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wamed-A, Ltiste Girl.
Where have they gone to -the little girls,
With natural manners and natural purls?
Who love their dollies and like their toys,
And talk of something besides the boys?
Little old women in plenty I Mad,
Mature in manners and old in mind;
Little old flirts who talk of their "beaux"
And vie with each other in stylish clothes.*
Little old belles, who, at nine and telt
Are siok of pleasure and tired of men,
Weary of travel, of balls, of fun -
And find no new thing under the KM.
Once in the beautiful long ago,
Some dear little children I used to know ;
Girls who were merry as lambs at play,
And laughed and rollicked the livelong day.
They thought not at all of Me "style of their
clothes,
They never imagined the boys were " besum "-
" Other girls' brothers" and " mates" were
- they;
Splendid fellows to help them play,
Where have they gone to? If yon aee
One of them, anywhere, send her to me.
I would give a mectal of purest gold
To one of those dear little girls of old,
With an innocent heart and an open smile,
Who knows not the meaning of " ilirt " or
" style."
PHYLLIS.
sir THE mans.
author of "loony Bawne, "The Baby," "Airy
Fairy Lilian," eto„ etc.
There is a• low apologetic knock at the
door. Inatantly I seat myself on the sofa
in as dignified an attitude as I can assume,
considering my hair is all awry and ray
eyelids crimson. 'Duke lowers the lamp'
prudently, and falls hackie the hearthritg,
Mending with his hande olaeped carelessly
behind him, before he says, in a olear,dis.
duct tone:
"Como in."
"Dinner IS served," announces
softly, with the vaguest, disbreetest of
coughs. How ia it that servants always
•
}mow everything ?
"Very good," returns Mazmaduke, in his
ordinary voice. "Let Mrs...Vernon know."
Then, as though ,aating on a second
thought- •
" Tynon."
"Yes, air."
" It may be as well to let y ou knowlhat
Mrs. Carrington and I are leaving home
next week for some time."
"Indeed, sir? yes, sir." Tynon' face
is perfectly impassive, except at the
extreme corners of the mouth; these being
slightly down -drawn indicate regret and
some dietrese.
"We both feel much disappointed at,
being (dodged to leave home at this particu-
lar time, the Christmas season being so
close at hand; but the business that lakes
us is important, and will admit of no delay..
I reheat leave behind me the usual •som of
money for the poor, With an additional
gift fx o m Mrs. Carrington, which I will trust
youderal-Mmo-Bousousedther-houskeeper)
"to see properly. distributed."
"Thank you, air; it shall be carefully,
attended to.'
"1 am quite sure of that," kindly. then,
with a• return to the nab& forcedand
stilted manner that has distinguished his
foregoing speech, he goes on : "11 is alto-
gether uncertain when we shall . be able to
come bsok to Strengemore, as the business
of which I speak will necessitate my going
abroad; and as Mrs. Catrington's beelth
'will not allow her to accompany me, and.as
she has been ordered change of air, elle will
go to Hazelton, which she has not seen,
andawait my return there. You quite
understand, Teuton 2O •
"Perfectly, sir," xeplies the old butler,
with his oyes on the ground. And 00 .1.
watch him,1 keow how perfectly indeed he
understaude, not only what is being said,
but also what is not being said.
'Duke, weary of lying, draws his hand
across hie forehead. ." Yell will please let
the other servants know of did movements.
Although my absence may be more pro-
longed than I think, rsholl wish them all
ID remain as they now are so that the house
may be in readiness to *calve meat any
moment. But," turning his gaze for the
tiret time fully upon Tynon and speaking
very sterray, "1 will have no whispering Or
gossiping about things that don't concern
them ; mind "that. 1. leave you in charge,
Tynon, and I desire tb.st all Buell conduct
be puntthed with instant dismissal. You
hear?' •
"Yea Ntr ; you may be sure there shall be,
no.gossiping or whispering going on in this
house."
"1 hope hot." Then, having noticed the
quavering voice and depresaed air of this
old servitor, who has known him from his
youth up, he adds more gently, "Von may
go now. I know I oan trust you. I do•not
thialt I have any more directions to give
you at present."
Tyner' bowa in a shaky, dispirited way,
and tepees the room. Outside in the dusk
of thecorridor, I can see him put Ms hand
te his dyes. But ho is +daunt:110nd 'even
now or:Impels himself to turn and say, with
deferenee and with a praisworchy show of
ignorance of what the preceding oOnYersa-
tion may mean:
"1 hope you will excuse my mentioningit,
sir, but if there is ono- thing beyond another.
that raises Mrs. Cook's irritableness, and
make her perverse towarde the rest of the
household, it is to hear the soup was allowed
to grow oold."
"Alt right, Tynon; Mrs. Harrison's nerves
shctll not be upset this evening. We will
go down now,' says 'Duke, with a azale-
a dory impoverished specimen of its kind, I
must own, but still a emile.
I rush inta the next room -my dressing -
room is cd my boudoirand having bathed
my poor oyes and hardily brushed my hair
and given myself a general air of prosperity
make for the dining -room, On the stairs
we encounter mother, looking so pale and
wan, and almost terrified, that I take my
hand off Blarmaduke's arm and slip it
round her waist. It will never do for her
to present suoh a woful countenance to the
criticism of eervants.
