A Heart's Bitterness

BY BERTHA M. CLAY,

Author of "For Another's Sin," "A Fair Mystery," kd.

CHAPTER LXXIX,

" I WILL STRIVE FOR DKTTEB TfICITGS." Through the hall, seizing . soft felb had that lay happily in sights, pasts the tall, powdered footman, who was nob to be stirred from his slo\jr impassivity by any mortal event, out into fcho street, bright and hot with the afternoon sun, dashed Lord Kenneth Keith. One thought filled his heart-he had saved to Violet's child his title and ancestral estates. Leigh pnfesed out of Kenneth's mind.unselnshly filled, with the thought of bringing joy to tho woman so dear, loved as tenderly as ever, though.tor ever lost to him. . . His strong, swift pace brought him in a few minutes' time to the Belgravian man sion, closed. for tho summer, all the blinds, down in front, yet'where he knew \ lolot waited to hear her boy's destiny. Ho kne\r ho should find Violet in tho conservatory. The rarest climbing roses were there in bloom, and the son of tho hcadgardonor of the Towers remained in the 'inanition tha year round, and kept' the conservatory in Order. ■ ■ ■ The glass doors .were all open to- the summer air, a fountain slowly played and rippled in the centre, and on the edge ot the basin sat Violet; holding little Tlupert, who babbled with his pink, dimpled hands .in the water and plashed it over hi* mother's moire-coloured India lawn, as ho strove to catch alike the gold and silver fiah, and his own laughing face rollcctccl in the liquid mirror. • ~ ■ Violet's lovely, pensivo face was down cast and sad. In this crisis in their late, her husband was helpless and unmanned. Sorrow, instead of drawing them nearer together, was driving them more and more asunder; while, her child —her darling-, tho sole joy and light of her troubled life — was to be robbed of his inheritance, and even of his name. As sho thought.of these things, tear after tear fell, and glittered on her boy's bright brown curls, and drew responsive tears from the eyes of Jenny, the under-nurse, who was knitting in a corner within call. ' , But a loud peal of the bell roused Violet with a start from her bitter reverie. A step which she knew-oh, how wall !-rang along the hall, and in tho doorway, framed in creamy and crimson roses, stood Ken neth Keith, his fnce radiant with triumph, as some victor back from Pnynim ware, to lay his trophies at his lady'fe feet. " Kenneth !" cried Violeb, springing, tho li»»hfc of congratulation in hor eye. °" You are safe, Violeb!" cried Kenneth! darting toward hor, as if bo clasp both mother and child to his hcarb : then vemom bering, and commanding himself, and taking the boy from her, and prosyiug-her hand only for one instanb in his. " Your son shall be Lord of Leigh. Tho ca.se ii ended. Tho papers were forgeries ; Colonel Hartington gives up his claim ; he sees its fallacy. Mr Kemp, senior, died when he was stated to have died at first; thero was no revival;: his widow was a true widow when she married the late Lord Leigh. All is over. Thero i>s nothing to bring into Court but a prosecution of these wretches." "Oh, Kenneth, must tha* be dono? It will bring up the whole, case boEoro tho public." "Would you, thon, let them go free? "Indeed I woultf."

"It will te^as your te^and, say:-. ITc ■was the one att^ctolrSmmnusb ha t.Uulr "prosecutor.";.^. -~> '*•--- "*"" The words '//your-Jiusband" .broughfc to Violet's mind, in hidden and strong cori tfViist', LeigK and Keith. Loigh, when his fortune, title, and honour wore menaced, supinely gave up all defence, and cowered at homCj destroying himself with -beloved poisons, and left his wife, his child, his home to be defended by another ; and oh, how strong, how grand, how noble this de fender looked ! How fatherly ho was to the little babe, clinging with laughter to his fleck I ■"•'l ;' ' •■-■■"'' " - '"•'-' ■[-'■:" ■■' ' ■

What mighty, what intensely bitter' re grets- rose in Violet's heart ass she looked at him, and remembered how great had been his love, and how-persistent his devo tion to ' her ! These were feelings which she, as the wife of another, must resolutely combat. If she musb not love .Keime'thj she could yet show herself Avorthy of him. Sbesaid :i: ' ■ : . 'Mi': ; .•;,;■ v;:v "Kenneth, I do not know how this has all come about: but I feel .sure that I shall learn that it is jou who have defended and saved us. My boy shall know, it .when ho is old enough to know uny thing, and he shall always love and honour you as the best of men." " Violet*-whatever is. done for you and yours, is a happiness for me," said Keith. But he knew it was not safe or well that in this hour of joy, and gratitude, and cd'uxivo ness, they should remain together. All their hearts were in their byes. ( , "Leigh must hear of this," ho said, "and he should hear it from you. Tho good news will i-ouso him up to better things. There is an hour for preparation, and you will reach the train, and be lit the Towers before midnight. Shalt I give your orders ?" ' "Do, please," said Violet, motioning Jenny to take the child. "1 will jjo'and dress'at once."

Yes, her boy-was safe. Her name, his heritage w^ere his ; and Violet, as she was whirled through Sussex, folb that this must be joy and consolation enough for her. She would show her gratitudo for their rescue by trying to be more than ever kind and helpful to her husband: She would herself striv° atter 8 stronger and highev womanhood, and try to lift him into a truer manhood. Poor Httlo Violet vraa of a nature formed to cling and lean,- not to; sustain Qther3. Shq needed a strong heart) to sup port her own. Slio found kei'«elf linkesd to a weak nature, and that one fallen prostrate under trial and temptation, and sha now must strive to lift him wpj and hold him up. She'sighed, feeling herself ail utieqital to the task, but) resolved to -anfepioingly do her best. ' :' ' i

Keith had telegraphed for her carriage to be in waiting,- and shia .reached .her- sad home about eleven,.atf riighb.. Buperb was elQepirig profoundly in .Magery'a arms, and was carrieH at once"' to hi? mother's '■ room. A few servants were up waiting, and the halls and two or threft rooms wera dimly lit. Old Adam met heri ' , ■ "All is well, Adam!" cried Violet, joy fully. "Where is your master? I must tell'him.":

"He ha^ been in bedi for a little, feeling ill, but he is not asleep1." ' ' Violet huyriedtd lord Leigh's room. He germed in" a light slumber, and, Violet sighed as she saw hovr' worry thin, and tri?ubled ,to his, face.; Oh, if she. could only make him better and happier ! She laid her hand on his. shoulder, bend ing over him. '~ , ■ '■■ ~ "Norman! Norman! wake up for a lidinvite; 'I have good news for ypu !" . He opened his eyes dully for a moment saying: . . ; ...■., ... ~ - "Violet." .

