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Home My WebLink AboutThe New Era, 1884-07-25, Page 237 a IligM°9111110, lag. I inynnif woody cow, ph. yuic. mow i .. could have so *Wren to him."' "I mold bath railed yeti as I lieBned," I "How bsought . I was not Ina um impugn* ao I **obi to ' hivie beW . " *bit kg*alul into merry 1110041t, We , hare IV a corner, ait-st Tare Oneettr waY 4oions . by thie. " Unit bereit,PhYllis i'l -Oldeasalie: " yOU may $6ke my Irma for it, the /oar Blanche is this moment in se whoa health as yon or L' , '"IiittlrhYr WM, IMMOga _herself. in her '.rerommul tot the -Martyr ?" ' .. Twat 009 donipany, probably, dee,r, We p,11 undereiond. Bkatiohe's vaporsby • this time. The melt haVe gone out, you see, net to ratan itistil dirumr•hour. and women,are so terribly Ind: id. Pity lady's drelses want renovating, li may be, and tumly this ni a capital opportunity to see to them. Vollo-rott." . ' • "And could she not say so? Why tell a. 41easibeinnt ant a trigitale rt 1 . s• A 0 • ohe as a en to yto . p , y to let it run elllogether to white, is, it; not.? We all have our • Little weaknesses,' • eaye Mies Bentoun, ,00niioelly, as we enter the drawing room. SOmehow, the remembrance of that pink note and the faint Confusion exhibited, by h 131"che geing en .."37. entrance int° -er room Ibigere in my muut 1 feel a vague dislike t0 that monogrammed ePlstle• For whimi was it Meant? Off and en during the remainder of .the day this auestion haunts me and only a t of the . wifl prevents my supreme 'effos '. , -". I. - onneetin it with the name of " Marais- ° g , . 0. duke" . Surely, eurely, I .oannot•be beoomiug that moat - et,es, wet et, ell things, a jealous, • . til '1°., . - . , atisPac ous wale I am whit and restless in site of • PK' . ,P•. alt my endeevere ' 0 be otherwise. . • •• Yet, as the twilight fel% and the shades -of. vening'gather instead of waiting for their . 8 ' oomiog, lie.ave Dora •in full pessession of ,...__ __ engtet_treityand, quitting the drawing. room, go -upstate to pase a solitary and put : leek -hour lathy boudeir-the pretty little - an tura all Moo :ancleilver, that 0 :0 . 0 ' .. sellooiateolm here encieered to'me. . , . . .. . 'FiridAng. Myeeir ; as restless here, how. ever as elsetbere I leave ft as the -cloak • t . • • • - chimes half. aiti'6, Mid turning °into the pititure lallerY, '• begin. to stare`•stutddlY enough Open' the grim' ashialierii and im• Minlest; shephardessee, who in their turn stare' beekarme • • ' • • . • i•. Suddenly I become conscious. that some cold air is blowing open me, and, raieing pay eyespereeiva to tower window to he. partlyn 1 a iVer and involuntarily °Pe---• - - - --, -- move forwad to. close.% OUteide this window . rarer a baloonyl reaohed by . stone steps from the ground beneath, and as 1 draw nearer to it sounds coming Iran thence fall pon my ears-- first a Woman's yoke, and then a Man's.. : - • Their words,' though licitly uttered, are thoroughly rdietinot • a frogment of their •convereatiOn, unsheeised by the ehill wiad, Pa ries los .by amend =Aim iteelf heard. 0 0 8 • "So you thought once. Youcennot have altogether forgotten the old.,times-the past Memories --." • • ' . .......• • ---- It is Blanche Going% Voice, • and the ao. • b ' a hi 11 cent etr es to as mpg repro o u y, nay - • • • • - tenderly inapasnoned. • •• • Oa amornent my heart stops boatine. tin . g . A cold &impious covers, mYferie.• I cannot move... I'harcily date 'to breathe Oh, • to whom exe these words addressed.' whom voice wilt give her bank an answer? ' . • '' Sir Mark *Teske j and with- a relietthat through its inteneny is for the instant . ihoutest , pain, , I :nagger . &gehapt the wall near me, and stand motionleas to recover tam, , . ' , • • • • .' .. . . t. Can anything be more melancholy than 'oldi ?"" • u uredSir Mark h htly „,m rm , g , without the faihtest trace of .tenderness in . his tooth 99 Boieve roe, we havenoreal happiness in this hie Turin we have leerned aucceeefully how-to forget." .. . • 11 th"* 1 eel „hut a I .. eave e window. noise e y, . . 8. o the, words atid_their Meaning follow me. g ' • 91 ' "Old tiinee - past meMories "-0000 •" indeed be , that in the "long ago" lie love •passagee that were oneefresh betweenLedy Blanche and Sir Mork Gore? .. . ' If it be BO* and that. the remembrance of them is not yet quite dead in ler heart, what beeemee • ot, :my theory (that Of late .. • hen been a settled. oonviotion) that ' bears an- .dverweening Affection for. my us n • , ure er e - was n er h .136 d 13 ly h ton • tt . ly ehmere ; she had not feigned that despair. • g d • th . f w vt 'cl had from a .fun heart -from a 'woman waking • - a lastvain effort to mvivra burl:Believe.. . •I ii. Own room and • holy looked gei :my ' . ' g the OMR& door, stop to •press my hand to . 1 . • • my.forehead. .4 seneetton • thtit to partly, triumph • partly joy, 'noes •withua me -joy, ' ' • however -that taste hut •for a: moment as • .. - --. 4 - • th a groan I 10 00 how as yet I have wi - • ' - • - - not proved • Marmadake'e indifference W her• • : , . , Of what consequence is ill to me to know • whether Marmaduke Mor is -not. the flan, • • • - . , - . in Blanche tieing s thougnts, unless I be tapered that elm is not the first in his'? . • . Nevetthelese„ in spite of these . atom' doubts, .I feel my spirite sornewhat lighter.. My feehngs• towarde iny husband te.ko a . • kiodlier shade as I hurry through my drese. hug' with the assistance ef my maid-rbeieg• already.rather late With nay toilet. 