The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

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STABBING A BROTHER. At the 'Wolverhampton Police Court, a young man named William Cotsfnrd has been remanded in custody charged with stabbing his elder brother, Coorge. On the latter going home he found the ;'1"i"(;r silting by the tire drunk, with a poker in ine han 1 and a knife in the other, and he sworo •hat if his Inul il"r enmo near him he would lob nim have it, Complainant-, after some words, .vonb upstairs, when prisoner followed him and itabbed him in the arm with a knife.

A CLERGYMAN'S SOX'S SUN.OA Y AMUSEMENT. 1 Ah the Hereford Shireh.dl, an ai tided clerk named Henry Steward Brown, son of tho vicar of Pipe and Lyde, near Hereford, was fined tl! and co>ts for removing the gate of tho carriage drive of a neighbouring gentleman during Sunday night, and letting in cart horses, who damaged the lawn. A number of other gates were removed, and other practical jokes played the same night.

I) A XG E ROUS L Y ST ABBE 0. Ar, the Leicester Police Court, a man named Deakin was charged with cutting and wounding Alfred Xeale. Both are fishmonger's assistants, alld Llloy quarrelled some LillIe ago. One evening they met, m the Market Place, and alter some words 1.1 passed Deakin struck Xeale with a it wound on the wri.-t. Xede was removed to the Tn'lrmary, where he now lies, b"illl! unable to appear ill Court. Deakin was reman led.

:L00KIXG EOR GAS WITH A LIGHT. A builder named Isaac Hunt, not icing a smell o! gas in his house at Gloucester, struck a light t.c find where i he escape was. A terrific explosion resulted. The windows were blown out with such force t hat pieces of glass stuck in the dcors on the opposite si le of the street. A greenhouse in the rear wiu blown I" atoms, and the adjoining pro- perty seriously shaken. The curtains in the room took tire, but, tin; :!anies were put out. Hunt was seriously injured.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AT BURXLEY. James Mcfuerny, a weaver, aged 1, is in the cus- tody of the Burnley police, on a charge w hich may end in one of murdering Thomas Oxford, aged lö, a farm servant. Prisoner met Oxford, whom he had known for »omo time, while delivei ing milk in Burnley. He rode towards home with him in the mill; cart, and (;Ii reaching a secluded spot, near the farm attacked him'wiih a hamll1or, inliict ill" terrible injuries to his head. He then took a sum if t'2 which Oxford had drawn that morning from Ids customers, and also a watch. The outrage was discovered, and Melnerny was apprehended. Oxford's head is terribly injured, and iiis death is ax peel oil.

AN AGED FOWL STEALER, At, the lvingstoii-on Thames Town Hall, a man to nontlis' imprisonment for stealing 1,11 lee live fowls, t'.alue :1- the properly of a man name 1 John Light, rho fowls had been kept with others in a shed in i-Irove Lane, ami one morning a police-const,.able IVOllt there to see if all were right. He fllllllll tho prisoner there, with tho fowls, just killed, lying at !tis feet,. There was a basket outside ready for tho prisoner to take the fowls away in. The accused had been previously convicted of larceny.

ROBBIXG A FATHER. At tho Derby Borough Police Court, William fiushton, a young man, was charged with stealing I in the ISt.h iust. a cash-box containing certain securities and a sum of money, to the aggregate /alue of about £ 1.')!), the property of Wiiliam Rushton, his father. Prisoner uroke illto the 'muse ill the absence of his parents, aId, 011 being Jiscovered with an unusual quantity of money in lis possession by his mot,her, explained that he lad foun l a burglar in the house, whom he had it,tacked and relieved of a portion of his plunder. Be was given into custody, but was not conveyed ;o the lock-up without much trouble, assaulting a police-constable on tho way. The Bench sent him :a prison for two months for the theft, and one month for the assault, with hard labour.

