ford that Lady Chevenix was not well; that she 
had lost her color and her spirits; that she was 111 
and Baw no one. Then quite suddenly she sent for 
Darcy Lonsdale, and told him that she had come 
to tue conclusion that the air of Garswood did not 
suit her; that for the future she Intended to divide 
her time between London and Paris. To his sur¬ 
prise, she added that the Marquis of Renmore had 
offered to buy the Garswood estates, and that she 
thought of selling them to him; hut it would he 
only on condition that he retained Darcy Lonsdale 
as his agent. 
After some months, during which Lady Cheve- 
ntx and Felix never met, this was accomplished; 
but her ladyship’s removal was prevented for a 
time by the sudden death of Francis tiaye. Then 
Mrs. Uaye sold the Limes and went away with her 
daughter. So it came to pass that, before six 
months were over, the names of Chevenlx and 
Haye were no longer to be found I n the county. 
Great had.been the surprise. The whole neigh¬ 
borhood was stirred, it wag much to be regretted 
that such a change should take place. But Lord 
Arlington and Captain Hill said gravely that it was 
the best thing Lady chevenlx could do. she had 
suffered much at the Hall—she would probably 
begin quite a new life In an unfamiliar place. 
The new occupants of Garswood—the Marquis 
of Renmore, with his two maiden sisters and a 
large household of servants—gave more satisfac¬ 
tion to the public In general than the wealthy 
Baronet had done. It was an excellent agency for 
the Lonsdales, who, by cllnt of industry and perse¬ 
verance, were rapidly amassing a fortune. Darcy 
was growing old, and did not go so often to the 
office. The “ small army" were rapidly growing 
up. Everything was prosperous and happy where 
so many trials had once seemetl to threaten gen¬ 
eral destruction. Kate was one of the leading 
ladles now in LUford—and very much she enjoyed 
the position. Time had softened Miss Lester, while 
Eve had grown more beautiful. 
Felix worked on steadily. He still made his 
home with his father; but Katie, in speaking of 
him, said, with tears in her eyes, that some day 
Providence would re ward him lor his goodness to 
them, and that he would hud a wife worthy to'be 
his partner tor life. 
lie went to see Evelyn when he had an horn - to 
spare; they were the best of friends. Years after¬ 
wards he saw how she had guided him without 
ever seeming to advise—how she had Influenced 
him without ever seeming to use her influence ; 
and whan he began the great battle of poiltlcal 
lire sbe was his right hand. 
T he time that had been foreseen and prophesied 
had arrived. The borough or Ordslone was vacant, 
and through the Interest of Lord Arlington, Felix 
had been returned. 
It was no surprise, for every one had prophesied 
It. Genius must and will make its way to the 
front when It Is allied with perseverance and In¬ 
dustry ; genius alone does little. 
“M. P. for Ol d stone.” Felix Lonsdale was 
pleased—he exulted as men exult. He had now a 
foremost place—he had made a name. Like all 
other men worthy of anything, he was ambitious; 
and It seemed to him that ins ambition would be 
realized. 
on the evening of the day of his election It was 
some relief to him to escape from the noise of the 
crowd, and spend a quiet hour with Evelyn, llow 
she rejoiced with him! llow she exulted In his 
success t How wise and sweet she was iu her 
counsel! It seemed to him as though his soul had 
round one more than a friend. 
“ My foot la on the first step of the ladder. Eve, 
how high shall 1 climb, do you think ?” 
lie never forgot the beautiiul earnest look on 
her fall’ face as she answered— 
“ As high as heaven, 1 hope." 
And those few words, spoken by the Lender lips 
of a noble woman, were to him like an eloquent 
sermon. From that hour ins life seemed to have 
higher alms; and Into it came no dream of love, 
until one day, Katie having some leisure, had a 
long conversation with him.” 
“ Can you understand an allegory, Felix ?” she 
asked him.” 
“ Yes, I think so,” he replied. “ Try me, 
mat] re." 
‘■There was once a man.” began Kate, “who 
stood with his feet firmly planted upon the earth 
and hla eyes very often looking up at the clouds. 
At his feet lay a most beautiful pearl of priceless 
value, and at a distance lay a worthless piece of 
shining glass. This man o£ whom I speak trod 
upon the pearl until It was almost hidden in the 
dust, while he went, eagerly in search of the bit 
of glass. Do you understand, Felix?” she asked, 
after a lew minutes, 
“Only very vaguely, madre, I am the man. 
