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Ptitieoce? Tea.
delight'tholit
at's th9 woraWc 831
The (lull efitiode„
• Where no* on rank 1414-#04, te frania,.
And OPeceli and linShter neer lOtrude.
N1ht atter niiitt, heald.O. the
wnen •18 lib
QPPtefFged 44t4tbouidlts that vex and 41'4:
Amougtte cordate; angora 144. •
The, woman's grime! On soap poor king
, The sequemie of lier play *hunt;
The queen conies atter, hapless' thing I
•44110;400 krcanwitilgrInnhillPillt.•
Then ell bet: treasures, one by one,
Are thrown away to swell the pile;
lestand.linkstl...witenthat.is
)3efilo asalcl the night beguile,
',4•'Ivel4an'0game ,• to sit and watt •
- Build soAdrebinld,:thmish.late cleatrey'..
$hididtitheoar4 for wienor late .
., There comes an end to grief an4joy. ,
A taisainia'y fight; or Sow or reap, . • • •
Divide.the seas, or traverse the earth;
, She eau hitt drudge, or.pray or weep, ' •
• . What la her life, er loving worth?
- Dhe sib there when? the day b dead,:
Lonely and listless., Do midi:reTht .
cnYrvirkenalklailenetea&aatild,
woman'a game ifolitaire ?
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4 -00 -
Pasteratroetry.” •
A MinistermaY love his WifoN
FVora everyiU protect her ;.
Butiove ber as he may, alasi
• At lastte•ii -only Deotor, . •
• --Toledo 491143kCit74.
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And though she may quite rapid be,
..‘; • No raise -horse going faster,
"She'll find, however wild and free,
•That he is always Pastor.
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' -Railway Jounua. • '•
•Tbey Studied er in the school
Togetherout in Carson,
.And after they were both Made 'one
• She found him still a Parson.
. -Yonliera Statesman.
Aml though he boasts lieffiels as young
• Atiarhen 'he first,beheld ber,.. , • • •
!,,....X.Iliccaligreiatleh aasert,--;.• '
'That new yet theElder.
ONE OF
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:A-. NOM-.
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p!ty, roe. • Everybedylme
-his; troublesthie. is mine." •
440 .Ernelit; but you heve, been 'hufertu,..
nate, and now your sight has 'gone; but
....perhaps Critehett or Coapet.Willhe able to
ad something for that."
• "All the. Oritcbate: and Qoupers; in the
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world • Will never do anything. for .it, my
." 'dear.' . :But you.; mutt; remember that,
• . where,I only lost my sight, ',Many; others
; .10st their ,ltifes, and it is. Supposed, to be
better ;to lose your, Sight than yoUrlife,
• ,Besides, -blindness has its, advantages ;"it
eiYes yon so' reach more time to 'think:dna
.4.t humbles you so'. You can have no idea
What itis like% Doll. .; Intense, everlasting
hlicimeSs hedging you in late O walk ono
long, long night, even when.the-sunlight is
beating on your fade ' and but of the night,
Voices and thelotiohings of hands, like the,
• 'voices- and teachings ;of the • departed
Your physical body is as helpleas
and as mach at the mercy :Of the . work* as
your Spirituel tidy is in the hands of the;
;
Almighty. And things grew diM to yea
too; you beginto wonder whit ;tensing;
"faces and eights are like., .as. you ,Wpiaer
:about the:esect :appearance of ;those who
• died Many Years ,ago; or Of, Placeti yon have
not seen .forypers.. ;All of whiah, my -dear
; Doll, la very, favorable to thOUght, .When
' 'tterckyOu lie awake • for five or sit hours in
,thevnight, • try to reckon : all the Ali,*
WOW' occupy your • brain, • • then imagine.
. swat, wakeftiluess and its accompanying
:thoughts extended over the period of your
natural life,"and•yon will 'get some idea of
',the depth; and breadth and height of iota
fis
wont; stria her,and she did- not
know what to anevVer; 'so she only Pressed
bis liandslia token of hei mite sympathy.
• ' He understood her meaning • the feCiat,'
• ilea of the blind are verkquiek.
, • "De 743V loloW; he said, "corning
'bock to youand. to your gentle kindness; is
liko camifig.anto the peade, and quiet of a
• Mitered •harbor after bearing the fell
.1"Rnt °Me storm ?!' . Just, •th* a :eland
w had oblouredthe eon passed away,
its full light .struck• iiponilds. face.
