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R*-TH.E GATE
ong day to-idlt, laughter,
d jest,
rness as idle after,
idle as the rest
asti upon their way returning;
, and loth, -
td meadow -in thesunsetburning,
the gate, one weet..spell hindered
s troubled With a sudden.Anguish,
t Yeomen know - • - •
and lost loire,speak or speak- not lin-
. ..
bat they_would, they rather would not so.
'd, maU-like nothing comprehending,
e -wondrous guile -
en won, win taetriselves with,. and be -i d
of relentless asking ,on her all the while -I.
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beyond.thiAgate the path united, •
ps asfarAs steath. - • • -
ight-op_en it--"- 1111 voice, affrighted •
itsown 'daring,- faltered %vita his breath.
she wham both his faith and fear enchanted
beyonds,words to telt,
ng her yeomau's finest Wit had wanted -
rt he had that icuew to blunder well -
drew near a little Stet', and mockihg;
pall we not be too late
.
r tea?" she said. 1.4 nu quite warnout with
waiking- -• • - •
'Yes, than .cs; your arm. .Ancl„ will you ape the :
r -f-• • •
crate?" •'
OT PETTY, BUT P.11,70IOUS
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IN -F 0 TJE---P:A*T.S.%':4 RA' I-V.
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They
settled: idevin in -their. new .home,
and were purposely "out" to tO: allcallers:
•- during. the next month --then returned the -I
f cards! that .had, beenleft for them. •As they _1
•...greW: accustomed to their ' -ilty *life,: - she•n:-
.thought to tee hisPleastire and interest •iii it
••-__wane as the :Wore away, but . it - was .
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not So'. . That love, Of. home Which is, after.'
'' all, the truest: tett of . a: really _Uiauly- nature;
•, .• .seenie-zMe•grOAV-- upon --'him. . it -:Avas:- always:
.- sobright and Cheery by their cozy fire,: the.
glare of public realm., the -noise and glitter'.
of theatres- and -concert-rooms, still -6k him..
_with -a feeling- akin to _disgust, .afterithe sof ti .
,„..,Stilidaed-:.: light of his ' lienie,.. and • his -wife's,.
.-nierryi breezy ..voice. Ile sang .anot. played •
for her, never: giving a thought to her having
• :-. any inuaical ability,- since she never touched
• the inttrament...-.' He; read to her ,hour after
hour, having atlast discovered her taste and
•.• . ability to'.understand- the kind Of books he
..-relished;--perfeetly content if she would -favor :
: litra by sitting near &laugh to let hitn.-pnll
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down • that • wealth. of . 5' tresses brown," _ 'a• -
glossy ,Olotol-abent, her. . ,..
. '•Of curse this Arcadian life could notcon-
tinue in the very' heart of Sadain. ':,..Sodiety:
- ..• Wat,riot..gain,c,,cr.to lase Ross Norval if he had .
•-..--inade i„faal. of hiratelf 4ria- married a .1it de
•- nobody. :80- callerfloWed•in-upontherii, a'n.d
•• •..-ResS, having: in beyish-glee, - arrayed_ hiniself '
in purple a:CI:fine linen,. took her in state to
• . ide:hia,ftienda:T.. . ...[:-. - - ' . ; - • - - - .. .._ . . . .
,Of. course her. cousins • and.. 4.,eir -.. -1friends..
hatedher; she had .won their: h. rine'boitOie •
r •raritt . the critnaon :of. her plain' e 4 and pov--
-.- eity; of th.._ having to ''': haVel.-Perey--. always ,.
• .. around- te..,piease..Uncle Bigus,'". was pinkie
- the enormity offier.being-Rjaa N.orval'a Wife;
And "why he 'Married- het;"and-." of cents°,
lies dead tired -of herby this tin*" were their -
- politeat, surmises; : . -.• •-.. .„ ,_ • .• •-• -, -
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One -morning -they Paid a consinly: visit-
-a i triple- ball. "And, - by ..J.eve,l'- thought-
.•. Rosa; as hewatchedher haughty little 'face.
.. •andinhroChalopt: Manner,. ".she'S-fie, milk -and,
...Water`liatur6; though she'salways so sweet ,
r tenipered: with Me... -:Slie's-got-A1.). :ithe.teniper.
,- a.trua nature'citigh.t to have.-"' - i ' :•, 'i, : ,-..„ .
• . ," To, think of your -ever: gettii*, married,'
-- , , . .
-Perey, and to Mt. Norval, of all *inen.!?' Said-.
Mise Lela Wilber' . , ' we thOicrlit hini
, , . , _ . ,. ,. 0 .
• engaged; to the lieanty.ancl belle of last win• -,
ter,„ Miss- Agues Wilton." - ...- -• . . .. .-:• - .....
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"\ ell, yea; Meta, att,ori8 like you. anal
:--arerather off the cards .;„ we tido:, 6x-peot to
• catch the Priies generally ---,we leave. that for
•'these younger Ones; likeJennie anctLiicille,"
•: -,Said_Perey, toolyi--.- •: - . .... - -•
' ‘‘:-.4-• Roland • for -.Youi Oliver,' -Leta l'-'
-. .1.anghed.*Jeniiie Wayne. :- ." I never Venfire
, . -toi break ', a: lance With Percy;.- she always
has an etkOW:in teadrVef to pierce • you si•with.
: I S11151)636 yen have found: that Out,. Mr. Nor-
. ,val ?'. . - ' • . . - • :•- _:
. .
- "Found What out? I Iearsi don't. follow
: _you.. Mies, Jennie; Said -lie. . - --..- - • .
