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eeMe 10001311"a* 1 040 to. 00z400* you
should mast each other,"
a Gli, Marraaduks, what shall I do if your
Mit* does not like Me ? VI would Melee
me Se miser14#0 if elle litlappeuved of mate,
• in " '
"lour mOdeety, my dear, le quite refresh!
, ing in Oita 'brazen age, Of /acitirse, if Her.
net expreasea disopprobationot , my elmiee,
' I Mien one i .4- a divorce." ,
• -I pinch Ildc ear, end perch lelyeelf com-
' fortably 04 be erni of his chair."
, "Is she Anything like you?"
11 You Gould hardly dad a. greater eon-
tryst, I should may, in ' every way! She le
extremely fair -quite a blonde -not mut*
taller than you are, and rather fat. She
' has a coneiderable amount of apirit, and
keeps Sir Jamea in great order; while I
&In a deieeted habil, tYranniZed gear by the
veriest little shrew that ever breathed,"
' "I like that. But from what you say she
- must be a terrible person." I
" Then my description belies her. Hem-
riet ie very charming and a genemetavorite,
As for Sir James, he eimply adores her. I
dare say tee will bring Bebe with her."
. "Who is Bebe en •
a -Bebe Beatoun? Oh, Handwrites niece,
:and Harriet's' mostoheriehecla FOrtnnately,
her mother is at _present in Italy, so she
can't come, which is leaky for up &II, as she
is a dame terrible. Then we must • ask
Maiming Going." '
el Oh, must you ask her ?" I exclaim, die.
contentedly. ',I don't. think I qui* like
her; she is ea stiperoilious, and seems to
consider me so-so young."
" Is that a fault 2 I never met any one
with Such a veneration foe age asiou have:
I tell you, PhYklie,. there. is nothing on
earth so desirable as youth. Be glad of
it while you have it; it never lasts. I dare
say Blanche herself would not mind taking
a little of it off your hand, if -she only
could." . , 7 t
"1 don't think tie; elle rather gave 'me
the impression that Mae looked down upon
me, as though -1 were foolish and not worth
muoh consideration." i .
'1 Don' e be uncharitable, Phyllis; she
pould not think anything so absurd. Be.
side, she told me herself one day. she liked
you immensely -hoped you and Mae would
.
be tremeadous friends, andao on. Blanche
is too goodaiatuted to treat any one as you
eay." .• , s, -,
, " Perhapa so. But, really, how, Marma-
duke -seriously, I mean would • you not
•wieh me to be older? Say °twenty-five or
so, with a little more knowledge :of 'sweep
thing,•you knovi 2 And, in. factae mean
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betWeen Us while regeading Me -I feel
rather than one -with moody: cliecontented
epee. •
"Phyllis " be .says, preeently, in * low
tonea" it sitenie to me a horrible thing that
the idea of year Inerriago should be so dia.
tasteful. to yon---,-"
"No, no ; not dletasteful," I interrupt,.
with deprecation.
"Don't esy 'no' it You mean 'yea.' Rut
my !pottage out Of the question, and tell Me
hOnetitly lt: yott 8,ra unhappy about it."
. a I am not, It does not make -me more
onhapay to mute you than tti Marry any
• •
one else.a -
"What' an answer 1" exoleims ?derma-
duke, with a groan. "Is that all the eon-
sedation you OAR after me 2"
"That iii all. "ONO I not told you all
thin Acing .ego ?"' I ory, angrily, goaded by'
the reflection thet: each word. that I epeak
only-smakee matters harder. 'Why do you
bring the Rubio*. up 'again? Must you too
be unkind tame? You cannot have believed
me madly in love With you. to / have told
'You to tlie contrary ages ago."'
"Bo you did. In ray folly I hoped time
would ohange you. What a contemptible
lover I must be, having failectin eight long
Maths to gain . even, the . affections of a
obit& Will you nava care for me, Phyllis ?"
' "1 do oare for you," I return, doggedly,
foreing myeelf to face him. a Afton:pan:mitt
and Billy and Roland, I cutre for you . more
than any one elee.• I lie you twenty
thousand times better th,anpapeaser Dore,.
I cannot say more."•
I tap my foot impatiently on 'the ground;
my fingera. seize and take to pieces wantonly
the •unoffending rooe. As I pull its crimson
leaves asunder I drop them in thebrook
cl watch the= float awayunder the
an *
moon's tale rays. I would that my oruel
words could eo depart. - ,
feel angry, disconsolate, with the know.
ledge that thiouge my own ant I am cruelly
wounding the man who;I Must confecolit, ii0
. my truest ',Hone. I halt think 'of apolo-
giiing, or saying something %entice.; yet
withal truthful, that shalltake. away the
. ding' I have 'planted. A few -words rise to
MY lip's. . I raise • my ' head to. give -Mimi
utterance
-• • . .
• Suddenly his arms are around me ; he is
kissing nia with- & passion that .is full of
eadnese. • There is et: muoh tenderness.
mingled -with the despair in hie face that I,'
tooettmaadelened into silence. Repantent;
I slip a hand roUnd • his peek and gate him
batik onekiss out of -the -many,. ' • • .•
'. a Don't beeorry," Iwhieper ; "something
tells me :I shall yet love you with all ray
heart. lentil then bear with me. Or, if you,
, .
• think it a riek,Marmaduke,and would rather
. .
put an end to it all now, dose, mid I will not
be angry with you." . . - - '
"More probably you would. be thankful
to me," he answered, bitterly.. a
"-I- would not. I would far rather trust-
.myselt to youthen stay at home after what
•hasepaesed." •Bly voice isi tremblieg, myhalf
lips quiver faintly.' "But it one of• us mast
be uuhappy, tee it be Me. I release you. I
not ' •
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MarMailUlte is alao eatreneelY POD, lent
perfectly calm and ealf-poetheated, and has
even * Mile Upon hie lips. As he sees me
he comes quicUy forward, and tea -intim
fro* papa, lowers me hineeelf te the altar-
a pomading that canoes piuqii. theitement
KINN; the lower members.of the congrega.
tion, who, in loud whispers, approve hie
evident fondness for me.
tilo the holy words are read, and the little
malaieel golden fetter encircles my finger.
