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u hat it was like. Luckily, it turned
out to Le something else; but if It
h td been the feral', Nitta would have
leen a case by this time -and serve
her right too. It's very distress:,.
to a quiet, peaceable individual like
myself," said Master Runty, pensive-
ly, leaning his head on his hand with
a deep sigh. "But, 'here's no use in
me exhorting her; she don't mind in
the least."
And Master Ranty sighed deeply
over the degeneracy of the human
race in general, and Nilla in Partic-
ular.
"Spoken lite an oracle," cried
Ray ; -but though Nitta won't take
your idviee, as a general thipg,
hope shall take mine."
"No, 1 won't I" was Miss Petro -
pitta's short, sharp, and decisive re-
ply. "I won't take you nor - your
advice, neither ! I'm just going to
Dismal Hollow, and I'd like to see
holl stop me !"
"Why, the half-starved niggers
ACM," Said Runty; "and AN hit's more,
they'll swallow you, body and bones,
and 'without salt, too, which would
be ad 'ing insult to injury."
"Indeed. Pet, I wouldn't go if I
were you," said Erminie, anxioualy.
"Well, you ain't me; so you
needn't," said Pet. '
And the wilful elf put on her hat,
and took her whip and gloves, and
looked defiantly at the assembled
trio.
"Very well; when you've deperted
this life and gone to the place all dis-
agreeable girls go to, don't say I
didn't warn you of your danger,"
says Runty. "We'll put up a monu-
ment to your memory, with the in-
scription :
Sacred to the memory
Of that sun -burned, self-willed female
Nimrod,
Petronilla Lawless,
Who ought to lie here, but she doesn't
For having lied all the time .she af-
flicted this earth, • •
Now that elle has departed to a
worser land,
She lies in the stemach of a • great
big nigger,
Who swallowed her at a mouthful
one night, •
Of such is the Kingdom of Marylapd."-
"You had better let me go' with
you," said Ray.
"No; you sha'n't," said Pet,
go myself. You ride with me, in-
deed ! Why, l'd leave you out of
• "No, Miss Miniee, I ain't gone,
I'm very much cmliged to you," said
Mr. Toosypegs, mournfully, 'seating
himself. -I didn't like to go home;
for elan Miss Prieciller ain't well,
Fhit ititet always es Pleesent as she
might be, you know. ',she intone
well, sure; but then its distress-
ing soinetnnes to be always scolded.
1 ain't got ion; to live, either, you
know," said Mr. Toosypegs; with
inereasing inouinfultiess; "and there
is no ese in me suffering more than
is necessary -is there, Mips Minnie ?
alwnes thought I was to have
troebles, but I never knew before
they were to beso dreadful, I In -
terse going to JUdestown right filter
dinner, und haying my will magie.
out, in case anything mightsswell,
might happen, you knoW. Pet going
to leave half to Aunt Priscillerg and
Vother half to. your grandmother.
She's been real good to me, and I'M
very much obliged to her, I'm sure,"
said Mr. Toosypegs, with. emotion.
.,,whY Mr. "Boosypegs, you ain't
weeping about what that Told teetotal
told you -age you ?" said Minnie,
looking up with her soft, lenient,
pitymg eyes, as Mr. Toosypegs wip-
ed his eyes *end blew his nose, with
a look of the deepest affliction, "Why
It Was only .Ranty dresSed up."
. "Ranty!" said Mr. Toosypegs,
springing to his feet.
• .
• "Yes, Ranty. Lawless, you know,
dressed Up in old clothes. He is al-
ways doing things ,like that, .,to Make
peoplelaugh. It wasn't any old
woman at all -only him." . .
. Mr. Toosypegs • took off his hat,
which, all this dine, had been on his',
head; looking .helplessly into it, and
finding no solution of the Mystery
there, clapped it on age:MS:sat down,
and pSacing ,both bands on his knees,
'faced round, and Molted Erininie
straight in the face.' .
"Miss Minnie, if it isn't too much
trotible, Would yop 'sags that 'over
again ?" Inquired Mr. Toosypegs,
blandly. • . . • . •
"Why, it isn't anything • to say, •
Mr. ToOsypegs," said Minnie,laugh-'
Mg mereilys "only Ranty, you know,
wanted to Make. us think ltim an old
witch, .and .dressed himeelf up that
way, • and Made „believe 'to tell your
fortune.. you - needn't be ',scared
about •it,'sst, • '
"Well, I'm sure!". ejaculated me.
Toosypegs.. "'Yoh really iitn't think
what a relief it. to 'to. my feelings. to
hear that. Somehow, taisdeelings al-
. ways are relieved ' When Pat with
sight in ten minutes."
you. Miss Minnie. Young adis. Law -
Ray's dark cheek flushed, and he
. less mottle well, I'm sure, but then
Law -
turned angrily away.
"Well, be sure to come home be
It kind' of frightens e, fellow a little.
fore dark -won't you, Pet ?".
said, I felt Miss. 'Idiripie,"..said Mr. To,osy-
Erminie. pegs. placing shis hand on . his left:
"No, I sha'n't leave Dismal rfoli- vest Podket, sort of feeling . drat.
low till nine o'clock," said Pet, look-
kept rang la and out here, 'like -like
-ans hing.. I felfas if 1 was headed
up r a h9gOtead, all loll of 'spikes,
w r the points inward, .and alien be- •
boys, like they are, are afraid, little
•
Pet Lawless ain't. I'll ride through go owni.You've often
•.
the woods after dark, in spite of all felt that way, .1 daresay, Miss. Min-
•
the runaway niggers this side of nie 7. .
