HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1897-10-28, Page 66 TtaotesaAT, O. 38, 1a117.
LEISURELY LANE.
le there no road now to LeWaverly Lime?
W • traveled it long age ; '
A plane for the lageina of leisurely steps,
sweet and shady and.tow.
While' nore rims of restful hills bevo.d, and
Gado of dr..mfal wheat,
With .htdows of cloud' aorow them Wows,
epd poppies *sleep at our feet.
Them lads and maids on • Sunday met sad
strolled them, two and two
The leaves they limed is a roof o ehtad sod
only the suit peered tbrosgb ;
And there w.. time to gather . rose, and
time tor the wood -bird's call,
And platy of time to .1t by • stream and
be•rksn its ripple and tail
1. there no road now to leisurely Lime?
God knows we have hurried .far ! )
There wee ono, a lamp through the brood.
ing dusk, and over the tree • star ;
There was ono. • breath of the clover bloom
(sweet Heaven we have hurried so lone!)
And there waa • rite by a white rom clasp-
ed. and out of the duck • song.
That song... the echo Ls straw and sweet,
the roto• it is weak and old ;
11 bath no part with thlrfieroe, wild rash.
and this hard, mad fight for gold !
It hath no part with the clamor and din.
and the jarring of wheel and stone ;
Oh, luted), my heart, and forget—forget
that we n• s the Dread we have sown :.
I. there no road now to Leisurely Lane
where, dingeriug. ties by one,
The .nmmooing bells of twilight time over
the neadows blown,
May find are .trolling our homeward way.
glad of the evening Star
L there no road now to Lesurely Lane:
God knows we have harried &tar !
—Virginia Woodward Cloud in Ladies'
Homs Journal.
- WOMAN'S HAPPI.S r HOUR. _
Wks Caa Tell Whirls of the nappy Ment.
it Is.
Who is Gold enough to attempt to solve
this riddle—" The happiest beim ta s
woman's life"! - .
Cm that hour oome to *wary solar, Orem
ander the same oiroatnstanoes? We have
e mu persons •o happy that no words oould
be found to desoriks-aheia. ..wUr
n-vre saterdetetem dme.waeld be
to qulokea our pulse one extra Feat ; and So
It is clear that what oould give us un.peak•
able joy, would be powerless to move others.
In • large company, bow many would seek
happiness from tbe same source? %Ve might
select one person, and, after long •equaiot-
*noe. be able to guess at what lied been her
happiest hour.
A young girl Domes fresh from her oonn-
try home. She u joyous, happy and full of
gayety. int hoe had no opportunity to
mingle in fashionable life to any extent.
She is invited to visit friends in the oity,
who are requested by her parents to give
her every opportanity for enjoyment She
is 'melted to • fashionable party, and her
city friends request the pleasure of arrang-
ing tor her outfit, without let or hindr&noe.
When finished. the (Arty dress and its be-
longings are brought to ber. They are
lovely. beyond anything she he ever seen.
Only • very vivid imagination oa0 pioture
this girl's eest•.y, when thus arrayed in this
dress of exquisite beauty. If friends ars
while, the dear child will he left alone for •
little to enjoy the " the bsppiest hour " ot
bar young lite.
Later in her life there may oome soother
hour that tar surpasses this in extreme joy.
Innocent, oonhding, loving, • maiden give
her heart to one who she believes is the beet
sad noblest, and in the betrothal she turns
to him, enured that earth o•n give her o0
higher, happiness than when she lays ber
• pond in hie, and feels that henceforth he is
sil her own
Such joy belongs to girlhood. But After
marriage what is All thus oomp•red to that
hour when her first-born is laid in her arms,
sad the young husband and father bends
over her with deepest reverses and love—
tea deep for word. --and a their eyes meet,
• is not that "tbe happiest hour ' she has
ever known?
_Thorn _asmgll.. lo_.a-ln7r
-en&u a time so full ot rapture and toy
that the exponent* fbr only on* hour is so
intense it, might be fatal, unless rob ill true
that "exoese of joy Dever kills."
