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riues and hosiiigs the while:
0 there's uought so sweet as my lady's
smile!
More precious by far than the golden pile
Of fak-famed El Dorado!'
NVlio cues from over the fading down,
With sandall'd feet- and a shaven crown,
'0i -hi' a jovial face and a russet gown.?
_ He'Si rigs as he goe.of. the ptrrple vine,
. And the 1:111d of thed,right, sup -blooded wine,
Los.: skies like glowing sapphires. shine,
, Far richer than 41 Dorado!
•
Who con.er; as the gloanting sets apace
irgyd with time -seared face,
-.Whose life. like the sunlight. has run its race!
Slut he sings totiniself as he pause'S awhile;
O the mocking winis /14 denton's wile
. And. the maiden's leively, euanaring.snille,
Is -false as let Doratiot.'4, •
---gnight,inonkandiniaStrel have all plated ;
The gold fin les- out froni the dark!niug sky ;
The- soui!ds'of life grime faint and: die.-: .
-,--But.the.thotight *ill liVe in my_ sold_ for aye
.to titletIANqa plunge into, guile and fray
_ For, ihatitofn hopcs'tliat glitter and play
.1.1k0 dreazuslof Derade:,
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ZIOelaa laaNOOKS. •• • GOT OUT
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If you will take •tny edvicea Said: 'Mr.
Wilailia initkinis. last noble -bat futile
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effort to -baiting° th-e- ivory paper -Riede ou
the tip of his first fineer, • you won't go to
the Brewnrige` aaila . •
Ahd why not ?'' asked his companion,
irritably. - • . - . • .
Well, I really.woaldn't you know" said'
. Mr. -Wilding giving ap his struggle with
• then mpossible:, and laying the refractory
peper-knife upon, the table, foe a, N-a.rieta-
ef reasons e piay the very anisehiel
- - yeu,_ arta you- know what trouble it
aave me to getwou out of year last. scattpe.
• There are four Btawnrig girls, aien't
.tjiere And they ere'all pretty .2" • " „,4,
don't geeawhattliat's got to _•ao
said __SnOciTs-sy sulkily There's Safety
ii i .Jtiti4e 1 can't marry 'em all,
ean I •.`a - ; -
'llappily; no'l Thotah, if ilie laws of
, your lendelid not foraid it, I -am inclined
• to think yon. might try to acceapplish • even
that. Still; he iidyieed, -Snooks, and be
-conspiattotis by your absence lathe Brown -
rigs' . ‘.sruall and early:• -•Papa Brownrig
when iacerised is not nice, - and _you. kuow.
• you. are-_decidedly.epris with _Mies Katie,'
' • No, I am nota said Snooks, with aleca
- sane; • not a bit Of it. -Thouali I 'allow she
_ is a heedsome girl; and has lovely eyes:
Ira_sn't'she noW?"- , - .: • , : • . •-
. ..
'Don't know; As a tale- I neverlook irito
a-evorattn'a. eves. - I ecensider it -rudeness as
- well ke a bet is ea said Wilding; eareestly, tell-
inee his lie without a blueh. ' ' Never mind-
.r,-
. her eves. la' warningly ' you must ao•to
, - -
:this hall, atIeagetry to forget that thetas
etaa- evee at All. If yeu 'data you will aro-
pose to het, to a morala, - • ' - - - ..
. • t ene would thalk l'• Was a ' raea :school-
. leova saitleyoung- Sneaks, wrathfully.. ' Po
you t1 ata.-. f can't lOok ,at a. W.ernati without.
•. aeraraitaing inveelfa 17o 1.look like a- fool - '
- - -Whatevet Mra,Wiidinge thought at tie
. - . inoirieeta b.ekept it to himself. >efore'l d
spoke next he and hie conscienceheda
- to clissernale. -. - . ' -.
- - -• My dear fellow, do! not let useven hint.
at sacle a thing,' lie,. said, Amiably.. - el'
only meant yen were Slightlyvery slight.:
ly-esueeeptible; andathet . Miss retie- has.
a .certain amount -of' :aleaeipa powex.:;. and.
• . that ---t positietly wouldgive:ip this ball
' if Ia--' . ••• ' -ra•
,• -
- • Are :ogoing aaf ba6ke in Snooks imPa.-
_ . .., . 1:X. ''' , -
• tiently. - - .'- : , ' -.. . •
•' WW, a -es, I daresay rshill lookie about
la." _ - • . e _ ..