Dal t imore." ..a •little alarmed ..at • this
All rightsaid Rantyard terrible description, • said she. didn't
"," .
- : •
rathiir they'd eat you, though, than know.
Well X • feel better now. -PM very
me; for you're like the Starved "
much Obliged .ter you," said Mr.
A pothecary' -all skin and bones.
Toosypegs, drawing a• deep breath
They'll have hard crunching of it,
Of intense relief; and I guess won't
I'll be bound I Luckily, thoogh, data
kies have good teeth." . mind my will this afternoon:- though,
ehadtt't •forget, Mrs. Kettira when 1'
"0 Pet! what will you ,do, if the .1
am going, if she should happen to
niggers should see you?" said Er-'
surYive. me...How doers •she fedl. sin-
minie, clasping her hands.
clay, Miss Minnie -7 Excuse: me Sots
Pet touched her pistols significant-
ly.
boat in such a. •state•of Mind all the •
"Two years ago, Relay taught
-morning. that I aetually conldn'ttell
ton -wool 1 and I haven't forgotten
me to shoot, you little pinch of • cot -
which end 1 waS atanding on,.
the way for Want of practice since, may be alloseed to ,use so strongs gas
ure speeck..
I can tell you. I can see by the light figof' "
ing defiantly at the boys. "I'm just
going to show them that if two great
het asking before; but, rballg,' X have
s '
of a nigger's eye, in the dark, how Grandmother's as well as she al-
to take aim as well as any one."
"You shootf " said Ranty, con-
temptuously; "you're nothing but
little boaster, and a coward at that:
all boasters are. You'd fall into fits
at the first glimpse of a woolly
head."
"I wouldn't! and I ain't a cow-
ard!" cried Pet, stamping her foot
Passionately, while her fierce black
.eyes seemed fairly to scintillate
sparks of fire. "I hate you, Ranty,
Lawless, and I'll do just as I like.
in spite of you all!" And fluslud
with passion, Pet sped out, sprang
on her fleet Arabian, as wild and
tiery as herself, and striking him
with her whip, he boundod away as
If
And, looking deeply troubled and
erixious, gentle little Erminie return. -
ed to the house.
"Whew 1 that a little tem-
pest ! what a tornado 1 what
a bomb -shell she is 1 Now, who
In the world but her would fire up
in that way for a trifle 7 This get-
-40A_ up eteam for nothing is all a
hilinugl Girls always are a hung
bug, though, anyway," said the po-
lite and gallant Mr. Lawless. "Lack
to. -listens but to think of • something
ilY there's one sensible individual' in
else all the • thee." ,
he family." '
"Yourself, I suppose," said Ermin- "I suppose yoting Germaine don't
*mind," observed Mr.. Toosypegs. •
"Yes," said lianty; "all the good "No. Ray gets fierce, and looks
sense and good looks too, of the so sictrIss and dreadful that X feel
family have fallen to my share, ex- "tdraid of him thcin" said Erminie,
sadly.• "Ile alivays says, •when he is•
rept what Uncle Marry llavenful has
got." a man he will go to England and
• "You seem to have a great idea of
do dreadful things to theist all, be -
your own beauty," said Ray, turn- cause' they killed his father. I don't
i
• third< they killed him, sio. you Mr. ng from the window.
• Toosypegs? They couldret help his
"To he sure I have," said Master
stretching out his legs, and being drowned, I think"
• "Well, yoU know, Miss Minnie."
glen •ing complacently in the mirror,
sold Mr, Toosypegs, with the air of
"Nobody can see iny perfections but
myself; so I lose no Chance �f im- ft Man 'entering npoit an abstruse
pi•essing them on the minds of the subject, "if they hadn't made hint
ss. community in general. But 1 seiy, go on board that ship, and he hadn't
ter
took anything _else, and:died, he . Rey, come out, down to the tretit-
• WoUld have been living yet. X -Te
streams. I've got a plan in my head
1 hat prothises good fun, which I'll didn't care about going, but they
insisted, se he Went and the Ship
toll you while We're catching
something for Minnie's dinneestahle. 1 struck a -1W, it Wasn't a mermaid -
"All right," said Ray, ' as he turns I the ship struck.o coral reef -yes, that '
hwoewntdossuitlywilitch hwittins, was it. The ship strUck that; and '
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celcireamasindg
tined to pay for Ranty's "fue.".
, "Now, I know they're going to
as- torment somebody, and it's Such a
* • sherne," sitid Erminie to herself,
as she took the pocket -handkerchief
she was hemming, and sat down by
the window.
A shadow fell suddenly ttereasi the
sunshine streaming through the open
door; end looking up, Erininie setif,
to her great surprise, the tall, lank
figure, and pallid freeklee of Mr. 0,
C ToOeypegh. •
"Why, Mr, Tobsypegs, 1 thought
rot; had one)" She Said, lu Welitter4
ways is," replied Minie. "She' is.
able to sit up, but.ohe Can't walk or •
Come Own stairs.' ,She won't let me•
sit with her, either, ancl always says
she wants to be alone."
