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1 motet Mersas that l letated my Aont
Jeha• .sat IM..or Mee is seas wavier
W
I ; sad try yaw* GI her (whit
ewaliesi the mueslis.) was .. sawn
*bunkmate as if dee had bees • pre uise
da or • dtdeslting washarwes.•e.
Nevertheless, my men teased up tramps
-tensed sp, is tea, what is styled a
'reviler I tele' Her address and be-
havior were Mode. and sweat caressing to
a degree that I had sever imparted from
her; she had compassion fur my past
missies toad sympathy for my present
eoodition ; she quietly upbraided me for
having kept her w long is ignorance of
my 'undertow; she deolared that 1
ought to have some one who belonged to
me to look atter me, sad, ia short, she
showed herself io • light w different
from that is whish I had heretofore te-
earded her that I tout shame to myself
for the hard tbosgbts that I had some-
times harbored against her.
"And oow,my dear Charles,' mid this
excellent woman, atter about half •o
hour's oouveeuetion, sitting and feeling
in her pocket, "sod now I have brought
you once or two things which I ss sure
will do you good. Dear me! when is
it! Ob, in m reticule, of otourNo,
don't get up, Cs! Charles; I prefer to got it
myself. There! What do you thick of
that 1"
"It looks like a -like a raw potato,' I
s•id,after examining the object which she
smilingly handed to me.
"A kidney potato -yes; and I am
certain it is ase of the right sort, fur I
got it out of my own garden. I gut it
specially fur you."
That was very good of you, aunt," I
replied, io as cordial a tone as my sor-
ris would permit me to assume. "Is
it to be rossted,or •m I to eat it boiled?"
"Eat it 1 Goad gracious, Charles, do
you suppose I brought yoiathat potato to
ser Dried my aunt in undisguised s-
toni hmenl. "It is a kidney potato, I
tell you- $ sovereign remedy against
rheumatism! Yoe are to keep it in your
pocket night and day." (I infer from
this that wy omit:onl relative wunder
y was
the impression tbct men slept in their
trousers, and possibly that they were
born in them.) "If you had only applied
to me in time, you see, you would have
been spared all this dreadful illness. But
put it in your pocket. It will at all
events secure you against the future."
And hereupon my auto went into a
long disquisition uo the merits of the
kidney potato from s medicinal point of
view, mod recapitulated innumerable
cases of curs effected by it, whtcb had
Dome under her own personal observa-
tion. At least I believe she talked about
thew things, but truth compels me to
admit that I listened to as little of it as
I could. Finally, however, I became
aware that she bad paused, and was
searching in her reticule for something
els. This time she produced • check-
book.
I now regarded her movement. with a
respective Interest which was no longer
feigned. What • methodical woman she
was, to be sure! I am convinced that
nobody ever took so long a time to per-
form so simple • function as my Aunt
Johanna took to write that check. She
got her spectacles out of the cgs, rub-
bed them with her handkerchief, settled
them and resettled them upon the lofty
bridge of her aristocratic Dose. Then
she carefully opened the magic volume in
which infinite wealth lay latent, and
heedfully smoothed down the slender
pink leaves. With suspicious scrutiny
she selected s pea from among the bun-
dle which 1 had placed at her hand, hip-
ped it cautiously in the ink -bottle, squar-
ed herself at the table, with straight back
and corrugated brow. and w began to
trace the few. but pregnant words that
were to place me on even teem. with the
world.
As 1 sat watchirg this operation an
idea soddenly occurred to me which
changed my mood from pleased expec-
tancy to ominous misgiving. What if
Mary were to make her appearance nowt
It was of the last important* to the
prosperity of my matrimonial projects
that my aunt should receive a favorable
impression of Mary at their first inter-
view. And although Mary, considered -
in herself, was of course incapable of
producing other than a good impression
upon anybody, yet circumstances are .
potent things, and then there was n ) -
denying that they would be against Mary
were she to come into my room at this
moment. With such an anxiety on my!
mind it is n, wonder if I found my
•oat's movements, even in writing me •
check, altogether too deliberate to be
agreeable. Moreoier, whet rsem had i
for supposing that. even after the check
wee wntten, my sunt would immediately
departf What mon likely than that'
she would regard it as preparatory to s
further session of indefinite length? It
was not in nature to suppose that an
elderly lady would teaks • long journey
and climb half a dorso Boobs of stain
merely for the sake of giving one a kid
nay potato and t'M) and then vanishing
like $ fairy. How impertorb•bly she
eat in her chair. Surely no profeseional
beauty ever "sat" with so much penis -
twee and self-c..mpl.oeo.cy I became
so oereona that by the time she had
' •ateally finished the operation n( writiog
I n oneck and had torn it carefully out
of her book and had returned the book
to her retreats I was feeling much more
like b..endtog her incontinently cat of
the room than like accepting her bounty
with the grantede it rigbtfulty demist
dad.