"Then I shell took ' hi. with ' yon,' . said:
Snooks, defia,fttly. -. : . : ."...- .,
- c 'Pact is, the:fella-la wants to spoon -her
himself, anddon't seo .thefOrce.ef being
cut a out,' saidIre to hinkself, Coniplacently, G
- as he ran dawn .the Steps.. of 'Wilciing's 3
' stairs. . -. ' • • , . ' :- . : 1 r
Beyond all questions the Brownrigs' 'ball -I nk
was addeided success; - Tlee_a•opma were re
- filled to Overflowing,- the staircases were h1zii
choked, the. heat was eintelerable: . Sir
•. Thcantes - and. Lady Higgins had actually dLn
put in an appearance after all; aeed •the
e - supper, if uneatable, :Was, 1 assueo. you,
very -expensive. :No -tains or Money- badr, e
- Ardstress cifahe house :called 4 rug hetet ;' a ae
ni
. been spared ; everything- was -what the g ea
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and all the MissBrOwnrigs looked as ¶., s
• ing as any one could desire, a , .
'' Thera were . four of theme -There Was.
. ,
K e,, the second '* daughterSnooksa
f and thepoesessor of tae lovely eyes..t
- were lovely-; large, ' and dark, -
u
an dtefider: like tbe North, ac- a
cerdi e laureate ; ' black es sloes,'
i
ead h
• • if slightlyoppressivereetlier, li
e.fid of the 1 nguid,emelting order.
. then theae was He-ay—the eldest girl,
_ Wheaif her ey-et werenotdark -as"midnight,.
., lied at least the dearest little nose in the t
world. A. pure :Greek feature, perfect in, h
i
every respect, ignorant of colds-- iri the s :4p
head, that niaae one hing to tell her. (only a -"d a
she_ would have..:131iisted, they were all d
7 niceiy- brought up) about ..Ducluarind her a
Phidiar. appendage. , a_ : - - . — e ;o
Then dame Georgie--' George -the third,' -s
;• as she was playfully teamed inthe bosom If
'' of .1.aer family—who, if she had- neither d
nose nor eyes like her slaters, had certainly eciald
a., prettier ' mouth than either: ..a.- sweet, V th
little; kissable rosebud of a Mouth- that in tte
pouted 'Aral lalighed..altereetely-e and .elid. ju
-- considerable exetation. e , -. .. - s
-Aad -finally there was,. Lily. - A -tall, pale w
girl', with -blue eyes, a -finely cat : chin, eed• S
g..1,00d..deal. ofdetermination all Tonna, , • A
-. latteaseeyes - were larger, darker and d
: nigelielopked. at Sneaks and tliteight of h
-inteniincls) More melting than ever that ni
lialf-Lout, dress, if Slightly bizarre, - was w
her faacinataing. Snooks, -for the :first a
' -_ Proacliftia g1en...93SW bravely aloof - fioni
. and for reward-a:ailed to noticeater ae-
- ' being driven:into
set -.Of Iancert, he- incl.' t
languishing oillades,
etched. -Finally,
_ Was, cent -peered. •ShaleeenOuring a fatal
, . with_ -hint! Yes. (coldly). : Ate sal*-aPd
....Yes areoeegently). ; And the tib3 -next
ata
dpee-shi
e _s- disettgaaad for 10 ' ' Ilex"
time, gait° warmly), • - - - : -he
Anahour larer. the deed -wes ''
.done. • .SO111' btli
capitai eliaretaageeea dark eveiaie a believe
there- .wereasome, Chinese lanteras there Ori-
ginally, but a kind wincl had blown. theta
•out), and a soft • little -.h, and. Slipped into his
. -- did the work, and Miseliatie bail Promised i
bashfully-, but with unmistakable willing,
nese, to -.. he; the -fatfire ,Mrst " Snooks:-
afi- Whether- it- was. Snooks ,or the property d
. pertaining te.Sneoks she mostff '
a ected, de- c
- ponent Sayeth nat... . : '
-;, • :-. t n,
ene dint, bade farewell to
_ _..., ....., remembered his Mrs: Brownrig, who, to his heated imagi-
er words and all the awfulness of pat- I natiop, appeared to regard him already
n 1 wrath,- his heart failed him. ale.' with a moist and motherly eye, and taking
We t, as he usually did when in eorry case, i. Wilding's arm, •drew• him out of the house.
in earch of Wilding, tuaahaving discovered i ' Well? ' said the other.: interrogatively.
hi took him into a side room, and ea:tutting I ,` I don't know whether it is 'well or ill,'
th adoor, confronted him with a rather pale ' returned he, gloomily. 'But I followed
fa .• .your advice and -proposed to 'ern all.' '
- So the eyes Were too many for you,' said- ; 'And they accepted you ?' .." -
Mr. Vildieg calmly, after a deliberate exam- I '-The most -of 'em. But Lily; the youngest,
ilia ion of the disturbed face before him, • I . she--'
tol you limit would be.' , - 1 ' ' I always said she waa a sensible girl,'
'hat's the sort of thing aey fellow might :_put ither. Wilding, sotto voce. ,
returned Snooks, pathetieally. ..I : 'Did you ? with much surprise. 'Well,
't thiek you would have been -so ag,00,- ' she refused me; , sort of said she wouldn't
g. And jest When you see Pie dotal' have me at any , price. So you see you-
iy luck, tbo. Yes, Pere I been ''and gone., Were wrong" - ' • { :
done it.'• . . 1 • ' I always knew she was one of the mast
s f
other will be eileased,' quoted his ...intelligent girls I eaer Meta Mr. Wildieg
1ecel, (land law adviser with a shrug. • • So, repeated, in a tone So decided that his
lit breeding ?'" - . - - , . - turned the angle of the hail that lea to her
y -a e -bye, 'will be your fattier: They both companion for once had sufficient senseIto
eg rd nothing nothing- 'so highly as birth. I sup.: * refrain from demanding an explanation
0a .
s- afts.-I3rowntig can lay clean tersome The neat , morning, as Kate Brownrig. . . .
