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The Exeter Times, 1888-7-12, Page 3NUTTIET FI.TRE11, BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. alsvaye felt that it was a great pity he should not have the estate he had been brought up to expect. I believe dear mother theught it would have been the right thing for me to giarry him, but I al- ways did mean to give it back to him, even • CHAPTEXXXVIII--(COmninED. ) when I didn't like him. Well, then, you R knew all seemed settled otherwise, but Mark's tete-a- tete had been with his sister now, it is so looky you spoke to me while May, to whom be had mueh to tell of his that dear libtle"fellow was with us, beeause wife and her gallant patience and energy, now you will help me to persuade my and how ourioup it was that now the ineu- father that it is the only satisfactory thing bus that haeweighed on his unole's houseto do to let it f..o in the male line to Mark hold was removed, the prejudice had melted and his NI illy.' 4 away, and he had grown so fond of her that, next to Ursula, she was his best com- forter. "1 hope that will lead to more," said kay, "1 don't gee how," said Mark. The tore we rely only on a blessing on our own , sortions the better." Even when Annaple works within an Inch of her life?" "Now 'that she is on a right tack about the babja, that will be easier. Yes, May, 1 ? do feel eometimee that I have brought her down te drudgery and narrowness and want of variety such as was never meant for her, but she will never let me think so. She j says that it is living in realities, and that it makes her happier than toiling after sooiety, or rather after the world, and I do believe it is true I I'm sure it is with me." 17, "But snob work as yours, Mark." " Nonsense, May: I enjoy it. I did not i'' when I was in the Greenleaf firm, with an undeveloped sense that Goodenough was not to be trusted, and we were drifting to the bed, yet too green to understand or hinder it ; but this I thoroughly like. What does one want but honest effective work, with some power of dealing with and help- ing those good fellows, the hands, to see the right and help themseiveo ?" Iclay sighed, "And yet, tovv that poor Mild is gone, I feel all the more how hard it is that you should be put out of the rights of your name. "1 see I I see I said Mr. Dutton eagerly. " it would be an infinite relief f it could be carried out." "1 believe my father would like it," said Nnttie. "1,te cares for the name ; and now no one prevents it; he is fond of Mark, and still more of Annaple ! And you ! Oh, Mr. Detten.., if Ile, it- in the r Thos. Wileon, son of 'Tames Wilson were arranging a hunting expeclitiot for this evening and •were getting, guns in order. One was an old mus,s ket which had a charge in it since last sunimer. After several unsuccessful eflorts had been made to explode the charge the gun was left standing against the garden gate with a cap an fresh powder on the nipple. Wile° went oft to dinner and as he returne Scott opened the gate. The gun tek a ;at a.- obargeentertni propitiating Mr. Egremout, and aninging, the future prespects to be available so as to save Annaple from being worked to death in the meantime. "1 never had any rights. It was the bane of my life to be supposed to have them. Nothing but this could have made a man of me." "And don't you have regrets for your boy ?" "1 don't think I have—provided we can give him an education—such as I failed to makeproper use of, or Annaple might be luxuriating at Perm at this moment." "Well 1" said May, pausing as she looked up the vista of trees at the great house; "1 can't bear it to go out of the old name." "Names may be taken!" "You don't mean that there's any Mance of—Oh! not that horrid Mr. Pane ?" " Certainly not." "Oh 1" as a trim black figure appeared walking down the open space. That man 1" "1 am not authorised to tell any one so, May." "Yes, I understand. The wretch, he is taking stook of the place already 1" "For shame, May, no one has deserved so well ofi.thern." "1 dion't care, he got you into that horrid concern:" "And got me out of it, and found my work ,for me. I tell you, May, it is the best thing that could possibly happen to your parish, or the estate, or my poor uncle eith- ar 1 And you will soon come to a better " ;lever, while he is to get into your allied I Turn back before he comes within hailing distance." Betore Mark could do anything towards bringing his sister to a better mind he was seized on by his stepmother to propound a scheme she had hatched, namely that as a mutual benefit, Nurse Poole shoald be allow- td.the consolation of bringing her chief corn. fin ter, his little daughter, down with her on the visit Mrs. Egremont had invited her to pay at Redcastle. He was very grate- ful, thoughdoubtful whether Annaple would &wept the offer,for she