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Dien%sjUee noon ive sigh t
No MOM, 0511bebrigAt tee eh.Nrice,
'ritt more snostunetl-aud-OY.
Gio the vette look brighter. dearly.
Dbang.sit thee do= eeeteSt ;
e menu still be Chirp ite cheerio,
Lest the SWEI,F.hine S0941 be spent
Beer ie mine, en' SY" tegleSAIcer,
Deeerie skies our soestene gay
ote leet fereeer ten ever -
a' keeps ettangine, daY by4a.
heers eitaneare, his &teen bidding,
And Atte cbances ee4K3
Tila IRSS'LWA ere qQ:.-vr,;(t:te,i,
fr4r tee;;tc= obtsuTzs reaee;
Faxon!,N. AteSiteVIIERT.
IR HUGE'S LOV
me ?" she whispered. "It wag for your
eke I went. "(OW e.ould I know that yoa
weed.d 1:13isS eci-that you reallY wanted
me? it *early hiller" me to leve Yee ;
de net tlaiuk I should bane Ihrea icing if
you had hot found
"1y'child," he *aid very gravely and
ently, have hoth one wrong, and
Moat forgivaeoth other ; hut my Sin IS the
heavier. I was older and 1new the world,
and, I ought tee tiElyY# remembend that my
cht"goielife IPIQW t tee. 1 tte
bed n't beRtt Se releg you would never
hen We me, bet pow my Wee Wine will
never desert me again."
"
No never. Oh," preening nee= to
hien with 4 Shudder, " Villa how yoo
bare suffered. I could hot heve borne it if
I hied lowiewa.h
• Yen" he seid liglatly, for ber greet,
beantifol eyea were wide with trouble at
the eevenectiog, and he winated te flee her
• " loot elmeged e ieto egliaaig•
geed men, Leethew my hair Inas wore off
m,y foreheed. mai there are aetuelly grey
hairs in nay beard. People will say we
le* like father and daughter when they
see us together."
she returned shyly. for ill wee n
elite Caey tO 1,00attioa-Ilugh Wes
sunnellow-" 1 eb1 eb1 -et mind
hat repT.e say- Now 1 lave
y one hhatitend kelt. it will
triatt,er 4 hit te. rne 'hew grey and olla
n ere.. Then, *s "lege litegheol wed
Weed her, ehe eeid in* wary len, voice,
"Pe neree really melte thee. yeh cent lee eon -
tent With nee, llugh ; thin; 1 dotal not die-
syneitat you any mere.
h emitect,' anewered e4111
* peer Howe I m realla
^. ,ht he is a goodly ream," the said
half Ygeqd, "I lite 4 emu to walk 44
theWb 411 the world belongs to bite ;" artd
fer the rant time 4 4044 eressed her
mind, whether Faye childiethees mey r'.0t
have been tn blemai•; .fOr Elegh Iledecontre
handeelne few and female carenese matinee
altveye feend fever ie women'e eyes.
Fergee fele hipteeit intetuneed by Si
t=4iy heart -ft; he fellt ewk.
wail, rave -honed Scotclemara leeeilde 11-
gretid-Ieekine; eristheratie mein As
we eht ir ib ehe tint
his hatt4 eita ip atticE, agiimte.41
Retteep. F,F,1 Znq4e ttle
nehter tor lite, hoot we will nen; en ibet
. Will yOe. mho the SO my wife,
h Cenately. hot Mre. trleer-Lein
Rfauw•hd• 11. uwah-1310t1 errhe i•Th z9 TaA" degPrv04 yCe, eweetheart; hoot I mean I
Theweee- -the idle QVer yonder shell we uudiu up fur Out. yuu gee wry cerierone,
sett there at o.exe or seiii e'atfie 4414
ft4te reeved by the vele. leameeed
Wok- ef the face infore him. 4. Yoh hove
lied to. leeg ioerowy. Sir Inigh, awl Fere
hap aea woad lite to get erd €Lhe dust."
