The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-01
THE FATAL BAR.
Chapter First and Last of a Novel in
the Fin de Steele Style.

the Fin de Steele Style.
George" she sobbed, 81 have come to
tell you of something that will prevent
you marrying me-
The young man at her side who was
George. by the way, turned deadly pale,
but answered bravely, just the same:
Mabel he said, in a voice choked with
emotion, 81 love you! Nothing you can
tell me will alter that fact l love you.
and, come what may, l intend to marry
YOU
The girl only shook her head sadly as
she replied:
MY darling, I do not doubt your love;
strong you would not marry me when
you learn the terrible truth"
Mabel, nothing in this world short OF
shall prevent me marrying you. Dom
be afraid, sweetheart. Speak out. Tell
me your secret"
Still she shook her head as one for
whom there is no hope
Listen, my dear she said, land learn
the hideous truth-George, 1 have COM
pick nature!'
as-he staggered as though some mis-
creant had fetched him one. The great
drops of perspiration stood out on his
forehead. There as long silence--caused
by neither of them speaking. The man
was the first to break it.
"1t's-it's too horrible" he moaned, If
you had told me that one of your legs
as shorter than the other, or that your
thing! 1 should have. suffered; but we
could have been. married just the same.
But-this!' and he wrung his hands. and
made ugly faces in his agony
There was alook of hopeless resignation
on her face. ? She said nothing. Neither
did he. He as thinking of key Notes
and Ibsen.s plays plays. and The Second Mrs
Tanqueray.' Presently he spoke again.
q -ony70 he
asked. with just glimmer of hope in
his voice.
Il don't even understand it myself, -
she answered. George, let us be brave.
Let us face the truth. If we are mar.
ried, / should always be unhappy and
dissatisfied. At the very best 1 should
make your life miserable"
his hands and sobbed like a child. She
kissed him tenderly on the forehead, and
left him alone with his grief; and, who
shall blame her?-London Times.
CURIOUS USE OF TOBACCO.
All the Lushai smoke inveterately. even
children of five years of age. and their
clothes reek with rank tobacco smoke. The
men use short pipes made of bamboo; the
women use a more elaborate one the
bowl of clay. communicating by a stem
with a receptacle for water, through
with the smoke passes to a long, Slen-
der n1outhpiece of ornamental metal The
water in the receptacle, when fouled by
tobacco juice, is emptied into small
gourds stoppered with plug. of wood.
These gourds are carried by the men in
cotton bags with other necessary articles
for travelling, and a mouthful of the con-
tents is occasionally slipped and the
mouth rinsed Herewith, when it is spat
out.
1t is considered polite to offer a sip
from this gourd to a friend, as pinch
of snuff was formerly in Europe. A
friendly native will do so even to an En-
glishman, but the writer has never heard
OF anyone except Major Levin who has
had the courage to accept the compli-
ment That officer, when deputy commits
sioner of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. rem
dered himself thoroughly familiar with the
habits of the border tribes, and is prob
ably the best authority on all IN matters tiers
tagong frontier. The writer purchased
and brought to England one of the small
gourds which are here spoken Of the con
tents of which, with disastrous effeets
we're spilled over the papers contained in
his dispatch box.-Boston Post.