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kAow," said Illclly, seising her ocher
band, and putting hor leap y little face
close up to hers, "it won't do to refuse
THl' ESTIbEiSS OP EIC, h OND ROME, give humor. your pardon. You must far -
g1 , pleases —won't you, Miss
Jerusha?"
"Well, now, •I don't know," said Miss
Jorusha, relentingly, "ho did treat you
dredfuily, Georgey, bub----"
"No, he didn't, Miss, .Jerusha—just
servedher right," said Emily, "Geor-
gia was naughty, I knew, and didn't, be-
have well. ' There, she forgives bim—
took,' she's going to laugh. Oh, say yes,
Miss Jerusha."
"'4tre11 yes' then, does that please
you?" said Miss Jerusha, breaking iota
a grim smile.
"Dear Miss Jerusha, accept my beat
thanks for that," said. Georgia, with a
radiant face, "and now, may I send Fly
up for him to Richmond House, that he
may hear your forgiveness from your
own lips?"
"Well, yes, I s'poso so," said Miss
Jerusha, rubbing her nose; "and see
here, Georgey, while you're about it, I
reckon you might as web send for that
there brother o' yent'n,too ; I turned
him out o' doors once, and while I am
forgiving that there „graceless htishand
o' your'n, I guess I'll get him to forgive
me."
Georgia laughed, and went out to the
kitchen to despatch Fly off on the
errand.
"Perhaps I had better go," said Emily,
timidly. "I—I think I'd rather. It's
so long since I met Mr. Wildair that I
don't like to now."
"Pooh, nonsose 1" said Georgia, lang1i
ing, "don't like to meet. Mr. Wildair, in.
deed) Not a step shall you go until they
come, and besides, I want• to make you
acquainted with my poet brother, who is
a handsome fellow 1" and Georgia's eyes:
sparkled.
"Does he look like you, Georgia?" said
Emily, meditatively.
"Not a bit; better looking," smiled
Georgia. "Aud oh, Em, there's a.par-
ticuler friend of yours, up at the stall,
a certain Mr. Curtis, if you remember
him,".
He's not a particular friend of mine"
said Emily, pouting and blushing. "1
don't know anything about him. I wish,
he hadn't Dome."
"How flattered he would feel if ho
heard that. You refused him, didn't you,
Emily?"
"Oh, Georgia, don't tease," said Emily,
a ria i g up
and turning
half
pettishly
ishl
v
away..
Georgia laughed, and silence for awhile
fell on all three, broken at last by the
sound of carriage wheels, and the next
moment two tall gentlemen stood in the
little moonlitparlor, with their hats off,
and one of them stepped up to Miss,
.Jerusha, extended his hand, and said,
with a smile:
"Well, Miss Jerusha, am I forgiven at
last ?"
There was no resisting that frank tone
AWA 070 WRONG AND REi8'E011R1IE,
By Mrs. MAT AGYES FLEMING,
Author of " 14oet For u 'Womqu,r, " lU ns$
Ferer's Seurat," Etc., Etc.
and one of her numerous family, lazily
blinking their sleepy eyes.
Georgia's heartbeat fast as she leaped
out of the carriage and walked slowly
up toward the house. Gathering tbe,
sweeping folds of her purple satin dress
in ono hand, she rapped, timidly, falter.
ingly at the door.
It was opened by Fly—yes, it was Fly,
no doubt about it -who opened her eyes
and jumped back with a screech when
she saw who it was.
"Hush, Fly l How do you do?" said
Georgia, tapping her black cheek. "Is
Magi'Joruebain?"
But Fly, in herastonishment and con•
sternation, was incapable of speech;
and smiling at hor' stunned look, Geor-
gia swept past and entered the "best
room."
