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POET
To -airs, Carlyle.
I Impel:cad your glorious letters,
Where you threw aside all fetters, '
Spoke your thoughts aud mind out freely, in
your own delightful Style;
. And I fear ray state's alarming,
• For theso pages are so charming,
That my heart, I lay before you--talte
Jeannie Welsh Carlyle.
Ancl I sit' b,ere thinking, thinking
• How .your life'was onc, long winkihg
At poor Thomasrfaults and failings, and his
undue share ot bile!
' *Won't yeti own, deal:just between us,
That this living with a genius
Isn't, after all, so pleasant -is it,
Jeannie Welsh Carlyle? ,
There was -nothing that's demeaning
In those frequent thane of cleaning, - _
When you. scoured and serubbed andhanainered,
^in such true housewifelYstyle; •
And those charming teas and dinners',
' Gracec1 by clever samta and sinners, I
Make me long to nave been present -with you,
Jeannie Welsh Carlyle. ; •
Howyou fought with doge and. chickens,
Flaying young women, and the dickens'
Knows what else; you stilled all racket, that
. might Thomas' sleep beguile;
• How you,wrestled with the taxes,
How you (4round T. Carlyle's axes,
Making_him the more dependent on you-.
Jeannie Welsh CarlDe•
Through Wall from every quezter .
Gleams, like sunshine on the water,
Your quick sense of fun and humor, and your
bright, bewitching smile; .
-And I,own, I fairly revel ,
• In the way that you say "devil,"
•'Nis so terse. so very vigorousso ;like'
' -Jeannie Welsh Carlyle.
All the thne, say, were You Missing ..
- Just a little -love and kissing-, •
Silly things, that veil, to lightenmany a. weary,
Never a word You say to allow it;
• ' We maLguess, but never know it;
' You. went saTetly on without it -loyal
•• Jeanhie Welsh!
Brie -a -Brae," in,2Toveniber "century.
. II Want To llittow.
There aro several littlo thiugs -
That1 inuch.should like tolnow ;
On what bonesslo angel's Whigs
Sprout when it is time to grow? -
On a mortal's shoulder bladei
For wings there's no Provision made.
- Why do wOnierron-the-floca
Sit while taking off their shoes ?
Chair ors,!fe, they ignore, .;
• And the floor they always chooSe,......
It is reallY'very strange ; , •
' 'Beyond:nay conaprehe.nsion'srange.' .
Wh3r. de Men who grudge a quarter -
To their w4vesler things they -need .
Let their wealth go free as water -
• - For a docktail-.or aweecl---
Fcir themselves, and feel quite proud .
• In standing treat for all the crowd " ?
. • , -
-A•Whydo Women who are fat, ;
' _Who upprt a:streetcar ride, •
By pieltingont the!crowded Bide ?
For they do ; they always do
'Why, I cannot tell; can you ;?' .
Hew is this A fish in water,
five ounees;- when it's captured
Fully threeipcainds and a quarter
Is ire 'weiglat:;.for,, quite enraptured,
'Such it is, the angler cries, .
And -a fisher(neVe'r 1ie.s . -
\
Whoa the, stings shining brightly,
And shows the; time is halfipast.ten,
-Tell mo sonaoone. tell me rightly,
. The hour by a 6,1,O1Le watch then'?
' Any .where from- twelve to six; if
. as noar aS one can fix'it. ••. '
1r. Grip, please, if you can, sir, ,
To those questions givean-answer. .
. , , • ,
• ' • ; ;Swiz fiL Grip.
• Et lpeneal Wheat. -•
We' bent to -day O'er a coffined feral; •
And our tears fell softly down. ,
We moked our last on the aged face,
Withits_loolt of:peace, its patientgrade, '
And hair like a silver crown. ;
' •.
We touched our Own td the clay ceid narids,
FrornIfte's.long labor at rest;
Andamong the blosSoms white and sweet
We noteda buficla of golden wheat- ;;
' Clasped oloe to the `silent breast. :,
•
The bleesonas whispered of fadeless' bloom, '
Of the lanctwhere 'falls-rrolear
But the ripe wheat; told of mil end bare,
Tlae petient waiting,.the trusting Prayer,
• The garnered got,d_of the year. .
We know not what work her hands hact fOund,
What rugged place herfeet ; ;
What °roes was hers, what blackness of night;
We saw but peace, the blossoms White,
And the bench of ripened wheat.
;. old. Biddle
We littlolindw the .thott,ghtS. that swoop, ,
Dich heaving, human breast, •
As on re'stoilSome march! they hear ..
The sounds they onee loved!best.
