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Rb plld just hate them, 1 do now. I
/we err ybody here—"
" 34:assept Reale ?' laughing. "You
BY NAY AI(Y' L l f d3MI S(x, give Johnny his osm,, share and Reno's
salmon too—p Petite ? ,Although. when we
found you, that eeight, on Chapeau
Silent and True," " .•1 :}Mad Mar- Dieu, it was Rene you wore holding in
r'i.r i. ," One Night's Mystery," your arms, not Joltnuy ."
&c..., e., &Ce.
1' A la T L
" Snowball admits, " I do like
Johnny best—no one could help that.
It is not racy fault if Reno is so stiff, and
contrary, and so fond of his own way--"
In thine eyes site is the sweetest dads "Bsr no means," still laughing. "1
ego I c ve.r tatted an." will say for you, Snowball, you do your
duty by Ilene, and nevrr )111SS a chance
"c:r s,,, 4n. Nuri : a, of snubbing bins—for his good, of course,
chin ? They never write,. th -y never always for his good! It is very bad,
esiol „r ems* to see me No one socrns very bad indeed, for big fellows, near}
9:. . .ea' aayearg x'.b.0:tr rue as seventeen, to have their own way, and
all the whole world!" , you never spoil. Rene in that manner, if
A 'u".t, but Snowball cheeks it by a you can hili, it. Well, Petite, is this
great t•zittrt. She has tho;it;ht this all all? Shall we drop dais biographical
out, emit will not distress, s, M. Paul by subject here. and forever It is not '
t'ry fitg.
"• 1a or h hl. we all lc+v you ---vett one 1 care to taut about, for reasons of
know that," nay owu. Yon are safe and happy, •ou
Yes --Isere You are all god. But love all here, and are beloved. What
castthere— who are they : uWhy do they • Mal-' eau;elte `vSnowb An you li X111 find
coat tell
off incl 1 reel. me Oh, I cans it easy enough to win love, more than
not tell h on all X fee}, or astelt 'w nil cue + you amay well knoer- what to do with,
as I ought, but wont you tell rale al/ the . .
ammo Blease ? 1 have no one in all the ` one slay, \s h;U, ,1 repeat. tin stn
world to ass. but you, Raid you are• vett Thank
•y' n,y' ,artitisy . f:t%ssbee sle ts% br!f.'aie "Nothl1I more, J„'sail, M.
"" anal -1 may never set, you again."" Paul, for t -'}link; ire this much."
Ile reaches tip, and takes ht'r hand, s t'An(T Vast :pre not sorry that. nine
aud holds it iu toe leave. ,saint clasp. years ago. I brought you aero :t Irene
He looks surprised. \t ho ..could have ; tit turning, wltylh a b «; bof•k under lois
dreamed of -. much thought and feeling 9 gran, to ca}} us to,+u,+iter, 1 f tract'.
tanner that chi;,}-lik.. gar, g.r1 nature; 1 the e'r, befor.' ave #u..,
tic foxes grie\Lid, pussies., apt sa loss, i Ile take. her band we're ; }lis dam,
"• Little one,'` lase says, :-Iuwly ,15 l ga sit ty hlwnlface.
ece ora as like
113,17,4 AU= 110W to au+wet. Some of 1 thattotlte`r fair fa Iatrict the tuff
your slue tiaras cannot be aucweresf in the distant N n htud se.
now --conte -- what is it von want to . g wn
}aur.v rrtcat 2" a ,` Sorry ! 11i, Paul, I owe all the 1.414)•
" Pe}l is any ii one. S:Iorv1,311 is no ; piness of tray" life to you! 1 thank you
mute. I1, -re> *Olallelena. will not call with my whole" heart.""
stat{ by it ; -.!t> ....- , it io fl name for a She stoops. with a quick, clrildlil;e ,
Christian child " k grace, and Liven the big: brawn hand
•. It i-. no :aitxt's niche, certainly." be that clasp, hoe own. This is the tab-
9sty°.a, stteigie1 }ea
"` I should, frunt it would t haat meets the f szo of}rent., :ted
shock the good mother, tih® should petrifies the g,a s -z-.
Bile you another."
