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we axe sitting alan� a In the twilight .
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Alone. while the dark shadows, fe, 1,
,&rid the coal; lilght-born Whyte are creeping ,
And stealing afound no Anti, all. .
iflomes 1= faint, "West voices of fAiries,
The 6 Dig moan of, the breeze
While it stoops low and kiesso the I.N.'esoms
.� And whiapore its song,in'the trees.
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Not a sound, save the song -of the zer by-,
Is board while We listen full 10%;
And we break not the silence so 0 Stlaing,
But list to the night-willi IOW. 00129-
U�in the skies the bright starG Oro shining,
he roon hap halt vanished SWRY'L
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And ei vor clouds are drift Ing above us
As fair as the dream Ot is d, my.
par away in the dim, distant Westland,
There Hashes a faint fLacae of gold,
And it Only adds more to the beauty
That the %ours of the darkness UilLfold,
.
Grotesquely the fantasticiLl phantains
Axe flitting Out under title trees,
While the le.vas and the, branches Above them,
Tremble in the gunt of the breeze.
Ali I say not that darkasaa Is dreary,
That no charin can billow tbG night,
For there's uever 16 midnigh't so cheerless
But in it is hidden delig t.
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013AFTBIR V1. .
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heard him whisper, fiercely to himself
;qngannatorelll Then he turned to me
acomposed features.
Is if 00, I We nothing ]note to do'save to
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3 lugratulate You, .Mr. Vagglian. , Your for -
tuna is indeed enviable. YOU; wife As
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beautiful, an . d of optirew good, You, wil
find bar a. charming oompanion."
1 WOU14 have given much to know why the
me4ti6nol my marriage should have sent
him into such a itOrm Of rage, but I would
have given more to have been able to fulfil
my threat of kicking him out. The intone`�
tion of his last we rds told me that Paul-
ins's state of mind was well known to him,
I could scarcely keep my hands off the fel,
low; but I was compelled to restrain my
Roger, as without his aid I could not -,find
Canon.
Is Thank you," I said, quietly, '4110w Per-
haps you will give we the information I-
wali , .
,4 You are not it very devoted bridegrgom,
Mr. Vaughau," said the fellow mockingly.
61 If Ceneri was at your wedding it could
only have occurred, a few dayR ago. - It
must beimportantlousinGeBwhich tears you
from the aide of your bride."
Is it is important business."
66 Then I fear it must wait A few days-
Ceperi ill not in Geneva. Bat I have
reason to think he may behere in About a
week's time. I shall sea him, and will tell
him you are here." I
it Let me know where to find him, and I
will call upon him. I. Must speak with
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him."'
I# I imagine that,will i be as the doctor
chooBes. I can only make known your
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I hesitate to 't It inch an
and? 'Every � 41, "ell monoy to �hq great
quotas � and was fi�ktbllls wel'i tn . tq rob an �1
Wall spent "I
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, 41 It , W613 00 act of a ;nmiiisl
orphei . .
�64 Call it, What You like., money W to
.)ilo found. W. by, should I not sacrifice toy
honor tor my Country aj freally as I would
have smorificed my lifeT.' . ,
, It is no use discussing * it-thO Matter
is ebtled." _ '
. I, Yee, -but I tell you to show you why I
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wished to gain Pauline a, home. Moreover,
Mr. Vosughau,,_here his voicadropped to, a
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whi8perfo, I was o6q,jous to provide that
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he . in I a a � t onoe. I Am bound on a journey-
s journey of which I cannot see the end,
much less the returning. I doubt whether
I should have decided to see, you had it not
been for this.. But the chances are we
0 . bull never meet again." .. - -
is You mean you are engaged in some
PIO,t or conspiracy ?"
,,J mean what. I have said -no more, no
lose. I will now bid you adieu," "
Angry as. I was with the man, I could
not refuse the hand he strechad out to me.
Is Farewell," he said, Is. it may be that in
some Year or two I shall write to you and
ask you, if my predictions as to Pauline's
recovery have been fulfillied; but do nof
trouble to Beek me or to inquire for me it I
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am silent.,' . I
So we parbed. - The carriage Was waiting
to take me back to the hotel. On MY Way
thither* I passed the man whom Cencri had
called Macari. He signalled to the driver
jo stop, and then entering the carriage sat.
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beside Ina. , . I I
11 Von have seen the doctor, Mr.
UNOATISF,ACTORY ANSWEBB- I . wishes
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I tr availed in hot bests, MO fast s4 steam
to DIM, , . . .
He,towed and left me. ,I felt that even VaUgh
AAQ9---
it, was doubtful. whothea,pbo,W
an?" he asked- .
Is Yes. , -00me from him."
I have just
Dow
would boar Me,, to Gehova; where I tit Goodin
obtaining ifip interview ,with the -74-
And have learned all YOU,wish tO kUPWIi
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once began my inquiries as to th�wberem . mysterious,
about of Dr. Cenqri. I bad Ifoped that find4 whether
doctor. ; It depended entirely i
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he -chose to grant it.. ,as might -
hope 2"
I I A great many of my tpestjonshave been
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jug him would be An easy matter. His Come
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words had given me the impression that he mv:
to Genova and go away again without, Rnswared."
being any the wiser, unless his f riend
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4 'But not all. Ceneri would not answer
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Practiced ia the town - ' It so,, Many PGO- ,
ple must know him. But, he had misled
W himself sent me game QOlnmu1Iic5iiOli-- si
. I idled away a week,"and then began to
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d his laugh was cyni Cal .
