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After dinner, when the servants
had withdrawn, Emily learned that
Che cavalier, who had drawn upon
himself the vengeance IF Orsino. h; d
since died OF his wounds, and thai
strict search was still making for his
murderer. The intelligence seemed
TO disturb MOntoni, who muSed, and
tEen enquired, where OrSino had con-
cealed h mSelf His guests. who all,
except Cavigni, were ignorant that
Montoni had himself assisted him TO
escape from Venice, replied that he
had fled in the night with such pre-
cipitatIon and secrecy, that his most
ultimate companions knew not With
er. Montoni blamed himself for hav-
Ing asked the question, for a seconu
'heught convinced him, that a man
If Orsino'S suspicious temper was not
likely to trust any OF the persons
present with the knowledge OF his
tsylum. He considered himself, how
:ver, aS entitled for his utmost con.
dence. and did not doubt, that he
'nOuld soon Lear OF him.
Emily retired 18th Madame Mon
hi, soon after the cloth was with
Irawn. AS they approached an arch,
hey saw beyond it, winding along the
Vo-dy descent CT a distant mountain,
| long troop OF horse and foot, whom
snily knew 10 be soldiers, only by the
litter OF their pixies and other arms.
,or the distance Gid lot alloH her to
discover the colour Of their liveries.
rs she gaZed. the vanguard issued
rom the woods into the valley, but
the train still continued TO pour over
he remote summit OF the mountain,
IN endless succession; while, in front
he military uniform became distin-
;uishable, and the commanders, riding
first, and seeming, by their gestures,
70 direct the march OF those that
followed, at lengnh approached very
near to the Stle.
To be continued
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leaves were falling
the better.
ler go down among
Int me, and she
m n'rlnck elnNen

lady. We'll the servants thought to be
sure, some accident had bcGalen her,
and they went out to seek her. They
searched all night long, hut could lot
find her, or any trace or her; and,
from that day To this, ma 'amsellc, She
has never been heard of.
Is this true, Annette? said Emily
In much surprise.
True. ma am, said Annette, with a
look OF horror, yes, IT is true, i!.Geed.
But they do say, size added, lowering
her voice, they 40 say, that the Sig
nora has been seen, several times since
walking in the woods and about the
castle In the night: several G! the old
servants, who remained here some
time after, declare they saw her; and
since then, She has been seen By some
of the vasSals, who have happened Il
be in the castle at night. arlo, the
old steward, could tell such things
they say, if he would.
How contradict ry is this, Annette,
said Emily, you say nothing has been
since known of her, and yet she ha;
been seen.
But all this weS told me for a great
secret, rejoined Annette, without
noticing the remark, and l am sure,
ma am, you would not hurt either me
or Benedetto, SO much as to 20 and
tell 1T again. Emily remained silent
and Annette repeated her last sen
tence.
You have nothing 10 fear from my
indiscretion, replied Emily, and let
me advise you, my good Annette, be
discreet yourself. and never mention
whan you have just told me TO any
other person Signol Montoni, as
you say, may be angry if he hears OF
1t. But what enquiries were made
concerning the lady!
O!a great deal. indeed, ma'amselle
for the Signor laid claim TO the castle
directly, as being the next heir, and
they said, that is the judges. or the
senators. or somebody OF that sort
said, he could not take possession ul
1t till so many years were gone bv
and then, If, after all, the lady cuulC
not be found, why she would be a:
good as dead, and the castle would b,
his own; and so il is his own. Bu
the story went round, and many
strange reports were spread, so ver.
strange, ma 'amsclle, that / shall no
tell them.
That is stranger still, Annette, sait
Emily smiling, and rousing hersel
from her revcrie. But, when Signor
Laurcntini was afterwards seen in tn
castle, did nobody speak 10 her?
Speak ak TO her cried Annette
with look OF terror; no to be sure.
And why not? rejoined Emily, will
ing to hear further.
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Fox and Flcas.