There it was, still unchanged, and
there,' in her rocking•chair in the ehim-
neycorner, knitting away, sat Miss
Jerusha, unchanged, top, Old Father
Time; seemed to have no power over her
iron frame. She did not hear'Georgia'a
noi1eless'entrance, and it was only when
a bright vision in glittering robes of silk
and velvet, with dark te'arfnl eyes and
sadly smiling lips, knelt at her feet, and
two "youthful white arms, with gold
bracelets Bashing thereon, encircled her
waist, and a sweet, vibratipg voice softly
murmured, "Dear, dear Misa Jerusha,
that she looked up.
Looked up, with a wild ory, and half
arose, then fell back in her seat, and,
flinging her arms around her neck, fell
on her shoulder with ono load, passion-
ate cry of "Georgia! Georgia!"
CHAPTER XXVL
"LAST 50010E of ALL."
"And by hie side thoto moved a form of beauty,
Strewing sweet timers along hie path of life."
—Axon.
Longand coollaythe shadowsthe
grass, ne by one on the bright, beautiful
stars arose in the sky, up and up sailed
the "lady moon," smiling down with her
serene face on the trio sitting in the
moonlight in the humble parlor of that
Mae cot by the sea.'
No light but that of the cloudless
moon, no light but the beaming glances
from eyes bright with joy—no other
Iight was needed. By Miss J'ernaha's
side sat Georgia—not Georgia, the
radiant vision of the ball -room, Juno. and pleasant smile. alms Jerusha look -
like in her queenly beauty, but the ed meditatively at his proffered baud a
humble, gentle, loving girl, meek in her moment, and theu grasped it with an
great happiness. Oue wrinkled yellow energy that made the governor of B—
hand of the venerable spinster lay in wince; as she exclaimed:
the small dark hands blazing with goms, "Well now, I railly don't thiuk as 1
end hold them fast as if she wouldhave ought, but Georgey says I shill hen to,
held than there forever, while hor eyes and I s'pose I've got to mind her. Mr.
never for an instant wandered from the Wildair, how d'yo du ? I'm rail gladto
swoeb smiling face. hear they've made a governor of yon,
And at Georgia's feet kuelt another— and Ihope you'll beha :e better for the
a vision in robes snowy 'white, with the future, and be good to Georgey."
sweetest, fairest face ever sun shone or "I shall: certainly try to; but, Plias
moon beamed on -one who " looked like ferusba, I was almost as much sinned
a stray seraph in her white garments, against as sinning. That malicious little
and floating golden curls, and sweet, cousin of mine,you know—"
beautiful violet eyes. Dear little Emily "Oh, I know; Georgey told me. Well,
Murray, sweeter and fairer thau ever she won't interfere again, I' reckon—an
she looked, nestling there, crying and impident little whipper -snapper, speak -
laughing together, and clinging to Geer- ing as sassy to Georgey as if she was
gia as though she would never`iet her go mistress herself, and oilers grinnin' like
again. a chessy cat."
"And to think you should have seen "And has Miss Jerusha no greeting
'so much, and come throngh such strange for me 2 Has she forgotten the little boy
scenes," sobbed Emily,, laughing at the who paid her a visit ono stormy Christ -
same time; "to think you should have inas Eve long ago?" said Warren, as ho
found your brother, and traveled all advanced, smiling, shaking back his
oyer Europe, and then come back and dark, clustoring,bair.
foupd yourself the wife of the greatest "My conscience! you ain't ho are you?
man of the age 1 Oh; dear me 1" said Tall as a flag -staff, I declare I Forget
little Emily, laughing and swallowing a you—no, I guess I don't. '• ,1' did behave
sob, "it is so funny and so strange to most dredfully that nigbt to turnou
find our Georgia bank here in the old out; but gracious .I knew you wouldn't
cottage again." freeze or nothin', and neither you did,
But it's very nice—now ain't it, you see."