"l expect her. son•.preys. on her'
mind a good deals" said Mr, Toosy-
pegs, reflectively, , • .
"He was diowned,"' Said' Erminie,
in A low voice.. " .•
"Yes, I know that; she. was real
vexed with Lord be Coutey about it.
too. T. dare Say- you have heard her
talk Of hint."
. ,
"Yeti," said Erminie ..with a slight
shudder; have heard her tell ItaY
how he must hate hint and all Ids
ahd do 'them all theharm
he could: X don't like' tO 7heer audit
things, don't Rem right. I
heard Father Iddrray 'sayieg,• last
Sunday, in church, we must forgive
our enmities, or Wo wOn't be forgiven
ourselves. I always used to come
away, •at 'nest, when granchnother
would' begirt to talk about hating
thein end being. revenged; but her
eyes used to blaze. up like, and .she
would seem so angry about it, that
att�rWard 1 etaid, 1 don't like to
hear it thetiph, and I always -try- not
VIE CLIIN,TOW 111L'ilicrfil-REPQab
hho cousin, or something; but I don't
think I'm his Sieter-"
-"Your lather and mother are dead,
reckon," fiaid 30. Toosypegs.
"Yo, I suppose so; but I dare Say
you'll laugh, Mr. Toosypegs, but it
never seems so. I dream sometimes
of the strangest things."
"Good graciousi ivbat do. Y011
dream, Miss Minnie ?' I'm sugs
haven't the least notion of laughing
at all. I feel as serious as any-
stihnicuegrit.
'saitt.Mr. Toosypegs, in all
But Errainie, child as she was,
shrank from telling any one of the
sWeet; beautiful face of the lady who
came to her so often in her dreantS;
and So, blushing slightly, she bent
over her Work in silence.
"Doefia't young Germaine know
who your father and another were ?"
asked Mr, Toosypegs.
"No, Ray doesn't know either.
Grandinother won't tell, but he
thinks I'm his cousin; I guess I am,
too'," said Erminie, adopting the be-
lief with the careless confidence of
childhood,
"Well, you were bord in England,
anyway," said Mr, Toosypegs, "for
• yeti were only a little baby, the size
of that, when you left it,' holding
his hand about an inch and a half
above the floor. -"Most likely you're
a SiPsY, though -she's a gipsy, you
know," added Mr, Toosypegs, in a,
mysteriouswhisper, pointing to the
eel'l(e
i14gs., 1 know," said Erminie, with
an intelligent nod; "I heard,her tell
Ray so; she used to tell him a great
'many things, but she never tells me
e:nything. I guess she thinks that I
don't love her, but I do. Did you
-ever see that Lord De Courcy
"No; but I saw his son, Lord Vil-
liers, and his wife, Lady Maude, My
gracious!" exclaimed Mr: Toosypegs,
with an unexpected burst of enthus-
iasm, "she was the handscanest
woman in the world 1 1 can't be -
in to tell you how good-loeking she
wa"HsrOw I would like to see herl"
• said little Erminie, layingdoWn her
work with g wistful sigh. "Tell me
about her, Toosypegs."
"Well,she had long, black earls,
not like Miss Pet's, you know, but
Mpg and soft; and the most splen-
did black eyes -g� straight through
a fellow easy 1 She was pale and
tweet; I always used to . think of
white crearracandy whenever, saw.
her, Miss Minnie; and then her srxiile,
it was just like an anger -not that
X ever saw an apisel, Miss Minnie,"
said Mr. Toosypegs, solidifying. his
admission, reluctantly, ''but they
must have looked like her,""
Erminie had listened to this'.
seription with clasped handl!, flushed
cheeks, parted lips, and dilating!
eyes. As Mr. •ToOsypegs paused, she
impetuously exclaimed :
4'0 Mr, Toosypegs, I'veseen heri
l've seen her often!"
'God gracious!" said the asten-.
islied, Mr. Toosypegs, "I ,pan't' see
Where; 1 gaess you only think so,
Miss Minnie."
"0 no, I don't ; dodeed I dont;
1 kaow I have seen her. That
lovely lady with the beautf,u1 smile,
and soft black eyes.: Oh, I knoW. I
have Seen her, Mi. Toosypess."
"Land of. hope 1 where„ Miss '
nie?" .
"Please don't ask me, Mr. Toosys
pegs; you would think Me silly,. I
guess; I must go and help Lucy to
get dinner now. You'll stay for din-
per-even't you, Mr, Toosypegs
, "Thank you, •Miss Minnie," said
the gratified Mr.Toosypegs, "X cer-
tainly will, witha great deal of
pleasure; I'm very 'much obliged to
• .
vaaaaamar
•
CHAPTER XVIII'.
• , •
MISS 'PeteodilIa Lawless,. having, as
./tatity would have expressed it, got
the steam • up to high pressure,
thundered over the heath, enteredthe
forest road, and looked With eyes
sparkling with defiance at the dark,
, gloOntY, pine woods .on either hand.
The brightanorning sunshine falling
in a radiantsshoster through the wee,
ing boughs of the pines, gilding the
crimpers glow on her thin. cheeks end
lips, and brought ilery circlets of
• flame through ail her: sheet, .crisp,
"jetty..curls. Darkly beautifuljooked
the little. willful elf,. as she slackened.
her paee through the 'narrate' forest,
path, OS 'if .to give any hidden enemy,.
