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swear all sentimental dreams if we Ilad were more caressing than the breath of I. instinct or sar I'reidurvrt.tirn.
any. 'We'll remember that his hewing tho perfect sutnnlersuoruingMM, she nut'+ted Inever realized the strength E)1"
the church for the stage was, viewed in her father to a eembla1Ce of beitlt]t, !,
i this latter light, but au evidence of the Her lately heart won back a little of , ilietinet or ts(It 1lreserr'lttiolt ill mall,
A tumult set zuet1 striving to tear bis rowdiness inherent in our young friend. its freshness in these surroundings, ,Ter rials Joint E..t Thompson, Until T wit -
heart asunder. Ilia hands were like ice. Very, very rowdy. Wo will console oar- lips again voiced joyous laughter. nes:;< (1 tt test of it a1I tt sstl'tlttboat.
"1 what go to bor. I must. Why ae- selves by reuiembering flow much we Friendship that rang like gold had been
Among the passengers ,;,'errs wn a man
heart
lay longer.%" aro abeve him and that we couldn't generously poured into her We. Her Who had re Black rattlesnake In a bol:
He found her leaning against the melee have expected more from a man whose gratitude went out with equal strength rvitlt a e,,inoe toy, Tee snllt[� Was ti
deet, her flugers buried in the ;fur of father was a brown fisted Irish Muni- to Richard Monlclow, and to his sister, a r e,i, 'vlCi(tlut c)lla, awl would : 8 tI
tlu'tittlewhite kittell lieliadoften ti'used, grant, hos mother au ignorant girl of the soft voiced, sympathetic wontatt, who the 'bits t tt Matt ail t,llt�
approached.
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looked at hint stfarlfustly, coldly and cat- He lit a cigar with a nice deliberates er's lave might have mmegila to he utid the the o n to er o hold Ills pt lingerallo rend'.
: tercel uo word. It was evident site Itad Hess and put on his cape and hat. Then she came l g , anyone ,
heard his voice in the hall and was waits `"I'm going for a walk in tate snow days settled bade to their wonted placidi- g1asti and•let tlw snake, strike at it,
• ing for hint now. This room depressesmo Stir the • ty, but with this tlitFerence--•that a bent 1t('se ('out(! not l:(! ant. ganger, and
limply in a
and to keep thought away as much as
possible he put his clothes and bo�rIIs
an his trunk, locked and addressed it.
Even when that was bone ho hesitatt't .
:' errs was a long. slid sinful silence. fire and mini up the light. When I come and shrunken figure lay •d there was not a roan Who dial not think it
almost 7'i(dlu(nniy" • Tho words that came thronging to Tom'sgreat chair, and the energyand to a in
o ' P , g back, I'll have you play that little thing her father's still stubborn ilea P could
an crisis thing to do, ()Itr.1)I;;' fellow,
,• + T[�i'":i,.t Mr. Kent gave a sharp side glance at lips were tli(),se he dared not speaki� by Mozart." only be read now in rho hollow, morose rrho [c.Ukc'd ani if lie mope knew what
1'or'hiinselP, if the reckless ambition her pale face and a, shrug. "You have r;Ome tU Flay goodby, Vir- Ile turned hor lightly to him and the nerve:{ were, tried it fiI':st, tril, after
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eq p say ginia said abruptly, still bending upon kissed her on the brow. If her flesh had eyes flashing beneath puckered"
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mastering him required it, ho could cat "Yon don't mean to there's moth- • brows, repeated. ttttc•tnpts, f;ttr•( it tip,, `!'11('n
love away, blot it from his life, and the ing fisc? Stuff and nonsense! He was his face that full, disconcerting gaze, "I been touched by marble lips, the caress
thought had some of the ecstasy of mar- s in love with you, whatever he may be heard all you said to father. There is could not have chilled or sickoued her She stood beside the window one Sep+ t,vprt 1stis;;�c1)�t"1" en 1:(1ai'tl attt'Ittptet.