'‘ here," he Went on, ;" it is like that. 11 is
'like emerging into the sweet stunihnie after
'.•"* riding for Miles.throtiglithe rain, and mist.:
You bringpeode With yoh;:mydear. 1 have
. not felt Small peace for years lerfeerhold-
yourchand to -day.' • • ,
• • '1 am 'very • glad, dear Ernest;" , she
answered; and they walkedon M. silence.
.„ At that - 'nlitanent, a little- ad, Who was
Artrinidling, a 1194- down •the :gravel -path,
stopped 'her hoop to look at the pair. I She
• Waft Very pretty, with largo dark eyes, but
• .1)00:thy , noticed- that the had a . curious
;Ma* . ripen. ,; her Lf*head. .Presently,
.Dorothy saw her run :to:Warr/Ito
extremely , .ahd:gracefhl woman, who
was sahntering along, followed at some die-
• tahoe by a nurse "babk in Jeer
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atid turning occasionally tOlookat the -beds
•Of .flowers, byeainthe and ,fihlipe
• which bordered the pith:
0 nietthert" she beard her Call out in
:the Clear voice Of childhood,-" there is [hick
A nice blind men He isn't rola and ugly,
•191.11Iftiti -andhe-doeltit't ask for
• petard a. y is he blind if he hasn't a.
iatod and doesn't' Kik for pennitte'?''',
, Indfigs, according to thie little lady's
• ideas, evidently sprang "frohi. the presence'
of A our . and an . unsatisfied hunger for
'copper coin. Sometimes it doe's. . '
. The tall, graceful lady looked. up
Oitrelesely, saying. " Hitch, dear I" • She •
quite close toethere'hoW,.: for they wore
toward eta/a other; and 'Dorothy
gave a. great gasp, for before 'her 'steed Eve
'-ls/OWdeh I.! There.*S.S. SO. doubt about it.
She was paler matilmitglitierdookirig,;thati
, of yore; but it Was shb. • No one who had
Oneeistell her Could tnistiike that queenly
S.beriOty. OertaiiilY, Dorothy could nOtailibo.
What is the matter, DoliP said
-Ernest, carelessly. WO thinking Of
-other "
, Nothiieg; I hurt , They werg
otiite ,
• :And Evit?'ion, 'Oohed at thew,- aild•-she,
too, saw the fora she had neVer• thought • id
see again. ; With ell ber eyee, an with her
Ji ps parted Ps though tcy cry' ont, she, gitaed
at the eight :before !ier---aloWly,:_alcwly,
- -taking , ,
They 4,ere 'nearly, level' nOW. •
, Then there lesped,up into holt eyes and
„face --,the eyes Phil • face which •pecond tyu
before hadb,eentio Cahn and • statue -like, a that she was wildly jealous of Dorothy;
vil4 Art lOvet Isiled..Mitineity of passion- second,tbatit, was her Axed determination
ate i0,4100 desire, .suel4 as is not often to Sea'Errieet!. She regretted„ now thetobe
to be 1004 onthe faces of TYOMen. • had been" too oVereigne, to go npancl.
. "Niro** there 04 'Ernest blind .a.nd to bhn„, for see, :WM 'She. most And wOnkli
*Off led br!the...hiind of Dorothy, and •Indeed, her sick longing, tolook upon his
lOokingdMPO With herr. How ''dOred elie faco and hear his "Vetee- 'filled' he; with
tOneh her leVe?. HOW: dared he look hapy alarm. '
With her? Those Were the thoughts. whiph EYS.' reached her home atterihe meeting
flashed tbrougli her troUbled. Mind. .on the Hoe, just •iefOre lUnclieon-time. Her
• She made a et'epitOwerd the* as though' hUitie;u4 was, now acting as locumtenons for
anikthehlied 9.0E40 upon: the rector of one of thainymouth nariehea;
her 1eve1y''tape...0a wap4expa. ever.* . It They hoa,mpovea thlta from OW to .place.
made her mad. Hiseyes were on her fa0e, for years waiting for the gesterwiolt living'
and yet he could not see 0 God! to fall vacant, and gynliked the roving life.
1:torethy saw th� moti�n and nioved by •welleiiongh-it diverted her -thoughts. ,
0..„OVerniastering nistriapt threw herself ,'.Presently ehebeard her haelhind enter,
between thetnin an attitude of protection .bringing: somebody else; with• him, and
nothimliated With defiance. fora sw34010401 up 4he. sweet. anille for Which
4004 ,their , eyes flashing. and their she was remarkable to greet. him. ...
heeerea heaving with , emotion, . the. two another nistant he was in the moan,
*onion stood, face to face, . and 'theblind followed by a fresh -faced subaltern, .whose
pathettis eyes wandered Uneasily. over both, appearance reminded her of the pietureg of
Xealhag 'Pre.00Lice. they were tinehle. to, 'oherubs,' 31r. Flowden had changed " but
deflne.little sinee' we saw him bet,. with the.
