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" a dog." :Yon wonder whY -
- - Igrieva bOroucli to see hiardie.
Ah, if you knew' How true a friend a dog can1)61-
4.nd what a friend -he was to me
. When friends', were few/
• only a dog -a beast," you erieft-e,
got worthy of a Sigh or teat."'
" Speak not -to me -
Bath 'fa'sehiood of my poor .dirtu-; -end,
While 1 have language to defesid
Bis memory. - -
Through ups and d.own4throng; thick and
- thin.; . •
.34-.hpon companionhehas been.'
For yean and years
He journeyed with 'ine many zoil,
I gaysblxD 1roWn4-I gave hgd SIC:- '2-eF.ia
' And ilail6Isattte4:1I- •
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Before my children came -,his
.Soft head was pillowedeverynigh'';
.rpon my breast-.
So iethiee he just one time more.
1.Tpon my bosom as before; -
And take hts rest.
. •
„ Arid when a tenderer love awoke, _
' The first EaWet word..my baby Spotat,
, - " .Poor -Mat t
Cottld Ino other reason tell, ,
my mother heart wOoid love yotiw1-41:
For only that. • • )1: "
•Together boy aud dog have laid
----Upon toy lap,- .tigetber played
- Around na feet,
Till laugh and bae.rk togctheir:giei
So Vlach alike, I imrcelykliew .
Vt.hicti
was mast sweet;.
,
Ah go away 'and rtie cry,- -
For sLOvr'you know the reabou why
• 'loved hizaso,
Leavenie alone 'to eleyie his -eyes
That looked so wistful and so wise,
• Tryiog,itc):
Ai:garden-gate or Open doOr'-
.
You'll run to Weleathe me no inore„:
Dear little-fries41.
Von were so good; so kind, so true,
I questich, Iookingdown at you,
Is this.the end ?
-Is there for ton no " other side'
No Bome beyond death'chilly tide-
- ..- 41:14 heavy fog, • -
Where meekness and fidelity
• Will meet reward, -although poi be
. Only a -dog -
- • Ify dg had love, and faith and.joy.
intich as has toY babY_boy-
, Intelligence- -
C,tild smell; see, hear and suffer pal*.
What makes a soul, 11 these are Vain -7
• When I go hence, -
.T -is nay belief my dog will be
Among the first to -welcome me.
Bel` ving that •
-I keep his ebjlar and his bell.
And do not s. to him, farewell, .
_ But good-bye, Mat,
Dear, faithful ALat. . . •
--Pza4a, Emma,
P YL 1
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;*T TZ trUG:Ssrlia.
•• •
Dora -who with her hueband is staying M
Summerleas-caii make upto ma for what
Thelieve I have kat. .
,When it is too late, nee= bow precious
thing I -have cast away. By my own
eapricious folly, and through wilful .tem-
per, I hava. foresee alienated 'Duke's
affection: Tay, rarely. *es be speak
•lo me; stiI.1 more rarely_ of -.kis acookd
does he seek my presentee. I no Mager
afford him any joy.- It - is only too
aviarent the$ 'he _has ceased to care for
me.•
Full of.such thoughts and misgivings, I
one day creep upstairs to the .little turret
_chamber,: whare-esehile still Phyllis Ver,
once'siood'with lifermaduke to gaze
dateri upon the crowded parterre -beneath.
In 'another tiny. apartment,- opening 'eft
this is & deeply -cushioned window,, -
which it is. my nem& practice to sit and
• ,
moment's heeitation. It is so long ain
have ' addreesed him with anyth
approathing btahersie.
. " How short the evenivgs are gettin
Igo on, peering out into the dusk. “lifd
madtike, do you remember the large '4
YAU 'had in these gardens before we
married ?". - •- . _ -
"-Yee." - -
" And bow we two stood' just. here. a
looked 'down tip= them ?" ', 1
. ...I remember min.": Ile- Is- evident:,
. - , .
cordial. 1,01u2;1141 bYlmr, Wenner, which 11-1
degree,. • e
How long ago 1 _ seems. ziow ! does ...
ttme.No one knows erbAt may happen*. I
am glad yon have come in Just now, ite you
11 may as well hew -what IT. have written and
1,- -
see if you emir anythkg altered. Now
• listen."