...if, such lurked there, a full Opportun-
ity of Making his 'appearance. None
came, howevets. mid twenty tninutes
brought her la sight of the gloomy
gorge in the cleft mountain, so art-
proot•iately named Dismal flollow:
Pet slackened : the Med' pace at
which the had'started still mores and :
icioseriing her bridle -reins, allowed'
her eure-footed pony, 'Starlight, •sto
choose his own way down the 'nar-;
nar-
row, itneafes bridle -path. ' •
As She approached the house she
ran her eye; with a critical look
over it, and•miatering, "lass Priscil-
la's been making amproVereents,"
prepared to alight.
A great pining° for the better:too,.
had• taken place in the appearance of
Dismal Hollow, since the advent of
Miss Priscilla. The great pooh' of
greets, Slimy , water were no Ringer
to be seen before the door; the re•-
ceptiteles for anud and illth had van-
ished, as if by magie. • A. clean; dry
flatfornt spread' out where these had
once been; the, windows were no longs
er stuffed full ef rags "and old hats,
but with glass patios that fairly
glittered with Cleanliness; iiI•Oken
fences were put up, out -houses were
repaired, and the whole home had
evidently undogone a severe course
. of regeneratitin, • Inside, the ita:-
provements were still more remark-
able. Every room had Undergone a
cote's° of serubhing, washing, paper-
ing and' plastering, and the doors
and Windows had been closed, and
hermetically sealed, and no sacrilegi-
ous .foot was.ever permitted to enter
and "muss up," as 'Miss Priscilla. eXs
pressed it, these cherished aparts
ments Wherelh her Soul delighted.
The only rooms which she permitted
to be profaned by use, were a couple
of sleeping !vestments, a, little sits
I tints room,. and the kitchen. The
Servanta, for so long a dine aceUs-
towed to do as they liked, and laey
about ass they pleased, .were struck
with dismay at Miss Priscilla's ap-
palling Vigor and neatness. That
worthy lady declared that it *ns not
only a shame, but a sin, to be eaten
out of house and home by a pastel
Of "shiftless niggers;" and one of her
very first. acts was to hire half of
them out to anyone who would em-
ploy them, The remainder were then
informed, in very short terms, that
if they did not mind their Ps and
Qs they'd be "sold to Georgy" -e
threat sullicient to terrify them into
neatness and order suflicient even to
satiety Miss 'Silly," as they called
her,
On this particular trierning, Miss
Priseilla. sest up itt her sitting room
1-,igishtlittltel,n, Stiffd,owengruigahret, pstoig, up -
downright
an apartment, with no fool-
ery in the shape of little femin-
ine nick-uaeks or ornaments about it,
but everything as distressingly clean
as it was. possible to be. Miss Priss
cilia herself, radiant in a seauty,
;italicsokignolzt,t, orleaackch silk apron,
jug to her
ttf e'
add a stiff, solemn, grim -looking,
mob -cap, was eusconced in a, rocking
chair, that kept up an awful "scree-
chY scrawehy.". as the reeked back-
ward and forward, knitting away as
if her life 'depended milt.
The sharp clatter of horses' hoofs
arrested her attention, and she turn-
ed and looked .sharply out of the
whitlow. The sour. sicowl deepened
on her vinegar phis, as she perceiv-
ed Pet ip the get of aiighting.
"That sharp little wiper of a Law-
less girl," muttered Miss Priscilla,
"- coming hese, . with a happetite
that's hawfull to eonte: ;plate, when
she's not wanted; turning hevery-
thing topsy-turvy, not to speak of
that thoe pigeonspie what's for din-
ner being ho
nly henough for • one.
Wish I wait 1" • '
And with a look that scented the
very essences of. distilled vengeance,
and eyerything else Sour, sharp, and
earikerous, Miss Priscilla went to
the head of the stairs, and .called
"Kupy 1 ,Kupy 1" (her abbreviation
of Cupid, "Go and Impels the door •
for that Lawless girl, which is come, .
and bring her pony .hinto the barn,
and show. her hup ',ores hand don't
mind a givin' hof her hanY hoats.
Be (pia' there 1" '
As Miss Priscilla,: whit) looked -with
contempt ,Upon bells as a Useless su-
perfluity, had. a remarkably shrill,
ear-splitting voles of her own, .the
. order. to be quick. seemed quite: unites
.cessary; for Cupid, clapPiag his hand
over his bruised' and wounded. ears
'drums, hastened t� the door at rap-
idly as possible, in 'order to get rid
of the noise, ...Then Miss. Priscilla:
Walked back to her chair and OOPes-
ited her bony forra thereiresaleter-
mining, with a sort. of ,sour grimness,
t� .make the best of a bed bargain:
,Not that Miss Priscilla,. thought aitys•
thing of' the Courtesies of hospitals,
.ity.. -She was: abo.vesucla weakness'.
But Pet Lawless was the daughter
' of One of therichest and insist.
• ential Men in'the State -would be a,
great- heiress ad a, fine lady some.
day.; and Miss •Priscilla, being "only',
flesh an -71 the rest Of us,
*could not help feeling a deep •venerits•
tion for .wealth. Personally, she dia..