The cricket with hirshrill" refrain,
The tht:nsh.rtf, close;pf day,• ' • ;
:The cii*1561.1-SVilfgring:in
The bleating far away. ;
partridge drumming on hie log
Tho treo-,toad in his tree; !
...The yellovv-hrtnamer's ffrst Spring, note, '
The MIL of early bee. . •
' •
The inoanic tiwinds, thebeitingraim
; The Sift of 'drifting snow; . !
• All thebe are sounclo that. will bring up
The thoughts of long ago. , ;
• But ig theinall; each pne lint brings'.
$o 6 part oi life's young riddle ;
While none calls backs() manYthim;s
• As ono good, Well -tuned ffddte.
. By bitter pilgrimage he sought to win •
Ttose far di in ,towors that he wouidroaniwithin.
• Through paths of peril, lona with dying 'groans,
rest brakes of treachery, whence the tiger sprung'
C'er.swainps ei.etivy,.where the .ficorpion. stung,
.11is eager foot pressed onward to -attain. .
The luring bourn Of that desSeea-alonutin-
,
Anti there letst, worn Mgitive of fate,
Ho clutched the naighty ciarion the.gate, •
A monient more, and prOud.peal rose, .
The 'towers vrould' rock, the,: portals wbuld
, ' -;
But then, ! °yen thou, soma foreeetanepre:
.foune, _ • , . ,
Ito dropped dead Ore *hisr lips had waked One
HUTTING -TIME, 1
The Month \gas Oetober, the frost lutclicoine
• down, ' i
The Woodlands were scarlet and yellow and
brown ; -
Vie harvests wore gathered, the nights had
• grown chill, -----, , ,,,,,r...., a
But warm was the day on the outh of the hill.
(
Twits there wife. our bagS a (1 olir baskets.'we
And searching the dry leaves Wobusily bent;
The chestnuts were big and the beech.nuts were
small, •!! 1
But both sorti ato welcome to boys in the fall.
An -When, ffifielareilairtii the bright
flame, . • -
Cu eves of lToveinber, with laughter endgame,
The sweetmeats are roasted, wo recollect still
How fine was the day on the south of the hill. '
ONCi. OP ffnE' .1.nasn*'.
• With fingers tired and stiff, !
With muecles Swollen and -Sore,
A maiden stood in a gi•os grain silk,
Viewing her Jersey o'er,•
• Sad, sad, sacl. •
Then wickedly winking ho:' ey• e
She cried aloud, like a lunat,eroad:
put yoti on, or die." !
Stretch, stretch stretch, •
With her tongue Most bittefiiia two,
And etretch, stretch, stretch,• .
Till her head cattle peeping through,
.With indans and sigh:sand tears,
With teara.and. sighs and Moans,
She pawod the air, fell over a chair,
- And filled the romn with groans.
sick,
• Sh'e lay for aweek in bed ;; • 1.
Sick, siolt, , • '
. With a pain that raekod herlhead. ;
While in a closet dark !
The naughty jersey '• • .
• 'Twits telfirte Slikeds,''twas renti'in twaie,
Mid sorry was' the maid.,
HUSBAND'S RELATIONS ;
The People Loved Her Much.
, He is constantly thinking now how good
Dolly is, how generous and gentle, and how
• entirely devoted she has been to hina!
only he oduld have made her -happy If
only money matters had gone straight, and
" his people" had not interfered, and he
had not been given' the opportunity of
letting it appear that his heart had failed!
Even now, desperately as he loves Darragh,
the woman" whose good ;opinion he values
in exact proportion as she despises himfor
what he nthe done, or, allowed to be done -
even now he would marry Deily if he
could I
- Ay, Dolly ifhe could I -the good forbear-
ing, sister, the nobly reliant. girl 1 -Dolly,
who to a, man worthy of a geed wife will
be a perfect one. But it may mit be,
and---
" I have lost.them both," he mutters as
Darragh passes him again, not with averted
eyes this time, but with a look in them
-that.ameangel might give to a sinner who -
has nearly been saved.
The meeting between ,the two girle,at a
later hour -this-daY is Very sweet, though
rather sad. They are -both truthful, and
• they are- both- brave :--accordingly they
face fatats,bovvever Jaard those facts may be
to be faced, at once. -
"It is you he loves, Darragh," Dolly
says ; '" and you are not all the world to
Ic Thynne as you •are to poor Ronald.
Don't be angry with me for pleading for
• " Oh;Dolly ! how we Should both have
loved him it he had kept up to his ,Own
raark," Darragli replies. "As it is, you
pity, and -I--"_ .
"No; yoUr,lon't----;ydu da-31-i-deepise
,Dolly says, Sturdily ;. " and ,yet. yeti are
..Mpreelikely: to do it than r- urn, far .you
'don't • ball -know-- yourself,;eyon....,..oan'.t
imagine 'what a temptation you are ,to
• Man, whereas I do ,know- you; and can bile.%
• gine what you are to him."
