The Sentinel, 1882-05-19, Page 6- - .
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- • Resinhat.
LOn. Her -*.a.jes s providential? escape from
asstatination at Windsor, March Sfid„.1882.1
tA fiery message daalied through ocean wide.
•Iirwrathfulioyt.o say : a traitor's shot _.
Had missed -our gracioutqueen and harmed. her
- not.
Had missedfair )3es.tricte, who by heralds, ,
While England -all aflamarose ups:tub:lied,
To tears indignant moved, that ancha blot :
.Of infamyhaal Method•a eingle spot ••• ' • •
Orgaglisli ground, and bumbledso her pride.
The Queen of kingdoms anal of womanhoddl,
• Example of all virtnetfor the stay -
Of this lax age, ad her dear-countrt's rest
- God saved her frOin the assassin's hand of
, blood. _ -
-LW all the 11,0;1(110mo-thanks ;hone -pi -ors than
they • -
Who dWeil in her Dominion of the -West. •
Kranr„Fiegarii
f&S Aery e r y•
-: CHAPTEIt
III
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When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak or me as ram, nothing extemiate ,
Nor setdowt; aught m malice.
* ,‘„ _ * •
One whose hand,
Like the has@ Indian. threw a pearl away-.
Maher than fill his -Whet
• ' -Othello:. .
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“r really think ite-is very mush improved.
....People do reform, you, know," said Miss -
7, 'Priscilla Potter, in ainild;.sugg.estivit Voice.
"1 think he'll be a good father to Luli.".
•ttlfaybe. Bad husbands -do make good
f ethers- sometimes," reeponded her sister. -
•'0:He-certainly has It:heart," Miss-Briscille
continued, in a puzzled, reftedive way..
"I cant Make. out how ever he- Could—.'
• The -sentence i -left:Anifinished as
might have been Perplexing t� stranger,,
- bat Miss Christiana understood theaUia
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stone and replied promptly,
it Men are had, Prisay. .That's the only love for -a pure- and noble woman, befell
Way of accOntiting.fOr ,u.nder the spell' of a -fatal pasitio n for one;
Itrust and hope that he is treading -a ;of the Dellis:ha of _modern" days, Her
better path now," said the gentle slater. viotory Was complete, and she knew it; and
‘;',14oult suppose he can. be alio,* run- . he was rich at that- time. It followed that:
ning away. withactresses, certainly. I think • he left Laura • and -her -child, and went off
it's very 'probable he won't do: it _again. with his new love:to Italy. • •
%Ohm turned gut to -be enough,"iepliedthe ' , In some explanaliOn of .a wrong that -was
,
other, with biting 'emphasis: • too orueI to be -paliated, les it be remem--
Miss Priscilla- sighed, . shook her head, btsred that he. comprehended .no more of a
•and then. obeervecl, " *Meths) very fond of true -woman's nature than ' of an -extinct
Ciairn that she was a perfect Women and a,
perfect wife. Glenda= had many- rough,
_unpolished ways, was strange and fitful in
his r000ds, and had .strong 'element of_
"the untutored, savage" in hie nature,
which his wandering life had not tended to
ameliorate. But he loved Laura, badloved
her from:the hour when he saw her first in
-her pure, modeist maiden beanty, sad and
pale in her moinning, with the rough sea
winds tingling her.gOlden She came
Avon like a vision ; she !earned to him
a creature Of areither world. He loved her
with the romantio passion' of At-first...lover;
and Shp in her turn. simply adored him.
-Her patience and forbearance with him
were limitless; she Merged her own wiehei;
annihilated her own- nature 111 :Love
taught this inexperienced, gentle girl all its
:Marvellous keenness Of_ perception, ita won-
- drone intuitions. Glenceirn had taken
her, a siorrowful,..lonely, penniless orphan;
•and had given her love and happiness, a
beautiful home, and what to her seemed
inexhaustible wealth. The advantage prac-.
• tically seemed all on her side ; but she gave
Mm the love that ismore precious than fine
gold, that- **mien cap give but once, and
that a man Is blessed, if he once reeeives.
There aaine an. evil hour.- which. threw• -
Glencairn, across the 'path of, the -woman
who marred -his life- He was a creature of
Ptifsgion. and itriPtilie, Unschooled, undisci..".