1.hear e.nter his own reom. The days are long , gone by when ho iveuld seek my pro, mace the firet thing on hie • rettirn, and, having' given nie the. kind and tender kiss I prized go little, proceed to tell ine•all that theday had brought him. • .Just• bow thie thought fottieri iteelf uedip me obetioatelyihringittgestrange,teinoree,,, raising to tey heart. I dismiss Mattha, • and • in -an unusually softened frame of- - mind, open • the door that separates hie room from mirk], .end • eity. cheerfully, ".Had. you good sport, Illarmodoke?" ' He l000n-up plainly surprieed, bap makes no comment on' my unexpeoted appesr, aim.- - • • " Pretty fair. Not so good as we hoped on setting out, but very respectable for all that. Thornton is a firet.olass shot. , Any one h • ere to -day 2" ' . . • "Tea, the De Verea and Murrays. . But they etayed no time, • pod old' hire. Murray Wan iil a very 'had temper. .tt appears Hty .is Wore than ever determined About arth marrying the governeile." . . o / pity the governeee, if She goee back to live with the old lady all a daughter.in- 'kw." . "So do I. Oh, Marmaduke, have yen got any eau•de-Cologne? Martha must nave 9, weakness for it, as she never leaves' 100 01137." ',. , • ' "7800 plenty in 00001 these bottles. Come and take it." . • . _ I walk in, fastening toy -bracelet as i go. ,," Th, at% a pretty dMes yau hare oil to- bight.4.• eaYs ssarmadttke, regarding roe ontioally before going In for a wend battle with o, refrotory tie; already' three lie ha thatorher PlaU•Shtered; . " Franey yotir eeeing anything. about me Worth admiring!" I reply; 'but hi Opite 01 my %verde, my laugh is low and !pleased. Hie tonerthoUgh quiet, has a ring of cordiality unit that Mr tome Otte hes been %bumf). rt. rimile hereto round my bins; I lift nay heal and am about to make eoine little,. trifling, entleY• noneYed OPeeelis who ruY eye* tell Upon a certain object that) lieri upon the toilet.tableamongthenumerotteotherthingto he had Ast Withdrawn frOm hie pbakeite. A thlY pale pink throa•boruersd note teeth, addrese 1IPPer,Mblits b_aneittll MY gaze', "Marniaduke Carringtono lifiq."--tno Otero, • .' this tab!, clear, dates * HOW win knew 114 . , , beautiful writingi , • . ' lips otatprott my ohteka ' 1 fail 1/22,Y, . ,..1„„. .„4.1„,• .,,, ,,„ CY ?warm. • - ••••••"*""•;• ;re "." gat* I IOW the room. „I ill yell tt et 1411... ... t.,be battle IrriAk _Your rieolit,941 ' artimatixe, and I answer, in rather a stifled voice, 41 No, thank you," and. shut the door'betwient ils h. luitilY.- Oh that that waselt that eaparatedue 1 1 !get hell rintrt with„mitraged Ode. and Pas- mon. That she shen14 write him billets-doux, in my 0611•110Ure, that he should receive theM slid tressuretlitituglesuie to ine, iti mY 'Melte. d eta:, the very besot treachery. 310.00g fierce love hou'mkth n".4 verY•.°,°°-4. so careless of my feelings, or so oonv2noso of roY st,I;Pi tty, as to take no pains to eon- oar then double-dealing! 1 -row almost reel:lees, and remember -if se wi la OW Bert of lisidefection.thit 4 t. legit\ it is in my power to wound him in turn- and her7 too, alter what 'have overheard this evening. Although loiavaunted Love for me -if ever • there -,.-ie now gene, 1 oan still touth him where his honor is concerned. I tub_ my pale tape until the color returns to o • th it 1 bite mv outvoting no tuttil ev gleara ..' - • • ..., . . , . .. , . _ . ti mpg aownsteas like orimsola berties. an ' g • • for the first time in my life I let the denten of coquetry rise and hold full sway within my lamest, While I go lil for an Well and cm e , ir a Ion wi ixGore. d 'd d fl' 6 t' with fr Mark bl I nt 1 How wretched e ow nusera 0 . a , , , Y t Li', ' • are tne momenta, when 1 give.myselt room thought 1 I note rce u e 8 dark for thou MA ad k ' frewn, as, with gushed cheek0 and gleam- • hi. • 1 ag and ing, spar . nog eyes, amour e. a play gayly to Sir Mark's nonsense. I see Bebe'e • tra - • one surprieed glance and Herne pained , . I watch with exultation the bitter expree- -eiottninst clouds Lady Blanche's brow. I see eyerything atoned me, and bong -with ft fevertah loiaging--for the evening to wear to an end. . At length coines the welootne.‘hour of release. We have ell wished each other good•night. The men have yetired to their enaoking-room, the women to their bedroom fires and the Berne° of their maids. • Martha having pulled MY hair to.Pieces . . • • - and brushed it Vigorously, I give her leave te-ceelt her own "hob' atal, with a act P'?r•' pose in my mind, get through the remota. der of my ;light toilet without assistance. • An ntir.estrainable craving to learn all the Particulars of Marmadthe'e former.attaoh- ment to Lady•Blanohe Going (as described by Mark Gorey seizes me ; ' and Bebe.beieg of 011 1)001)10 the oue most likelY• to :satisfy my • . • oureatety I determine to seek her and gain from her what knowledge 1000. She is, besidee, the only . one of whom' I would make such an inquiry.; and therefore to her room 11)101)510 to go. . • ' 1 haritily draw on a. pale Woe cashmere dreeeing gown, prettily trimmed with satin guiltiog of the sitme shade, and anhatitute blue.slippiirs tor the bleak ones I have been wearing. during ,the eveniug. My -- hair hangs in rich ohestnut massee far beiew my waist; two or three aray rippling Woke -wander wantonly across ' my• forehead. A 'heavy blue eord , and tassel, contittiog my gown completes my costume. - . . . , • Leaving my -own room noieelessly, • I reaoh Babe's, end kuoolt 'witty on the door. . . . . . . She motes dismissed her maid, and is . . . . silting. before the fire in au attitude that beepeake reverie. Whatever ,her thoughts,. however; she puts them from • her on my entrance, and ,00mes forward to greet Me, the gay, bright clebonnair.s., Bebe. of ;every day • . • "lam so glad you have IMMO i" she says 'takin running to take both my halide end lead .1he th the lire. **:1k feW rai""teat cenverea- *ion at this hour of the night is worth hoots • . - . . • .. . • of the day; .And, •oh, ,phylue, how pretty you look!' . • • - . ".