was 'missing her children's company, though they were only at Springfield House, and she had been with them part of every day. And, sad as this month had been, it had been such a rest from sheer physical toil that she had gained almost as mach by it as the little one. There was a general assembly and coffee. drinking en the verandah,—Mr. Condamine, Blanche, and her two young sisters were all there,—and May had to be duly civil to Mr. Dutton, though he came back with some water -lilies that he had fished out of the lake for Nuttie, and she thought it baking poseeseion. Then the Londoners set forth for the station, and there Mark, having perhaps had a hint from his wife, saw Nuttie and Mr. Dutton safely bestowed by Broadbent in an empty carriage and then discovered a desire to smoke, and left them to themselves. They had not been alone together tor more than a second since the evening of Alwyn's return, and there was a great shyness be- tween them, which lasted till the first station was past without any irruption of newcom- ers. Nothing had been said but a few com- ments on the arrangements and the attend- ants, but probably both were trying to begin to speak, and at last it was Ursula who crossed over so that her face could not be seen, and said in an odd tone— "Mr. Dutton-----" "Yes," and he turned instantly on the alert. "Did you mean it—what I thought you meant that evening ?" "Can you doubt it ?" he said earnestly. "But even then I was surprised into the avowal, and I would have held it back if possible, if I had guessed what watt going to happen." "Ah 1 but then I should not have had that drop of comfort through it all," and she laid hold of his hand, which returned the pressure strongly, but he sedulously guard- ed both words and tone as he said: "Listen, Ursula, before you speak again. How dear you Must planate be to me, I cannot tell you, but when I then spoke it was with the senae that on every aocounb, I should meet with strong opposition from your father and family. .And now your posi- tion is altered, so that the unsuitability is doubled. I am not a young man, remember, and njy thoughts must be for you above all, I want you to consider whether, in the pre- sent state of affairs, you would not do better to look on what then passed as unsaid, or only as the ebullition of gratitude towards your old friend. Let me go abroad, and give you full opportunity for—for some fresh be- ginning likely to be fitter for you--" "Mr. Dutton, how can you say such hor- rid things? As if a dukedom would make any difference." "Yes," he said, turning towards her. uit I Bounded Mark's wife yesterday, Ursula. It is only the old -friend feeling, then it is She is a nice little thing enough, and a better dropped, but if your heart is in it, good wife in her way.," child, then We go on, come what may, it is " A Very good wife. ' due to you." "Except when she persuaded him to turn She raided her face towards hint now, and up his oda, at the agency. D'ye think he he gave a grave kiss to her forehead. She wottld take it now, dim he had tasted the drew a long breath, and said atter a little , sweets of his umbrella business V° then, as pause, "Ai rl now I have somethin4 to say. I 'coal° paused,takenhysurprise ; "Five him - One dime think of such things even in these drecl a year and the Home Farm would be sad tittles, and yeti can help me. / am go better than, what is it, a hundred Mid fifty glad it is you, because Illtusw you will, and and a door oVer a warehousel 1 don't like to be ejoked to do so. You know when Mark see old Will's son Wearing himself (nit there, found tle out first, dear mother and 1 and the lad 10 a good holiest lad, with buid. 1 CHAPTER XXXIX. ANNAEDE's AmBITION "Well, how did you get on, Annaple ?" "Ohl very well, poor old. man, on the whole though it made one pity -him doubly that he chose to make as if he forgot every- thing, and you were all gone on a picnic, taking me out for a long drive in the after- nodn—where we were least likely to meet any one—that I will say for him." "Forgetting is not the beat for him." "As if he could forget 1 But he was very nice and friendly, and put on his best, most courteous self. I think he !looks on me rather as a protector from the solemn Mr. Edson." "Surely Edsall treats him well. He was excellently recommended. You know I saw his master's daughter." "Oh 1 only too well. He takes the -man- agement of him as if he were three years old, or a lunatic. He simply wit/ not be offend. ed any more than if he had to do with a baby.' "What should offend him ?" "That Mr. Egremont greatly resents being allowed nothing but by twhat Edsall calls medical emotion. Re is too blind, you know, to venture to pour out anything for himself, and besides, Edson has all the drugs under look and key, and is coolness itself about any amount of