Reynard is knowing animal. The
foxes are much tormented by heas, but
when the infiiction becomes too severe
they know how to get rid of the in
sects. They gather from the bark of
trees moss, which they carry to a
stream that deepens by degrees. Here
they enter the water, still carrying the
moss in their mouths, and. going back.
ward, beginning from the end Of theii
tails, they advance by slow dc@"G"s i'll
the whole body, with the exception @
the mouth, is entirely immersed. T''
fleas during this proceeding hdy,
rushed in rapid haste to the dry part
and finally to the moss, and the foE
when he has, according to his calculn
ton, allowed sufficient time for all tho
feas to take their departure. qu'etly
opens his mouth. The moss floats OF
down the stream with its burden OF
fieas, and when it is out OF jumpin.
| reach the fox finds it's way to tie bank
much relieved.
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Strange Cure For Lunacy.

Our forefathers were so fond of the
whip that they seem to have regarded
1t as cure for lunacy and even for
smallpox. The accounts of Hunting
donshiie parish, under date 169l. have
the entry. "Pd. in charges taking mp q
distracted woman. watching her and
whipping her next day. SIS. 3D." and Il
few years later eightpence - paid for
''whipping two people vt had the small
pox'
Bang beggar" was evidently no mere
fancy name for the parish beadic. He
thoroughly earned the title in the days
of his greatness. The name outlasted
the whip and the brutal performance
at the whipping post or the carts tail.
Fifty or sixty years ago LANG beSyar'
was still the provincial name for - bca-
die in several Of the midland counties.
\ Cheshire glossary defines Il "banr
beggar" as "a bcadle, ono of whose du-
ties il was to take up and drive away
any beggars in the district and prose
cute them as the law rccts."-Londog
Graphic.
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Calling PennIc 20 ihurrh

When was examining the church
bells of the East Riding OF Yorkshire
some years ago came 10 Il little place
called FOrdon, on the wOldS between
Nation and Bridlington. 1t was a very
primitive place, quite cut OF from the
world. the few inhabitants hardly
knowing the road over The hilltop ta
the next place northward. The dl-
minutivc building which serves as a
church Is built near the brow of the
hill. 1t has no tower. bell turrct or
bell cot. on inquiry found that it
had no bell. The parson came over
Oh horseback now and then from Il
neighhorinG parish, tied UP Lis horse
outside the church. opened the door.
put on his surpice and then walked TO
the top of the Hill and cracked his whip
several times, and then we knaws as
it's time ii gang ii chotch." said my
informant on the spot.-London Notes
ma Queries
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stitute crier raped on his desk, and
within and without the bar those pres
cnt arose and stood in silence while
the judge passed to his place.
Then the substitute began: Hear We.
Hear yc! Hear ye"' His voice seemed
to him horribly loud. and all rccollec
tion of the words To follow sud, .cnly
left him, but he pulled himself together
and went on bravely, "All persons hay
ing anything to do before the honora
bic the justices of the supreme court in
the jury season thereof now sitting at
Boston within and for the county OF
Suffolk may draw near and give their
attendance, and they shall be heard"
At this point he sat down; but, see
ing the judge looking up in surprise, he
saw his mistake. and, springing to his
feet, lie added:
by the way. gentlemen. God save
the commonwealth of Massachusetts"
Green Bag
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putting IN. He was tnat Klnu ot II rci.
low. He wanted all the glory himself.
But to hang back now was crime.
didn't shoot for fear OF wounding the
cowboy. Instead / snatched hatchet
from my saddle and rushed forward.
I heard the other four hunters of the
party yell to me to turn back, heard
Them say the bear would kill me, too,
but nothing could have stopped me
then. saw the brute grab Kennedy
and could even hear his bones crack
I'm the bears teeth. The next moment
I was there too. But just us | was
about to dash the blade Of my hatchct
into the bears neck my head rcelcd.
A bullet whizzcd past my ear and left
n great gaping hole behind the silver
tips ear. With a sputtering sort of
groan Ephraim tumbled over on his
baci, One of the other lads had taken
that terrible chance of hitting either
Kennedy or myself and, with wonder
full aim, had sent the lead to vital
part of the bear. Not till that shot had
the beast showed any sign Of giving
up. He had been hit fifty-four times
and had bled by the bucketful, yet he
had fought with increased ferocity to
the very last. Kennedy was fearfully
torn. He must have died an eXcruciat-
ing death"
The man who had shot the Quails
wasn't smiling any more. The deer
SLAYER and the duck hunter looked at
one another and forgot to wink.-New
York Tribune.
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Quaint orer OF Marriage.

