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Gocorp:ti„-.S.'0Wit
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Gond-bye,• sWeettefirt: .
leave thee with the.loVeliest things .
The bring - •
The aneaione in Lano-wy hood, • •
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The wet arbutus inthe Wood,
• And to the smiling skips -above
- .t say, Bend brightly o'er my love -
And to tie perf nine -breathing lireeze
T sfgh, Singsoften, iyinpuothest
0OuteAlke leavers of laden trees .
- Beat nil your sweet -.refrain to, film.
tw the anne,thne tiligh _waits-
' Re= thinks or me- aS 1„ or. '
And So t„„ood-bye sweet be-krt,1.-
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Goo&b.ye, sWeet heart! -
- 1 leave, thee with', all iinrest-,thing$,-
That-whep. some fair temptation sings:
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Its luring song,y_tb a' Sore beset*„ -
.Thoult stranger be. Then no regret
„ wilt follow after thee
With teaches: lighter than the air,'
'1 kiss„your forehead brave and
And stiy to.God last deep pryer
(.}. guard him -always, night and dair,-..-
80 fromi thy- ppace tie -shall- not. stray.
A MI-. sot`GO- bye, sweet heart; - - "--
.,GoodiAo;-; eet'heart, We E.teetalOparq.
Tet Stx/fw _thin -mine inmost heart
.Thou goestwith me. _Still my place
• .1 hold tn thine by -love's dear grace---:,
Yet air My life seems gel ng out.,
- As slowl-turn ray face about,
'Po,go alone another Way,
TO be alone, till life's_ hist day,,,
Unless thy grail e 'can_ light my Way.
7 Good bye. sweet heart. The dreaded ilawn
That tells our lovOt Wag'. tryst, s gone,
Is purp:Ing all the pallid sky,
s,gii,- Sweetheart-, goodbye!.
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PRETTY, BUT PAECIOUS-.
BY JORN OAKUM
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• X$.-rou-n, *41:=-1crs --..- PA it ii.-
- And he Prorie-,npon his back this, warm
Septeraber day; read this long -:letter ,frpin,
his new wife,.,n; laid it down,jand, closing-
rio
his eyeS,Inu ' itrad softly: :""%at a strange .
little rmsit i.:7 Lying in :014 dint ' light -
her hand had created, for'him„ he thought of
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_ his own troublesand-hera---just. ta'r she had
.stated them: His -blood wOnlit flush up to
• •...his'brOw as • her ma iguOrinkot :his' surpasi-
nig attractions ter- Will& 411„ 0 -her ,, women
. 'accorded their follitteed:ef • praise, rOse up -
beforaliim.., Ile, -of whom it had been said,
• if he beckoned with: his ';fiiigeri, wonien. left
:,- -their duties—gave _iip their very life to., do:
his,preasure He to have the girl- he :had
- _honored by making his wife, a , little .brown,'
" *oiiiiani. (he was man -enough not to care' for .
her poverty} show she cared.: no .more for his
• love than he did, for hero ; Was as indifferent
. to him as he to her.. Indifference .frein a
woman was!.a- new 'experience to him; and .
,,allnoeci:, hinu - -_ - - : , ,.- • . " -
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Yetherquaint, frank letter tonched him:
' What. did she mean by dying.,O6on and let, -
ting litin-be4ree_ again. ? Poorilittie midge!
- Was, -She dying of a-: broken_ heart bepause - a -
--1 - treacherous WOMan had fooled her out- of
part of her life? Poor little 'robin ! she- Was
his, wife- now, and he couldheal the. Worst
heartache woraaws: hie -4t.. •He -had. , . . ,
•- triedthatthing before,: and `enCeeedec4 even
- it he broke the. heart- afterward.. Dip, in-
cleod I - Net if he -knew , it; even. Death
should not have -a little *Oman he-meant:to-,
be good to. ' - - .
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And as remembered- all her faithfulness
,".1.iim, during these Wee . :weeks- of pain he
„thought, "By ioVe- I: beauty's iibt all, for no
__ : Woman,had, herfade been-like:that Of Phryne.
or Thebes; Or her,ehahn4; as betviritching as
intales,, MA& have been -India' lovely in- her
kindness to me. ' = How -brave and strong She-
-, has been I :What. a faithful little Sour it .iS.1
alwaye, ready, day. anktilighqtadojust-What
• 1.- want- cl6iieTanclin the way,.I, Want it,. never
,: knooking things about or fidgeting, round, .
- . but . jnat ready -handed,, neat and bright
•, God knows, . a liancloome, woman wouldn't ,
•- 'have -risked the spoiling her :beautyby all
----,' theSaWeary-sjaapjasa itiglitksiespecially for a .
. ..manshe did not love." Afitt then to-_thirik-
-9--she was actually willing -to Work and Blair&
fpr him, and support -him out of her share of
• the booty; and let himfool: away his own on
- other-WOmen I- 46 Wonder *hat the -little• .