It was a tragia, ah000tat; a: dreadful .scene. exception that his hair was now streaked.
Thelistsionrit7revealral--ivere=t,ork-intens fwith,,,,grayr_anch.,thiewliole-..-Jitee-rethAtr,
for Worilic as no brush can: justly paint a 'Stouter. Otherwise the cold •.gray 'am
landscape made vivd' by the . unnatural :Were as cold as ever, and the ;oonnt01044co.
fierceness of the lightning., • of Flowden was whit the countenance of
". Well. Doll, why. de you atog,'?.,* ha said, :Ph:omen:had alwaye, been -powerful,
intel-
impatientiy. • . , • '• . • ligent. and coareelooldng. •
His voice broke the spell. Eva. withdrew "Let, me introduce my wepa Lieutenant.
her twin,. which Was half -outstretched, and ! jasper to yen, my.' dear," he said in, his full
tOuobed her lips with her finger as :though strong voice, Whielt was yet Unpleasant' to
to enjoin silence., • Then e dee '• misery* the ear. "We mek at Captain Johnstone's,
spread itself. over • her limbed face; her and, as it is a long way' to go to the
hea,d-eahk low, and she, passed thence with, barracks . for lunch, 'IOW WM, to Conle
rapid stops. Presently the nurse, vtith•the and take pOkjiipk! With us.o. • , ,
,baby followed her, and Dorothy noticed The ohernbie Xmaperhad Screwed an 0.3-
w/44114y that the 'child had elsea mark glee's 'into. hist...round _eye, and . through it
Upon hieforeheacl,'," The whole thing had was ,contemplating Evawith astonished
not taken forty seronds.. • ecstasy; but liko meet' b.eautitill!..w,orpon,
"Doll," said, •with a wild voice; and ,e0m., she was used to that tort of thing, nod it
a:wooing: to tremble, "Who was that passed ,dnlY amntied her Jointly, 'Int,. ,Illowden,
• toe, Was used to it;and took it spa personal
•:AA lady," was the '
"IA lady yes', 1.knO*, '.that- what "1 ani Zelighted,". she mum:a-Wand
lady? ,"' ' • • . ,• , held Out -her hand. . v. • •
. '4' I don't 'know -a 144. -The'. cherub, ...a41401.OnlY; to the
It:Was fib,"lue.she -could:hot:tell 'him' -tact, dropped- hie eyeglass, and; plunging at
".then; an instinct worne_d her net to do so. it, Seized' it as;o: Pike 'doesa' little „filth,. and
Oh 1: is strange,. Doll;:.strange;' but, shookit With enthusiasm.
doyou know, 1 felt just now as though• siM194 again, • • •
Eva were 'very near me? Come, lotus go ;" ",Shall -we , go- to luneh'r :she •said;
sweetly; and they Went to lunch, slie.
sail-
Jnst then , the (della: got' over the saiii ing down in front of them with the grace of
again,, and they .,walked home • the
shadow. • Apparently, :too, all their.talkit; At halal wolf the .conversation 'flagged
tiveness had genie ilte.woy Of the sun. They iather ; that. is, Mr. "PloWah litUtva with
had nothing to Siy,„, •. • , . all thefacility of on extemporary preacher;
• • • cHApTgit xxXpK, the cherub: gazed at this' Pale, dark -eyed
angel and .Eva,' occupied .With her
owli.thonghte,. contributed a fevi' aPPrebia-
tiyeamiles.; and a few 'random romarka
Just as they were, : to • her •,intenierrehet
Oaring,: the. 'conclusion ;Of the' • meal, „ • a
messenger arrived to summon Mr. PloWden
to chrieten .dying baby. •, He got rp at
Once,for be was pnnotiious in the•perform-
Eatety of diatiee',;ancli making excuses to
his; sheet,- departed on his errand, thas,
forcing - Eva tO.Oarry: on tlietonversatidm
Haye you • been in Plymouth long, Mr.