" eennet eeee until liTie Wegin
wile 1 tiou will reta yfeelieg%
1111a a(tre' 11)"4 4114 E44g2/5 C41‘4 boo tine face, imewerea elowln a
dem: his hat from the pagand Enid gravely .. I rehrea ter, le ia as/ reeart; =), lest
Fay; eent do het epealoef Menneret-alt, •
theughte se." Pe her heed drepped • a:pitest
his elmonder-" -ehe iu ,your mind. bet
yen gill hot vehture trek ef
h I gm. ea afraid•Y0o meat ,regret
Fingb." •
And ILO. with 4 elm& a eadratee ene
ocher he ceela we 0E141'440 them. "" putb. bektrzpi delaea now /
t.e or.lY fil"."rrac--?4t1434e4. " 4441 will Only revereece cherish her memory.
•*t' '44; sb-'314 Ne4w the filat- Te Dearlihg. M/15t t0.14tIerstamt each other
wee is Laity Beiteved'e feverne hotpot ; 1,-01 ctaultii Qu tUs pgduto, ter an ear
thb there Le UP Flee* te eeeenare Teetaforeee errtehe twee that. we meet
ihc'h tW4w, ttbsr Utak' e_F3Ab --Aqt '1104 feat= 114ife • atiu meet waver tow tepealt
ileat rare lieetatien that onlenge to * epoch ea pre no.pxo, $hv wia eery dtaz
rettette charanter Fernhe Enid he mot, Imp n. act 412 €'r. sen ete f4 dear ea
with the felle. Yeti will tint he diteelty twee ,erreev,. rteeeeeeteee to nee
enzlol en Chet 'Sir selowes meet agi-
illen ttwzAt el the ireepentieg
1 direetly they rekrhed
eittliene, Ittet Odle, to peluted
renewed hie eiteFe tbe
fia TeliC! LO IQ=
c'cUt, liteila thdi. a little
C.1 'ADA Ito gate. At be pteed t
eel -mei VIOL; seat bi noticed a :ow erre
,ef withered hatter that Lai Veen
there (new last year. Per' ene Fay b
pthered Itten.
beerteted mement-eheald he wait
fee her here or tied. Iter fertioetr'r A torinie
deviled him. Ameng the menherry towhee
thet taugled the tie/demotedwa R
hunch ef wild ehwere ceught eu bramble.
The genii noceenene ecemed to lore hire ors -
ward. end he fallowed the elftrete. winding
path. By aud lay ho clime to e little green
noel; ef place att full of tuoaa Red 8k4711.
f.94112e 49 04 neat ; there wal s gnat peel
near it, where come silver trent were !cep.
ing mod fleshing in the light. The wheiti
eP15r, amend to come before him ettauaely.
Had he teen it in a dream?
Ho Crept *Were cautiosuly. He faneied
he had caught a whin gleam between
the trine that wee neither neneloice
or %Mer. He gropen his way
theough the thaderweed, putting the
brafteltee beck that they might net era Me.
and then all at onee he etand "hat , fee he
ESW a. little runlet of a area= mahing
dimplee ef eadieu round a fallen Int, and al
pen silver Welt '.weeping over it, and
%Imre, in her reit epring dream, with tho
ritoplea of golden -brown hair shining under
her hat, wile hie 103 Wce Wine. She had
deans" a rowan branch on the throne and
woos watehing it idly, and Nero. eittingnp
on his haunehea betide hie little etrees,
whs watching it too.
Et 'a heart heat faster as he hooka
ot adnurea her much an
•t how beautifel she wa
hanged or these ea
- a fairer and a
ell that he
rt
• §tallv ton tetr 40A, Oink 60A, tee
niteeizioe in way eyee ea the wife Ile tu
given tee," Thee, he eto Fizt her anew
rehnd bie rine% thanhed hint with
rovneut, wifely Keen. nuidehly preened
ter to him neeereentely, and Word her to
entice him, for loe eeeld never fernivehint-
her.
old days, a
Either his tas
menthn had al
tweeter fan he own
Ina never eeere and all hi
went out to her in a deep aria p
Just then there Wa9 a crackling
bunko ana Nero growled, and Fay, looking
up sew her husband standing opposite to
be.r.