_ -• dame means to buy her QW.n4e-thiritgaivith,-
- -- for even:robinsMust •get. clothing?. ' I'll ask
•her that. . Bless the little wOrnaressoul l she• -
A : makes me thinkof her sO, ranbh that I believe..
I'M half in,love 'with her.. .. Iliii !" ' aml he
,-; stopped t . ""..Thri - getting Sentimental-- and:
- 'poetic,. I. swear! But if. it :were in me to
• --_,..- love anything that was not beautiful,. I be-,
- - _neve I could. love - this: little girl, . who has-
comeinta ray life so strangely. ::- She ()Villa
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-up, to havi4 loved, andttrie with all the
stale farce. L. Some _feehit__ i.fcl‘ he felt very
- indignant;- " slighted her h‘ecanset she had
no beauty.though,. upon My . soul,now k
•. think, of it,: I'm not so certain about that.;
- -There's Something- in her face takes .a. man's- .
breath.-.;-scanethingthat one *ould rather die
. than lose if he once loved it; and, -.Which once
• loved woad , be better than any beauty.
What's that Spencer -.says ?,-,--=,.. . - -'
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• 'K. sweet, attractivekincl of grace,......
.rhelineamentsor gospel;books: - :
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- That's just it ;-', it's a book that inakes one
= think about prayers, if one only knew
them. But whether the man slighted her or
:net, he Miasedit-confornidlzini I ----fn losing
Siieh, love. : Ill Make her tell me his name.
And as for being Jmy sister,- that's all:i .4011 -;-
-Skeane, ofceurse,as, she's my Wife." Then
more thoughtfully, ''" Well. maybe _ not; :a
.
household *here there is no love is cruel—I
knew that in _niy early hone—and children
are a beastly trouble, andae•e2cpohaiire as.'a
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.3.;naea wines. , - She's a-: b -ch, this vile; a
mine and as sensib!aseL I 11 put my-
self inherhandsfAhetter. orfor worse, '1
VOW1.1:w114,
0Th._ellolly way she manalecIthat Relliii!S
aairTwasproefrpoz of her ability.- lIer-cool
-asenniption, of wifely ..ilignity—lier- actually
bringing them upt� see7ine:Vrithout-Atinima-
, ping their coming -to. Me, and • never, letting
_them -have one bout at me, Was beyond. any.
.! It's like a_ dipinthe_oea to ;_recall it
all. Her breezy voibe COM** before them
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was all the Warning IThad ;y.' Oh, Certainly,
you can coine up- and. look at him," but not.
talk to'hira; he's_ nervous and feverish, and
I 'cannot permit even such old. friend's as you
• doubtless are to say anything to liini. - You
know of cburie" the doctor thoughthe- need,
• ed constant attettion, and CanoecloS to -hurry.
our marriageina.t.Moof Gretna -Green style;
; ',bit 1 could not nurse liiin -,,,noless ,We were
• Mai -tied., And it did. not matt tr SO ranoh
after all, since we had loved '—and she hesi-
tated with the prettiest affeetation of having
said something sheought not --4 we had cared
for each other since we were quite children.
Ross's sister Bell was -my school -friend.'
Then slie brought them Straight to the bed,
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and stooping down gave Me the only kiss with
which she has honored me -----her Oho*. kiss,
call it—saying, 'My .darling"- , soft' shel
said it,. too, :with a...little thrilling cadencei
upon the old word !)4- My darling, you are:
riot to speak, or even look, • Save this once_.;
now I mutat cover-up .d.earie's .eyes and
She laid her cool hand over My eyes andheld
it there while they stayed; These.areSome
kind Netv. York friends, Mr. Rollins and his
uod wife,' and a faint pressnre .ort- my face -
emphasized the joke-. who are -come to - see
•yout I cannot understand all they Mean,
except that-. you have t been - behaving badly;
Making these good -people's- daughter believe,
• you meant to - marry. her, when of course you
were only going.- to :Marry your little „ugly
Percy. , Oh, my. bad boy, what shall I ever
do with Oktheihearts you ha.Vehroken
while yen" havebeen Waiting for ! -Ah !-
-dear bad boy r and, as if eVerconie. with
tenderness; . she _laid her Cheek - down on
. _
mine. -
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_ ".I clasped arms about :her, the trst.
and'last time I've had a Chance by George!,
huf she sprang away with -a -laugh ;. "NO; ,yolt
shalt net be petted for, being__bad. - - Why, ..
Ross, thew dear . people _dame to take you and
martYymttotheir-hosittiful_daughter;'fer I .
knew she's beauty, since -her -mother is Still,
So handsome: .