Did you ever watch for long day* and
oughta by the siok bad of one whose life we
to You far dearer then your own ? Have
you watched the light die out from the
blamed eyes, the breath grow fainter, and
mark the phydoisn's oonrags failing, till at
last yon hear the fearful word. " be ran do
n o more"? With breaking heart, have you
knelt by the dying one, when, Suddenly,
breathless with hope &ad fear, you see an
eager, excited look flash &crow the phyeto-
ise'. tees? He grasps the hand now grow.
fag oold. His time briekt.us. With low,
but rapid. eoergetio words, he cells for And
administers other remedies. How still is
the room, how Intently you watch tete doo-
tor. Slowly the oolor comes to she death.
Ilk* Noce, drops of perspiratioo gather over
the brow, the fast -gathering film recede
from the dear eye, they gradually brighten
with returning ooueoioaneee, and, as lest,
the doctor bids you hope ! Can the heart
e ndure more intense Joy or h• -mines* ?
To seme who, while leading motel live,
W ere yet indulged In all the pleasures &red
excitements of the fashionable world --with
abendant wealth end unlimited leisure --
there may ..me, In God's mores, so hoar
whoa their pees life Shall rise ap beta»
them, and with it the startling oonvloelen
that they have waded time and money on
(Smit whioh eatiadeth not ; that talents
given to employ in the meek* of their God,
aged for the basalt of thew who may Dome
seder their inflames, have hies used eely
tee their own 'slash pleasures, and the
emelt of grace sad mercy, meets, ss the
., mow troubled heart, reveals their da and
lugr&titade. A great darkness gather*
sound them am they now, painfully, realise
*• w grevissaty they have goat astray, sad
Ie the hitteraese of their ommvistiaas sad
jysmllt•tioa they •ory, ' God asmsot, wili
mete..b b... ttgrnde l" Rh
Rely
pardon
t---the 1*hhn.d Oiissafertor--.rind*
jar off, and Minos to their oohing' heart*
as word. of ooesel•M.s. >sepalosa, sad
well nigh deevslring, they cannot lift teals
eyes to the hilts from wham.. ..moth their
hep. Bet syr Saviour is near, soda Ho
bath promised, even hafor.they esil, Ho &m-
lwereth : Ho Gees their great sorrow ; Ho
Imam. their tree ppeS.�l/emoe. A still, small
voles 'pole of haps, of forgiveness. A
tight from nn hleb dispel' the &trirem e
parses and pesos are frosty eared; &ed
fey, unspeakable, mow 111• the heart that
Mae tortured and de.palri.g.
Sorely, to all who have fated Janes es
- new le their hoar of greab••t aa.d,.as hear
sea ever beteg them web hypismes ms Mbit t
atom boob of theca bit Wirral;*Tre' ilei
m just
mp tt�lm a ,,labriar ins 1111001841 WI. `M
es N shield bat Yee mid memosae, ,.
el:ittle=leancrever.
ROT CORN.
pp M • wrtokie or two—Old age.
Not for •.•bowl&.— W hes • man laughs
1a his sleeve it ts mot became his happy—tome
is shore.
Homio—I Dollars is woman. rights.
U.rtie—Ileo yon think every sots
should have • vote ?
Mamie ---No ; bat I think every wom•m
etwald have • voter.
Lady Visitor—Ther new girl of Jura
seems very nice end quiet.
Mistress of the House--Yes—gibe's very
quiet. She doesn't even disturb the dust
when she's cleaning up • room.
Extracrdinary Result of Marriage—I* so
assault cap recently tried at a load's
police oourt • woman came forward end said
the police were to blame. The olerk—" Are
you related to either of the prisons»!"
The witnese—"No." Prisoner—" Yes—yon
are my mint." The clerk—"Is that true"
The witness—" I wee hie mother'sbusb&ed's
dater ; but I have been married twtoe autos
then, and •m not his aunt now !"