ALLEGED ELOPEMENT WITH AX UNCLE. A bombardier in the Royal Horse Artillery, lamed William Model;, surrendered to bail at the Woolwich Police Court on a charge of unlawfully taking from the protection of her parents his niece, Emily Jane Sholton, a girl under the age of IS /ears.—Accordingjjo the evidence previously given l,he girl reached the ago of 18 on Sep. B'« last, bub nve mouths previously, on April 12, she left her Mt ual.ion at Shooter's Hill, went away with the pri- Mt ual.ion at Shooter's Hill, went away with the pri- soner, and resided with him as his wife until August, that he knew her to bo but 17 years of jige, and that on her birthday, in September 18,^7, he made her a present an 1 complimented her on being "sweet seventeen." Tho girl asserted that; it was owing to his temptations and threats that she went to live with him, bub she ad- mitted writing a letter which was produced in court, and wdiich contained the following passages — [ wish, dear uncle, that I could live with you altogether, I should then be so happy. I cannot rest for thinking of you. Yon are in my eye- every minute of the day, and I dream about you every night. I shall never love anyone else like I do you, and I will never break my promise. I love you too much for that, dear nllde. I know mot,her does not wish me to have too much to say to you, but I will, in spite of her I and fat her. She don't know all, and won't, either. I shall not rest until I see for it, seems so long gincowenteb. I hope, dear uncle, there are bet ter davs in store for us, so cheer up. I shall never five you up nor forget you as long as I live. E\iil,i- The girl staled that, while she was living with the de- fendant at a house in Henry Street, near Woolwich Dockyaid, he forbade her going to Phxn-head, le^t she should meet her parents, who resided there, an,I also that after a time he neglected her and treated her unkindly. In August he sent her t,)iat, lie c()lllll tl()t away, saving that, he could not afford to support her, and she went to the house of her mar- ried uncle, Richaid Moilet, who, like the de. liei- iiiot brother. She did not "O home to her parent,s, but afterwards got another situation.-■ On behalf of the defendant, Mr. Bryee- son contended that the girl had voluntary left her ziil to the Is she was nob under the protection of her parents, the charge of taking her from their protection could not be sustained.—Mr. Marsham observed upon his point hat it. had not, been decided in the higher com fa*, bub i. a similar case it had been treated as a question of fact, and submitted to the jury. He should commit the defendant for trial, and request, the Public Prosecutor to take up bit case.— Bail was accepted.

CAPTURE OF ALLEGED COtXERS. I A Rochdale says t he Li! Ueborougli police have discovered a ba-e coin manufactory in their district, and have ma le two arre-ts of alleged Coiners. The actused are Luke Wood, atetuined convict, and his w ife, a woman u ho has been many years with the Christian Army and Blue Ribbon Gospel Army, and has addressed many meetings in Lancashire. Wood was reporting himself at I the local police-station, when, on being questioned, Iteranaway. He was followed, and, after an exciting chase, captured, and found in possession of counterfeit coins. Subse.piontly his house was searched, and found to contain base siBei and bronze money, stamp moulds, acid, metals, and all necessaries for making base com, including com- plete apparatus for manufacturing bron/.e coins. This led to the woman's arrest. It is believed tho Mint authorities will take tile case up.

CHARGE OF BTGA.MY AT LEICESTER, At, the Leicester Pofice Court. K<>b«rt_ Y.dlill!I' I "Willson, aged I'd, was charged with icgan,ou-!y its former wife being still alive. From ihe evideme it appear, d that the prisoner, who was ;V member of the Salvation Army, made the acqiiamtaneo ot the prosecut lix and they W.:r>- married a! ihe thee | ILi marriage. Prosecutrix Said I ha!, pr^o, rep-e- | sen ted himself to her as a single man. Uc was j remunded I >r a week.

The Cloth Workers' Company have made a grant 0f J to the Ragged Sdiool I nto-i.. oa i p: i n Miller is more in!,t.¡t;fl'1J":1. n.-w :n j the I'M) acres o*' be ow ns :.ear Oaklands, Cub, 1 t.1lan in books. Acontestfor the jNorthowram School Board, nenrr Halifax, has been avoided by withdrawals. The Emperor of Germany paid a visit to Princo Bismarck, and remained half an hour. Sir J. Pope Hennessy lias arrived at tho I Mauritius, and received an enthusiastic welcome. The Grand Opera-house ab St. Paul, Minnesota, has been destroyed by tire. No lives were lost. I A boy named Walls was killed at Inverkeithing, by the accidental release of the spring of a spring- gun while cleaning it. The University of Cracow has decided to endow afacnityofatcricidtnt-o. Such a thing has prob- ably never been done before in Europe. The Dublin Exchequer Division has discharged the conditional order for IFab-as Corpus for the re- lease of Mr. Edward Harrington, M. P. [ It is reported from Bathurst that the erection of Gambia t,eri it<>ry into an independent colony has cansedmuchsatisfaitiun. A Smyrna telegram says a disastrous earthquake has occurred at Mparta(?),in Asia Minor, in which 300 houses were destroyed. The P»!iIiod Coneyxmderice of Vienna gives a formal