Jasper?" she &eked: • ". • -
The eye7glesi'drOpped
Plymouth? eh, clear, no, I Oily -landed
this' niciiiiing.7„
"Landed? , Indeed!• 'Where'
did not know 'Mat any -boat was in except
the CenivaY •'. • '
Well„I came . by her, from .the Zulu
War,- yen was invalfded • home.
for fever." •• , • '
• • The. • cherub . suddenly.: became lotenielk'
'interesting to. EViiv for it: had struck .her
that Ernest must •have'coxite from there.;
.;••,"Indee,d1 ' .1, hope you had a pleasant
paesage,", It .,depends ,so MuCh": on your,
feljoWAntssehgere,. doesit not ?":: •
•"Oh, yesi-,:we had a very nice lot at men'
On board, wounded officers,. mostly. 'There
.Were a' Couple of Yetidecent civilians; too,•
a giant of a fella* Called &Mee; and a blind
baronet, 'Sir ErneSt.Keriiiiiiii:"
Eva'S beset* heaved; . „
"1 once knew a' Mr. Ernest kerithan. I
wonder if it .is • the seine?, He .wat 'tall,
and had dark , ' •• • '
• "That's the'ropn he Only., gat his
month or two ago. A inelonchely..aort of a
blian; I -thought ; :but then lieciin't seenow.
That :Jonee is a wonderful.fellow, though
pull two heaVy, nien•np-at once, , as
easily as yOnworda lift a puppy -dog. .,Saw
hitt' do itnayeelf: . I thew thent, both . out
MROSPECTIVE. 4
gvallawae000uldacarcely be said to be
a ;; happy Wemenif, 'A :rOdliea Woman Who
heti delibarately,tharried One Manirlien she
loves antitheeni net awe rule' happy 'after -
'ward, unless indeed she iablessed or•eureed
, with a singularly Oallons nature.. But there
are degrees and degrees 5if, unhappiness.
Stich a fate as •Evies;Woula . have killed
Dorothy,. and would have driven 'llorenoe;
bed as she Might otherividehe; to entaide or
madness. But with EVA bersrelf it ralt;
so; she Was net sufficiently' fine strung to
suffer thus: Hers was not 9,, very happy
life,' and that Was all about it: She , had
been most miserable; but when the .first
bin -Tat of • her misery had passed, like the
raving stotm, that sometimes :uslierkih is
;Wet December day, she had. More or lees
reconciled berSelf=liken i/Onaib4t1ffaman7'
to her position. The day was always rather
wet, it is true; but still the sun . peeped out
now and again, and if life WO not exactly a -
joyous thing, it Was at least. endurable. •
And y,et, with it all she hayed .gioeat' in
her. heart .fte mixch, es ever ; his memorywoe . inexpressibly . dear to , her, and her
regrets vvere sometimes very bitter. On the
*hole, hoWever-, she had got over At, Wonder,
hilly; better than anybody, who could have
witnessed •• her agony - some years 'before;
when Florence -told -her the „whole truth
immediately after the:Wedding' *mild have'
thought possible:, .The Sabine . Women, ' we
are. told, offered eieri, reasonable reSiiit-
arice !to 'their 'outrage' by the Ron -lens, , hut
before long gave .-- the strongest proof of
reconciliation to their .lot. , _Tbere-.3magt.
something Of theldebine.,Wortian oho* Eire.
Indeed, ,the contrast between her state Of
mind, as , regarded' Ernest, and Erneet'S
state of mind as regarded her, would • make
a Curious ' study. They each 'Wed the
other, :hid yet how different had the reehlts
of that love been Onthe two hatures I ";Te
gva it had been ,,p.pa was a', sorrow, some-
times a very real oireT to Ernest, the 4 dei-
truetkin of 'all that Made life - Worth living.The contrast; indeed, was almost Pitiable,
it .was 'so striking' ;.. so wiae a 'gaff was fixedbotwethi
,betWein the two. The „pasidoii of-the-ohe
;Was ti ' wretched 'thing ' Compared to ,the
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ot er. %tilt both were real; It Was merely
a ttereite„e Of degree. , • If „tyi s affection
was Weak when measuredbyErheet's, it
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was because the 'soil...in:which it '',grew was
poorer.: She gave, all Elie had to giirci.
• :Aa•for 41r, F. lowdeh, he 'could. not but
feel -,that-on:the-whOle -lais • mitrimohiel
apedulation htid. aittswerervery. Welt- 1.1.4
was honestly fond ' of -hie, wife, and as he
ifite.-7figlit'ltr-be; -17erY,-,pread7bf 'her'
At times she was cold and capridiaini and,
at--ti.ines .she.,iwaiL.Sarcastie ; but, take it
altogether, Slip inade, him: •a• good i and.
serviceable • wife, andlifted JAM up, Many
pogsin the social -scale, : 'People. saw that
though 141Cwderi,rWAS net a gentleman,. he
, had. Managed, to .Marrv. is iady.,,..and,:e very
-lovely .lad k too., -and he. was , tolerated,-:
indeed to o Certain 'extent co'urted, for the
sake of his wife. . It 'was ' principeffy to
attain this end that he had married her; so'
he had 'every -reason t9 be satisfied with his
bargain,' and he *rat,•.besitles, ' proud to be
the legal Owilet•of so , handsome a:creature.