•"
trained
bt r,,, be exclaim. 't Dae
"• She leas; but what was I coos 1x1-';t-tetse ooyesve 1110? Snowball,
Foxe I came keittrained mth she should go abut
"" Snowball—nothinglaud Snowballs doesn"t) by Mere Maddelena, Iuakiug
love to M. Paul, here, all u
that I ever heart}. And you looked it,rtprotecttsl
such a little, white, flaxen -stained} girlie t and alone, I slid come to call you to
It was tht- nestle your mother called on supper, lxtt•" "'—'""
y But inc no babel,"' oamulands
by" "" My mother — oh!" with a quick Paul, laughingly, springing to his legis;
breath. **M. Paul, tell Int. of my•and cease these scalene ant. eensoriaus
mother.remarks. lias Weeny anything Parti•
Ho knits his brows abruptly, drops calarly goad, do you khats, stent ?"
her baud, and stares straight before "Any Greek or Latin roots �irlt-ass-,,
ilial, very hard, into space. Rene 2" impatiently puts in Snowball,
'"Your moiher?" a cold inflection of
Side by side they turn.tbpir books upon
which ho is quite unconsacious, in his the amber glitter of sea and sky, and
voice,. ""what is there to tell ? When r ascend to the cottage, and though M.
sitar her, just before I brought you here, Paul talks much as usual, Rene wonders
what
alae was on her death -bed. She net
has tomo to loquacious Snowball,
with an accident,"" very slowly ; "" she so silent, so thoughtful, so serious ie she.
For so
cid not speak to me or any one. Yousomehow, now that the long desired
and she we •algae." ex anation is over, she feelsdis,satistied
An alder inquisitor than little Mlle. sti thins are not much clearer than
Snowball would have semi, it may be, before, rut M. Paul has reasons of }vis
something suspicions --a •great deal held own for never talking of this any more.
back, in this slow and careful selection He has said so. It isnot until long after
of words. But Snowballfakes the state- that she knows, and then the knowledge
meet at the face of it. is fraught with keenest pain, of these
" Then it was not my mother who secret reasons of M. Paul Farrar.
asked you to take care of me?"
"It was not ?"
"M. Paul --what was she like ?"
""Like you --very like you in ell but CHAPTERXVI.
expression. Eyes, ]lair, featwrt-', smile
—almost the very same."
A pause. Snowball sits with fast -
locked kande, an intense look upon her
small pale face. M. Paul lies bank in
his former reenmbent attitude, his hat
arra., sit 0 1 -_e hie ('yes, and makes his
responses in a rather reluctant sounding
vont.,
"You do not want to tell I" she cries
out, ;titer a little, in afaint tone. "You
would not neske Ire ask so many ques-
tions if you dial. But I must know
more. Some one pays for me here; Dr.
Macdonald gets money every six
months. Who is that 2"
"Her name is Madam Valentine."
" Who is Madam Valentine '? What
am I to her ?"
"Madam Valentino i, an elderly lady,
and very rich—richer, my Snowball,
than you or I will ever be, our whole
lives long. Her son married your
mother ; her only son. She is -very
proud as well as rich, and it was a low
marriage. Do you know what a low
marriage is, my little one ? She cast him
off, this proud lady. He was drowned,
it appears, a few years after, in a stores,
about the time you were born, I should
think. That is the history, in brief, of
Madam Valentine." •
"• Then my father is dead, too, drown-
ed. My father drowned in a storm; my
mother killed by an accident! Oh ! M.
Paul. And my grandmother casts me
off, a little thing like that! She is a
cruel, cruel woman, M. Paul!"
No reply.
"Where does, she live ?" resentfully,
" this proud, hard Madam Valentine. 2"
" Everywhere; nowhere in particular.
She is nearly'always travelling 'about.
She is of a restless temperament, it
would seem." r
" Docs she wander about alone?" '
" No," smiling at the scornful tone,
s' she is in keeping. Her nephew—also
her heir—one Mr. Vane Valentine, ac
companies her. It was from him I re-
ceived you."
And then, still smiling at the angry,
mystified face,lie tells her, easily
enough, his part. How, knowing Vane the times comes, you shall go. to Italy,
Valentine, and seeing him at a loss how to Rome, the city of dead and living art.
to dispose of her, he lead volunteered to . am proud of your confidence. I shall
'bring her .here, knowing Madam' Mac- tot fail you, 'believe me."
•donald would rejoice in her coming, and Rene's deep eyes glow, he is not ex -
Mr. Valentinehadat once closedwith the
.offer.
" T knew you would grow up happy.
and healthful here, Petite, loved by all,
and loving all. And I was not mistaken,
was I ? You are happy, in spite of
this ?"
" happy ?" she echoes. ; " Oh ! yes,
M. Paul, I am happy—happy as the day
is long. Only sometimes—but I should
siever be happy with people like that—
VILLA DES AGES.
The summer days conte, anrltlle sum-
mer days go ; . twenty more are couuted
off, and it is the end of August, the close
of the long vacation --a haver -to -be -for.
gotten time, since M. Pout has passed it
here. But with the going of this last
Week M. Pail goes too, and a strange
blank is left in the doctor's home, and
in these three youthful hearts.