«• Yes, yes, it is Violet. . Wak'o «p. We are safe, Norman" [ Thpff papers are forged. There will be ho contest of the title. You are the true Lord of Leigh. Colonel Hartr ington has gjven-.upuflifi <?asc>. Qur ,^p©^ will some day bQ,Earl of Loiglu You hava a; two title for pur boy."- ". -;l ■,: Loigh sat' up, eager, alai't, shook off .his titunqr, ai\4 SQWod hQ?;h.aft4- . ■■-.•■ ■•■■■."-'■'..'. * •''Violet, isittrwef ■ r "v '

i " Quite true. I will toll • you all, Nor man. :i -*#■■--

j " And Hartington drops his claim ? The marriage was not illegal ?" • - '" Nd, no ; quite legal. You are the true Lord Leigh." " Thank Heaven ! !> he cried, with fervour. " Now I can be a man ; this black shadow is gone !"

" Quite gone, Norman. Now rouse your self for good." ■* I will, I will, indeed, Violeb. Since I thought all was lost I have seen so many good things possible, if I were only the true Lord Leigh. h " Let them be possible now," said Violet, 'gently. ■ ■■ '■■• ■'■■' ' •■■■■■; .- -! r * " I will. I promise you, Violet."' "Well, now, rest sweetly, and in the morning I will tell you all. And Mr Storms will come up. Good-night." '••• ' '

CHAPTER LXXX.

. " r ALONE AM GUILTY." But while Violet, Countess of Leigh, was hurrying toward Sussex, hoi' heart filled with gladness sit tho good news brought her by Kenneth Keith, another journey was made by Helen Hope. i Mr Storms, zealous beyond his orders from his client, appoared at the Golden Cross with a police officer and a warrant hastily procured, and Helen was taken into custody for complicity in a forgery. Thus, while violet went to her assured home, Helen was locked in a cell: Kemp and tho Shields grave-digger being also assigned cells in the same prison. It was a night of tempest for that dark and passionate nature. She had had open to her an honourable way of escape from the difficulties and miseries of her position, and there had boon laid at her feet an honest love. To secure vengeance on Nor man Loigh, she had. used a sincere passion for herself as an instrument of tho ruin of Kemp, who had, until the fatal hour when he met her, never been criminal. Now she was not only in a comparatively lowly posi tion, and with the stigma of nameless ness, but sho was a felon. Conviction and either imprisonment or transportation were before her. Had not every inqans of solf-dcstrac tion been taken from her, she would have added,to her other .sins tho crowning sin of suicide. Morning found hor sleepless and haggard. .'..'. 4 ,

At ten o'clock tho three prisoners wero taken before tho magistrate at the Old Bailoy. Tho hangers-Qi^of the CJpurt pressed forward with curiosity at sight of the three, so curiously assorted, tho rugged Kemp, the villainous-looking grave-digger, and tho handsomo, refined woman.

Helen's head reeled and her cheeks burned with flame as she, with the others, entered tho prisoners' box.

But before Helen had left her coll an angel of mercy had interceded for her. . Early in the morning Violet stood once moro at tho door of her husband's room,

"May.i. cGino in,. Norman ''." , said tho aoft, swoot voice. And whim lio answered " yos" sho entered, a roso-coloured robo trimmed with swan's-down wrapped it bout her, and tho wealth of Ivor shining hair in dark . ripplca >oyor her • kliouUluw,. Sho looked'a young Aurora.' . " Noramn," shp §ai<|, "I have camp to bey you to sond a telegram to iMiv.Storms, saying that you will nqfc prosecute, thpso unhappy, people. Lord Keith said thoy wore given over to the police, last night." . '• They deserve it," said Leigh, sullenly. " Dub wo nro often spared our deserts, Norman," said Violet, with a winning look. "Think how great mercy and good fortune have come lately to ua ; let. us forgive thcj.se our enemies their troMpusju.-s, else how eouid we say,pur prayer* ?" ~ n " And if wo let thcifi go, how can we Hlecp in'peace ?" " Could you not make condition that thoy leave the country, Norman ? The man wonts to goto his Hheo|>tann, of course. For thiit poor, hpb«h(jii(jocl Mcletu lot us send-her to' America. "J^ '" •■-•>■'■ • " Potter transport her to New Guinea," said Leigh, roughly, turning hia,back. ;

■'Oh, Norman! Consider that this woman has loved you i and lovo covers a multitude of si mi." " And causes another multitude., Violet, let me alone!'' ~ •;.. ' n

" Norman, i fuot so sorry for her. She is unfoi'tunal'j."

" She hates you heartily."

" Mever mind that. 1 doii't. Do tolo graf)h .saying, ' Let i-h.ct'ii goV ■: " Hanging is too good Eor them!" : : " Oh, Norman, think ;, deliberately, for youv cuds,; you roused her love,land so you shave her fault. - Do forgive,and consider, if you will nob pardon for mercy's sake. If you prosecutojitUia whole ali'air must; come out; and if you lob thorn .off, the whole will be forgotten m a lew mouths." ;■:,.-.■ ■ • < . "There is much in that," said Leigh, Slowly: ■■~ • :'■,■■:■■ *■; !':i;' •'•■ ;r :

V iolet snatched a card from the dressing table, and wrote a line. ' Nt rj :" Do let me send this : , ■. •■;:; ' ■

"Ms Storms—lrnfuso to prosecute; Lrioit."

