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erethaps," she said. "Perhaptt your
flCQQ IIia teetavie, will favor us."
Mise 13e1inds replied in a depreeatory
and eateertaiu murraort
amain mt. ogre. I teeny acto't know.
Perhaps-Octevia, my dear."
Octevte raised a smiling face.
oI doo'e play," ehe eald. "1 need
learned,"
"-Zoo dotal v14y 1" exclaimed Ly
Theobald. " You don't ellay t sill"
"No." meewered Ootevia. Net a note.
Ana 1 think Ism rether gled of it; beoeuse
it I tried, I shotaa he sure to do it worse
than other peeple, I would rather," with
unimpeirea camerfulnese, "let eoine one
else do
Theitte Wer.e 4 few seconds of desa silence.
•A dozen people seated around her Ilea
heard. Alias Pitolier slauddered ; Mise
Belinda leolted dove.; M. Framois Darold
presetvea atentirely onmovedcounteneoce,
the generel irepreeden being that he wee
very much shoeked, and couemlea hie die -
gust with an effert.
ltd,Y dear." eald Lady Theebald, with
atr o moat c*naeacenelon aua some.
wave pity, I elteula adviee you to trY te
/earn. I eon S.S$Xire you that yonevvould
fand it a greet seu: at of pleasure."
"1 yo a could assure me theta my friends
would Arid it a great source of please -re, I
might begin," answered, the mistalten
YOttng pewee; mill cheertediy t "but I
I am atreld they heeteldn't,'"
named thee fete bed Merited her ter
disgreee. lo bme mA hour from that time
ehe ceppea the elienta ot her indiecretione.
The evening heetg warm, the Freuth
widowe bed been lett open, awe in passing
one ot them, tete aeopped A moment to look
nut et the brigittly moonlit emoted%
Darold, who wee witle her, puma, too.
"Looke rather nice, doeee't i ?" he
Mita.
" !Zee," ebe "Seppoge wo go emt
On elm terrece„"
Ile laughea i nnteed taeleion the did
not underetand.
" Suppose we do," he eald. "By Jew%
ethi a good idea 1"
He lenge:tea en k ollowed her.
" Wbet APIASeS $Otl. 40 2" she. inquired.
"01; 1" he replied. "Ie.= merely think.
ing ef limey Theoeela."
"'Wale the eammentea, "1 thilA
retied diereepectful in you th laugh4 isn't
it aelevely night? 1 didn't think, yen had
such 12,1001711glit It Leath In Euglend,•'Meta
gbtfor a drive
"I3 tbet one cel the tlitogs yea do in
Anntries.-earive by moonlight 2"
" Yee. Do you neeen to taw,youalon't
ao it in Euglatal "
" Net often, Is it goneg ladiea who
drIve by mom:alight. in America 2"
"Nell, you. don't eampom they go aloue,
do yoa 2" quite ire:mm.11y. "Of eourse
they have eel= ono with them."
".hi 'Ther papas 2"
o Nee.
"Tbeir mammas 2
" Their goVeru. ems, their uncles, their
aunts 2"
"No," with a little smile.
3Ie smiled also.
"" That is another good idea; he med.
"You knee r. greet many nice lams in
Americe,"
She was silent CI. rrloixtent or so, swinging
her fan slowly tooted fro by its ribbon, end
appearing to reflect.
U Dom that xnean," she Beide at length,
"tbst it wouldn't be -considered proper in
England "
tar Lrignen eatrearrea7" drelintraeninnttliwelele
"1 doute hold enyboay responsible for
them," abet returred, with some apirit. "1
dotet cm one thing &bent them."
"ht i fortanate," he commented.
"I am happy to my I don't, either. I
take the liberty of pleasing raeself. I find
it pays best."
'Perhaps," the said, returning to the
charge, iherhape Lady Theobald will
think this is improper.",
He put his bon,d up and stroked his
moustaohe lightly, without replying.
"But it is not,' she added, emphatically;
1‘ it is not / "
"No," he admitted; with a touch of
irony, " it isnot."
"Are you any the worse for it 2" she
demanded.
"Well, really, I think not -as yet," he
replied.
"Then we wol'e go in," she said, the
Braila returning te her lip e again.
OHA.PTER XtI.
aat etnerrerrox.
In the mematiaae, Mr. Barmistone was
improving his opportunities within doors.
Ile had listened to the music with the
most serious attention, and on its con-
clusion he had turned to Mrs. Burnham,
and made himself very agreeable indeed.
At length, however, hence:ma and sauntered
across the room to a table at which Lucia
Gaston chanced to be standing alone, hav-
ing just been deserted by a young lady
whom: mamma bed Nummoned her. She
wore, Mr. Barmistone regretted to see as
he advanced, a tronbled and anxious expres.
sion-tlae truth being that she had a
moment before remarked the exit of Miss
Belinda's niece and her companion. It
happened oddly that Mr. Burmiatone's
first words touched upon the subject of
her thought. Ho began quite abruptly
with it :
" It seems to 1118," he said, "that Miss
Ootavia Bassett .11
Lucie stopped Jahn with a courage which
surprieed herself.
" Oh, if you please," she implored," don't
my anything miltied apont her 1"
M. Burmistone loafed down in her soft
eyes with a good deal of feeling.
"1 was not goiag to say anything un-
kind," he answered. Why should I ?"..
