The sun., 1898-01-22

nphnAhhu trOtn beNIN1s WIN tNoiuAuu bl1u AAN
lava for heart made thati nads % with his hnEers
because Tdanced with another man ~ court ball
in the Winter Palace All he was q sovereign among
lovers But did for him. and his nails hurt
IL was not the pain Of tender iovsi"
"s All Dagmar. am afraid ron are terrible
coquette, and even my long apprenticeship In your
art IL not suncent accoutremsnt for unsheathing
OF swords with you"
He says this with much sarcasm In his voice that
does not escape her ear Just she IA about TO
reply attendant opens door and announces the
Archduke Joseph.
"sacrs 10 diablsi he has como to bid me good-by.
He viii be here only minute. but no must not zee
you. ouicki Do not refusol Go into my
boudoir-it Il in the next room -"
At this point Mr.. Ribbings will probably
observe that even under the most trying cir
cumstances tho gentlemanly Delaney showed
admirable solfrestraint. He retired to the
boudolr. and Mary Janeski's reputation-a
brittle thing at best-was thus preserved. We
have not ATTEMPTED to unravel the mysteries OF
tho plot Of this curious tale, nor to follow the
virtuous heroine in her many strange adven-
lures. We have striven to show that as guido
to tho mysteries Of fashionable life Mr.. Chat
field Taylor does not stand alone. and that In
tho matter Of abundant epigram Chicago is not
90 far ahead Of Eighth avenue after all. As for
Mr.. Neoly's school Of aristosraphy, long may 1t
hourishi
Poor Mr.. steadi The onerous duties Incl
dental to his profession Of Reformer General Of
the World at Large have evidently begun to
toll upon him. year or two ago somo thought
less person lent him complete copy Of the
report Of the Lexow Committee, and, this
being literature aftor his own heart, he
has been sitting up O. nights with 1t ever
since. Tho result. as shown In "Satan's
Invisible World Displayed" (R +. Fonn & co.,.
is painful in the extreme. Having bucklod on
his dark lantern and shouldered his muck rake.
he set sail for New York to SEQ about this thing.
So agitated was the unfortunate gentleman
upon his arrival at Sandy Hook that his dis
hevelled appearance soems TO have fright
ened tho surrounding sea and landscape into
a series of violent mo-lithographio cf-
fects. The billows Of the broad Atlantic
heaved convulsively. tho great liner shud-
dered and throbbed as IL conscious Of
her curious freight, and even the luxuriant
foliage of Staten Island betrayed q hectic flush.
Later on, when he had landed and had rested
and refreshed himself, inanmate nature be-
came even moro agitated. Midnight was near.
The stars cleaned and the moon shone unveiled
by cloud. On either side of the broad expanse
Of q mighty river rose rugged banks Of shadow.
from which cleaned lights as Of o myriad
eyes. up and down either side, as far
as you could sec, until the dark out
lines merged In the distant horizon, these
innumerable eyes looked out over the wator.
Sometimes they winked. and now and then one
or another would CLOSE" Perchance those eyes
knew who was watching them. and winked in
anticipation Of tho fun that was to come. But
they were not content to merely wink in silence.
Hore and there o sombre. melancholy scow
would drift across tho waters, and she whom did
she looked to Mr.. Stead like
whereon the lily maid of Astolat
Lay smiling like q star darkest night.
And. to add to the weirdness and mystery Of the
scene. and again there would rise from the wa.
ters strange, melodous murmur. increasing in In.
tensty TO n wall, which would continue minute and
then die away as 1t arose. 1t was like tho paintive
lowing of sea monsters for their lost wandering
calves. Otherwise all was still. save the tapping OF
the waves on the shore.
'And behold saw" said the of the Apocayp ypse.
"a II it were o Of glass mingled with IRE. And
10"
1t was New York seen from q New Jersey
ferryboat on tho Hudson, plying between Twen-
ty.third street and tho Pennsylvania Railway.
Poor Mr.. Stead 1t seems almost time that
some one persuaded him to take rest.
Mr.. Edmund Gosse, who edits tho "Lltera-
lures of the World" series, published by Messrs.
Appleton. contributes the third volume under
the title Of "A Short History of Modern Eng
lish Literature" In this instance the term
" modern" Is q fairly comprehensive one. as the
author begins his study Of English poetry and
prose with the mysterious author of Sir Gdcain
and the Green knight, who dates back to the
middle of the fourteenth century. From this
point he has endeavored to trace the gradual ev-
olution of English literature. keeping before him
fechnfnne ha