He laughed,'an �
,me or I had deceived myself., 'For 09,61al fear
dayal hunted high and Iow;inqUired keeEI
that Coneri had made up his mind to Andmooking.
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put of my way. But it wasnot Bo, A
IkePt'silence., .
� 11 HO I you. questioned'ate," he continued,
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every where; �ut not a soul could 1 find letter
I on every doo,
. nod a ,,I
came one morning. It conisi �.
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light have told you Xaore than Ceneri."
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91 I Cime to ask. Dr. Celieri for' 611 the
who know the man. called few
tor in the place; -one atid.all,pofessed I
word's only.
Is you wish to see me., A C"arli wiif information
he could. gAve me respboting
entire ignorance .ol such a colleague.,; At calffor
he had-
I you at 11 o'clock. M. C." .
my wifers Mental state, of which I bblie a
aware., It You can.,Bay Anyt 9
last I felt certain th at the name
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gi - van me was a fictitious one�ortbmt-Gen vw-
?�e3
At 11 o'clock an ordinary, hired con- you
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-,,,'Ge,-Cli���WG-td.-The-driver- --th%t-mmybe-of-uGG-tGMe,-1
'An.
ate . -All b'g you to
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However obscure
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was not hiB.abode. , JDquired
d9otor mg be, he is' ikui:6 to .be Down b
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for.. Mr. V augh - I stopped in speak.)'
ithout. a word, and was. driven to.& small
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I 4 You asked him what destined it?" . .
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some of Is professional brethr n in ti i house
same town. I decided to go to Gi an into
outside the town. Upon being 4hown �',
a room I found the . doctor seated at -a
I'. I did. He told me"a shook. I
4.4 You aaked.him -what shook. Thathe.:
, I
try my ILok there. . table
It was on tbe eve of my intended deEiart-
covered With newspapers and -letters. did
He rose, and shaking my, hand begged�me
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noti You 2" .
is He had hill reasons for declining, I sup.
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ure. I was strolling about, feeling varx to
sad at heart and trying to persuade myself
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be seated. - . I . . . PPRO."
Is you have come -to Geneva to see me, I
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It yes. Excellent ressona'familY to&-
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that I should fare better in Turin, when I - hear,'Mr.
noticed a man lounging along the opposite
Vaughan'?" . song."
Is Yes, I wished to ask you some ques. -
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Is If you-cmn enlighten me, kindly do so."
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side of the street, As his face and hearing tionB
seemed familiar to me,,I crossed the .road
respeoting mi wife." : I .
,I I will answer all - I can -but there Are'
.,,Not here, e.Mr. V0,1191han. The. doctor
andIaretrien'do. 'You might fly b9ok and
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to use him to better advantage. Being .Many
clothed in the inevit%ble tourist suit he
I shall ,doubtless -refuge to reply to.
You remember my stipulation?" , i
Assault him, and I should &t blamed. You
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Are going back to- E 0918i I -Suppose.?"
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P -resented the appearance Of an otdillavY .
that I
Is Yes, but why did you not mu&O,
'mental
"YGR- Istsit.uponOP' I I .. .
"Giveme ei andporhapsI
British traveller -so much so
3elievedl must be misuaken. Butr:wag
me &ivake of my wife:B peculiar
Auto ?11 . � � - ..
your
will write; 6r, better. still, if I feel i0ollued
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right, afte! till. in spite of 'his changed
igni'zed him the moment I
attire I recoi times.,.
"Yon -had seen her yout's6if ..'soveiral
Her state wall the same an when
you
to be comulanica,tive, .I will ' call On ' : '
when I am next in London, and pay MY
'at'
drew loears, - He was the man with WhQui she
first Proved so attractive to you. Jam
respects. to, Mfa- All the game
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Kenyon had engaged in a wordy war 6ut- e0kry
you should think yourself d6ceived."
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time." . I I
1 to get at the bottom of
side Ban Giovanni -tile man who .had
remonstrated with no for our expressed
Is Why' not have . told me everything 2 �
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Thba I could have blamed no, one." -
. So eager was .
the affait that I guve him inypard'.. He
admiration of Pauline -the man who had .
walked away arm in arm with Coneri. .
an, Mr Vaughan.' .-then-stopped
41 1 had so many reasoi . 'my 'He
Pauline Was, a great responsibility
the carriage and stopped out.
raised hie hat, � and there was a . mail -
The allanae was too good a one to be lost. I
,on
shoulder6. A great expensa, for I am &
Giants triumph in hie eyes so they Mo 1 t
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He would at ,least know'where the doctor
was to be, found.. I trusted his memory
poor.man., Andi at bar all, is the,Mstiter so
bad? ' She is beautiful, good and
.
Mille. . . .
11 Good-bve, Mr. Vaughan. Perhaps ulter
. not so retentive, asinine;
for fmose, �79,8 'ami
very ,
. able. 'Sbe. will' make � you A loving
all.you,Are-to be Congratulated upoR being
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that he would not connect me with the
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wife." . � . .11 I . �
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. whose pAat..it is
married to .a Woman .
unpleasant passage whi ch occurred when
I up to him, and
'" Yoir wished to gob kid of list, lo, fact.,,
impossible to rake up.'!