In life th
ansi partin
the mean
grows Et 1
There are
oppression o
questions nay
til afterward
cornea, that o
eentratea essence
has been experience
will last to our dying with
Tay when she looked up from her mossy
log and. saw Hugh 'with his fair bearded.
face standing under the dark larches. She
did not faint or cry out, but she clasped
her little bands, and said piteoutily, "Oh,
Hugh, do not be angry with me. I tried so
hard to be lost," and then stood and shiv-
ered in the long grass.
" Ion tried so hard to be lost," he said
in a choked voice. ,4 Child, child, do you
know what you have done; you have nearly
broken my heart as well as your own. I
have been very angry, Fay, but I have
forgotten it now; but you must
come back to me, darling, for I
cannot live without my Wee Wifie
any naore ;" and as she hid her face in her
trembling hands, not darinto look at him,
thoeveniug eliedews crept fine
non Vey preauted shit
Weld (P tii) the Menee, for the
to Wow litugh their v aud
e. eche-hated at Mee. ANd teed in
hazel they went three& the tengled under -
wend tond pet the thinamerieg fidle
3 HU* i4eliel dean en hie little wife and
lizoot• rough apron over her head, had a good of Ellerton'a leant speeehes, and atter
crifthat be let himself be consoled.
tWoman-aogel indeed," she sobbed, Year afterwards he told her that the
"and how am 1 to bide without days that followed their return home were
herself ail the bairn4 and they them real honeymoon, and she believea
the verra light of the lieuee-es the him, for they were never apart.
seying ia?" •
But Jean's grief did not hinderlong. The
fowls were done to 4 turn, and the rashers
et ham grilled to a delicate brown; the tea-
sopper, always an iostitutiou at the islanse,
looked *meat inviting meal, with piles of
oat-eake. freshly baked eeenes, and other
bread totted'4 the best eilveT ten.pot hooded
le 5as ehtiu oosn, and the kettle singing on
in brass tripod.
Sir Hugh looked oat the preparatioue
with the zest of 4 hungry traveller Re he
sat, in the told nainletten arge-ehair talking
to Fergus; but every moment his eyes
teamed expeetently to the door. The young
See:nehmen smiled es he patted Nero, for
be lopew their guest was only giving hire
Scant attention.
"1 hope Aunt Jeenie ie comeht ovith
the brutal husband' now," he
titeught, with a elmeine of emoteemeot
"I evepier that my lady is doteg all this
timer'
My hely heel teen extremely bey. First
.e had pnt ep the hair that heby ffeela's
a34gbt:F Wee augers had pelted down ;
thee ehe had gone in quest of a certain
dress that repSed at the top of ene of the
trunks. Janet had insisted oh necking it,
t3t, elee had never fovea an epperhataiey
hog it. It was oleo of eliese deintra
idieriteg cembinettepe Indien eneelin
to embroidery eed lege that are ea coelly
n eednetive; keel
we Vey put it QM
ith aEat spray of pritoneem, doe e'er -
heel what Verges called be;
'Mamie. queen ofa the feiriee."
Beth the men aliselutely etarted wloen
this briilient little vision toppeered in the
hoorielyhleneeparler. Ferpeelappedhiabig
hen& coitly toneetber end mid " Eeb elm!"
undee, his breath ; hut Sir Eugh. 45 he
pleeed *chair for her. whiepered inIreyre
mos, "1 AM afraid I have falleu in
lOre wieh my own wife "-and it was
eons too beer Ftte's Icw height i
anewer.
Whet bappy evezoieg that Wee ; Ana
wbeu.ePtekle two or three Inners later, Fay
geed in the theouliglot watehing Hugh go
edema the Mad ell big Way te the Imo, for
there wee no Twee for him ih the
Munn, the pextitig weeds; were ringing tu
her as-, Owlvaglat, my aeo,r out, and
&leant ofisee."
