HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1887-12-23, Page 2HELEN LA FONE
OR
THE FOES OF A HOUSEHOLD.
r4Ls OP sXOLI8H
CHAPTss II- Oopm.u.a.
walked sof almost in .. wa
e tM thimkr.g Meow was
Mill osempked is ar*marimg kis sew im-
pression*. Dr Haalitt was fhiskin g over
the girl'* pawkiest for the oma bmmdred
ani fhieth time, and wesdetiag it Mars
wets ao way of bettimhig it, 1U.11*g the
wWe away
of grieved. Mus was •kw
Molding timid sof Unveil. eke isobareptassed, as she always did
attar ono of dices fits of et•it.sesat aad
passim. and .t the sae time detooatly
thankful that she had met Dr Hazlett.
lie lied saved her from herwl( aha
W net of doors with • vagw its -
of hiding hereolt is soma seabed-
s& gpot, mud there crying herself hook to
pale& eke hated crying. Whenever
%Maga at hese* went so bed that either
hem anger or a loaliag of loneliness,
ohs was stowed to hen, one siw.y.,
whim the crisis was past, felt 4s.piy
..bosscioss fured et herself .sd eireusesta
hawing bat her self control.
On Asir way through the village they
bad to pass the booker's how, and as
=this.ppto.ok.d it they sw is thew
dusk the Agars of s loss
=at the opals hones door. He
to be in mow 3o•verestios
with the maidservant, sad .s they drew
near they heard the words—
' Well, ask hies to stop round se sopa
as he domes in, fur the man's fearful
bed ; the woman can do nothing with
him..
"1 am afraid that •(tat ell 1 sh': ►al► oohed ter."
fihe laughed u she spoke, and he mw
hat in a few momenta since they enter-
ed the house her face had undergone •
hemgreat change. Before that she had hc
looking subdued and depressed, now Ler
eyes were bright, and her cheeks flushed
• deep, soft crimson. She carried her
head erect, and her whole basing ea
full of spirit
"She is getting up her courage for the
encounter," he thought ; she u going t,
cathings off with a high hash."
"If you would not mind guitar into
the billiard room," she went or, "I will
come and tell you whoa you can Dome
in."
"Do not take w mush trouble for me
I daresay I can guess."
"It is no trouble. I shall probably gop
upstairs when it is over, and I pethe
billiard room On mJ way."
They parted, and Helen went into the
drawing -row. Her heart was beating a
little faster ,.baa usual, but she looked
perfectly careless as she came forward,
twisting between her fingers • spray of
clematis which she had plucked when
•he stood by the doctor's house.
There were only two persons in the
room—Mr and Mrs Lafon,. He was a
tall stout man, with a narrow forehead
and chin ; his features were regular and
well int, but almost devoid of expres-
sion.
xpress
won. He locked emphatically • man
who in all things from the greatest auto
the least, would do as the other people
did. He was reading with his own
special reading lamp at his elbow. Mrs
Lafune was working and the light fell
strongly upon her face, showing clearing
every feature, from the heavy double
chin to the forehead, which was as high
and narrow u that of her husband
though it had the additional attraction
=Idaho We.
Is Ube W to My aside
Moore, Mr Moo, I am gulag to eek you to
do me a levees."
"I shall be very happy to do whatever
I o•m fur yore."
8ke frowned as he spoke, and then
said—
"Why do you speak in that exaggerat-
ed way 1 I thong meant,""
►t you always said
Mat you
"I ssrtsicamy do in this ea ; but what
made yes giro me credit for sincerity t"
"I thought our words and actives
seamed generally to go towhee"
"Still, I meet repeat what I avid he -
fore. I shall he very happy to do any-
thing for yon. tt yogi will tell me what it
its"
"I want yes not to come into the
oblivion room with toe now.ThatchThatchW
Thatch he a very clear idea of
why the asked, ►e mess stupid enough to
say.
C•et•iuy ; why r'
8h. looked a hale surprised, bet
evaded as she answered -
"Bemuse I hare something to till
peas whwhirI wort rather you did not l
hear Remarks will probably be ad.,
aid I would rather they csasa_togilght
than tomorrow." ._.___.__
' • M
I beg your pardon : how si1 I ask
such a stupid question 1"
"Stowed, you mean, Imams my
reason was so very apparent without be -
their
jet mT main* a1 the Tkwaitishut
':oohed
Helen,"
said the doctor, "iheuae an • moment 1
while I go and ase what is the matter."