,
"I will not 1" I cry pezalantly. " I hate
wills and testaments, arid all that kind of
thing, I won't listen to word of it ; and
•-se.andforeiyoku.or with. all. my heat the
"My dear Phyllis," thin quickly, "you
see excited; you have something on your
mind. What did you tome to me for just
I now, Phyllis ? tell me,"
I,• Now or never I am zoneciegs of chill
'not
4i iViry long.', ; • i • _
I ern not tirogressinge feel - this, iie.ri•
',feeling at my heart, hut close one -hand
f. over the other tightly, and; thus supported.,
go an bravely. ,
.Yes, I did - wine to -11 you something.
presently. I' 'early ou leaye me again you v•ai kill me."
peuse f.or a moment. - • . f
You•are dressed for diviner," I remar.
mhat-that I i
o works as eerve to distract my t "Not Bo veryearly; it is half -past shine , ' Here I, burst into a !perfect ,passion
Eignia from the vague regreta that pole for-, "Indeed! hew the tirae has fiownif•;:el weeping, and cover.entl• face With my
ever haunt it : . ' • - - . . • - Well, let me add this to your appearance e411.bands. . -
I -have at length - bionghtloyself .to, too make you perfeCt." I detach a little eosecl:', 'I, ' There is not & move/nett in room, net
some -interest in the hero\ Of my -tale, when bnd froni-the bOo . ..m'of mY. dress, and plaqi 4 sound, except my hesit?-y buriga:zig sobs
appioacihing voices wain me that foes _to it with lingerkig carethinese in hIS 00ht. tpif I, :When some one puts an erM.. round me, and
my Solitnde, diaw near. Not wishing to.be bilive as I -do 43o he iimagin- es I bee'e tpreeses my beau down n-pag, his breast. I
dbeturbed I - move : still further itito my developed the crowning phase of my malak- Pook up into Marmadtkeft face. He is
window, and pull the aoione me, 80 by going Medal', "Duke," with perfeee White as death ; and, time he is evidently
that no one in the adjoiningroom toted by unoonoern, and with nay head a little on mai, -,,.:: tutting a terrible restraint npin hineselfeI
any Chance -see me, .. . - ' Bidet° mark the; effeet Made by rep rose-It:pen see that his lips, beneath his fair- mons -
1 can diatinguish George Aehttrat's jer14 •"Dak ' •' • — • Ache, are trembling. * ' - •
• • t ove you. 441 oh; 7Duke-lf
tones,- and then Idarmaduke's, distinct,
though low. There seems to - some-
thing argumentative in their discourse, and
the footsteps come slowly, as though every
now and then they stood to dispute a point.
Suddenly now my own name is men-
tioned,.and putting down my book, I wait
to -bear *hat will folio*. *
Of oottrise I know ..perfectly well in my
own Mind that I ought to rise' at once and.
honorably -declare . myself, but decide
kit:tally well in my own ,mind that I will
, do no such -thing.. What. can - 'Duke be
:saying 'about ' rite ? As . they enter the
turret, his 'words. king out plain and stern.
4_ I tell you, Ashurst,..I can stand the life.
I am leading no longer. YOu_dannet under-
stand What itis to see the *Oman you love
-..,*ti See yottr-Wife=rtreat you as the 'very
commenest stranger. Good feeling alone;
I hen:testier believe, prevents her from shOw-
big me absolute hatred." ' :- . - '
Pooh! my dear fellovr,''• says- George,
•," I don't believe a sword Of it... She is too
kind &little soul to hate any one; and You
least -of all. . Of course the whole thmg,
you knew, wits unfortunate, you know, and
that, but it will all .come all right in: the
end."' t - - : . . . • • _ ,.
-.• . "I daresay. When I am ill mY:greVel!
says laitrraacluke, bitterly. ; "-You. are a
good' fellote, George, but you can't know
L -everything, and.I am net to be persuaded
in this, Matter. Stie_ii right; 1. should
, never: have insisted. on the second marriage-;
it lase only made her life more ruisetible,
and placed a 'fretting chin around ' her
neck: But, 'indeed, I nieant it for the
loist." -2 . - . : -',.. - - • : -
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"What else could you have done; you
know 2 " ie terposes. kindly 'George. .. . .
. I have geined nir feet, and ain standing,
tremblieg viith. hope and fear, in my
hidine-place, My baud gripping the shelter,
ingeurtein for protectipia ea& Support. At
ibis moment I no, longer depeivemyself r
by_tay passionate'. eager -nese to -hear what
More 'Duke may Bay I.know that all,ihy
heart White And he -loves me.1 On, . the-
reliefe-the elinost ' painful:, raptute7-this:
certain] eciuees me! : - Hush ' 1 he speaks:
" I shall tertnent her no longer with My
again.. .- --- • • ---- • -. . . -
r.,e
-presence 'I 'belie delayed here too • long
already;!. but. I fhoped. repovered health,
arid the Old aseOciations; might give her
'a 'kieclli r feeling - toward me, Now .I
ifeei ep vineed : ehe never loved me.
rI/dt• her. live , her life in peace. She will
grow gay ' and el:eight, and. like the ohild
Phyllis I firet. knew. when - she feels 'sure -
:she has seen the last of toe." s - - - -.
ing ; but . me it is inoompreheneible ;
i " Well, • well, -: well," -says -George, "1
suppose there la no use in .any ones sPeak-
why she nbot be ciontent and happy in
This char Ing place, :With the best fellow
ID the w rld for her husband, is more thin
I can fathot. - But it -seeing . to me new,
carringto , really, you know, -that , you
very aeld , m e ak to ' , e ."