Af, they were happy team thou, Jean
wonenehogel Shed by her bearh cot thtet
night; whet. nreyere, whet ewe for the
Jethro weht up from thetpurenoretg heart,
bt at leet tetanal the ,toy et hemming itself
b . voice, endeottothow it etetude eanisfied."
As for Hugh, a getting dream muted
to banith eleep Item hieeyes. He could
ee it all noodu-thogretu eurethirey
nd the ehinhog peolhea. lieticee ilgere °11` buw Ititl° we /81(11W Win" 15 1;.°14
for toe Opee I thought lingh'e lov0 Wee
thinding under the solver birth. A treurn everything, but eta pow vi,43 wrung.
IOW voice breaks the solenee•-"oh* Hugh,' suppom I ihould lone been li▪ ke other
tried go herd to lostole not he engry
women it I hood married him; but I ahould
with tae' ----No, no, lie will nota hrtekto not have Metal the ley X kees7 now. Oh,
that. Stay, he is the Mame vertex- how I love my children -dirty, degraded,
the door opens -there is Thanie in her model as they. aro: hew I love 10 &Pend
d 35 all suidee and Minims ; Ins
Emmy Bess hailed her ' mistress with
delight, and Fay resumed her old bides
eua drives; only her hi:whaled was always
with her. Hugh found ent, tee, that her
clear intelligence enabled her to euter into
all his work, and after that he never ear.
ried out pl*p without ooheening her ; so
that Fay called herself the busiest and hen-
pieet little Weraan in the werld.
And what of Margaret ?
In covet the most crowded eourts of the
East Bud of London there a Mater wile
24 kElowa by the name of 4. Our Sieter.
theneh mauy patient, high-seuled women
belenigieg to the sante fraternity wont there
to.
But " Our Sister" par excellence, the
ftworite, from the crippled little road -
sweeper wile was rim over in Whitechapel
Road to the old Irishwoman wile sold
ormeges by day aua hadeig.e4 in free Online
with others el lier sex et night. 0 Ana the
EleaVena be ber bed, for ehe in darlint
den angel:" eid Biddy would sey ; and
it wonted tread, on the tail a My Ceat"
-for it was an Irieh nrearrer--if any mart
or toy jcstlecl "Our Sister " ever
Otn, Sister " Issea t 11 t the
nodality and blind worship of three peer
ereatereS. She was einite eihoonerieoe that
Iter haeutifel nice, hmodieg ever them
in exhume, wee ofteh reletehen for the Voce
of on 4Pged. " Will there be Mere like you.
up noroder ?" exeleirried ohe poor girl, a
Megoictleue dyirog, thank God, at ibo out of
the Dreee ; " if te, he tee arld glad
p."
" Whet do they do without you up there,
honey ?" asked another, all old negro
woman whoge life Wood been AB Nita
SS leer shire, "the will be wanting youliery
much. I'm thinioug;" end little TiCeadTing
of hie broken hones, wbi4Pered fi Our
Sister " himed I 4021 WiSilieg
ould die ant, Sister, and thea would. he
Arent -tote, seeing yon oolong with the gentry
et the Gene' for, to Tienie ignorant cuind,
the gentry of heeveu were Semewhet for-
mideble.
"Ansi whet meet I eay ter them,
e -our hewer ? wheel they wpm up mod
" Gotta rimming, Tine; het if Sieter
along of *hem aloe would ray, la
enly Tim, awl he never leerut ramenere EQ.
..11*
Reby 'would eeme dowro eemetimes,lerieg-
oog his wife with himoted tell* to Mergeret
heather work.