"Everbody seeint4 to dna a reason for
speaking Efaverly d her," Lucy faltered.
"I have heard so many unkind things to.
night, that I am quite unhappy. I am sure
-I ate. sure she is very candid and simple."
"Ye," answered Mr. Brimstone," 1 am
sure she is very ceudid and sirnple."
"Why should we espeot her to be exactly
like ourselves ? " Lucia went on. "Row
can' wehe euro that- our way is better than
any other? Why should they be angry
because her dregs is so expensive and
pretty? Indeed, 1 only wish I bad such a
deem, I ia a thoaeancl times prettier than
any we ever wear. Look around the zoom,
and see if it is m.t. And as to her not'
having leaned t: play on the piano or to
speak Preach -ale •eliould she be abligea
to do thinhe she teal the vaned •not be
clever at? I am eet clever, and have been
a soft of Mame rat ny liee, Dnd have been
scolded and Mean, d for what I could not
helmet all, until 1 have fele as if 1 mast be
orxminal. Hon bappy she must have
beat to be lee alone!"
•She bad °teepee her little hande, and
though she spoke 171 a low voice, wee quite
impeasioned in an unconscious way. Her
brief girlish life la e not been a very happy
one, ate may be r Rally imagined, and a
Overeat of the Ma rty for which she had
suffered roueed het to a seem of her, own
WroouS.
"Wo are all co e out after the Same
ere," he eaid. "We loath the setae'
things, and wear the sanie dresses, one
might Oy., What leydie Egerton has been
taught, Thaw been taoght ; and yet what
two creatures dead be more unlike mole
other, by eiteture, then we etre ?"
Mr. Bi.trearstene glatute,crose the reene
MisgIlgeeton.lettermen fine robust
young Wenient With' higlt noee tendeta
stoeid eXpreSSEOriPt-04Weeltilee••)
0 That le 'bre," Mmarlold•
-
• "'We are 'etraii cpe eiteeything," sad
bitterly, "Elam, Egeeten ltetrad
-though port might not think ace And as
for eue, nobody know what a coward I an
but myself. 'Zee, I am a coward. When
granamanemalooke at me, I tremble,
daze not speak tzty mind and differ from
leer. when I lenew the ea united end in the
wrong. No atm could sey that of Miss
Octavia Bassett,"
e'That is pefeetly tam" said Ur. Burma
stein, and he even went so far as to laugh
as he thought of Miss Oetaviatremblittg in
the august presenee of Lady Theobald.
The laug1;:4m1le Lucia M °Dere in ber
little ootburet of elequence. She began to
blasb, the c,olor timuuting to her forehead,
Oh ! " she bean," I did not mon to -
to say eo much.
There was something ect Imogene and
touthieg in her sudden timidity tkoa coat
fusion, that Me, Itureeide forneet all te.
game thate they were not Pay frmuds, and
that lattletleheobeld might be looking.
He bent slighle forwara,ena looked into
her upraised, thermal eyes.
"Don's be afraid et tne,"Itiettaia-eaon'e,
for pity's mete 1"
ele Medd net Uwe hitt lista a leakier
pooh, end Ala3 COAld not have lettered
more feelingly then be did. It helped
her to recover heraelf, and Reveller conrage.
" There," the mid with a alight math of
the breatb," does not that prove what I mid
Jobe true 1 IWee afraid, the very moment I
-ceased to forget reeeela I was amid of
you and neyeelf, 1 haVe no =rage eta."
7404. Will gain it in time," leattend.
"1 441 try to pin it," silt eneweree.
"1 am nearly twenty, and it is time that I
theatre learrk to rimed ramielf, Z thinkie
must be beeeetee 1 bave no eelfweepect that
I am such a °award."
It merged that her resolution wee to be
tided immediately ; for at that very ramineet
LtedyTheobeititurnea, and, recognizing the
toil etpideetice
of Dimities pcettiou, was
apperantly etrucle temporarily dumb and
inutionlece. 'When the reeovera from the
Rhode elle tuelle a meiotic geatore of come
mend.
Burinietone glanceat thegirre Mee,
aid slAW thee it changed mid a little,
"Lay Theobald apreare te with to epealt
to you? he mid.
Lome lett her seat, and welted alarm
the morn with a eratedy ear. leneyTheobeld
dia not renieVe her eee tone her notil abo
stopped within three feet el her. Then the
aaked a rather enrie4084ary question.
"With whom have you been etertersing?"
"With Mr. Burmietene."
"'Upon whet enbject 2"
"We are spealting, of Ulm Ootavia Dam
sett:*
Deriedyebip glemeed around the room.
as Ho new idea had *gouda to her and
mid
"Where fa Wee Wavle. Beesett?"
/lees it must be confo.eeea that LUCIA, fah
terea.
" She is an the terrace with Ur, Barold,"
"She ie on—"
Ilee ladyebip stopped short in the middle
ot her sentence. This was too much far
her, She left Luele, and domed the room
to Mia Belinae.
enough to show openly that it bored,
and to insinuate by his rne.nner 'that he did
not intend to state:net to it. He eotirely
ignored the claim of relationship, tend acteci
aceording to the promptiegs Of his own
moocle. He did neteetea4.0alt incumbent
upon hire tO a'inainettVOIdelongh Hall, end,
kmajege neeneelf to thett tene-houored. onetime
elide elehove;.liat Deferred to aceept Mr.