It was precisely at this juncture theta
brisk hock came st the door, and the
door was opined. 1 felt that I turned
pale. Bet, so --it was not Mary; it was
the doctor. He wee jest the man for 1M
eemsios-y lief witted, •ed•eioes and
Istrep 4. My borisos cleared again. I
res my way,
I presented him to my aunt, whispered
a word to him aside, and he sat down.
After szebaagieg half • dome amend re-
marks he torsed to me sad ezd tweed
briskly:
Now, ay dear boy, are you realyl"
'•(►eke wady. dedor.
' Maim" I peeseme, lase no objor
hoar oentissa/ fib doctor, she es
roosted se kaparsg•ioobl a gees of la
etart-IJ fleas W podia.
"UP sad my stat, el.t.it.g hag epee.
*else legislatively.
"Oety the etamksafiies," t ets.ui* N.
does; "a mere sNieg Ibis,
boy. off with shit -q •
uick r
aia'Ebr sus my asst. jem4dst sp la
"hie shirtP
•'lK,• the kook and slut wifl, I *Jak,
he sassiest; if at sari to look M the
lee teema- •
pselei boat,
s�Se V5 (wtt�$ Mt gu-
o�a the tray wt qt osas��olvsr
maid think of beteg pesos• st--mydeer
Charlet, why dids'r yes tell melaw
could you suppose-"
"flail way, aunt, this way." said I.
with dttioulty matstsi•ieg sW anvils,
w hile .t the same time takiag shame te
myself for the raw I was playing off on
her. "A tboua.od thanks to you, dear
aunt; it is must uofortunate that the in-
terruption should have come at tam Mese,
but doctors, you know -'
"1 uodent•od, of worse,' she an
swayed pressing through the doorway bud
veoturisg W fes me may wham she es
oo the lacdiog osteide. ••Aad I was go-
ing, at any rate, is • cement, avid I
only wanted to tell you,my dost nephew,
that -that I am your aunt, and that I
intend -Hist is, fist you may .zpae-1
moo, that you seed not fear --in abort,
it will be •11 right! Avid so. my dear,
goodbye and God bless you!" And
with this the best of relatives kissed my
u nworthy cheek and bu.-ried dowse
stain.
• Fine old Indy, that observed the
doctor rhea I bobbled back to the room.
"The world dos not contain her
equal -fur her age!" 1 replied. "And
now, my deer Doctor, all I have to askof you is to follow beexample.
"What! ante you a check for 1:50: -
exclaimed he. "Not me'!''
"I expect nothing so sensible of you.
Wbat'I want is to be left alone. Soli -
ted. is to be my medici.te fur this after -
000
"Oh!" ejsculat.d the d actor, smiling
with an arch twinkle in bis'eye. " Well,
I'm uf; but mind you, no more bunts of
au age, or 1'11 order you mustard -plaster
and tartaremetic: Aod, with this threat
and a laugh, he took bis lava
"And now," mid 1 to myself, sinking
back is my chair,'•of course, Mary won't
Dom. after a11."
But 1 was mistaken; she did come,
and she came in the most natural and
unsensational way in the world. She
came -she was in the room -for a mom-
ent she was to my arms, and then all my
doubts and troubles were forgotten, ana
I felt as if our long separation bad teen
but a weary dram.
"My owe dialing Mary:'
"Charlie, my leave: how thin you are!
1 •m so glad!!'
"That I sin so thiol
"Oh. Charlie
Well, we •ere very happy. I was
almost afraid to love her so much as I
did, and yet I knew that I could Dever
love her so much as she deserved. We
were together and we were happy; that
was all that either of me knew or cared.
But at last ,Mary decided that I must
light the ga
"Pur,' said she, ''how an you pre-
tend to say you lore one if yes can not
-see my feel
"1 do not love you for your face..
- "Do you rally love me
"Love you! I -oh, Mary.
"But I am so stupid."
"You must be the cleverest of
women. "
"Wbyl.,
"Beaus you an find something
worth loving in me."
"Light the ;as, sir!`
"First, then, one more. The machos
are on the m•ntlepiece; you au light
the gas yourself, if you will. I wash my
An of It.
The gas was lighted Soon after the
Middle Temple clock struck 5 in its most
aggressive tone.
"My father is dining at the Free-
masons' tavern tonight," said Mary
"and he is going to dress at his chambers
so I can stop ever so long yet -1f you
will let me.'
"If you stay here till 1 oak you to go,
Mary, you may make up your mind to
leave s an old woman."
The words were saroely out of my
mouth when I heard the outer door
open. Then is a series of four doors be-
tween my room• and the outer peewee.
A heavy footstep sounded between the
first door and the second. Mr. Swatman
or her assistant imbecile had evidently
neglected to safeguard the approaches.
and here was some unknown intruder
forcing himself in.
"Mary,- I cried, "for heaven's sake -
into my bed room-quicki"
She appreciated the urgency of the
occasion and vanished like a bard. Ju.'
as the door was shoeing upon her in
walked her father.
"Come, IM glad to see you looking so
much better," said be in a hearty voice.
"Why,you've quite a color!.'