objurgations, Euoh as I fancy go on sometimes." "Do you think he will stand it ?" "Who? Your uncle? Yes, 1 think he will. Thi i man really makes him more comfort- able than poor Gregorio did." " Yes; Nuttie said she was sure that there was neglect, • if not bullying flatterly. But he must miss Gregorio terribly. They has been together for at least five -and -twen- ty or thirty years, and had plenty of gossip together." "Whereas the present paternal despotism and appalling dignity and gravity will keep him more dependent on his right congeners." "If they are of the right sort, that's all." "Re has been making me read him a whole heap of letters; indeed, as you know, I have been doing that all along, when he could not get Nuttie. There were some from Mr. Bulfine12. Do you know that bailiff of his must be next door to a swind- ler ?" "Bulfinch is coming up to see him to- morrow." "And, Mark, do you know, he has been putting out feelers as if to discover whether we would do—what he asked us to do five years ago." "Would you ?" "11 it were not for the children and— and sometimes the extreme pineh, eshould say it was more like iffe to work yourself up as a City man," said Annaple. "If you were the Squire, with all his opportunities, it would be a different thing, but there's no outlet there, and I have often admired the wisdom of the .Apooryphal saying, "Make not thy self an underling to a foolish man." "Well, it is lucky you think so, Nannie, for though Dutton 18 certainly not a foolish man, he will not want an underling. And what do you say to my mother's proposal of having poor Poole to stay at Redcastle, and borrowing baby to comfort her till she goes • out again, I hate it," said Annaple energetically. "It is very horrid, but is awfully good of the Canoness ; and I suppose we will have to let it come to peas,. and miss all that most charming time of babyhood which is coming. But moat likely it will quite set the little woman up, and be a real kindness to poor Poole." • "If we could only keep her for good." "Yea, and then our children would not be half so much our own. I do not want to be away with them in our own quar- ters. I wonder when Nuttie can spare us, but I should like to see her through the great crisis with her father." What crisis was to involve more than Ann aple in the least eipeoted. Nuttie found that the momentous confession could not possibly take Place before the interview with Mr. Bulfinoh, at which her presence was needed to help her father With his papers. The principal concern was to show the full enormity of the bailiff, and deoide upon the steps to be taken, the solicitot being anxious for a prosecution, while a certain tenderness for poor Gregorio's memory,, or perhaps for the exposure of his own carelessnesa, made Mr. Egremont reluctant. There was ahlo a proposal, brought, forward with muoh diffidence from Mr. Condamine's mother, to rent Bridgefield House, but on this,as well as res- pecting a successor to the bailiff, Mr. Egre- mont was to give his answer the next day, when Mr. Bulfinch would call again. Nuttie was thankful for the businese that had filled up the hout after luncheon, when Alwyn used to play in the drawing -room and delight his father; hot she was feeling des- perate to have the crisis over, and resolved to speak when she went out driving with him. It was he, however, who began, "1 laaZaaa77-77 there were an entail—to begin treating me galDS_OME MEN. F'ather," said Nuttie, trembling with as an eldest son at once. It is Ursula's+ do- Mrs. Wrank Usti° Gives ner 1nenniiion of nese habits, who would do justice to you af. said Mark. "They want it to be se if ter I am gone." the effort, "1 want you to do soinething 110g, pitting hereelf out of the enocession." 'd Male Gekiiity, To calla man obarrniog in face, or lovely, or beantiful, or pretty, is to minimize—al- most to insult him—writes Mrs. ,Prank Leslie. A man can only be called handsome, and very, very few men can be called that. A handsome man must be manly in figuie, conveying the 'idea of etrenath and energy under the most reposeful • exterior. lie mast have the shepely hands, feet and all that tell of good blood and cultivated pro. genitors; be must have his head well shaped, well pet and vvell carried. Colouring does not much matter, so that there be no red upon the cheeks, and not too much in the lips, and perhaps the mezzo tints lend themselves most satisfactorily to manly beauty, but, above all, the handsome man must never be stout. The heavy throat which overflows the shirt collar never carriea with it an air of refinement, whatever it may do of strength. A blonde man runs the risk of weakness and insipidity, and a black beard man is handsome, even though he be a trifle melodramatic, but still golden -hair- ed and, black -haired raen have been very attractive the world