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vat-
•
•= The Old Tillage Depot.
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chere stands the old station -house out
A stone's throvt amity from ths doer,
With its- wind-hdaten wall and its wee,
racked pane, -
• And its rickety rat -haunted ;
Its sashes are Seamed and its lintels are ga
With the jack-knives of twenty long years,
And the eaveswhere the wings of the sw,
once fiahe&- • .
Are touched with the Iiinpip of tears.
Old home it looms hp like aghost tithe
And gibbers and groans in the blast, • .
And speaks, with a weird and a -weariless w
Of the dim, irrepealable past
On the old, dingy platform that girdles it ro
The wealth of the prairit once pouted-;
And daily the carriage of commerce same
-With-the wares of the merchantaboard
- -
'Twas hare -Where Our 'brothers Went off to
wars; ; ;
• We blessed them and bade them adieu;
And We welcomed them here, 'heath a baring •of
. stars,-
• When the terrible conflict was through;
And here where the bare-footed boys are at
The•war trumpets thundered of yore;
And here 'came the cofdni3 in -ghastly array,
Of the dear soldier dead to our door.
:'Twas heat the:young bride-, in her beauty
• - bloom, . • - '• .
To her Cheek felt the patting kiss prest;
And here beat - with rapture the heart of
groom,
As he cradled -her fcirro on his breast. _
And in his stinalor the 'mendicant crept,
• To shelter himself* from the blast,
In the merciless midnight, arid dreamed as
• . slept . .•
Of the happier days of the past -*
And here Came the message, more:fleet than
. • dove,. - •• -
O'er the wandering,.wavering Nike,
Whattned-us with grief, or thrilled AS with I
__As we peacefully sat round the ate.
.a.h.! the old station-housel. it will soon tum
down, • - - „
Its timbers are ernmbling away, .
:
But its record iS writ -on the heart of the tow
And its glory abicieth rot' aye.
- ,T. N. Matthews in Tole°
RUDENCE
*BY dEOSGIA/51 M. CRLIL
•"Well, • she is a demure little emit,'" s
'Keith Vernet; wand -not tench* a bee
,s certainly." 4.• . • .
- Ikon which Mrs. Verner replied wi
&Vision "She is quite is much of a beaut
tay dear, there is any need for her
be:" And the young man at that respon
laughed. - •
-
They were speaking of BOMB one who h
just left the room—Miss Pradenee Hart,
young. person who had entered theVerner
gamily only two -days before to fill the pc
Of conapinion to Mrs. Verner's only clang
- ter, Hobe'. Mabel Verner was 19, and was i
.euit very robust health. She was a_ littl
- landfill too, and. had of late developed
certain frethilriesie with which her mOthe
whowas an -active and •ch.eerfrit woman, ha
-not much sympathy, s • --.
"The child -tries the exoeedingly,"
bad often said to her husband. - -66 She
: - everything to make her happyrand yet sh,
• IS not -hippy. I wonder," she had euggeste'
one day, lately 4_, how it wduld. answer.
give her some companion of her own age?
• "What, another girl. 2" asked Mr. Verne
Well, Qs is not a•bad idere."-
" I have had it in my mind for som
time," continued Mrs. Verner thoughtful'
"The only Objecticin is,that there might b
.semedifficuIty with the boys." .1
0.13, -not the least fear tof that !" ex
claitiied her ,husband in O tone of. amaze
, went. "The boy!, you may be sure, woul
• like it." - „
"1 have little doubt that they would like it,
Mrs. Verner answered shortly: "What
tear is that they might like it toe well. I
lt were not that they are so little
"Ah; yes, -that makes all the difference;
be assented,
"If they. were livingat home I shoul
not think of 'each- an arrangement for ti
moment, but seeing.. how mu& they are
away I am disposed. to think that the
plan might be tried; especially if We could
due some nice, quiet girl, not very good.
toOking," said Mrs. Verner. - , :
And then something in the natureof- protest-rose to her husband's lips; but, on
eefleotion, he did ndt utter it. - •
Scion after this, Mrs.-iVerner, having Om.
