The Sentinel, 1882-07-28, Page 6•
jjle • Ofted, Cheer. "
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'1T RL menuF. menu'
Bedgeodebeer, oh, sorrowing tkini
Though tempetttossed the billow-81NA
• Be not Stoat
:Ballot the tranquilitieg, cry
'ROA. 0."„er theatorrayWave, "It is
Be of good cheer—
.;3111Ven though -the furnace fires burn high-, 0
ilttitaenibraglathy fainting.spirit lie, • .
Be not afraid! ,
The,predions• arms:of love will thee enfold,
Ths crucible refines the purest gold, ,
. Be of good cheer •
"-Earth bath ne suffering that Ho canuotfeel,
No darkness where Hie tight is not revealed.
- • •.,4• Be not afraid. •
`Or delibtRiatender,i0ving care, •
Hit presence shall go with you everywhere. -
t Be of good cheer. "
• Fiera we may learn. to know His holy will,
What() the angry waves cries," Peace, be still 1"
Be not afraid !
There we shall! see Hissniiling face
Illumined, with inimitable grace.
1 Beef goodcheer r
;Then -shall we fail to answerHis bequest.?
Or doubt the wisdom of the sweat request?
Be not afraid• t
. Resting with faith upon His holy word,
•Slimmedd inclolabt. eyour mestere:091m Lord,
Be ot. good- cheer!
• not leave you comfortless," ah, not
When the fierce furnace fires burn low,
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Benotafraid'
• From out.theirashes.„-Phonixaike shall rise
A. purer temple fitted for the skies.
Bectgood.cheert •
• :Life's Mystery.
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Deka smiles hie usual frank, bright snfiile,
as the little cloud of annoyance melte
away; and from Luli' fee& the reflected
shadow passes in an instant. .
• "As -a last resiource When the timehangs
too heavy, we: Might try a round of kiee-
in-the-ring," he suggests. . .
' ," With the laudable view of astonishing
the natives," obeervea Luli, merrily, glanc-
ing at a group of Italians near, who return
-the complimeot by staring hardat the
English trio. " Duke'ttobieff notion is -always
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to astonish the attires in some way." -
"Except at tretat, where the natives.
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used. to astonish i us. Do you remember our
fat friendwho always bounded so high in
the,Boncle Pr remarks Duke.
"I always used to yearn in. My heart to
join the circle," She replies, smiling happily
"What shall I sing?"' she responds cora:
pliantly. - • ' •
"Somenf my old faVorite ballads'. You
:know what I like."
"I Ought to know by this time," replies
Luli with a glad peaceful smile.
So- she singe the deliciousold ballad of..
" GreensIeveer," andfollowsit up With
Since fink/ saw your faeeIresolVeil
• To honor and renown yon.
eHr v�ice- is of no - remakable quality,
but .clear, sweet, .and flexible; and there -
is soinething of fresh 'simplicity in her
accent. and style that suits well with the
simple belted she sings. There is a sym-
pathetic quality in he voice, as in all her
; and she lingers with a dreainy
'sadness on the fine's, •-
What?, I that loved and you that liked
shall we begin to wrangle.? -
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a sadnessthat is ally dreamy and not
• bitter. because the sentiment does not
f come Immo to her at all. Will it ever
strike home tobtr heart?. .To matt Mortal
heart's it strikes horciesomeday with a. blote•-
Only too sureandtrue.
• I thatleled and you that liked
- It is the heart -history of half the world.
Puke's eyes reluctantly, covertly' seek
Zora's facet mid fia there in Spite of his
will.
ow '.'1oVeiy she lookirin the Ns-t0rm golden
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-haze of the sunset light,droOpte„ languidly,
-gracefully as the dew -laden cup of e garden
egainst the red cushions piled at the
side of the boat, one hand trailing in the
water, her ayes fixed on-Luli with some-
thing of the same reluetant yet fixed and
. fascinated- look that Duke turns upon her.