Re dropped her hand and west quick-
ly toward, fearing Helen and Moog,
N eeding in the middle of the road.
He returned to them after • mem ant's
party with the man in the poreb.
I em sorry," speaking to Helen, "I
shall haws to leave you now, Moors,
take Miss taloa hums. Good night,
H.M.aI will owe tomorrow if I can."
He was gore, and the two others were
mai. left, fooling • little diaconal ..01 at
this sudden reroietwr in theft plana
Hallo spoke first,
"Lot us go on, Mr Moors. I met to
get home. I am vary tired." -
"I bag you perdue," said Moore,wi th
reel regret in his voice. "How could I
be so thoughtless as to let you stand
hen 1 less on so," he finished We
pslmvely, making a notice towards her.
She declined his help, but without
either surprise or resentmoot at the
offer of it, and when they had gone •
little way in silence she spoke again.
"I think you and Dr Hazlitt get es."
"Ye, he aeons able to tolerate me ;
and I feel $ due amount of elation at the
thought, because I do not fancy that he
take people indiscriminatingly into his
menden* "
"No, be is more popular among the
p00, than th. rich. You cannot tell
it uw guod be is to them. Of course he
never speaks of it, but they do. I do
not know what would they do if they
had to get accustomed to *mother dar-
ter."
"I hsps it may be long before they
will nave to."
Jest then they turned a corner in the
road, and went in at • ledge gateway
sod upa broad, even carriage road to • of being perfectly bat. Even in repose
the thin, pinched lips were cuinto a
how standing at the sod of it, and
known as Th. Thwaite, residence of sneer. A little quiver of dislike shook
Frederic Llooe, $'q. It was • large, Helenas her eyes tell upon her step-
kaodtlosie, and wtitaly modern house, mother. Yet Mrs Later must have
ktandisi on high Rtvttod, soul with oo I been a handsome woman in her youth,
tress immediately surrounding ill tbou4h kir face could neer have been
tbosgh st • little distance the ground Ipl
a'ug'
was will wooded. Though the house Neither took any notice of HeMo'a en•
was well and handsomely built, with tents ;her light step was probably not
many fist pk ee glen windows, the effect heard Spot) the thick carpet. She west
of the whole was stiff and unpleasing. forward until she waa standing close by
her father, and stall twisting her clem-
atis, she said, "Papa."
Mr Lafone looked up from 1.0 paper
with eyebrows drawn together ; he
hated to be diaturbed in hie evening
reeding.
"Well Y" was his reply, in rather an
sngrecious tone, when he saw who had
addressed him.
"You told me to give you my snewsr
this •venisg. I have not clanged my
sial. I shell not marry Mr Foster."
"Very well, it is your own affair ;
oslT you may not have so good an o(5,
Minn-"
He returned to his newspaper, and, so
far as he was concerned, the subject was
M an end. Bet Helen knew what re-
mained. Mrs Lion• bad listened M
the little dialogue, her needle suspended
over her work. When it was ended,
and Helen was moving away she spoke --
"As meal. Helen, goo think only of
yourself. You profess to be unhappy
here, but when • chance cm•mes of estab-
lishing yourself meet .dvantageoudy,
you throw it away. Perhaps you think
you have only to pick and choose like
Alice. You forget that you have
neither Alice's beauty nor •ceompli:ah_
mint.. But, putting that aside, it was
your ditty to accept Mr Feeler. Both
you and Alice .me old enough to be
aurried,and you know quite wet' to what
reports it would gee ries if Alice
married first Yon do not eonaider tate
awkward position in whish you plate us
both. You seem to forget that 1 have
bean a mother to you since you were •
baby, and teat it is new your duly to es
pay m• by gratitude and obedience."
Helen's lips parted in • senile se Mrs
Lstone spoke. When •ho had finished I •:� $vs poend& s -year in bee sentry.
she said Wears have a hard time of it. I sea
"1)o not suppose I shalt •ver marry I era nut • woman. How dinseest
motes to my inclination to save your it word haw. b.en it ohs had bas. • bey
as a stepnwither. " (sad hew pole to 'me, h. might
was neither redesign nor want hen 544.4, but did mot) •Taryibiltir
of rasped in her tone nr manner, sod w►ieh k saw • rni..' her would have
The grounds were kept in the most per-
fect order--oothing had been left to na-
ture. The most insignificant flower
bore signs of being under the pre and
co_trol of man. Everything about the
place gave evidence that it belonged to a
weakly tion, sod a man, moreover,
neither - possessed of ongiaality sor
seise of beauty. The garden was stilly
laid ont and planted with the most
fashionable bedding out plants ; the
borders were irreproachably neat and
trim—nt t • weed defiled the perfect
order of the well rolled gravel paths. In
the summer twilight all this was soften-
ed down and the house itself looked less
distinctively belonging to the nineteenth
century. The door stood cpen, but all
the windows os the ground floor were
closed. The green venetian blinds of
two were drawn down, and from behind
their abode came gleams ofallow gas
lathe Helen shrugged her shoulder as
she looked towards these two windows,
and said —
"Did it ever strike you that this
house and the peep;e who live in it are
exactly alike t"
"i thought ere were •!ways allowed to
form some idea of people's character by
the kind of hewn they live in."