' .: "that she's -very able to take her. own
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. • • ... .
- part; this: little cousin of Our*" she Said,. her.
-• beautiful face scarlet at his Manner; . •
. '"Is- She; though.?: WelI,- .,":_'-, like .'., that .
.taiiiiiinglY„- cle you. know .?"- '-':. , . . .
•- ":Like ill-tempered . people ? '.-satd -..-Miss.
: _
•
,Leta, snappishly:. . - "18 it peasible?"':•!'..
_.. ," IlLterapered:peeple'r with a well bred
,stare. (Is there,suck .a _thing?)-: "',-No;-. 'in,
; 'deed i - Why; birdie" -and he . leaned over; :
-.•:-' and taking her hand, raised_ it to his ..lipaL-
".-tathink Of anyone calling you ill.temper-
. odl" .- • .-. .- -.
If You Silly -boy l!"-laug,liedilie., ..- fi..-111-take-
...-mY band if you please, and don't you believe
but you've married a_ termagant! : . . . • .
• .-- ,. The giris said afterward, in rebonfitingthe
• scene, it was simply dligusting. - Leta: ve*-
.,ed ." The little baggage. muit..--b07-.a. witch and •
throW.spelia over people.' . Look *hat foots
-she'a, Made: of. our 'boyafor years, and Reati,
-Norval, .With all his splendid endowments,
• i,:a just as bad-." •. --.• - - : -...
- -• -... ..
f.'.Ancl. he did. mite ta•Adintre• .your .form,
- Leta,7 said Jennie, maliciously;: . - .`• I Veseen
,
him waltz you until it was hard to tell which
fadethat:, long blonde- moustache belonged
• to..'i , --. ... . . - . - . . ....
. IA -AO,. cousin, ani -1 worse, gossips speak
•. thetruth., . ' But don't let'a .say ugly things to
- .' eatli., other.".. We both--Lheped:.te win • him .
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ante, MM
." and We have lost. .. The little
,
: •
wretchi will.Witchlaim.likeaawk,- osihever
'let -hIM 'Caine. near a body."' - ' ...... •
..
' . "-Oh dear- 1" .0.,fd. . her sister TA:aia-4 , ,,-,..ifl:
. -!only_knew I Wasto !lea " German 7. with him :
'':. to -night, 1'cl-be-happy 1. he hold* ..one better
• than any man I linoiv;', and:if Percy will let
• I hiiir dance With 'a..:body-loecisienally,:rd• as .
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leave she -Shonidhave him as the test- of .-
.. YPIt•'•
. .
taless. .hefil -chosen. yourself :LAnta,'I
suppose . . • -
"Well, yes, that would have made a dif-
ference; even' to my laziness, especiallylif
• she'd have made dear old:Harry stay athome
by Marrying him." -
_ the way they talked, yet in a con-
• „pie- Of weeks after each -house had.isent .her
an .invitation to a large party--." for you and
Mr. Norval, t.he iavitatioi
•oardi stat§.d.. the fac • - - •
• ' " I -1* my Viking they want," laughed.
'
. . :. .. .
- • - -
she; ;i--"thosr take his bona lu.s-tot -. the...Eiake
..
- Of..Seenring hiin. _' He's silt ..-a• 'Credit to .the
1
.---faanily.?" . -• ... •.1.•--:' : .., . -: - ---..-_," -
Well,.-ifi:Yeur --Viking' they Aren't :,get,'
said he. , f „... -• .. . ,- -f'
-: -:•-+ NOW' s kost- :don't be a bother, dear, and•
-complicate matters. ...They Will:tay, and be
glad . of •the-. chance, : that .it's • niiy 'failivi
yo:#7-ie: such a passion for dancing, they will
.say I preVented. yoUr coming. And besides
O dancedal Slittle; 'you'll•
. ..., . . .; . . . ask them : as much
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as ever?" : ;- , .' ., - . .
•• " How (10 OU line* .I. am-.. so fend of it,
: -I'etcY ?" - . -, ... ' . . ,- -.'- , . :.,_ ' -
I'Ve watched youtoO-MAnY years net 14-a.
.. .1
•
..i
knoW.that:...' You . forget that;. though azilowl
1 unnoticed and.iniseenHa.very wsAirfloWer-l
"_•fact ---I have been, a. laoker;on in Vienna,-
might have made a point Of that; Ross; if V-.
.-thoo-t. in time, and hnn -.V.2 the vralli.;.oi.
.Venice, a sprightly fiewer. ..YOU were the
'bright particular star,. Or sun,.:1-11 WhPsebght.
.. . .
all the fairest flowers ; _dial). rted themselves.
Why, I eMild.. tell_ . yen •every -woman-that
is, of -your own set. -you've been -What-jen•_....
ine:calle*".`bactabout," for years. .1.... -: ' • .:. •
.1Ele held. - Up his. hind -deprecatingly; ehe
laughed gayl.y..:•. " Nev r. fear, I den!tintend
• to ;name them • 1 - have',net time to go. over
• ancli.at.hingef shreds_a dpatchns.-, -- Ah .!: the
-• , : . . , _ • . ,.._ . , - . , . .
.IODes I've .*atched • you raise,te'heaven _aid
•, ..".0h,,•Perty,:l don'.t Wonder .
