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Sphinx, It was very different
Elaine that stood before George
Severn q week later, her hand out
stretched in friendly greeting, her eyes
smiling happily into his own. But the
light faded somewhat from her face as
he told her why he had sought her. and
she realized how long It must be before
they met again
1t appeared that he had invested some
OF his savings In houses and mortgages
on houses in India, and that now, 1t
being advisable for him to realize the
money and transfer It to his account at
home, his presence was absolutely needed
there, as some OF the transactions were
intricate.
don't want to go in the very least, !"
ne said, dolefully. /" was so heartily
sick OF India before left It | should
never have remained there 50 long had
70 not been for nay SOM it is for his sake
60 back now / feel that it Is his
money az much as mine which is at
stake, and that have no right to let it
go without . struggle"
.Win Mr.. Severn go with your"
The colonel shook his head.
He IL coming here to study with his
tutor. You will be kind to him, will you
mot, while he lie at the Abbeys should
Ike to know that he is here, though
being 90 near you will scarcely tend to
cure him Of that which sent him away
before"
Familiarity may breed contempt ~
blushing brightly.
Not In your case. But he IN very
young, and perhaps, II he sees there is
no hope
HE knows that now. He is very
young, as you. say; OF course hs will
grow wiser and forget
He looked at her keenly, trying to de-
tect If there was any hidden meaning,
any bitterness In her speech. II there
was, she hid It effectnally, and met his
glance bravely.
And you are quite happy nov?' he
asked, still gazing searchingiy into her
6ace.
"As happy as shall ever be. / can't
tell you how good Mr.. Bowyer Is to me,
how penitent for his doubt. really be-
lieve smiling" he has gone to the
opposite extreme, and suspects me now
Of being perfect"
"And Mrs. Priolo-does she keep her
promise?" he asked.
Most faithfully. When she is Obliged
to speak TO me, she does 30 with civili-
~; but she avoids me as much as DOS
{ sible, and that pleases me best.''
''And Mr.. Bowyer has never alluded
70 the matter Of the arsenic again ?"
Never. can't help fancying he has
guessed Q little Of the truth, for he is
very stiff and reserved with Mrs. Priolo.
and she ID most subdued.n
"She il . wicked designing woman. /
scarcely like leaving you with hers
al am quite SAFE" she assured him,
earnestly. So long as Mr.. Bowyer
lives she can not harm me and-and,
II he dies"
II was on Severn's lips to answer her
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We saoE miss yoS osry mueh,p sAs
soid, sracesy.

F + Il
Eight or nine months passed with little
or no change in the village OF Little
haven. At the Dover House matters
were exactly as they had been before
Mrs. Priolo's Vaccinations wrought sucl
distressful excitement. Mr.. Bowyer was
perhaps little stronger and not quite
30 nervous since the folly Of his sus-
picion Of Elaine had been shown to him
80 clearly. His ward was more to him
than ever-he could scarcely bear her to
be out OF his sight; and his sister-in-law
was relegated to her old place as house,
keeper, she never venturing to remind
him OF the connection that she could
also claim.
Mrs. Priolo was in reality q clever
woman, though she herself had begun to
doubt 1t atter the failure OF her schemes.
Secret for s,cret," she had said to
Elaine that day when her duplicity was
discovered; but she knew well that the
value Of each was not equal. The con-
fession she had made and signed would
be Of no use against her when once Mr..
Bowyer was dead; while, only after that
event could she use her knowledge of
the Sydney tragedy with good effect,
either to satisfy her revenge or sell her
silence, II that should prove the more
| profitable course. At present she was
content and more hopeful than might
have been expected.
Mr.. Bowyer had not destroyed his for
mer will in which she was named as sole
heiress- He meant to do SO at the ear
Hest opportunity; but, with the usual
! procrastination In such matters, the nat
ural reluctance to admit the need Of
hurry, he had delayed to send for the
lawyer to draw up another, and In the
meantime kept intact the former one,
with what idea he himself could not
have told.
Early in the spring Charles Severn had
come to the Abbey with his tutor to be
coached for his examinations. At first
he felt some shyness in going to the
Dover House, but by and by that feeling
died away as the love that had prompted
1t also died a natural death.
Elaine was somwhat amused and some
what sore to see how, when he had been
at Littlehaven for about q month, he
suddenly developed an attachment for
gentle Mary Featherstone, the wears
daughter, and afterward was seldom far
away from her side.
At first he received little or no en-
couragement The girl knew OF his Tor
mer passion, and doubted the depth OF
his feelings, which could 80 lightly
change; nor was Elaine much inclined to
sympathize wnen, in boyish fashion, he
came and confided his ill-success to her.
One day he introduced them to each
other, and after that rapid friendship
grew up between the girls, at which the
young man felt a little sggrieyed. 1t
seemed to him that he was making no
progress at all, and that siace these two
had known each other he was left COM
pleteIy in the cold. One day he betrayed
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Leave Williamsport for Hagerstown. 6.a5. 7.Is
1888 a. M, and 1:45 and 6:45 o. m.
Leave Hagerstown for Williamsport. $50 a. m.
and 1915, las and sos p. m.
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MAIN LINE AND CONNECTIONS.
Schedule taking effect October 4 u ls /
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WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.