Oh, it WAS gorgeous, to See the Rollins
standing - there in her Cleopatra -like
splendor,. utterly upset and put down by my
little brown berry ! And. the iinpossibility
of " correcting such miatakeWithout putting
herself in an absurd positioni.adtually stopped
-the Rollins . speech, ' and, -Lbrd help I
thought -that Month Could_ Only be stopped
by bon -bons and a :man's kisses, any Man's
: /jar er,einple._ And -her poor. Old- cal Opaw of a:
palter stood helpless before My little hurri-
. cafie-a_ very reed shaken by the wind. .2
mrsea-breeie-- spake- 'again _ 'But
the doctor will Shed vials of 'wrath' -upon - me
for lettiogyou. see strangers,'. (it have
t the Rollins sore to be Called a stranger -
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to Me 11.. iThit these. kind friends could not
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realize your being ill, So I was fainto let
them 'see,iny Apollo in his box;but we Will
go -now if you please.;. ..eand she _positively.
ushere& them out- wordless dismay,. bid-
ding the* good-bye. at Once, and seeing them
.- more, I thought she Would- haVe. rushed
hack tolanglithe scene eVer. with - but
that shows how little' knew her. When, in
the course,of an_houri. she -did .come,„ it was,
with such an atterignoraneeTof having, done
a smart thing, waving _aside my. adnuration,
of her finesse, that tives taken. aback. : She
said, sadly„' ! I -am unused to falsehood, ' and
finesse of any --,Sort is distasteful to _ime. -
quenched this woman this time, but, in spite:
of• her bad, hard face, I:pity her Very much.
You, and such. men as you, have; I" suppose,
ihadeher what she is; God help her!'
" So_by- this good little girl's- Management,
I am rid. of nay-' troubles. I. -declare .11.1": do-,
just what She Wishes,. and be thankful my _
; follies .have worked no more harm:" -- • -
- Then-he.beganto- wish. She *quid:genie:in,
and to feellagrievect and, neglected because -
'ohedid. not. come--"---to'feel-ari-eager-desite,to
pee her an , e ma et o eletter over.
h th it f th
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with her. But he had read it through again .
. twice .ere (She' appeared; - and.. then, to his.
dismay, equipped for a jOurney, and. saying,- -
_- in the Most matter -of- fact, nonchalant man-
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ner -"Ross, Mrs; Keller has Conie
say- goodrbye. I anitoing_ With her to•NeW- .
: port; where she Makes. the only perilous part
of the trip+the, lie her, -dreadful change from -
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cars to boat, - So -1 shall - away. all night
ofgeourse. _ _ _ : -
- Then Mrs. -Keller came forward with—"
. hope you don't mind My her off, Mr.
Norval ?"
"But.I aa mind it deucedly, madam he
Said. • 6C Why, Percy, I don't like your travel-
ling -alone this way at all. Why can't James
go with Mrs: Keller?" - - s. - •
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= "Not -for -the World- :Ross- _ thank, you.
Fm used taking Care of Myself; and of
Mrs..Keller tcio,.for that matter. -I'm :not .
rancliTef a traveller, because I haVe not had -
ranch of-alchancenone,incleed,.exceptwhat
,She. '8... given: e—bu, t:' _somehow ;:I ralways
manage to come out right. You are very
kind to offer to,siaare -James,- but he's your
necessity, -Thave told hint about the -*INS
eines, and liow.to loosen the bandages*. at
_night. -So I.expect to .find you better. than
_usual: when 1, :get. back 46-• lEnoWS your
ways SO IiMeh better than I, aud I shan't be.
.here tainterfere-;". and She. went-, about ar-
ranging little matters as , she spoke :and ,not
--leoking at him.
But Mrs. Keller saw the look Of annoy-
_ .
;mice -Upon his -face, and -said, "But,- -Peroy,
Mr. Norval dislikes your going,..: and you're.
hound to stay.". - - •••..
"Oh, nonsense, Mrs.' = .0.f. course
he don't care particularly, as I ant going to
be away but one night,. and he's. got to spend
:all m3r,lifewitli flier and her face saddened, •.
.he thotight: sure'te:-.come back t� -
morrow; my- Conga 'Shelton- says,. >Percy.
.-alWays manages to be' -at at haticlriwhon. she's
1- Wanted_ . Am l_to..-Write-te._Ilarry -that., We:
will take the rooms? IMnot do it at. mice;
. or he may let sOmeoner•have thein and. she.
Came and stood beside him: - -
He ansviered sullenly, "Do just as you
• about it; it'ano concern of mine."
.
",Of bourse I -allalr do nothing of the kindi'
r if you had the idea been very Much
pleased with it; it _euldhavebeen different.
- only threw out the: augge..:-..
---,,, .,..or.,
ler,attang.. , licesaw-tliam,Abut-liercalm c
and voice Madehim:half doubt if it -Meant
anything. -" Are you--,qiiite Sure, or are you
only saying it Because you thiTilr Ili have a._
wish togothere? I thonght. you did not seem
to like, it -just now, and indeed Ido'n.ot.cate.--
'I shall be quite content with, whatever ' you
arrange when you are well."
. "'No, Percy; Write and say we will, take _
-the rooms from the time he leaves thein. -1"
--Avith a -half -abashed laugh—"
1 was Only
-Cross be -cense you are going - away. _ I shall
Miss you sorely, dear, and I'm witty yenriek
going and are - s�. glad le so, that's -all, .' . •
Her faceturned.crimson to the very teni-- .