suited with her daughter, and reeeived
Mabers asset to .her soheme,began to make
known:. amengst her acquaintances that she
s: wished to -receive into her ..126use some
_ Stittg person ofa modest and staid demeanor
-in consequence of which numeroui young
persons. were proposed •ie her; and. from
amcingst these :various candidates she finally
selected one who-Seemed:in a happy degree
eombine- the - .several -qualifications that
she, most desired: to secure.' For, by the s
-
lady who recsonairiended her, Prudence Hart
was certified. to be cheerful; clever, domes-
tic, of a s*reet temper, and with regard to
eropriety and modesty of deportment, all
that the Most anxious 'mother could de-
enand. - • - . •
Andtheri, to Otani up all, sheivis not
tuendsOme. Mrs. Verner saw her with her
_Own eyes, and could testify to the fact,
"A Pleasant face: yes; I_ should - call it-
• -deoidedly-pleasant, healthy and fresh, hit
leo Retentions to good looks," elie 'stated
With decision to her husband, speaking of .
MSS Hart before the young lady-tOok up.
e With them. "A. nice, plain,. tetir-
looking • 1—just - ths.sort of
84eresatitt
She
: .
' ly- bindaom�,bit tbere8tO!theiea. liat MFthi waS dODE. theuieteat v*Yi
tnres were lionielyinottgh. - - and accompanied for the most pari only by
, " I caliber plain, deciidedly," Mabel Said, • little - deprecating,- incitdring, , grateful, or
'after. Bile had been- in ,her pompanyfor ,an. kindly smiles, thist it would, have ,been next,
._. - '-- . _ - teimpoesible for any one to take offence it.
44 YeK;nir4esi," know 'he*4notopiqt-z,!.,-,.: "Abe/so= to__get on yogy_welienth the&
told. you she was plain -Ant I.dogt itOrtidee----all,„nertainly,"-;-.,24eith Iliought to. himself,
tinit that -is allY dr1413g4k._" : . e'--•'': ':- •.. 1-..
. ?•`-`," and* be Veryemairible and welt-meaning.'.And -.then, Maher -Paid, 44 Pstrliaps not" -It it were,not)hatMabei is.A. 01,-*Iio
telle
but thought at the iamelieie in . her heart;_ the truth --.:+31- ' - . -'
that It was ' a-Alraivbactlx, .for -Xtibil was . But thett.'1.11.ebel essentially was a. girl
pretty.. berself,.--and oared enough for her who tolkthe truth, and so Keith,: wee :P
beauty fancythat. life; 'Omni& not ',be pleas& ' - • - - • -. - - - • : -: . . -- -
worth much without it : . : - - . - . -. 'Ate in the evening he came suddenly on
The day after Mies Hart's -arrival the Mies Hart standing alone out of doers by
girls spent- e good deal of time together,_., the verandah, 'looking at the ,aterii. - This
and Mabel found her new cenipasion plea--..- seenied to him odd, for he was not roman -
gent enough: " She talks a_ good deal when tio, and never went star -gazing Wins& ; in
she -is alone With me.'" she told .her Mother;facti-iaer
"and she can' be amusing toe. • I rather ; OcenpatiOn ',--.aPpeared to him fib
queer a One that he peeped at her inqedr-
like her. I dire' key, you know, she feels ingly when -he came upon her in 'the, dark,
less Ely withmethan she :t1Oes witii. Pals -and iudde "-Hanoi", He had come out to
and you:" [ • -. " •- ' • • • . sinoket a cigar, and was not thinking Otthe.
. , . _ . . .
: "Very probably,r. answered Mra:.Verneir stars. .: _. . - ., ... : - • .., . . .
suavely. - " %'hatiSsonlynaturel." Andshe
Went -presently to her desk; and wrote. a " Why÷ -I say, aren't You cola Imre?" he
exclaiined the mit moment.
grateful note - to Ursa Fret/Ott, telling het ,, Cold in this sweet air p. she asked;
that Mise Hart had Arrived; and that se far. She looked at him and laughed. "I have
An gaVe,entiro satisfaction.. _ r. - -. - -been fauith3g indoors With your_olosed tvin-
- "And certainly I, have --every reason as demi all night" . ., :. _
.-
Yet to be Pleased with the result of our ex- : - ,,, wen, you have not 'coked like ib -tkda,s
periinent" she said complacently
to her. he replied- bliuitlY. - ' . . .