Emily ?" said Miss Jerusha, compla. "NO; ; I am frost.proof," said Warren,
Gently. laughing; "but I owe you a long debt of
"Nicol I guess it is," said Emily, gratitude for the care you took of this
clasping Georgia ti liter. "Oh, Georgiawild sister of mine all those years, Miss
I've lain awake nigpt after night, crying Jcrusba. Cornea,' he said, extendibg his
and,thinking about you, and wondering, hand; "We shall' he good friends now,
what had''beconie' of you, and oh! so snail -we not 2"
frightened lest you should be dead—. "That we shaIl," said Miss Jerusha,
drowned, or' frozen, or something; and cordially shaking the handiig extended.
in rhes stbtmy'nights all that long win- "My; oto think the little fe1lllj'r'I turned
ter I never could sleek: for fear you out that night should come back snob a
might bo out' in the frost and cold, six•footer, and rail gpodttooking,. too,
without a home or friends. Ola, Geer- now ain't he, Emily i' Wbyi you weeen't
gia t' t did feel so restless and' miserable the giroof a well; grown doogiinut then,
all that winter, for fear, while I was you know. Good gracious:1 fast to think
warm and•sheltered, you might be lying bow funny things will. tush out. 'Clare
in the bleak stroetg cold and dead." to man, if it ain't the queerest world I
And little Emily sobbed. ever bead tell of 1" '
"Dear 'little ,Emily 1" said Georgia, Miss Jambe • wiped 'her spectacles
kissing her. meditatively, and gave et email, mottled
"And, oh,it is so nice to think you kitten who came purring xonud' het Imre become a devout Christian," laid thougghtfiff kick.
Emily, changing from sobbing to laugh- "hallo t" 'said Richmond picking it
lug again, "and I am so glad. Oh, dear up, "one of 'Betsey .Periwinkle's. How
me.l howfonny overytbsngghappens, to is that intelligorit domestic quadruped,
be sure. And Charley' Wildair, too," Miss Jerusha? She and T urea Mhopursued Emily; "I' am sure I never tremendous, friends long .ago, you
Mout* 'he would be a clergyman; but know?"
I am very, very glad. Oh, I am so "Yes, I know; alto was no ways proud,
happy,"" said Emily, latighing, and and made friends; with Most pea.pple,l'
squeezing Georgia's waist,' 'that I don't said Miss Jerusha, complacently; "thatai
know what to do with myself," Betsey's youngest., She raised several
"Nor imam: Char, I dOn't nota, railly," small families since, and is.boginning;to
said Miss Jerusba, who was the very fall into the old ages o' 1ife'newt •Ah,
. pioture of compoeure. well! sich things must be ;expected;
"Dear Miss Jerusha," said Georgia, everybody• gobs old, yeti lamaf-oven
caressingly,"and won't you far
givo Betsey Peiwinkle"
Itipilmond-lie really doos . not merit Very swiftly passed that evoniag. It
your anger, and warts to be forgiven seemed as if the old 'happy days lead
add be frionae With you again so much. como baolc—those unclouded Jaya, when
Pleato do." - • no shadow of the darkuoss:10 eom0 bad
"Oh, eu mast, Miss Jertishea yon
yet risen on the horizon. Only ono moo
was needed thereto complete the Made,
one, voice to complete the charm ; but
that bright young head lay low now, the
tall grass waved over that familiar Moe,
ana that clear, spirited voice was
silenced forever. Tears sprang to Miss
Jerusba's hard gray oyes, as silo listened
to the tale of the noble life and early
death of her light-hearted favorite, and
little Emily sobbed.
"You must give up this little cottage,
Meas Jerusha," said lticlamond, befero
they left that evening, "mid come and
live with Georgia and me, Once upon a
time you admired Richmond House, and
now you must make it your home,"
"Do, Miss Jerusha 1 oda, dear Miss Jer-
usha, do 1" pried Georgia, eagerly; "it.
will snake me so happy to have you
always near me. Aud you shall bring'
Fly and Betsey Periwinkle and all the
lftblo Betseys, and we will be ever eo
happy together."
Miss Jerusha shook bet head.