I write meat Phyllis Marian Vernon for
the last time ; and fer Mark Gore, coming
up to nee 113 the vestry-roora, slip a bean-
tiful brapelet on my arm, and WhilPere•
einiling :
". I hope you Will swept all good Wish*:
. .
with this -Mrs. Carringtaw." '
I start etablush faintly as the new title
straw upon my ears, and: almost forget to -
thin* /AM in wondering all its strangenese.
Thea Kareladeke kleeee me $revelYi mut,
givAng me hie ann, leadme batik to the
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carriage, and it is all over I
Am 1 indeed n� longer a child? Is my
wish .thoomplished, and am I- at lesi.
"grown up?" How -eliort a time ago I
stood in my bridal robes in mother's them,
*ill Phyllis Vernon -still e girl -and now
-- Why, it was only a feet minutes ago-
"011, Marinaduke, am 1 really married?"
I say, gazing at, hire with half -frightened
eyes; and he Bays- •
ile,
" Yee, I think so," with an amused 13111110,
and puts his arm round me and kisses me
very gently. " And now we are going to be
happy ever afteeee he says laughing 0, little,
Ali through -breakfast I am in a haze -a
dreaue. I. Mit whet thee' Pot uPon my plate,
bilt I th.nnet eat. I listen to Marmachate's
feW Words, as. he makes the customary
spew% and think of him as though it were
yesterday .and not to•day. I cannot realize
that my engagement .is over, that what we
have been preparing fee these nine months
past is at last a Bottled fact. • .
• 1 Beton 10 Sir Mark's clever, airy little
oratiouthat makes everybody lauga,
especiallY•Miee . De Vera, . and wonder to
myself that. I too can laugh. •
• Billy wholes managed to get Moth' UP to
me-'-keepe on helping nee indefatigably., to
'champagne,. under the mitheken impression ,
he in doing me ' a. last seri/ice. I catch
Mamma% ad eyes fixed upon me hem the •
opposite. side, and 'then I knew I am. goiog
10cry.again, and, rising from the table, get
away. in safety to my -own room, whither I,.
am followedayher•and we say our few final,
tarewell worse.. in, private.
Three hours later I have . embraced
Mother for the last, time, =dam speeding
away troca home, and friends and child-
.
heed to I know not what. • . '
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We • have • ecu married :neaky three
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months, and are going on very comfortably.
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As yet no cross or angry words have Arisen
b 11-a' th ' •unruffled
between us ;. a is smook _ set
waters; Though Marmadu eisa anything,
fonder•ot me Oen .at first he le per= a a
• e . . '. • - r
s ade teas slawehla attepuve. ave exam-
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plc, he oan now KO): his Times. at break' •
fast and reed . it straight .throughtwithout
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raising his eyes betw.een every paragraph,
to make sure I am still behind the teapot
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ann nave.not eitnisneainto_mia air„or to ask
me tenderly if I would .wish to do this or
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to g6 there., • . • . •
°ElEt h - 1 l d ' . 'if h -
He • ap ' a se earne . --w ip Ite more
satisfactory .. salt -that • it • is peestble ' to
know enjoyinant even When. 'lam out of
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eight: • '.. :
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Two , months of delicious thoughtless
months
we spend in Spain . stud Switzer.e
l• , • .jealousy-
and, ana then -we pine for home. This
latter secretly, and • with a sworn deternai.
nation that each will be the last to con-
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e°,130 ' •• .. • ' . • . - .. - ' .•
ver
• no palm a‘nd emotes evemeg, howe ,
fter dinner as I ii,tand at the vandow.ofour
..' • :' lake f Geneva,'pose
hotel, gazing aever • the . e o , .
gomethiug within me compels the following
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8P"°11' . . . .
" How beautiful •• Streeigemore• .nreet he
, • . . •.
.00ging nowt" . . : _, • .
`a
" Yes," he says, ;with 'energy, " it never
coke so well as juat et thie time, et year."
• So I should think." ' ' - .
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... ..c_ong_pause. . a • _ _ .
ways at its best in
ii• --ea Vitae scenery ie. al , .
, e .auturnn.•,, After all there is. no .plece
like England -I mean, of °tiered for a con.
=mama._ Den't. yoo agree evith red; der-
ling 7" , : • • -system.
."M
" I do -indeed. „Dear Brieisley Wood 1
How ' fond Billy and I' tvere of it. You
rerneiriber the dump of nut-treesi.!Dake 2"
. •" Is it likely I should forget. it ?" manta •
mentally.' "For my own para.1 think the
'Wood. On the :other Bide. of StraugemOre
'henastimer then Briersley ; .but of mune
it was too. far away from • filumtnerbeas for
' •
yob. to know it well." , ' • -
Another pause, longer- than the last, am:
more eloquent; .. • . ' ' .•
.t,...7..1 ...,,i.
" How, t should like to• see a . owl
murmur, with faint emphthis anda he :,
*ally suppressed Meth, ' . -
•" WoUidlon really?" rising eagerly, and
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'coming into the .embrasure of the window.
"Would you like to get baok, darling? Not
. yet for a tittle while, of course," with quiok
correction, "but later On; when--" •
"I would like to eta* at Once," I ory,
frankla„ flinging hesitation to the winds;
." se Boon ea poseibIe. .e am' longing to see
every 'one ; and do you ,kaow, Take,"
sweetly, "1 have yet to • Make ,a, .near
acquaintance with our home." • •
.
I smile up to him and am satisfied my
, words have cencied nothing but the esteem-
est content. , . . .. - ,
: a' Very geed. It as easily arranged, ; and
next year we': Oen dome and get through
What wo•now,leave•undene. They must be
wanting ,us at home, I fancy ;•.there are ehe
birds and everything," thnoludge Mariana-
duke, in. a reflective • tone, which is the
beeriest approach to a• return.of reason he
hag rib Phocim. ' '.
