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Decentber 26, L884.
mu 'value. •
Joy metlierrott, ia a0430
Wuere the brat *r interlaoe.
Very kitJarig, t,1411 anti sweet,
Safe:ruin nlIvrehltrinElf et.
.^ Why at tier. ?"Joy earted, cried;
"Why art here ?" graY Sorrow Sighed.
"1 came here t weep "
"Ter. .ii•e t r n4.0100017,"
Murtutne I ti r row, ye; 1 ,,e0
aa rtrEttul were to thoe.
cjaium, uu flu viLuo, and be taught
How to vw.n thy li..art
Joy sat down at Burrow's reek
And wa, Lantut a leasun sweetj.
rain would he red. e kind return;
"Borrow, art teo uld to learn?
Nay? Then tarry ytti awhile,
Tin I've tkught theJ how to smile I.'
Slime that- it, the two have been
Bouud a. b• iyaterious iLiu;
Sinen amt uutir the, an oximange
Trani . tia nothing strange
If sem Ludas U puzzled heart
&woe 0411 We twain apart.
lit4 rectory Worker.
Vie a poor than's.; morning, dark and sad;
The cloud has fOlen, and filtea with fold 021
Told
he chininey0.1 - and the annolte is caught,
And spreads &hued iu the -clouds, and sinks, •
A black pr,eiettitro u wiry streets;
Arid•faaes gray glide through the darkened fog
-Slave unglue. 1111, °nue more ;heir ugiy
growl.
The bands of h•ou Lind bilmile (discolored stone,
That cage thine to their task, strained, quiVor-
ing, till
Whooity trembles ; e ad the clamor of bells, "
Importunate, htje uliuga1e-faoed forms
To come and loud those engines' groaning
strength •
With fire aud labor. Bee amongst them two -
Much like tee ret he woutem with her gown
Drawn oker man with beaded neck, -•
!Subedits e to ties ; the jur, •
And clam , and hi thidor of the awful force, '
They enter au! !mixt- 'each.to udiffereut task
But mien a eckt.41 t.1 owlutige to bruteloroe.
Workint a will thi <nigh the organized whole
Of creeks, mud held, dud levers, plutons and
screws,
Wherewith 61.132)11 DISU bas "Iced his body out.
- Dr. Goorge MaoDonaki.
BIM: It; AND DINNA 13.1LES.
IS the re id very dreary?
Patience yeti
Best will be sweetet it woo art &weary,
And after night emuerh the m irnieg (theory,
Tueri bide tt wee, and dinna fret.
Thu 010'1,16 have silver lining,
Don't forget ;
And though lie's Iddleu, stilt the sun is shining
floorage I lostoad ut Lars and vain repining,
Just bide a wee, aud dinna fret.
With toll and oars unending
Art beset
Bethink theo bow the atoms from heaven
demanding
Soap the stiff oak, but spare the willow bending
And hide a woe, and dinna fret.
Grief sharper sting cloth borrow -
From regret;
ant yesterday is gone, and shall its sorrow • •
unfit us for the pretent and the morrow ?•
Nay; bid') a wee, and ulnas, fret.
An overanxious brooding.
Doth.beget
hoot of fears and fan t *WWI deitiditig;
, Then, brother, kat tussle torinents'be intruding
Jost bide a wee, and ciannafreit:• •
•
THAT BEAUTIFUL MIL
CHAPTER I. •
AU the olooks of the great, throeged-oita
clanged out the hour of 'midnight from their
hoeree brazen throats simithaneously; end
torthe-iastetirenruiouseethoedietta-vatrarth
Mr, a human soul that hed wasted its glo.
done teeents, and squandered iteberitagoot
genius in a reokleos, dessipated late -was
launched Out an the • great, thereless tide of
eternity.
And in the same moment of time a Aung,
fair, ihnooent girl, the dead man's only
ohild, was cant adrift, triendless and
forlorn, upon the mercies of the cold, herd
world.
- She fell, like one dead, by the bedside,'
and the wealth of her burnished 'golden.
hair fell like a pitying veil over the olender
form that had heut like.a flower before the
relentless blast of fete.
The mane, hut not . unkindly,, lodging -
house people bore her into her owe little
room, attd left her there alone to rettevet,
While they prepared the dead . man for
burial to -morrow.
•
It was legto little while that tate blessed.
unoonoidifeness lasted,. when Laurel ,Vene
struggled up to her feet to peoh back with
little, trembling hen& the cloud ot Oaten
hair from her WrIlt .3 brow, and stare With
great, frighte..L.,i, uoruhre eyes -out bite the
strange, uukunwu future.
What terrible temptation, what love and
sorrow end bitter despair that future held
in its keeping for her was yet mercifully
hidden from her eight by the thiok cumin
of mystery that ever hides to•morrow from
our curious eyes.
The daughter of a :genius, Who had
beclouded his aitted bran] wah the fumes
of strong drink, and who had only written
his brilliant artiolea under the stress of
=avulsion, atel to keep the wolf from the
docr, the girl realized thet she was left
alone and permit:as, with* not a friend to
pity or protein hcr. 11 came -over litiroud-
+Reply, and a great anal of horror, that her
father's last araele-finished only yeeter;
-day, before thee sudden illnesse UK its
* hilly, fatal head epee hima-maist be oar -
Med to the pieblahleg eouse and the money,
reoeived theretor before the could ?miry her
dead
Her dead See oould scarcely realize
that her fond, though erring tether,the
profound et:Molar, the erratic) genide who
' had loved his little girl eveh while he had
unpardonably eegleoted her, was gone !rota
her for evermore. With trembling footetepa
she glided to the room where thepeople,
h aving robed him for the grave, had •left
bim alone in the solemn Inajenty of death.