"Mr, Riohnlohd, I'm obliged to you,
and you, too, Gamey, but I sba'n't
leave the old homestead while I live.
My father and mother, and all our folks,
since the time of the revolution long ago,
hon lived and died here, and I: don't
want to be the first to leave it. I can,
see you every day as long, as you're in
Burnfield; and whether S went to live
with you or not, I wouldn't go with you
to the city—a noisy, nasty place 1 So, I
reckon I shall keep on living here; very
much obliged to you both at the same
time, as I said before."
And from this resolution nothing could
move ber—no amount of catalog could
,induce her to depart from it. The laws ,
of the Modes and, Persians, might be
changed, but kiss Jernsba Skamp'sde-
terinination ne er1
11 was late when they retooled to
Richmond House, where they found Mr.
Curtis solacing himself with a cigar;
his chair tipped ' back and his heels re-
posing on tlie'.low marble mantel, and
yawning' disconsolately as ho glanced
drearily over the Bu Wield R'ecorde'r.
"Got Back,, have you 2" be said; look-
ing up as our party entered ; "and time I
should say. What precious softseats
your e;Ccellency, and the, rose of you must
have, found in `fiss Jerusha's. Quarter
to twelve, as I am. a sinner 1 :I wonder
Miss Skamp didn't turnyou out. How
is that ancient vestal?"
"In excellent health," replied Rich-
mond, throwing himself on a
lounge,
"and1oxfectl unchanged d since you saw
her last. By the way, there was a
young friend of yours there Dick."
"Ali, was there 2" said Mi. Curtis,
twisting round suddenly in his ehair,
and turning Very red. "Aw — Bob
Thoinpson,.a daresay."
"Yes, if 'Bob Thompson is &ve feet
three inches high, has blue eyes, pink
cheeks, yellow curls, and white fore-
head, ditto a dress, and is in the habit,
of wearing gold bracelets, and answer-
ing to the pretty name of Emily."
"Ah—alisa, Mummy," said Mr. Curtis,
thrusting his hands abruptly into his
pockets, and beginning, without the
smallest provocation, to whistle violent-
ly. "Nice little girl I How is she 2"
"Ask Randall," said Richmond, with
a slight laugh and a malicious glance
toward the gentleman in question.
"Ile had Emily pretty much to himself
all the evening -took summary posses-
sion of the young lady, and the moment
he was iutroducod began to be as fascin-
ating as he know how. Irresistible
people are poets. Ask him."
Instead of asking him, however, Mr.
Curtis favored the handsome poet with
a ferocious scowl, and then, flinging
away his Havana, stalked out of the
room with tragic strides that would
have made his fortune onthe stage.
Mr. Wildair laughed, and Mr. Randall
Iooked after him with a slight smile, but
said nothing,
Ono week later Georgia learned his,
-opinion. Emily had boon spending the
evening at the hall, and had just' gone
home. ,
"What a dear little angel she is 1" ex-
olaimed Georgia; "so sweet,so good,
so goutle and loving. ; Her, presence
brightens the room the moment she
1 enters, like a ray of sunshine. Darlfm
little Emily 1 how I love her 1 I wisi
she were any sister."
Warren smiled, and , placing a ham
lightly on either shoulder, looked dowi
in her flushed, enthusiastic face.
"Belle Georgia," he said, meanings
"so do L" y
a k 0 pe '1'
And now lot the curtain • rise ono,
more ere it falls again forever.