"Yon and 1, at least, will meet again
before long," he says to Rene at parting;
" remember when the time comes to call
upon me—if I live I will not fail you."
For in the long and confidential hours
oflhis ,convaleseenco, Rene, the reticent,
has iimened Isis whole heart to this
sympathetic 2L Paul, and told him of
hopes, and dreams, and longings, and
ambitions buried deep in his own heart
up to this hour. He is a modest lad,
and shy, and glances with dark, wistful
eyes at the silent friend who sits beside
him.
" Does it all sound very foolish and
impossible to you, M. Paul ?" he asks.
" Sometimes it does to me. Sometimes
I despair, buried hero in this out -of -the
world place. And my father, you know,
sir, -wishes me to be a doctor. But that
can never be, I am sure of it."
"" Stilllyou might study medicine," M.
Farrar resppiids, thoughtfully; "it will
please your,fether, and a knowledge of
anatomyis absolutely essential, you
know, if your aspirations aro ever car-
ried out. And they"t ill be ;you have it
in you, Rene, lad. •Foolish and impos-
sible ! Not at anal always knew you
had a spark ,of the divine: lire of genius
somewhere behind those., -level black
brows of yours, only. I did not know the
particular direction in which it was
bent. Wait, all things are possible to
him who knows bow to wait. Please
your father for the present ; keep your
own counsel; I will send you books, and
in every possible was/ in which I carr
further your condition, it shall be my
great pleasure to do it. Abroad, you
see, I may have opportunities. When
pensive by nature, ut he . grasps the
friendly haud held out to him. in . both
hands, and his eloquent face speaks for
him. His whole heart overflows with
gratitude. Ah, this is friendship 1.
Indeed, - -the whole household, with
Weesy and Tim, are in despair at this
desertion. Snowball weeps her blue
eyes all red and swollen, for days before,
and will not be comforted.
" If I see Mr. Vane Valentine before 1
leave the country," he says to her, a
mischievous gleans in his eyes, "s your
benefactor, you knowWhat cti1 I say
to hum from you l"
Safi I Mabe hint an ne'rs, llAlstreee-
Snowball. vveiously. " I always. hated
benefactors ! I -owe it to you,11at tt9
hitu, that I ani here. I never waab to
$ee him, or her, as long as I live."
The day comes, au(I Paul Farrar goes
01d Tint rows him over to St. (Midas, to
take train from thence to the world
'without. Dr. Macdonald slat} Rene ae
company hiiu, in this first stage of his
long journey; Johnny, and Snowball,
and Weesy staral on the bleed beach,
aucl wave good -by. As the boat touches
the St. Glides shore he looks back.
Joliuny and Weesy have gone, but
Snowball still stands where they left
her, a slight, Cluttering figure, her bright
hair blowing, gazing after through tear -
dimmed eyes still.
But life goes on, though dear ones de-
part. September conies, cool au(1
breezy; her convent school re -opens.
and Snowball's freedom k at an end.
No more long saile in the batteau, no
more dau• serous excursions to Chapeau
Dieu, no more long rainy days of re-
main* reading up in her attic chamber.
The dull routine of lessons reconteuen:es.
manner and bistory,and Noel' et Chap -
set anti fine needle -work, take the place
of gypsy outdoor life, and the seventy-
five boarders of Villa des Awges aro her
daily companions instead of the boys.
Gild Tim rows her over every- metering,
and luck every aftornoou. Lifo, as
Johnny patheticaillypute it, k no longer
" all lthor and skittles;" even he haa to
throw aside his beloved. Captain Mar.
with -r;ul recommence ;uathernatea and
Latin; and l;t•nt---.blit Retie dream* his
own dreams in th *se stays with at steady
aim anti purpose ut view, absorbs him: -
self in his studios, writes long letter, to
M. Paul, and is mugs to all the world
beside.
Villa :deo 1.nges i,: a : t.ttely est;tali:h.
recut, set to apacione ern*ural. , on a
breezy height overiostl,iug town and Katy.
It is as boerding.sliooi and has within
its veetat walla yo ttltfid angels (runt
nearly every quarter of the globe.
There arty a thaw or setae da -pupils,
besides nent,"ionterir .•- among thea. lettor
Snowball Trillou, although as a. matter
of fact there is no suck name down on
the sebooll-roth There is a Dolores
Macdonald, and --Dolores of all names
to Mere dfashieleua, and her good sisters,'
Snowball is. This is how ;
When the chiles first chute to isle Per -
aria at three and a half, the doctor's
wife took her traiuiug and situation
under her exclusive charge. For five
yearn her two boys were hardly more
to her than thislittlestraywaif, dropped,
as it mewed, from the skies. 'hen
came a sad and sudden death. The
good old doctor was almost in despair.