A terrible ehudder shook her ireme as
she beheld that theeted something lying
in stiff, rigid outline upon the narrow bed.
Half frightened, ela drew aaok the snowy
lime and gaged opoe the handsome, maible-
white. features, to whose pallidgrace death -
had added a istilown dignity all its own,
Great Minato: sales of regret and sorrow
shook the daughse frame as she gazed on
that loved face, weer° in . life the slump of
prime had been marred by the traces of
dissipation aud vulgat pleasures. Lentil
was uttle tuore then a child, yet she knew
that her father had reeklestely wastedlie
God-given talents and sated his soul On the
dry husks of life. Yet in all her aorrow
and pity, in all her feet of the awned
future, no thought et anger or blame came
to her as she *kept her sortoWful vigil by
his sideelaThere wore others Who blamed
him that le had, lef & his lender flower; lfls
reLaurel-blessont," as he. poetioally celled
ber, alone and penniless the hard, cold
world. But sho, LOH daughter, had nothing
but tears and love tot him now When he lay
before her dead. •
In a few, hours they Would Otioryline
away, her beloved, forever out of her sight,
hut even them lad lett beets she Could
ems have to spend with him. She Wes tob
forlorn and poor to give boatel( these laid
mordents with him. She muetaikary hie kelt
Manuseript to the office and teeeitee the
money before she could pay for hie •ootfin and
beam. And already the lotignigbottee
Ikeepere Werieadjering hot to/mitten in Wry.
Ing tam. It was eo gloomy having a corpse
iu the house, they eahl, upfeeliogly.
• So, at the earliest °Moe hours, Laurel
preoented herself at tbe editores deek with
the email roll at inanueoript claimed, tightle
in her little blaokeloved heed.
The clerk stared [ammo rotlely at the
young face trona which.. she put aside the
saild'reuithle. " Have you got the. money
te_pay it ?"
Laurel pliantly minted over the con
tents or, her eliurpurse.
se Here is the money, Mrs. Groves, and
it es the last mai I have eta earth," she
said, dreerievaas the timed the silver in
Jae womttu a greedy, outetretobed ban
thielding veil with One Wald hand. 1 "Ir that so? Then ot ioieree you'll no
"A little beauty, if only the weren't so be wanting the rooms any Wooer. I wil
pale and tearatained," was hie meutal trouble you to move out early in the morn
comment. tufa po's I may rent them to somebody
I have brought Mr. Vantee article for elsee' exeltemed ears. Groves.
the magazine, Oen I have the money for Laurel opreng to her feet in dienitty,,e.
it now?'the athed, falteringly. • ' terrified leek an her lair young race.
Very sorry, beetles editor islet in. You "0, madam, I have clowhere to go -so
may leave the paper, and Mr. Vene.ottii oall soma" the oned out pleadingly. Perhaps
tor hie nioneyaater in the day," replied the you will let me keep the one Itttle mon
clerk, devouring her emelt thee with his • until I can fled work. I will be Sure to
The red mouth trembled, the wide, min, pa' Iya9ann1:6 depend on no, mole uncertain
bold, admiring eyes.
bre dark eyes brimmed over with quick proopeote," declared litre, Groves, unfeel-
• tears. • ingly. I've got to be pretty certain Where
"He -he cannot OOMO-he is dead I" elle my money's coming from before I rent my
answered in uueven UMW aucl," flushing rooms. Elo out you go in the morning, and
crimson In & senoitive theme at her own if you don't leave quietly I'll have your
poverty, "1 mum have the money to bury trunk heated out on the sidewalk in a pffe,
him ea there la
"Alt, bat!? Very sorry, I'm mire," said With this emphatic threat the rude land -
the clerk, a little etartled out of his cool, !lady banged henselfout of the room, and
;nes; "and you•are his daughtee ?' ' Lamest sank down With a low moan of ter-
" Yeserem Laurel Vane." ror upon the floor.
"The editdr doesn't some down to his • "San wee no coward, readerethis forlorn
Office till noon, Be always examines arta 'little heroine of ours, but she knew Namely
oles and pays- -theathemechaneeif. Very more ot the wide world ',mead° her cheap
sorry your father is dead - te hoe writer lodging.house than a baby. She had lived
when be oboe to take up the pen. Cr I in one poor phew or another with her
do anything else for you, Mita Valle 1" erred' tether ell her lite, keeping their poor
went on the bold -eyed young man, rather little rooms with untaught eltillemeagerly
pitesng her sorrow and tinadity, inasmuch supported, by his neglected talent, and with
&babe was fair to look ',pm, not an idea of how to eatn her owu
"11 you will give Me -the addresa 1 wilt Mr. Vane ha.a educated her otter his own
go to Mr. Gordon -'a private reeiderioe. 1 desultory fashion, but not in a patotioal
Must have money without • delay," she 'way that she could utilize now in her need.