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with this shaft a shaft which
we list met. walked
raising my hat requested .him to f avor'me
.,,-Scarcely that alto�ether. There are
cirournattinces-1 : cannoli'explain , them-
. parting
struck deep and raahled-he left.,me. It
with 86 few moments, conversation. .
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which.made Me gl . ad .. to marry her to an
was well he did so,before I oaughti him by
f6rdO him to
I spoke in English. He gave me a quick.,
. gi a � Des, then acknowledging my
Englishman (if good poajtion�" "
,,,,Without thinking what that Man's
the thioat .and, strove: to
explain his Idat words. � - w I
penetrating
salutation, protessedi in the same language,
his wish, to place himself at my service. -loved
feelings Wight be on finding thewoman he
little better than a child." , '.
Longing to see my poor 'WifO Again, I
Went back to England with altapeedl., , � '
Is I am tryirg to. aboortain the address of
who.1 believe, lives here. Ithink
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1 felt indignant, and, alwwed my feilli�g
little
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gentleman
you will bb able to Assist me."
He laughed. s, I will if -I cau-but being
Very Plainly. Ceneli very notice
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of my warmth. He remained -Perfectly
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. 1. CLUNiNG RHr,ATIONBH1PL- , I "J. - -
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like yourself an Englishman, and knowing
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very few people, I fear I caube of little-
Oulm- I ; I . .. b "onsfidere!
,,There is anotherpoiDt to so a.
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Yes, she was'glad to see Me back 11 In he
u ertain, Clouded � way she welcomed me
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help to You." .
-PLAuIlliels-)oase�-iBAii-my-()pini�nif�r,fioxn
I always
being hopelessi 'Indeed, I have,
-no---- 'the ohorVtirffii
.my great fair, tbinLYIn .
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,, I am anxious to find. 9, doctor named
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Ceneri."
lookFd'upon marriage as greatly Adding to
would have, entirely forgotteu, me,- wa
groundless. 'She know me sod welcome
The start he gave as he heard my,words;
tile chance of her recovery'. It her'Winil'to
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exteut is ritingo I believe that,
Me. My poor L. Fafil Ina I . It T could 6u
the look, almost of apprehension.- he cast
showed me that he recognized the
a certain' I .
little by little, it
L may be built up again.
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bring those truant Bongo
find the way to .
bac once ino.re I . . .
on me,
name. But in a second he recovered
or it may return as suddenly. as it left
.-For hing of inaportane
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� -himself. . . .
I -, I cannot remember the name. I am
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hard" .. ' '
My heart leaped . at itis Wo'rdp,.6f hope.
C;uelly As. .1 fe . el I' had been breatedi tool
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urr6d. if mv4ove's mind wall, as Caner
000 . I
predicted, to - be gradually restored, ,th
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sorry to say I am unable to help YOU.".
Is But," I saild, in Italian, 11 I have seen
' selfish
that I had been in de for this inan'B ,
process .was a tediougLdne. At times
thought her betbek� at times worse. . Th
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you n his company." - I .. . .
i 1, I know no man
Ile viciously.
ends,IwaB Wit, igio,a6aept,thesit.ustion
irm
Cheerfully if I had, any hope -held out to me.
. fuetiotherewa littleorno changeLinhe
- a
condition. 'Hour af ter hour she site in, lie
scowled .
of the name. Gnod-mornitig.11 . . '. .
He rmiswl JoLs hat And strode Away. �
,,,Will you give me all the particulars of
my poor wife's spate 2 1 conclad a she has,
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apaphy anti. listlessness;. speaking. onl
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when spoken to-; but willing to come wit
I w 9 sl 1, u a going to lose him like that. - , I
. my pace and c%me.up withbim.
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.not always bies'n like this." I I I
' .44 Certainly not. Her Case is Most pecu-
me abyw I he . re ; do an�thing. I 809905
wh never, miss I -1 express, my wish 'i
a
quioli.ued
I must beg of you to tell me where I O%�
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liar.', Some years ago she, received a grout .
6 .sudden loan. . The effect
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ords she can do prebend. Poor Pauline
w In IL
find -him. I must see him u Pon an impor-
shook-austained
v gas to entirely blot out the pdai from her.
The greatest doctors in England haV
B
Y' jug that. be
t%nt matter. it is no use deu .
is friend of yours." . .
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mind. �he rose'.'from bed after some
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been her. - Rich says'the-se-me thiDg-
. each- taili; me' t
mmy recovek-; but
a
He hesitated, then. halted. 11 You are
weeks'illness with her memory a complete
blank. Placea girere. forgotten'. friends
reco very would be more ' possible. if tfi
strangely importunate, air. Perhaps YOU
will tell me your reason for your statement
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. were strangers to her. Hot. mind might, *
exact Circumstances Which brought abou
the calamity were known. These, I daub
that the man you seek is my I ri6nd 2"
Is I so6w you arm -in -arm, with h . im. .11 .
as you say, have been theMind of a Child.
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But a obild's mind grows, and,ittreated
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if we shall ever learn, ' .
For C6neri has rUade no sign, nor him
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,,Where, may I aAk 2" 1 . .
