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Get a quarter's worth wtutted to get ria of us,dna Wouldn't have it mended, Bessie Wats Anal of fa- ther, and wouldn't worry. him, She Haid, though he meat have seen hew thin she got and hit; her eyes cane to leek. Peo- ole [;ave her more money° at first when they hea?' l her cough, bet 4otr„'IriIig took away her Voice at last: and then father e nealY ato s aso h money. awldidn't called me 't•0 her ono }tight ---I rentenrber 1t so well ---arta told lire to bC. t good i•,'lrl, incl to try my hest to take Care of father, and never to'forget her and mother if I was ever tend?ted to do,any'thins; wrong,. And while I waa listening and crying. and not understanding her, she stopped talking, and her hands grew cold, and I knew she was dead "It dial seem so strange to have her tlier•o answ,erand,kihe to 'd stilall hweays r and beet( never get act so kind' 10 me, and so ready to leas and 1,01 me, it seem0tl awful tohave her lytug so still dna cold, and never taking notice of me, Pother went on dreadful at first. when I told hirn Bessie vests acad. He raved and stamped and acted and (!noted it lot of hht coakesxrlo peback ai'e, Then lie �veut had out, ahoer didn'for hours. 1;Lc, drinking till the time and had spent all our money. After i3eepie was hurled in that. horrid cemetery, we left London, and then father, found out I could donee, and was always making' me pi•atctise, A had to make up to hlra for lois lost ones, he said. You see, 'nether used to give lessons in French and music, and do needlework for the shops. She is buried in Rye --father's cousin lent the money' for that—but I want to be buried here, high up and quiet, 'where I can .hear the sea!" .. More than once as she spoke tears had. started to my eyes, The soaaid, pitiful details of that sad childhood, the picture 11 er stamle words'conjured up lovely; blue-eyed child, watching through the long hours in those dreary lodgings by the dead body of her sister, and ot; the drooping roses she had begged from, 'a flower -girl to place upon Bessie's grave —all these thing's affected me as no tale r of sorrow had ever done before. .r>,' passionate longing filled ine to serve this fragile, feminine thing, to protect her from the dangers of her wandering lite, and the callous cruelty and greed of her unworthy father. 13ut how could. a man of my age interfere- in the affairs' of- a lovely waif and stray many years 1 his jun-iorl x •could de nothing. I coul& not even hint to her of the strength of chivalrous love and pita witli'which she inspired me; and even while I was seek -t ing for words in which to. express the depth of my sympathy, her mood Chang -1 ed._ and she was laughing gaily, "Mrs, Nokes was so shocked and angry, When she heard I'd bad tea with you. • She said you'd complained, to her, but I. knew that wasn't true, and I told her) so" mime urse it wasn't true, Lilith." "Of course not, Then she said I ought to be ashamed of myself, and I; was too old to be bothering' gentlemen to take notice of xne." ,,, "How old are you?" "Sixteen next month. How old are! you Mr. Hervey?" Twenty-seyen next month—nearly old enough to be your father, you eee.' "Oh, no; father's nearly fifty. I've [The Wedding Eve Or, Married to a Fairy. CIL\PT.1'.R V.—(Continued). "Haven't you any settled home?" I Naked, The Dye that colors ANY KIND of Cloth Perfectly, with the SAME DYE. No Chance of tatakes. Clean and Simple.le. 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And the marsh looks so peaceful and quiet all stretched out with just a little speck of light from the alehouses here and there. wish we were on the sande, Walking there at night is just beautiful when they are firm and crisp as the sea has left them. I've run along them in my bare feet by the hour at night sometimes, when we've been very badly off and haven't known where to go, and father's been erase because I enjoyed it so, I've screamed with de- light sornetimes to feel the cool waves crawling round my :feet in the moon- light, while he's been swearing because the• public houses were Cloyed; and the night wind put his pipe out! I've said then I shouldn't like to be a man, al- ways things and wanting pipes or beer. It seems so much cheaper and sialfiler to be a gt.•1, " She had seated herself on a Mound of turf not far from where: I sat. The un- conventionality of her proceeding slid not seem to trouble lief• for it. moment, and indeed what could soe1al laws mean to this light-hearted little Was -side wild- flower? T had not the heart to explain them to 'herin any s asel aqui together we listened for arsine seconds, in silence to the wind rustling thteUgh the fringe or pine -trees that bnrderecl the church - Yard, and Stared' in sllenoe across the lnftryhes to the (noon -flooded sen. At last Lilith dr4'i '. a long, sighing breath. ' "When '[ die," she; said, ",I want to Be dere. I've soot graVeyardsein towels- dread.ful Waves, all railings, and boards saying you mustn't pioir the flowers, and aI1 that. But think ltute quietly one could sleep herrn with only the sheep-bell,d or the church belts to bother one, and long, long grams to keen one warm in winter, and cool in summer, i had a tittle sis- ter, older than me. She diad three Years after mother and they berried lief in a pauper's grave in a London cemetery. 