" We spend a fortnight in London on our
way book, when r am presented to sonle,of
my husband's relations: - .
• Cousins and aunts and Meads' are num°.
roue, and for the most part so kind that
restraint vanicihes and I tell tnYiself people.
in••law are not so formidable eel hav,e been
led to believe. One thorn, however, thiamine
. among my mess and .pricent me gently, •.
Lady •Blanch Cioing-with whom we atay
0. week -of all the thud= interests ine
most ;. though ' it must . be conteseed the
interest is. of a disagreeable netture. She
has A ohareaing• house in Park Lane, and •
the gone*, mod fascinating Mannbre ; she
is in 'every point suoh ass a weltered woixian
ought. to be, yet with her alone I am not
happy. For the . most part looking barely
twenty-five, there are times -odd momenta
when the invariable eimile is off her fatoe-•
when I Could fancy her at lee.st Botha years
Older. No* and then, too, a auspicious
gleam -toe • want, as Conaing !thin. a
decorous niatren-fallg from her sleepy
almendashaped eyes Upon ootne favorite
among the 11 the Stronger" /ex, and l'ean-
nob forgive her in that ahe makes me
lit ' h' V' - had hild h
appear e mo tmeop ut le& ,. ea isi
bride that ever lett a nursiery. So that I
ein glad When we leave her and move far -
ther booth to, our beautiful home., • •
'Oh, the delight, the rapture,•ot the &it
M t'n h th fir b d • ft
00 l 8# W en e s ay a er our
retina, I 'drive over to .Summerieas: The '
darling ' =those tesirbal Weloomi, the
'" boy Billeelt" more boisterous one. Elven
Dora, for a =moot or two forge* her
°legends and her wrongs, and giees me a
Aleetty embrace. And how vieltrainlook.
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dna. il. DA heW becOluielti '412d.hele
they have all Misied me. And just
lathy I Robuid is realty engaged to the "old
boy's" daughter, atter ell; and tile ookehil
hinteelf writes &both it, as though cad*
Pleased, in epite of her having ouch a good
Whine. '
,
All too giant in its happineth filth the day,
and Marmaduke comes to reole4m me. Yet
the grange Berme of root and completeness
. .
that Me me, in the presence of the, old
beloved, dietresses me. Why can I not feel
for Mormadtike that roinantio. all-subleing
devotion of which I have reed? I certainly
iike him iniraermely. He is everything ot
the dearest and best, and kind almost to a
feolt ; therefore. I ought to adore him.; but
somehow I cannot quite make up my mind
to ie. One should, love a hueband better
then all the rest of the wOrld Pat together ;
so I have heerd, an I believe ;0 but 40 12
I lay littIe plepe ; I map out small scenes,
to try how far my affeotionIor my husband
will go.
For instanoe. I picture to myeelf 13illy or
he condemned to start in the morning fcir
Australia, never to returit ; One or other
must go, and the decision nets with me.
Which shall I let go, whioli shall I keep?
I seucl Marmaduke, awl feel a deep pang at.
my heart; I send Billy -the pang bemoans
keenest torture.
Again supposing both to be notended
to death, end supposing else' •it is in my ,
power to seem one of them; which would 1
Mine ? • Marraaduke of course 1 I haul
him triumphantly from his gloomy cell ;
but as I do .so my litilIy'e 'beautiful eyes,
filled with mute despair, shine upou me
from out tne semi -darkness, and I Cease to
drag Marnaaduke ; I . cannot leave mY
brother. .
When this •last &tura first presents
itself to ray vivid imagination I am in bed,
lied the idea overcomes me to finch a degree
• that I find replan presently in floods- of
team =Mete altogether to suppress my
eobs. ' . '
In a minute or two adarmaduke wakes
and three alimony, - •
a What is the matter, 'Phyllis," . he asks,
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anxiously. 1 . Is- anything wrong with. you,
my darling darling?"' • , , - •
.
"No, no, nothing,". I answer 'hastoly, and
angry my nose in.the pillow, • ' - •
- ".I3ut you are orying,a he temonstratee,
reaching oute. kindly hand iii the cleekness
that isanne,ant,for My face, but alights tines-
peotedly upon the back of my head. "Tell
me what is troubling you, mypet." . e
' "Nothing • at alt," I say again; "1 Was
only thinking." Here I stifle a foolish sigh
'born Of my !dill more foolish tears.
"Thinking of what?" '
• "01 Billy," I repiY rehlotently. And
then though he gays, nothing,' and though I
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OarlriOt the his face, I knew my husband is
offended. • —
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• He goes baok tolais Original position, and
is Boon again asleep, while I lie awake for
an hour longer, worrying my brain
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with trying to discover what there Mill be
to vex •Marmadoke ' in lay weeping over
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Still I am happy. otterly eo, as one- naust •
be .whci is without mire or sorrow, whose
• , •
-lightest wish meets instant fulfilniont, and
lose and less frequently I Am. haunted by
tli •
• e vague . fear of •ingratitude -by the •
thought of hew poor e return I Make 'for
all the good ehowered upon one,. as I see
how suffioient I a* for my husband's hap.
•
el • 1 • • • •
pumas ; w i e on y on Tare occasuons does
he betray his passionatelonging for amore
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perfect hold on my heart by the suppressed
butevident ' with which he regards
myaameer my•eamay. . • . . ,.
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- • • OnArrna SUM '. '
"Whom la . ,
WOU.. oU' like to ' invite here
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tor tne lanooting 2 . mks elarmaduke at
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breakfast to m consternation. " I su -
P
we hi d betty fill th .'1.1. ?". •in
eaa a better . , thehouse ,i .• . :.
on,'Duke,"I. cry, in terror, mustr
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you.do that 2 • 'And must I entertain themMeg
Alla" • , : - : ' ' • • • •.
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" I 'suppose eo " replies he laughing;
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"thoughL - dare say if you will let them
alone :bey will entereem themselves. Ifcovering
you get .a , good: many. men . and. women
,together tlie•Y generally contrive to Work
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out their own amusement.