over. Of course, below this grand climacteric in the thoroughly hanclsgine mem there are ranks after ranks of good-looking, attractive, pleasant -faced men—some upon whom one loves to look and find sweet content in oon templating faces and forms far from fault- less, and yet quite eatisfaotory. And here we come upon one of the most strange and almost oruel conditions of our being. A man may or may not be handsome, he may or may not have physical attraotiveness whatever, 'but nobody likes him the less for the deficiency, he never finds it a barrier in his e areer, a source of failure in his life ; women love him and men approve of him just as readily as if he is handsome; in fact, the woman or women who love him set him down as handsome in serene de- fiance of the rules of beauty or the opinion of the world. betterthan that. I w " 1 ant you to let Mark Y 1 oeeug an 1 take the agency with view to himeelf--not Nuttlea' " It would be more dreadful than me, Let him be as he would have been if be had never hunted us up at Micklethway te, and put me in his place.' "]h I" said Mr. Egremont. "It hi not entailed—worse luck; if it had been, I ehould not have been bound to dance attend- anoe at the heels of such an old sinner as the General." No, but it ought to go to the heir male, and keep in the old name. Think—there have been Egremonts at Bridgefield for four hundred yeaxe. "Very pretty talk, but how will it be with you, Itliss. We shall have Fane,, and I don't know how many more, coming after the scent of Bridefield now," he said a heavy sigh, ending with a bitter "Hang them all!' And welcome," said Nuttie, answering the thought rather than the words "Father, I wanted to tell you—" • "You don't mean that any one has been after you at such a time as this 1" he cried. "It was before—I Mean it was the -even- ing when we were all so glad, before we be- gan to be afraid." "The umbrella man 1 By Jove 1" "And now," went on' Nuttie, in spite of the • explosions, "he would hardly have ventured to go on with it but for this —I mean," as her father gave a little laugh of his unpleasant sort, "he said it would be the greatest possible relief, and make it all right for the property to go to the heir male." 6 "Hein 1 You think so, do you? See how it will be when I come to talk to him! A shrewd fellow like that who got out of the Mioklethwayte concern just in time. Catch him giving up a place like that, though he may humbug you." "Then you will see:him, father ?" "11 you turn him in on me, I omit help it. Bless me! umbrellas everywhere! And here you Mean to turn me over to the mercies of that solemn idiot, Edsall. I should have been better off with poor Gre- gorio." "No, father; Mr. Dutton wouldnot take me from you. We would both try all we could to make you comfortable." "Convert the old reprobate? Is that his dodge ?" "Don't father," for the sneering tone re- turned. "Come now," he added, in a muoli more fatherly manner, for her voice had struck him. " You don't mean that a well -looking girl like you, who could have her pick of all the swells in town, oan really be smitten with a priggish old retired umbrella -monger like thab. Why, he might be your father." "He has been getting younger ever since I knew him," said Nuttie. "Well. He plays as good a game of whist as any man in England," muttered Mr. Egremont, leaving his daughter in actual doubt whether he meant this as a recom- mendation, or as expressing a distrust of him, as one likely to Itlay his cards to the best advantage. She had to remain in doubt, for they, overtook Clarence Fans, who came and spoke to them in a very friendly and solioitous manner, and showed him- self willing to accept a lift in the carriage. Mr. Egremont, wining to escape from per- plexities as well as to endeavour to drive away if 'possible the oppression of his grief, invited him in, and he had some gossip to ime part,,which at first seemed to amuse the hearer after this time of seclusion,„ but the sink anal sore heart soon wearied' Of it, and long before the drive was over,. Mr Egre- mont was as much bored as Ins daughter had been from the first. When Mr. Fane got out, he paused a mo- ment to hold Ursula's hand in a tender man- ner, while he told her that he had not ven- tured to intrude (he had left a card of in- quiry every day); but that if ever he could be of the least use in amusing Mr. Egremont, he was at her service, and would give up any engagement. "Hein 1 my fine fellow 1 No doubt you would 1" said Mr. Egremont, when his daughter had uttered her cold thanks, and theyZhad driven on.I "1 see your little game, but it is soon to begin it. We may as well let them know that she is booked before the running begins." It was a remarkable intimation of his ao. oeptance of her engagement, but Ursula was contented to take ib as such, and be thank- ful. Mr. Dutton