Not a doobt of it. Io fact I felt as
though my face might be the tint of a
tomato. Luckily Mary, when she came
in, bad out taken off any of her tbiuga
except her sealskin jjacket, and that she
had snatched ep and carried away with
her when she escaped.
"Thank you. Ys,I'm getting better,"
was my reply.
"That's right! I'm very glad to bear
it. I've something to talk to jou shoot
--something 1 think you coo dal for ase
when you're able to get about, which
will weepy you and give you what I'm •
sore will be bandicoot to you -change of
air and scene --
Then, taking • eh•ir beside the firs
;the very me in whizh Mary had just
been sittiug,l Mr Brace proceeded to
unfold hie plans He most have thought
that my illness had rendered me ex
trowel fidgety for it was with the 'teat-
ime, dalloslty thee I meld keep still, or
even pretend to be listen)ng. i was on
tenter kooks foot poor jfery. The
weather was cold, a•d then wee neither
In .or lite -place is my bed -room. 1
knew, moreover, that she wield be able
to distinguish the tones . f her father's
voles, and the discomfort and distress of
hes position worried ow en m.eh that
every other enneid.eatioe was dwarfed is
the eninpariene. All this, however, did
eat menet Mr Bros from stating his
belief that theadof Dalrymple
Brew and Try phos• ds had been
solemnised is the a mnty of Berkebire,
and incept pr b.Wy in the vanity of
Abetttg ilia. At any rate the isformetiss
pisei led N the Winsome tW the
THE HURON SIGNAL' FRIDAY, JAN. "4, 1890.
slsmssy is Danlos hid tales plea at
tell of the ebswbee is One d the
time lie tows. of Berkshire. UM
proposal W toe was that I she*
undoes/to to make a thotw/b
search Drama parish regietege, ]Ir Brod
p 1111 *spasm .sal eelli et-
Rrailo !ler by boor at 'the trate of
mimes sad a Wt a day.
While ho was Nab& 111 Bow W
Involute/nay isles lip so old wades
glove whist 1 kept oft tb. Imp d the
Goal-hue
shoveWy outtt mair the iea IRA a It was
as grimy as Man 's heeds -the
ate pies eats o s -t diet --and before
1 waited wh►+' he was shoot hb lagers
were as soiled s those of a Imams
.gent.
Oh, what a ottisaues !" exclaimed Yr
Bruce. "Dear es ! 111 jest step into
your bed -room and wash." He trove
end •ppe5eeh-d the door.
"No ! No !" said I hurriedly, and
*bones out of my chair under tae *-
dames of abject terror. "No ' Hen !
Let me (stela the beats in here fur
your'
•'No.aeaee ; couldn't think of trouts -
'/es you ; holm my way "' he answered
amicably, motioned me back to my seat
with ilius hand, while he wowed the door
with the ether, and before I could do or
my anything further to pelmet him
Mr Bruce had entered the bed -room.
If a benevolent earthquake would
kindly have made a meal of see at that
moment how grateful I should have
been. Io a state of mind I do sot care
to analyze I 'awaited the inevitable ex-
plosion. A long swoon p•ased sway -
an
everlasting minute -and there wano
sign. What had happened 1 Could
Mary have contrived to hide honed(
away 1 I tried to resect. Then was a
large, deep cupboard in the roust that
served as • wardrobe. Surely Mary bad
not had the presence of mind to coo-
oeal herself there 1 Yet it ws the only
place I could thiok of into which she
oould have retired ; there was oo other
solution of the mystery. In a few
seiouts Mr Brace returned with clean
heads and •oruR!ed demeanor. Man-
ifestly be bad seen nothing and suspect-
ed nothing. He resumed•tb• conversa-
tion where be had left it of, and after
some further talk it was agreed that I
should start
for Berkshire as soup as the
doctor would authorize me to lave the
home( ; first. however, calling on Mr
Bruce to receive his written iostructioaw
and a check oo account for whatever I
thought I should need. Theo, at lot.
my benefactor took his leave, and 1
bailed his departure as I should that of
the out. 1 hastened to the bed -room.
"Mary :' I called. "Mary :"
No answer. I searched the cupboard.
She wee not there
I looked behind the curtain, in $ for-
lorn hope that she might have hidden
herself there. No Mary. Ey what
magic had she disappeared 1 I went
down on my bands and knees and peer-
ed under the bed. Two overland trunks
sod • bootjack, but still no Mary.
I summoned Mn Swatman.
Miss Bruce -where is she 1' I de-
manded.
"Do you mean the lady, sir r
'• Yes -the lady--- Mi.. Bruce.
'She's gone, sir.'
"1 see she a gone, bot how did she
got"
"I let her through Mr Rcroeet'scham-
ben, sir.'
"Through Mr Burnett's chambers :" I
repeated in amazement. "How did you
manage that ?'
J' Why, sir, through the door -
"What dour ?" I interrupted impa-
tiently.
'The door that leads from your bed -
room into his sitting -room, sir."