. Eviv often,- thought Of her Old- lever,
• though, except in the vagiteet way, she had'
heard nothing Of him fdr years. lpaeedi
She was, as .it happened, thinking of him
tenderly ehough:that Very morning When
her little .girl had celled.'1i0 • attention to
the" nice blind •than." 'And when , she at
last; in a way which seemed ,to her, little
short. of inirachtoini„ set 'eyes . againiipon
his face, itil her eniolderihg ;passion broke
inte.flarne, and She felt that elle edit hayed
'him with all her strength, such as it was,'
. At. that motheilt indeea she realized ho*
" ., Where did-yOu niliet them ?", '
Well, it was rather 'curious. 1 suppose.
you heardcif the greattheasler atthat plate
with on awfulname. Well, I was ,ait
beastlyholecalled Help IYIakatir, .when
fellow, came riding like anything from,
. torte's Drift, telling tis *hat had liapperied,
and that the Zulus were corning. So, we
all -set. to cina Worked like inad,,and:jiist as
' W8 had got the place a little: 'fit 'for them,
Somebody shouted that hese.* them Coming..
That was just oe--it :Wes gettipg dark. I
ran to the wall to look, and saw, not the
Zulus, but a great.• big Milo* carrying ei•
dead fellow in his twins,' followed hy, ss
Kalir leading three., horses. At, -least I
thought the fellow was dead, but he wasn't
liebad been struck by, lightning." We let
him in „ and tiiaoh a eight as there were you
never saw, all pooled with .blood :froth top
to toe I" • ,
I. And: how did they come like
that?" • ,' "."
"They Were the • miry survivors of a
volunteer corps called Alston's Rose. They
killed all the Zulus that were attacking
them, .when the Zulus had killed- 'everY-
body except them. Then they Came away,
and the blind fellow, that. is, Sir Ernest,
got struck in a Storin-"--felloWS often dp out.
. Eva pht fittther'queetioriii, and lietened
with . breathless • interest te• the story of:
ErtieeVe 'arid" Jeremy's wonderful .eedape,
86 tat ea the details' were 4kricrivn to Mr,
laver, quite - regardless of; the pitiless 'fire
that .young gentleman, was keeping _On her:.
self *through his eyeglass. At 'last, reluct,
antly.enoughrbe rose to go. •
44 !math° • ol; now, .111re. ,13,1Owden.;' t ;
*ant TO go. and oaltnn-liii.'ttneet •nt• the
hotel. He, lent tpe a Derringer pistol' t6
practice at a:bottle With, aid 1 forgot, to
give it beet," • . .
..E.Via turned the -full -battery of ;her
great, how hitter, hew eomplete was the beattlful' (lea 111son-si. tuc'''. She io:Av'that t
Mistakealie.liadniade whet a beituti.fyotplg aruckv
-turd-ling' Ira" Might' fioce'h'06d. ff-5.11144:it, ' citte: ).*Yotit'o;
things had .gene r.i3ut) rollout. ap .-rrY :r4 e a OA1 In.
bering how ..things %Were, ..Sho lifted her VOW. .Y- $• • / • '
heaa aaalitstied, on, for theliine'coMplOey-- $4mstili'• '1•116P6
. yeti williconie..ailit 4:01143.liht.
, dr, two points: beanie Iinc some illOr0 ab • 'tba 'War and the
'diem' in the 'eallii*Yielf, of her mind, taking..bitttioi."'
Shape and forin spa Ipaog. • you:. arVer.: ' he.stammerr 1''
table Mental' fSetS,Ntit tkOSS:Voto-41tAt, " 1 81.10 1.341 delighted.• •
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lie 'did not think it necessary to via that
he had not had the luok to see a shot fired
/*noel?. Why should he?
"Ey-the-Way, if you are going to, see Sir
Ernest, An you think you weld 8We-him a"
private message from me? I have A reason
for. 000l w yese h idt at roe b se a oyv e xrheeatold.'14' 0000
would fittie me vesture pleasure." •
." You are very good."- Another glance.
"Will you tell him that I wish he :Would
take a fly and come to same? I shall be:
in all this afternoon."
A. 'Pang of- jealousy shot through the
cherubic bosom, but he comforted himself
with the that -wane .woman_ like
that could not care: for A "blind fellow.'
"Oh, certainly* 1 will try."