"Try to look a little more/cheerful, dar-
ling," I whisper, eagerly; "11 will mot be
for long; as it has to be gone through, let
us be brave it the doing it."
She looks at mexith a relieved astonish-
ment; and truly the strength of will that
bears me through this interminable evening
themes no one 130 much as myself.
Mutton down by the sea, I have gained
your shelter at last. Obly., yesterday,
Marmaduke and I finished outt` mieerable
journey here, and took a long, a latt
fatowell of each other.
Flow Can I write of it, how deseribe the
anguish of those few minutes, in which a
whole year's keenest torture was coin.
pressed How paint word by Word the
road but hopeless elingitig, the lingering
touch of Lianas that never more , oheuld
join, the despair, the passion, or the final
embrace)?
It is over, and he ie gone, and X have
fallen into o settled state of evenly and
indifference to what is going on around me,
that surely bears some resemblance to a
melancholy ..roadnees,
Hazelton is a Very pretty, "OM -fashioned
hquite, about halfethe oleo ef Eltrangemote
•-with many otraggling rooms well wain -
opted eduiceit three /parts up. e OA wall.
Sone° tit the Omen are of gleaming polished
oak, mime richly, heavily Oersted: it is a'
picturesque old them, that at any other
time, andmoder any other Mrouinitences,
would•have filled me with admiration.
Ataa off one on °atilt a glimpse of the
sea. From the parlor window . itis laxnly
visible; in the other room a rising hill,
and in summer the foliage, intercept the
view. In reality it is only a MOO and a
half distant from the house, so that at
night when the wind is higls. the !dam
mar ot it Gomm to the listening ear,
The few riervanto who .have bad the
house in olearge have been detained, and
Ideree.more have been ,added. Them have
evidently made up their mindo to receive
me with open arms; but 08 tt week puma
and I ehow no eigns of interest in them, or
their work, or the gardene, or anything otin.
nected with my life, they are clearly puz-
zled and disappointed e This I nodes in a
dull, wondering faehion. Wkly eau BIM'
not be as indifferent to rae as 1 ain M
-them 2
• All the visitors that ehould call do call;
ib is net a populous neighborhood, but as
decline peeing them, and do. not return
heir visite, the wOuld-be acquaintance
drops. On Monday the vicar, a slight,
intellectual -looking man rides up to the
door, and, being rettmed admittance, leaves
Mo card, and expresses hire intention a
coming again Boma day soon. Whigh mes-
sage, being conveyed to me ley.•the raged -
able pitmen who reigns' here as 'butler,
raises my ire, and induces me to give an
order on the epee that never, on any pre -
tenet whatever, is any one-vioat or no
vicar -to be admitted to my presence.
Sunday mimes, but I feel no inclination
to olothe myselt and go forth to ceases tay
sins and pour oat my griefo in the house Of
. - . ,
prayer. 411 days are alike to me, and I
• shrink :with a morbid homer from truant.
eng myself to tb'e eyes Of my fellows. In
this quiet retreat•I ,can bury myself, and
nurse my wronge, and brood over my
troubles without interference from a cruel
world.. - - --•
I fin4 some half -finished work among my
"thipgs; and taking it to my favorite room,
bend. over it hour by hOur ; more often it
falls unheeded, on my lep, while I leb
.memory wander backward, and ask myeelf,
Badly, if swell a being ever really lived as
wild, merry, carelest Phyllis Vernon. •
The days go by, and I feel no wish'for
outdoor exercise. Tay color. slowly fades.
Oe morning, the.Womau who has telten
Martha's place, and who finds mudh appa-
rent delight in the binding and twisthig, of
•ray hair inti itapoesible :faehione, takes
courage ree addreas me- " •
• " The gardens here, ma'am, are Bepretty,
the prettiest for:miles round." ' ' • •
"Are they a .1. intuit 'go Ond:seethend"
• "'Deed, inntoand it would do you good.
A einartivalli now mice in a way is batmen
medicine, so I'm told. And the grounds
round here is • rare and pretty to look.at,
though to be sure *inter- has a duipiritinv
effect ouiderything."
"It is tiald," 1 say, 'With a shiver..
"It is, mdci, surely"..,, -leaving the mighty
edifice) she ieerectingon the top of my head -
to •give the fire a yigorone poke-" but
with year fur cloak and hat you.won't feel
-it Shan. I bring them to you after break.'
fast, ma'am 2" • • , • ,
"Very well ; reply• / with it eigh.of
reeignation. , • • .'
• faneh pleased, 'with her Booms% the dare -
set retreats, and punotiealloto the moment,
as I rise !rummy breakfast table, .appeers:
again, armed with °beak end gloves ond, hat
Thule constrained, I sallyforth, and 'reek&
adoier round the:. gardens :that , surround
what Moat he for evermore my home. y '
And. deridelioiOus old gardens they are,
todold-fashioned as the houee, and quite as
pieturesque.• • There to eiti tetal Want tot'
method, of precision, indinderrongement of
them, daub inatinetively • tharms the eyes:
I wander from orchard into flower-gerden.