Deer at the Money.—Derst•lker, paying
tanner hush -money for • strayed oalf which
he had ja.t stalked among the bracken and
brought down fort • stag—"Mum's the
word, you know—mum's the word ; sad
you need't grin e0 either. It may be a juke,
tat It's dear at the money, von fooLr
Seotab Farmer, gleefully—" Ob,syt ye'ei
richt, I'es warren' ! An' I've heard a wane
joke toe ---be, he ! Deer at the money 1"
Fla, leaving the deerstalker thoughtfully
relosading.
Two eminent Frenchmen who were great
friends:used to relate an •miming story of
their tmpeonntoua days. Neither fame nor
forma. had Dome to them. but they wore.
always hopeful. The years had weighed
heavily enough upon Jules, however, foe
him to have beoome entirely bald. ()ne day
Alphonse met him with • blending °minNa-
&aoe, and cried gaily, " Whet do you think,
Jules! I have been buying & strong box 1"
"Theo, Alphonse," replied Jule. firmly,
" I shalt buy • h&lr-bro.b !"
THE SIGNAL : GODERICH ONTARIO.
4 VOYAGE ACROSS
THE WORLD.
. "Very cpmtortably-looking poverty, 1
most say, Georgia,' .aid Geoffrey Mar-
tin, looking round the little room ap-
provingly. Certaisrly, the dainty fur•
alture mai hangings and the blasting
fire wore worthy of approval
I quite agree with you, Geoff," au-
e wered Gt'urgla, trona her low chair
where robe sat with her •Upperwd feet
on the fender. "At first we fuupd sev-
eral drawbacks, but now we have got
pied to making our own beds and cook'
Ing our own dinners we rather enjoy
lite than not Od course, there are heave
ot things that we mime, and it was pleas-
anter to have servants to wait upon tam
than to hava a woman In every morning
to 'do up' the rooms; but w6' are tud
busy to have leisure to pine. 1 teaeb
the young ladies of the town to play the
piano and to speak their native tongue
with accuracy; and Josie i1 daily com-
panien to an invalid lady—hour$ from
ten to eight. and a holiday, uu > uuday.
We rather like it."
"Itut Anna would nut bead her ghoul
der to the yoke!"
"No; Anna thought poverty in Eng -
hand very objeetioaable. So site wrote
to James that she had changed her
tabid about going oat to get married
and should aail for Melbourne in the
nest steamer. We wanted her to wait
for ap answer from hien, but she had, a
mere perfect.Laith hint than, we halm
1 *appose any way, obe is gone."
"Have you hear of her arrival yet?'
"Yee and no. We have heard that the
' Fetter gitygd safely, but we could
!tartly- have a letter W01D /Mr tttl this
Week.; It is just about three mouths
since she sailed.'
"Les us hope that her k•tter will not
bring the announcement of her mar•
riage to somebody else upon the voyage.
It would be toe -bad if she broke poor..
old Jamie's heart, and those thiuga do
ha ppom."
So do snowflakes in May. No I am
IIDLL°inj to waste much antictpstory
S ympathy obey Towles" iieaer: I etre
unxivas to hear from Anna, though, and
sone Josie. That young woman is bate
to -night, anal I am dying to see her stir -
print' wbeti -ate finds you here."
'She is due, is eller" said Geoffrey.
walking to the window and pulling
aside the blind that he might look out
on the garden path. dimly lighted by
the gas lamps eu the road. "Dees she
walk or drive? There Lcoin-
"
m
a cab now cu -
Ie
• hew laseeameol.
A Mootoh boodle wee lately maoh exer-
cised as the &ppesr•aoe of a strange old
gentleman who, when the sermon we •bait
to begin. took an ear trier/pet in two marts;
out of hU 000set sod begin screwing them
together. The beadle watched him until
the process we completed, and then goisg
up, whispered - "Ye mina play that here I
It ye dos 1'I1 turn ye oat i"
harper'. Rand Table.
" You are • aioe little boy," said the
kindly old gentlemen at tics hotel
" Thank yon," said Tommie.
Have yon any little brothers?"