Darretetene envitiation tie become hie guest
at theittanaeMe laottee he bed just complett
ea,,in whittle lee liyed in I04010r Splendor.
Aoeordlugly he Ma -tailed himeelt there, and
thereby complicated matte ete greatly.
Stowbridge emend itoelf in a Position as
difficult and far mere delicate, than 4ady
Theobeld'S. TiSe tea-drinkiUga in honor
of thee troublesome young person, Miss
Ootavia Bassett, having been tneogeretee
by her laayshipemnst ge the eloeied rounds,
according to element oilstone. But what.
it was -and it never was remarkably strong.
It reuse be admitted, OD. 010 there ia
laole of-oe I:Utica:v. Those great, plain
gide of lids must be a trial 'Where'
As ehe spoke they were passistgtheprivet
heedge: anwahigoahraseandmu
riewounaetottillaisscvP4esbetott'll
;bu
eteleta4end4hean7eierQuVJ041gzzeria*lt
clerIcal *garb? hiee, getileeeteee edletteolitieal
conatenanceateeffesea withenentling blOShes
eikeoritutionaded deliebte Ie etePPerl an
tAgrevel PAOLI etereitetve thalese woedent
Miss Ootavie Bassett, wive "stood, on the
threalaold, smiling down ulatat hirnitalhe
prettiest way in the world.
'a:4711es
.0 torgdzbae40eTeoli,s,u, then anzima, 1,141ix
and It1,aeGastoo, narpoaetpIayag4nat
ue. Even St. Wanies can't object to croquet."
"I -indeed X Wall bie Nose elaPaYeeteletieed
en eisoretieees name, wee to be done eea . e and delighted," stammered her neve:eel/1m,,
ceriug Mr. Francis Berold 2 There was.
ne doubt whatever that he raust not be
ignored eand, ia that cites, what diffieulties
presented theueselvee
The marame of the two Mises Egerton,
who was a nervone bua easily ouletugatea
person, wee so excited and oveeetrought by
the prospeote before her there in ceatem-
plating it when she wrote her itivitealoos,
she wee affected to tears.
"I care meure you, Lydia," tent seid,
"shat 1 have not saint foe three nights, I
hove been so harressed. liere on one band,
is Mn. Freatois learold, who must be invited,
and on the other band is eir. Bormistone
wboue we eennot pees over, end hero is
Lady Theobeld, who wilt turn to atone the
monetut ehe eees him -though, goodoeaa
AM sure lat ROMS A Very clelet*ret
apeetable men, and seta tome at me meat
complimentary thiuge sheet your Onetime
An bare ie that tireaatul girl, who 15
enoegh to give 011e eOld chills, and who may
do all sorte of dreeelfte thiege, and le cer.
tainly c livieg exemple to all reepectable,
well eaneated able. And the blinded of
the Mod could gee thet nothing would
()flexed, Ledy Theta:told mare etally than to
"Belinda" she mid, in an awful 'under -
tenet'. your mica is oat upon the tedium
with Mr. Darold. Perhaps it would be as
feeteliSztauttelletteadeelilif-4213efiEdgegle
and bring lier in."
Miss Belinda dose, actually looking pile.
She had been making each strenuous effort
to converse with Mies Filcher and Mr.
Burnhana that aim bra been betrayed into
forgetting hor charge. She could scarcely
believe her eau. She went to the open
window and lookea out, and then tarnea
pale r thou before.
" Octevia, my dear," she mid, faintly.
")Prancis 1" mid Lady Theobald, over
her shoulder.
',Mee lerencis Bevel& turned a rether bored
cotentenance towerda them -hut it was
evidently not Ootavia who had bored him"
Octevia," said Min Belinda "how ire -
prudent 1 In that thin draw-ila night air!
How could you, my dear, how could you?'
" Oh 1 I shall not catch cold," °davit+,
answered. ',I am used to it. I have been
out hours and hours, on moonlight nights,
at home."
But s'ae moved towards them.
" 'YOU must remember," said Ledy
Theobald," that there are many things
which may be done in Araericis which would
not be eat° in England."
And she made the remark in an almost
sepulchral tone ef warning.
How Miss Belinda would have supported
.herself if the coach have not been an-
nounced as this juncture, it would be
difficult to say. The coach WEIS announced,
and they took their departure. Mr. Barold
happening to make his adieus at the same
time, they were escorted by him down to
the vehiole from the Blue Lion.
When be had assisted them in and °lona
the door, Wavle, bent forward so that the
moonlight fell fall on her pretty, lace.
covered head and the sparkling drops in
her ears.
"Oh!' she exolsimed,"if you stay here
at all, you meat come and see no. Aunt
Belinda, ask him to come and see us."
Miss Belinda could soecely speak.
"I shall he most --most happy," she
flattered, "Any -friend of dear Lady
Theobald's, of coarse---"
"Don't forget," said Ootavia, waving her
hand.
The amok moved off, and Miss Belinda
sank back into a dark corner.
"My dear," she gasped," what will he
think?" 1
Ootavia we.s winding • her lace scarf
around her throat.
"He'll think I want him to call," she
said, serenely. "Ana I do."
CHAPTER XIII.
nirsicrioNs.