:-then clash to earth !".. that
. you.
are
' afraid -,t6... trust _Me- --.•now ;:..1 ani• _paying the -
t
penalty of x.ny . Yea. rs..' of toll ." . 'i • r, - • -'-',. a'-
, ." That'a.itantentio,;Ratt:•.- -. I .dont -.believe
'• in -fiahionable'swoMen"S lie its. : ;Yew -were ,
.., toe -good., for them, ! and. ' they::ed. you :OD:, al -
Wapiti" she said •Pae ionate, -•
.• ,." That'a.niy-goed...darling tryiiieto. excuse
het sinner. '. But.how-Wasit 'en near danced '
at •any - of thoSepartiee 1 ,Harry: and *Ware'
-beth :-good-:. dancers, : and Sheldon'a.-. the beat -
:Waltzer I ever. saw. How is .: it - •y0-4., never
:danced with theinI" I .-..:.1X... ..
- "With them, .indeed11.•_ Why, that Would
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have been an aggravation past enduring to my :
rich relations. , :.- Sheldon had -actually -Abe
. . . . .. , .. . .. , . . . .-.... .
insolence to tell his sister Leta. that I- Was:
the beat Waltzer:, in society . .. Think of :the
pri4e. youve-sUen young, map!. .
•
".I.d0,--:a*ayi„SWeet1iea t,s." he Said, .an-
:weting :her gay tone .,with - a grave.' One, •
".:Did you :Waltz' nitteli With:Sheldon and the
,
othere?.". - ,- r: • ,..t- . - -
_ 41.never .Waltzed With any of then]. in :m.
iife.' . - WhyBoasi.'I neVerlet theta :spew to -,
'.s.ine ;skt partiet, s000pt-:1337:41.111i to take ine.ent..•
:-_-to.,angper and lierne..". -.7i r :: - -.- . ..,-,,,,,- - ...
. .
"But ho* have youl•managekte •keep -up •-.
your _waltzing theii.,?" .r. I.-. -....:_. --...-: -
• i."..011, Mr; Vanity, -.Men; are not all: .,- Es,---
-tfier'and- I Waltzed: constantly; • then: ;I. :used *-
.
to help• Lucille, Who is my ..favorite - cousin,,.
. 'along._.in herpaces;'. And .the....chilaren:-. at
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.. Our, tehool-parties on ' 6 at•.',A -partner.
Wauld.yan like to. know . Whe -.Wasthe--- liat.
Man, and indeed ahnoit the only ; one,.. I .0.-er
went .round the tool* With r", and her . face.,
-bill) ed: crimson though she -faughea.
,-, ludoo-ci Ishoaldquise him !" he :said -
under his breath. -u. - - _•I ... _
. -.
"Your honorable self, Madaine'S achool• -..
-party;"--and she. aplana from his :-Ontatretch.
ed halide with a laugh?! .. ' ""..• -: -- .: -.-'1 1,.....,-. *-. •
• -•
The day of the party Shs *rote la....•feW.- lit-
tle Violet-perfamecknetei, :and •sent-them.Off;
',This' is a -speclmiw;_ - I, ' - •:• , '
-1)1,..,:kii.:_Doorb.0.-You ;hay so eften, WanVs
• - I.
I. edto know your ‘,,liebialons child,1'., aid been:
-indignant thatshehid her face :feta you be-
hindit - -. , .-
-. her veil f clouds, you Will be-, pleased.
.. . . . .. . . . .
-to:know.-,that- ...he sunshine ,baS • dispelled the
clouds, ..-and. i. ade,.her at . last -.able to meet
the 'Starry train-- of which' you are the sun..
.1 • -
Will you greet gni**. • l'orv4l's bride at the
. -Wilber. party•:-. to -night, as :- the -.Child. . you
..have. trained '--aild• :been. So - good- to • in the
.paSt,. and -Who,.: ever ',henotirg you, • is .,still ,
..yOUt hiving :phild for the future?: If You'll -
ask nie. pretti. to -night, I'll sing the fool-.
isli' words- I ' niade ler, ..the - sweet tripping .
- - - - - - - - - . - •-f . 1 - •
Languedoc air you sent me last yeari!-:, -I alit,
nO0.7.' and . ever', : ; • '--' .. ' ' -.-.• S . •: i.:: - .. ' -
Mxn.4.1 0-.4.1istm.-
In conseipience of these ii' tea, when Ross
- . . I,
led his wifeinto the room, arrayed in a Crini-
int( cloud of his choosing, which- made' even .
her brown face -a picture, all her bronze hair,
• - f
her husband's glory, -floatm... round her far
...bele* her Waist,confined lightly - here mid -
there by diamond clusters, - which 'sparkled'
like stars-ain'Tlet its creped luxuriance-
"Daringft,. to. . ress in, the 'very! height of
: faehion,". said eta, _ "and all those diamonds.
-on
her -his ,Thmatlier's; of Course ;" and of -
tourse they - ivIere-----..the. tonsequence, " -.. say, .
. was; that first one distinguished man and
then. another Met her with a__viarM greeting '
-deucedly warm, thought the jealous .fe17 .
. - . . , I .
lo*, Who was So 44cm-tailor of her yet,. and
wanted all of. her -and were -introduced to
"my: husband," -. taking for ' granted that
"my bUsbandl!' Was glad to gether off his -.
hancis;!--they took possession of herto his in-
finite diagust.-.' :. • • *- 't- - - I • - •
•;- • .
- These were. he men with.-.whOin she 'could
talk; --Whose- minds. struck diathand flashes
.
from her own, whose -thoughts she . had: fol- -:
lowed for years,: and: Who looked upon' her as
their peer, and deferred l to her opiniOn. on .