answered; faintly.' She wondered With a eltudder •of dread
He soribblect the address on & card for whet itheahould do, and where she should
her, and atter bowing her out in his most go to -morrow When elle was turnedaut
killing air, he went batik to ten the prtetere into the streets, of whielethefelt BO hortibty
that "old Vane had drunk himself to death afraid, and which her tether had seldom
et last, and left a devtlish pretty lade Permitted her totreverse alone,
daughter without a penny." • ' • She pushed open the easement and
"With a name as pretty aa her fusee- looked out. .Niglat had fallen, and ender
Laurel Vapor' he added. • • • the glare • of • ihe• • gaelfehir Laurel siaw
, eHis-tniglealeateetaseenalea•prouder laurel wicked men and ribald women tramping
for his brow -allege a poinileas daughter if the litreete. Tit -morrow' night she -would
he had not bean so fond of his glues," said be out oe the horrible Wen:lents mono
the printers, grimly i them, with nowhere to go, Madame a friend
And this was Louis Vetoes epitaph, be all the wide, wicked city. Perhaps they
• While Laurel cbreetedbee feitenug stove !mad murder her, theeo wolves of the
tO the cabinet+ up -town residence, all unoon. street; when ehe was oat out like aaelp-
scions that the finger of fate was pointing less white lamb &state from the tom ,
the way. Sallaetlee, ehte reeallea stime verses she
Mr. Gordon waif one of the most enema -
had somewhere read. They seethed toafit
ful editora and publishers of the day, and her own forlorn strait ; '
his brown -stone • house en one of the fash- Where the lamps quiver
• ionable avenues .of thegreat city looked • Bo fax in the river
' With many a light •
like a palace • to Leta:era • unaccustomed
Eroxu.the wiedow.ane easement,
eyes. She went elowly• tip the broad kepis • Prom garret to basement,
and rang the bellealittleuervously, feeling • 'She stood with amazement,
her courage desert her at the thought of ' liouseless by night.
the interview with the stern editor. No "Oh, what shall •I do ?" she moaned,
thought came to her that her first meeting tremblingly. • e Is .wenee thousand times
with that august personage would be he it better, papa, if I had 'died with you."
'darker, morafateful hour than this. , The room "door °peed suddenly and
The meat serving man who opened the evithout wernitig, and ' • Mrs. • Groves
door stared at our simply clad heroine .a Appeared. • • .
little superciliously. He could' •not reoog- '5 Here's it yoting OMR asking for you,
niee a lady apart from ee fine dress. Mies 'Vane. P'retps he'll telt you how to
"I wish , to see Mr. • Gordon, please," make a honest living now your pea dead,"
Laurel said, with quiet dignity. • she said, with a coarse, signifloaut ohutekle.
• "Mr. Gordon is out, mem," was the.dia- • • She hustled the visitor aoroas the thresh -
appointing reply. . • old, andeolosing the door; etumped loudly
Where is lie goes'? When will he come down the plummet but returned in a
batik?" .exclaimed Laurel in, piteous thew moment on tip .to, to play she eaves-
pointneent. • • dropper. • •. •
. "Re's gone • into the counary, and he The room was all in darkness save for
won't be hook until to -morrow night," was the gaslight that etreamed ehrougb the
pen-witadowa-Testerelaturnecl qutokly-to
The day was warm, but, the girl shivered,:' lighther little lamp, wondering •who her
as if the ground had been ,swept from visitor might be. . ••
beneath her feet by the boyblast of winter: To her amazsment she saw the rather
An unconiemous. ory broke from her quiv good-lookiug and bold -eyed olerk she had
ering lips, and she clasped her little met at the publishing-bouse that morning.
hen& tightleetogether. . : • " Good , evening, Miss Vane;" he said,
• " Ob, what shall I do now ?" she maenad, insinuatingly, "1 ventured ta call, think -
despairingly.: • - ing you might need it'friEnd."
" lene sure I don't knew, mem," said the The•quiek instinct of parity took Werra
man impudently, and reeking an impatient in LeurePs ;breast. Ethe drew back boldly
Move to shut the doer in her face. . as he offered het his smooth white,haed.
Be• might hoe done ito With iMpunity, " I neected it friend this morning, but you
fer Laurel, gazing 'before her withdazed, did not seem t0. remember iie then," she
despairing gaze, was for "the Moment ince,. • saidascathingly. - ••- •
• pable •ot apeach br aotion ; but at that a'a-ali-aoh, I was taken by surprise,
methane it door opened sharplyon the side then. 'I had not my wits about me," he
of the hall, Li:Owlish of silk sounded softly, stammered, disoonoerted. Pray, pardon
and it clear, sweet voice inquired . my forgetfulness.. I have been • tbeeking
"Who is that asking for.papa, Charles ?" about you all day; and wishing I could help
Charles opened the door andtell back you. Here 11 iny med.' Prey, command.
obsequiously. , A lovely blue-eyed girl, my services." •,
•riohly *reseed, oame toward Laurel.- •• • Laurel .took the bit Of gillaedged paste.
*.• 'clam Mr. Gordon's daughter. Is your board, teed:read the neane written•onit
business important ?" she inquired with sixtootheapper-plete. It was.
girth* ourioaty. altoss Poweat."
aim. thosight ahe hid never seen anything •The young ' man had naiad • himself.
so sweet and gad as the' dark, whittle' eyes meenwhile, with the °wheat Belt -possession,
Laurel flashed upward to OHM her gaze. 'Laurel looked tit hire with her great; wist.