"he-aold.. chap is acorn chendler, -you father's genetem awhitheret sense Of filial
n s that e at least, he usea to .-116,' said .aluta beelmited lieraishe almost reninto the
n k•s, with a heavy groen.. -; : '-. ernes of hei theee sisters, all cbieveagipg
indeed! Anda kery charming.
i ausa Itoward tae seine tpot ftcim differentdirec-
sae
did
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C1 s toe, 1 TnakE' 110 doubt."... Leeds up to tame. Sineultafie,ously tbey enteredella
• train of ideas:, 'Cern; wheat, staff -Breiivefigsa study, e(Ile called it a libratY ;-
f 1 e, quaint old mill, and atestieebridae in, but that ward. is toe often profaned foianie
he igtencel miner' sitting on- it; •;,1-Nyene to profane it, sol aliel1 draw the tine et-
er dreantily, if trowririg ever ;elore a study.) But to return, Miss Lily, beiug
e •hat? And if soaewhya slabn't..all
at (nice. •well, slip is -A leery
y Suche:eves, - you know! -
y:cougeatulete. you; any clear fellow.'
. .
.deapeeately, eria't your de
thing don't know- hoW it hap -
d. It Was the. chanipadne, I suppose
ne
re
011
en
he
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the youngest, was of course, the first • to
raise:lier voice. ,
.eptial- a proposal heet pight, papa, arld
have come to telt yon about it, said she,
a One replete With tritheeph.
It is so sweet: ie. the mind Of youth d
outdo .its eld-ers. - But on this occatiP
'of 'comae you know ebeas pretty ; but Only a 'the .eklere -refused to be OntdOn ,
.
't -sant to maery any one, and I know They each and • all betrayed a smile of an,
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overnor Naoulan:t hear of ita. : . - said satisfaction, and thea they gave way
e Will hate to hear • of it noWe`Won't to speeeh.. .• . , = • • r
. •
!tasked Wildiaa No ! ' they said in- a breath. The.y did
If • , • . r, . - • - . •
()Avenida go out of Ina mina if such -A not. mean to doubt or be; inapplitee tliey
was levee hinted:- to him,' declared Onlymeant surprise. • - -
ks; wilaly. '.Try to hell:eine out of it,. a The curate,' said -Iletty, in a coinpose
ing, can't yon?' - - but plainly contemptuous whisper. It was
don't:gee *hat .there Is to d�. except A stag,e Whisper.' - -
•
y her. I only hape Lady Sneaks-. end Old .Major -Sterne,' 'said -Miss: Georgie
Conichandler will get on. And!: proMptly ir • . , .
Id think, of bet betuityi e -cel know ; 'Perhap's Iteary suggested
tless it will console r• you when Sir. liatie With -some evrepetliv Tiled-turn-
cutar."yon: off with the euatemary Mg, to her father; she said, with a conacieu
ng'- . ,blush,'11 is. very etranee, .papa, but I. to
appose I had better eut.ray throat -and_ had a -proposal last night . • --
a end to it said Snooks, disaiatly, And so had I 1' exclaimed Georgie and
heneeeverconie, no doubt by met- Hetta in a.bree-th. •
nc oly of la suggestiou—be breaks -down t Eh? ' Said papa, pushin0 up his specta,
ud
ai
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nd
1.5
t I
lv
ives: way to tears. , clea . Ile: was fat .saal plagy, with. sand4,.
say; dOn't do :that, Yinr knew,' ex. hair and a flabby :nose. .He was
ed Wilding, andignautly....- Weepina fuaipan, tboaand one unpleasant to ceraft.
er the' place won't 'jag -Stave Mattetg; to open :quarrel . with. PrOposale . in -the
vilr only -in -4e you inek a win -se .fool Brownrig -family were few and far aetweeri
inteaded, allele you go.etit :of eain fact, curiesities--aed so teach leek as
• If you gave pet youaloat in it, tho girls described' falling alto...age day
st try to bear rniSfortune like a man: overpowered -him.' . •
-here,' angrily, • if you are going to a One at a tinie ; my breath is not What
u p thia -boollooing I'll leavethe .itatised to -tea he said; addressieg Katie.
au toe-, to pier late: It's dOwneialft he had, said breadth it would. have heen
eut. They 'will heir you hi the•eext equally tree; as his epother—if she wateta
.rn if yea dont :moderate your: grief:' be, believedLaitlwayt declaredthat he Was a
the nearest hoUse-' Naas a (piarter of a Jean baay.) 'aley I aak-the,nanie• of yohr-
tiff, this was severe. • . . lover.?' - • • •
•
shouldtat care if tlio heard me in the , a Mr. ,Selooksa ,said she,. witli downcast. .