contradiction to the report that the Emperor had had an apoplectic attack. The Time* Rangoon correspondent says—One ol the most satisfactory feat ures in the administra- tion of L pper Burtnah is the steady increase in revenue. General AnnenkofT is on his way to St. Beters- burg, to make arrangements with the Government for the extension of the Transeaspian Railway to Tashkenil. The steamer Moselle, from Clon, has arrived at Southampton, and landed the mate anil thirteen men, the crew of the Excelsior, which had been abandoned. A serious conflict; look place the other day between the Possibilists and Bonlangisbs in the Avenue Duuuesne, Paris, an.l heads were freely broken. A td doucesterDocks,while workmen were placing grain in a. warehouse, the end of a building fell out. One man was knocked into the wafer and i, and several others had narrow escapes. The Bishop of St. Asaph has died at. t he Drum- mond Arms Hotel, Crieir, w here lie had been lying ill since August last. He was born at Newport, Pembrokeshire, in I ,\Oi. It is stated that Mr. Greenwood has commenced m act,ion against, Mr. Henry 11. Gibbs, the former proprietor of the St. < lazc/tr,. to recover damage* for wrongful dismissal as his editor. Buring t,lie pa~t week over lii,0i)0 persons have lisited the Birmingham Art Gallery, in which are "IOWII 1,110 wedding presents rcccntly presented to Mrs. Joseph l'hall1berlain. There are forty towns using 16,-I- electric amps of :•>c.p., on the ileislur long-distance ncandeseent system in tho United States at the .a esent t ime. German statistics show that the percentage of • uieides among the jews is considerably higher ihan among other sects. Among English Jews suicide is rare. Mi'. Wilson, I,he successful candid te at Govan, s president of the Scottish branch of the United Kingdom Alliance, and is a teetotaler of long itan ling. Dr. Pviva reports the case of a woman who was ivholly blind in one eye. She sutVered from a various tooth on the same side, and after iLs ex- ;racfioii the vision Was restored. Congregationalism has another Binnoy. The Pev. J. G. Binney, of Gateshead, has seceded from Due Primitive Methodist, body, and allied himself with the denomination tirst named. Tl ie lifby-three municipal free libraries in France lent, out, last, year 1,0^(),t)()t) books, besides wdiich li;0i)0 volumes were consult,ed or read on the spot. The propotionofnoveisia 48 per cent. A new smoking-room has been provided for it}ombe''s at the Home of Commons. The devotion -,o the weed among lion, gentlemen is now so great that, the ono smoking-room has become insuthuienb. Miss Gordon has presented to the Gordon Boys' ijomc in Manchester a very handsome portrait of her late brother, General Gordon. The purtraiL is oji vie.w at Cornish's, St. Anne's square. Skaters on Oakley Park Pool, near Shrewsbury, have been witnessing an interesting spectacle. A large number of good-sized fish could clearly bo seen frozen in the ice. An inhabitant of Broseley, in the Midlands, declares that he recently caught a fine specimen of the peacock butterfly. On the same day ho picked some wild violets, primroses, and straw. berries. News received at the French Ministry of Marino reports a serious engagement with Tonquiuese pirates at Chomai, which, though successful, ro- s u I ted in the death of one French otlicer and twelve soldiers. The German war ship Eber, which has arrived ab Auckland from Samoa, January R'tli, denounces the reports from Apia, via San Francisco, con- cerning the action of German war ships as un- founded. From Lhis Lime forth, by a decree of tlte Emperor William II., no French cooks are to be allowed in the Imperial kitchens of Germany. Only Germans are to be employed in cooking for the Imperial table. Tho Rc", Canon Goodwyn, of St. Andrew's, Shar- row, Sheffield, who a short time ago declined the colonial bishopric of Bathurst, has aceeptel the rectory of Rofhertield, a large country parish in Sussex. The Liverpool police magistrates imposed a fino amounting with costs t.o over on ashipmaster. for entering Ramsey Bay in the evening without causing the necessary lights to be displayed on his vessel. Tho anti-Jewish wave has evidently reached Luxemburg. At one of tho sittings of the Diet: petitions for nat uralisation of all applicants but the Jews were granted. The applications of the Jews were refused. Madame Patti will, it ?eem«, sail for South Ametiea ral her earlier than was expected. At any rate, two cabins have been reserved on board the « Portugal, which leaves Bordeaux for Argentina about the middle of next month. The first batch of emigrants proceeding from ihe South of Ireland to Buenos Ayres, in connection abontthemiddteofnextmonth. The first batch of emigrants proceeding from the South of Ireland to Buenos Ayres, in connection with the free emigration scheme promoted by the Argentine Republic, lias left Limerick. About i 40'! emigrants will take their departure. A St.l'elersburg telegram says the development of the Morier incident is watched there with great | interest, and it adds that the papers, including tha .Xucoe I'may espouse the cause of the English Ambassador. Further particulars are telegraphed from Tunis as to tho arrest of I,he man (day on suspicion of being the White.:hapd murderer; but,, in facb, thei e is nothing