New York Clipper (Mar 1880)

THE NUN ^.CSSSSSrt 00« br CUD.. WfSjSJ^SijlS^ th. ran). iSiSSi^i at inr nric-ibop dotr: " ilSSTSetuil loiil-Ut ere* ■figSafeoBllct to ilok (sd poor. .ifi^ Ui ood UK tlarcnUi hoar. £a> udJoT woQid d«aU on euth;. "SJSKS Sm «»ith to hw'n %!uLSSud pain nnbeadlng, m£!^lSa UuC ourtl h«r wopta,, ■i iSn "SfiniL blnndiir, somehow, depend on Itjr*' lb diL "That good woman bas got things eWrotalorliead." I ^« eomn atae bas," -was BIrs. Lntterell's re- Idr i^IiaBtonothlngthatneedtioiiblemeln I Sit dw old. I know that Tet7 well: and InaB tlun ««. Harry would explain an IfiighooDeBlBck. It 18 a kind ol tttlnc that I iM ae a liilwr sort of teeUne to hear—that ISifl.* I 'Sailll not mike yoa doabt yoor hnaband. llOBaatfaat. II that was har motlTe, she will attrhfl." . jtiaUtikejBaie than aha or anyone else t^WOi ttat' Adrlaona said qoJetly. "I ItaU.ls Uke Oaiello. With me, 'enoe to |Wtn«<ofl»toheie80lTed.' Aienottboee ^Idmt know Sbakmpeaie like jm do," ' VVa. Davis. "It la almost a sealed bat I do think I rememlMr some T oant Imagine yonr doubting klalon «ih him as yon ware on yoor wl'Sf wilSt tt^" Bhe aaw me at Har- InJilS??^ Bomeone was foUowlng and watch- "Tea, sha was sore ol that It was that that 5« oome to moL She thought I ought to "I amverymnoh obliged to her, but ahe must have dreamed the whole thing. I have jSat oome from Scotland," "And so 1 told her. She aatd aU this llfll>- «SS^CTe^'J.^^<- ' knew you we£ ft" anything about •s Henry LnttereU said In a graver tone than h6 had spoken In. as yet, "or I oould bring you plenty ot wltneesee to prove thai I have Juat oome bom the north, I traveled with at least haU a doEsn whom I know. Mis. Chobb la a mbcMevona woman, and deserves to be pun- ished.". "She did not mean mlauhlef, I am sure. She was slnoaie. It ahe was mistaken. Sont von think so.dearT" .' Mis. D""!*. thusMpealed to, answered In the afflimatfve. She did not want to be drawn Into any . dlsousalon, .and Bh» famcled Lut- teiaU avoided her eye as muoh- as he «onId. It was a relief to her when her hnisband came to (etoh her, and the oonvetsatlon turned on other topics. Mr. LnttereU was In a rather moody humor alter his friend had left He was annoyed by what had passed, and told Adrlenne so. "I don*t know why I- should let a tbiuuc Uke that fret me," heaald—VI suppose I am tired— but it does. It Is all a blunder from beginning to end. I should not like to think Sally capable of Inventing it but It is a nuisance to have one's name used like that behind one's baok.- I shall give Ohubb such a talking to as he wont forget In a hurry." " The tongue Is a little member, and workoth much evil,'" quoted Adrienne, with a smile. "Harry, you are not deceiving me, are yon? There Is no truth in this strange story?" "Hv dear Adrlenne, what has got Into your head?"* .dont know; bat you have no aeoreta from me, hare yon, except those odious business opes.,fbat yoa wont tell me?" J^Sot one, ezoept those we have already dis- OB. IA DOUBLE VOW. I ^4 Itt aa a Star," "A WUa'a Bcranc*," (ta. f!l»1> rgB XLIL—ALL A UBTIXX. vtaMnratniilc could loqmie for; jf[i!aj «t7 bs bad a wbeiefor.—Buna:. taijaatbatharfdand vainly attempted some ;i5B8ed.and they are, as I told you, business ' i'nes, and wholly nnlntaresttng to a lady. What makes yon ask snoh questlonsT" "I dont know. His. Ohubb, I ♦hh'fc Her oomlng has stltied np all sorte of unpleasant tanoies.'' "Put them out ot yonr head, my dear. They are fancies, I assure you. Why, If I had want- ed to go to Harwich or anywhere else, I should go and tell you I was going." "But the handkerohiaf, Hany, and the ring?" Mr. LultareU started up with .an angrier ex- clamation t^'ftTi she had heard tiim xme for a long time, and poi^ the room Impatiently for ite^f Bu. ... , a moment before he answered her. |\58»ddd to J»p« niMl ^fS?3 "15? "Toji win make mo ToiUy angiy if yoa go on like this," he said. "The woman saw the flash of a ring'on the man's hand, and, beeanse she had got me tni her addle head, she Immediately asBomeB It as mine. As for the handkeralilef, how oan I tall where she got It from? I eopeot her husband picked it up In the offloe. Do drop the subject I am sick of It" •^ibxTOaknow?" *I doot lEinr: I only believe. Ah, what a Insaas jomswaat Now, Herbert and I are Its BOtmiltaHjf-lBct folks. We wooed and laolel ta'the most otdlnaiy way. Ton can Itatftaeittenms none ot the tloee-volume- I KnI donest In Ic at all r I ■! dont know that there was In onis, either," liaiaiii6sdil,wlUiaamDeandaslgh. 'flwas luoU fornmanoe by that time. I am not iBntbtitmwlse.'' I Sbe spoke as if half to herself, and Mrs. I IMs loobd at her In surprise. I lotirita, dearr she said. "What do yon I Vo!twlBtIgsy,''AdtIennetepUed. "Ithas laialB;ipyunlon tor me. Ify Ufe was very IWrm m came tomther, and I had loved l«nra long time. But I am so much his ladft loa Imow that I am an old woman bv IkiilxrflJm.'' I Hat jm are not," was the warm reply. I W wa lot go by years. A woman is only ■ add a ahe looks, yon know, and no one to ■•fn vodd think you a day Mr. LuttaieU's IjW. I IBS quite surprised when Herbert I ^Maoedms. because he had told meaUabont lisa&udltaiew." ''^ flatten me. But he was my hns- IWieosldant In all those days when he fan- ■UUmieU b love with me first" ■ "hadedr ^d, that is not a blr word to use. Hedld «JiM,Iam sure of that" Tat bs did. Herbert has told me. Hewas ^iBadoan when his tathercame between > urer speaks of that time to me sow. i.iJ^'?.