Own,' .said -Mr. - Snooks, who Was quite eyes and a timid smile. , She took up the
r gone for shaine, . • -.;- Corner of .a _cherry:Colored bow that adoraed
ere . is just one chance for yob.; - aeul her gown and fell to admiring it; thron,„i5h,
one, said Wilding, slewly. • .,‘.1 have what she thought was bashfulness
. . , . . ..
.a.; -and-youmust either follow it, or— . Impessible 1 a exclaimed Georgie, angrily
_ . . . -.-
the'What a diearaceful Untruth l'? cried Ilett •
11ealow..a.nythina eagerly ' ': .. What is ' • _., ' c' - ' Y
. 0 - - rudely. - 11.1r. Snooks proppeed to ine,. mee
. , - -• last night, and I. accented him.' ' • _ . -
u have proposed - to Miss.-. Katie,' :.
er ' What le ityoteitty! ' 0; I arta going out
nly, ' Now:go and propose to the otner Of my Mind, my senses are deserting me,t„,
-'
ild1..ing gave vent to his idea haturned -- : - ' - .- • -said Georgie, puttiegher hands to her head tly on his heel and left the room;with a dramatic gesture.: 'Or is it .a. dreamt
. •
that he asked me tenairrihim and that 1
1. delta said Snooks, valiantly drying • - /
- too said ' Yee ' a"
are and givina his a, breasta. ttegic taseldein visit the cloadsa .saad -Lila,
ever -comes, 03. it:, - , with e short but bitterelaug,h. . ' Apci•I cerT
ng into the hall he se,* TlettY stand-
ar an'entrance,; a little;way.beyond- tainlv. know.. he made nee_a noble Offer pt.
his hand and heart ; bath- _whiCh treesure
-as Katie, cativetsing with a tell end- I.deeliiieda .: a ' - a - : e , - e . ! .
yeatre Not flaking to look in the • aWheit l' dee:landed the other three,as
ion of the latter, who plainly expected the, ugh .withroae menthe:: a a . . ' -. e .
, o -come straight to her ou th a wings•
In tile -laurel avenue'• , ".
Ve,-. lietuened ' and. Asked - 'jetty . to .At this they all groaned aloud... . • ' .. i
' Peefichous minister a said Hetty. fro
,.
T y danced, and then (it Was azEcustom .
lil
her heatt. • a 1-• -.- a = • - .... ; . e • .•
th the Waage:era,. in that neildatebtabait. -Am I to underitahd a. began Mr:, nreeta-
orlioada lie drew her .' out under the .
xig, With suppressed but evident fury, 'that
1 rig Stars and up the dark avennethat. thig—this-aunitigeted scoundrel, asked
an. '-
renenutesesince was the scene her tb:.Yon all temateY hire:. last ?'' - ' •-• • '-
, !a baPPineata ''''. - ' ; • . e -.. e •: . . - a If. We, speak the truth, yes,' : replieda the
e , a .
T1 ere he. proposed. in. dueform„ and wasgirls, 'smelly, -,... , ...
ai accepted. , Iletteasaconcapet, einaeed, , . elle-v-7as drunk, said papa, sitagery.. ..
s erhapa, a degree more pronounced '
• ' I cauft belieVe it,' said Katig,l'who was
an. Katie'a, beeause- she. .litid her "heaca dissolved 'in 'teariaaehi. feet, 'like Nieb-e,
on is shoulder, . and he felt .haaaae.--ey
An' ' .. teats' .--7---,by . Ulla.: tithe. alloth-
t l'aivs.pf sex:ail:eel:it bound to:- IiiSa her. in could be nicer tlian tae way he did it,
r se looked ignely. in the pela moon- .
His langtiege veasipeefecta and so taorough:.
it so I. dire sey 'hEi . dal not find the the ly from the --,-heart: -' - .-j.• _ . • - - • •
fil g of -this la*.diffibult; . - ',/ ' . - ' Ile- addresiied Inc iii a Most honorable
f r that lie had 'sortie More, it•ga_Pd deal upright and.Christian fashiOna said H.etty:
re chempegne ; and then lie proposed :'
a•Georgie,who also -consented to be a ama sure - he -theeet every.worale. said,' . : .
