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reacues tier oestmasl00, one carom/ ner
self upon the bank of hor belovebelovedriver, at the root of a gnarled old
oat(. I,iftiuf; hor hat from her
pretty ron'!icwed hair, she lays it on 1110
sward 1,0si011 her, and, taking her knee.
into nor 00111.4011, prepares to g.re her.
soil up to saddest thought,
Lint she is too y01111:t too 11100.. 0110 Ior
this sort of thing, Ulu:,o to le t• Is Cur
happy tart,llee., stream, 0;1 111 1
,u
Vernal i th 1`1.1 t'
/r. it t,'rlv4 het.
attention tlwlt. 101 11 It w111 .ties` 110,'
1111111 1110 1111 I,- In tU little
Die bruueh0s round I...i-^aro cailil,q Ln
ono another, and to her, in wild gaol
song that wakes the silence into hl', .
iter thoughts wander; the tours within
her 03 us, 11011111g themselves forgotten,
die an curly (loath.
All tho bounds of natora colnbi13t, to•
gethor to rouse this fair IA 1,g from her
sad 1111181110i. S1111 0:111/1110 resist their
in i,,
uueo Tho fugue 1lerfunu•s, the
lu0r,uw music, all sink iu(11 nor stmt.
She i, at 111/11304 with thirst ; her hvat't
hoes out to 1110011 010111. 8141'01y this
world is still full of great and gouoru1v
prurui:.u,, although—
list what is this other sound that
comes Lu hor through the silken leaves ?
It rises above alt tho root, and moteses
ey..r near, 0, nearer, It 11100011 her 418 all
the 111111,1.; have labral to do ; it tills her
with a sharp pain cud a quick umcst,
It is a voice.
10r 0o,000,011r(11301,0011(11301,0011and Eton reeollea
as Ste ro.ouguizes it and kuulrs it to bo-
1nuIm-
brueti, lour emtply. To such au awful
de to i1, her ease:?? hal she eonnigno 1
]30.1001.10 ain •e .,,114 ,4 last Patel int0rvio,.,
now 0,4...sty-fear 18,0141 old.
,cully he is not in grief! YO.L-r.
drt1's direful eouserpleur013 Iravo
a r;wt. d ?lint with that torriblu tu.ila .y
ea .i " low s;,l1lts." 1'e 18 (111::c 1 ,•
py: lin i, 1,i m:inp;! Do101.1•s IS rad1-
sue4“.1 with indigo -411°u when the cur-
taioty is barll0 i11 upon hur that ho 1;1
triciiuq ":aancy Leo" in it clnclout;jnvuua
blltituue. If it had Leen "Levu n'0,"
or Scioto 1.,111 melancholy 111007, s114
mf ' t liars iorgiten it; but ' Nancy
Lee"!
111,1, rises to her fent, and, as ho turns
tirtit,(write,.all unconsciously to find l,i,n•
sell face to facto withwithher, she ad1an014
towards hint a atop or two.
" Yon!" says 1,11, startled ont of all
all mora cos rout,oual arldres,tus and
gt11eobnoxious "Nancy "go to the
wi n+w.
les -8101" returns she icily, and
not at all grammatically.
}ler very acidity revives Ilonverie
and restores 11!111 to Ilia usual 014110.
" klieg your paruou," he says polite•
ly, pitching his cigar into the river.
I fear I addrossod you rather u11uero-
mouiously; but the fact is, I was so
surprised to meet any one here that I
101(40t luysoif—act that. any amount of
surprise could bo au exouso for ill•uutn•
nets."
"No," says Doloros indifferently.
She is looking away from him—far
down tho little riv0r to whore the groat
sea lies basking in the sunshine—and
lots evidently developed au overpower.
ing interest in a seagull that is flitting
to mud fro upou the tiny wavelets like a
fleck of bl'Irnislled silver. It is as
though she has altogether forgottuu
lto,,veeie's presence.
Ile makes a 131004114111b as if to leave
her, awl Half lift- his hat, then, as
though against his will, pongee.
" Did you walk ?lore ?" he asks, in a
tou., tui fondly but erroneously bolioves
to be as iudiJieront as 1110 01013.
" les," says .hiss Lorne, in just the
s'tu10 uninterested fashionas. before.