had his interview as soon as Mr. Egremont had rested after his drive, and the result was satisfactory. ever :lotv. Annaple, do be sensible I Don't you Bee it is the only right thing to do ? " "Billy 1" was the one word Annaple said. "Yes, Billy and Jenny and all," sad Nut - tie, "before you've all died of your horrid place. Oh you haveu't heard that part of it. Of course 1VIark will have to go down to Bridgefield and look after the place, and live like a gentleman." "Eight hundred a year;") murmured Mark, "and the house at the Home Farm." , " Oh ! dear," gasped Annaple "1 wanted you to be Lord Mayor, and now you'll only be a stupid old country squire. No, no, Nuttie, it's—it's—it's the sort of thing that one only laughs at because otherwise one would have to do the other thing." And she gaipped Nuttie tight round the waist, and laid her head on her shoulder, shaking with a few little sobs, which mioht be one thing or the other. "18 will save her youth, perhaps her life," whispered Mark, lifting Nuttie's hand to his lips for a moment, and then vanishing, while Annaple recovered enough to say, "Pm tougher than that. sir. But little Jenny 1 Oh, Nattie, I believe it has come in time. I've known all along that one straw more might break the camel's back. We've been very happy, but I am glad it is over before Mark got worn down before his time. Grinding is very wholesome, but one may have too much; and I haven't Mark's scruples, Nuttie dear, for I do think the place is more in his line than yours or Mr. Dutton's." " Yes," said Ursula, "you see he was al. ways happy there, and I never was. The next thing was for Mr. Dutton and Ursula to keep Mr. Egremont up to the point of making his long deferred will ; nor did they find this so diffioult as they ex- pected, for having once made up his mind, he wished to have the matter concluded, and he gave his instructions to Bulfinch the next day. Of course Mark had to give full notice to his employers; but the allcawance was to begin at once, so that Annaple only went back to the warehouse to pack up'since she was to occupy No. 5, while Mr. Egremont and his daughter were going under Mr. DIA - ton's esoort to the Baths in Dauphine, an entirely new resort, free fromthe associations he dreaded, for he could not yet bear the sight of little Willy—the rival "boy of Egre- mont." But the will was safely signed be- fore he went, to the great relief of Nuttie; who, according to the experience of fiction, could hardly believe his life safe till what she called juetice had been done. After all Mr. Egremont became so depen. dent on Mr. Dutton, during thisjourney, that he didnot like the separation at its close'and pressed on the marriage even sooner than either of the lovers felt quite reverent to- wards the recent sorrow. He insisted on Bulfinch having the settlements ready for them on their return, and only let them wait long enough to keep theirresidence, before there was a very quiet wedding in their par- ish church, with the cousins for bridesmaids. Then Mark and Annaple took care of Mr. Egremont for the fortnight while Mr. Dut- ton showed his wife his old haunts in France, returning to Springfield House, where there was plenty of room for Mr. Egrement to make his home with them. Said Annaple to Miss Nugent, "1 never. saw Nuttie soyouthful and bright. She is more like a girl than I ever saw her since the first." "Yes," said Mary, "she has some one to rest on um" Mr. Egremont lived between three and four years'more contented and peaceful than he had ever been, though frequently suffering, and sometimes giving way to temper and impatience. But Mr. Dutton understood how to manage on these occa- sions, and without givingup his ciwn exten- sive usefulness, could give him such care, attention, and amusement as beguiled his discomforts, and made his daughter's teak au easier one. How far the sluggish, enfeebled nature was capable of a touch of better things, or whether his low spirits were repentance, no one could judge. At any rate sheers had ended, and when he woe laid beside his wife and boy at Bridgefield, Ursula stood by the grave with a far more tender and hopeful feeling than she could have thought possible when he had rent her away from her old home. She looked up at her husband and said, " Is not her work doneV' [Tux END.] No doubt much was due to the Egremont indolence and want of energy, which always preferred to let things take their course. And now that Gregorio was no longer present to amuse, and take all trouble off his hands, Mr. Egremont could hardly have borne to part with his daughter; and, despite of umbrellas and religion, was not sorry to have a perfectly trustworthy son-in-law in the house, able to play at cards with him, manage his household, and obviate all trouble about suitors for the heiress. More- over, his better