Five years have elapsed, but Burnfielt
and Wellen end House are still the same
a little larger, a little more noisy, a litllb
more populous, but nothing to speak of
The march of improvement does not gt
ahead very fast there. '
There is a little brown cottage stand
ing by the seashore, and sitting in tat
"beat, room" la an elderly lady knittiu1
away as if the fate of kingdoms de.
flepded on it. Such a spotless hest.
room as it le; nota apeck.pt dust to be
seen anywhere the very., covers of the
Pilgrim's Progress •and::RobinsonArusoe
fairly glitter with cleanliness, and it's
absolutely dangerous for a person al
weak oyes to look et the !hairs and
painted floor, so perfectly dazzling are
they, The old' lady herself, albeit a
little stiff and prim in her dress, is as
bright as a new penny, and although the
said dross would at• the prosentalay be
called somewhat skimpy, it is a calico,
like Jiisepll's coat, of many colors, and.
she is fairly gorgeous in it,
A demure, weIi.mannred, polite ani.
mal of the feline s ooies reposes on a
rug other feet, and blinks a pair of in-
tensely greeneyesin the sunshine with
a look.of calm, philosophical happiness
beautiful to see.. Betsey Periwinkle,
'buried in state at the bottom of
garden, and the ono now introduced to
the pabho is a domande/at of that ami-
able animal, and as such no dopbt will
be cordially welcomed.
Out in the kitchen is a "cullud per.
son" of the female persuasion, whose
Moo glistens with happiness and a re.
cont application of yellow soap, who
sits chewing gum and sewing away at a
new turban with a look of perfect con-
tentment.
But tbere is one other inmate of that
beet room -a stranger to you, reader,
whom I now hasten to introduce, It is
a young lady of some three year old,,
who goes skipping along, alternately
tnnlblmg down, and after omitting ono
or two shrill yells, which, sbe considors
necessary to draw attention to the
clever way in which the fall was man.
aged, crawls up again and resumes her
journey round the room, until she Woks
proper to undergo' another upset, The
short, ,crisp black curls, the brigla
dancing black eyes, and the high, brow
forehead that this young lady owns ar to us, as is also the very d
aided temper she, has of her own.
This small individual, not to be my
terious, is Mies Georgia Wildair, elde
daughter of his excellency, Richmon
Wildair, of Richmond_ House, A pock()
edition of our early friend Georgia sh
is, with the same hob, fiery temp
but never will it lead her into su
;rouble as her mother's has done, f
the restraining hand of religion wi
bold her• back, and little Miss Midair
the heiress, will be taught, what ou
Georgia never was, to "Remember, he
Creator is the days of her youth ;" an
Ibis little lady, 10 the pride and, darlin
of Miss Jerusha's heart, and spends
while papa and mamma rusticate i
Burnfield, a great deal more of he
precious time in the. cottage than. sli
loos in tiie hall, and enjoys herself bug
ay with Fly and Betsey Periwinkle.
And now, reader, to the worthy oat
;o the sable hand -maiden, aid's
n, to the•littl
heiress,' and to oui old friend Mis
Jerusha Glory Ann Skamp, you and
must bid an everlasting farewell.
A new scene rises before us.' A'erg
and elegantly furnished �pparlor, wher
pictures, end. statuary, and curtains and
Lounges, and last, but not least,ta genie
are, makes everything at once graoofu
tad Homo -litre.; A lady, young ,an
beautiful, but with a calm, chastened
sort of beauty, t
and,a soft, t subdued bdued it
am e
site on a ]O.
sv nnxafnd.cliair and, holds a
baby, evidently ;quite a repent prize
who Bea makiugg-frantio efforts .to swal-
low its own little, fat fists, and hitting
its invisible little nose desperate blows
In the vain endeavor. This young
gentleman is Master Richmond Wildair,
while in "nurses" lap, at a little distance,
his elder brother Master Charley, a
youth of some sixteen months,, is jgmp-
ing and crowing, and evidently having a
heap of fun. all to himself. These
manifestations of delight at last grow
so obatreperous that a handsome, state-
ly:gentleman who lies on a sofa near,
reading the paper, looks up with a
smile.
"What a noisy youth this boy of
yours is, Georgia 1" he says, looking at
blaster Charley; "he is evidently
on making himself heard in this world.
Come, Charley, bo quiet; papa can't
read.