w !. = '''oAD
CONNECTING WITH
p. HAP r. Il. at Shippensburg. shenando.h
Valley and B. d O. Railroads at Haeers.
town; Pennsylvania r. r. at Fred
erick Junction, and p. W &B
N. G. and b. q p. Railroads
at Union Station, Bal
timore Nd.
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Additional trains will leave Harrisburg aa \ ~
except Sunday at 40 and 1900 a. M, ana O I,
p M. arriving at Carlisle at Ala M Ivy an,
tions; cd Saturday additional train VIII iSaSo
Harrisburg at 5.20p. m, arriving az Meca adiate
burg sac y. M, stopping at all intermeuia'e
stations - uag-
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars between n M
erstown and New York on Atlantic ExpIe 49, md
Night Express east and on Memphis Express 49,
New Orleans Express west. ,,n-.ss and
Pullman Steering Cars on Night EXPIRES and and
New Orleans Express between Pbiladeipnia ~
New Orleans -------
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Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily ex-
cePt Sunday at 5.55 a. m, S.45 a. M. 4.35 p. m
stopping at all intermediate stations arriving at
Harrisburg at $40 and $50 a. m and $40 p. m.
Evening Mail runs daily between Harrisburg
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Connections for all stations on gunmnpsd sss
Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania ha',io
TEN.
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CHAPTER XVI.

adiant as well as lovely, with .
faint rose-color In her usually
pale cheeks, and nothing Of the
Sphinx, 1t was a very different
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
Among the Immortals.

The French literary world is agitated
over the succession to the seats in the
French Academy, lately vacated by the
deaths of NJ Ernest Renan, Xavier Marm-
ier and Camille Rousset. OF quite q
number of aspirants, NJ. Zola's chances for
a place are considered the best. That i.
the opinion of correspondents It is but q
trihe, but perhaps they have overlooked
the fact that Zela has been the most eligible
candidate at every election in the last ten
years. During that time no less than Is
lightning always missing Zola BY a
very close shave. 1t may hit
him this time however. In fact, the chances
for his success are exceptionally good, for
two reasons Thre are three chairs to fill,
and the Academy, if it follows precedent,
usually selects.the least deserving person in
the group of candidates There have been
periods when merit was recommendation,
but none have transpired recently. Ernest
Renan skipped in during one of these in
teryals. OF the two comparisons, Rousset
and Mariner who have "crossed the range 4"
with him, the former gained; his claim to
" immortality " through q classification of
the archives of the war Office, as for the
latter, nobody seems to be able to furnish an
excuse.
Being elected to position in the French
Academy is a process which bears a great
resemblance to Councilmanic canvass in
our American cities, where the political
lines are closely drawn. Here, the candi-
date visits the voters house to solicit his
vote, there he does Just the same, the vot-
ers in that case being the Academicans
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
EMMA ABBoTT's PLYMOUTH ORGAN,
The Late Opera Singer Erected the Instru
ment at Cost of $4,000.