' liked Onr amid little • whirligig , nicire•
than any • one else she•ktlew.•• But
niOriey, like • charity,, coverethsa nial- •
titude of•siits; and as 'Miss Pet would •
inherit half a million some day, Miss
:PriSeulla:TbOsypeg-s, loekirig into the
. womb. of foturity, was disposed to
fongive her now the awful crime
"in:wising up" her immaculate roonia,
izj the. hope Of a substantial return
when the'dittie•mad-cap entered upon •
her fortune.: • .
. Pet, -having': by this time alighted,
rangup .the steps, and, with •the. epd
of her riding -whip; knocked so , Vocif-
erously that she awoke every. slum-
'bering.echo in the quiet old hotfse;
"Clipid half deafened hetween the
;piercing voice .of Miss Priscilla,
,
witli-
in,•attd.the vigorous Clamor without,
threw open the door; and Pet, with •
her siding -habit • gathered Up in one
• hantigand flourishing. her Whip in the
sother, stood there; brightttnd spark!:
:ing,:.and fresh as a mountainstietey
before him. .• • ••• • •
Clime, haw are yoU these
• times 7 Eh? .Missi Priscilla :at .
hoine ' • , • • • • • '
Yes, :Miss Pet Miss tole
Me to tell. you you was to walk'
. .
right ,up,.! •suiti -:•:
"Very wed. Take Starlight,.. 'and'
gives him a 'good . rubbing, and then
; plenty of oats .and water, He's had
, hard. gallop. of it this morning -
Poor fellow. !" said Pet,• is. She pass-
ed Cunt& and aim upstairs. - "No*
to face the old -dragon '1"' she Mute -
iered, as, migketing up' her rosy .
month • in a'. bell att emPt . to
whistle, she swaggered into the.
presences of, the dread Spinster, with
Ater tistsal• springing, •iaunty air. , •
''She hates me, • . •and she hates
ki sses,". said Pet, mentallY;. "se I'll
kiss; •her, if I die • in the attempt
t ugh 1 vengeance!' verdigris! Vit-.
rad, and .vitiegari •Id as lief swallow.
a dose of sotir-icrouts,and have done
with it." •• • : • '
"Morning, 11Xis$ Pet," Said Miss.
Priscilla; Fin so. glad. t� see you
ttisetin '1" •
•. And before Miss• dreanted
of,. her. diabolical nten o n, • the 'el1.
thad.,.ss rang' forward, 'clutched her Issi
the •ilisoat, and clung to her. like n.
• elaw-lish: while half a doien
sharp.• kisses ivent off , Ilke so • many
pop -guns on the withered cheei01
the luckless. old maid.' • .
With no gentle hand, Miss Priseil-
la Caught the monkey' by the shout -
dies and hurled her front hi' • with a
violence thatsent her spineing like a
top across the remit. .
• -Ws all very . . fer peoples to
. be glad to see people, which hoely
'mean native,' began Miss Pei -seine,.
in a high, shrill, . falgetto, .While she
• adjlisted her disilobatedS•motacep
"but that .hain't no reason why peo-
plesattist :eve . the clothes tore 'hod
their baek, by people, just because
they are glad to See there -which is
something I never. Was aSed to. Miss
• Pet; tend though hit may be the fa-
shion hin this 'ere country, hit's
something I don't happrove of hat
all, Miss Pet, Now, hems°
Me for Saying rather you wouldn't
do 50 no mere-Whieh 0; disagreeable
to the felipice, not to speak of iinissa
ing neePle's cans, as is some
trouble to hieon; though you mayn't
think so, Miss Pet,"
"Why, Misa Priscilla, X Borry ;
rin Stills didn't mean to make you
nevi," said Pet, in A penitent tone.
"But T wa$ mo glad to see you, you
know couldn't help it.
is
the dee.olatest place heverWshte:,'"
Orlando?"
"Uat, them there Barrens, which
stud Miss Priscilla; "hall weeds, and
there you'll find hint, with aothing
growing but nasty grass, hall along
ete hipsy woman '
and little gel, :stead hof staying 'At
'owe, hand 'tending to his 'fairs, (4.4
a respectable member hof -s'ciety
.hought for to do;. heaving away hie
Money, with me slayin' hand toilin'
front ,one week's bend to week's
bend, smoking l'of nasty cigars, as
Sidles the teeth hand hundernanes the
hintellecks, which wits something his
blessed father (now hangel hup there
in the grave yard) never did, and
shows 'ow youth is a degeneratin'.
Wah, wah I" said Miss Priscilla, con-
cluding with her Usual grimece of
scl'IltiTudsitsgstilts,ta•tiss Priacilla, I've often
had te talk to our Realty about it,
too,'j said Pet,- gravely; "but these
boys are all a nasty Set, you know,
and don't mind us girls at •all. Pve
cpme to stay all day, MiOS Priscilla.