dem. But Virginia, lured him audhe now. Just before that is of his wasagain." rr tr morning, a letter crushed be- it, Intl failure" followed in each case,
tyr ,play y no need to go over it more. She could not cling to her father tween her hot hands. A mild rain was
knew it. The thought of hurting her • pr.t on, when he was =the tenter hooks ' She held out her hand, and he soizedit and sob out her pain. Ho had always driftin * like tangled skeins through the It simply catticl not be clurtc', Instinet
was cruel, and in the agonized tuumlt of of anxiety, I saw him watching you ' eagerly, only to find it cold and unre- • quietly transferred his griefs to her. gray air. Beyondlay the collegogiouuds, was ...sou ;i i than i'c'asofl and will
the moment cold drops stood on his many a time. Tho tender passion re- ' spt111sive. Oh, if she but uttered elle Flow could she expect him to help her a, vista of damp greenness. po' '1 combined.
brow. Again as in the morning came _ veals itself now just it did when 1 pleading word, one reproach, that he now? She opened the crumpled sheet, smooth- I rvituc's-c'cl another illustration of
the inward, avowal of his own weakness. suffeeed from it, and Tom looked sheet)- ; might in sono) measure defend himself! . But when he was gone tiro loneliness �, tr
Oh, what if Delatole had spoken truly, ish. I dare say I used to look so. I know , But this chillingrepose was a wall which became unbearable. His voice could at ing out its creases almost tenderly. Her .itis int 1 drift. A younr, man bac, lost
and the sovereignty of love meant the my rivals always appeared so to me. shut him away from her. ; least keep the sbadows from closing lips quivered its c like a child's. his hist ss at a gambling table, Not
"You know what I am going to say,"Ally was he without Means but he
enslaving of the talent ho had sworn Ilan ttuythin;; changed hixnr' i "Do not misjudge ine," he burst out around her like a tomb. Her hesl�y she read again. "During the summer ,had lost a large sum belonging to his
should inane him famous! Then—oh, No word calve from Virginia's quiver- : passionately, his voice broken, and at the glance took in each familiar thing. Theg r, g
then, to what depths his ruined hopes ing lips. No word could conte. words she looked away. "I am going girl with the mask laughed at her from that has been like uo other to m, manyaemployer, tic' started for the ;;eine
would fling him! .And he would drag "Then you are not secretly betrothed away for a time to work hard, very the corner. Thekeys of tho organ flashed times the words I longed to speak have to drown himself.. On the way there
her with him in his fall, perhaps making to hien?" ; hard. And I want to believe that your back an eerie intelligence. trembled upon my lips, but something in ,vas a gloat commotion, Caused by^
her taste a bitter anguish to which this She went hurriedly to her father's side, ! good wishes go with me, that you still re- "Never again," they seemed to say. your eyes always silenced me. Virginia, , m
g s c, motere of ;t ti i 11ant a strollin
younger disappointment was but little. and holding his arm tightly looked at main my friend." "Never again." lean be silent. no loner. I love u so!tIn b
And tbe other side of the picture—the him with dry, burning eyes. No reply, but her eyes were upon him A trembling seized her. She fell face The years aro Clark before you, dear, but .iieliagerie. '
lifeoftheartistpurely,theuntrammeled, ""You must not fancy such a thing. I again, as eloquent with reproach as the downward on a couch and threw her I would keep you safe. No harm, no. the animal etutl(' (IGivtn the street
, easy, earnest life, where great things am nothing to him. Oh, you wouldn't eyes of the murdered Caesar gazing on arms ias out wide. How cruel it was, this pain, should touch you. Too old and incl pc
cil)3e fled in every direction.
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would be accomplished—was it not bet- speak to hint about this, father! You ' the face of Brutus. sting of human love flung back to feed sad, perhaps, you think me. The years ttstatttly the }ran who was seeking-
ter?