The position in which Lady Theobald
found herself placed, after theseecourrenoes,
was certainly a difficult and unpleasant
one. It we.p.Mr. Francis Barold's caprice,
for the timeheing, to develop an intimacy
with Mr. Darinistorm. 'Ina, it seemed,
chosen to become interested in him -duriag
their sojourn at Bionaomin. He had dis-
oovered him bo a desirable companion,
and e clover, amiable fellow. This Knuth
he condescended to explain becidentally to
her ladyship's 'dela
"1 can't say I expected to meet a nice
fellow or companionable fellow," he re-
nieekea, wind 1 was agreeably surprised
to find him both. Never mem too much or
too little. Neverbores a man."
To this Lady Tiaeobalci could make no
reply. Singularly enough, she
covered early In' her acquaintence that 'her
wonted, weapons 'Ware likely to dull their
edge; upott-the deely coldness of Mr.
Francis learold's impassibility. In the
preeence of this fortunate young man, . be-
fore whom his wotla haa bowed the knee
from his tendered infancy she lost the
mejesty: other demeanor. 'He refused to
lee her be thrown with Frenele Darold
aoa how one is to haste them into dle aame
TOM, and keep them apart, Pre gum I
don't hnow. Lady Tbeebala /waif conia
not do b, and how mu we he expened to?
And the refreshmente ou my utiud,too, and
Forbes failing en her tee-celtee, ane hriog-
ing
up Seib' 1,1314/" 4110 lead."
ViThAttileSe mieneeingswereegoall. eberad
by mat eon:neuter in prospeettve niestit be
addneed from tbe feet thet the geroiatter.
noon alre, Dureheux tena. ablee Pitcher
appeared upon the meue, to comae with
Aire. Egerton upen the aobjed.
DIISA Lydia orta Mies Vadat beeg dis.
toiteed upstairs to thele praetieeg, the
three laaws eat in the dockened pfor. and
toakvi the matter over in eolemo nualeve.
"I have coueultee Vase Piloer, and
motioned the affeir to Mra. Oilmen" an -
oatmeal Mete Burnham. "And aelly we
have not yet been Able te arrive Melly con.
Mrs. Egerton dwelt her head, parfully.
"Fray don't ecene to me, illy dOre„' atm
aide'-" don't, I beg of a on! I had thought
about it until my eiroulation basall pee
wrong, and Lydia has been appljeg hot-
water bottles zo my feet ell molung. I
gave it up at half -pass two, and fit Violet
to writing Invitations to one and ,let the
contemeeneee he what they may,"1
Mies Pilcher glencea at Mrs. ehrnhem,
and Mra. Durnhara gliencea at alisTileller.
" Perbripe," Mise Pitcher su6eated to
ber companion," it would be se Well for
you to mention yoor impressions.e
Mrs. Burt:there'll neitener borne ea.
aitionally cautious. She bent (award
enttono,
"M2 dart" she said, "ban a eleed"
so to speak ?"
" Intentional" repeatei Mrs. Borten,
"3a," with deep eignificance. e" So to
speak, With regard to Lucia."
Mrs. Egerton looked utterly behloss
"Dear mel" ehe ejeauleted, peintively.
"1 have never had time to tblet of it.
Dear me 1 With regara to Limb!"
stir), Burnham bennee more tigratioant
she added," elreErancieBarolee"
Mrs. Egerton turned to Was Peeled, and
saw confirmation of the faot in ler count-
enance.
"Dear, dear!" she said. " makes
it worm than ever."
e It is certain," put in Miss Pita:ter," that
the union would be a deeirabIe ore, and we
have reason to remark that a dem interest
in Mr.Francis Barold ha a been shown by
Lady Theobald. He has bean invited to
make her house hie home during, bis stay
in Slowbridge and though he hat not done
so, the fad dist he has not is dos only to
some inexplicable relactence upon his own
part. And we all remember that Lady
Theobald once plainly intimated that she
anticipated Lucia forming, in the 'future, a
matrimonial alliance."
"Oh I" commented Mra. Egerton, with
some slight impatience," it is all 'very well
fax Lady Theobald to have intentions for
Lucie.; bat if the young man lass none, I
really don't see that her intentions will be
likely to result in anything partictilar. And
I am sure Mr. Francis Darold is Lot in the
mood to be indunced in that way now. He
is more likely to entertain laimeelf with
MISS Ootavia Bassett, who will take him
out in the moonlight, end make herself
agreeable to him in her American style."
Miss Pitcher and Mra. Burnhem ex-
changed glances again.
"My dear,'" said Aire, Burnham," he has
called neon her twice since Lady Theobald's
tea. They say she invike him herself, and
ffirte with him openly in the garden."
"Her conduct is snob," bald MiesPilcher,
with shudder," that the blinds upon tie
side of the semine,ry which faces MissBass-
ett's garden are kept olosed by my melees.
I bave young ladies under nor care whose
characters are in protiess of formation, and
whose parents nieces confidence in me."
"Nothing but ray friendship for Belinda
Bassett," remarked Mrs. Burnham," would
induce me to invite the girl to my house."
Then she turned to Mrs, Egerton. "Bub
--ahena-have yoa included them all in
yitur 'levitation?" sae 'eleserved.
ears. Egerton bedarne plaintive again.