MI , . SlieWas thin,aing uneasilyof that kiss in
ohere nevi:' reMained. but one 'other he was -Could -any, one have seen
a be , taken.-, -, Hea creseed the room, 'Ilea . -Was .old Maier Sterne -.anywhere
• ed, the youngest Misi, Browning to about at the.mantent ?; a . .
c He .7.*aS - gettifig ratheretinced by 'I Certainly consideredhis Manner Strange,
s Me,:: ,and was on •the very point .n. et &bit like w_hat one reads,' aeld,'Gaorgiee
-a -4,,---if6t- to marry - him instead, honettly ; '. but I thoiight.of the. title and
cu uomarY had the 4nestion.kOtin to the property, andl- said yes directly: : -
w.:. Mies Lily, hoeve.ver, declined te.
. '1 thought him the very • greatest muirI
ce on.the,plea. `that .she was . aired, and
:ever. Spike - to: :broke . in I Miss -: Lily,, With
xert - herself no- More .theaCatalit.
deeisipee ' I tefuted him' without a a mo- .
questioneble-- teat.? he 'ptessa'd- the
menVii heSitation,-anatOld him toga lionie.
, and begged •• her to. give' biter one,
I'msureeit was well I dia. ..I daresay if t o e. • At this the toldhitafreekly that
dnotadmire his style of dancing: had stayed here inuehl• longer, I he .would
i - - ,
ichleof course ended - the bonveriatioiL haw proaesed'tothamina. next, and after,
i
ward to the. Upper_ -.1eatiseinaid. :I.. agree
he sked het to ecnitefoe a,stroll ihsteed a
with You,. papa, the champagne was too
• h ince arrived at the- mementoes spot'
ive d ramself of the:orneteapeech that :Pluell for hini''' • .. ' • ' -- - , . -- .. -
-L.-I--.I think he is-ine: saidKatie;
:
a 6,4- done duty three times that
l, 'it' a lOW end tieinatOne. I eller fingers
ht. I forget What it Was, but I know it - . -
blina
aro not with 'the' elierry-eolored
1111 I up ' evithetheedecleration that he
. aoar, how, but her eyelids have borrowed
• ..
re iher and.vilmItoa to marry heretiure,,,, largely at 4s tipt:_:... ..._.: .....: • .. . ..
It' jexttemely good Of you, rm.
,' Delft. be a . goose. " 'said • the
Ilia youngest Miss Browning, calmly. . , - Katie,' -
kindly butSCer
youngest' -i•n--
lit, uncivil is',I fear it naust. Mise Brownrig,
-bound, 11-
fully; Yolk don't suppose any of lie Would
It ant to marry . :. - -
Do •''ayou„byaove !". said sn.6oks bastib,.. marry him now after the way he has f.be.
.ha,ved: - • eDo. have seme little pride
:a .. , .: .
ell that's awfully ki.,---,. No, nO1' pulling:
se' Perhaps he is Mad:: SaidHetty,vaguely.::
•iip With a _start ;., "I don't mean - .
a Just at. this- menient; as a- salve to her
uw.kii:oiwu;f7Ittemt,P?awno,irtth'sinaWfg follyhiligowirdoirki
Weundedevepity, site would been glad
ousheer! gratitude, 'von heed- made- to believe him -so: - . ..z. 'i.,. ' - i . -
a
da
• hi
th
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,
-m. era,b, le forever ; . you'Ve;: broken
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nl-Y.` he has no brains worth tur ' a 'No, niy dear,' declared TAY, calmly ' - '
rt , . . . . nin,, *
ily
en lbaloinily. 'Let ifs hope time will ing to-day,ak..4 o'clock,' said Katie, :,, very
ea .theme'' how-. shoCking i ' Said Miss . 'Ile said , something,: papa, about call-
. .
Ing; not .very_ wire.. you did notfaintly. - " . - ' • . ,• '
is .f.ind,-my Ad first.- I really believe • 'Then Ii shall sit here till 4,' returned
8? if I, ,.wer.ing you. And now, Mr; Mr. Brownrig in Ap awful toile. '.a shall
ay geed nigheroue I .elioulcl go in sit hero until 5; and Mane 1 shall getup,.
ve been haying -b. mamma, becauSe and go out . and. find that . young man,
ague, and it is tryikIdeal of papa's- -.and give him such .a horseawhipping as
• -• the constitit- . warrant you he 'never got before in all his
ft.*.
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e
'Dahl be too hard on 1 im, papa, en-
treated Katie, Weakly. '1
'1 shan't, my dear, butAny whip 'will,'
said papa, grimly. :ik -
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So he waited until 5 aflee waited- till
t
half -past 5; and then he k up_ a -- cer-
tain heavy gold -knobbed 1 hip that lay
stretched. on the table as . ugh in readi-
ness, and sallied forth in se4ch of • Snooks'
rooms. And .he found thin and Snooks
, , ,
too—in bed suffering from 14: evere catarrh,
caught, I presume, in the lillirel avenue.
