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KATHLEEN.
a ■idlAay segs er sleets tagtaa4.
It was the merry Christmas time !
Year aft r year had gone by, hut though
separated far from each other at all
other tunes, at this unseal festival we
all met together in the old auoestral hall
of our family. Souse were rich ; souse
were poor ; but we were all Percy.
all one family, after lett Aud so Sir
Robert Percy, wy uncle, to whom, as
eldest son, the family estates had fallen,
assembled all his relations yearly, young
and old, rich and poor, in the old fancily
mansion, to spend the gay season of
Christmas with him. Thu silence and
gloom that all the year round hung over
it was banished then ; merry voices
etude music through the great, dim,
echoing rooms; fairy forms flitted like
suibeanu up long, winding staircases,
through stately galleries and grand old
chambers. Such a racket and eproar u
resounded through the dear old home- will come. Goodness knew. there is a She drew herself up and laughed
stead those merry Christmas days ! j crowd of us here already '" scornfully.
scaring even the sober old mastiff into a I As Mary spoke the door was thing "And I shall ba rnisereen. I like that.
game of snoops, and making Sir Reborn, open, and Uncle Robert entered, with a I think I see Kathleen .Moore breaking
mellow laugh ring out at the gambols of Young lady on his arm. Even now—I- her heart for him, or any other man.
us youngsters. though many a weary year has pas/kill No, no, Gypsy, wild Irish girls don't die
It was Christmas Eve ! The yule lugs
were piled high, and roared and crackled
up the huge chimney. filling the wide
hall with light and heat. The Christmas
tree, loaded with gifts and bon -bons,
stood on one side, glittering and flashing
in the light of the tall Chriettnes candle
above it. The windows and walls were
draped with evergreens and scarlet
bollyberriea, while wreaths of mistletoe
hung from the doors and ceiling.
It accght have been a picture for an
artist, the group assembled in that great
hall. a In his large carved oaken chair,
in the chimney- corner, set the host, Sir
Robert, his pleasant countenance and
mellow laugh diffusing an air of home-
like mirth around. Ranged downward,
in a circle before the tire, were brothers
and sinters, heeds of tamilies, old maid-
en aunts, and antiquated uncles. There
were college boys, fresh front Eton er
Cambridge, with tremendous lungs and Mary, a regular, full-bloodel Percy ; anproachinz Kathleen, "I believe I hays
alarming appetites ; awkward eine, free this is Kathleen More, a wild Irian girl, the pr•:a:se of this set ?"
from the reatrainte of boarding-schoo)s, with nothing English about her except i \n•i will Gypaq do me the honor 7
and seeming determined, by their none, her pride ; This is Gypsy. the ma -West, t said Ranlal Percy, spproching me.
to atone for the enforced silence of the merriest little fairy that ever kept a "No," said I, shortly ; I don't want
school - room. Dashing guardsmen, household in confusion, yet e:.e's the , to dance,
young lawyers, and those unite in the 'flower of the floc}:,' after all; this hand- "Then I will not either," said he,
world—younger sous of impoverished some fellow is your cousin Randal. gallantly, seating himself beanie me.
fathers --roguish country lasses, finished whose heart you must he careful not to At this moment Etoile passed us, lean -
flirts, artful coquettes—all were mingled steal, as I want him for Gypsy here.. ing on the arm of a young officer in a
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tilled the usually cold, black ryes. as she
1.okrd tip into, his handsome face with a
smile. 1 had ufttn wished Itandil and
Kathleen might lure each other: Int the
Aueteini with which she had always
trusted him, had hitherto nude the wish
seen. vain.
"1 lie c eosin Randal, don't you,
Kath 1" said I,. abruptly.
"A little,` she said, 'teatime and col-
oring deeply.
" Come, Kathleen—cone, you tuust a little. It is well that I have awakened
be queen of our Christmas feast," said
the gay voice of Mary Percy, as she ciente
dancing toward us. " Here's Gypsy ;
well make you tirat maid of h •our to
her majesty ; you're prime favorite al-
ready."
" 1 Where s uncle Robert ?" sae! I,
without heeding her.
" Dear knows," said Mary, indifferent-
ly. •• I heard a carriage netting a mite
ute ago, and I suppose he weut down to
see who had arrived. I hope no more
"1 had rattier stay with you, email)."
"Methinks you should find it pleasant-
er ataying with that pretty baby Etoile,"
she said, with a curl of her proal lip.