There was • dour by my bedside
which was always locked, and for the
- key of which I had always been going to _
ask, thinking it was another cupboard. -
Through this door Mary had escaped.
How thankful I was now that it had not =
been a cupboard. It turned oat:
that Mrs Sostman occasionally used the
dour when Burnett was away and I was
engaged, and that in this instance, the
laundress having called, Mn Swatman
had gone in that way, and had happily -
keen in time to release the terrified t
Mary from her embarrassing pradiss-
msot.
1 blessed Mrs Swatman, and d:d not,
as I had fully intended. give her' i
• good blowing -up for admitting Mr
Bruce when she knew 1 was "engaged'
in the common acceptation of that term.
I blessed her, therefore, and further-
more presented her with a sovereign,
w hich made her happy for the rest of
the week - honest old descendant of
Cinderella.
Next morning by the first pmt I had •
letter from Mary. She had been "tern- -
bly frightened, poor darling; she bad not
felly realized thepmpropriety of coming to
my chamber, until her father had come
upon the scene, and she had telt the
dread of discovery. I must "never
again ask her to he so foolish sod wick-
ed,- she said. In my answer I promised
not to be selfish any more, acquainted
her with her father's plans, and pointed
pmt that if I were successful we might
perhaps hope to approach Mr Bruce.
in about • fortnight 1 received my In
stroctiona sod proceeded to hent up the
Berkshire registers ; end • more wean
acme task I ower undertook. In some
cases the registers were well enough
kept and were *ay of access ; in some
they bad been sold as whits paper, or
were altogether impeded, while in a few
instances they were a, all eared for that
they had become well nigh valueless ;
and nos i found in • deo•yei old box in
a loft carer the Vicar a Dow shed. At
Abingdon, and more eepeeislly at St.
Nichols, the registers bad been ad-
serablyprwsar.ed, and at ws here that
i spoilt tAhe l„ngest time ; bat 1 failed to
Bad the least trace of .hat 1 wanted -
not a ward either of DaIr1mph) Brom or
of Trypbens M•ddams. Owe, at Bray,
and again at Wallintford, I thought I
was epos the track, •bite st Cookham a
whole eulony of Meddainaes appeared to
hays hems born, roamed and buried ;
but sot • Trypbevis among them all
At St Lawreiiee, Reeling, there sea a
record of the marriage in 1793, of a
certain Mendes. Madder.. to
Robert Breen ; and this bothered as a
good deal tall i discovered that Theo -
Ilona was the widow of oes H.iseki h
MeddAfter "bets et. k this .mama
I sups o thetbattoaelwrioa that 1 inure ase
the wrong eaareb, end i ,.ssraed to
Laos is s gloomy sod dejeded Mod.
eat Mr Bases was eery hied, end sot
hely ibu1*sd M heerWy ter the amide
1 W been st, bat matted the gamier
sets at bis eatisbeties sty
with a .hook eosdimsbly
ase asttlled te et smeared. Ihtry • Tho
had lakes the deepest nearest 1. the i• -
fold ate nee meshy .bb I
is. ferins et their house, that she 1.11
etetdh she qtU ted why -that I ahead
yore soma sot tell hew
-sasvel thio Gordian knot ; try.' YM
ll wee to be the Imams whereby we
ahead attain the tmllllmest of eta hope.
I hoped with all vey head she might be
right, bat oestees•d to some skepticism
out the point , for which uobehod I re
aired the most deligbtlsl goo/duet from
Mary; and "You are nut to lasgh at see,
sir ! I will not be laughed at !" (lila,
the way the empbaaiswi that 'Owl.")
"It is very redo of you to burgh at w,
and you shall do penman ! '
13eeiog that Mr Bruer was nodding
over his book I did pomace, thumb per-
haps Dot is the way Mary had astwp•.
ed. It war • very rash act u5 my part
bet the temptation was irresistible. You
have Dever seen Mary, or you would
asdarsand. Mary blushed horribly,
sad was _both seated and it.diguaot. but
I pleaded eloquently for absolution and
holly appeased her. At parting she
said : -
You .i11 see, Charlie, you will find
this thing out, dopeod upon 1t. Women
know things, you know, that men don't
know. Walt, I know I don't know bow
I do know, that you wall discover this
Dalrymple Brace marriage. I am ascer-
tain
cer-
tain of a as I am that we --well. 'as of
anytbmg. So good -night, sad be • good
boy and dos t so•tradict. No ! not tree,
Ideelare r. (Alamitos, e.reerrieru.)