And no Man knows waat he dif
Snooks. But at least he Ave him a
creased desire for hi's bedabecause
fortnight afterward. he ne ,p itirredi out
of it.
to
a
When Mr. Wilding heard Itlf all this, 1 re}
gret to say he geve way tore:v.48y mirth in
the privacy of his chan4rs, and awaif
actually caught by bis Nsherwoinenea
whapeeped through the key:tole—perform/.
ing a wild dance in the mid . e of the lime!
—London Society.
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' elamaaaet ailie'r °Alas CURL. 1 •
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(Lort-dou Lettei to the Oar ;IA Times.j t
A taketeh oe. the 'Grcalf- Simi:: man ou XiLiro
lattc4it Vird11 lo. ihe Ii1141124e Of COM -
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.mOns.
Quite- a sensation Was dated Id; the
House of Cernmohs- Yesteall y by the dis-
covery, gucvepiy_rthid.e, thAti4ord Beac ps-
field :, was once' more in its A idste; H ear -
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rived just before 5 o'clock, qii:-, e unatten led,
even the. faithful Lora Rowtona intermit ing
-his geardia,nship. The 01, • men :wee' in
gala .ociatumel the edge of a *tite Waisteoet
showing above -his cleseiy-fittaia frock -coat,
and hands gloved in daiietiest lavender
kid,' He hada; stick with leiraa not a straut,
serviceable black them, ttO es eannpon
persons 'eaie -glad. to • equiatee themselves
with •waen they have pasetaa -the lanati
of ; three score : years aid . ten; but
fashion Lble
:: 'In+ th( fa:
a handsome sane - of :the
cratcla' order orarchiteetur
mole picture of Dizzy whicha, 'Ortay di ewe
he is 1n -eminently ditplayi ia hi. jeivelled
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hand a tasselled:pane,. is adecked. with
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rings and- cliaine, and a 'weal, of hair falls
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Over his white" forehead. Ild..has dive up
the tassel, has 'aelded A .lioo 4. to his c ne;
andhas. given away his ring -land 1 ch ies;
but still he, .dings . aa his --(Medial air.
-There_are .rnany ".:ina,rVels , f,nd m*,,ite ies
about Lord Bqacensfieldibutlatuelynot the
:least -is ibis miraculous reteniian of the his-
toric ' curl: Mr..' Gladstonee three y qtrs.
w staagg• leg'
ieathat e in-
nvilte, m ny
aerday -vin-
o, --aaras a
attee on the
eeconsteald;
member4 of
inishedl, is.
stock of hair by a single thr,4 :, but, eat ier
on great occasions,' and grajnally as, he
yea.rs advance his inereases.1 This' 115 the
prime. 'mystery df• the plietlameppia. ataf
college,- mere 8r.less hair ofi tie lieedia a -
matter not entirely dependifht. uPon age„,
ei:
Sir Charles 1.1ilke,..the yonn4; lit of her ma-
jeaty.'s principal ministers is areNainggrieta
pusly bald.- Mt. Edvaird JilikinS,It whOse-
-rabid aavante.tetvard the preiniership has
been suddenly cut_aliort-- is s11,•aggressiVely
hald . that Ale might, likeei . the, ,inan
in ' Illinois,. put ‘.ort . his t -at With; a
'shaehorn. But how are we. ti account, or
the unquestioned fact that ad I3eaco .s,,
being s e-
asiona When'
public ? .116.
Ei there
0, .
younger, -bald save . for a•
conglemeratione of straight
V covets big crown.. Lord Qi
years his junior, and but Y
claiined.father cif a bouncing
bald pate When lie takes- rasp
bencla, Yet Loral
old. even among the long -five
the House of Lords, has not d
field's hair aeries in quanti
cielly abundant on these o
he prominently appears in'
-certainly does not wear a
any art known to hairdressi,rs by whfch
hair ca,n in more or lesfi bountYul .qnantity
be attached to the htiniae- pae ? Yestar"
day Lord Beaconsfield wcireePte good deal
of hair, and in Other ways rooked. paps-
perous., Shortly after he toolethee seat, pr
vie
William Harcourt, espying•hi a, went up to
the gallera, and for the: Bp&:e of tweaty
Minutes the two crac)rea jokes ,agether, ban- '
orable members on the floor alt• the lienise,
hating , an ,uneasy,eand, prq-etably, a well
founded suspicion that some g.,. them were
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the subjects of this high-placea merrinient.
