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join 'tee, -Minos!, runs le meet hine
"1 Was coming to eall upon you," snys
stet eitgerly. "Olt r -with a laugh-
"leelay 1 really einmet sley to think of
the immtlettes, and yeu have 110 been
lo see us for suelt venturies I"
"I have been eurshig Ityng."
"Oh, yes; poor man I How dreadfully
ill he inuet MVO been! I wus so glad to
hear lie wee better." •
There is suit a flat tepidity in the tone
of these expeeseions of comndsertilion,
semethieg so different Mom the kettles
alertness of Cexiiiiies Sooner interest In
Ude objeel, that An, rowel out of les
own refleellons to regard her mere ul-
Mntively than he lute y,•L done, sets that
eice luseetimpied by some subjeet, quite
alien lo lbe invalid.
"I 1i:tete u piece of news to toll you" -
with a eorl of angry elnichle, "Such a
pins of news ! 1 tun 81100 you will 170
&lighted at it."
AA her worsts a wonder as idle and
stuck as his late thought about the reels
oi entfon erosses han as to what. posed -
lett piece of news, to be told him by the
itissom :mei excited pere'm befere him
coull give 111111 the faintest pleacsure,
1Th.al wonder *ends up his eyebrows, and
ihrotes a mild animation into voles.
"Indeed?"
"Do you elmeleling--"to be
tole a Mote of news Or to geess
"I like to be teld it."
"Well, then,"-willi a dramatic pauee
-"we nre going to have a wedding in
the nullity 1"
OR, A SAD LIFE STORY
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.CHAPTE,11 XL. -(Continued).
yew quite, quite misunderstand me
. Much chance there 'would - win, 1
wrelthect •stuDieti laugh -"of getting him
away without a sight or you! lime
yeu know 111111
Elizabeth doe0 net diepule the Mel of
her Weal of acquaintances with. !Vries
churaelee, nor does elle help his lloun
doting parent by any euggestion. She
merely goes on listeuing lier with that
elvii white beek, whilst the sportive sect -
mews still play al hide-and-seek with
tm• surerays on 1110 wide blue helds of
heaven.
"tit ie dreadful that I should have to
shy these thing's to you," teseve Ntre.
Bsolg, in a voice of Bus strengest revolt
and -ire against her destirty--"in,ult. yoe
111 thiS unprevoked way ; but-, m poud
of feet. you. are the only peeson the
world who elm Pont•inee hen that -that
-it is impossibleg-that. it cannot be. Of
course he will be very urgent, and prees-
nig. end I knew how persuasive he is.
Do not you suppose that 1, his own mo-
ther, know how hard 11 is to refuse him
anythine? and, of coltrse in his present
Weak . stale it must be very careful)),
done. lie coidd, not stand any violent
conisathetion, You weuld have to be
gentle; dem me 1" -with fessh tiecese
Gf angry remorse -"as if .you ever ceuld
be anything else."
This compliment also its pale -object
receives 1n &fleece.
"Yon lolow onss hue always heard that.
there are •two kinde of No, goes on
etre. elyng onolleer dwarfish laugh,
which has a beet of the hysterie in 11-
"e women's 'No," as it is called, that
means 'Yes' ; and a 'No' whieth anyone
--wheel even he-mest understand to 1,0
final. If vou could -4 dareeay I am asks
ing you an impossibility -but if you
ceuid makes him understand that this
tinue it ie Una' 1'
There is n silence between them. An
unrulier bilIcAv than usual, yet more
niii$lerless in its Titan play, is hurling
itself with a coressal thud and. hang
al.7ainst the causeway ; and Elizabeth
W1)118 ils cbanior Is subsided before.
she speaks,
anstvers slowly, "I under-
stand. ileuile you for telling ine What
you wish. I think I may promise Iluit
1 sleet le able te- thie I shall melse him
tmelerstane that it 18 Mine"
A umment ttto tater they are on
their way Niels to the Amirriote. 'rhe
ocean is et its glorious ptilitno'S all
cinema them ; the hill -climbing, ehining
Awn smile: upon thorn from its slOpe;
but 111;:iel Loth has. fallen a blindness.
The feelings of Mrs, tlyng ere perhaps
the least onvial,lo d7,1 11,0 two.,
They nro nearly leek al the beginning
et the levaltwitter, w hen she ekes short.
PrMall,iy when cool rMIcMion
• 111," 10 r, moved fivitn the charrn
mid palbos of Elixithellis Meek. While
and thireproachful, she
ru-r work ; but the
poet nt. moment el. impulse and remorse
•-1.•• A els ns if the (twinging of Iles lest
led:Avow weed las eti,mply pueellesed
the ,11trrillee six ratontits of her re-
niatuMg efts,
el eel...pose it Is net the least use my
asking you to tey end fergive ne
1)1111,7, 1111.:,W1111.11 -S 111,11'
W W1 1111,0,114 (0111 tumidity ; "oh 11,"ov
1»» • ino 1 If case Were re.
• 1O,l1,' 1 ,li..)11111 y011 HOW
yor ,V101 ow all rim'
tiro. rilEtig 41,wn her clie,ks,
1:11,1 in an instant: Elizabeth's hand le18
1.l1o1.• ,1111 ller. AA 11 (lio prn.