,plined,.Prinoiple .and. dutk"-only Known to
him br name, shrewd in some kinds of
business-, understanding something of men,
but absolutely nothing of women, fresh
from a rough, roving Iife, and half a savage
-still-in the simplicity with whiolt he fol-
lowed . •
The good olctinle, the simple Plan, .
' That they should take who haye thepowet
And•theyshould keep who can. '
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Untutored asks- wildnature of the prairie
• and-theplain,ininaknowledgeofthe world
and -of -wciman, he. f ell 0,u easy victim to the
snare. As suddenly and absolutely as. he
had yielded to.. the romance id a first pure
. • • . language, and.he had. no. idea thathis leas,-
.4- He was very fond of Laura if 1 recol-: ing_Laura would break her heart. ' He had
'Act riel-C".agswemi Mies Christiana, '' in taken care toarrangethat she should have
'their' hourimlim-t--"yes, and:tor a long- time plenty or m:oney in • her possession, and the
atter it. Mind, I think you: Vote quite right power of drawing on ' his bankers for more.
- sis far. Prissy -:,--that he is illotilled to be Sl had her .ohiid. She was . near . her
fond. of-Luli, and kind to her. I.da Itita Mother's sisters,wh.o ,couicl advise sad care
the -justice to think he Sincerely repented,. for her. Leaving her under etuth-oirciim-.
and that he recOgilizeif the doubly Sacred etehoeedid not onenfto bun to be w000rtion;
duty which binds bituto Laura's child." He did not 'realize- with what lope the•
-"- There shall be more inl- in heaiten oiier blow ha wfutinflictiog would fall. '
one -ginner that repenteth,"ranintured Miss ButLaura sank mortally stricken beneath -
Priscilla, whose . heart had quite melted the ihock. Na spirit of wrath. of . indigoes
' 'toward Gleneitirn., since she had heard tbat tion, of outraged loVe and wounded pride,
. -PtonnSe of his. so soleinnly'spoken over the arose to .sting her into ' resistance of the
- ing child. - - -• - strio.w that killed her. -Her weak And
.f e heart is deceitful and desperately delicate physidal frame -1st -eke down- under
. wkked," responded. Mies Christiana. "'Q11 the strength of her anguish. ShOwas never
; - must remember, Prissy, how much it took heard to utter a word of brame or anger
. to tura his heart. Although he may have. against -him, but shrank away -from, tho
reformed now, I am convinced in My- own subjeSt Of his sin 'as from the tollah of 4
• mind that be never would have repented burning 'iron.: She only knew that from
it it had not been for the shock Which Lau- the paradise of his lave she awoke to lied
ra's death -gave him," she saidovith positive
etiphasis, adding,oratorically„ as ,if giving herself deserted . and alone, and fretti that
honr.she failed. and faded ii*s!y-
, oift e hymn, "'-Out of evil conieth good.' When it *as evident, that she was dying:.
And if our poor Laura's death brought a -they made Searching inquiries for 'Glen-
- sinner to repentance, she did Oot. the in.• .
. cairn, advertised, wrote or telegraphed to
vain... . - : . . every authority likely to be of assistance in
Miss Christiana, dearer sighted. and finamg him. The news of Laura's danger -
in' aterr it legs mereifill than her sister,- was .reached him at lest, but notbefore he had.
probably right an doubting whether Glen-- disooVered the utter . Worthlessness of 'the
cairn- would. aver have "repented.' had is -woman forwhom he had deserted her, .. He
not been f°1"he shock st`d the Sorrow had•I;aeft- a dupe; he knewi himself now to
and knew
' caused him by his wife's. death. She Might have been befeejed and deceived,
have gone further, and doubted whither that his true . wife lay near to death. As
"repentance,"t properly se called, could . lest as the power Of steam could carryliim,
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ever have any place in Glencairn.'s nature he hastened to Laura side. ,He was too
at all. - He - bad known the suffering Of latefor his presence to- revive her broken
bitter remorse, tint it is questionable -strength, tee late to call her back to life
whether the feeling *Mph alonetheVisters
went& have- regarded ao true. " relpelitance"' and love, but 'not too late. to listen to her
.last faintly whisPered words, to see a smile
.
had ever 'Oiled his heart He hali been of More than .eartfibt peace and jai on her
. agonized, defiant, embittered, miserable, - face *before else died. . :. . -. . - .
but never hurnbled. He had rebelled ' The wages of sin were paid him.'