A quaint offer of marriage. written
more than 100 years ago, is careruily
preserved In the family of the young
wOocr's descendants. 1t was address
ed not to the young woman herself. but
most respectfully and decorously to her
parents. The father of the "Betsey"
referred to had ten daughters, and as
he was clergyman fors fifty years in
a small New England town it may be
surmised that his affirmative answer
to spare his seventh was as quickly
asserting as 1t was final. The wooer
was also clergyman, and lie and his
Betsey passed their entire married
lives in the same pastorate. ministers
OF those days living and dying with
their flocks. Here is the lovers plea:
Both reverend sir and worthy madam,
Soft wedlock's bands first was talked in
heaven.
when happy man in Eden dwelt alone
The smiling God Il spouse did form OF
That friendship might their joyful souls
inspire
And knit their hearts in n seraphic fire.
With wcdlock chain / wish myself TO bind
II from your lips the answer should prove
kind.
Betsey. your seventh, 1 wish. you to inn
That we may join our hands as well as
hearts
And live in love and share each other S
cares,
While neeting time whirls on with rolling
years
Till grizzly death dlssolves the silker
chain
That we may rise and mingle souls again
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Medicines.

"There is n singular idea that pre-
walls among many people that if 4 lit
tie is q good thing more is better" said
physician, "and an incalculable
amount of harm is done. There are
cases where n little quininc docs good.
and the patient, instead of going to n
physician and finding out how much he
wants, buys quantity at Il drug store
and takes so much that it is Il positive
detriment. When persons have been
sick and obtained n prescription. they
imagine they know just what to DO the
next time they are ailinG and increase
the dose, often with most disastrous
results. The careless use OF medicine
by those not familiar with its cunSc-
quenccs causes more trouble than al.
most any other source of aiimcnt 10
which the human body is subject"
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A. soon as l saw him / had a touch OF
shat aGus which petrifes Il man SO he
can't raise a gun and just lets the
beast walk right up and swallow him.
Ephraim was standing on his hind
legs and eating OF the service berries
from the bushes. AS Is the way with
these animals. he did not attack us, but
Just growled. as if to scare us. A
grizzly usually does not pick quarrel.
although he Is the most ferocious Amer
lean born beast alive when put on the
defensive. thought all OF us We're go
ing to leave the brute alone, when one
Of the party by the name OF All Ken
nedy. a cowboy and almost as danger
GUS as a grizzly when aroused, shouted
out:
"'No. sir. I'm not going to leave that
silver tip insult me that way. II he
wants fight he can have it.
Kennedy jumped of his horse. be-
cause he regarded n man who would
shoot from the saddle as craven. He
led his mount to point about u hun
dred yards from the bear, turned the
horses head away from the game and
then looked ut the magazine Of his gun
20 see II 1t was full. The next moment
he fred. and / could see the head OF
that bear go back as IL it had been
struck with II bowlder. / thought he
was goner, but he wasn't. That brute
just doubled up in order to stretch him
self out the bigger He jumped up on n
rock. and, getting q good squint at his
enemy he started for him on n lumber
ing trot.
Kennedy kept pumping the bullets
Into the bear as fast as he could pull
the trigger, but his fusillade seemed to
have no more effect on the critter than
If he was shooting with n popgun. All
at once we saw him throw down his ri
Ne. He had emptied its magazine.
thought he was going to leap on his
horse and dash away, but Kennedy
was not that sort OF fellow He sim
ply stood there, although he must have
seen that his horse at the sound of the
fife falling on the rocks had stepped
several feet away. making his position
still more dangerous. One OF us shout
ed to him to get back near his horse
but Kennedy made no move. He sim
ply pulled out his revolvers. one in each
hand, and blaZed away But il was
useless. Those bullets only Increased
the anger OF the bear and made him
bound forward as fast rs great mas
tin. When only eight feet away. dis
fance so small that he could easily have
cleared II with Il single bound the griz
ely stood iIp on his hind legs ana fold
Cd his fore legs together. as If he had
his victim already i'm his embrace. The
cowboy fired the last charge of his re.
Tolvers into the heart OF the animal and
at last turned to- spring on his horse.
Just imagine what sick. suffocat
Ing, smothering feeling came over me
when i saw that horse bound away
and leave Kennedy standing there
alone face to face with that gaming
roaring monster. In utter desperation
he threw away his pistols. grabbed I'D
MS gun and dealt the beast blow over
she head that would have killed half
dozen men. The force OF the impact
broke the weapon as If ii had been
chalk. and the stock snapped with a
crack which echoed back from the
mountains. Then he drew his knife.
Until then / had not made u move
TO help my comrade, because / knew
u apnedv would turn and kill mo Eos
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Frightened the Bride TO Death.