• " Oboes, yes, it is very important," she, ‘ aaadark eyes. . •
faltered. incoherently. Perhaps you could ' "Do you really mean what you -sae ?"
-that le, if you would-" •. • Bbe thathrea, a faint ring of hope in her
Miss Gordon smiled a little . abthe trip.. dejeoted voice. .. '
ping speech, blit not Unkindly. • •. • ' "Yes. I infer thee: your father hae Jett
"Come in. I will 'do what I can," she you without means of support, and)
Mid, and led Laurel pasathe date:milted wish to effer you a geed situation," Mr.
Charles into a lovely little antereeme• with Powell replied, suavely, with a soul& in
flowers and beaks aud piotarete.that made. hie bold area 0,3,ea • . •• --
11 a little teraiiiihe paradise: • . ' . 'The girl olasped her little hen& itipul.
She pushed it little cushioned blue -satin sively together. Hope and feat struggled
ohairtoward Laurel., . '•t together on her fair young face. '
' " ait down .auct tell Me what you Want of ,,,Eitit'Idien'akoota hove to do anything,"
peva," she said &nay ; and Leutere impel- she • Wed, ingenuously. e I have never
sive beam went coot in a great flood of • gra- .been to (School like other gale. .I've elwaye
titude to this -beautiful Meitner who looked kept papers rooms and mended his elothee,
and spoke • ao•OweetlY. e • • : ' • ' and 'made my own *Nee, but I couldn't
. She gawped the hack of ilea obeli tightly do_anythingelikathat • well enouglafor. any
with both hitede; 'Mid' 'Waled -het -dark; one ramp •• •• •
beseeching eyes on Mies Gordon's face. . •
," 1 -have brought Mr. Vane's meuueoript e.dltiayo.as Powell's, gray. eyes wattled Wiok-
He`.kept the tide drooped Over ,them,
feta the ritagazimee the added. " Ho '''''ea that Leurel might not see theireevil ;heard
papa -is dead," she added, with a rush of • a' On, yea you could 1" he exclaimed. "1
bitter tears, e' and we are so poor X mtiet know soineone who *eats it little house. '
have the money to pay for hie -funeral." keeper just like you; to keep Ore beautiful
• Instantly Beatriz Gordon drew out her rooms in atter as you die for your father,
dainty pearl Portentontiaie, • ,.'" Tun poor
ohild I" ohe said, corepeseionately: 44 W. , 7h4t Will' you come, Laurel Vi
e Who- is the parasol ?" she inquired,
msthe price of the attiole ?" . fliishing 'sensitively at ehis familiar utter.
Laurel named it, and MiseGordotecounted
the money - out into the little trembling a• nlectsnet. herPowelliname. ; moved .'his chair to• . Laarer's
hand, and received the Mannsoript ,' •' Side and. gazed deep into her beautiful;
"1 am 'sorry Ma Vane is cloaca". the Baia. ereraderug dark ayes.
"He was o very gifted writer. Ethe he left
you all alma, Ina Peer girl 7" *1611 gentle Tow" The person
ittionetner3e'14s"letihvee rfeeten4 iinn •
',tiornpasisiott. • . . .
' love with you, my healthful tittle Laurel, •
"Ali alone," Laurel ethoed, drearily,. •
, Then euddettly the caught adios Garden's and I Want you to come and be my little
fairy housekeeper. I will love and cherish
hand, and (levered i# with tears e.nd kieseit.
e You have been Ise kind and la noble to you teethe darling of my heart:" •' •
Laurel regoaded hiin a moment in blank
me, that I will doithything on earth for 'mimeo. Thera tem it leek ei aeratheapea.
you, Miss Goreetee she sobbed out grate. plexity on her innocent fade..
fully. .
Then the hurried away to bury her dead, Bite apoke at length in a loWeatelbtful
thne. •
• little thinking in what Way Beat= Gordon. " Are you wilting me to be your wife,
would olitim her promise. ,
. — ' ' sit"? was her naive question. .
' CHAPTER /L, He flailed atid looked rather abashed,
.
• at the ihnodent question,
' - - - ' .'
'
"Came in," said Latta1 , • thitaly, in " Why, no, my dear, not exithely,oi he
sneerer to the sharp .rap at the (loot.- . answered, regaining...hie selapoiseeission in a
. The °heath 'plain filmiest Was one, and moment.. X don't wish to sieddle myself
the orphitie sat aloe° id the deepening twiwith a Wife yet, but it went& be about the
light ill the shabby little room, now invested mato thing. I would etarehip . 7011, my
with eombre dignity all He bate elude the heath:Hal lotutel, and you should have fine
ptesiencie Of death had so lately been there. chasms and jewele, • Vale the theatres and
Littiteles head was bowed Upon her bandit operas, li'an beatiliful rooms; while Xi
Mid tears eoureed elOttly, emu Oile a Weld: ve. your adoring slave-"
the drop of woe, dealt her White cheats. il Step, Base Powell le t •
The door opened, and the %Oman frolei She had otood like .one tinned to stone,
Whom Mr, Vone had rented tho two Shabby wing and listening for a itiometit ; but
little Millis entered abruptly, She WAS a now her young vino rang tied it elation
Maria, hard -featured creature devoid Of threhgh the room; "Stop, 'Mee POWellie
sympathy or oetisibility. She loiiited baldly He sprung freed. his Seat, and moving to
itt the Weeping aid, her hide attempted to take her bond. Site
" The ranee due to.dity, Mks Vane," 40
Minlocte plap in the fame with thet small
wings member. Her eyest blazed, her
oheek burned,
She (goosed to the door, and threw it
aopoeonedtaiiuttuthdedenaloyt that Milortee.gareo,vbesutwrjassudriee
ehte:70,;.- heed to her as she shuffled away.