1147,..frel Oder
W,1111111S 111l11.1 (112/1 4niy ;Vine daughter-
irt-1,11V Imre \vie let irtest untitiely to
itie lite roses sw of sett hand. •
elleuld 1 hate, you.? you elm -
14 11,1K -wiling snide -
think me netts, untiesnable
nem 1 do myself ; and 11Vi.n if le were
no! so, I do 1101 think it is in nee le hate
implies very emcee"
on their drive leene they meet with
ens er Iwo lietiihule quite as funny
es the old .ToWs kissing errAt othor ; lent
this time they eici not move soor ttlists
Le etas...time te any laughter,
Iler delicate euffering !sleuth quivers,
bid she is perfectly
"011, bill of course you mud eee him
beside her, Molting up over her head itt
th lull teree 111101'0. 1lor, fr0111 (011101 1111-
Iltorn-,o gest:mils of ivy are hanging and
swinging 111 !he warm breeze, Thin po.
tont 11)I 11115 1c,,,,Od 0119 tree altogether.
She glances up al him mutely, know-
ing that lits hus not come uteroty ta
• het, ilea the day is line.
"We ean lewdly keep him on his enfa ;
he ie. virtuntly 1111110:11 WO11, SO well that
he is quite up to :seeing people. Ile
- would likc-he hos been asking -to $(4)
yi as"
Ile,had. thought her nearly ae paM as
11 wee possible Mr her to be When he had
fiest come upon hoe Ile now realizes how
many &glees; of color she then bad left
• in loess. While he sleeks 1410 1111S been
mechanically Mr [Mead thiough,
sml as he eeas,,s, ber efled hand slops
us if paealyzed, and minuets holding her
needle. in ilk, ails.
It line come then. For all bee two
days' bracing, is she ready for it?
"Now?'
'rhe whisper in which this monosylla-
bite Is. Metalled is so stamped with a -fear
that bercters on terror, that his 0110 LIS-
lonished thouglit how best to reassure
her
"Nat if you do not feel inclined, of
course -not unties you Mee. It earl per-
fectly Well be pal off la) another time. I
can tell him -there will not be the least.
difficulty in making him understand -
that you do -net feel up to it (hie liken-
ing; that you would rattier lune more
notice."
".13111. weed nol," she -says, standing
up suddenly, and with trembling bands
Ir*ing her work down 11p011 ille three.,
end beginning from .dniiity habit. to pin
Up ill its protevting white cloth.
"What good would more netice-a year's
notices -el° me?"
She turns away from him foul fixes
her unsMng eyes, Messy and dilated,
upon a poplar trea thal, is hanging las-
selled eutkins out against the sky. Then
onee again she facie him, and he sees
nue there are essld beads of agony upon
bee foeehead.
gage in 811Y occupation nearer ekin to
"Wish for sue," she says hueldly-
the ordinary avecatMns of life than en- shoulel 1101 secrets from me. 1 was
"wish very hard for me.. that 1 may gel,
through it -that wc may both bildng kinks through tubes and eating older thim she was, not handsome, and
yory well off, and -well, I felt that
through it -olive beef essonf..es nut of curs.
1,1. 'oil:. MIT ,-1011111011‘sinnhient!,,s sts1)11,111‘1191a11.3111101iieciitillyi a 114e).1. 1
t?::Ikk111,1)11,111(71.111)4T'X'gale;11:. 8'y4))1u1110-1g, onfrolthinss0einoillilinetg•, iann7 plogiodiLlormia
sahellee wp11 Opel, or hpr torp,xio, girls had married for money before now.
winds the hotel.
It is bripossible 11110 to slay quiet. '`When she lold hither, shte said that he And so in a few moments, to cleiye
Ile wanders resilesslY 11(08N', straying he had saved lee lffe, and that the Was', She in3 doubts away, I said -in an airy man -
knows ese whither. The ilemesse flee estuld do WEIS 1.0 (IrdieUltt POrtr re- ner, that si,erned le me just he thing :-
out charmingly 111 the gardens. sending nee:niter of it to hini. She felts other "Cot, a letter, my deer?'
delielotis whiffs of peefunie son, 1,0410 111111 she is marrying him because She Meshed scarlet.
yellow fluff of their flowers. Ile.
almotubirees are out too, hut not till long
allarwards does ho know If..
cliAPTER Xt.!,
Teel days later she Is called upon in
perform the tests she has meissealsen.
l'IsliseblY she has slwil!' those Rvo daYs,
end else 111,3 appertuining nights, in
heeling 11.‘r niind to fer 11111 Can
plainly see the Marks of that etruggle.
Biome). he is not. aware of its existence,
grayed upon her fodt, on the third morn-
ing lifter the teetursien lo the elnle. Ile
does net find her in her aueusinined
CA rile/. ‘,1 tho 101'110'0, 11111, beekInct
(i0er 1119 balustrade, 1.1leS 1100 ,sitting
Mw end demi n small treteshadiel
pedeau that seems to have been leveled
for town-terints 1,1. betels. Peobably
giegling and (Mattering el the girls nn
the terrace, lied the ri spent ful lod per-
sisient impertunites ef the Ornars and
Aleectis to buy thele eolorfol out -
(,(1)..,1111 nn Hie hot fitigs, hare oppre,h:d
lu'r
Fritz iins carried down for hor an Orin-
cludr, ‘.'inet table, mai a Persian rug
e.i. Mr feel, end slit, looks ri$ if elle were
estublislied for the flay.