"Send it, and '. leave me in peace!" shouted Leigh, hiding-hi» head under the counterpane. , , , .- . * Violet sent a groom on the swiftosb horse to the telegraph office.* Then she breathed freely,, a vision of die unhappy Helen in •prison could no longer torment jieiv Meanwhile, Helen, Kemp, and their wretched comrade, appeared for the pre liminary, hearing. The'attorneys,,,Storms and Morton, had a clear case "to charge against them; Nothing bib commitment for,; trial at the next .sessions seemed possible, when Kemp begged.' leave to speak. '.'"'. ,".'., '', .'". : "My lord," he said, in a broken Voice, and with an earnest face, looking at the magistrate, "I.take all the responsibility. lalono aiu guiltry. The woman is entirely innocent. I told her'the story as true. I showed her the evidence. She, was entirely deceived by mo. She has acted sincerely in what she esteemed the interests of jmtico'.. Lay on me what penalty the law cjomands, but lot her go. She is not my accomplice, but onb of my. victims. I per suaded hoi-to go to the colonel, because as she believed thoroughly in this charge, I con sidered that the honesty of her statement would mak6it moroeffectivc.lwasmoved by hato and malice, because Lord Leigh treated me cavalierly, and' w6uld not receive>me, and also because I thought that he did not regard'- my position "as a'-maiTof means, at £i time it is needless; to mention.. 1 may de fend myself on another plea when my case comes to trial, but I aver, now, that I pre pared all thi3 evidence, brought over the testimony of this precious rascal,, .and to gether wo''deceived Miss Hope. Who is innocent! Lebhorgo!", • Helen heard- amazed. This; man was sacrificing, all to defend her, when she know that she had urged him on in his attack, had forced him to continue it when he had earnestly entreated her to abandon it. She knew that he, at that instant, remem bered how she had' added to the testimony, strengthened its weak points, been cog nisant all the time of its -falsity; had been his instigator as well as his accomplice, and he stood now between her and doom, cry ing: "I alone am guilty! She is innocent! Let her go!" ~ = .'...•, , •. Sho burst into d passion, 0 f tears.

Kemp turned arid snatched' her to his bosom, his rugged face working convul sively. He ci'icd : : . "Helen ! Helen ! it is I, scoundrel that I am, that havo brought you to this shame ful pass !" and bowing his head against hers, tears streamed down his cheeks. ' .

At this) instant, a lad from the telegraph offices pressed up to Mr Storms and gave him a small yellow envelope. Air Storms read the despatch. . ','Lord Leigh ucfusbs to prosecute, and requests the discharge of the .prisoners," ho whispered/to thp magistrate. "The, man issut»jqcttQ attacks'pf aberration, and no fonii*- Mie forgery is a result pf sugh wentai1

disturbance. We will post him back to his sheep-farm-no question but he is tired of London."

" The prisoners may be discharged; there is no charge," said the magistrate. Tho box was opened. A policeman stepped up and arrested the grave-digger for complicity in the jewel robbery in Dublin years before. ■ Kemp and Helen in silence passed from the dark arches of the Old Bailey to tho sunny street. Silently they turned upon Ludgate Hill, and through St. Paul's church-yard, and into the, great cathedral of St. Paul. A lew people were wandering about, looking at the monuments of Eng land's illustrious dead. Under the mighty dome these two unhappy;ones seemed lost and alone. They sat down on a low bench. " Helen," said Kemp, '.' I love you.; I have done all that I could to satisty you. I know you do not care for mo; but come with me, be my wife ; I will make you rich ; I will be your servant, your slave, live only for you. In Australia let us forget this cruel, hateful England."''

CHAPTER LXXXI,

THE FATAL WATERS OF THE BLACK POOL.

Helen heard, as in a dream, the voice of Kemp. For her all, possibilities of life in England seemed ended. Hope, passion, emotion, were dead within her. She hardly heeded his words as, gathering courage from her silence, he went on to depict life in Australia, and to tell her what he would there do,for her. ,

"We can get a marriage license;" he said. "I have lived over a-fortnight in one London parish, and that is residence. I will get it to-day. Let us be married in a week. This is Wednesday—let it be next Wednesday. Lob us each cast a miserable past behind us, and go to better things. Will you, Helen ?" She bowed, in a dull, cold stupor. " And will you havo some money?" said Kemp, to whom plenty of money was the greatest good. "I will give you a blank cheque, and you shall fill it out, if it is for half I possess. Dress yourself like a queen, if yon will, Helen." She looked at him in a bewildered way. Why did this man love her so frantically, while the man she adored scorned and hated her? Oh, what bliss to have heard such words from Norman Leigh ! To be invited, not to an Australian farm, but to the splendours of Leigh Towers, to bo, not a colonist's wife, but Countess of Leigh ! Why was not that her fortune ? " And, Helen, we will go and buy what ever you want, in furniture or china, and send "to the ship. I will got our passage by the ship that sails on Saturday week." " No, let us buy all in Australia," said Holon."

" Wo could not get there what is good enough for you." "Anything is good enough for me ; I am a wretched woman," said Helen, bitterly. "To me you are an angel and a queon," said Kemp. "Let us go and buy a piano for you, and a guitar,'and books. Do you want books? Let us forgot these late terrible things. For me, I do not care. I have boon used to the hard tilings of life, and to possess you will be my compensation for all. You will go to an hotel in Islington, whore no one will know you. Come, Ice us go, Helen." Sho went. Kemp scorned intent on wean inghor heart from all her troubles and fixing it on hiirisolf; ho seemed to try'to buy her affection1. He purchased for her flower?, fruit, jewels ; he secured a handsome room, and commended her to the landlady's care, saying they were to bo married the next Wednesday, and aail'sbon for Australia. But deeper and hciivier grow tho apathy, of Helen ; she aecmed in a maze of hopeless misery.