"I shall it her, Kath !" I said fierce-
ly ; "she had uv business comics here to
make you unhappy '"
The dreary leek 1 had seen
ing came agent over her face.
"It must have c'nue sooner
she said, steadily ; "she only hastened it
sen miter -
or hater,"
from the one •lreatu of my Life at once.
Yuu know niy ,caret, Gypsy ?"
"That yuu love Randal—yes,'" said I,
gently.
"And he will love that pretty doll. I
see it all," said Kathleen, ealmty; "and
1_T ,
She paused.
"And you will he miserable all your
life," I brine in, passionately. "1 shall
hate this shallow -brained little Parisian.
Randal, too, if he loves her."
since—I remember her perfectly. Her so easily. Among my own dear native
dress of pale blue satin swept the carpet, hills, I will soon forget England and
and fell in graceful folds round her .len- Randal Percy, and be a free -hearted
der form. Her complexion was clear urestttaiu :ass once mere."
and colorless, her eyes deep ,and blue, Brave Kathleen ! She spoke boldly ;
shaded by long, silky lashes, while a not once did her voice falter ; and yet
shower of golden curls fed: tippling over j the c old, stony look of het large black
her white neck, like waves of light. eyes turd of the dreary aching of her
•'Beautiful ! peerless !" exciti:uad an heart. I could only fold my arms closer
enthusiastic voice behind us. ' around her, and loot the sympathy I
could not speak.
I turned amt saw Randal Perry, who
- so ebsord in watching the r-ew-cermet
--did not notice us all. Kathleen heard
hien also, es 1 could •ee'hy her heighten-
ed colar and the sudden flash of her "Come Kath—come Gypsy, this will
black eye. never d,•. There are a thousand and one
"Miss Etuile Percy, Girls ant buys," inquiries for you down stairs, and here
said Sir Robert, by way of general intro- you sit as silent and lonely as two nuns.
duction. Then, leading her over to us, Come along !•
he presented her • ,•.,,:h separately, sty- Ann pushinz her arm thruuyh ours,
ing: she drew us down states.
"Etoile, niy dear, this is yoar c,>uain "Come, lady fair," said her brother
There came a tap at the door at this
moment; and the neat Mary Percy en-
tered, exclaiming
in harmony together. Little heart-
aches and family quarrels, all were for
the nonce forgotten ; for this was
Christmas, and we were all Perces alike.
Among all these cunning, the . my one
I really cared for was Kathleen Moore.
Her mother, Edith Percy, had married
an Irish baronet, and had gone with him
to reside in Ireland. Here Kathleen good fronds. I glanced at hathteen ; a must finished coquette, as a certain
was born ; and never was queen on her the bright color had faded from her face ; ' cousin of mine will find out one of these
throne prouder of her broad realms than the old, disdainful look came back ; she ,i days:
she was of the land of her birth. was once more the Kathleen of other ; "She a coquette ! impossible, Gypsy !
Somehow, from the first, I became days. 1 I never in all my life, saw anyone so -
her favorite. I know not why it was "I say, Mary Percy : ' caned a dashing' artless, so unsophisticated, so perfectly hear her teeming restlessly on her bed,
w ; we were as unlike as two extremes teeing officer, at this moment, "haven't 1 free front coquetry," he exclaimed, iu,.t unti: the red hue of coming morn tinged
could be, with nothing of a Percy about you selectel a queen yet for our Christ- 1
I dignantly, the eastern sky.
me, except, perhaps, a touch of the faun- mac feast ? Come be quick —we are wait- I I laughed outright at this sudden Time passed on ; and I learned that
ily pride. She was cold, stately and ing' ' burst of feeling. Kathleen and her father had started for
haughty ; I was the wildest, maddest elf "Randal, you name eout•Aody ; we "Perhaps so," said I. "Paris is a se- a tour on the Continent. Of Randal 1
that ever danced in the moonlight ; ;she are all so pretty, I can make no selec-' cond Eden for training up girls artless, could hear nothing. save that he had
was reserved and thuiughtful, 1 was way- tion," said Mary. Then she added, innocent, and all that. I suppose, how- acc.:.'panied (+'toile t” her far-off home
ward and impulsive ; and yet some se- laughingly, to me : "Perhaps. he'll name i ever, might as well try to cent•ince you ir.: • France
cret tie drew us together from the tirst. me—who knows ?' that the mumu is made of green cheese as Gua day a Ietter was brought to me in
This Christmas Eve that I am tolling He turned to Etoile. who still stud that she is trying to ensnare you. Men Kathleen's writing. It was the first she
you about, Kathleen sat within the arch beside him, and, taking the crown of have been fools when in love, ever "ince I had ever written me, and I tore it open
of a deep bay -window, gazing .out into mistletoe aid hollyborriet from Mary. th„—,red began, and will t-, the cud of eagerly After a few 1 reliminary re -
the cold moonlight, while I stood behind placed it gracefully on hee gulden head. it—you are no better than the rest. marks. she said
" I shpt' se you have heard, Gypsy,
papa Atka I are in Paris. Such a life of
eevety as we have had ; every night at
•ha:1 r • •;, re -unions, operas, concerts.