"7 don't see how I could beeexpectea to
do anything elee,Welee "Lady Theo.
bald herself conicrnot invite Mr. Franois
Barold from Mr. Barraistone's house, and
leve Mr. Burnadone et home. And after
alleI must say ia my opinion nobody
woad have objected to Me. Binteistotte,
in the first place, if taay', Thebbaldhad not
ingested upon it: • t
Mrs. Burnham •ieflectedt
" Perhaps that is dupe! elle admitted
cautionsly, at length. And it mast be
cordoned that a man in laie position is not
,entirelY Without his advantagee-partiou-
Early in a place where there are btit few
gentlemen, and those obareely desirable
peen,' if you wilt be e9 kind as to -to in
-
street me, end forgive nay awkweedness."
"041 t'll inetract you," said Ootavien
"1 heve instrueted people before, and I
kuow how."
aro, Bern'nene clutched Mies Eileher'e
arm,
"Po you see who that is ?" ehe demanded.
" Wonld, yon have believed it ?"
/nisi Pitcher preserved etmay deinettuoe.
"1 would believe anything ef Mise
Oetevie Bassett," elut replied, "There
would be nothing at alt remerkeble to my
mind in her flirting with the Bishop him-
self? Why should sbe lemitate toendeevoer
to entagle the memo of 8t., aantes?"
CHAPTER 'N.IN't
GMUCSIA VISIT.
It WAS inaCed true that the Rev. Arthur
Poppletoo tied event the geeater pert of hie
afternotte in raise Oottenet Itleeeetele front
parlor, and that Oete,yie heel entertained
him in entitle a manner thet be baa pm:* be.
gulled iitto forgetting hie clerioal melts he
bee iatenditi to matte, and finally earn.
raittea himeelf by a premiee to return a day
or two later to peep vregeet. i1c objeet in
ceiling heel been to rename Mate liclindete
aesietame in A peroebial matter. Ilie
natural thnoreueneee of nettle° baa imaged
led him to put oit making the visit for as
loug a time As poseible. The reports be
hga hpara ot P4ha Octave& Bassett bed,
epired tine with great dread, Consegeently
he bed prevented laitimelt at hliee Itelindeee
front door with eeeret itupieb,
"Will you say," he heel taltered to Mary
Anne." that it ie Ur. l'oppletou, to gee
eifies Baiiaett-Iktiss Vaitt4a, Bamtt
And then he hali been handed iota the
leerier, the door bed cloud behind him, and
be found hiveneelt shut up eueirely alone in
the zoom with Wila Octavo. Bassett hereelt.
His Arab impolee was to turn, Ana dm
precipitately; macel, he even went so far
AS to turn, end clutch the handle of the
door; hut lionaehOW, a imeend thooglitt ar-
rived, in time to lead him to control him.
telt.
Thie mooed thought mine with bisecoond
glarra at Oatevia.
(Te be mtinneda
The 1,44.rre.er anti tee Vrozen Pudding.
There iv a story ebintt Lora. Rosebery
width 1 hope la troe. I; certeinly hi no
improbable, One night led fiettilMil Lerly
Rosebery Was "WI home" in Berkeley
seuere, end utterly everyboay iu London,
wbo is anyhedy, WAS biation to attend. On
the day before the party took place, Lord
Resebery met in Piccadilly a Scotch farmer
ethane he boa occasionally seen at eleotion
times in Midlothian. Following his natural
impulse of kinaliness, he invited the Sweetie
_ea m me , , ,
due time, reed in secatittetree Caw etp
tollowiug the repletion for evening arms,
was of n cut never Been iuBerleoleysauere.
Ile walked about, looked at the company,
arta fluidly found his way to the tamper -
room, where were spread all tbe aelicaoles
of the season. The ferater had not bonen
the room ten minutes when bang went a
lobster salad, half a obicken, a handful of
meringues end a Urge plate of jolly. After
this he began to trifle with the good thiegs
on the table. Seeing a glass dish of olives,
he, fall of trust in th,o resulta of his
general sampling% took a spoonful,
thinking they were something in the
confeetionery line. The remit was
not satiefaotory, and be telly deposited
the aebris under the table. Ile noticed the
ladies all about eating with evident delight
a pleasant looking thing, pink or cream
colored, eervea in saucers. Ho asked for
one ot these, the servant gave him a bount-
iful supply of ice cream. He took a big
apoonful Ana conveyed it to his mouth. A
look of pained surprise crossed his counten-
ance, bus he was not going to disgrace his
hoot. He closed leis eyes, shut his mouth
firmly, and with a few spasms swallowed
the ice. This wee all very well fax him, he
was a strong man, accutitomea to anent -
tem, but he felt that to avoid pain to others
someone ehould know abont this. Lookipg
around, he saw Lord Rosebery talking to a
group of ladies and gentlemen. Sliding up
to him with the saucer of ice in his hand,
he pinched him by the sleeve. "I don't
auppose you know it, my lord," he loudly
whispered ; "but I think I ought to tell yon.
Thero has been a mistake somewhere, and
this pndaing's froze," Lord Rosebery
grasped the situation in a moment. With
perfect oonrteay and with a pretty appear-
ance of oritical inquiry he tasted the ioe
cream. "So it is," he mid. "That's very
strange." He went off to speak to one of
the servanta, and returning, said, "Its all
right ;•I tim told that this is a new hind of
pudding they freeea on parpoee ;" ana, bat-
ing his friend's arm, he led him from the
.room.
She penes& there, discreetly ; but Mr
Egerton -was not so disdeet. ,
"There are a gneatemeny ,nonng ladies in
Slowbriago," she said, sleeking hen leead.