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"II . '
_. ave scan taw. people 10 my hie,'
.1. say, deeper& ely, "and none. of ehem.
grand people,. That is. lords I, mean and
that. - rh 11 b frightened' ' , a. a
.1ahall _ eout ex _ray me.
ac uaintance with lords is not so
' y. cl . eany•
ettene7e, ste you. seenkto inaagine; I know
a., ew o her people. . We will lt the lords,
'
i y‘oaewisetto." _ . , _ _ . .. , _ ,. ,
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6 z,one a and, very noh. people are jest
ali•" 1114' ' d l''' 'I • • I 'la • .11 •
oneemie, ar mgt. *el 0 . ere to"
li 1
e p. you it they greet vera datigerous, and
get altogether beyond control." . . ' •
• .
• "011,that is all very well," I say,
v . .1 fooling
in . e ye . but you , en be out
' Olined t -- or' "11
'shooting all day and I will be•lett at home
o ape0 __ the men
i k t 'them;I' don'tmind
-abundance;
so much, but the Women will be dreadful."
' This lest sentence appears to afford•Mar.
'maduke the • liveliest amuseennt He
,I begin to feel remit hurt at
_slog s until. y, . ,
° sympathy. - •
ie,, want of. , ,, .
, You don't .care for me,. I ory, with
t
pe plant reprosole, a or you woUld not try 10
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h y darling child,nove oan you. say so ?
fn appy , beoauee a few people are kind
eneugh to come and pay you .8 visit. You
,say. a do, not 1 oare for yeti' breams° I ase
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you to be civil to • two , or three womenl"
.
Here he laughs again. it little, though evi-
dently' ogainst his eill: ' "011, Phyllis 1 if
.you are going to cry I will not say another
word about it. Come, loo kipe my pet, and
'I promise to forget our Imelda for this.
auturan at least. We willespend it by our.
theses; though I meet confess" --regretfully
ae" it seems be • mea sin to leave all those
.birds in peitee. Now, are you satisfied ?" ' ,
But. I am • et; 'I am only ashamed of
moan. Is t hi childish fear. for *rangers
theeproper a irie for a. gown -up married
.woman to etray 2 I dry my °yea and
make a sec et determination to go through
with it, n matter. what it °Mame.
o, 0," I say, heromally ; "101 them.
°°'°°• ti is very stupid. of me to _feel nerv.
ous abot it. I dare say . I shall like them
all immensely when they. are once here;
and -and -perhaps they too will like me."
.
" Small doubt of that," these raY husband,
hueitilY* "Phyllis, you are a derlibg, and
when teey leave us you shell 'toile= how
tremendeuely you enjoyed it all. e
"Duke," 1 thy, with faltering tongue,
." must I alt at the head of the table ?"
. a Of outdo," . again visibly aniused.
" eterely yoti. would not like -to ett at the'
bott°tta" .. • •
la •
"No," with deep detection one as
bad as she other: to either plade I &atilt be
horribly oonspietious." Teen, atter a brief
hesitation, and With a divided tendenoy to
1,
fawn upon biro; , " 516thumitika, we /0"
have all the things handed round : won't
we, now? I shall neeer have anything. te
oerve, shall 12" - • .
"Never " repliee 'Duke; "you ellen giVe
• s ,
us a slimier in any oatthly style you choose,
always provided yeti let Us have a good one.
" '
There I" . •• • s . .. . .
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"And Pistons will the to that, I thy,
partially' oonsoled, dreWing my breath
.
More ghtlY• .
"Now, *hem Shall we aekt" sayieDuke,'
: seating himeelf, and drawing .otit a pencil
and pookelabOok with an air of Wetness,
while I Ithic Over hie shoulder. "Harriet
'th old. Sir Willim at presient .
i0 0teYi.thl. wi , 0
h ill be free.'8 lie 'Will
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Tilos Er ad Lath, 4:4•1111 ileriad
. . ,.. e . , . • ae Wed Lemma
. oie _ _ ,atellthwareepretne
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A ?ipli oorreappndect wateee; aieee was
;•nAYeir .59orMentr S'ION'nFi4 thin at'Pregant,
„autperk4Anever mere applied to various
prirppeeet. tigpiiiitt4in-t:iiid wapkinic thaws
1 orepartially 001UPeiladOr it. AO eitY nothing
of tae meaty °harming effeets in evening
drawl which it hell% to predate:. • It le use.
1,11, and adaptable AB feW thine are. A.
• drees(cif byiek silk Or eatin, oovered •Mle
: black lace &encash ,or drapad ,witif
Wile, May suitabriost any of eonlety's exi..
''gethitea. It may Berth for 'Ooteet-dOor. as
. well Whir evening wear; . • - -,
Aliningevening: toileta, as seati at the
' Opera and at the Theatre' Italian, white
. preveilsiargely, together Wiee Wit% eoru, .
and vela gray Unto. 'Lath and embroidered
tulle. in some form or other; generally
. mingles with these, while the pale oostumes
themselves • are often relieved by 'height
spots of color. The taste for .0liot all la
on the increase, if that is . possible. Some
ot the specimens, almost we with the eheen
and lustre of nature, as seen on the wiaga
of 'certain tweets and on. the feathera Of
certain birde, Some cositunies,partially oome
posed of this changing silk, present, the opt
with a luxury of color. Cross rays of pink
and blue or of pink and gold, or of pinkand
deep red, blend exquisitely and afford noopo
for variety, and harmony of color' in the
me,terial cioroposing the other portions or
the dresii,
-The jupe is oftett made with downward
pleats. In fa* this style is pathioularly
noticeable at the moment, and admits of
mucli latitude in the size of the Pleat,
• which varies from four or five inchoate
half all inch in width. Horizontal flounce,'
and perpendiculae pleats may neat upon
the same,dress, the trent ca the skirt being
pleated and the back. trimmed le
flounces. Bends and loops of ribbon or
velvet arenneparingly sprinkled upon the
costume, and it is often* in tbie sprinkling
that the couturiergives the artistic: finieh-•
ing toe& to her work. Ruby and pale
pink, gold and russet brown, pearagray and
'crimson, together With every -shade of •
yellow, are among -prevailing odor&
Gold, braid, .gold lacer gold beads' and a
variety of yellow flowers, from daffodile to
buttercups, o'ocupy a large place in =l -
iiiierY, ea dOen the ciAnt,r, often ,of (anew.
maize or gold.brewn velvet. - • - e • . .