*''^ tlieie is something to be It?".??''''' He did quite right What was ItJ^M™? »e»ra88,that I should step be- Imm V '"'"^'^^''liowas aU InaU to l^i-S.^ mistaken hi one thing. I was I t5!S'.!?'51'" thought at the time.". i,ii?£l™tak he ever gave a thought to how ^^JMndonei Ton know how he must have be would not marry till you came IsZ'^SJ??"*^ "len." aald Adrienne ISk^^'"^'^ and as if her very heart was They both understood me -Jr™" and son." la^?*'«o liftTO, If they did not" *° herself, "for It vras tfciSS?''^ l>o* frommln. ^SnJ!/'"'J^* tead-over-eais In love with TI™. she added aloud. BilSSSS'''",?';«-J^''t'«re>l8aId. "I do love »&hiS^ I'lB dieadfuUy unfashionable, Al»,Haiiy,l8tfiBtyou?" oiW np, with a loud cry, to welcome I rS*-'lio lisd entered the room unper- J^^standhig by her as she spoke f ta flS^'Ii* ,'«P"9i "Here I am. and TdoTrt 1^ ^ '^'^ Pleasant company. LriLE'^J-DaTls. ItlseariyyetSdl "^jonr lord and master la going to can "I hope not I dont wanr you to lose ymr faith In mjB, or we shaU never be at peaoe again." ■Isbant do that, unless r "trnlesB what?" "Unless yon take to keeping thinss from me." "And what ahonld yon do if I did?" "Be very unhappy, and fret after the manner ot my sex, I suppose, unless they concerned a woman 1" "And what then?" asked ter husbsnd, sud- denly stooping for something tit>m the floor. "I thought I saw one of yonr rings there," he added, as he roee. "What If I had a secret of the sort you name? What would you do?" "Find it out flnt. and then ^And-thenwhatT^ • "Kill her or mysaU.? . -^^ ' - "Oood Heavens 1'' ezelalmed Henry lintterell, starting up, "what, a domestia .thunderstorm yoa -roold be U yon were pat oott I had no Idea what a firebrand I had married. Make your mind easy, my dear. •! wont give you any cause for murder. Piay dont entertain such bloodthlis^ notions." ••T cant help it," Adrienne said, with the tears Btaoling In her eyes. ."I dont think yon quite know your wife even now, Hany. Ton tanoy me content to stay at home, and not go out with yon, lest people should Iau0li at you for marry- ing an old woman like me. Bo I am—more than content if I have your love. My lost youth Is nothing to me so you wIU care for me. If I lost yonr affection I should lose my Ufe with it I think." "Do yoa reaUy care so much for me, Adri- enne?" he asked. "Ton know I do." "Then put such fancies out of your head: and as for your lost youth, as yoa c^ it look here. Mis. LuttereU." He drew her to the looking-glass over the man- tal-pleoe. and made her look at the reflection of both their faces as they stood together. "People would say I was the older of the two," he said: and. Indeed, there were lines of care on his face, while his wife looked more thn-n usuaUy blooming. "Don't talk any more abont bygone beaaty," he said. "Ton ate as lovely as ever, wife, and yon will never change to me." His voice was as kind as ever, and his man- ner as loving, but somehow it found no echo in Adrienne's heart SoTneOiing had oome between them, and she could not even guesa what It was. jj^t'^ he was, and they made her [<«gl to har aa If Henry Lntterdl did not JhnTh^'"*'"'' his wife. It might be 5 JJ^^^PPeared to her as If he were 8?ad 8^?iV Wore I expected you." Adri- ■ TT^Hoy good of you to hurry back." i .M™** to net baok home for several ™ answered, without looking at either 2fi,'»el»lng rather a spiteful one." It?"asked hiswUe. "leant »J^^^^^^f°i ^ooi,Burj. It Is ~^,S"»ewhen I came back," he said. P> was calenlaUonsoisomeone P^-Stef2^« on my being awaya .oai- Ko^T^lsalL It is useful In Sualness T'ilSS sometimes." NS^^'^^**^- Ibelleveyoathink fiii^^- lou are letting bufllnefls wear "^^r^- There's a good deal of Ufe 'ifornSSS'''* them, eh route, md »tt jtrtSr™* tlian a cup of tea! and tUi^^^told hhn what she haOeSd Bb„^°Z¥°i» but only that ^ she must have picked np the somewhere else, and ima gtnMi y'li^d^SL"', head altogether, my dtttt^l-.^esastUDld-lBnorant woman. Ek Stupid, ignorant woman. oJT'bm,"^ Chubb was-a good servant; ■^^bJ^X »' gratttulTfor almost tSSTwi "' ^ ^^^^ the pair of them .^S'^Jrataeas. I Shan give Um a hint to ft qS^^®?" the future." . y>«»Kl wUh tham about it" Mie. Lut-' ^mirt!?' ^ she was ./iinoeSe. If jnia^e, she reaUybeUeved aha was .'ij^edher?" CHAFTEB TrT.TTr. — x womab's fack. Her beaoir bangs upon Uie cheek of night Like a rlon Jewel la an Ethlop's ear. —SHAKSaPXABB. Adrienne tried to reason with heiseU with aU her might and thoroughly beUeve what her husband told her, and ahe oame at last to think that Mrs. Ohubb had been mistaken, and that the story she had heard was either Invention or fancy. She did not know that Mr. I,uttaieU had been to the good womv Mmaaif and tried with aU his might to make her oome to his wife and admlttnat she made a mistake. She was proof against aU his aigument "It^s na use, sir," she said, when, seated in her tidy Uttle parior, he was nstog all his argu- ments to prove that she \M wrong. "If you faifc- from now tin doomsday i t wfll be Just the same, <""< yoa know it, Ton were to Harwich tha» day,'and