eekingter? wouldn't! No; it would kill me if you ; That look told all. He felt it in his in bitterness upon itself! Oh, was there have left their ashes on my hair. I am !cath climbed a lamp post and innig
Hours passed in this mute conflict. dial" I inmost heart. He knew himself con- nothing more in life ,than this? Was asking too much when I ask for your
Love with dove's eyes first pleaded, then , "Speak to him? I? 'What are you ! temptible, But Delatole's worldly wise,thisall? How had !she failed? What had youth. Yes, yes, I know. But, ohl child, j,
olter elle top of 1t
trembling. int every
changed to a fury and scourged him. talking about? Am I likely to do so? ' humorously cynical counsel was witshe forgotten or passed by that might your eyes lured me to dream again. Yon au:seine When the animal was cap-
Doubt, fear of himself, insatiable ambi- Do 1 strike you as that sort of person? a him, impressive and significant as the have held hien? woke my poor, chilled soul, and it is urea and the danger was over he
tion, passed in mocking line and with The man who wants to marry my Baugh- $ tenets of a new creed to a convert. For, say what we will, a woman's yours. It but responded to your uncon-- ,vent to the river and ccinntitteci
shadowy lips whispered predictions that ter must sue for that honor." : Ho dropped her cold hand in silence heart does not beat only for the strong scious call. Turnfrom me, if yoursust, suicide. I was interested in the ac --
terrified him. He studied het face hard for a moment, a and half turned away. and true. Weak men and bad onesha v o ' and I -will put away my dream, but my ount of the suicide, and prompted
soul is forever yours. You possess it, ,v curiosity, went to see the body:,
and I would not have it back. But, oh, itized it as that of the
if you would come to me, Virginia!" nsttlnth rrcog
How the words awoke all the old pain! Gunge titan w•htan I had . even make
Sho drew her breath iu hard, the lips fell 0 frantic an effort to ceai.e death,.
over her heavy eyes, and reading Rich- vidcntly but a few minut(a before
and Monklow's letter she thought of e sought it -4 and at the very sauce
Tom. These wordsof searching strength. flat he was reeling an opportunity
quivering with the rejuvenating breath •r enc, his existei:ee.—St. Louis Globs
of love, had been the lever that rolled •em.oertit.
the steno from the old grave, and she•
stood looking at memories she had be-
lieved were crucified. Enthusiasm is the gw ins of
"My soul is forever yours. I wouldncerity, and truth accomplishes no.
not have it back." ' ictories without it.
The words were in her mind. She
seemed speaking them in thedarkuessto 'phc practice of economy is no dis-
that other who had not listened. Was ,raee,it is better to live on alittle than
it so always?e Must one speak and one
uthving a great deal.
not hear? One live, tho other wait?
"Yon have a very interesting letter It le act great fortune for young'
there, Virginia. You haven't made a
sound for half an hour." And at her
:envie to find masters rvlttku illi' is a
father's voice, reduced. now to a petulant 'eentmual lesson.
piping that anger made shrill, she start-
ed guiltily and thrust it in her pocket.
When he rose from the seat, he was and his lips settled into a thin, straight
:benumbed. The frost seemed to have line. The tragedy in her dilated eyes
made a casing for his heart. The mid- told him the truth, and a haughty anger
night traffic of the town, like the throb- against Tom awoke within him. Vir-
bing of massive machinery, swept across ginia's love won and thrown away
the white silence of the square impera- seemed an insignificant thing beside the
Lively rousing him to a sense of action. thought that any man should indulge in
Yes, there lay his world, his life. No desultory lovemaking with his daughter
more dreaming. He had dreamed long and then repent of it. His daughter!
enough. The conflict was finished. Love There lay the sting that wasunbearable.
liad received its death wound. It was after 8 o'clock that night before
Tom entered the house. Delatole and
CHAPTER IX. he were to leave for a visit to the south
Day by day the breach widened be- in the morning. Ho could no longer
tween the life Tom had led and the one postpone his going.. But how to tell
newly opening before him. Tire' atelier them? How to say goodby? Would Vir-
had been transformed into an eastern ginia remain his friend? Would she un -
nest, fragrant, harmonious. He had derstand? Oh, she must, she must. Ho
given Delatole the money that paid the could not bear to think she would hate
bills, had also advanced half a year's tent or despise him.
for the suite and stood hopelessly coni- As he walked slowly up stairs ho met
• witted to the agreement. Mr. Kent coming down. Tho old man's
The ,tours spent in Chelsea square ;meeting was chilling. but courteous.
were likethe rigor of an tuusought pen- Tom drew his breath hard and plunged
once, but the days drifted on while his into explanations at once. The words
new home awaited him, and still he were feverish, rapid—polite regrets for
corail not find the courage to cut the old his necessary departure, mingled with a
ties. He was in continual antagonism recital of his future plans.
to his better nature. His honest instincts Mr. Kent heard him unmoved to the
asserted themselves only to bo stifled, end.
for his decision had been taken, his steps "I don't wish to bandy any word's with
set upon a road that allowed no turning you. lir. Murray," ho said in a calm, col-
- back• orless tone. "Ono thing I must say.