" Yee," said Tommie, i've got brothers
so bora; but l'm rather short on papas.
We've only got one."—Harper'• Bazar.
A Change Or heart.
He. I think I Shall have to preach a
bicycle sermon to -morrow advising all my
parishioners to ride & wheal."
She. „ Why, Joseph, it we only
three weeks &go that you denounced the
wheel most thorougly.
He. " Yea ; but remember, my dear,
that was while I was learning to ride."—
Harper's Rear.
• ■le»se'* were.
A miorobe is shout the Smallest thing
one meets in • day'. journey, bat it nen do
more harm for lar Size than Anything known
Boils, pimples, etc., Aro Singly microbes in
the skin which oau.e irrlt.tine blood
disorders, if not stopped at once : and it is
they that prevent wounds healing also.
" Qnlekoure " kills the microbe immediately
after application, and any sore heals rapidy
where "$afotaare "'h
He we a stranwer in New York seeing
the eights. His nephew we doing all be
oould to keep the gentleman from missing
any of them.
"There—quick, IJnole Silas," he cried
pointing to • man nosing the street. "Do
you see that man ?"
' Yes, Henry ; what of him?"
" What of him?" Dried the youth.
" Why, he's • marked moa. He'. tbo only
Brooklyn man who h•.s't been mentioned
as • oaodidate for Mayor of Greater New
York "—Harper,* Razor.
Oae .a the demes,.
Ther are idling a good story so my
friend, the grocer, next door. The other
day • woman came in and said : "I want
two doses ham's eggs. They mast ail be
ogee held by bleak beam."
The rrooer said : "Madam. I am wilting
so awoommod&te you. but you have got the
bet of me this time. I don't know how to
NII the eggs of • hlaok hen from thee. of •
epeoaled or white one."
Said oho, " I ono 1411 the diffsrooce
mighty quick."
It that is so, madam, will you kindly
plok out the eggs for yourself 1"
She did so. And whoa the two doses were
coasted into her bekst, the groom looked
Ill them sad eatd suggestively, " Weil,
Modem, it seems as though the black hems
laid all tM bige"
"Yes," sairre.Sha, "Thai's ths way you
ell them."—Hardware.
aeratehtaa Op • No.L
Some men in a public hone. were Juvenile/
stories to peas the time away. They hal
all had • turn at it oz..pe an old sailor, who
had romaieed vilest all the time, mil
ppreesod by the others to spin them a yarn.
He began :
" 1 was ono* In a drodfal .term. All the
prevsio.m ware washed *emberd. I Wes
vary 111, and ate Nothing for boar days 1 at
No .ad of that time i beene is teal humpy
sad the "toward gave me hoof, *blokes,
poet wino and eggs "
"Rat yea said all Ike provisions were
weahsd overboard. W hors: did Use beef
boats from ?"
" From tam hull.ek. " (bulwark.), said the
old sailor.
"Aad whore did you gat the Alamo
from?"
' From the heath."
" Aad the port wino T'
" tram the porthole."
" Aad t►•.g ge r
" ERM r meld tea Ii leg, ' • 1 didn't .,y
sato, did I?'"�` -
"et.
yew sew f" yea ante the mea
"
"led Oo
" Ye., I 4111 hoes teen. The expiela
mimed the ship at lay 1s, and h• Have mit
sea
1'4e: = tj'aser�ttjefeei4.
Stopsat the gate—somebody gets out;
it Is Josie, or Alma!" - e
"Nonsense!" a cc: atmed Georgie, start -
lag tsp te such haste that her chair trent.
one way and the fire -irons another. "Ob.
Geed .t[hlit_L..ii? _1_41111. tip st l
tar.0 are
here. —
"I am glad you are glad," he returned.
triad,— - "There yew` nee, if it is mot
Anna, I avu a Dutchman."
rdif.it is Anna it is her heart that
is �broken and not Jetu's," cried Georgie,
frubl the' windoi,r W the front
door. "Oh, any poor, poor deer!" she
went on as she Bung it open and caught
the newcomer la ber arms. "What is
it- Old and, bow came yen 'to be back
again?"