" You ate Very heppy, dear." be wild oue
dey toter ; "I have .efiett 'homed to your
"es," she retuned quietly, "quite
Winded. Doeu the*, consul Menge, .1leby
w the um thent womenlitleee that load Pr log rh myself in them service. God has been pod
n en her with her tnetherheed. and the 'Wee Wiiie ie traneforined into the *noel to us, and given uso bath what Ile knew we
Jaerity other fair youhgfece, he felt a of all the finirie_so, "(d blese her,
ilimpeotrZt5 thrilling within biota. and midi° me wortrogriiMir hove," he think ilu wanted*" aud ItabYiti• law " .wen" was
05 , tytilielent answer.
war 004„gteere, mid ;het its humbly, toe he renolle Iter en -et 100 3 Thennwes one who would willingly have
hinting would Met horn throughout hie and worde; and with that brief prayer he ' aimed liniment's' work, hood that wan
bele life. slept.
tev days with her trieada at the mallay,,4 gorld's bettletlelel, and elle loop to her post
Feen, he her perfect happiness, often
unto. and to make him better acepainttni
Pee unto day tit r deitny hotalt ,hod so . thought tenderly et the girl to whose noble
with the pool Santenitene who
mate Wee eastd le melte vim,
Evelin Selby ; her plot wee in the
Fay would willingly hone remained for 1•4
CHAPTER XLI4. •
teetTrose re :311; till4Vatft. o wanted to thow MO; all her favorite /6"131`
genehosity the owed it all ; but for some
tberefe rt. mile, et anew ant re generonaly fibelteav) her; but Hugh was van she and Beelyn ECM little of each
Her Spirtt pure teeth been. RTINielle to have ids wife to himeelt and to
et inotheenit tbreueb that Cct:119W land Fern often heard of her visits to
tier levitation dethe elem. get ever the hwkwardness of the neturn etb"*
the Cottee where her mother and Fluff
nen dem i;W) tladow, and • home. Ile would bring her hack hi 0,4O
The Ord* bee;t1411 their dream autumn he promicea her; and with the% lived' She and I‘Ire• Trafkra bad bee°me
, greet friends, When Evelyncouldenateh an
046'4 11'"" V' ay consolerl poor Jean. from her numerous eugagemente, she
A httle later, ;ken, honest wornan. suf. Ae for Fergus, he had reanon to Wes' hunt
sir Hugh , lilted to visit the orphanage where lire,
fend an electric ellovh. She wan breehine; Aunt jeunie's hospitality ; for Trafford worlred. Somci strange unspoken
out haby Iluelne curls, that bad been dis- overwhelmed the inhabitants of the Menne 1 sympethy had grown up between the girl
Ordered by the want, when the thought elm with liberal tokens of hie gratitude -Aunt am' the elder women
heard Mtn St, Clair'n footstep, only it was Jennie*, Ferguto, Jena even pretty Lilian Evelynle brave spirit and dauntless
over quick Moe, as the remarked later, Graham, reaped. the effect of hingliell nannie courage load carried her through a trial
•• like a bairn running up the main." but ficenee. Iray luta cartf blanche to buy any-
tobe fairly phook with enrprice when the
doer opened, and a rosy, dimpled, smiling
little erc at them' before her.
•• Give one the baby, Jean, quick -no,
ver mina his eash ; he leaks beautiful.
• husbetaa has come, and he wants to see
Yes, my boy! Father has come "-
solootherione, him with kisses, which
returner' by ritischievous grabs
inome
d joy or p
le stony -a li
shes perhaps, a
unshed tears, and a
answered; but it is n
that full conscious
knows that the
bitterness or pleas
• e memor
ten strange meetings
seem to hold
years. One
colorless. bastiog the fowls with a $
ht and iron ladle lay tit her feet, and with a
er of stony, impassive expression on her face
nn- which always meant strong disapproval
hith Jean
rked her mistress
Is Lobbed. with
ieui news, my
as got her
an as one
mis-
arcelof
baby
at her ha
44 inch sirs
but o
i
e old -fa
mother child fi
egan Jean, turning very
he could give vent to her
oldng man suddenly
ed. room, and took
arms before her
very eyes.
Jean vanishe
Duncan found. her
y, and Mrs.