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"to Turin -last spring. Outside. San
properly, so will here." I
,,What was the omuee.of herillness-
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Bent, his 'promised Inforinatio
MacHirl I
The latter, after his,jost'malicious word
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Giovanni." :
He looked at me Attend' wely. "Yes's I
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What shock?" , 1, Cannot
"I That is one of the questions I
I dread mor ' 'than I wish for. Teres
a
� who might have thrown some light OUM
remember your face now. YOU are one elf
those Youngman Who insulted a lady, and
answer." L , - I .
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.,, But 1-havem rightto know." . -
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subject has disappeared. I -blame mYse
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for not having Ablied the doctor where at
whom I Pwore to obastise."
s, Ndingult - was meant, but even had it
You. have &.6ght to -ask, - and'I have
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9. right Lto refuse to speak." � .
- but doubtless he WOU
was to be found, tell - So the duya L
have'deolined to
been Go, it Might be Passed over -now-"
"No insuitl I havekilled a mart -for
11 Tell me of hot fafuily�her relatives.,,
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II-She-1as Done, I believe, save mysel ' Us
.me.
on. All I can do isswith Praicillii's 81481B
to insure that my POOP girl is MR
less than Y6 ur friend said to tide 21, I
But
I asked other questions, but could got no
Answers worth reoording-� I should return
ance,
as happy as ORA be, and hope thae til.ne a
. 11 Please remember I said nothing.
that matters little. It is n beitalf of his
to BO land not much wiser than.1 left it.
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Day at length restore, her.
Care I -
We still at Walpole Street
. 10h, - to 'Bee Dr:
niece, Pauline, that I wi .
. to which I.
Bat there was one question
ineigited on haviAg a clear reply.., ' '
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intention had been to buy sit house a
40eneri.1' I
A look of utter astonishment spread over
.
,,.What bus that friend of yoi arsi
Englisfi-Bpeaklitig libalimni do wit N
furnleh it4, But why? Pauline could n
look after it-would'not be interested in
hie face. I, Witat have you to do with bill
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-- it would not be home. So we stay On
niece ?,, he asked roughly. .
Is That is hill business andMine, . Now
.Pauline?,V 1, �
. 'Coneri shrugged his shoulders sod
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my old lodgings and .I live almost the' Ii
. I
Ot a hermit.
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tell me where I can find him," I .
Is What is your name 2" he asked curtly.'
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I smiled,
14 Ma I am glad . to be . able to
calri I.
answer a . oinething fully, Mr. Vaughan. For
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I care to see no f riends. I am, indee
� blamed for forsaking all MY 01 d acqu�h
41 Gilbert VaUghan.0 . . . .
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11 what are you?" . I
a year or two before Pauline Was taken ill,
. ,himself
A"i , Some who have seen Pauli
attribute my lack of hoBPitml!tY tO jealous
11 An English gentleman -nothing more."
'few
Maomisuppoedd to he in love'with
her. He is Ilow furious with me for allow-
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some.to other Causes ; hub, as yet, I belie
-He remained thoughtful for -a
seconds' ,, 1 can take you to Ceneri,11 he
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jug her to get. married. He declares he
only waiting her recovery, to try his
no one knows the truth. ' I .
There are times when X f Gal I Cann
amid, is �ut first I must know what you
want with him, and why you mention
was .
own luck." . . . . I
11 Why he not have served your
.bear my grief-timne when I wi sh th
KeuYOU had never lad me inside th
Paillinola name? The street - is not the
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place to talk in -let us go elsewhere."
. should
Purpose as well as 1 seem to have TI 1
Is
� I but there are other tin
church at Turin,
W11811 I tool that, in Spite Of alli my 'Qye
I 'wherei
I led him to my hotel to a room
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, Coneri looked at me sharplY� Do you
regr6t, Mi. Vaughan 21, . . .
I it is, h5l3mai m
my. wife, hopeless as
we coald talk at our case-
" Now, Mr. Vabighan", he amid, is sifiewe'r
.
1, NO -n i
ot it ,there is a chance, even a
Alight chance. But -1 tell you, D6. Conerill,
better and even .& happier Man.. I can
P at,. hot lovely face, ev
for hours looking �
my question, and I may aee my way- to
.helping you. What has Pauline. March to
.
you have deceived and cajoled we shame
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- as 1 could looking at M,PiCi or a stat
I try to i1nagine that face lit up with bri
do with the matter ?11 . .
11 she is my wifo�that is all."
fally.,
I rose tb 'take my leave, Then Ceileri
fooll,bg than he had yet
' a once it must have been.
Intelligence, Q what can ' have drawn t
long to know I
He sprang to his feet -a fierce Italian
.
a o ba wit' m6re
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dark cuibajn� over her mind, and I pr
His faoe wus
oath hissed from his lips. .
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IF.,. .�.ughanj do not juldge Ina- too
chat One any it ma,y fell aside and I in
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white with rage.