:against. Fate.cursed Fate, Cursed- himself- Her funeral was barely over when he fied
'' but. iiever knelt . for prayer or pardon. 4 away to the other side .of the world. In
fatalist: and a. heathen_ by nature t- a fine- -gloom and bitterness of spirit be made
age, for. all his sins be blamed Ins_ destiny,- -.Dylan& leaving his
baste to put- the ociian. between .him and
little Lull an the care
paean spoiled by being born in a -Christian ,
and on that destiny Stillsn-rSt -isktlitoia-the- 'of his lost wife's relatives. , . •
so teied to the lour winds of heaven: He
in nixed afteione andanother, and all Were
IL* ead," *" abroad," �r-" married," or
"I st sight _of." In the course of one Of
k� Hayburne made ef . and -the
earliestwoaatfu.:ft tgh.heo.s, we comrnv.ersGajteinoon:ranft„er:ohhies
dropped the Mi.)," that pretty sketch
rn, Miss Chrititiana Potter observed,.
n. We are . &hag to have ' fram•ed
• Duke Mayburne ? What,- Tom May-
e's boy ?" said Glenoairn.
• 1 -es: Mr. MaYburhe's dead, you know;
iMrs Maybitine and Duke have gone:to
with his brotherhe's a Manchester
ton-merohant; he Wants -to bring Duke
,tathe business, and byway. of attaining
t end be has ient the boy up t� his part;
's office in London, where of eotiriiii he
got -his head:Stuffed full of act."
• I shouldn't have thinight a- London
co. ton -merchant's office was the place fer
tat," loterru tad Glencairn. - _
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'But LoOdon s the place:- responded
ss Potter, who did not like to be dim-
gi ed With, •" Galleries and museums, and
st tues ;'.and clubs.and latchkeys and What
he cells -artistic isocietY, for a boy- wheought.
be in the .scho.cdroorn 1 --not but what
is II nice young fellow." , :. • -
"And he's been painting Lult's portrait,
he ? Where is it?!' -
"Prissy, call Luli to. bring it. It's a life,
e pioture," said Miss Christiana,,-" and
✓ ry. pretty we think it is ', . _ -.
Mise Priscilla, Went out Of the room on:
tile errand repeated. PresentlyLult'sf
flying feet were heard upon the stairs; and
ahe burst into the robin With a large 'water-
lor sketeh ,in her arms, Which work of
a t. she proceeded to hold up admirignly as
n ar her- fatheeseyes: as ehe amid reaoh,
" See I isn't it nice ? isn't the . kitten
I Yely ?: It's grown bigger now. ---the kitten'
h but that's exactly what it Msed to -be
a month- or two ago, pI had tied a recirib-
a round ita neer, but Mike wonld'paint
t e ribbon blue." . ' - -
Lnli . allowed her father a moment's
_ s leabe to --admire the . sketch, and then.
plirsued, pulling him down into a chair and
et imbing on his knee, ,- - -.
" And Duke has drawn me a Whole Sheet
comic characters for My sorap-book. And,
more confidentially,. and glancing
und to see: that Aunt Chriseian.d.Aunt
issy Were Bele in the edjeining room'
" helms -made &picture of Old Mr. and Mrs.
eter and. Mrs. Boyd in hie. book, and
rote .8 verse .underneath 4t; but he
onIdalt give it to me. Duke is so clever-
bs hi nearly, eighteen, you. knot*, and; as
he says, -that's old enough to know his owo
thind ; and he wants to be an artist. Dim's.
? u -think, papa, people .ought to be -whet
t ey like, and what they can do best?" .
st
suffering he bore in the external patience
of it-Stoie.
This eruld of the shipwreck, who knew
no other- pareiit, had led a. strange and
• checkered life, which waa,. probably rather
the effect than the cense Of his peculiar
and .waywaiddisposition. Ha had bean at
firet taken charge of by the wife of one of
the sailors.who -had eiscaped the wreck.. an
Now, returned. after his: ten years of wan-
derings (which had not proved unprofit-
able) he resolved never to be partedagain
from the child who W88 the living minia-
ture of the wife he had Mourned, and to
render the life of this child of his and
• Laura's as happy as mortal. power could
make it. , - •
Glencairn had made iiinumerttble
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American; whose house was in a little acquaintances m the course of has world -
village on the North Atlantic coast. She wide wanderinger but, he had not many
died, and the sailor 'brought him to Eng. friends, especially in England. He had
land, where friends of the captain -of the almost lost sight of the few of his school
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1'086' vessel, ta.king Emil:de-rest theforIorn fellowe whom he had liked; with the majo-
child, put hit). es soon as hewas oldenough„ rity he had not been on good terms; and
• to- a-goOd school.- 'Glance= etayed_there
awhile, but was_ not popular with_his cam-
paniona; he was unruly, sullen,: and,
, and one day,- in a fit of: passiondie drew a
clasp -knife- upon a schoolfellow-, followed
: up his misdeeds by- threatening to stab -the
. schoolmaster himself, extd,, obstinately
refusing to apologise, was naturally; for the -
sake of law and order, expelled, •
Ile then ran away to sea, and Worked his etiquette of a.cceptingcsesual invitations,he
way_ to Madeira . and the Gape of Good. . One day took Lull out dressed in her best,
Ho There he went -up: tile country into and Vent to tall on his fellow travellers
• the interior, led siTeugh and, roving life for from PILO% Mt. and Mrs.. Craven.. .