'. (Good- Geotge.--. dear -. George) . " Why -
should I • 'pit - my -self 0-..-thil way of a' oold
reply? I detest Perch% myself : upon any
one -e -and when she is by. her own avowal
happier when absent -from me. B&W '1ft
ns forget the eubject : ; to me it is'a 12- tut
one, . . - : : •
. , . .
"Then why on earth, when you knee, all
this beforehand; did you iiisist on Marrying'
her again 2" - - ••
: " Bepante there was nothing die to be
dense Batter to bear a name distasteful to.
her to bear none at .all. I Aid' it . for
her sake." .i- -' _ - .•. • .- .•
-. - -
;" Then de yeti mean % me- to 'understand'
that you yourself had ad interest. in the
matter." • r- :. • : .-- : ..
There isa pause -a long one -and '
author of `! Molly pawn,", .•" The.13e.hy," Airy
• - ' • - • Fairy Liiitn," ete. este. -. •
. — .
SOMebody'reays, ‘f you," an Alen.
we foils)* snit.
, "Why will: you sing ead...ionge, BEiper
, exclaims 'Duke,: impatiently ; and - ;Bebe
taught.: . '. • -• _
.
"A suppose 'Weenie I eth web si,-.clitmal
tnyself;"' she :replies- lightlyeeetiC
rising, comes over to me. '
• The moonlight - strearmi -across- the- ow.,,..Irget;:
•. rebuking .the'eoft tediance Of the lamipi-1 A:
hush hes felleneitien us. Her son.g'ereeearn:
Ali:noel 'repeats 7 itself aloild tbrougli ;he
-stillness.- :Two tears fall quietly upok:My
clasped. Theilove once
the -curtain asidewith one hind
-Chandoal says- in a low, determine . tonii '
"Will you .botne. and. bee-, how -the Oaf!!
-den looks taboaliglit ?'' - -• '
-Headdresses .00 one, : he mentione no
Mime, but his eyes are 'feted -on. Bebe; he
hoe:forgotten ell, eVerytbing, but her. Pat-
ting -my Own _thetights - from go, I. listen
Well &I-knows/it "MI :-the Ethild and iest
_ : - -
with breathless eagerness for her .anitat.
:.- appeal. Shotild reject this ,she 111
• indeed -lose forever the heaW that truly
loves her. At, length she ?peaks. ;
"Yes, .ityou wish it-," she says, leteg.
- the' werchi fell frona- . herlipeWith-ein at
sweetness: -
Shejeins bin], and together they 'go u
. on the .balooriy, down the steps, and dO
'• dieeppear. •, -
* . "1: eta so -rejOicee t"" •Efertat,
plaintively, when they are :well out. of :heif.r-
"'Now I do-htipe.they will marry each
other, and bring their -little eomedy to- a
- aucoeeshil Close, - I. am •••ettre.-We intistAa:
• goatees it has bed A sufficiently loiog•rtin.‘"'
Yee,. I Sing it on: ;purpose.- .1 do
Mind acknoWledgingit yen," ories.Bebee
'limn* afterwards, flinging her atnos. area
:My neck and hiding -her lime Out of sig
" And was it not. :well .I did ?-z-was.itn
'well? PhYllis„ though.. I sting it
bravelY,there Was terrible : .lear. at
• - heart all the -time. I wiabed-him. to. kilo
• - yet I dreaded his knowing. Can you 'wade
stand..7.* I dreaded his. guessing motieb
-too clearly, .and yetit was my last Chance.r!
