomatoes; soak in salt and
water half an hour, drain, roll in cracker
dust; fry in boiling lard, sprinkle with
salt. Serve hot.
Clam Soup-Chop fine a pint Of round
clans; put in a stewpan with pint OF
water, and when it boils add the same
amount of milk and boil up again; sea-
son with butter, pepper and salt, and
two crackers rolled fine are to be put in
when the soup is dished.
Oyster Stew-Boil n cup of strained
oyster liquor aud half a cup of water.
Skim, add half a teaspoon OF salt, half a
saltspoon of pepper, n tablespoon OF
butter and one tablespoon rolled cracker.
When it begins to boil, add one quart
of oysters. Boil one minute. Put half
n cup of cream or cold milk into the
tureen, and pour the boiling stew over it.
Corn Soup-Grate the corn from half
q dozen ears; put the cobs IN q kettle and
cover with half a gallon of water; let
boil slowly for half an hour, lake out, put
in the corn and boil until done. Press
through q sieve, season with salt and
epper and let simmer. Rub three
tablespoonfuls of butter and two of flour
together; stir into the soup, pour in a
pint of hot milk, cook one minute; add
the beaten yelks of two eggs and serve.
Tomatoes With Rice-Scald and peel
three large, smooth tomatoes. Cut them
in halves, scoop out the seeds and juice.
without breaking the pulp. scald the
Juice enough to strain out the seeds. 10
the juice add sugar to taste, and mix
with it as much warm boiled rice as 1t
will absorb; add salt and a little butter.
Fill the tomatoes with the mixture.
Place each half tomato or a round OF
bread, buttered. Put them in a shallow
nan and bake ten minutes, or until the
bread is Drowned.
Delicious Sponge. Cake-A delicious
sponge. cake is made with twelve eggs,
a pound of sugar, half u pound of flour
and the Juice of a lemon. Beat the yolks
of the eggs with the sugar and ADD the
lemon luce. Beat the whites OF the
epps to a stiff froth, and add them
alternately with sifted -four. Beat the
cake thoroughly with a whip. Do not
attempt to use a patent beater for either
the eggs or the batter of sponge.cske,
but use a sponge.cake whip. Pour the
cake into square tins. sift or dredge a
little powdered sugar over it before put.
ting it in the oven.
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LINE AS A FRUIT PREsERvArrvE,

Any discovery simplifying or making
more possible the preservation of green
fruit is of very great moment to our fruit
growers, dealers and shippers. A Mr..
Monclar, of Mandals, France, has dis.
covered that common lime is a rare pre-
~servative OF fruits and vegetables. His
first discovery was made by layering a
lot of diseased potatoes with two cubic
metres of powdered lime. He found
that after the potatoes had been in con-
tact with the lime for fourteen months
they were in as perfect o state as when
dug. He then layered a lot of beets, carrots
and onions in the. same material, and
found that they too kept In a perfectly
fresh state for months. In experiment.
ing with fruits he found that grapes kept
perfectly for seven and one-half months
and were taken out in an astonishing
state of freshness. Five kinds of apples
and several varieties of winter pears and
ounces gave the same result.
The lime used tor these experiments,
which had Stacked itself in an open shed,
explains the California Fruit Grouer,
was in a finely powdered form and was
intended to be applied to the ground as
a fertilizer; but other experiments
showed that unslacked lime IA just as
good for the purpose as that which had
been Stacked, neither seeming to have any
effect upon the fruit itself further than
to prevent any exterior decay. Duchess
pears failed to keep more than n and
one.half months on account of their dis.
position to rot at the core. The use Of
lime for this purpose prevents the alb
sorbing Of unpleasant odors by the fruits,
keeps away moisture, gives them an
equitable temperature and destroys any
microbes which may have found q rest
ing place upon the skin or steEi. 1t is
also a preventive against damage by rats
or insects. OF course, in storing the
fruit under treatment, temperature and
dryness of the air should be considered.
The lime is not injured by being used to
preserve the fruit, and is just as good
for application to the land after being
used as before. -Neu YORK. World.
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Studyine Bird MigratiOns.

A number of scientists recently spent
the night in the hand of Bartholdi's Lib
erty on Bedloe's Island, New York Har-
Dor, making observations on the migra-
ton of birds. They saw docks of black
birds, robins, thrushes, hooking birds,
woodpeckers, kingfshers, larks, sand
pipers, plovers, Stripes, b%obolinks' branss,
ducks and geese. With nets tney were
able to catch all the specimens necessary
for examination, and when the temper
ary prisoners we're set free they at once
started southwark. Hundreds CT birds
dashed against the statue and fell to the
ground dead. Each flock seemed to
have a few veterans as leaders, whose
calls were answered by a rear guard.
The birds that migrate at night are sup
posed to take their direction from the
stars and not the topography OF the
country.-Mu Orleans Pieayune.
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GOOD NIGHT.