I recognize the bit of shining glass but not the 
pearl,” 
“Not the pearl!" repeated Kate. “Well, that 
proves what, 1 have often thought, mat, while men 
may be clever and keen and intellectual, they 
may, at the same lime, be blind as bats. That 
pearl has been under your eyes for many years. 
Ah, I see you do not understand 1” 
Nor did he. Kate went on talking to him. 
“ You will bo a man of mark, Felix—every one 
says so. But you will be like all oilier men; you 
will want a good w lie. If the facts could be got 
at, it would be found that some of the greatest 
men of the day owe much of their fame to the 
wise guidance of a wise wife.” 
“I believe that,”he replied; “but—ah, well, we 
need not talk about It, madre. I suppose a man's 
late is settled fur lilm.” 
“ A man’s fate Is just what he likes to mako’tt,” 
declared Kate, •• When youare Inclined to marry, 
never mind beauty; look out for a noble woman— 
nobility or uliaracier Is far better than beauty.” 
The words struck him as being but the repetition 
of other words wriuen to him. 
“The world Ls full of noble women,” Kate con¬ 
tinued. “ Look at Eve Lester, Where would you 
find one sweeter, more gracious or noble ? she is 
true and tender and earnest; she has a fund of 
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clear, common sense; she has a vivid, bright im¬ 
agination, a quick, poetical fancy; and, as for 
beauty, I see more In her sweet fair face than in 
any face 1 have ever seen.” 
“ Eve Lester I” he cried. “ Certainly no woman 
could be nobler, uh, madre, ls she the pearl?” 
“ Yes, you most blind, most dear, most obtuse of 
good boys! She ls the pearl, and you never saw 
her In your hurry to pick up the worthless shining 
colored glass,” 
Eve Lester. How blind he had been! He looked 
up at Kate. 
“ Do you know, rnadre he said, “she has been 
so much part of my fife—all my lire—that. I have 
never thought of her apart, from myself." 
A wise woman always knows when she has said 
enough. Kale turned the conversation; nor could 
he persuade her to say more about Eve. But the 
idea had taken hold of him ; and Kate smiled soft¬ 
ly to herself on seeing how deeply lie was engrossed 
In thought during the remainder of that evening. 
Felix had never realized until then what Eve 
was to him. He went back over all his life. She 
had been his adviser, his counselor. Ills friend. 
Blie had aroused all noble thoughts in him, all 
great deflres, She hail fired his ambition; she 
had shown him his road in fife. He had never 
dreamed how much he owed to her influence until 
he thought all this over. 
He remembered how, lu the darkest hour of his 
father's life, when earth was all cold, and the 
Heavens seemed made of brass, she came to his 
house like an nngel of light and consolation. She 
had offered him her all, and was honestly grieved 
because lie would not take It, As Felix sat think¬ 
ing of her. he recalled a thousand Instances of her 
sivoet wisdom and goodness, 
“ It Is true,” he mused! “ we are sometimes per¬ 
fectly ignorant of our greatest blessings. I should 
never h ive known all that Eve has been to me 
until I lost her.” 
Under this new fight, he said to himself that he 
must see her, he must go over and talk to her, ho 
must discover that she really was to him—how 
dear, how needful—aud he would do It at once: 
there should lie no delay. 
lie went the next day, and the result of their 
conversation was that he did not leave her until 
she had promised to be his wife; for he found out 
that she loved him, and had loved him only all her 
life—he found out that he had Indeed been blind 
aud foollsb, for sbe was really the one great treas¬ 
ure of bis life. 
The engagement afforded the greatest of pleasure 
to all their Mends; there was not one dissentient 
voice. And now Indeed Kate Lonsdale was happy. 
•1 shall he the dowager Lady Lonsdale," she 
sold to Eve, with a happy laugh. “ There has been 
only one mistake from the beginning. Felix ought 
to have chosen you irorn the first.” 
Eve asked him one day — 
*' Why do you always call me ‘ Pearl, 7 Felix ? it 
la not my name.” 
“It is my name for you," he replied, “and I 
shall use no other.” But he never told her why; 
the past conversation between Kate and himself 
remained a secret. 
J here could have been no happier marriage. 
Felix had a beautiiul house prepared for fils wile— 
not the pretty cottage orae where Ids golden- 
haired love had stood aud decided that It was not 
good enough lor her, but a tali’ and pleasaut man¬ 
sion, standing in the midst of sunny grounds—a 
home that a princess might have envied because of 
Its artistic beauty and bright aspect. 