•."1Dearest,-I ani, so glad." _ heart actually stops beating; ' at length :
. "•Ali 1. what torture a lave. endtirea nottiiinfe.that,"' .says: 'Duke; i
this pas fortnight?. 'Ahab: ootivinced he at. .1o* tone. "The - love: I -felt lei her
• - lenge; cared 1 for me, and I know I coult r rat Wedding4norn g is, •-if posetb
-not.be happy Without But he doe,-;.- desier and truer new, . hough .at tine
love me -more than ever, he says, and no my :1 Chains: "gall and . ahnoet • roadd
.I shall have _hire.. alwaYs," Slit 'panties; me,;. 1, -wOuld not -,exohange -*the
indulge -bra little rapt-Litt:ins slob: Phyllie,: for fetters .iloft as _down.* At feast_ h •
,-
never mistake obstinacy for bride I". - •mine, - msonauch that no other man ca
Harriet And 'I agree In thinking- the; lei, And -1- hem° this. poor 004601
• - the .most charrning- of:. lovers. ,.. • Indeed, a* tic)* in: my .lozieliness, that, pliciugh-she do
in -engaged pair; they are a pattern to ali :not leve tneti she at all events .cares for n
lovers - sirinlarly afflicted. ,They :never one else." • • -T • '
gloteer at -us when we enter the•roern unex- Poor _little.' Phylliii I" -:irictrneurs Georg
pectedly, . and they don't blush, .They get
Aihus, tenderly. rid Of all inevitable: spooning by going...tor *ate. :happyi.. Men GeOrge," -say
*beg walks together, .wheree. no one Oati Wit-. Take, adopting 'a lighter ,”,Paits
tees or be. distreseed by their absurd aPpre- let itaytroghlia•depteseyou.
elation. of each Other's sweaty. -Atidthe • '• Yee, Dora, a perfect wife,"•deolare
_ .
actually ;deem from making eyes at „, .brotherrin-layr, - with honest. oonten
• • Other across. the diaing.table. Wben I.say Geod-,bye,; Carrington;' I will comeloVe
that they manage to:keep- theateelvea &bent-that-101mm either to -night or to -Mor
-to the fact that thetie are other .p.etople t row mornieg early," -
; the world beside themselves, I °wielder I - -".Better oOrne-to-night and sleep," urge
•have; spoken volumes ite• their:. favor .and i 'Duke, and 'George., -.half. `gonseriatig, got)
iliat.e.dOne *then:- every justice. • noiselessly down the stairs. - - -
- When they leave -at,. the end-Orthe - When.he has-been gene at least fiv;
1-posititely...rnise., _thorn, and wish theta uiell etest Irma' My- soncealatent . zuin
and
back again.; but, as the :wedding to take entering the turret chamber, -walk eoftly
;gape altriostitamediately, fttrther delay in_ 5, towards Marmoduke, who isetanding with
-She .country. is impassible. . . - his -beak turnedtome, gazing down through
*-1darrnaduke and, I:fall onoe-- More into I the Window upon the lawn beneath. His
Lour old, ways, seeing as .little may - be .of. 'attitude betokens .d Ong I go
-each other.• - ••* ,_lightly to hie side, 'and • let -my eyes -fpliow
'Althoii,gh will...net Pont! it even tei g the: direction hie have tokeiu-
myself, I am sick atheart.. h the ,retutitl. " Dreaming, "Duke 1" I ask -
of iniy good health has- Come leek my Old ff. He starts! Yiolentlrae I wake him_ front
AlierrOr of loneliness, and the' rlieb longing tide reverie, and "betrays: astopishment not
for Some one tcieyetpittitize- "th .nielnralli only :0 my.presenee :at thie -moment,..but
.
tNot he pleasures end. troubles Of y daily life.- Aso my altered denieanort--
even-the frequentyisite Of inothetand' --4144nottil-f- 130 -aaYi• after a
• .
g. , on t you thtik-at-is tame now
etiould give up -my ineelidlhabite, and teazel ' '‘" You are tired, Phyllife 'crier -fatigued,
civilized being ?'1: ' •1 • '
tato:dosage my dress every evening, like - ' iellax?:ied be better
"ntlye oiy, . here and
"1 think year would ibe very foo " ' It is not 'that," I ei'y passionately,
. • .
Phyllis, to try any changes jot yet" g not -that . at all. 'Oh, ligrinaduke, hear
• "But don't you think ine much bette now ; do not punish 613.e for my put
mild Stronger ili every wail"' . ess. I love you with "all My heat";
"Very much better. Your fecehei gain-ed,ery o believe ." . , ___1
- o color, and your arms have regaineC ,e.. "I cannot," he Whispere,litisielly, "1 huh
the pretty soft-ritostndnese they had when i'' keen too long living in the other belief. To
you were -that ', befete We • were mitr..: kope Again, only to be cast down, would be .
ried.,, -1. - , " '• -:,..; My death.. I do not dare imagine it Fossi-
1 pull up the loose sleeve ofiny dress and ‘,'.- 4..te you love me." D
look with ' some satisfaction upon the f,'t,,'.,4,' But I do! I do !" I eob piteons ' • -
.