and from flowei,garden st3n again ,to
Witlione a break of any sort; no
Otos theme it '1)3 ell one: pidtty„
happy. niedtaye : .• • ,
• The • walked 'though eottepolouslO neat,
are ungeoVelled, and hereand there a dead
leaf, (wisp' and dry,' digilaye itself.' 'The•
very trees, though bereitof leaves, donee
appear so foolieb,.• se Melancholy; he this
free land of theta,' as they always leek
elsewhere. ' •
•
• I feel some: animation oreepindein my
.blood t my etep id more strtngy. Aethe
garden gate' the father of • all this 'Banat -
pose steps up to me. • He is a tosy-cheeked,
.good-humoredtlooking taaia, a• brilliant.
contrast to the heappeoenhable Corntaiiis ;.
he /Mascots me wieh, a small bouquet of
winter flowers. • •
• 0 I arn..prtiud to see you Ma'am," hesays,
with a touch of interest in his toile. " 1.
em gorry 1 have nothing better -worth
offering you than these 'ere." -. He tenders
me thebouquet' as he speaks -a very Mar-
vel of a bouquet, _considering -the time of
•year. .
"Thank ',too" I, teen With to gracioue
omileebote of my brisk and pleasant' pie -
manacle ; " it ie lOcely. IS is "far Prettier
in "my eyes than the sanarnet one, 'because.
so, unexpeeted." . ,
. I .pitits on, leaving hind deveteg and.
,soraping and much gratided, •tn.the middle
of thepath, tvith, the' unwonted eraile still
• Upon my tips. : • • :
But, 011ie evening draws oh, thisleied.
est glimmer of renewedhope dies, and Ie
sink back' once mere into my aeouetoneed
gloom, • • '
"What will you please • tie order for din,
ner to -day; +tune 2" mkt gook from the
dteiretay. I have . never yet given direco
tion6 •tor thee Meal, much to that worthy
oreetute's • despair; . vehosa • heart auct
thought are in her otevdpansa .
I glance Up with 'languid surpzioesd
• " Anything. pen please," say "you
are always very standee:tiny, .1 told you I
Woiddleave everything to you. • Why do.
you ask medo-day in particular t". '
." Lave, mum, ante Hie Christmas day,
and I thought maybe as 1/4)* --td-•". •
Chtistmas day, it it V' 1 exclaim, cut.
ouely. "Then X have been a wholefotto
night in this place:" - -
"'Yes, Mum. A Whole fortnight and ono:
day, by fora o'clock this lattaVening, pre;
calmly, I took the liberty of asking you to
order dinner for this One night, thiuking as
you might pot a name to something or
other dainty that you fancies."
4' Indeed I bavetutohoioe,000k, ad I am
tot tit all hungry."
"Likely enough, mum, considering it
Oow only twelve &cloth.; but for a lady
like yourself, ea eats no latieheoti tO speak
of, • you Will tot oettain be starved •by
seven," • ' .
"1 thought to Chriettatts dinnelneVet
vatted, cook. Yeti .intu have tho, ustial
thing, I suppose." t
"Itt course, mum," bays tiookodndaunted.
She 10 a fine, fat, healthy.looking Woman,:
With large eye+, and alightly Wheezy intehae
tion, as thtnigh the Wete.conetantly trying
to swallow sortie Of her oWn good thinge
that had inadvertently stuck iti her throat,
/1 semen tO me that 1 OUght to love tide
comfortable otesture, who is so obetinately
betii On • nattering mo"- against my wlll
glit whatever toilet may thy, a p.lona
ffieg. dm a delicate lady ' like you 10.0n0Orn
mon "eavy on the 'errand Mind When bed.
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hour COMM If you would just say aby-
thiug that woubi. please you -something
light that X might try my hand on -an toe -
pudding, never -tide with as near an
attempt at coaxing as respect will permit.
But the word 44 ice -pudding" male up old,
memories; I remember ney ancient Weak.
nese for that particular confection. My
brows coritrant ; a oharp ,pain fills my
breast.
No, no 1 anything but icetteidding," I
say, hastily;. "I --hate
"Pear rad+ mune 1 now do you ? Most of
the quality loves it. Then what would you
ead Fee a orstedaes, hand in the pastry
"Make me -a meringue," 1 murmur, in
despair, seeing I -shall have to give in, or
else go through a list from the cookery
book. and tertunately rememberiog how I
once heard a clever housekeeper say there
were few sweets so difficult: to bring to per-
feetton. But the difftoulby, if there is any,
only enchants my goddess of the range,
"Very good, mum; you shall 'ave it,"
she Rays, rapturously; and retires with
flying color, having beaten me ignomie
nieuelte.
A month -two months -go be, and otill
, my self-imposed oeolusion is unbi oken.
Now and, again 1 receive a letter from
former friends, but these I discourage.
From mother I hear regularly once a week.
whether I &tower her or not. Poor mother!
She hart begged and prayed for perraiesion
to visit me, to see how time is ueibg me,
whether I am well or ill ; but all to no
avail. I will not be dragged out of the
gloomy solitude in which I have chosen to
bury, myself.