For Kemp, freed from the prosecution which had threatened him, and sure, a3 ho trusted, of Helen, he returned to'lifo condi tion of a ehrewd, practical man. ' He in vested hia'i money, and he bought many things needed in nis homo and on his farm. No ono,,cpuld be moro assiduous, and .de voted than he to Helen ; but the moro he pressed his attentions on her, the moro sadly : sho shrank from him. He, trusted that the long voyage would bring them nearer together; that new scenes would banish the- memory of her niorcification and sorrows.

On Tuesday morning he came to see her, and she said : , . " L'omc to my room ; I have something to i show you ;" and beckoned tho "Uuiel- J^y- . . • On the bed lay her bridal dress, a whire cashmere, with a littto velvet shoulder cape, and a small white velvet bonnet. Beside it there were, a pair of shapely white kid shoes,' white gloves, and a tine white kerchief. - • ■-. .

!{lndeed, it is moat beautiful !" said! the landlady ;" and, su1, you.must bring her a white bouquet." , ■ ; t m ■V When you see me again, I will be—in these clothes,'' said Helon, touching theni gravely. ' "And tell me what white flowers to bring you," said Kemp.. . ''Tuberoses," said Helen. "No, never tuberoses," said the land lady ; " roses, lilies." "Roses for the happy, lilies for the pure; but yet bring tuberoses for me," Helen said to Kemp. •? ' : "Just what youi wish," said Kemp, warmly. - -' >i But for. all that Helen had hinted that they wore to meet only at tho church next day, Kemp could not resist coming in the evening to ask for her. , " She has gone out," said the landlady. "She left a note in case you called for her. Here it is." -

Kemp opened the note.

" Mr ICemp : There is onofriend I must take loavo of, and 1 have gono to say good-bye:

Hklex"

"Well, till to-morrow," said Kemp, dis consolately. V

The morning of Helen Hope's wedding day dawned. It was a peerless day. The sun .sifted down hotly through the branches,: and struck pub the, resinous odours from the pine and.spruce and cedar. It fell in little glints, dappling the dark surface of the fatal Black Pool. The heat oppressed Lord Norman Leigh as ho dashed through the narrow woodrpaths to tho Earl's Folly. A little lad had brought him a note :

"Lord Lbioii:—You hare one or two old letters of inino that 1 .must have back. Bring thorn to tno- at onco at the Kurt's Folly, but toll no one.

Edna Ambrose."

He nevor stopped to think that nothing would have induced the pure and dignified Edna to write him' £| note, or summon him to a meeting. He only madly fancied that ho should ace her there ; might hear once more the melody of her voice; look into the depths, of liar serene blue eyes; , The letters wore mere nothing- two little notes of girlish friendship.. Edna herself had long ago forgotten them ; and: if she had remembered them, she would not have cared to ask them. back. ■■■•.'■•■'

Too mad to- consider euoh an improb ability, s the Lord of Leigh hurried to the Earl's' Folly—his ancestor's folly and his own. With eager sfcepa he bounded up the stair to the. room in the second story. There, in the centre of the floor, stood Helen Hope in her bridal array., He stopped astounded' as at a vision. Helen ■Was as pallid vasisthe dead ; dark circles of sleeplessness and sorrow wore under her large, burning, long-lashed oyes. Her black hair lay in thick waves between the white-velvet of her bonnet and the marble whiteness of her brow. Her face was full of a supreme anguish and despair, and yet nover had Helen been so regally beautiful/ ■..••- •'; ;: I '■:'■■■ ■ ■

" Norman/ she said, ' fe is my wedding day." • -: '• Thon why aro you here, Helen 5" he ofiod, deapovately. : ■ < "To fcftkQ leave of yott^Norraani"; '

." Is it to be at this parish church, Helen i I had not heard. Come, let the past perish. Shall I go with yon, and give away the bride at the altar ?" ■:.• l:\\ .. ' - ■-"■'-.

"Could you do it, Norman?" • " Indeed, yes -gladly, Helen." "Then, once for all-you never loved

me ?"

"No, no ! I have told you so a hundred times. Why bring up that folly ? Come, let us go." " Yes I go, not live, but to death—not to a waiting lover, at to the waters of the Black Pool!" / .:ii . One window of the room opened to the floor upon a. little, open platform that over hung the Pool. ; • She sprang upon this, looked back,- waved her hand. . • . .

" You are guilty of my death. They will search for me, • and Kemp will charge you with my murder. The boy knows you came at my call, Jievenga ii,sweet !"■ He could not let her perish so, and spring ing out, he clasped her waist to drag her back. But Norman Leigh was not an athletic man, while Helen Hope was a vig orous woman, in . the mighty passion of despair. ! She locked her two strong arms about his neck, and crying, " I s.aid you should live for me or die with me !" carried him down with her under the fatal waters of the Black Pool.

(To be Continued.)

A DRAMA IN SEAL LIFE.

A French Nobleman's Diffi culty.

MARRIAGE FOR MONEY THE

REMEDY.

Ten Years' Imprisonment tne Result.