"pretty soft ro4ndness." I MY old ' weak4ii',.;in,q my ants around hia beef/. "1
nese for -complitgents is tong Upon me. !404,.ways liked you better thaa any .
_‘‘ Whydid. yeti hot ftnishYogreentence ?" 840 during these past few Month
I ask; slyly; "you were going to say when 1.**Iieci to love you so well- that I
rwas a girl." f! - - - ' • '.% happy without you. 'When 1he
-"Because you. look -such a giil still- I) '.0,.•ythis evening you intended lea
tich a mere child; indeed4thet I thought fleegeen, I thought m37. heart weed
Would sound absurd." ' - 'ken." •
144
away*,
one else,
s I have
cannot
ard you
ving me
d haVe
the ful•l
Winne-
uld read
" Are
ourself
: •
ziot See
ing;'
and aui
V nose:
"I aro,
thing,"
us ten;''
W8 me
head,
, and
meant;
• e
utet=7,.
I have
heart.
partly.
e, are
wear..
says.
; and
ling
e now,
and
*re, I
leaning
hand
er he
iidly
aka."
ordis
keee'
a
it
old and worldly-wise." - K. i _ . , e'!" Is this the truth ?" lie i 'asks.
k\
"I am glad of that. I wOuld- vrish to be ,,eTurning up m face io ,kha
-young add fresh always:" : • ,, ff,a_P3 Of the lamP -falls apep it,
. "There watra time," with.a faint smile, 1-74-.43 gazes at me as though ips wo
Ili wlietyotr longed With e4tinlyigor to be tlie innermost workings of •i heart.
heatt
l'. Ah, yes! what a goose Imes then! But' sure you. are ' not .de-ving y
really, thecae tam growing hprribly fat. .me 2"
My hands, even--see..howpinmp awl ate." ,' , '1314st I-saY it again- ? Z3.g1/4‘ you
I. lay Ave alight little fingers in. his, con- 'me hoW it is ?" I answele, i2,till cry
fidingiy)- I cart ste.how he reddens at my ere it perfeet Niobe by this •,#mci,
touch. He -bolds ;them softly, and turns '''-',,i...snially oonscioul that the tip of in
them over to see the pink palm at the other is degenerating- into a warm ./ink.
side, and then-tttrns theni beck again,. but SUite:: I am unhappy ,eriongh tr any:
be does not speak; very aloWly, but With ,;Tet noticing the rather unl.oacio
deteiminaticin, he lets them go. - z /env of this last recuark, 'Deelke .dra
"No fear .ot ray eveddingAring °timing off ..eaer to him, and, • stoopinte -his
now," I eayecheerftdly, !though - somewhat treesee his cheek to my wet ciee.
disconcerted at tbe failute of r.ey It ruse'; • ';"-Zely love ! ray life I" he Aispers
ft 11 Gt even when I rash my hands does it Ode me as though he never.l.agaiii
stir. I won't.be rattle to get rid of it in- a .t me me go. 11 .
.hgriy." ; -4 ' . - ;- ' - - .7.,e are quite idlent for a few inin
"That seems rather a pity; does- it not'?" eawimg which 'a great content, S4.011 as
retnarkehe; kiitterly. -• •• e . -`• . ntiver before known, 'Creeps lzeo my
•°- ". A p,ity.?. Why, I , would never forgive V4eti Wake, with a long, happfaigh,
inyeelf if I !oat it" - •
e reepses me. • 'His eyelashes, I;cen se
"Would you have nothing in the pest '‘',et iith tearsrbut there is theivery s
altered, Phyllis. 2" he 'asks, suddenly, and eleenct tenderest smile upon bid lips.
front me. - .
'curiously, turningfor the firet time to con-. • 4 have not waited in indlp he
gc last I can call yon mine; et last
"Some things -yes. But lot my wed--, 1?,.st lihen I luta given up all hogie-dar
•- ding -king, certainly" - e - ,. -44 *ling 1". ' i ' 1
"Good'little Phyllis," memeniuts he, _ .-e..7..0:',18 half an hour later, and We al
SomeWhat Badly; "your IecoVerd health tkirerighly ccmfortable, full df., rest
has iestored in -you yteir good -nature." qtf--,4P. JnY. .