"Not by the nntside as a rule, because
so many people have to live in seek
houses es they can get. Bot my grand-
father built this house ; papa saw noth-
ing which needed improvement when he
came into possession elf it, and both out•
side and load. it is just like the people
who live in it.''
"Now, I expect yew to tell me what it
M like," he mid tanking.
'Expensive and handsome and cone
samples& Hos how they light the gas,
and crowd into the bow cm • perfect
summer sussing It is just bks them."
"I soppasa they like it Why wish h
interfere with their liberty.
• "1 am perfectly wining to " impost it,
if they will also rep et miss, bit
.newer, and there woo memo buffer. is
bit tens.
Moses said nothing. He did ant
know what n•1•. and the doctor had
bean t•Iking about, only he had • raise
Mos that she had brew in trouble that
evaaiag, mrd that further disaster woe
bm.rieg over her heed
She did not speak aria unlit they
ware inside the house. and ib... ea_gl. e
tis M hes beliefs of emlmlgd propriety I Rolm had seldom manor to or takes lalendod over, ata he began to whistle
Wien W left the sem. ear sdi.s of hick, • m Dull 4 her eau softly to himself, for Its was by ou means
1 sed
♦ day er two hew Perefeal awd Helen
woe lonninag os the Iowa. It was •
maaaH/d.gimmes afternoon,afteuun, sad Heise
W suggeettoi this mode of read-
ies die time. Ponied had almost es -
pada sumo setae—thug pisco uf.intslli•
gore as the molt ; hat hs heard nor-
ms mono surpei.iog then
"Tun remember me telling you about
Abele, toy ni ter r
"Yoe told .n several thistle about
her. Whish or is paetioaler am I to
remember r
"That yes would uot see her till the
ad •f this month, as sb• is is Leadoe
for the seams with her aunt."
"I remember that perfectly, Memo
befog, that lies had elicited my carie sky
t.y telling ate eke was very beautiful."
' She is. 1 do not like her, but she ie
•aoeedinely beautiful."
I kook toward to seeing her very
mom,.
"Yoe are • groat admirer of beauty, 4
course."
Yes I admire it."
"I thought so will. You fall captive
to her ; everybody does. It would be
.muaisg if it were not monotonous, at
least fur outsider& Alice doss rot seam
to find it muaotonous "
Petwivel said nothing. Today Helen
showed s new spirit in the poseeron of
which he had not yet seen her. He did
not like it, and to divert her tboughta
asked—
"tied you asythiog fresh to tell about
your ei.ser t '
'•You will have to lout 1,rward to little
lunger. When Alice leave London ales
is going with her aunt and uncle to the
Continent, and she will not be hoose
until October, manila& heard this morn-
ing."
'Have you aver bra on the Conti-
nent t"
"With whom should I got Papa and
mamma never go aboard, and have no
other relation& I have been nowhere,
scarcely beyond Oamotherley all my
rile "
"Your travelling days are to coos
yet," was his somewhat oommnn-plane
oak of comfort.
"I wooder what yon will thick of
Alice ; thoo;gh I cam gloss when pas b. -
gin by setting beauty sb.is
"Yogi ars hardly fair ; hese !a eeaY
thing I est very high above ►misty."
What is that—to be well dressed r
"Now you are growing malicious, .sd
I shall have to tall you, unless you will
give another gums."
"How should I know your pet vani-
ties 1 Tell me."
Iotelligeaca," he said, looking rather
fixedlyat W.
new it was intelligence," smiling
to herself and louki•g a: him.
"Theo why did you not say so I"
"lioness I—didn't."
'Where are yoi going 1 he asked,ris-
iog as he saw her get up.
"Into the house to see about some-
thing I forgot this morning."
"But you will back 1"
'I can't may, it will depend."