.. pies, and she said, "I'niTiorryImide my ar-
rangements - without: consulting - you; I . Will
not dci- so in future. I did 'net- think you. would
care One wayor the. -other."
"You've been se good to Me, little o
and I'm so unused to. being cared for -.e
celA as a society ornament,. that . I -think -I . •
shall he able to, -get along without you --:
agalie - - : .- • --.: - - _ .
-- Her eyes filled with tears which she Would --
.not let fall, and . she Said, "You are very
kind say so: . I-- will be more careful . in
• future. - But I must go now." . He waited- in
Oita an eager. expectancy to see if she would
kiss hiiii.- "Take geed Care Of yourself, and
be sure l I Shall come by the first train' ;". - and
she started to leave the hedside:
• He caught dress drew her Itoward
. him, holding her hands: "Iii that all; Percy?
Is:there nothing else r'
, :“--i i think. not, Ross," she -said doubtingly,
,
but col- ring painfully:
7 "..Kis 'me good-bye, Percy." She held
down her faee instantly and when he, had
- kissed her; drew herself . away without . a
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word; -,-buthe clasped, his -.arm -about her
".f-Vou have not kissed me after all, .iny
• . . . .
darling." . -, - ' - . ...' , ,-,- •
. "My kisses are nothing Werth. now, Ross;
their sweetness - died out years ago-_,.. -Yonrs.-
. are good enough for both ; ' and...she laughed
and lefthiin. : ., .. .: • -- • - . - ...
- .. He was bitterly chagrined; if -Seemed -a
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little thing to make him feel SO. mortified.
That She -would :leave - -him - willingly, that
doing so she should refuse to grant him so
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small a favor; when almost all other women
Whhni. I am hound.? Will it'll
life? Ah there'S:the rub.11,1:
:to,win.his faithful, a 1 g ove.
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ituti,sesnitijatk40:coirixietit' aC40:41jtao.bd, ,e. to r 5i_4 I.,w- ,00
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whethei011 try- to 'keop.,a Inire lifeHan .1.n
honeetpurpose to Walkobefore hiiiii- werthily.
ievery day, 1 may not Arlit front. im at least _-
a lied of respect and -friendship bat , will itilie•
twit , to ,; love? . I Will . Seine . , me let :100
know Of the friends my literary, efforts have
T'brenght me. :.'-I know he will b... proud of the
kidgmentthat seliolarlynien„w otieetini?ns
he hewn, have placed upOni th .. WA, Orn„Of
intellectual ability that: h'as, b n ii;iy' 4610
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dower from my dear -father and - his ; learned'
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ancestors. ' iAna When .I.,ani R -ss :-- Norval's
'wife 1 Will reveal niyiell to thes latter
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friends "of my inner life, and, ni- etin .thein,.,
:17ctohilifildesrn;e,gtehArtiini.tilthhiee4.y.a_sei).hitiria:se4'Otniht3-rtfi'..1,1e:i: le,n, iiiyos.kiti::,041.7,1015ines .
;angrily, - Called Me; r A husbaiiikl K.hand. shall'
-{rive the rock in which their cry talh s - been ,
:for years enibeddecl.
- 1Qh-,- Ross; -I shall be glact-to eome' to my
inheritance through you -.-,..to,- a_ et*y -band
of eliaseli ones into my aietnal, SI have long -
ihoia-th'ehl ihirty ih4of.lifo!: --to ikho, ' these -
at list :wheal. My:Unprotected omai's State -
has hitherto' forbidden Me Fto ow: 11 And if
Itake: him,if1 giVe-Myself to ,.'mm, I I:14n1,11.
at last havetheof mf lite ;Ai -Ross!
you ' will never -koove :thatE: - our boyish
. -flattery, which meant nothing to you, and.
Ishould have meant nothing tol-, e,:, Old really' -
Mein se inuch that it ainiplyhr ke my heart, .
leaving me atsixteenoe utterly incapable -=of -
loving any man but yourself th t:Oincelithon
110 hand has ever touched.-.- th sea_ - which
closed the fountain of - love . .Ein • passion in .
ms.TI heart ; forever. Ah !:-I I yonder rwhat
penalty_ there. is for ' those w o: carelessly
, destroy Our hopes and blotiall iossibftities of
' love -fromla I What Would ,y ur say, Ross
:Norval, if You knew that the I st kis that I
-:- ever gave to any man was ,give to you that
cold-, darkdaytheyburiedMy ether ..01 7 Ygq.-
cane.With a note from -13,e1lah was dying,
she said:. after tbday.ne one b t her family.
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We lcl- be admitted to her: we Id I comeand
' oay good bye to her: evenl:fre -iiik! father's
grave 1 :- I wont with.you,- ands Yectaai hinr.
wi0i her; Then you brought e_;AIM , neau.