;! y So a fortnight dragged by, ,cringing however. When I was young, people
Christmas snow and greens to tho town. did not repay hospitality as you have
• Chelsea square was a patch of crystal done. Pardon mo, if you please. Don't
brightness, the snow undisturbed in the interrupt. Without plunging into stn'
seminary grounds. The bells in the pid detail I am sure you understand me. 1
chapel pealed gladly morning, noon and I will say goodby to you now. You can-
night.
annight. not go too quickly to please me. I dare
t c But the bonedictory chimes were like say you will succeed, The sensitive and
mockery to Virginia. These days, when forbearing inali is often left in the back-
every window and shop gave evidence of ground, but ipeu of your stamp, never."
Christmas cheer, were black and colt, to He passed down the hall. leaving Tom
-her. Tom was (banged. He avoided hot and indignant. Had Virginia told
her eyes. When left for emollient alone him, or did ho only guess? It was im-
with her, lie relapsed into a constrained possible to retaliate, impossible to tell
s: silence. His life became daily mono ir- this selfish dreamer he had never been
regular. his meads more =certain. The his guest. Besidestho words did rankle,
simplicity that matched his blue e" 's oh, so deeply! for, though tittered from
was slowly vanishing before now, insin- a partially mistaken sense of wrong,
dere mannerisms. they were true. He had acted a coward -
i 'When Virginia remembered. the kiss ly part.
that had opened paradise to her, shame His face was worn and reckless as lie
. 1 burned her. and her pain changed to turned to the hall wiuclow,, endeavoring
$erce self contempt. It was the fruit of to eongner the quivering of his pulses
a moment's parsing iutmtice'tiith him, before facing Virginia.
and it had meant everything to her. He it had commenced to snow again. He
•'I'll come and see you very often, Vir- without effortcontrolled a love the angels
gins, if I may," he said haltingly. "New might have coveted. There is sometimes
York is not a wilderness, you know. sufficient fascination in a trick of man -
Whenever niy work permits, I'll come ner, just the fall in a voice, to outweigh
and have a chat with you, just—just the in love's inconsequent balance all the
same." Christian virtues.
The words died on his lips. He knew It was Tom Virginia loved. No one
he lied. He knew it would bo long ere better, no one higher. He alone had un -
he should choose to see hor changedface, derstood her. His sympathy, his smile
if indeed ever again. had made her sunshine. And now he
Her silence maddened him, was gone.
"Have you nothing to say, Virginia?" .A. soft purring at her side, an animal
"Goodby," she said, and smiledbut warmth against her throat, aroused her,
suchasmile! There wereagonyand Zorn and she saw that the white kitten had
in it. crept under her arm and now lay cud-
dled against her like a ball of down, lap-
ping her flesh in soft sympathy with its
scrap of a tongue.
A cry broke from her. She caught it
wildly to her heart. It was something
living that pitied her. But the little
thing wriggled from the violent em-
brace, spat at her and scratched her on
the cheek.
Virginia started up, laughter heavy
with sobs leaving her quivering lips. Sho
pushed the kitten from her with a fran-
tic. noveinent, and then .with contra-
dictory tenderness picked it up again
and held it against her. lips, weeping
wildly, as women do when painis robbed
of hope. Why should she hurt it? What
had it done more cruel than Tom? She
had held him too 'closely to her heart.
He turned and scratched her.
"Is that all?"
She held up her little head proudly,
and again from her pale, tense lips came
a murmur clear and defiant:
"Goodby."
Then her eyes closed. When she look-
ed up, he was gone.
Her body seemed weighted, and she
moved with an effort to the window,
finding a dreaminess that soothed the
hurt in her heart in watching the even
fall of snow.
The chapel yonder was ablaze with
light, rainbow coloring from the win-
, dews falling in bars upon tho fresh snow
that lovingly outlined every twig and
angle. And now the students came
thronging out, still singing the chorus
of the Christmas hymn, passed from
beer sight, and silence fell again.
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"Have you nothing to say, Virginia?"
CHAPTER F.
A year went by unmarked for Virginia
by a single incident out of the common,
gray as tlio wastes of a sea unruffled by
a storm, unmarked by the approach of a
sail.