definite as to his identity with the supposed murderer. The death is announced of Dr. Francis IluelTer, well known as a musical critic and writer on musical subjects, which occurred at Brook-green from an attack of erysipelas. He was bot-ii tt Mi:nstev in 1 *•">. The railways in the Dominion of Canada will evade the demand of the United Slates Government I hat Cana lian Cars shall pay a dut y upon entering the United States, by using solely the cars of the American connecting railways for the trahiC pass- ill"- between the two countries. A Central News telegram says: — A bridge span- ning the 4fc"er at Spotsville, Kentucky, fell while about, tv^pily-five persons were upon it. These were all thrown into the river, and tnough help was at. halld, and the greater number were happily rescued, four were drowned. The monkeys of M. de Finrks at present sojourn- ing at t he Berlin Aquarium are having a "good time." Yeal cutlets, wine and water, semolina pudding, milk, dessert, and regular baths, are among Their daily pleasures. They could hardly fare more sumpl nou-dy if they were teader-writers. Sir Thomas Mar! mean has given his award in connection with the ironworkers wages in the Mid- lands. Hir Thomas has declared that from tho nil February to the th June the wages of puddlers shall be advniicod from 7s. ;d. to 7 s. i'd. per too mill and forge labour to be advanced in proportion. The l'i an-at lant i. (lie Company S steamor La Champagne ha- ariived a' .\ew York Willi ):) Alsat ians for Florida. Their pas-age has 1, paid, and they have been detained pen ling he lite « bet her 1 hey come under ho ( '1,1 ract Labour a\v. Intelligence from b.u-: s|«tes that, the gani-oi; has been si r.-ngi hen. d by On r s, nlad i ons of C I a.i Ci .ssack s ) I eo I > u rg. Ii i a d d ed thai, the r eg i menl s still ioiied in the rn have o tit illvd soldiers. I

5 [ALL EIGHTS RESERVED.] i' i ^TESS BY y< EMILIE SEARCH FIELD, AUTHOR 0? „ i „ A •'1 V '<$- SNOWDROP," ETC., ETG. -X v i; •>-> I j& Xy-rJ (Continued from our last.) I \Vell, it did me good turning from one grief to another—the hours came and the hours went, and I felt that I could go on living, for that life was still a precious something not to be thrown away, and Tessa loved and petted me from the fulness of her overflowing heart, and I ceased to be miserable although Rob had been taken from me. Indoors the lodger did not at all interfere with our comfort, and after a few days I grew accustomed to his clumsy step and heavy voice. The woman, too, over the way, ceased to annoy me with her chatter, for having seen and heard her day after day I thought no more upon the subject. It struck me sometimes, though, that Tessa was rather strange, for while in doors she either sat by the window, pretending to read, or else went and stayed alone in the tiny closet upstairs, which dear old nurso called our dressing-room, and which opened di- rectly from our bed-chamber, being lighted by an extremely good-sized window for so small a place. This window, as the dressing-room was over the passage, was just above the front-door, and, conse- quently, nearly opposite the home of the woman before mentioned. The only reason I could assign for this preference of hers, to sit thus alone by the closet window, was that it commanded a good view of the Isle of Wight, and the sunlit waters surrounding it. It was one day when we had been at Ilolmsley a little more than a week that Tessa asked if I objected at all to going down and sitting on the sands under the cliff. She said that she thought it would be pleasanter, and as more people were apt to walk there, we should stand a better chance of being amused. Of course we went, but I re- member that I thought her very strange, for at first she had chosen the cliff herself as our resting- place, as being quiet and lonely, which the sands were not. Yet she was always kind to me—if ever I spoke she answered readily and tenderly if I was low-spirited, her smile was bright and cheerj', while her efforts to soothe and set me right were most unwearying still, whenever I was In- clined for thought she seemed well-pleased to let me I and more than once in my own mind I accused her of sentiment and egotistical musings. W hat, save sentiment, induced her to sit so often upstairs alone As a rule I interfered but little with her train of thought, being generally ready to preserve silence, so that I might drift back into that- portion of my life which was past and gone. And of what could Tessa's musings possibly be ? I often asked myself that question, and for reply, I said, "Her own beauty, grace, and accomplish- ments," for that she was very clever none could deny. Still, I liked to have her about me, and I said to her, as I once said of Rob, I could not live if she were gone." You see I was not a woman who could stand alone. I was so weak and childish that I required someone with a stronger will than my own on whom I could lean. It does not surprise me to see men like Rob admire and choose such women for their wives but why Tessa should have come forward and' become my support so readily I could scarce imagine. Well, we sat upon the sands, our little nurse and baby being, as usual, within our range of vision. The Avon joined the sea just above us, and for ft while I watched with interest the