= 1, _,. ,
than "alive, back to My '.deSor .t - hob:0, ' and -.
taking mein/our arms carried me from- the
Carriage to my bed., -As you 11 id ne,]! down
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you- said, 'My sister's -little -fri nd, I, ani glad
to have seen you again. ,,, Bell tells: Me - all
these Yeats I -have been. absent mi have been :
pleasant . friends to each 'ether': You are clear
,never.see yen again perhaps, fir when She
arid -sweet because she loved- - anuiaci.:siiii.dii,jsd.th, ga. 110_ .
die S 1- shall have no ties . hero,
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elsewhere. . Kiss me good , bye,
alone; then
neat ' 0,roeokticio:_hanedd,ri -.-
ciliemhav6:-:
nev
hope
ndid
d net.
Eniggestion,- But
think -of it Aio
mere." "-
- - All this in her_ taiglit, quic way, withiltit
. &shade of annoyance.viiiib14-and- She began
talkingof something e-Iseas iftheinatter WaS
:1Settled. • . " „. "
.11 hotel -keeper will -put Sofa -boa
aressinkroain to-nforraW, ' I
- Shall lie- quite `..out. of :the -WaY When your
Callers are -here. ha.Ve. telcl tliem. abeut
- bringing.my trunk in -there froin-Mis: Keller's
room.; James atterid ta it all for me.. 50, --as
- ' long -as Yonfare `1PrisOnet of &TO!. hcre,-
I'll'. reign. -supreme in the,- 'dreasing,rooni.
Now- Good.=bye,' • Niro: Keller ;
janies w -ill put- in the coach while finish.thy •
"Dit, peray, you, mi.stalth," he said quite
t humbly, When 'her- old _friend was, gone. ;
f‘ you. do talk -a- tellovi-doWn
-1y,". with klaugh. your id4a about-.
the ropms racist indeed; Ilike-
your id*, all your letter, .6x.Pettf--witer6 goti
are- se severe. upon-. ine.;- :but even, -that
true, ..and likelt--when you tell.rno-pf it. I
.think.your managcnient the best . in..every-
- thing, and I:, expect.to be asbalipy ai it; king,
or --rather good sUbjeet, with little,
Tieento:tule over Me 2_44 Iceep me- -in otTcler
' mit new donlaiir." :
- She Cla.sped her hanas in. 4uiOk,.
ate sort:of way at hia.. Words; aoif the .gaVe
her own pretty -cousins -among. them, had
denied nothing he blioie to- ask; it- waS-'7:in--
-Coinprehensible !.-
"By Jove! --.1-never -cared Much- for a
lilitlething in my as her leaving ine, and:
not caring to kiss:me. - I swear, -Irni • la .-peri
feet baby about her.: truthful,
hon-
est soul! I believe she could Make another
-Creature of the if she cared enough for inc
to .try. *:Thereis something restful tritt h
and honest purity, after all; one feels safek
and grounded aute.plaioe. It good .t�
_have a little fairy lying ClOseto one's bosomt
and I yew I'll have my little:- bto ie. there
yeti though I have to go as sinter reg.!
ular. courting expedition- to. my own Wife
beiore her heart, ,Quise thisold lover:
oftiers, who bars her heart against e And .
clirkiny own past follies, which
good woman fear to trust me Ma
sellgenerly, even when a Nast amount- of
so-called- love brought to the sacrificial -
altar.; An perhapip_I shall not Make I. a' bad
-thing of it if.I win my wife's heart after she
knows the du fond, instead Of i* the edit:160r
. of gas -light fiirtatione: sPeer , little heart4
What a pitiful story it is !' Ho* quaintly she
writesher pathetic desolate history! - What.
a ready pen the. little woman._ holds and
he 'took out her letter again. "1 declare,
child has. better attractions_ than beauty—a
lovely, faithful Bout"- =
But though he was tender of her in MS
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thoughts; he was -a hard.ineeter that night;
everything went 'wrong, 'nothing _pleased. or
epotented-him„ and the - much -tried
servant at last announced that with the -
i . .
garding his state, and. with . some such Words ..,
-as. ' 1„will be backi in an hour or so, Ress,"..
-WOuldleaVe iliii iiil
- Thus le ,Wairntte, rlye unaware of what- her:::
abilitiWWerei."''' .Whether-'01ie Wai'*apable, fit‘
-koldhig a conveitatioo„er'berildhold herlown.
rin society,* could not Opine -; :arid it aunoy.-:. -
ed him keenly, for he was, like Meat seCietg. i
Men; 'very punetillions regarding the manners •,:
' of, the:particular:tWoman 1 who -belonged. to,. :
him. - Thatilie Was„-iiitlfaet, an elegant teon•;-
, _.,
-versationalist„-quick and brilliant at repartee, .
a fine linguist, andan_intelligent thinker. fin- '
a--wiinian, he aid not.dreaM. - - _ ..'
isteverthelesEi'lhe mere having her about ,
- hini-r. day- after day, with her dainty,- little-. ,
tways, grew to be a pleasure -him': the
:
, - ,
:making. her grave little face,.into
its. haunt.,
-- ing lOok.of sorrow,. breaking Intosmiles;. the -
. light.coine intO hersoftgrey eyes became -a .