Another year came, and when the opu-
lent sunlight of early summer was del-
uging with its gold tho dusty streets a
Coupe stopped one day at the door of the
house in Chelsea square, and a man, a
stranger, asked forVirginia Kent.
Crossing the threshold of her home, he
had entered her life. Looking into her
eyes, full of unforgotten days, something
of his lost youth had awakened in his
heart that could only die with death. •
This roan was Richard Tttouklow. Vir-
ginia had often heard her father speak of
him, especially of his meeting with him
in the auction room the day he had practicing. anew pur-
aias forgotten or set aside the unfinished could hear the students 1 p ! Alight touch on her arm made her chased "The Masker,"
g ! turn, and she saw her father. There w The first glance at him gave au im-
sentence that bad shot like a rainbow Christmas hymn in the chapel opposite. au angry light in his eyes, although he pression that -forever remained. He had
across her Ilfe. He had forgotten. and In a moment the years :Dent in tho col- smiled. ' followed the sea and followed it as a
she had remembered. Sho had hugged ,ego, so different from alis present life, s "So our young gentleman has gone?" commander. His straight, powerful
ings to her ]leant as memories 1'a"sed in a series of pictures before slim, „Yes " shoulders bad a fearless poise. His glance
was 'level, soft; his face, its first youth
faded, brown as sere grass, under the
shorn, glittering frost of his hair. His hu-
manity was deep, strong, farreaching/
as one could see who looked into his
eyes, and, his smile had a warm, bright
sympathy. There were times when he
looked. startlingly youthful with his
white hair. There were• unguarc.ed mo-
ments of sadness when tho chronicle of
his years flared eloquently—a confession
never ire acts. in every deepened Inc.iThen ono know
But oh,to see him, speak to him, and by was actually gain, the thotuglut that • '+We don't want ltim. I've learned to l he bad lived the full,life of a man in a
P he was leaving her was exquisite pain. IIfingers 'e •
never by a single glance mirror the inn- .. , i stall my ret the picas:uts that • crowded 40 years, in the sowing and liar -
never
tiny that kept sir *inM one question in The healer lambnarks frowned an un -
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eel to and with them the thought of all he owed ., . ,+
beyond words, a half spoken , g lI-:u, and he pursed up his lips re-
predateViatched her own.rginia. But for her The Wor il. s , $eC.tively as he swayed lightly to and
Furious pain, thatteromise of a love �id; aching pride, Way" would never haveubeen written. fro, hie hands behind his back. "Just
sometimes made the defiant little head
Looking Back, lie saw how clearly her so. It's the way of the world. I know
droop wearily and a passion of wild sobs cat:ipaninnt:hip 1n<d nerved 1ntn to con- I it. I have seen my hinds depart olio
leave her lips in a stifled cry. But only bread (Tort Hers was the voice that i by one. Only the few stanch ones have
when she was alone. Let him come and had. urged him on, leers the dauntless l remembered and remained. But there
as he pleased, let him heather bythis op.iuii nl that had seat a rift of glory is ono consolation. We haven't lost
go into his darkest dare g. • friend other side of his nature daily revealing much. Onr young frieryas a fair
t - itself more fully, but he must not guess An echo rose in his throat; the snow, specimen of the genus cad: r
she clad dreamed of that which plight in the light fro111 the open chapel door+ Virginia winced at the word and shield -
whirled mistily before 11iin. Now that ed her face with her hand
L•carable repro:se'
won't stay and make the most of tho;o 1 vest time, had garnered barren hopes and
carr brain- '•Why why tithy has he „ „ r �r that will. Well snap our fingers, Vir- pain, yet without bitterness had tied the
d '--1?iis was sin of that cruel Wllet a fool 1 am! i e thou ht and ginia. He's gone away 1'1 I h
elan^ p g 1ve his sliou,t vis i .
r, hen I m with Delatole, I see I've en) a father's bedsiue. The tremors against
titrating torture the endurance re- .. jinn , o.
right. When I In here—vilely! r, hat a the }
e larger But still Virginia looL•ed out at the which the vis man had struggled led so
0 1 r er riefs. ,bg long
ttirerl for g , t+:,, of these resets? Tht v lead nowhere. !snore and felt each of the cit 's tau' ied
I ,.ar tL^n all teas her y
g i n• . oli st like a puppy sheaves,
" : ;t 'iiipaticeit shrug. With a bene ho wants to eat alone. Let Ile liad conte to bring. Virginia to her
said'partici r kind that dwarfs in its ,:=- ,,. , , + d „ g i;
.kn l Sree•...