.orestfellen, , and ;or mice ashamed of
• k
The flashing eyes of ,the girl 'seemed to
wither the villain where he stood gazing
sullenly upon her, with the red mark of
thet frantic) blow upon las face.
" BOBO Powell," she 0.1a, pointing it
disclaieful anger at had '1 CFO, and may
the good God heaven punish you doubly
and trebly for this dastartay outrage on SD
unprotected girl I"
ale tlutat toroth teatethresaold like the
base, eviahearted tiowerd that he was, bet
Vat m the 'metes* passage he turned and
looked Wok at her vnth it malevolent glare
on his orimoonaharked face.
4' You have made an enemy, Leurel
Vane," he hissed, I would have given
you love and proteotion, but you have
ohooen my hatred inetaad.• shall not
forget'you. shall always remember that
blow in my face, and I etiall•have my
revenge for it. Look well to your future,
my beautiful fury I"
Laurel slammed and looked the door in
the Moe of the angry wretch, and fell upon
theatior again, giving vent to her outraged
reeleugs in it storm of paseionate team.
. But a seemed as though she were nob
destined to have any peace or quiet that
eveniog. Agate % rap &Mulled Re the door.
She brushed away her falling tears and
opened it in fear and trembling.
limAe.smart, pretty. girl was her visitor this
•, I am Miss Gordon's mail," said the
newcomer, and the tilipped a perfumed
little envelope into Laurens hand
eyes:
rel opened it and. read, with bewildered
" DEAR LITTLE LATIRIM.-I wish to See
you very meth, but there is a rename why I
cannot come to you, so I holm sent my
maid, Cherie°, to bring you to me. 1 have
been thinking of you all day, and of your
sweet promise to do anything on earth for
ma I believe thee we can mutually help
each other. Come qu may, dear. Have
no fear but that Clerk's will glade you
safely to me.. Your friend,
"BEATH'S GORDON."
." opme, Mies Vette ?" tteked the
pretty maid, intelligently. • •
e*Yes," Laurel answered, hopefully, and
so went forth to her future..
(To be continued.)
anuf et.evos.vBee..a.AitquitT'
Alone on the Bleatt'Prairie and a Victim
• tit the tiaorrthie Bloods. • • '
. 'St. Peel Globe :A. gaunt, shambling
wolf whith has beau making erratio•oireles
on the'israiiie suddenly mope, lifts his nose
high above the areas, and snuffe the air iu
every direction. • '
Hark! • " " ,
A rong•driewn howl -a sound which rases
on your nerves and brims a chill. The
honest grout ol the tiger would be eriusio in
comparison.- It has , no honest echo, but
you hear the lar.r-r-r eneektog acme the
half -mile of prairie to find evil oompailyen
the thickets beyond. ,
The echo • is hardly lost ID the pines
'before 11 caught up and sent, heck front
it dozen throats, audit momenbafter a peak
of wolvesbreale aover and Moe mom the
grass to join the • loneriniand which sent
torch the rallylog hall. . ••
aelieklakiiia-emaliaiiiiiit-devilish 1 There
are beasts which' Will look you Nemo' in
the lace: . The tvolf never does. Resales*
eees-unearaboeies-lolfine treeeeee.. sea
low fangs! ' •
There they go • • •
The pack head aortas the prairie tolthe
south, sniffing at the summer breeze as
they run, and at esteh long leap their. eyes
'grow home end clots of. foam fly from •
their red m Judie to. Won% the velvet grass.
It is, a trail they are folloteing, and the
Ment is fresh.• •
• 00M8 pit • ,
Itis a Orange eight. which meets eur
eyes. Lying stiff and statle on the prairie,
fingers clutching the grass and a look' of
agony on the face already turning purple
under the not sun, is the -betty of it hunter.
Dead" No need to able that when you have
seen the terrible hole in his breast; and the
blood which has welled out and soaked the
grass and °hanged the calor of the flowere.
His rifle 'lies at. his aide -his paok at his
. head'. No amiderit e Perhaps yes-pere
' haps no. •Tbere is one who could tell us if
he could but speak.
" Here dog I ' .
• Lying beside the dead -rising quickly up
as we approada-is the hunter% friend and
compeniee-a gait& old dog. He looks
straight into our eye's. If we have come to
bury the dead with kind hancle it ia well. If
We have come to rob the master, beware!
'There Is courage and fidelity and determi-
nation. . •
Husk The dog wheels about thid.facee
the north.' A sound has reitched hie ears
which sets his eyes •aflememed raises every
holy on his back, YAP 1 yelp 1 yelp 1 It is the
wolves -the pack whielapioked up the trail.
he had made as he went to, •the north. in
searchaf water. • .
e They're tiventytte one, and the scent of
the dead adds to their fierceness and daring,
but as they advance to within ten paced 'of
Ale deg evepyawelf coinee to atop. Bawd -
with -his fore pat -eh -EEC the helmet of the
corpse, the dog growls a warning at mush
and every one before • him. He could run
aevay and save his life, lint the base idea
never comes to him. He will eight. the
•Whole .1:lack-aim will die 'defending his
• •
dead .