a time; and. then fortune suddenly. turned. They received hinicordiadly, glad that -the
.and emiledupon bim He tummy by acquaintanceshould be . renewed. They
▪ Stroke of hick in the diamond diggings- hadl rather .,taken a. foamy to. Gleneairn
from the -first, and they were delighted'
with- pretty, WellAnannered, soft -voiced
Lull, who they decided at -once would make
a sweet-ComPanian for Katie.
.31.r. and Mrs. Craven Were a couple. over-
flowing With jgood-nature and sympathy
and intermit in their neighbors' , affairs,
surrounded 1-.1y- a somewhat common -place
-circle Of friend's, and delighting in anything
new and out of the way.. Glencairn was
Ind -what pleased. them ; and the fent that
hewas evidently a man . With a Istory"--;
Andeedprobahty a Man with more than -One
.story -was a &wise of mnist pleasant
ibterestto Me; Craven, .wlits was fond Of
he hitd quite lost sight -of that fermly of the.
lost Captain Burnett who had partly
educated him. All these early associations
had drifted away, and the places where
they had lived knew therm no more. For
Lulits , sake. and her future interests, as
much as his awn, he no* looked. up all -the
.friends he .colakiouster ; and, not . being
'afflicted with niany scruples as to the strict
• that money doubled, trebled itself, and he
resolved to return to England..
On the voyage he team eve at firstsight
• with Laura. Graham, an orphan: girl in,
mourning, who had come out with her
parents, and, having; lot- both father and-
-.mother, was oe her way beak to England,
to find a home With her nearest relatives,.
her mother's sisters. the Misses Potter
• before alluded to. She arrived. in England
duly, went to her aunt's house as Glen-
'cairn'sbetrothed, and Ieft there in a month
ati._ his wife. ' • •
Laura was one of thoee, women to whom -
to "love wily" - is impossibleinter
they Imre,: they "love too well" 7 She did novels and of poetry of an elementary
not love Glenceirn at all too well for bas kind.. Thus it happened that the casual
comfort, but, as things unfortunately meeting scsvied the seed -ofan enduring
turned. out, a g • It Manreat deal too well for her intimacy which one day boreitsfruit.
own . - ed to Glenceirn that, during his
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It is not tnn midi to say of Laura Glen absence, . all _ his old friends had been
chin, thoroughly masoulme their strength
and firmness, biit svith a delicate clearness
of outline that endowed them with an abso-
lute beauty rare in manhood, and in mid-
dle-aged nianhoed so rate that one might
doubt whether ,sar-
theteDltuweenMa. rmrne's handso,Me
f
As he etook there With -a frank; holishr
half-embarrassidsmile,respoiding to Glen -
cairn's greeting; with his cap in One hand,
and the white, -pink -eyed, jet -nosed terrier
'tucked away snugly under his other arm;
Gleneairn regarded him with .: a steady,
half-eurnrissed; approving look, but no
vision beyond the passing hour crossed his
Mind, and no 'ehadow fell between those
two -as Sot they Stood face to face.
"Where there's a will there's a Wit.
hat people want to be they will be," pro-.
°Imbed Glencairn.
•• Mike will be a great aitist then," said
uli with evident satisfaction and -perfect
onfidence. :
"And What do golu:. want to be, Luli ?"-
skedher. father. . . .•:' -
" Why, -well, but s. Women can't be an'y-
int, cen she?" doubtfully inquired- Luli,
ho Was not aninfant genius, and who had
oldea.whatever that the day of Woman's
ights was dawning. ." I thiek," she idded
avely, after .e, few inoinents''-.puis- led
flection, having run through theliiiiited,
heice of feminine careers. in her sinell
ind " that I should like best to be a coltut,
me." -. •• -.