,
. real delight him., ' Then the color finehel, -
ever her cheek :at his lightest word, and -he' .,-
1 .
•:- found Ta. real interest in witching it glow and •:-.
fade from her pale face. i -. ',' ----..
- . "'She's the Sort .cif, rr-nr4,. that colors Welt"'
..lie thought. . Old Sir John's fancy of:--- ...1'..- .
,.!_ifei. -.Cheek :was like a _calbrine pear,
- The side that's next thesun"— " •
Suits=her exactly.' - ,And. her .hair, with the
glint of geld in. the clieStn#t hue, woad he
a- glerir in a beautiful '.ivoinan. --Every' Mo._ *
-, tionief her heart shows in her face:. She'd ..-
'never Make -Si:woman of , the world: -- she '-
•• Cannot hide her 'feelings, : but lets one 'read. :
:
them like an -apex.' -book.P. Which was 'air
--he . knew -: bent it, si,ficel "spite her teache:
- t 1 ' - .
rem color, 'those. years tof . hard -duty had --.
trained. her into ' !the:. most perfect self -Con-
-. trel elifrall.liwedful and great :oicaeions and.
Matters.. ' ' i , ,
How he misted her light step ! how he had _.
, anted her all these two days!!for, though! :
it was scarcely pastinoen,L and she had gone =
late the day betdie, he I was sure it. - was
that—" And -selenislike six; :by George l' -'....-
Bat, as holler feverish,-. and fainiShed for - a
- drink, a *ory ill-used. Man, she opened the
. door, and ithe :air aeemed lightened Of:. its
troubles a • once. I - i - . 1 -
, , -
tTO BE CONTINUED.)
.0074- 11,---'4,- . • ON:
. 1 I
• For- a y ar after that 1 w
- - 1 ,i , . , , . - .
Esther Hopper caw, and I -was
I have had My share of le:Vets.
what girl has not?—have had
-pal tings; and Shared their pi -
makes a - .; nip with an jattlilidiathr‘: 'Ifil91.1i
../ . . ; y • , "
-nage is a I, ben very contented.:- .--.
But now _I ani desolate a
th - darkness you have - Come -
me to folio* you and Stand n!ea
rest Of My life. -:. It Veillihe .114
se:Much as is good. for me - to
even if Tam:nothing to you, f
you very faithfully P.'
And so, you know, they ,
. Witli-only:the doctor and Miii,-
.. -
nes the :cerem-ony ; . ana, at .6
little decide&Way, the Sort of -
years of self -dependence give,
nurse; attend* to him.atk. p`er
she had been bor.n was -that: -r.
'
Froin the first service she re
bathing his head and face thro
--mbrning he would leave his. master to his
own devices. r___
"Go, and be damned . yo -u -!" was the, -
savage reply; and man took him at -hist
word; decamping, after making -a few nec-
essary arrangement, as soon after breakfast
as he could. .
Aha I hame'been so goodto . that fello
the year he has lived with- the as . I could,'
thOught -Miss. Norval aShour after_ hour- he,
lay - alone wanting everythiogwater, the i
:papers,: a; handkerchief. There was nothing
he did not *ant, and he conld reach nothing
re
san
AU
n, a
_Ont of :
nd eekoned-
yen-lall the
Meiteilough,
I love
ere- Married;
eller tb-wit; .
ce, with her
ertapity that
oarabbia-
ily :and
Pr which
• en
late
indefatigably, as if 'the -Oole:p
.,Anguot day -With iced Water a
se
der d
hini—
gh , intense-
,
lica ely per -
o that the air,
freely to him,
gene, and
fumed arranging thecurtains
thenglithesiare of the sun W
his room in dim; Soothing shad
•
ed a blessing to him. - Some h ors
Came with her bright .quick me,
his disordered_ room; bringing- kir('
I
chaps on his dressing tableiL. ver
info things, and yet getting 1.1r4
ful order, and wonderful to re t
them so ,.. the air seemed to
his medicine less bitter, the tim \
but those -nauseous medicines.. • "Service 1 his broken letand weary back to
:when there was a breath, cam
th
-h
cannot be- bought ; in- every truth love'
and patience must be a free gift. .However,
now even love a-nd_ patience seem. to have
fleclirontme. I want My Wife -r-, I want her
- =
Percy; with her Sad little- -..heart lyiog. as
heavyasa *millet in her breast, was just -
as bright and useful and entertaining. to her
-cranky old friend as if lifewas a boon instead
of a;bane to her. - You know from her letter
how bitter IifeWas to.het ; and: I think if
you have ever known sorrow - _And a great_
disappointment, you will comprehend- how
it waspossiblefor her, withthefear of God,
before her; and .a desire to be - His faithfill-
• child to ,niakethis.match for herself.