The wolvee ' huddle, together for a
moment as if in omenliation, and then
they break up and form a Ma& about their
viettme: The dog wheels slowly, rowling
hie wreth .and mutteriug his di:thence.
Even now he could break through and
esoape, but he Will not. Of a sudden the
leadet of the paok dashes at hints, but be
returns to the circle, whipped, bleeding,
.vengeful. Hie. place le filled by three
oompaniiins, and for it moments the corpse
is hidden from view and the uproar is
frightful.
Grand old dog 1 They have tasted of
hie blood', but he has sent them. crawling
back. Piaoing hie paves again On the breast
of the.deatl, he growls &Mame to the.latt
It is over 1 At it signal the whole oirole
othees in, and the struggle its ended and the
feast beeine. There es a tearing of flest11-4
low grOWI of satiethotion-end ia istetreely
five minutee before the bet wolf has Van-
ished from sight, 'melange* the attune of
blood on the grass for the 'Mauna to look
down on.
Sir 012(48,Dilke, who is President Of One of
the London Cremation societies, toneidere
the otenattery a oomparatively old inetitu.
don, ante he oremated Lady Dilke, hie
wifoott Dresden, Germany, as long ago- at
00t. 16th, 1874.
Prof. Euskin has annotineed the &ban,
donroent ofhie publio lectures. Be hat
done his best to reguloto the mob to hie
eoture Meat, but be hoo boon beaten be the
trthigle against bits oWn popularity, and
tole derapelled to °Confine his leoliure0 !Or
he !tittle() to hit own pupils and their
riendia.
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thee it from him and dent* bit an too. t
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THE LADIBIT COLUMN'
•
Pree12: rpolOrno, IsTotes and. Female
•Fatak)iee.
• • t
-BilaGET OF INTEREffr., TO. .111.1.L.-
• The zeta Word.
Husband and wife should no more
• struggle to get the last word than they
would etruggle for the. poehesoien of it
Opted boinbohell. Monett people should
bLudY ough othera weak Nuts, 'tog bliatere
look after the weak part of the ice, in
order te keep off them. By attention to
Mitt appareutly email matter the course of
wedded life wIll rue tuore enmethly, and
thus insure heppinese.
45. mew Bangle. • '
The newest of the bangle freaks is a
necklace wade out of the headset of old
woechea Not wily necklacee but ear,
ringe aud paudauts are made out of thee
part of the OW WROL168 wbich Made S kind
of inner oover or isheeth of the works.
Thuugh notetrutigh t out of gold as a rule,
tille (Wilting was always very prettily
chased and covered with pleasant are.
bat que wore. Probably watehmekere
have for yearn thrown away this part of the
old worka RS ueeless, Some portion of
iugeuuity *bought ot stringing the bits of
mental into ornaments, endnow, they are
wore, aud mite be emu in the wiil‘ows of
brio -Et -brae -shops. . •
. utierahniettreatavat stresses.
Charntiug streakiest dreams and ihatinem
are made of sapphire blue, dot•oolered
lilac, octant -white end fawn-eolored French
eitehmeres, brocaded with Bet floral desigue,
as well as caohmeree at the oareeranetier
alludes, likewine figured The olataug
lamest:lee -haute are trimaied -with ealeat,
revere, wheat bttir fromitlis 4110111der SOO
wideu to tee bat -of the zebu, and the
aeunarain ia the bath is caught at the loft
side with Velvet ribbone to tumuli. A hand,.
some Parisian robe just opeued its made et
beige.00lored ottehmere, brecaded with blue.
belle aud.tiedge-roses. The °yam front is
peered wall elattton nI pile blue velvet,
piped with eardinal. The half queued
sleeves and the V-shaped opening alt th
throat are edged with inns of beige lace
held down by vantlykek of blue velvet. ,
•.
Attention to a witevs Wattle and ere .11,8P4'
A delicate attention eo the rou'inie wants
ann warnes ot ow tenths, peehaps, MOM
than anythieg to the prundotuiVi of domestis'happinees, It requires no 'mord:ices,
oeouptekeeet 'a omen degree of ettoutiou,
yet us the fertile source of Abu; biO00 1G
coevericee tne object of your regard that,
with the •duties of huebtaid, you have
meted' the more punotilious behavior of a
lover. • Them trivtat tokeue of regard oer-
taiuly make much way, in the affections of
a women or sense and diseeremeut, who
'stoke -heath the value of 'gifts elee•recieves.,
but peroeivee itt theirfrequenoy a Siouan-
ued evidenee ef the existence and ardor of
that rove on which the imperstructere ot
her happinehs has been. erected. To pre.
serve unimpaired, the affections of her stook -
date, to moving° him that his judgment of
her eharactee, formed antecedently to mar-
riage ehe Was. neither blinded•hy partiality
nor deluded by artifice, will' .be the study
ot every woman who °moults her own hap.
piness and the 'rules .01 Christian duty.
The strongest attachment Will deoliue it it
suspectthat 11 35 reeteved 'ante drametad.
ei-g-a—hat-17te.—reiilneg toomplim.-ents,.