She is listening to Luli's fresh, clear
since; looking on Luli's •calni, lair face,
with ar strange stirandtirault at her heart
that is in contrast with. the serenity of the
closing day and the cloudless sky and'the
peaceful lake wherein the oars dip softly
and 'slowly now. Music and sunset and
beauty affect her impressionable nature ;-
they seem to throw a light into theinmost
places of her heart, bring out each !secret
and Confused and latent feeling Vivid and
distinct, mingled and yet conflicting as
they are. •
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She sees Duke and Lulitogether, belong-
ing to each other as they were when she
taw theta first, and wonders if she has come
between th,etti now, or if this is the reality,
and -his fancy for her the dream? The
• 'thought that she has stolen -unsuspected'
between those two stabs her with Anima,.
veiling and .fruitless sell -reproach; • the
doubt whether after all this new romance
will not -melt. away like a snow -flake from
his heart under the unquenched steady
.light of the old love wounds her yet.dOeper
with the keen knife of jealousy:. Then as
she is censcions of his gate, conscious,
at the reininiscenCe.
Zara soon returns, too mu& •:out • of
breath with her run to peak but her sweet
face radiant with its sweetest smile as, she
, bands Lull a scarlet.shawl. • though- her eyes never turn toward him, of
"1 brought 4 to mateh the flag of thethe expression with Which his fix on her,
boat," she says, as soon as she recovers her -
it flatter of the Vanity that lies at the root
speech, and proceeds - to deprecate Luli's
of all-Woriaan's cruelty to each other stirs
thanks, and foldithe shawl -about her s hsu I.
ders. - 1 - . her spirit with a delight that yet dares not
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"You:. are. t4 good, Zora; i wish you triumph,. The instinct of rivalry, the.
would. not spoil eto r I seem to be awaye
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taking advants,g of your kindness in some
way,"- Lull res onds affectionately ; and
Zora, always madest and sensitive blushes
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- at the compliment. - •
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They settle ' eroselves in the boat, and
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push off at last„ Duke, whOis not exempt
, frorn the besetting weakness of the nine-
teenth-century Englishman, takes out his
fusee -box and lights a cigar. The boatman
- ' is picturesque in a loose snow-white blouse,
left open across hi brown chest; -lie has a
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brovin handsomeface,from which' his vivid
-black Italian eyes flesh up beneath arched
brows,
',Every .Italian leaks to Me like the
Wicked hero of a novel,' observes Hate
regarding him with an air .of impartial
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eriticism. "The good heroes are blonde.
I am not-lcomplialenting the present com-
pany!" she adds, turning to Duke, "for.
you are net half blonde enough." •
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fading flre,'! and' flush . the fair cheek -they
rest upotiwith an addecVglOw: •
They walk up toward the Ville together.
soaiably, and sit down on the terrace to
admire the last of the sunset, and to wait
for Mr. and 2dre.,, Craven. •
"It was so lovely on: the lake to -night,
papa, observes Luli; I do Wish you had
been with us 1" ,
Zora cannot eche this wish,- but:: She
smile e at Glenoairn in a modest- propitia-
tory way. He ' does not `respond to the
-smile; he has a certain mistrust of: Zora
always.i . • . , • •
"Do you remember our Upset on the
Thames?" &Ski -Duke,who is lazily count-
ing over the contents of his -cigar -.case,
and lounging comfortably back. on a big
stone bench. ' • ' -
"I am not likely to forget it, though I
should not think that you could remember
much about it. YOu did not tied yourself
.being holed up the bank,". returns
tightly: -• • ;
• "4o, Ihadn't the treat ef that et:motet:1e.
My recollections of the event are chiefly of
brandy and blankets. I have had ail aver-
sion from brandy ever since." --
"How. I wish I had been there! I•do
love adventures! 'What fun it -must have
been!" exclaims Kate. .• • -
"Well, I suppose there was ..a• gotta deal
ofliin in it,' 'admits Duke, but with some
demur, as he cheeses and picks out the
fattest Oigarat -last. "But it would have
turned out the very last joke I should have
had an opportunity of enjoying, if it had •
not beep for Gle.ncairit." • .