+t0 r'
„ • 1 had culminated after an excessive de-
r mustgo on. I II
turn back. I..
it tfrom
Id
fsthr r'a assumption of a secret under- sounds til.) the surge a sea on 1 bautcli in a paralytic stroke resembling
t("r (r forg+..t t irginia, we can be friends 1 which her dearest had embarked, lose- death. II(; had drifted to Monklow's
standing existing 13etrveell tItem.Murraystili, anal :.once day, is a year maybe, • lug her alone. metas and Ta where be had falien.
• I vary, now, you and young .,Ttrill n I'm .ure or?...yself, if :+11+1 butiovee •
n We'll not miss him, Virginia," piers
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Ste itot quite so indifferent to each other Inc", sill Vail s"n:e:iory (calsis rlylit." . sued her father in the nteditatiie voice
illi J+,1i d have tile believe, are your i e Ile w,p t first to iris ors n room and sat - that xnaddened her to a dumb fury in
her me unornui as he lingered
l eta ,f hocola,tcri(,rvus, I salting la Fore hit[ in a dazed way. ' that ntainent. She opened awl clogged
uti ( c. q, e t . Melina w -nit • Iry s uutn), where 1a
"Tom will always be city frie;n(1, I 21...,.;, was he treia� . to c7e'.t•3v(' himself'
We'll 1 1 t i1i We'll fors la ea c):axrlitan.)
As .tiro drove away rvitlt him that day,
Virginia did not dream that the summer
would, ;lie past ere she returned to live
ll�aill at Chelsea square but so it was.
firer hos paper a 1 d,••1.1 an come moor tt ZIId 1"0 believe I1 r hands and set her lips liars "I eiy l 1t' l 1 ItI 11 1 t1
We o -i ted no tears for til. a or- softneees and fragrance of niodeenitlxttry
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"So wren be a foot, wail/old"
"It's from llonklow. He's asked yon
to marry him. There, there, I, know.
When a man is• robbed of almost every
faculty but sight and speech he uses
them to advantage. Of course you're
going to marry him. Of course you aro.
Ho is genuine. He is stanch. He has a
few more years than a novelist would
allow an impatient lover—what of it?
He is younger thanhalf the emasculated,
juvenile duties floating around this town.
He is the most picturesquely handsome
man I have over seen and in the meri-
dian of his strength. Ho is a gentleman
by birth. Tho blood of ladies and get-
tlemen for generations flows inhis veins.
Ali, ha! lots of girls in his own setwould
stay at home and ohaso no morn the pov-
erty stricken duke if they thought there
was a chance of catching Richard Moult -
low. I have no objection to him. He is
everything I admire and commend. I
give' n1y consent, Virginia."
Since his illness Virginia had grown
accustomed to treating her father like a
pettish 'cl[ild, 'Sho went to hila, laid
both her warm palms on his bald Crown,
and smiling looked tenderly at him.
"No, daddy. I don't want to marry.
I'll stay with you yet awhile."
Tho midden fury of his gaso ryas like
tho leaping of an =looked. for Panto
from a (1eat1 fire.
"So you'll be a fool, will you? You'll
say no? You'll fling away wealth that
could give ate, limy last accursed days,
a few of the luxuries I was accustomed
to? And why? 011, you fool!" -and his
blue, quivering lips
b tt , q r g tet spit out
the words, "and why? ileettttso you are
OM thinking of that fellow, that semi),
that Murray, who gave yon the ga by,
Don't I know? You sentimental i(liot,
he liad no romantic memories to ,told
• Idol back) Ile has looked to it that his
Vt.-finis answered, steadily, but as too i.^. st Then for tho sake of action
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If you would know one cf tbe
Aim secrets of 1181 l:inets, it is this
—cultivate cheap pleasures.
•eche,—A1311 dear to you, (ieorge ?
ieorge—Yea, my love; you are SO
tear that I'll havo to etrike for a
wise or go into l'anktuptey.
The chief secret of comfort lies in
lot suffering tt•i;ic s to vt X 1.1.4,and in
wudently cultii•aVlig ( ur undergrouth
,f small 1r1('aSt3l(':, ,ince very few.
treat ones, alas!. are let - on long
eases.