." It was not -good-nature," .1'. pretest, • q%•-i`e, are sitting before the 114ary
eagerlyrleeling strangely inclined to cry. on a lotv stool, with my head
“ I said A because I meant it. ,Bct come,'" a Onet 'Duke's knee, he with one .
hastily, -tearing . I have said:: tioO - much, Ozaka:my neck, while with the oth
" diener must be ready; we bad better go eveey uow and then ruffles, or 2-4. he fo
dovenstaire." . - - - -- I . , 'i " _ helieetes, emoothesemy "nut-breWn lo
eellleritiadtille . leaves the , witutow; and Fe:5:41e last three or four mintile6 A° w
Moves -tosVarde the ileor, allowieg _Me to haee*sen I:teased between us. tethin
follow. :
' are toe happy to, give way ethe mere
,
..
66 Save you -forgotten, your Manners?" I ojc02,tesion of one feelings: i •
cry, pieyfuliy. " Will you not iloiadnet me .44,4enly, all in :one.meme,ai, A it seems
,downstiiirs ?. 'Give me your arm; 'Duke." tO.tit.4,-Without any warning, we lu,Imir a loud
"Your spirits are very high I, oeoight, are voepe 'outside the door, a heavy fbotstep, a
they not .?'-' he says, - smiling. • "1. am glad rarAtt turnieg. cf the handle, and George
-to eee.you so 'like- your old self; as now I As1,440 is in the room. - . : • i: • .,
Can with a clear conscience leave home."- *. I:tee:take one desperat-e effort to irise and
"Are you leaving T , - recOee't the : dignity my attitude'. has
" Yea. You know 4 Promiiii# myself to 443E1.11,079d; ' but- 'Duke, with - (4 strong
go- abroad in the. Autumn: I Will arrange det4tetug graiip, prevents Me. 1 -,get only.
tette Billy or your mother.to stir iiith you ig3 f14-,; As my knees, and /rem that position
ilia-431Am swity.,, - / • i . glaiyal my britber-in-law - as though 1
"If ' you are going, well and 4 004,7- 1. •woO.Z4 willingly devour him. 2 - 3 . 1.
return, quietly,." but, do - not arrange mat- 1 1,-"YrOk your offerof a bed, aiteg all," he
ters for . me, I wiil have no one to stay is heopiiing, when something* the pane -
with me in yonk.absence." ] - i tibuce'erikes 'him aa. odd. He Mieets My.
" What! not even Billy ?'1 I -e,yee;,. fetid .1:Teaks down: "Oh, ahl I had
,.,
,
" Not even Billy,".I say firmly., L . • no i4 didn't know, you ktio‘."- He
We get- through dinner almost without a stop, !hopelessly, looking as ltidiorotisly
Comment; My sudden overflow of geniality 8i114,44 puzzled as even I could *tab him.
has entirely forsaken me. 'I am ea mute; "Veit -her did I," declares adekee
HeZelton. , ' - .-.. ' .
as depressed,..as in thcnie first days at withe *laugh; "until half an hohr „ago.
But -Ns all right Ashurst; we ,hae made
Rising from the table - as Soon as cutout' it up,a,te-And when I dogo abroad,: vi:ill take
le,. -I am wretched -most Miserable; doubly btlt 1* -4. superhuman effort I rerra-n from
1.will pernlit - me I make- my way to the -my v4.1.,-0 with ins." ., - • 4
a .e. drawing -room,. where Illit in moody Ilia- " 4401 I tell you all along hot, t was!"
on content. - ' orieS-George enthusiestically (he lir not •
._. e :..-.-- , , ,,.. ..4( of
es so in that I Can see neeplan Of eseape from contrOteting. him). " I. declare ti you"
ea my troubles lying deari before:me. I rest says:: he'subsiding. ' a chair,' 61"I .was
Di rav echingiliesel . on Lini hoods and tr tO beilet 94 glad or y _Log . -in "di 4 y life
. • -:
before."! 5 . • : - • 1
Thezei 13 a Minute's pat*. . Then R,Duke,
turning, lays a light -canoeing tklue 5 uPon
my libel:110er as I kneel beside hie& Rif
iliaakk in a very low tone. *
"We :are all very glad, I thin -and
thankz4" he says, with the softest tinder -
est sMKti, • ° ' - 1 I •
All waS ;.S.4ded now, ,the hoperand th4, fehr, and •
1J r
think; but always his isaddened face and
I averted eyes - are -to be -teen. We are so
a. close, yet so divided: . Only a Walt er two,
es di door, a passage, but Miles niight besaid
0 to separate us, so far .epertara we in sym-
pathy. At this Dion:ten; I know is sit-
e dog in the library,. Went; companionless.
An.d then a.great ,desire rises within me.
Throwingc abide my Wok, with a nervous
t determination, I walk 49190 the drawing -
room, through the dear,- across.: the hall,
never pansuig until I And myself before the
e library door. - : • -
r I knock hurriedly, lest by any (lanes my
_ ebbing courage should- entirely evaporate;
- . and my heart almost dieswithinme, as the
-well4nown voioe calls out, ." Gome in."