From Dora, on her return from Rome,
comes such a kindly, tenderletter as I had
not believed it popeible the Only Dora
could pen. It is Wound up by "it postscript
from Sir George, ed warm-hearted in tone
as he is himself. It teinthes me'in a ar-
ciff, ourious manner; but I shrinkfrom the
invitation to join them that it contains,
and refits° it in such a way BB must prevent
It. repetition of it. ,
Monotonousas is my exietencee I hardly
know how thxie dies. Much winds rush
by me, and•I Namely heed them. But for
the hurtful rablitrig cough they leave me as
a legacy, ere taking their Root departure, I
would not have known they had been
among us. This cough grows and increases
steadily, rendering more palidamy already
colorless cheeks, while •the little fleeh that
still cleaves to my bones beeemes less and
lees as the hours go on, It tears my slight
frame with a cruel force,' and leaves nee
sleepless when all the rest of the world is
wrapped in dumber.
'Oh; the weary days; the more than
weary nights, when oblivion never comes to
drown my thoughts, or, coming, only wraps
me in, dreams from' which I wake, damply.
cold, or sobbing with a horror, toe deep for
'words 1 • .
There are limes when I fight with Fate,
with all that has brought me to -this pass ;•
when 1 ory aloud and wring my hands and
oall on death to k mite me, in the privacy of
My own roora, from the miserythat weighs
me down and keeps' me•lenguiehiug in the
duet. But these times are rare, and dome
-to me but seldoine-at such weak moments
as when a feeling-oreedindlisidinakiress-or-
• ovarpbwerhig regret gains mostery o er •
e In very truth, my life is a sad one -a
4mistabe-a blot; ,there is no proper place
foe me in the universe that seems so great. •
There is no happines within me, np spring
of hope.- I appear to myself a thing stem
-innocent, yet marked with a disgraceful
'brand. With an' old, writer -whom I now
forget --I can truly say: .
"For the World, 1 count it not an inn,
but en hoepital ; and a place not to live,
but to die in." • •
. '.Ab last I awake to the fact. that I
am ill -dreadfully ill. Them oau be -no
doubt of it; and yet my malady hao no
name. I have lost all appetite; my
strength has deserted pie;'great hollow
have grown in my cheekri, above whioh my
eyes gleam large and feverish: When -I Bit
down I feel no desire to ;Me again.
• . Towards the middle of tkpril,I ready a
little, and an 'interim craving for tur
ever on me. Down -by the sea I watider
daily, getting as oloee to it sermystrength
will allow, the milethat septWates me from it
being now looked upon as a journey by my
impoverished strength. Somewhat neater
to me than the shore is a high, level plain
attend and eaath and grass, that runs
bank inland from a precipice that overlooks
the mai. On this I . sit, and drawing
sometimes up to the."edge, peer over, and
arausemyself emoting the waves es they
dash on the beach far, fat below.
That plain forrning part of the groupds
belonging to Hazelton, possesses the donble
ehaem of being easier of aocees than the'
strand, aad of being strietly private.
It is the 17th of April -a cold day, but
fresh, with liege sunshine anywhere. I
am sauntering along my usual path to rhy•
siindy plain, thoughtlees of anything hi the
.prosent, innocent of presentiments, when
eud.denly before me, as though arisen out
of the earth, stands Sir Mark Gore.
How,long is it since last I saw him ?-
• not months stmely 7 - it Booms more like
yesterday. Why do I feel no surpriee, no
etootion ? Is the mind -indeed within me
dead d, am More puzzled 'by, my own
calmness' et this moment than even by an
event so untipected as his premium here.
We bleth tithed still and gaze at each
other. As fez as I am coneerned, time
dies; 1 forget these weary months at
*Hamner+. I think of our parting at Strange
more, Hiseyee are reading, examining
with undieguitted pain, the nhangee in my
face and form. At length he awoke. '
"1 hardly thought to meet Oott here,
Mrs. Cerrington,' he nett advonoing
slowly, and addressing me in the tow,
hushed tone one eiopts towards the idols
'or dying.. , Ire appears agitated. • .
X regard him with fixed coldness. .
" Vote, who know an," I sayawith quiet
emphasis, "why do you. call me by that
name? Call me Ithollia ; that, at least,
01111 retneitis to me."
He Moans crimson, and a pained leak
Comes into his eyes.
".1 suppoee," go coo; ourioteely, "that
lest warning you gave blarmeduke at the
iibrary door at honae-at Strangemore "
eorreciting myself without haste, "bad
reference to -that, WOman t Am 1 right 2"
‘1 Yee ; 1 regret 110WhsOing ever atterd it."
14 liegrotm are useless, and your worde
did no harm, Thinking of thinge einem I
knew they raiist have meant an allusion to
her."
iloar ealectly You speak of it!" he says,
teemed. o
opeak aI feel," X reply. •
There is rather toe awkward twee. Now
that he is here,,the question naturally pre -
moots itoolf-for what reason has be come?
At lengtb--' '
"Will you not say you aro glad, to see
nie ?" ventures Sir Mark, uneasily., '
"lam neither glad not gong,' is my
unmoved return ; " have forgotten to be
emotional. 1 believe my real feeling just
•now te indifferenee. Ceneideting hove
tenlOokeddot is ,.your, presence here, it
antonishes Men myself that I can call up
so little surprise. Curious, 10 11 net Toil
look thisi,1 think, and older -not so well
an whop latit we met:"
Pio grows a hado paler. •
"Do Then, draWing a hard, quit&
;• °
breetheeed ,4.nd you, ohild, what hive yea
been doing with yourself? Except for year
eyes, it is hardly you .1 pee. •So white, sie
;r7v741,11 se changed ; thie plane ia killing
"Itia et very quiet place.. It smite me
better than any other could,"
"1 tell you it Is killing you," he repeats,
angrily. " Better to face and endure the
world's talk at once, than linger .hers Until
body and soul part"
"1 shall never face the world," return I,
"Here is My •oonvent at least
within ito wane I find peace. I see no one,
therefore hear no evil talk. I have no Wish
to be dieterbed."