- many things-. .' And she,knowingRosa was
her amaiid.' liatener, was stirred I to de her •
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best before him -glad her trinniph:OVer• her
relatiVes .iihoufd be inhis presence - and
brinolit to herilihronoti his -Means! If :may
0 • 0 .
not have been lovely thing in her to desire
or enjoy a victory, but ah i it is 86.- natural, -
: and my- little heroine had ..laad hard lines .
raeeted out -te' her fez" years. - Besides no
- . - r . , i -2 •
woman is free, you know; from vanity; only:
men Pitt that. . * - .
- :She Stood :near the: deor. of the, dancing-
rooni. : Roes carne to her after very ' dance
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Leta Or Jennie" or whoever _steed _nearest
but it Was alays, `f No, me , yet, . Ross-
Leta
:her. Even the -gitl, to • Whant :report had .
given' him (with reason) the year before was;
at'ilier open- entreaty, which he could net
evade, his , pattner ; but half the time he
stood besideher, forgetfnl: of, the dance : in
listening to . t4eiinvorsatioiv in•-..whith'she
, ,
bore so large. a park..
. - A Jun in the .music - at terAn perannotinded
'th'. suspension of dancing' hostilities for a
% - . . - _ - - -
time that due strength might be- gathered
forthe last waltz and then the "German." The. • , .. • .
time was or...cnpied by. a; very weak tenor.,
who Came tna *Cry ignOnliniOW! "end 'lin - the
_
middle :of - "Spirit)' Gentil.'-Miss Jennie
...-- _ -
Bartell and her cousin Laura gave - a sweet--
dno, :in rather a tearing sty-le,j Jennie being a -
._
fast young lady ranyhow ;an -o her 144'; sangr,
-• a Scottish balla ._.as if it ha4 been niampn-
.. lated! by Verdi; then one of the. gentlemen;
said," Mr. 'NOrVel. I:hope yew; ,W‘ill.laYiyxiiii
• cornmands oa-ythir Wife to sing fOr ns:'-',
, . "f hope thatfwill-not. be needed,"- he Said,
bowing (thinking with apang th 0 all know -I
••.h•er et tieittha, I do). " an" etre she will-
. Ao equally w II if -Vo all begtlie favor -of
her. '
h liasp
she. a
No thattor!"and she:
old Cc er
sem ti c [Ivor
aghast tisuch
- n -o ily la
she
for -
She
--thr:i lit
-up; wh
prac ic
have a.
Mozart
' throng
•Then
.most in
purple
breath.
just
-blng is
oirtised Me to sing," said 1)r: i
pretty Languedoc, air, which ,
enoUgh, you foolish: Old 'don -
went to the piano:-. "Foolieh.
He was the great gim - of the -
4 - 1
1-; the people abontlooked
.mipertinenee; but the:" great;
hod And -said; ." I AM ninte if .
iatid I'l -i-_ - --.•, -.•
w her hands trembled as she began!
is • as he he Wit and greatest card; by it
always felt she must holdbim-to her
, Or lose her husband's lnyeJa time.
a neVe tonolied the piano before him
nate, bit much of her .leianre since
turn t New . York had been . taken
il he s - out, in .keeping- herself in -
-againt the time -When She should
hanceIt--play .-for him • andsingto:
'he, pl oci, -Vo • sweet" air; , with its.-.
like, mouinfnl. :cadences; entirely..
ele. sh I felt nerved enough t� :begin., .,
O:Sanifferen pause --a yoinethat was like
g I • such a ,.voiCS' as made the..
eivet for;richnees; as sweet as the -
f• awheilottepe b which the sun had .
al adien as_clea as the notes . of an.
skylar ---thie *ttle song: - ' . '
1 •.'. .: -.. -. .. .
,..eeilove !the 1057 radience :gleams ,'• -
• thwartAiesanset sky: • - • -• . .
love liand.hear thebird.'s sweet notes
n lingering Odence die.
Cl sPJ; JovOthy:clinging hands in Mine,
nd, :hol 1114 fast by me,
Tr • aV,• loye II -Will he Ude,: iny floe; --
e ever true to thee- - .- .
• o .trtie,- 4 eetheart, "I'll 1.3k-
'• 1 '$ye etheart to thee! :. •• - .... r , - ••
.
- t• ,.] I. L ' .." - '
ante, love! I- waiting pine So long; .
. -nd. weary watch for thee:
De,t loveI midst my darkest night
-•
Thy Starilkeface Isee.
e 'S loyeAsh, eotte thou iclose to Me
111 shcltdr thee from :harms. .. - - .
Frcmeveryfoeor secret Wee.. .,-
loseolas .(1.1Withiti my arms
...., -
le safe f OM all alarms, s .•
' SwceLhart: with me"
-
il they.' ste ed to her;. those careless
; • . -
Wome AY thought they beganto
st ndi
, Wh - this lttle, plain', girl had,
_ .
s Norvid. ":: While everybody praited,
e ined ii rterly: :silent,- ton •ino.Ved,- for
he -sa.', 1:and : refusing to sing again,.
e t4uil .4 'him:. as the :band, began to
.AKy waltz, Ross," -13 4e -:said._ i -He put
around her With aloVing gestnrethat.
Ose.abaHt theni.. snille, . and: Whirled. •
Ve
w.
men
.4ind, '
'Wel*
her,
fl
• wor. s
• she
.play.:
lie arm
•.made • t
her 4E:
."..11e'
years,
,,
_. ._ n
;pass,
wife;
ever
i-.. ,.,.. pi-
-fortune
Side the
.- Bnit.:
hold"
partner
-..1-igiottisk::
to _me 1
Whe
i. .
came t
or it?