Anything was better than the dull stag-
nation into which she had fallen; .she haJ
felt this year, Unless some great Change came
.
to her to take heroutof this Weary groove
in 'which she was set, she Must go melancholy
mad. She had laid out a hundred schemes, -
all of .them, she knew; impracticable;- and:
now, In a strange, -providential 'Way; this
change every thot:Igh4-and-acition of
herwhole life had . come to her. , Doyou
she accepted.
was notTsage. • ,
• That night, after his offer; :(the night- she,
had asked for in -which to decide, -although-
she said to herself, with a bitter little' shrug
as she Made the • request, "A *amen_ Who
hesitates is lost), as she lay awake ,ponder-
ing the whole matter, she thought: It can't
be Worse than it is, and it Won't be very long
either way, I think. • I can be faithful to
him, make and mend, dig and delve- if needs
be, for his henefit,in return for the -honor he,
does -mein giving me hignameandprotections
I -shall expect nothing, - literally nothing;
from him that Wives usually demand. I, Who
. have borne fel... . years with the caprice of
school -girls; can surely hear the humors Of.
one man, 'especially -svhen his name.- shields"
nieirein other sorts of ills. I have rather
• plunied.myselftliese last few' -Months upon
haying learned the depth of meaning " and
force et truth there is- in that expression from
Sailor Reeartus I used to. think so wicked:
Say to happiness, 1 -can do Without you, --in
self-renunciation life begins.' ' I can try it
now., I.need not be_a spaniel. or fawn upon
my lord, and yet I. can obey a4d honor; if he
will let me, this Man to whoni -I . shall Vow
-myeelf for life. • For life , Can I endure- it
all years I May have to live:, an .unloved
wife -7 -so near and Yet so far from him to
acutely:
One day, she Said in la shy- Way, "-Mr.
Norval, if you will let James ay 'pia. your.
kwill see what mendin thy .need,
-
a,nd will,sit here and do thein, yon_ohan't*
Spend So 'many hoiraalone. Itelleri
madesome friends in :the lieu e, and they
kindly'sit with her 80 Much th t's she not
APO Me."- •-, -
.0.Bitt, :Percy,- what's the f James
having a hand* it?- Here "a my keys,"
With a• laugh as :he handed; h her:
"iyou know they were -a_part o - the,worldly
gciods-which I did thee endow andIthe keys
.always :belong to the ,feinalkd ppient by
right, don't they
She took them With aNiVid. "-Shalt
he seem‘,-;
Iter she
arranged
out of
peeping
' bea,uti-
keeping
cooler,
tter, and
he less
, • . ;
Illeok over your trunks and b rean;Ithen.?"-
ohe - :• ' • -
- Certainly,While,ligo-to al ep itcl dream,
-What-a., jolly thing:it is to yoli'liere."':;-•
• Then, -pretending to 'sleep; watehed. her
with careful hands. examine • belongings
with contemptuous little let thie-
ioeHaf---bungling--4-menaing- anxious
frown over that frayed place._how
- neatl she folded -and -f ' *the good,
. and seated-lierself-witiva-pikr fere her and
. began to Bevil ! •When he opens eyes. she
:handed him the •keys. 1 -
No; Percy; keep -them-. I
land, title-themover toloul" h
1. -From that day he seemed t
in her . - •
companionship, reach
after hem' While she sewed; al
,sonle.Toetical or .light bit of.
-snit my eapaCity,-" she though
iso :they -I+,& gone on Week
...With- the Single exceptionoft
eodowithout any -change.' --
favorite in society, and -eve-;•Y,
beot of.;Calls from .gentlente
fruit's and -flowers; frcint:' 1 I i
When a fcard was sent up, she - 111' ber Wonianiali "traps"! to
to WC: Keller—this, tee, sp
'nest invitation to her to reini,
-yon_Canliave-a'pleas
no ladies preSenOn&Mrs3Ke
P11be back in time for -your. ni
all right
said.
•, .
feel 'delight
her hoar -
aye choosing
To .
after 1Week—
epi-
AS a -rare
reCeived a
laskets of
•
. .11' Always,
woold. gather -
ether and.- go
ite 4 -if his ear-
neterrnezilzipi'teh:
I, Once or twice some some one,. Mai e intimate or
free than usual, woul& run lup unannounced.
and catch her there. Her aoce tation ofthe
situation was, he thought, perf et. Without
a :shadow of embarrassment she -acknow-
ledged the introduction "My 'fe '? did the
honors of the occasion sai s a v.r, words re-
- • •
• of. 01111fing.
. . .
. .
. We may venture to make a- few stigges..-:..
fie,
_ tions in. behalf e those who Adesire toacqiiire ,
• the art. ' if. you ' are a.laWyer, whenever the r, :
name of a celebrated -menthe!: of the bar -is. .
- mentioned, you must immediately hint that.; --7;
ithat -lawyer is Overrated; and that Mr. So .
ata:So; a whom yea- must 1 be .sure your..au-
dience has never heard, is really -. a ." strong:
_er man. If you are an artist, you MU say „
Of some artistthathe 7iis .4,- Very 7kood.