numerous boats upon the river—pleasure-boats they were, whose owners ventured not further than the bend of the stream still there were fishermen on the sea, their boats looking like mere dots, moving slowly over the blue expanse. Now and then, a ship appeared in sight, swept gracefully between the island and mainland, and then as gracefully dis- appeared, as though its home were on the broad waters, and the land nothing at all, either to it or tke living freight it bore. Gaily-dressed people passed and repassed, for the village was growing fashionable on account of its fine beach, and many gentlemen's residences were springing up here and there the bathing-machines were drawn up in readiness, and the owners, looking out both for chance and daily visitors—but there all was going on as usual, and I was for the time quietly happy, when, all at once, I missed Tessa from my side. The coastguard's box was very near to where I sat, and, looking up, I saw her pacing backwards and forwards behind it, the coastguard himself being engaged in conversation with a manr to whom he had given a seat at one end of his stool. Of course she was as safe there as with me, so I took no further notice, but again continued my silent observation of those around me, who, in their bright dresses, seemed to be in perfect unison with the golden midsummer weather. There were no invalids, as is usual in most sea-side places; probably the air was considered as too strong for people who were really ill some there were, I suppose, like myself and Tessa, who required change but then, we never thought of ourselves as ill, so that, with such a happy varying of scene before me, it was small wonder that I felt, as I have before said, serenely glad to enjoy it all. By- and-by, Tessa came back, and glancing up, I saw that the two men were gone, the coastguard prob- ably gone to his dinner, and the other—well, it would be hard to say wl'erj the sea-side loiterers go when once they wander off. Tessa and I and baby soon went home too, and we did not go out again till towards evening, then we just strolled down, so as to see the sunset, and that was all. Later on—in fact, just as we were sipping our wine-and-water before going to bed—Tessa said, Dora, shall you mind my going to B- to- morrow (Here let me say that B- was a watering- place of some importance, and situated about six or eight miles from Holmsley, so that slit could take train in the village, and both go and come without fuss or inconvenience to any one.) I looked up in surprise. To B- ?" "Yes, dear, on business." Tessa spoke very quietly, and I felt piqued. If she choose to have a secret from me, after the entire confidence I had reposed in her, why, I did not care, so I replied, in equally quiet tones with her own—"I shall not mind, in the least, where you go beside what right have I to say Yes or iSTo to you ? I sup- pose, toof that you find it very dull, staying on so long with me alone." Tessa was pained, I could hear it in the sharp, quick quaver of her voice, as she replied, No, darling, not dull with you," and her cheek was pressed warmly against my own, almost before I was aware that she had risen from her seat. I could but kiss her, and whisper my love for her, and yet all the while the thought of her secret rankled in my bosom. CHAPTER IV. Morning came and I awoke with the sort of feel- ing that some one was fixedly regarding me, and on opening my eyes, there stood Tessa dressed in readiness for her journey. I am sorry I woke you, ])ora, but I could not go away without one more j look," and she bent over to kiss me. "Have you had breakfast? and why are you going so early, 1 sleepily inquired. Oh, I shall want a long day for wdiat I have to do," she quickly replied, "and Mrs. Burgiss had breakfast ready by the time I was dressed—here she comes now with some conee for you, so I'll say good-bye and leave you." She went away like a flash of lightning, and all through the dreary hours of her absence I waited and longed for her return. I did not go out that aay—1 saicl to myself that 1 clicl not care to go alone —b it, when evening came, I put baby into his perambulator, and calling Jane to come and take charge of him, we together started on our way to the station to meet Tessa. It was a lovely evening and the fresh, soft air seemed in a measure to exor- cise the spirit of dreariness which had clung to me indoors, and I smiled as I fancied I saw dear Tessa's figure advancing in the distance towards us. A carriage, one of the tiny basket-affairs so often I ■een near the sea, approached us, but I should have passed it by without noticing it at all had not the driver purposely slackened its speed as it came near. 1 looked up. The gentleman driving was saying something to a lady by his side, and both wore looking straight at me. I fancied I knew the gentleman, or had seen him before, and, as they were going so slowly, I half expected them to stop and speak. The lady, though, was a perfect stranger to me, and hers, I believe, was both the am1 handsomest face I ever saw. I fear, however, that if she still lives, and recognises her- self in what I have said, she will feel but little flattered if she reads on to the end yet, even if she were looking over my shoulder the while, I should say it, for truth must be spoken, and