The Comtc do Molen, a French nobleman of very ancient lineage, was, as often happens, badly in want of cash. He ap plied to a matrimonial agency for a wife, of no matter what family or condition, so that she had the one thing needful. Tho daughter of a pharmaceutical chemist and inventor of a cough lozenge was found, with a great deal of money. ;' The.lady wanted the title,and the Comte de Molen wanted the money. So far the harmony was perfect. But, after the marriage, the lady wanted to shine in Paris as the Comtess do Molen do. Vernode. To do this she urged the Comte to rent a flat for hor in the Avenue de l'Opera at a rent of £800 a year. This the gentleman refused to do. Then the quarrels > com menced. Madame Chautands, the mother of the lady, took her daughter's part warmly. That perfect gentleman, the Comte de Molon," slapped his mother-in law's face. Xoblewe oblige. Then the dis appointed wife brought an action against her hufband to recover her dowry. The noble Comte, it appears, called the Comtesse a "shemonkey." This accounts for and justifies a little warmth of feeling "on the part of the lady, who appears to be tall, handsome, an'fl rather like the ex-Empress Eugenic. The loving couple met in the Court one day ; tho Comte inquired, we are afraid not with all possible aristo cratic calm and good breeding, " Olympc, what do all tlie*o writs mean ? What do yon intend to flo?" The lady, who Hcoms quite a match for tho gentleman, answered, " Ack my lawyer." Then, we are sorry to say, tho noble and aristocratic Gornte drew a revolver; and the tall and Eugenie-liko lady would have been shot had not her grand-father rushed be tweon her and her hunband, and received two balls in the face. An unfeeling jury', regardless of tho high character given to the Comte by tho parish; priest for liberal ity, high breeding, nn<s obliging disposi tion, found him guilty, mid Iho judge sentenced him to tun years' penal servi tude. ■ . ■'■-'■■'

What Shall We Do With Our Girls?

At a social gathering someone proposed this question, "What shall I teach my daughter ?'V The following replies were handed in:— • ■ . ,

Teach her that ,20 shillings make a pound. Teach her to arrange the parlour and the library. Teach her to say "No," and mean it, or " Yes " and stick to it. - ' .'■ ; •

Teach her Tiow to wear a calico dress, and to wear it like a queen. Teach her how to sew on buttons, darn stockings, and mend gloves. Teach her to dress for health and comfort as well as for appearance. Teach her to cultivate flowers and to keep the kitchen garden.

Teach her to make tho neatest room in the house.

: Teach her to have nothing to do with intemperate or dissolute young men. Teach her that tight lacing is uncomely, as well as injurious "to health. Teach her to regard their morals and habits,and not money, in selecting her asso ciates.

Teach her to observe the old rule, "A place for everything and everything in its place." Teach hqr that music, drawing) and painting ai'e real accomplishments in the home, and are not to be neglected if there be time arid money for their use. Teach her the important truism, "That the more she lives within her income the more she will save,.and the further she will get away from the poorhouse." Teach her that a good, steady, church going mechanic, fanner, clerk, or teacher, ■vritricn.it a cent, is worth more than forty loafers or nbnproducers in broadcloth.'

Teach her to embrace every opportunity for reading, and to select such books as will give her the most useful and practical in formation, in order to make tho best pro gress in earlier as well as later home and school life- - .;■-.«■,,,.,-.,».

Sir John Lubbock on Savages.

Sir John Lonr-oCic, M.P., lectured in Lon don recently oil savages. He said that from the study of modem savages we could, gain a faii'ly correct idea of a man as he existed ill early times, and of many of Llie .stages from -which our ancestors had developed in civilisation. The modes of salutation among savages wore very curious, and quite unlike our own. Kissing, which seemed so natural to Europeans, was quite unknown to Australians, New Zealanders, Papuans, Esq\uiiiaux,;arid other races. Some tribes in the Neilgherry Hills of Hindostan showed respect by placing the thumb of ah extended hand to the tip of the nose. 'The Esqui-' maux pulled'a man's noses as a compliment; and a'Chinaman put on his hat where wo took it off. In China, too, a coffin was con sidered to be a very tasteful and appropriate present for an aged person or an invalid. The early Britons readily lent money on promise of repayment in the next world. Some races.believed that chiefs only went to heaven,: and others that men possessed souls,' but not Avomen. It Avasa very common belief among even the lower1 races of man that as a person' dfed so he would rise again. The Fijians were so fully con vinced of this that directly the first symp toms of old age appeared, they eagerly put an end to life. Consequently in many villages there were no old people to be seen. The .study of savage man had interest for the philosopher, and especially for the Eng. lishman, belonging as lie did to an Empiro which contained so many races of man in every stage of civilisation: It was a most oncouraging study in its results, as -ib seemed to prove that although there had been periods of decay and■dcgradabioiJj still the history of mankind on tho whole had boen one of progress, and thoy might fairly look forward. tcj tho future with confidence and. hopQi-;'" f:'-:; V'- —- v^u,-;; :-i ;-.\.k,&j i