"I am so tired, Georgie! I cannot
talk," answered Anna. wearily. "All
my luggage. le out there."
"Graff shall see to that. Come right
In. darling. Yuu tbnln ret and tell us
all the tale te-moron."
Iteet one just what the wayfarer
wanted. She drink her hot sup of tea.
and took her f+oup in George's lately
vacated chair, and was after that only
too thankfully led away to be.l. tier
slater undressed her and settled her
with aU love and tenderness amongst
the pillows, without y'rmitting a • woo�f
of explanation and then ran down .garb
to Geoff anal Juei.•.
"I call this a horrid *unitised' she
said. "I ale aye d1.1 hate surprises; they
are no better than praet. al jokes.
What do you think a Jamie now?'
"Perhaps the poor fellow is dead,"
et ggested Ges)ffrey.
"Not be; naught never comes to
harm." said Josie, spitefully. "The best
I can hope for him is that he is ruined."
I'ox-Anna! her tale was told tw fee
ords, but those few words contained t
volemte of sorrow. Her outward voyage
had been pruppt•ro0s and exceedingly
pleasant. iihe wxa leaving poverty be-
hlml here, and was about to meet the
man to whom her whole heart was
Livenand whn ha4
a comfortable lining for himself. She
was strong ctrl well and light-hearted.
and all on board the vessel conspired to
court and flatter her. She nil .At. bare
chosen a husband from amongst half
a dozen men, but it was Jamie she
wnnte.l and Jamie to whom site was
going. All through the voyage she pic-
tured hit delight when he should rush
on hoard the Petrel" to welcome ber.
but the "Petrel" arrived and there we.
no Jamie. Nur the next clay, nor the
next day; she settled herself in a hotel.
wrote to him and waited.
After three days waiting a lady was
tt.h.'rw1 into iter room—a lady most
distinctL of the strong-minded gentle.
Not a bad -looking woman, Anne
timitght to herself ■e the two stood
w tcbfully regarding one another; not
bad looking, nor vulgar, nor quite a
lady, nor jnst at this moment quite at
her ease.
'Mu are Mins Edgar, aren't gnu?"
she said after tint pause of inspection.
I am Mrs. Barrington—you won't take
it tindly, I men afraid—but Jens would
MK come himself• he would send me.
Now what cirn we do to put things as
right as they can be?"
Fo the delay Wag explained. The de-
lighted bridm had not rushed to
meet Itis bride bee*nee he was alren ly
husband to another women. It w•'nt
hard with Anna, but she was a proud
women and eostpeli.d herself to give a
cold attention to the explanations that
Mrs. Harrington atoned won her. Al
if, being betrayed, It mattered to Iter
how the thing was done! A realm from
danger on the one side. a nursing
through an illness on the other. What
did It tnatter to the woman they hrd
ellen ted? M». Barr ton's offers of
assistance were hnugbti y deelined, and
the first steamer Mkt left Melbourne
carried Anna Edgar with It.
"Di.i you former this, Georgie. when
you gave me the exact passage moues
that ,parse 'towards the bone, plea -
tithing?''
'Don't ask home gn,.lons, darling'
anfrwered Ororsrie with kisses. "L'e
e till and gat well se gnickly as you
can."
For Anna bad been exceedingly ill
open the return voyage, and was still
terribly weak and shaken. The sym-
pathy of all the place was with her.
Geoffrey bung about. ready to corse,
run errands, write letters, or do any-
thing that could he required of him. as
long as his hudness could Stare him,
end then ntrwillbtgh annottnettd that
he mast go.
"Yon will pay it is heartless' at me if 1
angreat that It is an Ul wind that blows
nobody any good." he said. •rooming
Genrste s band as they oat over the
twilight fire: %at yen see Anita eonld
not have dot" me a better tarn than by
rennins to atriaf ta- We war. Alt rats'
fort gsotgg to 1* teak to ms.
