The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04

edward rpSaik:s. aged 60: slain In war.
Olivia Trpyusxls. aged 25 Drowned 1T sea
Catherine rragaskis. ased y Not vet AVENGED.

DIVA LFpxlsklS. aged 90 IEONnHl ~ sea-
Catherine rregaskis, aged - Not yet avenged.
Mr.. Sharp had seen the tombstone. bet was
possessed OF no particular Information regard.
ing it. and at the end OF the arid and snOkeless
hour the visitor was shown to oei. The sleep
ing chamber was oak-panelIed, and the bed was
a four poster with heavy hanE!ngs. For the rest
there were a few stiff chairs, 4 gaunt escrttoi7e,
and a bookcase OF bog oak. Mr.. sharp jun ped
into tie four-poster. but was unable to sleep.
He got up To see II there were any readable
volumes in the oak bookcase. Not q readable
volume. No MaeterInck: no limitations. he
retired again to the four-poster. and after a
time fell asleep. In the dead OF night he awoke
suddenly with a feeling OF nausea. II could
not have been tobacco. for he had not had
any. He broke out in a cold perspiratiou and
trembled Presently he became aware OF the
presence OF q lady. She stood by the fire, look
ing fxediy into its emhers. Mr. Sharp says
that b, imagined her TO be OF good breeding.
though we cannot see how IL was possible to
imagine so in the circumstances. To the lady's
credit. however. she took 10 notice OF Sr.
Sharp. In \ few moments the door opened and
a man entered. The lady regarded the new
conner With a look OF vind!ctive AMI malignant
fury aud scoru. He stopped abruptly and
scowled. IN his dark scowl Mr.. Sharp
interpreted an Unsuitable fury, yet he
shudiered less At this than at the
decorating contempt OF the lady's unwav-
ering stare. We beg 70 say that all these
adiectiyes are Mr.. >harp'.. The tnterloptng pai-
exchanged basllisk looks for some time. The
man leaned against the fireplace and watched
the woman i~nteat!y. On her face there was
such a shadow OF tempest n made Mr.. sharp
alex with a new and poignant terror. Outside,
Mr.. sharp heard the wind rise and fall,
monotopouslY crying in a thin, shrewd wall
shrewd enough to De thin. Then the woman
sprang forward. There vas a fash. a hoarse
cry. aGd the man staggered back. with
the blood from a knife thrust squirting
from his lsfs shoulder" suddenly she
began TO scream. Mr.. sharp thought his
blood wcCld freeze with horror at the awful
sound. Before he could spring from the four
poster TO interfere the mar leaped upon her ike
a beast 81 prey. and he was strangItng her as
Mr.. sharp. tash!nz toward him with a savage
exclamation. tripped, knocked his head against
the !. .supplied bookcase, and fell unconscious.
Ia the morning Mr.. sharp learned the ~particu-
lars. The lady was Catherine Treeask.s, the
last 81 the unfortunate persons mentioned on
the tombstone. She had been engaged to be
married TO Mr.. John Tregarthen. The man
who strun Sled her was Ir. Trecarchen's
dent brother Richard. Mr.. sharp was not
pleased by his nights experience, and he very
reasonably went away n search u some tobacco.
Another OF These LlleH - the Story OF u 4 EelEn
officer in Africa who neglected to chase the
enemy because OK a promise made 20 an Arabian
married lady. In return. she had agreed 10 a
rendezvous. The rendezvous was kept, bGt 10
va. adeaG woman who kept IL. Her husband
had seen 70 that. This tale involves a surprising
conception Of the i ~sc!y.!Ee prevailing In the
French army. When the in tatuated oticer. a
Colonel. refuses to sally forth after the enc
my, bis Major argues with him and rebukes
him for covardlce. Pardon me, mon Colonel"
says the Major. and he goes on a. though he
we're a Major in an OIsnbach opera. Nile.
Aimee, We remember, IN one Of her oacA!an
characters. used 70 address a song TO her hus-
band in Paradise, asking him II he was con-
tented. "Es tu con'sDt. mon CoIoneit' her in
quiry ran. and we have t9gGd ourselves wonder
iEs Il this Colonel u Mr., sharp's was also her
Colonel. There are seyea stories IN Mr., Sharp's
book. and all OF them that we have read are dis
tilsu!,hed BY pecGIiarit.es.
WAT Will prove 10 De, we should say, a highly
amusing book for yOuag readers Is Mr, Albert
Lees =" Tommy TodLlss' Harper 4 Brothers..
This $ a story in which animals talk, and talz-
ing animals have been a delIght since .Esop,
aad. ind Fed. slacs times long before him. Mr.,
Lees animals are well gifted coGysTsationally.
Beneath a simple style they have plenty OF
h4mor and not a little wisdom. What the
Loon says ald what the sheep says ia well
worth listening 10, and the Reformed Burglar
and the eI.Pirate are entertaining char
acters, To say nothing OF the Print
er's Devil E.sA and the Welsh RAO-
bit. To be h!gnlY Ell, too, are Mr..
Peter :. Newel's charlcrer.st!c illustrations,
To see tie Tortoise conYers1ng With the CucSOos,
or the Gargoy.e teliiH- stories, IS 10 be provided
with a roysl and asreatdelsghL AZ anybody will
say who looks At these very curious and IN
gen!ous pictures. Tommy T9ddles' Is Just
tue book Tor children, and grown people Will
and plenty OF fun IA IT,
We have received Nos. II, IS, and 10 OF tie
Royal Library of Natural History, Excellent
-Flusera GeFmAn-EnglLsh Le1Ico17 "a