husband atillight.--- - s. . - . :- , - "You. are saying that at . hazard. You
• TO whioh -Mr.- Verner- replied., " VIII' don't know how I have looked," the -young
she is an odd little person:: ;She won't con, hiciy.kejoined„ - _. : - - .
tribute very. nauch; I sgspect,. to the general . Si why. should I notknOw 2 De you think
liveliness of the house." •' - I have not eyes ?". he asked... - - • ,
.--,.. She Will contribute probably. -quite as : . And then she laughed again, very: softly
_Ithoh:to,ittr.i it is at all desirable she should :arid with &Peculiar - tone,.endmade no other
. - • .., -
do," replied Mrs; Verner . with emphasis. response; - :- -
“:4t. prominent, showy port of girl would , She was rather a smellWoteae, with a
not, I consider, have been at all the kind - ..of firm rontided figure, - not .slyph-like, but
person to suit US." .' .:1 :.' '" pretty in " ltS: :Way, &Ad .she &eased Well..
:“Well, no—no, I dare say not," assented
t. : ." I- only meant • to; say that he
She had been standing in the shadow when
Mi, Verne
-first • spoketo her, but she. came out a
she was net,patticularly attractiie:"-. -
- ? - * any necessity," inquired step or two 'beyond the verandah alter his
Andis there
"why she 4iould. he • particularly last question, and, as the. .night was not. sa
his wife,
dirk one, 'he eouldoiee something Of her -
attractive 2 • It: seems to -me that there -is face then. • - - ' . . .
every reason, ' onthe contrary, Why., she . He waited for a few moments -after she
leu
should he rather-- the reveree. - There- is hedghed, looking ' at her as he waited
Keith, remember, coming- Lint ..t6-inerrow
night" .- • - ••- 1•
with sotne attention, and then=
i ' . . . 44 I- don't see the fun," he abruptly said.'
"Well, my dear,. you need' give YOUrself "Very' likely not," she answered. •-t_I did
no coneerri about Keith.. H.'s won't be stilt- not expect that yeu.Would." - • • • ' r
ten with her," replied Mr. V erner„and went . "Well, 'ripen my word!" said -Keith. t
his .way laughiPg- - • -- • ' '' - ' • . :..- Perhaps as •Prudence'llart had chosen to to
414 in fact, when Keith Verner came out say, -Keith Verner was coneeited, but there ,
the following evening,.he was -tertainly not were enough good qualities in him, inSpite t
erilitten With her. . - - , -: s. . - Of his conceit -to make him likeable. He 8
-Keith was the eldest Of Xt.: Vernees two ' was tall and well -looking; lie_Was in general
sons; the . other- was named 3Godfrey, -and. - • s -
bac., ther the previous night. In fact,
he4 e no xnention at all of that enconn-
terwri the garden. -"ie ,
u have seen so little of her yet,"
MA said to him: "but in spite -of her
Pi " do really think you will like
her .n -time, for I am sure she is "clever.
, T ve noidea how observant the is I
a aid totell mamma, for I am not sure
if would like ; bat she is such
that she sometimes makes me di
of14414,hing,- It. is a pity the is not pret
tiert:iiit not? I think sometimes that i
slie4r re nice looking she might be ver
effe_Vve. You consider her quite plain,'
supz-rise 1" said Mabel; looking up inquir
in .7. Keith's face, and perhaps not long
.g 7 ardently to hear her suggestion
4',.1-,7ed. s
aeith :hesitated a little. -
well, I doift know, I thought her
pl av.first,m he said. "But she has got
goo ints, you know."
-4 has good' eyes," said Mabel ..duts-
.ousit,
•
'and she knows a," exclaimed
Keit pith enough fervor to make Mabel
ap‘ei 4°5214afikense you ' think that she
askee ther quickly. s
64 I meant nothing. I thought she
said.pIay!ism 0,tt a7little—that is all," he
n.don't mean ins, 6oquettish way ?"
asks abel severely. "1! you think that
you wrong altogether. Oh no," and
she sok her heed with decision; "she is
no c ette. She does not care about
a bit
44 As she told you so ?" asked.' Keith
blun .