must also win a way for itself in the end. I have said that her face was darkly handsome, but now I will add that her black eyes were the most cruel in expression it has ever yet been my lot to behold—her hair hung in loose, natural ring- lets around her face, and one could not but be struck with its luxuriance and beauty still, hair falling in such close proximity to the features has anything but a softening effect, and speaking of her now, when years have passed, when all reasons of bitterness, as mingled with her memory, is re- moved, I must call her hard and cruel, for as such she looked upon the summer evening of which I am speaking. They passed by, still gazing fixedly at me evidently they did not know me, as I had at the first supposed, but I at least should recognise them if ever they recrossed my path, which did not then seem at all likely—" they are visitors," I said to myself, and when I soon after saw Tessa in the distance, I hastened on to meet her, and in my joy of welcoming her back, soon forgot all about the carriage and its occupants. Again the days glided quietly by, even Sunday, when it came, refused to break up the quiet mono- tony for me. I had a bad headache, and, as Tessa advised quiet, Jane took baby out as usual, while Tessa herself went, as I supposed, to church, com- ing back again amid the little crowd of worship- pers, as I expected. My head was no better, but I was tired of lying still and keeping silent I wanted some one to talk to me and amuse mo- anything rather than the dull quiet of the morninp- Unfortunately, Tessa was in one of her quiet moods, and it annoyed me to see her sitting by the window, a book in her hand which no more claimed her at- tention than mine, when I wanted her so much to talk and be cheerful, as she could be whenever she pleased. "Yon haven't even told me the text," I said, querulously, and I want to know. It would be something to think about, since there is no one to talk to me." A flush passed over Tessa's face. I—I can't remember, dear but she put away her book at once, and came to my side. I didn't know that you were well enough to talk. Is your head better ? and she laid her hand on my forehead. I suppose that soft, cool touch drove away my impatience at any rate I was myself once more, and made answer softly and humbly. Not much better, thank you, but I should like you to read to me if you would." To be sure I ought to have thought of it," and she chose a book out of the few we had brought with us-" Lyra Anglieana it was called—and she read the first poem therein. I remember thinking that there was both music in the words and in the voice which read them so sweetly, and then all, by- and-by, became a blank—I had fallen asleep. When I awoke the sun's rays were less golden, and the quiet of evening seemed to be stealing through the air. Tessa was in her usual place by the win- dow, only this time she was not pretending to read, but watching the Sunday idlers outside, and listen- ing intently, as it appeared, to their foolish talk. As soon, however, as she knew mo to be awake, she opened the door and called Mrs. Burgiss, who immediately after appeared with tea. Tessa wheeled my chair to the table, and waited on me as though 1 had been a little child, till at the last I could bear it no longer. Oh, how good every one is to me I cried. Well, and don't you deserve ic ? was Tessa's playful reply. No, I don't. I'm wilful and childish, and—and oh, Tessa, I sometimes wonder why Rob married me, knowing you all the while." It was out, and I could not recall it. Her sweet face coloured painfully, and I saw her put her hand quickly to her side. Nevertheless, she smiled when she saw me look anxious. "It was a spasm caught me," she said, ner- vously then more lightly, yet with deep tender- ness My darling, you need never wonder again. No one could help loving you, especially Rob "(her voice sunk a. little as she spoke his name). He and I were as brother and sister, and it must have been your unlikeness to me which he loved so truly and well—for no man makes for his wife a woman who is the exact counterpart of his sister. Oh, yes and she played lightly with my curls, Rob would forget me entirely when you were bv, with your winsome airs and pretty, childlike ways." I was satisfied, and happy once more but a few days after doubts of Tessa s sincerity and openness again arose in my mind. I had letters to write, but as the weather was cloudy and cool I advised her not to stay in on my account. I thought her looking paler than usual, and, therefore, hoped the fresh air would do her good. Accordingly she went out, and when I had finished my letters I put on my hat to go and find her, as it was near tea-time. I had observed which path she had taken, and knowing that she was not by the sea, I wended my way through some fields that Tessa was fond of walking in, feeling sure that I should, presently, come upon her. I had gone a long way, and feel- ing tired, was actually upon turning back, when a strange feeling crept, over me. I n/u-t. go Oll-J knew that I ought, and, in spite of my fatigue, I did. A little way in front of me, four roads met, and something told me that I should find Tessa in one of them. So I went on, as I have said, and, nearing the cross-roads, a man's voice fell distinctly on