The first news that greeted me on my
return to my city chambers was that Mn
Swatman s mummified eetistant was seri-
ously all. Of course I lust oo time in
seeing that 'she had proper attendance
and any little comfort that the doctor
might think good for her. The doctor
gave • poor amount of her. Few men
in chambers ever know anything about
the inner life of their "lauodres," mud
what I learned from lln Crump's sur-
roundings, I should say their igowat>!e
u bliss
In • wretched room, in • dia•eputab
looking building, In • squalid court o
Drury Law, the poor old creature had
her horse. Hume ! A room nut much
larger than an old-fashioned cupboard :
s crazy tumble down old wooden bed-
stead, with quits unmentionable bed -
clothing : two rickety chain and a table
to match ; a deal washstand with a brok-
en basin ; a tnangular bit of looking -
glass, scratched sad smeared ; four or
five mouldy books on the top of • punted
deal chest of drawer,. from which the
drawers were missing ; these, together
with a few household goods -a kettle, •
saucepan and ■ torn eod discolored frag-
ment of drueget, formed the furniture of
tjye place. Three of the pans of glass
in the solitary window were smashed,
and the home tilled up with what appear-
ed to be fragtnente of old stuf peat.
coats.
Io this delectable apartment Mrs
Crump lay, sod there my doctor attend-
ed her. Sbe wanted for nothing tbat we
could provide her ; sod one evening as
Mr Brueit I managed to interest bin
and Mary in the old woman, insomuch
that Mr Brew oot only permitted Mary
to visit her but himself sent to her at
venous times a quantity of port out of
his own cellar. He had his reward.
On Christmas day I was dining .t his
table, and during diener Mary found an
opportunity b tell me that she had a
Christmas present for me upstairs, bot
she refused, notwithstanding my or
gent inquiries, to tell a what it ilea I
had netting of smoking caps and slip
pen and other ornamental and useless
rubbish that girls usually think appy
priate gifts for men. It turned oat to be
something mach mors to wy liking. I
bad and have • weakness fur old books
and my ohasben were almost lined with
them. Mrs Crump, it •ppsred,dsirous
of testifying her gratitude for her little
attentions, had commisiomed Mary t.
present to me in her own name oust o
he mouldy volumes I had notiosd on the
chest of drawers. This b.blimania o
mine was shared by,Mr Brune, who had
a magnificent collection ; bet while he
used semi -royal mandates to lluarritcb
and Toovey, to Elba end Pickering, 1
bad to content myself with an occasional
prize from a book -stall or at • country
auction. Mn Cramps peweene ws an
()Id folio copy of Ambrose Puri, in far
preservation, except as to the old calf
bindle', which needed repair. I W.
turning over the familiar leaves and
showing Mary some of the least eccentric
of the ()Id wood -cots.
"Ha !' mid Mr Bruce. "A copy of
old favi, and $ nit* clean copy, too.
Let me look .t it, Mary, and let me have
some coffee "
Es and I turned over the book togeth-
er, and had some talk about the author.
As I was closing it, the tfy-lest tell to
the ground and 9utteted to Mr Bruce's
feet. H. picked it up and was about to
hand it to me, when he suddenly ex-
claimed with some excitement :
"Thu is extrsordicary ! Did you no-
tice this r
On the fly -leaf was written a straight,
stiff handwriting : ' Dalrymple Brace.
his ho..k., 17!10 "
W. rooked at it together in aileoes for
about • Beet.. Nr Brace spoke first.
Who wee your Mn Crump 1 Do
you know hes maiden name 1"
"I know nothing about her except
that she ones told me that she was io
service at Chickened* Priory,* Redfowd-
shtr..
"I5 what part of Bedfordshire is
Cbicksands Priory r'
'Really i don't know ; ley acquaint-
ance with the plain is moused to
cols and Woburn, sad it sertsis
yl
sot in that asighborbnod."
Drs oe mind I keeping
must s e Mn Omenihe utraedag,
sad y nm had better perhaps ease with
me. Come b q ei.hembere skeet 11
sad ws p p tvgttAbetr
i willingly gran/ 1e be with him K
the hoer rinsed and the use Iia.. se-
sordimgly, ere Isterwidieel ties Crump,
who by this time wee well toaeogh b be
ep, though tot to he shote. Pone ell
weenie i She was smite frigbtes.d at
Mr dress's semarhat yrefeasissal
method .t H.
hewermr, elleissd thebilemesiims
VIM her ides use wee Name f
the
I
•
her father W bees a laborer is Lend
O.gley's .mpMp at Warier, is Beifurd-
abin. Bei tiaudisVe nudes, Yee she
did not anew. Both bee lathes sad
mother were deed. Thos W both
died while is usnis. et Atekaettde
Petery, sad were beth bead M Wetdms.
She wee the way AMC sed w her
parsers' dame* she had mid the few
thugs they p esemed image two or
throe heats wash she had played with
whfe.a sbtfd sad did sot like to part
wee& Then was no tastily bible moms
thea There was an old meshes.
Theta they were oto the dowers, sled we
wen gado welewine to auk at them, Of,
for that aastter,to take them away. The
names' was aur among the books oto the
drawers ; it was in her "box." Her
bee was under the bed, •ad tf we very
partmslarly mooted to ace the Witham,
she would get at fur ss.