•Nomiense I" •retorn I, mightily pleased, nevertheless l and, going over to the chard glass, I • 'proceed to exernihe myself • with a . * * . • . . • outlast eye. . . i. . . . Wonderfully, •pretty,1* • Bebe,'' ' repeats with emphasis. " My dear Phyllis; you should ear blue. cashiner,e, and 'let your „ 'hair fall down your baok just so. You look erectly fourteen, and very charming." . 11. Well,, even at the --best • of - times I was never considered ' pretty," declared I, . • modestly. . " Now. and. then, when weentig a new dress or. that, I may have appeared ' goodlooking ; .but even ..Marmaduke.neVer . , ,_ 1 a hot 'IL • o d.me I was t . , . . . , ''' " Never told you you werepretty t 1 mho ,,, Bebe, In a voice of ' horror.' "1.Never tom ott ou were. the sweetest and loveliest 7 .y,, . . . hp w .. b oreature . upon, eat • liat a misera le lover l'..' It would be impossible to describe the amount of nioin she, throws uato her manner. • •• • •••• • • • '• - - --.. • • - 2 , • . ' • • e',"" . ' • met• winds thougn I know -they are • • . • ' spoken • in past doming thus hotly on••. my • • ' new' suspicions renkle sorely. - - .. . .. • - ' • ' . • • •• • "I don't eee that •Ins .telling .. me a he would have done any good," I expostulate • - • • * somewhat. 'warmly, feeling passionately aggrieved at tile thought that hohas fallen . bort in hie wooing. Surely once -if for ever n • - - - • ' RI little a time I wasell in ell to him ° • ' ' ' 1, Yes, ib wouldan immensity of good. It -would be wily fit 9.11d preper. • That is • . met one of the, things. aboot which a man ought-Win-able:to lie teen; though, indeed, in moat cases I doubt if it wouid be a lie. Change a friend into a ' lover, awaken within him the desire to make you his Wife; and; such is, the vanity and seltoomOla. coney of -men, he will at 'ones (in regarding you'as his '1:11 . - ..f poen e property; .magni y your eharais, and. end by contrasting yen, favor. ably with every other wife of his acquaint- ance. You do hot COMO withinthe pale of my remarks, however, as 'I Speak ot .ugly Wqmen.• Phyllis, you ate too modest. You me iropression that all your life g the through you have beetr'n'more or leas sat . upon, Is it not so e•,,. - . .11 I believe it is," I anewer, laughing ; “ but I think justly so. Why, only look at troy nose ; it thrus right np ; and -and then, you know Dom was 'always on the spot. to eclipse me." • .. • . - . "Indeed I , know • nothing Of the kind.: Youute infinitely. more attraetive .in 6v. eyee ; theugh, I admit Dora has &arms, with her otinipleition and eyes of 'hely b,A1i3i. I verilY believe You are a hypoorite Don"liyou know all the men here rave about you.? Don't you know it -Was a fixed oreed m the faintly that Marmaduke'e heart was eased in steel until he deettoyed it by roar- .. , tying you?" ' " 0/4" ,I say,.with 'a light laugh; though my blood is coupling Wildly through my, voloe, "100 exaggerate slightly there, 1 think-. Was he not very mush eptis with his ouldn, Lady Blanche Going, some yeare ago?" - • "A mere hoyotild.girl attachment. 1 would ari Been drearn of lending importance to the /omelet of a schoolboy in hie teens- to the passion, of Iny dear (hips, for instance. Beeldeer elle was several. years older than .he was -whatever she may he new," sayeBehe, with a little grin:ace, " Was it violent while it toted 2" " MO be omitIntled4 • Tial4.1371410401Pre .11. „ walls. „ . I ' . J11117 f45,1884: . •filly, *dew er memo Carlow iro‘lito,, " Not worth slap.", The, *root or tuna popsy. in Ir.** .haa grown to au* $1.- 11113 470 g that counterfeit omins'aidis rap were in cottonce lig% iguidaer egaltite . , Sae gootapacne.41 sic goo : w....1.1 not , , seuevolliter Vasellaial. : , no ./..cong,104` of ;Ws* Iffi II Stentebt t.t. Xantilia• -Glt344010. 0004 algaiNtertd lett was rouppood. to hive eloped, bat the Judge does not believe that she 'WO Unferthilll to him. . He. writes to a friend its fellows; Everything is even worse ;then .friultAined, My poor d ailing Wadinierui'dtainirthaloset few week.. lee the reault or neurshight. and she diaap 'dared. She lost a large Oro et Money ti4O I lett with her and it helped to make . her meotally•mort areited. Theo °h°g°t.th° wil421°104, OA, at S11.0. lll. .WEI. 04.1 out ai too wayor some 1 90 mthiler. and she gave away, I may say, not sold, harness; honor laver eels, tebleolothe and all the bedclothes to raise. about 260 to go On this journey end yetno one has Been her go. . This is the way oho opened and closed her letter left as a good•bYe; , , - yo„. my darling Tom, wmr,u, , Low good b husband. 'you loathe only love i ham eVerhaa; SO gOUthbY1), my an el love. Prom your heart- broke not • i 1 - se with an ot . .11 e g r -wile. . Ia. car kisser. and iove I am yours forever in heart. Gml - bless you,darlinal -She Said ill another nate ; so good-bye forever. darling.. Take good faro Of nay pour lime babies. oh, me darling, my brain is mad and my- heart ie broken. mos my babies every night, grum your heart -broken lithe gif ' er e, ANN -'I`' .. Vindictively. yon elf to believe a0 badly to the dear fellevr ill Mere than Leah •thiderateed• Ana he looked So nice all 'the time and was so t - delightfully in earnest I Oh, I know 'would have given in long before be bad. time to *ay cue half -what Jae t said to you. Bebe whai rum 00 10 oold 2, / ooidd hitwe goo. to 024,2424en youwithall.zoy joart,” " I wish on had," rePliee elledolefully. Y . , 04 Yet perhaps :tillage • are ,better as they 'As . ,alar4se.I.ayoubsc4vents.,,bs, moot think meanly. of me. I have elution him that Whatever . 