"A What ?" inquixedi her father, . who,
ot being a habithe of ,Christmas . panto-
imes, w&8not gni& at ce.tohingthe idea.
. ,
"A. eolunibine, you know -4e -Sy on in
t etransforniation scene, sod:having itoth.-
ijag. to do:bat wear lovely fairy-dreeses-and
anee. Don't you think a eolumbioemust
Ile or-Pldr.
neof • the. liaPPieg.t orea.tu.res in- thi3
idleneairn laughed; ' but he made no
f11mark, told -her nothing :calculated to dia.,
el the- illusion.O
- She uld grow out of
her Modena fastenough, he Considered ;
t her remaid. 'a child in childish .dreams
nd ignormice as long as it was possible.
e fain would have: kept. this bud always;
kied,rwith the fresh dew of ignorant ill110;
me ever upon it. The dew waiild exhale:
Way, and the folded. petals open' -to the-
-. sun end the rough winds !seen
e ough. Looking in herchildish eyes and
r memberbig his • own- storniy youth,: his.
mat filled with an unuttered praYer that
t$
se ise opening petals Might unfold- silewly,-
t at the sun Of passion might rise late for
er, shile.on her only faintlrfrom afar,
d. the tough winds 'of the 'world deal
ay . With the blpizonis - he deemed so
elicate and kali. •-
Tenfold hinds -Omer than his father
•
ever Was," thonght Glanimirn.
"I've brought Luli a piip, sir," said Duke,
somewhat awkWardly,, thinking to himself
-"-What is . there "so odd aboat1.1111VS
father's eiY*18 ?" -
When. he came to take a.nearer View, he -
noticed at once the peculiarity of Glen-
bairn's: eyes -a: peculiarity whtch its-objeet
-never attempted to conceal by side-loolo or
down -cast glaiiiies, yet whibh often as on
this occasion, lproduced on strangers -an
impression rather 0111i01111 than Unfavorable,
Before they had :dine to -exchange more
than a feiv words about :the pup, whom
Duke depessited on the hearthrug and aom-
Mended to "beg" which :the pup was too
shy and startled tosclo,'Luli appeared -upon
the *wee with a man Bassani, ordelig,ht,
violent hurry. With her -eyes _fixed the
flew to Duke, shook hands, With him in a
whitedpg; and forthWith fell on her k.nees
beside the animal, seized it by both fereP
paws, called it fifty- pet manes in a breath,
and then found. lelisure to look up at the
donor of this recious gift, and sayiVith a -
delighted EMU, -
thmiki ,-yotttltank You•t -you ate
good and I do like you; and I will love *MY
darling doggie !so." -
Duke lilaylitriie was.not a mere. barber%
blook---handsonte. and nothing- else but
handsome; yet it -Must be admitted -that
he had not very 'In -doh- to _Say for himself
that day ,
However, presently Gies:maim warmed
-up; and beganito ask 'questions and maim
himself agreeable.; then Duke responded
•freely and Inn sinking into silence 'sat
liliggnig the pop, who, beingby this time
convinced that no harm was intended him,•
licked.her handgratefully, while her father
inquired after -various members of the
Mayburile family; Manifested e -•• friend Of
the family!' sort of: interest in: Duke's
career, related an ,anecdpte or two of the
other side of the world, and drew out of
Duke; who s_peodily got at home with him,
the confission pf his hopes and ambitions
for the future' which Sprung:from the paha
fact that at present he hated -bum'. ess and cairn at all, she could not h
-loved art: - sort of doubtful, haltrelucta
Glesica,irii was not -a business's man,-. him • and this _liking of her
stopped; and pleaded earneetl
fully, 1
" Do, do,"papit, t3.estri let :nag
See if the poor -dog is better: .Pa
islease I!'
Glenosiiii hesitated- a mome
half impatient, and then relente . .
"Well, well, go home with. our aunts,
stul rillgo back and gee how it sis. I dare-
say it's.well thisetime. If nOt; -I'll give
[some bey Sixpetice to look e,fter it. There;
cheer up; little bite I It shall Well right." ,
Glendairn turned haek and wilked away
with quickstrides .