,"Dolly, Dolly, do you know, that I'ni the
one -and love • me still 2" .paye Darragh,
with.a s,ob that is eloquent, BO fully does it
speak of her self-reproach about this mat-
-tee -which -is -both -her -glory, and -her shame."
" think 1 must- have -known. it all
• along," Dolly says "but I cOuldn't make
up nay mind to bring it, close to me by -
confessing it, for•J knew how it would. hurt
• fie' all three if °nee I allowed. that Ronald
Could be wrong.", • •
" And he is wrong, So Wroug,.1" •
"And you must, help to set him right,
,Darragh." - .
"So I will -leaven helping -but net in
, the way you 1.ineitn;": the Irish girl says
fervently. • ' ,
CHAPTER. X.X.
CHANGE OF PHELING;
. •
Beforestarting for Ireland, foie that fatal'
Darragh- vvhich has been"the1cahaeof so
much sorrow to her already, Dolly goes to
See and tEr @ay good -by to Reinald's father
and mother. Deeply. as the sorrowe
over the. lose of, Ronald's 'bye, bitterly as.
she deplores her own, proved,- inability,. te
-keep him trip. and fast, she cannot by any
,rneans-nor does. she attempt , to -do it-
detaehfier interest and affection from. the
Pifctekiver family.: Ronald and, Iaerself are
'parted through. foreeof oircuraStances, and
partly. through, what her nature- will riot
allow to ,be Ronald's fault.. But shehas
no 'feeling -of -indignation, or resentment,
.1,01. even embarrassment .cioncerning, him,
eisad consequently she has none concerning
hie family. !To her the brolleuengagernett
is a sUbject of .deep. pain, but she regards it
.as :being irremediable as death,- and; like'
des,tli; there IS 'about it neither. disgrace
•,nor dishonor; nothing but pure sadness.
This being the cage; ',she goes to the
'Mackivers without hesitation oe doubt, and
Jrceseives.a-a+-chill."2-.• • •
Poor girl, her heart is sore for ,bar own
sorrows endlor the sorrows of others, for
by this time;she-is-penscious-ofeand_keenly_
alive to, the oomplicatOns which' have
'arisen in her brother's 'affairs ; conse-
quently sheis peculiarly liable to receive a
Chill that is not -designed for her.
Mary,:tlae braise., strong' sister, meets her
heartilyne ever,: ewithout any Of that.
'aggressive hear ti Rees whiehis mean t to show
the one for.' whom it is .displayed that!
special call'is.felt.to -dhow itebur•hopestly,
,with -the same intentien and e:err:fission as
,laiLve always been in.fier hezirt.and mind
,for-Dollyrs , ' ' ss:VP`a
In his ineter's estimation Ronald's cen.
:ductis pitiful: That he should have shown
himself. rio-W-eak and wavering to the'giat
who loves him doette to eompsl, ..her ,to
'release him is.a. fault and a folly for.which
'Maitylditokiver can find no exeuee, and has
isearcely any toleration. If the young pair
had agreed, .to separate for a time, to defer
their marriage but still keen the betrothed
'Yews; until ench time as Dolly's fortune
could be restored , to her,: Mary Would have
aPplauded.:-.their ,wisdom, and encouraged
'them in their course.. ' As things are, the
'sister pities him, but finds, something despi-
icable- in him..' •• • .
But the .eld'. people; grieved: as thy are,
,thett affairs should have. taken- each a turn.
.as :to -necessitate the rtipture'of the.engage.
:ment, feel more Borrow than -anger at-eheir.
son's part in it. According to their ideas
Ronald has acted prudent and Dolly Saga-
ciously: in breaking 'Off the ebgagernents
which . waa made when they, all thought
that polly Was the"aCtualpossee:sor of ten
tlaousand pounds. Now that they find these
ilainnianda, are •in,vested • in.:Irish property, ,
and that Deily is not actually, in possession
of ten ,thonsend ..pencie; "ctreumstancese"
they feel, "have been agediasethehaPpine,ss
.01 the Young, pair ;" but 'additionally 'the
feel that it behOotes- .the young ,pairto.
in -eke the best of dissolution Of projected.