The Late Opera Singer Erected the Instru
ment at q Cost of S27,Oo0.
Brooklyn Eagle.l
The organ at Plymouth Church has beer
undergoing repairs all summer, which are
now completed, and yesterday G. II. Morse,
the organlst, invited half dozen of hi.
fellow organists of the two cities to drop in
informally and try the instrument
The rain prevented the organists from
coming, but Mr.. Morse's test made for a
few enthusiasts who braved the storm,
showed that the Plymouth organ once more
holds the same relative place among the
modern great organs of the country which
the original organ held when it was built
nearly 80 years ago The richness, smooth
ness and beauty of its tone are now unsuf-
passed certainly in Brooklyn. The instru.
ment was placed in 1866 at cost of about
$27, 900.
The money for rebuilding IL from be-
quest of Mrs Emma Abbott Wetherell. the
opera singer. and the organ front displays
solid silver plate inscribed as follows: 'This
organ was rebuilt in 1892 from bequest of
the late Emma Abbott Wetherell, for 21
years member of this church, whose con-
sistent Christian Lie, equally with her
great renown as an artist, shed luster upon
. name deeply revered and loved by the
American people"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
The Position of De Lesseps.

It may be possible that NJ. de Lessep.
knew nothing of the knavery practiced in
the Panama Canal affair, but there is NJ
doubt he will have great difficulty in prov.
ing that fact. Can it really be true thai
the fine mansions erected at a cost of from
100, 900 to 100000 francs apiece for his and
the other magnates' occupancy at the
Atlantic end of the canal in Aspinwall were
built without his knowledge? Is it really
to be supposed that he, as the controlling
spirit, would permit over 100000 to be
wasted ON the blocks of stone which were
brought from France and dumped in 30
or feet of water in the harbor at
the same place? They were intended for
abutments, but not the slightest attempt
has ever been made to put them to use. In
the Al miles between Aspinwall and PAN
anna nearly $50, 900, 900 worth of machinery,
houses, ETC., can be seen in various stages
of decay, and many places where the chanA
mel was dredged to the proper level are now
filled up again.
The most competent engineers contend
that the canal could easily have been COM
pleted and vessels passing through IL now
for less than half the sum already expended
upon it. One or the other fact is certain
Monsieur de Lesseps is most incompetent
engineer or the most consummate knave of
the time. His previous career argues
against the first theory, the other remains
to be determined.
W. G. KAUFMANN.
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TOPICS OF THE TIME.
People Who Are Attracting Attention
In All Parts of the World.
SEATS IN TIE FRENCH ACADEMY.
zela ct Last Appears Within Resch Of the
Long-Coveted Prize.
POSSIBLE VISIT OF JApAYs nIKApo
rwnrrrzx FOE THE DrspAroz.I


Most women who have history at all 40
quire 1t before marriage In that they DIFF.
fer from princesses of royal blood. The
latter are usually "nobodies" until some
one has been elected their consort by con-
siderate but diplomatic mammas, papas and
ministers who do not care to have anyone
else in the royal business except them
selves That is the reason it would be diff
cult for anyone to write "A biography of the
rather nice-looking Princess Victoria of
Wales, who, it is rumored, will marry Lord
Rosebery. Princess Victoria is about Is
years of age, just about 20 less than her
prospective husband She is accomplished,
has been highly educated in the different
branches of art, literature and music, aud,
like her mother, is extremely domestic In
her habits.
In this respect she does not differ mareri-
ally from the Earl's first wife, who, how
ever, had in addition a strong taste for pub
lie life. Perhaps this difference in tempera-
ment may be too pronounced to suit the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