I thought you might be lonesome,
and knew. you'd be glad to have nto
here; and I don't really know of any,
place like to be so well as I do to
beAhliertch,e1
"time Pet had been uttering
this awfiti fib, she was taking off her
things, encroaching theirs about in a
way that matte 'Miss Priscilla gasp
with • horror, Her hat was thrown
into •otte corner, her gloves .into an-
other, her whip into a third, and her
pOcket-hahdlanchief, • collar, and
brooeh anywhere they chose to fall,
'You needn't go putting yourself
out about dinner, Miss Priscilla':
said Pet, who well knew the spins-
ter's parsimoniousness . in this re-
spect, and thought she would just
give her a hint. "Anything will do
for ine-a broiled chicken, with a
Ininceple, aud some grapes; or sone)
nice Mutton chops,. fried in. butter, •
with a rice pudding, or a custard -
anything, you know. .Bat don't put
yourself tit 1,,
."X don't ,hintend to," said Miss
Priscilra, knitting away, grimly: "I
sever do. put myself hout •for-hany-
body; wouldn't for the President hot
the United States, or. the King hof
Hinglencl=rio, not bif he was to come
hall. the way from Lunnort hon his
two blessed bare. knees t�' .hasks hit
hof me has a favor. Hand hif you'd
• pick hup them thoe• clothes. of your'n
Miss Pet„ • which . his. alt . pitched
hahouts hand gives the robin- a liana
tidy,' look, • and put them hon the
table,. hand call to Haunt Bob... to
early them• hup stairs, I'd feel hestsi
er hid zity Mind !" ••
, •. •e • . •
Jay d ,
, .differently, "They,'re Old things:. mid
I. ain't parti,cular about them.. • X
guess the floor .. Won't diity them.
much .1 .
. "My floor's clean,* Miss' Pat; I'd
• haye. you for td. know, 'hand wguldn't
dirty hanybody's thitigs•I" ..ansivered-
'Miss Priscilla, sharply, and .with
flashing '•eyea.
And..Mies 'PriReilla got up•ancipicke
..ed up all Pet's garments, and cards:
ed them up t�. her owe tied room,
out, of the way.. . '•••
•And -then Pet,. with her diabolical.
Spirit •of .Mischief-. upperniost, -went"
flying %through the ':house,. 'opeuing,
_
don't care for either -I ain't fond of
fish. I guess I'll take this."
Anil Pet coolly leaned Liver, took
the pie, and conneenecd vigorously
cutting it, up.
-I always make myself at home
here, Miss Priscilla," said Pet. speak- ,
I tug with her mouth NIL "I know
, you 'ain't fond of dainties; and ma"
body has such Mee pigeon -pies 05
you have. You made it on purpose
for me-ilidn't you, ? I told ,you not
to put yourself tu any troubie•on iny
account; but you would, you' know.
It's real nice, Miss Priecilla; and l'cl
ask you, to 'have some, only I know
you dou''t care about it."
And Miss ! Whitt pen
shall describe her feelings when she
saw that cherished. pigeon -pie -the
Making of which she had been. delib-
erating about for a week before -that
pigeon pie, which had been upper-
most in her tided all motnings van-
ishing before her eyes with such
frightful repiclity. 'rho weak Eng-
lish language, is utterly powerless to
describe how she felt. There she sat
as if turned to stone, her knife and
fork still -poised over the herring,
Speechlees with - hoeror and amaze-
ment,' het' eyes frozen to the face et
Pet, while still her cherished Pigeon -
pie kept disappearing like mist before
the Morning sun.
"Do take your dinner, Miss Pris-
cilla, Why, you ain't eating any-
thing, hardly," said the wicked lit-
tle wreteli, as her Imes went up and
down from her plate to .her Mouth
with the nearest approach tii" perpet-
nal inotion the horrified spinster had
ever , seep. 'Just; see how I'm get-
ting •along. This pie is really beau-
. .
, ' . • Oh 1 1 love
pigeon -pie; and only know you'd
rather see me eat it, I'd male you
have a piece, There 1 I've floish-
ed 1" said Pet. "Oh, that pigeon-
• pie was -was -actually divine 1 . It
justwas, Priscilla; and I'd dome
to see, you e.yery day If you'd only
make nia one like' that." "
Without a word, but with a look
that might have tweed scarlet any
• face less hard than that of. the 'wick-
ed little elf, 'Miss Prisctila began her
dinner. . Nothing daunted, Pet, sat
RaellvdertaallweoCird at:we-tale • furonienCatshi if)leYii;
but
Miss Priscilla Toosypegs,
knife -
ver regions to clestr- away the
t'oh!t.eesenio7.: hen the slender re ast
r Aunt Bob was ettledP was
service; azid
feeiing it
.ocOndie.w.117111t,°ifnodr°htwo mor -
but talk, just then; and talk aeinshyeetliaiiinldrg:
with a right
• ta`l'Tillioe7cSrass cantankerMi.s.•, sharp-
nosed'
lett, -getting tired of this unprefit-
old thing ! muttered Pet, at
able occupation... "I'he stingy olci
aniser 1 to sit there stir ing because
• Late the only thin ' fit eat on the
table., I .desiftresi • I: haven't a good
Mind to come every • day and clo the
same, .111.st.' foe her ugiinees . • Oh
•"yaw -w -w ! how sleepssI tun I guess
I've done all the mischief:1 can do, •
/just'nenv;• so go to sleep: 'I'd go
. home, only said I wouldn't go till.
dark,. and .1 .won't either 1 S9 now,
'Pet,. child, you drop into the 'arms
Of Murphy,' aa:Itanty owls, as fast.
To Recognize Purity.
Adulteration baa grown to such a
flne art, that it is almost impossi-
ble for a woman now -a -days to de-
tect the false frora the true; but a
chemical analysis will always detect
adulteration. ,Prof, W, Hodgson.