Tho sight of the little girl in her black
dress intensified his grief and rernc'm-
braneo so painfully, that Ma'am Weesy
prevailed upon him to send her over to
Villa des Angara. So, at -nine years old,
Snowball went, rebelliously and loudly
protesting, a pensionnar're to the convent,
full of direst anguish and wrath at
being thus forcibly wrenched from the
society of her beloved Jolniny. As a
lamb to the shearers, she is led into the
parlor by grim old Weesy, and there, in
tears and trembling, awaits the coming
of the dread Lady Abbess. But when
there enters a tall and stately lady,
whose pale, serene face the snowy coif
becomes, with sweet, smiling eyes, and
sweeter broken, English, a great calm
falls on the little • damsel's perturbed
spirit. She lays her flaxen head on
Mere Maddelena's black serge shoulder,
with a sigh of vast relief, and submits
to he kissed on both tear -sot cheeks,
and to be asked her name.
" Snowball Trillou, madame."
Now Mere Maddalena, having baptis-
mals of every sort and size in her villa,
should• not have been surprised at the
odd sound of any cognomen, but she de-
cidedly is, shocked even, at .this She
gives a little cry of . dismay, essays to
repeatthe name, and lamenabl.y fails.
" But dat is not a nem," she says.
" What you call it in I ronch—Boole-do-
neige r You hear, Steer Ignatia ? Dat
is no nem. Was you christen dat, my
chile 2"
Snowball does not know—does not
remember ever being christened. Has
been called Snowball, nothing but Snow-
ball, all her life.
Mere Maddelena listens in ever-grow-
ing di imay. Does not know if she has
ever been christened! Has no father
or mother ! This must be seen to before
she is admitted as pupil into Villa des
An ges. Mere Maddelena does not want
ehildren of doubtful antecedents. Dr.
Macdonald must be questioned about
this.
• " It is imposs dal chile shall veep de
so foolish a nem," she says, with some
indignetion,-to the attendant Sister. "I
am Mem of it."
• " I zink it is ze maze fenny nom I
ever hear," replica, smiling, Sr. Ignatia;
" it mek Pere Louis • ye so great laugh
last time ho come. Wo must baptize
her anozzer-de nom of some saint."
Snowball is admitted on sufferance;
Mere Maddelena calls hor " dal chile,"
andutterly ignores the obnoxious
" Snowball." The girls adopt it with
glee, and " Snowball" and " Boule-de-
neige " are shouted over the playground
amid noisy laughter until its poor little
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Jaye on hand the .nest modern and richest
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MT TUB DOMINION.
`ARPETS....Stook of Carpets, larger and of greater variety
than all the carpets in the city of London. •
'IL OLOTH....1,000 pieces Oilcloth, new patterns and
beautiful deslew, from 1 to 8 yards wide, cut to fit any sine rooms, sold at whole -
Pale prices.
RUGS....563 bath -and oilcloth Rugs ; new designs.
LACE CORTIANS....1,000 pairs (new patterns) German.
Lace Curtains, from 11 to 18 per pair ; usual prices from $1.50 to $10.50 per pair.
DAMASK....'Four cases German Damask, purchased at re-
duced prices ; beautiful patterns.
000A MATT'ING....500 pieces Cocoa Matting, from half
yard to three yards wide ; Job in prices.
`',NDS CARPETS....100 ends Tapestry Carpets, 1,000 ends
Wool and Union carpets, 750'ends oilcloth, to be cleaned out at any price.
1AN Cy MATTING:;..1,000 pieces Fancy Matting, from
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[EARTH RUG -S....1,000 beautiful Turkey, Brussels, Vel-
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vet, and Tapestry • Iearth Buns, to be cleared out at cost.
"'APESTRY CARPETS...:Just received: 500 pieces Tap-
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owner is asmuch "° sherd of it", as the -'IANO and.TABLE COVERS....Job Lot of embroidered
good mother herself. But the novelty Piano Covers, embroidered and velvet Table Covers, much less than. usual price,
wears off—Snowball sounds no longer JLANKETS and FLANNELSO....wing to the stringency
oddly. and the little girl herself becomes
a prime favorite with the pensionnaires.
Dr. 'Macdonald is sent for, and comes,
and appears before the tribunal of Mere
Maddelena, who there and then demands
1.1 unvarnished history of her new
boarder. The doctor has little to tell,
ho hardly realizes himself, how meagre
is the information Paul Farrar has
given him, until called upon to retail it
thus. The child is . an orphan, her
friends are wealthy and most respect.
able, but do not wish to have charge of
her personally.
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