• Sheet llyng hus leen out or (tenger
Effsabeth lins returned lo her embroi-
dery. She is eine re these women to
tvliorn meridiem's); is unoffeetedly deer,
else nue 4,11101. ;sweet semen) 11W110 W118
er delicate with her needle,"
Relbre 5110 (tattles sight- of hjrn
waleleee for a, few moments her bright
be.nt head and flying Man ihigens, and
is ablo to perceive hew many sighs she
114 elesving inlet flee slattern,
"Whet mernine,',1" he saya, running
down ihe :steps seid joining lier, "No One
line arc/ 4XellSa tOr being an ,1114111k1 (o.
day, llita he VI -
Thom Its esesend seat, sO hi stands
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Mrs. Palmer's
± Pink Envelope -
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1 wee forly NV11011 made up my mind
to marry. I had never thought MYsel1
lunelsome, bul, having amassed a 10 Im
10110, nod having decided to settle down
a a married man, 1 was lucky enoug 1
e. win the offeclions of ilia fixtrest of her
see, Miss Phoeles Pearl, and, having
01-101'ed 111Yeelf 14) 1144', WaS accented. 1
Mid previously interviewed her father,
who approved of our union, tine I had
gone through the courting phase aed
WRS really inctrrled. Oue carelagee were
setting up one by one 10 Mr. Pearl's
deor, while the crowd of Mlle girls,
boys, nursery nia1d.e, und beggars col-
lected ouleicto tittered loud "Ohs" and
"Ails" whenever a more than usually
regents train swept the (MA 1110111 the
striped carpel, spread upon the front
door step and vanished under the. fringe
of the awning.
WEIS uncomfortable, as bridegrooms
alWayS When Making part. of Ilhe
Wedding ShOW ; blIt I eximeted le he
very happy wheel I got my wife to my-
self ; and after the hincle or dinner, or
breakfasts -I really don't know what IslY
"Nly dear girl 1" cries he smiling very vespecied mother-in-law celled the feast,
goodsmituredly, and with a, sensation
that, though not violent, is the reverse
of annoyauee. I so hst has
come. at last 1 \l'ho Ls he? How dark
you have keel him 1"
Cecina studies her head and gives'
short and rosy laugh, -
"Oh, it is not 11 You are wide'of the
mark."
"Your father r -In n elliteked vokte.
ilit has n confused reel II/ogles! feeling
that a seemul marriage on the rart or
Mr, Wilson would be 0 slight ripen
Amelia's memory.
"Father I" with an aenent that plainly
shows him ho is still further afield (hail
An his thst, conjeolure--"poor father 1
Ne. indeed ; Heaven forbid! Fancy Inc
with a stepmother I"
Sho pausee to give a sbudder nt the
idea, while Jim gapes blankly at her,
wondering whether she has gone off her
head.
"Ole ; it is neither father 1101' 1!
No WAltler you look mystified. It is-
Sybilla
"Sybilla ! I ''
Although 'Mr. Burgoyne has not got it
on his oonscienre he has ever Other
expreSsed or fon anything hut the most
strenuous and entire disbelief in Sybil -
la's maladies, yet it 1111S lleVer occurred
to him as possible that she should en-
-WO were going off to spend a month at
Scarborougle
Even 111 that baleyon hotel was were
that we were not well acquainted yet.
However, I knew 1 WfIS El good sort of
fellow, and had greet. confidence in
Phoebe. in feels I bad jos', repeated this
to myself Men a postinan's knock
sounded, and I saw Phoebe's own maid
exchange a. glance with my wife as site
slipped a pink envelope into her pocket.
901.1.5 N14)11,' foolish idea, 1 knew, but
I took it into my hetet that the leiter had
seMething in it that iny newly-wedeled
Phoebe wished to leteep from me. 1 flat-
ter myself that f apt a good 'ender of
expression on 'the human enuntenaence,
and thet is Wila I thought I sow In the
glences those &is exehanged. How-
eveiS, I really wanted to kick myself for
harbering the thought.
Rut afterwards, when the congratula-
liens were over and we were going clown
to beeakfast, 1 snw Betsy Jane, under
pretense of adjusting her nestrese's
dress, slip this pink envelope into lee
white satin, lace-lrhumed pocket that,
was pinned by n. bunch of owing° blos-
soms of her belt. And saw Phoebe
dart a warning look at me. This lime I
was sure, and a memory of certain
bean.% Who bad caused mo pain in their
time did creep tido my mind.
'1'0 be sure, Phoebe wns mine. but she
we wish II you know tha' ilea" was "No ; only a little note," she an-
W1B'S her waY.'
"Svbilla I 1"
fly -and -by he finds himself slrolimm "I thought that there mest be some -
unhindered by a. gardener Placidly dig. thing in the wind, as since the begin -
01g., 11,0.11101 the gmlines or a eilla 10, ning of the month she. has never once
lee Gigantic violets eout 1119ir im.-4-ages mo good-bye.; and 1:11ci house -
to litE nostrils, 1.1,10 hig and maid upset the Mk bottle oy,s. ho4410
blue. Fredmiiinating ,i1ver the •..): W1111481 Ilf1r 1,VOr finding
leav,,s, which in Englund have 1.0 be so (811; 081 1110 arlielti thotulemeter
carefully reerolied for them. Super- 1111," 11.4 tlitileumil Lel' 14 Week 1"
llletn,13»1 oranges tumble about his Melt '''';Y1-'1118 1 1"
arm), n), „1„1„ "1 thought I sliould stittpris.e you ;
slitisteienti 1 11'11;_al wri.9 :1111.18i(1:11ghiesit.ensi:sitate;n1 fl I 1.si nsit a: ne111 iell(instgints11, l'11a1111,01, icc1centinooftgininife-
bett of lax,iel beans 'points out' tim con'''1111,111 iliat I -do nol care now if I
notnewn of her February Bowel's to ' .110er 1111101'3'. Mailer 011t1 1 got on -coign
him. lie see.,4 31)(1 smells noth1 of thc,ni. 109,1'11Y 1,,i,7011f(T and OM IS \Yell
ese.e hi, eq.'s, stolen sway 9, ph his .41, ono eim really he very fairly rout in
heart Into ileng's elitentsm? Thoy must in a einglesetale; and, at all events, I
have einem or he eoulti not see e 1111 ate eine 1 all 110l envy Sybilla."