She went away leaving him in unssr-
tainty, and he resumed his recumbent
attitude on the ground, and Raw* bim-
seU up to reflections which ware a little
disturbed by the constantly ricorrior
q'setion—
'Will she come back f-'
CHAPTER III.
PLOUEEAC
The feeling which had remained up-
permost in Percival's mind after hearing
all Dr Hazlett had to hum of Helen, kiss
pity. He was by nature tender and
chive/roes, he would not, voluntarily,
have given an i.etent'e pain ear suffering
to anything weaker than himself—with
his equals in strength and address it was
give and take. To keep s woman wait•
lag, to caw her . moment's anxiety, or
to make things harder for her than they
of necessity must be, would have been
Impossible to hire. So when he found
that through no actual fault of her own,
Helen was on one nide, and her father,
mother, and sisters on the other, has
empathies naturally went with her.
11.d Miss Lefooe been physically differ-
ent from what she was, his sympathy
might have been dulled. Had she been
tall, large cit limb and loud of voice, with
• tendency to air ler grievances and to
provoke sesame in public, he would,
though teeing sorry for her have kept
out of bee way. Bat when he was wait-
ing in the billiard room that night, later,
when Helen had muse to Mesas his be
had spent so hoar in the moietyof her-
self sad her relatives, and finaly whoa
he was alone in hie bedroom, smoking •
cigar and going over the events of the
day, his heart was smitten with pity for
thr wall delicate mestere who had
such • hard battle either ; a battle one*
fought, is lost or won, at aerate it is
overt. Helm's life Im•sesd to wash* of
a long series of skirmishes. sash of small
importeeN. aad almost too oogitemptible
for serines ens•id•r.tion, let making,
whoa taken is a mem, • lib of misery
and wearin.s. He felt very *wry for
her, caste sorry than he had ever telt for
sayer before, and to a certain *stoat
his sorrow took s practical form. for he
began to wish he could do something to
alleviate Miss Lf.nes tate, and from
then to eonsideriag how he meld help
low was • very short step.
"It w an awful life," he thought,
"toilet, for I ase no sad to it wakes she
marries, and bow is she to marry, hid-
den' away in a little forsaken spot like
this 1 And if she doe nut marry, I
suppose this kind of thing will go nn all
her life. fibs has no fortune, and a girl
in her position oar's go oat and earn her
{biog. Besides, think of a bit of a mes-
tere like her gotsg about trying to got
situations. sad baying to 6rht for an
when she had spoken she mowed towards lean. i. her beer ; 1 will b. het friend
the doorat any rat. ; 171 make bit trust me, .red
"Where are yew tong r asked Mrs. whim As hal got esmersse to talk to
LG.ne, noiser sharply. blanks Hselitt, ohs will perhaps be a
"To tell Mr. Ilton he gas ernes M." hit I • I mast ds necasliessi foe
"What do you mean t'
"He eats. home with roe, and i asked
in to go into the billiard room until
this had prod or•r. "
free will rep sated Wooer, fur a whets .
afterimage
Phe weeks few y motif it was tbe be-
riasisg of September, end the waster
wee to all ieleata sad purpose some. It
bed beet a magsi1 ..t .sawn, Iw.g and
bet sad fee ; Marrs is the euestry,
thigh hardly se enjoyable in town.
The Osonstherly pimple W ee tuunJL
sa joyed it, ewes Rola had mama
happier sad mom dimpimmi to ,.stud
dady sr oyase ss as trifles than ever be-
fore. Perhaps bee new frame of and
arose pertly Iron the feet that .h. had a
umpenies. Percival had bag before
kft the 7ierute, sed takes op hi. abed.
•t Brentwood ; bet the houses were sep-
arated by so ewers than a short three
miles, a wee nethieg to walk over le
the Doul cit the ernes, or to tide be-
fog, the sun had pet fuer his strength.
Very few days passed without an st-
rum greeting between the two
hams.
Tore was a growirig i.timacy between
Percival and Holm& they had ileeom•
fast freed., sod sassed sad dispstsd is
the way which is only permiestbk to fast
Irieed& Nothing could bo don. at
Brentwood before the seal of Helen's
opinion had bona set upon it, while
Haas never .eemod to consider that she
had thoroughly digested a book ee am
opinion until .he had discussed it with
teerwvsl. They often disagreed. Helen
rushed to the 000clusk,rs regardless el
bow she got there ; she reproached Per-
nod for over pesthole), and lack of enter-
ptise, and .till asked cur knacker upon
some difficulty. Percival, on his aide,
had an honest respect for 11.le ell j
anent, seen on matters oosaeeted with
hie property. II she were sometime
wet hasty in jedgtnent, she read char -
aster well and had • clear sight in dos -
covering people's motive& Thong►
their modes of action were different, the
result they arrived at was often the same.