yon went to the Ostend boat" "My dear soul, yoa have my wife's testimony thatsne herself saw me start for Scotland, I had no buslnees In Harwich, and know no one there." "Ton knew'me when you saw me, Mr. Lut- tereU. If you dont want it talked abont im hold my tongue; but that does not alter the truth—:roa were there, and someone else was watohing yon. It it had not been for that I should Eave thought no more abont it It was no business ot mine." ' "Tliat tt oeitainly was not" "And I am very sony 111 hnit Mis. LuttereU in any way. I had no idea that she did not "know that yoa were there. I wanted to warn you abont the man I saw. He means yon mis- chief. If ever one man meant it to another." •1 should Uke to knowvAat he was like. If we can find him it may ttarow some U^it on the mystery ol my double, for it was not me yoa ^"I think he was young, sir." said Mrs. Ohubb, ignoring the latter iputof the speech, potting It ajslde, as It were, as"done withL,^'and tall, and bad fair hair. I jnst caught one g^pee of it when he ran after you." "After my likeness." "After the man I saw." returned Mrs. Ohubb. "Tourself, Mr. LuttereU, oontradlot me as yon wUL" "Toung and taU and tair, and foUowingsom^ one BO like me as to be tuea tor meTl must flad out aU abont this. ' I think I shaU put them to wbric at Scotland-yard. It is. Inootivenient t» have a doable In the woild.. It makes things 'awkward." '^e' wont do tho^" was Mrs. Cl^ubb's re- •mark to her husband, .when he came home to hJs dinner, and-she hiad-told Um bar stbiy. !>He:knowB .as weU aa I- do Otat it woht do to have'Bootland-yBTd pryingabout. in his .eon- stxi^Jt "ynMnt; but bagtorr'waa oeRi8,-wbeB Oiey aje W BeoR« ttat Us irtfe "™«»ona.» . ..u i' mTistntkaowtheni,". . . ' "It's a queer buslnees," her husband re- marked. "I thought yon had blundered, old woman, at fltst Idont think so now." "'What has made you alter your opinion?" "The way Mr. LuttereU oame to mie about It- If It had been a mistake, and you bad-made mischief, as you might have done,'w!t|vi>at any- thing bnt tanoy to'go'npon, he woud not hate put up with it eo quietly." •"What did he say to you?" "Not much. He wanted to know really what itwas abonthesaid. It was a langhahlft misr take, of course, and ot no oonseqnence, a8 'lt> happened; bat if Mrs. LnttereU had not known where he was, things might have been unpleas- ant." "Theyni be unpleasant yet I'm thinking." "1 shonldnt wonder. His manner made me feet that yon were right It he had not had something to conceal, we should h^ebeen sent to the right-about for a pair ot tattlers who oould not mind their own bostneas. I know him weU enough to be sure of that He's afraid of us, and we are to be conciliated." "I'm sorry for him If he's getting into any scrape," Mrs. Ohubb remarked. "I'm sorry for Tier," was the reply of her Uege lord. "We must keep our eyes open, Sally. We'shaU hear more of it yet I'm thinking." They did beer more of It, bnt It was a long time nrst and in the meantime much was to happen to Adrienne LuttereU, to put Mrs. Chubb and her story out of her head. Kot many days after the visit of the good woman to her house, she met with an adventure. She had been out with Mrs. Davis, with whqpi ahe had grown to be very intimate, and had come home tired, butpleased at having eitjoyed herself vveiy much. 'She liked the pleasant, nn- aSScted wile of her husband's friend extremely. It seemed to her as it their tulvent had made »ifnpn much more agreeable. Doubtltts the wakuig up of the old associa- tions and the meeting agson with the friend of his youthful days bad done much to wean Heniy LuttereU from the heavy business cares Triilch he aUowad to engross him so thoroughly ot late. He had been more at home, and less immersed in his epeoulatlons, and his wife was nnfelgnedly thankful for it ' She told the Davlses that she had weUnlgh lost her husband before they came, and that they had restored him to her by their timely ar- rivsL It may be that she brooded over his tre- auent absenoes only'through being too mnfm lone, tor she was not one to seek sodefy, and magnifled themuntU they seemed Uke desertion —anjiiow, she looked upon them with a differ- ent eye since the anlval ot his friend and his young wife. "It Is odd that I should have taken such a fancy to that young creature," she said to her- self, while she was taking off her bonnet "I dont care for almporlng young wives in a gen- I suppose she Is beUer, than the gen- ; Into my dotage and am eral way. eraUty, or I am pleased with a Uttle.' She laughea as she sjtoke, and oailgfat sIohtoT her own beauty in the glass. Her husband had been right when when he said she had not lost It yet; to-day It was as brilliant ae ever In Its owm queenly fashion. Her eyes were bright and me contour of her face perfect, and she tamed away with a pleased'smUe. "I do believe Hany was right" she said. "He looks as old as I do. My grsy halre dont show as they did, somehow, iwonder it they come and go. I navd heard some people say so. 'What a ridlculons old woman I am, to be surel As if anything oould alter the fact that I nm nh I how- many years—older than he is, and thiat wrinkles and old age must oome to me first My darling, my darling, I hope Heaven win be merciful and take me before then. 