So you think now; but an time goes 'on
you must -you cannot fail to tire or it, Is
it natural to one BO young to look herself
voluntarily away trona people of her own
age? Why, bow old are you, child ?"
"Almost nineteen,"
"Almost nineteen 1" cries he, with an
unrairtlifill laugh, "and you may dive for
fifty years1 Are you, going to. Immure
yourselt vetthin these Beide four walls for
fifty years."
"I shall not live for fifty years.".
"But you may; without exoltement'of
any deeeriptien-, I Bee no reason why you
/311ould not live for a century.'
• "1 shall not live for two years," returned
I, inipressively,
• "Phyllis, what are you saying?" cries
he, with a ehudder.
"The truth. I am dying slowly, and I
know it. I am glean! it. I have. no energy,
no hope, no wish for life. Do you wonder
Much? At times I have a strange fancy
that I arn already dead; and then -7." I
• break off dieeenny. . •
"What abominable morbicdfancy 1 11 18
horrible 1 exclaims Sir Mark, • excitedly.
" You :must pee a doctor without delay if
you were well no meth mournful ideas
wOuld acour to you." '
atia719,443i:711". I , smile a little. "Yes,
perhape so-d•when I wake again to -find I
"` NottemelettiddMpediently. "Why have
yourpeople loft you, 'so much Mope? It is
eharcieful, unheard of!.Phyllis, promiee
nace you will sea a doctor if I pond one," .
.."Who shall Minder. to sa, mind. dis-
eased?" says I, Mill spelling. "NO; Iwill
pot eee your doctor. • My ailment has,no
nsemceinIe.p. not suffer,i. quiet is my best
nidi
We walk an a little way in alone°.
You do net' Mk after .your friends,"
says he; abruptly. • - •
. " Have I still any telt?.Well, tell Me. I
should like to know-how is Marmaduke
and where?" , •
•"Do you not hear from him, then ?".
turning to gaze sastioiously in my face. •
" No ; Why theold.12 ' We parted for-
ever when he broughtram here. Oh,"
with asudden, sharp uplittitig of ink voice
--" hod,: .long ago it seemel what years,.
and years, and years 1 Tell me •yote-e•
where is he ?"
"Abroad somewhere ;• we node of tis
know. where: • You think of him limes -
sandy 2" stilievith his eyes:searching and
reading my face; "ib is for him the cellar
his left .your itheeks, the light has died
from your. eyes ? le it the old life, or is it
--merely-bioe-you-tegreet."
" I ttank tegrepodthing but my youth',"
return. I, Wearily. . • •
Had you never :at anydime, 'oily idea
ef tbei truth ?" aske be, in a low tone, pre-
dently. • • • . • , •
• " Newer. How. should I? He kept it
frorn me, fairing it would cause me pain."
"He deceived yen greenly." '
• • " lint,. he thought, for My good.
Where was the upe of thlighteoing me?
The ;story wad told; the woman was dead
•'-or so•he believed: He choie to hide it
from nee."' • .
. "Veli, he fifteen you." •
" Well, *bat of that?" I cry irope-
tautly ; it was de mistake, .I think, but a
kindly one-. He was .always thinking of
ray heppinees. It ' wan perhop.s e worse
-shook to bim than it was to Me. He bad
no faintest thought Of her being alive until'
she eteoctbefore him," -.• •
• ' is silent.. Something lid his manner,
the eery way he keeps his•eyes hetet reso-
lutely upon': the,. ground, chills nie. Upon
his face a curiously determined expression
has gathered and grown. ' • . •
" No faintest .thoughtd I repeatisharply,
.Watohing him now BA keenly as he watoried
dee before ; of . °purse he had :not. Ho
lied head of her death years before he had
.ever neet me. ,Hadhe even doubted. oo the
subject his treachery 'would bane been
unequalled. But you -cannot think that;
it is imptiesible you can think therefore
sake° 1" • •
Still he' is •eilent-oininOuely so, as it
seems to me. His eyes are still doevocaste
the evil .• determination in his face is
• stronger.; his oan:e isedigging deep furrowe
'in the sandy loam.
. •
!! Why don't you epeak," oriel I, fiercely;
"what do you mean by. standing there
••silent, with that hateful eat:omit= upon
your foe? Do you mean to insinuate that
there was a doubt in his:mind? Look at me,
and answer truly. Do you believe Marmot
duke line* that twine= to be living When
he married me 2" • • .•
I am, half mad with 'suspense and fear.
Planing'both my, hands upon his arm, I put
forth all My Bony strength, and actually
compeihim, strong Man mite is, to meet
my gaze: . • • .
" For a inotnent he • heettotes-a long nin-
ment-dand then ' the right triumphs.
Though in hire own :mind be is firmly eon-
•vincied that can he but ender+ thy mind
With this doubt Of Marmilduke's integrity,
it will subetentiallsoaid hictown came still,
being a gateman born and bred, he finds
a difticiulty in bringing his lira to utter the
miseroble falsehood.' "
" No ; I don't believe he did know,"•*he
answers,. doggedly.. • . •
"You are euro of idati?"'T as,k; feveriehly.