„partnerehip; and Miquestionahly," the
BaY to one another, "it Will be einwise,,
encourage anything like 'accidentel -nOeete
inge between Ronald and Dolly, or hope' on
Delly'spart." - ,
•H. The:tacit is Mrs. Mackiver holds rather
Strong' views on the. subjeet 'of elective
Affinity. According to ler a girl is want:
Ing in.rnodesty who loves a Mali enalees-hh
distinctly asks herto do so; and .the girl
becomes bold and almost inoselees 'herself,
of shtriltreirnotsdrovitirsentiblitiene el the
interest that•is More than friendship in the
,man to whore she leas been,lent ia =longer
*
engaged. . • , . • -
1' So .When Dolly make f3 her appearance,
before them, fatiof Sorrow and tenderness,
thei' well meaning hukrather stiff' old pair
harden thenaselves,.and. give leer to Under.
Stand that evil minded peeple.may construe
What she has done into: :" running after.
Ronal". ' •. '
This is not said to lier in so many words,
but it is indicated.and Dolly 'feels it. '
"I'm going off to Ireland with.Rohert,"
she says, with a sparkle. in hervoice. She
has.lost Ronald, but she has riot lost every-
thing 1 Among other trifled she has net
lost her habit ef trying' to make thiegs
pleasant for other people. • •
• „
01 am glad to hear y'cite are going away,
my dear," Mrs. Mackiver sage,: dolefully
kissing Dolly, and pressing the girl's hand,
with a lOolt sthat seems to say that She
not sure whether Dolly is it criminal Oa a
Vietini. •• ,
"Wo 'are , going to "seeabout. things bit
Darragh," Dolly says, valiantly; "the
agent is unlucky enough to not to be iiked,
and Robert feels that if there is any risk
to be run or dangers to be faced. he ja.the
one to run the one and face the others."
"Well !" Mrs. 'Maokiver says, Medita-
tively, "he's,right Do a measure. But it
seems to me that you're bearing the
brunt ,of it as well as your brother;lie
and tugh, of course, it's onlyi last that
you know,, what ;is doing on the property
that your money is invested in, still, 1 don't
like the idea of your being rash or fool.
harp..Couldn't you go away into. some
nice, ont-of-the-way English country
place, or even keep quiet -in London for a
time?" • ' , '•• 2
"Why -should. I do either 2" Dolly aeks,
in amazement. ' ° -
Ah I well,,, -my dear I if you, feel nothing
abliit seeing your friends and hearing their
remarkesI "certainly am not the one who
ought.to try and make you '' do sp ; but in
my young ' days it was felt that a young
lady couldn't be too particular, and couldn't
keep herself too quiet or avoid observation
too much, if anything unfortunate 'hap-
pened to break off -her engagraent.'' • .
"_I et hate' or dislike every_ one end,
run out of reach of my friend's and-diiTle-si
because Ronald atiderare unhappily-paried.
Poor Ronald 1 'how it would hurt him if -I
did," Dolly says, earnestly.' '
"My dear ,Dolly ! I have almost Stood
in the place of your mother, and 1 must
tell you now that it would .shook me to
hear a daughter of mine speak of the map
who might have- bean' her -husband, but is
,not to be her husband, by his Christian
name; it is too familiesr-it is not mai -
-only 1" - ,, •
.' .
"We are friends still i'-' Dolly gasps.
She is shocked at the idea -of unmaidenly
conduct being- imputed 'te, -her, but she is
much more shocked at the idea �f heitrg '
HeVered Be utterly' frbriff IheThiceito-whom
she is in heart so closely united still.
"Friends!. there 'can be po friendship
'between a young Man and a young woman,
-Tay edearahe .Mree.Mackiver says ;a.nd her
husband endorses fier-Sentirnent-by a wide
shake of the head..- ' ' .. - .
No friendship between us! Why, Ron-
ald will alwaYsbe the dearest and beet
friend ,to me, ,and what should, I be if I
didn't give the warreept and most loyiog
friendehips of which .1' am •capable to tlie
man I once hoped to marry? Dolly cries
out, with a disregard thoonventional reti-
• cence on the subject that Mrs. Maoleiver, is
very- sorry -to see. -:" • . .
• " That's just what make -it such a deli-
.
c
(ante matter," Ronald's mot er says, strok-
ing, her blaek silk apron, i, own. into more
• regnlar folds: "In my young deys, if ayoung
lady was unfortunate enough to be publicly
engaged to a geetleman, and anything
• occurred to prevent the marriage, she, and
her friends would -do 'their ,ntratist to put
mountains and streamshetveen herself and
the man." . ' ' , •
" Thera are not mountains and streams
enough in the world to entirely separate me
from your 'son," Dolly says, .gravely. "I
should d,eopise neyeelf if I could unlovean
such a fashion, ancile "Yeiiihe-art you would
despise me too; you would feel that I had
pledged myself readily' to form the tender-
est ties with one whom. I wiles ,ready to
• renounce at a moment's -notice.' I have not
been Roriald's wife, but I feel as if I were
his widow." . ', • ' '
"And we love you .ee if you were our
daughter," the old mother, whois touched
in spite of her strong yiews of what is cor-
rect, says fervently; and then Dolly, feel-,
hog thee ihelaas melted her audience, and
that ehe .iii-: on 'the verge of a breakdown.
herself; takes her leave. " .--.