We iii want to see that alyssum, vvy
particularly awdeed, but 1 made Me
Creme sit to her chair while 1 palled the
boa 5011 fres under this brad and drag-
g ed 1t out is frost a her. Sbp opened
it, r.vealtos • Massae, heterogamous
wtlustton of ustdss, .hence derived
and wherefore treasured uoly Mn
Crump -.ad possibly not e.eu she-
oould have exptaised. All three of ste-
mma the daguotied Mr Bruce, too- oohed
in raosack►ug the ancient receptacle. It
seemed so if then was no trod of things,
except the one thing that we wanted.
I begets to tear that the almanac bad
gone to the limbo .1 almanacs, sad that
we were desttued to another and hall
dwFpoiutmeet. I took up an aged
pair of stays, to look underneath them,
and a dtogy pamphlet dropped oat of
them. 1 caught up the pamphlet and
examined it -it ma an almanac of the
year 1794 With trembling fingers I
turned to the dots of the marriage. Op-
posite it, in faded int, were written the
word., "Thu day I was united to my
beim ed Trypbeoa : Dalrymple Bruce "
1 turned to the cover. There was •
P ocket in it ; in the pocket was • folded
document. I drew 1t out and unfolded
it, and then, at last, was 'belong sought
marriage cenibwts that .atablmbed
the Dunedin peerage.
Then Is nut much more to wy story.
Mn Creep -os heroism Lieutenant Lou-
isa -got well and prised the rest of her
so s
le days pease • od pleat]. My moot,
e ebo is Kill [Ivieg, made over to me halt
her property, with reversionary interest
in the remainder of it. I bad • private
interview with Mr brow and he is our
my father -in Is., sad Mary and I arm s
happy s • wife and husband can ever
expect to be.
Leading physicians reeummen4 Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. Old and young take at with
perfect safety. It cleanses the blood,
etreogtbenm the nerves, and vitalises the
system. Popular experience late long
placed this medicine at the head of tonic
alteratives.
Ages .t 1'arepe.. esvrnIgas.
The new isaue of the Almanscb de
Gotha gives an interesting table showing
the ages of the several reigning Sove-
reigns of Europe, and the duration of
their reigoa Omitting the small Ger-
man States, we lied that the oldest
among reigning Princes is Iwo XIII.,
wbo is 793 years old, and has reigned
nosily 12 years. Next else* William
I1L, Kong of the Netherlands, 721 years
old, having reigned 40 yeas ; Dent
Cbriettae IX., King of Donna.", 715
years old, with 26 years of reign ; thou
Queen Victoria, 703 years old, with 52
years of reign ; Karl 1 , of Wertemberg,
66 } years old, with 25 years of reign ;
Frederic, Grand Doke of Baden, 63
years old, with 38 yews of reign ; AI -
ten,
King of Sammy, 613 son of
nab 16 years of reign ; Oeosr Ii., Kin`
of Sweden, 601 years old, with 17 years
• of reign ; Francis Joseph of Austria,
• 59 years old,sg reigned 41 years
Leopold IL, Kvmning of the B.Irsos, 543
years old, having reigned 24 years ;
• Louis, Grand Duke of Hese, 52 yews
okl, with 12 years' reign ; Charles, King
- of Roumania, 503 years old, .nth s
reign of 233 years sinw the beginning of
his government ; Nicholas, Pnnee of -
f Montenegro, 48 years of age, with a
;..reign of 29 years ; Abdul Hamid, the
1 Sultan, 47 years olo, with 13 years' -
reign; Humbert I., King of Italy , 45;
years old, with a reign of nearly 12
years ; Alexander 11I , Resat, 444
years old, with a reign of 81 years ; -
Georhe, King of Greece, 44 yan nli,
with a reign of 263 years ; Otbn, Koog
of Bavaria, 413 years old ; Willuos II.,
German Emperor, Dearly 31 years old,
with 13 year of reign ; Carlos I., of
Portugal. '26 years old, two menthe .d
reign ; Alexander 1., rr1 Serve), 133 years
old, nine months of reign ; Alfons.,
XIII., of Spain, 3; years old, with 31
years of reign.
C. C. Rumania & Co.
tje5ea,-1 certify that MINARD t,
LINIMENT cured my daughter of a
severe and what appeared to be a fatal
attack of diphtheria after .1l other re
medis had failed, and reooatmeno it to
all who may be afflicted with that terri-
ble disease.
Joan D. Bor'intiir.
Fr.ncb Village, Jany , 1883. lm
We oaderetaad tbu au the lhld ins,,
while a son of Mr Wm of Sea -
forth, was wrsstliog with semaditit
he rimbroke hie left Ing jest ab v
mil
the ankle. It was pot op in • paster of
ranie hasdags by • pbysieiss in to.n
sad the little bilow is sow doing well.
No .ill he laid ep for six weeks.
"Mamma„" said to litt $seys•r- old,
as his smother wee 'Oise him a bath, he
bill bid wave me dry,se I won't !real"
A 5wasmaa aspen.
Yr James WOarty, of Rends 1
McChety's dellealhog Beres, Drembe,
Os1, Oats "Have mead emend
battles sf B.rdeek Bled Bites. he W-
ay Weeder and fled it a wemderfed ro
midi. Proaanstp I W hon sakiaa
air
I a quite well anal Welting I hmi Rem ellsheep
t•
18004.