feelings were stirred by gratitude on his poor little son's account, and he knew very well that a more brilliant match for his daughter would not have se- eured for ais old age the care and attention he could rely upon here. He Was obliged likewise to believe in the disinterestedness, which disclaimed all desire for the estate, as involving cares and duties for which there had been no trainin ; and he was actually, glad to keep the property in the direct line. The old liking for Mark, and sense of the hardship of his exclusion, revived, strength- ened now by regard for Annaple; together with the present relief from care obtained by making him manager of the estate. When once brought to a point, Mr. Egre. mont was always sudden and impetuous, chiefly for the sake of having it over and being unmolested and at rest again. So that very evening, while Nuttie only ventured oh sharing with Annaple tho glad tidings that Mr. Dutton was accepted, and in his marvel- lous goodness, undertook to make his omen with her father, Mark was almost stunned by the newe, confirmed to him by Mr. Dut- ton as well as his uncle, that he was to be acknowledged as heir of Bridgefield Egre- mont, and in the meantime manage the es- tate with an income suitable to an eldest son. Presently he came upstairs by himself, and beckoned to Nuttie rather to the attain of his wife. "Ursula," he said, and took both her hands, "I cannot have you do this for me." "Can't you, Mark? You can't prevent it, you see. And don't you know it is the beginning of all my happiness 2" "But indeed, I cannot feel it right. It is a strained sense of plata:le. Coine and tell her so, Namde." " What ? " said Annapple coming forward. A Won= of a Sensible Tura of mu' d. "You never catch me locking up my valuables when I go to bed," said an in- telligent lady a few days ago in discussing a burglary, an account of which she had just been reading. "Whether in a hotel or in my own sleeping. room I look for the most conspcious place in the room and there place my purse and all my jewelry, I heap it up so that it will at once attract the eye of any plunderer who may come while I am asleep. What I want of a burglar, if he breaks into my house, is to load himself with booty as expeditiously and as quietly as possible and depart. I don't want to be awakened by his voice and frozen stiff with fright. I don't even want to open my eyes and find them looking ilia) the muzzle of a revolver. I never want to he "Your money or your life." I'd rather ' give up every dollar I have in the world than hear that expression.' Let it be borne in mind that the cords of love which bind hearts so closely together that neither life nor death nor time nor eternity can sever them are woven of threads no bigger than a spider's web.— [George S. Hillard. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise'or rich, or great, But never canbe blest. —tRobert Burns. The advance made in England in the mat- ter of Primary Schools since Mr. Foster's great educational measure came into opera- tion in 1871, is marvellous. The accommo- dation in elementary schools in England and Wales in '71 was for about 2,000,000 Mil- dren. Two years ago that accommodation had risen to 5,145,000 or 155 per cent. The average attendance duriog the same period had risen from 1,231,000 to 3,438,000 Or an inmate of 2.b0 per cent. The lives of the people, and especially of the poorer closes, has, as the reault, been made happier, less monotonous, nfore varied, and fullet of inte- rest, Intemperance, too, hag greatly dimi- nished, and official statistics ehow that there haa been a great falling off in crime, not only They paused a moment, then Nuttle said: , in the more serious forma, but in the light 4° Only that the estate might to go into classes of offence. This surely is a very 00. the Male line." couragieg state of thinga and it gives pro- " Oh, is that all " said Annaple, I was. mime of better things to be acoompliehed in afraid Mr. Egremont had alit 1°' the future than have as yet been either "Alt. Don't you See *hat 18 means," thought of or attempted* What Can be Done by Strong Hinting. 