f. -! r: ;ere,;, eon se 00, 'id i,,rinihen,. 1
am rapidly becornine a melt finished co-
quette ; even our pretty little cousin
Etc.ile cannot surpass the in capturing
Hearts now. And epreper of Etoile, I
see her nearly every day with Randal
Percy following her everywhere like her
shadow. Matters neem hardly as prom -
"Perhaps you will cone with us," she
said, gently.
"Nu, thank you, l ant engaged. 1
wisli you a pluassnt game. Mind, Ran-
dal, and don't let her retch you," said I,
Iuovittg *way.
"du avoir," thea she said, with her
bright amile,and passing her arts through
his, she kissed her hand to Inc, and
disappeared.
The great hall clock striking one, at
last rewiuded the gay assembly that it
was time to retire. As the company
dispersed to their various `yjbambers,
Kathleen passed we, and whispered :
" Cuts and share my roost to -night,
Gypsy ; I hate to be alone."
I willingly complied, and ran wish her
up to her apartment. It was situated in
such a manner as to command a view of
the whole mansion. Kathleen seated
herself by the window, while I undressed
and went to bed.
"Are you going to sit there all night,
Kath?" said I. my eyes closing dn.wsily
as I spoke.
" No, only a few minutes ; I don't feel
sleepy ; never wind me," replied Kath-
leen, quiet''.
" G ypay, Gypsy, wake up ! I want to
show yuu sometbing !" `
What ou earth is it, Kath ?' said I,
springing up in alarm.
"Loot!-'
She drew me to the window, and
pointed in the direction in which %toile's
chamber was situ*tod. There was no
light in the window, bat the moonlight
fell brilliantly over every object, render-
ing all around as clear as day. Uuder
the window, a tall, alight figure, which
I instantly recognized as that of Randal
Percy, paced to and fro, keeping his
roatlesa watch before the chamber ••f her
he loved. I glanced at Kathleen ; she
sat, or rather cowered en a seat near the
window, her face covered with her
hands, as still, as motionless as a marble
figure. With a sigh, I turned again to
look out. As I did so, I saw Etuile's
window open hastily, and It r:ese fell
through the moonlight to his feet. It
was enough ; I drew the curtain, and
turned to Kathleen ; she still sat in the
same attitude, in a dreary, forlorn man-
ner.
•• Dear Kathleen I said, softly.
She took her hands down from before
her face, and looking up, cud huskily :
• You saw it all ; I knew it would be
so. t)h, Gypsy, that I should have
stooped to love one who carry not for
Thank you fur nothing, uncle, said splendid uniform, 'and listening with a me !"
I, tossing sty head saucily. "Gypsy smile of evident pleasure. to the graceful In all her grief the old pride was pre-
wauldn't have him. nothings he poured in her car. Randal dominant stile. I knew not what to say,
Ateile lifted her cloudless Snee eyes to looked after theta with a jealous eye. and remained silent.
his handsome face, with a smile that - '-Dil you ever see any one so lovely. "I thank you for your sympathy-, dear
might capture a more invulnerable heart Gypsy ?" he said, enthusiastically. Gypsy, clearest cousin that I ever had ;
than his. As it was, I saw they were i "She•+ rather pretty,' said I, with 'a and now that my drean, has ended,
likely then and there to hec,rne . very disdainful Arne ; "and if I mistake not, never speak of him t.t me again while
yon live."