so '11 e01111(4,l1R1.11'y 0it'llille.4.14 1110 Seolle "NO1' 1 Cr1111111"--Willl CI1p1111Sig
::11)3,1Mg 1110.0. 1111,4 111111.0
pto`c 111 i1;1.iii,hing reality be-
fell:. himself. Does not he tolow thee ex -
01111111 WO', 1,i 0141 11110 11
laugh of a inore genuiee character than
any sho has yot in.
not. position of ihe chair Elio is to 4io. You will 11800 .1,-) Pre her away! Ehe
cupy 1 Ind not ha pine," il for lier iTles, as s,i,o11 as she cap spcalc distinctly.
11, wont to fetch 11,T? eu.11 111, 1,11., "F11111"1' Will Marry her. -of cowrie, /11111
• pre01.911 1117: dislorled 1111ley fietin pre- Y.'(.11 must give nett away. 1 am suro ego
stetting the interview 1,, 1,,,h‘g„,„
perey and donitesse.1 io9"trs. Even the
rell011eC1111-111 her fttalures. glia.slts. end
O boles ef agony dewing them, can-
not rOlreel llol pi _dare of his mind os, he
peeldently sees if. Teat :she meant.,
will 111.-ds1 11.,"
"5110 will have le 1114111.10 ill1S10, then:"
rehires he, recovering enough from his
first sluperaelism to 'jean Ceellin in hes
mirth; "for I shall not be hero much
\'‘ hell he parted Mom her, 19 re/101.1)1P0 "You ere gelng nway et-reileing her
ilyng, lcts no 1m111111q. of 410111,1. ntp 11,VOLIIVIWR. f11141 Willl 11 lillge of meaning.
(1•3^; not lte 1(now the phancy of her na-
ture.? Is 11o1 00111'11Irtd lhal the watt:
on which her life has sr 111 is her inability
ever to refuse anyone anything that they
Pik With seifficient urgently or wife
enough pinusiletily lo posuncle her 111111
elet can do them a kindless by yield-
ing?
miuM mere, then, will stet be in -
mettles; of resieling the inipertimate
passion of hie 0,011 01111,
freshly risen from tt boil of death? Pre-
seetly Ms restless feel, curry him awny
out (11' the villa grounds again. Ile finde
himself on the Bnillevard elustaplin, and
sils down on the low wall by the Mad-
sele, searing absently et a broken line
or duslcy slone-pines, cutting the ardoni
bluo of the African sky on the hin op-
posite, and at 1111 111.011d0d ennipague
ilnoned high nis antOrur !lie Venhlre. lie
knows that 11, belongs te an Englislinum
elle matte reals or cotton, and tho idle
thltught entinfers thoross his mind how
strange it 1S that, reels of colton :should
wind onyone into such 34, lolly while
Edoll ! flin1 the inierVb'W bo lusting all
this while? Is no1 it yet ended ? ittny
lett his tormentisl Mousy seet the choir by
Ilyng's sera once again empty or oenes
pfed hy nurse or mother? WM not Mrs'.
Ilyng, will not Elizabeth herself, have
.eten the militnese of taxing lho sick
num's Mint potvers by so extheme a
strain upon them? But no sooner has
lies suggested Mite shed a ray of light
mem bet derkness than sin opposing one
etenes and blows it one line not Ilyng
wilt of 1118 own ? Will he be likely Go
seon to let lier go? Nay, having onee
res.:tittered her, will he ever Mt her out
se hie sight ngain ? The thought restoreA
Min to CesliesS ROAM, and, although
with Sedulous „slowness, he begins to re-
trace Ms steps towards Due hotel. At a
point about quarter of a ento 111511m1
from 11,, the lane which lends to the Villa
Wilson debouches Info the road, end
dehouching also into the wind he gees
1110 fignre peatlittk W110, &Itching sight
noes in her tones which vaguely trete
him.
"Why slinithl not 1 go ?" lee neks irri-
tably, les sheet nue joyless merriment
mete quenched, "What 18 them for a
111)111 10 Ile here? I have slnyed already
much longer Mum I 'meant. I am en-
gaged lo meet a friend at Tunis -the
1111111. W1111 W110111 I• went ie the Ilimalayas
throe yistie sign; We tire going to make
exelirsion into Ihe interior. 1 am only
\smiling for Anne guns smel things. Why
slimed not 1 gor
`'Thoec is no earthly reason," replIeS
sho denntrely ; "only tho I, 1 did net know
you had eny such intention. 13ut then, te
SlIre, 11 iS not sso long stnee hnve seen
yoll.--not. I think," lemming el. him for
ennernet lion of her glalement rather too
innocently, "sheet the lovers -ha_ 1 ha l-
and I met you and Nile& Marchent.
driving on the quay."
(ro he centinued).
SMATes-TALK.
flailesad fares are cheapest tn. India.
Nien tailors sew much better than wo-
1.11'1111' Rieland it Is considered wicked le
whTishetle*Tasmnrelans breW tea from 100
di nevem t plants.
In India pens are made of banthoo.
They write pretty well,
Medieval, physicians preeeribed danc-
ing as a cure for many 1112.
The Viennese eop must understand,
telegraphy, stvlinming and rowing,
A, Inpariese cnok never tenches any
arthile et Mod tvith his fingers.