' ----''
-.I
-`!. The `. 4 in
tired to
iaTi: might
says .:
_ - n
take o
,c, a
Shoh a
Must t
nat. e
V.W tit.
: "The
he -said,
i.` Wi
the ha deat hit man- I've seen'fori-
aid on ,
that such Ta thing &me- 0
as Icaea.- ervii.in-loe_ with hielown -
is beyond . elief--;after niaking love to
boiy's elee s•
' .
re if e was always the darling of
the c oicest fruit alwavs felI hia
wall."'
f
ots, as; he held; her in that "tight
hich * a eo Mnchadmired by his:
, Said oiily:1`.` l'.'erey I 'Percy • I- do'.
t all._ Bow cruel you are
-ody knowsyou and yeur,
Very
me." !•
•the' `-`0. rman " had commenced he
her an -whispered, "Do you -care
_ , -
Reser. Indeed no,i.I.ain
,ail w s just- coining to ask.ye a if .
et ofdlAr. L.-------- take me borne; he,
•
ill be ti trouble." • - : • ' -. : 1
you Wei 14 -Tut& :have asked- Me _to.
?I'. he said, reproachfully.
e you 4.-ty.frein the 'German„' Rossi
inihea d•Of.: thing-. as that .! -- You
ilk -me fireii Selfish. . ;Indeed . I mil,
P.JiYo-ni-p-IllieAsure...is concerned -p I On,
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you to enjoy yourself-" .
• for Ch4rity's Sake,: let's go ho ,"
1 all m, heart If you: really wish -
11 -' '•'• ' • - :-. ' -"- ' -
it !" and she started; --then -..paueing - "Are --.
, • . .
you go g -la , 2 ' .Yo,n; think -I Want to go?
.I. diiinot indeed ;I I w.lil-ataY gladly.-": :
Iaii 0i0g13 Causej.want toHbecause '•
ainidea tired, la 4. 16.4.g, _wit.h.--a perfect pas.
.
.
-
• sion;• fo oar cat • room, • the, dim' firelight, '
1 -
and'my, • arlins t asting-hor slippers." -
•1 "Yo • *ilear,'.f alitlf-Roti'l” and she. Was
- gone lige. the f. ' rt.:. Oa • their. -*ay . 04t,-,..1
. Sheldon :Wilberet- -thein- in the •hall, andi
' handing her tan!ietting, said, = 441'6 -night, 1
:little gi _1 ;',-, it yoii1 have ever- doubted doubt 1
. no more -. 'I And reitiember a trusting heart .
p'ric3lessene " and he Was gone. :
-':-.Whert they were- home and .contfottable
1.1ess. said, : , dlyrife; :it Was. cruel to let me..
learn 17
yo ,---won - 4rful-- gifts, thionghiettang-.
efis:.; it 1asburt . e Cruelly."• = - : ' • . I • ,
•-"Oh, !BOSS, -da 't Say so!--• .Hurt you;!.I-,
' hint:- ad, rny love,1-my love !• • .I h.ad... hoped
- no pang of the lightest , .
sort- would -ever each
you . 4 ugh: 4:kit?' and now -I have grieved -
ynirS re y ..• '041 -all -due to my .morbid fan-
cies, de r. --, .1 .I.edUld not atik. to sing to:,; y0.11 "
lest .j61.1 should 1:ot Iikeiny singing; I think •
-- • , I -1 R '.--- ' ---.-• - - - - ‘'..: .
I' Sho have go t mad- if. you had. --pot liked
:My ., m Ittots: I have so :hoped it..Would
- - , •• - -
- -.•
be pleas nt. to your -.e4r: !1 D 9 you like - 1t,
-' li,oss-,.: a My Voice sweet to you -?. and she
held h* faCe bet ' gen -her-hands and : loOked:
, eagerly- 4 steadfastly 'into. his eyes.
1.-.‘ The sweetest thing I :ever': heard. '-, It .
thrills «y . bloo4 yet, that love-songk.: you
sang-,, [.
1 1 - - ... --:-..... ,.- . i -
4
1 -
`. Sne .g ve a lit e ceeing laugh...: ."That is -
;
your lo -song;:.ear-your VerVawn. '-- :Then
. .
she said gravel i "linnet tell. you*. all abaut-
. Myself Ow, -filasbi aa you shall never beable
.1 ' r - 1 .
to tepr a.bli.M0 °With giving. --given, you pain
.
No mat eri dear;'it was true,'"- she, said in -
'answer to his : eireesing protest; -:":Pnd I .
. feel -the utt through you. . I am your wife: .
The lia oU-thoSe gentlein:aii.- are SO fond of -
,--IiI - - 0
Me is ecause ' ! 3 Wait ." anshe slid-
:, slid fro his ern rade- and brought• a pilet-.4.':.
' bOods i "this, 6 d this,are mine;•• these two
Ilrenil ted fron the German, others from
..
. ,
tile old rovencai tongue -with*hich my fa-
ther -Ma_ e Me -4 Mar.. ' - • Theri-she told him
. ,
'hew -10-6 glY she...4i#4. - this Work, how kind
Scholarl men ha1 been to her, and how ea- --.
gerlY• th y had sopight-te-know: her otherwise
. than . b. letter:- . I ‘ Until "_. to -night I -bade-
,
:.theni, n Ross: otVars wife,- and know - the
: little gir, , Who,•:e ielded by his natio, feared '
nothing ny mar
' • "Per 7 he aicl- quite •humbly, , you:
- • h�
pe
be x with -the, dear:. : I lose all. hope
of 'wi n & you hen I learn these things- of
you.
not
Wome
._
But
proed
• But
thatte Orth
•
you ar
es•AnY:i
• '
h Stappe.