She ruse as she spike, and threw her-
self en her couch, but not to sleep. As
I lay awake, thinking of the hopes of a
lifetime blighted in one night, I could
her, weaving a wreath of crimson berries Then kneeling on one k ee, he raised .,And if I am," he said coloring pain -
amid her jetty braids, that were bound her tiny hand to his lips. saying, gal:an- fully," "you are hardly the one to lec-
like a corunot around her proud head. toy : cure me for it—you,the greatest coquette
" How handsome you are tis -might, "Let me be the first to' pay ho:n:LLe that ever stepped—you that havo made
Kathleen !" said I, as 1` finished the to our Cnristmas Queen to -night fouls of a scare off better then than I am
wirath, and turned to survey( her. "Your"Harrah for our Christmas Quem "' t before this.''
cheeks are as red as these bright •telly- was the universal shout, as Etoile, blush- •Perhaps that is tile very ems a that
berries, and your eyes are shining like ing with pleasure, was led to the raised I can see s.; plainly that Efnoile Percy is
stars. I wonder if thio ether cousin of throne erected for the queer, of tl:e even- trying to make a fool of y.••r, now," said
mors, who is coating to -night is as hand- 1 u,g. + 1. coolly. "But here ec mss Kathleen.
genie as you f" - I "Your majesty must choose a eon- Do you thick her li►ndsotnc ?•, keine with them as on the night you and
`sort " said ;liar Percy, takinee her stand I witnessed a certain romantic little
" I thought you had seen her said ! e y "Handsome no, decidedly cwt," he mens from .ny eeed•toom window. There
Kathleen. inquiringly. beside her as maid of honer. skid. quietly `'she is toe
i Y , dark, tee u n young, whits -moustached marquis
•(Jh, so I did once --when we were She blushed. and then leugl.ed, and, proud, too. aup•ercilious--toe much of the here -a brainless fop he is—who seems
Lott: children ; but that is four or five 1 raising her wand, touched Randal on the' Percy in her, is a word. T -a, d.,rk and veru attentive t.• Ji-for;le rmuinr. Whettn-
eara a She was a pretty little thin shoulder. In an inatand he was seated' fiery ; t r:ach • f er he or Mr. Percy will win the hand of
y g her aide, his stately head hent, whist your user. style, the nckie little beauty is somewhat
Ihen,' by Gypsy." dnnb:ful ; but e,' -cult, we shall see
" Tell enc about her, Gypsy •' (this u ! pering acme gallant speech ire her willing i eona . : •uthcit ntly in kiss ..cyte of Nest ChristmasEve we will meet again.
nut my name, hut I was always called ear'
j that •r ingItas act;el Etoile ; that sopa rate. them, dear Gypsy, ►lieu.
The music now struck up, and every J uits•, histicated, little Parisian I said, " KATRI,Lt!t. '
so.) " Why have we never met her here 1' I mused long over this letter ; it
*vernal strange for Kathleen Moore to
write in such a strain. How she must
have citanged' Was the old heart -ache
all gone now No ; I felt sure that
Kathleen was cot one to forget her love
of a life -time so eamly. How I longed
ter Chnstrnas to come first t might see
her Oslo. snore
OW Father Tule moral steadily on ;
neigh after month glideet by, never to
cum* agars, 1►rinaing Christmas Ere —
and all the Percy' once more together in
the cid botaestesd.
That Cht'ietwtu Eva f remember du-
tiadly Everything in the old hall
lucked jest the same ea it had done
twelve 'tenths before —the familiar
uvea were all there. ar.d yet maty a
charism had taken placeit bad trans-
formed gay Mary Percy into it bride ;
I •.keep tip, expecting le .r'* the i impetiently• I led with a look of delight, whi:e 1 felt sod 1, tuy-aelf, into a weary-, sad girl
"May I net stay with you, Kathleen ?I inclined to Much outright. Randai P.tr stood
i loos you said t. pleadingly. to i again i,esid0 ms,
T p g y Oh, take hint and welcome "' said 1, paler and thinner than when l had sewn
`'Ne, no, !sate Inc pin •n the carelessly. 'I don't think ill heist my him last. fur he hut been jilts' by 'he
mod a sofa expression' donee. Gypsy. heave inrinlp his at?saetne fait Ittotia Kathleen was there, •.•
with the rest ? f have nct•cr thought of one arese to their feet fur the sauce.. with a ac;,rufel laugh. '•Yuu are deeper
asking u rest .••
Partners were quickly selected, anal ; in dove t',a:i I :hvugbt, et:usin I:wndal-
"Oh, there's nut much to tell. She Etuile and Randal took their places at 11'h•tt aiutplet ass a pretty girl can make
was sent to Entree when quite a little
1 the head of the first quadrille. sof the hest e•1 you 1rrtis of creation
girl, for her education — her mother'sj "1Vhere's Kath, Gypsy' sail Ma,y H. flushed crimson, anal ruse angrily
French, yuu know, and thinks all the Percy's brother, npptoaching uoc. Iran; l:ia seat , at tt•e maw. almond
n est of the world are harbsrinks. slut i i glance.! round, ant f r the first Etoile, raaiant tvdh s niles, tame ghd-
now, i su mom, she is finished and will tine perceived that she was Kure. Hur- • ing up . aid laying ter head sen his accts.