A great many 1 Ape with five in a family,
all old entmeitette be ont of a eohool, I am
sure it islyingea the face of Providenoeto
negleot one's opportunities."...
When the two ladieStdok theirdeparture,
Mrs. Burnham embed eefleotive.
SIX TO ONE. THE ENGA,GED MEX.
Au English Actor gives Six New "Fork
woneemen mealy westoe-Re irad to
Be Bound wand mid Foot Before Ile
Could. De Dna an,
k jour
ylo eraek:rosoprungiinlgisatisoatneno :901: 674131b cebl...,
eyeainan. Oonkling, ,tit hehe 4i,adgeo4
F40: utkerea she expliwpqm °Fly'
1,1g Fard in respensato rteameeld sum-
%
utena fog assistance en tlita.ieatheet Leg; iatan
sow at hixth avenue, neal‘TWentMeiglath
iltreet 'The prisoner thee was te behwho
hwaeall-darive;saecl actue ide Pt egretrn 1 7°ffilacellt nawaans oat
&bent $0: He rattled oil; a string of est
pletives in a strong English accent as he
• breeed hiumelt up at the center ready to
'Ireeititahree er mom officere if neeemery.
Policemen °Quisling leek.ed het and weary,
and emonea M helve had a bard time of
He had seen two Fen drumlin; 'together
he front Of a l'aOfttlaYitut at 5 o'clock, in the
merniag, and, running ap, anted that one
was a waiter endeavoring to put oite an
Englishmen who had been creatiog a die-
verbal:toe,. The peliceman told the Englieh-
man ta go honae quietly- For reply the
letter gripped fba otlieer as if be had been
a child and. depoeitedehiee en the ground.
Conkling, wlee bad plenty of plueli, grap-
pled with the men, bot again let the (Mee,
though the waiter tried to help hieei out.
Conkling then rapped for asside.nce, an -
ether policeman appeared, and the two
ofilcare wee* tee bine A rapid vision al
dying artua cirkw mete end ti.14 MO officere
were deed right ekod left.
eIte's a terror frem away beek,1 tell yen."
gasped Cemitliteg when the third bluemet
came, end tete three men advanced in a
body on the foe, Toe Ettglielnetatt with a
gran Amite oil nie !me tamely threw out hie
arine, mettering two '1 toe OffiCere, end
rapidly elan up leis Mb, cetethieg the third
neetty under the obi°. TM. policernee did
eet nee -their elite% as the stmeger eppearea
well deemed, and they reepeeted bie plaelt.
A leorth %leen' was game met drew a
crowd of people, whieb. cooeteettly aug-
mented uoeil eeverel teanteauti were as-
cembled. The three oftletere MOO I tred,
but the streneer had ma tercel a beer, end
esten officer No. 4 appeare4 looked quite
ebeerful. The orOwd preseed forwent,
people elimbirg letup poem in their eager.
nem, ea two Of the blueconte worlted their
way behind the tamp; while two Wirral*.
f a bie tettentien in f mate, te. yell from the
et otta ex:mom:wee that two k 1 the peliceeneo
Were down while the °there who greppled
with him 'were ettaken off litm water, and
(me ot the &et two, who bad mauaged te
get mama wina,- Wail litwly sent Tio the
ground ley a etreiglit bit from the &melee.
att he etteceptell to rash thloge and. clinch
with the Beglielmene. By thie time foe
exeitement was intense, end the people were
actually beginning to bet on the molt.
Thinga were looking eeriorte, end A roar of
applauee arose as a fltth blueeoet arrived
on *bo meue. Then a meth was sum.
mooed. When he came the other five were
clinging to tho prisoner, who was making
wild phlegm. Efe had unnamed to get one
erne free end lied rotated eaccenfully all
atterepte to put the nistere °to
" Get a rope!" aboutel setae ono ex-
oitedly, and policerariu No,0 ran frantically
beck ana returned with A °tout mentlle
cord. Not until he was thee hand and foot
were they eble to Vika the prioner. Then
*bey picked bine up bodily and marled
biro to the Nineteenth Precinct Station,
followed by the biggest ocowd that wan
ever seen la that neighborhood at sneh en
hour. 'elle man was Mame to the Jaffee -
ma. alutCylt.,--notina, thuirt. wbere be ease
ing, actor, and ilii resia• nco as Pio. Di/
'West Fourteenth street. HI protested that
his arrest was an outrage, rod that it was a
eslisvareaye.for a gentleman to be treated in each
e It's too bad," mid judge Gorman, but
lell have to fiao you $10 all the same." Ile
wite loonea up, as he had re money. A
friend, who said he was an actor, efterwara
came and paid the fine and Gledering was
released. It Was asoertainea that the ad-
dress he gave was a bogus one, ana probe.
bly. the name he wive was an assumed one.
It is believed that he belongs to one of the
English drametio companies in town, and
gave the wrong name ana addrees in order
to avoid publisiity. When be appeared in
court he had not a et:match on him exeept
a slight braise on one of leis wrists.
,be affeoted byat he weal even implacabte ,Poor Mra. EgeIrtettei mind lima what
He Was Partly Right.
Husband-- Confound theee thin walls.
Why you hear thet disagreeable child
next door whining end arying, and the man
in there isettvearine at ie like a trooper,
Stabbed. to the II eart.