Materials ter summer dresses 'Arab/sp.
Mlle percale and serah to orape and °fiat.;
mere, mostly display figured intrude&
Bometimee single "flowers are strewn upon
a plain ground, sontetiones there is it blend.;
ing of many colors and delign, giving totha.
dress ecertaiti antique air. Parisian.ladiest
are ehowieg no decided intention of altering
the manner of Wearing their -hair. They
continue to display the napes of their necks
to perfection and to .grace . the cravens of
their heads with . a rope of- hair twisted
into:the form Of the figures. For evening
dress a auspioion of -powder is sometimes
.sprinkled upon the hair of ladiee whose
looks dre beginning to silver with t" r-
• . • • - . • • • ime. .
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,
•
Tole ,Xtilasies• we Vain; Iwo,
The dear little Misses we meet with in iiie,
What hopes and- hat fears they awaken;
Vor when a planchet:gee a Motor bis Wife,
Re may be Miss -led or aussasken.
When I courted Mies Kid, said geonred the III"' '
Fthonglit in the winciath of My passion.
That rd. .. de a great flit in thus gaininga MigMe
. Ullt. 11984 Only ti• BUOIKIEIJOIliatiOn•
, . . . . ,.
aca so many Misses. eurrouudisl Ind Ind,
With me stamp, love luterferiog, • --
jealous mise-truaput it into her head
& t
That sheonght net to give me shearing:
Then a certain Mbiamlaance that 1 met with oue
day _..
Almost sent all my hopes to destruction,
For she felt a stiapielon'of what I would aim
Ali owing to, one Miss-coostruction. .
Deceived by one Mies -information, I wrote,
The sense other anger demanding.,
Miss -directed prevented.13er getting tne tint%
And introduced Miss -understanding.
When to iii idie her my wife I exultingly' swore,
teisabenet math her doubt my intention, . -
knd I nearly got wed to DEN -fortune before -
I could. weem her from Aliss-epprehension.
But.when she no longer would yield to Miss
doubt, •• , 1 •
Noe be led by Mies-repreaentetion, -
3he had with MisaIike a rILIOSt BOTIOUti fall out,
And to Wed felt ' nomore hesitation, .
dnt when to the church to be married we went,
Mistake made the parson to linger,
Ind I got so annoyed, by an, awkward mies.lit,
That I put the ring on the wrong finger.
eaving been so Migs-used, I kent a strict watoh,
For I still felt a fear of Miss.leading ;
ind Tfound,when too late, an unlucky Mae.
• match
Justerfered with the joys of our wedding.
ais -rule m our dwelling pat everything wrong;
Miss -management there took her station,
Diu my cash, like the time taken reading this
song, " , ••
Was all wasted by Miss -application.
, •
. a -I
P H Y.' L L 1 S. •
• •
, .
• d . '
. ,e -a• eent nil/juin, ' - ' •
'--.. • •- .
author of "moue, Bern ' "The Baby,' " Airy
. Fairy Lilia,n,". etc , etc. .
•
• • '
"I would not speak ofe underhand work,'
f I were you." returne she,. smoothly, with
el almost invisible flashfrom her innocent
due eye. • • ' ' ; .. ..
"Do not let ue diecuse the. sdbjeot fur-
'her," seri papa, in a loud toile: • "There
O nothing BO disagreeable as public realm.
nation.. Understand, once for all, Phyllis;
he matter is - arranged; and you will he
,
'sandy to go neat week" . . .-
' " I will cot!" I .cry, passionately, rising.
tnd flinging my .napeitt upon the ground.
' I have made up, my mind, and I will not
:o to Qualmsley. Not all -the fathers in
'Ihristendone ohne make me," . .. .. •
"Phyllis !" roars , papa making a. wild
;rain at me as I sweep past' his cheer ;.. but I
void 'defiantly, and, . going out, slam
he door with rawat ietentional violence
.ehind me. . . •• .
I fly threugh the hall attd in* the Open
--....
ir, I feel euffocated, half ohokedeby my
tigry emotion; but . the ' sweet ' evening
Imes revives hie. It is eight" o'clock, end
-
, delicious twilight pervades the land. •
I run swiftly., an irrepressible sob in rny
broth, down the latve, past the paddook,'
,nd alone •a a . he -of -the little stream,'
mita, a: ,,-....nr:Trf.'; -hat we call the "short
ut" to 'Briersa.. I . -•un . myself into Ma •
1arringtona ar as, who fa probaaly on his
ata to Summerleas, a'
Usually my greeting to hitn its ahead
utstretthed from my body to the length of
ay arm. Now I east • myself generously
ato his embrace. ..I oling •to hien.with
=oat affectionate fervor. , He • is very
earier dear to me at -this- moment coming
o me tie a sure and certain friend. : • '
a My, - darling -my life I"- he exclaims,
' what is it 2 • You are . unhappy; your
yes are full of trouble." . .. .
His arms are rouod me; he presses his
ips gently to my • forehead; it ie a•rare
hing this kiss, as. . it is but seldom he
*eases me, knowing my antipathy, to any
.emonetrative attentions; . but . now • my
vident affliction removes ,a. barrier. . ,
" I want yoo to marry •nietiteitioe.". .1
ireathe rather than speak, my -hasty .tnn.
ing and my eomitenient . having well•nigh
tined me. • " You will; will youalot? You
auat. . I will not stay here a moment'.
Niger -than I can help. ,You Raid once you.-
Sished to marry , me • in June e you mus
sish it Mill." • a • , ' ' . - .