' atterwards,
while the
• .
rily, while her will
itement, "have you he
n ? That pretty creat
a, and he is as fine a
r set eyes on, and that i
his not wanting her-
,"bis
ssas Jean rerattine
d only picked up t
of her head, "you
d yet we are lie
do rejoic
wo
bus
coula
take ab
childish
"Hoots,
and silent,
spoon with a
look over -plea
rejoice with t
he is a. barone
Crresus, and she
her dear heart 1
nursery just now,
sight, as I told. F
been pulling at her ha
a tumbling golden -b
shoulders like the pi
angel, and she just 1
glum
iron
not
en to
Why,
rich as
FaeLana,ay
Re mond, bless
hy, I went into the
a it W8.8 itiSt a lovely
us. The bairn had
and down it came,
n mass, over her
tires of a woman-
-glaed in her sonsie
he suddenly lifted the little creature in his way, and tried to ga er it up, only Sir
arms; and as Fay felt herself drawn to his Hugh stopped her. tat it be, Fay, you
breast, she knew that she wee no longer an look beautiful so,' he seini, worshipping her
unloved wife. with his eyes. Oh, it° was good to hear
* * * * * him; and then he looks up ansi sees me,
She was calmer now. At his words and and stueh a smile comes to his face. Oh, we
touch she had broken into an agony of understood each other." But to all this
weeping that had terrified him; but he had wean turned a deaf ear, only when her
soothed her with fond words and kisses, mistress had fmished, but not a moment
and presently she was sitting beside him before, she answered crossly, how was the
with her shy, sweet face radiant with hap- tea -supper to be ready for the gentry if
piness, and her hareas olasped firmly in his. folks hindered her with their &avers, at
He had been telling her about his accident, which hint Mrs. Duncan, judging which
and his sad solitary winter, and the heart- way the wind blew, prudently withdrew.
etickness that he had suffered. But the moment the door closed on her
nay darling, will you ever forgive mistress, Jean sat down, and throwing
that would have crushed a weaker nature.
thing or everything she thought suitable. Her life was an uncongenial one. Often she
Silk dresses, fun, hooks, orla a telescope- sichened of the hollow round of gaiety in
long the ambition of the young minister which Lady Maltravere passed her days;
all foothei their way to the orianse ; not to but she would not waste her strength by
mention the princely gift that made the torapIaint.
young conple's path smooth for many a.
year to come, Want of generosity had 'hut by and by, when she had lost the
first freshness of her youth, and peoplehaa
never been a Redmond failing. Hugh - e te begun to say that Miss Selby would never
greatest pleasure was to reward the people marry no,
Hedley Power crossed her
who had sheltered his lost darling. path, and Evelyn found that she could love
It was a painful moment for Hugh's again.
proud nature when he first crossed the M. Power was very unlike the bright.
threshold of his old Hall, with Fay looking faced young lover of her youth. He was a
shy and downcast beside him, but Pay's grenntaired man in the prime of middle -
simplicity and &Haifa:mesa broke the brief ago, with grave morn:tare, and a quiet
awkwardness ; for the moment she saw thoughtful face -very reticent and uncle.
Mrs. Heron's comely face she threw her monstrative ; but Evelyn aia well when
arms rotmd her neck with a little sob, and the married him, for he made his wife a
there was not a dry eye among. the assera- happy woman. .
hied servants when she said in her clear "Evelyn is absurdly proud of Hadley,"
young voice, "Oh, how glad I am to be Lady Oilaltravers would say; "but then he
amongst you all again 1 Was it not good of spoils her, and gives her her way in every -
my husband to bring me back? You must thing.), Every one thought it was a pity
all help me to make up to him for what he that they hea no children; but Evelyn
has suffered." never owned that she had, a wish ungrati-
" It was too much for the master," ob- fled. She contented herself with lavishing
served Ellerton afterwards; "he just her affeotion on Erie's two boys. To them
turned and bolted when my lady said that Aunt Evelyn was a miracle of loveliness and
-a man does not care to make a fool of kindness; and the children at the orphan.
himself before his servants ; he would have age had reason to bless the handsome lady
stood by her if he could, but his feelings who drove down often to see them.
were too much for him, and you see he " I ao think Evelyn is happy now," Fern
knew that he was to blame." said one day to Erie. when they had en -
But Fay would allow nothing of the countered Evelyn and her husband in the
kind, when she followed him. into the Row.
library, exa saw him sitting with his face ,.