Their characters harmonised curious
ly.
No one seemed to noties anything re-
markable in this friendship. Percival
was • stranger in the land as compared
with the old established families is the
neighborhood, and old established fami-
lies are slow to receive strangers within
their circle. Though there was a know.
hada that Helen .tad Mrs Lfooe did
not get on as well as might be expected,
considering that the girl had never known
any other mother, tb• blame was gen-
erally laid at Helen's door, and she was
supposed to have an una'ni•ble disposi-
tion. In addition to this, Helen was
not strictly beautiful ; though one night
fall in love with her grace and delicacy,
ninety-nine fell captive to her sister's
proenuooed beauty, and it was well
known that Helen world bring her hus-
band
erband nothing but what her father chose
to Rise her, and she was not her father's
taverna daughter. All thermoses oom-
bised to provost people from attaching
any importance W the intimacy between
Moon and Mise Lafora.
So the •simmer dipped sway, and Per-
cival, who, in the middle of July bad
made op kis mind to .tody Helen's
character, with all its cretcheta and im-
pulses, had by the middle of September
arrived .t s, to him, very satisfactory
reading of the riddle. He bad come to
consider that life without Helen's con-
stant companionship would be • very ia-
complete and one-sided affair. if she
were to go away, or they were to be
otherwise separated by circumstances,
he would find her loss irreparable.
Percival, as he rode beck to Brent-
wood Doe soft, busy September after.
noon, when the spirit of Doming wi.ter
was stealing like • ghost throes& the
trees, still heavy with their summer
beefy, was thiakint; of Helen, and
realising whet an important place .he
already occupied in his life. She had
promised to ge user to Brentwood that
afternoon to help him in deciding about
an alteration in the house— a trifling
thing enough, but on which he had eat
his heart. She had ore said to him
that the most beautiful view of •11 from
Brentwood could only be seen from out
of
roo
had
t
as
ldoors. beeawe none of the drawinp.
sere that Yoke felt th.t &boo oke u
of ho society, which he was welcome of
with regard ei hen. If ahs did, she
enicealed it remarkale well kr abs
seemed to tied Ids very �rable without
bir. He pondered over it as he rude
along. acid decided that before speakiu,t
the ■"rd• uLieh wooer or later be would
speak. he wuu4 study Helms • little
k.or e, and try and dud cut what her
foliage worn.
CHAPTER IV.
teasAMtriu.
It was • perfect autumn efteroo,.n as
Helm walked slowly scrum the .suds of
the bay to Lanjhe•d Isl.ed, her favorite
resort. The island lay about • mile
from the shore, and the only way el
getting to it was to rve stn se the bay
w hen the tide wai high, or at low water
by jacking uw's way along the mods. To
all intents and pur,,.aes the only way of
reaching the ul.ud au the former, for
the .ands were shifti::g and tem:hereu. ;
no stranger in full porton of his setup
would ever hate dreamed of veututin,t
across them : the donees ware a bun
died to one that .e would stumble lulu
a quicksand and never twain be eithtr
seen or heard of. Some of the .iil•gen
prufeseed to know of • safe way, bet no
one had ever been iadaeog to put Inia
knowledge ;o the test. There esu no
feeling of security )slog to the shifting
character of the sands. Otherwise there
was much about the island to attract an
dveuturoua spirit, for it was more
beautiful than almost any put of
the coast. The shore was low and
rocky, and the rocks were rent and riven;
in every hollow was a little, clear pool,
hll of bright green seaweed and hide
shells. The trues grew almost down to
the water, and the outer ones formed
the fringe of a close wood, which mount-
ed the risin,, ground, and covered the
whole of the Wood Io spying the
ground was • rariagsted marl of wdd
lowers, aad in summer no more dels;tht•
fel place f,r lounging could be imagined
when the tide was high, and the water
tippling up close to one's feet. Helen
had often rowed h.nelf, or, during this
last summer, been rowed by Percival to
the island. On this partico'sr afternoon
ahs was going to walk. She had said
nothing about it at home, because she
knew that her father would promptly
have forbidden such an expedition ; but
. he set out after luock, sed was now
weodiog her silit•ry way /cowards the
ly
or
island, She went quickie and carol's.