" Yeu were a good iveight to pill up,
certainly," Glencairp observes: . :Then he
adds to hirrieelf, in his heart, but With rine
momentary glance that would have half
expressed his thought, had any one of the
party been observing his face, ,
left it lingering in his, but diknoteeniply
with his request. :
"No, no,' she said, Sweetly and gaily, in
the Subdued- half -whisper they had spoken
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in all along yen must enjoy its loveliness
alone; and if you Want &nightingale,: yeti
must* whistle yourself a tune 1".
"-You little witch I" he said. "Do you
know, Zora, no nightingale's note, ever
sounded so sweet as your voice on the
water this evening? I half Wish you bad.
not sling I" .
" Why?" she breathed, softly'.
"Because I - eannot forget it. .. It was
haunting only now—just now, when I
saw you coming down the steps.- - Was it
because I was thinking. of you that some
infliience -drew yotrout to me?" • •
" I must go now,", Zero responded, ear-
nestly and half entreatingly, looking up at
him in the Mello* blending of - moon and
starlight, and reluctantly, making
a faint effort to (irate: her band from his
_ .!‘ gnst -you ?"- he anSwered,.,regretfally,
detaiuing the soft little fingers in his.
"1 must indeed: My candle was flicker,
Mg very low, -it-ficr I shall only eatch the
last quarter elan iech of it as it is," she
replied-, staffing, "so good eight,", - Her
voice softened and liugered on the word. .
"Good night, my darling," he said—and
stooped and kissed her, wiforenddee and
unrepuised. - • -
-So they parted, and Zarb, found. her
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candle at its last gasp, and had -,barely
dolled the windows -drawn the curtains
before it sputtered and flickered, and was
no more, so that she •had to perform the
unmaking her toilet: groping about the
apartment in the dar,k ; and when she lay:
down did not sleep till nearly dawn, the
feverish fluttering of her 'heart searing_
Nature's Soft nurse away.
" Sonietimes I. think the day may canoe - The morning zaine; and waxed .to day
when I shall wish to God that Iliad left and waned to night; and new days and
you at the bottom cif the:rival" .nights coming :and geting found. and left
CHAI"T4R 'villa. Both Duke a,nd 'Zap, found their
• Ob, I have gotten two hounds, fair knight,' meetings difficult to procure, se-- difficult
.The one has served we weel, that they . were indiscreet enough to allow
But the other juat an hour agone themselves.to be driven to communicate by
Has corae from.over sea,
And all his fell is sleek and tine - letter. They. hit :upon a convenient and
•.But little he knows of mel safe method for the tranifer of letters by
Now which Shell I let go, fair knight, the simple plan of fixing upon itgiven spot
And which shall bide with me ?
• .-lionnis: Of concealment. Chance favored their
meeting- soreetimes, and • crossed them-
._ . The silence of a 'calm autumn Midnight
had sunk down softly,over all the teed, and
even the trees soercely whispered their
steee,. the pale rays of the moon beganto
creep through the -still branches and trici3
bright lines =esti the marble terrace and
touch with faint fair. light the half -hidden
-statues.
things.ueehenged aniongst .thepartyat the
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• Zora was at her window, wakeful, rest
less; she 'had -drawn aside the curtain, and
regardless that the time was flying and the
candle flickering lower and lower, sat gazing
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out hitt, the eight.
The night was . so still and -serene, it
seemed to calm and tranquilize her heart
the cool seft air was a balm to herbrow as
universal woman's instmot, evil in its 1 the- sat there, lost, in • it waking dream,
wondering ---how long ago was it that she.
elementary form, evil in its subtle devel-
opments, which. Yet because it is so ttni- came here? how long since she saw Duke
Mayburne first?
versaI we alt strivie to veil in the fairest.
drapery, arises in er. . Ile filled the. scope of her life so com-
pletely now that it was strange and limpos-
When Kate inqpires,. in ti, casual way,
Bible to -realize that half a year ago • she
"Do You eVersing now, Zora?" she answers,
had not known him, that a month ago he
softly. -"Not Often ; but I do try some-
timee." . . . was nothing to her but "Miss Glencairii's
I did: not know you sang; doping, Miss fiancee." Her heart had lain still as a dark
sealed fountain, until- under - his look the
Brown," entreats Duke courteously, but
seal had melted, broken, end the Prisoried-
being careful not to seem toe eager.