Ia the Church Of CHRISTIAN at Pisek,
In Bohemia, Il marriage was about TO
he solcmniZed between Anna Roslin.
aged nineteen. and youth OF her
choice. l.: -, and bridegroom stood all
ready bcf.'c the altar. where were
lighted tn! r.. Before the priest could
unite the ir.Gal pair one OF the tapcrs
became - i@"nly eXtinguiShed. \ loud
shrek C.:., from the bride, and she
gasped, "N.eine kerze list erloschen.r
c'AIy tas"r is eXtingulshedwD and sank
unconScDE into the arms OF the bride
groom. Immediately all attention was
turned 70 the condition of the bride.
Several attempts were made to revive
the poor ;;irl, but in vain The bride
in her ch"pict and veil. died mt the al
tar rails. The superstition Of the vii
lagos of the plain is that if Il lighted
taper becomes eXtinguiShed on cithc?
side OF the altar the person standing
on that side of the altar where the LIGHT
went out will suffer n dire calamity
London News
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John |. of The eastern empire" was
poisoned hy a servant; John ~. was
c"noscd AMI had his eyes put ont:
John V. ruled only in name ANA lived
in constant dread of assassius: John
VI. was dcposcd and died i'm pr. 1u.
One of the Swedish Johns was Gr,y-
en- out of his kingdom 10y his subjects.
ana another was hcIittlcd and defeated
Mt every turn. John l. of France had
short and disastrous reign. ANA John
ii. was a prisoner of the English for
years. 4 long list of Johns have
changed their titles when taking on
kingly robes because of the supersti-
ton that a John" ruler cannot be
otherwise than unfortunate.
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There Is Il group of islands to the
south OF New Zealand called the Sis
tcrS. q" Seven Sisters. which are reput-
ed To he subjected to practically con.
slant rainfall. The same may be said
II the Islands and mainland OF TERRA
del Fu"go. saving Tor the difference
that TIE rain often takes the form Of
slc"t ana snow. On n line running
round the world from four to eight or
min" degrees there are patches over
which rain sCllom ceases To fall. This
is called the zone of constant prccipita
ton, but ut the same time there are
several localities along IT with very
little rainfall.
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EnnOus Carved PuIDIts.