Ellis, Official Analyst to the Domin-
foe Government, after a number of
analyses, reports that " Senlight
Soap is a pure and well -made seep."
Try Sunlight •Soap' -Octagon Bar-,
next Waeh day, and you will see that
Prof. Ellis is right. NO one ehould
know better than he. 210
"
WIMELESS SYSTEM S'Ali..ED,
• shutting, slamMing, and hanging the
• doors in a way that decree •the pectee-
• loving spinster to 'the verge tit mad-,
ness, • end ma,de .her• Sour teem* ten
degrees sourer, Until her 'very look
would have • turned treacle to Vine-
gar. In and. out, tip and down. stab's, .
-getting •tistride of the bannisters and,
rd'n down at the int inent dad-
. 'ger of breaking her. neck, ransacicieg
-d.very mem, and 'turning • everything
, masy may a •an 1
mussing •thinga", generally; .until
Toosypegs,I.."vowed a
vow". in her secret- heert that the
• 1 next time she saw 'Miss Petronillas
Lawless -coining, .she Would lock every
'door iit the' hoese,.and send Cupid
out with his ."blunderingbuss" to
• Octet her, rather than ever let her
darken her •doors again. . •
Dinner at length • was announced,•
'and `Miss' Pt:isdilict beganto breathe
-freely in' the hope Of at beast
'a few .minutes' respite front her tens,
mentor': '.As.'Pet 'entered the 'Sitting
'roam -foe Miss' 'Toosypegs dined .
• .hee' sittidg eisoing-her thin,
. dark,'
. ace a atg •
. .
and
frolie; her black eyes 'dancing. '.and
Sparkling with inenderable light;Sher
'short, crisp, black .curls alt tangled.
and 'damp over her shoulders and
'retied, polished 'saucy, , boyish fore-
head, she looked the very embodi-
ment, the Very incarnate spirit of
mischief arid mirth.
. And • there, at . the -head of the
'table,' the greatest contrast to• her
clerk; bright, . fiery.' little neighbo•
• that could well be found, sat .-• allgs
Toosypegs, ns print, stiff, arid un-.
right as If ehe had swalloweda rants
ret's eyes were dapcing over :the'.
table to examine the bill Of 'tare.
Now, irides, • our - Pet wets 'hiat 'a
• 'gourmand, nor yet an epicure, by•
any inettnes-what she got to eat wits
verY little trouble • to her, •Mdeed ;
hilt she kiiew Mhs Prise i 11 a was in-'
tensely miserly,.•es d, havipg plenty,
begrudged every mouthful eaten at
her lloarsl, • Therefore,. the 'wicked.
little elf determined to. give her a-
• slight idea of what she could ,do itt
the eating -line when' provoked 'bolt.
• But "alas 1 little' was there • on the
table to pi•ovoke the appetite.. Two
oi Pale, sicklY-looking tee,
plate %MI four small, dropsical -look-
ing flc,tntOeS, a Consumed ve . red
end, by way of dessert, a
pigeotipie. That *as all.
"Pet,. child, you'll be starved, you
.know, if ,you• don't look out, behira
• you get home. It's your duty to
show 'Miss Priscilla, what she ,awes
tos lies:, guests; sci you walk right in-
/ to tlead pikeoe-gle, and ant, every
image' of though you should
,buret 1" inwardly exchtimed Pet as
S •
.she apprnached the table.
"Sit down, *Ansa Pet,it said Vise
reiseilla, Solemnly„ -pointing to her
chair, add holding her knife and foils
threateningly over the ghostly look-
ing redsheerIng, "Which do you like
best, theohead Or the tail, Miss Pet -
take your choice."
"Thank, you, MISS Priscilla; for .I
es you like." •
And etteling herself up in her chair'
with her head pillbared• on her arm,.
rft) in five, minutes; was sound
• asleep. . .
' •
From her slumbers she was awoke
by a vigorous shake, given by: no
• gentle hand. • .• ,
. •
'L'm going. to beck. Miss LeWlesis,"
• said Miss Priscilla, grimly; 'hand'
hunless you inteude staying all night
•
' 7 -which I Shouldn't be hany. SurPriqs
. en at liff you Was -hit's thee 'you
Was a going . •••
. snrify, how late is it .exchtimed
• Pet, jumping to het!' feet, - •
"Height o'clock, hend..as .datek a se
Wolf's••mouth, hat that.," :
• • "My • stars I And isn't tea. ready.
; yet, Miss Pristine 7" . . •
"I've ad my tea Muir ago," said
•
Miss Pilseilla with a grim sort of
'smile. "Yon was so souncr•haSieep
I didn't care • babout tvakeping hof
you; not to. speak hof 'av.ing beat so
much far your dinner; i‘ didn't think
you'd 'care 'for .haria' tee. 'Ere's your
. things,. Mlee Pet,and your 'oss is at
the dosn.. but you can stay hall
' eight; hit you 'like.'" • •
a "1 won't atitg' all. night 1' nev-
er' come here again -yes X . will, toci.1
I'll • come every single day' -see if
. don't!' exclaimed Pet, bouncing
acroie the .room, and giving her hat
a 'slap On her. head. "I knew • Yee
don't- V4'ant Me; and I'll hist come 1
if yeti was toour. house, do • you
think I'd ,pft ,pack. you. owithout any
. tea :No, • I wouldn't if X had -to'
boil the tea-lets.Ves we osed the last
.• time, Inc It 1 • IL just shows the sort
of • folk's Englishers are, and .1 wish
there wasn't one in..the sec:dee-I jest
deg' and don't care who hears nfe
sey ng t."