'Do mt pea compliatiarts nukes you can
dr),ati with grace, and . in suuh • a Manner
than e though the person upon whom the
flattery is-bests:mad recognize it as .unde•
nerved,,he or she may still believe that. on
your part it is perfectly sithere. Date
South says, ; "Nothing is Bo 'great
tin instance -of ill -manners 88 thtttOry. Xf
you fleeter all the otenpany you plates Mine;
it pm heater mile °neer two, you affront'
the mote' Bat au elegant compliment at
an opportune tuonmet; and spoken with an
air of fraelthass, oerries•with ilt &bairns.
ineible:chareee Thee Chateaubriand, When
an old mati, met Bethel; the tragedienne,
then, in the .fi.6st flush of herfathe What
a pity," he egolaiMed, ." to be obligee tel die,
whim eo much getitue ia Making its -appear.
tone in. the World! "In some matte it
may be eo," oontinued•Raohel, "but you
know,- sir, there are some who pewees the
privilege .pf immortelity." That was a
gracetel then Of Sydney Etheitlesewhen the
young lady 'tusked htm if he weld' nob bring
a certain .peato perfection. ."14O," be
said, "mita and he took her by one hand,
"1 eau bring perfection th the pea."' It you
can frame nuoli elegant speeches an these,
my dear air, go on and pp:awe but, I prey
you, remember that„ an awkward•coomli,
meet is nearer kin 'to an Open ineult•
Don't Divs.. 4-
, So much of our lives is spent at luime
that everybody is ititerested in makihg and
keeping home happy. a.raorig the indispens-
able elements of this happmees be
futilid• not only good temper and method
and itideetry, but a dieposition Ite temperate
anjoetneet. SUMO perelOSO ineure their Own
misery and the misery of others by the
inordiutite prominthee they give to trivita
worries, --the fly in the •oiutateut, the flaw
atilt° sheet of glass-meguitying therie
until theraesilme abulk wheel seem° to
shutout everythiog elseafroree theda geed.
MY. irritable and apprehensive is their
temperament, aed so great ie their want of
that the arnalleet epodes' affect
them profoundly; their !ientiltiVe skin hole
a.pin•ppok as keenly asif it were o spear.
thrust. Persons thus oonatituted in.
flies upon theratielves • an elmost.
luoidoulable amount '‘ or misery,
minty hot the .less beottese it is
not justified by any botiaL Medisiori of
things, but originates in etipereetiativeness
and timidity,' or fa .vanity or overwething
iselacentenousuess. I have known & man
worried all day by'a Crease in hie coat, and
e woman by the discovery that 'het cook
had followers. Heaven help the poor
wretches who tette clothe. thetnialves in
hair shirts of their own bieking, aud per.
siat in travelling about with . theP pease le
their shoes unbolted 1 Wily not treat these
petty vexetione with boot indifferenoe, so.
that they may come to have power to aunoy
eou? Why devote yourselvee to letnenta.
haus doleful, as theta et aeremnihe end
microscope:1 anuoyeaces which it is eateato
keep under foot? Put your heel upon
them aud have done with them, but do bob
bit 1our heel until they no longer have
lower to wound you. Is It is bluebottle
that buzzes in year ear? Brush it aside
hey friend, and &net fret yourself into is
belief that you are haunted by Bowe Winged
=miter ?
the Lateet nehloos. •
Square Satire trains at•e reldeed,
Farbordered eurbane are very popular.
A fur saps should never be Worn by a
°Ilat°rre
itloand More Mamie grow bonnets ilia
hetes. , „
Bands of fur and feMhers trim many
winter bonnets.
Bed and gray make an adMireble Mid win,
ter combination.
Every lady must have it
ere Absolutely &usury, but
meet 000
with au Indian name-Dacea, Eethwe or
Dharwar:
• Ribbons are restored to favor for hat and
b°Brato
uett eetrinlarsainni.lizerde are favorite Paean .
weInto tbis season.
• Thitiersey corHeacover bide fair to replace,
these of cotton or Hem
Mechanical and MlisiCial toys are nuttier-
oue emote; the season's novelties,
afeebrelles now have manna wooden
tbhaeuLl Tort irty gal nter and more eccentric
For moderate gifts to brideomaide; single' a
pearl solitaire easarings and six One te
match, in it little OW" are faehiouttbla.,
The game of ring toss mines with
froproVements this season, eilver.plated
rhea of different sizes being one of heel.
°henget]. '
The proper furs for a skater ars)) borders '
to the these, a email collar or baosi Broiled
the neok, is email muff, and it her oap to
ref e clatdoohn..
Rubber toys come in greatly improved
shepe this year,'oue of them being a, cooing
pigeeb, that eimulateo the teal bird toper.
cocoanut mounted in brass to repro-
seet the big Indian Sitting Bull, and con -
cleating within the body a epriug cell bell, ,
ie found among Chrietmae uovelties.
Shoulder epanlettee are etill faebiohably
employed for giviog it dressy tfaket as wall -
se shortening the length bpow eau the high
caller andithe tep of the sleeve.
---Bleolt, whirs amebae are what the hosier "
would call the leadiog things in glovet.but
there are three shades of tau, be it remem-- -
beresi,'vnt.ijan ptopetetimb ease Nene
_ , • .