If she .not cotta hack i should have
Men a le ask you to
ledlifr
s!ad ton esald notf or
Jonf�fet. I can -
IMO oke 7.e 4.ythlts tfkr stetprst
Modax you do not er what yogi ouwl ght to hors hilt
mi •1t. Geef . tlltldrn."helot
/r..wend
Georgie; "and, besides, your poverty at
wealth compared with ours."
Three- and-twwa(y wee Ai►us Sdor
when she went oat to Aurtratia la Use
"Petrel" At three -and -thirty oho was
Anna Edgar eta and the "Petrel" was
Mounties toward England with James
Barrington on board.
TheLitt* home in OxfotMOP read had
Proved a cheery home duriug there ten
years to two buy and therefore happy
women. Jusle had teuded the tuvolit'
to the close of her pilgrimage, and no.
aided her young daughter iu the super
latendence of her household; Aona had
stepped into the place that Georgie lett
vacant and had bemene Luanne thruugfi
the ueighborhuod as a teacher of elocu-
tion. Her rumuutic story, intend of
covering her with contempt as rhe had
expected, had brought her hosts of mym
pathistaa and admirers. Life hid pro-
spered with the sisters and they could
now adord W work leisurely 1f they
chose.
On a day in August, Anna Edgar woe
taking deeided holiday. Georgie and
her babes had just left after one of
their frequent gleeful visits, and she
was resting in preparative for the vert
event. Her music was open on the pi -
Oho, and bet blotting book cwt the writ-
ing table; but her attention was wholly
taken up with certaiu patterns of. laces
and silks and veiveta that were spread
before her. he was evidently clwoeiug
a dress or dresses for some important
occaaiou, and she fiegered one pattern
hatarter iu er_with, Wagering etre. .kwta.
d always been handsome, but she we,
handsomer now than ten years buck, Lind
to -day, with an expr.wsion of gentle con-
tentment thou ber face, she looked par -
titularly well. She was so entirety en-
grossed in the train of thought with
which the Bilks and laces were ams. cint.-.l
that she did not notice the sound of
footsteps coming through the gunien,
and started -when Mary ushered into
the room "a gentleman to speak with
you, Miss Anna." With a flush of sur-
prise on her beentiful face, she turned
to encounter her old lover James Rad
"There is some mistake, I think," she
said, drawing herself hack haughtily af-
ter the first shock of astonishment had
peeped. "You can scarcely have wished
to sir me."
"There' is nn mistake," answered
James. "I have come across the world
for that purpose. They tell me you are
still Mies Edgar."
' "That 1perfectly eor_e
rt, but I. fail
LY
nova," she cried, with imp
said, to seek • you out, . as ifdon
have forgiven me for what -hope reed
ten years ago, Anna. This is my only
4114.7_ he amid. pointing to a little girl
iii 7mourning frock, who hung shyly
behind him.
Altha looked' Mjrionsly at the child of
the woman who had supplanted her. She
bore a softened resemblance to her mo-
ther. but in her face was a strange ea-
ptesaion. indicative of Anna knew not
what.
"Indeed," saki Anna, and paused in.
gniringly.
"I have brought her with m'," reenm-
td Jnmem; "she 1. all I have. It ie nl-
iitost two years since she lost her mo-
ther."
"And you probable wish her to he
ednenttd In England. 1 nin sorry to
hear of your loss: it is a great chnrre
to he left with an young a child to
train."
Anna was aware that .he spoke •hely
end indifferently. but she Was stilt in
the dark as to the meaning of ttio pre -
wet interview.. and she re.ental what
she looked npon as an unwarranted in-
trn,dnn.
"I hronght ber with me because 1 mull
not do without the only creature I have
h.•longing to me, and, besides. I want to
.how her to an Enrlisll doctor. Anna.
yon do not know what my loneliness Ia.
and bow ill T cnn bear to be :,lone. T
sever eonld hear stn be by myself. It
was that that tronght abont what yen
mn.t look on as my treachery towtt't
von. Ton know hnw I urged you to
same ont In tae. and how you would
still wnit till I enttl.l .r"v- to feteh von.
it ons too lonely. and then I met with
Jessie. She told you all aben3 it; ehe
wee good to me, • and 1 married her.