• Peer child! It is hard for her ..to go.out
of this house where she has been aeiet child
of it, feeling that Ronald's parents will not
allow that .she is ,one of -them any longer.
His father aceonapanies her to 'the. door,
kisses her selemnly 071 her aching brow, and
• "Good -by, my dear girl. This is a bitter
trial for 119 all, and it has .been laid upon
us.chiefly by my old friend's son -ley the
brother wile ought to have been your 'safest
It is a bitter triaLlint the Money is -not
at the root of -at," Dolly says, an tones of
full ccinviation. . "Let us telt. the truth.
Ronald has left off loving niee that is ells'
he has riot laden mereenary and calculating ;,,
the want of the .motaey hes , not 'cheuged
•• Then Mary comes quietly up and' puts
her 'arms rowed Dolly, .and proses the girl
to her good, strong heart. . •
" I am your sisteretill?", Mary Metckiver
:questions, antl.Dolly pays quietly-
we can't undo thatehappely." •
"Bet for ,Dolly's °Insake, for her
.*orcianly dignity, ad because of the eyes of
the.world being upon herkeenlyjustnow, she
must keep away from tie, and not seem to
be seeking Captain -Mackiver," Mrs. Mack-
iyer says, bustling forward in the. hall.
The old lady's 'heart is full of kindly feeling
taward the girl who was to -have been her
SOn'S wife; but she likes things to be done,
not, only decently and .in order, ,but with
the view of looking ...well in the eyes of
deeoroue people; • • • - •.
Dolly laughs sadly as ,she looks round to
nod a last' farewell: . • - •
GoodbY ; the eyes of the world won't
seetar unach-anniseseen--meiforecomingeto-
you," she says, affectiOnately. "And as
fr Konrad he will ,always be to me the
man for whose.happmess 1m most anxious
in the world; and, by and by, I will tell his
'wile so, and' she will he glad." - .•
"My dear, you: have no -right to take it
for granted, that' Ronald will forget you,
and marry ;another lady," .Mrs. Maokiver
protests.' "• . • .
But. Dolly . only. sniiles at this, Der she
knows whet Darragh i, and hpivlie loves
her. . : • • - 122
• 'There is a little confusion -and dinturb-
rice iu„the household in Green street just
now on aceount' of a -habit Mre. O'Leary
haie'-of being sleek with- her payments.
That leroadmindeclew,oraimlas aosie every-.
thing With an open hand in the way of
organizing and ordering -the establishment,
but up to the present time she has forgotten
to pay her.share-or,' indeed, any part -of
the expenses.. Consegtiently Mrs. Annesley
finds herself continually called upon to
dieburee ; and, the . requirements of the
Frenoh cook being many, Mr: Annesley
Beide the, oheckshe has to drew are, alto:
gether out-tf proportion to the
,
his leanker'a. . •„
' patience givee way jut as he is stert-
ing, when Marian cornea to him with a long
face and a longer bill from the livery -sta-
bles which' has supplied .the victoria and
bretighein. '.
.” You had better settle this, Robert,'ci
she says, in an injuresten'e. The man
has sent it in, several times, and is diapiii
th.be desperatelysinsolent, simply,es 'far As
I can see, because you are an Irishland-
owner, and Mrs. O'Leary has an Irish
He takes up the, bill and glances at it
hastily." -, . •
Yeti ,have not 'been' having ridiag
'horses?" he asks. • • • ,
•It No.',
Well, ,the accotint is made out against
MC entirely; and here, for the 'last three
weeks, are two ladies horses' and a groom
,down daily -' to Mne.:Annesley.'
" Ohl it must be some mistake," Marian
enatChing at It bastily ; letat in her h
beartehe realizes the truth. Her Honor.
able Mrs. O'Leary has' been hiring -horses
in her name, makidg Marian, in fact, an
unconseious sharer in all her-pleaeuree and
ex‘P'eIncatteulhq•staY to argue the point now, but
when I come back to fetch- you out of this
den of thieves shall have a word or two to
say that Mrs. O'Leary won't like to
fancy," he says, hurriedly. Then he kisses
his wife, entreats her to be "prudent about
that woman," shouts. to Dolly to get into
the cab, and is off once more to that Irish
estate which has already, like Dead Sea
• fruits, turned to ashes on his lips. ,
• "Doliy;". helsays- very tenderly, aettley
drive along, girl one shade lees good
than yourself would goad me into selling
Darragh and keeping Ronald Mackiver up
to the scratch." .