But Charley, who had no intontion`of
being bound over to keep the .peace, no
sooner hears papa's voice than, with a
crow an octave jiigher than any of its
prodecaseors, he holds out his arms.and
hsps, in the smallest possible English:
le Papa, tate Tapley 1 papa, tato Tar -
"Now do put down that stupid paper,
Richmond, and take poor 'Tuley,'"says
Georgia, looking up with her bright smile.
"Bring him over, nurse."
"Well, I suppose I 'must," Richmond
says, resigning himself as a man always
must in such cases, and. holding out hie
arms to "Tarley," who, with an exulting
crow, leaps in and immediately buries.
two chubby hands in papa's bair.
"Where's Georgia ?"
"Oh, down at the cottage, of course,"
says the lady, laughing; "when laGeor-
gia over to be found anywhere else ?
Dear Miss Jerusha 1 it does make hen so
happy to have her there ; so while we
live in Barnfield we may as well let her
stay there."
Oh, certainly—certainIy," replies
Richmond, with tears in his eyes as
Master "Tetley" gives au unusually
vigorops pull to iiia scalp,loolc. 'And by
the way, my dear, guess from whom
beard today?"
the ' comes back to the land of their birth, but
you and I will see. 1118tH no mesa.
On the last seg of all let the curtain
rise ere it. drops again forever,
In a Sunny corner of a sunny oburch.
yard, where the sweet wild roses swing
in the soft west wind, where trees wave
and birds sing, and a little brook near
murmurs dreamily as it flown along, is
grave, with a marble cross above, bear-
ing the name of "Charles Wildair," and
underneath the ipseription, "Blessed aro
the dead who die in the Lord." Tread
lightly, reader; hold your breath as you
gaze. Kneel and pray in awes, for a
saint lies' there.
And now that the story is finished, I
We the segaoione reader putting. on his
epootacles to look for the moral. Good
old soul! With the help of a microscope
he may find it; may heaven aid. hint in
his search ; but lest he should fail, I must
decamp. Reader, adieu,
ETRE END.)
A Curious Legend.
oe In the Court of the Inner :Temple,in
London, after the Chancery Inns of Clif-
s ford, Lyon, and Clement, had been as-
st tablished, it was resolved to set np a
handsome sun -dial. It was contracted
t for and put up; and when the barristers'
had seen it they resolved that there
or sbouldbeanappropriatelegend,ormotto,
cli engraved upon the margin: of the dial:
or They made known their wish to the
11 maker, and. told him to go to the proctor
and got directions from him He would
' be the best man to decide, upon the
r motto.
So to the proctor's room the maker of
g the dial made his way. The old profes-
sor was a crotchety fellow, and very
ri' averse to being; disturbed- when at his
studies. The idea of a legend for the
a sun -dial was all new to hint. He looked
a up as the man. entered, and, asked him
what he wanted. He knew that some-
thing was said in reply about the sun-
e3 dial, bat he did not understand sabot it
s was, nor did he care.
"Bahl" he gasped, with a letting -go f
1o
If
g
gent -up breath. , "Begone about your
e business I"
e The visitor bowed politely and retired;,
and on the following day, when the
habitues of the temple came to look at -the
1 now dial they beheld that wonderful
d legend : "Begone about your business.".
The story was soon told; and a hearty
laugh enjoyed; , and then
anon lC
ation
was held, and it was plainly concluded'
and so decided: That the legend could.
' not ;be improved. The command waa, a;
most' healthful one. And it remained•,
and if the dial is still standing the curia .
ous legend is doubtless upon *intact.
eag"erWholy.--W8arron 2" inquires Georgia,
No—Ourtis," says his exsollency,
laughing. "Poor Dlek's done for' at last.
Miss Maggie Wbat's=hor•name Leonarc�i,
the onewith the earls and always laugh,
ing, has &niched him. As the king in the
play says, 'I could have better spared a
better man.'"