The peerage StriglIshwonuni is two
inehee Miler then lier Alfieri= cousite
The 8unda lel/meters 'sleeken ell but
the two Mont upper teeth, Willett they
glie,
The blreh belie liteed in tanning 18
whet gives Ithesla leather Its delightful
odor',
-
meted.
"Who ream ?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm not a clairvoyant, Pellmni,"
she replied. "I can't tend through
sealed ent-elopee."
"Open it, then," said I.
"I couldn't. would be bad mari-
ners," said she,
"Whom•do you While it is from?"
said. 1
"Some belated bridesmaid, perhaps,'
61141 slip.
"miss Smith, Miss BrOW11, and Miss
Rebinson ore all here," said I.
"01, well, fisoin 111y Aunt needle -
ton, te sae elne C11111. COI 11e, wishes me.
jos end sends it soup "acne. She_ uhveys
sends a. soup hullo to brides in the fam-
es.," 141001111.
'then I think you ought 1.0 read 11. at
OrICO, 111IL Or teemed to the old lady."
"What a tepee you are I" she eried,
and pulled her handlserehlef -from her
le eleet. Tbe Mete. canto willi it rind fell
le the &op, 1 seemed to piek if. ep. so
did elle, Our lietele (trashed furiously
together. I got the ler.
"1 14 -me I've not hurt you, my dear,"
sniel I.
"You have, horribly,' ssed ehe; end
snalehed the letter, but not before I had
glanced at it.
"Your nunt writes a very fine mascu-
line hand," said I. "Is she a. strong-
minded lady ?"
"Very," she answered, and stemmed
the pink envelope late bee porket, and
began to Mils to a lady who had known
hes from a child. 'There Ore 111w837.4 sneer
Me ladles id wedding parties, and it is
more ogreeable to meet 1110111 when you
nee young then when you aro nee 1
footed she intght have Isnown nio also,
aed had tethered fuur years off the tag -
end of my age,
Somehow, thirty-six sounds so much
better and younger than forty.
When she bad gone away to get ready
fees the joureey, and it WIIS little for mo
also to go, I hurried to the room ape
ponited for 1110, and, knowing 11 was
next to hers, softly opened the eons -
trim -dealing door and peeped in, menning
to kiss her, atiel tell her that she should.
altvays have esTrything she tvarited after
this, The room, hewever, was empty,
tier weddIng-dress lay on the bccl, and
a ghostly veil -and a wreath floated in
the air ; hut pa.per, pens, ancl ink were
on a, desk, and 1 satv 1.3111l. eVell ill this
hurried moment, she had taken time to
Write a letter.
IL lay finished, but not felded, beside
an Unaddressed envelope, and I tipect
engerly aerces the room, and read
OBS ;-
"Indeed, sfr, you aro right, shall
suffer miserably through all ley honey -
Innen, and it Is your fault, not, mine,.
"I eould 'hardly keep my tears back at
the niter for. the pain. My luieband must
tot know, but I 819011 be a Martyr fill I
get boels, On the very dey of my return
813111 Ace yOU 1 MIL SS for forgivfng
ymi-eever
, rolled on yOri 11T/p110113Y, Now
could you?' Row could you/
Phoebe Palmer."
T glanced about the room loolcMg
wildly for Ihe Idler lo which this was a
reply. I saw a wisp of pink paper on.
lho floor end enught it up, The patter
01 little boot-lieele \VIM 011 1110 11001! of
the hall, and I dosed the door behind
me just, in 1/1110.
Trembling wHo wt./1(11_00.d not pee.
S011 If00 1 I. 1"---1 unfolded the paper.
was only u small Meese of the tette ; but
1, reild Mint it contained Over and over,
Is was Wes
"I dttl not think 11, would give you
pain ; but 1 oin hardly expeet you lo
forgive 1110 for breaking my engagement,
NvIth yOb. 1 ain So sorry that 1 cannot
see you before you go, but your
There the fragment ended, and left mo
.0, slate of mind 111111 threatened GOO-
gesliou or the brain, to put myself info
e needling sun and start on 111Y wed-
ding journey with a bride believed titt.
ready false to me.
Yet wind, 001111.1 I do? elaice a SCOne
hef0110 the wedding party'? etel, into the
"Nn," 1 saal 10 'myself, "111 have re-
partees, peislaps?
iTillyg.e"' dfli8eggruinTrirYPIti'llor 11111111;
peel:et-hook. Betsy Jane line been the
childecies nureery-inald. I heel promoted
hes to be Phoebe's own waiting -maid,
nnd she was to go with us. There she
WIIS (111e0C1Y, and 1 thought of all the
diabolleal maims in French hooks as 1
loeked at bee We got Melds) the CE111-
rialto and rattled furiously away to-
Wnra the railway elution, for 'we W0119
late. Phoebe WM in tears "at lenving
home," she said. I made 110 01191111)1 to
console her. I sat stiffly on My seat,
witli a. hand on ectch knee, Betsy 311110;
001111d Mile 171111018 of eyes staring hard
al me, as though she saw something was
the matter.
My heart burst and my head ached.
I wonder 1 was 1101 seized web. apop-
lexy, being of such a fun habil, We got
11110 the train at lost, and Phoebe lsiolced
n' me in_ her clove -like way as I stood. be-
side her, looking Heaven only knows
how. ' •
'You mustn't be angry at me. Ws so
Mud to leave Illfill1111(1," she eaid, plead-
ingly. "I won't dry tiny 11101'0."
"You are at liber13, ',Leery RS 1111101 SS
y011 111tO, incelain." &lid. "I ehould
think you would feel Mee shedding many
bitter teats."