"Not if that girl To7Mii-ilaiii-ROnald
Mackive.r had lost his love for her," Dolly
" Nonsense ; it's the money. Don't -think
that I am not fully alive ,to my faults, dear.
My sin in using 'your fortune as conaing
home to me having a non -rent -paying
tenantry, and aelsterill-treated by p. man;
and yet, do you knew, Dolly, keenly as I
feel all this, Ell stick .to Darragh through
.answers, earnestly; and her brother knovvs
that he has an efficient aid in her, sorely as
She is suffering about that private trouble
of here which she is hugging to her heart.
' The day after they. leave, Mrs. Annesley
..--,-nerved to the task by the consciousness
that she is reeponsible for Mrs. O'Leary'e -
ways and. means- to Robert -goes witlrthe
audacious bill in her pocket to call on the
lady who has lured her into co-operative
housekeeping.
To her surprise.' she finds .that Mrs.
O'Leary has gone abroad, .and 'that Mrs.
Si. John is merely guardedly oivil.
, " Important busineee-has Takeia'Thay,
friend abroad. When she returns she will,
have no doubt, settle these trifling bills,"
• Mr. St. John 'says ; and 'then adds,' "if
they are hers.; but it is always so difficult
to decide who has had what or to draw the
line, straight between the two vvhohahare
the exPenses of a household." •
"Only in the case of this bill there is no
difficulty ; the has had ridinglacirses and I
have hall none," Mra. Annesley,. says,
waxing ''' •
• " Ah ! I really knew nothing about your
private arrangements, or . here eitherefor
that matter; but as an old acquaintance--
• may I Bay to an old friend ?-4 would
strongly advise you not to quarrel for a
'trifle with ,Mrs. O'Leary."
"1 ehotild never think of quarreling with
any one about money,' Mrs. Annesley says,
with an air of regarding money, as Mere
dross, which does not impose upon P.drs. St.
;John for a moment. •. '
That astute little' dame knows-that_Meas_
Anneeley's heart is filled with Di:try-anent
this bill; and for a reason -beet , knovida to
herself, ehe is rather glad that some. one
should be urious enough with Mrs O'Leary
to expose her; for" Tuerdsite" and " Gem"
haye found flitliVS in 'olab.tinothe,r, after the
Manner of weaker women. - They hese
clashed about 9. Matter which each deo axes
to be " triflieg," and at the same time
which eachis intensely interested in -for
a time, And this matter is ,nothingemore
than the attentions which Arthur Thynne
freely lavishes on both alike, for the One
woman Pretends. that ehe can help.him in
his literary career, and the other - !eviler -
one pretends that she "is intereeted in it
because she is fond of him."
Fond. of him!. Fond of' Darragh's
acknowledged lover! And he openly shows
that he is gratified by the exhibition of
such fondneee. • •
For his love for Darragh is merely a.
clinging, to •the habie of his- life. ' :It has,
always seemed to smooth_thingee for him
that' should show affectien for Darragh,
and to her he -owes the adoption of his
career of patriotic politician. Moreover
She is his 0011Bin and she is very fair.
But itis an ubjust freak of Fate's that
they two should be linked.by honor, while
the love -that wong make suola linking the
holiest-unionsiesso -and-so-easily-set-,
Now that Mrs. O'Leitry has gone away,
Arthur Thynne has a recurrence -of very
warm feeling for his betrothed, for it is a
necessity to the -young member to be:fermi
enthusiastie auditor no wand again. -Some.
tlain,g, however, pesnas : to have come
between Darragh, and that Jove of country
which has hitherto been- se upflagging ; and
at lerigtla he complains of this huger inter-
est to_Mrs. St. John.• • '
"Darragh has, esshaueted -her ardor, it
seems to me. was. telling .her of ,some
arrests that were made in Dublin yester-
day, and she said she had lost all sympa-'
thy with the Fertians they were ruining.
the cause. Now,.that's !netlike Darragh.
Whet haSaiorne to hir • . , '
"A love. that ienearer anel.stronger than
hive ef country, I should say," Mrs. -St.
John says, smiling a little maliciously.
Then she puts on a consoling air, end adds,
"Never. mind, Arthur! If 408 Tlaynne
falle away from her fealty, you 'are still
loved by. a woman who would make speorifi-
oes-for.you vvhiloh , Darragh Thynne has'not
the courage to Make."
"Do you mean Mrs. O'Leary ?" .he ;
and Mrs.--St.-john_half_ shakes. -her -head.
and eiglie. •
•
CHAPTER
L'A.TE Id AGAINST DARRAGH. •
It ifi a glorious day, 8,nd the Hampshire
hills are alive with .a gay and glittering
masa, for a royal review , is being held
betWeen Bagshot -and CamberlY, on Turf
Hill. .