honor us with a visit. Listen, they're riadly turnin,t away, I passed through ' said. in the street, kw voice us whish
calling ms below." the errand, and ran up to her room• she el oke. iet,e,red .tin mon minims)
" Kathleen, Kathleen, Kathleen :_. She sat at the open window, through 1.by net sta•r.. /emcee assent
chorused half a deur voices at once. whi In the cold winter air came blowini , I "C,.ete.,, c user• Randal, or are waiting
" "way. Gipsy ! where a ince.ye. lifting the camp braids of her black hair ter yuu ; they are goitsg to play blind.
came age , to our oars, after another "tf her high, brcown brow, and playing man's httfl over there." Thea turning
is 1 hide and seek amici her Christmas to tut., she said. softly : "I ain eery
sorry
user.
" Come, Koh., !et ala ge down,"' maid wreath. to interrupt yew conversation, and take
1, o'., ng ha atm around her waist as "Kathleen, dear Kathleen ' ' 1 said
P y ( him from ye•n, but w. want hiss ro i ar
we ran flow' the oaken acids I throwing my arras around her ne.-k, and ! %wady.'•
'• F over ,ban ever, wart teen omen'', keeling her cold, pain forehead. i kilo looked up moo his face, half shyly,
said ,h,. voice 01 itandal Percy, in a I `�he pushed me away ahnnat rudely. half tensity, like the artful cheat that
whi! .rr to Kathleen, as we entered, ; "What do yes, want lien: • she said, :. w -aa. Rmudal's l.audsnme face kind-
s pretty Etoile into the wife n1 s marquis
sort, fere of her lip, with which she
slw a•ivel c mpli,nentm, but it was
qnn A golden deal crimsoned
het
a superb woman, with the hewi$chi f
smile and laughing glance of a fiftieth
flirt, c•ewued with the wreath and car-
rying the wand of the Christmas Qrieen
Standing beside her, as her chosen con
ort, was Randal Percy.
The evenin, woe drawing to a clods,
when Ksthleen passed me and hurriedly
whispered :
"11 you wish to see a farce, Gypsy,
steal into the parlor, hide yourself be-
hind the curtains, and listen."
i entering what she could mean, 1
„he)ed, and concealed myself behind
the heavy curtains. Kathleen followed
inc and took a seat. Scarcely had she
done so.. when Randal Percy foll"wed
hastily, and took a seat by her side.
"1Vell, Mr. Perry," said Kathleen,
quietly, "you requested a private inter
view ; may I know what you wish 1'
"Dear Kathleen, do notspeak in 1 •ud-
ly ; y"u surely know the reason," he said,
earnestly.
"I am so sorry to be sop dull of com-
prehension. I have not the remotest
idea," replied Kathleen.
'-Then, dearest cousin, in these words
I iau tell you —1 lure you, Kathleen '"
"D., yuu, really ? Almost as much, I
suppose. as you loved Etoile, the other
day. Eh. cousin Randal 1"
"Kathleen. will you never cease to
think of my fitly? I never loved her ;
I only fancied so. I never loved but
you, my peerless, my beautiful Kath-
leen !" he exclaimed, vehemently.
"A very pretty speech, sir. Did you
talk to. Etoile this way ?" she said, quiet-
ly.
"Kathleen, you wi;: trive me mad !"
he exclaimed, pasaionstely. • 'How
shall I convince y"u that I love you
only ?"