And while, voiding furiously., and
'flinging thingsabout in a. seamier
Perfectly awful to so neat a house-
keeper as the :antient, Wester, Miss
had. managed to dress her-
self • and tieecends the stairs, while
Miss , Priscilla, grim as a eastgrop
statue, stood at the head, holding the
Pet -flounced out of the hall,
giving the door a terrific. Mang be-
hind her, and stepped out into the
11.glett.
.1Bthe light dint streamed from
the glass tdp of the door, Pet semi
Cititid holding her 'pony, 'Spririging
lightly on his back, sho.-gathered up
the ivies; and paused a moment be"
fi re starting to look aro' ed.
• The night wan pitch-dark, still, and
sultia's -Not Al breath of air moved,
not it leaf rustled; but -from the inky.
Pitle•- or dee est i'slocato over head,
shot•t, 'fitful flashes of lightning at
intereels biased. ' A • storm wits et
hand, and would soon burSt.
'For tie Lor's sake! hurry, Mies'
Petronilla," said Cupid, fit &t fright-
ene(1 Whisper. "Mar's do. awfulest,
storm a comie' . to -night, you ever
sed. Miss ough t 'lowed
yeti to go nem de woods, to -night."
"MiNske inileod t Tsgues s site,
hopes r etley 10113'- g6t my steels brokn
1inior 1 get home," said .I'et, short-
ly, 0.8 she turned her potty'st head, in
the'direction of the bridal-liat,h dsats1-'
ing theough the gorge.
The .sure-footed steed, left to hints
aelf. seeurelY trod the narrow path,
To he contietted.)
It Is Said Its Weakness in WHY Was
Shown, In Mediterranean Test.
London, • 00t. 1,10. -At the na.val
manoeuvres in the Mediteransan the
Channel and Mediterranean squad-
rons comprised the largest fighting
force ever concentrated In One sea.
The most interesting feature was the
bloeloade et A collection of battle-
ships, cruisers and torpedo craft in
the Gulf of Argostoli by two forces
more than twiee Its strength. The
blockaded fleet, which was command -
by Prince Louis of Dattenburg,
made its escape without molestation,
to the surprise of everybody. A cor-
respondent; who witnessed the man-
oeuvres writes that the wireless tele-
graph system -broke down completely
In the fee° of the enemy, who delib-
'erately and continuously sent confus-
log messages. In its present state
it is absolutely esele,ss for war pur-
poses,
• Canadian fteinouut,
• • London, Oct. f10.-1he report on
th.;) Remount Department says: The
Dominion of Canada is at present un -
Utile to supply a ,large number of
hortgs. The report reconitnends that
o etimulus be, gia en to this tradesin.
:Ite coltny by a sterody and perman-
ent demand for army horses and the
int rod Jet ion :of sal tably selected
• •
Isaac ItiOt in Alabama..
.,
Birmin. ham, Aa., Oct. 20. - A
lege riot is in -progress at Littleton,
21i mileS 'front Diengn.littm The
sheriff ant ten :denudes left lest
eight cn a special train front this
city- A, late report from Littleton
• sa; s that 1 bsee e hi te teen and • eight'
i neagoes 'ego silead as a result df the
• ra o riot. •
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Our Rimless
Glasses Please
the Particular.
They ore fitted bie..
coming)* to the fent.'
urea °reach patron.
The finish of our
speetacieware is fat*:
less, the fit perfect,
IA.. J. cRipG
Scientific Jeweler and
Optician
..CIANTON. ONT.
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GrOpes Now
•
!They are at .their best and Cheeps .:
est, Moare's Early Concorde, Niagars•
ae zoc a basket.
• , Froth bow on we have in
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-T.-Sin-eked Hams, Spiced.. Roll,
Breakfast Bacon, Haat, Chick-
' .. en and Tbngue. Sausage., Also
• Poultry. - - •••• -
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-
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:
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Successor to.,Ogle iPoOper,
• Xmas Is
Comi.ng
•
/atilt was, I Can t Say, but it Was
sornewhere, Miss Mintde 1 That's a
clear case." •
"YOu're his ilaughterain't yon,
Miss Minnie 1" said' Mr. Toosypegs,
briskly, after a eihort Pause.
"Whose, Mr. Toosypegs ?" staked
• "Why him, you know; him that
Wee drognedt
"No, 1 guess hot," Said Erreinie,
thoughtfully; "Say called me his lit,
tie sister, one day, before grand-
mother, and 60 told him to htteh,
that I Vetilf41104reillt6t,,44.4;unit I'M
• , WI:11'th $1 1:3 0 stilt, for each,. Ai i)
weer in natural oolora only, 6 K m»l, fleece lined, each 2,7ic to
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regular price is 2,5c a pair. The 'wove. goods will be on the right
day only; , hand side lust ns you enter the 'Store.
.. . , .
2 doz. Men's Union Shitte end Dratvere 1 '200 Melee Union all wool fieeee lilted
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