The Queen is here, looking her royal
• matronly best, in an open carriage drawn
bYtour superb bay horses, heralded by out.
riders in searlet, with the Sandhurst cadets
forming her guard of honor, and the dangle
ter who is always with her by her side.
Close to her is the most distinguished -look-
ing woman in England -the . beautiful
Princess who looks young enough to belhe
enter of her handsome sons. :.
All the cielehrated beauties are dotted
about landaus or dashing little Victories,
and eaOh One 'Commands her full tneed. of
admiration from the well-dressed, fashion-
able throng ;who have given themselves the
healthy change of COMing tO see themaroll
V-st. eine-that on 'Which th-elioterestis
chiefly concentrated is the drag drawn' by
a chestnut team full. of pluck and •pride
and beauty, and. driven by the Marquis of,
Portbank. '
For Ott this drag is Darragh Thynne.
It is sorely against .her will that she is
here, seeming to countenance the OtIrrent
report 'which persists in giving her to Lord
• Porthank:-:Biit the Thio-rnea are her best
friends in thefie.days, and their...124181708 and
prejudices have to be consulted. They are
not snobs, neither are they careless of
• Darraglaat tames and wishes. Still they
have a prejudice in favor of the " upper
• crust," and theY think it rather idly capri-
cious of -Darragh,to wish to debar tlaern of
the privilege of being driven hyliord Port -
bank and seen by society on Lord Port -
bank's drag.
Strangely enough, toe, Arthur Thynne
has,been naost urgent in his entreaties to
• the girl to accede to the -wishes eof-the-
Mendel with whom she as, etaying, and show
erSelf On Lord Portbank's drag. '
" It's you he wants,- not Mr.. Thorne
we all know that," he say e to her. "And
if you don't go Portbank will be glum, and
poor Mrs. Thorne Will be robbed of halt de
glory she, anticipating. Go, Darragh, go
by aM /means; people will thimk you're
engaged to him ; but I know better, so
what does it matter?"
"1 should have thought you would ratlaer
people, didn't think ,that, Arthur."
"Oh,. I'ne quite superior, to any idle,
jealous folly of that sort;ssI assure yciu,"
he says, laughing. " And. I rather like to
see Portbank in the character of my
unsuccessful rival. In- justice to Mrs.
Thorne, who has got a new dress for the
occasion, you muse go." .
be continued..)`
HEIRS FOB 1110S111.E,B.'S. 111.11ONS.
... .
Some S12E4,000,000 . in the , Bank ot
' Englund /Waiting a .Ciainitant.
' Seventy-five , desaendonts , of Hugh L.
_Mosher, who. emigrated from England to
Rhode Island in 1620, and ' died forty year§
later, met afthe Palreer Houee'last Wednes-
day to Concert measures for obtainieg
:possession of their ancestor's vast estate..
They represented six hundred heirs, about
;fifty of Who mlivei la .0 hie,ago. Ex -Attorney, -
-4-e-fieral 11i. W. -ffiiii-nah, of Indiana, has
.beenretained as counsel.
. The history of., this estate, which is
valued at $128,000,000, is full of interest.
Ezekiel Mosher lived ha Manchester, Dag.,
in the sixteenth century, and acquired a
vast proPerty ..by,. raanufackire and trade.
-He had three sons; John, Hugh and Daniel,
who weretoo high spiriteno stand'Englieh.
-persecution' of that period, and came to
Rhode Island in ;1620. The father became -
Weary of living alone and .followecl his
sense -He died soon after. .In 163,6 Denial
and hie" family and lielin, whoa -we -a ' a.
'bachelor, were .massacred by Indians:
Hugh was -the !only heir to the estate, whigh
. was then estirriated at 2232.000,000 sterling..
. He conceived a dislike for England and did
not return, and died in 1660. .131.8 Children •
grew up, only in partial knoWledge of their
father's inheritance. The moue of com-
munication was very .poor, and. they died
• without making a claim. Meanwhile, . no
heir of the vast . property appearing, the
English 'Grovertiment assumed,ccintrol. The
, shipping and -manufacturing 'Property had
.greatly decreased in ...value in ).737, when a
lease was given private parties for ninety-
nine ' years. ' The leases-eXpired. in 1836,_
and theproperty vista sold undetethe ham-
mer. The proceeds were deposited in the
Bank Of Englendewith the money placed -
:there by Ezekiel Mosher: ...The whola.
amount of . moneys with intereet, is
'thought to beat leaet '$128,000,000. When'
the lease, e xpired the English Government
advertisedin tine . eountry for the 'heirs of.
zekiel Mosher. ,, The enotice reached' the:
eeye of -.Stephen. 'Conkliog; of ,'New.Yorls,-
whose . wife - was ' a . descendant 'of
Hugh ' Mosher, ' • and s he . celled a
meeting ' Of • the heirs. . The 'result,
was that a New York. lawyer iaamed
Allen was Beet to London with the power
of ' attorney .- to make all _investigation.