THE AtTCKLAftD-EVENING- STAR,- WRDNP.^ri'At. APRIL 37, ijjgj*

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,;';:..•Business:Bfotiees^;__j___ T HB ■\^ATPHOFTHEpBRIODI ; r Correct Tjn# for 13s. 6 D- . WATERSUR V ond yon will vjT*^*^ >--n£?!t*i«. Own one, fes^—-. E. POETEfi & CO., AUCKLANp. fHUNSI CONS! (3ONS! liIKLES! RIFtESI ttKVOLVKHS: ■RKVOLVEUSI. _ GUNKHVDEK! " | ; Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wadding, ■Wire Cartridges, Loadixg apparatus, ! , . AJH M UNITION i. Op Eveky. Description*, riahing Taclclc, CutWrx.Firaworki, &c. The best and cheapest llouse la. Auckland for . J■■ il|« aijovo.lß at , J). E^ITT'S, 254, Qpeex-steeet. . - Repairs and ©Ycr/.desoriptioa ofeGanworkdon* ttbe lowesLposstblc prices, tiud saUsfaolicua : •" " , guaranteed. »*, ' t). EVJTT.'GUNiUKKH, • ! QUiIJN-STJtBIST, AITCK'LAND (Oppoafteiljo Mor^et Il«*H^et- ; PRIGJC LTSTS BftNT TO ANT'AUDRESS. D. TT ' ' • ' , ':. , a JnL at n ias oh, ■ ; ■' PRACTICAL ' LOCKSMITH AND RANGE-MAKER, . DURHAM-STREET. LOCKS PICKED ANP KEYS FITTED. Safes Opened and Duplicate Keys Cut. IS Km msl iwl t^ WakSJI n fij Tn M ESSm a Ji k( f»m N nflk H%l ■ H'PB''WB'Bmb t B Km ■'iS 111 B B^WnMT^^ffl^rrtfcMMßfri rS I I I I HKI m pc ac o c Kj -^-.a OPTICIAN. MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTICAL liNSTIIUMENT MAKEI*. SiIORTtAND-BTRKET. AL-tVAYS IN BTOCK- Spectacles and Eye-glasses of every kind; aa accurato lit guaranteed • -..-.•'', Opora Glasses of suporior quality Tcleacopes, Binocular Molcl Glasses, nd Micro ■ ocopca; powerful and cßcap Theodolites, Mining Compasses. Atraey Larols DraiJiago Loyeli. Prismatic Compasses - Drawing Instruments, Scales, Parallel Rulers Ships' Lot?«, Seictants. Compaswjs, Binnacleg Barometers, Thormometersi Hydrometer* ■ Eleetrjo Bolls,- Batteries, and FlftlnKfi Magnetic and Galranio Medical Macbinos ' Magio Lanterm \Jsd Slides, Hand Magnifier? Stereoscopes ond Slides, Grapboscopea • Steam Ullages and.TubinK.Salinoinetera ' JUST RKCKIVKp— ■■",''•' Settlers'. Telescopes—powerful, portable,'. and cheap, 11s Settlora' Aneroid Barometera—strong and good. Settlers'Miscroscopes, magnifying 1,750 times, .Also* St(sam and Electro Motor Working Models . and Steamers. . > • . ; INSTXtUMENTS OF ETKRT KIND BEPiIRED. : OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. ,! QARVER, QILDER,^ 1 LOOKING-GLASS t &'< .AND y^A^l $jfi PICTURE FRAMB^^C) MANDFACXCRER. s7\\ &*J^ Sign Wrwes >oe&&j^ ALL Dkcorator^^T^*^ X I N p S "^Tt, &j^ maps, prints, J^ 'fW-fXlti "PAINTINGS ■ ■' - ' ': i^f, 0 T 0 B AT H M t° ROTFSTUBLIC HOT. COLD, AND ChfllLW ' VICTORtA-STRKET EAST. day SHILI4NG. Opan all week M^rmnlV'o ,a *m- to PiTO,, and SUNDAY MORNINGS from 6 tUI i» o.m. The bath* rSS m»^ V 0 all Sfiv,lito' an* suppUed -with every nici ?ce, Turkish, towels, flesh and hair i^u hQSI COl9 bH- respirators, soaps, &c. Select (private) for ladies every day, at all I ftptirs, with female attendance, one Shilling arid d^£S dS?' i. Please noto the Address^Victoriai i^^Ll^^!: aboVo the Greyhound Hotel, and kZ\ i"^Cl^,a£ Bedding and Furniture Mart, i Auckland, • N;B,-*Bftrbw i« attoadasnee,' . ■ '"■