A Stoneham, Mass., despatch of Mon-
day mem: The dead body of George Martin,
jun., was found jast inside the entrance to
the cemetery here yesterdem Martin had
been stabbed through the heart. Wm. E.
alaguire and Patrick Biehop have been
arreated on suspicion of murder. The
three men were together the preview night,
and Bishop says Maguire and Martin quar-
relled and fought. Bishop eleims that he
left the two men. fighting end went home.
3eIaguire denies the story. The crime was
committed in a thickly settled oert of the
town.
What a Diirerenee Betrothal Mekes in Her
Manner.
Have you ever notieed what a difference
there es in a girl's manner when she gene
ellegattekeeehe married? She flirts as muck
'ette ?ever, course, and even a little more,
tortetateerati as though a semi-appropriatea
darn* hie; more charms or the male Meta
than tlitelitt, whose hearts Mese not capita-
laeede, Tneedifference lies in the manner
to otner'girls of the engaged one. Even the
eilualeatema niecat asennee elight airs of
aupeeirtitY, as though, the problem of seta
tlemeat in life having been oettioa tor
them, they were now competent to guide,
and advise all otaer young women,
If the Banos be young mei handeona4
they are generally too much absorbed. in
him to pay muck attention to any one.
else; but if be bp meddleagea end. very
rich they And abundanoe of leisure fet
"place at,the disposal ef. tinter friends. Thie
they, emoley priocipally in disooesing
ehme. ,Oten prospect:tat settling What eolor
their liveries ellen he and, in arranging the
various detailed their establiehinent. But
a little .artisnA is pardonable, at setae re
tinite and they are eeldom m wholly (mord
pied with their own concern:as to 'ergot
to quietly pittronize toeir girl friends,
You Meet meery well, Limy.- .You shall
mote and day With nee, and we see
what con he dome. Or, Karen you.
must give up young Browne- rijen. will not
be able to give yea a oarriageihr yeds and
yeers, if ever. I shall .lirn dark, tan -
colored liverbeapiekee title witli daemon,"
oto..
Then, it onYthing 'odium tobreak off the
etlgsgoMent., and the girl oinks book lane
tbe rants of tlie unengeged, her poisitiort
all the Mom disagreeable if she hoe put on
lot of otyld detrine Iter bettOthal,
perhaps, lere girl who ie elevishly in rove
with her 1141100 ie the greeteet here et all.
" liaehet Edmond glerieue eyes? Piave
you ever looltea deep ioto them ? Have
ett AiAieS4 the Way hie hair eerie
inst above hie ears, a*) Oe " le not my,
Oeorgoi-ti veiee cliermiug ? lige:lathed and
well-bred 2" One gets very tired ot thie
kind ot theng. We have had an engaged girl
etaying here tor the lad week, nod, though
we leave never Seen her youteg man, we ail
deteat hie very nerne, ao incessantly does
ehe ohattee alma bim, "My Archie" fa
(Dueled Into our eare all day lone- I ahoula
often. li tie to hit that Zondes
Xruth.
Bowit Tricorn
"When you were running for office,
didn't yon feel hurt by the cartoons and
os.ricatnrem that were published in the
comic papers e" asked a gentleman of a
prominent politician.
" Hurt by caricature! Bosh 1 It hurts
a regular politician like myself just aboub.
ma much as having his sbadow on the
wall butted by a goat," was the candid
reply.
Do Never Forgot D.
Cantwe,fte-Say, you remember thet
e5 hill I loaned you?
Owen Long -Remember it, Sim; I never
forget a aver like that. 'Yon heven't got
another one aliont you, have yea?
Wife -That's on Willie crying upstaire. Et-Orteen Natalie was permitted to have
Husbemd(doggedly)--Weil, there's a man a two-bonra' interview with her son, the
in there eweering about iranyway. young Xing, on Satrirday.
, —.—.D......--
. ITSIVINTEB, QIIARTENS. mCariew Mast Not Ring To-uight," is now
:Tiadaiennel shirt which Since last May . living in the ponth for tla,e benefit of her
etas reigned in regal pride, hasbeina's tioalth, bat se her own hettlth
Has Med with the leaves away,
Aud now it's worn'inside. ,. , . • suffers'ihere iheeetliitilt of making Southern
But when the spring has,come, 'twill then , ehtlifornla their !utter° lion:Lee . She is DOW
--Deslauctihe to businees--" Oh, live and she got for throne V170131 a letter ot thanks
Rom Harttviok Thorpe, the 'author of
FOn winteror when the flowhavetheers come is when a `worden 0 t • 39, ana elm *wrote the well -
The flannel shirt's on top. known vereee whet! ebe was under 17. All
A Geed Sionarttan.
I seed, "Where 'worm going, mr,-4 *
Ile Pala, ")12u know any old triena, Mr.
lo litemiltert." I kima yrs:* Well;
be vetch a he Las been sick for a long time,
and had to put a mortgage on bia patented
fall, titinitiog he would be well enough to
pay it off by the time it Oarne due, Poor
fellow, be ie aleme deed, ona the mortgage
due, and if the place le sold the family will
be turned out ot doers, I Past thought I
would run down tide morning and obeer
him op a little as he was leaving, that I
would pay up that mortgage ea he would
know that his family would be comfortable
when he was gone.' Bo continued, "Oar
folks are building a big church end they
wented me awful bed to give them a big
eubsoription ; but 1 thouglet I could do the
Meister work better in this way. I sup-
pose they would be dieappointed." And
with them he left me for we wore at Month
ton. " I field to tnyeelt again,. after
he left, "that is a goo:1 men. I wash WO
baa more like hire. Still, he haen't much
of an eye to bueinees, for We a poor way to
advertise. If be told given the money to
tete oburoh be might Itave had hie mune in
valor ralt. juar. r a
ing On and what an awful. good man he
was."-" Tramp "in Me Ilroodsgook Sentinsl-
Review.