"Most certainly, not by walking up
and down before my window," was the
sarcaatic reply. "Do you remember,
you did before Etoile s this very night,
twelve months ago? How hot you. must
have been when you went there to cool
yourself ! Hare you the rose Madame
de Rochefort flung you that night 1"
He nose from his seat by her side, and
paced up and down the room with pas-
sionate siehemence.
"Once fur all, Kathleen," he said, cud•
dett'y stopping before her, "will you he
my wife
"I am sorry to be obliged to refuse
you, ray dear cousin, but there are two
ur three very gond reasons that make it
necessary to refuse your trifling re-
nuest
"F."r heat en s sake name them he
said.
"Well, then, the first i*, that this day
three weeks 1 am to be married to Sir
John Montford ; the second---"
"What ! Married ' Kathleen !" Le
gasped, convulsively.
"Yes, sir, But won't you hear the
other reasons ?" she inquired, in the
sweetest possible voice. "Oh, mock
away !" he said, bitterly : "it well be-
comes you in your hour of triumph ; but
one thing you know—yoo loved me once.
That time has passed. As Kathleen
Moore I now bid you geed-by—aa Indy
Montford you will never see me again,."
In a moment he was gone, and then
parting the curtains I stepped out.
Kathleen sat gazing fr an the door
through which he had gone—her face
very pale, but a proud look of triumph
shining in her eyes. -
"Well, Gypsy," she said, with a mock-
ing laugh, "you have heard all. Was it„
net a delightful little comedy ?—almost
as pretty as that you and I witnessed
last Christmas Eve. Aud now my ro-
mance of life is gone furevor ; nothiug re-
mains for Ute but flirting, spending Sir
,John's wealth, tea and scandal. Well,
I shall make the most of it. Ann now,
the Christmas queen will he missed—so
come. "
Three weeks after, Kathleen Moore
became the wife of Sir John Montford ;
and that same day Randal Percy "ailed
for the United States ; and since that
time we have never heard of him. Mad-
ame and the Marquis de Rochefola
dwell in their dear Paris, the gayest of
the gay ; and Lady yluntford flits from
place to place, ever restive and dissatis-
fied, as I supp.,se she will ever he, until
her weary heart is still forever. I, too,
no longer the wild "Gypsy" of other
days, dwell far from my own loved Eng-
lish home. Many a Christmas Eve has
come and gone, and many more will still
Deme, hut the old faces and forms will
never meet again under the roof -tree of
the Percys.
st►ewid /he Breakers be eteeshr/ !
The Toronto Fre,manse„ a npp•ese,' t.e
having intoxicating liquors served up at
lodge festivals. It *aye there has been
ton much of this kind of tkhag betagtll�
the order into disrepute. Ia H______
we are informed, tyre is no tries for
complaint. The lrlsetaiaasnat seppited
on festival nights M umiak of a teetotal
character, and those who dols* to have
refreshments of a different kind are
left free to get them where retailed. This
is as it should he.—[Iiatailton Times.
Emerson. Mae.. ilea. 17, teat
About a year ago 1 was tetra with*
opal which settled on my chest ate -
os hteet,tng of the lugs. i tiled
sad wss' ery kw. a feared ft
.tamp turalift
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ewrrd i'la*a. rnbliah tells that et
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RLAt'twOOD's k/AoALINY. The Lsowint Scott
Publisbieg Co., 41 tterclayac. New York.
The °entente are --Thu Ladies' Lin-
d..res—Part VIII ; False Coin in S toed
Hermeneutics ; The Factor's She .tins ,
Bagdad on the Queen's Birthday ; My.
Bath ; Experiences of a Naval Officer
in Search of the Eire ; S'eetchee tent
the Dutch Seaside ; Resemblance in
Literature ; Jewish Tales and .1 teed:
Ref•ortu ; The Late Camtiabign.
\-tea'! P Loasl Qcrna, Published bs Lime,
Vick. Rochester, N. Y.
Frons the appearaooe of the (;ail+,
which it on our desk, we should eelee
that the ytoung Vicks aro "chips ;.f the
old block," as the Floud Guile, w:•4 its
lithographed cover, is handsome e t ,uglt
for the parlor table. It is print ad on
the best paper, has three colored •dates
of Flowers and Vegetables, and is full of
information. Thome who send ten cents
for it cannot be disappointed, as the
plates alone are worth the amount.
Tina CANADIAN MrarHODIST MAOAJ,-'s to
1Moen,bcr. is nacres. 11vo. Illustrated.