_IR,GEAMERREit
Toronto, Ontario.
•As Well as Ever
After Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cured of a Serious Disease.
"I was suffering from what is known as
Bright's (Meese for five years, and for days at a
time I have been unable to straighten myself
Sip. X was In bed for three weeks; during that
time I had leeches applied and derived no bene -
at. Seeing Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised la
the papers X decided to try a bottle. 1 found
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilia
URE
rolled before r had finished taking hall of a bot-
tle,
ottle, I got se much help from taking the first
bottle that X derided to try another, And since
toting the second cond bottles feel as welt as over
cidlnmyUer" elxte.MSitneter,Termite, Ont.
14ebd's Pills arm prompt and efficient, Tat
8My of notion, Sold by all drilggiats, 26o.r
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Short Samar).
BRIEj' IN 'i'IIEIR WWU11I)ING, DDT 3a UI.L I
c)z' TRUNK.
Regrets do not make re(lres:'.
The big talker is a little doer.
A vr'F1' short matt may• be a very
tall Bili'.
The fast liver is generally a, slow
collier.
The loud talker is generally a
slow thinker.
It 1:i ilnpOSSlirle to read without
profiting by it.
Stinginess and ('collolaly are no
akin to each other.
What a miserable aim leas lie wh
lives for himself alono.
He who is big in his own eyes •
smmtll fn other people's,
Exemption of Homesteads fro
Forced Sales.
Dr. Gilmour, M. P. P., has intro
•ducecl a bill in the Ontario Legislatur
to exempt homesteads from force
sales. The bill provides that wher
'eves: the Word homestead occurs 1
shall include one or more lots o
parcels of land with the buildin
'thereon owned by a householder, an
used as a home by such owner, an
when within the limits of an incorpoi
•ated410ge or town of less than 500
inhabitants not exceeding an acre i
extent; when within.the limits of
.city or town of over 5000 inhabitant
not exceeding one-quarter acre, a
when .outside the limits of an ince
porated village, town or city not o
•seeding 40 acres, provided that in r
ease shall a homestead embra
different lots of land unless they a
habitually used as a part of the sa
homestead; provided also that a, sit
or other building on a homestead 1
and used and occupied b3' the ow
in the prosecution of his busin
shall be deemed a building appurt
ant thereto.
Every homestead, when d
registered under this Act, shall
exempt from seizure for debt of
July 1, 1894, or after the date
registration if later than July
1894:
No homestead shall be exe
from sale for lion -payment 'of to
or for a debt incurred for the
chase thereof, nor exempt from
operation of the Mechanics' Lien
In order to obtain the benefi
exemption under this act, a dere
tion of the property, containin
statement that it is designed
be held as a' homestead, must
registered in the Registry Office.
The exemptions allowed by
act shall continue after the deat
the person in whose favor it we,
empted for the benefit of the su
ing husband or wife, so long as
tinned to be occupied as a homes
Or until the youngest child be
21.
The right of exemption shall
be affected ted by a suspension o
occupation of the homestead no
deeding one year.
The benefit of the exemptions
only extend to a homestead r
the limits of a city or town o
5000 to a value of $2000; in a
eorporated village or town
than 5000, to a value of $1,50
in ease of a homestead outside
limits of an incorporated village
or city to a valine of 81,600.
When a 'homestead is convey
the owner, such conveyance sh
subject the premises to any 11
incumbrance to which it wo
have been subject in the ha
such owner; and the proceeds,
extent to which the homes
. exempt, shall be exempt
year after the receipt thereof
person entitled to the exempti
if reinvested in a homestead s
entitled to the sante exemptio
original homestead.
When a building excm
homestead is ensured to tit
entitled to the exemption and
occurs, the insurance money
exeirpt to the sante • extent
building would have been.
ll mortgage executed a
act comes into force upon ho.
property . exempt is ineffec
the exemption has been
except that a mortgagee js
the extent of the purchase 1
the property secured thereb,
Its .no case shall homestead
I „' be t
so encumbered exempt
the defficiency remaining
liausting any other property
the payment of the debt an
shall be to the extent of the -
interest of 1170 judgment d(
be exenl1..; ',.:r the Sallie ('xtC
'Vidal in the case of a
debtor's int(""e'st in the pro
forced sale,