1 ase nob „a mare money lover." '' • • "11411, for elt,thet„ I think it a foolish. t.hing tO ' out' Oft, orie'e nose to veXi one's recap return 1 witii meou truth An . more Vulgarity. „is I ara not ,yexiog 'any one," says Bebe., " Yesyou areYeti meanto vex LerA , . ! t , Ohandot and yOu succeeded. -And You are vexing ycoureelf dreadfully. Alsd all for what? or the miserable thing called Pride. NOW, I never had alaY.ol that troh- blesome .sommodity about tome, and I believe the want of it aolde yeatlY to one's ,enjoyinent." . " Had I accepted hilit I wmild haie been ilwrietA.,h4bt'ain' mu: indou.rsn she, 41: !lamed enigobw;, that I have refused him,- I am wretehed, too; tea there le no comfort anywhere."• '41 Asir alwitys for the future bate that ' oonservatory,"• atelaim I, half °tying. "And what was the use of. my wishing at the 'Deacon's Well, if' thie bi the ' only slower I am to .receive?" • . •- " Was your wlehabout tne 7" • Lord Ohandos would . again aals you to marry him. And see, sil ts, has- happened; Ifergnt tn wiah4Frlialn692- "noncom thet you might be endowed with& little_ common senile. It never octourriod . to ld be rash. enough to me that .you.•wou .. mu der yodrha,mahmareesecond time.", • • r - • - - - . - • "What a good little wing., you.. are, air 411.1 . Well let. Phyllis, to thitik about it'. , ' - ua not epeak of it again to -day. .1 de not choose he shall. • Nee. nae. with reddened lids, like. a penitent. ' Ainl ifIlli ay any ,,,,,, nume I °hall ' have r° ' b9rr- - some rouge .frotn- the blooming Going. to color my pale ,cheeks... See, I still Can laugh !" • •• I with ' "You will IllarrY him yet,' retort , isonviOtion refusing to notioe•the negative . • . f the bead h- shake o a e bestows open,. nares, she. quits the room. • • ' ' • . cwir.ree *try. ' " " Harriet, I •ain freeling rapidly ; will you. ring the bell, as you am so near it, and let an get Immo more coals.?.. Tynon seema to think we re dire none " - - - - : • •q ' ' ' a • ti - •Harriet withdraws her han reluotan y' e h where 4t is ph2E warm and verdu b neat i'heyeili,,, skte -L000rami oo-ber jot, • and does aeJsbe i's 'hidden "• . '1 . I '1 . . . • Suddenly and with. t is terribly co d. . , out the tom& warning winter ,has .00me -- - • . ! - • • . upon us. • . .• .• .• . • Already in . uelits.• talk of leaving • . ... . 7• g ' -t • d- ' itiresay countless inn ations.tospen the coming Christmas' in the homes of others have•reaohed Marmaduke and me. Ind.eed, . s Harriet and Bebe -whose mother does' not return to England until the earning 'spring ....,_ no re us • .. •:- will take f al • Dora's marriage is arranged -to ecime off about the Middle • Of. the' ensuing month; • .• • - • --• • • -- - - • and even novt the illustnou•peikonage wh t? d ' 1 t • k ` bl mom . o ma e rao , preerta. 0 oti my entrance into ' fashionable life le bugyingunes henielf• about:that '• 'seam '' • ' ' - ' . "Whet.. is zed„ Bistohe..,ie 1 ask_ arid. ii i "k • Jt .th F , t th t f • ' en Y owo Oulog. o e ao a or some hours nave n'ialr seen her: - • . . • • • - • •• She' boinplained.of a headache ettortly - • -; • • - , after thedeparture of the shooting party,' - - • •II .says Dora who is as wenit _tatting,- 1' and, • ' went to her own rocin0 ,• ' "Dear ma 1 I hope itli•nOthing-'8'S' rions " . I. - . say, auxionely, my. • coneciedm accusing- me of genie slight neglect.; " I thought she did look rather pale when I • • •-• ,,.. .. - ' met her ut the hall. .. , I d 'think d b • . - 41 on t • you nee e uneasy, ii o k H -• t "Idl. *th ,14 eart. renaar ..s arm ,, mi y, wt euepicietui twinkle m her eyes ; 40 Blanche s /nada:Mee neVeroome.to anything Probe. ht., h • • ' • s e ill be twits herself again by clamor ,-J ,, • ume. . p h ' h ' . ' ' l' a aps •s e felt a 'little . dull -when th -ti - one " • en este dear e gen 'men were • g , gg . Dora very innocently witimut raising her u. ' ..- • • '.. • •• - * ate .nne. , . , . , . , „ , Harriet laughe• /1104oionely • and palls h sk • • • • d h .' ' - , t cut °moor ad, our ag artl 133 a aars ;1511. . • ' • gen 9 °In gun 98. .. - ' " It emus rude . though, not •to inquire or er, oes . no . . f h d 'it t'?" tion. " I. tlunk 1 wall just run. up and ask if there is anything that I Call do for her." -- 9 . • 1 t d' ' ' k o saying, ;pet own nay wor -a erful ieoe of line -natitin intim ehape wend P .... IP' of a berided abler • for Cheekie Behalf fox- • - • • ' • • terrier. I go up to see ,Blanche. her- ladyship% " Come in," returns . voice, carelessly, evidently thinking she is addressing one of the domestics. „ , , I turn the handle and enter... , • • • At 'the farther.end of the room; -robed. in"Duke si pale blue dreseing•gown richly; trimmed with •Inoe,, sits .Blanolie, looking by .no means so ill as I had expected to Bed' her. .. Indeed, the 'clearness of her eyes and the general air of liveliness about her agree bodly with her tale ot a, headaohe. • • -She 10s before her atiiny wrIting4table; nd in her hood a very elaborate pith sheet of note -paper, heavily monogrammed.- It - covered with close writilig, and s / open the door she is in the act of -folding it,' AS het eyes Meet *mine, hotvever, with a sudden want of presence' of mind, seareely worthy of her, she hesitates, and finallY ends by putting . it, hastily between the leaver of- her blotter; 1 — • ' she, riees to meet me, and in doiugeo throws a goodly anathint of elegant tapper into her face and form. ' '1'i Was sorry to hear of your not feeling well." I harden *0 say as synipathetically 081 0°1"• " I came biome if I could doany. thing for You." 