st. Gudulc, the cathedral church of
Brussels, has Il carved pulpit. repre-
senting in carved wood the expulsion
from paradise. Among the animals
are the bear. tie dog. eat. eagle. vul-
turc. peacock, owl, dove. ape. etc.
There is an equally fine one in Ant
werp cathedral The decoration is of
lavish and striking character. fig
urcs. birds and beasts being mixed in
artistic prOfuSiun. The Church of st
Andrew at Antwerp contains v7ry
deliberately carved wood pulpit. repre-"
senting the calling of Peter ana I'm
drew. Tie figures are of life size
standing in boat Beside them is Il
net with fishes Wilton church Ecar
Salisbury, possesses the finest p"'Dit
in England. 1t is made or choice mar
die. beautifully carved. In Worcester
cathedral is II pulpit of carved marble
the gift of the late Earl of Dudley \
pulpit which certainly ranks among
the finest in the world is that possessed
10y the Church OF St Mary. Radcliffe
Bristol. England. In the Church of the
Holy Name, oxford street, Manches.
ter. there is a marble pulpit with pan
els Of beautiful moSaicS. Each panel
contains the portraits of saints worked
In Venetian marble.
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FIGHTING A GRIZZLY
FEARFUL CLOSE RANGE BATTLE BE-
TWEEN HUNTER AND HUNTED.
a Raia of Bullets That Oniy H""e
Bruln More s'c c,"'fa - th'
kiIieu Hts
ate .-
They had met

They had met a. ."
Of the lobby of the Waldorf ASTORIA
and had been telling stories which had
made the eyes of some of the bell boys
bulge. All OF the narrators were dress
ed In evening clothes and TO all ap-
Dearances had never so much as soiieu
q finger with powder smoke. one niu
rscounted his sporting exploits III 'he
Adirondacks and had told with great
susto how many deer lie had shot in
one day and how many OF his guides
had complimented him OH his skill.
Another said that duck shooting was
his special hobby and that he had come
clear from Cannes, France. every au-
tumn to Kill these birds along Chesa-
psake bay. There were also stories
about the shooting OF partridges and
grouse; and one member Of the group
related, with great many lands"
t'thens' and "suddenlys." how he kill
"a three quail He had just received
Tho applause OF his hearers when
lean indivi, al strobe into the circle,
pulled down his slouch hat another
notch and goTled:
Ever huntei grlzZliesE"
The voice SO nearly initiated griz-
sly's growl that it captured the atten-
tion Of the hunters at once, although
none Of them answered the newcomer.
Hope I amt putting in," said the
team faced man. but that quail story
made me think Of how an old Ephraim
tackled q pal OF mine once. AS the
bear put up n little more fight than n
quail would, my pard isn't able to tell
what happened, like our friend the bird
hunter"
1t was plain to see that the group OF
sportsmen did not welcome the new
conner, yet his last remark aroused
their interest despite themselves. Be
doing no asked:
"Did the bear kill himf"
The question did not evoke direct
reply. It only made the intruder rub
his eyes, as II a mist had fallen over
them, and then clear his throat before
he said:
IT reckon my pard had the most ter
eible hand-to-hand battle with silver
zip a. was ever fought. Before 1t end
ed the beast had ffty-four bullets in
him. I'll tell you hew it happened.
Up in the foothills OF the Rockies, in
the state OF Washington, where we
hid ranch some Of our cattle got
-.i d. .staric., ont to find them
.. i Ms. AMI after we
had found the trail of the steers and
was fording a mountain stream called
Teapot creek one OF our bronchos be
gan to snort and rear up. as If he was
in agony. But he wasn't. or. at any
rate. the agony was only mental. The
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The End oT Knowledge.

Some men think that the gratifca-
ton of curiosity is the end of lnowl-
edge some the love of fame. some the
pleasure of dispute. some the necessity
or supporting themselves by tleir
knowledge, but the real use OF all
knowledge is this-that we should dcd-
icate that reason which was given us
by God to the use and advantage of
Man.-BacOn.
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signing uutsvII Iu,.t ,t.,. a., q.
sufficiently careless ana Indifferent g.
write his reply on the back of her own
letter and signs himself Your Iu
band" This note, crumpled up az
tossed aside as of no value. falls In
The hands of an unscrupulouS persD,
who. to levy blackmail on the hC,
keeps it and produces it as evidcnc
of marriage. No other form had been
gone through, and yet the couple were
married legally.-Chicago Record-uer-
alb
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ny the WiiN.

The court crier had Il bad cold, so
that the duty of making the opening
proclamation fell to another court of
a~~- who - hnnnened had never
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NInrrinrc In ScniIrnI-

Even for man to address a woman
as his wife, either by writing or by
speech, and for her 10 respond in tn,