. a a kin
s 1c?
Vf ethedtt;
-
not sorry, en?. -1 will
ore- if you dislike literary
her :.,•‘`.Dislike it!
lam-
ofou all
aid.31'riv endowments.brla.j ust ow
lee that you have told me
-
-
•
,
•-,:-4 word, I know, yoii-.'sai-a nii litaf Pr,* '
.ing it, - ;Ohl 'Aly little igir , ' there Or
tome a tirne when, -theOlijig t and out -4,;;;-
fl.11S-h.h0e:' htteid37'6.hillnawtiltii&sh4Yt::VO - cr-re' 1 "TriY.1"9:71
_- then withonelingeritig.lev ',.1.''cilS°siiego;n1. hi. -9r, -11:414
. • . b
her 'very ' first -,she -rsaid faintiY.; -PlItisiP.
him away from her,,.."-ItOSe;_net now.. --wait -
to
3m7oydtect:ilreigs4t. S.„1,1eliden.gare • this to give -
utter, , then buried
shheerlileale-..etuptotibitl:e4O4rs
1
...:ann,ltbruenis :blingly wai:ed.:yilii :e. h.7 r_ 7ad it. 1
. ._ ... . .
. 1 ' . * *- - : ' • ' •
Sheldon, I my _cousin, :_iiii., can never be:
.4iV -up all hope forever... ltdll' it noW, . b
Cause -it is beatyeu should-knoW the; truth.
I alinostgivelup my life, 4iy- 0044 . when:
inake my heritage of Woe kt ewn Unto you,
f
- YOU will pity Me, Shelden - .' hen you realiz9
,
Whitt agony •the confeision , pin thus- vain
from .me givesmy heart : .,ntif it fir_esyen
Yont passion it is net bOirne. tin Vain. i ley
with ,an'uncy'img leve, a:faith that knows ,ii
• t
change, an enduranao"-that i ;cars: of .neglec
have. not weakened, that : ears Of ii.crielt
-could -never -Change; a in' an-:' . he would lang
to acorn my ;Very :name. .-: .11 love -and hAv
• loved - Since I was"',sixteen' years old, -nnti
noV'Hi- asS'•IarvalK-;.-eep.i-'ny
secret.
- '.d-:HASTINGS..E::1
• It was dated four years1th. ..
•
''.
"Ross,1-yi
ito S1.”
S? .1 - . y: 0 i i..-1 t 0 .4w
._ , , : , ... it , . . now ",.!. 0,11,-11.1
lo
. I will attempt no liaintRng. .of the effect
i that _Oonfessiou,,had upon Ifita, , - • But after
..
.:;
1ong;,.1Ong tiMe she whisperd, -"1.. Will sin
•I the last versel of Ironr: Song,.'; ear which -only
:you shall shalshle:osliang
tirhear.'":: Aid lyii,s-•-.on hi
. , . ,
• _ . , . . .
Dear loie thy face ahoVe.nicigle.arning
A sunset radia-nce give; .`f :
s, - _ '
•Ah, rove !.thy tone's slieet:elenee dying
Sings;,in my heart and like -
Cllasped: love, eloseto thy hOrt; thy birdling
Foldeth her wings in paeet--`,
• Trusts love feeling nor' eohL nor shadow,
• Finding at last her t:ase, -
Frozu fear a,Safe release -,• •
•• Reart'sloye, with th
• • [THE Eii.D1
The Jenny Lind o
•
_ - AproposofJenny Lind, 4
•long ,anct very interesting'.
apeeting.her With a ladVY*11
her in ,mnsidal.- eireles- in i
-
heard her sing: 1-Thongli• ekt
e
once glorious , voice, (and.he
We middle-agedlaVers Of
'
bey). has long -,.since :depar_ .
reethod and. 6X4nititeTlitiilh,
reveal..setne of 3 the marVelln
Made JennyLindthe greate
..
day and irgeneration. - _Her
snow- white, but the -kindly
tures still -preserve _a- 8:4rot) and -busts. tha
the portraits. '
i ,
her iii:the hey -day of her n
. nigh:thittY.years Ago:. ...She.:
is said, not froni.anY religie
has has often- been d;
excitendent of acting*ever f
in excruciating berm* :hea
her prostrate f4r the whole p
day.. --:' She still ,Suffers.: ext
To -day,
recently had .a
buversation reri
-
•
has often -me
gland; and lia
vestige of th
glorious it Ava;
-id well reine
the ,peerles
her style .still
fs.iinalities that
singer' of he
air As.
intelligent Ns-
- resinblalice to
were taken o
eet, now. wel
eftithestageri
s prejudices,
nt 1 becs,use th
;led to .bring o
ache 'which le
the.ancetedin
mcly from ner
vousness, and her otheryii 6. tranquil an
happy existence is embitter' d by the -recol
lection or one .deeply regrett. (1 action of -her
life -her retirementwhile.in full possession
;of her unrivalled voice: •. She no s now wha
she then relinquished, but n roe, eta can call
, back the, years that might Ave' given her
added fame:and fortune; an brought her the
delight of enchanting::WO Sands by the
witchery of her song. • She as but little ad-
miration for the singers- of t i e (lay, with the
One exception of All:40i; and there is nothing
that will so quickly ruffle: h !usually placi
temper AS to near any oriest le Nilsson
second Sivedish nightingale.' -:StrarigetosaYi
"she:cleteat,s the music of the uture, and has
ever been brought to listen to any of- Wag-
ner's. operas 'except under pr test; Her elth
est daughter has -a very -char ing voice,
Tina•Spiraitont for an. art- tic _da,reet an
,.