:fallow', but -What a pity he can't paint; " or if '.
the Other artistniiderstande tone and you do
not ‘ - then-, you. .ean.,say, that -tobacco " or .
- .5! lamprblack,':! I If, you are,' poet, you can
. do.-ncithing ,More le- the. point, in the pre-
..sence at yjoung persons, than to mention • in'
-:"Cenfidehce,.:anclwitlya, deprecatory air,- that :.
your verses on 'Nova Zembla, containing that
Simile 6f.t*elily and7the!heAr; Nit6rP printed
:.six monthsbefore'-. Tenrivian!s- famous, ode-.
containing exactlY:the iMile simile. - If yqii ---.
are. a Man of science; -..you-.Wili-gainzgreat re- '
.. Potation' by ,.mercly, shrugging your shoul-
ders at the mention of some famous special-
ist. This -moiroa ' will work ,admirably in
medical, or in fact in any ofthelearned pro, .
.fesSions: - BiltAt'_yed are net a writer, ..or a
. profeosieital Mao ,of ang -kind, hilt Merely a
- an'engraying. or photograph is - shown. you,.
k
. person Of taste,.. yen Can increase ,your . repo.-
- tatiozi by -many et very Costly -devices,: If
cover a part of the -picture with two fingers
-
of Your . right hand; and say that it is Very -
well-41111nd that. , If itiiitee large -tot treat ...
'ilishutth:isonewreYie art lia-Otd:t...ixa-e tiPiirg"Zrordiatwao46aetk:
arm's length, first perpendicularly- and then
horiion` t'aIlyi 'al's) - as 40, hide now one and- now
..another part of the painting—after . the: maw .
-.ner.of.some artists.,:- When you hal* done •
this, you can either say that the picture is
-geed,- of 'thafit s bad;_ Nit- remember that
-
you will gain :most - credit by giving an opiii-
- ion.opposite`.,Otthat which you suspect
held by the personi present. If you go to 4
.public entertainment, like Dickens' readings
Ora.BeethOven symphony, not lad to . re- . - .- -
:-port that You 'had- te. knoelt your feet against :
•. the 'chair to keep awakeHaltliough in the
&Se- of the symphony. be careful not -to. lay
the blairie upon the composer, hitt upon
.whatever orchestra may i happen -to render.. -
'
the piece .that might.. But if. you „inspect, -.
-f it the music .waSpartibularlY Well render:
ec it Will be Safe to f declare that it was.: alto•:\ .
-.g:titt too well prayed; land. -that , for your -
par you prefer ito hear Beethoven given by 4 -
the H-*--; Society, Where;.-:A."everything iin't
out and dried,andsOmething.,ie . left to the
i014 ' tieM.r --" The Old Ccibitiet ;'i. Scribner .
for.iPfay.
•,L
:..Faqhionablo Womon'siDregs in London.-
_
In -the -;wildest days of the tie -back
`
,
pin -back Mania," writes Olive - Logan- from
London;" there never was such a tightness.
in the -matter of Skirts as now prevails"
.
what is a11ed ".the pelskin.dreso," What- r
ever tie' --paucity of -- folds in the pin-baeli-
hi the irOnter, part, in the 'enormous exiiber--
_an:ce-of the papier or bustle the balance was ,
-Amok.- IRO now, not, 'Only. is the bustle _a.
thing .•-• Of horror, but .even the necessary
..underclOthing is considered d8 trOp. To..
lengthen! the Waist 'far beyond the natural
proportions, a stiff Webbing Of - elastic is
--fastened:Ito the stays te-the-xlepth-of -half a
• foot; and to,thio, it first, narrow skirts were:
• buttoned. But eventhis is now abandoned
for another- schen* to -acquire- slenderness::
Mrs-S*IsshelM's much -ridiculed chemileon,
is in-denland,:and garments made in this Way
are sold inthefatnnihiligsholis, and patterns -
of it pasi. eagerly _front hand: to hand, among
• lady friends. ladses have had regolar.
Stage tikht0 4inade; in thick -webbing, - and
over this they war nothing -hut the outer
dress, -.underskirts heingSiiiinilatedhypleat-
ed ruffles of „v4ite, sewn to the -edge'
•of thedrese, . which .is then tied batik, until'.
the - *ankh' within shaelriled .almoit like 'a
1 - -
convict i
ict n a chain; gang. '10 more uncom-
fortable !:!faehio:iiever :was ;devised, for not
• only areithe -Iiinhsconfined,bY the binding
areas, but the, wearer -Must' ,constantly 40n -
cern beiSelf.abblit the bea'ditien: ofthe bodice,
that ;portion 'being in- incessant danger of
turning itself up behind wrong aide. out, like.'
anumbreUa inia- Wind. stOttn,
- .
is as trueaisospel that the better look-
ing a won*Iiis the less -trouble she will have -
to get heitruillis past the custom house offi-
cials.
-