11 Your wife ill he shouted, 'I You lie -I
harshlyi I have *rouged you, I admit.
sea her 4 3yes responsive to My d*12.
felt sure this would GVOV be I would W
flay you lie P . I
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There - are things YOU - know � noth.
ing Of- I Must tell you more than
I without a Murmur, ifneeds be, till out, h
I I rOHO, furious as hiniilell, bat More col-,
looted, I I
intended, The tomptation to place Pauline
, has grown gray, ,
I have thin poor consolation-whate
Is I told you, air,. tha
gentleman. Either you Will apologize for
in a position of wealth and comfort was
, irresistible. 1 am bet d6tor, for a vAst
the affect of our marriage may have b
upon my lifei It has, at least, not 1160,110
your words or I will kiok . YOU out of the
room."
amout. At one time her fortune was
about fifty thousand pounds, The whole
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Wife's lob a sadder one. Her d Sys I am a
must be brighter than those when ille
He ntruggioa with his rassion and curbed
of,t,hat, I spent-"
And'dare to boost of it I" I said bit-
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under the oapervision of that terrible
it. ,,I RE ologize", he said ".I was wrong,
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Does Ceneri know it ?" he asked sharply.
tarl�s He waved his hand with dignity-,
,14 Yes, I dare to speak of it. I spent
'Ila loves bar
Italian Woman, Prism
it pets hat like a child. whilat I -wall, I
�_ ... WCertainly -, he was Present WhOU we
all for froadom-for Italy. It we's in bay
ng I can which If Racy may g
=A. she is aspatil
wore married."
HIS pSOBiDn Once toots seemed upon the
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kee log as trusteed J, who would have
rollgeamy own fathat, my own son, should
pleasure as
i5oling4 Sometimes, not alwayo,aheoe
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she halt, taken my- hand Au4 ra into bb, hands by Dir� Ceneri.11 I I so" VW k0*0 Witty mclatuia"—
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love, We as 0. Child Inay love tt�a Isattear! bo schenilt Was not altogether visionary.
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some weak, belpleq.a creature. May love its I I I )omprehand a joke. .
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protector. Thle I . is & Point reQOmPQn,se,r but be my �wifelo brother, and that Cancel had, author who cannot (
I ven for this. . L for some purpose of his London Standard. There are
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So, in our quiet, household, the JATB Pass I Witty fancy enlivens the driest a L
I . � . is But I have plenty of money," I Bull. abjeots
by and the mouths glide awbY uk�til th(i , L I ' 1% Pe L , r
ishaintim "Bat I. have not," be �replied With a ,and there are others who ,I bold 'L U Ot
winter is over and the ,. a and . � a . Be in
lilacs in the little plot" i4f;Out Of bongos In frank laugh, is I think you ought for the lead 11 in tzeatilig of' the MO t inter t � 9
the suburbs are in bud. It is fortunate asks Of your wife to jojo me in the maoter.11 matters. The elder historiano mostly pos-
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tasto life would indeed be ocloirless. I have Is Catripaittly-I &in in no hurry. I will of FiroiBoart and Do Cquaiges are most
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leave Pauline silona'and PC all, Y
seek society on my own account, I spend petition in order. And now Inay I Beg my ter reinark
not the hearb tq I . .upon a in th&. wam
many hours every day reading and sbui sister 211 YOU Will � ,at England, which recent- events seem W
41 She will. be in ve;y shortly it shoW I$ UnfOrtollately not Obsolete in these
ing, whilst my, wife site in the same room wait.", � � days, 11 The English are the bravest natiolt,
silent unless I address a remark to. her. 11 Is she better, Mr, Vaughan 2" I shook in the w rid, in the field, but in matters
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It is a matter of great grief to me that I my head Badly. . of. polloyatheir an I emlea easily outwit them.
am almost entirely debarred from hearing ol Poor gi I rl I then I fear she will not and what they gain in a, battle they lose
the aoune of music. I soon discovered that . I L
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I prejudicial. days together since.we were Children. I Edward bubbled and outwitted." � 'Ekew -
The notes which soothed me, in some way int, too, is his description of the scili.
seemed to irritate - list and make her am, of course, ,much bar senior; and from qua, I
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I fighting Domestic ties are forgotten under ing his reign, when he called it together to
with Priscilla and I am left alone, the In circumstances." . please the people, but took care only to.
piano is unopened; the music books lie One I was still far from putting any faith nummon such persons 'an would not oppose
unused. Only those, who, love Music all I . What a contrast is presented
. . In the man ; besides, there were his woide hill designs.
love it Can understand how great a depti- on a former Canis I ion to be accounted for. by the pages of Burnet,, who might alact.
vationthisistome. . , is Mr. Maomri," I said. stand as the type of a man devoid of the
One morning As I sat alone I was told ids Excuse me-Up.roh is my name." power of apprecia,tiDg tbe humorous. aide of
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that a gentleman. wished. - to see me. He 11 The . D, Mr. March, I must ask you now anything. Tame readers of the good I
gave thagervaot noname, but instructed her to tell me the Particulate of the Shook bishOD'S ponderous 1, history" who possess
to .my that he was from Geneva, I knew it full reason.11 an aition with $wiftfa ,,notes" added..