' open, and advance a few steps into the
room. -A slight tire is burning an the grate
. -15 18 the beginning of Septembek, and
, already the evenings thow eymptome of
miming oold ;. Marmitduke is- seated et the
table, busily engaged, with writing' mate-
- rials all around him. - - • - -
"What is it, Phyllis Tr °he asks, expect.
antly, the pen -still in hislhand: -
"013, nothing,j- I return, awkwardly,
- failing miserably as T. Soon to. the point;'
"nothing ta signify; another time wiltdo.
You are busy now. eWhiiii are You writing,
'Duke ?". - • , 1
. "1 watdraWing out My' Will," he replies.
smiling. f‘_ I -thought, it • better to Co so
before leaving fo fo
tl)a $orrow;-
All ths,-1-.3,.elliing of heart, - the restless, tinitistled
° 10z #ieg;
All the -4_111, decp pain,. and constant ttneilish of
-tCnce-ld
2 TIM END.
Ric
letter
can to
„
Grant White deplores 4,h4t the
iidisappearing from the Abeeri-
. ,
-
VAIIIOUS XISSEEL
'02;e's a ionnal kiss of fashion,:
24. burnmekiss of passion,
' A father's kiss;
A mother's kiss, .
1a, Sister's kiss to move ;
ers's a traitor's kiss of gold,
43 a serpent's clammy fold;
-A:first kiss, .
A stolen kiss,
le the thrilling kiss of love;
A meeting kiss,
A maiden kiss,
ISS, when fond hearts sever; • 1
Out -the saddest kiss • .j
•'I On earth is this- ' 4
•
140 to part forever. • • I
he :ow Cunard. stoat:her Etrtiri4
- tome
COD
*abed yesterday at Aillit4o
.aseirr 14 VGHT43O
.liroriotto •Iirkhoihr of Coel1o,4
•
*4
lqtlan„" *apt "bz•r4 The ce-iy
.creature - endowed - WiL.
lauglater - is he not the
° .157.11ot Intel; A
311
deserves4to be laughed at?" A 4,:a:72gb IzzY
-convey all mazner a eentirnen',30 E8y3
New IrOrk Star -joy, esorn ore''‘I. anger
Iney be the neat magma ameze may ;.ei
the reoeVdiecotdant Of Forin-dr'• the txEst
lelightfar or the most Vest e.•:•11
fall upon our ev.re. Contraet gee ha y
lanater of merry children 7 the
kering eey of ;the taatila0 cr lactz-V2.8
langia cf a defiant
rippleofoultivieted mirth with t
a
th
te
st
110
'140
Man
re
Pl
me
ODL,1
of
ap
exp
lose
as
the
snig
eaftS
bla
de
The
The
bit
;rue
artos
tem
by ri
he
tett
had
htiman beings.
'Then ther:s is the • langh a rinc,-67ality.
When Tore gees iehhil rich old turdi f
of glowing desoriptions of the ,perf„1-;',-,edonse
of the ladktewhom he is engaged, c ,the
appointriient which he expects to ,.•:.114ifin,.
does .the old gentlercan damp' ne
-ardor by a long harangue ? No, •3 only,
• gives dry latigt, and .1GMea ber of 43„
'check fall rapidly. •
•
•
Too rare laughers are as populne:ae too
ready ones: A tiller cf good .storK';-.1over
.forgives the man who does IVA lati(gt,,,-..Aliis
jokes, * Many persons hive •made thC71 for- •
ttines by laughing at judicious moe:;ents
applauding a ,pobr jest„, et lehomiee eon -
Tutted with mirth az a pure be
duly appreciativt of his patruls was
an important pirt of t he du ty of a 11.ftn;‘ ,•?-1)1e.
With what re.atly laughter Are a re 2901-
-
master's witticisms received by
There is -se-tory of a animate e, 120g,
whose pray; had been, aczeited,
reqpiested to make etmliry alteratic:;e:s
Saul; the taste et the actors. Among 1‘'51.12er
changes, the manager suggested tbe,
laugh" should be introdneed at •
clueion -of a epeech of an outegoia::-,p, ete
former; "it Would kive him a hettei Lat." '
tipsy .-erown, ist a fair.