" Of course she hi," he would answer;
hidden on his folded arms, and the evening " muoh happier than if she had married
sunshine streaming on his bowed figure. your humble servant. Hedley Power is
Fay stood looking at him for a moment, jest the man for her. Now, dear, I must
and then she euietly drew his head to her go down to the Home, for Hugh and I are
shoulder -much as though he were baby on committee ;" and the young M. P. ran
Hugh, and wanted her motherly conso- lightly downstairs, whistling as he went,
le,tion. after the fashion of Erle Huntingdon.
"My darling husband," she whispered, yes, Hugh Redmond represented his
"1 know it is all my fault, but you have county now, and Fay had her house in
forgiven me -you must not let me make you town, where her little fair-haired sons and
unhappy." daughters played with Erie's boys in the
" Oh," he said bitterly, "to think I Square gaolens
have brought my wife to this that she
should need to apologise to her own ser-
vants. But then they all know you are an
angel."
But she would not let him talk like this.
What were his faults to her -was he not
her husband? If he had ill-used her,
would she not still have clung to him?
" Dear, it is only because of your goodness
and generosity that I am here now," she
said, kissing his hand; "you need not
have looked for me, you know ;" dna then
she made him smile by telling him
BALT-PLATiNG /natal BOY&
A. Remarkable Scene Iieserlieedeby an Ere-
inent Educator.
(O. AL Woodward in Amerioan'Teachor.)
When was in lemieville, Ey. a while
ago I visited the Institution for th'e Blind.
While walking across the grounds I saw
some boys under the trees playing with a
ball and hat- I 44kedt " What boys are
-those ?" " They are hutia boys," said the
Superintendent. " But what are they
doing e•• earn I, thinking there Pellet be
Seine roista/te. When he told me that the
Wed hove regularly played 'ball I coal
hardly kielieve him, and begged that I
might be ellewed to see them play. Ile
said tlae hoye would play after dinxter for
my special benefit, or six of the best
playere were to play, and' believe that all
but two of them were stone blind. The
two could wily see large objects, the
trunk of 4 tree, a man or B. gravel walk. I
do not thiale they could see a ball on the
ground or ha the air. ,
They teak turtle at the bat, and each one
was anxious tie make lois bens. Their way
of pitching Reel catching was this: The
pitcher ettood about em paces from the
hatter, while the cateher set squarely on.
the ground immediately behind the bet.
When ell were reedy the pitcher weld('
count, "One, two, thever" and geutly tow
the ham The hatter would, at just the
proper moment swing his bat and the
eetcher would tweed out hie hande nusi
feet to estop the ball. eeemecl to hear
the eat it peued the batter (mad it
nenerelly did) RIld struck the grouted, and
le was lutist eurprieing to see him catch it
in hie orate 9131 the tirat hound, mad yet
perfeetly blind ! If be failed to stop the
hall woald pursuit it on his laande eta
feet tie spry ee a dog an aireoet as keen
en ite treck. Either be email hear the bell
roll ;them the graea, Or be could judge from
the hooter() or the endows and the ImeW4
tea ot the hall inlet how it would roil,
ie lands would weep the ground with
grc-t tepidity, and when he had the ball
he Quid jump ell hie feet end redo for the
htne bags.