'I So good Of • you "-wia a ' • ' we mile--" so lund to take all this trouble I But, thank you, no. I have Owl' a Wretched h ead," putting her hand pathetically to her forehead. ''At Moll tinieS as thee° I sin utterly useleee, and the Worst tompaitiOn possible.•• . ." Well, how is she 2" asks Bebe, miming ,upoe. mennexpeetedly, and speaking in a suppreseed and 'Agiteted tonel as though SOMO 4110 Wete dee.d,er dling in the next rooni. "le the anything better, poor darling ? Dees the debtor hold out. the fahateet chance of her reeovery 2 Speak, and. relieve toy burning anxiety 1" . "7 . don't believe the hi JO at all," I rettirn in high disgust.. '13he 'looks .per, redly Well, and her:mt.:Br onto tni brlitht as ever." • - • ., "A beetle flaell• dearest. I fear our sweet friend -is in'a bad way. How could yeti look at het Without •eeettig the ravages of disease/ Dear Phyllier I doubt •yea are sadlyvianting Ia. dietounhent. What ata our 'stricken deer' riay'to you 2" -•,„ It oh, gibe put on an affected dravil, and othriledhereelf a Wictobed being, and pressed ",er forehead tragieally, and was meekly loigned in every Way, and %eked blot vrovokingly healthy all the time. I know . As rho. two* sure. • "Oomrand unbar the gardengate • MY hands me full otgethered, Atmore ficajg blithmome Xatedsatie Painted Mr • Wits redintout "mid evefileg hours i. . A venom° meg te My listituteg ear,. FromMettlieekorettis.winsomeKste ; Ho I homed o'fir me waewornisath• 'not wound elope by the garden gates A cloud of fraerant appie bloomp , Wam hung BO 010110IY overhead, That even oly eavesdropping birds Could not mate Oilt a. 17°01 We 'ilaid, -" Verna° e, note of what Iva done, Ky bashtultivatin and blushing Nate-, And both have kept the secret, wen- Those bappeninge at the sada: Sate. Bright roses bloomed orklastio'a alias, , wisioe. tediegisoUlUt bathed her heir ; A merry Winkle oiled her oyes; Rer bps -Well, kiesets nestled. thae. y, ' I drew the bar and cleared. the waKate That iihe might, peat.. my bon ;* But toll was estimed : Me paid ; And I Returned it all at the gardensate. Long rote heve toned away. tame then, Ai:awe-have lived" tad loved. together, /Sonatinas main, gomettomaitt Made, Unmindful of the weid or weather. Each year, Wheneormis the apple Woo, At eve I go With my darling Kate, Arid on eath anniv*riarY dal' • Take toll anew at the garden gate. Meti,1 that what feheeed for a hallPsho wait um worth at farthing, lima, ti Oat phritee, "Nos worth a rap." Th name sone m all probability d,enved.fron rapper] a shall awls; ooin value abet hag a 1440b_ing, • * • "Weis your, chalks," A very. Blind OxrdenetietioriflatiteXpregslen ii/aled hellyV61 volortth koo,Aumto frequgoters, . whoa rhe hey', beau drinking lootemougnto mad& . , , l3OABIl of houtooher, and to, them* it loNle With esob other, will chalk a long line 0 the ground ma thin endeaVotonaittet 0 other to walk upon "ili Wit)30HI swerving. , right or left. Those who emceed M adjudged to be, seher-ce., to.. have 91 walke their thalka," 41 °poking your goose." Acoordirig i Notes. and Queries " cooking year g90000" i thus explained: ''' The King of, idwodeii.' - • Goose ---The Ring of Sweden, coining to 1 town of his enemy's, with very little eon nano hie mem - to eli ht hie' fci• roes. di x--- * - Y. , 0 9 hangout 6 goose tor him toshoote ; halm craving before night that theeofew sold* bed invaded and set their (hide ' koalas 9 • • • • - - - flre, they demanded of hun what his Intel: was. To whom 'ho replied : 'To real your pos. 1" " lioot-lree." fleet, miaordhig to Qom Vow Dictionaryk signifies a certain OW IOW or tollage. he right of voting in tb borough hi gi 4 t 1 th _s En an . was. ornaer y to . oa who void soot and tot. " tileet•froo," they f 1 1, from oh awl - tolloot, core, a ee om 1311 . QM or . . . 16 Strain at e, gnat." . The lIdoons ' soldier when be drinks Mit01014 ible end 0 hie turban and places It over the youth e hie bota,drinking through • the.. mOslin t t • ti tb • h • 1 • . a run nn ° gehtel.w. °se err° swarm a he water of that (gauntry. " I'll'go through tire and water to sere . - Th s h you. e is ops of Rochester pot .__. . ii • • sesseu the manor or South eat, in Hem before the nor:quest, and, as not nous* in anident „times, the court of Southilea . • - • . bad' , Pewee ef trYaeg nudexennting rebus '['he 3112114441inn extended not only 40 ad of feMny done within .the village, but ale • • over onnunale apprehended in :tooth( country. 'A.urnatium of this kind 6iii th year 1200 is mentioned by T. Blount in -hi .4 Ancient Teatliesee it was 02 two won* who had stol ome 1 th 0 ' d • en n , ' ° 9 ea In rein en (supposed to be Croydon), and the melee that platie,' haying. perened theni to South ' ileet, they were imprpioned and triedby tit L ' OrdHenry de Cobhani, and other dime( men ot•the country, who adjudged them t undergo,. the fire ordeal, or examinatioi of hot ion. By this foolieh teat ow of them waa exculpated end' the other oon ' demoed. The two chref-endoies-of trial b, ordeal were those ot fire and water. I3otl these modes ' might be ' performed Ir ' deputy; -but the principal was to answe for the suctiees of the trial,. the deputy out venturing some corporeal pain. for hire, or perhaps, for. friendship.. ."