& o long as she was on the rocks, spring
ng Tightly from one to aha other,
pokiest herself like • bird as she con
ordered whether she should attempt Lb
anger bight necessary to land her
he ..it point of rock.
Once ou the mod her pace clunge
od she went very slowly, keepioi
sharp lookout for anything like • quit
sand. Anyone watching her from • dm
tae, and a stranger both to herself an
t e country. would hare Wu bot
amused and puzzled by her mode
program Now she stood still, and of
keen look round and a careful exam
nation of the sands, which she knew
well, she could detect the •moat Wiper
captible difference in colour when
sand was "quick," she nude • fon
round and came back again t•, • pooin
cooly a ter yards' in front of where ah
had stood before. Again, she bent f
ward and poked bar parasol into tb
sand, and haring decided that thong
soft it would bear her own light weigh
r the • of a moment, she made
sudden dart, and had crossed the danger
ous bit almost without leaving the pro
of her feet aper the sand.
She reached the island at last, an
having established herself in a comfort
bye corner among the rocks, ale open
• paper bag which she carried in be
band, and Viking owe Liatuits from it
eke them into pieces, which she tbro
the seagulls staking about th
oda.
She threw away all her biscuits roiled
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at once decided to bare a window h
in, when she pointed est that if he
so he nowt of necessity remove • I'n
hag into • ball, and dropped it into
ng the nicks began to (think. She
ad come to this lonely place with • set
urpose, namely to moo herself the
oral bracing of which she thought she
stood
ground and thee, ening back
wary besuttfal creeper which towered the
whole of that wall, Nothing had been
settled at that time, but he had appoint-
ed a day on which both the architect and
the gardener were to examine the place,
and mom. decision was to be Come to.
Helen of coarse was to be present. The low
day has come, this very September day, said
when he rode slowly home through the of
lanes, sod he had in hie pocket • tote
from Helen saying she could not come,
Mrs Lafon. had made another snap
went for her, which she mast keep. It
had been too late to p t the Doming
of the architect. Moon would find him
at Brentwood when he got there, aad
what was to be dose without Helen 1
"It is very awkward, very," he mutter-
ed, as he rode alone, with knitted brews
and under -lap slightly protruded, as was
hie habit when he was annoyed or per-
plexed.
•
., Cams tom.)
"Ire* sorry reg. -
He is such • tickle, inconstant fel.
Esou will never be happy with his,"
ther's friends whoa they learned
her engagement to • yoga" man who
the reputation of being a sad flirt
her, however, knew that her lover
good qualities, and she esu willing
tae the tisk. In nine cissa out of
it would here proved • mialake ; but
her was •n uncommon girl aad to
cry one's surprise Fred made • model
band. How was it t Well, &thee
• cheerful, sunny tamper and • gnat
1 of tact. Theo she enjoyed perfect
Ith ant was always so sweet, not and
asoma that Fred found hie own
• more agreeable, than any other be -
As the year passed and he sae,
ear women of Esther's re grow sickly,
and querulous, he r.aluesd mon
inure that be had "s jewel of a
Good health was half the secret
Esther's snore. She retained her
bore
Eat
had
to
ten
Ha
ow
has
had
dee
hes
whol
wit
He was not angry with Helen—abet Wit'
did not wear to him ; bet with Mrs Ls- I (dog
tone, for "taking upon herself" to maks seg
engagements for her daughter ; with the wife
architect for being unable t.. oetne ea of
any other day ; with terminator's vital
generally (cr pettiy, obstacle it to .6•
way of hie pkoa Ice felt how rag ofho
awkward it was that when he wanted 0111.
Helen he
icy and g nod looks, becauseweaknesses,.warded off feminine weaknesseand
is by the use of Dr Faeroe's Fs,.
L Prescription.
could not ha her. It 'nigh
happen any day unless he made some
provision against it. Then there was
the diaappointm.Lt of not seeing her
when he bad confidently looked forward
to a seeing. He had wanted to ase bee
moving with her light Erse step ler as
point of .iew to another. He had want
ed to hear her sash* gave opinions, made
suggestions. in bet dear votes, with jest
that Tittle tome" authority whish bassos
her so well, and whisk hero liked to hear
her as to ►i. serrate. H• waned M
ase her rales her ass to his every oda-
eta, indulge i• little g sturse of •asset,
negation, doubt, as elm followed the die -
ser les bel wean Ama•elf and the 'reknit*.