Price a a Tear. Rev. William item,
'Toronto. Publisher.
This number closes the Six'eenth
ume. The illustrated articles are The
Beginnings of Methodism in the New
World, ' " In Bible Lands," and " Pic
turestue Canada. ' Interesting sketches
of Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Punshon, and
"Bishop„ Black, are given by Dr. Ryck
man, Rev. Hugh Johnston and Rev. J.
I.athern. The announcement for 1883
is very attractive. Among the contribti
butors are Dr. McCoah, Dr. D
Wilson, Dr. Dawson, Dr. Gen. G t
and Dr. Nellie, all College Presider s,
together with Prof. Goldwin Smith, and
other distinguished writers. Among
the illustrated articles will be Stanley's
Through the Dark Continent, with 1541
engravings; A Canadian in Norway ,
Lapid of the Midnight Sun ; Royal
Palaces of England ; Fire Mountains .
Papers on Brazil, Florida, Italy, Spain
Morocco, Bible Lands; A Colonial Pil
gritnage ; The White Mountains, with
twenty-two engravings, by leading living
authors, and many others, all handsome-
ly illustrated. This is now the only
literary monthly in Canada, and is very
cheap at the price asked for it.
A■ a4swer1410a.
To neglect a cough nr cold, is but to
invite Consumption, that destroyer
it-
em human race. Hagyard'a Pectoral
Balsam will cure the cough and allay ail
irritation of the bronchial tubes and
lungs, and effectually remedy all pul
monary complaints, such as Asthma,
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough.
Tb. a.sals►a lerveatl.a.
It expected the: there will be ahou:
two thousand delegates to the Conver;
tion at Toronto to be held on the 3rd and
4th "f January, The delegates are now
being chosen, and the Convention is G•
be held in Shaftoshnlry Hall. The lute.
tion is to bring as many new men to til.
front as possible. The Reform mem-
bers of the Legislature will all be present
and speeches will l* delivered byetl:.'
Ministers and prominent supporters
There will he no new departure see far ;Le
the party's platform is concerned. TL.'
chief plank will be provincial rights, an,:
the determation will run all through the
resolutions to resist the encroachments
of the Dominion Government at every
point. It is contended that the issue i -c
not new confined to the Streams bill, bis'
that it has broadened into the question
of surrendering or maintaining the e.r•-
stitutional rights of the province It :t
expected that the convention will arouse
the enthusiasm er the party to a high de
Arte and that the Government will l -e
sustained ty an Increased majority. -
[Telegram.
Ih►ughters, Wives, Mothers, l,•.k t.
your health. The many painful and
weakening diseases from which you sof
fes, despairing of a cure. can be mese
died by that unfailing regulator and
purifying tonic, Burdnck Blood Ratko*
Ask your Druegut for proof.
ss e,bNtv.I a*esier.
one of the incidents of the even+,:,
on the iccaaien of Mr. Hardy s visit to et.
Thkenu was his suppositious interview
hetseeo Mr Meredith and Sir John.
Sir John meets the Ontario Opr itioe
leader at the Toronto convention in 144.4e.
and says "William, i understand y.•e
have been shouting ' 1"es ' to Mowat.
resolution* en the Boundary Award.'
Aad Willie= replies, " Ye., Sir J. ohn.
" w stye Sit John, "Yon must be-
gin a d shout 'No,' William, if you
coitus on the as*tstenee of Sir John 10
yetetessspsign in 1Wtt," And William,
with a model face, after some hesitation,
says, "I will shout 'No,' Air John. And
he has been shouting "No" ever since.
A asw*e.
Th. s.er.t of Isaialir lies in pure blo.'1'
sad eared Mesith, *About the one the
other is i.psaihis. Burdock /Mood
Maws is yawl and key that unl s all
the s sestieas, and opens the avenue to
health by petrifying and regulating all
the means to a proper action. It owes
all Scrofulous Diseases, nota "n the Moon
Liver. Kidneys, Skin and R.,wels, and
henna the Moore or health ,.• 'h. pallid
(hent
Aal era.
Prrw.aaate■ e. Bev. ser. Pr/.eaaos.