- . -.:- -■ Balhvay Time Table. (i'^T^B Lj g w Z E• A L D RAI L W ■ -*-* TIME TABLE.— 0» and after APRIL 1, 1887. ' '. AUCKLAJID AND ONBHUNGA LINE. v s|s|| AOCKLiNO WEEK DAYS. ' SatS^P**l^ | —O.VBHUXQj^ -^ ' ft 31 a .iii.|no'n p.m. p.m. p.m. p.ni.lo.m, p.m. plnT^ETidfe , 'j™ i?i T«10»130 2,0 4.15 5.20 6.20 .. 10.olioK«x Auckland., dep. 7.15 .. |.*u m .^ ■■ jo j^mSW^A K3S«e a ra • MO "MS 10.55 12.15 2.15 4.305.351 6.35 ;.. 10.15 1.25 jjj jJJ •Green Lano .• ■•„ ■'■ jj-g ,jj jjTjJ 2.*25 4WO 5.45 6.45 .!!: 10.25 1*35 I'l'V.'fe'i fKoJunctio'* 7.8 i' 66. ilWftllS MQ-4.U .UO'WB 7.3010.30 UO g| ; OnohuuX arr. 7.65 do 9Lso|tl.SO|».«o 2.«j 4.55 6.0 7.0 7.1010.40 £60. ijjj jjj | *R—n^ ne " 780 8-44 9jfis 10.24 12.35 125"'4.51! 5.35 '.'. 7.451U5 ft'lUlil I CbantM for Aucklandand Iniermediate Stauonß. . . y ■ ■ j : ', ' • ' !;| : '-.'■ -'■ ■' ■ MAINLINE. .... _ t ,i4f AUCBXAND-MERCER-TB AVVAMUTU-OTOROIIAXGA. , "« ',' ' •-■■ South-VVkkk Days. ""T1 " ■"'■ A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. ' V»'' 'Hi AOCKLAXD .. dop. ' 6.0 C.20 7.15 8.0 11.10 : 4.15 : 4.03 iSI £»**•: n X ? if iS t * 'Green 1-auc , pIQ ;. Qa got « im rg- V ft/i iniovfiiif 622 6.48 7.38. s.io .15 4.40 5.2s s« yfee pinrolc Junction ~ .. tj.23 7.0 18.0 831 12.25 U.M , ■ I arr. 6.40 .. 8.10 .. •• .. rq ManuroVva ■• * •• •• }-° »•" ~ "S| Papnkura •• .8.0 .. .- 130 6.37 , ...../» |§| Kr :: :: :: :: :.: «a 5 :: 9"'25 H 47 5; 53 " <»fl •Paorara „ „ .. .. .. -• _••., 9iq _ 9< .. ■ Jjj| Pukekoho ... 8.57 .. a.oi i.Vi S.p ;# - •|H TuakaH .. .-. 9-21 •• •• "'t "?'■ .1 •, -'S •Whansara'ta .. <> .■ .. " •• •• -* * -*. ~,11 f, 9 .. .- ». • 100 j 035 g, s 7m ■':•■', m Mercer .. .. "\ d , p> ~ .. i 0.55 3.40 .. " vw ■ •WhanKamarkia .. .- •• •• ,•• ■- ?■•.- * •• ,"ir Jt ' 1 *Wttiraiißi ~. t»' -;. •• •• •• •• ■ ': ■■ ■■ "•: .. ;*i H ♦Rangiriri . r.. .-. .. .v •• y•• ■"••' * - .. W 'Olifnowal .. .» ~ <r •• •• ,„•;. ,„- " .. > 1;| iffl Hnntlr '."."■".. - ■'• ••'<• 12.1.0 - ,5.20 t . ..; (] M TatiT»"H . .. .. - •• 12-;i0 6-40 •■••* v,' "H »S?nR W aWa .'. .. »« &W .. .iV- » •Pnkete : >) ..' , •• •• * * •• ••"■''''■'■ f arr. . .. .. 1.20 6,45 ■ .. ,„ • M eFrankton Junction \ &li^ cS . o .. .. \.m D 6 55 .. ," ! r f, ■ Ohnupo *.35 .. •• 2.p 7.30 .. . 4 « Ngaroto S-.-5 .. .-. 2.25 7.50 .... ( . * pt:: :: :;- :] :: :: :: :: J :: ::\'| ■"■ . '■"■ • : ="; ■:' y:: North—WEte Days. \" M ■ ■■'■■.'■ ■■■"■' ■'*>■ ■■ ■ •':' - ' A.M.' A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. 'P.M. P.Jfc'fjl 'OtOfObansra .. .. . ..Cop. .... ..-~ . .. .. ks.lo .. •<! I'• •Kioklo ~ _ .. .. ■•• •• «-: ■• •• !; .. .. [I *Kawa .* '.T'-""' •". '..\'".'.' ,•■ — .. .. ' .. .;' t I *ToPuHi . .. .. .. •- ■• -, •• •• _" •• •• .1 TE att^cto -. \V faTp. :;: '::■■:: '::' ifc : :::?; J Ngaroto .. ... ....'. •'. *• •■ ■•• .•• 'J-p .. ,„ \ m •LakeUoad ... ... •• ■•. •• •• ■ ■ "•• •• ". .. ■:';• ,'j Ohaupo . .. --*-,;- ... .. .. .. ... 1)45 .. >. j,i M '■Rujcßhia •• r- ••- •• •• . .... .-...-.■ " .. •* Wl Fraikton Junolion .. { $™ y/ ~ " r< ]°;.^. ;; • ">, | "reßapa.. ..' . .«, .. - •• ••' .. * .. „'' '-m "Pakete .. .. «•' ••: ■•• .. * .. i*iJst| Ngaruawtthlfi .» •• >•• —' >• ~ i~: •• •• .11.30 .. . -; '\Q Tdnplr! ... - .-. .. - - -:,,, .-.- - IM7 ... <.«''.» "OWnowai- ■...*■ .. .. --."••■ ••■ •■• ..... * ..; . »Jy?l 'Rangir.iri »» .. .. -.• : •• .. .? — .- / ... , ,->.44*l'i -Wairungi .. .. ...... ';..• ...... * .. .i '|| *Whangamarino .. ... -• - v ..,-,. •.. * ' ..^. , ~'i,Mffll L T '. -■-■■/ arr. ■ .. "■ ■ 'J. '..■ ■..■ ;i.45 ' .. -*>'i™ Morcctr ~ ... ;a. \ fop. ..„,.■ .. C.20 11.30 2.5 .. r;«'(H Pokena ......... .. <. ■:■-;.. - 6.31 11.43 2.16 .. ~. i * Whancaralft ■;' .. — a * ■ .. ~ 'pi TuaUau ~ .'. .. .i ... - •• C.50 12.8 2.42 .. 'M *Bnckland' .. ■.. .. *.: .. r * -~.. . .'..v-tS PnkekoU*.. .. -S .. 7.10 12»31 3.3 Ilk [•Paerata .. ■.. • ...,...■•,;... •,,-.. •• I * £"'.■';•• W#M |Dror!r iaa'f. !! I! £ '•■!! ~ .'! 7.J7 - 1,10 " 3.37 " - '". : M *Huana ..'-■■ .. ,'.... '.. -. ■.. .*■■■ -■.... " ;- * * .. .. -, mm Papakura.. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 8.1 1.28 3.47 ... „ ■ IMannrowa .. .. '.. .. - .. ».16 1.12 - 4.2 .; .": 1 iPapatoitei ■.. .-. ... -.. ..- ".. «-30 2.0 4.15 ■ . •.'.''f'B Otehulra... ...:...*. , ... .U. 50. 