"But . power burst forth -in its. unrestrained,
Kate- and La. echo the request.
,did not. the dcictor forbid you to sing 7" unguided passion. It seemed to have
adds -Kate; with an 'after -thought. - sprung se qiiickly, arisen so suddenly, yet
" TO exert my voice at all,: yes; but one since it arose it seemed an eternity. - Was
song does not exert it, and I often sing a it Only a week, but barely a. week. ago
little." ' - since, in the garden in the shadow of the
acacia trees, he had spoken his first words
- "Sing that old song Of yours, that begins
of open love to her, and -.forgotten his elle-
like this; the unpublished song mt. Glen -
,Kate,
cairn was 'asking about " demands 'glance in their first kiss Between that
hour and now there seemed to lle..a life -
humming the opening :bars of the Melody..
ruk sorry you clout consider me lamJ And Zara sings the requested song.
enough, to be virtuous: We: some eqmfortj 0.-gole..ori aureole of hairt•.
0 passidniess palefate 1 •
• From.outthe darkening shadows there
• 'Thine image shines apade,
And in- these moonlit waters fair .
DIY Shadowy ghcist I trace.
• 'Tis -where -the rosy sea flower blows. •
Thestrange fishcurveand slide,
Where the aeep-Sea cora/ grows - •
Beneath all wave or tide,
The gold hair's gold untarnished flows
The fioviing weed beside.
What day shalt all the dead arise
' Whose monnIit waves closed O'er?
When shall my dead who with thein lies -
Come livel'and. love °nee more?
- what hour shall to these exiled eyes
Their lost—their homerestere
The melody is sweet, sed and simple,with
no unexpected turns or trillarbio bard and
there the surprise ofs. minor note—a.
Melody which sounds- easy topatch, but to
which it is difficult to do justice; there is a
rhythraioar swing like that of the pew -wives
MAL • Zora's voice, expression and style do
justice to it. Hervoide would be as. striking
a: charm aa her lace were it only .:9; little
stronger, or had she the physical streeffili
to exert it to its full poWer. It has a rich,
rare sweetness, Warm and southern as her
eyes; not the sweetness of the early violets
- and the late primroses that nestle in the
English hedge -tows in April, but the sweet,
to reflect that You don't think .me quite
dark enough to be wicked." •
. " Do you think he atrikee the happy
medium, Hate, between too insipid Virtue
and too_ picturesque vice?" inquires Lull.
i Duke feels an uncomfortatble secret con-
sciousness that this• random shaft probably
hits the bull's eye. , _ -
"1 don't like happy mediums; and I
decidedly prefer picturesque vice to insipid
- virtue," asserts :ate, boldly.
"Well, Wass Craven,' Will try and satisfy
you! • What- shell be My first crime?",
responds:Duke. • - • •
that if personal ttractions were likely to idea occurs both to Lull, and Zori,
weigh withanenlightened jury, and more
especially if that jury were formed of the
• fairer sex, Doke would atand a very good
chance Of acquitter on moat indictments•
possible to be brought against.hirn. He is
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as perfect a picture n-' his style as the
brown -faced boatman is in an opposite one.
The are looking very pretty, one
and all, to -day--; And the contrast between
.-the two blue-eyed blondes and Zora's warm
darkness of hair and eyes serves. rather to
heighten each beauty than to -throw any
one into an eclipse. . .