1‘ I Would gide, My oath of it," hedeplies,
with increased outlawed.
didoWard 1" Murmur I 'bitterly, taking
tny haode from his atm, and turning away.
The excitement of the past few minutes
has been terrible to my weakened frame ;
I feet a yagtie dizzinene, secoldnem creeping
Over me. _X ate sie good halftraile frem
home; ehotild I faint, there will be nothing
fo,r it but for Sir. Merit to carry me there,
and to have that man's arma routed me for
so long a time ie more then I could endure.
Tbe barelhonght of i6 neryee roe to action;
Hurriedly drawing a:pin from some secret
foldof hey drees, I wee it deep into My arm,
so deep that pressesitly I feel a warm sang -
bitterly. "Have yen pine all the way
clown here to tell me what kited, so Well
already 2"
"Vee, and for something more to milt
mete be My wife. • Huth I let, me .epeak.
I know the answer you Wetild Make me,
but I do not think, you have fully weighed
everything. Were you to endure this life.
you ate note leading but or rieason, for a
year, even fot eeeetal pima; I would say
nothing; hitt until this woman, this Car
-
tette, diet, yeti can never be ,hie 'wife.
Itemetaber that. And who ever knew any
ono to 'die quickly *hese des,th WAS longed
for/ Look at anbuitantro for installer+ ;
they live for ever ; therefore dile isolation
of 'yours will know ti) eta."
X Mt Ingtienteetl, speoehlene, fir= tag;
and amazement. •
.
(TO be continued.) •
GIRLS' GOSSIP.
How to Make Delicacies From the Fruit of
the Season -Other Household Hints.
Reapberry jam, which is regarded as the
best of all 'reit tams, is made preoieely like
the Mac:there y,.in troportione and time and
manner of
tv,p4olfnag.die'le of mashed potatoes
with mill, 1.nd Bet it in the oven to brown.
Let it et- v there until there is' a brown
cruet over
Ia washing a sore mouth, take a tea-
spoonful of powdered borax, a te,bieepoon-
ful et honey and four outtom of water, well
mixed. Hold zn the mouth. for a little
while.
For and scalds cover thickly with
carbonate of soda; and bind up with a cold,
wet bandage. If the akin is nob broken,
painting with turpeetine will remove the
breading beat.
During the hot weather one of the most
refreshing beverages I know is composed of
spoonful of ourtant wine or raspberry
vinegar, a epoonful of kireohwasser, aslump
of ,zoe and a glassful of soda water or of
plain wate.-London Truth,
Chair covers (or Blips are very pretty
made of brown crash, and worked with
woretecls. Work each chair a different
&Alga: One with poppy leades, a,00ther
acorn and oak leaves, a third scarlet
geraniunate fourth with roses. Then another
might be embroidered with birds Ouch as a
swan, a thrush and nest.
Pineapples make 'a delicate preserve.
Slice the pineapple thin, as you would for
the table ; te one pound of the fruit, allow
three-quarters of a pound of sugar ; simmer
transparent. atroegnett.h e rt huntil
preserve, tiPin1rtillye
is a delicious accompaniment to ioe cream.
11 18 nice for tea, also, with rolls or 'bread
and butter. .
A deal of 'breakage amongst glass end
crockery can be prevented by the simple
precaution. of placing' lamp-ohtneneys,
tumbler o and ouch articles in a pot filled
with cold water, to whit% some common
table salt has been added. Boil the water
well; anddtheo allow 11 to cool slowly.
When the articles are taken met and washed
they will reinat any sudden iehanges of
temperature, • .
4%. 'ftA.TIONANA FAMINE'
Win ft Dyer .Occur? -The Wasftiertat
Expeilen0e of One .1)Vbe 1ina Delved
the Dread Peaddelia.
(American. Rural Home)
A national famine would came the ;great
eRt Moamar, and there are many who be-
lieve it o eventually occur. Still the diver -
aides of climate, the Holiness of soil and the
Oltaritettr of the country seem to proclaim
the impoolibility Of each a calemity. But
without etude aide as maehinery furniehea
the grass and grain of the country could
not be heenred. With all the me,ohinery
at their disposal and the employment of
every man that can be hirecl for suoh work,
our farmers in the great Main -growing
section() of the country almost alwitys fait
to oeoure their entire crop in the
best pormaible order, eimply because
sufficient help cannot be secured. Take,
away the harvesting .machinery and the
farm labor of the country could scarcely'
care for more than a twentieth of the
preoent average yearly crop. As a cones -
qualm fewer sores would be planted, the
lesser yield would enhance the pries of
grain, and bread would reach a figure
• beyond the means of the laboripg, olasses-o
in fait 4, become ad luxury. Manufacturers
of harvesting machinery have, therefore, •
benefited, not only"the farmer, by enabling
him to reap more acres of grate than he
otherwise could,but another clamed through
• the cheapening of grain (and'ocnisequently of
bread) as & result of the veil) quantity pro-
duced.
There is po man in America who has
eontributed more to this result that Mr. C.