1.1fgs, /Tog= and her husband were neither of them tereefend ai work. They were per- fectly willing to live upon the generosity of their neighbors, which they were by no mesa's backward in soliciting. One day Mrs. Hogan dropped into Mrs. Farnhiun's, her next door neighbor, just as the family were sitting down io supper. Of course she was invited to aft down. Your tea's very good," said she; "I wish Mr. Hogan was here. He's very fond of tea, but we're very poor and can't afford to get it, it's so expensive. " This hint was considered rather a stron, one, so Mrs. Farnham handed Mrs. Hogan just as she was going, a pound parcel. "Thank you," said Mrs. Hogan; "I'm glad to get the tea, but 'taint of much use without the milk." A quart of milk was consigned to her charge. " Well," said she, "now if we had some sugar we should be provided." Mrs. Farnham procured a pound and gave is to her. "Now,' said Mrs. Hogan, "we shall stand a, chance to have a good cup of tea. There's nothing I rilish with tea like apple pie, as Mr. Hogan often says." This hint was strong enough to bring out the article desired. "Alter all," said. Mrs. Hogan, as she took the pie into her hands, "pie ain't pie unless a body has cheese to eat with it. If there's anything I love it's cheese.' It was impossible to resist such an appeal as this. An ample slice having been placed in her possession she paused for a moment, as if considering whether there was not some. thing else she might call for. Failing to think of anything she was about to move off when a thought struck her. "These things are rather heavy and I ain't so strong as I used to be. I don't know as I shall be able to get home." Mrs. Farnham volunteered to send her eon John to carry a part of the articles, an of- fer which Mrs. Hogan accepted without the least hesitation. When John had landed his load Mrs. Hogan hinted that she had some wood she would like to have split, but John didn't believe in hints and left without taking it. The Republican Delegate, A Chicago correspondent of the New York 71me8 says :- -The delegate is not as numerous as he will be, still he is numerous and he is easily distinguished. He wears an air that would nobbecome persons engaged in the ordinary affairs of life. He is of two varieties. If of one, he has been at Nation- al conventions before; if of the other, this is his first experience. Upon the former the consequential air is worn with ease ; it fills its wearer with a comforting sense of impor- tance. Upon the latter it often sits like a misfit, and is evidently worn under the im- pression that it is one of those things with- out which no delegate to a National conven- tion should appear in public. The delegate is gregarious, and he is also a monopolist. He grabs the best seats in the busses, the best rooms at the hotel, the beat seats at the table, but being a necessity he is welcomed with an air of unbounded cordiality by everybody, but principally by the hotel keepers. Once at the hotel the delegate becomes gregarious, and finds his way to the large, open space, usually desig- nated SB the rotunda, as naturally as water rolls down hill. He is coming by every train, but only in retail lots therefore he does not form in line and marrch to his fav- ourite caravansary headed by a brass band and wearing garments that would, on any other occasion, elicit original but not com- plimentary remarks from the rising genera- tion. The skirmisking line is attired ac- cording to the taste of its individual mem- bers, and some of the rigs are but evidences of the vastness of a country which compel men in one portion of it to don stra.vr hats and linen dusters, while in another section—at the same period of the year— AS YOU LIKE T. DiusorNEss. Do you tell men face to face What you think; Or let Speech, like something base, Rearward slink? Whispering there your 'honest word Vanws-ad rolled, - Falsified, because half heard And half told. Save the earth and deadly woe, "voice and pen Be direct with friend or foe, Man to men. —Charlotte Fiske Bates. It costs more to avenge wrongs than to bearVihern. The best mind oure is to make up one's mind to be contented. The talent of success is doing nothing more than you ean do well without a thought of fame. One of the wonders of Paris is a well 2,359 feet in depth. Hot water rushes out of this well in a stream 114 feet high. The inan who does nothing but kill time should be adjudged guilty of a capital crime, for is not tune money, and money eapital ? Dignity is a very good thing for an ele- phant or something of that kind, but a man who is alive and kicking has very little use for it. The Atlanta Constitution notes that "the lumber used in John Brown's gallows is still preserved at Histper's Ferry, and the owner asks $1,500 for it. A young woman in Lincoln, Neb., has married a men because he had "dreamy eyes." A man with dreamy eyes usually has a dreamy pocket -book. If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone. • A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. There are 28,000 shad eggs in a quart Now, then, if a shad and a half lay an egg and a half m a day and a half, how many—. but why go on? The reader can finish it. The difference between men and womem ie said to be that a man gives 40 cents for a. 25-oent thing he wants and a woman gives. 