Allen never' returned. . Some ' think- he
dMil, but matey are of the °pith,* that •ha,
in some . way; got hold of a' part of the
property. and passed his remaining y.eters in
splendor -abroad: -The - heirs ,becerne dis-
heartened; and no definite ,aetion toward
tecovering ' the property was taken until
-President Fillmore made his tour ,alareed.
He Was commissioned by. one , of the
Moshere; Who paid him for the SerSice; •to
('
• hun np, the wills ' Fillmore Was kmooessful„
and.. brought away a copy of the will' of
Ezekiel Mosher. That Copy is . now
.anaonFillreore's. papers at Auvora, N. Y.
Martin, Mosher, eon of the -Mosher' who
seehred Fillroore's services, and a Very old
• man, zattends the 'present conventicin. He,
announced yesterday- that hehad seen the
TaCitiy--d--3-fetaltlesprcieure-ite'• T h a ere aeon,
for Obtaining the will is that ' a part of the
prpperty. ; is being , held by - a Mistier 'who -
has no right to it. No connerted': action,
has been eaken.by the heirs since 1837 till -
now. This meeting. was: brought about by
Mrs. 0. 0.• Bs•ker,.. of Terre,. Lad,' a
eclescenclahardellughlaushere-whosadVattliree-d-
it exteneively.-Chicago News.' . •• ' .
Did Chairs,
• With-. the -revival of old furnittires-1"the.
straight-backede•oelsers of our great -grand-
. mothers seen": to find a place • in Modern,
horioese ' It'idqUite the fashion to fit up•Ilati:
•old chair wbieli used .to stand in the claim,
ney. corner 75 'years ago, and -which has
rocked the children of the:past generation.
If an , heirloom of this kind can bd.. made
pretty and attractive, Why should. it not be?.
The old chair neetamorphosed so that your
groat -grandmother would never recognize it,
perhaps; is a reminder Of the dear old peo-
ple who endured nosey • hardships lin thoee
early-cleye.' Thee-firse'thing to be done to
modernize the ancient piece of furniture is
to take off' 'old paint •and smooth the
rough wood • with glass end esanclPaper.
After this process has been gone through'.
With very cerefully, a coat of: the beet
black paint is applied.; this dry, it is rubbed
down with finesandpaper and another coat
:put on. If desirable, lines 01 gilt are inn
around the legs, or wherever they will. add
to the "generel .effeet. • The chair itself
-renovated; it-, next otriarnented.' with
shandeerne phesh.ctiehione. One la:fitted to
the hack andfastened.on with towd'of-rib-
bons at the twounper cornere, While the
other,' fuller and sof ter, juoteaicelYfille 'the
seat.. Very'elegant cushions recently- made
for a chair of this kind were of gend'earrnes
blue lolush:, The one for tlite back of the
chairhall two sprays 'of golden:rod, with
ferns and bright colored teatime leaves
embroidered op it in arraeene. The whole,
effect was charming and the old chair
compared fav,orahly with ite elegant•neigh.
'What Big Thing in Wile) Comparison.
man don't know how he is getting
alo g unless he compares litinaself with his
neighbore. Comparisen is a big thing in
this life. • If -Mr. Lowry hasn't got any
better crop thaer have I gra content, for
Mr. Lowry is a good farmer. Sometimes
I step around his fields and look over the
fence, had if his cotton is low and thin, and
his corn pretty much all nubbins, Ecan't,
to save my life, feel bad about it. I wish
I could, and I reckon I could. if nay own
tamp wasn't -so mucliThlie Fliiman
nature is powerful mean about the like of
that. They eay that a woman is right well
satisfied with her new dress and new
net Inatil her neighbor comes -to meeting
with a little finer one, but I reckon that is
a mistake. I read not long 'ago about a
Boston lady taking arsenic ,because she
SaW her neighbor at a party with a new set
of diamond earrings. She wassabout to die
when -they told her that the earrings were
-hired from a jewellery store, and then she
got well. It takes a power of grace to make
a man rejoice over' his nabor'e prosperity.
-Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution. '
Fifty-five murderers have beenoommitted
in Logan county, Hy., since 1865, and not
• one of there have been hanged. Only
two of them were sentenced to life im-
prisonment, and one of the two wits:par-
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--Barbedewire_fenaing sluts fallen 10 per
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Cows have got' so they use it for' a hair
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