Young men.
The most anxious moment in tbe history
of a young men is that moment when ba
loreakes ±13 parental root and goes forth
into the wide world to seek a livelibood.
The interests of life are crowdea into that
period. The tens of a mother, the counsels
of a father, conseerate *et eventful
moment. Away from home, old essocit
Miens, and settled mime new home, how
apt the former restreints are to be met off!
the trial of virtue now comes. The test of
the peinciple is now applied. It be holds
fast in his integrity, the prayers of his
mother and father, rising up when the
still dews are falling, will bring blessing%
think as mantle thee fell around the camp
of the Israelitee, down nporthie path.Batif.
he proves faithless, then will his
memory embitter his life, then will his
parents veelcome the grave, that they may
hide their dishonor in the and. -
Lewiston .7ournca.
let live, ray mat." " Yes I'd look well,
from the editor ofot D, °bole newspaper to
wonldree t I'm a butcher." whom she sent Mete alines. She is a native
' TIM LAST STItA.V., of Inaiana, and, •evatised ber childhood in
great poverty: ., She says; 't e)f All dull,
Tis the last hat of sunamer, .
Left sad and alone, prosam livesemine wasthe dullest and most
Its straw -bunt companions prosaic." : 4 ,
Are faded and gone. Even the ola-time stemestion` of cornball-
- Oh, why does its wearerbig milroaa dire:stork:act ride on the cow -
so Tong to it stick: catcher of a l000rnotem, m order that their
, Tis winter -go ask him
To shoot it real quick, presence might anslire tlae exercise of great-
, --It lakes Poet with a good deal of ed °ere ber 'the lealledleeudet **/0111:(1 baralv.
imagination to speek of
mememe ege‘mt es teEtraddppotimifioed hlunderieg. en ilie-Case„ of two reoetet Booi.
m suaaorty.,, dents prominent railroted officials were
rf A THE ICITIAN'S.LOCATION. prifeate ear „formed part of the equipment
What though the babk barks with °roue of the tram. vtdently seine more laeroio
' Noice, yo manebe nh% cat down! remedY will halteloabe applied; ,
„,Tod-eI suppette. the beet wagao dad out mateagte ee ;seven eattes eld. She , played
„ e avail in these days oe, reckleesneris ana
. • • ronong the passengers; And in °moue their
, What though you shiver with the cold 0
eu've got the iceman ituthe"scUP.' Cdt10*, meeleahoredigY of
Strikes In Englund.
Various strikes in Engleind are reported.
In Lancashire 7,000 millers are on strike
for an advance of 5 per cent. The cab
drivers and tramway and omnibus em-
ployees of London have organized in
preparation for a strike, and there are ap-
prehensions of a universal railway strike ia
England. The strike of journeymen tailors
in London has ended, the employers agree-
ing to reduce the dallyworking hours to 101.
The striking workmen of Thornyorof 84 Cm,
engineers, London, have gained the edvance
in wages which they demanded.
Whether .elee loyee ree j tee& rtglat Up, and' lay ear at the age'. Of :3; eind'eat 4ote:.
baken Ned -allot at all, inytboyaAall,
e te''
one o It r tende, •
She is a preposeetteing child of 'average
heightelied size. ' eat , .
Looked for /hem.
"How aia yoar Ineabated enjoy the play?"'
"Ola, he Ellett see ranch of it."
"That's too bad. He ought to have taken
his glasses."
" That wits tbe trouble. He went oue
after eaoh ewe to get them."
'Ha& Dad Ex.perience.
Lawyer-. Do you understand the
nature of an oath, madam ? '
Witness-" Well, I phonla say 1, dia.
My huaband took off theetcregnit yesterday,
and is putting up the stovepipes to -day."
After a Curtain Lecture.
" Joe, your wife looks.; itto1 resh5a et
mortieg.glory." „. ei „
wish, elie veep a morning giory.vi!:,
" Why so, tree a' 't •
"Bto,atrfal;stliz at -night)'
- The lath Thom Workratte,;,aa:Montreal,
has left 4120,000 to the McGill*, thafvoteity,
aria 220,500 to charitable institutions cif the
oity, es follows : Montreal General Hospi-
tal 25,000; Frotedant Eannite ofIncleistry,
$40O0;• • Ladies' Berievolthet Institution,
$4000; Irieh Protestant Benevolenalneti-
tutton, $2, 000 ; Ma oke.ye Institute, 12 000 ;
Western Hospital, 11,000'Boys' Home,
22,000; Sailors' Institrite, 11,000 ; 'Protes-
tant Infents' Home, 21,000; Montreel Die-
pensaeye l00; Freed Institute, 54,000.
"Let out Government give us freewool.
said a gentleman to the South A.merican
delegates in Lowell, and we can etbow'
you something greater and better thao this,
oeuera0.,1ewill be be for your benefit, as welt se
Ie is pot generally the girl with the most
heel= who.. gete .married fleet: le is the
Utile, grave, demure girl who nits in the
corner with one young man and hanga on