With this I turned away and relapsed
into a state of somnolence for a cOuple
f•I.1\h‘'1111Tris.we reached 01111 destination, and
after I had ordered rooms, I had an in-
terview with 13.eisy Jane alone.
"young women,' SRld sternly, "1 an1
going to give you a month's meets and
discharge you, I will also poy your fuse
home."
"My goodness I" cried Betsy. Jane.
"Don't nessus tvent, me? Is she so
double-dealing as that ?"
"lt is I stem don't want True I said;
'you've helped to deceive me."
"Abont what?" irked Betsy Jane.
"You gavo your mistress EL letter to-
dniv‘.
es110,Ldsalitl Betsy Taste, "do you thinIc
I'd oiler keep a letter directed to mis-
t
su's4o"u prevaricate," snkl I.
elf tilers French for sMal, I don't,"
said Tielsy June.
"You gave it to her slyly," said I,
"Well, she said net to let you see A,"
sold Betsy Jane.
"I lenow the contents of that letter,"
8a`i'dritTe're now," said Betsy :lane, "1 told
her you'd find nut. But you don't mind,
de you? 11's a great, deal commener
than yoted think, and slues only got
Iwo. Some young ladies has a whole
lel."
"Twn 1" I gasped. "Unhappy girl 1 I
onle. knetv of one."
"WhY, I've got route"' said Betsy Sane,
"and lel tell anybody."
"Hardened yoeng woman 1" said_ I.
"But I am. no longer deceived, that is
ono comfort. I will Send woman
back to her parents With y011."
1101:13' Jane stared at me.
"I think you're crazy, Mr. Palmor,"
she said. "So much better loolcieg and
yeunger its elm Is llinn you. now. And
you've got wholes upper eel, 1 bellove.
Sr. there, now," she slopped and laugh-
ed. "1 believe you ant misled :minium,'
sha said, "You don't think that feller
was from one of missus's eld sweet-
lworts 9"
"1 Wive read a portion of the letter," I
said, fiercely, "I 110.1'0 it hese."
"Ole" said Beley Jane, "I've got the
Miler two bits 111 my poeicel. I Werra
1110111 0111 Of 340111' way 1111r17.1 111
8110lV you the whole logethei. here."
She look feint her poolset Iwo pieces
of pink paper.
"Yeu'll feel better when you have
pieced that cut," she said, with a mali-
cious grim "old bacheloes do bent ell."
1 snt <tom in a table with on empty
ilsksb1111, Pieeed the letter together, mut
read thus '
"My Deer Miss Peare-I was called
awny le extract a tooth from the mouth
of a gentleman too ill lo leave bis lentse.
I [bought. I Should be back in time. I am
sorry Ihe plate does not 111, I did not
think it would give you pain; but I cm
havens/ expect you to forgive me for
breaking my engagement with you, I
rue so sorry that. cannot see you before
you go, bet your itusband east eestainly
1111d 001110 good dentist who will do iho
Milo that is necessary. Why need you
*make two false teeth a SeCed? Every-
Ixtdy bas them novvadayS.-Yours re-
gretfully,
Tho -epistle ended with the 'name of the
ole. family dentist,
"You thought it, was sweethearts, (nei-
n you?" asked Betsy Jane. "It only
shows what fools gentlemen is. Well,
shall pack up and go? "rwasn't
advice not, to tell you. I'said, 'Tell, and
We with it.'"
"Betsy," said I, "I retain your services,
Bore Is a little present," And I offered
Iv, a sovereign. "Don't mention this to
M'Ir'sbeijO'nlintlyceri•i"t may to make pence with
my poor, snubbed, heart -broken 1111le
wife, wile was erying bitterly ; and
registered a votv that I never again
would bo jealous.
--q.- -
Smith's yarns were always welcomed.
"Did I ever tell you ,the tale of ftvo
wells?" he asked. "No, never hoard it;
let's have ft," chorused the IfstenetS.
"Well, well," replied Smith, dryly. •
Tramp -"After all, it payS le be
pardner." Soeond Tramp -
"Not altvays, The other day I was act-
in' deaf arid dumb tyliert a man gava
me ten cods. I says 'Thank you,' sir,'
and be bad me a____rrested,
Don't. forget that it Is MI impossibit.
to Make good butter. from Old, &nth
cream.
RAISING PALL CALVES.
Not so many fall calves aro ralsel
Umoughout the country us there ehould
be. There niet, pereaps, Lwo 11)11.111
SOOS foit this, Fuet, those who do not
have succulent food for their cotes in
itnireifititar stoprliniagt:epollitellsr kejetuvlsred ijohres
fresh eowss nn opportunity to go on
PISS, that, being the best feed for 1(0e1) -
Ing Up a good flow of mine Second, it
Is 1000 dilletult to seise spring calves
than those dropped in the full of the
year. 1.0olsing at the proposition only
from 11418 istandpoint, IL is preferable 10
leave the CAWS calve in the epring.
There is anonier Elide to this queetion,
liewever. Dining the 811)1(1.1sliistio.1:\.,1,1r111,1; 1,11111e)
Mos are bad. These
cows a great deal and Ilits (otitis lo re-
duce the flow of milk. The farmer has
also 111110b 11101T general farm work lo
do during the summer mouths than
daring winter, and beskies, 311 kinds
or dairy prodeets al better prices
during the latter posted. These are
S01130 Of the factors that influence many
peogressive fanners to have quite a
number of ealves dropped in tho fail
the year, and it is,to 111001 WS 10.1S11 10
Say 11. tr.11V WOWS about full calf breed -
fug.