"Thank you, and she extended her
hand. , • . v' '
He • took it,. and intoxicated by those
superb eyes, ventured to veils • it tenderly.
A Mild wonder took possessioh Of Eva's
minktkiat anybody so, very. rang- ePilla'
have developed Buell anietomshing aniouilt
of impudence, but she did not repent the
pressure: What dia.:she care about haiizi
her hand squeezed when it was a question
°toeing Ernest? Poor, deluded cherub!
CRAPTR
, AFTER MAN DAYS.
Within an hear after the departure of
Lieut,. Jasper, Eva heard a fly draw up at
the door. -Then came an interval " and the
sound of two people tvalldng up the steps,
one of Wicl.QPI stumbled a good deal; then'a
.7.11gi
"Is BUIL Plow'den heinb ?" Said :a clear
voice, .the well-remerobered tones of which
.sent the blood to her head and then back to
her heart with a rush.; * •
811;r•Pfi
a' it here,
Wrm. en; • No, ra.y.
good girl, 1 Must ask, yon 'ye ' . your
ydu :knew. As a- Crushed, flower stadia
sweet,. le all that 01.43290 bealitilnl and
eophieg' in 'milieu nature is oallea into life
When tiad; lark fiff been- band upon na.
Heaven is sorrow's;sole ambition. 'z:
.140 not know why X believe, it, oerte;inly
you have given me: no grounds for faith.
but I do believe it, and it coinforta.me, EY,
the'weYi how did you 'mow was: here?"
"1 passed you on the' Hee this morning •
walkitig with Dorothy.". Ernest started, 24 1.431t
said, "and asked Dorothy WOO .0 was. One'
said she aid not keiWy." "
"She-knew,.bUt Made sign fo her net
,to Bay." .
"Oh
"Ernest, Will you lalromiee, me Boom,
thing.?"- asked AVS, wildly,
"What is it?" '' •
Nothing• have.,ehinpa my ,..ininthrn
.
The .promise gist she was about oak
was, that lie would not marry Dorothy, '
but her hotter nature rose • in rebellion
&genial. it,. Then. they talked awhile of .
Erneat's life abroad.
. ••"" e ; --Era mi
"good -by, Eva."' ,
is a Very cruel .Word," She; netlir-.
mtued. •- • .`
"Yes, cruel, but not more cruel than
the rest"- "
'" ,has been a happiness to see you.
Ernest.''
He ehrug,gea bre, shoulders as he
answered.; " Has it? For myself 1• am
not sure if it has been is happiness /or a ,
misery. I must have is year or twe of quiet ,
darkness to think it over before I°. Make op ' 111.,
my mind. Will you kindly ring the bell •'
for the servant to take me nifty?" '
Half unconsciously she obeyed him, ,and
then she came and took his hand and looked,
with all her eves and all • her soul into bis
hand, for I am not m a con tion,toflnd; !ode.. It WAS fortupe,te.th!tt 12.e could not •
.my..way about strange, pthe
zsee. her. .• • , '
Al2-- 's7 -airitifte
cath te • g Meld' Ernest, ;you -areblind -she-oriedo
door opened,,and the maid came in leading scarcely knowing what shesaut,
Ernest who Wore 'a curious dravvo look -.He lamighed-r-a;hardlittle laugh. 4. ! Ye* ,
upon his face., • • ' . Eva; I am as blind now as, :you have been .
"'ffewtiq' you do 2!!. she'ee.ittin a low- illways.",-,-.7 •„-
voice, coming and taking him. by the band,'..44Ernerit I :Etneet I h0c4-004 •X Him ' with-
-" Thatwill do, Jane:: ' out seeing you? Ilove you I". and she telt
He did•hot apeattill the door closed; he into his arms.
Oily looked' at'. her.. with thOse Searehihg • He kissed her, apa theh eorkehow, 'hew'
•
blind eyes, • ' . • • • ••• • • , never knew how, found the ;stiength to put..