".I do," he ansWera, oalinly; brit hia arras.
ighten. round me, and hie face flushes. e I
sill marry.you when and where you please.
eo you mean toanofrow ?--nett we'els?-
shen ?" ' e '
"Next month;, early next month. I wilt
le ready then. Yoo moot tell pape so this.
vening, and take me 'amity soon. I will
how them I will net stay here to. be tyran-
tized over and tormented"
would. t not be better if I were more of a
woman of the world 2" . .
a :e 011; here* of horrors 1" criee 'Duke,
teasing his hands in affected terror.. e How
eau yea suggest anything so pruel? If I
were married to a fashionable WOrnall -I
would either out and run, or commit suicide
in six months:" • .. • • ' . •,
"Then' you really tbink me--" I hes-
Hate. ' • . •
• • • • (To be co. nil:hided ' ' .. I
would -e ---a" . . .•
•
• "Don't be fOolish, child," - he ; inctliea
answer, roughly; " I theta not relee.slyou. '•
even it l' would. You are part ofmy life
and the best part; No; let us keep to our
. •
bargain now; whatever comeci of it."
His. eyes are Axed on mine ; ':gradually
a eofter light ethers into hie fait:. 'Putting.
u'p his hand, he ' smoothes back the tothe
hair -from ' My .. forehead arid kiesee me
. .
gravely on -my lips:. - . • •
• ' "You are my own little girl,". hp says,
." my most presoious. possession ; I mill not
:have you inconsiderately theca Come, I
-will speak to your father, „ . . . .
a
. &hand in hand we'return to the dragon's
den, where, Ma- Careingto having faced
.the dragen and successfully bullied hini,
'peace is restored; and it is finalle.arranged,
that'll:attired weeks we aro. to be 'married. •
-And in three weeks. we are married. In
three short weeks I glide intoanew li*, in
whioh Phyllis Carrington holds abstain*
may, leaving Phyllis Vernon of the old.
days -the egeneralteoeiver" cf the blarete
of the • family -to be buried out of eight
forever. • • . - • • ' , ' - •
First of all -mother takes •• me •Up to I'Mia,
don, and puts me in the hands of a oele:
bratedniodistei a woman of.greatreputition,
with piercing eyee, who scowls at ine, pro& •
taps,. and measures me, until I lose eight el
my. ewe. identity. and begin to look Upon
anyeeltas so many. inches and fingers -and
yards emb'odied. • •At length,. this terrible
• person expreeteng hethelf eatisfied with the
examination,. we • may -return home again
• vihither We are shortly followed by:m.1g
wielter-teamed 'oil ekinetovered *tanks, in
whiohlieethe -results of &lithe measuring.
Everything is so fresh, so gay, se dainty,
,
that I, whet, kave. been . kept en smell low
diee with regard to clothing, am enraptured,.
and as .1: dress myself in. ethie new gown
and three* myself in. motheta long glue;
sustain a sensation of pleasurable admire-
, tam .that..must. -be. conceit in an "ugly
duckling." ------ . • • • '
: As Madame oltarminglyeand rather shop:
pily exprethee it, my •wadding -dress is g,
"marvel of 'elegance. and grace"- and lace
she.mightlie,ve added, as Brossele is every.
'where. Indeed, as -I meat and think of the
bill that must foliciw, the old deadly fear ot
a tow otheps, over me, °killing my joy, until
I happily quid selfishly reniember' that
vihen 18 cloth -fall due I shall be tar from
:Summerleas : and papa's • wrath, . when 1
. become once more enthusiastie in niy •
praise,
I even insist on exhibiting myself in it'to•
Marmaduke three nights before my Wed-
*ding, though. all .in the house tell me it is
, eo uulucky go to do ; niul Mrs. Tully, the
cook, with her eyes "full of brandy -and:
Water, implores man* to be headstrong.
. Preeente come, in from all sides, Bobby
De Vere's and Mr:Hastingtabeingoonspiou.
ems inore from Mee than taste. Papa rio
far overcomes his aniinosity. as to pregent
meavith an astonishing travelling -desk, the
intricacies of which .it takee me months to
lanteter, °Yen with the help 'of Marmaduke.
. Roland, coining - from Irele,nd.for the core.
'moues,. brings' with laint frora the Emerald
Isle a necklet too.handeorne for hie puree -
'iwhile Billy, with tears. ot love • in hie dark
eyes, puts into my arms a snow-whiterab.
bit that for eta long monthe has been the
joy of 'his heart. --------
. Dora, vsho at firth &elated heialeteeete.
nation et leaving hot= during thee festivi.
notion second thoughte changes her mind,
having discovered that by.absenting herself
the loos of a new dross is all she will gain •
• i
she 'ootteents frostily to be chief bridesmaid,
The two Hastings girls " ith -Babb D '
0 w • y e•
•Vere's Mater and two of Marmaduke's
coming' aloe assist • aied Sir Idark Get° at
. . . , \ ar
ehief mourner.
As the eventful day breeke, I wake and,
rising,. get through the principal part of my
dreseing,without aid: •
At 8 o cloak' Martha kneeke at my bed-
room door and handl! into 118. a Steeled
packetewith "Mannaduke's loth" written
on the oats*. and .opening it We abeam
to view the Carrin - d' dth
gton lemon se reset,
.Zama
reraticlelled, and' maimidoent in their brila
-Laney. Thie is la thought If
a appy.. on is
pert, and raises our spirits for twenty
minutes at least: though after • this tome
°hence Word -Makes -Or •e - - t
gee grow rame
again, &lad we weep. systematiiially _ all
through the morning-4uring• the &eosin g,
and generally up to - the very leo moment
-so that when at length I make my
-aPpearattale in church and week rep the mete
on,pape.; a stm,I am so.White and altogether
, • . ----------- ,.. . . ..
now to Defy old Age.