To ralse tall CE1100S suceesseully, it
13 necessaey in the first place to pro-
vide warm quartees for thop. A box
stall whom they can run loose after re-
ceiving thesis milk allowance both in
lite morning ond evening is preferable
to a stall in which Ittey must le tied
1111 the time. Some mon ns of tying
them while 1110y tlile drinking iholo milk
find eating their grain, -however, should
be provided in order to !seep them from
sucking each other, as this lo an 11111101-
oui
Small stanchions are very sttlisfac-
tory for this purpese, Those stimuli -
lone should be along one ship of !he
box shell and a manger 8110111fl. be ec-
ciessable nom the ouleide of the sten.
Calves, like cows, soon learn whore their
own shill ls and will go into their
places when feeeing time arrives.
While they ure drinkine the stenchions
niae- be locked witheul any trouble, and
then the grain thrown into the manger
after the mils has been censumed. After
the grain has been eaten and the calves
heve stood in the stunelliens for an
hour or E0 they may be untied and again
given freedom. They will not suck
earth other ender such conditions.
Sisim milk is the most eeenemical
kma for calves and since the advent
the hand sepesalor, this ieny he fed
without 0193, trouble whatsoever, pro-
vided it is always fed at. a eertaie
Mem temperature very 'nearly that of
cshly drnwn mills. It is not neets.sary
10 NM. warule Milk 10 a calf longer Until
tl Week or ten elms; after that time
sknn Orly gradually he suhslitut-
ed for whole milk until et the end of
eve weeks the calf is gelling nothing
bet skint mills. As 80011 EIS this pOint
has been reached, add nbnut ntspoon-
fee of ground flex (not flaxseedeeneal)
from which the on lms been extracted,
in suet) feed. Max, being stet in Mt,
semplies the Mt removed Loin the mills
by the separator, and,- as fitis fat has
the saine feed value os the butler fat,
it is ((molly vnlunble OS a Calf food.
48,101ittioi 0(1(.14111)1p 171,eafeir 0t3o, 11101011e1ekititIggrilte 1\001111
water and then adding this genet the
nells. The Noising, however, acids
lo the value of the flax need end
is open to the ubjection that 11 14,011 le -
gins 'to Sour; even in the hands stf can,-
ful men, this wilt sometimes happen,
end the result is it calf with SC'911rS. WO
have used the sew geound flax with. ex-
cellent success for initny years and
Meow 11. lo be an cseeellent feed. A len-
spoonful 'of Mix mete cacti food is
ample for se young ralf and Ione than
R tablespoonful :should never be fed
eyes to large 0111 1, 5. Wheil 111010 grain
is needed, Reel dry oats.
PAI1M NOTES.
Ee^p the golden ciente.
Use the teen mewer frce13'.
Cultivate 10 111llke 1110 corn grow.
(mit smoking 0r01111/.1 1,110 porn,
Plow deep, but cultivate shellow.
Fes up the sehoel house and yard.
Dmet be a "haven't -lime" fernier,
Plant a 10W 11011/00 bedS on the lewn.
No farm stuck pays if poorly man-
aged,
0111 up that stagnant peol In the fleki
end -also the ling wallow in Me lone.
The horse Ituti eentraeblso lirtoudighllabutIles
irleinedily. is one thatt can
most useful trails with the least item.
II, is a greet mistake to suppose time
geod fruit of ens' kind can be raised
upon poor soil without the use of fee -
Units.
SOME CREAM DON'TS.
Don't fail to keep the cream cans in
cold water summer and winter.
Don't rail to Wash the 01.00111 separa-
tor' each Unit it is used with a brush
and wnehing powder.
Don't averleok the necessity for Fins-
ine with clean, hot water.
Don't mix cold end wnrm cream.
The 100819 cream ishould be cooled to the
temperature of the ()ream to winch it
is lo be added before mixing.
Done put the Oreatti In a cellar Ont
is not absolutely free of vegetate° or
other bad odors. Cronin will absorb
tho odor of ally substance that is tear
it,
Disease takes no summer
vacation. -
If you need flesh and
strength Use
Scott's Ennision
summer as in Winter.
Sand for free sespla.
SCOTT & 13011,1ni Cholohlits,
Toronto, OM&
ton,AndSLool ail cloigshis,
HEALTH I-
qP
t/Httettfl•t1/4tektp404:14).0.444fMed
80135 EYES.
Conjunctivitis, which IA the (11051 00111 -
WOO 1011111 Of ,S01.1.1 eyo, is im
‘1,14 1,01111 g11141311011111111‘1,11tta;?0)41teentormitu)j)eibi('),Iyiele.
vereleilea
of this di•saasei the s3T111)101115 of 101011
very greatly in intensity, e'llere truly be
merely a bloodshot ctinenion, duo to the
enlargement of the bloeclosessels to such
a size that they become visible, 111001O.
panted by an Belling end a foelieg as if
there were dust in the eyes, with per-
haps a 11111e stioky discharge which glues
the lids together 111 the morning. 'rho
eves um also sensiliee bo fight, Mei
sometimes ache slietelse
111 111000 eeverts CHS08 1111) dischargo is
profuse and yollosvish, uloers 111 y
and the inflammation fluty even extend
to 1110 deeper S101.101111.0.S Of 1110 eye, and
so destroy sight,
Oile of the chronic: forms of conjunc-
lit Ills is that known rei trachoma, or
gennular lids. Ties is very diffictin to
cute, met often results' in a permanent
injury to vision. 11 ls also quite conta-
gious. led.oed, ell forms' of 14100 eyes are
prollubly Coningious, but aorne uris Mont)
So than others, end for this reasoe the
most scrupulous precautions should ha
taketi to protect the other members of
ihe family when olio has any form of
cenjunetieilis. Tlie snfferer should
sleep In a bed by himself, tind slimed
letve 1115 own wesh-rog or
spooge; and eandlserchiefs; and these,
when Sotted, eheuld he thoeoughlY
boiled in a septirnte vessel, end should
/let go mlo the oeninion wash.