.When he, returned home, an, Ltili ran
•to him, &eking eagerly, "How id the -dog?" .
he replied, -
41 Ifs bettell it wasn't mit& hurt ; it'i
not ming-is:Oh mow. .1. -sent a yto look -•
Ahern." :
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CHATTEB IV. _
In men Whom Men condemn as ill'
I and so much of goodness still;
In men whommea pronounce aniline,
I find so much of sin and plot,
I hesitate to draw a line -._ -
, Between thetwo.where God 'hoe not. •
-7.JOACIPIAT MILLER:.
One day, .when Glencairn wee lounging
ii the parlor," Which was genefallystield
*red to hini (for he did -not greatlyaffeet
the cOmpany of the "assembly of ancients,".
1 which term he habitually spoke Of the
c(rawirig.room 'where - the resident guest*
d congregate);.the . door, Was pushedopen,
d the talented portrayer of the tabby
lten, Dukildayburne, whahad brought a
resent for Luli, in the shape of it juvenile
ember of the. canine. ' sped* Walked
i • sans cerentonie. -: - . -
,G-lencatirn had not seen Duke Meibnrne,
4;, at least, had only seen himas a 'child
any years before; but he imiild have
cognized him- at once by the description
e ' had heard, even it the :white terrier
ticked away under . the young fellow's arm*
ad not identified hitt. for Lulli had confided.
*th high delight to her father - that she
as to havethisbanine nreeent - -
• Glencaira nad
kinds, Male and fe le, life- and'still life;
4,14eye pi banuty of all
and he looked at the visitor 'approvingly, as
e greeted him . by name„ and, bade him
int, in. _. Deka Mayburne was indeed, an
mostperfl3ctlytie of masculine beauty e.nd
with._ Helms quite . a boy, . and boYish-'
1 asking still, -•tall and slight, with afi-gure
t st would probably, develop and improve;
it dalace in wilt& no improvement seented
reeible, so - singularly „ handsome - and
ttractive it was. He . had hair of a warm
ark chestnut, curling in.rich and vigorous
rings; eyeslarge and bright and gray; a
Complexion neither fair nor brown, but of a
ear healthy oliie paleness ; .and features
t)lat were, from the .-broad brow qf square
Ohne to the niessively iinnilded jaw and
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and tear-
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back and
a, darling,
t, looking
But Priscilla thougt that the
-have been too much hurt to be
cured ;And When she co -did find.
titinity Of -speaking alone• to GI
inquired Of him, in it lbw voice
•• How did You manage abut 1he dog?"
Why, /killed it," he answe ed ; "that ,
Was the best thing. - Bibs werelbroken too -
badly to recover. Here I"' he Added, sud-
denly:looking sharply at her, i.4:tdon't say a '
word to. Lull! - The 'child's sensitive.
dog must
so rapidly
an oppose -
Not a word tmin
o her ' '
, d." . -
. Miss. Priscilla ithplicitly -. 0 eyed him,
chiefly because she dared not lfor her life.
have doneotherwise. But she taiou.rited to :-
Miss Christians,-"-Lnli is go truthful and
so open,and so -.tenderhearted-I . And ..he is
So-differentirom his child 1"
:ft seseemedto poor Priscilla 4t±ange and.
'almost . inipG,kesible that the =cairn of
that morning- wag. the . very - s , toe -and no
other than the Glencairzi Who ainused Rate
Craven:and -Luli - by tale-tellink that very
day after tee; and. rotind Whdin the °ha;
dren clung -so trustingly and -affectionate
liatie-CraYene.had 001110 to tel with. hi
and atter meal (partaken Of n the draw-
ing -robin- in -'company with tiearicients),
whereat the two -. little . girlshad -.been
almost preternaturally wellAie eyed,- and
had done: credit to their, solio ling in the
"General Department" branchi they raced
dewn,te the:parlor for their " treat,"the
evening's treat -an hour with Glencairn. ,
,,They drew two low footstool te the win-
doW,:beaide which his arm& 'r was situ -
Medi and sat athis feat, while.14e told them .
'a wonderful story about the eil rald eye of •
an
In ido:-. old Mr. Poste was a kind -'
old -gentleman; who gave the f little _girls' -
oh000late-drops„and asked them; how -old
it
they were, and what prizes They got at
school, but Lull. and her little Visitors did .
tot look forwardt� half an hai
r With Mr. -
Foster as a treat and were neter seen .iiit
ting :Allis feet, aderingly -listening to his,
stories. as they were s seen wit „Glenceltnl- .