Lord..)3eaconSfieldi _while hee*pesiftelly ae--
siste the tlieoay. of falling halal' canna *-
tend &Wrist the' fact of failieg. eyesigat
Mr. Gladstone has of late taln teen*,
nezewhich;_eharieg_ hit own4estleasneS,s,
:have anificotivenient way of giittipg under
orse-mement they are Wanted'. Lord la se
his_aretapits Or down- his baati at the pr
cOnstield will not admit. aapigia frailty to
the•extent of eyeglastes, maclalegs of spec-
tacles. He carries in his Waiptcoat pocket
a small magniaying. east; ev when he
is At a lose tee reeognitie pers4s'.or places
at a distance, he fixes under Ills left e5 e -
lid -and undisgnisedly stares ti The e5e-
glass-was in much requieitioh. yeaterd
and was brought to bear without Any
'tempt at cover of intention eon Fano
members, of whont Lora BeatIntsfield 11
heard_ but had hot before seeziA Whilst
was file this Open meaner 'ae$eining
Bradlaugh,..- that gentlemin. 14pm:fed o
lookup.- Lora Beaconsfield Mkt in a. poe-
tical Of the gallery inainediatiilY. over the
headofthe 'menaber-for Northabepton, a4d
as thelatter sat with:. his li4.1 on, tlee i'
Spection coin(' not haVe. provel. satisfyin
It
Mr. Bradlaugh is not it anytit e dispes
to hide bis light under a bdehea. Obseraf' g
Lord Beacopsfieldat iritentionshe took aff
his hat, and then -sat staringa3traight lip-:
fore ilitn,-With that peculiar „.pecl- look! a
man has -when : he is sitting to be phot -
graphed.. - ; - • .. • ! :
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Cats have fared .vbry differe tie,- in (14- -
.fetent countries.. In Egypt idn ancient
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times_ they were Worshipped, ant. in Tuele
the people, mindful of- .Difoliadnied!s ,pr
nounced partiality for the "animal,- hai e
ever since treated cats with dttingnishe
consideratiOn.- On' the other I. And, they
were in the iniddle ages regardk4 in Frame
as:Reties ikettanate, it View of Pew net se
doin taken here ; and in Paris,4 St. Jelin
Iday, there . was a -feline - holoaatist, whe
sacks and baskets full of cats Wire brima t
to thecehtre of the Place de le tereveiahl e
the govereiget put a torch to `Lthe piles of
Wood amid which they were i•liurtit ,aliVo.
Thelast sovereign who ' took :art in this
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ceremony was the armed Monaque hiiasel .
iCaratnal Itielieliee. Was - inuchi Addicted' a
'cats, and had iitt Angora, 10 ConSiarit
domPeaiela on which he htvialiaj. the ten--
'derest - caresses, while Colaeraied. half 4,
dozen around hat ; but the affrtion entee-
tailed ba these eminent men-- lor :cats in
-particular, does -not seem to haatatneuritited
them to interfere to -- save ..t ' Parisian
pussies in general frora :a hida
BIZANSCOMBE.
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Parisian tiriosity Aroused—Iliar
,Ntrait Everywhere.
• Who is kaud Branseembe? Her por-
trait is in *very photographic show win-
dow. Som a imes she is a nun, her eyes
reised toweads heaven in fervent ecetacy ;
in another Ace she appears agar' odalisque,
with her Ashrnak drawn aside and her
beautiful bXow glittering with rows of
sequins; elsewhere we see her dressed as a
fine lady of he nineteenth century, and yet
ualieedinglyabefore that wondrously lovely
t
again as Op ielia orethe Magdalen. Naas.
loanger ;of t ae Paris boulevards has passed
faee, and get no one knows who she is,
whence. slieleariae, nor wliether she goeth,
and if anyhady ha the IJuited States can
giyeitifoimaton on these p oi a ts, especially
the third, 34-4 great boot? will be conferred
upon Paxisi% chroniclers, who are terribly.
kit;is mere3y an abstract idea of beauty
exercised a,& o heapersonelity. Some 'say
that sae n• aer existed ie flesh and: btoale
created . by some imaginativ-e _ painter;
otheit say t let she is timply • a model that
-Paris Letter* the N. y: Times. -
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hikes out h;:, fa,ultlesi features for a per-
centage en „he sale of her photographe.-
1devil Journalism. lit
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The Rostaa. Globe -gives a,correspondent
the' followinN truthful picture a the jour-
nalistic Citrear. has herd to tell from this
distance wlikther you are fitted for theha.rd
life of a neispaper veriter.or not.: That ifit
th4 bury quOtion to be decided, 'for qualifi-
cation is gel e immatetiea: •You must be
prIpared to. ise from. your bed as early as
10 a.m.,-in rd.er that yOtt May .ha,ve fin-.
ished readiag your private mail by noon.'
Lunch is Nways paid for by the office,:
bue you have- got to aecustom your- .