'When I am no use In the'worid, I hope I shaU die." . She went from her dteealng-room Into her husband's, and began to arrange It as she often did, tnalring him declare that he had a fresh room every other day. It was a whim ot neis - to arrange and move aU movable things, and to dec k any plaiee she; WBB fond ot with flowers and prelLy lanciee dt. aU sorts. Her own dressing-room was In .Its war a perfect Uttle gam of tssteand bcb^ilBaaa.: but she used to mourn over hla as a plape itht- woinldiiotbefarl^tmted. . • ' ' ..•. i '' It was the u^est room in the hooaeu ahe.de-! olared. Men's .bdongings ate 8<>bpmblyr loat- tilT^.^tI>>»-»;«^-y-~mMiinth^.maA»|llnliiii«iip Bbe did her best with flowere and niotnies. Itwas weU tor her that Mr. LuttereU's taste was like her own in the way of wall-deooratton. A hosband who would have preferred sporting plates and portraits ot pet dogs and'noises would have wellnigh broken her neart . A Uttle shitting and arranging brought the room to Adrienne's notion of whM herf&oy for that partlcnlar day appealed to be, and sha sar-. veyed 'her work with aatlsta^on, and then came baok to give la final push to the pretty davenport she had Insisted on his having In- stead of the somewhat ugly escritoire that had stood there for many years. It was too heavy, she pleaded, when he would have remonsbated against Its removal, and was not the thing tor a dressing-room at all. And he let her do as she liked and order a daven- port which he was feign to admit was much more oonvenient and gave him a great deal more room. She thought It would be better In another comer, and she pushed it Ui^htly across the room, singing softly to herself as she did so, wondering what Hany would say when he came home. He was'going to stay late at the office that dav. He had told her so. She would have to dine oy herself; so she would not hear anything about It tlU the next morning, very likely. He would say the room looked mucn better, but he wonld quMly push his desk back Into Its place If he did not like it and aU her arrangements would go tor nothing. Be&r she had not touched it; better she had left the Uttle thing alone,- and. Indeed, every- thing In the room j better It had gone ugly, un- tidy, dirty, anything forever, than she should have stumbled on what she did. As she pushed it away from Its place, a Uttle parcel feu from somewhere about It and lay at her feet She picked it upTand hild it aside whUe she finished her work. itwas asmalL flat paokage, tied up in thin teown paper, and looked like a bundle ot letters.- There was nothing on the outside to teU what It was, and she naturaUy thought it was some matter ot huBlness that he baa left behind him. ' Tery likely he wlU want it" she eald to' her- self. 'Iwonder it I hadbettergoaftei him with it A very smaU paroel wlU hold very Import- ant papere. He may think he has lost it and be in a terrible way about It" She hesitated a Uttle while before' she opened It 'What If it contained something rdatlve to the secret business that had taken him away from her so much?' She must open It to find out whether to take It to Cannon street or not It It was anything that Harry did not want her to know, he must forgive her, and she would be as sUent as he 'wished on the subject atter- -wards. Thus arguing with herself, she out the string and opened the i>aper. There were no letters or papers inside—only a flat case something like a pooketbook. She hardly knew why, but a oold ohlU seemed to pass over her ss she touched It and she hesitated. "I feel as It It were polsonoua." she said to herseU.^ "Bahl What an Imbecile I am I" She puUed open the case, and the spoUed miniature of a young girl was before her aston- ished eyes.. The glass over it had been broken accidentally, and most of the face was blurred; but enongn of It remained to show that the original -was eorpaashigly beautiful. The fore- head and eyes 'were there untouched, and the'wavy hair clustering over the temples. It was a faoe to love, even It ahe could not see It all—such a face as men have gone mad and died tor ever since the Worid began. Sirs. LuttereU gazed at it In horror. Her heart seemed to stand stm as she looked on the guUeless face. It 'was hnposslble to fancy any- udng wrong in auch a vision ot beauty; and yet how came It there. In her husband's keeping- pat away with his most predous things—for she knew intuitively that ne never meant her to see it? CHAETEB XLIV.—A. visit to caskok stbeet. A lady, tlchiy clod as she, BesoiifDl exceedlDBly.—ooLtamoa. "Is this the. seeret?*! Adrlenne mattered to 'hesself as she leoked at the Ui; face, of which enough 'was lelt nnbatmed to show Ira itav^Ung 4ieaaty. ''He jsayshe .has no aecrets Cram me but baslnees ones.. Is this no secret I'wonder? IZ It Is not^>7 do I find' it here amongtt 'lAoet ohertshed'tfaliles? It was not'ineanf fo^ my eyes to see. It was hidden. It came on, the floor by accident" She clutched It In her flngura ss If she would oruah the senseless thing to ptAma and destroy It as. Indeed, she felt inclined to do in the flret heat ot her anger. After a minute her better nature came to her aid, and she panned. "Perhaps I wrong him," she thought; "per- haps It is ot no oonseqnence at alL How shaU I find out? 