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It is dayloght, though the Bun it near his ness of thesouthern.flowers whose rich and
setting; ti ewarther mellower rays preceding
stut-set are stilt so- bright, the Water so
clear' and oam, 'that- they can count the
Bales that dirt aside, swift and silent like
etutions shadows, as the boat glides along._
Other pleasure -boats are out at this place
balmy scent loeds_ the Italian air in sultry
August. There is a tender thrill,s passion-
ate tremolo in those low, soft contralto
tones, which -pushed to an extreme Might
'become a fault, but as it is only adds a
charm. - . . .
and hour ; a boat full pf pale pretty, Hate and. Lull. become enthusiastic itt
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American•girls whose clear laugh rings out their approbation of her voice and her
Over the water; 0, boat full of Italian gen- song; the one Butts the other so perfectly,
tlemen, who are 'evidently acquainted with
the American party, and, who can boast as
much- acquaintance also with thecEliglish
party as is constituted by one meeting in
theydeelare. "And what apity that shemust
not sing oftenormuch!" Duke says only,
with formal politeness, Thank you; -.a
very pretty melody e, but Zen, meets his
Coma Cathedra. These gentlemen how look full for one brief , moment,: and needs
graCefiilly,. and are evidently. for -a. time
divided betweenthe two attractions .of
Transatlantic and Saxon beauty; eventually
the former Wine' the day, and the Italiart
. boat glides quickly itt. the wake Of the
American beat, whichfirst coquettishly'
shoots- ahead, and then relentingly rests on
its oars.. .
".Thank- goodness.thcae -fellows have
reedel their &One I" ejaculates. • Duke
knaeliing the *Wioff his cigar With lazy
satisfaction. c‘rtvasafraid the :attractione
of the qilondet Anglaises' - would: be
icrineh for then." - •
•The Kin it sinking lower; a redder light
basins -over the western thelOrms of-
thelittle fish darting through theelfeanspa.
rent Witte* are VW:Ptp$,r,po.dows.--
• more difficult number Or dam- .
"Sing to fie, says Duke, arranging
hincutelfmore •comfortably -on his cushions;
It At iinit the h ur for =too," -
no word of compliment, and her heart
throbs and flutters so that she knows. she
0=1(V/sing no More.
Therare back at their landing.place only
too- sOon ; and standing on. the 'shore they
find Glenciurzi waiting for them—tall and
dark,,and grim and silent, like an oiniit'Ous
.shEr.dovi- he seems` to • Zara, While Luli
springs to hiin With a glad and loving smile.
• Zora dreads his grave, 'Penetrating eyes;
shepalesanti blushesbeneath them,' and
rilWayitfeers that they will read her heart.
Shale the list to land, and as Duke helps
her to Step on !here, -12e- -finds a chance of
whispering to as he holdsi her hand,"
""Why have you never sungro mebefore?
Taut voice in echoing in my earstill-"
,ILatten rhapsody to Glencairn abont their
4-lowilY row" coVerit the"whisperland the
sun -Set covers Zora's blush ; for the parting
rays of western light are flooded- with
the last lurid warmth of the orb of "far-off
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time of hope'and terror, of joy and sorrow,
and of bitter, bitter vain regret. -:= •
That night Was BO lovely, and she felt so
wakeful, that it looked like a waste of the
'hotir to lie down and try to sleep, and
shut out the beauty of the moon and star-
light. Her :window ,opened on to the bal-
cony; she stepped out and stood With her
hand on the balustrade, gazing down the
steps that led down to the terrace. The
a,ir, though cool, was net chilly, and her
dress was a warm one. She Would take a
turn on the ;terrace by moonlight, she
thought; and so went slowlyand sonie-
what titnidlY down the steps, irresistibly
attracted by the beautY • of the night, yet,
half treriabling, lest - a bend, ofbrigands
should choose those shady garden -paths.
for a. midnight lurking -place.
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She had descended the stairs ie safety,
and had taken about three steps along the
terrace, when she started with alarm and a
.voine said hastily, "Don't be startled; its
only I," :Just in Unita to prevent a -Stream
from rousing the household. .
"Is it you? Oh; how you frightened me 1".
she answered; a little tremulous With ner-
vousness, itlittle fluttered with relief &baldly
-pleasure as she recognized the terrifying
shadow to be none other_ than Duke:
• "Ani I.such every alarming apparition?"
he asked.