Theo they met again after: many Years. her from him. 'Perhaps it was &donne isa
She led' him to a sofa and lie -sat down: heardtheterve-it-Oohing::
Do.hOtleave go of ray hand,ofr bo aid; Next inernehttlie.aervaiittanie : and ;lea ;
quickly; "1 have not-yet:gOt used , to talk-
ihgtepeopleiti•thedark," . • As 'Joon as he was giarie-Hirti-flangiersolf.'.-
.* . She sat :down On the- sofa •beside Win .on the' seta and gobbed•as.though.her:heark
feeling frightened and, yet :happy. . For w wouldtbrealr.:. .; • . ..• ,
.while 01E% reriiiined - silent ; apparently When Dorothy eaw a. fresh -faced. ,:Yotnig
they could 'fiiid nothing to say,' and after officer, who had come up to see Erneet,
all silence. seeiiied Moat fitting, ;She .had mysterichislileitd,hihe aside; and Whisper
never thonght,to. eit.hithd in band withsomething in his ear, which Cense& him to
him again.She lOoked at him.; ,thero,was turn first red and thee white, she; being is
no needier lid to keep a guard,. over her shrewd observer, thought curious. But . '
loving glances, for hp was blind. At length when Ergot' asked her to ring the bell' and
she broke -the silence. •• • • ; then ordered a fly to bp. bicnight „roam& at ,
. ,
Were you surprised to get' niy., hies.: once, the idea. Of -giro, at once flashed into
sage?" she asked, gently. „• - • . ,her•nniiir.71310-611°.d no other must be at,
• Yes; it Was lite gettinga iheiteage from thli•botteni of this mystery. Presently the
the dead. • .I.' hover expeetedVto , seeyou fly was announced, stpa,Emes1. Went off.
without a word,. leaving her to, the !tender'
mercies of the cherub, who Was Conteirt.7,
plating her ivith his round ;eye. as he- had
contemplated Aga,: finding her 'elan
charming:: it, must be,:remerribereittbet-be-'
had but just retutiked. fromSOuth Africa, .
and Was prepared /sue .de.inieux,• to let in
love with.:' an s,pple4Onian.• How Mitch • •
more:then, would he shaman:di. to the Charma
Of the Stately- Eva and the ,
fascinating Dorothy I, It Twee Some
time before the Latter. could get rid Of
-hbu-uoLhiseyre.glose.._.,On..,an,,ordinary
occasion &lie' would have beeii gloa opo
to eiitertainlhinaLfor Dorothy liked a ,
Male society, an the cherub, though hi 7
did look painfully young, was nht hall a
bed fellow,. -and after all his *liole-soa-Vraii '
in his eyeglass, and his staring was Meant....L.
to 'bp complimentary. But just. neiw4she •
had a purpose in her ,hod,, and was,
heartily grad when be departed to reflect
over the rival attractions of the .• two
charm ' • • , : ••••• . •
„i •
--(To bo Continued.)
again; • I thought that. yott.hoa quite passed
out of MY Mt."! :•• • '
hadforgetten usa ?';‘,
Why do you say eueira _thing, to ?
'You. must Iniowc Eva, -that it is• dmpOssible.
for inc to forget you; Sitobtit wish that
it were possible. r Meant that:. you- had
passedout.or ;my. Outward life, for out of
my roilid you.oin never pass.'7.• ..• ' -
Eva.hiing'her heed and was,. silent; • and
yet his.-•*wo.rde :seht"a thrill., of happiness'
tahorooru had not qui. t.eles:t7_bit
it all. • "Listen; Eva,'? Ernest went on, gather-
ieglainiself: together, and -speaking. stOrrilY
mimigh,n9W,. and With is suppressed energy
that -frightened her:. • .".11ew y.ou :came to
de What yoh,have done you hest know.! '
.:"4.1t is done ;.;.de:not, let, ha epeat of it:: , X
was not altogether tO.blanie," she broke in.
• Witeriat going to, speak of it. But
was gob* tesitythie, now while' have the
'chance, because- time is short, and '1 think
itriglit'that you 'ahead(' knoWthetinth; I
was going to tell you, Ara that. for Whit
you have done 1 freely forgive yon,"
"-0 Ernest • • . • .
. ,
' It is,!' he Went on, not heeding her,
• cat
"..panqsdOieeentoioonitilithclayt;)y4oiiiacoado..e eSttlet. •,*1. itwh4hyMit sonie. Boardn• conference t: tof
bre' ada and alidt Town egr or:
ief
tell you what it, le 'that you have done. Yoh Engineer of the ,Grand.. Trunk,' 'at which.'
have Wreolied my life, and ',made it an. he latter gehtlenittu ,promised to :report'
unhappy tbingq, you have taken that from
me whi°k.t.ea•11 never .Invvele. give again;ef riY ft r6or• l'Impi:koiTAn lltnndtahlee ter•°,01)°*seden.....1.;;..
you have embittered my•naihd„ and: drivpu, sood'„ -.• , • • . •
me to sins of which t should not otherwise
have, dreamed: . .1, loved yhn.,,,apa.you Work wilihe dOunneneed immediately, On
therail way from. 'Winnipeg to the inter -
me proofe,which I could not doubt that I notional ,'bolindarVTarrangenients. for
oon-
had Won your laVe. You kb inc kiwi you, noetien withihe Northern •Paeific RoilWay.