D. Dewey, Fresidendof the dohneton Hard
meter Company, of Batavia, N. Y. Through
his energy and ability the beovesting of
grain by means of his wonderful machines
has beoome almost an exact science, and ui
the accompliehmend of this purpose
Mr. Dewey has been an indelatigabIe :
worker. Indeed for an extended period he
was, so closely confined to hitoduties• that
he scarcely Melt time for preper teat or re- •
•oreation. 'While in the very midst of
thesegreat labors.he observed o peculiar
eensation about the head which did not
lead% him and which he attributed to the
stra,in of busuiees. He aleo noticed
that his appetite • was .finkle and hia
Bleep btoken, but he did not anticipade Ind;
terrible troubles whtoh were before him and
like nearly everyman who is prosecuting a
peat Work pis interest in the undertaking
overeame• all thoughts of self.. But the
phyeleal .diffienities, which were elight'at
lend, kept increasing. The tittle pains
gretv to agonies; the nether symptoms to
serious calamities until at • loot he broke
down completely and Was confined to hie '
bed for more than tv,o months. At, that
time hie- condition • was 'deplorable. • His
mind was in a nearly ocimatose atateand
bis' betty perfectly helpless. During the
entire period he did not move a pillow's
.length, so greet was kiiiexhanstion. -
It would indeed be difficult to imagine a
more helpless positien than that in Whith
Mr. Dewey then was. And yet to -day he .
it a picture of health andeattends to his
donee timistantly. When •athed how this
had been accomplished he made sewer as
BO many. thousands ...al_eiberethrevesdeelBy_e_-.
Weans of Warner's Safe Ohre. Thio. greed
remedy, I am hippy to state, as Motored
me- to nearly, the health and Vigor I
formerly had. II) is not surprising, there-
fore that I consider it ti• Most valueble
'medicine, and that I cordially reoommend
it " • .
The sharp oorittelitton.of the present day'
forces men of business her beyond them
strength before they are aware. The °lathers
of society •and the 'family -undermine "the
:vitality of women unknown eeen• to them-
-selves or their. friende. The end of all
meek taxittions is sioknese, pain and death.
Forth:late is the one; Who. finch( ehe means •
of escape trona tide terrible ending before
it is•too late. More •fortunate is the one
who.emoids itEs final stages by .overconaing
the'firet, symptoms while they are yet m .
their •beginnings and by such ' meates as
have been shown to be effieienti and pare. •
A, friend Wribee word from Trouville,
France, that the eccentricities there in
head coverings are great -Among other
monetroeities huge sunbonnets are worn,
made of all kinds of materials. Inside.
theta you perceive the face of . the wearer
at a, lcing..distamoe • and the met of the
edifice is crowned' with lizards,' beetles,
triads, and any tettileivelookipg yOu
may like to suggest.. •
•
One of the nevaltiee and luxuries of the
period is banana cake. Take one oup of
Miteereeveo oups of sugar, one otit of water
or of Menet. milk,' three eggs, foor cups of
fiber, three . small teaepoona baking
powder. ' Mix lightly. and bake in layers.
Make. an Ming of the Whites. 'of two,eggse
and one cup and -a half of powdered sugar.
Spread this on the layers; and Untie:weer
thiokly-thd.-entirely withebananamelicre&
thin. The cake may be flavored With
vanillew Tho tog should be simply frooted.
There seems to be • nothing whioh the
cholera seam will not induce people' to do.
The laat .preventive measure taken in
France is for rasn to Win their thotistaohes
with, carbon° acid, so at to keep the
microbes away. :Itts said•that even ladies
are using oarpOlie aoid ; ' but that I oan•
hardly believe-unlees„ by -the -bye, some
thoughtful " perfumed" has oiniceeded in
'Preparing "carbolic) rouge", This would,
doubtless, be very popular. • • . •
A lady writes: I tnink orb 'Apples are
good spiced. For 7 pounds of arab apples
uee 8O pounds of sugar, la quart' of best
vinegar, 2 , ouncee of stioldoinnamou, 1
ounce Of whole cloves and 2: or three pieces
of root ginger. Boil the syrup.. fifteen
minutes befOre putting io the' apples, cook
until tender, then remove to glass or stone
jam, boildown the .syrop one half and pour
over the apples. always eelect the large,
perfect ones, and leave them whole and the
stereo- on, for' • I think they • look' muolo
better so.
• TO treeeeve the large plums that have
tough eking1 it ie necessary firsts of all to
,remove . the thine. This may be done very
easily by dropping a few of the plums M a
time into hot waterethen with a very shut
knife lemming the skins, 01.1t the plume
in.halvee, drop therri into a Byrne) inade ot
Huger and :water.. The plums should be
weighed, end an equal quantiby of sugar
should be diet 'aside for 'the syrup.Let
them coon 'ect gently that they will keep
their shape. Take therci erom .the glop
with a skimmeropub them into the leans
and pourlhe syrup over them, haying drat
removed the ecaneleorn it
The Princess de•Sagen goes about Podia
in a Pierrette hat, with a very high (deem,:
peaked at the top, made of Manilla straw.
In !tont the ,brioreadvances rather Over the
face, and behind it is turned. up and Hoed --
with poppy-oolored tune.' regularshower
of bows mid endEscf soarletand bide ribbon
forms the trimming. With this very be-
ocinaing hat the rrincese generally wears a
°datum° tompoeed of dark blue mohair or.
delaine and, scarlet . foulard; the tiinio 18
of deloine, caught ut on the side with silver
olives. The long pelerite of mohair is
lined with scarlet foulard.' The hood is
lined witla•louterd and a canoed° of ribbons
hangs from its pointe. .