It was a quiet wedding, hut Eve would have it 
so. Bhe would have neither carriages nor a train 
of bridesmaids, nor children strewing flowers, nor 
any of t he ceremonies that attend a country public 
wedding. She walked quietly to the dear old 
church at LiKunl, looking very fair and sweet, 
with the light, flush caused by the morning air on 
her face. The sunlight streamed iu at the win¬ 
dows as she plighted her faith to the only man she 
had ever loved, and whom she was to love tor ever. 
Then Felix took her away to the Lakes, and they 
were very happy. 
They were silting one day on the border of Win¬ 
dermere, when Eve raised her sweet face to her 
husband and said— 
“ Felix you love me very much now ?” 
“Yes, my pearl—more than you know,” he re¬ 
plied. 
“ Do you—do not be cross with me because I ask 
the question—do you ever think of violet?” 
lie took her hands in his own and kissed them. 
•• Listen, darling,” he said. “ 1 will answer you 
in other words than my own—sweeter indeed than 
any words that I could say— 
*• ‘ Within tbo kingdom of my soul 
I bid you enter, love, to-day— 
Submit my life to your control. 
And give my heart up to your sway. 
" ‘ One only thought remains apart. 
And will for ever so remain ; 
There is one chamber In my heart— 
There even you might knock iu vain. 
“ ‘ A haunted chamber, long ago 
1 closed it, and l cast the key 
Whore deep and bitter waters flow 
Into a waste and silent sea. 
“ ‘ Dear, it Is haunted. All the rest 
ls yours; but. I have shut that door 
For ever now. 'Tia even best 
That 1 6hoiUd enter it uo more. 
“ ‘ No more. It. is not well to stay 
With ghosts; their very look would scare 
Your Joyous loving smile away— 
So never try to enter there. 
“ ‘ Check, If you love me. all regret 
That this one thought remains apart; 
Now let us smilo, dear, and forget 
The haunted chamber in my heart.' ” 
When he had finished, lie bent, down and kissed 
the fair face, and Eve, knowing the way to his 
heart, said— 
*• 1 am quite content, aud 1 can trust you.” 
And they talked of other things, while the sun 
shone over the lake and the birds sang their 
sweetest. the end, 
A HAPPY CONCEIT. 
When to t.he flowers so beautiful 
The Father gave a name. 
Back came a little blue-eyed One 
(All timidly it came). 
And standing at its Father’s feet, 
Aud gazing in His face 
It said, in low and trembling tones, 
“ Dear God, the name thou gavest me, 
Alas ! I have forgot!” 
Kindly the Father looked him down 
And said. “ Forget-me-not 
'■ My Peach Bud.” 
[ From the Golden Era. 
UNITED THEY STOOD. 
The Only Day Upon Which the Americans and 
English Fought as Allies. 
An English paper published In Shanghai. China, 
gives this reminiscence: Thursday, the 4th of 
April, was the anniversary of the battle of Muddy 
Flat, which occurred In ism, and Is, we believe, 
memorable as the only occasion when the Ameri¬ 
can and British flags were united or allied against 
an enemy. The volunteers' flag, destroyed at the 
fire at the British consulate, bore these woids: 
“4th April. Defence not Defiance." Few remain 
now in Shanghai who were present and took part 
on that memorable occasion, and a few scraps 
from memory of the event in;i.y not be uninterest¬ 
ing to the volunteers of the present day. For some 
time previously the Imperialist soldiers (or as they 
really were—rabble) were encamped outside the 
Defence Creek, thetr camps extending from the 
Joss House at the Soochow Creek nearly up to the 
turning of the race course, at Probst’s Garden. 
They had made several fruitless attempts to drive 
the rebels from the city. 
The Imperialists were, however, a continual 
source of annoyance to all foreigners, for as their 
encampment was on the edge of the creek they 
would Insult foreigners and even ladles while 
walking on this side of the creex. They for seve¬ 
ral days cut off our market supplies, compelling us 
to fall hack on Crosse & Blackwell. Notwith¬ 
standing repeated remonstrances from the consuls 
to the Chinese commanders, they refused to retire 
to a distance, or stay their Insults or encroach¬ 
ment. One source of great danger was. that they 
used to place their targets for hall practice in such 
a position that the ball would come hissing near 
the persons of foreigners while taking exercise on 
the road. At. last, becoming emboldened, they 
assaulted a lady while being carried In a chair, 
and wounded her husband, and it was determined 
to expel tbo Intruders by force. It was, therefore, 
arranged by the American and British consuls 
that they should unite their forces, call out the 
volunteers and all foreigners to assist the naval 
force to drive away the Imperialist army. 