25 cents for a 40 met thing she does not. want. The sunshine illumines and warms uir and makes all that is about us beautiful. And the beauty pleases us because we are ourselves made cheerful and comfortable by that which produces it. What's the use of growling at the winter, young fellow? Sixty years hence you will be telling dudes with no hair on the top of their heads about the glorious winters we used to have in olden times. A New York studio is dimly lighted as dusk comes on by a pair of skulls smeared with phosphorus. To the topmost one is fastened a bone containing a candle. It is a lady's studio, too. -- "Ab, dear 1" he said, tenderly, "how ran I leave you and go to my cheerless and lone- ly. abode 1" "If you make haste, George," replied the girl, with a glance at the dock, "you can go by the last oar." "Where did you get that new boiled shirt r' asked one tramp of another. "I come by it honorably in the line of my pro- fession.' "The line of your profession." " Yes, sir, the clothes line." "This is the fourth time I've called you, William," said his wife. "You told me that yon wanted to get up in good season this morning." "!es," replied William, sleepily, "but it was last night when I told you that. "Oh, tell me where is fancy bred ?" She asked, and getting bolder. She laid her darling little head Right down upon hie shoulder. And he, with no more poetry in His soul than in a Quaker's Replied with idiotic grin, "You'll find it at the baker's." The Economical Soot. He is not oi brilliant qualities, but he is a man of solid ones, who can only be appre- ciated ab his true worth when you have known him some time. He does not jump at you with demonstrations of love nor does he swear you an eternal friendship; but if you know how to win bis ,esteem, you may rely upon him thorhughly. He is a ma,n who pays prompt cash, but will have the value of his money. If ever you travel with a Scotehman 1 rom Edinburgh to Lon- don, you may observe that he does not take his eyes off the country the train goes through. He looks out of the window all the time, so as not to miss a pennyworth of the money he has paid for his place. Be. mark to him, as you yawn and stretch your- self, that it's a long, tiring, tiresome journey., and he will probably exclaim, "Long, in- deed, long! I should think so, sir; and so it ought to be for 12 17s 6d.?" 1 know of a Scot, who rather than pay the toll of a bridge in Australia, takes off his coat, which he rolls and straps on his baok, in order to swim across the stream. He is not a miser. On the contrary. his generosity, is well known in his own neighbourhood. 31e is simply an eccentric Soot, who does not see why he should. pay for crossing a river that he can cross for nothing. Eggs for Retching. • I have watched my hens carefully during the laying season, and I am satisfied that it pays well to select eggs for hatching with care. I alma s take eggs of medium size as my experience teaches me that they produce the strongest and best formed chicks. I would as soon set a pointed egg as an oval one, provided there was no decided irregu- larity in the shape. I have found that very large eggs or those badly shaped, always pro- duce badly shaped chickens. I can't see that pointed eggs indicate weakness, or a tendency to disease, for the reason that some of my best hens alw.kys lay pointed eggs. I fashion prescribes Prince •Albert coats and k have noticed from time to time, rules for slouch hats. selecting eggs that will produce pullets. They have all failed in my practice. I have noticed, however, that where the cocks are exceptionally vigorous, there is a proportion of males.—[Ex. Business Only. First Party (strictly business, to friend who rejoins him after speaking to an ac- quantance. "What old case is that ?" Other. Old case 1 Why, he's one of our most distinguished Ornithologists; he—" First Party. " Orni—? Oh yes, one of them bug fellows." Other, "No, nobirds. Has one of the rarest colleetione jig the country." First Party. "Advise him to unload. They. say that the women are 'geing to stop wearing blade on their hats." An Errand to Make a .Boy Run, Ministet(taking seat at table)sYou seem a little out bf breath, Bobby. Bobby—Yea; sit jtist before dinner wail put on ma said she was afraid One pie Wouldn't be enough, so she told me to run tound the corner to the baker's for a mallet, Disease From Milk, We frequently hear of deadly diseases, like typhoid and diliptheria, which a.re de- rived from milk. If the public could be in- stracted in the one simple filet that the germs of disease which are found in milk could be throttled at the earliest stage, Mid killed at any stage, I think that some good would he done, and many lives Saved. We only want to make known the simple fad that by placing milk in Els bottle and heating it to a certain degtee of temperature, We can &Stroll the disease germs. This has beeli done in many of otirbetitchsiries a11destablish aunts in London, but the public in general do not know these facts, nor ao Many of the retail dealers know them.