'Who can tnls baby ot a girl be that my husband oherishes here as though her pic- ture 'were some precious thing? I must know. Ah, the back is loose t Is there anything be- hind it I wonder?" -The pQitralt lifted easUy from the frame, and she pulled It out . There 'was no artlsf a name on the back, nor any. mark whatever to show whether It 'was taken In England or abroad, bnt there 'was a tiny packet folded flat behind it Hardly know- ing what she expected to see, Mra. LuttereU opened it, and a morsel ot soft, sUky hair feU onto her flngera. It was Uke the finest fioss sOk, and baa been evidently cut from the head of a very young infant On the paper that held it were acravried a few words .without any signature: ."Our baby's hair, my darling. A gift tor papa." That was aU. No name. Nothing to teU whose baby it might be, and aU Adrienne's anger and jealous fear came back at the sight of It She picked up the tiny trees of hair, feeling as- if she would have liked to throw it to the'Winds, and tear portrait case, and aU Into a thousand pleoes. It 'was well there 'was no one to see her then. AU the passion of her passionate nature'was roused, and she 'was almoet beside heiseU. She folded It aU np again, and laid It aside. "'What shall I do?" she moaned. '"Where sbaU I tun for help? I am powertess, help-i less! I oan do nothing I" She walked to and tro in the pretty room like some caged animal, clasping her head with her hands tin the glltterinz rings on her fingers flashed in the sunlight like Uvlng fire. She looked supremely beautltul In her bitter anger, Just as she had often looked In her actress-days when her loveliness had turned the head of Heniy LuttoieU, and made him ready to lay down tortnne and honor, aU that a man holds so dear, so that he might win her beauty tor his own. She thought of that time now 'with passionate gasps of sorrow. "what have I ever done to him?" she said wildly. "How have I ever wronged him that he should repay me Uke this? What have I done? Need I ask?" she repeated., with a bit- ter laugh.. "Need, any wonuui ot my years ask what she has done to make ner husband tire of her? I .have grown old, old, and gray halre and 'waning attractions are not the bonds to hold a husband by 1" Again she laughed, with a hideous, mocking sound not good to hear, and Henry Latter^ could he have oome In Just then, would scarce- ly have kno'wn his beautiful, tranquU 'wlte in tne passionate woman, -with the flushed cheeks and guttering eyes, who was sweeping book- wards aoroes the room In a tempest of rageand grief. A knock at the door roused her to some sense of the-proprieties, and she hastUy put the packet into ner pocket, and calmed her features a Uttle before she bade the Intruder oome in. It was only her mold, who had been looking tor her in hiar own room, and oame to dress her for dinner. .... "WeU," she said, as the girl stopped sudden- ly and looked at her, startled beyohd'meesnre at her strange appearance, "whaf s the matter?" "Ton look SQ11], ma'am." "I am not ill. I 'was not aware I looked so." "Indeed-you do, ma'am.*' "I have been a Uttle startled—tiiat Is all. - I have had some unpleasant news." -'Indead, ma'am?" The girl looked pusled, as weU ahe might for she wondered now the news, whatever It 'WBS, liad been oonv^ed. to her . mlstr^.; She had seen her not an hoar ago, and' she' was quite weU and bheeitnl then, ana she tvas sure neither letter nor message had comein from the outer'worid Binoe then. '' She 'waa in a poeltion to speak' on ttie eablect, 'tor she hod. spent -iteady aa lAoIe of hiar mne In a flirtation In the garden, from which she could see the house, and hear for herself it her mistress' bieU should chance to ring. How eould the bad news—and that it was very bad she oould see by the look on Adrienne's face—have come? Surely the birds ot the air must have brought it she thought; but she ventured no remark. "I sfaaU beobUged to go to Mr. LuttereU's, in the cltv, TeU cook 1 am very soiry, bat I can- not help it I 'wlU have somethlag when I oome back. I shaU want the carriage round in halt an hour. Order It before you drees me." "Tee, ma'am." The giri .went away, and her mistress turned to the glass and looked at her own hag- gard face. "Fool that I am," she muttered, 'that I can- not keep myself better under control than this. Must I let everyone see what Is troubling me? I wlU not think of. it I wiU put it away from me tlU I see my husband bee to faoe. and ask him to teU me aU. He wiU—I know he wiU. and forgive me, too, tor ever doubting him for a moment" -' - . She 'waa a veiy woman, .aa variable in her moods as the shadows of "ir^i leaf; bnt she had oontroUed herseUbefore the maid returned. '.