Ani above all, he tatted to know that
he meld have her. as her, tear hese
sera speak 1g, Err every miaow tf the
her. eeva
s't bear to s s girl kookier know that if they were separated it woe
day ; take all his sears to her sad
e s ohs knked tonight, from ekoiss, not nossnity.
Re had
w ebs the lolln. n � his phut Ole p•- m... was only ase way of ski nespti*k
enca7, and sparest lag t►i., and he was eager to take_ cleat
it is mid that a shark will sot bite a
swimmer who keeps his Ings in motion.
if you cats keep ksokimg liggr than a
shark can wait all right.
When 1 began using Zly's Cream Balm
my catarrh was so bad I had headache
the whole time sod disahamgad a
•
amount of filthy matter. That has al-
most entirely disappeared sad 1 here
sot hod beada.b lints --J 11 8om'nera,
alsilesI k Ood
iL that Tow sash a medicine ftar,1 hare shd
mo5,,
tend for ars years an i ovule not lie
dews for weeks ata time. Bane. I have
beth emit Ely's Orme Balm I ow reef.
—Freak P BeryiA, pyRmiogto.. N. H.
Primed—Toler dog loos• completely
worn out H.s he jean on a heals
ng
aspaditlou 1 Host—Oh, o. I M followed
my wife oo • shopping tour today. He
a •• r.r•.� A,._ __ �
Don't Waltr
Cati1 your bait ftaatlwla• dry, thlt>V sad
gray before invite the Werke ma.ded
to preserve W beaet7 sad Ttt•iky.
Keep ea Aar N/isI-b►le a bottle of
Ayes'. Male VW"-- the Dail drwelrg
ou require ler the hale—mrd wee s flake.
daily, to preserve the massed War sad
pen eat b•1daNM.
Thomas Monday. Shares ewe, iy.,
write : "Several wails age ray Ws
cornered MIU g out, sad in a no
woke my head was almost baht. I
used way remedies, but w7 dig me
good. Minty hos/hts heetneI AVwr'a
Hair Vigor, and. shsr erns eS17 • part
of the owtesss. seg hued mse severe
with s heavy growth est Mk. I •aoan
mend your prepaemtios es the bat hall.
restorer la the add." •.l
" My hair was faded and dry." writes
Mabel C. Hardy, el Delman. Ill. ; " bat
after Wag s Mail. of Ayer'• fuser Tiger
it became bleak sod gtesey "
Ayer's Hair Vigor,
Wid b DraggIsts sail Pmlamars.
Pimples and Blotches,
Bo dial/min to gib gm, terehe d, .tad
neck, may be euttrely removed by the
use o1 Ayer'* tianapmsYlaylb bap mid
safest Alterative sa4Disiu1.P ldfiat tsar
discovered.
Dr. J. C. Apar at 004 LONA fifflafl,
Sot" by Lrsapk+y p; alt 1erhei tt ee. lit
"r` CATAi�RH
CREAM a�LM
GSM Relief at
0144:f Wed reir
COLD to HE.tU
Cat arrh
Hay Fever.
Nut Lii r,J, N..
or Potr'fer Ivn.
fie* Iujeriew,
Drays list Ujaa
dire Orion.
A p•rticts is app ed twee sob were ant I
agreeable Price m mate •t
mill. registered, is oweELT Olttle. Ikns
nista, iDf urse.wic►•t.,New Yeck. f11Lt7
Go to "Tho Si "
for Good Work.
CURES
.-ear t7•m�t1��..
itk
flick toeee•
Yves
Till WORK
ne romena the cli
Portents sachets t
rattiest of .mall tett
are made of silk, satin
•.f material d. signed • h
is wide, see' made inti
• ie reit open. if al w
• .ankle with pimiento
h lint ••pe cr violet 1
or sick .t the opewee to
in depth. or sow • frill
Ow opeai•., , sod tic wil
igre a+ y..0 rould a used
The +urge ribbon
pretty and *oily mad,
"beat • s in' It o IV&
placing; Weide ace- on
ro.
tth perfume powder.
f ribbon. old gold tout
n.l pa's pink, •b,ut cit 1
w,..ar: together iik•s c'i.•c
i. -g thu edges t.ugeth.-r
Make two of the.. met.
ouch aide than y..ur
sunt be; between the
c.rners F,nt:.L lay fon;
the ribber
Meat-
Inworrlegtetaltee.
Mahar asrssearasso. passaa . , ellbste•b este.
DR. HODOER'S COMPOUND.
Take se ono. asY Rvs.y* sea, reser.
DR_ per boom&
ODID331:V8
COUCH IID LULU CCSB.