Then yon tomo ant, two months too
tete, and it broke my heart. Anna, for
it wee yen alwnee that I loved."
"}lash!" evelainy'.i Annn. arha*t, as
1 in hie voice.
This la .enreely fit n •_ore
wife's danghter."
"Do you not know," he said bitterly,
"the child is stone deaf? The Katie
ealamity that deprived me of her mother
took away her hearing. We may say
what we choose before her: elle only
knows what we ooh ext onr•fingers."
"Poor little sod!" said Anna, suddenly
relenting toward the mute little' figure,
and taking her into her friendly arms.
She nnderetood now the strange ^x-
pre.sion that she had noticed on the
child's face.
"It le a heavy trial frit her and to me,
and she hes no mother. /teem, I have
corse to see if you can be won ie for-
give inc the past and take the place now
that you have always had In my heart.
I am • rich man now in everything het
happiness; I can give you all the luxur-
ies
uxusits you were born to, and it you do Sot
ebonite to go to Auetra!ia I will sell my
property there and purchase an estate
where yon please in England."
Anna had released the child, and now
stood proudly confronting its father.
"I am exceedingly glad to hear of yotir
prosperity; It m0'I surpass even ymtr
expectations, and i trust that you maty
!twig pajay it. Rut. aa I said at the
beginning, you have made a mistake;
your presence here is uncalled for,"
"I know," said James, earnestly,
"that yon must even yet feel sore and
angry when yon think of my treatment
0t you; but you do not realise how
much 1 too have undergone. Jessie wad
a good 1,010,1111, R good wife, but she
wan not the woman that I /owed."
"Mete shams for you," interrupted
A nos.
James put up his band imploringly.
"Toro speak truly; but It was you- -
ynn always that 1 carried fib my heart,
find it Is you that i have Come back to
seek. Anna, it You are still angry with
mei will you not have compassion on
of M
the tbitd? Think , belplewsneee,
for what am 1 as a guardian to that lit-
tle thing? Wooten are .Jweys tender-
hearted. end the child bar Demo offended
yon. Think. of her need sad sty lived,
and et how I have loved you alwaya."
"And betrayed me," said Aim; but be
went on unheeding he.,
"And how I love you ,goal. Will Jon
not yield? You are still Aans Edgar."
"I 'am," said she, bluebim� 1a of
pm
'but herr is Dr, twee. I
had better refer yto hbi fair thh
day month 1 shall be Mrs. Wiltertnree."
"Anna. Anna! am I ton late? Have
i come scrota the world is search of
yon in rate*'
Yon 1pt•get twitaps," she answered
mildly, "that titer* pan a time when lam
led oe.aernse the world. is search of tris
,n vain. 1 loved you 'see, bat 1 nm
Hely a woman. tend 1 Imo Si
enough to is�rt' you 1' slow gearen-
Iv—hiR. -egrerage to • eettritd ie■
royal'
litioadina ,bethre lam proud and pied
1M lit peat wXiadigsslid hnd heet
that boar.—N. Y. Ledger.
SIZING 'EM UP.
A Dew P.laleee ►y • erten 51 Women.
Womw Boom to hare a sort of an Ides
that ao mss we • right to haow nook aa•
tela
ho s a widower.
A girl is no longer romantic whim she era
watch • Misery mea oat dam ohowderwith.
out rotting *hook. d
It 1s only dorieg the first year of married
ill. that a women tolls her husband to be
rare and water the plants while ohsuaway.
Every women has her times when oho
wiehea it wasn't sawomsnly to swear.
A woman may not by able to oomo..trate
her mind, but rhe nam generally get a baby
to go to sloop.
Th. mea that look haughtiest and moot
defiant when some women gets en &smoking
oar are the same ease that daren't tight a
edger on the frost porch at home.—St.
Louis Stu.
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