Waled:to exception of nhe home base, ell
be beeea were tromhe of home ehade trees.
wee astonished, to eree Low rapidly the
boys eeteld run. They ihiat flew over the
ground, makiug a great stamping on the
mouth cern), until they were within tee or
eiX foot ef To hese, mod then they would feel
up to it. Not ouch did they mu ;maize% a
folatiegh Medi) ehudder too eee
they venni to doing to. I eeppecie
they knew Wtett they were Deer * tree by
heering the echo or their step. Occesioen
ally tloe batter wo a mete 'gotta hit; thee
all litinde but the raener went in wands af
the ball. A. soon as he had monde his rem
he would loin in the helot. They alwaye
%meted of in the right direction, and did
nee Lunt he eeth other's trecloa. Once the
iouperintendent helpedthern find a hall that
went eome fifty yards, but generelly they
found it thenteelven. Though the mime
was played for my benefit the welhevorn
turf gave abundant proof of the fortelnees of
the boys for the sport during their hours of
platy.
The young Lady Redmond would have
been the fashion, but Fay was too shy for
such notoriety, 8,nd was quite content with
her husband's admiration. And well she
might be, for the face that Hugh Redmond
loved best on earth was the face of his Wee
Wifie.
VMS.
The Maxie= Government has granted
55,000,000 sores of land to a company for
colonization purposes
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Nauhville efewrieenn New York Letter
Somebody showed roe an ostrich feather
fau in a Brondovey store yeatertley. Its
stielos were of chosen piece,s of mother of
pearl inlaid with gold. On each was not a
tiny gold rose, and in the been of each
rose eparlded a diamond. The ostrith
plumes were thick mid hetivy, such feathers
as one seldom eves. Each was chosen
expressly for its position, nud the whole
made the daintieat white toy that ever a.
wotnan played with. It was to cost a1,000,
and WRS meant, X WAS told, for A 011tiSt-
mas gift to Mrs. George Gould, It was
ordered by a friend of the family or by
one of the younger Gould boys, and will
outshine anything in Pauline Hall's famoup
collection. People not so rich as the
Goulds* pleb, ordinary' everyelen million-
aires, are putting a year's income for many
hard-working folk into einailartoilet trifies.
have seen within a week an umbrella
which is to belong to a woman unknown to
fame, but which has eaten up money at an
extraordinary rate. It has a cover of silk,
hand WOVell by a Brooklyn man who alone
possesses the secret of its peculiar sheen.
Its handle is a long hook, overlaid with
oxidized silver, upon which are set curios
of all sorts, eaoh in its way an artistic
gem. There are daintily out cameos, oia.
gold coins, snakes outlined in rubies, a
toad in emeralds, a head of Bacchus etched
in silver -every oaa notion that fancy can
devise, all to make an umbrella such as no
• woman carried before. A jewelled watch
is set in the end of the stick, and the price
is counted in the hundreds.
John Wesley's Pulpit for Sale.
The freehold Episcopal chapel in West
street, close to Shaftesbury avelaue, which
connects Oxford street with Charing Cross,
is to be sola by auction on Deo. 15th.
There is a record that about the year
A. D. 1700 it was built on the site of a for-
mer Episcopal chapel, which had been used
for the performance of divine worship in
Irish.
John Wesley's diary • contains many
references to his ministry in West street
chapel from Oct. 295h, 1743, when he
preached his first sermon there, to Feb.,
1790, when he made his last record about
preaching there.
Whitfield, Romaine and Fletcher (of
Madeley) were other equally gifted and
favorite divines of the last century who, on
various occasions, preached in West street
chapel.
Besides the church pulpit and fittings
there remains in the vestry the portable
pulpit which Wesley was accustomed to.
use when preaching in the open air. -
London Times.
The Way With Most of Them.
Wife (pleadingly) -I'm afraid, George,
you do not love me as well as you used
to do.
Husband -Why?
W -Because you always let meget up to
liglat the fire.
H -Nonsense, my love! Your getting
up to light the fire makes me love you
the more.
Still Uncertain.
" Go," she said, and enquire how Mrs. X.
is this morning. And if she is dead," she
added, "ask when the funeral is to be."
"Mrs. X. is better this morning," was the
report, "and they cannot tell when the
funeral will be."
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