The volunteers to a man turned out under Cap¬ 
tain Wade, then her Majesty’s vice-consul. The 
force, under the command of c aptalu O’C'allagan, 
or the Encounter, and Captain Kelly, of the Ply¬ 
mouth, marched out to the spot on the Maloo, be¬ 
tween the Racket Court and the old Grand Stand, 
the American force taking ground where the muni¬ 
cipal stud are stabled. It had been duly notified 
to the imperialist commander that they would be 
given up to three r. m. to move off, hut as there 
were to signs of their complying, at the moment of 
three o'clock, as if by magic, a shell from each gun 
fired by the American and English forces fell bursts 
lug Into the encampment, a general stampede fol¬ 
lowed, and the country to the westward, so to 
speak, blackened and blued with the figures of 
hurriedly retreating soldiers. Not one of the for¬ 
eigners had the slightest Idea that the camp con¬ 
tained so many r soldiers. 
After the first shelling, when the soldiers had 
apparently evacuated the position, the foreign 
forces approached the works; in doing so they 
were fired upon by the soldiers stationed at the 
guns pointing from concealed port-holes, when Mr 
Gray, of Russet & Co., was wounded, losing a leg. 
Captain Pearson,of the American ship Rose Stand- 
lsh, received a mortal wound in the face. The 
carpenter of her Majesty's ship Encounter was 
killed, also a seaman of the United States ship 
Plymouth, Mr. Brine, an English merchant, one 
of the volunteers, received a mortal wound in the 
head. Some minor casualties were also received. 
It was not ascertained how many men were killed 
of the Chinese. Their encampments were com¬ 
pletely destroyed, in consequence of the deter¬ 
mined action of this handful of foreigners, the Chi ■ 
nese commander considered It prudent to move off 
to a more respectful distance. The whole affair 
was very plucklly carried out. About 400 lorelgu- 
ers In all bravely left thetr houses, and attacked, It 
was estimated, about 15,000 Chineso Intrenched 
with several large guns in position. And so vast 
the number of Chinese who followed the rear of 
the foreigners, »uid remained between them and 
thetr homes, that, had they had any sympathy for 
their countrymen they had only to oppose their re¬ 
turn, and the foreigners would have been attacked 
front and rear, and not one could have escaped. 
The rebels, seeing the success of the foreigners, 
came out and completed the destruction of the en¬ 
campment. 
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SCIENCE G0SSI*. 
The Mtlk or tue Cow Tree.— Alexander Hum¬ 
boldt remarks that among the many very wonder¬ 
ful natural phenomena which he had during his 
extensive travels witnessed, none Impressed him 
In a more remarkable degree than the sight of a 
tree yielding an abundant, supply of milk, the prop¬ 
erties of which seemed to bo the same as the milk 
of a cow. The adult Indians would go each morn¬ 
ing with their slaves from the v l lingo or station on 
the slope of the mountain chain bordering on Ve¬ 
nezuela, where Humboldt was stopping, to a forest 
where they grew, and, making some deep Incisions 
into the treeo, In less t han two hours their vessels, 
placed under these Incisions, would bo full. All 
present would then partake of the milk, on which 
the slaves grew fat, and a quantity would be car¬ 
ried home to be given to the children and to be 
mixed with envassa and maize. The tree Itself at¬ 
tains a height or from 45 to <50 feet, has long alter¬ 
nate leaves, and was described by Linden as Bro- 
simurn ijalaeMendron. The milk which flows 
from any wound made in the trunk la white and 
somewhat viscid; the flavor Is very agreeable. 
Some time ago, on the occasion ot M. Bousslngault 
going to south America, Humboldt requested him 
to take every opportunity of Investigating this 
subject. At Maracay the tree was first met with, 
and for more than a month its excellent qualities 
were dally tested In connection with coffee aud 
ohocolate; but there was no opportunity for a 
chemical analysis. Nor does such appear to have 
occurred till the other (lay, when amid manyteurt. 
ous things exhibited by the Venezuelan Govern¬ 
ment at the Paris Exhibition, there happened to 
be several flasks of this milk, and after a long pe¬ 
riod M. Bousslngault has been enabled to complete 
his analysis of tiffs substance, which ls unique in 
the vegetable world, in a memoir laid before the 
Academy of France he giva-s a detailed analysis, 
and concludes by staring that t his vegetable milk 
most certainly approaches lulls composition to the 
milk ot the cow; It contains not only fatty matter 
hut also sugar, caselnc and phosphates. But the 
relative proportion of these substances Is greatly 
in favor of the vegetable milk, and brings It up to 
the richness of cream, the amount of butter In 
cream being about tbe same proport Ion as the pe¬ 
culiar waxy material found In the vegetable milk, 
a fact that will readily account for its great nutri- 
tlve powers. 