and then when the hour oftrial 'ante you at the boundarMiVitig already been m
deserted;and laterally destroyed me, and An absOliitedenlal is given at ;;Wihnip
the 'great :,itod holy affection that.ehould
1)414! been blescihg • Of mY has I. to the reported magetiatteli for the sale o
thettehito a.'de:NortliWeastern Read to..thia.
become its curse." ' • • '. • LGraoci.T.tunk, . ; , • . , •
acc
s and-
.-.4:0:tE,;z40,100.,uonotioe. avTihsietin,, 't.i:sedairt,-co:ea...tnh,eeatCuaneaddioi:in,e...HPaalte,iffolize
not answer me, now but, on the 'Western.
,presently. With ' a, little langh. " .PerhaRs. Tueriday.and was badly damiged.., • •
aYnotiew4enti.lorwphearthIPithit'yteii. tthc'iiiikaYdsfhcult 1 LblUng±.../,l'ailkges)ela4 iPhaftvey,d'werhto!.)afrt.tiliveeditaetgillWari'n84:
'o-libOrtYr"", • •• • , • ;,;taiipeg. frein the East yesterdayenni con -
You are veil harcl.”. she' said strixetion.operatiotis *mild.. be • commenced •
voice, '' • , ' ' • ' ati 'Soon the.Weetberpernaite,' and that
"Hod you-not...better" wait till:I...114i%
the bino will bo Inilit-to'4116-
doe beforeyou call ine.hard ? If I. Wished,
the enow"cenies'next.lall..,
to be,•,hard, • Should -tell you, that, / 7 . , .
petiger carPcf for Yala' that my • Pt.altailing' CeinifrOrs• With! the Day, • ' •
elfog toward, you was .011e conterept. It •• . ,
would perhapaniertify you to ,think that 1-:. • "No, Boblik,". said hie. Mother; "you •
had shaken off such heityy.chains '..ttat it ..cuinnot ma skating to,!day. Sunday, yo
is net the ' truth,. •Evaq I hive yen 116W, j 141OW","' ! • ' • , .
passiohately itsever, as. I always have' "'Web.),ini, persisted Bobby;
loved You, as 1 alWaye shall love you. .1. , go if: I'll just skate Straight ahead iihd
hope for nothing, I ask for nothing; in this , aidt•try to de any, fancy work ?".+Pueiii:
business. it has, PIWayii -been .'iny part to ' , • • •
giVo; not to receive. I, deephie myself for it, " •Life in Utah.'
but so it is." • • ivieiman'WifeftohusbauflAre'yio`u;Atig'
She 'laid' her hand upon his shoulder. Out clotte .„' . .
ti160 .11.?st,showinsPerect' • • XortriOn •Inisbatid!,,‘Yea .r• 1iiO4 an
I ihave.:arery httbo Moo to Sp3,. only engagement with Miss niighttit, She is ,fct
thia :• I 'believe this I. have' givenyou mo her answer to4ligbc„ 72', •
trial not been given het:4684y. I believe that • , . • .•• • - .".
the. leVe Of the flesh •,• 'th ,theflesh, •1/4 • ith'e ria `eta t 0. it'.
But my love for you as bee something ' . e. mica
., ! '...
that, low hadl it, their beacb.,. , ,„:. -
there arid higher th
lived ithout la. and, in spite 'Of its Ois- • Xu. ola,vilUse 'belonging to 0. rot'.
g antuay yeare'r It hi of ileY0 who killed by att
the opa r believe its 'life will be like evalaholle ' at bay 'Iteree, Idaho, .,.. were
that'atliP"epirit,:iniepablg, tifia Wherf; Ionia Shred fadekleve lettere, It-feW
this hetaftil life is 'done; with 1.-„thell-..;111i.1:;,and..i-44Ote itia*tug,- I wish -these boned •
• . • '
Why
ao.yee,holievohat, grneet ‘. A Dtihnetio,' • Prohibition Iowa.;' under;
iiiordereci ;stock- frOm
t?erliaps it is: 'nothingthe- gen ,`cO4lir manufeatory; Mid added, this •
phantae tOf Mu .breken., WO postscript to the order.: Put in oho- Of
hroodng�n is ..s,41.0001.0 ."'Wo grow the casitotaa gailan ot dlit °ray :wlitakey ,
toWarli the Lght like &ant dark,' 'opa bill as, iiiihalinitig'fliiida"
Lato !ita.,111v,air News.
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