7e,onr a flower -girl 1 begged some roses that worts a bit faded, and put them, in an old jam pot 1 got off our landlady, on the earth over my sister't head. I won- der If she knew. She was very fond nI flowers. A cold carried Ilea off, lust as it did mother, lrnthssr was getting' a living teaching elocu0o11 during the day, then•--nloSt to ater}'arta Who vtanted to fro on the stage—mild Resale and he ixrse to go out together at night and play acts sing' in the streets when it was quite dark. She need to sing beautiful, high and sweet like a bird. llut Ono 'winter she got a cough, and in the Wing she centring rrhal e it off,''The fool' in the m010'Where rte siert let the rain in; we owed the landlady something; and she Your Guarautee of des The qac SALADA" on the sealed lead Flack. is that ' ages �S. o` strongest guarantee of a l .hest and � s fragrant in tea IS THE CHOICEST TEA GROWN ON THE 'ISLAN4D OF (MON —dean,. whole leaves—with the delightful flavor avor of the resh leaves brought �®�oar�ablby the sealed lead packages. BLACK, GREEN OR MIXED oat never niet anybody se easy to talk to as you, 1?des everybody you -Meet want to tell you everything, .I wonder?" "Not that 1 know ot,' Lt11th. the rrrass you are sitting on is damp, and it is quite, time you went to bed. Your father will certainly be angry if he comes to the inn and finds you aro cut." "That's true, :i suppose I had better go in," she said, rising to her'frret. "Oh, I've beensitting on a grave all this. time! I wish I had known; I wouldn't have done it. Is d.t unlucky?" "You superstitious childl It will be very unluelcy if you take a chill from the damp grass,' "I hate leaving here. It grows calmer and prettier every moment now the wind is going down. agatu, You will see the to the inn, won't you? Te-xnerrow we may be on the tramp again, and you are so hind, and 1: like Voir so much_I Can't bear to think ofsaying"good-by to you." "1 shall see you in the morning before you leave Coxne, Lilith! • The dew. is failing heavily and the mists are rising over the marsh. ComeV' She Nvas lingering in the churchyard, but when I• stretched out n1y hand she at once slipped hers into it, a very small, very thin hand, the skin rather rough from constant exposure, but a clear little hand for all that: I clasped my finger's over it, and led her into the highroad, between fields of barley, that led to the bills we turned a corner, walking thus hand in hand, and talking like old friends, a. long, dark shadow fell across our path.ilith trembled and hung back, half biding herself behind me. "At last I've found you!" a thick voice, exclaimed, as the shambling- figure of a tall, broadly build man in shabby, wea- ther -stained clothes, blue-eyed, g1•aY- bearded, and clearly the worse for drink, lurched into full view in the moonlight. I did not need Lilith's frightened whis- per, for 111ad already divined that this red-faced, stumbling, angry personage who' advanced to meet us, muttering strange Oaths ,and brandishing a heavy oaken stick, was her father, Horatio Saxon. CHAPTER S -I. In Horatio Saxon's manner, accentuat- ed by his half -inebriated condition, was a very evident trace of the footliglrts,'a melodramatic over -emphasis, which. as I afterward learned. had grown to char- acterize the man's tones and gestures in every situation in life. At the same time it was clear that he was extremely angry, and the sudden snatch 11e made at his daughter's arm would have hurt her had I not interpos- ed to ward off his rough grasp. Then he turned upon ine in genuine fury. but still tinged with theatrical ex- aggeration. xagseration. "And who are you, pray, that you should interfere between Tattier and child? Some ,London 1.tul, fresh from his shop, conning here in tits best clothes and paroling hinisell off as a gentleman! How dare you speak to that young lady? 110 you know that I ant her father'? And You, you sly, lazy, undutiful minx, what do you mean by such forw=it'd, immodest conduct? Leave that fellow at ones and come to Me as 1 bid you.' He lurched and swayed in his wally, so that every moment T feared lest he might overbalance and fall over the heap of loose stones bordering the road - 'Hatay, whdeh was in course of being mons - tr ed, The spot wsut absolutely i eserte but for our three .solves, and in the vivid] moonlight the Intense stillness seentec ghosuy and unnatttral, a'.illtit was cloasei behind me. and I felt, lies' tremble as Saxon trade another lunge In her ,direction with his heavy (Hilton sticit, :Perhaps it would have beet] better had she gone to hini quietly at once, fur her hesitation seemed towork hltu into a fury. lion lily thr'u'sting me on one side, lie grippe`1 her shoulder, and, dragging the child toward him, shook her violently from, Hide to side, A. low cry or 1lafrk*' and Pear brolte from her lips, followed Iry the thud of It, heavy blow from his clenched list upon her Shoulder. !st the sound 1 lost all sell' -control, and, hurling' myself upon the brute, 1 compelled hint t0 loose his bold on her.. tobbinf with terror, Lilith' ran on a Ce}s' steps 11110111, and old Saxon turned to vent his fury turon rae,! With a volley of 011111s he sprang to- tc'urd me, brandishing his stick above his l'? 0, I g ;cl, a ily' dodged tho heavy blow he direkftrd— ahlt aclmy swksssu11. Miyomo; hactivo e n lostd eashis- batla0Ce,•lurched forward, staggered,, and Cuilrping alteaa•gainsilty, th©face stondownwaes by thr•tle way- sslde, i'ell orx 1110 ground. Vol- a few seconds I waited for him to rive and renew the attack; but, finding that he did not move, I went to his as- sistance, and with sonle difficulty raised him from the ground. Blood was flowing - freely from a gaping wound in the tem-' Pies, made by contact with a sharp flint just where 111.s head had struck it, His eyes were omen, and his distorted, purple face still wore the look of rage I had last seen there. But he offered no resistance to my touch, and laY like a log; inmyr arms as I knelt by his side. (To be continued.) 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