What comets may really In structure and char¬ 
acter be, remains almost as dtfficult. confidently 
to state as it was two centuries ago. That they 
are not solid masses every one ls agreed. It seems 
probable that, even the nucleus, when brightest 
and apparently most condensed, la, If a single 
body, a quantity of glowing gaa, not a solid or 
even a liquid substance. It. ls remarkable that 
not only the tall, so called, but even the nucleus 
Itself, Ls as a ride so thin that a bright star can 
be seen through It. scarcely dimmed. What, the 
tall may be ls even more perplexing than the 
question of what the head and nucleus of the 
comet may consist. The tails have sometimes ex¬ 
tended over more than a quarter ot the heavens; 
that ls to say, have reached trom the zenith to 
the horizon, and from their ascertained distance 
have been calculated to occupy a length of not 
less than ninety millions of miles, or very nearly 
the distance of the earth from the sun; so that 
when the head ot the comet was passing the sun 
In his immediate neighborhood, the extreme end 
of the tall might be almost in the Immediate vi¬ 
cinity of our planet. 
A correspondent of the London Garden says, 
“Many years ago a friend gave me a simple re¬ 
ceipt for Ink for writing on zinc, which I have con¬ 
stantly used since. It Is twelve to sixteen grains 
hl-chlorlde ot platinum dissolved In one ounce dis¬ 
tilled water. If kept corked, a small bottle will 
last many years. The zinc labels must of course 
be cleaned before using This ls readily done by 
rubbing either with fine emery papsr or with very- 
dilute oil of vitriol. Then simply write the name 
and allow the ink to dry. I have used labels of 
this description for yeans, and have never lost a 
name since adopting them. They have been found 
equally suitable for the house or the open air,” 
A talc able glue can be made from chestnuts 
by freeing them from the shells, grinding the 
kernel Into a flour, mixing it well and washing 
In water and passing through a sieve. The line 
floury mass so obtained ls washed lu clear water 
several times and allowed to settle. The sedi¬ 
ment or starch thus deposited Is dried in the air, 
and again treated with chlorine water, washed 
again aud made Into a glue similar to that made 
from starch. The ailvautoge'of this glue ls that 
it will retain its liquid stale even at a cold tem¬ 
perature, while common glue must have a con¬ 
stant Are to keep It ready for use. 
A hint to those who may have occasion to break 
up stone or use stone-breaking machines may be 
found in the announcement by Tournone of the 
result ot certain experiments in regard to the 
crushing of stone. In the experiments with chalk- 
stone dried in the air and wet, it was found that 
the ratios of crashing force required were la the 
proportions of 36, 23 and is. Another experiment 
gave 36, 23 and 12, and still another gave 52, 26 and 
21. It will thus be seen that by wetting the sam¬ 
ples the force required for crushing was consider¬ 
ably reduced. 
A new method of treating fish has lately been 
patented by Mr. Samuel Bliss, of Chicago, the 
object ot which ls to preserve the fish with a less 
quantity ot salt than Is usually required. This 
consists In the addition of a little glucose to the 
salt, by means of which fermentation or any sour¬ 
ing or putrefaction Is said to be readily prevented, 
and without. Imparting any taste to the flesh. It 
ts claimed that no matter how long the meat Is 
kept in the pickle, it will be sweet and retain much 
of its original flavor. 
The application of the cones of certain species of 
pine In tanning has lately been made very advan¬ 
tageously' In France, the leather prepared with 
them being lu every way equal to that in which 
oak hark has been employed. These cones are 
gathered In the pine plantations, and quite a lim¬ 
ited district has furnished one hundred tons annu¬ 
ally. 
" Sympathetic pipes ” are a recent novelty. The 
bowl of a meerschaum may he colored In five min¬ 
utes, by first (hiring It with a solution ot nitrate of 
silver in ether and alcohol, to which essence of 
roses and camphor are added. Figures of any pat¬ 
tern are produced by the heat ot the tobacco, and 
when produced are permanent. 
—»♦-»- 
A Boston telegraph clerk smiled when he gave a 
man this message from his wife; “ unto us a child 
ls bom, nine feet long by two reet wide;” but the 
man understood it meant that he should buy an 
illuminated Easter text, 