8,18 8.41 2.10 4.23 .6.20: v-ris. I® Penroso Janotiott :.. .. .. 87.15 t!8.30. tß.si T2.30 t4.36 16.30 i7,»l SSJ BllersU* .... .. .. ~ . 7.20 8.35 '8.53 2.35 .6.35 U) % *Sro«iiLant .. ..'..-..;■ * * ' *' *■ .-,.., m Remuera.. .. .. .. .. ,7.30 .8.14 9.7 2.45 fi..}s 7.« 'i Newmarket June. ... ~ .. 7,35 8.49 !).!!) 2.55 \ Xf>A \ ,fi.sl WftHlfl Auciclaxd .. .'. .. arr. 7.45 ti.JS '.'.28 3.5 I 5.13 7.0 K.UM-.l™ t Clwwvge for Onehnnpa.. { CbaiißO for Auckland and Ttirernioclinto Stotioii3,-;*flH ... J Cliaastal« Kniparalirancb Stations. I Ohango for Otulinhu. '• ffl A. Passsaag(iU'»ara nottwoKed by thia train to Sjtations bot : wpi;n Auckland aud UfacliuiigiM [ ii. Only stops to pick up Passonjfera far South of l^hrose Jiinction. i c. Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only. ' ,: j ». Rubs on Mondays and "Wednesdays only. : : ! lv. Runa frpm Otorohangaon Tuesdaysand Thursdays only. t i ~ Tlio 9.15 a.rrj. train from Te Awapivtu i-uns daily. F, i'ranKton Junction for Cambridge, To Aroha and Rotoruii Lines. ■"■■'■; r CAMBkIDQE—TK AKOHA ANT) ROTOKOA LIKES. south.-Week DaVs. [7 \n6ktu.- Wiekk Days.^ "•"'■'.' ■■ •'-.-. -■''-■■'-"'-' •■■ ■-•'. •' ■" i A.M. A.W. ' I,? i Aueklfinfl,dap. .. 8 on 40 l.ichfldd, dep .. .. •« >- . ■ '.'-'.■ i * }«>ii, '» :—- — —. 'Putururu'Junction .. . >• ,y\ ■..",.. 'i ' • ■ .. pm.p. m. "J'iinmanari ... .. •• •• SA Frankton Jun., dep. .. .. .; --'.. 130c7 0 Oxford, <lep. *fi Hamilton West.. - .. 1387 10 "Okbroiro .... . '.. *p *Hamilton East.. „ : „ ..' *: r %\ RttakUraJun.,arr. •■,.•' •• •• 152 722 Mntnmata .. ... .; •• fpl Cambridgeßb.~ «. .. .. *\Valton .. .. .. . .. [W Ruakura Jun.,dop 2, o(f7 30 *Kiwitahi. .: .. M 'Mongaomii,' .. .. „ '..*.- Moriinsville, arr. .. .. » *i\ 'T&iuahere .. .. .;. ... .* * .—. —-^sd *Fencourt .. i. ... ..;.** • * Tk Aroha Bis.— .. . ti2 *Hautapu.. .: „ V.. .. .. ♦ * Te Arohd, dep 831 ,',H Cambridge,[jrr. ~ ... .. ~ 240 810 *Waihou .. '. ] :mr Ruakura Ju.n., dep. ... .. ~. .. 2 067 30 -Tatua'o Haua !." !." . '-m "Kurcku .. ~ ~ . ...;;* * ♦Murray's .. .. . * <i|| •Motumaoho .. .. -.< .V i., " * Morrinaville,arr. .. .8' "H Morrin3villo,.arr.. -... ... .•...,.2 40 810 : ■ — — —* — r" ulffi ; —: :-^-^-- ■, —- ".. i. '.' .~.t»i;-' .-' ' '."-a—: : Worrinsville. dep. .. ~. SlMfli TkArohaßk.- .. ■.. .. ' -ATotumaoho , '* ip WorrinßTille. dep* ~ .. ..* .. a 255 815 "Eureka ' ,i i *Murray» .. .. „ .. .. ..• -• Ruakura Jnn., arr. .. ..OS «'*,-. J .. ,*TatuaoHau* i ,. l ,;, .. ..,'"« .. ,'.■.* * t-JM •Wiiibon .. :, .: .; ....... ■,•-♦* Cambridßc, dep. ... .. TcAroha,arr. ..••., ■■..■ ~ ... 3408 55 .. ... .. ;',« ■ ~ —:■■■ ..,/'■ ■'■■* —r"^ —..,r ■■■"'•'-■■ — • ' ','."sH Mornnsville, dep, ... .. .. ~b250 „ *Tamahero .. !. . ..,'*-! \M *Kiwitahi.. .. .. s. ~ > _ -*Morißaomii n #- ( « *Wftha Q "" " " " •• *' W Ruakura Jxm. arr. .. ••fj^siH I. Wamata : '.:. .V. ."; ?. '." 355 ;; Rnakura Jun., dep. ,~~~^-'%^m "Mangrawhara .. .. ~ - .. « _ -Hamilton East.. .. ..>1 4 J| ■ 'Okordiro ~,„.. .. .... .. ..• .. Hamilton West.. .. "1?OT« Oxford .. ~ , v .. 455 .. Frankton Jun., arr. .. ..W^r'gW Taumangl' -«»■ -~.- •■■■ tJ ,-«- ~ '.]. ».,.., ■ • • ■ ■,- —■~*J"bufn r?1^ r iv/ n Ju.^~ " ■*• •• « •'•' * ■'••• Auckland, arr. .. .. j., «i"H " ■■■ ;;■'• Flak ?tatiohi V N I' : ■ . ■ .•:/.»"-i| _ 0. Runs.on Tuesdays, 'Thursdays, and Saturdays only, fr Runs on Mondays, Wedh#H.W Fridays onh^ c Ruiw cm Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, d 'IWfM^M nosdays and Saturdi«'s only, 'lire others vun daily. "" fc' A^ftiuiaontirstbjind.ayaiueaolinioiiOionly. ' W-< KMPA^A BRANCH,I-ATTGKt,ASP~HF.yDERSOK^HELE^\Snr^^f2^I . AUCKLAND TO HELSyST»,LE.-WESK 'Dm HgLENSYILLS TO 'At)CKtANP^Wg<SS^ *Mount Albett ■* * * , * *W^r ll~ " " • * * P *Walkomir4 V. ♦ .' *: A :.:;Kmneuj •• •• ; ,H'|^lH •ifeSSSp :: H/M :Mf • w^ffl re i:: :: 7.50 «&Sf ci'•• :: 12-|2 6.15 :: "SSn" :: 8.0 w|* •Sffiiupi:;" I B*- H «» " f^S :: :: j 7 £ ; A I *Rewoti ' ... • * ••■■ Avondale. ... . -8.27 *«• *r-||| *WoodhlU v> * • •■ ' *MounfAlbert .. » » ,1 ifl £ '* * t I •• • •Mpmtoßslde..1 .. *<M J t iJi *OhlrawH ■: " '/»", >',-«■, .-,*>-...■ *Kingsland .. .. ■'■ "itf. iil ffHi HolentyjlUi *? I£SU94O | .2ih ,o» " U°ar" Its i^BSte2^?§^?^«»ta«rli« rod. Notice should be Riven to *• JII !" v ■' J, P. MAXWELL, GeßWi""1 "* hl,-