Carysfort 1T this miserable man-for I'm
sure, Brenda, dear, he must be miserable,
guilt, you know, carries always It's own
punishment-if then this miserable CASTOR
should happen to hear of where Rhoda now
il, and should 60 down and find her there,
why--Oh! 1t il too horrible to contem-
platsr'
"He can never hear Of IT," says Brenda
be certain?"
For one thing" says Gerald, 'Verner 10
very unlikely to frequent the society of
learned and travelled old gentlemen like
this-this-what' his name? This old man
to whom Rhoda has gone as houskeeper.
"True, says Lady Carysfort growing
comforted, "and Rhoda, how Is she? Her
letters are SO short, 80 unsatisfactory. Now
IL can fill pages when begin to write to
one love, but she-she says scarcely any
not unhappy @ q.
SAT all events she could not be 30 un-
happy there as she was here, says Brenda
"Of course not. And Rhoda was always
such dear girl, says Lady Carysfort. $50
thorough, SO reliable, so good. Not touch
OF frivoilty- about darling Rhoda She"
piously, "will find help in religion. There
is nothing, says Lady Carysfort, with set
tied conviction, 'slike religion to help one"
Like rum and true religion, quotes
Tom Kenrick, so solemnly that his aunt
fails to notice quotation.
Rum, Toni What has rum got to do
with it?" says she, severely. .tNo, my dear
boy. religion alone, and unadultersted, will
do il"
"Of course 1t was understood there should
be no adulteration in the rum either" says
he, at which point Brenda, who 10 growing
indignant with him, gives him Q crushing
frown. $50:
''L wish could see Rhoda," says he
quickly, more with o view to turning the
conversation than aught else.
"Ah! If that could be accomplished,
says Lady Carysfort, signing ''To hear
from you own lips how my poor girl Is
That would be comfort indeed"
Then why not run down and see her7"
says Tom. "Not, you, auntie, of course,
but Gerald, Brenda. and L suppose q |
housekeeper Is sometimes allowed to- see |
her friends You and I, Gerald, can pose !
as her followers All servants have fol-
lowers"
.'.It Is delightful idea," says Brenda,
who, however, does not look overjoyed
ut is an adventure SAYS Gerald. 'Do
do you think, auntie, that Brenda ought
IT am going" says Brenda, shortly.
see Khoda by yourself, still, as am very
anxious to see her too, shall accompany
you Tor"
"Ah! yes; there will be Tom to look after
you" says Gerald, in curious tone.
But how are you to pose?" asks Tom.
Gerald and are followers; but you"
II shall not pose at all. shall 90 as her
cousin. All servants have swarms of cous-
ms shall, however, write and ask Rhoda
10 choose day to receive us when the old
Zentleman will be out. It would hardly do
or him to see US in our good-looking
rocks"
Probably at his age he can't see much"
ays Tom.
To b continued
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"why .indeedi It Is not I who want Il
mo, mesning that it il ii That CONSTITUTES
| q neat beginning of little fresh quarrel II
itself; but am tired Of"
s.Me?'
"Exactly. She throws her arms abroad
languidIy. ''Of the eternal Mel whether
it be you or this uninteresting article, -
shaking her head-at herself evidently.
what my mind is concerned with, il
Rhoda. Say what you will, cannot be-
| from Castor" = :
'.I admit CASTOR to be scoundrel," says
Gerald, at length refusing to restrain him
self. and lifting face to Brenta's, in which
two eyes burn like living coal. ''That last
day you saw him!-well-he proved him
self scound.el then"
"Do' you know" says he, almost violent
ly, 'there has been much said against duel
ling, but had it not its point2 You can
horsewhip fellow now If you like, but he
will bring YOU into court and get damages,
and get a name dear to you desecrated as
WE'LL and-and what is gained2"
~ don't know" says Miss Bowen, who Is
feeling little uncertain. Whose il the
name? Hers, or Rheda's? ,Ohi with .
start of impatience at her own stupidity,
Rhoda's, OF coursel" tNothingp says she,
simply. 'Nothingr, s..
',Nothingl'' rejoins he, regretfully.
"Then why not support Rhoda In her es-
cape from Sir CASTOR. Hateful mani Such
subsection as he kept her in. Her very soul
was hardly her own. Her carriage horses
certainly were not They were a constant
cause Of vexation to her; her own horses,
tool,
"His, too, however,"
mot at all You evidently know moth
ing" with a touch of contempt. "Hers en-
tirely. She had q few pence remaining out
of her handsome fortune squandered BY
him, and she bought those horses Tom
knows all about it,
''Tom?"
eyes, Tom. Tom Is the best fellow
know. Tom bought them for her"
'Tom's q genius, says Gerald savagely.
So savagely that Brenda psuses to look at
him.
''It is horrible thought" /" says she, ''but
1t has been growing on me lately-that you
hate Tom?"
"Hate Tom? Because I called him a
genius? I quite thought that was compli.
ment," says he. 'You must have misun.
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A Possible Imperial visit.