Eames
ILLUBT ATI D.
Jurasr the
et
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*Alessi
D Remits
in Muse mac
gaols ted ••dtMd `'Tbemi.`Ndisir1
1a tsesttated pare, atiyeata of
ear,.( lois! st, mill la tie
Poems. .eadd timely amides, tM asr�, diormis,
wilt malatela its woe -enema
N•a
HARPER'S PERIODICALS,
rue years
xi Jsrra W 1.1' � a es
u: Hs c011 PIIi PLZ 5110
iyq�g�� eros
sdteeirlt�t abw.of.str Yeas is tar fAset-
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threebe at l e0 arseet R�«alal
per •deme. for ysdl•g. se
owls seek—by .511.
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viz,•ad tera'r seam 1 I5
...5, . from Jima J5s4s Olt
tali te see, tM.
Reatu—..koult 1 made b, Peat-O5.re
limey Orin er than, 10 avoid chases K
lee.. sot rein
mind .r .ate t4. *apnea sial lMAMMA 41e
BAs wren«
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with
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1890-
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H a 'a Weida MO • weffeetablishe„t
place as the lesdlag illaRratM wNwetwovr i■
America. The r_ /rase. d rte 01111rutl cow
I a o has eime tor lmrrsl& trent
ein ft
tie
easad
meats on e
'5.,..-tbe
a
taisser
•h kha t. W the mem star
wooers,
a k teethe - e[..— �
widestrvteege teals a en ,�� aq�ashe
variety,reamodable
la
be N` seals er stia *
abilit to
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asMM`gMm the
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A noncom natna.ses, from um ps.�/ 'tlemir
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first Number of Ammar, .r eah year.vTiuee/Voersof3. •.uta beaserranes.
tabes
so time V meatUeaae,
with the Number sunsett�of reitipt
of order. ,-
Hand volumes et Haran'. Wseatty, fee
three years back. la neat cloth basalts; .111
be sect by soil, lostage 'sprees.
paid. Ise
tree of expesel Prov ed tk.'fsaye(gbt deem s'
e:aced one dollar pay vofsarel, ter pt' per
vdsme.
Cbuth cases for each va.me, suttebte rte
bilalag will be seat by see. post-paid, ea Peso
coapptt or enc►.
Reesitta$Iaexs "whams- Id be made by Pest Mice
Mosey Order we waft_ to avidd cheep d
h' per. are neefe roper flits Meertiae-
the express o.der./ Haarlem t
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diellfARPIR 4 RE
OTHRS. New Port.
1890_
Harper's Young People.
A N ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.
The Eleventh Volume of Henri a't 'forme
Peon.;, which beats with the Number ter
November 5, 181, preemie se eared., pew
gram. It win OMIT to its readers at nest leer
serials .,/ the weal losetkaad other
er three part., namely. "Te RM )1/estme.
by abeam 0. Stoddard; "Pali sod the
10h,Lucy C. Leta; '•Prism Tommy ' y
Ras.!l Coryell ; sad "lathed, v y
E. seasoner; two sheet by
s
Mary Tales 111 Worth tahe stet. ~ties of 1e,ret,
Of the weeder world. es .ly, the gust hales
lski be Howard Pyle. ay so admirably Maw -
Owed by alom and wither series to a differ-
ent vein by Frank M Ifroksell. There will
he short stories by W. 1). Howells. Thoma.
Harriett .' M y K. Wilkla., Nora Petr,.
H000aieuiterworth
h H 5 Esc
d
Mile lm Johnston, ate.
n Rab.-Nption to Horner% Yowag P..eie
secures a juvenile library. Thee la , ws
k.nwle+lre. a1r..o plenty of amwaemestB.,a
tea Adrrrtur
TERMft : Postage Prepaid. $l e0 Per Ysir.
Vd. XI. commeacae November 5, HOW
Specimen Copg seat en rvreipf et a toe. -oast
stamp.
Rivals Nttwtlese. live Coats each.
Hemltt•nce. should 3e made ha Peathlies
Money Order or Unt,te avoid erases akes.
Nerves
u.etiithe •'e are ea to mpg this aderrdf
mer-
meld !Hamlintam w •'s ender e/ HAtntas
Address
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1890_
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l•:•p
maker
et
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aeglilar
AMati•e e.e His •a4 M y '
Diakissrm will meow:tiven termini %
ea 1 he Ibaedter at Hems, �r•e
• nes." end •'n. amiss '1 the
aerialwr
Th. aerial works will be its.
se Bees ala P. W. R.aw..