- • . - . •
-. It has been generally believed for a long
time that sooner or later the soiciatists
would dist:Over the secret of indefinitely
prolonging aume,n•lite.. Why people should
math to be young in appearance and feeling
wben, in reality, they are young in years,
and why they should grow old, fall into the
wire and yellow leaf and 'shuffle. off this
.. .
mortal °oiliest whenthea are beginning to
enjoy life; are mysteries of ate •tantelizing.
and yet filmiest* charactet, • Butgeneral
refleOtiOne are not in. order -in ,disotheirig a
matter of such vital. interest. -. The world
1 with b thl ' •' -.
willearn rea.. earl intermit that the
-
sown is a have at lastsuetheded in agreeing
t' t
• - . • - ' • -
upon a course of treatment wince, they
-think, will have . the effect• of Billiipealng
e enoroao men e . o age.- e act
the h • t• of *Id - Tla f
having bnoted 'that,'•ch
g been after passzng mid-
,.
die life the process of ossification- becomee
' ' , . .
markedly developed until it- ushers in senile
deorepitude, it has eiscuired to our. scion-
tifio friends thet the- arreet of this manic
tendency would naturally .ward off or
. . . • •
delay the ,coming of old age. To make it
• • •
stilt plaitier euppose we put it in this way:
• Old age, instead Of being an accumulation
Of years, 'ita • einnply ii gloW but steady,
•
theumulation of calcareous wetter in the
The &aeon= of the deposit in
considerable quantity of this eel.
oareous matter is e bar to the approaoh of
tlaephysioaland mental 4thline smiled. old.
age. It would be interathing to, Mote these
,scientists step by step in • their inveatiga-
tions .and diecoveries, but within. the' lineita.
' of tins brief article we have 'b.arely apace
for their conalesions., The main point to
the 'method 'recommended for the proven-
tion „ of calcareous gefanumalations. ' of
. .
counts) this is a matterof diet. .. We -must.
b d ' A - ' ' f ' '
USG rea • in . mo. oration, , . ruit• an
. .fieli, poultry, Young mutton
and ' yeal: • .Nitrogenous. food.. must
be • avoided. The nett • thing - ' is- to
•
drink several &sees of distilled water con-
• •
taming ten or fifteen.drops of diluted phos-
pecato add every day. This has the effeet
ctadiesolving any oaloareousanatter in the
.system. • Believers in the Malthunian
theory will 'probably view this discovery
.with disapprobation : and it is not to be
denied that the effecit will ' be to. augment
our population. . To seine °admit it • Will
create it revelation in the busiiithe world,
our MA go to mpg em-
Ifmiddle-aged d ' ' them-
selves with distilled ' water and phosphoric
acid. instead of " red. eye,"theie 18 110 telling
how -long they will lege; and their refusal
.10 be laid. on the shelf . will delay the , pre-
grass of our young men, or make them.push-
forwatrd with redoublei energy. Thefuture
experimento • of the soientlitte in the testae
with old Father Time will be watched with
intenee interest, •as the result intlinately
concerns up all.; ---Atlanta C titution. '
. , . . , . •
. • •
moane litoiWia Orates:. •
,.. .• • • •
. Queen •Adelaide lelooming up aa ei• hot
favorite for the' English :Derby, the. beat
obtainable price about the filly. being 10
te ta - . . ,.
A feed df potatoes ocoaeionally•is reoom-
mended by, those who have ' d • •
, trie .11 for
horses 'that ' are worked hard.. But th
diffioulty is, in thie case that. while but few -
amens eat theme 'less titian one in• ' d
a.. 0,Z0112
relishes them. . . . ' .
v . -' - • .• • • - '
• etennanana assert that several Men
in the New Eugland 13 '
g and tates have 'lost
th • a e - 1, - • • - . .
ear Ives y g enders, caught by coming
too close con • '
taot ith- decease • horses
die th • ti. ' h (17C b * 4 a
e teethe a reao ed the rasegnant
• ,
' . - ' • '
• . • . . , . .
The
• PercherOn Horse Company, located '
t e Bout
mt •t h Platte, Kiowa and Box. Elder
' Rivets in Colorado, and which.has a range
500,000 acres of' land, has now
over 3 000
, , brood. mares, the mast of • whicb.
are hi if rade .1' '
' a g eroherons erid. 'pert are'
fulltlood ' • . • • , •
---A-welLinformed contenepority says: .Bet '
few realize the fact. . that • succesedul horse
breeding requires more taste, more judg-
ment. and. more common sense ••than • is
Poeticised •by many inenw•ho follow -it. In
this, like in all other undertakings, the taste
may ba cultivated, .the judgmene may be •
matured and the amount of 'common eense
may be increased 'by patient : study and
'careful: observition, and ' the man who,
betide .his energies in: thie diriotion inky •
' succeed 'in ' the. end, although he May
,Theet' with .. failure. at ' ' .first.• • Th -
jority. of . horsee, . . t •
it is. . rue, are not
.bred andreared -by' what we 'Mit call .
' f " al b a • ma ' '
. pro canon readers, men who spend their
entire time and give their entire attention
tothe work. • The•greater portion of them
are bred by .farmere. who raise butaine ei
two a. year, and do this ete a kind ot a aide
issue, -not thinking. that it woUld pay to '
give the totter elicit a paesingethoughta
When *Wears begin to. find out that. this
'feature can be made as remunerative, if
not more. so,than any ' on the farmathey
will theii Andy the subject more thoroughly
. width° result will be that a better ohms of
2hoisee wilflie found throughoutthecountry
than ever has been known. • ' ••• • '
• • • •
'
I buret into tears, and bury my face in
Lis coat. ' .• • .:.
" You.shall not stay an hour longer, if.
ea don't wtsh it," returns my, lover, rather
*steadily, • "Come With ma new, and -I
sill take you to, my Meter% and will marry
ea to -morrow," •• . . . , '
"Oh, no,to,"' Limy,. recoiling' from hire;
' not that; I did not mesiathat. I.did ncit
sant to run away with you. Next month
vill be soon enough. It was only they
misted on my going to :Quabiasley, and I '
vas determined I Would not." . .• • .