Tbebr1tpf,w1fIter *innate are beam-
ingly, iLidere with 'furs of verioue Made,
or -Mtn pleat- resembling fur, Astraoan
being reterred, but beaver, Beal, sable aud
otherfure age alas used:
A new French material, very elegant in
finieh and modern iin its shrtness and drat?. •
tug (politico, is called " Simpered." le is
a nth and beantitul fabric, nd belongto
the poplin family. • „
roTwheatior jaepoe,tnveol:.:stvrlittaiviletd5oh r•
i Thal
theteeepe veil injures the. complexion, and
aerates pOiSOGJOUS matter ,into• the lungs.
Bleak silk and black ootton aids also pro-
duce bad effects. • '
A novelty in Christmas goods iss the
game of &hes in it pate. • Tbe fishes are •
'lumbered peratoidn of Wood, with it ring in •
the top, thrilugh" which the hook attached
to the end of the rod :and' line is dexter- .
°wily. passed by the little fishermen. It is
a game at which RiX or more children can
ple,Y, and requires , more skill than one
would stippoee at a firet glance. .
• There its bus little Wattage to mite as yet in
the fashions et tura The most important
tibia season- is the introdhodoti of weeps • .
With long, levers adds, after an old fashion , •
woru a, buttered years ago.
Nevi goods for evening dresees is satin
with fignres wrOught in gold and silver
threads.' The delicate colors used for the
foundations are only 'enhanced in beauty
by the frosty glistening silver • or the soft .
bright goal worm into di titillates
• • The Toothjelletorv. •
The. dna:iglu of the dentistis about to be
d4lUte d it 13 reraetvdo zisacsoi ovuertzya It. ileh.eenwmhaodlee
buitineserand-entanoipattrthelpe„
s.
factory he,e been established, tv„" lenty
of capital to back it for the .aose of
Making sets or artillOtal teeth by o.ohinery.
All that any one who ie trouble with his
teeth will have to do will be to ge them all
pulled out. Then he otim•purchats it brand
new, .mitelnue-made set aud be xempt
from toothache all the relit of hie life. •
There is, of course nothing new In the
making adausing Of artiflaittl teeth, but it
will be easily melt that the manufacture by.:
machinery presents •• great adventeees.
When the making of watches by rettchinery •
was eterted there were many peoteista that
the taw way would neer be as good as the •
old. •Blit the exactoese soon attained, mid
the emevenieuee of having the parts intee-•
ohangeable,brought abMG is revolution, and
the faotory watohea now rank aboVe the
hand -made. Tne seam adatutagea
be had in thelitotory teeth.. If oue set gets
broken, or comas out, an eaaotly
one can be ordered from the Notary 'at it
very small cost. If the plati gets creaked
it can be reelected th .the same way. All
that will be neoeseereetall be • to give the
number of the plate, and anew ono; prea
oisely like the -old, will be sent by return
mail. -N. X -Mail and Express. .
' ProVer ter noidiees and senora'. ,
•
The Areithishop of Centerbure' has Sent
SO the Archdeacons of Canterbury and .:.
Maidstone the follaVitig 'prayer for the .
safety .of British soldiers and,eailors how
ou their way to tlie• eeat of Wale ,With an
expreshion of his wish that lt,roay Used in' ,
suerehes in liie'dioeeite :
• 0 Almighty Lord.G id, Xing of all lrings.
and •G warner of alt thingsthat Sibtest in
the throntrjodging right ettetimerie th
Thy fatherly gooduess themen who
the:melt perils* of war, are iterviug this
Malone beeeeehiog Thee' to take intanine
own hand both them and the cause wherein
their Minutry sends them. Be Thee their
lower. -of etrengteg -thee-rate:via with Thy -
defence, they may be' proteotedthrough all '•
daegere, to glorify Thee. who art the only,
giver of all victory. Grant Wad that we
may evermoreune Tee, mercy to Thy glory, .
to the EMI/anew:tient of Thy kingdom, and
the honor of our Sovereign; seekieg always
the • deliverance of the oppressed; and, as •
rottola tos lieth in us, tbe good of all man.
kind ; through our ouly Lord and Saviour,
JeS118 Otiribt. Amok.
Now.p.ipea, Cireesinrion. •
A nuvel Way to iuorease the list of sub-
scribes has Just beCh adopted, by a French
cotiteMporary-the Gautais: The proprie-
tors ',Of this j SO we are told, ,
undertike to pay a sura of 5,000 fatties at •
the deoeave of any subaeriber who may
meet With his death pa 5, railway or tram-
way, or by being run over by it vehiele in
the street. A proportionate easn is paid '
for iojuries retie:wed. All that is netiessary
to produce is the last receipt of eubsorip.
Mon, The Gas lois also pays coMpeneatiOtt
to any purchaser eingle copy, or his
heir, should he be injured or 'tined otm the
day ou whield the paper is bought- -
,Europtetot Iran.
The Eftgoist estiwate8 that the annual
produetiou ot ektened geode in the' tithed
Stetes equelie 500.000,000 paokages, or ten
to every perusal,
fOrtnne left hytheDeke of Beetiletush
tohte youngeat isee--e2u0e.00 -.represents
jute about two mouthe of en ILIOOZ:00 0v1110h
the Deke had ebjoyed over eisty ).(ars.
That left to bis daughter, Who married .
Cattlerett of Lethal, hareaeots six weeks`
Income, And that to the other daughters •
one Month's ineeme
The New York Mail and Exprese thinks
the man was born Ohm who oda P1183 tb
dieb Of celery to his fellow -boarder without
firrit seleeting it nice, crisp pleats for him-
self,
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