!lar shoulder is now turned a little in
11is direction.
'?wrung$ the meadows?" persists
1:•`. •01.110 aoorbity 111 iris manner.
f es," replies alto again. 'Tb:s is too
1111101 1
Un veli always spool( in monosyllee
1,11.,?" 1oaalda be wrathfully.
" You have knovvu ma long enough to
ho able to 008W0111 that t uestiou For
yourself," returns she calmly.
"I see, Of course Imnst understand
that—you wish me to leave you. lint
what have 1 done," asks the young 10011
indignantly, "that you won't oven
spa,. r1 to 1110 ?"
"I 11300 spoken to you," says Dolores
col fly ; but now 111010 is a little some-
4111114some-
4111114in her voice which does not 11x.
net y enconrago or hold out hope to him,
but yet gives hint an incitement to
pour out boforo hor his pent -11p grio-
van0e.
' .'os—but in what a WaI'1 11010
111100 I offended you 2 Was It such a
('rime, my being late yesterday? Or
was it—" He stops abruptly and
looks at her with Iniserablo uncertainty
in hos oyes.
" Wiry should you bolieve 1 was of -
hauled yesterday ?" asks she suddenly.
His question has touched hor mlpleas•
autly. A little auger Haines into her
oyes and deadens the sweetness of her
lira, Was bar disappointment then so
palpable to everybody ? SIlo shrinks,
as if hurt. " You are wrong," she says, 1
with a little catch in her breath.
"I suppose so. I hardly dared hopo
I was right. I should have known that
your displeasure did nob arise out of
yesterday, bu11 out of tllo'nigilt before.
Those last words I said to you ---X should 1
not have said them; you had given me 1
no right. If you mean nae to under. w
stand that must not repeat theta --f1
Itis voice has grown somewhat husky.
Closing his fingers more tightly upon t
the slight Wok he is holding in both a
hands, it snaps in two; he flings the. 1
Iilocos far from him with an £mpationt t
:perk. "I shall never trouble you in 1
that way again," he says, and turns, as
if to conbinne lis way through the h
wood. li
"Do not go bemuse of me," says t
Dolores, in a low voice. "I ---Auntie u
will bo expecting me, I must go home
at once." 0
She is standing upou a littlo green • o
_,_ .ormnmxnm ma aa..�aerirQ.n�e.u�mv a. r�--
aau4ut1, anU, as 5(10 aileaas, 6110 steps
dowu from it; in so doing, her foot
comes upon a sharp plooe of broken
steno, which 040808 lion snob pain that uu
involuntarily ler foot turns rlor her,
It is all the work of an instant. Sho
lays her handupo't 1110 trunk of tho
bre() to loop herself from falling, and
the very lowest, faintest cry of agony
ea a0111, l"o. It is s0 faint as to bo til•
most 111 I;' rceptible; but
(t„B at„gbal';, le411,,
11 1'.0, " ,111111,• i(jug;''
and
.4101101) feels Shu has co:a11 to
whit." You are burr?" 11.3 says, 80111,1
anxiously ftp to her,
'• It ]s nothing." returns she, ,till
coldly, and with d(Ler'inod self.) n..
session, though her lips 1o1v0 gloat,
rather white, "I assure you itis no-
thing."
"It is eortaiuly something," 81178
Bouverie quietly, feeling siok at heart
as 110 notioos tho paiood linos round her
sensitive mouth. "Yea have hurt your
foot. You must allow mo to sea you
home."
"There is really no reason wily you
should," says Dolores; " I beg you
will give yourself no trouble on my
aver/tint, Sae—I can walk very well,"
And indeed for ono or two yards 8110
manages to move alone; but then mho
falters, and a quick breath tells of in -
cramming agony.
" Yon had bottor take my arm,' says
Dick coldly, but with passi0uatuly sup-
pressed anxiety.
"No, tlauk you, 1 and sure I can get
on by myself," returns sho; but, though
she. says it, she scorns afraid to taku 1110
noxi step.
What is the g,', 1 of your percii ting
In this folly?" u_ecl"irns 1101 r'1i11141-
grily. "Do you want to ba laid up fur
a month? Telco 111y arm directly; or"
—ungraciously -" sl, 11 1 14)11y you?