Misii Priscilla did- not -un-de stand:Olen-
p feeling a
t liking -for
wit' puzzled.
medall her .
MB feeditig -
in separatopasturns,- with br ad- andhigh ... -,
hedgee. Marking the limits of -each:. She .
believed human : natures • to ije black : all •
throngli, or white all -throng ; cilia -and.
false all 'through, or -kind alnd . true all -
;through. .010ocititn. waS 'Mit er, ; he was -
kind at . d _cruel,- faithlees and -11rue ; he was
ti
not a heep, _and -yet _ net altogether a goat;
-*lir: he puzzled'her. - . • ,
.. .
though he had entered into rnany gpetut ishe hea - bee. -accis
latioo, and mede many' a hiaky investment life to see the sheep an the
in has day.' 'And he hated control and
restraints of !all kinds, and never in his
Itfe, Which shad .1:leen sofull of - ups and
doting; had served regular hours in Any
sedentartregOlar employment under -orders
for. 'one day longer than was absolutely
nec
for
to
th
110-84t get-hina_ his bread.. Necessary
ery daily bread it hadsometimes bees
Lim; and then .he had bent si:lentl
yoke,,but[?id oast ADC!, . ex.
gazed at him until
expense. Roy. Wise Christiana, she never did,
tel bad
tory tradenever h: 4,inever.
r)1be would tte
d leik;etco.abisofyuOf crileitY elthongb
sink d
, could, like Glettcalio„ and
•'
: eiePm ed wherrle Lted.a time Mr his deper
o -
she „regretted that he Would
Wai
pa utd be their
th
couldyou? hew yeu?" and
-0- hiiret into 'tears. "'Why; My
-What's the rctai-f,er now ?"- asked he,
ed to atbisd-ground be
that 'she kneW. his "1
,
OSe you too-ook la the towewri test
Wkeheeobbid.- don't know whet
niy dear," -ge.id he, now -as pale
-nopst. -" Ton den't?",replied his wife;
:nap. s. I ,;suppose you didn't write
'viand she preiented.td him the note
'DI written .te his. friend, and which
h411.boy had . delivered at No. 184
of No. 204. IletOld his friend the.
ri4y -010,t.whe-n he -started, mit agein td
.rebusineee trip into the country he'd -
take his wife witb.hitn.
ie osani .axi
Luloin
itv..iothre.-him,.and elle w
pfit.
The `nlebe begets tired ef .
:western „habits added, griinlY.
pondentYlencairn, not havibg been
where t 4 0 many earii, Was -,:in n
train, a y to leave -jt, although h
her load' for greet cities. Duringthe - Visit -
her we. Ch., bird of passage though _ be was,
reache load SOffle inonths-he -sew great deal _.
ti
had-broPulte Mayburne,7and. concei ed ther
side of t usual preference for him, f r _ rale
at Hulk society of young : men Ws, to h re an.
per lo earable infliction.- But th you . fel-
prop.o . s -kindness to -- Lull. (wk. 88 oh ldish
the -to ttifiess 'pleased his' -artieti ' eye " and. ,
familiteaose childish affection for biros It tared
tationt0 youthful vanity) Was.. gr ti ying to
' -5/yal'a father. A kind of iniii stoy, 106 .-.
41.thim'Aqual and superficial to bear e title -of :
DVrt 00earor kr:. hot
Said -
I t
li
istiSpencer, wile - has for the second
jicome LordLiaterlantofIrelan&bas
i Med to stick to his pest, and -faithi
deavor to de his duty in the trying
stances, notwithstanding the del-.
, and nntimely removal of the Chief .
fader' Secretaries. The noble Earl is
nix -Of his line, and has for it deeigne-
riie name of . John Toynta_. - resh,
,ereitorit in.,1836.;-, direering in =dee:a:bon.,
looking net 'unlike ea ' large- white - rabbit,
frisking r; on the -green grass. Lull was
:watching her pet's evolutions with great ;selves with shoji* and laughter and -much .
interest andachniration, Whena sandy deg popping' :Of ginger -beer and peeling i.of .
-of Bohemian aspect, sainewhatlarger than orangesbnt. roundthe lane* • -14 fields, .
carefully -combed and cleaned, snowy white which Were comparatively quiet. .. .