•What win you pleaaa to .wear, ma'am?" tiie ghrl asked, and was surprised at the ridmees of the toilet ohosen for this city expedition. "Surely the mistress must be going to see someone besides the master," ehe said to her- self, as she went abont her boslnees, and fetched the dainty dress and its belongings from their several re«eptacles. "She's going to drees Utce a duchess for It anyway. It's almost a pl^ for a dingy, plsoe Uke tne oltyl" Prouder than any duchess in the land Ad- rlenne looked as she swept downstairs to the carriage which was awaiting her. She hardly knew how she felt or what she was going to say or do. '-' One thing she had determined on: to take the picture to the office, and ask her husband, without any prep- aration on his port, what it meant The girl looked after her as she drove away with a pumled face. Something hod gone mong, she felt thongb- she tried in vain to guess what It ooald be. It^irould'come out when the mistress oame back, she told herself; bat she was very muoh mlntakmi. There was nothing to be gathered from Adrienne's de- meanor when next she was seen by her ser- vants. The arrival ot the oarrlage in Cannon street caused no little commotion. The handsome equipage, with its prancing horses, was so seldom seen in the city that it was quite an event tor the clerks and meesengere to be able to say that they had seen their onlers 'wife. She had been there before, of course. The 'Wives of city men do show themselves at their husband's places of business someUmes. But she had generaUy gone in a much lesa ostenta- tious taanloo, and in more sober appateL For some reason or other, she seemed this time to have made up her mind to dazde them aU, and she suooeeded. . . - The oleika looked out ot the windows, and whispered oomments to one another on her beauty and her splendor, and Mr. Jndson rushed out to assist her from the coiriaga. "Mr. LnttereU is here?" she 'asked In a tone that made btnr think thnt Bomething was 'wr^ngi ;. It 'was so different Itom her usual affable manner. Hod anything , come out about Ibe trip to France? he wondered. Conld die have been told ot that Uttle eeoapade? . . ^ i' 'iTea, madam, he Is here," he replied., "ShaU IteUhim?" ^ . - " . ■ - "No, thank you. T can announoe myself. I know the'.-way.". She passed hlnrluid swept In. Bat.ttie tid- ings ol her aitival' had already reaohed the ctueTs office. One of the oldest clerks was with him at the time—a man whose hair had grown gray in the service of his father and him- self, ana who would almoet have laid down his life twfore anything should have gone 'wrong 'With the house he had served so long. His buslnees eapaaity was not very great or he would have held the posfthat Judson flUed. He was a very useful servant but he had no governing powers. Mr. LuttereU respeoted and trnsted him, and would far rather have tained to him In any dliScal^ than to his on- scrupulous manager. "Ivho is that Carter?" he asked, 'i'»°ripg the tsarrlagestop. . "Mrs. LuttereU, sir." "Who?" "Mr8.Lutteidl,eIr. She Is getting out" "Adrienne! 'What can have happened?" he exclaimed, starting np, Justus his'wife swept Into the room like a queen, 'with an expression on her faoe that he could not quite understand. "My dear Adrienne I" he ezclalned. rising and taking her hand, "what has brought you here? Tou are the last person I should have expected to see."' "Doubtless I" Her tone was so dry. and sharp that he looked at her in amazement and then turned to his old clerk.' "Leavens tors moment Carter," he said qui- etly. "I see that Mre. LuttereU has something to say to me." Carter bowed and retired, wondering what could have obanged the handsome lady so much since he had seen her, and wondering what had brought that set haid look into her retty faoe. Mr. LnttereU closed the door after "Now, my dear," he said, returning to his 'Wife's side, "what has brought yon here Uke Solomon in all his glory? Tou have created quite a sensation out yonder." Adrienne lookeO at him a moment, and then laid the miniature on the table before him. "Ttiat bron^t me here." she eald sternly, "Look at It and explain it if yon can." -TO BS OOnTDTUKD. THE SELLS BROTHERS. The annals of the olrons bnaiueaa ftmUab no more remarkable IDuatratlon of 'wonderful growth and rapid success than la found in the bnet and brfl- Uant oareer of this proeperons Arm, wtiloh consists ol fbnr tnothera—Eebralm, Alien, Lewis and Peter 8r.) Sells. Their ihtber, Pater Sells, was bom In bio In UM. and tbelr mother near Wlncbesler, Ta., in 1813. The brothers 'were all bom in Oolum- buB, O.: Bphralm, Oct is, 1834: AUsn, Sept 3118Se;: Lewis, Nov. u, 1841; and Peter Jr., April a, I84fi. Prevtons to emhwTMng In the sbow Dnslness, Eph- ralffl was a farmer and extensive gardener, and the other brothers'were snccesaltil meRhants and auc- tioneers, Peter Jr. having also tnen connected with Tile Ctaveiana VaUy LeaOer for aerea jeaxB. Tliev oisanlzed their tlist menagerie and circus, 'wtilca consisted of ten eagea of «nim«ia and a fhlr com- pany. In Oolambns, 0., during the Winter ot lsn-3, and gave their Initial exhibition there April 19, itrra. Their mends, without excepUon, opposed tlie ven- ture, and piedloted Ineritable IkUore aa the result of their inexperience in a bnslnesa fiaught with tm- common haTanrta. For'weeks tbe elements seemed to combine to accomplish this dismal propbecy; but with Indomltatde pluck they fbught their way Ihim stand to stand throngh almost interminable mud and contlnuoos ninstorms, until at the crit- ical moment when they were upon the verge of ruin, the sun, the emblem of their salvation, ap. peaied, andnom that very day their every eSbrt naabeeaorawned with success. For sevenil years the Sella Bioth<^ bsve nm two shows. Utterly one by raU and the smaller by wagon; bnt in 1880 