Perhaps it will bo bettor—"
"No, no "—indignantly--" 110:•11ihly
all !
nrli!" 1 do not want your—any help at
1'18100 are tears in hor bo,wtifnl eye,,
and not only her lips, but all her face is
new quite colourless.
''Yos, you do," says Dick obstinately ;
and, coming close to her, passes his arm
round her.
She makes no protest, bet ik is evi.
(lent to hint that she dislikes his sup-
port. Together, and in silence, they
and`o on again for a little while; aw
then, seeing that she is still enduring
great pain, he ventures on anothor pro.
test.
Yon. know you are suffering hor-
ribly," he says, with some vebeinenve.
" Why won't you let 810 carry you 1 It
isn't such a very long way, and it will
be so much better for you. Do try to
understand ",—savagely—" that I have
no desiro whatever to carry you for my
own part—that I think you would be
rather heavy than otherwise—but that
I can't bear to see any creature hi
pain."
To this extremely rude exhortation
she makes no reply beyond a faint effort
to withdraw herself front his support.
ing arm, whioh he silently refuses to let
her do.
Yet a few stens farther they go, and
then all at once Dolores stands quite
still upon the woollaud path, and gases
at him with wido ItgoniSed, almost im-
ploring eyes.
" Oh, this is madness 1" cries I3on-
vorio; and in a nlatu)nt, without further
leavo from her, ho has her in his arils
and is carrying her with slow earl in
the direction of her home,
flow light she is! What a frail bur.
deal His heart smibes him as 110 re.
me1410ra bow a moment since Ile 1,.1:11-
clod to her as being probably heavy,
Would that she were indeed a little
heavier than she is I Why, there is
scarce an air of heaven but would blow
away this fragile creature 1 `that a
poor Boll upon its life must this slender
frame possess 1
His heart is boating madly as be
holds her to it, yot there is a sob angry
expression upon his brow, and a dis-
pleased 0111:V0 about his lips. Only yes.
torday ho would have doomed it bliss to
be allowed to keep her hand unforbid•
don within his, yob, now he has all her
sweet body in his arms, no ,joy is 1,1,, I
Her pretty head, crowned with its sorb,
short sunny rings of hair, is lying upon
bis shoulder; her ?'ace is vory near to
his. 011, hove hard a thing it seems
that love alone' should be far from
hire I
Osco he voubnros to loot( clown t1p011
her, to l:lt 10r head to a position a do.
t;rotl 111010 00n1f0rtaut
blo ; b, as ho `does
it, ho Mob; that she stirs uneasily in his
arms, and shrinks from int, '1'1(113
last mark of hat aversion cuts flim to
the soul.
" Is Illy vary touch so hateful to yott ?"
he asks, the morn roughly b0oalss of
his loco and the misery lie is 0uduriug;
but she melee him 110 reply, and
only turns her face agamat the sleeve
of Ilia coat so that it is hidden from
1181.
What a colts, cruel child she is! 0 rn
she not fathom his love? Caun0t the
very greatness of it novo her 05.011 to
pity, that poorest of all consolations to
a lover's heart? " So young and 501111.
ender!" Groat heavens, why vias a
teartgiveu 111111 only to waste it on a girl
Ito Cortis'08 much for hint as -1'011,
wall. many men have known disappoint-
ments of this Kind, and have lived
lrong11 them—but surely 11040 so keen
v 1,111, for bhoy 11100 not known Do.
overs 1 To cua(�are is the lot of all; bot
n he so deliberately spurned by a mere
1111,11
;lost, at this moment a stifled sound
rooks 1111011 his oar, and ho fools the
tale form in his arms quiver; again
tat sorroWful sound, and thou all et
sou le lu1ows she is crying.
Dos, air seises upon him. Ts ho born
1117 110 distress and grievo this innocent
reatnro 1 Ho stands unite spill, 000005
• t (TO DB CONTINUED,
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ost Bookstore
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Slates, Copy Books, Scribbling
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H. W. Shaw, better known as
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Tho People of Brussels, Grey
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was not kept at Tan PosT Book
Store but them
Latest Novelties
in Noto Paper and Envelopes and
all kinds of writing materal.
Ding J.01111 signed the Magna
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ilnd;we ordered a large stock of
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14 BRUSSFT,S.
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