Both of them had spoken instinctively,
in whit Might Setae unnecessarily subdued
voices. • - _ _
"You startled nie. I thOughti did not
think—" She stammered.
"You thought I was a ghost?"
"Ionlyearne out for a minute for p, breath
of air.. Good night,'? she said, in that sby,-
soft, startled way Duke always :found so
Charming. •.
If you would be less ale:On:led if I were
a ghost, please believe:- tee a ghost still.
You would not be hi such a hurry to ritn.
away from a poor harmless wandering
0942" he -responded, lightly but tenderly.
"1 should be in a hurry to rouse the
household and report my own authentio.
ghost story -that is; if I retained royeensis-
enough to de -so.- I Was. just -about to
'make night hideous' with .0, loud. scream,
when you spoke and re -assured me:"
"Pio glad Yeti didn't. :But I had no idea
that you, like me, were given to solitary
midnight wanderings. I always 10 for a.
sinokeand a stroll; but I didn't thinkit
was a feminine habit to brave the dangers
of brigands and bogies !"
It is not zny.hahit. I don't. -know what
possessed me to long for s breath of this
lovely air to -night --having breathed which
breath, r must return," she said, brightly,
'hurriedly,.nioving as if to leave him.
• "Don't .go` yet," he said, entreatingly.
COMA round the garden. _ You haveno
idea how lovely it' is: It only wants a
nightingale to make it perfect."
sometimes. The caution they were corn-
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gelled to Observe irked them, and yet
tended rather to. draw them together than
to drive thenl apart, at difficulty is is likely
to extinguish love as oil poured upon the
fire. Bo often evening after evening i
happened that that first Chance meeting was
repeated, that a, slight figure flitted lightly
down the balcony steps on to the terrace in
the mellow dusk of the starlight, and that
Duke., either starting on, or returning from
his 'usual tete ramble, was not far off.
. SO theywould meet in the breed bets of
shadow on the terrace, and exchange a feiv..
Whispers and .EinEtteh s stolen : kiss, and
perhaps, as with itepunity.they grew more
careless, take a tape -rimed the garden
walks, and Zora Would glancenervously
upatKate's window, which also gave on to
the beloorty, and fancy she saw•Kate's cur
ctain mew, or that she heard somebody cell
her, and would fly like a frightened deer
Up the Marble steps, and ',Would flash in at
her. &pm open window swifts,nd silent :as a
ghost, and sink into her Chair with a last
beating heart—only to run the same risk
again next -evening. - •
Still she did notcease to assert to herself
that these 'meetings should end "ono day,"
and, being:fully conscioee that , they could
end in Only sorrow, and that the longer
that ending' WAS -deferred the harder the
tie would be to -break, she yet could never
muster strength to say, "The end- is nate
and here." - .
AS for Duke, altbough in some wild:
impulses he was ready to. sacrifice all the
world besides . for Zora, and although,' had
she so Chosen, she,could probably .have
availed herself of these moods of passion,
and Worked upon his uncertain and ampul
sive nature to desert Luk for her, yet there
never was a time When in fibril blood and
sober thought Duke contemplated the pessl.
bility of i�osingLuIL e was -.blindly
fascinated by Zora, but he would almost
as soon have cut off hisright hand as have
told Luli that herepented of his engagement
to her and desired to be free. Yet he.
loved Zeta se Much that his heart Was in
a Constant turmoil of centlicting pessiotas;
and over and over again he. :resolved to
give her up, Axid resolved it vain, for in her
presence all : good -resolutions, all scruples
and regrets melted pito air..
: Had he leen :able to take things more
lightly, it •might perhaps have been better
for all. 'Nay, there would have been no
suob conflict ; he -would haveeeeily Obeyed
the injuncition to-
Take the season and' have done; -
-.. Love well the hour, and let it g9
And when the hour had gene he would
have turned placidly back to -Dili. :
' But this passion had Pelted -him with
strength he could not disguise fromhim.
self. It *Ise -ended to hini no „..passing fittay,
but it spell that:could never break. Duke
on the whole, was backward for ininetelath
century young _men of -imagination and
culture, who, by reeding a good deal and by
conversation everi)nore, had becoine fairly
imbued with the spirit. of the age, He was
not emancipated Irani old-fashioned ideas
of constancy, and still • attached some
eiglA(in theory, whether or not he pit it
intopratitice)tathe Obligations of betrothal.