, of 'course she has," said Mabel..
" B Should know it even without tier
sayi.0` :anything. She is always laughing
at t . She does not -care in the le-ast
'great 'deal, And who has, no honie except
-what your people give me, and no friend
except—s--" And then she stopped, and
the pause and the unfinished sentenoe were
veryeloquent. But before he could reply-
she:had suddenly 'Passed- by him, and slip -
pad through the French window, and wee
lost to view-. . • •
After this Keith apent a quiet evening.
a The girls went church again, but he did
e not go any more to church. They did not, -
- however, lack an attendant on their way "A
f back, for Godfrey, when theservice was ov
y appeared at the church door, and ewe
I them home. "1 thought you were g
. over to Mr. Marshall's, Godfrey 2" Mabel
- said to him, when he met them, but the
young man only laughed, and answered that -
he 'had changed mind,. And then he
, set himself at Pradenoe's side, and talked
to her, and Mabel took her walk home,
listening, and, perhasp, some etteprise.
Thenextmorning, is the two young Meil
went back to town, Godfrey said abruptly
to his brother, with. aiaugh—
abdrut ettmg married. Perhaps, to be
sure,:; added MISS Verner reflectiVely,
" thaVmay be partly because she does net
thin --;e is likely to have any lovers.* -
did not have any t k with Miss
Hart' the morning of this day, but
rathOte in the afternoon, as he happened
at on-zos me to be crossing the heard
a souteibf singing comingfrem the drawing -
00111401 putting his head =timely in at
he halioven door, he perceived Prudence's
mallttgure seated on the musio-stool. On
whictaiasio debated with himself for two or
hree*hmente; and at the end.of that time
nteregond likened till the.song ceased.
He 4,d COMe in, as he thought, in the
Ki naost gqiseless way, but yet the young lady,
they were both 'at tflis time walking the Y P "Ball t was, to tel the
i lived in. Lendon;they coins- 'down ,,nearly hireeelf snubbed, and above all it was nevrie
new to -him to find i• by tivilame the performance ended, aeeme-d.
. _ truth, something rather
lhospilali in London: Thit .. though '64 to be '0140 • conscious of his presence, for,
to find himslf snubbed by i girl whose natu- withop4s-rpirning her head, she said, as she
always once a Week t� -their. father's house ral attitude toward him ought, as he censids
at Tunbridge Wale, end. sometimes even -
more frequently. : • . , .." . • - • &edit° be one of deference and xiisfect:
He looked at her for a moment, -and! then
. On this occasion Keith had -come out by he made up his :mind that the thing muet
hiniaelt, and before he took hisleelie" next be put a stop&to. She Mistook her place.:
morning he -.mad stO'his sister Mabel, -"I He' wee a --gentlebian ..as he. . Wee abun,
don't think much of your new friend." . , dantly aware she wes-L7not quite a
,
"1 believe she returns the compliment," lady; . he must therefore give a lessen to
„replied Mabel, "for to judge by .what she her. - • -
'has said, I should not imagine that iihe So he let the better part of minute
thought -much of you." - . pass, and then, having taken that time to
"What de yeti mean that she -has said?' arrange his. words, he delivered hiniself of a
nquired Keith, pricking up his ears at this, grave and, RS hellattered himself, ik rather
and rather taken aback,lorthe young Man dignified.speech. - '. •
pet some store on himself.- - ' "1 don't know from what you draw your
- And then . Mabel laughed, end-. informed conclusions; Miss Hart," he said, but,
ini by degrees ',that Miss Hart had asked seeing that you have only been acquainted
f he was not • conceited, and • rather idle, with . me for a very Short time, will you
and had. also implied a suspicion in regard allow me .to say that I think. you assume
b the depth' of his acquirements—which, in yourself a power of judging Me that
With sisterly frankness; Mabel remarked Om obliged to request the liberty to die -
hat she did noteonsider ill-founded by any4 Pute ?" . .