A really musieal laugh is pee' '43 ram..?
than really nauslcal Voice. 'J." :ae gi
eStiggerlitheirodtelecked com.
the- oorcielleiothoel2g12us; sciunkit ildftheeeraCuMgh??,
ection. It eksilld not Le eh&• zor
90gire2 Blrete°41-10°Lgtin. yiht Itieb"acin esil..1:3:::-rinan:
mirth. It shotdd not be to bor
On. etrxgas. 120 lb! laughter and .dea.i„.' It.'"3 the kh-
Peg Weitngtem.ilii.Elifid te have "-on ode-
raied lot the /Music a her latigU).i!,-,t- on t
age -a most itifficuit acoomplist reent;fo
thing, except, perhaps, a eneem, taarde
counterfeit then a laugh. .11-Skesre
y varieties of laughs. Thez.::1 •is the
usneal, cultivated and extremely: ,-are o73q6
easazt to lieten to as 'a chire4lof beala
rheie is the glad; if soniewhat *by:, eerrie
,e ,
Ut of children, the ha res •--
dones ite neeee. -There is the loteel -•
the vulgar, and the bughti,;; vanth
pears likely to tear the ItalighOrT.:13010EBis
1Thipg him to wipe his eyes el ter thee.'
ICS11012 over. There' is the of
barmssment, when a shy peT ",_Ms at a
What to say 'next, reetart,e he,"
Artemus Ward desCribe•s it. Lre
echoolgirre,-giggle I; aid the esklboro
ger, as he' reflects 'on some s:
rpetrated, but Ball recollected -iece to2
chief. There is the chuckle c2 13120..
mini man. •
'
All tbese latehs bear seine .eosem-
nee to 'each ter;othey , that?
gree, express ceneatiens
re are darker deecriptiens
re are laughs more caning t the
te,rest speeches, more alarmieg :.et the
lest threate. Satirical lavi
t offeneive. . A la.' • h ran cow -001C1''
pt which 'words vrould fairto te'prees.
anyone proof against being 11„-tioyed
dicule 2 Even a dog is sereeila 'whoa
laughed at, and resents the A,c.:31gerti.-
ce. &me of the !ewer anieli.:.•2.13 are
lext-quite .as 'esiesitive to der as
•
The author pleaded that to &dote
ns
alteration would spoil the whole dial'
but the manager was urgent still.v ‘"1:eink
it over and do what you Cat. B•!.1-=,••=13
position in the theatre demands
When laughs are thus prized it is hot "TOM-
derful thas persons who rarely 11E3 eir
. .
risible muscles are unpopular.- •
A Modern Fable. ' •
Somerville Jo1grag A icholera Miee.ehe
while passieg along the street met tvev,4ise
teen relatives naineei iiiperf€c ra ege
and Bad Yeetilation, Aed hew are:
-to-clay?' asked thefMicrobe as he
hands with the pair- "We are very
and hope we see you quite well," -,•-•-ey.
l'.eplied."I'm jus;abottz so so," ansIze4,red
the Micro- be ; the sanitary authoritiwilre
•everywhere 4 harassing Me terribly.
how i.s. your interesting family?"
are very Well, iedeed," -answered Imp‘ee--
-Drainage- eur 'eldest children TyTil
Paver, ScrIrlet Fever and Diphtheria e_r•
businesit for themselves and are gtti
along remarkably Weil." "Ab!
Where they have the advantage of 1.1H?, ."
sighed the Microbe; nay business is
ueeteedy and fluctuating. It takes a sz,
occasionally aed•people think I am de`•,'•4
innheneelywhile in fact. Yoi. and ycj
,
interesting fatelly do twice the amount'ee2
lousiness. Yod go on year in and year feet •
steadily and proi3perous1y while 'have oil:1y
' ,occasional job," and the Atio*-i,lo-
droPped a tear and felt so humiliated at •
inferiority that -he went and hid himself
21
the' softest part of a deeayed peach.
Dr. Rae, the Arctic explorer, ass
canilibelisra took -place as surely
_sortie of Sir John Franklin a people ae,
aid among the Gree- party. - 4•1-
anthoritY for the charge is the teatime! p
of serge Esgaimaux whom he me.t while e•?
She far north.
• The progeess of invention is well shouji
in the oonstemily decreasin' g price of ste0..
In 2810 15oos t about. V200 per tori;
the banks quality tali be bought kr .Sa7.•
Mr. Barrington, Home Rule lueinker
Parliameut for county of Weetmeatit,
written a letter, iu which lie sayk
" From careful personal inquiry
convineed that Mylee Joyee and fo
tithe* 'convicted of complicity in
Maatietraena murders, weminnocent. Th.A.
local police Share this belief." Mr.
ringion claims so bo.prepared to prove th
the evidence which secured a oonvictiale
was:fabricated with the connivance of tlif
authorities. -
The French Academy haa sleeted 41e.v j-
1 •
ander Dumas director. Ile was installed ti
member of the Academy in Fehrtutry„ 10,1
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