Aoki per bottle. PPrletorsery wham ,aand m eta so" N ewe
Mt-THft UNION YZDICIKR ~
caw
OMR
1888.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.
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Es. it -stales serial foil
•t res 1 travel. by� Mreetw.l�
sketches. pair. ea Wiled.
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trrsbritb� sal rs ua.. r el tjg j
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aresis td rose •jars wwMah s.m.ey
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IRrpaper-skr•ee w3, elm
otriel scrutiny V to the
mien
malts
ear.
may enter Its cdumme,
As epitome of everytilsot dist le attreetfve
sae emrobie la jurorlitgeed erature
tt re --Bestow
=vieA weekly 1 every lamb which It the visita�
Is
it is woeeeerrwt la Its w of
la -
f wtaan, and interest —0 p jrue
TYRMI : Postage Prp.1/. MO Per Tear.
vol. IX. eamanoeesa *songs, I. 1M,
Ifgp__. e(bar twat am resat te a tetatb.r
@IIsi.* Nrtnrw., Mee dab eats`
Iteasittaeees should b• ina4s by PIM -Ms'
mane, Order or ()autos*veil abeam of Ism
Meta Iiraheppat nor
•afr
et.•eesy Mar
sretunfae. wvtt t'"r y w•=7
A APICt ! 11t011121tly. New Teel.
t?OD1t0�.ZQH
PLANING MILL
soca enamor= Y
Buchanan, La ion 1 RObin�
rawv►Agmrastsa
Sash, Doors & Blinds
elmi.atim to eat eiwss eV
Lumber, Lath, Shiyij/ea .
awe ►wlldev'o mas•sl.i
et pert deaed►l yes.osit
• .Marton
tea pretty gilt easily to
girl. (let a sheet of blue
154 pap:r. Cit out of
bre in:he Nl.Ar'. Tak.
Desi and' ornament sac
with a pretty lecture of e
design pasted ou ; or •
large letters the wird she
•cru Nit. Pink the edge
the Nears" put • num
Fears• r tiiwrMst sh
pipet Do sea ho Maid
many loam of tissue, for
close together end you ea
too any .•f them.
cornet of the pad and
strong curd for • loop by
it up. Hee. the loops qc
on the cr.rner of the pad s
runs through, piece a bus
•uf ieiently broad to con.
The pad must bang dwmo
DAixtgU uzr.Lt
Take six piece of s1
braid to be two or three
than the longest dal
you intend putting i•
Wee, brown, peak, red, lel
lop ; but if yes cannot get
.o ir three could be seed
01 Mee, or red, white as
and dark green, or yell
brown. Bet there are •u
,tether, and eacb should
and a half iron's. Orerb
the ksag aides, making the
thin over the stitches ms
feather stitch (or any fans,
hlack silk. Sow one of tk
together half au inch from
end, and this half inch the
can pull nut into fringe.
have • small, long -raped k
with cotton wool, sod sew
cad in the came way, les
inch for fringe. The ors I
to receive the darning nee
each piens of braid, and wil
sell • eon.enient nook in
buket
.CkLC SCALP.
Stational ; Two judo
%non. If the double widt
will make two by nutting
middle. Hem the cot aide
narrow hem. Draw thread
tatter allowing for a wide he
in some of the numerous d
pattern& Finish the edge
e 1 edging.
A LAMP MMADt
A pretty lamp &bads is in
ribbon and lace insertint
widths. The pies. dwell
longer than the poresl•int
made pointed at Doe end
under the corners and mini
ria the wrong side. The pi
o.wbomdad together end •
t• ip•tch the beourtiott seed
▪ Ni 'A little astral made of silk,
the ribbon, is owlebed to M
tine silk seed Is rim in st ti
the lore to draw M aroand
• the porsa tis akade. A tat
ed M the sada of tE• cord.
Sib is tied is a bow on ase si
pretty shade is seads d asci
Ills top end bottom edge
lase. Work enamel las .dl
with purbt silk Gees
sti'e. Rem in at the top
marlot silk cord with tiny e
tM weds, or narrow "baby'
tie in • pretty bow.
mires •Ar Le.
Cam ea 110 ditches with
Knit a pima shout foar
vision dieseetnt milers .ad
tiro or three rows of nal
plass le to M sawed tog
end.. tlatlbt mss aide op
with strong thooad, staff •
h•1( toll with cotton hateir
btmfls or satin bottoms In
beg, pot this is the ball e
tM •.1M, thew Mt up
ante*. Esther the ends and
t'
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