means.. -. - • "What -makes you suppose that I assume
W." Well, upon my word!" exclaimed Keith, -Any rower of judging you ?" she replied to
ith what was, perhaps, in thepircumstan- this address, composedly; but bringiag her
es-, not unnatural warmth. . - eyes as she spoke with rather a sudden
"Oh,- she is very acute," said Mabel. movement down to his fans from the stars:
You Would not think .it; but she notices a You did it 'just now," he said quickly;
good - many things." - • . and then --he -added, not perhaps quite
" apparently . she imagines a. good wisely, "and you have done it before.' -
rpnany more," retorted Keith' ; and then, Indeed ?" she returned inquiringly.
having no More time to spare, he curdy bade "1 think you -Can hardly delly. it ?" he
ood-bye.to his sister, and hurried to his _said. . •
--
train. Butas he Walked hastily down the - "If you will 'tell me to what you refer!'
toad 'he did not forget Mies Hart. "The —the spoke quite pleasantly—" then vex-
., pertinent little :mini 1" he eaid to Mal- haps I shall be able to understand you."
gelf. ." That is the worst of these half -bred. -
tleople ; they mietake. flippancy for wit; " refei-to the opinion Which- you did
ef-fiad, now that -Mabel hag -got it inte•her .me -the honor to express about me to My
sister a few. days ago."
ad that this girlie clever, I foresee there "And which she has repeated to you ?".
ill be no end to the way in whieti she will yes, she has repeated it to me.,,
coinage ker. Bat wait- till see lier . „.As she has also to me repealed yours
Aaili 1" And with this vagne menace; about myself, Mr(Keith, I am very -baPPY
-Ohl& conveyed- a Pertain sense of sa-Aisfac-
fgen to 'him, Keith bent his steps batik to to be able to meet your charge with a
istat-wn'• softly chafed her hand; and laughed in his-
counter-cherge." And then Miss - -Hart
*0 IA couple of: days afterwards,; at the end facet •
the week, the two. brothers 'came dewn-
4, Tunbridge Wells together. - Keith, who did not relish being made
ridiculous; felt very hot: while Vise Hart's
j" don't 'think- much of that girl my. mocking little laugh- rang on the air,. and
LLtd 'other has brought into the house," Keith „if- he could have said • something to silence
Oiready said 1 to Godfrey. I _don't•
her he would unquestionably have • said it
now how others may feel,- but to. me Otte with 'a will; but sharp edged words, unhap-,
ems n° ladi'''• • - pily, Will not allays come at need, and so
Well; hal the governesses going are not M he sudden pause while he 'remained
'diem, you know," returned Godfrey." This -discoinfitted, Miss Hart first amused herself
01 is not O governess .exaetly4 supper', ; with her mocking laughter, and then, being
it's -all °ne•"' • - for her own Part quite cool and mistress of
**I think they should have bean m -9 -re herself; prOceeded quietly to make another
bonier in their -choice," sold . Keith. speech; , .
trt
"1 always find that it is. wisest to have
Very clean handg before I indulge in &coil,
. .
here are plenty of nice -girls they might
eve got. Mies Hart, to begin,twith, is as
ly as sin." *
That is a, bad business any way , sations," she said. "But, perhaps, Mr.
p .blied Godfrey. - • ' - Keith, you are too young to have learnt
that lesson yet? If so, you ought to be
nd impressed by this fact, when Satui-
°Me he went down to his father's, not
oting to experience Dinah delight from
ion to his sister's friend., • -
part, felt a decided
ladyagain. It
is mi that
ut
bel
1
.91
grateful to me for teaching it to yen.- And
new I will .go in, and leave you to smoke
Your cigar in peace."
And she Went accordingly,. quite unmoved
by the clunisy,.." Oh come! I say,'" which
were the only ejaculations that the exigency,
of the moment had power to force from
Keith's unready -
He said to himself presently, " be
even with her yeti" But, for the remain-
der of this evening, at any rate, she gave
him no ebonite of being even with her.
When he saw her next, she was kneeling at
hiSmother's feet, picking riti. a stitch that
ttrC, Verner had dropped in her knitting,
with: Such an expression- of sweet absorp-
tion in her face that she looked an inearna,
'on of all the domestic virtues, and never
til she bade him good -night; either tour,
ly or by accaelit, did she allow herself
me within speaking distance of him
is Part, however, was ptirsued-a
the thoughtof her, and fOund
hibg her almost against hie
hien Watoritious,-whehMaliel
next ;about Mit* Hatt, as she
hallowing morning, expatiat,•
araeter Stith' nittoh fiankriegi
-bylitilitte to ohtlichifs-be-
struclft,
.4 mt.)