both WlU be tnnsportat>le by rail. Both have from time to tune been greatly moreaaed, and their principal venture, employing their own tram of can, ranks A1 In the list of American tentebows. Who "Old Nicx" Is The word "pampblet" la derived Irom the name of a Greek authoress, Fam. pbylla, wbo complied a blstoiy of the -worid Into thmy.flve Utile Ixraka. "Punch and Judy" Is a con- traction from Pontius and Jndaa. It Is a reUo of an old •■miracle play," In which the actors werePontlos Pilot and Judas ucariot ■ ■Bigot" is Itom Tlalgotba, m which the flerce and Intoietant Atfanlsm of the Ylalaath eonqneror of Spain Iiaa been handed down tolnfhmy. "Humbug"Is from Hamtmig; "a piece of Hamburg news" -was in Oenuany a proverbial expression for false poUtlcal ramors. "Ganze" de- rtves Its name from oaza, where It 'was flnt made. '■Tabby oat" Is an unconscious that her name Is derived ftom. Atab, a lomons street m Bagdad tQ. haMted by tbe manufaetaiers of allken stnna called atabi, or taflety, the waVy marblDgs of the w atei e d aOks leaembUng pussy's coat "Old Scisteh" Is the demon SKratU, who siui survives \n the supersnaans or Noithem Europe. "Old Kick''Is none ocher than Nlkr, the dangcrona water-demon of Scandtoavlan legend. The lemon takes Its name from the city, of L1I11& ■ • - ■ < • • • T~~t, - i THX Cniiiim"mnst flnd tt'.cstiemelT bard lo' ee- cme'Mvea. fbr wearetobl ttutmohliia alaiTla«e betweeh-all penona of Ihtfaame smname launlaw^i foL and'that "tiiananaalj«boqt» hundred dUtor eiB appaiyea a»^«eth«rfyi)gghont the Bmptra.'' ■ A CRIM E! wamni voa ^^a raw tobx ^uns^ BT "»ax» Ataiiar Jadt with vanBei balr, "Wtm mm aad plana aa Impnniaea air, A Jautr BAld. & haram-aean Was Bra. WhoakIpp*du4 daaeidtsavtf-vacBti Who oapmd a&J pnsosd ftoa niaht tffl 1 And vhoM bautwK u lukia u beas tq' aba i^d tlia oiaie wltb a ooBBtaiy * Sb* teft no tnoe of IwiMirbabiDd— /La the bodrls beat, the plBi laallasd . TOnbooadTat A gasp I a fluh 1 a or o( pala; It ihinn D7 tlmbara toaaar the tabalnr 'Tlaaas, sir, tcq asadal ilaa to aapWa;" Kceoofloaiidyet N*Hrfloaiid«z«d*Tlctlm so Malar wittbad a m«nal ao mnah ^■■ar melted aninta ■» BraOMtlTar. Waa •'•r a Job plajad lo wQodafcl want Waa than cHr a Tlctun io «Bir, pravunt Waa than «'«r a tprito ao tun »—wait BaidUB-T^ AN ANOIZIIT MABINBB'B STCQBT. THE SHIP THAT eUBBED A iCOUL REEF AT POOtOOMOOLOOHOOREE; "Ibaaka^ air, dont mind If I do. aaaln* aa tew I htUit flooded my tweendeoks this Messed day, an' tt now gone ttuee ImUs In tbe dog-watoh. An> Fm a-ihlntln' there ought to bs some purvisslon by statootaiy lor, as thqr calls U. whereby a poor JSek- aahore. aa you sees me, air, ahonldnH Have to no firom the turn of the gSm In the larbo'id 'watoh nigh onto elshteen honrwlthont a trifle to aathla abxouds a-taut and bis yards o-auter. Dontmmd ef I do a8en,sli; I never likes to lefoae ancHar quarterdeckgentasyoube, not to speak of my own punUvltles. An'look-y.here, yon lo]]7pepl»y,]as( youtetoh that t^ a leetle longer an'gimme my tipple a leetle stronger, for ef there's anythln* I despises It Is half-water groe. Ben's to ye, sir. "Ef I hadnt promised to spin yon that yam about the Trusty Folly, an' the cnr>nB, an< I inlght say almost nnnataial ollmb she tak over the ooial reef at Pooloomooloomooiee, In the South Sea, I don't know as I 'wonld ventur on It becase It looks too much Uke haolln' etnng on one's owu nuln- ahaat to ndn a jare that aort o' cbalta one% own maiknpAl. Efmyoldmate,BenBotatay(aswas the French son of an EutUsh ftther, bom In Fitty- Rony an' brnng up In Chlny, an' followed the sea from ttie time he -was twenty, 'eeptln alwut ten year when be was otilef Interpreter lo tbe Euiui u u of Bnsahy, an' eight more whim he was Grand Eradioa^ tor to the Boyil Oom-patch or Slam, as ha oKen told UB oQh-I say ef he waa a-spUmln' thla yam, be wonld put otedlt wbeie credit Is due, that I :;aa't b e cai^ B ot mymodestj, wldch does break out ta a legHar lar, once In a while, wussnr nor ttsh' onto an ItaHyun. Thankee, sir; hsie's a go. An'gdahead I will,'With my service to jou. sir. " ■ ■ ^'••irtaaB days out ■•'.•» wiiai!!.'T ■. ' :.in>ucaac: ;'.'jc'.~' Ton see, we was a hnndr' from Barnegat Light beln'I age ID saikland Iilanda}^ the islands, nor no whales.', r floe, which the old man latd > ''. ^thousand mDe oacK. or a t two mne tuck, whlob 1 oant . set dlraenalona, we'Was put abi' byaomettmes aouthai^, an'si; .c.':n>cs'coH!Mrlr, butkeepUi'm the mamesBtBilji'. v/uhiATjcTiun' short rangns of half a blsut an'a'peep Into .the' bangbole of a poric-boiiel a-day, lieiB'j peepa an' a ^Jlnter of Aatawyuaamd" any, as you wonld say, the onv was 1 an* askln' among themstirea ef the old man hadn't better be polntm' tbe noss of the Tniaty Polly to somewhere where grub was ptanttar an' ■satt^tiuaUt not ao isdlgeatUfle like. Ef we'd a-kotobed a whale^ 'we'd a-eat him, which It wonldnt have been over. profltable Ibr the ventur', Irat oomfbrtm* to an nanda and the eoo^ who 'waa gettln' aa rns^os the last servln'o'salt-hone thnogh hovmTa.sln.' njkoor.. "On the hundred an' seventeenth day by tbe ship's log the oLrman, after makln'an oumrattDn an> plckln' the Pony on the chart oome on deck <n says - tome: •• •Hain TruQk'—which were the name I got thiongh beln' so toll—^gtve har