• This" (say Blackstone) "10 • -still expressed in tha - • - . - . - - • common form of speech of going. chrougl fire aod -water. to eerie another." Hal • • • - telle us, 4' In the tinae. of • Ring' John lib • mugation per roam et equate or the trioslk ordeal,, continued ; .but it ended with thil king*" ' ' ' ' • " By gook or by Crook.'' The destruci tion . by -the. fire c1f London in. 1666 during. which some 18,200 houser tie • ' • • .. ' . . ' • ' were burnt down, in . very _mom - eases obli'terated all the boundary' inairki • requi-" -; ‘.9-"rnialn ''''' ezAnnt' 9r 'land and the eites.00cupied by buildingsprierioie • • to the fire. When-Ahe lubbieh was - re moved disputes arose among. Penton° a$ to the 'position end extent cif thine pro - •, • • • • 1 • - • • ", • • •-• .. ,.•-_,.. windrotoMised not ohlyseternuna remit - • - - • - • . ' . L - - " - • - • ' suits 'but tweeted the., serious etilot debt". • r-,1 -.el,. • .‘ • . .. -- ,.- -••• - • , nig e otutiling.of the city until theeerlis - ' .1 puten were :tattled. Impelled. ' by .thi necessity of coaungto a more speedy settle. t • ment, it was determined thet the blame sua. interests ot .6,11 portions •concerned should be 'referred tot10 jodgment and deeieion of two of •the moot experieneed .land Surveyors of •that day, and in order tt , eseape from the eeile which delay inual ocoredoe,', the deoision of these. two arbt testate were to be fled and binding. Ths d'"'ISHII 8 rveyors appointed. were named r. oo and Mr. Crook. Hence sten the ' saying above quoted, • • • • • , " Heels briok."- Plutarch iu his- lite oi Ago - •• • xi s • ' , ' . ng . of parte, gives n origin of the, quaint and familiar ..s. g • ' On a •certain000esion an ambaesader from Epirus - ma a diplomatic mission' ..L7 • - ' •-• • .• • ' - shown the King el/Ler . hie capital. . The amhaiiiihdoi knew of tharcionaroh's fame- knew that though ,otilyl:tieininitily King ol • , • • Sparta, he was miler of, •Greece -and ht looked tii Hee massive walls reeling aloft • • • . their embattled towers: for the defence oi h t e town ; but found 'nothing. of the 'kind. Heinatielled much at- this and e oke ol it to the lulls • -' P - -1 ' " Sire," he mad, 0 I have visited Mode! .the principal towns; • and I iind ne'vtalli reared.for defame. Why is this'?" . . , „Indeed, Bir Ambasimior;" replied Agee. Rana, ." thou oust not ho,ve looked fully. Come with me •to -morrow . morning and I *ill show you the wahrof Sparts." .' .... Accoidingly, on • the followiog morning, the Riegle& his guest out upon the Olean, where his at d ti • f 11 b tale my was rawn. p m u a array,- and pointing' proudly, .to the sailed hosts, be awl: .. ..- • • " There thou beholdeet the Wells • of Sparta -10 , ,000 Men and . every man e brick le .. • • "Q. in a corner." The; is an Wipression denoting -eoinething not neticed at first. but seen enterwards ; sotnething partially "Will:lett, se ib were, ill an out:of-the-way place °reamer. In French law " queue " is the thong by Which eeals are fastened to legal docomente, The queue is always. in the corner of the document.' ' • • . • ' . ' P IIYLLI S. ' • • '1" - - . fdlatbstone isi "Meese Lite. • : - ..0., EfEw Mr. Gladstone first when he w.ae• about 60 years a age.. Happening M sit very near biro at a diuner party, / had a good opportunity of examining hie a Lapeer- anima closely and of making mantel notes: of his conversation. I WA beard him called "a sloven " but it struck me that be was even nun. . • • pulourny neat„ from ' the arrange- - ment dins already thinned loo/se to that of th small bougint iii his buttto h 1 d c? . th - h t I h d • hn' ° e' au =nag e years t a . a t e good- ... _.__ . - . . • • . 40/51100 OI iseeipg hirn from tune. to time the samroare was alwaya.a . t Th • PPeren • e moo noticeable point about Mr, Gladetone's h • - h• • ' . - .. . . . p vogue is is 1132M01100 noel,. tne extreme devote went- 0 the supero-iliary ridge *viterP his • dark evesdoutilv • the r - . ._ _. - . - - . ppea,rance or pang deem set. .1. had seen mapy pho ' f h t tographs o t e ste, earnan, in all •of which the likeness was etrikin ' but all of which r or le a ex e t ga. . 13 . 8 .11 "Pg r" e 'peou•antum an gave the impression of a rerearkisbly plain almost a repulsive per - ' - • son, whereas at.the pericid to which I refer he was really a ,flhadsome man • the'women a . oug t so, anwit theirhero-worsha 11 th • b • h • • ' • ' ' tilers raiogled . a good deal of pe n ailnairation. , • Mr. Gladst;one told me that ,he apProved Of every one doing a portion Of• manual labor -a praotice which he • has always observed himself arid eneouraged in those about him. To this habit a good deal 'of the vi f h old ' • vigor o is o age is ,deubtlestrdue. . Sneaking of his „hthom „ewers, he on.. aehtc to 03: , r . .r . . r .. . • 'a ' ." I thinla orris' erve MY strength b hue Y • ' bandi 't ." I ' • ' ' a , if Am' ohliged. to sit up late 1 • . col at night, I always rien•proportionelly late the folloviin ' - g mormiag; mid I never do, and • . • never have done, a stroke .of work on Etna- day" • . . . • . . On another ocoaaion we weie.disousaiug ,, the , use and abuse of wine. He said, 'being questioned : '• . • . ' • . • • • 9' *V;rben I -am itt mantra 'work I require end' take a certain portion of wine' but I' -, - can and do work hardwith'iny hounds while vely water:" . ' '' " - . It tf, , gen rally's* X . - . " - ' in • et partiee that 1 ha t thaaP • e. 'i 111. .114/1 h e e rune. in a er, an , riot oe ., t . it= e was a very Moderate eater and ; druaker ' • t -th t th • t .ar, . _.., . ,• . • ye In on e. teas eetareott or au- st,emioUspese. • • '• , • . t ' .