You eV:
t„
with -
44 I
peop16 pway," she said.
Avail chord—
is Handel. But I don't sing well.
t not to listen tome" '
4 you should not sing in a room
• door open," he replied.
• the door -open in order to keep
-
" Nftr4 you see," he answered, it has
had tfa 41aposite effect" And then, as he
little nearer. to her, he laughed,
14, 44 Which -perhaps does not sur -
TA very much."
he had had any hope that this
retort Ould -emParrass her, he was disap-
pointekr She merely looked at him for a-
mornek-T apparently, an entire wont
of coRfciehension in her eyes, and, then,.
venchei4ngno reply, rose up and began to
too. la ery small, and—very pretty." -
. =
e" I P.' n vet play I can't, you
"They are too small."
T are very small, certainly," he
?e And then he looked at them
64 Tb0i, ere . my mother's," she said
-move
and a
:prise
Isr
pensivm.
" you get a mother ?" he asked.
, She 0Otik her head and sighed. - •
" 0.4g ; I was unhappy enough AO lose
-her lett ago," she replied. "She died
when ni.‘A quite a child.- And I hive 'oat
my fatgr. too: . I am -both fatherless. and
,mothe00."
4f 0140Sar," exclaimed Keith sympathet-
ically. -f • • .
- He alt: -'really for the .moment feel sorry
t•'4 •
for her, tif was so clear that. she nee4ed-
sonieboteto leek after her, he thought.
She bo -folded her hands and was stand-
ing .ga, thoughtfully on the ground.
They both silent for a few moments,
during ti oh he occupied. himself in regard-
ing heW.' nd then, beginning to find the
silence ' We awkward—
"Wep hope you will be comfortable'
here,"9_21 Aid, abruptly andgood-naturedly..
"It wokh e my mother's fault, think, if
you dor0,1 cf,-,ti feel at hodie." • •
- "Ob , -2; I don't think it will; I believe
that thek1,40ghly," she replied with earnest-
ness. - 07- pur family have been very kind
to me, Keith. Your mother; and your
father, Mabel have all been kindness
itself. 1:94. en your brother Godfrey was
geed en, to talk to me for a quarter of
an hour -..00,t tight quite affably." ' -
Poor P- h's blood mounted to his facie.
If the ' little. fingers had slapped hit;
cheek h risE6nuld hardly have felt more Init.
"Nolisol: say 1" he broke out, stanimer.
mg, " u'•my word that's too bad! And
,
so you to say that I am the only one
—that :fliat you differently from all the
rest?" 1,
• 44 eh,
e, replied, hftmg up her eyes
suddeikii-iith a smile in them that seemed
to him s- cold as a -steel blade. That_
would bet r.I'Riece of presumption, after your
rebuke Ipt,„) might, that I should be sorry to
be .
"Misstgort you -are an awfully sarcastic
J. .
wOnlaniTtie eXellailned• "How is Oneever,
tit know liftl to have you? say snob a
thing as ak.' ,t to a fellow is enough to knoek
him dovill
"Therif not the least , fear of your
being kW d down," she replied, with e
little ' n, scornful laug.h. "-Same
people's J, dare .-say, might have an
effect of 3 at kind tipot . you, but not
mine." '
4,1 am saying nothing about you
.•
._ But
she em land the snub/ hail a curious,
unelt-petif•Agsweetuess in it that etruok the
young mer4withiiierprise' For a moment,
the.laoe- t he Amad
looked, to 'eyes) &bit
then, befit . he had m
erect frol:#;this &et oh
tame ' hd, -whit* co
meat;
44 You ,•3• to 'loot
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once,as she Made this answer„
her eyes;
n of _oonfidenoeepalt&IllikeFwan hja -tar4;•'11 and ins
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mplete ignorance of the little I a lonely .J1 who has
ms that he &Dahlias= lisa
en calling plain.
t beantifal. And
o than raw-
ge in bar, .-there
pleted his &make',
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" Well, I think b39, mother has Caught &
Tarter. Of all the uncompromising flirts
I ever came acroes, I have never known ane
to beat that girl!"