WROX%oarl.' My first impulse was, to Scud which deprived my wife of bar 6
I . Hts face. grew gra.ve.. 11 I cannot now, may, however, find much amusement in .
book word that I would not peehim. Again Some day I will do. . so." their perwal of the work. The wicked wit
and again since out first meeting, his words, Is You will thenj at least, explain Your of the Tory d evin Playa around .the prosy 4
had come back to m8-thOsO words which words whenwe parted at Geneva,?" text -of the Whig writer, and is As cruel as
hinted at something in P&Iilil]i Past is 1. will ask pardon for 'them and apolo. Mr. Burchell's muttered is Fudge" in de -
which her uncle had au.,objeot in conceal- gize, me I know I spoke hastily and thought. stroying the effect of the laolemn narration.
ing. . But each time I thought of them I lq6tily, but having forgotten, I am, of course, When, for example, in his e
decided thqy1verQ'QUIY the mmliOiOus itigin' islile to explain them." . � indulges in a long, -peroration. About the .
nation of a disappointed mau,.who, having ul I said not I hing, NelinguDi whethOf saored. dut I y of . an historian to tell the truth, I �
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failed to win the woman he loved, wished he was pla�ying -a deepr game with- MO Or and, it; an exQQss of conboldusnegs, bids hill I
to make. his favored rivil suspicious �nd not. reaaer take even, F his own carefully .
unhappy. I tanked nothing he,bould say III know," he continued, ,,that I was prepared history with Is ft grain' Of
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againat-iDy wife , *but disliking the man, I furious at bearing of Pauline's marriag � a. allowances's Owift notes, " I will bulls
hesitated b9fore giving in-triactiond for hill .
j. In. her stste of. health Cepepi should never Itht waroliog.11 . Again,. when Burnet is I
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adwittiana's" . � I � I hAo-allowed it -and then, Mr. Vaughans I describingthe extreme length of thialser.
. YetMaeari was*the only link between', had set -my heart upon, her marrying an vice ot the Scotdh Church, III remember '
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never should see again ; thin man -was the - -Wouldwin her s has- preached without tittlietmission. . V was , I
one remaining frolin, w1iom, it. Was poll. -was that her. beauty , I 8� a little weary: of so .
only i ' band of the highest rank." . there myself, and wed
Bible to learn anything respecting my wife. Any reply I should. have makdo wag Pre- teaious-aservice." .Swift has the ornelty, - . �
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b any Chances stimulate, that torpid intensely anxiotis to � 'Bee 'what effect the :oIdl " But still more like Mr' Barohell in,
_. -d-,fefflimp I fluence--tho-state, _ - ..
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_ 3, maia should. be admitted, and, I a said, � " do You rememb I or witty as was the great' d" �
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to face with, Pauline. it be wished.to do 6u,i wonder, but shook her head all onsin or Shakepeare. Thok laughed at the
8.0 lie Might speak to hei of old days, even. doubt, He took her hand. I noticed that. absurdities of their fellows ; but their
old paBsion-anythiDg that might aid her � . he seemed to shrink from him instinct- laughter was of the . kindlyi good-natured, .
to pick up Rod ii thode dropped 8 . . � okiption, in which,even. its object bird- - .
threads of memor . y, . I _ , . I ively. - . des he bitter,
� 4, Poor girl, poor girl I's he said. 11 This gelf� might have jgiued.--T .
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withwhat I knew to be assumed cordiality. Pauline, itis long. since we have met, but widelydifferent Chirac ter from the genial
I felt, in spite ot the hearty grasp he gave you cannot hose . forgotterimal" . . . mirth which diverts wjtqoub� wounding. It �
ist he meant hii'visitto, bode Her large troubled eyes were riveted on in tho'crowaing 4aaAlty of many of our
my ""'t'.' me.* What did I care why he, .
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With the end in..view, what mattered the I i om fil-Liature, -that they.
. lurnitig idiny I Try and think who it in, Poul ne,," 1 thoroughly free fr .
� tool, if I doula keep it from I � . . I is good in humanity -
band &nil wounding me�and this Was to said. , I I acknowledge all tb
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be seen. , � . . . . I i .. — . - 1. That some of their works are .tinged with
I, met him With a granting almost as Car— . . . . . �r age it is'imposaible
I . ,& 1,LEA Ji PUSS- . the;doarBenesa of the! '
.� dial an his own ; I begged him to be seated, I . . I . . I . shion of their ors, to .
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then rang for wine sod cigars. , . � . ir"8iy1a �begraded W1681110"n the H*ea ell be more butsvokell than in these days ;
__1c Fie, Mr. - .L. . � the junw. . mudyat,, considering oome of our ' modern .� .
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- ,, yes. I'truated you would'do, so. Hose b man,'n satisfied with. writers &to ,worse ottandere than Many of ' �
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you beefi'long inUngland 2" . � .1 lit an English WO ot ethron, who have not the ,
I I, only, a codploof days." 1. , . I what Ididehipa And warshipi maybeivi to our modern br - The ,
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's Elow long do you stay ?" . Hot ,�_aa Cats all .over the sense of humor is & ,gift which dantiot, be
. � ,-Until Lam, called abroddagmfti.� Things . page had strayed I '
world'. Will strays into a neighbor's yard, acquired ; it. must be.junate. There sti I ;
eve gone. Wrong *with us There. I must . . . all '6xist'parsons wh , .will feebly ask to'have
h , And returned- with a Pi8c6Ot_WeWtWbl' ' ' 0 . I
wait ,Until. the' atmosphere -has. quieted the treacherous neighbor had given her. some good joke Is explained. to them.11 .
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I . me -probably the I"t,-Of bar. Dine livae. infirmity. Theponse of humn, ' is looking
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don't use the' wo . law. ,She declared to the coutt that this appreciate a Picture is Jac .