(1* • ' • pie o 113011101 OH a 000 inner natty which I ' ..... . . remember Weil' Ziemer*. k - - • , .. - • • • ,_ • or a time Mr. Gemstone wee. silent, too . • • . , anddenlytUrtied to 'ma saying : . . . If -Ormuz. had had *10 same. theatte as ... . Bismaieh he wo ld h• be Il ave en a more am- ti • h d ' „ - •.. . nons e man. ..• - • . AT THE DUCHESS* . .I author of "Molly Bawn,', "Toe Baby," "Alry Fairy r.duan," °eta, ete. •4' I decline to oeuntenaneen great deal of ubbish,"• retains he'iriginsausly. "Povert r 3 the surest foe that levet:tan have, I stoutly cuun-tai-inn. ' spite of -ihil.the poets that ever mote. Bub new .thel it no•longer.stands a the way, Belie, • be : my wife, audietne trget•the•past." , • .• ' , ' . " Do you think we should either of Atli • ver forget it 2" depaende . she, ' raisuisa mall white mournful, foe to his:, . ia ou not see how itwould Coto between Its very hour of our lithe? Van supposing rhat you say to be trtie, thet I love -you, it roald be all the-. greater teason , why I hould now. refuse • to be persuaded into ,oing as you with, , could r bear to kouwi• ay by ,day, that my hueband thought me .., , • aercepery 2" • . • . • " Mercenary 1 I shall. never think you eat. How could I? How could EillY ElfIll lame you tor. ehrinking froth such a elfish propoaal au° mine? I tell•you spin think you behaved rightly in the matter." *" Very rightly', .no doubt; and very wisely', nil very prudently. --for myself," • reeliee - -'--- - ;Met in a cold, bitter way.• "Why lumk t° isgume the truth ? If .it brtrue what yon ave supposed, that I returned .your affee. ion, I enlyprovedmyself one of .those who Bar to endure the smallest privation bar 10 sake of him they love; and•What e love lab must be 1" She laughe cont mem.ik Ludy. " I fear, Lord Chandoe, 1 an not 10 etIlff of which heroines are made.". " It, allot% hint,. I am 'Wrong," erasion -- hordes, eagerly catching at a last. ohatee, if ell aloag I have . been deceiving myself. 1 the belief thatyou oared for, me, let me sgin again now, and at. least try to Obtain me affection. If, When-----" . , "Enough has been 'said," inteirupts she, rily-41 too itatudi. ',Let. troy, hand go, Lord . handos. I want trend Mte. (lampoon." (Pare. Carrington- :is • almost on the verge: ! lunacy by this time betWenti fright and • .. • . isappointinent) , ..• ; '. .. . . , Is there then ntS hope?" sake Ohanuoii, lenity. "Am I to miderlitand :that y‘pto ;Ain rejoin we?" ' .... • • ' Yee, as you ,puli it inthat light. ' It is mr own fault,' burets ,out•13she, passion- iely. "1 told you riot to speak." • • " Had all the world told- me„the•same ung, .1 would still have spoken. Deathalways self 'is preferable to ,simpense. . If my - -. irsistetice has caused Yoe. any anuoYaucci las Beatoun,,I beg. you will forgive me." ,. 7, too, would be fogiv'en,"'faltere Bebe, airing out a cold white hand. As he stoops I kiss it she goes. on, faintly : " Will you romise me to forget you. ever oared.for me -in this way ?" • • - " impossible." teturne he, abruptly, and lining,. witlile • out in --•-the ormeervatory irough the door by whioh he entered. ' Now, •1.8 it not provoking?' I •feel my Bart touched with 'pity far Lord Ofieuidos, ith resentment towards hie stool lova, atil, glom:thug towards 7'the latter whO has ' .. cod motionless since his departure, witn Bad bent and. hands loosely. eloped, the 803310 08, fades •and 'compassion of • the neat takee its filace. . . „ . . I would give al the world . to be able to : meet end comfort her to .twine M • * - -Y !MB around her peek, to exprees my gym- Ithy. Bat how oan T 2 What a treaoh- !OW creature she would.think me 1 How leant nothing but a, lanai. eeveddroPrier. Slowly she raisee her ,head, and, breath• g a heavy eigh, advanceetuttil she °tends ithin the drawing 14)010 ..- • • She is awfully close to me now ; I oan most touoh 'her.- How on earth am I.to. set her again with this seetet. on My Ind ? If I go on feeling as I do'now; I'. tall betray myself a thousand dines within' a hour. . . Two large tears gether in 'beeves and oll mournfully downwards: .. . . . I 01111 bear it no longer. Whateeer oodles 1! it, I• must make • iny present:le known, id, springing trona my couch, I dash aside ie thiek laoe curtains and reveal myeelf: ' Uttering a sharp ory, she recedes a little 030 cheeks herselt to Mare • at me With Mated haughtiness . alld astonishment. • " Yee, I WM 'here all the time," I ory mloringly, " and I heard every • word. I as lying on this sofa, and nothing.esesped e. Of course you. will. never forgive me ii. it, but indeed. I did not meatatotisten,e "0)3, Phyllis 1" .- There ie au& a world of reproach in her no that I become distracted.- I intive wards her and break, into a epeeoh of the oat incoherent desoription„ my worth§ Iling from me With. the rapidity of dove-. tion. . . " Yes,,it is true," I say. "You may looksty i me as if you hated rim, but .what wag I , do? 