'self- t� butt five courses and Only two - -
kiads of Nviiae—some papers stand three,'
ineluding tunpitene but they are the
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excepuou raehei than the rule. - At 2 p.m.
yea are exllected to 'read tlia inornipg
paPers,-papers, you. are not too much ex-
hausted by a -be effort, yeti can have .a game •
ea billiardsnor no well -regulated aewspa-
pe4 office iCtwithout a well-appointed bila
Hard -room. flAt 7 p. in. you et.a ere, expected.
to ell the oily editor where 'Youlrill-spend -
the evening so that he can sena for you
in ease yopOriends-call, earl then you can
to eabich ticaete and a carriage will be .
go to the thotre, opera, •ball or deg -fight, -
provided:. telf ague think yea, can stand
suali.laborifas work, earn° on and we will,
sea what wle can de with you ; but yoli. .
luxtury Ici wt ich yeti ha,ve been aedustonted
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intistnnder4:: anct that there is none of the
in a newspatier office. Plain velet carpets
lee ging chairs are-, of gout*, indigpensi-
I-1
aregood entaagli, for tliis class of laborers ;.
blot but theYfeereapholaterea in. 'planasatin, .,
with no tidiais. e Only one roll-top. desk and
four gold pells are furnished by the office -,'
if ieu: need Maly:mot% you will be expected
to buy therale-oakself. Ohl), one•sofa and
one silver drinkingeup are allowed.to each
mah, go yotaan see that there are some
disetomfortsko be put up With. - •
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BnNEFITS F eecrearreee—A few figures
riia3/ serve ttishow. what an influence yac-
treeaceinatioa have had -upon'. •
aination an
!small -pox. ,4Vorty years ado the mortality '
fterli that dittlease was 673 per • million in-'
habitants, • Oita during the subsequent
itiventy yea*. it ranged from 121 in 1846 to .
893 '''n 1853. On 1861 there was a sudden •
4rop to onlyipl, but in the second year fel-
-lowing Arose) to 693, and, although in the
aixeubsequealt years it showed great flue-
:tele:tams, aril material reduction was ap-
parent in thIA mortality, and in 1871 the
epidemic bre* e otit, earrying off 2,413' per
;Million perstlhs. In, f872 the number.was
--redneed to:(508; but in 1873 -the present act
-i--mpre-str4ent than any "of its- predecesr
eors—catisela fall to Only 84, and in 1874
their nianbe &wag -only 16 per million. The . .
effect thus prioduced was due to the fact .
that vaccina /ion was for the first time made •
comPulsory, twhereas the enforcement of
the law waslanly permissive. This proves
that the onliway to increase the good re-
Sultsof vacifnation is to impoie heavier
Penalties, atidnot•toieclueethem.—Londou.
Meth"politel
t Aecirrespa denewrites to Truth: ' Yon .
may like to ghro.nicle; for the informatiou. ,
of levera of the Curious, the following re- ;
Marliable .!Aindfall' eases of recent -date:
*50(1,000,to §ir Henry Havelock, from his
cousni,. in 146nsidOration of - ir Henry
Ai
(among othekthinge) adding 11 •• name of
'Allen to his surname; AP, )00 to be
equally divided between the Life -boat In-
stitution an -A -the 1.1.oYal Free :Hospital;
from an oldkmiser; who -for many years
lived iif a stieNe of utter misery at Houne-
am e R65,000oilfe British Museuni (that '
Windfall wa4aequeathed by a barrister ie .
Atn31 subject -Ito hia wiclow's life interest
fil
therein—the ady hae survived her husband'
fiaty-seyen y ars) i X8,00a• to executors by
t
-reason of th ..- illegitimacY of an old lady of
Brighton shr! having -given no directions
as to the t.clisersal. Of theetaesidue of - her es-- '
tate, and tliere being no next .tof lin to
claim the eiaapee a100,000 to a policemen .
at Yitodlwich", consequence of the death of
r
a ieative ii, Ainerica - 150 000 francs tO:
winner fallible:et° comeforward. I am,Sir,
the oer.of aria, Owing to a lottery
youtio.bedialia teevant;
1 A gentlemin hveng . at 'Seat, Gae, re-
jetes that on :veering through t . -Woods he
fOund. a smik4, as he thought. When get-
ting very hetta to it he found WO present
the a,paearan'ee of a snake with no begin-
ning or end*. It foamed a perfect circle.
Further invOstigatien, however, -revealed;
the fact that-. Object he saw was two
Moccasins 01 about the same" siiifeeach one
trying to switealovi the other's body by start -
fir at the teal, and had succeeded so well
that t leastatie,fifili of the nether extrem-
4a
extrem-
ity f each a had been forced aown the
other's throe,, He Soon disentangled them.
If let alone alley might have finally been
like the Tanen/1y 'cats of old, with this '
trifling' diffea-aecewlien the cats ceased.
fighting therarivas teething left but the small .
end of the ,teel ad each; ; here, when the
snakes were fione, skvallowing there might'
have been ncaahing left but the tips of their :..
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' The Afg1384.4S are very illiterate.; few be-
sides -4
1 the pria., ts can write their own or
any other la nage., The literature of . the -
country is rot. he inost part in the Persian
language, •an4elis confined to the priesthood
and the weakity classes. Correspondene,e, -
business tranAleetions and the work of the ;
Goverameet 0,3 Lase carried on throligh the -
VS- death. 1 me ium o trsian.
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