"Why, you don't mean to say he has
marriea her?" says Georgia, in extreme
is
eurpihe nseow?". "Well, l: am surprised. Where
"Off in the South for a bridal tour, and
then he will return and resume bis duties
as my secretary, There goes' the tea -
bell, Frere, nurse, take Master ",Camey.'
Come, Georgia."
Look with me on another scene, reader.
The beautiful moon rides high over the
blue Adriatic; the bright, cloudless sky
of glorious Italy is overhead, that sky of
which poets have sung, and artists have
drearned, and old, swoot romanoora have
ppictured, and gazing up' at its serene
lioauty With uncovered i1Yow, atands a
poetfrom a foreign land, with hie blue.
eyed bride. You know them both ; you
need no introduction r
t oductiyouO
On' can
Y.nt mita
take them, for the lofty mein and gal-
lant bearing of -Warren, and the soft,
ly blue eyes and the seraphic smile of
roily are unohanged. Some day, when
y, are tired wandering undeb the
rind skies of the old world, they dill
our early friend, has departed this life, Id
deeply regretted;by a large and respect- the
able bitch, of acquaintances, and was ares
jt is the 'Unexpected that 8Ynppene.
An agent for an accident insurance
company was reading
t10
roof sheet o
a pew advertising circular in lower
Broadway the other day,, when a re-
porter said to him, referring' to the in-
sured, "How
n-sured,"flow do they get hurt ?" He
said:
"Not in the ways you would expect.
For instance, we have had bore in the
last month a lawyer who was shot in
the faoe, a commercial traveller who
was hurt playing base ball, a plumber
who was hurt by the bursting of a bottle
of aerated water, a chemist who fell
down an embapkreent, a grocer who
ryas bitten by a dog, a cloth merchant
who was stung by bees, another mer-
chant who fell off some of the rocks up
town, an auctioneer who was bitten by
a horse, a coal merchant who fell while
dancing, and a restaurateur who dis-
located his wrist getting out .of a bath.
"As exceptions, we have had within
that time, a farmer who was gored by a
bull, a wine merchant wbo, was injured
while breasting the neck of a bottle, and
a surgeon who cut himself while dress-
ing a wound."
A One -Sided
Qrcetlog.
He was ane of nature's noblemen,
chuck full of "snake bite," and hearty
good'svill toward mankind.
He had spoken to everybody he met
on Whitehall, and was now standing in
front of a Jammy belonging to e
clothier.
Hello 1" he cried, slapping the form
on the back. "Ish right glad t' shee
yer, old pard."
For a moment he gazed good btiinor•
edly at the placid face, as if expecting
an answer; and on getting none, he
spoke again : .
"Why, ole boy, Isla bin lookin' fer ye1
for las hour; an yes needn't be she
stuck up cane yer Tittle better drosh's;.
Ime. I user know yer 'daddy' n he was
po'or'n me."
Still the dummy looked coldly al
him.
"Yer ish az drunk az shoo can be,'
continued the spokesman, getting mad
"n shine yer got eho bignity, ding 1
don't wipe up s�']idosa-alk wif yer."
And be made a grab for the figure
just in time to be caught in the lovin1
arms of a policeman.
Taste for Frlondthlp.
Tho best way to present to life ,the
manifold uses of friendship, is to past
about and see how many things there
are which a man cannot do for himself;
and then itwill appear that it was s,,
spating speech of the ancients to say
"That a friend is another himself;" fci
a friend is more than himself.
when, unable to lie tossing in her bed,
saes would spring up, and,heedlees of the
freowing air, pace her room till morning.
The wild faro in her oyo, even in the
presence of others, bespoke the sensual-
ing fever in her mhos that seemed dry-
ing up the very source of life in her
heart. Had she been leadingsome ex-
alting,turb
Mont life it
would
have
boon
better for her; but this stagnant mono.
tong seemed in a fair way of making her
a :maniac before long, There were times
whon her very soul would cry out in pas -
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