'When nt you onto in I wag in a. ti my, half eleepy sort of 'Mate, and not nil you and Clhatidoe were in the very iddle of your disourision did I fully awake i the horrors of my situation: Had I Belated myself then, it surely Would ham Ben woree ; and, besides. I hoped, Ibeliered au would nave been kind tts LAM at the ad, and dreaded lett my tinexpeoted Ppeosance should put a; stop to hie pito.. astd. However'L-pe.thetially-'1I nip 300 not will neverforgive Ill& ,.. "0)3, Phyllie, it js all Over waist I" is Dor . Beebe'e unlooked-for reply, aii robe movie batten into nay Mine, With a buret ! grief. She is forgetftil of all hut her !oubic. How paltry a thing in °emporia, no with iv is my small misdemeanor! ' "No, no," I reply 'soothinglypatting r le bitek a her neek, Whir& Is All '70512 get b. " RataaMber the very last thing ho , hid -that ill *oxild boy ,inlpossiblet.to for. it ph," "Ab 1 so he said. . Dot when he jam MO to reflect he will mie how oold, and °testable were my words. rie Will he Lad of hie eatiape front any one go •unlov. „ . spread of, Iflobasaloseanadam. . . Amon th . ' fi • t d* t . g , e. many in 110/10gs. en o oora licaM the future of . the . Soudan • P lai • . h h b • . - pro dem. is one t at as boon greatly under. rate.. , viz., the raPid spread °tilt:hi:team°. .dainsm among the negro tribes of tbe great equataital desert- Mier being so long • ' • . ' treated as • an inferior by Christiens • of • p ..., • . every race- ortugriese, r'012(Itt. or Eng. lish-rtha black man is nettirally pleased to ,_ - , IA .• , • • • , to op the Moslem• that all "" - , ' . 1 bete e Ilith . an men are . emut r A , d that. from the moment 'he. pronounces the -Musionlmati fort:anti. tif 'belief' he in a . - .• - • • • net Cu+015037 or the • Christians „that dee: en flushed.- with t1119 sudden pienhim. - M . ,.. sense of libertvare no* heel to endure' the • - • Y tyranny Of the 'Egyptian Government or ot any other. In many ogee .the .ftinati.. dem of theto • evto - ' t - ' that bf n onver a outruns at ...- . ... the Arabs then:mares. Dr. Naohtigalli the. famous ,Garinan explorer, -travelled un - hartned among the bloodthirsty savages - ke . around Lit Tahad under •tbe &inert of a native oaten' reo e • ( los ) .to whom he had done some kindness, and withont whose protection he vrould .have heen blatantly out to pieces. More than dee 'of those •negra Moslems hav.e made their mirk in the history of halm. , Lithe Caliphate of °Mar a •.blitolt aloe' named 'Dittos, who had boon freed on becoming a Maseulmala, . • took by a feat Of herouleau strength arid valor the notle.of.Aleppo (Which. the Mcia ,...1 lern traePa hatriCae.beciegeti in vain)* .a"" Was praised and rewarded by the general • himeelf, Abit.Obeidah, in the presenee of. the • army. - N. Y. Times. . awhole army-ive • • ------ . - ' • Buffalo. Guam ROI Hoge. -..... . . ' • Great numbers of hogs have been dying in - Weit Tennessee during this Month. Many owners . have lost. all, While. othere ha,Ve lost one-half. lt has been noticed -by oleic, observers' that • years when buffitlo soots ate bad an notional iintaber of- hop die; During last April the buffalo gnats were extremely bad. Horses that wete not .greased with tar and grease of seine 'kind of gnat oil would die' iti a day, and . cotes would suffer if emokes were mot made for them or they were not 'greased with a pre- ventive. • Some years theeeNiiitte do not appear, at. •all. XI has heretofore been thought the buffalo giiate did net affect hogs, latit the unusual number dying after the gnats have disappeared hag led the ownera in hogs to investrgage. Those who pro. vided their hogs with smokes or kept theni up, it seeme, have lost but very few, and this foot strengthens thetheory that the gnats are . doh* *10 deadly work. One strange thing wheat it iti that the hogs de not die forthwith, ato horses Or cows, but a •mtinth or tWo elapses barer° they die or est sick, A. raiser of hogs in . the AlOitillig county of Lauderdale out a hdg'S he d open the other day and tonna-a large thither of petit in hie head. This het wee aft:gibed lilie all the °there that have been dying.-.- Louisville Post. • • • " . SH11101Ice forLess of smell. (London. gum, Correspondence.. . la a recent entionfor damages a gentle - mail has been made it great deo,' of ban of for Setting a. finer value Ow:able 001190 of smell, which be affirmed bad been bid through the negligence of a railway .cona- patty.. With the. ease itself r 'have nothing to do, but the ridieele of the public has been miespelled„. Not only do people -lose a great deal who aredeprived of theirolfac- 'tory nerVeri--Wordsworth, .1tir example, never °welled anything but 0000 in hie life, a bean - field, a,nd exelaimed, "This is beaten "-but also a valuable eateguard. A friend of mine to Whom thie misfortune had happened was making light of it tO his nectar. • " After all," he eaid, "'there foie. 043 13110037 bad 0100110 as sweet meets, o that ne great miefortune hes happened me." " NO taisfortune,"replied the other, g avely, 0 but a very eerieue drawbar& ; yoti cannot anion fire, whioh generally reekes its -den- ger Itiaoven through the organs' of smell, and you will never knoty when gas is escaping." - • .:, • P has been offered J. cr. Patteraon, M. „ . the p.osition of Deputy Postmoter-General of Canada, .but ha* net yet decided Whether he will abeept. So sato the De- trolt Ave Pre88. .of The Hiding Motet of the Britirth First 1.1fe Guards, who arranged the innehdil ride to Ovular _at ' 'the- rsoOnt /military tOurilernena in Imilden• IR a brother of Bobettgoia, author Of 0 CABO.", 0 1 d . In a tunet, Mioh., a few aye ago a eiteue was o'sesing. On one of the tvaggons eat a WOMaii hOiditig a 'twitch' in her hand, n frotit er her eteed a tiger, and in. front, tbe tiger was the driver, not live inches away from the animal's nose. 147 wouldn't like to be 10 that felloces place," remarked One Of the orowd. "Oh, he'll all right," replied weather ; " the tiger his tried kltit and don't like tile flavor," • . avoi- . A rich duns is not Worth a :Army to ono - ... r •di • ' matil A or naind.-.18 Zu at 4 Who po A boy will learn More true wisdom in la publie eohool in a Year, than bY a private Odtteetiell ill flire.*0046Aufk. Mom aiwaye the Way that seems beet, however totigh it 'play be. Custom. win render it easy and agreeable. -Pythagoras, . .