my ear. Again I turned towards home—doubt- less Tessa was there already but no, I felt sure she was not, and that I must still pursue my way A little further and I came to the turnings, and there, talking to a man whose voice I had heard, was Tessa. She blushed "when she saw me, but the man said in a tone of deep respect "You are quite sure that you haven't seen the dog, miss ? Yes, quite sure," but her voice was strange, ancl she was blushing even more deeply than before. The man touched his hat and left her, and she and I turned homeward, neither speaking to the other, for I was deeply aggrieved in that I was now quite sure that Tessa hud secrets of her own which she was hiding from me—me, the one who was disposed to cling so fondly to her. Yet, there was another, a more tender cord of feeling at work, pleading and crying out for her in my heart of hearts. I loved her, and oh, she had been kind to me! I wished her well; I would not that sh. should lower herself in my estimation. All, iv would be a cruel blow to me if I found her unworthy of my proud regard and this man was no gentle- man furthermore, I knew that his inquiry ie speeting the dog' was but a put-off to blind mo Oh, 1 knew not what to thmk Still, I would 1<.v? her always, for Rob s sake nothing should keep me from that, no, vt-thnuj and the last tv" words escaped all unconeiously from my lills. Did you speak, den r Then, for the first time, I seemed to remembc' that she was by my side, and that we were return- ing to our one common home. "Yes, but 1 did not intend," and I sighed deeply, not for myself but for her. Her arm stole round my waist, not as though sh; herself stood in need of love or sympathy no, the action savoured only of protection towards myselj. Once she spoke, saying that Y. e should pu,Labi- have rain before the morning, and I assented, l'1,< we walked the entire way in speechless silence. I could not understand it. This was no chance meeting, I knew. Had the man 1 "en a gentleman I could the better have realised tia-ir position, for why should not Tessa be posse.M-d o? a lover, as Weil as other girls, but this man, jie n ■ tV.-ni his appearance, was scarce above a coma. labo.i.er. To be Continued in onr next. The Duke of Buccleuch has arrived ab Montage House, Whitehall, from Scotland. It is reported from Calcutta that the negotiations, relating Lo Sikkim are to be resumed. Mr. Arthur Robert Peel is gazetted to be a- Third Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. I Fresh explosions of petards are reported from Madrid and Barcelona. The latter proved very destructive, but there was no loss of life. The Free St,ate Yolksraad has decided in favour of a system of railways from the Orange River, of a system of railways from the Orange River, Lo LIio N-aul alid also to Harri- smith. Within Cardigan Bay there are over 000 fisher- men engaged, and tho boats and nets employed in this industry aio worth over £ 10,000. Septimus W inner, the Philadelphia song writer, has made 100,000 dols. out of "Listen to the Mocking Bird," which is still ill demand. Sir C. Do Cane, K.C.B., Chairman of the Board of Customs, is, we are informed, lying seriously ill. at his residence ab Braxted Lodge. A number of the Italian newspapers asserb that LlieCossack expedition to Abyssinia is receiving the secret support of France and Russia. Rev. E. Hicks, M.A. has been appointed Com- missary to theRev. Dr. Ridley, Bishop of Caledonia. British Columbia. The Novoe Yremya says the objecb of the Bokhara Mission to St. Petersburg is to propose the restora- tion of Samarcand to Bokhara, in exchange for an important frontier province. Some mom bel's of the American Woman's- Christian Temperance Union talk of sending t Band of Slercy to convert the cowboys, who bhey think are very cruel to their ponies. Mrs. Reagan, being her husband's private secre. tary, is entitled on all occasions to the privilege of the floor of the United States Senate, a circum- stanee enjoyed by no other woman. The State Council of the Canton of Bille lias- resiricted tho Salvation Army to one Assembly Hall. Public meetings and the use of musical instruments are entirely forbidden. A Melbourne telegram says the death is announced of Mr. Francis Henty, brother of the late Mr. Edward Henty. Both gentlemen were. well known as pioneers of the colony of Victoria. Mr. F. Core has been appointed by the elec- tion peLition judges for thisyear one of the Com- missioners for the trial of municipal election peti- tions. Her Majesty tho Queen has made a grant of casb linen to the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, for use on board the pioneer crusing hospital Queen; Victoria. George kuigwood, a tramp, aged fifty-three, was found ab Grimbsy, the other night;, dying. Before lie could be carried to shelter death ensued. De- ceased was starved. It has been decided to wind up the Matloclc Bath Pavilion and Caidens Company (Limited), tho mortgagees having demanded immediate pay- ment of instalments and interest due, a matter of £ V,0UO. Tho mell employed in the shipyards ab Middles- brough have accepted an offer of an increase of ï11 per cent, on piece-work, and ls. t;d. per week on time-wages. Tho men had claimed a general advance of 1.2,1, per cenb. Tho Transvaal Chamber of Minea returns LlIi) year's output