Jack, advenbed to the .assault; 'laid disre- . '. -„ On all Hampstead Heath I don't suppose
speedo' illtil: riavte on -Jack's- sleek and there is any more Oddly assorted trio than . .
spotless white •shoulder, and attempted to We are." Glenbairii observed, 48 --he disin..........
seize taint by the ear. - . -. J._.: tarred a cold Sausage end'a French till -
. 'La flew to the rescue, tuid tried to -catch . from the tecepass of a brown pgjaer parcel; -
her favorite t_dp in . her. arms. The other " Lull„.why don't you run and :play with .
.dog. net approving of this interference; those _little 'girls- over there? Duke, my
:snapped at her hand: - - , boy, there a,itioro.e.kindredsoulit fpr you- --
" Did he bite you ?" talked Glenostirii. why dantt you -join them -2" i tdicathig a
. "Only a. tbrittchi"-she . said, startled, and quartette of , young Men intheir. Sunday
looking half inchned:to cry. - array,. many -colored as -Soil* .'s • et. /in
. "
"Which Wag,it bit ypn?.: .- regard to their rties and gloves who were -
"• That natty yellow doreplied Luh. - singing a popular air in chorus with great .,
- Glenoaitutpinilied the white dog to one satisfaction to t eineelv and apparently
side, and. kicked the unfortunate yellow deg. . with: truth, as they War ' asisertingthat•
With a force- that flung it several yards : "Jolly doge were they 1-1, '
away, where it fell •fielpleas, With a hOW1 of a Thanks; I, "a.m quite happy
pain, and lay yelping loudly- - - . . " youare not in hurry to get
' Thi-Dlisees,Petter uttered little.40PiemOt responded Duke. "1- - don't,
Glencairg- turned Ani4 *diked Stfitight„ on want to he -s„ 'jolly dog,'. and l '
his. way. ; `. Luli, very Vale, her .40 quiteof those -sandwiches."
white, fr-Weatid.into abisiluteipaSeiVeliet,' -. "Ram Sandwiches," observed ElienCaitn,
followed her father tremblingly for a Stef. mthenonventiOnalBritightraveller's.refresh-
or two; then the -piteous -cries 'Of the dog Tent, telected- probably -because the least -
became -iiitit'e ', than she ' Onttl&.:bbiti4, 76We 'Satisfying, . least: refreshiog,. And alto -
stood still, iota bitter teeiei and sob- gether most objectionable and * convenient -
bed outi: A "1 .',' • ',' 4 '• ; - '-' . ' '-'. 7 . Meal for. travelling. Now frnit , hocolate
"Oh, the poordog tr-. :,.- -.JC: -Look here, did I ever tell :yen lics*,:When -
"Why, it bit you," Said Gleneairn,.prag- I Was in the South Sealelands " - -
' (To he continued.) .
"But it's hUrt17-ohl :it's- :".11"firt: .POOr
thing-thark t -Iiimititt".- And Loft stopped
-up her care' with : two '. fingers and gobbed -
More' loudly. ' r ' 1. ' 7, ' : '.
• 4-4" Qome. along; donlory,", said GIOsidairn,
.tiiii-Eg 4brift 40,hd.- He-stibke'' 3/4:4 .iit all
harghlyiiihdeedViite'sently ; butthochild
felt he was not to be disobeyed, and let him
lead her along, away from the victim,
,,
whosepiteons howls fell fainter and fainter The Pope. has a handsome- y ung !dice,
On her ears. ' - - , . Anna Pecoi-,..- now . Earehesa an 1, for:
. .
er t" Miss
in London
immediate
had little
ndship, arose between the n- and the .
i
; and became- * frequent occurrence -
,... Duke to. join -Glencairn- an little Luli -
their: Sunday -"outings." Gletandra
i
ways- took I,ult- Put on a '.Sutidity-4-• -
metimes for a long dr've in e country, , • ,
settistimes on an excur
fa's rovr.on the river,. a
ble at Hampstead,. no .; op
.where the hOliday.makers dis
s eoram-
e Heath,
rted thein;::
as I am, if •
rid of Me,"
articularly
o wantane
-
The original "Little Liver Pills " are
Dr. Pierce's "Pleethint Purgati e Pellets,"
and are extensively = imitated. They cure
sick and bilibus headache.. Private Gov-
ernrnent stamp with Dr. Pierces signature
and portrait mark the genuine. By
druggists:
- Ltdi relnotantly allowed herself to be whom he himself performed tiiemariage
led to the gate of the -perk; but there she ceremony in the Vatican the other day. - • .
•