The apdil-of. fen:lily and home hail not lest
its choral for him. He had a mother, had:
'once had *MOO; and had spent his boyhood
hi the happiest, purest, and healthiest of
-English .boines. In the Maybigne family,
husbands and wit/se—nay; even affianced
lovers—were not in -the habit of eetering,
into secret Platonic' roinanbes with ettrac.
tive members af the opposite sex. -
; So that, although he had read many
eloquent refutations of the idea of fidelity
to one object being „ true love's.: law; -
although he ws's well :acquainted with the
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doctrine that .
True love in this differs from goldan clay—
That to divide is.not to take away,
and that '
Narrow .
The heart that loves,.the brain that contemplates,
The life that Wears, the.spirit that creates
One object =clone form, and builds thereby .
A sepulchre for -its eternity— -
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yet still the ocinViotion- that fidelity wasA
weakness had never really reached -him ;
on :the - rad theories Of hiti early days
clung -about' him,. although itt practice he
let them drift; still the 'simple creed of One
man's love for one woman seemed to him
' He had taken her hand as he spoke; she 1the law of true harmony and happiness:;
and instead:I-Of admiring himtielfforthe ;
.freedontieithwhiCh; in 'defiance of OA old.
*004 oreed,_bia heart - had turned totZo a,
he was wroth with 'himself for l2eing lcd '
:away from his faith. - . 4. • -
Of ccittree. he ..:tifteit resorted, in s&f.
Venn; btecif'6:hee . 4. le tr itbhUttial of t•i°t7:f c.t4. - •
age tonds toward a breaking of all :Shear s, -
an ethanoipationtrotnall tiine-worn prei
dices;' that it ba ever been as impessi e-, .
to confine :love by '10,W as ,to enchain t e
winds; •that to expect a man's -fancy r
to rove, _his heart to hold but one id I
was: to expect his imagination to be
tame, . nature . a - narrow ene--a
finally, that, it 'any • rate so long aa he.* s•
practically true to Luli, and Spared h
sensitive feelings fret' any pang, she W. a-
le no_ way_aggrie.vcd: But, in spite of
rthese pleas, that - he brought - forward : • n
answer to the indictment of..conseience
in spite- of -allthe plausibilitie,s of teaponi
the old hOrpeLereed held its influence -
and he cidiiid never 'convince himself th t, .
)ie.would he a• better • and haPpier. m. n -
through -laving two women than loving a
as the one -whom he had lov' d _
and Oilmen first front- out of the Wor
and to whorl* he: had Plighted - hi61091f f .
bus own- free _ will, was as i/MOBBOt Of I
modern enlighteenientsee love, and oft
improved and emancipating doctrines
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the day, as it she- had been Still: a child.
: Perhaps the ,sorest trial' to him was t e
being forced to set a daily lie itt Luli's pr
Fence, for Luli's -Bike. She Was 'Be lovel
so pure, go :gentle,. he *Dela rather ha, e
sacrificed- himselfin any way than Wounde
her tender -heart: He as easily e
-struck her an actual. brutal blow as ha
looked in her faCeand told her helee,
another. Atia,Alto all, of these two co -
flicting-feelinge;:whiCh was the trtestlova?
The constant disturbance of, mind, .t
leierieli-unrest--he was enduring, began t.
tell... upon his spirits; his moods. becant
more -fitful,- his geyety more forced. : j
" HoW.pele you are to=day,...dear !. -At
you not Well - asked: Luli, itt. her sof,
caressing aoceute one afternoon as they s t
by the lake..