Blackberry lard, as well as blackberry
wine, is good to dab in any boweldor
stomach trouble: It is medicinal --and
pleasant to bet. Children wt11 take it gladly
at any time, when medicine would be morns
fully rejected' by the Kean temente.' IA
making blaokbetry diem Bee that the fruit
is terfootly fresh, as any .aeldity will spoil
the whole, and yeti will have had all your
work for nothing. After earefally pielding
OM the fruit, and seeing that no foreign
eubStancie remains with them, weigh theel,
Ana 10 every pound -of the fruit 'anew ball
a pound of Moe brain? eugea ; put the
berries into the preserving kettle hy. them -
Nivea, With a small °tip of water ut the
bottom to prevent their burning; edok '
. them, stirring frequently, Until the trait
thorns reduced, tb an atm* solid' moas;
then add the sugar and cook for half an
hour longet ; put them ie glassjars and
seal. Some pimento add a litttle powdered
ginger to tha berries to give a "snap" to
the jam,' as they say.. It does certainly
give it a, character, but most paeans( prefer
the jard Without any foreign flavor. Thie
jean in nioe for tarte, and also tO serve for
tea or lutioheon, With bread and Metter.
White doers abound in Went PlEirida.
The moat glorious eoploitit do not .alwayri
furnish ue with the eloateet disooveriee 01
the virtue or vice in met. Sometimes • e
Matter of less Moinent, an capression or a
jest, infants us better of their &Mader
and tnelinatione than the • meat tattott
(degree, the greeted annamente, or the
bloodiest battles whateoever. •
An effort is being Mode by the retinioi.
petit?' to paellas° ,the WaterfOrd and
Shame gravelroad, ata at their last meet-
ing the Townsend Opttttcil gtehted their
Vete, 01,060,teevedde the %MO.
"The bartankri ab Ntiseetabad, Iodine Were
struck With lightning and sit .oldies
kilioL
',New .Combinathaa Cur.
The Trey Telegram desoribes a new oar
riocabining drawing -room and sleeping -oar
features. For•day use it appears like the
ordinary drawing.roora" oar. "By a sim-
ple device," says the writer, "the'heavy
chairs are made to fold at dilate, the. seats
eink M the floor, themirrored panels swing '
opett; reaching witleiti afoot of the oar -
maitre, and; presto the drawingtroom is
'divided into ten motions, each affording 'a •
bedroom la, which 'there are two beds,a
mirror, Wardrobe hooks and ether con.
veniesaces •eo nincla appreciated by travel:.••
lets... The foundatiohs of the beds are a
spring steel, the mettresses ireelastio, and,
strangelydnough, there it nothing like the. •
cramped quartet% which one would deblitte
was unavoidable. Altogether itt. is by far
-the Most comfortable affair offered for the
comfort of the travelling publid and should.
meet with ready adoption in these times of • '
competition on through routes." , • •
A Voice irons London
Repeate tbe ofdrepeated story. that Put-
neem's Painless Corn.Extracter is the best,
least harinfielontost certain and prompt of
all preparations ever offered for the removal
of corns. Kennedy & Canard, London, ,
Onto *rites,'" Nothing ever introduced has
given the satisfaction that Putnam's. Pain=
less Corn Extractor has, We reeomniend.
t,fes Beentre of cheap or poisonous aubsti
Oates.. Sold by druggists and dealers in
medicine everywhere. Pelson & CO., prod
prietors, Kingston. Always safe, bermleoe
and soh. .
The weelthiest man in Oregon is living
this summer for fun in the log cabin
vehicle he used to inhabit from .neoessity.
What 10 Cents Will Do.
A 10 cent bottle of P018011'S RERVILINE
will euro neuralgia, or headache. ' 4. 1(1
tient bottle qf Nerviline will oure toothache
dr &macho. A 10 meat sample bottle of
Nerteiline is eufacient to cure colds, diar-
rhoea, epaeres, dytenteryl MN'
e. erviline is
just the thing ed cure all pains, whether
lieternal or external. Buy a 10 cent sample .
bottle of Nerviline, the great pain cure.
Safe, prompt and always eilsotual. Large
bottles at any drug store, only 25 cents. ,.
ConnectiOut paper tells of a family
reunion in which lather, son and grand. •
eon went on a spree tegether.
-Many ladies who for years had soarciely
ever oujoyed the luxury of feeling welltdave
been so renovated by the use of Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that they ,
have triumphed over the 1110 flesh Maid to
be heir to, and life has beth orowned with
added charm) and fresher beauty.
doseteddit.
Biwa:irk-vonaini Coos, --Mother (tie '
:married daughter). Why, what's the
Matter, Clara? What are you crying
&keit Clara-" Henry ta 00 awfully
cruel (8613),las in getting worse and VOUS
(leery day (sob). 'What do you supposui he
Said junt WAY? Ile told me 1 must get rid
of the book; he couldn't stsnd her cooking
any longer (seb). And he known well
enough that she hasn't done One bit of
Cooking for a fornight, and that 1 have done
it all myself!. Boo.11oo 1 1)004100.110 1"-.
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