I . only on I can think of.'iL . sit the second eat she had lost ii2'the To try to Cultivate this miBsiug power is as. '
I' Yes, ConsPir.utor-regeneratoii spos- w of the German
t16 of freadom, whatever ,you like." I - same way, and that many -of her friends. hopeless as were the efforts I
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I had lost cats, wbich were believed to be baron (mbotioned by Wahab, or ,one of his
-(Butyour country has beeii.fre'e.for same an. Tfie-Magistrate correspond.entf-) to *cultivate sprightliness.
. I �� . poisoned, by the m 1. 9 I aithy Telaton, being refused by An ,�
r gains years." ' .. � . tistaction, but suggested 'This wi
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a -for tham._� our poor -friend Coneri di -t - &--di- st-of-tho-oaffe- -, tgb," muuoyed-,his neighbors'
I ,court. -ThiaPerempto, y AM as, .-
8 same, but his last, day's work is done." ' hall been,criticised on 4he . ground.of thin in the ioome,below by spending houralaap�.
d .j JeL fie dead?" I Asked-, dmitle& , 6 )affly over il�u table. On being Asked .
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t I 16 Dead to all ;Of � us. I cannot give you MAgistimtele, disregard of A, law or statue jug soh 5range condilob he ,
- which Imposes a Penalty on any person the reason for his 01. '. (is I
a Particulars; bdt a few wbaka after you 166 Whd lays poisoned grain or meat un an! giavelyrepli�d,"J.'dppr,c�dsd'etertifI , ..,
Geneva he Was arrested in St. Petersbur& , L ' so lanced- am learning to be lively.") It in'La pitiable
onthe awaiting slid except Ju enclosed .places
a, )JO layin Prison for 8060 M , that no dog can get in " and fortherLenaots' pight to behold a person aotUally devoid of
I it I Diog dimly after the
I his trial. It bus come off,.hemr. im 2,, .. that punishinent may b6in,flicted on 11 who- -a' sense of hua6r groE L
a ,I* Well what has happened to It ' ooever I shall unlawfully and .maliciously point of a jose. it in the old tatory of the. .
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Siberia; kill, maim or wound auy'dogi bird, beast or Scotch judge, who, he� .
, is at this b: on his w *,,simmered" the subject in his
a -momen my to not being cattle, but being ja courti .
r , . Condemned to twenty Y, ears' hard Imbot.in other Animals . ' n at of tha,
'. . either the subject of -larceny at common mind till the morrow. whe ,thepoi
r.- thin mines.11 , . jest suddenly bioke upinti him, and he cried,
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. Although I bore no particular love.toward law, or being oidinarily kept in.confiniement 11 I has ye noo." $060 per . sons I never
Y I or for any domestic.. purpose." Anofficial
It Ceneri, I BbUddered As I heard his late. . , digest is quotqd - to show that cuts are attain to even this tardy enlightment, and -
t, Is And you escaped,?" I amid. I A the 13#bm will fiaeze it good story -teller by solemn
d not be 'here included in a list of knims1s Is D( I . -
n ,,Naturally, or 1,8110111 . . t of larceny at common law," but which asking, 11 WUR that a joke 21, � Equally
I smokiDgyour very. good cigars and sipping no "' ' Med as creatures, the unlawfu I I devoid of a true senge:�,of humor are the
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0 � rriend's misfortune. AUG., bjeots the holder to ' penal- and utter poor: veratione back, mr6 the
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a It it seemed horrible to me to think of the What wit is there ,
, what monkeyst poleo�tn, cats, ferrets, thrushes. most idiotic of, all josto- .
t man working in the 'Siberian mines singing birds in general, parrots and in being a greater filAebooll toilet than . ,
t, should it have seemed to �hia fellow.con- . sis, and also badgers, hawks, herons, your neighbors supposed.yon to be 2 ,
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8 11 Now, .Mr. Vaughan;" amid the latter, faicons, goate and rooks. . . . .
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n. 11 with your Permission, I Wi necessary out, as a check on the -too rapid- . . � �
' business gnattera , with YOU- . � sl0i I . The most.perfeotly fascinating Creature .
9, .. I . .. .1 .1 increase of rodents. is ali unlawful ' posses- hich the'Auglo-Saxon race ever produced, -
at shall iiarprise YOU." � I .01 . : Bion 2 Or- Out the posee8sion of -a purring W . ioal. belle of Baltimore, the - �
a 61 Let me bearwhat you have to say. tabby by some one'b dear,'immarried aunt, was the tyr
It � '. 11 First of all I must ask you -what Coneri * ompsojon.of her, solitude', is fra . ught - representative of thd'whole South. In her
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a - told -you about Myself 2" - . . I singer to the State2 The. dog granOvIler tact und . fascination one quite
He told'ide your I) . : with' d forgot that she wouldhave been! quito?.Ihe�
Id -1 name. . . acquire,, under the 16'97 a dignity which is
go Is Nothing of my, fmily 2 He did not ' - . game thing if the had been unable to read. .