"a long black maze Of the weeping willow
The moon is thridding 20 golden white;
She pours dim splendor upon my pillow
Passing my window to say good-night
Goodnight, says her little sister.
Noon SO tender, ah, moon 50 shining
Far, far up In the arch Of skies,
Seest thou me as I watch reclining,
Beaming with tranquil starry eyesf
Goodnight, says thy little sister.
am 30 little. i lie in my chamber
Dropping my eyelids under thy light;
Thou and the stars q Lord let's wander
Round the world and all through tho
night.
Goodnight, says thy little sister.
must slumber 80 soft and lowly
Laid alone in the dark down deep;
Moon, If thou meetest the angels holy
Bid them pass where I lie asleep;
Goodnight, says thy little sister.
Into the bells Of the blossoms prying.
When thou CONTEST where sweet dreams be,
Or on the back Of the gray moths flying,
Bid them whisper themselves to me-
Goodnight, says thy little sister.
Now I am kissing thy glory tender.
Angel moon in the Lords deep skiesi
One more look at thy lovely splendor.
Now I am closing my drowsy eyes;
Goodnight, says thy little sister.
Irene Putnam, in Independent
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THE trouble with most girls OF SIX
teen is that they diet themselves on
chocolates and pickles, get the dispep-
STA, and then imagine they are in
love. Girls who are brought up on a
diet of bread and butter and milk,
and compelled to keep early hours,
seldom have romantic troubles. 1t is
hard for an older person to always dis
tinguish the difference between dis
pepsia and an affair of the heart. 1t
Is next to impossible for a foolish girl
of sixteen. Cut off the chocolate and
pickle supply, and you will lessen the
number of your daughters heart az
fairs.
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A SagaciOus Dog.

The InteHigencer learns from trainmen
on the branch that Galloway has a very
remarkable dog. The train that leaves
Mexico at seven A. NJ. reaches Cedar City
about noon and the engine always whis-
ties Just before it reaches the town. AS
soon as this whistle blows a dog, owned
by a farmer a mile from the road, makes
a bee line for the track, which he fol-
lows until he comes up with the train in
the yard. Then he jumps up into the
caboose and helps the boys eat their din
ner. The dog has kept this up for a
wear or more. J. A. Glandon, route
agent of the express company, who
youches for the story, says that the dog
will not leave the premises unless the
whistles blows.-Mezi;o (N0.) Ante~'-
oo1cer.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
oMELEr.

A nice omelet is made from five eggs,
one cup of milk, one tablespoonful of
butter, and one tablespoonful of -four.
Melt the butter, beat the yolks of tho
eggs and add the milk, a little salt and
the -four; beat the whites and last.
ly (see that the butter is melted, but not
browned,a as that would spoil the omelet),
pour in spider and cook on top of stove
until nearly done, then set in oven to
brown. Take out with pancake turner
on q warm plate. Serve as soon as done
if you wish them prime.
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IH THE DARK
II james wHIrcoD RILEY.

o, IN the depths OF midnight,
When fancies haunt the brain,
When even the sigh Of the sleeper
Sounds like q sob Of pain.
A sense Of AVE and Of wonder
Imay never well define,
For the thoughts that come In the shadows
Never come in the shine.
The old clock down In the parlor,
Like . sleepless monach grieves,
And the seconds drip In the silence
A. the rain drips from the caves.
And I think Of the hands that signal
The hours there in the gloom,
And wonder what angel watchers
Wait in the darkened room.
And I think of the smiling faces
That used to watch and wait.
TIL the click Of the clock was answered
BY the click Of the opening gate.
They are not there now In the evening"
Morning or noon-not there;
Yet I know that they keep their vigil,
And wait for me somewhere.
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TO P MUSTARD.

To prepare mustard for the table take
two tablespoonful of mustard and one
teaspoonful of -four. Mix this smooth
with a little cold vinegar. Mix together
four tablespoonful of vinegar, one table
spoonful of olive oil, one te~aspoonful of
sugar, one ~teaspoonful of salt and one of
black pepper. Set this on the stove in a
suitable dish and let it come to a boil,
stirring it all the time. Pour the boil.
ing mixture into the other, stir it we'll,
and as soon as it is cold it is ready for
&c., Washington Star.
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Il shall stick to It, rest assured; the
criminal shall not escape" I replied in a
half whisper.
Perhaps so. But it ought not to be
difficult to get the better Of You with all
the Bythesea police at your back" was
his c~ontemptuous answer, as he walked
away with the ladies.
Mrs. Sarstield, who still appeared great
ly agitated, took no further notice of me-;
but Clara cast back one ~furtive, pleading
glance, which I interpreted as an entreaty
to spare her sister, and herself, too!-to
spare them any further reference to the
murder in No. SO,
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THE Lick Observatory has succeed
ed in getting the best photograph OF
the moon that ever was taken, and
speaking of it suggests congratula-
tions of the moon that she is in posi-
ton to prevent her photographer
from tanning her head into an iron
wise and telling her to hold up her
thin and look pleasant. That's where
he moon has a tremendous advantage
over the rest Of US.
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A JAPANESE HOUSE.
HOW 1T IS CONSTRUCTED AND
WHAT IL CONTAINS.
A Dwelling in the Museum-Skillful
Workmen-Peculiar Tools and
How They Arc Used h
Kitchen and Its Contents.

The National Museum has now in pos
session something quite novel in the form
of a japanese dwelling house. This
house was imported from Toxic and is at
present in process of reconstruction I'M
der the hands of a japanese workman.
The material, from top to bottom, is
japanese throughout, and will be quite
all instructive museum in itself when
finished.
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Garnet ornaments are returning to the
foot offashion's throne, and Mime. Grumpy
has welcomed them with ringing hospl-
tality. Garnet caatelaine bags and gar,
net gallons for edging house skirts anu
s;lk street skirts of walking length en-
l;ven the most sombre fabrics.