of gold ab 2:>1,000 ounces; but ib is. generally agreed that) the actual yielll was quarter of a million. In December the yield,' amounted to "it!, 1.4S ounces. Mrs. Fenwick,a lady farmer, residingatFolkton, near Canton, Easb Yorkshire, has just sustained a serious !O"8S in her flock of sheep, no less than, twenty valuable ewes having been, it is supposed, chased ini.oadit.ch by dogs. A Madrid telegram pays tho Sagasta Cabinet) will soon propose to the Queen Regent Clio pro- clamation of an amnesty for political, military*, and press offenders who are now undergoing imprisonmonbor awaiting their trial. <> 0 Tho idea which has been mooted to bring^^ia Leeds Philharmonic Choir to London in the spring* for a performance of" Elijah" has been abandoned so far as this season is concerned owing chiefly to tha preparations for the Leeds Festival. Tho French Mint will shortly issue nickel piecea of2 leentimes. The amount issued will be between two and four million francs, ami llie new piecea will take tho place of the silver -0 centime coins, which aro to be called in. By an arrangement between the two socioties* the next and future exhibitions of tho Royal Society of Painter-Etchers will be held in idia spring ot each year in the gallery of Lhe Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours, 5A, Pall-mall East. Orders have been given for her Majesty's ship Eupkrute.s to leave Portsmouth on the fjth ot February for Bombay with over a thousand men ■—a large portion of them belonging to the Royal ArLiI:ery--to reinforce regiments quartered, in India. Tho semi-official Berlin Post refers to tha CIcH'cken-Hoggenbach correspondence as showing that the latter condemt/ed the publication of tlja Emperor Frederick's diary, until tho Emperoc William had had an opportunity of seeing tha original. A marriage has been arrangod between Mr. Robert Wright) Taylor, of Lincoln's Inn and of New Hall, Bar ton-upon-Humber, barrister-at-law, andCiara. youngest daughter of Mr. George Hodgsou, J. P., of Sumnieiville, near Bradford* Yorkshire. Mr. Charles Marvin has been invited to delivec two lectures on Petroleum before the Military' Engineers ab Chatham. The lectures are to deal with the sources of supply, the new methods of transport in tank steamers, and tho use of oil instead of coal for marine engines and locomotives. Madame lima Di Murska, who once held a higli position in the operatic world, and has sung ab the Birmingham Musical Festivals, has just dietl at Munich in great poverty. Her daughter was so affected by the occurrence bhats she committed suicide. The New Orleans Times has'opened alwbscriptioa for the family of Jim Givens, the hero of tho. Mississippi steamboat) disaster, who has leffi destitute by his death a widow and three young children. If is said that Given's widowod moLhei' is living in Liverpool. Remarkable instance of heroism :Tho Secre- tary of State for War, accompanied by tho Quartermaster-General and the Director-General of the Army Medical Department, has lefb London for Dublin in order to examine the sanitary con- dition of the Dublin barracks." Colonel Lhe Hon. Buffalo Bill" Cody has been revisiting the Wild West. Ab the famolls city of Ogalalla, Nebraska, he gave a reception ab which Judges, Generals, colonels, majors, captains, and honourable* withouk number were present. It, izi rumoured that even one or two citizens without handles to their names managed to get in. Dr. Leonhard Sehuiitz, well known for his eminent services as a classical scholar and teacher, is Iyill" in a very precarious state ab Portsmouth. He was struck on the head by an iron bar project- ing from a waggon, and has been unconscious e\'ef since. Though in his eighty-second year, ho had. gone to Portsmouth to conduct an examination. After a very careful and minuto investigation,, the writer of La Natalite en France" conies to the conclusion that tho agricultural population, have more children than tho industrial, and that) fewer children aro born to families where the fathers follow "a liberal profession" and to thosa- living in urban centres than to those families the '11111;tl Iiibctit-. heads of which earn their living by manual labour. The Royal Palace at, Madrid has just been en- riched hv two portraits by the celebrated Spanish painter Senor Domingo, the one representing the little King Alfonso, the other his mother, tha Queen Regent,. The price for the King's portrait) is that of his mother £ 1,500—a fact fron> which itappcars that. in Spain as elsewhere, prices vary aceordill" to rank, A Washington telegram says—The International Maritime Conference lias not been abandoned, but: only postponed until September next. All tho principal maritime nations, with the exception of Great, Britain, have signified their intention to attend the Conference. It, is thought., Iiowovur„ that Great Britain will also take parI, in the pro- ceedings. It is probable, says a California!! despatch, tha& the famous Blythe easo will come up for trial early next, year, as the testimony for some of the chief contestants «»ow being taken in I'diubtirgh. The plaintiff in this cast: i- Florence Wythe, who claims to bo a natural ciaugbttjf of the dead mil- lionaire, and who is said t.o po-sess strong proofs ill the foun of leltors received from him just before his death. l