-,11-ocomotive-,00 ere are, a ye -040:40a
of *pile. iSoine _o . 'yem are -very ouper.sti.
tio-14,* and feel almosras had about Iliz34,10g-
over aimin Sad,killing lam. by accident, :as• :.
though they ha 4 -done it ithP9selY, •Others ...'
il look= upon it as one of the ,incidents: of the
•- . • -
tHOlesSlOn, - - E _ - . .. :,.,
-.."--1".fi*t's -the eighth -In -411 !illed,". !..i-a]...da
JackSmith,,gloolin y, after.. . 0 coroner ha -*
oo sat" en - the- victim. . Jadli*AS engin-eer on .
the -Cleveland and Toledo railroad, one of -
the best that ran into - Cleveland, some two
YeLaaraunagni9ed. an. f -11e. _P. Pie make it their habit to
. walk:on the track for a mi..e.°, rtwo_o;14;:417,af
as:there were several tracks with trains pass- -
jug and re.passing constantly,_ __careless -or__ 6a
people. {and deaf people Always seem to-
-. prefer --:a railroad -track to walk_on),, in step
pingofft le track - to get. out i,.o.t the way;
frequently 'get -right. 41 -fhe way_ ._of :one-.
• • 1 --tteiiroo_!:15:yie,:;..i_41r, n7:- :say: dot, Jo ,aci he cannot
after brooding
ilt i.*eovooedvrit careful
ot:ave: fe. failt43,7:...
)
•
.approaching' unobserve • in. -another direc-
tion.
_
. - _
a Tvery melancholy Way,' "that's- the -,eighth
inaitJ'ye killed in jest that Way-walkingnn-
i the traek, and then 'stepping right in front Of
;my locomotive '111010 once .seeing me. But
. this:J.0.'11).e wust Case bl- all," continued Jack, .
il producing his pocket -handkerchief and blow!.
•;i nig his nose with inneh feeling, " wust case
of all. I feel dreadful it." His -_voice'
reniblecl, :and A tear trickled down his • '
-
. • 1 i
r-(3":11-0dW.:°Wh e0.erit's t. re.- f :all; ... Jack ii ' I.,enquired, .. _
Why, you se0;'' said lack, "he was
abigfat man, and he Intirssea -my. engine all
- - ••-
•
" -.4.4.0.---,4,4.
4
Going 00ilitiiig-
-
. The smell of bay TIM -alia Iierg.ament, 4.4 - -,
aininily•Apparent. When he shakes :-ntit
:boots shine likomirrori; an 4,;tivero is A faint -
1
41 his handk-erehief musk is ' . , erceptible- His -
... smelt ,of =cataagion seeds, in his .breath - vlien. --. -
he yawns. He ..snateths his budding :little
nious-tache With .-affectionate Oats:, and feels
. lila Invisible ' side whieketal continually -to • • -
make sure they are still -there, alact ,which .‘
is net apparent to outside-,obserVers by the -
-sens-e-of-Sight. He tries on all his Stock of ,
neckties Without -finding just the -thing he
*anis. Then -he has spa,sineof brushing his
- -coat;_that cOmm:ence -with--v_iclenee until -one
..grOWs nervous for fear the broadcloth will .
-:tiot stand the TT -lotion. . He Ldeclines soup _
that day at dinner. lie says it is because he
141-411angry, but We know-- it is because
._ _ .
here -ate bnions in it; and onions, as every ,
bile knows, az, not sweeten the breath to Taiij _ -
great eXtent,-- If -spoken to suddenly, he starts
•atidsblushet, and looks es, if 'caught stealing '
Sainething, and _directly one 'idoea--net speak ..
to hini,..he goes back to the delightful , occu-
pationof staring -at nothing, :and waiting for .
he„hour handto Creep around to seven._ At -
seven he sets forth; Clean and tidy from tod -
toe, looking precisely- Ai ;i2 he had just
stepped out Of a bandbox. .
t - -
j - • . -
looking the -Straits of.Belle
•- _ Xevr 'Yorks; kind ;otaniiid, war is „cliroi.
nit. between the ,Iiarbor Commissioners .-en
one:hand_ and the police authorities on
pther,-the subject being the disposition of
ashes andsolid:refuse of all kinds,not 'Ana-
eeptible of utilization, *WOO -thrown into* .
the bay tends to till no channels and other-
!1Wsc to olostrpet navigation: At present.,
this-material:is -Carried out .tA:;, sea in large-.
scows, and there dnnipect --s* Anew *gineor, -
ing_Sytterri„ rather startling in its -magnitude
as _recently been .advocated, which, As „
aily_etnitemporaryeuggests; if ever serious-
ly regarded, will afford an outlet for all the
ashes, etc., NewYorkAnd all _ Other-
Atlan-
tic -Cities Could furnish.. The project ifs.to
black- -up the Straits. 01-113elliaale, the object
being to divert the ice -which comes:down
Ifiniii-_BAtfi 4'8 Bay, throu:_gh the Straits, and :
which 'makes the ihores-paitiwhich the ice -
%ergs float -many 'degrees colder than those
to -the-eastward, which. face the •oce#i and
get the:_benefit -of the is be;
1PliSlied. the climate of Antr_tosta.-and.' of the:
_ ,
theyed. that,. if this project 4 uld be .-a-ceoni-
1041f -S Lawrence Would be :greatly. ;nod-
iffied; and navigation. through the 'neighbors
jing waters could be kept open during the
, In the liarroweet-:portioni--the -
width Of the Straits is 8), miles.