Tim tecalinent of simple conjunctivitis
Consists chictly in cleanliness. Tito oyes
Should 110 bathed often in lukewarm
Water containing a reach of salt, or in a
&elution of leffie ache ond some of the
S011111011 S110111d dr.l..ppe+1 11110 the OyO,
5) EIS 10 IWIS11 11Wily Ole
11110 etyee should be shielekel froni the
light by smoked giussits or pggles.
Little squares of cloth, cut large
011,111;11 to coves the ep, may bo 111wed
on a entre of ice, When c del they can
be lied on the eye. and changts1 SO011
1/.5 they beeent• War!». 1111e
15 often very grateful to the sufferer, and
Is useful ill subduing the intlimmintimi,
If tho 11'001/10 MOS 1191 quickly ,,1111side
under this simple treatment, a physician
should he consulted, for the eytt is o. very
delieate organ, and irremediable Infs.
abler may result if' Inflanimatien is al-
lowed to riot 011.
A very serimis form of sore eye Is
sometimes seee 111 nee 1
glasses.--YtAlites n
coniouleis.tre ealites.
This 5110Illd 31oViIII trithet with, but
the elector's atieutiou ,should be called to
it saito.01,1)reejei suf or from 7.11)0/lit`ti lit -
100145 of conjunctivitis slanild he taken
M Ilia oculist foe an examination of the
e;,05, air It. may be that they need
riempermint arylied al wee trill S40 114
0111-1.021r: t:(101;..S le01 1 :tete:3 ILLS.
Bug Bite Cure -tem two /mimes of
mitered eanmher 1111d le» drops of
lawiammt.
113w .11.gg g\vf11-
14111115v 1;11111;1:1:v i(tIgg).4.111111S.11111;11•1;111.11'1iini,11 11.1;111111''';•.1 -se -
lie tv ,e it.
onimit Ntodiei Tido a ga,01-size:1
beet, sea,op oul venire. and till wdli
rock' candy. Plno,., in oven unlit the
randy Thls cure the worst
cold in old or yo,1ng,
(0,119e.1 110:11.14,1;;;;111
bOrecie reed beesher in a emelt bowl 01
cnillneldlu'ilre.tinoily,-.-'1'alse
Lath. the eyes, utle
meve peeling coriluily wet me peesne
end pew.. on Mitchel port. 'this win
drew off tho miplo,ration, rolloving 1110
soroness 111 rt few.' "1:011r);,
11usly Nail Mound. • Orate potal.t told
thicken. over fire 111 vinegar 111)111 11 14^ -
conics (Mt eonsisloncy of salvo. Apply
us sa1ve 011 cloth and hind to any ett,,ty
11/111 woutui, wire od, etc. Thk
known to prevent 1,6,111w and 111)331
poisoning n phy,ielin could be
called 1-.1 give treatment,
sore Throat Gergle.-81rong sage'
One -11111 phil.; sttained honey, etnewei
elite and etrong vinegar, of each two
taldespoonfuls ; cayeime,
reanding touspoonfiii. Steep the -any-
0»ne the sago; „Strain ; mix. 1111(1
bale for use. Burgle from four te
dozen times daily, according to the
severity of the ease.
'flume:11Mo Cures Onughing,--1111101se
turpentine tie 1110011 t1S poss111111. 11.1
night saturate a folded -handkerchief
wells turpentine 01111 pin to the pil1o9v.
Place anothee bandkerchief ender well
arm, and saltn,a10 the oontforbw in.
places with the tipper sheet between la
avoid the turpentine burning the nosh.
A. flannel cloth, greased with Itirpentin4
and Jurd, laid on the °host .effeets on. im.
mediate cure.
enee of blond peisoning catised hy
1.1.kly nails, bits of earth, • threade, eles,
getting into outs end sernlebes, tha
CUL, or nlralell, 01' old Sore, begins to
swell and pain, take n half leecurifol of
,sweel, and fl WOO 110111 0L11/1f10 light
bread • boil it Mitt. \311e.c cooling add
leilt tenspoonful ceminion 1 aldng
soda. SU(' it won and. apply ns liot
,ren be borne, but first open the fostering
PlaCe With a storilivied needle Or Ince,
xam Ls. ec‘riton,iyis 0 uchr..aitge 111d poultice
To purify tee air in R set a
Pitcher of cold wilier 1» the riperlinen1
atilniel 1111101 aref scpwirlai 1111ftt\i'l% afthtlo, r,s1vrotil
110 11111011 purer, though the -water be-
comes very impure. Tlic colder the
water the greater the capacity for these
imetrItteS. lthat is Av1111 reaRes
covered walor 1)ecome "41.nie,' and is
ohe or the reasons why the nir at the
'Sea shore is better than that intend. .1f
water is carried lo Sleeping nprirlineels
to be Used for drinking tIvough .1110
right, it should bo .kaut closely covered
113 glass or eerthen PUS. IMpure tenter
is .mtith mo_re than impuee cfr.
Slioreditch. Wiliest was slated
that the heart Of 40o)eaSed, oliBil
feUrt Nom lege* e.e,,ss, :eat of a mete.