"Well? yes; quite !" he responde
mere; petulantly than he was inthehali t
:of addressing :her. Luli .glanced- up ha f
Surprised, -with a woupded leek, then h
eyes sank,„ and- she slowly palled the petit s
. oft Sflower, Duke feltthathehad spek
pettishly,, but added explanation .rath
likely to irritate then to Soothe. “.I ha
tobe noticed." • .
Luli's- sensitive lips quivered t‘ her Cal
rose; and for just one Moment- it hung t
the balance whether she • would acceptt
. .• - -
challenge.And rise -tinned for battle, or .r
:the unintentionally throWngiove lie Man
tiCed as it had been. hastily and careless
.flung. At the end of .a Moment or sti,
hala,nee-- turned. . To his gloomy 4..1 he
to, be noticed." she answered, Th
youshall not be noticed," and
him with -a-belf tiniid coaxing smile.
- ..• To be continued. • •
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-Tho Otwava Etnik CuTe ..t 014 Age.
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L. Lanier hasrecently been -engaged n
the -comparative . of human fat t
differetit ages. Ile finde that infant fat, sr -
harder than that of 'adults or old men, th t - •
Aber° are oil globules in our fat but none
that -of babies; the -.microscope shows 0 e
or twooil globules., and fat Celli; of t e
infant contain no globules, and nearly eve y -
cell containsfat crystals. " Infant t
forms a homogeneous, white; . solid, tell()
like Mass and melts 0.45 0 0,:" while ad it
tat Standing in a Warm, room eepare s
into layers; the lighter and larger- is a
transparent yellow -.liquid which eoliclifl p
below the freezing point of water; the low
layer is agranular- crystalline Mass nie t-
ing at 360 -:C.• .•Infant fat_ cOtitalne 611 5
per cent. of oleic acid, adult fat 89;
Intent fat contains 28.97 per Cent. of pal
itic add, .against.8..I6 -in the adult, and 3.. 8.
of'steerio. acid against 2.-04: .4 These :hitt
the palmitio and steatic ,acide,are tie
herder andlesi-fesible, while the oleic aci
is the Softer and more -fusible constituent
Offats, t • -
Na attempt ismade to explain the reason
of these differences or to - suggest aily
means .by . which we - -may rehardeti
repaltnitiae our fat; and thus :regain otr
infantelnibbiness.
. Old age DA evidently ...due to changes, f
this: kind, not only of the fat, but Alto •:et
the other Materials of the body: , The first
step teward:the discovery: of the elixir of
life, the "aurum potabile " of the
alchemist, is determinethenaturejof
these changes, the next to ascertain th ir
causes, and then to remove -them, If;
. we are's° often told, there can be noeffeob
without it cause, there must be causes
the_orgeptc Changes constituting decay and •
Old age. Remove these and we live for. •
ever. ;The theory is beantifully simple •
OeptIcvnan's Mugatine.-
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• New Ocean Otestashli,
Messrs, John Elder le Co:'of Glasgow,
are blinding for the Guion. Line
another steamship which Will he called the
Oregon. Messrs. Elder It Co. huilt. the
Alaska (for the same company) -which has
Made the fastest time on reeord in cross.
mg the Atlantio, and has 'nada, as cell! •
treated far a speed of eighteen knots an
hour. She has 54 furnaces. The Oregon.
will have 72 furnitcegi, and. a speed. of .
twenty knots an hour is guaranteed by the. -
-1714aItbblrses.:-be"-ep f;;;;;:id that -German soldiers .1,4(
itt the third -year Of 'their service Havre 0,
much higher Vitality :than rivi 'recruits.
The mortality anabeg third -year Men is 88'
per cent. lower than among second -year
Ine:viancidiN among the he I.:att.:4.3.i 34, per cent.
lower than a .mong.reeruits in the first yeur
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Lyttbfisotberd, a son zakthe--71ete E.
his father's parts
English townswith a vie* -to master
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them for an A out •
fNS!IXTTYTfON iitiAigelSfi4D -1874
iTtavouti DEBILITY, Rheumatism,: L e
1Back eferfiglIreirInpernia
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nentry_cured • by Using these BELTS, BAND
AND INSOLES- • -
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