Wonders will never cease. 1t is now re-
ported that there is possibility of ths EN-
peror Of Japan visiting this country duri ng
the Worlds Fair. This does not appear very
remarkable in itself until we remember that
quarter of century ago it was as much as
ones life was worth to look upon His
Majesty's face. In fact, no one except his
wives and highest ministers ever did so.
His face was considered divine and was
never unveiled e1ceDt in the seclusion of
his palace at Kiota. When he went forth
1t was in closely curtained car drawn bv
bullocks and his sacrei feet were never
permitted to come In contact with the
earth.
OF course, it will be understood that
Japanese Mikados in general are being
considered, not the present one in par
ticular. To the latter practically all the
present liberality of opini on ia due. When
he succeeded bis father in 1867, it was for
bidden his subjects to mention his personal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
Not AN the Credit to RIcheIieu.

By the way, reference to the French
Academy reminds me that some of our
American reference books, one of which
has been published the present year,
attribute the origin of the Academy to
Cardinal Richelieu This is partially a
mistake, at least so far as giving all the
credit 10 him. There is good reason to be-
lieve that Richelieu was nothing more than
a mere godfather to the institution.
During the third quarter of the seven
teenth century Valentine Courart the
French Protestant writer, gave select enter
tainments at his country home which the
poets and their aristocratic patrons attended.
Voiture, Gonlbault, St. Aneant, Mile. de
Scudery, Colletet and Pelissor belonged to
this circle. They arrived at perfection in
literary style. They discussed pro-
ductions ,of the times at pri-
vate meetings aud public sittings
jnst as the Academy does to-day. About
this time Cardinal Richelieu-whoss ideal
was uniformity in all things, among them
standard of grammar and rhetoric-fxed
upon the Solon Of Courart to accomplish his
aims. s--.r5 sses.-
It would require too much space to
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"But to 60 alone" says he. His eyes are
full OF entreaty, very honest entreaty.
See, says he, as II anxious to have fair
argument with her, ''You are not feeling
strong, and the house is long way of Lei
me see you safely to 1t. IL shall walk be.
hind you, If you like, only you should 70.
member what shock you have had"
81 have had many shock" says she cold
ily, her eyes on the ground. 'T want nc
help to get to the house. Let me, beg you,
sir, 60 there sloner'
+ Drayton stops short
Return as you will, I" says he In tone oi
deep agitation: ''But before you 60 grant
me one word. "
"One word?" She pauses; she looks
back st him over her shoulder. her face is
deadly white, dark bistre shades lie beneath
her speaking eyes
zone only, ;" says he. He takes no step
toward her. "Your manner compels me to
think I have annoyed you in some way.
Tell me-you are not angry with me2''
with your They are both standing
facing each other on the narrow pathway,
hedged IN by soft dropping branches of the
travellers joy on one side and the ripening
branches of the apple trees upon the other.
The sun has just burst a cloud and is
streaming down upon them, casting rich
golden threads into her soft brown hair.
with youP she says again. Slowly,
slowly, her eyes fill with tears: ''You who
have saved my lifep'
The tears fall on to her white cheeks; she
holds out to him her hand.
"fhauk you," she says in q whisper; and
then again with sudden remembrance that
cuts him to the heart, Thank youl-Sirl
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wbv the pi,,inction Was Made.

An omnibus is run in the north Of York
shire, England, which carries first, second
and third-class passengers. A passenger
who saw the announcement of this fact at
the opposite end of the omnibus, wondered
how this could be- When they ar
rived at the bottom of q hill, how
ever, his curiosity was gratifed. The onini-
bus stopped and the gnarderied out: First
class passengers, keep your seats; second
class passengers, get out and walk; thru
class passengers, get out aud push."