1.
z
'Irefuses to. -stud.y. -„---" it .ma 416e all for the
lbest,'" °nee sadly!remarked A ewho had onde
ibealioi...inriirail-pd. AMng the
o:=. ars Of -the:lyric
stag.
]
' ,••
. , :
.•ii
Hoarding in Pr iice..:
-
Sonte. idea of the extra id nary -acCumulat
tion of Wealth in France ay -,be gathered:.
,rain- the fact' that there has been this week'
in the vaults of the _I3ank of rance.-Over--8
nilIions sterling, Whereas -t :Bank of Eng
?aid, which does Vastly rnO business,. has •
onlylibout 34 rnihlions. Th •reillikda whith
'Germany tank away six yea _ago have come
- pouring back frOthe Germany; -Tand the WbOle
• ,country -France, that as been saving
and hoarding to a degree al ovost unparalleled
in hist*. This great 4004 oo ulation is not
. !due to -any'flourishing state of business, for
• business is by 110 ineans bn. but it is 'due
to the manner in which renchnien have
given Up the' extravagant -h bits which pre -
*ailed during the latter.-ao. Of the Empire.
The -peasantry--Were.alwayis rugal, but now
the Wealthy traders. and ba' ...Os are frugal
also, :: and the fact that they 'av. topay an
income-tax which is grad'u.a ?.s "never
leaf, than 7 per cent., and in some cases. isas
high as 11 per cent., is a nod. excuse for
Saving. But with. this -see Ulation:-Cemed
the difficulty_ of .finding estments.:, The
great railway companies of : 'ante are at this
present -time :actually - limes mg their enor-
mous
_ -
reserves in -buying. En •hibills which.
• "pay tbem only .1.. per cent, -• The Bank- of,
. France discourages deposits far as jt -can;
- and whereas. formerly it Was glad etionghto
-
receiyeManey- from foutside - And to allow
them to open accounts . no • :every obstacle
is putinthe way Of their .r eing. so. - Gold:
and silyeeare no* so plentifialithat a travel-
er pay :vend a Week in Pari.,, and not see a
note the whole time he is th re:
1 THE liquidators of. the -de unet gambling
bank t Homburg lately_ heli • a (publret;Sate-
of effects when =among ottt articlek the
,bonds given by unfortunate layers were put
'....Thoy were 'stated to: ',resent
000, butweresold at $1,40.0. The rule of thel,
ba,n'k Was - that any player, he had lest- el
his money could receive,. a ailist a bond;
'cash to defray his traveling . xpenses. '• The
. bonds were neVer, presented ;_. but any one
who= had incurred • stich. - ebt was mete
. again .adMitted to play 'Males he had squar-
ecl his account.
711-9 40., Water who ha
boughtg °Avif e h' at: erh' r. 1ii !71;b:i rT3 lefiecl:F1 are 4 he
has:0i n9e:11170afi 171, te
Preter to up ratlieVtlia
Ct t
bands bear the signature* otables.
. ;
In an interview With a reporter of the San
an -disco' Chronicle the _other day, Miss Neil- -
On told the following -story : "One of the
oat amusing stage incidents that I can now -
et:de-tither 'occurred in Liverpool a few years
o';-• when I was playing the 'Lady of
-'ons'- _ The gentle*..ptowhe played, de
hinite ' had been quiteill, and was hardly•
e=to_appear on the stage. In the cottage
_cene„ at the -end of :the fourth., act, I have to
usli at him While I say: 'I'll work for thee,
end thee„ bear with thee; and never shall
\eselips reproach_ thee forthe.-pvack) ...I had
*Weed here to do my!spititing gently,,but;
&tried away by the Tor the mo-
:ient--,-;1 rushectlipon him. 'with such force
,
at,-1-1Enockedliiiii,oVer, and, not being able
oSiveiniyself, fell over upon him. The an. -
incelaughed, but they might havepre.;,
erred 'their dignity to a certainextent and
ot,-..-been obliged • say inpiediately .after-
C8yedis ittilijiheerlip,:,,,laiv4.131;o.ha:40:::e. bCrpl 'Claude'
which the -Ca -6 *: '18°4n:11311. down
- the Tunfigishedcro,u Scene:'
d*
TIRE is the latest Parisian dinner dress.:
oonlight blue Velvet; embroidered- ;with
• ,
()ltd. -faille with straps of blue velvet re-
it6 silk and silver; the back is of orange
Raingips fulnessl Velvet coat., embroider-
' 'with silver. -White satin,waietcoat, with
silirer and turquoise ..bntiOns, Alternately. -
n'the hair a:huninSing bird, with a -diamond
etween its beak: 'Blue velvet band round
O4--, with 4114-ona".0-r013-"''. •
moRT,tim.o. azo:a, lady residing 5 at Clifzi
,
England,aso h; 8 traa nor .1,714.0_• curt mue;eovfl it;0€00,0f sa4,14.1
g crossinglaNfeefiel,.&44S mother,that
in; tlie..4
44 of a tutor for a couftle.ofnd:
en he haalialatiPligelklgitered and
P°11-41at IgNakcivtiAlakffailadaridial, -
he experiment Was not a success, and -the.
lady is now suing for a divorce.,-
-