"It is. disgraceful • .tnitir ' being. niade
snatched in this way," • exclaims Merma-
Luke, wrathfully. "Tell me what has
axed you 2" He is not aware ot.the Missei
rename' existence.- " Wheth te Qualms'.
sy ?" • • . '
" It is a hotrilde piece • in Yorkehire,
shere nobody lives, except my meats: They
sant me to go to stay there next Week for
, month. The hateful old. thinge wrote
• -
avittng Dors, and when she refused to go
,apa insisted on Wotimizing ' me in her
lace. If .aou only knew aunt Martha and
,unt Priscilla, yeti Would understand. my
bhorrence-my deteetation-of thera..They.,
,re papa's sisters -the very image of him-
nderample on °neat every turn. I would
ether die than go to them. ',mould fee
ether marry you," • .. .: ., -•
lewdly geese the .aigniffeencie of my last
vords until I eee ray lover whiten and
vino° in the twilight. ----- ' .
"01 mime I dozet mean that," any, con.
asedly, "1 only--," .. • ' ' 1
But as I don't at MI feel sure what it la I
o mean, 1 break down here ignominiously
,nd relapse into atekWard silence. •
"01 course not," he answers... "1 quite
uaderetand." But his voice has lothall its
inthusittem, and sonfeldiw his Words drag,
' Had you not better mite back to the
muse, Phyllis? Yott, will the& cold with.
ai.t your hat and in that light dream"
I aie olothed in „White teteilin, a little
ipen at the ththat; and with thy arms half
Are. A piece ot blue tibbon defines my
. . • -. . . .
valet, a bow lat the same hoe ia in ray ban;
he locket that ()Magna his facia la kOund
ny neck; a greet. crimson retie Hes upon
aly bosom. . . .. . .
..1 am not cold." L reply ' " and / ani
. I 0
fraid telace papa." . .
We are Reparated notv, and I stand alone,
;thing down intO the rippling atreaM that
uns noisily at my het, Already twp or
lathe bright Mere are twinkling °Warhead-
,id shine up at nie, reflected from below.,
------- -
.
' . "' - ii. • • •
. . . amo . °yelp • browses. ••
• ' • ' . - •
1 A...pretty *Aiwa- .whioh lute lately been.
adopted,is to pinlicicblaek. lace scarf loosely ,
•aTund the.neek, fasten one end ,undarlthe
lia t eat with a dainty spray of flowers' and
the other at the lett side of th. e waist. with
anoteer spray. • Real flowers are occasion-
, •
ally EMU' at.the 'Audios of p.arasolgoecured
with a botv of ribben. Velvet round the
throatand wrists, fastened with . any good- •
sized rococo buttons, especially miniature.
with diamond, ory
, ,, . , stal or pearl settiagEis .
c°131ing in again' ' • a '
• At the recent 'races in, Paris, the toilets
were specially remarkable for elegant •sim-
plioity, the prevailitag color tieing blue. and '
the materim chiefly wool: The Comtesoe -
Potooki was dreesed entirely in light blue;
the.Marquise de Belbeof in bbie jecaubtte„.
• jupe a Carreaux, . chepeau Mahn ; . the
Vicomtesse de Tredern i,n a, green Wormy
over a, green skirt, ohepeau marini trimmed
with little bunches of red currants. .Mme.
Bisobeffsheim wore a oomplerof blue cloth,
set off by a most charming eat of *Mason
'
straw,•trimraed with wild fl.owers. There
Were aloo several? most effective' toilets in
silver gray and black and gold.•
. • .
• . Tao Fashion in siunsese.
. "What has become of otir wonderful
crimson etineets, reionder ?" said Tom,. .
. " Why,' replied Laura, thoughtfully
looking nil from the Bazar, ‘,. I suppow
they have all gene out Of style' ,Everything
is very quiet and .elegant this spring. I
know those winter sunsets were too high-,
Colored to last long. 'They might do for, the'
evening,' she said •presently, in a ieflootiee
mood, " but they are ioo lend for tbe
street." And, bending over the dtheription
ef a new walking suit, she did not Bee Tom,
fallen from his chair, stating wildly at her,
'.
and painfully gasping for breath. --Sunday
couetee, ' - . .
1 •
The London carteenists and thrieeturl to,
including Punch, always piature ' Jell=
Bright in QUaker broadhrini and coettinee
Whereas he generally wears, hits Tennyeon.
a billyeeek hat, and, unlike Wenn
. Nog.
dreams In natty style, alwaya particular
aspects*, that his poli3118a bOote ithall be
tut bright aa himself. . .
• •
. meetings of HorthWeet half-breeds
b i held t t t i the '
are e ngo pro ea •aga Wit e tuition
Of the- Government in reference to halt
.
breed 'and miners' chum. , ,
. . . .
',liftmen are any told thafthey reaeMble
angels when they are yoUngand beentatil;.
coneennehtly, it is their pereent,. not their
viatica, that procure. them this homage..-
Phabe Carib ,
titark is pr.:matting rapidly with the
t . • ' ' . •
g eat, railway tunnel under the Mersey.
?PHA tunnel will he at mites in Uncial .
'' ,... .
Begin; habegin is half the work. . '
The Prince and Prineese Poniatowski
arrived in New York yeateAday on 'the
F ' h t • INT ' • 43," Th P ' -
reno s earner orman ie. e meths
Was Mille Maud Ely fladard, daughter of
the' late A. F. Goddard, of New York. She
married the - Prince' in Paris in April
• • •
Prince Poniatowski conies of one of thei ,
nobleet Ninnies of lieueSia • They will
. . , . . . . • • .
remain in thia country pawned Months
probably. .
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The Werra weather at Salt Lake is Aatig-
leg ibaedli!.. Greet damage is reported to .
11 wade m the 'buttery and Heine lose o .
ffs•
James Edwards (oolored), Of Riohniend
Ind., has bean genteneed to a year in the
p - . • - ' ,
enitentiary and tined $100 for marryang it
white 02i1M Ail_ . .
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