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
re. VOW
HR ERB B1 AAAL g r ... a
bi Se
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Fi TO a plat . i gfi
Peasipt
Mali Maim (.4• •r YsiYv. e' .tut
11a rel.mee of the Omar bale web she
first Member ter Jason" idea* year. whoa
se deme M
ill be -
fel. this= a el me-
et
ear
set orrsa A
ar m
or
•
awes wadi* toe,.
as the teary pall
sett itbad is. it is act p
epesakie st .beet 1 u'elosl
MesMR, whoa you are "demi I
ami troatda't give • copper to i
Obithiteee Women talk. T
yosy sed talkative &tidies, e
stere regard tog your fedi
Ids peprieties of lila Ikea 10 al
Powers with . seep at 1 or 2 s
to seek to engage you i• seam
Wises of this sort,
"Papa r'
You thigh yea will pay so he
imperative bade vides, be
Weise. oto year part will keep t'
. ter yu/et,b.e again the buy of tl
pty:-
"Wall
r yaw my.
"Yoe 'wake, papa r'
"Se's MO."
"Yea, I hear that you are,"
with sold 5(55.0. • •What
want r'
Oh oaMe."
"Well,be Kt11 and go to On!
"1'•Nit I'Wpy, paps,'
auk, ping area."
"Ie pouf I isn't Dot $ bit.
Eel* !"
"Well r
"If you was rich what would
for met '
"I dot know, -go to sleguess'WueldnD't you buy sulfa r'
"I guess so, now you.-"
What, paper'
• Well, a Kest mein*, may
you co right to sleep."
"Wilk • bell that would ring,
"Yea, yes, now you
"And wouid the wheels g;
Mar'
"Oh yea, (yawning). Shot 1
mow and- '
paps
"Ar' ound wld it go ohoo, eh,
a Yee, yea, now go to sleep
"Soy, Wpm-"
No aaiWar .
"Papa '
"Well, what nou('
"15 oil 'Paid in the dark 'r"
"No" (droved)).
"I isn't either, peps.'
•'Well !"
"•If I was wich, I'd buy y
thing."
"Would you. '
"Yee,'I'd boy you some ice c
some chocolate drops, sod $ tt
and panties wit braid on like
aoandy wooers, and--"
"That will do, you must go
Silence for half a sc,nd, thi
•' Paps -paps '"
•• Well, what now?'
"1 want $ jiok."
"No you dust,"
"i do, paps."
Eaperie•es hs taught you
will have no peace until
brought the "jink" and you e
to the bathroom in the dark for
ing your shins against e.erytbu
loons as you go.
"Now I don't want to hear
word from you tonight," as
down • mouthful of the water
want. Two minutes later be e
"Papa."
"8s ben, laddie, papa will
pasiab you
'I nae spell dim, ppa.
"Well nobody wants to bear
dog at 2 o'clock in the morning
"B o-g-d•s, is that right 1"
"No it isn't but nobody cars
"Then its d -o -y, isn't ill'
"Ys yes, now you tis right
go to sleep instantly !"
'Theo I'll be a good boy
epyar'
"Yes. you'll be the bent boy
Good o.ght, dsarie.-"
ops
"Well well what now 1"
••15 I your little boy r'
• •Ys, of Doone
'Some mans haven't any
bet you have, bave•'t you?'
"Ys."
"Don't you wish you bad t
n ine, 'leben, twenty-six, a
free hundred little bays 1"
The mere poe.ibiltty of such
and contingent calamity w pan
that you lie speechless for ten
during which yos hear • yawn
the httle bed by your side, sn,
•figure rills over two or three
pair of heels fly into the sir one
• warm, moist hand reaches
touches your taco, to make Our
are there. and the boy is asleel
heels where his head ought to
Milburn's Beef, Iron and 1C
pared from fresh beef, soluhl
pore sherry wine, combined s
• romatia-
The Kaiser will ;.sue a bo
travels.
wo,os's 1`. mid Cherry ours
sad Cult..
•
ggeersss e/ a._r3*a
'As diposili•s eat Ameriean
gala* is eyed* prwsiaent
spoors as Amoebae harmer.
' *wasted with e'/idtst hips"
etvil war brise out this feat
tiooal eb•tss3* e
One day there .las • twee b
two bastilo pNketI1n.e .
"Kb, Yk !"55uta
$ippi.o, whano had jest11.4 benen potlr
you fellows shoos 1"
csa"*al, fohany, 1 gums we
".Sho f' shouted hock the
aro"Why, dos. is Mississil
• bumble bee off a thistle b!
yental.
"Oho that'. sorbin' to th
.hoot pp is Vst mogpt 1 I he
w•t•M•y op that of a headed"
eve* week we peed to go out 1
Thee*. weei4 draw es er
• its, sad set • eider barrel ro
hilL dash weep took a meet al
7.1.50 it tataed ao.
"1'he bertnl was toes .sae
N them cep. • .sot heed that
Leto the hong hole, thg man t1
was *spelled. I bebsgd to
ray tss yearn. pod there ain't
bbooddheeuyrtB.dsyet M Mese se
oral le to�� hamar.
N ew, heoI a tell a
aerial &NSW et hat sem*"
ems per'Ra ler
Gess res each yigMst ter
et�»s�mea�t�Iia 1Mf1<_taceb s
�s D.eNI. sPeseelles
meIraj Asses et
grarzzti.s
»11111111, Ilher Tom,