, . almost personal, Tray, Blanche and Sweet .
t tell you my true name any more than he . . I -recognized Perhaps she never did read, b�ot (,von a
' heart muat each have a , Even. wheii she Did a little culture
do told you bis own? He did not tell you it 3ooks of a. town clerki novel. 11 to A, accomplishment,". and' its
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d was March, and that I mo must pay'& tax, and makt, through the it ran a 0
. tirlither slid sister?" . . I ownipi, be rebponsible for all or any real use was Only to oh,urm the men a littl
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ly I was astonished at this announcement. C he or she may infliobuipion more. Thin type of girl, still Common. in
the , doctor's assertion that do,mages which . and till of late coMmod in ' E 9-
nd .In the face of man, other beasts (except cats) or pro- America, It
ot this man had boon in love with Pauline, I perty. 'That pups and tabby may have a I land, is ,disappearing, with - incredible .
it - did not for.as moment believe it, but think. 0, in'13pit'O Of 191W, is shown by rapi.dity. It is going with the long hair
market Vain which . was once. the ' crowning glory Of
at jug it better to best his bale Out, I simply the interest taken in Gat shows' the costly
Is I He did not." .,.,,.,- prizes which are awarded woman,And with it is going much ihat - -
. .1 replied, I rell-then I will tell you my hie- and handsome moral excellence and the , was -once hold to be es�entiml to guard life
d, 11 Very V . I an. I am known by for physical And I ( tsj� and society from utter rain. I have dwelt
tory so briefly As I* 0 ight Dome is big prices which are paid for cats 0: 0 the on this because ii is becoming 00 -
t- many names abroaa, but my r breed. . In '40 days-& eat WAS worth t I ' 0
as Anthony 166rch. My father and Paulinalo . a,s all of her common hero that not t COMMOZA On it -
miners inthe.0%liforais diggi arkabla
y; married -Dr, Coneri's.sister. He died young . 'ight -in dust. BecattBe in some Guess would be to ignore the most rem
vs. and left the whole of his large property to we nd her litter rusy be only phenomenon of .English life as ib at present
' . household she a exists. As girls realize that it 16 becoming
hie wife absolutel%rShe died some time polmythinga for the children, must they be.
66 -afterward, And- in U left everything in a tinted as. valueless? On the game more difficult to marry with a certainly of
at my uncle's hands . As sole - trustee for my ground halt the dogs kept in. cities should being able to live as well all they did st .
at sister andinyself. You know what became be rated as worthlops.-Dogton Transcripts home, as there is a growing unwillingness
as of the money, mr.Vaughan 21, I - . to raise large families. slid be left a Pool!
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� pressed ' i4olirend is�dikor andly Wanted. - ' widows to support th6m,as, in fact 11 -the
for 'I Dr. Ceneri told me," I Said, iln old idealddisappear, and now Ones f Gin
a a in spite of myself by..the correct WAY in A natural history book relates an &nod -
sit which he marshalled his facts- . I of the horned toadof. South America, able I to make & living and, be $I ind
" dote develops
on I 'a which, Is whela placed on the metals,- pandent " and. -11 bird -free " are
* It T4 g they are becoming oareless REf to beatit
11 Yee, it wall "a""" i� d many exploded with
no. the keep of MR spent for "a rme beneath an advancing tiftin, A po
is ,Pont indifferent as to, being charmers.
ght a true Italians we a loud report -like the firing Of 4 gan`�,= in England who I f - 0 W
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b mn on "'
I have novel On, I lro,ly enough; but another.batrachian in Canada di Wild
hat When I know .what, it had g I. atl-gu 0 be
I . . has achieved a greater fast. AtrAin6nthe dead t. pitied, Women, old or you
my forgave him." hi nuisance. The on
my 1, Lot us emir no woke About iti'thOu-" speak of M'SH a
il 11 I don't qaIte look Upon it Ili that light. Grind Ttrwunk gailway was thrown Off the
in and olve persons injured, 11 owing to, interest which he excites, is a wonder w
all- Victor Emmanuella Government is DOW a broken frog." If Mrs. Leo Hunter had he cumbereth the ground., NOW As a
air y eatablielAed. Italy in free and -will but known of such. a, case, what a grand mainbsinnot be rich enough to marry POO
-firml n '6 justice she Would have introduced girls, lot them work never so industriously,
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.. Nowj Bit. Vaugha i poeti . manifestly hard for them. So they
grow ric or every year it the facts O this is
vat my idetiltia thjs� I believes into the late of I, the expiring frog on r, id, and so the d511106
eon the Case were laid before the kingi some- log,,o which upset a train and Injured a emigrate,or go,to the bi
thing might. be done. -1 believe, if I, and round dozen Of humanity- . goes on.-Chaa, 0. Lelandis London Letiff
MY , your Wife, were to make . I . - ..
$Its on on behalf'of ation of I 0 n Chicago Pribu.nd . . I
Nos yi; known that Colierl's APPrOPlri He who lives.,but for himself Ii an but �for � a
aid our fortilneo for patrintio Purposes bud left 1. . .
. a little thing., A armor in WS91108 bounty, NOV" claims
and us Penniless, a large portion of the money$ ,
0 us. You . It is MAL y 400 sugar to 139,Ve the obsimpi6n old horoes. H
do if not all, would be freely returned t ,ad that nearl a has
mul 'have friends III, England Who Would 60tate" in Cub% have been either destroyed one 85 years 0111, another 24 suan, third 21
ive Fit years old. They Are all in perfect health
001 assint you in gaining the bar of King Victor. or Abandoned by their c,whoro in the IR0t
orns I have frionaff lit Italy. Garibaldi, for decade . . . . and ai to do regWar works . �
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