a spoke to port keep, her by-an'-lane, an' we'U make the TUoioopoaloo group about nunday; an*, if 'we cant get aoytfaln' else.'we'U have a lobsconse of nigger an'enfwsaiut. dul^> says the old man. " 'Aye, ue, air,' says I; 'aa' ef we dont make the lalanda a-ThniBday by yonr ealkrlatlon, we'U makS 'em a-Tuesday by mine.'this beln'on a Sunday. " 'How d'ye log that ?' says the skipper. ' " 'Jest casfyer topUghts a-stam, ar,' says I; •an' ef yoadoallaee fbnr daja'nmnln'lieftimTDeater' la that hit o' send loomln' up dead to wlnd'aid, ru go for lobsconse, ^stead of the nigger.' "An there ic wor, and hen ue irat'. The old man turned op oU hands for to take aall off the PoDy, evoT rag bem' aet an' not a ahset nor balyaid Inia' started lor nlnetr-Ibur days. " 'Shake 'em loose,' yelled the fust mate, lively now, on' let 'em down by the run;' but thoucn every damed halyard an' shset was east off the cleets an' bdsym'-plns, notagaff sagged oraaau wrinkled. Tou see, thnngh sum dm* so lontr, the weather behi' alternate hot an'cold, the tackle got so set In the blocks that an—begyar pardin, sir— notliln' abort of partln' 'am—wouldn't haVe made 'em let go. Well, str, afore any turn could be made as to what Ibr to do, along come the biggest kind nf a hnrrycane, bnttend lust an' ef every rag hadn't gone clean from the bo't-npes the Polly would a-tomed a summenet or hunted sand m three hua- dred fathom. An the men could do to keep our- selvee aboard 'was to get a-iast to the rlggln' or stau* ahuns an' stay there, except to keep her head albte the wind, an' 'waU for what might be next or mune- dlately after. "Wen. sir, all that night an' Uonday an* Xonday night we took It. The Trusty Pony was tlgbl as a meas-kld an' light as a yud of buntln', dia'wtn' aU- teenltol fbr'ard an' seventeen foot aft; tooad a. beam Uke a Duteh angel, an' sheer enough at the bow to go over a nller without goto' through It Tuesday mornln' the old man come on deck, an\ oa it was my trick at the wheel, he sua to me: /, " <]faln Track, we're In trouble.' "'More o^omin', says I, Ibrlseed whathewere a-dririn' at " 'Bight you are, boyee,' sez the old man, obeerfbl- Uke. 'fordead absadan'ton league oir are the reef of Pooloomooloomooiee.* "Ilets Ro the wheel, which I knew lihouldnt orter, butlwere aUtook shack,an' I sayatothe skloner: Davy— "He knew what I meant,an'sed: 'Joneaea'—an* then, with a heave of his bnsum, he took, aftesh quid, an'whispered'locker.? r . •That word saved the ship an' crew. - . "I'd been on tbe canawl, eblef-enalaear, mate an' - aUbandaof aboat whan I wasa boy. Aa'Isald to the skipper: •• <i'u dolt blow me tight an' biist my ketisonef I don't.' " 'Do wfaatr Ban the aUppar. " 'Lock'er I* I ahoutad, OodCer over that reef as sUck as a handy-tillly.' "Oaniu* the sthar.quartermaster aftltmedthft wheel over to him an' went fbr'ard, (ha aklnnv foUerin' an' ordeiln' eveiybody to Je ss T nalrt jBiir sa though I 'waa na^admlIaI bom aa> my Hag a.floatln'at the mliasn-peak. Wen, sir, I downa' the matn an'royal yards—ibrCT-two foot hug wen the one, an' thirty-four fbot the other—an', aubre yoo oonld Bay 'Jaok BoUnson,' I rigged prevanter-caya on 'em, rove slandln' and hauled ehoek-a-Uoek, hod 'em over her bowa, port an' starboaid an' faat to the catheads. Then i passed a stay aft ftumthe middle of eath to the'stem-davlla, an' sent a isaUq' serosa a-tween'em atotmd the cutwater. I nut an extn preveutervstay down each'wttk a flddle-anot that tightened <Hi an np-atraln, Imt gave looss on a shake when the strain was oH; an' I waited tot the reaf to come. - - - "Tou see what my Idea wast WeU. It worked to a charmi Tbe fust dash tlie Trusty POUy made at that leef she tripped on the yard-ends, holdm' her keel exactly two foot ftom the sharpan' cruel ledge. 'When the next swen came she nee; bnt a shake ou the flddle-knota let 'em sup np the yards the Iielght of the swell, an' ttie minolt she dipped they flipped ' like oboleia, an' bald her keel exactly twam *kA Up. The cnw 'waa an a-'watohln' an' a-walttn*. holdtn'onto the Jib-stays an' for'ard shmda: Ben Bobetay an' the fust luff, with axes to cut the laatilnr leadin' to the afler-davlts. stood by, holdln' onto Btanatiliu; the captain, with a taiub la hta bund, mu out of a hawse-hole to cut the sdaia' across tbe tow.-'WBS hotdln'onto the fluke of the beat bower: an' I, a-standhi' on the hltta, 'was holdm' onto my breath, an' tonerin' the eieatof the next camber that'waa. a-comm*. Ef It fUl,'we'waa gone; ef It nie, we'was safe I "Hurrahl It ketched ua fair tuder the stora- eonnter, (lave us a lurch for'ard, an' hlsted uatin 1 thought the flddle-kuots 'would sUp over the ton of the yards. Jest at the right mlnnlt they stODDed^n' ateddled. I fSlt the PoUya-settUn'an'yeaeSr'tJat away, my bearaeal'that you might have haeid U from Kakkow to New Bedfbrd. The axBiooiim. down;the skipper puUed his flipper Inboard, antaaii^ m' the knife across «»Issbta'phe yiuffiwSSit BtiMghl astern, Ml-the Trusty PoDyalld ovwtSo reef, with twen ty foo t of water under bar. Into isBoon, wtdch were as calm as a miu-uond. saa didnt take bun nor sontoh, exceDlin'aa that aha irftharruddttetaoktaloa crack on the taaUae^ of the rook. 16 ^^rt: the apot when K^^nnSk lo^her over thahloomuig reef of PeSmiS^