On the night of the 1: h ir►.., the
members of the Bible c .s. of linos
church, Manchester, to 11.0 number of
over fifty, repaired to the manse and
presented the Rev. Mr. Pritchard with
a Winsome fur overcoat valued at
and the following address :
Berl Mr. Prife itrrd :
iftevtaten ASD DMAU SIR,— It having
entered into our hearts to give you sane
preseut se a token of our good will and
affection, and the advent of winter—cold
and stormy—having lent a suggestion to
our minds, we take this 'pportunity of
presenting yuu with this ' it overcoat, as
an acknowledgment, tt, part, of the
pleasure and profit we, as members of
your Bible clam, have derived from your
teaching, and as it mark of confidence in
and esteem for your Christian character.
May yuu be lung spared to tind in it a
comfartable reminder of our good will
towards you, and may :our heart be
ever warmed by those truths which frog+
week to week you havb faithfully t.umlit
us from the Divine word.
tin behalf of the Bible class.
A. M. D"rAtD,
WM. BROWN,
,iAM(s MAo6E,
11 •M. SYMING ON.
T which the rev. gentlemen made the
following suitable reply :
CMaisrlaN FauENus, — T assure lou
that I cannot tind language sufficient to
express my gratification in hearing your
very affectionate address, and in receiv
ing from your hand. this excellen
token of your love, sympathy and hig
appreciation of ucy services as yuu
Bible class teacher and pastor. I mos
cordially thank you for much a manifest
scion of your affection, and I assure yo
that I do most highly appreciate i
I appreciate it highly on aecount of
coming trent the young people of m
congregation, sod I assnre yuu I eng
in no rehiring. services in the sanctua
in which I take a greater interest th
teaching the Bible class. I apprecia
your noble gift highly, not umly en a
count of its intrinsic value, but es
really on account of the motives win
have prompted you to eine it. It
-ens that makes cue receive with gladn
such an excellent present. 1 thank y
moot sincerely for it, and through yo
thank all she have contributed a
towards the purchase of this value
coat ; and when enclosed within its f,
embrace, I will be able to set at defia
the biting onld, the piercing wind
the raging storm, and with pleasure 1
out upon the elemental war, and f
the depth of my heart thank you
such a protector. May I be ena
long to wear it in yell? midst. and I
sure you that whatever position I
occupy in the church, to think of
act '•f kindness and good will "n
part will be to me the source of
gnat itication ; and as my tatters
been blessed to you in the past, I
cerely hope end pray that they ma
more sbusedantly blessed in the fn
and when we are done serving Chri
earth may we all serve Him in His
dom in glory.
The party then took full penman
the :name at the request of their
and hostess, who used every end
to make all feel at home and enjoy
selves at the several, games and a
menta, such as carpet -ball, table c
music, ete., A bountiful repas
furnished by the ladies, to which
justice was done by all. The
then resumed their amusements to
heart's content, and after a ties
poersed, feeling that they had s
pleasant and profitable evening
i,leased with the cordial reception
they had received from Mr. Pr
and his amiable rife.
AN On'.E1'
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phate Element based upon S
Facts, Formulated by Professor
M. D. of Boston, Mass., cures
ary Consumption, Sick Headac
vous Attacks, Vertigo and
and all wasting diseases of the
system. Phosphatine is not a
but a Nutriment, because it co
Vegetable nr Mineral Poisons,
Narcotics, and no Stimulants, b
1y the Phosphatic and Gartric
found in our daily food. A sin
is sufficient to convince. All
sell it. $1.00 per bottle. I
Co.. sole agents for the
55 Front Street East Toronto
The modes sebe.l *.esu
The visiting committee of
Public School Board of Tr
whom was referred the quest).
effect the attendance at t
Model School pupils hal en t
system of the schools, present
ports, showing that the tnemt
committee were not in uni
matter. Mr, Thos. Cowan's
as follows :
"According to instructiu
Board, the \ tatting Commit
to report that, in their e
Model teaching in the Centr
not attended with good res
regular work in the various
the school, inasmuch as it h
ing and disquieting influenc
iur Departments, where it i
any time to secure the undi
tion of every young pupil.
the higher departments a
that inconvenience is not fe
lieve that it incurs t``e loss
tail to loosen the reins of
Meads of the regulao teache
bat laws so say that while
what we (-tower these tl
system, we unhesitatingly
to the good centime anti e.
ing of all the Model Teac
their diligent efforts t.. sec
site possible while in the
teaching.
[Signed,
■sat Cow
rhe Report Tpreson
ph V. Lison and George (3
Mllnws
As dose nett ec'ttr,na
t-,ait,nt R..mm,tte.