•
"Oh—what---you think. that too, s do
you?" said Keith. " Wiiy2 hos she been
talking to you ?"
"Talking to me 1 I should just think
she had," answered Godfrey.
"But - I don't know when you silke
together," said Keith, quickly. "1 never
saw you with her."
"What does that .prove ? I never eat,
you :with her," retorted Godfrey.
And then Keith, kuowing that undoubt-
edly, as far as he was coneerned„ that fact
proved nothing, held his peace.
"1 think certainly slie is 9. flirt," he
agreed, after a few moments" silence, "and
it is a pity, for the others don't mem to
have A notion of it."
"Well, it will do them no harm not to
know. Don't you say anything to them,"
exclaimed Godfrey, "for she is splendid
fan: What a pretty little Minx she is, too!
I thought with you at first that she Walt
plamn, but, by Jove, she knows how to inake
the most of herself."
" She is A- very odd girl," said- Keith
gravely. I am afraid she is not a very
good companion for Naha"
"Oh, Mabel can take' dare „of hermit"
answered the younger brother earelessly.
1' Besides, she wants shaking up, and Miss
Hart is just the Sort of person to eve her a
fillip; There' is ,no zeal harm in her --at
least, I don't think there is. She is a thor-
ugh-paced fllrbk that's ail:"
. "Well, but that is pad enough', I sup.
088,93.said Keith.
Keith was a little uneasy ash!) went to
hi ti work that day. He had a strong sus-
picien that he ;ought to give his mother
some hint of the special proclivities that be
and Godfrey had discovered in Miss Hart,
and yet he could not beat to hurt the giri
by doing- it. Mrs. Verner would have her
out of the house at once if she knew, he
thought.. And then he rehiembered how
Prudence had said to bira that she had no
other home than this one, and how she had
said that she was lonely and friendless, and
he felt that he could not do it.
So he made up his mind that he would
say nothing, and that till the end of the
week, at any.rate, he would put the matter
out of his thoughts; and accordingly, tg
the best of his power, he did this; but yet
before the week ended he found himself
becoming very curious .to learn how she..
would conduct herself to him 'when be Saw
her next. , •
•With a certain undeniable interest- he .
waited for Saturday to come, and to tell
the truth, when it arrived, and when, as he
entered in at; the gate of his father's resi-
dence, he recognized/ at some fifty puma
from him a small I grey figure flitting
amongst the trees, the first impulse ucqueS-
tionably was to bend his steps' in its direc- -
tion, for the small grey figure was Mies
Prudence Hart taking sOlitary exercise in.
thesunny afternoon. But, after a little
pause; bsoontinued'his straight walk to the
house. Godfrey, iu his V'
ace would have
done -differentlk ; but Keith had soruples
that were ignored by his younger rother.
(To be continued.) .
MSATII :OF * FILIVANTIMOPIEW
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An Aged Lady Who 'Gave $1930990,00 '
_to Advance Education and Religion.
Mrs: Valeria G. Stone, who has given
over 81,500,000 to educational and charit.
able objects, has just died at Malden, Mass.
Upon the death of Mr. _Stone, some l years
ago, he left his entire fortune, areoun4eg to
about 62,000,000, to his wife. As Mrs.Mtione
Was childless, she announced her determi-
nation to devote the bulk •of her fortune to
educational andreligious purposes, „ and
under the direction of the principal trustee,
Rev;..D. -W. Wilcox, slid" disposition has
beenmade of about41,500,000 of her estate.
Among the principal gifts have been One, -
WO to Wellesley Female College,aboat
6150,000 to Andover Theological Seminary,
650,000- to Drury College, of Springfield,
Mo. 00,000 to the Chioago Theological
Seminary ; 00,000 to, Hamilton College,.
New: York, and other large amounts to
Amherst. and other New 'England .celleges
and • to Oberlin 'University: These -gifts
have beau mainly in the interest ,of the
Congregational denomination; In addition, .
.she gave many thousands of dollars to the
American Missionary Aesociattide. The .
money was mattered throughout fie South -
and used; for the education of colored
people. Mrs. Stone's private charities were
carried on as freely as her public) ones*
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